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The iconic restaurant is getting a second location after a mere 164 years.
The iconic restaurant is getting a second location after a mere 164 years.
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Krescendo, he says, is 'much better than the neighborhood Italian joint it is trying to pass for.'
First a fourteen-year-old doing a pop-up, and now a twelve-year-old.
It's taken longer than pretty much anyone else.
The storm has definitely put a damper on things, especially downtown where there's no power.
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Rosamunde opens at 285 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg.
It's attached to a new restaurant called Soda & Swine from the group behind Craft & Commerce, UnderBelly, and Neighborhood.
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5 Animals That Refuse to Play by the Rules of Evolution
Every species on Earth has certain connotations associated with it. The idea of an antisocial dog, a friendly spider, a brainless fox, or a cat that won't pee on your laundry just makes no sense to us. And yet plenty of animals raise a middle finger (or claw, or tentacle) to stereotypes and flip our world upside down. Like ...
The Stereotype:
Snakes are slithering, scaly creepy-crawlies. But if you can get to higher ground, their powers quickly become useless. Good luck navigating a rope ladder, stupid snake.
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You'd just get confused and try mating with it.
The Mythbuster:
Some snakes can fucking fly. Nothing is ever safe again.
Yes, even though it sounds like a horrible SyFy Original Movie, there are in fact real snakes that can fly from tree to tree and, not coincidentally, from nightmare to nightmare. Known as Chrysopelea, these affronts to all things good and pure initially appear to simply fall from a very tall place. That in itself would be plenty awful, since it is now raining snakes. But mid fall, Chrys (can we call you Chrys? No? We'll just stick to calling you the work of the devil then) will contort its body into an S shape, catching the wind and effectively turning its body into one gigantic wing.
It's unknown exactly how far they can fly, although obviously any distance is too far.
Oh, and don't think that hitting the ground is going to stun the Snake That Should Not Be. Chrysopelea actually uses its muscular tail to break its fall, allowing it to land and continue unharmed on its merry way toward blasphemy.
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The tail absorbs the fall's impact and converts it to fear.
They're venomous too, because hope is a lie and God exists, but he friggin' hates you. Scientists say it's not potent enough to be a danger to humans, but try explaining that to our underwear.
#4. The Fish That Walk on Land
The Stereotype:
Fish gotta swim -- and that's about it. If a fish ends up out of the water, chances are its final resting place is on somebody's plate, slathered in mayonnaise and lemon zest and served with greasy chips.
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Then you shit in the ocean, and the circle of fish goes on.
The Mythbuster:
Unless you're this little guy, that is:
Leonard Lovshin
Not the big guy with the hands. The little guy.
This is the walking catfish, which, like every animal, has a Latin name that all reports include even though nobody ever uses them. We're not going to include it. As you can see, this is not simply a fish sticking its head out of the water for maybe a second before darting back down into the watery abyss. No, this thing can and will go for a leisurely jaunt right through an environment that should, by all rights, kill it. And as a bonus, it does so while doing the Carlton Dance.
As long as their skin remains moist, they can hang out in most any climate. It's been spotted in Asia, Florida, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nevada, Connecticut -- that covers just about every direction of the country, so don't be shocked if you wander outside tomorrow and see a bunch of these goofy flopping bastards marching down Main Street.
Luckily for us, thus far walking catfish seem to sustain themselves on insects, plants, and tiny fish -- not your unsupervised toddlers. And yet, we still advise you to treat them with caution. While there's no proof that these fish are advance scouts surveying our pitiful surface world in preparation for an impending invasion from the deep, that could just show how good they are at their jobs.
#3. The Pandas That Have Loud, Violent, Gangbang Sex
The Stereotype:
Pandas are the prudes of the animal world, with a disinterest in sex that is literally driving them to extinction. We've tried to convince them how awesome boning is in numerous creative ways (including kinky panda porn), but nothing seems to work.
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Human panda fetishists have more sex than actual pandas worldwide.
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When placed in a small box with a bunch of creepy men in white coats yelling at them to just get it over with and pork already, pandas do tend to suffer from performance anxiety. Wouldn't you? But in the wild they get downright freaky. And not in a cute way: Their preferred methods of procreation are gangbangs and rape.
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Unfortunate, but the byproduct is adorable.
The typical panda first date goes as follows: A female gets horny, so she climbs a tree and shouts to the world that she wants a little action. A bunch of nearby males gather around and beat the snuggles out of one another, and whoever wins gets the honor of making panda babies with her.
Or more accurately, he gets the honor of going first. Those pandas that just lost the big fluffy battle royale are still there, and are very eager to take their turn once Bear #1 finishes up. Of course, bears must follow proper gangbang protocol at all times, so they beat the tar out of one another yet again until a new champion emerges. He goes second. A new battle then begins for sloppy thirds, then another one for fourths, and on and on until the female comes out of heat, or the males collapse in utter exhaustion.
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The last, weakest panda may impregnate her. Take that, natural selection!
Of course, some males don't give two shits about waiting for some signal. For them, it's far easier to just find a gal, chase her up a tree, and then patiently sit and wait. It might take days, weeks, or even months, but hey -- she's gotta come down sometime, and apparently pandas can nurse their frustrated erections for a shockingly long time.


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The head of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Relief Campaign for the Palestinian People in Gaza, Dr. Sa'id Al Harthi, signed a cooperation agreement yesterday with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
According to Dr. Al Harthi, the Saudi campaign will provide the funding for an estimated SR 24,375,000 [$6.5 million] worth of development projects and other relief programs in Gaza, which will be carried out by the UNRWA.
"The agreement is a continuation of the cooperation between the campaign and UNWRA, which will provide all basic services for needy Palestinian families," Al Harthi said.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Relief Campaign has received over SR 224 million [$60 million] in donations to date. The campaign has also launched an aid convoy consisting of more than 70 trucks carrying 770 tons of basic necessities. Furthermore, the campaign is working in cooperation with other international organizations, including the World Food Program, to ensure the timely delivery of aid to Gaza residents.
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OK, show me what you guys are made of.
For anyone who has played or knows about Driver: San Francisco (which is a pretty darn awful game from what I have heard), I want a shift ability in GTA: IV.
For those who have no idea what I am talking about, let me clarify. I want the ability to "shift" from my character to a different character who would usually be AI controlled. This would mean the AI would therefore have to control the character I was playing as. Whilst choosing an AI character to play as, the game would need to freeze/pause temporarily until I was in control of the chosen character.
I found a simplified version of the mod which allows you to change to an NPC but you must be aiming at the character for it to work. I believe there are similar features to the ones I described available in the full version of the mod which the creator is charging for unfortunately.
If anyone is aware of a free mod that exists that covers what I have described let me know. Otherwise, do I have any takers?
Edit: also, when switching from on character to another, the new character should not carry over attributes such as the wanted level, weapons, maybe money although this is not all that necessary and could be a little annoying. The character you have just left should maintain there wanted level, weapons, etc. so if they are in the middle of a police chase the police are still chasing them and if you change back to the character you will still have the wanted level.
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I found that mod on YouTube and here. But this is in big script... I do not remeber, but i think that was mod by Scorpio.
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WEIRTON - Prior to the holidays, students at St. Joseph the Worker Grade School took part in a program to help brighten Christmas for the men and women serving to protect this nation.
Students, with the assistance of West Virginia Northern Community College, created and sent Christmas cards to U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world.
"They did these cards and (the college) sent them," teacher Karen Frankovitch explained.
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Students from St. Joseph the Worker Grade School sent Christmas cards to members of the U.S. military as part of a program sponsored by West Virginia Northern Community College. One student, Liam White, part of the 3-year preschool program, received a response from the Coast Guard Station in Juneau, Alaska. Standing with the 'card' from the Coast Guard members are, from left, Maria Petrella, Lucia DiBacco, White, and Sophia Soly. -- Craig Howell
One student, Liam White, part of the 3-year preschool program, recently received a response to his card, in the form of a large drawing, photo and "thank you" note from members of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Juneau, Alaska.
White's card featured a drawing of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
"We all loved it so much that we hung it up in our watch room over the holidays," the note from the Coast Guard unit reads.
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The United States Postal Service is one of the best-liked agencies of the federal government, enjoying near-universal approval of the public. But it is in deep trouble. Over the past four years the Postal Service has lost billions: $2.8 billion (2008), $5 billion (2009), $3.8 billion (2010), and $5.1 billion (FY 2011). The Postal Service is nearing its statutory debt limit of $15 billion, and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe recently warned legislators and taxpayers that losses will be more than $5 billion for 2012. Without significant reforms or a bailout transferring billions of general-revenue dollars to postal coffers, the Postal Service cannot survive.
Although the Postal Service has the advantage of a legal monopoly on first-class and standard mail—the law requires private companies to charge higher rates—it suffers from a legal requirement to provide mail services to all Americans and charge the same fee for first-class mail everywhere. It also must maintain thousands of local post offices whose locations are determined by politics instead of efficiency. The Postal Service lacks flexibility because Congress must approve every major decision that could cut costs, such as ending Saturday mail service or closing distribution centers. Finally, the Postal Service has very high employee benefit costs compared to private companies and the rest of the federal government.
Most pro-market thinkers support reforms that would gradually end the Postal Service's monopoly while giving it more freedom to compete with private carriers. Privatization advocates such as the Cato Institute argue competitive pressures would give consumers more options from other delivery companies while compelling the Postal Service to improve its services or face closure.
Reform opponents argue much of the current Postal Service deficit results from congressional mandates regarding postal worker retirement benefits. The 2006 Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act required the Postal Service to prefund its retiree health benefits 75 years into the future at the rate of $5.5 billion a year over a ten-year span.
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Downsizing the Federal Government: Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service
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6 Places Where You Can Visit the Post-Apocalypse (Today)
If you're anything like us, you've got what your mother might call a "disturbing" obsession with the world that comes after the inevitable meteor, plague, robot uprising, or birdpocalypse. Well, good news! There's no need to sit around twiddling your thumbs while waiting to see what post-apocalyptic Earth might look like -- not when there currently exist places such as ...
#6. The Ruins of the Future That Never Was
Expo '92 in Seville was one of the 20th century's final world's fairs, so Spain wanted to do that biz up right. The theme of the expo was "The Age of Discoveries," and Seville certainly lived up to it: They spent over five years and $2 billion to construct a 500-plus-acre utopian city of the future. You know, sort of like Epcot, only ... well no, it was exactly like Epcot.
As residents of The Future, we're a little disappointed there aren't as many giant, pointless balls as promised.
The expo was a smash hit, attracting more than 16 million visitors during its short six-month run. But the extravaganza was over as quickly as it began, and while the organizers had high hopes that it would spark a rebirth of tourism to the region, it just ... didn't. Thus, much of the site has since been abandoned to the elements. The rocket ship on the horizon is forever lashed to the Earth by decidedly low-tech vines; the monorails are up on blocks and wouldn't look a bit out of place in the backyard of some sci-fi redneck.
Oliver Herbert and Edward Simpson
"One day I'm gonna drop a warp hemi in that sucker."
The high-speed railway station and its barren tracks leading away to nowhere would make a perfect backdrop for exploding a few supermutants to harvest their minigun ammo, or perhaps just a good place to catch the last train to Thunderdome.
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Two trains enter, one train leaves.
#5. Abandoned World War II Fortifications
Even wars of the less-than-apocalyptic variety can leave our beaches littered with discarded wartime leftovers that look like something Charlton Heston would tear his shirt open over. Case in point: the sprawling concrete behemoth that is the World War II bunker at Cape May Point in New Jersey.
Andriy Boychuk
Even today, you can't be too safe from Nazi invasion.
The bunker was constructed in 1942 as part of the Harbor Defense Project, and back then it was located underground ... and 900 feet inland. Today, its hilly disguise has long since worn away, and it basks in all its bunkery majesty right there on the beach. At low tide, you can even see the gun turrets aimed out to sea.
Abandoned bunkers are pretty uncommon in the States, but photographer Jonathan Andrew captured a few more modern megaliths crouching upon the shores of France:
Jonathan Andrew
Ah, the refined beauty of French architecture.
While many of the bunkers are clearly showing the effects of time and slowly crumbling into unrecognizable rubble, others still look much as they must have during the war, remaining ever vigilant in their watch over the pounding waves, like something yanked straight out of some futuristic surf-themed dystopia.
Jonathan Andrew
Bunkers are the heavy-metal-album-coverest of all buildings.
#4. The Abandoned Walt Disney World Water Park
With 30 million visitors a year, it's difficult to imagine what a Walt Disney World theme park would look like if all the people just up and vanished. There is literally no point in the day at which a Disney theme park is devoid of fat tourists in mouse hats jamming up your teacup time. But if you want a sneak peek at the world after Disney, just look a little bit to the right: There's an abandoned and unkempt water park right within eyeshot of both Disney's Contemporary Resort and the Space Mountain roller coaster.
The Tetanus Splash ride remains largely unaffected by time.
Opened in 1976, River Country was Walt Disney World's very first water park. For over 25 years, the park titillated throngs of hot, wet visitors with its massive Whoop-N'-Holler Hollow (that's the name of a water slide. Get your mind out of the gutter). However, over the years, River Country gradually lost its thunder to Disney's newer water parks, and in late 2001 they washed their hands of the whole venture. We'd apologize for the terrible pun, but it would be insincere.
In just one short decade, Mother Nature took back what was rightfully hers, covering walkways once frequented by thousands of dripping tourist feet with thick vegetation ...
... blocking the water slides with fallen trees ...
Nothing spices up a water slide like brambles at 30 miles an hour.
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We imagine adding "Malaria" and "Alligators" might be a relevant update.
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Who are (or were) the glamour ladies of ballet?
Posted 22 February 2009 - 04:19 AM
Posted 22 February 2009 - 07:44 AM
The same for Fonteyn, who is utterly glamorous, beautiful, even though not with a body like Sizova which just throws off animal spirits with a carefree abandon that even upstaged Nureyev in that Corsaire film IMO (I've never seen THAT glamour-icon upstaged any other time. No wonder he wasn't exactly thrilled with sharing a flat with her...). Paul Parish once mentioned how much the young Fonteyn resembled the queen of England when still a princess. Yes. And the queen of England is glamorous. Anyone who has seen her in person knows that middle-cult wardrobe is a clever disguise--it's not easy to inhabit a lot of palaces these days, and she knows how to turn on the Royal Glamour quite as well as she uses that amusing 'royal wave' thing.
Edited to add: I believe that was Harry Cohn for Judy Holliday and Mayer for Turner. Sorry, I'd forgotten who was so hateful to Judy.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 10:52 AM
Also, the very last ballets that she danced well into the 90's, were strange creations of her own that primarly focused in female characters greater than life. It was sort of like she was trying to portray her own life onstage trough Maria Callas, Cassiopeia, Cleopatra and some others. The ballets were just a vehicle to show her being carried from side to side in extravagant costumes and makeup. They looked all more or less like this.
Of course, we all loved them.
It's interesting nobody has mentioned Dame Markova...
Posted 22 February 2009 - 12:04 PM
Leslie Caron I would not think of glamourous, but of having a certain charm, at least in Daddy Long Legs, American in Paris and Lilli. I agree with Patrick that Rita Hayworth had some vulnerability that checked her glamour. In "Lady from Shanghai" Welles seems to want to make turn it up full blast and then selfishly deromanticize it.
At New York City Ballet Roma Sosenko was always all out charm, and Irma Nioradze in Don Quixote in Berkeley last fall seemed 3/5 glamour and 2/5 charm, each element using the other for some of its effect. Suzanne Farrell I would think of as having a cool and sly charm.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 12:18 PM
Posted 22 February 2009 - 12:40 PM
Oh, yes!
For old-time, filmstar, glamour I'd go for Lorena Feijoo. I can just imagine her on one of the Ballets Russes whistle-stop tours, stepping down out of the train in the morning to be interviewed for the 87th time, in full make-up, a suit and heels and a gorgeous hat.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:27 PM
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety: other women cloy
The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies.
Perhaps "allure" IS rather a strong word. However, wouldn't you say there has to be some self-awareness of sexuality and a willingness to use it? I didn't find this with Farrell, who I saw most often before the break with Balanchine. Was it something that became more overt after her experiences in Europe and her return to NYCB, when I saw her less often?
[G]lamour is not always a matter of 'sexual allure', although it often--and perhaps usually--is. I'm not exactly in the mood to say this, but Suzanne Farrell is unquestionably glamorous, even if she does not wish to 'exude sex' (at least consciously).
Absolutely fascinating - -and completely new to me. Cristian, if you have time between work and school and performances you HAVE to write a memoir of that time.
[T]he very last ballets that she danced well into the 90's, were strange creations of her own that primarly focused in female characters greater than life. It was sort of like she was trying to portray her own life onstage trough Maria Callas, Cassiopeia, Cleopatra and some others. The ballets were just a vehicle to show her being carried from side to side in extravagant costumes and makeup.
An interesting distinction. I can certainly think of glamourous types in my life who were entirely without charm. But, as you suggest, the ones you remember were capable of projecting both. Thanks for the memory of Roma Sosenko. She's currently ballet mistress at Miami and is acknowledged by everyone to be doing an amazing job.
For me it divides up between glamour and charm. Glamour is a bit idle and entitled and charm is always inventing.
I have to agree with atm711 on this one. It may be because there are so many video inteviews with the elderly, impeccably groomed, surprisingly refined Markova. Whatever "glamour" is, it ain't genteel. On the other hand, if you've seen photos of Markova as a child star in France, she definitely had possibilities when she was young.
While Dame Markova had many fine attributes---this was not one of them.
I have a question about glamour as it applies to ballet particularly. Are there particular balletic skills that give the impression of "glamour" (and/or charm) on stage. Do the dancers mentioned above have similarities as to body type -- or the way they move. The dancers I'm thinking of were multi-talented, but each of them had the ability to give weight to their movements -- and to command close attention.
I'm thinking of things like the creamy push of an arm to arabesque -- the perfectly controlled lifting of the extended leg to the side while the unsupported body stands secure and serene -- self-confidence and variety in the use of eyes -- mastery of epaulement -- hands that are expressive but never fussy. Even in allegro, these dancers project the qualities of concentration that other dancers usually muster only in adagio.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:38 PM
Perhaps "allure" IS rather a strong word. However, wouldn't you say there has to be some self-awareness of sexuality and a willingness to use it? I didn't find this with Farrell, who I saw most often before the break with Balanchine. Was it something that became more overt after her experiences in Europe and her return to NYCB, when I saw her less often?
Oh, good heavens yes there has to be 'some self-awareness of sexuality', which IMO she had IN SPADES, but I don't think there has to be a 'willingness to use it', which she most certainly would not, at least overtly or casually. I saw her more in the 70s-80s period, but by then it could show without management intrusion, of course. On the other hand, I can't speak much for the period in which you saw her, having seen only one performance toward the end of that period, but this may also have to do with our separate perceptions of what signifies 'sexuality' as well. This was a self-possessed sexuality if there ever was one, like Garbo's maybe, although I prefer Martha Graham's or Marlene Dietrich's approach if I do say so me-self. There is also one picture of her as a child of maybe 11, and she is already just exuding sensuality all over the place, I think it's one leaning to the side on her elbow, I forget now. So by now that makes at least two of us who see her that way.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:51 PM
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:54 PM
Tanny LeClercq is another very glamorous star from the past.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:55 PM
"Self-possessed" and "Garbo" definitely ring a bell, Patrick. Diamonds comes to mind: she made the woman into a fascinating, enigmatic character. On the other hand, it didn't work with Tzigane, for me at least.
Totally agree, she is amazing in 'Diamonds', and while musical in 'Tzigane', it also needs someone a little more worldly, just as does the Striptease Girl.
Posted 22 February 2009 - 02:58 PM
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Posted 23 February 2009 - 01:35 PM
Tanny LeClercq is another very glamorous star from the past.
Tanaquil LeClerq is the most glamorous ballerina I've ever seen. There's nobody out there to match her past or present.
I started watching NYCB after she left the company. Photos -- especially those taken by Jerome Robbins -- convey some of her beauty (inner as much as outer) and charisma. The film of Afternoon of a Faun, with d'Amboise, is a stunner. At one point her eye is drawn to her own image in the mirror. She pauses, turns her head, and looks into the mirror. She seems hypnotized as she gazes at her reflection. I have often thought: "A lot of men would KILL at get a beautiful woman to look at them that way." Talk about magnetic !!
Makarovafan -- do didn't mention .... Makarova! What can you tell us about her?
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At the moment, I've got a fat controller and a thinner model layer.
My controller looks something like this.
namespace controller;
class home
public $template = 'home';
protected $database;
public function __construct(\Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter $database){
$this->database = $database;
* Returns the home page
public function indexView(){
$userService = new UserService($this->database);
$view = new ViewModel($this->template);
$view->assign('pageTitle', 'Home');
$view->assign('lead', "Welcome ".$userService->getFirstName());
$view->assign('h1', 'Home');
My model would consist of data manipulation, data gathering etc.
The viewModel class this calls, the view, is basically a container class which includes the header, footer and the actual template used inside.
In terms of MVC, I now understand that the Model and View are aware of each other.
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"Hardly more than a kitten . . . I had thought to call it Prrr, but it shivers more often than it purrs, so I call it Brrr instead."--From Wicked
Since Wicked was first published in 1995, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion--the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba in Wicked.
While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, an enigmatic figure known as Brrr--the Cowardly Lion--arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's life, demands some answers of her own.
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In a questionary I got wrong the following multiple choice question
— Wir bieten Ihnen wunderbares Bier an!
1. — Welches?
2. — Was für eins?
3. — Was für welches?
The number I selected was 2, while the correct answer is 3. Why is better to say welches? or rather, why is it incorrect to say was für eins? I'm assuming that the interlocutor wanted to ask what kind (of beer)?.


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I just came across platform zero at JR Kyoto station. Are there places with more exotic station numbers, such as negative numbers, fractions or complex numbers? I'm interested in places that have such numbers as a joke, and places that have it for a serious reason.
In Amsterdam Centraal platforms are quite long, thus allowing two different trains to stop at each end of the platform. On which end of the train stops is denoted by a letter, either "a" or "b" after the number of the track. This causes huge confusion among travelers. In more than one occasion I have seen people who wanted to go to Schiphol (the airport) on the train to Lelystad (the opposite direction).
Also what's quite unusual, there are 3 tracks between each pair of platforms, with the middle track (inaccessible to passengers) is also numbered.
It's not a real platform, but King's Cross station in London has a faux Platform 9¾ (9 and 3/4), in reference to the platform in the Harry Potter novels. It has a luggage trolley half embedded in the wall, to allow people to take photographs with it.
London Kings Cross also has a Platform 0.
Not really unusual but different:
In France most stations number their platforms starting at 1. But some stations have chosen to use letters instead, or mix both. This includes the Lyon station, one of Paris' busiest train terminals. The concourse is divided in two parts; one has the numbers while the other has the letters.
This is reflected in the passenger waiting process: in SNCF stations, the track number is shown 20 minutes before departure, in order to avoid passengers rushing to the platform sooner as the train is still being prepared, or another arriving train is releasing its passengers on the other side of the same platform. Before the track number appears, the concourse in which to wait is mentioned, like "Hall 1" (numbers) or "Hall 2" (letters).
Another quirk in the same area is that, a few hundred meters apart, there is another, smaller terminal, the Bercy station. It is mainly used for regional trains, sleepers trains to Italy, some chartered trains and motorail services. It has a few tracks only (let's say about 6, I do not remember the exact count), which are lettered in alphabetic order starting where the Lyon station's lettering has stopped.
For instance, the last letter used at Lyon station is N. At Bercy station, there is a track lettered R and no A.
In Dordrecht (the Netherlands), they've added tracks without renumbering the existing tracks. In particular, they've added them "before" track 1, so they logically would have to be 0 and -1. But to make it confusing, they're numbered 15, 16 and 20 (where 15 and 20 are east and west of the station building).


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I have a chocolate syrup recipe that calls for around 1 cup of sugar and 3 cups of water. I have found that the recipe turns out better if I caramelize the sugar. However, when I add the water to the caramelized sugar, the sugar immediately hardens (due to the temperature difference, I assume). I have tried boiling the water, which helps, but the problem still exists(the melting point of sugar, according to wikipedia, is 320F, so there is still a significant temperature difference). Stirring until the hardened sugar dissolves is tedious and often leaves me with small, undissolved chunks. Is there a better way to dissolve caramelized sugar without it hardening?
Random things to try:
I'm pretty sure the second one will work (assuming the caramel becomes hard; if not melting syrup should work fine too); the first one might, it's probably quicker though at a higher risk of burns...
Put the water in with the sugar and boil them together.
Don't caramelize the sugar first.
My chocolate recipe calls for equal amounts of water and milk, and to get the sticky-effect (that I presume you're after by caramelizing your sugar) just boil it for as long as possible. Adding milk instead of water will have the milk boil and if you're not careful it will overflow. But if you keep a close eye on it, and keep at it it will eventually just be bubbling, and with the steaming reducing the watery-ness, it will become nice and thick.


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The pennant chase is officially heating up.
The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference baseball tournament opens on Saturday and teams have through Wednesday's games to jockey for positioning.
While some of the teams appear to be locked into the tournament, there are some bubble teams and some head-to-head matchups that could certainly play a role in the seeding for the five classes.
One notable change in the OVAC baseball tournament is the fact that the semifinals will not be played at one host site as has been the case in years' past. The higher seed will now host the semifinal round on Saturday and the winners will advance to play at Vacarro Field in Steubenville . The 2A and 3A divisions will be held on Friday at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively.
In Class 4A, the Harrison Central Huskies, despite suffering their second loss of the campaign on Saturday to Edison, maintain a 20-point cushion on Steubenville for the top seed.
Big Red checks in with better than 38 points in their average column against yet another top-flight schedule.
The race is for the third and fourth spots. Oak Glen currently sits in third with Martins Ferry beginning the week in fourth. However, the Purple Riders, who've dropped three straight, lead Buckeye Local by 11 hundredths of a point.
The Panthers have dates with Union Local, John Marshall and St. Clairsville before the cutoff. None of those teams have a record better than .500. Ferry, meanwhile, hosts Bellaire, treks to Barnesville and welcomes Harrison Central.
In Class 3A, Magnolia has been the cream of the crop in this division all season. Outside of stubbing its toe against River earlier this month, it's been nothing but victories for Coach Dave Cisar's squad.
The Blue Eagles are 19-1 and have a solid 3-point cushion on 15-2 Linsly, which has also been highly impressive. The Cadets are the defending 2A champions and in 3A for the first time. They were hit hard by graduation, but Jay Cartwright's machine has kept rolling.
Perennial entrant Fort Frye is 13-5 and currently Shenandoah maintains the fourth spot at 7-3.
The Zeps are being chased by Buckeye Trail and Bellaire. Ironically, those are the two schools that met for the 3A crown last season with the Big Reds prevailing.
In Class 2A, four teams seem to have a pretty good handle on the bids, but there's a tight race in the middle of the standings for the second and third seeds.
Bridgeport is currently sitting in the second spot. The Bulldogs are 12-4 on the season and have had a very solid campaign with sophomore talent Bailey McGrath leading the way.
Shadyside is currently sitting in third place and trail the Bulldogs by 92 hundredths of a point. The Tigers have lined up against a challenging slate, made up of schools primarily bigger than them.
Ironically, the Bulldogs and Tigers are scheduled to meet this afternoon in Brookside and on Wednesday they'll play at Fleming Field.
Toronto and Steubenville Central would be first and fourth if the tourney opened today.
In Class 1A, Bishop Donahue appears headed for the top seed. The Bishops are currently 11-5 and have better than a 12-point cushion on Madonna for the number one spot.
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The City and the Seattle Parks Foundation created a multi-use loop around Lake Union. The vision is to invite community use and enjoyment of Lake Union; providing a loop that connects people to open space – connecting us to new and existing lakefront parks, celebrating the lake's historic working waterfront, and revealing the unique character and quality of the lake itself.
The loop creates safe and attractive access to the lake for all Seattlites - connecting Gasworks and Lake Union Parks, linking more than 35 pocket parks, street ends and waterways that ring the lake, and improving access from adjacent neighborhoods, downtown, and the University of Washington.
By connecting existing parks and improving access to the lake, this loop provides a continuous network of open spaces that are ideal for a range of active and passive recreation, from boating, bicycling and walking, to family picnics and quiet contemplation. This loop celebrates the rich and varied history of Lake Union and its ties to Seattle's maritime and industrial past, present and future.
At the geographic and historic heart of Seattle, the loop enhances the vitality and livability of neighborhoods surrounding the lake, the City, and the Seattle region. Parts of a lakefront trail already exist—segments of the Burke Gilman Trail, Westlake Avenue and trails within Gasworks and Lake Union Park. But as a whole, Lake Union remains inaccessible and disconnected as a resource, both for the communities that surround it and the general public.
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Field Notes: Observing Lake Union is an audio tour that focuses on four sites along the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop: Lake Union Park, Fairview Park, Gas Works Park, and Lake Washington Ship Canal viewing spot under the Aurora Bridge on the Burke Gilman Trail. The artwork explores the underlying ecology of Lake Union and its dramatic transformation through eras of geologic change, Native American stewardship, European settlement, commercial industry and large-scale infra structural development, as well as urban planning and park design.
Each site incorporates an introductory piece narrated by the Studio for Urban Projects, indicated with a sign and call-in number on the trail. Within each site, printed flags mark observation points and provide additional call-in numbers. Call in and listen to a collage of voices gathered from interviews with local scholars, ecologists, historians, plant experts, foragers, residents and designers, among others. The observations focus on the specifics of the site and collectively speak to the lake's layered history.
You can also call the project hotline at 206-395-2311, ext. 50, and offer you own observations about the site. The artists will edit and publish these contributions periodically for the duration of the project.
At the park, you can use your cell phone to hear the audio. Preloaded MP3 players are also available at the Northwest Outdoor Center and Dutch Bike Co., Seattle.
Founded in 2006, Studio for Urban Projects is an artist collaborative that perceives art as a means of advancing civic engagement and furthering public dialogue.
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Gatesville police Chief Nathan Gohlke said officers were sent just before 2:30 p.m. Monday to a pawn shop in the 100 block of North Lutterloh Avenue where an employee reported he had been assaulted with a knife.
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On Shavous morning we say the poem Akdomus, and supposedly there's a fascinating story with the Baal Akdomus and the Sambatyon river (something about it being quiet on Shabbos which is why he was only able to across because of Pekuach Nefesh, but couldn't come back). I remember hearing it in yeshiva as a kid, but sadly I mostly forgot it and only know some vague details :( Is there anywhere I can read it? Where is it brought down exactly? Also, what's the connection to Shavous?
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I've heard various versions of the larger-than-life tale you're referencing (including one in which the antagonist dies simultaneously of stoning, burning, decapitation, and strangulation). Gershon referenced one such version in print, which is translated below.
As to the Shavuot connection, Akdamut is about the greatness of G-d and the heavenly spheres; it then goes into how the Jews were chosen and given the Torah (which is its triumphant concluding line). At the simplest level, it connects as it's about giving the Torah. Gershon's source cites others who point out that the Haftorah of Shavuot is Ezekiel's heavenly visions of chariots, thus Akdamut also spends a while on such imagery (occasionally using wordage from the Haftorah, translated into Aramaic.)
There are other Shavuot connections given, but that's beyond the scope of this question.
Here's the story as found in Gershon's link:
[Translator's comment - I guess it had to be a local Jew who would be at the debate, but Rabbi Meir gave his wisdom or power to him? The story's unclear about this point.]
Here is a link to a Sefer that mentions the story and answers your questions.


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SOUTHBURY — Something had to change for the Pomperaug High football team, because the progress Panthers wanted to see early this season just wasn't coming quickly enough.
After struggling to a 1-4 start, Coach Dave Roach decided to make a change of sorts. Rather than continue to split time at the quarterback position, he named sophomore Wade Prajer the starter and moved senior Eric Beatty to receiver.
Prajer made the most of his full-time opportunity, leading the Panthers to a touchdown on each of their first-half possessions en route to a 42-0 home victory over Immaculate Friday night.
"Eric Beatty and Wade Prajer are both very good quarterbacks, but Wade gives us another dimension with his ability to run the ball," Roach said. "Eric is also a very good receiver, and I want to get as many athletes as I can out on the field. Eric is going to run the right routes and make the right reads, and he made some nice catches (two for 24 yards) for us tonight."
Prajer indeed proved to be effective both as a passing and running quarterback as Pomperaug jumped out to such a convincing 35-0 lead by intermission that the majority of the starters spent the entire second half on the sidelines.
Prajer was the team's leading rusher with 65 yards on seven carries with one touchdown. He also completed nine of 13 passes for 90 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown pass to Josh LeBron.
"Wherever I am that makes the team better, I usually just go where coach wants me," Prajer said. "I felt good, especially after we punched the ball in the first couple times. I have to give credit to my line because they blocked really good, and my receivers made good catches. I have to give it up to them."
The Panthers showed great offensive balance throughout the first half, complementing the 90 yards passing with 115 rushing yards, highlighted by 50 yards and three touchdowns from Dylan McAllister on seven carries.
"We were pumped up about this game, and we came out fired up and ready to go," McAllister said. "It was a good morale booster for us. After a win like this I think we are going to carry it on into next week's practice and next week's game."
The excitement and confidence were felt all around as the defense allowed Immaculate only 101 yards of total offense and six first downs. Immaculate advanced the ball into Pomperaug territory only once during the game and ended up turning the ball over on downs that possession at the Panthers' 36-yard line on the first play of the fourth quarter.
"We teach the kids on defense that the ends have to contain, the defensive tackles have ot take up blockers and the linebackers slide over and make plays," Roach said. "You heard the public address announcer say quite a few times tonight 'the whole Pomperaug defense was in on the tackle' and that is what we are after is 11 hats to the ball."
It should be noted that Immaculate is 0-6 and has now lost 26 consecutive games. The Mustangs have allowed at least 35 points in each loss this season, have been shut out four times and have lost their six games by an average of 42.3 points.
Roach said that regardless of the competition, Friday's game was a great opportunity for the Panthers to build some confidence and momentum and really get into a good rhythm execution-wise.
"We teach the kids to focus on the next play all the time, regardless of who we are playing," Roach said. "We are always competing against ourselves to be our best every single snap. There was a lot of positive today."
The Panthers (2-4) aren't making more of Friday's game than it was: a chance to finally feel good about themselves and move forward.
"It is building the foundation," Roach said. "I think the kids are starting to realize how to play Pomperaug football. It is a tough, grind-it-out style with a little bit of finesse now. We have a lot of young kids in the program, because we lost a lot ot graduation. It is tough to lay it all on this year's seniors so it has just taken a little longer than we had anticipated to get the cart rolling."
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The Durango High School gym was a cacophony of sound.
Skin meeting volleyball. Voices shouting commands, echoing off the walls. The squeak of sneakers.
Volleyball�s back in Durango.
After going 5-4 against solid competition the last two weekends, the DHS volleyball team opens the home and Southwestern League schedules at 7 p.m. today against Fruita Monument.
And, despite losing reigning SWL Player of the Year Sloan Lovett and three other experienced seniors, the 2012 Demons have few doubts in their ability to repeat last year�s success. For those who don�t recall, all Durango did last year was go 10-0 in league, repeat as district and regional champs and earn a second consecutive state berth, finishing 23-6.
�We�re just as good or even better. Everyone is spread out so equally. We don�t have a weak spot,� setter Natalie Bulen said.
Losing a player as potent as Lovett, who�s now plying her trade at Division I Sacramento State, never is easy. But the Durango offense should be in good hands behind senior McKenna Franzen. Franzen was second on the team with 214 kills and first with 248 digs a season ago, playing some of her best volleyball down the stretch.
�I would say I don�t feel a whole lot of pressure. It�s more about the team and everybody working together. ... I�m just more excited than anything,� Franzen said.
Joining her on the outside will be a combination of several players looking to make their first big varsity impact, either through increased playing time or as call-ups from last year�s junior varsity. Seniors Hannah Quick and Zoe Cutler and juniors Emily McCue and Jessie Brammer should see time opposite Franzen as part of a DHS attack that Franzen said boasts an uptempo air.
�We just have a lot of speed. That�s what I�ll say is we�re fast,� said Franzen, daughter of Gary and Regina Franzen. �It just allows us to have one-on-one opportunities with the blocks.�
Gone from the middle of the front line is Claire Ochsner, a key cog in Durango�s deep postseason runs the last two seasons. Back to anchor the middle is junior Bella Bernazzani, who saw more than a fair amount of playing time as a sophomore last season and was impressive on multiple occasions for DHS, finishing second behind Ochsner with 31 blocks. Berkeley Davis will make the move from junior varsity to the big squad and likely will factor into the mix at middle hitter as well.
The engine that makes Durango hum, or any team for that matter, is its setter. The Demons bring back a good one in Bulen, who had 919 assists as a junior, and she�s as excited about this offense as any she�s had the chance to set for.
�I trust all my hitters this year, no doubt. I�m not nervous; I�m not scared; I trust all my girls,� said Bulen, daughter of David and Janine Bulen.
Perhaps the biggest changes for Durango come defensively. Libero Kennedy Clark, who had 213 digs last season, returns for her senior season and joins Bulen and Franzen as team captains. But a couple of new faces will fill the defensive specialist role vacated by the graduated Tiffany Morlan. Gaby Razma, a junior who transferred in from the Chicago area, and junior Mikayla Montoya will plug that gap, and Clark said the transition has been seamless.
�We�ve been working very hard to get better defensively because that was one of our weakest spots, so we�re much better at that this year,� said Clark, daughter of Letty and Randy Clark.
Currently, DHS is ranked No. 7 in Class 4A by The Denver Post and No. 8 by coloradopreps.com, both similar to the lofty perches the Demons held most of last season.
Now the question is will the results stack up?
�We�re always thinking about that, and I think we have an amazing chance to (go to state) again this year,� Bulen said.


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If you've run into some annoying bugs and glitches in Minecraft: PS3 Edition then you'll be pleased to know that 4J Studios has submitted a new patch to Sony to undergo certification testing. The developer is hoping the update will be released before next week but obviously its availability is contingent on how it holds up under Sony's scrutiny.
Patch 1.03 addresses some significant issues such as save file corruption in splitscreen mode and random game freezes and resets resulting from a memory issue.
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I have an old, well-worn, pocket-sized copy of Roget's Thesaurus on my desk at work (I'm a software engineer) that I find invaluable when writing documentation and emails.
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I'm an English as a Second/Foreign Language teacher, and I like to use the Cambridge Dictionaries Online.
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Word Dynamo from Dictionary.com is a nice way to learn new vocabulary. It has flashcard sets of a variety of different topics.
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