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Best New Restaurant
1. Magasin Vietnamese Cafe (4201 Magazine St., 504-896-7611; www.magasincafe.com) — Magazine Street finally can boast several Vietnamese restaurants — and Magasin was this year's favorite. Featuring pho dishes and other traditional Vietnamese meals for less than $10 in a modern setting, Magasin is adding cheap and healthy options to Magazine Street.
2. Borgne (Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola Ave., 504-613-3860; www.borgnerestaurant.com)
3. Maurepas Foods (3200 Burgundy St., 504-267-0072; www.maurepasfoods.com)
Best Metairie Restaurant
1. Drago's Seafood Restaurant (3232 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie, 504-888-9254; www.dragosrestaurant.com) — All over the metro area, the mention of Drago's evokes char-broiled oysters on the half shell topped with butter, garlic and Parmesan. They're definitely a specialty, but the restaurant gives a range of fish and seafood — including lobster — the New Orleans treatment. There also are grillades and grits and steak, pork and chicken dishes.
2. Andrea's New Orleans Italian Restaurant (3100 19th St., Metairie, 504-834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com)
3. Austin's (5101 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-888-5533; www.austinsno.com)
Best New Orleans Restaurant
1. Commander's Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 504-899-8221; www.commanderspalace.com) — Want to impress a date, score a grand-slam New Orleans experience for family or business associates or need a romantic setting for a special occasion? Commander's Palace, with an award-winning menu that draws diners from all over the world, has been the backdrop for these events since it opened in 1880. A specially priced lunch menu includes 25-cent martinis.
2. Restaurant August (301 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-299-9777; www.restaurantaugust.com)
3. Galatoire's Restaurant (209 Bourbon St., 504-525-2021; www.galatoires.com)
Best Kenner Restaurant
1. Kenner Seafood (3140 Loyola Drive, Kenner, 504-466-4701; www.kennerseafood.net) — With hearty portions of all the best seafood the Gulf has to offer, Kenner locals have embraced Kenner Seafood, a modest joint with not-so-modest meals. The seafood comes in soup, pasta, a po-boy or by itself, and it can be fried, blackened or grilled.
2. Ristorante da Piero (401 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-469-8585; www.ristorantedapiero.net)
3. Harbor Seafood & Oyster Bar (3203 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-6454; www.fishermanscoveseafood.com)
Best Northshore Restaurant
1. La Provence (25020 Hwy. 190, Lacombe, 985-626-7662; www.laprovencerestaurant.com) — Chef John Besh took the reins of this Lacombe treasure, opened by the late chef and Besh mentor Chris Karageorgiou in 1972. Besh and chef Erik Loos focus on Provencal-style cooking using local and seasonal ingredients, mostly from the restaurant's farm and acres of gardens.
2. Trey Yuen (600 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-626-4476; 2100 N. Morrison Road, 985-345-6789; www.treyyuen.com)
3. Dakota (629 Hwy. 190, Covington, 985-892-3712; www.thedakotarestaurant.com)
Best West Bank Restaurant
1. Pho Tau Bay (113 Westbank Expwy., Gretna, 504-368-9846) — This unassuming family eatery has been the grande dame of Vietnamese food in New Orleans since it opened in 1981. There are some 20 different phos on the menu, as well as rice paper spring rolls with peanut sauce, noodle dishes, banh mi and more.
2. Hoa Hong/9 Roses (1100 Stephens St., Gretna, 504-366-7665)
3. TIE: Mosca's Restaurant (4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, 504-436-9942; www.moscasrestaurant.com)
3. TIE: The Red Maple (1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, 504-367-0935; www.theredmaple.com)
Best St. Bernard Parish Restaurant
1. Rocky and Carlo's (613 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 504-279-8323) — Heart-attack-style baked macaroni and cheese (with gravy on top) takes center stage at this Chalmette institution, which reopened in June after a fire closed the eatery in February. An Italian-Cajun greasy spoon, Rocky and Carlo's has managed to hang on to its authenticity through the years, as evidenced by the mass of regulars, some of whom have been eating lunch here since the '60s.
2. Tony's Po-boys (434 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, 504-271-5211)
3. Par 3 Diner (2401 Paris Road, Chalmette, 504-279-7273)
Best Neighborhood Restaurant
1. Clancy's (6100 Annunciation St., 504-895-1111; www.clancysneworleans.com) — Clancy's tradition as a neighborhood joint goes back to its beginnings in the late 1940s. It underwent a renovation and change of course in 1983, establishing itself as a restaurant for classic Creole cuisine in a white-tablecloth setting. In the years since, Clancy's has become a popular choice for business lunches, group celebrations, special dates and family dinners.
2. Katie's Restaurant and Bar (3701 Iberville St., 504-488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com)
3. Mandina's (3800 Canal St., 504-482-9179; Azalea Shopping Center, 4240 Hwy. 22, Suite 1, Mandeville, 985-674-9883; www.mandinasrestaurant.com)
Best Hotel Restaurant
1. Domenica (Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 504-648-6020; www.domenicarestaurant.com) — Chef John Besh's acclaimed restaurant in the Roosevelt Hotel was designed to evoke the feel of a Sunday dinner in the Italian countryside. Domenica (which translates to "Sunday") serves chef Alon Shaya's well-crafted entrees alongside gourmet pizza and house-cured meats and cheeses. Since winning this category last year, Domenica has added pizza delivery within the Central Business District.
2. Cafe Adelaide (Loews Hotel, 300 Poydras St., 504-595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com)
3. Borgne (Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola Ave., 504-613-3860; www.borgnerestaurant.com)
Best Barbecue Restaurant
1. The Joint (701 Mazant St., 504-949-3232; www.alwayssmokin.com) — The Joint has a new home on Mazant Street, just a few blocks from its old location on Poland Avenue. The still-casual dining room is a bit fancier and includes a full-service bar. Everything else is the same: tender pulled pork, chicken and brisket, locally made sausage and meaty ribs seasoned with a dry rub.
2. Squeal (8400 Oak St., 504-302-7370; www.squealnola.com)
3. Corky's (4243 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-887-5000; www.corkysbbq.com)
Best Chinese Restaurant
1. Five Happiness (3605 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-482-3935, www.fivehappiness.com) — Five Happiness has had a near-monopoly on the sit-down Chinese scene in New Orleans for years and continues to be a well-praised favorite. It's a versatile restaurant – its elegant decor makes it a date night destin- ation, while an extensive menu of regional standards makes for a bountiful neighborhood take-out option.
2. Royal China (600 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-831-9633)
3. August Moon (3635 Prytania St., 504-899-5129, www.augustmoonneworleans.com)
Best Cajun Restaurant
1. Cochon (930 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-588-2123, www.cochonrestaurant.com) — Stephen Stryjewski (who won a 2011 James Beard award for Best Chef in the South) and Donald Link's Cochon has become a legendary meat mecca and adored staple of New Orleans fine dining. This nouveau-Cajun restaurant, offering a number of small plates, has made its way onto the tourist maps as a must-dine, celebrity-chef destination as well.
2. Mulate's Cajun Restaurant (201 Julia St., 504-522-1492, www.mulates.com)
3. K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen (416 Chartres St., 504-596-2530, www.kpauls.com)
Best Creole Restaurant
1. Dooky Chase Restaurant (2301 Orleans Ave., 504-821-0600) — Approaching 90 years old, the legendary Leah Chase and her restaurant Dooky Chase still set the standard for Creole cuisine. Dooky Chase offers a generous lunch buffet of classics including gumbo, red beans and rice, fried chicken, peach cobbler and more. This year, the restaurant added dinner hours on Friday.
2. Jacques-Imo's Cafe (8324 Oak St., 504-861-0886; www.jacquesimoscafe.com)
3. Galatoire's Restaurant (209 Bourbon St., 504-525-2021; www.galatoires.com)
Best Italian Restaurant
1. Vincent's Italian Cuisine (4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 504-885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 504-866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com) — Vincent's is the quintessential drippy candle, romantic Italian restaurant with mob hits on the jukebox and all one would expect on the menu: tiramisu, chicken parmigiana and spaghetti and meatballs. Vincent's has been crowded since it opened in 1989, but the wait for a table — not to mention the veal and spinach cannelloni — is well worth it.
2. Venezia Restaurant (134 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-488-7991; www.venezianeworleans.com)
3. Tony Angello's Restaurant (6262 Fleur De Lis Drive, 504-488-0888)
Best Japanese/Sushi Restaurant
1. Sake Cafe (817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 504-468-8829; 1130 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 504-733-8879; 4201 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, 504-779-7253; 2830 Magazine St., 504-894-0033; www.sakecafeuptown.us) — Readers didn't indicate which Sake Cafe location was their favorite, but all the restaurants offer contemporary Japanese cuisine and premium sake. The menus have lots of seafood choices, a range of teriyaki and tempura dishes, rice and noodle options, a long list of sushi, sashimi, rolls and more. The menu at Sake Cafe Uptown differs from the others.
2. Shogun (2325 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-833-7477; www.shogunneworleans.com)
3. Kyoto (4920 Prytania St., 504-891-3644; www.kyotonola.com)
Editor's pick
National cuisines get adjusted when they cross borders. That's why corn and squid are popular pizza toppings in Japan. On the flip side, New Orleanians have embraced sushi and a variety of Japanese dishes, but generally as a one-stop shop. Not all Japanese restaurants serve sushi, and many sushi places served little else. Since introductions to Japanese cuisine were made long ago, it's time for more diversity. Chiba, named for the small prefecture east of Tokyo, opened in Uptown with the promise of more creative approaches to Japanese dishes. It joins a couple of places that don't fit the Americanized-Japanese catch-all mold. Yuki Izakaya is a funky Japanese-style tavern (hence "izakaya") serving small plates in a bar setting. And Horinoya remains true to many very traditional Japanese offerings. There's a kutatsu-style table in which diners remove their shoes and sit on floor cushions at a lowered table. And it's the only local Japanese restaurant that offers natto, a fermented bean dish (and an acquired taste). Perhaps some red beans and rice fans may see if the appeal gets lost in translation. — Will Coviello
Best Latin American Restaurant
1. Baru (3700 Magazine St., 504-895-2225) — A tropical paradise awaits at Magazine and Amelia streets. This small plates (tapas) restaurant features dishes that aren't all that small, including succulent skirt steak, fish tacos and plenty of other Latin American delights. Baru is BYOB, and there's an $8 corkage fee for wine drinkers.
2. Mayas (2027 Magazine St., 504-309-3401; www.mojitoland.com)
3. RioMar (800 S. Peters St., 504-525-3474; www.riomarseafood.com)
Best Middle Eastern/Mediterranean Restaurant
1. Mona's Cafe (504 Frenchmen St., 504-949-4115; 3901 Banks St., 504-482-7743; 4126 Magazine St., 504-894-9800) — Mona's serves Middle Eastern food that is cheap and delicious, with bountiful portions. Its three locations are convenient for both spontaneous lunchers and weary revelers. The chicken shwarma and baba ghanoush are particu- larly good.
2. Byblos (Citywide, www.byblosrestaurants.com)
3. Lebanon's Cafe (1500 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-862-6200, www.lebanonscafe.com)
Best Mexican Restaurant
1. El Gato Negro (300 Harrison Ave., 504-488-0107; 81 French Market Place, 504-525-9752; www.elgatonegronola.com) — Bright, fresh and thoughtfully conceived dishes have made an impression in New Orleans' burgeoning Mexican food scene. Guacamole and ceviches prepared tableside and inventive mojitos and margaritas — like the pineapple/cilantro/lime concoction — give a traditional Mexican menu extra panache.
2. Taqueria Corona (5932 Magazine St., 504-897-3974; www.taqueriacorona.com)
3. Juan's Flying Burrito (2018 Magazine St., 504-569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-9950; www.juansflyingburrito.com)
Best Seafood Restaurant
1. GW Fins (808 Bienville St., 504-581-3467, www.gwfins.com) — Fins is hot and swank, attracting power-lunchers and refined dinner dates with several fish options you won't readily find anywhere nearby. There's a regularly changing menu, but the Scalibut – scallop crusted halibut with lobster risotto – is an original creation and one of the most frequently ordered dishes on the menu.
2. Drago's Seafood Restaurant (Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., 504-584-3911; 3232 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie, 504-888-9254; www.dragosrestaurant.com)
3. The Galley (2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-832-0955)
Best Soul Food Restaurant
1. Willie Mae's Scotch House (2401 St. Ann St., 504-822-9503) — Willie Mae's Scotch House, which opened in 1957 as a bar, serves a full menu of comfort food, including cornbread, pork chops, butter beans and bread pudding. But the main event here is the fried chicken, a family recipe that's consistently described as the best in the city.
2. Praline Connection (542 Frenchmen St., 504-943-3934; www.pralineconnection.com)
3. Lil Dizzy's (1500 Esplanade Ave., 504-569-8997)
Best Steakhouse
1. Ruth's Chris Steak House (Harrah's Hotel, 525 Fulton St., 504-587-7099; 3633 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-3600; www.ruthschris.com) — There's just something about the sound of sizzling butter applauding the steak it surrounds that makes the taste buds come alive. Couple it with a signature chop salad (big enough for two or three people), potatoes au gratin or fresh asparagus with hollan- daise sauce.
2. Mr. John's Steakhouse (2111 St. Charles Ave., 504-679-7697; www.mrjohnssteakhouse.com)
3. Crescent City Steak House (1001 N. Broad St., 504-821-3271; www.crescentcitysteaks.com)
Best Thai Restaurant
1. La Thai Uptown (4938 Prytania St., 504-899-8886; www.latthaiuptown.com) — La Thai serves an innovative combination of traditional and modern takes on Thai cuisine. The restaurant is co-owned by brother-sister chef team Merlin and Diana Chauvin.
2. Sukho Thai (1913 Royal St., 504-948-9309; 4519 Magazine St., 504-373-6471; www.sukhothai-nola.com)
3. Cafe Equator (2920 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-888-4772; www.cafeequator.com)
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
1. Pho Tau Bay (113 Westbank Expwy., Gretna, 504-368-9846) — A perennial favorite and a West Bank institution for more than 30 years, Pho Tau Bay has a wide selection of Vietnamese standards, including (vegetarian and meat) banh mi, spring rolls served with peanut sauce and the restaurant's signature, and varied, pho options.
2. Magasin Vietnamese Cafe (4201 Magazine St., 504-896-7611; www.magasincafe.com)
3. Hoa Hong/9 Roses (1100 Stephens St., Gretna, 504-366-7665)
Best Small Plates Restaurant
1. Vega Tapas (2051 Metairie Road, 504-836-2007, www.vegatapascafe.com) — The cheerful dining room and bar area contribute to sharing at this treasured Mediterranean tapas spot in Metairie. There's a steady menu of classics – paella, patatas bravas, gazpacho – as well as inspired specialty menus.
2. Baru Bistro and Tapas (3700 Magazine St., 504-895-2225)
3. Salu (3226 Magazine St., 504-371-5809; www.salurestaurant.com)
Best Food Truck
1. Taceaux Loceaux (www.twitter.com/tlnola) — There are taco trucks and then there is Taceaux Loceaux. The hearty tacos are packed with unique ingredients and clever names ("Carnital Knowledge" features carnitas, "Seoul Man" is Korean-style), and owners Alex and Maribeth del Castillo effectively use social media to announce their stops at locations around town.
2. Geaux Plates (www.twitter.com/GeauxPlates)
3. Curbside (www.twitter.com/curbsidetruck)
Best Pop-Up Restaurant
1. McClure's BBQ (www.mccluresbarbecue.com) — After being general manager at Dante's Kitchen for almost a decade, Neil McClure found his niche in barbecue and opened this pop-up at Dante's. McClure's boasts slow-cooked meats, including tender ribs, pulled pork, chicken and brisket. "I wouldn't put a piece of charcoal or propane anywhere near my food," he states on his website. He also hinted that McClure's may be opening a permanent location in the CBD.
2. Dim Sum and Then Some @ The Joint (www.facebook.com/DimSum504)
3. Nola Smokehouse @ Avenue Pub (www.nolasmokehouse.com)
Best Breakfast Spot
1. Surrey's (1418 Magazine St., 504-524-3828; 4807 Magazine St., 504-895-5757; www.surreyscafeandjuicebar.com) — This early riser Lower Garden District spot and its Uptown counterpart serve plates upon plates of huevos rancheros and Latin American-inspired breakfasts, among other homemade favorites. There are bottomless cups of coffee and a menu of fresh-squeezed organic juices to help flush out last night's toxins.
2. Ruby Slipper (139 S. Cortez St., 504-309-5531; 200 Magazine St., 504-525-9355; - www.therubyslippercafe.net)
3. Camellia Grill (626 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-309-2679; 540 Chartres St., 504-522-1800)
Best Brunch
1. Commander's Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace.com) — The storied Garden District restaurant, headed by Chef Tory McPhail, reserves weekends for its jazz brunch, accompanied by Joe Simon's Jazz Trio and eye-opening cocktails. Commander's classics like turtle soup and the oyster and Absinthe dome are on the menu, as are roasted quail and cochon de lait (with eggs, because it's brunch, after all).
2. Surrey's (1418 Magazine St., 504-524-3828; 4807 Magazine St., 504-895-5757; www.surreyscafeandjuicebar.com)
3. Dante's Kitchen (736 Dante St., 861-3121; www.danteskitchen.com)
Best Lunch Specials
1. Commander's Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 504-899-8221; www.-commanderspalace.com) — Voters might say they flock to the consistently well-rated New Orleans institution's lunch because of its specials starting at $16. But we all know it's because Commander's hosts the classiest wet lunch in town with its 25-cent martinis.
2. Palace Cafe (605 Canal St., 504-523-1661; www.palacecafe.com)
3. Joey K's (3001 Magazine St., 504-891-0997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com)
Best Late-Night Dining
1. Camellia Grill (540 Chartres St., 504-522-1800; 626 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-309-2679) — Whether it's because of the chocolate freezes, chilli-cheese omelets, pie or its staff of entertaining cooks, it's easy to see why this classic diner consistently has a line out front. A recent expansion to the French Quarter grill added a much-needed nonseedy, nonbar late-night food option in that area.
2. City Diner (3116 S. I-10 Service Road East, Metairie, 504-831-1030; www.citydiner.biz)
3. Root (200 Julia St., 504-252-9480; www.rootnola.com)
Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant
1. Chuck E. Cheese's (124 North Shore Blvd., Slidell, 985-641-4878; 3701 Gen. DeGaulle Drive, 504-367-1214; 7000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-454-5959; 69252 Hwy. 21, Covington, 985-893-6091; www.chuckecheese.com) — Chuck E. Cheese always ranks high in this category, probably because it's all about kids. It may be difficult to persuade children to sit down to eat their pizza, but they'll stay entertained while the adults dine. The restaurants have active-play areas as well as a variety of games with prizes and an animated puppets music show.
2. New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Company (Citywide; www.nohsc.com)
3. Reginelli's Pizzeria (Citywide; www.reginellis.com)
Editor's pick
There's nothing wrong with Chuck E. Cheese's. Who doesn't like pizza served with a side of terrifying, life-sized talking animal entertainment? And ball pits are fun if you're not worried about bacteria. But what this category attempts to find are grown-up restaurants where children can eat food they like and won't elicit glares from other diners. If you still want pizza, try the bustling Ancora on Freret Street, which should sate both adult palates and picky eaters, and often is filled with families dining. — Lauren LaBorde
Best Cheap Eats
1. Felipe's Taqueria (301 N. Peters St., 504-267-4406; 6215 S. Miro St., 504-309-2776; www. felipestaqueria.com) — Not only is the Mexican eatery cheap, but with just a quick flick of guacamole on your burrito your order is complete. But Felipe's doesn't compromise in quality in pursuit of being fast and cheap. The ingredients are fresh, and a salsa bar is there to spice up your order.
2. Juan's Flying Burrito (2018 Magazine St., 504-569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-9950; www.juansflyingburrito.com)
3. Dat Dog (5030 Freret St., 504-899-6883; www.datdognola.com)
Best Menu for Vegetarians
1. Green Goddess (307 Exchange Place, 504-301-3347; www.greengoddessnola.com) — Though chef Chris DeBarr has left the exotic Exchange Alley hideaway, its menu, now designed by chef Paul Artigues, is accented by vegetarian and vegan dishes with savory Indian pancakes, Creole tomatoes, local salads and house-pickled vegetables. The kitchen is always willing to design a dish for any veggie diet.
2. Mona's Cafe (504 Frenchmen St., 504-949-4115; 4126 Magazine St., 504-894-9800; 3901 Banks St., 504-482-7743)
3. Nirvana Indian Cuisine (4308 Magazine St., 504-894-9797; www.insidenirvana.com)
Best Place for Desserts
1. Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 504-520-8311; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-2277; www.shopsucre.com) — Upscale, creative confections and a modern spin on the wholesome sweet shop decor have turned this gourmet spot into an institution almost overnight. A wide array of prettily designed truffles and cakes make for impressive gifts.
2. Angelo Brocato (214 North Carrollton Ave., 504-486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com)
3. Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro (2001 St. Charles Ave., 504-593-9955; www.copelandscheesecakebistro.com)
Best Place To Get Cupcakes
1. The Kupcake Factory (Citywide; www.thekupcakefactory.com)
Cupcakes are an artform at the Kupcake Factory and have all one could hope for in a cupcake: they are pretty, fluffy, and loaded with frosting. Twenty-nine fun flavors like the Fat Elvis (banana cake with peanut frosting and dusted with powdered sugar) and the Swirl (marbled cake with a chocolate/vanilla frosting swirl resembling a soft serve cone) are supplemented by a monthly new flavor.
2. Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 504-520-8311; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-2277; www.shopsucre.com)
3. Bee Sweet (5706 Magazine St., 504-891-8333; www.beesweetcupcakes.com)
Best King Cake
1. Manny Randazzo King Cakes (3515 N. Hullen St., 504-456-1476; www.randazzokingcake.com) — It seems nothing beats this perennial winner. Perhaps it's that moist, braided cake with the sticky icing, or how the bakery's excellent service makes it simple to ship the cake to your loved ones (or yourself) anywhere in the world. The cakes also are available year round to sate off-season cravings.
2. Haydel's Bakery (4037 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson; 504-837-0190; www.haydelbakery.com)
3. TIE: Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 504-520-8311; 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-2277; www.shopsucre.com)
3. TIE: Rouses (Citywide; www.shop.rouses.com)
Best Buffet
1. The Buffet at Harrah's (8 Canal St., 504-533-6000; www.-harrahsneworleans.com) — The Buffet at Harrah's is a fine-dining smorgasbord with favorites like jumbo shrimp and fried chicken, along with Pacific Rim and French dishes. The Sweet Treats dessert bar is laden with even more guilt-inducing delights. You might even forget about going back to the black-jack table.
2. Nirvana Indian Cuisine (4308 Magazine St., 504-894-9797; www.insidenirvana.com)
3. East Buffet (2750 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-889-7826)
Best Wine List
1. The Delachaise (3442 St. Charles Ave., 504-895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com) — The curated wine list offers almost two dozen wines by the glass and another wide selection of wines by the bottle. You can choose cozy ambience and sit at a table or booth indoors, or soak in the New Orleans charm at tables on a patio overlooking the streetcar line and St. Charles Avenue. The menu also offers diverse tastes; ask a bartender to help you pair dishes with wines.
2. Emeril's (800 Tchoupitoulas St., 528-9393; www.emerils.com)
3. Wine Institute of New Orleans (610 Tchoupitoulas St., 324-8000; www.winoschool.com)
Best Chef
1. John Besh — Since he took over Restaurant August in 2005, Besh has built a small culinary empire in New Orleans, with seven restaurants in the New Orleans area, as well as The Soda Shop (inside the National World War II Museum). The latest is Borgne, which opened earlier this year in the Hyatt Regency Hotel and has drawn accolades for the food created by Besh and his partner, chef Brian Landry ... who placed third in this category.
2. Susan Spicer
3. Brian Landry
Best Outdoor Dining
1. Martinique Bistro (5908 Magazine St., 504-891-8495; www.-martiniquebistro.com) — Diners can eat inside but, when the weather's nice, Martinique's intimate courtyard is the way to go. This elegant Uptown restaurant serves traditional bistro food with local, seasonal ingredients.
2. Bacchanal (600 Poland Ave., 504-948-9111; www.bacchanalwine.com)
3. Cafe Rani (2917 Magazine St., 504-895-2500; www.caferanimagazine.com)
Best Deli
1. Stein's Market and Deli (2207 Magazine St., 504-527-0771; www.-steinsdeli.net) — Gooey pastrami sandwiches and cranky attitudes behind the counter (there's a system here — don't screw it up, wait your turn, talk fast) are more Lower East Side Manhattan than Lower Garden District, and it's a welcome sore thumb. The sandwich selection can't be beat, and the specialty grocery items — olive oils, bitters, pickles, mustards and other condiments — are a gourmand's delight.
2. Martin Wine Cellar (3500 Magazine St., 504-894-7420; 4221 Bienville St., 504-897-0191; www.martinwine.com)
3. Kosher Cajun Deli (3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-888-2010; www.koshercajun.com)
Best Burger
1. Company Burger (4600 Freret St., 504-267-0320; www. thecompanyburger.com) — Company Burger not only boasts a burger that Anthony Bourdain described on Twitter as "pretty goddamn perfect," but its menu is filled with other gems: a lamb burger, a grilled cheese sandwich that includes a fried egg, and rotating sides like fried okra. The restaurant also has a mayo bar.
2. Port of Call (838 Esplanade Ave., 504-523-0120; www.portofcallnola.com)
3. Cowbell (1200 Eagle St., 504-298-8689; www.cowbell-nola.com)
This is a good list, but I woud have to add the veggie burger from truburger (the best nonmeat burger I've ever had), along with the bacon cheeseburger at Yo Mama's Bar & Grill, any of the sliders at Phil's Grill, the Buffa Burger at Buffa's (get it with grilled onions) and the Beachburger at Beachcorner Bar and Grill, which I have yet to be able to finish in one sitting. — KEVIN ALLMAN
Best Gourmet-To-Go
1. Martin Wine Cellar (3500 Magazine St., 504-894-7420; 4221 Bienville St., 897-0191, www.martinwine.com) — Martin Wine Cellar is the discerning picnicker's delight. An array of salads and classic sandwiches (Cubans, Reubens, and clubs) and gut-busters (try the Steamboat: corned beef, ham, bacon, swiss, Creole mustard, and onion) are made fresh to-order. You can shop for wine while you wait.
2. Gott Gourmet (3100 Magazine St., 504-373-6579, www.gottgourmetcafe.com)
3. Chez Nous (5701 Magazine St., 504-899-7303, www.gotocheznous.com)
Best Grocery Store Prepared-Food-To-Go
1. Whole Foods Market (3420 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-8225; 5600 Magazine St., 504-899-9119; www.wholefoodsmarket.com) — One of the reasons Whole Foods receives accolades is its amazing selection of food-to-go. Both the Arabella Street location Uptown and the Veterans Memorial Boulevard location in Metairie offer healthy, restaurant-quality takeout for people on the run. (Plus you might see Drew Brees in the Uptown location.)
2. Rouses (Citywide; www.rouses.com)
3. Langenstein's (800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-831-6682; 1330 Arabella St., 504-899-9283; www.langensteins.com)
Best Gumbo
1. Gumbo Shop (630 St. Peter St., 504-525-1486, www.gumboshop.com) — Once again The Gumbo Shop wins the reader's choice (and has every year since 1999). Tourists agree too; be prepared for crowds. Choose from the seafood okra, chicken andouille, or the Gumbo Z'Herbes appetizer.
2. Mr. B's Bistro (201 Royal St., 504-523-2078; www.mrbsbistro.com)
3. Mr. Ed's (5241 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-889-7992)
Best Muffuletta
1. Central Grocery (923 Decatur St., 504-523-1620) — What Cafe Du Monde is to beignets, Central Grocery is to muffulettas. Tourism hasn't marred the Old World atmosphere of this 106-year-old store that's generally accepted as the originator of the sandwich. The muffuletta has a simple construction – no frills here, just a fresh, round, seeded bun decked with salami, provolone, and olive salad – which is perhaps the reason it's consistently ranked the best.
2. Nor-Joe Import Co. (505 Frisco Ave., Metairie, 504-833-9240; www.norjoe.com)
3. TIE: DiMartino's (3900 General DeGaulle Drive, 504-367-0227)
3. TIE: Napoleon House (500 Chartres St., 504-522-4152; www.napoleonhouse.com)
Best Pizza Restaurant
1. Slice (1513 St. Charles Ave., 504-525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., 504-897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com) — New Orleans hasn't traditionally been known for its pizza, and to many, Slice is an oasis of mozzarella-pepperoni goodness in a pizza desert. The specialty pies are nothing new but are done well — such as the shrimp and andouille or the Greek pizza with artichoke, feta, green olives, and red onions.
2. Theo's Pizza (4218 Magazine St., 504-894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 504-302-1133; www.theospizza.com)
3. Reginelli's Pizzeria (Citywide; www.reginellis.com)
Editor's Pick
"New Orleans can't do pizza" is one of the laziest stereotypes in the city's culinary landscape. Newcomers Pizza Delicious, The Midway and Pizzicare show how to perfect a time-honored tradition with a New Orleans palate, and Domenica and Ancora take a more traditionally delicious approach without the big city pretension. Sure, you can't grab a wonderfully greasy $1 slice on a street corner, but we aren't in the West Village, and we shouldn't aspire to be. — Alex Woodward
Best Bar Food
1. The Bulldog (3236 Magazine St., 504-891-1516, 5135 Canal St., 504-488-4191; www.bulldog.draftfreak.com) — The Bulldog has a wide variety of beers, and it upholds the same standard on its menu. You'll find anything the tipsy eater could dream up: nachos, wings, dips, burgers, eggrolls and, of course, fries, which are something special. The Amber fries are a large portion of waffle-cut potatoes drenched in cheese. The Porter fries — covered in wing sauce, chili, cheese, and jalapenos — aren't for the faint of stomach.
2. Cooter Brown's Tavern (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-866-9104; www.cooterbrowns.com)
3. The Delachaise (3442 St. Charles Ave., 504-895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com)
Best Barbecue Shrimp
1. Pascal's Manale Restaurant (1838 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-4877) — You'll want to bathe in the combination of butter, lemon, garlic, Worcestershire, white wine, hot sauce and a secret blend of spices. Pascal's Manale has been serving this style of barbecue shrimp (which has nothing to do with traditional barbecue sauce or a grill) since 1903 and has been winning over diners ever since.
2. Mr. B's Bistro (201 Royal St., 504-523-2078; www.mrbsbistro.com)
3. Deanie's Seafood (841 Iberville St., 504-581-1316; 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie, 504-831-4141; www.deanies.com)
Best Oyster Po-Boy
1. Parkway Bakery & Tavern (538 Hagan Ave., 504-482-3047; www.parkwaypoorboys.com) — Monday is like a holiday at Parkway: it's the only day when oyster po-boys are available. Piping hot and crispy fried, this is a simple sandwich, but one of the most beloved in New Orleans.
2. Domilise's Po-boys (5240 Annunciation St., 504-899-9126)
3. Acme Oyster House (724 Iberville St., 504-525-1158; 3000 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-309-4056; www.acmeoyster.com)
Best Shrimp Po-Boy
1. Parkway Bakery and Tavern (538 Hagan Ave., 504-482-3047; www.parkwaypoorboys.com) — This is Parkway's fourth year in the No. 1 slot for this category, and for good reason. The big shrimp po-boy is among the best sandwiches in a place famous for sandwich superlatives. For the price of an appetizer at some other restaurants, you'll get a po-boy so full of crisp, fried shrimp that, once you've finished the sandwich proper, you'll find a second meal has fallen onto your paper wrapper.
2. Domilise's Po-boys (5420 Annunciation St., 504-899-9126)
3. TIE: Crabby Jack's (428 Jefferson Highway, 504-833-2722; www.-crabbyjacksnola.com)
3. TIE: Mahony's Po-boy Shop (3454 Magazine St., 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com)
Best Roast Beef Po-Boy
1. Parkway Bakery and Tavern (538 Hagan Ave., 504-482-3047; www.parkwaypoorboys.com) — Best to have a whole roll of paper towels on hand if you're going to attempt Parkway's roast beef po-boy. Fall-apart roast beef, juices, onions and debris slathered in gravy, this is a sloppy sandwich that requires a bib.
2. Mother's Restaurant (401 Poydras St., 504-523-9656; www.mothersrestaurant.net)
3. Tracey's (2604 Magazine St., 504-897-5413; www.traceysnola.com)
Best Place To Get a Specialty Sandwich
1. Stein's Market and Deli (2207 Magazine St., 504-527-0771; www.steinsdeli.net) — Prosciutto, pastrami, corned beef and tongue reign supreme at this Jewish and Italian deli in the Lower Garden. There's even an assortment of knishes, cream cheese, and giant, doughy bagels shipped in from New York.
2. St. James Cheese Company (5004 Prytania St., 504-899-4737; www.stjamescheese.com)
3. Martin Wine Cellar (714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, 504-896-7300; 3500 Magazine St., 504-894-7420; www.martinwine.com)
Best Tacos
1. The Rum House (3128 Magazine St., 504-941-7560; www.rumhousenola.com) — New Orleans is by no means short of convivial, chips-and-queso taquerias, but Rum House stands out with its selection of Caribbean-inspired tacos packed with toppings. Options include standbys like fried fish tacos and others with more unusual fillings like fried oysters, curried lamb and duck cracklings.
2. Taqueria Corona (1827 Hickory Ave., 504-738-6722; 3535 Severn Ave., 504-885-5088; 5932 Magazine St., 504-897-3974; www.taqueriacorona.com)
3. Juan's Flying Burrito (2018 Magazine St., 504-569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-9950; www.juansflyingburrito.com)
Best Cup of Coffee
1. PJ's Coffee (Citywide; www.pjscoffee.com) — Few cities have a coffee chain that can compete with a mega-chain like Starbucks. But PJ's has been able to establish a loyal customer base throughout New Orleans. With famous French roasts, iced coffees, and Cafe au Lait, New Orleanians don't seem willing to give up their hometown hero.
2. CC's Community Coffee House (Citywide; www.communitycoffee.com)
3. Cafe Du Monde (800 Decatur St., 504-525-4544; www.cafedumonde.com)
Best Iced Coffee
1. PJ's Coffee (Citywide; www.pjscoffee.com) — PJ's iced coffee is essential during the hotter months, and the coffee company has it down to a science, combining a cold-pressed Viennese blend with Melipone vanilla that makes for a rich, creamy pick-me-up. Add in one of dozens of flavor syrups for an extra sugary treat.
2. CC's Community Coffee House (Citywide; www.commu-nitycoffee.com)
3. Starbucks (Citywide; www.starbucks.com)
Editor's pick
These local chains are perennial favorites in the coffee categories, and they are good. But as a relentless caffeine fiend who has traveled far and wide to get my fix, allow me to offer some less-known alternatives. From a tiny shack across from Whole Foods, Velvet Espresso serves coffee from quality roasters like Intelligentsia and brews using siphon and other slow-bar coffee serving methods (it may take a few minutes but it's worth it). They also recently launched a mobile espresso bar (www.velvettogeaux.com). Speaking of mobile coffee, Brigade Coffee Company (www.brigadecoffee.com) serves its potent brews from an old Citroen truck. Follow the brewer on Twitter (@BrigadeCoffee) for location updates. — Lauren LaBorde
Best Place to Get Ice Cream/Gelato
1. Angelo Brocato (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com) — Here, you won't find lavender-chocolate ice cream, avocado sorbet or the trendy flavors populating gourmet ice creameries. Instead, be comforted by bricks of pastel spumoni, traditional Italian gelati and cookies, and the cafe's famous Italian ices, which you can find in stores but are more fun to eat at Brocato's.
2. Creole Creamery (4924 Prytania St., 504-894-8680; 6260 Vicksburg St., 504-482-2924; www.creolecreamery.com)
3. Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 504-520-8311; 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-2277; www.shopsucre.com)
Best Frozen Yogurt
1. Pinkberry (3460 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, 985-612-7306; 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., 504-899-4260; www.pinkberry.com) — Fro-yo places are propagating like an infectious culture across New Orleans, but Pinkberry remains the best. Its flavors — which include seasonal options — are tangy and subtle, the toppings are unique and often changing, and new locations are in the works. They offer delivery in some areas.
2. Tutti-Fruitti (Citywide; www.tfyogurt.com)
3. Yogurtland (4903 Prytania St., 504-333-6809; www.yogurtland.com)
Best Sno-Ball Stand
1. Hansen's Sno-Bliz (4801 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-891-9788; www.snobliz.com) — Endure the long line and summer heat, and you'll be rewarded with a cup packed high with feathery shaved ice and creamy syrup from a place that resembles a time capsule or museum. Ashley Hansen, granddaughter of Ernest Hansen, who invented the ice-shaving machine, is still there serving sno-balls with a smile.
2. Williams Plum Street Snowballs (1300 Burdette St., 866-7996; www.eteamz.com/plumstreetsnoball)
3. Sal's Sno-Ball Stand (1823 Metairie Road, 504-666-1823)
Best Coffeehouse
1.PJ's Coffee (Citywide; www.pjscoffee.com) — Before the mainstream popularity of macchiatos and mocha lattes, there was PJ's. Started in 1978 by Phyllis Jordan (PJ), this local chain has been a New Orleanian daily necessity for decades. Twelve different roasts and a variety of syrups and flavors continue to draw loyal patrons.
2. CC's Community Coffee House (Citywide; www.communitycoffee.com)
3. Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (3133 Ponce de Leon St., 504-913-9072; www.fairgrinds.com)
Best Restaurant That Delivers
1. Reginelli's Pizzeria (Citywide; www.reginellis.com) — Nine locations, and Reginelli's has New Orleans pretty much covered for delivery. With its sizeable menu of toppings, calzones, salads, sandwiches, and pasta dishes, you'd be hard-pressed not to find something that appeals, and the hefty portions make for great leftovers.
2. Five Happiness (3605 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-482-3935; www.fivehappiness.com)
3. Mikimoto (3301 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com)


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From San Jose, California, USA:
My daughter was diagnosed with DIDMOAD 12 years ago. She is 17 now and has Optic Atrophy, Diabetes Insipidus, and Diabetes Mellitus as well as neurological dysfunction. Recently, we found her unconscious and she was admitted to the intensive care unit due to aspirated stomach contents inhaled into her lungs. The diagnosis was pneumonia. The neurologist said he is 51 percent sure she had a seizure. My child is dying and there seems to be nothing anyone can do. What is her life expectancy and what can we do?
Also, there seems to be two causes for DIDMOAD, one is maternally passed in the DNA. I am worried about my other daughter who is 19 but appears fine. Is she out of the woods? How do I know if I passed this horrible affliction to my youngest daughter?
You should ask these excellent questions to your endocrine team since they could arrange for testing to see what your other child has or doesn't have. By this age, it is unlikely that this would be missed. Also, you may want to arrange for a special genetics consultation so that some of these questions also could be addressed. Since you did not pass any genetic material purposefully to your child, you should consider some counseling for yourself so that you can get some support for what you and the rest of the family need to do and don't have to handle so much guilt for this rare genetic condition especially under these conditions where she is in such critical condition at the moment.
Additional comments from Brenda Hitchcock:See DIDMOAD (Wolfram's Syndrome) for more information.
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The music documentary Turning grew out of a unique performance piece created by two one-of-a-kind artists: the brilliantly expressive, fluidly gendered singer and composer Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons) and pioneering video artist Charles Atlas. A longtime collaborator with famed choreographer Merce Cunningham, with whom he broke ground in developing dance works directly for film, Atlas has more recently gravitated to live video installations, shooting images he mixes or manipulates in real time. Turning, made for the 2004 Whitney Biennial, combined an Antony and the Johnsons concert with projected portraits of 13 women spanning the spectra of age, race, sexuality, and stylistic flamboyance, filmed as they slowly spun one at a time on a rotating platform to soaring, searching Hegarty anthems like "Kiss My Name" and "Hope There's Someone." In a 2006 discussion with Atlas, Antony called it "a rogue's gallery of gorgeousness"; the Paris daily Le Monde termed at a "transsexual manifesto."
It's a musical/visual approach rich in metaphoric possibilities that, in a recent interview with MFW, the pragmatic Atlas politely disowned, in intent if not in result. The metaphors take more concrete shape in the Turning documentary, filmed in 2006 as Hegarty and Atlas took the production to Europe for a short tour (largely made possible by Antony's breakthrough success the previous year with the Mercury Prize-winning album I Am a Bird Now). Opening out the performance experience, the film supplements the delicately hulking Hegarty's lush melancholia and Atlas's layered, colorful video portraits with funny, resonant backstage scenes and emotional interviews with several of the women, adding flesh to the stage show's implied commentary on beauty, gender, and the construction of identity. We spoke to Atlas last month as he and Turning toured UK cinemas; it next screens on February 27 at San Francisco's Noise Pop fest and in March at the Miami International Film Festival and the SIFF Cinema in Seattle.
MFW: This is not your first music documentary.
Charles Atlas: It's my second. I don't consider myself a documentary maker. I'm a filmmaker and a video maker, a video artist. Lately my work has been mostly in museums and galleries. I have a thing in January at the Bloomberg SPACE in London, and in March I'm doing a week of live video performances at the Tate Modern.
What was your first?
It was called Put Blood in the Music. It was about downtown New York music in 1990. The big portraits were John Zorn and Sonic Youth, and I also did Ambitious Lovers, which was Arto Lindsay's group, and Hugo Largo, which is a group that doesn't exist anymore.
Is it something you'd do again?
It really depends on the project coming up. When I do my live video performance I work with musicians. It's sort of a dual improvisation. The one I work with the most is Christian Fennesz. [He's] great, really great. He's an Austrian composer, on Touch Records. And then I worked with William Basinski last year, and I'm hoping to work with another one for the Tate.
Tell me about your collaboration with Antony. How did this project come about?
I met Antony in the early '90s. He at that time had a theater group called Blacklips Performance Cult. I became a fan and a friend. We were friends for like 10 years before we actually worked together. I make various kinds of films and I'm a video artist, do installations, and since 2003 I've been working in live video – real-time video, installations with performances. One of the things I had done was a series of portraits called Instant Fame, where people came into a gallery, and whoever came into the gallery, I would do their portrait. I would have a little studio with two cameras in one part of the gallery where I'd do live mixing, and in the other part of the gallery I would show the results. In that I used a turntable, and I did some turning portraits of people. Antony had seen, not that one, but something else I'd done with [performance artist] Johanna Constantine, one of the women in Turning. He thought it would be a good idea to combine that with his music. He was invited to perform at the Whitney Biennial, so that was a collaboration that happened for that. We did it at St. Ann's Warehouse [in Brooklyn], for three performances, for like 500 people each. We just did it. We didn't know what we were doing exactly, we just combined our work.
Was there something particular in Antony's music that appealed to you as a visual artist, and suggested itself to you as something to combine with what you were doing?
No. I've worked with lots of different artists, and what matters more to me is the kind of collaborator. And it matters if I love the work.
Then what is it about Antony's music, just as a fan or a listener?
It's very moving. And I don't like to repeat myself, I like to do different things, and it really was like nothing else I'd worked with before. There was a directness that I think in a way is what set his music apart from other music. It wasn't cool, it wasn't ironic, it wasn't hip – it was direct.
Watching the film, I thought to myself – I've never seen him live, so this was the first time I've seen him perform in an extended way – he's like a modern-day torch singer. There's that element of stark emotionalism in his singing.
Yeah. He wrote all those songs and they mean a lot to him, and that's conveyed. And this is a great document of that period. Right now he's more of a diva [laughs].
In a good way?
In a good way. He really takes the stage in a very confident way, and tries not to move too much. Because he doesn't like all the [gestures broadly] – which I love, it's so expressive.
His physical expressiveness in the [concert] scenes in this documentary is striking. Especially in contrast to the women, who move a little bit but are mostly striking poses.
Well, we'd asked them to not [move]. Some of them, when we were working, got into it and got very dramatic.
Well, some of them are performers.
Some of them are performers, but it wasn't the performers who got dramatic [laughs].
You said you had done the "turning" concept before as part of a gallery show. What did it suggest to you as a visual metaphor for what you were trying to communicate?
It wasn't. I'm a really practical guy. I had done this installation in Amsterdam around 1990. I did 13 rooms in a castle with sculptural elements and video. One room was just a turntable with a speaker on it, revolving, with someone speaking. And so then I had a turntable. I brought it back to my studio and I started doing things with it [laughs]. I filmed objects on it, then I put people on it. I didn't start from an idea about metaphorically what it should be.
The women, when they talk in the film, some of them are thinking of it as a metaphor for their own lives in some way.
I would say two-thirds of the women had never been on a stage before, and us putting them up there – featuring them, honoring them, letting them be seen – was a very special moment for a lot of them, validating who they were.
In the film you've chosen to tell more of their stories, to introduce the women as characters. Why did you decide to do that and not make just a straightforward concert record?
I really didn't want to make a concert film. I could have, but I felt this could have a much wider reach. Originally, when I first got the material, I made a 90-minute rough cut that was really a music documentary, a tour documentary. The narrative was the tour going from this place to this place to this place and how the relations of the people changed a bit, and it was really funny, and fun, and had all the music and went back and forth between that. And when I looked at it and thought about it, and looked at it with Antony, we thought it really didn't represent the spirit of the piece that we wanted to represent. When we got the money to finish I started over.
At the film's website there's a description of it as "exploring themes of identity, transcendence, and the revelation of essence." How did you feel like what you were presenting brought out something essential about these women?
That describes the result more than the goal. I wove all my materials together, and I worked with an editor, a great editor, in Denmark, Asa Mossberg. We had quite a lot of dialogue about all the women. We wanted to approach not everyone the same, and leave some mysterious.
Do you go into these live video projects with confidence that there's a kismet at work? When you set up the right situation, something essential about the subject is going to come out?
Well, I worked early on with John Cage, who was famous for using chance methods. He was very careful about what elements he chose to randomize. It was very organized on another level, that wasn't chance. I feel the same thing. I normally don't ever work from a high-concept idea. I really try to empty myself and see what's coming up. And usually I don't really know what I'm doing until after I've done it. It kind of accumulates meaning, and then I trust that.
The only other thing I wanted to ask is whether it's had any impact on your career having the same name as the most famous bodybuilder ever until Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It was very hard growing up. Once I grew up it was fine. I actually meet people nowadays who've never heard of the other guy. Or they say, "Haven't I heard of you? Aren't you famous?" [Laughs] And it wasn't his real name. A lot of people don't believe it's my name. It comes up when they're buying me an airline ticket: "We need to know what your name is on your passport." It says "Charles Atlas" [laughs].
Charles Atlas's video exhibition Glacier runs through March 30 at the Bloomberg SPACE in London. He will present a week of live video performances with Johanna Constantine and choreographer Cecilia Bengolea at the Tate Modern March 20-26 as part of the BMW Tate Live series.


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Almost Famous
Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Directed by Cameron Crowe
R 120 minutes
''You're not out there to join the party,'' a Rolling Stone editor tells the journalist William Miller (Mr. Fugit). ''We already have one Hunter Thompson.'' Having never met William face to face, the editor is as yet unaware that on the strength of a few good clips the magazine has assigned a 15-year-old to produce a piece of objective reporting on a fast-rising rock group called Stillwater.
The year is 1973 as William, modeled after Mr. Crowe during his own days as a teenage reporter, joins the Stillwater tour bus in Tempe, Ariz., and starts to get acquainted with Russell Hammond (Mr. Crudup), the group's guitarist and rising star. He also encounters Stillwater's lead groupie, a warm and wise teenager who calls herself Penny Lane (Ms. Hudson).
''The enemy: a rock writer,'' somebody warns. But William is a forthright boy who may fool Rolling Stone with a fake baritone on the telephone but works his way into the band's confidence with his boyish charm.
On the road there are calls and messages from his mother, Elaine (Ms. McDormand), a good-hearted and wonderfully expressive worrywart back in San Diego. William reassures her from pay phones in hotel hallways while Penny's groupie cohorts loudly invite him to sessions of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.Continue reading the main story
In fact, William does no drugging and takes a good part of the movie to lose his virginity. Stillwater carouses some but generally sets a good example, keeping its substance intake under control and leaving hotel furniture intact. William bonds with Russell, a gentle, sensitive sort, in the face of his rising fame, and Penny, who is making Russell her last project, as she calls it, before she moves on to Morocco.
Meanwhile, the tour graduates to plane travel and during a midair emergency the band feels compelled to disgorge all kinds of confessions fit for inclusion in William's article. Rolling Stone will give him 3,000 words and maybe the cover. ''Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you,'' warns the critic Lester Bangs (Mr. Hoffman), William's mentor.
VIOLENCE -- A few verbal confrontations.
SEX -- This is a rock tour so sex is everywhere. Virtually none of it gets on screen, however, and what does is playful and sanitized.
PROFANITY -- Quite a bit, but natural.
FOOTNOTE -- ''My wife had an accident with some Quaaludes,'' William tells a hotel operator in his telephone baritone. An emergency team pumps out Penny's stomach. Russell drops acid, but while drugs are evident, they are played down.
For Which Children?
UNDER AGE 10 -- No.
AGES 11-13 -- Parents may veto, but Mr. Crowe depicts his rock experiences in a happy light. William is an appealing role model.
AGES 14 AND UP -- A true rarity: an R-rated film the whole family (excluding the little ones) can enjoy.
Nurse Betty
Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Tia Texada
Directed by Neil LaBute
R 112 minutes
After witnessing the horrific killing of her no-good husband, a sweet waitress named Betty (Ms. Zellweger) turns ''disassociative'' by blocking out the whole thing and driving off to California, where she plans to unite with the fictional man of her dreams, Dr. David Ravell (Mr. Kinnear), a Los Angeles surgeon in the soap opera ''A Reason to Love.''
Betty is obsessed with the show and the doctor. This is her first time outside Kansas, which conjures visions of the yellow brick road but for one detail: in the trunk of the Buick she has borrowed from her husband's used-car lot are 10 kilos of drugs.
Unaware of that, Betty proceeds to Los Angeles trailed by the killers, a couple of enforcers from Detroit: Charlie (Morgan Freeman), a reflective dreamer who will become infatuated with Betty's innocence, and Wesley (Mr. Rock), a sociopathic hothead who plays more to type.
In Los Angeles Betty lands a job at a hospital and actually meets the actor who plays Dr. Ravell. Totally immersed in the show's fanatsy, or so it would appear, she leads him to believe that she's merely angling for a part. By now Charlie and Wesley have traced Betty's snapshots cross- country and are readying for some scenes straight out of ''The Sopranos.''
VIOLENCE -- Horrendous and kind of special, even in an age of extreme movie violence. To be brief, Betty's husband is scalped. Such severity may be necessary to establish Betty's flight from reality, but the act obviously is not a sight for young viewers.
SEX -- Simulated sex is performed at the start of the film.
PROFANITY -- Plenty.
For Which Children?
UNDER AGE 14 -- ''Nurse Betty'' is a strange case. After the killing it becomes a clever, amusing film that, depending on parental guidelines, is not unsuitable for older children. But the killing rules it out.
AGES 14-17 -- Many teenagers will take the scalping in stride. There are no other problems.
Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, Kimberly Elise, Robert Pastorelli
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
R 120 minutes
Caught stealing $2,000 worth of prawns (shrimp on steroids), the impoverished Alvin (Mr. Foxx) ends up in the same jail cell as Jaster (Mr. Pastorelli), who has helped steal $42 million worth of gold bullion from the Federal Government. Jaster tells the Treasury Department, represented by the overbearing Edgar Clenteen (Mr. Morse), that he doesn't know what happened to the gold and that he is not responsible for killing two security people during the robbery. That was the work of his accomplice. Jaster doesn't know much about him either, except that he's a computer genius.
That would be the diabolical Bristol (Mr. Hutchison doing his John Malkovich imitation), but the film doesn't catch up to him until the final explosion and shootout. To track him down, Clenteen has a transmitter planted in Alvin's jaw in the hopes that Alvin will draw Bristol out of hiding.
Why should Bristol give a hoot about Alvin? Well, Jaster double-crossed Bristol during the robbery and hid the gold somewhere. Bristol figures that Jaster may have told Alvin where during their incarceration together. So everybody trots around Manhattan tracked by Clenteen's electronics experts, who percolate in their command center as if they are directing a moon landing. (If Alvin is so destitute, where did he get that Rolex?)
VIOLENCE -- The film gets bloody.
SEX -- Alvin's lovemaking with his girlfriend (Ms. Elise) rocks the eavesdropping equipment at mission central.
PROFANITY -- None (just kidding).
For Which Children?
UNDER AGE 11 -- A definite no.
AGES 11-13 -- Standard action fodder, meaning not entirely appropriate and in need of an adult escort.
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Our next play reading is on Monday 13 March, at the Centrepoint Library, Im Lohnhof 8, 4051 Basel. Members and non-members are welcome.
We will read Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" - a light-hearted comedy with a darker side.
The post-war years in New York City was a golden age - on the surface! People dressed up for the office, took three-hour lunches, smoked and drank blithely with little thought for the consequences. But below the surface there was a darker side of sexism, racism and communist witch-hunts.
The play is set in the writers' room of 1950's TV "The Max Prince Show". The writers on the 23rd floor are constantly coming up with good one-liners for their own amusement and for use in the show. The show is smart and funny, but it's in trouble: the network wants to cut it from 90 to 60 minutes, and the bosses want to trim the budget by firing one of the writers . . .
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Mentor Elaine Handley and Artist Marco Montanari Collaborate in Ekphrasis Tradition
By Helen Edelman, manager, Exchange
November 26, 2013
"Creating the Third Mind: A Painter and Poet Collaborate," a collaborative art project featuring the work of both Mentor Elaine Handley, at left, a poet at Empire State College's Saratoga Unit, and Marco Montanari, an artist from Colorado, will be featured at The Teaching Gallery at 111 West Ave., Saratoga Springs. From two distinct creative backgrounds, Handley is a writer and professor at the college whose poetry is in the tradition of "ekphrasis," and Montanari is an encaustic painter, using paraffin and thinly polished glazes to achieve a wide range of textures. Both ekphrasis and encaustic painting are ancient traditions. The show runs through December.
Ekphrasis uses poetic language to write about art, an ancient tradition that exists in every known culture. The original goal of this literary form was to create the experience of a work of art for the reader so it could be imagined. In modern times, ekphrasis shifted to the poet interpreting and entering into a work of art.
Elaine Handley
Poem: "Armour" - written by Elaine Handley inspired by Marco Montanari?s "Spiritual Warrior Shield" painting: "Dark Conflict Torn Through to the Warrior's Winged Light I" (pictured above)
The exhibit will highlight the visual dialogue that occurred between painter and poet as each was inspired by the other's creative processes and work. Montanari and Handley have expanded the notion of ekphasis by the painter also painting in response to poems, as well as the poet writing about paintings.
"While the focus of exhibits in the gallery are always interdisciplinary in nature, 'Creating the Third Mind: A Painter and Poet Collaborate,' is a true collaborative approach that will encourage the viewer to participate by forming his or her own visual imagery in reaction to the poems and paintings," said Judith Belt-Smith, curator. "The process of curating an exhibit is to be able to understand what will encourage and engage the students at Empire State College that are not only from various cultural backgrounds, but are also multigenerational."
Belt-Smith holds a B.A. in the arts with a concentration in curatorial practice and museum studies from Empire State College and is a current MALS student with a concentration in museum education.
Other News
Record Attendance at Ninth Annual Student Academic Conference: Marian Conway, Ph.D., '01, '04, Keynote Speaker, By Sandra Barkevich '13, student, School for Graduate Studies; editor, The Student Connection
The NYS AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute Present Sandy Stories, By Jim McMahon, coordinator of student services, Harry VanArsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies; Susan Hains, director of health & human services, Workforce Development Institute
Save the Date: Copyright Webinar with Librarian Sarah Morehouse Dec. 3, By The Center for Mentoring and Learning
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Empire State College will be minimally staffed Wednesday, Nov. 27. Please check with local centers to find out if services for students will be available on that day.
The college is closed for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, and will not be open to serve the public on Friday, Nov. 29.
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Madstone is a legendary spirit stone that can be found in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls. This item can only be equipped by the Monk, and will only very rarely drop for any class other than the Monk.
The Smart Drop system ensures that spirit stones will usually roll with Dexterity, or at least never roll with Strength or Intelligence. Any bonus skill damage will be tuned to Monk skills as well.
Madstone properties[edit | edit source]
This Spirit Stone does not have a legendary affix, and the 4 inherent primary affixes means zero variety in stats in the initial roll.
- All stats listed in the database scale up to the level of this item when dropped.
- See the sample screenshots below to see how this belt will roll at level 70.
Madstone: Legendary Spirit Stone
Primary Affixes:
Secondary Affixes:
The monk Vhalit is said to have been driven mad with the power
Salvages into:
- Level 1-60: 1 Fiery Brimstone
- Level 61-70: 1 Forgotten Soul
Item Examples[edit | edit source]
Several examples of this item can be seen below. View more samples of the Madstone via DiabloNut's armory.
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Like all legendary Spirit Stones, Madstone uses the same generic graphic for spirit stones available starting around level six.
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With last week being the Republican National Convention, and this, the week of the Democratic National Convention, the news cycle has been saturated with politics, politics, politics. Now, for a political news junkie, like myself, I usually enjoy reading all the articles, watching the different convention speeches, and listening to the dialogue of the various pundits on CNN. I know that I probably watch it too much, but I like to stay informed, and have as good of a grasp on all the issues of the Presidential campaign race as I possibly can.
This morning, while I was at work, I was listening to NPR, trying to catch up on what happened during the DNC last night. After some talk of the convention, the host briefly turned away from the constant political reporting, and talked about the decision of Baltimore's State Attorney Marilyn Mosby to formally drop all charges against the three remaining officers who were involved in the Freddie Gray case.
For those of you who haven't heard of Freddie Gray, or don't remember, he was the young Black man from Baltimore who was arrested for running from the cops, thrown in the back of a police van, (without being buckled in, mind you) and he ended up being transported to the hospital where he died a week later of a severed spinal cord. The medical coroner ruled Freddie Gray's death a homicide. The language here is important. The coroner didn't call it a tragic accident. Or an unfortunate tragedy. He deliberately chose the term homicide because that is what the medical evidence showed upon examining Freddie Gray's cause of death. The definition of a homicide is: "The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder."
When the world learned of his death at the hands of Baltimore police officers, many people were rightfully outraged. The Black Lives Matter movement helped organize protests in cities around the country. I remember watching the news last year when the story first broke. I was heartbroken and angered at yet another Black life needlessly lost at the hands of the police. I remember asking the same questions that always seem to come up when these situations keep happening.
How many more lives must be taken wrongfully? When will the killings stop? Why can't so many in our country see we have a problem with the killing of unarmed Black men at the hands of police? When will our justice system be fixed? How many more protests need to take place before people start listening?
I remember watching Marilyn Mosby's press conference when she charged the six officers with the killing of Freddie Gray. I was definitely surprised that such intense charges were brought against the officers involved, and that they were brought so quickly. In that moment I was hopeful that maybe this time would be different. Maybe this time, justice might actually be served.
Sadly, and predictably, that was not the case.
Over the next year, three of the officers were tried in court.
Trial #1: Declared a mistrial due to a hung jury. Therefore the officer was not able to be charged for a crime.
Trial #2: The officer was acquitted on all charges. Verdict: Not guilty.
Trial #3: The officer was acquitted on all charges. Verdict: Not guilty.
After three straight defeats in court, with no officers convicted of killing Freddie Gray, it was looking more and more like all the officers would be acquitted.
And that brings us back to today, where we learned that Marilyn Mosby did in fact, drop the charges against the three remaining officers. Each of the six officers were exonerated. They were free. They could resume their daily lives. They could be reunited with their families and friends. Not only were they free, but they were alive. None of these things were true about Freddie Gray.
Freddie Gray was not free. He could not resume his daily life. He was not reunited with his family and friends. Freddie Gray was killed. His life ended on a day when it should not have been.
I sat there stunned. A familiar knot formed in my stomach, the same knot that always forms when I stop and think about a horrific injustice. The juxtaposition of the officers and Freddie Gray was too disturbingly real.
The more I thought about the case throughout the day today, the more my heart broke over the injustice that occurred.
How could a medical coroner rule Freddie Gray's death a homicide, and not ONE person was convicted or held accountable for his death?
The more I tried to wrap my head around the fact that no one was convicted, the more angry I became.
I reworked out the facts of the case in my mind, trying desperately to see if I was the one missing something here:
The medical coroner ruled Freddie Gray's death a homicide. A homicide!! That means that he was killed intentionally, deliberately, unlawfully. There was evidence that the police did not put Gray's seat belt on in the back of the van, therefore during the drive to the station, Gray, who had his hands cuffed behind his back, was thrown around like a rag doll. These are what the Baltimore Police Department call "rough rides," where they intentionally do not seat-belt people while they drive them very roughly in to the police station. The goal of these rides being to "rough up" these "thugs, criminals, villains, etc" before they throw them in jail. The city of Baltimore has paid millions and millions of dollars to families in settlements of the unjust treatment of these rough rides.
Even with all of this evidence, all of these damning facts, and the systemic pattern of unethical, borderline criminal, behavior by the Baltimore Police Department, that still wasn't enough to convict a single soul. That isn't justice. It shouldn't be acceptable. It shouldn't even be considered human.
My heart weeps for the Gray family, who learned today that not one officer was convicted in the murder of their son. I can't even begin to imagine the terrible pain and hurt they are feeling at the lack of justice.
My heart weeps for the Black community across America, who received even more evidence of a criminal justice system that continues to fail them. A criminal justice system where police officers are always, "Innocent until proven guilty," but they are rarely given the benefit of the doubt.
My heart weeps for Black parents who struggle to find the words to explain to their sons and daughters why the men who killed Freddie Gray were set free. Who have to explain to their children that it doesn't even matter if they fully comply with officers like in the case of Philando Castile, they could still be killed by the law enforcement officers who are sworn to protect them.
My heart weeps for a nation that continues to be divided on issues of race and policing in America. For a nation that can't seem to figure out if we even have a problem with racial profiling among police, no matter how many times we witness it with our very own eyes.
Even though today was a day of mourning, pain, and injustice, it is still a day of hope.
Hope for a nation that will be strong enough to walk along the road to racial healing.
Hope for a justice system that can be dramatically and radically changed in order to provide equity and justice for all.
Hope for my people to begin to listen to our Black brothers and sisters as they explain their experiences of pain and injustice in this country.
Hope that that evil will never win in the end.
Hope that "Love Trumps Hate."


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Arnold Lobel, book review, books, children, children's literature, Frog and Toad, motherhood, parenting, reading, Uncle Elephant
Arnold Lobel is amoung my top ten favourite creators of children's literature. The Frog and Toad series alone earns him this place. Lobel crafts quirky characters; anthropomorphizing much more than mere physical features by delving deep into the human heart. His narratives are at once sweet, snappy, vibrant and full of wry humour that leaves members of my family (whether three or thirty!) laughing out loud. What's more to be said for Arnold Lobel, is that he accomplishes all this while using simple sentences and language for learners in these 'I CAN READ' books. It's pure genius.
Recently, my son and I read Arnold Lobel's Uncle Elephant for the first time. What a remarkable experience!
We felt sadness and sorrow: Mother and Father were missing at sea. I was alone. I sat in my room with the curtains closed.
<Enter Uncle Elephant.>
We laughed with deep joy: 'VOOMAROOOM!' They both trumpeted as loudly as they could. The lion was so afraid that every one of his teeth popped out.
In the same moment we held onto both sorrow and joy. In a sacred moment, laughter reverently held sadness by the hand.
I'm aware that readers contribute much to the experience of a story. So when Uncle Elephant trumpets in the dawn, I use my most loud and crazy and old elephant sounding voice possible as I flail my elephant arm trunk in front of my face: 'VOOMAROOOM!' My son laughs and laughs and asks to hear it again. 'VOOMAROOOM!'
Mom, I love it when you make me laugh, he says.
I love it when you laugh, I say.
The thing is, with Arnold Lobel, the reader's contribution comes naturally. Lobel makes it easy and mom gets all the credit!
There's so much more to share about Uncle Elephant and the themes it addresses. Watch for a future post. For now, I leave you with the first of my Top Ten Creators of Children's Literature.
How about you? Who's on your Top Ten list? What are the quirky things you do to make a particular story come alive for your child(ren)? What's your favourite Arnold Lobel story?


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On February 18th at 5:45, the Ice Hockey team is heading to Ohio Health Ice Haus in Columbus, Ohio to face off against Dublin Coffman.
The biggest word I would use to describe the season is "Improvement." This is our first year competing as an OHSAA team and we have many first year players. The season started slowly, as expected, as we had a lot to learn. The players worked incredibly hard throughout and no team in the state improved more than Mason. Highlights of the year include beating Sycamore 3 times, including a win in the regional tournament to advance to the championship game of the SWOSHL gold division last weekend. We lost to Beavercreek, a team that beat us 11-1 in November, in the championship game by a goal. The players really appreciate all the support they have been given by their fellow students, administrators, and teachers and are looking forward to their first experience in the state tournament.


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Over at Denton's in Saline County, you can check out Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real. The son of the great Willie Nelson is a fine singer and musician in his own right, plying a bluesy classic rock sound, 8 p.m., $10 adv., $15 day of.
Live at Laman Library, it's The Dizzy 7, featuring Craig Wilson, playing swing standards and contemporary tunes as well, 7 p.m., free.
Ohio screamo outfit Hawthorne Heights plays Juanita's, 8:30 p.m., $10 adv., $12 day of.
White Water Tavern has a night of standout local rock, with the excellent singer/songwriter Adam Faucett and the bluesy swagger of heavies Iron Tongue, 9:30 p.m.
Murry's Dinner Playhouse has "The Dixie Swim Club," a comedy about five Southern women whose longtime friendship gets recharged on a long weekend every August, 6 p.m., Tue.-Sat. through June 23.
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In a new post to his blog Nick Belhomme takes a look at namespaces in PHP 5.3 - what they are and how to use them (complete with code snippets of a small sample project).
With PHP5.3.3 recently released I really feel it is time that php developers are taking namespaces seriously. If you don't I guarantee you will be out of a job within five years. Namespaces are a fundamental part of the future of PHP.
He also makes his sample project available for download so you can follow along a bit better. He shows how to create a namespace, how to use them in both simple and more complex examples.


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Every year millions of parents decide to encourage the musical talents of their children with an enormous investment in lessons and instruments but apparently with little thought for the time and type of encouragement required to translate that investment into skill and enjoyment.
The question for parents becomes: How do I feed my child's initial interest in music, keep parental pressure during practice time at a minimum, and encourage self-motivation?
My seven-year-old began music study at an early age, so it was necessary for me to be directly involved with her practicing and her lessons. We went to violin lessons together and used some of our ''togetherness'' time for practicing. Since I do not play the violin, I had the pleasure of learning about something new with my child, and she enjoyed developing a skill that I did not have.
Like half the women in this country, I am a working mother. My time at home is limited and the time I spend with my daughter must be quality time, that is, time when she receives my love, care, and undivided attention. We use ''our'' practice time as part of that quality time.
Today she is very proud of her accomplishments as a violinist and has already learned that practice and persistence yield results.''
It seems to me that children who have little expected of them learn to expect little of themselves. They will learn to be proficient at arithmetic, reading, spelling, and music only when we encourage and praise these accomplishments. We show our respect for children when we expect something of them.
We also demonstrate our values to our children in the way we invest our time. When we are willing to help with homework or music practice, we are showing the importance we attach to these things.
If you decide that music lessons are important and your child shows equal inclination and talent, you need to find positive ways of encouraging persistence rather than negative responses such as: ''These lessons are costing me $15 an hour so you had better practice.''
Few children, if any, rush home every day, whip out their instrument, and start practicing. Most have a normal reluctance to choose a task that requires concentration if they could choose something like TV, which requires little of them.
One method for getting around that is routine. As a friend explains:
''My daughter practices at about the same time each day, and we incorporate a number of pleasurable qualities in the practice time. We play games during practice like, 'I'll bet that you don't know the name of this note.' My daughter loves to prove me wrong.
''We have made innumerable little music books which contain musical questions , some easy and a few difficult, which she loves to answer. We also decorate these books with pictures and smiley faces.
''If we have a cheerful practice time, I often let her choose special desserts, within reason, which she may have after dinner, or fun snacks, if it is not too close to dinner, such as 10 raisins or 5 chocolate chips.''
The point is that one should be creative about practice time and how it is spent. Aim for 30 minutes of practice together but allow it to extend itself to suit each of your moods and goals for that day.
Every practice session will not always be wonderful, and you should try not to bring your concerns and frustrations to ''togetherness time.''
Music lessons mean a commitment that goes beyond the cost of lessons and instruments, a commitment of time, patience, and encouragement to develop self-esteem, talent, and self-discipline.


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It's my favorite time of the week, it's time for the Weekly WYR. See if you're brave enough to choose a side in what surely are the universe's most difficult quagmires. And remember, if you've got a great WYR, send it to me at Streeter.Seidell @ Gmail.com.
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- Be a guest on "The Daily Show" or on "The Colbert Report"? From Chris
- Have sex with a girl who used to be a guy, or a guy who used to be a girl? From Jay
- Have invented the PB&J sandwich or rap music?
- Do homework during your evening shift in the chemistry library or spend it thinking of WYRs? From Andrew
- Have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat for the rest of your life, or a fingernail that got trimmed too short? From Tom
- Never have to do your laundry or never have to clean your house/apt/dorm?
- Have to pay for everything in pennies or hundred-dollar bills for the rest of your life? From Matt
- Have a depressed operator on the other end of a suicide hot line, or an automated service? From James
- Always trip on your shoelaces or always get bloody noses?
- Read a would you rather that didn't have an alternate choice? From Andrew
- Control the volume of your farts or the smell? From Matt
- Lose all of the contacts in your cell phone, or be able to have all of them memorized, but only able to use a home phone? From Joseph
- Always be stuck in traffic or always miss calls from blacked numbers (with no voicemails)
- Be stuck in a cage with a hungry tiger or in a pool with a hungry great white shark? From John
- Win a blow job contest or lose a blow job contest? From James
And this week's winner of the "I'm High" award goes to Dylan, who sent in this.
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The Adams Street Shul is an orthodox synagogue located near Boston, Massachusetts. The congregation was founded in 1911 — and the shul building built in 1912 — by immigrants who had been settling there since the 1890's, mostly from Hungary and the Ukraine.
The synagogue is located in the Nonantum neighborhood of Newton, less than five miles from downtown Boston. Newton is famously safe, and extremely convenient to all the Boston attractions, colleges, high-tech employment, and world-class medical centers.
The Adams Street Synagogue is also convenient to mikvaot and day schools, enjoys having an eruv, and often partners with the other orthodox synagogues within walking distance.
In the last decade of the 20th century, the antique synagogue was physically restored, and its small, vibrant congregation has been growing ever since.
The shul's members benefit from Newton's excellent municipal services. The shul's Nonantum neighborhood has more homes for rent, more two-family homes, and lower cost houses than can be found in Brookline, Sharon, or other parts of Newton. And there is an eruv.
Individuals and young families relocating to the Boston area for its job market or educational opportunities find the Adams Street Shul to be a place where they can become active and really make a difference in a welcoming, haimish community.
The synagogue building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the congregation has been housed there continuously for over a century.
For more information, explore the synagogue's website or contact President Benyomin Fleischmann to arrange a tour or Shabbat hospitality.
Join our diverse congregation, over one hundred years old and still going strong!


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Andrew Garfield's worn the Spiderman costume since he was three
- Bang Showbiz
- 2 December 2016
Andrew Garfield has worn the Spiderman costume since he was three years old, and would dress up as the superhero for Halloween because it was his "favourite" fictional character
Andrew Garfield has worn the Spiderman costume since he was three years old.
The 33-year-old actor, who played the superhero role in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' in 2012 and again in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' in 2014, has admitted he has always wanted to Peter Parker and his alter ego and has adorned the all-in-one red suit for many years prior to being cast as the lead role in the production.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about his long-lasting love for the character, he said: "My first superhero costume when I was a three-year-old at Halloween."
And the dark-haired hunk has revealed the wall-climbing and web-spinning character has always been his "favourite" superhero.
He added: "Spider-Man was my favourite superhero."
And the star has previously revealed he became "heartbroken" after his dream role wasn't what he imagined it would be.
Speaking recently of his experience, Garfield said: "The story and the character were actually not the top of the priority list, ultimately.
"I found that really, really tricky. I signed up to serve the story, and to serve this incredible character that I've been dressing as since I was three, and then it gets compromised and it breaks your heart.
"I got heartbroken a little bit to a certain degree."
The star also insisted that despite having years of acting experience, looking back on his time, he believed he may had been too young to play the iconic character.
Andrew - who was replaced by Tom Holland as Spider-Man - explained: "There's something about being that young in that kind of machinery which I think is really dangerous.
"I was still young enough to struggle with the value system, I suppose, of corporate America really, it's a corporate enterprise mostly."


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In conductive hearing loss cases, 59% involve defects of the incus. For efficient restoration of hearing, the defective incus is normally removed and the mechanical link between the eardrum and inner ear is reconstructed. In cases of incus defects, the reconstruction is normally of the form of a rod, positioned to connect the malleus handle or eardrum directly to the cochlea oval window. A more promising approach to prosthesis design is to reconstruct the chain along more physiologically relevant lines. It has been shown that excellent reconstruction of the ossicular chain can be achieved using a generic incus shape. In a series of in vitro studies, it was shown that secure attachment of the prosthesis to the stapes and malleus, with ionomeric cement, could restore hearing within 10 dB of the original frequency response. This study attempts to model these in vitro findings using a finite element computer model. The goal of the study is to produce a computer model that can be used to simulate different forms of attachment to the prosthesis.
The geometry of the model was derived from high-resolution magnetic resonance micro-imaging of human cadaver middle ear structures. The ossicular chain was immersed in a silicon oil and the oil imaged to produce volume outlines of the bones. Edge detection was used to trace the outlines, and the model was constructed using a bottom-up hierarchy from points to volumes. The eardrum was clamped at the annulus, and the stapes footplate was restricted to move along the line normal to its surface. The incus was constrained at its short process and the malleus constrained at the anterior process. A pressure load equivalent to 80 dB sound pressure level (SPL) was uniformly applied across the surface of the eardrum. The cochlear load was not modeled.
Although this is just a preliminary model, the form of the middle ear function is in approximate agreement with that found in middle ear studies in temporal bones. Differences are thought to be due to the modeling parameters used. This middle ear model did not consider inhomogeneity in the thickness of the eardrum or the flexible annulus modeled. Eardrum displacement is found to be higher than stapes displacement, as expected. The simulated stapes response matches the eardrum response quite well up to high frequency where the responses differ. This difference represents a loss of efficiency of the eardrum driving the malleus.
The model described here can be further used to predict changes that may occur through modification of the middle ear structures. The main parameters that may be investigated are mass, shape, stiffness, and position of the implant. With a better understanding of the effects of these parameters on sound transmission, implant designs could be optimized to produce transmission characteristics that are seen in the normal human ear.
This work was done by E. W. Abel and R. M. Lord of the Medical Engineering Research Institute, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Dundee, Scotland for the Army Research Laboratory. For more information, download the Technical Support Package (free white paper) at www.techbriefs.com/tsp under the Bio-Medical category. ARL-0067


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The quality of cleaning services contributes significantly to job satisfaction, occupational safety, health and the life cycle of surfaces. Desired work performance is generated each time only by organizations whose performance is in order.
Clean Card® assessment is Inspecta Finland's service that effectively shows to large customers the operational quality of cleaning companies. The operational rules and a code of conduct were defined by a cluster of large buyers set up in 2006 to define a common model for supplier assessment. Inspecta's Kaj von Weissenberg, moderator of the buyers cluster explains the history and purpose of supplier quality assurance in the The Finnish Association of Cleaning Technology's (SSTL Puhtausala ry) publication Cleanliness &Service sector 1/2014.
Read the article from here.