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Best place to buy a decent bottle of wine for …
uy a decent bottle of wine for under $10
Warehouse Wine & Spirits
735 Broadway (betw. Astor Pl. & E. 8th St.)
We all know that wine is the blood of Christ, and Christ, like Marx, was for
the people. It follows that his blood should be affordable. And so Warehouse Wine & Spirits
was created. It's not your fancy neighborhood wine store, but it is full of quality wines marked
anywhere from 20 percent to 45 percent less than you'd pay at your cozy local retailer. Although
it does feel something like a warehouse, it has an impressive assortment of wines from around the
world, including an excellent sake section. Warehouse's near-NYU location keeps the atmosphere
unpretentious, while the clerks remain helpful and patient, without the usual condescension.
This is a place for the wine enthusiast who is also a bit of a wino.
So next Sunday instead of dropping by church drop a couple dollars on
a bottle of wine and remember: Christ is with you in spirit and expense.
Best Comfort Food
Pizza Plus
359 7th Ave. (betw. 10th St. & 11th St.), Brooklyn
Still ain't nothin' but a sandwich. Go to most any deli in town and order a hero,
and you know what you get: a stale, soggy bun dripping mayonnaise and packed with a cubic foot of shredded
lettuce. If you look closely—if you really look in there—you might eventually come
across a thin slice of fatty, gray meat or maybe some cheese. It's pretty messy and depressing all
Now, Brooklyn's Pizza Plus, to be honest, could easily be given a Best
Of for any number of things. The proprietress is a sweetheart. The pizza far outstrips almost anything
you'll find in Manhattan. The salads are crisp and enormous. The spinach rolls are made fresh when
you order them; they haven't been sitting in a case for three days.
But their heroes are really something else. They're monsters, but comfortably
so. Although we've never actually weighed one, we'd guess they're a good two pounds apiece, on average.
The small restaurant offers your typical meatball and chicken parm
and the other usuals.
They're very simple—just meat, cheese lettuce, tomato, sometimes
roasted peppers and dressing. But here's the clincher: The buns are always fresh, they pile the
meat on heavy and limit the lettuce to a single thin leaf. Better still, the dressing isn't slopped
on the way it is in most places. It's there, but it's hardly dripping. Each costs about six dollars.
There's something comforting about these sandwiches. Like nearly
everything else we've had at Pizza Plus, they obviously put some real care into them.
Best way to clog your arteries at lunch
Bond 45
154 W. 45th St. (7th Ave.)
The lunch and dinner entrees at Italian steakhouse Bond 45 are the same, down
to the price and portion sizes, and we've discovered that the carne misto isn't something you really
want to order at lunch. It's a massive plate that includes a lamb shank, short ribs, sausage, prime
rib and pork loin. And while this might seem like the perfect Atkins-feast, the side of risotto puts
the lie to that.
If you do decide to gorge on this at lunch, let's just say we can see your
future. After eating it five times in two months, we can safely predict that your day will involve
stumbling back into work in a meat coma, falling asleep at your desk, logging onto fleshbot.com
and then going home five hours later, still full.
best choice for Cheap Gourmet
Trader Joe's
This fall: 140 E. 14th St. (betw. 3rd Ave. & 4th Ave.)
While Whole Foods makes us want to murder, visits to Trader Joe's in other
cities inspire the opposite effect. Everybody is so happy to be getting cut rates on gourmet prepared
foods from a house brand that doesn't suck that they chat madly with each other, mingling promiscuously
in line. An entire cheesecake is less than a slice at your average bistro, same with the quiche. Everything
is tasty and selection is plentiful. If you must, you can even get a Trader Joe's meatless corn dog.
NYU has done some very bad things, most notably colonizing an entire neighborhood with non-disaffected
youth, but moving Trader Joe's into the so-called NYU Palladium on 14th St., while ironical, is
a pretty good deal for the rest of us.
Best Restaurant We'll Never Eat at Again
French Quarter
102 E. 25th St. (betw. Park Ave. & Lexington Ave.)
Time to put Baby in a corner. Although NYC can sustain any number of restaurants
serving obscure ethnic cuisines, our Cajun joints have roundly sucked. You could get better gumbo
in the New Orleans airport than anywhere between the Hudson and East Rivers. So when French Quarter
opened, flying its crawfish and tasso ham in from Louisiana, it was filling a spiritual need. Oysters
Bienville have a smoky, campfire musk under a bearnaise blanket. Crawfish etouffee is creamy,
not watery, with crawfish that are sweet, not skunky. But—not to get all Bruni on you—we
can never, ever eat there again, because the music drove us away.
In an almost empty restaurant, blasting the Dirty Dancing soundtrack
would be bad enough without the three skanky young waitresses—perma-tanned, fake bejeweled
and bleached—at the end of the bar singing "I've Had The Time of My Life" at top volume. Check
Best Crusty Waitstaff
442 E. 14th St. (betw. 1st Ave. and Avenue A)
Can you keep a secret? You're gonna get a better cup of coffee for under a dollar
at J&J than anywhere on nearby Avenue A, and somebody will even talk to you there. The other day
we ordered a seltzer, setting off the counterperson in charge: "They forgot to get the friggin'
lemons again!" she exclaimed, before treating us to the history of the defunct seltzer machine.
"It was a real moneymaker, but now everything comes out smellin' like mold!"
J&J is supposed to be open 24 hours from Wednesday to Sunday, but
it often can't manage that. Everyone on the staff seems to be a heavy smoker, a habit that leaves them
all with deep, scratchy voices. The refreshing lack of ambience brings out the loyalty in the lingering
neighborhood regulars: "J&J tries to do its best with what little it has," says Melody J. Doves.
"There are decorations around the holidays, and the waitresses try to act cheerful!" What more
could we ask for with our moldy seltzer?
Best (and perhaps only) Tex-Mex restaurant
188 5th Ave. (betw. Sackett St. & DeGraw St.), Brooklyn
218 Court St. (Warren St., Brooklyn)
Cheez, glorious cheez. We've spent the better part of five years looking
for authentic Tex-Mex food, craving a very specific taste: processed cheese. Basically, good
Tex-Mex food should involve something that resembles melted Velveeta, and for the longest time,
our search was for naught. Then Lobo, like an angel from heaven, opened, first in Cobble Hill and
then in Park Slope, serving up real Texas-worthy chili with no beans, great catfish sandwiches
and gut-busting entrees.
At $10 or less for almost everything, all the food is a huge bargain, which
makes up for the $8 margaritas. And we'll forgive this price gouge because we've finally found the
cheese we were looking for. We must toast you and thank you, Lobo, for making us whole.
Best Japanese Bread
Panya Bakery
10 Stuyvesant St. (betw. 3rd Ave. and E. 9 St.)
The Japanese have taken over large swathes of East Ninth Street and used them
to show us how to live. The bread at Panya is bright white, puffy and, our friend Kensuke assures us,
perfectly baked. Native Japanese find our unstable fluctuations—from wildly sweet cake
to throat burning spice—untenable, and are desperately homesick for this bland and wonderful
variety of baked goods. If you doubt their wisdom, just remember: We are fat, and they are not… Yet.
Best burgers for Drunks
Lucky Burger
91 Avenue A (betw. 5th St. & 6th St.)
It took a couple of former bar owners to come up with the perfect formula. Lucky
Burger, open until 5 a.m., has bright lighting that won't make you look too bad. The counter is kind
of high up, subtly conveying authority, a flat-screen TV is usually on, so you can just sit there,
quietly drooling between bites of just about the best burger and fries you've ever had. On a recent
predawn visit, a beggar was treated with finesse, nonviolence and some fries. Plus, the milkshakes
are genuine and amazing. This is what we really need late at night, and apparently we will behave
ourselves while enjoying well-rendered comfort food. Turns out it's all we ever really wanted.
BEST NACHOS for Drunks
111 Stanton St. (betw. Essex St. & Ludlow St.)
The first year we ate there, we thought the restaurant was called Wacky Taco.
To our drunken ears, that sounded perfectly plausible. Wacky Taco. Wacky Taco!
We always went with friends, who escorted us to our faux-Mexican manna.
One night, however, we tried to visit Wacky Taco on our own. It proved as elusive as Atlantis. "Where's
Wacky Taco?" we asked random Lower East Side dwellers. They looked at us like we drank a bad batch
of bleach. After much confusion, we called the friend who had introduced us to this wonderful place.
"How come no one knows where Wacky Taco is?" we asked.
"It's called San Loco," she answered. Our riddle was solved. Though
there are several other San Locos downtown, the best nachos are still found on Stanton Street. Try
the beef (not the chili beef), a perfect antidote for post-drinking binges. The restaurant is open
until 5 am, catering to drunkards not too drunk to find their way to San Loco.
Best Mouth-Incinerating Taco Served on 10th Avenue
Tehuitzingo Deli Grocery
695 10th Ave. (betw. W. 47th St. and W. 48th St.)
Behold our Buddha-belly, peeking mouse-like out the bottom of our too-tight
T-shirts, and you'll know we're never ones for moderation. Flambés, soufflés,
snickers: We're halfway to the fat American cliché. A dollop of moderation, however, might
serve us well at Tehuitzingo.
Located on a feisty stretch of Tenth Avenue, Tehuitzingo is a Mexican
deli selling Jarritos and cactus leaves. However, past the soda-stocked refrigerators sits a
tiny window where intrepid gourmands can order tacos and quesadillas. This is not a run for the border:
Tehuitzingo's chefs are schooled in obscure treats like sweet, pumpkin-flower quesadillas and
crispy, pork-skin tacos. The damage? About two bucks.
We always order two spicy pork enchiladas. They arrive on a paper plate
inside a double-tortilla layer, as red as a fire truck and sprinkled with cilantro. To this we add
smoky red salsa, offered gratis alongside chopped jalapeño and onions. We overload on
the fiery mixture, adding carrot discs from a jar of pickled peppers. The first bite is revelatory;
the second, ulcerating. But we don't admit weakness, licking the paper plate until it disintegrates
on our happily blistered lips.
Best Bar to Drink a Dollar PBR and Head-Bang With the Ghosts of Alcoholics
28 N. 3rd St. (Kent Ave.), Brooklyn
At the millennium's dawn, any headbanger worth his spiked collar headed
to the Port Authority's urine-soaked shadow. There, near Sterno-sipping lifers, sat Hell's Kitchen's
Bellevue, a be-careful-where-you-sit dive with horror-movie décor (including a coffin)
and copious amounts of pre-irony Pabst. Metal veterans like Pantera and Rob Zombie often snagged
stools and watched tooth-deficient septuagenarian Dancin' Dominick hoofing it to Danzig like
"your grandfather on crack," says Jimmy Duff, Bellevue's former co-owner.
Six years later, Bellevue and Dancin' Dominick are both dead. (Well,
Bellevue chugs along with less horror and more yuppies, which means it's kaput in our book.) Blessedly,
Duff has resuscitated both Bellevue and Dominick at Williamsburg's heavy-metal outpost named,
naturally, Duff's.
Until 9 pm, cram inside the former check-cashing shop, sit on a cow-print
stool and down a dollar Pabst. Ogle the Jesus memorabilia and concert posters and, perhaps, spin
some Sepultura. If you visit on weekends, grab a free wiener grilled on the outdoor deck. Then bow
your head: Dancin' Dominick's satin jacket is encased in glass on the wall and, on the TV, there's
grainy footage of the infamous postal worker, boogying eternally to his own peculiar beat.
Best caffeinated ex-lax substitute
Gorilla Coffee
97 5th Ave. (Park Pl.), Brooklyn
When we're, ahem, backed up after another week of our pizza-and-fried-food
diet, we trek to Park Slope for a cheap, effective and foolproof remedy: a large cup of Gorilla Coffee's
lung-tar-black java.
Sure, the large might be overdoing it—akin to ingesting a dozen
aspirin for a paper cut—but when we get down to business, we get down to business, if you know
what we mean. First, we double-check to make sure the bathroom is available. Then we dump the house-roasted,
Fair Trade fuel down our throat and grab the table.
The coffee cuts through our GI tract like an irate general, urging decomposing
food to march onward. Soon we're sweating. Then our stomachs rumble. Then we're hobbling, bowlegged,
to the toilet, which greets us cool and welcoming, like a lover we've missed for far too long.
Best SZECHUAN Pickle Noodle Soup Served Near the Diamond District
Hing Won
48 W. 48th St. (betw. 5th Ave. & 6th Ave.)
Diamond District dining always leaves us in a pickle. Should we eat falafel
or, well, falafel? Luckily, Hing Won is an unlikely savior. At first glance, it's a cookie-cutter
Chinese dive with a glassed-in buffet loaded with General Tso's and rice glop. Yet a peek at the menu
reveals an atypical array of roasted Cantonese meats (try the duck) and blistering delicacies
like double-sautéed pork with cabbage.
During the lunch rush, the line stretches 20-deep. But don't worry:
Chefs slice and stir-fry with the efficiency of a methed-up assembly line. Bide your time by watching
office workers suck meat off bones, then order one of the fantastic Mandarin noodle soups. The beef
with noodles in broth is a safe bet, but we push the culinary envelope with the shredded pork with
Chinese pickles soup.
It arrives, steaming, with a layer of needle-thin yellow noodles. On
top sit chewy pork slivers, zucchini and tart pickles. Snag a mouthful with chopsticks and hold
a tissue close: The broth is fiery enough to unleash a stream of tears. Consider them tears of joy.
Best Deal for Wannabe Bourgeois Winos
The Bourgeois Pig
122 E. 7th (betw. 1st Ave. & Ave. A)
We have never been winos, because we can't afford wine. Forty ounces of malt
liquor, tall boys of crack-fuel Sparks, sure, but wine, well, that's always fallen outside of our
Utz chips budget. Then along came a little piggie. The Bourgeois Pig, to be exact.
During the daylight hours, this antique-y eatery (hello, grandma's
floral furniture and massive mirrors) fries up crispy beignets—owner Ravi DeRossi's mother's
recipe. When the sun dips, however, the specials begin. Every day until 8 pm, you can stain your teeth
on a bottle of house red Le Snoot for about eight bucks. On Mondays, the same deal lasts all night long—or
until you stumble outside, spewing red wine on the sidewalk like a fountain of inebriation. But
live it up, bucko: for tonight, you're drinking like a pig.
Best OUT-OF-CONTROL KOSHER Feast under $20
Olympic Pita
1419 Coney Island Ave. (betw. Ave. J & Ave. K), Brooklyn
Venture out on the Q Train to Midwood and enter a land of parve delight. Nestled
amid kosher bakeries, pizza shops and cafés is a place where God and Zeus hook up to offer
one of the city's greatest bargains, Olympic Pita.
Consistently mobbed with a mix of in-the-know locals and kosher connoisseurs,
Olympic Pita specializes in Israeli-style cuisine, offering up succulent shwarma, falafel and
other Middle Eastern delicacies. The enormous shwarma plate is best complemented by the salads
sampler, which is a baker's dozen of small plates of eggplant, hummus, tahini and the like, all intended
to be consumed with the accompanying tray of pita. The price for this feast, which leaves us gasping
for air, making false proclamations never to eat again? Just under $20. Hoooray Jews!
Best Idea for a Web site That We Thought of Years Ago, But Were Too Lazy to Do
Once upon a poorer time, we sussed out the city's finest free-drinking deals.
We'd log onto the nyhappenings Yahoo group, and, after sifting through 40-odd pleas of bands desperate
to attract ten fans to the Continental, locate gratis vodka or Bud at some hole like the East Village's
Lit Lounge.
"Wouldn't it be great," we'd think, double-fisting Rheingold, "if
someone had a list of every open bar every night of the week?"
Yes, it was a great idea, would be our reply. Why don't you do it?
"Because we're drunk," was the invariable answer.
The idea percolated, off and on, in more lucid moments. But like many
liquor-conceived ideas, this one died before being born. So imagine our delighted surprise when
the Internet unveiled myopenbar.com. Published by self-proclaimed drunken-hipster Jews Rob
Hitt and Seva Granik, the site's a clearinghouse for complimentary cocktails and beer. From the
L.E.S. to Carroll Gardens, nightly options abound for no-wallet inebriation. You can sign up for
a weekly mailing list and plan your carousing accordingly. Or log on daily for the liquid carrot
that will lead you through the 9–5 trudge.
Best Banh Mi Sandwich Where You No Longer Expect It
Saigon Banh Mi
138-01 Mott St. (Grand St.)
We don't like swatting Chinese women's hands, but that's what it took to grab
the city's best three-buck banh mi: a Vietnamese creation featuring crusty French bread, pickled
carrots and crispy pork. The sandwiches were lovingly wrought by a perpetually harried trio in
a most unfortunate locale: a toilet-sized shop near the Chinatown bus nexus.
Whenever the banh mi urge bit, we steeled our nerves and sliced a swath
through ticket-waving Chinese women, who cried, "Phil-a-del-fee-a!" like banshees doomed to
repeat themselves.
"No, no, banh mi!" we'd say, sweeping hands off our arms. We'd point to
the faded maroon awning advertising our swine-and-bread meal. The women would nod and smile. They
understood: These were good fucking sandwiches, man.
One day, we strutted to the shop. "No, no, banh…oh my!" we said,
shocked. The metal grate was drawn, a white handwritten sign with the dreaded words—We've
Closed… and relocated to Mott Street.
Blessed be, gods of budget eating! Saigon Banh Mi simply moved into roomier
digs in the back of a Mott Street jewelry shop near Grand. We visited and we're happy to report that
the sandwiches remain toasty crisp and the price a three-dollar steal. Plus, we're inflicting
far less bodily harm on defenseless Chinese women, which is a win-win proposition for all.
Best stuck-in-the-1940s italian restaurant
Gene's restaurant
73 W. 11th St. (6th Ave.)
Gene's is the Chuck E. Cheese of the octogenarian set. On one crowded weekend
visit, three sets of families were celebrating birthdays for grandma or grandpa.
Such are the joys of a restaurant founded in 1914 and stuck in the 1940s.
The menu hearkens back to a time of simple Italian and Continental cuisine, frog legs sautéed
provencale. On Sundays, you can score a roast prime rib of beef (ask your waiter—who has never had a headshot—about the price). And when you are seated, the waiters bring bread and butter—plus
a tray of olives, carrots and celery on a bed of ice—a classic trope of 1940s and 1950s
"nice" restaurant service. Just ask Grandma.
401 Bleecker St. (W. 11th St.)
Ah, the bakery of Sex and the City fame. It blows our tiny mind that
shark-eyed idiots will wait even two minutes for cupcakes that are little more than finely frosted
Duncan Hines. In an act of mind control, this bakery convinced the gullible public that it produces
something unusual.
We recall standing on Bleecker Street once while a space-pirate couple
in the traditional designer-for-designer's-sake-not-cause-it-looks-good clothing and matching
cowboy hats drifted past. The woman, with a thick Valley-Girl accent, said something like, "Magnolia
has this banana pudding that's, like, sooo…" She paused, clearly searching for the word to express
her intense feelings. We began, irrationally, to expect something Scrabble worthy. The silence
continued for another beat, raising hopes. Finally, she concluded, "…good." This woman needs
a damn helmet if she hasn't already walked into traffic.
If you can afford to eat Magnolia's product, you probably have an oven.
Our advice: Pick up a box of Duncan Hines "Butter Recipe Golden." Melt some quality chocolate into
a small quantity of heavy cream in a makeshift double boiler. Have a real double boiler? Even better.
Pour the mixture evenly over the cake and allow it to cool at room temperature. Cover and refrigerate
for maximum freshness. Eat better cake! Help restore New York!
Best-Kept East Village Secret
The Garden at Neptune Café
194 1st Ave. (betw. 11th St. & 12th St.)
Octopuski's garden. As Corporate rigor mortis continues its creep into
the blocks just south of the First Avenue L stop, this low-key Polish-American g-spoon only grows
in our epicurean esteem. Newly triangulated by Dunkin' Donuts, Popeye's and Pizza Hut, down-homey
Neptune can't help but look the poor but proud, threatened immigrant, destined to fall victim to
some looming Pizza Hut pincer maneuver. But that day is not yet, and until it comes, you will find
us during the cold months sitting by Neptune's large windows reading by the winter sun, slurping
cabbage soup and nursing coffee out of a chipped ceramic mug.
Cozy though it may be, the upfront space isn't what lands Neptune in these
pages; it's the open-air oasis out back. From early spring to deep Indian summer, we encourage you
to find the plastic car-wash curtain by the kitchen, beyond which is a shaded, leafy, L-shaped garden
unspoiled by gabbing tourists, students or day-trippers. Here we find regular refuge with a frosty
stein and a bowl of delicious cold beet soup. It's the best idyll to be found within ten blocks in any
To justify your lingering presence, choose from a menu of Polish staples
like pierogies, kielbasa and stuffed cabbage, which share the list with American diner fare, including
cheap and tasty hamburgers, sandwiches, omelets, blintzes, potato pancakes and salads. As for
piwo, like the cute fresh-off-the-plane waitress says, "If you like drink, you'll have a drink
the best Polish beer!" We recommend Okocim.
Best New Bar/Cafe in East Williamsburg
766 Grand St. (betw. Avenue of Puerto Rico & Humboldt St.), Brooklyn
We lived three short blocks from this place for three long months before we
realized it was even there. And while we have on occasion been accused of space-shot behavior, it
turns out we weren't the only ones to overlook the place while walking right past it. An informal
survey quickly revealed that few of our neighbors knew it was there, either. Sandwiched on a gritty
stretch of dollar stores, laundry joints and hole-in-the-wall greasy Sino-Mexican cuisine,
Stain might as well be half a world away from the nearby tree-lined yupster thoroughfare Graham
Ave., with its health food shops and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn–era family Italian
eateries. It is here, on nearby Avenue of Puerto Rico, where Pheobe's reigns as the café of choice, sucking away most of Stain's morning business.
At least for now. If it can survive its two-block geographical purgatory
long enough for the East Williamsburg/Bushwick gentrification wave to catch up, Stain should
become a successful neighborhood fixture. Comfortable, smartly designed with vintage furniture
and overflowing into a large garden out back, it offers free wi-fi and regular tastings of local
libations like Harlem's Sugar Hill beer and Long Island's Gristina wine. The calendar, meanwhile,
is dense (perhaps overly so) with readings and performances by Brooklyn artists.
A perfectly and lovingly realized neighborhood café/bar,
this is one stain that deserves to remain in the neighborhood's underwear, if only people could
see it.
Best Retort Heard at a Brooklyn Bagel Store
The Kosher Bagel Hole
1431 Coney Island Ave. (Avenue K)
Shalom. It means peace, and there's no better way to foster inner harmony
and enjoy a Saturday morning breakfast than with a traditional Brooklyn bagel. And one of our old
standby spots is the Bagel Hole, replete with all the spreads, lox and tuna salads for which we could
ever hope.
On a recent visit, our mom (we love you, Mom) ventured in to buy some bagels
and found herself familiarly elbow to elbow with a crowd of Orthodox Jewish folks trying to do the
same thing. It's Brooklyn and it's every man for himself, and the bagel store is no exception.
One man was particularly aggressive in his quest to reach the counter
for six light sesames. He was a portly fellow, and seemed unconcerned with the elbows he was throwing
all over the place to clear out his space. It just so happened that Mom was none too amused by these
aggressive tactics. After all, it's a day of rest. Peace in the Middle East, baby, or at least at the
Bagel Hole.
She tolerated a few jabs, but after several more forceful pushes, she
turned to him and blurted out, "Jesus Christ!"
Taken aback, he turned to her and, mouth ajar, retorted, "Madam, he has nothing to do with this."
A Jewish girl herself, she replied, "That's what you think."
best pre-game for a broadway musical
Russian Vodka Room
265 W. 52nd St. (betw. 8th Ave. and Broadway)
We made a mistake. A bad one. The kind of boyfriend blunder that merits foot
massages, face-losing and a wallet spread wider than the Atlantic Ocean.
"You're going to have to take us to Broadway," our girlfriend said—"Hairspray.
I want to see Hairspray."
Oh, no.
We have long thought Broadway musicals the eighth circle of hell, the
purgatory Dante would have envisioned if he lived in the era of Cats and Chorus Line.
We'd much rather succumb to a hot-water colonic than an evening spent watching whale-lunged women
sing and Silly Putty–limbed men prance. It's the type of activity that requires drinking.
Lots of drinking.
Which is why, pre-musical, we pony up at the Russian Vodka Room. Across
the street from the Neil Simon Theater, the RVR is where livers die. Dozens of clear vats of house-flavored
vodka line the walls. Until 8 pm, you can purchase a double shot for three dollars. Go crazy with ginger
vodka. Lick up the lemon. Sing along to the piano player tapping out American standards, or grab
a blintz topped with caviar. Or not. Perhaps it's best to conserve your cash and do as we do: Drink
so that we pass out just as the curtain drops.
Best Rep-Worthy Cupcake
359 Van Brunt St. (Wolcott St.), Brooklyn
The Great Cupcake Rush of 2004 has slowed to a frosting-covered halt, giving
way to the Year of Barbecue. The media's attention has turned to hulking men with guts approximating
globes, fingers stained with tangy, vinegary sauce. Consider this good news, sweet fiends, because
stellar new cupcakeries now fly under the foodie radar.
On that list, Baked. It's located on Red Hook's burgeoning Van Brunt
strip (which includes French bistro 360, Pioneer Bar and real-estate mogul Barbara Corcoran's
new home), a sorta-desolate block slowly springing to life. Baked is a Swiss ski chalet gone 2005:
blond wood and metal patio furniture sit beneath a sparkling crystal chandelier. But enough about
the décor.
The $1.50 cupcakes are the size of baby palms and covered with whipped,
creamy goodness that'll make you lick every errant dollop like it's the answer to the universe.
Baked is a bit of a subway hike, so we grease up our 10-speeds and pedal to the Hook. It's just far enough
away to keep our sugar levels in the three digits.
Best restaurant bench
Murray's Bagels
500 6th Ave. (betw. W. 12th St. & W. 13th St.)
We're all animals. People-watching is one of those terms that makes tourism
seem like a perversion. It implies clinical observation of some other species, and Greenwich Village—groaning
under history and "Sex and the City" locations—attracts more than its share of tourists.
From this ash-wood bench outside a damn-fine bagelry, bebopping BlackBerry-beating West Village
walkers move among dowagers and pampered students. All very colorful. But swivel to your right
on the southern bench and you can stare at puppies scampering in the sawdust-strewn window of the
pet shop next door. Shifting perspective between captive animals and sauntering humans makes
you feel lucky to have your own lease, your own calendar, your own sapience. Sip your coffee; it's
stronger than you'd expect from a takeout joint. And feel a renewed solidarity with the humanoids
on parade.
Best Food Court to Incite Panic Attacks and Paralysis
Whole Foods
10 Columbus Circle
America may be the land of endless choices, but on our lunch break, we revisit
our sex life as a 17-year-old: in and out, quickly. We prefer pizzerias, dumpling stalls, gyro shops:
finite options, not the world on a plate. Unlike Whole Foods.
We're not badmouthing the organic-food giant's pricing scheme, which
entails signing over your first-born's stem cells to afford the heirloom tomatoes. Who buys groceries,
anyway? Rather, we're centering on the Columbus Circle food court. Here is where the indecisive
Located near Central Park, this lunch court attracts buffalo stampedes
of European tourists and harried salary men alike. As tenured subway riders, we can handle overcrowding.
However, we can't handle Whole Foods' overwhelming lunch buffet. Sushi, samosas and spaghetti;
walnut salad, warm black beans and watery melons. Minestrone, mini-egg rolls and moussaka—the
options paralyze us, causing us to spin around in circles. We twirl like this, dizzy, hungry, disoriented,
until we stumble toward Central Park for a simpler, less complex lunch: a street-cart hot dog.
Best Espresso
W. 71st St. (Columbus Ave.)
We enjoy espresso very mu-mu-much and find that it ha-ha-hardly makes us
ji-ji-ji—excuse us—ji-ttery. But beyond the buzz, some demitasses have better
flavor, better texture and a richer aroma than others.
La Fortuna's beverage is particularly dark, its flavor is toward the
bitter end of the spectrum, but it is not acrid. The roast has bite, and you'll want to drink it in small
sips, savoring its strength. The texture is smooth, with a thin layer of froth at the surface.
The café is the oldest in Manhattan, which is quite a boast. Opera
plays romantically in the background; signed pictures of stars line the walls. Small lamps of colored
glass hang low over the ceilings, and, if you find your espresso warrants a snack, the display case
is full of pies, biscotti, gelato and other Italian desserts. The sweets are brought in from the
Little Pie Co. and Veniero's, among others—but the espresso is homemade and worth the trip.
Best Mullet-Minded barkeep
Donovan's Pub
5724 Roosevelt Ave (58th St.). Woodside, Queens.
Woodside is a 15-minute subway ride from Manhattan on the 7 train so don't
moan about this best bartender in New York working too far away. Chris Santangelo is worth the trip.
And to those who know him he is called "The Mullet Man." His day job is as an actor and if you play a memorable
role in a "Sopranos" episode, you're pretty much stuck with the Mullet Man name.
Chris Santangelo, 35, was born and raised in Woodside, Queens. He caught
the acting bug and knew he had to move into Manhattan. But every Thursday through Saturday he returns
to Woodside to tend bar at Donovan's. Donovan's has one of New York's best burgers for a mere six bucks.
And when Santangelo is behind the stick, they have the best bartender in New York. He's funny, quick
and attentive, and if you meet him once he'll remember you and what your drink is months later.
Over a cold beer we met Santangelo at Donovan's and talked about his dual
"My main goal in life is to be an actor but tending bar is great because
I get to watch people. I deal with all these different personalities. It pays the rent, and is entertainment
and an education on human behavior."
He is good with the buyback, and he has patience and listens to every patron
like a father confessor.
As we talk a regular at the bar comes over and growls, "You know the difference
between a bartender and a proctologist?"
"What?"We bite at the joke.
"A proctologist only has to deal with one asshole at a time."
Santangelo goes on to tell us his fascination with acting. He teaches
scene study at the Deena Levy Theatre Studio and has appeared in countless plays and has scored TV
work on "Sex and the City," "Law & Order," and "Third Watch." But it never got him out of Donovan's.
He's not bitter about it. "Love Woodside," he tells us. "I think it is
one of the best neighborhoods in New York, and Donovan's has been here 37 years. The people here might
be crazy but they would do anything for you."
We asked about his Mullet Man nickname.
"I went into The Sopranos' casting office. They offered me a job but told
me I would have to wear my hair in a mullet."
Santangelo thought he had caught a break. A spot on the hot HBO show was
what he needed. It was the episode where Adriana, Chris-ta-fer's fiancée, gets whacked
for turning on the mob.
"The scene is me with my mullet walking with a nagging wife and annoying
kids toward a beat up car. Christopher watches me like the poor sap I am, and he realizes that if he
joins Adriana in the Witness Protection Program that will be his life so she has to go."
Santangelo tells us that after the episode aired people would yell at
him on the street: "Yo, Mullet Man, you got Adriana whacked."
"It was nice to be recognized for the role. The Mullet was my lucky break.
I had no idea it would be such a pivotal point in a memorable episode."
Best Spot to Shun Modern Technology (OrHave It Shunned For You)
Caffe Reggio
119 MacDougal St. (betw. Bleecker St. & Minetta Lane)
Opened in 1927, Macdougal Street's Caffe Reggio has a history that reads
like a laundry list of prereqs for membership in the inner circle of institutional New York establishments.
1) Remain open and relatively prosperous for 75-plus years. Check. 2) Play host to literary personalities—in
this case, Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg. Check. 3) Secure status as New York institution by
making cameo (playing self, of course) in incontestably New York movies such as Shaft,
Serpico and The Godfather II. Check. Oh, yeah, and 4) Claim to have introduced cappuccino
to America. (That can't hurt either.) Check plus.
However, Reggio might be the first city institution to realize that
maintaining its legacy means asking its more modern-minded customers to step back in time. Plenty
of spots around the city uphold (thank god) a cell phone ban to prevent the kind of hairpulling tussles
that can result from hearing a woman with frosted lipstick tell her dronish beau she loves him for
the umpteenth time.
But banning laptops at a café so obviously exploitative of its
history as a Mecca for writers, poets and people in need of outlets for their very deep thoughts?
Short of curbing the potential noise pollution caused by the call-and-response bleeps of an IM
junkie, we can't see Caffe Reggio's rationale for this unofficial rule. Unless, of course, Caffe
Reggio aspires to be Manhattan's version of Colonial Williamsburg, where instead of milkmaid
costumes and tricorner hats, visitors are asked to don the technologically-naïve, rustic
glow that surrounds those forced to dispense of their thoughts with pen and ink. The resulting tableau—the
studious regular scrawling away in the corner, a young woman reading under the Caravaggio, a waiter
shuttling drinks from the Garden of Capuccino Eden—is artificial. But the effect, while
not quite as gratifying as a Renn Faire jousting competition, is downright vintage.
Best Chiang Yee Moment
Devon & Blakely
461 5th Ave. (40th St.)
The gong show. In one of Dr. Chiang Yee's twelve Silent Traveler books—The
Silent Traveler in San Francisco—he describes the art of what he calls "listening receptively."
The three sounds he never tired of hearing in that city were the mournful
foghorn at Golden Gate; the ring-a-ding-ding of the cable cars (a noise meant not to sound a warning,
says Yee, but to announce the arrival and departure of the cable car), and the barking of the California
sea lions on Seal Rock.
We think of the dearly departed Silent Traveler whenever we find ourselves
at the tossed-to-order salad bar at one of the Devon & Blakely stores on Fifth Avenue (there's
another one further up). We love that moment when the keyed-up salad maker has our greens in the mixing
bowl and starts the business of adding the toppings with metal tongs like a prosthetic third hand.
After each pickup and throw of a new topping, a gong sounds from behind the counter as the tongs come
down on the rim of the bowl to shake off any loose bits from their claws. The gong as such is merely incidental,
but its rousing quality is so appealing, we can't imagine the show without it. We suspect the salad
makers feel the same way, and strike their bowls slightly harder than necessary. We sometimes order
one more topping just to hear the gong a final time. Dr. Yee would have understood.
Best Mexican Food, period
Don Paco Lopez Panaderia
4703 4th Ave. (Betw. 47th St. & 48th St.), Brooklyn718-492-7443
Only a special brand of masochistic curiosity would compel us to eat at so-called
Mexican restaurants on this island. After all, nothing can ever be as good as our dear Mamacita's
cooking; all other pretend victuals from "South of the Border" carry out an attack upon the soul,
a Montezuma's Revenge upon the spirit, if you will. Thus, we roll our eyes at the very suggestion
to try out the latest trendy chalupa joint or corner fonda run by disgruntled Dominicans on coke
(though we must admit the highly illegal take-out margaritas are genius!).
There is only one place in the whole five boroughs that can satisfy our
deeply ingrained cravings for the real thing: Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We are comforted by the knowledge
that Saturday or Sunday (though, sadly, only Saturday and Sunday) we can head east over that wretched
river and find a true gustatory paradise.
Don Paco Lopez Panaderia is our favorite establishment; the owner and
his wife, natives of Puebla—one of the culinary capitals of Mexico—work magic into
their traditional home cooking. Thanks to them we can procure our vital dose of vitamin T (tacos,
torta sandwiches, tostadas, tamales, etc.), mole and other essentials such as quesadillas and
huaraches (oval-shaped tortillas covered with fresh cheese and especially delicious salsa).
Best of all, we can feast for under ten dollars.
Best Pizzeria Name
Pizza Cave
218 W. 72nd St. (betw. Broadway & West End Ave.)
Someone get them a Teenage Caveman poster! The food's pretty good, even if
their specials are decidedly overrated. (A free drink isn't a real deal unless you're pitching
a 20-ouncer.) We also like how Pizza Cave continually strikes us as the only Jewish pizza establishment
in town. You'll find a lot more yarmulkes than baseball caps in the joint. And be sure to try their
homemade knishes!
The vegetarian pepperoni is also surprisingly good. Above all, though,
Pizza Cave is really appealing because we like the idea of telling people to meet us at the Pizza Cave.
Nobody in the East Village ever thought to cop a name that cool—and if they had, they'd turn
the lights down too low and have a jukebox playing crappy old rock tunes way too loud.
Best game of chance involving fresh fruit
closing time at Chinatown fruit stands
Yes, we have too many bananas today. Over by the B/D Grand Street stop, aggressive
and vigilant vendors watch over racks of produce broader and cheaper than anything you can scare
up at your food co-op. Families from as far east as the public housing on the river come to inspect
and haul home durians, papaya, purple eggplant and greens with frond-size leaves. As it gets dark,
though, the lightning round begins. With cries of "One dollar! One dollar!" the stand managers
unload the tropicals that won't last til morning. You can stock up on bananas for a steep discount
this way—but you can also get a lot of mush. If the guy wants to stick you with ten bananas, he
will. What are you going to do, throw them out?
Best Dunkin' Donuts
166 2nd Ave. (E. 11th St.)
Now that reporting on city politics requires posting witty factoids every
single minute (thanks again Ben!), weary reporters need a place to blog. The always-tempting combination
of Internet porn and Game Cube (we're one hand each pros!) makes working at home impossible for even
us sometimes. Luckily, there's free wi-fi at our favorite Dunkin' Donuts. It's 24 hours, has plenty
of electrical outlets, and there's a low ratio of homeless to homed folks inside. And just when writing
about the sexually charged world of talking heads, polling and dimpled chads have us ready to burst,
there's a college dorm next door. At 2 am, any student body will do.
Best Oatmeal cookie
The Read Café
158 Bedford Ave. (N. 8 St.), Brooklyn
We love cookies. And we've had the best in town. But there's one cookie that
just blew us away. For us, this cookie is like slow-motion in a Sam Peckinpah movie—the high
mark just prior to the heroic death.
But Manhattanites know not of our epic sojourn to the county of Kings
to sate our kingly repast. Onward, to Billyburg and let none call this irony lest they dare to challenge
the steel, yo.
Best late-night Turkish eats on Orchard Street
Kebab House II
144 Orchard St. (Rivington St.)
It's a pleasure to meat cha. Lower East Side families, passers-through and
dedicated late-night sots know to walk two blocks south of Bereket for fresh Turkish grub. But they
barely know the half of it. One night we ordered the adana platter, a mound of meat and rice roughly
the size of a half-watermelon. We asked for a chicken and lamb mix. When we got only lamb, we approached
the counter. "You said nothing, brother, I hear only lamb!" Well, the lamb was as moist and densely
spicy as anything we'd eaten in Istanbul, so who wants to be a prick? We sat down and started sopping
up the gravy with the perforated Turkish bread they toss into every take-out order. Then the diminutive
waiter appeared, squinting, sweating under his paper hat, dispensing an equally tall Mt. Chicken
Adana. No hard feelings. No need to buy lunch the next two days. No going back to Bereket. Ever.
Best Milkshake at a Place You'd Never Guess Offered Milkshakes
Juan Valdez Coffee
140 E. 57th St. (Lexington Ave.)
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Security Knowledge Empowerment (SKE) program develops key security knowledge of information technology architects, enabling them to become "security sensors."
Michele D. Guel, Distinguished IT Engineer and Senior Security Architect at Cisco, receives a National Cybersecurity Innovation Award with White House Cyber Coordinator, Howard Schmidt at the National Cybersecurity Innovation Conference in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON DC, November 3, 2011
The SANS Institute announced today that Cisco has won the 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for developing and sharing with the IT community, a scalable solution to the challenge of baking security into internal systems and into products offered to clients.
Securely designed and engineered applications provide a far more defensible base of operations than applications that have security bolted on at the end. Efforts to bake security in from the beginning have been hindered by the shortage of skilled security architects and engineers. Failing to find the necessary talent, most organizations are forced to deploy systems built with insufficient attention to security architecture.
Cisco discovered and developed an innovative solution to this problem, dividing the job of "baking security in" into two parts. One part is performed by IT architects who have been allowed to attend the Security Knowledge Empowerment (SKE) class taught by Cisco's top security architects. The IT architects bring their security training to nearly every design meeting and they are primed to recognize what goes wrong when certain design decisions are made and when data flows in specific ways. They know the six "gates" through which each application must pass, the questions that should be asked at every gate, and what the answers should look like. They are not security engineers but they are security "sensors" who can spot trouble and call in appropriate security engineers to solve problems. These human sensors often become converts and powerful advocates for security when they realize they can make a difference.
The SKE (Security Knowledge Empowerment) program is being deployed to IT architects and engineers throughout Cisco and is expanding to Cisco program and service managers. Cisco's senior security architects are actively sharing the program with other organizations, many of whom are adapting the program.
Cisco wins the 2011 National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for developing world-class Cybersecurity talent by training IT architects to be security architecture sensors, enabling security to be baked into software applications.
The National Cybersecurity Innovation Awards recognize developments undertaken by companies and government agencies that have developed and deployed innovative processes or technologies that (1) is innovative in that it has not been deployed effectively before, (2) can show a significant impact on reducing cyber risk, (3) can be scaled quickly to serve large numbers of people, and (4) should be adopted quickly by many other organizations. Nominators for the include most of the senior government officials involved with cybersecurity as well as those from the major Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs). Corporations and individuals, including SANS instructors also nominated innovations. Each nomination was tested by SANS research department against the criteria; those that met *all* four were recognized. More than 50 nominations were received; 14 were selected.
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Agricultural Universities in India
Agricultural Universities
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|Agriculture Universities in India
|Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University
|Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
|Anand Agricultural University
|Assam Agricultural University
|Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya
|Birsa Agricultural University
|Central Agricultural University
|Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology
|Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
|Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya
|Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth
|Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
|Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry
|Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
|Gujarat Agricultural University
|Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
|Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
|Junagadh Agricultural University
|Kerala Agricultural University
|Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
|Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University
|Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth
|Marathwada Agricultural University
|Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology
|Navsari Agricultural University
|Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
|Punjab Agricultural University
|Rajasthan Agricultural University
|Rajendra Agricultural University
|Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology
|Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University
|Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
|Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
|Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
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- Introduction
- Land
- The people
- Economy
- An overview
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
- Resources and power
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Trade
- Services and tourism
- Labour and taxation
- Transportation and telecommunications
- Government and society
- Cultural life
- History
- Italy in the early Middle Ages
- The late Roman Empire and the Ostrogoths
- Lombards and Byzantines
- Carolingian and post-Carolingian Italy, 774–962
- Literature and art
- Economy and society
- Italy, 962–1300
- Italy under the Saxon emperors
- The reform movement and the Salian emperors
- The age of the Hohenstaufen
- Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa)
- Economic and cultural developments
- Henry VI
- Otto IV
- Frederick II
- The factors shaping political factions
- The end of Hohenstaufen rule
- Economic developments
- Cultural developments
- Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries
- Characteristics of the period
- Italy to c. 1380
- Italy from c. 1380 to c. 1500
- The early Italian Renaissance
- Early modern Italy (16th to 18th centuries)
- From the 1490s through the 17th-century crisis
- French and Spanish rivalries after 1494
- The age of Charles V
- Spanish Italy
- Culture and society
- Society and economy
- The 17th-century crisis
- Reform and Enlightenment in the 18th century
- From the 1490s through the 17th-century crisis
- Revolution, restoration, and unification
- The French revolutionary period
- The restoration period
- Unification
- Italy from 1870 to 1945
- Developments from 1870 to 1914
- World War I and fascism
- War and its aftermath
- The Fascist era
- World War II
- Italy since 1945
- The first decades after World War II
- Italy from the 1960s
- Demographic and social change
- Economic stagnation and labour militancy in the 1960s and '70s
- Student protest and social movements, 1960s–1980s
- Terrorism
- Politics in the 1970s and '80s
- Regional government
- The economy in the 1980s
- The fight against organized crime
- Italy at the turn of the 21st century
- Italy in the early Middle Ages
The partisans and the Resistance
After September 1943, partisan Resistance groups were active throughout northern and much of central Italy. Often they were former soldiers cut off from home and still in possession of their weapons. Many were young men fleeing Mussolini's attempts to conscript them. Others were urban evacuees or released prisoners of war. Many were recruited, organized, and armed by the anti-Fascist parties or at least owed vague allegiance to one of them. They were most active in summer in the hills and mountains, where they were usually supported by the peasants, and they tied down thousands of German troops. In some areas they were a virtual armed uprising against not only the Germans and Fascists but also against the local landowners. Partisans were fighting three types of war: a civil war against Italian Fascists, a war of national liberation against German occupation, and a class war against the ruling elites. Communist Party groups fought all three types. Catholic or monarchist partisans, on the other hand, fought only one or two of these. There were also terrorist groups operating in the cities, and major strikes in industrial areas sabotaged war production. Sometimes, different partisan groups came into conflict with each other, but in general the Resistance was united. Nonetheless, those who actually fought as partisans were a small minority of Italians, and most civilians and ex-soldiers simply waited for the war to end. In all, about 200,000 partisans took part in the Resistance, and German or Fascist forces killed some 70,000 Italians (including both partisans and civilians) for Resistance activities. Ultimately, however, these figures do not indicate the extent of civilian participation in the Resistance, which scholars continue to debate.
The various political parties organized most of the partisan units, but they also cooperated with one another and the Allies. The Communist Party, although still very small in 1943 (about 5,000 members), led the largest group of partisans (at least 50,000 by summer 1944), drawing on years of experience in underground organization and on Yugoslav support. Success in the Resistance transformed the Communists into a major force in postwar Italian politics. The new Party of Action was also very active in the Resistance, constituting about one-fourth of all partisan units. It had a strong commitment to radical political change (including the change to a republic and a purge of officials) as well as to military victory. The Christian Democrats included roughly 20,000 partisans, and both Socialists and Liberals had significant armed bands in some areas. Partisans of different political persuasions normally worked together in local Committees of National Liberation (CLNs), which coordinated strategy, cooperated with the Allies, administered liberated areas, and appointed new officials. Above all, they organized the uprisings in the northern and central cities, including Milan in April 1945, which fell to the partisans before Allied troops arrived. In some cities the partisan liberation appeared to be a revolution—as in Genoa, Turin (where the Fiat factories were occupied), and Bologna—and red flags, Italian flags, and American flags greeted the "liberating" Allied troops. Some smaller zones actually became "republics" for weeks or even months, such as Alba and Val d'Ossola in Piedmont. Many radical partisans expected there to be a revolution in postwar Italy and failed to hand in their arms at the bidding of the Allies in 1945. Still, the partisans' cooperation in the CLNs had laid the foundation for postwar political collaboration.
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When World War II ended in Europe in May 1945, all the anti-Fascist parties formed a predominantly northern government led by the Resistance hero and Party of Action leader Ferruccio Parri. The CLNs continued to administer the northern regions and the larger northern factories for a short time. Up to 15,000 Fascists were purged or killed, and in some areas (such as Emilia and Tuscany) reprisals continued through 1946. Women "collaborators" had their heads shaved and were paraded through the streets. A commission was set up to purge Fascists throughout the country. (A similar body had been operating in the south since 1943.) The purges caused much alarm, as virtually anybody with a job in the public sector had had to be a member of the Fascist Party. Soon there was an anti-purge backlash, supported by the Liberals. In reality, the purges were short-lived and superficial, and even leading Fascists were able to benefit from a series of amnesties, the most important of which was backed by the Communist minister of justice, Togliatti. In November 1945 Parri was forced to resign and was replaced by the Christian Democratic leader, Alcide De Gasperi, who formed a more moderate—and "Roman," or southern—interparty government. It soon gave up attempts at a purge, returned the large industrial firms to their previous owners, and replaced the partisan administrators in the north with ordinary state officials. In general, the Italian purges went much less far than those in Germany, and there was considerable continuity in many areas, including the judiciary, the police force, and the body of legislation created in the 1920s and '30s.
In May 1946 King Victor Emmanuel III finally formally abdicated. His son briefly became King Umberto II, but the royal family was forced to leave the country a month later when a referendum decided in favour of a republic by 54 percent of the votes cast. (When the new constitution was adopted the following year, it stated that no male members of the Savoy family could live in Italy; the rule was rescinded in 2002.) Many southerners, including 80 percent of Neapolitans, voted for the monarchy, but the centre and north opted overwhelmingly for the republic. The "May king," his father, and the monarchy in general had been punished not only for supporting Mussolini but also for their cowardly behaviour in the face of German occupation.
At the same time, a Constituent Assembly was elected by universal suffrage—including women for the first time—to draw up a new constitution. The three largest parties—the Christian Democrats, Socialists, and Communists—took three-fourths of the votes and seats and dominated the assembly. The Christian Democrats, with more than one-third of the votes and seats, began their postwar dominance as the most powerful party, although the Liberals, whose deputies included several constitutional lawyers, had a major impact on the new constitution, as did the Communists and Socialists. Over the next three years, the assembly discussed (in 170 sessions) what form the new Italian state should take, in a climate of democratic debate and collaboration. The constitution was finally ready and signed in December 1947 and took effect on January 1, 1948.
The Constitution of the Republic of Italy established a parliamentary system of government with two elected houses (Chamber of Deputies and Senate). It also guaranteed civil and political rights and established an independent judiciary, a constitutional court with powers of judicial review, and the right of citizens' referendum. Many of these measures, however, were not implemented for several years. The Constitutional Court was not set up until 1955, and the first abrogative referendum was held only in 1974. The president was to be elected by parliament and had few real powers. The electoral system had a high level of proportional representation. Legislation had to pass through both elected chambers, but decrees could be issued by the Council of Ministers. The 1929 Lateran Treaty with the church was recognized in a Communist-inspired compromise. Autonomous regional governments were promised and were soon operating in the outlying zones—Sicily, Sardinia, Valle d'Aosta, Trentino–Alto Adige (including South Tirol), and (after 1963) Friuli–Venezia Giulia—inhabited by populations with linguistic or ethnic differences from those in the rest of Italy. In short, the constitution was an "anti-Fascist" document, providing for weak governments and individual liberty—exactly the opposite of what Mussolini had attempted.


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Pratt Photo Faculty Joshua Lutz, Paul McDonough and Anna Shteynshleyger along with seniors Russell Barsanti, Mike Finkelstein and Gabriella Robles are participating in the exhibition "New York School" organized by Susan Dooley at the Pingyao International Photography Festival this September!
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The opening promo with Bischoff setting up a high profile tagteam match for Souled Out. It felt a little dragged out IMO but Bischoff was very good in character.
The Fourway tagteam match looked nothing special and very chaotic. Also hereby the traditional guaranteed crappy match is made for Souled Out. And I hope its the last match between O'Haire/Palumbo and Totally Buff. Good to see the Filthy Animals get some momentum going into Souled Out but I think that Kronik is gonna win at Souled Out.
Lance Storm interview again hyped up the ladder match at Souled Out very good. You pointed out both men strengths going into the match and then we get the inevitable confrontation/brawl before the big title match. I must say that you made this midcard feud pretty good and I look forward to how you gonna handle the ladder match.
A very good cruiserweight tag match follows. This was MOTN and good you gave Helms a victory going into Souled Out. I think Chavo is gonna win though.
The conversation with Flair and Anderson wasn't really necessary but it still hyped up the mainevent match, Cal Anderson's debut and the tagmatch at Souled Out. I must say that with all the praising Flair gave to Sting, I have a suspision that you're gonna let Sting turn heel in the future. Just a hunch.
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The pavilion was outstanding with the view of the ocean. A excellent place to be married at.
Wedding: Recently Married
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Everyone at Henderson Beach was amazing. We booked sight unseen, and were NOT disappointed. The day before the wedding we went to go see where our wedding would be held and told them this, and they didn't charge us to go spend the day there. It was very clean. The area where our wedding was held was away from other people, and was very private, even though it was located at a state park. The staff was very friendly, and the ranger kept their distance although while doing her job... They didn't give anyone problems getting in, and there was plenty of space so that no one was crowded in the pavilion we held our reception in.
Wedding: 06/28/2013
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
Ok. I reserved my beach area and pavilion one year in advance. The day of my wedding, my decorators and my caterers were told I had no reservation, no pavilion, and for us it was a "first come, first serve" situation. I tried calling Carolyn, the person I've conversed with the entire time, but she was off that day. One of her office staff members repeated to me what they told my people at the park. YOU HAVE NOT PAID FOR A RESERVATION therefore YOU DON'T HAVE A SPACE. I live in Bham Al. There is NO WAY I would travel all the way to Destin, FL and not have a reservation! I told them to find Carolyn NOW!!! The office staff member hung up in my face. Now I'm crying! My wedding was suppose to begin @ 3pm. Its now 3:45pm. After several calls and no answer, I finally get someone. At this point I had to make a threat...If my wedding don't happen at henderson beach state park as I paid for, I am going to sue the sh*t out of yall....magically they found my reservation and Carolyn's number. It's now 4:25pm and now we're allowed onto my prepaid pavilion to decorate. The Carolyn I had been speaking with before my wedding date was not the Carolyn I was speaking to the day of my wedding. She was short, aggravated, unapologetic and withdrawn. In addition to that, Carolyn told me that if we were gone by 9pm, $100 would be returned. We were gone by 9pm and I contacted Carolyn the next day for my money. She tried everything to not return it to me. BUT in the end, I won the argument and my money was returned. The space and the beach was beautiful, but the headache and confusion of the park was so not worth the money.
Wedding: 04/13/2013
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
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Pavilion F at Henderson Beach was a perfect location for our day! It was at the end of all the pavilions so it felt remote and secluded and perfectly private! And the pavilion turned out beautifully when it was decorated. It was a great choice for a great day!
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Breathtaking and plenty of parking.... Highly recommended.
Wedding: 01/01/2011
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We had our beach wedding on 10-10 at 10am so we went the night before and took sunset pictures. We arrived a little early the morning of the ceremony to pick out site, which was no problem at all. This area of the beach has sea oats and dunes and very little commercial bulildings are visible, so it made for great pictures.
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We booked our wedding through Barefoot Weddings in Fort Walton Beach and chose Henderson Beach State Park. Our wedding was a 7pm start and there was no one on the beach, and the company we booked through had the beach area cleaned up and ready to go an hour prior. All in all, great location.
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Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
Carolyn at Henderson State Park was wonderful to work with. She responded promptly to my phone calls and emails, and answered my many questions patiently! The contract was clear and easy to understand. The guests and other vendors coming into the park for our wedding/reception were treated with kindness and respect. What better scenery than the beach? :)
Wedding: 07/10/2010
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
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The park is beautiful. At 6pm there ended up being still a lot of beach goers on the beach so we had a lot of spectators nevertheless all were respectfull and moved prior to the ceremony to watch from a distance. The day was beautiful and just as imagined. The friends of the park were easy to work with and I got my deposit back with no problem.
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Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
Overall, everything was great! We wanted a low key outside venue that allowed us to have our own alcohol. Thankfully, we did not have any rain issues, but that is something to consider when booking as there are no other options. If you want a low key venue, this is the place to choose. You cannot set up a tent on the beach and there are other rules because it is a state park, so definitely ask important questions before booking!
Another thing to consider before booking this venue is that you have to rent additional time for set up. Also, there are no planners or staff, so everything is do it yourself. We ended up paying people to help us set up so that no family or friends had to help! All of those little things add up in overall costs, so this venue is best for small gatherings. It was a beautiful though and we had a great time!
Wedding: 10/10/2009
Services Used: Ceremony & Reception Venue
For an economic option for a beach wedding, this is the place. Its a public state park, but you can rent a shelter for your rection, and they close that shelter for your time period, and it comes with restrooms. Entrance fees to the park are reasonable, and its a beautiful location. They book many weddings there a year, so they are accustomed to wedding traffic, and are very flexible with you and your guest. You cant have alcohol unless you pay extra, but it is clean, and welcoming.
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The selection of princesses to serve in the Court of Queen Shenandoah LXXXVI for the 2013 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival has been announced by festival officials. The princesses include Lucy Ann Foeckler, Colleen Morgan Koppenhaver, Carlyse Deborah Phillips, Samantha Nicole Ravn and Rachel Moore Russell.
Colleen Koppenhaver attends the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she is a second year student majoring in nursing. She is the daughter of Allison and Tim Koppenhaver of Winchester. She is the granddaughter of Shirley and Ralph Mitchell and Joan and Andy Koppenhaver, all of Winchester. She graduated from John Handley High School where she was co-editor of the Handlian Yearbook, played soccer and volleyball, and was awarded The Winnie Legge Award for Best All-around Athlete. At UVA she is a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. Koppenhaver is on the Awake 'Til Dawn executive board, an organization that raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and she is a member of the National Students Nurses Association.
Carlyse Phillips will represent Potomac State College of WVU in Keyser, W.Va., where she is a sophomore majoring in business technology. She is the daughter of Deborah Phillips and Carlos Phillips both of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the granddaughter of the late Deborah Robertson-Sweet, James Taylor, Esther Phillips and Carlos Dubose-Phillips. Phillips graduated from Withrow High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was on the student council and was head of the senior yearbook. She took four years of athletic training, softball, volleyball and cheerleading.
Rachel Russell will represent The Virginia Horticultural Society and is a senior at James Wood High School in Winchester. She is the daughter of Kirk Russell of Clearbrook and Sherry Russell and Bryan Bennett of Gore. She is the granddaughter of Joan and John Jackson of Winchester and Gwen and Henry Russell of Clearbrook and Beverly Bennett and the late Raymond Bennett. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Future Farmers of America and Valley Health Juniors Volunteers.
The princesses will accompany Queen Shenandoah LXXXVI and her Court to all festival functions throughout the 86th festival scheduled for April 26 through May 5. They will participate in the Coronation Ceremony to be held at 1:30 p.m. on May 3 at John Handley High School. They will ride the Royal Float in the Grand Feature Parade scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. on May 4.
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More than a few of my long-term expatriate friends lamented that Olympics visitors would miss the "real Beijing" and instead find a city where the air would be clean, the traffic lighter and more orderly, the streets beautified, and the minutiae that give this city its character eliminated.
Beijing has tried to put on its "best face", especially around the stadiums and tourist sites – new edifices adorn the city, a jungle of flowers decorate its sidewalks, and rare is the beggar found on them. The new subway line, shiny road signs, and multitudes of posters and banners are part of the package.
But if Beijing has cleaned house, it has also left dirt in the corners, smudges on the windows, and a few bags of garbage in the kitchen.
The air is still dodgy. The traffic, while lighter, clearly demonstrates the "might is right" and "pedestrian last" principles of local motorists (see this video of traffic at Workers Stadium's east gate). And minor annoyances yet abound: every fifth taxi driver sports a bad attitude, every other person tries to get into the elevator before the people inside can get out, and service is about the same as ever, which means all over the board. And don't even get me started on the food at the event venues. So, while people might be wowed by The Great Wall, happy with the Beijing duck, impressed by the friendliness of most people, and amazed by the beer prices at corner stores, they will also see some of the nitty and the gritty.
I live beside Workers Stadium, and here are some observations made during a one-hour walk there on a night featuring two football matches inside:
- As I leave my apartment building, the security guards say bye and I pass some residents who smile at me.
- Down the street, some tourists take photos of security guards who squat on a sidewalk and eat from foam lunch boxes.
- Cars drive down the bicycle lanes, with drivers beeping for everyone to get out of their way.
- More than 50 people huddle around a TV outside UBC Coffee for a men's basketball game: they cheer wildly when China scores and utter a despondent "ai ya" when Spain scores, doubly so when the game goes to overtime. The manager would no doubt be happier if more than a handful of these people bought anything.
- Traffic is heavy and cars do U-turns through a crosswalk, leaving an island of worried-looking tourists stranded in the middle.
- Happy locals talk at a volume most Westerners would find annoying.
- As I pass a restaurant, a friendly employee shouts and asks if I have had dinner yet. At another spot I frequent, one of the managers gives me a wave.
- A tricycle piled meters high with giant bags of recyclable plastic slowly but surely moves along the crowded street.
- I serve as photographer for several groups of locals in front of the stadium. Hundreds of people are in front of the north gate – most are having a great time.
- A team from AC Nielsen surveys people about the Games. Do you agree this is a Green Olympics? A High-tech Olympics? A People's Olympics? They give me a handy fan for my troubles.
- A group of 30 Nigerians with trumpets sing and dance outside the stadium to the delight of the crowd.
- A motorcyclist drives by with his young daughter behind him and even younger son squatting on the footrest – none of them wear a helmet. A police officer gives a warning and then waves them on.
- A bus beats a red light by careening through an intersection, missing some pedestrians by about a meter, while a taxi piles in behind (the three passengers inside – all foreigners and wearing Olympic badges – look apologetic and embarrassed).
- An old man with a plastic basin of water washes his arms and face beside a small building a hundred meters from the stadium as tourists pass.
- Several locals and tourists look for boxing tickets and finally find a seller: RMB100 per seat. Buyers and sellers alike end up satisfied.
There you have a mix of what makes China interesting (the energy, the people, the minutia of daily life) and frustrating (the traffic: the noise, and, for an encore, the traffic). Thus, even outside one of the Olympic stadiums, the average visitor gets at least a few peaks into what makes people alternatively smile with glee and pull their hair out in Beijing.


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