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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Attack of the Killer Hornworm
I water my plants almost everyday, talk to them every time I go by, just hoping that they will produce more tasty treats. Then.....THEY CAME!! The Manduca sexta, better known as the Tobacco Hornworm. Here is the latest Post Office photo:
I know what some of you are saying, that looks like a Tomato Hornworm. Those guys are known as Manduca quinquemaculata. They look like this:
The Tobacco Hornworm larva (Manduca sexta) is generally green with seven diagonal white lines on the sides and a curved red horn. The Tomato Hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) have eight V-shaped marks on each side and their horn is straighter and blue-black in color. Either way, they are both known as nasty little, Tomato plant eating varmints! They both also eat, Peppers, Eggplants, Potatoes as well as Tobacco.
These "Hornworms" are the larvae of the hawk or sphinx moths, also known as Hummingbird moths.
The Hawk moths (Tomato Hornworm moths)are large, heavy-bodied with narrow front wings. The moth is a mottled gray-brown color with yellow spots on the sides of the abdomen and a wing spread of 4 to 5 inches. The hindwings have alternating light and dark bands. They are usually seen after dusk. The moth doesn't cause any damage.
The Sphinx moth (Tobacco Hornworm moth) are usually much more colorful.
Either way, the larvae (hornworm) is the damaging stage and feeds initially on the upper portions of leaves, giving you stripped stems and leaving behind dark green or black droppings. If you see something that looks like this on your Tomato plants, look around, you have a visitor.
The larvae blend in with the plant canopy, and therefore go unnoticed until most of the damage is done. They can bend and curl to look just like a leaf. The poop is usually the best way to locate them, it drops down, so look up from it.
The best advice is to examine plants frequently from early July through the rest of the growing season for hornworm eggs and small caterpillars, and to begin control measures as soon as young larvae are observed. This what the egg and young larvae will look like:
Of course, there is one time that I don't mind seeing a hornworm. I know, "What are you crazy?!" Probably, but that is besides the point. No, I enjoy seeing them when they look like this:
All those white, rice looking things are cocoons. They are from a small braconid wasp, Cotesia congregatus. Larvae that hatch from the wasp eggs that are laid on the hornworm feed on the inside of the hornworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. The cocoons appear as white projections protruding from the hornworms body. If you see a hornworm like this, leave it alone. The wasps will kill the hornworm when they emerge from the cocoons and then will seek out other hornworms to inflict the same fate. Mother Nature can sure be cruel sometimes.
Hopefully, this pest will not be a nuisance to you, in the meantime......I must go feed some birds!
Happy Growing!
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They also leave pupa in the soil. I recently emptied my earthboxes to prepare for a fall crop & found several of these in the soil. Really big, weird looking thins. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/hornworm.htmReplyDelete
- Brenda, Texarkana, TXJune 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Yes, they are strange beasts! I found one today on one of our tomato plants, which we also grow in big pots. The thing DID NOT want to let go of the vine. The poop they leave behind is huge, so before you eat those tomatoes, be sure and wash, wash, wash!!! Or should we not eat them at all (the tomatoes)?ReplyDelete
Hey Brenda, there is no harm in eating the Tomatoes. Washing is a good thing, but the poop is no cause for alarm. To me the poop is a great way to find the little suckers. they are sometimes hard to see.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM
All of you are really mean and Darren, you are just downright sadistic. I'm sure there is a special place for you. Why kill something that is not bothering you. All you need to do is place the caterpillars on one host plant. What stupid people.....ReplyDelete
Anonymous, I thought long and hard about deleting your comment, but, everybody does have freedom of speech. Then it dawned on me, what a GREAT teachable moment.ReplyDelete
You said: "All you need to do is place the caterpillars on one host plant". That would be fine and dandy, however, a couple of these creatures can devour an entire plant. What then? They move on to another. Do I then leave them on that one? They devour that one and move on, where does it end?
You also said: "Why kill something that is not bothering you". I am assuming that you leave termites alone then when they are eating the wood in your house? They are not bothering you.
What happens if an army of ants invade your sugar bowl? Do you leave them alone? They are not bothering you.
I use these tomato plants as food for my family. I am assuming that the sugar and the house is used for your family.
As for me being sadistic, I am only helping another creature to find what they would normally eat on their own. I am making it easier for birds, How is THAT being sadistic? Am I not helping another creature to survive?
What ever happened to survival of the fittest?
There is a lot of work that goes into a garden, you may or may not be a gardener, I don't know, but trust me there is a lot of work involved. To have it all eaten by some little worm is very disheartening and does not help to feed my family.
Do you eat meat? I do. Does that make all meat eaters sadistic? Maybe.
If you want to get right down to it, eating lettuce can be considered sadistic, it's alive also. Is it not?!
Please make sure you know all the facts and views before calling anybody stupid or sadistic. I probably will never hear from you again, but if you so desire, I would love to have an actual conversation and discuss this topic more, preferably without any name calling.
Wow. I just removed two of the hornworms with the wasp larve on them. I did not kill them, I simply broke off the small stem they were on and took them 500 feet away to the woods. My tomatoes are still flourishing and I havent seen another hornworm in weeks. This was a really cool article. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Darren, the other anonymous person (not myself as i love meat and couldnt live without it as well and think vegatarianist lifestyle is redundant and i didnt climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots, picked some of these lil green bastards off of my pepper plants and threw them against a wall but kept two in a jar to watch grow and metamorphasize) is just what i call a "fat vagina" reguardless if someone is sadistic, you dont spend days creating a garden in the 115 degree Arizonian weather to have these pests ruin your yeilds of peppers for Quesadillas just out of the 'kindness of your heart' you burn their heads off, squish em with much thorough pleasure, throw them, feed them to your tarantula and then get on with your live and get on gardening. Other anonymous, you sir/ma'am are a giant pussy if you cant come to extirminate something that acts purely on instict and doesnt even have the caapacity to realize its even alive.ReplyDelete
Please, I saw this worm in the cotton crop, anyone knews what was. This Manduca sexta, better known as the Tobacco Hornworm can be attacks cotton???? Thanks Luanna Barreto (agronomist from Brazil)ReplyDelete
Luanna, From the research I have seen, Tobacco Hornworms do not attack cotton. However there is a caterpillar that closely resembles the Hornworm that attacks cotton..it is the Tomato Fruitworm. You can see a picture here:ReplyDelete
Hope that helps.Replies
Hello there sir. I noticed some of the tomato hornworm left some hibernating caterpillars in the soil when i was moving soil to relocate my raised beds. The thing is i picked about 6 of them so far. Now i was planning to plant some kumquat trees in my raised beds. And i was wondering if these green tomato horn caterpillars will eat my kumquat plants? I am afraid that i missed some since there is a lot of soil. now i just have kumquats and a lot of dwarf citrus in my raised beds now where my tomatoes were. Do you think these green caterpillars will eat all my citrus if they come back out when its warmer out? i also planted some pomegranate plants. i hope they wont eat my pomegrante plants either?!?!? let me know!!!Delete
Hello Aaron,Delete
Good question!
The answer is No. The Tomato Hornworms will not eat your Citrus trees. They prefer Tomato, Tobacco, Peppers and such...Citrus is not on their menu.
Pomegranates either.
They should be just fine.
Hope that makes you feel better.
Happy Growing!
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2013 at 12:25 PM
I'm in upstate SC in zone 8. (I moved here from Charleston actually -- couldn't handle those brutal 130 degree heat index days.)ReplyDelete
I grew tomatoes and Basil in an Earthbox and saw a few of those fat green worms with black markings midway through the season. I wish I'd read your article then.
My tomato plants stopped producing and the lush basil turned light green with streaks of white running through the stems. Luckily I got about a dozen nice tomatoes and some bunches of basil before they got sick.
Of course I didn't know what to do. Except for trimming, did nothing. Then when it was obvious they'd had it, I dug both up and hopefully got most of the roots. I have a pear tree on the other side of the yard that had fire blight. I thought that might have compromised these plants too. I didn't throw out the soil though. It is probably loaded with the hornworm excrement. I planted some Rosemary and Thyme there. Will they survive or should I throw out the soil and herbs and start over?
I wanted to keep everything organic.Replies
You did not mention when your Tomatoes and Basil went South.
Was it early in the season, late in the season or about midway through.
Were you keeping a good eye on the soil moisture?
If it was fluctuating wildly or allowed to dry out too much, that could have been the problem. Especially in a box.
The fire blight should not be a problem for the tomatoes or the basil. There should also be no problem with the soil for your Rosemary and Thyme.
IF, you have the same problem again this year, then I would suggest disposing the soil and starting from scratch, you may have picked something up from your compost or whatever it is you use.
Hope that helps.
If you have any other questions, shoot them to my e-mail box....
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 6:30 AM
Thanks I'll do that. In answer to when I started to lose the tomatoes and Basil, it was actually maybe in September.It was still very nice warm weather. I still had a bunch of partially grown green tomatoes that stopped growing. It was strange because everything seemed healthy early on and then all of a sudden that changed. Regarding the watering, for me it was pretty consistent which isn't saying much. But the Earthbox has that self watering mechanism which helped. There probably were times when they were over-watered as well as under-watered as they got water every time it rained (as I didn't bother to use the plastic cover the boxes came with to cover the soil) besides when I watered them (with captured rainwater from the roof that I stored in barrels).Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Would like to reproduce your tomato hornworm larva and adult pics in my training manual. Can you contact me so we can discuss? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Hey Darren,ReplyDelete
This is an awesome article. It's really refreshing to read someone who actually understands what they're writing! :-) Couple things ... the egg and newly hatched hornworm image from above does not show up in my browser and I get a page can't be found if I try and copy the link into another tab. Any way you can replace / update?
Also, I'm not a gardener; I just built the above ground box for my wife and daughter to go plant a bunch of stuff in. Now I'm being consulted as entomologist and Chief Worm Picker :-) I'm in warm and wet Miami. They planted the tomatoes (amongst other things) in October. (The soil was purchased from a local nursery.) Now we're got a sizable population of worms that require daily "harvesting" - love the idea about the driveway (can't imagine why anonymous would object to feeding birds; take it up with them if you have a problem!). My question is: are the new worms that I'm finding coming from previously laid eggs (by the moths) that would be on the underside of the leaves? I'd like to get "ahead" of the problem just a bit if I can. Thanks, Paul
- AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 10:07 AM
So glad I found this.....Found 3 this morning. 2 on my tomato plants and 1 on my salsa pepper plant. Grabbed one by accident which is how i found it...(made me jump and caught me by surprise) . We thought maybe grasshoppers were devouring our tomato plants but only found a few. Then I thought Rollie Pollies (trashed the tomato's last year) but found barely any this year...but now I know....SO I clipped their lunch (the leaves they were firmly attached to) off the plants and sent them on a flight into the empty plot behind the house for birds or whatever to enjoy. Now I know what to look for in the soil and on the leaves. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the information you shared on this. I found the hornworms (two had the wasp larvae all over them) after wondering what in the world could denude a tomato plant seemingly overnight. Happy gardening to you!ReplyDelete


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Roland (game character)
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|Alan Sugar
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Roland was a game character developed in 1984 by Alan Sugar, CEO of Amstrad, and Jose Luis Dominguez, a Spanish game designer. The character was named for Roland Perry, a computer engineer who worked for Amstrad. The idea was to have one recognizable character in a number of different computer games in a bid to have the Amstrad CPC compete with the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64.[1]
Games in the Roland-series[edit]
- 1983: Roland in the Caves[2] (by Indescomp) - A copy of the Spanish game Bugaboo (The Flea).
- 1983: Roland on the Ropes[3] (by Indescomp) - A copy of the Spanish game Fred.[4] Roland had to collect bullets, treasures and maps while climbing ropes to get out of a tomb/pyramid. Some villains can be destroyed (skeletons, bats, mummies) while some can only be forced to change direction (ghosts) and some have to be jumped over (dripping poison, rats, scorpions). When the game ends, the end music is the Funeral March. The game was released for the Spectrum and the Commodore as well, and was later remade for the PC.[5]
- 1984: Roland Ahoy! (by Computersmith)
- 1984: Roland Goes Digging[6] (by Gem Software for Amsoft) - a Space Panic clone. Roland navigates around a series of platforms and dispatches aliens by digging holes to trap them in.
- 1984: Roland Goes Square Bashing (by Durell) - a logic puzzle game.
- 1984: Roland On The Run (by Epicsoft) - a Frogger clone.
- 1985: Roland In Time[7] (by Gem Software) - a more colourful clone of Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy with some overt homages to Doctor Who.
- 1985: Roland In Space (by Gem Software) - a sequel to Roland In Time. Again, a more colourful clone of the Miner Willy games with homages to Doctor Who.
There was also a type-in game, Roland Takes a Running Jump, published in Amstrad's official magazine, Computing With The Amstrad.
- ^ Sugar, Alan (2010-09-30). What You See Is What You Get. Pan Macmillan. p. 69. ISBN 9780230754737. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Roland in the Caves on MobyGames
- ^ Roland on the Ropes on MobyGames
- ^ Fred on mobygames.com
- ^ "Free download Fred (aka Roland on the ropes)". Windows Retro Games. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Roland Goes Digging on MobyGames
- ^ Roland in Time on MobyGames
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I'm not sure people think of creative fine dining when they think of Poland, so it's not surprising that Warsaw's Senses restaurant only has one Michelin star, even if that's a crime. My boyfriend and his family are from the area originally, so he took me there last month to see where he grew up, and naturally, I checked the Michelin guide. There are only two Michelin-starred restaurants in the whole country, and one just received its star this year, so we decided to give the new kid a try.
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It wasn't as fussy as the three-Michelin-starred favorites in the city thanks to touches of whimsy here and there in elements like a stork-patterned wallpaper (the stork is a symbol of rebirth in Kreuther's native Alsatian homeland), but the main dining room felt classic and elegant with its cushy cream banquettes and exposed wood beams. The food was stunningly beautiful but still at times a little silly, and I mean that in the best way. Who doesn't want a mezcal cocktail served in a coconut shell in the middle of a frou-frou French meal?
Luksus, the Nordic tasting-menu-only restaurant hidden behind a door in Greenpoint's Tørst beer bar, has been on my list for a long time as a Brooklynite who'd love to never have to leave the borough for her fine dining. I was scheduled to go see my family in Ohio over the July 4th weekend, but when my flight got canceled despite clear blue skies, I consoled myself by booking a table for two there in the hope of getting to sit at the bar and watch the chefs work. The OpenTable reviewers had given Luksus a 4.5, and Eleven Madison Park, which I would call one of the standard-bearers in the city, had a 4.8, so I congratulated myself on my good choice. But when I started talking to my friends, the consensus was that Luksus was good but probably not somewhere they'd return to. I thought about changing my reservation, but then I remembered the optional beer pairings and just had to try it for myself.
The only thing better than being invited to try out a complimentary dinner at a new restaurant is being invited to try out a steakhouse. Rocco Steakhouse is the mastermind of owner Rocco Trotta, who put together a staff of big names from old school NYC steakhouses, including the man who served as the general manager at Wolfgang's for a decade. (And Wolfgang, of course, started his steakhouse after working at Peter Luger, so you just have to love all of the entanglement within the NYC steakhouse strata.) With another well-known steakhouse on the same block, I asked GM Pete Pjetrovic why he partnered with Rocco and beverage director Jeff Kolenovic to open the space on Madison Avenue; he said he knew they could create a better steakhouse with the best ingredients, the best chef, and the best head waiter.
It seems like the neighborhood agrees. When I sat down right after work, the completely enclosed dining room was nearly empty, but by the time my thick Canadian bacon with just the right amount of char arrived, it was full of regulars. Or maybe that's just how the waiters treat everyone who walks in the door. I heard lots of "how are the kids?" followed by handshakes and pats on the back. The staff was warm and friendly and let me annoy them for a picture where they wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders like brothers. But of course when it was time to serve the steak, they were all business.
The little group of friends I eat all of my cow stomachs and whole suckling pigs with all love Eleven Madison Park but don't want to necessarily drop $300 on a tasting menu on a random Wednesday night. Luckily, there's The NoMad restaurant in the NoMad Hotel, where Chef Daniel Humm is serving the same elevated food for, you know, the same elevated prices, but at least you can only order two or three courses here if you want to save your pennies. The service was as kind and polished as you'd expect from a restaurant by this chef, the atmosphere as dark and cool as you'd expect from a hotel that's as much known for its bar as anything. As with EMP, most of the food you get at The NoMad is a really great version of a thing you probably already like–I'll never forget the "picnic" I had there once–but this is also the kind of place that'll also make you like food you thought you didn't.
I get restaurants offering me free meals every now and then, and having no soul like I do, I'm usually wont to take them up on that offer. But Industry 1332 tried a different approach: they just asked me to come in. I was talking about empanadas on Twitter, as usual, and their social media person started up a conversation with me. There was absolutely no reason for me to visit a random Latin restaurant in the middle of Bushwick, but it did have great reviews, and their tweets to me were cute and personal, just pushy enough to interest me without turning me off. So I made a reservation for four on a random weeknight and took the G train with my boyfriend to an L stop I've never been to before. It was just seedy-seeming enough to be exciting to a couple from the family-friendly part of Brooklyn as we hurried down the dark street beside the building, which seemed to be surrounded mostly by warehouses. Inside, they had used some of that industrial feeling in their design, with exposed brick and beams. Our friends Jon and Lara like to order ALL THE THINGS, so we tasted a good bit of the menu, and the menu sure was good.
I was trying to stick to my low-carb diet that night, so I was bowled over by the fact that this didn't arrive with any chips. Most restaurants are like, "Here, fill up on these greasy things so you don't notice we only gave you three spoonfuls of fish." Industry 1332 was like, "Here, we made this giant bowl of fish for you and didn't want to hinder the flavor with some dumb chips." I don't want to talk in superlatives, but let's just say that this was an incredibly complex ceviche and is certainly the one I'll hold up as my standard-bearer in the future. It was fluke marinated in citrus with onions, peppers, mango, cilantro, and fresh avocado. Sweet, sour, and spicy. The mango was sliced almost like a noodle to give the bowl some heft, and the avocado was this amazing creamy mousse that also popped up in some other dishes, because the restaurant must have realized it's the bomb.
Fresh ahi tuna cubes marinated in a ginger ponzu sauce with an avocado mousse. Looks like watermelon, tastes like the ocean! Again with that avocado, because it should be on everything this restaurant serves.
Mini corn cakes topped with shredded braised beef, avocado, smoked gouda cheese and mushroom aioli.
Tempura fried sole filet, in a corn tortilla topped with pico de gallo and yellow aji aioli.
Pastry turnovers served with a chipotle aioli in beef, chicken, or vegetable.
Sautéed ginger marinated beef, tri-colored fingerling potatoes, cherry tomatoes, pearl onions, green papaya slaw served with basmati rice.
Chicken breast stuffed with manchego cheese, chorizo, roasted pepper sofrito and a cilantro pesto basmati rice. When you're on a low-carb diet, meat stuffed in meat with a bunch of cheese is your dream. This was all of the flavors of Mexican pizza without any of the carb face the next day.
Sesame ahi tuna, served with roasted vegetables and a mango sriracha chutney. Tasted as beautiful as it looked.
Fried pastry dough rolled in cinnamon sugar served with dulce de leche crème sauce. Tasted better than it looked, my dinner guests told me, although I'm never going to complain about a heaping mound of whipped cream no matter its appearance.
What we initially heard was that the neighborhood was a little upset about Industry 1332 being there, evidently because it's too "nice" and will attract too many people to one of the still-cheap-ish parts of Bushwick. But now all of the Yelp reviews are by people who live down the street and love it. I'm gonna say it's all thanks to that avocado mousse.
When I found out that Beetle House, a Tim-Burton-themed bar and restaurant, was opening in the East Village, I immediately texted my best friend in Ohio and asked if that was catalyst enough to make her buy a plane ticket to come visit me. She said, "That sounds terrifying, actually." So I made reservations right away with my other friends. Not to spite her exactly but because I was still sure it was going to be great. During the first week of soft opening, I was hearing about a man dressed as Beetlejuice leading semi-annoying renditions of "Jump in the Line (Shake, Señora)" and a background soundtrack comprised entirely of Danny Elfman songs. I told my boyfriend that it didn't matter if the cocktails were expensive and the food sucked, because this was obviously just a novelty bar meant to pull in tourists for one night at a time. These are the same owners of the Will-Ferrell-themed bar, Stay Classy New York, after all. They surely aren't meant to be taken seriously.
Since Beetle House was still in previews when we went (and will be until May 6th), it was cash only, by reservation only, and serving a limited menu. The menu was pretty cheeky, though, with its disclaimer about their meat supply being innocent New Yorkers and its items like Edward Burger Hands, Charlie Corn Bucket, and Eggs Skellington.
After chatting with the super friendly (not even just by NYC standards) owner who was doubling as our server and finding out it was she who'd developed the cocktail menu, my friends and I ordered all of the available drinks to start:
Alice's Cup of Tea was their take on a Long Island iced tea and just as strong but with heavy notes of peach that made it perfect for summer. The Barnabas Collins was the whiskey cocktail, not so sweet despite the brown sugar thanks to two kinds of bitters.
Tequila, blackberry, and lime made this really refreshing and easy to drink. All of the cocktails were very strong but well-balanced, so I could've had several of these but really only needed one to get to a good place.
Our table agreed that this one was just weird. Bacardi rum, creme de coconut, lime juice, crushed ice, and orange zest. There was no reason it tasted so funny to us, except that we weren't on a banana-shaped raft off the coast of a tropical island.
A bison burger with bacon, pepperjack cheese, quail egg, sriracha cream, avocado, and tomato on a honey garlic bun. The table next to ours got a much better-looking one, but don't let the mess on the plate dissuade you. My friend the burger snob was impressed that it was actually cooked medium-rare and loved that the quail egg was broken on the side for dipping. The menu didn't mention that the burger came with a side of garlic whipped mash, which made the $16 price tag make sense.
Smoked BBQ pulled pork, jalapeño jelly, sweet slaw, and pickled egg on a honey garlic bun. It's a summer picnic in a sandwich, with all of the spicy and smoky you'd expect.
After reading the description of this–cornbread, sauteed chicken, romano garlic cream, peas, carrots, peppers, onions, and jalapeño jelly–I thought it sounded like a kind of chicken pot pie. But our server told me that it was "just everything in a bowl". Not exactly crystal clear, but I asked my boyfriend to order it anyway so I could see. It turned out to be the best thing I tasted that night (and, you know, I tasted everything). It really was just all of the ingredients in a bowl together, with the cornbread absorbing all of the flavors rather than just sitting on top, as in a pot pie. I'm not sure what kind of magic they throw in there with everything, but it had the flavors of a bowl of Thai curry. Except with way more stuff and way less broth, which is sort of the dream.
I ordered this because I had to know what $24 mac & cheese looked like. It was seven cheeses (seven!), garlic and sea salt breadcrumbs, and sweet stewed tomatoes. It was a massive plate that took all four of us to finish, and it was just . . . special. Even without meat, I wasn't sad to have spent $24 on it. (That said, I'd sure rather spend $18 on it if this became a regular place for me.) I loved the crunch of the breadcrumbs that added just the right amount of buttery sweetness to the pasta, and then the tomato sauce just put it over the top in terms of comfort food.
They had run out of the Wonka Bar Chocolate Cake with actual chocolate bars between the layers of cake, so we opted for the cherry cheesecake instead, which was not a mistake. One of the owners' moms makes all of the dessert, and we could taste it. This version had big sour cream flavor and a thick, buttery graham cracker crust. It was $12, which was a bit of a surprise to us when we got the bill, but it was a good-sized slice, and YOLO.
A lot of the initial Yelp reviews dock stars because this place is so small, which I find adorable. Is this your first day in NYC, Yelpers? Yeah, restaurants are small here.
In the end, I left Beetle House feeling like it was nothing I expected it to be and just what I want a good East Village bar to be. There was no costumed Beetlejuice (they tell me he'll be there on the weekends, along with side show acts, magicians, and zombies). There was no Danny Elfman music. There wasn't really a whole lot of Tim Burton, truth be told. It was actually, as their website says, "a bar and restaurant in the East Village of NYC with an atmosphere and menu inspired by all things dark and lovely". I would've thought the Beetlejuice guy was kitschy and fun to take pictures of, but I wouldn't have wanted him there pretending to levitate every time I wanted to casually drink a This is Halloween! cocktail with pumpkin liqueur, cinnamon liqueur, apple liqueur, apple cider, ginger beer, and lime. And hearing the Danny Elfman score for Pee-wee's Big Adventure would have been charming, but listening to The Smiths, The Cure, and Joy Division was way cooler. It seems like the owners are making this a neighborhood bar during the week and a novelty bar for the weekend. Unfortunately the prices don't make it the kind of place you can go every night, but I'm hoping they'll work that out after the soft opening.
Early last year, my friends and I were planning a trip to Prague, Vienna, Budapest, and Athens, so I pulled up the ol' San Pellegrino World's 50 Best list to see if that part of the world had anything to offer. Lo and behold, #15 was smack-dab in the middle of Wien (that's Vienna in German, see; I'm getting you ready for your future trip there), a modern Austrian restaurant perched on a canal of the Danube River in the middle of a 19th-Century park. Steirereck promised the white gloves and unnecessary decorative plates stacked beneath each dish that I love but also tons of fresh local ingredients that I would have never heard of. Adventure!
I was able to request a reservation through the English version of the Steirereck website and received a confirmation the next day with the exact date and time I'd hoped for (this was four months in advance of our travel date), but I had a question. Four of us were sure we wanted to try the tasting menu, but one friend didn't think she was ready for five hours of eating and wanted to order a la carte. I replied to the confirmation email and basically told them, "Don't worry, we're going to be drinking enough alcohol that you won't mind if one person isn't eating." They didn't reply. A week before our dinner, though, they wrote to reconfirm my reservation, so I took the opportunity to ask again. The reservationist replied,
Thank you for your confirmation!
Don't worry you can all order on stage.
We are looking forward to your visit."
Thank you for your confirmation!
Don't worry you can all order on stage.
We are looking forward to your visit."
My friend imagined herself on a stage at the front of the restaurant, ordering samples from the cheese cart over a microphone. But we just let it go, because adventure!
Having crammed two weeks of vacation clothes into one carry-on bag, I was woefully underprepared for our fancy dinner and arrived in the 60-degree evening wearing sandals, no tights, a sleeveless dress, and a Gap hoodie. The hostess still totally took it from me like it was a real coat and gently folded it over her arm to hang for me without any hint of judgement, god bless her. Aside from the lingering fear of the stage-ordering, things were going great.
Steirereck seems to be set up like a clover, with each leaf representing a different room with rounded edges overlooking the park. It meant that even with the restaurant completely full, we were only sitting in a room with a handful of tables. Which was lucky, because while the other tables were full of austere Europeans, our table was doing wine pairings and having a really good time of it. It was the staff's fault, though! They seemed to take great joy in seeing if they could entertain the Americans and kept making jokes about carrying us out to our cabs after the wine pairings and telling us to let them know if we found worms in the salad because it was so fresh. Their humor was so dry that we would all laugh, wait for them to leave the table, and then ask each other, "Wait, he was joking, right?" It was the perfect kind of service for us, a bunch of normal people faking like we were fancy in a different country.
We all ended up going for the tasting menu with wine pairings, so we never found out what ordering "on stage" was like, but we started off with cocktails in case nine glasses of wine wouldn't be enough. Mine was this celery cocktail with housemade vermouth, an "Arabian mountain herb" grown on their roof, and rosemary.
The bread cart was overwhelming to a carb-lover such as myself, but there was a nice blood sausage loaf for the one person at our table who wanted to balance his carbs with protein. I chose the white bread with lavender and the double baked sourdough.
After our first wine pairing was served, a huge spread of tiny dishes arrived:
Apparently Austria has 40 different allergens that have to be displayed on a menu lest someone die from eating hidden mustard, so the restaurant cheekily decided to make dishes featuring all of them. We each received a card naming all of the dishes, the allergen they contained, and a description of who the allergy generally affects. (Eggs: It is possible to be allergic to just the yolk or the white. Most common in children under the age of five, most people grow out of it after a couple of years.) We had things like wheat cracker with pericon, crayfish tomalley with salsify and lovage, peanut with sweet corn, and the worst offender of all,
CELERY. Which we got a whole plant of. The little ribs dangling amidst the stalk were soaked in verjus & vermouth salt, but we were told to eat as much of the stalk as we wanted to. (We did not.) Other highlights were the duck egg with tons of chive, and the sour milk dip for the cucumber.
Glazed young carrots, carrot and fennel salad, marinated wild fish (reinanke, a kind of salmon, spicy carrot and fennel juice. Lots of fruity, sweet flavor in a savory course.
Grilled preserved yellow peppers, roasted muskmelon, braised Jerusalem artichoke, Taggiasca olives, Venus clams cooked with tamarind, ginger, and lemongrass.
Confit young celeriac with peas, pea shoots, and hazelnuts, sautéed salad hearts, celeriac-citrus sauce with pepperoncini, and wild celery herb. So much lime flavor!
Sauteed chanterelles, barbecued and steamed redondo courgette (zucchini), avocado and plum marinated in lemon, roasted cashews, spiced green tomato jam, and French sorrel. I loved the spiciness of this one.
Raw "branded" alpine salmon, Mexican pepperleaf inflorescence, verjus-infused radish, grilled porcini, cucumbers with mustard seed and dill, borretsch leaf, passion fruit cucumber juice with pepperleaf oil, fried pepperleaf pearls. We liked the layers of cucumber with dill and porcini with lemon, accented by those crunchy pepperleaf balls.
Pan-fried amur carp, kohlrabi marinated with balsam vinegar & panda oil, Job's tears crisp, sourdough bread creme with crunchy Job's tears seeds. Standouts included the crispy fish skin and the way the creme broke up the acidic dish.
I failed to record more detail about this, but it was quail with this wonderful sesame sauce.
Roast Hochschwab venison, butternut squash cooked in brown butter with orange blossom and rosemary, baby artichokes glazed with Madeira and thyme, red onion and radish chutney with horseradish. The chutney was the favorite element of everyone at the table, and isn't this just about the prettiest plate you've ever seen?
For those who didn't opt for the plated cheese course, a cheese cart came loaded with everything from the mildest hard cheeses to the stinkiest washed-rinds. My boyfriend had the restaurant choose a progression of four for him, but you can have the whole cart if you like.
Unpasteurised "fresh cheese", preserved and dried "Little Buddha" physalis, frozen "fresh cheese" whey with toasted hemp seeds, black sesame, amaranth, and coconut. The server plated this in front of us at the table, cutting into the cheese so the whey would drip through the mesh. The physalis (or cape gooseberry or Peruvian cherry, depending on where you're from) came in preserved and freeze-dried forms to provide different textures.
Drunk Katie can't keep her camera still!
Peach poached with lemon agastache flowers and verjus, basil and sorrel creme, marinated peach, and basil beignets with basil sugar.
Raspberries marinated with rose-vinegar, set sesamy milk, fig leaf snow, rose petals preserved in apple vinegar, "weinviertler" water leaf, and baked raspberries with sesamy.
Crispy deep fried crepe with Japanese medlar (or loquat fruit) and violet jam and powdered candied violets, strawberry mint, lemon verbena, and violet petals marinated with violet syrup and medlar juice, medlar kernel and violet ice cream. This was an extra course the restaurant brought us just to try, in case our stomachs hadn't exploded already.
Another gift from the restaurant, these were traditional poppy seed noodles that were too savory for me for dessert, but my Polish boyfriend with all of his poppy seed desserts at family holidays loved them.
We'd seen this cart at other tables in the restaurant, with a distinctive buzzing sound emanating from its core. BEES! I was so sure it was just a recording but wanted so badly for a restaurant to just be casually wheeling a live hive around the place. The lady at the table closest to us was so scared of being attacked, though, that her server had to show her the little speaker inside to get her to calm down.
Our server pulled out the honeycomb to scoop a bit off for each of us onto little wooden spoons and then offered us tastes from each of six jars of honey made from the nectar of different flowers from different regions of the city. There was also nougat, little jars of watermelon that tasted like cubes of honey, and honey covered in white chocolate.
At seven courses for $142 and $75 for the wine pairings, Steirereck felt like a steal. The food all tasted so fresh and so full of exotic things we'd never tried before (physalis! medlar! crunchy pepperleaf balls!), and the service was somehow exactly what we wanted all of the time. When I sneezed, I was handed a package of luxurious Relais & Chateaux tissues, and each dish was accompanied by a card with the title of the dish, a description of the ingredients in it, and then notes about elements like reinanke that we may not have seen before. But when we wanted to have a drunken good time with the staff, the white gloves came off. The allergen spread is one of the most memorable things I've ever eaten, and I loved the way the restaurant had plenty of those novelty moments to delight our eyes but also made sure the food stood up to the experience. All in all, this was just what I would expect from a many-Michelin-starred restaurant in the U.S., only everyone had great accents and we were sitting on the Danube.


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suffering [ˈsʌfərɪŋ]
2 (pain)
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She had stayed there for three months and they had told her she was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, had got her on medication.LOST SUMMER (2002)
There would be many more out in the camp suffering the effects of Tarja's abortive rescue attempt.TREASON KEEP (2001)
He had a taste for power and a profound disregard for suffering.THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
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Children's Literature - Gwynne SpencerPart of the "Great Science Fair Ideas" series that also includes chemistry, food science, space science, animal science, human biology, plant sciences, and exercise/nutrition titles, this handsome book is filled with terrific environmental exploration ideas. Each chapter includes starter ideas for science projects for ages ten and up. Many of the projects require adult supervision and/or intervention for safety, which the book highlights by mentioning it first in the list of materials as well as in bold red text in the narrative portion of the chapter. A brief introduction sets a welcome tone implying that all of us are scientists all the time, and an effort has been made to dispel the "mad scientist" image that permeates many science fair books. A short section on scientific method is followed by an explanation of what science fair judges are looking for, how to be a responsible science fair participant, and what safety precautions students should follow. Chapters include "Ecology and Environment" (with nine basic investigations which include photosynthesis, decay, and diversity of biomes); "Organisms and Their Environments" (eight investigations ranging from seeds, soil and plants to air pollution, artificial light sources, and fertilizer effects); "Cycles in the Global Environment" (six sections, covering water cycle, model aquifer, mini-greenhouse, and decomposition); "Population Ecology" (five sections with specifics on gestation/longevity, population and predators, statistical analysis of population, overpopulation's effects, and survival adaptations); and "Humans and the Environment" (six sections, waste in food packaging, acid rain, recycling, alternatives to pesticides aresample experiments). A page of "Further Reading and Internet Addresses" is followed by a short index. Unlike many of the science project books, this one does not tell kids what the outcomes are supposed to be. HOORAY AND HALLELUJIAH! In my world, if you know how an experiment is supposed to turn out, then it is not an experiment but a demonstration or a magic trick. This title guides the reader to design good experiments by narrowing down the variables to one, and encourages them to repeat and vary the experiments to validate their hypotheses. Readers will want to have their own three by five notecards handy to jot down questions that will inspire new science projects, because it is almost guaranteed every page will spawn at least three new possibilities. This book has 112 pages. The illustrations (all by Stephen F. Delisle except one on page sixty-seven) are clear and easily understood and themselves will inspire readers to use charts, graphs, and illustrations of their own in science projects they set up. Altogether one of the best books for science fair we have seen. Colorful pages, attractive headers of various colors, and nicely formatted pages will entice older readers to enjoy science and enable younger readers to reach up and do real science! Reviewer: Gwynne Spencer
Ace Your Ecology and Environmental Science Project: Great Science Fair Ideasby Robert Gardner, Phyllis Jean Perry, Salvatore Tocci
How many different organisms can you identify in a square meter of earth? What happens to plants if they don't have sunlight? How does a greenhouse work? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun ecology and environmental experiments in this book. Many experiments include ideas you can use for your science fair.
How many different organisms can you identify in a square meter of earth? What happens to plants if they don't have sunlight? How does a greenhouse work? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun ecology and environmental experiments in this book. Many experiments include ideas you can use for your science fair.
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VOYA - Heather PittmanThe books in this series follow a similar layout by opening with a general introduction about science and science fairs and explaining that the best science fair ideas are not taken directly from a book but are original. A brief explanation of the scientific method is given along with hints for choosing a project and safety guidelines. Each chapter contains an overview of the science behind the topic at hand. The basic scientific facts involved in each experiment are explained, but the reader is encouraged to adapt and expand the experiments, creating an original project. Additional books and Web sites are offered to help students go beyond the steps described in the book. In Ace Your Ecology and Environmental Science Project, the reader finds detailed chapters on organisms, cycles, population ecology, and humans and the environment. Each chapter, again, provides an excellent overview and then explains several basic experiments. This series is well organized and precise. The scientific explanations are thorough while still being concise. The directions for each experiment are clear and easy to follow. The strength of this series, however, is perhaps also its weakness. The books explain the fundamentals to readers and then encourage them to discover more. For advanced, self-directed students likely to seek answers themselves, these books are perfect. They offer enough information and direction to get students started on what will ultimately be an original project. By encouraging students to use more than one resource, this series enables the development and growth of fundamental research skills. Less-advanced students without the initiative to do their own research might prefersomething simpler. Other topics covered in this series include animal science, chemistry magic and toys, space, forces and motion, food, human biology, weather, plant, math and measuring, exercise and nutrition, and physical science. This strong series would be an excellent addition to any library, particularly at schools with a heavy focus on science. Reviewer: Heather Pittman
School Library JournalGr 4-8–These three series offer a wealth of information and differ only in the topics they include. All begin with an introduction that discusses science-fair projects and the scientific method and lists safety tips. The texts consist of five chapters of themed experiments–for example, some of those in Animal Science Project are "Clever Lab and Field Studies" and "Studying Human Behavior." The chapters introduce the concepts and the experiments that follow demonstrate them. Many entries conclude with ideas for science-fair projects; as in the publisher's "Score! Sports Science Projects" series, they are indicated by a trophy symbol. Each experiment includes a materials list, steps to follow, questions to consider, and diagrams that clarify the directions. When something potentially dangerous is involved, an adult is listed as the first material in the list and a reminder is included in the experiment. Worthwhile purchases.
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- Pages:
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- Product dimensions:
- 6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.50(d)
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Member: Gregory Lerjen
Based in: Twickenham
Date joined: 05/05/2016
Comments: Welcome to new member Greg Lerjen who works in and around the Twickenham area. Greg is qualified in arboriculture related work where he studied in Sweden. Greg says that 'With 3 diplomas and over 10 years experience in the 'green' field of horticulture, landscaping and arboriculture, I have acquired extensive knowledge of botany and all the landscaping methods, the various planting seasons and treatment for trees, vegetables and flowers. Able to take projects from conception to construction. I have a strong background in all areas of site design and I can use all types of horticultural machinery and hand tools. I possess pesticide usage license but I am also able to use organic gardening methods. The services I offer are, general maintenance, planting, seeding, lawn treatment and soft landscaping'.
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Goodreads Synopsis
A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.
In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed—but their feelings are too strong.
When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.
To say I had high hopes for this book is an understatement.
BLACK CITY by Elizabeth Richards has been on my TBR pile forever. It just resonated with what I'm writing right now- I'm working on a full-length novel with a creepy city too- and I wanted to see how she pulls it off (because I'm having enough trouble making up a city). I wanted to see if the world building could actually be done right, or if the love-triangle could actually be non-cliché and entertaining.
Sadly, Black City just doesn't work for me.
I've read rave reviews for Black City, some praising Richards' writing. The thing about a book like Black City, which focuses on romance as well as rebellion, beauty as well as callous cruelty, is that it needs to be written…well, a little less like R. L. Stine. I love R.L. Stine and his writing suits the plots he creates, but in Black City the writing was just too clean and simple and non-lyrical. I'm not the kind of reader that gets swept off simply by a great plot. To me, writing matters. If it's choppy that will suit your book, go for it. If it's something like Daughter of Smoke and Bone, go lyrical. This was what I was expecting with Black City, the kind of tugging at hearts writing. I did not get it.
While Ash was interesting enough, not even that exceptionally, I just fell asleep when Natalie was talking. Maybe I'm just getting tired of emo.
This book switches POV's every chapter, and while I find that absolutely fine- look at This is Shyness or Incarceron, which does this perfectly- again, in Black City I wasn't…invested.
Yes, that's the word. Invested. I couldn't get invested in the plot or the characters, no one ripped my heart out and chewed it up and spat it out in little pieces (boo) and I. Just. Didn't. Care.
Then there's instalove. I swear we should petition for some rule to ban this, like, forever. I DID NOT expect instalove in Black City, that was possibly the problem. I WANTED a developing love story. I WANTED two characters from two entirely different backgrounds to meet and understand each other and slowly move into a dance-phase (the do-I-love-him/her, how-do-I-let-him/her-know plot that I adore)
This was okay, and I won't give much away. At least it held me interested. Although towards the end, the villain was looking more and more like a ghost of President Snow. And Ash was the "Boy Who Rose From the Ashes", which is uncomfortably similar to "The Girl on Fire". The near-end scene is just too much like Katniss being threatened by Snow.
THE GOOD STUFF (bullet-pointed, because I'm out of time)
- Pretty decent world-building
- CRUCIFIXION. There's a good, scary image.
- "And so begins my heart." I could sing that line.
- The unbelievable, gorgeous cover.
- The different types of Darklings.
Black City didn't work for me. I was put off by Instalove, and by a mediocre plot, plus unspectacular writing in a book where I thought spectacular could do WONDERS. Part of this disappointment was probably due to my own high expectations, so give Black City a try.
You might love it.
Guys, voting for People's Choice Awards is now open. I will be voting like CRAZY for Supernatural in every category it has been nominated. That is Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy show, two nominations for Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in Favorite Dramatic Actor (I'll throw an even amount of votes for both; I can't choose between the Winchesters!) and Favorite Fan Following, which I hope we win regardless of all the ill sentiments from last year, because we're a very tight, very wonderfully crazy fandom. (We're still a little bummed that People's Choice didn't put SPN on the Favorite TV Drama list- come on, it WON last year. There should at least be a nomination this year!)
I'm also voting for Castle's Stana Katic (Kate Beckett) in Favorite Dramatic Actress, and Revolution in Favorite New Show.
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Despite offering an average video performance, this is a fairly solid hybrid device that we have little hesitation in recommending to casual users.
With a suggested retail price of $899, the Everio GZ-MG135 is one of the cheaper HDD/SD hybrid camcorders on the market. For your hard-earned clams, you get a 30GB hard drive which can store up to 37 hours of standard-definition footage, a 34x optical zoom lens, plus a memory card slot for SDHC/SD recording (SD cards will need to be bought separately). As we have seen with other JVC-branded camcorders, the GZ-MG135 offers a fair-to-middling performance across all areas, while excelling at none. Its low-grade sensor is incapable of producing especially sharp or vibrant video, yet it does churn out acceptable results for the asking price.
Continuing the current trend towards camera miniaturisation, the JVC GZ-MG135 is a blatantly cute and compact device, measuring just 66x71x110mm and weighing a mere 300g. While not quite as slick as certain other hybrid units we've seen, the silver-and-charcoal chassis looks suitably attractive nonetheless. It should easily fit into most jacket pockets and definitely won't weigh you down; an obvious boon for the frequent shooters' club. Unfortunately, its flimsy nature may pose a problem for inexperienced operators, as it is sure to contribute to camera shake despite the presence of an image stabiliser. With a little determination and practice however, most users will be more than capable of capturing smooth results.
For the most part, we were fairly impressed by the build quality and control layout of this camera, with only a few minor issues dampening our enthusiasm. Similar to the Canon range of camcorders, it employs a directional stick for menu navigation; located to the right side of the LCD display. This is a curious placement for a directional stick, as it requires the use of both hands whenever the camera is being held. While not as intuitive as the thumb stick found on Canon's assorted offerings, it nevertheless proved responsive and easy to operate.
Likewise, we found the menu system a breeze to navigate, exhibiting none of the fruitless hunting and backtracking that we've seen from other cameras (step up DCR-HC38). We were particularly enamoured with the on-screen 'scroll wheel' for selecting AE modes, as well as the easily accessed informational displays. Rest assured, this is definitely a user-friendly camera that even the most inexperienced user will find easy to get to grips with (in a nod to mums and dads, it even lets you know if the lens cap is on).
When it comes to recording video, the JVC GZ-MG135 offers four varying modes of quality, from economy to ultra-fine. At its highest setting, the camera will only record around seven hours of footage to its hard drive, though this should still see you through several days of shooting. Naturally, once your disk space has filled up, it's just a simple matter of transferring your video to a PC or burning it to DVD. This is made easy thanks to the handy Direct DVD and Direct Backup buttons located on the camera. (USB and FireWire ports are naturally both included, along with a special docking station.)
Being a hybrid device, the GZ-MG135 is also capable of recording to SD memory cards, which currently come with a capacity of up to 16GB (32GB versions are also in the pipeline). This media is ideal for storing and transferring your digital photos, as well as any videos you'd like to swiftly share with others.
During our testing, the video performance of the GZ-MG135 proved to be a bit of a mixed bag. While it is perfectly adequate for entry-level users, more discerning videographers will be left unimpressed by its average picture quality. Equipped with a single 0.8-megapixel CCD sensor, its output is miles behind the latest high-def models -- but then, for a unit under $1000, this is to be somewhat expected. If you can get past the erratic auto-focus and slightly muted colour scheme, it will prove a worthy chronicler of family outings, events and holidays. In other words, only the casual crowd need apply.
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HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile Printer
The HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile Printer is a great device that fits perfectly into my fast paced and mobile lifestyle. My first impression of the printer itself was how incredibly compact and sleek the device was.
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As a freelance writer who is always on the go, I like my technology to be both efficient and effective so I can do my job well. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Inkjet Printer ticks all the boxes in terms of form factor, performance and user interface.
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My primary research interests are historical linguistics, phonetics, and phonology, with a particular focus on factors contributing to language variation and change. I am currently investigating patterns of how homophones influence response time in same-different decisions and what those patterns indicate about lexical processing.
Sanker, C. (accepted). Hurrian Meter in the Boğazköy Parables. Journal of the American Oriental Society. [pdf]
Sanker, C. (accepted). A Survey of Experimental Evidence for Diachronic Change. Linguistics Vanguard.
Sanker, C. (2016). Phonetic Features of the PIE 'Laryngeals': Evidence from Misperception Data of Modern Gutturals. Proceedings of the 27th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 163-81.
Sanker, C. (2015). Comparison of Phonetic Convergence in Multiple Measures. Cornell Working Papers in Phonetics and Phonology 2015. [pdf]
Sanker, C. (2015). Patterns of Misperception of Arabic Consonants. Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 7-8, 2015. [pdf]
Tilsen, S., Zec, D., Bjorndahl, C., Butler, B., L'Esperance, M., Fisher, A., Heimisdottir, L., Renwick, M., and Sanker, C. (2012). A Cross-linguistic Investigation of Articulatory Coordination in Word-initial Consonant Clusters. Cornell Working Papers in Phonetics and Phonology 2012, 51-81. [pdf]
Sanker, C. [upcoming] Experimental Evidence for Diachronic Change. International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, July-August 2017.
Sanker, C. [upcoming] Lexical Retrieval and Effects of Homophones. Phonetics and Phonology in Europe, Cologne, Germany, June 2017.
Sanker, C. [upcoming] Linking Phonetic Convergence and Sound Change. International Workshop on Sound Change, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2017.
Sanker, C. When Phonology is Algebra: Solving Problems with Interacting Processes. North American Phonology Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2016, Pedagogy Workshop. [handout]
Sanker, C. Individual Tendencies for Phonetic Convergence. North American Phonology Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2016. [handout]
Sanker, C. An Analysis of Semitic Uvular-Pharyngeal Correspondences: Inter-Dialectal Borrowing in Akkadian. American Oriental Society, Boston, MA, March 2016. [handout]
Sanker, C. Patterns of Heritage Speakers' Perception of Arabic Consonants. Old World Conference in Phonology, Budapest, Hungary, January 2016. [slides]
Sanker, C. Phonetic Features of the PIE 'Laryngeals': Evidence from Misperception Data of Modern Gutturals. UCLA Indo-European Conference, October 23-24 2015, Los Angeles, California. [handout]
Sanker, C. Phonetic Convergence in Multiple Features. Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, May 18-22 2015, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [handout]
Sanker, C. Patterns of Misperception of Arabic Consonants. Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 7-8 2015, Berkeley, California. [handout]
Sanker, C. Patterns of Misperception of Arabic Consonants. Mellon Humanities Corridor Workshop in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics, December 6-7 2014, Syracuse, New York. [handout]
Sanker, C. Hurrian Meter in the Boğazköy Parables. American Oriental Society, March 14-17 2014, Phoenix, Arizona. [handout]
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Introduction to Phonological Theory, Fall 2016 (Brown University) Instructor
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Introduction to Phonology, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 (Rutgers University) Instructor
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First-year Writing Seminar: Biological Foundations of Language, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 (Cornell University) Instructor
Historical Linguistics, Fall 2011 and Spring 2013 (Cornell University) Teaching Assistant
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English Words: Histories and Mysteries, Spring 2012 (Cornell University) Teaching Assistant
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Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) Linguistics representative, 2011-2012
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This luxurious 5-storey business hotel comprises a total of 183 rooms of which 28 are elegant suites. The reception desk is located in a splendidly decorated atrium that has been built in the style of an Oriental inner courtyard and facilities include lift access, hotel safes and a conference room in addition to the main restaurant, Al Saraya, and Al Iwan in which Mediterranean specialities are served up. The Oriental-style Al Maqa'ad bar and the Al Ghadeer located on the idyllic roof garden offers the ideal location in which to relax and kick back with a cool drink. There is also the Al Multaqa atrium lounge, the Al Baraka tearoom and a pool terrace to take advantage of. All restaurants are air-conditioned and feature non-smoking areas. There is a car park as well as a garage available to those arriving by car. Further facilities available to guests in the air-conditioned historical hotel include 24-hour reception and check-out services, currency exchange facilities, a café, pub, WLAN Internet access, and room and laundry services.
This excellent, luxury hotel was built in an Oriental style by the award-winning architect, Rasem Badran, and lies just 300 m from the cliff-top historical town of Petra. Enjoying fantastic views out over the northern part of the Great Rift Valley, this club resort lies some 220 km from Amman and about 100 km from Aqaba to which there are good bus connections (nearest stop lies just a short distance from the hotel). The holiday village is approximately 2.5 km from Little Petra and around 5 km from Wadi Arava.
The tasteful, comfortable rooms each come with an en suite bathroom with shower, bathtub and hairdryer, a double or king-size bed, a direct dial telephone, minibar, centrally controlled air conditioning and a hire safe. Other in-room amenities include a satellite TV, a mini fridge, ironing set, and tea and coffee making facilities.
There is a swimming pool with poolside snack bar and sun terrace in the lush green outdoor complex and a wide range of spa treatments are on offer, as well as a sauna, solarium, steam room, hot tub massage services and in-house gym. Guests may also relax using the sun loungers and parasols provided, enjoy a game of pool/snooker or go horse riding.
The hotel offers all-inclusive packages, with breakfast, lunch and dinner served as buffets. Set menu and ŕ la carte options are available for lunch and dinner.
American Express, MasterCard and VISA are accepted as methods of payment.
Coming from the north, from Amman or Queen Alia International Airport, take the desert highway towards Petra, Ma'an and Aqaba. After approximately 200 km, follow the signs to Petra on the right and follow the main road until reaching Petra. The resort is located on the right, directly in front of the entrance to the historic site of Petra. Coming from the south from Aqaba, take the desert highway towards Amman or Ma'an. After approximately 85 km, follow the signs to Petra on the left and follow the main road until reaching Petra. The resort is located on the right, directly in front of the entrance to the historic site of Petra.
Check-out is before 12 noon and check-in is from 2 pm.
Room Facilities:
Direct dial telephone
Satellite cable TV
Mini fridge
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Iron and board
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Fortune 1000 company acquires Lenexa's TouchNet for $375M
Heartland Payment Systems Inc. is purchasing Lenexa-based TouchNet Information Systems Inc. for $375 million, making it Heartland's largest acquisition to date.
Heartland Payment Systems CEO and chairman Robert Carr said TouchNet will complement the company's existing Campus Solutions business and will bolster its higher education client base.
"TouchNet will enable us to offer the higher education market an end-to-end integrated commerce and payments solution that is unmatched in the industry," Carr said in a release.
According to the release, the acquisition includes TouchNet's software, customer base and employees. TouchNet will continue to be based in Lenexa.
Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) is the fifth largest payment processor in the nation and provides a variety of merchant business solutions.
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