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19 May 13:11

California should raise the price of water

by Greg Mankiw
There has been a lot of discussion of the drought in California and the new regulations that the state is putting in place.  But there has been little mention of the obvious (to an economist) solution: Raise the price of water.

This would do more than any set of regulations ever could.  For example, the governor is not going to force people to replace their old toilets with newer, more water-efficient ones.  But a higher price of water would encourage people to do that.  A higher price would also give farmers the right incentive to grow the most water-efficient crops. It would induce entrepreneurs to come up with new water-saving technologies. And so on.

Some may worry about the distributional effects of a higher price of a necessity.  But the revenue from a higher price could be rebated to consumers on a lump-sum basis, making the whole system progressive.  We would end up with more efficiency and more equality.
06 Apr 17:45

LES Envelope-Pusher Contra Debuts New Longer, Pricier Set Menu

by Ryan Sutton
Kevin White

this was a great meal when i ate there last summer

The ambitious Lower East Side restaurant will charge $67 for a longer tasting.

Contra, Fabian von Hauske and Jeremiah Stone's envelope-pushing set menu venue on the Lower East Side, is raising the price of admission later in the week as it adopts a slightly longer tasting format. On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the restaurant will offer a 6-8 course menu for $67, up from the current price of $55 for five courses.

This is the restaurant's first price hike since opening in October 2013. The new menus will go into effect on Wednesday, April 15th.

Why did Contra make the changes? "We're a year-and-a-half old. Expenses are higher; that's one of the motivations," Hauske tells Eater. " With $55 we achieved what we wanted to, but there are some restraints." He goes on: "With five-courses, we had to do an appetizer, a fish, a meat, a lighter dessert and a heavier dessert. Hopefully with this [longer menu], we can have a little more versatility."

The more expensive tasting will also be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but Contra will still offer its shorter prix fixe on those days for $52, a modest $3 discount from the current price. The restaurant will also introduce an element of choice into the shorter menu, which will draw from the $67 tasting, with diners having the option to select their main protein (i.e. meat or fish, etc). Currently, there are no choices on the set menu, with the exception of at the bar, where diners can order a la carte. Here's tonight's set menu:

So dinner for two, after tax and tip, will cost $173 for the longer menu. Contra's acclaimed bread course, which is baked to order and typically brushed with rendered beef or chicken fat, will remain as a $3 supplement to both menus, as will the composed cheese course, at $8.

All things considered, Contra is still priced at the lower-end of New York's set menus. This is thanks to its location and environs that, while definitely not uncomfortable, are certainly less plush than Midtown power spots like Marea, where four courses will run $99. Though perhaps the fairer comparison is with a restaurant like Semilla in Williamsburg, where the tasting runs $75. "We still want to be known as a fairly cheap place, where you can stop by and have a bite," Von Hauske says.

This critic named Contra one of the city's best new restaurants in his year-end column for Eater.

06 Apr 14:31

Easter greetings from Sir Gus Bear

by noreply@blogger.com (Grieve)
06 Apr 14:30

Standings in exile

by noreply@blogger.com (Grieve)
Standings, the serious sports bar at 43 E. Seventh St., remains temporarily closed (along with neighbors Burp Castle and Jimmy's No. 43) after the deadly explosion on March 26.

However, today sports fans, there's a Standings in Exile event at Finnerty's at 221 Second Ave. between East 13th Street and East 14th Street … which includes viewing of the Mets season opener at 4 …

We'll be having a "Standings in Exile" Opening Day Party from 1-7pm tomorrow in the backroom @Finnertys on 2nd Ave #Mets w/SOUND 4pm!!

— Standings (@StandingsNYC) April 5, 2015


As of today, the Mets remain in playoff contention.
06 Apr 14:25

Eye Candy for Today: M.C. Escher’s Hand with Reflecting Sphere

by Charley Parker

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Hand with Reflecting Sphere, M.C. Escher

From the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Too often, Escher’s skills as a draftsman and printmaker are overshadowed by his brain-twisting themes. This one, though still weird and cool, is more straightforward than some.

Apparently drawn from life, with the difficult spherical perspective, it features the common cheat in artists’ self-portraits in which the drawing/painting hand is made up — positioned close to, but not exactly in the position is was actually in while creating the piece.

06 Apr 14:24

April 4, 2015

Picture of an abandoned farm under the night sky outside Bartlett, Texas

Galaxy West

Photograph by Dan Whittaker, National Geographic Your Shot

The Milky Way arcs above an abandoned farm outside the former railroad town of Bartlett, Texas. Earths vast home galaxy spans 120,000 light-years from end to end.

This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling community where members can take part in photo assignments, get expert feedback, be published, and more. Join now

06 Apr 14:24

April 5, 2015

Picture of a bald eagle shaking off water at the Memphis Zoo, Tennessee

Shake It Off

Photograph by Michael Pachis, National Geographic Your Shot

The Memphis Zoo houses bald eagles that have been injured too badly to be returned to the wild, writes Your Shot member Michael Pachis. Usually the eagles are perched in their tree watching the visitors. However, this time I noticed one ... hopping on the ground toward a water pool in the aviary. He surprised me by dunking his entire head in the water before coming up shaking.

This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling community where members can take part in photo assignments, get expert feedback, be published, and more. Join now

06 Apr 14:20

Human Anatomy, According to Dog

by Katie
06 Apr 14:20

Things That Grow Back

by Katie

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The post Things That Grow Back appeared first on Beatrice the Biologist.

06 Apr 11:56

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03 Apr 18:57

There’s another side to the story

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03 Apr 14:52

April 2, 2015

Picture of a double rainbow over Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chasing Rainbows

Photograph by Myriam Casper, National Geographic Your Shot

I was inside my car as the ferry was getting ready to dock, [and] I see people's faces looking in one direction, in awe, toward the sea, writes Your Shot member Myriam Casper, who was traveling from Nanaimo on Vancouver Island to mainland Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. So I grabbed my camera, went to check out what they were looking at, and then saw this perfect double rainbow in front of me. Casper fought crowds of people on the ferrys deck to get the shot over Horseshoe Bay. Its almost as if we [were] approaching a portal to another planet.

This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling community where members can take part in photo assignments, get expert feedback, be published, and more. Join now

03 Apr 14:51

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03 Apr 14:50

Eating Fast Food After Workouts Is Just As Effective As Protein Supplements

by Justin Bolois
Kevin White

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Over the years, the sports supplement industry has spent billions of dollars developing protein powders, energy bars, and gels that purport to help your body recover after strenuous workouts. But according to scientific research, it turns out that burgers and fries…

Photo: Daily Hit

The post Eating Fast Food After Workouts Is Just As Effective As Protein Supplements appeared first on First We Feast.

03 Apr 14:05

Disk Ripper for sale

by robot@craigslist.org
Kevin White

funny/sad

Back when corn was trading at $6, I thought it'd be a good idea to buy an overpriced used disk ripper at retail dealership prices. Continuous corn was going to make everyone rich anyway, and I needed something to deal with the thick stover and stalk residue. Besides that, the neighbors had just bought a new one, and I figured I needed to get one too. With $350 DDGs, $450 soybean meal, $18 beans and $7 corn in 2012, it was looking like I had made a good decision. So I tore up the pastures, ripped out the fencelines, and almost convinced my wife to plant corn in our front yard.

But on the pedagogic scale of great ideas that just didn't seem to work out, this idea will probably end up ranking somewhere between "urinating directly onto an electric fence" and "sticking my hand into the baler to clear out the jam"......... I don't mean to suggest that it was a total failure, however, because the character building lessons of defeat have proven inordinately profitable over the years. And this one certainly had its share of lessons - financial and otherwise.

Anyway, as the alcohol-induced corn boom (ethanol) violently turned to bust, un-pleasant realities of that mystical numberland called "Finance" started to appear. Turns out that the banker actually wants his money back WITH interest! I couldn't believe it.......... I had gotten so used to the government's farm welfare programs when corn was $2 that I almost forgot how markets and financing was supposed to work! Direct payments would just magically appear in my checking account, and I was one of the best at playing the LDP game. And then when corn was $6-7, it didn't matter what the banker said, because I couldn't wake up without money falling into my hands from the corn gods in Chicago!

But now, with negative margins and stubbornly expensive inputs, I need to sell this piece of equipment. It is a used 7 shank M&W 1875 disk ripper. It has the auto-resets, which is nice. As you can see in the pics, there is no harrow on the back to level out the ridges. You might think that's a bad thing, but I've found that a particularly rough field keeps the trespassers, hunters, poachers, snowmobilers, and meth lab junkies out of the field during the winter. It is in good working condition. The paint is faded which is also a good thing, because then the neighbors won't get too jealous when you go by their new shop. It's been kept outside for as long as I've owned it because only the really expensive toys get put inside. If you drive by Vetter or Van Wall, you'll notice that pretty much all of their inventory is kept outside too, so I don't feel bad about it.

I think $8,900 is a fair price. But if you want to pay more, then that's fine too......... My goodness! Dec corn got slaughtered yesterday...... down another 20 cents after the Planting Intentions report....... Let's make it $8,500 and everyone goes home a winner!


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02 Apr 21:24

Midtown Fine-Dining Destination Betony Goes Prix Fixe Only

by Ryan Sutton
Kevin White

i still really want to go try this place for lunch. Such a steal.

Bryce Shuman charges $95 for his prix fixe, and $195 for the tasting menu.

Bryce Shuman and Eamon Rockey's Michelin-starred Betony, following the increasingly inevitable path of ambitious U.S. restaurants, dropped its a la carte offerings in March in favor of prix fixe and tasting menus. Under the new gustatory regime, a four-course menu will cost $95 before extras; a ten-course tasting will cost $195. Previously, individual plates ran $11-$48, with desserts at $14.

Betony isn't alone in doing so. Thirty Acres in Jersey City, recently the subject of this critic's three-star Eater review, dropped its a la carte options in February, replacing them with a $75 prix fixe. Moving to a set menu can help a restaurant control its food costs more efficiently, locking diners into a set number of courses and thereby reducing waste from those who might've otherwise have skipped appetizers or dessert. Restaurateurs, of course, would argue a set menu is also about improving the guest experience, and that's how Rockey describes the changes at Betony.

Here's what he told Eater: "Over the two years we’ve been open, the vast majority of this time as an a la carte restaurant, diners have constructed an extremely wide variety of menus for themselves, and we have taken note of the instances where the experience has most consistently exceeded our guests’ expectations. In particular, these menus have comprised hors d’oeuvres, appetizers, main courses, and a dessert, or cheese. It’s that simple: we made the change to a four-course prix fixe to ensure that we are providing people with the style of meal that most often results in absolute raves."

He goes on: "It's important to note that this structure does not necessarily increase the average check, though it obviously does require all diners to commit to a minimum of four courses." And he's right. The change won't necessarily increase your bill. But it probably will. Dinner for two will now cost $245 or more after tax and tip. Under the old a la carte format, a four-course meal for two, while often hovering around the same price Betony commands now, could drop to as low as $204, or less for those who ate less.

As supplements to the new $95 menu, Betony offers caviar service for a $75, foie gras for $15, as well as a tete de cochon for $25. The latter dish, a milk-fed pig's head for two that's carved tableside (imagine the sight of that for a minute), is accompanied by tarte flambee, mustard greens, boudin blanc, smoked potato mousseline, a salad of the pig's ear, tongue, and brain, and fennel choucroute. Boom.

The longer tasting, which includes a composed caviar course, involves no supplements, save the $95 beverage pairing. That means a fully loaded dinner date for two, after tax and tip, will run $747. The menu normally takes just over three hours to complete.

The price of the tasting, at $195, is high, but not out of line for a high-end New York restaurant. Blanca in Bushwick and Ichimura in Tribeca both charge as much for their respective menus. Jean-Georges, in turn, asks $208; Le Bernardin asks $205 for its longest menu; and Daniel charges $225.

Betony's lunch menu remains at $38. A shorter a la carte menu of counter snacks (foie gras bon bons, lobster rolls) will also be available to guests at the bar during dinner.

And here's what the full prix fixe menu looks like:

Betony Dinner Menu

02 Apr 20:28

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02 Apr 20:24

The Men’s Summer Shoe Matrix

by Joe

The warmer weather’s influence on your wardrobe doesn’t skip your feet. Boots are getting stashed until fall, and we’re all wearing our smooth leather lace-ups less and less. There are plenty of choices when it comes to warm-weather shoes, but versatility and wearability (in terms of style) can vary greatly depending by type. As always, these are guidelines, not rules, and there will be exceptions.
Above: The Superga Cotu Classic “wears” Warby Parker’s Griffin Sunglasses.

 

The Men's Summer Shoe Matrix | Dappered.com

 

02 Apr 11:57

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02 Apr 11:57

Another East Village cat reunion

by noreply@blogger.com (Grieve)


As we first reported earlier this morning, the NYPD and ASCPA found Sebastian (left) and Kitty Cordelia, who had been missing inside 125 Second Ave. following last Thursday's explosion. We also heard that searchers found an unharmed Laszlo yesterday.

Now eastvillagesiren tells us that Laszlo has been reunited today with his housemate Lulu ... (and their owner Yvonne)... We don't know all the details to the reunion...



By our count, at least three cats remain missing — Sago, Ryce and Leather-Face. And at least one dog has been reported missing, a pit bull named Pepper. The Washington Square Park Blog has more info here.
01 Apr 16:32

Where To Find The Best Water on the Planet (Hint: Brooklyn)

by Scout

Hi folks – really exciting announcement today.

Over the years, I’ve been approached by numerous NYC-based start-ups looking for a branding partnership with Scouting NY. And, to date, I’ve turned down every single one. It’s not that I’m against the idea in principle, it’s just that that all have wanted me to vouch for their “Made in NYC” quality – and frankly, none of the products have lived up to my standards.

That is, until I tried Newtown Creek Bottled Water.

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Forget your Brita filters, forget your Evians and Perriers, forget everything you think you know about water – a sip of Newtown Creek is like reuniting with a long lost friend.

Each bottle of this crisp, fresh, all-natural water is sustainably sourced directly from New York City’s Newtown Creek, a pristine 3.5 mile estuary separating Brooklyn and lesser borough Queens. Hand-bottled in small batches with minimal filtration to preserve that one-of-a-kind Newtown Creek taste, I guarantee you’ll never forget your first sip.

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As part of Scouting NY’s partnership with NCBW, I’ll be featured in a number of upcoming ads, three of which I’m thrilled to share with you today (click for larger size). I think they all perfectly capture the spirit of both the product and the city it hails from.

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To learn more about Newtown Creek Bottled Water and to purchase a bottle for yourself, be sure to check out their website at www.NewtownCreekWater.com, or click below.

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Forget the imposters. This is one product that can truly stake the claim: “Made in Brooklyn.”

-TUOCS

01 Apr 16:01

Моя берлога

Kevin White

@baisley

Вот так она выглядит сегодня. В ней есть тепло, электрический свет, холодная и горячая вода, канализация. Из больших работ внутри помещения  осталась одна - настелить на пол теплый линолеум, но я жду когда подсохнут старые доски.

А вот так выглядело это же строение прошлым летом. Разрушенный сарайчик.

За прошлый октябрь я перебрал ветхую постройку от крыши до пола.

Огромную помощь оказал волонтер из Рязани Юрий Панин. Здесь он сооружает септик для кухонной и душевой канализации.


Вот так выглядел домик снаружи в конце октября, в тот день, когда за нами прилетел вертолет. Все медведеустойчиво.


Расконсервация жилища две недели назад.

Так было внутри.

Сегодняшний интерьер. В общем, быт налажен. Пришло время браться за работу.
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31 Mar 00:23

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30 Mar 18:44

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30 Mar 17:59

"Let's meet on the corner at 60th and 60th"

by Minnesotastan

If you are in Queens, NY, you have a multitude of choices - 9 intersections and 28 corners by my count.

Image cropped for size from the original at The Land of Maps.
30 Mar 14:24

Canned Emails Suggests Templates for Common Email Responses

by Dave Greenbaum

Web: Even a simple email can be annoying to write—especially if you aren't quite sure how to put your delicate matter. Canned Emails takes common problems and makes an email template for you.

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30 Mar 14:22

March 20 – March 27, 2015: Animals

by dmitry

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African lioness named Rani, or Queen, sits with her newly born five cubs at the house of her owner who has grown her as a pet, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Multan, Pakistan. The African lioness has given birth to five healthy cubs. Lions normally have litters of two or three cubs. (Photo by Asim Tanveer/AP Photo)

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A newborn giraffe baby stands next to its mother Sandra in the Savannah House of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The s*x of the calf could not have been determined yet. (Photo by Attila Kovacs/AP Photo/MTI)

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Jalada Prasad, about six-month-old male Indian one-horned rhino runs around his enclosure on his debut to the public at Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata, India, Friday, March 27, 2015. The forest guards rescued Prasad when poachers at Jaldapara forest in north Bengal killed his mother in November 2014. He was brought to the zoo in January 2015 and was kept under strict vigil and nourishment, according to a zoo spokesperson. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)

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Felix, a 9-year-old male polar bear, shakes off water after swimming in a pool for the first time after winter at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 22, 2015. Felix was delivered to the zoo as a weak, orphaned cub from a scientific polar station on the Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean in May 2006, according to zoo representatives. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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Felix, a 9-year-old male polar bear, swims in a pool for the first time after winter at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 22, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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Buyan, a 15-year-old male Siberian brown bear, walks in its enclosure as he wakes up after winter hibernation at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 22, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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Buyan, a 15-year-old male Siberian brown bear, walks in its enclosure as he wakes up after winter hibernation at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk March 22, 2015. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

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A wildlife department official holds a Malayan sun bear for the media at its head office in Kuala Lumpur, March 24, 2015. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, including juvenile eagles and a slow loris, seized by the wildlife department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders earlier this month. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)

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A slow loris is carried in a cage by a wildlife department official at the head office in Kuala Lumpur March 24, 2015. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)

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An elephant family plays at the safari park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, March 24, 2015. (Photo by Alex Lee/Reuters)

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Lolita the Killer Whale is fed a fish by a trainer during a show at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami in this file photo from January 21, 2015. Animal activists seeking to free Lolita, a killer whale living in captivity for more than four decades, asked a federal appeals court in Florida March 24, 2015 to reconsider whether U.S. officials “rubber stamped” an aquarium’s license to keep her. (Photo by Andrew Innerarity/Reuters)

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Paris zoo veterinarian Bastien Servieres works with a sea lion to acclimate it to his presence during a training session at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris March 26, 2015. A “behind-the-scenes” visit, with medical training and feeding of the animals, will be part of special presentations to the public as part of a month of celebration to commemorate the first anniversary of the re-opening of the park in April. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

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Paris zoo veterinarian Bastien Servieres works with a sea lion to acclimate it to his presence during a training session at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris March 26, 2015. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

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A zoo veterinarian feeds giraffes at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris March 26, 2015. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

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Paris zoo veterinarian Bastien Servieres works with a sea lion to acclimate it to his presence during a training session at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris March 26, 2015. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

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Paris zoo veterinarian Bastien Servieres works with a sea lion to acclimate it to his presence during a training session at the Paris Zoological Park in the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris March 26, 2015. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

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A rescue worker measures a recovered finless porpoise before releasing it back to the wild, in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi province, March 26, 2015. Oceanography and fishery experts said the finless porpoise has been endangered due to pollution and water shortage, local media reported. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

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Brown bear Oska (R) and Roni (L) play in a bear sanctuary near the village of Mramor, Kosovo, 18 March 2015. The Bear Sanctuary Pristina has currently 16 brown bears in custody rescued from the private restaurants around Kosovo. All privately kept brown bears lived in small cages at restaurants. They were born mostly in the forests of Kosovo or Albania and snatched from their mothers by animal dealers. (Photo by Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA)

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Beluga whales training at an open aviary, at the marine mammal scientific research base of the Primorye Oceanarium of the Far Eastern Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in Vladivostok, Russia on February 17, 2015. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS/ZUMA Wire)

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Ring Tailed Lemurs explore the new “In With The Lemurs” walk-through enclosure at The ZSL London Zoo, London, England, UK on Thursday 26th March, 2015. (Photo by Justin Ng/Retna Pictures/UPPA/ZUMA Wire)

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Storks are seen in Biebesheim, central Germany on March 9, 2015 as the sun shines. (Photo by Boris Roessler/AFP Photo/DPA)

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Recovering sea lion pups are fed herring in an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center on March 18, 2015 in Sausalito, California. For the third winter in a row, hundreds of sick and starving California sea lions are washing up on California shores, with over 1,800 found and treated at rehabilitation centers throughout the state since the beginning of the year. The Marine Mammal Center is currently caring for 224 of the emaciated pups. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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A vet from Chester Zoo catches one of the three as yet unnamed 12 week old Sumartran Tiger Cubs born earlier this year, to identify what sex they are and to vaccinate them, Friday March 27, 2015. The cubs, born in January to mum Kirana and dad Fabi, were found to be two males and one female. (Photo by Peter Byrne/AP Photo/PA Wire)

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A vet from Chester Zoo catches one of the three as yet unnamed 12 week old Sumartran Tiger Cubs born earlier this year, to identify what sex they are and to vaccinate them, Friday March 27, 2015. (Photo by Peter Byrne/AP Photo/PA Wire)

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A keeper holds a 12 week old Sumatran tiger cub during a routine health check in its enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester northern England March 27, 2015. The cub, one of 3 born at the zoo, was sexed, vaccinated and micro-chipped. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

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A fox squirrel munches on a discarded glazed donut Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Mill Race Park in Columbus, Ind. (Photo by Andrew Laker/AP Photo/The Republic)

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Bateleur “Attila” sits in its enclosure in the bird park Marlow, eastern Germany, on March 21, 2015. The Global population of this animal is estimated at 10,000 to 100,000 individuals. (Photo by Bernd Wustneck/AFP Photo/DPA)

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A yet unnamed polar bear cub is out and about with its mother “Vilma” for the first time in their enclosure at the zoo in Rostock, Germany, 25 March 2015. The 3.5 months old polar bear cub weights just about 20 kg and is to be baptized on 31 March 2015. (Photo by Bernd Wuestneck/EPA)

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A picture made available on 25 March 2015 shows a cat yawning on a kitchen table at an apartment in Hamburg, Germany, 24 March 2015. Spring fever occurs mostly in spring time as the days get warmer. (Photo by Axel Heimken/EPA)

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Lion cubs cuddle in the Gyongyos Zoo in Gyongyos, Hungary, 21 March 2015. The one male and two female cubs were born on 12 March 2015. (Photo by Peter Komka/EPA)

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In this March 24, 2015, photo, California sea lions and harbor seals rest on the docks of the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria, Ore. During a Feb. 11 aerial survey, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife counted more than 1,200 California sea lions at the East End Mooring Basin, along with nearly 600 Steller and California sea lions on the South Jetty. On Friday March 20, spokeswoman Jessica Sall of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said, her agency counted 2,340 California sea lions at the East End Mooring Basin. (Photo by Joshua Bessex/AP Photo/Daily Astorian)

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The fluffy yellow chick and its pug pal can be seen cuddling up to one another, snoozing next to each other and posing for the camera on March 23, 2015. The cute chick can even be seen planting a peck on the pups cheek. The pug named Fugly and chick called KFC, were introduced by their owners who live next door to one another in the Philippines. Fuglys owner Tim Ho, who captured these adorable images, explained how he and his neighbour both bought the animals as pets around the same time and introduced them to each other to see how theyd react.To their surprise KFC and Fugly almost immediately bonded. He said the fact that the pug, now 15 months old, wasnt yet territorial over his new home helped make it easier for them to develop their blossoming friendship. (Photo by Tim Ho/Caters News)

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An adorable clouded leopard cub has become an Internet sensation for being so sensationally cute. The 2-week old kitten, who squeaks at meal times, is yet to be named and is currently being cared for 24/7 by staff at the Tampa Lowry Park Zoo in Florida. “He is very vocal, particularly near feeding time which occurs approximately every four hours”, the zoo’s rep said in a statement. The rare and fluffy cub’s father is called Yim and his mother is named Malee. The cub was born on March 7, 2015 and opened his eyes for the first time on on March 18. He is now beginning to learn to scoot along by himself. (Photo by TLPZ/Splash News and Pictures)

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Going toe-to-toe, these fighting primates could give Floyd Mayweather a run for his money. The amazing images – captured by Australian tourist Julie Rathbone on the banks of the Zambezi river in Africa – show the pair engaging in a few fisticuffs. The Chacma baboons appeared to settle a disagreement by fighting – before a senior baboon plays referee and steps in to break it up. Nurse unit manager Julie Rathbone, 59, from New South Wales, was on a cruise down the river when she spotted the fracas unfolding. (Photo by Julie Rathbone/Caters News)

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Two wood bison bulls weighing upward of 2,000 pounds move toward higher ground at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Portage, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Sunday moved the first wood bison to a staging area in Shageluk, Alaska, for reintroduction in a few week to their native Alaska grazing grounds. Wood bison, which are larger than plains bison native found in Lower 48 states, disappeared from U.S. soil more than a century ago. (Photo by Dan Joling/AP Photo)


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29 Mar 13:34

‘Sopranos’ Star Drea de Matteo Lost Her Apartment in 2nd Avenue Explosion

by Elie
Until yesterday afternoon, Sopranos star Drea de Matteo owned a unit in the tenement at 123 Second Avenue. This address and two of its neighbors both collapsed into a pile of rubble due to the explosion in Sushi Park next door at 121 Second Avenue. It was a 7-alarm blaze. According to reports, de Matteo maintained […]