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...piece orchestra from the Broadway musical The Little Mermaid visited the class and orchestrator Danny Troob explained which instruments convey water, waves, swells of emotions and sparkling lights. Stephen Sondheim instructed the kids on how to make sounds scary and rhyme words. The students were enthralled when choreographer Bob Avian coached them as dragons for the "Morning of the Dragon" number in Miss Saigon. Wonderful Town costume designer Martin Pakledinaz explained which costume colors connote sadness and hopefulness...
...illy's iperEspresso brewing system. The X7 brews shots from capsules you purchase--prepacked plastic thimbles that hold about 7 g of espresso. Though the system sounds similar to what a competitor, Nespresso, has been selling for years, illy says the X7 has a unique, two-stage process: hot water is injected into a chamber and infuses the coffee grounds until it reaches the proper pressure, then a valve opens, and a jet of espresso flows out. My tests produced crema like the head of a draft Guinness. It's so easy, my wife could (probably...
...noticed one odd side effect, however: though quieter than the Silvia, the X7 makes a small, pneumatic hiss during brewing that consistently sent Sticky into heavy-panting, tongue-lolling shock. One morning the noise made the dog jump into the shower with my daughter--and Sticky hates water. Illy says he has never heard of such a thing but notes that even perfection can be perfected. "There is never an end to possible improvements," he says. "It's an endless process." Perhaps. But I still love to fiddle, so I'm sticking with Miss Silvia. You can pry her from...
...United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Web site yielded no information of how to prepare for micro black holes. So instead, I’m following the DHS’s basic recommendation of building an emergency kit that includes three gallons of water, pliers, moist towelletes, and “books, games, puzzles or other activities for children.” With any luck, I’ll be prepared for whatever micro black holes may come...
...improbable, is not frivolous. After all, the one time we got it wrong would easily outweigh all the previous times we were overly cautious. Most likely, when the LHC goes online later this year, nothing will happen, which I will hear about from my basement with my jugs of water and a game of Scrabble...