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historically acquacotta 's primary ingredients were water stale bread onion tomato and olive oil along with various vegetables and leftover foods that may have been available in the earlier 1800s some preparations used <unk> a juice derived from half @@ ripened grapes in place of tomatoes which were not a common food in italy prior to the latter decades of the nineteenth century
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= = in contemporary times = =
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contemporary preparations of acquacotta may use stale fresh or toasted bread and can include additional ingredients such as vegetable broth eggs cheeses such as parmigiano @@ reggiano and pecorino toscano celery garlic basil beans such as <unk> beans cabbage kale lemon juice salt pepper potatoes and others some versions may use edible mushrooms such as porcini wild herbs and leaf vegetables / greens such as arugula <unk> mint chard chicory dandelion greens watercress valerian and others as the greens boil down they contribute to the broth 's flavor the dish may be topped with a poached egg contemporary versions may be prepared in advance from a few hours to a day stored in a cold place or refrigerated and then reheated prior to serving it can also be preserved by freezing
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= = variations = =
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acquacotta con funghi is an <unk> soup variation that uses porcini mushrooms as a primary ingredient additional ingredients include bread stock or water tomato <unk> parmesan cheese eggs <unk> wild mint garlic olive oil salt and pepper this variation 's flavor and aroma has been described as based upon the porcini mushrooms that are used parsley may also be used
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acquacotta con <unk> is an <unk> soup variation that includes celery red pepper and garlic
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= the set up ( parks and recreation ) =
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the set up is the 13th episode of the second season of the american comedy television series parks and recreation and the nineteenth overall episode of the series it originally aired on nbc in the united states on january 14 2010 in the episode leslie ( amy poehler ) is set up on a blind date with an mri technologist played by poehler 's then @@ husband comedic actor will arnett
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the episode was directed by troy miller and written by katie dippold in addition to arnett 's performance the set up featured the first of several guest appearances by justin theroux who portrayed a love interest for leslie and ben schwartz who played tom 's fast @@ talking friend jean @@ ralphio
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according to nielsen media research the set up was seen by 4 @@ 59 million households which was considered consistent with other second season episodes the set up received generally positive reviews
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= = plot = =
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when leslie ( amy poehler ) learns pawnee is being sued by the previous owners of the lot where she is seeking to build a park ann ( rashida jones ) refers her to her lawyer friend justin anderson ( justin theroux ) who she calls the greatest guy ever justin helps leslie resolve the issue and the two seem to get along very well together having recently broken up with her boyfriend leslie asks ann to set her up on a date but is surprised when ann hesitates to set her up with justin instead she arranges a date with chris ( will arnett ) an mri technologist ann works with the date goes poorly with chris appearing annoyed upon learning leslie attended a rival college and that she was a director of regular parks not amusement parks
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when leslie said she has never received an mri chris takes her to the hospital to receive one chris makes uncomfortable comments remarking that leslie has an excellent uterus ( could easily have triplets right off the bat ) and asking whether she is having her period presumably in anticipation of sex later leslie rejects his advances when the date ends prompting him to make an angry goodbye even though leslie still needs to give him a ride home meanwhile mark ( paul schneider ) grows suspicious that ann harbors romantic feelings for justin he eventually confronts ann and accuses her of trying to save justin for a possible relationship in the future mark asks ann 's ex @@ boyfriend andy ( chris pratt ) who also recalls ann 's infatuation with justin andy scolds ann for hurting mark 's feelings then tries to trick her into thinking she was still dating him which does not work realizing her behavior was inappropriate ann sets leslie up on a date with justin
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meanwhile ron ( nick offerman ) deals with complaints from local residents due to a new town policy requiring public officials to deal more directly to the public ron calls the policy my hell and seeks a new assistant to protect him from the citizens tom ( aziz ansari ) volunteers to find ron an assistant but during job interviews he asks questions about real @@ world expertise such as what tie he should wear to the club and what to text girls after a party tom brings forward a fast @@ talking candidate named jean @@ ralphio ( ben schwartz ) whose personality closely resembles tom 's ron hates him right away april ( aubrey plaza ) draws attention around the office for showing up late and slacking off at work bored with her internship april insists she cannot wait to leave the parks department however after spending time with andy at the town hall shoeshine stand where he works april decides she wants to stay closer to him and volunteers to be ron 's assistant she also convinces andy to sell his band 's cds at the hall which proves successful when she slams the door on tom while he tries to talk to them ron immediately hires her
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= = production = =
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the set up was directed by troy miller and written by katie dippold it featured guest appearances by will arnett as mri technologist chris and justin theroux as ann 's lawyer friend justin arnett is the real @@ life husband of amy poehler who plays protagonist leslie knope it was not poehler who arranged for him to be on the show but rather parks and recreation co @@ creator michael schur who is a good friend of arnett and felt he would be a good fit for the character their date scenes marked the second on @@ screen pairing between a parks and recreation actor and their real @@ life spouse megan mullally the wife of actor nick offerman guest starred as ron swanson 's ex @@ wife tammy in the episode ron and tammy although theroux was slated to make appearances in multiple parks and recreation episodes arnett was scheduled to appear only in the set up the set up also marked the first of several recurring appearances by ben schwartz as tom 's friend jean @@ ralphio saperstein schur said the character was invented because the parks and recreation staff liked the actor and tried to find a way to work him into the show
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= = cultural references = =
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at the start of the episode leslie had a large framed photo of dave sanderson the pawnee police officer she had recently broken up with in the episode christmas scandal sanderson was played by stand @@ up comedian louis ck in several of parks and recreation episodes when asked about her ideal man leslie said she wanted somebody with the brains of film star george clooney and the body of joe biden the 67 @@ year @@ old vice president of the united states april said she was late for work because she had to finish watching the 2002 teenage horror @@ film <unk>
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= = reception = =
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in its original american broadcast on january 14 2010 the set up was seen by 4 @@ 59 million households according to nielsen media research the viewership was considered consistent with other second season episodes the set up drew a 2 @@ 1 rating / 6 share among viewers aged between 18 and 49 the episode received generally positive reviews entertainment weekly writer sandra gonzalez favorably compared the on @@ screen pairing of poehler and arnett to the comedic chemistry between jennifer aniston and her then @@ husband brad pitt when he guest @@ starred on the sitcom friends however gonzalez said the poehler and arnett scenes were the best worst first date i d seen on tv in a while gonzalez also said she continued to be bored by the subplots involving ann and mark
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steve heisler of the av club complimented the set up and said the characters played off each other well but added the episode felt a little too plot driven to ascend to a @@ material heights heisler particularly praised the performances of chris pratt and will arnett who he said displayed a subtler sense of humor than in his role on the television series arrested development tv squad writer kona gallagher praised the episode and said she was glad the writers found a reason to keep april in the show without keeping her on as an intern indefinitely gallagher also said the jealousy issue was handled well between mark and ann giving the impression of true feelings between the characters alan sepinwall of the star @@ ledger praised the decision of april becoming ron 's assistant because of the comedic potential of the duo sepinwall said although theroux was charming and funny arnett didn 't quite fit into the show 's low @@ key naturalistic vibe
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= = dvd release = =
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the set up along with the other 23 second season episodes of parks and recreation was released on a four @@ disc dvd set in the united states on november 30 2010 the dvd included deleted scenes for each episode
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= great storm of 1975 =
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the great storm of 1975 ( also known as the super bowl blizzard minnesota 's storm of the century or the tornado outbreak of january 1975 ) was an intense storm system that impacted a large portion of the central and southeast united states from january 9 to january 12 1975 the storm produced 45 tornadoes in the southeast us resulting in 12 fatalities while later dropping over 2 feet ( 61 cm ) of snow and killing 58 people in the midwest this storm remains one of the worst blizzards to ever strike parts of the midwest as well as one of the largest january tornado outbreaks on record in the united states
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= = meteorological synopsis = =
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the storm originated over the pacific ocean and crashed into the northwest pacific coast with damaging gale @@ force winds on january 8 1975 by january 9 it had cleared the rocky mountains and began to redevelop and strengthen at the same time arctic air was being drawn southward from canada into the great plains and large amounts of warm tropical air from the gulf of mexico were being pulled northward into much of the eastern us the storm was a classic panhandle hook which moved from colorado into oklahoma before turning northward towards the upper midwest it produced record low barometric pressure readings in the midwest with the pressure falling to an estimated 28 @@ 38 in ( 961 mb ) just north of the minnesota border in canada
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an unusual feature of this outbreak was that daytime heating typically a key ingredient in the formation of tornadoes had very little impact on their development rather as the storm system pulled out into the central plains strong thunderstorms and tornadoes quickly began to form despite the late hours the first two tornadoes in the outbreak touched down after 10 00 pm cst on january 9 in oklahoma and louisiana from there the progression of the twisters shifted eastward through the overnight and early morning hours setting the stage for what would turn out to be a record setting day on january 10 texas saw five tornadoes between 1 30 am 3 30 am one tornado touched down in arkansas at 6 00 am louisiana saw seven tornadoes between 5 30 am 8 00 am ( killing one person ) mississippi had five tornadoes between 8 15 am 10 00 am ( killing nine ) and illinois and indiana each experienced three lunch @@ hour tornadoes the tornadic line of storms then shifted into alabama ( killing one ) and florida during the afternoon and evening hours
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mississippi and alabama were the two states hardest hit by this outbreak alabama saw the most twisters of any state with 13 but mississippi saw the largest and deadliest tornado an f4 tornado that tore through pike lincoln lawrence and simpson counties at 8 14 am killed nine people and injured over 200 severely damaging 38 blocks in the town of mccomb the 39 tornadoes that touched down on january 10 marked the most active tornadic day in january in us history at that time the 52 tornadoes that touched down during january 1975 also set a us record for the most tornadoes during that month both of these records were eventually broken in january of 1999
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after a calm day on january 11 four more tornadoes touched down in florida and georgia on january 12 killing one person in florida by the time the outbreak was done it had produced 45 tornadoes killed 12 people injured 377 and caused $ 42 million in damages
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= = blizzard = =
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as the storm system began to move northeastward out of oklahoma the cool air behind pulled down behind the system interacted with the moisture being pulled northward to produce snow over a large part of the midwest the snow began falling on friday january 10 and continued for the next two days snowfall of a foot ( 30 @@ 5 cm ) or more was common from nebraska to minnesota with a high amount of 27 inches ( 69 cm ) in riverton minnesota the heaviest snow fell to the west of the low pressure center which tracked from northeast iowa through central minnesota up to lake superior sustained winds of 30 50 mph ( 48 80 km / h ) with gusts from 70 90 mph ( 113 145 km / h ) produced snowdrifts up to 20 feet ( 6 m ) in some locations some roads were closed for up to 11 days
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sioux falls south dakota saw <unk> of below 1 ⁄ 4 mile ( 0 @@ 4 km ) for 24 straight hours and just east of sioux falls a 2 @@ 000 @@ foot ( 610 m ) broadcast tower collapsed under the storm 's fury in willmar minnesota 168 passengers were trapped in a stranded train for hours unable to walk to shelter because of dangerously low wind chill values in omaha nebraska a foot ( 31 cm ) of snow fell sioux falls saw 7 inches ( 18 cm ) duluth minnesota saw 8 inches ( 20 cm ) and international falls minnesota saw 24 inches ( 61 cm )
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record low pressures were recorded in communities in nebraska minnesota illinois and wisconsin with a low of 28 @@ 55 in ( 966 @@ 8 mb ) in duluth minnesota in all approximately 58 people died from effects of the blizzard and over 100 @@ 000 farm animals were lost the combination of snowfall totals wind velocities and cold temperatures made this one of the most severe blizzards the upper midwest has experienced
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this storm system had in part a large effect on the weather in the entire eastern half of the country a number of different weather records ( at the time ) were set during the four days of this storm especially in daily high temperatures wind gusts low barometric pressure readings and number of tornadoes
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chicago illinois 60 ° f ( 15 @@ 6 ° c )
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indianapolis indiana 62 ° f ( 16 @@ 7 ° c )
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louisville kentucky 66 ° f ( 18 @@ 9 ° c )
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south bend indiana 61 ° f ( 16 @@ 1 ° c )
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new york city new york 65 ° f ( 18 @@ 3 ° c )
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providence rhode island 61 ° f ( 16 @@ 1 ° c )
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washington dc 75 ° f ( 23 @@ 9 ° c )
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