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The Dakota is located at 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and was completed in 1882. This building was designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh and stands 110 feet tall with 10 floors. The Dakota is infamous for two major events in its history, the filming of the movie Rosemary's Baby, and the assassination of John Lennon. Rosemary's Baby  is a 1968 American  horror film  written and directed by  Roman Polanski , based on  the bestselling 1967 novel  by  Ira Levin . The cast includes  Mia Farrow ,  John Cassavetes ,  Ruth Gordon ,  Maurice Evans ,  Sidney Blackmer , and  Charles Grodin . Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her husband may have made a pact with their eccentric neighbours, believing he may have promised them the child to be used as a human sacrifice in their occultic rituals in exchange for success in his acting career. "As the credits roll, the film [ Rosemary's Baby ]...

Gabby asked for "toast." A month after the Tucson assassination attempt on her life, Congresswoman Gabrielle (nicknamed "Gabby" - which also can mean "talks a great deal") Giffords regained part of her ability to speak on February 9, 2011. Giffords has asked for toast, her spokesman C.J. Karamargin told the media, though he would not reveal what else the congresswoman has said. Toast Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to radiant heat. This browning reaction is known as the Maillard reaction. Toasting warms the bread and makes it firmer, so it holds toppings more securely. The Maillard Reaction The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring heat. It is vitally important in the preparation or presentation of many types of food, and, like c...

In terms of attempting to figure out a mass shooter, we must ask the question, what motivates someone like Jared Lee Loughner? The Copycat Effect .  New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004. What triggered a rampage like the one he delivered? While the television and radio spinners discuss the impact of Sarah Palin's now infamous map of bullseyes targeting specific Congressional districts, the only opinion to consider is how Rep. Gabby Giffords felt about it. Rep.  Gabrielle Giffords   told MSNBC when the map was published during the 2010 campaign, "We are on Sarah Palin’s targeted list,” noting that hers was one of 20 conservative districts being highlighted.  “The way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of the gunsight over our district. When people do that, they have got to realize there are consequences to that action.” When it was pointed out that martial themes were a staple of political discourse, Giffords responded: “Some of my colleagues ha...

Jared Lee Loughner, at a book fair recently.   Photo:  Business Insider Lee Harvey Oswald. Gabrielle Giffords, the assassination attempt target. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic Congresswoman, the first Jewish woman representative from Arizona, was shot through her brain in a mass shooting at a Safeway parking lot in Tuscon, Arizona, on January 8th, 2011, at about 10:10 am, local Arizona time. Earlier in the afternoon, CNN and NPR reported that she had died. But later, the news was changed to a report that she had survived. Six other people, including a nine-year-old girl who was born on 9/11, were killed, and a total of 18 were injured. Federal law enforcement sources said that John M. Roll, the senior U.S. District judge in Arizona, was shot and killed in the incident. An aide of Giffords, a former social worker, also apparently was among those who have died. A 22-year old man was taken into custody after being tackled by people in the small crowd after the shootin...