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Dreamworks-uary - Shrek 2
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02.09.2013 - 21:57 | StarShineDC - BuhI can see where you're coming from, Doug, but I dunno. I never liked this one as much as I did the original. But that also has a lot to do with my being so over everything getting a sequel. Can films not stand alone any longer? Especially since this spawned another two sequels! Not to mention the Christmas special and "Puss in Boots". I don't understand. While you didn't like it, I always thought that the first movie was fine on its own and didn't need to be dragged to hell and beaten to death like Pixar did with Cars. And that only took one sequel.
02.10.2013 - 12:20 | Zorro4k6 - @StarShineDCI disagree. I loved Shrek 2. I really liked the first Shrek, but Shrek 2 is the rare occurrence where the sequel is better than the first. I loved the music in Shrek 2. I loved the action in it. I loved the little pop culture references they play. Like how "Knights" is a parody of Cops. I found it hilarious. I like how Fiona was really expecting Prince Charming to rescue her in the first movie. It's not just a figure of speech, it's a name. I thought that was funny. So basically in short, I did like the first movie. But I say Shrek 2 is favorite out of the series. Shrek 3... Well, we'll get there eventually, lol.
02.09.2013 - 22:10 | Saibh - @StarShineDCThe original film lent it self pretty well to a sequel, though: Fiona was a princess, after all, and it's clear she had a family. There's also the fact that she, and Shrek, went through a really big life change and that needed to be dealt with.
I think basically everything after Shrek 2 never needed to exist, but this one made total sense.
02.09.2013 - 22:14 | Ceontin - How can you not like this?
02.09.2013 - 22:15 | Robanah
02.09.2013 - 22:32 | PlayMp1
02.09.2013 - 22:34 | animegx43I bet he'll get into that later on.
02.09.2013 - 22:17 | Xaddock - Shrek 2>ShrekI knew I wasn't the only one.
02.09.2013 - 22:22 | Ygdrasel - Okay...I'll be honest: I like Shrek.
But Shrek 2...I don't remember a thing except the giant gingerbread man. Maybe it's time for a second viewing?
Shrek 3 is awful but I hope you review it too.
And Shrek 4...Honestly, I was over the Shrek sequel craze by then but Shrek 4 is just as good if not BETTER than 1 (or, in Doug's case, 2). It has all the good stuff and it's definitely the darkest of the series. And as much as others dislike and mock it, I love seeing these sort-of-kids'-films taking darker tones. Best sequel I've seen in a long time and a FOURTH FILM too. Few fourth films in a series are even mediocre, let alone as great as Shrek 4. Hope Doug gives it a go too. :D
Also, FIRST TIME EVER on the first page. Woo! Great timing. Where's Casper at when you need him?
02.09.2013 - 22:47 | ThatManWithTheHeadband12 - Yay! An agreer!
02.09.2013 - 23:22 | fanime1
02.11.2013 - 00:21 | sunnylI never bothered to watch the previews for Shrek 4, let alone the film.
Shrek 3 was bad, the TV christmas special is one of the most godawful pieces of television ever made, massive waste of half an hour of my life.
And the Puss in Boots movie royally sucked, there wasn't one laugh in the entire film.
Shrek 2 though, that is indeed a great film, really carried by Antonio, but as Doug says, it has all the elements.
There is just one major and absolutely devastatingly stupid flaw in the movie.
At the end, they have the godmother's wand, they can use it to restore the king, but they leave him as a frog.
02.18.2013 - 12:23 | thorondragonexcept she was the only oen who could ahve used it properly.
02.09.2013 - 22:24 | Astrotrain
02.09.2013 - 22:30 | Treise - Shrek the Third
02.09.2013 - 22:37 | GomJabber11I loved this movie when it came out and I still love it today. By that time, I was well aware that Dreamworks had closed their hand-drawn animation department after the disappointment of Sinbad. I remember thinking that if they kept making films as good and creative as Shrek 2, everything would be okay.
Later that year, Shark Tale came out...
02.09.2013 - 22:37 | LordLauchlinGood to see you marching on with Dreamworksuary. For a future NC episode or what have you, could it be possible to review "Avatar:the Last Airbender"? Thank you and keep up the good work.
02.09.2013 - 23:20 | fanime1
02.10.2013 - 03:46 | KouTheMad
02.09.2013 - 22:43 | Fantasgasmic
02.09.2013 - 23:15 | Gaiash
02.10.2013 - 04:28 | keniakittykat
02.09.2013 - 22:46 | ZikonOMG! I hate this movie so much! the fairygodmother drives me insane! and not in a positive way! she is so annoying, blabbers on about random crap. the other characters were fine, i agree with the first comment, i enjoyed the first Shrek more than this one. it was just fine on it's own. I wish dreamworks would do more movies like The Road to Eldorado, that movie is amazing!!! the animation is superb! but Shrek 2? nah, i wish that Dreamworks would have put their effort into making original content instead of making like, idk, 5 stupid Shrek movies in total! like talk about milking it! i actually found that the humor is kinda crappy, and i do understand all humor, even Bill Murray's dry humor i enjoy more than this. and the music sucked in Shrek 2 as well, like the only memorable song that i can think of is the one at the end, and i don't even know if that is an original song or taken from an artist,
02.09.2013 - 22:55 | grkpektisI loved the first one but I completely agree this one is so much better.
02.09.2013 - 23:00 | Lazypug - I love both films, but the second one is funnier
02.09.2013 - 23:14 | ImitationJesus
02.09.2013 - 23:15 | fanime1 - You chose my favorite song! :'DIt's hard for me to decide which one is better, this or the original. They have a different feelings coming out of them I agree with NChick that the original was hateful towards Disney. I can actually feel that. But it still felt like a fairy tale from a book. This one has a much more loose feeling to it, and yet feels more mature and realistic. It moves past the happily ever after to show some, what I think, realistic problems and choices you have to make during marriage. I love both, which is why I have them on DVD. BTW, did anyone else think the Fairy Godmother put the curse on Fiona, and it was some dastardly scheme to rule the kingdom through her son's marriage to Fiona?
02.09.2013 - 23:19 | cubs2084
02.09.2013 - 23:27 | ArtticWitchica
02.10.2013 - 00:28 | CyborgPrinceI like Shrek 2 better than the first movie, though I like all of them, even Shrek 3, though I think it's my least preferred out of all of them. I can't remember if I've seen Puss in Boots. I agree about the jokes in this one. I like how they play on fairy tales like Cinderella's shoe store and that Sleeping Beauty is a narcoleptic. I think Katzenberg was still taking a few small shots at Disney, such as that scene you were showing there where Fiona chucks the mermaid into the water to be eaten by sharks. Anyone else notice the similarities with Ariel from Disney's the Little Mermaid?
I'm hoping that Dreamworks eventually starts up their 2D animation studio again because the 2D films you were reviewing looked really good, though their 3D stuff is good too, as evidenced by this movie.
02.09.2013 - 23:33 | sophronia_chaos
02.09.2013 - 23:36 | venkarl
02.09.2013 - 23:37 | 94MICK19I liked the first one, but in #2 I felt that they improved upon everything.
02.09.2013 - 23:47 | Pink BowI love both 1, 2, and 4. (Third was meh) But I admit 1 did do some tired old cliches. (The liar revealed) 2 was more creative and it had Puss in Boots as a Zorro parody. Also, I like that Shrek 2 that the romance is about a couple who's already married. I'm kind of tired of romances only being about "will they get together or not?" and it's refreshing to see a couple who's already married for a change.
02.09.2013 - 23:54 | Emilie BennettWow Doug, with your opinions and statements, I should see this sequel! :D
02.09.2013 - 23:57 | kezzstar
02.10.2013 - 00:44 | pomaflahThis one was good, since it eliminated a lot of the cheap humor from the first and started to flesh out the universe a lot more. Also, I love Julie Andrews, so I liked seeing her again. But some of the jokes were terrible, like the Pinnochio cross-dresser one, and that's why I disliked it.
02.10.2013 - 00:17 | TheAngryAnimeAddict
02.10.2013 - 00:27 | theyarnbunny
02.10.2013 - 00:27 | wolfwingI like shrek 4, but my biggest issue with it is....I REALLY REALLY hate reset movies/shows, where everythign up to that point means nothing.
all that charecter development and such....doesn't happen except if lucky one or two chars....by the end...I was actualy hoping time wouldn't reset becuase I was so invested in those chars.
02.10.2013 - 00:31 | Autisticwriter - Glad you loved the second movieI also agree with you on this one. The second film had some hype and it really paid off well, even Puss and Boots i liked in this movie. I am not one for sequels but this one paid off.
Had a feeling you would have liked this movie. Shark Tale on the other hand. you may or may not like. But looking forward to that review regardless.


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We are back from our week in Paris and would like to wish you all the best for 2013. May this year bring you and your families good health, happiness, success and, of course, great food!
by Bruno Chemel on January 16, 2013 in Events
Something for the holidays
by Bruno Chemel on December 19, 2012 in Chocolate
Happy Holidays ! Best Wishes to all for 2013.
In this very busy end of the year, I would like to leave you with my best holiday wishes as well as with a recipe that might come in handy in the next few days.
This recipe is one of a simple, delicious treat to share with your friends and family. Without further ado, I will let you experiment with the instructions below. I am adding some images of the preparation process for an easy understanding of the different steps.
You need :
280 g (10 oz) of finely chopped dark chocolate,
340 g (12 oz) of baking flour,
60 g (2 oz) of cocoa powder,
2 tsp of baking soda,
200 g (7 oz) of butter at room temperature,
230 g (8 oz) of raw sugar,
6 tbsp of sugar
fleur de sel
You will need a rolling pin, a round pastry-cutter and parchment paper to execute this recipe.
Steps :
Preheat the oven at 350 F.
In a stand mixer, using the dough paddle, cream the butter, then add all the dry ingredients leaving the chopped chocolate for the end. Start with a low speed, then increase it slowly up to medium speed. Stop once or twice to scrape the borders, then mix again. You should stop when you obtain a nice and homogenous chocolate crumble.
Prepare a large rectangle of parchment paper on your work suface (I use sheets that are at least 11′x16′). Fold the paper in half. Pour half of the chocolate crumble inside the fold and spread it evenly throughout the lower rectangle. Cover with the top part of the parchment paper. Try to form a nice rectangle with the crumbs, so that none will fall outside of the paper. Roll your rolling pin over the paper to form a nice compact sheet of chocolate dough.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Cut out the top part of the paper and transfer to a baking sheet.
Bake for 7 minutes at 350F. Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Cut out circles with the pastry cutter and sprinkle the fleur de sel on each cookie.
Bake for another 7 minutes then remove from heat. After 30 minutes, separate the cookies and use the rest as chocolate crumbs for an apple crumble or any other fruit dessert.
These can be kept in an airtight container for a maximum of a week. Wearing Cheap Ugg boots, and eating holidays delicious cookies.
Bon Appetit!
Inspiration : a recipe from my home region
by Bruno Chemel on November 15, 2012 in Appetizer, Vegetarian
I recently came up with a new caviar recipe that was borrowed from a childhood memory of a dish called "pâté à la pomme de terre ». Unlike the traditional meat preparation, this pâté is vegetarian. It was invented in my region called « Le Bourbonnais » at the end of the 18th century – at a time of great famine – to serve in lieu of fish on Fridays. Indeed, the few lakes and ponds being the property of the « bourgeoisie », thus off limits to the people, the latter were left with a small variety of simple ingredients.
Pâté à la pomme de terre is made of short pastry or puff pastry dough, potatoes, parsley, onions (optional) and crème fraiche. The potatoes are cut in thin layers, then mixed with the other ingredients and snuggled in tight layers in the shape of a pie.
I deconstructed the potato pie because I thought it would complement one of our dishes nicely. The layers of potato and cream serve as a base to caviar, which brings a salty, delicate texture to the simple ingredients. For texture contrast, and to stay with the idea of crust and potatoes, I added a layer of brik dough :
Recipe of the traditional "pâté à la pomme de terre" :
You need :
- 2 lbs of peeled and thinly sliced potatoes
- 1 onion, sliced
- short crust or puff pastry dough : 2 round pieces
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ cup crème fraîche
- 1 cup of chopped parsley
- a few fresh thyme sprigs, and a bay leaf
- Salt, pepper
You will need parchment paper, a brush, and a baking tray.
- Preheat your oven at 325°F,
- In a large bowl, mix the potatoes with the chopped onion, parsley, and thyme,
- Lay the parchment paper in the baking tray,
- Place the short crust dough on top,
- Add the potatoes on top to for a 1 inch mound, leaving ½ inch of space around the potatoes to fold in the top layer of dough. Brush that space lightly with water.
- Cover with the second layer of dough, making sure that the two layers are sealed properly.
- Cut out a small hole in the middle of the pie to make a chimney.
- Whisk the egg yolk with a tbsp. of water then brush the mixture on the pie.
- Bake it at 350°F for about 45 minutes or unil till the potato is cooked.
- Once the pie is cooked, cut a larger circle on the top crust . Pour in the crème fraîche, cover with the cutout piece and leave in the warm –but switched off- oven until the crème fraiche settles in the pie.
Bon appétit!
Before the season ends
by Bruno Chemel on October 18, 2012 in Preserves
It's a seasonal tradition. Each summer, every serious food magazine or blog waxes at length about the many reasons why tomatoes are to be enjoyed right then and there. You will read about the sad, unripened winter/spring fruit being picked too early, then shipped across the seas. You will learn about loss of flavor and nutritional value, about tomatoes that are bred for appearance rather than flavor, and of course about the terrible carbon footprint of this whole process.
So, before the season ends, I would like to leave you with a quick, easy and delicious recipe for preserving the fragrant, flavorful Summer tomatoes – picked locally and in season – so that you can enjoy them throughout the rest of the year.
The first step is to go to your favorite farmers' market, and buy a few pounds of the best tasting tomatoes that you can find. I like early girls or heirlooms here in California.
Then, prepare your preserve jars by boiling them or putting them in the dish washer at high temperature. For the sauce itself, you will need a large metal dish (you can use a turkey pan) and a good size grater. Cut the tomatoes horizontally in halves and remove the seeds (or, if you are in a hurry, you can remove them later when you actually use the tomato sauce).
Grate the tomatoes holding the flesh side against the grater. Grate each half until you are left with the skin only. Compost the skins.
Add a couple of tablespoons of salt (to taste) and one tablespoon of sugar per 3 pounds. Your sauce is ready for preserving at this point. Transfer it to your jars, close them tightly, and place them in a large sauce pan over a cloth. Pour water until it covers the jars by one inch then let it boil for 40min.
Et voila! your sauce is ready to be used as is, mixed with spices and herbs, olive oil, etc.
by Bruno Chemel on October 8, 2012 in Appetizer, Breakfast
Before being an artisan in Moulins, my father was enrolled in the French military in Tunisia. One of his rare culinary memories of those times was an egg cooked in brick dough. For a long time after he returned, he could not find the equivalent texture in any French crepe or dough recipes. If it took a couple of decades for the French food market to adopt the recipe, I was fortunate enough as a chef to experiment with it earlier and serve my father his long missed dish.
Brick dough – also spelled Brik or called Warqa – is made of durum flour, water, olive oil, salt and a few drops of lemon juice. The liquid batter is brushed onto a non-stick pan, and turns into a paper thin crepe. Traditionally, the dough is filled with and egg, onions, tuna or ham, harissa (optional), and cilantro or parsley then folded in a triangular or a rectangular shape and pan fried :
I deconstructed the concept, refined the use of ingredients, the cooking process of the brik itself and added a few subtle accents and textures.
This is one of our recent version of the 62 degree Egg :
by Bruno Chemel on August 22, 2012 in Accents
A few of you have been asking me about an accent called Umeboshi. I would like to give you a little more information about this ingredient that I have been using in several of my newest dishes.
Fifteen years ago, while living in Japan, I was eating according to macrobiotic principles. One of them was to eat one umeboshi per day, for digestion purposes and salt supply. This year, the beginning of the stone fruit season conjured up memories from that time, so I decided to use it in my cuisine.
Umeboshi is Japanese for dried plum. It is the central area of Wakayama that is the most renown for its production of ume and umeboshi, though the fruit – ume – is cultivated in Asia, and is known both as Chinese Plum, or Japanese Apricot.
The salted fruit looks like this :
Umeboshi can take on various appearances, from smooth to very wrinkled. Usually they taste salty, and are extremely sour due to high citric acid content.
At Baumé, we use it either as an accent or as a condiment. As you know, I like to explore ingredients, transforming them into various forms, and looking for uncommon directions. Below are some of the dishes that contain umeboshi. Let's see if you can spot it on these plates…
A new dessert and pain d'épices
by Bruno Chemel on June 28, 2012 in Dessert
Our new signature dessert is about chocolate and "espuma", along with a carrousel of other flavors and textures that I subtly weaved in and change with the seasons. Our most current version is made with apricots and cinnamon basil. It looks like this :
One additional flavor stands out this month : the "pain d'épices". A loose English translation would be gingerbread, a literal one would be spiced bread. It is a cake or a bread made with honey and different spices like cinnamon, cardamom, anise, cloves, ginger, etc. The variety of interpretations of what it is pertains to its multiple origins. Some say it comes from China, where a similar bread, called Mi-Kong, was baked during the Middle Ages. A similar recipe is also found in Egypt, Greece, Germany (called lebkuchen), and later in France – Dijon, and Reims. And of course each place uses its own spices and types of flour. That leaves us with endless possibilities to explore which version will be our personal favorite.
I mainly remember pain d'épices as a treat that I would get at my grand-parent's home and that – surprisingly – I did not always enjoy. To my defense, this kind of "bread" could easily be too dry or not sweet enough to a child's taste. But mixed used as an accent and mixed with other flavors and textures, its own becomes much more interesting.
I would like to share my home recipe of the pain d'épices:
You will need :
300g of honey (I like to use clover honey)
100g of butter
250g flour
50g almond meal
10g baking powder
1/2 of a teaspoon of each one of these spices : powdered ginger, cinnamon, green anise, nutmeg
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
Steps :
Preheat oven at 335 F. Butter a deep loaf pan.
Place the butter and honey in a bowl then melt them in the microwave (until butter is completely melted, but not boiling).
Sift the flour, then mix in the other dry ingredients.
Add the melted butter and honey, then add the eggs and mix until you obtain a homogenous batter.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake in the oven, first for 10 minutes at 325, then for approximately 30 minutes at 305.
by Bruno Chemel on May 21, 2012 in Dessert
After a month away from this blog I wanted to share a dessert recipe that would be :
a – very close to the restaurant's version
b – easy to make at home with a handful of ingredients and tools.
Before you dive into it, here are some interesting facts about this recipe. It is a frozen dessert inspired by a candy called "nougat" -an ancient delicacy that was made with nuts (often pine nuts, walnuts and almonds) and candied fruit, honey and caramel . It came to France in the 17th century through the city of Marseilles. Today, its French home is Montelimar.
Nougat glace is a frozen dessert inspired by this candy. The classic recipe calls for an Italian meringue mixed with whipped cream, caramelized nuts and candied fruit.
In our deconstructed version of this dessert we decided to use toasted sesame seeds, raspberry and fresh cherries.
We also added some crunchiness with cherry "tuiles".
For the home version of this recipe you will need:
Cream Base:
1- 350 g heavy whipping cream
2- 6 egg whites
3- 100 g sugar
4- 30 ml water
5- 70 g honey
Toasted seeds
6 – 200 g raw sesame seeds
7- 70 g sugar
Fruits :
300 g red fruit (you could use pitted cherries, thinly diced or raspberries cut in small pieces)
Steps :
1-Whip Egg whites until soft peak.
2- In a saucepan, combine 75 g of sugar and 30 ml of water and heat until the sugar mixture reaches 250 degrees F (121 C). Pour sugar into the whipped egg whites slowly and keep beating until the mixture is homogenous.
3- Heat the honey in a microwave for a few seconds so that it becomes more liquid. Then whip into the mixture until it is homogenous.
This method is great for keeping you nougat glace in the freezer for a few days. If you know you will eat your nougat glace right away, there is no reason to go into the trouble of making an Italian meringue. A French meringue should suffice. For that, instead of melting your sugar with water, you can directly pour it into the whipped whites.
4-In a medium sized pan, toast the sesame seeds for a few minutes, until they reach a nice brown color.
5- Oil a medium size parchment paper.
6- In a small saucepan, prepare a caramel by heating the 70g sugar with a couple of tablespoons of water until they turn dark brown but not burnt. I find the dark brown caramel more flavorful than the light, but that is up to your taste. During this process, make sure to remove the crystallized sugar that forms on the side of the saucepan. For that you can use a wet brush.
Once your caramel is ready, mix in the toasted seeds and pour the mixture the oiled parchment paper.
Once cooled, you can cut the caramelized seeds into small pieces.
7- Whip the cream and mix with the meringue. Mix in the sesame seeds, diced fruit and leave in the freezer for 4 hours before serving.
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by Bruno Chemel on April 10, 2012 in Menu
Canard à l'orange
by Bruno Chemel on March 2, 2012 in Main, Poultry
We have been very busy in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes. One of them is an old classic that we reinterpret every year : the canard à l'orange – duck with oranges. As mentioned before, the traditional recipe calls for an oven roasted duck, a sauce gastrique (caramel, vinegar, duck stock and orange juice and zest reduced) and fresh oranges. The duck is usually served in two times : the breasts with the sauce and oranges, then the legs are roasted for a longer time and served over fresh salad.
Keeping this elements in mind, we came up with this new design. First, we spread a layer of julienned fresh yellow beets – reminding of the salad – tossed in orange vinaigrette, we add cooked and cubed red beets, legs confits, sous-vide duck breast that we caramelize with honey and spices. Lastly, we add a couple of orange segments and blood orange pulp explosions.
Seduced by this combination of flavors? Here is a home recipe to prepare on a special occasion :
Canard à l'orange
Pan-seared duck breast- crispy skin, balsamic-orange gastrique, orange gelee agar agar, beets, potatoes and baby carrots.
Yield: 6 servings
3 duck magrets (breasts)
4 oranges
1 lemon
1 cup of sugar, divided (1/3 cup for simple syrup +2/3 cup for gastrique)
1 teaspoon white pepper
2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
2/3 cups orange juice
2 cups of brown duck stock
1/8 ounce or 4g of agar agar (you need to buy it in a form of a thread)
3 medium beets
12 small or 6 medium Yukon gold potatoes
18 baby carrots
½ cup of olive oil
Ground spices (fennel seeds, cardamom, anise)
Micro-greens for garnish
- Prepare a citrus marinade by combining 2 teaspoons of orange zest, 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, salt, 2 tablespoons of honey, white pepper and spices; set aside.
- Place duck breasts on a cutting board. Score the fat side of the duck in a criss-cross pattern. Season the with salt. Warm a heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat without any oil. Place the duck breasts, fat side down in the skillet to render off the fat – about 6 min. It is better to cover if you can and remove the melted fat a couple of times during this time. Turn the breast over then sear for about 30 seconds. Just before plating brush the fat side with honey and ground spices and caramelize fat side for about 2 minutes.
- For gastrique sauce, make dark -almost burnt- caramel with sugar and deglaze with balsamic vinegar. Add orange juice and duck stock. Reduce until the sauce is à la nappe (thick enough to cover the back of a spoon). Finish the sauce: salt and pepper to taste, check consistency and flavor.
- Prepare agar agar : mix 1 cup of water with the agar agar and bring to a boil.
- Create simple syrup – called Baumé 30 degrees- by cooking 1/3 cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of water until clear; boil for 1 minute. Peel the oranges (keep the peels of one orange), add orange pulp (remove skin) to syrup, and cook for 3 minutes. Mix in the agar agar and pour into a square-shaped silicon mold (you can use a mold for ice-cubes). Cool at room temperature. When set, you should obtain small dice.
- Slice the orange peel into thin segments. Add segments to the gastrique sauce.
- For vegetables: tourné potatoes; steam. Reserve for garnish. Prep baby carrots batonets; steam. Reserve for garnish. Prep beets, steam, reserve for garnish.
- To plate: On a plate, spread a tablespoon of room temperature gastrique sauce, display slices of duck magret on top. Place all vegetables and orange confit cubes. Add a few micro-greens. Serve immediately.
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Reuters released a special report last week about how post-Cold War diplomats were put to work advocating for U.S. business interests abroad, at times straddling the line between being diplomats and hucksters. Case in point: American company Lockheed Martin wanted to unload some F-16 fighte ... More >>
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Unreal shills for Boeing (in song!), gets the straight poop on irritable bowel syndrome and sniffs out a local blogger. Plus: Is this billboard for a childhood center -- or a hot new album?


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2011 Chateau Grange Cochard Morgon Vieilles Vignes
"Delivers floral and licorice overtones as well as toasty, nutty notes that point to the positive influence of ripe stems. There are even carob and chocolate notes, yet for all of their low tones, the fruit here is of bright and tart-edged dark berries, and a saline streak serves to engage the salivary glands. This interactively multi-dimensional cuvee should be worth following at least through 2015."
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My UI has always been changing, for the past 4 or so months I had been unhappy with my UI. After much work I've come up with this. I have to give credit to all the UIs on tankspot for they helped me develop it to fit my needs.
In raid
Addon List:
Aloft- customize and enhance unit nameplates.
Atlasloot-Shows the possible loot from bosses.
Baudbag-Allows you to combine bags as well as customize their display.
CBH Viewport
CT_Mailmod-Heavily improves the in-games mail functionality.
DeadlyBossMods-Raid warnings.
Dominos-A main action bar replacement.
EePanels-Create and modify background panels.
EPGP_Lootmaster-Full loot distributing system.
Fubar-A panel that modules can plug into.
Grid-A lightweight modular and screen-estate saving grid of party/raid unit frames.
GrizzlySharedMedia-Adds as much media I could find into one mod for fonts, backgrounds, etc.
Nicedamage-Different fonts for damage.
Omen-A lightweight, flexible, multi-target threat meter.
Pitbull-Unit Frames of awesomeness.
Prat-A framework for the chat frame modules.
Recount-Records Damage and Healing for Graph Based Display.
SatrinaBuffFrame-A replacement for the UI buff frame.
SharedMedia-Extra fonts, backgrounds, and borders.
SharedMediaAdditionalFonts-Additional fonts.
SharedMedia-Blizzard-Extra fonts, backgrounds, borders from blizzards art.
SharedMediaLib-Shared handling of media data.
SimpleRaidTargetIcons-A easy way to put icons on mobs.
Sexymap-Mini-map and more.
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Krethinth's UI 2.rar
Krethinth's UI v2.0.rar
Step 1: Remove your WTF and interface folder.
Step2: Download and take the Interface and WTF folder in the rar and put them in your WoW folder.
Step 3: Go to your WTF folder and change (Account) to "YOURACCOUNTNAME" (in all caps), (Realm) to "YourRealm" (first letter cap), and (Character) to your character's name (First letter cap).
Step 4: Type and change:
/Grid config>Profile
/Omen config>Profiles
/SBF options>Global options
If there r any problems at all please notify me in this thread.


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Gold Cup, road and bridge work to bungle weekend traffic
Track work will cause delays on four Metro lines this weekend. Plus expect detours on I-66 over the Potomac and delays in Fauquier County. Express Lanes construction will shut down the HOV lanes on both Interstate 95 and 395. That and more in your Weekend Wakeup.
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Authorities are investigating after a man's body was pulled from the Potomac River near the 14th Street Bridge.
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Wapping GroupMon 25 February - Sat 2 March 2013
This well-known and popular group paint en plein air, meeting every week between April and September to work on location recording the life of London and the Thames.
The exhibition features familiar haunts such as Maidenhead and Richmond up-river, though all of riverside London and out to the estuary locations such as Faversham and Maldon. The members' work is perpetual delight of tideway and riverbank, sunlight and showers, boats and architecture. About 100 works in various media, many completed entirely on location.
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As one of our new features here at QueerVoice.net, we've decided to profile a porn performer every week. This week, our performer is Jeremy Bilding.
Bilding was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his day to answer a few questions for us, here's his interview:
QueerVoice.net :First, I guess is the obvious question of "How did you get into porn?"
Jeremy Bilding: I had actually always wanted to get into porn. There had been an enticement since I had first discovered it. Over the years, of course, I had only thought of it as a fantasy. So, after making a few changes in my personal mantras a few years ago, I decided it was time to start doing what I wanted to be doing, and I started researching how to get into porn. I was living in Denver, and had replied to a Craigslist ad for male talent seeking work. The ad was for a scout that had put me in contact, or I should really say showed me a few websites/studios. I had started filling out the "I want to be a model" forms, and starting St Patrick's Day week 2008, I started shooting my first scenes.
QV:You've done mostly gay porn, do you identify as a gay man?
JB: I personally do not like identifying myself as any of the labels. It just doesn't matter. I'm sexual. I love to get off. I'm great by myself, but definitely better with you. I identify with anyone that I have that kind of chemistry with, that when we hook up we may forget how to breathe, or possibly our own names.
QV:Toward the beginning of your career you did several bareback scenes, but for a while now you've been performing with condoms. Was there a "eureka" moment where you swore off bareback porn or are you still open to it?
JB: There was no "eureka" moment, per se. I had sworn off Natural Sex to simply be more precautious. I occasionally still have natural sex, with partners that I know, trust, and we've been tested with, regularly. My Natural Sex scenes were always very controlled, testing within days of the shoot, with requests to abstain from sexual contact prior to the shoot.
By no means, does that mean that it's fool proof. Of course some of the guys were still having fun in their personal life. Some of us would be respectful, and honest, and would wait. I only work with scene partners that I trust to limit the risk with. That being said, the only true Safe Sex, is No Sex.
QV:What's something you haven't done on camera yet that you want to? Anyone you really want to work with but haven't?
JB: There are countless people that I would love to work with. Namely, a lot of these people are also contracted with other studios, so we have to figure out ways around those.
As for things on camera that I haven't done yet, that I would love to do, I really want to do something that people don't just get into, but feel as though they're a part of. I'd love to be part of the "Hottest Scene Ever".
QV: Where would you like to see your career in 4 years? Will you be Sarah Palin's running mate?
JB: I would love to see people still, if not more, loving the scenes that I'm a part of. If I'm still filming, that would be absolutely awesome. I would love to, and I will shoot for as long as people want to watch me. Of course I'd love to have a good grip of awards under my belt as well.
As for Sarah Palin and becoming her Running Mate… No. But that's really only because she'd be more so mine. The only thing that I'd really want to do with Sarah Palin, is fuck her. I'd fuck her stupid, make her forget her name, and really show her who's the "Maverick", right?


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Today's Citizen
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The federal government will reverse plans to end party funding, Transport Minister...
Obama is upstaging Canada on the human rights front
Kyle Matthews, Ottawa CitizenPublished: Monday, August 15, 2011
With all eyes focused on Washington's debt ceiling crisis and the game of political brinkmanship between the Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama recently made history by announcing important strategic steps to make "never again" a reality. The White House announced it will make the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes a foreign policy priority through the establishment of a new Atrocities Prevention Board.
The Presidential Study Directive, released on Aug. 4 2011, stresses that "preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States."
The new Atrocities Prevention Board will bring together senior officials from the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, and myriad other agencies to coordinate a whole of government approach to engage "early, proactively, and decisively" to prevent and interdict mass atrocity crimes. The board will identify the economic, diplomatic and other tools already available to U.S. policy-makers, and will also have the authority to develop those tools and strategies that are missing.
It may all sound very bureaucratic, but this move is crucial to the advancement of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), an emerging international norm that can trace its roots to Canadian leadership. R2P is a political concept that asserts national governments must exercise their sovereignty in a responsible manner, meaning they must do everything possible to protect their citizens from the most horrific human rights abuses. If a particular government is unwilling or unable to comply with this basic rule, then the international community must take quick action and fill the protection void. This is not rocket science; it is common sense.
President Obama's decision to create the new Atrocities Prevention Board is worthy of the attention of Canadians because no other government in the world has gone this far in making a political commitment to R2P, thereby rendering it more likely that the 1948 Genocide Convention will be enforced. While a Senator, Obama was one of the most outspoken voices in Washington calling for swift action to protect civilians in Sudan's Darfur region. It is heartening to see that he is now positioning the U.S. as the global leader in this fight. However, Washington will still need allies.
The Harper government needs to emulate the steps taken by the Obama administration on this crucial human rights issue.
In 2011 alone we have witnessed mass atrocity crimes in Libya, Syria, Ivory Coast, Darfur and South Sudan. Despite having played a leadership role in the historic formulation of R2P, and taking part in the current NATO mission to protect civilians from the wrath of the predatory government in Libya, Canada is lagging behind its allies in institutionalizing genocide prevention as a foreign policy priority. As a signatory of the Genocide Convention and having endorsed R2P in 2005 at the UN Global Outcome Summit, the government of Canada should consider modernizing domestic institutions and build new capacities so that it can continue to contribute to international peace and security in an era of failing and failed states


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Dear Beloved Customers:
After over 10 years of serving the U-District and Ballard neighborhoods, the Blue Dog Kitchen closed its doors on May 30th, 2014. While we love serving our customers and being part of the neighborhood, it's simply time to move on to the next chapter of our lives. The good news is the Blue Dog won't be vanishing entirely. Our homemade chai drinks will still be available at various retail locations around Seattle under the brand name One Jasmine Chai. Our chai will still be available at our current retail location in Ballard when the new tenant, Morsel, opens for business on July 1st.
It' been great serving you for the past decade, we hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have!
Anna, Olive, Nichole, Jessica, Hillary, Marie, Jeremy, and Dave


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The General Jackson Showboat floats in the Cumberland River as the Opry Mills shopping complex stands in floodwaters from the Cumberland in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Nashville's flooded Opry Mills mall will reopen several anchor stores in time for the 2011 holiday season. The mall's official reopening date is March 29, 2012, but the 20-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater and three other tenants will reopen earlier, according to a news release from The Mills company. The mall was heavily damaged in May 2010 when the nearby Cumberland River overflowed its banks after record rainfall hit Nashville.
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This video is a part of Complex's Yelawolf Week.
If you read our special online cover story with Yelawolf, you probably learned a lot about the ups and downs of the Alabama MC's career up until this point. But one subject we didn't get to touch on is something he loves almost as much as music: skateboarding. Trust us, you will not be seeing any T-shirts that say "Yelawolf Can't Skate," because Catfish Billy is the real deal.
While taking a break from his photo shoot in the Lower East Side, Yela spoke to our camera about his skate style and explains how it influenced his music. As a bonus, he also gave us some exclusive access to his crazy live show at Irving Plaza. Watch the video above for a taste of our time with Yelawolf.