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I'm looking for some good tips for freezing swiss chard. Last year I froze some kale. I sauted it with olive oil and garlic then just froze it in small packages. Would this work for swiss chard, also? |
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Just like spinach or any other leafy green. Instructions linked below. Personally I wouldn't include olive oil since it cuts storage life and separates. Add it after opening prior to serving. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Freezing Spinach/Leafy Greens
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Ok, it says leave 1/2 inch headspace, what are we freezing it in? bags or jars? I know it may sound stupid, but I would like the right way (or better ) wouldnt want to do bags if containers are better, and vice versa. |
wouldnt want to do bags if containers are better, and vice versa. I think that is a personal preference. Some prefer ziplock bags, some use vacuum seal bags (I do), some use the hard plastic freezer containers, some use jars. The headspace guide applies to to the formed, hard containers. IMO vacuum sealing gives you the longest storage time and the least freezer burn. Dave |
I've got a lot of chard in the garden (kale too). I thought you ate the chard stems - would you really strip them like spinach before blanching? michele - did you strip the kale leaves? How big were they? |
Yes chard stems are usually stripped or cut out of the leaf and cooked separately since they are so fibrous they require a much longer cooking time than the rest of the leaf. They are often served like asparagus. Dave |
Thanks Dave - the Bright Lights chard is so pretty I'd hate to throw away the stems unless they were so tough as to be inedible. So I should look for blanching time for asparagus and freeze the stems separately? I admit I like things practically raw. Kale stems aren't quite so big - so OK to leave them together with the leaves? |
I cut the stems off of the leaves for the chard, and I blanched them for 3 mins instead of 2 mins. I packaged them in separate zip loc bags. I thought I could use it for a nice crunch in stir fries or soups. As for Kale, I think I cut the stem out of them, too. Honestly I don't remember, but I didn't blanch them, I cooked them down in a frying pan with olive oil and some garlic, last year. |
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HoopsHype Clyde Drexler rumors
MAHONEY: In the vein of controversy, I know Clyde Drexler's comments in the book about Magic and HIV picked up some traction on Deadspin and through some other outlets — so much that Clyde came out to publicly deny the authenticity of the quote. I know you've covered that saga a bit on your blog, but was Drexler's after-the-fact denial something that surprised you at all, or given the quote, did you kind of see it coming? MCCALLUM: I kind of saw it coming because I'm sure he didn't remember exactly what he said, and then the context in which it was put — that the Dream Team was sort of waiting for him to die — all of a sudden it hit like a ton of bricks. I'm sure Clyde honestly thought that I made stuff up. We've talked since then and I sent him the transcript. I didn't send him the tape — I can't let the tape out of my possession unless I have to — but I sent him the transcript trying to explain that I thought it came out clearer in the book. But his reaction, I suppose, didn't surprise me. After he saw the transcript, he still was saying that I was fabricating quotes but I think he understands I didn't, and I just hope the whole thing is clear in the book because I did not feel good about it. As much as people think 'Oh wow, controversy sells books, blah, blah, blah," I did not feel very good about it. NBCSports.com
You can imagine Drexler's response as he answered questions about his comments from friends and media Wednesday. "Jack is using me to sell his books," he told me late Wednesday night. "I don't get it. Every statement he made is completely false. I never said any of that. Not any of it. Not even close. Why would he make up statements? You'd have to talk to Jack about that." Portland Tribune
I connected with McCallum Thursday morning. He had already engaged in several discussions with Drexler on Wednesday. McCallum said he has Drexler's comments – taken from a two-hour visit at Clyde's Houston home more than a year ago – stored on his recorder. "If anybody thinks I feel good about this, I don't," McCallum told me. "I don't think I took things out of context. The Deadspin excerpt did, and I'm sorry about that. But I stand behind the quotes that are in my book." Portland Tribune
McCallum goes into length discussing the Drexler interview in a pair of blog posts on his Website, JackMcCallum.net, and posted the transcript of the aforementioned part of the Drexler interview. In a Thursday conversation with me, he explained where he felt Deadspin's Jack Dickey erred, stressing he believes the writer took it out of context. "Deadspin took the idea that everyone on the Dream team felt sorry for Magic because he was going to die," McCallum said. "Clyde didn't say that and I didn't write that. He was talking about a league-wide perception. "No. 2, they seemed to cast it as if Clyde resented Magic on the Dream Team. That's not true. Clyde talked about some other guys who shouldn't have been on the Dream Team, but not Magic. My impression was Clyde did not resent him being on the team." Portland Tribune
I'm not sure how much that would appease Drexler, who was angry with McCallum, even after they had talked on the phone on Wednesday. Portland Tribune
"He's trying to ruin a 30-year friendship I've had with Magic. I've been one of his biggest supporters in the game of basketball, and probably his biggest fan. I have nothing bad to say about Magic, ever." Drexler conceded that he made one comment to which he was quoted. "I said, 'People didn't know what would happen with Magic. If I'd known he was going to live that long, I'd have tried harder to get the MVP (of the All-Star Game) in 1992,' " he said. "But I was laughing, and I was kidding. Jack should have known that. I would never comment on someone's mortality. That's not for us to do. Jack lost he mind when he put that out there." Portland Tribune
Clyde Drexler is denying that he made negative statements attributed to him about Magic Johnson in a book about the Dream Team. NBA.com
Drexler said in a phone interview on Wednesday that the quotes attributed to him are "totally ludicrous." In a statement released through the Houston Rockets, Drexler says he would've never said those things and that Johnson is one of his closest longtime friends. NBA.com
In a video interview with the Journal, Johnson said he hadn't been informed about Drexler's comments, and registered his first response to them: "If that's how he felt, then that's how he felt. I think that Clyde was a guy that always fought for more publicity … a guy who thought he should deserve more credit. But if he felt like that, I'm OK with it. I'm not a guy who's going to be upset that he said these types of things. Wall Street Journal
"I think that what I would say is that, [from] Clyde or anyone else, I didn't want any sympathy. Only thing I wanted is that you treated me the same way that you treated me before you knew I had HIV. It was a beautiful thing that I was able to educate the world that a guy living with HIV could still go out there and play, and play at a high level. And then at the end of the day I was able to educate a league that didn't know about HIV and AIDS. "You know a lot comes out after the fact. Here it is 20 years later, and now you want to make these comments? Twenty years later. And I know Clyde, so this is really funny you want to make these comments 20 years later." Wall Street Journal
Johnson later added: "I dealt with it and I will continue to deal with it, 'cause that's who I am. And so, when I see Clyde, I'm going to hit him, hug him, and [say], 'How you doing? How's the family? How's your wife, you know? I would never mention this, because it doesn't mean anything to me. I gotta keep moving forward, and I feel good. One thing I do is I sleep real good at night." Wall Street Journal
Clyde Drexler: "If I had not gone to Houston, I would not have a ring… You need multiple stars (to win a championship). You always have… When I was in Portland, we had players good enough to get to the Finals but the super teams are going to get us." FOXSports Florida
The Elias Sports Bureau reports that (Rondo) became the first player in NBA history to reach each of those thresholds in a playoff game. Five other players had recorded 40-10-8 games: Tracy McGrady, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Jerry West and Oscar Robertson (twice). ESPN.com
The Blazers have at least the mini-mid-level exception with which to sign another player — three years and more than $9 million. Buchanan wasn't sure if it meant adding a guard or a player to the front line. He said they'll have to wait for the first line of free agents to be signed — many of them at the regular mid-level exception beginning at $5 million a year — and see what talent remains available. All the Blazer players spoke reverently about Roy on Friday. Camby looked up at the string of retired numbers hanging from the rafters at the practice facility and offered, "His number sure belongs up there." It will be soon enough. Roy is the third-greatest Blazer player of all-time, behind only Clyde Drexler and Bill Walton in terms of impact on the franchise. Portland Tribune
Col: OK, if you could do one thing over again during your time in Portland, what would it be? Clyde Drexler: If I could one thing over what would it be? Hmmm. As a player or administratively? Col: Um, as a player, I guess. CD: How about administratively? Col: OK, administratively. What would you do? CD: I'd go back to that 1984 draft and try to influence that coin flip result. Then it would have been a no-brainer. (The Blazers lost a coin flip prior to the 1984 draft that gave the Rockets the rights to the first pick. Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon, Portland infamously drafted Sam Bowie second, and Chicago selected Michael Jordan third.) Columbian
Col: But you could have had Michael regardless of the coin flip! CD: At that time, Hakeem was the guy you needed to compete against Kareem. He really would have rounded out our team. Col: Yeah, but somehow I feel like you and Michael would have figured something out. CD: Oh, definitely! We would have played the same way he and Scottie (Pippen) played together. Columbian
Clarence Gaines recalls Pippen and Jordan talking in the days after they were teammates with Clyde Drexler on Team USA in 1992. "Pip said this to MJ on the team bus after they had been on the Dream team," Gaines recalled. "If Clyde Drexler had Tex Winter as a coach, he could be on the level of Michael Jordan. Bottom line, Clyde was not a fundamentally sound player." HoopsHype
Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) is continuing its promotional tie-in with National Basketball Association (NBA) for a fourth year, renewing its sponsorship of the Boston Celtics for a fourth season and becoming a sponsor of the Houston Rockets. "The NBA agreement enables Yokohama to execute promotions designed to drive traffic to dealers," said Shawn Denlein, Yokohama director of sales, consumer products. "One of the most popular and successful promotions is the 'Home Team Pride' program. During the March 12 through April 30 promotion period, consumers can receive an official Boston Celtic team shooting shirt or a Houston Rockets Clyde Drexler throwback jersey with the purchase of four Yokohama tires from participating dealers." Tire Business
Team USA, by virtue of winning the world championship in Turkey last autumn, is the lone team to have already booked its spot. So who would win – Dream Team I or the likely 2012 crop? "I may be a little biased but I believe that was the best team ever assembled," Drexler laughs. MVP 24/7
The owners plead poverty. The players cry foul. We won't cave in, they insist. It has been back and forth for months between the NBA's negotiators and the Players Association. Neither is keen to blink first. "The player salaries have gotten big but the owners are making a lot of money," Drexler observes. "The revenue sharing is working. What they will have to do is find a way to come to a middle ground where both parties are happy and they can move on without any recourse." MVP 24/7
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by Egoslut on Jun.23, 2009, under Shows
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That's right, Holy Crap is back in the month of March. My first night running this made it deadly clear that this is Montreal's rowdiest comedy show. This night will hopefully be no different.
The lineup is going to be awesome. Come on down and check out Eman, Faisal Butt, Kris Dulgar, Asaf Gerchak, Kwasi Thomas and Chason Gordon. Also we're on the air. I will be doing in an interview with Paul Aflalo's show Watercooler Talk on CJLO radio. Tuesday March 3 at 8am. You can also listen online here.
whoring it up on Watercooler TALK… again
by Egoslut on Mar.31, 2009, under Watercooler Talk
So, it's Tuesday! That means once again I'm back on Watercooler TALK with the lovely and adorable Paul Aflalo. This week I was there to plug my next two shows Holy Crap! 3 and The Blasphemy Show. We once again break into a full tirade of weird silliness that involves his horrible experience with a bus driver that morning, if it's ok to eat Jesus, how awesome racism is when done by Clint Eastwood and the joy that is Dom's birthday. This is the live stream taping of it again but I will be there again next week so if you're interested come over and listen at the CJLO website. But if you don't want to this is always lots of fun. Thanks Paul.
back on Watercooler TALK with Paul Aflalo
by Egoslut on Mar.10, 2009, under Watercooler Talk
I just realized today that I forgot to add an update yesterday. So, since I was back on Watercooler TALK this morning with Paul, and since he decided to Ustream the show again. I have a 2 hour video of that show for you guys. It was more weird fun. This time I didn't have anything to specifically plug, though I did plug my upcoming stuff, it was mainly just Paul, Franco Proietti and myself making each other laugh again. Franco is a great guy and you'll love his music if you listen along. Paul took me to task for a few events at the previous night's Holy Crap but all in all he still loved the show and thought I was hilarious, which is all that really matters. I will try and add something else small today but I will do another episode of The Ego tomorrow. So stay tuned for that. Enjoy the video.
me on Watercooler Talk with Paul Aflalo
by Egoslut on Mar.04, 2009, under Watercooler Talk
So for today's video I have something a little different. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to go on Paul Aflalo's radio show Watercooler TALK on CJLO radio. I went in to plug the upcoming Holy Crap! show which you can find mentions of all over the site. It was kind of meant to be a quick 20 minute in and out kinda thing but it turned into a half hour of Paul and I just making each other laugh ridiculously. The guy is awesome. I can't wait to do his show again. While we were doing the show he was also live streaming video to uStream (my new current obsession). He was going to (and still is hopefully) send me an MP3 of the actual radio show which I will put up on the site as soon as I get it. But, in the mean time. Here is the video. This is cool because you get to see all the stuff we were talking about during commercial segments and while songs are playing. Thanks again Paul.


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I'm new to this forum. I usually lurk on the Building a Home and Kitchens side of things...I just splurged and bought a set of Villeroy and Boch Toy's Fantasy/Delight dinnerware online. They just called out to me :) Now I'm rethinking, and wondering about their durability! They are porcelain and have kind of "ruffled" edges and I'm thinking they might be very prone to chipping...Does anyone have this set? If so, what has been your experience? TIA! Kim |
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Welcome Kim, I don't have any of these but I love them! Have you googled to see if you can get reviews on them? I use google every day and it's amazing what you can find on there. What a neat pattern. Please tell us more about yourself and this neat set of dishes you purchased. Punk |
I LOVE those!! I drool over the Christmas dishes and debate getting a set..never seem to find just the one I want. This would be a top contender!! |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Thu, Dec 1, 11 at 15:18
Welcome, Kim ...sorry I don't know of these dishes...but they sure are a cheery, festive set for the Holidays! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by marlene_2008 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 1, 11 at 17:56
Welcome! I don't have a set either, but they are beautiful! I would imagine that you'll need to be careful with them, but that said, they look very sturdy from the website. |
- Posted by kathie738p (My Page) on Fri, Dec 2, 11 at 20:16
I went to a Villeroy and Boch outlet one day and a woman was concerned about the dishes durability because she had young children...the saleslady took a plate off the shelf and dropped it on the floor, not a break,chip or crack, she said we do this all the time to show people how strong our china is...I think you'll be very pleased with your purchase. |
Who would of thought you could drop china on the floor and not hurt it! Must be the best brand around. This is fantastic! Punk |
Kathie738p that makes me feel better! While I don't have young children anymore, my guys don't always handle things with kid gloves. Hopefully there will be grandkids at some point though! I'm looking forward to receiving these and starting some new traditions :) Happy Holidays! |
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Hubby, Meet Mr. Tophat
My husband has this way of always asking me where things are. Most of the time these things are right under his nose. It's like a strange inability comes over him. I especially grew tired of him asking me for the bottle opener, because we keep it in the misc (a.k.a junk) drawer, and though it is usually right under one's nose, it's admittedly a pain to find. So I hung this Mr. Tophat Cast Iron Bottle Opener right by the fridge. Now when my husband asks for the bottle opener all I have to do is point and say, "It's right under Mr. Tophat's nose." Mr. Tophat is available and ready to serve. Get yours at Farmhouse Wares.
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Love it! I think that your story about your husband is a universal problem. Going to take a peek at Farmhouse Wares right now.
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I have the fondest memories of Mr.Tophat. I'm 50 now and as a small child we had one attached to the end run of a lower kitchen cabinet. We popped many a soda pop on him back them. To me he's an item that says "home".
I'll be following the blog...and I love the store!
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The Parents and Babies Club gives parents with babies a chance to visit the cinema, without having to find a baby sitter or worry about their babies causing a disturbance. The auditorium is lighter than usual, and there is a secure space for pushchairs. The Club is exclusively for parents with babies under one year old. Membership is free but you do need to sign up and receive a membership card to come to these screenings. You may join on the day, or email us: firstname.lastname@example.com with your name, address, contact telephone number, your baby's name and date of birth. Tickets are at the normal matinee price of £5.50 and £4.50 Concessions.
• Tue 6 Feb 1.15
(US 2006) dir. Larry Charles 83m. Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Pamela Anderson.
It would be meaningless hype to describe BORAT as the funniest film ever made, so instead let's say: BORAT is the funniest film imaginable right now. A perfect storm of comedy, it sucks real people into its hurricane of slapstick, obscenity, wit, explicit nudity and, most shocking of all, racism, before landing on these shores as a devastating cultural event. Genius stuff from Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles.
• Thur 8 Feb 12.00
(UK 2006) dir. Kevin Macdonald 123m. Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney.
Forest Whitaker gives a towering performance as the Ugandan tyrant who becomes an unlikely father figure to an impressionable young doctor. 1971, and young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) sticks a pin in a globe. He ends up in Uganda, working in a small village practice – until he meets Idi Amin, who has recently come to power. Through Nicholas' eyes we watch as the fuse is lit on a powder keg, Amin revealing the bloodstains beneath the clown veneer in this fictionalised story of the very real dictator who killed 300,000 Ugandans. This is a thoroughly enjoyable, confident, dramatically satisfying movie from Kevin Macdonald. His skills as a documentary maker ensure a sense of urgency, and scenes of intimate dialogue are handled as expertly as those of parties and rallies. McAvoy gives his most confident and screen-filling perfomance yet as the wide-eyed, cocksure doctor. Whitaker endows Amin with quicksilver mood changes, turning on a sixpence from terrifying bluster to grinning seduction and wheedling charm, and then to childlike paranoia and fear. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND is a riveting satire of white Europe's horrified fascination with Africa as a heart of darkness, which is nevertheless ripe for plunder for a sufficiently cocksure adventurer.
• Tue 13 Feb 12.45
(US 2006) dir. Robert Altman 106m. Woody Harrelson, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Virginia Madsen, Lindsay Lohan.
It's the final night of Garrison Keillor's live radio variety programme. Sisters Yolanda and Rhonda sing homespun folksongs; Dusty and Rusty perform their ribald country and western act; and Yolanda's daughter Lola might make her debut. Meanwhile backstage, a detective is following a mysterious woman in white…This ode to a bygone style of entertainment is a fitting swan song for Altman – expertly directed and acted, with sharp observational humour and a movingly introspective undertone.
• Thur 15 Feb 1.00
CLIMATES (Iklimler) (15)
(Turkey/France 2006) dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan 102m. Subtitles Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Nazan Kirilmis, Mehmet Eryilmaz, Arif Asçi.
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (UZAK) stars along with his wife in this austere, haunting portrait of a break-up. During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between university professor Isa and his younger, television producer girlfriend, Bahar, brutally implodes. Back in Istanbul that Autumn, Isa rekindles a torrid affair with a previous lover. But, when he learns that Bahar has left the city for a job in the snowy East, he follows her there to win her back. Ceylan's previous feature, UZAK (Distant), won the Grand Prix at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and his growing reputation as a contemporary master is confirmed by the immensely satisfying CLIMATES. This may be his most personal film to date – in addition to directing and starring alongside his own wife, he also wrote and edited. Taking us to stunning locations across Turkey and using the seasons of the year to reveal the characters' often unstated emotions, this achingly poignant film subtly captures the emotional tremors that ripple through a relationship. Seemingly simple, the film's stunning visuals and unusually expressive sound design reveal a far more complex, thoughtful work lurking beneath the surface. With precise, beautiful compositions, it is a highly subdued, deliberately-paced work that conveys more through silence than the script. In his thoughtful, undemonstrative way, Ceylan is making films as rewarding, and as adult, as any director alive. Unmissable.
• Thur 22 Feb 10.45am
(France/Italy 2006) dir. Michel Gondry 106m. Subtitles Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Pierre Vaneck, Emma De Caunes.
Surreal, magical love story from director of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. Stéphane (Gael García Bernal) has always had trouble separating real life from dreams. After his father dies in Mexico, he moves in with his mother in Paris and takes a dull job in an office populated by bored but colourful characters. He also starts falling for Stéphanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the charming young woman who lives across the hall. But they find it hard to connect, especially when she discovers that he fancies her friend Zoe. Maybe Stephane's dreamland holds the answers? Michel Gondry's boundless imagination turns this simple story of a young artist trying to woo his soulmate into a raucous visual feast with on-set effects, stop-motion animation and general outrageousness as the action flicks between Stephane's waking life and his dreams. Those who are familiar with Gondry's music videos will recognise his amazing visual style as the film plays with textures, colours and periods: Stephane's dream world is made mostly of cardboard and cellophane, with hilarious variations on places and situations both real and imagined. Bernal is at his most relaxed and charming, and he and Gainsbourg share a wonderfully scruffy creativity with a zing of chemistry. A kaleidoscopic concoction, it's busy, charming, and packed with heart and soul – and a lot of fun.
• Tue 27 Feb 12.45
Surreal, magical love story from director of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.
• Thur 1 Mar 12.30
(Spain/Mexico 2006) dir. Guillermo del Toro 120m. Subtitles. Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadne Gil.
1944, the Spanish Civil War has just ended and Carmen moves with her daughter Ofélia into the home of her new husband, a captain in Franco's army hunting the remaining guerrilla fighters in the woods. Ofélia is left lonely and frustrated by her new life and soon discovers a mysterious labyrinth next to her new home. Del Toro and his effects crew have crafted an exquisite fairytale world – an unmissable celebration of cinema's capacity to enthrall.
• Tue 6 Mar 12.45
(US 2006) dir. Neil Burger 109m. Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell, Jessica Biel.
Edward Norton stars in this elegant fable of art, love and politics set in 19th century Vienna. The show-stopping trickery of mysterious magician Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is capturing the imagination of the masses. When the Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell) is baffled by the show, he sets out to uncover the reality behind the magic with the help of Vienna's Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti). But the magician refuses to cooperate, leading to a battle of wits. Meanwhile the Prince's fiancée Sophie (Jessica Biel) realises she knows Eisenheim from childhood…
THE ILLUSIONIST curls around you like a smoke ring. Writer-director Burger compels you to try to peek behind the curtain, but closes it just before you can get close enough to see what's there. Shot in muted tones that are a throwback to an older era of Hollywood, the costumes and sets are wonderfully crafted. The Philip Glass score is achingly beautiful and special effects give the film a touch of other-worldliness. Edward Norton is at his best as the charismatic Eisenheim. Part love triangle, part police investigation and part magical showcase, THE ILLUSIONIST is an intriguing tale crafted with meticulous care.
• Thur 8 Mar 12.45
(US 1946) dir. Michael Curtiz 107m. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson, Curt Bois.
Voted the most romantic film of all time by a TCM poll, this is also surely one of the greatest films ever made. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband, Czech freedom fighter Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), wander into Rick's Cafe in Casablanca. The two are on the run from the Nazis, and have come to the American-owned nightspot to lie low. Little does Ilsa know that the cafe is run by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the one true love of her life. When the two see each other, sparks fly, and memories of an enchanted time in Paris come flooding back.
• Tue 13 Mar 1.00
(UK/US 2006) dir. Chris Noonan 93m. Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson.
Beatrix Potter lived a life marked by struggle against her restrictive upper-class background. The crux of this biopic is her ongoing quest to be taken seriously, and Renee Zellweger's characteristic pluck sees her shine in the title role, where burgeoning romance with her publisher Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor, delightfully gallant) helps her self-confidence blossom. Sweet but not cloying, it's a heartening portrait of goodness surmounting the odds.
• Thur 15 Mar 1.00
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Mind-bending, fascinating epic from the godfather of surrealism David Lynch. An attractive blonde actress falls down rabbit holes inside rabbit holes in this stunning new feature from the maker of BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS and MULHOLLAND DRIVE (which this film resembles like an evil twin). Nikki Grace (Laura Dern) has just landed the role of Susan Blue in a new film called "On High in Blue Tomorrows", a romantic melodrama alongside womanising co-star Devon Berk (Justin Theroux). At first delighted with her big role, shadows start to fall when it's revealed the film is based on a Polish gypsy folktale, and it's a remake – the first shoot collapsed when the two main actors were murdered. Soon the film-within-a-film casts an enveloping spell over Nikki, as her real life and that of her character begin to merge. So begins a mesmerising, perplexing journey through dark hallways, grand mansions, sleazy LA boulevards and the snowy streets of 1930s Poland, populated by a mysterious weeping woman, a troupe of young prostitutes and three giant rabbits who are starring in their own chilling 'sitcom'. Despite a different visual quality to his previous films (this was made on consumer digicam), the content is pure Lynch. With shocking changes of pace, terrifying soundscapes and a host of bewildering characters, you are left trying to put the myriad pieces of this huge jigsaw together days later. Alternately beautiful and ugly, funny and horrifying, this may be Lynch's most incomprehensible film yet. But don't let that put you off. Sit back and let the cracked Lynchian brilliance wash over you; in this multiplex world films like INLAND EMPIRE are gold dust.
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Inspiring story of legendary politician William Wilberforce, detailing his long struggle to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire. During late 18th century Britain, the political and economical motives for slavery are deeply entrenched: the entire Empire is built on the barbaric transport and sale of slaves. Young William Wilberforce, recently elected to parliament, meets a small group who are campaigning for an end to the slave trade. Joining them, he begins to gain momentum and support for his cause through brilliant oratory, a series of political manoeuvres and his appeal to his fellow man's better nature. AMAZING GRACE charts his progress over twenty years until abolition on 25 March 1807. Ioan Gruffudd magnificently portrays the complexity and heroism of Wilberforce, with brilliant supporting performances from Albert Finney playing slave-trader turned hymn writer John Newton and Michael Gambon as fellow campaigner Lord Charles Fox. Michael Apted's socially conscious style continually reminds us of the brutality of the slave trade upon which the Empire was built, whilst brilliantly capturing the look and sound of a sumptuous age. A lovely, moving and intelligent film, released almost two hundred years to the day after Wilberforce's humanitarian victory.
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(US 2006) dir. Marc Forster 113m. Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson.
Tax auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death. With a sharply clever script, witty direction and terrific performances across the board, the film blurs the line between comedy and tragedy and is a powerful yet understated exploration of how important it is to seize the day.
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille grows up in a filthy, squalid orphanage in 1740s Paris. He has a special talent: an amazingly developed sense of smell. He uses this skill to create brilliant perfumes, but his obsession to create the world's most powerful fragrance takes a deadly turn. Whishaw plays the sociopath beautifully, with a sense of naivety and yearning with which we easily identify. Tykwer tells the story sumptuously: we can actually smell it. An honourable adaptation of the novel by Patrick Süskind, and magical filmmaking.
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(See Adair)-Dr. William J. Dupree, born December 25, 1824, in Alabama, married in 1851 Charlotte, daughter of John and Charlotte (Adair) Bell.
They were the parents of William E. Dupree, born November 9, 1857 in Wood Co. Texas and he was educated at Jamestown, 5 miles north of Overton, Texas.
He married at Quitman, Tex. on Jan. 11, 1883, Fannie L., daughter of Dr. W. E. H. and Fannie (Aycok) Wright, born Jan. 14, 1861, in Wood County, Texas.
They are the parents of Elmer, born October 24, 1883; Herbert, born April 2, 1887, died April 2, 1918; Emma, born December 13, 1888; Wright, born October 8, 1890; Bessie, born May 29, 1892; Fred, born August 20, 1895; Annie, born July 4, 1899; Eleanor Dupree, born August 2, 1904.
Mr. and Mrs. Dupree are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a successful farmer near Vinita.
Jamestown, Smith Co. Texas was noted for its good school. In the fall of 1866 Dr. Dupree moved there from his farm in Wood Co., Tex. to educate his children. In 1877 he moved back to his farm in Wood Co.
Bessie Dupree married Dorsey E. Hall, and they are the parents of Dorsey E. Hall, Jr., born April 30, 1916; Wright Dupree and Eleanor Elizabeth, twins, born July 20, 1917. Wright Dupree Hall died January 16, 1920; Alonzo Carter Hall, born July 19, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are living in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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well from day 1 my pops always had badass rides. he always made sure i helped him wrench on them. then when the time came i took it up in high school then in college. now i have my degree and im keep my friends and family from gettin boned by a crooked mechanic. i would rather be working on a car then anything else in the world, wether it be changing the oil or building a box for a set of subs. car shows are my #1 passion right now. theres nothing better then having your work on display, getting compliments on what you've done and getting to meet others that share the same passion.
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i am thinking of applying to the program for fall 2011. i wanted to know about some people's experiences if you have participated and what they look for in applicants. pretty much is this program really worth me applying for?
I did the CP 6 times (and now am currently FT at Disney). For me, the CP is an awesome experience. I had many great moments, and met a lot of great people (many of whom I am still in contact with). I wouldn't trade my CPs for anything in the world
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It wasn't too bad (although, it's changed since my last CP- I never took the online interview part).
ok so it shudnt be too bad. i think i have a good shot
What do they look for in applicants? Well, first thing I suggest is be in a good mood. Take your dog out for a walk. Go to the zoo. Just do something that makes you happy. They look for people who are generally excited, and your voice can give away your mood. They are looking for people who will stay happy, because there are times where you just flat out have a really, really rotten day. But you cannot let that get in the way of spreading cheer to the Guests. So being in a good mood during your interview will go a long way in giving a good overall impression of you. And since the interview is mainly done on the phone (I have heard of one or two online interviews being conducted, but as far as I know, the main interview method is via phone,) they cannot see you in person. This is why it is absolutely critical to be in a good mood, and have it show in your interview.
Next, don't be afraid to put down some of the less desirable jobs on the application. The more jobs you apply for, the greater the chance that you could be hired. They always need Custodians, for example. But do not worry if you are offered a job that you didn't exactly have in mind. If you get chosen for Custodial, and get sent to Studios, then you can still have fun. The Custodians there are allowed to be creative. They've been known to use water and a broom to create characters on the ground. That's something we were never allowed to do when I was a Custodian at World of Sports. That's just one example of how you can make the most of a less than glamorous job. And it really gets the Guests into things. They love watching those water characters being made, for example.
omg so helpful thnx
Kitty having just done the Spring 2010 program I can sincerely say that it is one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had. I will never regret doing it because you meet so many amazing people and make so many amazing memories while you're there. I could go on all day talking about it so if you have any questions about it just ask and I'd be more than happy to answer them.
Thank you


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You've snuck in my lairNot to worry. Mouse knows just what to do.
and you've all had fun!
But me? I was sleeping
I have had none!
First-time author Karma Wilson and artist Jane Chapman (illustrator of Phyllis Root's One Duck Stuck) have created a charming little tale of sharing and caring that will have readers of all ages cheering at the humorous finale. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter


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Smart and fast, marine mammals are guarding our military bases
Some time this year up to 20 marine mammals will make their debut in Puget Sound, patrolling the waters of Hood Canal, on the lookout for agents of al-Qaida or any other enemy who might try infiltrating the Trident Submarine Base at Bangor.
photographed by Steve Ringman
WE SAW OUR first dolphin in the garage.
Bunsen was lying belly-down on a tarp, where trainers stroked his flesh to keep him calm. The 11-year-old bottlenose dolphin had diarrhea, and physical exams hadn't been able to detect the cause. So Bunsen the dolphin was getting an ultrasound.
One veterinarian watched on a beeping screen as another scanned Bunsen's abdomen. A trainer cooed and slipped the cetacean a mackerel while keeping him moist with squirts from a plastic water bottle.
But this wasn't just some ordinary carport. And Bunsen is no ordinary sea creature. This was the alcove of a military operating theater. And Bunsen is a foot soldier in the Pentagon's global War on Terror.
We'd come to this military outpost in San Diego because this is where the U.S. Navy trains marine mammals to stop invaders. Here, every day, beneath the California sun, dolphins named Bunsen, Slooper, Shasta, Maddie, Crockett, Bugs and Bertha learn to sweep for hidden mines or bump and tag divers pretending to be underwater guerrillas. Fat-whiskered sea lions practice cuffing intruding swimmers with giant leg traps.
Some time this year — the Navy won't say when — up to 20 of these creatures will make their debut in Puget Sound. They'll patrol the waters of Hood Canal, on the lookout for agents of al-Qaida or any other enemy who might try infiltrating the Trident Submarine Base at Bangor.
We wanted to understand how it is in 2010 that Flipper still plays so significant a role in the art of war.
This mission prompts such discomfort in the Northwest that it took the Navy two tries to bring its cetaceans north. (Similar patrols at a base in Georgia began without objection in 2006.) The irony seemed difficult to shake. Those are nuclear warheads housed at Bangor, the most sophisticated and destructive devices in human history. And our first line of defense is an animal we applaud for learning to leap through hoops at theme parks?
But Bunsen and his colleagues had a lesson to impart, one it seems we humans never stop needing to relearn: Technology often can't beat nature's wonders — especially not after 50 million years of evolution.
MOST OF THE Navy's 80 bottlenose dolphins and 30 California sea lions work near the mouth of San Diego Bay, along a pretty stretch of peninsula ringed by military guards and gates. For years the U.S. government kept its marine-mammal program classified. These days the basics of what happens here aren't secret (though the military remains tight-lipped about many details). So on a sunny summer morning, after vets rolled a clicking and squeaking Bunsen to check his kidneys, civilian military escorts walked us to the water. There, training supervisor Chris Harris watched his crack teams of guard-animals prepare for practice.
They didn't look particularly ferocious. The Navy once collected dolphins in the wild but now breeds its charges in captivity, and the teaching of new recruits begins within a few weeks of life. On this day, the youngsters leapt and swam inside a network of docks and pens like toddlers tumbling on a playground. Nearby, their human counterparts readied boats to ferry them to sea.
The Navy's methods aren't anything special: You can't teach a Labrador puppy to catch and return a Frisbee until after it learns to sit and stay on command. Likewise, with dolphins "we break down every movement to its individual components," Harris says. To prepare even a quick learner like Bunsen to signal when it spots an object on the sea floor, trainers first use underwater whistles and rewards to praise him each time he swims anywhere near it. Those rewards might be squid or fish or cheerful banter and soothing pats. Each marine mammal works with the same human trainer, who painstakingly bumps up the complexity of each task until the dolphins can perform sophisticated maneuvers. It can take three to six years of working five days a week for a single animal to ignore inevitable distractions and get it right every single time.
Some dolphins are taught to hunt for mines and carefully drop acoustic transponders nearby. Those headed for Puget Sound will patrol for human divers. Spotting a potential intruder, the dolphin will swim back to a boat where a handler fixes a strobe to its snout. The dolphin then buzzes out and bumps the intruder in the torso, sending a strobe light to the water's surface. Armed soldiers on nearby boats do the rest — unless a trained sea lion happens to be handy. The sea lions are taught to carry a quick-release metal cuff attached to a line. They can dive toward swimmers and clamp the cuff at the thigh.
Both animals are so fabulously fleet-finned that swimming intruders aren't likely to know what hit them. But what makes these marine mammals even more valuable are their super-human powers of observation. Sea lions have brilliant low-light vision and can see five times better than any human.
Dolphins are capable of much more. They track objects in water through echolocation — sending out clicks, sometimes several hundred a second, and hearing through their lower jaw when those sounds bounce back (though new research suggests the dolphin's entire head may function as a giant ear). This hearing can be adjusted in a flash if a dolphin or its prey are in motion. And it's inexplicably precise. "To our sonar, a rock may look like a mine, but it doesn't look like that at all to a dolphin," says Mike Rothe, who oversees this program at San Diego's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.
Bottlenose dolphins can dive repeatedly without getting the bends and sleep with half their brain at a time. There's evidence they translate sounds into mental images — a sort-of internal picture of what they hear. Those mental pictures are so sharp that dolphins can distinguish between a nickel and a dime at 100 yards. Some can tell apart brass, aluminum and stainless steel — even when each hunk of metal is buried two feet in mud.
The Navy began figuring out all of this more than half a century ago. The military was trying to mimic the hydrodynamic properties of dolphin skin to see if it could improve torpedoes. Then, in 1965, a dolphin named Tuffy was trained to deliver mail to aquanauts living in a cannister 200 feet below the California coast during the Navy's SeaLab II project. Quickly the Navy's interest shifted. At the height of the Vietnam War, in December 1970, dolphins patrolled Cam Ranh Bay after swimmers carrying explosives made repeated attacks on an ammunition pier. "There were no attacks while they were there," says Navy spokesman Tom LaPuzza. And "the attacks resumed after they were gone."
Dolphins also surrounded Navy ships as protection in Bahrain in the mid-1980s, and would later steam up the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Gunston Hall to sweep shipping lanes. In the late 1980s the Navy decided Bangor needed dolphins, too.
The military wasn't prepared for the response it got.
Former trainers accused the Navy of abusing its animals. Environmentalists said the Navy was putting warm-water dolphins at risk in the Sound's chilly waters. Some critics even speculated that dolphins had been trained to use nose-mounted guns to kill invaders.
The Navy denied everything. The Marine Mammal Commission investigated and found no abuse. But the Navy's history of secrecy just made it worse. When animal-rights groups sued, the Navy agreed to reconsider its plans. But in the meantime the Cold War ended, Congress began shuttering military bases and plans were made to wind down the use of marine mammals.
"It's the stuff that people believed they were doing but weren't that got people most riled up," says Paul Eugene Nachtigall, director of marine mammal research at the University of Hawaii.
The Navy may also have misjudged who we are: What Seattleite wouldn't be a bit squeamish mixing words like "dolphin" and "terrorism"? Plus, contesting captive sea life is embedded in our DNA. Many still recall the squeals and thrashing in 1970, when whale hunters herded dozens of orcas — which, in fact, are large dolphins — into Penn Cove and lassoed them for sale to marine parks. To hide the whales that died then, wranglers wrapped carcasses in chains and stuffed them with rocks. The outrage that followed when those dead animals surfaced fueled Congress' passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. To this day, Whidbey Island residents stage an annual protest demanding that a Miami aquarium return Lolita, the sole surviving orca from that capture.
WHAT IS IT that makes these slippery-skinned creatures so special?
For many of us, it probably starts with The Smile, that squiggly thin perma-grin that makes dolphins look like they're settling into a food coma after slurping a yummy herring souffle. Or perhaps it's the exhuberant play, all that graceful mid-air arcing and tailfin flapping that showcases a complex and familiar intelligence.
It's certainly not just that they're fellow mammals. Heaven knows we don't bestow such reverence on sea lions, those whip-smart lumbering tricksters best known for their sneaky skill at swiping fish. Them we've grown accustomed to chasing with firecrackers and rubber bullets to keep them from threatened salmon on the Columbia River. And that's actually a step up from the slingshots and crossbows, piped-in whale sounds and plastic orcas that failed in the 1990s to drive the pinnipeds from steelhead at the Ballard Locks.
There's just something deeper in our attraction to the genus Tursiops, something even the experts struggle to articulate. We seem to love them and use them in equal measure, while they in turn tend to drive us kind of nutty.
We campaign to unleash dolphins from theme parks — while forking over millions to touch or swim with them. We gave an Oscar to a documentary about a ruthless Japanese dolphin slaughter, a film that starred the man who trained Flipper. A decade earlier that very same ex-trainer, Ric O'Barry, was fined by the feds for letting loose and endangering dolphins the Navy had given to a special park that was preparing them for release to the wild. One of the animals was found two weeks later, starving.
Most of us don't even know all they can do. "What I wouldn't give to have 60 seconds inside a dolphin's head!" says Hawaii scientist Nachtigall.
It's increasingly clear that dolphins are higher-order beings — perhaps far higher than researchers once thought. Dolphins have been known to use tools, grabbing deep-sea sponges to scrape at mud and rocks to drive out fish. They're self-aware enough to recognize themselves in mirrors. They're fabulous at imitation and can mimic entire sequences of actions. Florida trainers once taught a dolphin to repeat the Batman theme song. "They're actually better at aping behavior than apes," says Janet Mann, a Georgetown University professor of psychology and biology.
She would know. Mann has tracked dolphin behavior in Shark Bay, Australia, for nearly a quarter-century. She's widely believed to have spent more hours watching dolphins than any other scientist on Earth. And she's watched dolphins interact with the social complexity and sophistication of cliquey high-school teens.
"Dolphins form alliances and alliances of alliances, sometimes more than 50 in a day," she says. Dolphin A will hang out with B and C before joining up with dolphins D and E. But he may move on when dolphin F arrives because he doesn't like being around D when F is there, too.
There's also increasing evidence that cetaceans in general may have complex internal emotional lives. "We're in a new era of science where we're being forced to recognize that it's not a philosophy but physiology," says Toni Frohoff, director of TerraMar Research, a marine-mammal-advocacy group headquartered in Seattle. "Their neuroanatomy clearly shows that the parts of their brain responsible for emotion and suffering and pleasure are highly developed and even rivals our own."
Increasingly, in some corners, it seems dolphins are people, too.
NEITHER THE ultrasound nor an MRI could explain what ailed Bunsen, but his discomfort would eventually wane after some rest and a more regimented focus on nutrition.
Most marine-mammal scientists say the Navy takes exceptional care of its animals and funds huge amounts of marine-mammal research. The Navy has taken dolphins to Alaska and South Korea in winter, and conducted numerous studies that suggest Puget Sound's waters won't be harmful. "The coldest winter night won't even raise the resting metabolic rate of most of our dolphins," says Mark Xitco, who oversees the animals' care. Even so, Puget Sound's dolphins will patrol only two hours a night. The rest of their time will be spent in heated pens.
That, of course, does little to counter objections.
"Dolphins are not produce," Frohoff says. "Dolphins, like humans, can withstand temperatures that are colder than what's comfortable. They're not testing the dolphins' capacity to suffer."
Says Rothe, with the Navy: "We don't see any evidence of suffering. And perhaps that's the hardest thing to hide . . . something that isn't there in the first place."
Scientist Mann applauds the Navy's care, but acknowledges the philosophical issues aren't easy. Dolphins travel far and wide over a complex geography, regularly solving social and prey problems. "They have to be constantly challenged in order not to be bored, and you can't imitate those challenges in a controlled environment," Mann says.
But she isn't trying to give them human qualities. After thousands of hours spent watching dolphins in the wild, "sometimes I can predict what's going to happen next. But I don't know what they think."
And for the time being, no one else does, either.
Craig Welch is The Seattle Times environmental writer. Steve Ringman is a Times staff photographer.
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