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Rob Mowlam told his father the ship's crew had started giving free alcohol to passengers.
"He was concerned about what that was going to lead to when people start drinking too much," Mowlam said.
Other passengers have described more dire conditions, including overflowing toilets and limited access to food.
Texas resident Brent Nutt, whose wife is on the cruise ship, said Monday that she told him the "whole boat stinks extremely bad" and some passengers were getting sick and throwing up. Nutt said his wife reported "water and feces all over the floor."
Jay Herring, a former senior officer for Carnival Cruise Lines who also sailed on the Carnival Triumph, said one of the biggest concerns crew members will have until the ship docks is the potential for disease outbreak, particularly norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.
"Housekeeping, others are probably working double shifts to keep the mess clean and wipe down and sanitize all the common areas," said Herring, who worked for Carnival from 2002 to 2004 and spent four months on the Triumph.
Carnival hasn't determined what caused the fire, said Oliva, the company spokeswoman.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday it has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire. The NTSB said the Bahamas Maritime Agency will lead the investigation because the ship carries a Bahamian flag.
The ship was originally going to be towed to a port in Progreso, Mexico, but after currents pushed it northward, a decision was made to take it to Alabama to make it easier for passengers without passports to get home, the company said.
Cahill said Carnival has reserved more than 1,500 hotel rooms in Mobile and New Orleans for Thursday. The company plans to return passengers back to Houston Friday using charter flights.
A similar situation occurred on a Carnival cruise ship in November 2010. That vessel, named Splendor, was stranded with 4,500 people aboard after a fire in the engine room. When the passengers disembarked in San Diego, they described a nightmarish three days in the Pacific with limited food, power and bathroom access.
Cahill said the Spendor's fire was different because it involved a "catastrophic explosion" in a diesel generator, and the Triumph's fire had "some other cause." He could not say what the economic impact will be due to the fire aboard the Triumph. The impact from the Splendor was $40 million, he said.
Carnival canceled the Triumph's next two voyages, scheduled to depart Monday and Saturday. Passengers aboard the stranded ship will also receive a full refund.
Associated Press writers Michael Graczyk and Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston, David Warren in Dallas and Christine Armario in Miami contributed to this report.
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Leather holsters are no kinder to the slide than kydex. Grit and dirt inside either is the primary cause of wear, and grit easily wiped from kydex can embed in leather and be hard on the weapon. Moisture is more of a concern with leather. I prefer leather, but must admit my use is pretty evenly split between leather and non leather holsters. The only holster I've found that secures properly is the serpa, and it's not leather, nor is it very good for concealment. I have a galco Fed paddle. The holster is excellent in every regard, is adjustable for tension, cant, and belt width, but the paddle leaves much to be desired. It has one "tooth" or retaining prong, about 3/4" across, and I don't find it to be full on secure, nor will it accommodate my widest belts. This leads me to prefer my issued galco or strong pancake holsters.
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"Cheesecake Twist" Stuffed Strawberries
The other night I was catching up on one of my favorite TV shows, Masterchef, and I watched as contestant after contestant walked up to the judge's podium, proudly presenting what were supposed to be the best cheesecakes of their lives.
Watching close up shots of these big ass cheesecakes coated with graham cracker crumbs, doused in salted caramel, and berry compotes…I couldn't even handle it. It was torture to watch. TORTURE!! By the end of the show I was wishing I could launch my face at the TV screen and have it land in one of those cheesecakes. If only…
It was about 11 o'clock at night and I sure wasn't going to make a cheesecake right then and there. I resolved to going to bed and hoping the craving would be gone by morning.
And of course, it wasn't. Cravings like that don't go away. Do you get crazy cravings too? I don't know why I get them so badly. My husband is actually terrified at the thought of me one day being pregnant, because if my cravings are this bad now…I'm going to be batty when pregnancy cravings happen.
I decided that instead of making a gigantic cheesecake, I would try to quell my craving with something similar. So I made these "cheesecake" stuffed strawberries.
Basically it's just a cheesecake filling (cream cheese mixed with flavorings and sugar) piped into hollowed out strawberries. These stuffed strawberries remind me of that party dip made from cream cheese and marshmallow cream that people would serve with fruit.
Right now with the in-season strawberries flooding the grocery stores, these are a great summer dessert to make. To get the twist shape to happen, just take a star tip (this is the piping set I have) and keep rotating the strawberry around and around as you pipe the filling out. But really, if you've got a piping bag and tip, it's hard to make these look bad.
You can also get creative with the topping here. I've seen people top the cream cheese filling with graham cracker crumbs, and I've also seen people dip the strawberries in chocolate. I was fine with just a little blueberry popped on top. Enjoy!!
And sorry if I gave you a craving for this recipe 😉
Here's a video where I show you how to get that twisting motion just right:
Cheesecake Twist Stuffed Strawberries Recipe
Yield: Serves 4
1 package fresh strawberries
8 oz block cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
blueberries, optional
Remove the stems from the strawberries, and using a melon baller, scoop out a hole from the top of each strawberry. Cut a small part of the bottom of the strawberry with a sharp knife to create a flat surface for the strawberries to stand on. Strawberry prep is done!
Using a hand mixer, mix together the cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract, until fluffy and light.
Transfer the cream cheese mixture to a piping bag lined with a star tip, and pipe the filling into each of the prepped strawberries. Top each cream cheese pile with a blueberry. Serve and enjoy!
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I really love desserts like these. I love the flavor of cheesecake but I don't like eating a whole piece… too heavy for me. This is right up my alley!
Well you did it again LOL, I'm off to the store, I have every thing except the fresh strawberries, and thank goodness my wife can not get pregnant I already have a nightmare trying to keep up with her cravings now LOL. But really I enjoy the recipies you give us keep up the good work.
These are absolutely one of my favorite one-bite treats EVER. Yours look flawless and fabulously delicious, Joanne! Pretty & patriotic with a little blueberry on top, too. PS – I totally get those wacky cheesecake cravings, too!
I imagine these would be the best tasting dessert!!! I love this and need to try it ASAP!
I would make these for my grandson's graduation party but between my daughter and I, I don't think they would make it to the party.
I've always wanted to make these- perfect for 4th of July!
You have major patience to core and fill all those little berries and boy, do they ever look GOOD!
Swoon!! These strawberries are so adorable! My kiddos would have so much fun making these little treats!
Such the perfect little dessert, they are so cute too. Who wouldn't love a few of these!
So delicious! I keep meaning to make them. I love your bright and cheery photos.
You stimulated my craving for this beautiful dessert idea And I have been running through a revised recipe this am since reading it. I'm diabetic so the following substitutions have been made: Splenda to taste, (I used 5 packets), fat free cream cheese, additional flavor added with a splash of Grand Marnier. I was already planning to create a sugar free vanilla pudding mixed with sugar free lemon jello mix in a ready made pie crust so once it sets I will top it with these decadent filled strawberries! I will sprinkle crushed cinnamon Graham CRACKERS and some lemon zest on top to finish. This is my first cheesecake filling and it is so good! Hope there will be some left to fill the strawberries! Thanks for the great idea!
These are so cute! What a great excuse to dig out my piping bag.
Wow, these look soooo good. I absolutely LOVE cheesecake, but I never seem to be able to get that perfect texture once I bake it. This is no-bake, though, so I'll have to try it out and get my cheesecake fix. 😉
By the way, I'd just like to mention that I quite enjoy this sudden influx of recipes. Is the summer inspiring you?
I love strawberries stuffed with cheesecake filling and yours look perfect. I love how you twirled the swirl to make it look so pretty. I also love the cream cheese marshmallow dip for fruit. I could eat the whole bowl of that and in fact that dip would also be nice in the strawberries.
Since I switched over to WordPress I can't figure out why my photo isn't showing up, so I hope you don't mind but wanted to test this to see if just signing in made the difference. Either way I still love your strawberries and may have to make some with the berries I have in my refrigerator this evening.
Oh cheesecake, how I love you so…
This recipe does look perfect for instant cravings! Hope to make soon!
Strawberries have to be the perfect vehicle for cheesecake! Yummy!
These strawberries are so beautiful and look delicious! (:
Master Chef … That's mama / daughter time in our home. You just gave us another together moment. She loves strawberries, I love cheesecake. Our next market excursion will include the ingredients for this easy to make recipe. Thanks
Now I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be craving cheesecake! Off to see if I have all of these ingredients on hand!
I just love how perfect these little bites are Joanne! So pretty!
So. Gorgeous!
These little deserts look awesome. I have a question, will these be best the day of or can I make these a day in advance. I am planning my parents 50th wedding anniversary and plan to try my hand at these jewels.
we were just dipping strawberries in cheesecake frosting yesterday, duh I should have done this!
I just love these Joanne. They just scream summer to me. And I have to say I freaking love that dip with the marshmallow fluff. Ha, it's just so good. I might whip these bad boys up this weekend. I love cheesecake and I love strawberries so it's win-win.
I love these! I dip mine in white and dark chocolate so they'll stand up on their own but otherwise the same. It's just the beginning of strawberry season here and this is a great idea!
These look amazing! I'm always looking for good hand-held one-bite recipes, since I love to entertain but hate doing dishes, and these are definitely going to neon the menu for my next party!
My husband had just the same worry about how much running around he would have to do to satisfy my food cravings when I was pregnant, based on how particular and specific my regular non-hormonal cravings were, but weirdly enough when I was expecting our little one, I became completely apathetic towards food. Luckily, as soon as she was born, my interest food was renewed!
Flip the strawberries over, hollow out from the former 'bottom' end, fill to overflowing with cheesecake, put the small piece you cut off to make yours stand up on top, and put a tiny bit of cheesecake on top of the tiny bit of strawberry – looks just like Santa Claus with his hat.
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Tom Kent (born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), is an American radio personality. As the head of the Tom Kent Radio Network, he hosts syndicated daily, weekend and 24/7 programming each week on AC, HOT AC, CLASSIC HITS, and CHR stations nationwide, which, as of February 2012, is distributed through United Stations Radio Networks. [1]
Prior to becoming syndicated, Kent worked on the air and in programming at top 40 radio stations WLS in Chicago where he was not only a high profile air talent on the station but was also programming assistant to John Gehron. Kent also worked on the air at KLIF in Dallas, WIBG Philadelphia, WGCL and WIXY in Cleveland, WMXJ in Miami, WAVA in Washington, D.C. where he was also the Program Director and WBZZ (B-94) Pittsburgh.
In addition, Kent worked in the music industry as a promotion executive for Elektra Entertainment, which was a division of Time-Warner's Warner Music Group. While an executive at Elektra, Kent received many awards including "Promotion Rookie of the Year" and "Promotion Executive of the Year" both separate and individual awards in different years. He helped break and bring to the national music spotlight national music recording super star artists Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Keith Sweat, Moby, Natalie Merchant, Simply Red, Missy Elliott, Gerald Levert, Metallica, Yolanda Adams, and En Vogue.
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On June 29, 2002, Kent, launched the Tom Kent Organization and its radio network, the TKO Radio Network. It was here that Kent launched what was then oldies programming, centered around the decades of 1964 to 1973. Drawing on inspiration from classic Top 40 disc jockeys, Kent's goal was to create a broad-based persona that, while still appealing to the "adult power demo" (persons 25 to 54, many of whom listened to Top 40 radio at a young age), would be enjoyed by all ages. During this time, Kent created and hosted the programs "Into the Seventies," a five-hour weekly program devoted to 1970s music, and "Hall of Fame Coast to Coast", a general six-day-a-week oldies program. The programming was immensely successful and significantly boosted ratings on the stations it aired. In 2006, Kent turned the network into the "Classic Top 40" network, renaming the weeknight show from "Hall of Fame Coast to Coast" to "Classic Top 40 Weeknights." The long-term goal was to create a 24-hour network out of this with similar programming.
Exactly five years after Kent launched the network, on June 29, 2007, he resigned as host and sold the company. The company continued operations through at least 2010[vague] without Kent, some of the content is also distributed through USRN.
Founding of Tom Kent Radio Network[edit]
On March 16, 2008, Kent launched a new network, the Tom Kent Radio Network. The initial offerings of the new network are featuring Tom Kent's shows which are being offered 24/7. The network is planning on introducing live shows hosted by other personalities in the future. Programs hosted by Kent include a five hour totally live daily show called, "Tom Kent" as well as two different weekend shows: "The Ultimate Party" (a live five hour Saturday evening party show) and "My 70s Show" (a five hour 70s show). The new network has already begun building a lineup of stations across the country, many of whom also carried his previous offerings. Shows on the new network are live and target adults 25-54. The new Tom Kent Radio Network now has more than 410 affiliates since its launch on 3/16/08.
On March 16, 2010, exactly two years after launching the network, Kent launched two new shows. "Your Live Request Show" which is a daily lunch or drive time live request hour that also doubles as a five hour weekend show. The other "show" is a voice-tracking system identified as "C.L.A.S.S." (an acronym for customized linked automatic system solution). This program is a new show that links Tom Kent's personality in with a local station's music opening the door for TKRN programming for all English speaking music formats all over the world.
On October 27, 2010, The Tom Kent Radio Network launched "LOVIN' LIFE LIVIN THE 80's" with 23 new stations including CHICAGO, COLORADO SPRINGS, and ORLANDO. The program is five hours in length and is being delivered via satellite for weekend programming at radio or a one hour daily feature. It celebrates the pop, the rock and the soul hits of the 1980s and is hosted by Tom Kent.
On April 18, 2011, The Tom Kent Radio Network launched a 24 hour Classic Hits network called "24/7 FUN". The network features Bill Shannon in the morning, Steve Kent and Jackie Newton mid-days and Tom Kent on afternoons and nights. All personalities are also covering weekend shifts.
Kent entered into a distribution deal with ABC Radio Network in February 2009, replacing the departing Dick Bartley.[2] Since February 2012, Kent has since been with United Stations Radio Networks.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Kent lives in suburban Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, three kids and two dogs. Kent and his family moved back to Cleveland in 1988 and have lived there since. His son, Steve Kent, fills in on occasion for him on the air. Steve also hosts a portion of middays on Tom Kent Radio Network's "24/7 FUN" channel as well as daughter Jackie. Tom Kent's wife Karen works behind the scenes at the network.
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When some friendly sail-versus-power banter went back and forth at a recent meeting, it made me wonder: What would be the best way to bring our sailors over to the dark side? Take them out on a fast, maneuverable, Downeast cruiser? Or maybe blast across a lake in a fast pontoon boat?
Nah, I'd take them out on a Cobia 344 CC with triple Yamaha F300 engines and blow right past the 70 mph mark. And I just happened to have this video to serve as an effective appetizer for a main course of horsepower.
So sit back, relax, and listen to the engine music. FYI I'm blaming any video shakiness on the fact that at 70 mph, the wind will rip just about anything out of your hands, or off your body. About 15 or 20 seconds after I filmed this, the wind caught my jacket and pulled all but the very end of one sleeve right off of me.
Whaddya say, Carol, how about a powerboat ride?
Ahem, err, yes, I sure did live on a couple of sailboats back in the day. But one had an outboard – does that increase my powerboat street credentials?
Ah yes, speed by pushing throttles. How about a race? We start in San Francisco and end up in Hawaii? We each start with full tank of fuel, I will only use 3 gal for the 2200 miles. An you can fill up your onboard tanks.
Pink slips anyone?
But racing to the fishing site, well that is a different consideration. Either way we both have a great time on our chosen craft. One of the many wonderful things about our passions of being on the water.
Nice Post Gary
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Gorgeous and luxurious Madison avenue 550 sq ft apartment in a beautiful well kept prewar bldg.
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Price $250-$325 per night.
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Beautiful location in a comfy apartment
Just note that there are 2 long and steep flight of stairs to get to the apartment which is located in the 1st floor.
Vir, the contact, was very accommodating, always replied emails and returned calls promptly. He has a lady that will greet you and do the cleaning. I tipped her $20 as I left the apartment , she is very kind and explains everything very clearly. Internet speed rocks!
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So sorry it has taken us so long to write. This has been an especially busy summer with lots of out of town trips and out of town company. Needless to say we have told everyone about our delightful vacation in New York, one highlight of which was staying in the apartment we rented from you June7-11. The location was ideal. The breakfast items in the refrigerator made us feel so welcome. We enjoyed it so much that we have recommended it to others and hope to repeat the trip one day and stay again.
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Beautiful location in a comfy apartment
Just note that there are 2 long and steep flight of stairs to get to the apartment which is located in the 1st floor.
Vir, the contact, was very accommodating, always replied emails and returned calls promptly. He has a lady that will greet you and do the cleaning. I tipped her $20 as I left the apartment , she is very kind and explains everything very clearly. Internet speed rocks!
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Perfect apartment!
We look forward to your future visits.
Well located, safe, clean, good for 1 or 2 persons
Una excelente semana en New York
Blessed to stay here
Vir was very welcoming after a 33 hour flight & transfers from Sydney-Australia. He had the apt. warm, ready & waiting for us when he said he would be with kind words of New York hospitality. He made sure we had everything we needed. Vir also had the necessities in the cupboard & fridge so that we had food for breakfast & able to have a nice cup of tea/coffee after our long journey. The bed was very comfortable with quality sheets & towels. The kitchen is small but all we needed. Didn't use the dishwasher, just washed by hand. Great having a lift in the building.
I was actually very sick from day 4 of my 3 week holiday & was very thankful for CityMD on 69th St, it was efficient, hygienic, excellent medical staff with only a 5 minute wait (a great one for your occupants information book Vir). I spent 90% of my time in the apartment because of this. Blessed & thankful for such a central, warm & comfortable apartment.
The very best recommendation i can give is that if I return to New York, then i would stay at Vir's apartment again.
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Chelsea's defeat, which left them two points behind leaders Liverpool, having played a game more, was Mourinho's first in 78 home league matches at the helm of the London club.
According to sport24, Mourinho mockingly congratulated his players for 'giving what they had and what they did not have' and Sunderland for winning the game, and then proceeded to mock match referee Mike Dean, who awarded the 82nd-minute penalty from which Fabio Borini scored the winning goal, for his 'fantastic performance'.
Mourinho further mockingly congratulated head of refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Limited Mike Riley for their 'fantastic work' in the championship this season
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Portugal Routs World Champion Spain 4-0; France Beats England
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal beat world champion Spain 4-0 in a soccer exhibition, while France won 2-1 in England and Lionel Messi scored the only goal in Argentina's win over archrival Brazil.
Goals from Carlos Martins, Helder Postiga, Hugo Almeida and an own goal by Sergio Ramos gave Portugal the victory in Lisbon last night in a match organized to help promote the neighbors' joint bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Spain began with 10 of the starters from July's World Cup final win over the Netherlands.
"We have no excuses," Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque was cited as saying by Efe news agency. "We allowed them too much space. We could not have played worse."
Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena got a goal in each half at Wembley Stadium in London as France sent England to its first home defeat since 2007. Peter Crouch scored with his first touch in the 86th minute after coming on as a substitute for England.
In Doha, Qatar, Messi's stoppage-time goal gave Argentina its first win over Brazil since 2005. FIFA's 2009 World Player of the Year weaved past two defenders before shooting into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the penalty area.
There were also exhibition wins for the Netherlands and Norway over Turkey and the Republic of Ireland, respectively, while the games between Romania and Italy, and Sweden and Germany, were drawn.
In qualifying matches for the 2012 European Championships, Croatia beat Malta 3-0 to move atop Group F and Mikael Forsell scored a hat trick in Finland's 8-0 rout of San Marino in Group E. It was Finland's biggest victory in a competitive international soccer match.
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Sexy actress Vivica A Fox has slammed her ex-boyfriend 50 CENT, after learning their romance was over when the rapper was interviewed by American shock jock Howard Stern.
The Kill Bill beauty, 39, embarked on a romance with 27-year-old 50 - real name CURTIS JACKSON - over the summer (03). But within months, things turned sour, with the P.I.M.P. rapper announcing all had come to an end last month (NOV03).
But Vivica claims she had no knowledge she'd become the New York native's ex until she heard the rapper's interview.
Referring to the bullet-scarred former crack dealer's criminal past, she quips, "At least I don't have to get a pink bulletproof vest."
And she's also upset to learn that 50 Cent has been boasting about receiving jewellery from her, which she insists is untrue.
She adds, "He's rapping about 'the rocks Vivica gave me'. No! You turned your own ring that you bought yourself into an earring. I never saw it. He bought his own rocks.
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Under the Dome S01E08: "Thicker Than Water"
At this point in Under the Dome's first season (there will be another, for
better worse or much, much worse), it's pointless and repetitive to compare the show to the rest of television because it will never leave the kids' table. All we can really do is put it side by side with itself and judge it on its own. And you know what? In that context, "Thicker Than Water" deserved an "Atta boy!" and a pat on the back, because it was a much more tolerable episode than what we saw earlier in the season, continuing the momentum I started to feel last week.
We've arrived at a place where episodes don't just center on some made-up catastrophe (goodbye, meningitis!), and the ongoing problems the townspeople are facing are building up instead of being swept off the shelf at the end of each week so the show can reset itself and move on to the next problem (hello, meningitis!). What's more, the idea that the dome may be a permanent fixture is truly starting to sink in for the residents of Chester's Mill, which is finally closing the gap between their mentality and ours because we all know the dome isn't going anywhere until the show's ad revenue dries up. These tiny adjustments are making Under the Dome a much more competent show that's not nearly as embarrassing as it used to be, so now all we have to make fun of with a wink and a poke is the dialogue, acting, the character actions, and the overall writing. This is what crawling out of a hole feels like, people! But now I'm wondering if I even want the series to improve, because I've been enjoying its ridiculousness as a passable way to spend Monday nights. For me, bad TV is more fun to watch than mediocre TV.
Three major plots moved forward in "Thicker Than Water": the attack on Farmer Ollie's water hole, the mourning of dead Dr. Alice, and whatever the F that egg was. We'll start with Big Jim assaulting Rancho de Ollie, because that's the story that had the most guns. It's interesting that Under the Dome revisited a problem that it'd already addressed—a water shortage—only eight episodes into its maiden voyage, but there we were again, talkin' 'bout being thirsty.
You'll recall that in "The Endless Thirst," the town's collective pair of panties rode up real high and grandmas were clubbing each other over the head for a few Snickers bars and Aquafinas, and then the dome intervened with a rain storm, sending everybody home happy with a garbage can full of the dome's tears. At that point it wasn't clear whether the water shortage was fixed; the episode sure made it seem like the drought was over, but common sense, the natural enemy of Under the Dome, told us that the rainwater wouldn't last too long. So it was logical for "Thicker Than Water" to bring back the parched throats and dried-up veggies. But really, it was all an excuse to kill Farmer Ollie and put the black hat back on Big Jim's dome. Where it belongs! And also it was an excuse to give Junior some wacky shit to do because that guy is crazytown banana pants to the maxx.
Big Jim's initial chat with Farmer Ollie went something like, "Fuck you, Jim," because Farmer Ollie had it in his head that he who controls the water also controls the town, and Farmer Ollie wanted a slice of that pie. But my question is, WHY? Who really wants to be in charge of a mess of a town like Chester's Mill? Even Game of Thrones' Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish was like, "Ummm, thanks but..." concerning a lordship at Harrenhal, and that place had a cool spooky castle! Chester's Mill has an abandoned cement factory, a population full of jittery, hungry, gun-toting hicks, and half the police force is Junior! Even the mayor of Detroit is laughing at Big Jim and Farmer Ollie fighting over control of a place with no food, no water, and no hope. But yeah, these boys both wanted power and their battle wouldn't end until Junior shot one of them dead.
A second round of chit-chat between Big Jim and Farmer Ollie involved more guns and one poor rent-a-cop sap named Carter, who was so obviously going to end up getting shot by the farmers that he may as well have been wearing a bullseye or an Obama/Biden 2012 campaign sign. See, the farmers countered Big Jim's idea of "eminent domain" and the town's right to seize property with a better solution: lots of dudes with guns. Junior—who was on the scene unarmed because Linda finally figured out that providing a mentally ill maniac with a weapon was a bad idea—totally switched sides and betrayed his dad because he was still sad that Big Jim had kicked him out of the house earlier in the episode. Bad Junior! And totally embarrassing for Big Jim, who had to run home with his tail between his legs.
When talking with Ollie didn't work, Big Jim decided that his best option was to come back with even more guys and have an old-fashioned shootout, because more is always better and what could go wrong? Barbie had a more subtle idea: Blow up the well with lots of homemade explosives, and hope that the water diverted to other accessible water supplies. Sound plans all around, guys. Great job. So Big Jim went back to Farmer Ollie's crib, with DJ Phil (remember him?) as part of the posse. It'd been a long time since we'd seen Phil and he needed something to do, so why not hand him a gun and ask him to fight some farmers? Well, Phil got shot during the clumsy assault on Farmer Ollie's ranch, but Barbie destroyed the well and then everyone decided to cease fire immediately. However, that didn't stop Junior from crackin' his dad's face with the butt of his GIANT shotgun (yes, someone—Farmer Ollie—handed Junior another huge gun in this episode) and taking Jim prisoner so they could work out some issues.
Now's probably a good time to mention that Big Jim had lied to Junior about how Junior's mother died, even though it means nothing. Big Jim said she died in a car accident, but Farmer Ollie hit Junior with the truth: It was suicide! Admit it, if Junior was your son, you'd off yourself, too. The details aren't important because the story was just a way to put Junior between Ollie and Jim, and after Big Jim cried his eyes out, peed his pants, and admitted the truth while his son held him at gunpoint, the title of the episode finally made sense. Family! It's family that's "Thicker Than Water"! Mind exploded (from the gun I stuck in my mouth). Junior chose family over water and shot Farmer Ollie dead because Farmer Ollie was going to shoot Big Jim dead. And that, kids, is why you don't give Junior a gun.
Anyway, the water was restored and the water crisis was averted again, this time thanks to guns and bombs and not the divine intervention of the dome. But all was not well between Big Jim and regular-sized Barbie! Barbie accused Big Jim of wanting Ollie's well for power, and the two said macho things to each other along the lines of, "I don't like you!" There's your conflict for the rest of the season.
Much less exciting was Norrie's sadness over her mom's death. Over the course of the episode, she blamed Joe, she blamed her mom, and then she blamed herself as she moped around the house and made herself feel right at home. She kicked Joe out of his own living room and laid around Angie's room like it was her own. What a rude guest! And where was Carolyn this week? According to Angie, she just plopped down in the room next to Alice's corpse, waiting to bury it. That left Norrie to process her mom's death all by herself, and of course she was going to lash out against everyone. Looks like Carolyn is already saying, "Not my kid, not my problem." There's a point for conservative groups.
Fortunately, Angie can be a pretty cool chick when she isn't locked in an underground bunker. Angie cared for Norrie and the two connected over a slightly corny but also slightly charming scene in which they threw Angie's snowglobes-from-around-the-world collection at the dome in an overload of metaphors. Angie won't be going to those places anymore, Norrie's home of Los Angeles is but a shattered and wet memory, and snowglobes = domes. Hey, this show has done a lot worse, and for once Angie smiled! (By the way, nice arms on both of those girls! Let's get that Chester's Mill Women's Baseball League started up now!)
Okay enough about relationships! Let's get to the dome! While Norrie was mad at Joe, Joe decided to put some moves on Julia (not really, but he had to have been thinking about it because he's hornier than a young buck), and he had an in because he's the worst secret-keeper in the world. Joe's diarrhea mouth accidentally slipped the news about the egg to Julia for no goddamn reason, and then both of them went out into the woods to look at it and poke it. Julia put her hands on the egg and saw a Joe-ghost saying, "The monarch will be crowned." And it was only after Julia touched the dome that Joe told Julia how, the last time he'd touched the dome, someone died. Nice timing, Joe! Despite his awesome math skills, sometimes I think Joe might have been kicked in the head a few times when he was a baby. If he and Norrie have a kid, it should be able to tie its own shoes by the time it's 37 years old.
Anyway, for the episode's grand finale, people pondered what "The monarch will be crowned" meant and the camera swooped around to show that Angie had a Monarch Butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. I guess Angie is going to be the queen of all dome aliens or something? Or Chester's Mill Water Festival Princess? Or Miss Dome 2013? I'm not sure. And from what I understand, this marks a big departure from what happened in the book, where Angie's character takes a much different path.
"Thicker Than Water" may have been one of Under the Dome's better episodes, but it wasn't as fun or exciting as last week's "Imperfect Circles" and that worries me. I might sound crazy, but the better the show gets, the less enjoyable it will be. For me, at least. The show has too far to go to actually be any good, and there's no way it'll ever get there, but if it plays its cards right it can be an entertaining guilty pleasure with goofy teen stories to make fun of, a central mystery that keeps us coming back each week, and ridiculous power struggles for a town that's a total mess. The needle has moved all over the place in the series' first eight episodes but I think the best we can hope for is mindless fun that we can laugh at. That's what I want from the show. More episodes like "Thicker Than Water," which was decent but not that interesting, and we'll be dangerously close to just another forgettable summer series.
– One problem with the show getting better is that it doesn't provide as much fodder for .GIFs and captions. I'm seriously disappointed.
– Why didn't everyone just bow down or perform a rain dance before the Dome God to get another sprinkle? Have we already lost faith in the dome as a supreme
being that's worthy of worship? Where is my dome cult!?!? I would have started a dome cult so fast, I already had purple robes picked out and everything.
– Junior said it was his plan all along to be a Trojan Horse and destroy Farmer Ollie's gang from the inside. Now, on the surface, that sounds really dumb and obviously it isn't true. But isn't that exactly what an idiot like Junior would say? I would have also accepted, "I meant to do that." That might be the show's best character-defining moment to date.
– Big Jim's big idea to keep Angie safe from Junior was to kick the kid out of the house, where Jim couldn't keep an eye on him? If I were a hormone-powered lunatic and I had an obsession with some blonde and I got kicked out of the house, guess what I'd do? Yep, be that blonde's worst nightmare.
– Joe, just admit that Norrie is your girlfriend. You wanted to dome-bone her, that's true love.
– Why would Joe be drawing the mini-dome and the egg? Seriously. That's like me drawing a picture of the dead hooker I buried in the des—NEVER MIND!
– It's really great that Angie wants to honor Rose by reopening the diner, but what is she going to sell? Homemade conversation?
– Farmer Ollie: "They're gonna drum you out faster than a knife fight in a phone booth." YES! More of these fake-sounding-but-true rural colloquialisms please!
– Now that Phil's hurt, is Dodee in charge of the radio station? She's probably getting the town all depressed by playing Sarah MacLachlan or something boring instead of spinning mind-melting psych jamz.
– One big problem with this episode: No Ben! Another big problem: No Dodee! And now we'll never have Reverend Arson or Farmer Ollie back! Thankfully, Junior carries enough weight, and he isn't going anywhere. But bring back BEN, PLEASE!
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Indru_mai Aug 20, 2013
Honestly, all in all I agree with your review, but for the love of God I hope they don't bring Ben back! He's the most frustrating character ever! Only thing he does is messes with everybody else's business. He's the plus one to the plus one, he has no place anywhere. Plus he acts like he's retarded. At least the other ones give the impression they try to think their every move, but this guy is plain stupid.
Sorry, I don't mean to be offensive towards you or your review, I like your articles, but I simply can't see any reason for which someone would want that bastard Ben back.
gmanBegins Aug 18, 2013
The monarch will be crowned!!.....My response....... *DOMEFACE!!!! (That's my copyright*) The last 2 episodes have shown an improved sense of mystery.Focus on what the dome is and this show becomes interesting.Go back to the Dome Opera and you get characters throwing snow globes at the damn thing!! Yes i continue to watch (why... i ask myself!!) Something to make you say hmmm *If they continue to kill off characters at this rate they will have no majors ones left for S2.. Maybe they will pull a Lost and have 5 background characters come forward act like they've been at every major EVENT!!..(don't get me started) Later Domers!!
Kerkesh Aug 17, 2013
Monarch butterflies are pissed off at the Dome, too!
Kerkesh Aug 17, 2013
By virtue of its development from larva to caterpillar to butterfly, the Monarch butterfly with its delicate beauty has been a universal symbol of reincarnation and transcendent transformation.
This is similar to the symbolic meanings of eggs, as representation of the cycle of life, and in ancient eastern religions, the renewal of nature in Spring- references to Easter, Passover and Ramadan are clearly along those lines.
If we accept that perspective, then whoever is behind the placement of the Dome; aliens or otherwise, the aims are clearly to examine whether the transformation of humanity is possible, into an elevated form of itself. If we want to be more optimistic , maybe it is the actually such transformation that is under way. If I were a superior alien civilization; with enough advancement to have the Black egg technology, I would want to submit an average specimen of humanity to some rite of passage if it should even be included in a Galactic Federation.
Clearly, the dome did not travel light years from wherever in the galaxy as is; it would be easier to consider the Black Egg as the its origin, a kind of "solidified hologram". Also, it would be interesting to consider if the similarity between Dome and Black Egg could mean that in effect the Dome is the iceberg top of an egg structure that goes deep into the soil.
Clearly, if that is the case, then the implication is transformation is first a political one. It means that individually, human beings cannot change by themselves and this change can only be forced upon by the social environment. All that talk of "we're all in it together" sounds like common sense but in effect it describes a society that has to be persuaded that evolution and common well-fare is a necessity in spite of the inherent impulse to look after number one. This is a terrible conclusion of what we are worth as a species, that survival is not a natural derivative of altruism.
In science fiction terms, what we have here lies within the tradition of the generational spaceship.The idea is as old as the conception of spaceships as it was already described its founding father, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. The view is that a spaceship in a situation of the limitations of the speed of light has to consider an environment whereas a succession of generations would follow, living within the limited confines it defines until the final destitnation is reached. To alleviate this problem cryonics was envisioned, but clearly this is not the case here.
We are here in exactly what the first famous story published by Robert Heinlein in 1941 titled "Universe" describes. The crew of a generational spaceship have forgotten their environment and a rigid, highly stratified political/social organization, until the hero has a conceptual breakthrough and discovers the truth. The concept also examined the idea of the spaceship as a surrogate mother figure, and Philip K Dick examined the possibilities of false realities bestowed upon suspended animated astronauts linked to a vast computer.
If we choose to see the Dome under that light, the path towards the conceptual breakthrough, then this might turn out to be a very interesting journey.
ben45tpy Aug 17, 2013
I'm surprised the show's improving, maybe there's hope.
MsSheryl Aug 16, 2013
I lasted 4 episodes. Terrible show. The two mommies made me gag.
CHrollCHum Aug 19, 2013
Because of the mediocrity and clichés, or because they were two mommies?
Blindpew2 Aug 15, 2013
I think this is one of the best shows ever shown on TV. All the characters are totally believable and behave much like any small town folk would if a dome came down on them. I hope this show runs forever and if I could get in I would go and live amongst them in Chester's Mill.
MsSheryl Aug 16, 2013
377221 Aug 15, 2013
The "monarch" will actually turn out to be Stephen King. He'll be crowned after he mysteriously shows up and makes everything make more sense.
cowboy2831 Aug 15, 2013
I worked on a farm for a few years, but that was over a quarter century ago, so maybe farming techniques have changed over the years. But, can someone please explain to me why farmer Ollie would need to use blasting caps during planting season? That's the most ridiculous line I've heard on TV in a while.
LaurenLS Aug 16, 2013
In some places the ground can be really hard or not deep enough for crops so the places where they want to plant will be blown up to break up the soil. Its usually done for trees or deep root plants in new fields and I don't think it wouldn't normally be used every year in fields that are regularly sown.
They could probably have used something more realistic though like a fuse.
MichaelCurran1 Aug 16, 2013
Thank you! I was like WTF ... ammonium nitrate sure... but "oh he's a farmer, he should have BLASTING CAPS?!?!?" does he plant his crops in granite or something. I felt like they just said "say that line really fast and the majority of our audience will take it at face value ... cause hey, they're watching this show, they cant be THAT smart"
gizma1982 Aug 15, 2013
One of my favourite episode so far. Monarch ? I think is Angie. With her tatto is like butterflies were looking up for her.
LaurenLS Aug 16, 2013
We can only hope they crown the butterfly as the ruler of Chester's Mill, it would be an improvement.
MichaelCurran1 Aug 16, 2013
Gee the fact they opened the episode with a close-up and camera follow on a monarch butterfly couldn't relate at all either I bet ... I guess someone writing for this show remembered their 8th grade English lesson about foreshadowing ... sigh, just sigh.
wrecker2005 Aug 15, 2013
yup that's the monarch butterfly tattooed at the back of her shoulder
Gislef Aug 15, 2013
It seemed kind of rainbowy for a Monarch.
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