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Results from the 2013 NAEP mathematics and reading assessments at grade 12 are available as an interactive report. Twelfth-graders' average scores did not change from 2009.
Explore interactive graphics that illustrate the results of the 2013 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment. Six of 21 participating urban districts scored higher in 2013 than in 2011 in mathematics, and five of 21 scored higher in reading.
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The Nation's Report Card: Economics 2012 finds that the percentage of twelfth-graders performing at or above Basic increased between 2006 and 2012.
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The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2011 reports the highest percentages to date of 4th and 8th graders performing at or above the proficient level.
The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2010 finds that scores for the lowest performing 4th, 8th and 12th graders have improved since previous assessments.
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The hot orange pile of squashy pulp needed to be rescued.
M. jumped at the opportunity to mash them and combine with a couple of eggs, a little flour, salt and pepper and whatever chopped green herbs were still hanging around before they found their way into the turkey.
It's not hard to turn any veggie into a latke. We love getting creative, but it is best to recognize the difference in consistency and textures when using veggies other than the common starchy Idaho potato.
Remember your beloved grandmothers and do what they did. Feel the mixture with your hands and add a little more flour, egg, or matzah meal. I always opt for more egg before turning to more starch.
Feel free to experiment with dried and fresh herbs. Some like their latkes sweeter, with the addition of nutmeg and a hint of cinnamon. I like them alongside roasted chicken, and add chopped leeks and a green herb like thyme or oregano.
To get my creative Chanukah juices flowing, I attended a latke cooking class at the 92Y in Tribeca last week.
Executive Chef Russell Moss conducts a selection of one hour classes on a wide range of cooking topics there. He is deeply experienced as a Chef, instructor and competitor with both hot and cold foods. He is the force behind the creative food programming there.
Now I know my way around a basic latke and didn't really need a refresher course. So I was a little blase when the handout included a recipe for basic latke and applesauce. Still, Moss's easy-going, likable manner won me over and I was looking for tips to share.
Here's one:
Chef Moss plunges his grated potatoes into a water bath in order to release the starch. I always put my potato quarters in the water bowl to prevent the potatoes from getting discolored BEFORE grating them. Releasing the starch by soaking the grated spuds and then squeezing the water out with your hands facilitates better browning.
A little water left in the potatoes is ok as the latke is actually steaming in the center as the outside crisps in plenty of oil.
Who knew?
And, because I know we all debate how much oil to use, remember that this is not the time to be stingy on the oil, ladies. It is all about the oil, remember? You are using a good amount of oil in deference to the historical reference, ok?
I was charmed by the tidbits of new info Moss was sharing. But I really perked up when I spotted a glistening side of salmon, nestled in a pan alongside a generous mound of fresh dill and salt, on the demo table.
Chef showed us how to make gravlax. It is so simple that it's almost embarrassing (so don't tell).
Get ambitious and make gravlax to serve alongside mini-latkes. A dollop of Chef Moss's sweet mustard sauce adds another flavor layer and warm color.
Now THAT is exciting.
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- mix in egg, flour, salt and pepper
- heat 1/4 inch of neutral oil into a saute pan
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Although the Dalai Lama is passionate about science, he believes there are limits to what we can learn from it.
I have spent many years reflecting on the remarkable advances of science. Within the short space of my own lifetime, the impact of science and technology on humanity has been tremendous. Although my own interest in science began with curiosity about a world, foreign to me at that time, governed by technology, it was not very long before the colossal significance of science for humanity as a whole dawned on me--especially after I came into exile in 1959. There is almost no area of human life today that is not touched by the effects of science and technology. Yet are we clear about the place of science in the totality of human life--what exactly it should do and by what it should be governed? This last point is critical because unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.
Seeing the tremendous importance of science and recognizing its inevitable dominance in the modern world fundamentally changed my attitude to it from curiosity to a kind of urgent engagement. In Buddhism the highest spiritual ideal is to cultivate compassion for all sentient beings and to work for their welfare to the greatest possible extent. From my earliest childhood I have been conditioned to cherish this ideal and attempt to fulfill it in my every action. So I wanted to understand science because it gave me a new area to explore in my personal quest to understand the nature of reality. I also wanted to learn about it because I recognized in it a compelling way to communicate insights gleaned from my own spiritual tradition. So, for me, the need to engage with this powerful force in our world has become a kind of spiritual injunction as well. The central question--central for the survival and well-being of our world--is how we can make the wonderful developments of science into something that offers altruistic and compassionate service for the needs of humanity and the other sentient beings with whom we share this earth.
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Already huge in their homeland, Australia, with stadium tours alongside Muse and Linkin Park under their belts, prog-inflected alt rockers Dead Letter Circus are finally putting out their acclaimed full-length debut, This Is the Warning, in the U.S. on July 26, via Sumerian Records. In anticipation of the release, the band has given us this exclusive remix of their song, "The Drum," by Grammy-winning producer-mixer Lee Groves. Crank the track below, and read what vocalist Kim Benzie has to say about it.
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KIM BENZIE "The Drum" is about a point I reached in my life where everything seemed gray, where all I could think was, Surely there is more to life than this. Where are the profound moments? When will I be in awe ? This was going on right when the song came about. As the song wrote itself over a couple of days, it dragged me through the melancholy to a brighter place. I remember leaving our studio and looking out over the lights of our city at night thinking, This city is alive, and that life isn't about circles. There are always fresh starts and new beginnings. So I guess the song is a story about longing for the beat of your drum to grow loud in your chest, turning a corner in life, and feeling it banging loud and strong as if for the first time again.
How did you hook up with Lee Groves? How did he end up remixing the track?
We have been massive fans of his work. He produced Bertie Blackman's Secrets and Lies, which is such an incredible sounding album. He came up and said, "Hi," at a festival, and we were all pretty much thinking simultaneously, Holy shit…that was Lee Groves. I think we maybe begged him or bribed him or something. Maybe blackmail?
What do you think of the remix? Did it make you reconsider the original?
We love the remix. Love the original format equally. Based on the success of the merging of styles, don't be surprised if Lee's work features on the next album.
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Stress is with us all the time. It comes from mental or emotional activity and physical activity. It is unique and personal to each of us. So personal, in fact, that what may be relaxing to one person may be stressful to another. For example, if you are an executive who likes to keep busy all the time, "taking it easy" at the beach on a beautiful day may feel extremely frustrating, nonproductive, and upsetting. You may be emotionally distressed from "doing nothing." Too much emotional stress can cause physical illness such as high blood pressure, ulcers, or even heart disease; physical stress from work or exercise is not likely to cause such ailments. The truth is that physical exercise can help you to relax and to handle your mental or emotional stress.
Hans Selye, M.D., a recognized expert in the field, has defined stress as a "non-specific response of the body to a demand." The important issue is learning how our bodies respond to these demands. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become harmful -- causing distress or "bad stress." Recognizing the early signs of distress and then doing something about them can make an important difference in the quality of your life, and may actually influence your survival.
To use stress in a positive way and prevent it from becoming distress, you should become aware of your own reactions to stressful events. The body responds to stress by going through three stages: (1) alarm, (2) resistance, and (3) exhaustion.
Let's take the example of a typical commuter in rush-hour traffic. If a car suddenly pulls out in front of him, his initial alarm reaction may include fear of an accident, anger at the driver who committed the action, and general frustration. His body may respond in the alarm stage by releasing hormones into the bloodstream which cause his face to flush, perspiration to form, his stomach to have a sinking feeling, and his arms and legs to tighten. The next stage is resistance, in which the body repairs damage caused by the stress. If the stress of driving continues with repeated close calls or traffic jams, however, his body will not have time to make repairs. He may become so conditioned to expect potential problems when he drives that he tightens up at the beginning of each commuting day. Eventually, he may even develop a physical problem that is related to stress, such as migraine headaches, high blood pressure, backaches, or insomnia. While it is impossible to live completely free of stress and distress, it is possible to prevent some distress as well as to minimize its impact when it can't be avoided.
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With implementation of several significant changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on October 1st, thousands of residential and commercial property owners in Massachusetts and across the U.S. are facing substantial increases in flood insurance premiums that could force them out of homes and businesses and threaten the recovery underway in the nation's housing market. In response, REALTOR® leadership has voiced concerns about the NFIP revisions and the future affordability of flood insurance to both federal lawmakers and regulators over the past several weeks, urging immediate action to delay the scheduled rate increases and study opportunities to reduce the financial impact on local communities and especially homeowners.
The most troubling revisions approved as part of last year's legislation granting a five-year re-authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program are the phase-outs of lower insurance rates for older, grandfathered homes that pre-date the implementation of flood maps (i.e. those built on or before December 31, 1974 or before the effective date of the initial Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) published for a community) and rate subsidies for properties purchased following passage of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act in July 2012 (BW12). In addition, the separate, but simultaneous redrawing of flood maps this year to expand flood plains and raise water elevations have resulted in sharply higher insurance premiums for many property owners, even in instances where they have built homes to code and/or their property has never previously flooded. The rate increases appear to have little justification other than to make the NFIP solvent, say REALTORS®, yet the opposite could occur if countless home and business owners are unable to afford their premiums and forced out of the program completely.
In addressing the issue, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has sent a letter to the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urging a delay in the implementation of new premium rate increases until an affordability study of their impact on consumers is completed and reviewed by Congress as directed in the Biggert-Waters Act. NAR also has called on FEMA to hold a national implementation summit to further assess the impact of the rate increases, outline a plan for delaying the law's requirements, and identify methods to help property owners and communities lower their flood insurance rates. And, on the local level, GBAR leadership has either met with or written to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and Bay State Congressmen Michael Capuano (D-Somerville), Joseph P. Kennedy, III (D-Newton), and Stephen Lynch (D-Boston) in recent weeks to ask for their support of a delay in the premium rate increases and phase-outs of rate subsidies for both grandfathered pre-FIRM properties and those purchased after July 2012.
Notably, lawmakers and regulators on Beacon Hill have also started to take notice of the impact the issue could have on the Bay State. On October 15, Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) and state Attorney General Martha Coakley joined together to file legislation that would limit the amount of insurance homeowners in a flood zone must purchase in an attempt to lower premiums for impacted property owners. Specifically, the bill seeks to limit the amount of flood coverage a homeowner or business must purchase to the value of the mortgage on the property, rather than the replacement value of the home. Under the measure, creditors also would be prohibited from requiring coverage for contents of the home or including a deductible less than $5,000. Additionally, AG Coakley is exploring her options to determine if the Commonwealth can move to block recent changes to the NFIP from taking effect. As reported in a Patriot Ledger article last month, the Mass. AG's Office, like NAR, is specifically interested in ensuring that FEMA adhere to BW12 and the law's requirement that the agency complete an affordability study.
In the days and weeks ahead, the REALTOR® organization will continue to press for a delay in full implementation of NFIP revisions and rate changes, as well as reasonable legislative efforts to mitigate the financial costs to property owners. IN the meantime, , we encourage you to take advantage of the resources available to you to communicate with and inform buyers and sellers on the issue of flood insurance. Mostly notably, be sure to review and follow the Flood Insurance Disclosure Guidance prepared by the NAR Legal Department on revisions to the NFIP and new rate increases, and access the NFIP Toolkit on REALTOR.org. You also may want to watch a video of the Flood Insurance Panel presentation held earlier this month at the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® Convention with officials from FEMA, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and NAR. The entire program is accessible via from the MAR website and on YouTube.
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Ileal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma with a Large-Cell Component That Regressed Spontaneously
|Yohsuke Makino*, Hidekazu Suzuki*, Toshihiro Nishizawa*, Kaori Kameyama†, Tadakazu Hisamatsu*, Hiroyuki Imaeda‡, Makio Mukai†, and Toshifumi Hibi*
|*Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine and †Department of Pathology, ‡Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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|Reported herein is a case of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the terminal ileum with a large-cell component, which regressed spontaneously. To the best of our knowledge, only five cases of spontaneously regressing MALT lymphoma have been reported in the English-language literature, and all of these cases were low-grade lymphomas. Spontaneous regression of a MALT lymphoma with a high-grade component is very rare. The present case suggests that MALT lymphoma cells have a reversible nature, even in the presence of a high-grade component. (Gut Liver 2010;4:117-121)
|Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; Large cell component; Regression; Ileum, Low grade
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Columbus has Room to Grow When it Comes to Supporting Local
Columbus is home to a number of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Much of the city encompasses a spirit of supporting local, and many owners say that it's one of the best things about owning a business in Columbus. Areas like Short North are packed with local spots, and The Metropreneur's...February 3rd, 2014 | Trendspotting | Read More
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Note: This is the second half of a two-part article. CLICK HERE to jump back to Part 1 at ColumbusUnderground.com Bill LaFayette of Regionomics brings an economist's precision to his assessment of the small business climate in Columbus, and he sees lots of room for improvement. "We have a long way...June 17th, 2013 | Event Reviews, Tips of the Trade | Read More
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As the Columbus Chamber's vice president of economic analysis for the last 12 years, Bill LaFayette is quite familiar with the workings of regional economies and workforce development– and he's using that expertise as the foundation for a new venture. In the spring, LaFayette founded Regionomics...October 11th, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More
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Local Economist Shares 2011 Biz Insights
The Columbus Chamber's economic forecast for the region is the work of Bill LaFayette, vice president of economic analysis for the chamber, and three other local economists: Joe Mandeville of Red Capital Group, George Mokrzan of Huntington Bancshares, and Jim Newton of Commerce National Bank. After...December 20th, 2010 | Tips of the Trade | Read More


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Ubisoft Considers Beyond Good & Evil A Mistake
November 7th, 2013
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Because it didn't sell well.
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Danish developers combine platforming and EDM, with excellent results.
September 18th, 2013
One week (and 540,000 copies) later, and Humble Bundle is adding four games to its current #9 Bundle. Already a…
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Indie games need coverage, but those covering them need to know they exist.
November 28th, 2012
Developers have just 48 hours to make a game — and have it judged by industry greats.
September 26th, 2012
Train your brain with these intellectually stimulating games!
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Uncover the mysteries of Limbo.
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Even this tiny bit of art has us way too excited.
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This is a fine collection of indie games.
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Came home from college for the weekend, got online to play GT6 and for whatever the reason the 1.03 update will turn off my play station and not install, anyone have any tips or is this happening to you???
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By The Observer
Tom Goodall, an Imbler School Board member and Boise Cascades chief forester for the northeast Oregon region, died Friday in Hailey, Idaho, while participating in a relay run. He was 49.
Goodall, who had worked for Boise for 23 years including the last 10 in La Grande, had been named chief forester about two months ago, said Bruce Cartmel, Northeast Oregon region manager for Boise Cascade. Before that, Goodall was logging manager.
Goodall worked in various position with Boise in Idaho after being hired in 1978, Cartmel said.
Cartmel said Goodall was participating in a relay race from the Stanley Basin to Boise.
He suffered some pain while running, stopped and collapsed. His support wagon crew was not able to revive him, Cartmel said.
Goodall, who lived in Summerville, had served on the Imbler School Board for six years.
He is survived by his wife, Suzy; two sons, Nathan and Grady; and a daughter, Carson.
The funeral will be held Thursday.
He was a wonderful man, pleasant, easy to work with. Its a heck of a loss, Cartmel said.


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Jewelry - Occupational
The career you choose to go into comes with its own kind of culture and expectations, so this Halloween, when you're imitating a professional in their field, add Occupational Jewelry items to your costume. Here, you'll find an abundance of assorted necklaces, earrings, and bracelets to fit the style associated with the occupations featured on this page.
Women's Double Handcuff Dangling Earrings
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If you're giving the lifestyle of criminal apprehension and upholding the law a try, the different police officer jewelry pieces will absolutely come in handy. We have many different items that have a handcuffs theme. Try on our necklace, the dangle earrings, or the bracelets. Miniature handcuffs are designed into each individual item so that they consistently remain the same. You'll look like an officer who takes her job very seriously when you wear all three pieces.
Other occupations featured in this collection are nurses, soldiers, and even pirates. The nurse costume could be enhanced by the addition of a choker that features the white cross medical symbol on a tiny heart-shaped pendant. The pirate earrings are also quite the catch as they are in the shape of anchors. Bringing a stylistic flair to your occupation is a great way to add more depth to it.


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Testing for full compliance with IEC standards
In recent years, the CB scheme gathered momentum: this is reflected in the number of CB Test Certificates issued and recognized. One important reason for the success of the CB scheme is certainly the strict obligation to stick to IEC standards and to issue CB Test Certificates only after verification of compliance with all clauses and requirements of these standards. This practice may be common in the CB scheme, but it is by no means so common in the routine work of many laboratories who claim to adhere to the spirit of safety rather than to the requirements of the standards. Very often, recognition of such test reports is difficult due to the lack of common understanding.
For the VDE-Institute, the practice of full compliance with applicable standards is laid down in its statutes and has been followed since its beginning 80 years ago. The tradition of VDE in standardization is even more than one hundred years old. For the VDE Testing and Certification Institute, active participation in standardization has always been an important role to play: on one hand, their input and experience is highly appreciated, and - on the other hand - active participation keeps them always up to date in matters of standardization and the latest developments. This allows them to advise clients competently.
As early as 1929, the VDE Institute took the initiative to harmonize standards on a European level in the so-called CEE. Later on, a set of CEE standards was established which formed the basis for the first mutual recognition agreement in Europe from which the IECEE-CB scheme was derived. In all these activities of standardization and building of mutual recognition systems, the VDE Institute took a leading role. The VDE Institute has activities in testing equipment and components alike. In fact, a considerable number of components for use in equipment have been certified by the VDE Institute (see VDE Certification Register). Such components do not need to undergo repetitive testing. This saves time for the producer of the equipment. However, in order to ensure this, the producer of the components should mention the types of equipment for which his components are intended. This not only allows the coverage according to the requirements of the component standard, but also of of relevant equipment standards, and thus avoiding undesirable surprises to the producer of equipment at the moment of testing. With CB Test Reports and Certificates issued by the VDE Institute, the client can be assured that this is a real passport to markets world-wide. For being able to serve our clients better, we appreciate their cooperation in notifying us as early as possible where they intend to export their products. Then we have a chance to test for any national deviations of the country of destination. Our clients can also benefit from bilateral agreements which we have with a number of certification bodies world-wide with respect to certification and factory inspection. And besides the CB scheme participants, CB Test Reports are also recognized by many countries not participating in the CB scheme.
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Following the film's premiere at Sundance, most in Park City thought it didn't have a chance to be released.
"The immediate assumption across the board was, 'See this film at Sundance because it will not see the light of day,'" said John Sloss, whose company Cinetic Media repped the film at the fest and will release it this Friday through its distribution arm, Producer's Distribution Agency (PDA).
READ MORE: 'Escape From Tomorrow' Director Randy Moore Says "I'm a Product of Disney World"
Seeing the film before the festival, Sloss thought it was at least a "close call" to fall under fair use, but he decided the best game plan would be to show the film to the press before the buyers—that way, if it was pulled from the festival, people would still write about it. But he wasn't expecting the reaction it received.
"It's almost like people were doing Disney's work for them," he said. "It was very odd and it made me wonder how much consideration people give to things like the First Amendment."
Luckily, Sloss had invited Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu to the screening to get his take (Wu actually sat two seats away from Disney's head of production at the screening); the professor later decided to write an article on The New Yorker's website explaining why the film didn't violate any copyright laws.
"Under copyright law, commentary and parody are well-established fair-use categories, and this is where the film likely falls," Wu wrote. "It would be one thing if Moore merely used Disney World to embellish his film—to serve as a pleasing backdrop for some light romantic comedy. But his use of Disney World is not as simple window dressing; he transforms it into something gruesome and disturbing."
Wu's notion was confirmed by entertainment lawyer Michael C. Donaldson, who specializes in fair use—copyrighted material filmmakers can use for free if they add context.
"There's nothing wrong with making a movie at Disney Land," Donaldson explained. "Every copyright system in the world accommodates for using somebody else's work to create something new, and 'Escape From Tomorrow' shows the Disney properties in a way they were never intended for."
This insight lead to confidence by distributors in Park City to start making offers on the film. Though there was immediate interest, Sloss said the offers "were not overwhelming," and admits that the notion of the film being the latest release for PDA was always in the back of his mind. Previously PDA had released only four titles: "Brooklyn Castle," 'Exit Through the Gift Shop," "Senna" and "The Way."
"With all five [PDA] films, we saw something in them that we felt the marketplace didn't fully value," Sloss said.
His pitch to Moore following the festival was to do a grassroots campaign – "good old fashioned marketing" is how he put it -- that would tap into the film's core audience. Moore, who is a big fan of "Exit Through The Gift Shop," quickly accepted Sloss' offer.
But there was one final piece of the puzzle that had yet to be resolved: E&O insurance. Without it, the movie's distribution prospects were non-existent.


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This fall has been a busy time here at Cake in the Morn! We have so many people and organizations reaching out asking about our books and toys. We have small, independent toy stores inquiring about wholesaling (and we partnered with them!) many of Cake in the Morn's toys. And we have some more big news that I will announce before the end of the month–stay tuned to see where Cake in the Morn is going to be next!!
In-between all the fun of wholesaling and regular sales, Cake in the Morn has been to local craft fairs and a teacher's conference! Boy, it sure has been busy, which leaves little time for new additions to the Etsy store, but oddly enough it gives a great outlet to try new fun things at the fairs! I am not sure why it is, but when I am pressed for time and getting ready for a craft show, I like to grab a piece of felt or wood and try to create something new and fun to take to the show. Since it doesn't need to be photographed and edited to place in the Etsy shop, it is a quick and fun way to experiment! Take a look at some of the new things made just this past month in preparation for craft fairs and stay tuned to see more of what is upcoming with Cake in the Morn!


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Anything for tourism
October 20, 2011
Apparently, Bill Gage, president of Lake Geneva Cruise Line, will do anything to make a customer happy.
Geneva Lake Cruise Line president Bill Gage dove into 61-degree water to rescue a pair of prescription glasses for journalist Regina Cole.
That includes jumping into the 61-degree Geneva Lake water in his boxer shorts and retrieving a pair of prescription glasses from the bottom of the lake.
It was last Tuesday. As about 15 journalists returned from lunch at the Abbey to the Fontana Municipal Pier to head onto the 1898 Polaris for a tour of the south shore, one of the reporters was on the pier and somehow dropped her prescription glasses into the water.
The group was part of the press tour organized by Geiger and Associates, a public relations firm working with the Wisconsin Department of Tourism to bring more people to the state's top areas.
According to Lake Geneva Area Convention and Visitors Bureau marketing and public relations director Grace Eckland, the reporter, Regina Cole, a freelance travel journalist contributing to the Boston Globe, Log Home Living, Old House Interiors, Country's Best Cabins and more, was almost hysterical about the loss of her glasses.
Gage said he was waiting on the boat, when he saw about 20 people standing on the pier gathered around looking into the water.
"I was wondering what they were doing," Gage said.
Eckland said they were about 40 or 50 feet away from shore and Cole said she could see the glasses at the bottom of the lake. Gage said the glasses were in about 10 feet of water and the people were trying to figure out how to get the glasses, possibly using a fishing net.
Gage knew that wouldn't work.
"It was instinctive for me to do something," Gage said.
According to Eckland, Gage, who was going to join the group on their tour back to Lake Geneva, took off in a run and headed into the stores along Fontana's lakefront, including Gordy's, looking for goggles.
Gage said he found a towel at Fontana Marine and found 20-year-old goggles swim goggles thanks to help from Gordy's.
Meanwhile, Eckland said she was telling Cole, they would get her glasses.
Gage returns with goggles, heads to the bathroom and comes out in his boxer shorts, Eckland said.
He dives into the water, Eckland said. He disappeared for a moment and he reappears holding the red-rimmed glasses in his right hand.
"Everyone's cheering," Eckland said. "She (Cole) said 'This is amazing, I've never seen anyone do this for tourism.' He became an instant hero."
Gage, who called the water refreshing, said he was the only person in a position to remedy the problem.
"I was just trying to take care of somebody," he said. "If it was my mother's glasses, I would hope someone would do the same for her. She was happy and that is all that mattered."
"That just shows the customer service and it speaks volumes," Wisconsin Department of Tourism public relations coordinator Lisa Marshall said. "For Lake Geneva, people know their travel experience here will be reflective of that."


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Happy 80th anniversary 1929 stock crash
The stock market crash of 1929 got cranked up on Black Thursday, Oct. 24. But it really took off the following Monday. Investors read about the Thursday drop in Friday's papers, and they fretted about it over the weekend. On Monday they bailed. The Dow plunged 13 percent on Oct. 28 and another 12 percent the next day, says Wiki.
On dshort.com's graph below of four bad bear markets, the trauma of October 1929 can be seen at the far left of the gray fever line. As you can see, the pain had only just begun. The blue line represents stocks' performance in this particular crisis. We can be thankful that it has diverged from the pattern of 1929 and the 1930s.
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Sex with a goat. You get to discover the rest.
One more reason to love living here.
So hide your dogs and your horses and your goats. Definitely your goats.
Sen. Nan Rich, D-Sunrise, recently learned that about two years ago a Panhandle man was suspected of accidentally asphyxiating a family goat with which he was having sex.
She also learned that Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality, the act of having sex with an animal, reports the St. Petersburg Times.
Now, thanks to Rich, a Senate committee voted to slap a third-degree felony charge on beastiality.
The proposal targets only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification" from an animal. The amendment specified that conventional dog judging contests and animal husbandry practices are permissible.
That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.
"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What's husbandry?" she asked.
Some senators stifled laughter as Chairman Charlie Dean explained that husbandry is a term for the rearing and caring of animals.
Gotta give credit to BBBLLEEEAAAATTTTTTing heart liberals.
Oh, and btw, turns out the goat-raper is from a place called Mossy Head.
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- Very familiar with Wiki formatting
- Experience with Wiki Administration through past guild websites
- Has a lot of time on his hands
Taurolyon (talk) 06:02, February 10, 2011 (UTC)
Comments on this candidate
- Undecided - Though there's a long history with the site, it would be nice to see some edits along the lines of new pages and major updates, as well as an increase in number of edits; i.e. more consistent editing pattern. The latter is by no means a deal-breaker, but it would be nice to see more of the former to properly gauge editing ability. Raylan13 (talk) 17:14, February 11, 2011 (UTC)
- Undecided - Generally high quality edits and good edit summaries. Needs to make more new pages of all types (items, mobs, NPCs, guides, etc.). On the road to having the chops to be an admin, but not quite there yet. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 11 Feb 2011 2:08 PM Pacific
- Thanks - I'd like to thank you both for the consideration! I'll be devoting more time to edits and page creations. Taurolyon (talk) 20:45, February 13, 2011 (UTC)
Reasons for nomination:
- I work on the Wiki every day
- Almost got 1,000 Edits
- currently only on a Trial account on WoW but can get some hard pictures
--RaceLord (talk) 22:54, December 3, 2011 (UTC)
Comments on this candidate
- Undecided Since joining and first editing, RaceLord has improved steadily in his editing. There are many contributions over a wide area, and he seems very open to suggestions and direction. Definitely on the way to becoming an admin, and focusing on formatting even more should make all the difference. In the meantime, would support giving RaceLord more responsibility as per Moderator discussion on his talk page. Raylan13 (talk) 03:42, December 6, 2011 (UTC)
Reasons for nomination:
- I have experience with creating and editing NPC, Mob, Achievement, Quest, Item, Object and Instance pages.
- I am very dedicated to do as much as I can to improve and contribute to WoWWiki.
- I am calm, rational, polite and open to suggestions.
- I currently have over 1500 edits.
Macrophager (talk) 04:47, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Comments on this candidate
- Support Consistent editor, despite school schedule. Takes direction/suggestions well and remains calm when dealing with other editors. Has expanded types of pages edited after receiving feedback. Might need some direction with new admin tools, but no reservations... despite being Canadian. Raylan13 (talk) 06:46, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
- Support Learns quickly, is careful, and asks good questions. He's Canadian!? (hmmm... my dad is Canadian and he seems okay most of the time...) I guess I can live with that. Barring some unforeseen opposition from other users, RyanPT is good admin material. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 31 Jan 2013 5:31 PM Pacific
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Here are a number of routes that you may find useful for getting around Cardiff.
** The Uni Hall bus is a free service run by the University for students living in the University Hall residences.
A timetable can be found in your room on arrival.
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It's time for another installment of one of our favorite blog series, a peek inside. Today we have Lora Swinson.
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1. Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home
I have tried a few other bags that were much cuter but they never worked for me. I started out with a bigger version of this bag and sold it for some of the 'girly' brands out there – I tried 2 different kinds – but just didn't love them as much as I did the Crumpler bag. It isn't the most fashionable, but I feel like my equipment is much better protected.
2. Canon 5dMkII, 50mm 1.4 and 135mm 2.0
My 50mm lens is my most used of the two. I adore it! I am so used to working with it that I struggle even putting the 135mm on my camera.
3. Brochures with all my information, including pricing. Sometimes I'll give these to my clients at the end of the session to hand out to their peers if they mention a friend who is looking for a photographer. It is great marketing to have all the information someone would need about me in one place.
4. Business card holder with cards. I print from Milller's and love their quality.
5. Lens cleaner from a local camera shop. I have a small microfiber towel I use with it.
6. My wallet! I don't carry a big purse with me, ever. So this is always tucked in my camera bag somewhere.
7. 16GB and 32GB cards.
8. Hand sanitizer. This is a great thing to have when you're working with toddlers. Sometimes kids will get dirty and even freak out about it, so this is great to have on you.
9. Toy airplane. My youngest stuck this in my bag when I wasn't looking and it came in handy at a session once, so I've kept it in there ever since and have used it many times for distraction!
10. iPhone5 with a Speck Cover. I love this case for my phone, it comes off easily when I want to use my Olloclip but still keeps it protected without adding too much bulk.
11. iMac 21.5inch. I love this computer but I CANNOT wait to upgrade to the new 27inch!
12. Belkin card reader. Believe it or not I used to just plug my camera into my computer via the USB port but this is SO much easier!
13. My ever present cup of coffee. See how there is so little coffee that you can't see it, it is because I am constantly drinking it – preferably with vanilla creamer!
14. Bamboo Create Tablet by Wacom. I love this thing! I've been using Wacom for a few years and I don't think I've touched my mouse since then. It has sped up my workflow ten fold.
15. My kiddos computer area! I love having them in the office with me when those times come up that I have to be at the computer. They keep me pretty entertained!
16. White board from Target. I need organization, I feel like a big hot mess without it. This way all my clients are organized and I check off tasks as I complete them. It is out in the open so I see it multiple times a day – reminding me just what needs to be done.
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Mother of two young boys, Lora enjoys life in the quiet state of Colorado. As a sophomore in high school, she began her photography journey with a roll of film and a darkroom. She is a Canon girl at heart shooting with a 5d mark II and both 50mm and 135mm lenses. And although she proclaims to spending her days off as being lazy, Lora loves crossfit and running. Reading, music, and coffee are among some of her other favorite things.


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Why does Aaron Rodgers play for the Packers?1 That's not a complaint from a Vikings fan; it's a question for you to think about. Why does Aaron Rodgers play for the Packers?
Does he play for the Packers because of his great love for Northeastern Wisconsin? Well, he might love NE Wisconsin, and he seems to be a positive person in the community. But that's not why he plays for the Packers. Does he play for the Packers because of his pure love of football? I have no doubt he loves football; some days he probably loves it more than others. But again, that's not the reason he plays for the Packers.
It's actually pretty simple. Aaron Rodgers plays for the Packers because he signed a contract that says he has to play for the Packers. It goes back to when the Packers drafted him out of college in 2005. He wasn't drafted because he was a nice guy; he was drafted because he was a really good football player. He'd played well in college in California, so the Packers gave him a contract.
It's a two-sided contract. Both parties, Rodgers and the Packers are doing something for each other to fulfill the contract. Rodgers's side of the contract is that he plays football for the Packers. In return, the Packers pay him money. It's a pretty good deal for both of them, actually. In fact, he's signed new contracts a couple of times, including his current one for many millions of dollars.
How long will he continue to play and how successful will he be? Nobody knows that for sure, but we do know that he is currently under contract to continue playing for the Packers.
Through the course of history, God himself has put people under contracts. Think about it; God drafted Abraham once upon a time. He called Abraham to leave his home and go to the promised land. (Gen. 12:1-9) God's contract with Abraham——we usually call it a "covenant" when God makes a contract——later included promising to bless Abraham, to make his offspring like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and to bless all people through him. In other words, God promised to send the Savior.
Then after God's people Israel left their captivity in Egypt, God started a different contract. He gave them the Ten Commandments, which was the moral law of how they were to live. He gave them other civil laws about how their society was supposed to operate, and he gave them ceremonial laws giving them the specifics on how to worship. This contract——this covenant——was two-sided. God had to keep his side to bring the people safely to the Promised Land and then bless them once they were there. And the people of Israel had to keep their side by obeying his laws and commands. He even signed this contract in blood2. It was all official, and everything was in place. If all went well, they'd live happily ever after.
The thing is, it didn't all go well. Israel didn't live up to their side of the contract. They not only didn't obey all of God's laws, they chose other gods and worshiped them. And with the contract broken, God no longer had to keep his end. They didn't stay safe in the Promised Land. They were taken over by their enemies. The city of Jerusalem and the temple of God were destroyed, and the people went into exile. The contract was done. Over.
But what about us? Are we running around this world as undrafted free agents, unsigned players with no connection to God whatsoever? Well, judging from the fact that you're here in church, I'd guess that's not how you feel. But what is your contract with God? Continue reading


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Power Man #47 - mis-attributed Barry Windsor Smith art
Luke Cage, Power Man v1 #47, 1977 - No Barry Smith art, despite what some comic book price guides say. The opening page credits George Tuska as penciller and "B. Smith" as inker. Rifling through the pages, it becomes more obvious that the inks are by another bronze age artist, Bob Smith. A quick review of other works from the same period seem to be consistent in style. Also, Barry Smith left mainstream comics around the mid-70s and returned to Marvel a decade later. See today's posts or more Smith or Power Man issues. See also this blog's Smith checklist or Top 10 Smith comics.
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Imagine this: Looking for ways to make extra money, you receive an email from a company offering the opportunity to make $300 a week if you have your car wrapped in a well-known brand's logo. "Our world-class partners such us Coca-Cola, Monster Energy, iPhone 6, XS Energy, Johnny Walker, and Budweiser will generously pay prospective clients like you", the message says.
The scammers who send this message also post the same offer on sites like Craigslist, Oodle, or Gumtree, create well-designed advertisements, and even contact people who submit their resumes online hunting for jobs.
The offer sounds good, especially since you have the option of removing the wrapped sticker after the number of months you select. If you accept the offer, the scammers will then send a check for a large amount of money, according to the length of time you want to be the mobile advertiser.
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No major brand would hire just anybody to wrap their cars with advertising. Corporations are very careful about their image and typically have huge marketing departments within. Be very careful when you receive this email, as the message might be presented in a very professional manner. The scammers steal images from websites belonging to reputable companies that do professional car wrapping and make you believe it's their business. Delete the email, not every online job opportunity that comes your way is real.
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I have been cramping all of my fourth week.. I was told this was not normal, they are light to moderate and not like period cramps.. I am starting to worry.. Can anyone tell me if this symptom is normal this early in pregnancy. Thanks!!
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Yes, it is totally normal. I had cramping like that all the way up to like 8 weeks. Everyone's symptoms are different so don't worry when someone else tries to tell you you're not normal.posted 08/06/2010 by nicoleml22
I am 5 1/2 weeks pregnant. I had cramping my entire 4th week. I was working outside a lot and read that dehydration could also cause cramping. I started drinking a glass of water every 1-2 hours and it subsided after 2 days! This week I've only had a few pangs and twinges now and again- but nothing like the constant period cramps last week. See if hydration helps you. My doctor also said cramping earlier on is very normal!posted 08/06/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
it is normal and as long as ur not bleeding a ton ur fineposted 08/05/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
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This past Tuesday at my Tops meeting, I qualified for my 70 LB weight loss charm, and I had lost 16 lbs before I joined this weigh-loss support group, so my total weight loss now is 86 lbs.. I am now less than 10 lbs from my goal and very excite... Read more
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In the summer of 2009 I had been on a steady course of losing weight and getting more healthy. I had gone from 256 to 172 and If, at that time you would have told me that I was going to be there only for a fleeting moment and that it would take... Read more
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When I went to my tops (taking off pounds sensibly) meeting this morning, I was only down 1/2 pound. I felt very ripped off as I felt I had exercised/eaten well and deserved more. Also, I'm surprised how long it's taking for the 4 1/2 lbs I ma... Read more
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Today I hiked with my hubby for 45 minutes and then came home, cooled down abit and did a half hour, 1.75 miles on the treadmill. Although, after I was done, I was covered in sweat and thinking "OMG", but, after a few minutes, I felt great. An... Read more
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I went to my tops meeting this morning (first meeting since December 18th) and it was very hard to step on those scales. I knew I was up and felt quite upset as I walked over to the scale. Then, because each time I weigh in at my meeting, I ad... Read more
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
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Well, I didn't do that well over the holidays when it came to my food choices and portion sizes everyday. I did have some good days, though, and something interesting I have discovered is that I really love the way my body feels when I eat ligh... Read more
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Well, today I went to my last Tops (Taking off pounds sensibly support group) meeting of the year. I had done a lot of baking this past couple weeks, (alot of it for gifts for family(, or so I tell myself), but, for some reason, once it was in ... Read more
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Well, it's been several months now since I've embraced clean eating again. I've been thinking about how vulnerable I feel sometimes and how I've used food to numb my feelings when I'm upset about something. It feels so uncomfortable sometimes ... Read more
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I'm going to try to start blogging once a week with an aim of touching base with how I'm feeling on this journey. My highest weight was 256 and right now I am 180 1/2 lbs. I've recently started losing again after getting down to 172 in my tops... Read more
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Well, happy new years to all! I haven't used Sparkpeople as much as I had thought I would since leaving home on November 30th. I haven't tracked my food as often as I should. I have had a gain of 8 lbs over the past month. At home, every wee... Read more
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I'm getting pretty excited about my trip to Arizona. Hubbie and I are taking the RV down to Arizona (starting in Lake Havasu for a month) and then probably heading further south for another couple of months. We drove down from Vegas and stayed... Read more
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This weekend, on Friday at noon, we picked up my daughter, Larissa, at the ferry for a 3 night visit. Before, that would be an excuse for me to bake/order out/binge. Before she came, I did a grocery order and stocked the fridge with fruit/vegg... Read more
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My hubbie and I live on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. We are intending on heading down to Arizona with our RV for 3 months this December/January/February. I'm trying to put on a brave face but I'm scared to DEATH to leave my TOPS group and w... Read more
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I was thinking this morning how special it feels to me that it's November. Isn't it great that we get fresh starts? Whether it's having a sweet sleep and waking up in the morning and realizing that whatever we messed up at yesterday, or last m... Read more
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|The Fraudulent World of Disney: "Saving Mr. Banks" and "Walking with Dinosaurs"
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Saving Mr. Banks concerns the efforts of the crinkly-eyed Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) in getting the persnickety, Hollywood-averse British author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to sign over the book rights to Mary Poppins. (Spoiler Alert: He does.) And as it's a Disney movie about a Disney movie with Disney products and Disney people – including Uncle Walt himself – popping up nearly every time you blink, the cynic in me resisted director John Lee Hancock's dramatic comedy for as long as humanly possible. Then Thompson's seemingly impenetrable Travers broke down while watching the Banks family sing "Let's Go Fly a Kite" at Mary Poppins' first public screening, and I was a goner. Aw crap, I thought while wiping away tears. Two more minutes and I would've been fine.
Until that moment, and despite Thompson's excellent performance and Hanks' very good (if inherently limited) one, I felt the movie was actually quite easy to resist; while we should really never expect nuance either from the studio or the director behind The Blind Side, I'll readily concede that I was pretty offended by this latest Disney offering. The behind-the-scenes activity regarding Mary Poppins' screen creation – with Bradley Whitford portraying screenwriter Don DaGradi and Jason Schwarzman and B.J. Novak as composers Richard and Robert Sherman – felt ceaselessly false, with inspiration coming in magical, out-of-the-blue bursts, and the collaborators apparently feasting on diets composed solely of frosted sweets and Jell-o squares. (This Disney brain trust looks at Travers with bewilderment when she deigns to ask for a pot of tea.) The flashbacks to Travers' life of childhood squalor in Australia – with a sweet but patently unconvincing Colin Farrell as the author's alcoholic, ne'er-do-well father – were fraught with too-obvious psychological baggage and, as with the early-'60s scenes at the Disney studio, boasted no true sense of period, or even basic realism. (In scene after scene here, the production design looks as artificial as that old-timey town on Disney's back-lot tour, and no one's clothes look as though they were worn for longer than the two minutes before Hancock yelled "Action!") The film, with its original script by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith, sets up promising battles-of-wills between Travers and Disney and his team only to chicken out when push finally comes to shove, as when the author insists that she will not allow Mary Poppins to become a musical, and the very next scene finds her resignedly attending a music rehearsal. (Couldn't some comedy have been mined from that concession?) And I grew as appalled as Travers was, although not in a comical way, when confronted with the relentless, forced perkiness of her California hosts – including Paul Giamatti as her über-friendly chauffeur – and whenever the movie attempted to link our snippy heroine's writers' block with the horrors of her unhappy past. (Maybe Travers could write again, I mused, if she'd just stop peering into the distance while having golden-hued Down Under flashbacks.)
But it's the damnedest thing about Mary Poppins: If, while flipping channels, you land on that irresistible picture for even five seconds, you're almost physically compelled to watch it to its end. And for all of Saving Mr. Banks' considerable flaws, it, too, is an incredibly easy film to sit through, even if your engagement has more to do with Mary Poppins than the movie that Hancock, Marcel, and Smith have created. To be sure, Thompson and Hanks deliver professional, routinely delightful odd-couple comedy, and there's always something fun in watching a stiff-upper-lip type thaw under the convivial attention of a tireless sweetie-pie. (Not for nothing is the film's title not-so-subtly reminiscent of Driving Miss Daisy.) Mary Poppins, though, is the reason you're there, and – especially whenever the strains of the Shermans' incessantly hummable score filter through – it's the reason this new film works as well as it does. Saving Mr. Banks may traffic in usurped enchantment, but it's enchantment nonetheless. And even if the Disney-fication of it all makes you want to gag, you can still leave the auditorium in a mostly chim-chim-cheery mood.
As a grade-school dino-fiend, I probably would have killed for the chance to see Walking with Dinosaurs, the family adventure that features impressively CGI-animated creatures migrating along real (and gorgeously photographed) landscapes, and that introduces its various species with pop-up information defining their names and revealing them to be carnivores and herbivores and such. As an adult viewer of directors Barry Cook's and Neil Nightingale's outing, though, I wanted nothing more than to shove popcorn in my ears for the movie's entire 80-minute running length, given that these astounding beasts just wouldn't stop yammering. There are quite a few visual pleasures on hand, and I was happy to see that, even as an educational diversion aimed squarely at children, the filmmakers weren't completely softening the experience; the scene in which an overpowered pachyrhinosaurus bit the dust in a burning forest was effectively disturbing in a say-goodbye-to-Bambi's-mom kind of way. But with Justin Long whining as a runt-of-the-litter pachy named Patchi, and John Leguizamo shrieking as a prehistoric bird (and, unfortunately, our chief narrator), and the vocalized plot following the Lion King blueprint to the letter – complete with the requisite romance and untrustworthy relative – Walking with Dinosaurs is a dismal chore to listen to. Especially, perhaps, whenever our Mesozoic wanderers found it necessary to yell "Awesome!", or "Medic!", or "You snooze, you lose!" I'm not ashamed to admit it: I lost.
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Inside The Townhouse Launch Party
Posted On 24 May 2012 By flemings. Under Inside Flemings, Rooms, Suites & Luxury Apartments.
The Townhouse at Flemings Hotel is officially open for business, after a successful party full of surprises! There was a Mad Hatter's tea party, Mayfair Martinis, a game of "Flemopoly", a giant Townhouse ... Read MoreNo Comments