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The Holocaust scenes are wrenching, the past-meets-present dialectics less so.
Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly
[It] is undone by its very premise: that the two stories it tells can coexist in the same film.
Rachel Saltz - New York Times
Unflinching yet poignant, Sarah's Key asks just how deeply you want to delve into your past.
Scott Bowles - USA Today
A movingly told tale of tragedy and its consequences, not just for the players in the original tragedy but also for those touched by their actions, in an ever-widening circle of aftershocks.
Michael O'Sullivan - Washington Post
Luckily, the movie has Scott Thomas. She knows her radiance can't be helped, so she uses it here like a searchlight.
Wesley Morris - Boston Globe
Sarah's Key dutifully follows the template of scores of movies about the Shoah: wringing from atrocity the most unseemly sentimentality.
Melissa Anderson - Village Voice
A dramatic tale of survival and horrific memories struggles against distracting melodrama in "Sarah's Key," and unfortunately, melodrama wins.
Joe Neumaier - New York Daily News
Plot contrivances that may have passed for intricacies in the book ... now ring as false as Sarah's story rings true.
Joe Morgenstern - Wall Street Journal
Fans of the book will be glad to hear that it's a faithful adaptation, if markedly less compelling than de Rosnay's prose.
Joy Tipping - Dallas Morning News
Thomas' performance is one of brilliant restraint and believable naturalism.
Lisa Kennedy - Denver Post
...it doesn't shilly-shally about issues pertaining to guilt and culpability. It's also pretty engrossing...
Glenn Kenny - MSN Movies
"Sarah's Key" cuts back and forth between a tragic story involving the Holocaust and an essentially trivial, feel-good story about a modern-day reporter. It's an awkward fit and diminishes the impact of the earlier story.
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
Thomas carries the weight of the movie, and her usual sangfroid works against her; when she finally makes contact with the deported couple's grandson, the story crumples into sentimentality
J. R. Jones - Chicago Reader
Excellent performances make the movie effective. Yet the flashbacks have a depth and resonance largely absent from the modern scenes.
Carrie Rickey - Philadelphia Inquirer
A compelling, handsomely produced history lesson and personal drama...
Colin Covert - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Based on a popular novel by Tatiana De Rosnay, Sarah's Key has perhaps a few too many coincidences and complications, but its impact is undeniable. The scars of war never truly heal.
Tom Long - Detroit News
While the flashbacks come to life through small acts of courage and kindness amid epic-scale evil, the frame story is a recurring letdown that feels trivial and contrived.
Kerry Lengel - Arizona Republic
Painful, blood-curdling and ultimately heartbreaking, Sarah's Key occasionally moves too ponderously for its own good, but its myriad elements are coherent and easy to follow.
Rex Reed - New York Observer
Comprising prestige names and unknowns, the ensemble cast acquits itself well.
Alissa Simon - Variety
Clunky, improbable plot developments match equally inept dialogue.
Kyle Smith - New York Post
French director Paquet-Brenner occasionally yields to melodrama, particularly in the final act, but he is resolute about not depicting all of his countrymen as Nazi stooges, since many weren't.
Peter Howell - Toronto Star
I'm delighted to see that the Weinstein Company is re-releasing one of the year's most overlooked films, Sarah's Key, the moving adaptation of Tatiana De Rosnay's international best-seller. It's one of the year's best films.
Leonard Maltin - indieWIRE
Scott Thomas's portrayal of her character's emotional transition ensures Sarah's Key will keep your heart open.
Jennie Punter - Globe and Mail
A heartbreaking, wonderfully acted and superbly dramatized drama.
Kirk Honeycutt - Hollywood Reporter
"Sarah's Key" is more powerful than you expect, maybe even more powerful than it should be.
Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times
Isn't it a little early in the year for Harvey Weinstein to be grubbing for Oscars already?
Sean Burns - Philadelphia Weekly
Well executed and avoids histrionic manipulation, allowing just enough breathing room without truncating the raw emotion of the book.
Bruce Bennett - Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Never quite finds the right balance between the grave consequences of its period scenes and the relative small beans of the present-day ones.
Will Leitch - Deadspin
A film that plays as a guilty remembrance of a dark corner of French history tucked into a ticking clock thriller.
Roger Moore
The emphasis on the writer's relatively trivial if symbolic domestic woes (she experiences a 'miracle' pregnancy in the midst of her research into death) detracts from the power of the wartime scenes.
John Beifuss - Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Makes a powerful impact thanks to the vividness and urgency of its historical scenes.
Jason Best - Movie Talk
A very good film that ought to have been a great film, but greatness ultimately proves beyond its grasp -- if only just.
Ken Hanke - Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Teary-eyed absorbing Holocaust story.
Dennis Schwartz - Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Loses some force in its latter half but the key story remains gripping. Unlocks 70-year-old horrors so the present can't shut the door on past complicities and crimes.
Brian Gibson - Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
Sarah's Key a poignant tribute to perseverance.
Charles Koplinski - Illinois Times
It's a harrowing story of a young girl trying to survive the extermination of everyone she knows. It's also a story of an upper-middle class woman dealing with an unhappy marriage. You just can't give these two things equal weight in a movie.
Rob Thomas - Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Sarah's Key is elevated by luminous performances by two actresses -- veteran Kristin Scott Thomas and 10-year old Melusine Mayance. Fortunately their talent often is able to transcend the contrivances that mar the plot.
Tony Macklin - tonymacklin.net
The performances by Kristin Scott Thomas and especially Melusine Mayance (as the young Sarah) are key to the picture's success.
Matt Brunson - Creative Loafing
Anything that might convey the genuine horror of the monstrous acts committed against French Jews is delicately avoided by director Gilles Paquet-Brenner's respectful Steadicam.
Norman Wilner - NOW Toronto
Although a wonderful story, it seems to come out in fits and starts. The slow, meandering pace may be a turnoff to those unfamiliar with the novel. Mayance, in her feature film debut, takes the cake in the acting category. Thomas is a...
Keith Cohen - Entertainment Spectrum
"Sarah's Key" uses this buried historical incident as a springboard for a potent tale of survival, guilt and hard-nosed reporting.
Jon Niccum - Kansas City Star
Were it not for the subtitles, this could easily go out on ITV primetime.
Mike McCahill - Scotsman
Overly elaborate Holocaust drama nevertheless benefits from the presence of Kristin Scott Thomas.
Kelly Vance - East Bay Express
Should we remember every horrid detail of the past, or is it better to sometimes let the past go?... [T]his tough, starkly unsentimental film does not offer a definitive answer, except to suggest that there may be no good one.
MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher
...a stirring, emotionally wrenching drama that more than lives up to its source material...
David Nusair - Reel Film Reviews
A heartbreaking portrayal of the difference between disagreement and distrust.
Graham Killeen - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Melusine Mayance is a revelation as young Sarah, who finds the resolve to carry on even when separated from her parents, or even any real hope for her family's survival.
Christopher Lloyd - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
It is altogether too busy and complicated a narrative, the makers apparently mistaking confusion for complexity.
Philip French - Observer [UK]
The film suffers because the story of Sarah and her bravery and loss back in 1942 are much more compelling and hard-hitting than the comparatively twee modern 'drama'.
Amber Wilkinson - Eye for Film
An eloquent and disturbing journey of a French girl surviving the Holocaust as it played out in that country. And reflecting the trend in movies like Inglorious Basterds and the Czech film Protecktor, focusing on the female experience of the Holocaust.
Prairie Miller - NewsBlaze
Both Sarah and Julia emerge as distinct characters whose experiences are hardly comparable but whose perseverance in the face of daunting odds is most honorable.
Marjorie Baumgarten - Austin Chronicle
It's a powerful and upsetting film with a real tear-jerking finale.
David Edwards - Daily Mirror [UK]
Based on a novel by Tatiana de Rosney, the picture is superbly acted, especially by 10-year-old Melusine Mayance as Sarah, and tense and distressing in parts.
Henry Fitzherbert - Daily Express
Wildly inconsistent.
Emma Simmonds - Little White Lies
Sarah's Key is directed with some sensitivity but seldom catches fire, and Scott Thomas is left adrift in a part that doesn't quite match her abilities.
Derek Malcolm - This is London
Arriving hard on the heels of France's 'La Rafle,' a film telling a similar story, is France's 'Sarah's Key,' another look at the events surrounding the 1942 Velodrome d'Hiver, or Vel d'Hiv incident, in Nazi-occupied Paris.
James Verniere - Boston Herald
Strong work from Mayance and Thomas keeps Sarah's Key from rusting amid the sometime soddenness of the script.
Peter Canavese - Groucho Reviews
It is saved from dour didacticism by the power of the central child's performance.
Christopher Tookey - Daily Mail [UK]
It does provide audiences with the satisfaction of seeing and hearing an important truth expressed, and that's better than making you feel good. That's making you feel something.
Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle
Things get a bit TV movie-ish. But Kristin Scott Thomas gives it weight.
Peter Bradshaw
Sarah's Key looks like another classy French vehicle for Kristin Scott Thomas - we get one a summer. Sadly, it's not to be trusted.
- Daily Telegraph
Another French-directed art movie with too many branches reaching in all directions.
Nigel Andrews - Financial Times
Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner subtly contrasts Scott Thomas's modern-day investigation with the tragic wartime experiences of Mayance's title character, to show how one innocent mistake can resonate across time.
John Ferguson - Radio Times
Worthy and tasteful but rarely convincing and increasingly dull, Sarah's Key should open the door on more closeted skeletons than it does.
Elliott Noble - Sky Movies
Scott Thomas is tremendous ... the emotional detail of her performance is never less than gripping, even as the film falters.
Cath Clarke - Time Out
Impressively directed and sharply edited, this is an emotionally engaging and occasionally harrowing French drama with terrific performances from Melusine Mayance and Kristin Scott Thomas...
Matthew Turner - ViewLondon
Sarah's Key is a superior "woman in the present becomes obsessed with woman in the past" narrative.
Betsy Sherman - Boston Phoenix
How did one of the greatest acts of genocide become the cathartic equivalent of a self-help book?
Jeff Meyers - Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Sincere and searing, it unlocks another guilt-ridden Holocaust tale.
Susan Granger - SSG Syndicate
The fluent past/ present time-shifts are seasoned with moral ambiguity - as well as the possibility of fresh beginnings.
Tom Dawson - Total Film
Exceptional turns by Melusine Mayance and the ever-excellent Kristin Scott Thomas illuminate a tense and compelling story. The contrived modern-day framing works less well.
Angie Errigo - Empire Magazine
a consistently engrossing, sometimes stunning, but emotionally uneven film
James Kendrick - Q Network Film Desk
Cloaks melodrama in a history lesson to personalize fraught events, trace how they were forgotten and rediscovered, with tears and some happiness found along the way.
Nora Lee Mandel - Film-Forward.com
Oscar bait doesn't come much glossier than Sarah's Key, a combination Holocaust and woman's empowerment tale...
Sarah Boslaugh - Playback:stl
Thomas is reliably wonderful, but the movie lets her down.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) - St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Sarah's Key," based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, struggles with a problem it never overcomes: How do you make viewers care about everyday problems when juxtaposed with the horror of the Holocaust?
Moira MacDonald - Seattle Times
Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner doesn't stint on depicting the indignities and violence inflicted even on children, and Mayance's performance is exceptionally strong.
Marc Mohan - Oregonian
When it finds the right room, "Sarah's Key" unlocks a haunting story.
Joe Williams - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Not really about Sarah or her key.
Matt Pais - RedEye
A competent, slightly chilly drama referencing a shameful period in French wartime history.
Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News
Paquet-Brenner ... delivers the film's climax with a series of reaction shots from the horrified onlookers that paints a more gruesome picture than if the object of their revulsion was ever seen. It's unforgettable: here's filmmaking at its best.
S. James Wegg - JWR
In an eloquent, moving manner, Sarah's Key argues that we are all products of the past regardless of whether we are aware of it and that understanding our roots, no matter how painful the process, is preferable to remaining oblivious.
Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald
Fine performances and an artful emotional modulation make this drama, which unfolds with the pockets of slack one might expect to find in an adaptation of historical fiction, feel real and lived in rather than mawkish.
Brent Simon - Shockya.com
What it could have been is there for all to see, but Sarah's Key doesn't come close to being compelling enough, as it's only real positive is a great performance from a star of the future young girl.
Sam Bathe - Fan The Fire
If there is any justice this summer that's not being meted out by a comic-book superhero, discerning moviegoers will find their way to Sarah's Key, the moving adaptation of Tatiana De Rosnay's international best-seller. It's one of the year's best-
Leonard Maltin - Leonard Maltin's Picks
Anytime real drama would take place rather than its amped-up melodrama Sarah's Keyducks out with an ellipsis rather than showing us something that would upset its fragile, middlebrow sensitivities.
Sean Gandert - Paste Magazine
Focuses on the strengths and shortcomings of the two women characters, several generations apart, and captures an uncommonly powerful portrait of both.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Common Sense Media
This movie of "Sarah's Key" might have been better if it had rewritten the book, and simply focused on the past.
Stephen Whitty - Newark Star-Ledger
Despite a few miscalculations in tone, Key has more than its share of powerful moments and stinging recollections, with Thomas always there to ground that panic into something real and compelling.
Brian Orndorf - BrianOrndorf.com
[An] elegant if uneven adaptation of Tatiana De Rosnay's novel.
Pam Grady - Boxoffice Magazine
Scott Thomas, arguably the best British actress who managed never to be cast in the Harry Potter series, makes for a perfect audience surrogate.
Alonso Duralde
The glib story and hectoring structure undermine the filmmakers' best intentions.
Mark Jenkins - NPR
There is a great story here in young Sarah's plight of being torn from the bosom of her family and quest to rescue her young brother, but this is only one part of "Sarah's Key" that I like.
Robin Clifford - Reeling Reviews
... tries too hard and fails in tying events of the past to Julia's present and the filmmakers have used some strange psychology in Sarah's adult decisions.
Laura Clifford - Reeling Reviews
An elegantly crafted, touching Holocaust drama spanning four generations and a wide emotional spectrum.
Frank Swietek - One Guy's Opinion
An absorbing drama about Jewish persecution, the sting of guilt, and the struggle for survival.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat - Spirituality and Practice
There are too many dangling and swiftly clipped threads for the film to amount to more than another tasteful Sunday matinee set against one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
Michelle Orange - Movieline
The film version of Sarah's Key showcases two daring decisions that take the material out of well-trod territory.
Tasha Robinson - AV Club
When Sarah's Key leans into the horror (as it should), it's harrowing. Alas, that's only half the time.
Joshua Rothkopf - Time Out
Gripping, twisty Holocaust drama unravels with teasing suspense and emotional payoffs, as a present-day journalist investigates the tragedy of a French-Jewish family in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Doris Toumarkine - Film Journal International
Unpeels itself slowly and delicately, but finds moments of overwhelming feeling and sadness. It is restrained movie-making that packs real power.
Marshall Fine - Hollywood & Fine
As its narrative focuses increasingly on Julia's story and the toll her investigations take on her family life, the film digs into less and less fruitful territory.
Andrew Schenker - Slant Magazine
A treatise on personal survival and new beginnings that is eloquently delivered by star Kristin Scott Thomas.
Tim Grierson - Screen International
Falling squarely into Oscar Bait territory is (this) try-hard Holocaust drama, a factually inspired, somewhat strained story about French collusion with the Nazis.
Jim Schembri - The Age (Australia)
Scott Thomas is watchable, but her character's storyline, involving large doses of soul searching and self-discovery, isn't much better than a run-of-the-mill airport novel.
Jason Di Rosso - MovieTime, ABC Radio National
What makes Sarah's Key work so powerfully is the way the two strands build upon each other to become greater than the sum of the two parts.
Lynden Barber - sbs.com.au
Delivered with authenticity and driven by superb, layered performances, this is a profound and powerful viewing experience.
Annette Basile - FILMINK (Australia)
Sarah's Key exposes an unfamiliar historical event to compelling dramatisation and powerful visual storytelling.
Hannah Lee - Empire Magazine Australasia
The movie makes us care about Sarah, who never existed, rather than the thousands of Sarahs who ceased to exist.
Paul Byrnes - Sydney Morning Herald
Crisply written and sensitively directed
Andrew L. Urban - Urban Cinefile
A beautiful film that takes us on an unforgettable emotional journey
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As we approached the town, I was shocked to see a sea of red from horizon to horizon.
Using it first time in a crowded boat in a rough sea is a recipe for disaster.
For Rachel, the vastness of the sea brings comfort and reassurance - it's a constant, she says, in a constantly changing world, and its great expanse puts our problems into perspective.
They may remember the hot salty sea, their ancestral home, their first food.
From freezers and hardening tunnels to compressors, evaporators and air handling units, a sea of chilling and freezing equipment is available to the dairy industry.
Others will find a healthful haven among a sea of fortified yogurts and dairy beverages.
Yields of herring, sea urchin and rockfish also dropped dramatically during this season.
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial you saw a sea of humanity.
I walked over to an east-facing balcony that overlooks the sea far below.
Sioux County, Iowa, is a fertile, wall-to-wall sea of corn and soybeans.
They look for trilobites and fossilised sea creatures that are preserved in the stone along the path, easily spottable for amateur fossil hunters.
And I immediately felt that inside me was this inland ocean with its population of one, this little sea mammal who was swimming around.
The waves of the deep blue sea lapped softly at the shore.
Facing the dark open sea and silent of traffic, the village at night is a bubble of conviviality.
But the lure of the sea was too much and he joined the family as they trawled the beaches.
The lone wooden bench overlooking the vast sea beckoned her for company.
The cheese then enters a sea of brine salt solution for cooling.
It was great fun to watch a sea of red and white jogging around the town.
We appreciate the flavorful food, recognizing in the candlelight the small, spicy leaves we snipped from a sea of greens that bright morning.


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Many people still call LinkedIn the "most boring" of the three major social networks. For sure, there's not as much action as on Twitter and not as many visuals as on Facebook, but LinkedIn has really done a great job over the last year in order to keep up and maintain its position on the top 3 podium.
If used correctly, LinkedIn is probably the most effective network for small business owners. Research by Hubspot revealed that LinkedIn has the highest visitor-to-lead generation at 2.73 percent (almost three times higher than Twitter). So you get highly targeted traffic to your site from LinkedIn, traffic from people who are already in a business mindset.
Not seeing those leads yet? Read my five tips on how to supercharge your LinkedIn marketing strategy.
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The latest developments in the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn have not only eased the terms of his detainment but may also vindicate the U.S. justice system.
IMF should use crisis to toughen itself up
Strauss-Kahn's expansion of IMF credit has mostly subsidized failure and encouraged moral hazard. The scandal engulfing him presents an opportunity for the organization's member countries to replace the soft DSK with a mean SOB who will lend only on much tougher terms.
IMF fracas offers chance for Third World revamp
Emerging economies were always going to have a bigger say in the affairs of the International Monetary Fund. Dominique Strauss-Kahn's shocking arrest over the weekend should accelerate that moment.
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Plane Crash Near Fort Lauderdale Airport UPDATED
A Navajo light twin engine plane went down near the Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport and has reportedly crashed into some cars.
Thirty-foot flames and rising black smoke from the wreckage can be seen from blocks away.
The plane reportedly went down into the southwest portion of the UK Stone Warehouse at 964 NW 53rd St. in Ft. Lauderdale.
Fire fighters are on the scene extinguishing the blaze.
It's unknown how many people were on the plane, or if there was anyone on the ground at the scene of the crash.
Update 1: There are reports of three people on the plane, but none survived. The plane reportedly called in some mechanical problems before trying to return to the airport.
Update 2: The flight was reportedly a leisure flight before it made a sharp cut to the right, and twisted down towards the ground shortly before 4:30 Friday afternoon.
According to Fire Rescue, there are no reports of anyone being on the ground at the time of the crash.
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Happy Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you), everyone.
Make it a great day, and may the Force be with you! @starwars #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/hbRtE7R0Xs
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While the Force is strong with many college football players, so are the fours. And in 2016, many of college football's best are wearing No. 4 jerseys.
So, in a shoutout to the galaxy far, far away, may these fours be with us all season long.
Deshaun Watson: Return of the Jedi
The 2016 season will feature so many returning stars, and none might be bigger than Clemson's junior quarterback. Watson was a first-team All-American and Heisman finalist leading the Tigers to their first national championship game since 1981. Even better, this No. 4 is back to try to do it all over again. Watson, a master in Clemson's offense, will enter the season with a shot at another ACC title, another playoff run, a Heisman and maybe even the No. 1 overall NFL draft pick.
Eddie Jackson: The Empire Strikes Back (again)
Alabama, on its way to the national championship, ranked third in total defense and in the top 10 of passing defense. Jackson, who led the Tide in interceptions in 2015, was a big reason for that. Alabama will be seeking a second straight title for the second time in the past four years. With several members of the Tide's defense, including defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, now gone, Jackson could be called upon to play a bigger role.
Dalvin Cook: Revenge of the …
As a sophomore, Cook broke nearly every Florida State rushing record on his way to a 1,691-yard, 19-touchdown season. The Seminoles, however, also saw their streak of ACC championships come to an end. Clemson took the ACC's top spot in 2015, and both teams will be looking for a spot in the playoff in 2016. As the Seminoles continue to look for a quarterback, FSU's No. 4 will be front and center.
Breiden Fehoko/Malik McDowell: Attack of the Clones
The two massive defensive tackles don't have identical looks, so we'll call them fraternal clones. While they don't look alike, they share a lot of other qualities. Both Fehoko, a Texas Tech sophomore, and McDowell, a Michigan State junior, were ESPN 300 recruits. Both became elite difference-makers on defenses that didn't always draw highly ranked prospects. Once arriving on campus, Fehoko started every game as a true freshman while McDowell played in every game his freshman season and started every game last season in Michigan State's playoff run.
Max Browne: A New Hope
Southern California won the Pac-12 South a year ago but finished 8-6 and saw coach Steve Sarkisian fired in October. The Trojans have gone through coaching changes, NCAA sanctions and mounting losses since they last won the Pac-12 or competed for a national title. USC's fortunes could now be in the hands of Browne, a highly touted quarterback recruit from the Class of 2013. Browne was the No. 20 overall recruit in that class but has only thrown for 143 yards in his USC career. Browne has loads of talent around him on offense but will have to hold off freshman Sam Darnold for the QB job.
Jamir Tillman: A Force Awakens?
Playing wide receiver in Navy's triple option doesn't always bring headlines. Tillman, however, was the Midshipmen's leading receiver last season with nearly 600 yards and five touchdowns. With record-setting quarterback Keenan Reynolds having graduated, Tillman will have to be a bigger factor in Navy's offense. Beyond that, at 6-foot-4, 206 pounds, Tillman could have an NFL future.
Luke Falk: The Phantom Menace
With Falk at Washington State, sometimes it's easy to forget him among college football's best QBs. The Cougars' No. 4 was No. 5 in passing yards last season with 4,561 yards and 38 touchdowns. Wazzu had a breakthrough year under Mike Leach last season. With Oregon, Cal, UCLA, Arizona and Washington at home, the Cougars could make some noise in the Pac-12. For Falk, the 6-4, 205-pound junior could follow in another Pac-12 spread QB, Jared Goff, and be a high pick in next year's draft.
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Like a Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the presence of Jim Harbaugh is all over football and has been since he took the Michigan job. The Wolverines lost to their rival Ohio State Buckeyes last season, but blasted the SEC East champ Florida Gators in the bowl game. In 2016, expectations will be higher, especially after Harbaugh sparked the satellite camp debate, signed the No. 1 overall recruit and found such quick success in his first season. Is it any wonder that Harbaugh was also a No. 4?


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Easy Blueberry Coffee Cake
I have a great recipe for you that would perfect to include in a breakfast or brunch menu. It's a simple coffee cake that include plump and juicy blueberries. Baking mix is what helps make this simple to put together. It creates a tender cake that surrounds those wonderful blueberries. Then it has a a... Read More
Cheesy Pesto Pull Apart Bread and The Chew Holiday
I am always on the look out for fun new recipes to try out, especially for the holidays. I love to have traditional favorites along with new ones at my celebration. Since I am a foodie, I love television shows that involve food and The Chew on ABC is included in that list. The Chew... Read More
Candy Cane Chocolate Bread
This week I am focusing on food that has flavors of the season. We are beginning the week with the combination of chocolate and peppermint. I am not really a fan of peppermint on it's own but add in some chocolate and I'm there. This bread has a hint of peppermint in it and then... Read More
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
There something about having a fresh hot cinnamon roll. It's even better to wake up to the smell of cinnamon rolls baking. Usually you would have to get up really early in order to have cinnamon rolls cooking when you family is waking up. However, with today's recipe you can have cinnamon rolls ready to... Read More
English Muffin Fruit Pizzas
Just a little bit ago, I shared a recipe for some amazingly easy breakfast pizzas made on English muffins. After that, it got me thinking about more ways to use English muffins. If you can make regular breakfast pizzas, why not a fruit pizza? Now technically these could qualify as breakfast or dessert. So either... Read More
Easy Red Velvet Muffins
I was recently asked by Martha White brand to create a favorite Southern recipe using one of their baking mixes. First thing I thought of when thinking of my favorite Southern recipe was red velvet cake. Oh, man! I do love a good red velvet cake! So I looked at the array of products that... Read More
Tips and Tricks for Making Cinnamon Rolls
PAM Cooking Spray sponsored this blog post. The opinions and text are all mine. Cinnamon Rolls are a staple recipe in my book. Everyone should know how to make a good cinnamon roll. Once you have a great recipe, there are some tip and tricks that can make the process easier and help make your... Read More
Easy Pumpkin Bread
This coming Monday is National Pumpkin Day, so I decided to celebrate with a pumpkin recipe each day leading up to the national celebration. I love to do a pumpkin week each year. It such a terrific seasonal flavor. I don't like pumpkin pie, but I do love just about anything else pumpkin. To begin... Read More
Frankenstein Flatbread
Fall arrives and along with that follows festive recipes and events through the end of the year. I had a challenge from Pillsbury® to creative a Halloween recipe using Pillsbury Crescents® along with no more than 5 other ingredients. I have been using this product for years in all kinds of recipes for my family.... Read More
Sweet Corn Bread with Maple Butter
I am a cornbread fan. So when it comes to this time of year, I just love a bowl of soup with a piece of cornbread on the side. I do prefer my cornbread to be more on the cake-like side. I like it light and fluffy rather than dense. So when I came across... Read More


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Man, 84, dies after tree-cutting mishapDecember 09,2012Man, 84, dies after
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BARTON Police say an 84-year-old Barton man, who became pinned under the bucket of a tractor he was using while cutting down a tree, has died from his injuries.
Officials say Henry Labrecque of Barton was cutting firewood on his property Friday afternoon when he became pinned under the bucket of a tractor.
Police say Labrecque was taken to North Country Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
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People can't handle Kevin Durant's Rolling Stone cover outfit
"KD will have your carburetor fixed by morning."
Rolling Stone is a U.S.-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still editor and publisher, and music critic, Ralph J. Gleason.
The magazine was known for its political coverage beginning in the 1970s, with the enigmatic and controversial gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Rolling Stone magazine changed its format in the 1990s to appeal to younger readers, often focusing on young television or film actors and pop music. This led to criticism that the magazine was emphasizing style over substance.
In recent years, the magazine has resumed its traditional mix of content, including in-depth political stories. It also has expanded content to include acclaimed coverage of financial and banking issues. As a result, the magazine has seen its circulation increase and its reporters invited as experts to network television programs of note.
To get the...
"KD will have your carburetor fixed by morning."
The magazine was being sued by three members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
We may not ever know whether or not Kanye West likes mustard.
The association hasn't been entirely beneficial, though.
The amorous drug lord had his eye on love and profit, not on the hapless actor.
del Castillo became immersed in the drug lore that surrounded the Mexican series in which she starred.
Should 'Rolling Stone' have published the El Chapo interview on the condition that he be granted pre-approval?
El Chapo granted his only interview outside of an interrogation room to actor Sean Penn, who penned a wordy profile on the drug kingpin.
Ah, Hollywood, equal in its discrimination.
The lawsuit stems from a November 2014 feature on sexual assault at universities that has since been retracted.
Dana has worked for Rolling Stone for 19 years.
"Music has officially died."
The associate dean of students at the UVA is seeking $7.85 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
The Rolling Stone scandal is changing the terms of reporting on sexual assault -- and that's not something all survivors support.
'Rolling Stone' will reportedly apologize for and remove on Sunday night its controversial article about gang rape on the University of Virginia campus.
Police said they could find no evidence to support the accusation of a brutal sexual assault at a University of Virginia fraternity.
Police found no "substantive basis to confirm" that the gang rape detailed in the Rolling Stone article had occurred at Phi Kappa Psi.
The investigation follows serious criticism of the magazine for publishing a story that has come under fire for a variety of discrepancies.
Charles C. Johnson published on Sunday what he claims to be the name and photo of "Jackie," the woman at the center of Rolling Stone's story about sexual assault on University of Virginia's campus.
False rape accusations are very rare. The decision to trust a person who says she was raped is not "misplaced."
Rolling Stone has admitted oversights in the reporting of a controversial story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
Taylor Swift's 1989 is the best-selling album released this year, but it just narrowly cracked the top 10 on Rolling Stone's list. U2 came out on top.
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus graces the cover of this week's Rolling Stone, unveiled Wednesday, showing off a lot of patriotism and skin. The actress appears on the cover naked, wearing nothing but the U.S. Constitution -- and right above her tush i...
Twitter found a new villain today: Rolling Stone magazine. The magazine selected Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the cover of its July 19 issue, which many on the Internet found offense at. Rolling Stone's Facebook post linking to the article received thousand...
BuzzFeed reporter and a Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings died in a car crash Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 33. BuzzFeed's editor in chief Ben Smith posted a statement about Hastings' death on its site. "We are shocked and devastated by the...
Magazine publisher Wenner Media dismissed the idea of tablet publishing two years ago, but today it launched an iPad app for music magazine Rolling Stone.
Karmin, whose astronomical success on YouTube lead the pop duo to a record deal in 2011 and a guest performance spot on Saturday Night Live this year, will now grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The issue hits newsstands Friday with Amy Heide...
Look who's getting into the crowdsourcing game. Rolling Stone magazine is asking its readers to help one band achieve the ultimate in rock 'n' roll street cred: its image on the cover of the iconic print publication. Today, Rolling Stone announced it...
Everyone must get stoned -- Rolling Stoned, that is. Starting today, the mag beloved by aging mamas and papas and young music fans alike is making its entire collection of magazines (43 years' worth) available on the web -- for a price. Although much...
Someone wake up the domain name admin at Rolling Stone -- its website is currently rendering a Network Solutions landing page indicating that the iconic music magazine's website is "coming soon." Typically, this is the type of page you see when someo...


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Endurance Ends $3.2 Billion Hostile Bid for Aspen
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. terminated its offer to buy Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. after the target company rebuffed the hostile bid.
"Aspen's focus on defensive self-preservation tactics rather than value creation" made the offer impractical, Endurance Chairman John Charman said in a statement today. Endurance had offered about $3.2 billion in cash and stock, based on its share price on June 2, when the company made its second bid.
The withdrawal is a victory for Aspen Chairman Glyn Jones who worked to fend off the bid and urged his shareholders to reject proposals from Endurance to shake up his board. The target company said last week that its investors opposed Endurance's plans to increase the size of Aspen's board to 19 from 12 to ease a takeover.
Aspen slipped 2.8 percent to $40 at 4:24 p.m. in extended trading in New York.
Aspen had said Endurance offered too little and that combining the Bermuda-based insurers would alienate clients seeking to spread their risk. Endurance had said a combination would create a stronger, more diversified insurer.


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Building bright Mediterranean flavors, one tweak at a time
On a menu full of appealing pork- and beef-centric dishes at the Rumpus Room downtown, it was the octopus salad that leaped out.
Such clean, nimble flavors - this was an irresistible dish, light and bright on the palate. True, the meat dishes have clear, big flavors, too; nothing is muddled on this menu. But that salad, with its herb and citrus note and contrasting textures, is compelling. »Read Full Article(1)
Ai Weiwei's cover for Time magazine
With this week's Time magazine cover, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's incursion into the world of media and pop culture seems all but complete.
Free beer at Estabrook grand opening
The beer is free for a while. They'll tap a keg to open the Estabrook Beer Garden on June 20. Opening ceremonies begin at 5:30 p.m. and the keg is tapped at 6 p.m. with free beer while it lasts.
Expect to hear some German music during the occasion. The Estabrook Beer Garden, 4600 Estabrook Drive, between Hampton Avenue and Capital Drive. »Read Full Article
MmmHops is new brew from Hanson Brothers
Zack, Taylor, and Isaac Hanson have something new brewing.
Years after the Hanson Brothers famous earworm, "Mmmbop," the brothers are brewing MmmHops, a pale ale they made with a assistance from experts at Mustang Brewing, The company is based out of Oklahoma, the same state where the band grew up. »Read Full Article
Waterski Championship Returns
The Malibu Open Waterski Championship and Summer Festival returns to Veterans Park Lagoon June 21 and 22.
Waterskiing's top professional and junior athletes compete in traditional slalom and long-distance jumping for $64,000 in prize money. »Read Full Article
Wisconsin artwork to memorialize garment worker deaths in Bangladesh
The concrete pillars gave way and a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed to the ground, crushing and killing more than 1,100 people and injuring about 2,500 more, mostly young women making clothes for major retailers in the West.
KT Tunstall to play Pabst Theater
Singer/songwriter/guitarist KT Tunstall will play the Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St., on Oct. 4. The native of Scotland, known for the hit "Suddenly I See," will tour in support of her new album due out in August.
Tickets are $24.50 for reserved seating and go on sale at noon Friday. See pabsttheater.org. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: The circus is in town
The sounds of summer are back - especially if summer sounds like circus wagons and free tunes.
"A Circus Life," a new documentary about Charles "Chappie" Fox and the Circus World Museum's efforts to bring back hundreds of historic circus wagons, is showing at 7 tonight at the Landmark Oriental Theatre. Director Gene Gamache will be on hand at the screening. »Read Full Blog Post