text: [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrek1.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Not lean, green]] [[IncrediblyLamePun and Shreking fairy tales]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles (and the big screen).]]]]->''"I live in a swamp! I put up signs! I'm a terrifying ogre! What do I have to do to get a little privacy?!"''-->-- '''Shrek'''''Shrek'' is a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation CGI film very loosely based on the 1990 William Steig book of the same name. The film features Shrek (Creator/MikeMyers), a grumpy ogre living happily alone in his swamp, where he regularly frightens off villagers and lives the lazily luxurious life of an ogre. However, his perfect world is rocked when his loving home is invaded by fairy tale creatures simply seeking refuge after being cast into exile by the cruel-hearted Lord Farquaad (Creator/JohnLithgow). When Shrek confronts Farquaad, he agrees to let the ogre live in peace if he can rescue the Princess Fiona (Creator/CameronDiaz) from a dragon guarded castle so that Farquaad can marry her and become a true king. With the aid of his new and obnoxious self-proclaimed best friend, [[ADogNamedDog a talking Donkey named Donkey]] (Creator/EddieMurphy), Shrek sets off on his quest to restore balance to the delicate fairy tale world he's living in.Notorious for its modern twist on the FairyTale genre, ''Shrek'' was a smashing success at the time of its release. The film became the first installment of the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' tetralogy, receiving [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}} three]] [[WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird theatrical]] [[WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter sequels]]. It ushered in a new era of computer animated films to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, and the titular Shrek became the company's unofficial mascot.''Shrek'' became the first recipient of an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Animated Feature.----!!'''WHAT''' are you '''DOING IN MY TROPES?!'''* AccidentalTruth: See AltarDiplomacy below. When Shrek has to come up with a reason as to why Fiona can't marry Farquaad when Fiona asks him during the ceremony, Shrek blurts out that Farquaad is only marrying her so he can be king. As it turns out, he's right. * AdaptationExpansion: Adapted from a children's book approximately 500 words long; almost nothing in the movie other than the characters of Shrek and Donkey -- [[AscendedExtra who appeared for only one page as a random encounter]] -- actually came from the book.** As did Princess Fiona since at the end of the book [[spoiler:Shrek meets a princess ogre (Fiona) who is even uglier than he is.]]** Also, the dragon made a brief appearance under different circumstances, and the role of the Knight from the book and Lord Farquaad from the film are suspiciously similar -- both are {{Jerkass}} versions of characters who would usually be the good guy in fairy tales, who end up acting as the primary villain.* AffablyEvil: Dragon when she meets Donkey.* AgonyOfTheFeet: On the way to the castle, during the TravelMontage, Shrek hurts his foot trying to stamp out what's left of the campfire, forcing Donkey to put it out by urinating on it. * AirQuotes: Fiona asks Shrek and Donkey about Lord Farquaad; after the two crack some jokes about Farquaad's short stature, Fiona tells them that they are just jealous because they cannot measure up to a great ruler like Farquaad. Shrek responds to this while doing the air quotes that she may do the "measuring" when she meets him tomorrow.* AlmostKiss:** Farquaad is about to kiss Fiona when Shrek barges in and yells, "I OBJECT!"** Shrek and Fiona have two. The first time, it's interrupted by a MomentKiller and MoodWhiplash courtesy of Donkey. The second, Shrek BreaksTheFourthWall by covering the camera with his hand, so we don't see the kiss. * AltarDiplomacy: Lord Farquaad wants to marry Fiona purely so he can become king.* AnalogyBackfire: The "ogres are like onions" discussion.* AntiHero: At the start, Shrek is by no means a paragon of virtue. He's selfish, antisocial and an all around cynical, unpleasant person who [[PragmaticHero only goes to rescue Fiona so he can continue living alone in his swamp]]--[[JustifiedTrope but the fact that he's a social outcast to begin with due to normal people judging him by his appearance sure didnt help.]] It takes his love of Fiona and Donkey's friendship [[DefrostingIceKing to bring out the best in him.]]* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: After Farquaad is eaten by Dragon]], the people of Duloc cheer and clap. * ArcWords:** Really really!** Also, "perfect", or some variant. Said almost every time by Farquaad regarding himself or Duloc. * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Given the source, one of the lines from one of the Three Little Pigs.-->'''Pig:''' He huffed, and he puffed, and he... signed the eviction notice.* AsceticAesthetic: Duloc.* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Farquaad at the end when he is eaten alive by Dragon.]]%%* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption* AwardBaitSong: Played straight, though somewhat out of place in a movie that [[JustForPun took the mickey]] out of tropes popularized by the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNJsDm5Di8 It Is You (I Have Loved)]] by Dana Glover, the only non-instrumental song on the soundtrack written specifically for the movie.* BackhandedApology:-->'''Shrek''' [to Donkey] : If I treat you so badly, then why did you come back, huh?-->'''Donkey''': Because that's what friends do - ''they forgive each other!''-->'''Shrek''': Oh, yeah. You're right, Donkey. I forgive you - ''for stabbing me in the back!''* BadBoss: Farquaad has a moment of this during the climax, as he calls his guards morons at one point. * BeastAndBeauty: Shrek and Fiona in the first movie, subverted.* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Shrek and Fiona have two. The first breaks Fiona's enchantment after Farquaad is killed by the dragon. The second is during their wedding in the final scene. After Shrek's BreakTheFourthWall moment, we cut to them at their own wedding during the kiss.]]* BigNo: Shrek, a couple of times when he's angered by Donkey, such as twice during the "Ogres are like onions" scene. He also does one after three {{LittleNo}}'s when he sees the crowd of fairy tale creatures in his swamp. * BigShadowLittleCreature: The shadows of the Three Blind Mice when Shrek first sees them on his table (and first sees that they're there) make them appear much bigger than they actually are. * BigShutUp: Donkey has enough of Shrek putting him down and gives him one of these in the middle of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. -->'''Donkey:''' Well, guess what? Now, it's MY turn, so you just shut up and pay attention!* BigWordShout:** Donkey has an OhCrap when he notices the dragon for the first time and screams "DRAGON!" before running for his life. ** Another one occurs during the castle escape sequence, where Shrek uses a sword to pin the dragon's chain, runs around the corner in slo-mo and yells "RUN!" (with an echo accompanying it) to Donkey and Fiona. [[CaptainObvious With a fire-breathing dragon behind you, it's what you'd be expected to do.]] ** Shrek has another one at the end when he interrupts the wedding: "I OBJECT!"* BlackBestFriend: Donkey, who plays this trope remarkably straight despite not actually being black. Being voiced by Creator/EddieMurphy certainly helps, though.* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: During their FallingInLoveMontage, Shrek and Fiona catch a frog and a snake, and inflate them with their breath to turn them into [[AllBalloonsHaveHelium floating]] balloons.* BlatantLies: Shrek heads away from the mill after Fiona goes inside, and when Donkey asks where he's going, he replies., "To get... more firewood." Donkey knows he's lying because there's still a huge stack of firewood next to the fire. * BloodlessCarnage: Played straight during the tournament with all the injuries the knights sustain, possibly justified since they're all wearing armor. Averted in the arrow scene, as Donkey believes he's seeing blood on the arrow after Fiona rips it out of Shrek's butt, causing him to faint. * BlueIsHeroic: Inverted with Farquaad. His standard is blue, as seen during the tournament sequence, and blue is part of the color scheme for Duloc, but he is a {{Jerkass}} and the film's BigBad.* {{Bookends}}: Done with actual books. The storybook opening kicks off the film, and finishes with the last page of another book (the first book does not have the title on it like the second one does) before it closes, seconds before cutting to the credits. * BreakingTheFourthWall: A brief moment of this happens at the end. Shrek goes in to kiss Fiona [[spoiler:after the curse is broken]], but stops, notices the camera, and covers it with his hand. * BrutalHonesty: Donkey references the trope soon after he and Shrek first meet, after Shrek says it's no wonder he doesn't have any friends. Donkey says [[InsultBackfire only a true friend would be that cruelly honest]].* CakeToppers: This film provides the trope image. Fiona looks at her wedding cake with figurines of herself and Farquaad on the top, and she pushes his figurine down into the cake to more accurately show his height (originally the two figurines were the same height).* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Shrek has this happen after he rescues Fiona, when he believes she can't care for him because he's an ogre. He receives the deed to his swamp and returns to it, but feels very empty inside. Eventually, Donkey makes him realize he does love Fiona. Cue a rush to beat her WeddingDeadline to Lord Farquaad.* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: At one point during the fight against Farquaad's knights, an old woman yells, "Give him the chair!" Shrek promptly uses a folding chair to take out one of the knights. * ChekhovsGun: ** The mill that Shrek and Donkey approach on the hill after the "ogres are like onions" scene is where they stop at with Fiona on the way back, where we find out about Fiona's curse, where Shrek misinterprets Fiona's words and comes to think she hates him, and where Farquaad meets Fiona to bring her back to Duloc. ** [[spoiler:Fiona's enchantment. Described first by Fiona when she's first seen as an ogress in the mill, then comes back again during the wedding when it's revealed to Shrek and Farquaad. Farquaad's reaction leads almost directly to his own death.]]* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The dragon. Chekhov's Gun''woman'', in fact, making it two spoilers in one.]]* ComedicSociopathy: ** Shrek and Fiona making nearby animals into balloons for each other and then letting them float away, and allowing a tree Donkey is walking on to snap back and fling him away.** In addition to the balloon animals, Fiona also causes a bird to spontaneously combust when it tries to hold a note as long and loud as the one Fiona sings... ''then'', she cooks the bird's eggs.** Notice at the end of the movie, only two of the three bears - Papa Bear, and Baby Bear, specifically - are freed with the other fairy tale creatures. If you look closely, Farquaad made a rug out of Mama Bear.* CompensatingForSomething: The first movie includes this as a ParentalBonus joke with Shrek saying this to Donkey.-->'''Shrek:''' (while looking at Lord Farquaad's huge castle) "Do you think he's maybe compensating for something?"** Kids take away the meaning of [[AcceptableTargets compensating for]] [[TheNapoleon being short]], and adults take away the other.* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Fiona ''is'' this trope for a lot of the time. Shrek didn't slay the dragon first. Shrek can't recite a poem. Shrek needs to save his ass. Shrek won't take off his helmet. And the worst part, to Fiona: Shrek was sent to rescue her for ''someone else''.* {{Constellations}}: Shrek tells Donkey the names the ogres give to several constellations.* ContrivedCoincidence: Donkey just happens to feel morose at the same shore Dragon is crying at. ItsASmallWorldAfterAll!* CrapsaccharineWorld: Played straight to some degree with Duloc, although we see what's wrong with it before we even learn its name, as opposed to learning what's wrong with it ''after'' its introduction as this trope normally works. Farquaad is obsessed with his idea of a perfect world, which means banishing anyone who doesn't meet his standards of perfection, namely fairy tale creatures, who end up in Shrek's swamp. See DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything and FridgeHorror to see why this is worse than it sounds here. * CrashIntoHello: Downplayed. Donkey, in running away from the guards, ends up running straight into Shrek as he puts up another "Keep Out" sign. They end up becoming friends by the end of the film. * CryCute: Possibly the only instance of this trope being applied to a ''gigantic fire-breathing dragon.'' [[spoiler: A few sobs in front of a lakeshore while pining for Donkey are pretty much all it takes to make the dragon a sympathetic character.]]* CurbStompBattle: Two.** Shrek almost single-handedly (Donkey helps him out) takes out all of Farquaad's knights in just over a minute with barely a scratch on him. ** Fiona takes on Robin Hood and his Merry Men by herself and wins, unscathed. Shrek and Donkey are understandably surprised. * CurseCutShort[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: From the Robin Hood song:-->"I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid"\\What he's basically saying is that he likes to get--PAID!** The Disney-esque "Welcome to Duloc" song.-->"Please keep off of the grass"\\"Shine your shoes, wipe your--''(bend over and turn around, exposing their butt-cracks)'' [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion FACE]]!" ** Also, an example without LastSecondWordSwap is at the very beginning, while Shrek was using his outhouse. "What a load of--" [[SoundEffectBleep ''(flushes)'']]* CurseEscapeClause: Fiona was cursed to be an ogre at night and a human during the day. The curse was broken by TrueLovesKiss. Good thing it wasn't just ''any'' true love...** The second implies it was ''supposed'' to make her permanently human. The phrasing is "love's true form".* ADateWithRosiePalms: Lord Farquaad in bed orders the disgusted magic mirror to show him the princess... ''again''!* DefensiveWhat: The Big Bad Wolf when Shrek finds him in his bed. * DefrostingIceQueen: ** Shrek is a male example. When he and Donkey first meet, he is clearly annoyed and irritated by him and wants nothing more than to get rid of him. Of course, that changes after they spend a bit of time together, and then when he rescues Fiona...** Fiona too. She's not happy that Shrek rescued her, nor that he rescued her for someone else, but she soon starts warming up to him.* DoesThatSoundLikeFunToYou:-->'''Donkey:''' I don't get it, Shrek. Why didn't you just pull some of that ogre stuff on him? You know, throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, grind his bones to make your bread? You know, the whole ogre trip.\\'''Shrek:''' Oh, I know. Maybe I could have decapitated an entire village, put their heads on a pike, gotten a knife, cut open their spleens and drink their fluids. Does that sound good to you?\\'''Donkey:''' Uh, no, not really, no.* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Farquaad's "perfect world" of Duloc means getting [[PuttingOnTheReich rid of all fairytale creatures]] and banishing them to Shrek's swamp. With this mindset, it makes Farquaad all the worse. * ADogNamedDog: A donkey called Donkey. * DoubleEntendre: Shrek makes this when he remarks on the short Lord Farquaad's tall castle, when saying "Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?"* DubNameChange: In the Norwegian dub, Shrek got an Dub ''Species'' Change. There is no equivalent to the word "ogre" in Norwegian, thus he became a "troll" instead. Funnily, the fourth film have the BigBad look at a creature and say "That's not even an ogre, that's a troll." The Norwegian dub got around this by saying "That's not even a troll, that's a jotne", "jotne" being (among other creatures) a different kind of troll in Nordic mythology. * EatenAlive: Farquaad gets what he deserves at the wedding and [[spoiler:gets eaten by Dragon. Dragon burps out his crown a few seconds later.]]* EatingTheEnemy: Done by proxy to prevent Princess Fiona from being locked into a loveless marriage to TheVillain Lord Farquaad. [[spoiler: Donkey arrives at the cathedral with his dragon fiance, and the dragon gulps down Farquaad in one bite. This leaves Fiona free to marry Shrek.]]* EngagementChallenge: Shrek saved princess Fiona from a castle situated [[ConvectionSchmonvection over a smoldering volcano]] in the first movie. She was O.K. with marrying him until finding out he was an Ogre, and he was just working as a champion for Lord Farquaad. In keeping with the whole theme of subverting fairy tales in the movies, [[spoiler:she turns into an ogre as well and marries Shrek anyway]]. On top of that, [[BetaCouple the (female) dragon who was guarding the princess ends up with Shrek's sidekick Donkey]].* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie opens with a panning to a storybook, which opens and tells us a tale about a princess awaiting to break her curse with a true love's first kiss. Shrek comes in, tears the page off and uses it as toilet paper, promptly showing us what the movie will be like. The rest of the opening scene shows his daily routine.* ExactWords: Fiona's curse states that she will "take love's true form" when she finds her true love. She takes this to mean that she will become a human full time, [[spoiler: but it actually causes her to permanently assume the form that her true love -- Shrek -- finds beautiful, i.e. her ogre form.]]* {{Expy}}: While most of the fairy tale characters are lawyer friendly takes on them that are distinct from Disney's interpretations of the fairy tales, the Magic Mirror's appearance is clearly inspired by the one from Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. In personality, however, he's a total 180 from the grim apparition that inspired him.* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire plot seems to take place in the span of at least five days.* FacePalm: Farquaad when he sees Shrek beating his knights.* FailedASpotCheck: Fiona doesn't notice the green skin of Shrek's face and neck until he removes his helmet. * FantasticNatureReserve: Shrek's swamp, very much against his wishes.* FantasticRacism: Farquaad. The trope's name has never been so appropriate: Farquaad hates ''all'' "fairy tale creatures" and has them evicted and forced into Shrek's swamp. His "perfect kingdom" would have nobody but (non-magical) humans.* FemaleMonsterSurprise: Donkey realizes as Dragon moves out of the shadows that she's a female dragon, thanks to [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics her eyelashes and lipstick]]. He's surprised for a moment, but uses this to keep flattering her so she won't kill him.* FoeTossingCharge: Makes an appearance during the wedding scene. The eponymous ogre and Fiona find themselves beset by {{Mooks}}; Shrek starts 'wading' through them, throwing them off as necessary. They manage to slow him, but we never get to find out the ending thanks to a GunshipRescue moment.* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening storybook sets up the appearance of Fiona, as well as where she is being held, and her curse, as well as, in a FreezeFrameBonus after Shrek tears the page out, the wedding at the end. [[spoiler:Both of them, actually -- Fiona and Farquaad's, then Shrek and Fiona's.]]** After the mob flees Shrek's swamp, he picks up a poster for fairy tale creatures that he then tosses away. The fairy tale creatures end up in Shrek's swamp the following night. ** Donkey mentioning to Shrek early on that only a true friend would use BrutalHonesty towards him. By the end of the film, and after a bit of arguing, they make up and reaffirm a friendship. ** The mirror tries to warn Farquaad of something that happens to Fiona after the sun goes down. [[spoiler: As he discovers later due to his refusal to listen, it is her curse that turns her into an ogre at night. Shrek finds out at the same time, but has quite a different reaction to Farquaad's.]]** Fiona refers to Donkey as Shrek's "noble steed," which he transforms into for a good part of the sequel. * ForWantOfANail: Farquaad refusing to listen to the mirror when the mirror tries to warn him about Fiona. If he had, the rest of the film would have turned out quite differently, as Fiona wouldn't have actually appeared, Shrek would still be alone, and the rest of the films in the series would also not have happened. * FracturedFairyTale: A definitive example, and proud of it.* FrenchJerk[=/=]JustAStupidAccent: Although in most retellings, Robin Hood is an English Saxon fighting the tyranny of French-descended Normans; in ''Shrek'' he inexplicably has a French accent. And is a jerk to boot.* GetOut: When Donkey asks Shrek where he's going to sleep, Shrek yells "Outside!", so Donkey exits. As soon as he's out the door, Shrek slams it shut. * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:** "Farquaad", natch.** The aforementioned diminutive lord asking a disgusted magic mirror to show him Princess Fiona... [[ADateWithRosiePalms again]]. Even better: pay attention to the bedsheets at his waist when he says that she's perfect. ''A tent forms...'' and the Magic Mirror ''reacts''.** Arguable example: When Dragon has Donkey wrapped in the coils of her tail and flirts with him, she at one point lowers her snout below the level of his waist. Donkey objects to her apparently petting his tail... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything but her head is placed in front of him, not behind...]]*** Even less subtle in the French dub of the movie, as "queue" (literally, "tail") is a very common French euphemism for... Well, ''you know what''.** Shrek and Donkey's jokes in the woods about Farquaad with regard to his height, as well as Fiona's statement that Shrek couldn't measure up to Farquaad. Shrek responds that he'll let Fiona do the measuring.** The inclusion of the Music/LeonardCohen song "Hallelujah." The lyrics to that song are highly sexual, and, despite sounding like a love song, it's actually a song that compares the Jews losing their covenant with God with a man breaking up with a woman he really loved.** "Mother ''Fletcher''! He already said it!" That exclamation is pretty much "motherfucker", Bowlerdized for a kids' film. * GibberishOfLove: Shrek slips into this when he tells Fiona that Farquaad isn't her true love, and she asks Shrek what he knows about true love. He stumbles over his words and Farquaad realizes Shrek has feelings for Fiona, much to his amusement. * GiganticMoon: When Shrek and Donkey look at the night sky at their makeshift camp, the moon appears to be larger than both put together.* GirlInTheTower: Lampshaded* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Fiona sending Donkey to get a specific flower while she treats Shrek's arrow wound.* GroinAttack: Happens to Shrek while sliding down the stone column during the castle escape. A raised part over just the wrong place makes him go cross-eyed when he goes over it. * GunshipRescue: [[spoiler:Dragon swoops in to take out Lord Farquaad just in time to rescue Fiona]]. See BerserkButton, above.* HaveAGayOldTime: Shrek calls his donkey an "ass" even though it now refers to a butt or a foolish person.* HeirInLaw: Lord Farquaad is already in charge, but still wants to be able to call himself a King, which he can achieve by marrying a Princess - despite this not being how the titles work in real life.[[note]]A man cannot obtain the title of 'King' by marrying a Princess/Queen, he will get the title of 'Prince' instead (e.g. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip). The only way a man can become a King is if he is already a Prince by birth.)[[/note]] * TheHermit: Shrek is firmly this for much of the film. He hates that people tend to judge him before they properly know him, which is why he feels he's better off being on his own. Of course, this attitude is dropped by the end of the film when he befriends Donkey and [[LoveEpiphany realizes he's in love with Fiona]]. * HeroesWantRedheads: And villains too, in the case of Fiona, as Farquaad solely wants her so he can become king of [=DuLoc=], and while bringing her back to Farquaad, Shrek starts falling for her too, and Donkey tells him not to hide from his own feelings. In the middle of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, no less. * HeroicNeutral: Shrek at first - he just wants his swamp back!* HeroWithBadPublicity: As you might expect, Shrek is this due to being an ogre. In his words, people judge him before they properly know him and assume him to be a monster, whereas [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he is a nice guy once you get to know him]], as Donkey and Fiona find out. * IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Fiona's motivation throughout the movie is to quit switching between human and ogre; naturally, she assumes that she'll be human when she "takes love's true form." So she is rather taken aback when she is permanently fixed in ogre form.-->'''Fiona''': I don't understand; I'm supposed to be beautiful.-->'''Shrek''': But you ''are'' beautiful. (Fiona smiles.)* IJustWantToBeFree: Donkey is implied to be this at the start of the film, when he breaks free from the guards and runs for it, and in his later line to Shrek: "Man, it's good to be free".* InducedHypochondria: Shrek and Fiona psych Donkey into feeling ill so they can spend one more day together.* InsultBackfire: -->'''Shrek:''' STOP SINGING! Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends!-->'''Donkey:''' Wow. Only a true friend would be that [[BrutalHonesty cruelly honest]].* InsultMisfire: Upon seeing Shrek for the first time...-->'''Farquaad:''' Ugh, it's hideous!\\'''Shrek:''' Well, that's not very nice. It's just a donkey.\\'''Donkey:''' Huh?\\'''Farquaad:''' Indeed.* ItIsDehumanizing: Happens twice in the film.** It first occurs during an exchange between Farquaad and Fiona, after Shrek and Fiona have their falling out.--> '''Farquaad:''' "You don't have to waste good manners on the ogre. It's not as if it has ''feelings.''" --> '''Fiona:''' "No. You're right." (pointedly at Shrek, in anger) "''It'' doesn't."** Later, right at the climax, [[spoiler: when Fiona reveals her ogress form, Farquaad is appalled by her appearance, yelling "''It's'' disgusting!"]]* ItsAllAboutMe: ** Shrek, for much of the film. Justified in that he wants to be left alone because of how people don't tend to give him a chance and judge him before they know him. ** Both Fiona and Farquaad have rather selfish motives for wanting to marry the other. Fiona is only doing it out of desperation to end her curse, thinking that kissing Farquaad would break the spell. Farquaad, as Shrek points out, is only doing it so he can become king. He even says afterwards that Fiona [[spoiler:becoming an ogress]] changes nothing as the marriage still makes him king. * ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Lampshaded, Shrek points out that Fiona will be at the top of the highest tower. Donkey asks how he knows and Shrek says he "read it in a book".* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Shrek says this when he and Donkey first enter [=DuLoc=].* IveGotAnXAndImNotAfraidToUseIt: "I'm a donkey on the ''edge!"''* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Parodied in Farquaad's intro scene, where he "tortures" Gingy by dunking him in a glass of milk[[note]]Which could be mistaken for a commentary on [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques waterboarding]], except this came out in May 2001[[/note]], and gets him to crack by threatening to rip off his gumdrop buttons...except Gingy's answers (something about a woman and "the muffin man (who lives on Drury Lane", who are married) are completely nonsensical and never brought up again.* {{Jerkass}}: Lord Farquaad.* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shrek. All he wants is to be left alone, is quite moody and callous at times, and occasionally falls into ItsAllAboutMe territory, as Donkey points out during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Despite all that, part of the reason why Shrek is the way he is is because he hates that people judge him before they properly know him, and that he is a good guy inside, as people would find out if they gave him a chance. For example, he allows Donkey to stay with him for one night despite how annoying (at first) he finds him, agrees to get the fairy tale refugees back where they came from (even if only to get them off his own land), and despite how irritating he finds Donkey, he still saves him in the face of danger and eventually properly befriends him. * JustDesserts: [[spoiler:Lord Farquaad's demise.]]* KickTheDog: ** Farquaad does this to the Gingerbread Man by taunting him with his own rhyme and his dismembered legs, before crumbling one to powder right in front of him. ** Farquaad does this to Shrek when he realizes Shrek is in love with Fiona, laughing at him and getting the whole congregation to laugh at him too. * KillItWithFire: Played with at the beginning: One member of the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob]] waves a torch in Shrek's face, hoping to scare him. Shrek snuffs the flame out with his fingers.* KissingDiscretionShot: Done at the end of the movie, combined with BreakingTheFourthWall. Also subverted, as Shrek covering up the camera leads to an {{Idiosyncratic Wipe|s}} to Shrek and Fiona kissing in their own wedding.* LargeAndInCharge: Definitely inverted with Farquaad, who's possibly about a foot shorter than everyone else. The novelisation and screenplay reveal he's four and a half feet tall. * LateArrivalSpoiler: Didn't know [[spoiler:Fiona was turned into an ogress]]? Then don't look at the covers of any of the sequels.* TheLegendOfChekhov: Everything in the storybook opening turns out to be true, and comes back during the castle sequence when Shrek and Donkey have to find Fiona and rescue her. Shrek, in particular, guesses where in the castle she is thanks to the book (the highest room in the tallest tower), and he's right. * LetsGetDangerous: Shrek tries to mollify the knights during the tournament by settling it over drinks. It doesn't work, so Shrek decides to do this. * LickedByTheDog: A non-child example with Donkey's love for Shrek, completely oblivious to Shrek's annoyance at him.* LittleNo: Shrek does one when he first sees his swamp is filled with fairy tale creatures. He does two more after that, each getting louder than the one before, before it becomes a BigNo.* LogoJoke: At the end of the [=DreamWorks=] logo, the S in "[=DreamWorks=]" and "[=SKG=]" turn green and grow ogre ears.* LoveAtFirstSight: Played with, with regard to Dragon towards Donkey. As you would expect, [[OhCrap he's terrified when he first sees her]], but when he first realises she's female, she blows him a heart-shaped smoke ring, having known he existed for barely five minutes. The next time we see them both, Donkey is trying to tell Dragon he doesn't want to rush things. * LovesMeNot: Fiona does this with a sunflower Shrek left at her doorstop, but to decide whether she should tell Shrek her deep, dark secret: "I tell him, I tell him not..." She plucks the last petal on a "I tell him!" but [[spoiler:the sun rises just then and she returns to human form before she can find Shrek. Naturally, he appears seconds later, and because of his eavesdropping on her the night before and offended by some comments she made to Donkey that seemed at least very insensitive towards him (Shrek), he's ''not'' happy.]]* MadeOfIron: Donkey falls from a great height three times (see RuleOfThree below), and appears to sustain no injuries whatsoever. Without this trope he'd either probably be dead or have sustained some broken bones. * MajorInjuryUnderreaction:-->'''Fiona:''' There's an ''arrow'' in your butt!\\'''Shrek:''' Huh? [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Oh, would you look at that]].* MatchCut: Several of them during the "Hallelujah" montage whenever the camera cuts back and forth between Shrek in his swamp and Fiona in Farquaad's castle.* MinskyPickup: Robin Hood's song.* MirrorCrackingUgly: Shrek's mirror can't withstand his smile.* MisplacedNamesPoster: Only John Lithgow/Lord Farquaad are positioned ''just'' right.* MistakenForOwnMurderer: Donkey, unaware of Fiona's curse, thinks that an ogre ate her when he finds one in her room. She manages to calm him enough to explain.* MomentKiller: At the mill, it seems like Shrek and Fiona will have an AlmostKiss, before Donkey pops up between them and remarks on how romantic the atmosphere is, which leads to...* MoodWhiplash: Donkey interrupts Shrek and Fiona's AlmostKiss to remark on the romantic atmosphere, before pointing out the sunset behind them. Cue an OhCrap from Fiona.* MoralDissonance: see "Comedic Sociopathy" above.* MutilationInterrogation: Played for laughs when the Gingerbread Man gets both of his legs broken off and his head dipped into a glass of milk. Lord Farquaad then crushes one of the legs in his hands, but the other leg is later reattached with frosting, making it necessary for Gingy to walk with a candy cane. (He gets the other leg reattached by the sequel.)* TheNapoleon: Lord Farquaad is pretty short in height.* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lord Farquaad turned out to do this on a ''series spanning level''. He sent Shrek to rescue Fiona, which messes up his own plan by allowing Fiona to meet her true love that would break the curse and allow Donkey to meet Dragon, [[spoiler:who helps Shrek and Donkey stop his wedding and eats Farquaad]]. In the second movie, Prince Charming's goal to rescue Fiona and thus [[spoiler:Fairy Godmother's intention to rule Far Far Away through him]] are foiled because Farquaad sent Shrek to rescue her already. Most importantly, it foiled [[spoiler:Rumpelstiltskin's attempt to get Fiona's parents to sign a DealWithTheDevil with him, letting him erase them from existence and conquer Far Far Away]] because Shrek rescued Fiona and rendered the deal pointless. Even further back, the only reason Shrek interfered ''at all'' in any of this was because Farquaad's deporting all the fairy tale creatures to his swamp ticked him off. Really NiceJobFixingItVillain* NiceKitty: When cornered by the dragon, Donkey starts laying on the compliments. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works a little too well.]]* NoodleIncident: When going into hero worship mode of Shrek shortly after Shrek unwittingly saved Donkey's butt from Farquaad's men, Donkey mentions another time before meeting Shrek that he nearly had his nosehairs burned off. However, Shrek tried to muffle his mouth, to no avail. The only thing that was revealed was that it had something to do with eating rotten berries and his undergoing indigestion.* NoOSHACompliance: Apparently some architect thought it was a brilliant idea to put the castle Fiona is locked up at smack in the middle of an actice volcano! Lampshaded by Shrek upon seeing it.-->"Sure, its big enough, but look at the location!" * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Twice involving Dragon. First is when she shows up at the swamp just before the climax, with no explanation for how she broke her chain. The second time she arrives at Duloc, and Donkey lets her run off to have some fun attacking the knights while he and Shrek sort out the main plot. * OffscreenTeleportation: Rather subtle because the distances involved were so small, but in the scene where Donkey and Shrek are arguing underneath the moon, Donkey demonstrates an unusual knack for getting in Shrek's face no matter which way the ogre turns.* OhCrap: ** Donkey has one when the pixie dust enabling him to fly wears off, before he falls to the ground. ** Shrek has a minor one of these during the tournament scene, upon hearing Farquaad say, "The one who kills the ogre-- (OhCrap) will be named champion! Have at him!" Though, to be honest, it diminishes pretty quickly when he sees the knights aren't going to back down and pulls a LetsGetDangerous.** Fiona has one when she hears she won't see Farquaad until the next day, [[spoiler:meaning the sun will set and she'll turn into an ogress]]. She has another during a MoodWhiplash moment during the second sunset, for exactly the same reason. ** Donkey when he sees Dragon for the first time in the castle. Cue BigWordShout and running like hell. ** [[spoiler:Farquaad gets one when Dragon bursts into the church, accompanied with a scream, right before she eats him.]]* OminousPipeOrgan: A short, but scary pipe organ tune plays in the background during BigBad Lord Farquaad's first scene.* OneSideOfTheStory: The movie pulled off a two-sided version of this. Shrek [[OutOfContextEavesdropping half-overhears]] a conversation between Fiona and Donkey, but misses the most significant part: that Fiona turns into an ogre at night. The next day Shrek and Fiona both assume that Shrek heard the whole conversation and each jump to a false conclusion: Shrek jumps to the conclusion that Fiona was talking about ''him'' when she said "who could love a beast so hideous and ugly", and "ugly and princess don't go together", and when Shrek confronts her about this the next morning, Fiona jumps to the conclusion that Shrek is disgusted with the fact that she becomes an ugly ogre at night. This crushes both their romantic feelings for each other, and Fiona goes to Duloc with Farquaad and Shrek goes back to his swamp.** [[OneDialogueTwoConversations This conversation is skillfully crafted]] to become two separate scenes based on whether or not you know the piece of information; the audience is aware of it at the time.* OnlyOneName: Pretty much everybody who is given a name. * OutOfContextEavesdropping: As mentioned under OneSideOfTheStory, Shrek is about to confess his love to Fiona, when he overhears Fiona talking to Donkey, saying that no-one could love a monster like an ogre. Of course, he is unaware that she is talking about the curse that turns ''her'' into an ogre, which she conveniently doesn't explicitly mention again until just ''after'' Shrek gets disgusted and leaves.* OutrunTheFireball: Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona use this trope as they reach the bridge leading away from the dragon's castle, and the dragon takes one last shot at them with her fiery breath. They're also shown doing this on the film poster.* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:As well as Shrek and Fiona marrying at the end, Donkey and Dragon get together too, and are shown to have mutant dragon-donkey babies in the sequels.]]* PaperThinDisguise: Shrek's knight disguise; which, when the visor is open, clearly shows his green forehead. He's even wearing ''fingerless gloves'' that expose his green fingers. Yet Fiona doesn't realize he's an ogre until after he takes the helmet off.* ParentalBonus: Farquaad is a caricature of Disney CEO MichaelEisner; see also MeaningfulName and DoubleEntendre above.** Apparently caricatures of Micheal Eisner [[InkSuitActor look remarkably like John Lithgow]].* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Ogres. Are ''not''. Like ''cakes''!"** "I live alone! ''My'' swamp! ''Me''! Nobody else, understand?! ''Nobody''! Especially useless! Pathetic! Annoying! ''Talking DONKEYS''!!!"* RadialAssKicking: Happens with Fiona and the Merry Men as well as the wrestling scene in the arena.* RageAgainstTheReflection: Fiona in the first film, upon seeing her ogre reflection in a bucket of water.* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:-->'''Donkey:''' (to Shrek) [[ItsAllAboutMe You know, with you, it's always "Me, me, me!"]] Well, guess what?! Now it's my turn! [[BigShutUp So you just shut up and pay attention]]! You are mean to me, you insult me, you don't appreciate anything that I do! You're always pushing me around or pushing me away!\\'''Shrek:''' Yeah? Well, if I treated ya' so bad, why did you come back?\\'''Donkey:''' 'Cause that's what friends do. ''They forgive each other!''\\'''Shrek:''' Alright, Donkey, I forgive you... ''for stabbing me in the back!''* RedIsHeroic: Inverted with Farquaad, like the BlueIsHeroic example. His outfit is mostly red, but he is a {{Jerkass}} and the film's BigBad. * ReferenceOverdosed* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted. The dragon seems evil and ferocious at first, but then she falls for Donkey and it's shown she has a softer side.* RescueIntroduction: Shrek and Donkey meet Fiona when rescuing her from the tower. Though unintentional, Shrek also manages to scare off the knights and save Donkey when they first met.* RopeBridge: A thin rickety one leads to the castle where Fiona is imprisoned. Donkey naturally is quite terrified to walk across it over "a boiling lake of lava!!"* RoyalDecree: When Shrek first encounters the soldiers, they try to read him the prince's decree outlawing all fairy-tale creatures, but get intimidated by him looming over them.* RuleOfThree: Donkey falls from a great height three times. The first is during his first scene, thanks to the pixie dust, which briefly causes him to fly until it wears off after about a minute. The second is much later, during the TreeBuchet moment courtesy of an seemingly oblivious Shrek. The third is near the end when Shrek is trying to see what's going on in the cathedral by throwing Donkey up to see through a window. When Donkey tells him the SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace line has already been said, Shrek barges into the cathedral, thus failing to catch Donkey. ** Fiona is the third princess the mirror presents to Farquaad, and she is the one he chooses. * SapientEatSapient: It's gradually revealed how Dragon has a [[SilentBob considerable level of intelligence]], but, still being a dragon, she barely needs any prompting to gobble up Farquaad.** This is also what humans are afraid Shrek will do to them, to the point he tells them he ''will'', just to scare them away.* SayMyName: Shrek and Fiona yell each other's names a few times when Farquaad orders his guards to get rid of them. * ShipperOnDeck: Donkey to Shrek and Fiona.* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: The first film lands on both the Type 1 (InNameOnly) and Type 3 (PragmaticAdaptation) ends of the scale. The films story borrows very few elements from the original William Steig book save for Shrek himself and Donkey (who only appeared on one page), but the original story was only 500 words long to begin with, so some major AdaptationExpansion was done to make the books story viable for a feature length film.* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Princess Fiona is the only female main character. All the rest - Shrek, Donkey and Farquaad - are male. * SnipeHunt: Donkey is sent off to find a blue flower with red thorns to keep him from distracting Fiona and Shrek while they dealt with the arrow in Shrek's behind. Taken further as Donkey turns out to be colorblind. Donkey actually ''finds'' the flower, too.* SoundEffectBleep: Happens at the beginning after Shrek closes the book. "Like that's ever going to happen. What a load of--" *toilet flushes** SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Shrek and Donkey each get this when Fiona and Farquaad go back to Duloc to get married. Shrek blows up at Donkey and leaves him, going back to his swamp, which has been cleared out. He gets there but keeps thinking about Fiona and is otherwise at a loss for what to do until Donkey returns later in the day. Donkey, on the other hand, is left to just WalkTheEarth, having nothing else to do and no one to go back to... until he sees Dragon on the same riverbank, [[CryCute crying because she misses him]].* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Spoofed. Shrek goes to interrupt the wedding of Fiona and Farquaad, but Donkey, suggests him to [[GenreSavvy wait for the priest to say his "speak now or forever hold your peace" bit before before barging in and shouting "I object!"]]. On further investigation, they find they missed that part, so Shrek barges in anyway.* SpitOutAShoe: Dragon burps up Farquad's crown after she eats him.* StandardFemaleGrabArea: After showing [[ActionGirl impeccable fighting skills]] early in the movie, Fiona can only call helplessly for Shrek when grabbed this way at [[spoiler:her wedding]]. Granted, Farquaad does eventually put a knife to her throat but only after 20 seconds or so of her doing nothing while Shrek, who is also grabbed, actually fights back.* StealthHiBye:** Donkey pulls this on Shrek when they first meet. When Shrek turns around to ask if Donkey is talking to him, Donkey has disappeared, then suddenly is in front of Shrek when he turns around again. ** The crowd of fairy tale creatures does this when they appear in Shrek's swamp, having somehow appeared in the swamp and in Shrek's house without Shrek noticing until he hears his door creak open. * StoppedReadingTooSoon: The title character accidentally eavesdrops on Fiona talking to Donkey, and hears the part about how "'princess' and 'ugly' don't go together." Thinking that she secretly hated him and was only pretending to like him, he promptly storms away, when her very next sentence would have clued him in that she was talking about her own shapeshifting curse.* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "Please keep off of the grass,[=/=]shine your shoes, wipe your...[=/=]...Face!"** Which technically does rhyme with the line that follows: "Duloc is, Duloc is, Duloc is a perfect place!"* SuddenMusicalEnding* TakeThat: "Celebrity marriages -- they never last, do they?"* TakingAThirdOption: When Donkey is cut off on a small bridge segment by Dragon, he has two apparent options, neither of them good: He can jump (or fall) off into the lava, or be eaten alive. Instead, ''he seduces the dragon,'' which actually works, since the dragon is female.* TalkingInYourSleep: When Fiona is cooking eggs for breakfast, Donkey is muttering to himself in his sleep before Shrek wakes him up. * ThemeMusicPowerUp: All throughout the wrestling match in Duloc, Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" kicks in, and both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Shrek AND Donkey start to kick ass and take names]].* ThisIsMySide: Shrek and Donkey, at one point.* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Twice, both cases justified. Farquaad and Fiona, and [[spoiler:Dragon and Donkey]]. Farquaad is just naturally short, Fiona is average height but obviously taller than he is. [[spoiler:Dragon is a... well, dragon, and so is naturally much bigger than Donkey.]]* TomboyPrincess: Fiona in human form.* TreeBuchet: Shrek does this to Donkey as ComedicSociopathy.* TurnYourHeadAndCough: When Donkey learns that Shrek has been hit by an arrow, Donkey panics at the thought of Shrek dying from it and shouts irrelevant medical advice, including "keep your feet elevated", a plea for somebody to perform the Heimlich Maneuver, and "turn your head and cough."* ViolentGlaswegian: The accent part is played with due to [[Creator/MikeMyers Mike Myers']] ad-libbing:-->'''Donkey''': I don't get it, Shrek. Why didn't you just pull some of that ogre stuff on him? You know, throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, grind his bones to make your bread? You know, the whole ogre trip.-->'''Shrek''': Oh, I know. Maybe I could have decapitated an entire village, put their heads on a pike, gotten a knife, cut open their spleens and drink their fluids. Does that sound good to you?-->'''Donkey''': Uh... no, not really, no.** During the scene where the villagers raid his cottage:-->'''Villager 1''': There's his lair... let's get him!-->'''Villager 2''': Do you know what that thing could do? It'll grind your bones for its bread!-->'''Shrek''': Well, actually, that would be a giant. Now ogres, oh, they're much worse! They'll make a suit from your freshly peeled skin; they'll shave your liver; squeeze the jelly from your eyes! Actually, it's quite good on toast.-->'''Villager 1''': Back! Back, ya beast! Back! I warn ya!-->[Shrek licks his fingers and puts out the torch]-->'''Villager 1''' [sheepishly]: Right. [Shrek roars at the villagers]-->'''Shrek''' [whispering]: This is the part where you run away. [the villagers retreat]-->'''Shrek''': And stay out!** However, people frequently tend to misjudge Shrek:-->'''Donkey''': Hey, what's your problem, Shrek, what you got against the whole world anyway, huh?-->'''Shrek''': Look, I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world that seems to have a problem with ''me''! People take one look at me and go "Aargh! Help! Run! A big stupid ugly ogre!" They judge me before they even know me - that's why I'm better off alone...-->'''Donkey''': You know, Shrek... when we first met, I didn't think you were a big, stupid, ugly ogre.-->'''Shrek''': Yeah, I know.* VitriolicBestBuds: Shrek and Donkey:-->'''Shrek''': If I treat you so badly, then why did you come back, huh?-->'''Donkey''': Because that's what friends do, they ''forgive each other''!-->'''Shrek''': Oh, yeah. You're right, Donkey. I forgive you - for ''stabbing me in the back''!* WakingNonSequitur: When Farquaad and his soldiers arrive at the mill, Donkey wakes up and says "What'd I miss? What'd I miss?" Seeing the soldiers walking past, he tries to throw his voice and make it appear like he didn't speak. * WaterTorture: Or milk torture, rather, used by Thelonius against the Gingerbread Man at Lord Farquaad's behest.* WeddingDeadline: Subverted. Shrek bursts in as Fiona and Farquaad [[AlmostKiss are about to kiss]].* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Fiona when Farquaad is eaten by Dragon. This leaves her free to be with Shrek.]] * WrestlerInAllOfUs: When Shrek finds himself in a roped-off pen surrounded by Farquaad's knights, he busts out the pro wrestling maneuvers, even hitting one of the knights with a folding chair. Not too surprising if you realize Shrek was [[{{expy}} designed after]] 1940/50s wrestler "The World's Ugliest Man" The French Angel.* WrongInsultOffence: Shrek is an ogre; he wouldn't grind your bones for his bread.-->'''Shrek:''' ...that would be a ''giant''.* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Fiona uses this early in the movie, especially just after the escape from the dragon's castle. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping It doesn't last]].-->'''Fiona''': The battle is won. You may remove your helmet, good Sir Knight.-->'''Shrek''': Uh, no.-->'''Fiona''': Why?-->'''Shrek''': [[LameExcuse I...I have helmet hair]].-->'''Fiona''': Please, I would'st look upon the face of my rescuer.-->'''Shrek''': No, no you wouldn't...'st.* YouAndWhatArmy: Inverted. Shrek says this to the leader of a group of soldiers, who turns around and sees that the rest of his troops had run away, leaving a lot of their weapons behind. The leader does the same. * YouMonster / NoYou: The Gingerbread Man to Farquaad as he's being tortured. Farquaad shoots back with this:-->'''Farquaad''': I'm not the monster here, ''you'' are! You and that fairy tale trash poisoning my perfect world!* YouNeedABreathMint: The infamous scene where Shrek roars at Donkey to try and scare him off, only for Donkey to say that his breath is more terrifying. It's even the trope's page quote.----


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Today...30 is good... hopefully that person would be more than Mature, Whitestone... xx00|00|0
thanks Paris13. I have been working in a third world country for 2 years and completely away from the dating scene so i wondered what the norm is now.
Ohh, how rewarding, Whitestone... Yes, with today's toms and even tomettes, 30 is good and hopefully they have matured to see things in a different more maturer way.. however, some people never grow up or marry.:)) xx
Thank you, sweetie, for allowing me to give myself even a moment to ponder over this..:)) xx

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Uterine & Breast Fibroid Tumors
The most common cause of breast and uterine fibroids is hormone imbalance. The hormone imbalance is usually too much Estrogen, a new term in hormone research called Estrogen Dominance When fibroids or fibroid tumors are developing in the breast or uterus consider estrogen dominance as the cause.
Common causes of estrogen dominance are estrogen prescriptions drugs and contraceptives. Woman beware, you are taking synthetic steroids. Unlike progesterone as a single hormone, there is many different estrogens that the body produces. Among the three estrogens most common, estroadiol is the most stimulating to the breast and estrange is the most stimulating to the uterus. Synthetic ethinylestradiol, commonly used in estrogen supplements and contraceptives is the contributing cause of estrogen dominance because these synthetic steroids are easily absorption in the mouth and slow metabolize and slow to be excreted from the body (long lasting). That's the reason the drugs work so well. Since these synthetic fake hormones do not exist anywhere in nature, the body did not make them and thereby the body cannot turn them off or get them out of the body.
A common chemical feature of estrogenic compounds is the phenol Ted A-ring of the molecule. This molecular phenomena becomes very important in understanding how petrochemical pollution in our environment is dramatically effecting our natural hormones, which can effect the genetic coding inside the nucleolus of our cells inside each of us. These extremely potent estrogenic compounds called xenoestrogens, are used as pesticides, herbicides, etc. in our environment and get into our food chain (see Eco Cancers, Science News 3 July 1993; 144:10-13).
It is clear that no matter how valuable you or your doctor thinks estrogen is, when unopposed by progesterone, it is not to be desired. Many undesirable side effects of estrogen dominance are effectively prevented by a balance of progesterone. With this fact in mind, there is only one way to help establish the essential hormone balance back into your body. The safest and most effective way available today is with natural progesterone. When sufficient natural progesterone is replaced, fibroid tumors stop growing and, in fact, they generally decrease is size. After menopause they will further atrophy.


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Branching Out With Doomtree
We hyped the Flobots show at House of Blues tonight in our calendar section this week, but I would like to urge you to get to the club early (doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8) for Doomtree. They're a nine-strong Minneapolis hip-hop crew who sound like an ideal hybrid between the Rhymesayers and anticon. labels' dominant aesthetics.
Doomtree's five MCs (including P.O.S.) relate poignant, metaphor-rich tales that keep it real without being overly obvious about it. The group's four DJs and producers lace their tracks with solid, fresh funkiness and unusual orchestrations/instrumentation (probably sampled, but there's a serious artfulness to it) that stand up to several listens. Doomtree's self-titled album (out July 29) is one of the most assured hip-hop efforts of 2008.
Check out their track "Flex" below.
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text: Google is celebrating this week's planetary discovery with a home page doodle that's out of this world. In an adorable cartoon, Earth is seen peering out into space with a telescope as the moon ― a.k.a. "Earth's little buddy," as Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield described it ― watches from behind. That's when Earth comes across one lone exoplanet smiling back at it, leading to an ambush of six other cosmic characters. One even waves back. NASA via Getty Images Meet our new neighbors. These seven Earth-sized planets are located about 40 light-years away from Earth, scientists said Wednesday. The colorful doodle, which was crafted by Nate Swinehart, graced the home page one day after NASA announced the discovery of seven exoplanets some 40 light-years away, part of what scientists have named the TRAPPIST-1 system ― after the TRAPPIST telescope that found them. Exoplanets are planets orbiting a star that is not our sun. All seven are described as Earth-sized, and at least three of them are in the habitable zone of the star, where a planet is most likely to contain liquid water. However, scientists said that under the right conditions, all seven could potentially have water. NASA said the discovery is the largest of its kind. "This discovery could be a significant piece in the puzzle of finding habitable environments, places that are conducive to life," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "Answering the question 'are we alone' is a top science priority and finding so many planets like these for the first time in the habitable zone is a remarkable step forward toward that goal." CHECK OUT THESE RELATED STORIES BELOW Why Is NASA's Discovery of Seven New Planets Important? This 22-Year-Old Is Already An Engineer With NASA Scientists Discover Feathered Dinosaur Tail Trapped in Amber What The Sun Looks Like From Other Planetsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Interesting. I have traced my branch of the name successfully back to 1585. This was near the beginning of recorded church records of Wickhambrook in Suffolk. The Beetons lived there for two hundred years before expanding to the Stowmarket area, then on to London. I have a few clues (wills) of earlier Beetons, but am not positively sure that they are related. There are certain other clues (a John de Beeton involved with a court case in London I am interested in researching of 1309 but can't make the link to him).
John F. Beeton, Apsley, ON. Canada
I have traced my ancestors back to Wickhambrook in the 1560's through Ancestry.com and appreciated the comment by Martin Beeton possibly a distant relative. My immediate family comes from Barking, Essex, St. Margarets Parish where my Grandparents Fred & Agnes Beeton were married in 1900 and my father was born in 1902. My Great Grandfather Thomas Beeton is buried in St. Margaret's cemetery. Hope this helps anyone reading this. John F. Beeton
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This year I had the opportunity to head on over for two mornings to the hot air balloon launches at the NW Art & Air Festival in Albany, OR. Below are a few in no particular order. Just for fun – I did give myself a bit of a challenge later in the mornings to look for opportunities to use the sun creatively. Not sure if I met that challenge – but I had fun trying. Enjoy!
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Hot Air Balloon Launch Time Lapse
As an experiment – I set up a Contour POV camera for stop motion capture (1 frame / per second). Then I stitched the images together at 10 frames per sec to put together a quick time lapse of the hot air balloon launch from Saturday morning at the NW Art & Air Festival. Enjoy!
NW Art & Air Festival 2013: A Few Photos
Had a chance to get out for the hot air balloon launches this weekend over at the NW Art & Air Festival in Albany, OR. This year – I worked the entire weekend with only a 17-55mm f/2.8. And yes – there were times I wished I had the fisheye and, yes, there were times that something a bit longer would have helped. But it was a good challenge nonetheless.
By the way, been digging the VSCO filters.
And, yes, that's one of those crazy "tiny planet" panoramas up there. Over on the Camera 47 Facebook page you'll find a few more. I've been experimenting a bit with them lately.
We're not in Cansas Anymore: A Weekend with the X100S
Back in the day, you know – those days when we shot film – my favorite camera was the Canon GIII – a little rangefinder with a fixed 40mm f1.7 lens. I picked mine up used after borrowing one from a friend. A great camera with a lot of personality. Was it ever my go-to camera? No, not really – but I sure enjoyed shooting it.
When the wave of mirrorless cameras started, I had hoped that it might be possible to find some of that charm in the digital world. And a couple of times, it was close – both the Olympus EM5 and the Fuji X100 inspired me to some serious review reading – but neither prompted me to push the big "Buy" button.
The Fuji X100S is similar in size to the Canon GIII (Canonet QL17) rangefinder.
And it was more than just this romantic notion of a cool compact camera that kept me looking. I also wanted to go out with the family without looking like I was on assignment.
Then the X100S charged onto the scene with a reported snappier auto focus. X-Trans sensor. And Adobe looked like they were catching up. A few early reviews. Pre-ordered. Delivered.
Bottom line: I find the X100S to be a great camera. It's capable, delivers remarkable images, and though there's been a bit of learning curve – I've really enjoyed shooting with it.
(Just a note about the photos – they shouldn't be considered straight-out-of-camera (SOOC). They've been post-processed in LR 4.4 and a few of them have seen some Nik software.)
For the last eight and a half years – I've pretty much only shot Canon DSLR's. And those tools have complimented my shooting style for action, event, travel, and portrait. So, to be honest, shooting those first few frames in the backyard with the X100S left me a bit underwhelmed. Zack's whole "best camera ever" was ringing a bit hollow for me (though it's got to be one of the most creative camera reviews of all time).
So back to the camera manual. Review the menu system. What does this button do again?
We're not in Cansas anymore.
Then a day later it was off to the tulip festival with the family and the X100S dangling around my neck. Tossed a couple of batteries, an extra memory card, and a lens cloth (just in case) in the jacket pocket. And that's it. No camera bag. Felt kinda odd – but nimble. I almost felt bad for those folks with photo backpacks and full sized tripods – except I knew they were having fun.
The Mt Angel Sausage Company is a staple at the tulip festival.
Every X100S review requires a B&W street-inspired photo.
Trying some close up shots on a steam tractor that was parked at the tulip festival.
Still missed a lot of shots. Blurry. Blown highlights. Under exposed. Sigh.
Early next morning to Newport, Oregon. After getting soaked by some morning rain and hail it was kinda nice out there. But my photos weren't necessarily following the nice weather.
Early morning sport fishing boats waiting for departure time.
A minus tide exposes the footings on this pier.
Stairs leading up to the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
Then a quick afternoon outing with my daughter to Finley Wildlife Refuge (where it seems I test most new gear and lenses).
This barn at Finley makes an appearance in just about all of my gear / lens reviews.
This oak tree should probably make it into more reviews.
And then another quick trip out to the Rogue Farm for a sheep sheering demonstration. I still missed a few shots under some pretty tough lighting (the shot here is only at ISO2500 with 1/40 – but I tried some out at ISO5000 with 1/125 second).
A few notes:
Do I miss some shots having a fixed lens on the camera? Sure. But – as the adage goes – constraints drive creativity.
I'm still wrestling with the OVF and EVF. I try to use OVF as much as possible – I find it brighter much of the time and I imagine it helps on battery life. That said – there's a need to remember to consider parallax when framing subjects that are close to the camera.
Battery life. It's nothing like your DSLR. I bought two extra batteries straight away and I'm considering a third (I consider extra batteries and memory less expensive than missing the shot).
Lens hood. Yes it sticks out and makes it less pocketable but it also makes it easier to hold while shooting (and likely helps with all of those other things that lens hoods are known to help with – such as flare and protection for that glass). I consider it a must. That said – the Fuji one is expensive. Like surf-and-turf expensive – but it matches beautifully. There are some other options out there.
I picked up a 49mm lens cap. I highly recommend it with the lens hood as the spiffy cap that came with camera won't work once the lens hood is attached.
One benefit of the fixed lens? When I stop down to f16 – I don't have to clean up the dust bunnies in LR. 🙂
More notes:
The maximum shutter speed at f2 is 1/1000. On a bright sunny day that won't be fast enough (it's a physics thing with the leaf shutter). Cleverly enough – there's a 3-stop neutral density filter behind the lens (inside the camera). I have it assigned to the Fn button for easy deployment (it's not located in the Q-button menu and I wanted it close at hand).
LR 4.4. If you're considering any of the Fuji X series cameras – you've probably heard the tales of how Adobe hasn't quite been able to handle the raw files all that well. Update your Lightroom to 4.4 and don't worry about it (I shoot only in raw except for sports).
I kinda wish the ISO5000 shots were good cuz I'd like to have shown them to you (my fault – not the camera). But, instead, you're only getting the ISO2500.
Did I mention that this thing is quiet? I've turned off all of the helpful audible camera queues and when out-and-about in the real world – it's essentially silent.
The camera has a bit of heft to it without feeling like a brick.
When you work with a tool like the 100S it requires you to roll up your sleeves and make something happen. I kind of like that.
I wouldn't recommend this camera to most folks. And that's OK. It's simply not the right tool for every environment or for every shooting style.
Unless your a current X100 owner – read the camera manual. Yeah – I know, seems obvious. And after you've read it once. Read it again. Go shoot a few frames – and then read it again.
The X100S is not your DSLR. It feels, handles, and shoots much differently – and it will likely require a bit of learning curve. But I think that if you're looking for a camera with a compact form factor, large sensor, sharp lens, high ISO performance, and stunning IQ – this is definitely one to put on your list.
Of course, there are more reviews out there. Be sure to check them out:
Hope that helps (at least a little). If you have feedback, questions, comments, and/or more thoughts – just let us know.
A Few From 2012
At the end of the year – I like this process of digging through the year's photo shoebox and culling it to a few that I find striking. Is there a unifying theme among the group? No – not really. But for some quirky reason or another – they've made the list.
So (in mostly) no particular order – here are a few from the year.
Here a man at an assisted living home holds onto an ornament given to him by a six year old girl. Her church group had visited to sing Christmas carols.From the NW Art & Air Festival. Two photos – two photos of hands. Hmmm….
Another one from the NW Art & Air Festival.
My wife and daughter really enjoyed the butterfly farm. I know this particular butterfly is not quite "picture perfect" – but I really liked the contrast with this photo.
From the Philomath Classic Car Show – shot with a Lensbaby – if I recall correctly it was the Sweet 35 optic.
Coaching instructions to the Inn Keepers during rehearsal for the annual Christmas pageant.
Butterflies and flowers in the same list! This one from the Wooden Show annual tulip festival. Fun with the fisheye.
Someone quipped that this may be the most photographed tree in the world. It's possible. This is from our afternoon at the Portland Japanese Garden. Every time I open this photo up in Lightroom – I tweak it – still trying to get the oranges / reds / yellows / greens to match the photo in my head.
I have a blog post somewhere in the Drafts folder on our afternoon at the Portland Japanese Garden – but until I dig it up and dust it off – here's another one.
From the Oregon Special Olympics – bocce ball. I'll be honest – I spent a few frames trying to get this one. Not sure why – but I just really wanted to catch the ball bouncing with the trailing artificial dirt springing in the air. When you're shooting rodeo – it's seldom a good idea to have this shot on your proof sheet. 🙂
It's not often that two bull riding shots would make the list (typically it's steer wrestling or saddle / bareback bronc …). Here's another one from the Philomath Frolic and Rodeo.
From a family shoot this last fall – they made sure to bring their Orange and Black. A heck of a lot of fun. Go Beavers!
Some wild irises from a sunrise shoot with Jim at Finley Wildlife Refuge.Here's Jim and Hugh walking back to the car after our last photo shoot together. We miss you, Hugh.
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Lake Charles Gospel Bluegrass Festival
What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Mid 80's on a small lake with a bit of a breeze listening to gospel bluegrass.
Admission was nonperishable food items to support the Union Gospel Mission of Salem.
Unfortunately we missed hearing the first and last group of the day (Bethel Mountain Band and Jericho Road). But the rest of the groups were great.
By no means – was I "on assignment" this afternoon – but I just happen to have had a camera with me. 🙂 Below are a few of the photos from the afternoon:
- From the Halfway Home performance.
- From Festival String Band – but I did notice this bass player also performing with Baxter Hill.
- Sharing a laugh during the Heaven Bound gig.
- Another from Heaven Bound.
- The obligatory banjo shot. 🙂
- From Baxter Hill.
- And, just in case someone thought it might be a good idea to jump in to the lake.
If you're in the Willamette Valley and you dig gospel bluegrass – you might want to check out Bluegrass in the Orchardgrass on 4 August. More details can be found here.
Tulips 2012
Well – here in the NW it's Tulip time – and in these parts – the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon is one of largest destinations. My wife likes to go look at the flowers – my daughter likes the activities – and I'm OK as long as I get to bring a camera along (and I really like to get lunch from the folks at Mt Angel Sausage who are typically at the event).
Here are two from Saturday. The first is with the Sigma 10mm fisheye – and the second is an experiment with a 30 second exposure (includes both a 10 stop ND filter and a polarizer).
Tulip Season 2011
Finally – a weekend to visit the tulip fields at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, OR. The festival runs through 1 May – and if you happen to make it out there – make sure to bring your camera – there's an annual photo contest sponsored by Pro Photo Supply in Portland.
As for the photos below – both were shot with the Hasselblad + tilt adaptor.
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Just wrapping up a great weekend at Willamette Celebration. To be honest – I'm still soaking it all in. Later – I'll try to give ya'll a summary of the event – but right now I'll just shoot you a couple of images of some freestyle motocross – sponsored by the Livin' It Alliance.
These guys put on four shows over the weekend – and were great entertainers.
To be honest – the first time I saw the ramps – I simply thought to myself – "yeah – that'll be kinda cool". After the first jump – I was a fan.


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David Farber appears on NPR's The IA Show to discuss state and federal lawmakers wanting patients to be able to request access to treatments that haven't been approved for wider use
August 1, 2017
David Farber addresses the push for uniform adjuster licensing with the reintroduction of the CLAIM Act
July 27, 2017
Peter Leininger interviewed about the drug importation bill being pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders


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Release Date: 11/04/2016
List Price: $79.99
The complete condition of pre-owned Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition includes Box
NOTE: DLC or codes for online access may be missing /expired and may require additional purchase with preowned games. We do not differentiate between original release, day one editions, Platinum Hits, Greatest Hits, or Nintendo Selects versions. If you would like to receive a specific version, please contact us.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare delivers something for every Call of Duty fan with three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies. Delivering a rich and engaging narrative in a setting unlike anything to date in a Call of Duty game, the campaign is a return to the franchise's gritty, military roots throughout new environments never before seen in the franchise.
One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more to bring a new generation experience to fans. Relive the iconic campaign as you are transported around the globe with Capt. Price, Gaz and Soap across fan favorite missions, including 'All Ghillied Up', 'Mile High Club', and 'Crew Expendable'. And team up with your friends with 10 of the iconic multiplayer maps from the online multiplayer mode that redefined Call of Duty introducing killstreaks, XP, Prestige and more in customizable, classic multiplayer modes.


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We work to ensure that our employees, our farm partners, and our food artisans share our values. Our policies are designed to support our team, our partners, our customers, and the community around us to thrive.


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One of the UK's leading golf and leisure resorts, St. Mellion guests can choose between spacious, luxury lodges, hidden in the privacy of the Golf Courses or the Hotel. St. Mellion's 450 acre Estate, set in an area of outstanding natural beauty and magnificent scenery of rolling green Cornish hills, unspoilt woodland, rivers and lakes, offers two world class championship golf courses catering for all handicaps.
- Wifi
- Restaurant Onsite
- Pets Allowed
- Property Size N/A
- Conference Facility
- Kids Allowed
- Nearby City N/A
- Nearby Water N/A
- Open Dates All Year
- Sightseeing
Nearest Airports
- Plymouth City Airport (PLH) / 4.8 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) / 34.6 miles
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) / 41.6 miles
* Not all airports listed here may be open to public use, or service commercial flights
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