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Oh boy, what should I say? When I first heard about Alicorn Twilight, I wasn't mad or offended. As long as it's good, the writers should do whatever they want. But I knew a lot of people weren't going to be happy. As it turns out, some people like it, some people don't. But enough of that, let's talk about the actual episode.
Well, first of all, I wasn't expecting this episode to be a musical. I'm not complaining though, the songs were actually good. I liked the beginning when Twilight's friends had the wrong cutie marks and Twilight had to find a way to change them back… then Twilight became a princess and it all went downhill. The ending was shocking, at least it was for me. I was expecting everything would go back to normal… but no. I don't want to say this was a bad episode because, well, it wasn't. But when compared to the other season finales this show had, it was disappointing. 'The Best Night Ever' was good, 'A Canterlot Wedding' was great, this one was not so great. I feel this episode would have been better if it was longer than one episode. Now I guess we'll have to wait until season four to see what happens next.
I don't hate this episode. I think it was good episode, just a disappointing finale.
Stargazer you are my fucking hero right now – I was F5ing the shit out of equestria daily for the past hour.
@the finale
Fuck yes! something along the lines of a body/role swap episode is something I wanted to see happen for a long time and it was just as silly as I imagined it'd be! But the way they just kinda dropped the circumstances on our laps like that was wasn't so good imo. Anyways I liked how Pinkie's hair finally straightened out to adjust to her mood again and Rarity trying to control the weather was awesome! As for the songs, the cutie mark one at the beginning was probably my favorite.
But seriously now, I really think Twilight's promotion to alicorn princess should have happened as a result of her achieving something more epic. On top of that, it transitioned from being little more than just another crazy day in ponyville to an all out royal affair way too quickly.
But I enjoyed it – even though trying to understand how they managed to cram all of this in one episode hurts my brain.
DisturbedBrony Wrote:
I don't hate this episode. I think it was good episode, just a disappointing finale.
Well… I can't argue with that. It was probably the best episode in my opinion, but as a finale, it feels like there's going to be another episode next week.
…Only problem is… There isn't.
It feels like the beginning of a season rather than an end. Seriously, I feel it would have been better to have make it Episode 1 of Season 4. But as the Finale to this season, it feels way too open ended.
Previous Finales felt like New Years Eve Parties, celebrating a year well Spent. This Feels more like a New Years Day Party, celebrating a year yet to be had.
Yeah… It was… okay, I guess.
Let me rephrase that. It was not the complete and incomparable disaster we were told it would be. However, it was not the "everything will be okay" episode we were told it would be either. I enjoyed it, and the musical was surprising, yet fun, but it was not as good or fulfilling as I hoped it wouldbe. Let's just say I'm hoping for Meghan McCarthy's tweet to be true, and that this arc will continue this fall.
The episode was great! Except for the last FIVE FREAKING MINUTES! I felt it was rushed, but as Meghan McCarthy said, we will have to wait…
i give an 8/10
greats songs
good animation
and…well i liked the episode overall.
cons:…too much singing…..not big fan
I just saw the episode….SO MUCH LIQUID PRIDE!!
I will agree with some that the ascension did feel a tad cheap due to it primarily being thanks to Twilight making a single new spell (but let's not forget that her character development from "loner that doesn't want friends" to "friendship preacher" also played a part in that), as well as the whole rushed feeling that was pretty much unavoidable due to Larson having to cram pretty much two whole plots into one episode. I think it still turned out okay, though (both the finale as a whole and the coronation business).
Also, 'True, True Friend' is now probably my favorite song of the series. It had me squee'ing like a little fangirl. That cutie mark song was also pretty damn good, but everything else I felt was differing degrees of meh.
After watching it again (if only I waited a bit longer for that fucking HQ video!!!) I can safely say….I still loved it. It's only now after being able to see how long running time I could see how rushed it was. At almost exactly 7:00 Twilight's like "I know what to do!" but like I said the whole season has been rushed sadly so I forgive them for that but if they pulled this shit in season 1 or 2 you better believe I'd be fucking pissed.
Really the only things I didn't care for was Twilight's big flyby at the screen at the end….It actually makes me dislike that one scene for two reasons.
1. She already knows how to fly and….she's pretty damn good at it. There goes a potential Rainbow Dash teaches Twilight to fly episode.
2. It just looked really cheap, it's almost like that was put in at the last minute using Microsoft Powerpoint and it really made it look out of place compared to all the exceptional animation in the episode. Almost as if Hasbro told them to put it in there as a way to say "BUY MORE MY LITTLE PONY TOYS! PRINCESS TWILIGHT COMING SOON!"
I still think the whole Celestia/Twilight scene should go down in the "Best moments of the series" videos people make on Youtube. If you didn't feel during that you have no soul and I pity you. Then there's the music….I've been waiting for a musical episode and I finally got it and I can't be anymore happier (maybe THAT'S why I'm not as harsh on this episode, fuck you) and since that Daniel and Steffan (That's his name right?) were involved in the regular bgm of the episode it just made the episode feel so much better (Some of the best BGM of the entire series right here).
Another problem I have with this finale is this….That MLP movie they're making…I think this should've been it. Can you honestly say while watching this episode you didn't get a 'movie' vibe from it? The constant music, the background music, the stakes, all the crap they crammed in this thing. It kind of makes me feel a little less hyped for the movie because now I don't know how it can live up to this or the two parters since this one feels the most movie like (despite its measly 22 minute length) and I think this one greatly needed the title of 'MLP movie' considering it's shaking things up quite a bit, and unlike the Transformers movie they didn't wipe out the entire cast!
This episode also makes me realize Pinkie's place in Ponyville. In her Smile song she says the only thing that makes her happy is to make ponies smile, then in this episode it reveals that Ponyville NEEDS Pinkie Pie or they'll be the most depressing bunch of ponies ever. This is actually a pretty big deal gaise.
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Well, the episode is quite intriguing and I the plotline is not what I had in mind, totally out of my speculation. I agree that the episode is rushing too fast that the plot seemed to be abridged but I very much loved this episode. The songs are fun to listen. The situation they got themselves in is very clever from the writers but the last few minutes kind of killed the mood. But I also happened to catch a flicker of though in my head while watching the episode. IMO, I think this episode is more directly pointing towards the milestones where have walked all these long while with the show along with the unexpected, existing and growing fandom. It's not about Twilight's transformation, it's not about the thickening of plotlines, it's not about trying to ruining the fandom(I'm just saying) but somehow it's trying to give us the a quick rewind of the show from since the day it all started, like a nostalgic flashbacks or some sort, noticing they put in previous episodes in it and those 'I CAN SEE FOREVER's. To see how the show made us to the date we have become. I personally think that this episode is made in the figuratively sense of reflecting the past few years of the bond between the fandom and the show. Now what I'm very eager to see is that how Season 4 will start out as the said 3-parter. Part 1 for anticipating prologue(supposedly for the meaning mentioned in the above lines), Part 2 for rising action and finally Part 3 for epilogue of revealing the episodes true meaning.
The episode is embraced. I think it's meaning of the episode is misunderstood by people. Should wait for the 3-parter to finish.
Correct me if I'm in flaw somewhere. Not much confidence in my opinion.
Pictured here: Rarity in her natural environment.
Spidervance wrote:
It happened:
Would've been better if she was an Alicorn.
Oh PS folks.
I believed in M.A. Larson, and he delivered (and did his damn best to shove all this into one fucking episode!)
Sweet Celestia, the quick pacing probably was choking up the episode and I couldn't really enjoy it. It's possibly one of my least favorite episodes if I am to be completely honest with you but it's pacing works in it's favor seeing as I'll probably have to watch 5 more times just to get everything down to make a legitimate judgement on it.
I'll give it a Meh/1998 for now. I know it's nothing for me to go "ABANDON FANDOM" over though.
Hey guys I found this on tumblr.
Spidervance wrote:
It happened:
Studio B:
Also, the whole thing was pretty good. I enjoyed most of the musical numbers, and I think it turned out well. It was rushed as hell, though, and probably should've been two parts (not that that's in Studio B's control).
I think the coronation was the weakest part of the whole thing. Her becoming a princess turned out fine, but the actual coronation with the weird versions of Fluttershy with Surprise's color palate carrying the banners was odd.
I honestly felt today's episode was rushed, but as Jyron stated, cramming two whole plots into one episode is a pain in the ass, so I got to give it to Larson for that.
I never thought I'd like a musical until this day.
It was beautiful.
And let's not forget all of those lessons Twilight Sparkle learned that would lead up to this, along with her basically becoming the embodiment of Friendship.
What factors (could have possibly) contributed to her coronation:
-All of those lessons she learned
-A whole plan that was set up by Celestia
-Her friendship with all of her friends
-The elements (of course)
So yeah, I guess that's my two cents, but I do feel like the episode was rather well done for a two-plot compressed episode.
Better than I thought, worse than I hoped… (Yeah, I said it.)
Better than I thought:
Worse than I hoped (but about as bad as I feared):
That's probably the biggest one. The role of princess isn't necessarily defined, but the ones we've seen have their own kingdom/empire, have their own castle, have their own servant ponies, and (more "concerning") have their own duties.
So even though Twilight's castle looks to be between Canterlot and Ponyville, her not living in Ponyville, sorta removes a lot of seemingly coincidental interactions for her and Spike to run into Scootaloo or Granny Smith or even Pinkie Pie or Rarity.
It appears that the other princesses don't get out much for any extended period of time and that they have their own duties to attend to most of the day, and only seem to appear in the previous context of the show for events (e.g., Nightmare Night, Young Fliers' Competition, royal visits, etc.)
(But we wouldn't know that, because we haven't had many princess-focused episodes especially for Celestia I'M JUST SAYING THINGS OK I'M JUST SAYING THEM.)
A slight tangent/concession: One could say that there doesn't need to be a focus on the princesses, because they aren't part of the main cast anyway. But…
With the above princessly duties in mind, if Twilight Sparkle resembles Luna, Cadance, and Celestia in their own duties with their own special talents, then I fully expect (and almost hope) that her duties would keep her from her friends. (It really is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation as I see it:)
I really did enjoy the episode. But I really felt (and DHX probably feels similarly) that this should have been reserved for a series finale thing more than a season finale.
Hasbro, and rightfully so, wanted to get the Princess Twilight Sparkle toys and dolls out there while the iron was hot. If you had waited for the series to naturally end, then the appeal of the show might not have been as high. Hasbro doesn't need to take that sort of gamble when Friendship is Magic is as popular as it has ever been.
This boom of popularity is when you bust out your new toys, spinoffs, comics, other merchandise to have any chance of making My Little Pony as big as something like Pokémon (or to simply raise My Little Pony from being that brand for little girls.) They can probably easily break into a "tween" and adolescent girl demographic, while probably still hanging on to the little girl demographic and the brony demographic.
And so the show that helped MLP take off (again?) was the very best agent to promote the Princess Twilight Sparkle products as well as the "rebranding," the movie, the spinoff series, and the new chapter in the show itself.
And I think DHX should take the time to simply go with the change. Not dumb the show down to "Look at how pretty my wings are!" But to come up with future episodes that can somehow keep the Mane Six (and others') interactions intact.
I feel like that means Twilight Sparkle won't be around for a lot of episodes, and the opportunity to get everyone involved in a "small potatoes," low-risk scenario plan like in Spike at Your Service will probably decrease. But I think a kind of separate universe where Twilight is apart from Ponyville works while still being able to interact in a meaningful way is still possible.
So I guess a good episode still leaves a sour taste in my mouth until I know how things will play out in future episodes. Perhaps the confidence from the writers come from already writing the episode concepts and knowing that things will still be entertaining.
But I hope they don't play it like the whole alicorn princess things didn't happen.
RandomMan wrote:
Would've been better if she was an Alicorn.
Here comes dat fanart.
Daft Punkjet wrote:
Here comes dat fanart.
Alright, here are my complete thoughts on the finale. It's not going to be pretty.
This episode upset me, and I find myself growing to dislike it more and more as time passes. Has this episode "DESTROYED MLP 5EVER!!11111!"? No, it hasn't, but it has started the show down a path that, if continued upon, will probably ruin the show for us. Why do I think so? The only reason we like mlp is because the new direction Faust took it on, and this episode would have been right at home amongst earlier gens. Yeah, I fucking said it. This finale was a pile of colorful vapid shit, and I sincerely doubt any of us would be fans of the show right now if this was the storytelling style that Faust used to open with.
My main complaint is that I feel this episode abandoned the wit and solid storytelling typical of G4 in favor of the mindless glamor and spectacle more reminiscent of earlier gens. In place of good writing, we get music and animation, in place of a logical series of events leading to a meaningful conclusion, we had Twilight transformed into an alicorn because FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC! (and princesses are money!)
The whole talent switching thing wasn't very well thought out or developed. Twilight reads a set of words and it has some effect on the elements of harmony which in turn has some effect on the mane six and their talents/destinies/personalities/memories/some shit. It isn't really defined exactly what…happened. Twilight makes a statement that it's not their memories that have been altered, but their true selves, but apparently not since they still suck at doing what they've apparently been altered to do. What exactly that spell did and how it was corrected is left really vague. A question I kept asking was why Twilight was immune to this spell, and more bizarrely, why was Spike? Every pony in Ponyville has been apparently affected by the spell because they don't see anything wrong with the mane six doing this bizarre shit.
And then came the alicorn part.
So apparently Starswirl's masterpiece is a teleportation spell because that's all that happened when Twilight completed it. Celestia was the one who cast the spell making Twilight an alicorn (raising the question where this bitch gets off having a spell for immortality and hoarding it, but whatever.) Actually, that might not be true. Perhaps Starswirl's spell is what transformed her and the thing with Celestia was just a dream sequence. I don't know and neither do you because we aren't told.
So Twilight returns as an alicorn but the fun doesn't stop there, because Twilight, neither desiring or deserving, has now been deemed ready to take up the burdens of a ruler! The office and powers traditionally held by immortal sky deities are TOTALLY appropriate for this pony.
And…everypony is perfectly fine with it! Is there ever a moment of incredulity, confusion, or doubt? Nope, bitch has wings now /end. Rainbow Dash is happy to have a new flying partner and Pinkie wants to throw an alicorn party. Her family is so proud and everyone unquestioningly accepts the new monarch.
None of this. Makes. Sense. Your first reaction when you find out your best friend has been imbibed with the powers of Zeus isn't to ask him to throw a sweet light show. Your first reaction as a citizen of some country when being informed that there is a new God-Queen isn't to hold a pleasant coronation ceremony for the new monarch and go on with your life. My only conclusion that I can draw when I see characters acting so drastically out of character and societies operating on rules of complete nonsense is to reject it entirely, to completely and fully acknowledge I'm watching some goofy cartoon. I can't take the characters seriously, I can't take the setting seriously, I can't take any of it seriously, and so I stop caring.
In place of logical coherence, this episode just shoved a whole bunch of light and noise into your sense organs and hoped that you would be too distracted to examine the vague plotline closely. I hear everyone talking about how much they liked all the music in the episode. Folks, I like music probably more than any of you, but if I want to listen to music, I'll pop in an album or go to the symphony. When music is being used to simulate emotion not as a supplement, but as a substitute to that which should be coming from the drama, it might be lovely music, but it's still bad drama. To quote William Shakespeare ""It Is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
What really bugs me about this episode, as stated earlier, is just how fucking reminiscent it is of earlier gens. The characters were plastic, the storyline was nonsense, it was covered in a bunch of self-indulgent music and animation, and it was all designed to sell toys. That IS old mlp. Faust managed to pull pony up from the depths, and with this episode, I see it going straight back down to the shameless toy commercials of yore.
I have faith that the writers will be able to pull the show away from this direction and keep it more in line with what Faust was doing, but if they don't, if I see many more episodes like this one, then I'm done with this show.
tl;dr: Season finale was like old school mlp. Writers, please never do this again.
The episode aired, which means that all those mean spoilers are finally gone. Please don't tell me now, that you are already discussing season 4…
Yeah you could argue that those alicorn rumours where floating around even before season 3 has started and it was quite unnecessary to avoid those spoilers, which actually meant avoiding pony news and any sort of discussions. In the end the twist didn't really surprise me much, because I have thought about this idea before. I never like the idea and I still don't like it much after watching the episode. The look of those unfolded alicornwings just leave me quite ah unenthusiastic. Nonetheless I am looking forward to what's going to happen in the next season.
Was it really worth it to stay away from those spoilerific material and the discussions? Well I don't really know, but it's going to be fun to reread all those pages now. It's not even that much, I just missed 17 pages. That's not even a page a day, what could have happened in those three weeks?
I actually didn't enjoy the episode that much. It was average for me because it took the problem with Keep Calm and Flutter On and magnified it several times. It seemed far too rushed and seemed to have a few problems with the plot I didn't mind so much, but came together to kinda ruin it a bit. I still enjoyed it a bit, but it didn't exactly live up to the shitstorms or the hype surrounding it. For me, neither side was right, since it was an average episode, that will probably have lasting impacts.
Then again, Meghan McCarthy did say that it was technically a three-parter, so for all we know it could feel rushed because it's not over.
Beyond just the plot, I felt like they overdid it with the music. I usually enjoy the songs, but there were just too many here, and they were all very sub-par, in my opinion. They felt like generic crappy songs in a cartoon musical, rather than the songs that MLP has had in the past, that are almost always stellar. Some of it was okay, but when it's a key focus of the episode like it is now, being okay is going to leave the episode feeling okay.
There were some parts that I found funny, but I also felt that the episode was lacking a bit in that department. Probably a bit more disappointing is that I felt like the Mane 6 were acting a bit odd when they saw Twilight as an alicorn. It felt like they weren't being themselves (ironic, since they just spent five musical numbers finding who they truly were…) Maybe I'm just a bit hard to please or something, but it felt out of place and rushed.
I did notice Derpy my first go through and thought that was a nice time to show her to say "We still care about the bronies, even if we care more about making a profit because lolBusiness". I don't particularly blame anybody for the alicorn Twilight deal, because it isn't inherently bad. I do blame them for making an average episode, though. Which, really, isn't such a bad thing since every episode can't be stellar. I still like it more than Wonderbolt Academy and a few others, at least, so I'm not going to banish it from my headcanon any quicker than that episode.
I feel like what (I think it was) Fifths said a few pages ago about the alicorn mythos being cheapened might have a bit of truth to it. With a new alicorn being introduced in half of the season finales, it feels like they're less of an oddity or something less, I dunno, fantastical. It seems to me that they're having a lessened impact on everything, or something. I don't know how to say it, exactly, and I'm not trying to say it's a bad thing to have them be less amazing, really, it's just that it feels like the world is being changed a bit. Really, that's not such a bad thing, it just kinda paints Hasbro as trying to earn a profit first and foremost. Something I don't blame them for, as a note, but it does make me care less about the world, like (I think it was) Fifths said.
Really, I don't know if the whole alicorn deal is going to negatively or positively impact season 4 yet. It sounds like they might have a two-parter with Twilight realizing she doesn't really want the princess stuff and going back on it. Then again, they might have a two-parter with Twilight overthrowing the other princesses and becoming Big Sister, ruling over Equestria with an iron fist. There's always the possibility that her heart doesn't have the needed power to pump blood to her new wings and they begin to die, and she gets some weird infection and dies, or something.
Maybe she'll just keep carrying on in Ponyville as a princess. Or something. Maybe, to make the princess title less… cheap?, the rest of her friends move to Canterlot to stay near her. Though that seems like a bad move for Fluttershy and Applejack.
Fuck, I dunno.
I might be rambling, but I feel like now is as good a time as ever to rate the finale, even if we have until Fall (Hrngh) to do it.
@We "Really Hate" Ponies:
2/10 didn't laugh
@Season 4:
Eh, most of my time watching the show has been in hiatuseseseses, so I should probably be fine. I mean, I'll just play vidya gaems for a few months and lazily browse the Pony General thread and image gallery, maybe sometimes peaking into EqD or derpibooru.
So, basically what I already do, except I have twenty-two extra free minutes on the weekends.
I'm bored, so have some human Octavinyl.
That was… a fairly decent one I suppose. Seems like a perfect way for the writers to close off the season, is what I'm thinking. I didn't think the writers would do it, but they did. Princess Cadance all makes sense now.
I'm not going to write a huge TL;DR analysis because that would take forever. So many things happened in those 22 minutes. The fandom is going to be discussing, creating art, writing fanfics, everything, for a long, long time. All I'm going to say is this: this needed to be a two parter. Even three. I felt like the alicorn thing was kind of shoehorned into the other destiny swapping plot (which was done well), and it just felt really rushed is all.
EDIT: So apparently this is technically a three parter. Let's just see about that.
While the songs were memorable and amazingly well done, I can't help but feel as if they detracted from the plot. We lost a huge amount of explanation and emotion from all the time they took up. What happened in the episode was so momentous and series changing, and what we had in place of a solid storyline was a metric tonne of songs. Suspension of disbelief was impossibly hard to maintain with the sheer overload of joyous happiness, to use a double synonym.
This marks a entirely new path for the show. I'm confident that the writers will be able to do it. MLP will live on, and season 4 will be great. But the question then, is "where is it going to go from this point?" The show, as we know it, is gone. Nothing is going to be the same with Twilicorn, try as her friends might. Nothing.
Everything that comes after this will be bittersweet nostalgia for times long past.
Verbose wrote:
Please don't double/triple post in threads. Thanks.
Then you fix KYM to where I can edit my post/ quote other post from a WAP Browser. It's not possible. So STFU.
I come back after lunch, and see this.
But here's the best part:
I read it all anyway!
Having just recently started participating in the forums, I gotta say, I didn't expect how much depth you guys gave to your posts.
Brohooves for all of you.
The Cute Master :3 wrote:
Then you fix KYM to where I can edit my post/ quote other post from a WAP Browser. It's not possible. So STFU.
Why don't you just calm down Snuffles?
@Chowzburger below
Season 3 is the weakest season so far in my opinion. I rank the episodes in the following order.
1: Sleepless in Ponyville
2: Magic Duel
3: The Crystal Empire
4: Keep Calm and Flutter On
5: One Bad Apple
6: Too Many Pinkie Pies
7: Games Ponies Play
8: Apple Family Reunion
9: Just for Sidekicks
10: Spike at your Service
12: Magical Mystery Cure
13: Wonderbolt Academy
Ok, let's give the season finale and the entire season a score. Also, I would like to see your rankings of the season going from the best to the worst.
Aww man it's that time of the year again, this episode ends, makes me feel, makes me want to watch the episode again, episode ends up on Youtube and I watch it several times. Then the feel hits me….it's Pony Hiatus time. Now the depression of no new pony hits and now I don't care which days I work anymore. It was so easy with Season 1 as I didn't start watching the show until July-August of 2011 so well….pony was right there a month later.
Then Season 2 was harder as I had to sit through the hiatus with the rest of the fans for once.
Now Season 3 will be even harder as the season ended much earlier and not only that but the season ended on a note that could make or break the rest of the series depending on how Season 4 goes.
The only thing that's supposed to 'hold us over' is that Equestria Girls show (if be true) and looking at 'how well' Littlest Pet Shop is doing I don't think this will be their next killer show either (I'll give it a chance but until then it might just end up like Littlest Pet Shop 2.0).
Welp….here's hoping for an August-September 2013 date for Season 4 and not have to wait until all the way till November of all months! (man that's almost as bad as the Dragon Ball Z Hiatuses from when we were youngins.) and hopefully we get some stuff at ComicCon again!
@Fifths While I don't agree with your opinion on this episode (almost like not at all) I'm still upvoting your comment because it sucks to see someone get unjustly downvoted over their opinion.
That was a glorious episode. Loved the songs, and the Derpy sightings you guys have posted really made me happy.
However, were it not for the fact that the season 4 opener will be a continuation of this, I would have hated it. Given that fact, I was able to enjoy it knowing that the status quo can potentially be restored… in fall. Fucking fall.
The waiting game sucks.
>MFW I see a lot of people having intricate and informative posts on how the finale sucks life out of the show and I don't have a long explanation for liking the episode so much.
It's making me feel like an idiot, but I like the finale a lot. I just really like it…
The Cute Master :3 wrote:
Then you fix KYM to where I can edit my post/ quote other post from a WAP Browser. It's not possible. So STFU.
Who decided to post drunk again? Take responsibility for your own actions.
20% Cooler than Ice Rinsankajugin wrote:
>MFW I see a lot of people having intricate and informative posts on how the finale sucks life out of the show and I don't have a long explanation for liking the episode so much.
It's making me feel like an idiot, but I like the finale a lot. I just really like it…
You really don't need a wall of text to explain why you like/dislike the episode. What's important is the fact that you liked it fine and dandy, if people make you write a wall of text to explain your reasons or attack you for said reasons that's more their fault than yours. Do you need to explain why you like Pepperoni Pizza by writing a book the size of the largest Harry Potter book? Well as much as I would LOVE to read a book about why some guy loves Pepperoni Pizza we all know the answer here is no. But you can, but there is no law that says you need to write a book.
One part of the episode I did like was when Twilight and Celestia walked through the surreal thing and all the memories flashed. But that was mostly being hit with nostalgia and the fact that the background immediately made me think of this song:
Because reasons…
Now, as for the rating of the episode, I'd put it at about 6/10, relative to the other episodes of the show. It's worse than most of the episodes, in my opinion, but they're all fairly good.
The rating of the season itself… Well, it had a bunch of good episodes, but it was shorter than the other two seasons. I'd peg it as the worst, in my opinion, mainly because it had several rushed episodes and fewer than others. There were a bunch of good episodes, really, but the other seasons had more.
The episodes of the season are hard for me to rank, really, but I guess they go as follows:
1. The Crystal Empire (might have something to do with the hype of the season)
2. Magic Duel
3. One Bad Apple
4. Keep Calm and Flutter On
5. Too Many Pinkie Pies
6. Just For Sidekicks
7. Games Ponies Play
8. Sleepless in Ponyville
9. Apple Family
Onions Reunion
10. Spike At Your Service
11. Magical Mystery Cure
12. Wonderbolt Academy
It was actually fairly difficult to choose the top spot, but I gave it to the Crystal Empire because I felt the world-building, characterization, etc. was pretty nice, and I remember a lot of spots I found funny. The rest was easier to choose, but still difficult. The main exception being the end, particularly the last two.
I thought that the episode was good. It was a bit concise, but I think the writers really went through with this one. Also, I'm quite a fan of musical episodes. I can't wait for what the next season holds for us.
chowzburgerz wrote:
Ok, let's give the season finale and the entire season a score. Also, I would like to see your rankings of the season going from the best to the worst.
1. Magical Mystery Cure
2. Magic Duel
3. Just for Sidekicks
4. One Bad Apple
5. Keep Calm and Flutter On
6. Games Ponies Play
7. The Crystal Empire – Part 2
8. Sleepless in Ponyville
9. The Crystal Empire – Part 1
10. Too many Pinkie Pies
11. Wonderbolts Academy
12. Apple Family Reunion
13. Spike at Your Service
And here's some dancing Twilight:
I'm also quite impressed that we fit an entire season into one thread.
1: Keep Calm and Flutter On
2: Just for Sidekicks
3: Magic Duel
4: Wonderbolt Academy
5: One Bad Apple
6: Too Many Pinkie Pies
7: Games Ponies Play
8:Sleepless in Ponyville
9: The Crystal Empire
10: Apple Family Reunion
12: Magical Mystery Cure
13: Spike at your Service
I'm not going to say this a weak season- a lot of my favorite episodes ever are here. However, I will admit the finale and opener were surprisingly sub-par compared to everything else.
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>cease and desist message from Hasbro
Scheiße Scheiße Scheiße
This may sound quite stupid now, but this was seriously the only game I was looking forward to in 2013. I am not sure why, but I have stopped playing anything since about 3 or 4 years ago. The last games that I've picked up were Crysis and Bioshock. I mean, I got a well running system here, a good graphics card in my desktop and I know that there are a lot of damn good games that I could pluck as bargains, but I just don't have any motivation to do so.
And that cease and desist just hits me quite hard right now. Yeah the game was always in a gray zone and yeah you could see those legal actions coming like alicorn wings, but I have always hoped for a happy end. Perhaps the EVO thing and all the media attention was too much, but it's also possible that Hasbro just thought before: "Oh a fan game, it does look quite good, but they will never finish it – No big fan game does and we can C'n'D em every time we want, so let them do their thing. There is no need for any action, fan games come and go."
The game was so close to making it and the team was really determined to finish it. I am quite sad right now and I have no hopes that this game is ever going to be published. I guess some of you are waiting for another leak, but I guess that the mane6 won't do it intentionally. They have acted so professional before, which means that I am quite sure that a leak is not going to happen.
And I couldn't even see Fluts fighting…
Why twilight changing doesn't contradict Faust's vision for the series
See, here's the thing that's so fucked up about Twilight being a princess. She is simultaneously overqualified and underqualified for the job.
She's overqualified to be a Traditional Disney Princess
Twilight was a smart, independent, unpretentious young pony. Her personality does not at all deserve to be subjugated to the impotent role of a princess, which is mostly just an object of ceremony and the state. Twilight deserves more than to preside over tea parties, smile at official events, and get married off and dicked until she pops out more princes and princesses.
She's underqualified to be an Equestrian Princess
In Equestria, princess has another connotation. In addition to presiding over tea parties aforementioned, Equestrian princesses also perform actual statecraft, raise the heavenly bodies, serve as religious icons for their citizens, and live forever. Twi is still far too young for that shit. Hell, I think AJ would be better qualified to run the damn country.
So really, it manages to contradict Faust's vision and commonsense at the same time.
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To tell you the truth, I didn't think of the Twilight Zone at all. The colors, and then seeing Twilight's memories in screens…. You know what it felt more like?
Yeah. The Animus.
I think I can safely say that this was not only the worst episode this season, but the single wrost episode ever crafted by humanity for any show ever. My ears bled, my eyes developed cataracts to block out the incoming atrocities, and I became so overcome with fury that lost control of my bodily functions. Abandoning the fandom is not sufficient. I must abandon the world if I ever want to truly escape the horror. Though, I suppose you guys were right about one thing: it could have been worse. I mean, while the urge to commit seppuku is overwhelming, I don't really feel mass homicide prior to my self-sacrifice is necessary.
I feel really ambivalent about the episode. Some things were done very well. Other things… didn't amuse me quite so much.
Considering the fact that we all know damn well it was rushed, M.A. Larson did a pretty good job at keeping the pace. I loved the destiny sapping idea, so I wish there was more to the actual plot of the episode instead of spending half the time building up the alicornication. But the episode really would have been the shit tier dreck people feared it would be if the episode played out normally only to have an even more abrupt coronation. I don't care to go much more into the princess crap since Verbose and Fifths covered a lot of what I'd have to say. It really does not help my suspension of disbelief, especially since Twilight has overcome tougher obstacles than this without ascending in status. But considering Hasbro was pulling the strings, they made due with what they had to work with. I would say that they handled it alright considering the hand they were dealt, but I don't think I can honestly say that until we see how Twilight is handled during season four. More than likely, some writers will do better than others with alicorn Twi. I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing Merriwether Williams' interpretation of Twilacorn. That should be… interesting.
On to the rest of the episode… I feel like there was a bit too much music. Sure I liked the cutie marks song, and I loved "True, True Friend," but I felt that the abundance of musical lollygagging cut some of the time that could have been used to further develop the story. I loved Rarity arranging the clouds, because it reminds me of one of the show's biggest draw to me: the fantasy behind it. I wish I could see marvels like the sun shining through checkerboard clouds, raining and snowing on the land irl. Seeing the other ponies fail at their "destiny" was funny at times, particularly AJ making dresses and Pinkie Pie trying to buck trees. But seeing AJ close up the Carousel Boutique, Fluttershy's disappointment at failing to make others happy, etc., really added some emotion to the dilemma.
To quote William Shakespeare ""It Is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Wow. Well, my respect for the writers of The Venture Brothers just shot up. I knew that quote sounded familiar when I first heard it on the show, but I'm just now realizing that they somehow managed to work a quote from Shakespeare into a fart joke. I never imagined highbrow humor about defecation was actually possible.
@Bruno's "How to Become a Princess"
That's definitely an interesting take on the situation. I can agree with Fifths' notion that she is still under qualified to be an Equestrian Princess, though. Funny thing is, it undermines Faust's vision by setting the princess title in high regards and encouraging young girls to all desire to be a princess, but it actually kind of helps further her efforts by giving the title some meaning that it's lost with all the dreck that the media has put out in the past.
Applejack is still more suitable for the position, though.
I think the resolution of the alicorn drama has been beautifully summed up with this video:
One thing I don't get: why do people assume "alicorn" = "immortality"? Yes, Celestia and Luna definitely have some longevity on them, but from what we've seen of Cadance, she ages just like any other pony: the fact that no one in canon has brought up whether or not she'll outlive Shining casts doubt on the possibility of her no longer physically aging at some point and being immortal/long-lived just like the Celestial Sisters. With this in mind, why assume that Twilight will outlive her friends just because she has a pair of wings and the ability to garden?
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Based on the classic 1960s series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the big-screen film will follow the adventures of the young racecar driver Speed in his quest for glory in his thundering gadget-laden vehicle, Mach 5. The movie will feature other characters from the show, including Speed's family and his mysterious archrival, Racer X. Wallace's character has yet to be revealed.
Speed Racer opens next Summer on May 9th, 2008.
Speed Racer was released May 9th, 2008 and stars Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Susan Sarandon, Melissa Holroyd, Ariel Winter, Scott Porter, Gian Ganziano, Peter Fernandez. The film is directed by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski.


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Solar Eclipse: 21 May 2012 (Eclipse Magnitude : 0.945)
Averagely speaking, any place
on Earth should be able to witness an annular or total solar eclipse every few
centuries. The previous annular solar eclipse visible in Hong Kong was in 1958.
Another one is in 2012. After that we have to wait for more than six centuries,
far into the distant future until the next big one come by in 2685. Annular or
total solar eclipses occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned in a
straight line. However, as the mutual distances among these three bodies are
constantly changing, the occurrence of a total or annular eclipse hinges on
whether the whole or only the central portion of the Sun is obscured by the
Annular Solar Eclipse visible in Hong Kong on 21 May 2012 (Mon)
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Annular Eclipse:
As the Sun is very near to
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direction and monitor the cloud condition from time to time.
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the Sun in order to observe the eclipse, precaution must been taken.
Never look directly at the Sun with your naked eyes because its blaze
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know more – the Saros
Although the mutual distances
among the Sun, Moon and Earth vary every time they get aligned, the variation
actually follows a certain pattern. Suppose a solar eclipse occurs on a
particular day. After about 18 years have elapsed, the three bodies will return
to a nearly identical configuration in space, culminating in the occurrence of a
similar eclipse (by "similar" we mean the type and magnitude of eclipse,
etc.). Astronomers coined this interval of time the "Saros"*
and the Saros Series contains those consecutive eclipses that are one
saros apart in time. Every year, there are two or three times of solar eclipses
that are visible somewhere on Earth. Within a Saros, there are about 40 series.
For identification, each saros series is accorded with a serial number. The
annular solar eclipses visible in Hong Kong in 1958 and 2012 belong to the same
Saros Series (numbered 128). The following lists some of the members of Solar
Saros 128:
Saros 128
Magnitude of eclipse
Visible in Hong Kong?
19 April 1958
29 April 1976
11 May 1994
21 May 2012
1 June 2030
*A Saros is roughly a period of 18 years 11 days
and 8 hours
The above animation shows the visible
regions of recent solar eclipses of saros 128.
Click this link to see the entire
animation of saros 128:
The first solar eclipse of a
saros series appears either at the North Pole or the South Pole. Falling under
the series, the eclipses drift to the opposite pole gradually. After sweeping
the entire Earth, the series ends and the serial number will not be reused.
Solar saros 128 starting in A.D. 984 will end in A.D. 2282 and contains 73 solar
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Leading scorers discuss BYU's 95-78 win over Santa Clara (watch video)
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Published: January 15, 2012 11:22AM
Updated: January 15, 2012 11:22AM
BYU's leading scorers in its 95-78 win over Santa Clara -- Brandon Davies (left), Noah Hartsock (middle) and Matt Carlino (right) talk about the victory. The trio combined for 65 points, which each player scoring 21 or more.
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Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Scientist beams up a real 'Star Trek' tricorder
Starships, warp speed, transporters, phasers. Think Star Trek technology is only the stuff of fiction? Think again. Dr. Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has developed a scientific measurement device based on the tricorders used by Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and other space adventurers on the classic TV series that has spawned numerous spin-offs in more than 45 years. "Star Trek inspired me to be a scientist" said Jansen, who has been formally working on his tricorder prototypes since 2007, but toying with the idea of making a functioning device since he was "a kid in high school." Advertisement: Story continues below The 29-year-old Jansen's school days spanned the late 1990s when Star Trek: Voyager was on the air. It featured his favorite tricorder, a model with screens on top and bottom. The first tricorder appeared on the original show's initial episode in 1966, when Capt. Kirk swaggered toward audiences with his phaser weapon holstered to his side but a tricorder in his hand. The hand-held devices for data sensing, analysis and recording, have been a part of Star Trek ever since. But if Jansen, a self-confessed "addicted maker" of things, is successful at developing, testing and bringing his instrument into the public, the tricorder may not be just the stuff of Star Trek prop rooms. It may be used for real. Jansen said his tricorder can take atmospheric measurements, or ambient temperature, pressure or humidity. It can take electromagnetic measurements to test magnetic fields, and it can make spatial measurements of distance, location, or motion. Fascinating, as Spock might say. Jansen thinks of his tricorder as a "general tool" – a kind of "Swiss Army Knife" – with practical uses in building inspection, for instance, where it might help taking temperature and humidity readings or be a distance sensor to measure rooms. It resembles the device carried by countless "Away Team" members in Star Trek – The Next Generation – his favorite of the Star Trek shows, he notes. No science fiction No independent group has yet verified his claims for the device which, he said, is one reason for placing his designs on a public website as an "open source" that technology makers can utilize to test and tinker. Jansen has posted schematics and designs of his first and second prototypes, the Mark 1 and Mark 2, for anyone to see and build. Jansen expects to have his latest version, the Mark 4, produced for "about $200." "Everything you need to build one is on line" at www.tricorderproject.org, said Jansen. He hopes others will follow his lead. While it may sound like the stuff of science fiction, Jansen isn't the only one to take notice of just how useful a real functioning tricorder would be – especially as a medical tool. Telecommunications giant Qualcomm this year launched the "Tricorder X-Prize Contest" with the slogan "Healthcare in the palm of your hand." Qualcomm hopes to motivate developers with a $US10 million prize to make medical tricorders a reality. Wanda Moebus of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, who is not affiliated with Jansen or Qualcomm, told Reuters the X-Prize "is really cool," but cautioned that making a real medical tricorder device "would have to be measured on its safety and effect, like all other medical technologies." Jansen said he has been approached by "a couple of teams" about the X Prize, but added that his prototypes are more for science research than medical tools. Besides, he said he already is on to his next frontier, making a sort of "replicator," another Star Trek device that will create 3D objects and foods that are dimensional copies of real items. Jansen's "replicator" is a 3D printer, which in itself is not really new, but the scientist thinks about it in terms reminiscent of Star Trek's famous prologue. It's "like nothing we've ever seen before," Jansen said.


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Weili Lin, PhD, appointed Dixie Lee Boney Soo Distinguished Professor in Neurological Medicine
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Weili Lin, PhD, professor of radiology, neurology and biomedical engineering and director of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center, has been appointed The Dixie Lee Boney Soo Distinguished Professor in Neurological Medicine.
UNC scientist proves potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy
Chapel Hill - A new type of nanoparticle developed in the laboratories at the University of North Carolina has shown potential for more effective delivery of chemotherapy to treat cancer. Wenbin Lin, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy, and colleagues report their finding online in advance of print on September 14, 2011 in Angewandte Chemie, the German-based flagship chemistry journal.
Researchers identify components that keep immune system in check
CHAPEL HILL – Within the immune system, a subtle balance exists between the cells that destroy alien pathogens and those that preserve the body's own tissues. When the balance gets out of whack, the cells that normally target viruses or bacteria can go astray, attacking innocent cells and causing autoimmune and inflammatory disease.
Large international study discovers common genetic contributions to mental illness
CHAPEL HILL – A team of over 250 researchers from more than 20 countries have discovered that common genetic variations contribute to a person's risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
ESPN anchor Stuart Scott featured speaker at Fast Break Against Cancer
Seventh annual event benefits cancer research and treatment in our community
NSF grants awarded for soft matter research
Two recent grants from the National Science Foundation will support soft matter research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chemist receives NIH award to support innovative research
Kevin Weeks, a chemist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received an award from the National Institutes of Health to support innovative research on creating new drugs that work by binding to RNA.
UNC Lineberger patient Morgan Throckmorton talks with WRAL about her diagnosis, clinical trials
UNC Lineberger patient Morgan Throckmorton was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009 when she was 24 years old. She is now part of a UNC-led trial to test a new drug, Regorafinib.
Two UNC Lineberger faculty receive 2011 Hettleman Awards
Two UNC Lineberger faculty, Noel Brewer, PhD, associate professor of health behavior and health education in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Karen Mohlke, PhD, associate professor of genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, have received the 2011 Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC scientist to study post-mastectomy breast reconstruction surgery decision making
Chapel Hill - Deciding whether or not to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy is highly challenging for many patients. Clara Lee, MD, MPP, a UNC School of Medicine physician/scientist, has received a five-year grant award to examine patients' decision-making process about reconstruction and the effects of reconstruction on quality of life and body image. The $862,700.00 career development award to the plastic and reconstructive surgeon is from the National Institutes of Health.


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What inspires you?
For some people, its autobiographies. For others, its a song. For some, its just the sun shining out in the blue sky. A word from someone who cares. Peer pressure?
What inspires you and motivates you?
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By the time of the calamity http://www.wreckamovie.com/shots/show/5223 primitive silicon life has newly been discovered deep within the magma of the Earth. Lava from an eruption is swept into space by the gravitational beams causing perturbation to the orbital trajectory of the Earth and Moon about the Sun, and effectively seeding silicon life onto the surface of Mercury. Because of the time dilation on Earth and the Moon, intelligent silicon life has adapted to Mercury by the time of Earth encounter.
The Mars base has grown into a great civilization, terraforming Mars.
An additional effect of the gravitational waves that modify the Earth/Moon system's orbital trajectory, will be time dilation: Untill the near passing gravitational beams stop, time on the Earth and on the Moon will slow, relative to frames of reference elsewhere in the Solar System.
EDIT: This means that from the Terestrial/Lunar frame of refference, the Solar System has jumped from 2152, the year of the next planetary alignment, into the future, indeed, to the year of the following alignment: 2327, all virtually over night!
Society and technology have advanced. The Transhuman era is well under way. Oppression, poverty, aging and death, are all things of the past. And this has impacted lifestyle. The 60's will seem so tame by comparison!
New civilization flourishes in the deep ocean and the Moon.
There is an International Mars base.
I'm not sure all 9 planets can ever exactly align, because the orbits are slightly tilted (and Pluto's incredibly so).
However, if I remember correctly, the Voyager missions were launched to take advantage of a rare alignment of the planets that only takes place every 175 years.
Voyager 2 was launched on 20 August, 1977, and followed 16 days later by Voyager 1.
That would make the next alignments take place in 2152, 2327, 2502, and so on...
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Oak Forest's William Strale knew this was his last chance to make a splash. So, in his senior season swimming with the Bengals, he put everything he had into an all-out sprint to the finish.
Strale won the 50- and 100- freestyle event at the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional, which allowed him to advance to the IHSA state meet. He placed 40th in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.17 seconds. And he added a 42nd-place finish in the 100 freestyle (49.25).
He said he prepared for his last hurrah all year.
"Over the summer, I swam every day," he said. "I've been waiting for this day for a long time because I knew this was going to be my last meet. So, I just went out with a bang."
Oak Forest's Tara Schires said it was an honor to coach Strale.
"He's a very hard worker," she said. "He would set his goals, and he would meet every single one. He would want to do something and he would. It was awesome to coach him, I'm very proud of him. I would do it all over again."
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Republican VP hopeful Paul Ryan should've thought twice before saying he's a fan of Rage Against the Machine -- because the band's bassist tells TMZ, it makes Paul look like a complete idiot.
Tim Commerford was out in Malibu this week when we asked about Paul's love for the notoriously left-wing group -- and Tim responded, "Clearly [Paul's] not smart to be admitting that."
He adds, "It seems like it's stupid for him to even bring it up, so he's obviously not that smart of a guy."
Tom Morello -- Rage's guitarist -- has already ripped Paul over his fandom, saying, Paul "is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades."
You'll recall, last time we spoke to Commerford he hinted at a new Rage album in the works. This time we asked if the new album was for real, and Commerford replied, "DEFINITELY ... maybe ... Anything is possible."
Thanks for clearing that up.
This is another one of those situations where one needs to separate the music from the musicians. Obviously this guy isn't too bright. Apparently in order for someone to like their music, they need to be a radical left-wing liberal that lives outside the boundaries of reality. Very intelligent to alienate half of their fan base! Glad I downloaded their music on Napster and Limewire when they were still around. Moron!
LOL I doubt Ryan has any concern this challenged person is smarter than him.
I guess this gap toothed dimwit doesn't realize 99% of his fans don't give a **** about their phony commie image, and just like screaming and guitar riffs.
"Paul "is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades.""
So if you're such a bada$$ musician then why are you shopping in TRENDY MALIBU?
Clearly you are not too smart for being caught as a hypocrite in Malibu.
Here's the issue with these bands. They actually, in their self important pompous minds, believe because someone likes their music, they also give a flying crap what their views on anything are. Listen Tim Commerford, no one cares what you THINK. You're a musician, not a great mind of our time. If your music appeals to someone's ear, shouldn't that be enough? No, you insult them, and deem yourself worthy of judging someone's intelligence. I'd love to see a copy of your IQ test.
The only idiot is the clueless and toothless, Tim Commerford.
Irony, Rage Against the Machine (Basically against big Government), being Democrats which support big government. And they call Ryan stupid?? LMAO


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And in my heart, I can't contain it.
(#) patdfan01 2011-10-23 11:23:33 AMCool! I was surprised when it said detective Urie because P!ATD is my fave band besides MCR!
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My favorite thing about Wooster is the chance to explore knowledge outside of your chosen field or major. Although I am majoring in Sociology and Africana Studies, I have taken classes in Chemistry, International Relations, English, Astronomy, and more. I believe the key to self-growth is to always want to learn more, and Wooster has definitely provided the space and culture for thinking and learning outside of the box.


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The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day is available today, and we started our book tour today, in Minneapolis on KARE-11 TV (NBC). Our first TV segment ever was in the same studio, six years ago. Thanks, KARE-11, and thanks Minneapolis-St. Paul–everything we've done with these books started right here. More TV this week here at home, with a class at Cooks of Crocus Hill Wednesday evening. Check our events page for more.
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Bruschetta with Fig Compote
As you can imagine, I tend to make a lot of bread. And while most of it gets eaten gladly, there are times when the bread box is filled with loaves that have gone stale. I never find it too hard to be creative when it comes to 'old' bread; french toast always works, and bread pudding, and bruschetta. While I love a traditional take on bruschetta, I decided to change things up a bit by making something with fall flavors; so I took off the tomatoes and added figs.
Figs are in season just a little longer, and my fridge has been filled with them for weeks now. I tend to snatch them up and then cook them down, making a compote that can be used in a variety of ways. The sweetness of this compote combined with the prosciutto and blue cheese makes for such a flavorful bite. And, if the compote is made ahead of time, this can be put together in mere minutes, making this a simple and delicious afternoon lunch.
Extra credit: Zoë is on Andrew Zimmern's latest podcast, talking about the upcoming book (which is available for pre-order)! Go ahead and take a listen here.
Thanks, Library Journal, for the review of the New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
From the review: "VERDICT: With this revised edition, Hertzberg and Francois continue to perfect their already easy and immensely popular bread-baking method. Essential…"
Thanks Michael Pollan, for telling MN Public Radio that you can live on bread alone…
… at least if it's got some whole grain. Michael Pollan was on MPR May 2, 2013, with Kerri Miller. Charming guy, you can listen to the interview (click here). He was in town to promote his new book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.
To our ever-lasting joy, he really focused on bread; that's where the conversation started. Long-fermented (like ours), and home-baked. We have lots of whole-grain loaves in Healthy Bread In Five Minutes a Day, while most of our white-flour based breads are in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Michael, by the way, talked about the value of a little white bread now and then. Everything in moderation, including moderation.
TV spot on Pittsburgh's CBS affiliate, making "Pain du Football" for Super Bowl Sunday (and eating raw bread dough with host Jon Burnett!)
In 2009 I was in Pittsburgh just before SuperBowl (go Steelers!) and mixed up a batch of Master Recipe dough with host Jon Burnett on KDKA-TV Channel 2 (the CBS affiliate). Pittsburgh was awash in Steelers mania, and I couldn't resist cutting a loaf of Pain d'Epi (wheat stalk bread) but calling it Pain du Football (page 41 in our book). I'm bringing this bread to a Super Bowl party because each individual roll is shaped like a football– well, something like a football. Perfect for dipping into chili in front of the game. Jon was disappointed that my baked bread was a bit stale (I'd had to bake it in Minneapolis and it was two days stale!) so he insisted on eating the RAW bread dough instead (he made me eat it too). Click here or on the video screen above to view the TV segment, this was great fun.
Have a look at Zoe's post on Pain d'Epi (wheat stalk bread) for some nice shots of the cutting technique. Remember to cut at a very shallow angle with long-bladed shears, almost all the way through the baguette you form.
Zoë's adventure with the Barefoot Contessa!
I just wanted to share a mind-blowing-adventure I had with Ina Garten. The Ladies' Home Journal invited me and a few other food bloggers to attend Ina's very first holiday cookie swap. I, of course, went with our bread books tucked under my arm, hoping Ina would be willing to add them to her extensive library. Being the consumate host, she accepted the books with utter grace and excitement. Ok, my real hope is that she will become a 5 minute bread baker! You can read all about my time at Ina's house and see some behind the scenes, post champagne pictures at ZoeBakes. And, Ladies' Home Journal is hosting a contest, which results in a lucky winner getting to have lunch with the Barefoot Contessa. She is delightful, so enter and I hope you win!
We're on TV in Phoenix with Grilled Pizza: Thanks KPNX-12News (NBC)
We are ready for warmer weather (50 degrees yesterday in Minneapolis!), and that means grilled pizza. There's no better place for that than Phoenix, which is Minneapolis's alter-ego– it's pretty hot for indoor pizza-baking in the summertime (which is coming!). So we journeyed south a couple of weeks ago to do a demo of grilled pizza on the NBC affiliate down there– and soak up a little sunshine. We also taught again at Barbara Fenzl's Les Gourmettes Cooking School. Thanks for an appreciative group, Barbara!
One thing to explain though, hostess Destry Jetton said that this was cracker-crust pizza on the grill–it's not. Everything we showed in Phoenix was Neapolitan-style thickness, about 1/8 to 1/4-inch. We do have lots of directions for both kinds of pizza in Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day.
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It' hard to describe just how cool my 2001 F-150 modified is, but I will attempt a description here for you. The comfort that I dwell in while driving is unmatched. The interior is made completely from the fur of little baby lion cubs. Of course no cubs we harmed I just swapped their hides for some Eddie Bower khaki pants. The lion cubs were quite pleased, and their parents were impressed.
The engine was slightly modified, and by that I mean I melted it down and re-cast it in the fires of Mordor. What was done cannot be undone. I have hired a rather short man with an English accent to drive me around as he seems to be the only one who can handle the new engine without being totally mesmerized and loosing control of his faculties. He goes by the name Fordo Wagons.
The body of the truck is made from a unique mixture of Apache helicopter pieces, atomic missile bits, Sherman tank bolts, and the spirit of a bald eagle which might I add was very hard to come by. I had to trade something very close to me, and I'd rather not mention it if you don't mind.
The tire treads are 100% True John Wayne Grit, 55 million mile series, and they have been aired up with American Spirit which as we all know wont be deflated. My truck is fueled by determination, held together, with resolve, and weighed down by nothing.
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Man it sure would be nice if I could get some sleep tonight. ha ha ha
The PSM told me she would send me the run book tonight. I've been home for like five hours…
I really hope she gets it to me first thing in the morning, because I have no idea what I'm doing, and I have to run this track on my own tomorrow. I shadowed it today, but I've never ever been on run crew for a show I didn't already know intimately. I don't know how much I trust myself. I need those notes!!!
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Just got home from my first performance of Home of the Soldier at Synetic. I'll be on deck for both Saturday and Sunday's shows, and probably a few more after that.
It's a good show, but definitely needs a trigger warning. It exists in no real time and place, and follows a soldier through boot camp and into war. No specific war, and in fact I would guess it's more eastern Europe than middle east. So it has that going for them! It's not overtly Islamophobic!
But it does have lots of guns, loud noises (gunshots, explosions, and helicopters), death imagery, suicide, and rape. So, yeah. Not exactly a light evening out at the theatre.
Don't come in expecting to have a good time. But come in expecting a brutal war story, and you won't be disappointed.
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I can't say I was particularly surprised to hear the latest research on over-the-counter insect bite ointments and creams: Most of them don't work. I wasn't surprised because as someone who's super-allergic to mosquito bites, I've tried pretty much every anti-itch/pain/swelling product out there -- and the amount of "relief" they offer is, well, not much of a relief.
I know this is dismal news for my fellow mosquito magnets, but don't despair!
Because I have, over the years, discovered a few remedies that really do help soothe the sting.
But you probably won't find any of them at the pharmacy ...
Personally, I've had more luck at the grocery store. Some of these may sound weird, but trust me -- you won't care how weird they are when that nasty welt on your leg finally stops itching!
1. Place cold cucumber skins on bites to soothe the burn
2. Honey is a natural antibiotic -- apply topically to bites (but don't leave it on and go outside, unless you want a swarm of bees after you!)
3. Use a cotton ball to apply tea tree oil every 2 to 3 hours (my personal favorite! Kind of stinky, but so effective).
4. Cut a knob of garlic in half and rub it on the bite area (again, stinky -- but so effective for getting rid of the itch!)
5. Lime juice or lemon juice are better than nothing, especially if you're at a picnic or barbecue and those are all you have handy
Have you found anything that helps to stop the itch of insect bites?
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I use rubbing alcohol. Benedryl works too because it's a histamine build up due to an allergic reaction to the spit the insect injects to make your blood easier to drink.
I too am a mosquito magnet, I've even been hopsitalized after getting 1000's of bites at a 4th of July fireworks display. I couldn't run for cover fast enough, they just swarmed me, I think people around me probably thought I was on drugs. Scotch tape works sometimes, and anything super cold applied to the bite like cucumbers or tomato slices. Anything you have to rub in like hydrocortizone cream makes it itch worse because I'm rubbing it.


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Torchwood Series 4 Synopsis
This week Starz have released a bucket full of Torchwood Series 4 information, and we're wading through it to bring you the most important portions.
As we've heard already, the fourth series of Torchwood – set to shoot in January and air in late 2011 – has a more "international" flavour than the previous series, although naturally it retains the two key characters, Gwen Cooper and Captain Jack Harkness. Starz have been good enough this week to release a synopsis of the series…
When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire human race. The answers seem to lie within an old, secret British institute, known only as Torchwood. But Torchwood was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two survivors – former Police Officer Gwen Cooper, who has long since disappeared along with her husband and child, and the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, a man whose history seems to stretch back centuries.
With Rex under attack from all sides, in both the US and the UK, he soon discovers there are forces at work within every level of society, determined to stop Torchwood's return. As a chain of events across the world links together the most disparate and unlikely individuals – including a surgeon, a killer, senators and CEOs – a new Torchwood team takes shape. But this time, the threat is much closer to home, as they realize that their greatest enemy is mankind itself…
There's nothing better than a global conspiracy mystery – but we've got a long time to go before we can experience the thrills of Torchwood series 4!
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Chapter 39 of the Florida Statutes is the basis of the laws on parental rights termination. It strictly emphasizes that the court cannot just terminate the rights of a parent without serious grounds. The petition is usually granted when the child is either bound for adoption or admitted to the state's child care facility. The following may help on how to give up parental rights in Florida:
Know the statutory grounds for the termination of parental rights. Evidences must be presented to convince the court that the child has been abused by the said parent; that he or she is not known to the child, and the parent already has some convictions for violent crimes and other heinous wrongdoings. These are listed under section 39.811(6) of Florida Statutes. The petition may also be voluntary or involuntary on the part of the parent concerned.
A parent can voluntarily petition for giving up his parental rights by submitting a voluntary surrender affidavit. This will give consent to the court to investigate the case and finally grant the petition should the parent be found with at least one grounds for the termination embodied in the Florida Statutes Section 39.811. The documentation must be notarized and signed by at least two witnesses.
Voluntary petitions can be processed by first obtaining the petition forms provided in the courthouse and filling them out as completely as possible. Attach the voluntary surrender sworn statement to the petition and submit it to the juvenile division of the local courthouse. This will formalize your intention to terminate your parental rights for the sake of the child. The petitioner can submit the petition personally. In some cases, the other parent or the upcoming guardian can do it on behalf of the petitioner.
When the petition is served, subpoenas will be issued by the court to both parents or guardian if the child is under care of another person or by an institution. The county sheriff or a private delivery agent usually delivers the court orders. This is not just a mere notice of hearing, but the people concerned are ordered to attend. In their absence they can appoint a lawyer to represent them.
The first hearing will occur after 21 days of filing. This is called an advisory hearing. The court will appoint a legal counsel for the parents and another one for the child when deemed appropriate. Evidences must be concentrated on proving at least one of the many major grounds for parental rights termination to have a successful hearing – success in the sense that the petition will be granted and the parent's rights are finally revoked.
45 days after the advisory hearing comes the adjudicatory hearing. This is when the decision will be announced after submitting and presenting the requirements. There may be follow up hearings in case of incomplete requirements or when the court is not satisfied with what's being presented. Attendance is advised but representation can be made on behalf of the parents or guardian.
It's not true that how to give up parental rights in Florida is taken lightly. Everything is facilitated based on the laws of the state. The welfare of the child involved cannot be compromised. The court will decide for the benefit of the minor. The child caring ability of the parent in question will be under close watch during the proceedings. Medical and criminal records can be proofs of the parent's inability to take care of the child.


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Every few years, the prestigious Seisho Academy holds a prominent musical competition, and only the very best students at the Academy are allowed to participate. Though all are eligible to apply, only students from the music department actually make it to the competition...until now.
Kahoko is a normal student in the general education department with absolutely no musical skill, but all that changes when she catches a glimpse of an elusive fairy who lives on campus. The fairy grants Kahoko a magic violin, and before she knows it, she's nominated to participate in the school's music competition with five very attractive boys. Will she win love and fame, or will bitter rivalry rule the day?
"Kahoko Hino is an ordinary student at Seiso Academy until she encounters Lili, a spunky fairy who just happens to be on the same musical wavelength. Now Hino is in possession of a magical violin and competing in the prestigious Seiso Academy musical contest. Kure has created a world that is as delicate, and complicated, as a house of cards. Seiso Academy is segregated between the music students and the general education students, and the entire student body seems to accept music students as superior. Hino initially struggles with both her lack of musical ability and the cold treatment she receives from some other students. Yet her love of music and the emotional connection she has with her violin slowly begins to assert themselves. As Hino begins to come into her own, she catches the eye of five male students, four of whom are fellow contestants — more than just the competition will be in play as this story unravels. The musical element is a veritable love interest for the students and Kure's skillful character designs and chic artwork create endearing character that enhance this lyrical romance." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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Emmy Awards Weekend: "Feminine Eclectic" Decor Inspired by Girls
The Emmy Awards are this weekend and it's time for us to look back at all our favorite television shows from the year. We're celebrating Apartment Therapy-style by looking at what else? The set design. First up is the HBO series, Girls and Hannah's youthful and slightly electic bedroom.
- Floral Curtain from Anthropologie
- Vintage Iron Scroll Headboard from Etsy
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- Patchwork Quilt from Cedar Canyon Textiles
- Mid Century Nightstand from Vintage Apartment
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Colorful and fun! Love the Mid Century nightstand.
You're actually looking at the set decorating! In film/TV/commercials, the Set Decorator finds & selects the furnishings & decor, a Set Designer is responsible for drawing up floor plans and elevations. Both positions work under the guidance of the Production Designer. We Set Decorators love & appreciate the blossoming focus & attention on what we do, but it's often incorrectly attributed :) Thank you for highlighting the work!
i was interested in the quilt but the link you posted Cedar Canyon Textiles did not have it for sale, there were just photos of the quilts from when she saw them on a trip to Mexico. am i missing something? all that was for sale in her online store were craft supplies.


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