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Finally, a movie for everyone who found the Cannonball Run
films to be a tad too cerebral. In the
tradition of those Burt Reynolds road epics and Stanley Kramer's gargantuan anti-comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
World comes Rat Race, the cheerfully
moronic new farce from gagmeister Jerry Zucker (Airplane!, Ruthless People).
Reviving the tried-and-true formula for a whole new crop of
11-year-olds, Zucker has assembled a month's worth of Hollywood Squares castoffs, including Rowan
Atkinson, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, John Cleese, Breckin Meyer, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Dave
Thomas, Seth Green, Kathy Bates, Paul Rodriguez and center square Whoopi Goldberg for the
block. (What, did Jamie Farr lose his sheik
outfit?) The group has been assembled by Las
Vegas tycoon Donald Sinclair (Cleese, sporting a distracting set of fake choppers), who
has selected them at random by means of a handful of gold coins planted in his casino's
slot machines (shades of Willy Wonka). Sinclair and his fellow billionaire gambling
buddies have a new wager in mind: they've placed a red duffel bag containing two million
dollars in cash inside a locker at a train station in Silver Springs, New Mexico. The chosen ones are each given a key to the
locker and set loose. Whoever reaches the
locker first gets the cash.
It sounds like the premise for a new FOX reality series, and by the
time you finish reading this paragraph, it probably will be. In any case, the Vegas airport is quickly knocked
out of commission and our motley crew of contestants are forced to find alternate means of
transportation. Owen Templeton (Gooding,
Jr.), a football referee who blew the opening coin toss of a hotly contested match-up,
flags down a cab driver who lost a bundle on the game.
Enrico Pollini (Atkinson), a narcoleptic with an ostensibly comical accent, teams
up with an ambulance driver (Seinfeld's Wayne
Knight) rushing a human heart to El Paso for a transplant.
Nick Shaffer (Meyer) enlists a cute helicopter pilot (Amy Smart) in hopes of
beating the road-bound competition. Other vehicles called into service in pursuit of the
jackpot include a hot air balloon, a bus loaded with Lucille Ball impersonators and
Hitler's private jeep.
Andrew Breckerman's script is relentless in its pursuit of laughs -
there's no situation too contrived, no slapstick too juvenile for Rat Race. It's
got the kind of comic set pieces that feel reverse engineered, as if Breckerman began with
the payoff (say, Jon Lovitz sporting a brush mustache and spouting mock-German in front of
an audience of World War II vets), then sweated his way back through the improbable chain
of events that leads up to it. With his
brother David and their partner Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker revitalized this type of
rapid-fire tomfoolery in the 1980's with Airplane!,
Top Secret! and
the first Naked Gun. Those movies blended deadpan acting with MAD
magazine-style parody and a shameless affinity for bad puns and off-the-wall sight gags. But Rat Race
is closer in spirit to the later Naked Gun
entries. It's innocuous enough, and the sheer
volume of monkeyshines assures a handful of genuine belly laughs, but the misfires far
outnumber the direct hits to the funny bone.
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Colombia is rising
Medellín's cable car system. Credits: Flickr user Marcelo Druck
When you see three positive articles about Colombia in one week, it's a sign. And the fact that two of them were published in magazines that cater to businesspeople shows it's time for investors to look in the direction of this South American country.
Medellín seems to be the city du jour with much publicity about its metrocable and ambitious architecture projects. Colombia's second city, with 3.5 million inhabitants, seems to be rising from its ashes thanks in part to an aggressive security program meant to kick the drug gangs out. This New York Times article has fallen into the "urban planning will save us all" rhetoric (and you know what I think of it.)
What sets Medellín apart is the particular strength of its culture of urbanism, which acts now almost like a civic calling card. The city's new mayor, Aníbal Gaviria, spent an hour describing to me his dreams for burying a congested highway that runs through the middle of town, building an electric tram along the hillsides to stem the sprawl of the slums, adding a green belt of public buildings along the tram, rehabilitating the Medellín River and densifying the city center — smart, public-spirited, improvements. It's as if, in this country whose relatively robust economy has underwritten many forward-thinking projects, every mayor here has to have enormous architectural and infrastructural plans, or risk coming across as small-minded or an outsider.
En Route's June Edition concentrates on specific projects that are slowly building the city's reputation: the Parque de los Deseos and Parque de los Pies Descalzos urban plazas, the Orquideorama at the Botanical Garden, the Parque Explora science centre, the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot sports complex, and the impressive Parque Biblioteca España library.
Felipe Mesa, the principal of Plan:b Arquitectos, had a hand in both the Orquideorama and the sports complex. I walk to his office in leafy El Poblado, an upscale neighbourhood in the city's south end that's also home to my hotel and – as I learn when trying to sleep in one morning – Guacamaya parrots and myriad other birds making a ruckus at sunrise. "Up to about five years ago, nobody came to Medellín. No tourists, no academics and no foreign tradespeople, so we had no choice but to learn how to do everything ourselves," he says, explaining why the city now has so many high-calibre designers.
The title of this Monocle article (subscribers only) leaves no place to ambiguity. "Born Again" looks at the evolving economy of Colombia, noting that "over the last eight years, foreign direct investment has risen almost tenfold to €10bn." The country's steady economic growth and stable political climate will certainly make that number rise even more in the future. Colombia has also been putting a heavy emphasis on foreign relations and diplomacy, sending a clear message that it intends to become a regional power.
Few mentions are made in these reports about the FARC problem… The guerilla seems to have lost enough power to have trade partners and investors not worry anymore about having to conduct risky business.
June 28 update: This Pacific Standard article will help you understand the influence of architecture, planning and security policy on Medellín over the past 10 years or so.
Also, I'll be going to Bogotá in August to report on this topic. Any other story ideas are more than welcome.


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Sean Payton suspended for 1 year Gregg Williams suspended indefinitely Tebow traded to jets for 4th rounder
Wow! on the first two. Meh on the third.
"What a horrible night to have a curse." -Simon Belmont "Please bury me with all my stuff, because you know it's mine..." -Master Shake "Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood."
1 year? For what? What a joke.
Report: Saints coach Payton suspended full year, team docked draft picks | wwltv.com New Orleans According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, coach Sean Payton will be suspended for a year, general manager Mickey Loomis eight game and fined $500,000 and the Saints will be docked $500,000 and second draft picks in 2012.
Wow, hammer has been laid.
Wow...didn't expect that on Payton.
Wow. Glad I'm not a Saints fan.
WOW! I can't believe they would suspend a head coach for a full year, but i guess this will discourage other teams from doing it.
"Watch out for the Cyclones. We comin," Korie Lucious.
Originally Posted by ISUAgronomist Report: Saints coach Payton suspended full year, team docked draft picks | wwltv.com New Orleans That is HUGE!. The NFL is setting an example with this one, pure and simple. Considering the penalties, I would guess that any existing bounty programs on other teams, will cease to be. Losing your head coach for a year is one of the harshest penalties I can think of.
That is WAAY over the top. 100 bucks it doesn't stick
Wow on Sean Peyton.. Meh on last 3
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Screw the saints.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Originally Posted by Clones85' That is WAAY over the top. 100 bucks it doesn't stick I assume you're referring to Tebow being worth a 4th rounder?
Note too self: don't **** off Goodell.
Owned. Glad the NFL is taking this seriously. Goodell is the man.
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I am appalled upon reading in the Gazette of yet another massive sewage spill from a pumping station. I have long argued that instances such as this along with others reported or unreported spills are the main culprit of the pollution in our waterways. I have been told that the main reason for pollution is animal feces and homeowners who have faulty septic systems.
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The colour is Ford "Toxic" which is a recent XR6/8 colour.
Here's a few more pictures sent through recently. One of the door trims:
The door handle on the inside has been positioned low due to the roll cage and window net + there is a door pull up at the window so the handles could be shaved off outside.
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I recently made a collage out of magazine clippings and mod- podge. I want people to see my personality in my work. We used an important method for this, first we got a canvass, and then we got a magazine, mode-podge, and scissors. We cut out pictures put mod-podge on the canvass then put the picture on and covered the picture and repeated this until it was covered. Then we used a paint called Gesso over stencils that we made. After that dried we painted over the Gesso. And that was our project. -ARLO-
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Sunday, January 08, 2006
This is why I live in California folks! It was in the mid 60's today with beautiful sunshine and fun surf! I can't believe how much sand that two week storm had brought in! There's a beach where there's usually water and the tide was just under a foot! With that sand and low tide, you pretty much have a 6 hour window surf as opposed to a 3 hour window. It felt like spring today. Just getting in the water had rinsed away the two week foul mood that had invaded my body and mind. I feel like I am thinking much more clearly. I start classes tomorrow...Math and Arts of Asia. I decided to take the English/Critical Thinking course in the spring. It will be nice to have a new beginning again.
Click on the image to enlarge it so you can get a better sense of being there. Check out the longboards everywhere!
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- bee said...
Today was absolutely beautiful! I only wish I was able to get out an enjoy it more!
- Miz BoheMia said...
Awwww! A picture of home! *bohemian weeps away*
Glad you are finally enjoying a good start to the year! It has been a weird transition for everyone I know!
I missed reading you and am glad you're back chica!
I am glad you got to be back on your surf board! If I don't get my time on my yoga mat I go into withdrawal symptoms and everyone'd better run away from me because... grrr... you know?
Surf away and kick those waves asses! - 7:48 PM
- Leigh said...
Bee - I know what you mean...it's gonna be nice again tomorrow, but I have work and school. The rain returns on Tues :( I will try to get out again tomorrow and you should too!
Miz B- Gosh, I so glad to get out of that funk! Yes, I know what you mean... those things are so important to our inner harmony. I'm sure everyone around me were thinking "Are you going be surfing soon, because you're driving us nuts!" - 7:59 PM
- Day by Day said...
Beautiful *jealous*... Good luck with school. I start back tomorrow as welll...ick! ;( If I get anything else on my plate I don't know what I will do.
Have a great week! ;) - 3:59 AM
- Alice: In Wonderland or Not said...
clear head , clear heart.
What am I doingback in the cold northeast again?
Here's to a great new year *clicks glasses*. - 9:52 AM
- weirsdo said...
Looks great. I'd be interested to read about Arts of Asia, and the critical thinking course later.
- Leigh said...
Shayna - Awww...well you are welcome to come here and visit! I didn't know you were taking classes - which ones?
Alice- I don't know about the clear heart yet...I'm still having issues with the girl regarding our friendship. But I am looking forward to school, knowing that is the cure. I'm very excited! You should have swung by cali and even more surfing!
Weirsdo - I'll give a full report! I am looking forward to both those subjects (even the math too). - 1:26 PM
- Day by Day said...
I'm taking computer programming and web design... :( Mainly for my job at work... again :(
It's going to be a looooonnnnggg semester... ;( - 6:44 PM


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International tensions, goofy cheerleaders, and a shot for an American gold medal — a visit to the World Junior Hockey Championships in Russia
By Katie Baker onNO MORE MIRACLES FOR YOU," screamed the mocked-up cover of the Stockholm-based tabloid Expressen, just above an image of a United States junior hockey player laid out flat on his ass. A few Swedish reporters had just used the copy machines upstairs in the press center at the Ufa Arena to print out a handful of copies of the paper's front page, and now they were downstairs in the interview area beckoning some of the boys on their country's under-20 national team to pose for a photo op with their work.
The Swedish teens dressed in gym shorts and their gorgeous yellow-and-blue Tre Kronor jerseys not only obliged, they hammed it up. They whooped, they yyyyeeeahhhhed, and at one point they even kind of good-naturedly snarled like lions, holding up the fightin' words all the while. They had just beaten host nation Russia 3-2 in an overtime shootout in the semifinals of the World Junior Hockey Championships to advance to Saturday's gold-medal game against the United States, and they were all kinds of fired up. (So was whoever created the half-boastful-half-blissed-out Expressen page. Pages plural, actually: A couple of guys were given a Svensk-language version to hold that said: "NU KNÄCKER VI JÄNKARNA" — or, roughly, "NOW WE CRACK THE YANKS.")
It was the kind of karma-tempting "bulletin-board material" that most superstitious hockey players go to great lengths to avoid, but in this case it was nothing malicious — genuinely just a bunch of affable Swedes blowing off steam with their native press. Watching it all unfold, it occurred to me that there was actually a pretty good chance they didn't even understand the "no more miracles" reference they held in their hands. Most of these kids are 1993 babies, born 13 years after the famous 1980 USA-Russia hockey game. A couple of them weren't born until 1995.
The World Junior Hockey Championships began in 1977 as an international tournament showcasing the best under-20 hockey players on the planet. Legendary players ranging from Peter Forsberg to Eric Lindros, from Slava Fetisov to Dominik Hasek, have represented their countries in the WJC over the years. The event has become something of a national pastime in Canada, where it is hosted the majority of the time. This year, though, the tournament's being held in a location a little more far-flung than even Alberta:1 in an oil-rich Russian city named Ufa two hours (by plane) east of Moscow.
Ten teams' worth of players and coaches and team officials give up their Christmas and New Year's to compete in the tournament, and Saturday is the culmination of all that time spent. First Russia will play Canada in what ought to be a particularly heated bronze-medal game, and then defending gold medalist Sweden will try to, er, CRACK THE YANKS. (Both games will be televised live on the NHL Network and online at NHL.com; the bronze-medal game at 4 a.m. ET and the gold at 8 a.m.)
Last year, a great-on-paper USA team finished a dismal seventh place overall, and this year it was hard to know how the Americans, who returned only three players from last year's squad (most of the rest of them aged out), would fare. They lost close games to Canada and Russia during the round-robin play, but kept themselves in contention with a decisive 9-3 victory over Slovakia to advance to the medal rounds. They dispatched the Czech Republic 7-0 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals, and yesterday stunned Canada in a rematch, winning 5-1. It was a surprising game, both because the Americans looked so very together and because the Canadian team — a presumptive favorite going into the tournament — looked so very not.
Jake McCabe, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin and the Team USA captain, scored twice in the first period yesterday off assists not just from his teammates but from his oddly disheveled opponents, too. On McCabe's first goal, five white maple leaf jerseys (including goaltender Malcolm Subban) jumbled around in the crease like it was a Canadian clown car, leaving the defenseman all alone in the slot. On McCabe's second, Subban had to deal with the unfortunate cosmic alignment of being fully eclipsed by three of his own men. He threw up his arms in frustration after the puck went into the net.
The third goal was no better: Boston College sophomore Johnny Gaudreau pulled off a saucy toe-drag that looked all the richer thanks to maligned Canadian defenseman Ryan Murphy forgetting the old maxim to "play the body, not the puck." Only the fourth goal, off Jimmy Vesey's forehand, was one that Subban really ought to have saved. Still, the 4-0 gulf was enough to get him pulled from the game.
"Nothing to do with Malcolm," said Canada head coach Steve Spott afterward. "We left him out to dry. The goals they scored were quality goals."
Canada got on the board early in the third period off a bizarre sequence in which the whistle blew but play continued, but the 5-foot-8-on-tiptoes Gaudreau scored again, his tournament-leading seventh goal.
It was a bitter defeat for Team Canada, whose squad seemed particularly stacked this year thanks to the NHL lockout, and whose fans were all the hungrier for a victory because of it. (The last NHL labor stoppage yielded a "dream team" of Canadian talent that won the gold medal.) From 2005 to 2009, Canada won five straight golds, but they haven't taken the top prize since.
"We've looked at the World Juniors as gold or bust for Canada for so many years," Vancouver Canuck veteran Manny Malhotra, who played in two WJCs back in his day, told the Canadian Press. "It puts a lot of undue stress on the guys going over there. It's a global game. Everyone's catching up."
Everyone from hockey pundits to hockey dads had a theory for what had gone wrong with their boys: It was the coach, some said; no, it was the goalie; no — the problem is way more systemic! Hockey Canada is in crisis! Some debated whether the selection committee was biased toward players from certain cities or teams; others shook their heads at the reports that the squad had brought along its own chefs to Russia. (One night "we did braised pork ribs," one cook told the Toronto Star's Kevin McGran. "Fall off the bone. The guys polished off 72 racks.") How can you battle in the corners, critics cried, when you're being coddled back at the hotel?
Dozens of the team's biggest admirers had traveled to Russia for the tournament, nearly all of them in proud red Hockey Canada jerseys and most of them part of an organized tour that I heard through the grapevine cost some people as much as five figures. Many of them had anticipated seeing the team battle Russia in the gold-medal game. Instead, the two teams will fight for a bronze; if the Russians were to win on Saturday, it would be the first time since 1998 that the Canadian team failed to medal at all.
Other than the proud swath of Canadian diehards (and the small smudges of Swedish or American fans), practically none of the people inside the bright new Ufa Arena were foreigners. The stands were half-full or less (though still spirited) during any non-Russia matchups, but crowds swelled to capacity when the Russian team took the ice.
Fans sported a mix of national team jerseys, Россия scarves, KHL gear (the 2011 league champion team, Salavat Yulaev, plays in Ufa), and the more everyday uniform of fur coats for the ladies, fur hats for everyone, and bib overall snow pants for all kids under the age of, oh, 10. Some people wore clown wigs in the Russian flag's colors, others draped themselves in the actual stripes, and I'm pretty sure I saw more than one woman in Minnie Mouse ears.
Cheerleaders in outfits of varying ridiculousness — a security-tape neon-yellow-green flapper dress with white knee-high boots for one game, a highly unflattering purple-and-silver pantsuit with a white fur bolero for another, a blue-and-green V-necked leotard-dress that would look great on a figure skater for most of the Russian games — did pretty much nonstop routines behind one net, but in a much swishier and noodlier fashion than their Western counterparts. (This might be the only sphere in which the United States seems militaristic by comparison.) A guy merrily played an organ; it didn't take long for him to earn a parody Twitter account, nor did it take much longer for hockey writers to complain that it used to be much funnier.
Everyone chanted "RUS! SI! A!" again and again in a manner that initially, to my untrained ears, had the same cadence as that old hockey-rink standby "CROS! BY! SUCKS!" (Wow, they must be really devoted to Alex Ovechkin, I thought for those confusing first few minutes.) When the Russians went on a power play, they yelled out "Shaybu" — "We want a goal." (It sort of reminded me of the Russian version of the guy behind you at NHL games who hollers SHOOOOOT! every time someone touches the puck.) When they were displeased, even for a moment, they whistled. When they witnessed a Russian goal, they reacted so deliriously that I found myself secretly hoping they'd win the whole tournament, if only to witness the undoubtedly vodka-soaked celebration.
In their Wednesday-night quarterfinal against up-and-comer Switzerland, Russia trailed 3-2 with less than two minutes remaining. But a Swiss slashing penalty gave Russia a power play that they almost immediately converted to tie the game with 1:39 remaining; they would ultimately win in a shootout after a scoreless 10 minutes of sudden death.
It was a heartbreaking finish for the poor Swiss, who had lost only one game in regulation throughout the tournament — but had also dropped four straight in overtime or in a shootout. As the two teams lined up at center ice for the customary postgame ceremony, which involves a kick-marching flag procession and smiling ladies in traditional Bashkortostan garb handing out player-of-the-game plates to one winner and one loser, a sobbing 19-year-old Alessio Bertaggia (he had scored one shootout goal but then missed another to end the game) was consoled by teammate Sven Andrighetto, who pulled Bertaggia to his chest and kissed the side of his helmet. It was devastating to see.
"It hurts, it really hurts," said red-eyed 18-year-old goalie Melvin Nyffeler, who had very nearly stolen the game for the Swiss. "Four times we battled hard and went to penalty shots or overtime."
He paused to gather himself. "It's really hard to find words right now. I'm sorry."
Sweden came out to play its semifinal game against Russia on Thursday in much the same way that the USA had done hours earlier against Canada. Their passes were crisp, their systems well executed, their lead 2-0 after the first. As they had against Switzerland, Russia battled back to tie the game in the third period in front of an exhilarated (if, up till that point, frequently whistling) home crowd. But this time it was Sweden who won in a shootout, a reminder of sorts about last year's WJC gold-medal game in which the Swedes defeated the Russians in overtime. (The call by the Swedish announcers was truly remarkable.)
Last year's gold-medal goal was scored by Mika Zibanejad, who was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2011 and not allowed by them to participate in the WJC this season. (They insisted he remain with their minor league affiliate Binghamton Senators.) In addition to being without Zibanejad, Sweden came into the tournament having lost three of their top four defensemen — all first-round NHL draft picks — to injury. The depleted roster led them to call up 17-year-old Robert Hagg at the last minute; on Thursday, he was one of the best-looking players on the ice, and he's projected to go early in the draft.
Had they been lucky to win on Thursday? a Russian reporter asked Hagg after the victory. "Lucky? No," he said, his smile mischievous. "We were better."
Filip Forsberg, the team's captain and a first-round draft pick this past summer by the Washington Capitals, was asked about the USA-Canada game.
"Canada has a super team of NHL stars, so I'm sure it's disappointing for them," he said.
One thing's for certain: There is no love lost between Canada and Russia. Bitter hockey rivals for decades, the two countries had a few tense moments earlier in the tournament. It began when Nail Yakupov, this year's first overall draft pick by the Edmonton Oilers, was quoted as saying, of the Canadians, "Those guys play dirty." A week went by before he "clarified" his remarks in a testy press conference that illuminated little. (As it turned out, it's likely that the word "dirty" was a somewhat imprecise translation of a word that means something more like "chippy" or "rough.")
And speaking of illumination, Canada coach Steve Spott sparked the ire of the host country when he explained that his team had brought special UV lamps along with them to combat what he called the "24 hours of darkness" in Ufa. He was exaggerating; still, it's true that the sun doesn't rise until nearly 11 a.m. here this time of year. It became easy fodder for Russian players and fans to ridicule.
Canada defeated Russia in the round-robin game on New Year's Eve (many fans brought lamps and flashlights to mock the Canadians) and it's clear that the host nation would like nothing more than to knock Canada off the podium in turn on Saturday. Tensions have also been mounting between the North American media and Yakupov, who has been made extra scarce these two weeks. It's been a disappointing WJC for the 19-year-old team captain, who has scored just one goal in six games and has played like a man trying to do a dozen big things at once, and instead accomplishing very little.
He didn't talk to the press after the team's win over Switzerland, nor after its loss to Sweden, which has earned him sharp rebukes from Edmonton beat writers in particular — though I'd bet that Russian team officials have been plenty involved in keeping the normally loquacious player under wraps, whether to cut down on drama or, honestly, just to be difficult. (There's also a bit of a cultural disconnect, I think: Several Russian reporters here to cover the tournament told me that, unlike in Canada and the U.S., team captains aren't really expected to moonlight as press liaisons.)
"He's a leader in spirit and a leader in the dressing room," the Russian head coach insisted when pressed about it on Thursday evening. He added that two years ago in the men's World Championships, Alex Ovechkin hadn't scored any points.
But Canada-Russia will just be the prelude to the gold-medal game between the U.S. and Sweden. To win, the Swedes will need to continue the crisp breakout that helped them maintain the puck so often against Russia, and try to stymie a corps of American defensemen, from McCabe to Seth Jones to hard-hitting Jacob Trouba, that enjoys moving up and getting involved in the play. If they can, they can take home back-to-back gold medals after going through a 30-year drought.
The Americans, for their part, will most crucially need their goaltender John Gibson, who has arguably been the most valuable player in the tournament, to maintain his outstanding and consistent play. (His save on Ryan Strome in the semifinals was one of the most pivotal moments of an otherwise one-sided game.) "It's my personality," he said Friday. "I never get too high or too low."
His team can learn from that: After being the most highly penalized squad in the tournament, they played a far cleaner and less retaliatory game against Canada. (As for Sweden's provocative photo session on Thursday night, a few players coyly but calmly confirmed they had indeed seen the pictures.) Facing a pared-down Swedish defense, they'd do best to sustain continued offensive pressure from guys like Alex Galchenyuk and Gaudreau, who had a funny moment during an interview earlier in the tournament.
Asked about the origin of his last name — his father, Guy, is French Canadian — Gaudreau explained that he had never learned his dad's language. "My father only wanted to teach me one language at a time," he said, "so he just taught me American."
This article originally misstated the name of Ottawa's minor league affiliate. It is the Binghamton Senators, not the Birmingham Senators.


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Posted 12 March 2008 - 10:09 PM
It is going to be an asian inspired tapas restayrant in Barcelona and from what I had heard they were hoping for a December/January opening.
Any news or reports will be great.
Posted 16 March 2008 - 12:35 PM
Sounds great though...
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behind the boq. on c/ elisabets... right next to the camper hotel... (where the old ¨foodball¨used to be)
Ah, neat, I didn't know that was the space they took. It's a very nice space, shadowed by the catastrophic failure that the whole Foodball concept was.
Any idea on when they plan to open?
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 02:06 AM
It seems to be a bar, rather than a restaurant. I cleverly deduced this from the extra large Scrabble-style letters on the wall above the door spelling BAR.
I've read a blog post (of unknown reliability) that suggests it will be an Asian-food version of Inopia - an homage to old-school local bars. I'm not sure how they're going to do this. If the food's not going to be trad, I suppose the decor must be. Will there be an old guy with suspiciously stained trousers playing the fruit machine in the corner? Will the toilets offer a bottle of supermarket shampoo with which to wash your hands?
Posted 03 May 2008 - 05:29 AM
http://blog.yam.com/...article/8503330 - 5th & 6th photos from the bottom (just past the omelet photos). - the blog shows a Japanese restaurant in Taiwan BTW
There are a lot of similarities between much of the 'old school' Spanish bar food and many Japanese dishes. It would be wonderful if someone was aware enough of the gastronomy from both cultures to be able to adequately exploit this.
During the Edo period, the Japanese considered the word's three greatest delicacies to be sea cucumber, sea urchin, and mullet roe (konowata, uni & karasumi).
None of these are out of synch with Spanish tastes, even Etxebarri is serving sea cucumber
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 07:30 AM
There are a lot of similarities between much of the 'old school' Spanish bar food and many Japanese dishes. It would be wonderful if someone was aware enough of the gastronomy from both cultures to be able to adequately exploit this.
If anyone would know it would be the team from elBulli. Albert Raurich would likely be as expert as anyone on this. There are plenty of similarities between Spanish and Japanese cuisines, so much so that at the Spain and the World Table Conference in 2006, Japan was the only non-Spanish country represented to present on these very similarities.
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 12:44 PM
Anyway, I'll try and investigate further soon. But if anyone beats me to it, please report back.
Posted 04 May 2008 - 10:40 PM
As for the team I am not sure who else is there but I know the "sous chef" (I think that would be his position) is a japanese guy that used to be a chef de partie for several years at elBulli. You can see him in the staff pictures from the 2003-2004 books.
I'm sure it will be amazing. Can't wait to go to Barcelona to try it out.
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Albert was there running the pass, and his wife was behind the bar serving drinks and excellent tea.
I told Albert that IMHO he needs to double the prices, because at the current prices (light meal from the a la carte menu, with sake, 80 EUR for 3 people) it's a steal.
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Posted 01 June 2008 - 04:09 AM
I finally managed to visit the place yesterday, and it is really, really good.
Albert was there running the pass, and his wife was behind the bar serving drinks and excellent tea.
I told Albert that IMHO he needs to double the prices, because at the current prices (light meal from the a la carte menu, with sake, 80 EUR for 3 people) it's a steal.
Silly! No! Maybe you're a pasta tycoon now , but spare a thought for the poor mileuristas who may want to have the option of both paying the mortgage/rent and treating themselves to jellyfish salad and monkfish liver once in a while...
I ate at the front bar from the a la carte menu and, though I did think it was good value considering the market and the competition in BCN, a steal may be going too far (7 euros for one, admittedly delicious, pork rib?). Mind you, it probably seems a lot better VFM in the rear dining room, where you actually get proper seating rather than plastic crates.
My grazing partners were more disgruntled by the prices, though I think this was inspired by a combination of extreme hunger and an inability to square the concepts of Asian 'street' food (there are a lot of dumplings) with 'fine dining'.
Personally, if I got to the end of the month with just 9,50 in my pocket, I'd happily spend it on their higado de rape. But if it was 19...
It's not really fusion, I think. The dishes I remember were all Asian. Local ingredients are used, but not as innovations, just local versions of what could also be found in, say, Japan or China. But perhaps there are some fusion-style dishes I missed?
By the way, Albert's wife, Tamae, is Japanese - just thought we might want to narrow it down from 'Asian'.
Anyway, definitely worth a visit for a couple of dishes and some sake - try the more unusual (for this city) platillos, such as a wonderful kimchi.
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I enjoyed the food and am a huge fan of Asian flavors, but - at least as someone who is pretty familiar with those flavors already - there just wasn't much in the prep methods or the flavor combinations that struck me as all that adventurous. A few items were standouts - the ankimo, the navajas, the tempura'd cherry tomatoes - and at least one other was close, a dashi-infused chawan mushi topped with trout roe (disappointing only b/c the crunchy trout roe texture was not a good pairing to my tastes against the super-creamy and tender custard) - but I suppose I expected something more cutting edge in light of the chef's resume.
It's a place I could happily return to as a regular dining destination, particularly if items are offered a la carte rather than just as a tasting menu (as I believe they are in the more casual front bar) - but it was largely missing the "wow" factor I anticipated.
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Coure is another outstanding (and great QPR) Barcelona restaurant that never gets written up here. Very unassuming but very professional, and they know how to find (particularly) great fish and how to prepare and present it.
Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:37 AM
I'm not sure that the reference point for Dos Palillos is "Asian street food" so much as dim sum on the Chinese side and izakaya on the Japanese side. Having said that, it was a fun meal and I liked the price.Dos Palillos is a terrific combination of two philosophies - Asian street food and Spanish tapas. No, it isn't wildly cutting edge, but it doesn't pretend to be. Excellent wine list. Go to the bar and order à la carte.
Posted 03 July 2009 - 02:16 AM
i enjoyed most dishes with a couple of great stand outs, but the sea snails were not for me but i know that is a personal taste as they were cooked well just hard for me to swallow just like marmite
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The restaurant is intended to showcase Spanish/Asian fusion tapas (the name translates to two sticks, referring to both chopsticks and the toothpicks that some tapas are eaten with). I think fusion might be exaggerating what's going on at Dos Palillos as I found most of the food to be pretty firmly in the Asian camp.
Without notes or pictures I can't really give a terribly detailed account of our meal, but I will say it was fun. Some of the courses were pretty pedestrian if you're used to eating in Asian restaurants, like a plate of stir fried vegetables. Granted, the vegetables were really really good, but it was still just a plate of veggies. Other more interesting courses included monkfish liver, razor clams with seaweed salad, slow cooked egg in dashi, and a make-your-own toro handroll (absolutely fantastic toro, quickly torched to really bring out the oils in the fish). We also enjoyed a plate of fried sea anemone, not realizing it would be the first of two anemone encounters on our trip.
A fun meal at what appears to be a Barcelona hot spot (numerous diners were turned away at the door for lack of reservations, almost all of them tried dropping names of people at or associated with the restaurant in order to get a table). Not sure if I would go back since there are so many more restaurants to explore in Barcelona, but overall an enjoyable experience.
Server (a friend of mine): Would you like some white truffle shaved over your main course?
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National Assembly passes resolution condemning NK's rocket launch
National Assembly passed Wednesday a resolution denouncing North Korea for launching a long-range rocket last month and warning the communist country against further provocations.
The resolution was adopted by the National Assembly's defense committee on April 13, hours after the North's defiant rocket launch that ended in failure. The resolution condemned the North's launch of a long-range missile as a provocative act that threatens the safety and lives of the South Korean people as well as the security of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. It also warned that South Korea would firmly respond to any further provocations by North Korea. Speculation has grown that North Korea may be ready for more provocations following the failed rocket launch, including a nuclear test. The North's defiant launch drew strong condemnation from the United Nations Security Council. (Yonhap) |


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September 25, 2006 The Direct Marketing Association (www.the-dma.org) today announced the imminent launch of its Certification Program in Search Engine Marketing. The program will be inaugurated at DMA06, DMAs Annual Conference and Exhibition, which will be held October 14-19 in San Francisco.
Driven by DMAs Search Engine Marketing Council (SEMC), with cooperation from the major search engines Yahoo!, MSN, and Google, the program has been developed in response to the nearly daily changes in this dynamic marketplace that profoundly affects the tactics and knowledge used by todays search marketers.
Search engine marketing is the fastest growing direct marketing channel, with 40 percent annual growth and over $5.7 billion in search advertising spending in 2005, said John A. Greco, Jr., president & CEO, DMA. Theres a growing need in the search community for training that is both credible and that enhances performance of DMA members practicing search engine methods as part of their multichannel marketing strategies.
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The uplifting and nourishing choice of health-minded individuals, yerba mate boasts 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids and abundant antioxidants. Yerba mate is also known for its adaptogen-like qualities, which include reducing the effects of occasional stress. Of the six commonly used stimulants in the world, yerba mate, coffee, tea, kola nut, cocoa and guarana, yerba mate, with naturally occurring caffeine, triumphs as the most balanced, delivering both energy and nutrition. Yerba Mate:
We have videos of how to prepare mate! To watch the videos - click the icons below. French Press: Place yerba mate in the French press. Add hot water and steep for 3-10 minutes. We recommend using 1-2 tbsp of loose mate per cup. First, moisten the mate with cool water to protect the nutrients and flavor, then ADD HOT (NOT BOILING) WATER. Coffee Maker: Place yerba mate in filter basket, then brew. We recommend using 1-2 tbsp of loose mate per cup. First, moisten the mate with cool water to protect the nutrients and flavor, then run the machine as usual. Espresso Maker: Yerba mate brews well in most espresso makers. Place 1-2 tbsp of loose mate in a double espresso portafilter. Pull a long shot for a total of 4 oz. Great for making mate lattés. Mate Latte Recipe: Brew an 8 oz. cup of Guayakí Yerba Mate. Add sweetener (sugar, honey, or maple syrup) to taste and 4 oz. of steamed milk of choice. Top off with milk foam. Makes a 12 oz. latté. Mate Gourd: Yerba mate is traditionally prepared in a gourd and shared among a circle of friends. Welcome the moments of community born of your own mate circle.
I was TOLD by my doc to drink more coffee due to chronic low BP. But after several years, I had coffee "crashes," even without sugar. Teas just weren't gettin' it in the morning. Alas, I found Guayaki Yerba Mate. :D No crash. Low acidity. WONderful. LOVE this stuff. I like traditional and Roasted. I just ordered the 5-pack to try more. :)
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I will be a loyal customer to guayaki from now on! I have had other yerba mate, but this is by far the best that I have found. I truly love this drink -- my new favorite is using my french press with the traditional yerba mate, and mixing in a little bit of International House's Chai Latte creamer. What a great flavor combination with this mate. :)
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This was my first time trying Mate. At first it took a little getting used to (mostly because the directions the french press came with made a really strong brew), but now I love it. And it's great with a spoon-full-or-so of honey!
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I use your tea to bring me back from a long hard week, too tired to move after a long work cycle. It's a food actually, it's like medical to my body. It's always on hand at home. Drink it cold or hot, and usually serve it with a dash of vanilla. Couldn't be easier to order, I never have to 'follow-up' always get a confirmation # and product always arrives on time. Thanks MC
This works in a drip coffee maker and taste great! Love this product!
I have been drinking green tea for the past 8 months and really enjoying learning about the different teas and how to prepare them. I came across a link to Guayaki's web site and thought the nutritional benefits of Yerba Mate sounded fantastic. Not much was said about the taste except that it was a lot like green tea. I found that to be true. More specifically, it reminded me of one of the cheapest green teas I had tried. I couldn't drink that either.
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Good tasting, great smell; just like the stuff you can get in the local Argentinian mart.
Everyday my cup of "jo" is Traditional Yerba Mate. It's been two years since I've had a cup of coffee and I can thank Yerba Mate for that. I am so much more energized and feel so much better. I work 12 hour night shifts and used to drink coffee all night long, now I just have my Yerba Mate before work and I'm set for the rest of the night; I don't need any "pick me up" throughout the night. I don't have that "caffeine crash" anymore. Thanks to Traditional Yerba Mate and its bold yet mellow flavor without any bitter aftertaste, my life has changed for the better. No sugar or creamer required to alter the flavor! Thank you Yerba Mate!!!
This is the best tea for me when I need a boost at a grueling job or just need to relax. I've been drinking Guayaki Mate for 5 years now and it's my favorite company to buy Mate from. I have yet to try the San Mateo blend which I look forward to. My only issue is that the shipping should be better for these packages, I recieved my 1 pound bag of Traditional Mate sliced open and the tea was everywhere in the box. Perhaps wrap these bags with newspaper or something, please. Thank you!
I loved the original yerba mate so much that I took all of it from my mother when I left for college last year. This year, I decided to invest in my own, and it is still delicious. I have discovered that the loose-leaf tea brews wonderfully in my keurig coffee maker. There's no reason to buy any other tea!
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Dabangg details
Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
Starring: | Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Om Puri |
Director: | Abhinav Kashyap |
Genres: | Action/Adventure, Bollywood, Comedy, Thriller, World Cinema |
Studio: | EROS SALES (BOLLYWOOD) |
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Dabangg |
15 Feature |
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Rental release: | 25 Oct 2010 |
Main languages: | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
Subtitles: | English |
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By a customer from TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND , 19 Dec 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
A lot of nonsense but a lot of fun - especially in the action scenes. Bollywood has obviously learned a lot from films like The Matrix and the Bourne series - and it shows here in their impressive attempt to outdo both.
The story of two feuding brothers is completely disposable and all we are left with is a lot of macho posing-for-the-ladies wrapped-up in a faux-revenge plot against the villain for killing the two brothers' mother; bringing them together for the final showdown. The pitiful characterization asks us not to care about this as if it were an unimportant matter. But it is not and so this could have been so much better.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(24)Great movie of Salman Khan
By a customer , 29 Mar 2012It's really great movie of Salman Khan. I haven't seen movie like this before. Salman Khan looks very charm in this movie and what a amazing acting he did in this movie.
The story of two feuding brothers is completely disposable and all we are left with is a lot of macho posing-for-the-ladies wrapped-up in a faux-revenge plot against the villain for killing the two brothers' mother- Was this review helpful to you?
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Hud Hud Dabaang Dabaang Dabaang!!!
By Resh (7 reviews) , 11 Jan 2012This movie has emotion, action, drama and comedy. The opening action sequence is mind blowing. I am not a fan of Salman Khan, but he really made an effort with his character and was very convincing and did well. The villian of this movie Sonu Sood also gave an awesome performance. This is an excellent family entertainer which should not be missed. I have already seen this movie a few times on DVD, but I rented the blu-ray to enjoy it in HD. This is an all-time classic and I will be purchasing the blu-ray soon.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dabang - a feel good watch and fun
By a customer , 15 Nov 2011Really enjoyed this film, it is one of the newer generation of slickly put together films with decent special effects.
Salman is still looking very good, and seems to have fixed the bags under his eyes in this film
The story is traditional hindi film fare, but I won't spoil it by giving any more away.
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Dabaang is da goods
By jind (2 reviews) , 07 Nov 2011I don't normally watch Salman Khan movies, however having heard the reviews i thought I would give it a go and try not to expect too much. Maybe it was the mood I was in but I actually found this movie much better than I originally thought I would.
I'm not the biggest fan of fight sequences but I didn't mind them in this movie.
Salman Khan again, was actually much better than expected, has he toned down is bulk?? he looked better, however a little on the old side next to Sonakshi Sinha.
On the whole I was pleasantly surprised at the step back into old masala type films, with all the modern technological advances with effects and stunts.
I would recommend the movie to those who don't expect too much, and want some light comedy.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Rubbish movie
By a customer , 19 Oct 2011Rubbish movie.
Bollywood makes a lot of good and wonderful movies but for some reason movies from salman khan/shahrukh khan/ranbir kapoor keeps on over-highlighted in media even though they are not good movies.
The plot is similar to 25 years old bollywood movie, for rural area, no dialogues, not even good fight sequence. I dont how this can become one of the highest grossing movie.
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