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The Emperor's New Groove
|The Emperor's New Groove
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
|Directed by
|Mark Dindal
|Produced by
|Randy Fullmer
|Screenplay by
|David Reynolds
|Story by
|Based on
|Kingdom of the Sun by Roger Allers and Matthew Jacobs
|Music by
|John Debney
|Edited by
|Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland
|Distributed by
|Buena Vista Pictures
Release date
Running time
|77 minutes
|United States
|$100 million
|Box office
|$169.3 million
The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 40th animated Disney feature film and was directed by Mark Dindal from a script written by David Reynolds, based on a story by Chris Williams and Dindal. The voice cast features David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, and Wendie Malick. The Emperor's New Groove follows a young and self-centered Incan emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor Yzma. In order for the emperor to change back into a human, he trusts a village leader, Pacha, who escorts him back to the palace.
Development began in 1994, when the film was conceived as a musical epic titled Kingdom of the Sun. Following his directorial debut with The Lion King (1994), Roger Allers recruited English musician Sting to compose several songs for the film. Because of the underwhelming box office performances of Pocahontas (1995) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Dindal was brought in as co-director to make the film more comedic. Because of poor test screenings, creative differences with Dindal and production falling behind schedule, Allers departed, and the film became a lighthearted comedy instead of a dramatic musical. A documentary, The Sweatbox (2002), details the production troubles that The Emperor's New Groove endured during its six years of development.
The Emperor's New Groove was released to theaters on December 15, 2000. It performed disappointingly at the box office compared to Disney films released in the 1990s, grossing $169.3 million on a $100 million budget.[1] However, the film found larger success when it was released for home media, and became the bestselling DVD of 2001. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised it as one of the best films released during Disney's post-Renaissance era and the most comedic. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "My Funny Friend and Me," performed by Sting, but lost to "Things Have Changed" by Bob Dylan from Wonder Boys. A direct-to-video sequel, Kronk's New Groove, was released in 2005, and an animated spin-off, The Emperor's New School, aired on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2008.
Kuzco is the young, selfish, and overly-pampered emperor of the Inca Empire who lives the high-life and routinely punishes those who displease him, such as having an elderly man defenestrated for the crime of "throwing off his groove". When he fires his conniving adviser Yzma for attempting to run the country behind his back, she, along with her muscular but clumsy and oafish henchman Kronk, plots to take the throne. Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he plans to demolish his hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called "Kuzcotopia". Pacha protests, but is quickly dismissed. That evening, Yzma hosts a dinner where she plans to poison Kuzco, but due to a mislabeled vial, Kronk inadvertently spikes Kuzco's wine with the wrong potion, turning him into a llama instead. After knocking Kuzco out, Yzma orders Kronk to dispose of him in a river. However, after doing so, Kronk has a crisis of conscience at the last second and saves Kuzco, but misplaces him on a cart belonging to Pacha.
Upon returning home, Pacha does not tell his family about Kuzco's decision. After awakening from the bag on the cart and scaring Pacha, Kuzco blames Pacha for his transformation and orders Pacha to return him to the palace. Pacha agrees, but only if Kuzco agrees to build Kuzcotopia elsewhere. Kuzco refuses the offer and decides to go by himself against Pacha's warnings, but quickly ends up getting chased through the jungle by a pack of black jaguars. Pacha arrives to rescue him, and extends his offer a second time, to which Kuzco seemingly accepts. The two survive many ordeals in the jungle, and Pacha finds that Kuzco has a good side to him underneath his selfishness. Meanwhile, Yzma takes the throne, but is angered to learn from Kronk that Kuzco is still alive, so the two set out to find him. In the jungle, Kronk takes directions from Bucky, a squirrel with whom Kuzco had an unpleasant encounter while walking through the jungle alone.
The next day, the pairs arrive at a jungle diner at the same time, unaware of each other's presence. While Kuzco complains to the cook, Pacha overhears Yzma's plan and attempts to warn Kuzco when he returns, but he doesn't believe Pacha, thinking he is beloved by his people, and reveals that he intended to renege on his promise to spare Pacha's home. However, Kuzco soon overhears Yzma's and Kronk's plot of attempting to kill him due to his selfishness and, feeling unwanted, Kuzco leaves the diner on his own, planning on living out the rest of his life as a normal llama. Pacha catches up, still willing to help Kuzco return to normal after knowing his life is in danger. Kuzco reconciles with him before they set off to Pacha's house for supplies.
Upon arriving, Yzma is already there, searching for the two. Pacha has his family delay Yzma, giving him and Kuzco a head-start back to the palace, intending to enter Yzma's lab and find a potion to reverse the effects of the llama potion. However, they are ambushed by Yzma and Kronk, who somehow made it back ahead of Kuzco and Pacha. Yzma then orders Kronk to kill the duo. When Kronk hesitates, Yzma insults him by revealing that his spinach puffs disgust her, hurting his feelings and prompting him to betray her, but she drops him down a trapdoor. She then summons the palace guards and claims that Pacha and Kuzco murdered the emperor, forcing them to flee with an armful of vials containing various animal potions (Yzma deliberately knocked them all to the floor so that Kuzco and Pacha could not tell which one is correct), which they use to transform Kuzco during the chase. Pacha also knocks a table of flasks containing other animal potions into the pursuing guards, turning them into various animals. As they are cornered on the ledges of a giant wall structure, they are left with two remaining vials. Yzma and Kuzco struggle over the vials, accidentally crushing one and transforming Yzma into a small kitten. Pacha and Kuzco use teamwork to reach the other vial. Yzma snatches it, but as she gloats over her victory, she is abruptly and inadvertently crushed by a secret exit opened by Kronk (who has found his way out of the trapdoor passage), dropping the vial directly into Pacha's hand. Pacha gives Kuzco the vial, and Kuzco, after expressing his gratitude to Pacha, drinks the potion.
Some time later, a restored Kuzco, having reflected on the consequences of his selfishness, takes Pacha's suggestion of moving Kuzcotopia over to a neighboring and unoccupied hill. Kuzco then joins Pacha and his family at his modest and smaller resort while elsewhere, Kronk has become a scoutleader and trains a new batch of scouts, including Yzma, who is still a kitten and is vengeful toward Kronk.
Voice cast[edit]
- David Spade as Emperor Kuzco, the malevolent, narcissistic, and selfish 18-year-old emperor of the Inca Empire who pays no heeds to the needs of others. However, after transforming into a llama, Kuzco begins to realize the error of his ways
- John Goodman as Pacha, a kind and caring village leader
- Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Kuzco's elderly advisor who seeks Kuzco's throne for herself
- Patrick Warburton as Kronk, Yzma's good-natured but dimwitted muscular henchman
- Wendie Malick as Chicha, Pacha's caring pregnant wife
- Kellyann Kelso and Eli Russell Linnetz as Chaca and Tipo respectively, Pacha and Chicha's two young, rambunctious children
- Bob Bergen as Bucky the Squirrel, Kronk's companion, who hates Yzma, and has an unpleasant encounter with Kuzco
- Tom Jones as the Theme Song Guy, Kuzco's personal theme song conductor
- Patti Deutsch as Matta, a waitress at Mudka's Meat Hut
- John Fiedler as Rudy, a kindly old man who meets and befriends Kuzco
- Joe Whyte as the Royal Recordkeeper
- Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, Jack Angel, Danny Mann, Bill Farmer, Phil Proctor, Eddie Korbich, Donald Fullilove, Richard Steven Horvitz, Daamen J. Krall, Paul Eiding, Philip L. Clarke, Brian Tochi and Patrick Pinney as Male Villagers
- Sherry Lynn, Jennifer Darling, Mickie McGowan, Jessica Rotter, Cathy Cavadini, and Kath Soucie as Female Villagers
- Jess Harnell as the Guard who throws Rudy out the window
- Rodger Bumpass as one of the Guards who got turned into a Cow
- Steve Susskind as an Irate Chef, a former chef at Matta's who quits due to Kuzco and Kronk
- Miriam Flynn as the Pianta Lady
- Frank Welker as Llamas, Jaguars, Fly and Bees
- Jim Cummings and Kath Soucie as Birthday Singers
- Andre Stojka and Robert Clotworthy as Topo and Ipi, two of Pacha's villagers
Kingdom of the Sun[edit]
—Roger Allers, reflecting on the troubled history of Kingdom of the Sun[2]
The idea of Kingdom of the Sun was conceived by Roger Allers and Matthew Jacobs,[3] and development on the project began in 1994.[4] Upon pitching the project to then-Disney CEO and chairman Michael Eisner, Allers recalled Eisner saying "it has all of the elements of a classic Disney film,"[5] and because of his directorial success on The Lion King that same year, Eisner allowed Allers to have free rein with both the casting and the storyline.[6] In January 1995, Variety reported that Allers was working on "an Inca-themed original story".[7]
In 1996, the production crew traveled to Machu Picchu in Peru, to study Inca artifacts and architecture and the landscape this empire was created in.[8][9]
Kingdom of the Sun was to have been a tale of a greedy, selfish emperor (voiced by David Spade) who finds a peasant (voiced by Owen Wilson) who looks just like him; the emperor swaps places with the peasant to escape his boring life and have fun, much as in author Mark Twain's archetypal novel The Prince and the Pauper. However, the villainous witch Yzma has plans to summon Supay (the evil god of death), and destroy the sun so that she may become young and beautiful forever (the sun gives her wrinkles, so she surmises that living in a world of darkness would prevent her from aging). Discovering the switch between the prince and the peasant, Yzma turns the real emperor into a llama and threatens to reveal the pauper's identity unless he obeys her. During his time as the emperor and doing Yzma's orders, the pauper falls in love with the emperor's soon to be fiancé Nina (voiced by Carla Gugino) who thinks he is the emperor that has changed his ways. Meanwhile, the emperor-llama learns humility in his new form and even comes to love a female llama-herder named Mata (voiced by Laura Prepon).[10] Together, the girl and the llama set out to undo the witch's plans. The book Reel Views 2 says the film would have been a "romantic comedy musical in the 'traditional' Disney style".[11]
Following the underwhelming box office performances of Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, studio executives felt that the project was growing too ambitious and serious for audiences following test screenings, and needed more comedy.[12] In early 1997, producer Randy Fullmer contacted and offered Mark Dindal, who had just wrapped up work on Warner Bros.'s Cats Don't Dance, to be co-director on Kingdom of the Sun.[13] Meanwhile, Allers personally called Sting, in the wake of Elton John's success with The Lion King's soundtrack, to compose several songs for the film.[5] He agreed, but on the condition that his filmmaker wife Trudie Styler could "document the process of the production".[14] This film, which was eventually entitled The Sweatbox, was made by Xingu Films (their own production company). Along with collaborator David Hartley, Sting composed eight songs inextricably linked with the original plot and characters.[4]
In the summer of 1997, it was announced that Roger Allers and Mark Dindal would serve as the film's directors and Randy Fullmer as producer. David Spade and Eartha Kitt had been confirmed to voice the emperor Manco and the villainess, while Carla Gugino was in talks for the role of Nina.[15][16] Harvey Fierstein was also cast as Hucua, Yzma's sidekick.[5]
In the summer of 1998, it became apparent that Kingdom of the Sun was not far along enough in production to be released in the summer of 2000 as planned. At this time, one of the Disney executives reportedly walked into Randy Fullmer's office and, placing his thumb and forefinger a quarter-inch (5 mm) apart, angrily stated "your film is this close to being shut down."[12] Fullmer approached Allers, and informed him of the need to finish the film on time for its summer 2000 release as crucial promotional deals with McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other companies were already established and depended upon meeting that release date. Allers acknowledged that the production was falling behind, but was confident that, with an extension of between six months to a year, he could complete the film. When Fullmer denied Allers's request for an extension, the director decided to leave the project.[12] As a result, on September 23, 1998[4][17] the project became dormant with production costs amounting towards $25–30 million[4][6] and twenty-five percent of the film animated.[18]
Production overhaul and changes[edit]
Upset that Allers left the project, Eisner gave Fullmer two weeks to salvage the project or production would be completely shut down.[12] Fullmer and Dindal halted production for six months to retool the project by renaming it Kingdom in the Sun,[13] making it the first Disney animated feature to have an extensive overhaul since Pinocchio.[19] Meanwhile, following Eric Goldberg's pitch for the Rhapsody in Blue segment for Fantasia 2000, the animators were reassigned to work on the segment.[20] In the interim, Chris Williams, who was a storyboard artist during Kingdom of the Sun,[21] came up with the idea of making Pacha an older character as opposed to the teenager that he was in the original version.[22] Following up on the new idea, former late-night comedy writer David Reynolds stated, "I pitched a simple comedy that's basically a buddy road picture with two guys being chased in the style of a Chuck Jones 'toon, but faster paced. Disney said, 'Give it a shot.'"[23] One of the new additions to the revised story was the scene-stealing character of Yzma's sidekick Kronk.[24] Meanwhile, the name Manco was changed to Kuzco following Fullmer's discovery of the Japanese slang term manko, which translates to cunt.[6] Due in part of the production shutdown, Sting began to develop schedule conflicts with his songwriting duties interfering with his work on his next album he was planning to record in Italy. "I write the music, and then they're supposed to animate it, but there are constantly changes being made. It's constantly in turnaround," the singer/songwriter admitted, but "I'm enjoying it."[5][25] Because of the shutdown, the computer-animated film Dinosaur assumed the summer 2000 release date originally scheduled for Kingdom.[6]
Andreas Deja declined to return to the film after observing his more serious version of Yzma was incompatible with the wackier and comedic tone of the film, to which he moved to Orlando, Florida to work on Lilo & Stitch. Animator Dale Baer would replace Deja as the supervising animator for Yzma.[26] Fullmer would inform Sting by telephone that his songs, related to specific scenes and characters that were now gone, had to be dropped.[5][27] Bitter about the removal of his songs, the pop musician commented that "At first, I was angry and perturbed. Then I wanted some vengeance." Disney eventually agreed to allow three of the six deleted songs as bonus tracks on the soundtrack album, such as Yzma's villain song "Snuff Out the Light", the love song "One Day She'll Love Me" and the dance number "Walk the Llama Llama".[28] The plot elements, such as the romance between the llama herder Pacha and Manco's betrothed Nina, the sun-capturing villain scheme, similarities to The Prince and the Pauper story and Inca mythology were dropped.[12] The character of Hucua was also dropped, though he would make a cameo appearance as the candle holder during the dinner scene in the finished film.[29] Kuzco—who was a supporting character in the original story—eventually became the protagonist.[30]
In the summer of 1999, cast members Owen Wilson, Harvey Fierstein and Trudie Styler were dropped from the film.[31] Eartha Kitt and David Spade remained in the cast, Dindal commented, "[a]nd then John Goodman and Patrick Warburton came aboard."[32] After Sting's songs for Kingdom of the Sun were dropped from the new storyline, Sting remained on the project, though he was told by the studio that "[a]ll we want is a beginning and an end song."[33] The song, "Perfect World", was approached "to open the movie with a big, fun number that established the power of Kuzco and showed how he controlled the world", according to Feature Animation president Thomas Schumacher.[34] The filmmakers had asked Sting to perform the song for the film, though Sting declined by telling them that he was too old to sing it and that they should find someone younger and hipper. They instead went with Tom Jones, who is eleven years older than Sting.[35]
In February 2000, the new film was announced as The Emperor's New Groove with its new story centering on a spoiled Inca Emperor – voiced by David Spade – who through various twists and falls ends up learning the true meaning of friendship and happiness from a poor peasant voiced by John Goodman. The release date was shifted to December 2000.[36] Despite the phrasing of the title, the film wasn't related to Hans Christian Andersen's classic Danish fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" (although both stories involve an emperor being tricked).[37] However, according to Mark V. Moorhead of the Houston Press, the film's plot does bear some resemblance to that of The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, wherein a man is turned into a donkey.[38]
Eisner worried that the new story was too close in tone to Hercules, which had performed decently yet below expectations at the American box office. Dindal and Fullmer assured him that The Emperor's New Groove, as the film was now called, would have a much smaller cast, making it easier to attract audiences. Towards end of production, the film's ending originally had Kuzco building his Kuzcotopia amusement park on another hill by destroying a rainforest near Pacha's home and inviting the former and his family to visit. Horrified at the ending, Sting commented that "I wrote them a letter and said, 'You do this, I'm resigning because this is exactly the opposite of what I stand for. I've spent 20 years trying to defend the rights of indigenous people and you're just marching over them to build a theme park. I will not be party to this.'"[39] As a result, the ending was rewritten in which Kuzco instead constructs a shack similar to Pacha's and spends his vacation among the villagers.[40]
Design and animation[edit]
During production on Kingdom of the Sun, Andreas Deja was the initial supervising animator of Yzma and incorporated supermodeling poses published in magazines in order to capture Yzma's sultry, seductive persona.[41] Nik Ranieri was originally slated as the supervising animator for Yzma's rocky sidekick, Hucua. During the research trip to Peru in 1996, Ranieri acknowledged that "I was researching for a character that looked like a rock so I was stuck drawing rocks for the whole trip. Then when we got back they piled it into this story about ancient Incas."[42] Mark Pudleiner was to be the supervising animator of Kuzco's proposed maiden, Nina.[43] In early 1997, David Pruiksma came on board to animate the llama, Snowball.[44] According to Pruiksma, Snowball was "a silly, vain and egotistical character, rather the dumb blond of the llama set. I really enjoyed developing the character and doing some early test animation on her as well. Before I left the film (and it was ultimately shelved), I created model sheets for not only Snowball, but for the rest of the herd of seven other llamas and for Kuzco as a Llama."[45] When the film was placed on production shutdown, Pruiksma transferred to work on Atlantis: The Lost Empire being developed concurrently and ultimately the llama characters were dropped from the storyline.[44]
Following the production overhaul and the studio's attempts for more cost-efficient animated features, Mark Dindal urged for "a simpler approach that emphasized the characters rather than overwhelming special effects or cinematic techniques".[46] Because of the subsequent departure of Deja, animator Dale L. Baer inherited the character of Yzma. Using Eartha Kitt's gestures during recording sessions, Baer commented that "She has a natural voice for animation and really got into the role. She would gesture wildly and it was fun just to watch her. She would come into each session almost serious and very professional and suddenly she would go wild and break up laughing."[47] Ranieri was later asked to serve as the supervising animator of Kuzco (as a human and a llama), though he would admit being reluctant at first until he discovered that Kuzco "had a side to him, there was a lot of comedy potential and as a character he went through an arc".[42] Pudleiner was also reassigned to work as an animator of the human version of Kuzco.[48] In addition to drawing inspiration from David Spade during recording sessions, the Kuzco animation team studied llamas at the zoo, visited a llama farm, watched nature documentaries, and even observed the animals up close when they came for a visit to the studio.[46] For the rewritten version of Pacha, animator Bruce W. Smith observed that "Pacha is probably the most human of all the characters," and further added that he "has more human mannerisms and realistic traits, which serve as a contrast to the cartoony llama he hangs out with. He is the earthy guy who brings everything back into focus. Being a big fellow about six-foot-five and weighing about 250 pounds we had to work hard to give him a sense of weight and believability in his movement."[46]
Actual animation began in 1999, involving 400 artists and 300 technicians and production personnel.[42] Outside of the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio building in Burbank, California, animators located at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and Disney Animation France assisted in the production of The Emperor's New Groove.[49] During the last eighteen months of production, a 120-crew of clean-up artists would take an animation cel drawing from the animation department, and place a new piece of paper over the existing image in order to draw a cleaner, more refined image. "We're basically the final designers," said clean-up supervisor Vera Pacheco, whose crew worked on more than 200,000 drawings for Groove.[50]
After the release date had shifted to winter 2000, similarities were noted between the film and DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado.[51] Marc Lument, a visual development artist on El Dorado, claimed "It really was a race, and Katzenberg wanted ours out before theirs." Lument also added that, "We didn't know exactly what they were doing, but we had the impression it was going to be very similar. Whoever came out second would face the impression that they copied the other."[3] Fullmer and Dindal denied the similarities with the latter commenting "This version [The Emperor's New Groove] was well in the works when that movie came out," and further added "Early on, when our movie got to be very comic, all of us felt that you can't be making this farce about a specific group of people unless we are going to poke fun at ourselves. This didn't seem to be a proper choice about Incas or any group of people. It was more of a fable."[52]
The marketing campaign for The Emperor's New Groove was relatively restrained as Disney opted to heavily promote the release of 102 Dalmatians, which was released during Thanksgiving.[52][53] Nevertheless, the film was accompanied with six launcher toys of Kuzco, Kuzco as a llama, Pacha, Yzma, Yzma as a cat and Kronk,[54] accompanied with Happy Meals at McDonald's in North America. The European, Asian and Australian toys from 2001 were different from the North American set. Stuffed animals were also made and sold in places like The Disney Store.
Home media[edit]
The standard VHS and DVD was released on May 1, 2001, as well as a "2-Disc Collector's Edition" that included bonus features such as Sting's music video of "My Funny Friend and Me", a Rascal Flatts music video of "Walk the Llama Llama" from the soundtrack, audio commentary with the filmmakers, a multi-skill level Set Top Game with the voice cast, and deleted scenes among other features.[55] Unlike its theatrical box office performance, the film performed better on home video, becoming the top-selling home video release of 2001.[56] In September 2001, it was reported that 6 million VHS units were sold amounting towards $89 million in revenue. On DVD, it was also reported it had sold twice as many sales. The overall revenue averaged toward $125 million according to Adams Media Research.[57]
Disney re-released a single-disc special edition called "The New Groove Edition" on October 18, 2005. Disney then digitally remastered and released The Emperor's New Groove on Blu-ray on June 11, 2013, bundled in a two-movie collection combo pack with its sequel Kronk's New Groove.[58] On its first weekend, it sold 14,000 Blu-ray units grossing $282,000.[59]
Box office[edit]
On its opening weekend, The Emperor's New Groove premiered at fourth place grossing about $10 million behind strong competitions such as What Women Want, Dude, Where's My Car? and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[60] Overall, the film grossed $89.3 million at the United States box office and an additional $80 million worldwide[61]—totals considerably lower than those for most of the Disney Feature Animation productions released in the 1990s, and which were considered disappointing for the company.[62][63]
Because of its pre-Columbian setting and Latin American flavor, Disney spent $250,000 in its marketing campaign towards the Latino market releasing dual English and Spanish-language theatrical prints in sixteen multiplexes across heavily populated Latino areas in Los Angeles, California in contrast to releasing dubbed or subtitled theatrical prints of their previous animated features in foreign markets.[64] By January 2001, following nineteen days into its theatrical general release, the Spanish-dubbed prints were pulled from multiplexes as Hispanic Americans opted to watch the English-language prints with its grossing averaging $571,000 in comparison to $96,000 for the former.[65]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Emperor's New Groove holds an 85% approval rating based on 128 reviews and an average of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "The Emperor's New Groove isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family."[66] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[67]
Writing for Variety, Robert Koehler commented the film "may not match the groovy business of many of the studio's other kidpix, but it will be remembered as the film that established a new attitude in the halls of Disney's animation unit".[68] Roger Ebert, writing his review for Chicago Sun-Times, awarded the film 3 (out of 4) stars distinguishing the film as "a goofy slapstick cartoon, with the attention span of Donald Duck that is separate from what's known as animated features". Ebert would later add that "it doesn't have the technical polish of a film like Tarzan, but is a reminder that the classic cartoon look is a beloved style of its own."[69] Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum graded the film a B+, describing it as a "hip, funny, mostly nonmusical, decidedly non-epic family picture, which turns out to be less of a hero's journey than a meeting of sitcom minds".[70]
However, the film was not without its detractors. Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 2 stars out of 5, noting that the film "suffers from a persistent case of narrative backsliding that only serves to make older members of the audience long for the days of the dwarves, beauties, and poisoned apples of Disney-yore, and younger ones squirm in their seats". Savlov continued to express his displeasure in the animation in comparison to the previous year's Tarzan, writing it "is also a minor letdown, with none of the ecstatic visual tour de force."[71] Bob Strauss acknowledged that the film is "funny, frantic and colorful enough to keep the small fry diverted for its short but strained 78 minutes", though except for "some nice voice work, a few impressive scale gags and interesting, Inca-inspired design elements, there is very little here for the rest of the family to latch onto". Strauss would target the massive story overhaul during production as the main problem.[72]
In 2018, The Emperor's New Groove was named the 16th best Disney animated film by IGN.[73]
|Recipients and nominees
|Golden Satellite Award
|Best Animated or Mixed Media
|The Emperor's New Groove
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley
|58th Golden Globe Awards
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley
|29th Annie Awards
|Best Animated Feature
|The Emperor's New Groove
|Individual Achievement in Directing
|Mark Dindal
|Individual Achievement in Writing
|Mark Dindal (Story), Chris Williams (Story) and David Reynolds (Screenplay)
|Individual Achievement in Storyboarding
|Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
|Individual Achievement in Production Design
|Colin Stimpson
|Individual Achievement in Character Animation
|Dale Baer
|Individual Achievement in Voice Acting
|Eartha Kitt
|Patrick Warburton
|Individual Achievement in Music
|Sting and David Hartley
|Individual Achievement in Music Score
|John Debney
|73rd Academy Awards
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley
|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
|Best Animated Film
|Mark Dindal
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" - Sting and David Hartley
|Phoenix Films Critics Society Awards
|Best Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
|Best Animated Film
|The Emperor's New Groove
|Best Family Film
|The Emperor's New Groove
|Las Vegas Critics Society Awards
|Best Family Film
|The Emperor's New Groove
|Best Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
|44th Annual Grammy Awards
|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
The Sweatbox[edit]
The Sweatbox is a documentary that chronicled the tumultuous collaboration of Sting and David Hartley with the Disney studios to compose six songs for Kingdom of the Sun (the film's working title).[74] The documentary featured interviews from directors Roger Allers and Mark Dindal, producer Randy Fullmer, Sting (whose wife created the documentary), Disney story artists, and the voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. Disney was not believed to be opposing Trudie Styler's documentary with Disney animation executive Thomas Schumacher, who had seen footage, commenting that "I think it's going to be great!"[75]
The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, but has gone virtually unseen by the public ever since. Disney owns the rights, but has never officially released it.[76] In March 2012, a workprint of the documentary was leaked online and was uploaded onto YouTube, by a United Kingdom cartoonist, before it was ultimately pulled.[77] As of April 2015, some scenes from the documentary could be seen from the home media release, including the behind the scenes and the making of "My Funny Friend and Me".
In April 2005, it was announced that DisneyToon Studios was producing a direct-to-video sequel titled Kronk's New Groove, which was released on December 13, 2005, followed by an animated television series on Disney Channel titled The Emperor's New School.[78] Patrick Warburton, Eartha Kitt and Wendie Malick reprised their roles for the sequel and series while J.P. Manoux replaced David Spade for the series and Fred Tatasciore voiced Pacha in season 1. John Goodman subsequently reprises his role for the second and final season for the series.
Kuzco appears as a guest in the animated television series House of Mouse and its direct-to-video spin-off film Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Two video games were developed and released concurrent with the film. The first, for the Sony PlayStation, was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. The second, for the Nintendo Game Boy Color, was developed by Sandbox and published by Ubisoft. Both titles were released in PAL territories the following year. The PlayStation version was re-released for the North American PlayStation Network on July 27, 2010.
The Tokyo DisneySea rollercoaster attraction Raging Spirits took visual inspiration for its Inca ruins theme from the buildings in the film with a structure based on Kuzco's palace similarly crowning the ruins site.[79]
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DVD media
- Mark Dindal (dir.), Randy Fullmer (prod.), Colin Stampton (art director), Joseph C. Moshier (character designer), Stephen Anderson (head of story), Nik Ranieri (animator), Bruce W. Smith (animator) (May 1, 2001). The Emperor's New Groove—Audio Commentary (DVD) (The Ultimate Groove (Two-Disc Collectors Edition) ed.). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. UPC 786936150926.
- Various cast and crew members (May 1, 2001). The Emperor's New Groove—Supplemental Features (DVD). Disc 2 of 2 (The New Groove ed.). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. UPC 786936150926.
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1. Chris Argent
The third participant in Teen Wolf brunch was my friend Jackie, who had never seen the show before and was thoroughly confused by the entire experience. Morgan and I tried to explain things (Scott is a Teen Wolf. Shirts vanish for no reason, all the time. And Dylan O'Brien deserves to win 30 EGOTs for having beautifully expressive eyelashes.) but in the end we just gave up, because Teen Wolf is too sublime for explanations. Jackie just had to interpret things for herself. Like for example, the fact that famed Hot Dad Chris Argent is totally Ser Jorah from Game of Thrones. How had I not noticed this before?? Badass fight skills! Unabashed love of the Matriarchy! Facial scruff! Sad puppy emotions! Unfailing loyalty! Hot Dadness! It's all so clear to me now. SER JORAH: WEREWOLF HUNTER.
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Or, as Jackie called her, Jenny Calendar from Buffy the Vampier Slayer. I loved Ms Blake in this episode, for similar reasons to why I love Pepper Potts. Never mind the fact that her reasons for actually being there (working really late at the school?? Fetching paper from a poorly-lit boiler room, because a damp underground cavern is a good place to store office supplies??) were kind of dubious.
Female characters are often perceived as being one of two extremes: total badass, or total damsel. If you're fearless and able to kick everyone's ass, that's awesome. But if you're not like that, then you must be pathetic. I always found it pretty weird that some people saw Pepper Potts as somehow "weak", just because she wasn't Lara Croft, and I feel like Ms Black may fall into the same category. I liked the fact that she was clearly shit-scared to be down in that basement, because that was a completely realistic reaction to the situation. Much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Teen Wolf strikes a good balance between "tough" characters (ie, werewolves; people like Allison who have actually had training), and people for whom it makes perfect sense to be scared when a fanged hellbeast is coming at you in an enclosed space.
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3. Derek Hale's never-ending agony.
"LOL." -- Jeff Davis.Derek and Scott were pretty much equal when it came to tragic stupidity in this episode, but at least they seemed very, very aware of it all the way through. Scott's high point was when he emotionally manipulated Chris Argent into helping them, whereas Derek's finest achievement was... not killing his sister? Probably? God. That guy's life really sucks.
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4. Stiles Stilinski's enormous bambi eyes, glistening with unshed tears.
Also: imagine a show where Allison, Chris and Stiles all worked together in a well-organised team. EVERYONE'S PROBLEMS WOULD BE SOLVED. Although I can't help thinking about how hilarious it would've been if all those murders had nothing to do with virginity. GUYS, STILES' LINE OF QUESTIONING IN THAT HOSPITAL ROOM WAS SO SKETCH. "So, traumatised girl... why were you camping out in the forest with your girlfriend? Nothing weird, my dad's totally a cop. He asks this kind of questions all the time." STILES.
5. Isaac Lahey.
Isaac Lahey's face. Isaac Lahey's snood. Every line of dialogue spoken by Isaac Lahey. ALL OF WHICH IS MADE DOUBLY HILARIOUS by the fact that his characterisation is just allll over the place. Like, some stuff can (I GUESS) be explained away by the fact that he's a traumatised 17-year-old who lives in the a giant, echoing Gotham City apartment with an even more traumatised 24-year-old who bit him and turned him into a monster, but, like... no.
Morgan and I were continuously dying of Isaac all the way through Fireflies because remember when he was a tearful, confused child whose father locked him in a refrigerator?? Remember when he was a stone cold psycho at the end of season 2?? Remember when he was adorable and kind of crushing on Scott?? Remember in this episode, when he was a bitchy sassbasket and wore a stylish hipster snood while out on a fun murder trip to the forest?? REMEMBER HOW ALL OF THOSE ARE THE SAME PERSON? He's just a multifaceted guy, I guess.
6. Lydia
Someone fetch me a stiff drink. Every time I think about Lydia, I fall into a pit of despair. WHY CAN'T NICE THINGS HAPPEN TO HER. WHY IS NO ONE HELPING HER WHEN SHE'S CLEARLY HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN. Why doesn't she take off her 4-inch stiletto heels when standing next to a corpse-garnished swimming pool in the middle of the night.
Sterek Rating: x/10 (No interactions.)
Shirtlessness: A shocking ZERO occurences.
Snoodwatch 2013: 8/10. A very impressive showing, but it's always important to strive for improvement.
Dylan O'Brien EGOT alert level: Off the charts, as per usual.
Thought for the week: I still yearn for someone to explain the logistics werewolf facial hair. WHY NO HEAD HAIR ON BALD BOYD? WHY NO MOUSTACHES ON ANYONE, EVER? Does Cora have tons of hair extensions IRL, or is that a werewolf transformation thing? And where does everyone's hair go when they turn back into humans? Does it get sucked back into their follicles?? A mystery for the ages.
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Amidst all the angst over fearsome Friday of June 13, 2014 (full moon on a Friday the 13th), an RASC colleague mentioned on our email list that there was additional concern being expressed around this all happening while Mercury was in retrograde motion. Well, its harmless, it happens all the time, but it still was fodder for yet another animation. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun and the planet appear to drift across the stars from West to East, or right to left in the animation. But, as Mercury races along in orbit passing between the Sun and us, its orbital motion overtakes that movement against the stars, and for a while it travels East to West, or left to right. This reversal in direction of travel against the stars is called retrograde motion.


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Jenny Downham's gorgeous third novel 'Unbecoming' is a story about love, grief and a whole lotta secrets. And in case you hadn't noticed, we love it.
But just in case you need a reason or two to part with your hard-earned cash and grab yourself a copy (which you can do right here!), let us tell you a little about it.
The three leading ladies
Yup, you read that right, three. We have 3 stories – Katie, her mum and her grandmother – all intertwining and getting complicated. We LOVE that we get to see these 3 strong women muddling along together.
There are few things more satisfying to read about that the moment when a secret comes spilling out, and when you've got three leading ladies, that's 3 glorious secrets.
So much emotion
Yeah, the writing and story is definitely emotional, but we mean us when we were reading it! We fell hard for these ladies and reading about the hurt and tragedy in their lives totally broke us. But in a good way, obvs.
Messy, complicated families
We often read about families in YA that are either picture perfect or completely messed up, but Katie's family is messily, chaotically normal. It was so refreshing to read about things that worm their way into our daily family lives.
Jenny Downham's writing
We just can't, you know? The power and emotion, the subtlety and rawness, the strength and skill – the EVERYTHING. We basically read this book armed with sticky notes and an awed smile on our face. It was a pleasure.
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Here's a stunning new picture book that's had even my adult visitors intrigued. Oh No, Monster Tomato! grabs your attention with a quirky story, delightful art and two giant fold-outs that explode from the book. It was written by Jim Helmore, illustrated by Karen Wall, and published by Egmont (2009).
In the dark town of Grislygust a competition is under way - The Great Grislygust Grow-off. Marvin plans to grow the tastiest tomatoes in town but his beastly brother Boris and his poisonous sister Prunella make fun of him. 'You're a titchy weed, Marvin, and your tomatoes will be tiny too!' But Marvin is determined to prove everybody wrong and soon his competitors will find themselves in BIG trouble.
Helmore knows how to make a young audience laugh, and have fun with words. The book design really enhances his story. We read about the Great Grislygust Grow Off, fruity-shooty tomatoes, splots and splats, and so many other delicious words, all in fonts specially designed to show them off.
Like most great children's picture book illustrators, Wall has given children lots of engaging details to capture their interest and add an extra layer of meaning to the story. She has made digital collages which add vibrancy, colour, pattern and texture to the pages. At first glance, the book is very busy. There IS lots of visual activity, but it's not chaos - children's eyes are led from left to right and top to bottom, the natural reading way in our culture.
Oh No, Monster Tomato! is a great choice for parents or teachers who want a picture book that can serve as a focus for all sorts of learning activities. Here are some Book Chook ideas:
There are two songs already in the book - can children create their own about another fruit or vegetable? Can they devise an instrumental accompaniment for it? Saucepans count as instruments!
Jim Helmore uses descriptive vocabulary in the book, perfect for using as a prompt to create a chant like this one I made:
The ground began to grumble
and the soil began to shake -
There's also lots of alliteration and onomatopoeia, making this a perfect book to use with older kids when you need a model of such devices.
Kids could experiment with growing their own fruit and vegetables.
Measure the growth of seedlings each day, record and compare.
Even senior primary students will appreciate the humour in this book and use it as a model for their own picture book creations.
Use Karen Wall's illustrations as inspiration for developing kids' own art work.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Book Review, Oh No Monster Tomato
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Review: Shadow Girl
In what is likely her final film, long-time Canadian-Chilean filmmaker Maria Teresa Larraín has made a first-person documentary chronicling her experience with progressive blindness. Larrain's condition is hereditary and comes as no surprise, but the progressive transition to living without sight sends her on an unexpected journey. Her claim to receive benefits from the Canadian government is denied so after her brother offers up a job, Larrain returns home to Chile after many years in Canada.
In the film, Larrain explains that film is the only way she can express her experience and her pain; if she were a painter she would paint or a writer she would write. In turn, the film is a story and expression of pain, and through the use of clever style techniques, Larrain is able to convey how she sees the world at various points along her journey.
Upon returning to Chile, she reconnects with her family and her roots and soon builds rapport with the blind street vendors of Santiago. The vendors form a community of their own and seeing how they have coped with varying degrees of blindness helps Larraine cope with her own struggles to accept and adapt to her new reality. The relationship between Lorraine and the vendors and the examination of the vendor community provide some of the most compelling parts of the film.
Larrain succeeds at providing an honest, first-hand account of her journey which serves simultaneously as cathartic release and forthright look at the issue of blindness. Shadow Girl can be dreary at times but the honesty of the story and the film's artistic merit make this a worthwhile watch.
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Welcome to Western Seminary
Greetings from all of us at Western Seminary. Thank you for taking the time to get to know us better by reviewing the information in this catalog. Catalog text, however, by its very nature rarely captures the heart and dynamic of an institution. So let me try to help you understand up front what Western is about.
Our mission is to train men and women to be faithful and fruitful agents of spiritual transformation in the lives of others. Confident in the uniquely transforming power of the biblical gospel, and knowing how to communicate God's truth and love in both word and deed, our graduates are well-equipped to play key roles in the outworking of the Church's mission. Their role may focus on a pulpit, a mission field, a counseling center, a classroom, the marketplace, or some other venue; regardless of the setting, Western grads know how to be salt and light in it.
That redemptive impact depends on empowerment from the Holy Spirit. Such empowerment is most likely to be experienced when followers of Christ model personal godliness as they submit their lives to the truths revealed in Scripture and join the Lord in the outworking of His salvific mission. Biblically-grounded, Christ-focused and gift-based ministry emerges, as does an atmosphere marked by both grace and gratitude. These values represent the heart of "Gospel-centered transformation."
If you too aspire to be that kind of catalyst and resource for spiritual renewal, then investigating what God is doing at Western is well worth your time. Please look over the information contained in our catalog, and then let us connect with you personally about how Western can help equip you for life-changing ministry.
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Producing a successful TEDx takes a lot of hard work in many different areas, but if everything is well-organised, what determines the success of the event is how well your speakers perform. It's rarely the best-known speakers who deliver the stand-out talks: it's the best-prepared speakers.
This is where Ideas on Stage comes in. Since we assisted photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand with his memorable TED talk in 2009, we have helped over 300 TEDx speakers to create, prepare and deliver the talks of their lives. Curators across the world – from Montreal to Paris, from London to Washington DC – have trusted our professional storytelling experts, speaker coaches and designers to get the best out of their speakers.
While most of our work is with major international corporations, helping senior executives with their most important presentations, our approach is to apply lessons from TED to the business world, rather than to apply business speaking basics to TED. So we're not just your usual humdrum speaker coaches: we live and breathe TED every day, whether we're working on a luxury product launch, a startup pitch or a TEDx talk.
And since we love working with TEDx speakers and helping them spread their ideas, we do it for free - and in return we ask only to be listed with your other TEDx sponsors/partners. Of course our TEDx offers are subject to availability – it wouldn't help you or anyone else if we tried to work on ten TEDx-es at once – but we usually find a way to help out if you give us enough advance notice.
Here are the three levels of what we offer, starting with our free offer, and working all the way up to the full package which isn't free, but offers a far greater contribution to your event.


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Continued Propagation of Victoria Crowned Pigeons
Continued Propagation of Surinam Toads
Successful Breeding, Rearing, and Release of Nene as part of the Nene Restoration Project since 1949
First captive Breeding and Rearing of Cassowaries on May 13, 1951
Propagation of Japanese Sacred Cranes from 1952-1960
First captive Breeding and Rearing of Indian Pied Hornbills in 1953
The Honolulu Zoo was the first to breed Galapagos tortoises in an American zoo. 1954, 1967-71.
Breeding and births of over 50 Giraffes since 1960.
Hatching and Rearing of seventy-one Burmese Mountain Tortoises since 1979
The Honolulu Zoo was the first American Zoo to breed this species in 1983.
First zoo to Breed and Hatch Madagascar Angulated/Ploughshare Tortoise in 1983.
First American Zoo to Breed and Hatch Johnson's Crocodiles in 1987.
One of a few zoos breeding this family of birds. 1991-present.
Three species were bred here to date:
– Superb bird of paradise
– Magnificent bird of paradise
– Raggiana bird of paradise
Two zoo-bred animals were re-introduced into the forests of Brazil as part of the captive-breeding program. 1992-94.
First Captive Breeding and Rearing of Native Hawaiian Apapane Honey Creepers in June 1996.
Breeding and Hatching of nine Crocodile Monitor Lizards in 1999.
Breeding and Hatching of seven Komodo Dragons on September 16, 2000.
Breeding and Hatching of sixteen Matamata Turtles for 2001.
The Zoo's first tiger cubs were born the later part of 2008. The three cubs were a very popular addition to our zoo family.
In 2011, 2 cubs went to new homes: Ke'Ahi to Yagiyama Zoo in Sendai, Japan and Malosi to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
On October 17, 2012, Tondi, the last of the Zoo's three Sumatran tiger cubs born in 2008, was transferred to Parc des Felins in France.
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British indie-rock band, Amber Run, will tour North America again for a 16-city tour. The tour kicks off in Dallas, TX on October 25 and make stops in New York, Toronto and Chicago, and will wrap up with back-to-back shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Their stops in California are their first ever appearances in the state.
Pre-sale tickets are available for purchase now, and general on-sale begins on Friday, May 3 at 10am local time. Tickets will be available via the band's website here. The band gained waves in 2018, which included their first American tour and the release of their first single, "Carousel," featured on their upcoming third album, due out this year. The band has amassed over 255 million global streams and 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and their single "I Found" achieved RIAA Gold Certification, with over 27,500 headlining tickets sold. The trio have also made appearances at popular festivals like Readings and Leads, and supported major artists James Bay and Kodaline.
The band's single "Fickle Game" was featured in the final scene of Megan Markle's episode of "Suits," and their music has also been heard on "Teen Wolf," "Pretty Little Liars," "Reign," "Finding Carter" and others.
Amber Run is:
Joe Keogh (vocals/guitar)
Tomas Sperring (bass)
Henry Wyeth (keyboard)
Tour Dates:
Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Oct. 26 – Austin, TX – Parish
Oct. 27 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Oct. 29 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Oct. 31 – Washington, DC – The Black Cat
Nov. 1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry at The Fillmore
Nov. 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Nov. 5 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Nov. 6 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
Nov. 7 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Nov. 8 – Milwaukee, WI – Colectivo
Nov. 9 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Nov. 12 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
Nov. 13 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov. 15 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Nov. 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
Follow Amber Run on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Stream their music on Spotify.
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AlzheimersNet is your guide to memory care in Claresholm, AB. Memory care facilities provide housing and care for people age 65 and older with Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia. Memory care enables seniors who have memory loss to stay as active and engaged as they possibly can, while living in a dignified, safe and secure environment. Our local Senior Living Advisors understand dementia care in Claresholm, AB and nearby cities. After an initial consultation, your advisor will prepare a list of memory care communities that fit your loved one's unique priorities for care and living preferences, as well as your family's finances.Memory Care Costs in Claresholm, AB
Price varies widely depending on location, care required, size of the resident's living space and the level of luxury at the community. The price of memory care in Claresholm ranges from $1,950 to $3,100 a month.
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Facts about Claresholm
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Claresholm is represented by MLA Claresholm Town Counciland Mayor Rob Steel.
Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately 91 km (57 mi) northwest of the City of Lethbridge and 125 km (78 mi) south of the City of Calgary.One of the Famous Five involved in the Persons Case, Louise McKinney, lived in Claresholm and was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the area in the 1917 provincial election.


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June 4th - no task because of the rain
A possibility of two hours blue hole being forecasted, the 129 pilots meet at take off. At the briefing, each pilot of the Advance team (Christian Maurer, Andy Aebi, Helmut Heichholzer, Caroline Brille) is receiving a basket with local products : red wine, Vall d'Ager almonds and 5 different sausages including the famous chorizo !
They will enjoy it in the evening or in the night ! A first 50 km short task is planned with a goal in the north. As the clouds are developping fast on the mountains some pilots suggest a goal in the south. The task is changed for a safer one with a goal in Balaguer. But again some pilots would prefer not to fly south against the wind ! The final answer comes from the sky where the clouds keep overdevelopping : the task is finally cancelled. Pilots are flying down to goal with some thunder in the north half an hour later.


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Just about everybody loves to take a picture or two. If you want to improve yourself, you have some studying to do. Here are a few tips and tricks that people who take quality pictures use.
Take your pictures quickly. If you take too long, you'll never get the perfect shot you envision. Your subject might run away or change position so that the moment you wanted to capture gets lost. The faster your camera is ready to take pictures, the better.
You can use several digital techniques to make photographs resemble watercolor or oil paintings as well as pencil sketches, drawings and more. There are many options for digital editing software, although Adobe Photoshop is considered to be of the highest quality. Some of these programs are more complicated than others, but the filter function is how you can convert your photos to art-like quality. Tinker around here and find filters you like.
It can be very inspirational to see what other photographers have done. Studying them will show you the vast variety possible in creating photographs that capture instants in our lives.
Drop the background focus when you are photographing people. If the background is too crisp or clear, viewers may get distracted by it or be unsure of which part of your photograph to pay the most attention to. You can do this by simply moving your background even further away from the subject.
If you're on a trip, it's best to start capturing photos the moment you leave. You will have tons of photo opportunities while on vacation, but don't forget about your travel time as a source of good trip pictures as well. Try documenting your journey. For example, an airport has many wonderful photo opportunities.
Photograph human subjects. You should always ask permission first. When you travel, seeing these pictures can remind you of the memories involved, even if they contain average people in them. Candid shots of people wearing normal, casual clothes work really well.
One of the best ways to take excellent shots is to take a lot of them; purchase a memory card which can store a great deal of pictures. You don't ever want to be in a position where you run out of memory on the card, so by having a lot of space you never need be concerned about this happening. Another advantage of a large memory card is you can shoot in RAW format, which allows the most flexibility during post-production.
Nothing else is left to do except apply these ideas as chance upon your next photo opportunity. Your photos will soon look much better.


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If you own real estate in South Florida, time is running out to challenge your property's market value as set forth in the TRIM Notice of Proposed Property Taxes that you should have received recently (the "TRIM Notice").
If you believe that the assessed market value for your property as set forth in your TRIM Notice is higher than the actual market value of your property as of this past Jan. 1, you should file a petition with the Value Adjustment Board (VAB) in your applicable county. The VAB settles disputes between a taxpayer and the Property Appraiser. The VAB is completely independent of the Property Appraiser's office.
Depending on the County of your jurisdiction, taxpayers may file VAB petitions on the County Clerk's website, in person at the County Clerk's office or other branch locations, or by mail. Petition forms are generally available from the Clerk's office, the Property Appraiser, and the Florida Department of Revenue websites.
The VAB has a statutory $15 filing fee, which must accompany the application. The application must be completed in full and submitted prior to the applicable deadline. For 2014 valuation appeals, the timely filing deadline for Palm Beach County is Sept.15, 2014, and the timely filing deadline for Broward County is Sept.17, 2014. If you live in a different jurisdiction in Florida, please refer to your TRIM notice for the applicable deadline or contact your county Property Appraiser's office.
For more information, please contact:
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We have an integrated team of attorneys who understand the challenges facing the real estate industry. We typically help clients acquire real estate, secure construction and permanent financing, negotiate architect and builder contracts, develop commercial and residential projects, and negotiate leases. Within our Real Estate Practice, our environmental attorneys combine regulatory, technical and business expertise to help clients meet the complex challenges posed by environmental laws and regulations. We service a wide range of clients in all aspects of compliance and transactional activities involving solid and hazardous waste, air, wastewater, underground storage tanks, site assessments, site remediation, voluntary cleanups, lender and corporate officer liability, wetlands, and asbestos.


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Warning: Spoiler Alert
Even in death Joe Carroll gains another victory over Ryan Hardy. The FOX series "The Following," finally ended the game of cat and mouse that's taken place between the psychotic serial-killer and the FBI Agent, committed to ending Carroll's killings. However Hardy would not find himself rid of the disease that he stated the murderer infected him with, in an earlier episode, with Carroll's execution. He instead realized more than ever the symbiotic relationship the pair shared, as Carroll forced Ryan to admit that Joe was indeed, the most important relationship in his life.
Carroll refused to go quietly into the night, staging one last escapade that cost at least two guards at the Virginia Correctional Facility to lose their lives. Joe used the sunglasses he stole from prison guard Gary Benson, in the previous episode, to take out the guards. He then locked the door of the facility, taking three hostages, including his attorney and the Governor of Virginia's Chief Of Staff. He then informed the powers that be, that unless Hardy arrived at the prison within two-hours, he'd start killing his hostages.
Joe once again focuses the spotlight on himself, thus putting this season's "Big Bad," Theo Noble on a back burner, although he'd still figure into the episode. The first time we see him is in some junkie crash-pad, as he picks up a young woman from a mattress on the floor. The guy she's sleeping with, objects and pulls a knife, he doesn't put up much of a fight, before Theo kills him with his own knife.
The young woman's Penny, Theo's younger sister and the only person he has true feelings for. He's kept them alive he says by being forceful and taking control, which he intends to do by taking down Hardy. He also shows Penny, Arthur Strauss' codebook, it turns out Theo's looking for a person that can get him his anonymity back. Penny says he better, as if they catch him she'll soon be caught as well.
Ryan, Max and Mike fly down to the prison, Hardy gives up all his weapons, as he knows Joe will search him. Max tells her uncle that if he can kill Carroll, he needs to do it. He tells them if anything happens for them to take care of each other. He places a call to Gwen, to let her know he's going in with Carroll. She says she needs to tell him something, he tells her to save it for later. He hangs up, so she doesn't get to tell him she's carrying his child.
Hardy arrives at the door of the room Joe's holed up in, Carroll makes him remove his jacket and shirt, to prove he's not carrying a weapon. Joe tells him to put on the handcuffs that are on the floor and cuff his hands behind his back. Ryan says he'll do that if Carroll releases the hostages, Joe tells him he's got no leverage. Hardy picks up his shirt and jacket and says have fun with the SWAT Team. Carroll agrees to release the doctor, Hardy puts on the cuffs and changes places with the doctor. Joe then jolts Ryan twice with the Taser unit he took from a guard, he says if Hardy accepted the invite to the execution, none of this would be necessary.
Ryan comes to a short time later as Joe's now has a wire noose around the agent's neck. He hoists him up from the floor with the noose, then tells him that Ryan will tell Carroll that their relationships the most important in his life, or the two hostages will start losing limbs. He then lets them both out of their nooses, then has the Governor's Chief Of Staff tie the female attorney to the examining table.
The commander of the SWAT Team tells Mike and Max, that they're being directed to break down the door to the room Joe's taken the hostages in. Mike says that Ryan needs time to be able to negotiate with Carroll and to insure the hostages safety. He's told that Hardy's got ten minutes to work his magic.
Ryan tries to convince Joe that he's nothing like him, that he's tried to stop him. Carroll says that during that time he tried to stop him, he became Joe. He says Hardy's his loyalist follower, that nobody else has the passion for Carroll that Ryan has. The agent tries to refute his point, but Joe loses patience and starts to go at the lawyer's jaw with the scalpel he's purloined.
Hardy screams for him to stop, then he tells Joe that he's in Ryan's dreams. Carroll asks what role he plays in the dreams, after threatening to cut the attorney again, Hardy says they're friends in the dreams, they drink together and Joe teaches him how to kill.
Joe steps away from the examining table, he takes the wire from around Hardy's neck. He asks the agent what he thinks the dreams mean? Ryan responds that Joe messed up his head, Joe says the dreams are telling him they are the same. He then asks Hardy the feeling he gets when he pulls the trigger, Ryan's eyes tear up as he says satisfaction. He then admits that he is the same as Carroll, Joe takes off the handcuffs. After Hardy slugs Carroll in the gut, Joe offers his wrists to put the cuffs on him.
Right at that moment Theo hacks into the prison's computer network, he tells Penny he can control everything, unlock any cell or close the place down. Just then Hardy Carroll and the two hostages leave the room, Penny releases the locks on all the cells on Death Row. Theo asks what she's doing, she says she's saving him from himself.
Hardy tries holding off the convicts with the Taser unit, but there are too many and he's soon overpowered. One of the convicts grabs Joe, four start kicking and beating on Hardy. Two more take the woman out to their yard and are about to have their way with her. Hardy somehow subdues all the inmates attacking him, then he saves the attorney.
He sees the convict strangling Carroll to death, he stands and stares realizing this guy could soon drain the life from Joe's body. But he goes after the convict, whose far bigger than Hardy and soon he's choking the agent. Carroll kicks the dude in the back and Hardy knocks him out.
When he's reached safety he calls Gwen, he tells her he has to see things through at this point and will stay until Joe's executed. A while later he goes to Carroll's cell and asks him why. Joe tells him that Ryan's his true legacy, once he admitted they were brothers, Carroll was ready for death. Ryan tells him they're not delaying the execution, they will come for him in a few minutes.
This time the silence is deafening, nobody speaks until Joe's asked if he has any last words. He says a quote from The Raven, Nevermore. They raise the window and some of his victim's family members are in attendance along with Ryan. They start to pump the lethal toxins into Carroll's body, his breathing becomes rapid and his face starts contorting and he has body seizures. He looks around helplessly, seemingly looking to say something but the words don't come. His breathing starts to slow down, his eyes begin to glaze, he flat-lines on the monitor. The attending physician feels for a pulse, the warden announces the time of death as 12:11 am.
Hardy stops at a bar after he leaves the prison. He orders to shots of whiskey, the girl behind the bar pours the two shots, then says whoop it up. He pushes one of the shots to the next stool, then raises his glass and says here's to you. Joe says no here's to us, then Ryan realizes Joe's just an apparition. He asks for another shot after he guzzles the first one.
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Making a plan and saving for the future are two important things you should be doing. Caro can help make that happen. Caro Club Accounts are special savings accounts that can help you save for a specific purpose, such as the holidays or a dream vacation.
Christmas Club
The Caro Christmas Club is a stress-free option to set aside money and help make your holiday dreams come true. We make it easy by giving you the freedom to save what makes sense with your budget and you can make your deposits through payroll deductions or in person – whatever works best for you. Then when the holidays arrive you can concentrate on more important things– like untangling that strand of holiday lights.
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Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital is preparing to welcome an Oscar winner—just not in the way you'd think.
Denzel Washington is headed to Grey's Anatomy for the ninth episode of season 12, E! News has confirmed—but as its director. The episode, which was written by Grey's head writer Stacy McKee, will begin filming later this month and is scheduled to air during November sweeps (a.k.a. when the most major of TV twists go down, so expect plenty of drama).
The gig marks Washington's first time directing for the small screen. He has previously directed two films: 2002's Antwone Fisher and 2007's The Great Debaters. It also marks a reunion of sorts with longtime friend Debbie Allen, who, beyond appearing as Dr. Catherine Avery on Grey's, has directed many episodes throughout its decade-plus on the air and now has an expanded role as executive producer/director.


text: From the moment that you're spotted by a police officer out on the road, there are many factors at every turn that could make or break a case. At The Weingart Firm, our attorneys are adept at searching for discrepancies and inconsistencies in cases, such as contradicting video, witness testimony, improper BAC tests, and more. Read along to learn about the top 10 ways that evidence presented in cases can actually work in your favor.