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Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas Needed
With the holidays approaching, thoughts turn to getting through them without refinancing our home. I'm looking for ideas for gifts for our very large family that are inexpensive but still of high-quality. In the past we've gone to discount stores like Big Lots and purchased things like giant candles and stands, which were great but I was hoping for something different this year.
I have two children under three and so don't have a lot of time or the inclination for crafts. Can you our any of your readers give me some suggestions for gifts and getting through the holidays without going bankrupt in general?
Make Inexpensive Gifts on Your Home Computer
Use your computer to make gifts. Make calendars for anyone or brag books for relatives and close friends. If you don't have a digital camera, use any kind, take a roll of family pictures and have them developed and put on a disk (Wal-Mart does this). And if family photos don't appeal, consider clip art or other illustrations that are available for personal use. In the latter, make sure you follow the site instructions for giving credit.
Another idea is a book of family recipes with pictures in this also or even family stories. The only limitation on what you can do with the computer is your own imagination. But I'd guarantee gifts of this type will please the recipient and be cherished for many years.
Enjoyable Homemade Treats
While I was still working, I needed some nice but inexpensive gifts to give my co-workers. I knew they liked to eat, so I got busy and made several kinds of fudge, like chocolate and peanut butter, and then made some jelly. I then made up a "care package" with layers of fudge, a jar of jelly, and I also purchased a bag of Hershey kisses and dropped some of those in around the jar of jelly to finish off the package. I used colored plastic wrap in the tin and then put in the food.
Everyone liked the personal touches. I have also gotten some bulk pecans and made sugared nuts, or some of the cereal snacks. I have even made a complete recipe of cookies and boxed them to give to people. Most people do not make these items and really appreciate receiving them and the time you took to make them.
Another idea is to make up a gift certificate for a family member to receive a home cooked meal at your house. I have done this before and it went over well.
Jar Treats for Gifts
One neat gift idea is giving out cake or brownies in a jar. You neatly layer all the dry ingredients into a canning jar and then place the perishable items and the instructions onto a tag and tie it around the top. You can also take a square of Christmas material and place it over the lid and tie the tag around the neck of the jar. You can look up "Jar Creations" on the Internet for recipes to do.
A Great Gift Giving Idea
Make gift jars for dried Split Pea Tortellini Soup
- 3 oz dried cheese-filled Tortellini (about 2/3 c)
- 1/4 c dried tomatoes (sun-dried or other)
- 1/3 c split green peas
- 1/2 c dried chopped carrots
- 1 tbsp. instant chicken bouillon granules
- 1 tbsp. dried minced onion
- 1.5 tsp. crushed dried basil
- 1.5 tsp. crushed dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. ground pepper
Layer ingredients in a clean 1-pint glass-canning jar in the following order (from bottom to top):
- Tortellini
- dried tomatoes
- split green peas
- carrots
- all other ingredients
My 3-year-old loves to be the pourer. Then cover the jar (you can get jars at dollar stores) and write out a gift tag with the following instructions:
Empty jar ingredients into a 3-quart saucepan. Add 5 cups of water. Bring mixture to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 50 minutes or until peas are tender. (Option: add 1 cup chopped cooked ham or sausage). Makes 4 servings.
This is an excellent teacher/caregiver gift and the child helps make it.
Inexpensive yet Personal Gifts
My brother and sister-in-law were both out of work one Christmas. They had a six-month-old and a two-year-old to feed and still wanted to get something for the whole family for Christmas/Hanukkah on both sides. What they ended up doing is going to the Wal-Mart picture studio with a coupon and getting a family portrait made. They received 60 pictures in the package and with the coupon they bought a sheet for any additional photos. All of the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles received either an 8X10 or a 5X7 and were absolutely thrilled.
It went over so well that they have used the same gift every year since and since they have better jobs now, they add a little gift from the Dollar store or Big Lots with all the pictures. Last year everyone got frames they had bought at Big Lots and the kids, now 9 and almost 11 had decorated the frames with buttons, shells, or other trinkets that fit each recipient's personality according to the kids. I can honestly say that my picture each year means more than anything else they could ever come up with giving me and it does not cost a lot either.
Baskets Make Great Inexpensive Gifts
Since my husband and I married a few years ago, we have given homemade gift baskets every year for Christmas. This year we were telling family members at our 4th of July get-together that we were thinking of not doing our gift baskets this year since we have paid off a good deal of our debts and are doing much better financially! Talk about a family uproar! My family said that they wanted our gift baskets for Christmas! They've been waiting all year for our baskets of homemade goodies!
Well, here are a few of the things we do as gift baskets for whole families:
- Movie basket for a family. Include a video tape or gift certificate for free movies, a box of microwave popcorn, a six pack of their favorite soda, and some bags of their favorite candy
- Movie basket for a couple. A candle, a bottle of champagne (I use sparking juice), box of chocolates, a video/DVD or gift certificate for movie rental, and a box of popcorn or you can include jar of caviar, and crackers and omit the popcorn.
- Soup Basket for family. Buy a bag of 13-bean soup mix at grocery. Empty soup contents into glass quart jar, add the following spices to jar with beans: 2-tbsp. garlic powder, 2 tbsp. chives, 2-tbsp. oregano, 2 basil leaves, 3 tbsp. parsley. Cut a square of cloth to cover the jar lid. Tie on cloth with ribbon and secure a new wooden spoon to jar with ribbon. Add in the basket a bottle of hot sauce and bottle of sparking cider or you can give just the soup w/spoon and people love it!
- Christmas Morning breakfast basket. Pancake mix, cocoa mix, kitchen towel, spatula, and small frying pan, (and a pancake mold for the kids), and 4 cocoa mugs. Add their favorite coffee instead of or addition to the cocoa mix. This is easy to assemble: I buy a box of pancake mix and pour it into quart jar. To have "flavored" pancakes you can add: chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, pecan pieces, and dried apple or dried banana pieces to the mix. Mix and match the add-ins for some unique pancakes! I like the banana with pecans! For the "homemade cocoa", I buy ready-made boxed cocoa and add mini chocolate chips and mini-marshmallows to it and put it in a quart jar. You can also add a packet of raspberry unsweetened Kool-Aid to the plain cocoa mix for a yummy hot cocoa flavor! This is a great family gift that is sure to add a smile to each of their faces!
I buy most of my items at the Dollar store, and use boxed food items but "dress them up" like homemade by pouring them into quart jars or even the Ziploc bags with the Christmas designs on them! You can purchase your baskets at the thrift store or at the Dollar store for next to nothing. Most of the family Christmas baskets can be made and assembled for around $5-$10 each.
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Find Inexpensive Gifts in Your Kitchen
My extended family is also large. A decision was made about 8 years ago that the adults would exchange a family baked good. (Did you really need another candle or pair of socks?) I have made quick breads, layered the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies or bean soup in pretty jars in the past, and made up a tea/coffee selection with a set of pretty cups. This is a great way to give something you have put together personally and it doesn't cost a fortune.
Name Grab
I also come from a large family; I have 14 nieces and nephews. Some of my nieces and nephews have now married and have children of their own. I was tired of buying junky gifts and giving things that people didn't want. There is a wide range of incomes in my family, which added to the gift giving challenge. We solved the problem. First when the children were all small we bought for the kids but did a name grab among the siblings. As the children grew we entered everyone's name in to the pile. Each person, right down to the smallest child picks a name and buys for that person. We have put a $15 to $20 price tag on the gifts. Everyone receives only one present now, but chances are it is something that matches their interest. My siblings were much more receptive to the idea than I thought they'd be. It is not only a money saver to the frugal members of the family but also a time saver to the overworked, high achievers.
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Here is another one minute flourless muffin recipe, which is actually my favourite one that I make!! It tastes kind of like a lemon poppy seed muffin with blueberries.
What you will need…
Flourless Lemon Blueberry Chia Muffin
- 1/4 cup Ground Flax
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Barlean's Omega Swirl Lemon Zest(You could substitute 1 tsp coconut oil, and some lemon extract if you cannot find this or do not want to.)
- 1 tsp Chia Seeds
- 1 packet of Stevia (I used Krisda)
- Small handful of Blueberries
1. Place all ingredients, but blueberries in a large mug, and stir until fully combined.
2. Lightly stir in blueberries, and place in microwave.
3. Cook in microwave for approx 1 minute. If you microwave usually takes longer to heat, it might be as much as 1 min 20 seconds, or less than a minute if your microwave cooks quicker than normal.
4. Slide a butter knife around the edge, and invert onto a plate and enjoy!
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This Morning I started my day off with leftovers.. no, not steak from last night, but some Pumpkin oats that I had made the other day. I added a little water and microwaved till warm. Topped it off with a couple of these Pumpkin Quinoa Pancakes from Sunday, a couple pecan halves also warmed up in microwave, and a spoonful of Sunbutter! All of these items are good on their own, but together=perfection! (for those of you with wheat allergies this combo is nice and gluten-free!)
Lunch was some leftover Chicken and Gnocchi Soup I had made on Friday which also needed to be eaten up or thrown out soon.. and never being one to waste food, I happily ate it!
Here is the recipe I neglected to share with you the other day…
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
- 2 baked chicken breasts dicedo
- 1/2 c diced red onion
- 1 T minced garlic
- 2 T butter
- 3 T power flour or regular
- 1.5 c shredded carrots
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1/2 c julienned red pepper
- 2 T liquid chicken bullion
- 1 c greek yogurt
- whole wheat gnocchi
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
- 2 cups chopped spinach
- 1/4 t dill weed
- 8+ c water
- grated parmesan cheese
Into a stockpot went onion and butter, I sauteed till the onions were transparent, then added the garlic. To that add your flour and a couple tablespoons of water to make a roux.
After it had thickened I added the carrots, celery, peppers chicken, bullion, dill weed and 8 cups of water and lowered the temp to a low medium heat to let simmer. Add some fresh ground pepper to taste, and your gnocchi to the simmering pot. I used greek yogurt as my creamy base, and added it after the vegetables were soft. Not sure if that is the appropriate time, I just don't like to add dairy to soups too early.
Once gnocchi is cooked it will float to the top, it doesn't take long. Let simmer on stove top till you are close to eating, then add in the chopped spinach. It tastes good even if you add it earlier or reheat, but I like to add it closer to the end so it still has a tiny bit of texture to it. Top with some grated Parmesan cheese if desired, and enjoy! It is like a "souped up" version of creamy chicken soup with dumplings, and easier too!
By using the 0% greek yogurt instead of half and half or real cream you lower the fat content of the soup without compromising on taste, plus you get some added protein!
Well I am off to clean some more, and do a little painting outside before the kiddos and hubby get home from work!
What is your favourite leftover?

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Photographer's Note
Less common view of Peyto Lake, seen from Observation Peak (3174 m). The most prominent, snowy peak on center left is Mt. Baker (3172 m) and on the right in the background, 25 km away is Mt. Mummery (3328 m). The bright stripe on the right, below Mt. Mummery is Delta Glacier. Between Delta Glacier and Mt. Mummery, above the left and right end of the glacier, are Mistaya Mt. (3095 m) and Barbette Mt.(3072 m), respectively. To the left of Mt. Baker is the Peyto Glacier, as well as and the snow-covered Mts. Rhondda (3055 m) and Collie (3116 m). Directly above Peyto Lake is Caldron Peak (2911 m). Down in the Mistaya Valley can be seen the Icefields Parkway and the Bow Summit - Peyto Lake viewpoint, where most images of Peyto Lake are taken from.
A fall day with excellent weather in the Rocky Mountains.
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siudzi (34141) 2010-10-04 2:39
Hi Roland,
Excellent landscape here, beautiful view on the lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Fabulous light and exposure. Great natural colours. Congrats!
Best, M
Nelu_Goia (3116) 2010-10-04 11:08
Hi Roly,
I see it`s worthy to come back from time to time here, on trekearth if not for anything else, for such an awesome photo.
I really envy you for the opportunity:)
The same day I was on Nihahi Ridge, but you can`t really compare them.
Thanks again,
Hellas (7015) 2010-10-05 11:59
Hi Roly,
very nice view, indeed!
The tour of the peaks with your help is invaluable and we thank you very much!
The exposure is excellent, having recorded a perfect depth of field in an equally impeccable light management! The intense color of the lake attracts the eye of visitors! The snow-capped mountains are another attraction.
i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2012-06-09 19:58
Hi Roland!
Breathtaking and impressive scenery. Love that turquoise lake amidst this chocolatey mountains with cream on top! Delicious colors nevertheless! I find the image (the scene) a bit hazy though the quality is sharp and clear. Great post!
all the best
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- Date Taken: 2010-10-02
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- Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 17-40/4L USM, B+W 77mm Circular Polarizer
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Cuomo to probe AIG bonuses for possible fraud
Think Progress
New York Times:
Obama in Effort to Undo Bonuses at A.I.G.
Obama in Effort to Undo Bonuses at A.I.G.
The Atlantic Business Channel, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, DealBook, Bloomberg, Clusterstock, Law Blog and MyDD
Nicholas Graham / The Huffington Post:
National Outrage Forces Obama Administration To Act On AIG Bonuses
National Outrage Forces Obama Administration To Act On AIG Bonuses
Wizbang, BBC, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, MoJo Blog Posts and naked capitalism
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Don't Blame Jim Cramer — What Jon Stewart needs is Jon Stewart. He could use a droll comedian to temper his ferocity and correct him when he's wrong, as he was about the financial media, particularly CNBC and its excitable analyst Jim Cramer. They didn't cover up the story of financial shenanigans.
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
Richard Cohen defends financial execs & business media; blasts Stewart
Richard Cohen defends financial execs & business media; blasts Stewart
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Majority Receptive to Law Making Union Organizing Easier — But most Americans not closely following news about union bill in Congress — PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds just over half of Americans, 53%, favoring a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers; 39% oppose it.
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
JournoList: Inside the echo chamber — For the past two years, several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics have talked stories and compared notes in an off-the-record online meeting space called JournoList. — Proof of a vast liberal media conspiracy?
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Moderate Is Said to Be Pick for Court — WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to name his first candidate to an appeals court seat this week, officials said, choosing David F. Hamilton, a highly regarded federal trial court judge from Indiana, for the appeals court in Chicago.
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Mexico to impose sanctions on US exports — ByAlan Beattie in Washington and Adam Thomson in Mexico City — A long-simmering trade dispute boiled over into sanctions on Monday after Mexico said it would raise tariffs on $2.4bn of US exports in retaliation for ending a pilot programme to allow Mexican trucks on American roads.
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
In Downturn, China Sees Path to Growth — GUANGZHOU, China — The global economic downturn, and efforts to reverse it, will probably make China an even stronger economic competitor than it was before the crisis. — China, the world's third-largest economy behind the United States and Japan …
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Aided by Financial Crisis, China Snaps Up Natural Resources Worldwide
Aided by Financial Crisis, China Snaps Up Natural Resources Worldwide
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Commercial Republic — Over the centuries, the United States has been most conspicuous for one trait: manic energy. Americans work longer hours than any other people. We switch jobs more frequently, move more often, earn more and consume more. — This energy was first aroused by abundance …
Eli Lake / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Israel's national security aide barred from U.S. — Former Israeli spy linked to Pentagon leak — Uzi Arad, who is expected to serve as national security adviser in the next Israeli government, has been barred from entering the United States for nearly two years on the grounds that he is an intelligence risk.
Christopher Beam / Slate:
Ron Paul's insane cameo in the upcoming Bruno movie. — Note: This article contains spoilers about Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming movie, Bruno. — Presidential candidates will do almost anything for publicity. But Ron Paul's appearance in Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming Bruno movie suggests …
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GOP says Palin will star at dinner — OR MAYBE NOT: She didn't know about keynoting, aide says. — Gov. Sarah Palin's spokesman said Monday that congressional Republicans were mistaken in announcing the governor would headline one of the biggest Republican gatherings of the year …
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
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Vinnie Jones has a new movie out. Yeah!!! Although, I'm pretty sure he won't be doing any promotion of his latest work.
See, it's the CCTV video of his barroom brawl in South Dakota. What you don't see is Jones on the receiving end of a beer glass to the face that required 48 stitches. What you do see is a very large plumber's butt.
Update: Here is a local newspaper article on the fight with the two opposing stories.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Vinnie Jones' Latest Film Role
Posted by The Fan's Attic at 12:30 PM
Labels: likely to get us a cease and desist order, The Fan's Attic, video, Vinnie Jones
3 comments:
- ü75 said...
That's a lot of blood.
- December 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- Precious Roy said...
I like how it goes from colour to B&W and back, but to really be Guy Ritchie-esque, the security cam should have a much faster shutter speed.
- December 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Mike Georger said...
oh man thats the worst penguins jersey of all time. AND its a blank one. way to be classy dickhead.
- December 9, 2008 at 2:43 PM
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Earlier today John Higgins from the ABJ sent an email taking up my challenge regarding my research on the Beacon's coverage of the tussle between the city and the Feds about a parking deck proposed for next to the Federal Building housing the Federal courts in Akron. He sent headlines to four stories, two from May that I had read and two from March about the proposed parking deck. The March stories contained more detail about the proposed deck, including a bit about how the proposal grew in scope as the discussion progressed.
The March stories didn't discuss any controversy because, as far as I can tell, the controversy came to light when the feds issued their open letter. One story, entitled "Developer will lease city land for building" is safely behind the Beacon's paywall. The other, "Akron plans $12 million parking deck," was reproduced on the Downtown Akron Partnership website. That story recounts the need for more parking downtown, and especially there by the First Energy Building.
I thanked John for the information, pointed out a couple things I'll get to in a minute and asked a question that I haven't yet gotten an answer to. I also promised to do something about the post. In the meantime, life happened, I decided to write a couple original posts first and my ABJ-defending Anonymouse returned to box my ears in his cazhul writtin accent good ol' boy style. *sigh* Priorities.
Anonymous includes an excerpt of a May 1 story that talks about the expansion of the project, but again the story came before the controversy erupted.
So here's the thing. I recognize that I'm going to screw up, having little time and less in the way of resources. When I screw up I freely admit it and prostrate myself as entertainingly as possible. This time I just don't think I screwed up.
What made a difference to me in the NYT coverage was reading that the project started small, then evolved into something progressively larger with each iteration until it encroached on whatever space buffer the feds think they need. That is a different story than the city deciding in a trice to plop a huge parking deck next to a Federal building. In the latter scenario, the administration looks arrogant and autocratic which, by sheer coincidence, matches the narrative about the present administration. In the former scenario, the Feds look like they stood by as the project evolved, then all of a sudden went Henny Penny about it.
So I don't withdraw my argument that the stories about the controversy should have included a narrative about how the project got bigger as it evolved. Now I'm wondering why the Beacon didn't include that information in the stories about the controversy. That's the question I sent Higgens to which I haven't gotten a reply.
Generally when I make remarks like the one in the original story about information not covered by the ABJ, it's more out of exasperation at what the cutbacks have done to news gathering there than a blogger's "The MSM Sux!" sort of critique. In this case, however, they had reported the information before, but only people following stories about the deck prior to the controversy would know about how the project evolved. That, to me, was a mistake on the paper's part. Happily, the Times rolled up to clarify everything. For those of us who read it.
Notwithstanding all that, I was thinking about my post in light of Connie Schultz's suggestions to bloggers. The ABJ reporters do a pretty good job of getting back in touch. When I have a question about coverage or decisions made, I'm going to try to write in first to get a comment before firing the guns. If I had it to do over again in the present case, I'd post the story about the NYT covering the controversy, send an email asking about the information contained in the story, and save my opinion about the ABJ's coverage for a later post once I got either a reply or waited sufficient time to call it a non-reply.
Hard as it is to add another layer to an already taxing hobby, that's what I endeavor to do from here on out.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
On the Fed Courthouse: A Clarification, a Non-Retraction, a Scratch of the Head, and a New Policy.
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Geologists have known for decades that Afghanistan has vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and other prized minerals, but a US Department of Defence briefing this week valued the reserves at nearly $1trn.
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Instructor Dr. Diana T. Sanchez
Office: Tillett Hall 627; Phone: 732-445-3552; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Office Hours: 3:00-5:00pm Thursdays
Course Objectives This course introduces students to the psychological literature on women and gender. Course topics include the causes of sex differences and similarities in abilities and personality, the influence of gender roles on psychological health, women's close relationships in traditional and non-traditional families, portrayals of women in the media, the diversity of women's experiences, gender and psychological disorders, and applied gender-related issues such as sexual harassment. The three primary objectives for this course are that students (a) gain a general overview of what psychologists have learned about the role of gender in people's daily lives and (b) explore, in depth, psychological research and theory on gender-related topics of interest to the student and (c) understand the psychological approach to studying gender and be able to design and present their own psychological experiment on a gender-related issue. Completing the course readings and attending class sessions led by the instructor, guest speakers, and student presenters will enable students to master these objectives.
Course Requirements and Grading Students' achievement of the course objectives will be assessed through a variety of assignments. Final course grades will be based on performance on the following course requirements: presentation topic/reference list selected by due date (5%), class presentation (30%), class attendance and participation (15%), mid-term examination (25%), and final examination (25%). A = 90-100%, B+ = 87-89.9%, B = 80-86.9%, C+ = 77-79.9% C = 70-76.9%, D = 60-69.9%, F = Below 60%.
Poster Presentations. Student teams (13 groups of 3-4 students each) will
present a poster on the last day of class. The poster will consist of an
introduction to a psychological topic/issue/problem concerning gender, a
research question/hypothesis, brief literature review, and a proposed study
design. Each member of the group will be expected to present to the
professor/students in the poster session on April 27th, 2006. ATTENDANCE
ON APRIL 27TH IS MANDATORY! If you cannot attend the class on the 27th,
you will receive a zero for this assignment. The literature review should
cite at least 5 psychological references. Articles may be selected from
citations in the course readings, through a PsycInfo
search on the designated topic, or through browsing through current psychology
journals. The
teams must provide copies of their selected presentation article to the
instructor at the start of class on February 14th, 2006 to
gain approval for their topics. Unapproved topics will receive a ZERO for
their poster presentations. You must receive approval before the poster
Examinations. The midterm and final examinations will be administered, respectively, on Thursday, March 2nd, and Thursday, April 20th during our regularly scheduled class. The exams will consist of multiple choice questions and short-essay questions which will cover all material presented in the assigned readings and in class. Students with an unexcused absence on an examination day will receive a failing grade on the missed exam.
Class Attendance and Participation. Class participation scores are based on attendance, contributions to
class discussions, bringing reading assignments to class sessions, poster
session discussion, and emailing class comments and questions 24 hours
before class on designated days. To successfully contribute to class
discussions, students must remain current on the required readings listed in
the course schedule.
A Note on Student Conduct: Class participation scores will be based on students' respectful attention and responses to others' comments and questions, as well as on the introduction of their own comments. Respectful disagreement and debate on course topics can make for an interesting and lively class session. However, disrespect directed toward other members of the class is counterproductive to the academic goals of the course and will not be tolerated. Keep in mind that the aim of the course is to understand more about psychological research on women and gender.
Internet Components of the Course
course syllabus will be available on my faculty website. http://sanchez.socialpsychology.org/
Academic Integrity Cheating and plagiarism (i.e., the representation of someone else's work as one's own, e.g., "cutting and pasting" from internet sources, copying answers from your neighbor during an exam, ) are serious offenses. Such acts will result in a failing grade in the course.
Final Note
This syllabus provides a general plan for the course. Deviations may be necessary.
Crawford, M., (2006). Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology.
Additional required readings will be sent over email or posted on the course website.
Students are encouraged to review the "research methods" chapter in an introductory psychology or introduction to social psychology textbook to refamiliarize themselves with terms such as "independent variables, "dependent variables," and "confounds."
Articles for students' presentations may be selected from the following journals:
Sex Roles, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Basic and
Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, American
Psychologist, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, European Journal of
Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Social Cognition, Developmental
Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Child Development,
Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Adolescence, and Journal of
Abnormal Psychology. The Journal of Social Issues is also a great journal; but
its articles often do not include reports of original experiments, which are
required for class presentations. Selections from other journals must be
approved by the instructor.
Tuesday, January 17 |
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General Introduction to the Course |
Thursday, January 19 |
Crawford: |
Paving the Way |
Tuesday, January 24 |
My Feminisms |
Thursday, January 26 |
Tuesday, January 31 |
Crawford: |
Gender, Status, & Power |
Thursday, February 2 |
Crawford: |
Images of Women |
Tuesday, February 7 |
Images of Women: Killing Us Softly |
Thursday, February 9 |
Crawford: |
The Meanings of Difference |
Tuesday, February 14 |
Crawford: |
Thursday, February 16 |
The Gender Workbook |
Tuesday, February 21 |
Crawford: |
Gendered Identities: Childhood and Adolescence |
Thursday, February 23 |
Sanchez & Crocker (2005). Investment in gender ideals and
well-being.* |
Tuesday, February 28 |
Crawford: |
In a Woman's Body |
Thursday, March 2 |
Tuesday, March 7 |
Crawford: |
Sex, Love, & Romance |
Thursday, March 9 |
Reference List Due |
Tuesday, March 14 & Thursday, March 16 |
Tuesday, March 21 |
Crawford: |
Commitments: Women and Close Relationships |
Thursday, March 23 |
Tuesday, March 28 |
Crawford: |
Mothering |
Thursday, March 30 |
Tuesday, April 4 |
Crawford: |
Work and Achievement |
Thursday, April 6 |
Tuesday, April 11 |
Crawford: |
Midlife and Aging |
Thursday, April 13 |
Tuesday, April 18 |
Crawford: |
Psychological Disorders, Therapy and Well-Being |
Thursday, April 20 |
Tuesday, April 25 |
Crawford: |
What do we do now? Applying what you have learned |
Thursday, April 27 |


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Monday, July 18, 2016
GHOSTBUSTERS (Paul Feig, 2016)
There's something strange in the neighborhood, namely the matter of the GHOSTBUSTERS remake (or reboot or however this film is positioned as brand extension) becoming a cultural flashpoint, at least in the online realm where all sorts of unpleasant things become manifest. Apparently for some the 1984 Ivan Reitman film has taken on the status of sacred writ such that making a version with women in the main roles is likened to heresy. Maybe demons are real if a special effects comedy bolstered by a flippant Bill Murray represents the last line of defense, a cinematic Alamo to rally around. The original GHOSTBUSTERS is funny but hardly the pinnacle of film as an art. Reworking it with a women as the heroes is surely not a bellwether of men or male-driven entertainment becoming maligned in Hollywood.
The 2016 iteration of GHOSTBUSTERS written by Katie Dippold and director Paul Feig unfolds roughly in the same way as its source but with a few variations. Physicist Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) has buried her past in paranormal research as she seeks tenure at Columbia University. The ill-timed online availability of the book she wrote about ghosts and the like with Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) prompts her to visit her formerly close friend with the hope of getting it pulled to preserve her reputation. In the intervening years Abby has continued to investigate the supernatural with engineer Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon). Abby agrees to take the book out of circulation if Erin will tag along to check out a nearby historical site reporting some ghostly activity.
The field work reawakens Erin's once deeply-held beliefs in the metaphysical, but online video of the trio's celebration after spotting an evil spirit leads to their professional ruination. They decide to use their unemployment as an opportunity to expand upon their research and go into business. They hire Kevin (Chris Hemsworth), a handsome but exceedingly dumb receptionist, and take on another partner in Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones), a Metro Transit Authority worker who has seen other ghosts in the subway system and can provide a car for hauling their bulky equipment. Even when they obtain seemingly incontrovertible proof of paranormal activity, skeptics continue to doubt them.
Having rewatched the original GHOSTBUSTERS within the last two years, it's abundantly clear that Murray runs away with that film and doesn't leave much for his other proton pack-carrying pals to do. This new GHOSTBUSTERS has standout performances, but overall there is more balance among the members of the team. Wiig doubles down on Erin's awkward and relatively unassuming nature to get laughs. McCarthy brings child-like enthusiasm as a scientist who is thrilled at how cool it is to have her theories validated and test new, amazing technology. Jones adds the common perspective as she funnily and sensibly reacts to the unbelievable things she encounters. These Ghostbusters aren't just Murray and a bunch of hangers-on.
Nevertheless, McKinnon and Hemsworth are implicated in stealing scenes in GHOSTBUSTERS. McKinnon's dry performance suggests that Holtzmann may have spent too much time working in isolation and exposed to radiation. She is the embodiment of the weird last sketch on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, like a singer trying to perform a piece in a key or that exists only in her head. Hemsworth builds up the hilarity of Kevin's blithe idiocy by playing it straight and with unwavering directness. Like McKinnon's Holtzmann, his character seems to mentally occupy another plane of existence.
GHOSTBUSTERS gets bound up too much in plot development and drags when all hell literally breaks loose in Manhattan. The big special effects moments really are secondary to letting the funny women run with the material. It's a solid, amiable mainstream comedy, which, in the end, is all that its inspiration was too.
Grade: B
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (Jake Szymanski, 2016)
The Stangle brothers know how to have a good time at family gatherings, which is exactly why the rest of their family insists they bring stabilizing guests with them to their sister's impending nuptials in MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES. Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) tend to wind one another up and indiscriminately hit on women at family functions, so the hope is that requiring them to bring dates when Jeanie (Sugar Lyn Beard) marries Eric (Sam Richardson) will keep them from ruining the big day.
Mike and Dave love their sister and want to do right by her. They place an ad on Craigslist that goes viral and appear on a television talk show with the aim of finding the perfect women to accompany them to the destination wedding. A free trip to Hawaii attracts all sorts of eager applicants, although the brothers manage to have the good sense to realize that these particular women are probably bad choices. Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick) are wild partiers looking for an adventure and thus not the nice, steady types who are supposed to be picked. Nevertheless, they get selected after conspiring to bump into Mike and Dave under the pretense of being sweet, responsible professionals who are unaware of the island vacation that awaits those who make the best impression on the brothers.
The tables are turned on the Stangle boys, as they gradually become aware that they have brought the female versions of themselves to the wedding. While some humor is found in observing the wreckage Tatiana and Alice create in MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES, this comedy tends to equate funniness with the volume at which people are speaking. The operating principle seems to be that nearly everything is more amusing if it is being yelled. (For the record, it isn't.)
MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES tries mightily to trade on the energy and appeal of its cast. Despite their willingness to go for broke, the film has little to offer beyond a lot of overly familiar or borrowed gags, one of which is essentially copped to on screen as being lifted from WEDDING CRASHERS. I don't know how much was scripted and how much was improvised on set, but the recurring use of montages hint at an effort to patch together something from ad libs. MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES consists mostly of concept. The rest is dog-paddling to last long enough to capture sufficient footage to assemble.
The general laziness aside, the lack of definition to the core characters stands out as a clear weakness. The performances by the main four show the strain of trying to compensate for little to work with. Plaza emerges most unscathed, perhaps because her apathetic screen persona comes across almost like a knowing dismissal of the film from within. Kendrick is woefully underserved, in part because the film doesn't really know who her altar-jilted party girl is. The flimsily-conceived Mike and Dave leave Devine trying to fill the void by sheer force of will while Efron gets the thankless task of playing the one learning life lessons. MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES coasts on fleet pacing and residual appreciation for the primary cast, which is another way of saying it's running on fumes.
Grade: C
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Dressed to Kill
DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma, 1980)
Bringing up Alfred Hitchcock as an influence on Brian De Palma's films is the most obvious way to start the discussion, yet in the case of DRESSED TO KILL it is virtually impossible to consider the thriller outside the context of a major shaping element. The film works on a fundamental level as lurid entertainment in which sex and murder intersect, yet the writer-director's referencing of and conversation with Hitchcock's films, one most significantly, is so intertwined in DRESSED TO KILL that to ignore it is like discounting DNA evidence. There may be another way to analyze what is presented, but the process is going to be far more difficult and suffer some inaccuracies.
To get specific about the plot is to spoil the surprises De Palma has in store for the audience. Suffice it to say that the film revolves around five characters in New York City. Housewife Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) seeks counsel from psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine) for a solution to her unsatisfactory sex life with her husband. Her clever son Peter (Keith Gordon) puts his technological ingenuity to work to try and solve a homicide. Hooker Liz Blake (Nancy Allen) happens upon a murder scene in which she accidentally touches the razor used to butcher the victim, potentially implicating her in the crime and making her another target for the killer. Dr. Elliott is also linked to the killing when he learns his transsexual patient Bobbi, for whom he refuses to approve a sex change operation, stole his razor and used it as the murder weapon.
Hitchcock's FRENZY provides an idea of how the content of his films might have become more graphic under a more permissive ratings system. With the shocking nature of the sex and violence in DRESSED TO KILL, particularly in the director's preferred unrated cut, De Palma presents what such a hypothetical film might look like. Doubles and reflections figure prominently in De Palma's visual strategy in his mirror version of a Hitchcock movie. For the characters in DRESSED TO KILL it is not enough just to see; they must be able to comprehend what is being seen. As the same applies to the audience, De Palma is being rather confrontational with the essence of cinema itself, requiring a voyeuristic look at the erotic and horrific and expecting them to be understood beyond prurient and savage curiosity.
Plot peevers will have a field day with the logical gaps in DRESSED TO KILL, but fantasy sequences, Pino Donaggio's lush score, and the general air of unreality clearly point toward De Palma's intention for the film to be enjoyed as amplified drama. It thrives on the excitement of flirting with the illicit, such as the bravura scene at the art museum when Kate follows a handsome stranger, pauses to rethink her actions, and then resumes her pursuit of him. Although the scene is nearly wordless, the passion driving it requires no dialogue. DRESSED TO KILL operates on the intuitive knowledge of acting on impulse.
As unnerving as parts of it can be, a wicked sense of humor runs through DRESSED TO KILL. A moan of pleasure mingles with a car horn. (There's another tip of the hat to Hitchcock.) A frank description of a surgical procedure is overheard by a woman in the background, who displays a variety of appalled expressions as those in the foreground carry on as if it's ordinary dinner banter. One of the biggest laughs comes from the close-up of a letter from the Department of Health. Especially as it becomes more apparent what film De Palma has essentially remade, the sheer audacity of the entire enterprise tickles.
Grade: B+
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Swiss Army Man
SWISS ARMY MAN (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, 2016)
Alone and stranded on an island somewhere in the Pacific, Hank (Paul Dano) has lost all hope and is about to kill himself when a body washes up on the shore in SWISS ARMY MAN. The corpse is especially flatulent and thus can serve as a makeshift jet ski for Hank to ride back to the continent. The journey is just partially complete, though. Hank still has to make his way through California's coastal wilderness to civilization, assuming he can muster the will to press on. Lucky for him, the dead body he totes with him functions as a multi-tool and, when Manny (Daniel Radcliffe) starts to talk, a companion.
Manny hasn't retained any knowledge, so he relies on Hank for an education about the world. Manny also has no frame of reference for social cues, so he encourages Hank to stop bottling up the feelings and embarrassing bodily expulsions. Hank talks about his own past as though he left behind a life filled with loneliness and heartbreak. Based on flashbacks and the picture on his smart phone's lock screen, a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) plays a major factor in his sadness and his desire to go home. Manny mistakes the phone for his, and when he sees her photo and is told about love, he believes that it is his purpose to return to her.
With its decidedly quaint style and sensitive protagonist, SWISS ARMY MAN risks twee overload, but the offbeat humor and the actors help to keep the affectations from making the film into something overly precious. The scatological jokes keep Hank's painful sincerity in check, as does Manny's innocent bluntness. Writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert empathize with Hank and want the character to be more at ease with his weirdness, but to their credit, they don't treat the odd aspects of him as being immune from distancing others. SWISS ARMY MAN accepts Hank for who he is and wants him to do the same, with the understanding others won't always validate his unusual qualities. He's special in his own way, but he can't expect everyone to like it.
Dano does fine work in showing Hank's vulnerability, particularly with how he lets down his guard with Manny. Belief is suspended in this absurd scenario because Dano opens up so tenderly to this talking corpse and becomes reliant on Manny as if he's an imaginary friend who has taken physical form. In explaining to Manny how feelings and relationships work, Hank is better able to comprehend how he has failed at dealing with these things. Dano's performance is touching when, through Manny, he can reflect how he observes and wants to be seen. Radcliffe's acting as Manny produces a glorious mix of physical comedy and deadpan line delivery. The pure, matter-of-fact way he asks awkward questions and offers uncomfortable suggestions softens the crudity and makes such things all the funnier. Radcliffe comports himself like a ventriloquist's dummy, which also heightens the comedy in his reactions and statements.
Although SWISS ARMY MAN is undeniably strange, it isn't perhaps as original as it might sound from the description. Kwan and Scheinert are working in a similar domain as Michel Gondry, who, like them, also transitioned from music videos to feature films. Like Gondry's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, Kwan and Scheinert use unconventional means, not to mention all the handcrafted items, to look at self-doubt and romantic frustration. Even if SWISS ARMY MAN doesn't blaze a new trail, the filmmakers have succeeded at making something distinct, funny, and curiously affecting.
Grade: B
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (Roland Emmerich, 2016)
Movie theaters have been chockablock with ill-advised and hard-to-justify sequels in 2016, so Roland Emmerich's bid to make a franchise out of INDEPENDENCE DAY seems like business as usual for Hollywood. Still, it's some feat that INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE feels like a rush job even though twenty years have passed between the original and this sequel. Will Smith does not return, leaving his character's absence to be explained with about as much elegance as Poochie being written off THE ITCHY & SCRATCHY SHOW on THE SIMPSONS. Some of the special effects impress, but a number of scenes don't look much different than television dramas with conversations in front of chromakeyed backgrounds. The hash made from several weightless narrative threads does nothing to diminish the sense that this is a cash-in project timed to align with an anniversary ending in a zero.
INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE picks up two decades after the events of humanity's defeat of the alien invaders. Knowing that a common enemy is out there among the stars, the world has become a more peaceful and unified place. Scientists have reverse engineered alien technology to improve Earth's defenses in the event that another attack comes. Former President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) is haunted by the the previous battle and worries another is imminent. His fears are confirmed when scientist David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), among others, discovers that a distress signal is being sent by the first mothership.
When an unidentified vessel appears at the moon defense base, the snap judgment among world leaders is to destroy it. This victory is short-lived, as a ship three thousand miles in diameter follows and begins drilling into the Earth in pursuit of the molten core. Those fighting for Earth Space Defense against the aliens include Patricia Whitmore (Maika Monroe), the onetime First Daughter and pilot who assists the current Commander-in-Chief; her fiancé Jake Morrison (Liam Hemsworth); and her friend Dylan Hiller (Jessie T. Usher), the stepson of Will Smith's INDEPENDENCE DAY character.
The aliens wipe out the United States' East Coast, London, and presumably much of Europe and Asia, yet the massive toll doesn't register at all. The lack of impact could be attributed to scenes of spectacular destruction becoming commonplace in comic book films and the like, so the imagery of large-scale catastrophes has become overly familiar to moviegoers. Emmerich doesn't help matters by putting no emotional investment in these sections. There isn't really any proportional human reaction to the incomprehensible carnage that occurs. Emmerich dispenses with the faceless masses and fleetingly recalled characters from the first film as if he's stepping on an ant colony. INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE goes even bigger than before, although perhaps not as near-extinction level as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW or 2012, but the tragedy merits little more than a shrug of the shoulders.
Emmerich's large-scale disaster films are knowingly outrageous and campy to a degree, and INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE is no different even as it verges on self-parody. Brent Spiner hams it up as Dr. Brakish Okun, who has been in a coma since the previous film. Judd Hirsch is back as Julius Levinson, the father of Goldblum's character, and he brings some levity via his matter-of-fact acceptance of all the nonsense happening around him. Spiner and Hirsch's performances demonstrate awareness that this is all big and dumb, so why not have fun with it? The rest of the film subtracts fun from the equation and substitutes it with an earnest insistence that a good time is being had. Emmerich's salesmanship is not convincing.
Grade: D-
Friday, June 24, 2016
Hot Rod
HOT ROD (Akiva Schaffer, 2007)
In the comedy HOT ROD, Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) aspires to be a stuntman like his deceased father, an assistant for Evel Knievel who died trying to get out of his boss' shadow. Rod is using a moped to attempt jumps, so it may not take long for him to follow in his father's footsteps in dying a horrible death. Rod also desperately wants to earn the respect of his stepfather Frank (Ian McShane), a tough old coot who withholds his love until Rod can beat him in a fight. When Rod is told Frank is in need of a heart transplant that insurance won't cover, he decides to stage a 15-bus jump to raise money to save Frank's life so he can beat him to a pulp.
Supporting Rod in his pursuit of stunt glory and charitable fundraising are his younger half-brother Kevin (Jorma Taccone), who is also team manager and videographer, and his friends Dave (Bill Hader) and Rico (Danny McBride), who builds ramps and oversees the explosives used for showmanship. Rod also invites his next-door neighbor and crush Denise (Isla Fisher) to join the crew. She has a soft spot for Rod and helps with his training regimen, but to his chagrin, she's dating Jonathan (Will Arnett), whose loathsomeness she somehow hasn't noticed.
Like WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, HOT ROD successfully spoofs a film niche without requiring knowledge of what it's sending up. In this instance the target is 1980s inspirational sports dramas about working class teenagers. As part of the meta humor about older actors playing high schoolers, like a 23-year-old Ralph Macchio in THE KARATE KID, Rod acts like a petulant adolescent but appears to be in his early twenties, although the character's age is never clarified. The soundtrack swells to the bombastic music of Swedish hard rock band Europe, which establishes the period the film is trying to evoke even though it is seemingly set in the present day. Arnett hilariously plays every jerk boyfriend in teen movies standing in the way of the sensitive hero and the girl of his dreams.
The jokes favor the absurd over the referential. Rod's punch-dancing scene in the forest calls back to Kevin Bacon doing something similar in FOOTLOOSE, but the weirdness of the comedy is paramount. That sequence concludes with Rod's lengthy tumble down a hill. Director Akiva Schaffer extends the fall well past the usual point so that it becomes funnier as it seems like it may go on forever. The same strategy is at work with Samberg and Taccone's surreal repetition of "cool beans" being transformed into a proto rap song. The exclamation points to scenes often break traditional rules of humor, and the punchy editing rhythm keeps the film moving without making it seem like a series of sketches.
HOT ROD was initially intended to be a Will Ferrell film. While the screenplay is attributed to Pam Brady from that version of the project, the uncredited rewriting by Samberg, Taccone, and Schaffer adapts the script to The Lonely Island's sensibility. There's no denying that much of what gets laughs in HOT ROD is dumb, but the creativity and rambunctious spirit build a lot of momentum. This very funny film is remarkably consistent because of the strange chances it takes.
Grade: A-
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Central Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2016)
Calvin "The Golden Jet" Joyner (Kevin Hart) was a star athlete, student, and all-around big man on campus at Central High School, but as his twentieth reunion approaches in CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, he feels like his best days were when he was a teenager. Calvin married his high school sweetheart Maggie (Danielle Nicolet) and is gainfully employed as an accountant, so it's not like he's a failure by any means; he just hasn't done anything that would seem to fulfill being voted "most likely to succeed" by his classmates.
Calvin's self-esteem gets a major boost when he meets up with Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson), another class of 1996 member who thinks the world of him. During a high school assembly Calvin helped Bob, then going by his eminently mockable given name Robbie Weirdicht, preserve some dignity when he was the victim of a cruel prank. Beyond the name change, Bob has since undergone a major transformation. The once-tubby teen has traded the flab for muscle so that he looks like a beefy action figure in the flesh.
After a fun night of reminiscing Bob asks Calvin to check some accounts he's been having trouble with. The next morning three CIA agents, led by Agent Pamela Harris (Amy Ryan), appear at Calvin's front door looking for Bob, who they claim is a government operative gone rogue. When Bob turns up at Calvin's workplace, he assures him that he's really a good guy trying to stop terrorists from exchanging United States satellite codes. Calvin doesn't want any part of this but finds himself dragged into it anyway.
When describing action comedies, charming isn't the first word that typically comes to mind, although it suits CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE to a T. This very funny buddy movie is surprisingly sweet thanks in large part to Johnson. He looks like a superhuman warrior but portrays the character like a sensitive teenager on the inside. Bob's reshaping of his body has not altered his tender soul. Johnson brings so much joy and enthusiasm in playing Bob like a child eager to win Calvin's approval and show him what he can do. The humor stems from the disconnect between this hulking specimen of masculinity and his unabashed love of unicorns, SIXTEEN CANDLES, and 1990s girl groups, yet the film never judges him as being less manly because of his interests. Bob Stone is the character's best self, and Johnson is a hoot as Bob demonstrates the confidence he's gained since the most humiliating moment of his life.
Director Rawson Marshall Thurber doesn't use the size difference between Johnson and Hart for comedy. Instead he relies upon the chemistry the two have playing off one another. Calvin is a reluctant participant when Bob and the CIA place him in uncomfortable situations. Hart milks Calvin's confusion and mounting exasperation for all it's worth, resisting in the limited ways available to him.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE doesn't lack action sequences, but the showcase moments tend to be small and silly, like when a slap fight breaks out when Calvin and Bob role-play as husband and wife or when Calvin is forced to riff to distract an airport security guard while Bob steals a plane. This remarkably good-natured film lets its stars trade on their likability and is all the stronger for it.
Grade: B+
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul cancelled his trips to foreign countries in September and October.
Presidency officials told AA on Monday that Gul cancelled his trips which were scheduled to be paid in September and October due to a problem in his both ears.
His doctors at Hacettepe University Hospital recommended Gul not to hold air travels for two months.
Gul has been undergoing a treatment for a recurring problem in both ears at the Hacettepe University Hospital since last week after cutting short his visit in Kyrgyzstan and returned to Turkey on Thursday.
Hacettepe University Rector Prof. Murat Tuncer said that Gul's condition had been getting better each day, and he would return to hospital to continue his treatment today after completing his schedule during the day.
The rector added that Gul was recommended to avoid air travel for a while in order to prevent the problem in his ears recurring.
Meanwhile, it has not been cleared yet whether National Security Council will hold its meeting on Tuesday or not. The council convenes under the leadership of the president.


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7-Bean Soup For A GREAT Gluten Free Lunch!
This is full-flavored, eye-appealing, nutrition in a bowl at its best! You can style it as either a 7-Bean Soup or a multi-bean culinary extravaganza… YOUR choice! And, it suits an autumn day perfectly!
The red, tan and brown colors of this soup match the fall leaves that will soon be dressing themselves out in their Autumnal-Best and falling into my yard… Much to the chagrin of my husband who well get to rake what we don't mulch!
It's an extra-special treat for yourself and your family, gluten-free or not, on a chilly fall day!