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'Wichcraft Tuna Sandwich With Fennel and Lemon Recipe
Crafting the Tuna, Fennel, and Lemon 'Wich at Home
A sandwich from 'Wichcraft is relatively easy to make at home, as Between the Bread shows us in this tuna and fennel sandwich recipe post.
The mayo-free tuna sandwich at 'Wichcraft is one of my favorites, and compared to many of the other recipes in the cookbook 'Wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich Into a Meal — and a Meal Into a Sandwich, this one is relatively simple. The resulting meal is so magnificently complex and and innovative, I couldn't believe I'd made it all by myself.
As I learned making 'Wichcraft's goat cheese with avocado and celery, this cookbook gives you the option (and the recipes) of making many of the ingredients from scratch. In this case, I skipped the homemade lemon mayo but did make the lemon confit, which was extraordinary. I have since used the thinly sliced, cured lemons on numerous sandwiches and salads, and it's a great accent to have in the fridge.
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Sicilian Tuna With Fennel, Black Olives, and Lemon
From 'Wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich Into a Meal — and a Meal Into a Sandwich
For the tuna salad:
2 (6-ounce) cans yellowfin or albacore tuna, drained
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons finely diced red onion
1 tablespoon capers, drained
2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried Sicilian oregano
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
To make the tuna salad, combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Adjust the seasoning as necessary and refrigerate until ready to use.
For the marinated fennel:
1 medium bulb (about 1/2 pound) fennel
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 baguette
3 tablespoons lemon mayonnaise (optional; I just used regular mayo)
4 tablespoons pitted and chopped Nicoise olives
12 slices lemon confit (recipe below)
- To make the marinated fennel, remove the stalks from the fennel and reserve the fronds. Using a mandoline slicer or sharp knife, thinly slice the fennel crosswise starting from the top.
- In a bowl, toss the fennel slices in the oil, lemon juice, and reserved fennel fronds, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside at room temperature to marinate for 10 minutes.
- Slice the baguette lengthwise. Spread the mayonnaise evenly across the bottom slice and layer with the tuna salad, fennel, olives, confit, and fennel fronds. Drizzle some of the oil from the confit on the inside of the top slice of the baguette. Close the sandwiches, cut into three or four equal pieces, and serve.
Makes 3 to 4 sandwiches.
Lemon Confit
12 lemons
5 shallots, peeled and minced
6 garlic cloves, minced
2/3 cup kosher salt
1/3 cup sugar
About 4 cups extra-virgin olive oil
Makes about 4 cups.
- Plunge the lemons into a pot of boiling water (this softens any outer layer of wax). Drain, rinse, then wipe the lemons clean. Dry the lemons, then slice them very thin. Discard the ends and remove and discard the seeds.
- In a small bowl, combine the shallots with the garlic. In another bowl, mix the salt with the sugar.
- Arrange a layer of lemon slices in the bottom of a medium container with a lid, making sure not to overlap the slices. Sprinkle the lemons first with a little shallot mixture, then with some salt and sugar mixture. Repeat, laying lemons in stacks and sprinkling them with the shallot and salt mixtures until the final lemon slices are topped with the last salt and shallot mixtures. As you carefully layer the lemons, layer in stacks. Cover the container and refrigerate for 3 days, flipping the stacks halfway through the process, allowing the lemons to cure evenly.
- Remove and drain the lemons in a strainer for 15 minutes or so. Discard the liquid. Pack the lemons tightly in a jar or other clean container and top it off with oil, making sure to cover all the lemons. The confit can be used immediately or kept in the refrigerator for at least a month.
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Earth : Europe : Baltic states : Lithuania : Lithuania Minor : Klaipeda
Klaipeda [2] [3] is Lithuania's third largest city, located in the north-western corner of the country. Originally founded by Baltic tribes, the city and castle was built by the Teutonic Order in 1252 and named Memel in honor of the river of the same name some 40km to the south. For most of its history, Memel was part of Prussia and large battles with Lithuanian lords took place here. Invasions came from Sweden and Russia and the city was part of the Prussian Kingdom and became a prosperous harbor town. It represented the northernmost city in Germany and Prussia until 1918. After Germany lost the First World War, Memelland was first given free city status and then subsequently annexed to the newly established Republic of Lithuania. It was briefly reabsorbed by Nazi Germany before WWII and then reverted back to Lithuania (the Soviet Union) in 1945. Since Lithuanian independence in 1990, Klaipeda has become one of Lithuania's most buoyant cities with a steadily growing tourist trade.
It is the gateway to the Curonian Spit, a stretch of sand dunes 99 km in length from 400 meter to 4 km, in breadth that arcs down to the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
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Bus trip per person - 2.00 Lt (from kiosk), 2.40 Lt (from bus driver) (€0,58-0.71). Minibus trip per person - 2.50 Lt (day time), 3.40 Lt (night time) (€0,74-1.00). Taxi trip per 1 km - 1.30 Lt (€0,29).
More information on Klaipeda passenger transport [5] and [6].
Klaipėda is known for its main icons: sculpture Annchen von Tarau, located in theater square, old sailing ship Meridianas (there wes a restaurant inside) and fachwrk architecture in the Old Town.
Klaipėda is also known for plenty of sculptures that they have. Lots of small sculptures sculptures like: mouse, guard dog, dragon, chimney sweep, post pigeons, black ghost, foot prints and others) hiding in the old town. Despite that, in Klaipėda you will find Lithuanian modern sculpture park (next to bus station) with 116 various stone sculptures.
There aren't many museums in Klaipėda:
Klaipeda's old town is small but interesting. Theater square has a balcony where Adolph Hitler addressed a crowd. Legend has it, that Hitler was annoyed because the statue depicting "Anikė" of the Lithuanian folk tale was not facing him, so he had the statue removed. A replica is now in its original place.
If you like nature - you must visit Curonian spit, which is a 10 minute boat ride from the Old ferry terminal (New ferry terminal for vehicles). In summer time the ferries are running each 30 minutes, starting from 6 A.M., till midnight. In other side ([Smiltynė]]) you can visit Sea museum, ethnographic fisherman farmstead, take a walk on the pier, see the white sanded beaches or just take bus to Juodkrantė or Nida towns (they are located 18 and 50 km from Smiltyne to south). Renting a bicycle and cycling to Juodkrantė is a nice day trip. The forest is magnificent.
There is a one big and wide sand beach at Smiltynė, full of locals and tourists in the summer. Smiltynė beach is a part of UNESCO world heritage list. Giruliai and Melnragė beaches are at Northern Klaipėda, big and popular place to visit. The water is clean and warm (in summer).
Try also Palanga further north. [12]
Klaipėda is a unique city - here you will not find shopping street or Old town overcrowded with various stores. Ofcource you will find some stores in the center but, most of them are located in big shopping malls such as: "Akropolis", "BIG", "BIG-2", "Herkaus Galerija", "Mega Plaza", "Studlentas", "Banginis", "Arena", so it is quite simple to go shopping, because, most of the shops are under one roof.
The biggest shopping mall is called Akropolis [13] and it is one of the biggest shopping malls in the Baltics. Akropolis attractions include cinema, skating rink, restaurants, shops, supermarket, gym, pizzerias and so on.
There is a decent selection of Lithuanian and Western restaurants, most of which are located around the city's main thoroughfare, Herkaus Manto street, and its continuation into the Old Town, Tiltų street. Main course prices range from €4 at the lower end up to around €20 at the higher end.
If you are looking for non-expensive lunch you can go to any restaurant/bar and get the day lunch, from "day lunch" menu. The time when you can eat day lunch is between 11:30 to 14:00. It consists from one soup "day soup" and 2 to 4 main dishes to choose from. Approximate price is from 9 to 14 Lt (€3-4).
If you are looking for snacks, you will find small bakeries in city center and the Old town.
There are also few popular bistros: "Friedricho bistro" at Herkaus Manto street, and not far from it there is Mažvydo alley "Alėja".
Klaipėda city is famous for it's mysterious cheese fingers - you can't leave the city without trying this. These you can get in the bar "Senamiestis", located in Bažnyčių street 4. Many bars tried to copy famous cheese fingers but did not succeed.
In Klaipėda city center and old town is not so easy to get fast food. Here most common fast food is "Kebab", but still in the city center it isn't easy to find where you can get one. Klaipėda has only one McDonald's restaurant (located next to the "Akropolis" mall, about 3 km from center).
For dinner you should try to visit these places:
The local brewery is Švyturys (transl. Lighthouse) [17]. The "Š" is actually a "sch" - sound and the "y" is pronounced as a long "i". This brewery produces many types of "Švyturys" brand beers, that you can find in almost any pub, bar or restaurant.
Wineries here are also popular. Just walking you can easily find a small and cozy winery with huge variety of wines.
In old town you can find cocktail bars-panorama bars in hotel "Amberton" operating bars: "12th floor", "Viva La Vita".
Popular clubs include:
Stay safe
Klaipeda is a safe place but like anywhere you have to use common sense. Try and walk with a confident air and never look lost.
Get out
From Klaipėda there is an easy way to the most famous unspoiled nature resort Curonian Spit with the most famous old fisherman towns Nida and Juodkrantė. On the peninsula you can find amazing sand dunes (highest dune is in Nida), amazing white sanded beaches. Lithuanian (52 km long) and Russian (48 km long) side of Curonian Spit is a part of UNESCO world heritage list.


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Mod Mad Megan Dress
Added Sep 18, 2012
by Debbie Alli
Washington, Unit...
I loved this pattern as soon as I saw it – but maybe I watch too much Mad Men! It is Butterick 4702 from 1968. It was the white version on the pattern I fell for – the yellow version looks kind of like Lego, don't you think?!
Made up in a very fine wool (not the easiest to work with – serges like a dream but isn't keen on the sewing machine so the zip went in on attempt number 2!). The wool is a fabulous brick red colour and hard to photograph (apologies for the quality). UPDATE – grabbed a new photo today which shows the colour much better.
I found the buttons on eBay – original 60s and nice and big – whoop!
The hem is turned with lace – a necessity due to the fabric being so fine.
More details etc on my blog http://terribletoiles.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/mod-mad-megan.html
Material Notes
Fine wool
Vintage Buttons
Invisible Zip
Hem Lace
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Sep 23, 2012, 11.10 AMby janene
Oh this is amazing. Love the design feature and those buttons… perfect!
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Sep 23, 2012, 12.24 PMby Debbie Alli
Thanks Janene! :) Those lovely buttons are from Betty's Buttons on eBay – and she sends them on a gorgeous vintage style card too! Well worth checking out her sales. (She's a UK seller)
Sep 18, 2012, 07.42 PMby G-A-
Lovely dress, the fit is great on you.
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Sep 18, 2012, 08.37 PMby Debbie Alli
Thanks for your kind comment :)
Sep 18, 2012, 09.45 AMby trploceanmoon
Lovely! you did a great job! and you can never watch too much MadMen! LOL! I can't wait for the new season! ;-)
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Sep 18, 2012, 11.47 AMby Debbie Alli
Thanks so much. And I agree about Mad Men! I don't have Sky so I have to wait for the DVDs – I put them on while I sew – I think they inspire me, ha ha!
Sep 18, 2012, 06.44 AMby Mary Athey
oh now this is gorgeous the vintage patterns fab.x
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Sep 18, 2012, 11.48 AMby Debbie Alli
Thank you Mary. The pattern is definitely a keeper! I love the design too.
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I only critique objectively, which is all that matters in a critic to me.
I get irritated when people critique like, ''didn't like animation style''. That's a subjective and trivial fault. Not worth mentioning because everyone will have a different view on it. What people need to do when writing a review and rating is to concentrate on the faults that detract from the story from an objective standpoint. Those are the reviews I give any regard to.
If I absolutely love an anime, doesn't mean I'm going to buy the DVDs/BDs/merchandise. That shouldn't even be a factor for discussion.
Purple wedding - greatest wedding in TV history
I'm very critical of any stories I watch/read.
I do not like cheesiness (which is often found in romance and shounen animes), or shallow characters (who say cheesy things or has no personality flaws).
I like animes that make me reflect on deep philosophy... such as Death Note.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
Not very tough, I'd say a 4 at the most, if going by a scale of 1-10 that is.
GayAsianBoy wrote:
I'm very critical of any stories I watch/read.
I do not like cheesiness (which is often found in romance and shounen animes), or shallow characters (who say cheesy things or has no personality flaws).
I like animes that make me reflect on deep philosophy... such as Death Note.
Cheesiness can be refreshing if done right, same with shallow characters. Though, that all depends on how you define those terms. About deep philosophy and psychology, I also like those types of shows. With Death Note, in a regard I found the characters to be both stupid and smart, in their own ways.
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Some general observations on reviews:
>There's a nearly foolproof method of determining if an anime is good or bad. First, go to MyAnimeList and look up the anime in question. If the two highest-rated reviews are a 10 and 9, it's good. If the two highest-rated reviews are a 9 and an 8, it's bad.
>Speaking of MAL, I was browsing the reviews for Madoka Magica on there one time. I'm not sure why...I think my rage meter was low and I needed to read hate-filled reviews written by stupid people to fill it back up. But as I was browsing, I noticed something about the numbers. Obviously there were a ton of 10's and 9's and a good number of 8's, and of course the very rare 1 from those poor saps who only watched the first episode. But 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's and such were not to be found. The lowest score from people who had actually watched the show was a 6. Well, I thought smugly, this just goes to show how amazing Madoka Magica is. Even brain-dead hellspawn can't hate it, they can only be indifferent toward it. But then it hit me. These people are actually so mentally damaged they can't conceive of a score lower than 6. In their mind, it's 10 is great, 9 is good, 8 is okay, 7 is bad, 6 is scum. And that's it.
Speaking of stupid people, I personally am a pretty harsh critic. Of the 80 series, movies, and OVAs I have completed and given a rating on MAL, the mean score is 6.5. I have used every single rating from 10 to 1. Madoka Magica is my only 10 (despite being my second-favorite anime) and Kite is my only 1.
Mind you, that's only the stuff I finished. See, I don't follow the Three Episode Rule. Half the time, I don't follow the One Episode Rule. My list of dropped titles isn't comprehensive - it's the list of things I'd watched too many episodes to forget about.
tl;dr If you're not going to use half the rating scale, what's it there for?
I'm not personally a reviewer, but I tend to be rather lenient in my criticisms of most anime series. I tend to give out a lot of 4's out of 5 unless something is particularly above or below average.
However, in my experience, the best reviewers are not the ones who "objectively" determine the quality of an anime, but rather those who determine whether or not the viewer will enjoy it. Everyone has different tastes, so to me it seems a tad short sighted for a reviewer to objectively state whether an anime is "good" or "bad". Now, there are some things that can objectively be reviewed (like originality, art quality, music, character development, etc), but even the "worst" anime with all poor marks in objective categories will still be loved by someone out there.
Just my two cents. I think it would save some reviewers quite a bit of flack if they reviewed with target audiences in mind, rather than objectively comparing an anime to other series, genre hallmarks, or personal favorites. There's nothing wrong with being objective - but humans aren't objective creatures lol.
EDIT: I think Arkada from Glass Reflection used to do something like this near the end of his reviews, but now I think that he's gone with a more objective system.
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Not tough at all. I don't see the point. If I like an anime, I like it, if I don't, I don't. Same goes for whether I dislike or like it a lot.
I seriously feel sorry for people who go all out just to pick out little things they dislike in the anime that they watch just to criticize and rate them. I mean that's no fun. I just chill out and watch to have a good time. If it's not good I turn it off. If it's good I leave it on. It's as simple as that. If I think it has the potential to be good but isn't yet.....ehhhh usually I leave it on for another couple episodes.
tehstud wrote:
I only critique objectively, which is all that matters in a critic to me.
I get irritated when people critique like, ''didn't like animation style''. That's a subjective and trivial fault. Not worth mentioning because everyone will have a different view on it. What people need to do when writing a review and rating is to concentrate on the faults that detract from the story from an objective standpoint. Those are the reviews I give any regard to.
If I absolutely love an anime, doesn't mean I'm going to buy the DVDs/BDs/merchandise. That shouldn't even be a factor for discussion.
I agree with your statement regarding anime "style". There are many different animes I love that I'm not usually drawn to because of the animation style; like xxxholics (yet I love the anime). What I'm referring to is animation quality and animation on a level of artistic expression.
My best example I suppose would be "Sword of the Stranger". The story itself isn't groundbreaking, it's not amazing and it doesn't give you any new sensations because it is a rather straight forward and rehashed story. However, the artistry of the animation itself is a huge draw for anime lovers. The action scenes themselves are clearly drawn frame by frame with the up most pride in their work and love for their craft. The fluid beautiful animation style is what I'm referring to. However an anime decides to express itself it always comes back to subjectivity. Because a world renowned bad anime could be loved by a handful of people and their perspective isn't any less valid than your own.
BUT... there are ways in the expression in an animated manner to showcase revolutionary ideas, great cinematography and other aspects of art. Trigun is a good example of a great anime with subpar animation. Does the animation style always hinder the anime? No. But can it? Yes. But in those rare moments the artistic expression of anime itself can showcase itself beyond normalcy and validate it's position as art.
Anime style itself isn't always make or break for anime lovers but it factors in to the experience as a whole and the experience of entertainment.
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Im not that rough on being a critic, I enjoy what I watch and if not I simply Drop it.
I don't mind critics being critical about things that are worth the effort ie art and music and the likes. I do mind critics berating something to no end about something more people like than not. Fine, have an opinion about it mention what you didn't like (briefly) then suggest what it needed to improve upon and at least mention something you liked about it. Because you dislike something doesn't mean it has to be a hate piece.
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For me If it's something that I like I'm naturally willing to overlook things I consider minor faults generally, and focus on positive aspects in my view.
If I don't like something I stop watching it before ever really giving it enough time to give it a fair critique from an objective standpoint anyway.
With those two factors which I think probably isn't uncommon it's only natural for non-professional reviews to be more heavily polarized. The people generally reviewing an anime for fun either do it because they liked or loved the anime, or they downright hated it, generally viewers who just thought "Meh" aren't going to bother.
The only exception is probably people who review something just because they thought it was overrated, then the "meh" people will take time to post on something they think is getting too much credit.
Most people think I just give 5/5 for all animes.
I'm actually a pretty tough reviewer, heck, I nearly gave up on From the new world, now I'm giving it an 8/10.
People seem to believe all anime are weird attempts of art, while having stories that go nowhere and that all dubs are terrible translations.
I however believe it depends on the type of animation used for certain scenes aka, naruto shippuden has bad animation during the Pein fight, because the characters features are disproportionate and blur too much to call art. However, this animation is wonderful for large scale screenshots and very fast movement.
Another example is Tokyo fish attack, that was not my cup of tea, yet it had good animation. Ultimately it was a 3/10 because despite good scares and twists, I felt they didn't explain the story well or that certain elements where explained.
However, it is regardless what rank our reviews are, simply cos it is down to the individual to watch and choose whether or not they enjoy or hate the program.
The best thing though is sometimes to re-watch, I find it changes your mind and something you had doubts on, can become something you love/like.
Like = 5 stars
It's alllriight = 4 stars
I don't give a middle score O_O
It's bad = 2 stars
Why did crunchyroll even put this on here = 1 star
I'm not a though critic.
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I'm not a tough critic, and I'm pretty easily entertained. If I enjoyed the show for the most part it gets a 7 out of 10. 8 would be the point where I would recommend the show to someone. 6 would be my turning point where a show starts getting badish I suppose. I don't write reviews though, so yeah.


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I was in a tumbleweed diner in the middle of the Arizona desert on my way to to witness Michael Strahan doing things to Tom Brady's testicles that Giselle Bundchen probably never tried. I looked up at the white-haired waitress and saw tears running down her leathery face. She, too, had heard the news that David Beckham had been denied his 100th cap by the mean new England coach Fabio Capello.
"I can't believe what this world is coming to," she said, handing me my Grilled Cheese Deluxe garnished with parsley and cactus rinds.
"It's tough to swallow," I said, although I feared that nothing could be. tougher to swallow than the lunch she just dropped in front of me. "I mean, it's only a stupid friendly against those ovaltine-swilling yodelers from Switzerland, and you're telling me that he couldn't find it in his black Sicilian heart to put Becks in for 15 lousy minutes?"
"They say he's not fit," she said, trying to choke back her sobs. "Look at the man. If he wasn't in shape, how did he play for the Galaxy? The English just hate American soccer, don't they?"
"You got that right, dear" I said, brandishing my fork with what appeared to be a dead gila monster. "Could you get me a new setup?"
She turned away, sniffling even more loudly.
"Hey, cheer up," I said, "it's not all bad news. At least Maradona admitted today that he cheated the Brits out of the World Cup in '86."
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Catch Me If You Can (US - BD)
Gabe recalls all of Spielberg's double film release years while checking out this disc
Steven Spielberg's double feature years are always interesting. The first time he pulled this trick was in 1989 when he directed both Always and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The lead-up to '89 saw the notoriously sentimental Spielberg testing less kid-friendly waters with 1985's The Color Purple and 1987's Empire of the Sun (which is occasionally described as a wind-up for the definitively R-rated events of Schindler's List and Saving Private). Both films are generally regarded as successful forays into more 'adult' arenas while reactions to the '89 two-fer were more mixed. Always was sappy a remake of Victor Fleming's A Guy Named Joe and may be the single worst, or at least most irredeemable film of his entire career. It's a lifeless, boring picture, despite an impressive cast and it's easy to forgive most people for forgetting it exists altogether. The Last Crusade, on the other hand, was a mostly welcome adultification, or at least mellowing of the Indiana Jones brand. The film has always had its share of detractors, but is generally warmly remembered.
Following his second worst movie, Hook (perhaps tied with 1941), Spielberg had his second double feature year in 1993. Arguably, 1993 ended up being the director's biggest single year. First up was Jurassic Park. Based on a blockbuster best-selling book, Jurassic Park was a no-brainer, slam-dunk kind of hit – the kind of thing Spielberg could rest his hat on if his bigger gamble, Schindler's List, which was released later in the year for awards recognition. Jurassic Park ended up being exactly the kind of runaway hit everyone assumed it would be and was also a landmark for digital effects technology, but Schindler's List, a black and white, three-plus hour Holocaust drama ended up being the bigger victory. Schindler's List took in $320 million, despite its heady subject matter, and won Spielberg his first Best Director Oscar, along with his only Best Picture statuette to date.
Spielberg then took three years off from the director's chair. When he returned in 1997, he was clearly still high on the double-prong accomplishment of the 'one blockbuster bait/one Oscar bait' formula. He tried to recreate this success with a Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World, and Amistad, a slavery melodrama. This time, the formula backfired. The Lost World was uninspired and not well-received by critics. This was partially due to the director's treatment of the material – Spielberg shot roughly and quickly enough to add about 30 minutes of effects-heavy coda and still came in under time and budget. With the director disenfranchised (no pun intended), the whole production turned into an excuse to goof around with millions of dollars, which was okay, since the Jurassic Park brand was still popular enough to pull in a huge profit. The Lost World, which was released in May, survived not being particularly good, but Amistad, which was released in December (again, in hopes of awards consideration), failed to find much of an audience and was also met with lukewarm reviews. Needless to say, it didn't win any Oscars, though it was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins), score, cinematographer, and costume design (the ultimate 'nice try, but no cigar' Oscar nomination for so-called prestige projects).
After dusting himself off and making Saving Private Ryan – a great film that was a critical, commercial, and creative victory (that was released only 7 months after Amistad) – Spielberg took his time with A.I., a project he'd picked up from his friend Stanley Kubrick before he died. Following A.I.'s modest success (it took me years to put together exactly how good the film is), Spielberg switched up his double feature formula in 2002 for Minority Report and the real subject of this particular review, Catch Me If You Can. Minority Report was a dark, maturely slanted sci-fi/action spectacular that took a particularly intellectual approach to its thrills, unlike Jurassic Park or The Lost World, which were constructed for pure, mainstream enjoyment. Catch Me If You Can was the more awards-friendly picture of the two. Nothing says Oscar-bait like a bio-pic, except maybe a holocaust flick. Or a slavery flick. Anyway, Catch Me If You Can turned away from expectations and crafted a light and friendly crowd-pleaser, free of the Spielberg brand of excessive sentimentality and maudlin melodrama.
Catch Me If You Can practically defines the word 'buoyant' and is largely unlike anything else in Spielberg's filmography. The closest things in his canon to this brand of poppy, animated filmmaking are sections of Raiders of the Lost Ark and perhaps his Catch Me If You Can follow-up, The Terminal (perhaps I was too hasty in marking Hook as his second worst film…). For years, Spielberg's lighter films aped the Frank Capra formula ( especially in the case of The Terminal), but Catch Me If You Can is more sarcastic and biting, like a Howard Hawks or Billy Wilder movie. It seems appropriate that both a post- Fight Club David Fincher and a pre- Pirates of the Caribbean Gore Verbinski were attached to the project before Spielberg (Spielberg happily claims Leonardo DiCaprio hired him and not the other way around), but I'm not sure either director, both of whom are known for their baroque filming styles, would've embraced the pop-culture look of the early '60s in the same light, ostentatious manner. The popularity of Mad Men and X-Men: First Class has brought '60s modernism and French La Nouvelle Vague back into vogue recently, but, at the time, Catch Me If You Can was the proverbial breath of fresh air. It's also one of the only genuinely funny (love the juxtapositions of Frank and Carl's lives) and sexy films in the director's collection. The only real issue here is the film's 141-minute runtime, which feels a bit excessive.
2002 was a double feature year for Leonardo DiCaprio, too, which makes the overlap here particularly amusing. Even more amusing, DiCaprio's two films, Catch Me If You Can and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, were released within five days of each other. The compare/contrast of the two characters he plays in the two films somewhat mirror the differences in Spielberg's two films, but is more interesting in terms of a win/loss ratio. Scorsese miscast DiCaprio as a rough and tumble nineteenth century street punk. This role not only required the audience to believe the former child star and teen heartthrob could be a tough guy, but it also set him against an out-of-retirement Daniel Day-Lewis firing on all cylinders. The poor little guy was simply slaughtered, metaphorically speaking. Spielberg, on the other hand, gave DiCaprio a perfect character for a guy trying to make the leap to respectable, adult roles in Hollywood – a guy that starts the film in his teens, spends most of the film pretending to be an adult, and finally ends the film an actual adult. Spielberg also sets DiCaprio up against two warm father figures, Christopher Walken and Tom Hanks, both of whom sit well within the 'supporting' part of their 'supporting cast' job description.
I swore up and down when this disc came to my house that Catch Me If You Can had already been released on Blu-ray, but, apparently, this marks the film's first US, HD home release. It didn't get the press E.T. got, but any good Spielberg movie on Blu-ray is cause for celebration. This 1.85:1, full 1080p transfer isn't going to blow any minds, but it will certainly please fans saddled with standard definition releases. Spielberg and long-time collaborating director of photography Janusz Kaminski don't stray too far from the basic look they developed sometime around A.I., meaning Catch Me If You Can is a generally soft film and features a diffused glow to most of its lighting schemes. The palette in this case alternates between blue/aqua and brown bases (not unlike War Horse). The blues tend to bleed into some of the otherwise deep black levels, but the solid whites remain clean and warm skin tones are pure and nicely separated. The look is an interesting contrast to Minority Report, which was caked in blue all around (except the last act, which is orange/yellow to signify…well, this isn't a review of that film) and brimming with thick grain. The grain levels on Catch Me If You Can alternate a bit and do occasionally approach something near Minority Report levels, but this is less consistently 'excessive.' At worst, the 35mm look does produce some mushy backgrounds and minor edge enhancement, but even these inconsistencies work for the film's intended look. The detail levels are occasionally softened by the diffused look and grain (not to mention the fact that utter clarity isn't a major goal here, outside of the occasional extreme close-ups), but there's no questioning the upgrade over DVD in terms of fine textures and complex patterns.
Spielberg's films always feature impressive audio design, even his more low-key features like this one are busy with plenty of ambient noise throughout the stereo and surround channels. This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is plenty crisp when it needs to be, but it's a more of a fluid and naturalistic experience, overall. There's not a lot of standout directional work, but there's always something going on beneath the generally dialogue-based sequences and, quite often, this stuff leaks effectively beyond the center channel. The music gets the broadest treatment, though, outside of the dialogue. John Williams was able to break away from his usual Spielberg-brand super-theatrical, broad, boisterous clashes and melodramatic tear-jerkers to create something with a George Gershwin/Benny Goodman twist. Occasionally, Williams dabbles in chimes and harps, but, at its best, this is a delightfully jazzy score. The music is presented with incredible warmth on this track, as if we're listening to a top-notch vinyl record alongside the digital and crisp dialogue and effects track. The instrumentations are widely spaced, furthering the aural illusion to almost convince the viewer that the limited orchestra is seated in the viewing room. Rhythmic instruments in particular feature a sizable, multi-channel echo effect. The period-appropriate pop music selections are also given an effective and natural treatment.
The extras on this new release match those of the special edition DVD release, which is alright, considering the overall quality of those extras, along with the fact that Spielberg doesn't really like doing extras, anyway. Things start with Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera (17:10, SD), a decent, if not brief, behind the scenes featurette concerning the film's pre-production history and basic design/filming process with Spielberg, the real Frank Abagnale, screenwriter Jeff Nathanson, producer Alter F. Parkes, production designer Jeannine Oppewall, prop master Steven Melton, costume designer Mary Zophres, cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, Hanks, and DiCaprio. Catch Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film is divided into bite-sized pieces (with no 'play all' option), including Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr. (6:00, SD), Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty (6:20, SD), Frank's Parents: Christopher Walken and Nathalie Baye (7:20, SD), The Strong Family: Martin Sheen and Amy Adams (5:30, SD), and Jennifer Garner as Cheryl Ann (3:20, SD). Scoring: Catch Me If You Can (5:20, SD) briefly covers Williams' music with the man himself, along with Spielberg, who discusses the period's pop music choices. Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction, a featurette about the character's true story, is also divided into parts, including Meet Frank Abagnale (5:20, SD), Frank Becomes a Pilot (4:10, SD), Frank's Careers (2:00, SD), Frank Gets Caught and Turns His Life Around (3:40, SD). The FBI Perspective (7:10, SD) follows the on-set jobs of former FBI Special Agent William Rehder, who acted as the production's technical advisor. The extras come to an end with Catch Me If You Can: In Closing (5:00, SD) and three image galleries.
(continued from the 'Feature' section) Following the success of his 2002 double feature, Spielberg took a break, made another Tom Hanks film ( The Terminal) in 2004 in a wind-up for his 2005 summer and awards season releases – a remake of Byron Haskin & George Pal's War of the Worlds and Munich, a dramatic interpretation of Israel's retaliation following the 1972 Olympic hostage crisis. This marked the first (and, as yet, only) time both films in a Spielberg double feature shared a thematic subtext, that of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. War of the Worlds buried the theme in horrifying, destructive imagery and stands as the darkest of his blockbuster effects films (despite a fumbled ending). Munich approached the historical subject of vengeful Mossad agents from a relatively direct route, but also infused a sort of 'prequel to a tragedy' status beneath the surface. Munich is Spielberg's most mature film since Schindler's List and his likely his only exploration of true moral ambiguity. After half-heartedly directing an unneeded fourth Indiana Jones movie, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he made his latest double feature in 2011, including The Adventures of Tintin, his first fully animated feature (in development since 1984), and War Horse – a return to period-pieces, war, and sentimentality. Though both films were successful on their own merits, their place in his canon is still up for debate, as far as I'm concerned.
Back on the subject of Catch Me If You Can – this cool breeze of a film looks and sounds great on this, its first Blu-ray release. Some viewers may be bothered by the inconsistent grain levels on the transfer, but those viewers need to understand that this was the intended look, as it is on many of Spielberg's films from the first decade of the new millennium. The extras don't feature anything new, but they fill in the basics of the production process. I personally plan on doing my own double feature someday with this disc and Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I've always thought that while Catch Me If You Can was an enjoyable flick, it was ultimately devoid of any need for further cogitation. Now, Munich, there's a Spielberg flick I can get behind — an almost perfect film.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th December 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, French and Portuguese
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera, Catch Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film, Scoring: Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction, The FBI Perspective, Catch Me If You Can: In Closing, Photo Galleries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Genre: Adventure, Comedy and Drama
Length: 141 minutes
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Question: My wife and I dined at a restaurant in Los Angeles where the menu noted that it pays a living wage — about a 15% surcharge. But I was unsure how much to tip. Without the living wage, I would have tipped my usual amount. I favor the custom in most countries we visit, where there is no tipping but the staff is adequately paid and has benefits such as health insurance.
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Answer: Before answering a question on tipping, I've learned to put up the heat shields in anticipation of the flame-o-grams that arrive whenever the topic comes up. That's because it's fraught with emotion, never mind political overtones, economic and sociological implications and, perhaps above all, confusion.
This question is all of that and more, and especially the last.
Even the term "living wage" can be a problem in the U.S. "The term 'minimum wage' fell into disrepute during the Reagan years," said George Hoffer, who teaches economics at the University of Richmond in Virginia. "It had a negative connotation. And so 'living wage' started as a substitute," with a more positive connotation. But now it's often confusing because some locales have a by-law living wage that's not the same as the minimum wage.
The minimum wage still exists. At the federal level, it is $7.25 an hour. In California, it's $8 an hour. In some places, if you are a tipped employee, the federal wage is $2.13 an hour and has been since the 1990s; tips are supposed to make up the difference. (California does not have a tipping wage, so the state minimum applies.)
In some places or communities of workers, a "living wage" is mandated. That wage is calculated based on what it would take to "cover the basic housing, food, transportation and other key essentials we have to pay for," said Linda Bradley, an assistant professor with the department of family and consumer sciences at Cal State Northridge.
The living wage probably does not take into account how many people are in the family, Bradley said. A living wage indicator developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that a person living in Los Angeles County would need $11.37 an hour for that amount to be a living wage but would need $22.95 if the household included two adults and two children.
Other issues you might need to consider in tipping: Does the food server split the money with the rest of the restaurant staff? Does the restaurant operate on "postage stamp" pricing — that is, are menu items uniform throughout the country, as they are in some chains? (The postage stamp reference comes from the notion that it costs the same to mail a letter to Sacramento as it does to Chicago.) If it is postage stamp pricing, are you tipping adequately for your area?
Head spinning yet? If not, consider this from Holona Ochs, co-author of "Gratuity: A Contextual Understanding of Tipping Norms From the Perspective of Tipped Employees." "About 90% of Americans tip and in many more circumstances and a larger percentage than anywhere in the world," said Ochs, an assistant professor in the political science department at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
We do leave tips because we want to reward for good service or maybe make up for economic differences, right? Those may be reasons we tip, but the "primary reason is because it's expected," Ochs said. "It's a really high rate of conformity to a social norm. People don't want to be inappropriate. They don't want social punishment … don't want to be seen as a jerk."
And now to keep yourself out of the jerk category, you're probably going to have to ask hard questions of your food server to determine what's right. This requires a degree of intimacy with someone you don't know. You probably don't ask those questions of people you do know and yet you almost have to talk about their money situation before you give them any of yours.
That's repugnant on its surface, but, on the other hand, it does give you the opportunity, if you're a traveler, to interact with someone on the local level. "Part of the joy of traveling is eating the food, but the other joy is getting to know people," Ochs said. If your comfort level doesn't involve having discussions in person, call ahead and ask.
This may be yet another complication of travel you didn't bargain for, but it's part of being a responsible traveler. "Yeah," you're likely to retort. "Responsible for the well-being of the world." Not quite, but would that be such a bad thing? Before you answer, let me get those heat shields up.
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Border States
Edited by: Robert Guisepi
The Lincoln administration regarded Delaware,
Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri as border states,
critical because of their geographical positions and
questionable in loyalty because of their strong ties to
both South and North. Slavery existed in all 4 states,
though its importance had diminished in Delaware and
Maryland as their prewar economies became increasingly
interwoven with the North's.
Delaware rejected an invitation to join the
Confederacy early in 1861, and through the war remained
loyal to the North, mobilizing its industries to provide
supplies for the Union Army; despite some Southern
sentiments, it never seriously threatened to leave the
Marylanders were much more divided in their
sympathies, being distinctly Southern in character and
attached to the South by strong blood ties. They
resented radical secessionists and abolitionists alike
as the cause of hostilities, urging recognition of the
Confederacy. The first blood was spilled during the
Baltimore Riots in March 1861, and though the state
contributed substantially to the war effort with men and
materiel, the Federal government garrisoned troops in
the state as a precautionary measure.
Believing Kentucky to be a buffer zone, Governor
Beriah Magoffin refused the call for troops and formally
declared the states neutrality. But the attempt proved
futile: both Union and Confederate recruiters operated
in the state, with Kentuckians serving on both sides.
When Confederate troops moved into western Kentucky
Sept. 1861, and Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant occupied Paducah,
the legislature officially endorsed the Union. Pro-South
Magoffin established a provisional government at
Russellville, ratified the Confederate Constitution, and
Kentucky was admitted to the Confederacy in December.
The state, like Missouri, suffered the tragedy of a war
that pitted father against son, brother against brother.
Missouri attempted neutrality after delegates to
a secession convention in February 1861 refused to
secede, but Federal invasion in May pushed many
Unionists into the Confederate camp. As in Kentucky,
pro-Union and pro-Confederate governments were
established, the latter run in exile by Governor
Claiborne F. Jackson. Missouri became a Confederate
state November, 1861. Its thriving prewar economy was
devastated, its people terrorized by brutal guerrilla
The border states represented a serious dilemma
for President Lincoln. Convinced they were the key to
victory, he could not afford to alienate them with his
emancipation policies, thus incurred the scorn of
Radicals by failing to abolish border-state slavery
until the 13th Amendment, passed in 1865. And in the
Western border states Federal troops had to be kept from
the front to hold the occupied territory from
Confederate invaders. Soldiers also policed the polls to
protect loyal Unionists during wartime elections. Though
the border states remained pro-Union, even severely
divided Kentucky and Missouri, the effort to nurture
their loyalty in the face of bitter internal struggles
weighed heavily on Lincoln's overall plan to win the
Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia Of The Civil War"
edited by Patricia L. Faust
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Consensus Report
Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration: An Assessment of the Critical Ecosystems Study Initiative (2003)Water Science and Technology Board
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The report reviews a U.S. Department of the Interior research program, finding that it provides key information to support the restoration of the Florida Everglades and to better assess the impact of hydrologic change on the ecosystem. However, the program needs more funding, better management and broader distribution of its findings. The report suggests that strategic investments in Everglades research will increase the chances of reaching restoration goals while reducing overall costs.
Key Messages
- Funding is now inadequate to meet the current scientific information needs.
- Improvements are needed in CESI management.
- Improvements are needed to enhance synthesis and integration efforts both within the CESI program and more broadly in the South Florida restoration.
- The CESI program has been an important resource to help address the immense science information needs of the Everglades restoration.


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Kitchen Cure Success! A Gallery of Improvements
Our Kitchen Cure just wrapped up its final week, and we hope all of you who participated are luxuriating and feeling victorious in your freshly clean, freshly Cured kitchen. Here's a look at a few particularly victorious readers — they sent us photos of some especially improved things in their kitchens.
And those of you who didn't send photos — no problem — we hope you are all like Sousani, who said: "I did not post any pictures or make any dramatic changes, but a sparkling clean and organized kitchen is beautiful. I must do this twice a year - how did I live and cook and eat with all that dust and expired food?"
That's right! The Kitchen Cure is hopefully an inspiration to all of us to keep our kitchens in good working order year round, and if they do get a bit mussy again, well, there's always the Fall Cure to look forward to!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and happy cooking!
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Mud Pie Kitchen Inspiration
We love to feature play kitchens here on Apartment Therapy, but we haven't given quite as much space to outdoor play kitchens — otherwise known as mud pie kitchens. There's a lot of inspiration out there on the web, so we rounded up 10 fantastic kitchens to excite your creativity for summer.
Many of the bloggers who posted their kitchens also included step by step instructions for building a mud pie kitchen. You'll find suggestions for upcycling old materials, encouraging imaginative play, and creating a space where kids can get dirty and explore nature.
Have you created a mud pie kitchen, or an outdoor play kitchen? Tell us what you've done in the comments!
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WC writes: Rockstar did recently tease a new Red Dead game on their news wire, along with the first set of GTA V screenshots, with the intriguing tease: "Stay tuned for further announcements about the future of the Red Dead series." So, despite the lack of actual detail, this is all confirms a new game, which will likely be announced after Grand Theft Auto V's release.
But what do we want to see from a series that pretty much has it all? Aside from little and obvious things like improved graphics and less bugs, there are a few things we definitely want to see feature in a new Red Dead Redemption title.
My list
1) I do NOT want to see Jack as the main character...that kid was terrible. <Spoilers> I honestly wish John survived, I thought they would of done a second DLC with an alternative ending where he survives, like the Government comes earlier for John while he's away and they kill Abbi and Jack so with nothing else to loose he decides to live the life of an outlaw after realsing you can't escape it and decides to get revenge, a bit like the Outlaw Josey Wales. Least then at the end we would see John and Bonnie become closer and let him and their relationship develop into the third game. His death felt cheap to me...I mean he knew what the Government agents were like how did he know they wouldn't go after Abbi and Jack after he sacraficed himself for them, thats the first thing which would cross my mind before doing anything like that.
2) Bigger map...the bigger the better I suppose, more things to explore, more things to find, more easter eggs to include....maybe a Cowboys vs Aliens reference for example.
3) Better guns and equipment to buy, maybe let us upgrade them. I had so much money at the end of the game it was unreal and I couldn't do anything with it. Maybe let us buy land and build a house in ANY shape we want.
4) Better AI...AI will hopefully always improve but it's something I would like to see improved on even more in the next game
5) A Delorean hidden away...I know I know but I was thinking of only be able to find it near the end of the game and having to do a ton of work to get it. A Back to the Future reference would be amazing...even when driving if you could go upto 88mph it would actuallydisappear then reappear like that GTA4 mod.
One thing is all I ask for... I DON'T WANT TO MASH X TO RUN!
Really, I think that is what killed my old controller!... What that and BlazBlue killed my "down" key...
<.< Um, I didn't know Red Dead 2 came out or was even announced, let alone 3...


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Hoosier State provides Big Ten with talent
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Led by Tom Crean, the Indiana Hoosiers have the top recruiting class in the Big Ten and the No. 2 class nationally. Crean and his coaches did a good job of locking up in-state talent and the guys that they didn't get all looked to stay in the conference as Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan each raided the state for Rivals150 prospects.
Speaking of Michigan, what John Beilein has been able to do on the recruiting trail may be the conference's biggest recruiting storyline. He outfoxed the likes of Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland and many others to land the conference's top recruit in Mitch McGary. Beilein was also way ahead of the pack when it came to identifying high four-star Glenn Robinson III as a potentially elite talent. Finally, Canadian Nick Stauskas is a versatile performer and dangerous scorer.
Wing performers
Conference schools really loaded up on top-notch wing talent. The battle between Indiana, Purdue and Michigan State for five-star Gary Harris was maybe the single hardest-fought recruiting battle in the country and for good reason. Harris looks to be an impact wing but he isn't the only one.
Wisconsin signee Sam Dekker isn't the highest rated prospect headed to the Big Ten, but he may be the most important for any team. The Badgers will be losing lots of talent and leadership after this season and each of those are things that the tough, 6-foot-7 five-star wing has plenty of.
Up in Ann Arbor, Glen Robinson III looks like the kind of guy who could eventually lead the Wolverines in scoring. He's gotten stronger, is a big-time athlete and is very efficient with his performance from the field. His future teammate Nick Stauskas is no slouch either.
Indiana figures to get an instant boost from Jeremy Hollowell who is also versatile enough to play some as a high-post four while Ron Patterson is a high level defender.
Purdue and Northwestern should each see immediate results from incoming wings as well. Rapheal Davis is a physical and tough scorer who fits in well with the Boilermakers while Kale Abrahamson has touch from long range and size that the Wildcats need on the wing.
Ohio State 0-fer
It wasn't for lack of effort, but the biggest surprise of the early signing period has to be Thad Matta and his staff taking the collar in November. The Buckeyes were involved with several high level prospects like DaJuan Coleman, but didn't get anybody to pull the trigger. The encouraging thing, though, is the Buckeyes are still very much in the mix for high four-star big man Tony Parker.


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ECR4Kids® Maple/maple/black rectangular activity table measuring 36" x 72" features a durable laminated tabletop and adjustable chunky legs with standard glides for easy mobility. ECR4Kids 48" Round T-Mold Activity Table, Maple/Maple/Yellow/Standard Ball
- Maple/maple/black particleboard Top, PET thermoplastic edge, tubular steel leg
- Dimensions: 15" - 24"(H) x 36"(W) x 72"(D)
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- Leg glides: Standard
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- Age level: 1 - 7 years
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- Tabletop: 1 1/8" thick
- Tabletops feature stain resistant and easy to clean laminate on both sides
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Used 2010 BMW 3 Series Review
Edmunds expert review
Even entering its fifth year of production, the 2010 BMW 3 Series remains the best entry-level luxury sedan you can buy.
What's new for 2010
Vehicle overview
After four full years on the market, you'd think someone would have come up with an entry-level luxury car to rival the current BMW 3 Series. Perhaps by now an automaker would have bribed a BMW engineer to fork over the blueprints, or maybe had its CEO take a 3 Series, hand it to his engineers and say, "Here, copy this." Indeed, the 3 Series is often imitated, but somehow it's never been duplicated. For unparalleled driving excellence, the 2010 BMW 3 Series is still where it's at.
As is typically the case, BMW has relentlessly improved this 3 Series since its debut in 2006. For '07, the 335i's twin-turbocharged inline-6 debuted, an engine that has been showered with critical praise ever since, and a sleek coupe and retractable-hardtop convertible also joined the lineup. For '09, the sedan and wagon's controversial taillight design was rectified, and a gloriously torquey and fuel-efficient turbodiesel inline-6 became available for the sedan. Heck, BMW even managed to fix iDrive last year, thanks to a proliferation of physical buttons and a much-improved menu structure. All of that partly explains why the 3 Series is still the most desirable car in its class, even at the ripe old age of five.
The other part is the inherent goodness of its chassis. Quite simply, no other entry-level luxury model can match the 3 Series' exquisite combination of athletic handling and premium ride comfort. Even the base suspension setup is more capable than most, but the Sport package really brings the 3 into focus, giving it sports-car-grade cornering capabilities without the slightest hint of impact harshness. The performance numbers are impressive in themselves, but this car transcends them -- it feels even more confident and composed than those numbers suggest.
The 2010 BMW 3 Series has long been America's best-selling luxury car, and we see no reason why it won't retain its crown. Automotive journalists and consumers agree that the 3 is the segment leader, which highlights its irresistible appeal to enthusiasts and casual drivers alike. There are worthy rivals, of course, including the powerful Infiniti G37, the striking Cadillac CTS and the Euro-chic Audi A4. But even as the twilight of this model's production run approaches, the 3 Series continues to reign supreme.
Trim levels & features
The 2010 BMW 3 Series is available in sedan, wagon, coupe and hardtop-convertible body styles. The base model for all styles is the rear-wheel-drive 328i, while the coupe, sedan and wagon also come in all-wheel-drive 328i xDrive guise. All but the wagon are available as the rear-drive 335i, while the sedan and coupe can be had in 335i xDrive form. The range-topping sedan model is the diesel-powered 335d.
Standard equipment on the 328i models includes 16-inch wheels, heated side mirrors, premium leatherette vinyl upholstery, automatic climate control and a 10-speaker CD stereo with HD radio and an auxiliary input jack. Coupe and convertible versions come with slightly more equipment, including a sport-tuned suspension on the coupe and a power-retractable hardtop on the convertible. In addition to its more powerful engine, the 335i adds 17-inch wheels, xenon headlights and power front seats with driver memory. The 335d is similarly equipped but includes xenon headlamps and a sunroof.
The Premium package adds leather upholstery (heat-reflective in the convertible), auto-dimming mirrors, Bluetooth connectivity, BMW Assist telematics and, on 328i models, a sunroof and power seats with driver memory. The Sport package specifies a firmer suspension on convertibles, sedans and wagons (the coupe already has this as standard) and all get larger wheels, sport seats and steering wheel, and special "Shadowline" exterior trim. The Climate package adds heated front seats and steering wheel, retractable headlight washers and fold-down rear seats (though the latter are unavailable in the convertible). Many of these items can be had as stand-alone options.
Among the à la carte options are xenon headlights and a sunroof (328i only), automatic high beams, a hard-drive-based navigation system with the iDrive controller, keyless ignition/entry, active cruise control, front and rear parking assist, an active steering system (335i only), paddle shifters for the optional automatic transmission, rear window shades, satellite radio, an iPod adapter and a Logic 7 surround-sound audio system.
Performance & mpg
The 328i models are powered by a 3.0-liter inline-6 that produces 230 horsepower and 200 pound-feet of torque. The 335i gets a 3.0-liter inline-6, this one twin-turbocharged to produce 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque. The 335d boasts a twin-turbocharged diesel engine rated at 265 hp and an enormous 425 lb-ft of torque. All gasoline-powered models come standard with a six-speed manual shifter, while a six-speed automatic with available paddle shifters is optional (standard on the 335d).
In performance testing, we've clocked a 328i sedan with the manual transmission from zero to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds, while the heavier convertible is a few tenths of a second slower. We've tested a variety of 335i sedans and coupes, and they consistently require a bit more than 5 seconds to reach 60 mph. The 335d did the sprint in 5.9 seconds.
According to the EPA, the 328i gets 17-18 mpg in the city, 25-28 mpg on the highway and 20-21 mpg combined, depending on body style and powertrain. The 335i with the automatic achieves 17 mpg city/26 mpg highway and 20 mpg combined, while the manual transmission and all-wheel drive lower those numbers slightly. The 335d is rated at an impressive 23 mpg city/36 mpg highway and 27 mpg combined.
Standard safety equipment on the 2010 BMW 3 Series includes antilock disc brakes, stability control, front-seat side airbags and full-length side curtain airbags. The convertible lacks the side curtains, but the regular front side airbags extend up to head level and there are also pop-up rollover hoops. The stability control system integrates several features designed to improve braking performance, such as periodically wiping the brake rotors dry when the windshield wipers are in use and automatically snugging the pads to the rotors when the driver abruptly lifts off the throttle.
In government crash tests, the sedan and wagon received four out of five stars for frontal collision protection and five stars for side protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 3 Series the top rating of "Good" in its frontal-offset crash test. The 3 Series also scored a "Good" for side crash protection except for the convertible, which received the second-lowest "Marginal" score.
Driving is what the 2010 BMW 3 Series does best. The 328i's naturally aspirated inline-6 is otherworldly in its smoothness from idle to redline, and it has enough power to suit most tastes. Those in search of something more will be well-served by the twin-turbo 335i, which maintains the 328i's refinement while adding a huge wallop of torque that's always on tap. The 335d is perhaps the biggest hoot of them all, serving up face-flattening torque off the line and a uniquely muscular soundtrack while using the least fuel of the bunch.
When the going gets twisty, the 3 Series' sublime suspension, steering and brakes will provide endless entertainment. Sport package-equipped models can even keep pace with many genuine sports cars. At the same time, the 3 Series is a wonderful long-distance cruiser, boasting both a supple ride and a hushed cabin. The 3 Series' long-running double act is truly extraordinary: It speaks the language of driving enthusiasts, yet its upscale image and comfortable interior give it unrivaled mass appeal.
The 2010 BMW 3 Series interiors will be familiar to anyone who has spent time in a BMW product. Classic analog gauges, sensible ergonomics and a restrained overall aesthetic combine to create a pleasant driving environment, though there's less visual pizzazz here than in some rivals. The base seats are comfortable and supportive, the Sport package's purpose-built seats even more so. Materials and build quality are exceptional; even the standard leatherette (vinyl) upholstery looks and feels better than one would expect. The convertible's available heat-reflective leather does a wonderful job of keeping occupants' posteriors cool. The revised iDrive electronics interface that comes with the optional navigation system is not only greatly improved over its confusing predecessor, but also one of the best interfaces of its kind.
The rear seats are adequately roomy for adults on shorter trips, but taller passengers will complain that their heads are crammed into the roof. Trunk space is average in sedans and coupes, while the wagon offers a maximum cargo capacity of 61 cubic feet. The convertible offers a reasonable cargo hold when the hardtop is up, but predictably shrinks considerably when the top is lowered.
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Sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 30s on Dec. 13 greeted about two dozen people who attended the fourth annual ceremony at the Westchester Center Cemetery in Colchester honoring veterans as part of the national Wreaths Across America Day.
In 2010, more than 545 locations in the United States and beyond participated in laying more than 220,000 wreaths. Ceremonies were held at Pearl Harbor Memorial, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge and the sites of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Colchester event is organized each year by three members of the Westchester Cemetery Association including Colchester residents Linda Pasternack, Roberta Avery and Paula Felts.
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