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Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6. Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favourites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano.
Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian's (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the run has left their lives incomplete.
Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organisation of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.
Building on the worldwide blockbuster success of Fast Five and taking the action, stunts and narrative to even greater heights, Fast & Furious 6 sees director Justin Lin back behind the camera for the fourth time. He is
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Princeton University expressed its gratitude to more than 1,000 alumni and friends who contributed to the success of its recent fundraising campaign on Friday night by showcasing Aspire's impact.
The Oct. 19 "thank you" celebration, which took place in a transformed Jadwin Gymnasium, combined multimedia presentations with speeches and performances. A pair of 60-by-30-foot screens displayed images and video of programs and facilities that have been enhanced by the campaign, including recorded messages from Bridge Year students as they began their year of service abroad. On a stage in front of the screens, artists performed, Princeton faculty and researchers — including undergraduates — described their work, and alumni and students spoke of the ways in which the University has touched their lives.
President Shirley M. Tilghman, who served as emcee for the evening, told those attending in person and via the Internet through live streaming, "Together, you have helped to ensure that future generations of Princetonians will continue to receive the finest education of its kind and, thus equipped, will continue to make our world a better place for all."
The five-year campaign ended on June 30 after raising $1.88 billion, exceeding its goal of $1.75 billion. More than 65,000 donors — including more than 77 percent of all undergraduate alumni — contributed 271,559 separate gifts.
Aspire's areas of priority were Annual Giving, which provides unrestricted funds that the University can use immediately in the areas of greatest need and that typically provide significant support to the financial aid program; neuroscience; engineering and the environment; the arts; global initiatives; and "the Princeton experience," which encompasses all aspects of teaching, learning and campus life.
Speakers during the evening included international business executive Gerhard Andlinger of the Class of 1952, whose 2008 gift created the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. He told of arriving in Princeton from war-torn Europe and finding a wealth of support and opportunities as a scholarship student at the University. Leslie-Bernard Joseph of the Class of 2006, a former Teach for America corps member who is now a student at Stanford Law School, and senior Brittany Sanders also shared personal stories of their Princeton experiences.
Lively performances throughout the evening featured the Princeton University Band; the breakdancing group Sympoh; Princeton Bhangra, which performed a South Asian folk dance; and the Triangle Club. Professional dancers Silas Riener of the Class of 2006 and Sydney Schiff of the Class of 2010 performed an original interpretive piece, accompanied by the Princeton University Orchestra conducted by Michael Pratt.
The program also showcased innovations in neuroscience and engineering. Jonathan Cohen, the Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in Neuroscience and founding co-director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, presided over an experiment in which the audience saw the real-time brain activity of Research Specialist Jessica Jones as she viewed photos and live video from the event, while inside an fMRI scanner at another location on campus. Naveen Verma, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and Alexandra Landon and Eric Kuto, both of the Class of 2012, described their novel research projects.
The evening concluded with several student a cappella groups leading the crowd in "Old Nassau," Princeton's anthem. The students then launched orange and silver streamers into the crowd while the "Cannon Song" played and photos of alumni, parents and friends appeared on the screens.
During the event, campaign co-chairs Robert Murley of the Class of 1972 and Nancy Peretsman of the Class of 1976 presented Tilghman with a box containing an "honor roll" — the names of all 65,120 donors to the campaign. A final report about the campaign is available online.
The festive evening was the culmination of a day of gatherings on campus sponsored by the Office of Development and the Alumni Association. Visiting alumni, parents and friends could choose to attend panel discussions and workshops led by faculty members and alumni. Panelists included Eric Schmidt of the Class of 1976, executive chairman of Google Inc.; Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs; and former Secretary of State George Shultz of the Class of 1942.
Activities concluded on Saturday with a panel discussion, the Tiger Tailgate and Princeton football's 39-34 victory over Harvard.
Tilghman now will travel around the country and abroad to thank donors at events in seven U.S. cities, Hong Kong and London.


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Aged Care Package OT
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Kara Edwards OT
Director and Consultant Occupational Therapist
BaAppSc (OT Honours), Diploma of Dementia Care
As we age our physical and sensory abilities change and this can result in a mismatch between abilities and the home environment, increasing risk of falls. Occupational Therapy assessment from OT Focus can help to bridge this gap, with a focus on promoting independence and function. Some simple (or not so simple) changes to the home, assistive equipment or altering how you do things can all enable older people to stay at home safely and for longer.
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We service areas within the Sutherland Shire Council, Georges River Council, Bayside Council and Bankstown City Council (south).
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We are passionate about working with older people in our community and understand the challenges they face as they get older. We specialise in home care packages and helping people stay at home safely. Home safety assessments including equipment prescription, home modifications and falls prevention. Providing evidence to HCP providers to support use of funding.
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Smokeless Tobacco
Three percent of American adults are smokeless tobacco users. They run the same risks of gum disease, heart disease, and addiction as cigarette users, but an even greater risk of oral cancer. Each year about 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral and pharyngeal cancers, and more than 8,000 people die of these diseases. Despite the health risks associated with tobacco use, consumers continue to demand the product. In 2001, the five largest tobacco manufacturers spent $236.7 million on smokeless tobacco advertising and promotion.
What is smokeless tobacco?
There are two forms of smokeless tobacco: chewing tobacco and snuff. Chewing tobacco is usually sold as leaf tobacco (packaged in a pouch) or plug tobacco (in brick form). Both are placed between the cheek and gum. Users keep chewing tobacco in their mouths for several hours to get a continuous high from the nicotine in the tobacco.
Snuff is a powdered tobacco (usually sold in cans) that is put between the lower lip and the gum. It is also referred to as "dipping." Just a pinch is all that's needed to release the nicotine, which is then swiftly absorbed into the bloodstream, resulting in a quick high.
The chemicals contained in chew or snuff are poisonous and addictive. Every time smokeless tobacco is used, the body adjusts to the amount of tobacco needed to get a high. Consequently, the next time tobacco is used, the body will need a little more to get the same feeling. Holding an average-sized dip or chew in the mouth for 30 minutes gives the user as much nicotine as smoking four cigarettes.
Is smokeless tobacco less harmful than cigarettes?
In 1986, the U.S. Surgeon General declared that the use of smokeless tobacco "is not a safe substitute for smoking cigarettes. It can cause cancer and a number of noncancerous conditions and can lead to nicotine addiction and dependence." Also, since 1991, the National Cancer Institute has recommended that the public avoid the use of all tobacco products, due to their high levels of nitrosamines.
In a recent study, cancer researchers found that oral tobacco products, including lozenges and moist snuff, are not a good alternative to smoking, since the levels of cancer-causing nitrosamines in smokeless tobacco and lozenges are very high. Some smokeless products contain the highest amounts of nicotine that can be readily absorbed by the body.
What are the ingredients in smokeless tobacco?
- Polonium 210 (nuclear waste)
- N-Nitrosamines (cancer-causing)
- Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
- Nicotine (addictive drug)
- Cadmium (used in batteries and nuclear reactor shields)
- Cyanide (poisonous compound)
- Arsenic (poinsonous metallic element)
- Benzene (used in insecticides and motor fuels)
- Lead (nerve poison)
Who are the most common smokeless tobacco users?
According to the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, young adults between the ages of 18-25 are the most common smokeless tobacco users. This trend may be influenced by innovative marketing tactics targeted at a younger audience.
Smokeless tobacco manufacturers are marketing flavored smokeless tobacco. A 2005 American Legacy Foundation and National Cancer Institute study noted, "Tobacco companies are using candy-like flavors and high tech delivery devices to turn a blowtorch into a flavored popsicle, misleading millions of youngsters to try a deadly product."
What are the physical and mental effects of smokeless tobacco use?
Cancer. Smokeless tobacco is a cancer-causing agent, also known as a carcinogen. Cancers are most likely to develop at the site where tobacco is held in the mouth, but it may also include the lips, tongue, cheek, and throat.
Leukoplakia. Smokeless tobacco users may develop a condition in which white spots form on the gums, inside of the cheeks, and sometimes on the tongue. It can be caused by the irritation from the tobacco juice, and the disorder can be considered pre-cancerous. Therefore, if a white patch does not heal within one week, consult a doctor.
Heart disease. The stimulating effects of nicotine, an organic compound made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sometimes oxygen, increase the heart rate and blood pressure and may trigger irregular heartbeats.
Gum and tooth disease. Smokeless tobacco permanently discolors teeth, causes halitosis (bad breath), and may contribute to tooth loss. Smokeless tobacco contains a lot of sugar which forms an acid that may eat away the tooth enamel, causing cavities and mouth sores. Also, its direct and repeated contact with the gums may cause them to recede.
Social effects. Bad breath, discolored teeth.
What are some early warning signs of oral cancer?
- A sore that bleeds easily and does not heal
- A lump or thickening anywhere in the mouth or neck
- Soreness or swelling that does not go away
- A red or white patch that does not go away
- Trouble chewing, swallowing, or moving the tongue or jaw
Tips to quit using smokeless tobacco for a lifetime
- Write down a list of reasons to quit. For example:
- Don't want to risk getting cancer.
- Family members find it offensive.
- Don't like having bad breath after chewing and dipping.
- Don't want stained teeth or no teeth.
- Don't like being addicted to nicotine.
- Want to start leading a healthier life.
- Pick a date to quit and throw out all chewing tobacco and snuff.
- Remember daily your decision to stop chewing tobacco.
- Ask friends and family to help you stay committed to the decision to quit, by giving you support and encouragement.
- Find alternatives to smokeless tobacco to chew, such as sugarless gum, pumpkin or sunflower seeds, apple slices, raisins, or dried fruit.
- Engage in recreational activities to keep your mind off smokeless tobacco.
- Develop a personalized plan that works best; set realistic goals.
- Reward your successes.
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The Shambhala Principle
SAKYONG MIPHAM is the head of the Shambhala lineage, which is grounded in the power of creating enlightened society in everyday life. With a unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives, he teaches this way of social transformation throughout the world. In addition, he extends his vision to a number of humanitarian projects in Asia and the West. He is the author of the bestselling titles Running with the Mind of Meditation, Ruling Your World, and Turning the Mind into an Ally.
The Shambhala Principle
by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
The Shambhala Principle, Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure, the most recent book by Shambhala lineage holder Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, is published in English by Harmony Books, is in bookstores and can be ordered online. Translations of the book into a range of world languages are underway.
The book opens with these words:
We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future. Even climatically, the balance is shifting to dramatically change the face of the earth. Our ecosystem is in a precarious and fragile state, and our future depends on our actions as a species. At this time, many of us feel overwhelmed by the day-to-day. We don't have the time or energy to contemplate personal or social principles, and we may feel helpless in terms of shifting the future. How we move forward cannot depend on one spiritual tradition, economy, or political system, but rather should depend on who we feel we are, both personally and socially. What is the nature of humans and our society? In this light, human nature is the most important global issue.
In speaking about The Shambhala Principle, the Sakyong says that it is an "invitation to a global conversation."
"I do this," he says, "in order to initiate a dialogue about how basic goodness can be applied to society as a whole. In this way, dialogue becomes the method of creating society through exchange, opening new pathways for exploration and development."
"Never before has there been a time when reflection on human nature is so important," he writes. "The Shambhala Principle invites the reader to join me in this contemplation. Underneath the day-to-day stress, how does it feel to be human? Is there natural goodness, kindness, and strength? At this crossroads, how humanity views itself at some deep level is going to make or break the situation. Can we make the time for such a contemplation, individually and collectively? The simple act of self-reflection has the power to bring us into a more spacious environment. Out of that space, care arises naturally. As more of us feel our goodness, the future of humanity and our planet will shift."
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It's a good time to be a craft brewer, as Americans are thirsty for full-flavored and local beers. But when small breweries grow, they can also risk losing some of the "craftiness" their fans love. And when they expand, many brewers have to rewrite their recipes — starting with the water.
As we've reported before, there are now about 2,000 breweries in the United States — the most since the late 1800s. And while most craft brewers are tiny operations that sell beer in just a few towns, others are expanding beyond their home states — selling and producing beer far from where they started.
For instance, brewers New Belgium and Oskar Blues are expanding from Colorado into North Carolina. California's Sierra Nevada is doing the same. And while that means Southerners could soon get fresher beers from those brands, it will also likely force the companies to adjust their recipes and even chemically "tweak" the water at their new breweries.
Water is an essential part of beer. But its flavor is only part of the equation. Water also supports yeast, which then eats sugar and turns it into alcohol. Those are two reasons why a town's water supply has long determined what the local beer tastes like.
"People have always thought about the water, because if you went back 100 years ago, when maybe you couldn't do anything about the water — people put breweries where there were great water supplies," Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver says. "The flavor of the beer would often be based upon the local water. And they would position the brewery in the right place to take advantage of that."
Oliver tells The Salt that these days, "everything's been cleaned up so much — in wine, in beer, in food. And a lot of what is going on in craft brewing, in natural winemaking, in food movements, is bringing flavors of real stuff back. And also, it's giving things back a character of terroir." (That's the French word for the flavor something gains when it's nurtured by a certain plot of land.)
For instance, consider the famed "Burton snatch" — a term for the sulfurous quality of certain beers, especially those made in Burton-on-Trent, England. As Oliver wrote in his Oxford Companion to Beer, "high levels of sulfate in Burton waters (up to 800 ppm) bring a hard dry mineral edge... and this makes the water ideal for the production of pale ales."
Its unique water turned Burton into a brewing boomtown back in the 19th century, building such a solid reputation that just a few years ago, it was called "the world's most important beer town."
"What could be more terroir than a particular aroma that comes from the fact that their water has come down through these strata of limestone?" Oliver asks.
Looking For A Pure Source
So what happens when a brewery is perfectly happy with its water — but decides to make the same beer across the country? To answer that question, I asked some brewers.
"We're lucky here in Chico [California] to have a really great and pure source of water," says Bill Manley, Sierra Nevada's product development manager. "We do very little to adulterate the chemistry prior to brewing (deoxygenation and filtration)."
Manley says that for some of its beer styles, Sierra Nevada hardens the water to enhance the hops' flavor. And he adds that the company's new brewery in North Carolina is "also blessed with naturally great brewing water."
Sierra's goal with the new brewery will be "to match the finished flavor profile of every beer so that it is identical to beer brewed in Chico," Manley says.
Matching flavors can be a long and painstaking process, even when you use the same water. Michael LaLonde, COO of Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Ore., says his company ran into a flavor challenge when it added a new brewery in 2003.
"We actually took five years to flavor-match our old brewery to this new brewery, before we could actually sell that beer brewed in the new brewery," LaLonde says.
After a batch of beer has been made, brewers then have specially trained staff taste it, to be sure it matches the flavors the brand is going for. LaLonde explains how the process works.
"The way we do it is, we actually have a triangle test," he says. "So, we'll have one beer that's different than the other two. Our sensory panel tastes them all, and if they can identify the different beer, then we know we have an issue. If they can't, then we know that we have a flavor match."
Art And Craft — And Some Science
Not every brewery is lucky enough to sit on top of underground water deposits that are secretly perfect for a certain style of beer. But in the age of filters and chemical manipulation, is the idea of tasting an actual "place" in beer soon to become ancient history?
Craft beer expert Julia Herz, of the Brewers Association, says no.
"No, it's not history," she says. In fact, we've been drinking taste-manipulated beers a long time. "I think that you have to look at New World brewers making Old World styles... when they're trying to make a classic Bohemian pilsner, or a U.S. small brewer is trying to make that German-style bock beer, they're going to mimic the water mineral content from those regions."
And maybe that's why it's called "craft" beer, not "art" beer. Because while there's an art to combining flavors and refining a style, brewers also bring a certain scientific rigor to their beer-making. That's partly due to health concerns, like the need for sanitary conditions. But it's also tied to how water's different qualities affect beer's flavor — minerals, pH, that sort of thing.
At this point, you might be asking yourself why brewers don't just use reverse-osmosis or other methods — so they can start the brewing process with perfectly "neutral" water.
But it's not good to use completely neutral water to make beer, Herz says — the intense filtering "strips everything. And yeast need manganese, zinc, copper and iron to survive and thrive. So a lot of the time, what's in the water is helpful for the yeast — it ensures a healthful fermentation."
Looking For Consistency
Brewers' manipulation of water might surprise some craft beer fans — especially those who feel a swell of local pride when they sip a brew made just down the road. But to brewers and beer fans alike, the only thing better than a great beer is a consistently great beer — no matter what the hops harvest was like last year, or where the water comes from.
As the craft brewing industry continues to expand, more small brewers will have to solve the kinds of problems that come with success.
At Deschutes, Michael LaLonde says the beermaker may eventually build a new brewery in another part of the country — "Just as long as we can brew the beer our way, to our quality standards," he says. And that means making sure the water is just right.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Stick a Pick in It
Saturday, May 2, 2009
And while I applaud the move away from synthetic hair, which tends to get mired in the frosting and cause significant amounts of Jen-gagging, I also see that doll cakes are now degrading into nothing more than vaguely rounded lumps of cake with torso picks jammed into them. Check it out:
With that disk around her waist it looks like Cinderella is popping out of a manhole stuck in a blueberry. Granted, we can't blame the decorator there - after all, s/he didn't make the pick - but if we mosey over to the issue of the glaringly mismatched blues we can blame all we want; they'll make more. (Three words, hiring managers: "color vision testing".)
Or how about this one?
It looks like Dora the Explorer has just popped out of a giant organ and is proudly teaching us the Spanish phrase for "No thank you, I am allergic to purple brains". Which, while handy to know, isn't really something you'd want a visual with.
Jessy, Calla B., & Troy K., you may accuse me of skirting the issue, but that last Wreck really makes you think, doesn't it?
*Related Wreckage: Come On Barbie, Let's Go Party
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- Naddy said...
i remember the days when the only doll available for cakes were a barbie like dolls, these days there are varies plastic bits do dump in the cake and call it a princess cake.
i love your crazy critics and i am so addicted to this blog. i check you up whenever i am in front of a pc. - May 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Leggrilee said...
yes, i do think that 1st cake is stuck on top of TP.
Wreck on! - May 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- VeggieT said...
Actually that last one looks like...
A) Dora is popping out of a giant genetically altered boysenberry, and shouting "Bienvenido Berry!" or
B) Dora is returning to her home planet aboard a modified, modernized, and painted "Spaceship Earth" and she's shouting "No swiping los seres humanos" - May 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Ros said...
Surely you are supposed to put the doll in first and then ice around her, over the big plastic ring?
- May 2, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Pink said...
No wonder the bakeries do these cakes...you can see how little actual cake-decorating talent they require.
(Although more talent would indeed improve the appearance of these lame cake concepts.) - May 2, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Lauren said...
I'm not a children's show enthusiast, but I AM pretty certain Dora the Explorer doesn't wear an enormous skirt.
That just wrecked my morning. :) - May 2, 2009 at 9:54 AM
The Dora one really doesn't work not just because the "skirt" is impossibly round, but because Dora is not actually a princess. A real explorer would have no cause to wear a giant bulbous gown--real mobility issues though.
Side note--I did see a dress really similar to Dora's in China last summer. It was interesting. - May 2, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Robert W. Leonard said...
I see what you mean! Wow, that seems to take away the whole point of the cake design to some degree. Hmmm...
My wife recently showed me your blog, loving it. - May 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Jessi said...
In addition to the end of synthetic hair, let's take a moment to appreciate the fact that no one will ever feel compelled to cover two plastic molded breasts with icing. Which is creepy in the extreme. I did a princess cake for my daughter's birthday last year and used ribbon because I just couldn't stand to do the icing bit.
- May 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- lexis said...
I'm with Ros on this - I would assume bakers are supposed to cover the base of the pick with icing. Then again, why should we expect as much, given all we've seen on this site! And of course, if they did things correctly, we wouldn't have this site! :)
- May 2, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
It's just creepy you would want to eat Dora's skirt, no?
- May 2, 2009 at 10:13 AM
- Chloe m said...
Love your cake wreck blog! I wish I would have saved pics from some of the disasters I have "created" in the past. ANyway, my aunt made me a barbie cake when I was 9 or so, it kicked butt over these atrocities. Yucky looking crap.
c.pollen - May 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
If you find a beautifully, well-done, doll-pick cake could you please post a pic. I can see the posibilities in my mind...
- May 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
Purple brains! Ha!
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - May 2, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Amanda said...
Not a pro cake. My oldest sister did this (learned from our mother) for our niece's 4th birthday. It's classy. So you can make a good doll cake.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=2491157&id=814388237 - May 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Samantha Suzuki Photography said...
My mother-in-law has that exact TP holder on the back of her powder room toilet...gotta get a pic next time I'm there. lol
- May 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- jackie31337 said...
I realize this makes me sound like a horrible pedantic nerd who watches age-inappropriate television, but.... Dora did wear a fancy, frilly dress to her cousin Daisy's quinceañera party in one episode. However, I can tell you it didn't look much like that wreck.
*slinks back into the corner and hides* - May 2, 2009 at 11:08 AM
My two year old loves those princess cakes. But she's two. =)
- May 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- XOXO said...
Does Dora even WEAR a dress?
I thought she was a shorts-and-tennis-shoes kind of gal. - May 2, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Theatre Geek said...
"No thank you, I'm allergic to purple brains."
No, gracias, soy alérgico a las cerebros moradas.
Also, people who said Dora doesn't wear a dress are correct. She wears a purple shirt and orange shorts: http://gosublogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dora-the-explorer.jpg - May 2, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Unknown said...
The Cinderella popping out of a blueberry is hilarious.
~Amy B - May 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- BITTER OLD BITCH said...
*agrees with XOXO*
Yeah, since when does Dora ever wear skirts? O_o
And yes, I too was certain there was toilet paper under there. *giggle* - May 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- joyce said...
Uh,oh. This is going to be another day of folks not reading the comments. jackie has informed us that dora wore a dress to her cousin's quinceañera party and folks are still telling us that Dora wears shorts.
Would icing cover Barbie's tatoo?
Here is a picture: http://www.nykola.com/ and she links to the article. - May 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
lol :P Dora the explorer explored where she shouldn't..
- May 2, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I feel bad for little girls who get these cakes. At least with the traditional way, they'd have a doll to play with afterwards, right? Now they just have half of a princess corpse. - May 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Another day? You mean, like every day with folks not reading the comments? :) - May 2, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Pam said...
I never understood the whole doll cake thing anyway. They are all cake wrecks. Just weird.
- May 2, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Ms. Kristal said...
Does this remind anyone else of a STRIPPER popping out of a cake?
- May 2, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- snarkygurl said...
To see what these cakes are supposed to look like, got to the site below and search for "petite princess"
And no, cake decorators at many grocery stores do not need to know how to decorate a cake. They just need to be willing to work for low pay and deal with rude customers. - May 2, 2009 at 1:19 PM
back in the olden days, "doll cakes" were a barbie stuck in a cake that had been baked in an angelfood cake pan.
and the kids argued over who got to lick the legs clean. (what can we say, we were a bunch of heathens.)
these things? ick! - May 2, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Dr. Megan said...
Is that thing on the Dora cake actually supposed to be her skirt? Why do we want darling Dora to be a genetically-mutated freak with insanely long legs?? Pity the toddler who gets that monstrosity!
Megan @ adventuresofacarnivore.com - May 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Laurel said...
OMG- I have strep throat and it was horrifyingly painful to laugh but soooooooooooooo worth it! YOU KILL ME!!! Keep it going girlie!
- May 2, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Bridgete said...
Yes, I do picture a roll of TP under that first cake. My grandma had tons of those TP covers.
- May 2, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Amelia Antwiler said...
Dora wore a dress in one fairy tale special... but still... wonder what the spanish word for "I'm being sucked into purple goo" would be.
Jen you made me LOL.
Thanks!!! - May 2, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Narumi said...
Dora wears various dresses in some of the themed showes and has been dressed up as a princess atleast twice. (Fairy tale adventure and snow princess).
However the design I'm guessing they were trying to mimic would be from "Dance to the Rescue."
My daughter has the dancing Dora doll that was designed off the ep. - May 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- L. R. Jonté said...
"...synthetic hair, which tends to get mired in the frosting and cause significant amounts of Jen-gagging..."Gods, I thought that was just me! I hate, hate, HATE doll cakes for that very reason!
Blargh! - May 2, 2009 at 3:32 PM
OK, here is my half-full attempt at being kind today. At least those huge hips and butts are not selling the slinky, size 0 body images to our young, impressionable daughters. I once saw my SIL in a bathing suit and I swear she had a body like that. Normal from the waist up and then...Shazaam...big enough for two women. There was no bathing suit skirt able to cover that unless is was one of those bathing burkas the Saudi women wear. Oh, I guess there goes my attempt at being nice.
- May 2, 2009 at 3:58 PM
I made one of those once lol i am ashamed lol
- May 2, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- Buffy said...
As an avowed Dora-the-Explorer-hater, I move that Jen dedicate a day to nothing but Dora wrecks. Anyone?
And yes, I do have children. And I still hate Dora. - May 2, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Zhoen said...
My mother made me such a cake when I was eight. A small doll in the middle of a cake made in a bundt pan, the cake a hoop skirt. Over-iced and yellow/pink, it still beats these "pros". Wow.
- May 2, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Doll cakes are one step up from from those nylon-yarn-crocheted doll toilet paper cozies my Aunt Peggy used to make.
- May 2, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Pilgrim said...
Wait.... I thought Dora wore pants or shorts?
These cakes are scary! - May 2, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
The look on Cinderella's face is priceless!
It looks as if she is staring the creator right in the eyes and saying, "Hey--you DID say I'm getting a REALLY LOT of money to do this...DIDN'T you?? I mean, like, I'm rillyrilly counting on it 'cuz I'm getting all sticky-like, an' I can't , like, move my LEGS or anything...an' I'm ON a DIET and all...y'know?" - May 2, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- KidsCakes said...
These are really not attractive! I'm planning on making a princess cake for my daughter in 2 weeks and this is a good reminder of what not to do :)
Julie from
Kids Birthday Cakes - May 2, 2009 at 6:33 PM
- Susan said...
If that's not a roll of tp it's a whittled down angelfood. But I'm betting it's tp too.
All the Dora cake conjures for me is a bunch of little girls chowing down and then gleefully showing off their now purple teeth.
No, gracias, soy alérgico a la púrpura cerebros! - May 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM
You're blog is the best. I love all the crazy cakes you feature. I stopped by to tell you that You're Appreciated over at my blog. Come on by and check out the post.
- May 2, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Nicole said...
Ugh. We used to have to make those where I work and they were a pain to make and always turned out ugly.
- May 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Kate said...
i applaud you Jen, for know who Dora is. Afterall, I don't think she associates w/ the Klingons or the Jedi or anything(I probably spelled that wrong) :o)
- May 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- Jenna Lynn Cody said...
I think the main problem 'ere is that most grocery stores can't afford to hire decorators who actually know how to decorate, because that's a skill and deserves decent pay. So they hire teenagers who don't look TOO cracked-out.
But imagine what monstrosities we'd find if those picks were outlawed and grocery store bakers/decorators had to make princess cakes from scratch? Arrrrrrgh.
(By the way,a shout-out to the Hannaford near my Grandma's house - they actually do an OK cake). - May 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
- Naddy said...
i agree with miss kitten.
these doll cakes look like a lazy person's creation. - May 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM
No gracias! Soy alergica a los cerebros morados!
Funny because where I live it's the other way around, she speaks Spanish and teaches the kids English, so when I read the post I was like: why would she say that in Spanish?
:) - May 2, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
*sigh* I miss crocheted barbie toilet paper holders.
And I think we are doing the female population a disservice with the picks. A girl should have to watch the legs being ripped off a faux barbie so the cake can be made. Such things prepare a girl for all the ups and downs of life.
wv...pairea...there's a pairea of legs over there. - May 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Unknown said...
my mother-in-law bought one of those top cakes for my daughter in tennessee and then drove with it in the car to get to chicago. by the time she got here, sleeping beauty had a definite list. when we pulled off the plastic cover, she lost half her tp, er, dress. not my favorite cake for her...
- May 2, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- the ginabean said...
The Cinderella cake looks like a badly-done photoshop job. Honestly.
I also feel jipped over yesterday's post...re-posting the horse thing? Really? I mean, it was funny/disturbing/whathaveyou the first time, but that was like less than a month ago.
Here's to moving on... - May 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
- miss_penguin_93 said...
wow....that's just wrong. How could anyone want to buy those for their children?
And yep, definately tp under that first cake. what a lovely birthday surprise for that poor child...not. - May 2, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Lynn said...
Ok so am I the only one that think the barbie cakes aren't bad?? A friend of mine made one by making the cake and then sticking the entire barbie in it, up to her waist, legs and all. Her daughter loved it!! She got to eat cake AND have a toy to play with.
and as far as Dora, well she looks like she's coming out of a purple mountain, not wearing a dress! - May 3, 2009 at 12:52 AM
There's no way I could eat the purple atrocity know as Dora's dress. Consuming anything THAT purple should be illegal!
- May 3, 2009 at 9:20 AM
lol, we got the barbie one for our daughter's first birthday smash cake, it was the perfect size. this is a great example of when the execution of the idea can give extremely different results. our baby's cake was very cute... evenly frosted and nicely piped skirt... i loved it! some people just dont belong working in the bakery. maybe they would be better at spraying the vegetables or something?
- May 3, 2009 at 9:59 AM
The very first cake we bought at Walmart for my friend's 20 birthday. We though it would be amusing to give HIM a princess party. :-)
- May 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- the un-bride said...
There is absolutely TP under that skirt! Yay, Grandma!
- May 3, 2009 at 12:55 PM
The doll cakes are actually pretty cute when the decorator is good... But they have soooooo much icing on them. (i work at safeway and they make them there)
- May 3, 2009 at 3:33 PM
I saw both the Barbie and Dora cakes at my local chain grocery store today. Yuck!
- May 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
?Alergica? !Si!
Los cerebros purpuras
Son TAN purpuras!
wv: phinglai. I'm not sure exactly where I left my keys, but I phinglai are over there. - May 3, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- Brittney Mattison said...
Ya know, those doll cakes might be worth something if the recipient . . . you know . . . got a doll out of it, like other people mention. I mean, pulling half a lady out of a cake? Now, that's a whole other scare factor!!! And the skirts are so ugly . . .
I also agree with the person who mentioned the ickiness of eating a skirt . . .
Either way, this post was hilarious! - May 4, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Agh! I saw the Dora cake in the local store, but I didn't have my camera. I think they are missing the point of the 'princess cakes' Maybe Uhura will get one too!
PS I now have the "Barbie" song in my head, to torment me for a few more weeks. - May 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Miranda said...
Whaaat, you don't like icing the boobies? I do! I pile up icing to make them way bigger!
Yeah, I'm a pervert, but my cakes are pretty good! - May 4, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Emily said...
My friend made me a fantastic drag queen barbie cake like that for my birthday a couple of years ago. I loved it!
- May 4, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Poor Dora, here is the correct sentence in spanish:
No gracias, soy alérgica a los cerebros morados - May 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Damon said...
Dunno if anyone said this yet but "Lo sciento, Soy alérgico a los cerebros morados."
- May 5, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Red said...
*DIES* I started laughing so hard at the "No, thank you" part that not only did I spit apple juice out of my nose, I scared the cat, too (causing her to tip the rest of the glass out of my hand)!
"No gracias, yo son alérgico a los cerebros púrpuras!" - May 5, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Becci said...
It would be so very awesome to make the opposite of these cakes, laws of physics aside, a giant blob of cake and icing atop a pair of legs would be quite a cake!
Reba S. - May 6, 2009 at 10:14 PM
For people who read this far: i have a 3 year old sister who LOVES dora and i've seen tons of ads for dance to the rescue and as far as i know it is the 2nd time she wares a dress and the only time she wares the dress sort of like on the 3rd cake, but it is pretty ugly.
- May 21, 2009 at 2:44 AM
"Uh,oh. This is going to be another day of folks not reading the comments. jackie has informed us that dora wore a dress to her cousin's quinceañera party and folks are still telling us that Dora wears shorts."
Er, I didn't realise the coments posted instantly. I thought it was possible to post before the last comment was veiwable.
Mabye my computer is just special. - May 25, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Jennifer said...
You kill me. Seriously. "No thank you, I am allergic to purple brains." These pictures make me want to become a baker and create my own giant purple Dora brains...or not.
- June 15, 2009 at 9:03 AM
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Onil and Pedro Castro, another brother, were both taken into custody along with Ariel one week ago. Victim Amanda Berry's cries for help had alerted neighbors and brought police to Ariel Castro's home, where officers also found her 6-year-old daughter (fathered by Ariel Castro) and two other young women who had been missing for about 10 years: Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus.
Both Onil, 50, and Pedro, 54, were later released by authorities. Prosecutors said there was no evidence the men knew the women were inside their brother's home and that there's no evidence the two brothers played any part in the women's disappearances or captivity.
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Onil Castro said he feels like "a walking corpse right now" because of the attention and shame the case has brought to his family. He added that he had "absolutely no idea that this horrific crime was going on."
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