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Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Day the Spaceship Earth Stood Still
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Yep, for you wreckies who've joined us in the past year, Epcot made its unintentional Cake Wrecks debut in honor of Earth Day, 2009. You can read the original post here, but in a nutshell: I posted a Spaceship Earth cake, and then made the mistake of calling it a Spaceship Earth cake. We then got about fifty billion comments (give or take fifty billion) telling us it was NOT Spaceship Earth, but Epcot. Many also helpfully pointed out that you could tell it was Epcot by the Disney font used on the cakeboard.
Now, as every Disney Geek knows, Epcot is the theme park and Spaceship Earth is the Big Golf Ball™ - and I am a huge Disney Geek. Plus, and here's the part that was especially painful/hilarious, John and I made the cake.
(Yeah, I know it's not great. That's why I posted it. However, I am one of only two or three people on the planet who've ever even attempted a Spaceship Earth cake. So, you know, I've got that going for me.)
Now, in honor of this auspicious occasion I would like to shower you with Earth and/or Spaceship Earth wrecks.
Unfortunately, despite extensive research performed during the commercial breaks for Dancing with the Stars (Go, Niecy!), I couldn't find any.
Still, I feel you deserve some kind of reward for reading this far without any new wreckage. So, here, I found you another Disney icon that's gray and round:
Wow. Just look at the size of that head! I'm not kidding, that is a huge noggin'! It's a virtual planetoid! It has its own weather system! And it's giving me an excuse to quote Stuart Mackenzie!
Oh, and if you look closely, you can see that he recently swallowed a small globe. Or has a globe-shaped tumor growing out of his shoulder - take your pick. Whichever: Hel-looo! Earth Day tribute!
Mandy P., try to work "like Sputnik: spherical but quite pointy in parts" into as many conversations today as possible. Because the earth needs you, that's why.
- Related Wreckage: Happy Earth Day to You...
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 202 Newer› Newest»- Palila said...
Poor Eeyore!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Jules AF said...
Eeyore! I am so sad right now. He's looking even more depressed than usual. Poor guy.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Taylor said...
It looks like Eeyore's resorbed twin or something.
"Oh, look. I've gone too far. He's gonna go home tonight and cry himself to sleep on his huge pillow!" - April 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Amanda Mac said...
"Heed! Down! Now!"
LOVE the Axe Murderer references. :)
and Eeyore... well, he's looking kind of rough these days. Poor thing - at least now he has something to be grumpy about. - April 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Meredith said...
You'd better stop or he'll be crying himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow. I can never resist a So I Married An Axe Murderer quote!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- A Girl In Her Kitchen said...
Happy Epcot Day! Go plant a golfball!
http://agirlinherkitchen.blogspot.com - April 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Sorry, Jen -- I think that second cake is Eeyore, not Piglet. See the donkey ear? And the donkey tail? But the poor critter looks even more unhappy than usual over being compressed into a little ball of @$$...
Lynn - April 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
I'm a huge Disney geek too and I can't believe that people think that is Epcot itself. There is an actual ride in there (a particularly good one) and the structure/ the ride is indeed called Spaceship Earth. I too get a bit pet peevish when people make Disney mistakes so I'm glad it's not only me :) I think it's a rather nice cake.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Wendy said...
And now we know what it'd look like if Piglet and Eeyore had a baby. Mark my words, Emma will be explaining this to a therapist some day.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- XOXO said...
Jen - every time I think I couldn't possibly love you more, you do something - like quote "So I Married an Axe Murderer" and make me love you just THAT much more!
Cheers! - April 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
I think Eeyore actually swallowed Piglet. So sad.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Did they only have one round pan to work with? Considering an average home baker can make a decent rabbit out of two round pans, I'm stunned. That's all I can say. Stunned. Poor Eeyore.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Danielle said...
I wonder how many comments you are going to get telling you it isn't Piglet?
- April 22, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Megan (Best of Fates) said...
Oh Eeyore - did nobody warn you of the possible downsides to gastric bypass?
- April 22, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- Budgyrl said...
To me it appears that poor Eeyore is being punched in the face. Is this one of those optical illusions? Very sneaky...
I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! - April 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- bassgirl said...
Eeyore's favorite birthday present was a deflated balloon. I think we have a deflated Eeyore balloon here. Where's Christopher Robin? Eeyone needs you!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- OtherRobert said...
Really? Calling it a Spaceship Earth cake was controversial? I thought that was common knowledge. Then again, EPCOT was my favorite park because it was so educational. With all the pavilions closing down and the Disneyfication of educational content growing (Finding Nemo Presents: The Living Seas, complete with holographic projections that scare the crap out of the actual sea creatures), I'm losing my favorite theme park in the world.
Of course, I look at that Eeyore cake and realize how much worse it could be. I'm not melting into a depressed puddle of goo. - April 22, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Sheila Bennett said...
Now, how do you get Piglet out of that? Looks like it "may" be Eeyore, or an Alfred Hitchcock profile. You know, those two things are SO similar. lol
- April 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM
The red bit by the tail - is that a... prolapse?!
Anna - April 22, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- joyce said...
and how many of us will say, "looks like epcot" ? in honor of your post one year ago???
those of us that know if a cakewreck has a strange or hard to explain shape, we get lazy and say, "looks like epcot" knowing it looks nothing at all like epcot, but to remind you of that fateful post.
and 'cause we love you ! - April 22, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Suzy said...
Poor Eeyore! He has saggy boobs!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- mimi said...
I'm going to ignore the comments today to avoid seeing how many people don't "get it" and try to correct you that it is not piglet!
Jen and I have the same sense of humor. Intentionally saying the wrong thing when we in fact know what it is.
wv: sanes ~ Last year's EPCOT fiasco is driving all the sanes out of my brain. - April 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Amy said...
No wonder Eeyore is always so sad! People make cakes that look like THAT!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Melissa said...
I think your Spaceship Earth cake is pretty damn good to be honest with you. And I also get annoyed when people make Disney mistakes, like calling the Magic Kingdom, Disney World. The whole thing is Disney World! *deep breath*
Also...a So I Married an Ax Murderer reference? Really? One of my favorite movies ever? I need to read this blog way more often...
And Eeyore, there are just no words. - April 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM
The idiotic comments about Spaceship Earth being "Epcot" and "SEE THE FONT MAKES IT SO" is blowing my mind! It would be funny if it weren't so sad. I, too, am a die-hard Disney fan and somewhat in shock at the sheer number of people repeating it...I need a drink...
- April 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Tiffany said...
HE kind of looks like Fetal Eyore!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Heidi Schulz said...
Um Jen? Hate to break it to you, but that is EPCOT, I mean Eeyore,not Piglet. I know because I am a huge Disney fan.
P.S. Tell me you and John did not make that one too... - April 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM
"Fetal Eeyore"
john - April 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Karen Kraft said...
Oh my gosh, Jen - you're a Neicy fan! Now I love you even more!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Unknown said...
Clarise, it looks like it's Piglet wearing Eeyore skin.
Here in Austin, TX, Eeyore's birthday party will be held in 2 days! Old hippies, young hippies, costumes, silver man, Leslie (cross dresser who ran for mayor and came in 3rd), drum circle, all sorts of craziness. 47th year and proceeds got to charities. Happy Birthday, Eeyore!
I never got to go on the original 'Living Seas'. They remade it just before I went for the 1st time. I was as sad as Eeyore. - April 22, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Receptionist Row said...
It's not Piglet and it's not Eeyore. It's there love child, Pigyore!!! And he is ppppppppissed!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Well, I love the Epcot/Spaceship Earth comments and ongoing silliness. Thanks for being such a good sport about it all!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Kenny Kup-Kakesters said...
If only you had a triangle decorating tip! From what I see on the net frosting only comes out of tips in a circular fashion. (Damn you physics!)
Or you can stamp out 100s of triangles in some white fondant.
I challenge you to make another one for next earth day, since you seem to think this one is a "wreck." I rather quite like it, to be honest. - April 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Thank you so much for the So I married an ax Murderer quotes this morning! One of my favorites and now I will be thinking of it on this very special Earth Day:-)
- April 22, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Poor Eeyore. No wonder he always looks sad. He gets no respect.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Um... hmmmm... yep, no words.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Robin @ Bird On A Cake said...
I watched that whole Epcot episode go down last year. I couldn't believe how many people felt the need to correct you...when they didn't know what they were talking about!! I am a native Central Floridian/Disney buff, and it was driving me crazy.
Love today's post! Can't wait to see how many people feel the need to correct your intentional mislabeling (is that a word?). Cheers! - April 22, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Yes, I know it's Eeyore, not Piglet, and I got that (and he's a very sad-looking, disfigured Eeyore, at that). What I really loved was Jen's VERY low key homage to "Caddyshack" - LOVE IT!!! I'm a huge "Caddyshack" fan, and any quote from Bill Murray's character (or any other, for that matter) is FABULOUS, in my book.
Keep up the awesome work, Jen. You rock!
Anne-Marie - April 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Viiriäinen said...
But Jen - you did find an Earth wreck. Or what was "Happy irthday" supposed to stand for? ;)
wv: sabile. Poor Eeyore is feeling very very sabile today. - April 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Amanda said...
Oh NOOOOOOOO! Eeyore has elephantitis!
- April 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Green said...
I stopped at Kenny-Kup's comment because I totally think you should try EPC--er--Spaceship Earth again.
In fact, I really really REALLY want you to try it again. You can't go wrong, really. If it's great, you will have succeeded and if it sucks it's another fabulous wreck that succeeds just as much.
I think you should do Spaceship Earth at night so you can do more colors than gray!
...Not that you're necessarily going to do it.
But it would be so KEWL!
WV: skies...wow, it's actually a word. How boring. - April 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- ksaldria said...
Poor Eeyore. Looks like someone stole his stuffing :(
On the other hand, that Epcot/Spaceship Earth cake doesn't look too bad! - April 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- LaurenH said...
In retrospect though, aren't you glad for Great Epcot Fiasco '09?
It certainly works to diffuse any tension when people start getting too snippy about what's right and wrong here. Just say "The Epcot Threat Level is orange!" and everyone laughs :) - April 22, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Ahaha! Now I'll be singing along in my head with The Bay City Rollers all day long, and looking into starting the Garth Brooks juice diet.
"S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y...Night!" - April 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Craig said...
Hey, that's not Piglet. It's Eeyore. You can tell by the...Oh, I see what you did there. Well played, Jen. Well played. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Brian said...
"'Epcot' is my favorite ride in 'Disney'"
seriously, SSE (shorthand) is my favorite building in the universe, and EPCOT is my favorite place on earth, even though it has been watered down a bit over the past 15+ years. It bothers me that people are so clueless--or, really, just don't care. And yet they INSIST they are correct about being COMPLETELY wrong. (Tea Partiers anyone? Can we do politics here? ;)
Jen - I love your blog; a nighttime SSE cake would be AWESOME - a mix of orange & purple fading towards dark blue at the top. That would be neat! - April 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- thisamericantourist said...
Poor Eeyore. I keep staring at him with my eyes crossed, like Magic Eye, thinking that maybe he'll start looking like himself instead of the reject from the Disney Beach Ball Factory that he is.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Poor Eeyore!! That epcot ball looks pretty good!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Tiffany in Topeka said...
Happy Epcot Day Jen and John! :)
Love you guys! - April 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM
This is what happens when Picasso reads A.A. Milne
- April 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Jess R. said...
I'm laughing SO hard at some of these comments. If there had been coffee in my mouth I would have spit it all over my monitor at Nancy's comment:
"Clarise, it looks like it's Piglet wearing Eeyore skin."
OMG. Because every time I see/hear the name Clarise it's always in HIS voice. - April 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Beth @ TheAngelForever said...
LOL - Now we know why Eeyore is positively pessimistic!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Unknown said...
I bet he cries himself to sleep at night on his huge pillow!
Hee hee... my favorite movie.` - April 22, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Janelle said...
I asked My 5 year old if that was Eeyore and she said that she didn't know what that was but it wasn't Eeyore!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Maybe we should call this sad offspring of Eeyore and Piglet "Eyelet"?
- April 22, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- FiberQat said...
Eeyore's melted in a pool of tears. Or is it in my verif word alkyal.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:21 AM
this is what would happen if piglet and eeyore made an eeylet. NO CROSSING BREEDS!!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Happy Epcot Day!
LOL, oh my god. I think Eeyore is actually in the process of eating Piglet. *screams in terror* - April 22, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Caroline said...
I like the spaceship earth cake! How did you put it together? 2 semicircular cakes?
- April 22, 2010 at 11:26 AM
To me, the Eeyore cake looks like someone frosted a baseball mitt...
- April 22, 2010 at 11:31 AM
- Unknown said...
We are major Disney geeks in this family, and my husband is big on word plays. Thanks to him, we now call it Spacious Berth instead of Spaceship Earth!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Culinarychiq said...
So Eeyore ate Epcot? (ducks and runs;)
A question about the Spaceship Earth cake, how the hell do you get gray icing?
Happy Earfdae everyone:) - April 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Lovey said...
Jen, It is so spectacular that you guys made the SSE cake. I can't imagine your combined chagrin and hilarity as you received and approved all of those comments. HAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh, btw, my best friend from high school came over a couple weeks ago and laughed until he cried reading your book (my livingroom coffee table selection) while I was getting ready. :D
I so love your sense of humor.
L~ - April 22, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- B said...
Happy Eeyorth day Jen and John!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- jengersnap said...
Look at the gaping wound on the side of young Jay Leno! Someone, he needs stitches, STAT!
That is Jay Leno, right?
Nothing else could have that distinctive double chin.
Poor Jay. He looks so (greyish) blue! Maybe he would like a trip to Epcot? - April 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Caroline B said...
Wow, look at the size of that goitre...poor Eeyore....
- April 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM
My first thought upon seeing that cake was: "On no account should you allow a Vogon to read poetry to you..."
Poor Eeyore...he's become one of the bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous Vogons from H2G2. - April 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- tully monster said...
Huh? The jokes are going clear over my head. Never been to Disney World, don't plan to, but when I google on Epcot Center, images come up that look remarkably like the cake above. So nice job!
(I'm a Studio Ghibli fan, so other than the fact that Disney distributes their films in the U.S., I couldn't care less about Disney. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around rabid Disney fanhood, which to me, as one of the unenlightened, seems like rabid loyalty to McDonald's or Microsoft, I'm afraid.) - April 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- Unknown said...
He almost looks like a Picasso- the blue period!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- DaysieD said...
I too am a Disney fan! I am also a former cast member. I loved working there...it was like playing each day. Jen, I think your version of SSE is very well done. If you do decide to recreate it, I'm going to challenge you to add the hand with the wand and the EPCOT title that now accompanies SSE. Can't wait to see it.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Wendy said...
Love the blog, rarely comment but had to say "Yay!" for the A. Murderer movie quotes - that made my day. And I am glad to see so many other people love that movie too - most of my friends have no idea what I am talking about when I refer to it.
"Light a match!"
"Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!" - April 22, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- Vanessa Martin said...
I still think that you should have had a cake decorating contest in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Just because you would have had an avalanche of submissions is no reason not to challenge your readers. Hmph.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- M M said...
What happened to his hooves?!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I actually like the Spaceship Earth cake - you've already mastered the spherical cake; I would LOVE to see you attempt an actual globe!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:54 AM
That isn't Piglet! It's the result of a crazy night of tequila that Piglet, Eeyore and Dumbo aren't willing to talk about.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Unknown said...
That's not Eeyore, that's Spaceship Earth! See, you can tell by the Disney font in the upper left...
- Jeff - April 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Because a kid's birthday is not complete without a cake of Eeyore melting due to radioactive waste.
- April 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Christina said...
I'm a huge Disney geek, too, so I know your frustration!!
Oh, and poor Eeyore! My daughter was a little scared of Eeyore on our last trip (who knows why an 18-month-old is scared of certain things... he's actually one of my favorites) so I can't let her see this or she'll never get NEAR him ever again!! - April 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Unknown said...
I love your blog Jen. It makes me smile every day (even Saturday, because I just read Friday's again :)
- April 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Stefanie said...
As a former Disney cast member, I must tell you that you are correct in calling it Spaceship Earth. However, the "Disney" font is Mickey's handwriting. FYI.
- April 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Mrs. Flax said...
I remembered that post, and remember being shocked at how many people (1) didn't know that Spaceship Earth *IS* the Epcot icon and, (2) chose to high handedly correct you without at least googling the reference first.
I heart Epcot. Now I am going to have to try my hand at one of these babies. . . . - April 22, 2010 at 12:19 PM
I don't think its Eeyore-I think its ferdinand the bull who only wanted to smell the flowers
- April 22, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- Rebekah said...
Happy Birthday, to you, Emma!
Here is a depressing rendition of the most clinically depressed and paranoid character ever created in children's literature.
Let's Party! - April 22, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Onyx said...
At his point I believe poor Eyore is quoting the Wicked Witch of the West "I'm melting, melting. . . "
Just a mixed movie metaphor
Thanks for making me laugh - April 22, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Gary said...
That first one is really supposed to be Spaceship Earth at Epcot.
Whew! Good to get that out of my system. - April 22, 2010 at 12:22 PM
The Eeyore cake is actually a great tie-in with the cakes from the last two days - I dimly recall that the greeting presented to Eeyore on his birthday by his friends Pooh, Rabbit, Owl and Piglet read "Hippy Pappy Bthuthday." Maybe the best segue' ever!
- April 22, 2010 at 12:26 PM
You're all wrong. That is not EPCOT. That is not Spaceship Earth. That is Duff Killigan's giant golfball from his previously foiled evil plan. Have none of you other Orlando natives done the Kim Possible missions?
- April 22, 2010 at 12:26 PM
- Unknown said...
My beloved Eeyore was reduced to THIS?!?! Oh, the shame!
- April 22, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- RosieLB said...
"It doesn't matter. No one is looking at me anyway."
- April 22, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- April said...
I had to comment, just to get in on the Ax Murderer quote action: "Look at the size of that boy's head. It's like an orange on a toothpick." "HEAD, MOVE!"
- April 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Eeyore meets Puck meets Miss Piggy...er, um...what?! Wait, and he is *smiling*?? He really shouldn't buy those anti-depressants from spammers.
- April 22, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Citysqwirl said...
Oh, people, that IS Piglet. He was described as a baby pig in WINNIE-THE-POOH, which was published in 1926. The pig is now in his mid-80s. Let's see how YOU look when you're over 80!
- April 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM
LOL Jen and John, I love how you turned that whole episode into such a wonderful running joke. My husband and I even joke sometimes now about "EPCOT level orange!" We will be going to Disney World for the first time in June and you can bet I'm taking a picture with Spaceship Earth just for you. :)
And all I can say about the that cake is, no wonder Eeyore feels so unloved. - April 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Brian said...
DaysieD: I hope you're kidding; the gigantic mickey arm and wand that were next to SSE were dismantled several years ago. Thankfully!
but that wand would turn this beautifule SSE cake into a cakeWRECK, for sure. - April 22, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Danielle said...
It definitely looks like Piglet and Eeyore's "love" child...and I'm not kidding, it's like an orange on a toothpick!
- April 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Leah Wolff-Pellingra said...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say actually think this one is clever. And I'd rather see this than a plastic gimmick any day. So there.
- April 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Bet that's how it felt after the billionth epcotsode & a gallon of ice cream comfort.
wv: worsor -- oh, come on security, you're not even trying here. 'swear the 'bot zombies and script kiddies these days .... - April 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Anna said...
I think we - as Wrekkies - need to petition for a Cake Wreck day at DW. Ahhh, I have "It's a Small World" stuck in my head already :D
- April 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- Unknown said...
Spaceship Earth Day may have been one of the funniest CW days ever! (except, It was really annoying at the time...) I'm glad we can all look back and have a giggle about it.
PS my captcha word today is "dejectem" <--sounds appropriate. - April 22, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Goob said...
I think Eeyore got all crumpled up inside one of those pathetically small "reusable" gift bags like they sell at Target in an attempt to trick you into thinking the rest of the merchandise wasn't made in a third world country where they can pollute to their heart's content, and thus cause you to feel superior to all your party mates who fell for that paper-crap which will decompose in minutes after it gets wet with party punch.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
(that's all I can say looking at this wrecky Eeyore!) - April 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Nancy D. said...
Glory be. I don't think I've laughed so hard at righteous indignation as I did over the "It's not Spaceship Earth, it's Epcot" comments! And THEN someone gets all huffy about not knowing the difference.
Google is your friend.
And btw.... that's not Piglet. That's EPCOT. - April 22, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Wow, Jen. Kudos for revisiting this ugly little episode. As I recall, it drove you to drink last year. Hmm, were you just looking for an excuse to drink this Earth Day?
Well, whatever the motivation, well played indeed. - April 22, 2010 at 1:39 PM
I am stymied how many people thought that Spaceship Earth was EPCOT. It actually makes me angry...very angry. And a little sad.
The "globe"/"golf ball"/"ball" at EPCOT (or EPCOT Center if you're old school) IS called SPACESHIP EARTH. It is a ride. It is a wonderful ride...or at least it was when Jeremy Irons used to do the narration.
OTOH...that is one messed up donkey! - April 22, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Isn't that first cake the thing from Epcot?
;) - April 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Rebekah said...
LMAO at RosieLB!
- April 22, 2010 at 2:24 PM
It looks like Eeyore went on the Biggest Loser and lost too much weight too fast and has extra skin that will need to be surgically removed...
- April 22, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
What an eyesore of an Eeyore.
At least he's gray; the Marketing Wizards usually make him blue.
(Is it to convey "being blue" or sad?)
He's not sad; he's just a pessimist.
I have always loved Eeyore..but I wish that it had been PC in his day for him to have had access to a bit of counseling...maybe some meds. (Yes, I know he's *eternal* and current, and Forever...but I think of him as veryvery aged. He's been around since even before me...)
I know some humans who have his *outlook* on life--which could be called their "downlook"-- and they are, frankly, a pain in the tail.
With or without nail.
Frankly, I've come to look at that nail as representing a symbolism OF a P. I. A.
(How very Freudian, Mr. Milne...!)
MAN, that's a freaky-looking cake.
=^e.e^= - April 22, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Picasso made cakes??
- April 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Eeyore as depicted by Picasso. See? It's Art!
- April 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Julie said...
It's like they were going to make a 3D Eeyore, but then flattened him out... poor Eeyore!
- April 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Meg said...
I was recently at Epcot and I made sure to go on spaceship earth just for you!
- April 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Stuart Mackenzie FTW!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- sneece said...
Jen -
I knew we were kindred spirits for other reasons besides making fun of other people and their silly cake creations. The Axe Murderer quote clenched it! BEST, MOST APPROPRIATE movie quote/cake reference ever. I'm touched. :) - April 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Jessica said...
Bahahaha, my 4 year old came in here while I was reading today's post and he says to me "Who is that?" I respond "I don't know, who is that?" He tells me "PIGLET!"
See, Jen knows what she's talking about! - April 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- JLM said...
Oh my gosh.. I just read through all of last year's EPCOT/Epcot Center/SSE/Disney debacle and I have to say that it was the best laugh I have had all week!
I am not a huge Disneyphile but I know my Disney and a few of those comments cracked me up... the things people come up with to say. - April 22, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Do I get points for catching the Dr. Horrible reference? Right... Freeze Ray!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Unknown said...
Eek, Eeyore has goiters!
My favourite part of that scene is that LaPaglia was clearly totally cracking up for real. - April 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Eeyore must have been heading to a costume party and the only thing the costume shop had available was this over-sized pig snout.
Yeah, that HAD to be it! No other explanation!
wv: nonses = nonsense (wreckerator inspired missing letters)
Sharon's Edible Art - April 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
@ Brian,
who said:
"And yet they INSIST they are correct about being COMPLETELY wrong. (Tea Partiers anyone? Can we do politics here? ;)"
See, if the Baggers were actually insisting that they are completely wrong, they WOULD be correct!
I DON'T like the idea of politics here...(or in general, really)...beCAUSE...welll... a certain person only has to open her (did I say, "her"?) mouth to turn my brain into a pretzel'd-up, goose-bumpy, quivering mass of "IIIEEEYYEEE!"....
....don'tcha know.
Better leave lousy enough alone.
Now, back to the FUN!
=^6.6^= - April 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Anonymous said...
To me, the Eeyore cake looks like someone frosted a baseball mitt...
I agree! Are there mitt-shaped cake pans?
Jen, after your So I Married an Axe Murderer comments, I thought maybe the Eeyore cake was made from Stuart Mackenzie's beloved Haggis. Blech!
I love your blog!
WV: ingloqua ...Ingloqua We Trust. - April 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Susan said...
"Spaceship Earth Day may have been one of the funniest CW days ever! ... I'm glad we can all look back and have a giggle about it."
"Speak for yourself!!!" she said, sputteringly aghast...
"That whole sordid EPisode has left a planet-sized, gaping hole in the epcot center of my BRAIN."
=^e.e^= - April 22, 2010 at 4:22 PM
It's like Picasso's Guernica featuring Eeyore :(
- April 22, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Allison said...
So, hey, um, Jen, I just thought I'd let you know, 'cause I'm sure no one else in the 100+ comments before me has pointed this out: that weird squished-up Disney character is actually Eyeore, not Piglet.
I know because I'm a Disney fan. - April 22, 2010 at 4:33 PM
My favorite Lost blog referred to Sayid as "Iraqi Eeyore" this week. It appears I have stumbled on a theme. Oh, bother.
- April 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM
The hunchback of the 100 acre woods meets his not-so-sad, cakey end.
- April 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM
It's like an orange on a toothpick! Thank you for quoting that. It made me laugh more than normal. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 4:48 PM
All I can say about that second one is that I'm happy it's only Emma's second birthday... With any luck she won't remember the cake and be traumatized for life...
WV bobbl - how appropriate...
hmmm... I did something wrong... second WV is canit - let's hope it can... - April 22, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
5feet9 said...
Maybe we should call this sad offspring of Eeyore and Piglet "Eyelet"?
THAT is H'EYE-LARIOUS.
I L'EYEk it !!!!
Can't you just imagine the possiblities?
Eyelet could have a sister named "Veyeolet" and a brother named "Geyelet."
=^>.<^= - April 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM
All the Disney geeks should know that the park is actually The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT, not Epcot!!!! (who's the geek now ;))
- April 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Jeanette said...
Well *I* know the difference between Epcot and Spaceship Earth. Good for you Jen! (And I thought it was a cool cake.)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- justme said...
Oh, Eeyore. I know you're sad, but eating your troubles away isn't the way to fix things. You're setting a bad example for the kiddies! WON'T YOU THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:24 PM
*Arnold* - It's not a tumor */Arnold*
- April 22, 2010 at 5:24 PM
- Anna Weaver Lopiccolo said...
"I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."
- April 22, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- Melvira said...
Anything that leads to a Stuart quote CANNOT be a total loss. (But have you TRIED the Garth Brooks, Weekly World News juice diet?)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Julia said...
This is an early Picasso rendition of Eeyore. Marvel at it's pre-Cubist qualities: disproportioned body shape, questionable appendages (are they legs or...), the shape of the face into the body (where is the actual lower mouth chin), etc. Exquisite my dear.
- April 22, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Fanboy Wife said...
Perhaps the "Happy Irthday" cake would have been appropriate for today.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:08 PM
- Charlene said...
Oh, look! It's Eeyore, Salvador Dali style...
- April 22, 2010 at 6:11 PM
I don't know that you're going to get 'Eeyore' to become the new 'Epcot' for this next year, but I'd like to say that 'Epcot' has brought me a lot of laughter.
(Although, was that ONLY a year ago...) :D - April 22, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Melanie said...
If Eeyore is so depressed, it might have something to do with the large goiter he's become.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Jessie said...
Poor Eeyore...and as an EPCOT cast member I giggle every time I hear people calling Spaceship Earth EPCOT. Oh sillies! :P
Love you guys!
Jessie - April 22, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I think that Epcot planet thing rocks! I mean, how are you supposed to make that boring thing better than that? For a replica of a boring giant ball, it's pretty damn amazing. And good disney writing too. Poor self-deprecating cake-wreckee.
- April 22, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- Kristan said...
OK, so I went back and read the comments on the Spaceship Earth cake in your original post. I too am a Diz Geek or dizzy geek whichever it may be!!! :), and I think they must not be afterall.
OH, I am friends with the voice in the Spaceship Earth ride. OK so not the voice itself, but the man with the voice of SSE.
I like the cake and I think you did a good job personally. - April 22, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Poor Eeyore! I think he may need a breast lift! Don't be sad, Eeyore... plastic surgery is your friend! Hollie
- April 22, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- purplewowies said...
I think it's supposed to be a (misshappen, circular) baby Eeyore.
No, I know. IT'S EPCOT. You can tell by the decorator's attempt to include a Disney character. You know, Eeylet?
What do you mean that's not a real character? It's a unique and logic defying amalgam of Piglet and Eeyore. Some people call it Pigyore (which can also be used as an insult. And insults are AWESOME). - April 22, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Kaolinmommy said...
LOVE the Heed references. Hilarious!
WV: "Savas"
Lord, savas from the people correcting you about Eeyore... ;) - April 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Heather said...
I had been wondering what the Epcot references were all about, but going back to last year's Earth Day post had me CRINGING for you guys. Good Lord, people! It's hilarious in a painful kind of way... or painful in a hilarious kind of way?
- April 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- gclyne said...
love, love, love the Axe Murderer lines, which are the most oft quoted in our house!
Grace - April 22, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- shadow said...
Wow. Has it been a year already since the Great Epcot Debacle? That's incredible.
I don't think I ever knew, or at the very least I didn't recall, that you made the infamous Epcot cake! It's pretty cool. :)
And poor, poor Eeyore. I won't show this to my father. :( He'd be so sad. - April 22, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Goodness me. Poor Eeyore has traded in his Prozac for doobs. Now he's just another statistic!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- lauren said...
In case anybody is interested, the Weekly World News is now just a pull out section of the Sun... best crossword puzzles ever.. and hey, they have BatBoy.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:37 PM
I had to look up the original post for old times sake (apparently, I enjoy cringeworthy experiences.) I think I only managed to read about 20 comments. I don't know how you guys endured comment moderation that day. How many margaritas did you plow through? Whatever the number, you earned every one.
"See how it's in Disney writing?" Dear me.
--kate - April 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM
- Twirly McSwirl said...
April 28, 2009 - NEVER FORGET!
- April 22, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- akprincess72 said...
I love that movie...
- April 22, 2010 at 11:27 PM
First - Love the Spaceship Earth cake! It's wonderful! The Eeylet cake.... uhm.... yeah best not think too much about that one.
But I do have to kind of correct Stefanie, I know from the Disney tech people that the official name of the font is Walt's Signature Font. (Yes, I'm nitpicking I know) - April 22, 2010 at 11:32 PM
- Pilgrim said...
the Spaceship Earth ride has always been my favorite ride at Epcot!!!
and...poor Eeyore...looks like he had WAAAAYYY too much to drink last night! - April 23, 2010 at 12:14 AM
- thecakebakers said...
I never comment on things, but I just came over from Reader to find out how many people told you it was Eeyore and not Piglet...
Just because it's text doesn't mean you can't convey sarcasm, people!!! - April 23, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Eeyore, i would be sad too if i had that many fat rolls......oh.... i do.... :(
- April 23, 2010 at 12:25 AM
My name just so happens to be Emma...and it just so happens that I am TOTALLY requesting that cake for my birthday next year. My birthday will not be complete without an obese Eeyore with a possible cancerous growth.
(P.S. "It's like an orange on a toothpick!" - April 23, 2010 at 12:31 AM
- Unknown said...
Looks like what Eeyore would have looked like as painted by Picasso.....
- April 23, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- SarahPants5 said...
I really hope Niecy stays, (DWTS) she's hilarious, fun to watch, and a total sweetheart. Just like your blog! :D
And wow, I hope Eeyore's tumor is taken care of...yikes. :( No wonder he's so depressed... - April 23, 2010 at 12:57 AM
- GroovySooz said...
I usually just lurk here and lmao, but...OMG!!!!
As the most hugest Winnie-the-Pooh fan in the entire universe , I must inform all of you that Jen is correct. As any REAL, TRUE A.A. Milne geek would know, it's the entire theme park that's called Eeyore, while the ride depicted in this cake wreck is indeed called Piglet.
And now a personal lamentation: why oh why did the powers of the universe let Disney get its hands on the Hundred Acre Wood and all its inhabitants???
Or, as Eeyore would say, "Ohhh-kayyy, thanks for noticin' me..."
PS wv = omerry
LOL how very ironic. - April 23, 2010 at 1:10 AM
Quick call the plastic surgeon! His face is sagging so badly I doubt even a surgeon could save him poor Eeyore!
- April 23, 2010 at 2:14 AM
- Red Wolf said...
I think Eeyore swallowed Piglet-- that's what that lump is, not a globe. ;)
WV: canxfor, as in, "I canxfor more than that-- oh, wait, yes I can." - April 23, 2010 at 2:41 AM
I'm kinda worried about his droopy...well, er, lady areas. I think they were meant to be limbs...but he looks the way I imagine some 90-year-old women look in front there....:)
Jen & John, I think you have opened up some sort of portal for lost soul mates here...I never knew how many people were also total Disney geeks as well as fans of Axe Murderer. About which, two further notes: 1. My son (3) has had a heed like that since birth and his father and I continually say those lines to him and 2. My hubby got Amanda Plummer to autograph our copy of the movie one year when she was in Austin for the film festival. He went to a panel she was at and said she's pretty much as weird in person as in her movies...freaky.
And now, I must get to my Pentavirate meeting (I replaced Colonel you see).
We have a piper dooown...a piper is doown; it's all right, he's just pissed. - April 23, 2010 at 3:23 AM
ITS LIKE AN ORANGE ON A TOOTHPICK....oh just reading that made my day. YAY for Stuart Mckenzie From Lesley a Scot in NZ :)
- April 23, 2010 at 4:38 AM
- Leslee said...
He's going to cry himself to sleep on his huge pillow! GO STUART!!!
- April 23, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- keegirl said...
I think its a painfully obese version of Eeyore
- April 23, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- anadandy said...
I'm with Taylor, that Eeyore has an absorbed twin.
The "Epcot" thing slays me. I never understood why people feel the need to dogpile like that in comment threads - I mean even if they were right, don't they think the first gagillion comments would have tipped you off? I'm another Epcot is my favorite person, especially SSE - I love the fake charred wood smell in the burning of Rome scene :) - April 23, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Sally Comes Unraveled said...
It may be helpful to clarify a little, for those who haven't visited Epcot. Spaceship Earth is a ride *inside* the big silver ball that is Epcot's center most famous landmark.
- April 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Christina M. said...
Does anyone else think he looks suspiciously like a Vogon?
Quick! Cover your ears before he starts to read his poem! - April 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
I hope you got 150 comments saying, "WAAAAAH! That's EEYORE, NOT PIGLET!!!"
Seriously...the Epcot post from last year STILL makes my blood boil a little... - April 23, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Anne said...
I missed the Spaceship Earth/Epcot post from a year ago but let me say two things: 1.) you are correct. The ride housed in the dome is Spaceship Earth. 2.) I think Bucky would be pleased with the cake homage.
- April 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Lilli said...
It's Eeyore meets Jabba the Hutt.
- April 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- Carol said...
Oh Sally Comes Unraveled .....really? REALLY?!?! Ok, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot and then look at the caption UNDER the picture on the right.
"Spaceship Earth is the icon of Epcot"
Jen even clarified it.....IN HER COMMENTARY!!
:) It's ok. It's Friday. I've had a few moments this morning myself! - April 23, 2010 at 1:21 PM
I love this blog. LOVE IT. The fact that you just quoted my favorite parts of SIMAAM made me love you even more! You made my day....
--Melissa - April 23, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Stoich91 said...
What?! While everyone is going head over heels over the engorged (or fetal/impregnated?) Eeyore, I am more interested in the fact that YOU both made the Spaceship Earth Cake! :D How awesome; a cake on your site finally made by you! And it rocks; ironic how it became a legend (next to carrot jockeys, of course).
Also, don't worry about being a Disney geek. If you live in Orlando for too long, you are, by nature, forced to be an obligatory Disney geek, and I think you *also* earn the official right to make fun of tourists getting lost/over-spending/acting geeky, although I'm still waiting for my certificate to arrive on that... :) - April 23, 2010 at 2:18 PM
That isnt Piglet.. Thats Eyeore.
- April 23, 2010 at 2:27 PM
I remember last year's post. I'm a Disney Geek too and while I don't cringe *every* time someone pops off with incorrect Disney fact, I thought at the very least people knew that the "gray/silver, golf ball sphere thingy" was a ride and not the park itself.
The other cringe-worthy misconception that I hear on occasion is that "Disney World" is a park. For some reason, people think the Magic Kingdom is called Disney World. Weird. ;) - April 23, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Late said...
Looks like Eeyore/Pumba needs some help there...
- April 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Kara said...
ok, the SIMAAM quote almost made me cry. . . thanks for the laugh
- April 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Amaranthine said...
Has it really been a whole year?
At least you got a ready made earth day post out of it!
I can imagine Jen tossing and turning in bed, "Epcot, epcot, spaceship earth NO NOT THE DISNEY FONT!"
Well, be proud that people recognized your disney font.
how DID you do that? - April 23, 2010 at 7:12 PM
- Lisa Voth said...
Um...you're awesome. You had me with the Princess Bride quotes, and now this.
"That boy's head's like an orange on a toothpick! Aw, now that was off-sides, wasn't it? Now he's gonna go cry himself to sleep on his huge pillah!" - April 23, 2010 at 7:32 PM
- Cat said...
Spaceship Earth! Yay! I wants it!!
It makes me laugh that people see it and yell EPCOT. Do they even know what EPCOT stands for? Or what it even was supposed to be? (FYI huge disney geekery coming..)
EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It was actually supposed to be a self contained CITY that Walt wanted to built. (you can find a ton more info here.
Also, I gotta love the Axe Murderer and Hitchhiker's Guide references on poor Eyelembo (I've decided to take the joining of Eeyore and Piglets names and add in their third, Dumbo, as someone suggested). - April 23, 2010 at 11:48 PM
I just read every post on last years Epcot fiasco and found it painfully funny.
Can we summarize all bajillion posts briefly here:
2000 people want you to know that the cake is actually EPCOT Centre not Spaceship Earth
2000 people want to correct the first 2000 by saying that the "golf ball" is called Spaceship Earth and is located in EPCOT Centre
and all 2137 of the Dis-Heads (like myself) want everyone to know everything about Disney and to refer to everything in only the proper terms such as:
It's one of the Disney parks and is called Epcot, not EPCOT or Epcot Center. The former meaning (experimental proto-blah blah blah) isn't used or hasn't been referred to in over 15 years....and other "i know more than you do about Disney" type stuff
Jen knows her Disney stuff so don't bother to correct her. For all the Disney nuts on here just remember...someone always knows more about Disney than you do so politely inform people without sounding too pious...especially since some of the people correcting have then later been corrected by someone else.
It's making my eyeballs ache
btw, I think you did a great job on the SSE cake - April 24, 2010 at 2:14 AM
That's not Piglet!!! That's Eeyore!!!!
- April 24, 2010 at 4:30 AM
These are SOOOOOOO funny!!!!!!!!
Poor old Eeyore!
HILARIOUS as always, thanx! - April 24, 2010 at 4:34 AM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Nicole said...
"Just because it's text doesn't mean you can't convey sarcasm, people!!!"
YAY! You just made my day, because roughly 7,204 times a day I read things here & there where people write: "Stop laughing people!" [Why? What did they ever do you you?] or "I'm kidding people!" [Nice to know that you can't be trusted!]..and my personal favorite: "Come on people!" [Uh. No, thanks.]
You get what I mean. Such a tiny little thing, the comma--but a big annoyance, to some!
@ GroovySooz
who said...
"And now a personal lamentation: why oh why did the powers of the universe let Disney get its hands on the Hundred Acre Wood and all its inhabitants???"
I'm with you on this one. My older kids grew up with some Disney Pooh, in the way of stuffed animals & such, but they also got a lot of the REAL stuff, which I got from my Mom. She met my Dad when they were both in the Navy, and she got HIM into all of it, over time. Classic.
=^u.u^= - April 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Crystal said...
Your Spaceship Earth cake is quite awesome! Any chance you can tell me how it was done? My DS would love this cake. He is 4 and Epcot is his favorite
- April 24, 2010 at 1:29 PM
I thought EPCOT stood for 'Every Paycheck Comes On Thursday" or "Every Person Comes Out Tired" or "Every Parent Carries One Tot" or... ;)
- April 24, 2010 at 8:30 PM
i cannot believe anyone but me or my husband can quote So I Married an Axe Murderer from memory. not sure what scares me more--the cake or the quote... however I am certain that I <3 CAKE WRECKS!!!
and that...i hated the colonel, with his wee beady eyes--ohh, you're gonna buy my chicken! - April 25, 2010 at 1:13 AM
- Unknown said...
I thought you were joking about the "Epcot" cake, then I went back to read the old post and saw the comments, and kept reading waiting for someone who knew their Disney to chime in. I think it was the saddest I've ever been reading your blog!
- April 25, 2010 at 4:11 AM
- Nicole said...
I made an Earth cake once...
It is freaking hard to decorate a cake that just wants to roll away! - April 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Jolene said...
OMG...you quoted Stuart MacKenzie...only from the BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
- April 27, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- bunnybeautiful said...
Hi Jen, Mandy P here! I missed this on Earth Day but I will bookmark it and try to remember to do this next year. Hopefully I'll have another cake to send at about the same time! ;)
Thanks for featuring it. It gave me nightmares for weeks... - April 28, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- -em said...
Just remember that Epcot is NOT Walt Disney World. Thats where the castle is...
- April 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM
is it just me or did they use a football helmet mold to make the eeyore cake?
- July 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM
I love you so much for quoting Axe Murderer!!! Thats one of my favorite movies!!
- August 2, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Aidan said...
Well, at least your "Epcot" didn't come out like this...
Or this...
http://nuwen.net/polyimag/epcot.jpg - August 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Does everyone really think this cake turned out badly? I think it's a good design, and using the icing to make the tiles was a little stroke of genius.
- August 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM
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Jeffrey Goldbergis a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a columnist for Bloomberg View. He is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting for his coverage of Islamic terrorism. Before joining The Atlantic in 2007, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent, and the Washington correspondent, for The New Yorker. Previously, he served as a correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and New York Magazine. He has also written for The Jewish Daily Forward and was a columnist for The Jerusalem Post. In 2006, Goldberg wrote Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror. In 2001, Goldberg was appointed the Syrkin Fellow in Letters of the Jerusalem Foundation, and in 2002 he became a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
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Speculation Thursday – Moon makes the case for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: NOT together!
Dear Kristen and Rob-
Last week my pal UC put on a brave face, sucked up her pride and posted the Speculation Thursday (though it was on Wednesday) post that she thought you may be together. As much as it pained both of us to see that in writing, we had to present the Pro Robsten side of the argument. But never fear, I am here with this week's Speculation Thursday (on Thursday!) where I'm going to present the Non Robsten side! Cause I look at you two and I'm like, they CANNOT be together, the stoner and the nerd? No way.
If you'll indulge me I'd like to treat this as a trial, and court is now in session*! The honorable Stephenie Meyer proceeding. Today we will be hearing the case of:
Robsten vs NonRobsten, in the court of public opinion
Opening statement:
Much has been said and speculated about you two over the last few weeks and now having some time to gather evidence and look at the facts I think we can be certain about a few things: Kristen and Oregano are not together and Kristen and Rob are in fact, NOT together. Snogged and hooked up? Sure! But together? No! I ask that the jury keep an open mind as we speculate our way through another Thursday.
Enter into the court room the Evidence…
01. The Charlie Hotel / The Morning After – UC cited this story and these pictures as her main turning point. But I have a different take on this much bally-hooed "secret goodbye photos" and "secret rendezvous hotel bungalows" nonsense… I did some research too on The Charlie and there are multiple bungalows in which bungalows also have multiple rooms! Amazing how this works, huh? It's not uncommon for stars to get ready for awards shows in hotel rooms, Summit's footing the bill, why not? And you've got the room paid for for the night, might as well come back and party after the show, right? I know where you're going to go with this: "but Moon they were in the SAME bungalow! Ron, the underpaid dude at the front desk, told the shady paparazzo from X17 who palmed him a 50 it was true." Riiiight. And, if I even believe that they were in the same bungalow, my research tells me that again, SURPRISE, there are bungalows with more than one room in them. I've stayed in rooms with guy friends, it's totally possible. And who knows maybe she was wasted drunk from the dinner beforehand when they decided to go back and party? Maybe they smoked a bol and she passed out on that cute striped chair from the pictures of The Charlie. And then the next day her Mom came to pick up her hung over self and hug Rob for being such a good guy and looking out for poor little Kristen. And no kiss was ever photographed.
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The Compliance Risk of Social Media
Last week, the FFIEC released proposed risk management guidelines for financial institutions using social media. The guidelines did not delve too much into specifics, offering more of a broad outline of the potential risk and compliance issues that can arise in the burgeoning social media channel.
"Financial institutions may use social media in a variety of ways, including marketing, providing incentives, facilitating applications for new accounts, inviting feedback from the public, and engaging with existing and potential customers, for example, by receiving and responding to complaints, or providing loan pricing," reads a portion of the FFIEC paper. "Since this form of customer interaction tends to be informal and occurs in a less secure environment, it presents some unique challenges to financial institutions."
The FFIEC continues, "A financial institution should have a risk management program that allows it to identify, measure, monitor, and control the risks related to social media. The size and complexity of the risk management program should be commensurate with the breadth of the financial institution's involvement in this medium. For instance, a financial institution that relies heavily on social media to attract and acquire new customers should have a more detailed program than one using social media only to a very limited extent. The risk management program should be designed with participation from specialists in compliance, technology, information security, legal, human resources, and marketing."
The FFIEC cautioned banks that there are several areas of risk when engaging customers in social media. For example, if a bank uses social media to market products or originate new accounts, it must make sure all its communications are in accordance with laws such as the Truth in Savings Act, Truth in Lending Act, and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act. which prohibits "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce."
These are but a few of the myriad of risk concerns banks must take into account when engaging in social media.
Matt Putvinski, director of Wolf & Company's IT Assurance Services group, says the guidelines "are a good first step" and expects to see more robust guidance offered by the FFIEC when it publishes its final version of the report after receiving feedback from financial institutions.
"I did like the fact that the paper talked about the inventory of social media channels and looked at the risk indicative in each one," he adds. "There is some differences in the way you use Facebook as opposed to Twitter."
Ultimately, Putvinski believes the bets way for financial institutions to mitigate risk related to social media is to have a clearly stated social media policy and to educate employees on the proper use of social media.
"Some might want to block access to social media sites from computers within the institution, but that can't stop someone from going on their phone and accessing them," he says. "At the end of day it is a matter of education in this area, the best thing you can do is tell people the best practices and most people will follow them."
[See Also: Creating a FINRA-Friendly Social Media Plan]
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There were 2,000 fewer first-time claims for unemployment last week than in the week before, the Employment and Training Administration reports.
It says there were 351,000 such filings.
Note: Last week, the agency also said there were 351,000 such claims in the previous week. But today, it has revised that figure to 353,000. That explains the estimated 2,000-claims decline. Regardless, claims remain at a four-year-low.
In other economic news, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says consumer spending rose a modest 0.2 percent in January from December. Personal incomes rose 0.3 percent.
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Kahne takes pole at Talladega
Published 12:00 am Saturday, October 6, 2012
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Ride or race was the question NASCAR's title contenders are considering as they prepare for Talladega Superspeedway.The fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup could be the one that shuffles the 12-driver championship field. The use of restrictor plates bunches the field, and the unpredictability of drafting and relying on partners usually creates a chaotic race that can end a drivers' title hopes.
So when qualifying ended Saturday, and Kasey Kahne sat on the pole for the first time at a plate race, drivers began discussing in earnest how they will attack the 500-mile event.
"We just really need to race and race hard," he said. "We're a long ways back right now, and if we can't make up points at a track like this, we probably aren't going to make them up."
Kahne's lap of 191.455 mph bettered Ryan Newman's 191.145, putting a pair of Chevrolets on the front row for Sunday's race.
Asked what it meant for Kahne's race, he didn't offer many details.
"It means I'm going to start first, that's it," Kahne said. "I'll try to lead that first lap. If we're up there, we'll try to stay up there."
That's the big debate among drivers who differ on strategy for Talladega. Some may ride around in the back of the field waiting to make a late charge in an effort to avoid potential dicey situations, but some want to be aggressive and be out front as much as possible.
Kahne, who is sixth in the standings and trails leader Brad Keselowski by 32 points, insists he'll race.
So will two-time defending race winner Clint Bowyer, who has had Talladega circled as the track that can most help his championship chances. He's fourth in the standings and has talked all week about gaining some big ground on Sunday.
Then he surprised himself with a third-place qualifying run that forced him to reconsider his race strategy.
"I am blown away, shocked, that we were top three," Bowyer said. "I thought, definitely going into today, my whole plan for the weekend was we were going to qualify poorly and ride around in the back. Well, we're in the front, and I'm going to try to stay there."
Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart qualified fourth and was followed by Greg Biffle as Chase drivers took four of the top five starting sports.
Jeff Gordon was fourth, and was followed by Carl Edwards, Trevor Bayne, Martin Truex Jr. and Sam Hornish Jr.
Truex , Bowyer's teammate at Michael Waltrip Racing, said he's going to race on Sunday.
"I've been crashed here more than not, so we're going to go out there and race," he said. "We're going to have fun and we're going to try to stay up front and lead some laps and hopefully be around at the end. I've crashed here going for the lead and I've been crashed here trying to ride around in the back. So there's no safe place."
Michael Waltrip was 11th and followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., as two drivers who once dominated restrictor-plate races will start side-by-side on Sunday.
In all, Chase drivers took six of the top-10 starting spots. The other half of the Chase field is spread out all the way down to 23rd, which is where Denny Hamlin will go off on Sunday.
Matt Kenseth was 15th, Jimmie Johnson 17th, Kevin Harvick 21st and leader Keselowski 22nd.
But Keselowski, who won at Talladega in the spring by leading the last lap, wasn't worried about his starting position.
"I think we've proven that the only lap that matters is the last one," Keselowski said. "Things happen so late in the race that even the best strategy can get thrown out the window. I just want to be there with five laps to go."
Johnson, who has failed to finish the three previous plate races this season, said his strategy is simple.
"Don't crash," he said. "Whatever increases my chances of not crashing. There really isn't a rhyme or reason to that."
Bowyer cautioned that too much strategy can hurt a driver, and the best plan is to just go with the flow of the race and try to hold on until the end.
"The biggest thing you don't want to do is get caught up in a wreck early," he said. "It doesn't matter what happens, what your strategy is, if you qualify up front you need to stay up front.
"Even if you're up front and you find yourself shuffled back in the pack, get out of there. Get to the back. Especially these guys who are racing for a championship.
"There's a tremendous amount of guys on different strategies all across the board. So many different agendas out there. Us Chase guys, I would say, got to play it relatively safe. If you don't, you get caught up in a wreck before halfway."


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There will not be a professional bicycle race coming to Southwest Colorado in 2013, but there will be a couple thousand cyclists pedaling into Cortez this June.
The annual Ride the Rockies cycling tour will begin in Telluride and stop in Cortez its first day.
The tour begins on June 9 with cyclists taking off from Telluride and making the 75-mile trip through the rugged San Juans, down Lizard Head Pass and into Cortez.
The ride is limited to 2,000 riders with registration open until Feb. 22. All riders will be picked via a lottery and participant announcements will be made on March 1.
After spending the night in Cortez, cyclists will have a 64-mile ride to Durango. Riders will head out on northbound Highway 491 and turn onto Highway 184 making their way to Mancos before taking Highway 160 to Durango.
Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce Director Dena Guttridge said plans are already underway to welcome riders and offer them plenty of Cortez hospitality.
"It's such a great event and we want to promote biking in the area, so we are really excited to be part of it this year," Guttridge said.
The rest of the 513-mile route is Durango to Pagosa Springs (86 miles via Vallecito route), then to Alamosa over Wolf Creek Pass (91 miles); from Alamosa, riders will travel 84 miles to Salida, then 67 miles to Canon City, before the final day that takes cyclists 46 miles into Colorado Springs on June 15.
Ride the Rockies is a massive undertaking with well-planned logistics and organization to take care of the 2,000 riders and hundreds of support staff and family or friends following the route.
Ride the Rockies, which is sponsored by the Denver Post and Wells Fargo Bank, brings a huge economic impact to all the host communities.
According to a Ride the Rockies news release, in 2012, cyclists spent an average of $250,000 in a 24-hour period in each town.
Most of the riders will camp at designated schools or parks, but most motels in the area will be filled to capacity, and restaurants packed for lunch and dinner during the one-night visit.
A different route is chosen every year.
The last time Ride the Rockies came through Southwest Colorado was in 2010 when cyclists rode from Ouray to Durango, then off to Pagosa Springs.
The last time Cortez was a destination for the ride was in 2008. That year the ride started in Durango, came to Cortez, then to Telluride.
This will be the seventh time Cortez has been part of the tour over its 26 years. The ride has started in Cortez four times.
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American economy expands at modest 2 percent pace
Published 6:17 pm Saturday, October 27, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The latest snapshot of economic growth shows the U.S. recovery remains tepid.
Growth in the July-September quarter climbed slightly but was still too weak to stir significantly more hiring. The pace of expansion rose to a 2 percent annual rate from 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, led by more consumer and government spending.
Voters who are still undecided about the presidential election aren't likely to be swayed by Friday's mixed report from the Commerce Department.
"For the average American, I don't think changes in quarterly GDP" make a big difference in their perception of the economy, said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center. "It's certainly good for the president that the number is not bad because that would resonate."
With 11 days until the election, the economy is being kept afloat by a revitalized consumer and the early stages of a housing recovery. But more than three years after the Great Recession ended, the nation continues to struggle because businesses are reluctant to invest, and slower global growth has cut demand for American exports.
Republican nominee Mitt Romney is telling voters that President Barack Obama's policies have kept the economy from accelerating and have even slowed growth in the past two years. The 1.7 percent annual growth rate for the first nine months of 2012 remains slightly behind last year's 1.8 percent growth. And both are below 2010's growth of 2.4 percent.
The economy contracted at a 5.3 percent annual rate in the first three months of 2009, just as Obama took office during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Obama says his policies stabilized the economy later that year and argues that the stimulus package and auto bailout helped it grow in 2010.
The White House points to an economy that's expanded for 13 straight quarters. Yet this year's third-quarter growth is slightly below the 2.2 percent average pace since the recession ended in June 2009.
The economy's health is most closely tied to consumers, whose spending drives 70 percent of economic activity.
The latest report showed some progress.
Consumer spending rose at an annual rate of 2 percent in the July-September quarter, up from 1.5 percent in the previous quarter. And a survey by the University of Michigan released Friday found consumer confidence increased to its highest level in five years this month. That suggests spending may keep growing.
Americans spent more on cars, adding nearly 0.2 percentage point to growth. Housing added to growth for the sixth straight quarter.
"Those are the sectors that reflect growing consumer confidence and greater lending," said Joseph Carson, U.S. economist for AllianceBernstein, an asset management firm.
Still, more jobs and better pay are needed to sustain that growth, he added. After-tax, inflation-adjusted income rose at only a 0.8 percent annual rate in the third quarter. That was down from a 3.1 percent rate in the previous quarter.
Income includes not only wages but also dividends, rental income and government or workplace benefits, among other items.
With businesses nervous about the economic outlook, hiring isn't likely to pick up soon.
Many companies worry that their overseas sales could decline further if recession spreads throughout Europe and growth slows further in China, India and other developing countries. Businesses also fear the tax increases and government spending cuts that will kick in next year if Congress doesn't reach a budget deal.
That's caused them to invest less in new buildings and equipment. Business spending on equipment and software was flat in the July-September quarter, the first quarter it didn't increase since the recession.
"Uncertainty at home and abroad is holding back the business sector," Nigel Gault, an economist at IHS Global Insight, said in an email. "How quickly those uncertainties clear up … will determine how quickly the overall growth rate can pick up."
One big driver of growth was a sharp increase in defense spending, which rose by the most in more than three years. That was likely a one-time boost.
Growth was held back by the first drop in exports in more than three years. It was also slowed by the effects of the drought that struck the Midwest last summer. The drought cut agriculture stockpiles and reduced the economy's annual growth rate by nearly a half-point.
In a healthy economy, growth between 2.5 percent and 3 percent is usually sufficient to keep the unemployment rate low. But the unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. Growth needs to top 3 percent to generate enough hiring to lower the rate steadily.
The government's report covers gross domestic product, which measures the nation's total output of goods and services — from restaurant meals and haircuts to airplanes, appliances and highways. Friday's was the first of three estimates of third-quarter GDP.
Analysts were doubtful that the report would sway many undecided voters in battleground states.
Since the recovery began more than three years ago, the U.S. economy has grown at the slowest rate of any recovery in the post-World War II period. And economists think growth will remain sluggish at least through the first half of 2013.
Some analysts believe the economy will start to pick up in the second half of next year.
By then, economists hope the tax and spending confrontations that have brought gridlock to Washington will be resolved. That could encourage businesses to invest and hire.
The Federal Reserve's continued efforts to boost the economy by lowering long-term interest rates may also help by generating more borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses.
But the economy is still being slowed by consumers' efforts to spend less, increase their savings and pay off debts, economists say. And banks remain cautious about lending in the aftermath of the financial crisis. That's why recoveries after financial crises are usually weak.
"There's just a reality here," said Paul Edelstein, an economist at IHS Global Insight. "You don't recover from these types of events as quickly as you'd like."
AP Economics Writers Paul Wiseman and Martin Crutsinger contributed to this report.


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It's almost too perfect: USC's "next Reggie Bush" is already getting the school in trouble... and the original Reggie Bush is allegedly involved.
Did super-stud RB Joe McKnight have a conversation with Reggie Bush during his recruitment? (Look: You can argue that it's a seemingly innocuous offense, but it's still against the rules.)
More importantly: Did Pete Carroll facilitate it? Here's the story.
(Update: I forgot to add that as soon as the story broke, McKnight's coach "clarified" what might -- or might not -- have happened. Let's take that with the ton of salt it deserves. Did McKnight misspeak? Maybe. But it also might be that his coach heard from "influential" USC boosters.)
USC may have had the No. 2 recruiting class (No. 1, according to ESPN's Scouts Inc.), but I have to offer the newest members of Trojan Nation a hearty welcome:
Enjoy what appears to be your inevitable trip to NCAA Sanctionland.
Cowboys hire Wade Phillips: I'm officially dubbing him "The Seat-Warmer," because he's so obviously there to place-hold for Jerry Jones' favorite, Jason Garrett.
Amaechi comes out, Day 2: It's been great to see the mature reaction from (most of) the media and (most of) the league and (most of) the fans. Want a great exception: Check out this post from MJD (via TrueHoop via Can't Stop the Bleeding).
NBA Last Night: Chris Webber (18 points, 11 rebounds) is really enjoying his new life with the Pistons, isn't he? (
NBA This Weekend: Will the Knicks match their entire 2005-06 season win total this weekend? For that alone, you either have to (a) credit Isiah or (b) agree with me that Larry Brown and his "Right Way" is overrated.
NBA All-Star Game: While the dunk contest continues to fade, the 3-point contest continues to draw star power. This year's field includes Dirk, Jason Terry, Jason Kapono, Mike Miller and Damon Jones. Oh, and the player I'm predicting will win it all: Gilbert Arenas. It's just his year. (Yes, but will he bet his final-round opponent $20K, just to make it interesting?)
College Hoops: No. 10
Here's the question: How would you assess
Do you think that
Meanwhile, speaking of hoops teams from the state of Indiana, how wild was the ending to that DePaul upset of No. 21 Notre Dame?
CBB This Weekend: I'd put three games on your radar.
(2) UCLA at
Women's CBB: No. 1 Duke beats No. 2 UNC. After yesterday's argument over the overratedness of the UNC-Duke men's college hoops rivalry, it's worth pointing out that the game between the rival women's teams last night was a lot more interesting, given that it was 1-vs-2.
In the grand scheme of things, it remains overrated, because it's not like the loss either (a) KO'ed one of the teams from national-title consideration or (b) really indicates which team would win a rematch in the NCAA Tournament.
(I have been schooled in the comments for minimizing a much more important game in the scheme of the regular season: Two unbeatens, best offense vs. awesome defense, etc.)
MLB: Does anyone really care if Bud Selig does or does not follow Barry Bonds around as he approaches/passes Hank Aaron's career HR record?
Meanwhile: How about Cincy, spending more like the Red Sox than the Reds. Another day, another pricey contract to one of their anchor pitchers: Bronson Arroyo gets 2Y/$25M.
Tagliabue Hall of Fame debate, cont'd: I'm loving the details leaking out about how Paul Tagliabue didn't make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but for me it mostly just reinforces that the cloak of secrecy behind the voting proceedings should be lifted.
The voters involved are managing a public trust. It isn't their fiefdom to be ruled like some sort of secret oligarchy. I think their debate should be Web cast live or – at the least – certainly recorded with audio equipment for fans to listen to and then transcribed into a public archive.
All the voters are way too happy to turn (usually sincere) fan emails into (usually condescending) column fodder. And they're way too quick to pull out the old "our discussions are secret!" b.s.
A little transparency of the process would, as usual, go a long way. I won't hold my breath.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rescue helicopters and ships searching for a Malaysia Airlines jet rushed Monday to investigate a yellow object that looked like a life raft. It turned out to be moss-covered trash floating in the ocean, once again dashing hopes after more than two days of fruitless search for the plane that disappeared en route to Beijing with 239 people on board.
With no confirmation that the Boeing 777 had crashed, hundreds of distraught relatives waited anxiously for any news. Thai police and Interpol questioned the proprietors of a travel agency in the resort town of Pattaya that sold one-way tickets to two men now known to have been traveling on flight MH370 using stolen passports.
There has been no indication that the two men had anything to do with the tragedy, but the use of stolen passports fueled speculation of foul play, terrorism or a hijacking gone wrong. Malaysia has shared their details with Chinese and American intelligence agencies.
Malaysia's police chief was quoted by local media as saying that one of the men had been identified.
Civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman declined to confirm this, but said they were of "non-Asian" appearance, adding that authorities were looking at the possibility the men were connected to a stolen passport syndicate.
Asked by a reporter what they looked like "roughly," he said: "Do you know of a footballer by the name of (Mario) Balotelli? He is an Italian. Do you know how he looks like?"
A reporter then asked, "Is he black?" and the aviation chief replied, "Yes."
The search operation has involved 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries covering a 50-nautical mile radius from the point the plane vanished from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam, he said.
Experts say possible causes of the apparent crash include an explosion, catastrophic engine failure, terrorist attack, extreme turbulence, pilot error or even suicide.
Selamat Omar, a Malaysian whose 29-year-old son Mohamad Khairul Amri Selamat was a passenger on the flight, expected a call from him at the 6.30 a.m. arrival time. Instead he got a call from the airline saying the plane was missing.
"We accept God's will. Whether he is found alive or dead, we surrender to Allah," Selamat said.
There have been a few glimmers of hope, but so far no trace of the plane has been found.
On Sunday afternoon, a Vietnamese plane spotted a rectangular object that was thought to be one of the missing plane's doors, but ships working through the night could not locate it. Then on Monday, a Singaporean search plane spotted a yellow object some 140 kilometers (87 miles) southwest of Tho Chu island, but it turned out to be some sea trash.
Malaysian maritime officials found some oil slicks in the South China Sea and sent a sample to a lab to see if it came from the plane. Tests showed that the oil was not from an aircraft, Azharuddin said.
As relatives of the 239 people on the flight grappled with fading hope, attention focused on how two passengers managed to board the aircraft using stolen passports. Interpol confirmed it knew about the stolen passports but said no authorities checked its vast databases on stolen documents before the jet departed.
Warning that "only a handful of countries" routinely make such checks, Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble chided authorities for "waiting for a tragedy to put prudent security measures in place at borders and boarding gates."
The two stolen passports, one belonging to Austrian Christian Kozel and the other to Luigi Maraldi of Italy, were entered into Interpol's database after they were stolen in Thailand in 2012 and last year, the police body said.
Electronic booking records show that one-way tickets with those names were issued Thursday from a travel agency in the beach resort of Pattaya in eastern Thailand.
Thai police Col. Supachai Phuykaeokam said those reservations were placed with the agency by a second travel agency in Pattaya, which told police it had received the bookings from a China Southern Airlines office in Bangkok.
The owners of the second Pattaya travel agency refused to talk to reporters. Thai police and Interpol officers went in to question the owners.
A telephone operator on a China-based KLM hotline confirmed Sunday that passengers named Maraldi and Kozel had been booked on one-way tickets on the same KLM flight, flying from Beijing to Amsterdam on Saturday. Maraldi was to fly on to Copenhagen, Denmark, and Kozel to Frankfurt, Germany.
As holders of EU passports with onward flights to Europe, the passengers would not have needed visas for China.
Interpol said it and national investigators were working to determine the identities of those who used the stolen passports to board the flight.
Interpol has long sounded the alarm that growing international travel has underpinned a new market for identity theft: Bogus passports are mostly used by illegal immigrants, but also pretty much anyone looking to travel unnoticed such as drug runners or terrorists. More than 1 billion times last year, travelers boarded planes without their passports being checked against Interpol's database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents, the police agency said.
Azharuddin also said the baggage of five passengers who had checked in to the flight but did not board the plane were removed before it departed, he said. Airport security was strict according to international standards, surveillance has been done and the airport has been audited, he said.
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Racetrack Television Network
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$99 single payment
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$110 single payment
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$178 single payment


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Saturday 7 May 2016
Today we start another Progressive challenge over
at art by miran
facebook group this is
such a fun way to craft, Every month a new image
is released that is to be used for the Progressive
Challenge. If you participated in the prior month's
challenge, the image is free to you.
If you're new to the challenge,
you can buy this image at a reduced price,
and as long as you participate,
the next one is free.
Or you can take part in our other challenges as well
hugs Tracy x


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