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Cool Cucumber Soup
Makes 4 servings
This creamy chilled soup is ideal for entertaining, as it can be prepared well in advance. The refreshing taste of the cucumber is carried by the tofu, which adds substance and stands in for the heavy cream so often called for in similar soups. Whenever I serve this, diners inevitably ask, "Are you sure there isn't any cream in this soup?"
2 cucumbers
12 ounces soft regular or silken tofu, drained and cubed
1⁄2 sweet onion, chopped
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 to 2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon dried dill weed, or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
Sea salt Freshly ground pepper
Cut 4 thin slices of cucumber and set aside for the garnish. Peel, seed, and chop the remaining cucumbers.
Put the chopped cucumbers, tofu, onion, lemon juice, garlic, brown sugar and 1⁄4 teaspoon of the dill weed in a blender and process until creamy. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the remaining dill weed. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours.
About 30 minutes before serving, chill four soup bowls. To serve, ladle the soup into the chilled bowls. Garnish each bowl with a cucumber slice topped with a sprinkling of dill weed. Serve immediately.
Avocado Rolls with Sunflower Seeds
Makes 2 Servings
These versatile roll-ups are perfect for any midday meal, from a casual brunch to an elegant luncheon. They also travel well, making them ideal for packed lunches. Just wrap them in parchment paper and go!
2 whole-grain flour tortillas or wraps
1⁄4 cup store-bought hummus
1 to 2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise (to taste)
4 ounces (5 cups, lightly packed) mixed baby greens
1 avocado, sliced
8 small green or black olives, pitted and chopped (optional)
2 teaspoons raw or unsalted roasted sunflower seeds
Lay the tortillas on a large cutting board. Spread half of the hummus evenly over half of each tortilla. Spread half of the vegan mayonnaise evenly over the other half of each tortilla. Evenly arrange half of the greens, avocado, optional olives, and sunflower seeds over the lower two-thirds of each wrap.
Starting at the bottom edge, roll the tortilla tightly and evenly around the filling. Gently but firmly press the edge to seal the roll. Set the roll seam-side down and cut it diagonally into 5 or 6 pieces. To serve, place the pieces on a plate cut- side down.
Country-Style Red Potato Salad
Makes 4 to 6 servings
No doubt about it, potato salad is perennially popular for picnics and summertime meals. For a more rustic version that's also more nutritious, try leaving the skins on the potatoes. This recipe is easily doubled or tripled to feed a crowd.
10 to 12 small red potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 large carrots, diced
2 to 3 stalks celery, with leaves, chopped
1⁄2 cup sliced green or black olives
1⁄2 cup vegan mayonnaise, plus more as needed
1 to 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
2 teaspoons italian seasoning
1 teaspoon brown sugar (optional)
1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
1⁄2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil (optional)
Freshly ground pepper Paprika, for dusting
Tomato wedges, for garnish
Dill sprigs, for garnish
Steam the potatoes until tender but still slightly firm, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and let cool until slightly warm. Add the carrots, celery, and olives and stir gently until well combined.
Put the vegan mayonnaise, mustard, italian seasoning, brown sugar, and salt in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Add to the potato mixture and stir gently until well combined. Add the parsley, optional basil, and pepper to taste and stir gently until evenly distributed.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 12 hours. Check the consistency before serving; if the mixture seems dry, stir in a bit more vegan mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon at a time. To serve, sprinkle paprika over the top. Garnish with tomato wedges and dill sprigs if desired.
Peanut Butter Fudge
Makes 16 pieces, or 8 to 10 servings
Although this fudge is a rich treat and fills the bill when a decadent dessert is called for, it's full of healthful ingredients, making it a fun afternoon snack for kids and adults alike.
3⁄4 cup smooth or chunky peanut butter
1⁄3 cup maple syrup
31⁄2 ounces vegan dark chocolate
1⁄3 cup unsalted roasted sunflower seeds
1⁄4 cup raisins
Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking pan with vegan margarine. Put the peanut butter and maple syrup in a large bowl and stir vigorously until well combined. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over medium-low heat. Pour the chocolate into the peanut butter mixture and stir until thoroughly combined. Fold in the sunflower seeds and raisins. Transfer to the prepared pan. Spread in an even layer and smooth the top. Score the surface at 2-inch intervals with a table knife; this will make it easier to cut the fudge after it has set. Yum-oh.
Cover with foil and refrigerate until firm enough that the fudge holds its shape when cut, about 30 minutes. Serve chilled. Stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator, the fudge will keep for about 1 week.

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Bill Murray made his 26th appearance on David Letterman's late-night show extra special by dressing up as Liberace and exiting a white luxury car as part of his hilarious entrance.
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No, its not like this everywhere
When will Illinois stop making excuses for bad behavior?
I should've known there was something sick about this state. After all, this is Illinois;
it isn't Wellinois. Ever since I moved here, two phrases have grated on my ears like
fingernails on a chalkboard. One is, "But that's the way we've always done it." The other is its kissing cousin, "Anyway, it's like that everywhere!"
Neither one of these axioms has been adopted as the official state motto, but I bet that's just because they split the vote and inadvertently allowed that third-party contender, "State Sovereignty, National Union," to sneak in and win. I can't count how many times I've heard people use this salt-and-pepper set of excuses to rationalize thoughtless, thuggish behavior. Attorney Sheldon Sorosky said as much last week when he told reporters that his client Gov. Rod Blagojevich — caught on tape scheming to auction off President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, along with government contracts, state aid, his soul and basically everything but his own offspring — had done nothing wrong. "A lot of this is just politics," Sorosky said.
You know, just the way we've always done it. Like they do everywhere.
And Sorosky's probably correct: pay-to-play probably is the way Illinois has always done it. This state's sorry record of indicted governors/former governors has been incessantly recited in every medium with a mic since Blago's arrest on Dec. 9. Being from Texas and Alaska, I still can't wrap my mind around it: What is it? Four out of the past eight? Seriously?
An enterprising reporter in the Washington Bureau of the Chicago Tribune — apparently hoping to get in on some of the scandal fun — unearthed a bit of history that shows Obama was not the first Illinois senator whose seat was for sale. William Lorimer, aka the "blond boss" of Chicago, was voted out of the Senate after an investigation revealed that he had obtained his seat through bribery. Lorimer's ouster occurred in 1912, when choosing a U.S. senator was considered above the average citizen's pay grade and thus left to the experts — the state legislators. Historical accounts focus on the admission of one legislator who accepted $1,000 to vote for Lorimer. It's not sexy by today's standards, but Lorimer's tale captures Illinois politicians paying and playing on both ends. And it was enough to inspire Congress to ratify the 17th Amendment, giving the people the privilege of choosing their U.S. senators.
Of course, that same amendment contained a clause allowing a governor to fill any vacant Senate seat. Which brings us full circle to our scandal du jour.
So I'll give you that: yes, you have always done it this way. But I won't agree that "it's like that everywhere." Sure, I saw the recent study on corruption that ranked Illinois 18th (and my beloved Alaska #1). But look at the methodology: It's based on the number of public officials per capita convicted. All that proves to me is that Alaska has more and better lawyers.
A more relevant question is: convicted of what? Unless you watch Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, you probably missed news of a nearby mayor who recently pleaded guilty to some sort of lewd behavior for, er, how shall I put this . . . "dancing" nude in his living room picture window (I'm not making this up). Public officials accused of bawdy or randy behavior, or plagued by some substance addiction, bring shame and embarrassment upon their own family, but they don't inflict damage on the citizenry en masse. Blago's brutal style of pay-to-play makes me jealous of states whose leaders just have a zipper problem.
What Blagojevich has been caught doing violates the law and the public trust, not to mention the quota for the use of "bleeps." If the events of the past few weeks proved nothing else, they should show all of Illinois that no, it's not like this everywhere else. In fact, I doubt that it's like this anywhere else. And so what if it is? Let's stop it here.
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CSB's Heather Beckius and SJU's Will Moore spend summer at MPR as Gary Eichten News Fellows
September 11, 2012
By Mike Killeen
On the first day of their summer fellowship at Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul, Minn., Heather Beckius and Will Moore were handed a card by Gary Eichten.
It wasn't a typical business card. In fact, it was more like a baseball card, featuring a picture of Eichten that MPR had handed out at the Minnesota State Fair when Eichten was host of the popular "Midday" show.
What Eichten had written on the card was far more important for Beckius, a junior at the College of Saint Benedict, and Moore, a senior at Saint John's University - his cell phone number.
"He (Eichten) said, 'Call me if you need anything, even if it's not related to journalism or MPR,' " Beckius recalled. "He just came to be a mentor and a role model. Everything he was willing to share with us was valuable."
That helped set the tone for the MPR Gary Eichten News Fellowships for Beckius and Moore. They completed their 10-week fellowship Aug. 10, learning the basics of news writing, reporting and production work with a goal to write and produce material for MPR newscasts.
The fellowship for CSB and SJU students was created in honor of Eichten, a 1969 graduate of SJU who wore many hats during an over 40-year career at MPR. He retired from his on-air duties in January, although he remains an editor-at-large for MPR News - as well as a mentor for Beckius and Moore.
"Gary is the greatest," said Moore, an English major who graduated in 2009 from St. Cloud (Minn.) Technical High School.
Actually, Eichten was one of several mentors the two students had. Kate Smith, managing editor at MPR, created a curriculum for the students to follow week-by-week. Smith said Beckius' and Moore's experience was "very different" from other newsroom fellowships at MPR.
"This was a course of study in a working newsroom designed to teach as much about news writing as we could in 10 weeks," Smith said. "My goal was to have them writing newscast stories that would be used for broadcast - and they did!"
Each week, Beckius and Moore were given reading and writing assignments that "taught them a range of skills," Smith said. They also trained on state-of-the-art digital editing systems and audio recording gear, "and when they were ready, they got their daily assignments," Smith said.
Smith and Eichten also completed the writing assignments, allowing Moore and Beckius to hear how the professionals would have handled the question at hand and turning the sessions into a discussion. "Writing is subjective enough so there isn't one right answer," Smith said.
"Kate would have us doing these little exercises, and she'd also give them to Gary, who would kind of jokingly complain about it," Moore said. "We would have the work done, and Gary would come in and say this is how he would write it. It was like, 'Why didn't I think of that? That's a good idea.' He'd show us why he did that. That was amazing, because of his 45 years of radio experience."
"I couldn't sing Kate's praises more clearly, because the fellowship ... it wasn't one of those things where we're grabbing coffee and doughnuts for the reporters," said Beckius, an English major who graduated in 2010 from Albany (Minn.) High School. "Kate really sat us down and ran us through the curriculum. She was very intentional with everything."
Although Moore had done some on-air work at KJNB Radio at CSB and SJU and KVSC-FM at St. Cloud State University, the biggest difference the two had to adjust to was writing news stories for broadcast.
"Right away, we had to switch gears mentally in writing," Moore said. "We're both English majors, so we're kind of used to writing long, stretching things out. This was completely the opposite. We had to get as much information into a small space, and still make it interesting."
"Basically, I had to throw everything I knew about writing those lyrical English papers out the window, because news (writing) is straight to the point," Beckius said. "The structure was just so different - even different than print (journalism). In print, you're writing for the eyes, and in radio you're writing for the ear."
Moore, who did about 20 stories on the air, said his most memorable moment of the summer was when former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura had what was supposed to be a 15-minute interview stretched to 30 minutes. "I just remember what a character Jesse Ventura was. That was a lot of fun," Moore said. He also cited a health care rally in Minneapolis in June just after the Supreme Court upheld the legality of President Barack Obama's health care plan that he and Beckius got to cover on their own.
Beckius said she enjoyed getting to meet the reporters and the staff. "It was unbelievable how helpful everyone was. It's a newsroom, so people are on deadline. People are in and out of the newsroom on assignments. Will and I were always welcome to tag along. In the car, they would explain what they were doing. They were all teachers, and they were all so willing to help. It was unexpected, and it was more than I could have hoped for," she said.
The same could be said for Smith.
"I was impressed with the outcome and that's truly a testament to Will and Heather," Smith said. "We brought in two students who'd never spent time in a newsroom, and in a few weeks they were interviewing sources, holding their own in the newsroom and taking any assignment that came their way. They reached out to mentors and spent time soaking up as much as they could from every experience."
Both Moore and Beckius would encourage their peers to pursue the fellowship in 2013 or 2014 - regardless of their major at CSB and SJU.
"I would say 'Go for it' - even if you're kind of iffy on it," Moore said. "Just do it, because you will not regret it. We were very much a part of the news team, and we were treated like that."
"I just want people to know that they will be taken care of there, and they shouldn't have under-confidence in their ability to thrive in the newsroom," Beckius said.


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For the first time ever, the Croods have to fight for control of their home as the villainous, be-tailed Broods attempt to conquer it! Throughout the season, the Croods defend Aaahh! Valley with Grug as their first leader and with many more historical "firsts" thrown their way. While the Croods are well-versed in dealing with enormous predators, they are about to experience gossip, golf, and even social networking for the first time ever! Still, nothing could prepare them for Eep's new love interest or Thunk's surprising first crush! Meet new characters, new creatures, and watch as the Croods adapt to the hilarious wonders of modern life.
A Gran Day Out
When Gran moves into the cave with The Croods, she drives Grug nuts and embarrasses Eep in front of the first-ever group of cool kids.
School of Hard Rocks
When teamed up with her new friend Lerk, Eep's competitive side takes over when she sets out to win the first-ever school hunting exam at any cost.
This Means Warts
When snobby neighbors move in next door and complain about a bone pile blocking their backyard view, The Croods launch into the first-ever prank war.
The First Picture Show
When Thunk invents the first-ever movie using shadow puppets, everyone in Ahhh! Valley loves it...until they are shocked by the ending.
Caved and Confused
When Grug and Ugga leave the kids alone on date night, Eep throws the first-ever house party that rages out of control and almost destroys the cave.
The Eepover / Thunkytown
When Eep has the first-ever sleepover, scary noises and shadows send the girls screaming out of the cave; Thunk saves the day when Bear Owls invade.
Mom Genes
When Grug takes Ugga hunting to find her inner growl again, she's as fierce as ever until coming face-to-face with a mom and baby too cute to catch.
Garden of Eaten
When Eep becomes a veg-a-eat-ian, the family hunts for the biggest vegetables they can find - until the plants attack and they're back to eating meat.
Night of the Living Croods / A Spoonful of Soo-gar
When The Croods experience the first-ever sugar-rush, they're hooked on the delicious new food; Grug is labeled a zombie after taking the first nap.
Friday Night Liyotes
When Grug won't let her join his winning team, Eep forms her own underdog team in the first-ever sports competition – Ahhh! Valley's annual Egg Toss.
The Crood Who Knew Too Much / Scent of a Thunk
When Thunk is so stinky he kills animals with his stench, he pretends to be a great hunter; A spider ant bite gives Grug the biggest brain in town.
Unsolved MysterEep
When Gran's cane and Sandy's bear go missing in the middle of the night, Eep chases down every clue to the first-ever mystery to find the thief.
Gran the Unfriendly Ghost / Bad Sandy
During a solar eclipse, Gran fakes her own death to teach her family a lesson. The Croods must tame Sandy's wild behavior or she'll get exiled.
It Crushes / Rebel Without a Howl
When Eep goes gaga over a new boy at school, the Croods try to cure her. Thunk falls in with the wrong crowd, to his family's dismay.
Grug vs. Math / Footloss
Grug struggles to learn a hunting skill that requires brains rather than brawn. When the adults ban dancing, the teens rebel with an underground club.
The Good Surprise / Night Mare On Eep Street
To cure their mom's bad mood, Thunk and Eep learn how to surprise her in a good way. Eep hunts for an elusive night mare but finds the night crazies.
What Screams May Come / Grunt Anything
Eep makes the scream-leading team and falls under her coach's influence. After neighbor Snoot's wife kicks him out, the Croods help him win her back.
I Think We're Alone Meow / There Will Be Eggs
Gran finds new friends just as crabby as she is. Eep and Thunk stumble upon a treasure trove of eggs and become rich -- and mistrustful of each other.
FrEepy Friday
After getting grounded (literally) for making mischief with her friends, Eep bets her father that he can't survive even one day as a teenager.
Grug vs. Gurg / Unfair Fair
To get a break from his honey-do list, Grug has his doppelgänger fill in for him. Eep and Thunk try to sabotage a pair of cheaters' idea fair project.
Baby Face-Off / The Pursuit of Wrinkliness
While Thunk baby-sits, Sandy gets blamed for trouble caused by a tiny new neighbor. Worried Thunk is too soft to survive, Gran vows to toughen him up.
Croodtopia / Hands on a Hard Egg
The valley's kids seize a chance to create a no-rules society. With a huge egg at stake, a contest is held to see who can hold onto it the longest.
Disaster of Puppets / Love Will Eep Us Together
After inventing ventriloquism, Thunk gets jealous when his puppet upstages him. Banned from dating, Eep sets out to unite two buffalippos instead.
The Tide is Nigh / Rain Gran
Eep becomes a death-guard at the watering hole, which proves less exciting than she thought. Gran convinces everyone she can control the weather.
Dawn of the Broods
On vacation, the Croods find a family living alone in a utopia too good to be true. The Croods must escape and warn Ahhh! Valley before it's too late.
It Takes Aaahh! Valley
When the Croods return to Aaahh! Valley they find that the evil Broods family have taken over and Grug must work with fellow Valleyites to defeat them.
Deus Ex Monkhuahua / Slak Attack
Sandy becomes jealous when the family gets an adorable Monkhuahua. Eep and Thunk act like lazy "slaks" instead of doing their schoolwork and chores.
A Gran Adventure / Gorgey Girl
When Gran decides to pass on her inheritance, she sends Ugga and Eep on the first treasure hunt to find it! Eep has the first pen pal in Gulp Gorge.
127 Owwws / 28 Fleas Later
Eep and Thunk become obsessed with a new trend known as "quicktogramming." Grug accidentally causes the first outbreak of a "super bug."
To Squawk With Love / Lerk was the Night
Eep and Lerk venture into the Garden of Eaten after the Broods spike the Watering Hole. Eep & Thunk cheer up Squawk to avoid the first final exam.
The Flawed Couple / Go-Sip Girl
Ugga mistakenly creates the first gossip to impress the "nitting" club. To learn about jobs, Grug assigns kids to the first "shadowing."
Munk History / Happy Howl Day
Eep refuses to join in when Ahhh! Valley celebrates their first holiday, "Howl Day." Grug tries to solve the mystery of where Munk's family is.
Snooty and the Beasts
After rescuing Kevin and almost having a first kiss, Eep sets up dangerous situations to recreate the moment. Meanwhile, Grug and Snoot go on a rescue mission.
Zero Dark Thunky / Pie vs Pie
At the Valley's food competition, Thunk and Ugga mistakenly make a new hit food. Thunk is captured by the Broods and develops feelings for Blurg.
Super Smash Siblings / A Hole in Grug
Eep and Thunk compete against their classmates in "Ahhh-Smashin." After being denied a spot on the Valley's Wall of Fame, Grug creates a new game.
Bait with Destiny / Sappy Together
Grug and Gran must work together after getting stuck to each other with sticky tree sap. Eep gets jealous when Thunk is invited to join the hunters.
Scare Tactics / DisturbiAHHH!
Grug teaches Thunk "scare tactics" to defend against the Broods. Eep thinks Snoot is holding Aaahh! Valleyites captive in his cave.
Thunk O'Clock High / The Croo-gitive
Thunk must face a bully that's notorious for being an animal. The Croods flee after Grug is accused of robbing caves and stealing food for the Broods.
A Few Good Grugs / Valley Shine Day
The Valley has the first "try-all" against the Croods to see if Grug stole food for the Broods; Thunk asks Kevin to teach him to be more irresistible
My Big Fat Gran Wedding / The Strutting Edge
After being called out for having commitment issues by Grug, Gran decides to make the ultimate commitment: marrying Mow!; After embarrassingly choking at the prior Valley's "beastie Pageant", Eep asks previous winner Gran to train her to be the best
Caverns and CrEEPers / Rad Teacher
When Eep is kicked out of Thunk's new imaginary role-playing adventure game she decides to play her own, real version of the game; Fed up with Squawk's mean teaching style, Eep has Grug fire him and replace him with Rad, the quintessential young, cool teacher
Chalk the Line / Weighting is the Hardest Part
Eep cheats her way into being considered an adult; Grug learns he's no longer the strongest caveman and turns to a radical method for building brawn
Worms of Endearment / Dr. Strange Grug
Lerk and Thunk hide all the valley's worms in a cave to protect them from the hunters who want to use them as bait; Grug invents the spear and pitches it to the Valley as a tool that will change cavemanity forever!
Tunnel of Terror / Creature from the Croods Lagoon
Eep, Thunk, Lerk, and Womp set out to make it to the end of "The Tunnel of Terror" within the Cave of Secrets; After being rescued by a mysterious creature at the watering hole, Thunk tries to convince the Valley that a "sea thing" exists and it's not just his imagination
Voice Fail Part 1 & 2
When Grug wakes up without a voice, he and Ugga go on the hunt to find his voice, while Eep, Thunk, and Gran stay behind. But when the Valleyites come to Eep with questions for Grug, she takes this opportunity to be a leader by pretending to have a conversation with Grug in their cave
Grug's First Chance / Furry Road
Tired of settling disputes between Valleyites, Grug invents "Chance," a two-sided rock that can be flipped to determine all decisions in the Valley; In a nature documentary-style, Thunk tells the story of Beary, a peaceful Thunk-like cub that struggles to fit into a violent bear owl culture
Punch-Thunk Love / Nay Boors
When Eep and the others try to intervene with Thunk and Blurg's first date, they decide to run away so they can live happily ever after; Snoot and Ugga race each other to get to the Doomsday Skunkguin but are forced to put their differences aside once the weirder animals come out to hunt them down
Wrestlebabia / Flowers for Munk
When Sandy can't join animal wrestling she poses as "Mandy Monkhuahua"; In order to help Munk, Grug sticks super worms up his nose that make him smarter
They Might Be Sky Giants/ The Grugest Story Ever Told
After getting hit on the head, Eep has a vision and sets out to get the Valley to show how thankful they are; Grug feels like he's the biggest joke in Ahhh Valley, so he asks Thunk to make a "buy-o-pic" of him to show people just how truly great he is
Can't Hardly Bait / The Crood Détente
After Womp is told he can't attend the upcoming school ceremony, Thunk makes it his personal mission to get Womp to pass every subject before the ceremony; When the Valleyites disagree with letting the Broods move to Ahhh! Valley, Grug throws a giant party to force them to become best friends
This is An End Part 1 & 2
With a big meteorite headed straight for Ahhh! Valley, Grug gathers a team to try and stop the rock before it destroys the valley while Ugga takes the rest of the family to go do the one thing they've always wanted to do in Ahhh! Valley before they evacuate
Eep is an adventurous teenager whose curiosity sometimes gets her into a bit of trouble. She wants to fit in with the cool kids, but she always remembers to put her family first.
Thunk is pretty clumsy - he can't hunt like the rest of his family, but he's a dreamer at heart. His creativity makes him different from everyone else, although he doesn't realize it!
Grug is a strong dad and confident hunter who loves his family and would do anything to protect them, even when they don't need protecting! He doesn't like it when things change, but he never gives up.
Ugga is a stay-at-cave mom who balances out Grug's strength with her smarts. She looks for peaceful ways to solve problems but if you threaten her family, watch out! She can be fierce.
Sandy is the baby of the family, and she's as wild as she is cute. She doesn't talk yet, but the family can already tell she's going to be a dangerous hunter when she grows up.
Gran is Ugga's mother and the oldest person in Ahhh! Valley. Her hobbies include making fun of Grug and... that's pretty much it.
Lerk has decided that she's Eep's new best friend - whether Eep likes it or not!
The Boors
Snoot and Meep Boor think they're better than The Croods, and they're always trying to think of a sneaky way to gain the upper hand over their neighbors! Meanwhile Sulk and Bulk, their kids, run with the "in-crowd" in school.
Munk is Grug's best friend and works in the same hunting-pack. He lost his family, but maybe one day he'll figure out how to remember where he left them.


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Story highlights
- LeWeb's "Faster than real time" theme refers to precognitive tech that can predict our choices
- Youth thrive in an information-overloaded world and do not see problems coming, says Falls
- Falls asks, What are the social and legal implications of predictive technology?
As "faster than real time" technology capable of predicting our every move is discussed at LeWeb in London this week, it seems prudent to ask whether such developments will actually improve our lives.
Always-connected apps and platforms currently have us texting, networking and even talking to Siri while driving. As if that wasn't bad enough, we're unveiling applications that not only know where you are now, but where you're probably going next. They'll also guess what you'll buy while you're there and who you'll most likely be talking to.
Thankfully, our overmedicated and undisciplined youth are predicated to thrive in this information overloaded, attention deficit disordered world, so most don't see any problem with more data, features and apps.
But at some point, someone will have to draw the line. Unfortunately, if we don't start paying attention to the social and legal implications of this technology, that duty will fall to the government. And who thinks that will work out well?
As Jeremiah Owyang of digital advisory firm Altimeter Group wrote recently, store clerks could soon be using facial recognition and online influence scores to help them prioritize who needs help.
But tell a politician that his or her score on Klout, the social media influence ranking website, may prioritize the attention they get from a voter -- or even the level of service they receive from a bartender -- and let's see how many injunctions get filed by the end of happy hour.
Fast-forward to the anticipatory software of the future. I imagine someone is already building an app that scrapes location-based data to tell marketers where you'll eat next and who will be with you. I don't think this exists yet, but the brilliant brains behind today's start-ups will come up with it soon enough.
At what point does this real-time and "faster than real time" push become creepy? And when it does, who will step in to say: "Okay, let's not get carried away?"
It will probably happen in Europe before it does in the United States, where lax privacy regulations reign. But shouldn't it be tackled sooner rather than leaving it until it triggers a heavy-handed response.
If it's left to parliament in the UK, Congress in the U.S. or legislators in other countries -- democratic or not -- then we are setting ourselves up for disappointment.
Whenever preferential treatment to one set of people, governments usually intervene. But surely playing favorites with race, sex, and religion is a far cry from the marketing segmentation delivered by "faster than real time" technology? Or is it?
The real-time technology of today is already frightening for some, although it is becoming less so as the over sharing of personal data becomes culturally more acceptable. But this notion of "faster-than-real-time," while fascinating, may predict a much darker, more Orwellian future.
Tread softly LeWeb. We don't want you to get carried away.


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By Megan Stacy
'Katie Tottenham says her relationship to her 1890s Southtown cottage has evolved over the years.
In the beginning, it was love at first sight — or more precisely, love at first sight of the kitchen sink. The rest of the house needed work, but there was something about the white porcelain sink, with its deep, rounded basin, that felt meant to be.
When she bought the house in 2004, she was just 24 years old and had recently begun her career as a real estate agent.
"It was nice that I was young and naive because I had no clue what I was doing walking into a 120-year-old home," she says.
In the eight years since, there have been some rocky periods in the relationship as she slowly took on various restoration projects.
"This house and I have taken a break a couple times," Tottenham says.
She rented the home out twice while life took her toward other adventures, but she always returned to work on the house, one project at a time.
Some of her first projects were all about improving the flow of rooms in the 1,500-square-foot house and making them feel more open.
Tottenham knocked down the wall between the dining and living room and opened up the connection to the dining room and kitchen. She also took space from the living room and closed it in to expand the closet and bathroom in the master bedroom.
One day she decided the ceiling in the living room was too low. She called some friends, got a crowbar, and in an hour and a half ripped the ceiling out. She left the ceiling beams and painted everything white.
"I like the juxtaposition of longleaf pine floors to the white of exposed rafters," she says.
While historical, the home itself didn't have a strong architectural personality. To add period touches, Tottenham installed transom windows above doorways and bead board paneling in one room.
When she bought the home, all the doorways except one were devoid of actual doors. It took her several years to decide what to do with these empty doorframes, but she finally settled on white sliding barn doors that conserve space.
In the years she lived in the home, she's worked on projects in every room. All the floors were refinished. The master bathroom received a complete remodel. She also added a backyard deck off the living room and replaced the single door to the backyard with wall-to-wall glass sliding doors.
For the interior, Tottenham chose an uncluttered, simple design.
Most of the rooms are painted white, except for a cool blue in the master bedroom.
When choosing furnishings, she took a lesson from her grandmother and chose timeless pieces.
"My grandmother hasn't done her living room in 25 years, but it still looks classic and contemporary," she says.
Tottenham also blended in some modern detailing, like a clear acrylic chair and an eye-catching modern chandelier in the dining room that looks like a starburst of light.
"I think good design is when you tastefully mix different styles," she says.
Her most recent project has been a kitchen remodel. The basin sink that caught Tottenham's eye eight years ago is still there, but there are new marble countertops, stainless steel appliances and a double oven.
Tottenham says she grew up with the house; she can look around and be reminded of different projects and stages of her life.
"It symbolizes a lot to me," she says.
Megan Stacy is a San Antonio freelancer.


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Reel Dad: Get Out delivers thrills
(Arts and Leisure welcomes back Jonathan Schumann this week. The son of Reel Dad Mark Schumann, Jonathan started writing about film for Arts and Leisure in 1999 as part of the original "Take Two" duo with his dad. Jonathan now works in market research in New York City. And he still loves movies.)
by Jonathan Schumann
The new thriller Get Out begins with a haunting, perfectly executed cold open. A young black man walks down the street of a suburban neighborhood. He's talking on his phone, everything seems fine. The streets are well-lit; the homes and hedges look inviting.
But this is a thriller where there's always something sinister lurking behind the seemingly placid surface. Soon a menacing white sports car starts stalking him. I won't spoil his fate, but you can read between the lines. It's not only a chilling sequence, it's also one with familiar ripples.
Writer/director Jordan Peele, better known as half of the erstwhile comedy duo Key and Peele, has constructed a social thriller that delivers twists and satisfying scares, but has bigger ideas on its mind. Peele embraces the spirit of the great paranoia thrillers of the 1970s – Get Out feels particularly in dialogue with The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby – to comment on race in America. The sinister conspiracy at the core of Get Out is scary, but what it acts as a metaphor for is far more frightening.
The setup is simple. Rose (Allison Williams, perfectly cast and confidently stretching beyond her Girls persona) brings home her boyfriend Chris (Sicario's Daniel Kaluuya) to meet her parents. Rose is white and Chris is black, so the whole thing is very Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Rose assures Chris that her parents are open-minded liberals, and at the outset, everything seems normal. Missy (Being John Malkovich's Catherine Keener, always a welcome presence) comes off as a warm earth mother and Dean (The West Wing's Bradley Whitford, a pro at playing smarmy) seems harmless if effusive about his stance on equality ("I would have voted for Obama a third time if I could," he boasts to Chris). But this is a film about surfaces and what lurks beneath them and, pretty soon, we realize something is off.
It's that moment – when the audience secures its ultimate clue – that makes any psychological thriller feel complete. Because we may figure out what will happen before the characters on screen, we can only hope they get smart soon enough to avoid an inevitable conclusion. But that might not be as much fun at the movies. And we go to thrillers because they are fun.
To share any more of Get Out's plot would rob you of the great pleasure of watching it unfold. Suffice to say, all is not what it seems, and the film's title is apt.
(Get Out is Rated R for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references. The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes. Reel Dad Rating: 4 Popcorn Buckets)
Interested in other movie thrillers? Check out these classics – in the spirit of Get Out – that are available for online streaming:
It Follows
The suburban hysteria found in the opening moments of Get Out recall the extended, one-shot sequence at the start David Robert Mitchell's intelligent riff on the horror genre. Similar to Peele's work here, Mitchell toys with and subverts the conventional horror narrative, all the while spinning a compelling, terrifying yarn.
The Stepford Wives
Similar to Get Out, this film – my favorite of the paranoia thriller sub-genre – casts suburbia as a villain. Katherine Ross is Joanna, a skeptical New Yorker who moves with her family to the picturesque bedroom community of Stepford. Right off the bat, Joanna notices that the housewives of Stepford seem just a little too perfect. Suspense and scares ensues.
Why We Love Movie Thrillers
by Mark Schumann, The Reel Dad
Since movies began to talk, they have loved the chance to thrill. There's something irresistible to movie makers about creating just enough discomfort for an audience to begin to question the security of their whereabouts. And every so often a new thriller, like Get Out, comes along to join the gallery of classics.
Here are a few of my favorite thrillers.
Rear Window (1954)
This perfect film is the ideal introduction for anyone who wants to get know movie thrillers. Without a drop of blood, director Alfred Hitchcock frightens at every turn as a well-intentioned man starts to notice too many details about his neighbors. James Stewart and Grace Kelly perfectly capture the curiosity that can kill any cat. And can make a thriller such a favorite movie experience.
Vertigo (1958)
From its opening moments – when James Stewart tries to chase a bad guy across the rooftops of San Francisco – we know we're in for more than a routine tale from Alfred Hitchcock. So when this aging detective first meets femme fatale Kim Novak we can see how such a selfish connection can only produce misery. Hitchcock toys with our expectations for movie romance as he surprises with every twist in a film that refuses to age.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
At the movies, we never know what may actually happen behind closed doors. On the surface, this looks like a simple story of two aging sisters who live together. Yes, they may be eccentric, perhaps they can be sinister. But what lurks behind the shadows in their lives fills the film with some of the most memorable sight gags in thriller history. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford have a great time chewing scenery in this thriller with an edge.
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Two years later – after the success of Baby Jane – Davis and Crawford were set to team again in this sinister tale of secrets in the Deep South. But Crawford bowed out shortly before shooting began. Her replacement — veteran Olivia de Havilland – brings such a chilly precision to her performance that we're treated to many more fireworks than the original pair would have generated. Agnes Moorhead scores as the all-too-wise household help.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
No one expected much before this film was released. Yes, the book was popular, but star Mia Farrow was best known as one of Frank Sinatra's more interesting marital selections and director Roman Polanski was still considered unproven. But the film – based on Ira Levin's best seller – could be the most frightening of thrillers because its premise feels so accessible. And it all begins simply, when a young couple move into their dream apartment in Manhattan.
The Conversation (1974)
Francis Ford Coppola – the same year he directed the Oscar-winning The Godfather Part II – snuck this thriller into movie theaters while no one was paying attention. The result is one of the great rides of the early 1970s with Gene Hackman in top form as a suspicious surveillance expert. Coppola perfectly creates the context for intense paranoia as Hackman makes his fears feel all too human.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
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Tell No One (2006)
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Fox and Friends (of the Sasquatch)
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Cliff braving the zeitgeist, great job!ReplyDelete
Hey Cliff,ReplyDelete
Tomm Naff here. A good interview, but one question: Will future episodes of "Finding Bigfoot" have more substance, and less hype?
I hope so!
Hey Cliff,ReplyDelete
Great interview and I agree with you, it does not matter if others believe. They did not believe in the world being round or in the mountain gorilla. Guess what the earth is round and gorillas exist. Keep to the evidence brother!
You did a great job, as always, well spoken and enthusiastic. Keep being yourself and sticking with your stance. We respect you for those things.ReplyDelete
- spencerJanuary 5, 2012 at 1:40 PM
i believe there is at 17 i found prints near mt RainerReplyDelete
- Kari CelestineJanuary 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Great interview, Cliff! I love watching, Finding Bigfoot. Since I'm Native American, I believe that humans share this earth with animals we can see, and some we can't. A lot of Indian people believe that Sasquatch is a spirit, who appears to just certain people. I've been fascinated with Cryptozoology and Paleotology all my 43 years. Cliff, you're awesome!ReplyDelete
I think you lost him when you mentioned that humans are great apes. They're not into all that evolution nonsense at Fox.ReplyDelete
Great job Cliff!I think you lost the guy.Well done.ReplyDelete
- Dennis PfohlJanuary 5, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Well done my friend, well done!ReplyDelete
Fantastic Job Cliff!ReplyDelete
Sad it had to be on Fox, but you add a great deal of credibility to their entire network!
Awesome job on the show Cliff! Glad they sent you. You rolled with the few punches but I'm not sure some other people could have.ReplyDelete
Cliff- you handled yourself well as usual where discussing Sasquatches is concerned. I think if more doubters would pick up a few well written books on the subject and do a little research on sasquatches they would be surprised. I was shocked to know that as humans we have as many hair folicles as non- human primates! There is so much more to learn about our wonderful world. Keep on lighting the way!ReplyDelete
- CentralOCJanuary 5, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Dr Johnson, you're mistaken. Human beings related to great apes has absolutely nothing to do with evolution. It has to do with taxonomy. Two different things. Cliff was right in his taxonomy, and the reporter was right to be skeptical regarding the existence of Bigfoot (despite the best efforts of BFRO researchers, the evidence is still weak at this point). Great interview, Cliff. Keep up the great work with the BFRO team.ReplyDelete
Love FOX news and finding bigfoot! hope you get to do it for ten seasons!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 6:54 AM
It's ok Cliff everyone who knows the truth believes you besides fox news is lameReplyDelete


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"Two Poly kids," Allice said Wednesday, a few days after announcing his retirement. "I have been very lucky. I remember Martha came to me with a long jump PR of 18 feet, 10 inches, and she was over 21 feet by the end of that season. I thought 'well, that was easy.'"
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I enjoy classic cinema, particularly Hollywood and British fare of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
The other night my wife, Hedy, and I settled down on the couch to watch the 1946 film "Gilda," starring one of the most iconic people of the silver screen: Rita Hayworth. Miss Hayworth has to rank as one of the most elegant and beautiful ladies ever to walk the face of the planet.
Oh yeah, actor Glenn Ford and some other notables were also in the film.
As the opening credits dissolved into the movie's first scene, Hedy turned to me.
"Do you realize that every person in this film is dead?"
Well, uh, yeah, now that you mention it. The black-and-white motion picture is 66 years old!
That bit of profundity cast a pall on things. Suddenly, my popcorn — drenched in sodium and fat — seemed less appealing than it had 30 seconds earlier.
Her observation prompted within my consciousness a recitation of that famous tombstone admonition: "Remember me as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me."
It was as though Rita, Glenn and the other cast members were now calling out from the Great Beyond: "Take heed. You'll join us anon!"
What "Gilda" has become to me today, I've decided — besides great theater — is analogous to Thornton Wilder's "Our Town": existential musings in a graveyard.
Quite literally, however, the film is a compilation of routine workdays from 67 years ago (it was shot in 1945 and released in '46), preserved as a thematic "whole" for cinema buffs like me. Those workdays were not unlike workdays we've all put in throughout recent weeks, months and years.
One scene depicts Hayworth, Ford and actor George Macready drinking champagne in a glamorous Buenos Aries casino. That setup actually took place on a Hollywood soundstage on a particular day — or perhaps days — in 1945.
Rita, Glenn and George had lines to memorize and deliver, and screen business to attend to. The tightly scripted episode required that every cast and crew member carry out necessary and specialized tasks.
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The screenplay called for the actors to toast one another and sip champagne. Actual carbon dioxide bubbles rose from nucleation points on the walls of those fluted glasses in real time, reached the liquid's surface and burst into the 1945 ether.
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I watched it all unfold again — for a zillionth time digitally — a couple of weeks ago in my family room. My context was different, however. It's 2012 for me, not 1945.
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Yet, I know that Rita, Glenn and George have been pushing up daisies for a very long time. They've gone to their reward and are unable any longer to savor the corporeal pleasures of fluted glasses and champagne bubbles.
Macready died of emphysema 29 years after that scene was shot. The images on film of him blowing elegant cigarette smoke curls have added poignancy considering the nature of his demise. He was 73.
Hayworth died 43 years after director Charles Vidor shouted "cut" for the scene. She passed on at age 68 of Alzheimer's, a jarring affront to her devastating beauty. Anyone see that coming?
Ford died 62 years after the film was shot of complications from multiple strokes. No longer a chiseled visage with pomaded hair, he was 90.
On celluloid, the three remain forever youthful and able to savor champagne's giddy luminescence. Yet their actual mortal remains have long since decayed.
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vbox: possible exploit
Problems: VirtualBox compiler kBuild changes permissions on already installed files. USB linked between host and guest allows read/write/acces permissions to such devices. Current flash exploit- cam jacking.
If the guest machine is Windows and the browser is IE or firefox unsecured, a malicious person can take control of the device that is linked to the guest.
Now I am glad for BSD security. These weaknesses open up a world of exploits.
And VirtualBox doesn't run on most BSDs *yet*
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
The first problem I was shown with the vbox was the kbuild system. A good list of binaries it changes permissions. The second problem was that it won't run on amd64. A debian user posted his output and the answer basically was, "Sorry, can't handle it." (He was trying to run a 32bit system with a host that had a 64bit environment. Since vbox needs 32bit libraries to run, it hasn't been ported yet. I had the exact same problem as he did when trying to build it on FreeBSD amd64 release 7. If two different OS's with the same architecture have the same build errors, your application hasn't been ported. This will cause a problem in future releases.) Third problem was shown on an Arch Linux wiki when a developer stated that a security hole is opened up when you give permissions to a possible unsecured source for a USB device. I remembered the flash exploit, the instability of IE, and the fact that Windows has no real user control. Now take all of that plus that Linux allows any user access to root.
The exploit is easy to setup.
In fact, any exploit which allows access to a device can be passed to the host. I call these "tunnel exploits."
Security holes are not patched by the developers nor are they using the FreeBSD stable release to build.
Another problem that was pointed out to me by a FreeBSD hacker is that some of the newer parts of kbuild are similar to FreeBSD make. Code stealing, hmm? License breaking, hmm? Wasn't there something recently about DeRaadt and the GPL and now this?
Last edited by Mr-Biscuit; 17th October 2008 at 11:16 AM.
s/now/not ;-)
Just lending you a hand adam.
A little extreme, perhaps but.....
"On the other hand (I'm not a makefile expert), browsing through
http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/wiki/kmk it looks like most "new" features
are present in FreeBSD's make, though in a different form (and were
probably implemented ages ago so they just went ahead and reinvented the
wheel again). For example:
# Explicit multi-target rules, i.e. explicit make rules that output more
than one file.
make(1): "Dependency lines consist of one or more targets, an operator... "
# Prepend assignment operator
I think you can do this with regular variable expansion.
# The special .NOTPARALLEL goal has been extended...
The .NOTPARALLEL goal exists, but it looks like it's not "extended".
Anyway it doesn't matter."
There is too much in common.
"FreeBSD's make doesn't have many builtin functions but arithmetic
operations work by default (".if $a < 10"). There are no binary
operators. Some string functions are present as operators (like "O -
Order every word in the variable alphabetically"). You can simulate many
functions and operators by invoking shell scripts.
# A bunch of builtin utilities which will be invoked without spawning
new process or shell. Most of these are taken from BSD. (cp, echo, cat,
Though it says they came from BSD, I can't find anything about builtin
utilities in make(1). Just use regular shell utilities."
It isn't released under a BSD license.
"VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction."
This is my opinion.
You can't copyright ideas, when you do, it's called a patent.. and as you know, patents are lame.
Anyway, if you think taking an idea and reimplementing it is bad, you might want to do a little more research..
I'll end my part in this post with,
"Give credit where credit is due."
No BSD license for BSD parts used, no credit given. License isn't followed, sounds like stealing to me. Re-implement? Yes, by all means but refer back to the previous statement.
From the FreeBSD src/COPYRIGHT.
Most of the older stuff (cat, head, etc) still has a forth clause about not using the name of the University nor the names of its contributors as an endorsement without permission. Some even older stuff still has the removed 3rd clause still sitting their and a note in src/COPYING that it is nullified.
So, as long as they have not forgotten the 2nd clause of the license, they are not likely doing anything wrong IMHO. And apparently, it's fairly obvious there is BSD code used, which aside from the disclaimer serves the main point of the 1st clause.
BSD License != RMS License
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
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