One minute you?re cruising through a dinosaur theme park in your Land Rover, enjoying swelling music as herbivore dinosaurs raise their long, mighty necks, and the next you?re dodging a T. rex that has chosen you ? insignificantly fleshy thing ? as its second breakfast.
Do you have the dinosaur smarts to make it out of this park alive?
- Elizabeth Barber,?Contributor
1. You hop into a jeep and begin cruising through the park's Jurassic zone. Welcome to the park! Enjoy the swelling music! But wait, if something terrible were to happen here ? say, all the electrical systems failed and the dinosaurs went loose in the park ? what dinosaur of the below choices should you be most worried about in the Jurassic zone?
The Allosaurus, a cousin to the T. rex and a ferocious predator at the top of its food chain, lived during the Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago. The other dinosaurs listed all lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 145 to 60 million years ago and ending with a mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. Yes, the 1993 movie ?Jurassic Park? was actually a ?Cretaceous Park.?
The Allosaurus, a cousin to the T. rex and a ferocious predator at the top of its food chain, lived during the Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago. The other dinosaurs listed all lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 145 to 60 million years ago and ending with a mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. Yes, the 1993 movie ?Jurassic Park? was actually a ?Cretaceous Park.?
The Allosaurus, a cousin to the T. rex and a ferocious predator at the top of its food chain, lived during the Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago. The other dinosaurs listed all lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 145 to 60 million years ago and ending with a mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. Yes, the 1993 movie ?Jurassic Park? was actually a ?Cretaceous Park.?
The Allosaurus, a cousin to the T. rex and a ferocious predator at the top of its food chain, lived during the Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago. The other dinosaurs listed all lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 145 to 60 million years ago and ending with a mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. Yes, the 1993 movie ?Jurassic Park? was actually a ?Cretaceous Park.?
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The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota is recognizing restoration efforts at the nearly 100-year-old Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, including ceiling repairs in the narthex. (Submitted photo: Preservation Alliance of Minnesota)
A project that restored aging and damaged stone interiors at the nearly 100-year-old Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis is getting high marks from local preservationists.
The project, completed in 2012, is among the 10 winners of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota?s 2013 Minnesota Preservation Awards announced Monday. The awards recognize projects for their ?significant contribution to Minnesota?s preservation accomplishments.?
?From our perspective it was a great project,? said Will O?Keefe, communications and programs coordinator for the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. ?The energy they put into it was really impressive.?
Thirty projects were nominated. A 10-member jury of preservation experts picked out the winning projects, ranging from the basilica and the newly renovated St. Paul Union Depot to a flower shop and ?historic roadside properties? in Minnesota.
Winners will be recognized at the Sept. 27 Minnesota Preservation Gala at Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
A $243 million project restored downtown St. Paul?s Union Depot into a multimodal transportation hub. (File photo: Bill Klotz)
Designed by French architect Emmanuel Masqueray, the Basilica of St. Mary was completed in 1915.
In 2011, via a Facebook contest, basilica advocates won a $110,000 ?Partners in Preservation? grant to complete the repairs to the narthex and sacristy.
Roof leaks and decades of candle smoke have ?taken their toll on the decorative interiors of this space,? according to the website of the Basilica Landmark, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving and restoring the basilica and its campus.
Drawing on detailed research and onsite analysis, crews returned limestone walls to their original patina, repaired stone, and restored ceiling paint and decorative gold leafing.
The project was part of a ?larger effort for future restoration of the basilica?s entire interior,? the website said.
The award ?recognizes The Basilica Landmark?s commitment to preserve and protect our beautiful Building of Hope?s heritage and historic character,? the nonprofit group said in a statement.
The project team included New Berlin, Wis.-based Conrad Schmitt Studios, Minneapolis-based Crawford Merz Anderson Construction Co., New York-based Evergreene Architectural Arts, Minneapolis-based Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Minneapolis-based Schuler Shook, and St. Louis-based St. Louis Antique Lighting Co.
The Weitz Center for Creativity at Carleton College in Northfield involved converting a defunct multi-era middle school into an arts education facility. (File photo: Bill Klotz)
?We all love how the two rooms turned out,? said Kelly Mastin, an architect with Miller Dunwiddie Architecture. ?They are amazing and more beautiful than anyone had anticipated.?
The other winning projects and project teams are:
C&E Lofts
Location: 2410 University Ave. W.,?St Paul
Project description: Conversion of the 96-year-old, 137,000-square-foot Chittenden & Eastman Building into 104 open-plan loft-style design apartments.
Project team: American Masonry Restoration; BKV Group; Exeter Realty; Frana Cos.; MacRostie Historic Advisors; National Window Associates; and RLK Inc.
Weitz Center for Creativity
Location: Carleton College, Northfield
Project description:?Conversion of a defunct multiera middle school into an arts education facility for Carleton and an arts destination for the community.
Project team: Carleton College; Doody Mechanical; Elert & Associates; Gallina Design LLC; Hunt Electric Corp.; James R. Larson; McGough Construction; Meyer, Borgman and Johnson; Oslund and Associates; Roof Spec Inc.; Schuler Shook; Sunde Engineering; The Talaske Group; and The Weidt Group.
Carver Country Flowers & Gifts
Location: 109 Third St. E.,?Carver
Project description:?Rehab of a 144-year-old commercial building purchased out of foreclosure in 2012.
Project team: B&K Electric; Carver Heritage Preservation Commission; city of Carver; CR Custom Painting; Glenson Contracting; Al & Annette Hentz; and ProMotion Graphics.
Cedar Square West
Location: 1600 Sixth St. S., Minneapolis
Project description:Major renovation of a 40-year-old property that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Project team: AEGON USA Realty Advisors; AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust; Blumentals/Architecture Inc.; Hess, Roise and Co.; Knutson Construction; and Sherman Associates.
Minnesota Great River Road Historic Roadside Properties
Location: Various locations
Project description: Restoration of aging roadside structures and sites, some of which were built by Works Progress Administration crews in the 1930s.
Project team: BNM Construction; Building Restoration Inc.; Close Landscape Architecture; Construction Results; Environmental Associates Inc.; MacDonald & Mack Architects; MacPherson Towne; Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission; and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Red Wing Shoe Co.
Location: Red Wing
Project description:Red Wing Shoe Co., which owns five historic properties in downtown Red Wing, was honored for ?stewardship of its historic structures and their place in the landscape of downtown Red Wing.?
Project team: Carrie Becker; City of Red Wing Planning; Curly?s Welding; Goodhue County; Goodhue County History Center; Indigo Properties; Intereum; Oregon Lumber Co.; Pineapple Grove Designs; Port Authority; Red Wing Construction; RSP Architects; Red Wing Shoe Co.; SALA Architects; and Shanker Industries.
Todd County Courthouse
Location: 221 First Ave. S. Long Prairie, Minn.
Project description:Renovation of the 130-year-old courthouse, which was once in danger of demolition.
Project team: Collaborative Design Group; Contegrity Group; Gausman & Moore; Pierce Pini & Associates; Todd County Board of Commissioners; and the Todd County Historical Society.
Union Depot
Location: 214 E. Fourth St., St Paul
Project description:A $243 million project restored the Union Depot into a multimodal transportation hub.
The alliance also honored the Willmar Design Center, a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing downtown Willmar, and David Kelliher, director of public policy for the Minnesota Historical Society. Kelliher won the alliance?s Weiming Lu Award for ?visionary leadership.?
The alliance said it has presented Minnesota Preservation Awards to more than 300 projects since 1985.
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No Wahlberg flesh, & Aniston does a very hot strip.
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2 Guns
Director: Baltasar Korm?kur Writers: Blake Masters (screenplay), Steven Grant (based on the Boom! Studios graphic novels by) Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
Mark Wahlberg & Denzel Washington are undercover agents playing each other, until they both get double-crossed and have to work together. While the plot is typical, there are enough variations to keep it interesting. The chases and fights are competent without being exceptional. What makes a film like this work is the chemistry between the leads and these guys got it! The snappy banter helps a lot (this may be Wahlberg?s best comic performance). Don?t go expecting more than basic summer action fare and you?ll be mindlessly entertained.
GAY ANGLE: No Wahlberg flesh unless you count the guns (pun intended).
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We?re the Millers
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Writers: Bob Fisher (screenplay), Steve Faber (screenplay) Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts
Jason Sudeikis plays a small-time drug dealer, who?s hired to smuggle a lot of pot from Mexico. To diffuse suspicion he hires a fake family: neighbor/stripper Jennifer Aniston, runaway/punk Emma Roberts and Will Poulter in the breakout hilarious role as the doofus adolescent. Along their way, they encounter a wacky family and some other complications. While the plot points are obvious, there?s a liberal sprinkling of humorous lines and comical characters. Granted, the current trend to be outrageous and/or gross gets a nod, but plenty of it is genuinely funny.
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GAY ANGLE: Ladies and straighties, Aniston does a very hot strip.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A fire engulfed Kenya's main airport on Wednesday forcing the closure of a vital travel and trade gateway to east Africa.
Flames from the inferno lit up the early morning sky, and the intense heat repeatedly drove back firefighters. A huge plume of black smoke billowed from the airport buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or injuries.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded outside Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the capital Nairobi, which was cordoned off to keep the public out after the fire started early in the morning in the arrivals and immigration area, officials said.
The cause of the worst fire in record at east Africa's busiest airport was not yet known.
"We are still fighting to contain the fire. Investigations will start immediately after," Michael Kamau, cabinet secretary for transport, told reporters at the airport.
"The fire started at a very central part of the airport and this made access difficult. But we have closed the airport indefinitely as we try to contain the fire."
One passenger at the airport said he heard two small explosions from the international arrival area, then sirens.
"I was waiting for my flight around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT / 10:00 p.m. Tuesday EDT) when I heard two explosions, as if from gas cylinder or electricity fault," said the passenger, a Kenyan who requested anonymity.
"Within minutes, the entire airport was secured by police and Kenya airport authority personnel, who ordered everybody out of the airport," he said.
The airport buildings were ravaged by the fire. Television pictures showed desks that had been reduced to charcoal inside the burned out terminal. The roof had partly caved in, and the floor was flooded with water from fire fighters.
Transport secretary Kamau said no plane had landed or departed since the fire started, and said he could not give any indication of when the airport would reopen. Airlines that wanted to take off without passengers have been allowed to do so, he said.
TRAVELLERS STRANDED, EXPORTERS WORRIED
Stranded passengers watched from a short distance as grey smoke continued to billow from the blackened building. Many sat on their bags or on the ground as they waited for information.
Svein Huseby, 38, an engineer from Norway had been due to fly home after visiting his Kenyan girlfriend.
"It's been chaotic ... No one knows if they will be going home in two hours, two days or two months. People are going crazy," he said.
"Some official information would have been nice."
Exporters of perishable produce, mainly flowers, said the impact of the fire would cripple their business.
"This is disastrous," Jane Ngige, chief executive officer of exporters association Kenya Flower Council, told Reuters.
Airlines are expected to divert flights to Kenya's port city of Mombasa, Eldoret in the northwest and Kisumu in the west, as well as to neighboring countries including Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Cabinet Secretary for the Interior Joseph ole Lenku said security had been heightened at the airport after the fire started.
"People should not come to the airport while this work is ongoing. No casualties have been reported and the fire fighters are doing a good job. Safety is paramount," he said.
Kenya Airways, one of the leading airlines in the region which uses the airport as its main hub, said it was diverting flights to Mombasa and that transit passengers were being taken to hotels. Other flights had been cancelled.
Shares in the airline fell 2 percent.
In Rwanda, Robert Nsinga, a spokesman for RwandAir said it had cancelled flights to Nairobi and was offering passengers flights to Mombasa instead.
Wenceslaus Rama Makuza, the chief executive officer of Uganda's Civil Aviation Authority, said no international flights had been diverted to its main airport yet, but one Air Uganda flight had been turned away from Nairobi due to the fire.
Two days ago, a fuel pump failure caused big delays at Nairobi airport.
It was also in the news last week when several duty free shops were forcefully re-possessed by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) in the early hours of Thursday, following the expiry of a lease agreement.
(Additional reporting by Kevin Mwanza, Duncan Miriri in Nairobi and Jenny Clover in Kigali and Elias Biryabarema in Kampala; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
