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Toy Story 3 Look and Find

Look and Find: Toy Story 3 follows Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of the Toy Story gang as they set off on their newest adventure. Children ages four to seven will search through colorful, action-packed scenes for dozens of hidden Disney characters and objects. Children will have fun and develop their powers of observation with this beautifully illustrated picture book.

Children will delight in seeking out cleverly hidden characters and everyday items such as toys, school supplies, and household items in each vividly drawn scene. Look and Find: Toy Story 3 prompts children to:
Wade through Andy s room to find the items he needs for college, including his skateboard, cell phone, and laptop
Peruse the Sunnyside Daycare for playthings hidden among such favorite characters as Jessie, Rex, and Hamm
Search the daycare s toddler room for big plastic keys, bouncy balls, and wooden blocks
Locate the missing dishes from new friend Bonnie s kitchen set
Hunt for art supplies in the daycare s bins, where Slinky Dog, Bullseye, and other Toy Story friends are trapped
Track down Buzz, Woody, and Rex as they cross the playground during their escape
Look in the landfill for broken toys next to Buzz, Jessie, and the others
Find new pals like Chuckles the Clown, Dolly, and a unicorn named Buttercup in Bonnie s backyard

A section at the back of the book challenges children to find dozens of additional items, providing hours more of look-and-find fun. The sturdy hardcover binding stands up to repeated use, so children can enjoy searching these look-and-find pictures again and again.

Just got down from a weekend trip with some friends in Taal, despite Level 2 signals being raised on the matryoshka volcano. I would not go so far as to say that Filipinos monopolize the moniker of being thrill-seeking perverts, since I read that some National Geographic photographers of various descents cheerfully climb into the craters of about-to-erupt volcanoes just to get that perfect picture. I normally jump at any opportunity to get away for the weekend, but I think I’m going to have to lay off the two-day trips for awhile. Maybe until next week.

While leafing through a local magazine in the house we had rented for the weekend, I found out that the Taal Lake Yacht Club is offering hobie cat lessons for about two thousand pesos, or around $40. Too bad I read the magazine 4 a.m. Sunday and that no one else really wanted to drop that kind of money just to imitate Zac Efron from the first five minutes of Charlie St. Cloud. Besides, I have a feeling I could easily fall in love with sailing, and with the tight schedule we were running I didn’t have the heart to speed through a fantastic (and not-too-cheap) hour of hobie-sailing with just an ounce of sleep and five beers sloshing around my stomach. Let me know if you’re up for it and we’ll go up some time before the lava hits the lake.

Meanwhile, we settled for a quick trip to the small town of Taal and saw the houses of some famous historical figures such as that of Dona Marcela Agoncillo, where the first Philippine flag was sewn, and the house of Gen. Ananias Diokno, ancestor of the famous Jose Diokno, the lawyer-thorn on Marcos’ side during the Martial Law regime. I seriously think the town could give Vigan a run for its money, but I think the latter has the former beat due to one important thing: cobblestone streets. I’m a sucker for the clippity-clopping of horse hooves on stone. It is my sincerest belief that every town should hire the services of a proper marketing or PR consultancy firm to figure out how to get more weekend tourists. Online bloggers slash weekend-trip-warriors can only go so far in spreading the word, and are a highly volatile bunch at that.

I enjoyed the suman sa lihiya, a sticky rice cake with just a breath of sweetness, sold for six pesos a pop at the local market, and bought ten pieces for home. Sadly, as I write this, I realize I had forgotten the bag in the rented house inside a bag of food we had left for the caretaker. And my shoes. I’m trying to console myself saying that was how good the suman was, that I totally forgot everything else. I even bumped into some friends I hadn’t seen in a really long while, which is the same feeling as finding money in your freshly laundered jeans. You’re free to spend the good vibes any which way you want. Meanwhile, I suggest the same thing as a previous post that you go out and visit a local town for the weekend. There are some really good things to see out in the countryside, and some really good times to be had with family and friends.

Milgaard lobbies for innocents
He presses politicians to resolve wrongful convictions in Quebec and Newfoundland

By KATHERINE HARDING

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Page A13, Globe and Mail

With a report from Campbell Clark

SASKATOON -- David Milgaard returned yesterday to the city where he was robbed of 23 years of his life in an attempt to publicly press politicians to resolve two wrongful conviction cases that have been languishing for years.

"It saddens me to say today that I'm ashamed to be a Canadian," Mr. Milgaard, who has largely shunned the public spotlight since being released from a Manitoba prison in 1992, told reporters in Saskatoon.

But Mr. Milgaard, who was 17 when he was convicted in 1970 for the murder of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller, made it clear he wasn't there to co-operate with a public inquiry that is currently probing how he was wrongfully sent to jail for 23 years.

"To be frank with you, it makes me physically sick . . . it's in my past and I want to leave it in the past," he said, adding he still wants to find out who was responsible for the miscarriage of justice.

It was a difficult decision for him to come forward yesterday, he said, but he felt compelled because "these people are still fighting" for justice.

"I try to stay away from these things. It keeps my head straight," said the Vancouver resident, who is writing a book of poetry and "real life stories."

Mr. Milgaard, who recently remarried, said he didn't like returning to Saskatoon -- Ms. Miller's body was found in an alley a short distance from where yesterday's news conference was held -- but he knew the location would receive the most media attention for Mr. Dumont and Mr. Dalton.

Mr. Milgaard's rare public plea yesterday, which he said would likely be a one-time event, did little to persuade governments to review their positions.

Joanne Marceau, a spokeswoman for the Quebec Justice Department, said Mr. Dumont isn't eligible for compensation because he hasn't "established his factual innocence." Newfoundland Justice Minister Tom Marshall said Mr. Dalton's case was still being reviewed.

In Ottawa, Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said that the Liberal government considered a British-style independent commission when it brought in reforms in 2002, but chose a different tack after a series of public consultations.

Mr. Cotler said that the Canadian conviction-review process is more appropriate for a federal system where provinces are in charge of prosecuting crime.

He said he is open to considering other systems, however: "If in the end of the day, it would be found that the best model would be an independent commission, we would not exclude that."

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