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Very Good
Awesome game but with little replay value
posted by ejdonnel (RALEIGH, NC) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
The true survival horror game.
posted by qbpizza (FORT WORTH, TX) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Feb 2006
Now my only complaints were that the save stations were spread out to far and you had to back track a lot, some levels were quiet annoying, and most of the necromorphs were just pretty dumb. The game has a pretty stupid weapon called the force gun, i mean why have a force gun if you already get telekinesis?!?!?!? The most annoying enemy in the game is this creature that falls and breaks into five separate pieces that would then chase you, and its arm closely resembled a face huger from Alien.
All in all the game was quiet amazing and is well worth the ten hours of gameplay.
A Blood-soaked Blast!!!
posted by elefader (CHAPEL HILL, NC) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Oct 2007
You play Issac Clarke, the engineer of a repair ship sent to investigate the USG Ishimura, a "planetcracker" cruiser that extracts the resources of an entire planet in one motion. You quickly find out that it's not entirely safe onboard....
The combat system is somewhat different that most shooters, but within 20 minutes I felt like I had mastered them. The left trigger acts as an aiming mode for any of the weapons you wield. The right trigger on its own is a meelee swing with your weapon, and the right shoulder button is like a curb stomp.
A plasma cutter can be found early in the game, and this becomes your main weapon until you start finding schematics for new weapons that can be purchased at multiple store locations. Each weapon has strengths and weaknesses, so it gives you a chance to experiment with different combinations to keep those creepy monsters away!
Each of the enemies has unique movements and methods of attack, so you'll have to utilize more than just your weapons: eventually you'll gain access to stasis and kinesis modules. The stasis module has about 6 uses before you need to fill it back up again, but the effects allow you to take on several baddies at once; this gives you enough time to make an escape, or sever their limbs (really the only way to kill the monsters) with much greater accuracy. The kinesis module gives you the power to pick up, move and throw heavy objects. You'll need it to complete several objectives throughout the game, but it also can be used as a weapon; pick up an explosive container, shoot it at a group of enemies and watch the limbs fly!
One of the game's highlights is fighting in Zero-G environments, displaying the beauty and power of the Havok game engine.
Both a worthy rental and a buy if you like replay value, which this game has in spades!!
posted by TheGuRu (RIVERSIDE, CA) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
frickin great game
posted by thrian (ALISO VIEJO, CA) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Feb 2007
Dead space. Gameflyers Awake.
posted by Largefont (ORMOND BEACH, FL) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Jul 2005
The sound is worthy of an Oscar. It is stunningly well done. I like to think that Dead Space is goig to be a new Franchise. It is as scary as Condenmed Criminal Origins and The Suffering, the first ones cause the Sequels Sucked. This is a Fun Fun game. I stongly recomended and suggest that you play it on Easy and have patience for it. Trust me that it will reward you. The achivement points counts are good. This is not a filler until resident evil 5 comes out, this one truly stands out. It borrowed alot from other franchises but they delivered a promising gaming experience and did it justice.
scare factor a 10. Sound 10. Gameplay 8. Replay value a 8. Keeper factor an 8. Visual a 7.
Overall 8.
Dead Space
posted by leejgray (WHITEFISH, MT) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Jun 2004
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Very Good
non biased review
posted by banzibill (CABOT, AR) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Aug 2007
1.)controls. They are spot on and take only a few minutes to get accustomed to.
2.)graphics. The visuals are very well done and really suck you right into the game.
3.)upgradable items. enough said.
4.)decent story
5.)mission objective pointer. I don't think enough can be said about this little jewel. This
add on gives you the ability to play the game today, and come back a month later and not be lost. Simply clicking the button shines a holographic like light on the floor directing you to your objective so you don't spend hours looking at the poorly done map ui trying to figure out where you are at.
6.)downloadible content. Right from the start they give you the option to buy a better suit off the market place. I did, and I must say it made my experience better.
1.)predictible enviroment. Sadly after a few levels you come to realise the predictible habits of the monster spawns.
2.)rinse,wash, repeat...this is perhaps the biggest flaw in the game. The game is non stop fetch this, open that, repeat. There are NO moments where you are left wondering what to do where to go.
3.)map ui. navigating the map is a nightmare. Terribly done.
In the end, this is a very fun game definatly worth playing. It has a good 15hours of gameplay for those who are casually exploring every part of the ship. I did find that by the last three chapters I was just playing only to finish the game as the same ol was geting very old to me.
Played up to Chapter 9
posted by scalan15 (MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ) Oct 24, 2008
Member since Jul 2004
Very Good
Read if you want the truth
posted by JacobC77 (RICHVALE, CA) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
lets start with the good
- graphics are great, the lighting and detail is insane, the blood looks real, and in the parts where theres no gravity the blood floats, and the physics are great.
-the story is good, obviously not the first of its kind, seems kinda like doom.
the weapons are great, all upgradable and have secondary firing options, and theres about seven.
-as you progress, they slowly introduce new enemies, and the enemies your use to fighting get better.
alright, now for the bad.
-the game itself is about 8 to 12 hours long depending on how fast you play through it.
-even though the enemies change, it gets kind of repetitive, and some of the enemies are based off halo.
so in all
there isnt too much wrong
mostly the stroy is too short and repetitive
the graphics are great, but they should have spent more time making the game longer.
and also, you can only play through the game one way, you cant change the outcome at all, so replayability is not very good, unless you wanna try a harder difficulty
posted by Perfec7 (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
Very Good
play it
posted by PYR0SIS (YUKON, OK) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
the environment is what makes this game it will scare the heck out of you at times and other times you will find yourself looking around and admiring the designers creation.
my wife even likes to watch me play this one.
Beautifully Dark, A Fantastic Horror Survival
posted by mr36man (CASPER, WY) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
As engineer Isaac Clarke you crash land into the USS Ishimura. Things don't seem right, a crew of 1000 are gone...
Right when i jumped into this game I was stunned the graphics were wonderful. After obtaining the basic weapon I discovered that the key is strategic dismemberment of the alien inhabitants. You go along fixing the mining ship piece by piece. Going along you can buy upgrades to you "RIG" and other weapons that you acquire thought out the story. I would just suggest if you want i thrilling more intense game i would start out on the medium difficulty.
This game had moments that made me jump in my chair. Whether it was a pipe bursting or an alien busts through an air duct. The back story of the game was put together really well. I would recommend this game to whoever wants a pulse pounding experience with darkness lurking around every corner.
Dead Space is a 10 out of 10
posted by Combatl33t (BELLEVUE, WA) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
I do have one little complaint about this game though. Upgrading weapons helps a lot, but when you finally max out a weapon with the nodes the weapon doesn't look any different than when you first got the weapon.
I just want a weapon to look a little different when upgraded.
Well that is all I have to say. Make sure to rent this game and only play this game at night, in the dark, preferable alone, and with headphones. You will truly enjoy the true horror of this game.
A Must Rent At The Least!
posted by Se7enFX (WEST SACRAMENTO, CA) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2007
You play as Isaac, an Engineer who works for the mining company and is sent on a repair mission... Until of course they crash land into the ship Ishimura. Soon after you'll know the ship is filled with infected humans known as the Necromorphs.
The story is pretty decent and has some twists and turns. There are video, audio, and text logs involved, making you more immersed into the universe.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL. From the amazing view during the intro, the dark, claustrophobic corridors in the ship, to the outside view of the asteroids and planets in outer space. The only other game I can compare graphics-wise would have to be Gears Of War.
As you walk through the deep maze-like hallways, you can hear the ship creak around, the breathing in Isaacs mask, and the cries of the monsters from time to time. The random bump sounds make you feel like someone is right behind you (which sometimes they are). Simply put, the sound is as amazing as the graphics.
Some of the gameplay comes from other games, mostly the 3rd person and the upgrade system
can be compared to RE4. Other than that, the various weapons are quite satisfying, especially when they are fully upgraded (personal favorite is the pulse rifle). Instead of aiming Necros in the chest region, the best way is to dismember their limbs by shooting them off. You will see that there is no HUD, the health bar can be seen through the spine, and the logs are basic holograms that are viewed in front of isaac.
The gameplay may feel a little repetitive sometimes, but it wont disappoint, I assure you.
The game is perfect, though my only wish is for co-op. A MUST OWN/RENT!
This is one awesome game
posted by Kirbtech (SOUTH HOUSTON, TX) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
A mixture of Resident Evil and Bio Shock
posted by peanut81 (LEITCHFIELD, KY) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2007
This game has a excellent story, awesome but creepy graphics. They did a really great job on lighting and sound effects. They took the best parts of Bioshock and Resident Evil 4. I would highly recommend this game if you like horror shooters.
Dead Space- A modest review by a modest man
posted by ryanclicks (MOBERLY, MO) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
Dead Space has truly blurred the line between game and interactive cinema. I was completely immersed in every aspect of gameplay. Even the map screen was interesting, and that says a lot about a game. What blurred the line for me was how well the game got under my skin. Resident Evil and Silent Hill, both favorite series of mine, handle scares pretty well. RE has become more of an action series and SH just gets lamer with each game, but Dead Space is something completely different. If you have ever seen Jacob's Ladder and experienced the dread of that film, Dead Space will bring back memories.
If there was one word to describe this game, that word would be horror. This game has nailed fear in a way most movies could only dream of. I almost quit playing near the end, not because of difficulty or boredom, but because I was afraid of what was to come next. I can not stress enough how truly scary this game is. There is no comfort to be had in this game. Not even an inventory screen can break you away from the scares. Let me explain.
There is no HUD in this game. Your health is represented by a meter on the back of your character and your ammo is a hologram floating above your gun. Your inventory screen, map, and other menus are holograms that pop up in front of your character. When activated you still have full motion control, sans shooting, and things can still attack you. This level of immersion is so awesome, you truly have to experience it yourself. I hope more games emulate this.
I loved this game. There are so many good points to it: the beautiful graphics, the haunting
Simply put - Amazing
posted by Irishy (WATERTOWN, CT) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Dec 2007
But what really blew me away was the attention to detail the developers paid to the smaller things. The lighting, for example, is so spot on realistic and creepy. You really feel like you are there. And they throw some "shadows" at you that really bugged me out. The sound is amazingly creepy...I turned around more than once in the game just to check and make sure nobody was behind me.
I played Too Human before this and that was a complete let down with its shoddy graphics and horrible controls. This game made me a believer in what a great development team can do.
posted by bulitt (TEMPE, AZ) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
posted by basicanime (FARMINGTON, MO) Oct 22, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
All in All this reminds me of John Carpemnters the THing in Space, I would recommend this to anybody who loves to play a good scary game in the middle of then ight with the surrond sound and High Def turned up.
posted by xxyo92xx (LITHIA, FL) Oct 22, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
posted by BAMBAMBOOM (ORLANDO, FL) Oct 22, 2008
Member since Sep 2008
awesome horror game 9.5
posted by importspor (ORANGE, NJ) Oct 22, 2008
Member since Dec 2006
Old ideas with New Life in Dead Space
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We've all heard the popular adage that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. For the most part, I wholeheartedly agree. Everyone we encounter won't come packaged the way we'd expect, so we can't just saunter through life always making surface determinations about people. Yet, even in the most literal sense, that "saying" only means so much when you browse the several hundred shelves of your local Barnes & Noble. There I challenge you to find a coverless book. Instead, you'll find aisles of glossy book jackets with specialized fonts and eye-capturing images. Why? Because despite the fact that the cover gives absolutely no indication of excellence, insight or profundity, human nature is more inclined to think so based on what we initially see. Simply put: the average buyer's attention is both gained and informed by a well-designed book cover.
As it's illustrated in the tangible, so it is with us. A recent USA Today article reported on a study into how appearance affects the size of one's paycheck. This one's a doosie:
So she filed a civil complaint under a San Francisco ordinance that bans discrimination based on weight and height. The company changed its policy, and she dropped her complaint.
Here's an interesting case out of our nation's capitol. Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you: The Flip-Flop Scandal. No it doesn't involve John Kerry, but it does involve poor clothing choices. As I'm sure you've all heard by now, this story which is probably taking up more media time than it needs (though this shouldn't come as a surprise seeing as how Aruba is still on the map). When members of the Northwestern University women's championship lacrosse team showed up at the White House donning flip-flops, people took note. CBS News reports
A controversy quickly followed, with one front-page headline quoting an e-mail sent to a player: "YOU WORE FLIP-FLOPS TO THE WHITE HOUSE?!" Family members of other players were also dismayed, saying the footwear was too casual for a visit with the president.
MSNBC's Monica Crowley didn't mince words on the subject:
You've tapped into the very thing that Bernard Goldberg is ranting about in support of his latest book. His thesis is that the reason liberals are ruining America is, in sum, the expression, "Who am I to judge?"
Either there are standards or there are not.
Congratulations on yet again seeing where others are blinded. You rock.
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We all judge. We all discriminate, on matters both great and small. I prefer mustard to catsup (or is that ketchup?), and I can't stand mayonnaise. That is discrimination in minor matters.
The problems are that people no longer consider that anything labeled as discrimination can be good, and many no longer consider that anything they do is worthy of censure, particularly if it's minor. Do your own thing, different strokes, and all that.
As you say, there used to be standards. Some were objective, and some were arbitrary, but everyone knew them. Now, too many seem unaware of them, if not actively working to undermine them.
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While I believe some discrimination suites are credible, it is these types of examples that hurt the people whom are truly discriminated against.
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I think it's some kind of unwritten high school law. My gym teachers were both walking stereotypes. They were not fat but they were tough as nails lesbians with buzz cuts and permanent scowls.
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Sunday, as you well know, is the day for the faithful to gather in the Lord's name. As you also know, it is the day to witness the great bulk of fashion atrocities for the week. I saw one this morning and thought of your "hall of shame": at Starbucks, a gentleman in a baby blue(!) suit, an orange(!!) shirt and a blue and orange tie. He was sitting down so I couldn't see his shoes (I was afraid to look too long, since I had trouble keeping a straight face as it was).
Unfortunately, I had left the camera in the car but I'll be more thoughtful next time. :-)
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You make an interesting point there, but carried to its extreem the country club or university should be able to choose people who "fit the mold." Sure, in some instances case like the fat arrobics instructor or the male hooters server seem to best sorted out by the free market, but allowing folks to decide who the right people are is slime covered swimming hole. BTW. My female gym teacher as seeing one of the male teachers.
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Capitalism will ultimately decide what will happen to Jennifer Portnick and her Jazzercise franchisee. I can't see how it would be successful, but I could be wrong. Sort of like when I went into a barbershop for the first time and homeboy who cutting hair had a JERRY CURL. needless to say I walled out and never returned.
As for flip flop gate, maybe they thought it would make it easier for them to search their shoes. ;-)
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Only in America, huh?
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" I saw one this morning and thought of your "hall of shame": at Starbucks, a gentleman in a baby blue(!) suit, an orange(!!) shirt and a blue and orange tie."
Waitaminnit! I've worn exactly that combination in the past! 'Course it's a deep Blue silk suit and dark blue shoes, but still...
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I was thinking of wearing 501s and a Hawaiian shirt to Blogher. But I see I'll have to make a quick run to the drycleaner lest I end up critiqued here.
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The Jazzercize policy didn't ask that their leaders be in shape. It asked that they appear to be in shape. No one questioned the woman's ability to lead the class (her students were big supporters, pun not intended.)
I took a class from a big fat aerobics instructor. To me, she was inspiring because she worked like crazy and put her all into the class. It was her spirit that counted, not her weight.
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Ron (portrayed by Nick Offerman), is the head of the Parks Department of the fictional town Pawnee, Indiana. As the audience was introduced to Ron, he said:
Whoa! Someone who is as cynical of government as me. Although I happen to feel that not all of government is a waste (we need the military for defense), I quickly grew to enjoy the character of Ron. It was quite refreshing to see a character on Tv who did not espouse liberal or progressive viewpoints.
In subsequent episodes, it was revealed that Ron is, in fact, a libertarian. He is given enough screen time, and is frequently promoting libertarian themes, thusly the show is satisfying enough for me that I have bought both the first and second season on DVD. Witnessing Ron's no-nonsense, personal-freedom-first attitude, which sometimes foils government growth, is incredibly delicious. In an episode in which the government was going to start restricting what kind of food could be sold on public land, Ron said:
In a recent episode, Ron had to substitute as the host of an art show sponsored by the government. He started the show thusly:
It wasn't until I watched last week's episode, Road Trip, that I realized that I have a man crush on Ron Swanson. In the episode, a young girl comes to the Parks Department to interview a government employee. At the time, Ron is the only employee present, so he asks the girl to wait until someone else arrives. No one does, and Ron grants the girl the chance to interview him when he finds out that the subject of the interview is "Why government matters."
As he stole and ate the girls lunch to demonstrate how the government takes taxes by force, my man crush was realized. His cellphone ringtone is the sound of a shotgun cocking and shooting, he hates government regulations, he doesn't understand vegetarians, he loathes citizens who rely on the government. Ron Swanson is quite possibly my favorite fictional character. And if my wife would let me, I'd grow a Swanson mustache just to honor the character.
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The 2016 presidential cycle began in February.
Third party is a nonstarter.
If you want to win in 2016, you are recruiting PCs, attending your GOP meetings as an AMBASSADOR (not an educator) and working to get on your GOP state central committee right now.
If you have not yet begun this, then you are already 6 months behind.
This is what you have to do if you want to WIN.
Because people did not begin in February, 2008 is why we got screwed this year.
You can opine on how this works and LOSE. Or you can just do it and WIN. Because this is how it works.
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More often than one would expect, oral argument in front of the Supreme Court resembles a Celebrity Deathmatch between Lionel Hutz of The Simpsons and Ned Racine of Body Heat. Lawyers with no Supreme Court experience sometimes insist on going to the Show. The result can be a halting hour of argument that sometimes resembles the 1945 World Series, between two teams so war-depleted that sportswriter Warren Brown said, "I don't think either one of them can win it."
In Wednesday's high-profile argument in Snyder v. Phelps, two inexperienced pilots sailed into a legal Bermuda Triangle, where the compasses no longer pointed to magnetic North. It's possible that, once it recovers its wits, the Court will put this case in order; but in the courtroom at least, what seemed at 10 a.m. like a sure thing had become by 11 a.m. a head-scratcher.
Snyder concerns the Westboro Baptist Church, which is basically the extended Phelps family of Topeka, Kansas. Convinced that God abominates homosexuality, the WBS pickets the funerals of American service personnel (gay or straight) killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, holding signs like GOD HATES FAGS, THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS and YOU'RE GOING TO HELL. The rationale is that America is Sodom and we all better repent wicked soon.
In 2006, WBC arrived in Westminster, Maryland, to picket the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a 20-year-old Westminster native who died in Iraq. The WBC pickets were kept at a 1000-foot distance from the church itself, and were shielded from view by a group of motorcycle-riding veterans, but the funeral procession was diverted from one church entrance to another in order to avoid them, and Matthew Snyder's father Albert saw the tips of the signs when he entered and left the church.
A week later, the Church posted an "epic" on their website, purporting to tell the life story of Matthew and of how his family raised him to "defy his creator" and "taught him that God was a liar." Albert Snyder found the "epic" in a Google search for news about his son.
Mr. Snyder sued the Church in federal court for the common-law tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress, which punishes those who deliberately inflict psychic pain on others by "outrageous" conduct. WBC moved to dismiss the case on First Amendment grounds, but the District Court allowed it to go to trial. The jury awarded Albert Snyder nearly $11 million (the judge reduced this to $5 million). The Fourth Circuit reversed, relying on a famous case called Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, in which the Court had held that a plaintiff could not win an intentional-infliction verdict based entirely on public speech (in this case, a scabrous magazine parody ridiculing the Rev. Jerry Falwell as an incestuous drunkard) unless he can show that the speaker made a false statement of fact. Since the parody itself was labeled NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, Falwell lost.
The most logical course for the Court would have been to leave this stinker alone. There's no groundswell of tort actions like this; instead, the reaction in most states has centered on new statutes barring disruption of a funeral. Most of those laws would allow demonstrators considerably nearer the funeral than the WBC pickets ever got. Time enough to test them when a proper case arose. Just last term, the Court had reaffirmed a broad reading of the First Amendment in a much less sympathetic case, United States v. Stevens, which held that videos of animals being killed were, in some cases, protected speech.
But the Court granted cert., and it heard an hour of argument from Sean Summers, a York, PA., lawyer who has represented Mr. Snyder pro bono, and from the soon-to-be-legendary Margie Phelps, a Kansas lawyer who is the daughter of the Church's pastor, Fred Phelps. By the end, the Justices' comments gave the eerie impression that Margie Phelps might have singlehandedly managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of a seemingly all-but-sure victory.
Albert Snyder's best argument was that, unlike the Rev. Jerry Falwell, he was a private figure who should not have to overcome the high barrier of the Hustler case. The Fourth Circuit had reasoned that the Hustler rule "does not depend on the public or private status of the speech's target." Summers warned the Court that "Under the Fourth Circuit's interpretation of these facts, Mr. Snyder has absolutely no remedy, none. He is a private figure, a grieving father, and he is left without any remedy whatsoever."
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10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
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Well, I got my name on my wife's card so I didn't have to bother signing up for my own. Useful for buying stuff on the internet, but gotta remember to pay the bill before you get stung with interest!
Gladys, Berryl, Mildred and Vanessa… lots of fun, lots of eggs. Am still trying to get around to building a new coop for our new backyard so we can enjoy feathery clucking again.
I heard an add for a mole doctor in the city while I was out shopping for tools… reminded me to chase this up again. I did ask my sister about a doctor she knew about, but she couldn't remember the details. I don't want to entrust myself to a GP because they seem tremendously unreliable (some good some bad), so I am pretty keen to find a specialist mole guy/gal.
I'm still not sure what kind of chickens to get, I think bantams might be the ticket because then we can have more in the space, but maybe bigger is better. Also, should we raise our own chicks or buy ready to lay birds? I will ponder on these things, but first I'd better build a coop or they will all run away anyway!
Today I collected a broken up set of drawers from the curb, I think it looks like a pretty good starting point for making the nests and roosts for the chickens, and will provide some basic shelter. I will add some proper roofing and tidy it all up a bit, but it should save me from buying some wood, plus I like the idea of recycling used stuff.
I am typing this in Dvorak although I still need the visual keyboard for a lot of letters. It is very slow! Still, I couldn't even do 1 word 2 hours ago…
I have long believed that this will be simultaneously the best and worst movie going experience of my life. I really hope that this film will come out this Christmas, if it is released in Australian cinemas then I think I will probably wet myself, but I know I will probably have to just get the DVD. :o(
This is starting to get silly, I know it'll only take a couple of hours out of the week to get this done but I keep putting it off because I am too lazy. What if I am unknowingly developing a skin cancer? I have emailed my sister to find out about this mole doctor she mentioned once.
There is a new choir at my church and I have been going along, I think it will improve my singing a lot. The people there are very friendly and encouraging which is great. I am singing tenor although I don't know if I would be better as a bass because sometimes I have a lot of trouble with the higher notes. It's good fun anyway.
Now that I am working quite hard throughout the week I can hardly stay up past 12 anyway. Also I have given up watching TV which makes this a lot easier. I feel a lot better during the day when I've gone to bed early enough to wake up naturally (no alarm).
well, I did this, although I definitely prefer using rails magic to do ajaxy things, at least I have done it once so I can if I need to. Parsing XML in javascript is awkward though.
I wrote in my journal one day and then never again, it's not that I didn't enjoy it, it's just that the day seems to get full of other things and I can't really be bothered to relive things just for the sake of recording them. It would be cool to look back on in a few years but I just can't seem to get motivated.
RoR is a great development framework for me because it helps me write good code even though I am a bit lazy… the helper methods are fantastic (esp the AJAX ones) and it seems like everything works without too much effort, just how it should be. The only thing I wonder about is the strong coupling between the controller and views, it means sometimes I get a bit messy.
I've always loved that song about how all the bones are connected to each other. I wish I had more joints so that the song went for longer!
Huzzah! I've chatted wiht my project team and we are no longer pursuing the JPS line of things which is a great relief. We will be using ruby on rails to develop the website instead which I think is much groovier and much less work for me.
Well, I'm leaving my house (and therefore my computer) tomorrow, so I am cleaning up my inbox, I've got it down to 132 emails with 54 unread/needing response… so I'm almost there.
Haha, I just created a "Laura" folder for my girlfriend's emails and now I'm down to 78 and 43 unread, so this goal is officially complete. huzzah! Now to tidy my desk and physic inbox…
well, I've decided to start a Robot Funk band, so now I need to find out how to speak/sing like a robot. I would like to find a machine that makes your voice sound robotic…
well, I shaved me beard, and grew a mo for most of the month, but I didn't really raise any money, and I didn't shave my chin towards the end of the month because I got a bit lazy. So I guess this is a bit of a failure, but I'm still up for it next year, and I think I did raise some awareness for prostate cancer by talking to people about it.
Well, the Rock Christmas band didn't happen, the gig was a bit too hard to organise. Oh well.
I did come up with a new band concept the other night (and the beginings of a song) the concept is to play funk music dressed as robots, and maybe have the singing go through a synthesiser to make it sound robotic. The song I started on is called "Robobot is programmed to love you" which I'm surprised no one has written yet because it's a pretty good song topic. Maybe someone has written it and I just haven't heard it.
Now to track down some funk playing robots… and make up a good band name, at the moment it's RoboFunk, but that's possibly a bit boring and obvious. The other funk band I wanted to be in was called the Funking Key Changers, and all we were going to do was play funk and the only lyrics were about the key you were in, or what key you wanted to change to. That band never happened, but maybe there's some scope for it in the new one.
I've started taking Hebrew courses at the CAE, it's been lots of fun and is really helping my Hebrew be more natural and intuitive instead of so analytical. It's much more fun having conversations than parsing grammatical forms! And this week we did the Hokey Pokey. haha.


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Mutants in Sri Lanka: Kill off that violent gene!
The war is over, declared the government three months ago, and all of Sri Lanka breathed a collective sigh of relief. Little did we realise that this was simply an allusion to the end of aerial bombing and other military measures. The life that we Sri Lankans lived during the three decade long "war", hasn't changed one tiny bit.
And nobody knows this better than Sri Lanka's women. The past thirty years of conflict, in the North as well as in the South of the country, has bred a mutant gene of increasingly brutal political and social violence in Sri Lanka. Women have been at the brunt of much of this violence as the mutant gene of violence took hold in the country's men, making them more violent and brutal to the women in their lives.
Last year, the Gender-Based Violence Forum (GBV Forum), a collective of UN and other international and local organisations, alerted Sri Lanka to the fact that "at least 60 percent of all women in Sri Lanka have experienced domestic violence". They also said that "…the most prevalent types of violence against women are rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, sexual violence, forced prostitution and trafficking."
In Sri Lanka's decades-long journey of violence, women have been the first and easiest victims. While accurate numbers of displaced women are not available, more than 60% of the 500,000+ displaced people in the country are women. Living in temporary shelters, Displaced persons camps, detention centres and state-run orphanages, women and young girls in the conflict areas have been at very high risk of abuse and violent acts.
Outside these conflict areas, the story isn't any better. Police stations nationwide routinely record between 8,000 and 10,000 cases of violence against women per month – but women's rights advocates estimate that this is merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
The mutation of violence that set in, spurred on by state-sponsored acts of political violence and intimidation, has firmly taken root. There is no longer any shame in hitting or beating a woman, and this apparently peace-loving Buddhist nation has turned a blind eye to the increasing rape of young girls and incest in the heartlands of the country.
Not even women in the spotlight are spared from violence. Women politicians are verbally abused on Live TV, prominent female actors and singers are assaulted and demeaned as prostitutes, and the prostitutes… well, let's not go there as I probably wont finish writing this if I take time to spell out every public act of violence against women in the last few years alone.
As Sri Lanka tries to come out of its mind-set of war, and to find another way to define ourselves and what we live for, the impact of this national soul-searching on us women is not immediately clear. Will an end to war mean an end to the violence that is now so commonplace? Will an end to the aerial bombing and the suicide bombers mean that we can stop living in fear, outside our homes as well as within? Will we be safe and find real refuge in the "shelters"? Can we aim for public office without being humiliated and assaulted?
At the risk of being called a cynical pessimist, my answer is a resounding NO. No, because we have not even begun asking the right questions, questions that will help us dig deep into the mindset of violence. No, because the archaic laws that are superficially revised from time to time at the bidding of various UN agencies that have a convention to be ratified, will not lead to the paradigm shift required in our justice system. No, because we do not still talk about it, even though we live through it.
As Sri Lanka slowly edges towards a new era of life without an ongoing military conflict, as we strive to piece together a nation torn apart by racial tensions, and as we work to raise ourselves out of the quagmire of national debt and poor quality of life, we can only hope that the mindset of violence will die a natural death too.
Perhaps we can kill off that genetic mutation in Sri Lankan men, as the final act of war?
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This is such a strong op-ed. It is thought-provoking, heart-breaking, and honest. You are boldly facing Sri Lanka's warts and saying enough. I agree with your opinion that Sri Lanka needs to start asking the right questions and quit reacting to empty outside pressures. Only by looking within for the solutions, can the healing begin.
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p.s. I LOVE your new picture.
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Hi there, Manori!
What a strong and unequivocating piece! You really shared your full "voice" with this one, Manori! Clear and controlled, while passionate and hard-hitting. I felt like you issued an activist call to arms to us all, not just to Sri Lankans. I was moved by this.
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Hi Manori,
Written with power and touching.
Every time unrest/military conflict takes place in Sri Lanka, I am saddened. I have close connection to some awesome people from Sri Lanka since my childhood. I have visited several times on different occasions. Times of unrest were fearful during my visits and at times of peace it was a wonderful.
I hope without the military conflict, Sri Lanka achieve the best for its people and especially to women. My visit to Sri Lanka in Decemner 2009 was personal and I enjoyed the natural beauty.
Sincerely, Amei


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Raymond Herman "Ray" Mordt (born 15 February 1957 in Ceres, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player. Ray grew up and started playing rugby in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He returned to South Africa and played Wing for the Springboks where he captained the team 3 times (twice as a substitute)from 1980 until 1984. As a player, he may be best known for scoring 3 tries against the All Blacks in the famous "flour bomb" Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 12 September 1981. Ray joined Wigan Rugby League club in 1986 winning one league title and a cup competition with them before retiring due to injury. After his active career he has been engaged as a coach for the Springboks and other teams. He is the uncle of England Sevens player Nils Mordt.  ( Wikipedia article )
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