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Desert aliens hintWait in the desert until your sanity disappears and you will be abducted and walk like a zombie. |
SSX 3 easter eggGo to the shop in Strangetown and go to the left side where you see boxes on a shelf. Look closely and you will see the box art from SSX 3. |
Finishing things instantlyTo finish things instantly, just set the DS system clock forward to the time it takes to complete whatever it is that you are doing. For example, if you are buildign a room which takes eight hours, set your DS system clock 8 hours ahead. |
Urbz easter eggVarious old characters from the Urbz (aside from Dusty Hoggs, Pepper Pete, Misty Waters, Luthor L. Bigbucks and Giuseppi Mezzoalto) can be seen but not spoken to. Detective D. Mann is in the jail, Futo Maki is at the sushi place, and Cannonball Coleman is at the sax lounge. |
Aliens and criminals hintDo not bother fighting the aliens or criminals since will just go away eventually. Also, do not approach them or else they will take you back to your room. To make them go away so you are not stuck in your room, save the game, and turn off the DS off. Turn the Ds back on and change the time to what ever time you are supposed to defeat the criminals or the aliens. Start the game and walk around a little bit before saving the game, turning it off, and turning it back on. Change the time to the actual time and you are good to go. |
Completion unlockablesAfter completing everything in the game, check at the store every month or change the month on the DS system date until an object that resembles a tanning bed appears. Buy it and place it in your room. When you get in there, there will be a place to select your skin color; green, yellow, dark gray, light gray, blue, red, pink, and orange. The color will wear off in a few days |
Mummified AlienTo get a Mummified Alien worth 375 Simoleons, enter the Desert with your Metal Detector. Find the crashed space ship and use your Metal Detector in that area to find the Mummified Alien. |
Darkness glitchBuy the Rat Cave from the town hall. After it is built, wait until you get a call that a criminal is in town. Do not put on the rat suit, and find the criminal. Once you find the criminal make sure there is a person in the room who needs to calm down, cheer up, etc. Go to that person and calm them down, cheer them up, etc. If the criminal gets near you while you are doing this, you will pass out and go to your room. It will then be dark everywhere. To reverse this, simply calm someone down, cheer them up, etc. |
Refill sanity meter quickerTo refill your sanity meter quicker, go to the hotel basement and turn right down the hall. Enter the door at the end of the hall and you will be in a freezer that has a piece of meat hanging from the ceiling. Go up to it and punch it to make your sanity meter refill faster. |
Alien revengeTo dissect an alien, get an Alien Mummy and buy the Government Lab for 2,000 Simoleons. Go up to the table and select "Alien Autopsy". Be very still when doing this or you will damage the organs. |
Getting rid of Alien at hotelWhen starting the game, Momma Hogg will say "We should get a casino in the hotel". Go to City Hall and go to the man with the blonde hair. Select "Build rooms" on the touch screen and find the casino, then go back to the hotel. You will see Tristan Legend (the man who builds rooms in the hotel). When he takes you in the casino, you will talk before it shakes. When you go back in the hotel lobby you will see it. Go outside of the hotel to find a man who will sell you a water gun(250 Simoleons) to make the alien go away. Buy it and shoot the alien with water to make it go away. |
Brown cowThis trick requires the Lion Lounge. Go into the lounge and buy a chocolate bar, then give it to one of the cows. The cow will turn brown and, if you milk it, it will give you chocolate milk. Tip it, then milk it to get a chocolate milk shake. |
Increase statsTo easily raise your stats, get your Hotel score to 100% and get four stars for your Hotel goals, then go to the computer in your room and check out all stats to get an outfit. This can be done three times, afterwards your stats will continue to raise. Make sure you have a good relationship with Mama Hogg and the Goth chick. |
Free milkshakeTo get a free milkshake, go to the part of town with all the cows. Tip one of the cows over, then select "Milk" to get a milkshake. It can be sold for 2 Simoleons at the store. |
Rat CaveWhen you go in City Hall, do not build the "Rat Cave". Tristan Legend will build it at no charge with additional progress in the game. This will save you 3,000 Simoleons. |
ScammersThere are people who will scam who orders the penthouse. Each time you beat a scammer there will be another one. All they do is steal money from you. |
Piano commandsUse the following commands with the piano: |
Unlock Mongoo MonkeyTo unlock Mongoo Monkey for the casino, have the Game Boy Advance game Sims 2 in the cartridge slot |
Unlockable SongsUnlock the following songs by performing the corresponding tasks: |
Monthly ItemsEvery month, a new item comes out in the store. |
Control crystalBegin the game and make sure you are on the "Interact" slot. When you see a crystal on the touch screen, slide your finger across the touch screen to make it start spinning. |
Float in Deluxe GuestroomGo into the Deluxe Guestroom and go to the very right of the room into the bathroom. Go up the strange object with the stairs, then run off the sides of it. You should float for a short amount of time. |
Easy money hintSet the DS system date to the year 2080 or later and play the game. There will be an alien invasion and lots of dirt piles. After defeating the aliens with your water gun, use your vacuum and take all the dirt to getvaluable things, like glowing rocks (42 Simoleons), Shrunken Heads (50 Simoleons), and Precious Stones (over 120 Simoleons). |
Fast SocialNote: Save the game before attempting this trick. To perform this trick, you will need to have Optem Alfred living in your penthouse, and have every room built including the Bovine Shrine.Set the Nintendo DS system date to October 31 of the next year. Restart the system and start the game. You should have several messages. One of them should be the cashier at your hotel who says that a friendly ghost came to the hotel. Check for the ghost in these locations: Art Gallery, Mamma Hogg's Saloon, Hotel Lobby, Atrium, and Basement. When you see him, go to a person nearby and do a Social with him or her while close to the ghost. He will watch and make the Social go faster. When the mini-game is done, you will now make the social go faster for every person you socialize with. Go up to the ghost. To the right side of the screen you will see the words "Mood neutral" and there will be two selections which are "xxx Ofix mood social xxx" and "Give gift". Select the first option. |
Learning secretsThe Sim characters will only tell you all their secrets until you become their best friend. Try impressing them and eventually they will say their secret information. Go to the happy face on the bottom screen and look for glowing question marks. Tap them to find out their greatest secret. Note: Try getting Honest Jackson's secret information before he leaves or you will never have another chance. |
Walk slowlySet the Nintendo DS system time ten minutes behind. Then, go back into the game. Somebody will call and say that you are an alien, and you will be able to walk very slowly. Take a shower to make the effects wear off. |
Songs from Music Mixer in music panels and radiosAfter mixing songs in the music mixer in one of the lounges and saving it, it will then be available for play in music panels and radios. |
Custom music in music panels and radiosAfter recording music in one of the lounges and saving the song, it can then be played in music panels and radios. |
Stop wires from getting chewedIn order to prevent the mole or worm from chewing on the wires, spray it with water several times. |
Additional aliensTo get more aliens on your save, set the system clock forward one minute. Load your saved game and walk around for a minute. Save the game, then set system clock back to real time. The bellhop should say that you are a time traveler and that the aliens have launched a full scale attack. When you see the clock, touch it or you will lose all your sanity. |


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Courteney Cox is targeting Britney Spears and Paris Hilton on her new season of FX's Dirt. I never watch the show because, quite frankly, Courteney looks like the type of chick that would eat your soul - without the courtesy of letting you see her bra. Anyway, she's not afraid who she'll parody this...

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A tracheal tumor is an abnormal growth that forms in your trachea, or windpipe.
Your trachea carries the air you breathe down into your lungs. It starts just below the level of your larynx (voice box) and ends in your chest, where your airway divides into the two branches called bronchi, which go to your lungs.
In an adult, the trachea is about five inches long and about one inch wide. Tracheal tumors can be benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). In adults, most tracheal tumors are malignant. In children, most tracheal tumors are benign.
Tumors that begin to grow in the trachea are quite rare. You are at increased risk for the most common type of malignant tracheal tumor if you are or have been a smoker. Men are up to four times more likely to have a malignant tracheal tumor and they are usually between 60 and 70 years old when it happens.
Tracheal tumors that start in the trachea are called primary tracheal tumors. Tumors that start in another part of your body and spread to the trachea are called secondary tracheal tumors, and they are rare. Most of these secondary tumors spread to your trachea from your thyroid gland, lungs, or esophagus.
These are the two types of primary tracheal tumors:
Squamous cell cancer. This is the most common type of tracheal tumor. It is almost always associated with cigarette smoking. This tumor grows quickly, and almost half the time it is already too big to be removed when it is discovered.
Adenoid cystic carcinoma. This tracheal tumor grows much more slowly than squamous cell cancer. It is not related to smoking, and men and women have the same risk. It can develop at any age, but it is most common around age 40.
These are common types of noncancerous tracheal tumors:
Papillomas. Squamous cell papilloma is a benign type of tracheal tumor seen in adults who smoke. Children may get a type of papilloma called juvenile laryngotracheal papillomatosis that's caused by a virus.
Chondroma. This is the most common type of benign tracheal tumor. It forms from the cartilage that makes up the structure of the trachea. This type of tumor can change into a malignant tumor over time.
Hemangioma. This type of tracheal tumor forms from tiny blood vessels. It can affect both children and adults. It may be diagnosed in children who have sudden breathing problems and also have a hemangioma birthmark on their skin.
Symptoms of tracheal tumors may be confused with other, more common breathing conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Symptoms may include:
Stridor (noisy breathing)
Shortness of breath
Frequent upper airway infections
Coughing up blood
Difficulty swallowing
Weight loss
Diagnosing a tracheal tumor begins with a history and physical exam. Your caregiver will ask you questions about your symptoms and listen to your breathing. The best way to diagnose a tracheal tumor is for your doctor to look directly into your trachea with a lighted scope and to take a piece of the tumor so that it can be looked at under a microscope.
The procedure for looking at your trachea is called bronchoscopy. It can be done with a flexible or a firm scope. Taking a piece of tumor for diagnosis is called a biopsy. Here are some other tests that can help with diagnosis:
Chest X-ray; this is used to show a tracheal tumor in about half the cases
CT scan of your chest and trachea
Respiratory function tests, to show how much the tracheal tumor is affecting your breathing
The type of treatment used for a tracheal tumor will depend on its type and size, as well as your age and health. In general, surgical removal is the best treatment for both benign and malignant tracheal tumors that are less than half the size of the trachea.
Here are details about some of the possible treatments:
Surgery. Up to half of the trachea can be removed and safely reconstructed. Tumors in the upper part of the trachea are removed through a neck incision. Tumors lower down in the trachea may require a procedure that goes through the chest.
Radiation therapy. This treatment may be used to treat tumors that are more than half the size of the trachea or that have spread outside the trachea.
Chemotherapy. This may be combined with radiation therapy for large tumors that cannot be removed by surgery.
Bronchoscopic treatments. For tumors that cannot be removed by surgery, a surgeon may be able to work through a bronchoscope to reduce the size of the tumor. In some cases, reducing the size may make surgical removal possible.
Stenting. In cases where a tumor cannot be removed, the airway may be kept open by placing a manmade tube through the trachea. This breathing tube is called a tracheobronchial airway stent.
The most common type of tracheal tumor in adults is squamous cell cancer. Squamous cell tracheal tumors are almost always associated with cigarette smoking. The best way to prevent this type of cancer is to quit smoking or not to start.
Managing a tracheal tumor depends on what type of tumor you have and what type of treatment you receive. Learning as much as you can about your disease, taking an active role in your treatment, and working closely with your medical team are important steps to manage a tracheal tumor.
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Best Places To Work In IT 2010
Re:Bad places to work (205 comments)
Yes, companies fire people for being gay so they can get sued. I'm also really really sure that your statement with zero context is 100% factually correct.
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Re:Bad places to work (205 comments)
Yes, companies fire people for being gay so they can get sued. I'm also really really sure that your statement with zero context is 100% factually correct.
Re:HELL YES! (228 comments)
Your soul man, your soul!
Re:The Lotus Fallacy (121 comments)
You do realize that formatting it in a pdf will get you no job and branded as an asshat? If you don't want to provide a doc, don't send your resume to people that want it in that format. You feel probably that you're too good for them anyway.
Re:If you don't like it don't buy it (240 comments)
it's more that some idealistic players go like 'boycott', everybody joins the assorted facebook/steam group and Sony trembles
Re:You don't say (1224 comments)
Saying the word shit 216 times no matter in which context doesn't get you killed. Saying Mohammed in the wrong context does.
Re:UK MET-OFFICE (338 comments)
How do the Finnish airplanes fit in? It's all nice and dinky until an airplane experiences motor failure and it plummets down an urban center, right?
Re:Trains are awsome! (283 comments)
I don't have extensive flying experience, but I have very extensive train experience (work near to the trainstation in Brussels). In my experience with international trains (Brussels - Amsterdam) you can count your blessings if you got place to sit, let alone work. And don't get me started on local trains
Re:Trains are awsome! (283 comments)
True. However, trains are notoriously bad at waiting so people don't miss their transfers (at least here in Belgium). I think that also should be taken into consideration.
Re:Objective done, Sony sales decreasing (396 comments)
because the people waiting for linux support on PS3 vastly outnumber those waiting for the exclusive games, right?
Re:Trains are awsome! (283 comments)
Cost also seems about the same. Go any further than paris or brussels and flying is almost certainly the quicker option and probablly cheaper
much, much cheaper. and especially much much MUCH faster. And easier to organize
Charleroi - Budapest with airplane: 2 hours, one airplane ticket
Brussels - Budapest with train: 15 hours or 20 hours, depending on the route you take. At least two tickets, no way you can reserve them all in one go.
Brussels - Budapest by car: around 13 hours
Re:If YouTube Must pay then every tiny site must p (449 comments)
I was replying to an AC who was going on a "USA USA USA" rant - sorry for the confusion. Should have quoted him.
Re:If YouTube Must pay then every tiny site must p (449 comments)
Yes, pulling out of Europe is a valid option. No customers there.
Re:Tip for those wanting fee refunds (216 comments)
True. However, a nice word now and then helps (or you can start by being polite). Remember, those people probably only hear people screaming obscenities (so to speak) at the phone or in their office. I'm not saying you should chat them up, but talking with two words( a rather arcane concept for some people) and a thank you now and then goes a long way.
(i'm not saying you don't act that way, but lots of people don't)
Re:nr.11 (535 comments)
well, maybe they are. it's just that the consumers aren't following
Re:Is the AI any better? (107 comments)
The illiteracy is more an issue of time management and setting priorities. Computers are for some (most?) people a means to an end.
Re:Yahoo (130 comments)
Yeah, real journalists use their ISP's webmail (*cough*), their own servers (which can be confiscated) or their friends (also confiscateable). Then you have the possibility of offshore email accounts on an american friend's server (which will get blocked). At least when using webmail, the others have to either break in the servers (like they did in TFA) or subpoena them (which I don't see the Chinese govt. do tbh).
Re:Dare I say... shameless? (118 comments)
Re:More details please (110 comments)
let's hope it's external use only then
Re:Overestimating their power (324 comments)
and what is the EU going to do? Give them a very dirty look?
Re:Pressure monitors in the steering wheel (349 comments)
I don't think when I shift, it's


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Novel oil from glass house grown GM plants can substitute fish oil in fish feeds
Consumption of omega-3 fish oils, specifically long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 LC-PUFA), through the consumption of oily fish like salmon and mackerel, has been linked with improved cardiovascular health and cognitive development. The primary dietary sources of these fatty acids are marine fish either wild or farmed (aquaculture). Fish, like humans, accumulate the omega-3 fish oils through the consumption of other organisms in the marine food chain or, in farmed fish, through fishmeal and fish oil in feeds.
Rothamsted Research and NIAB join forces at Broom's Barn farm
Rothamsted Research, Lawes Agricultural Trust (LAT) and NIAB have signed an agreement to jointly use the Broom's Barn farm for field experiments.
Septoria pathogen "hijacks" wheat crop defences
Scientists identify the mechanisms by which the fungal pathogen of wheat causing Septoria Tritici Blotch manipulates plant immune responses to its own advantage.
Smart farming technique to boost yields and cut fertiliser pollution
Researchers are using X-rays to help farmers increase yields and cut water pollution following an unexpected discovery in a pea and bean crop.
Rothamsted Research appoints Head of Site at North Wyke
Professor Michael Lee, an expert in ruminant nutrition, will be Head of Site at North Wyke, Rothamsted Research's site for grassland systems research.
Rothamsted Research appoints Chief Information Officer
Florentin Albu, an accomplished technology leader, joins Rothamsted Research to drive the Institute's information management strategy.
PHI-base – a multi-species knowledge database to help protect crop yields and human health
The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base) catalogues 2872 genes and associated phenotypic information for economically important pathogens and pests.
Losses of wheat yields are predicted due to rising temperatures
An international consortium of researchers use big data sets to predict the effects of increased temperatures due to climate change on global wheat yields.
Joint forces help farmers in Africa to increase their yields
Rothamsted Research and Harpenden Spotlight on Africa have been working together with ICIPE to provide ecological pest management solutions to African farmers help them increase crop yields


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This hotel brands itself an 'idyllic place' : this claim is 100% justified. This is a truly lovely place to stay. The 5* reviews below, including ours from a year ago, are spot on. That's why we have just been back, and had another great stay. It's not cheap but I don't begrudge them a euro. Read the reviews below... More
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2010 Baer Awards Recognize 6 of the World's Biotherapy Leaders
The BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 William S. Baer Award for Outstanding Service in the Advancement of Biotherapy. The 6 award winners were presented at the 8th International Conference on Biotherapy, held recently in Los Angeles; they are: David Armstrong, MD, DPM, PhD; John Church, MD, FRCSE; Pam Mitchell; Eliot Mostow, MD, MPH; Kosta Mumcuoglu, PhD; and Aletha Tippett, MD, MCh. Read more about the awardees at www.BTERFoundation.org/baerawardees-2010. Read more about the William S. Baer Award at www.BTERFoundation.org/baeraward. The official press release can be found HERE.


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Tags fanmix, i need you and you need me, ian kabra, amy cahill, the 39 clues
Genres indie, singer-songwriter, pop, indie pop, swedish (beta) (flag as incorrect)
Published March 29, 2012
If I could erase the pain, then maybe you'd feel the same. (Ian/Amy)
you make me free by meeraweed
such a delicate boy needs someone to look out for the wolves.
if i could make the entire mix avett bros i prob would tbh, meera reed, jojen reed, maybe incest maybe not, ok no it's definitely incest oops
time to manipulate by meeraweed
Look me in the eye, you want to try to tell a lie.
cecile dupont, ian kabra, the 39 clues, 39 clues, oc inspiration
greater than x; lesser than y by meeraweed
You're a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion, will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on? (an old mix reposted from lj;...
amy cahill, ian kabra, the 39 clues, 39 clues, iamy
and I (naturally) fled by meeraweed
he should never have said anything.
theon greyjoy, robb x theon, happy birthday mia, asoiaf grunge


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44 "Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan Against the dwelling place of the strong; But I will make them suddenly run away from her. And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? For who is like Me? Who will arraign Me? And who is that shepherd Who will withstand Me?" | 44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?" |
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47 `Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things -- | 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, |
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I took it hard for the two week ban.
I took it hard for the two week ban.
What's the female equivalent?
Hmm...good question. I always figured that the wang didn't discriminate against sex...it just got the job done.
We need Jyuu to determine the answer, though.
The only female I remember getting banned was denisse. (But then, I don't know the sex of every member)
Oh, I thought it referred to the item that the banner used. Whatever. (I know females who have gotten banned...)


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A Scanner Darkly - Vague Review
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A Scanner Darkly - 2006 (Richard Linklater)
Just a quick note. I intended this to be a short 'review' of the movie, but I ended up making references to other works of Philip K. Dick. If you haven't seen Blade Runner and intend to, there's a bit of spoiling going on. Not so much with Minority Report, but you could make a case for that as well. Oh, and I guess it spoils a bit of A Scanner Darkly as well, but what do you expect?
There are many films I've claimed to have "always wanted to see, but never gotten around to it". A Scanner Darkly has been on this list for some time now, though I'd assumed it was older than it actually is. I thought this was made sometime in the 90s, prior to Keanu Reeves' super-stardom following The Matrix, and back when Robert Downey Jr. was at the height of his infamy. Turns out it was released the year after I finished college, so I would have been 18. I guess that gives me a possible 6 years of awareness of the movie, which is a decent amount of time. But I digress. I've seen the film now, and I have thoughts to share about it.
A Scanner Darkly is based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name, which I have not read. I intend to though, just as I read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" after watching Blade Runner several times. The film is set in near future America, in a time when a deadly new drug known as "Substance D" has flooded the country, and is effectively degrading the entire society. Police and other law enforcement agencies have failed to stem the flow of Substance D, and a new task-force of undercover agents has been created to investigate the source of the drug, and put an end it's circulation. Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) is one such agent, assigned to pursue the supply chain through a low-level dealer Donna Hawthorne (Winona Rider) with whom he develops a romantic attachment. Arctor shares a run-down house with two other junkies, James Barris (Robert Downey Jr.) and Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson). They are also visited frequently by Charles Freck (Rory Cochrane), a Substance D addict who has had more severe reactions to the drug than any of his friends, including vivid hallucinations, and intense paranoia.
While the premise for the film is quite simple, it's the world-building of Philip K. Dick, and the unique visual style that really bring this film to life. As expected of a Philip K. Dick story, the setting for the film goes beyond simply being abstractly futuristic. Philip K. Dick's stories (at least the ones I've seen or read) are often set in a realistic, dystopian future, often created as the result of a distinct catalyst. In Blade Runner it was advent of robotic human replicants. In Minority Report, the identification of pre-cognition in humans. In A Scanner Darkly, it is of course the proliferation of Substance D.
The reaction of law enforcement agencies to these catalysts is also a common theme, with narratives often focusing particular members of these agencies. It's also interesting to observe how these agents are often undone by the a particular aspect of their own job. Rick Deckard, an agent employed to 'retire' rogue replicants begins to question his own humanity by the end of Blade Runner. In Minority Report, John Anderton questions the validity of his very reason for being, and the nature of destiny when he is implicated in a murder by a technology he helped to create. So too in A Scanner Darkly, Bob Arctor begins to lose his grip on reality as he leads two phony and conflicting lives, one as a drug addict, and the other as the agent assigned to investigate his alternate persona. As an addict, Arctor wears the fact of an addict. However as an agent, he wears many and wears none. A technology called a "scramble suit" changes the physical appearance of Arctor multiple times per second, so that no one in the agency knows who each other are. This switching between opposing and artificial identities, coupled with the abuse of Substance D, see's Arctor slowly lose his sense of what is real, as well as his own identity.
It would be remiss of me not to mention the unique visual style of A Scanner Darkly. The film uses a technique known as interpolated rotor-scoping, which gives the film a hand-drawn, cel-shaded look. Anyone who has played the video game Borderlands would be very familiar with this style. This technique is extremely effective for a number of reasons. Most prominently, it simultaneously decreases the required budget of the film, and increases the director's opportunities for including scenes which may have otherwise been unbelievable or prohibitively expensive. Two such examples are given very early in the film. The opening scene with Freck experiencing a common side effect of drug abuse - the sensation of bugs crawling over your skin - is arguably made possible due to the this artistic technique. In normal live action, the bugs would need to be inserted with realistic computer graphics, or simply inferred by the audience as Freck scratched at his skin frantically. Instead, the bugs could simply be modelled at a very basic level, and drawn in. The second example is the Scramble Suit, which I have no doubt would have been prohibitively expensive. The suit is integral to the plot of the film, and simply had to be believable for the film to succeed. Using this rotor-scoping technique is an absolutely perfect solution to this problem, but goes beyond simply resolving technical problems. It gives the film a distinct, other-worldy feel, and allows for seamless transitions between reality, and Arctor's drug-induced hallucinations.
Although the film is fascinating for the reasons I've described and more, there does appear to be something missing that would elevate it beyond the four stars I feel obliged to give it, because apparently we all have to stamp a definitive rating on our media. If I were to attempt to put my finger on exactly what it is, I would suggest the following. The film could easily be turned into a cat and mouse film, where both the cat and mouse are the same person. Bob Arctor would need to race against time to uncover the source of Substance D, while keeping two identities secret, and managing the adverse affects of his drug abuse. That story would be a pretty complex narrative, but it would follow a traditional framework, building up the suspense to a thrilling conclusion. In fact, the description I just gave could indeed be used as a description of the film, as everything I said is true. However, often in films, the narrative is not simply about the events that take place in the story, but the perspective from which they take place. This is absolutely true in the case of A Scanner Darkly, as the film is actually telling a powerful story about the harmful effects of substance abuse. In the end, what the film loses in pure entertainment value, it more than makes up for with it's message. A message made all the more profound once you learn that the story is actually semi-autobiographical, and very close to the author's heart.
Another Assignment Left Till The Last Minute
By skittles 1 Comments
Well, here I am again. I've got an assignment due for a film studies course that I don't even have to do. That's right. I elected to do this damn thing myself, because I wanted to learn more about films. Thankfully I have, but it's still a pain in the ass writing assignments.
This one is an analysis of the differences between classical cinema-going (pre 1975) and contemporary cinema-going, meaning now. I've conducted an interview with my father, who attended movies before 1975, and now I'm in the process of condensing my studies so far, and that interview, into a 1000(+/-10%) word analysis. I've actually completed the introduction (100 words) and the first draft of the first of three sections (about 350-400 words) so I'm not going too badly. Really I just have to get into gear and write a section on film Technology, and film Industry, and I'm done. Of course there'll be a lot of fine tuning, but that will last right up until I get too tired to stay awake, and I'll submit the assignment. I suppose I'll have to set aside about 2 hours of reading, since I have to include about 9 references to study material in there somewhere. There's also maybe an hour of time set aside for doing my formal references, presenting my interview questions in a pretty way, and doing a cover sheet.That can be done at any time though. I could do that at about 9pm while I watch F1 second practice ;)
Really, its 1pm now. If I do a section per hour, for the next two hours, I'll be as good as done at 3pm. From 3pm to 5pm I can casually spruce up the material in the three sections I have. Then I can do some cross-referencing with my study texts, and ensure there are enough quotes. That's like, 6pm to 8pm maybe. 8pm to 9pm I do the referencing and other house-keeping, and I submit the assignment by 10pm. Then I play The Walking Dead, and smile about a weekend full of gaming, Formula 1, and Batmang.
Let's do this.
Yeah son. Bonsai.
By skittles 15 Comments
That's right. Bonsai.
I'm not sure what got me in to the idea of caring for bonsai. I've always thought they looked cool, as I'm sure some of you do as well, but figured they were for retirees with too much time and not enough hobbies.
Oddly enough, I think it all started with me watching Hot Fuzz. In the movie Simon Pegg mentions that his beloved Peace Lily helps oxygenate the room and helps him think. I looked around my room and thought "Huh. Apart from the bacteria growing in those half-drunk cans of coke, I'm the only living thing in here." Thus I went to a local nursery and picked up a peace lily. I figured I'd probably end up killing it pretty quickly, but the thing absolutely thrived. Unfortunately when I moved house I took it with me, and a wallaby ate it. I went on with my life plantless for quite a while.
That is until Flower came out! Flower seemed to rekindle that desire to have living things around me. I suddenly felt sad at the lack of greenery around my room and around my city, so I decided to pop out and buy another peace lily. Unfortunately nowhere I went seemed to have any. It was one one of these trips to a nursery that I discovered a little enclosure with bamboo tables covered in young bonsai. There were also some pretty awesome midi versions of songs by The Beatles playing from a speaker nearby. I did a bit of research of which type of Bonsai would grow indoors and could take a lot of mistreating, and picked up a Banyan Fig. I later discovered it's pretty much the most popular tree to train as a bonsai, for the exact reasons I wanted it. It's been hanging out with me at work for the last year and a half. Hasn't changed much size-wise, but I've managed to reduce the leaf size a fair bit.
A second purchased one is just to the right. It's a Serissa Foetida. Apparently the leaves smell like dead flesh if you crush them, hence the "foetida" part of it's name. It's currently thriving, but it wasn't always so. When I got it, it was going fairly average. Had some foliage, but some of it was a bit yellow, and it was pretty sparse. I took it home and had it in my room next to a window, but its condition worsened. It was then that I finally learned my lesson about trying to keep outdoor plants inside. Just don't do it. I turned it over to my father to handle for a while, and since then it's been going awesome. I reclaimed it today. I'm going to do right by it. Also I'm aware there are weeds in the pot. I kinda like the overgrown look. Purists would probably spit on me.
So yeah. Thems my bonsai. I'm trying to incorporate more things into my life that I can do to relax, because I get the feeling if I can slow myself down at the end of the day by watering some plants, and reading a book as I admire them, I'll live a more peaceful life.
Anyone else in to bonsai? o.O
An Attempt to Blog Regularly. Or a Flash in the Pan.
By skittles 1 Comments
Hey all. I spend a lot of time in the Off-Topic section of the forums here, and I see a lot of people posting blogs about themselves - what they've been up to, what they've been playing etc. I've been a fan of Giant Bomb for a while now and I'd kinda like to get a bit more involved with the community, even if that just means posting around the place a bit more, and getting to know some people here. I'd also enjoy writing,so this gives me an excuse to put more words on a screen. Everyone here seems pretty friendly, so hopefully this goes down well.
A Bit About Me
I have a penchant for starting projects and not finishing them. A prime example would be this blog post. I started it a couple of days ago, and after bashing out a longer "What I've Been Playing" section than I would have liked while I was watching-but-not-really-watching the trainwreck of a movie that is Season of the Witch, I've struggled to make the time to finish it. This always seems to happen. Every time I attempt to get in the habit of writing regularly, whether they be opinion pieces, reviews or just a regular-ass blog like this one, I get sidetracked and don't finish what I start. Basically that just means I'm lazy and I need to make some models to get my diligence up. Ok here's a bit about me.
My name is Phil, I'm 23 and I live in Tasmania, Australia. I work as an IT support tech for a government research body. It's a pretty good gig. During my off-time I like to play video games, spend time with friends, read whenever I get the urge, write whenever I can push myself to do so, and watch movies. I also play field hockey for a club, but I'm not absolutely loving it at the moment. Oh, I also play a bit of Magic : The Gathering, though that hasn't reached obsession levels yet and probably won't. I live in a rented modern apartment in the city with a couple of old work mates, but I'm considering saving for a deposit on a house - something that should be a lot easier now that I've finished paying off my car loan this week.
I was introduced to Giant Bomb maybe around 2-2.5 years ago by close friend and member of the site Damodar. I think I'd been feeling a bit down after the collapse of the 1Up network, and had been missing the good times I'd had listening to the podcasts over there - particularly 1Up Yours and "the kids table". Damodar got me to listen to a Bombcast or two, and since then Giant Bomb has become pretty much the only games site I go to for news, opinions on games, and straight up entertainment.
Ok that's enough about who I am.
What I've Been Playing
After coming out of a long period of "non-gaming", I've loaded up on a few titles, mostly for the PC. Here's a list, and a bit about each one from my perspective.
Dragon Age 2
This was probably the game that broke the ice and got me back to playing games. I was a big fan of Origins, though to be honest I didn't actually enjoy it the first time i played it. It was only after coming back to it a while after giving it a try the first time that I really got into it. Strange how that seems to happen to me. It was the same thing with Vagrant Story, and that's one of my favorite games of all time.
I mention this because I'm not enjoying Dragon Age 2 as much as I'd hoped. Most of the characters aren't particularly charismatic, the combat feels fairly shallow, and the story doesn't seem to have the scope that Origins did. That being said, there are a few diamonds to be found in the rough. The character of Varric seems pretty cool, so maybe I'll keep him around as much as I can. The more I get to like the character, the more I'll care about his fate at the hands of his interrogator. More on this game later.
Dead Space 2
Just a couple of quick words on this, since I haven't started it. I played through the first game over the course of a long-weekend. My housemates were all away for the whole time, so I was kicking around a big empty house, As I recall, it was also pretty cold, windy and rainy, and there was a big glass double-door in the lounge that looked out on a "forested expanse". The house wasn't in the wilderness by any means, but the view set a pretty good mood. I don't live in that house anymore (thankfully) but I'm hoping I can recreate some type of creepy atmosphere when I sit down and play this. Maybe I'll hire out a log cabin somewhere and take my PC.
Final Fantasy XIII
I've been a self declared Final Fantasy hater for a while now. It all started with Final Fantasy 9, which I enjoyed, but not as much as a lot of other people it seems. I was a lot younger when I played it, and back then I was prone to disliking things just because everyone else likes them. It's a bad habit I got into, and I'm actively trying to shake it. When FF13 came out I just assumed it was going to be bad without giving it a chance. For some reason a couple of weeks ago the desire to play it just rose up in me, and I snatched it from my housemates game collection.
Turns out I wasn't completely wrong. The game isn't great so far. I'm having a lot of trouble caring about any of the characters. If I don't care about any of them, I can't really care about the story overall, and if I don't care about anything that's happening, why play? I've heard it gets better the further you get in though, so I'm giving it a chance to change my mind.
Mass Effect 2
I've spent most of my time over the last few days playing this. I think I started on Friday night, and I've sunk 20 hours into it so far. Almost everything about the game is brilliant. It's truly impressive how well Bioware have constructed a new Sci-Fi universe. I've said too much in this blog already, and I'm absolutely loving this game so I might do a blog post all of it's own later.
What I've been Watching
Again, already said too much in this post so I'll try to keep it brief. Here's what I've been viewing lately.Season of the Witch
I mentioned this earlier in the blog, and my opinion on it hasn't changed. Quite an awful movie. I think I spent more time writing, and browsing the web than I did actually watching the movie. It's such a pity Nick Cage couldn't bring a bit more to the table, though I'm not sure there was a lot to work with in the story/script.
This on the other hand was quite a good movie. It had a style to it that I really enjoyed, but it was the narrative script and the delivery thereof by Bradley Cooper that I found most entertaining. I found it a bit odd that his charisma kinda shrouded the fact that the film seems to openly encourage drug use, for those tough enough to deal with the negative side effects, but oh well.
Game of Thrones
Regretfully I haven't read any books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, but what I've seen from the first two episodes of the show has me pretty interested. I'm going to bet on the fact that books are nearly always better than the screen adaptations, and pick up a copy of Game of Thrones at lunch time today. Man, I hate being that guy that goes into a bookstore to pick up a copy of something that has recently been made a movie/TV series.
What I've Been Doing
I was going to include a little "what I've been doing" section, but this blog is probably long enough already. I'll just have this next time to replace the "A Bit About Me" section.
Crackdown 2 : Demo Impressions
By skittles 8 Comments
Crackdown 2 feels like a product of the sandbox boom earlier this generation, when all a game needed to do was create a large sprawling world, and give you a few simple tools to wreak havoc. Those days have passed, and gamers should demand more from their games.
Although I never had the opportunity to play the original Crackdown, I heard enough about it and saw enough video of the game to get a sense of what it was about, and how it might feel to play the game for myself. With only those impressions in mind I downloaded the new Crackdown 2 demo on Xbox Live, and loading it up, my suspicions regarding the first game were confirmed. The game was exactly what I imagined the first game to be. But this left me wondering how this upcoming release would differentiate itself both from its three year old predecessor, as well as other examples of open-world third-person action/shooters.
The first thing you'll do in the demo is to secure a drop-zone for your allied Agency forces. The area is overrun with enemies of your opposing faction, The Cell. You are tasked with eliminating all forces in the area by any means necessary. Upon completing this small encounter, I already had serious doubts about the game which mostly related to interaction with the environment, and enemies within it.
For the most part gun combat in Crackdown 2 consists of locking on to a target, selecting a specific body-part to fire on, and then firing. Attacking different body parts yields different results, for example damaging the arms of enemies prevents them firing their weapons. That's about it. It's interesting that this method of selecting specific body parts was included, but unless there are specific enemies or boss fights that require to you focus on weak points, it's always going to be more effective to just shoot your opponent repeatedly in the head.
The real issue with the gun combat isn't in what part of the body you're targeting, it's whether you're able to target an enemy at all. Most objects in the environment are targetable including enemies, vehicles and all manner of explosives. This wouldn't be an issue, however once you're locked on to a target there's no ability to cycle through other possible targets. This forces you to line up targets so they're squarely in front of you before locking on, and leaves you to deselect and reselect a target if you accidentally lock on to a truck behind them. The problem isn't quite so prevalent in smaller skirmishes, but the problem only escalates in large scale battles. The fact that Crackdown 2 failed in such a critical aspect of any good shooter, when so many other games in the genre succeed with competent lock-on systems, or snap-to-target aim assist, is an incredible oversight.
Fortunately gun combat is not the only option for taking down foes. Melee combat, picking up large objects and throwing them at enemies, and mowing people down with vehicles are all options open to you. The only problem is each of these options are flawed in their own way. The melee combat feels like an afterthought, as it consists of just one button which you press over and over again to "combo" attacks. The animation for the combat feels clunky as well, with animations starting stopping one after another, rather than linking into each other fluidly. Picking up cars and hurling them at enemies is fun at first, but the time it takes to pick it up, line up a target, and chuck it at them means you'll take a lot of damage just trying to pull it off. Driving feels exactly the way it should for a game of this type, and makes short work of large numbers of enemies, however it's not always going to be an option.
Graphically, Crackdown 2 is crisp and clean - but perhaps a little too much so. The art style is somewhat similar to the concept art look of Borderlands, but while that style enhanced the look of that particular game, I feel like it detracts from the experience in this case. The end result leaves cars and character models feeling like pop-outs in a child's storybook, rather than components of a cohesive world.
The one aspect of Crackdown 2 that has the potential to bring back fans of the original is the return of Orbs. Hundreds of floating orbs are scattered all over Pacific City, and different types of orbs confer different bonuses. Agility Orbs that increase your agility skill are often found in high up locations or on precarious ledges. Driving orbs which race around the streets must be chased down with a vehicle to skill up your driving, and secret orbs that level up all your skills are carefully hidden in out of sight areas.
While fans of the original Crackdown will be excited about collecting each and every one of these orbs, I just couldn't wade through the poor environment design. I had honestly thought we moved past the days of trying to grab on to sides of buildings that look grabbable, only to find they are not. Crackdown 2 encourages climbing with rooftop races, agility orbs and mission objectives all on the tops of the numerous tall buildings in the environment, but makes it all a hassle when there aren't clear paths to take when traversing the sides of buildings.
The sad truth is that Crackdown 2 falls short of standards set by games of the same type that were released over a year ago. Though the game has the potential to entertain for as long as it takes to explore Pacific City and level up some skills, it feels lacking in a gripping reason to keep playing - unless you're hooked on collecting orbs. For me Crackdown 2 feels like a product of the sandbox boom earlier this generation, when all a game needed to do was create a large sprawling world, and give you a few simple tools to wreak havoc. Those days have passed, and gamers should demand more from their games.
Though these impressions were based solely on a demo, it failed to impress enough to warrant a purchase. A demo should be a slice of the game designed to entice a sale. If the demo was as bland as it was, what hope does the full release have?


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I just got the same feeling you get when you are pulled over by a cop.
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Wow... Thats a creepy monkey....
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kayf wrote:I just got the same feeling you get when you are pulled over by a cop.
Do tell,....
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uh oh, another day spent refreshing the page and hoping for something good to come up? arrrggghhh
Anyone else jump a little when staring into laptop monkeys eyes. I am afraid to go to bed now :C
mrbarister wrote:Don't trust Asus computers! The number of disappointed wooters who bought asus refurbs makes this a fail!
Its not a refurb, its new.
I'm on one right now. Bought it 2 years ago for $400 and I haven't had a problem with it yet.
dabartle wrote:Yes it continues. This is an amazing price for a new I-5 Asus with Bluyray. I just bought a new Asus I-3 w/0 bluyray for $370. A lot more here for not a lot more money.
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A diet that's low in cholesterol, saturated fats, and trans fat can help improve blood cholesterol levels. To lessen the fats in your diet, you don't have to give up your favorite meals. You just have to make better choices.
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13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses; | 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, |
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I just bought a JM Waterfall and it is about 4' tall. It was staked when I got it. I removed the stake per recommendations from the sales rep. However, it's put up a new leader and based on what I've read in the forum, I believe it should be re-staked until it reaches the height I want. But, and here's my question. Should I prune it into a tree or let it stay bushy so it becomes a large rounded mound? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. Most of the photos on the internet show it as a tree but I thought it was supposed to be a bush. ??? Staking it again will depend on whether or not it's supposed to be a tree. If it's supposed to be a tree then I think it needs to be taller. Thanks so much. |
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ah yes the much anticipated return of cadey haley....do i sound sincere actually if i recall correctly this eps should feature the return of that adorable cadet, along with some of the kids from rules of engagement and the ihntars are going to come into play. but i think the most promising part is, if i've got my spoilers right, isn't one of the cadets supposed to get lantash in thier head? now that's the part i'm waiting for....ooh and if haley dies a horrible death, well ain't that just too bad of course if the writers want to be really, really perverse, some of these kids could pop up in the alledged spin off
I must admit that I didn't like the character of Haley. Too spoiled and too superior for my liking. But the blending of this Elliot character with Lantash sounds like an intriguing story line. It'll be interesting to see how they do this....and what they do with Elliot afterwards.
my mind is bubbling with the implications of a 1000+ year old symbiote that should have a thing for sam (if marty was telling the truth about loving as one) in the body of a barely, what barely out of teenager, aged cadet. it could be very, very interesting. i jsut hope he doesn't die. that would be jsut toooooo much for poor black widow sam. i wonder,where the heck has lantash been for the last year and a half? was he in another host then ends up in eliot (if someone has said, i haven't read, i'm avoiding explicit spoilers). and if lanny is alive all this tiem, noone tells sam? like how totally rude! i for one think the b storyline is going to be far more interesting than the a one
Episode I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who is not a fan of the Cadet. She's the kind that would find herself on the front stoop of the Air Force Academy with a ticket home. That sort of behaviour, I don't care *how* right you may be is not accepted in an education situation that is not only meant to challenge you academically but teach the the value of team work. I put her in the same catagory I do Wesley Crusher.
I agree with you both, Skydiver and Rowan! I couldn't stand that little snot and just ached to get her to South Central..... I am excited about the Lantesh return though.... even if JR wasn't able to do the character because of other committments.... (darn!)
JR JR was upset about it too. But... given the option between shooting two episodes and being the main 'bad guy' in a full full... well, the big screen won. At the con, when he mentioned his bad character dies in the end, a lot of fans boo'd until he said something like: "Look... this guy is *so* bad I was glad they killed him off myself!" that leaves me really wanting to see the movie.
JR And he was into the scruffy look: longer shaggy hair, a button shirt with always the two three buttons opne, a comfortable worn pair of bants and a ratty light blue knit cap that he wore most of the time. A totally different picture that how we'd usualy see Martouf. He was deliciously scruffy. And Colin Cunningham dropped by the Con for a couple of hours [with moi haveing the luck of being assigned as his 'guide/security]. Creamy skin with lush dark hair, black shirt with an open collar, *well* fitting black pants and a black duster. Sweet voice, deliciously wicked chuckle, is very much a 'touch' person and quite charming and gallant - not faked at all. I enjoyed the time I had to spend with him and chat. And I enjoyed the honest, friendly hg and soft kiss on the cheek when he had to leave. When he said "I hope I see you later' I truely believe he meant it. A very charming man.
Proving Ground on Sky One Just to let anyone who's interested know that the new episode Proving Ground is showing on Sky One tonight in the UK at 8 pm.
you dogs! i still wanna come over to merry olde england so i can see new stargate. likely going to be january for us janks
'Proving Ground' Skydiver, if you ca handle the download, the URL at the botom of my sig might help. It should be up with the 24 hours or so after showing.
You guys will probably like this episode.... It wasn't badly done, based as it was on training scenarios put on by the SGC for SGC potential members, but they pulled the "This is just a test" stunt a little too often for my liking. I think in reality, after the first couple of times, the young recruits would have been a bit blase about anything that happened. I guess the most amusing notion for me, considering the earth based conspiracy line that seems to be prevalent these days, was the fact that they were testing the youngsters for offworld combat with an alien enemy - the Goa'uld. Who of course are now about as dangerous as my two pussycats!! They introduced Lt Elliott, who seemed like a nice boy.... and if the the rumours regarding him being Lantesh's host are true it certainly didn't happen during this episode, but they did sort of set the scene for it by giving him the first available SG team position. Which of course lays him open to offworld missions and increaes his chances of ending up as a host of some kind! They also, of course, reintroduced Cadet Hailey, who was just as annoying as she was before. It was a very pat, feelgood episode, and Daniel playing the 'baddie' in the training scenarios was a relatively amusing idea. Teal'c as usual got very little to say... so what else is new? The line from the film Evolution with David Duchovny always springs to mind when I see Teal'c.... the part where the black guy says "I've seen this movie.....the black dude always dies first!". I have no doubt that all of the SG1 lovers out there will like it.... it's only us diehard 'let's have more aliens' type of viewers who might have a few complaints.
5.13 Proving Ground I kinda liked this one. It was good to see how some of the new SGC staff are trained...not sure that it would have been SG1's job but thats not really the point. I did guess that it was just a training excerise and the main thing that gave it away for me is that Teal'c NEVER gets taken over by anything...and he was ment to be in this one Also the fact that Jack was willing for the trainies to take lead...not like Jack at all. Overall it was a good story and I thought it was a good episode. Wonder if we will ever see that young guy who was taken on in the SGC again??
Hehe.... Yeah I have just seen this one....I also never liked Cadet Hailey before so seeing her back was great (not) Kinda hoped that she was dead in the gateroom at the end...but knew I would never be that lucky!!! I do have to say I have noticed that Teal'c has not said more then a few lines on the past few episodes.... Had to know it was all a test as Teal'c was ment to have been taken over by the alien thingy....well that never happens!!! I thought it was a fairly good episode...but even I must admit we need more of SG1 going out and finding new aliens....this lot that they are doing on Earth could get real boring real soon.... Though Lt Elliott was ok...didn't know he was ment to have Lantash blend with him...that should be a good story... Overall it was ok...but again a Jack and Sam story and not much of Teal'c or even Danny this time...plus Danny as the bad guy.....LOL
I also didn't like the fact Teal'c was taken over, it didn't make sense. Also I kept thinking "The Lower Decks -- Star Trek: The Next Generation." That was ultimately unfounded, because this was much better. I knew it was an exercise at first, Hayley was in it, I guessed it was still an exercise later, Teal'c and other things, but I was taken in at the very end. I like it when you are kept guessing. That's why I like the film "Total Recall" -- I still can't work that one out, and I've seen it about 30 times!!
i quite liked this eppy, even though daniel didn't have much to say but i have to agree with everyone i just cant stand cadet hailey having lantash back should be interesting...peachy
Agreed..... more of a Jack and Sam story. Nothing really to excite and before the shippers start drooling big time..... there weren't any obvious lingering moments between the two. Although Jack got shot and she helped him up, again. Only this time, he just got a charge from a training weapon. I have a horrible feeling though, that the Jack and Sam lovers will be making hay out of this while the sun shines! God help us.....break out the drool buckets, mops, industrial pumps and submarines. Batten down the hatches..... Elliot will make a cocky little Tok'ra if it IS true that he will be host to one..... That'll please our good Colonel...
we havent had to baten down the hatches in while anni the practice should do you and cronus good ..peachy


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Vishnuvardhana, Upendra, Puneeth Rajkumar, Ravichandran, Shivrajkumar, Sudeep, Darshan, Jaggesh . The superstar list goes on.
Vishnuvardhan- has accepted Jyeshta for producer M.B.Babu and Kamalakar. This is going on the floors on July 7 at Mysore. Suresh Krissna is the director. The last film of the same combination Kadamba was a disaster at the box office. Vishnu has played a guest role in Sahukara a remake of Tamil film Muthu.
Upendra is the real super star today. Three of his films are on the floors Omkara, News and Uppidada MBBS. He has agreed for two more films in which one is Devdas. Last year two of the Upendra films Kutumba and Raktha Kanneeru were mega hits. This years Upendra film Gokarna a home production was also a safe bet at the box office.
Puneeth Rajkumar had only one release this year Veera Kannadiga , which did reasonably well at the box-office. He is doing a film for producer Rockline Venkatesh with Meera Jasmine in the lead. He has two other commitments with producer Ramu and Kanakapura Srinivas.
Ravichandran is getting ready for the release of his Sahukara for producer K. Manju. He is also directing, scoring music, writing lyrics, dialogues for Aham Premasmi starring his brother Ishwar in lead role with Arathi Chabria for his home production. He has also signed Adishesha for producer Kanakapura Srinivas and this year has been lucky for him as Malla and Ramakrishna are super hits.
Sudeep The stylish hero is currently working in Nalla for producer KCN Chandrasekhar and has two more assignments for the year. His releases this year Swathi Muthu and Ranga SSLC are only above average.
Shivrajkumar Currently working for Rakshasa has completed 50 percent of Valmiki for director M.S.Ramesh. Shivrajkumar has accepted two more films with director Soorya and another one Rishi with director Prakash.
Darshan- He is working on Kalasipalya and Bhagwan Kannada films. He has four films on hand. The earlier film released of Darshan Daasa was a super hit and Nanna Preethiya Ramu received rave reviews while Kitti was a disaster.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The state Senate voted Tuesday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to make it clear that same-sex marriages and civil unions are not recognized in Wyoming.
Senate Joint Resolution 5 would put the amendment on the November 2012 general election ballot for voters to decide. The bill's main sponsor is Sen. Curt Meier, R-LaGrange.
The Senate gave preliminary approval to the bill on a 21-7 standing vote.
All proposed constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority vote, meaning the proposal will need 20 of the 30 votes in the Senate to pass third reading.
The House on Monday adopted a bill to place similar language in state statutes.
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader John Hastert, D-Green River, was the only senator to speak against the proposed constitutional amendment.
"We have the responsibility to respect the rights of the minority," he said. "They may be different. They may be unpopular. I represent the rights of all citizens, not just the majority."
Sen Charles Scott, R-Casper, tried to restore the bill to the original language in the Wyoming Constitution, which defines marriage as a "civil contract between a male and a female person."
Proponents of changing the constitution maintain that language isn't clear enough.
But Scott said the original language is fairly easy to understand and would give the Legislature some flexibility to recognize other relationships in the future.
"Society clearly is evolving in this area,'" he said.
Meier opposed Scott's proposed amendment. He said his search of state laws turned up 240 places that refer to sex.
"There are places where we discriminate," he said.
Sen. Leslie Nutting, R-Cheyenne, said the Legislature is allowing the people to make the decision on same-sex marriages. People have demonstrated that they want clearer language, she said.
Sen. Drew Perkins, R-Casper, said that not every action in one state is recognized in other states.
"No matter how we do this, there will be lawsuits," Perkins said.
Sen. Tony Ross, R-Cheyenne, agreed. He noted one lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state marriage law was filed earlier but was dismissed.
The Senate voted down Scott's language and then adopted an amendment from Meier, which specifies that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in Wyoming.
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Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
The Linux New Media Awards have honored the most significant products, projects, people, and organizations for open source/Linux every year since 2000.
Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
One of CeBIT's most successful forums returns in 2015.