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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Critics Consensus: Though it may seem like just another Harry Potter knockoff, Percy Jackson benefits from a strong supporting cast, a speedy plot, and plenty of fun with Greek mythology.
Critics Consensus: Though it may seem like just another Harry Potter knockoff, Percy Jackson benefits from a strong supporting cast, a speedy plot, and plenty of fun with Greek mythology.
Movie Info
A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.
- Rating:
- PG (for action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild language)
- Genre:
- Drama , Action & Adventure , Science Fiction & Fantasy , Comedy
- Directed By:
- Chris Columbus
- Written By:
- Joe Stillman , Rick Riordan , Craig Titley , Chris Columbus
- In Theaters:
- Feb 12, 2010 Wide
- On DVD:
- Jun 29, 2010
- Box Office:
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The plot uses the presence of the Greek gods as an indistinct outline to influence teenagers who are more interested in the prestige and glamor of their connection than the responsibility that comes with it.
It provides a great adventure movie for the family audience.
The premise of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief holds great potential potential the film never realizes.
Percy Jackson is simply uninspired in every single meaning of the word. It's probably the crassest, most obviously derivative work of this sort since Eragon.
It kind of just builds up to a lot of Not Much.
Manages to pay its respects to the Greek myths and actually convey them as fun.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief proves to be a satisfying beginning to what is sure to be a promising film franchise.
Mildly diverting.
Just another mediocre fantasy flick, but if you enjoyed the books, I'm sure you'll enjoy the film.
An enjoyable PG-rated family adventure in its own right, but Columbus' film can't live up to the Potter gold standard, and it strays enough from Riordan's source material to make its tween readership blow a gasket every few minutes. [Blu-ray]
Not a perfect film, but the movie does have a certain passion that a lot of other franchise attempts have lacked. If you like Greek mythology and are looking for an antidote to Clash of the Titans, this may be what you're looking for.
A great family film, with just the right measures of action, mythological allusions, humor, and adventure.
Of all the would-be Potter projects that have hit the screen over the years, this is one of more polished and enjoyable ones.
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... a sprightly Harry Potter clone and an eye-candy-coated intro to Greek mythology.
While this flick may not have Harry Potter's complex world and multiple layers, it also doesn't have the angst and darkness. It replaces them with one thing in bulk: Fun.
Another attempted launch of a teen-aimed franchise, but this show-boat is rowing through the motions. Seen-that, been-there fantasy-epic stuff with dialogue more wooden and hollow than the Trojan Horse.
What surprised me is that I had some affection for an action adventure film the way I would have in the days of the Ray Harryhausen's best films.
A fun, effects-filled, escapist adventure, with several clever notions: Medusa sells garden statuary as a cover, and the Parthenon in Nashville is home to a hydra.
A safe, bland, test-marketed product made for tween mass consumption. Like most films arriving with ampersands and colons in the title, it's a bore.
Audience Reviews for Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Harry Potter meets Clash of the Titans and this book translation does pretty good for itself. My daughter and I laughed cringed and enjoyed it all the way through. I then made sure to tell my daughter its a book and she is already to read it!
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Once a film franchise has established itself, other similar franchises often follow it, haging on the coattails of its success and trying to cash in by appealing to the same audience. The fantasy genre has been rife with this in recent years, with the huge success of The Lord of the Rings prompting new adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia as well as smaller works like Stardust and Eragon. Crucially, while the quality of these films varies, none of them quite come close to the series that blazed the trail.
We find ourselves in a similar situation with Percy Jackson. At the time of its release, the Harry Potter series was winding down, with Deathly Hallows Part I in production and Part II not being far behind. Its release date was clearly timed to plug the gap between Potter films, giving teenage fantasy fans something to snack on in between meals. But despite any admiration for the story's intentions and its interesting nods to Greek mythology, the Lightning Thief is ultimately mediocre.
Try as we might, there's no getting around the comparison between Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. No matter how popular the source materials may be among teenage audiences, there is a strong argument that this film would not have been made without the financial success of the Potter franchise. Whatever you may think of them, both Harry Potter and Twilight demonstrated the commercial mileage in teenage/ young adult fantasy films; their consistent commercial success resulted in the likes of Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games being brought to our screens. Without their success, Jennifer Lawrence might still be a nobody.
This comparison becomes all the more inevitable by the involvement of Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films (Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets) before transitioning into a production role on Prisoner of Azkaban. While the Potter series really took off after Alfonso Cuar�n took over the reins, Columbus has since failed to replicate his earlier successes, turning in embarrasing failures like Rent and I Love You, Beth Cooper. One could almost view his involvement here as a form of regret, trying to atone for what he sees as a mistake (though almost no-one else shares his view).
There's no denying that Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief comes at you with the very best intentions. However good or bad its execution, it deserves some credit for attempting a noble task, namely trying to repackage the classic Greek Myths to inspire a new generation. From this point of view the film is attempting the very same thing that Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffat attempted with Sherlock, or that Kenneth Branagh was doing when he made his great Shakespeare adaptations.
In each case, the creative forces behind the projects recognise the hardy nature of the tales they are telling: the Greek Myths are as indelible and influential a force on our culture as Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare or Count Dracula. But equally, the creative parties recognise that young people will not fall in love with these stories purely on the basis of their reputations: they have to be told these stories in a way which resonates with the world in which they find themselves. These stories are to be respected, but they have to earn that respect by being brought to life in a compelling and imaginative way.
Unfortunately, while their intentions may be similar, that is where the comparison ends as far as Percy Jackson is concerned. For all the times that Branagh has slipped up, and all the complaints I have lodged against Sherlock in recent times, Columbus has never come close to matching their talents or aspirations. He is at his most basic level a bean-counter, someone who directs with an eye on the box office rather than the storytelling, and who will purposefully compromise the finished product to avoid the wrath of fans. By attempting to cram in every last detail of the book, Chamber of Secrets ended up being overly long and frequently tedious.
There are a number of nice little touches throughout Percy Jackson which succeed in bringing elements of the Greek Myths to life. It makes perfect sense that the winged sandals of Perseus would now be winged sneakers: both reflect the agility of their central protagonist in a popular manner. It also makes sense for the Den of the Lotus Eaters to be a Las Vegas casino: both are symbols of the power of greed and the dangers of valuing material satisfation over higher virtues. These touches aren't that different from the changes made in Sherlock, retaining the nature of the source material in a way that fans will recongise.
These touches are also reflected in the film's casting. Uma Thurman is usually very wooden, but she's very well-cast as Medusa; if nothing else her lingering delivery comes across a lot better than her work as Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin. Sean Bean is the natural choice for Zeus, exuding charisma even though he doesn't have a great deal to do in the story. Steve Coogan also makes the most of Hades, though he's very much in the shadow of James Woods, who gave a memorable performance in Hercules.
The problem, however, with Percy Jackson is that these nice little touches are not always executed with enough panache. It's all very well having nods to mythology here and there, but if these nods are not combined with a compelling story, or integrated into it, then all they amount to is a pretty surface, like delicate patterns of milk on a cold cup of burnt coffee. Columbus simply isn't good enough to use these creative elements to lift the more generic aspects of the plot, resulting in a film which isn't memorable enough to stand on its own.
Much of the problem lies in the film's uninspiring CGI. Like any other kind of special effect, CGI is at its most effective when we're unable or unwilling to tell where the real world ends and the make-believe begins. If any one kind of effect is overused, it draws attention to itself and the suspension of disbelief is compromised. Percy Jackson suffers greatly from this, turning to CGI whenever the mood takes it and thereby coming across as rather cheap.
A lot of the effects in Percy Jackson are really poor. On several shots of Pierce Brosnan's centaur body, you can still see the rough brushstrokes where the CG artists finished the colouring process too quickly. Steve Coogan's transformations into Hades don't feel properly to scale, and in the museum battle the monster keeps changings size according to the demands of a given shot. There's nothing quite as horrendous here as in, say, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but errors like this really take us out of the drama.
As for the drama itself, it's rather tepid. Effects notwithstanding, the set-pieces in the film are pretty exciting and don't outstay their welcome. But the dramatic exchanges in-between are where the film retreats into generic convection and often gets bogged down. The script comes from Craig Titley, whose other credits include the first Scooby-Doo movie and episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In other words, he's much better at effects-laden set-pieces than character drama, and this film is crying out for more of the latter.
Much like I Love You, Beth Cooper, the main characters in Percy Jackson feel less like actual teenagers and more like outdated Hollywood stereotypes. They're far less obnoxious than their Beth Cooper counterparts, but they're still thinly written with not enough room for development. The three main players make a decent fist of their roles, and it's refreshing to have a female character whose relationship with her male counterparts isn't defined solely in terms of a potential romance. But ultimately there's nothing about Percy, Grover or Annabeth that's as memorable or entertaining as Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a disappointing and derivative blockbuster, whose admirable intentions are undone by leaden direction and lazy screenwriting. For all the little moments which successfully bring the Greek Myths to life, the film doesn't have enough dramatic energy to sustain itself, and its poor effects work against the power of its set-pieces. It's not terrible by any means, but it won't dislodge Potter from its perch any time soon.
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I had no idea there were so many kids books that could be made into films, they just keep popping up every year after Harry Potter opened the flood gates, and still none can compare to the kid with specs. This is close and probably the best rival yet but whilst watching I was still thinking of Potter, 'Clash of the Titans' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia', unfortunately for this film you just can't help but compare it to these films/stories and wonder if its just come along too late in the day.
The film did get better as it went on but the acting is kinda average. Its a bit too silly in places with dumb lines, lame visual gags and apart from a great Hydra sequence the film is visually kinda average. The secret hidden camp where all the 'special' people train looks pathetic, like a Scout camp you would go to over the summer holidays, plus it only seemed about a 5min walk from a main road in the film? hardly well hidden. The best part as said was the Hydra attack, brilliant CGI with that sequence and really well played out, not really tense as you know no one will die (kids film!!) but its the best bit on offer, the rest ticks along steadily I guess.
I'll say it again, the problem here is all the time your watching you can't help but think you've seen this all before. There's nothing new or special, its all been done now...quite a few times, so why make another film about the same kinda stuff?. Its never gonna beat Potter and this just seems rather repetitive I'm afraid. Shame because had it come out ten years ago it would of done much better I'm sure and not come across so stale.
Hate to mention Harry flipping Potter so much but really...how can I not do? look at the title for pete's sake!. An awkward modern day setting for Greek mythology which works on some levels but fails on many others. The whole Medusa sequence with a dreadfully miscast Uma Thurman pretty much solidifies this if you ask me, the whole thing just doesn't feel right at all.
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The first installment in the Percy Jackson franchise is a mere vessel, to show the fans what the background is. It was not to wow the audiences with pure action, even though it is entertaining 100% of the time. I actually recieved exactly what I wanted out of this movie. The movie takes you on a ride that is actually fun to take. Percy Jackson and the olympians: The Lightning Thief is a very good storytelling popcorn movie, if that makes sense. To top it off, Logan Lerman plays the charater to perfection. I have seen his acting before, but his talent has severely improved. The comedy, action, and thrills all work well together to make this a must see for enjoyment. It may not be the best film in the world, but when you have a film (even if a little cheesy) entertain as much as this, you know you are doing something right.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Quotes
- Gabe Ugliano:
- Woman!
- Sally Jackson:
- Hi Gabe.
- Gabe Ugliano:
- Where's my beer?
- Sally Jackson:
- It's in the fridge.
- Gabe Ugliano:
- So it's suppposed to magically float from the ice box and into my hand?
- Luke:
- Wow...that's a sword, that's a sword.
- Mr. Brunner/Chiron:
- Take this, it is a powerful weapon.
- Percy Jackson:
- This is a pen.
- Percy Jackson:
- Zeus:
- What do you see?
- Poseidon:
- Thunderclouds.
- Zeus:
- With no lightning. Stolen.
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The Painful Reality of Neuropathy: A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(May 14, 2014)
"Everybody's neuropathy is unique to themselves, so the symptoms you see here can be anything from mild to wild."
From TheBody.com
When Constant Pain Is a Reality
(March 4, 2014)
Part of the series
Other Sides of HIV
: People Taking HIV Meds Share Stories About Side Effects.
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, from TheBody.com
Neuropathy: Facts and Fiction -- A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(May 3, 2013)
"This article is based on some of the commonest questions from people new to the disease and is meant to establish some facts and clear up some misunderstandings, especially in relation to people with HIV."
From TheBody.com
Peripheral Neuropathy and HIV/AIDS
(March 2013)
The Well Project
Nerve Pain and Numbness
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Peripheral Neuropathy
(December 19, 2012)
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AIDS InfoNet
Monday Reflection: Living in the Right Now -- A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton
(October 29, 2012)
"Sometimes I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. ... On one level, I don't want to make people think you can't live with this disease. ... My honesty could have a negative effect on what they need to do to survive. Nor do I want people to think living with HIV is a one-pill wonder."
From TheBody.com
Tips for PHAs With Peripheral Neuropathy
(July 31, 2012)
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The Positive Side
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Can I Get A Witness! Authentic Voices Tell the Story of Neuropathy: A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(April 11, 2012)
"Authors, scientists, doctors, journalists and bloggers can write about neuropathy until they're blue in the face but there's no substitute for hearing people tell their own stories."
From TheBody.com
Ask the Doctor: How Can You Prevent HIV-Related Peripheral Neuropathy?
(February 22, 2012)
Black AIDS Institute
I Hate to Be a Kicker, or How to Get Neuropathy Into the Glossies? A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(February 17, 2012)
"Maybe we can remove the ignorance about this growing disease and stimulate action in treating it. [Neuropathy] may not carry a death sentence but for many, it is a life sentence and we owe it to ourselves to make sure were not ignored!"
National Minority AIDS Council
Pain, Drugs and the Risks of Self-Medication
(February 14, 2012)
"I share this experience to convey that I understand the disabling effects of severe pain and our complicated relationship with the medications that control it. We may need these drugs at times, but they can quickly and all too easily create other significant problems."
From TheBody.com
The Supplement Syndrome: "I'm Not Sure It's Helping but It May Get Worse If I Stop!" A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(February 1, 2012)
"Ask questions, do your research and target it at the symptoms that are giving you the most trouble. Then make your choices accordingly and with a bit of luck you will find some relief. The key thing is not to press the neuropathy panic button and clear the shelves of your local health store."
From TheBody.com
The Self-Worth Analysis, or How Neuropathy Can Steal Your Social Self: A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(January 20, 2012)
"People have lived through this before, with the doubt and fear that they would be excluded from society by HIV; but the advent of neuropathy can attack an already fragile ego like rust on metal."
From TheBody.com
The Lemming Compulsion, or How People With Neuropathy and HIV Will Grab at Straws: A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(January 10, 2012)
"They're called 'self-care strategies' or 'unhealthy behaviours,' which patients use to manage or alleviate the symptoms brought on by HIV-related neuropathy. Recent studies have brought the problem to light but despite Google's search potential, you can count the number of scientific articles explaining why this happens and what is being done about it on one hand."
From TheBody.com
Why Do People With HIV Suffer From Neuropathy? A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(December 22, 2011)
"It really does seem profoundly unfair: you've contracted HIV and have begun treatment ... Eventually, for most people the situation tends to settle down and you learn to live with HIV as an irritating but constant companion. ... Then, seemingly out of nowhere, you begin to feel strange, new and unpleasant symptoms."
From TheBody.com
Neuropathy? A Growing Problem: A Blog Entry by Dave R.
(December 17, 2011)
"This article is not meant to depress people but it is meant to be realistic. If you know what you're dealing with, then it's much easier to find a place for it in your life. Moreover, worst-case scenarios are just that: you will probably be able to find something to help your own neuropathy experience become more bearable."
From TheBody.com
HIV/AIDS, Neuropathy, Painkillers (My Personal Hell): A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia
(January 21, 2011)
"WHY did this doc put me on a medication that seems like heroin but in pills??? That its highly addictive?? I get so angry with the hell I have been through."
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Yay! I know. I am so happy about that. However, summer session I starts May 18th and runs until June 26th. I will have to go Mondays & Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. I really wanted to go to summer session 2 but there are barely any classes offered.
There are so many problems, with the first one being that I will be attending school 12 hours/week while teaching, raising my children and trying to attend to my husband. I know that I can do it, but I am getting scared just thinking about it. I know that it's only 5 weeks, but come on. Give me a break! I am going to be so freaking tired. Don't even mention how David is going to get home since my class starts 30 minutes earlier than it usually does.
Lord give me strength to make it through these next six weeks. It's going to be okay though, because after all is said and done, it will be summer vacation. No word yet on if I'm approved to teach summer school or not because after all failure is simply not an option.
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The afterschool club reminded me of a children's birthday party! On Wednesday's they don't have lessons, but discover their creative side! Half the class did some fabric painting, which looked fantastic. Needless to say, due to my artistic talents, I went with the other group, who were to sing and dance. I wasn't supposed to be taking it, but ended up doing so. So the first thing we played was "musical statues" - that's culture for you! Sri Lankans have some good dance moves! They enjoyed it and by the end of it, it was hard to get anyone out. I then taught them the good old favourite "if you're happy and you know it". At home if you did this with a bunch of 9,10,11 year olds, they'd probably eat you alive, but they love it out here and we managed to sing along to the 5verses with the cd.
The first stages of building the 2 new classrooms finally started today - the back garden now has 8 less trees. They are all coconut trees, so even though a few of them weren't where the building is to take place, they needed to be removed so that coconuts don't fall on the children as they play.
I've now added to my singlase vocab - "mass" is meat, "bat" is rice and "oler" is potato (of course they are all spelt phonetically!). Some would say that is all you need to know - as long as you can order food, everything else should follow!!


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I just got my two Perlick faucets in and I want to replace the old ones. I don't want to break or scratch anything, but I tried simply unscrewing the old faucets and they don't seem to want to give. There are some small hole on top of the ring covering the threaded part of the old faucets. Does this ring need to be loosened somehow? Any advice on how to do this or any tools needed?
you will want a faucet wrench to use to turn the collar using the holes. it will look similar to this: http://www.homebrewery.com/images/faucetwrench.jpg also, when you put the new faucets in, you will want to make sure it mates properly. you'll realize what i'm talking about when you do it, just make sure the faucet sits in right.
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Back in March we witnessed
the release of Qt 4.5
which was also met by an announcement that Qt Extended was to be discontinued and that was just weeks after the announcement came down that
Qt Jambi would be discontinued
. There have certainly been many changes since
Nokia bought out Trolltech
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license Qt under the LGPL
. Today there are more changes coming out of Qt Software.
First off, the Qt tool-kit is now being developed in a public Git repository, which can be found at
. Qt is now being openly developed to hopefully spur additional community contributions whether it be code, translations, or other work. The Qt Creator IDE, the discontinued Qt Jambi, and other Qt Software projects will now call this Git repository their home.
Qt Software has also decided to publish a road-map for their Qt plans. The public Qt road-map can be found on
their developer web-site
Qt's plans for a 3D portability API sound a bit like the work Intel and others have been putting into
to simplify the development of OpenGL and OpenGL ES programs. The 3D enabler action item consists of "Provide APIs to simplify creation of 3D applications with OpenGL, including math primitives for matrix multiplication, vectors, quaternicons (client-side) and an API for vertex and fragment Shaders. Future research will be done on stencils, vertex buffers and arrays, texture manipulation and geometry shaders."
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Key Visual Games
Here's a list of Key Games that I know of
-Kanon -Air -Clannad -Planetarian -Tomoyo After -Little Busters! Are there any sites that are translating these games to English? I know Kanon and Clannad are being translated/edited right now. Hopefully, they'll finish soon. Please help me find fan translations for Key Visual Games.:) |
Sadly, only Kanon and CLANNAD are being translated. There is no other game being translated now. But I think, just maybe, I saw someone translating Planetarian but I'm not sure where.
Kanon - on hold
http://www.haeleth.net/kanon.shtml Kanon - editing http://radicalr.pestermom.com/vn.html Air - abandoned http://odin.prohosting.com/creign/Air/ Clannad - translating and editing http://clannad.thewafflehouse.net/index.php Planetarian - finished http://www.insani.org/planetarian.html Tomoyo After - unknown Little Busters! - unknown and one more you might be interested: (it is not key's, but can be called as pre-key's) ONE - finished http://akane.is.moelicious.be/ |
Clannad might have a decent shot at release, although I'd expect a very lengthy and difficult editing process given the community-based nature of their project. |
Wow I've got to say, thanks! If animeSuki had repping options, I'd give you +1 Here's my imaginary +1 |
because it is not business trade, it is just fan creation and kind of doujin project. there is no benefit for the company directly and this is "gray area" under the copyright law. if key give them premission, it is true more people will order the game from japan, but they are afraid more this kind of requests will come from China and Korea or other countries. and it just doesnt feel right for key that a company gives fans permission to release an unoffical patch for their product. if key doesnt give the permission to them, they can still release it, and key has no control for that, unless key want a lawsuit in US, which will cost more money than a translation patch releasing. it is not worth it. so giving permission is not the right thing to do for key and there is not much benefit from ordering, on the other hand, giving no permission is fine but key cannot really stop you by just rejecting your request for permission. that is why in anime or gaming, japanese company only want to sell their product to offical US companies under business contract, that way they will get a "visible" amount of money. on the contrary, they will never speak with any doujin team. that is the same goes for their local japanese doujin teams. they cannot stop doujin, but they wont encourage doujin, either. here is an example. my firends sent key an email two year ago to get a permission for a doujin product, the reply from key is: "you dont have to tell us". that is it. they wont give you an "OK" and they cannot say "you cannot do it", either. this is how they deal with it. so, i dont know whether the kanon translation patch will release or not. but i am sure that key WILL NOT give anyone this kind of permission. btw, key is the company that do NOT really care about the market other than japan. the licence fee for their product is ridiculous HUGE. |
However, If Maeda or Visual Art's clearly rejects the idea, I doubt the patch will be released - not without the new team providing its own translation from scratch, anyway. |
Hold on, so let's say I get the game. Then I install it and then download the patch. Is that how it works?
Ah, Planetarian!
For its length and what it was, I absolutely loved it. I'm hunting down the Drama CD translation, now. 'xD |
How does it come that nobody heard of Snow?
(You can see some screens there : http://www.himeyashop.com/product_in...oducts_id/5874) Finding information about this game is pretty tough, but it's a Key game, so it must be great. Anything you know about Snow? |
Just so people know, there DO is an ongoing AIR translation project here Since it is an open translation project as CLANNAD, I'd expect more people to help with it once v7's is over :)
Design is kinda the same, and I read that the story was similar, so I thought it was made by Key ^^. |
Coincidentally, both Key and Studio Mebius used VisualArt's's game engine, and when RealLive came out, SNOW got ported to that for one of the releases. |
SNOW was heavily backed by VisualArt's (apparently, Studio Mebius was a subsidiary at the time), so I bet they were consciously trying to produce a second Key.
I think a group should get together and translate Little Busters! That game was great even without translations.
wait.... Kanon and Clannad bishoujo's are being translated?
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The Entertainment Software Ratings Board, or ESRB, is like the Motion Picture Association of America: It sets the ratings for video games, like the MPAA sets ratings for movies.
If you're a parent or buying for a child pay attention, these ratings are important. While you may never have played a game and don't understand how or why they could be inappropriate, these ratings were designed to empower consumers to make educated decisions.
The ESRB ratings are as follows:
EARLY CHILDHOOD Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.
EVERYONE Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
EVERYONE 10+ Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.
TEEN Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.
MATURE Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
ADULTS ONLY Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.
You can find out more about the Entertainment Software Rating Board's rating system by clicking here.
But rating video games is a little more complicated than rating movies due to their interactive nature -- it's a bit more complex than giving a violent game an "R" and a non-violent game a "G."
In addition to ratings that appear on the packaging of every game submitted to the ESRB -- and therefore games carried by the nation's leading retailers -- the board uses "Content Descriptors" that specify what gamers and parents should expect to encounter when playing a given game.
Alcohol Reference -- Reference to and/or images of alcoholic beverages
Animated Blood -- Discolored and/or unrealistic depictions of blood
Blood -- Depictions of blood
Blood and Gore -- Depictions of blood or the mutilation of body parts
Cartoon Violence -- Violent actions involving cartoon-like situations and characters. May include violence where a character is unharmed after the action has been inflicted
Comic Mischief -- Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor
Crude Humor -- Depictions or dialogue involving vulgar antics, including "bathroom" humor
Drug Reference -- Reference to and/or images of illegal drugs
Edutainment -- Content of product provides user with specific skills development or reinforcement learning within an entertainment setting. Skill development is an integral part of product


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Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Publishes Report On Latin America Market
The Global Transaction Services business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has published the report, Strategic Treasury for Latin America 2013, which currently appears in Treasury Management International (TMI) magazine. The report, which is produced annually, identifies the opportunities, challenges and market variations that companies may encounter when doing business in the region.
"To outside companies looking to expand internationally, Latin America is a land of opportunity," states Juan Pablo Cuevas, head of Global Transaction Services for Latin American and the Caribbean, in the introduction of the report. Cuevas explains that despite recent events in Brazil, "by and large, the political instability that was once inherent in the region has given way to longer-term governments and longer-term planning as the region's economies continue to grow."
Strategic Treasury for Latin America 2013, which is available to BofA Merrill clients and through TMI, features articles on wide-ranging treasury and transaction services issues, including:
- The most attractive opportunities for trade and investment in Latin America.
- The most suitable countries for establishing shared service centers.
- Implications of the Pacific Alliance and the Integrated Latin America Market (MILA).
- How treasurers can more effectively leverage their technology, including mobile.
- The advantage for treasury departments to work with a banking provider that can relay real-time information on their cash and securities exposures.
- How treasurers can optimize liquidity management in the region.
- Best practices on the part of Latin America companies to allocate at least a portion of their liquidity to USD-denominated products.
- How the conditions in Latin America are ripe for more widespread use of commercial cards.
- How multinationals, eager to take advantage of the opportunities in Brazil and Mexico, are seeking to increase investment and activity in both countries.
In the article, "Navigating Latin America's Liquidity Landscape," the bank provides country-by-country profiles on liquidity conditions. Mexico is noted for being more liberal where liquidity management is concerned, while Chile is singled out as "an attractive business location for international corporations in light of its investment grade credit rating and stable democratic government."
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I've talked of the Humble Bundle 2 in this post, and now you have around 14 days to buy 5 good games and choose the price you want to pay for them, this seem too good to be true?
Then I add also that you can decide whether, and to what percentage, allocate part of the sum for the charity in two associations.
Yes The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle is arrived !
As usual there are 5 games in this bundle but while Trine, Shadowgrounds, and Shadowgrounds: Survivor are very polished games and ready to play on all platforms, the Splot and Jack Claw bonuses are different.
Splot is still under development and will be added to your bundle once it is completed. Jack Claw is a prototype of a game Frozenbyte was developing but canceled before completion.
From a very quick first glance I must say that between the 3 full games the one that attracts me more, is Trime:
Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities and tactics can be used to invent new ways to overcome obstacles and save the kingdom!
So, go on the site and make your offer, you'll be able to help 2 charity associations, support independent games makers and for this you'll get 5 great games !
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This just confirms what type of person you are, rejoicing over the death of innocent people just becuase one liberal politician died. You may not like that you, as a richer person pays more tax than does a poorer person. I get that. I don't like seeing my taxes due at the end of the year either. But I would never wish death on innocent people as you do. You should be ashamed of yourself. You sir, are scum, many times worse than those leeches you loathe so much. »
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George Mason Patriots (3-4)
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Wednesday, December 02
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center
Attendance: 4,125
George Mason
George Washington
Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - Damian Hollis poured in a game-high 25 points to lead the George Washington Colonials in a 66-49 rout of the George Mason Patriots in a non-league contest at the Smith Center.
Hollis was the only player in double figures for the Colonials (5-1), who avenge their first loss of the season while improving to 3-1 on their current five-game homestand.
Luke Hancock led George Mason (3-4) with 15 points. Patriots starters Andre Cornelius and Ryan Pearson were serving a one-game suspension for violating team rules.
GW jumped out to an early nine-point lead before George Mason cut the deficit to 18-16. The Colonials answered with an 8-0 run of their own, and they went into the locker room with a 35-27 halftime lead.
The Colonials took control with an 18-2 run to start the second half, as the Patriots didn't register a field goal until 12:09 remaining in the game.
George Washington improves to 9-0 all-time at home against George Mason, although these cross-town rivals had not met since 1998.
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Washington Quilt Shows & Events
QuiltersResources.net prides itself in being your most comprehensive resource for quilting related information on the internet; however, please understand that circumstances beyond my control may limit the accuracy of posted information.
Regrettably, I am not always made aware of event changes and/or cancellations. As such, please be sure to verify dates, times, and locations prior to traveling to any event.
If you have an event addition and/or updated information, please e-mail email@example.com.
November 7-9, 2014
Block Party Quilters "Color Sensations"
Issaquah Community Center
301 Rainier Blvd S, Issaquah, WA
Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Suggested Donation $6
Featured Artist: Janet Fogg
Over 200 Quilts, Tea Room, Merchant Mall, Kids' Korner,
Boutique, Demos, Door Prizes, Quilt Sales, Challenge Quilt Exhibit
www.bpquilters.org or email@example.com 8, 2014
Clark County Quilters' Stash Bazaar
Manor Evangelical Church
17913 NE 72nd Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604
www.clarkcountyquilters.org/programs.htmlNovember 13-15, 2014 (10am-5pm)
Quilt, Craft & Sew Festival
Western Washington Fairgrounds
110 9th Ave SW, Puyallup, WA 98371
February 2015 TBD
Kitsap Quilters Annual Show
Kitsap County Fairgrounds, President's Hall
1200 NW Fairgrounds Rd, Bremerton, WA 98311
email@example.com 26-March 1, 2015
Sewing & Stitchery Expo
Puyallup Fair & Events Center
110 Ninth Ave SW, Puyallup, WA 98371
www.sewexpo.comMarch 2015 TBD
Quilters Anonymous 34th Annual Quilt Show
Evergreen State Fairgrounds
14405 179th Ave SE, Monroe, WA 98272
www.quiltersanonymous.orgMarch 2015 TBD
A Quilter's Journey
Three Rivers Convention Center
7016 W Grandridge Blvd, Kennewick, WA 99337
www.tcquilters.orgApril 25-26, 2015
Busy Bee Quilter's of Snohomish
35 Years of BEE-utiful Quilts
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Commercial Building #400
14405 179th Ave SE, Monroe, WA 98272
www.busybeequilters.comApril 2015 TBD
40th Annual Quilt Show
Vancouver Church of Christ
9019 NE 86th St, Vancouver, WA 98662
www.clarkcountyquilters.orgApril 2015 TBD
Odessa Quilt Club Annual Show
Odessa High School Gym
3rd St & 4th Ave, Odessa, WA 99159
For info, Laura Estes, (509) 982-2908
www.odessaquiltclub.comApril 2015 TBD
Quilts Along the Trail: Central Washington Annual Quilt Show
Sponsored by Kittitas County Chambers of Commerce
512 N Poplar, Ellensburg, WA 98927
For information, Contact Amy McGuffin
(509) 925-2002 or firstname.lastname@example.com 2015 TBD
20th Annual Festival of Quilts
Seaport Quilters Guild
Clarkston High School, 401 Chestnut, Clarkston, WA
www.seaportquilters.com/QuiltShow.htmlApril 2015 TBD
Annual Fabric of the Forest
presented by the West Olympic Council of the Arts
Forks HS Auxiliary Gym, 261 S Spartan Ave, Forks, WA 98331
www.piecemakersquiltclub.orgMay 2015 TBD
Chewelah Arts Guild's 16th annual Quilt Show
Jenkins High School, 702 East Lincoln, Chewelah, WA
www.chewelahartsguild.orgJune 2015 TBD
Woolley Fiber Quilters Annual Quilt Show
Location TBD, Sedro-Woolley, WA
www.woolleyfiberquilters.blogspot.comJune 24-28, 2015
Western Washington Annual Quilt Shop Hop
www.washingtonquiltshophop.comJuly - September 2015 TBD
Washington Row By Row Experience
www.rowbyrowexperience.com/washington-row-by-row-experience.htmJuly 1 - September 4, 2015
30 Quilts for 30 Years: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA
www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=4066July 9-11, 2015
Oregon Summer Quilt Expo
"A Celebration of Quilt, Knit and Stitch Artistry"
www.oregonsummerquiltexpo.comJuly 2015 TBD
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club Annual Show
Sequim Middle School Gym, 301 W. Hendrickson, Sequim, WA
www.sunbonnetsuequiltclub.org/annquiltshowAugust 15-16, 2015 (9am-4pm)
2nd Annual Quilt & Craft Show
sponsored by Conconully Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Over 100 quilts for show and sale. Along with crafters of pottery, wood, fiber, jewelry and more. Food venders and entertainment around town make for a fun day for young and old.
Contact Janet Warner 206-954-2747 or firstname.lastname@example.com 2015 TBD
19th Annual Buggy Barn Quilt Show
28848 Tramm Rd N, Reardan, WA 99029
www.buggybarnquilts.comSeptember 2015 TBA
EverGreen Quilters Show
Birchwood Presbyterian Church, Family Life Center
400 Meadowbrook Ct, Bellingham, WA 98226
www.evergreenquilters.orgSeptember 2015 TBA
20th Annual Leavenwoth Intimate Quilt Show - new venue
Hosted by Family Events of Leavenworth
Leavenworth, WA
(509) 548-5311 or email@example.com
www.quiltersheaven.comSeptember 2015 TBD
Annual Quilt Show
Ocean Shores Convention Center
120 W Chance A LaMer, Ocean Shores, WA 98569
email@example.com 2015 TBD (10am-5pm)
Walla Walla Valley Annual Quilt Show
Walla Walla Fairgrounds
360 Orchard St, Walla Walla, WA 99362
www.wallawallaquiltfestival.orgSeptember - October 2015 TBD
Quilting On the Dry Side Shop Hop
Mark your calendars and plan to visit 13 wonderful quilt shops in eastern Oregon and eastern Washington.
Amelia's Quilt Shop, Kennewick, WA
Aunty Ida's Quilt Shop, Hermiston, OR
Cattle Country Quilts, Joseph, OR
Claudson's Sew & Soak, La Grande, OR
Quiltmania, Richland, WA
Quilt Therapy, La Grande, OR
Quilts Plus, Halfway, OR
Stash, Walla Walla, WA
The Charm Shack, Ontario, OR
The Material Girl LLC, Hermiston, OR
The Sewing Basket and Quilted Country Inn, Prosser, WA
Treasure Every Stitch, Baker City, OR
Walla Walla Sew & Vac, Walla Walla, WA
www.hellscanyonbyway.comSeptember 2015 TBD
14th Annual Outdoor Quilt Show "A Festival of Color"
Main St, Duvall, WA
www.duvallquiltshow.comOctober 2015 TBD
Patchin' People's 22nd Fall Festival
Features Barbara Shapel, Fiber artist
Pullman, Washington
www.sites.google.com/site/patchinpeople/fall-festivalOctober 2015 TBD
Washington Road Trip Shop Hop
10th Annual Shop Hop
Friendly faces and fabulous fabric at 30 premier Quilt Shops with fun and prizes.
www.washingtonroadtrip.comOctober 2015 TBD
37th Annual Quilt Show
My Heart Belongs to Quilting
Spokane County Fair & Expo Center
404 North Havana, Spokane, WA 99202
Admission is $8 for three days.
www.wsqspokane.org/news.php?fc_id=1046October 2015 TBD
2nd Annual Fall Quilt Show
Tangled Threads Quilt Shop
202 6th St., Lynden, WA 98264
(360) 318-1567
April 2016 TBD
Biennial Quilt Show
Presented by the Fidalgo Island Quilters Quilt Guild
Swinomish Casino & Lodge
12885 Casino Dr, Anacortes, WA
www.fidalgoislandquilters.com (360) 333-9311April 2016
Biennial Quilt Show
Stray Threads Quilt Guild
Mobius Hall on Cascadia Community College Campus
18345 Campus Way NE, Bldg. CC3, Bothell, WA 98011
www.straythreads.orgJune 2016 TBD
Sacred Threads Biennial Exhibition
Epiphany Parish, 1805 38th Ave, Seattle WA


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- Abstract
- I. Mosses in the northern, high-latitude region
- II. The role of moss in ecological resilience
- III. Response of moss to disturbance
- IV. Future research needs
- V. Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Supporting Information
Summary | 49 | |
I. | Mosses in the northern, high-latitude region | 50 |
II. | The role of moss in ecological resilience | 51 |
III. | Response of moss to disturbance | 54 |
IV. | Future research needs | 60 |
V. | Conclusions | 62 |
Acknowledgements | 62 | |
References | 62 |
Mosses in northern ecosystems are ubiquitous components of plant communities, and strongly influence nutrient, carbon and water cycling. We use literature review, synthesis and model simulations to explore the role of mosses in ecological stability and resilience. Moss community responses to disturbance showed all possible responses (increases, decreases, no change) within most disturbance categories. Simulations from two process-based models suggest that northern ecosystems would need to experience extreme perturbation before mosses were eliminated. But simulations with two other models suggest that loss of moss will reduce soil carbon accumulation primarily by influencing decomposition rates and soil nitrogen availability. It seems clear that mosses need to be incorporated into models as one or more plant functional types, but more empirical work is needed to determine how to best aggregate species. We highlight several issues that have not been adequately explored in moss communities, such as functional redundancy and singularity, relationships between response and effect traits, and parameter vs conceptual uncertainty in models. Mosses play an important role in several ecosystem processes that play out over centuries – permafrost formation and thaw, peat accumulation, development of microtopography – and there is a need for studies that increase our understanding of slow, long-term dynamical processes.


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Are you saying it's just a coincidence that 2008 is the same year CA's law went into effect that made restaurants with more than 20 locations provide easy access to this information in the form of brochures and such?
When it comes to FDA and expiration dates and safety that it should be left up to the STATE? So if TX doesn't require any drug trials before marketing prescription drugs, then that's on them? How about the Federal "War on Drugs"? (Admittedly it doesn't work the way intended.) What in the constitution allows them to pass federal laws regarding cocaine, Ritalin, or Sudafed?
Should I just have to trust Nestle that they will put infant health above profits? Or my local dairy to put expiration dates on milk? Or my grocery store to pull the expired milk off the shelf? Or Ford to put safety ahead of profits? Because we all know how well that one worked out. Spoiled food can make people sick, or worse, kill people. We've witnessed big corporations putting profits ahead of people for decades. It takes legislation and lawsuits to get companies to change their practices.
There are some things that take government involvement for citizens to get. If McDonald's thinks their profits are going to suffer because they tell people there are 800 calories in a Big Mac, why would they volunteer this information?
The thing with the nutritional information being provided is that there ARE healthy choices when you go out. Subway offers so many options with fewer than 300 calories. My 3" egg and cheese on flatbread comes in at under 200 calories! Applebees offers a WW section of their menu.
Not everything in the outside perimeter of the grocery store is good for you. That's where they keep the bacon, the butter, and Pillsbury canned cinnamon rolls. Not everything else is bad. That's where they keep the water, nuts, rice cakes, and fiber supplements. Salads are in the produce section, yet adding certain dressings kills the healthy/calorie count. How do I know this? From reading the federally required information on the label. I can pick out a tasty dressing with about 10 calories per serving at my grocery store. When I go out to eat, I have choices of dressings, but without that nutritional information, I may not realize that fat-free at Red Lobster might not be the same as the fat free I use.
There are some burger places that butter their buns. If I based the content of the restaurant burger by what I make at home, I may be underestimating the content by 800 calories. Again, how do I know how many calories are in a 1/4 pound turkey burger, whole grain bun, mustard, and pickles? The label. But the burger at Islands might be 1/3 pound turkey burger on a buttered bun twice the size. I bake my fries so I have no idea how many calories are in fries fried in oil. Not to mention at home I know what a serving size is; at a restaurant I can't tell how many servings they have piled on.
There is an Ore-Ida potatoes commercial out now where kids are asking adults in the frozen food section how many calories they think are in a serving. It's around 140. However, a serving is 14 fries. Without that label, I wouldn't know that.
Unless a company is doing business solely in one state, their products cross state lines. Kellogg's is based in MI, yet I can buy Cornflakes in CA. How is this not a federal issue since it crosses state lines?
Yeah, at the end of the day I just really don't trust that companies are going to put the good of the consumer ahead of profits and offer up the info on their own. I know you are arguing for a sort of "free market" solution where consumers buy more products that are labeled and the problem fixes itself, but I think we had that system previously and it didn't really seem to work. Up until recently there weren't requirements about nutrition info so company's didn't offer them (at least, not in the stores where they were readily available), and consumers didn't really expect them. Plus, I think this is still a free market solution - again, the goverment isn't regulating what the companies can sell or what consumers can buy; they are putting the same requirements on all businesses (that have over 20 locations) which puts all of the chains on equal footing. From here, it will probably be up to the chains to compete to see who can come up with the best tasting stuff with "healthier" stats because that is what consumers are going to be buying. It's still a free market where consumers are the ultimate decision makers, but now they have slightly more info about how they make their decisions.
I think Bonita makes an excellent point about what happened in the past when we didn't have regulations about businesses.
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There is a HUGE difference between food safety and requiring a calorie content for a Big Mac. The government has gone way overboard with regulations.
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Why is it that businesses have the right to deceive the consumer when it comes to what they are selling, yet consumers don't have the right to know? Many companies kept things a secret from the public long after they knew about it. Even in the interest of undisputed safety, they still didn't let the public now. Ford Pinto anyone? It took lawsuits and government intervention to get them to change.
I just can't figure out how this is a bad thing. Consumers want the information, companies don't/won't provide it on their own, so watchdog groups like Center for Science in the Public Interest lobby for laws to get passed.
Yes, I agree. I think allowing consumers to make informed decisions *is* a food safety issue.
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Interesting way to decide what's healthy or not. Hmmm, at my local market I would be eating mostly bakery cakes, deli meats & prepared foods, laundry soap, toilet paper, drugs from the pharmacy (yummmm!) and candy & sodas.
And again, knowing what is healthy at the grocery store is much different than knowing what is healthy at a fast food place. Take your carrot salad example. I make a salad at home with shredded carrots & zucchini, fresh basil, lemon juice, and a splash of olive oil. The carrot salad at the grocery store deli has shredded carrots, raisins, walnuts, and a mayo-based dressing, i.e. not a particularly healthy choice. But I have no idea which kind of "carrot salad" I'll be getting when I walk into a new place. The calorie counts can help me make a better decision.
70% of the U.S. population now lives in a state where same-sex marriage is legal. At 36 and counting!
I've been in a lot of grocery stores and most of them are meat vegetables and dairy around the perimeter. There is nothing healthy at a fast food place. Deciding whether it's healthier than another option is on you and if you think the Constitution allowed for the Federal government to make these kinds of decisions, then good for you. I disagree very very very strongly.
I gotta say, I feel that not only does the govt have a right to intervene, they have an obligation to. To me this is like the warnings on cigarette packs - the amount of nicotine, tar, CO etc. in a smoke and what health problems smoking contributes to. Everyone's okay with that, presumably, but when it comes to fat-laden, high carb, high sugar, zero nutritional value foods everyone thinks the govt has stepped over their boundaries to force fast food restaurants to list their menu item caloric content. That I just don't get.