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Same old traditional gameplay; additional layer of depth.
In 2007, Marvelous Entertainment released Rune Factory for the Nintendo DS as a celebration of the Harvest Moon series' tenth anniversary. While the mechanics and traditions of the franchise remained wholly intact, Rune Factory thrust the player into a fantasy world, filled with monsters and plenty of magic and weaponry with which to do away with said beasts. The game's release was a risk, but it quickly paid off when it was celebrated by many as the best entry the series had yet seen.
Rune Factory Frontier brings the handheld series to consoles, where the original Harvest Moon began. The game exists as a pseudo-sequel to the DS game, introducing events and characters that should be familiar to long time fans, but don't at all leave newcomers in the dark. After the lackluster Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranqulity, I'll be honest and say that I really didn't expect much from this game. Coming away from it now, I can safely say that I'm glad for that fact. If I'd gone into it with high expectations, I would have gotten exactly what I expected and wouldn't have been so pleasantly surprised.
Rune Factory Frontier stars Raguna, the confident and naive protagonist from the original game. After finding success on his farm in Kardia, Raguna has left his home behind in search of a missing young girl that remains very important to him: the strange and eccentric Mist. He arrives in the village of Trampolini and finds himself cultivating yet another farm from near scratch. Yeah, you've heard all of this before, a side from the preceding lead-in that can only be found in sequels, this is pretty much the same premise that has accompanied every game in the series since the beginning. Despite this fact, Rune Factory Frontier's plot is actually quite substantial when compared to prior games, though admittedly that isn't saying a lot. It's still quite generic, but fans of the original Rune Factory will find themselves with a certain feeling of persistence towards the reprising character roles. Those that haven't will still find themselves among a very likable and entertaining cast.
If this were any other Harvest Moon game, I would be quick to point out that the setting and characters are really all that matter. While the farming and ranching has been fun from the start, the two former points are generally all that differentiate the games. This isn't true with Rune Factory Frontier, however; while tilling the fields, growing crops and befriending villagers are still all very key to the enjoyment of the game, there is much, much more to this game than there ever has been before. Not to be isolated only to farm life, Raguna also seems to have a strong penchant for dungeon crawling and monster slaying. The game features four unique dungeons filled with a variety of monsters, all of which must be conquered in order to "complete" the game. Each of the dungeons are strikingly varied in their appearance and each features their own individual progress-halting mechanic that put those ever-trusty farm tools to good work.
Dungeon crawling leads to several other significant aspect of the game, the first one being item creation. Monsters roaming the dungeons are quick to litter the cavernous passages which various junk, such as metal scraps, sticks and chocolate. These can all be sold in the usual Harvest Moon fashion for profit, but they're much better used to create useful and far more valuable items. By expanding your home with a forge, kitchen and a laboratory, you can use practically any item in the game in recipes. Dungeon crawling is also the only way to acquire livestock in Rune Factory Frontier. Using the "Pet Glove," you can enter any one of the dungeons and tame monsters to live on your farm. Some monsters will produce wool, others with produce milk, and even more will perform monster-specific tasks on your farm, such as clearing the land of boulders, weeds and tree stumps. Some can even be taken into dungeons for use in combat or as mounts.
One of the big draws to the Harvest Moon franchise has always been the women. Perhaps the most challenging goal to achieve has always been getting married and starting a family and Rune Factory Frontier is no different in this regard. There is a large variety of eligible girls in Trampoli, but the game is quick to reveal that few of them are new. Most of them are recurring characters from the original Rune Factory, including Mist, Rosetta and a number of others. There is a bit more flavor with the addition of Eunice, Cinnamon and Selphy, but I personally found myself mostly entertained by the more familiar ones.
With this being a Wii game, I was a bit concerned about the motion controls. It really just seems that most developers feel that the motion controls have to be used for some kind of arbitrary mini-game, or that they have to be used in every aspect of gameplay. Fortunately, Marvelous has gotten it right. The motion controls are fluid in combat and work exceptionally well when fishing. This game's use of the motion controls prove that they can be more than just a gimmick and I hope that other hardcore game developers take a look and see that Nintendo's console can be used for more than quick, casual cash-in shovelware.
There are a few things about the game that I found a bit off-putting. The amount of time spent sitting idly while gazing at loading screens is ridiculous, especially given the compact-size of most of the game's environments. I won't pretend to know much at all about what it takes to actually make a game, but it seems to me that these loading times could have been drastically cut down by opening up more of the world without changing areas. I firmly believe that this wasn't a hardware limitation and I hope that they can fix this for future games.
The game also features something of a mini-game with the use of Runeys. There are four types of Runeys: rock, tree, grass and water. An imbalance or lack of runeys can cause some serious issues and while keeping up with them around your farm isn't in the least bit troublesome, balancing them so that growing crops in dungeons is reasonably possible can be troublesome. Moving runeys from place to place and keeping them well populated in certain areas is very cumbersome and is quick to feel like work, especially given that a certain number of Runeys die every day. The last complaint I have with Rune Factory Frontier is the occurrence of what I refer to as "character popping." This is where characters simply pop up in areas rather than visibly travel to them. It's not a big deal, but it seems off-putting to watch as Cinnamon strolls into your yard to fish while Mist teleports into your living room from her house.
None of these qualms were enough to cause any sort of dislike for the game, though the Runey management was something that I grew tired of very quickly. As a whole, there's very little to complain about and such a variety of activities to participate in while playing that it would take quite a lot of playing for any of them to ever feel boring. Rune Factory Frontier remains competent as a Harvest Moon game, but the layer of depth it tacks onto the formula is astounding. As far as I'm concerned, this game is nothing short of a must-buy for any Wii owner and considering the drought of decent games for the platform, there's no excuse not to add this to your library.


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Cyttaria darwinii (Darwin's fungus)
Cyttaria darwinii (Photo: David Minter)
Species information
Darwin's fungus. There are also many indigenous names for the fungus, such as llao-llao, pan del indio, dihueñe del ñirre and dapa.
Not yet assessed by the IUCN, but it is one of several Cyttaria species which are currently proposed for evaluation of their conservation status.
Grows as a parasite of southern beech (Nothofagus spp.), forming numerous, often clustered fruitbodies on conspicuous cankers, gall-like swellings which frequently encircle the host branches and trunks.
None identified. Cyttaria species are non-toxic and have a nutritional value similar to that of many other edible fungi.
About this species
Darwin's fungus belongs to a genus of highly evolved parasitic fungi that grow exclusively on species of Nothofagus (southern beech). Thus, all Cyttaria species naturally occur in the southern hemisphere. Darwin's fungus occurs only in South America, and is not known from Nothofagus in New Zealand or Australia. It was collected by Charles Darwin in Tierra del Fuego during the voyage of HMS Beagle in 1832, and was named in his honour when the species was scientifically described by Rev. Miles J. Berkeley in 1842.
Fruitbodies (actually stromata encompassing numerous fertile areas) develop from spring to early summer on galls, usually conspicuous swellings of the host trunk and branches which may reach at least 30 cm across. Fruitbodies can be produced in large quantities, falling to the ground at maturity, usually after discharge of the spores. The galls that the species induces are perennial, but the fungus does not cause wood decay and, though sometimes killing heavily infected branches, appears to have no serious effects on the long-term health of the host tree. Whether this is a true parasite has not been established, and a possible mutualism (whereby there is also some benefit to the tree from the presence of the fungus) has been suggested.
The fruitbodies are a food source to other animals, and are frequently colonised by the larvae of fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae).
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Geography and distribution
Cyttaria darwinii is known only from South America, including Argentina (it was originally found in Tierra del Fuego) and Chile. It grows on species of Nothofagus (southern beech), especially N. antarctica and N. pumilio, and occasionally on N. betuloides and N. dombeyi, to an altitude of 1700 m. Its distribution is restricted to that of its host trees, as it can only survive on Nothofagus species. Cyttaria species are not known to have become established with the host trees when these are grown elsewhere.
The bright yellow or orange-yellow fruitbodies of Darwin's fungus appear on the branches and trunks of southern beech trees, where they often occur in conspicuous clusters that can be easily spotted from a distance. The spherical fruitbodies have a pitted surface on maturity and, in size and shape, individual fruitbodies bear a considerable resemblance to golf balls!
The stromata (masses of fungal tissue in which the fruitbody develops) are pale yellowish when young, later becoming bright yellow or orange-yellow. They are spherical and 2 to 5 cm wide, and may be developed singly or more usually in clusters on conspicuous swellings of living trunks and branches of southern beech (Nothofagus spp).
The young fruitbodies are smooth and firm, later developing numerous fertile pits, each 4 to 6 mm across. These pits are initially visible as pale areas on the stroma surface, but open at maturity and can be exposed by peeling off the surface layer. The hymenial surface (spore-bearing layer) is egg-yellow. The asci (cells in which ascospores are produced) are eight-spored, cylindric and tapered at the base with a ring at the tip showing as strongly blue in iodine. The ascospores are rounded, pale brown and smooth.
The development and structure of the fruitbodies of the related C. gunnii, an Australian species, are described in detail by White (1954).
Cyttaria darwinii (and some other Cyttaria species) can also exist in an asexual state, in which tiny asexual spores are produced at the base of the stromata.
Discovery and description
Although already known to European sailors in the 18th century and commented on by other botanists, it was Charles Darwin who first collected material of this fungus for scientific study. He noted its abundance in the region and the way it was used by the local people. Darwin's material was sent to the great British mycologist Rev. Miles J. Berkeley, who scientifically named the fungus a decade after its collection, in 1842. Darwin's original collection, now preserved in the Mycology Herbarium at Kew, thus became the type material for this species.
Fruitbodies of C. darwinii collected in 1886 by Robert Cunningham during the Voyage of HMS Nassau, from Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) in Patagonia, are also at Kew, preserved in spirit and still maintained in one of the early glass containers. In the same paper as he described C. darwinii, Berkeley also described a Chilean species, C. berteroi, named for its collector, the Italian biologist Carlo Giuseppe Bertero, who was perhaps the first to realise that the Cyttaria stromata were not fruits of the tree but actually parasitic fungi. Yet another of the South American species of this genus was named by Berkeley in 1847 in honour of one of Kew's directors Joseph Hooker: Cyttaria hookeri.
Threats and conservation
As the fungus can only survive with its host trees, the conservation of southern beech forests in South America is important for this and other species of Cyttaria. However, there is no evidence that the species is endangered. Darwin noted it "grows in vast numbers on the beech trees". It remains widely used locally and appears still to be common. Nevertheless, it is one of six Cyttaria species (Cyttaria berteroi, C. darwinii, C. espinosae, C. exigua, C. hookeri, C. johowii) proposed for assessment of their conservation status under the IUCN Sampled Index Project, Ascomycete Conservation Specialist Group. In addition, the preservation of Cyttaria spp. as a food resource is linked to the protection of the temperate Nothofagus forests.
The fungus has traditionally been used for food, and is still a valuable food item. Its importance in this respect was already known to Charles Darwin who discussed it in 'The Voyage of the Beagle' published in 1839. He wrote: "In Tierra del Fuego the fungus in its tough and mature state is collected in large quantities by the women and children, and is eaten un-cooked. It has a mucilaginous, slightly sweet taste, with a faint smell like that of a mushroom. With the exception of a few berries, chiefly of a dwarf arbutus, the natives eat no vegetable food besides this fungus." Indeed, from the 1760s onwards, sailing ships used the fruitbodies as food supplements.
Modern study has shown that edible Cyttaria species have a nutritional value similar to that of cultivated mushrooms and that, furthermore, they are beneficial to the consumer in improving the immune system.
In addition to the direct use of the fruitbodies, the galled host wood is used to make decorative products for local use and for the tourist trade.
Darwin's fungus at Kew
Cyttaria are southern hemisphere fungi and do not occur in Britain, although various Nothofagus species are grown in the Gardens. However, original material of C. darwinii collected by Charles Darwin, as well as collections of other Cyttaria species from throughout their range, are preserved in the Kew Mycology Herbarium. These are available to bona fide research workers by prior appointment, but there is no general public access.
References and credits
Ascomycete Conservation Specialist Group (IUCN). Available online.
Berkeley, M.J. (1842). On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego and an allied Chilean species. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 37 - 43.
Darwin, C.R. (1839). Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, RN., from 1832 to 1836. London: H. Colburn.
Gamundí, I.J. (1971). Las 'Cyttariales' Sudamericanas (Fungi-Ascomycetes). Darwiniana 16: 461 – 510.
Gamundí, I.J. (1991). Review of recent advances in the knowledge of the Cyttariales. Systema Ascomycetum 10: 69 – 77.
Gamundí, I.J. & Minter, D.W. (2004). Cyttaria darwinii. IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. set 160, no. 1592. CABI Publishing.
Gamundí, I.J., Minter, D.W., Romero, A.I., Barrera, V.A., Giaiotti, A.L., Messuti, M.I. & Stecconi, M. (2004). Checklist of the Discomycetes (Fungi) of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and adjacent Antarctic areas. Darwiniana 42: 63-164.
Index Fungorum. Available online.
Korf, R.P. (1983). Cyttaria (Cytarirales): Coevolution with Nothofagus and evolutionary relationships to the Boedijnopezizeae (Pezizales, Sacrcoscyphaceae). Australian J. Bot. Supplementary series 10: 77 – 87.
Minter, D.W., Cannon, P.F. & Peredo, H.L. (1987). South American species of Cyttaria (A remarkable and beautiful group of edible ascomycetes). Mycologist 1: 7 – 11.
Schmeda-Hirschmann, G., Razmilic, I., Reyes, S., Gutierrez, M.I. & Loyola, J.I. (1999). Biological Activity and Food Analysis of Cyttaria spp. (Discomycetes). Economic Botany 53: 30 – 40.
White, N.H. (1954). The development of the ascocarp of Cyttaria gunnii Berk. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 37: 431 1957
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|South Park episode
A frame showing "Spooky vision" being used
|Episode no.
|Season 2
Episode 15
|Directed by
|Trey Parker
|Written by
|Trey Parker
|Production code
|Original air date
|October 28, 1998
"Spookyfish" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 28th episode of the series overall. "Spookyfish" originally aired in the United States on October 28, 1998 on Comedy Central. It was the season's Halloween special, with a "spooky" theme by having pictures of Barbra Streisand in the screen corners, accompanied with the words "Spooky vision" (in response to Streisand's reception to the season one episode "Mecha-Streisand").[1]
According to the official website and the DVD set, the episode's title is "Spookyfish". Other sources occasionally refer to it as "Spooky Fish".
It is near Halloween in South Park, and Cartman has skipped class but shows up at the bus stop to meet the boys when they get off the bus - with a goatee and acting strangely agreeable. Cartman's goatee is a reference to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode of "Mirror, Mirror", whereby an evil Spock from a parallel universe wore an identical goatee. Cartman goes on to explain that he missed school that day because he was taking care of his mother, who has the flu. Later, when Stan and Kyle meet up with him to go buy a pumpkin, he is back to his normal obnoxious self (arguably even more so with his new catchphrase, "Hella"). Throughout the episode, he continues to switch between these two personas, thoroughly confusing all involved.
Meanwhile, Stan arrives home, where Sharon tells him that his Aunt Flo has come to town for her "monthly visit", and gives Stan a goldfish in a bowl as a present. Stan takes an instant dislike to the fish due to its uncomfortable habit of constantly staring at him, but his mother dismisses his protests and makes him take it to his room, where it continues to stare at him most of the time and makes it hard for him to sleep. At first, the fish does not display any overtly evil tendencies, although a shirt which Stan had placed over the bowl to hide the staring fish ends up on the floor and the fish looks toward it when Stan asks it where the shirt went. Eventually, however, it starts writing messages on the inside of the bowl such as "KILL" and "Yes I Will" (the latter when Stan tells the fish, "You're not gonna get away with this.") Dead bodies also materialize next to the dresser. Stan, terrified, demands his mother remove the fish. Thinking that Stan had killed them, Sharon buries each of the bodies, while muttering to herself how Stan is handsome and a good boy and she starts slowly losing her sanity. She abducts Officer Barbrady to stop him from taking Stan away (although he showed no signs of suspicion), takes away his pants, and shackles him in the basement.
Stan, Kyle and Kenny discover that the two personalities of Cartman are in fact two separate people. Chef tells the boys that the kinder version of Cartman is from an "Evil Parallel Universe" and that Stan's fish must be from the same world, the boys ask Aunt Flo where she got the fish from and she tells them that she got it from the Ancient Indian Burial Ground Pet Store. Moments later, Aunt Flo ends up dead, and Sharon is upset that she will "no longer have her monthly visits." Randy, however, is glad he no longer has to sleep on the couch once a month. The boys decide to return the fish to its pet store, but not before it kills Kenny too, which is the first time the fish is actually seen killing anyone. Stan, Kyle and Evil-World-But-Actually-Good Cartman track down the Ancient Indian Burial Ground Pet Store, where they find the portal to the alternate universe. The store owner explains that the portal appeared after he built his shop on top of an old Indian burial ground (and after he drunkenly dug up the corpses, urinated on them and then buried them in funny positions for no apparent reason). The store is stocked with animals that all, with the exception of Stan's fish, have glowing red eyes.
After returning the fish to the owner and advising him to move his store off the burial ground, the boys leave — just as the Stan and Kyle from the evil world show up, also sporting goatees. Just as "evil" Cartman is the complete opposite of his normal self, "evil" Stan and Kyle are both the opposite of their normal selves and are thus cruel, wanting to bring their wussy "friend" Evil Cartman back so they can torment him once more. They align with Good-World-But-Actually-Evil Cartman, who is sick of his goody-two-shoes clone and the trio find Normal Stan and Kyle along with Evil-World-But-Good Cartman. In the background of the ensuing showdown, evil animals from the pet store are slaughtering people; this goes unnoticed by most of the main characters, although Sharon is now convinced that Stan's fish did really kill the people in the house.
The evil Stan and Kyle have a "gingification gun" which shoots a beam that sends things back to the alternate world. Good Stan manages to get it and sends back the two clones. He and Kyle then decide to use it on Cartman — their Cartman — so they can keep the nice one. Cartman, shocked by this, then attacks Evil Cartman and rips off his goatee. The two wrestle until Stan and Kyle do not know which is which. One Cartman says that Stan should shoot them both, so as to be sure to get rid of the "real" Cartman. Figuring this one to be the kind one, Stan fires on the other Cartman, who vanishes yelling "Screw you guys!" Unfortunately, he chose wrong; Cartman — the mean one from the real world — knew that Stan and Kyle would fall for that trick and happily taunts them, ("You guys are hella stupid!") much to their anger.
Before the episode was broadcast, Comedy Central promoted that the upcoming "South Park Halloween Special" will be broadcast in "Spooky Vision".[2][3][4] Upon airing, "Spooky Vision" turned out to simply mean that singer Barbra Streisand's face was in every corner of the screen, with the words "Spooky Vision" written on the sides of the screen.[2] In subsequent broadcasts of the episode, Comedy Central does not always use "Spooky Vision",[5][6][7] although on occasion they still present the episode in its original format.[8] Moreover, in the home video releases, on Netflix instant stream, and on the official South Park website, the episode retains the visuals of "Spooky Vision".[9][10]
IGN rated the episode a 9/10, stating "There's a great shot in the episode where the two Cartmans meet, and it looks like a badly pulled off split screen effect" and how it's jokes like that and attention to detail that make South Park stand out in its earlier years. They comment how it is a lot of fun watching Sharon panic over the dead people Stan's fish has killed, thinking it was Stan himself who killed them. They conclude that it is "an early example of South Park greatness".[11]
Home release[edit]
"Spookyfish" was first released in 2002, on a collection of episodes, entitled Ghouls, Ghosts and Underpants Gnomes. The VHS version of this collection contains "Spookyfish", along with the third season Halloween episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", as well as "Gnomes" from the second season.[12] The DVD release contains all of the above, as well as the fourth season episode "Trapper Keeper".[13] South Park: The Complete Second Season was released on DVD on June 3, 2003.[10] Episodes of season 2 have also been released digitally, on services such as Amazon Instant Video,[14] the iTunes Store,[15] and Xbox Live Marketplace.[16] Like most episodes of South Park, "Spookyfish" is available to watch for free on the show's website, SouthParkStudios.com.[9] These releases present the episode in "Spooky Vision", as it was shown in its initial broadcast.
- ^ Stall, Sam (2009). The South Park Episode Guide: Volume 1, Seasons 1-5. New York City, New York: Running Press. p. 33. ISBN 0762435615.
- ^ a b Pond, Steve (June 2000). "Interview: Trey Parker and Matt Stone". Playboy 47 (6): 65–80.
- ^ "A South Park Halloween". Comedy Central. 1998. Archived from the original on October 6, 1999. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ Mailing list post. Subject: "Spooky Vision?". User "'susie chipper'". In: "South Park Booster Club Archive: SP Digest 10-23-98 A". October 23, 1998. Archived from the original on June 28, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "FAQ: Why isn't the spooky fish episode ever shown in 'spooky vision' anymore?". South Park Studios. November 3, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ User "Rare Hero" (January 15, 1999). "Where was SPOOKYVISION last nite!?". Newsgroup: alt.tv.southpark. Usenet: email@example.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ User "triplemultiplex" (November 1, 2006). "Forum: Hey, where's my Spooky Vision?". South Park Studios. (Forum post.)
- ^ "More Frightening Than The Local Haunted Hayride? Scarier Than The Neighbor Who Hands Out Pennies To Trick-Or-Treaters? It's 'South Park's' Haloween Specials During Comedy Central's 'Shocktober' Airing Saturday, October 21, Wednesday, Oct" (Press release). Comedy Central. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Full Episode Player: Spookyfish". South Park Studios. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Spookyfish". In: Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt (2003). South Park – The Complete Second Season (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
- ^ Fickett, Travis. "South Park Flashback: "Spookyfish" Review - TV Review at IGN". Tv.ign.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ^ "South Park - Ghouls, Ghosts and Underpants Gnomes [VHS]". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "South Park - Ghouls, Ghosts And Underpants Gnomes DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "South Park Season 2, Ep. 15 "Spookyfish"". Amazon.com / Amazon Instant Video. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
- ^ "TV Shows - South Park, Season 2". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "South Park: Season 2". Xbox Live Marketplace. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
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"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness" (2 Corinthians 6:14)?
The morning started with the warmth of a spring sun and God's prompting to take the children outdoors. Winter had been long, and I knew their spirits needed refreshment. Calling homeschooling off for the afternoon, I sent each child his separate way to enjoy his individual interests. My youngest set out to watch the ants as they built their new home, my oldest started down the road for a bike ride, and my two middle children walked to the paddock for a leisurely horseback ride.
After working in my garden for a few minutes, I looked up to see a riderless horse running past me with broken reins dangling from its bridle. As I wheeled around to find my children, I saw my son running toward me with a panicked look on his face. Just then, my daughter appeared staggering and incoherent, holding what was left of the reins in her hands. I quickly took her inside the house to help her lie down. As my son followed us, he proceeded to tell me what had happened. Deciding to ride bareback together, my daughter rode in front with my son sitting behind her. However, as they started to trot, my son lost his balance and fell, grabbing his sister as he went down. Together, they had slipped off the horse's back, and in the fall, my daughter had struck her head on a large rock. After a visit to the doctor, we spent the next three days anxiously watching as my daughter recovered from a concussion and amnesia.
Many things contributed to my children's accident that afternoon. Their horse was overly frisky, they failed to ride with a saddle, and most of all, they shouldn't have been riding double since my son was an inexperienced rider. My daughter's painful lesson was verbalized when she recovered and said, "Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I should have never let him ride with me."
Too many Christians have also learned the same painful lesson — yoking yourself to the wrong person is sure to bring you down. Although we are to reach the lost with the love of Christ, God exhorts us to remember that we are His temple (2 Corinthians 6:16). There's only one way to reach the world yet remain separate and holy unto God. We must yoke ourselves to Him. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me" (Matthew 11:29a).
Father, teach me how to love the lost without losing my love for You. Purify my life and use me for Your glory. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness" (2 Corinthians 6:14)?


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Then why are these culture warriors bound to start a brouhaha in the midst of the love, joy, peace and hope of Advent?
It's part of a concerted effort to affirm the mythical "Christian nation" status of the United States. (By the way, the Puritans and many other religious people well into the 19th century refused to celebrate Christmas because they thought it was unchristian and not supported by Scripture). So, in the words of the title of the Beatles song, "I, Me, Mine," it's all about ME and the brash assertion of MY supposed right to impose my religion on others. Moreover, and I hope it is not a too jaded thought, these bombastic diatribes about a war on Christmas attract publicity and make for good fund raising. (Truth be known, the Christmas spirit is threatened more by runaway commercialism -- beginning just after Halloween! -- than by any supposed cultural hostility to a holiday that more than 90 percent of our citizens celebrate.)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
BJC on Respecting Religious Diversity During Holidays
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The Best James Bond Movies
I really like almost every Bond Film, however there are few films that i did not like.
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#6 on the original list
Skyfall Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench I watched this movie and i have to say, that movie is great. It's classic, more than that Quantum of Solace, movie is lot more greater. my true feeling to movie 10/10. This is much better then Quantum
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#5 on the original list &rated: 10
GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench Goldeneye - ONE OF BEST MOVIES TO DATE. Action in movie was great, great villain, Xenia Onatopp, Borris and ofcourse Exploding Pen. "YES! I AM INVINCIBLE!" 10 out of 10.
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#18 on the original list &rated: 10
The World Is Not Enough Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards, Judi Dench Great FIlm, Great Villain (Renard and Elekra King), Great Story, Great action. 10/10
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#10 on the original list &rated: 9.9
Live and Let Die Jane Seymour, Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto Live and Let Die is fourth Greatest Bond Movie. Because of Amazing Death of Mr. Big, great opening and great action. So 9.9/10.
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#1 on the original list &rated: 9.8
Goldfinger Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Garry Marshall CLASSIC."James Bond: Do you except me to talk?Goldfinger: No Mr. Bond, i except you to Die"9.8/10
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#11 on the original list &rated: 9.7
For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore, Sheena Easton, Charles Dance For Your Eyes Only is Trully, one of greatest movies ever made, i think that's enough. I give this Movie 9.7/10.
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#8 on the original list &rated: 9.7
The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Caroline Munro The Spy Who Loved Me is amazing movie, because of Jaws and lots of grea scenes, so movie gets 9.7 just like For your Eyes Only. Gilbert's best movie. This is probarly the most action-having movie.
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#9 on the original list &rated: 9.6
You Only Live Twice Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell This one of my favorited because of Asian Bond and we finally see Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Action. 9.6/10
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#7 on the original list &rated: 9.3
Thunderball Sean Connery, Luciana Paluzzi, Claudine Auger Movie was great because of Largo, Actions, best Bond Girls and Jetpacks, ofcourse. So... 9.3/10
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#3 on the original list &rated: 9.2
Casino Royale Alessandra Ambrosio, Daniel Craig, Eva Green this movie is amazing, maybe mostly because of scenes and stunts. so i will give this movie 9.2/10. Modern (yet Classic) Bond. Le Chiffre and Mr. White are great villains.
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#4 on the original list &rated: 9.0
Dr. No Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Martine Beswick Dr. No, the first bond movie. Also first time Sean Connery is Bond. Also this movie is one that made James Bond, very great series. But there is less action in Movie, that's why i give movie 9.0/10.
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#12 on the original list &rated: 8.5
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diana Rigg, Joanna Lumley, Telly Savalas Everybody thinks that Lazenby is a bad actor and bad bond. In my opinion, he is a good bond, bond marries in this movie, great action and great Blofed, i give this movie 9.5/10.
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#16 on the original list &rated: 8.3
Licence to Kill Benicio del Toro, Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell This movie is really smilliar to novels, more than any other movie. Movie is best to watch, if you want to know who James Bond is. Dalton is great bond to me. I give this 8.3/10
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#23 on the original list &rated: 8.2
Die Another Day Halle Berry, Madonna, Pierce Brosnan Just a great movie to watch, i do not understand why people hate this movie. This is first Bond film i ever watched. so 8.2 out of Ten.
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#17 on the original list &rated: 8.2
Tomorrow Never Dies Teri Hatcher, Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler Loved this film and it's villain Carver. 8.2/10.
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#15 on the original list &rated: 8.0
The Living Daylights Timothy Dalton, John Rhys-Davies, John Barry Loved the movie. 8.0/10
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#22 on the original list &rated: 8.0
A View to a Kill Christopher Walken, Roger Moore, Grace Jones Two words: MAX ZORIN. 8.0/10
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#21 on the original list &rated: 7.5
Moonraker Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Lois Maxwell Moonraker=Great Movie, biggest bad thing about this movie is, that it referenced Star Wars a lot. 7.1/10 is my rank to this Movie.
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#14 on the original list &rated: 7.1
The Man with the Golden Gun Christopher Lee, Roger Moore, Britt Ekland TMWTGG is an oky movie 6.2/10
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#20 on the original list &rated: 6.9
Quantum of Solace Gemma Arterton, Stana Katic, Daniel Craig Good movie but not for a bond Movie. 7.0/10
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#19 on the original list &rated: 6.9
Octopussy Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Nicola Stapleton I love this movie. Name of Movie is really wierd. Locations are Poor (Except for Taj Mahal). .9/10
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#2 on the original list &rated: 6.7
From Russia with Love Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi Second Bond film to date and still a good movie, because of ROSA KLEBB. 6.7/10
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#24 on the original list &rated: 6.5
Never Say Never Again Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Rowan Atkinson This is unofficial movie. Original Thunderball was clearly better. Also i'm glad Sean Connery made one more apperance. 6.5/10.
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#13 on the original list &rated: 6.1
Diamonds Are Forever Sean Connery, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jill St. John Movie is different than any other bond movies and Charles Gray is not a great blofeld 6.1/10
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rated: 0.3
Casino Royale Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles It's non-EON movie, so it's unofficial. Movie is so bad for bond movie, that i give it only 0.3/10. But if you watching this like normal movie, not Bond Movie, 8/10


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It began when I strolled into the deep dark hole that is social media. All the way back to the MySpace days, I was quick to realize how big and bad people thought they were behind a keyboard. "Fat", "ugly", "gross" etc., we're phrases I became all too familiar reading. Fast forward to today, and it's so wonderful to see a lot of those tables turn. Tess Munster, The Vintage Doll… just a few names that come to mind now when thinking of body positivity online. It's amazing to be able to follow the movement, and to see how far things have come!
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As the years flew by I learned to look up to women of all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life. From Ella Fitzgerald, to the next drag super star, I constantly took notes on how to set aside the rude remarks, and learned to laugh my ugly laugh, walk my sassy walk, and to make everyone around me show off their gorgeous smiles!
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I've always had red lips n big hips, luckily, a deadly combo that looks rocking with the right set of kitten heels I've been around hot Rods since diapers, and daily drive my very own 73 Ford Maverick. One afternoon, I heard about a local hot rod and pinup event at The Alley Cat in Riverside. I figured, ya know? I have the car and the clothes… WHY NOT?! After placing third place in my first contest, that's when Roxxi Rose was born.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
The IEEE Computer Society will honor 14 prominent technologists at its annual awards dinner in Seattle, including Mark Guzdial and Ling Liu (both Computer Science). Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Georgia Tech helped start the trend toward more corporate input into curricula in 2002, when the university hired Richard DeMillo (Computer Science), Hewlett-Packard Co.chief technology officer, as its dean of the College of Computing. Source: Bloomberg
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Nick Feamster (Computer Science) discovered that Twitter propagandists retweet without adding much original commentary, retweet others' content fairly quickly and coordinate with others to send duplicate or near-duplicate tweets on the same topic at the same time. Source: Huffington Post
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Now we know that people who tweet about the same things constantly, or retweet without any original thoughts, don't just suck — they might also be trying to spread biased information on Twitter, as revealed in a new study by Nick Feamster (Computer Science). Source: BuzzFeed
Friday, June 1, 2012
Decision-making by robots seems likely to increase. This might be a good thing, says Ronald Arkin (Computer Science) who is developing "ethics software" for armed robots. Source: The Economist
Thursday, May 31, 2012
A new study out of the Georgia Tech School of Computer Science identifies four characteristic behaviors of Twitter "hyperadvocates," whose actions clearly separate them from the tweeting behavior of typical users. Source: Office of Communications
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Since 2006, Ronald Arkin (Computer Science) has been working to develop robot drones that are capable not only of carrying out pinpoint attacks but of deciding on their own when it is permissible to fire on a particular target. Source: Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The controversy surrounding a drastic restructuring of the University of Florida's CS department is still unresolved. The CS students have continued receiving support, including an e-mail to University of Florida president from Zvi Galil, dean of the College of Computing. Source: Communications of the ACM
Sunday, April 29, 2012
In this article by Richard DeMillo (Computer Science), he discusses how investment in IT doesn't matter if colleges are just going to keep conducting business as usual. Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Monday, April 23, 2012
Two Georgia Tech College of Computing professors – Mark Guzdial and Ling Liu – received honors from the IEEE Computer Society for their contributions to the field of computer science. Source: Office of Communications
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From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review
In The Illustrator 8 Wow! Book, Sharon Steuer brings together expert work, slick tips, step-by-step procedures, and most important, what she calls the Zen of Illustrator: new ways to think and see in "this magical program, at first cryptic and counterintuitive," [which] can help you achieve creative results not possible in any other medium."
The first two chapters cover the basics, but Steuer brings her voice of experience: when to group, when not to; how to set up an archive file naming system that'll help you find what you need fast; how to get comfortable (and more efficient) with Illustrator's power-key shortcuts.
Then, with the help of nearly 100 illustrators, she shows how to make the most of features new and old alike: lines, fills, and colors; layers and templates; blends and gradients; type, masks, and special effects. Since Illustrator's often used with other programs, there's a full chapter showing how — with special attention to moving images into and out of Photoshop. There's new coverage of web and multimedia imagery, including how to work in RGB instead of CMYK.
The CD-ROM contains clip art, exclusive brushes and automated Actions, art you can pick apart to see how it was done; plus the complete Adobe Illustrator 8 Tryout Version. — Review by Bill Camarda (Contributing Editor)


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