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Opening today in theaters and on VOD is "Assault on Wall Street," the latest movie from notorious director Uwe Boll. With reasonably human characters, a believable relationship between the leading man and woman, a few good supporting performances, and a brutally disheartening storyline, it might be Boll's best movie to date (I haven't seen "Blubberella" yet, so I can't be certain).
Boll rose to infamy ten years ago, when he started churning out atrociously horrible movie adaptations of video games; "House of the Dead," "Alone in the Dark," and "BloodRayne" in rapid succession, each more laughably bad than the next. More than any director since Edward D. Wood Jr., Boll's name became synonymous with epically and often comically bad directing. Even worse than Wood, he didn't seem to care; as the story goes, most of Boll's video game adaptations were funded by people exploiting a German tax loophole that turned Uwe into a real life version of "The Producers"' Max Bialystock -- for a time, he could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.
Eventually the tax loophole was closed and Boll was forced to attempt the one thing he'd been so reticent to do previously: try. And so he did -- and guess what? His movies got better. Unfortunately, they also got significantly less fun, especially if you happen to enjoy that particular brand of so-bad-its-goodness.
Still, Boll's later work was clearly more technically proficient. Scenes made sense, plots were (mostly) coherent, the handheld camerawork was slick, and the acting wasn't quite so desperately phoned in by a cast of sad Hollywood cast-offs. Yes, Uwe Boll's movies improved. But even as they improved, something else about them got much, much worse.
You may recall the infamous (and, frankly, ingenious) publicity stunt where the German-born director challenged his critics to try to defeat him in a boxing match. Wired has the definitive account of that day's events, but the short version: Boll, a former amateur boxer, absolutely decimated the four film geeks who were dumb enough to step in the ring with him. That two of Boll's opponents had never actually written bad reviews about him hardly mattered. Watch this video of Boll's bout with Richard Kyanka from Something Awful. Kyanka treats the whole thing as a goof; running around the ring, playing to the crowd. Boll, on the other hand, was not kidding around. He was out for blood.
The fights generated some headlines for Boll, along with plenty of dismissive eye-rolls -- what, after all, does punching a critic prove? That you're a good boxer? It certainly doesn't prove you're a good director. Put it this way: Martin Scorsese made "Raging Bull;" Uwe Boll beat the shit out of a guy who wrote for Ain't It Cool News. 'Nuff said.
Actually, while the fights may not have proved Boll's filmmaking chops, they did reveal an important facet of his personal philosophy. When people criticized Boll, he responded with violence. Increasingly, when characters in Boll's movies are criticized, they do the exact same thing.
Critics were mean to Boll, therefore he was totally justified in giving them all mild concussions. Bosses, bankers, and even God himself are mean to Dominic Purcell in "Assault on Wall Street," so he's perfectly within his rights, according to the movie, to grab a mask and a machine gun, walk into a stock brokerage and kill every single person on the trading floor. In Boll's movies, hurting the people who annoy you makes you a hero.
Boll first pursued that idea in a serious way in 2007's "Postal" -- although "serious" is probably not the right adjective to use in conjunction with this tasteless goof on America, greed, wealth, religious zealotry, Osama Bin Laden, President George W. Bush, and even Uwe Boll himself, who appears as "Uwe Boll," terrible movie director and German theme park owner. At one point he pays Verne "Mini Me" Troyer for attending an event in Nazi gold. Later he gets shot in the crotch and moans "I hate video games!" Hilarious!
The string tying all of Boll's scattershot attacks on pop culture and politics together is the crappy life and, later, the violent revenge, of a pathetic loser named Dude (Zack Ward). Dude lives in a trailer park, is married to an enormously obese and perpetually unfaithful woman, can't get a job, and is dismissed by the clerk at the local unemployment office when he tries to apply for benefits.
According to Boll's twisted logic, Dude's undeniably crummy life gives him permission to go postal. The clerk at the unemployment office was rude to him, so it's okay for Dude to run her over with a truck. Dude's wife cheats on him, so Dude's well within his rights to kill her and whoever she's slept with. Boll doesn't condemn Dude's anger; he revels in it. When a bunch of religious zealots from an end of the world cult and al-Qaeda both turn up looking for trouble, Dude's the one who gets to save the day.
In many of Boll's movies, bad behavior justifies worse retaliation. At one point Dude tells someone "Don't be a dick, dick," and then shoots him in the face. If you act like a dick to Uwe Boll, he will fight you. If you act like a dick in an Uwe Boll movie, odds are you will be killed in a scene played for cheap, crude laughs. In Boll's work, killers are rarely the villains. They're not even anti-heroes; more like mass murderers and righteous saviors all rolled into one.
A few years later, Boll followed up "Postal" with "Rampage," which takes almost the exact same premise -- a miserable young man living in small town America snaps and goes on a kill spree -- and plays it without the leavening agent of outrageous comedy. The movie is pure, unbridled bile, one of the cruelest and most depressing films I have ever seen. Bill (Brendan Fletcher) assembles some homemade body armor, straps on some weapons, and commences his wave of sadistic violence. Once again, early scenes establish his horrible life: cruel parents, almost no friends, a regular barista who makes bad macchiatos. Once again, this seems to entitle Bill to his despicable acts -- so for God's sake, if you ever find yourself making Uwe Boll some coffee, make it the fuck right.
Both "Postal" and "Rampage," along with other Boll films from around this time like "The Final Storm," are packed with doomsday imagery. "Postal" ends with an image of George W. Bush and Osama Bin Laden walking through a field as nuclear bombs incinerate all life on Earth. "Rampage" is stuffed with constant cutaways to "news reports" about global warming, overpopulation, and war. Remember: bad behavior, worse retaliation.
Society is so sick, these movies seem to argue, that the only way to fix it is to destroy it first. With the environmental destruction all around us, with so much poverty and hunger, with so many coffee shops making crummy espresso drinks, the only solution is to kill everyone and start again from scratch. We brought this death, pain, and misery on ourselves, Boll's movies insist. We deserve to suffer.
Which brings us to "Assault on Wall Street," Boll's latest piece of propaganda about morally acceptable violence. It might his saddest and most effective yet. Poor Jim (Purcell), a humble security guard and loyal husband, suffers a perfect financial storm: his wife Rosie (Erin Karpluk) gets cancer, they reach their coverage cap limit on Jim's insurance, the housing market collapses, Jim's stock broker makes some bad investments, Jim loses his job, and gets sued for his broker's incompetence. It's another Boll end-of-the-world scenario; for Jim, at least, this is the apocalypse.
I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to reveal what happens next; the movie is called "Assault on Wall Street," after all. Jim, a former Special Forces something-or-other decides to fight back. After hitting rock bottom, he targets the people he feels most responsible for his bad fortune -- Wall Street fat cats -- and begins following them. Slowly, he accumulates information about their activities and their crimes, and begins arming himself with machine guns (purchased from Clint Howard, of all people).
Once he's fully prepared, Jim doesn't try to rob a bank to pay his debts. He doesn't try to bring Wall Street criminals to justice. He doesn't even try to use his knowledge of armored cars from years working security to steal a bunch of money and retire to some deserted island in the Pacific. He simply decides to kill people. He doesn't want to save himself; he wants revenge.
As usual, Boll does everything he can to mitigate his protagonist's crimes. He portrays him as a blue-collar champion rather than a psychopath. He basically turns Jim into The Punisher, if The Punisher's family was killed by bankers instead of the Mafia, and then decided to wage his one-man war on high-ranking members of the financial industry. If "Assault on Wall Street" doesn't totally condone Jim's actions, it certainly sympathizes with him -- and so does Boll, who told Filmdrunk in an interview he "would totally" understand anyone who performed the acts in his movie in real life. "We should just fucking rip Wall Street apart," he added.
It's possible it's just a coincidence that Boll has made three movies in six years about men who go on brutal (but, in the movie's eyes, reasonable and perhaps commendable) murder sprees. But I doubt it. In fairness, Boll told The Village Voice this week that he doesn't "want people to get shot for real." But he also said he does want "[Wall Street executives] to get scared. In a way, they deserve to be miserable." Once again, bad behavior justifies worse retaliation. Like, say a halfway decent Uwe Boll movie.


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In light of the recent scandals in the Catholic Church, members feel it's more important to go to this year's World Youth Day in Toronto.
Members will gather next week with others from around the world to learn about the Catholic faith. Officials say 196,000 people have already registered from 170 nations.
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Participants say it's a chance to meet and greet others from all over the world and an opportunity to renew their faith in the church.
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Mumbai, Paresh Rawal says that he will feature in one of the lead roles in "Boom" director Kaizad Gustad's next and that it will also star Sanjay Dutt and Naseeruddin Shah.
"Yes, in principle I've agreed to be in Kaizad's film with Sanjay and Naseer. I've worked with Sanjay before. And it's always a pleasure to work with Naseer who is my favourite," Paresh told IANS.
"But more than the cast it's the script that I found exciting. Kaizad's film has a very strong element of human drama. At this stage of my career I need roles which challenge me as an actor," he added.
Kaizad is said to be strapped for a producer, but Paresh says the project is on.
"I think he's getting the producer in place," said Paresh who is getting ready for the release of "De Dana Dan".
He admits the roles that he relishes are rare nowadays. "I need new challenges. And what's being offered to me isn't challenging me."
According to a source, Sanjay feels a strong sense of empathy for Kaizad who has been embroiled in a legal battle for a while. He has assured Kaizad that he will either produce the film himself or get a producer.


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1.5. Conclusion
Kathleen Doherty (2002: 19-23) believes that a learner's attitude and motivation has frequently been reported to be the most crucial factor for language acquisition. It is worth remembering that motivation is a very complex concept and it can affect many different fields in different ways at the same time.
Following this thought one must admit that motivation is a very important issue concerning our everyday lives. Also, teachers have always been struggling with learners' lowered motivation towards SLL and vocabulary learning or with the lack of motivation.
The researches like Pavlov or Skinner have been interested in what and why motivates individuals towards performing specific actions since decades. As it was mentioned, it is also important for second language vocabulary learning, which is directly related to second language learning. That is why the teacher should seek the best way to motivate their learners both intrinsically and extrinsically in order to help them to achieve a success.


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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
oh the places i'll go
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the only place i have been to of the three is minneapolis.
i love europe, though. i backpacked europe years ago but didnt make it to either of those cities. can't wait to see the pictures!Replies
I've never been to Europe OR Minneapolis! This is going to be such an adventure!Delete
So exciting!! I'm sure you're about to burst with accomplishing these things within such a short amount of time! Isn't it AWESOME when things plan out perfectly!! Safe travels ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Things couldn't have worked out better! And I am about to burst! ahhhh!!!Delete
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- AnonymousMarch 12, 2014 at 4:37 AM
There is nothing clever, quipy, or possibly explantory of how I feel about you coming to MPLS and seeing you for the first time in YEARS. It's *literally* been years. I love you and I am so happy this is happening.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Ratings for Dr. Eduardo J. Cepeda
An honest and knowlegable caregiver. I came to him with numerous problems and I was relieved to find that he was able to diagnose and clearly explain how each problem affects the others. I was also glad tat he took the time to have necessary tests done and then clearly explained what should be done to ameliorate my condition. His nurse is really incredible. She is so smart and actually does what she says she she will do! I feel very comfortable with Dr. Cepada's practice and hope he will stay put (but come to south Austin).
I left Dr Cepada because he counseled me against getting an opinion from another specialist. I have Takayasu's Arteritis, an autoimmune disease of the large arteries. Twenty years ago part of my aorta was bypassed with an dacron graft. Dr. Cepada stated flatly that I did not need to see avascular specialist for a check up 'that he could handle the Takayasu's just fine without help'. He is able to monitor for active disease but that does not speak to the fact that I have arteries that have been diseased in the past and have significant areas of ectasia not to mention that I have a foreign object attached to my aorta. My mouth fell open when he said this. On seeing my reaction he quickly said "Oh but don't let me keep you from getting another opinion". He was finished at that moment. The vascular MD I saw said that was extremely imprudent advice and further said my aorta needed to be evaluated every 5 years . Cepada displays the hallmarks of a very poor doctor. Avoid him.
I have had three rheumatologist since my diagnosis. Dr. Cepeda was by far the best. Wait time was very minimal and he always had looked over my chart and was familiar with my history when he saw me. The hospital/clinic dropped my insurance which is the only reason I no longer see him. Wish I could afford to keep seeing him.
I have been seeing Dr. Cepeda for about 5 year for LUPUS NEPHRITIS. Dr. Cepeda is an excellent Rheumotologist and I would highly recommend him. He also sees my 2 daughters that have ANKYLOSING SPONDILITIS.
I've seen Dr. Cepeda for several years after having JRA for 30 years. On my first visit, he chided me for missing an appointment 5 years earlier with a colleague of his. I had left that doctor when we changed to a doctor in another city. I guess it was in the computer system. I have come to believe that doctors who are concerned with the business side inordinately, may not give me their focus. I do agree that he seems to push certain medications, and does not seem to respect my option to try excellent diet, exercise, massage, etc. With arthritis, I am not comfortable always using meds which put powerful chemicals into my body. I wish to find a doctor/rheumatologist who will respect my intelligence and education, while working with me on natural options as well as known prescription meds. Most I have seen want to use only the strong drugs. Surely there is benefit(cure?) in strict positive lifestyle choices. I may continue with him, only for lack of a better doctor in Austin.
Dr. Cepeda has treated me for RA for the past three years. He has always been compassionate and professional. If I call, his nurse returns the call within a few hours. All my questions have been answered, all my concerns addressed, and I would highly recommend him as a rheumatologist. His office workers are very friendly and they always manage to schedule my appointments at a time that are convenient for me. He has never been late to an appointment and he has never canceled one, either.
I have RA and Fibromyalgia.Dr.Cepeda has been incredibly patient,compassionate & knowledgeable in diagnosing and treating me. He has been deligent in finding the right med combos for me,listens to me and offers research and his experience so we can work as a team to keep me healthy and make treatment work for my life style. There are no words to thank him for moving me from constant severe pain and needing a handicap sticker to where I am now...very active, positive, wearing heels again and able to walk,go to the gym and knocking my 2 nemesis off line. I love that he is direct with me (even when it hurts when we talk abouty my # on the scale)and discusses new research with me, answers my questions that I have after I read current research. I need to give a kudos to his nurse and insurance specialist..both of them are quick to respond, go above and beyond in getting answers and insurance approvals and offer superior support and patient care.
Very nice doctor. Knowledgeable in his chosen profession. He is concerned about his patients and keeps them on track. He is the best rheumatologist in Austin.
I have RA. I also have had gout. I find Dr. Cepeda to be a very knowledgeable and attentive doctor. Since I first became one of his patients, he has significantly improve the handling of my RA. I appreciate his conservative approach when it comes to prescribing medicine. He also is very prompt in advising me of my lab work that I have to do every six weeks. I most recommend Dr. Cepeda.
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At the age of 11 I wasn't even aware of the fact that I could open my toy car with a screw driver and check what is inside the same. All that I knew was to break it open using harsh methods! Things surely have changed and kids are growing pretty fast when you see kids like Dino Zaharak who has come up with a docking system that works perfectly for iPad, iPhone and iPods.
Dino Zaharak was challenged by his dad and at the young age of 11 he took the challenge overly seriously. The result was a docking system that universally works with the huge sized iPad and anything else which might not be an apple product. One will not have to remove the charge and sync cable to hold your device onto this dock thus the gadget stays charged up when you ready to carry it with yourself.
The docking system comes in blue, lime , silver, red, black and white colors. It will cost you $29.99 though you can grab it for $19.99 in case you use the coupon code DZPRNEWS. We are not sure if Dino Zaharak will get to keep all the profits that this dock makes but he surely has been gifted with a new mobile phone for what he has achieved. Smart kid!
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I got my dzdock as a Christmas gift. WOW!!!
Best quality stand i have ever seen. I can use it with my iPhone and my nook, my dad takes it and uses it with his iPad. I reaaly like the finish on my red dzdock. Its smooth and slmost silky. The rubber feet work great, so that it kind of sticks on my desk. What I was suprised with is how well it worked on my flight to California. I used it to hold my dads iPad and watch a movie and play games. It realy made the trip easier and I didnt have to hold the iPad so I could releax in my chair.


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studio for 2 in the heart of Cannes lein
Size25 m²
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This apartment located in the very heart of Cannes, allow vacationers and / or congrétistes to move quickly and easily walk into the city center (Palais des Festivals, Cannes, Rue d'Antibes ...). 4th floor with elevator, it consists of a main room with an air conditioner on foot, furniture double bed 2 comfort seats, a wardrobe with shelves. This apartment features free WIFI. The kitchen has an electric hob, oven / microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker "Tassimo", a dishwasher, a kettle, a toaster , dishes and utensils. The bathroom has a vanity top sink, a cupboard with shelves, a large shower, a toilet and a washing machine.
In Congress period (MIPIM, MIPCOM, FIF, LIONS ...) bed linen, towels and cleaning end of stay are included.
Deposit of 250 € required.
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Very good stay at the Residence "Les Fleuries"
Very well equipped. Short walk to the beach. Good shopping possibilities.
Gladly Again.
Sehr guter Aufenthalt in der Residence "Les Fleuries"
Sehr gut Ausgestattet. Kurzer Weg zum Strand. Gute Einkaufmöglichkeiten.
Gerne Wieder.
you realize that the accommodation with a lot of love and care is maintained
man merkt, dass die Unterkunft mit viel Liebe und Sorgfalt gepflegt wird
A wonderful apartment and a host incredibly generous type. Space is beautfiul and practical, and the facilities are perfect. Upon his return to Cannes, we will definitely stay at this property if we are so lucky. Highly recommended. //
A wonderful apartment and an incredibly generous, kind host. The space is beautfiul and convenient, and the amenities are perfect. Upon return to Cannes Certainly we will stay at this property again if we are so lucky. Highly recommended.
Un appartement merveilleux et un hôte type incroyablement généreux. L'espace est beautfiul et pratique, et les équipements sont parfaits. À son retour au Cannes, nous allons certainement rester dans cet établissement si nous sommes tellement chanceux. Hautement recommandé. //
A wonderful apartment and an incredibly generous, kind host. The space is beautfiul and convenient, and the amenities are perfect. Upon return to Cannes, we will certainly stay at this property again if we are so lucky. Highly recommended.
We had a wonderful stay here. The apartment was a perfect location for where we had to be everyday. Helene was punctual when we arrived and very accommodating throughout our stay.
We would go back.
One word: perfect!
Una sola parola: perfetto!
Excellent apartment in a quiet area two minutes from the sea.
Ottimo appartamento in una zona tranquilla a due minuti dal mare.
Perfect stay in nice, modern, sunny and big apartment near Croisette. Helene is very polite and helpful person. Thank u and see u in next year! :) Neli
Friendly service, chic apartment, marble floors, modern furnishings, elegant bathroom, all rooms bright, kitchen, parking easy, walking distance 15-20 min. to Croisette / Cannes Beach. everything is wonderful.
Freundliche Betreuung, schickes Appartment, Marmorboden, modern eingerichtet, schickes Bad, alle Räume hell, Küche, Parkplätze easy, fussläufig 15-20 min. zu Croisette/Cannes Beach. alles wunderbar.
Our say in Cannes was wonderful, beautiful place. we stayed (2 Persons) at Flat Near Beaches and Croisette, "La Rotonde" for one week. The apartment was very nice, clean, new renovated, fully equipped, very comfotable with a balcony. Close to La Croisette and beautiful beach, 5 minutes, located behind Hotel Martinez. Bus transport very close and frequently, for 1.5 Euro you can visit many places. You have the railway very close and you can see and hear the trains from the balcony, but with closed windows it is very quiet (in September, I don't know in summer).
The host, Hélene is very kind and helpful.
Wimdu is a good option if you want to make reservations, very good address and has a lot of flats to diferent prices and locations. They charge a comission for reservations and you get answers very quick.
Wunderschöne Wohnung im Zentrum von Cannes mit einem tollen Panoramablick über die Stadt bis hin zum Meer! Alles hat wunderbar funktioniert. Gerne wieder!
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Tammy Tell Me TrueBy Posted: Jun 17, 2003
Soap Opera Weekly: Tammy's been MIA lately. Where did she disappear to?
Stephanie Gatschet: That's a good question (laughs). I've been on the back burner, but starting this month and through the rest of the summer I am there. Tammy's back!Weekly: What have you been doing to fill the downtime?
Gatschet: I've been traveling back and forth a lot between New York, where I've been living for work, and Philadelphia, where my family and boyfriend are. I've also been doing some work in my personal manager's office to get an idea as to how the business side of the business operates.Weekly: How has Tammy changed since you took over the role?
Gatschet: She grew up, literally. And she started to become more of her own person.Weekly: Will she ever accept Edmund in her mother's life?
Gatschet: Personally, I hope so. I think they're so cute. I love to sneak on-set to watch [Laura Wright
and David Andrew Macdonald, Cassie and Edmund] do their kissy scenes, because I think it's adorable. I told Laura that I'm rooting for them all the way. But Tammy has her reservations about it. There's a lot of negative history between Cassie and Edmund, and I'm not sure that Tammy believes he can change that quickly.Weekly: What does Tammy think of Jeffrey?
Gatschet: I don't think she knows what to think. [So far] they've only had one run-in and it was completely strange and ridiculous. It's like, "Daddy's back from the dead. Oh no, that's Jeffrey."Weekly: Who do you want Tammy paired with romantically?
Gatschet: Tony, just because he's so hot. Who wouldn't want to be with Tony? He's definitely the Springfield hunk. But I don't think Marah would appreciate that.Weekly: Are you and Laura close?
Gatschet: Oh, yeah. I love her. She treats me like I'm her kid in real life, even though we're more like sisters. I love her to death.


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Media Advisory 09-012 VORTEX2 Scientists Start Blog on Tornado Research
Track field experiences of scientists over month-long quest to understand tornadoes
VORTEX2 will take nearly two dozen teams of scientists into the paths of tornadoes.
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VORTEX2, or Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes, is the largest attempt in history to study the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes.
Now, members of the public can follow live reports from scientists involved in the project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA.
VORTEX2, has started a blog, allowing members of the public an inside glimpse of the action.
Although the project is not scheduled to start until May 10, 2009, frantic preparations are already underway to move the crews and their equipment into the field.
Some of the questions the teams hope to answer include:
How, when and why do tornadoes form? Why are some tornadoes violent and long-lasting, while others are weak and short-lived? What is the structure of tornadoes? How strong are the winds near the ground and how exactly do they do damage? How can we learn to better forecast tornadoes?
For daily updates on progress on VORTEX2, including photos and video from the field, follow Josh Wurman's blog, http://tornadoscientists.blogspot.com/.
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Achieving Alignment: Collaboration Versus Wireframes?
Published: February 24, 2014
In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss whether wireframes can sometimes be a crutch that product teams rely on too much when trying to achieve alignment rather than becoming aligned by truly collaborating.
In my monthly column Ask UXmatters, our UX experts provide answers to our readers' questions about a broad range of user experience matters. To get answers to your own questions about UX strategy, design, user research, or any other topic of interest to UX professionals in an upcoming edition of Ask UXmatters, please send your questions to: [email protected].
The following experts have contributed answers to this edition of Ask UXmatters:
- Dan Brown—Information Architect and Principal at EightShapes
- Drew Davidson—VP of Design at ÄKTA
- Nathaniel Davis—Director of Information Architecture at Prudential Financial; Founder and Curator of DSIA Research Initiative and DSIA Portal of Information Architecture; UXmatters columnist
- Pabini Gabriel-Petit—Senior Director, User Experience and Design at Apttus; Publisher and Editor in Chief, UXmatters; Founding Director of Interaction Design Association (IxDA); UXmatters columnist
- Steven Hoober—Mobile Interaction Designer and Owner at 4ourth Mobile; author of Designing Mobile Interfaces; UXmatters columnist
- Robert Hotard—Lead eCommerce Web Design Architect at att.com; Technology & Production Chair at TEDxSanAntonio
- Jordan Julien—Independent Experience Strategy Consultant
- Baruch Sachs—Senior Director of Human Factors Design at Pegasystems; UXmatters columnist
Q: Are wireframes sometimes a crutch that product teams rely on to get aligned when true collaboration is lacking?—from a UXmatters reader
"Some product teams that lack the ability or the will to collaborate attempt to align themselves around design deliverables—whether wireframes, mockups, or UX design specifications," answers Pabini. "In such cases, product teams are likely bypassing envisioning and ideation altogether, which is when collaboration should primarily occur. As a consequence, they are unlikely to achieve true alignment, which assumes team members' having a mutual understanding of both product requirements and users' needs. This often happens in immature product-development organizations that do not allow sufficient time for planning, requirements definition, or design and, as a consequence, do not make essential decisions until it is too late in a product development cycle to realize them. Such teams often sacrifice quality and slip their schedules.
"Over-relying on wireframes in this way is also antithetical to agile or lean development—both of which rightly discourage throwing deliverables over the walls that sometimes exist between disciplines and instead call for a collaborative approach. Collaborative, multidisciplinary teams always produce the best results. In fact, this type of team is absolutely essential for innovation.
"In contrast to such high-functioning, collaborative teams, I've seen a Development team take an adversarial stance toward Product Management and User Experience and demand complete, high-fidelity design deliverables from User Experience as a passive-aggressive means of deflecting requests for collaboration and teamwork. Ultimately, they ignored the design deliverables that the UX team produced, saying that there wasn't sufficient time to make changes to their implementation—or, at best, cherry-picked whatever aspects of the design they wanted to implement. This co-opting of responsibilities for which other team members were much better qualified arose from the developers' misguided and destructive desire to retain control over the entire product development process—despite the cost to the organization that employs them. The end result of such behavior is invariably an inferior user experience.
"Great product teams engage in collaboration at every possible opportunity during the product development lifecycle. In a successful collaboration, great ideas may come from anyone on the team, and the best ideas make it into the product regardless of their source, ensuring everyone's buy-in to the design solution. Each discipline contributes its unique strengths and abilities and is responsible for making certain types of decisions. (For more on this, see my article 'Sharing Ownership of UX.') The hallmark of a successful collaboration is a synthesis of the team's best ideas into a coherent user experience. Responsibility for creating a holistic user experience rests with the UX team. Fortunately, throughout my long career, most of my experience has been working with great, collaborative product teams and only rarely with dysfunctional teams like the one I described earlier. If you have the misfortune of working with such a team, take heart. The odds are your next project will offer a better experience."
The Right Context for Wireframing
In answer to our reader's question, Robert says, "I hope not. Otherwise, you may be wireframing at the wrong time in the UX design process—be it waterfall, agile, or some hybrid process. When you do wireframing at the right time—very early on, during ideation—it should be the culmination of true collaboration from all disciplines—creative, business, and technical. It starts with boxes and arrows, or flow diagramming, on a whiteboard or in virtual space, to make sure you have considered design, usability, stakeholder goals, and technical integration points. You almost can't avoid wireframing in this collaborative environment. A team naturally wants to draw out their ideas—for example, that piece of a page that shows where to place the form fields or how to lay out the major content groups. From that point, once you've drawn those page concepts, it's up to your company to determine what process to follow and how those early wires should evolve—whether low fidelity or high fidelity.
"On the other hand, if you are referring to teams that are working on maintenance updates or small, added components of functionality—as is common in agile scrums—then, yes, wireframes can become a crutch and, in fact, a barrier to true collaboration and iterative design. This can become what I call a folded-arms design mentality: 'I'm not going to work on my comp till your wireframe of that new page is done…. I'm not going to write content, code the façade, or whatever.' Then you have the false alignment of teams that will gladly agree on a completed wireframe's interactions instead of contributing to the creation of the overall solution.
If this is the case on your team, take it upon yourself to reach out to the other team members and bring them into a collaborative design session. You can either wireframe on the fly—if you're comfortable with that pressure—or have a few concepts ready to go beforehand. I've always found that, coming out of a collaboration session, I could have very rough drafts of wireframes that I could then refine before presenting them to the larger team. Now, everyone begins to have a stake in the solution, and alignment comes from true collaboration."
Wireframing as a Tool for Collaboration
"Wireframes are a design tool," replies Dan. "In and of themselves, they are neither positive nor negative. Their value is in their use and application. Any design artifact—whether wireframes, mockups, personas, or prototypes—can be used as a crutch, but I'm unclear on how collaboration would be lacking as a consequence of wireframing. Lacking collaboration means a team isn't engaging in discussions about design decisions. Through collaboration, different members of a team contribute ideas, challenge each other, and move a project forward. Wireframes can help you to do that for certain design decisions.
"The converse—project inertia—wouldn't be the fault of the design artifact, but the fault of the project's lead or manager. What slows a project down is avoiding discussion of decisions, wasting too much time on certain activities, or investing in artifacts that have no impact on project direction. When used appropriately, a good wireframe is a crutch, but in the sense of providing a support for the design process. Like any artifact—it's a catalyst to the discussion about design decisions. Experienced UX designers and project managers know the limits of activities and artifacts, so they can determine where best to invest the team's time."
"While wireframes are not a crutch, they sometimes are a stalling tactic for development and UX people," says Baruch. "If everything needs a wireframe, delivering a complete set of wireframes can become a huge sticking point on a project. Developers may say that they cannot do anything until they see a wireframe. Designers may want to talk around a wireframe instead of brainstorming new ideas. Once you create and present a shell for a solution, it becomes hard to break free of that shell. However, wireframes can also be a great focal point for an otherwise dysfunctional team. You have some tangible output from the design process and, if you have mature developers and designers who are truly collaborative, wireframes actually become a tool for collaboration."
"I've been searching for true collaboration for the past 15 years," says Jordan. "I've found that the best collaboration occurs on cross-functional teams, working in the same physical location. But I've seen some really fantastic work come from distributed teams as well. I guess I'm suggesting that we should think of collaboration as a spectrum rather than a finite set of variables. I've seen fantastic collaboration on teams that created and utilized wireframes to unite the team. They weren't a crutch; they were the product of collaboration. Why not jump right into prototyping as the product of collaboration? Not everyone on every team has the technical skills to produce a functioning prototype. But everyone has the ability to sketch something and write down some ideas. At their simplest, that's all wireframes are—sketches and notes."
Design Documentation's Role in Collaboration
"I can imagine this happening, but I've never seen it," proclaims Steven. "First, let's talk about documentation methods. Wireframes are pretty non-specific. I create what I call UI Specifications and have worked with many, many others who do much the same. Creating design documents with copious annotations to explain and define a user interface and its interactions can help ensure that you think through a design and brings design onto the same footing as development. Quality Assurance can test against UI Specifications and open bugs to ensure Development's compliance with the design.
"Too often, wireframes are really just comps, or drawings with little or no explanation. These very often represent the antithesis of collaboration, with a design team locked away, creating pixel-perfect screen drawings. Certain processes empower collaboration, but only one person at a time can do most steps of detailed design. That means you need a spirit of collaboration, engagement, questioning, and sharing. No design process, even drawing on a whiteboard or going straight to prototyping in code is automatically a collaborative process.
"I always start by asking lots of questions and try to share my designs as early as possible," continues Steven, "to ensure everyone is on the same page. When an organization is structured to keep team members apart and I have to explain a design, I spend more time explaining how it's simpler than it appears than anything else. I strongly believe in design documentation. That coupled with a good design and development process can encourage collaboration and teamwork at least as much as any competing approach. If someone can get away with using any document—not just design documents like wireframes—to force compliance with decision making that occurs outside the team, that would seem to point out flaws in the organization instead of pitfalls in the document."
"In the design of user interfaces, complexity warrants documentation," advises Nate. "Imagine having to design the architecture for a skyscraper. Since the person who designs the skyscraper surely won't be the person who builds or maintains the building over time, a blueprint is essential. Likewise, when necessary, well-documented wireframes—which can be either static or dynamic—help content owners, designers, and developers to understand how to build and maintain user-interface attributes and behaviors.
"A wireframe is fundamentally a tool for collaboration. For UX designers who rely solely on creating wireframes because they are unable to apply the appropriate methods for stimulating alignment and collaboration, wireframes can be a crutch. Fortunately, gaining experience and having a desire to learn are still the best cures."
Achieving Clarity Through Wireframing
"I've never experienced a situation where wireframes were a crutch for poor collaboration," responds Drew. "Far more often, I see wireframes helping collaboration. Oftentimes, stakeholders think they're collaborating on a concept and are in complete alignment, but when they see the wireframes, they realize that they were all thinking about the solution differently. The discussions that follow the creation of wireframes are usually among the most fruitful and collaborative that I've experienced on projects because everyone now has a common frame of reference."
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Any time you produce wireframes, whether a concept or as part of a detailed interaction design specification, you create a shared cognitive artifact for all team members to potentially interact with. By externalizing the designer's cognition and intent, we are better able to reflect and react to it, and ideally make improvements to it. These improvements can come from heuristic evaluation, user feedback, or feasibility assessments, which are all much easier to do when you have a shared cognitive artifact. In addition, separating the thoughts and intents of the designer from the person themselves allows for critique and improvement without it being as personal as when ideas are only verbally discussed or, when the design artifact is so far along, it looks more baked than it is.
If there are serious collaboration problems in the culture, wireframes may or may not help. The rest of your design/development process needs to be considered with respect to solving that problem.
What I found very useful to facilitate discussion and knowledge transfer is to make use of a product backlog and a good tool.
We use Jira to facilitate the discussions in all phases of the design and development process. So when a feature is just an idea, we collect all information in a user story (Jira issue). When needed, we add wireframes to makes things clearer and also add design elements, if necessary. The whole team sees the stories, so development can give their input even when they're not working on the project full time, as I do.
We use a concept of daily mini-design workshops—20- to 30-minute timeboxes—for the team to transfer knowledge and discuss possible solutions and estimate their impact on development. All findings are registered in Jira.
When the team thinks a user story is ready, the development team starts estimating. When needed, the story is split into more specific stories to get the story done. In my opinion, it really does not matter what technique you use, as long as you keep the conversation going.
Great discussion! Thanks!! Let's keep the conversation going.
Good conversation here. I agree with the commenters that conversation, collaboration, communication, and coordination are all required—and the artifacts!
The artifacts are the hard part, I think, because they're externalized and can be ignored. Nevertheless, they are essential and required because things cannot be overly wishy washy, pie in the sky, or personal.
For me, the essential artifacts of a successful development effort are A) well-written meeting notes, proving that people can talk and listen; B) wireframes, proving that there is a shared understanding of what the thing could actually look like; and C) use cases, demonstrating how the thing should behave and for whom.
Getting clear with the team on who the users are, their needs and motivations, their use cases, and how they'll accomplish those through the screens is the story that needs to be told. Ultimately it's about being good storytellers and working together as teams to get the necessary parties to understand and agree on the who, what, and why of the solution—and for some, they really need to know the how intimately.
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THE MAY CENTURY. Yellow, black and white illustrated print advertising the periodical, "The May Century." A surprised-looking young man in a uniform sits on two crossed poles suspended from a box kite, looking down on a man below in a field with a barn in the background. Full text: in black lettering on either side of the image, "Scientific Kite-Flying Described by three Experts," "General Schofield's Chapters of Secret History," and split between top and bottom in white serif lettering with black outline, "THE MAY CENTURY."
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According to recent research by Michigan State University, female brains in a state of anxiety work much harder and are more prone to making mistakes, compared to the (less worried) brains' of boys.
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Volunteers were also asked to complete a questionnaire rating how much and often they worry.
Although the worrisome female volunteers performed the same as the males on the tasks, researchers discovered their brains had to work harder at it.
As the test became more difficult, the brain's of the girls who felt the most anxious performed worse suggesting that worry and anxiety got in the way of completing the task.
Girls who identified themselves as 'big worriers' recorded high brain activity when they made mistakes during the task.
Jason Moser, the lead author of the study, said the findings may ultimately help mental health professionals determine which girls may be prone to anxiety problems such as obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety.
"This may help predict the development of anxiety issues later in life for girls," Moser said in a statement. "It's one more piece of the puzzle for us to figure out why women in general have more anxiety disorders."
Researchers are further investigating whether oestrogen - the female hormone - could be to blame for the increased brain response in women, as it is a key neurotransmitter which controls learning ability and processes mistakes.
"This may end up reflecting hormone differences between men and women," adds Moser.
The study, published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology.
According to Anxiety UK, one in six Brits suffer from some form of anxiety and 13% will develop anxiety at some point in their life.
"Whether you have too many things to do and not enough time to do them, or don't give yourself the time to eat properly, or you have difficult relationships at home or at work, the source of stress and anxiety is different for each of us," explains author of Soul-Centred: Transform Your Life in Eight Weeks with Meditation.
"Though each one of us has different stressors, the effects of stress are what we might have in common. Stress, sometimes called the silent killer, has been blamed for all kinds of illnesses and disease: high blood pressure, depression, insomnia, and anxiety to name a few. And we want to avoid those."
If you're prone to worry and suffer from over-thinking anxiety, take a look at these top tips on tackling stress by Sarah McLean.
"Do whatever you're doing more slowly. Slow down on purpose (not necessarily when you are at work). You can do this almost anytime - while driving, walking, reading, eating, or drinking. You might find at first slowing down drives you a bit crazy, especially if your habit is to rush through your tasks. "But when you find yourself in a hurry, ask yourself, What is all the rush about? You might find you're simply being mindless when you could be mindful. And you can enjoy this life of yours."
"When you get up, or when you arrive at work, set an intention for the day. Decide what you want to experience more of. Stick a post-it to your commuter to remind you what to pay attention to during the day. Maybe you want to see more kindness, efficiency, wisdom, inspiration, creativity, or awareness. "You always will find what you are looking for so pay attention to what that is and anchor your awareness again and again to what really matters to you."
"When faced with a choice, pay attention to how you feel, notice the sensations in your body. Express yourself and live with integrity. There's no need to manipulate yourself to please someone else. Ask yourself, "Is it a yes or a no, or a yum or a yuck?" "Move toward the yums and away from the yucks. When making a choice or taking action, relinquish your need for approval from others. You are the wise one. You usually do know best. Trust yourself."
"Get in the habit of asking yourself, How do I feel right now? Notice and give yourself some slow deep breaths. The body and breath anchor you to the present moment (unlike the mind which often dwells in the past or future). "Relax your body, whether sitting or standing. Feel your feet on the floor. Notice your weight and balance; relax your arms and hands. Straighten your spine. "Relax your shoulders. Relax your face, your eyes, your jaw, your forehead. Pay attention to your body and breath at least three times a day."
"Sit in silence and meditate for 20 minutes each day. (All at once or two periods of 10 minutes each.) Get your power back and "re-source" your energy. Simply sit down, close your eyes, and as you breathe through your nose gently focus on the natural sensations of your breath. "Don't try too hard. Don't worry about your thoughts. If you get distracted, refocus. Be kind to yourself. The stress will dissipate. "Don't wait for something magical to happen, instead, just do it. Come out slowly and you'll feel happier, more creative, and fulfilled."
"Your life is taking place one moment at a time. So it's ideal to have your attention on this moment right now. This is where your life is. This moment, like all present moments, is when you have access to your creativity, inspiration, possibilities, even your inner wisdom and your emotions. "When you notice you are focused on or worrying about the future more often than you are paying attention to the present moment, bring your attention back to the present moment by paying attention to your body or your breath."
"It's a practice that helps you to break out of your habitual responses and your 'automatic pilot.' Choose a cue, such as your phone ringing, or passing a particular road sign on your way to work, or drinking a glass of water at your desk. "Use the cue to be completely aware of what you are doing while you are doing it in a non-judgmental way. Bring your attention to the present moment, become aware of all your senses. "Mindfulness reduces stress, increases self-awareness, and makes you aware of the choices available in each moment."
"Don't be a know-it-all. Instead, be present with what is actually happening instead of your ideas about it. Maintain a childlike curiosity. For example, go for a walk (without talking on your cell phone) and resist the urge to label or categorise anything. "Notice the actual colors, textures, shapes, temperature, sounds, aromas, space, light, shadows, movement and stillness as each sweetly meets your senses. "Simply experience, rather than label, this world around you. With an open mind, wisdom, inspiration, and support are found everywhere."


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first I have been watching some videos and it seems that some people pedal backwards when rolling backwards and some people just coast.
I was riding bmx back when Haro was just coming up and in those day if you had a freewheel you had to pedal backwards with the freewheel and could only coast backwards with a coaster brake. is that still the case?
is there a different Geometry between street bike and say dirt jumping bikes or race bmx bike?
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text: 8. Zooey Deschanel & Ben Gibbard. Much like JLo and Marc where the king and queen of Latin world, Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard were the king and queen of the indie world. The New Girl star and Death Cab for Cutie frontman were married in September of 2009 and seemed poised to be together till the end. Sadly, the two announced their split on November 1. (http://socialitelife.com/zooey-deschanel-separates-from-husband-ben-gibbard-11-2011). It seems pretty amicable, but still sad to see such an adorable couple go to splitsville. The only positive thing from all of this is that now maybe Zooey will date former co-star Joseph Gordon Levitt and they'll continue on their path of beauty. Hey, a girl can dream, right?


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Hundreds of people in the District spent Christmas helping those in need — embodying President Obama's call to community service and spreading holiday cheer throughout the area.
About 1,000 people volunteered for service projects through the D.C. Jewish Community Center's 27th "D25" service day, providing people from a variety of faiths a chance to give back during the holiday.
David Sacks and his wife and two children led a group of about 15 volunteers in song during a Christmas party at St. Elizabeths Hospital, the District's public psychiatric facility.
"It's very personally meaningful for me," said Mr. Sacks, of Chevy Chase, who works as a psychologist.
Over the last five years, Mr. Sacks said, the hospital party has become a Christmas tradition the entire family looks forward to — with the group belting out classics like the "12 Days of Christmas" and "Feliz Navidad."
"For Jewish people who like to sing Christmas songs — and I'm one of them — this is a great opportunity," said Mr. Sacks, 58, who donned a bright green sweater and a red Santa Claus hat.
At the D.C. Central Union Mission, church groups also volunteered on Christmas to serve meals to the homeless at the charity's new kitchen and housing facility near Union Station.
In his Christmas address, President Obama touched on the variety of ways that Americans can give back to their communities, including organizing food or clothing drives and buying gifts for needy children.
"For families like ours, that service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us — to love our neighbors as we would ourselves; to feed the hungry and look after the sick; to be our brother's keeper and our sister's keeper," Mr. Obama said in the radio address. "And for all of us as Americans, regardless of our faith, those are values that can drive us to be better parents and friends, better neighbors and better citizens."
For longtime friends Meredith Lair and Liz Marshall, who volunteered through the Jewish Community Center to visit a local nursing home and women's shelter, it also was just downright fun. Decked out in green-and-red attire and jingle bell earrings, the pair volunteered as elves to accompany Santa Claus as he handed out gifts to children and seniors along his route.
"I got a lot more out of it than I put into it today," said Ms. Lair, a 41-year-old from Alexandria. "It was a great way to spend a day with my best friend."
With more than 60 different service projects spread across the city and into Maryland and Virginia, JCC Director of Community Engagement Erica Steen said there is an opportunity for everyone.
Projects included painting the interior of a health center in Silver Spring, assembling safe sex kits to be provided to sex workers, and cooking meals for the homeless. Children also could get involved with projects such as card-making, with the finished products distributed by workers at events throughout the day.
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A March memo from Ken Slentz, a deputy education commissioner, advised superintendents to take into account that student progress was being measured against more rigorous standards when making employment decisions. He said teachers would have a fair chance to do well, however, because they will be compared based on similar measures.
Just last month, Oceanside School Superintendent Herb Brown warned parents and board of education members that student test scores on the coming tests will be much lower than those achieved in the past.
NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi said teachers and their students have not been equally prepared for the tests, with some districts moving more enthusiastically than others toward implementation of the new standards. In a survey of 1,600 teachers earlier this year, 65 percent said their students lacked access to textbooks and materials aligned to the standards, he said.
"To count this testing for any kind of high stakes, it defies logic and is unethical," Iannuzzi told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
He said teachers have been writing letters by the thousands to state education leaders for the past month spelling out the test-related stresses in their classrooms.
The $250,000 ad campaign was launched to bolster the effort with the hope of action by the Education Department, Gov. Andrew Cuomo or the Legislature, he said.
"I felt we had an obligation to share the reality with parents," Iannuzzi said.
I n a news release, Education Commissioner John King acknowledged the calls to delay aligning assessments to the higher standards. "Any major change initiative comes with anxiety and challenges," King said.
But he said students did not have time to wait to be held accountable for standards designed to improve their futures.
"Only about 35 percent of our students graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary to be called college- and career ready," he said. "That's why the (Board of) Regents moved forward so decisively ... They understand that going slow means denying thousands of students the opportunity to be
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Came across the numbers for the director's cup the other day, the national rankings for how well a school performs in athletics. It has some interesting data.
Iowa State comes in at No. 58, middle of the pack. However, ISU's athletic budget is only $29 million dollars. Not crazy, but kinda low for this tier, suggesting the Cyclone's are overachieving with regards to athletics.
Check out the some other schools in this tier, their budgets & their respective ranking.
45 - Virginia Tech: $45.7 million
47 - Clemson: $40.4 million
49 - Miami (Florida): $51.6 million
50 - Iowa: $61.7 million
58 - Iowa State: $28.9 million
59 - Texas Tech: $47.9 million
61 - NC State: $35.8 million
62 - Colorado: $35.8 million
(Source: Indianapolis Star)
Removing the outliers of ISU & Iowa, the average budget for this level is about $42.9 million dollars. Iowa State is overachieving like crazy, while Iowa, to borrow a phrase from Patton Oswalt, is a failure pile in a sadness bowl.
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According to the numbers the AD put out the ISU budget is $36 million not $28 million.
It appears those budget numbers are from the 2004-2005 school year, while the directors cup standings are from 2007-2008.
I thought budget was factored into the rating?
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers Video game is a recent release that is bound to rock the gaming world. Not content with being a collectible card game and a board game, Bakugan Battle Brawlers is now a video game! It is produced by the folks at Activision and is available for a number of video game platforms including the Sony Playstation, the Xbox as well the Nintendo Wii and DS. Play as your own custom Battle Brawler and help unravel a mystery of a mysterious Bakugan that escaped from the Doom Dimension. Climb to the top, battle all your favorite characters, and go on an adventure to save New Vestroia and Earth!
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There are many new Bakugans in the video game that you can discover, along with plenty of old friends you will recognize right away. Some of the Bakugan that you can use in the game you are able to win through various levels, while others have to be purchased separately. This large assortment of available creatures makes the game play more fun, interesting as well as enjoyable.
In the game, your character meets up with Dan Kuso who teaches you and prepares you for your very first battle. Once you have learned how to fight and have battled Shuji, you get your very first Bakugan known as Leonidas. Leonidas is a very aggressive Bakugan but he will be your best friend and companion through the many levels of the game.
Throughout the game, you will be introduced to a number of characters, but it is Marduk who has chosen to become the ruler of all. It is up to you to fight him and beat him in order to win Vladiator; another fine Bakugan.
While perfect for kids of all ages, the Bakugan video game is especially developed for those between the ages of 7 and 12 years old. In similar fashion as the hit animated cartoon, you work your way up to become a true Bakugan warrior through experience and dedication. You will also be able to choose and play a number of characters including Dan Ruso, Marucho, Masquerede, Julie, Shun, Chan Lee, Komba and many more.
While for the most part, playing the Bakugan video game is considered very similar to that of the animated cartoon, the battles themselves are done in a slightly different manner. At the beginning of the battle, you will have to pick a gate card which then will land on the field. It is up to you to target it. Once two Bakugan land on a single ate card, the battle for that gate begins and the winner takes the gate card. You will have a number of cards to use and even some to win throughout the Bakugan video game.
If you think you are up to the challenge, then perhaps the Bakugan video game is right up your alley. You will have hours of fun playing through the many different and challenging levels of the game in which no two are exactly the same. If your kids really love watching the animated television show or even playing the Bakugan card game, then this video game will make an excellent gift.
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its awesome!!!!
i love the new sound!!!
its was clear at i listen the first time the new record!!!!!!
but i think its still the PAPA ROACH STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its like the two sides of the same coin!!!
i think so!!
PR changed the sound its clear but got still the same style of music!
but i think on every album changed PR theirs sound a little bit!
on every record is a EVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!
so every album was and still is a advancement from PR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love all alums from INFEST to METAMORPHOSIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love the different sounds and the awesome lyrics!!!
its not matter which kind of sound PR makes their RULES!
why is everybody hatein on proach's changes!! i have every single papa roach album and i love every single papa roach album.....and NOT once did i ever think about complaining about them!....because i respect them and their changes.......just like every other fucking rock band out there everyone changes their styles. Just look at avenged sevenfold....compare their waken the fallen album to the one that just came out last year.....yea a BIG difference but it's all still kickass music because you respect the band that you love. Papa roach is an amazing band........everything they do comes completely from their hearts..........and as a die hard fan i will continue to follow no matter what!!
Then i might have to find a new favourite band.
Uhm. I partially agree. Papa Roach has changed a lot since the beginning, but i dont think thats a problem at all! I think its really cool and awesome that Papa Roach changes, and every band should do like them.
But their newest album... Its not just different, its a completely new sound, and thats what annoying me. lovehatetradegy was a little bit different, but it still had the "Papa Roach" sound. GAWM was more mainstream rock, but it still had the right sound and feelings in the lyrics. Paramour Sessions was very different, but some of the songs had roots of the older Papa Roach sound. Paramour Sessions was partially good. It wasnt great, neither bad. It doesnt matter if a band makes a few songs or maybe a half album there's completely different, but 2 albums in a row is too much. IMO, Papa Roach has been disbanded and a new rockband has been formed. Im affraid this is going be the last album im gonna buy, but i haven't heard the whole album yet, so i might change my mind, which i hope.
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