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A scene of T'Mar from "Star Trek: The Video Game." (NAMCO Bandai / Paramount)Link
A scene of Surock from "Star Trek: The Video Game." (NAMCO Bandai / Paramount)Link
The first voice you hear in "Star Trek: The Video Game" is Capt. James T. Kirk screaming "ambush!" Moments later, Spock — Kirk's familiar second in command and traditionally a more logic-oriented presence — hollers "grenade!"
It doesn't have the poetic heft of "space, the final frontier," which opened almost every episode of the original series and its follow-up, "The Next Generation." But that sort of thing is not part of the mission for this game, which begins with quick-cut glimpses of guns blazing, giant lizards and explosions.
The goal here is not all that different from the J.J. Abrams-helmed film "Star Trek," which rebooted the franchise in 2009. Co-publishers Paramount Pictures and NAMCO Bandai hope to reenergize the franchise by turning to one of the most successful gaming genres of the past decade: the third-person duck-and-cover shooter.
"Star Trek: The Video Game" features voice contributions from the core film cast, including Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock, as well as writing assists from film personnel such as Roberto Orci. Thanks to such detail, it could prove an integral chapter in the current series, forming a bridge between the 2009 film and next month's "Star Trek Into Darkness."
Instead, the game raises concerns that the publishers believe that game consumers can be satiated with shooters rather than more complex forms of interactive storytelling (something that was attempted more successfully in 1992 with the PC / Mac effort "Star Trek 25th Anniversary").
Despite all the A-list talent and big-screen pedigree, the kill-first, diplomacy-later formula of "Star Trek: The Video Game" just doesn't have room for the "Trek" ethos, which is integral to the franchise's enduring appeal.
Who has time to explore new worlds when there are giant lizards to shoot? Phasers have the ability to stun and kill, of course, but stun works for all of about 10 seconds, which practically encourages players to kill instead. Piloting the Enterprise sounds exciting, but even that is reduced to manually controlling a torpedo.
The game picks up where the 2009 film left off, with the planet Vulcan having been destroyed and efforts to rebuild it underway. Yet a civilization-building machine created for the very purpose of quickly sculpting a new Vulcan home has a nasty side effect of opening rifts in space. Those fissures allow the Gorn — a lizard-like race first seen in a 1967 "Star Trek" episode — to enter Starfleet territory.
Once contact is established with the Gorn, the game more resembles "Halo" than anything from Gene Roddenberry's imagination. But even as a "Halo" knockoff, it stumbles. Moving around (latching on to walls, ducking) doesn't always work thanks to non-responsive controls, and characters that aren't puppeteered by the player often run in circles.
Most offensively though, the Gorn are reduced to simple, dinosaur-like creatures. "Star Trek" in theory has been more about exploring and learning from intelligent alien life forms, even the aggressive ones, but here, the Gorn run around the game behaving like motivationless, suicide-bombing space monsters, even though they're apparently intelligent enough to build third-person-shooter staples such as semiautomatic weapons and gun turrets.
The lighthearted tone of Abrams' film, in which characters could trade wisecracks moments after watching an entire civilization be destroyed, does help carry the game in places. It's a dynamic found mostly in the bickering, spouse-like relationship between Spock and Kirk.
Although "bickering" implies a sophistication the game doesn't have. "You think?" is Kirk's common lunkheaded retort to Spock's reasoned but often obvious advice. And while the Enterprise captain has always been a womanizer, here his seduction moves just feel tone deaf and clumsy, such as hitting on a Vulcan scientist moments after she may or may not have lost her father.
Other "Trek" staples make appearances, such as the trusty handheld tricorder device that's used frequently by the duo. It's now a thing of magic, used to solve nearly everything. Need to put out a fire? Push a button on the tricorder. Need to disable lizard weapons? Push a button on the tricorder. It makes most advanced problem solving in the game largely nonexistent.
The science of "Trek" is largely absent. One of the game's go-to puzzles gives players 30 seconds to match various patterns. Commonly known as a hacking exercise, it's a simple memory game that's forgivable once, but recurs often.
The game's biggest selling point is that players can choose to play as either Spock or Kirk, and the two characters are side-by-side for the entire journey. Tasks are designed to be completed cooperatively, and if the game aimed higher it could have been a showcase for crafting believable artificial intelligence.
Most often, however, the two must partner up to complete menial chores, such as opening a really heavy door, an undertaking that is accomplished by pressing a controller button as fast as possible.
It's emblematic of a game that lacks the ambition to boldly go where no game has gone before. Instead, "Star Trek: The Video Game" explores worlds that ultimately feel very familiar, and worse, not much fun. Highly illogical.
— Todd Martens
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Reading through the employment adds, they all start to look the same. You get a little history, some real estate information and then an equipment list. The most important part of a veterinary hospital is the people! We get that! We have employees that have been with us for decades, I think that says something about our team!
That said; let me bore you with some history, real estate information and an equipment list:
Currently, we have 4 hospitals. Our main facility, Village Oak Veterinary Hospital, is located in Modesto; was built in 2001 and is a 9000 sq.ft. free standing hospital. We have 3 full time general practitioners, and a support staff of 12, with several R.V.T.s to assist the doctors. Village Oak also has the benefit of specialists that work with the general practitioners and see referral cases at our hospital. Currently we have Dr. Andrea Cannon our dermatologist, Dr. Craig Long our radiologist, Dr. Brian Mackie our cardiologist, and our boarded surgeon Dr. J.T. Vida.. We have digital X-ray and digital dental X-ray, surgical laser, ultrasound, arthroscopy, tonopens, and new in house laboratory equipment. For the convenience of our clients we also offer boarding and grooming.
College Veterinary Hospital is our original hospital and has been providing small animal care to Modesto since 1965. It is currently open 5 days a week and supports a single, full time veterinarian with 4 support staff. Dr. Lacy has a special interest in Guide Dogs and provides care for all the local Guide Dogs in training.
Northgate Veterinary Hospital is the newest of our hospitals built in nearby Manteca. This hospital was built in 2004 and is our most rapidly growing practice. This 6,500 sq ft practice supports 3 full time general practitioners as well as Dr. Marilyn Koski, an avian/exotics specialist with certification in acupuncture and physical therapy.
Our fourth location, Manteca Veterinary Hospital is one of the oldest practices in the state. Started in the 50's as a large animal practice, transitioning to mixed in the 70's until we purchased in 1993 and made it strictly small animal. Due to the growth of this practice, we have replaced the old facility with a brand new hospital, and it has taken off.
Due to the success of our practices and growth of the surrounding area we are looking for two additional doctors. We have great, modern hospitals; motivated staff, and great clients….. What we need is a great general practitioner!!!! Our starting salary is $85,000 (negotiable, everything is negotiable), $5000.00 for moving expenses, health insurance allowance, employer funded profit sharing plan, C.E. allowance, association memberships, no emergency calls and much more.
If your goals include practicing progressive medicine and working in an enjoyable atmosphere, then give us a call. We welcome the chance to talk to you, answer any questions, and arrange a tour of the hospitals. We will cover travel expenses for serious inquiries. Correspondence may be sent to Village Oak Veterinary Hospital, 3924 Oakdale Rd., Modesto, CA 95357. or call Sean Fitzpatrick, D.V.M at 209-551-6200

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Custom-fit your tools to your hand.
By Kevin Drake
Pages: 40-43
From the February 2010 issue #181
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One of the best uses for a lathe is making tool handles. Most production tool handles leave something to be desired. The good news is that the handle is the part of tool that is the easiest to modify.
Fine gloves are sold in sizes such as 6, 7, 8 and 9. Work gloves are generally sold in dumbed-down categories such as small, medium and large. But when it comes to tool handles, one size is expected to fit all. Having custom tool handles is like having made-to-fit gloves. They feel like part of your body.
Look around your shop for a tool handle that feels good to you and compare that to the rest. My guess is that the one that feels the best will be the one you reach for most often. Plastic handles are molded around the tang and very rarely loosen or come off, but I get rid of them as quickly as I can and make handles that fit my hands. Plus, I much prefer the feel of wood compared to plastic.
The lathe is best suited for making round and oval handles, or a combination of both. I, for example, prefer a turning-tool handle that is round with an oval section near the blade. The oval part allows me to use one hand or the other to torque the tool when I need to without over-gripping it to the point where I lose the tactile feedback that is so essential to successful turning.
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More Baja race announcements in tune with the time change and the coming of spring! Our Danish distributor North TQ will be hosting a special HPI Baja Cup race at their huge track facility! With 50 drivers expected from Denmark and Sweden, plus a massive off-road track all prepared and ready to go, this race is expected to be one of the premiere races of the year in the region!
Check out the pictures of past race action below, and go to the Danish HPI Baja Cup website at www.hpi-racing.dk for all the details!


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99.9% - Anytime in history when there has been an unknown - a god has been the default explanation. Fortunately, we have science to battle against sky gods and eventually it will answer humanities toughest questions.
...eventually [science] will answer humanities toughest questions.
I have no faith in that.
I am fairly confident that the god described by the christian bible does not exist, because it is so contradictory that it couldn't possibly exist in reality. All powerful yet can't defeat the chariots of iron. All loving yet kills off almost the whole population of the world. There is maybe a very very small chance that something started everything in motion, but even if that type of god existed it would make no difference to our day to day lives. I believe that most people create their own version of god using what is taught to them by their society and molding that to fit their world view. It is either a benevolent father figure, a stern disciplinarian, or just a disinterested creator depending on what that person needs.
There is no way to disprove the existence of a cosmic God-entity. I don't want to say something unprovable, so I don't say "there is no God".
However, the gods of various religions sure LOOK a great deal like creations of the human mind! This is the hypothesis that best fits the evidence.
I am one hundred and ten percent sure that god is imaginary and I know all religions are nonsense. My intuition tells me there is no god. I am just as sure that there is no god as I am sure that I exist and the world exists and everything around me exists. I never say I am agnostic and I never claim that I cannot be 100% sure there is no god and I never leave room for even the slightest bit of doubt.
I know it's been said millions of times but I'm gonna go with you don't need to prove a negative.
There is no evidence for a god. What would "concrete proof against one" even look like?
The law of identity, one of the most basic fundamentals of existence and cognition, is enough that additional proof is not necessary. As if I need to somehow prove that I am not currently on Jupiter. My presence here proves I am not as any essential characteristic anyone can possibly give to a god is total abject bullshit and contradictory. It is not wise to say we cannot prove a negative. God is 0% possible. And if you disagree, you are saying that there is a quality of god that has a greater than 0% chance of existing. I would like to hear from a so called agnostic atheist what that essential characteristic that could possibly exist is and I will tell you that it is either metaphor, contradictory, or something we already has a real term for, like alien. God is now, has always been, and will always be total fucking nonsense.
Not quite 100% but pretty close. If there is a god, it probably isn't one of the major religions' concepts of god.
1) The virgin birth god born on the winter solstice has been used one too many times not to be a rip-off of Horus.
2) Why does god perceive women as inferior, and gays as sinners? God has the same attitude as a sexist homophobe?
3) Why are all records of the existence of gods tracked back to religious doctrine? Why don't the Romans have records of the crucifixion of Jesus, or at least Peter? Peter was supposedly crucified upside down. One would think his request to be crucified upside down would make its way into government documentation.
Sure there was a fire in Rome in 64 AD. It's hard to believe all documentation of Christ's records were destroyed. And why not the 3 Persian Kings who witnessed a virgin birth? After dwelling across the desert 6 months to witness a miraculous birth, they failed to record it.
If there is a god, it hasn't revealed itself to humanity, because there isn't any evidence. If.
From what I've read it appears that after 150 yrs of "Biblical Archaeology", textual criticism & philosophical wrangling advanced theologians have given up on the God of the Bible. They have not even come up with a completely satisfying notion of what the term "God" really means. This is not a very concrete result especially considering the amount of time & mental energy that has been expended upon it. If this were a scientific research program its funding would have been pulled a century ago.
However, none of this is ever communicated to the faithful as rarified philosophical debate does not put bums in pews. Nor is it very good PR to admit that our advanced research program, which you the congregation have sponsored so generously for all theses years, has been totally inconclusive.
My point is that debating the probability of the existence, or nonexistence, of our Sunday school idea of "God" is pointless. If the greatest minds in Christendom cannot even agree on what is meant by the word "God" there is no way to meaningfully discuss the matter.
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"Until now, UC has sat outside of the world of virtualization," said Irwin Lazar, a VP at Nemertes Research, in his introduction to a panel discussion at UBM's Enterprise Connect conference. The trend throughout the IT industry is to consolidate applications that used to run on individual servers so that multiple apps run on a single server, with isolation between the applications provided by virtual partitions between operating system instances.
Initially, UC was left out of the equation because network managers hesitated to subject any application for the transmission of realtime audio or video to the overhead imposed by virtualization, Lazar said. However, virtualization is not as novel as it once was and many network managers have become skilled at running all sorts of workloads in that environment. Rather than running up against diminishing returns, it seems "the more you virtualize, the more you realize the benefits of virtualization," Lazar said.
In his research, about 16% of survey respondents said they are virtualizing their UC servers now, while 37.8% have no plans to do so. The rest are at some stage of considering or planning a virtual deployment.
Virtualization on the desktop tends to be more problematic, when it collides with the deployment of desktop UC applications such as replacing desk phones with softphone software, Lazar said. Because virtualized PCs and thin client desktop devices move most processing to the server, they can interfere with access to speakers, microphones, or other peripherals.
Mitel was one of the first UC vendors to proactively work on tailoring its server software for virtualization and more recently on working with VMware on desktop virtualization client software integration for access to audiovisual peripherals, said Stephen Brown, VP of systems engineering. The result works well with audio, he said, "and we're currently releasing a controlled introduction of video, with a formal product introduction planned for this summer."
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The videoconferencing firm Vidyo introduced the VidyoRouter Virtual Edition earlier this week, and it was one of the Best of Show finalists. Vidyo is initially targeting VMware platforms, with additional virtualization environments to follow.
Mark Noble, senior director of product marketing at Vidyo, said his company is capitalizing on an architectural difference between its products and those of most of its competitors. "We're not doing heavy duty video transcoding at the core like on a traditional MCU," he said. The multipoint control units used in most videoconferencing rely on a processor-intensive mixing and redistributing of video streams, usually on purpose-built hardware. Vidyo uses the H.264 Scalable Video Coding compression standard, sending a complete copy of each stream to each location and relying on software in each endpoint to sort it out.
That means the VidyoRouter software can run in a virtualized partition on a server without becoming a performance bottleneck. That's something an MCU-based videoconferencing system could never do, Lazar said. "It's getting hard to justify buying an MCU, it really is."
In addition to appealing to enterprises that employ virtualization internally, the new product is easier to deploy on cloud computing infrastructure and easier for cloud vendors to embed in their own services. "Now you can bring up a VidyoRouter anywhere in the world where there are cloud computing resources and an Internet connection," Noble said. "You can spin up a new router in an hour and enter new markets with zero risk on the technology side."
Paul McMillan, director of cloud and virtualization portfolio strategy at Siemens Enterprise Communications, said his firm has been virtualizing UC deployments for years. However, successful deployments require more planning, careful sizing of server capacity, and testing than if virtualization were not included. "If a customer runs a significant proof of concept pilot environment, we can work through a lot of issues in troubleshooting. When they don't do that, those kind of day one experiences are never too pleasant," he said.
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Doctor Who: Time and The Rani (UK - DVD R2)
The Wilson Bros check out this story to see if it's as bad as they remember...
Doctor Who was in crisis—viewing figures were down during the Trial of a Time Lord season. Michael Grade wanted to pull the plug on the show after Colin Baker's first season, but the death sentence was quickly reduced to eighteen months following an outcry from fans and several national newspapers.
Considering that viewers had been falling away from the show, it was surprising that Doctor Who wasn't down-Graded at that moment, but the show was given one more chance. The only problem was that it was to have a fresh start, and that meant that Colin Baker was going to be given some awfully bad news. Baker's plans to slowly reveal layers of the Doctor's personality were scattered to the four winds when he got the boot (but the character was eventually fleshed-out as part of the so-called 'Cartmel Masterplan'), and in stepped a Shakespearean actor to give Doctor Who one final attempt to win back audiences.
Time and the Rani opens with the TARDIS under attack and sees the Doctor unconscious on the floor—in walks a certain redheaded adversary and orders her minion to pick up the Time Lord; when he does so, the Doctor has been injured and regenerates.
Colin Baker's exit was the most undignified write-out since Ed Wood said the words: 'I've had a great idea about how to go on without Lugosi…' The regeneration was something of a cheat—McCoy was dressed in Baker's outfit (which was far too big for him) and wore a curly blonde wig, so when he was turned over, optical effects could be added to obscure McCoys face, and the wig was whipped off in a dissolve and hey presto! One reasonably successful attempt at a regeneration without the participation of the outgoing actor.
We admit that we're big fans of Colin Baker and weren't surprised that the Big Man told the Beeb what they could go and do with themselves when asked to participate with the handover. Baker was originally offered a handful of episodes into this season as a way of making the transition to the new actor go more smoothly, but it's understandable why he turned the offer down.
More so than any other actor to play the Doctor, McCoy had the hardest time trying to make the character his own and also battled the hardest to change the character into something that he wanted it to be. The press gave Mr. Kent-Smith a hard time—we still have an old newspaper cutting from the Daily Mirror somewhere that has the headline 'Doc's too diddy to duff-up Daleks' and the article went on to call him a 'pint-sized pratt', which didn't exactly do much to endear him to the public. Oh, and we also have the clipping featuring the scathing comments from a certain TV critic, who plumbed new depths of homophobia when he wrote that McCoy probably spends his time 'munching on muesli and wondering which shade of pink to paint the TARDIS'. Charming.
Sylvester McCoy was brought on-board to give the show a lighter touch and that was precisely what he did initially, with McCoy throwing in various little tricks and pratfalls that he had learnt during his days as part of the Ken Campbell Roadshow along with having his Doctor constantly mixing his metaphors. McCoy was merely following orders and it would take more than a year before the Seventh Doctor become a darker and more mysterious being, the sort of character that McCoy had envisioned in the first place.
There are those who would argue that Time and the Rani suffers from that most exclusive of problems, the New Doctor Syndrome; fans generally agree that most of the stories that feature a newly-regenerated Doctor aren't very good, because the incoming actor spends much of his first story incapacitated or manic in some way (this was nearly fatal for Colin Baker's stint on the show, which saw him trying to strangle his companion and got him off on the wrong foot with the viewing public). Writers Pip and Jane Baker have taken much flak over the years for their contribution to Doctor Who; whilst none of their scripts have been toe-curlingly awful, their stuff seems to be workman-like and mediocre, with it being poorly-realised during the production stage.
'This is idiotic'—a fitting choice of words from the Rani, finding herself not only shoehorned into another story in spite of never really being that popular, but when confronted by a full-pelt Sylvester McCoy, the context of it all seems perfect. The Rani's plan to kidnap the greatest minds in the galaxy is an interesting one, but surely not an idea perceived as 'dangerous' by JNT, as there was little chance he would find the form of Kate O'Mara adding him to her collection.
The Rani's plan to get the Doctor to repair her machine isn't all that scientific, only a marginal step up from getting someone so drunk on absinthe that they think they are having sex with someone else. Well, either that or getting a poor sap to write cheques whilst smashed out of their minds.
Kate O'Mara's performance is campy to say the least—she struts around and gives the sort of over-the-top performance usually reserved for panto season, but she gives an admirable sense of conviction to the role that helps a little to sell the concept of a vengeful female Time Lord. We sheepishly admit that seeing O'Mara dressed up in Mel's clothing and acting like her in order to fool the freshly-regenerated Doctor stirs something in the trouser area.
The interplay between the 'Mel' Rani and McCoy has much more chemistry between them than Slyv and Langford, and is a pity they couldn't have found some way for O'Mara to stay stuck in that persona for the rest of series.
There is something rather endearing about the shots of McCoy looking befuddled, trying to make sense of all going on around him in light of the regeneration, and something which was absent from the bullish arrogance of Colin Baker. Obviously this is sharply contrasted by the great deal of clowning involved, but there were hints of the depth to come later.
It brought a smile to our lips when the very Scottish McCoy asked 'where are we, by the way?', and a little more of his original accent slipped out with the last part of the line. McCoy has always been proud of his Scottish heritage, but one has to wonder if the general negative perception of Sylv and Doctor Who at that period forced Russell T Davies to have David Tennant speak with a Mockney accent.
Sylv brings his music-hall comedy training to the fore at every opportunity, and none is more prominent than a tight turning along a corridor, where he skids round on one foot before haring off, but he overdoes it, making it more obviously slapstick than it needed to be. For an example of how to do it right, watch Gunnar Hansen pull off the same move when chasing Marilyn Burns by the gas station in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Here it's too broad, and he looks like something from Baggy Pants and the Nit-Wits. Google it, kids. And adults. Or just any of the majority who have no idea what the Hell it is.
We—like most fans—had a real problem with the deadly traps on the surface of Lakertya, which prove to be deadly to day-players, but grant those with their names at the top of the credits with a stroke of luck which doesn't see them blown to smithereens. The principle of it is just about credible, where the bubble needs to smash into rock to trigger to the explosive, but you just can't buy that something so lethal can be tamed so easily. We remember cringing with embarrassment at the time when the shots of pink balls of energy continuing what looked like people spinning round-and-round on office chairs appeared—however, from a more mature perspective, you can appreciate what they wanted to achieve and were quite successful at it.
It's no secret that the Baker's original script called for the planet Lakertya to be a lush, beautiful environment, which propelled its inhabitants into a state of lethargy. When transferring it to a quarry instead, not only did it make the complacency of the indigenous race patently ridiculous, but it left a number of lines and concepts in the script utterly redundant. Why else would the Doctor be concerned with using biodegradable products when fixing the Rani's machine if he were not trying to preserve the beauty of the planet?
There is a consistently pleasing production design to the whole thing, from little touches like the flat-table computer screens (with alien language readouts) to the more obvious things like the Rani's fortress embedded into rock face.
The design of the Tetraps was always a contentious one, particularly when it comes to the faces. OK, there are creatures in nature which have the amazing ability of wraparound vision, but it isn't achieved by sticking extra eyes all around the head! Combine this with the cartoonish 'animatronic' head stuck on it, possessing all the flexibility and lip-synching properties of wrought-iron and it can only induce sniggers. There is at least one shot of a Tetrap prowling a dimly-lit environment all seen in long-shot, and because the head is plunged in darkness, the costume looks pretty effective. It's just a shame that almost every other instance of it in front of a camera looks so damned silly. Oh, and the voices sound rather similar to the humorous ones given to the Silurians in Warriors of the Deep.
The usual magic has been performed by the Doctor Who Restoration Team and the results are as great as you would imagine from a Doctor Who story of this particular vintage; colours are pretty strong and the image is clean. There are issues that arise from the limitations of the technology of the time (the fact that by this point, the production had switched over to the vastly inferior ½" videotape), but this is arguably the best Time and the Rani has looked and will ever look. Another job well done! Fans should note that episode four still contains the alternate version of the title sequence where Sylv's face doesn't properly materialise and his head looks vague like a skull.
Time and the Rani was originally presented in mono and that is faithfully reproduced here, but with the customary clean-up job (presumably performed by the inimitable Mark Ayers) and the end result probably has more clarity and definition than most people heard when it was originally broadcast.
Whatever you may think of this particular story, there is no denying that 2Entertain has included some pretty impressive extras to accompany it.
Audio Commentary: Actors Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford, along with husband and wife writing team Pip and Jane Baker are on hand to provide some background information on the production of this story. It's quite surprising to hear Langford on this commentary, as this marks the first time that she has directly participated in any Doctor Who DVD release—this commentary is fairly breezy, with a fair amount of honesty; Langford is engaging enough (despite admitting that she had never seen any of her Who work) and the chemistry between her and Sylv still seems to be there after all these years. McCoy also gets to mention (once again) that he looked like Harpo Marx with the curly wig on trying to look like Colin Baker.
The Last Chance Saloon: This chronicles the recommissioning of Doctor Who and the title suggests that it was indeed the last chance that Michael Grade was going to give the show. This is an absolutely wonderful documentary, which mixes fascinating interviews with a sly sense of humour; it's nice to see interview footage of John Nathan-Turner used here, allowing him defend himself from beyond the grave—most serious Who fans have seen this footage before, but it's always nice to see him included in documentaries from stories produced during his tenure. What is fascinating is the inclusion of screen-tests of several actors who were in the frame to play the Doctor—considering that in our association with acting, we've tested for parts we didn't get, we're surprised that the actors concerned gave their permission for footage from their unsuccessful screen-tests to be included here.
7D FX: This eleven minute featurette looks at the special effects work that was deployed in Time and the Rani. Mike Tucker (who has worked on New-Who), along with his colleagues, explain the various methods employed to realise the specific shots in the story, and explain that this was the first genuine blending of CG effects and practical work on Doctor Who. There is some nice behind-the-scenes video-camera footage from the location shoot in Frome, Somerset, along with some fascinating clapperboard footage from the model film shots. This featurette succeeds in making you appreciate the special effects and just how much effort went into creating them.
Helter Skelter: This looks at the creation of the title sequence of the McCoy era, which was the first one to use computer-generated imagery. Kids today couldn't imagine just how sophisticated and time-consuming the graphics on the credits were, and this documentary might give those at CAL Video the pat on the back they deserve for their ground-breaking work. Those interviewed are passionate and literate about their contributions to the art of computer animation, recalling with fondness bringing Doctor Who into the digital world. There is some overlap as a result of using parts of this featurette in Last Chance Saloon, but no matter—it's engrossing stuff.
Blue Peter: This is a relatively short piece that has Sylvester McCoy dropping into the Blue Peter studio just after he got the role. Janet Ellis is your gorgeous host and Sylv looks as though he is existing purely on nervous energy. It's fleeting, but fun.
Hot Gossip: This is more like an Easter egg that isn't hidden—it's a little piece about two members of the cast (one of whom was Troughton and Tom Baker veteran Wanda Ventham) who talked so much between themselves that it was almost like a Les Dawson sketch.
On Location: From the bowels of the BBC's Breakfast Time comes this long-forgotten segment that has intrepid reporter Guy Michelmore in Frome, Somerset to interview the new Doctor. There are interviews with Sylv, Bonnie Langford, Kate O'Mara and JNT, along with a couple of comedic moments that could only appear in a filler news item. It's certainly of the period, but it's nice to see something of that particular vintage.
Photo Gallery: This eight minute collection of images set to the keyboard strains of Keff McCulloch contains numerous interesting pics, including the obligatory shot of Sylvester McCoy wearing a Colin Baker-like wig—not to mention shots of him in all of the outfits he dons whilst trying to find his signature look.
Coming Soon: The trailer for what is arguably going to be the release of the year is included on this set—the Revisitions box-set! 2Entertain and the Doctor Who Restoration Team go back to some of the earlier stories that were released on DVD and present them with all-new transfers and new extras. The stories to be featured are Tom Baker's The Talons of Weng Chiang, Peter Davison's finale The Caves of Androzani and Paul McGann's sole televisual adventure, The TV Movie. If we were younger, and American, we would be tempted to say 'bring it on' at this point...
[/i]PDF Materials[/i]: Stick this baby into your computer and you'll have access to the Radio Times listings for Time and the Rani.
Easter Eggs: Yes, you read that right—plural! We are being spoiled with not one, not two, but three Easter eggs on this release. We don't want to spoil the surprises, so we won't, but let's just say that one is a CGI enhancement of a sequence that really should have been incorporated into the story via seamless branching.
To say that Time and the Rani is not one of the best stories in the show's history is something of an understatement. To say that it's not one of Sylvester McCoy's stories is still underselling the point. To say that it's not the best story in season twenty-four is still being a bit vague. It's pretty poor stuff, combining a campy villain with a story quite clearly suffering from First Doctor Story syndrome.
If you take it with a pinch of salt and ensure that your brain is in neutral, then you might actually enjoy it. If anything, it provides a fascinating comparison as to how Sylv started and what he eventually managed to become with his 'Dark Doctor'.
Review by Wilson Bros
Krishna Jaipersad Member Join Date: October 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 166
Great review as always guys! A very unceremonious dumping of Colin Baker, the introduction of the Seventh Doctor & the return of the Rani! The beginning of the end for our favourite Time Lord, thanks to the powers of an entity, more powerful & deadly than the Rani & the Master combined!!! One other point guys, someone must be working way too hard! The release date says "13th September 1995"? now if that was supposed to be the orginal air date, it is very wrong by 12 years & 6days! If it is supposed to the official dvd release date it should read 13th September 2010! Then again if there was a disruption in the time-space continuum, one could say that the two of you travelled back in time to have this released on the date specified, which would mean that the review has been waiting to be published for over 12years????!!! Tell me your secret guys!!!! As I said before, great review as always, looking forward to the next one!!
Wilson Bros Reviewer Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,182
Oops! That was merely a minor error - forgot to put in the year, as the default setting is 1995.
Colin Baker was offered this story, and he was supposed to sacrifice himself at the end, stopping the giant brain, but he told them to pi$$ off (understandably), so they had to write in the woefully insubstantial regeneration.
Thanks for the kind words, btw - it makes it all seem worthwhile...
Kevin & Nick W
PS: Speaking of Colin Baker and this episode, wait 'til you get a load of one of the Easter-eggs...
Colin Baker was offered this story, and he was supposed to sacrifice himself at the end, stopping the giant brain, but he told them to pi$$ off (understandably), so they had to write in the woefully insubstantial regeneration.
Thanks for the kind words, btw - it makes it all seem worthwhile...
Kevin & Nick W
PS: Speaking of Colin Baker and this episode, wait 'til you get a load of one of the Easter-eggs...
badwolf Member Join Date: June 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5
Great review as always guys.
I had this story on VHS, but i might just have to get it. If anything, as you say it will let me compare once more how Syl was 'forced' to play the character and how he managed to turn it round to more the way he wanted towards the end of his time as The Doctor. For more on that I suggest any fans pick up SURVIVAL on dvd which explores where they were going to be headed with the Doctor and indeed Ace. Looking forward to the easter eggs too.
I see the mentioned TV movie has been announced for an American release too.
I had this story on VHS, but i might just have to get it. If anything, as you say it will let me compare once more how Syl was 'forced' to play the character and how he managed to turn it round to more the way he wanted towards the end of his time as The Doctor. For more on that I suggest any fans pick up SURVIVAL on dvd which explores where they were going to be headed with the Doctor and indeed Ace. Looking forward to the easter eggs too.
I see the mentioned TV movie has been announced for an American release too.
roxerguy Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20
great review...the story was one of the weakest ever made but it has it's moment and kept doctor who going for just a few more years allowing me the chance to have my earliest TV memories being of the 7th Doctor.
Wilson Bros Reviewer Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,182
roxerguy wrote: ...but it has it's moment...
Was that a typo, a Freudian slip or just you saying that it only had one decent moment in the whole thing?
Anyway, thanks for the kind words. One of us watched the story with our eight-year-old nephew and he enjoyed it immensely - it just goes to show that every Doctor Who story, even the duffest ones, has it's fans...
...well, with the possible exception of Jon Pertwee's The Mutants.
Kevin & Nick W
Was that a typo, a Freudian slip or just you saying that it only had one decent moment in the whole thing?
Anyway, thanks for the kind words. One of us watched the story with our eight-year-old nephew and he enjoyed it immensely - it just goes to show that every Doctor Who story, even the duffest ones, has it's fans...
...well, with the possible exception of Jon Pertwee's The Mutants.
Kevin & Nick W
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Disc Details
Release Date: 13th September 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentary, Last Chance Saloon, Helter Skelter, 7D FX, Blue Peter, Hot Gossip, Breakfast Time, Production Subtitles, Photo Gallery, Coming Soon trailer, PDF Materials
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Andrew Morgan
Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Kate O'Mara, Wanda Ventham
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 100 minutes
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John Ready
Hometown: Ansonia, Conn.
Major: Professional Writing with a concentration in Public Relations
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing
Internships: Arch Street Communications, public relations intern; Valley United Way, marketing communications intern
Activities:Co-founder and vice president of the Western Connecticut Writers Club Black & White - Literary Journal for the Arts, freelance Medical Town Meeting writer at Danbury Hospital, Valley United Way, Lowe's Home Improvement
Honors and Awards: 3.81 GPA, graduating Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Writing award from department of writing, linguistics and creative process
Ansonia native John Ready started his college journey at Southern Connecticut State University where he intended to pursue a degree in athletic training. He invested two years at Southern: from fall '04 to fall '06, and then transferred to WestConn.
Ready made the switch, he says, because "I was able to commute and afford paying for college by myself." In addition to changing schools, he also refocused his studies. "I changed majors when I transferred to combine a past strength in English with a future need for media relations professionals."
Ready says he found two mentors in his new field of study while at WestConn. "Associate Dean of the Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences Dr. Abbey Zink and Adjunct Instructor Mark Misercola have both played a major part in my success here," Ready says. "In fact, each of them wrote a letter of recommendation to my grad school of choice. I was able to turn to both of them to enhance my knowledge of the field that I am passionate about. They both went far above and beyond what it takes to be a professor at the collegiate level."
Asked what he will remember most about his WestConn experience, Ready says, "The time spent in Lionel Bascom's classes was the most memorable. He was able to provide countless real-world experiences and share many stories about life as an investigative reporter. Learning Adobe InDesign in his class was an unbelievably instrumental skill to acquire."
Ready, who finished his course work at WestConn last semester, is now attending New York University to pursue a Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communications.
Ready's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "To the students who want to become professional writers or break into the PR industry: Get published frequently and wherever you can. Write for Black & White, submit letters to The News-Times and dedicate time to your class assignments to save as writing samples because employers look for people with a portfolio. You should be able to walk out of WestConn and say with confidence to a prospective employer, 'This is what I did, and this is what I can do for you.'"


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Neurons love company. The very basis of thought, feeling, and behavior is the passage of electrical signals from one to another; these circuits organize into increasingly complex structures, which may link up with comparable modules in distant regions of the brain.
In essence then, the human brain is a network of networks, an integrated system of stupefying complexity that somehow coordinates the operations of billions of units. From simple sensorimotor functions like the perception of a flash of light or directed movement of a finger, to complex cognitive operations like rational deliberation that balances memory, moral judgment, and imagination, mental life grows out of connectivity.
With a growing appreciation of its centrality to brain function, and the emergence of technology to illuminate its intricacies, connectivity has become a major focus of neuroscience research.
A brief history i, iiModern notions of connectivity have their roots in two opposing, centuries-old theories of the relation between brain structure and function.
Locationalism, which assigns behavioral and cognitive functions to sharply delimited parcels of the cerebral cortex, originated in the simplistic concepts of phrenology. According to the theory, elaborated by German physicians Franz Josef Gall and Johann Spurzheim, the strength of traits and capacities like love, curiosity, cautiousness, self-esteem, and hope are determined by the size of their corresponding cerebral segments, which may be deduced from palpable bumps on the skull.
The holistic or equipotentiality theory held that mental phenomena are generated by the whole brain functioning as a unified unit, and that attempts to equate function with region are intrinsically misleading.
The synthesis of these views began as a finer appreciation of the brain's workings grew out of 19th century discoveries like Broca's and Wernicke's identification of language centers that are located in the left hemisphere but linked to other parts of the brain, and later delineations of the widely distributed systems involved in memory.
Some call today's mind-brain model of neurons, circuits, and regions whose workings are at once place-specific and thoroughly interconnected "modified locationalism."
The connectome i, iii, iv, v, vi This overarching vision of the brain as a multilayered web is best expressed in the pursuit of the connectome, which if fully realized would constitute a detailed map of the brain's wiring in its entirety.
The term was coined in a 2005 paper by Olaf Sporns and colleagues, as an analogy to the genome, the sum total of genes that make up an organism. And like the genome, the concept has inspired a major, federally-funded research initiative, the Human Connectome Project, which collates and makes available to researchers accumulating data that add to our collective understanding of how the brain is organized.
A matter of scaleConnectivity in the brain is best understood on various levels of scale. Microscopically, it defines the fine-grained network of neuron-to-neuron connection via synapses. With billions of neurons, each connected to perhaps 10,000 others, complexity at this level is staggering.
On intermediate levels, assemblies or columns of connected neurons are organized into larger modules within a brain region that function together, such as the auditory cortex or structures like the hippocampus.
At the highest level, connections crisscross from region to region, linking modules and structures across (relatively) great distances within the brain.
While connectomics ultimately aims to map all connections from neuron to whole-brain scale, most attention, and progress, has involved higher-level structures.
Exploring connectivity i, ii, vii, viii, ix, x,xiInvestigating how the brain is organized, researchers use brain imaging and computer modeling to characterize three different, although related, types of connectivity.
Structural connectivity, the principal concern of connectomics, refers to the web of anatomical links that physically join parts of the brain to one another. On the neuron-to-neuron level, mapping synapses within the tangle of billions of cells and their projections obviously represents a staggering challenge, but advances in electron microscopy, the use of genetically coded fluorescent proteins to visualize neurons in hundreds of distinctive colors ("Brainbow"), and highly sophisticated computational systems point toward progress.
On a larger, more manageable scale, MRI techniques like diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have made it possible to detail white matter pathways—bundles of axons that join parts of the brain the way fiberoptic cables transmit messages over long distances. These include commissural tracts like the corpus collosum, which connects the right and left hemisphere, and association tracts like the arcuate fasciculus, which links the frontal lobe with other parts of the cerebral cortex.
Functional connectivity characterizes how brain regions work together. Researchers infer this web of interactions by analyzing fMRI and EEG data reflecting activation in various parts of the brain, looking for patterns that emerge at rest or as subjects perform various tasks. Such studies suggest a fundamental architecture of "hubs" and "spokes"—relatively few highly connected areas serve a critical function in coordinating communication all across the brain—and illuminate the specifics of neural choreography behind operations as simple as identifying odors and as complex as moral judgment.
Effective connectivity goes a step further, elucidating how one part of the brain regulates activity in another. To deduce causal relationships between brain regions that appear to act together in generating thought, emotion, and behavior—which areas lead, and which follow— researchers use highly sophisticated computational methods, some derived from other disciplines like economic analysis.
A work in progress xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xviiConnectivity changes over the lifespan, particularly during childhood and adolescence. Synaptic pruning thins out the dense underbrush of connections between neurons, sculpting circuits essential for normal function. At the same time, myelination—an insulating fatty sheath grows over axon fibers—bolsters communication within and between brain regions.
Recent DTI studies have provided insight into the neural circuitry of newborns, and suggested how differences in the rate at which white matter tracts develop could predict reading ability in school-aged children. Studies comparing children, adolescents, and adults have indicated that enhanced effective connectivity strengthens the ability of higher brain areas to control behavior with maturity, and suggest that more efficient white matter function is a key factor.Certain neural circuits can only be shaped properly for a limited time: the cortical area that governs sight must be stimulated by appropriate visual experiences during the first few years of life for the eyes' ability to focus to develop properly, for example. Similar critical periods circumscribe the fine-tuning of motor, language, and cognitive systems. When these periods end, physical phenomena like the laying down of myelin and shifts in the balance of neurotransmitters and other brain chemicals make it much harder for patterns of neural connection to change.
Research has clarified these braking mechanisms and suggested ways in which they can be overcome, at least partially, after the critical period. There is reason to believe drugs (e.g. certain antidepressants), physical exercise, and exposure to environmental stimuli in adulthood may restore a degree of neuroplasticity to even highly stable circuitry, such as the visual system.
Broadly speaking, small changes in structural connectivity are continual throughout life. Such basic mental phenomena as learning, memory, and the making and breaking of habits involve the strengthening and weakening of existing synapses and the creation of new ones.Among other factors, corticosteroids have been shown to be essential for neuroplasticity in both developing and mature brains, while chronically excessive levels have a disruptive effect. (This might account for the link between stress, which is associated with a sustained increase in corticosteroid secretion, and psychiatric illness.)
The connected brain in sickness and health xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xivAnalyzing connectivity has yielded insights into the neural processes behind the experiences of everyday life.
It has added to our understanding of complex mental phenomena like the response to music (even suggesting how classical, country, and rock music influence the brain differently). Studies of structural and functional connectivity illuminate the coordinated neural events involved in reading, and help explain difficulties such as dyslexia.
There is substantial evidence that the pathological processes behind many brain disorders aren't limited to one or another region but encompass far-flung networks. Autism very likely represents such a "connectopathy," although the details are elusive. Some studies suggest that certain areas (such as those involved in speech) are underconnected, while on a broader scale overconnection is the problem.
Disrupted connectivity in schizophrenia has been an active research area, and recent studies have identified abnormalities, including interactions between language and auditory regions, that may help explain specific symptoms like auditory hallucinations and delusions.
In addition to the effects of neuron death at the synapse level, Alzheimer's disease is known to disrupt both structural and functional connectivity of widespread brain networks.
With more precise brain mapping and a fuller understanding of the processes that govern connectivity may come better diagnosis and new treatments for these and other disorders.
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I'm testing the latest version for GP2X Wiz and doesn't works, everytime I launch Scumm 1.7.0, Wiz resets and returns to the menu.
Any help please?
What firmware do you have on your Wiz?
Do you get anything of interest in the scummvm.*.txt files that get created when you run the app (should get created in the folder you have the GPE in).
Unfortunately my only working Wiz is a pre-release unit with a half working screen and duff touchscreen so testing is somewhat challenging beyond the basics of making sure it can launch a few games .
I have the latest firm (1.2.1, Linux 2.6.24 Rev 327).
And the old versión of Scumm (1.2.0) works fine in mi Wiz.
I know that this topic is 1 year old but I confirm that 1.7.0 build does not run on my 2 Wiz (1.2.6 firmware on both of them) as well, it simply returns to the launcher.
Any chance we have a new recompiled 1.7.0 or even a 1.8.1 for the Wiz?
I just got this device recently and I have to admit that it's very interesting one, even if homebrew scene seems to be dead now. Too bad only the GCW Zero seems to be still supported among homebrew handhelds.
I recently got some PM's on another forum about the Wiz but it makes much more sense to make the offer here.
If someone is willing to test builds and report back I am happy to do some recent builds for the Wiz. I will also do builds for the Caanoo, GP2X and OpenPandora at the same time.
I can't text Wiz builds at all due to a lack of hardware but they share the codebase and hardware with the Caanoo (just compiler and ABI differences) so I suspect the issues should be pretty minor.
Drop me a mail djwillis at this domain and i'll sort some out as it would be good to get known working builds that I can add to the official downloads again and get back into supporting the builds if there is demand.
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Hi DJ,
Any news about a working Scumm version on Wiz? I contacted you through different ways but no response.
I guess you are very busy.
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The theatrical release of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is less than two weeks away, and Marvel is counting down with two new, slightly spoiler-y video clips spotlighting Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and the titular villain. (Those who want to be surprised about the Winter Soldier's identity should stop reading now.)
Set after the events of 2012′s "The Avengers," the "Captain America: The First Avenger" sequel finds Evans' hero working for S.H.I.E.L.D., where he's not sure who he can trust. His past quite literally comes back to haunt him in the form of a close friend turned enemy.
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"You get this really juicy stuff, once Cap realizes who this guy is, of can I fight my best friend, or do I try to save him?" co-producer Nate Moore says in the video, noting that the Winter Soldier is the villain with "the biggest emotional impact."
Marvel also released a 30-second clip from the film, featuring Johansson's Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, at her fighting finest against some thugs in an engine room. The scene recalls her famous interrogation beat-down in "The Avengers."
What do you think of the new videos? Let us know in the comments.
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