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We have recently developed a protein extraction and solubilization system for the extraction of "difficult" proteins from E. coli which allow for the recovery of proteins not previously recovered by standard extractioon buffers.
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A system for detecting reference dyes in MicroTiter Plates and Array Tape for use as an in line process verification using the principals of standard addition. The system consists of hardware device, the fluorescent dyes and the samples to be tracked through a process.
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A cell injection system designed to deliver small spatially-contained volumes while maintaining and promoting stem cell viability and functionality through controlled cooling
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Multiplexed High Content Assays for Predictive Hepatotoxicity using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes
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Wow! Would've liked for Naruto to hold his own a little better. The flashback was kind of random, and looks like it will continue on into next week, which sucks because, while somewhat interesting, it isn't really all that relevant to the story right now.
Also: Did they REALLY have to make Raikage show up Naruto? Geez, give the kid a break. Let him earn some powerful people's respect while they're still alive! At least he corrected him on the Fourth Hokage issue. Minato didn't fail--faced out of thin air with an impossible situation at the worst possible moment with only a few minutes to strategize, he not only devised a plan to save everyone and his infant son, but was able to execute it flawlessly. And that's why Naruto should've punched Raikage in the mouth at least once...
ALSO Also: Useless Tsunade is useless.
Was Naruto really going to use kage bunshin there? Won't that allow kyubi to take him over or kill him?
anyway,wat da hell was naruto doing????
i mean kage bunchin??? really lol?
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Naruto and Bee talked no jutsu the Raikage. Predictable.And Raikage wasn't even in V2. Oh lawd so much hype in RM for nothing.
Hate to say I told you so about Raikage vs Naruto.....(but I told you so). Anyway, loved the chapter although it felt too short. If the fight would have continued, Naruto would have won, but he would have had to pull out his FRS.
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Expected more from Naruto, but I guess it's too soon for kishi to give him the spot light.
Since Bee jumped in it looks like there won't be anymore fighting, but who knows the Raikage is a hard head.
Naruto wasn't even hurt at all by blocking the Raikage's punch... the one that put holes in Juugo and forced Sasuke to use Susano'o. Naruto can also completely match the Raikage's speed, with perfect control. That pretty much means he can dodge Amaterasu the same way Raikage can.
I think Naruto definitely had that fight in the bag... Bee might have intervened to let Naruto go to battle, but I think it was the Raikage he was saving from a brutal asswhooping. Bee knows Naruto's on another level.
I wonder what was up with Naruto preparing to make a Kagebunshin, though! That's supposed to be very dangerous in Kyuubi Mode, but he must have had some plan to use it and end the fight right there, because he looked pretty serious.
It's good that Naruto is so open about calling Minato "Dad" now. But what's up with Bee and Raikage not being brothers?! What's Bee's real name, then? Are all the name puns in the Kumo-crew not really puns at all?
I'm sortof upset the Raikage is coming off as such a douche this chapter, talking to Bee like that. I thought he was better than that, and it seemed like he really cared for Bee when he went off to avenge him against Sasuke. Is Bee really just a weapon to him?
The way I see it, Naruto could still learn how to be faster while using Kyuubis chakra. Also, the reason why Minato was faster then Raikage was bcs Minato actually moves more efficently and most of all, his seals make it instantly. Raikage is fast, but he needs to move from spot A to spot B, even if the movement is extremely fast it takes more time than "teleportation".
I hoped for a battle, seems like KillerBee managed to persuade Raikage a bit. Though, if it would have came to a fight, Naruto would actually immobilized Raikage in my opinion.
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.5, 2.1.2, 2.2
Component/s: Themes
Environment:all browsers
Testing Instructions:
1. Before selecting Sky High in Theme Selector make sure ALL blocks are on the right-hand side (side-post).
2. Select Sky High theme in normal way taking particular note of the SCREENSHOT of what the theme should look like when side-pre is visible.
3. Once selected CHECK page layout, especially "Side Post ONLY". Is it consistent throughout, including when side blocks are docked?
4. Now enable EDITING and attempt to MOVE a block or two. You should be able to move a block from SIDE-POST (right) to SIDE-PRE (left).
5. With blocks in position (left and right) disable editing, and test for consistency, when docking Side-Pre (left) and then Side-Post (right). Normally when all blocks from Side-Pre have been docked the page reverts to a side-post-only layout. This is true also when Side-Pre is still in place and Side-Post is docked.
6. FURTHER TESTING IF TIME PERMITS: Start by going to "Sky High" Custom Settings page (Site Administration > Appearance > Themes -> CLICK the link Sky High to bring you to the custom settings page for this theme. Here you can change the width settings for both side-pre and side-post. Choose different settings. Save changes and test as per 1 to 5 above.1. Before selecting Sky High in Theme Selector make sure ALL blocks are on the right-hand side (side-post). 2. Select Sky High theme in normal way taking particular note of the SCREENSHOT of what the theme should look like when side-pre is visible. 3. Once selected CHECK page layout, especially "Side Post ONLY". Is it consistent throughout, including when side blocks are docked? 4. Now enable EDITING and attempt to MOVE a block or two. You should be able to move a block from SIDE-POST (right) to SIDE-PRE (left). 5. With blocks in position (left and right) disable editing, and test for consistency, when docking Side-Pre (left) and then Side-Post (right). Normally when all blocks from Side-Pre have been docked the page reverts to a side-post-only layout. This is true also when Side-Pre is still in place and Side-Post is docked. 6. FURTHER TESTING IF TIME PERMITS: Start by going to "Sky High" Custom Settings page (Site Administration > Appearance > Themes -> CLICK the link Sky High to bring you to the custom settings page for this theme. Here you can change the width settings for both side-pre and side-post. Choose different settings. Save changes and test as per 1 to 5 above.
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE
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As well as adding the following CSS rule to pagelayout.css
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-pre{ left: 0; width: 0;}
The position of right column in the file pagelayout.css must be changed from
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post{ left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post{ left: [[setting:regionwidth]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
The "header" should be changed from
left column: 230px
right column: 330px
padding left/right column: 10px
padding center column: 30px
column width: [[setting:regionwidth]]
In the attachment you can find my proposal for a new pagelayout.css!
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Thanks Dietmar, I'll do a bit of testing old(original) compared to new(improved), and if all goes smoothly will put in a Pull-Request. After that it's out of my hands and into the lap of the Gods!
Thanks for the pagelayout.css this will make my job much easier now!
I think I've found the fix for the displaced columns in this theme. It's been a real pain to do...but like all things Moodle, you don't half learn something! So in effect all the hard work pays off in the end. Let's hope the Pull-Request is simple this time
/* @end */
/** side pre only **/
.side-pre-only #region-main
.side-pre-only #region-pre{left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
.side-pre-only #region-post{width:0%; left:0%;}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-pre-only #region-main{left: 100%; width: 73.5%; background: white;}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-pre-only #region-pre{left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-pre-only #region-post{width:0%; left:0%;}
/** side post only **/
.side-post-only #region-main
.side-post-only #region-pre{width:0%; left:0%;}
.side-post-only #region-post{left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-post-only #region-main{left: 100%; width: 73.5%; background: white;}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-post-only #region-pre{width:0%; left:0%;}
.has_dock_left_vertical.side-post-only #region-post{left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]]; width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
/** no side blocks whatsoever **/
.content-only #region-main
.content-only #region-pre{width:0%; left:0%;}
.content-only #region-post{width:0%; left:0%;}
Hi Mary, your pagelayout.css + config.php works only on the frontpage with a little bit too much margin on the right side of main-region, if side-pre is docked. In the course-view the side-post does not appear, unless you turn editing on!? We should take time for further testings!
Hi Mary,
I found two options (let me say: I hope so) to solve our problem. I think our problem are the .side-post-only course-views (although I don't know why):
1) If you take the original pagelayout.css and overwrite the .side-post-only rules with the following everything seems to be fine:
/* @group Post Side Only */
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box {
margin-left: 0px;
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box {
margin-left: -[[setting:regionwidth]];
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-main-wrap #region-main {
margin-left: [[setting:regionwidth]];
.pagelayout-frontpage.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post,
.editing.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionwidth]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
.has_dock.side-post-only .page-middle #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-main-wrap #region-main {
margin-left: 200px;
2) Change some lines in the config.php of sky_high:
'course' => array(
'file' => 'general.php',
'regions' => array('side-pre', 'side-post'),
'defaultregion' => 'side-post'
'course' => array(
'file' => 'general.php',
'regions' => array('side-pre'),
'defaultregion' => 'side-pre'
Let me know your opinion!
I haven't tested this yet, but reading it, it makes sense. I don't much care for there being a specific layout for the frontpage as this should not need to happen. Although there are several similar views in the css, which suggests that these are fixes for odd looking pages.
I think the real problem is that there should a 'blogstyle' base theme in Moodle core for this 'blog style' layout. Then all of this could be sorted out, leaving the theme designer free just to style the theme.
If you follow this Blog style in http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column-blog-style.htm you get a complete picture of the layout, which makes it easier to visualise and work with.
I'll get back to you after I've tested your latest fix.
And the winner is ...
... the moodle community!
I'm glad that we can get it work. But it somehow gives little satisfaction.
Hi Mary,
thanks for coming back to this issue.
I fear it's not the fix we are looking for :'-(.
If you turn editing on the right column jumps to the left and hides part of the content!?
That's what I mean when I said that the body classes aren't compatible.
I think we should hope that only a few of the sky-high users like post-only courses .
... and again thanks for your great work here and in the themes forum!
Hi guys,
I've just been looking at this now - a quick bit of testing and the changes in pagelayout make sense.
However why are you changing the definition of the course layout?
That change makes me nervous - why change it there but no where else (how is that one page different)?
If there is a good reason behind it then I think we can consider it however it would be unlikely to be applied to the STABLE branches as people will have come to expect the two block regions on a courses front page and designed there courses around it.
One last thing - is there any chance of getting better testing instructions, perhaps even screenshots illustrating the different problems.
I've noticed that things jump around considerably depending upon whether editing is on or off, and what browsers does this need to be tested in?
Hi Sam,
Mary and I are thinking about this issue (that affects somehow all themes with a blog layout - nonzero, overlay) for several months. I'm sorry for the confusion.
Here again the testing instructions:
1. Take theme standard, go to normal course (topics, weekly) and push all blocks to the very right column. Turn editing off!
2. Change to theme sky_high as it is in the actual moodle-latest-21.
[pagelayout.css >> .side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionsumwidth]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
} ]
The right column (region-post) disappears completely. (sky1)
4. Turn editing on! The right column jumps into it's normal position! (sky2)
[Docking blocks is ok!]
5. Turn moving blocks on! You will see, that there is no chance to move a block to a region-pre. (sky3)
But if you dock a block in this situation (that means before really move a block), a gap opens and you are able to move blocks to region-pre. [Really funny] (sky4)
6. If you change the line mentioned above according to Marys idea to
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionwidth]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
the course layout looks fine if you have turned editing off. But if you turn editing on the right column jumps towards the middle of the page!
This confusing behaviour seems to be browser independent.
Please forget the silly idea to change course layout in config.php!
Might be an idea NOT to let this go through. In fact, in light of what Dietmar has said, I hope it does not get through!
I changed the course page to look more like the admin page, to give more room when editing, however I did not take into account how people expect a course page to look.
Thanks for the detailed instructions, this make me understand now how you managed to see something I didn't.
As a matter of interest, can you list all the possibilities I need to check, before I submit this again?
Does this same behaviour occur in other themes too?
By the way, there is a set layout for a 2 Column Blog Style in the Matthew James Taylor site, I'll reread that article again and see if there are any changes I can add to this theme's page layout to make it work better.
Hi Mary,
I think all blog-style themes have similar problems (sky_high, nonzero, overlay). And as it was me who wrote pagelayout.css, lib.php and settings.php for nonzero one year ago I'm eagerly interested on understanding the strange behaviour of those themes .
What should be tested?
All combinations of the body classes editing, blocks-moving, has_dock in a side-post-only course (e.g. topics) and on a side-post-only frontpage (yes, sometimes it makes a difference) should be investigated.
And - what makes things more complicated - it makes a difference in which order you turn on or off these body classes.
Example for sky_high: side-post-only course, turn editing on, turn blocks-moving on without moving a block, turn has_dock on (dock a block)
> gap opens, turn has_dock off (undock the block))>gap stays.
A special issue with nonzero: If you turn editing on the body class side-post-only disappears. Perhaps it's not important, but it's astonishing. I worked some hours on this issue but can't find the culprit. So I tried to transform nonzero to a version that uses percentages for the column widths and all works fine so far!?
[You may have it if you like.]
Let me know if and how I can help you.
I will take a look again at Taylors site (3 and 2 column blog style) as well.
Hi Dietmar,
This is indeed a phenomena which needs taming
I have thought many times that it might be a time saver if there were a set of child theme templates based on BASE theme, where each template uses a specific type of pagelayout: 3 column (default), 2 column (blog-style-left), 2 column (blog-style-right), 3 column (blog-style-left), 3 column (blog-style-right). These distinct child theme templates would themselves only contain the minimum of files such as: template-zyx/config.php, template-zyx/lang/en/theme_template-zyx.php, template-zyx/style/template-zyx.css only. The TEMPLATES could then be employed in any theme which wanted to base its structure on one of the pagelayouts, thus leaving the styling of the 'SKIN' to the theme designer.
We seem to be going around in circles since last year, and keep coming back to page layout.
Do you remember this discussion thread? http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148688#p652362
It keeps coming back to haunt us! LOL
Back to the drawing board as they say.
Hi Dietmar,
Further to my last comment.
In the pagelayout.css you attached here in our last effort to fix "Sky High", you suggested two changes:-
1. to change the CSS header
2. change the following CSS for .side-post-only
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]]; }
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
left: [[setting:regionwidth]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];}
Both of which I submitted in this current Integration Review. However, there is one other CSS item I also added which was to make
.side-post-only #page-content #region-pre {width: 0;}
I'm going over this all again now and thought I just better get this clear just in case you had missed that.
Hi guys,
Thanks for the instructions and the continued discussion and investigation.
I'm sending this back this week - lets be 100% sure about the problem and the solution.
Hi Mary,
I read your (and Sam's) comments. I'm a little bit short of time during this week. So I'll be back as soon as possible!
Hi Mary,
yes, I remember the first exiting weeks with the new theme engine and our discussion thread. And you are right with your idea according to 5 (or 10: pixel/percentage) basic templates. Things would be easier! We can talk about that later again.
Back to sky_high!
I found some time for experimenting with sky_high. And I think/hope successfull.
If we take your ideas and
1. change the the value for .side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post{ left ...}
2. add
.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-pre{width: 0;}
the body classes turn editing on/off, docking are working fine. My compliments! I was not able to see that the rule for #region-pre was missing!
But if you turn blocks-moving on you are not able to move blocks to side-pre. You are prisoned in side-post-only. Ok, you can change to standard ... and ..., oops. (You should have a look at this, Mary!)
My proposal for sky_high:
3. Add (below .has_dock.side-post-only .page-middle) a set of rules for .blocks-moving (the same rules as for normal layout only with a selector "prefix")
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box {
float: left;
margin-left: -[[setting:regionwidth]];
position: relative;
width: 200%;
right: 100%;
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box {
float: left;
margin-left: -[[setting:regionwidth]];
width: 100%;
border-right: 2px solid #98bcd6;
background: url([[pix:theme|top_bg]]) repeat-x top #fff;
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-main-wrap {
float: left;
width: 50%;
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-main-wrap #region-main {
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
margin-left: [[setting:regionwidthdouble]];
left: 100%;
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-pre {
float: right;
position: relative;
left: [[setting:leftregionwidthmargin]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
background: transparent;
.blocks-moving.side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post {
float: right;
position: relative;
left: [[setting:rightregionwidthmargin]];
width: [[setting:regionwidth]];
background: transparent;
and a gap will open on side-pre if you want to move a block and e v e r y t h i n g looks fine - in a course a n d on the frontpage.
[I know we don't need all these selectors and rules. But that can be done later. Remark: It's important to have the full path for the selectors - I think!?!]
Mary, it's your turn again.
Many thanks
We will get this right yet!
Thanks for this...I will look at this again later today.
Hi Eloy,
thanks for sharing your pagelayout.css.
As I saw you altered the "header" and the width of .side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-post.
Please test the following:
Go to a side-post-only course (everything is ok) and turn editing on. As you can see #region-post "jumps" to the left.
If you add .side-post-only #page-content #region-main-box #region-post-box #region-pre
in addition, you get problems if you try to move blocks to #region-pre.
And that it is what's driving us nuts.
Hi Dietmar,
Just letting you know I have no broadband connection since Thursday...it is driving me mad! Hopefully the problem will be fixed tomorrow.
I have used the css you offered and tried it in Sky High, Nonzero and Overlay. Did you know there are errors in the CSS in Nonzero or Overlay (i cant remember now) there are duplicate ;; at the end of some lines.
Now we know that the CSS works with the added class for moving blocks...that seems to fix the problem.
However the Standard side-post-only problem when moving is the same! Can't MOVE any blocks to Side Pre! So looks like ALL themes will need the moving blocks class adding to pagelayout in base and canves.
If I get access to www tomorrow I'll add the changes to GIT.
This is turning out to be a bigger job than I first thought. But I think we have cracked it!
Hi Mary,
no internet connection? That's the worst case for a web developer. Hope your problem is fixed soon.
We seem to have a solution. But for me it is somehow unsatisfying. I succeded in making a percentage version of sky_high and it works absolutely fine without any extra rules ... and I don't know why .
One additional proposal: I would take out the right margin in
.course-content ul.topics li.section,
.course-content ul.weeks li.section {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
margin-right: 20px;
} (core.css)
Yes, I found the ;;-bug in nonzero pagelayout.css. And I found some more in the declaration of bodyclasses (first 20 lines) in general.php. We can fix them if you are through with sky_high.
Hi Dietmar,
I'm back! It turned out there was a fault at the local telephone exchange, a faulty wire. 5 days without internet...I was tearing my hair out!
@Sky High
I have not checked this out yet, but what is the advantage of taking out the margins for .course-content ul.topics li.section,.course-content ul.weeks li.section? Is this purely aesthetic or does it help the situation with regards the proposed 'FIX' for this theme?
I'll set up a new MDL issue for Nonzero and fix those coding errors and apply the patch to the CSS
I'll do the same here too for the patch.
Hi Mary,
I'm glad you are back ... and I hope your internet connection is robust now.
To our issues:
@sky_high+margin: only cosmetics
@nonzero: In addition to your suggestion it is important to repair general.php (declaration of body classes). Otherwise a side-post-only course looses the body class side-post-only (really!):
By the way: I reported this issue in Moodle Tracker (
MDL-26953) some months ago. But the discussion had no final result at that time. Now I think we are able to fix it. Perhaps you/we can use this for further discussions!?
@overlay: I will try out our trick this evening.
@Anyone out there!
I am always concious of timing when working on any CORE theme changes, and then uploading these changes to GIT.
I would hate to be in a situation that I work at getting things done and then find I am working on the wrong version of master or MOODLE_21_STABLE etc and end up having to re-base at some point, which is a real pain.
I am in the process of updating all branches on my GIT-HUB and after 'Fast Forwarding' just now I find that master is 2.2dev (Build: 20111009).
So my question is this:
If I work on this version and submit my changes in the next 24hrs am I likely to be in that feared position of having to wait and then re-base my branches for next week's PULL?
Hi Mary,
The next weekly release will be happen in the next 24 - 48 hours, if you make changes now you will potentially need to rebase your work.
However I don't think there have been any changes to the sky high theme so I don't imagine you will end up in a position where rebasing will cause conflicts.
What you can always do to minimise your work is only make the changes on the master branch, then after the release rebase your branch and cherry-pick your changes to the other branches you want it applied to.
I was just reading through all the dialogue here before doing the updates for Sky High, and smiled at the comment you made the other day when you thanked Eloy for adding 'pagelayout.css'! If you had not noticed it, it is YOUR pagelayout.css which you added way back in March.
Well that was straight forward enough. Let's hope I got it right! LOL
GIT HUB has changed too...It took me ages to find the tab for the branches!
Thanks guys - was absolutely spot on this time! good work!
Now that all the work has been done fixing up my crappy code I can stick my head in. That's not realy true by the way. Sadly Mary only just pointed me to this issue.
Thank you all for working together to find the crappy bug in the code and making this theme stronger. This is what makes Moodle work and why I am so proud to be part of the community.
Peace love and mungbeans to all of you
Thanks! But we haven't finished yet as there is come crappy code in BASE theme which needs fixing as it is related to this BUG! ROFL
Love, peace and mungbeans to you too
Many thanks for all the hard work. This is now part of Moodle, your favorite LMS.
Closing as fixed, ciao
A BIG THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has had some input in this issue theme designers/developers/testers whoever!!!
So good to see it working as it should.


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Skip to comments.Kate Upton Plays Hoochie Nun in Stooges Flick
Posted on 04/16/2012 7:40:18 AM PDT by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
Im not Catholic. But I can certainly understand why my Catholic friends are offended by the new Three Stooges movie, helmed by the irreverent Farrelly Brothers, released by Twentieth Century Fox.
The film would have been fine had Peter and Bobby Farrelly stuck to the slapstick comedy for which Moe, Larry and Curly are beloved by Stooges fans. But they had to ruin it, had to court controversy, by their sacrilegious portrayal of a Catholic nun as some sort of hoochie.
Cast as Sister Bernice, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton wears a nuns veil, an oversized rosary and a decidedly undersized, barely-there nunkini. The newby actress might have known better than to insult the religious faith of 68.5 million Americans had she not dropped out of 10th grade at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, Fla.
Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, provided a useful history lesson for the 19-year-old tart.
In the 1950s, he recalled, Hollywood generally avoided crude fare and was respectful of religion. Today, it specializes in crudity and trashes Christianity, especially Catholicism.
Indeed, Tinseltowns portrayal of nuns has gone from Jennifer Jones, in The Song of Bernadette, and Julie Andrews, in The Sound of Music, to Lindsay Lohan, as a gun-licking nun in the Robert Rodriguez flick Machete, and, now, Upton, as a skanky nun in Three Stooges.
What particularly galls is that studio execs at Twentieth Century Fox think the sacrilegious portrayal of a nun is some great big joke.
As far as the nun attire, one Fox exec told The Hollywood Reporter, I think we did the audience a favor by letting Kate Upton wear the nunkini rather than Larry David, who (cross)dressed up in nuns garb to play Sister Mary Mengele.
Well, as Curly the Stooge might say, Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.
Its soooo funny to mock the Catholic faith. Soooo clever to portray a nun attired in a skimpy outfit much far more likely to be seen in a strip club than on a beach (much less a church). Soooo hilarious to give another nun the same last name as the Nazi physician at Auschwitz known as the Angel of Death.
But imagine if the Farrelly brothers directed the same Stooges script, if Fox released the same film with, say, homosexuals or blacks or Mexican illegals or Muslims as the butt of the films denigrating humor, rather than Catholics.
There would be such a hue and cry from the far-left, politically-correct Hollywood establishment that the fair-haired Farrelly boys might never work in that town again.
Hollywood is a God-forsaken wasteland. And it continues to rend Americas moral fabric.
They do that to show how tolerant they are. Now if it was about Mohammad, well then .....
Yup. As a non-Catholic, I will avoid this so-called "comedy."
Here, here.
As a Christian, I never thought of anything in the film as derogatory towards anyone.
Well, except for the Jersey Shore folks, but they needed mocked. That alone was worth the price of admission.
There are some who go out of their way to find ways to be offended.
Nyuk nyuk nyuk
Good, an honest review by someone who FREAKIN ACTUALLY SAW THE MOVIE.
I'm tired of hearing rants against a show, from folks who haven't even seen the show. So, Kudo's to you, my FRiend.
Thanks for posting!!
I WON'T be going to the theatre to see this movie. There are just some things that Hollyweird should NOT remake. The Three Stooges fall into that category.
They had to get a dig in on "The Weekly Standard" as one of the villains was reading this in bed. Probably few noticed this but I did - basically a gratuitous introduction of politics. Which, btw, was completely out of character as that
character would never be reading such a magazine. Also, the villains tended to be "1 percent types" so there was definitely a fanning of the class warfare flames, IMHO.
It'd be hard to make a comedy about a murdering child molester.
I wonder how the original Stooges would have taken this new version, considering that they were all Jewish. A lot of the old vaudeville acts had Yiddish roots.
Honest? Huh, some KIDS never grow up, and you don't have to see trash to know it's in there based on the general content.
Quite right. As I reflect on my fondness of the original Stooges, I think of who may have been offenced by them. So far I've come up with carpenters, plumbers, firemen, policemen, doctors, prisoners, cowboys, foreign legionaires, football players, and door to door salesmen - and those are just from a few of my favorites...
Exactly. The Stooges were one of a kind, and there's no possible way to recreate what they did. Let them rest in peace, and don't insult their memory with some piece of trash.
I haven't seen the movie, have you?
Or, are you just having a grand old emotional tyrade, knowing nothing about the charges ... and calling other people who want to know the actual facts, "kids"? Maybe they made fun of Nuns, maybe they didn't. I don't know, and chances are you don't either. This "Kid" is withholding condemnation until I have an idea of what I'm talking about.
If you want to carry on, get a parade going, march up and down your block - singing and carrying signs. Knock yourself out. Why not? The Black Panthers are having a grand old time with Trayvon and Zimmerman.
But, you'll look pretty stupid when someone shows you that you don't know what you are talking about .... again.
I'm not religeous, but I'd say the young woman is truely blessed...
I saw the freakin movie. It's offensive. If the Farrelly Bros. featured a character playing a sexed up nurse, school teacher, flight attendant or waitress, I would have given them a pass. But why a Catholic nun? Are you saying, Hodar, that it was in no way meant to offend Catholics?
I saw the movie, and agree the scene wasn't neccessary, but in the grand scheme of things it was literally a blip near the very end of the film. Really not sure why they went there other than for a cheap visual joke, that honestly wasn't needed.
I as a Catholic am not overly offended by it, given how my religion is attacked daily on Free Republic by supposed fellow Christians, and given how Nuns were a large part of the film, overall the film wasn't a blast at Catholicism, and they didn't remotely take countless cheap shots that have been routine.
Generally Catholics can laugh at their faith in my experience. I do think the scene didn't need to be there, and really didn't offer much other than a quick cheap visual joke, but I didn't feel the film was a huge smack against my religion.
At least in that photo, i think she looks awful.
Sexed Up? A bit over the top, yes, it was a revealing outfit, but the didn't portray her as a horndog, or even imply anything was going on with her or she was looking for men.. nor did they try to take cheap jokes about priests with young boys, which in a orphanage run by Church they could have.
I thought the scene was an attempt at a sight gag, that, really wasn't needed, but hardly do I feel my faith has been assaulted. It wasn't in best of taste, and it really served little purpose other than a sight gag. All in all they didn't go into the gutter where they could have many times regarding catholicism.
I can say as a student of the Catholic School System, no nun I ever met looked that good in our out of her Habbit.. if they had, I might have studied harder.
Why the nun? Because if they were going to do this gag, its the only option they had.. there reqally werent any other female characters in the script other than the sexpot wife that was trying to bump off her husband, and since they played her as a sexpot from the get go, showing her in something revealing wouldn't have been out of character.
The only other female characters in the film, besides the kids, were the nuns at the orphanage. So, take a character and put them out of character and you get what hopefully is funny. I saw this personally as an unneeded sight gag, but hardly do I feel my faith is under fire from it.
Deal with far worse things routinely on here by fellow "christians" attacking my faith nearly daily.
This is one funny movie. Those actors do have the Stooges down pat IMO.
I guess they should be happy that they didn't show a Priest walking around with a little boy on a leash and carrying a whip in his other hand.
I haven't seen it. I don't know. Are all Catholic nuns unattractive, fat and ugly? Somehow I doubt it. What did she do, what did she say, how did she act?
Without some facts, so far we have 1 Freeper who said it wasn't offensive, and now you are claiming it was offensive.
I don't know. Some people go out of their way to find offense where none is intended. I heard that Pixar's "Up" was offensive to Senior Citizens, yet I didn't see it as offensive at all.
I'm a big fan of The Three Stooges, and I feared the worst.
In fact, the movie wasn't nearly as bad as I feared. There was no notable Catholic bashing. Upton was fine and there was nothing offensive about her bathing suit scene, as it was only one shot where she was lifeguarding a pool filled with swimming orphans.
The scene in the trailer was not in the finished film.
As for bashing 1% types, The Stooges often found themselves
The scene in the trailer was not in the finished film.
"Don't be an idiot you moron!"
One of the regular themes of the original Stooges shorts was pitting them against high society types, the 1% of their day. Wealthy foils for the Stooges is true to the original shorts.
I want to kneel at that altar. Bless me, Sister, and forgive me for all the sins I am about to commit.
In fact, the movie wasnt nearly as bad as I feared.
Good news for us Stooge fans who haven't been bowled over by the trailers . . .
What about the nun, played by Larry David, named Sister Mary Mengele? Did you find it inoffensive that she happened to share the same last name as Josef Mengele, the Nazi SS officer, the death camp doctor who committed all manner of atrocities?
"I guess they should be happy that they didnt show a Priest walking around with a little boy on a leash and carrying a whip in his other hand."
Pure stupidity.
Do you find it offensive that the Catholic Church appears to have at best turned a blind eye to the holocaust WHILE it was occurring?
I think that's why Larry David has the nun share the same last name as a Nazi SS officer—he's taking a direct jab at the Church's position during the holocaust.
Go back to Rome, Papist...
There, I got your daily attack quota out of the way (you're welcome)...
Are you suggesting that Catholics were complicit in the Holocaust?
I called the nuns I grew up with all sorts of names, and most were not flattering.
No I didn't take major offense, and frankly I thought they character was actually far tamer than I expected her to be given she was to be their "foil" during their childhood.
If I am going to get worked up every time someone takes a cheap shot at Catholics I'd never have time for anything else. I didn't walk into the movie expecting it to be a testament or ode to my faith. I didn't get offended when the Stewardess told the priest "your own knees father" in Airplane II either.. in fact I laughed out loud.
I didn't see my religion really presented in a negative light in the film, in fact it was about as generic a portrayal as you could find. Wasn't really a huge commentary on religioin at all, just a characters in a story, and the story had really nothing to do with religion of any sort. Believe me, I've watched idiots take cheap shots at the foundation of my faith my entire life, including often times on this very site.
I can't get upset everyone puts on a habbit and tells an off color joke at my religions expense, and frankly this movie didn't offend my sensibilities at all. I did find the nun in the bikini scene nothing more than an attempt at a cheap sight gag, that didn't work for me, and really wasn't needed, but it didn't make feel like my religion was assaulted.
I agree, the film was far better than I expected... I did expect a lot more cheap shotting and I have no doubt many scenes were filmed but were recognized to simply not be funny or to be too predictable and were left on the cutting room floor.
The movie itself was a pretty fair homage to the source material, and far better than I had expected.
What, no pics?
What I find offensive is that ignoramuses like you continue to engage in revisionist history. Your conclusion can only be reached if you have your head in your dirt chute.
Alsi, the nuns were portrayed as good, caring, and decent people. They are exasperated after dealing with the knuckleheads for 25 years, but they clearly love them, even going out of their way to spare their feelings.
The Stooges themselves go out to save their orphanage, motivated by loyalty and live.
The boys themselves are bound by fraternal love.
Anyone finding something to be deeply offended about is just looking too hard.
A wise guy, eh?
I'm an old stooges fan. I liked Sean Hayes as Jerry Lewis and I've heard the actors doing Moe and Curly get it right; so I'll probably go see.
I am surprised at the comments about a Farrelly Bros movie. It's not like they can sneak up on you. Pay attention PEOPLE! It's the Farrelly Bros!!
Fair enough!
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The Utah State Mine Commission has been working on several recommendations to put before Gov. Huntsman. Below is a continuation of these recommendations.
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Recommendation: The state should organize and sponsor a technical symposium on the causes of mountain bumps in coal mining areas and best practices to improve safety. The symposium may become an annual event to address safety issues specific to Utah and the West. The commission recommends this symposium take place in late spring or early summer at an appropriate Utah location. The planning committee would consist of representatives from the Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council. The focus of the symposium should be on improving mine safety consistent with a strong coal mining economy in Utah. In addition to presentations on the Crandall Canyon tragedy, topics could include: improved safety training focusing on recognition of conditions contributing to bumps; methods currently in use to reduce likelihood of damaging bumps; summaries and lessons learned from past events; strengths and limitations in pillar design procedures and mine layout practices; remaining Utah coal resources and probable future coal mining conditions; opportunities for industry, MSHA, NIOSH, BLM, and academia to work together on research designed to improve safety and productivity in Utah coal mines (development of theory, laboratory investigation, and field verification and the present and possible roles of government agencies in assuring safety in bump-prone coal mines.
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Joe Mande shares tales of Twitter warfare, describes a terrifyingly confident girl in his neighborhood and imagines the life of the first man to drink milk.
So I live in-- I live inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn,
which is a very, like, hip,cool neighborhood in New York.
And really all that means isthat I'm constantly surrounded
by pretty girls who weardefiantly ugly clothing.
And a lot of dudes wholook like they're about to
go operate a steam engine,you know?
And everyone has tattooswhere I live.
And I saw a tattoo recently thatI cannot stop thinking about,
'cause I don't knowif it's the best
or worst tattooI've ever seen in my life.
I was, uh, in a train station,waiting for a subway,
and this guy's standing next mewith a wax mustache
was just gazing lovingly at thistattoo on his forearm,
just vibing deep with thistattoo, right?
And I looked at it and all Icould tell,
it looked like cheetah print,or something.
It was just a bunch of dotsgoing up his arm,
and I was like,"Whatever."
And then a couple minutes later,this girl came up
to that same guy and was like,"Um, excuse me, sir?"
"Can you tell me what yourtattoo represents?"
And the guy goes,
"Ugh, it doesn'trepresent anything."
"It says 'paranoid android'in Braille."
Yeah. In Braille.
I was like,"Uh, no, it doesn't."
No blind person's gonna see thattattoo and be like,
"Oh, sweet, you'rereally into Radiohead? Sweet."
'Cause he can't.That's how blindness works.
Made me so mad.So stupid.
That would be like if I did thisfor my special, you know?
That's my name, in Braille.Pretty cool, right?
No, it's not.
It's not cool at all.
But the more I thought aboutthat guy's tattoo,
the more I startedto weirdly respect him.
'Cause you have to bea crazy person
to get a tattoo like that.It's so off-base.
Like, if I ever got a tattoo, Iwould do something similar.
I would get, on my forearm, Iwouldn't get fake Braille,
but I would get a giant pictureof Palmolive dish soap.
Just a big bottle of dish soap.
Just so if anyone evercame up to me
on the subway and was like,"Excuse me, sir,
can you tell mewhat your tattoo represents?"
I can be like, "Ugh, it doesn'trepresent anything."
"This is what I thinkcilantro tastes like."
I think my two favoritethings in the world
are basketballand getting into fights
with celebrities on Twitter.
Those are my two favorite thingsin the entire world. Thank you.
Yeah, those aretwo good interests.
But something really magicalhappened this summer
because, uh, for a few hours,I got into
an amazing Twitter fightwith an NBA basketball player
named Gilbert Arenas.(chuckles)
Some Agent Zero fansin the house.
Um, for those of youwho don't know he is,
he's most famous for gettingsuspended a couple years ago
for bringing a loaded guninto the locker room
and pointing itat his teammates.
Yeah, so, I decided topick a fight
with that guy 'causeI'm a genius.
Basically what happened was,I wrote an article
for this basketball blog,
which is already,how cool am I, right?
So, I wrote this article abouthow Gilbert Arenas
writes all these awful, sexist,misogynistic things
about women on Twitter,
and I guess he read it,'cause a couple hours
after it was posted,he tweeted to his followers,
he just wrote,"Who the hell is Joe Mande?"
Right? And then I wrote back andI was like, "Hi...!"
(laughs)" Hi, Gilbert!Nice to meet you!"
And that started this four-,five-hour long back and forth.
It was just the most amazingthing I've experienced
'cause he just hated me so much,
and he just didn'tknow how to do it.
And so, like, he tweeted me.He was like,
"Joe Mande,I Googled you and saw some
"of your stand-up clips online.
You suck as a comedian."
And I wrote backand I was like, "Oh, all right.
"Well, while you're on Google,you should
"look up your statsfrom last season,
'cause you suck at basketball."(chuckles)
Yeah, he did not like that,
and, like, 20 minutes later,he was like,
"Joe Mande, I see you host acomedy show at UCB Theater
"and tickets are onlyfive dollars.
Hookers charge morefor jokes than that."
And I was like,"All right, but why are you
buying jokes from hookers?"
Like, I don't even know whoyou're making fun of
at this point.
And then an hour later,he quit Twitter.
He just deleted his account.
And that's what'sinteresting about
getting into fightson the Internet,
is that there's never reallya winner,
except in that exact moment,I won. I clearly won,
'cause I'm the best. I'm thebest at being the worst.
I'm the worst.
The end. (chuckles)
I live in a predominantlyPuerto Rican area of Brooklyn,
which is great.
I'm sorry, did I say great?I meant, so loud, so loud!
(laughs)So loud.
But living in a Puerto Ricanneighborhood has its benefits.
Uh, for example,I live near a girl
who constantly flirts with me.
This girl flirts with meon a daily basis,
which would be awesome if shewasn't 14 years old
and the cashier atthe grocery store I go to.
I don't know what this girl seesin this, but she wants it bad.
She's very aggressive.
Every time, literally, everytime I'm in the grocery store,
we go through the same banter.
You know, I'll give hermy groceries
and she'll be ringing them upand then she'll go like,
"Tsk. So, what's up, papi? Are you Spanish?"
And I'm like, "No, I'm Jewish."
And she's like, "Okay, well,does Jewish mean Spanish?"
And I'm like, "No, I told you,Jewish means Jewish."
And she's like, "I know whatJewish means.
I'm just playing with you!"
She's always playingwith me, is my point.
And it gets very confusing.
Like, I was just in there,like, a week ago.
I bought three items.I got chicken,
pasta, and pasta sauce.
That's it.
She puts everything in my bag
and then looks up at melike a detective,
and she's like, "Tsk. So, whatyou making for dinner tonight?"
"Let me guess.
Chicken pasta?"
And I was like,"Ding-ding-ding-ding." (laughs)
Yep, yep,good old chicken pasta.
That's what I'm making 'causethat's what that's called.
And she's like,"Mmm, that sound good.
"So, tell me, papi, when youdone making that chicken pasta,
you gonna come back hereand give me some?"
And I was like, "No.
I'm not."
I don't want to seem rude;that just sounds
really weirdand inconvenient for me
to go home,cook myself chicken pasta,
which is what that's called,
and then only eat half of it,then put the other half
into a Tupperware container
and walk back hereto the grocery store
just so I can feed some
terrifyingly confident14-year-old girl.
Nah, that wasn't my plan.
The best exchange I ever hadwith this girl though,
was last summer.
I, uh, I went in thereright before they closed.
It was, like, 11:00 at night.I grabbed one item.
I got, uh, a pint ofvanilla ice cream.
So, couldn't be moresymbolic on my part.
I put it right in front of herand she picked it up.
And this is verbatim,by the way.
This is word-for-word,our exchange.
She picks up the ice cream,looks at it,
then looks up at meangrily and goes,
"Why you such a bully?"
And I was like, "What?"
"Why... you...such... a... bully?"
"Why you buying ice cream?
You know I can't eatno ice cream."
"'Cause of my braces."
"My braces, stupid."
"My dentist says I can't eat noice cream 'cause of my braces."
"I can eat ice cream;I'm just playing with you."
So, we're together now.(chuckles)
Sh-She's my girlfriend.
It's a beautiful story.
Do you guys like food?
Yeah, we canget on board for food.
I, uh, I'm on the road a lot,and the only way
I know I'm going intoa halfway decent restaurant
is if I see that little redsticker on the front door
of a restaurant that says"Zagat Rated."
It's very comforting, you know?
You're like,"Oh, Zagat rated it. How nice."
But they never saywhat the rating is.
Which I find odd.
That's like going into a bar,wearing a T-shirt
you made for yourselfthat just says "AIDS tested."
And you're all cocky about it,like, "What up!"
Girls coming up to you like,"What were the results?"
You're all like, (scoffs)"Results don't matter."
"It's just an honorbeing tested."
Any vegans in the house?Any vegans?
(laughs) Silence!
Either there are no vegans,or they passed out
'cause they're anemic.
Passed out likehalf an hour ago.
I saw this hilarious news storyon TV recently
about vegansexuals.
Have you guys heard that term?I did not make that up.
That is a real thing.
A vegansexual,according to this news story,
is a vegan who's decidedhe or she
is only gonna have sexwith other vegans.
And when I saw that, I was like,"Oh, that's weird,"
'cause I thought we alreadyhad a word for that,
and it was "vegans."
No one wants to have sexwith a vegan. Like I've never...
I've never been at a bar andbeen like, "Oh, dude, look,
that girl is only eatingcabbage and almonds."
(chuckles) "Bet shesmells great down there."
I could never be a vegan.I just... I love milk too much.
I actually drink a glass of milkevery night before I go to bed,
which is adorable.(chuckles) I'm adorable.
But the same thought alwaysgoes through my head
when I drink a glass of milk.
I'm always just like,"Ugh, gross."
"Who was the first guyto drink milk?"
Who was that person?He had to have been
the biggest creep of all time,like, no question.
Number one creep in history.
I love thinking about that dude.I really do.
I just picture some guy in acave, thousands of years ago,
hanging outwith his cave buddies.
They're all telling funnystories, and then suddenly,
it's his turn to tell a story
and he's kind of shyand he's like:
(chuckles)Yeah, yeah, I have a story.
Um, actually, before I start,
do you guys know those hugeanimals that live outside?
They just stand aroundand eat grass all day,
and they have abig bag of boobs right here?
Okay, yeah, yeah,this is funny.
Um, it was like a week ago,it was early in the morning.
It was dark outside--that's important--
and, uh, I was walking around,minding my own business,
and I bumped intoone of those animals.
And I don't knowwhat happened, like I slipped
on the grass orsomething and... whatever.
Point is, I was on my knees and
I was just staring at thisbag of boobs,
and, uh, so I put onein my mouth,
'cause I wanted to suck on it.
And, so, I was suckingthis boob and,
it's not even a boob, really.You've seen them, they're huge.
They're likea boob-dick, right?
So, I was sucking this boob-dickfor a while,
just like tugging and sucking.
I just got in the zone and Iremember thinking, like,
this can't get any better.
And then it got better,
'cause it just startedsquirting this thick white
juice into my mouth.So, I swallow it.
What, am I notgonna swallow it?
And, so, it keeps squirtingand I keep swallowing
and it's so great,it tastes so good.
And then, after a coupleminutes,
the, uh, the boob-dickkind of drained out.
And I got sad.
And then I was like,wait, why am I sad?
There are, like,five more boob-dicks.
Then I was just like,blah, blah!
I just went crazy,just made a mess.
That's funny,relatable, right, guys?
His friends were like,"Uh, dude, that's disgusting.
Get the hell out of here."
And he's like, "Oh, really,it's disgusting?
Well, it's also deliciouswith cookies...!"
He leaves the cave.
His friends are like,"What are cookies?"
if you think about, and I'vethought so much about it.
I just feel likeit was the same guy.
Shows up to his friend's cave,like, a year later.
Just like, "Hey, guys,what's up?
"Look, I know some of youdon't approve
"of my lifestyle choicesand, uh, that's fine.
"Um, but do you remember,like, a year ago,
when I was telling youabout the boob-dick juice?"
"You d... oh, you do? Okay."
Well, um, needless to say, I'vebeen doing some experimenting,
and... just take thisor leave it,
but, uh, if you don't drinkthe juice right away,
which takes so much restraint,(chuckles)
but if you just squirt theboob-dick juice into a bucket
and then just leave thatbucket out for months,
like, way longer thanseems reasonable...
the juice is going to start tofester and discolor
and smell awful.
And these solid clumps are goingto lift to the surface.
But if you just strainthose clumps out
and put them upon a shelf to rot...
for months, and then eat it...(moans) it's so good.
It's so good.
Seriously, I eat thatevery morning.
I eat the boob-dick clumpsevery morning for breakfast.
I eat it with the, um,those chicken things.
Those food things that come outof a chicken's vagina.
No, that's food,I swear to God, that's food.
Seriously, just crack 'em open,
put the rottenboob-dick clump on top.
Put it on a bagel. Mmm.
There you go.That's just a loaf of bread
I turned into a circlefor no reason.
I don't know whyhe's Jewish at the end.