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4.12 / 5.00 6,280 Views"How will you counter bullet hell without any gun?"
Hiya all, our unordinary theme today is 'gunless' :). How does that feel to be the one of the "unarmed enemies" you destroyed in the other shooter games?
Control a gunless ship. Evade thousands of enemies' bullets. Use Energy shield that can absorb and repel their projectiles to destroy themselves. Endure endless enemy waves and see how far can you go. Try to progress further with upgrades and achievements!
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If you find the game needs more balancing or find a bug please do tell me... The Upgrade prices is fixed though. It is high because it's only have 9 levels... You'll get to the max in not time if i reduced it.
Also i find people have different way to play. There are people who absorb the bullets as much as he can then release it for full force, there are types that aim carefully and reflect the bullets back to the enemies, and there are also people who stay stationary, allowing them to be a cannon fodder "intentionally" and waiting for counterattack. Glad to see people find their own ways to overcome the condition ^^.
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awesome game man! although heres an idea. make a color swap (backround switches to black, enemies to white) option. it was kinda hard to see the deflect ring because its almost the same color as the backround. oh idk if anyones tried this but i actualy used the dflections as the main attack instead of absorbing bullets and it worked great! got up to level 10 on my first try with that strategy lol.anyways i think im gonna go check out your other games now and hope they are as good as this one! =D keep makin awesome games man!
Boy, was THIS an absolutely insane game! It wasn't that much of Bullet Hell, because I have honestly seen worse. It certainly achieved its goal of being completely insane! I didn't even have any idea what I was doing at first. I mostly just pushed whatever buttons were around (or the mouse if that counts as a button). This is a very nicely done game.
I especially love all the wonderful sounds. I think there's some high voice at one point, but I don't even know if that is a voice. It's a game that certainly took a lot of creativity to make. The bullets (or whatever those black things are) look very cool too. Even though you didn't win an award, you still got a ton of reviews.
Great music
I love the graphics and the whole idea isn't done alot.
I always like a game that separates itself from all the others.
The music is probably my most favorite part, i have favorited it and downloaded it.
It just keeps looping the loading screen
I used to play it all the time but this is a big problem. bad review! i cant even play the game!
The game has style
A carpet fire game based around taking bullets to the face.
Thats a difficult adjustment when youve been doing it the normal way for years on end.


text: First Peek at Evil Secretary Silken Floss from Frank Miller's "The Spirit"Annalee Newitz4/09/08 10:00amFiled to: The SpiritComicsFrank MillerMoviesScarlett Johanssonwill eisner42EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Frank Miller, the comic book auteur behind Dark Knight and Sin City, is directing his first film — an adaptation of 1940s newspaper comic The Spirit. Originally written by Will Eisner, the story features a detective dubbed the Spirit after he awakens from a state of suspended animation caused by a supervillain's experiments. Miller will be re-imagining Eisner's work, and you can see his fingerprints all over this design for the character of an evil secretary called Silken Floss, played by Scarlett Johansson. Miller's dark designer's eye made the movie version of Sin City look like beautiful slag, and I can't wait to see what else he's got in store for us in The Spirit. The Eisner comic ended in the 1950s, right after the Spirit went to the moon. Let's hope the moon trip is in the film, because I'd love to see the Miller-ized version of Luna. The Spirit is currently slated for release in January 2009. Leaked pics of sexy Scarlett [Hollywood Newsroom]


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February 24, 2015 Postcode: KT3 I am really torn about leaving a review for this Italian Restaurant ! On the one hand, it is a superb family run restaurant that is always busy, that serves excellent food at reasonable prices that never disappoints. On the other hand, if I tell too many people how nice it is, I am going to have to book even earlier for a table. Even my Italian friends visiting from Milan love and rate this place. Food Hygiene rating visit also good (May 14). Service: Value: Get details »
May 13, 2013 Postcode: SW11 This is one of the best Italian restaurants in London and I have been there a number of times. It has recently undergone a refurbishment to become sleeker and has lost a bit of its "family feel"; however, the food is still excellent. Whether you go for meat, fish, pasta, pizza, you can't go wrong. The restaurant is open all evenings, and for lunch during the week-end. It is strongly advised to book in advance if you go in the evening. Service: Value: Get details »
March 14, 2013 Postcode: KT2 We love this place. Great atmosphere, greeted like family when we arrive and of course the food is great. Service: Value: Get details »
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December 11, 2012 Postcode: CR8 Napule and its owner Oreste D'amore offer excellent Italian fresh cooked food and a change of menu each day With a special lunch time menu Pasta and an appetizer £12 excellent value. Also a very good wine list Service: Value: Get details »
May 25, 2012 Postcode: SE26 I went to an Italian restaurant in chislehurst few days ago, Called DUE AMICI. i was so disappointed by the quality of the food and the price that I immediately remembered which? local, so I checked if it was listed there as I wanted to give a review. Due Amici is not listed on which?local but i remembered that I went to this other restaurant in sydenham called RE trader . I am Italian and lived in italy till 16 years ago and during this period I have NEVER found a decent Itralian Restaurant that would make an authentic Napolitan Pizza in a clay oven. My mouth waters while I am thinking of it! It is definetly a restaurant to go for pizza, I recomend it. I did not try any of the other dishes, but I hope I soon will have the chance and share my reviews with all of the which members. This restaurant is fairly priced, the pizza is amazing and the service is friendly. I absolutely loved it and can't wait to go again, Unfortunately all my monthly budget was spent in that other restaurant, which I believe should also be listed to warn people. Al Service: Value: Get details »
March 22, 2012 Postcode: KT19 We use this restaurant quite frequently and always find it good value and a pleasant experience. Service: Value: Get details »
January 5, 2012 Postcode: SM2 I have been going to this restaurant for over 18 years and can happily say I've not had a bad meal. It is a cosy authentic family ran Italian serving freshly prepared food. The prices are very reasonable and the menu varied, all served by friendly staff. They also do a take away service which has to be collected. I would highly recommend this restaurant. Service: Value: Get details »
December 10, 2011 Postcode: SE21 A new(ish) Italian in Dulwich Village that give some serious competition to the Pizza Express opposite - and if you don't have a PE discount voucher, it represents good value for money. Attentive waiters, delicious pizzas and nice seats to sit outside when the weather is warm (only 4 tables, but they do have bowls of water for your dog!) Service: Value: Get details »
October 23, 2011 Postcode: SW11 This is probably one of the best true neapolitan pizza you can find in town. if you're a pizza lover this is a must. Restaurant is very, very reasonably priced. and for those who are not pizza lovers the restaurant is a very safe bet as well. Fish is generally very good and the melanzane alla parmigiana are a great starter. I'm italian and as a food lover I definitely think this is a great place where you can have a extremely nice dinner .... and it's great value for money. by the way ... they do pizza delivery in the area!! Service: Value: Get details »
October 11, 2011 Postcode: KT6 Went with friends for the first time and was very satisfied with the quality of the food and friendliness of the staff, plus the good value. Will definitely go there again! Service: Value: Get details »
October 4, 2011 Postcode: SW15 This restaurant has been open for years and has by far the friendliest owner(Germano) and staff in the area. The food is superb with daily specials par excellence. We have used it more times than I can count - for high days, holidays and birthdays or just to have a jolly good meal out. There is a large room at the back which can be "taken over" for large parties Service: Value: Get details »


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There are extensive forests in the district Pauri Garhwal. These forests are serving, as a basefor many industries, local needs of fuel wood, fodder resources and ecological stability. There is a considerable variation in the forest type, which occur in this area. Such variations are based on altitude, climate, rocks, soil etc. As per the statistics available for year 1999-2000, the total forest area of the district is 443977 which is 59% of total district land. Under 'Forest Deptt.' 366212 hectare land comes.
KHAIR/SISSO Forests, which are also termed as Reverie forests, occur in areas of lower elevations. Its main constituents species are: Acacia Catechu (Khair), Shorea robusta (Sal), Dalbersia sisso(Shecham), Bombex ceiba (Bamboo) etc. In these forests different varieties of bamboos occur in patches or mixed with the main species. Khair trees have become hollow on rocky patches and in depressions, which are moist and sheltered. The crop is of fairly open density. Regeneration is adequate in areas, which are away from habitation where the effect of grazing eloping is not very severe. Sal forests occur in Rathwadhab forests of Rikhanikhal and lower elevation of Jahrikhal block.
CHIR PINE Forests are the most extensively developed type in the Nayyar catchments. The main species is Pinus roxburghii which occurs in pure form. The altitudinal variation of this forest is from 900 mts. to 1500 mts. Besides chir pine, the other tree species which may occur Cedrela toonaToon) be, Anoegissous Latifolia, Ehertia laevis. The density of this forest varies from 0.3 to 0.6, the density tends to higher in areas away from human settlements, intensive grazing, on sandy soil etc.
OAK Forests occur at altitude ranging from 800 m. to the highest elevations of Pauri Garhwal area. The main species include Quercus semicarpifoliaBanj), Q. incanaBanj), Rhododendron arboreunBurans), Rhus punjabencis, cedrela toonaToon), vitis himalayansis. These forests occur on moist, shady depressions, declivaties on southern aspects. At times they are mixed with chir pine forests, the former occurring on moister sides and cooler aspects. The density of the forest ranges from 0.4 to 0.8. There is a thick layer of undecomposed humus in the soil. By and large it has been seen that this forest type is associated with moisture.
DEODAR Forests are confined to areas of higher elevation. It is one of the most beautiful types found in the Himalayan region. Individual trees may attain a height of over 35 mtr and a diameter of over 110 cms. The main species are cederus deodara which occur in pure form. In cooler aspects Deodar is accompanied by blue pine (pinus exelsa), silver fir and spruce. Regeneration is fairly adequate as these forests occur in areas, which are away from habitation. Deodar forests occur in Pauri, Tarkeswar, Dudhatoli etc.
Chir pine and Deodar are being used for supply of timber, paper and match industries. These industries are located in the Ganga plain adjoining the Garhwal hills. The khair forest occurring in the lower hills are feeding the Kattha industries located at Kotdwar and other foothill towns of U.P. The pine forests are being extensively tapped for the production of resin. Individual trees not below the 35 cm. Diameter class are being tapped all over the district. This resin is transported to the resin and turpentine factories. These forests are also yield pulpwood (for paper industry), wood for match industry, Gums, Tannins, Paint fibre, Canes and minor forests products. The local people depend on these forests to a great extent. They derive their fuel wood for cooking & heating purpose, fodder for cattle, grasses for thatching of roofs, small wood for agricultural implements, timber for house building & furniture from these forests. In this area over 90% of the cattle owned by local people graze in these forests.
Riverine forests are found upto 500 m. to the south of the district, along its rivers and streams. The tree species that are reported to be dominant are Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Holptelea intergrifolia, interspersed with shrubs like Adhatoda zeylanica, Pogostemon benghalense and Murraya Koenigii, etc. Occasionally, pure patches of Dalbergia sissoo and Acacia catechu are also found along riverbeds. Forests of the Bhabar area are mainly composed of miscellaneous deciduous species such as Mallotus philippensis, Bombax ceiba, Adina Cordifolia, Lagerstroemia parviflora, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Cassia fistula, etc. The main shrubs found in association are Zizyphus mauritiana, Z.oenophilia and Helicteres isora, etc.
The sub-deciduous Shorea robustais the most significant of species that is generally found upto elevations of about 750 m. on southern slopes and upto 1200 m. on northern slopes. This widely distributed species is mainly found in association with Anogeissus latifolia, Desmodium oojeinense,Bauhina roxburghiana, Syzygium cumini, Terminalia alata, Butea monosperma etc. among tree-species and Clerodendrum viscosum, Desmodium spp., Murraya koenigii etc. among shrubs.
In moist localities along riverbanks, evergreen forests are found upto elevations of 800 m. The dominant tree-species here are Syzygium cumini, Trewai nudiflora, Mallotus philippensis, Alstonia scholaris etc., with Ardisia solanacea, Murraya koenigii, Adhtoda zeylanica and Golfussia delhousianna etc. as the main shrub species.
Hill slopes upto an elevation of 1200 m. are dominated by miscellaneous deciduous forests. Pinus roxburghii grows on the higher elevations of these forests with the other dominant species being Anogeissus latifolia. The mail tree associates are Terminalia alata, Bauhinia app., Mallotus philippensis, Aegle marmelos, Bombax cieba, Phyllanthus embelica etc., with the undergrowth made up of shrubs like Rhus parviflora, Woodfordia fruticosa and Indigoferra spp. It is observed that Pinus roxburghii forming pure stands occupy a large part of the area between 800-1500 m.
The Querchus leucotrichophora or Banj forest occurs in the main Himalayan range between 1500-2300 mts. and is extensively distributed. The comman associates of the Banj forest are Rhododendron arboreum, Pyrus pashia, Lyonia ovalifolia and Myrica esculenta. Luxuriant stands of Quercus dilatata or Maru and Q.semecarpifolia or Kharsu occur between 2000-2800 m. Patches of mixed coniferous forest consisting of Abies pindrow, Pinus wallichiana, Cedrus deodara and cupressus torulosa are frequently reported between 2000-3200 mts.


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Nazi-themed Tannhauser Creates Scandal in Germany
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A modern production of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhauser is causing a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and members of a family having their heads shaved before being executed.
A spokeswoman for the Dusseldorf opera house said Tuesday that members of the audience "booed and were shocked" by Saturday's opening performance.
Monika Doll said the company of Deutsche Oper am Rhein is debating whether to tone down the provocative parts, added to the original by producer Burkhard Kosminski.
"Members of the audience booed and banged the doors when they left the opera house in protest before the end of the show," the head of the city's Jewish community told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Michael Szentei-Heise called the adaptation at the city's Deutsche Oper am Rhein "tasteless and not legitimate."
The director, Christoph Meyer, said in a statement that the opera company never wanted to hurt the feelings of the viewers. "This is not about mocking the victims, but mourning them," Meyer said.
At the opening of the Duesseldorf performance, performers could be seen inside glass chambers, falling to the floor as white fog flowed - an allusion to the mass killings of the Jews in the Nazis' death camps. After a half hour, the music stopped and a family stepped on stage. The parents and their children were having their hair shaved off and then they are shot dead - another reference to treatment of Jewish captives during the Holocaust.
The original Tannhauser opera is set in the Middle Ages and was first performed in Dresden in 1845. It is based on a traditional ballad about the bard Tannhauser and features a singing contest at the Wartburg Castle in south-central Germany.
Szentei-Heise, the Jewish community leader, objected to the inclusion of scenes reminiscent of the Holocaust, which occurred nearly a century after the opera was first performed.
"This opera has nothing to do with the Holocaust," Szentei-Heise said. "However, I think the audience has made this very clear to the opera and the producer."
Wagner, an ardent anti-Semite, remains a controversial figure in Germany and elsewhere nearly 130 years after his death. Adolf Hitler was an admirer, and playing Wagner's music is still considered a taboo in Israel.
UPDATE 5/8: The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has said it is cancelling the production after a backlash from audience members. The company's website includes a full statement in German.
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News today by the general manager of LA SCALA, Stephane Lissner that the world-famous opera house that was VERDI's outreach to the musical world is suffering government subsidy cutbacks and diminished attendance records will cut back on its scheduling, its season length and the number of productions. Worldwide the excuse by governments for cutting back on support of their cultural institutions, the opera, the symphony, the music conservatories, the museums, the universities and television and radio public broadcasting is 'we can't afford it." What we can't afford is the ignorance of our respective cultures that provide the incentive for achieving, that entertain and inform In the USA we are not even paying attention to our intrastructure with thousands of bridges and roadways and hospitals and schools in dangerous conditions, falling bridges with vehicles plunging into the waterways below. Terrorists terror but simple-minded, ethically challenged politicians potentially are even more destructive of an enlightened civilized society. I am a Wagnerian heldentenor, opera composer and
director of the Richard Wagner Music Drama Institute.
Wagner was in every respect as much a revolutionary figure against monarchy, yet for a united Germany as was Verdi's compatriot Giuseppe Garibaldi for a united Italy. Wagner, as many leaders against an imperial status quo governing body, was imprisoned. His opera RIENZI, a man of the people, the historical last tribune of Rome was partially written, the overture especially exciting, while Wagner was in prison. The genius Mozart, like Wagner, depended on the financial support of royalty, yet pictured them for what they were, oppressive and the counts and Dons freakish womanizers.
Bloggers you have every right to "stick to your guns." The two incredible mammoth size talents in opera are VERDI and WAGNER. They have been given short shift on Radioland including WKCR which has done better than one would need to expect given its potential rival. The average person might be mortified learning the names of many of their icons of art and politics and science and teaching that had major flaws in their psychological persona. The product of genius is what we should ourselves accommodate in adjusting our scheduling of time and our choices of seeing, reading or hearing. The 'taste test" should not require a Curriculum Vitae, a passport or a declaration from "on high," but rather our own internal gratification in the presence of masterworks.
In light of Richard Wagner's 200th birthday >>>> it's really shocking that in 2013 that some people would want to mount a Wagner production with the singers and extras wearing Nazi costumes. Totally wrong! Does anyone in the German arts community have any sense? Who in Germany provided the funds for this junk? Also, "Tannhauser" has nothing to do with Nazis or German officers. It's a medieval story. If you wanna be revisionist, just do it in modern dress. Germans today are very different from their yelling grandparents. Look at them in hard rock and metal bands. They like vikings now. Another thing -- are these singers so hard up for a job that they will accept doing Wagner in Nazi dress? Do they understand the implications of what they're doing? This is not like that scene in the 3rd Indiana Jones film (directed by a Jew). The best protest is for the audience to boo and walk out. These people took beautiful art from Wagner and turned it into crap.
How sad that you should bring this latest monstrosity to everyone's attention as it is now sure to be the next sensationalistic nonsense imported by Peter Gelb's administration to the Met! Frankly, it seems to fit right in with most of the horrible garbage he is shoving our way lately. And, please, stop calling these bizarre interpretations of operas "updates" as that implies some sort of improvement. Call them what they are: dislocations, usually by fetid, desperate minds!
Opera is us, is our everyday life, is in the streets , is in the newspapers, is on the TV, is in our houses.
The stories are in front of us , day after day, and the only thing that we add at the Theaters are talented musicians, actors and singers playing the music written by certain Master composer.
Wagner was antisemitic but his music is sublime. Hitler loved Wagner but he was a mediocre man and artist. Germany suffers until now the shame that a group called Nazis brought over this country.
Half of my family are Jewish, and from that side of the family dozens of them were killed in Krakow.
My girlfriend is German and I loved her more than members from my own family. Some of my closest friends are Germans as well.
I was that evening in Dusseldorf while people behaving like animals arrived in a Theater with the only purpose of creating a scandal. Not with the intension of watching an Opera, neither with the intention of analyzing an interpretation. I paid my ticket the same way they did, and my knowledge in Classical Music is high as their knowledge for sure. Why to ruin a show?. Why to lie in Newspapers saying that after the first intermission half of the theater was empty?
Why to discriminate talent in such as way when the truth is that hundreds of people were clapping and many others screaming Bravo? Why to shot down this production ?
How nice it would be if the rest of the Opera world would be so brave like director Burkhard C. Kosminski in showing the atrocities we committed in the past in such intelligent way.
How nice it would be to watch Aida in Italy adapted to the days of Fascism and showing a soldier dying under the orders of Mussolini for his love to a Jewish girl.
How nice it would be a production of Fidelio based in Argentina during Videla's dictatorship back in the 70's, or to expose the repression that the gay community suffer in Cuba while listening to Turandot or a Romeo and Juliette between an Israeli and a Palestinian instead of Capuletti and Montecchi's in Verona.
How do you expect this new, rich and fat, generation to understand the value of their freedom if we don't show them how fragile it is , and how easy we can lose it.
I believe that Dusseldorf's Tannhaeuser was just extraordinary.
It was more than a traditional or modern Opera production , it was like a movie.
A 4 hours Wagner's Opera felt like 30 minutes.
The Regie was extraordinary, the costumes extremely real, the message 100% positive, the singing high quality and the music sublime.
I just don't understand why is it so difficult to understand that Opera is changing and that we will need eventually to adapt to Hollywood and create more intensity and passion in order to help Opera to survive.
We can watch a 3 hours movie related to the second War World such as Schindler's List, The Pianist, Inglorious Bastards and in all of these movies we can listen to classical music, but we complain when it comes to Opera.
We can tolerated movies such as Apocalypses Now and listen to Wagner while the American's choppers are shooting Vietnamese farmers in cold blood, but we can not tolerated to listen to Wagner while Nazis are shooting people when it comes to Opera.
Why so much fear? Where is our freedom?
Artist were always the first one in history that were exposing throughout their arts the real face of the world where we live.
Mozart did it back in 1786 choosing the comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais in order to create The Marriage of Figaro and exposing throughout this piece the hypocrisy among the aristocrats.
Chopin wrote the Polonaises in order to inspire his people during the invasions to Poland.
Verdi wrote Nabucco in order to reflect the oppression that Italy was suffering, as well as Puccini did with Tosca.
If we keep looking at Opera as a fairy tale, in 50 years from now there will not be Opera anymore. An as an international artist I must tell you: it can not end with us, it should not end with us, and I will fight to the limits so Opera will survive.
Politically, artistically, sense-arousingly this TANNHAUSER trips all over itself.
No one seems to comprehend, is it pro or anti NAZISM ? Is it pure narcisstic advancing of one's career?
The asylum inmates have taken over the asylum. Let's get back to the composers' intentions !!!
Wasnt it art? Like Pussy Riots? Like Marylin Manson? What was shocking there: rude rememberance on forgotten shame or propagation of Nacism(i believe,not this last)? Is it now suddenly puritan audience? Why only there,in this part of civilised world?
I can understand in these economic times why opera companies would opt for off the rack clothing instead of expensive costumes. Likewise, the use of projections instead of elaborate scenery can be excused when done out of necessity.
However, I do not see the point of moving operas out of their historical settings. Would we want a Turandot set in Buckingham Palace or an Aida in modern New York? These operas were intended to present exotic times and places. Other operas are perhaps less attached to time and place, but much in opera these days is change for the sake of change rather than improvement.
Whatever happened to good old common sense? I can't think of how it this staging might be appropriate anywhere, but without doubt is would surely be offensive in Germany! Shame on the company for doing it, kudos to the company for cancelling it.
Another thrashing of a beautiful opera about redemption. The flowering of the Pope's staff and the music of the chorus is gorgeous. Sick and tired of these new productions that cheapen the stage presentations. Watched A Masked Ball this week. Another minimalist work with the chorus carrying chairs, etc. I watched it anyway because of the great music. Enough, basta, basta.
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Karima was a relative unknown until recently. The 20-year-old British babe will be the seventh model to portray Lara Croft in the successful Tomb Raider video-game series.
"This is an incredible opportunity for me and one which I plan to grasp with both hands," she says. "It's a huge challenge to follow in the footsteps of people like Nell McAndrew and Angelina Jolie, but life is all about challenges and this is perhaps the biggest one for a model and actress."
"This is an incredible opportunity for me and one which I plan to grasp with both hands," she says. "It's a huge challenge to follow in the footsteps of people like Nell McAndrew and Angelina Jolie, but life is all about challenges and this is perhaps the biggest one for a model and actress."
As the next Lara Croft, everything about Karima's appearance has been designed to be sexy: From her form-fitting "Daisy Dukes" to her spectacular gravity-defying bosom. "Lara Croft is one of the sexiest women on the planet, so to be cast as her is such a huge compliment," she says. "It is so empowering and exciting to realize you are about to become a fantasy figure."She's amazing on her own -- as she has proved in a variety of sizzling pictorials. Karima's shapely figure isn't strictly a matter of genetics: "I'm always out and about playing football or tennis," she says. "I go to the gym a lot, I like to run in the park, I like to box, and I like to do yoga."
A newcomer to the industry, Karima's professional accomplishments are admittedly modest. Prior to being selected as the next Lara Croft, the busty Londoner played the sacrificial maiden in AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (2004). She has since appeared in a sultry spread in FHM and in an episode of the Sci-Fi show, HypaSpace (2006).Karima Adebibe Biography
Born in 1985, it has taken 20 years for the full impact of Karima's birth to come to fruition. She was born in London's East End and raised in her family's ancestral homeland of Morocco until she was 7 years old, at which time she and her doting parents returned to London's Bethnal Green.karima auditions for the role of lara croft
A natural -- and naturally busty -- beauty, Karima grew up with a desire to be in front of the camera. However, despite some work and a bit part in AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (2004), Karima's career was going nowhere fast. That's when she heard that Eidos Interactive, the makers of Tomb Raider, was looking for a new model to portray the cyberbabe Lara Croft."I was about to quit modeling," she admits. "Going to all the castings was getting a bit tiresome and I wanted to do photography. Then this happened. It must have been a sign to stick with it."
Despite a successful first audition, Karima didn't think she had a shot at the coveted role. "I don't know if it was a lack of confidence on my part, but when I saw the competition I was up against, I thought the girls were fantastic, and were in much better shape than I was," she recalls. "I did something really stupid during the casting. They asked me if I had seen the other girls, and I said, 'Oh yeah, wait 'til you see the next two girls, they're so much better than me.'"
Her self-deprecating nature must have worked, because Karima was soon told that she had beaten out thousands of other applicants from around the world to become the next Lara Croft.
karima becomes an overnight sensation
Eidos made the official announcement on February 14th, a date coinciding with Lara Croft's birthday and the 10th anniversary of the Tomb Raider franchise.Overnight, Karima went from being a virtual unknown to being one of the most desirable women in the world. "I've had the most amazing yet strangest day possible," she said at the time. "I woke up this morning and I was in five or six newspapers and it's just so shocking!" Karima's internet presence also rose considerably, jumping from 236 web-search results on February 13th to 16,300 results just two days later.
karima begins her tour of duty
With great fame comes great responsibility and Karima will now spend the next two years promoting the latest installment of the Tomb Raider video-game franchise with visits to America, Canada and Europe.She is also currently undergoing an extensive training regime. "I've had to do SAS training, combat training, elocution lessons, deportment, etiquette, media lessons, and I still have firearm training," she says. "And I have to get my motorcycle license. I actually already started my motorcycle lessons, but they failed me because I crashed into a wall."
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Posted on 12/19/2012 10:43:04 PM PST by chessplayer
After the deadly Aurora, Colorado shooting Feinstein criticized those who said responsible conceal carry permit holders could have stopped gunman James Holmes, saying "...and maybe you could have had a firefight and killed many more people. These are people in a theater."
Opponents of the Assault Weapons Ban point to Feinsteins hypocrisy on the issue, as the Senator herself said she obtained a concealed carry permit in California when she felt her life was threatened.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
But then, liberals all lie, it is their nature.......
Feinstein should be among the very first to give up her firearms ~ law or no law.
It is very hard to get CC in CA. I doubt you could get one based on her experience. Only someone who is political or law enforcement can get them.
That is not right. My father had a permit and he was neither LEO or political. He was a timber faller.
Only leftists are allowed to own guns..us peasants have to fend for ourselves..Dianne Feinstein is such a disgrace to my state, which says a lot considering what my state has become
As I heard the story, she had permits for two guns. She very publicly gave up one of them and quietly kept the other one.
Living in DC she still needs protection.
My dad bought me and my siblings a gun as we turned 10.
We lived back in the Valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains making a beautiful skyline.
I never recall us needing to protect ourselves, now 60 years later, it is a haven for meth dealers.
My brother told me last week he heard they had a member of the drug cartel in the county jail.
I think you could take the jail with a couple toy guns—let's hope I'm wrong.
"She very publicly gave up one of them and quietly kept the other one."
I still say she needs the right and the will to defend herself.
Most women will take aim as fast as the men.
"She very publicly gave up one of them and quietly kept the other one."
I still say she needs the right and the will to defend herself.
Most women will take aim as fast as the men.
Why is her life more precious than my daughters?
This senile beyootch can't even see straight anymore, has armed bodyguards same as Rosie O'Dike O'Donnell. Her hubby accommodation "beard" is worth at least half a billion off sleazy trade with China he got in at the bottom floor in the pre-Clintoon days. They all loved China. GHW Bush kissed China butt full time
Was it Feinstein or Boxer who did some illegal rifle stuff, back in the day?
Depends on the county. Some are almost impossible, some are about as easy as it gets.
Your daughters can't get a concealed weapon???? Come on unless they are felons, they can get one and will years from now. There has to be other reasons why she can't get one if your daughters were turned down.
You obviously don't live in CA. We can't get a CC permit down here in So Cal. Maybe parts of the Central Valley or Nor Cal.....way North, not the Bay Area.
What are the reason(s) for you being turned down?
I think its funny how most of you all are shocked to discover liberals own guns. They like guns as much as anyone. Their problem w/ guns is that you can own them. The debate isn't about guns per se but about who should own them and why.
Down here it is up to the county sherriff. If you don't have a connection you don't get a permit. They just tell you that you don't have a special need or your job does not require you to have a cc permit.
I remember Feinstein's picture at a press conference holding an AK47 with her finger wrapped around the trigger..maybe from the Clinton years. That the one?
THAT'S the one, with a drum magazine attatched! If any of us regular folk did that we wouldn't be alive today.
And remember the pic of Chuck the Shmuck shooting what looked like a machine pistol with a nasty smirk on his face.
I cannot wait to see that c*** leave the Senate. The only question, who will replace her and much more horrible will the new senator be ? On Liz Warren of MA, we can count on her being very horrible being a typical leftist broad.
Look at the expression on her staffer's face! "Oh my! That EVIL, EVIL assault weapon! How terrible!"
Everyone should read this gem by Karl Denninger on the subject of Obama (and many others - including Feinstein) being complete hypocrites on the gun ssue: http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=215107
Please also pass it on to other threads and your email lists. This kind of brutal logic MUST become part of the "national conversation on guns" that the gun-ban crowd wants to have.
It is right. It all depends on which part of the state you live in.
In Los Angeles County it's next to impossible to get one.
If your dad got one there, I'd like to know what excuse he used for claiming he needed a CCW.
I believe it depends on the sheriff . This was Humboldt county and he did have to take a course and pay a fee. He didn't carry large sums of money or anything like that. He just wanted it so he could have it in his pickup. There were definitely hoops to jump through but it wasn't that bad here. I know some sheriffs make it near impossible.
Unless she's buying her own her health care comes from one of the providers used by your letter carrier. Hardly primo!
I still say she needs the right and the will to defend herself.
Most women will take aim as fast as the men.
I don't disagree that she should be able to defend herself and never will.
My point is that:
A. She wants to disarm us "little people" while the "important people" like herself get to remain armed.
B. When she's caught in that hypocrisy, she makes a show of giving up one of her permits without acknowledging that she's keeping the other one.
To me, that's elitist hypocrisy on steroids.
I think it was Rosie O'Donnell who used to rail against guns while she had armed bodyguards take her kids to school.
Of course. Rosie is another one of those important people who needs armed protection for herself and her family. She's perfectly happy with having the government keep us little people from having that same protection.
They're in CA.
I certainly do not disagree with you.
Wouldn't it be nice to be represented in washington by good humble people that doesn't do everything with a show—disgusting.
Theyre in CA.
I wonder what is worse...CA or MD....both stink but one stinks more...
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Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 by Jeff in Blog, CSz Culture
It's comedy at the coop! We'll be doing a special show at The Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell at 7pm. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Campbell Community Center. Tickets are just $10 for the ComedySportz show. Combine that with the inexpensive excellence of Sonoma Chicken's menu and you've got a great evening out! Doors will open at 6pm so you can grab dinner downstairs and bring it upstairs for the show. Plenty of free parking in downtown Campbell so spread the word to family and friends and we'll see you at the coop. (sorry, no discounts or passes to this show – heck it's only 10 bucks)


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I "raced" my mountain bike last night. I put "raced" in "quotes" because I'm not out there expecting to win anything nor is it really a mystery who will finish in what order (at least in my category). Moreover, only a handful of people are at our community races. In my category, there were two of us (and yes, I finished 2nd). I also generally dislike the competition/ranking aspect of racing. So then..... why was I out there?
Oh ya, I challenged myself to participate in one twoonie race with our local mountain bike club at the Mount MacIntyre course this year. Goal #12 Fit for 40.
It's hard to try and ride your bike fast and I'm not very good at it. Rule #10 (I can't believe I am quoting these f@*#ing rules) says it never gets easier, you just go faster. Maybe one day I will get faster? I guess the goal was to put myself in an uncomfortable place, just to see how it feels and to suffer a bit. To push harder to go faster than I would on my own. Presumably in all of this I come out the other side having learned or experienced something new.
Do I look tired? I was tired. Check out my flushed face, more than an hour after the race was over. |
And yes, there was this brief moment, in the hour or so after finishing, when my head felt empty, calm. It's sort of like the wire scrub brush feeling in my lungs, from breathing so hard, was extended to my head as well. Riding hard scrubbed all of the distracting thoughts from my mind and left me, along with a tired body, a tired mind. And that feeling might make going out again next week worth it.


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No news on StarWars.Com yet, but there should be some soon. But Lucasfilm has officially announced that the SE versions of the OT will finally make a bow on DVD this September in a 4 disc set. I wish they would have followed the same release look as the PT, but as Lucas has said time and again there isn't as many available extras to fill a bonus disc for each film. Either way, who cares. We finally have our OT DVD's.
Originally Posted by VarietyForce finally is with DVD
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(Variety) The last big franchise holdouts are finally making their DVD bows Sept. 21, when Lucasfilm and Fox release the original "Star Wars Trilogy."
"The timing is right since there is tremendous pent-up demand and DVD is now in more than 50 million households," Fox Video president Mike Dunn said.
The four-disc set is being timed to begin rebuilding interest in the "Star Wars" series in advance of next year's theatrical release of "Star Wars: Episode III."
Jim Ward, Lucasfilm VP of marketing and distribution and exec producer of the DVD, would not comment on what kind of sneak peeks or promotional tie-in for the theatrical release of "Episode III" may accompany the DVD set.
Similar to the "Indiana Jones" set introduced last year by Paramount, the digitally restored and remastered "Star Wars" movies will be sold only as a complete four-disc set. Special-edition versions of each movie will be featured on separate discs: "Star Wars: Episode IV--- A New Hope," "Episode V --- The Empire Strikes Back" and "Episode VI --- Return of the Jedi." Fourth disc is reserved for bonus features including never-before-seen footage from the making of each film.
Pricing and bonus features are being worked out, but Ward said the collection probably will be priced about $50 (similar to the "Indiana Jones" collection), and each film will include an audio commentary by a collection of cast and crew, including George Lucas.
"Star Wars" is the biggest homevideo franchise in the world, with more than 115 million copies sold worldwide on cassette, according to Fox. The videocassette versions of the first three films, released separately and together in various incarnations from the 1980s through '97, sold more than 70 million copies worldwide.
Ward said Lucasfilm wants to refresh the memories of previous fans and introduce new ones to the story of the movies that will be directly set up by the conclusion of "Episode III."
Previous laserdisc and videocassette editions and TV programs included behind-the-scenes material, but Ward said it has yet to be determined how much of that will be repurposed on these discs. The original versions of the movies will not be included.Originally Posted by New York PostLET THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ON DVD IN SEPT.
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February 10, 2004 -- PUT down that light saber and pick up a credit card: The "Star Wars" trilogy is finally coming to DVD Sept. 21.
Fans have long been clamoring for DVD versions of the trilogy, the last holdouts from the top 200 grossing films of all time to be scheduled for release on DVD.
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas has finally relented, after insisting the three movies wouldn't be released until the final "Star Wars" hits theaters in May 2005.
The set (details like pricing are still unavailable) will include four DVDs, with the fourth disc containing a brand-new two-hour documentary.
The DVDs, which are certain to be blockbusters, are also certain to be controversial: Despite pleas from "Star Wars" fanatics all over the world, these DVDs will not contain the original theatrical version of the movies.
Instead, the DVDs will include the much-debated versions director Lucas released in the '90s with new digital effects and plot twists that softened the character of Han Solo - even though DVD makes it easy to offer both the original and director's cut of a movie.
It's simply a matter of an artist's right, says Jim Ward, a Lucasfilm vice president and the executive producer of the set.
"We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one."
The original "Star Wars" from 1977 is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time in the U.S. (behind "Titanic"), and all three "Star Wars" movies in the trilogy still rank in the Top 20.MTFBWY and HH!!Originally Posted by Hollywood ReporterSept. DVD bow for 'Star Wars Trilogy'
By Brett Sporich
"Star Wars Trilogy," one of the most-requested DVD episodic film franchises, is expected to be released as a four-disc DVD box set Sept. 21, with a global rollout on DVD expected within days of the domestic release, according to Lucasfilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The trilogy featuring the classic franchise films "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" will be released on three DVD discs, with a fourth disc likely to hold a newly made documentary about the "Star Wars" franchise and never-before-seen footage, among several other bonus materials, said Jim Ward, Lucasfilm's vp marketing and distribution and the DVD trilogy's executive producer.
"We are currently in the process of restoring and remastering all three titles for the DVD release, so we're still working on details of the marketing strategy," Ward said. "But I believe that it is safe to say that it will receive tremendous exposure across all media."
Lucasfilm and Fox chose the September release date to maximize on holiday gift buying during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn said.
"We sold about 17 million VHS 'Star Wars' units during two fall release periods in '95 and '97," he said. "With that in mind, we designed our release strategy to pick the best release date that had the most gentle sales curve decline on home video, and that's how we got to the September release date."
Combining huge consumer demand for the "Star Wars" franchise with being first out of the gate during the busy fourth-quarter home video market, Fox and Lucasfilm are hoping to cash in on DVD sales throughout the holidays and up until the theatrical release of "Star Wars: Episode III," which set for release nationwide May, 25, 2005, Dunn and Ward said.
Each of the three films in the "Star Wars Trilogy" has been digitally restored and remastered by THX for sound and picture quality, Ward said.
"First and foremost, the DVDs will deliver the very best possible sound and picture and take advantage of everything the medium can offer," Ward said. "On top of that, we are creating added-value material that gets inside the creation of the 'Star Wars' films in a fresh and fun way. We want watching this DVD collection to be as memorable as seeing the movies for the first time."
The films of the "Star Wars Trilogy" will be sold exclusively as a collection at a still-to-be-determined retail price and not separately, Fox executives said. However, retailers have been known to break up collector's DVD box sets and sell individual titles after the first month out on store shelves.
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SkiFree is a video game released in 1991 which enjoyed popularity on the desktop computers of the time. In the game, you're a downhill skier who attempts to ski down a hill while avoiding obstacles which cause you to crash (which slows you down). At the start of the game, you can choose to go down three different timed/scored courses, or ignore them all and ski freely. Beyond the end of the courses you can continue skiing downhill. You can also move (slowly) uphill and sideways.
If you ski too far down the hill a monster similar to one in the comic will begin to chase you, contact with the monster ends the game. Since it's much faster than you normally, you'll get caught. The monster also appears if you travel too far in the sideways or upwards directions.
One of the lesser known commands in SkiFree is the 'F' key, which speeds you up, even faster than the monster. A second monster appears slightly further down the hill but by skiing downhill diagonally with the F key it is possible to evade both.
The joke here is that Megan has thought long and hard about the concept of the monster, relating it to the inevitability of death, and is nonplussed by the revelation that there is a simple mechanism that may allow her to escape it.
The title text refers to pendants or talismans that are worn to protect us from harm or to remind us of important truths. Here, it's implied that even though we currently accept that we cannot avoid death, maybe we just haven't found our 'F' command yet, and we should not give up all hope.
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- [A screenshot of SkiFree, with the abominable snowman running towards the player.]
- [Megan is sitting at her computer.]
- Megan: I've always thought of the SkiFree monster as a metaphor for the inevitability of death.
- [Cueball comes up behind her.]
- Cueball: SkiFree, huh? You know, you can press "F" to go faster than the monster and escape.
- [The screenshot again. The player is zooming away from the monster.]
- [Megan sits at her computer in silence.]
The reason that so many people think the monster is unbeatable is that the game was often found pre-installed on many computers along with the Windows operating system in older days. However, the game would typically be installed without any documentation, resulting in a generation of younger gamers discovering and playing the game, but not the unintuitive "F" command needed to survive the monster. Psyren (talk) 22:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
"F" does make you go faster than the monster, but it also makes it more likely that you'll hit an obstacle, at which point the monster will catch up and eat you. HOWEVER, if you pause the game with F3 and then repeatedly press "T", the game will go in slow motion.--Rael (talk) 20:16, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


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Spoiler alert! 'True Blood' to feature more sex.
Spoiler alert! 'True Blood' to feature more sex.
Plus: 'Marmaduke' a very personal movie for Owen Wilson.
Plus: Sarah McLachlan's 8-year-old daughter is totally out of control.
Plus: Lady Gaga a fan of the show that recently paid tribute to her.
Plus: John Corbett gets belchy.
Plus: Tracy Morgan justifies 'Cop Out.'
Plus: David Cross on why Notorious B.I.G. is overrated.
Plus: Jason Bateman a world-class idiot.
Plus: Cate Blanchett on the joy of working with Russell Crowe.
Plus: David Gordon Green doesn't really want you to see his movie.
Plus: Ashton Kutcher suffers a crisis of confidence.
Plus: Robert Pattinson's failed rap dream.
Plus: Justin Bieber's appeal a mystery to Justin Bieber.
Plus: You've got Russell Crowe all wrong, says Russell Crowe.
Plus: 'Twilight 3' to be "amazing" says 'Twilight 3' star.
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It was recently announced that ABC's groundbreaking hit series, Ugly Betty, has been cancelled after four seasons on the air. Throughout its run, openly gay creator and executive producer Silvio Horta ensured that Ugly Betty was often at the forefront of equal and accurate representations of the LGBT community. The show was one of the few series in history that featured a transgender character, Alexis Meade, for nearly two seasons, in addition to Wilhelmina's gay personal assistant, Marc St. James.
There has been an overwhelming public outcry from Ugly Betty fans, many of whom are LGBT due to the show's consistent inclusion of LGBT characters and storylines as well as its queer-friendly sensibilities that many in the LGBT community could relate to. The show often sends a message about self-acceptance, and of loving oneself even if the rest of the world may not. And while Alexis and Marc have made the show one of the gayest on television, Betty's reputation as the outsider is often the most relatable to queer audiences everywhere.
In a statement by Ugly Betty's openly gay executive producer, Silvio Horta, said that although they've decided to cancel the show, "we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion."
This is no doubt a relief to those who wonder if Justin's coming out be included in this conclusion? Although Horta has stated that Justin Suarez, Betty's fashion-forward, tap dancing nephew, would grow up to be gay, his sexuality has remained largely unaddressed. If Justin was to come out this season, he would be following a growing trend of adolescent LGBT characters in television. We look forward to following his story, and those of the other characters, as the series concludes its run.


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Mail not sending Hi all, I have a local test domain from which I wanteed to test if I could send an email to an external domain. But when I send the email, I dont receive anyting on my external mail account. So I checked the mailQueue, and this was in it: I read somewhere on the forum that this means that amavis isnt running, is this true? If so, How to start amavis? I followed the tutorial for Debian 5.0 (Lenny)(click). Thanks in advance! P.S. Sory for the weird topictitle, but I couldnt change it afterwards
Please make sure that your server isn't blacklisted: http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx Is the remote server hosted in a data center or somewhere at home/in an office? In the latter case it is possible that the ISP is blocking port 25.
The mailserver I am sending the message from is at home, where I am sending to is Hosted in Amsterdam. I think that you are right about my ISP blocking port 25, how to change that port to another, and also make ISPC check (for checking if the service is up) the other port, not 25? I have not yet forwarded any ports in my router, but I don't think thath that would solve the problem because thath would only allow me to receive mail from external networks, which isnt needed as of yet, it would also allow me to send mail from an external network to this mailserver which is also not needed as of yet. Sending mails from this mailserver can be done without forwarding any port, right? Sending emails internal works great (sending and receiving)!
You can not run your mailserver on a different port then 25 as other mailservers will not know which port to use then. You should put your mailserver into a datacenter were you get a fixed IP address.
Hi again, It seemed that I had to adjust my ISPs firewall, so it works now. One question though: Is postfix an open relay by default, if so, how to close it? Thanks!
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A mix-up with daylight saving time may have caused a car bomb to blow up in the face of a bumbling bomber in Dublin.
The unidentified bomber was seen fleeing from the wreckage of a ruined Volvo SUV on Sunday evening, while dripping in blood after the device that was attached to the vehicle went off early.
Clocks in Ireland were turned ahead on Sunday night.
It would appear that the bomber got his timings wrong. It could be a case where he didnt put his watch forward on Sunday [at 1am] and the timer went off too soon, the Daily Mirror reported.
After the explosion, the man was seen getting into a taxi.
We are appealing for anyone who might have picked up a person in the New Street and Clanbrassil Street area shortly after 11pm who was quite obviously suffering to come forward, said Supt. Dave Taylor of Irelands Garda press office. It was a very extensive explosion and it was a very frightening experience for the people on Long Lane, Taylor said. It is quite obvious that the car was the object of this attack.
The owner of the car runs a local business and has no criminal convictions.
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makes me dublin over in laughter
"A mix-up with daylight saving time may have caused a car bomb to blow up in the face of a bumbling bomber in Dublin.".....
A booming idiot!
Plus the GWB/Pelosi energy bill moved the change earlier in the year.
Maybe GWB planned this...
So this was a Muslim suicide bomber in Ireland? What was his target?
Day light saving time can rid the world of stupid bombers. Karma is sometimes real quick...
Irish I had set the time right.
so he just forgot to change the time on his wristwatch? or personal watch? but not on the bomb itself?
The only good thing to come out of daylight savings time since world war II.
We should make is safer for suicide bombers to kill. They shouldn't have risk their lives to kill. I mean, what kind of world is it, where we oppress the suicide bombers into taking serious risks on the own lives to kill others?
Sound familiar? Take out "suicide bomber" and insert the word mother.
I think that's backwards. Not setting the timer ahead would have caused it to go off later, not earlier. The timer would have had to automatically set itself to daylight time while he had the trigger set on standard time to produce an earlier explosion.
Bloody idiot.
If he survived he's not doing something right, let's hope he doesn't have time to learn how to make better bombs.
Was it a Prius or a Volt???
I checked with my brother in Dublin,he says it's an April fools day joke.
Unless the bomb clock was connected to an automatic update service like cell phones are, it would remain internally consistent and not be affected by the DST change. This article doesn't make sense.
Exactly. I wonder if the reporter's related to that neighbor of mine who kept trying to reset the lighting timers for daylight time?
Meanwhile people are still trying or are trying to blow up more Irish.
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i could understand if it was fall when you set the clocks BACK an hour, but ahead?
I guess I'll have to stop saying that DST is useless.
What if it was timed with a cell phone that automatically reset its clock one hour ahead?
Don't know if he's Muslim or not but this kind of thing always makes me say "Praise Allah!" (That's the only time.)
It is funny an inept Irish terrorist blows himself up cause of DST....LOL
The brother read it in a British rag paper (Daily Mirror) and laughed,for some reason the American media ran with the story.
The Brits like to make fun of us but it's just fun we don't take it personal.
Must've been a pit bull attack
Maybe it was a Y1K problem.
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The brother read it in a British rag paper (Daily Mirror) and laughed,for some reason the American media ran with the story.
The Brits like to make fun of us but its just fun we dont take it personal.
Doesn't look like a joke to me.
Cell phone detonator perhaps?
They update the time automatically
I guess you dont have a sense of humor????
Ever hear of Photoshop???
A senior source said: This certainly was a high-grade explosive used in this bomb. It wasnt garbage stuff. It would appear the bomber got his timings wrong. It could be a case where he didnt put his watch forward on Sunday [at 1am] and the timer went off too soon. However, it is more likely he didnt realise just how powerful the explosives would be.
If anyone had been in the car or walking near it at the time then they would have been killed. The Volvo SUV was completely destroyed in the blast while a house beside the vehicle had its doors and windows blown off.
The army bomb squad was called to the scene by police and the Explosive Ordnance Defence unit was carrying out a post blast analysis yesterday.
The car owner runs a business in the area and has no criminal convictions. He declined to comment when contacted yesterday. Detectives are probing if the attack was perpetrated by an inner city gang.
Also reported by the Daily Mail
Great photo of Ben!
Judy Wood did it don'tchaknow.
Apologize for what??
Just repeating what my Irish brother told me.
BTW the Daily Mirror a British newspaper is the only paper with the article not 1 Irish newspaper has the article and if you google it all articles are linked to Daily Mirror.
So it's all down to something and/or someone else, including the preposterous theory that the newspaper fabricated the story including photoshopping the on the scene pictures. Also the snide comment about having a sense of humor - I guess that came from your brother as well. Yeah, that's the ticket..
That's exactly what I expected from you. No way you would simply man up and say, "Hey, I was wrong - sorry."
Wow the anger is strong in this one..
Waiting for you to post the follow up story??
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I've been litigating patent cases involving slot machines for the past decade, and there are still a lot of misconceptions about what aspects of a gaming machine can be patented and why these patents are so valuable.
In fact, everything from the security systems to the bill validators to the play of the game is patentable, and a search of the Patent Office database shows over 6,000 patents with the words "slot machine." As microprocessors and other computer-related inventions have appeared in the past 30 years, a slot machine has really become a fancy computer, and subject to as many development patents as a PC or laptop.
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Millions of dollars are spent each year on gaming patent litigation to determine who owns a slot machine invention and how valuable that invention is to the machine's success. It can be money well spent—the tight regulation and heavy competition within the slot industry allows companies to control market share through its enforceable patents. For example, Ernie Moody patented a new type of poker, which is now popularized as multi-play poker worldwide. IGT has successfully enforced Moody's patents in litigation and taken a dominant market share with this concept.
Because of the value of these patents, virtually every slot machine manufacturer has been involved in patent litigation since the Telnaes patent. Typically, these litigations have involved new types of bonusing, including wheel bonusing, mystery bonusing triggers and 3-D reel overlay bonusing, to name a few examples.
Another reason why patent rights are so valuable in the slot machine industry is that there is a constant demand for new and varied games. In order to produce new games regularly, game designers must invent many different concepts every year. All of these new concepts may be patentable.
Gaming patents are an essential part of the business. Companies developing any element of slot machines should be quick to apply for patents and use them effectively against infringers, especially given how quickly new machines appear in the marketplace.
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This is our new space. It's only 1200 square feet, but it's a couple of blocks from historic downtown Annapolis. It'll be an atelier, gallery, showroom, or something. But it will not be a regular bike shop. Whatever it will be, it will be open, in some form, on the afternoon of April 15 and you're all invited to drop by for a glass of wine, snacks, and to either see some of our products or help us unload boxes, depending on how close to being finished we are. I'll post details and a map later.
Earlier that day you might want to attend The Ride for Shelter. It's a neat bike ride in Annapolis to raise money for the local homeless shelter. I was told this morning that I'd volunteered to run the swap meet. So bring all your old bikes and parts. We'll ask you to donate a small percentage of your take to the shelter. I'll post details on that too.
One of the reasons we live in Annapolis is that it's as close to a small European city as you'll find in the US. There are narrow brick streets, an old harbor, lots of cafes and restaurants, little B&Bs, artist's studios, many (almost) secret passageways between the streets, and even a couple of very old colleges. So you might make it a weekend and enjoy the place.
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- Joel said...
Wish I could get away from Chicago for a weekend. As it is, were it not for the commute, I would have no time even for biking.
The space looks nice and fitting of VO. Simple, classy, with ample room for custom touches. Hope VO enjoys many wonderful years there.
One of my planned rides will take me to the MidAtlantic. I think I will have to give Annapolis a look see. - 3/28/07, 10:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow! I wish I could be there as well. San Francisco is a bit far away. All the best for VO!
- Alan said...
Chris, congratulations on opening the store, I'll toast the opening with a glass of wine in the Twin Cities as I will be unable to attend. I love old brick buildings and your store looks fitting for the VO business. Should I ever happen to be near Maryland the shop will certainly become a destination for me. Best of luck with the store and enjoy the celebration.
- Dave Cramer said...
Very nice! We have friends in Northern Maryland we visit several times a year. I'll see if I can ride down there and visit some time this summer!
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Where do you want to meet for the celebration? Pierre's Bistro? - 3/29/07, 1:04 PM
- Alan said...
Pierre's Bistro sounds wonderful. In all liklihood I will be multi-tasking that day. That is, I will be celebrating the VO store opening while attempting to complete my income tax return at the same time. That does take a bit of the edge off of the celebration. It's not easy being a procrastinator.
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- Brian said...
O-n-l-y 1200 square feet? Hey, that's the size of my home!
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