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Part II - Digestive Tract Problems
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The second way to have poor nutritional intake according to Drs. Stoff and Atkins is through poor digestive function. Elizabeth Lipski, C.C.N., author of Digestive Wellness says that the best diet in the world won't help if you aren't digesting your food properly. According to Dr. Anthony Cichoke, MD, Ph.D., the purpose of the gastrointestinal system is simple:
To extract nutrients from foods.
To digest nutrients into units small enough to be absorbed (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.)
To eliminate waste products.
A Few Typical Digestion Problems
"Poor digestion can do more than give you a stomach ache or gas because digestion is the mechanism that makes your body work…a clog in the works may be only the tip of the iceberg. Chronic fatigue, premature aging, arthritis, poor skin and hair quality, toxicity, allergies, cancer, and many other diseases can all result from faulty digestion because poor digestion interferes with nutrient breakdown, absorption and metabolism; allows toxins to remain in the body and accumulate; and over-stresses the body."
Dr. Anthony Cichoke
Some Symptoms
"Symptoms of digestive disorders may include abdominal pain, allergic symptoms, belching, a bloated feeling, a burning sensation after eating, chronic bowel irritation, chronic fatigue, constipation, diarrhea, gas, insomnia, joint and muscle pain, nausea, rumbling noises, skin disorders, sugar cravings, and vomiting. Heartburn often accompanies indigestion."
Dr. James Balch, MD
Digestive problems are wide spread. According to Elizabeth Lipski, C.C.N., except for the common cold, digestive problems are the most common reason people seek medical advice.
Stomach – Hydrochloric Acid
The most common digestive problems with the stomach are gastric ulcers and low hydrochloric acid (particularly for persons over 60) according to Ms. Lipski. She also states that hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach breaks up protein, the beginning of protein digestion, and kills microbes (bacteria), effectively sterilizing food. The ability to manufacture hydrochloric acid (Hcl) diminishes with age. The stomach passes along partially digested, sterilized food to the small intestine. At least that's what's supposed to be passed along if all is working correctly.
Small Intestine – Pancreatic Enzymes
Once the stomach has done its job, the partially digested food moves into the small intestine where enzymes secreted by the pancreas continue the digestive process according to Janice Wittenberg, RN and author of
The Rebellious Body
. These enzymes are essential. The three main categories are lipase (breaks down fats), amylase (breaks down carbohydrates) and protease (breaks down proteins). The symptoms of low enzyme production are similar to those of low hydrochloric acid production.
She continues by saying,
"The body obtains enzymes in two ways: by manufacturing them and by eating foods that contain them (enzymes are lacking in processed foods). The number of enzymes your body produces is finite and you cannot force the production of more when you run out…"
Enzymes Stolen From Immune System
Approximately half of the body's total enzyme production is used for digestion. Oddly enough, the body places a greater priority on digestion than on overall health. If your diet is lacking in food-source enzymes, your body appropriates them from other sites in order to attend to the digestive process. As a result, your immune system dispenses with some enzymes, preventing those enzymes from doing the work of protection. The body can be weakened to the point that it can no longer protect against outside invaders.
Enzyme supplements help balance body chemistry and help alleviate the stress placed on your digestive organs as well as your immune system." These digestive enzymes help release nutrients from food and allow them to be absorbed into the blood.
Colon – Large Intestine
After nutrients have been absorbed, water, bacteria and fiber (chyme) pass into the large intestine or colon. More water is absorbed and stool begins to form. About 2/3 is composed of water, undigested fiber and food products. The other 1/3 is living and dead bacteria, viruses, yeast, parasites, hormones, toxins, etc. Note: A well-formed stool should look like a brown banana. Stools that look like little balls have been sitting in the colon too long increasing the possibility of toxic re-absorption. People on good diets generally have one to two bowel movements each day.
[Reference: Elizabeth Lipski, MS, CCN]
Beneficial Bacteria
"Your body hosts over 100 trillion bacteria (majority in colon), most of which are necessary to sustain health… the presence of beneficial bacteria in the intestines aids digestion, synthesizes vitamins, and inhibits the growth of disease-promoting pathogenic bacteria."
Janice Wittenberg, R.N
. These friendly bacteria are called intestinal flora. The term "probiotics" is commonly used to refer to the use of them in supplemental form; capsules or powder.
"The two most important groups of flora are the lactobacillus acidophillus found mainly in the small intestine, and bifidobacterium, found primarily in the colon."
Elizabeth Lipski, MS. CCN
There are benefits to each type:
Benefits to Lactobacillus Acidophillus
Prevent overgrowth of disease-causing microbes; Candida species, E. coli, H. pylori and Salmonella.
Prevent and treat antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
Aid digestion of lactose and dairy products.
Improve nutrient absorption.
Maintain integrity of intestinal tract and protect against macromolecules entering bloodstream and causing antigenic response.
Lessen intestinal stress from food poisoning.
Acidify intestinal tract; low pH provides a hostile environment for pathogens (bacteria) and yeast.
Helps prevent vaginal and urinary tract infections.
The material on this web site including digestion is offered to you for informational purposes only and is not meant to be interpreted as medical advice to diagnose, treat or cure any immune system disorder. You should consult with a qualified health professional whenever your health is in question.
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Poor digestion leaves the body and the immune system in the same predicament that poor nutrition does – a lack of nutritional factors that support immune functioning and the function of the entire body. This is because a poor functioning digestive system has lost some of the ability to turn what's consumed into a form the body can use.
We're using up pancreatic enzymes (digestive enzymes) faster than we used to and we have a limited amount of them. Processed food is a contributing factor. There are numerous symptoms like gas, bloating, belching, muscle pain, skin disorders, insomnia, constipation, diarrhea, and heartburn.
An inadequate digestive system will "steal" enzymes from the immune system to operate therefore weakening immune function. Poor digestive capability increases the body's toxic load.
Some areas of potential inadequacy are low pancreatic enzymes and poor bacterial balance in the intestines. Too low or too high hydrochloric acid in the stomach can also be a factor.
Digestion Problems & The Immune System
Below, you'll learn about the ways that poor nutrition can also contribute to digestive disorders, and how you can further stimulate digestion. Herbal fiber supplements are a great way to cleanse and help speed the digestive process along. When the body digests herbal fiber, it expands within the colon to help move foods and waste through more quickly.
Benefits to Bifidobacteria
Prevent colonization of the intestine by pathogenic bacteria and yeast by protecting the integrity of the intestinal lining.
Produce acids which keep the pH balance in the intestine. This acid environment prevents disease-producing microbes from getting a foothold.
Lessen side effects of antibiotic therapy.
Are the primary bacteria in infants, which helps them grow.
Inhibit growth of bacteria which produce nitrates (chemical also used in food processing) in the bowel. Nitrates are bowel-toxic and can cause cancer.
Help prevent production and absorption of toxins produced by disease causing bacteria, which reduces the toxic load of the liver.
Manufacture B complex vitamins.
Help regulate peristalsis and bowel movements.
Prevent and treat antibiotic-induced diarrhea.
Beneficial Bacteria Help the Immune System
Produce antibiotics and antifungals.
Manufacture essential fatty acids.
Increase the number of immune system cells.
Balance intestinal pH.
Break down bacterial toxins (bacterial toxins knock out immune system communication pathways).
Antitumor and anticancer effects.
Protect from things like mercury, pesticides, radiation, and pollutants.
Break down bile acids.
Manufacture hydrogen peroxide which has antiseptic effects.
Digestive Wellness
by Elizabeth Lipski]
What kills good "intestinal flora"?
What kinds of things are causing bacterial imbalance? Most researchers indicate that the list includes chemicals, oral contraceptives, steroids, sugar, and the most common cause – antibiotics. Not being specific, antibiotics kill not only their intended "victim" but also the "good" bacteria in the gut leaving the territory wide open to the growth of the "not so good" bacteria, yeast, viruses and parasites that were resistant to whatever was used.
Note: Antibiotics, when appropriately used, are important medical tools that save lives.
Dr. D'Adamo says that,
"continued and heavy use of antibiotics destroys not only the infection, but all of the good bacteria (healthy gut flora) in the digestive tract. Many people experience diarrhea, and quite often women become subject to recurring and persistent yeast infections."
Candida albicans is the usual yeast offender. There are other species.
Toxins Knock Out Immune System Pathways
These fungal and bacterial overgrowths initiated through use of antibiotics or other things mentioned give off endotoxins (toxins produced within the body) that suppress immune system function by knocking out communication pathways between cells of the immune system. Without these pathways in operation, immune cells don't attack.
[Reference: Dr. Jesse Stoff]
"We can help our own immune systems by increasing the number of friendly bifidobacteria and lactobacilli acidophillus in our lower gastrointestinal tracts. This can be done with supplements."
Dr. Jesse Stoff,
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RegGenie will be a Windows registry cleaning software program. It will scan and fix errors on your PC. The logo should include a Genie either a web 2.0 Genie, or a shadow, silhouette of a genie, perhaps a computer, a lamp, or anything else you may think of.
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Europe may be mired in a recession and austerity but the continent's biggest soccer clubs (football clubs to those in Europe) are continuing to look recession-proof. Combined income among the top 10 clubs in 2011-2012 rose 10 percent on last year to 4.8 billion euros ($6.5 billion), according to a new report from business advisory firm Deloitte.
Deloitte calculates the total revenue of each club through a combination of match day income, broadcasting and commercial deals. The top six clubs remained the same for the fifth consecutive year, while only one new side broke into the list. English clubs continue to dominate, with teams in the English Premier League comprising seven of the top twenty.
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Despite international protection, big-leaf mahogany is still being plundered at an unsustainable rate. The levels of illegal logging and the lack of implementation of international legal trade requirements are pushing this majestic tropical hardwood tree towards extinction.
Big Leaf Mahogany, Brazilian Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, Large-leaved Mahogany; Mahogani Grands Feuilles (Fr) Caoba, Mara, Mogno (Sp)
Tropical moist broadleaf forests, Tropical dry broadleaf forests
scientific name
Swietenia macrophylla
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A truly majestic evergreen tree
Its bark is dark-brown and flaky with a sweet odour. Its flowers are small and white in colour but the fruits are large capsules that are light grey to brown in colour. It is one of the most commercially important trees in the Amazon as other members of the mahogany genus are commercially extinct due to overexploitation.
Mahogany (known as caoba throughout much of Latin America, as mogno in Brazil, mara in Bolivia, and ahuano in Ecuador) is patchily distributed from southern Mexico through Central and into South America, to its southern limits in Bolivia and Brazil.
Highly valued
The trade in big-leaf mahogany began with the Spanish in the 1500s and over the centuries the mahogany populations in Central and South America have gradually declined. Big-leaf mahogany – prized for its rich reddish colour and good technical characteristics – has been sought, traded and used for the manufacture of furniture, musical instruments and other wood products of high quality, beauty and durability.
Loss of habitat for species
The big-leaf mahogany forests are an important habitat for many species including the endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis). The giant otter lives in the streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands of the Amazon and other South American river systems. The removal of big-leaf mahoganies and other trees leads to soil erosion which destroys the river habitat of the otters.
Height: 40 - 60 m
Trunk diameter: 80 cm
Leaves: 35 - 50 cm
Biogeographic realm
Range States
Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Venezuela
Geographic Location
South America
Ecological Region
Tropical moist broadleaf forests, Tropical dry broadleaf forests
Priority region
Big-leaf mahogany's range includes the Amazon, which is a WWF global priority region.
Priority species
Big-leaf mahogany are a priority species. WWF treats priority species as one of the most ecologically, economically and/or culturally important species on our planet. And so we are working to ensure such species can live and thrive in their natural habitats.
What are the main threats?
Population reductions in Central America are estimated at over 70% since 1950 and the species is reported to be commercially extinct in El Salvador, Costa Rica and in parts of South America such as Mato Grosso in Brazil, and Beni in Bolivia.
Besides forest conversion for other land uses such as agriculture, illegal logging and unregulated trade pose major threats to populations of this species, potentially exhausting commercial supplies of this valuable timber in the future.
Deforestation has reduced big-leaf mahogany ranges by over 60% in Central America and by 30% in South America. Natural forests have been the prime target for the exploitation of mahogany because long-term efforts to grow the species in plantations have been mostly unsuccessful.
What is WWF doing?
- Investment in forest certification and promotion of the Forest Stewardship Council.
- Driving improvements in forest managment and trade practices to reduce inefficiencies and offer financial incentives for the sustainable management of natural forest. WWF is attempting to shape the market through its Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN).
- Action to address the problem of illegal logging, including work with government and regulatory authorities to ensure quotas are not exceeded and proper monitoring controls are in place.
- WWF has worked with governments and local communities for over 40 years to protect and conserve the Amazon rainforest.
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Newcastle striker Nile Ranger has been released on bail by police after being arrested on suspicion of rape.
Northumbria Police were contacted by a woman who claimed to have been raped by the 21-year-old in a hotel room, with the incident allegedly happening at a hotel in the Jesmond area of Newcastle this week.
Ranger was met at his Forrest Hall home by police on Thursday evening and taken to Wallsend police station for questioning.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "On Thursday, January 24, a woman reported to police that she had been raped overnight at a hotel in Jesmond. A 21-year-old man has been arrested at an address in Forest Hall on suspicion of rape."
Later, Ranger was bailed after being questioned by detectives and the Northumbria Police spokesman said: "A 21-year-old has been released on bail.''
Ranger has had a troubled time at Newcastle. In August 2011, he was given a 12-month conditional discharge for "two counts of assault by beating against two police officers" following an incident in the centre of Newcastle.
A month later, the former England youth international was arrested for drink-driving. He pleaded guilty and was given a £3,300 fine and a 12-month ban.
In March, he was fined £6,000 by the FA for tweeting a homophobic slur.
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Blues' Steen joins teammates for practiceby Louie Korac
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- It was the first step in the process of returning to the lineup, and for the red-hot St. Louis Blues it will fortify an already solid lineup when Alexander Steen comes back.
Steen, who has missed nine games with a concussion, was a full participant at practice Monday for the first time since he left the lineup during a Dec. 21 game against the Edmonton Oilers.
Steen, who's tied for fifth in the NHL in goals with 24, still leads the Blues with 38 points. He has stayed active since leaving the lineup with the second concussion of his career (he missed 39 games during the 2011-12 season).
"Good ... better," Steen said when asked about his health. "Obviously hanging around the guys again is a big lift in spirits. With these kinds of injuries you tend to fall away from the team, spend time on your own. That's usually the hardest part of having an injury like this. But I'm staying positive, taking steps forward, and enjoying my time with the team [Monday] and the rest of the week.
The Blues, who begin a three-game homestand Tuesday against the Phoenix Coyotes, have no definitive plan for Steen's return.
"He's been skating on his own so he joins the team," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "As time moves forward we'll see when he's ready to play. It's a good sign. He had good energy. I think the guys were real happy to have him back on the ice.
"I don't think you want to read anything into it though until he's declared a player. You could go through this for days; you could go through this for weeks. You don't really know. It's all kind of how he feels."
Steen wore a contact jersey Monday and took shifts with the Blues' top-line trio of David Backes, T.J. Oshie and Jaden Schwartz.
"It was good. I think he may have gotten faster over the past couple of weeks somehow," Backes said of Steen. "Hopefully he's back in the lineup shortly, and when he is he'll make us an even better team. It's great to have him back."
Steen's concussion was the result of a couple hard hits in a short span. First there was a hit by Ottawa Senators center Zack Smith in the first minute of a game Dec. 16. Three days later against the Montreal Canadiens, Steen took a hard hit after the whistle from defenseman Douglas Murray, and then collided with former teammate David Perron in the game against the Oilers. He did not return for the third period.
Steen did not accompany the team to its Dec. 23 game against the Calgary Flames. He came back to St. Louis before going to see a concussion specialist in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Dec. 26. He was allowed to stay active to a certain level.
"It's tough for players with my type of personality to sit on your couch and not doing much," Steen said. "Mentally I just feel better when I'm doing something so I try to stay a little active ... long walks, bike rides and stuff like that. You just go by how you feel.
"The thing I learned from last time is not over-analyzing myself hour to hour, letting you [media] guys stress me by questioning me every day to see if I'm playing or practicing, what are the symptoms. I'm kind of taking it at my own pace and seeing how I feel. It's basically the only way to go about it."
Steen said if he feels better on mornings the day after he pushes the pace, he'll raise the bar even higher and push even harder, but there is no set date for a return to the lineup.
"Just basically do what I feel comfortable with. There's no timetable," Steen said. "Up until [Monday], just kind of been going day by day. I haven't planned a week in advance or anything like that. Just go by how I feel in the mornings and nights, especially the nights after I've done stuff. I'll look [Monday night] at how I feel and maybe we go harder [Tuesday] or just take a step back and chill.
"Even if you don't see me out there [Tuesday] it's not the end of the world. It's not like I sat at home … completely crushed. It's just another day, and you're looking at the all-around and long-term plan to get me back."
The Blues have gone 7-1-1 in Steen's absence, including a seven-game winning streak that was snapped Friday against the Vancouver Canucks.


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The tour to Mrs Brown's Boys, is sure to be a side splitting weekend away!
On Saturday the 10th of March we will depart New Plymouth for Auckland, to see one of the worlds' most funniest comedy acts, being performed at the Vector Arena.
Mrs Brown has put the whole family into her suitcase and is heading to New Zealand in 2018!
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Yes, it's early April and it's snowing in New York City. Yesterday was my fourth anniversary, and it snowed on the day I got married too, but that was Chicago.
Gene Pitney died today, in Cardiff, Wales, oddly enough. In case you don't know, Gene Pitney was a prolific and talented songwriter and performer who recorded a large number of hits in the early sixties and wrote an even larger number. Some of his best-known songs include
"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away"
"Town Without Pity"
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
"Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa"
"It Hurts To Be In Love"
In addition, he wrote "Hello Mary Lou" and "He's a Rebel," both of which are great, and the lesser, but still very good song "Rubber Ball," not to be confused with "Red Rubber Ball" (which Paul Simon wrote).
That's a pretty impressive body of work, isn't it? I sometimes wonder why some of the early sixties songwriters get respect and critical acclaim (Carole King, Burt Bacharach) while others are ignored (Mann/Weill, Barry/Greenwich, Pomus/Shuman) or slighted (Pitney, Neil Sedaka). I have a theory about this, actually. Notice that I listed all the 'ignored' songwriters as partnerships. This is because none of them had succesful careers as performers, and thus are usually not thought of as individuals. Moreover, the critically acclaimed songwriters were also succesful performers, but only after they had established themselves as songwriters, and, moreover, only after their styles had matured and progressed from their roots in commercial pop for teenagers. Pitney and Sedaka, on the other hand, became recording and performing stars in the pre-Beatles days of the early sixties. Thus they are personally associated with commercial, teenage-oriented pop, and tarnished as a result. I wonder if we would think of Carole King or Burt Bacharach the same way if King had recorded "The Locomotion" or "Take Good Care Of My Baby," or if Bacharach had recorded "Magic Moments" or "Baby It's You." (Incidentally, it is worth noting that Bacharach wrote a number of Gene Pitney's hits, including "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa.")
To return to a theme I have posted on earlier, namely the complex relation between American and British pop music, I will note that in the mid-Sixties, when Pitney started to seem hopelessly square here in America, he continued to enjoy success in the United Kingdom; in fact, he was currently touring there, which is why he died in Wales. The Beach Boys experienced a similar second wind, as it were, in the UK in the late sixties. I sometimes wonder if this was a factor shaping British pop, that unfairly discarded American musicians had greater success in the UK in their mature periods.
But the bottom line is that Gene Pitney was underrated, and unfairly so. That's my point here, I think. My other point is that you shouldn't judge pre-Beatles pop too harshly; it's more sophisticated than you might think.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
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Happy Anniversary!
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Climate experts say the drought affecting more than half
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The series will feature "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "The Kid with a Bike" and "A Separation."
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which is a comedy from the director of "Chocolat" and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Slumdog Millionaire," will show Monday-Saturday, May 14-19, at 7:30 p.m. A visionary sheik, played by Amr Waked, believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not-so-fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative, played by Emily Blunt, to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert, played by Ewan McGregor, who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, latches on to it as a "good will" story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. The film is rated PG-13 and has a running time of one hour and 47 minutes.
"The Kid with a Bike," which was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, will run Monday-Saturday, May 21-26, at 7:30 p.m. The drama follows Cyril, played by Thomas Doret, an almost-12-year-old boy who has only one plan: to find the father who left him in a children's home. By chance he meets Samantha, played by Cécile de France, who runs a hairdressing salon and agrees to let him stay with her at weekends. Cyril doesn't recognize the love Samantha feels for him, a love he desperately needs to calm his rage. The film is in French with English subtitles, and is not rated. It has a running time of one hour and 27 minutes.
The final film in the series, "A Separation," is the 2012 Academy Award winner for "Best Foreign Language Film," the first time an Iranian film has won honor, and will run Tuesday-Saturday, May 29-June 2 at 7:30 p.m. Set in contemporary Iran, "A Separation" is a drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin, played by Leila Hatami, wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader, played by Peyman Moadi, and daughter Termeh, played by Sarina Farhadi. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer's-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage. The film is in Persian with English subtitles, and is rated PG-13. It has a running time of two hours and three minutes.
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Well... Yathzee reviewing TWEWY would be fun... I mean this game offers a couple of serious flaws as mentioned here ( http://www.moddb.com/forum/thread/so-the-world-ends-with-you-eh#481869 ) :D . Although he hates JRPG... that said... this game doesn't deserve the name RPG since it's more like a failed attempt at RP :O
I've played the demo and already loved it to bits. Really, spiking things against walls is just f*cking A when you just had a really really bad day at school, and this game is an anger-vent like no other. Now pass me the full version and my family will notice I start swearing a lot less.
Interesting choice of review especially if people go seek out Painkiller, I've always thought this was an underrated game. I really enjoyed the all out violence which all works smoothly and is quite satisfying.
The replay value is surprisingly good as well, obviously there's the initial challenge to get all the tarot cards but the difficulty levels aren't just that the bad guys get tougher...instead on the top difficulty level you no longer get your health back on checkpoints and you don't get souls either which forces a different style of gameplay. Rather than go straight into the mobs and cut them all up with the painkiller as you can on lower difficulties you need a somewhat more strategic approach and good use of the Tarot cards can really make a difference.
Have to say though I though the expansion pack wasn't that good, tried to complete it twice but just got bored of it...it all looks much the same but it just didn't seem to have the same flow which made the original so enjoyable.
We get it Yahtzee! You like old-ish computer games... that doesn't mean you have to review them.
Don't count on Yahtzee reviewing though. Didnt he said in one of the review that he hates J-RPGs?
That doesn't mean he can't, either.
lol the closing song, priceless
I have to admit, I knew next to nothing about Painkiller before watching the review. My only prior exposure to it was seeing it while browsing store shelves to find a coveted "game that doesn't suck". I think I passed up Painkiller because of the uninteresting box art, but now I sort of regret that decision. Yahtzee makes this game sound entertaining.
Yet when he reviews games he doesn't like just because everyone is emailing him requesting it they bitch about how "unfair" he was to the game.
Since when is a four year old game "old-ish"? A game doesn't have to be brand new to be reviewed. I'd prefer a review of an older game to a review of the Iron Man movie game, or whatever quarter of a century old franchise Nintendo is milking this week.
Many, many reviews and a couple of articles on Fullyramblomatic.
All of that was pretty much from one entry, copy pasted, and then i added "don't do it because Yahtzee doesn't want you to" - how else do you get yahtzee fanboys to stop blabbering? Tell them Yahtzee says shut up!
Fuck it at least I got some attention, it was worth a try, what's a mod gonna do anyway? Tell me the exact same thing? I wasn't even an asshole to you guys, I didn't "enforce them" I said "it would probably be best if----" - so you can kiss my ass you insult spurting cunt.
Well, here's hoping that 2 weeks from now we can enjoy Solid Snakes last foray, and see what Yahtzee thinks of Hideo Kojima's supposed attempt to bring save the artistic games from those tailored to casual gamers. On second thought, make it three weeks.
Come to think of it, it doesn't look like it will be that bleak this year. According to a couple of announced release dates, we can still look foward to Soul Calibur IV, Resident Evil 5, Force Unleashed, Bourne Conspiracy and Lego Indiana Jones. And Rock Band, but Something tells me Yahtzee will manage to find it stupid, due to it requiring actual talent for vocals and drums.
Wait you didn't hear?! The game was totally casualized.
OK so it's just a little extra that I think comes with the game, probably to kill time while it's installing or something - but I couldn't resist.
I spit up some of my drink when he said "It would only be better if it had tits and was on fire". Great review, very funny.
I like the retro reviews. I miss a lot of games and then forget about them; this helps with the catchup. Even for stuff I have played, I like hearing another perspective.
It also allows for one to obnoxiously request any old game. MEAT PUPPET! TWINSEN'S ODYSSEY!
I'd say its to amuse people while we sit in for what will most likely be a long install time.
Is this game some how linked to the Painkiller short at the end of The Whitcher review?
Anyway, good video.
5 o clock came and i couldn't even get on the server. then did other stuff for a while. worth the wait though. i watched it twice over it was so funny. i'm gonna have to try and find this game now. when i have money, and time to spare. *sigh*
This game seems to fill a nice niche for me, being a cehap game that I can use to fill out the fourth part of my personality this month. GTA IV was enjoyed by my inner psychotic who wants to just do all the stuff I couldn't get away with in real life because I couldn't get away with it, Psychonauts (finally played it) sedated my inner child who likes games where everything looks all cutsey and funny, and Metal Gear Solid 4 will please the inner tactical mastermind who desperately wishes he could find some way to make my fully black outfit actually blend with a dark alleyway. Now if I just get and play this to satisfy my part that laughed during Sweeney Todd and really enjoyed the Hannibal series, I'll be set.
After skimming through the thread, I'm surprised how many people I pissed off - wow, sensitive users in here, first of all, I'd like to apollogize for coming off as rude/mean/whatever - I tried to do this just for the betterment of these threads, and not just make it mindless praise, I wasn't forcing anyone to do anything, it was more of a suggestion, chill the fuck out!
Second, don't take me that seriously for one little thing I posted, people picked up their pitchforks and lit their torches when they read that, I was trying to do good, not evil!
Sorry to draw your ire...you maniacs!
I doubt it will actually be that long, GTA IV's wasn't bad, less than DMC3's time >_>
Maybe you don't understand just how big this game is. Don't make me use the twinkie.
I went out and bought Psychonauts off of XBox Live after seeing Yahtzee's review for it, and I have enjoyed it immensely. "Now setting things on fire with your mind is a mighty power, sonny boy, so I expect you to use it responsibly, or when it'll be REALLY cool."
Ah well, maybe they'll put Painkiller:Hell Wars on XBox Live. It'd be nice if they'd release all the levels to go with it.
Well I thought MGS4 and GTA were similiar sizes, GTA has a big open world/hub, lots of mini-games, cutscenes, etc. -
MGS series: Long cutscenes, and...well...from all those MGS trailers I've seen, I could basically say the same exact thing about GTA. There must be something I missed, and if it's a huge amazing detail, i'd actually appreciate if you didn't tell me because MGS hype has been filled with spoilers >_>
Both titles are also on Steam, and are fairly old games, so I doubt it'll be a system hog.
EDIT: and bloody cheap..
Steady on, steady on, we've got to 6 pages of comments now without one all-important word being mentioned in relation to Painkiller:
(Reference: Extra after the Zero Punctuation review for the Witcher - brilliant extra, look up immediately if you missed it.)
im sorry, great review, but was that song called detachable penis What...The...Fuck.
You really have to hear the whole song, it's hilarious, it's about the saga of the man who has a detachable penis, and sometimes...
He loses it! -It is a tale about his journey to re-buy his penis from a hobo after re-tracing his steps to find the guy in the first place.
...it's awesome >_>
And now for a critique of the criticism.
Yahtzee is still very funny, even when giving out praise. Just as long as he's also lambasting some other facet associated with the game. In this case, he is making a point about fps cliches. It's funny. Really. Laugh.
His reviews can be insightful, if you care to think about what he says. Don't write it off completely as popularist humour. He is saying things that most reviewers would hesitate to voice. That's valuable stuff.
The jokes in this review were gold. I watch them at work, during my Thursday lunchtime. I struggled a few times to stop from bursting out laughing. The tits and fire line forced me to chop a rather loud guffaw. I don't like fps games, but this review of one is right up there as one of my favourites.
Why couldn't he choose this one to be the obvious song?
Somehow, I don't think that'll convince people of the merits of the song.
It's a good song. Yahtzee and King Missile; if the two ever met, the world would never be the same.
I am definitely intrigued by the idea of a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning..almost as much as having a dragon to fly around that can shoot lava, lightning or poison (see Drakan). I very much enjoyed this review and your series.
Quality stuff! A good overview of an older game which is hard to find but certainly sounds like fun!
My wish if this new retroactive review thing is going to carry on until Big Name Release Season kicks into high gear again: Left Behind: Eternal Force. I look forward to seeing a badly made game with creepy cultish intentions get ripped to shreds by the Escapist's number one meal ticket. Take that, Tim LaHaye!
This is the benefit of NOT reviewing games by popular demand. I'm sure everyone wanted Mario Kart Wii this week, and I'm pretty sure everyone made it apparent that they did. But because Yahtzee didn't, we got a review that uncovered a gem in the dust, and I'm probably going to look into buying this game.
Also, Detachable Penis - best song ever?
good review as usual
So this game is all about Liquid Snake murdering people with a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning? Bad ass!
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Recently, Adrian Chen tweeted out something interesting: a link to an internal NYPD document detailing a "surveillance request" to stake out a rally by Anonymous at the Church of Scientology. Its purpose? To "identify as many members of as possible." The report goes on to note that the difficulty level of this task might be upped significantly.
Please note that members of the group frequently wears masks covering their entire faces.This is an important distinction, as certain members of the surveillance unit might have been more inclined to snoop on more easily identified, unmasked citizens. Now, I can understand why the NYPD might want to uncover the identities of Anonymous members as the (not really an) organization has wreaked a lot of havoc in various areas, most of them online. But there is something unsettling about a police force attending demonstrations and rallies to perform intel rather than to keep the peace.
But actions taken during Occupy Wall Street show that the PD's agenda usually means treating protesters (as well as anyone with a camera) as criminals. And attempting to "unmask" participants in an Anonymous rally lumps all attendees in with the activist group, even if many of them have never actively participated in any illegal activities. It also shows a fundamental misunderstanding of Anonymous' "structure," i.e., there is none. There's no "head" to capture and mount on the metaphorical wall. There's also no "tail" to drag off to HQ and sweat down in hopes of it offering up higher-ranked members.
While it's true that you may find some criminals within the ranks of protesters for any cause, heading into protests with the intent of compiling a "To Arrest" list puts police officers into entirely the wrong mindset. There's enough "us vs. them" attitude floating around already. This simply creates an antagonism that skews the perception of every witnessed activity. Peaceful protests are now just riots waiting to happen. It's not people united for a single cause, it's a hive mind operating under a devious directive. The whole thing is unhealthy for both the police and the public.
Also worth noting is the fact that this occurred before the Occupy protests, when Anonymous targeted the NYPD for its acts of brutality against the protesters, meaning this attempt to unmask members wasn't a retaliatory act (which isn't OK but is at least a rationale) or an attempt to find those who made threats against the department.
That being said, the surveillance request (what there is of it) contains the following sentence, which is notable both for a.) the inventive disgustingness of the act and b.) not being accompanied by a drunk and disorderly citation.
Most recently, a member ran into the church covered in vaseline and pubic hairs.Yeah. This actually happened. And it also included nail clippings. This extremely random act of civil disobedience was denounced by irritated, non-Anonymous Scientology critics and the greased-up pube delivery system was arrested, briefly investigated and discharged by the NYPD.
Most notably, there's no reason given for the surveillance unless you count Vaseline Man as a valid impetus. The entire form is almost completely blank, giving the whole thing an appearance of "just because." Maybe the NYPD felt No One's Personal Army posed a threat to Mayor Bloomberg's Personal Army. Or maybe the Church of Scientology wields just as much power as people attribute to it.
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This document describes the basic steps needed to migrate an application written for Turbine 2.2 to Turbine 2.3.
You may find that migrating to 2.3 is not all that difficult - it should certainly be less trouble than migrating from 2.1 to 2.2. Most of the pain in figuring out this migration process has been documented in the mailing list archives, but is summarized here for your convenience.
In 2.3, many services have been deprecated or removed wholly. Below are the changes I made to get my 2.2 app to work under 2.3.
Remove from tr.props ( and any properties that start with services.XXX):
services.PoolBrokerService.classname=org.apache.turbine.services.db.TurbinePoolBrokerService services.MapBrokerService.classname=org.apache.turbine.services.db.TurbineMapBrokerService services.ResourceService.classname=org.apache.turbine.services.resources.TurbineResourceService services.LoggingService.classname=org.apache.turbine.services.logging.TurbineLoggingService
Note: Removing LoggingService removes all logging stuff from TurbineResources.properties as well! Now you use a Log4j.properties: WEB-INF\conf\Log4j.properties. You need at least an empty file, otherwise log4j complains, but something like this will be better:
# ------------------------------------------------------------------- # Log4j.properties # ------------------------------------------------------------------- # This first category is required and the category # must be named 'default'. This is used for all logging # where an explicit category is not specified. log4j.category.default = INFO, default log4j.category.org.apache.turbine.services.pull.util.UIManager = DEBUG, default log4j.appender.default = org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.default.file = logs/turbine.log log4j.appender.default.MaxFileSize = 1024KB log4j.appender.default.MaxBackupIndex = 5 log4j.appender.default.append = true log4j.appender.default.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.default.layout.conversionPattern = %d %-5p [%-10t] %c{2} - %m%n log4j.appender.email = org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender log4j.appender.email.BufferSize = 512 log4j.appender.email.From = @your-from-address@ log4j.appender.email.SMTPHost = @your-mail-host@ log4j.appender.email.Subject = Turbine Error Report log4j.appender.email.To = @your-to-address@ log4j.appender.email.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.email.layout.conversionPattern = %d %-5p [%-10t] %c{2} - %m%n # This category is used in the BasePeer class. All # SQL generated will be logged if the category # priority is set to DEBUG log4j.category.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer = DEBUG, org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer log4j.additivity.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer = false log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer = org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.file = logs/sql.log log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.MaxFileSize = 1024KB log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.MaxBackupIndex = 3 log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.append = true log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.org.apache.torque.util.BasePeer.layout.conversionPattern = %d %-5p [%-10t] %c{1} - %m%n log4j.category.@your-package@.modules.scheduledjobs = DEBUG, scheduledjobs, email log4j.additivity.@your-package@.modules.scheduledjobs = false log4j.appender.scheduledjobs = org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.file = logs/batch.log log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.MaxFileSize = 256KB log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.MaxBackupIndex = 5 log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.append = true log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.scheduledjobs.layout.conversionPattern = %d %-5p [%-10t] %c{1} - %m%n
In 2.3, the built in logging has been deprecated in favor of using commons-logging. Therefore, where ever you have this import:
import org.apache.turbine.util.Log;
you will need to remove it and replace it with:
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
Also, instead of calling static methods of the old Log object: Log.debug("my message") you will need instead to do this:
private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Audit.class); . . . log.debug("My message");
The advantage of this is that now in your logging messages, you will know what class the message is coming from, versus the old way where all you got was the message and you would have to embed the name of the action to know what was emitting the logging message! Also, this makes your underlying logging architecture pluggable. If you use jdk1.4, you can plug in the java logging, or use log4j. See the example Log4j.properties file above to see a few of the possibilities.
Change from VelocityECSLayout to VelocityOnly Layout - see: VelocityOnlyLayout Howto.
In order to make the Turbine jar smaller, some things have been moved to commons. There are in fact a raft of new dependencies that you should ensure you use as part of your application - see: Dependencies.
In order to get some services to work under 2.3, it is necessary to set an earlyInit parameter in TurbineResources.propertiess:
services.PullService.earlyInit=true services.SessionService.earlyInit=true
If your service is not being initialized as you would expect then try setting this flag for it.
Under 2.3 there are new URI handling tools with a significant refactoring of how relative and absolute URL's are handled in Turbine. Briefly, the new tools avoid the confusion that arose previoulsy from mixing tools with internal classes, providing uniform access to the various URI types in Turbine. These new tools are backwards-compatible with your old $link and $content tools, so you should not have to change any of your templates if you decide to use the new tools.
To use the new tools, simply redefine the following pull tools in your TurbineResources.properties:
tool.request.link = org.apache.turbine.services.pull.tools.TemplateLink tool.request.content = org.apache.turbine.services.pull.tools.ContentTool
If you used some of the other tools for creating URL's, then there are analogous new ones as well:
org.apache.turbine.services.pull.tools.RelativeTemplateLink org.apache.turbine.services.pull.tools.TemplateLinkWithSlash
Places where you might previously have got away with using forward slashes ("/") in your references to template names will need to be corrected (note that this does not apply to the Velocity #parse() and #include() statements which operate at a lower level). See: Template Service.
Updating your Intake configuration xml file and your Torque schema files to use the most recent DTDs will ensure that the DTDResolver can be used when validating these files. Deprecation warnings may be produced while these files are being processed - as with your application code you should aim to update these files so that no deprecation warnings are produced before the next Turbine release.
Refer to Torque Security Service for information on extending TurbineUser in Turbine 2.3 - this is now much easier than it was in previous releases. You may also want to refer to this message from the mail archive - the quoted text from Henning is great and Wei points to a couple of additional messages that may also prove useful.
In the past you may have used a customised MapBuilder (database.maps.builder in TurbineResources.properties) as part of extending your user object - this is no longer required if you use the Torque Security Service. In addidion to this you need to ensure that you replace any references you may have made to the old security related peer classes in any Criteria with the new classes that Torque generates for you as referring to the old ones will result in an inconsistent database map such that your extended user attributes may not consistently be maintained.
You will need to use Maven b9 or above in order to build the Torque Security Service and even then you should install the latest available release of the Torque generator plugin.


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US, Sunni states meet on Mideast insurgent crisis
PARIS (AP) — The United States met Thursday with its top Sunni state allies in the Mideast to consider how to confront the region's growing turmoil that has been spawned by a Sunni Muslim insurgency group.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reaches beyond the two countries — Iraq and Syria — where it is currently based.
"The move of ISIL concerns every single country here," Kerry said at the start of the meeting held at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal walk to a meeting at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on June 26, 2014 after stops in Baghdad, Arbil and Brussels to brief his Saudi, French and Israeli counterparts on his talks in Iraq and discuss the bloody three-year war in Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, pool)
He said the talks with foreign ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also would touch on a "number of critical issues" — including negotiations about Iran's nuclear program and the stalled peace effort between Israel and Palestinian authorities.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal called the discussions "of immense importance for our countries."
"I think with the cooperation between these countries we can affect, hopefully, the situation in a better way," al-Faisal said.
Kerry also met earlier Thursday with the Sunni former prime minister of Lebanon.
ISIL's roots are in Iraq, where for years it launched attacks at American forces, the Shiite-led government and Shiite pilgrims in an effort to destabilize the country after former dictator Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, was overthrown and executed. It spread into neighboring Syria to join the Sunni movement to oust President Bashar Assad, whose Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shiism. In recent months, it has ramped up its march of terror across western and northern Iraq, defeating government forces and overtaking several cities in Sunni-dominated regions.
It's feared the insurgency will spark an outright civil war in Iraq — joining the ongoing three-year battle in Syria — if ISIL's might is not curbed.
Kerry's meeting with the Arab state diplomats lasted about two hours. Afterward, senior State Department officials said the Sunni diplomats repeated concerns about Iraq's current Shiite-led government and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with whom their states have had longstanding tensions. All sides agreed during the meeting that Iraq's next government — which will begin to form after the new parliament is seated next week in Baghdad — must be more accepting of the country's Sunni and Kurdish population. Sixty percent of Iraqis are Shiite.
The Arab diplomats did not commit to sending any military assistance to Baghdad to fight the Sunni insurgency, as the U.S. is doing. In Washington, the Pentagon said Thursday that four teams of Army special forces have arrived in Baghdad, bringing the number of American troops there to 90.
The U.S. special forces will be advising and assisting Iraqi counterterrorism forces to repel the insurgency. U.S. officials said they will be in operations centers in Baghdad and northern Iraq.
So far, President Barack Obama has resisted demands for airstrikes against ISIL and other insurgent enclaves, but the administration has identified targets and reserves the right to pursue them if necessary.
The State Department officials briefed reporters who were traveling with Kerry on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the talks by name.
The Obama administration hopes that Iraq's Sunni neighbors — notably Jordan and Saudi Arabia — will use their cross-border tribal networks to bolster the Sunni militias with financing or weapons.
But it's not clear that Washington would even support that privately. The U.S. probably would want to vet the tribes before they received any money or arms, even from other nations, to ensure that the aid does not get passed along to ISIL or other extremist groups.
Kerry travels Friday to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to meet King Abdullah in what's expected to be a continuation of the talks about the Iraq insurgency. While there, he'll also see visiting Syrian opposition leader President Ahmad al-Jarba. It was not immediately clear why al-Jarba, a Sunni, was in Saudi Arabia.
Two other Sunni states in the Mideast, Qatar and Kuwait, were not at Thursday's meeting. The U.S. Treasury Department believes money is being raised in Kuwait and Qatar for ISIL as well al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front. The U.S. State Department says there is no evidence of Gulf governments themselves funding ISIL.
Associated Press writer Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.
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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, right, listens as US Secretary of State John Kerry makes statements to the press after their meeting at the 'Quai d'Orsay' Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris, France, Thursday, June 26, 2014. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on June 26, 2014 after stops in Baghdad, Arbil and Brussels to brief his Saudi, French and Israeli counterparts on his talks in Iraq and discuss the bloody three-year war in Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, pool)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, 2nd left, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed, 3rd left, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, 4th left, meet with staff members on the terrace of the US Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on June 26, 2014 after stops in Baghdad, Arbil and Brussels to brief his Saudi, French and Israeli counterparts on his talks in Iraq and discuss the bloody three-year war in Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, pool)
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Sparx Systems has announced the availability of three new "editions" and a major update of Enterprise Architect 7.5, its UML-based modeling and design tool. The three new editions of Enterprise Architect target the business community, software developers and systems/hardware designers. In addition to adding domain-targeted executable code generation from UML Behavioral and Rule-based models, BPEL generation from BPMN 1.1 models, support for VHDL and Verilog, and SysML Parametric simulation, the toolsuite includes plug-ins from Sparx Systems range of MDG Technologies, such as SysML, DDS, DoDAF, TOGAF and MODAF -- and feature tight integration with the latest versions of Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio.
The current editions of Enterprise Architect -- Desktop, Professional and Corporate -- have been reworked and include major performance increases for widely dispersed teams, enhanced drawing capabilities, new scripting capabilities, improved document generation, better integrated test and maintenance systems and many other updates which refine and streamline the user experience.
"It is a real pleasure to see this version and the new editions of Enterprise Architect released." said Geoffrey Sparks, of Sparx Systems. "The practical and successful application of UML and other technologies to a wide range of business, software and systems engineering domains continues to prove the value of Model Driven Development and the Enterprise Architect toolset."


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Fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" have been waiting for years to witness the return to TV of that show's star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. Many are going to be disappointed. Even though we get twice as much Sarah in "Ringer"" (8 p.m. Sept. 13, CW; 2 stars), she isn't half as interesting as Buffy was.
Gellar, who also produces this soapy thriller, plays twins Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin, who couldn't be more different in their lifestyles, but are unbelievably identical in their appearance. That's my main problem with the series, but a little more background is required before I get into it.
Recovering addict and mob target Bridget hasn't seen her wealthy Park Avenue sister, Siobhan, in six years. In that time Bridget has used drugs and alcohol, has been a stripper and has witnessed a murder. She's now on the run from the mobster she was supposed to testify against, and from a federal agent (Nestor Carbonell) who needs her to testify.
Siobhan, on the other hand, could be a candidate for a new cast member of "Real Housewives of New York." She's pampered, primped and totally bitchy to everyone around her. Siobhan loves Siobhan, as you can see by the giant photo of her face on the wall of her apartment. And she's obviously been bored, as she seems to relish ruining lives around her. The world is her playground, and anyone nearby could be her toy. She's sleeping with her best friend's husband (Kristoffer Polaha), has a we're-only-married-in-name arrangement with her husband (Ioan Gruffudd).
When she reunites with Bridget, she seems to want to help her sister out, but mysteriously disappears while on a boat ride. Bridget, thinking her sis has taken her own life, decides to become Siobhan because no one but her sister knows she came to visit.
She soon learns that Siobhan's life wasn't as simple or perfect or safe as she assumed.
That sounds intriguing, right? And it may end up being far more interesting than what viewers will see in the first episode. They'll have to first get past the fact that no addict, no matter how identical they may be, could pass for a woman who probably spends two days a week at a spa and sees a stylist or manicurist on a regular basis.
"Have you lost weight?" both her husband and her bestie (Tara Summers) ask her. Yeah, because I was an addict! See my rotten teeth too? And my ratty ass hair?
OK, so I'm having a real problem with the idea that Bridget could get away with this switch for even one second.
If you can look past that, you'll still have to deal with a story so dense it takes a couple long expositional scenes to explain it all.
At least Gellar's the one doing the explaining. I loved her as the snarky, smart Buffy. And although "Ringer" takes itself far too seriously (really, the show could use a couple lighter moments), Gellar's Bridget has a bit of Buffy's attitude. She plays both sisters rather low-key, however, spending a lot of time simply looking surprised when she's Bridget-being-Siobhan.
Hopefully the writer's will give her more interesting things to do as we go along. I think it'll happen, because there's a delicious twist toward the end of the premiere that does have me curious for more.


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A Truth Journal: Laugh: Jon Stewart Tells It Like It Is About VP Debate: From Denny: Junkyard dog VP Joe Biden smacked down his snarky Republican opponent, Paul Ryan, in the first few nano seconds of the debate.
Then Biden picked up the dazed talking parrot and slammed him against the barn door for lying every time he opened his mouth with phony statistics and fantasy GOP sponsored "studies." Debate done; Biden won hands down. We were all cheering at our house as this was the best TV we had seen in years.
Just check out all the funny news clips Jon Stewart collected from the sore loser side, the Republicans. These three video clips are hilarious; the truth revealed in fast time. The best is how Stewart took my fellow journalists to task for some really childish reporting, something I've fussed about for years.
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