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I suppose a delay might be inevitable, but production started in February. I don't know much about the film making process, but surely they must be far enough along that scraping the film outright is unlikely, right? Other companies have invested too much time and money to get nothing in return. May...

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I know nothing about how these things usually play out, but all of the sites that report DD's bankruptcy still state EG's expected release as Nov 2013. That may just be for lack of any official statement to the contrary, but maybe this isn't a deal breaker.

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Xenocide has always been my favourite aside from EG itself. I remember enjoying it so thoroughly the first time I read it that as soon as I finished I immediately went out to purchase a copy of CotM because I couldn't wait to continue the story.

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Is it okay to be Left Handed?

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I don't know about that. I'm still finding it pretty awesome. Few shows pull off suspense so well. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel about Walt. You're right, he's become pretty unsympathetic, but he's fascinating because we've watched every step of how he got that way. I can't wait to see how...

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I think that's the point.

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Congratulations to your dad! I'm not much of a camper though.

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It's that time of the year again...

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If test scores don't have much of an effect on funding then what's the incentive behind these cheating incidents? This recent example may have been one teacher's poor judgment, but last year in Atlanta involved hundreds of board employees. I'm not asking rhetorically, I'm really trying to understand...

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I posted that video before but I see nothing wrong with posting it again for those who missed it. :mrgreen: I actually sympathize with the teacher. If they don't work, refuse to work, and no one at their homes makes them work, what is she going to do? Fail them all? that would probably get her fired...

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It's kinda...Batmobile-esque.

Jan, I assure you that was in no way an influential factor in my decision to purchase this automobile...

Really, I wasn't even intending to go for black, it's just what happened to be available, and it was a good deal.

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Maybe I just need to drive it more. I pick it up on Saturday after they finish rust proofing it.

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Who you calling racist, cracka'?!

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I haven't checked.

I'm open to suggestions for either. Or something gender neutral and bad-ass, like (Millennium) Falcon, but more original. Yeah, I know I'm a dork.

Maybe "Ninja" because it's black...

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I own a car...
We just bought a car, too!

I just bought one of these babies today!

2012 Hyundai Elantra.

(ETA: Haven't thought of a name yet. Suggestions?)

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I also disagree with the idea that being "white-washed" or an "oreo" means you're not showing signs of your roots. Well, specifically with African American culture, it means.... you're not showing signs of African-American culture. Which aren't the roots(to the degree that I mea...

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I think there's a double standard. If you're white, you get to be just Canadian/American. If you're more "ethnic" you're considered an "oreo" or "white-washed" or whatever term applies to your particular denomination if you don't show signs of your roots.

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I think that a lot of groups tend to have this sort of rivalry, I guess you could call it, with closely related groups. I have Chinese friends who talk about this kind of thing with mainland Chinese versus Hong Kong natives, or Cantonese speakers vs Mandarin. I also know Europeans, in particular an ...

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I'm sorry, Jason. I didn't mean to be snippy. (I've grown a little tired of being taken out of context, having words put in my mouth and being told to defend straw men.) I apologize for my tone with you earlier. You did quote me (while cutting out the surrounding context of the question I was answe...

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I quoted your exact words above. I may have misunderstood your meaning, but your pro-tip is a little condescending.

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I'm not really concerned about the outcome of whether the populace is armed or unarmed. It's more about process than outcomes. For me, as a natural-rights liberal, it comes down to the presumption of liberty. I took only one political science course in university, a comparative study of North Ameri...

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But in a way schools are a microcosm of society. Doesn't the same argument, that bad people will have guns regardless, so good people should be allowed to have them for protection, apply?

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No, I haven't read it, but I know that the situation I referred to in the original post is not an isolated incident.

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Well fine, if you want to be all factual about it, but you get my point.

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Care to explain?

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glad that you are here with me; here at the end of all things, Sam.

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Well said, Kirsten. :D I can't recall if I've said all of this before, but aside from genetics, evolution is my favourite topic to teach in biology. I'm actually a little bit disappointed that I have thus far not had to deal with any controversy relating to it in my classroom. It would make for an i...

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You didn't answer my question though. Regardless of legal responsibility or lack thereof, would you expect a police officer to assist you if he witnessed you being threatened? I would certainly hope so. But I've seen enough to know I can't count on it. And there's certainly no reason to think they ...

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Prim is drawn for the Games > Katniss takes her place > Katniss defies Capitol and becomes face of rebellion > rebellion ends but Prim is dead, thus... the whole thing was, in essence, to save Prim from the Games and she ended up dying anyway = pointless story. Rather annoying really. Well, there w...

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You didn't answer my question though. Regardless of legal responsibility or lack thereof, would you expect a police officer to assist you if he witnessed you being threatened?

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The law has been clear for quite some time, here: the police are under no legal duty to protect a person from harm. You're the legal expert here, but that sounds to me like a "cover your ass" law to cover cops from having to throw themselves in front of buses to save people. Do you person...

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Louisiana Private Schools Teach Loch Ness Monster Is Real In Effort To Disprove Evolution Theory I don't mean to pick on all my lovely American friends, but you guys have some serious issues to work out when it comes to science and math education. I don't have solutions for you, but you should prob...

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especially given the fact that the police have no legal duty to protect them. This is sarcasm, right? I ask because I don't see how it can be sincere but nor do I see how police having a duty to protect people supports your argument for civilians having guns. So I'm just confused about what you're ...

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Joe's liver.

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I thought I'd throw this out there for possible discussion: Science Can Answer Moral Questions

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