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Well, when I think about it, it doesn't surprise me too much. Most film makers whether its Television or Theater who are shooting a major series like this probably aren't going to be too concerned as to whether or not the actors have read all the books, so much as how effective they can be in pulling off the character for the audience. In that case, the Director(s) are probably most concerned as to whether or not the Casting Director has read the books or not, because its up to them to try and bring in the best actors and actresses to play the roles. The actual talent will, or at least should be able to pick up the roles on the fly and portray them in the manner that they are intended by the Director, Writers, and in this case the Author regardless of any prior knowledge they may or may not have. If they happen to be like Christopher Lee and have been avid readers of say The Lord of The Rings and have been waiting for the chance to play a major role then its all the better for them and the crew, but I don't think it is necessary that the people involved have read the books or not. Their lives are generally pretty busy anyway, especially if they are well-known, which most of them will have now become if they weren't already thanks to the success of this series; which if it stays the course that it is presently holding, I'll wager its going to be the focus of their careers for the next few years if they stay onboard. The point is though, the people involved in finding the right people to play all of the roles are the ones who should have read the books in my opinion, not necessarily the actors and actresses themselves.

One last thing before attention switches off of the Leafs that I found out today from a co-worker. Apparently, the Leafs are now the first team in the entire history of the NHL to ever lose a game after gaining a 4-1 lead so quickly in the 3rd period. That shadow is going to hang over the Leafs for a long time, I saw the reactions in Maple Leaf Square as each goal in the entire game went by, my reaction was the exact same, dumbstruck. Another of my co-workers said he thought he was drunk. After all's said and done though, the Leafs were a great team this year, they just need to do some more adjustments, fine-tuning, and experience before next year.

I guess it was a little too much to hope for the young Leafs team to overcome one of the best teams in the NHL, even though I'm glad they made it as far as they did. It just hurts to see them win the whole game and just come crashing down in the last couple of minutes because Boston goes with an open net which had failed them for the last couple of games. Hopefully Boston doesn't make it past NYC or I'll be pissed.

The end of Game 7 was fucking bullshit, particularly the OT Goal by the Bruins. What the hell were the refs smoking to not see that a couple of the players on Boston weren't hitting Reimer a little with their sticks right before they scored? 3 goals in less than five minutes, the Bruins never pulled it back up in the last two games, but they did it tonight for some strange reason. I'm fuming to say the least right now.

Harrowing Boston goal in the last 25 seconds of play after Toronto got a 2 Goal lead, but Toronto hung on and are now on to Game 7 in Boston. I guess we'll see if the comeback kids will be able to outfox the Vets on their home ice tomorrow.

I'm not sure about building my own computer, since I've never attempted it and I don't have a huge amount of knowledge on where to get all the parts in my area. As for a budget, I'm not sure. I wouldn't really be up to spending more than 1k, so that would be the ceiling of what I would possibly be willing to spend as for a minimum amount, I'd probably be able to spend close to 500-600 at least.

Name: Armstrong Rank: Cpl. Type of issue: Hardware Brief Description of Issue: This isn't really a technical issue so much as it is that I'm looking for a new gaming PC that can take a lot of higher end games and play them on their decent settings of right now and that are going to be coming out like Witcher 2 & 3, Rome Total War 2, Empire Total War, even Metro 2033. My current PC can run Metro and Empire on alright settings, but both experience lag fairly easily, and Witcher 2 I'm playing on basically low quality settings and the animations are still so lagged that the voices won't even match with the mouth movements along with all other sounds. Seeing as this area of the Forums is the last word in computer knowledge, I was wondering what you guys would suggest for a new gaming PC that could handle these games on at least decent settings without any hitches. ***Medical Supply Staff ONLY Below this line*** Current Status: Resolved Main Technician: Supporting Technician:

This is going to be awesome, I cannot wait to take control of the Iceni and crush the other tribes of Britain and perhaps later, Rome. Vae Victus.

That's true, but if our rights are getting openly fucked in the ass by governments that claim to be "democratic", "free", and openly supportive of individual liberal rights then I don't think that make it any better. Also, I'd argue that this is different from what they have had before. Governments have always had the ability to do this, but they've had to work around all sorts of roadblocks and barriers, now they are tearing those down for the sake of "Public Safety" or for the supposed needs of the country. One of my favourite quotes from this article was this: “This is the price you pay to live in free society right now. It’s just the way it is,” -Sgt. Ed Mullins, NYC Police Dept. Isn't that a statement of the times: protecting free society through the tenants of totalitarian society.

Prevention through fear of prosecution? Its not going to work on those who really mean what they say, but it could scare off the dick wavers. However, I still think its not the right move, all it'll do is make people paranoid that anything they type on the internet could land them in jail because the government considers what they are saying as treasonous. You guys see the slope its leaning towards? All that a government would need is a few good reasons to ban any sort of political debate against them and they already have a system in place to implement it, if a person says something on a thread or social media site that they don't agree with, they could say that the person is committing treason against the state through his words and have them arrested. Besides, I doubt that it will be any more effective at finding and stopping actual terrorists than what they have right now. The actual odds involved in anyone being killed in a terrorist attack anywhere in the world is less likely then being killed on your toilet. Yet here we have states around the world infringing on the rights of millions of people, sending hundreds of soldiers, and spending trillions of dollars to avert a threat that is apparently of vital importance. I say you'd get a better reaction by not doing anything. Don't give these people a reaction and don't waste money or lives, because Terrorism and all of its variations are not going away anytime soon.

Yeah, it should be about how the audience its intended for interprets it, not the police. How are they supposed to make a judgment on what a person intends to do based on what they type on the internet? You've got millions of people on here who can just type bullshit all day long and in real life will do none of what they say they'll do over the internet. If the person its aimed at truly feels threatened, then they should report it, its not up to the police to make a pre-emptive call.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/teenagers-social-...-131320139.html I'm pretty sure Orwell would get a chuckle if he saw this. What do you all think? Because this isn't an issue located in just one area or country. With all kinds of new laws having been drawn up and attempted to be passed in governments around the world in the field of internet and electronic surveillance in the name of public safety, do you guys believe that it's all worth it, or necessary? I personally believe that in terms of stopping terrorism such measures are useless and will only hamstring the rights of law abiding citizens. Not to mention the fact that it enables governments to have more power over their people by being able to constantly monitor their activity if they desired.

Oh yeah, that was a hell of a play for the Leafs, I got really nervous in the last 7-5 mins with the Bruins putting so much pressure on Reimer and the Leaf Defense. They pulled through though, now they just have to do that three more games.

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Of course, it always comes down to whoever is paying more for whatever they want that specific news agency to focus on. Its like telling us that the two bothers involved in the Boston Bombings had no permits for the guns they had, we didn't need to know that information and its not really necessary that we know whether or not they had the proper documentation for firearm ownership if they've already gone and set off a couple bombs at a public event. Its expected that they might not be the most law abiding of citizens, but they tell us anyway. Why? Because they are trying to point out, "Hey these guys had illegal firearms, we need more gun control so that these people cannot get their hands on them." The recent bout of major shootings doesn't seem to be helping the situation, nor the fact that nobody can really claim anything with a degree of certainty about gun violence in the past decade in America since the major agency responsible for keeping track of them has had its funding cut back substantially in that time, and has not been able to keep track of them anywhere near as effectively.

I was just wondering if there were things that you all collect as a hobby or for whatever reason. I myself collect coins, bills and particularly old and exotic pieces of money, partially because I like the look of coins and bills, and because they may be worth something more some day in the future. My old pieces in my collection are an 1880 American Silver Dollar, an 1941 Canadian Quarter, and an 1949 Canadian Dollar. I also have a couple of small Euro coins, two Mexican $100 coins, a 1/4 Dinar bill from Kuwait, and a couple sets of Canadian $1 and $2 Bills. On top of a literal pile of collectible Quarters, Dimes, Toonies, Loonies, Nickels, and now Pennies. My goal is to get a Penny from every year possible for preservation. I also have a couple collections of Trading Cards (mostly the old Yugi-oh Decks and some old Pokemon cards). Then as for an odd item that I will be obtaining is an old Puzzle Box that my Great-Grandfather made. It has a hidden key hole to open it and inside it is some old photos and few old childhood items of my Grandmother, great sentimental value and good craftsmenship. Anyone else keep collections of stuff, or have any particularly odd, weird, or unique items that they keep or hope to obtain?

In any case, if you guys want facts, here are a few I pulled up on accidental shootings involving children, this section is from Princeton: Or here, from a Online news agency called "The Survivors Club", not the best source, but I think it still fits: So, this isn't just an isolated event, though it is being sensationalized by news agencies. Even so, this whole "Gun Debate" going on is completely moot since both of these articles, and just about every other source will claim that data has not be properly kept by federal agencies for more or less the past decade. So I personally don't know why politicians are going on with this since they cannot even pull data from a central or even complete source to support or defend whatever course of action they want to take.

I'm not bashing America, Stone. If that is what you are inferring than I apologise, but you cannot blaming me for thinking that some of things I hear from down south are just nuts; just like you guys think some of the things you hear up north here are crazy. I'm not saying that we in Canada are any better, we've had the Residential schools and eugenics programs and all kinds of other crazy shit in our history both past and present and I wasn't trying to claim any different. We have our own share of problems just as America and every other country has their own. As for how I shouldn't say anything about how I think the U.S. should handle things, well our countries are almost fused to eachother in terms of economics, and most of our population lives within a relatively short distance from the U.S. Border. Not to mention the fact that our government basically takes its cues from America on more than one level. I think many of us are very interested in how American issues play out. I don't expect you guys to do as I think things should go, I'm just stating what I think of the situation.

I live right next door to Toronto, where its almost unexpected for a gun-related murder to not happen at least once a week. Canada does have an illegal gun problem just like many other countries and is not devoid of gun crimes by any means despite our pathetic government's best attempts. All I know is that in general, America's gun laws are quite lax at this point in time. If a person has enough money and has the proper ID to prove they are of a certain age then they can obtain a panpoly of civilian firearms. I think that it is just ridiculous that you have companies like Cricket Rifles who are actually trying to make a profit off of selling fully-functional smaller caliber rifles to kids. It just seems like a Tempst in a Teapot waiting to boil over to me. In conclusion, I don't care what you guys do in regards to gun laws, do whatever the heck you guys want. However, I personally think that whatever changes you guys do make emphasizes responsible handling and ownership rather than banning and taking certain weapons and ammunition off the market. That will go much further to reducing some of these gun issues than anything else in my opinion, having seen how effective registries and all sorts of legislature have done to reducing shootings in Toronto, which is to say, not very effective at all.

Oh yeah, definately. For those who are not aware of what the media is does, or rather what various outlets of the media are doing in terms of manipulating information to suit particular interests during certain times, people can be heavily influenced by the media. There is so much information out there in the world that the media has the ability to pick and choose which stories get the most attention, and its an incredible amount of power. This is why I'm a huge supporter of critical thinking in education, because learning to see that there is more than one way to look at what we see and hear is probably one of the most important things that an individual can ever learn. Questioning why stereotypes are the way they are, questioning why certain things are portrayed in certain lights, and thinking of why things are shown a certain way are just a few things I think people should do when coming across information. Then why are you endorsing the stereotype that Americans dont know how to handle guns and that we are just a bunch of ignorant rednecks who give our guns to children? You may not say it outright, but your statement reflects that just because of a few bad examples that the media chooses to highlight that we should have better gun control. Why not take into consideration the stories that the top media doesnt take into account? What about the second theatre shooting that occurred in texas shortly after the Sandy hook shooting. Guy walks into a restaurant and starts shooting at people. People run into theatre next door, he follows, goes into theatre attempting to shoot up the place and an off duty sheriff pulls out her magnum and blows the guy away. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_li...guard-steps-in/ Your not taking into consideration the other side. Your only going to hear what the media wants you to hear. Btw your not questioning the stereotype...you just endorsed it without substantial facts. Were not the only country who has incidents with guns. Dont take one single isolated incident and think that everyone is exactly like those poor retards. Your not going to get far. How did that man get a hold of his gun? Did it just pop into his head one day to just walk in and start shooting people after having his gun for a long time? Maybe, I don't know. I just know that from what I've seen by travelling through several states and having several distant family members in the U.S.A, they have no qualms about making guns freely available to anyone regardless of who they are. Yes, I'm going off of what the media is telling me in this case, but are you going to tell me that anybody in America cannot get their hands on a gun legally at this very moment, regardless of whether they are responsible enough to have one? I know for a fact that America doesn't have anywhere near the processes that we have up here in Canada regarding obtaining a firearm, and I believe they should. I believed in that long before I saw this news story, and I'm going to continue to keep that belief. I know damn well that there are plenty of people out there in America who can wield guns safely and responsibly, and I encourage them to step in when idiots like the one you described step in. The point is that not everyone goes through all the extensive training and testing to be able to hold those permits and official positions, and people don't need to go through those to own or use a gun, and certainly not to obtain a gun.

I'm not saying all Americans give guns to their kids to shoot their siblings. However it seems that quite a few of them don't seem to take the power within their weapons seriously. Look at what that kid in did at the school shooting several months ago, he got a hold of the guns from his Mom's house. He obviously knew exactly how to get to them so that he could use them to shoot all of those innocent people. Keep guns out of the reach of people who aren't mature enough, or physically or mentally capable enough to handle a gun properly is the point I'm trying to make. There's no point in turning it into a debate over whether gun legislation should be passed or not(As it seems that the media is doing), because this shows that people are going to be just plain fucking stupid when handling weapons that can kill people regardless of paperwork.

Oh yeah, definately. For those who are not aware of what the media is does, or rather what various outlets of the media are doing in terms of manipulating information to suit particular interests during certain times, people can be heavily influenced by the media. There is so much information out there in the world that the media has the ability to pick and choose which stories get the most attention, and its an incredible amount of power. This is why I'm a huge supporter of critical thinking in education, because learning to see that there is more than one way to look at what we see and hear is probably one of the most important things that an individual can ever learn. Questioning why stereotypes are the way they are, questioning why certain things are portrayed in certain lights, and thinking of why things are shown a certain way are just a few things I think people should do when coming across information.

No, but I've heard a bunch of these stupid stories about kids getting a hold of guns and shooting their nannies and siblings come out of America. I've never come across anyone I know with a gun up here in Canada pull something like that. Not saying that it doesn't happen up here, but it seems like a lot of these stories come out of America. They act as though everyone is capable of handling a firearm regardless of their condition, and thats not a good way of looking at policies around gun usage. I'm all for America giving everyone the ability to own and use a firearm, but they should have to go through more extensive testing and training and not just apparently handing them to every Tom Harry and Moby Dick.

Latest thing to spark the gun debate, over in Kentucky I believe, a 5 year old son shot and killed his own 2 year-old sister with a rifle he was given. I don't know what the hell your representatives in Congress are thinking, but Americans have to use some fucking common sense before they hand a gun of any kind to a pre-schooler. Screw all the purposed permits, lists, and background checks, if Americans cannot behave responsibly with their weapons and keep them out of reach of people who cannot handle them or don't know how to use them properly then all the legislature in the world won't help. I don't know anyone in their right mind who would give a loaded gun to child who just recently started walking anywhere. Doesn't give me much hope for the effectiveness of any changes to any laws they ever do put in place in reducing gun deaths of any sort.

As far as I know, Christianity has never been illegal in the military to hold as a belief. I guess using the military as an arm to use in promoting and converting people to your faith may be illegal in the military, but I'm not sure how big of an issue that would be considering that its not really something that the military can control in terms of the spread. Maybe they don't want people spending all their time preaching or performing service rather than do their duties as a soldier. Or perhaps it because they want to uphold a self-image as not being an overly religious force, I don't know.