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  1. Perhaps on Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King' · · Score: 1

    if he had dispensed with the horrible Osgiliath fiasco, and sundry Arwen sequences, he would have had time in TTT for this 'inconsequential' snippet.

  2. This is trivial compared to on Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King' · · Score: 1

    the scene they cut from FotR, the one where Elrond takes Gandalf aside and confides in him that he won't be sending a division of elves along with the ring after all, since he has a feeling they'll be needed somewhere else.

  3. Re:Worst was Faramir change in TTT on Saruman Completely Cut from 'Return of the King' · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more.
    The time of the elves is coming to an end, the humans are going to inherit. The first 'true' human to reject the ring from the word go is Faramir!
    We've seen Gandalf reject it, Elrond, Galadriel...Boromir reveals all the weakness that the elves suspect in humans, essentially they're no-hopers, then Faramir (in the books at least) shows us that not all is lost and there is hope for humans after all.

    For some reason it was important to make Faramir as callow and sheepish as possible in the movie.

    I didn't cry, but I've had a tick in my eye ever since...

  4. Library? on Netflix Granted Patent on DVD Subscription Rentals · · Score: 2, Informative

    I vaguely recall something like this in the past. It was called a...libation? No, library. That's it, a LIBRARY. Allthough I think it was cheaper per month, but they did charge late fees. I guess this is why they disappeared:)

  5. Timber Frame on Making a House That Will Last for Centuries? · · Score: 1

    Properly constructed these houses can last for centuries. Recycling timber from demolished buildings is a nice (necessary) touch.

    Timber Framers Guild

  6. Re:Not news on Games Controlled By An Exercise Bike · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would that I could afford a computrainer:( I could take a week and do the Hawaiian Ironman.
    I've been using a minoura and the TV. When the commercials come on I spin up. I'm counting on the networks increasing their advertising to make my sessions tougher:)

  7. Re:It helps to read the article on Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections · · Score: 1

    My understanding from the article was that this strain was due to 'stealing' of genetic material from another bug: "By stealing genetic material from another bug, the new strain became totally resistant to vancomycin".

    This CDC article mentions that the gene may have come from enterococci (don't know what that is).

    Seems this baby really wants to survive.

    Not only can we speed things along with bad antibiotic discipline (in humans AND animals), but the thing we make resistant today may end up as a quickie-mart of useful genetic material for others.

    Perhaps Dirk Gently was on the right track when he stated that he believed in the 'fundamental inter-connectedness' of all things.