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Google Image Result for. Colourful In Black Abstract 1440x900 Wallpaper. The Wonderful, Shady World Of Knock-Off Nintendo Consoles. The Nintendo Entertainment System, and its Japanese sibling the Famicom, were two of the most successful video game consoles to ever be released.

The Wonderful, Shady World Of Knock-Off Nintendo Consoles

Which led to a lot of, let’s say, imitators. OK, no, let’s say complete unlicensed rip-offs. But we’re not here to tut tut and point fingers. Today, we’re going to celebrate some of these machines, which were often much wackier and more wonderful than the consoles they were based on. The NES and Famicom existed in a unique time. The controversial costume that outraged moms, made boy happy. Gay picket to be staged at religious conference that labels them lepers. By Lesley-Anne McKeown – 14 January 2012 The two-day 'reparative therapy' event organised by the Core Issues Trust is being hosted at Orangefield Presbyterian Church in east Belfast next weekend.

Gay picket to be staged at religious conference that labels them lepers

However, The Rainbow Project, which represents the lesbian, gay and bi-sexual (LGB) community, claims the conference, entitled The Lepers Among Us, is offensive and has vowed to stage a picket outside the church. "We are very upset that these types of conferences are continuing," said John Doherty, director of the Rainbow Project. "We will be protesting between 9.30am and 11am next Friday and Saturday to run alongside the opening of the conference. "We have a number of issues with the event.

Participants will hear Pastor Jim Reynolds encourage gay people to practise hetrosexuality. The protesters object to his message and claim the therapy can be harmful. Last year around 60 people protested outside Belvoir Church of Ireland when a similar event was staged. Borderlands 2 Lilith Reveal in High Definition. WTF Japan Seriously. きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ - つけまつける. New Music: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Tsukema Tsukeru. More Triangles in Games! Love-Triangles, That Is. I was disappointed with Uncharted 3 for a number of reasons.

More Triangles in Games! Love-Triangles, That Is

Certainly one of those reasons was that the game had bizarre difficulty spikes and could be kind of a dick sometimes. But another, possibly bigger reason was that while Uncharted 3 generally mirrored the pacing and story-arc of Uncharted 2, it lacked one of my favorite things about its predecessor: Chemistry. Specifically, the romantic chemistry born of the love-triangle between Nathan Drake, Chloe, and Elena. More love-triangles in games, please! Anyone who's played Uncharted 2 probably remembers this scene above many others (skip to 3:50 in the video). It's a remarkable scene: Fun, genuine-feeling, and a great break from the shoot-climb-run-shoot tension of the rest of the game. Have you guys read The Hunger Games? Have you guys read The Hunger Games?

Every Game Studio That's Closed Down Since 2006. Pretend Toilets in Video Games. Roku Streaming Stick. Now you're cooking with comics. AT-110805-colorful-ants-03.photoblog600.jpg (JPEG Image, 600 × 442 pixels) I bet you didn't know something like this exists!! The Cost of Technology. A trip down memory lane as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear. The Cost of Technology We always complain when we see the price tag on that crazy new gadget or new TV. But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can’t complain.

Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy Hi-Def-Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. Take a trip down memory lane as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear. Game Consoles In 1977, an Atari 2600 cost $200. Cellular Phones In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x cost $4,000. Television Sets In 1979, a JVC 19” color TV cost $560. Budget Computers In 1977, the radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 was a 1.77 MHZ processor with four kilobytes of RAM.

Printers In 1975, a Dot Matrix printer printed one page per minute in black and white only. Mac Computers. Phil Borges - People of Indigenous Cultures - Photography - World photographer of indigenous and tribal cultures. 70 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies to Watch Out for in 2012. 20 Salads Hearty Enough for Tonight's Dinner. By Angie McGowan and Erin Lebar | We love to make big salads for dinner at our house.

20 Salads Hearty Enough for Tonight's Dinner

The salad that I make most frequently is a taco salad. It’s one of my comfort foods. But I also make lots of other different varieties, including rice and pasta salads. Including meat, beans, or whole grains is a great way to add more substance to a salad. Nggallery id=’119699′ Paella Rice Salad For a cool summer take on this typically warm dish, keep the veggies raw and just cook the rice! Make paella rice salad Beans and Rice Salad A great summer twist on the classic rice and beans. Make beans and rice salad Mexican Green Rice Salad This gorgeous green rice salad gets its color from fresh spinach, cilantro, and lime. Make Mexican green rice salad Greek Quinoa Salad Quinoa has become a trendy seed these days, and for good reason — it's nutritious and delicious!

Make Greek quinoa salad More on Babble. Rainbow Cake in a Jar. I’ve always had a penchant for sunshine in a jar.

Rainbow Cake in a Jar

Doesn’t the very phrase itself, “sunshine in a jar,” roll off your tongue and fill your mouth with magic? While I’ve never yet found myself a sunshine in a jar, I think we may have just concocted it in our kitchen tonight. In this simple recipe, a basic white cake is turned into a slew of bright colors, baked to perfection, then topped with a creamy white frosting. Cakes baked in jars can be topped with traditional metal canning lids and stored in the fridge for up to five days.

Yes, this cat is playing the shell game.

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