RKMBs Forums .::Important::. off topic and offensive posts CUBA has finally lifted its celphone restrictions

I wish they'd have lifted it sooner, so that Mxy was able to call me during my life's most cherished and important moments, like my first Christmas overseas, my college graduation, and the death of Superman.

I was 7 when Superman died and you were like 28. You should have called me, son.

Next Raul will be bringing in Starbucks and McDonald's.

"Smoke on the Water" is a rock song by British rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on the 1972 album Machine HeadThe lyrics of the song tell a true story: on December 4, 1971, Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio - referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" and "the mobile" in the song lyrics) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric). On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino's theatre. During the gig a fire broke out: "In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire. Somebody in the audience had fired a flare gun into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering started to burn"[1][2], as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bassist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he suddenly woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel across the lake. The "Funky Claude" running in and out is referring to Claude Nobs, the director of the Montreux Jazz Festival who helped some of the audience escape the fire.Claude Nobs (2006), the "Funky Claude" mentioned in the song Left with an expensive mobile recording unit and no place to record, the band was forced to scout the town for another place to set up. One promising venue (found by Nobs) was a local theatre called The Pavilion, but soon after the band had loaded in and started working/recording, the nearby neighbours took offence at the noise, and the band was only able to lay down backing tracks for one song (based on Blackmore's riff and temporarily named Title nº1), before the local police shut them downFinally, after about a week of searching, the band rented out the nearly-empty Montreux Grand Hotel and converted its hallways and stairwells into a makeshift recording studio, where they laid down most of the tracks for what would become their most commercially successful album, Machine Head.Ironically, the only song from Machine Head not recorded in the Grand Hotel was "Smoke on the water" itself, which had been recorded during the aborted Pavilion session; only the lyrics were composed later, and the vocals were laid down in the Grand Hotel.After 1973, vocalist Ian Gillan and Roger Glover quit the band, and were replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, who split the vocals amongst one another. For this song, they divided it so that Coverdale sang the first verse, Hughes sang the second verse, and they both sang the third verse and choruses in harmony. However, rather than sing the third verse with the original lyrics, they chose instead to repeat the first verse every time they sang it.When Steve Morse joined the band, it became Deep Purple tradition to have him play a solo preceding the song in concert. This solo would consist of a medley of solos, licks, and riffs from many various classic rock songs. Rather than blend them into one another, Morse separates most of the licks by playing some one-handed tapping in between them.

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If Cubans get Virgin Mobile, they'll be able to reach out and touch someone for the very first time.

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Cinema releases
Besides a re-edited version of the pilot, released originally in Canada, Europe and parts of Latin America and, following the broadcast of the series, in the U.S., two other Battlestar Galactica feature films were released in cinemas. Both Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack and Conquest of the Earth were made up of various episodes of the original series and Galactica 1980 respectively. (See: List of Battlestar Galactica feature films)


Attempted revivals
The original series maintained a cult fandom, which has supported efforts by Glen A. Larson, Richard Hatch, and Bryan Singer (independent of each other) to revive the premise.

Richard Hatch produced a demonstration video in 1998–1999 which featured several actors from the original series combined with state-of-the-art special effects. This video, titled Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming, was displayed at science fiction conventions, but did not lead to a new series.

In 1999, Wing Commander producer Todd Moyer and original series producer Glen A. Larson revealed plans to produce a motion picture based on the television series It would have featured Battlestar Pegasus.

In 2000, the director and an executive producer of the X-Men film, Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto, began developing a Galactica television miniseries with Studios USA for FOX. Intended to air as a backdoor pilot in May 2002, filming was scheduled to begin in November 2001.However, production delays caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks meant Bryan Singer had to drop out, due to his directing commitments on X-Men 2. This led Fox to lose interest in the project.

2003 re-imagining
Main article: Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)
Despite attempts to revive the series over the years, none came to fruition until it was reimagined in 2003 by Universal Television in association with Sky One and the Sci Fi Channel with Ronald D. Moore as the creative force behind it. Edward James Olmos stepped into the role of Commander Adama. A weekly new Galactica series followed, premiering on Sky One in the UK and Ireland in October 2004, and on Sci-Fi in the U.S. in January 2005.

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Games
A Battlestar Galactica video game was published on the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox platforms. It failed to repeat the success of the series and movies.[citation needed]

Wiz Kids, Inc. (a collectible game manufacturer) produced The Battlestar Galactica collectible card game based on the 2003 mini-series and 2004 TV show. The premier set of this game was released in May 2006. After the release of one expansion set, Wizkids announced the game's cancellation on March 13, 2007.[17]

The original series inspired a Battlestar Galactica board game. The game is set during a training mission, where two to four players maneuver pieces representing Colonial Vipers in order to capture a damaged Cylon Raider. Skillful play includes using terrain elements and a number of special-ability cards to the players' advantage.

Battlestar Galactica the role playing game was released in August 2007 by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con.[18]

A community-created space flight simulator game set in the Battlestar Galactica universe is in development. "Beyond the Red Line" is based on the open-source FreeSpace 2 game engine. In 2007 a multi-player demo, including three single-player missions, was released. Work on the full version of the game is continuing. Players can participate in deathmatch-style dogfight missions, or in team-based missions, on the side of the Colonials or the Cylons. Beyond the Red Line won the 2007 Mod of the Year award.[19]

Development of a community-created real-time strategy Battlestar Galactica game is also in progress. Battlestar Galactica: Fleet Commander is a Homeworld 2 total conversion. Beta versions of "BSG: Fleet Commander" are available for Windows and the Macintosh. Players command human or Cylon fleets from both the original series and the 2003 re-imagined version of the series.

Chinese Rules
More than 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed
Over 6,000 monasteries have been destroyed.
Thousands of Tibetans are still imprisoned for exercising their fundamental
rights.

Tibet's natural resources and fragile ecology are being irreversibly
destroyed.
There is evidence suggesting that Tibet is being used for dumping of
nuclear wastes.

Q: How do you get a Muslim woman pregnant?
A: Dress her up as a goat.

Did you hear about the prostitute who came out of a bar and was stoned? She didn't survive.