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Enjoy drink specials and play some fun games on your Monday night! We have a variety of games available, mostly classics like Yahtzee, Backgammon, Dominoes and Chinese Checkers, and then some fun ones like Pass the Pig and Shut the Box. Directions for all games are available so don't stress if you have never played something. Choose from our $5 by the glass specials which will feature a rotating white and red wine, a beer and a shrub cocktail. Full menu also available. Grab your friends and come join us for a fun time!
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"The best seller ever?" It's a heady mantle to carry for a video game, especially when the slow economy is battering your industry mercilessly. But judging by the lines for "Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," starting at midnight and continuing all day Tuesday, gamers are more than willing to part with their hard-earned dollars to get their hands on the newest military shooter.
And it's not just money people are willing to part with: I saw one young man at the San Jose Game Stop trading in his "Rock Band" guitar, along with two other video game titles, to make up for the cash he didn't have. He was determined to get his hands on MW2, but still feeling sad about what he had to give up .. so much so, he didn't even smile at my "trading in one axe for another" analogy.
Like most people who play and follow video games, I've seen the newest COD, and it looks great. There's something about running around in the snow, and this shooter really brings you into the action. Just wait until you jump onto the snowmobile. It's very well done, and I can see why it's such a big hit.
But it comes at a time when big gaming companies like Electronic Arts are struggling. EA just announced plans to cut 1,500 jobs, admitting that the pay for a single title plan isn't working. It's shelling out $250 million to buy Playfish, a game maker you probably know from your iPhone or Facebook account. So much for the big games -- it looks like small is in.
Even Activision Blizzard, the company selling MW2, saw its share price drop on the day of the big launch. That's a lack of confidence on the part of investors. Remember what Apple shares did when huge iPhone sales were announced? Game tracked NPD says industry sales are down 13 percent this year, and one title won't save everyone.
But that title is doing well, despite the tough times. As gamer (and, as he pointed out, husband and father) Shawn Williams told me after buying his MW2 copy, "It's important every once in a while to make yourself happy. We're here for a limited time only."

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|State of California
|Nickname(s): The Golden State
|Motto(s): Eureka
|Official language
|Largest city
|Los Angeles
|Ranked 3rd
|- Total
158,302 sq mi
(410,000 km2)
|- Width
|250 miles (400 km)
|- Length
|770 miles (1,240 km)
|- % water
|- Latitude
|32°30'N to 42°N
|- Longitude
|114°8'W to 124°24'W
|Number of people
|Ranked 1st
|- Total
|- Density
239.1/sq mi (92.2/km2)
Ranked 13th
|- Average income
|$49,894 (13th)
|Height above sea level
|- Highest point
Mount Whitney[2]
14,494 ft (4418 m)
|- Average
|2,900 ft (884 m)
|- Lowest point
Death Valley[2]
-282 ft (-86 m)
|Became part of the U.S.
|September 9, 1850 (31st)
|Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (D)
|U.S. Senators
Dianne Feinstein (D)
Barbara Boxer (D)
|Time zone
|Pacific: UTC-8/-7
|CA, Calif. US-CA
California is a state in the western United States. It is the third largest state in size. It is the state with the most people living in it. Popular cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. The capital is Sacramento. It became a state on September 9, 1850. It is bordered by Arizona to the southeast, Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south.
The geography of California changes a lot depending on the place. Southwestern California has small mountain ranges and the cities of San Diego and Los Angeles. Southeastern California has desert and Death Valley, the lowest place in the United States. The eastern part of the state has the highest point in the United States outside of Alaska, Mount Whitney. Mount Whitney is in the Sierra Nevada mountains.[3] The central part of the state has the Central Valley. The cities of Sacramento, Bakersfield, and Fresno are in the central valley. There is farming in this area, too. The west-central part of the state has some small mountains and the cities of San Fransisco, San Jose, and Oakland. Northern California has the Cascade Mountains, the Klamath Mountains, and the Modoc Plateau.[4] Far northern California does not have very many people, but the San Fransisco region and the Sacramento region are often thought of as part of northern California.
The state is a leader in three businesses: farming, movie-making, and high technology, mostly software and Web sites. Aerospace used to be a large industry there, but has been downsized in the last 20 years.
There are many earthquakes in California. They happen when two earth crusts shift underground. Californians need to be prepared for earthquakes and often store extra food, water, flashlights, and first aid supplies in case of such an emergency.
California has more people than any other state in the United States. If California was a separate country it would have the sixth largest economy in the world. California is probably the state with the most ethnic groups. It also has many different geographic features — mountains, deserts, coasts. It is often called The Golden State. The state flower is the golden poppy. The post office uses "CA" as a shorthand for California and the Associated Press uses "Calif." or "Cali."
In 2010, Jerry Brown became the governor of California. Before him, the governor was Arnold Schwarzenegger.
On November 4, 1992, Dianne Feinstein became one of California's United States senators. On January 3, 1993, Barbara Boxer became the other one.
California is a big power in American culture as well as the business life of the nation. Many of the great changes in technology and law came from California, and the state pays more to the U.S. government than it gets back. It also has some of the country's largest cities, such as Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.
In the past, the area that was called "California" was not just today's California. This area covered the Mexican lands south of it, as well as Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona and Wyoming. The Spanish called the part of the land that later became part of the United States Alta California (Upper California) when it was split from what became Baja California (Lower California). In these early times, the borders of the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific coast were not well known, so the old maps wrongly showed California to be an island. The name comes from Las sergas de Espladián (Adventures of Spladian), a 16th century book by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, where there is an island paradise called California.
The first European who visited parts of the coast, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, came from Portugal in 1542. The first European who saw the entire coast was Sir Francis Drake, in 1579, and he decided that the British owned it. But starting in the late 1700s, Spanish religious leaders of the Roman Catholic Church ("missionaries") got large gifts of land in the area north of Baja California, from the Spanish king and queen. These religious people set up small towns and villages, the famous California Missions. When Mexico was no longer controlled by Spain, the Mexican government took over the villages, and they soon became empty.
In 1846, as the Mexican-American War was starting, some Americans in California hoped to create a California Republic. These men flew a "Bear flag" that had a golden bear with a star on it. This Republic ended suddenly, however, when Commodore John D. Sloat of the United States Navy sailed into San Francisco Bay. He said that California was now part of the United States. After the war with Mexico ended, California was split between the two countries. The Mexican portion became the Mexican states of Baja California Norte (north) and Baja California Sur (south). ("Baja" means "lower" in Spanish.) The western part of the part given to the United States became today's state of California.
In 1848, there were about 4,000 Spanish-speaking people in today's California on the American side. (Today the state has a total of nearly 40,000,000 people.) In 1849, gold was suddenly found and the number of people went up very fast as the Gold Rush took hold. In 1850, California became a state in the Union (the United States).
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), many people in California, especially in the southern part of California, thought the South was right. Some people in Southern California even wanted Southern California to leave the rest of the state and join the Confederate States of America. However, this did not happen. California joined the war to and helped the North (the Union) and sent many troops east to fight the Confederacy.[5]
At first, travel between the far west and the east coast of the United States was dangerous and took a lot of time. Going by land was very difficult, because there were no roads and no trains, and many Native Americans were attacking American people heading West in wagons. The only other way was to travel by boat around the Cape Horn, at the southern end of South America. This took months, since the trip was thousands of miles long and the Panama Canal had not yet been built either. But in 1869, the connection got better quickly, because the first railroad across the continent was finished. Meanwhile, more people in California were learning that the land there was very good to grow fruit and other crops. Oranges were grown in many parts of California. This was the beginning of the huge farming business that California has today.
Present day
In 1900, there were only a million people in California and 100,000 in Los Angeles. Today, California has more people than any other U.S. state. Starting in 1965, the variety of people became much greater as many different people from around the world came to the United States and often decided to live in California. California is thought to be a very liberal state, but there are still a lot of people who are Republicans and view Ronald Reagan as a hero. Technology is very advanced and many new cultural trends begin there. Engineering and computers play a big part in the state's life. For over a hundred years, film has been one of the most important businesses in California. By the 1950s, television had also become an important business in California.
- ↑ "Resident Population Data". 2010.census.gov. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". U.S Geological Survey. 29 April 2005. http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#Highest. Retrieved November 3, 2006.
- ↑ "The Geography of California". 5 January 2014. http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ca_geography.htm. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ "California Geography". 5 June 2014. http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/california/geography.html. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.drumbarracks.org/Original%20Website/California.htm


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Today I weighed in. Imagine how excited I was when I saw the numbers: 132.5 That is the 20 pound mark! I've lost 20 pounds since February 9th, the first day that I began Leanness Lifestyle. What a difference this program has made for me.
My goal that I set on February 9 was to lose a total of 22.5 pounds, to reach 130 pounds. Then I decided I wanted to reach 125 pounds. Now I'm thinking I could even go lower.
I'll see how 125 looks.
I have no stiffness or pain from running Grandmas Marathon. I ran Sunday 6 miles, Monday 8 and today 8. Lifted Monday, upper body and am going to hit legs tonight. Woohoo!
M1: 3 egg whites, 1 egg, 1c oats
M2: 1 cup carrots, 1 cup celery, 1 chopped apple, 4 oz canned chicken, 1 T lf mayo
M3: 4 oz salmon, 1 small green salad, 1 T ff dressing
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Sean Penn has filed for separation from Robin Wright. Again. They did this over a year ago only to reconcile shortly after.
Many are once again pointing to Sean's Oscar speech in February – with Robin teary eyed in the front row clutching at him before he pulled away, Sean did not mention her at all, explaining on Oprah afterwards that it was "implicit".
So what did it imply?
Obviously that Sean Penn wants to be single.
He really wanted to be single last year at Cannes. He was the head of the jury and late at night, like 3 or 4am, he'd have two euro floozies hanging off of him like cheese dick styles.
And now he can do it without the guilt… if he felt guilt to begin with.
You know, Madonna is single again too.
On a smutty level, come on admit it, on a smutty level it would make our lives. Only problem is that Sean probably still loves sex. Madonna on the other hand is becoming increasingly asexual. She can only get off these days to Kab.
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You've Got Parallel Code in My Chocolate
So, here's the problem in a nutshell: My take on a parallel Depth-First Search (DFS) algorithm visits all nodes in a graph and the order of visitation is likely to change from one run to the next. I've recently been told that there are algorithms that require the visitation order of nodes be the same as it is for a serial execution. This is known as a "topological order" of graph nodes, which is defined by serial DFS on a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The context for this order requirement is in solving sparse linear equations where the matrix of a sparse system can be modeled as a DAG. The topological order on the DAG determines the order of equations to be solved. Thus, is there some way to process (visit) nodes of a DAG that touches those nodes in the same order each time the code is run and does not depend on the number of threads used?
I am assuming that the computation at each node in the graph is independent of all other nodes. However, knowing a little about linear algebra and solving systems of equations, I suspect that the computations are going to be "mostly independent." I'll address this potential dependence at the end of this post after I expound upon my initial thoughts around how to access nodes in a specific ordering.
While the original parallel solution I gave in The Art of Concurrency uses a single queue, the extra condition on visitation order has me thinking about using two containers: a stack to traverse/visit nodes and a queue to hold the tasks of processing the nodes. One thread handles the traversal while the other
N-1 threads do the node processing.
The "boss" thread works alone to visit each node in the DAG in topological order. When an unvisited node is popped off the stack, the boss thread encapsulates that node into a task and puts that task into the queue. The "worker" threads wait on the queue. When something is available, a worker dequeues a task and performs the required computation.
The single thread processing all the unvisited nodes from the stack will preserve the precedence of visitation to be topological as required. All other threads pulling tasks out of a queue will at least dole out node processing in the proper order, but will also allow concurrent execution of that processing. Below is code to implement this strategy using Windows threads. First, the shared declarations and the boss thread's function.
long visited[NUM_NODES]; long order[NUM_NODES]; int adj[NUM_NODES][NUM_NODES]; long gCount = 0; stack<int> S; // STL stack class concurrent_queue<int> Q; // TBB concurrent_queue container unsigned __stdcall bossThread(void *pArg) { int i,j,k; int nodeCount = 0; while (S.size() > 0) { k = S.top(); S.pop(); if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&visited[k], 1L, 0L) == 0) { Q.push(k); // enqueue on worker's queue order[k] = nodeCount++; } for (i = NUM_NODES-1; i >= 0; i--) if (adj[k][i] && !visited[i]) S.push(i); } // end while return 0; }
visited array marks whether or not the node has been processed (all initialized to zero), the
order array will hold the serial order of node processing by the worker threads, and the
adj matrix is the adjacency matrix representation of the graph. The
gCount counter is going to be used to keep track of the number of nodes that have been processed by the worker threads. When this counter value reaches
NUM_NODES, the computation has completed and the worker threads will terminate. Since only the boss thread will be using it, I have decided to use the STL
stack object (
S) as the stack for assuring nodes are queued in topological order.
One instance of the
bossThread() function is launched and assumes that one reference to each node in the graph has been pushed onto
S. (This ensures that all connected components of the graph will be processed.) As long as there is something still in the stack, the boss thread pops off the value and, if the boss thread has not visited this node, the node is placed at the tail end of the queue,
Q. At this point, just for the purposes of my example code, I note the
order in which the node was placed into the worker queue, which will yield the topological order of the graph nodes. Finally, any adjacent node that has not been visited by the boss thread is pushed onto the stack before the boss pops the next node off the stack.
This really is just the serial DFS algorithm with the "processing" of a node to simply be putting it into the queue for the worker threads to actually do the computation for each node. Simple enough, right? The worker thread function,
pDFSearch(), is also pretty simple.
unsigned __stdcall pDFSearch(void *pArg) { int k, i; while(1) { if (gCount == NUM_NODES) break; while (!Q.try_pop(k)) { if (gCount == NUM_NODES) break; } if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&visited[k], 2L, 1L) == 1) { InterlockedIncrement(&gCount); /* Do something to VISIT node k */ } } return 0; }
I set each worker thread into an infinite loop that will exit when the
gCount reaches
NUM_NODES. If the counter hasn't reached the final value, the thread looks into the queue,
Q, for a new node to process. If no node is ready, the exit condition is tested to exit this spin-wait loop if the computation is done. If there was a node on the queue, it is processed after the
gCount counter is incremented in an atomic way with
InterlockedIncrement(), and then the thread goes back to the queue for the next node (or to find the termination condition has been reached).
You may have noticed that I've glossed over the use of the
InterlockedCompareExchnge() function. Recall that the three parameters are the destination, the new value and the old value. In an atomic way, the function will compare the value stored in the destination with the old value and, if they are equal, the new value will be stored in the destination. The function returns the original value of the destination variable.


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I recently finished a beautiful book. The characters were deep, the plot poignant, and the writing by turns lively and heartbreaking. About a third of the way through, I was certain I'd found another book to recommend.
And then. (You knew there was going to be an "And then," didn't you?) The author threw in a sex scene.
I realize we all have different opinions about what is and isn't appropriate in literature. And I understand that sex can be a necessary plot point. But so often I find that the scene itself is more sensational than essential. That the scene's only purpose is to hook us by appealing to the basest part of ourselves.
This happens all the time in film. Have you ever noticed how previews tend to show the movie's steamiest moments, even if those moments are the only steamy ones in the film? It's almost like the directors think no one will see the movie if they don't sexy it up a bit (or a lot). Like they doubt the ability of the story itself to carry the piece. And authors often fall into the same trap.
Now I can understand an author's desire to be authentic, and even I must concede that sex is about as commonplace as a handshake these days. But does authenticity require two--or twenty--pages of description? I don't think so.
I'm sure some of you disagree with me, and I'd appreciate hearing (reading?) your take on the subject. But for me, sex scenes in books--and movies--are always a turn-off.


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As part of our "Polar Pal" unit, we did a mini unit on penguins. We learned all about the various types of penguins and the lands they inhabit.
and then measured ourselves against it.
Of course, we had to include "waddling" as part of our movement activities!
We learned quite a bit about penguin rookeries and how the daddy penguins care for the eggs. We practiced having the mommy penguins pass off the penguin egg to the daddy penguins. We had to remember to only use our feet since penguins don't have "hands". We also had to be careful not to let the egg drop to the freezing snow on the ground so the egg wouldn't freeze. This was much trickier than the children expected!
After the mommy penguins slipped off to find food and swim in the sea,
the daddy penguins had to learn how to stay warm, rotating themselves from the outside to the inside of the huddle. We also practiced waddling as a group, so everyone stayed warm. It was quite a challenge to get everyone moving in the same direction!
Our friend Ms. Christie game us this fabulous cardboard penguin cutout from the movie "Happy Feet". It's been a fun decoration and also helped illustrate how different baby penguins look from fully grown penguins!
|(It's hard to tell from this, but it's actually about 2 1/2 feet tall!)
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Casa del Shai introduces The Shai Filipiniana series, a loving tribute to the glorious Filipina ancestors, drawing inspiration from our history and colorful literature. We celebrate our Independence Day every June 12, when the first flag was raised over Taal, and I thought it was a good time to showcase true Filipina flavor. These Ternos are stylized variations of the Philippine National Costume adorned with lace butterfly sculpted sleeves, bell sleeves, the Panuelo (shawl), shirred bodices, pearls and flexified ball gown skirts. Each gown harks back to the Filipina Mestizas of the 1800s as it evolves into the the ternos Imelda Marcos personified in the 70s . They symbolize the grandeur and beauty of the Dalagang Filipina, mysteriously demure yet amazingly proud and strong.
These gowns were made with much heart and love. A proud independent nationalist, and a culture geek at heart, this is why I am proud to be Filipina.


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hell yes, support the ban!
so, poor babies, no more driving to your favorite launch. christ, are you soft or what?
anybody with a letter for a first name writing under a realtor's letterhead has never kited-wtf is he doing on this forum?
hatteras may be heaven for kiters but it is also an ecological nightmare, and driving on the beach is part of a lifestyle that was fueled by $1 gas, and has spawned 100 mile commutes, hummers and other toys for men with small penises, as well as epidemic levels of obesity and diabetes and hypertension.
you think global warming and your frickin driving habits and your growing waistline and shrinking dick are not all married up just below the surface?
pretty jagged maybe but christ, what does it take to get your attention.
wake up and smell the coffee. . .


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Syria, VA -- The Graves Mountain Lodge is proud to announce the initial performance line-up for the 22nd Annual Graves Mountain Festival of Music to be held May 29-31, 2014 including: Steep Canyon Rangers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lonesome River Band, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, Seldom Scene, Mark Newton & Steve Thomas, The Steel Wheels, U.S. Navy Band County Current, Big Country Bluegrass, Town Mountain, The Church Sisters and many more to be announced.
This fun family friendly event, held at Graves Mountain nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, was featured last year in USA Today's "10 Great places to go to bluegrass festivals." The Graves Mountain Lodge amenities offer on-site accommodations (hotel, cabins, and camping), fishing, hiking horseback riding, outdoor pool, educational farms, food, family-style dining at the Graves Mountain Lodge and festival area and much more. Attendees are also invited to check out the preserves and gift baskets at the Graves Mountain Store or online.
Advance $75 3-Day Tickets can be purchased by phone at 540-923-4231,the Graves Mountain website or by sending a check or money order to Graves Mountain, Syria, VA 22743. All campers must have 3-day tickets. Daily tickets are also available for $30 (Thursday), $35 (Friday) and $40 for Saturday.
For more information on Graves Mountain, please visit: www.gravesmountain.com [1], Facebook, and follow the festival on Twitter.
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I've taken a moment to look at this website. ?An archive of passed time, of used-tos and remember whens.
I've been reading my bad poetry! ?It's so sincere. ?I can still see the places where I didn't understand symbolism or metaphor quite clearly enough to make it work. ?But I wrote it nonetheless. ?I'm either impatient and careless or brave.
I have an "official" website now. ?A place where I think aloud solely about writings, a place to direct potential readers, editors, seekers to my work and contact information. ?But this – My Ecdysis – feels like home. ?It will always feel like home. ?It's been over a decade that I've been online now. ?A decade.
So please don't hold me to my bad poetry.


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Geocaching in Colorado is an adventure in
Travel. Centennial State Geocaching hosts a podcast where we paint the mind's
eye with colorful vistas and friendly people.
Adults and Children have great fun hiking the streets and trails of
The Centennial State in search of the treasure that only Geocaching can bring.
Join Art and Karen as we explore Colorado and neighboring states with the goal
of Geocaching fun. We have also explored New Mexico, Arizona and the not so
near Hawaii. To bring you what Geocaching has to offer we use our Garmin GPS
receivers to make finds in the diverse landscape in Colorado.
We have worked with several groups while Geocaching including Rocky
Mountain Orienttering Club for land navigation. Boy Scouts have invited us
to place caches on their properties for their program opportunities. We are
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When appropriately sited, renewable options such as solar, wind and geothermal, can perform an extremely valuable function - providing peak power close to the load, energy security, cost savings, local employment opportunities, and emissions reductions.
Virginia has great solar potential-- ranked 22nd of the 50 states, Virginia has more solar potential than New Jersey, the East Coast photovoltaic (PV) leader.
Ground source geothermal can significantly reduce your heating and air-conditioning costs.
Small-scale wind generation is a clean energy source that can provide 50% to 90% of a residential building's energy needs.
Our list of some local renewable energy providers is a good place to start investigating regional clean energy options.
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Christina Ricci did some press for Bel Ami recently, and she mentions Rob in this clip (at 1:20-1:45). She also talks about the film and her costars in this interview.
The soundtrack for the film will be released on March 20, and today the Film Music Reporter gave us a first look at the cover (front and back) and track list. There's also a link for you to pre-order.
We've also added a few more reviews to our master post, so check them all out.


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LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 20: "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer performs onstage on February 20, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Lung cancer's sticky stigma as, primarily, a self-inflicted disease prompted Donna Summer's publicist to release a terse statement Friday to emphasize the singer was "a non-smoker."
"Various reports currently surfacing about the cause of Ms. Summer's death are not accurate. Although she lost her battle to lung cancer at the age of 63, it was not related to smoking," said the late singer's spokesman Brian Edwards.
"Updated May 20: While her publicist and family called her a nonsmoker, a msnbc.com reader sent a YouTube video showing the singer holding a cigarette. It's unclear whether she had been a regular smoker, although even light tobacco use can increase risks.
Tobacco accounts for 87 percent of all lung-cancer deaths. But the same ailment is not exactly rare among nonsmokers: As many as 24,000 Americans who never puffed a cigarette die each year from the illness, the American Cancer Society reports.
Singer Donna Summer has died after fighting a long battle with cancer. The five-time Grammy winner rose to the top of the charts during the 70s and arguably did more than anyone to make disco cool. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.
Some frightening context: If lung cancer in "never smokers" had its own category separate from lung cancer in smokers, "it would rank among the top 10 fatal cancers in the United States," reports the American Cancer Society.
Los Angeles oncologist Dr. Robert Figlin said lung cancer in non-smokers remains "underappreciated in our society, in large part because smoking-related lung cancer has dominated the conversation."
Worse, early-screening methods -- generally CT scans -- now used to find and treat cancer in the lungs of chronic smokers are not yet ready to use on nonsmokers, Figlin said.
"Those same screening tests … haven't even been tested as yet in the population of (non-smoking) patients," said Figlin, associate director of the academic development program and director of the division of hematology/oncology at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute in Los Angeles, Calif.
Even if someone doesn't actively smoke, cancer researchers have identified four primary environmental culprits, including "secondhand smoke," or breathing in the plumes that smokers exhale.
After the 2006 death of Dana Reeve -- widow of actor Christopher Reeve -- many observers speculated her illness might have been triggered by her years of singing in smoke-filled nightclubs. The American Cancer Society estimates that 3,400 nonsmoking adults die annually from exposure to secondhand smoke.
Workplace exposure to cancer-causing agents (including chemicals and gases) -- as well as pedestrians, bikers and joggers sucking in small particles of air pollution -- are also believed to prompt some lung cancers in non-smokers.
But it is radon gas – an odorless, radioactive, element rising from uranium deposits and collecting inside homes – that leads to most of the lung cancers that strike down nonsmokers. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, radon kills 20,000 Americans annually.
Gender seems to play a small role, as well. Men who have never torched a cigarette, cigar or pipe have higher death rates than female non-smokers, cancer experts have learned. But there's an epidemiological flipside to that stat: At ages 60 and above, there are twice as many female nonsmokers as males who never picked up the habit, yet more nonsmoking women are affected by lung cancer, says the American Cancer Society.
"There's no question, we are seeing more and more men, but mostly women who have never smoked, yet are developing lung cancer," Figlin said.
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February 12, 2011
I have been watching the understandable euphoria in Egypt live on Al Jazeera television, but please, there must be a sense of perspective here – and urgently.
There has been NO REVOLUTION so far – a despicable tyrant has gone, but the army that imposed the will of that despicable tyrant for 30 years is now in charge and the Egyptian army is not only controlled by the US, it is funded by massive American military 'aid' – second only in scale to Israel.
It is true that the army didn't fire on the demonstrators as it would have done before, but it did so at the time that its masters in America were calling for Mubarak to step down, in effect, and for the protestors to be left alone. Why did the US government do this after supporting the tyrant for 30 years? Because they want 'regime change' in Egypt as part of a domino effect across the whole Middle East to advance a much bigger agenda.
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Mubarak's demise was announced by his vice-president, the US puppet, Omar Suleiman, the head of the vicious and murderous Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate that as well as controlling the population through sheer terror also accepted Muslim detainees arrested by the US to be tortured in Egypt in ways that would have been illegal in America – the so called 'Extraordinary Rendition'.
And waiting in the wings is America's (the Illuminati's) man, Mohamed ElBaradei, who is on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group of Rothschild front-man, George Soros, and his associate Zbigniew Brzezinski, who specialise in triggering and manipulating 'peoples' revolutions' to change regimes while hiding the force that is really behind it all.
It is wonderful to see the joy of the Egyptian people at the end of Mubarak, but the job is only half done and if it ends here nothing will change. 'Peoples' revolutions' covertly inspired by the money and agencies of George Soros in Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and elsewhere also has their moments of enormous euphoria when a regime fell, but any revolution of the people can only be judged by what replaces that which is removed.
Others have been deeply disappointed and disillusioned in the past and if Egypt is not to go the same way the focus and determination must not be lost – and ElBaradei must not prevail, nor anyone else who represents the forces of control and suppression.
Out of the frying pan into the fryer is not a revolution.
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (commonly called The SpongeBob Movie Game) is a SpongeBob SquarePants video game released for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3 and PC. The game was released on October 27, 2004. The game is based on the first movie, which itself is based on the show. The game was released one year after (and also plays very similarly to) the game Battle for Bikini Bottom.
- Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants, French Narrator
- Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star
- Clancy Brown - Mr. Krabs
- Mr. Lawrence - Plankton
- Jeffrey Tambor - King Neptune
- Scarlett Johansson - Princess Mindy
- Fred Tatasciore - Dennis, Additional Voices
- Jim Wise - SpongeBob's Singing Voice
- S. Scott Bullock, Debi Mae West and Jim Ward - Additional Voices
The game generally sticks to the same plot as the movie; the key difference is the fact that the game heavily exaggerates some of the scenes and areas in the movie (for example, SpongeBob, unlike in this game, never explored Planktopolis in the movie).
There are three versions of the game:
- The Gameboy Advance version.
- The console versions on PS2, Xbox and Gamecube.
- The PC version.
- The PlayStation 3 Digital Download.
Console Version
There are 18 levels in the game that edge around the storyline of the movie.
- SpongeBob: (Main Protagonist), A happy yellow sponge who fry cooks at the Krusty Krab and goes to get King Neptune's crown. His attacks are mostly distance-based. All of his moves have been copied from Battle for Bikini Bottom, but have changed their look, as all of his moves in BFBB had a bubble aesthetic. His disadvantage is that some enemies (Spinner) are resistant to his attacks. SpongeBob is also physically weaker than Patrick, so in some areas, he may need Patrick to cross.
- Attacks:
- Karate Spin: SpongeBob's basic attack in which he uses his red karate gloves to attack. When upgraded, they become metal gloves and can reflect enemy projectiles back at them (Flinger, Popper, and Merv). They also do more damage to enemies, usually making them take one less hit to kill. Basically the Bubble Spin from BFBB.
- Bash: SpongeBob's secondary attack in which he flies into the air and uses a red boxing glove to attack enemies directly above him (Flinger, Merv), push buttons and hit floating crates. When upgraded, it becomes a spiked metal glove that will stick to things and detonate, destroying anything in the explosion range. They also do more damage than the unupgraded variant. Available when SpongeBob has 5 Goofy Goober Tokens. Basically the Bubble Bash in BFBB.
- Sponge Bowl: SpongeBob's third attack in which he rolls a yellow bowling ball that can press buttons, defeat enemies and destroy crates. When upgraded, it becomes a spiked bomb that can destroy nearby things and detonate destroying everything in an explosion range. Available when SpongeBob has 20 Goofy Goober Tokens. Basically the Bubble Bowl in BFBB.
- Sonic Wave: SpongeBob's long-ranged attack in which he uses a guitar and portable amp to send a wave of energy that can be steered to press far-off buttons, and destroy distant enemies or crates. When upgraded, it becomes SpongeBob's "Goofy Goober Guitar" that sends a wave of energy that can lock on to even further targets, also doing more damage. It can only be used for six seconds and will destroy on impact. Available when SpongeBob has 40 Goofy Goober Tokens. Essentially to the Cruise Bubble in BFBB.
- Attacks:
- Patrick: (Deuteragonist), A happy pink starfish and best friend of SpongeBob. His attacks are primarily physical. Patrick's main disadvantage is that he is slower than SpongeBob and some enemies (Flinger, Popper, and Merv) are unaffected and harder for him to defeat. Interestingly, unlike SpongeBob, Patrick's moveset was not simply copied from BFBB, but has been tweaked to make him much more versatile. This is most likely because you could also play as Sandy in BFBB, so they made up for that by improving and changing Patrick's moves, one of which is actually one of Sandy's moves from BFBB.
- Attacks:
- Star Spin: Patrick's basic attack in which spins his arms to attack. When upgraded, it is a stronger spin that can reflect enemy projectiles, (Flinger, Popper, Merv) and do more damage to enemies. The Star Spin replaces Patrick's Belly Attack in BFBB, which only attacked in one direction.
- Cartwheel: Patrick's new secondary attack in which he does a fast cartwheel that destroys anything in his path. It can be useful for destroying groups of enemies or making escapes. When upgraded, it resembles an orange comet with a tail and shield that destroys anything that comes too close Available when Patrick has 2 Goofy Goober Tokens.
- Smash: Patrick's third move in which he jumps into the air and lands on his butt destroying enemies, particularly ones with defense on the sides but not from above like Spinners, breaking through floors and pressing buttons on the ground. When upgraded, he lands on his belly, stunning nearby enemies there by allowing him to pick up and throw them (When he earns the "Throw Move"), as well as doing more damage. Available when Patrick has 10 Goofy Goober Tokens. Basically his Belly Flop move in BFBB.
- Throw Move: Patrick's long-ranged attack in which he can pick up, carry and throw crates, throw fruits, freezy fruits and stunned enemies (via his "Smash Attack") to press distant buttons, TV's (Shell City Dead Ahead), destroy enemies, and (for freezy fruits) freeze water, oil, and lava. When upgraded, he spins around, allowing him to hit even further targets and do more damage. Available when Patrick has 25 Goofy Goober Tokens. Patrick can still use the non upgraded move by tapping the button. He could do exactly the same thing in BFBB.
- Swing: A move in which Patrick can swing from a floating block of ice with his tongue over large gaps (though it is unable to be used as an actual attack, it is still counted as one). This is what Sandy did in BFBB, who could swing from Texas Trailer Hitches with her lasso.
- Sonic Gun: A move that is accessible from the extras menu only once when you earn 30 goofy goober tokens and when machoed destroys everything that is destroyable in one hit.
- Attacks:
- Mr. Krabs: A greedy but understandable crab who owns the Krusty Krab. He has a brief but major role, and is frozen by King Neptune for supposedly stealing his crown.
- Plankton: Mr. Krabs' nemesis, proprietor of the Chum Bucket, and the main antagonist of the game. He takes over Bikini Bottom using mind control helmets.
- Squidward: A lazy, grumpy, octopus who is a cashier at the Krusty Krab. He was chosen over SpongeBob to be the manager of the Krusty Krab 2, and discovers Plankton's plan before anyone else does, but besides that, he has no real impact on the story.
- Dennis: The game's secondary antagonist, Dennis is a hitman hired by Plankton to kill SpongeBob and Patrick before they get the crown, who grows a personal vendetta against them after they get him stepped on by the Cyclops. He tracks them for most of the game and is the main boss of two boss levels. He is the only person in the game who is not voiced by their original actor from the movie. Dennis is voiced by Alec Baldwin in the film, and Fred Tatasciore in the game.
- King Neptune: The bald (or "thinning," as he puts it) and somewhat cruel ruler of the sea, he is tricked by Plankton into thinking Mr. Krabs stole his crown, and is the final boss.
- Mindy: King Neptune's kind teenage daughter who helps SpongeBob and Patrick on their adventure to recover her father's crown.
- The Cyclops: Unintentionally acting as a villain, the Cyclops who captures SpongeBob and Patrick is actually a human man wearing swimming gear who owns a seaside knick-knack shop. The only level he appears in is "Google Eyes and Smelly Knick Knacks," where he occasionally tries to grab SpongeBob and Patrick.
- David Hasselhoff: For no particular reason, the Hoff helps SpongeBob and Patrick get back to Bikini Bottom, and he is also the boss arena for "Dennis Strikes Back!"
- Gary: SpongeBob's snarky pet snail who is only seen very briefly in the film, and even less in the game.
- Sandy: A intelligent Texan squirrel who's friends with SpongeBob and Patrick. Sandy has two lines in the movie, and is only seen in the game in "Welcome to Planktopolis...Minions" running on a hamster wheel in the background.
- Mrs. Puff: A pufferfish who's always losing her temper due to SpongeBob's terrible driving skills, who has only one line in the movie.
- Pearl: Mr. Krab's daughter. She has one line in the movie and is not seen in the game.
- Larry Lobster: The muscular surfer who, like Pearl, only makes a small cameo in the movie and is not seen in the game.
- Mermaid Man/Barnacle Boy: The old, heroic duo make a very small cameo as a poster in SpongeBob's house in the movie.
There are four types of levels: Platforming, Driving, Sliding and Bosses. Platforming levels feature "extra" sub-levels including "Floating Block Challenge", "SpongeBall Challenge", "Sonic Wave Guitar Challenge" and "Combat Arena Challenge". Driving and Sliding levels each have 3 other tasks; two time challenges and a ring challenge.
The following is a list of levels within the game:
- No Cheese: The first level in the game. SpongeBob is rushing to the Krusty Krab to investigate the situation there.
- I'm Ready... Depression: Both of them hungover on ice cream, Patrick strolls through Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat in an attempt to retrieve SpongeBob so they can leave.
- Sandwich Driving 101: The beginning of SpongeBob and Patrick's journey to Shell City and the first Patty Wagon level, they drive the Patty Wagon out of Bikini Bottom.
- Three... Thousand Miles to Shell City: In a vast desert, SpongeBob must destroy Plankton's hypnotizing Radio Towers in order to prevent more fish from becoming his minions.
- Rub a Dub, Slip Slide in the Tub: The first Slide level in the game, SpongeBob and Patrick take out the last of Plankton's Radio Towers.
- Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt: Patrick must traverse through the Thug Tug Bar and obtain the key while avoiding the dangerous thugs.
- No Weenie Parking Anytime: Despite obtaining the key, the gates to the open road are locked, so SpongeBob and Patrick have to drive the Patty Wagon around the bar and obtain the five keys to unlock the gates.
- I'll Let You Pet Mr. Whiskers: In the first boss level of the game, Patrick must defeat the frog fish.
- Rock Slide: Having become men, SpongeBob and Patrick slide down the slopes of the monster trench and reach the bottom while avoiding the monsters.
- Now That We're Men: SpongeBob is challenged with traveling through the monstrous trench and getting to the other side alive.
- Shell City Dead Ahead: In a trashed area of the ocean, Patrick must destroy Plankton's hypnotizing TV's.
- Name's Dennis: The second boss level of the game, Patrick must battle (and save SpongeBob) from Dennis.
- Sundae Driving: In a surreal Goofy Goober dream world, SpongeBob and Patrick must follow Goofy Goober, who will lead the way out of Goober Land.
- Google Eyes and Smelly Knick Knacks: Having reached Shell City, SpongeBob and Patrick finally obtain King Neptune's crown. They slide on the hoses and cables of the gift shop and find a way out while avoiding the Cyclops.
- Dennis Strikes Back: SpongeBob must defeat a deformed Dennis in their final confrontation on David Hasselhoff's back.
- Welcome to Planktopolis... Minions: Having returned to Bikini Bottom thanks to the Hoff, SpongeBob and Patrick find it has been converted into Planktopolis, and SpongeBob must use his Sonic Wave Guitar to destroy three giant Plankton statues to break his control over the bucketheads.
- Drive of the Knucklehead McSpazatron: With a fully repaired Patty Wagon, SpongeBob and Patrick must drive through the dangerous streets of Planktopolis and return Neptune's crown before it's too late.
- Turn the Tables on Plankton: In the final boss level of the game, SpongeBob must use King Neptune's own trident against him to free him from Plankton's control.
Bonus Levels
- Combat Arena Challenge: A giant arena of enemies being spawned by giant Plankton heads on top of Jellyfish Fields plateau. This challenge appears in four levels: "I'm Ready Depression," "Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt," "Now That We're Men" and "Welcome To Planktopolis... Minions."
- Floating Block Challenge: Patrick hops across a set of blocks, trying to reach the goal. The blocks may be spinning, rotating, dissolving, bouncy, icy or spiky. This challenge appears in three levels: "Three... Thousand Miles To Shell City","Now That We're Men" and "Shell City Dead Ahead".
- SpongeBall Challenge: SpongeBob transforms into a ball to roll across a course. The obstacles can include moving blocks, windmills, tunnels, fragile boards, steam blowers and rotating panels. This challenge appears in four levels: "Three... Thousand Miles To Shell City", "Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt," "Shell City Dead Ahead" and "Welcome To Planktopolis... Minions".
- Sonic Wave Guitar Challenge: SpongeBob must fly the Sonic Wave around the level through rings and secret tunnels, trying not to collide with anything. This challenge appears in three levels: "I'm Ready Depression," "Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt," and "Shell City, Dead Ahead."
- Goofy Goober Tokens: These are the main items in the game. Collecting them is crucial to learning new techniques to progress through the levels. You earn a Goofy Goober Token by completing missions in the level. There are 68 Goofy Goober Tokens total in the game. Goofy Goober Tokens are extremely similar to BFBB's Golden Spatulas.
- Manliness Points: Collecting Manliness Points will help you upgrade your health and techniques. Each Manliness Point is different and will fill the upgrade meter differently. Red=1. Yellow=2. Green=5. Blue=10. Pink=50. You earn Manliness Points by finding them on the ground, breaking open crates and defeating enemies. HINT: If you defeat a huge number of enemies at once, you will earn smash bonuses, therefore earn bonus Manliness Points. Manliness Points are extremely similar to BFBB's Shiny Objects.
- Treasure Chests: Treasure Chests are hidden throughout the levels. Collecting them unlocks special bonuses in the game. Some are found in hidden spots in the level while others need to appear by completing a task. There are 42 Treasure Chests total in the game. Treasure Chests are somewhat similar to Patrick's Socks in BFBB. It also has a few costumes.
- Crates:
- Plan Z Supply Crate: These crates are easy to break open. Similar to the Wooden Tiki in BFBB.
- Balloon Box: A box floating in the air on a balloon. Only air-based techniques can break them open. They can also be used as platforms to cross gaps. Similar to the Floating Tiki in BFBB.
- Plan Z Computer: These computers can detect you and disappear when you come to close, only reappearing when you back out. They can be destroyed be an explosion or distant techniques. Similar to the Shhh Tiki in BFBB.
- Thunder Barre: These barrels are explosive. A single touch is enough to light their fuses and explode. The blast radius destroys any nearby crates and enemies and detonates other Thunder Barrels. Similar to the Thunder Tiki in BFBB.
- Steel Safe: Very hard safes that are tough to open. Only an explosion or upgraded technique can destroy them. Steel Safes can also be used to get to higher inclines by stacking them. Similar to the Stone Tiki in BFBB.
As you play the game you will encounter different enemies which have different ways of being defeated.
- Jellyfish: Jellyfish roam many areas in the sea and can be very aggressive if provoked. They attack you by stinging you and are very slow, which gives you the strategy to quickly attack them before they zap you. Jellyfish were also seen in BFBB (except the PC version). They could hurt you too, but they weren't too common and you didn't get any shiny objects for defeating them. Also, there were pink jellyfish and purple jellyfish in BFBB, while only the pink ones are in this game.
- Critter: It is the same as the Jellyfish, except with a bucket helmet.
- Fogger: The Fogger is a chubby enemy that has incredibly bad breath, of which is their attack. They breathe a cloud of stink that can make you faint and must fade away before it is safe. Foggers are similar to Chomp-Bots in BFBB.
- Slammer: The Slammer is slim and armed with a hammer like tool and can perform an overhead slam attack, which can knock you out and give you a headache upon impact, they also create a small shock wave. Slammers are similar to Ham-mers in BFBB.
- Flinger: The flinger is an enemy that floats above the ground in a safety float and is immune to spin attacks, and attacks by spitting a glob of goo that, once hit, not only hurts you and makes the ground slippery, if you are to ever dodge, it will leave a puddle that lasts for an amount of time. Of all the Bucketheads, Flinger seems to be the most stupid, due to how it behaves and attacks. Their goo can also be deflected with an upgraded spin attack. Flingers are similar to Chucks in BFBB.
- Spinner: An enemy with a guard worm that spins around to attack you. Spinners are similar to G-Loves in BFBB.
- Turret: An enemy that hides in a barrel. If you get close to it, it will pop out and shoot rockets at you. Turrets are somewhat similar to Tar-tars in BFBB.
- Popper: An enemy which fires 3 blobs or 7 at a time. If you get too close or if it is hit by projectiles, but not killed, it will burrow to a different area creating blue fogs. This enemy has a weak point. Similar to Arf in BFBB.
- Mini-Merv: An enemy that floats above you and, if you get too close, fires a laser. Mini-Mervs are similar to Bzzt-bots and Monsoons from BFBB.
- Merv: Similar to Mini-merv, yet also shoots out rockets at you and has more health. The laser beam on the buttom of their machine is bigger, allowing them to deflect Spongebowls, but not the explosion of an upgraded Spongebowl. Oddly enough, it appears before Mini-Merv ("Now That We're Men" Combat Arena Challenge). Similar to Slick and Sleepy Time from BFBB.
- Enemy Spawner: A machine that pops out an enemy ball that turns into enemies. Enemy Spawners are similar to Duplicatron 1000s in BFBB.
- Frog Fish ("I'll Let You Pet Mr. Whiskers"): The first boss of the game before you head to the Trenches. After SpongeBob gets caught by the frogfish, Patrick goes out to rescue him. The frogfish will charge at Patrick, so he must dodge it and use his cartwheel to knock him off the edge. After doing it several times, it sends out its tongue which will at first slam and then do a spin attack at the player. During the process, the frogfish also spits acid bombs at you.
- Dennis ("Name's Dennis"): The assassin hired by Plankton to stop SpongeBob and Patrick. Throughout the fight, Dennis will use SpongeBob as a hockey stick and whack old toilets (which will release a toxic gas ring if it hits the ground) at Patrick. The player must either deflect the toilets with his upgraded star spin or throw melons at him. As Dennis' health decreases, he will summon Spinners into the arena. Once he is defeated, he gets stepped on by the Cyclops.
- Deformed Dennis ("Dennis Strikes Back!"): After SpongeBob and Patrick get King Neptune's crown and a lift from David Hasselhoff, the Cyclops' boot returns...along with Dennis! This time, he will throw several daggers at SpongeBob. Directly approaching him doesn't work, as he'll just leap to a different spot. The strategy to beating him is to use the bowling attack or deflecting his daggers using an upgraded spin attack. As Dennis' health decrease, he calls in Slammers into the arena. Once he is defeated, Dennis gets hit by an oncoming boat. This is the only boss level not to take place underwater.
- Buckethead King Neptune ("Turn the Tables on Plankton"): Being the king of the sea, King Neptune cannot be harmed by any of your attacks, and he will hit you (but not damage you) if you get too close, or block the Sonic Wave attack with his trident. For the first round, Neptune will shoot fire at you. During the part when he reloads his trident, hit all the tables with your karate spin. If you dodge his attacks twice without getting hit, quickly run behind the frozen Mr. Krabs. King Neptune will then shoot a laser that will reflect on all the tables and Mr. Krabs, stunning him. Once he's stunned, hit him with the Sonic Wave. After Neptune loses a third of his health, he will fire an electric wave at the floor. Repeat the same strategy as the first round. After Neptune loses another third of his health, he will break the floor into several small platforms and call two Flingers for backup. Repeat the same strategy while dealing with the Flingers. Once he is defeated, the bucket breaks and you win the game. This is the only boss level to take place in Bikini Bottom.
PlayStation 3 Version
On February 7, 2012, the console version came out on the PlayStation Store as a PS2 Classic, meaning it's essentially the PS2 version upscaled to HD, but it's a flawed port, mostly due to several technical issues:
- All still images (in things such as cutscenes and the pause menu) are noticeably blurry.
- While the game was upscaled to HD, it was not converted to widescreen, so the picture is always stretched when it starts, and one will have to manually change it every time they play the game.
- All cutscenes using in-game graphics have severe audio de-syncing issues, where it will start perfectly synced, but then a section of an audio clip will play twice, meaning every clip after it plays about a full second after when it should.
- There is a noticeable delay between pushing a button and the character doing an action. This is because the game is recognizing the controller (a DualShock 3 or a Sixaxis) as a DualShock 2 and must translate the code, causing lag.
The game was removed from the PSN Store for unknown reasons, but can still be purchased through a download code on the Game Stop website for $10.
Game Boy Advance Version
The GBA version of the game is a 2D platformer similar to the likes of Super Mario. There are six worlds, each world containing 4 levels and a boss fight. The player navigates the levels as SpongeBob and Patrick, and must traverse through each stage before time runs out.
World 1: Bikini Bottom
- 1-1: Management Materials
- 1-2: Hey Chum! (A Parody Series Animated Hey Arnold!)
- 1-3: Not a Kid
- 1-4: Shell City Ahoy!
- 1-Boss: Thug Fish
World 2: Coral Canyon
- 2-1: Where's the Reef?
- 2-2: 100 Leagues Down
- 2-3: Stop for a Bite
- 2-4: Man Babies
- 2-Boss: Thug Tug Thug
World 3: Desert
- 3-1: The Long Road
- 3-2: On the Walk Again
- 3-3: Sea Cave
- 3-4: Yoodle-a-Sea-Doo! (A Parody Saying Yabba-Dabba-Doo! Series Animated Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones)
- 3-Boss: Ice Cream Monster
World 4: Trench
- 4-1: Stairs of Fear
- 4-2: Trench Bottom
- 4-3: Stairs of Freedom
- 4-4: Run Men, Run!
- 4-Boss: Dennis
World 5: Shell City
- 5-1: Escape!
- 5-2: Burn Baby Burn
- 5-3: Man Hands
- 5-4: Shiny Crown
- 5-Boss: Cyclops Battle
World 6: Hasselhoff's Bikini
- 6-1: Hold the Hasselhoff
- 6-Boss 1: The Return of Dennis
- 6-2: Bottom Running
- 6-3: Krusty Krab I
- 6-4: Krusty Krab II
- 6-Boss 2: King Neptune's Wrath
PC Version
Unlike the other versions of the game, the PC version has different gameplay, and less levels. It has the same gameplay as the "Employee of the Month game," which is a point-and-click adventure. Also Plankton and Mindy are playable. Plankton is playable when you find Plan Z, and Mindy is playable in her castle with King Neptune.
While the PC and GBA versions were barely reviewed at all, the PS2/GC/Xbox versions have received positive to mixed reviews, all 3 receiving about 70% on GameRankings, and ranging from 73-75 on Metacritic. IGN gave the game a 7.8 saying "Instead of settling on oversimplified gameplay, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie delivers an entertaining (and oftentimes challenging) mix of platform and driving sequences. Controls feel responsive and the camera rarely hinders your view of the action." Most reviewers also complimented the fact that it was a licensed game that didn't simply exploit the license in order to sell well, which it could've been very easily done considering SpongeBob's popularity.
Despite it's relative obscurity, the console versions of The SpongeBob Movie Game and Battle for Bikini Bottom have developed a fairly sized cult following, where many say they're underrated and deserve much more attention. Many also have pleasant, nostalgic memories from playing the two games as children.
- There is a glitch in the GameCube version where if you hold the X button before starting a Spongeball challenge, the sound of SpongeBob charging a Spongebowl is heard but it never ends unless you die or finish the challenge.
- In some of his combo moves, SpongeBob can be heard saying "SuperSponge: saving the day!" This is a reference to the Playstation 1 game SuperSponge.
- Mindy can be heard saying bad word #11 (a reference to "Sailor Mouth").
- For some unknown reason, David Hasselhoff is never referred to by name throughout the entire game.
- This possibly might be because of royalty fees or Nickelodeon didn't have the rights to use his name in video games.
- In the PC version, the familiar looking guy (the same one from SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month) can be seen.
- During the fifth chapter of the PC version, trying to make SpongeBob traverse the trench too soon causes him to say, "It's too foggy to see! I could get eaten by a Grue." This is a reference to Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, a popular PC text adventure, where if you wandered into a dark location without any light source, you would be unable to see. Shortly thereafter, text would pop up saying "You were eaten by a Grue."
- The PC edition is the only version of this game told in chapters.
- In the PC version, in Squidward's house there is a chalkboard displaying his new phone number and a picture of Flatts the Flounder beating up SpongeBob.
- Although the game is based on the movie, the Hotel Deep Six (Chapter 5) and Dr. Louie's Office (Chapter 6) from the PC version never appear in the actual movie.
Easter Eggs
- An old license plate reads "HVY IRN," an acronym of "Heavy Iron," the game's developer. Also, a golf iron has "Heavy Iron" written on it.
- In the level "Three... Thousand Miles to Shell City," the character that is not playing can be seen balancing on a rock, then falling off in the background.
- The robots from the preceding SpongeBob game, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, make a cameo in the game as rotting junk.
- In "Welcome to Planktopolis...Minions," when you get through the "Monument-al Destruction" task and you are facing the lava pit, drop down to the right lower ledge and keep going right. When you pass the corner, it will say "Heavy Iron's best times" with a leaderboard showing all the fastest racing times of the members of Heavy Iron Studios.
- In "Welcome to Planktopolis... Minions," there is a part where you can see Patrick swinging and hanging on the ceiling with a bucket on his head, but the bucket isn't activated.
- In the level Sundae Driving inside the Gobber World building you can see a piece concept art from Battle for Bikini Bottom.
- In the level Drive of the Knucklehead-McSpazitron, when the road is blocked, Patrick will occasionally say: "Maybe we shouldn't have stopped to use our gift receipt for Deam's Little Shop of Dried Fish Flakes and Flowers." This references BFBB as SpongeBob received a gift receipt for the same store when he defeated Robo-Sandy.
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Happy birthday and have a great day. Jim
Happy birthday and have a great day. Jim
I'm either going to, coming from or thinking about fishing. Jim
Have a Happy Birthday.
Have a HAPPY DAY Byron!
Thanks, went out with some friends for dinner and just relaxed. thanks again.
Sorry I didn't see this one sooner -Glad to see you took advantage of it and had a great time.
More hugs,
Happy belated Birthday wish to you Byron.
Trout don't speak Latin.