AMERICAN PIE 2 (2001) 1 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Own, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Eugene Levy. Story by David H. Steinberg and Adam Herz. Screenplay by Adam Herz. Directed by J. B. Rogers. Rated R. Approx. 115 minutes.
American Pie 2 is filled with laughs. But they are mostly cheap ones built primarily upon sexual degradation and adolescent humor more fit for a locker room than a movie theater.
I'm no prude and I admit to laughing along with everyone else at the preview screening to this sequel to the 1999 hit comedy.
But the laughs are built on discomfort and embarrassment, not on any intrinsic humor from within the story itself.
What separates American Pie 2 from its predecessor is heart. Of the original, I noted it was "a warm, pleasant outing about the travails of growing up."
Well, the quartet of chums - Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) - have grown up. At least they are a year older, but don't seem any wiser.
Fresh from their first year of college the quartet, along with the obnoxious Stifler (Seann William Scott), rent a summer house by the lake in order to attract girls in an attempt to score.
As usual nothing goes right until the last reel. But what we are left with is five guys spending nearly two hours drooling over various young women.
And American Pie 2 is rather degrading to women. For the most part, they are not shown as individuals. They are nothing more than potential recipients of over-active, raging hormones.
It is telling that the most normal couple, Oz and Heather (Mena Suvari) spend the bulk of the film trying to have phone sex - she's overseas on an exchange student program.
Despite having been to college, Jim is still klutzy and awkward, unsure of himself around the opposite sex. Most of the pratfalls and humiliations are heaped upon him, including a painful episode involving an instant glue-like substance.
Also uncomfortable to watch is a sequence involving three of the lads with two young women roommates, whom the boys suspect of being lesbians. It is offensive and plays upon outdated, adolescent stereotypes to generate laughs.
The first film, despite some raunchy moments, had an innocent charm to it. The sequel is more cynical. It knows what its predominantly male audience members want and unabashedly gives it to them: The many mentions of Finch's encounter with Stifler's mom becomes a tiresome running gag throughout as does Eugene Levy's return as Jim's well-meaning, trying-to-be-hip dad.
The only performer who is actually given some new, fresh material is Alyson Hannigan as Michelle, the band geek from the original. In the sequel, she imbues her character with vulnerability, wisdom and maturity.
American Pie 2 is a pre-sold commodity that will earn several million at the box office. It is a shame, though, that in its rush to rake in some bucks screenwriter Adam Herz, who also penned the original, could not have set his sights higher.
American Pie 2 is funny, but it's still a comedown as well as a letdown.
Bob Bloom is the film critic at the Journal and Courier in Lafayette, IN. He can be reached by e-mail at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Other reviews by Bloom can be found at www.jconline.com by clicking on golafayette. Bloom's reviews also can be found on the Web at the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Bob+Bloom
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Java Servlets are a method for running Java-based web-server applications.
extpred - A servlet that calls an extended predicate.
hello - A very simple servlet.


Dynamic vs Static Languages
Mar 14 2016
All coding languages are either dynamically or statically typed. The difference is determined by how that language handles variables.
A dynamic language lets variables be redefined to any type at any given point - the variable type is dynamic. Ruby and JavaScript both fit this description. Here's how it would look:
num = 10
num = "ten"
Here you can see that the first line sets the variable equal to an integer, but the second sets it equal to a string.
In static languages, this isn't allowed. You must declare your variable and variable type before defining it, and the variable must equal that datatype. If it is set to another type, it will return an error.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both types.
Dynamic languages are faster to type and produce the most readable code. However, by not enforcing variable data types, it is possible to accidentally assign incorrect values to variables or create new, mistyped variables on the fly. To fix these errors you have to run the code and find any runtime errors. This testing takes longer and is harder to do, resulting in more errors slipping through to production. Generally speaking, the benefits of dynamic languages make them better suiting for prototyping and shorter development cycles.
On the other hand, static languages can find these errors for you when you compile the code. This makes testing considerably easier. The downside is that it takes longer write, as you have to declare your variables in advance. These languages are better for larger, more precise applications, as they have more robust testing capabilities and better system performance.
Because of the best practices found in each, it is typically easier for experienced static-language coders to switch to dynamic-languages than vice versa. But for your application, you should start with whatever language you know best, and then go from there.


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US Senate approves Hong Kong human rights bill, sends to House of Representatives - RTRS
by Ross J BurlandReuters has reported that the US Senate has approved the Hong Kong human rights bill and is sending it to the House of Representatives.
The U.S. Senate, in a unanimous vote, passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid China's crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement in that vital financial center,
the article reads, adding:
With the voice vote by senators, the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" now goes to the House of Representatives, which earlier approved its own version of the measure. The two chambers will have to work out the differences before any legislation can be sent to President Donald Trump for his consideration.
FX implications:
More to come...


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Implemented in PlayerCharacter, EnemyTower, EndLevelCollectable, DynamicEnvironmentObject, and StaticEnvironmentObject.
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| p_DeltaTime | time passed. |
Implemented in PlayerCharacter, EnemyTower, EndLevelCollectable, DynamicEnvironmentObject, and StaticEnvironmentObject.


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I’ve been listening to this for the past three days straight. Radiohead is soooo good.


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 I'm surprised it was easy getting used to school schedule again after the 6 weeks vacation. It's the third week already now
How are you doing?
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[dscrdeql] <AndronicusBass-Founder> After summer vacation? Winters finished here so much happier to see some sun and warmer weather
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[dscrdeql] <Jellysmash> Morning @SwimedDragon
[dscrdeql] <SwimedDragon> Yeah, it was summer vacation here
[dscrdeql] <Jellysmash> Going well
[dscrdeql] <SwimedDragon> Morning Jelly
[dscrdeql] <SwimedDragon> Lol, I'm looking forward to winter, not the big cold, but it has often 5-10 celcius day's which are not too cold over here
[dscrdeql] <AndronicusBass-Founder> damn. thats the temp at night in winter here. winter days around 10-15 degrees celcuis
[dscrdeql] <SwimedDragon> Well, it can get a lot colder, but it's often not for too long. But I prefer the autumn and spring months, winter can be nice because it sometimes has snow