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Ron Moore, the executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, spoke to a USC class, COMM 426, "Religion, Media and Hollywood" on February 28, 2007. Youtube: Ron Moore on Religion and Battlestar Galactica (Parts 1 and 2)

Ron Moore's Interview with Alan Sepinwall:The Star-Ledger

The Sci-Fi website has been adding clues ("You will know the Truth") as to who the Final Cylon is. After reading pages and pages of junk on the BSG forum I found a post which stood out from the rest (below). No real conclusions yet as I suspect they are holding back the majority of clues on the final days leading up the the first Battlestar 4.5 episode.

Theories on the clues::

Clue One:
"You have heard my voice countless times, yet you do not know my name"

- Someone in plain sight.

Clue Two:
"And the fifth still in shadow , will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The seven, now six, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the one splintering into the many, and then they will join the promised-land, gathered on the wings of an angel. Not an end, but a beginning.
Not yet discovered, the fifth will knowingly or unknowingly hurt a lot of people. The seven known models, now six, because of D'Anna being boxed will continue fighting amongst themselves. Instead of being united they're no split into many groups. The survivors will join together, humans and cylons. They will find the true Earth and a new beginning will emerge. The hybrid children?

I've been reading the many forums on Battlestar Galactica over the past week (I know... a big time waster). The posting activity is hotting up... especially when the last 10 episodes aka BSG 4.5 are being aired starting from the 16th January 2009 10/9C in USA.

There are many weird and wacky Battlestar Galactica theories coming through in the forums... It's amazing to read the many variations, derivations and interpretations different people can receive from the one source (the TV show). I guess its kind of like religion... one source, many interpretations (i.e. the Abraham rooted religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism).

Anyway among the list of theories (mixed in with a few facts) about the show here are a few of the most twisted, possible, or wildly crazy theories circulating on the boards about the upcoming Battlestar episodes... (Hopefully this will save you time from going through all the repetitive junk on the forum boards)

The Gaza Strip is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, on the South-West border of Israel, bordering Egypt to its West. It is about 41 kilometres (25 mi) long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres (4–7.5 mi) wide, with a total area of 360 square kilometres (139 sq mi). The area is not recognised internationally as part of any sovereign country but is claimed by the Palestinian National Authority as part of the Palestinian territories. Since the June 2007 battle of Gaza, actual control of the area is in the hands of the Hamas de facto government.

The Gaza Strip was promised to the Palestinians in 1948, it was captured by Egypt in the Middle East War, and was then captured by Israel in the 1967 War. It is currently under Palestinian rule, though it seems lately to just be falling apart.

The Gaza Strip in History

Here are some more trivia about the Gaza strip you may want to know about: The first mention of the city of Gaza was in the 15th century BCE where the Torah and the Old Testament has the story of Samson and Delilah.

We are fooled into investment scams by only one temptation: greed. Let greed not blind your logical reasoning when choosing investment schemes. Be it real estate, stock market trading, penny stocks, forex investing, mutual funds, start-up business or any other innovative form of investing structure be wary of scammers willing to take from your hard earned cash. Don’t be a sucker, don’t be a fooled into an investment scam.

Scammers come in all shapes and sizes, targetting anything from investments to anything in daily life. Simple small scams, Nigerian email scams which tempt you with the possibility or obtaining large amounts of cash for nothing - where more and more people are falling for it. On the internet there are quite a number of forex invesment scams. While travelling in the Philippines be wary of people selling you gift cheques.

Regina Spektor is one of the finest songwriters to emerge from the 2000s. Born in Moscow in 1980, Spektor learned to play the piano at a young age, and began writing songs when she moved from the turbulent Soviet Union to the Bronx in the early 1990s. She was exposed to rock music by her father, who had bootleg cassettes of band such as The Beatles and Queen. She also was influenced by classical artists, such as Chopin. When she was a teenager she also became influenced by hip-hop and punk as well. All of these elements mix together in her music almost effortlessly.

Spektor studied music in college, and around this time she began writing her own songs. She began performing in small clubs in New York City, such as the Knitting Factory and the Sidewalk Café. She self-released two albums (2001’s 11:11, and 2002’s Songs) before being signed to Sire Records in 2004. Her first album for the label, Soviet Kitsch, gained a modest amount of recognition, but her 2006 release Begin to Hope earned her a decent amount of mainstream success, and included the hit single “Fidelity.” Most recently, her song, “The Call,” was used prominently in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

What do you think? Ever since Katie has been married with Tom Cruise she has just aged so much... (The blurb from the Youtube video reads: "Scientology and her deal with the devil (Tom Cruise) have sucked the life out of Katie Holmes."

Just when you were fretting Katie Holmes's apparently horrible life couldn't get much worse comes news she is teetering on the brink of total physical and mental disintegration. And who is surprised?

"Katie's tragic decline: how life with Tom has ruined her looks" is NW's attempt at fresh celebrity news this week and features images comparing Holmes now and two years ago. And yes, the woman is a troll now.

After thirteen years of not performing, recording, or saying much of anything, seminal alternative rock pioneers My Bloody Valentine broke their silence and played some shows in 2008. They made up for their inactivity by playing their best songs at a blistering volume, leaving audiences across the globe completely mesmerized.

Lead by guitar maestro Kevin Shields, the band was formed in Dublin in 1984, and were the penultimate band in the “shoegazing” movement in Britain. Shields wrote pop songs layered with guitar effects and feedback, almost like a more dreamy Velvet Underground. With the addition of Bilinda Butcher on vocals in 1987, the band began to make a name for themselves. However, they only released two full-length albums (1988’s Isn’t Anything, and 1991’s masterpiece Loveless) before they went on a hiatus. The sessions for Loveless dragged for two years and nearly bankrupted their record label. This created tensions within the band, and put a strain on Kevin Shields, the band’s main songwriter and ardent perfectionist.

On 29 October 2008, David Tennant announced he was leaving Doctor Who after the 4 specials in 2009. Matt Smith has been cast in the role of the Doctor in the iconic BBC series Doctor Who. Smith will be the 11th Time Lord and will take over from David Tennant who leaves at the end of 2009. He will be seen in the forthcoming fifth series that will be broadcast in 2010.

Anna Paquin won an Oscar at the age of 11 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Piano, alongside Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. Afterwards, her acting career was more sporadic, probably due to her young age, and didn’t really emerge in the spotlight until she landed the role of Rogue in the three X-Men movies, which proved to be a smash. Her credits also include Fly Away Home, Almost Famous, 25th Hour, and The Squid and the Whale.

Now, Anna Paquin is back in the spotlight in the new Alan Ball-produced HBO vampire series True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse. The acclaimed show deals with the coexistence of humans and vampires in a small Louisiana town, with Paquin’s character being a telepath tic bartender who is entranced by a vampire. Since its debut in September 2008, ratings for the show have escalated, projecting the show to be a hit along the likes of HBO classics such as The Sopranos, and Sex and the City.

Paquin’s work in the vampire show has also earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress In a Television Series. This past December, she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in True Blood.

Read more for Anna Paquin's sexy bedroom photos from Parade Magazine 2003.