I was sitting next to a boy in his late teens or so on the train to work this morning and I at first thought he was just playing games on his Nintendo DS as many people do on their boring journey to work or school or wherever they're going.

But when I happened to look down at his console, I saw that he was watching a movie from an r4 sdhc on the tiny screen, and it was one of the hugely popular Twilight films.

I realised that he was watching the newest film - Breaking Dawn Part One - which has only just come out in the cinema, I took my little sister to see it over the weekend.

When I realised it was Breaking Dawn I was intrigued how he had a copy of it already, then I realised how awful the quality was, the screen was small enough, but I could tell then that this was a pirated copy from inside a cinema. How ridiculous, to watch a bad quality copy on a tiny DS screen, come on! Don't be a pirate and just go to the cinema!

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I used to love Lego as a kid, it was such a great activity, you could literally pass hours building different things, and you could buy cool different sets like a farm or a police station.

Now it's become so franchised, and I read recently about how that's the biggest way that Lego make their money now, and they may not survive if it weren't for that.

Now they have Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Star Wars sets, Lego Harry Potter and all sorts!

As well as that, they develop these into games for the Nintendo Wii and other handheld and gaming consoles. It's on a much larger scale than the simple colourful bricks that I used to love as a kid.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to build a huge Indiana Jones scene or the Star Wars Death Star myself, but it seemed so much simpler before!

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Scientology is a body of beliefs that was created by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction and fantasy author who classified it as a religion. The ‘religion’ teaches that all humans are immortal yet they have forgotten their true nature. To remember one’s true nature, there is a process of rehabilitation which involves re-experiencing personal past painful events in order to free oneself from their limiting effects. In order to have access to the process of rehabilitation, Scientology members must donations which are legally recognized as tax free by the USA and a few other countries. In the UK, Germany, and France, Scientology is not permitted this religious status.

The Church of Scientology is the most notable organization overseeing application of the ‘religion’. Scientology is perceived by many to be a cult that abuses its members but charging humungous fees for the spiritual services it provides. Scientology’s belief that souls reincarnate and have previously inhabited other planets before living on Earth has excited further controversy. To learn about humanity’s extraterrestrial past, Scientology members must ascend to the upper levels of the organization by paying thousands of dollars. I’d rather keep my damenuhren thanks!

The wave theory of light was first developed by Robert Hooke in the 1660s. In 1678, Christiaan Huygens independently arrived at the same theory and published it in 1690 in his Treatise on Light. Huygens posited that light was emitted in a series of waves in all directions in a medium he dubbed ‘Luminiferous ether’. Huygens was the first to assert that light waves slowed down upon entering a denser medium as he believed the waves were not affected by gravity.

Thomas Young further developed the wave theory of light in 1800 in positing that light can be polarised. Through a diffraction experiment, Young observed that light behaved as waves and concluded that different colours were caused by different light wavelengths. Augustin-Jean Fresnel arrived at the same conclusion independently and in 1817 presented his notion to the French Academy of Sciences. By 1821, Fresnel’s theory was accepted as there was no other way through which to explain polarisation unless through a wave theory of light. It was a little while longer before gu10 led’s were developed however!

According to The Telegraph today, more than 100 retailers went into administration in the first half of 2011. The stats from Deloitte point to more problems befalling the high street, with customers still tightening their belts in this economic climate.

Some of the latest retailers to close up shop include Jane Norman, Oddbins, Focus DIY, and most surprisingly: Habitat.

Across all sectors the second quarter of 2011 a total of 449 companies falling into administration, with 557 closing before then in the first quarter of 2011.

The constant decline in our economy makes me very worried. I'm thinking of investing some of my savings to hopefully keep them safe and get a return on them, and I'm looking at companies like Barclays and Rowan Dartington to go through, but how can you trust where to put your money? Not in Europe anyway, it's an economic mess everywhere!

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