High Anxiety

The Wild Geese (1978) IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

Actors: Burton Richard,Moore Roger,Harris Richard,Kruger Hardy,Granger Stewart,Ntshona Winston,Kani John,Watson Jack,Finlay Frank,Griffith Kenneth,Foster Barry,Fraser Ronald,Yule Ian,Allen Patrick,Drama,Action,War,Adventure,

The wild geese from Strathbeg are getting ready to migrate for the winter, but why?
are they making so much noise. Also they seem to be flying from one field to another in a frantic hurray. Is this the sign of bad weather?
Fudgie are you Big John Campbell? Greetings from the Bloo Toon.

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no, its just a sign of winter approaching

assassin | Oct 16, 2006

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No… there’s just more hassle checking in this year because of the security measures
GLH (male 48 UK) | Oct 16, 2006

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No they are not sure where they wanna go.
they are probably illegal immigrants I reckon
pilatustopontus | Oct 16, 2006

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ryanair are doing cheap flights so they are just excited and trying to book their tickets its nature
budgeeeuk | Oct 16, 2006

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No, that’s just what geese do.

They tend to fly around in small groups until they have established a leader for each flight of about 30 birds. If there isn’t an obvious candidate they argue about it – just like humans.
old-know-all | Oct 16, 2006

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They are making the noise to gather everyone up. flying fromn field to field to get as many supplies as possible for the flight. also they get all the stragglers!!
Ross Macdonald | Oct 16, 2006

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they are excited but also a little angry because strathberg smells in the winter and so they can’t get away fast enough. they’re also testing the fields (hence hopping from one to another) because they’re waiting for news on where osama’s going to strike next…and they dont want to collide with one of his target planes…but the news is so slow in coming and they’re now cold and impatient?
Wisdom | Oct 16, 2006

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its freezing…their off on their holidays…stop yer moaning…greetings from Glasgow…
fudgie | Oct 16, 2006

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Is it because is WINTER
chass_lee | Oct 17, 2006

White Sands (1992) IMDB rating: 5.80 Plot: A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

Actors: Dafoe Willem,Rourke Mickey,Jackson Samuel L.,Walsh M. Emmet,Rebhorn James,Nicksay Alexander,Lopez Fredrick,Sandoval Miguel,Lafayette John,Thorley Ken,Kehler Jack,Applegate Royce D.,Drama,Thriller,Crime,

My Saltwater fish are dying! 1 is dead and the rest are really sick?
Okay, I have a Royal Gramma, Clownfish, Sand Sifter, and 2 pyjama cardinals…

Royal gramma hasnt been doing well, for the past few days he’s been lying on the sand breathing regularly, but his coat hasnt been as shiny and he has brown stuff on his scales….

Sand sifter- He’s Dead… Alive last night but now dead

Clownfish- Used to swim around alot, now just stays in 1 place…

Pyjama Cardinals… Used to just "hang out" but now there really hyper…

I just recently killed a glass anemone with a syringe and lemon juice, and thats when all this started happening.

But before i killed the anemone my clownfish had white spots and he looked like he was trying to scratch himself.

Can someone help me before my Rg, pyjama cardnals, and clownfish die?!

I love my little swimmy (rg) He was my first Saltwater fish i have ever had and he is my favorite.

These fish arnt very old, maybe a year…

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That white stuff you are referring to is a fish disease called ick but it can be treated it is usually caused by the water being too cold.Check the temperature as well as the ph in the water
muttlee | Feb 05, 2010

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You need to do about a 50% water change. The lemon juice has dropped the pH and it also sounds like there are other water quality issues. The fish should be doing much better after the water change.

Never use lemon juice on aiptasia. Use a product like Joes Juice or the Red Sea Aiptasia-X. If you do not want to use them, use boiling water, or kalkwasser. Any acid like lemon juice is no good.

Because of the water quality problem, expect to get some illness like ich to really bloom since the fish was already fighting it off. You might want to have some Paraguard by Seachem ready to go just in case you start having issues.
TheRav1n | Feb 05, 2010

Ridicule (1996) IMDB rating: 7.30 Plot: In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue.

Actors: Berling Charles,Rochefort Jean,Giraudeau Bernard,Dheran Bernard,Brandt Carlo,Mathou Jacques,Cancelier Urbain,Delpy Albert,Zanardi Bruno,Roman Jacques,Magnan Philippe,Chevit Maurice,Comedy,Drama,Romance,

why do people doubt me when i say im half black?
okay so i happen to be both black and afghan. and if youve seen most afghans they have dark features,and lightish skin. i have dark skin and lots of tight ringlet curles(nappy + straight =ringlets!yay!). and my nose dosnt stick out far at al(but unfortuantly the bridge is tall=/ but who cares !) so those are the only characteristics of my black half and when i tell people(specially other african americans!)they give me a look lik sure or yeah right stop bein a wanna be black. and it just makes me so mad!and when they see my BLACK father there like….oh.i guess you really werent lying!
i know it dosnt matter where people come from or race. but when people want to know and i tell them, its like whos really going to lie about race! i take pride in my race even though both races have faced ridicule and the past and im proud of what i am and that what really irks me when people are like that.
how come theyre like that?
thanks for any answers!:)

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Its human nature to not trust anyone for some reason. Its so dumb how people won’t believe you and make you feel bad over something like race. Don’t let others get to you. You knowing who you are is all that matters.
Wade | Feb 03, 2010

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Why are people like that? You will come to find out people are straight assholes and idiots. Sometimes you wanna hit the hell out of them for little foul comments people make. But you have to learn to ignore them, because fighting is not the way to go.
PrettyBoy C | Feb 03, 2010

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idk why people are like that. why would people think you’re lying?! me myself am made up of african american, native american, and french (i’m creole!!) you can clearly see the african american and indian but the french usually throws people off. I also have a lil cousin thats mixed with black and white but she looks fully white. really white skin, blue eyes, red curly hair. when she grows up and tells people that she’s half black i’m pretty sure she’s gonna be going through the same thing you’re gowing through
Chelsey | Feb 03, 2010

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mixed people think they’re better than everybody else so they feel the need to announce it to the world.

you people suck.
Jordan | Feb 03, 2010

Waltz with Bashir (2008) IMDB rating: 8.10 Plot: One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Actors: Ben-Yishai Ron,Dayag Ronny,Harazi Dror,Lazarov Yehezkel,Leon Mickey,Sivan Ori,Animation,Drama,War,Biography,

Any recommendations for some brilliant non-pornographic anime/animated series/movies for adults?
I have watched Blue Gender, Elfen Lied, Ergo Proxy, Paprika, Persepolis, Waking Life, Waltz With Bashir and many others but now I am looking for something new. The genre does not matter as long as it’s aimed at adult audience and is well made, especially the script. Does not matter what year it has been produced. Philosophical and horror elements are a bonus but not necessity. Nudity in scenes is ok but I’m not looking for hentai or any other form of porn. Any recommendations?

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Try Legend of Galactic Heroes or Monster. If you’re feeling rather romantic, no hurt in trying out Rose of Versailles too.

Other series you may want to try out are Jigoku Shoujo, xxxHolic, Antique Bakery, Cowboy Bebop just to name a few.

Sable Phantom | Jun 19, 2009

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For the shows you listed and what you’re looking for, I highly recommend Kaiji. It’s a gambling show about an unemployed, idle young man who cosigned on a loan for a friend. The friend vanished and Kaiji finds himself up to his neck in debts and in serious trouble with the local yakuza. The gangsters offer him a way out–go on a gambling cruise and see if he can’t win the money back in the games. This isn’t some lame shounen game-playing show, though. There’s a lot of deep commentary on the human condition, and Kaiji is an incredible anti-hero–lazy, idle, bitter, weak-willed, etc, but amazingly strong deep down. It’s also got horror elements. The gambles that the yakuza come up with are pretty monstrous and often fatal, (this isn’t some lame mahjong or poker show) and Kaiji who is flat broke often is forced to wager his organs in order to play.

More at: http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?sho w=anime&aid=5427

SUMMARY from anidb
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.

Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well…

(if you do watch it, let me know what you think!)
Dorothea | Jun 19, 2009

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Few of my faves are:

=Welcome to the NHK (Shonen but has mostly mature themes)
=Ghost in the Shell
=Outlaw Star
=Wolf’s Rain
<<KAY>> | Jun 19, 2009

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If you’ve watched Paprika, I highly recommend the director’s Millenium Actress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_ Actress Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpGrD5wUz KE

Makoto Shinkai is also a great director. Of his works, the most "adult" would be 5 Centimeters Per Second. Don’t be put off by the high-schooler characters, the mentality here is adult. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimete rs_Per_Second Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBH4xCE9 ys

Grave of the Fireflies has been called the anime "Schindler’s List" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_th e_fireflies Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPwdBIbx _U

Also from the same director, the brilliant Only Yesterday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Yester day_(film) Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9WNAcPcI GY
Eddie H | Jun 19, 2009

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) IMDB rating: 7.60 Plot: What’s Eating Gibert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie’s severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert (Johnny Depp) has to constantly, while working for the town’s slowly dying Convenience Store, take care of his younger brother, played to such depth and conviction by a very young Leonardo DiCaprio. Gilbert’s life, his future, is thwarted he know this, but it is in this Guardian Angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky (Juliette Lewis) arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realisation unties new feelings, new thoughts and new hope for the put upon Gibert, something new is eating Gilbert Grape.

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I've seen these movies, what are some others I would like?
I have seen the below movies, what are some other movies I would like?

Gypsy 83
Homeroom
Confessions of a Superhero
Ordinary People
The King of Kong
Pieces of April
Good Will Hunting
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
As Good As It Gets
Akeelah and the Bee
Finding Forrester
Rounders
Almost Famous

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A Beautiful Mind, Rain Man, The Pursuit of Happiness, Little Miss Sunshine, The Family Stone, In Her Shoes, The Secret Life of Bees, Return to Me, Into the Wild, The Other Sister

| Jan 19, 2010

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Try these!

Titanic (1997)- great plot, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are outstanding, tearjerker, thrilling, Oscar-winning

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)- great plot, great soundtrack, an eye-opener, inspiring, artistic, Oscar-winning

Milk (2008)- great adaptation of a true story, inspiring, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin are absolutely amazing (so is James Franco), Oscar-winning

The Dark Knight (2008)- don’t worry, I’m not a huge fan of Batman, but this film is absolutely great. I haven’t even seen the first two Batman movies, but it didn’t even matter. The plot is perfect, the action is suspensful and thrilling, Heath Ledger was absolutely phenomenal in his role as The Joker. Every time there was a scene change, I would hope he’d be on screen because his role is just so creepy and flatout crazy. The movie takes turns you don’t see coming and the whole thing is a masterpiece.

Harold and Maude (1971)- honestly it’s a little weird, great quotes, a dark comedy with a sad but fulfilling ending that makes you feel happy and sad at the same time, great soundtrack (Cat Stevens), hilarious in an odd way, great story. But again, very weird and kind of odd. This is not a stupid comedy by any means, but rather a great story about life and death, full of funny moments. It is a really odd movie to try to describe but easily one of my all-time favortites. Please see it, although like I said you will see that it is odd within the first five minutes but just keep watching. Made me cry a bit at the end. This is a great story, it really is. It makes you think deeply as you roll on the floor laughing, and leaves you with a really great message and feel. In the end, it is a feel-good, quirky, hilarious and heartfelt movie. The perfect combo. Strongly recommend this one.

No Country for Old Men (2007)- suspensful, visually captivating, a bit bloody, thrilling, a bit confusing so you have to really pay attention throughout the film and you may need to see it again to understand it better, gives you chills, great acting by Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and especially Javier Bardem, perfectly put together, great quotes, Oscar-winning

If you are looking for a comedy, I’d say "17 Again" (2009)- hilarious! Kinda sad and heart warming at parts and so worth it.

If you are looking for a great romace, I’d say "The Notebook." It breaks your heart and has a great plot. Major tearjerker.

If you are planning to go to the movies, I’d say see "Nine" or "Avatar" in 3-D. "Nine" has Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Fergie, Marion Cotillard, Judy Dench, and Sophia Loren. "Avatar" sends a great message to the world about saving the environment, in a way that is visually stunning and very creative. There are also parts of this movie that portray some prominent aspects of whats going on with America and other countries right now. There are a few lines that will make you refer back to a political or environmental point of view. And I don’t even like sci-fi, but this movie was great and definitely worth seeing in 3-D. This movie won Best Picture and Best Director at the Golden Globes 2010.

Hope this helps!
Sea Star | Jan 19, 2010

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I’d suggest Dead Poets Society.
Anna | Jan 19, 2010

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Eraserhead- surrealistic
Jake | Jan 19, 2010

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based on what you like a great movie to watch that i highly recommend would be
American Beauty
jJesse Vardaro | Jan 19, 2010

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Good Will Hunting = the BEST movie ever.
we have similar tastes, you and I.

I would suggest Love Actually, The Cider House Rules, GATTACA, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

I also don’t know if you like musicals but if you do check out,
The Producers
Chicago
RENT
Rachel | Jan 19, 2010

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Just a quick glance, this should cover your list to but not including good will hunting, as a lot of the movies from good will hunting down would get similar reccomendations

Cashback
Everybody’s Famous
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Life Before Her Eyes
Better Luck Tomorrow
Happy Campers
Broken Wings
Shirley Adams
Where God Left His Shoe
Facing Ali
Miami Rhapsody
Garbo Talks
totallyjay04 | Jan 19, 2010

Jersey Girl (2004) IMDB rating: 6.30 Plot: Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn’t lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn’t live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.

Actors: McFarland Matt,Litt Paulie,Fan Christian,Chavez Victor,Mace William,Affleck Ben,Carlin George,Root Stephen,Starr Mike,Comedy,Drama,Romance,

What size are you in youth if you are a medium/large size in junior in girls?
I am talking about shirts and jerseys. Please answer, I am hoping to buy a Magic Basketball jersey soon!

Howards End (1992) IMDB rating: 7.40 Plot: Two sisters have encounters with a wealthy family. The younger sister is rejected by the son of the wealthy family. The older sister becomes a good friend of the wealthy mother, whose most cherished possession is their cottage at Howard’s End, and wishes fervently that Thompson could live there, as they are kindred spirits. Over the course of years, the older sister marries into the wealthy family, and the family tries to keep her from taking possession of Howard’s End.

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Actors: Bennett Joseph,Ross Magenty Adrian,Hopkins Anthony,Wilby James,Latimer Ian,West Samuel,Prawer Siegbert,Drama,Romance,

Can someone explain this quote to me?

Great Expectations (1946) IMDB rating: 8.20 Plot: Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. When the boy finds two hidden escaped galley convicts, he obeys under -probably unnecessary- threat of a horrible death to bring the criminals food he must steal at peril of more caning from the battle-ax. Just when Pip fears to get it really good while they have guests, a soldier comes for Joe who takes Pip along as assistant to work on the chains of escaped galley-convicts, who are soon caught. The better-natured one takes the blame for the stolen food. Later Pip is invited to became the playmate of Estelle, the equally arrogant adoptive daughter of gloomy, filthy rich Miss Havisham at her estate, who actually has ‘permission’ to break the kind kid’s heart; being the only pretty girl he ever saw, she wins his heart forever, even after a mysterious benefactor pays trough a lawyer for his education and a rich allowance, so he can become a snob in London, by now ‘ashamed’ of simple Joe. Only after years in idle wealth, Pip learns Havisham is not his benefactor as he assumed, and both her story and those of his real sponsor and Estelle…

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Actors: Mills John,Wager Tony,Miles Bernard,Sullivan Francis L.,Currie Finlay,Guinness Alec,Barnard Ivor,Hayes George,Petrie Hay,Forrest John,Drama,

Great Expectations question?
In the book, what is a part (chapters 10-19) in which pip holds back information from the reader? I ask this because I need help with a school assignment. Thanks!

Mark of Cain, The (2007) IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: GULLIVER and TATE – nickname ‘Treacle’ – are two ordinary 18 year-olds serving in the British Army in Iraq. Their platoon is struggling to maintain the uneasy peace of 2003. When their popular company captain, GODBER, is killed on patrol by a roadside bomb, morale in the platoon hits rock bottom. Acting on orders they round up several suspects from house-to-house searches. That night feelings at the camp are running high and as the chain of command is weakened and events spiral out of control. The lads end their tour of duty and return to England full of stories but also shaken by their experiences. Iraq comes back to haunt them when Gulliver’s jilted girlfriend, Shelley, decides to get her own back on him by giving photos of the events in Iraq to the British police. The story hits the press, and Gulliver and Treacle, now the most reviled men in Britain, face court martial. The army claims the two are ‘rotten apples’ acting alone. Guilt-ridden and abandoned, the pressure is too much for a traumatized Treacle. Gulliver, however, is determined to remain loyal to ‘his army’. Only when he is truly alone does he have to decide if he must keep his secrets or explosively have his day in court, and tell the truth about the events of that fateful night.

Actors: Kearns Gerard,McNulty Matthew,Gregory Leo,Dooley Shaun,Dingwall Shaun,Angell Robert,Barclay Roger,Byrne Michael,Casson Ralph,Chapman Matt,Coyle Brendan,Dolan Mike,Gravelle Matthew,Herd Edmund,Drama,

Your thoughts on these not-so-common Biblical names?
Okay, so we all know Thomas, Samuel, Ethan, Joshua, Mark, Benjamin, David, Daniel, Jacob, John, Noah, Luke, Matthew, Elizabeth, Mary, Delilah, Leah, Abigail, Bethany, Chloe, Hannah, Julia, Lillian, etc. are some of the most recognizable and used names from the Bible. But, there’s SO many more names that are just as handsome / beautiful as those that are almost always forgotten and left out.

I did some research, and I found a whole bunch I think are underused and can definitely fit right in with all the other David’s, Luke’s & Abigail’s.

Boys —
Abraham / Abram.
Cain.
Ezekiel.
Gideon.
Job.
Judas.
Mathias.
Moses.
Nehemiah.
Phineas.
Silas.
Solomon.
Thaddaeus.
Tobiah / Tobias.
Zedekiah.

Girls —
Adriel.
Eden.
Jael.
Magdalene.
Myra.
Olive.
Priscilla.
Ruby.
Tabitha.
Zina.

Comment on the names / rate the names / make a list of favorites & least favorites…whatever you like!
Thanks :]
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Carriers (2009) IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

Actors: Pucci Lou Taylor,Pine Chris,Meloni Christopher,McClary Ron,Moses Mark,Berry Josh,Janis Tim,Malley Dale,Kenin Dylan,Drama,Thriller,Horror,Thriller,

another way of saying commission-based?
i’m trying to phrase the following sentence differently, w/o using the term "commissioned-based". any thoughts?

"Although our profits are commission-based, we have relationships with all major providers, meaning we can help find a solution with any carrier without being influenced by loyalties or carrier limitations."

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Not sure who your audience is but this is my crack at it:

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or
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