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Battlefield 4 China Rising DLC Release Date, Premium Calendar Revealed
If you're wondering how long you'll have to wait until Battlefield 4's China Rising downloadable content is available, then just check the calendar to find out.
The Premium Calendar is now available for your perusal on the Premium section of the Battlelog. Once you've logged in, you can check what's in the queue for you as the weeks go by.
In the near future, Premium members can expect their first monthly Gold Battlepack, Premium Emblems and Soldier Portraits for use in the Battlelog, Premium Paint for weapons and vehicles, a period of Double XP on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and the release of the China Rising DLC on Dec. 3.
As of this writing, China Rising is the only piece of DLC that's been dated on the calendar, so expect more expansions to roll out in the coming months. If you're not a Premium member, you can buy a membership for $49.99 and enjoy access to all of the bonuses and expansions that it entails.
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I went into London with one aim: To re-register with two agencies who assist in getting acting jobs for me. (For those who don't know, I am an actor as well as a Business Process consultant). The concept is very straightforward - in each agency you fill in a form, sign a document, and have your measurements and pictures taken.
The first agency I went to was ill-prepared for the day. Even though they had booked appointments from 9am, they were not even ready to start until 9.30. Then they had people unsure about which order they had to be processed in. The process itself was unclear in terms of who did which part in which sequence. Photos were being taken randomly before people had been fully processed and it was generally a shambles. I was in there for well over 1 hour.
Contrast that with the later appointment at a different agency. On arrival a row of chairs was ready, each one equipped with a clipboard, pen and appropriate forms. Names were noted for the record and people were processed in arrival sequence. Each person was taken to a measuring station, then to a computer screen, then to a photo studio. I was in there for about 15 minutes.
Fundamentally the process each of these agencies was using was identical, but the implementation of the process was seriously flawed. Actually, on reflection I think the first agency was not using a process. They were just running things on and ad-hoc basis.
It got me thinking about scalability of processes. Agency 1 was a smaller than Agency 2 by quite a margin. The number of people they were processing was considerably less. So, in fact, their process should have been slicker and easier to manage than Agency 2's. But is this in fact the case? Could I have taken the process flow from agency 2 and dropped it into agency 1 without an issue?
Was the process scaleable?
Is process scaleable in general? Can a process which deals with 30 people/widgets/forms per hour be upscaled to deal with 3000 people/widgets/forms per hour without obvious detriment? (Obviously this assumes that it is physically possible to process the appropriate number of items in the given time).
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Add an option to specify which is the first rotation day after a holiday
At my school the day after a holiday always starts as a Day 1, using day rotation. e.g last day before holidays is Wednesday Day 4, first day back at school will be Tuesday Day 1 and not Day 5. Due to this reason alone, I cannot use this excellent app. Otherwise this tool has everything I need and more.
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Billy commented
Yes please, I've been looking all over for this setting just to find it isn't one
Daniel commented
Rather than pushing the week or not, have an option to just set the week after the holiday
Madison O. commented
I also cannot use this app anymore due to not being able to change whether it's day 1 or 2, normally when a holiday comes around. It conflicts with the scheduling and so the next thing I know I'm being told to go to a class I don't even have that day. I could use the app again after they add this feature.
Teo commented
I agree, this would be a nice and easy solution to all the various rotation issues people have with this app in cases of shorter that 5 days holidays, holidays not beginning/ending on usual start/end days like Monday/Friday, etc.
I have a class on a 2-week rotation on Thursdays, but one Thursday is a holiday and I can't push back the rotation to have the app giving the correct info. Please implement a solution like the one suggested here.
steph commented
I would just like the ability to be able to say, today is day 1 or today is day 2, etc., when needed. Because, some days we have off of school, like snow days, which will screw up the day. So basically, just make a button selecting which rotation day of the week it is, so that you can configure your schedule if anything changes.
Tate commented
I have the exact same problem, but because i love the app so much i am constantly changing the year the so that i can input what day of the week my school starts on
Noble Obodum commented
actually i can't find it anymore
Noble Obodum commented
i am pretty sure this is already possible with holiday settings
Branch S 2019 commented
Also for weeks.
For example, at my school, after a one day holiday, a week is repeated.
IE: Miss one day week 1
week 1 is 2 weeks in a row, then.
Or there should just be a "manual override" button where you can say this day/week is whatever it needs to be, even though it's out of schedule.
I also can't use this otherwise perfect app.
Reetik Patel commented
Instead of it automatically choosing what day type/Block Day/Period you start on after a holiday, make it so you can choose what day type it starts on after a holiday.


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Four-legged creatures can serve as a financial backbone for people in poor communities.
Who doesn't love a good animal story—especially when it's about the deep connection between four-legged creatures and the two-legged humans who depend on them? In a nutshell, that's what Oxfam's work with livestock is all about: the essential role cows and pigs, sheep and goats play in ensuring the well-being of the families who own them.
In many communities around the world, ruminants and other animals, bristly or feathered, serve as the financial backbone for poor families, helping them feed their children, pay for doctor bills, and cover school fees. That's why, when disaster strikes, Oxfam's emergency responses often include support for this vital household asset. Sometimes, that means providing veterinary care so herds can stay strong. It can also mean ensuring that livestock has food to eat and water to drink. And it can even mean replacing animals swept away by storms.
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I've been reading a book about Capt. Cook that I referred to in an earlier post and when I finish the book, I will post here a bit more. Ok, so I've also just finished The University in Ruins which will earn a post over at Modern Medieval, but I digress. Anyway, I like Bede. I like thinking about Bede, and early Anglo-Saxon England, writing about Bede and early Anglo-Saxon England, talking about Bede and Early Anglo-Saxon England.....
So I was a bit surprised to learn that Capt. James Cook (not Kirk who was from Iowa) was not only a Yorkshireman, but spent some time working in Whitby and it is from that town that he first took ship and the fledgling steps on his way to becoming the Captain Cook of well deserved fame. The author refers to the "7th century ruins of an abbey" on an outcrop of hill overlooking the town (ahem: Hild's place). He also attended services as part of a Cook celebration at a Norman era church, St. Mary's that has furnishings and additions that date from many subsequent eras. Being largely a fishing and shipping town, the church has pews made from lumber salvaged from ships and other such features.
I personally have little direct "Cook" connection. I've been to the Bering Sea where he sailed on his third voyage searching for the NW Passage. I've been to Cook's Inlet in AK, and to Vancouver Island, though admittedly I never made it to Nootka Sound...I was too preoccupied then with other beauties on the island and the wonderful city of Victoria (or at least it was 25 years ago). I have more connection in that sense with one of Cook's men, George Vancouver, having sailed and/or driven over much of the territory Vancouver explored after Cook's death.
Nonetheless, the personal connection of having been where Cook went myself as a deckhand, my interest in Whitby, Bede, and Hild, only to find another connection in that way to Cook who lived in the town early in his career. My one and only trip into Yorkshire so far only took me to York, but not to Whitby. So I guess I'm just going to have to go again.
Another item of interest to me in connection to Whitby is that apparently Bram Stoker used the town as a model for the seaside town in Dracula. I had no idea. I have to say that I've never been into vampires and the like, but the of a medievalist I become the more I've come to appreciate Stoker's work in Dracula as a medievalism. Anyway, it was another medievalesque connection that piqued my interest.
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The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) is positioned as a critical agent of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). NEF CEO, Ms Philisiwe Mthethwa, shares her thoughts about economic transformation.
What is the role of the NEF and how does it differ from other development finance institutions (DFIs)?
The NEF is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry and is the only development financier that is exclusively mandated by legislation to promote black economic participation in South Africa. This is done through the provision of financial and non-financial support to black enterprises through a diverse range of finance products from R250 000 up to R75 million across all sectors of the economy. The second leg speaks to promoting a culture of savings and investment among black people, which includes the investor education seminars that have reached well over 30 000 people in villages and townships countrywide, among other milestones.
To date how much has the NEF approved and how many decent jobs have been created or supported?
Since the launch of operations in 2004 the NEF has approved over R7.1 billion of funding for black entrepreneurs across virtually all sectors of the economy. This funding has benefited more than 730 black entrepreneurs nationally, in investments that have supported in excess of 84 000 jobs countrywide. In the 2015/16 financial year alone the NEF approved R1.07 billion for black entrepreneurs countrywide.
While the NEF places importance on commercial viability, our mandate also focuses on softer measures in assessing applications for funding. These include development indicators such as black ownership, job creation, skills development, community development and participation, geographical location and black women empowerment.
What is the role of the NEF within the country's broader economic development framework?
The NEF was born out of a constitutional imperative to redress the racially-based economic imbalances caused during the apartheid era. As a direct consequence of this history, today black people own only 3{48e0b5a3b794481190ad31c3810e457fc616f4313203886b242d01fbf54279bd} direct equity in the economy, if you use the JSE as a proxy given the availability of information published by the JSE. What is instructive about this statistic is that the NEF measures the "direct ownership" by black people, which is defined in the Codes of Good Practice as equity held directly by black companies or individuals, broad-based groups or community trusts, or by an employee share ownership scheme. The other measure of BEE transformation uses the "indirect ownership" or "Mandated Investments" principle as defined in the Codes of Good Practice, where the beneficiaries of the equity do not play any part in the voting rights attached to the equity and where the shares are managed by third parties such as asset managers or banks on behalf of pension funds, insurance policy holders and unit trusts. Our interest, therefore, in understanding the true extent of black economic participation, examines direct voting rights, the management of the company and its cash flow, by black shareholders.
Until the economy is transformed to mirror national population demographics, B-BBEE, in our view, will and must remain the strategic imperative that will guide the quest for inclusive growth.
The economic exclusion of black people, of course, limits the country's growth potential. By mobilising black people into a productive economic force also helps to grow the country's consumer base, which in turn benefits many business sectors, and it is for this reason that transformation is inclusive growth.
How is the NEF contributing towards the empowerment of black women and why is this an important area of focus?
Our emphasis on black women economic empowerment is informed by the understanding that black women suffered the most from the crushing force of the apartheid order and its continued legacies. It is no coincidence that black women remain at the bottom of the pyramid of economic inequality. To address this imperative we can point to the NEF's above-target performance in terms of the disbursements to companies that are owned and managed by black women entrepreneurs having reached 60{48e0b5a3b794481190ad31c3810e457fc616f4313203886b242d01fbf54279bd} against a target of 40{48e0b5a3b794481190ad31c3810e457fc616f4313203886b242d01fbf54279bd} in the past year, and this amounts to R410 million. Our Women Empowerment Fund, supported by the NEF's enterprise-wide focus on this strategic objective, has given depth and vigour to the assertion that a black woman's place is at the forefront of the economy.
Which sectors of the economy does the NEF emphasise?
The NEF is designed to fund black entrepreneurs with viable business plans across all sectors of the economy. The NEF's portfolio of funded enterprises shows a wide exposure that includes key sectors like manufacturing, retail, agri-processing, ICT, minerals beneficiation, energy, automotive, construction, engineering, tourism, property, media and healthcare, among others. In doing so, the NEF specifically supports the initiatives of the DTI, including the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), and more broadly the National Development Plan, by championing and funding the advancement of emerging entrepreneurs into black industrialists.
What type of BEE transaction does the NEF do?
Our funding is diverse and comprehensive because it has to respond to the needs of a complex economy and the demands of a target market that pursues different opportunities of different sizes. Inclusive growth has to be driven from all avenues of the economic spectrum. We therefore fund startups, expansion, equity transformation, capital markets, franchising, rural and community development and industrialisation, among others. The latter is particularly historic and refers to what Government calls the development of black industrialists.
The key principle permeating throughout all these is the requirement for funded enterprises to have meaningful black ownership and direct operational involvement.
The Department of Trade and Industry recently launched the Black Industrialist Programme. What is a Black Industrialist and how does the NEF contribute towards this programme?
The regulations passed by the DTI come with a formal description of a Black Industrialist, and refers to a black person directly involved in the origination, creation, significant ownership, management and operation of industrial enterprises that derive value from the manufacturing of goods and provision of services on a large scale.
The NEF is positioned as a critical delivery agent of the Black Industrialist Policy. In 2007, before the concept became policy, the NEF launched a unit we call the Strategic Projects Fund (SPF) in order to seek competitive opportunity for the South African economy and for the inclusion of black participation in big economic opportunities at the outset of projects, as opposed to doing so during equity closure. SPF supports new industrial ventures from conception through to feasibility stages and into commercial activation, and was designed to plug the venture capitalist hole within the South African industrial financing market. In partnership with local and international partners the NEF has developed 26 strategic and industrial projects worth R27 billion, with the potential to support over 80 000 new jobs. To date the NEF has approved over R860 million for these projects, which has leveraged R4 billion in external funding, and 78{48e0b5a3b794481190ad31c3810e457fc616f4313203886b242d01fbf54279bd} of the projects are at financial close, construction or operational stages.
South Africa is going through a difficult economic phase that will squeeze many emerging enterprises. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs during these challenging economic times?
The first and most important course of action when a business is in distress is to seek relief from one's creditors and to secure better terms from your debtors. This could include negotiating debt repayment holidays from creditors and shorter payment cycles from debtors. These are some of the innovative measures which the NEF provides to its investees.
In addition to providing entrepreneurial training and incubation support, the NEF also has a dynamic mentorship solution which helps entrepreneurs to be better prepared for downturns. Our partnership with enterprise development funders enables us to reduce the blow of increasing lending interest rates through the provision of concessionary loans, and the more businesses do this, the better for emerging enterprises.
What this calls for is a reform of South Africa's lending culture to become more attuned with the needs of small to medium businesses that typically have to contend with challenges such as inadequate access to affordable capital, lack of access to local and international markets, limited management skills, lower bargaining power and strong competition from established businesses with entrenched market dominance, among others. For their part, commercial banks could look at extending loan tenures to SMEs in order to lessen cashflow constrains. This way the banks improve the ability to recover invested capital. I believe that it is especially important during harsh economic times for financiers in particular to take a long-term view.
Equally important, government and the private sector have to absolutely adopt a demonstrable and deliberate strategy to pay SMEs earlier for services rendered, as opposed to the trend where SMEs are paid over a period of 60 or 90 days. A rand today is better than a rand tomorrow.
What message do you have for Kagiso Trust as they celebrate their 30th anniversary?
Kagiso Trust has played a pivotal role in shaping the country's economic transformation framework. Among other breakthroughs KTI has stood gallantly for grassroots empowerment. It is therefore an institution of exceptional esteem and importance, a pillar on whose vision and courage the transformation story is anchored. Having laid the foundations for the first wave of economic transformation, KTI could inspire South Africa's ambition for supremacy in global commerce. They have the mettle, the merit and the pedigree.


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Happy BFF Day! Skouters Say Women, Pets Are Best Friends/
Who is YOUR best friend? To celebrate National BFF Day on June 8, Skout asked our community all about their closest friendships – as well as which celebrity BFFs they like the most.
We're not surprised: Men's – and women's! – best friends are women.
- Nearly 40 percent of men surveyed say their best friend is a woman.
- 66 percent of women say their best friend is a woman.
Women are more likely than men to have a best friend.
- A whopping 90 percent of women say they have a BFF, whereas only 75 percent of men say the same.
Most people say they're better looking than their best friend!
- 62 percent of women and 52 percent of men think they are more attractive than their best friend.
- 40-somethings have the most self-confidence, with 64 percent saying they are better looking than their best friend.
1 in 5 people met their best friend online.
- 21 percent of people surveyed say they met their BFF online through social media or an app like Skout – including these Skouters!
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- Less than half (47 percent) of Skouters say they live in the same town as their best friend.
- 24 percent of people surveyed say their best friend lives "far away."
- 7 percent say their best friend lives in a different country!
We're not kitten – pets are pals too!
- 5 percent of Skouters say their pet is most important to them.
- The same number of people – 14 percent – say their BFF or significant other is the most important person in their lives.
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Ben and Matt are the top celeb BFFs!
- 27 percent of Skouters choose Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as their favorite pair of famous besties.
- Tied for second place – with 21 percent each – are BFFs Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss as well as James Franco and Seth Rogen.
- Garnering 10 percent each of Skouters' votes were best friends Ashley Benson and Shay Mitchell as well as Bella Thorne and Zendaya.
- Finally, 9 percent of Skouters say their favorite BFFs are Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevigne.
This survey was conducted online last month among 3,306 Skout users in the United States.
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When guarding your vehicles against theft, it's just as important to protect the valuables inside your cars as it is to protect the vehicles itself. And while no car or truck can be completely theft-proof, there are ways to reduce the chances of your vehicle becoming a target. Each protective measure you take will lessen the chances of a break-in or car theft. Here are a few ways to theft-proof your vehicle:
- Lock your vehicle: Whenever you're away from your vehicle, lock the doors and roll up the windows. Even if you only plan to be gone for a short time, or don't have any valuables in the car, an unlocked vehicle can be a tempting target.
- Don't leave valuables visible: Many people overlook this, but one of the simplest ways to avoid a vehicle break-in is to keep valuables out of sight. Many car break-ins result in stolen property rather than a stolen vehicle, so remember to keep things like wallets, purses, computers and mobile phones out of sight when you leave your vehicle. Thieves will mind their own business if they believe there is nothing worth stealing i.
- Park in a garage or well-lit place: Keeping your vehicle in a garage overnight adds an extra level of security to your vehicle, especially if your garage is kept locked. If a garage is unavailable, get used to parking your vehicle in a well-lit place to discourage people who want to steal from you.
- Install an alarm system: A vehicle alarm system has been proven to reduce the chances of car theft. Most car alarms produce a loud noise if the car is broken into, which draws attention to the vehicle and usually scares off the car thief or thieves.
- Install a GPS tracking system: A more high tech solution is to have a GPS device installed in your vehicle that allows it to be tracked even when unexpected thief decides to steal and drive your vehicle. LoJack is a popular vehicle security system that alerts the police to the location of your stolen vehicle so that it can be retrieved. These services usually require an up-front installation fee, plus a monthly service fee, but these fees are often much lower than the out-of-pocket expense of a vehicle theft.
Knowing how to theft-proof your vehicle is especially important if you're still making payments on a used auto loan. If your vehicle is stolen, you could be required to continue your monthly payments, since car loans don't go away just because the vehicle does. To make sure you're not stuck paying for wheels you no longer own, ask your insurance provider about an auto policy that covers theft and break-ins. And to reduce monthly payments on your vehicle, call your lender to refinance your auto loan. You may even qualify for a discount on your insurance policy by having an anti-theft device like an alarm installed in your vehicle. Whichever prevention methods you choose, avoiding car theft and expensive monthly car payments is easier than you think.
Have you had any bad experiences with vehicle theft? It's only personally happened to me once and I lost all my cds and some spare change.


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My love affair with Imagely was short-lived.
I had a tech crush on Imagely long before I became a customer. Their marketing is great and I fell for it, hard. I was finally ready to make the switch from Zenfolio in mid-February (2017) and jumped in with both feet.
Their marketing message had me convinced that they provided a turnkey system for photographers, as an alternative to the closed infrastructures like the Zenfolios and Squarespaces of the world. Their website touts 24/7 support and their podcast and other marketing convinced me their support was top-notch, fast, and would hold my hand to get my website up and running.
Frankly, they oversold and underdelivered. I was an Imagely customer for about a month. I spent four weeks trying to get my new website up and running before scrapping the site and starting over with a different hosting company.
Imagely's 24/7 Support is a Joke
The snail-paced support was my biggest problem with Imagely. I had my first taste of it the day I signed up.
One of the services they offer is WordPress migration if you already have a WordPress site with another host. I initiated my migration request on February 16, 2017 and my migration wasn't live until February 20, 2017. There were several emails clarifying things throughout those four days. Waits on replies from Imagely support averaged more than 12 hours and one reply took nearly 45 hours.
Furthermore, once the migration was complete I was not able to log into my site due to a problem with my username/password. I sent an email about the issue on February 20, 2017, about 3o minutes after they let me know the migration was complete. The login issue wasn't resolved for another 24 hours!
It is important to note that the emails about migrating my site took place over Presidents' Day Weekend. However, I expected better from a company that advertised 24/7 support. Nowhere on their website did it say that support was closed (or delayed) on minor holidays.
Although I was frustrated, I still wanted to love Imagely so I pressed on. Over the next few weeks I found that their slow support was a way of life, not an aberration on a holiday weekend. While a few support questions were answered within a few hours, most took 12-24 hours.
It is also worth noting that Imagely does NOT provide phone support. Many of my questions during those four weeks could have been solved with a 5 minute (or less) phone call.
Beautiful but Quirky Themes
One of the big selling points for Imagely's service its that it comes with beautifully designed WordPress themes and gallery/ecommerce plugins built for photographers. The themes are pretty – but around week 3 of building my site and working to customize the theme to my liking I hit a snag.
I was working with the Lightly theme. It has a grid toward the bottom of the home page that shows thumbnails of recent blog posts. The only problem? The titles were only visible if you happened to mouse over the featured image. Since blogging is a big part of my business I wanted it to be obvious that those images were blog posts so I asked how to keep the titles visible.
I expected to be told where to find a simple setting or given a shortcode to make the change. (My expectation was based on past interactions with other paid theme designers.) Instead I was told that I would need to hire a developer. It was like they had kicked me in the gut. Not only did I not have the budget to hire a developer, I had banked on their advertised "hand-holding" to get my site looking its best.
No 1-Click Backup & Restore
After dealing with the theme issues above I decided to try a different theme. However, I didn't want to lose all of the work I'd put into the Lightly theme in case the new theme didn't pan out so I needed a backup.
On other hosts I've worked with it was easy to create a 1-click backup and restore from the hosting dashboard. In fact – Imagely's own documentation confirmed that this was standard. (See the article on their site here.) However, when I contacted support for the steps in making a backup I was told that their backups were only for disaster recovery and that there was no way for a user to make a 1-click backup. My only option was to install a 3rd party plugin and run a backup that way.
UPDATE: In the time since I cancelled my Imagely account they have added 1-click backup and restore in beta test mode. You can read about it here.
In Conclusion…
I really wanted to love Imagely. I was mentally geared up to be their cheerleader and recommend them to other photographers, including my coaching clients. However, after my four weeks with Imagely, I can't in good conscience recommend them as a hosting company. There were other "quirks" in addition to the ones above, but I think you get the idea.
One of the good things that came out of my four weeks with Imagely was working with their NextGen Pro gallery plugin. I liked it enough to purchase it separately for my website (now hosted on GoDaddy's Managed WordPress Hosting). The couple of times I've contacted support for the plugin I've gotten a reasonably quick and helpful reply. The gallery plugin seems to be where they focus most of their time and attention. I've even seen the Imagely CEO involved in some of the plugin feature conversations on Facebook, which I found very encouraging.
Maybe in a few years (if they are still in business, and have added phone support) I'll reevaluate. Until then, I'm pretty happy with my choice to switch to GoDaddy's Managed WordPress Hosting. I can talk to an actual person 24/7 (yes, really!) and each time I've called they've been enjoyable to speak with and have quickly answered my questions.
As for my WordPress theme, I stuck with Gridsby by Modern Themes. It took a bit of work to get it looking the way I wanted, but I learned a lot in the process. Their support is pretty good and they've never told me to hire a developer when something malfunctions! They've just fixed it or sent me a shortcode.
If you are looking for a WordPress host I advise you to skip Imagely. If you decide to check them out, go in with your eyes open and realistic expectations.


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Medical Alert about a Highly Dangerous Virus
Medical Alert about a Highly Dangerous Virus Called "Weekly Overload Recreational Killer" (WORK).
If u come in contact with this WORK VIRUS u should immediately go to the nearest "Biological Anxiety Relief" (BAR).... Center to take antidotes known as
-"Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract" (WINE)
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Pahele Alibaba aur 40 chor tha
Alibaba aur 20 chor ban gaya
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Recession Boss
20 choro ko nikal diya
Cost Cutting
A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Branch Manager were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?
"I know," said the Branch Manager, "Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."
"No, no," said the Hardware Engineer, "That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way."
"Well," said the Software Engineer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back up the road and see if it happens again."
Once Sonia Gandhi, L.K.Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were travelling in an auto rickshaw, they met with an accident and all three of them died.
Yama Raja was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death.
He asks Mrs GANDHI and Advani to go to HEAVEN.
But, for Laloo, Yama had already decided that he should be sent to HELL. Laloo is not at all happy with this decision.
He asks Yama as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of them had served the public. Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc.
Then why the differential treatment?
He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before a decision is made; and should not be just based on opinion or pre-conceived notions.
Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English test.
Mrs GANDHI is asked to spell "INDIA" and she does it correctly.
Advani is asked to spell "ENGLAND" and he too passes.
It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell "CZECHOSLOVAKIA".
Laloo protests that he doesn't know English.
He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with false intent.
Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal platform for all three).
Mrs GANDHI is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". She writes it easily and passes.
Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes.
Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR.... ."
Tough one. He fails again.
Laloo is extre mely unhappy.
Having been a student of history (which the other two weren't), he now requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history.
Yama says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not take any more tests.
Mrs GANDHI is asked: "When did India get Independence ?". She replied "1947" and passed.
Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?"
He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000.
Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.
It's Laloo's turn now.
Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of each of the 200,000 who died in the struggle.
Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.
Moral of the story: IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS NO ESCAPE....


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Masterpass, MasterCard's mobile wallet, recently partnered with bank-based wallet SnapScan to expand its acceptance network in South Africa.
The move gives Masterpass access to SnapScan's 30,000 South African in-store and online merchant partners, making it the most widely accepted digital wallet in South Africa, according to Tech Central.
Customers will be able to download the Masterpass app, add their card, scan a QR code at the physical or digital point-of-sale (POS), and finalize the transaction by entering the amount and a verification code. The partnership could help make Mastercard a leader as digital payments become more popular in South Africa.
Masterpass just gained access to a massive network at almost no start-up cost. SnapScan is popular among smaller merchants that didn't have a POS system and mostly accepted cash, but wanted to move into card payments. Masterpass, which shares a primary financial institution partnership with SnapScan, just gained access to that entire network without having to do any outreach or invest in any POS infrastructure.
Finding fast ways to scale could help Masterpass capitalize on rising demand for mobile payments.
- Demand for mobile payment products is likely poised to increase. The Middle East and Africa posted the fastest annual growth in card numbers this year, according to new data from RBR. That likely points to increasing penetration across markets, which means demand for card payment acceptance at merchants is likely on the rise as well. Masterpass and its peers provide an easy way for merchants to begin accepting cards without investing in infrastructure, which means that they'll likely become more popular in the coming years.
- And Masterpass' wide network could help keep it at the forefront of the industry.Wide acceptance networks are critical to mobile wallets' success, because they help enable habit formation and encourage adoption and engagement. If Masterpass sees strong adoption as it scales, it could become more popular than competitors, because merchants will look towards a product with a wide user base that they can capitalize on.
Mobile payments are becoming more popular thanks to services such as Masterpass, but they still face some high barriers, such as consumers' continued loyalty to traditional payment methods and fragmented acceptance among merchants. But as loyalty programs are integrated and more consumers rely on their mobile wallets for other features like in-app payments, adoption and usage will surge over the next few years.
BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on mobile payments that forecasts the growth of in-store mobile payments in the U.S., analyzes the performance of major mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay, and addresses the barriers holding mobile payments back as well as the benefits that will propel adoption.
Here are some key takeaways from the report:
- In our latest US in-store mobile payments forecast, we find that volume will reach $75 billion this year. We expect volume to pick up significantly by 2020, reaching $503 billion. This reflects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80% between 2015 and 2020.
- Consumer interest is the primary barrier to mobile payments adoption. Surveys indicate that the issue is less the mobile wallet itself and more that people remain loyal to traditional payment methods and show little enthusiasm for picking up new habits.
- Integrated loyalty programs and other add-on features will be key to mobile wallets taking off. Consumers are showing interest in wallets with integrated loyalty programs. Other potential add-ons, like in-app, in-browser, and P2P payments, will also start fueling adoption. This strategy has been proved successful in China with platforms like WeChat and Alipay.
In full, the report:
- Forecasts the growth of US in-store mobile payments volume and users through 2020.
- Measures mobile wallet user engagement by forecasting mobile payments' share of their annual retail spending.
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Small yet proud
Luxembourg is a small yet proud country, boasting one of the highest standards of living in the world. The city of Luxembourg is a charming yet cosmopolitan mix of medieval buildings and modern attractions.
Cyclists can easily explore much of the country during a holiday. You'll find extensive paved bike paths, scenic overlooks and a very bike-friendly culture.
The ride will certainly be diverse—ride through pastoral countrysides and stop for a wine tasting in one of many beautiful vineyards. The country is known for its white wines from the Mosel Valley, particularly Pinot Gris, Elbling and Riesling.
We traveled through beautiful country with so much history. The town of Remich was spectacular."
Learn more:visitluxembourg.com
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Tours using road, hybrid or touring bikes:
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- Some long and/or steep climbs
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In this form of interview, the interviewer goes through your resume; questions are about your education, prior work experience, and activities. It is a very straightforward interviewing technique. You should know exactly what you have written on your resume and be able to elaborate and/or provide support for any part, in addition to being ready with examples from other experiences you have had. See Interview Questions – What to Expect
- So, tell me about your summer internship with BAE Systems.
- Could you elaborate on your role on Hall Council?
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|From Highway 169, travel to Torrance which is 5 km south of Bala. Turn south onto Kilworthy Road, Highway 13. The road is rough and winding. The cemetery is located 12.5 km from Torrance on the west side of the road. The cemetery can also be approached from Highway 11. If you are travelling south along Highway 11, turn west onto Highway 19, Biers Road, about 6 km south of Gravenhurst. If you are travelling north along Highway 11, take the Sedore Road exit about 12.5 km north of Severn Bridge and follow it to Highway 19. Highway 19 will eventually meet up with Highway 13. The cemetery is approximately 18.5 km from Highway 11.
The church that is currently standing was built in 1935 to replace the original building that was built in 1924. It was built by the local people of Southwood through voluntary work. Both the cemetery and church appear to be still in use by the presence of fresh flowers and a padlock on the door which didn't show any signs of rust.
Disclaimer! The following interments was taken from the book, "These Our Ancestors Were" which was printed in 1974. There are several errors in the book and does not show any burials after 1974. The following listing is only as accurate as the printed book and has not been updated since 1974.
Frederick Chapman
Husband of Marjorie Sterthers
Annie Chapman
Born 1860
Died May 13th. 1953
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H. Allan Eckford
Born 1902
Doris R. Tonge
Wife of H. Allan Eckford
Born 1902
Their Children:
Arnold J. Eckford
Born 1926
Died 1938
Jean L.Eckford
Born 1925
Arnold James Eckford
Born April 13th, 1926
Died Dec 18th, 1938
|Haynes (see Tonge)
Ellen Haynes
Born 1873
Died 1949
|Lepard (see Tonge)
Arthur H. Tonge
Husband of Florence M. Lepard
Born 1910
Died 1969
Bart Martins
Born in Holland
Born 1891
Died 1963
|Stuthers (see Chapman)
Marjorie Stuthers
Wife of Frederick Chapman
|Tonge (see Eckford)
Doris R. Tonge
Wife of Allan Eckford
Born 1902
|Tonge (see Lepard)
Arthur H. Tonge
Husband of Florence M. Lepard
Born 1910
Died 1969
Florence Eliza Tonge
Born 1875
Died 1936
Percy Walter
Born 1872
Died 1954


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'Free Birds' offers an animated Thanksgiving
When it comes to Thanksgiving-themed screen entertainment, families have never exactly been looking at a feast. More like slim pickings. "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is always a kick, but we've seen it so many times that we know Snoopy's toast-and-jellybeans menu by heart. "Miracle on 34th Street" has its Macy's Parade scenes, but including it on a Turkey Day list is obviously just glomming onto Christmas's cheer. And as for what this reviewer grew up watching, oh, please — traditional Thanksgiving viewing was a local indie station's annual King Kong marathon (always capped by "King Kong vs. Godzilla," to have, presumably, at least a nominal "turkey" theme).
All of which makes the 3-D animated romp "Free Birds" a welcome foray into underexploited territory, conceptually at least. Cartoon turkeys who go time traveling to get their species off the holiday menu? Sounds fun. Of course, if director Jimmy Hayward ("Horton Hears a Who!") could have given us a little story development beyond just the premise, that would have been nice too.
Owen Wilson voices Reggie, a smart bird who just doesn't fit in with his amusingly dimwitted flock. It seems he's somewhat hipper than the rest as to what that farmer-
escorted trip to "turkey paradise" is actually all about. Funny thing, though — turns out Reggie really is destined for the sweet life, as he lucks into receiving a ceremonial pardon from the president (Hayward, doing double duty, as well as a default Bill Clinton impression).
It can't last. The First Fowl's cozy Camp David existence is interrupted by ready-for-action Jake (Woody Harrelson), a fellow bird who turns up spouting crazy talk about a secret government installation and a mission to go back to the first Thanksgiving. (Jake also blathers about receiving his orders from a Great Turkey — shades of "Peanuts," again.) Before long, a chatty time machine with the voice of George Takei has whisked Reggie and Jake back to 1621 Plymouth. They clumsily try to alert their distant ancestors, a comparatively sharp group that nevertheless has no clue what's coming. The locals are also accessorized and face-painted to come across as Native Americans, an interesting bit of commentary that just . . . sits there.
We meet Reggie's native-princess crush, Jenny, who's played by Amy Poehler in Leslie Knope mode, down to the goofy constituent-rallying. Then there's Myles Standish (Colm Meaney), a matchstick-chawin' desperado who's suitably villainous, even if he seems slightly time-lost himself. They're adequate characters, but mostly just tossed into scenes that are color-by-numbers busy, and don't gain anything in 3-D. (Hayward previously directed the live-
action Western "Jonah Hex," a fizzler that had the same generic feel, while his writing partner, Scott Mosier, is a veteran of Kevin Smith's plot-lite crew.) At an hour and a half, the action in "Free Birds" gets stretched thin. It's Thanksgiving fare, sure, but it only partly satisfies our hankering.
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By Douglass C. Perry
When we look back 20 years from now, the first decade of the 21st century will look obvious to us, like a paint-by-numbers drawing for kids. It's almost incalculable how many little triggers have shaped our current place in the games race. But there more than a handful of events, dozens of key games, and entire years that pushed this one-time cottage industry into the full-blown billion dollar industry it is now. While this isn't the definitive historical account of single thing that happened between the years 2000 and 2009, this Decade in Review is an insider's look at the decade filled with significant events. This is part 2 of the feature, The Decade in Review. Check here for part 1.
January 11, 2005: The Best Thing About GameCube
Making up for its poor third-party relations on the N64, Nintendo signed a multi-title, multi-year deal with Capcom, securing the Resident Evil franchise for the GameCube. While all of the previous games (RE1-RE3) were updated and released on GameCube to no real fanfare (outside of insanely excited Nintendo fans), Capcom rekindled the sagging survival-horror genre with the remarkable and visionary Resident Evil 4. The action-packed game blended scare tactics with high-level action scenes, quick-time events, and a new story that, while still cheesy in many respects, breathed life into the series.
March 22, 2005: A God Appears
On the heels of Capcom's Resident Evil revitalization, David Jaffe and Sony's Santa Monica Studios burst onto the scene with little pre-hype fanfare (due to the ambitious and prickly Jaffe team), but immediately stole the spotlight, stunning gamers with a Greek myth-based action game that maximized every aspect of the PS2 in its final years of life. Introducing Kratos, the vengeance-filled semi God, Sony mixed platforming, quick time events, and a high-impact combat system like nothing else before it. God of War becomes the one of the definitive action games of all time.
March 24, 2005: Sony launches PSP
Seeing that Nintendo's game Boy has yet to see a substantial rival, Sony engineers the beautiful, sleek, and expensive PSP, the ultimate cool games/music/movie gadget.
November 4, 2005: Microsoft Defines Next Gen Gaming
Jumping the gun by shipping a year earlier than Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft stole the hardware spotlight by defining the next-generation with high-definition graphics, connected multiplayer functions, and a virtual, online marketplace. Introducing achievements, a multi-folder interface, an online marketplace, and improving on its already established online gaming service model, Microsoft stole Sony's thunder and ended its uncontested two-generation rule. Full retail games like Call of Duty 2 and downloadable games like Galaxy Wars paved the way for Microsoft's insurrection. The American console maker would then pick off Sony's premiere third-party exclusive titles one by one (Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Air Combat, Grand Theft Auto, even Metal Gear Solid). However, consumers exposed Microsoft's hardware issues (the "Red Ring of Death"), which, along with a media battle between HD-DVD and Sony's Blu-ray, have tainted opinions about the Xbox 360.
November 8, 2005: Guitar Hero Changes Everything
After quirky-cool endeavors Frequency and Amplitude made gamers feel cool on PS2, Harmonix teamed with Konami to sell millions of copies of Karaoke Revolution, the world's first sing-a-long videogame. But its best and biggest partnership with Red Octane would revolutionize the game industry. Bravely confronting the statistically proven industry notion that expensive peripherals didn't sell in high numbers, Red Octane gave the industry's old idea the finger with Guitar Hero. Merging Harmonix's innovative music gameplay with Red Octane's functional, sturdy plastic guitar, the duo would blow past Konami's musical endeavors, and then blow past everyone else. The rest of the story — Guitar Hero 5, Lego Rock Band, DJ Hero, and The Beatles Rock Band–nearly explains itself.
2005: Epic Floods Next Gen Middleware
Quietly in 2005 and loudly in 2006, Epic Games established itself as the defacto software engine for the new generation of consoles with its Unreal Engine. In the previous generation, a handful of developers created middleware for consoles: Id Software (with Id Tech), and Criterion (with RenderWare) to name a few, but Epic marketed and sold the Unreal Engine heavier, harder, and more convincingly than any other studio. And every time Epic showed game journalists Gears of War, the company's new in-house game for Xbox 360, a dozen more developers would sign up.
2006: The Music Wars Begin
In May 2006, Activision acquired Guitar Hero publisher, Red Octane for $99.9 million. Then in September 2006, MTV Networks acquired Harmonix, the creative software studio behind Guitar Hero, for $175 million. In November 2007, Harmonix, under publisher MTV Networks and distributor Electronic Arts, released Rock Band, the direct competitor to Guitar Hero, complete with plastic guitar, microphone, and drum kit. Activision and MTV/EA would fiercely compete to out-do one another with new games, features, and exclusive bands, such as with Rock Band The Beatles, in the not-so-distant future.
Fall 2006: PS3 and Nintendo Wii Launch
One year after Microsoft's Xbox 360 launch, Sony's newly launched PlayStation 3 had the looks of a lost system. For a Blu-ray player, the PS3 was an economically priced system. For a console, its high price tag was reminiscent of the 3DO–way too expensive. Sony's gamble on winning a media/storage war started well before mass consumers were even aware they needed a Blu-ray player–and before the world had decided which it wanted more, HD-DVD or Blu-ray. The result? Sony's powerful new PS3 would start slow and remain in third place behind Microsoft and Nintendo in the console race.
While the PS3 launched November 11, the oft-laughed at, low-end Nintendo Wii launched November 19 with the free Wii Sports bundle. To everyone's surprise (except Nintendo), the Wii captured the imaginations of consumers worldwide. The Wii, with the equivalent of Xbox 1 hardware and maximum 480p output, would go on to topple Xbox 360 sales, steal the console marketplace crown, and recode the next generation with its non-stop sales to the casual market, females, families, and weight-conscious gamers. If Microsoft defined the next generation with HD graphics and connectedness, Nintendo's Wii rewrote it with its wireless, interactive Wiimote and its simple, accessible games, broadening the game market in a way Microsoft and Sony could only wish for.
June 29, 2007: Apple Launches the iPhone
Following its string of successes with the iPod, Apple released the unprecedented touch-sensitive interface and app-filled smart phone, the iPhone. While the device sold millions and remained the coolest gadget in the world for a good year, it wasn't until Jul 12, 2008 when Apple launched its online app store that videogame developers were introduced to the full potential of a publisher-free videogame marketplace. With the app store in place, hundreds more developers started making apps in their garages. Just like old times.
July 11-13, 2007: Good-bye E3, Hello…Business Summit?
After escalating costs, the expansion of t-shirt-throwing barkers, endless parades of booth babes, stage shows, and a general circus mentality growing each year at E3, a majority of game publishers led by EA, agreed to end E3 as we knew it. In its place appeared a multi-venue, splintered, no-frills "event" known as The E3 Media and Business Summit. To put it mildly, the majority of attendees voiced their opinion that the new E3 was a poor substitution for the old one.
September 12, 2007: The Wii Takes Over
Despite launching one year after the Xbox 360, owning a kooky name, and delivering hardware that wasn't as powerful as the PS3 or the Xbox 360, The Wii took over the console market in sales. The Financial Times reported September 12, 2007 that the Nintendo Wii had surpassed the Xbox 360 and had become the console market leader, the first time Nintendo had done so since the Super NES. (Sales based on NPD Group, GfK and Enterbrain tracking numbers for North America, Europe, and Japan.) Nintendo fans go berserk (and have remained giddily proud ever since).
October 11, 2007: EA Purchases BioWare, Pandemic
EA takes another big gulp out of the development world. One wonders why Microsoft didn't buy BioWare, after its long partnerships and Mass Effect. But it took a hungrier, more ambitious Redwood City publisher to take over the reigns of the biggest Western RPG maker in the world, one famous for its work on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect, not to mention earlier works with Interplay such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Oh yeah, and EA got Pandemic too.
Dec 3, 2007: Activision Merges with Vivendi
The Activision merger with Vivendi created "Activision Blizzard," a publisher that would soon become the biggest independent game publisher in the world, nudging long-time king EA into second place. The deal would be legally completed on July 10, 2008.
Fall 2007: Gamers Rejoice Part 2
In a collective burst of creative output, videogame developers harnessed the new console hardware with dozens of original titles and exceptional sequels on every system. Gamers scored in every genre and on every system. Titles such as BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Crysis, Halo 3, Skate, Forza Motorsport 2, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Assassin's Creed, Super Mario Galaxy, God of War 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Rock Band, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Mass Effect, and The Orange Box, just to name a few, stole gamers' hearts and emptied their wallets.
February 2008: EA's $2 Billion Move to Acquire Take-Two
In an opportunistic bid just prior to the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, Electronic Arts proposes an unsolicited bid to buy Take-Two Interactive for $2 billion dollars, or $25 a share. After an initial refusal, EA upped the bid to $26 per share, but Take-Two rejects the offer again. The press went hog wild with the story because of all the opportunisties to speculate on how EA would handle Rockstar, which games would get killed, etc. Analysts practically begged Take-Two to accept the offer, but Take-Two's "take" on the offer was simple: "We're worth more." The biggest news? EA would have surpassed Activision Blizzard as the biggest independent softwre developer in the world with the acquisition. Somewhere, Activision's Bobby Kotick is giggling madly in a room filled with plastic guitars, skateboards, posters of Spider-Man, and World War II guns, with money signs burning brightly in his eyes.
March 2008: The Indie Movement Arrives (Again)
While indie gamers have been around since Nolan Bushnell's Pong started it all, a perfect storm of marketplace scenarios came to light in 2007 and 2008, creating a perfect environment for indie games to flourish. The world finally noticed in a big way at the Game Developers' Conference in 2008. Jonathan Blow's Braid, 2D Boy's The World of Goo, and a dozen other quirky, creative, and low-budget titles created more than just a lot of media buzz, they showed the world new and different ways of thinking about and playing games.
While we can exalt in the monumental barrage of games that flowed through game stores in 2007, 2008 featured distinct breakthroughs. Bethesda's award-winning first-person RPG Fallout 3 captured the essence of the beloved Fallout RPG series and brought its epic sense of story and size to the IP. Rockstar stunned the world with its updated, realistic vision of New York with an online, multiplayer Grand Theft Auto IV, garnering perfect scores and generating record-breaking sales. And Will Wright's quirky god-game Spore hit the streets, generating buzz and good scores, but sales that did not match Wright's previous hit, The Sims. With other breakthrough games including LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Dead Space, and Prince of Persia, game publishers warded off the beginning of the biggest recession since the Great Depression.
February 12, 2009: Midway Goes Bankrupt
Confronting a $240 million debt, Mortal Kombat publisher files Chapter 11. Meanwhile, the last Midway-made Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat vs. DC, ships 2 million units. The last of the Old School arcade publishers, Midway's closure was cause for a moment of profound silence, followed by, "Get over here!"
March 27, 2009: Square Enix Secures Acquisition of Eidos
Ever since I've been in the business of writing about videogames, Eidos has been on the table for purchase. After succumbing to too many Tomb Raider failures (from TR4-TR:Angel of Darkness), Eidos never really climbed back up to its previous heights of success in development or on Wall Street. During that time, nearly every publisher in the world has engaged in talks to purchase the English publisher. But no one in their right mind thought Japanese giant Square Enix would be the one. Anyone for a Final Tomb Raider Fantasy?
March 24, 2009: Could OnLive Change Everything?
OnLive CEO Steve Perlman and COO Mike McGarvey introduced the cloud-based computing online service, OnLive. The service is designed to eliminate the need to continually upgrade PCs or to buy new consoles. EA, Epic Games, Take-Two, Ubisoft, THQ and several others show initial support, but direct issues such as eliminating lag and cost structure posed problems, while indirect worries such as the next generation of consoles led by Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft also weigh in.
June 1, 2009: Microsoft, Sony Reveal Motion Controllers
At E3 2009 (which had returned to the LA Convention Center), Microsoft unveiled the potential next step in controller-less gaming, Project Natal. Combining the use of an RGB camera, depth sensor, microphone, and proprietary software, Microsoft discussed the importance of eliminating the barrier between gamers from games (a la Nintendo's Wii). At Sony's press conference, Dr. Richard Marks introduced Sony's own proprietary engineering prototype which combined the abilities of the EyeToy and a motion sensor. Neither project would ship in 2009.
June 24, 2009 Bethesda Acquires Id Software
After quietly announcing it had transformed from a developer into a publisher, ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, acquired industry pioneer Id Software. Id's departure from the conservative creative culture at Activision and acceptance at Bethesda's well-funded, new studio-friendly system was a surprise and a shift whose repercussions have yet to be determined.
November 2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Smashes Records
Infinity Ward's first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took in $550 million during its first five days, beating Grand Theft Auto IV's video game record, while setting a single-day record with 2.2 million unique Xbox Live users playing the game on November 10. Modern Warfare 2's remarkably fast-paced single-player campaign is joined by a new Spec-Ops mode, and a highly improved, highly desired multiplayer game. Christmas will never be the same again.
Surely that's not everything–not every single thing–that happened. What about…? If I forgot, missed, or ignored an event worth posting, write and let me know! I'll see if I can post it in the story. Missed part 1 of The Decade in Review: Videogames 2000-2009, part 1? Check it out now.


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