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Jeanne Shaheen on Environment
Democrat Sr Senator; previously Governor
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes: Mr. WHITEHOUSE: This measure was part of the RESTORE Act, [but] this piece of it fell out of the bargain. If you supported the RESTORE Act, you have already supported this bill. If you believe that deals should be deals in the Senate, then you should support this bill. It is very important that we as a body support this bill. It does not create a single extra bureaucracy or person. It works within the existing government, and it adds no funding.
MississippiRiverDelta.org Summary of RESTORE Act: The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) dedicates 80% of all Clean Water Act penalties paid by those responsible for the 2010 gulf oil disaster to Gulf Coast restoration.
Proponent's press release supporting Yes vote: The National Endowment for the Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes Act would provide steady funding that universities, non-profit organizations, and government agencies can count on every year to support research and restoration projects. It would be funded primarily by dedicating 12.5% of revenues from offshore energy development, including oil, gas, and renewable energy. Revenue is generated through offshore lease sales and production based royalty payments. Funds from the Endowment would be distributed through a competitive grant program to fund projects to restore habitat, manage fisheries, plan for sustainable coastal development, enhance ocean monitoring and research activities, acquire coastal properties for preservation, and relocate critical coastal infrastructure.
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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. OBEY (D, WI-7): The cash for clunkers program has proven even more wildly popular than its strongest supporters had predicted. Just last month, Congress passed the program, which provided up to $4,500 if you trade in your old gas guzzler for a new car that gets better mileage. That was done in the hopes of spurring some new car sales and encouraging people to be a little more environmentally friendly. We provided $1 billion in the supplemental to get it going, enough for about 250,000 sales--which was just about exhausted in one week. This bill transfers $2 billion from the Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program, which doesn't expect to award funding until late next year.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. LEWIS (R, CA-41): In the majority's haste to slam legislation with no time for consideration or amendments, we are now seeing the effects of such shortsighted martial law tactics.
Senator Feinstein tried to negotiate some changes to improve the program but was told that it was this way or the highway. Not one hearing on the Cash for Clunkers program, not one hearing on how the first billion dollars has been spent, not one hearing on how much money the program will need to get through the fiscal year.
Many of my colleagues will say, This is a great program, and it is necessary for the revitalization of the car industry. I'm not really going to argue with those goals. However, are we sure this program is working like it's supposed to? I don't think so. This program has only been up and running 1 week. If that is how the government is going to handle billion-dollar programs affecting all Americans, I ask, Whatever will we do if the administration takes control of our health care system?
112th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard: The Humane Society Legislative Fund has posted the final version of the 2011 Humane Scorecard, where you can track the performance of your federal lawmakers on key animal protection issues during last year. We rated legislators based on their voting behavior on measures such as agribusiness subsidies, lethal predator control, and the Endangered Species Act; their cosponsorship of priority bills on puppy mills, horse slaughter, animal fighting, and chimps in research; their support for funding the enforcement of animal welfare laws; and their leadership on animal protection. All of the priority bills whose cosponsorships we're counting enjoy strong bipartisan support; in the House, each of the four now has more than 150 cosponsors.
The Humane Scorecard is not a perfect measuring tool, but creating some reasonable yardstick and allowing citizens to hold lawmakers accountable is central to our work. When the Humane Scorecard comes out each year, it helps clarify how the animal protection movement is doing geographically, by party affiliation, and in other categories. It helps us chart our course for animals by seeing where we have been effective, and where we need to improve.
Congressional Summary:Amends the Clean Water Act to prohibit the EPA from requiring permits for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from silviculture activities.
Opponent's argument against bill: (Evergreen Magazine and Washington Forest Law Center): In Aug. 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that polluted stormwater generated by logging roads is subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. [The ruling meant] that rain runoff from forest roads constituted an industrial (not forestry) activity, which should be considered a "point source" discharge under the CWA. The lawsuit was brought because forest roads have been dumping sediment into rivers that support myriad species of salmon and resident trout, all of which are at risk from the pollution. The ruling will require State agencies to issue permits and ensure that road construction and maintenance practices limit or eliminate such discharges.
In March 2013, the US Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit: permits are not required for stormwater discharges from pipes, ditches and channels along logging roads. [This legislation supports the Supreme Court ruling, against the Ninth Circuit conclusion].
Proponent's argument for bill: (Press release by sponsors):
Sen. WYDEN (D-OR): "We need a healthy timber industry to provide timber jobs and to do the restoration work that ensures healthy forests. The way to do that is to stop litigating questions that have already been answered."
Sen. CRAPO (R-ID): "The jobs and economic activities relating to the forest products industry are critical to the Pacific Northwest. The Clean Water Act was not intended to regulate stormwater runoff on forest roads."
Rep. HERRERA BEUTLER (R-WA): "At the heart of our efforts are the moms and dads employed by healthy, working forests--and passing this law will help make sure they have jobs, and will help make our forests healthy."
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A retired Army psychologist accused by human rights advocates of being complicit in the abuse of Guantanamo Bay prisoners during interrogations is among two finalists for a leadership position in the University of Missouri's College of Education, to the dismay of some faculty members.
Former Col. Larry James, 55, is the dean of professional psychology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and is vying with Matthew Burns, an educational psychology professor at the University of Minnesota, to be the Missouri college's division executive director. The Columbia Missourian first reported James' MU candidacy.
Before retiring from the military, James served as chairman of the psychology department at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and coordinated mental health resources at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He also led a team of psychologists assigned to interrogators at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay for five months in 2003 and again in 2007-08. He also oversaw interrogations at the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq in 2004, after the infamous photos surfaced that showed guards abusing detainees.
In 2010, the Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic filed a complaint against James alleging that he witnessed the "systematically" abusive interrogation of military prisoners at the U.S. naval base in Cuba but failed to intervene. The complaint says James initially watched without intervening while an interrogator and three guards subjected a near-naked man to sexual humiliation by forcing him to wear women's underwear, and only intervened when he was concerned someone might get hurt.
James denies the allegations and maintains that he was tasked with ending alleged abuse at both prisons.
A state licensing board in Ohio declined to discipline James, as did a similar panel in Louisiana, where he is also licensed. But some University of Missouri professors oppose his hiring, saying he's unfit for the role and that his hiring will hurt the university's reputation.
"I don't know why we would want to make a connection at all with (James)," said Peggy Placier, a recently retired associate professor of educational leadership and policy analysis. "It's bad for the reputation of MU, and for our College of Education.
"Some serious concerns have been raised that have not been answered," she added.
Placier said that her concerns are shared by colleagues who are afraid to speak publicly. She said the academic department sent out news about the candidates on Christmas Day.
James, who has a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Iowa, calls the continued scrutiny of his military record "an old story." He said his critics have tried to get state courts, appeals courts and regulatory boards to sanction him eight times, but to no avail.
"Why do these people continue to try a decorated, disabled military veteran?" James said. "They cannot produce a patient, a prisoner, a government official or any official document that shows I have harmed any person."
James said the Army sent him to Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib to clean up abuses. He offered a similar explanation in his 2008 memoir, "Fixing Hell."
Michael Pullis, the MU professor leading the hiring search, said the faculty search committee knew of the abuse allegations against James and was satisfied that he hadn't been complicit in any alleged torture.
"The search committee felt his leadership and management experiences closely aligned with the minimum and desired qualifications outlined in the job description," he told The Associated Press in an email. "It is the totality of Dr. James' experience that made him a finalist for the position."
James said he expects to interview in Columbia in February at "one of the best colleges of education in the country" and called the Missouri job "just a wonderful opportunity."
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Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Neal (keyboards/vocals) and Alan (guitars) were joined by fellow musicians Nick D'Virgilio (Nick D'Virgilio, drums - also known as NDV) and Dave Meros (bass), and were later joined by veteran keyboardist Ryo Okumoto. Spock's Beard play a brand of progressive rock with pop music leanings, drawing much influence from Genesis and The Beatles. They are also well known for their intricate multi-part vocal harmonies and use of counterpoint much in the vein of Gentle Giant. They've released records like the acclaimed The Kindness of Strangers and V before releasing the epic concept album Snow, which also marked the departure of leader and main composer Neal Morse for a solo career as a Christian artist. After the departure of Neal Morse, the frontman role was taken on by Nick D'Virgilio. The 'new' lineup has released three more studio albums: Feel Euphoria, Octane and Spock's Beard. The band is supported by drummer Jimmy Keegan on tour. This leads to drum duets/duels between him and Nick D'Virgilio from time to time, which can be compared to Phil Collins and Chester Thompson at Genesis concerts. Here old drummer Collins also took the lead singer role, after old singer Peter Gabriel left the band. The band was named for the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror," where the crew enters a parallel universe in which the parallel Mr. Spock is differentiated by his beard.
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Greg Grunberg's Deal With Warner Bros Could Put Him Back With JJ Abrams' Bad Robot
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Despite his more recent TV roles, theres always going to be some part of me that associates Greg Grunberg with his roles in Felicity and Alias. Both series had two other things in common, besides Grunberg: Jennifer Garner, and J.J. Abrams. Garner only appeared in a few episodes of Felicity, but she was reunited with Grunberg and series creator J.J. Abrams in Alias. Now its looking like theres a chance that two of these three people will be teamed up again for another TV project.
According to Deadline, Grunberg has signed a talent holding deal with Warner Bros Television, which will have him starring in a comedy or drama for the studio, possibly as soon as next season. As Deadline notes, Warner Bros is where J.J. Abrams is set up, which was a factor for Grunbergs deal.
Abrams production company Bad Robot is set to make a pilot for NBC, written by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, called Revolution. Little is known about the project, other than that its described as an epic adventure thriller. Could this be the project in which Grunberg ends up starring? Or will it be something else? Either way, it would be good news if this deal resulted in Grunberg teaming up with Abrams in some form or another, as his parts in Alias and Felicity were arguably his best roles, though I suspect Heroes fans will disagree with me there...
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A grandfather is being praised on social media for writing an inspiring letter to his daughter after she disowns his gay grandson.
The letter was posted on Facebook by a gay rights group. FOX 29 doesn't know the name of the man who wrote it, but many people on social media are calling this guy the "grandfather of the year."
While the details surrounding the incident are not clear, what's clear is that the grandfather has this to say to his daughter:
"Kicking Chad out of your home simply because he told you he was gay is the real 'abomination' here. -- a parent disowning her child is what goes 'against nature.'"
He goes on to tell his daughter that his grandson was born this way and didn't choose to be gay anymore than he chose to be left handed.
The grandfather ends the letter by simply telling his daughter, "If you find your heart, give us a call."
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THE ACME LAB "Automaticity in Cognition, Motivation, and Evaluation" - focuses on unconscious or automatic ways in which our current environmental surroundings cause us to think, feel, and behave in ways without our conscious intention or knowledge. Past research has shown that these automatic processes play a role in stereotyping and prejudice, social behaviors such as aggression and politeness, as well as our liking and disliking of people, places, and things.
More recently, ACME Lab research has shown how social goals such as achievement and cooperation can become activated and then operate outside of awareness, guiding our behavior over extended time periods, without our intention or awareness of the goal we are pursuing. ACME research pays special attention to demonstrating how these effects are triggered by the commonly encountered features of real life, such as thinking about the important people in our lives, as well as common situational contexts and physical experiences.
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Priming research under fire? See John's recent blog post, listed on Psychology Today's "Essential Reads in Cognition" in response to critics: "Priming Effects Replicate Just Fine, Thanks." Read more about the controversy here. (May, 2012)
Congratulations to John, who recieved the 2011 Thomas Ostrom Award for outstanding career contributions to social cognition at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology! The award is given by the social cognition preconference, traditionally known as the Person Memory Interest Group. (August, 2011)
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A shortage of certain IV solutions has hospitals across the nation scrambling to manage their supply of one of the most commonly used drugs.
Hospitals, including Community Medical Center in Missoula, have been making some adjustments as they deal with a shortage in common saline, and other IV fluids used to hydrate hospital patients.
Community Medical Center clinical pharmacy manager, Kevin Cady said the shortage is due to an increased demand in fluids, possibly caused by flu cases. Cady said right now, they expect the shortage to be short-term.
"We've been able to get through this, however, we've had to change a few things. Some of it might be a certain size that's shorted, so if it's a one liter bag that's shorted, we may have smaller size bag, and be able to treat patients with the same products," Cady said.
Doctors have also used other medications in place of the solutions since the shortage. Meantime, the three manufacturer's of the product, Baxter International Inc, Hospira Inc and B. Braun Medical Inc, are stepping up production, and the FDA is looking into alternative sources


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ARLINGTON -- It's perhaps the one day out of the year when jocks will happily rock hot pink.
On Sunday, members of the Angels and Rangers gladly joined the rest of Major League Baseball by suiting up with pink wristbands, Phiten bracelets and -- on some occasions -- Louisville Sluggers in honor of Mother's Day. Also, the "T" behind the batter's box at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington was painted pink, the lineup cards in both dugouts were pink, and Angels slugger Mark Trumbo even passed out some pink Oakley frames to mark the occasion.
"I like it," Angels outfielder Peter Bourjos said of all the pink. "I think it's good. I mean, my mom was a huge part of my life growing up. She took me to soccer games, football games, baseball games. My dad [a Major League scout] traveled so much, and I spent a lot of time with her."
In 2006, MLB began the tradition of utilizing pink on Mother's Day, in celebration of the holiday and, more specifically, for breast-cancer awareness.
"It's an honor," Angels shortstop Erick Aybar said in Spanish about wearing pink on Mother's Day. "It's a day to remember the person who's with you in good and bad times. To me, she's everything. It's a gift from God to celebrate a day like this."
Aybar, Hatcher work on fixing inconsistency
ARLINGTON -- Lost amid the head-scratching struggles of the Angels' new first baseman, Albert Pujols, has been the year-long funk of their recently extended shortstop, Erick Aybar, who entered Sunday's series finale against the Rangers batting .200 with a .227 on-base percentage and one stolen base in 32 games.
Aybar had the day off against righty Neftali Feliz on Mother's Day -- as did the similarly struggling Torii Hunter -- but he and hitting coach Mickey Hatcher believe they've figured something out that can get him right at the plate.
Well, from one side, at least.
In looking at tape recently, the Angels noticed the switch-hitting Aybar's stride has been different from the left side of the plate. As a timing mechanism, Aybar usually taps his right foot once, then strides toward the pitch. Recently, though, an extra tap has been subconsciously incorporated, which may be throwing off his timing.
"He's got like a two-step thing going at the plate, and we want to correct that right now," Hatcher said. "He had a good session in the cage, so we'll see."
Hatcher wants Aybar to get more fluid with his stride, and Aybar believes that could be all it takes to get him going again.
"Of course," he said in Spanish. "I'm seeing the ball well, putting good swings and doing everything else right. ... When you know you're not swinging at bad pitches, it's because something else is wrong. I was swinging at good pitches and kept popping the ball up, and not getting my hands out. But today I did some work in the cage and everything went well."
Aybar, signed to a four-year, $35 million extension in mid-April, began the year batting leadoff, but has mostly hit eighth over the last three weeks, with the young Mike Trout taking over the table-setting duties since his April 28 callup.
Aybar batted .280 with a .327 on-base percentage over the last three years, but has struggled from both sides of the plate in 2012, posting a .225 on-base percentage from the left and a .231 on-base percentage from the right.
"When you know you can do more than you're doing, you're like, 'Wow, what's going on?'" Aybar said. "I'm not that kind of player. But, hey, it's only a month of baseball. There's more than four months left. You just have to adjust."
Walden working his way deeper into games
ARLINGTON -- Slowly but surely, Jordan Walden seems to be getting better on the mound -- and, thusly, so is his role.
Walden, who went from closing to temporary mopup duty after a blown save on April 26, pitched a clean seventh inning against the Rangers on Saturday, preserving the two-run lead the Angels eventually won by. The 24-year-old right-hander, who mainly needed to work on his slider command, now hasn't given up a hit in either of his last three outings, walking just one and striking out two in that 2 2/3-innings span.
With LaTroy Hawkins nursing a broken pinkie, Walden has returned to the holding-leads section of manager Mike Scioscia's bullpen, joining Ernesto Frieri (seemingly the setup man) and lefty Scott Downs (who replaced him in the ninth).
Can Walden reclaim the closer's role if he keeps pitching this way?
"If that evolves, I think we're better off in the long run that way," Scioscia said. "But the thing is, you're not just looking at the last three outs, you're really looking at the last six, seven, eight outs. If you can get some depth there to have some options and be able to match up, it gives you stronger looks at times. But we're going to let it go where it goes. I don't think we need to force anything right now."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Steelers placed WR Limas Sweed on injured reserve on Tuesday. Sweed, a third-year pro from Texas, ruptured his left Achilles tendon on May 2.
The Steelers waived Sweed on Monday, but he cleared waivers, and the club elected to assign him to injured reserve.
Sweed, 25, played nine games for Pittsburgh last season, catching one pass for five yards. He ended the season on the reserve/non-football illness list with an undisclosed illness.
To take Sweed's spot on the roster, the Steelers signed WR Isaiah Williams, whom the Ravens released last January, on Monday. Williams, 23, played collegiately at Maryland and went undrafted in 2009.
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The first stages of Downtown Disney's transformation into Disney Springs are within sight, and that will change how and where guests park at the shopping and entertainment complex.
A large portion of the lot along Buena Vista Drive will be fenced off for the construction of a parking garage. The parking spots basically between Planet Hollywood and Splitsville are expected to be off-limits by early next week, says Keith Bradford, vice president for Downtown Disney.
The existing lots — including one behind the Cirque du Soleil theater — should be able to handle a normal day of activity at Downtown Disney, Bradford says. On busier days and peak weekends, addition parking be available across the street in lots for Team Disney, the Casting building and the SunTrust bank building, he says. A shuttle will run from there to the shopping area or guests can walk, he says.
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"We feel great about what we're able to provide [for parking]. We believe we'll handle the majority of it," Bradford says. "And on those days when there are some additional bodies coming in, we'll be able to park across the street."
Disney expects to have the garage ready by late 2014 or early 2015, Bradford says. When it opens, work will begin on another garage. Together, the two structures will hold 6,000 vehicles.
Retail outlets and restaurants will remain in operation during the construction.
"We've got a pretty good track record of being able to make enhancements in the middle of a park," Bradford says, referring to the Fantasyland expansion in Magic Kingdom and the renovation of Disney California Adventure.
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You are John Cord, an MI6 Secret Service agent who has been sent to Vologia, USSR, at the request of CIA, to help track down a missing agent. Captured by Nagarov forces, you are alone in a hostile country. You must escape, infiltrate, sneak and shoot your way through increasingly dangerous locations. Find out who betrayed you and get closer to the ruthless mastermind behind the plan to trigger a nuclear holocaust!
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It is a time of civil war. Rebel spaceships striking from a hidden base… No wait, that's Star Wars, sorry.
International tensions between America and China are very high, the new cold war is threatening to become substantially hotter and the former soviet republic of Volgia has made a discovery with the potential to change the future of the world. The Americanread more CIA sent an agent to Volgia to investigate but he promptly vanished.
Enter MI6 agent John Cord, sent into Volgia to locate the missing CIA agent and investigate the situation, he is captured and tortured into revealing the details of his mission. These interrogation flashbacks form the core of the game and it's not until towards the end of the game that you actually begin playing "now" rather than "then".
In Cold Blood is a hybrid action and adventure game which actually manages not to mess up either the action or adventure parts. Unlike many genre-hybrid games, the 2 elements don't feel like 2 separate mini-games clumsily yet enthusiastically stapled together (I'm looking at you KOTOR! Swoop racing indeed…), the action and adventure elements are near seamless, the stealth and gunplay become 2 more tools to get the job done.
Indeed the options for sneaking, talking or shooting through a situation are fairly broad, many puzzles have alternate solutions and you can approach the game as an action player or as an RPG player and still have a pretty good feel for it quickly. Despite the options you do get, there's times when you have to fight, sneak or talk so getting good at each is essential
One of the major departures from the normal adventure game is the lack of handholding, it's not only possible that you'll die, it's nearly inevitable. The game is rather unforgiving about walking out in front of armed guards in a location you're not supposed to be in. The death also links nicely to the interrogation flashback setup, when you die, Cord realises he made a mistake in relating the story and you get prompted to reload. It's not a big deal and if you die 20 times on the same section it can get bloody annoying but it's generally a nice touch.
A firefight between one man with a pistol and 45 rounds versus a trio of men armed with the infamous 'AK47 of infinite ammunition +1' is going to be a short firefight indeed. What can you do to minimise this? Well perhaps crouching in darkness and watching them patrol, waiting till one guy is out of the room, another looking towards the door and the last standing near your hiding place but facing away. Quickly sneaking up behind the nearest man, you crack him in the back of the skull, you then run down the corridor, draw your gun just as his colleague turns and shoot him twice in the head then lie in wait to give the same service to the man outside the room as he runs in to see what the commotion was about.
Sadly the controls make such dynamic action a bit harder than it really should be, moves take longer to execute than you expect and things such as running can get a little confusing when your character is deep into the screen and hard to spot obstacles stop you in your tracks but that's rare enough to forgive. One of the better things about the controls is the ability to remap every button (which was a bit of a rarity) and the option to make movement character relative or screen relative. The difference being that in character relative, pressing the up arrow would walk the character whatever direction he was facing whilst in screen relative, it would always move him towards the top of the screen. The game also supports joysticks and gamepads if that is a preferred input method, as it was also released for Playstation, it kind of feels right to play it with a gamepad.
Probably the best description of the controls would be clunky but not unusable, for the adventure parts you'll occasionally miss the trusty old point & click system (Unless you've mastered Broken Sword 3, Monkey Island 4 or Grim Fandango) and for the action parts you'll miss the 3rd person shooter fluidity.
Generally the game has a very serious tone, moreso than the Broken Sword games but there's plenty of amusing little moments, Cord bluffing his way though talk about a soccer game, being threatened with violence by an accountant, the changing reactions of people when they have a gun in their face and there's also a less than subtle reference to Broken Sword when you're trying to get to the roof of the Pentagrad that made me laugh.
The sound in this game is really one of the best features. The acting, particularly that of John Cord and his controller, Alpha is very good, the incidental effects are really atmospheric and the music quite good. There's the odd dodgy accent but that's part of the charm really and considering that Volgia is a fictional country, you can't really nit-pick.
The character voices are definitely a highlight, Cord has just that perfect blend of cynicism and British stiff-upper-lippedness, Alpha has a good upper class English voice in the vein of Judi Dench or Honor Blackman (I thought it was Blackman for a few minutes), Nagarov sounds delightfully sinister and Kostov sounds like a sleazy bastard which is just perfect for him.
Like almost every other game I've ever played, this suffers from music downout syndrome. The default volume of the music is far too loud and has a tendency to overwhelm the dialogue. Thankfully the game comes with sliders for the music volume so you can change it but it's a bit puzzling that a largely dialogue driven game has this problem.
Ahh this is where the game is really showing its age, it was made in the era where 3D was still a bit experimental, especially so for a traditionally 2D genre. As such, the facial textures, especially when walking, tend to get a bit messed up and that can be a bit disconcerting. Hopefully if you're reading this review, you're the kind of gamer mature enough to forgive a few flaws in favour of a great game. The majority of the game's items and characters are quite well realised and interesting to look at. The character movement in both the game and in the cutscenes tends to be somewhat robotic but again this was pretty standard back then.
The highlight graphics wise are the background graphics which are extremely well done, giving a good feel of heavy industrial, cavernous subterranean and modern office locations. Each place feels unique and the set pieces are really well defined. As a nerd, I really want to be let lose in the Pentagrad computer room or allowed to play with that particle accelerator at the mine, firing a few test bolts and one pin & cable through it wasn't enough for me.
Final Thoughts
In conclusion, In Cold Blood is an outstanding adventure game with excellent characters, sprinklings of humour, a solid espionage story and pretty damn good gameplay, it's also $6, don't be a cheapskate! The only thing stopping In Cold Blood being the best James Bond game ever made is the fact that Revolution didn't have the licence.
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Posted on 2009-03-31 16:33:48 bylaffer:
I had no idea what to expect when I got this game, judging from the most recent reviews here I thought it might be seriously flawed.
However, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it's actually a very good game.
It's very long, has an interesting 'James Bond'ish storyline, nice atmosphere and very nice background graphics. And the locations are extremely varied, tons ofread more nice backdrops.
The only problem I had with it is the controls, but they're not much worse than the Resident Evil controls (the games play in a similar way).
The puzzles are generally very easy, but it's not really an adventure game, so I didn't mind that too much.
All in all, great game!
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Posted on 2009-02-13 23:09:36 byBlackthorn.747:
As I said in my BS3 comments, I normally do not play adventure games but I had so much fun with BS3 that I decided to give ICB a shot. A few frustrations here and there were outweighed by the story and quality voice acting. Very enjoyable and well worth the price.
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Salam..Ive heard that we can wear short cloths if there's no man near is it through?
I agree with Abyad girl. Also miss abyad I awarded you points not knowing that I was giving my points aways.:()
answered Oct 31 '13 at 07:50 Faisal26 15●2●8
@faisal, sorry about that, never realsised by awarding points we lose our own, I hope your not blaming me for all your points going !, hhhhh.
(Oct 31 '13 at 07:57) abyadgirl
Asalaam o alaikum, sister, it is better to wear long cloths and keep your self covered at all times. This is to keep your iman, and modesty and to never forget your self worth. There are those that will uncover, if front of family and husband. But ask your self, how you feel, and why you would want to wear short revealing cloths. Does it not take away your thoughts and reminders of what you are. ???
ALLAH states in the Holy Quran:
"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.) and not to show off their adornments except only that which is apparent (like palms of hands or one eye or both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer dress like veil, gloves, head cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyubihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms, etc.) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their son's, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sisters sons or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islam), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And beg Allah to forgive you all O believers, that you may be successful.
Lol you can give some back if you want hahaha :)
answered Oct 31 '13 at 08:03 Faisal26 15●2●8
i just realised how many points i have now,,,,, thanks to you,,,, and yes i will give you some back,,,,cant be having you down on points and me up on points,,, dosnt seem right some how!!!!!
(Oct 31 '13 at 08:05) abyadgirl
You should award his points back. If you need to know how I will tell you. Salaam and its 68 points.
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Smart job hunters know its best to focus on the needs of employers instead of their own during hiring. But if you do that, how do you figure out whether a job is a good fit for you?
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Bettys job search was going well. She had a second interview for a position that sounded interesting. In her first interview shed focused on the employers needs. Now she needed to figure out whether the job would meet her needs without turning the employer off.
One of her top priorities was to avoid a micromanager boss. Her current boss was constantly breathing down her neck. Thats why she was job hunting.
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He said he outlined exactly how he wanted things done, and checked on them, frequently. He lamented that to get things done right he often had to do them himself.
He sounded like Bettys current boss. She was offered the job and declined, grateful shed avoided a repeat of her present situation.
Shed done many things well. She waited until the second interview to address her own needs, then devised an empathetic, open-ended question to get the information she sought.
Betty had mastered the art of figuring out whether a position fit her needs, without jeopardizing the offer.
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EVE-VR was first shown to the public at EVE Fanfest this year, and then it wowed players at E3 as well. It might have been the first demo by a professional team of developers that really showed off what the Oculus Rift can do, but it was also created by a small team of developers at CCP working in their spare time. Would it ever become a full product?
CCP has answered that question today. The game has been renamed EVE: Valkyrie, and is slated for 2014. Here's the official trailer.
This is interesting for a number of reasons. The Youtube information seems to indicate that the game will be multiplayer-only, and is designed from the ground up to work with the Oculus Rift. This could be the first game designed by a major studio specifically for virtual reality, and it was already an amazing experience even at the early stages. You really feel like you're inside a space ship, dogfighting other pilots in a battle across space.
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First RED EPIC-M Monochrome Footage Might Be the Beginning of a Black and White Resurgence
If you've ever had the opportunity to shoot in black and white either on film or digital, then you know there is something special about the look that you can't quite achieve with converting from a color image. That's exactly why RED created the new EPIC-M Monochrome camera (and also because some guy named David Fincher is currently working on a project that is using the camera). Besides the advantage in tonality and detail (since there isn't any debayering), the Monochrome camera is also rated at 2000 ISO — which is more than a two-fold increase in low-light ability. Steven Sebring took the Monochrome for a spin recently, and you can click through to see his spectacular results.
Here are the details about the video from Jarred Land on REDUser:
Sebring is one of our go-to guys with new stuff, and he gladly took on the new Epic-m Monochrome and put it through it's paces for WOLF magazine. Here is a 720p version of "Emily" , I will post a 2K and 4K version next week. You wont believe how good this looks in 4K. This was shot all at 2000 ASA….The Monochrome sensor really is incredible.. You need to use it to get a grasp of just how powerful it is. Everything is just better.. better tonal range, better use of compression, better detail. Shot with a Cooke 18-100 with a mix between 24-96fps. 8:1 and 10:1 compression !!
The video is not quite NSFW, but there is some borderline nudity you might want to be aware of (but no actual nudity). You can double-tap F on the keyboard to get full-screen, double-clicking on the video also works for some people. Otherwise you can head on over to Vimeo to see it in full screen or download the 720p version:
The AC on the project, Ryan De Franco, added some of his own thoughts about the camera:
the monochrome sensor is so good it's not fair. you shoot with it and you want to throw your bank account at it from the moment the camera boots up. I did some tests for this shoot, The first shot I did out of the box I pointed the camera at subway tracks and hit "on," my jaw fell apart. the tonal differences between shadow and light are incredible. this sensor sees as much texture as our eyes do. sometimes more. people wonder if the camera really is different from a desaturated color image… yes. yes. yes. yes. especially with a human face. desaturated color looks like desaturated color. on the monochrome, with all information devoted to luminance, the camera takes on an incredible character and texture–in a way no digital camera ever has.
There are a lot of high-contrast shots in the piece, but where the camera really shines, in my opinion, are in the darker areas of the image. For example, if you take a look at her necklace in a few of the shots above, there is not only an incredible amount of detail, but the necklace really pops thanks to the subtle gradations in tonality. It's this type of detail that is difficult to achieve with a converted image, since you're losing resolution and sensitivity initially because of the color filters over the sensor (which the Monochrome does not have).
I was lucky enough to be trained on black and white photography from 35mm all the way up to 4×5 large format, and there is just something about a properly exposed negative printed on real photo paper that has a certain "magic" to it. The Monochrome has that look for me, except it's digital, and grainless. There are still a few black and white films released every once in a while, but they are usually few and far between. Maybe we'll see a resurgence thanks to the resolution and sensitivity advantages of these monochrome cameras?
I would be the first in line to see a feature shot on this camera if I could watch it in a proper 4K theater.
It will be interesting to see if they do a monochrome version of the new Dragon sensor. (a Dragon Monochrome is slated to come out Spring 2013) The MX sensor more than doubles in sensitivity when the color filters are removed, so does that mean the new Dragon sensor, which is a 6K bayer pattern sensor with a base ISO around 2000, would be a native 5000 ISO in a Monochrome version? If so, sign me up for a grainless 6K image at those kinds of sensitivities. It could certainly open up a new kind of cinematic image we've never seen before.
If you've got close to $50,000 sitting in the bank, one of these new Monochrome cameras could be yours — and if you buy it now you get a free upgrade to the Monochrome version of the Dragon sensor. Otherwise, a future rental just might be in order. We'll update when the 2K and 4K versions are released so you can check those out.
What do you guys think about the footage? Does this camera interest you? Would try to use a Dragon EPIC-M Monochrome if they made one and the sensitivity more than doubled from the color version?
- Steven Sebring " Emily " Shot on Epic-M Monochrome — REDUser
- Steven Sebring — Website
- RED EPIC-M Monochrome – Brain Only — RED Store
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David on 10.22.12 @ 1:30AM
i'm just in it for the titties.
Austin Mace on 10.22.12 @ 1:31AM
now that is a way to debut footage…
Randy on 10.22.12 @ 2:15AM
Quick tip: Double clicking the video will send you into full screen mode
Joe Marine on 10.22.12 @ 2:55AM
That does not work for me in Chrome in OSX, which is why I mentioned it.
Or hit 'F' on the keyboard
(same goes for many other features when their button is not visible in the embed, like Watch Later (W) for example.
Joe Marine on 10.22.12 @ 12:35PM
Thank you, don't I feel dumb for using Vimeo for this long and not knowing that.
Randy on 10.25.12 @ 3:20AM
Oh, strange. Works fine for me in Chrome and Safari.
c.d.embrey on 10.22.12 @ 2:30AM
It's not what you or I like,it's what the audience wants. Was "The Artist" 1.37:1 B&W, a one time phenomena? Will general audience line-up to watch a mainstream drama shot in B&W, a present day "Zorba the Greek," Paths of Glory" or "Psycho?"
Walter Lassally (Academy Award for Zorba) said he didn't prefer B&W to Color, but he did like to be able to chose the right film for the story.
Peter on 10.22.12 @ 2:32AM
…but is it just firmware? ;-)
I don't believe it's just firmware. The color sensor has a filter over the sensor that selects each photocite to R, G, or B color. Then the image is De-Bayerd. This is the the same sensor without that filter, simply reading luminance date at every photocite. with out that filter there is more light let into sensor that accounts for the bump in sensitivity and the lack of debayering reduces noise and increases sharpness. Leica did the same thing with a recent M Monochrome camera.
Peter on 10.22.12 @ 12:14PM
Are we sure they didn't get lazy and just leave the color filter on? Is there a close-up picture of the sensor or something that demonstrates this? Just because these things are going to be made in such small quantities that I wonder if they really felt it was worth it to make a custom sensor. They could instead have just taken the luma data from each sensel, which wouldn't be as good as not having the color filters, but would be higher resolution than demosaicing to color and then turning it grayscale. The monochrome mode of a color camera could and should offer this level of functionality but I think the firmware writers tend to be too lazy to do that too.
Not terribly hard to test what's really going on in a camera but we don't have an unbiased test service for video at this time. How things could be done in theory for maximum advantage may not be how they are done in the pursuit of profit.
Peter, I've seen the sensor alongside a regular one today, and its physical appearance is notably different, at least due to a different OLPF. Also, just taking luma values from a colour filtered sensor without debayer would not work – imagine a bright red object; it would illuminate only 1 in 4 pixels and hence yield a tiled pattern without debayering to infer R brightness into neighbour pixels and vice versa.
Peter on 10.22.12 @ 1:28PM
Sure the shortcut I describe is not as good, but consider the fact that we can get away with chroma subsampling to the degree we do. It would be better than debayer to color and then desaturate, but not as good as having all the sensels with neutral filters when shooting fine colored detail. Color resolution chart shots compared to theoretical predictions would reveal any profitable shortcuts in place.
But it's nice to know there is something physically different in there, even if it's just an overall chroma filter (like we used to shoot B&W film with yellow filters).
john jeffreys on 10.22.12 @ 11:39AM
No. Not at all.
The Artist; The White Ribbon; Good Night and Good Luck; The Man Who Wasn't There; and others I can't remember at the moment — all shot on color film. The art direction and costume design were designed using colors that would translate flawlessly into b&w. Those were choices made by some of the best DP's to shoot on color and convert later, because it yielded better results than shooting on B&W stock. This camera and it's price point is absurd.
Adam J Mckay on 10.22.12 @ 7:06AM
Actually thats not true. That choice was made my producers in order to secure financing by broadcasters in Europe who said they wanted the option to show a color version of the film. I know that was the case for White Ribbon and Man who wasnt there.
Daniel Mimura on 10.29.12 @ 9:19PM
Yup. It's usually forced on the filmmakers by the behest of the producers and/or the studio. In the Soup was a black and white film that was released in color at Blockbuster…
Some filmmakers chose color b/c the modern color stocks have significantly less grain than plus-x, tri-x, double-c, (and especially) 4x.
It's hard to concentrate on tonal range with those nipples staring at you.
George – tshit.de/freshdailies
Lucas Adamson on 10.22.12 @ 3:52AM
I'm not at all convinced that there is a real world advantage to shooting on a monochrome camera for monochrome output.
With a normal digital colour camera, a 5D for example, shooting RAW, there are some distinct advantages, such as being able to filter up or down individual colours. An example of that is sky – it is often easy to make changes to how the sky renders in monochrome with adjustments to the blue/cyan channels.
Plus, colour to monochrome works so well, I can't see that it needs improving, and can't see any improvement in this video over what I have become accustomed to.
Daniel Mimura on 10.29.12 @ 9:38PM
I agree 100%. without color information, you can't make color specific contrast adjustments.
You have no secondary color correction. You have primary only (on set)…you can put a red filter on the lens to make a grey apple look darker than the grey leaves on the apple tree. Or you could put a green filter on to make the leaves darker grey than the apples (I'm talking about red apples in my example, obviously…not granny smiths…)
But you do either of those and you're making decisions that will affect the skin tones of actors (and the sky and every other color b/c you can't individually isolate it.)
Also, when's the last time you saw a color filter set at a rental house for black and white? Who has all these filters with modern levels of sharpness for modern sensors or cameras?
And the only real benefit is sharpness and lack of noise in the shadows and things that the red's (and prettymuch every other professional digital camera—and most non-professional ones too, btw…) already have. Okay, so if the new dragon is gonna be 6k…that's gonna be plenty sharp for a 4k projector…
Color is better for modern black and white except for this "sharpness" "resolution" bs…
…since sharpness is also a psychological phenomenon, heightened by contrast, the ability to make your image more contrasty based on the color information (or less contrasty—to make a different part of the image more prominent, or to defocus a certain color like say the cooler colors to make backgrounds less sharp of a vista type of shot [since the cooler colors recede]) …you can make your film "sharp" without having a technically sharper resolved image.
This is a chance for filmmaker to get stunning footage in B&W, so if you're planning to shoot monochrome now you can, or choose the Ikonoskop A-cam Dll panchromatic, or film. It's just upon what your movie needs. So why complaining about like it's useless? the fact this cam is out doesn't mean you have to buy it or rent it. You can go on with shooting color and then desaturate in post. It's just one more tool you can use it or not, you've the choice now.
Curtis on 10.22.12 @ 9:29AM
Well said.
Thomas Fischer on 10.22.12 @ 7:04AM
Imagine what would happen, if you complemented this material with colored Footage (3D-Rig)!?
That would be very interesting to see! Sort of like HDR video, but with a "channel" or video stream specifically for resolution and luminance, and another for the RGB values… that would be amazing to see an experiment in this.
Thomas Fischer on 10.23.12 @ 4:43AM
…a flat Colorprofile
…No. I mean as in using the monochrome image as the base, and using the color footage as a filter, similar to the way you combine images to make an HDRI. Is it fun being condescending?
Ollie on 10.22.12 @ 7:43AM
looks good.. I have such a soft spot for black and white. From shooting black and white stills to black and white motion film.
Manhattan is for me one of the most beautiful shot films (Gordon Willis ASC) in black white, i ALSO enjoyed Ed Wood.. But again this has to suit a narrative or commercial, can't be used because it looks good has to suit the narrative But the footage and detail looks great.
We will shortly have the first EPIC Monochrome in the UK available to rent. – http://epicmonochro.me
I went in a sceptic, but after shooting one today I can confirm its truly a step change from mono-converted colour footage. I'm sure for most people it'll be one to rent, not own, but its a perfect example of why you should use the right tool for the job.
marklondon on 10.22.12 @ 10:30AM
Great news. Will point a few people your way.
:) Happy to be of service. Happier still when it means I can get my hands on gear like this.
FabDex on 10.22.12 @ 10:53AM
It does look fabulous, but I'm pretty sure only a few of those will be sold. And to rental shops, I guess. Now imagine this at 48fps !
Not my cup of tea. I love B&W but a camera dedicated to B&W doesn't appeal to me. I'm sure it has a market though.
carlos on 10.22.12 @ 11:16AM
this is obviously a rental camera, if youre gonna spend the money to rent an epic and plan to desaturate in post, I think it would make sense to just rent the monochrome epic.
john jeffreys on 10.22.12 @ 11:40AM
except desaturated color is entirely different from what this camera is about.
carlos on 10.22.12 @ 12:52PM
that's what im getting at, why rent epic and desaturate when you can just rent monochrome epic and reap its benefits
Joshua on 10.22.12 @ 1:41PM
Am I the only one that is not impressed by how it was shot? I understand it is test footage but it should still show how the camera can handle tonal range in the blacks/near black and not just grey and white. I get that overexposing most of the shots was done to create a certain mood and showing the lights demonstrated DR but that should not have been the focus. If you really want to show what a camera can do you need to include shots with greater contrast and multiple set-ups including outdoor and nighttime. Especially since one of the marketing points is less noise.
Joe Marine on 10.22.12 @ 2:40PM
It actually wasn't test footage, it was a professional shoot done with a certain look, and rather than just shooting EPIC and converting to black and white as he has done in the past, he shot with the EPIC-M Monochrome. That's why you're seeing what you're seeing, it's not a test shoot, it's a real-world piece shot with the camera.
Joshua on 10.23.12 @ 1:24AM
Thank you for the clarification, it makes a little more sense now.
Mariano on 10.22.12 @ 1:42PM
…this is sooooo spectacular, amazing, awesome and fantastic I nearly…fell asleep…the girl wasn`t that hot, either…
pete on 10.23.12 @ 1:19PM
some of my favorite movies are shot in B&W,
but in general I think that color = more information
also these days grading (color correction) is quite easy to do, so I don't really see a reason not to shoot in color…
(if you don't need to shoot a whole movie at ISO 2000+ that is :-)
imho even this footage would look better in color…
Natt on 10.23.12 @ 1:50PM
> It will be interesting to see if they do a monochrome version of the new Dragon sensor
$42,000 ( brain only ) includes upgrade to Dragon Monochrome Sensor spring 2013.
Joe Marine on 10.23.12 @ 2:15PM
Yep, somehow totally missed that.
sammy on 10.23.12 @ 6:36PM
There are so many color Epics out there but if you
bought this B&W one you'd have alot easier time renting it and making
money with it.
Stupid Infantile Rookie Question:
(Further disclaimer, this may sound like drawing a handlebar mustache on the Mona Lisa right before you set it on fire) If the Epic M does black and white better than a color camera could, does that mean that the Color Epic would do better than the Epic M? Why not buy an Epic M and then colorize the footage in post production (So that you can have great black-and-white if you want without needing to forego color footage either?
I highiy suspect this wouldn't work and violates some sort of cinematic sacred ground, but if I don't ask the question, I won't get the answer. Thank you for your patience.
Joe Marine on 10.24.12 @ 10:58PM
I have a future post where I'm going to show people why sensors with the color filters removed do better black and white than color sensors with footage converted to black and white.
Switching my Disply Pref to PAL/SECAM actually gave this media the blackness it needs (imho).
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Believe it or not, Irv Gotti was that n*gga once upon a time. He had Ashanti cranking out hits and the now incarcerated Ja Rule dropping smash after smash single for dangerously in love thugs that prefer a little gunplay with their love songs.
Times change though. Murder Inc. is all but a memory, that RnB gangsta music has faded away and well ... the last time Irv was really gettin' shine was on a Vh1 reality show.
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Even Roc Nation MC Jay Electronica took time from his mental breakdown on Twitter to show support for Gotti's presidential bid via Web.
"If Irv Gotti is on Twitter, Im down to help you campaign to achieve your spoken goal of becoming the def jam president" (Jay Electronica's Twitter)
That's cool that Jay Elec is down to campaign for Gotti, but now we'd like to know what you think: Could Irv take the lead at Def Jam and handle the job?
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Members of the North Brooklyn Boat Club spotted both dolphins. Willis Elkins and Fung Lim shot video of one of the dolphins just off 23rd Street in Manhattan.
"It was very close to our shores. It seemed pretty healthy. We kept an eye on it for 1.5 hours," said Elkins.
Video of the dolphin shows it making its way past the canoe the pair was riding in.
It was a rare opportunity for the club members more accustomed to other finds.
"We document stuff from the mussels to the beards so seeing a dolphin would be a peak," said Elkins.