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Halo 4: This isn't Bungie's Halo anymore – it's better
Halo 4
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Note: Due to the number of changes made in Halo 4 from previous titles, both in campaign and multiplayer, our review has been split into two. This article focuses on the story of Halo 4 and its campaign mode. You can read our Halo 4 multiplayer review her
The Halo franchise tells the story of a man becoming a machine and a machine becoming human. There are explosions, religious analogues, alien zombies, and gunfights spread on top, but at its core, the story has always revolved around the dynamic between Spartan 117 and his AI companion, Cortana.
Master Chief has been, by and large, a blank slate. He has historically shown very little depth to his personality, opting instead to spout action hero one-liners like, "Thought I'd try shooting my way out; mix things up a little." When you think about it, it's been Cortana, a computer program, who has shown the most personality and reflected the most "human" characteristics. Chief is more or less her operating platform.
Halo 4 is playing for large stakes, and of course you'll be asked to save the world in the course in the game. The more interesting question, and what often seems to be the more pressing threat, is what would happen were Chief to lose Cortana. He promises not to let anything happen to her. "Don't make a girl a promise you can't keep," she responds. An AI construct can look very lost and scared indeed.
There is a lot of story going on in Halo 4, and it would be impossible to describe just how grand and far-reaching the various plot arcs are without spoiling anything. I've tried to keep spoilers not only to a minimum, but limited to questions and situations players could or already have figured out.
There is an introductory cinematic at the prologue of Halo 4 that shows a man interrogating Catherine Halsey, creator of the Spartan-IIs – cybernetically-enhanced super soldiers like Master Chief – and the MJOLNIR armor so familiar to fans of the Halo universe. The man speaks to the sociopathic tendencies of the Spartans. "Do you believe the Master Chief succeeded because he was, at his core, broken?" he asks.
I won't say whether or not that question is answered by the end of the campaign, or who the man questioning Halsey is. The fact that the question is even being asked speaks volumes to where 343 Industries is taking the Halo franchise. That Master Chief could be not just less than perfect, but a mentally unbalanced tool of violence, is a daring one for Halo 4 to ask.
At the same time, Cortana is beginning to experience rampancy, a state of decay in the core logic of an AI system. It's a complex, convoluted piece of lore, but the important thing is that Cortana is losing control of herself, and will soon think herself to death. Just like Blade Runner's replicants, Cortana and constructs like her where only designed to operate for a set amount of time. Combine these two problematic questions – is Chief just a killing machine who happens to be on our side and will Cortana succumb and perish – and you have a recipe for serious personal level drama that progresses alongside the apocalyptic events that take place on Requiem, the Forerunner planet seen at the end of Halo 3.
The story progresses at a smooth pace, with a total of eight missions. That sounds short, but remember that Halo: Reach had ten missions, while Halo 3 had nine. They're not as varied as Halo 3: ODST was, but they still provide a lot of landscapes on which to do battle. There are opportunities to pilot vehicles that haven't been seen before, to team up with other humans stranded on Requiem, and even call in rail cannon artillery against high-priority targets.
Master Chief can also utilize modules like players could in Reach, and these will change how you play through a level as well. You can be given a floating turret, or the ability to see enemies through walls. The game plays differently in single player than it does in co-op in the campaign, and the game's difficulty rating also changes how you play. There are skulls that change different aspects of the game as well, increasing the replay value. The skulls are unlocked by default, allowing you to tweak certain aspects of the game and enjoy the fun right off the bat.
You'll move from battleground to battleground, choosing how to attack and progress through each one. You might find a group of enemies defending the entrance to a Forerunner building, for example. You look around and see that you can sneak under a ledge to the left, take cover behind a rock in the center, or take the high ground to the right. It's not a sandbox, but it's a far cry from being a linear corridor shooter.
Uncharted territory
The new emphasis on story and character aren't the only updates; 343 has made major shifts in approaching the game's cinematics and set-pieces. Naughty Dog has set a high bar for character interaction by having real, flesh and blood actors move about and interact with one another on constructed sets, as in a film. Halo 4 introduces this production technique to the Halo franchise with impressive results.
Character movements are natural and feel weighted, while realistic facial expressions add a new dimension to the emotion of a scene. The motion capture actors aren't the characters' voice actors, but it seems that the two have complemented each other superbly. There is a scene where a superior officer orders Chief to give up Cortana after she has an emotional outburst, and you can feel the tension in the room. There is a sense of pathos and fear to the game, especially in Cortana's voice acting and motion capture, that we haven't seen in past games. Halo 4 is better for it.
The graphics are fantastic, and that's obvious from the get-go as you see small flakes of ice float through the derelict ship Chief and Cortana are stranded on. What has not been shown thus far is how important wide horizons and awe-inspiring vistas are to each of Halo 4's levels. In some areas I felt like there had to be some trick to how good the game looked, or we were seeing a pre-rendered sequence. But no, the game just looks that good. The enemy designs and emphasis on the heads-up display, showing you the world as if you're looking out through a helmet, almost lends the game a Metroid vibe. It's not an unwelcome addition.
As you exit a cave, the sun beams fade to reveal massive Forerunner architecture. As you battle across the outer hull of the ship Forward Unto Dawn, you'll see Requiem's massive shadow looming across the void of space. Each massive scene does an excellent job of capturing the feeling that Master Chief is a small player in a huge conflict.
The characters have well-written dialogue, but there's very little context and set-up for much of what's said. If you want to know who's who, what's what, and why's why, you'll want to study up on expanded universe material like The Forerunner Saga by Greg Bear. This could be an issue for less-invested players, as I found myself explaining important plot points to Ben as we played through the game together. He had played the previous games, but had not read the books, and was often lost by the plot.
You can also slow down and explore each environment; finding a computer panel might play back a log of Halsey's experiments with Cortana, investigating the wreckage of a Covenant ship will explain how long the Covenant have been around, and accessing terminals will give more backstory on the Forerunners, the Mantle, the Flood, and ancient human civilizations. It's highly suggested you take the time to search out this material; if you don't bother to spent time with the terminals and haven't read the books, you stand more than a fair chance of being confused by the events in the game. It's a shame the story and background can't be introduced more organically.
Franchise Director Frank O'Connor and Creative Director Josh Holmes have stated multiple times that they didn't want to take Halo down a super-serious path; that they still wanted to retain the bigger-than-life action and feelings of being a badass space marine. There will be plenty of people who play this as a straight-up action game, but I'd rather 343 continue on the path of a more serious and thoughtful story. Like Assassin's Creed 3, Halo 4 places emphasis the relationships between characters as well as the action. This is a very pleasant trend.
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Visuals aren't the only thing to get an overhaul; the sound has been altered significantly from previous Halo games. Voice acting is more dynamic and the actors give a much larger breadth of emotions with their performances. Guns sound beefier and heavy, as though each bullet was designed to tear through a tank. And then there's that score by Neil Davidge.
The music of Halo, as created by Martin O'Donnell has always been powerful and instantly recognizable. That music is not here. There is one, brief moment where you experience the familiar chant, but otherwise the music has been taken in a brand new direction. It works beautifully, and there will be times you might not want to progress just so you can focus on the soundtrack.
The tracks "Nemesis," "To Galaxy," "117," and "Green and Blue" are particularly well-done, and while they may not be as hummable as O'Donnell's work, they significantly add to the scenes in which they play. You can buy the soundtrack on iTunes, and it's worth listening to even without the context of the game.
There's a common principle that can be shared across visual and sound design: a good game creates something interesting and forces you to look at it, while a great game creates something so interesting you want to experience it. Halo 4 doesn't take the camera away from you to say "Look! Look at this big, cool thing! Isn't it big and cool?!" It just shows you big and cool things and lets you choose when to look and interact. There is a confidence in the amazing scenes it places in front of the player, and the environments and situations are often fantastic without being unbelievable.
Just getting started
343 Industries was handed one hell of a ball with the Halo franchise, and it wouldn't have been surprising had they tried to get away with a rote game in a known universe. This is a series that prints money and has a strong, dedicated fanbase that likely would've been happy with more of the same.
It takes a lot of guts to put this much of yourself into a property this well known, but 343 didn't shy away from the challenge. This is a bold new look and feel for the Halo franchise. The storytelling is more layered, the combat and characters sound better, the graphics have been updated and overhauled, and the plot offers many amazing and unforgettable moments.
If you were curious about 343's ability to pull this off, to make Halo 4 as good as Bungie's games, here's your answer: Halo 4 is not as good as Reach or Halo 3. It's better. Wake up. Cortana needs you.


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Protesters gather ahead of Confederations Cup match
There was an international played match here in Brazil at the weekend and the protests descended into violence when police stopped them reaching the stadium.
Today a military police leaflet says: "Protest in peace...Democracy, yes. Vandalism, no."
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Protesters gathering in Belo Horizonte will march to the stadium where Brazil take on Uruguay in the Confederations Cup later.

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Nationalist Right in Finland Makes Historic Gains
by Charles Lemos, Sun Apr 17, 2011 at 09:36:08 PM EDT
Finns went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new Parliament. The right-wing National Coalition won 20.4 percent of the vote while the left of center Social Democratic Party won 19.1 percent. However, the seats of both the parties shrank in the Parliament, with National Coalition retaining 44 of its previous 50 and Socialists holding on to 42 out of 45. The Centre Party - previously the largest party in parliament - won just 35 seats, down 16 from the last election in 2007. The big winner was the far right nationalist party, the True Finns (Perussuomalaiset in Finnish) which finished in third place with 19 percent of the vote and 39 seats in the 200 seat chamber.
Headed by Timo Soini, the True Finns were founded in 1995 out of the remnants of the Rural Party, a centre-right party that advocated for agrarian interests. In the out-going parliament, the True Finns held just six seats on 4.1 percent of the vote in 2007. The party is staunchly anti-EU, anti-immigration and is opposed to bailouts of debt-laden EU countries such as Ireland and Portugal. Unlike most other eurozone countries, the terms of Finland's ascension treaty allows the Finnish parliament to vote on whether to approve the rescue package for Portugal.
Still, the conservative National Coalition's leader, outgoing Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen, is however almost certain to take the prime minister's office and form a government, as his party rose for the first time in history to become the largest in parliament with 44 seats.The balance of the seats were distributed among the Left Alliance which won 14 parliamentary seats, the Green League with 10, the Swedish People's Party with 9, and the Christian Democratic League with 6.
Voter turnout was 70.4 percent, marginally higher than the 67.9 percent that voted in 2007.
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Michael Bournival was awarded our coveted Player Of the Week award last year, and it is another AHL rookie who gets the prestigious title this week.
Brendan Gallagher was nominated after two strong performances against Rochester this weekend. Offensively Gallagher was top notch in the home and home series, racking up 2 goals and 1 assist. He showcased his grit by deflecting one in from in front of the net, and showed off his deadly wrist shot on Saturday beating Connor Knapp.
But it's more than the youngster's offensive prowess that is deserving of praise; it's also his toughness. Trailing 1-0 in Friday's game Gallagher found himself in a scrap with Frederick Roy, though we don't expect to see the 5'9 Gallagher spend too much time in the sin bin, it is nice to see a guy who is willing to stand up for himself and his teammates. I doubt we'll see more pugilism from Gallagher, who also had a few fights last season in the WHL, but opponents know he's not going to be pushed around.
Seeing Gallagher perform so well shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who remembers him in Montreal's training camp last autumn. Gallagher was a pleasant surprise in that camp, proving he could handle the toughness in the professional ranks as well as pitch in offensively. That's exactly what he has been doing in his first AHL season, playing alongside Michael Bournival and Patrick Holland.
It's also worth noting Gallagher's humanitarian side, with many players sporting Mustaches for Movember, Gallagher has taken it one step further. Not only is he sporting a stache, which he claims he has to "Just for Men" to be noticeable, but according to his twitter he is also going to donate 250 dollars for every Bulldogs win in November, and 20 dollars for his former WHL team, the Vancouver Giants. So far we're only 5 days in and Gallagher has donated 270 dollars (1 Bulldogs win and 1 Giants win) and we're only 5 days into the month. Also, keep in mind Gallagher has yet to start earning an NHL salary so making a pledge like this means just a little bit more.
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Accused murderer Jason Pleau was in Federal Court Wednesday asking a Federal Judge to take the death penalty option off the table in his case.
Pleau is accused of the 2010 murder of David Main outside a Woonsocket Citizen's Bank. His lawyers are set to argue why Pleau should not face the death penalty before U.S. District Court Judge William Smith. One of the arguments made is that the death penalty is unconstitutional in the State of Rhode Island.
"I wish him luck," Governor Lincoln Chafee who is against the death penalty told ABC6 when discussing the lawyers arguments regarding whether Pleau should face the death penalty. Chafee attempted to keep Pleau in state custody because of the state's opposition to the death penalty but the Supreme Court decided not to hear his appeal.
"Rhode Islanders have been opposed to the death penalty going back to the 1800's when we possibly executed innocent men and so let's hope Jason Pleau's lawyers are successful," said Chafee.
The Governor's controversial comments set off at least one state lawmaker. Republican State Representative Joe Trillo of Warwick says wishing an accused murder "luck" goes too far.
"His comments demonstrate one more time how out of touch with reality this Governor is," said Trillo. "How can you not feel for that family? They should be sadden to think that our Governor is standing up for such a rotten criminal."
David Main's friend and colleague Lauren Carriere says the Governor has already delayed this case and her closure long enough. She says these comments are just a slap in the face.
"He has no right saying good luck to someone that intentionally murdered an innocent man," Carriere said. "Basically what Governor Chafee is saying is it's okay to murder someone. It's not okay to murder someone. How can you pat someone on the back and say it's okay?"
The case will now proceed in Federal Court.
Pleau allegedly shot and robbed Main when he was making a daily deposit for the nearby Shell Gas Station he managed.
Clarification: Chafee wished luck to the lawyers opposition to the death penalty and Pleau's bid to avoid the death penalty.
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The Southeastern Conference put 16 players on the 2013 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List; the universities of Georgia and Alabama accounted for more than 25 percent of those players.
Georgia senior Damian Swann was named to the list after leading the Bulldogs in interceptions last season with four. He started all 14 games, and intercepted two passes, including one returned for 46 yards, in the Dogs' 45-31 win over Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl.
Alabama put four players on the list: defensive backs Deion Belue and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, and linebackers Adrian Hubbard and C.J. Mosley.
Georgia Tech senior defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu was also named. He made the switch from outside linebacker to the defensive line this spring.
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Generic Functions
Every country version is based on the generic functions, that is, those functions that are shared by the vast majority of countries, such as General Ledger (FI‑GL) or Plant Maintenance (PM). These functions are documented in the rest of the SAP Library.
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In addition to the generic functions, country versions also include country-specific functions. These are functions that are only used in a particular country and cover needs arising from local legislation or business practices. They include:
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Other generic functions may only have to be localized for fewer countries, for example, the vendor payment history report, which is available in a generic form and as a Singaporean version.
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Which country versions you use does not have any bearing on which languages you operate the system in. For more information about which languages are available and which you can combine on a single physical system, see Language Transport (BC-CTS-LAN).
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The documentation is complemented by the SAP Globalization Knowledge Base, a tool for consultants who implement the system in multiple countries. For example, at the beginning of an implementation project, you can use it to assess the complexity of implementing the system in each country. For later on in the project, it offers detailed technical information about the additional functions and features that are available for each country. You can access it on the SAP Service Marketplace on service.sap.com/gkb.
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Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig contrasts "Inc. Law" and "People Law" in a commencement speech he delivered last month at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School.
One system works well, and the other doesn't, Lessig said in his speech posted at Lessig Blog, v2. Here are portions of his message:
"There are plenty of lawyers in 'Inc. Law' who go home at the end of the day and feel that that system works. Their clients got the process they were due. Their arguments were heard. Their interests were fairly considered. If through litigation, litigation in a federal court: With great judges. Beautiful carpet. Clean bathrooms. If through a transaction, a deal cut in conference rooms at the Four Seasons. No doubt these lawyers work hard. Insanely hard. And the system rewards them with the sense that the system works.
"Not so with the law of real people. There is no one in the criminal justice system who believes that system works well. There is no one in housing law who believes this is what law was meant to be. ...
"We can cure cancer today. We could, if we chose, feed every human on the planet, three times over.
But we can't give an ordinary citizen an easy and efficient way to protect her rights. ...
"We, all of us, have a duty to fix this. To repair this. To make it better. We lawyers in particular have that duty. And we make it better by practicing it better. By practicing the law of real people, and through that practice, making that law better. ...
"When LBJ took up the cause of civil rights, he was told by his advisers he couldn't. That he would lose, and doom his presidency. 'What the hell is being a president for?' he replied and then passed the civil rights act of 1964.
"Well I say, what the hell is being a lawyer for?"
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UMaine has many academic opportunities to offer. There are many students who are very passionate about what they study and when those passions integrate, the academic atmosphere is very exciting.
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There were a number of times during my time at UMaine when I have needed someone to speak to about my future options and or academics. I often found myself seeking academic guidance from Professor Paul Holman and Professor James Warhola, who is currently my honors thesis adviser. I would say they are two professors whose opinions and thoughts I have valued and who have many times kindly offered their input and assisted me in making academic decisions.
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I worked as an intern at the Maine Department of Labor. My primary project was to determine how many new businesses there were in 2010 by using a specific criterion and then to draft a research brief. I also worked with data on 2010 business closings and completed an unfinished 2006 new business start project. Although the projects didn't directly relate to my major, I learned a lot about managing and using data sets. I gained a deeper understanding of the dynamics of private sector employers in Maine, which closely relates to my economics minor. It was a great place for learning and obtaining professional work experience. Many times my internship experience felt like an extended class assignment at UMaine. I was assigned projects with deadlines and often used research and writing skills that I obtained at UMaine.
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The internship was a great learning experience. I improved my research and writing abilities, learning more about economics and gaining professional work experience that I will be able to take to any future career. I also took away valuable life lessons. I realized that an hour commute to a work place is too long and that spending a considerable amount of the workday in front of a computer is not something that I would prefer in a future career.
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One of my favorite courses that I have taken so far is Economics 312: Energy, Law and Environment with Professor Sharon Tisher. The course was very engaging. We read a number of case studies concentrating on energy and environment, explored and analyzed renewable energy sources, and researched and developed our own ideas while concentrating on legal guidelines. We often presented our projects and thoughts to the class.
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My third year, I decided to study abroad. I spent a semester at the American University in Cairo where I studied Arabic, and in my second semester I studied in Israel. While in Egypt, I witnessed the revolution and in Israel I lived on a kibbutz and volunteered at an Arab high school teaching English. I also had a very memorable monthlong homestay experience with a Palestinian family. During my time abroad, I had many opportunities to immerse myself in different cultures and to hear and learn from people with diverse point of views. It was my most memorable college experience.
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It surprised me how many different academic departments, resources and student organizations were present on campus.
Describe UMaine in one word.
What do you do outside of class?
While on campus, I have a few jobs. I am a resident assistant in Patch Hall, I work at the Maine Bound Adventure Center, and I work as a telecounselor for New Student Programs. I have been involved with Alternative Spring Break, a student-led volunteer organization, for a couple of years. In Spring 2013, I am leading a disaster relief trip to New Orleans. When I have a chance to get off campus, I love to explore Maine's beautiful outdoors.
Favorite place on campus?
The Oakes Room Café
Favorite place off campus?
The Orono Bog Boardwalk
How's the food? What's your favorite thing to eat on campus?
There are four dining halls and therefore many options for food choices. My favorite are the buffalo chicken wraps at York Dining Hall.
What is your favorite UMaine tradition?
Chants and singing the Stein Song at the hockey games.
What is your most memorable UMaine moment?
I really enjoy working for Maine Bound where I have learned a lot about the outdoors and have had a chance to take some very exciting rock climbing and water canoeing trips. Also, working as a student ambassador for Team Maine was a very memorable experience. It was always fun working together as a group and welcoming prospective and new students to our campus.
What do you hope to do after graduation and how has UMaine helped you reach those goals?
After graduation, I hope to continue my education at a graduate school. UMaine has given me a strong foundation of knowledge and it has helped me build great work ethic and work experience.
What was your first year like?
My first year was a very exciting experience. Although I didn't know which major I wanted to pursue, I took some very interesting classes. Living in a first-year residence hall was really fun as everyone there was new to the campus. I had a great roommate and everyone in my hall got along very well.
What is there to do in Orono, Maine?
There is a lot going on on campus. UMaine does a great job providing entertainment to students throughout the week. One of my favorite events to go to is the Kickin' Flicks. Every Wednesday the university shows a movie that is no longer in the theaters but not yet released [on DVD] to the public, and the entrance is free of cost to students. Many students like to attend sporting, art and music events. On the other hand, Orono is pretty small but I think it can be pretty entertaining. When the weather is nice, many students like to hang around the Stillwater River. The rope-jump is always fun and Maine Bound offers affordable canoe rentals. Bangor, being one of Maine's largest cities, is in close proximity to Orono and it offers more options for things to do.
What advice do you have for incoming students?
Take advantage of everything that UMaine has to offer. Learn how to manage your time well so that you will have a lot of time to study and get involved on campus. Concentrate on what truly interests you and pursue any opportunities that come your way.
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New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
06-01-2014 14:24:40 | More by Latarnik
4.5/5 rDev +16.9%
02-12-2014 16:12:17 | More by Saksis
4/5 rDev +3.9%
10-29-2013 19:10:46 | More by TheBaumer
3.25/5 rDev -15.6%
10-23-2013 00:46:12 | More by hilgart1
2.5/5 rDev -35.1%
06-25-2013 15:28:10 | More by mrfrancis
United Kingdom (England)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
06-02-2013 01:02:08 | More by Dando54
United Kingdom (England)
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
04-17-2013 16:05:26 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness
United Kingdom (Wales)
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Fullers snifter glass.
Pours a very dark brown/black colour, with a quick to dissipate off-white head.
Smells of coffee.
Tastes very bittersweet, of sweet and bitter malts, with a bitter strong taste of coffee. Slightly watery mouthfeel with high carbonation.
Overall a pretty decent beer but would prefer a more wholesome mouthfeel.
04-08-2013 17:45:21 | More by CwrwAmByth
3.51/5 rDev -8.8%
No idea how old this is. Served cool.
Black. An aggressive pour yields a one finger light tan creamy head.
Smells like tootsie rolls but with some malty bran breakfast cereal.
The smell carries into the taste. But it is very mild, too mild and diluted. There is almost nothing happening to give it substance and backbone.
I was looking forward to more Scandinavian beers due to success with Nogne O and Mikkeler but this one is not in the same league. Pleasant, just not substantive.
Light-medium body
01-11-2013 02:45:28 | More by BrownNut
New York
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
Chocolate brown with ruby highlights and a thin beige head that leaves the odd trailer.
Coffee dominant on the nose with some earth, smoke, and brown sugar.
Sharp black malt acid, coffee-flavored candy, a touch of sourness, roasty bite and earthy hops - more integrated than these contrasting notes might imply.
Spicy finish and numbing, coffee-tinged linger.
Light to medium, oily, some chew, soft.
Like many European stouts, a bit light and underpowered compared to US (and British) stouts. This comes off a bit tart and edgy without the depth or body I'd expect of an American RIS with coffee added. More like a coffee porter or brown ale; within that, however, round, measured and quite tasty.
12-28-2012 23:40:26 | More by StJamesGate
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
11-06-2012 18:49:53 | More by donactive
4/5 rDev +3.9%
10-16-2012 16:45:43 | More by RblWthACoz
4.28/5 rDev +11.2%
Bottle stored away for one year in the cellar.
A: Pours a black liquid into the glass. The fudge colored head is foamy and about one finger high. Thick curtains on the glass. Nice!
S: It smells of dark roasted coffe, raisins and plum. The coffee smell is rather mild. I can also find some earthy and spicy tones. Maybe some dark chocolate also.
T: Not as much coffee as I expected up front. Dark chocolate, heavily roasted malts and some raisins. The coffee is more dominant at the end. The aftertastes can be described as bitter chocolate with roasted coffee beans.
M: Oily texture, almost like a milk stout. I guess there are quite a lot of wheat malts in this one. Medium body with low carbonation. Very smooth.
O: A nice and potent coffee stout. Well worth a try.
10-03-2012 20:06:25 | More by eriktoyra
3.83/5 rDev -0.5%
Poured into a perfect pint.
2.0 A: Black color. Couldn't really muster a head, though this isn't completely flat.
4.0 S: Really earthy, minerally stout, which I happen to be a big fan of. Coffee is the most notable aroma, but just barely. Supple roast, mountain stream water earthiness, mineral. Hints of dark chocolate and caramel. Fairly dry overall, but balanced and quite bold.
4.5 T: Again lots of earthiness in this. Mineral, forest stream, clay. Big coffee, light dark chocolate, a bit of caramel. Again dry, but not distractingly so.
2.0 M: This is closer to flat than my initial impression. Lighter medium body. Just a hint of carbonation. Smooth, but not ideal.
3.5 D: I believe this would be a damn good beer if it had the requisite carbonation. Not a bad one without it.
10-03-2012 02:13:56 | More by DavoleBomb
3.9/5 rDev +1.3%
Dark brown, nearly black body with a very nice thick, creamy tan head. A nice rich malt aroma, leaning heavily towards a caramel/toffee character with hints of roasted grains peaking through. Excellent roasted grain taste with a smooth, bitter undertone and overarching malt sugar smoothness (lightly chocolate in nature). Great balance overall between malts and hops.
An impressive little coffee stout from the mountains of Europe. Full-flavored, smooth, and easy drinking. Recommended!
06-24-2012 23:14:17 | More by beergoot
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
05-03-2012 20:35:40 | More by aztraz
4/5 rDev +3.9%
04-14-2012 03:14:47 | More by OldTime
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
02-18-2012 17:11:28 | More by Tyrawlings
4/5 rDev +3.9%
01-07-2012 17:35:31 | More by kevgod
4/5 rDev +3.9%
12-23-2011 22:30:05 | More by Harkrank
4.13/5 rDev +7.3%
A: Pours deep brown with red hues, almost black. The small pale brown head sinks quickly into some lacings.
S: Roasted dark malts with some black coffee, but rather mild and smooth. Some dark dried fruits lures in the back. Some dark bitter chocolate as well. Balanced.
T: Coffee, chocolate, vanilla and heavily roasted malts, a bit burnt makes this beer quite complex. Some bitter hops and some dark dried fruits as well.
M: Aftertaste is on the shorter side but lovely bitter. Body is full and very smooth/creamy while carbonation is held back.
O: Nice, balanced and complex, but still very modest.
12-09-2011 18:31:18 | More by Evil_Pidde
4/5 rDev +3.9%
11-29-2011 03:43:30 | More by JAHMUR
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4/5 rDev +3.9%
11-23-2011 00:59:09 | More by Rochefort10nh
3.63/5 rDev -5.7%
Enjoyed out of the bottle in my hotel room that has no cups, somehow and I left my tulip in the car. Ahh well. The bottle design looks nice. Coffee, cocoa and roast come off the nose as I give it an in-bottle swirl. Smells good. The taste is really unlike any coffee stout I've had. Really smooth, easy drinking, lower key coffee flavor. The coffee has a bit of sweet fruitiness to it with basically no bitterness. The beer is not really sweet though, nor altogether all that roasty. It's pretty much mild, but tasty coffee flavor with a completely clean finish. Mouthfeel is a touch thinner than I want in a stout, but it has good carbonation. I am enjoying this beer. While not exceptional, it is easy to put down and has an interesting and different coffee flavor.
04-14-2011 01:33:40 | More by seeswo
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I was really thinking that I would enjoy this more. The color and the appearance looked very inviting the nose was very bitter smelling. The head wasn't around for very long. The taste of this beer was pretty much just straight black coffee. I wasn't able to get any type of Malts, Hops or anything else from it. I just found that this beer was kind of un-balanced.
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Embarkation and Disembarkation were organized, easy and swift.
The stateroom with balcony was fine but I had forgotten that the bathroom is smaller than on, say, the Celebrity Constellation or Mercury. Two corners were angled and reduced the amount of room. Fine for one person though. Am allergic to feathers and the butler immediately changed out the duvat and pillows. Did need an eggcrate cushion to bridge the gap when the two twins were placed together to form the larger bed configuraton.
The ship is just the right size for getting to know both the other passengers, the crew and senior staff. As a solo traveller, this made for many groups of new friends with whom I could share experiences and activities. The size also made for easy navigation throughout.
The ports of call were good: three were old friends and four were new: St. Johns USVI, St. Barths, Martinique, Dominica, Grenedines, St. Kitts and Virgin Gorda. Good to not be in the frenetic tourist zones. We tendered in four of the seven ports but the service and timing were excellent.
Liked that there was no 'recommending' of island shops and the excursion talks did discuss on what the island had to offer along with slides of recent excursions.
The entire staff, from top to bottom, was wonderful. Senior staff was evident throughout the ship at many functions. The activities group was young and energetic. The enrichment speaker (from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland) was marvelous and one of the best I've experienced. I witnessed the cruise director, physician and nurse responding to a medical emergency with professionalism and care.
My major complaint is the lack of support for the Verizon network. Neither the US nor the International systems were functioning for Verizon. A fellow passenger had even checked with Verizon and Azamara prior to the cruise to determine if his service would function; he was assured that it would; but it did not. Verizon is the major carrier in the US so this is a significant problem.
There is wear and tear evident (rubbed finishes on wood, missing tiles at the pool, missing railings, stained stateroom carpeting). Azamara has never been a discount line so this is not good; Azamara Club is looking to compete with the well-known luxury lines and its new pricing structure is evidence of that. What I forgive at the former pricing is not what I will forgive at a 30 to 50% premium. The ship needs to be spruced up now to compete. (On the last day at sea, the entire port side of deck 5 was closed for painting. This was my and several others favorite spot for snoozing and reading.) Need more deck chairs on either side of deck 5.
As a non-flying traveller, I will not be joining the Journey again soon as starting in Spring 2011, the Journey does not embark from the continental US. That is a shame because, with the right pricing and Verizon service, I would travel on the Journey again in a heartbeat.


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One of the great pleasures of fishing revolves around the idea of "getting away from it all." These days, however, technology is ever-present in our lives, especially with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets over the past several years.
Sure, you can still fish without your phone. But it's also nice to bring it along. Whether for taking pictures, using fishing-related apps, texting friends, sharing stories and images on social media or — go figure — actually making phone calls, these devices help us keep connected while on the water.
If you're going to bring one of these gadgets along, however, you'd better make darn sure they're protected. And that means investing in a good waterproof case.
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Salt water and electronics don't mix. That's a stark reality that many anglers have learned the hard way, shrieking in angst as their beloved iPad slips from their hands and drops into the drink with a splash. It doesn't have to end badly, though.
"Our HardBack Series of cases is rated watertight up to three feet for 30 minutes," says Keith Swenson, marketing and advertising analyst for Pelican Products.
Renowned for its all-weather, all-purpose, go-anywhere camera cases, Pelican began creating protective solutions for phones and tablets about four years ago. While its phone cases are not waterproof, Pelican's tablet cases are — and most important, both product lines offer incredible protection from breakage.
But hard-shelled cases aren't the only type of protective product on the market. Soft cases, such as those made by Aquapac, offer a viable alternative. No, these cases won't provide the physical-damage protection of a Pelican or, say, an OtterBox Armor series product, but they effectively keep water out. What's more, their soft composition makes them pliable, allowing a user to manipulate both the material and the device for a tight, near-custom fit.
"Got your phone in a bumper case? Your iPad in a silicone wrap? That's cool; they'll both still fit," says Andy MacAuley, creative director at Aquapac, noting that the soft material is a food-grade TPU, a tough urethane that contains no harmful additives. "The advantage of a soft case is that it allows you to adapt the gear going into the case — and if you buy a different phone or tablet, it may well still fit in the case."


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GOLD RIVER, Calif.—The JU men's Varsity 4 won the Third Final at the 2013 IRA National Championship Sunday on Lake Natoma.
The boat of David Waugh (coxswain), Scott Del Vecchio, Scott Waitley, Preston Weinard, and Brian Cosmillo posted a time of 6:49.40 and led wire to wire to win the event. They beat out Northeastern, Princeton, Drexel, Oregon State, and MIT to win the final that started at noon. The Dolphins jumped out to a two second lead over Northeastern and Oregon State and kept that over Northeastern throughout the race to finish nearly three seconds ahead of the second place finishers.
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NEW ORLEANS - For nearly a century, turntables constantly evolved - from the gramophone to the 45 and, of course, onto the hi-fidelity era.
Now, turntables and vinyl are making a big comeback and could help save some independent record shops across the U.S.
However, to fully grasp how this once-forgotten format is playing a significant role in an industry's survival, first you have to understand just how far it had fallen.
The problems began well over a decade ago with the age of digital downloading.
Music consumers discovered quick, free ways to get their hands on tunes, leaving brick and mortar businesses struggling.
"There was a time when there were 14,000 to 15,000 record stores in this country. Now we're down to about 4,000 independent record stores or even fewer," said Harris Rea, co-founder of Peaches Records.
Despite the tough times, though, Peaches and several other mom-n-pop shops weathered the storm, and kept their doors open.
"Peaches is probably the oldest record store in the country that's continuously run by the same family. We started in 1975 with a couple of locations," Rea said.
Rea's business not only endured a turbulent industry, but also Hurricane Katrina. After moving in and out of multiple buildings across the city, Peaches is enjoying its newest home in the former Tower Records location on North Peters in the French Quarter.
Along the way, its reach has stretched well beyond music retail.
"Peaches has always been instrumental in fostering and developing New Orleans artists and probably our claim to fame, and our biggest contribution, is bounce music," Rea said.
It's a genre that is uniquely New Orleans, and a brand that keeps getting bigger nationwide.
The Rea family helped launch numerous artists through their own record label. Still, they say the overall slumping music industry took a significant toll on their shops.
Now though, they're moving forward again, in a way, by going backward. They're selling more vinyl.
"Those from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, my generation, it's memory lane. It gives them the biggest high," said Shirani Rea, Peaches co-founder.
But the format is also catching on with an entirely new generation.
"One of the advantages is, it's brought in a younger customer again, who are kind of rediscovering the joys of the nice, warm sound that you can only get with vinyl," Harris said.
That's exactly what Peaches customer Virginia Kostmayer had in mind as she bought a record player and a stack of LPs one day in late October.
"I miss all the covers and the classic music," she said. "So, I think it's really cool to go back and have it available still."
It's available, and then some.
Billboard Magazine cites statistics that show a huge spike in vinyl album sales, from less than a million in 2007 to more than 4.5 million in 2012.
"In the past three or four years mainly, we've seen a lot of new release stuff," said Chris Hummel with The Mushroom, an Uptown shop near Tulane. "Most all new releases come out on record now as opposed to a few years back when it was only CD."
Hummel said it's a business boost, for sure, but still far from a cash windfall.
"It's not about thinking you're going to have some great profit and making a lot of money to do this. You really have to love music and loving and interacting with your customers and seeing what (albums) they come in and tell you about and what you may not have heard of," he said. "Any place that's still going, I commend them for keeping it alive."
In New Orleans, there are several. For the shops we visited, there's another key ingredient to their survival - this town they call home.
"We're fabulously blessed here. This is the most musical city in all of the world. I mean, music happens here like no other place," Harris Rea said. "And being here in New Orleans, we have that advantage, in that people know about our music here. They love it. They come here to enjoy it and that'll always be true. And hopefully, we'll always be here."
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The Washington Redskins have made another move in free agency, but this time it's not a receiver. According to NFL Network, free agent S Brandon Meriweather has agreed to terms with the Redskins.
Meriweather is a safety who was originally picked up by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft. He spent his first four seasons in New England before the Patriots cut him prior to the 2011 season. He played for the Chicago Bears last season, appearing in 11 games.
The Redskins are likely losing S LaRon Landry in free agency, which opened a need at the position. Meriweather is probably a little overhyped as a player but a two-year, $6 million contract is a decent deal for both sides.
The Redskins made a splash on the first day of free agency picking up receivers Pierre Garcon and Josh Morgan, who will soon be catching passes from Robert Griffin III.
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INDIANAPOLIS — INDIANAPOLIS — In an early season battle between two of the top girls' basketball teams in central Indiana, it was the Ben Davis Giants who came out on top.
The Giants (1-0) beat the Class 4A No. 4-ranked Brownsburg Bulldogs (1-1), 47-43 last saturday night.
"This is a very good win for us," Ben Davis coach Joe Lentz said.
Freshman Ae'Rianna Harris hit 1 of 2 free throws with 20.4 seconds left to extend Ben Davis' lead to 46-43. Brownsburg inbounded the ball but was unable to take a shot as the Bulldogs had one of their eight fourth quarter turnovers on a miscommunication at the top of the arc.
"We were able to force some turnovers," Lentz said. "We just hung in there and hung in there."
Senior Amber Jones and Harris led the Giants with nine points each. They were two of five players to score at least six points or more.
The two teams were never more than four points apart throughout the fourth quarter.
In the end, bad ball management and poor free throw shooting (16 of 33) caught up with Brownsburg.
"You're not going to win ball games turning the ball over 25 times and not hitting your free throws," Bulldogs coach Amy Brauman said. "I felt like we could have been a little more determined at the end. We have a lot of inexperienced players and it showed. We just panicked. We had a couple opportunities, one to go ahead and one to tie it up and we turned it over."
Brownsburg senior Stephanie Mavunga scored two of her game-high 23 points to tie the score at 38-38 with four minutes remaining. The Giants responded with a Jones layup and then a steal and layup from Danielle Cuttino.
Mavunga then answered with an offensive rebound and put back for a two-point deficit but Jones responded right back with a jumper.
Brownsburg cut Ben Davis' lead to 44-43 after a Mavunga layup and free throw from freshman Aliyah Walker with 1:53 remaining.
Ben Davis made 3 of 7 free throws in the final two minutes to hold on to the win.
With starting two freshman, Lentz liked what he saw out of his team in the first game.
"I learned that they have a lot of heart and that the young kids will play hard," he said. "Those things are hard to teach. I like what we can become toward the end of the year."
Mavunga, a North Carolina commit, had 13 of her 23 points in the second half to get the Bulldogs back in the contest. The rest of her team shot 3 for 15 in the final two periods.
"In the second half, she (Mavunga) got on the block and made some great moves," Brauman said. "We had other girls who got their shots, they just didn't hit their shots."
Besides practicing free throws, Brauman said she wants her team to work on responding better to adversity.
"We've got to have some resilience," she said. "I thought when times got tough we started feeling sorry for ourselves and we've got a tough schedule so we've got a long ways to go."


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Nasum is a heavy grindcore band. listening to this is akin to riding an SR-71 without the special suit. it is too bad that the lead vocalist, Mieszko A. Talarzyk, met his demise in the 2004 tsunami disaster that hit Asia. Nasum's spirit will live on in Coldworker. awesome.
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This is most likely the last album released by Swedish grindcore legends, Nasum. It's the audio from their concert in Osaka, Japan recorded during their last tour of that country in 2004 before the death of singer/guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk. Also included on the cd is a video of the song "scoop".
I've found that many live recordings lack a quality mix to the point of being a muddied-up mess, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that the sound mix on this recording was actually very good. The vocals and instruments are blended together very well without any one of them being overpowering.
The most amazing aspect of this recording is the prowess of the musicians. As a long time fan of Nasum, I'm quite used to their brutally fast music. What's amazing is that they were apparently even faster live. They fly through 16 songs with a staggering velocity comparable to the speed needed to escape the earth's gravitational pull, and deliver that music with a crushing force equal to a nuclear bomb. This album is the musical equivalent to smoking four hits of meth and then taking a Ferrari Enzo for a drive into a brick wall while wearing lead soled boots. It's really fast and damn near explosive.
If you're looking at this album, then you're probably already a fan of Nasum and you don't need my puny review to convince you to buy it. But if you're one of those people who just can't commit to anything without assurances from others, then you have mine. It's the last album by what might be the greatest grindcore band in the world. Buy it!


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The Claus von Bulow Case
On the surface, Martha "Sunny" Crawford von Bülow seemed to have it all.
She was attractive. Photographs of her when she was young show a woman who looks remarkably like Grace Kelly. She was rich, having inherited a fortune conservatively valued at $75 million. And she once held the title of Princess von Auersperg because of her first marriage to Alfred, Prince von Auersperg. She had three loving children, two by Prince Alfie — Alexander and Annie Laurie, nicknamed Ala — and another daughter, Cosima, by her second husband, Claus. They were all as handsome as their mother and had the poise, personality and intelligence to match their immense fortune.
Sunny lived in a world where servants were on hand 24 hours a day to meet their mistress's every whim. But she was not exactly the "idle rich." Sunny was busy when she wanted to be. She was active in Newport, R.I., and New York society, serving on volunteer boards, hosting and attending charity fundraisers and tending to the activities required to maintain her fortune. She had trusts to monitor, business deals to approve, and general interactions with the staff who managed her holdings.
But Sunny was not happy. She often thought about death and suffered from agonizing bouts of depression that made her almost an invalid. No one will ever know if this depression drove her to attempt suicide or if, as many contend, she was the victim of her husband's crime. All we know for certain is that on December 21, 1980, Sunny von Bülow slipped into an irreversible coma. The rest is mystery.
Left fatherless at age four, Sunny was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother. The trio spent the summers at the family estate, Tamerlane, in Greenwich, Conn., and wintered in New York City, where young Sunny attended the exclusive Chapin School. Each morning, a Rolls Royce would pull up outside the Fifth Avenue building, where the family lived in a large suite of apartments, to take Sunny to school.
"The two older women had strong personalities as well as brains, looks and vast wealth," wrote William Wright, an author who covered the Von Bülow case from its inception. "They lavished attention on her, exacting the same flawless deportment that a court chamberlain would demand from an heir apparent."
Friends of Sunny remember a beautiful, but reserved young lady who was always pleasant, even friendly, but whose shyness made her seem a pathetic creature. Her timidity was almost pathological, some recalled, leading casual associates to unfairly label her as "slow."
"She was absolutely gorgeous," one former acquaintance told Wright. "But she didn't have a brain in her head."
But those who knew Sunny intimately argue that such a characterization was inaccurate. Although she often seemed distracted in a crowd, as if she could sense something there that no one else could, this only added to Sunny's ethereal quality.
When she was 18, Sunny had a coming out ball at Tamerlane. She became a staple on the summer party scene, and despite her shyness, no party that season was complete without an appearance by the heiress. That year Sunny graduated from Chapin but opted not to attend college. She did take the college boards, however and explained her high scores to her mother as proof that she could have gone to college if she had wanted to.
Having formally entered New York's high society and graduated secondary school, Sunny was whisked away to Europe by her mother, Annie Laurie, who wanted her daughter to experience the continent as only the super-rich can. Because of her mother's love of shooting — she was a world-class target shot — the Crawfords and Annie Laurie's soon-to-be husband, Russell Aitken, visited the Schloss Mittersell resort in the Austrian Alps.


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That's a 15 percent increase from the year before. Visitors came from all 50 states and more than 50 countries.
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is a distillery tour that features Four Roses and Wild Turkey in Lawrenceburg, Heaven Hill in Bardstown, Jim Beam in Clermont, Maker's Mark in Loretto, Town Branch in Lexington, and Woodford Reserve in Versailles.
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United Road Towing doesn't bat an eye at hauling 100,000 pounds of equipment or recovering off-road vehicles, yet the company hit numerous roadblocks when moving its internal documents. (more…)
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With construction and mineral operations in more than 20 countries across five continents, the Essar Group employs 60,000 people in 63 companies, with annual revenues of $15 billion. In 2009, the Mumbai-based conglomerate initiated a plan to establish an enterprise-wide Shared Service Center to consolidate and automate finance and accounting processes across India. It looked to Laserfiche to serve as a foundational component of its agile ECM framework through an integration with its SAP–DMS system to support it. (more…)
"Like all non-profit organizations, we continue to be asked to 'do more with less,'" says Dr. Keith Vire, CEO of the Arkansas Support Network (ASN). Since adopting Laserfiche as its case management system in 2008, Laserfiche has helped do just that by supporting ASN's 430 staff, program managers and case managers as they provide services and supported employment to over 800 individuals and families with disabilities. Client files that were once three-inch thick folders of medical information, case notes and support plans are now indexed and searchable—visible only to assigned staff, making compliance and frequent audits by multiple state and federal healthcare agencies simple and comprehensive.
Name a recent natural disaster, and Ceres Environmental Recovery & Restoration Management has been there, helping clean up and rebuild. In fact, the licensed general contractor and government contracting firm has been awarded more than $700 million in disaster recovery contracts during the past eight years—most notably a $500 million contract to help Louisiana recover from Hurricane Katrina.
When manufacturing medical devices such as spinal fusion cages, knee replacements, hip replacements, bone screws and the like, precision is essential. Deviating from product specifications by even a miniscule amount can cause serious problems when a physician attempts to implant the device in a patient.
As a contract manufacturing company that specializes in medical device implants and surgical instruments, precision is a chief concern for RMS. For over forty years, the company has ensured the accuracy and quality of its products, spurring expansion and business growth. But as the organization grew, some of its processes failed to evolve along with it.
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But the rapid growth of its renewable energy division in the last few years led to challenges managing its documents and records. "With each new energy project, we were increasing the number of relationships with private land owners, commercial suppliers, and government agencies," explains Sean Malowney, a Senior Business Systems Analyst at the company. "This translated into a growing volume of invoices and contracts."


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