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tag:destructoid.com,2006:blogbluexy's Blog :: DESTRUCTOIDul/user/2/2754-penguingricklejpg-avatar.jpgbluexyhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/bluexy2009-10-22T21:31:47Ztag:destructoid.com,2008:179863Last Minute Destructoid Internship Audition2010-07-26T00:49:19Z2010-07-26T00:49:19Z[embed]179863:31772[/embed]

Waited until the last second on this one, but I was able to make it today! If you watch the lighting, you can see the daylight fading away in each cut.

Much love for all you dtoiders who make doing things like this so fun and exciting. While I'm nervous about potentially having a job at dtoid, knowing that the video is being watched by the dtoid army takes away all of the stress.

PS, I promised Steamtoid that if I get the job I'll post nude pics. I wonder if that will help or hurt my chances... hmm.

Wish me luck!tag:destructoid.com,2008:178723World Cup Contest: Less than 12 Hours Left!2010-07-11T12:45:45Z2010-07-11T12:45:45Z

Hey Dtoiders! We have some epic entries so far for my World Cup contest, mixing the beauty of video games and vuvuzelas into what may be the greatest works of art since Picasso. Sadly, today is the finals for the World Cup and also the last day to submit your entries for the contest!

Feel free to submit submit into the late hours of the night, but come tomorrow morning the contest will be closed! So far, I don't think we have enough international submissions to justify a big prize, but you never know what might happen in these final hours.

Here are the rules from my previous post:

Contest 1: Photoshop a vuvuzela into a screenshot of a dramatic or otherwise hilarious video game moment.

 * First Place: Dragon Age: Origins
 * Second Place: Jade Empire

Contest 2: Use a drawing program (like Paint), or hand-draw your favorite video game character with a vuvuzela. Bonus points for creativity, multiple characters, and context!

 * First Place: Mass Effect 2
 * Second Place: Mass Effect

How to submit: Just leave your image in the comments below, tweet it to me @bluexy, or if your prefer anonymity mail it to rory[at]gamerant[dot]com!

Bonus Rules:

 * US Only Shipping - Sorry internationals, boxes are expensive to ship. Still, feel free to join in on the hilarity! If there's enough international participation, I'll add a bonus prize via Steam. I mean it, I'll spend $30 for a prize if you submit, internationals!
 * One Prize Per Contestant - Feel free to enter for both contests as many times as you like, though!
 * Contests Ends July 11 - After the World Cup is over, so is the contest! May be extended another week depending on participation.
 * Rules Subject to Change - I know I'm forgetting something, but that covers the important bits I believe.

So get your entries in and win a great BioWare game! If you want to check out the competition visit my last blog will all of the previous entries in the comments: Clicky.

It's still anyone's game! BRING ON THE VUVUZELAS!tag:destructoid.com,2008:178085World Cup Contest: Win Dragon Age or Mass Effect 2!2010-07-02T14:07:15Z2010-07-02T14:07:15Z

Hey Dtoiders, I'm super excited about the World Cup. So to commemorate the ridiculousness of the whole thing, I'm throwing a contest! I'll give you the details in just a moment, but first: What can you win?

Prizes for this glorious soccer contest include PC copies of Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2, Jade Empire and Mass Effect! That's right, BioWare games! It has nothing to do with the World Cup, but that shouldn't stop you from entering!

Now here are the details you've been waiting for. What do you have to do to win one of these excellent games?

Contest 1: Photoshop a vuvuzela into a screenshot of a dramatic or otherwise hilarious video game moment.

 * First Place: Dragon Age: Origins
 * Second Place: Jade Empire

Contest 2: Use a drawing program (like Paint), or hand-draw your favorite video game character with a vuvuzela. Bonus points for creativity, multiple characters, and context!

 * First Place: Mass Effect 2
 * Second Place: Mass Effect

How to submit: Just leave your image in the comments below, tweet it to me @bluexy, or if your prefer anonymity mail it to rory[at]gamerant[dot]com!

Bonus Rules:

 * US Only Shipping - Sorry internationals, boxes are expensive to ship. Still, feel free to join in on the hilarity! If there's enough international participation, I'll add a bonus prize via Steam. I mean it, I'll spend $30 for a prize if you submit internationals!
 * One Prize Per Contestant - Feel free to enter for both contests as many times as you like, though!
 * Contests Ends July 11 - After the World Cup is over, so is the contest! May be extended another week depending on participation.
 * Rules Subject to Change - I know I'm forgetting something, but that covers the important bits I believe.

There you have it, Dtoiders! Looking forward to some amazing submissions!

Feel free to follow me on twitter, where I'll be updating everyone on the latest submissions @bluexy.

Note: Yes, I'm also running this contest on the site I edit/write for, but this is my personal contest. There is no expectation/requirement that you visit the other site. I'm just trying to give away my own stuff for free, in a fun way. Destructoid has always been my home and I couldn't not make the contest available here.

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:1593342009: Too many great games!2010-01-01T22:10:41Z2010-01-01T22:10:41Z

Good news, everyone! There were so many amazing games in 2009 that it's practically impossible to make a top 10, or a list of awards that accurately captures just how incredible these games really are. Instead of revisiting games like Uncharted 2, Borderlands, or Batman: Arkham Asylum, I wanted to share with you some of my favorites that never received the attention they deserved.

Machinarium (PC)

If you take any enjoyment from adventure games then you have to play Machinarium. You'll be introduced to the robot world of Machinarium one step at a time, and every step will blow you away. From beautifully created backgrounds and sprite-work, to the small quirks each robot in the city has, the richness in detail will pull you in and you'll find yourself spending more time than you should exploring each scene with your eyes. You'll tromp through the game only looking forward, but it's when the game ends that you'll wonder about what's really going on in the city. So hopefully you'll play it again, much like I did.

Little King's Story (Wii)

It's an obsession of mine to build in video games. I've spent hours in ActRaiser maxing the population of every area, burning forests and destroying rocks so my people might grow another crop. Endless hours moving my buildings around in Dark Cloud 2 so I could get all of the little bonuses. So when Little King's Story starts off in what's basically a barn, but teases images of a giant castle, my eyes widened and I never looked back. It's reminiscent of Pikmin with human soldiers, and though it's never complicated it's still very strategic. The kingdom must be built, a barn is not fit for a king.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (DS)

Dragon Quest's infamous amounts of grinding has always kept me away from the series. After the first moments of the Heavenly Bride though, I couldn't put my DS down. You live the protagonist's life, experience his pain, his love, and fight a billion monsters along the way. While Heavenly Bride is completely average in regards to its mechanics, you can't help but care about what will happen next.

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (DS)

Diabolical Box is in essence the exact same game as the original, with new puzzles, new characters, and a delightful story that will draw you in and never let you go. While playing the first game I spent the majority of my time searching out each individual puzzle, but with the sequel I just couldn't slow myself down from solving the larger mystery. I anxiously await the multiple sequels (and movie) coming down the pipeline from Japan, but hope they'll continue to create larger conflicts and characters that grow in a similar way to the Harry Potter books.

League of Legends (PC)

This Defense-of-the-Ancients style multiplayer game snuck up on me. When I tried playing DotA on Warcraft 3 I hated it. If you could join a game without being kicked for being a noob, or having to download a map, you'd still end up being punished by obsessive min/max-ers and their inate knowledge of what item would create an unfair advantage 5 minutes into the game. Demigod cut it down to a small list of characters and a few unhelful items, but was relatively unimpressive. League of Legends brings back the large list of characters, though each has more personality, but with their matchmaking service and the combat dynamics they've created made DotA accessible even to a noob like myself. Oh, it's free!

Plants vs. Zombies (PC)

Pure. Addicting. Fun. Zombies with safety cones on their heads, attacking a house that's protected by cute projectile firing plants. SO AWESOME! I've played through Plants vs. Zombies at least four times now, and it's still amazingly fun. It's so simple but so engrossing that every person on Earth, and those astronaut dudes too, should have this game installed on their computer. Or with the upcoming iPhone release, on your phone as well. We don't want zombies on the lawn. :3 <3<3<3 SUNFLOWER!

These are just a few of my favorites of the year, a year that had so many great games! Again, I can't really disagree with Destructoid or any other gaming site's "Top 10 Games of the Year" though I could never pick which is better than which. If you've got some spare cash and haven't tried some of these out, I can't recommend these more.

So have a happy New Year everyone! Will 2010 be better than 2009? I can't see how, but if it even gets close we're pretty fucking lucky!

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:152962Nothing is Sacred: Henchmen2009-10-23T22:14:37Z2009-10-23T22:14:37Z

It's a rule. You can't be a boss without henchmen. Boss, by definition is a supervisor who exercises control over workers. I looked it up, IN THE BIBLE (Wikipedia)! Deities and gods need their zealots; dictators are much less intimidating without their armies; bullies wouldn't sock you in the gut without their retarded pals there to laugh it up; drug lords probably won't murder you, they'll send their cartel to do it for them (probably). In real life henchmen serve a purpose, at least to a certain extent.

In video games it's a different story. In video games, henchmen are there for the learning curve, they're there for buildup to a climax, they're there to extend gameplay. In video games, henchmen are completely goddamn worthless.

Look at these clowns. In Batman: Arkham Asylum what must be a billion of these completely sane hoodlums are transferred to Arkham due to a fire in the local Blackgate Prison. Naturally, five minutes into the game every single one of the bastards are released onto the grounds. They then spend the rest of the game standing in small circles with their gang members, maybe playing hacky sack, waiting for Batman to show up so they can get the shit beaten out of them. They're never remotely difficult, even on the harder difficulty, but they do fulfill my fantasy of punching a clown in the face. I guess they can't be all bad.

These are henchmen, and almost every game has them or something similar. Mario has goombas, Dragon Quest has slimes, Bioshock has splicers, Kung Fu had the guys with pink hair and also midgets. They all serve some sort of purpose initially, whether it's to teach you how to jump or kick, provide a mascot, or randomly scare the bejesus out of you. Why though, after serving that purpose, do they continue to enter the game over, and over, and over, and over? There are reasons, of course, some of them listed above. And those reason are acceptable to an extent. Things can be better though, oh yes, they can be better.

Join me as I explore some methods for removing henchmen from all future video games:

Replace them with: Puzzles! The soon to be released Ratchet and Clank game is splitting the game into what's said to be two different styles of gameplay. Ratchet's sections will be combat-centric action orgies, while Clank's bits will be filled with delicious puzzles! There's no doubt the game will be a lot of fun, but I believe a lot of that will be due to their mixture of gameplay styles (and 50% removal of henchmen!).

Replace them with: Story & Lore! Mass Effect is still one of my favorite games for current generation, but it's still filled with exorbinant amounts of henchbots! They fill uncharted planets and none of them matter a damn bit. In fact, it's almost preferrable to go to a planet and read it's description instead! What Mass Effect did so well is create unique and interesting bits of lore and hid them around the universe. So why not remove the henchmen and instead have a rock that used to be a dinosaur that died when it swallowed a bone from a nuclear blast that occurred a million years previously.

Replace them with: Nothing! Shadow of the Colossus had 16 bosses, a little bonus interactive story, and nothing else. It was a huge empty landscape with some fruit trees, lizards, a temple and a bridge. And it was amazing. The lack of henchmen and other distractions likely made us adore the Colossi even more, if that were possible.

Replace them with: MORE BOSSES! The multiple Mega Man series' have always been some of my favorites. The levels are well designed, tricky to play through, and the bosses are always exciting to fight. Say though, they take away about 10% of the henchmen, hell, 25%, and use that development time to make even more bosses. Hell, Mega Man Bluexy will be a game entirely composed of robot bosses, and they'll each be so impeccably designed that you can make it into a fighting game as well.

I'm not saying that the above replacements are perfect, but it's difficult to argue that any game needs more henchmen than necessary. Most games would be just as enjoyable, if not moreso, without repetitive henchmen sequences at all. So please do me a favor current and future game developers, tone down the cronies, there's better alternatives. Well, you can keep midget henchmen, those are always a tall order of awesome (that pun hurt real bad).

 tag:destructoid.com,2008:152824I Give Up: Demon's Souls2009-10-22T21:31:47Z2009-10-22T21:31:47Z

It's the latest game to take Destructoid's community by storm. Demon's Souls has captured the hearts of retro gamers and modern action gamers alike. Stuffed full of swords, sorcery, huge bad guys and their larger bosses, Demon's Souls is unrelenting. The game will grab you by a sensitive area and never let go. You'll die over and over, throw your controller against the wall in frustration, and then find yourself thinking about strategies during the night. Extraordinary settings, realistic (and deadly) combat, and some great innovation piled on top of a level of challenge you've never encountered before will keep you playing for hours on end.

Not me though. I give up.

My experience started like most others': Charging into a crowd swinging your sword/axe/dagger like a motherfucker. Then quickly realizing that kind of exuberant play just won't cut it in Demon's Souls. I switched to a shield bearing class and cautiously approached every corner and doorway as if Nosferatu, Megatron, and Jared from those goddamn Subway commercials was waiting for me. It was tedious, it was slow, and it was probably going to give me a heart attack if I drank anymore coffee. At that point I didn't know why I kept going.

Truthfully, I was considering just returning my rental as I walked in to the gateway leading to the first boss. I walked out with renewed hope. That big blob with all those bastard shield blobs protecting it? Ya I trounced on that son of a bitch. And wow did it feel good. Bloodstains covered the floor from other fallen players who likely caught a thrown spear as they tried to munch on some healing herbs. Me though, I ran circles around that guy, got him stuck behind a pillar and mowed through his little bodyguards. I even let the poor, doomed thing wander around after I'd finished the little guys off. Stalking him around the room made it all the sweeter.

The game began anew the second day. Each of the 5 new areas were patiently trekked through as I wrote each separate challenge to my memory. Another boss fell before me, but I wasn't the same. Or perhaps the problem was that it was the same. I pushed on and encountered another boss, and couldn't conquer it. Then another boss I couldn't beat, and another. My third day, now into the work week, was spent studying online. Searching through FAQs and walkthroughs I researched methods to destroy the bosses I had lost to before. Tonight I dined on demon soup.

I didn't play that night, or the next night either. I haven't put the disk back into my Playstation 3 in a week now, and I won't be likely be playing it again.

No, at some point after my research I actually stopped to think about my experience with Demon's Souls. I just wasn't having any fun. Certainly though, I felt compelled to continue, to defeat the all the challenges ahead of me. To take in the beauty behind the desolute and broken world. I find it akin to hiking a tall mountain. It's almost more enjoyable after the hike is done and you're with friends drinking a beer, reminiscing about what a pain in the ass hiking that mountain was.

So I weighed that in my head, and found that I didn't want gaming to become a hike, a marathon. I couldn't enjoy Demon's Souls despite what I might think about it when it was completed. That's no insult to Demon's Souls as a game, or those who do enjoy it though. It's akin to the movie Requiem for a Dream, which I think is a masterpiece. I'm still never going to watch it again because it's practically torture.

Do I have to give up my hardcore gamer card? I give up. :)


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Jonathan Sings Larson (2007)
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Release Date: 11/6/2007
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Disc 1
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1. One Of These Days ~ Jonathan Larson
2. LCD Readout ~ Jonathan Larson
3. All I Know ~ Jonathan Larson
4. London Faces ~ Jonathan Larson
5. Break Out The Booze ~ Jonathan Larson
6. Boho Days ~ Jonathan Larson
7. Therapy ~ Jonathan Larson
8. See Her Smile ~ Jonathan Larson
9. Find The Key ~ Jonathan Larson
10. Louder Than Words ~ Jonathan Larson
11. Intro/Tune Up 1 ~ Jonathan Larson
12. One Song Glory ~ Jonathan Larson
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16. Finale B ~ Jonathan Larson
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|Personnel: Jonathan Larson (vocals, keyboards); Al Korosky (guitar); David Booneshoft (bass guitar); Chris Cullo (drums); Roger Bart (background vocals); Anthony Rapp , Well Hungarians, Michael McElroy, Jeremy Kushnier.
|On April 29, 1996, the day that Rent opened on Broadway, it became apparent that the musical theater had lost a major new voice when the show's songwriter and librettist, Jonathan Larson, died of an aneurysm three months earlier at the age of 35. More than 11 and a half years later, when the album of demos Jonathan Sings Larson was released by PS Classics as part of the Library of Congress Songwriter Series on November 6, 2007, Rent was still playing on Broadway and in productions around the world. But the disc is another reminder of what was lost, even as it confirms that Rent only marked the culmination of years of excellent songwriting. Larson's earlier work, tick, tick...BOOM!, earned an off-Broadway production and a cast album in 2001. Jonathan Sings Larson presents the songwriter's versions of numbers from both it and Rent, as well as songs for his first unproduced musical, Superbia; from Boho Days, an earlier version of tick, tick...BOOM!; and some non-show songs written for various purposes. In his final interview with Anthony Tommassini of The New York Times, conducted the night before his death and reproduced in the CD booklet, Larson spoke of his desire to meld contemporary pop/rock music with the musical theater, and his songs are informed by rock of the post-Beatles era, even as they express a smart urban sensibility much like that of the characters in Rent. His demos tend to be somewhat more polished than the usual piano/vocal tapes of composers, employing synthesizers, overdubbing, and extra instruments. And he is a good singer who presents his songs with understandable enthusiasm. But these are still demos, with a flat sound, bum notes, and sudden stops. (Larson's bravura version of "One Song Glory" from Rent ends amid what sounds like someone pounding on his apartment wall, perhaps to complain about the noise.) There are a few live tracks on the CD, one of "Boho Days," a definite precursor to Rent, taken from a 2006 concert celebrating Larson and sung a cappella by the trio of Jeremy Kushnier, Michael McElroy, and Anthony Rapp (who was in the original Broadway cast of Rent), and two taken from Larson's performance of tick, tick...BOOM! at a nightclub in Greenwich Village in 1991. Four more songs from this show are included on an accompanying DVD, shot with a single, hand-held camera, but the songwriter's passion and creativity come through clearly. Jonathan Sings Larson is a must-have for musical theater fans and for anyone who, having seen Rent, wonders about its creator and his other songs. ~ William Ruhlmann
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This hotel is located in De Cocksdorp (Texel Island), near the airport and De Koog Beach. Area attractions also include Ecomare.
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Brands that duck out of engaging with consumers through social run the risk of having their "truths filled in" for them, according to a senior marketer for Coca-Cola.
Wendy Clarke: president, sparkling and strategic marketing, Coca-Cola North America
Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Wendy Clarke, president, sparkling and strategic marketing, Coca-Cola North America, shared the company's philosophy on real-time marketing with the audience using Coke's World Cup and 'Happiness' campaigns to illustrate her thoughts.
Clarke said brands could not afford to ignore the conversation: "Silence is not an option. In a socially networked world you are not safe being silent. Your truths will be filled in for you.
"You must engage in the conversation around your brand and your company."
Clarke also stressed the need for agility and flexibility, saying speed had to "trump" perfection. But she said this was not a call for more content: "The world doesn't need more content, the world needs more good content. We've got to put out work that matters into this real-time conversation."
Turning to Coke, Clarke revealed the soft drinks giant had been pursuing "new models of working" which were less hierarchical and had been "pushing empowerment down our organisation".
She said: "You can no longer have a hierarchical organisation because you will miss that context, you will not be able to operate effectively in this social reality."
Operating in real-time, she continued, also provides marketers with the advantage of "knowing more and guessing less".
"Measurement is now realtime. When we've done things wrong we know immediately in real-time," she concluded.
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The defence establishment down under is moving ahead of the release in April by making some key decisions. These include wiring half of the 24 Boeing F/A-18Fs Australia has ordered so that they can be converted into E/A-18G growlers in the future, and shelving further collaboration on the US Navy's Northrop Grumman RQ-4N Global Hawk-based (above) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme.
All of this goes to show that things are still fluid in the Australian defence procurement plans. What else is left then?
We should hear more in the coming weeks about Australia's commitment to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – with some speculating that Canberra could go for fewer fighters than originally planned – and Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The naval air wing's helicopter fleet should also come under closer scrutiny.
Watch this space as Avalon 2009, the Australian International Airshow, begins next week.
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Education Companies Settle Claims Of Copyright And Trademark Infringement Against Several Textbook Distributors
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Four leading education companies, Cengage Learning, Inc., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Pearson Education, Inc. and McGraw-Hill Education, today announced they have settled five unconnected matters involving copyright and trademark infringement claims against companies relating to the sale of counterfeit textbooks. The five separate settlements call for the combined payment of more than $2.6 million dollars and agreements not to engage in any infringement going forward. The five distributors agreeing to settle the publishers' claims are: Kentwood Industries in California, Texas Book Company in Texas, Sterling Educational Media in Florida, Davis Textbook in California and ABSnext Corporation (formerly known as Budgetext Corporation) in Arkansas.
The settlements came about after an intensive investigation by the education companies revealed a large wave of counterfeit textbooks being distributed in the United States. The investigation further revealed that among the sources used by the textbook distributors to acquire their books were overseas suppliers identified as being a source of counterfeit textbooks.
"We hope that these settlements send a strong message that textbook publishers will not allow those who profit from the sale of counterfeit works to pocket that money," said Matt Oppenheim, of Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP who represented Cengage Learning, Wiley, Pearson and McGraw-Hill. "These companies are continuing to enforce their rights and do not intend to allow others to sell infringing copies of their textbooks without facing the consequences of doing so."
While the education companies have settled claims against these five distributors, they are currently pursuing action against other groups of individuals and companies that engaged in similar conduct.About Cengage LearningCengage Learning is a leading provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide. The company's products and services are designed to foster academic excellence and professional development, increase student engagement, improve learning outcomes and deliver authoritative information to people whenever and wherever they need it. Through the company's unique position within both the library and academic markets, Cengage Learning is providing integrated learning solutions that bridge from the library to the classroom. Cengage Learning's brands include Brooks/Cole, Course Technology, Delmar, Gale, Heinle, National Geographic Learning, South-Western and Wadsworth, among others. Cengage Learning is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information on Cengage Learning please visit www.cengage.com. About McGraw-Hill EducationMcGraw-Hill Education is a content, software and services-based education company that draws on its more than 100 years of educational expertise to offer solutions, which improve learning outcomes around the world. McGraw-Hill is the adaptive education technology leader with the vision for creating a highly personalized learning experience that prepares students of all ages for the world that awaits. The company has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions available in more than 65 languages. For additional information, visit www.mheducation.com. About Pearson EducationPearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO). The company provides innovative print and digital education materials, including personalized learning programs such as MyLab/Mastering, education services including custom publishing, and content-independent platforms including the EQUELLA digital repository and Pearson LearningStudio online learning platform About WileyFounded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley's core businesses include scientific, technical, medical and scholarly (STMS) journals, encyclopedias, books and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, online applications and Web sites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, N.J., with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia. The company's Web site can be accessed at www.wiley.com. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. SOURCE Cengage Learning
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Ayla, who walked down the aisle holding the family's tuxedo-wearing terrier Koda, was maid of honor.
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NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Institutional investors have a growing opportunity to provide loans directly to European mid-sized companies as European banks reduce their lending, according to Alcentra, the sub-investment grade investment specialist for BNY Mellon.
Alcentra's comments are published in its January white paper, European Banking Changes Create New Opportunities for Direct Lending, which notes that new regulations are driving European banks to cut back on lending to mid-sized companies. The pullback by the banks has created the opportunity for new lenders.
"Becoming a lender to mid-sized companies can be particularly compelling to institutional investors," said Graeme Delaney-Smith, head of European direct lending and mezzanine investments for Alcentra and author of the report. "We believe institutional investors are able to demand more attractive terms than in the broadly syndicated loan and high-yield bond market, although this is at the expense of liquidity."
In Europe, banks account for a substantially greater share of corporate financing than in the United States, the report said. As banks continue to deleverage to meet the new regulations, credit will become less available to companies that need it, according to the report.The report notes that European governments recognize the need to provide sufficient credit for middle market companies and have launched programs to encourage greater non-bank lending to fill the gap. In the UK, Alcentra is one of four investment firms participating in the HM Treasury's recently launched Business Finance Partnership program to invest up to 1.2 billion pounds for loans to mid-sized businesses operating in the country. While the report focuses on the opportunities available to institutional investors, it also cautions that these institutions should undertake highly detailed credit analysis of the borrower before investing. Delaney-Smith said, "As this is a specialized market, we believe investors seeking to maximize returns and avoid default risk should work with experienced managers who can perform the credit analysis and leverage their expertise in this market."
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March 4, 1994 Prototype
This prototype is in a very primitive state.
- No Sega logo, copyright, or title screens
- No intermission screen pictures
- Some of the levels are devoid of music
- No sound effects
- Most of the levels do not have a HUD visible
- Pressing up and down do not move the camera up and down
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- The HUD is bugged and unpolished. It keeps track of the player's score, unlike the final. It also does not have a box around Taz's life icon.
Level Differences
The prototype starts here and the frame rate is not limited to 30 frames per second in this level. You cannot get too far, because of Taz's limitations.
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The breakable bricks are absent and the palette was brightened up.
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This particular level did not make the final cut, probably because the game is on a 16-megabit cartridge. There is not much to speak of, since the level is very barren.
A detailed debug system can be found within this prototype. However, several menus are buggy and crash the game.
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- RESTART LEVEL - Restarts the level
- Both of these options have unique features. Pressing the A button returns you to the game, but pressing B shows a list of NPCs and pressing C turns up a menu that can't really be used.
- DEBUG FUNCTION - Unknown; crashes the game
- RESTORE HP - Restore the player's health bar back to full health
- LEVEL SELECT - Brings up a level select screen, as seen here:
This level selection menu is unreadable due to some VRAM issues. It is supposed to read:
Test 1 Mars 1 Mars 2 Mars 3 Mexico 1 Mexico 2 Mexico 3 Mole World 1 Mole World 2 Mole World 3 Planet X 1 Planet X 2 Planet X 3 Haunted Castle 1 Haunted Castle 2 Haunted Castle 3 Haunted Castle 4 Megapolis 2 Marvins House 1 Marvins House 2 Marvins House 3
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Injuries threaten England's Slam bid
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England have confirmed that Ben Morgan will miss Saturday's Grand Slam decider with Wales while they are also facing an anxious wait over Geoff Parling, Joe Launchbury and Courtney Lawes' fitness.
Morgan has missed three of England's four matches to date after injuring his ankle in their Six Nations opener against Scotland. In his place, Tom Wood started at No.8 against Ireland, France and Italy and should keep the shirt for Saturday's showdown in Cardiff.
"Ben will stay at Gloucester this week," Stuart Lancaster confirmed. "We knew his ankle would take six to eight weeks and he won't make it in time."
But it is in the locks where the England management will be sweating. Launchbury injured his elbow against Italy and reports suggested that he left Twickenham with his arm in a sling. Lawes picked up a knock to his arm while Parling injured his shoulder. Launchbury and Parling have started all four of England's matches in the championship and Lancaster is "optimistic" that the duo will be fit for their trip to Wales.
There is better news for England regarding Owen Farrell. He missed their win over Italy due to a thigh injury he picked up against France in round three but Lancaster has confirmed that the fly-half is "available for selection" ahead of Saturday's match.
Lancaster will now hope that England re-find the same sort of form they showed against the All Blacks in December after they struggled against Italy. And Lancaster is adamant that they have much to do ahead of Saturday's clash.
"We have had a chance to review the game and there were lots of areas we were pleased with, but I wouldn't call it a blessing in disguise," Lancaster said. "I'm not of the mindset as a coach that I'd want to not get areas right in order to get ourselves in the right place to play a game. We've definitely got plenty to work on."
Lancaster believes the pressure-cooker environment of the Millennium Stadium, with England playing for the Grand Slam and Wales the title, will serve as ideal preparation for the rivals' group clash at the 2015 World Cup.
"It's a massive game because of the context of the result, which is huge for both teams," he said. "We're a young team and a lot of our players haven't played there before, so going to that type of environment is exactly the test we want.
"It's a couple of years until 2015 and we know that we've got Wales in what will be a big high-pressure game. For a team to get that type of experience now and go up there and try to win a Grand Slam will be a special occasion."
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Johannesburg - The Bafana Bafana camp suffered another major blow when key defender Lucas Thwala was withdrawn from the squad preparing for next month's Confederations Cup.
The Orlando Pirates star who can operate at left back or as a central defender, suffered a calf injury in Bucs' final PSL match against AmaZulu last weekend.
Said Bafana team manager Sipho Nkumane: "The technical staff were devastated as they rate Thwala very highly. The calf injury resurfaced on Friday and he needs two weeks rest and another two weeks before he can begin serious training."
Thwala has been replaced by Golden Arrows defender Mzuvukile Tom who trained with the squad at the Johannesburg Stadium gym on Saturday.
But one player who might benefit from Thwala's absence is rising SuperSport United star, Morgan Gould. Gould has enjoyed a meteoric rise since joining United form relegated Jomo Cosmos at the start of the season, helping SuperSport retain the PSL championship.
Said Gould: "I am sorry about Lucas' injury as he is a top class player. But at the same time I need to grab any opportunity that comes my way. I will be pushing hard at training, making sure I impress the technical staff."
Gould, who has played twice for his country this year in the friendly home wins over Malawi (3-0) and Zambia (1-0), hopes to use the Confederations Cup to showcase his talents to European club scouts.
Said the tough as nails central defender: "My goal is to play in Europe and the Confederations Cup might be the vehicle for me. But I need to force my way in the starting line up. The competition for places is very good and the fact both regular central defenders, Aaron Mokoena and Nasief Morris, join us on June 1, means I will gain from their experience."
He is hoping to face the likes of Spain superstars Fernando Torres and David Villa in the final Group A match in Bloemfontein on June 20. But he knows he has to work hard in the meantime.
Gould said he survived a nerve wracking couple of days in the run-up to the PSL championship when SuperSport lost 2-1 at home to Arrows and needed a point in Cape Town against Santos to win the title in the final fixture last Saturday.
Said Gould: "It was unbelievable. When I joined United I never expected the season to turn out like this. But it has been a fantastic roller coaster ride for me after Cosmos were relegated last season. But I am delighted we won the league and Cosmos won promotion and are back in the PSL."
Pirates striker Katlego Mashego is taking the pressure of being one of Santana's in-form strikers, in his stride.
Said the quietly spoken Mashego: "I do not feel any pressure at the moment. We are all looking forward to the Confederations Cup and the key is to not worry about Spain who we play last in the group stage, but make sure we win both our first two matches against Iraq and New Zealand."
Mashego said collecting six points from Iraq and New Zealand would mean Bafana would not be under pressure against the world number one country when they clash at the Free State Stadium. "Six points will see us qualify for the semi-finals. We need to get the job done before we play Spain. It would be nice to play against Spain knowing we had already qualified for the semis."
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Let's face it. If you need to threaten an enemy from a middle range distance, clear a ton of jungle in a hurry or carmelize the top of a crème brûlée, there's nothing better for the job than a flamethrower. It's a gun that throws fire. As your head wraps around that awesome concept (just as it does on a daily basis when you daydream about owning one), consider this beautiful instrument of destruction's place in film. Sure, Bellflower comes out this week (and should energize you to convert daydreaming into action), but there's a storied history here to uncover, and a future that's assured to be bright enough to demand protective gear. Here are just a handful of movies that put the flamethrower on the burnt pedestal it deserves to sit upon.
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For those familiar with the field of neglected diseases, it goes by the name of the 10/90 gap: only 10 per cent of global health research was devoted to conditions that accounted for 90 per cent of the global disease burden. It was to counteract this imbalance that the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) came into being in 2003. Coinciding with its tenth anniversary year, the organization has been granted the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Development Cooperation category. Its Executive Director, Bernard Pcoul, announced at a press conference that new drugs DNDi is working on "could dramatically change the management of some of these neglected diseases."
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