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Denmark is stirring up some controversy about whether animal rights should take precedence over religious freedom with a ban on kosher and halal slaughter that went into effect this week.
Most countries require animals to be stunned and rendered unconscious prior to slaughter, which is believed to be more humane if it's done properly. Jewish shechita and Muslim dhabiha slaughter methods that produce kosher and halal meats require animals to be conscious during slaughter, which involves slitting their throats before they are bled out.
In Europe and other countries, including the U.S., religious slaughter may be exempt from animal welfare laws. Under Denmark's new law, religious groups will be prevented from applying for an exemption.
The move to ban this type slaughter in Denmark has raised claims of religious intolerance from Jewish and Muslim communities, with at least some taking issue with the suggestion that kosher and halal slaughter are cruel.
However, Denmark's Minister for Agriculture and Food, Dan Jørgensen, is standing behind the ban and got right to the point with the statement that "animal rights come before religion."
Some have also taken issue with how we view different species and the fact that people are objecting to this type of slaughter after a Danish zoo killed a perfectly healthy young giraffe in front of onlookers simply because he was considered a surplus animal.
While opponents are taking action to get the law reversed by the European Court for Human Rights, in the end the ban seems to have created a big fuss over nothing when it comes to how it will actually affect religious groups in Denmark. The announcement is being rejected by some in the Jewish community because in 1998 Danish Jews agreed to the certification of kosher meat from cattle who were stunned with captive bolt guns prior to being killed.
It's also being noted that ritual slaughter hasn't taken place in Denmark in years and there are no slaughterhouses that currently practice ritual slaughter, according to the Economist. Imports of kosher and halal meat would also still be allowed.
Despite outcry over the ban, the real issue isn't about religious intolerance. It's about the suffering of thousands of animals who remain fully aware of what's happening to them while they're being slaughtered for kosher and halal meat.
Still, when it comes to animal rights the argument isn't about religion or about one form of slaughter being more cruel than another; it's about the fact that millions of sentient animals continue to be exploited and killed around the world every year for their flesh. While it's still easy to argue that there's no humane way to kill a healthy animal, in this case it's impossible to see a side of the argument that opposes taking steps to try to ensure they don't suffer any more than they have to when they're killed, regardless of whether or not the argument is being made on religious grounds.
For reference, a comparison of ritual slaughter methods vs. stunning (warning: graphic footage).
Read more: animal cruelty, animal rights, ban, denmark, halal, jewish, kosher, livestock, muslin, religious slaughter, slaughter
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Some of us are meat eaters, me too, coz it's rather expensive to be fully vegetarian(at least here in Russia). I just want to say one thing: if we use animal's meat for food and their skins for cloths, boots etc., we must respect them. And yes, we must kill them with as less pain as possible, so stunning is preferable. Or maybe fast beheading...once i lived in countryside and I beheaded chickens. It was fast and they didn't suffer.
Mark D - you are right!
What gives two legged mutant psychotic hairless apes the "right" to mass murder animals to stuff into their smelly greedy guts? Nothing, except their psychotic selves. There are at the very least a billion out of the seven billions humans on this earth that do not have the right to breathe oxygen or to their existence. They are a nightmare liability to everything good.
like all human religions, Judaism is just barbaric superstition
human religion should be flushed down one of the billions of overpopulated human toilets. "Religion" being used to cover up criminal atrocity.. that sounds like human.
human religion should be flushed down one of the billions of overpopulated human toilets. "Religion" being used to cover up criminal atrocity.. that sounds like human.
Spare me "religion" for any reason!
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GOLDEN GATE — Golden Gate residents told county officials Thursday night how they would like to beautify their neighborhood, a priority that ranks high among property owners, according to a recent survey.
Gathered in Lamar Howard Park, residents rattled off a list of problems that soil the historic neighborhood's image, from abandoned mattresses to incomplete trash pickup.
Martin County Commissioner Susan Valliere and Cathy Reeder, spokeswoman for the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency, were in attendance, as well as other county employees, including a county Health Department representative.
In a recent Martin County Department of Health survey, 75 percent of the 202 people who participated said they were dissatisfied with the level of trash in the community.
Residents were quick to air their grievances and offer suggestions.
Most residents were in agreement that one of the biggest issues with the community was illicit behavior and loitering, particularly at a neighborhood business.
Carol Caso seized the opportunity to point out how she felt trash colllectors neglected to pick up piles of trash on the street until she pointed them out.
"This is my plea ...," she said. "Please, please, please, get your guys to do their job."
Doug Bush, who has lived in the community for about 50 years, felt trash collectors are doing a sufficient job, but residents don't properly sort their trash, which leads to collection problems. He said transient residents and those who only speak or read Spanish aren't aware of the rules and should be better informed.
Reeder said the county could work to issue more pamphlets about the trash rules in English and Spanish. She said that the county's next big project for the Community Redevelopment Area in Golden Gate will be to install sewers, which will help improve the area. But money is tight.
Saadia Tsaftarides, president of The Friends of Golden Gate Community Inc., said absentee landlords are a problem. Some properties house 12 or 13 people who parked many cars on the street, and landlords didn't seem to care about complaints or know who was living in their properties, she said.
Valiere said that she understands there's a lot of frustration in Golden Gate and she will work to address concerns.
"I'm going to ask you to remain patient," she said. "You can't change people overnight."
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>>Narratives about actual people who walked the earth are tricky. If the protagonist is someone like Brad Pitt or Dwight D. Eisenhower, people who are interested in the possibility of learning more about Brad or Dwight will read it. If the protagonist is someone most people have never heard of but that person DID (not talked about, but actually did) something extraordinary, people would want to read the story to track the events that led up to that formidable feat. A story about a person who most people never heard of and who never did anything particularly special will only be of interest to the people who actually knew that person. It does not have mass appeal.
Long ago, Kevin Eastman, the TMNT creator, told me that for years fans had been asking him at conventions why he didn't write a comic book about all the events that led to the creation of his empire. To which his answer always was (I'm paraphrasing here), "The only people who would understand or even be interested in that minutea would be the people who appeared as characters in that comic. Even (actually especially) other comic book industry professionals would find the whole thing a crushing bore."
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Righthander Luke Hochevar never could agree to contract terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers. That was not the case with the Kansas City Royals.
Hochevar, the No. 1 overall pick in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft in June, signed a four-year contract with the Royals on Thursday.
Terms were not disclosed.
Hochevar, 22, is only the fourth No. 1 overall pick in the last 20 years to sign a major league contract, joining Delmon Young with Tampa Bay (2003), Pat Burrell with Philadelphia (1998) and Alex Rodriguez with Seattle (1993).
"We are excited to get Luke signed in a timely fashion," Royals director of scouting Deric Ladnier said. "We see Luke as a top-flight talent and a key part to our future success. We're pleased he'll be able to perform this season and begin working toward reaching the major leagues."
The 6-5 Hochevar was a supplemental pick (40th overall) between the first and second rounds by the Dodgers in June 2005 after starring at Tennessee and winning the Roger Clemens Award, honoring college baseball's best pitcher.
But the Dodgers were unable to sign Hochevar, who spent the last year with the independent Fort Worth Cats of the American Association, where he posted a 1-1 record and a 2.38 ERA in four starts. Hochevar's fastball was clocked between 90-97 miles per hour in his starts for Fort Worth.
On Labor Day weekend, Hochevar switched agents from Scott Boras to Matt Sosnick and was close to reaching a deal with the Dodgers. But he later went back to Boras and decided to re-enter the draft.
Signability was not a factor for the Royals in their decision to select Hochevar instead of three other highly-rated college pitchers - lefthander Andrew Miller of North Carolina and righthanders Tim Lincecum of Washington and Brad Lincoln of Houston.
The Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year, Hochevar struck out a school-record 154 batters while posting a 15-3 record and 2.26 ERA in 2005. In three years with the Volunteers, he struck out 287 batters in 280 1/3 innings.


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By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 08:30AM
It is understood that the brand may move away from its 'Taste the Possibilities' campaign, introduced in February as part of a wider global push created by Ogilvy Brazil.
The soft-drinks company has hired ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky to refresh the strategy for Coke Zero. Coca-Cola's latest move to shake up its advertising in the region follows the appointment of BETC London to its Diet Coke ad account earlier this month.
Coca-Cola NWEN is understood to be seeking greater autonomy from the global business to better appeal to tastes of local markets.
News of the shake-up follows confirmation that Coke Zero is to reprise its tie-up with the James Bond franchise for the forthcoming movie Skyfall, to be released on 26 October.
A Coca-Cola spokeswoman said: 'Coke Zero's 2012 campaign is built around inviting consumers to 'Taste The Possibilities' and is an evolution of its campaign from the previous year. We recently announced the brand's Bond SKYFALL partnership, with forthcoming activity amplifying this across a fully integrated marketing campaign. It is too early to comment on any activity beyond 2012.'
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19 teenagers, children killed in Tanzania stampede
- 01 Jan 2008
in Tanzania, reports said Thursday. The BBC, quoting police officials in the Tabora region of northwest Tanzania, said that the stampeded occurred Wednesday
19 teenagers, children killed in Tanzania stampede
- 06 Oct 2008
in Tanzania, reports said Thursday. The BBC, quoting police officials in the Tabora region of northwest Tanzania, said that the stampeded occurred Wednesday
Pakistan probes smuggling of wild animals from Tanzania
- 11 Jun 2012
into the alleged smuggling of wild animals, including elephants and lions, from Tanzania... smuggled several wild animals from Tanzania into Pakistan.The heads... reportedly arrived from Tanzania in 2009 under an agreement with the now
3 dead, 155 injured in Tanzania blast
- 30 Apr 2009
Dar es Salaam, April 30 (Xinhua) At least three people were killed and 155 wounded in blast that took place at a military depot outside Tanzania's Dar es... explosions Wednesday at Tanzania People's Defence Forces base at Mbagala, which is 15 km
Manmohan Singh to leave for Ethiopia, Tanzania tomorrow - 22 May 2011
in Ethiopia and pay an official visit to Tanzania. Dr. Singh said.... bout his official visit to Tanzania, Dr. Singh highlighted that India and Tanzania... with the developmental priorities of Tanzania. I look forward to my discussions
Stone Age weapons factory found in Tanzania - 01 Jan 2008
Nairobi, August 20 (ANI): Stone tools and artefacts found in a region in Tanzania, show that the Hehe - one of the ethnic groups in the region - used the site... from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Excarvation in Iringa region, especially
Assessment of insecticide-treated net program in Tanzania - 12 Jan 2010
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A program in Tanzania, which supplies insecticide treated nets to prevent malaria in pregnant women, successfully delivers... Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania looked at a sample of 6198 households
Need to increase trade between India and Tanzania: Kamal Nath - 19 Jan 2009
that there is a need to increase the bilateral trade between India and Tanzania... and joint ventures with Tanzania in sectors like telecom, agro and power... and groundnuts. "The total bilateral trade between India and Tanzania during
Scientists urge CITES to reject ivory sale by Tanzania and Zambia - 17 Mar 2010
ivory sale by Tanzania and Zambia. The countries at CITES in Doha this week will decide, among other proposals, whether to grant requests to Tanzania... added. The scientists said that Zambia and Tanzania are major sources
Scientists may have discovered Homo sapiens' oldest known trackways in Tanzania - 16 Sep 2009
State University, US, is investigating in Tanzania, East Africa, what may... damage while they worked. The women spent several weeks in Tanzania... or path in northern Tanzania. "While the site has been known for years, our
India committed to welfare of its community living abroad: Manmohan Singh - 27 May 2011
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), May 27 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh... living in Tanzania and other parts of the world. Addressing the Indian... in Tanzania. We have created a separate Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
Prince Charles enjoys rousing welcome in Africa - 07 Nov 2011
London, November 7 (ANI): Prince Charles and Camilla tapped their feet to the beat of African drummers on their visit to Tanzania. They were greeted... in Tanzania to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence from Britain. (ANI
Tanzanian team arrives for Delhi Commonwealth Games - 27 Sep 2010
New Delhi, Sep. 27 (ANI): A contingent from Tanzania arrived for the Commonwealth Games 2010 here on Monday. Over 1,100 foreign athletes, officials and technical staff from different nations have reached New Delhi for the event
Now, bagpipes are ethically sound - 30 Apr 2009
Edinburgh, April 30 (ANI): Two communities in Tanzania have gained appreciation... communities in Tanzania have been awarded certification for managing their forests... in Tanzania, said it was also a golden opportunity for the communities to lift
Ex-hospital director convicted of trafficking woman she used as slave - 17 Mar 2011
London, Mar 17 (ANI): A former hospital director in Britain has been convicted of trafficking a woman from Tanzania and using her as a "slave". Saeeda... was also taken away, and Khan made threats about her relatives in Tanzania
Cheryl Cole jets off on secret 'romantic holiday' with Derek Hough - 17 Jun 2010
London, June 17 (ANI): Derek Hough is said to have surprised Cheryl Cole by whisking her off to Tanzania for a dream romantic holiday. "It was a complete surprise for Cheryl and she couldn't believe he had gone to so much trouble
100mn-year-old cat-like croc fossil found in East Africa - 05 Aug 2010
London, August 5 (ANI): Ohio University researchers have uncovered the skeleton of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania. "If you only looked at the teeth, you wouldn't think
Oldest evidence of meat consumption by human ancestors found in Africa - 04 Oct 2012
Washington, October 4 (ANI): A fragment of a child's skull discovered in Tanzania shows the oldest known evidence of anaemia caused by a nutritional deficiency, researchers say.The discovery at Olduvai Gorge, made by a global team
Cherry-flavoured pill could help beat malaria in kids - 15 Oct 2008
, say researchers in Tanzania. The boffins say the tablet is not as bitter... Health Institute in Tanzania said the tablet is easy to administer and effective
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Sticky Throttle Grip
On an 06 1200gs i,m experiencing a sticky throttle grip which seems to swell when heat is on high , these are stock grips; just wondering if there is a quick fix to avoid regripping?
Do you have a throttle lock ? Move the switch/throttle housing to the left on the bar. As the grip heats, it expands and gets pinched between the bar end/throttle lock and the throttle tube end, inside the switch housing. You need to give it a little free play, side to side. If you have a throttle lock with shims, just remove a shim and retest. Ahh! :norton
There are two ways to go about it. You can use a fender washer between the bar end and the bar, needs to be the right size. Or, you can loosen the switch cluster and bump it over a bit to add clearance.
The problem is that age causes the grips to swell a bit, then heat a bit more. This removes the normal gap and makes the throttle tight with the grip heater on.
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well I've had another quick look at it this am after receiving your thoughts on this and it appears to have good clearance between the grip(no throttle lock in play here)and the cable housing but yes there may be insufficient play at the bar end between the grip and the bark buster(again factory installed). I will play around with this clearance and report back. Thanks for your thoughts so far gents!!
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Environmental groups deny 'conspiracy' claims by Madagascar's acting leader
(02/03/2011) Two environmental groups investigating the illegal rosewood trade flatly rejected claims by Madagascar's acting president that they are involved in a campaign to undermine his rule. Andry Rajoelina, the former mayor of the capital city of Antananarivo who assumed power following civil strife in March 2009, claimed last month in an interview with Revue de l'océan Indien that the London-based Global Witness and the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Investigation Agency were attempting to sully his image through their undercover investigation into the rosewood trade. The groups found evidence suggesting that Rajoelina was involved in rosewood trafficking. The evidence included video footage of Chinese rosewood traders claiming to deal directly with Rajoelina.
Sarawak's last nomad: indigenous leader and activist, Along Sega, dies
(02/03/2011) Along Sega never knew exactly how old he was, but when he passed away yesterday in a hospital far from the forest where he born, he was likely in his 70s. Leader among the once-nomadic hunter and gatherer Penan people of Borneo and mentor to Swiss activist, Bruno Manser, Along Sega will be remembered for his work to save the Penan's forest—and their lifestyle and culture—from logging companies, supported by the Sarawak government and provided muscle by the state police.
January in Review: Insect burgers, rainforest destruction for paper, and Genghis Khan's climate impact
(02/03/2011) A review of mongabay.com's January 2011 stories.
Two massive droughts evidence that climate change is 'playing Russian roulette' with Amazon
(02/03/2011) In 2005 the Amazon rainforest underwent a massive drought that was labeled a one-in-100 year event. The subsequent die-off of trees from the drought released 5 billion tons of CO2. Just five years later another major drought struck. The 2010 drought, which desiccated entire rivers, may have been even worse according to a new study in Science, adding on-the-ground evidence to fears that climate change may inevitably transform the world's greatest rainforest.
Forest carbon conservation project launched in Arkansas
(02/03/2011) The United States may not have capped its national greenhouse gas emissions, but the US state of California did cap its state emissions – and voters there seconded the state's decision when they rejected Proposition 23, which would have all but killed cap-and-trade. The end of Prop 23 could mean the beginning of a great experiment to see if people in the United States can make money by doing good. This carbon fund is betting on a positive outcome.
Brazilian mining giant buys Amazon palm oil company
(02/03/2011) Vale, a Brazilian mining giant, will buy palm oil producer Biopalma da Amazonia SA Reflorestamento Industria & Comercio, reports Bloomberg.
Paradise & Paradox: a semester in Ecuador
(02/02/2011) A semester abroad is an opportunity to live a sort of compacted life. In a few short months you seem to gain the experience of a much longer time and make enough memories to fill years. I recall a weeklong trip to the Alvord Desert with a field biology class from Portland Community College: the adventure of living out of a van, conducting research, and experiencing a place with classmates turned colleagues and professors turned friends who knew the desert like the backs of their hands. In that regard, it had a lot in common with my semester in Ecuador, but I can't think of anything that could have prepared me for a four month stay in a small South American country that I knew very little about.
Forest loss slows as UN marks 'International Year of Forests'
(02/02/2011) Forests are a key part toward the shift toward a 'greener' economy said a cadre of U.N. officials as the body officially launched its International Year of Forests to highlight the global importance of forests. To mark the beginning of the International Year of Forests, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released The State of the World's Forests (SOFO), a report that comes out every two years and assesses the status of global forest resources.
Scientists: road through Serengeti would likely end wildebeest migration
(02/02/2011) A new study finds that a proposed road cutting through Serengeti National Park would likely have devastating consequences for one of the world's last great migrations. According to the study the road itself could lead to a 35% loss in the famed park's migrating wildebeest herd, essentially cutting the herd down by over half a million animals. Despite such concerns, and the availability of an alternative route that would bypass the Serengeti plains altogether, the Tanzanian government has stated it is going ahead with the controversial road.
From Cambodia to California: the world's top 10 most threatened forests
(02/02/2011) Growing populations, expanding agriculture, commodities such as palm oil and paper, logging, urban sprawl, mining, and other human impacts have pushed many of the world's great forests to the brink. Yet scientists, environmentalists, and even some policymakers increasingly warn that forests are worth more standing than felled. They argue that by safeguarding vulnerable biodiversity, sequestering carbon, controlling erosion, and providing fresh water, forests provide services to humanity, not to mention the unquantifiable importance of having wild places in an increasingly human-modified world. Still, the decline of the world's forests continues: the FAO estimating that around 10 million hectares of tropical forest are lost every year. Of course, some of these forests are more imperiled than others, and a new analysis by Conservation International (CI) has catalogued the world's 10 most threatened forests.
Woman turns home bird sanctuary into effort to save rare birds
(02/02/2011) Twelve percent of the world's species are considered threatened with extinction according to the IUCN Red List, the authority on such matters. While habitat destruction and alien invasive species bear the brunt of the responsibility, the commercial pet trade has contributed to the decline of some of the world's most beautiful species. But with several species on the brink of extinction in the wild, captive-breeding efforts have taken on new significance. Now a San Francisco Bay Area resident is working to take such efforts to a new level. Michele Raffin is at the forefront of the new wave of bird breeders who believe that unless some of these birds are bred for conservation purposes, they will die out both in the wild and in captivity.
Indonesia set to clear 3 million ha of rainforest in New Guinea
(02/01/2011) Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry has approved conversion of some 3 million hectares of natural forest in Papua province, on the island of New Guinea, according to new analysis by Greenomics Indonesia, an environmental group.
Organizations unite against plan to open Turkey's protected areas to development
(02/01/2011) Last week nearly 200 Turkish organizations banded together to protest a draft law by the government to open up Turkey's protected areas to development. A combination of environmental, health, education, and human rights groups joined outside the Turkish Parliament with signs stating, 'We Won't Give You Anatolia', another name for the region.
Illegal mining, plantation development rampant in Indonesian Borneo; state losses top $17B
(02/01/2011) Hundreds of mining and oil palm plantation companies are operating illegally in Indonesian Borneo, according to a investigation by an task force set up by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Cell phone cameras help monitor atmospheric black carbon
(02/01/2011) Tracking those giant footprints in the Himalayas just became a whole lot easier. Cell phone cameras bring the microscopic air pollutants forming that carbon footprint into plain view. In a study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego, V. Ramanathan and his colleagues use photographs of a quartz filter captured with a simple cell phone camera to monitor local atmospheric levels of black carbon.
Malaysian palm oil producers destroying Borneo peat forests faster than ever before
(02/01/2011) Peatlands and rainforests in Malaysia's Sarawak state on the island of Borneo are being rapidly destroyed for oil palm plantations, according to new studies by environmental group Wetlands International and remote sensing institute Sarvision. The analysis shows that more than one third (353,000 hectares or 872,000 acres) of Sarawak's peatswamp forests and ten percent of the state's rainforests were cleared between 2005 and 2010. About 65 percent of the area was converted for oil palm, which is replacing logging as timber stocks have been exhausted by unsustainable harvesting practices.
Record high fish consumption keeps populations imperiled
(02/01/2011) More people than ever are eating more fish than ever, according to a new report by the United Nations covering the year 2008. At the same time, fish populations in the world's oceans continue to decline threatening marine ecosystems, food security, and the fishing industry itself.
After another ranger killed, Virunga National Park requests UN peacekeepers
(02/01/2011) Less than a week after 3 wildlife rangers and 5 soldiers were killed in Virunga National Park by the rebel group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), another ranger has been killed and a driver put in the hospital in critical condition. The situation has pushed park authorities to request UN peacekeepers for the park.
World Bank offers to save Serengeti from bisecting road
(01/31/2011) The World Bank has offered to help fund an alternative route for a planned road project that would otherwise cut through Tanzania's world famous Serengeti National Park, according to the German-based NGO Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU). When announced last year, the road project raised protests from environmentalists, scientists, and Tanzanian tour companies, but the Tanzanian government refused to shift plans to an alternative southern route for the road, thereby bypassing the park.
Incredible new photos of uncontacted tribe in the Amazon
(01/31/2011) Taken by Brazil's Indian Affairs Department and released by indigenous-rights group, Survival International, new aerial photos show an uncontacted tribe on the border of Brazil and Peru in detail. According to a press release by Survival International, the photos "reveal a thriving, healthy community with baskets full of manioc and papaya fresh from their gardens", but a community that is also threatened by illegal loggers from Peru.
'Land grab' fears in Africa legitimate
(01/31/2011) A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably create new social and environmental problems. Analyzing 12 recent land leasing contracts investigators found a number of concerns, including contracts that are only a few pages long, exclusion of local people, and in one case actually giving land away for free. Many of the contracts last for 100 years, threatening to separate local communities from the land they live on indefinitely. "Most contracts for large-scale land deals in Africa are negotiated in secret," explains report author Lorenzo Cotula in a press release. "Only rarely do local landholders have a say in those negotiations and few contracts are publicly available after they have been signed."
Camera trap photos: big mammals survive in fragmented forest in Borneo
(01/30/2011) Camera trap photos taken in the fragmented forest along the Kinabatangan River in Borneo have revealed a number of key mammal species surviving despite forest loss mostly due to expanding palm oil plantations. The photos are apart of a recent program to monitor carnivores along the Kinabatangan River in the Malaysian state of Sabah by the Danau Girang Field Center (DGFC), the NGO HUTAN, Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), and the Sabah Wildlife Department.
Scientists to document impact of converting rainforest into oil palm plantations
(01/30/2011) Scientists have partnered with one of the world's largest palm oil producers to measure the impact of converting tropical forest into an oil palm plantation, reports Nature News.
The other side of Cancun: progress
(01/30/2011) Two big events happened in Cancun. The first was the Conference of the Parties (COP) which dealt with negotiations on the future of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is the official COP's annual event. The results were limited considering the urgency and the severity of global climate change. Not many surprises, unfortunately. The other event could be called 'Global Conference on Climate Changes and Sustainable Development.' There were several discussions, symposiums, workshops and meetings which were held in hotels all over Cancun. Formally these events are known as 'side-events' at COP.
Forest week in review: African wildlife collapse, greenwashing, and a big dam
(01/29/2011) A review of stories this week on mongabay.com
Obama's State of the Union salmon joke highlights complexity of coastal ecosystem services
(01/29/2011) U.S. President Barack Obama told his now-famous salmon joke on Tuesday to illustrate the silliness of unnecessarily complex regulation, but the joke says more about the complexity of coastal ecosystems – and the challenge of keeping them intact in the face of growing development – than it does about regulatory dysfunction. It's a challenge that must – and can – be met by getting the private sector involved in protecting the nature along our coasts.
Africa's vanishing wild: mammal populations cut in half
(01/27/2011) The big mammals for which Africa is so famous are vanishing in staggering numbers. According to a study published last year: Africa's large mammal populations have dropped by 59% in just 40 years. But what is even more alarming was that the study only looked at mammal populations residing in parks and wildlife areas, i.e. lands that are, at least on paper, under governmental protection. Surveying 78 protected areas for 69 species, the study included global favorites such as the African elephant, giraffes, zebra, wildebeest, and even Africa's feline king, the lion. "We weren't surprised that populations had dropped but we were surprised by how large the drops had been," lead author Ian Craigie told mongabay.com in an interview.
Despite fierce opposition, work begins on Belo Monte dam
(01/27/2011) Arguably the most opposed dam project in the world received the go-ahead this week, reports the BBC. Brazil's environmental agency, IBAMA, has approved the first step of the massive hydroelectric project: clearing 588 acres of rainforest in the Amazon, although the dam would flood nearly 200 square miles (500 square kilometers) of forest.
Rainforests are a source of philanthropy in Indonesia
(01/27/2011) There is nothing special about the assistance APP has provided to the people of Yogyakarta province in the vicinity of Mount Merapi. For APP, Indonesian forests have acted as philanthropists for many years, subsidizing its raw materials by providing it with free timber from the country's natural forests. Greenomics Indonesia data (2010) shows that the value of subsidized timber provided by the Indonesian state to APP amounted to at least USD1.5 billion between 2003 and 2009.
Habitat for Humanity partners with controversial logging company in Indonesia
(01/27/2011) Habitat for Humanity's Indonesian affiliate has partnered with Asia Pulp & Paper, a controversial logging company that has been accused by human rights organizations and environmental groups of exacerbating social conflict and destroying rainforests, to build a "eco-tourism village" near a famous cultural heritage site on the island of Java.
Nike and Kimberly-Clark lead the corporate pack on forest sustainability
(01/27/2011) Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD), which asks international companies to reveal their impact on forests around the world, has released their second review. From biofuels to travel to media, FFD named corporate leaders in 19 categories, including Kimberly Clark for Personal-Household products and Nike for Clothing, Accessories and Footwear.
Is Obama's clean energy revolution possible?
(01/26/2011) Last night US President Barack Obama called for a massive green energy make-over of the world's largest economy. Describing the challenge as 'this generation's Sputnik moment' the US president set a goal of producing 80 percent of America's energy by clean sources by 2035. While this may sound improbable, two recent analyses back the president up, arguing that a global clean energy revolution is entirely possible within a few decades using contemporary technology and without breaking the bank. "Based on our findings, there are no technological or economic barriers to converting the entire world to clean, renewable energy sources," Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford said in a press release. "It is a question of whether we have the societal and political will."
Egyptian jackal is actually ancient wolf
(01/26/2011) The Egyptian jackal, which may have been the inspiration for the Egyptian god Anubis, is actually not a jackal at all but a member of the wolf family. New genetic research in the open-access journal PLoS ONE finds that the Egyptian jackal is Africa's only member of the gray wolf family. The new wolf, dubbed by researchers as the African wolf, is most closely related to the Himalayan wolf.
Tiny bats trade in caves for pitcher plants in Borneo
(01/26/2011) A tiny species of bat in Borneo has chosen an unusual roost: a carnivorous pitcher plant, according to a recent study. The study examines how this behavior actually benefits both the bats and the plants, creating a symbiotic relationship.
Greening the world with palm oil?
(01/26/2011) The commercial shows a typical office setting. A worker sits drearily at a desk, shredding papers and watching minutes tick by on the clock. When his break comes, he takes out a Nestle KitKat bar. As he tears into the package, the viewer, but not the office worker, notices something is amiss—what should be chocolate has been replaced by the dark hairy finger of an orangutan. With the jarring crunch of teeth breaking through bone, the worker bites into the 'bar'. Drops of blood fall on the keyboard and run down his face. His officemates stare, horrified. The advertisement cuts to a solitary tree standing amid a deforested landscape. A chainsaw whines. The message: Palm oil—an ingredient in many Nestle products—is killing orangutans by destroying their habitat, the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
Prairie grass-based biofuels could meet half current fuel demand without affecting forests, food
(01/26/2011) Biofuels could meet up to half the world's current fuel consumption without affecting food production or forests, argues a study published last month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Rainforest information in Romanian
(01/26/2011) Mongabay.com, a leading forest conservation and environmental science news web site, today announced the availability of its rainforest site for children in Romanian. The site is available at world.mongabay.com/romanian.
King of dinosaurs was a hunter, not a scavenger
(01/26/2011) Ecologists say they have used a computer model to put to rest a nearly century-old debate. Did Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the world's most well-known dinosaurs, hunt down its prey like a lion on the plains, or, instead, did it scavenge meals from other hunters like a vulture? According to scientists with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) the Tyrannosaurus had only one choice in order to survive: hunt.
Picture: scientists identify first known single-fingered dinosaur
(01/25/2011) Paleontologists working in China have discovered a first for dinosaurs: a species with only one finger. Named Linhenykus monodactylus, the extinct species stood only about two feet high and weighed about as much as a large parrot. Although small, the new dinosaur was a member of the carnivorous therapod dinosaurs, which include the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex. The find was announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Eight rangers, soldiers killed in Virunga National Park
(01/25/2011) Yesterday morning, 3 wildlife rangers and 5 soldiers working in Virunga National Park were killed by the rebel group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). These 8 were killed and 3 more wounded when their vehicle was fired on by FDLR rebels with rocket launchers. Park director Emmanuel de Merode told the AFP that it was the most serious incident to occur in Virunga National Park in the past 12 months.
Indonesia grants slew of last-minute logging concessions on eve of moratorium
(01/25/2011) Indonesia's Minister of Forestry granted nearly 3 million hectares of plantation forestry concessions the day before the country's president was due to sign a decree establishing a two-year moratorium on new logging licenses, reports a new analysis by Greenomics, an Indonesian environmental group.
Carbon criminals make off with $38 million in carbon credits heist
(01/25/2011) Cyberthieves who hacked the Czech carbon registry on Tuesday had intimate knowledge of different registries. They acted just days before a key security upgrade would have made the heist impossible, then sold the credits immediately – keeping the cash and letting the credits bounce around the system. Participants are now bracing for a fight over who will bear the loss.
Chinese citizen caught smuggling ivory from the Republic of Congo
(01/24/2011) A Chinese national was caught attempting to smuggle 22 pounds (10 kilos) of ivory out of the Republic of Congo on Saturday, according to the AFP. Officials confiscated five elephant tusks, 80 ivory chopsticks, 3 ivory carvings, and a number of smaller ivory-made items.
To succeed, REDD should consider factors outside forest sector
(01/24/2011) Policymakers should not ignore activities outside the forestry sector in efforts to reduce global deforestation, argues a new report published by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
95% of Liberia's elephants killed by poachers
(01/24/2011) Since the 1980s, Liberia has lost 19,000 elephants to illegal poaching, according to Patrick Omondi of the Kenya Wildlife Service speaking in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The poaching of Liberia's elephants has cut the population by 95% leaving only 1,000 elephants remaining.
Greenland melt is the worst yet
(01/24/2011) Melting of the Greenland ice sheet was the most extreme yet in 2010, beating the previous melt record from 2007. This continues a long-term trend whereby melting in Greenland has increased on average 17,000 square kilometers every year since 1979.
Asia's last lions lose conservation funds to tigers
(01/24/2011) The last lions of Asia and the final survivors of the Asiatic lion subspecies (Panthera leo persica) are losing their federal conservation funding to tiger programs, reports the Indian media agency Daily News & Analysis (DNA). While the Asiatic lion once roamed Central Asia, the Middle East, and even Eastern Europe, today the subspecies survives only in India's Gir Forest National Park in the north-western state of Gujarat.
Updating the top 100 weirdest and most imperiled mammals
(01/24/2011) A lot can change in three years. In January 2007, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) jumpstarted a program unique in the conservation world: EDGE, which stands for Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered, selects the species it works with not based on popularity or fund-raising potential but on how endangered and evolutionary unique (in laymen's terms: weird) they are. When EDGE first arrived in 2007, it made news with its announcement of the world's top 100 most unique and endangered mammals. While this list included a number of well-known species—such as the blue whale and the Asian elephant—it also introduced the public to many little-recognized mammals that share our planet, such as the adorable long-eared jerboa, the ancient poisonous solenodon, and the ET-like aye-aye. However, after three years the EDGE program found that their top 100 mammals list already need updating.
Cocaine production killing Colombia's rainforests
(01/24/2011) Researchers have found that coca cultivation is associated with high rates of forest loss, at least in the southern forests of Colombia. According to a new paper just published in Environmental Science and Technology, areas near new coca plots are significantly more likely to suffer from forest loss. Politicians, environmental groups, and others have long attributed deforestation to coca production. But these researchers are the first to quantity the effect of coca cultivation while controlling for other factors.
Marathon swimmer: an interview with the first man to swim the length of the Amazon
(01/23/2011) Explorers have been making their way down the world's mightiest river for hundreds of years. Untold numbers of people have not completed the journey, drowning in its murky waters, being eaten by animals, losing their way, succumbing to tropical disease, being killed by pirates or hostile local populations. But today a trip down the Amazon is less special—it has even been rafted and kayaked by a few intrepid souls. Traversing the majority of the Amazon can be done easily by commercial boat, provided you have the time and a lot of patience. But then in 2007 a Slovenian did something amazing: he swam the entire length of the river. The adventure took 66 days and exacted a heavy physical and mental toll, but Martin Strel survived and in so doing conveyed a simple, but powerful message to the world: we are part of the our environment.
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Yes, most AC powered flash units use voltage doubler or trippler circuits to charge the capacitor bank to a higher than'normal' voltage than what one gets when you 'just' rectify standard AC to DC. So in a nut shell they are designed for the voltage they are sold to be used at.
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Jim Breuer to Return to Comix At Foxwoods, 11/9
Comix At Foxwoods and Fox Theater will welcome back one of Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time," Jim Breuer, for one performance on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are currently available and fans can purchase tickets in advance for $30, $40 and $50. This show is for mature audiences only.
Tickets are available online at www.comixatfoxwoods.com; by calling the Foxwoods Box Office at 800-200-2882; or in person at the Comix, Fox Theater or MGM Grand Theater Box Offices. Please contact the Comix Comedy Club at 860-312-5050 for additional information or with questions regarding group sales or private parties.
With over 20 years of stand-up comedy experience, Breuer remains one of today's top entertainers. He continues to win over audiences with his off-the-wall humor and lovable personality, while remaining one of the most recognizable comedians in the business. In addition to his current comedy tour, "Something for Everyone," Breuer can be heard on his weekly Sirius/XM Radio show "Fridays with Breuer," featuring guests such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Dennis Leary, and Jeff Foxworthy.
Breuer spent two seasons on the nationally syndicated, "Uptown Comedy Club," before appearing on "Home Improvement." He hit it big with Saturday Night Live in 1995, quickly becoming a fan-favorite for his character "Goat Boy" and dead-on impressions of Joe Pesci during his four year stint. He has since starred in the cult classic "Half Baked," and appeared in "Zookeeper," "Dick," "Titan A.E." and "Beer League." Most recently, he taped his latest one hour comedy special "All Grown Up" at Gramercy Theatre.
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ST. LOUIS -- Running back Steven Jackson is set to start the St. Louis Rams' game against the Seattle Seahawks after missing three days of practice with back spasms.
Jackson entered with four straight 100-yard games and was cleared after participating in pre-game warmups. He had been questionable.
Offensive tackle Jason Smith (concussion), fullback Mike Karney (neck) and guard Richie Incognito (foot) were among the inactives, with Incognito out for the fourth straight game. All three had been questionable.
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Sharing prophetic visions requires bravery because speaking truth to power is often not easy or comfortable. Bishop Tim encourages us to pray for the courage to be brave and truthful.
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Fingerprint Lock
Fingerprint Lock has a modern design that reacts with either haptic, as well as acoustic feedback and the best, it's free! Featurerequests und bugreports are handled with high priority…
Of course, the screen of your Android smartphones can not read your fingerprints, it simply responds to the touch. The trick is that you can change with a simple click on the title of the app (fingerprint lock) between "allow access" and "deny". This naturally dos't know your friends and so the will think you've built a real biometric fingerprint reader in the touch screen of your mobile. This is not a security application or lockscreen!
Note that point in your rating, Fingerprint Lock is explezit marked as fun app! Currently it is technically not possible to use the touchscreen as a fingerprint scanner.
Police Radar Scanner
The best part is that this police scanner not only shows police officers in uniform, but also in civil. Also can FBI, BKA, CIA agents and many more be uncover with this free app.
If you have questions, want a new feature or report an error, simply send an e-mail, I will answer soon as possible.
Note, the Police Radar Scanner is just a fun-app, a prank to trick your friends. Technically it is not possible to expose a police officer with the phone. But you still can get a lot of fun with the app, because your friends do not know this. They will think you've got a real police detector in your mobile.
Pregnancy Ultrasound Simulator
Of course there is this app is just a fun app, becuase it is technically not possible to ultrasound with a smartphone. But this did't know your friends, so you can trick them with this free app. Please note it, before you rate the Pregnancy Ultrasound negative.
How to use: Lie down your pregnant girlfriend and start the ultrasound scanner app. Now just move the mobile left, right, forward and backward to make the ilusion perfect.
Alien Radar Simulator
Start the radar and the Alien detector scans your local area at lightning speed. If he finds an alien or an unidentified flying object (UFO), the app will mark it on screen. Alien Radar uses the various sensors of your android smartphone and evaluates them.
If you have any questions regarding the use, feature requests or bug reports, please send me an e-mail. I'll take care of it promptly. You like this Alien detector? Five stars are of course always welcome.
Note that you can not really track aliens with your mobile phone, it is technically not possible. Alien Radar is just a fun-app, a prank to trick your friends. Continuous improvements will help in making the illusion perfect.
Mosquito Repellent
While the male mosquitoes us awake at night, the female bites. The bite itches.
Now it end! Mosquito Repellent transmits a high frequency sound, chasing mosquitoes into the flight. And this without any chemicals.
The free app is portable and so perfect for the holidays. Unlike other mosquito repellents is no socket needed. It must be refilled no dangerous chemicals, so that there is no trouble at the airport.
Just download, start and enable the app! There are different frequency bands to choose. It should be a region selected is no longer heard by the user. And now mosquitoes are history...
Please remember that the app does not provide a scientifically proven protection! In areas with malaria or yellow fever contact for a sufficient protection to a doctor or pharmacist!
This free app is just an acoustic aid, the effect is controversial. It can not be given a guarantee for the functionality! Remember this also in your review.
This app comes free for Android! Featurerequests and bugreports for Mosquito Repellent are handled with high priority, just send an email, I will answer as soon as possible. You can write me in German and English…
Traffic Light Control (Simu)
Many traffic lights are controlled remotely. The communication is carried out in the 2.4 GHz frequency range, a frequency similar to the wifi-network. TrafficLightControl analyzes and decodes these signals and sends a modified control command to the traffic light to turn from red to green.
The app has been built up so easy that it can be used by anyone. Instead of complicated commands, Traffic Light Control is a 1-click solution.
Featurerequests and bugreports are handled with high priority, just send an email, I will answer as soon as possible. You can write me in German and English…
Of course, your Android smartphones can not use for controlling traffic lights. TrafficLightControl is just a fun-app, note more! With this app you can prank your friends. Note this in your rating, because it is technically not possible to use a normal smartphone for changing traffic lights from red to green.
VIP Radar
To locate the celebrities around you, you just need to start the radar with a single click. By the internal sensors of the mobile and in combination with a secret database, the stars (VIPs) will located in your area and displayed on screen in the form of a signalpoint.
Featurerequests und bugreports are handled with high priority. Just send an e-mail befor you rate this app negative on Google Play.
Note, this app is just a fun-app, a prank! With VIP Radar you can not realy scan your local area for celebrities, it is technically not possible. But you can have a lot of fun with this application by trick your friends, they do not know that it does not work, but they will believe it. ;-)
Love Test Calculator
The LoveTestCalculator relies on a simple operation dispense, is very memory-and resource-saving and also runable on older Android smartphones.
To measure the strength of your relationship, you have only enter your names into the two fields and start the calculation of your love with just one click. The Love Test Calculator calculated how much is your love and output it as percent.
Although the love tester uses a clever system for calculating your love, of course the results can be wrong, because true love can't be summed up in numbers with any algorithm.
This app comes free for Android! Featurerequests and bugreports fort his love calculator are handled with high priority, just send an email, I will answer as soon as possible. You can write me in German and English…
Sudoku++ (free)
Features of Sudoku++:
- more than 25,000 different Sudokus
- 5 levels of difficulty
- add notes into free fields
- resume last 10 puzzles
- undo steps
- multiple color theme
- highlight related fields
- automatic error checking
- and many more
About Sudoku:
Sudoku (sometimes incorrectly written Suduko or Sudoko) originated in Japan (Sūdoku) and literally means something like "strip the numbers". However, the logic puzzle was invented earlier under the name "Number Place" by an American and is a derivative of the "Latin squares".
The classic Sudoku consists of a raster of 9x9 cells, which are grouped into a total of nine 3x3 blocks. The goal of the game is to fill each block with the numbers 1 through 9, but even only used once in each section, column and row.
Sudoku has several levels of difficulty (in this app you can choose between easy, normal, hard, very hard and extreme) based on how many numbers you get to start with and where the digits are positioned.
About the app:
Sudoku++ is the original and not a modified version (like X-Sudoku, Roxdoku or Fudschijama). Notice especially the correct spelling of Sudoku, sometimes incorrectly written Suduku or Sodoko and even like Sodoko or Sodoku.
The app runs on all Android smartphones, starting from version 1.6 (even ICS), but is currently not supported on tablets. To report a bug or request a feature, just send an e-mail: email@example.com
Please note, that the application uses the Internet connection for showing ads. However, on this way no personal data will be stored by the author. You can buy a ad-free version of Sudoku PlusPlus on market.
Write permission for external memory is required to save game data (for example: scores) on memory card.


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PPCRV: Vote-buying rampant in local polls
Rampant but hard to trace and prosecute.
This was how the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) described the existence of vote-buying during elections, particularly at the local level.
This was how the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) described the existence of vote-buying during elections, particularly at the local level.
In a report by GMA News' Isay Reyes on GMA News TV's State of the Nation on Wednesday night, PPCRV media director Ana de Villa-Singson even gave a sample scenario of one of the many forms of the illegal activity.
"What's happening is sa gabi, may umiikot sa mga bahay, kumukuha ng mga signature and asking if they're willing to sell their vote... but that happens in the dead of night kaya mahirap makakuha ng pruweba," she said, adding that what happens is "very, very discreet."
The SONA report showed an image of a sample ballot with money inserted in it that is allegedly being given by two candidates in Surigao del Norte. The report noted that the money offers range from P500 to P3,000.
The PPCRV said that since February, they have received various reports of vote-buying around the country.
The PPCRV also noted that vote-buying in the country has become "trickier," according to a Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines article on Tuesday.
In the CBCP article, De Villa-Singson was quoted as saying that there that vote-buying is difficult to prove.
"It's very hard. You do not know who they are. It's very hard to find people who would testify (in court)," she said.
Likewise, De Villa-Singson was quoted in the article as expressing apprehensions over bigger and bigger targets of candidates who buy votes.
"It's alarming for us because it's getting rampant. The target units before were only families but now it's per barangay. What's next, provincial? Oh my gosh!" the CBCP article quoted her as saying.
The PPCRV has already scheduled to air its advocacy ads against vote-buying in time for the May 2013 elections on Monday.
It has also launched its Call-A-Lawyer program, in which one can ask for legal assistance to know what to do in case of witnessing election-related anomalies.
— with Gian C. Geronimo/RSJ, GMA News
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Winter!: Prepare for holiday gaming!
Quake 4 is an older game amongst the vast range of titles available to this platform. Being among the first titles overall, it is admittedly, dated. This aside, it can still be a decent game, and one that carries a decent story you can follow and get into..more or less.
Being an iconic name and originator in FPS and online multiplayer deathmach style play, my first concern was with the story itself. All the original games of this style shared one flaw, that being lack of story, Demonic beasts that force you to run through mazes to kill them (Doom), Demonic nazis that force you to run through a maze to kill them (Wolfenstein), Demonic aliens and humans that force you to run through city like mazes to kill them (Duke Nukem) and finally, demonic alien species that make you run through mazes to kill them (Quake).
Sliding this game into the tray for the first time, I was skeptical..what could they do to infuse life into this franchise? Well the story is fairly straight forward at first. You play space marine Matthew Kane, revered alien fighter and familiar name from previous Quake incarnations, who along with his squad, the fabled Rhino Squad, attacks the Stroggs home world in an attempt to finally destroy the species once and for all, after having destroyed the Leader of the Strogg (The Makron) in Quake 2. You deal with the usual miltary like bravado of the soldiers as you meet the other characters inthe story. Characters that come back at certain points along the story arc to provide you with either information or help at certain times in your various missions. The Other members of your units exhibit their own personality traits which starts to veer the game away from a boring shooter into one you can get into. Johann Strauss is a paranoid, and selfish engineer who provides some humourous interludes in the game, Lieutenant Voss is your CO and who ultimately you will have to kill as he become a mini boss towards the end of act 2. Nikolai "Sledge" Slidjonovitch enters into the game providing you support from time to time, as well as a host of others that provide assistance to your mission as well as add colour to the games stryline,.
Act 1 involves a mission to destroy the Nexus using an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) bomb, which goes awry in the end leading to your capture. Act 2 is where the game becomes more interesting storywise as during your capture, the Strogg transform you into one of their footsoldiers. After you are rescued by your fellow marines, you witness first hand a kind of racism as you are viewed as strogg and not human, even though the process to change you was not fully completed, you were able to maintain your own conscience. You become vital to the second mission though as your genetic makeup allows you to access areas of the Strogg bases that the human marines cannot. The Second Act sees you destroying a monstrous creature that is in the creation of the Strogg. Finally, the game finishes with you being sent on a mission to shut 3 towers down that will finally destroy the nexus and end the war. Again your genetic makeup proves pivotal to the mission as you and you alone can enter areas only strogg can Access.
As far as gameplay is concerned, the graphics are nice, although dated but that's unavoidable as the game was released in 2005. The game flows smoothly without alot of "jerkiness" seen in some games. Controls are very straight forward with basic movement, reload, shoot, zoom and jump options. Being an older game, there are no special moves or anything you need to memorize or a variety of button mashing techniques to memorize....its a straight run and gun game, which works for me.
The game uses an auto save as well as save on the fly options, which also worked for me as I was able to save at key points where autosave didn't initiate. Autosave though was problematic at times as when it did kick in, the game froze until the save was finished. Not a deal breaker in any way, but an annoyance none the less. With both the autosave and save on the fly features, you will need to manage a large number of save points in the game. I found myself deleting numerous times through my sessions to free up space and remove confusion. Loading games however, takes quite some time, so sit tight as each time you reload, you'll be waiting up to a minute.
Shooters pride themselves on the number and variety of weapon options, and Quake 4 is no different, Standard blaster (with unlimited ammo...the only weapon with that feature), machine gun, shot gun, nail gun, rail gun, rocket launcer, dark matter gun, lightning weapon, grenade launcer and a pulse weapon are bulk of whats available. Each has a limited supply of ammo, but reloads are available throughout the game. Another nice feature is each weapon is customizable, allowing for scopes on some weapons, higher damage output, tracking systems and larger magazines or faster reloads. These customizatons become available as you complete the game, co
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2014 World Value Wine Challenge
We recently reviewed hundred of wines for our 14th annual World Value Wine Challenge and found a 100 or so top picks that are $20 and under and deliver a great bang for the buck. So if you like red, white, rosé, sparkling, dessert, and even box wines, we've got you covered for your holiday get togethers and feasts. more >>
Pinot Noir & Pinot Grigio Are Hot
Everybody loves pinot, how could you not? Sleek and fruit-driven with soft tannins, they drink effortless on their own and most pair brilliantly with food. We just finished a review of domestic pinot noir and gris/grigio for the World Wine Championships. more >>
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