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With an armoury of deadly weapons at your disposal you must fight to survive against an endless horde of zombies hungry for one thing: You!
You've gotten into the hospital, but all the other rooms are locked. Your only chance for survival is to kill for cash, letting you unlock additional rooms or purchase more powerful weapons in your endless fight against the undead. Board up the doors, run fast, shoot to kill and maybe you might see tomorrow after all!
- Fast paced action survival shooter
- Survive against massive waves of the undead!
- Purchase loads of different weapons to defend yourself from the horde
- Buy yourself some time by boarding up doors to keep the undead at bay
- Unlock rooms to make space and find different weapons to finish the fight
- Search for the "random box" and destroy your enemies with the most powerful guns!
- Massive hospital level to explore and defend all by your lonesome
- Turn on the power and use deadly traps like the Masher, Flame Wall, Zapper or Defence Turret to help get to the next wave!
- Vending Machines give you the edge to push on with Quick Repair, Speed, Instant Cash and Armour
- Tutorial level to help you get to grips with the gameplay
- Full 3D action and gory effects in high detailed graphics perfect for all mobile devices!
Xperia PLAY optimized
What's New
The Walking Dead Pinball
The pinball masters at Zen Studios have partnered with Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead for his Skybound imprint at Image Comics, to create an all-new digital pinball table based on the award-winning The Walking Dead game series.
Table features:
-The Walking Dead Pinball table playfield is a tour of the most iconic locations from the game, including the St. John's Dairy Farm, Travelier Motel, Bell Tower, Train & Level Crossing, RV and more.
- Original lines and award winning voice actors from the game, including Dave Fennoy and Melissa Hutchison
- Missions center on player choice in survival situations such as choosing who to save in a zombie attack, solving problems within the group, and acquiring important tools, vehicles and fuel.
- Lee, Clementine and The Walking Dead zombies are represented as 3D characters in game.
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Inspired by the practice and principles of Parkour, Vector's intuitive controls please players of all levels, and sophisticated level designs challenge the most demanding players with fast-paced timing puzzles as the traceur "flows" over the dystopian rooftops.
Game Features:
- Arcade gameplay from the makers of the hit Facebook game
- Astoundingly lifelike Parkour-inspired moves made possible by Cascadeur animation tools
- 20 challenging levels (40 in the "Deluxe Version")
- Quick to learn, challenging to master
The best parkour-inspired action game! Vector lets you break free and run! Don't get caught!
The Press Loves Vector:
"The way Vector mimics the movements of real-life parkour practitioners is quite impressive... I can't wait to be entrapped in Vector's promising mix of direction and magnitude." (appadvice.com)
"Vector is thrilling, rich in variety and it reminds us of Stick Run, but offers much more elaborate animations." (fbgamer.de)
"The only cool way to run from all your problems." (Gamezebo.com)
"The game looks smashing … " (idroidplay.com)
Check out what players are saying about Vector:
"Awesome!", "Wow! Perfect Game, Man", "Greatest game I ever 'ran'!!!", "Woohoo! 5 stars!"
The Crossing Dead
One part Zombie Shooter.
The Crossing Dead will have you constantly coming back for more!
Are you a survivor?
▪ Never the same, endless hours of play
▪ Free-hopping zombies
▪ Awesome weapons and pickups
▪ Never seen before obstacles
▪ Tons of funny characters
▪ Hilarious character demises
▪ Compete with friends for highest score on Google Play
▪ Share videos or photos of your best moments
▪ Earn rewards and upgrade your items and guns
*** Extreme Endless Crossing ***
This game packs tons of the things you've come to love about road crossing games but brings the genre to the next level! Sure there are cars, rivers and logs, but now throw in there sparking telephone poles, flaming cars, graveyards, prison mazes and cities crawling with ZOMBIES!
*** Blast Enemies Away ***
All kinds of weapons and power-ups are littered throughout the randomly generated level. Make use of the shotgun, pistol, laser gun, rocket launcher or chainsaw and make quick work of those pesky zombies. Don't let them eat your brains and convert you to the crossing dead!
*** Compete with Friends ***
Compete with your friends for the highest score and prove that you are the best survivor of them all. If you die your corpse will show up on your Google Play Friend's phone for them to blow away when they have reached your score! You will also be able to see your friend's zombified corpses as you reach their high scores! It's a ton of fun!
*** Funny Characters ***
Their are tons of funny characters to unlock! Collect coins and unlock them all. Then use your favourite one and hop your way to the ultimate zombie survivalist!
This is a super fun, lovingly crafted game. And best of all it's totally free!
Welcome to the world's most hopping zombie apocalypse!
Robot Unicorn Attack 2
"A worthy successor to the title that first spread joy and laughter throughout a dead land." -Kotaku
"Everything that made the original game so much fun is still there and untainted. This is absolutely how a sequel to a game should be done." -148Apps"Robot Unicorn Attack 2 is a wonderful follow-up and a textbook example of how sequels should be done. 4.5/5" -Modojo
"The graphics are mesmerizingly gorgeous, with all kinds of wild, trippy stuff happening in the background... It all adds up to a truly brilliant game that's incredibly fun even if you don't want to pay a cent." -Slide To Play
Get your hands on the latest, greatest, most epic installment of the Robot Unicorn Attack series to date, available for FREE!
Brought to you by PikPok and Adult Swim Games, makers of "Monsters Ate My Condo!!"
- Choose between Team Rainbow or Team Inferno and compete on a unique level every day for prizes
- Race through 2 worlds at war, one of Rainbows and Harmony and one of Ice and Wonder
- Build and customize your very own unicorn, selecting from different bodies, manes, wings, horns, trails and more
- Unlock and arm yourself with 12 different boost abilities, including "Rainbow Savior" and "Gallow's Gallop"
- Achieve both personal and community goals, updated daily
- Battle mighty giants and dash through their dangerous Solar Beams
- Journey through such cosmic spectacles as Space Whales, Leviathan Seahorses, Ice Owls and more
- Both worlds change to new and different layouts every single day
- Personalize your quest (and support the artists) by purchasing new background songs for $.99 apiece, including Erasure's "Always"
- Full Tablet support for both 7 and 10 inch tablets!
- Oh, also? You can fly now. Yeah. Yeah, man.
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Giant Boulder of Death
When a boulder holds a grudge, no one survives. Bowl your way down the mountain and destroy everything in your path. Crush villages, cars, yetis, golden cows, crush everything! From the creators of Robot Unicorn Attack 2 and Monsters Ate My Condo!
Check out the AMAZING new premium Heavy Metal theme!
• Meet our biggest, baddest avatar yet - Metal Boulder!
• Screamalicious new Heavy Yodel music!
• Dozens of brand new crazy props rock this world!
• Apocalyptic! Desolation! Meteors! Lava! Glam Yetis! Demons!
• 50+ smashtastic new goals to complete!
• The most upgradeable avatar yet - max them all to Lv7!
• SUMMON your avatar of choice: The Original Boulder, Happy Holiboulder, Jack O'Boulder or Ms. Boulder
• STEAM through new goal trees specific to each boulder
• ANNIHILATE brand new objects in each theme
• CONQUER Google Play Achievements and Leaderboards!
• CRUSH legions of outrageous mortals, beasts and buildings
• SMASH through over 250 nail-biting goals to unlock over 100 destructible objects
• OBLITERATE your high score with boosts and upgrades
• DOMINATE your friends via Facebook. Connect and SMASH through their avatars!
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Tofu Hunter
- Blast the wide-eyed, unassuming faces off a wide range of adorable, meat-free critters.
- Hunt in a variety of environments, from misty woods to jungle ruins.
- Earn special weapons like crossbows, grenade launchers and the experimental "Omega-3".
- Tag bounties for extra scores and extra bragging rights.
- Earn achievements for stopping stampedes, sparing Tofu Does, avoiding Tofu Leopards and bagging one of each Tofu variety.
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Rick and Morty: Jerry's Game
- Pop the balloons!
- Keep popping the balloons!
- Never stop popping the balloons
- Unlock new skins and features
- Infinite Replayability
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SHADOWGUN puts you into the role of John Slade, the galaxy's most infamous bounty hunter. Your mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, maniacal genius and leader of his own mutant army. Infiltrate Dr. Simon's mountain fortress and fight his personal guard of cyborgs, battle droids, and genetically-enhanced humanoids. Using state-of-the-art weaponry, ships, and the assistance of S.A.R.A.—Slade's personal android assistant—SHADOWGUN combines intense tactical combat with 3rd person action.
- Featuring the most advanced combat A.I. to date—enemies flank, seek cover, and utilize teamwork to take you down! Battle automated sentries, aerial drones, and other lethal foes—tactical maneuvers are based upon actual military strategy!
- Solve hacking mini-games to whet your nerdly appetite, then get back to blasting!
- It ain't just pretty—it's gorgeous! Advanced lighting effects, beautifully rendered environments, and pro voices make this one of the most advanced games for your smartphone!
- Immersive storyline with multiple outcomes! You decide how it ends!
- The first installment in a major franchise!
- Unlock the detailed "Shadowpedia", and read more about the SHADOWGUN universe!
- Survive the onslaught of Dr. Simon's deadly creations, including level bosses, mutated grunts, killer machines, and more!
☣ Xperia Play Optimized ☣
☣ Version for Tegra 2, Mali-400, Adreno and PowerVR devices ☣
☣ supports nVidia Shield ☣
☣ supports Moga Pocket and Moga Pro controllers ☣
☣ lowered difficulty when playing on Easy mode ☣
☣ added option to configure move axis for gamepads ☣
☣ fit on screen on small devices ☣
☣ cloud backup for progress safety, for storing gameplay data and achievements ☣
☣ known issues
- gamepad controllers doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy S4
- The story directly follows the events of original Shadowgun
- 4 new levels
- New enemy creature
- New gun
- New type of gaming interaction
- New collectibles
- New soundtrack
- Lot of new graphics, animations and cutscenes
Robot Unicorn Attack
• "There's nothing better than storming the purple shores of some nameless land as a robot, rainbow-sh***ing unicorn to the beat of Erasure's 'Always'." -Kotaku
• Finally, the addicting Internet sensation gallops majestically onto Android Market
Everyone has dreams…even robot unicorns. Well, ESPECIALLY robot unicorns. They have dreams of fairies and dolphins and Erasure. And they chase them like nobody's business. Now you can live the life of a robot unicorn everywhere you go with ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK for your favorite Android device. Run like the wind, dash like the rain, and make your dreams come true.*
*Dreams unlikely to come true.
BUSH'S® Bean Dash
• Play Jay and Duke Bush's Video Game from the BUSH'S® Beans TV Commercial!
• Bush's Bean Dash. Easy-to-Learn. Difficult-to-Master. Single-Touch Run and Jump play
• All New, Exclusive Jay Bush Voice Clips!
• Three Different Zones – The Farm, The Barn & The Countryside
• Randomized Retro Arcade Game Style Level Designs
• Four Different Power-Ups!
• Fly with a Pig!
• Drive with Duke!
• Make Nine Different BUSH'S® Flavors to Earn Achievements!
• NO IN-GAME PURCHASES! Bush's Bean Dash is completely free to play!
Run and jump, fly and drive your way through three different zones of the Bush's farm as Duke (the family dog) chimes in with advice and words of encouragement along the way. A simple tap will help Jay Bush jump over obstacles and enemies. A double tap will allow you to super-jump and reach higher goals. As Jay runs and jumps, gather as many beans as you can and keep an eye on your bean meter – if it runs out, it's GAME OVER.
At the bottom of the screen, you'll see the recipe for your current BUSH'S® Baked Beans flavor. Gather all of the ingredients to earn recipe achievements!
Share your high score and achievements with your friends through Facebook! (Game DOES NOT automatically post on your behalf. See your settings for details.)
Live the dream! Get the beans! Maybe you'll even learn The Bush's Baked Beans Secret Family Recipe along the way...
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Nyan Cat: Lost In Space
** The most popular and most appreciated Nyan Cat game
"Awesome!" - prguitarman, author of the original Nyan Cat character
WARNING! The Nyan Cat game and music are seriously addictive! Play with Nyan Cat only at your own risk!
"Best, game, EVAR!" - Jamiejdjdjdjdj
"This is the beat of the nyan cat games" - Crazyboy4826
"This game is pro!" - Oseycyhycyg
"I can't stop playing this Nyantastic game" - Rossw123
"cute game thats fun to play! love the art style & glad it's universal! dont like cats, but i DO love this game!" - Starscream1017
Features for humans:
-powerups (magnet, ...)
-score multipliers
-three game modes
-Nyan Cat skins
-different background themes
-different forms of NYAN CAT (Supernyan, ...) and TAC NAYN
-beautiful pixel art
Features for Nyans:
nyan nyan nyan nyan POWERUPS nyan nyan nyan ACHIEVEMENTS nyan nyan SUPERNYAN nyan ONLINE HIGH SCORES nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan BEAUTIFUL PIXEL ART nyan nyan nyan
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Fish Out Of Water!
Launch a daredevil group of fishy friends to the sky in Fish Out Of Water, an adventure across the sun, sand and surf!
This is a brand new mobile masterpiece from Halfbrick, creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride!
Fish Out Of Water is the story of six feisty fish longing to soar above the ocean. To help them get airborne, players simply throw their fish of choice right out of the water and watch as it flies through the clouds and skips merrily along the waves!
Battle the elements and choose your throw wisely as the weather changes every few minutes. Expect the unexpected with crazy tsunamis, icebergs and even an immense jellyfish swarm!
The Crab Crew will score your overall performance, and that's where the action really heats up. Compete in daily competitions with friends or a huge variety of individual challenges. As objectives are completed, players level up and unlock crystals that can be crafted to unleash awesome bonus powers!
Fish Out Of Water is an easy choice for instant fun – a seaworthy search for the perfect 10!
This game may contain:
- The ability to purchase optional content using real money. You can adjust parental controls in the settings menu of your device.
- Promotional material for Halfbrick products and trusted business partners.
- Links to external social networking sites intended for users over the age of 13.
- Direct links to the internet which may open the default web browser on your device.
- The ability to see user-generated player names and social leagues. These features can be disabled from within the game.
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Minecraft: Pocket Edition
Pocket Edition includes Survival and Creative modes, multiplayer over a local Wi-Fi network, infinite worlds, caves, new biomes, mobs, villages and lots more. Craft, create and explore anywhere in the world so long as you have hands spare and battery to burn.
There's never been a better time to enjoy Minecraft on the move.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition is a Universal App. Pay once and play on any of your Android devices.
Zombie Smasher
Get ready to defend your home as a mob of zombies is about to invade your town! Those undead creatures are back, and it's up to you to keep them brainless. Use your finger to tap on the zombies to smash and eliminate them before they break down your door.
How to Play:
- Simply touch the zombies to kill them
- Don't hit the kids surfers from neighborhood
- Use the special power-ups wisely
Game Features:
- Story Mode (60 levels and more to come), Survival Mode, Time Mode
- 7 totally terrifying enemy zombie breeds (normal, dog, oilworker, timberman, ghost, baby & fat boss)
- Amazing visuals & immersive CD quality audio
- Intense zombie-blasting action game play fit for subway time
Samurai II: Vengeance
But looks alone won't carry a game – the developers listened to fan feedback and improved gameplay throughout. With a new virtual d-pad, dynamic camera, environmental puzzles, traps, and vicious new enemies, Samurai II is brand new experience for hack 'n' slash gamers on the go.
Samurai II sends Daisuke on a quest for revenge across the war-scorched countryside. From a seafaring village to a flying fortress to the legendary Isle of the Dead, the samurai will stop at nothing to hunt down his arch-enemy Orochi. Will he get his Vengeance?
★ Intuitive virtual joystick ensures you're slicing up baddies, not swiping the screen.
★ Dynamic camera finds the best perspective for each encounter, adding variety while keeping focused on the action.
★ Tense, quick and gory battle sequences!
- Battle hordes of on-screen enemies wielding new weapons and sporting unique abilities.
- Stay nimble and plan your attacks – roll out of harm's way and eliminate ranged enemies like the Samurai Archer before they can strike.
★ Improved game play includes new features.
- Solve environmental puzzles, avoid dangerous traps, and discover useful items.
- The fight is on - not to worry, the combat never takes a back seat to platforming or fetch-quests.
★ RPG elements reward skilled players – upgrade the Samurai's health, buy new attack combos and upgrade them to devastating levels.
★ Between levels, gorgeous anime-style comic panels tell the samurai's tale with original hand-drawn artwork.
★ New survival mode pits the samurai against waves of enemies, giving hardcore players a score-attack mode to hone their skills. Two games in one!
★ Advanced AI system on par with console games. Goal Oriented Action Planning architecture is used in many PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 games.
★ Original soundtrack – in classic samurai movie style, soft music builds with the heat of battle.
*60 FPS only on capable devices.
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Download problems are usually related to the device's download cache
being restricted.
1 If you have rooted device
Run from the ADB Shell :
umount /cache
busybox mount -o rw,remount -t rootfs /
rmdir /cache
mkdir /data/cache
ln -s /data/cache /cache
2 Devices that are running mods such as CM
Here's a link to a solution on the CM forums for such an issue.
Lep's World 2
nerByte presents the long-awaited successor of Lep's World with more Levels, more Items, more enemies, better game physics, awesome graphics and beautiful new sound effects. Thanks for all your feedback! We took the best ideas and packed them into Lep's World 2, and the result is an incredibly good and addictive game.
5/5 "This side-scroller is simply phenomenal!"
5/5 "The best game i have ever played!"
It is a beautiful sunny day in Leprechaun Village. Lep and his friends enjoy the sun, when suddenly the sky darkens and lightning fills the sky. An evil wizard appears, he steals the Leprechaun's gold, and kidnaps all the villagers except Lep, who luckily escapes. The wizard is planning to use the Leprechaun's magic and combine it with his own to take over the world.
Lep has to save his friends and family all alone. So help him to gain more powerful abilities to defeat the wizard. Jump and run through Lep's world and have fun with 64 awesome well-designed levels in this beautiful adventure.
Note: Get more abilities after each World. (e.g. to wear more pine cones ;) )
+ Super Beautiful new graphics with more detail
+ 8 unique Worlds with 64 Levels
+ 10 wonderful items and abilities
+ 13 demanding enemies
+ Challenging boss fights
+ Classic platform game style
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Dead on Arrival 2
Think you know Dead on Arrival 2, well think again! Download this massive update with all new undead action!
- The zombies have mutated and are harder and faster than ever. One or two hits from the undead and it's game over!
- Jump into single player and try out the new kill based scoring.
- The steel mill now spans over 5 levels to massacre the undead!
- Complete all new personal best bonuses and challenges to score some big Zbucks!
- In a tight spot? Not to worry, we'll come to your rescue with all the gear you need, when you need it so take note of the weapon and power-up prompts!
- The mystery box now has a cool down timer before you can use it again. You just need to stay alive long enough to give it another go.
- One gun on the wall is just not enough to fight the zombie horde. We've swapped this up with an entire arsenal of kickass weapons and power-ups for you to stay alive.
… Don't like the new look and feel? Not to worry. Multiplayer is still the game you know and loved so head on over with your friends and take on the undead together.
Intense co-operative zombie survival!!
Tear through wave after wave of the walking dead as you fight for your life in an industrial playground filled with deadly traps and deadlier enemies. An intense top down survival shooter, bringing console quality graphics to your mobile device.
Featuring a Strategic Spending System, survival is based not just on your skills but also the decisions you'll make about how to spend the precious Z-Bucks earnt from each kill. Making the wrong decision between more ammo now or a better weapon later could mean life or death.
Team up with friends or strangers in 2-4 multiplayer and apply Mods to change the experience and give yourself the edge. Did somebody say Ice Bullets?
How long can you survive the zombie onslaught?
Yes that's right! You can fight the zombie horde alone or join forces and take on the bloodthirsty masses with up to 3 other players in co-op mode.
Advanced lighting and shaders bring you a dark and gritty version of the zombie apocalypse
How long will you survive against endless waves of the undead?
Team up with your friends to fight the zombie horde together.
Unlock new areas of the map and use environmental traps to survive
Will you choose to buy more ammo for your pistol, unlock the door to the next area or save your Z-bucks to buy the rocket launcher? Better decide fast, the horde is right behind you!
Unlock and equip special modifiers such as Double Damage, Ice Bullets, Healing and more to change the way you play the game
Just because its the end of the world doesn't mean you can't fight the undead as a dinosaur. Or in scuba gear.
Showcase the power of your NVIDIA Tegra 4 device (such as the NVIDIA Shield) with Dead on Arrival 2
The sequel to Dead on Arrival brings new graphics, new zombies, new battlegrounds and new upgradeable weapons.
Keep pulling that trigger and see how long you can survive.
NOTE: If you have trouble loading the game or get an .obb error, please reboot your device and try again. You can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the game.
We are also working to resolve loading issues with certain chipsets like the Snapdragon 800 (LG G2, Xperia Z etc).
Train Town: Build & Explore
From the makers of the top ranked My First Trainz Set, Trainz Driver and Trainz Simulator apps comes a whole new world of fun for young train fans (or the young at heart).
With a few simple taps, anyone can make their first "Train Town" in seconds. Then jump into Drive mode to explore your creation and run trains for hours to come.
With the incredible "Crash Physics" feature, mayhem in your virtual world is never far away as you bounce, smash and crash into everything in your path. And don't forget to watch out for exploding gas bottles and tanks!!
Train Town offers two different modes of fun for the whole family:
In Create Mode, populate your world with buildings, rocks, trees, roads, cars and a variety of colorful animated characters. Lay train track with a few taps of your finger, then jump right in to Driver Mode to follow your trains wherever they go.
In Driver Mode, add your favorite trains such as Tough Thomas, Steaming Sam, Rocket Train Rod and many others. How you drive them is up to you - speed up or slow down to avoid the cars, characters and other trains, or perhaps go all out on a destruction derby approach to wipe everything off the map.
Jump from train to train, change camera angles, zoom in and out and enjoy the action in an amazing, colorful and exciting cartoon world.
You can also share your creations online and download Towns created by other players.
As long as you have battery power to burn, you'll find it hard to put down your device. Train Town is free-form game-play that will keep the kids occupied for hours!
- constructive sandbox entertainment
- easy to use for all ages 4 and up
- colorful 3D cartoon graphics
- huge variety of cool trains and scenery
- explosions, crashing, super fast trains
- variety of camera angles to view the action
- great fun for kids (and big kids too, Dad!)
Trainz Simulator
With Trainz custom built input system to get the most out of the touch functionality you'll find driving Trains, laying tracks, creating layouts and completing scheduled tasks a breeze. Trainz Simulator THD is packed full of content, routes and sessions to give you the best Train experience on any mobile platform. Trainz Simulator THD is a world first for Android!
Trainz Simulator includes everything you need to build and operate your own dream railroad. You can build a fun layout in minutes, faithfully recreate a railroad from days gone by or develop a fully fledged prototypical route; the choice is yours.
• Touch input makes driving Trains, laying tracks, creating layouts and completing scheduled tasks easy.
• More Accessible! Take Trainz with you anytime, anywhere.
• Drive Loads of Trains.
• Operate a complete working rail line.
• Build and customize your own living railroad using our advanced route creation tool called "Surveyor".
• Trainz Simulator THD offers advance visual effects such as lighting, weather effects, fog, higher detail Trains, beautiful water, increase performance and 2 new routes with all new sessions.
Previous Upgrades
- List scrolling functionality
- Accuracy for touch interface in Surveyor.
- Free Roaming View camera panning
- Save Session display the time of save.
- Scroll around Map View while in driver mode.
- Display hint windows in various parts of the game.
- Camera control toggled on/off.
- Thumbstick 'navigation' controls.
- Camera Options for Tutorial 2.
- Sander icon displays correctly.
- Merging routes.
- Rail Yard sleep state.
- Sound burst before a session resumed or reloaded.
Note: Unfortunately there are just so many Android devices in the market and suppliers update their specs all the time. We have to make the best judgment as to which devices will work with our product outside of our quality assurance. If you are experiencing issues on your device we would love to hear from you. Please contact support so we can attempt to resolve it.
Trainz Driver
It's time to pack more horsepower in your pocket and take Trainz Driver with you everywhere you go. With a new user interface, controls, and a mix of realistic routes and arcade style sessions, there is something for everyone aged 4 to 104.
Here's what our customers are saying:
***** Shirley Hoffman
Trainz driver Awesome man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***** Eric Brubaker
Love it Best simulator i have played,
***** Jaden Campbell
Nice game This is a awesome game!!!
***** Adam Ryan
Good This is the best train game I've ever played on a phone. Keep it up
***** Guardrail Gino
Awesome This is the game I've been waiting for. I'll keep it simple... This app works great and I've had no problem with it! I love it... LG Nitro ICS 4.02
***** Mark
Great Well worth the money. A highly involving and thoroughly enjoyable game simulator. Runs brilliantly on my Galaxy tab 10.1 ICS.
***** noxo
Great game Very happy with game on Samsung Galaxy Note N7000! Super good graphics and nicely boxed controls for mobile.
Trainz Driver puts you in the cab of a variety of locomotives from around the world. Choose from the "Easy Mode" speed controls, or the more advanced "Realistic Mode" control system. With multiple camera modes you can fly alongside your favourite train, admire the view from the cab, or watch from trackside all while you interact with industries and passenger stations, picking up and dropping off freight wagons, people, and more!
Expand your experience: You can also create your own Routes and Sessions in Trainz Simulator for Tablet devices (available for separate purchase on Google Play) and then share them with Trainz Driver users through the Download Station. Hundreds of user-created routes are already available, free to download.
Note: Samsung S3 device owners report incompatibility with the (m0) chipset. S3 + Android 4.1.2 CM10 is reported to solve this issue for some users.
Unfortunately there are just so many Android devices in the market and suppliers update their specs all the time. We have to make the best judgment as to which devices will work with our product outside of our quality assurance. If you are experiencing issues on your device we would love to hear from you. Please contact support so we can attempt to resolve it.
My First TRAINZ Set
Introducing My First TRAINZ Set!
Get the creative juices flowing as you build winding tracks up, around and through real life rooms in a house! Sit back and take in the view as you watch trains steam around your masterpiece. You can even interact with different industries to pickup and drop off passengers and inventory.
Instead of kids fighting over a violent video game, imagine your thrill when they are feverishly working together to build train tracks all over the bedroom, living room, kitchen or garage!
My First TRAINZ Set brings the joy of model train building to touch devices in a format that is kid-friendly, creative and fun.
* You're the designer! Build winding, climbing tracks and build it over, under, around and through more objects than you can poke a stick at!
* Build Team-Work! Your kids will never get along better than this as they work together to build tracks that will WOW you.
* Nine realistic trains to drive! From old chugging steamers to shiny bullet trains.
* Let your children's (and your!) creativity run wild. Four huge rooms, Countless Items to build on / through / under, Nine Trains and a Track Builder mean that there is virtually limitless gameplay!
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But then why did they program the nanites to take out all of a plane's systems except for its running lights so that you could just so happen to see them fall out of the sky at night when the blackout hit?
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There is provided a method and system for replicating data at another location. The system includes a source node that contains data in a data storage area. The source node is coupled to a network of potential replication nodes. The processor determines at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes and determines the communication cost associated with a each of the eligible nodes. The processor also determines a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of eligible nodes, and selects at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of the data located on the source node. The selection is based on an the determined communication costs and probability of concurrent failure.
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting replication nodes in a network of nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
determining at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes;
determining a communication cost for each of the eligible nodes;
determining a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the eligible nodes; and
selecting at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of data located on the source node based on determined communication costs and probabilities of concurrent failure.
2. The computer-implemented method according to
3. The computer-implemented method according to
geographically distributed data storage entities.
4. The computer-implemented method according to
replicating data located on the source node on the at least one selected node.
5. The computer-implemented method according to
6. A system for replicating data, the system comprising:
a source node having a data storage area;
at least a first and a second replication node coupled to the source node via a network interface;
a processor coupled to the source node, the processor determining a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the first and second replication nodes and a communication cost of communicating data from the source node to each of the first and second replication nodes, the processor selecting, based on the determined communication costs and probabilities at least one of the first and second replication nodes for replicating data contained in the data storage area of the source node.
7. The system according to
8. The system according to
an input for receiving at the processor data pertaining to the probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the first and second replication nodes.
9. The system according to
10. The system according to
geographically distributed data storage entities.
11. The system according to
a non-volatile data storage area.
12. A computer program product for selecting replication nodes in a network of nodes, the computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
determining at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes;
determining a communication cost for each of the eligible nodes;
determining a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the eligible nodes; and
selecting at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of data located on the source node based on determined communication costs and probabilities of concurrent failure.
13. The computer program product according to
14. The computer program product according to
geographically distributed data storage entities.
15. The computer program product according to
16. The computer program product according to
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No.: TA1H98230-04-3-0001 awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
1 Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to information replication, and more particularly to selection of information replication locations based on a low probability of catastrophic concurrent failures and communication costs.
2. Description of the Related Art
Reliable backup of data is an important aspect of any computing system where loss of data would be detrimental to the system. For a backup system to be effective, at least one replica of the data should survive a failure, or data-destroying event, so that data can be recovered. Such failures may happen as a result of catastrophic events (such as terrorist attacks), extreme weather phenomena, large-scale network failures, power blackouts, and other similar events. To survive such events, data should be replicated on nodes that are unlikely to be affected by concurrent failures (i.e., failures affecting multiple system nodes simultaneously.)
Currently employed solutions replicate data either on nodes that are close to the data source (for example within the same LAN or building site) or on remote, geographically diverse sites. The use of replicas in close proximity to the data source results in low replication cost but does not provide the required geographic diversity to survive catastrophic failures that may affect an entire geographic area. Conversely, while replication on remote sites may provide higher resiliency to catastrophes, large distances between data storage locations results in high cost (such as equipment, infrastructure, and communication).
Recently, methods that replicate content across multiple nodes have been proposed, particularly in the context of peer-to-peer networks. A common characteristic in peer-to-peer based solutions is that they select a random set of nodes (peers) where the content is placed, without any consideration for the geographic distance, communication cost, or delay between these nodes. The nodes where data replication is performed could be located very far away (e.g., across countries or continents). So, while selection of a random set of nodes to replicate data using these methods could be used to survive catastrophic events, it is likely to incur very high communication costs and delays, and thus is not a dependably efficient method of replicating data.
Existing solutions for achieving data availability do not jointly consider resiliency and communication cost. Furthermore, none of these solutions consider the impact of multiple, concurrent failures which may be caused by catastrophic events. A new solution that addresses both of these issues is therefore required.
What is needed is a solution that achieves desired levels of data availability in disaster recovery while considering jointly the resiliency requirements and replication costs. Furthermore, a solution is needed that factors in an impact and probability of multiple, concurrent failures which may be caused by catastrophic events.
Briefly, in accordance with the present invention, disclosed is a computer-implemented method for selecting replication nodes in a network of geographically distributed data storage nodes. In one embodiment, the method includes determining at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes, determining a communication cost for each of the eligible nodes, determining a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the eligible nodes, and then selecting at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of data located on the source node based on determined communication costs and probabilities of concurrent failure.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication cost is determined by factoring a physical distance between the eligible nodes, an electrical pathway distance, a number of switches between nodes, an electrical pathway signal carrying capacity of the lines, or a combination thereof.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the eligible node is selected because it has the lowest combined value of communication cost and probability of a concurrent failure. Once the eligible node is selected data located on the source node is replicated on the one or more selected nodes.
The node replicating system includes a source node with a data storage area and at least two replication nodes that are coupled to the source node via a network interface. The system also includes a processor coupled to the source node. The processor determines a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the replication nodes and a communication cost of communicating data from the source node to each replication nodes. The processor then selects, based on the determined communication costs and probabilities at least one of the replication nodes for replicating data contained in the data storage area of the source node.
In one embodiment of the present invention statistical records of previous events are factored into the probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of the replication nodes.
The accompanying figures where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements throughout the separate views and which together with the detailed description below are incorporated in and form part of the specification, serve to further illustrate various embodiments and to explain various principles and advantages all in accordance with the present invention.
It should be understood that the embodiments described below are only examples of the many advantageous uses of the innovative teachings herein. In general, statements made in the specification of the present application do not necessarily limit any of the various claimed inventions. Moreover, some statements may apply to some inventive features but not to others. In general, unless otherwise indicated, singular elements may be in the plural and vice versa with no loss of generality. In the drawing like numerals refer to like parts through several views.
Embodiments of the present invention optimize the availability of replicated data by jointly considering a probability of catastrophic concurrent failures and replication cost. The system is operable across a large set of nodes, in both a fully distributed and a centralized manner. Each node (data source) on which the system is deployed makes decisions about where to replicate the data it is generating (collecting, processing, etc.). These decisions are based on a probability of the source and replication location(s) being simultaneously damaged by a single event, related events, or concurrent events. These events include power outages, network failures, computer viruses, and catastrophes, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, terrorist acts, and others. The replication location determination is also based on one or more metrics that factor communication costs involved in replicating the data in a location that is a determined distance away from the source node.
Described now is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
The node 200 includes a display interface 208 that forwards graphics, text, and other data from the communication infrastructure 202 (or from a frame buffer not shown) for display on a display unit 210. The node also includes a main memory 206, preferably random access memory (RAM), and also includes a secondary memory 212. The secondary memory 212 includes, for example, a hard disk drive 214 and/or a removable storage drive 216, representing a floppy disk drive, a magnetic tape drive, an optical disk drive, etc. The removable storage drive 216 reads from and/or writes to a removable storage unit 218 in a well known manner. Removable storage unit 218 represents a floppy disk, a compact disc, magnetic tape, optical disk, etc. which is read by and written to by removable storage drive 216. As will be appreciated, the removable storage unit 218 includes a computer readable medium having stored therein computer software and/or data.
In alternative embodiments, the secondary memory 212 includes other similar means for allowing computer programs or other instructions and data to be loaded into the computer system. Such means include, for example, a removable storage unit 222 and an interface 220. Examples of such include a program cartridge and cartridge interface (such as that found in video game devices), a removable memory chip (such as an EPROM, or PROM) and associated socket, and other removable storage units 222 and interfaces 220 which allow software and data to be transferred from the removable storage unit 222 to the computer system.
The node also includes a communications interface 224. Communications interface 224 allows software and data to be transferred between the node and other nodes on a network or to external devices. Examples of communications interface 224 include a modem, a network interface (such as an Ethernet card), a communications port, a PCMCIA slot and card, etc. Software and data transferred via communications interface 224 are in the form of signals which may be electronic, electromagnetic, optical, or other signals capable of being received by communications interface 224. These signals are provided to communications interface 224 via a communications path (i.e., channel) 226. This channel 226 carries signals and may be implemented using wire or cable, fiber optics, a phone line, a cellular phone link, an RF link, and/or other communications channels.
In embodiments of the present invention, the source node replicates its data on a subset of destination nodes for resiliency purposes. For each destination node, a set of coordinates are known and are obtained from, for instance, a location service, such as GPS, or estimated using delay-based network measurements such as Global Network Positioning [GNP], or other available methods. If a set of coordinates cannot be obtained, a set of distances between the nodes can be used. The nodes can be distributed across a large geographic area.
Embodiments of the present invention allow the source node N0 to determine an optimum set of nodes for the placement of its replicated data. In one embodiment of the present invention, optimality is determined by factoring the probability of data being available at any time on a candidate node and minimized replication cost. Replication cost can be defined in a variety of ways, depending on the particular disaster recovery policy and cost structure. It may include communication cost, which is a function of the distance between the source node and its replicating nodes, storage cost, infrastructure cost, etc. Communication cost can be given by any function that increases with the number of nodes and distance of these nodes from the source node N0. Availability is expressed as the probability that at least one node replicating the data survives at any time.
Exemplary causes of concurrent failures that cause both the source node and a replication node to become simultaneously unavailable are extreme weather phenomena, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., destructive catastrophic events, such as acts of terrorism or accidents, network failures, computer viruses, power failures, and other similar causes.
As an example of availability,
Preferred embodiments of the present invention construct a model of correlated failures to compute this probability. The model uses historical data as well as predictive mathematical models. In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in
For example, the model of the combination of independent and correlated failures to compute the failure probability can be constructed as follows. The model assumes that failures happen in time and that time is slotted. The length of a time slot is defined so that the probability that in each time slot, the probability that one correlated fault occurs is Pcorr and the probability that more than one such fault occurs within a single timeslot is negligible. As described above, Pcorr, can be computed from historical data as well as predictive mathematical models. We assume that the center of the fault event is distributed according to a uniform random distribution over a circular fault field with radius R on the 2-dimensional plane. For simplicity of presentation, we use the center of the circular fault field as the origin of the 2-dimension space and adjust all coordinates accordingly. To characterize the phenomenon that fault events affecting large geographic areas are much rarer than those affecting small geographic areas, we assume the impact of a fault event is exponentially decaying: the impact reaches as far as a distance r from the center of the fault, where r is random and exponentially distributed with parameter c; when a fault happens, all sensors within a radius of r to the center of the fault fail simultaneously.
When a fault event occurs at center v, all sensors in a set S will fail due to this correlated fault if and only if their maximum distance to v is equal or less than the radius of the fault. That is, the probability that they all fail due to this fault event is
In the case that the center of the fault event is not distributed according to a uniform random distribution, but instead a distribution Pcorr(u), equation (2) is written as:
When both independent and correlated failures are possible, the failure of a set of nodes during the same time slot can be the result of various combinations of independent failures and correlated failures (e.g., part of the nodes in the set fail independently and the other nodes within the set fail due to a correlated failure.) To compute this probability, we first consider the conditional probability that all nodes in a set S fail in a time slot given that a fault has happened in that time slot with the fault center at u. To calculate this conditional probability, we consider separately the cases where the radius of the fault covers 1 node, 2 nodes, . . . , or all nodes in S. Assume that the sensors in S have been sorted based on their distances from u and that they are denoted by Ni1, Ni2, . . . ,Ni|S| in increasing order. In this case, we have:
This integral can be computed using numerical methods. The availability of data generated by a node NA in a time slot is thus defined as the probability that either NA or at least one of the sensors in its backup set SA survives the risk of both independent failures and geographically correlated failures through the time slot. That is, the availability, denoted by A(NAYSA)=1−Fcomb(NAYSA).
Replicating on a small set of nodes and/or nodes that are close to the source node incurs a low replication cost, but also suffers from low availability. Conversely, replicating on a large set of nodes and/or nodes that are geographically distributed-located far from the source node—incurs large replication cost but also achieves high availability. Embodiments of the present invention determine an optimal combination of replica nodes, in terms of number of nodes and their location. This is done by looking at a plurality of communication parameters to determine a communication cost. The parameters include factors, such as physical distances, electrical path lengths and other electrical pathway factors between nodes. For instance, although a replication node may be physically separated a larger distance away from the source node than other available replication nodes, the electrical path length to that replication node may be the shortest, thus giving the pair the lowest communication cost. The parameters also include factors, such as the cost of establishing a connection to a node via a service providers' network and the cost of data storage on the node.
In addition to path lengths, the connection from one node to another may vary in the number of switches in the electrical pathway, each having an inherent delay associated with it. Furthermore, a bandwidth, or electrical signal carrying capacity, may vary from node to node. Also, a node's memory capacity for storing data can be a factor. If the node has only enough capacity to store a portion of the data, the cost of communicating the remaining data to other nodes should be factored into the overall communication cost.
The set of candidates can be very large and include any combination of nodes among the nodes reachable by the source node. Preferred embodiments of the present invention narrow the search space to determine the optimal set of replicating nodes by applying a "branch-and-bound" algorithm to deal with the combinatorial explosion among all possible node sets. This begins with an initial set of candidate nodes (Nl, . . . , Nk), which can be derived arbitrarily, e.g., by limiting the maximum distance from the source node, or through some discovery/directory service. Each candidate set of nodes is examined against a requirement for the solution. In one embodiment of the present invention the requirement is to satisfy a given availability or probability that all data produced at a node will be available, for example 0.99999. In such an embodiment, the optimal set is the one that satisfies the availability requirement while exhibiting the lowest replication cost. In another embodiment of the present invention, the requirement from each set of candidate nodes is to have a replication cost below a certain budget. In this embodiment, the optimal set is the one that satisfies the budget requirement, while maximizing the availability. The "branch-and-bound" algorithm considers the possible sets of nodes as follows: first, it considers the solutions that include the singleton sets {N1}, . . . , {Nk}. For each solution, the availability and replication cost is computed. Other candidate nodes are added to each possible solution set, creating a new candidate set and expanding into a tree-like structure.
At each stage, the "branch-and-bound" algorithm considers whether the candidate sets satisfy the given requirements. In the embodiment where the requirement is to satisfy a given availability, if the availability of a given solution set satisfies the requirement no further expansion of this branch is needed, since the addition of another node will result in an unnecessary increase in cost. If a branch that does not satisfy availability has a higher communication cost than one that does, it is disregarded and not pursued further. When no further branches can be constructed, the lowest cost solution is selected from among the remaining solution sets that satisfy the availability requirement.
The branch and bound algorithm can be expressed in pseudo-code as follows:
In other embodiments, the system is extended to cover cases where the location of one or more nodes is not given by continuous coordinates in a multi-dimensional space, but by placement within a region or surface of the space. In this case the multidimensional space is sub-divided into a number of regions, each one of which includes one or more nodes. In this case, it can be assumed that a correlated failure will impact all nodes within on or more regions, i.e., if a node is affected then all nodes with the region of that node are also affected. The probability that two or more regions will fail simultaneously due to a correlated failure depends on the distance between the regions, measured in terms of the (discrete) number of regions between them. Similarly, the radius of a failure is given in a (discrete) number of regions affected from the center of the failure. The probability distribution for the radius may follow a geometric distribution, analogous to the exponential distribution in the continuous case discussed above. In the example embodiment of
In step 514, each node is assigned a value, based on a combination of communication cost and the geographic location of the candidate node. A selection is then made, in step 516, based on these assigned values. In step 518, the data is replicated on the selected node or nodes. In some embodiments, the nodes are constantly, or periodically, monitored to determine changing conditions or the availability of new nodes that are strategically better choices for replication.
While preferred embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not so limited. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions and equivalents will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
The terms "a" or "an," as used herein, are defined as "one or more than one." The term "plurality," as used herein, is defined as "two or more than two." The term "another," as used herein, is defined as "at least a second or more." The terms "including" and/or "having," as used herein, are defined as "comprising" (i.e., open language). The terms "program," "software application," and the like as used herein, are defined as "a sequence of instructions designed for execution on a computer system." A program, computer program, or software application typically includes a subroutine, a function, a procedure, an object method, an object implementation, an executable application, an applet, a servlet, a source code, an object code, a shared library/dynamic load library and/or other sequence of instructions designed for execution on a computer system.
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However, if you broke up with someone who wished you had not, that means you're not logical in your relationships.
Most people are logical in there relationships, and not logical in their interaction.
This is the challenge you are faced with.
He is doing what everyone else would do.
I'd say the two of you just need to talk and reach an agreement.
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The Tyson Scholars of American Art Program is a residential program that supports full-time scholarship in the history of American art, visual and material culture from the colonial period to the present. The program was established in 2012 through a $5 million commitment from the Tyson family and Tyson Foods, Inc.
To support their research, Tyson Scholars have access to the art and library collections of Crystal Bridges as well as the library at the University of Arkansas in nearby Fayetteville. Scholars will have the opportunity to interact with Crystal Bridges' curatorial and research staff, as well as the community, through lectures, symposia, and collaborations with the University of Arkansas.
Up to three Scholars may be in residence at a time, with terms ranging from six weeks to nine months. Housing is provided at the Crystal Bridges Farmhouse, within easy walking distance from the Museum via wooded trails and approximately 1.5 miles from downtown Bentonville. It features comfortable indoor and outdoor common spaces including an expansive yard, patio and swimming pool; scholars have private bed and bath rooms.
In addition to housing, Scholars are provided office or carrel space in the curatorial wing of Crystal Bridges' library. Stipends are variable depending on the duration of residency, need, and professional rank, ranging from $30,000 to $60,000 for a nine month term. Additional funds for research travel during the residency period are available upon application. Bicycles, donated by Phat Tire Bike Shop of downtown Bentonville, are provided for use by Tyson Scholars during their residency.
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The program is open to scholars holding a Ph.D. (or equivalent) as well as to Ph.D. candidates. Applicants may be affiliated with a university, museum, or independent. Scholars will be selected on the basis of their potential to advance understanding of American art and to intersect meaningfully with aspects of Crystal Bridges' collections, architecture, or landscape. Projects with a synthetic, interdisciplinary focus and that seek to expand boundaries of research or traditional categories of investigation are particularly encouraged.
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Lacey Baradel specializes in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American art. Her current book project traces the emergence of geographic mobility as a central theme through which genre artists probed the politics of modern life in the United States after the Civil War. A portion of this research, which examines the tension between mobility and domesticity in Eastman Johnson's The Tramp (1876-77), will appear in the Summer 2014 issue of American Art. Lacey's work has been generously supported by the Wyeth Foundation/Smithsonian American Art Museum, Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art, and Baird Society of Fellows. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014.
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BOCA RATON - You really can see the ocean from the press box.
Unfortunately, on an otherwise-memorable Saturday afternoon when Florida Atlantic University christened its new, on-campus football stadium with a forgettable 20-0 Sun Belt Conference loss to Western Kentucky, you could see the field, too.
You could see what must happen next.
And what can't.
FAU president Mary Jane Saunders and Owls athletic director Craig Angelos must carefully select the right man to succeed the man who showed up here in 1998 and, through his bigger-than-life persona, coaching pedigree and tireless efforts, created the school's football program from nothing.
They can't make a mistake.
Howard Schnellenberger was the perfect choice 13 years ago. He was the best man to lay the foundation for FAU's football future — to assemble a staff, recruit players, lead the program as it jumped from Division I-AA to Division I-A in 2005 and push relentlessly for the construction of a stadium few believed could be built. But, at age 77, he plans to retire from coaching after this season.
The next coach must make the same kind of impact.
The hiring of the next coach is every bit as important as was the hiring of the first, albeit in a different way. In some ways, the hand-off to the next coach might be even more critical because, now, there's more at stake.
There's a history.
There's a stadium.
There's all the work Schnellenberger invested to get FAU football to this point — the Division I-AA semifinal showing in 2003, the bowl victories in 2007 (New Orleans) and 2008 (Motor City) and, of course, the grand opening of a $70 million, 30,000-seat stadium that forever will be known as "The House That Howard Built" and serve as a monument honoring the program's founding father.
"This is a game-changer," Angelos was saying at halftime, when asked about the impact the new stadium would have on the program, "that will take us to the next level."
And he's right.
But only if he hires someone ready, eager and able to take the ball from Schnellenberger and run with it.
Already, though, much of the momentum has been lost. Since making the move to Division I-A and joining the Sun Belt, the Owls have put together only two winning seasons, both of which ended in bowl victories. They finished 5-7 in 2009 and 4-8 in 2010.
They are winless in six games this season, which probably explains why 29,103 tickets were sold for the Owls' inaugural game at FAU Stadium but only two-thirds of the seats were occupied.
Against Western Kentucky, the Owls were as boring as they were bad — so bad, in fact, that a noticeable chunk of the crowd left at halftime and just a couple of thousand fans bothered to stay around for the game's final play. Not that those who departed early missed anything worth seeing.
Truth is, it could've been worse: The Hilltoppers missed three field-goal attempts and an extra-point try.
Somehow, despite the emotion of the moment and playing against a beatable opponent that had won only once this season, the Owls gave the home crowd no chance to become a factor. They mustered only 121 total yards and six first downs and had more penalty yards (71) than rushing yards (25).
They're still waiting for their first score in their new stadium.
"When you have a wonderful story going in," Schnellenberger said, "it makes it very difficult when you have a bad story coming out."
This was a bad story because FAU has a bad team.
Another one.
That needs to change, and soon.
"It''s a fantastic day for FAU," Saunders said of the opening of the new stadium, later adding, "We're delighted that this happened with Howard here."
He belonged here. He deserved to see this day. He made it happen.
But he's leaving.
Now, FAU needs to hire someone who knows how to win — preferably someone who will excite both fans and recruits, someone who can put the program in the national conversation, especially with conference realignment drastically altering the college football landscape.
Maybe it's someone like former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, whose pass-happy teams are usually as successful and they are fun to watch. Maybe it's someone else.
That's up to Saunders and Angelos.
But they can't make a mistake.
They can't let all this go to waste.
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Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST) established in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1999, is a privately held company which produces antibodies and related reagents used to study cell signaling pathways. CST's current corporate headquarters are located in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST) was founded in 1999 by scientists in the Cell Signaling group at New England Biolabs (NEB).[1]
Originally housed in the Cummings Center (Beverly, MA), CST moved to its current United States headquarters located at the former King's Grant Inn (Danvers, MA) in late 2005.[1][2] Following extensive renovation,[3] the U.S. Green Building Council has certified the current headquarters as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified facility in 2007.[4] In 2008 and 2009, CST expanded its overseas operations, establishing subsidiary offices in the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Netherlands.[5][6]
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST) was named as one of the "Top 100 Places to Work" in a 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 survey published by the Boston Globe.[7]
CST maintains a curated, web-based bioinformatics resource known as PhosphoSitePlus, which details protein phosphorylation in human, mouse and rat. Curated information also includes other post-translational modifications, such as protein acetylation, methylation and ubiquitinylation. This freely accessible, on-line resource is funded in part through support from the NIH.[8][9]
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