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Man, I really hope Yomawari gets localized
Creepy cute PS Vita game
Oct 02
// Chris Carter
Every time I see Yomawari (Night Watch), it's looking better and better. The game is an isometric horror title, and is backed by a wonderful soundtrack and an adorable story involving a young girl who is looking for her dog and sister in Japan. The atmosphere looks incredible, and the Vita could use more original games like this. Hopefully NIS will bring it over eventually.
Europe has to wait an extra week for Disgaea 5
Last-minute delay
Sep 26
// Jordan Devore
NIS has passed along word that Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance won't reach Europe until October 19, 2015. This one-week delay stems from "unforeseen circumstances," according to a representative, and affects "all retailers in the European region, as well as the digital release." As for the North American launch, it's still on for October 6, 2015 as originally scheduled. Watch out for those bears!
Review: Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
Sep 22
// Chris Carter
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (PS4)Developer: NIS Publisher: NIS Released: October 6, 2015MSRP: $59.99 This time around, Void Dark, an evil overlord, sparks the largest Netherworld war in history. As a result of essentially alienating the entire galaxy, a heap of rival overlords rise up in revolt, one of which is led by the stoic warrior Killia. Because of the focus on global (or universal) conflict, the narrative feels more sprawling in Alliance of Vengeance, which works both for and against it. This is more of a gradual story, building up over time, than the small-group feel of most of the series. Hell, in Disgaea 3, the main character wants to kill his dad for smashing his video games. As a result, the characters aren't quite as crazy or manic as Laharl and Mao -- they have bigger things at stake. Killia's silent archetype does get old after a while, but his style actually works from a gameplay perspective, so I never felt fully disconnected from him. Seraphina, the Princess Overlord of the Gorgeous, is a bit more annoying. She has that "hohohoho!" laugh that's popular in anime, and her jokes of dominating everyone around her get old very quickly. But like all Disgaea characters, she opens up over time and reveals more depth, particularly with her backstory. She also fills in for Etna in-between chapters, delivering the comedic interludes that are clearly too absurd to be canon. There are plenty of side-conversations to have, and an archive function in the game's hub world allows players to re-watch cutscenes or dialog bits. Ailliance of Vengeance's weakest point is probably the narrative this time around. Particularly for the first 10 hours or so, the pace is relatively slow. You know nothing of the true motivations of most of the cast, and the main draw seems to be "fight, fight, fight until we get to Void Dark." You'll get a few flashes of story here and there, but for the most part it's one-dimensional, at least for the first half. [embed]309993:60317:0[/embed] As for the rest of the cast, it's about par for the course -- you have your meathead, your subservient Prinnies, your overconfident youngsters, and so on. There wasn't anyone I outright loved like Almaz or Mr. Champloo from Disgaea 3, but no one is excessively annoying or not worth using during missions. I've always felt like Disgaea is what you make it, party-wise. Since the class creation system is more robust than ever, you can literally custom-tailor your own characters if you don't like the core cast. It helps that the animations are beautiful, as is the artwork. It's not going to push the PS4 even close to its limits, but it's far better looking than the last entries on PS3, and it's crazy how gorgeous anime-style games look on current consoles. It's all so smooth, colorful, and well-crafted. Even characters that belong to the same class look different enough, especially when they wield a variety of weapons, which yield their own sets of personality. Disgaea 5 kicks off in record time, as you're placed into the main hub in minutes. Like every other game in the series, you'll launch missions from here, equip your party, and shoot the breeze with various NPCs. The tools available are a bit more expansive than other games, most notably the crazy character creation mechanic I mentioned above. In addition to a name and color scheme, you'll also be able to hire them at your current level, alter their personality, and change every single one of their skills if you wish. For instance, you could create a fury-crazed warrior with a red hue named Immortan Joe, debuff his ranged attacks, and reapply those points into close-combat, high-risk abilities. As usual, the "all at once" player turns in combat work splendidly. If you've never played a Disgaea game before, your entire team gets to do their turn, and then the enemy team does theirs. It's an interesting juxtaposition to the alternating scheme used in most SRPGs, and it's even more nuanced when you take into account the "execute" function that lets you play out part of your turn in the order that you selected. This is on top of the crazy counter-attacks that will play out randomly (as well as counter-counters and counter-counter-counters), and team-up attacks that initiate when you're near a party member on the grid. You also need to watch for enemy "Evilties" this time, which may produce effects like making foes stronger next to other baddies, and so on. Likewise, your team has their own set of Evilties, like Seraphina's ability to do more damage to males. Combined with the Geo system (colored zones that also provide buffs or debuffs), you'll have to pay attention at all times to get the most out of a battle. Eventually, you'll unlock the power to place characters in "Support Squads," granting them special bonuses with the caveat that each squad is limited in number. Oh, and there's the Revenge system that powers up characters after the death of a connected party member, the Item World and council system return, and new classes like Dark Knights (one of my new favorites), Maids (an item-based class), and Fairies (who absorb magic) join the fray. Thankfully, there are a lot of game options to customize the experience as well, including jacking up the movement speed during hub sequences, upping combat speed, skipping animations, and auto-scrolling conversations, which are mostly fully-voiced. While I don't have access to it yet and it didn't influence this review, Alliance of Vengeance still has the contentious DLC strategy as past titles. I feel like the series has enough content to last you at least 100 hours on its own, but I still don't like the idea of selling fan-favorite characters piecemeal directly after launch. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance may not have the best story or cast in the series, but it gets the job done, and brings a ton of advancements with it in the process. I'll probably be playing this one for years to come, and I sincerely hope NIS is able to continue this series. It's still one of the best SRPG franchises in the business. [This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by the publisher.]
Finding The Lost
I can count on the Disgaea series. While NIS always seems to be trying to recreate the magic of the initial release, every game manages to capture the essence of SRPGs in a charming and robust manner. The story isn't as impressive as the last entry, but Alliance of Vengeance has made a number of advancements to the Disgaea formula.
I played Criminal Girls 2 and wasn't sexually aroused at all
Sep 17
// Steven Hansen
[embed]300696:59909:0[/embed] While Criminal Girls 2 is promised to be deeper and more challenging, I played a Japanese build haphazardly attacking things without strategy and that worked fine for the 15 minutes I played. Making a Japanese RPG "more challenging" doesn't sound like a good thing to be given how much "challenge" can equate to grind/leveling versus anything skill based. Eventually I reached an oasis in the dungeon, a save point, and was able to see the full anime portraits of the women all huddled together in a velvety room. From there I went to the "punish" menu and "punished" the two that looked the least like children. The purple smoke that obscured the women in the western release was not present, while the sexy moans when you smack them were present. The touch screen UI seemed cleaned up to a rhythm game style tap with circles getting smaller on either side of the vita touch screen (and, at the end, two circles, because you punish them together now, I guess). It was light for the demo, the circle showing vanilla leather whip. Even fog-free and full of moaning, no boner. Dressing tedious game mechanics with trite sex stuff seems like it shouldn't sell. I mean, why not just seek out the sex stuff and play a better game? It feels a bit like that bit about places of business that are things like, "Tattoo parlor & taxes" or "General hospital & cow slaughterhouse." Obviously this is not for me.
Mostly because it's kind of boring
While Japan is exoticized elsewhere as a land of weird sex stuff, Criminal Girls 2 doesn't feel that foreign, given that the original game got a western release. And it's probably the perviest game I came across (not literall...
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Etrian Mystery Dungeon
Etrian Mystery Dungeon out now across Europe
Good lord, finally
Sep 12
// Kyle MacGregor
After an extended wait, Etrian Mystery Dungeon is now available in Europe, NIS has announced. The roguelike RPG launched in North America in April after debuting in Japan the previous month, and earned praise from Destructoid's reviews pope Chris Carter, who called the crossover "a match made in heaven" in his appraisal of the localized release. (Check out the full review here.)
Criminal Girls 2
Get a good look at what Criminal Girls 2 is about
NSFW probably
Sep 10
// Chris Carter
Curious about Criminal Girls 2? This newer trailer is a bit more lengthy than the previous entries, and provides quite a bit of gameplay footage. As you'd expect it's similar to the original entry, with plenty of RPG-like combat, and risque visuals and minigames. Criminal Girls 2 will launch on November 26 in Japan on Vita.
Hotter than Hell
Disgaea 5 has sexy eye candy for all, dood!
Also a pissing penguin
Sep 04
// Jed Whitaker
I've got my grubby hands on an early copy of Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance for PS4 and decided to snap some screenshots -- which oddly get watermarked automatically -- while I do what I've done with every game in...
Review: Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Aug 28
// Laura Kate Dale
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (PS Vita)Developer: Spike ChunsoftPublisher: NIS AmericaReleased: September 1 (North America), September 4 (Europe)MSRP: $39.99 So, let's start with where Ultra Despair Girls departs from the previous Danganronpa games on Vita. Instead of investigating crimes scenes for clues, the bulk of your gameplay time in Ultra Despair Girls will be spent as Komaru Naegi shooting robot Monokuma bears with a techno-megaphone. The megaphone, which apparently acts as a "hacking gun," shoots lines of "code bullets" to effect the robots you come into contact with. Break Bullets act as standard damage dealers, but your gun also has less typical ammo types, such as Dance Bullets that cause enemies to stop on the spot and dance, allowing you to put distance between them and yourself. Much of the core gameplay loop feels like you're playing a zombie-themed third-person shooter. Enemies tend to be slow and rambling, take time to kill, and deal large amounts of damage if they reach you. While this is fine in theory, claustrophobic environments, an overly close camera, and numerous invisible walls make this core gameplay at times more frustrating than it needs to be. The idea of a code gun shooting robotic enemies is cool, but the gameplay hiccups -- as well as the infrequency of acquiring interesting new code bullet types -- meant I rarely got excited. Oh, there's also a melee sword combat-focused playable character, but their use is limited by a meter. That's a real shame, because a second gameplay style available to switch to at any time might have helped keep the mechanics from becoming stale this fast. So, does the narrative save Ultra Despair Girls from death at the hands of one of Monokuma's elaborate devices? Well, yes and no. It rescues the game from death, but still gives it a mild case of public torture. [embed]307925:60156:0[/embed] In Ultra Despair Girls, we find ourselves in a city overtaken by murderous young children bent on seeing adults torn to shreds. This gang of prepubescent killers, the Warriors of Hope, have amassed an army of youngsters to control robots that are utilised to kill from safety. Playing as the younger sister of the first game's protagonist, who has conveniently been locked away in her apartment for a year and not noticed that the world has gone to shit around her, you escape with the series running split-personality serial killer and attempt to take back control of the city. Thanks to the shift in narrative focus from confined drama to city-sprawling mission, there's a lower frequency of plot twists than in previous entries. The twists and turns in the narrative are among the strongest in the series, but they feel padded further apart. The cast of characters introduced in Ultra Despair Girls are just as over the top, memorable, and well-written as any characters introduced to date in the series, which is one of the areas the game continues to shine. General moment-to-moment dialogue and character interactions are superb and were the driving force that kept me invested through to the end. The biggest problem: narrative pacing. The game felt like it was probably five or six hours too long. It's worth noting that both the enemy designs and narrative in Ultra Despair Girls are some of the darkest, creepiest, most unsettling to date, and that says a lot for this particular series. From horrible mutated creatures to themes I would hesitate to subject adult characters to let alone children, the game gets pretty unnerving in places. That's not a complaint by any means -- Ultra Despair Girls pulls it off perfectly. Ultimately, Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls just didn't click for me the same way previous games did. Sure the narrative still has some strong moments, but it's punctuated with third-person shooter gameplay that doesn't enhance my engagement with the narrative the same way the first two visual novels did. If you're a series fan, there's a good, text-heavy, hands-off narrative to be explored here, but the gameplay sections really dragged it down for me. [This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by the publisher.]
Great story, odd gameplay loop
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Goodbye Despair have been some of my favourite Vita games in recent years. A pair of murder mystery visual novels, the games melded puzzle solving, courtroom drama, and murdered school kid...
Persona 4: Dancing All Night launches in Europe this November
Not the worst delay, I suppose
Aug 22
// Kyle MacGregor
Persona 4: Dancing All Night is coming to Europe on November 6, NIS America has announced. As per usual (as far as Atlus goes), the PlayStation Vita-exclusive rhythm game's PAL version is launching a tad later than its North American counterpart, which debuts September 29.
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Rodea: The Sky Soldier delayed again
Now planned for November
Aug 12
// Kyle MacGregor
NIS America has once again delayed the release of Rodea: The Sky Solider. After initially planning on a September release, the publisher pushed the game back a month. Now it's happening again. The new target dates are Novembe...
Witch demo
The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival has a demo pack-in with Dengeki Online
Man I miss demo discs
Aug 11
// Chris Carter
The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival doesn't interest me all that much as I wasn't really a fan of the original game, but the fact that Japan is still get demos from magazines makes me happy. If you spring for Dengeki Pla...
Criminal Girls 2
Criminal Girls 2 gets a real trailer, don't watch it at work
Still on Vita
Aug 10
// Chris Carter
NIS has just put up a new gameplay trailer for Criminal Girls 2, and as I noted above, you probably shouldn't watch it at work. NIS promises that it'll be a tougher game in general with an expanded battle system, and it'll l...
Disgaea 5
Yes, Disgaea 5 will have plenty of classic characters as DLC
Flonne confirmed
Aug 07
// Chris Carter
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is coming to the US on October 6 on PS4, and in true NIS, it will have lots of character DLC. It will arrive in five batches, which will feature characters from Disgaea 3, 4, and D2, as well a...
Yomawari from NIS is still creepy, still cute
I'm digging the music too
Aug 04
// Chris Carter
A month ago we just had screens to go by, but Yomawari is shaping up nicely if this new trailer from NIS is any indication. Backed by beautiful music, we get to see a bit of gameplay here, which involves a girl searching for her sister and dog in a city. It'll drop on October 29 in Japan on Vita (!).
Legend of Legacy
Legend of Legacy published by NIS America in Europe
Winter (2016) is coming
Jul 28
// Josh Tolentino
Despite the "America" in the company name, it looks like NIS America is the publisher of choice when it comes to bringing Atlus games across the pond. That's certainly true for their latest announcement, the 3DS-bound RPG Leg...
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos hits Europe next month
Bikini zombie slayers return August 28
Jul 18
// Kyle MacGregor
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is coming to Europe sooner than anticipated. After NIS initially announced the sexed up zombie slaying game for an autumn release, the publisher has revised those plans, saying the PlayStation 4 exclusive is now targeting an August 28 launch. In the meantime, XSEED is bringing the title to North America this Tuesday, July 21.
Criminal Girls 2
Criminal Girls 2 announced for the Vita
Launching in November
Jul 15
// Chris Carter
Criminal Girls: Invite Only was released earlier this year for the Vita in the US, and had a rather mixed reception. That isn't stopping NIS from announcing another game however, as Criminal Girls 2 will launch on Novemb...
The Disgaea Triple Play Collection is coming to the US
Expect it soon
Jul 10
// Chris Carter
NIS has announced that the Disgaea Triple Play Collection is coming to the US on September 15. It's currently available in Europe, but today is the first time the publisher has revealed that it will be coming furthe...
Stella Glow
Stella Glow coming to Europe spring 2016
Better late than never
Jul 10
// Kyle MacGregor
Stella Glow is coming to Europe next spring, NIS America has announced. The strategy role-playing game is the last effort from Japanese studio Imageepoch, which closed its doors back in May after filing for bankruptcy. Sega r...
Creepy NIS Vita horror game is actually kind of cute
Jul 02
// Steven Hansen
NIS (Disgaea) recently teased a spooky game with live-action first-person flashlight footage and a requisite creepy child. It ended up being for Yomawari, which is coming to Vita in Japan on October 29. It's about a young gir...
Persona 4 Dancing
Persona 4: Dancing All Night coming to Europe without delay
We shared the same mad potion
Jun 30
// Kyle MacGregor
It looks like Persona 4: Dancing All Night might arrive simultaneously (or close to it) across Europe and America, as NIS has followed Atlus' lead, announcing the rhythm game for a "Fall 2015" launch. In addition to the stand...
Rodea: The Sky Soldier might be a bumpy ride
Jun 25
// Kyle MacGregor
Rodea: The Sky Soldier was initially conceived as a Wii game, but it came too late in the day for a system nearing the end of its life cycle. It needed to be reworked as a Wii U and 3DS title. The thing is, the Wii is a special console, and Rodea was developed with its unique attributes in mind. Motion controls are a tad different than standard inputs, and the transition between the two seems to have left an indelible imprint on Rodea's design. Taking to the skies in this aerial action game doesn't come as second nature. With the press of a button, Rodea lifts into the air and hovers for a moment as you aim where you want him to go. He can't fly indefinitely, though, and will fall to his death unless you find another object for him to bounce off within an allotted time frame. It seems like the type of interface that would work seamlessly with the Wii's IR pointer, but on Wii U GamePad, I found myself flying off at odd angles, often coming frustratingly close to objectives that seemed just out of reach. Perhaps it's the sort of thing that comes with practice, but in a brief demo on the E3 show floor, I only got a glimpse at what sort of joys Rodea might have to offer. Though it never felt intuitive, there were flashes when I managed to soar through the air with some semblance of precision. And in those fleeting moments I could really feel Yuji Naka's (Sonic Adventure, NiGHTS into Dreams) fingerprints all over the game, as I bounded from one floating isle to the next, collecting rings in this ethereal obstacle course. More than anything, my time with Rodea: The Sky Soldier made me oddly happy the Wii U version is coming tethered with a copy of the game on Wii. I'm not sure how much easier it will be to pilot on its original platform, but it feels like that's how it was intended to be experienced. Either that or flight isn't a skill easily mastered in a few mere minutes.
Awkward aeronautics
My first flight with Rodea: The Sky Soldier wasn't a smooth one. But perhaps that's to be expected of a title that's seen such a turbulent development history. The project went dark shortly after its initial announcement in 2010, then underwent a change of platforms -- something that seems all too apparent after a few minutes with the final product.
Obligatory scary child
NIS gets creepy with new teaser
Obligatory scary child
Jun 23
// Steven Hansen
These days, Japanese games being creepy usually has more to do with upskirts than spooks. Fatal Frame couldn't even get squeezed into Nintendo's E3 event. Still, very-anime publisher and developer Nippon Ichi recently upload...
Lost Dimension brings anime paranoia to PS3, Vita
New E3 trailer
Jun 21
// Steven Hansen
Have you ever felt like you can read snippets of your friends' thoughts and that some of them are out to get you and you'd be better off killing them? Same, same. Lost Dimension tasks a group of 11 capable warriors with stop...
The Legend of Heroes
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel hits Europe this fall
Falcom loves you
Jun 11
// Kyle MacGregor
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is coming to Europe this fall, NIS just announced. The good word follows news that XSEED Games is publishing the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Vita RPG in North America this autumn. We'...
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Rodea: The Sky Soldier launch delayed
Now coming in October
Jun 10
// Kyle MacGregor
The wait for Rodea: The Sky Soldier has been a long one and it just got a little bit longer. NIS America has revised its plans, pushing back the upcoming Wii U and Nintendo 3DS action game's September launch until O...
Review: Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Jun 09
// Chris Carter
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (PlayStation TV, Vita [reviewed])Developer: Experience Inc.Publisher: MAGES, 5pb. Games (JP) / NIS America (EU, NA)MSRP: $39.99Release Date: July 24, 2014 (Japan) / June 5, 2015 (EU) / June 9, 2015 (NA) Operation Abyss opens up with a bang -- your character has just woken up in the "gloomy darkness," next to multiple severed, bloodied bodies. Holy shit, right? It gets a little bit goofier from there, as a hooded man suddenly appears and tells you "basically, you've been kidnapped," as an army of half-human zombie monsters attack. You're immediately offered a choice: trust the man or not, which doesn't really end up mattering. Then a Magical Girl shows up and fights a giant crocodile. It pretty much never lets up from here. New Tokyo Legacy is set in a near-future version of Japan. Those creatures? They're called Variants, and it's up to the government-funded Code Physics Agency, which you've just been forcefully inducted into, to save the day. It must be said, if the silly intro wasn't any indication, the art for the game is incredible, and full of life. A lot of scenes may feature static portraits, and the dungeon designs might be on the bland side, but the art style (and by proxy, the main cast) is always colorful and interesting. Likewise, the darker elements of the game are just that -- dark. Creatures look suitably horrific, the narrative can go darker when it needs to, and on occasion, I was straight-up creeped out. There's also a ton of weird story elements like the blood of Florence Nightingale, Leonardo da Vinci, and Hanzo Hattori used for "Blood Codes," to gain abilities and special powers. No one can say that Tokyo Legacy isn't unique. [embed]293318:58901:0[/embed] Like most lengthy dungeon crawler experiences (this one is roughly 40 hours), it takes about six hours of walking until it takes off sprinting, and by then I was sucked into the world. Dungeons aren't obtuse, but as previously mentioned, they are on the bland side. After about 10 hours of play some of them started to blend together, and there isn't enough indication on-screen to denote hidden areas or locations of interest. I definitely don't want a streamlined "go here" indicator, it would just be nice if there was an inkling of uniqueness to the dungeons, since everything else is painstakingly crafted. There's lots of customization involved, including equipment and ability choices and statline tweaking. In terms of choices in relation to the narrative, there's not a whole lot here. This is an old school dungeon crawler through and through, and although there are some light forks in the road, none of them are emotional or engaging. Your key plan here is to go and defeat monsters to further the overarching story -- not your personal one. That's partially because each playthrough uses randomly generated characters, which can be customized, but don't necessarily play any real role. That extends to a lack of any real romantic element, since your party is essentially a collective. Unlike Demon Gaze, Operation Abyss' recent predecessor, Legacy is a bit more forgiving. For instance, you can now go freely back to your base if you wish, which is where you'll level up and sort through your massive inventory. The good news is that there's no "rent" or statistical hit to worry about, and if you're having trouble, heading back to rest up isn't a terrible idea. There's still a lot of menus to wade through and stats to painstakingly tweak back and forth, but it's more accessible than a lot of other crawlers since it doesn't penalize you at every turn. Because of that design decision though, it loses a bit of its edge. Despite the fact that Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy can be a bit by-the-numbers inside dungeons, it's anything but in nearly every other facet of the game. While I probably won't be rushing to complete it again anytime soon, it was a lengthy enough adventure that will stay fresh in my mind for some time. [This review is based on a retail build provided by the publisher.]
The Walking Variants
One of the very first PC games I ever played was a dungeon crawler. It was called MadMaze, a title released on 1989, playable on the Prodigy internet service -- yep, it was during the dialup era. While crawlers may not be one...
Dungeon Travelers 2
Censored RPG travels to Europe October 16
チーズ トイレ
Jun 05
// Kyle MacGregor
[Note: This image was created by Destructoid. It is not a reflection of Dungeon Travelers 2's in-game graphics, or how Atlus has gone about applying "minor edits" to four of the game's images. Sorry for any confusion.] A...
The new Danganronpa launches in September
Another PS Vita exclusive is on the way
Jun 04
// Kyle MacGregor
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is on its way to North America on September 1, publisher NIS America announced today. After that, the plan is to bring it to Europe on September 4. Here's the premise: "Komaru...
Here, have some Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival PS4 footage
Enhanced port for PS4
Jun 03
// Chris Carter
The Witch and the Hundred Knight is getting a new lease on life on the PS4 in the form of the Revival remake, set to debut later this year in Japan. Developer Nippon Ichi Software has provided a new set of vid...
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What was your happiest moment in the first gen games?A battle you won?A Pokemon you caught? Etc... Mine was the moment when I finally caught Mewtwo:XDem memories
What was your happiest moment in the first gen games?A battle you won?A Pokemon you caught? Etc... Mine was the moment when I finally caught Mewtwo:XDem memories
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''To see the light, you must sometimes walk through darkness.''
When I earned the boulder badge on yellow version without using Mankey or Nidoran's fighting moves. It was hard.
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After years, I've finally claimed deoxys! Watch your back! hehe...
Getting a complete Pokédex and training a team to level 100 in exactly 100 hours is the one thing that will always be my happiest and best moment from this generation.
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Probably finishing the game for the very first time, or at least beating Giovanni for the last time. I had a hard time with him at the gym, so I was very happy once I beat him. Though I do remember having a hard time beating Brock my first time through, so once I beat him, I was happy about it.
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Finishing the game for the first time felt like a big achievement to me.
Probably catching Mewtwo for the first time
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Catching a pikachu in viridian forest, I was sad after he wasn't a starter and thought I wouldn't be able to get one
For me it'd be in pokemon red when Charizard learned flamethrower... It's a rather specific thing to be happy for, but it made me love even more the fire wonder ^_^
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For me it was when my Ivysaur evolved at level 32, compared to 36 of the other starters!
When I beat the Elite Four in less than 12 hours of play time my most recent playthrough using only Blastoise.
Evolving Wartole with a water stone, no clue how that happened. Also catching Mew & Mewtwo.
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Actually realising there was a SAVE feature... took too many years of my infant-hood trying to figure that out.
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Realising I could have all three starters in my team on yellow, that was one monumental day.
When I beat the Elite Four for the first time and caught Mewtwo.
My happiest moment was probably when I got Pikachu to level 100 in Yellow. As a child I found it very hard to box him and decided to rough it out because he was my starter.
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The battles against the 5th and 6th gyms. I let my Beedrill sweep as well as it could, as a goodbye. I had to box it for being weak compared to the rest of the team. Beedrill was able to KO 3 Pokémon in the 5th gym before falling to Weezing's Sludge. In the 6th gym, he managed to KO 2 Pokémon after falling to Venomoth's Psychic.
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Here we applied an individual-based model of fish population dynamics to evaluate the role of local stream variability in modifying responses of Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) to scenarios simulating identical changes in temperature and stream flows linked to forest harvest, climate change, and their combined effects over six decades. We parameterized the model for four neighboring streams located in a forested headwater catchment in northwestern Oregon, USA with multi-year, daily measurements of stream temperature, flow, and turbidity (2007–2011), and field measurements of both instream habitat structure and three years of annual trout population estimates. Model simulations revealed that variability in habitat conditions among streams (depth, available habitat) mediated the effects of forest harvest and climate change. Net effects for most simulated trout responses were different from or less than the sum of their separate scenarios. In some cases, forest harvest countered the effects of climate change through increased summer flow. Climate change most strongly influenced trout (earlier fry emergence, reductions in biomass of older trout, increased biomass of young-of-year), but these changes did not consistently translate into reductions in biomass over time. Forest harvest, in contrast, produced fewer and less consistent responses in trout. Earlier fry emergence driven by climate change was the most consistent simulated response, whereas survival, growth, and biomass were inconsistent. Overall our findings indicate a host of local processes can strongly influence how populations respond to broad scale effects of land use and climate change. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher's final pdf. The article was published by the Public Library of Science and is in the public domain. The published article can be found at: http://www.plosone.org/.; Supporting information is located at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135334#abstract0 2015-08-21T00:00:00Z Stereomicroscopic optical method for the assessment of load transfer patterns across the wood-adhesive bond interphase Schwarzkopf, Matthew Muszyński, Lech http://hdl.handle.net/1957/56847 2015-08-24T17:02:27Z 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z Stereomicroscopic optical method for the assessment of load transfer patterns across the wood-adhesive bond interphase Schwarzkopf, Matthew; Muszyński, Lech The mechanical performance of wood-based composites is determined by the mechanical properties of their individual components and the effective load transfer between these components. In laminated wood composites, this load transfer is facilitated by the adhesive bond. The experimental methodology developed in this study measures and analyzes the full-field deformation and strain distributions across the loaded wood-adhesive interphase at a micromechanical level. Optical measurements were performed based on the principles of digital image correlation by a stereomicroscopic camera system. This system allows the monitoring of in-plane deformations as well as out-of-plane displacements, providing full-field 3D surface strain maps across the adhesive bond. These measurements can be used to improve the understanding of the load transfer between the adherents and the contribution of the adhesive to the mechanical properties of the bulk composite and serve as a quantitative input for numerical modeling and simulations aimed at the improvement of the products. This is the publisher's final pdf. 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The main objective of this thesis was to examine fungal pigment mixture toxicity and its effects on living organisms using a zebrafish embryo acute toxicity bioassay. Pigment mixtures from wood agar cultures and liquid malt media were screened. There were significant adverse effects from both the DCM-extracted pigment and the liquid malt medium although there was variability in the toxicity endpoints. The results from this study suggest that all dichloromethane (DCM) pigment extracts followed a dose/ response curve and caused higher mortality in higher concentrations after a short time of exposure except the DCM-red pigment extract which follow a non monotonic dose/response curve. The response from both DCM pigment extracts and liquid malt pigment depended on the solubility and bioavailability factors in the water. Overall, the results indicate that the pigments extracted from these fungi are likely toxic to humans. However, as no completely purified compounds were tested, it is possible that other secondary fungal metabolites and wood extractives that were also retrieved during the extraction process might also have played a role in the toxicity. Graduation date: 2016; Access restricted to the OSU Community, at author's request, from August 12, 2015 - August 12, 2017 2015-06-04T00:00:00Z Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass for Generation of energy : Case Studies of Poplar Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A. Vasquez Sandoval, Marcia A. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/56471 2015-07-23T15:39:18Z 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass for Generation of energy : Case Studies of Poplar Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A. Vasquez Sandoval, Marcia A. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the production of poplar biomass grown under four management conditions in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the U.S.A. was conducted. While the extraction of fossil fuels and the subsequent generation of energy have environmental impacts, the alternative of extracting poplar biomass also has impacts due to electricity for irrigation, fuels for machinery, chemical application, and water consumption. Two management conditions were short rotation and no irrigation (Site 1) or irrigation with river water (Site 2). The others were long rotation and irrigation with wastewater from a treatment facility (Site 3) or irrigation with landfill leachate (Site 4). Questionnaires were used to obtain operating data for the production of cuttings and four processes in each site. These were land preparation, plantation management, harvesting, and land restoration. SimaPro v.8 and the USLCI and Ecoinvent v.3 databases were used to create a Life Cycle Inventory and the TRACI 2.1 v 1.01/US 2008 model was used to determine impact indicators. Biomass yield for future harvests was estimated using the 3-PG model. Plantation management and harvesting had the greatest contributions to environmental impacts due to fuel consumption. Utilization of chemicals during land preparation and land restoration were also important contributors. Short rotations resulted in lower global warming potential (79.5 and 54.5 kg CO₂ eq· t⁻¹) and energy consumption (1381.8 and 877.4 MJ ·t⁻¹) than long rotations (93.1 and 81 kg CO₂ eq· t⁻¹ and 1406.9 and 1343.5 MJ·t⁻¹). This was mainly due to diesel use during plantation management. Higher planting density resulted in greater water consumption and electricity use due to irrigation when cuttings are produced. Site 2 had the lowest environmental impacts compared to the other sites due to a low planting density, no on-site irrigation, and low chemical and energy consumption. Chemical use, such as applying pesticides and herbicides, strongly affected ozone depletion and eutrophication while fuel consumption, such as diesel use, had strong effects on global warming, smog and acidification. Increasing biomass yield reduces impacts. The biosolids applied in Site 3 reduced ozone depletion by 65% and other impacts by 19 to 24% compared to applying an equivalent amount of nitrogen fertilizer. The increased proportion of hydroelectricity in the PNW results a reduction in almost all impact categories compared to the typical electricity mix for the Western U.S. When the electricity was all from biomass, ozone depletion, smog and eutrophication increased. This research provides the opportunity for environmental impacts to be considered when making decisions for plantation management. Graduation date: 2016 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z


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Although my hair is actually quite thin, because I have a lot of it, it comes across as quite thick, but despite recommendations for this product only to be used on thick hair, I'd say not so much 'thick', as 'frizzy and dry' hair. My boyfriend gave this to me as a gift (i drool over fancier looking products!) And when i tried it... even better than i hoped! Beautiful light smell that lingers all day and my hair is so smooth and easy to straighten after washing with this. I'm not sure about the shampoo necessarily 'straightening' hair, but it does smooth it, and makes it so much easier to straighten. Love it! My new favourite
on 6/24/2015 4:07:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I have no idea why this product is rated the lowest of all the Organix Shampoo and Conditioner line. For years I've been using Purology Nana Works and have enjoyed it despite the price. When I was going on vacation I didn't feel like taking it with me so i just grabbed some random shampoo and conditioner on way to the airport. They were 5 dollars. At vacation I realized I liked how this product made my hair feel. I'd even step over the line and say the texture is a dupe for Purology. It's concentrated the exact same. Organix=5 dollars. V.S. Purology=150 dollars. Each might I add. 10 bucks compared to 300. I like the way Organix feels on my hair BETTER. WTF WAS I THINKING?!
on 4/8/2015 1:33:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I just switched to this shampoo last night from Pureology's Hydrate - and I have to say I am impressed and in love. I had noticed my hair slowly beginning to get very dry and break off/fall out with the pureology shampoo- and so I switched to this by a friends recommendation. I was really impressed when reading the ingredients list, however mildly concerned about the dimethicone potentially weighing down my hair- however that doesn't seem to be a problem (yet). I have very fine, long (low back) hair and a lot of it - it usually fries with a slight wave. After using this shampoo (and conditioner) my hair felt clean and soft and began to dry almost instantly (less porous = healthy = retains water less) today it has been very soft, voluminous, smooth, and hasn't fallen down or gotten greasy. I'll be interested to see how the silicon potentially builds up over time but a good clarifying shampoo should take care of that :)
on 3/3/2015 4:43:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I really like this shampoo. Firstly, it's sulfate free! Hence, it doesn't steal my hair's natural oils. Secondly, it's infused with coconut oil an Shea butter! It really nourishes my hair and makes my hair feel silky and soft :) I would recommend this to people with dry/frizzy hair.
on 12/26/2014 2:24:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Dark, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
my hair looked alive after!!!!!!
on 12/18/2014 4:10:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I really adore this shampoo. My mom gave it to me after she didn't like the way it felt after she used it on her thin hair. She said her hair felt a little- weighed down and oily with this product.
I love this though! It makes my thick, already stick straight hair just the right softness. Seriously. The moisture with this shampoo is FAB. But I can see how someone with thinner hair would be dissatisfied, or if you had really oily hair it would be less nice.
So perfect for someone who has thicker hair that's relatively dry! (Like most curly-haired women, I suppose.) But definitely not for thinner hair.
I can't vouch for straightness properties, my hair is naturally stick straight.
on 10/25/2014 11:03:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Other, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
This was a decent product. In all honesty it really didn't do much for my dry, coarse, thick, frizzy, short hair. I felt as if it just added another thick layer rather than doing anything. The same goes with the matching conditioner, it didn't even help with frizz, but rather just another built up layer. This product doest not make your hair straight , it only makes it slightly smooth and that's about it. It smells decent, but it's really just one of these eh shampoos and conditioners
on 9/21/2014 5:39:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I have found the Organix line to be a bit hit or miss, but I really like this one. The smell is great and it really does straighten my hair, which generally has a mild wave to it. It's a little drying so make sure to use a good moisturising conditioner with it. I'd buy this again.
on 7/31/2014 11:48:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
This is one of my favorite shampoos sold on the shelf!
My hair is very tightly curled, while also frizzy and difficult to style. I really desired that sleek, pin - straight hair look, so I bought this shampoo with the conditioner, both being $7.99.
It has an interesting smell to it, nothing really fruity or anything like most shampoos but none the less it has a nice aroma and it very easy to work through hair. You can even see less frizz as you wash it out. Then I used the conditioner, leaving it in for three minutes, then ran my hair under cold water for a few seconds.
When my hair fully dried, there were still parts that were frizzy and my curls were still there, yet there was some shine and straightening it was less of a challenge. It honestly was pretty sleek when I straightened! It also provided a nice amount of shine and clean feeling :)
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- Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The song Shut Up and Bounce probably exists to show off the personalities of Sam and Kunal. In that case, their personalities consist of brightly colored clothes and abs abs abs abs respectively.
- Crowning Moment of Funny: Sam's fake flashback to meeting Kunal in Venice.
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: When Sam's mother accepts Kunal as her son-in-law.
- Sam, Kunal and Neha's group hug on the beach.
- "Thank you for making me gay."
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Norman Love Confections isn't just about candy
Not everyone who enters the chocolate-scented storefront at Norman Love Confections wants candy. Love's elegant Chocolate Salon caters to a great many other inner yearnings as well.
Ralph Nicely of Punta Gorda takes cooking classes at the Chocolate Salon, learning to make confections and baked goods he can whip up at home. Janette Williams of Cleveland stops in on her way from the airport to her daughter's home in Lehigh Acres. Aimee Hedrick of Fort Myers thinks it's a great meeting spot. She's even incorporated it into her fitness program.
Like the chocolates sold there, the salon is multi-layered and complex, filled with surprises that lie just beneath the oh-so-beautiful surface.
Certainly the handcrafted artisan chocolates are the stars here, but the supporting cast rates mention, too.
"We strive to appeal to all the senses," said Love. "We've designed the Chocolate Salon to resemble a stylish Viennese café, a place where people traditionally gather to relax and socialize over coffee and dessert. It's always a pleasure to have people come together at the salon where we can see them enjoying what we've made."
Nicely has taken two cooking classes with Love and his talented team of chocolatiers and pastry chefs.
"One was molded chocolate, the other was pastries," Nicely said. "I do the cooking at home and I've made some of the pastries for my wife, who really enjoyed them."
Williams visits her daughter and her family three or four times a year and has established a routine.
"My daughter doesn't even ask anymore, she just drives straight from the airport to Norman Love's," Williams said. "Sometimes we stay and have chocolates or pastries – I love the brownies and chocolate croissants; sometimes we pick something up and head to her home. Either way, I know that the first day of every visit means Love to me."
Hedrick lives close to the salon so she stops in often.
"What keeps me coming back are the chocolates," Hedrick said. "It's the smell when you walk in and the beautiful lobby. It's a special spot, a great place to meet family and friends."
She and her friends like to get together and share the bounty. "We'll get four or five items and split them amongst three or four of us," she said. "That way you get a broader range of all the different tastes."
Hedrick's even devised a way to work the salon and its temptations into her fitness regimen.
"From my house to Norman Love's it's 2 ½ miles," she said. "When we were training for a triathlon, my friend and I ran from my house to the salon, stopped for pastries and then ran home. That's a 5K." She added some Love to her wedding as well, giving out little boxes of chocolates as party favors.
Part retail shop, part pastry café, the salon serves artfully constructed pastries, brownies, pound cake and cookies as well as a host of gourmet coffee and tea concoctions, served hot or cold, and smoothies. In an upscale version of the old candy store, glass cases sit an array of temptations: tiramisu shaped like a fancy miniature hat box, vanilla cheesecake with a caramel center, and shiny round chocolate mousse with a raspberry brulee heart. Select the one that calls to you, add an iced latte macchiato and settle in at one of the little café tables.
Those who yearn to learn the chocolatiers and pastry chefs art can sign up for a cooking class. These are held every Wednesday evening throughout the summer. Each class has a theme, such as chocolate truffles, pastries and muffins or fondue.
Founded in 2001 by Norman and Mary Love, Norman Love Confections creates and distributes ultra-premium, handcrafted artisanal chocolates. Based in Fort Myers, the corporate headquarters encompasses both production and retail operations. For more information, a description of Love's cooking classes or to place an order, call 239-561-7125, or visit www.normanloveconfections.com.
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Payments giant Verifone will support retailer loyalty and rewards programs, in addition to NFC mobile payments, via Apple Pay from the autumn with the release of iOS 9. Six retailers, including US grocery chain Whole Foods Market, will be the first to accept NFC loyalty transactions on Verifone's MX 915 and MX 925 POS terminals for consumers to redeem rewards and gain points.
Whole Foods to add loyalty card to Apple Pay
June 12th, 2015
US grocery chain Whole Foods Market will be among the first companies to add their loyalty cards to Apple Pay later this year, alongside iOS 9 and the Passbook app to be renamed 'Wallet'. Verifone said it would be first to support loyalty cards through its NFC terminals, with 9to5Mac saying those companies will include Dunkin' Donuts, JCPenney, Kohl's, Panera, Wegmans and Whole Foods.
Wegmans to add loyalty card to Apple Pay
June 10th, 2015
Wegmans will be among the first US supermarkets to offer customers the ability to redeem discounts while using Apple Pay. "When this new feature is made available by Apple Pay in the fall, Wegmans customers will be able to add their Shoppers Club card to the Wallet app in iOS 9 and use it at checkout with Apple Pay," the retailer says.
Lloyds Banking Group makes Apple Pay pledge
June 10th, 2015
Lloyds Banking Group will begin offering Apple Pay to its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers from autumn this year, following the service's UK launch in July. "The way consumers fulfil their banking needs is changing in the UK… offering Apple Pay utilises the latest technology to respond to this ever-increasing demand," says the group's Stephen Noakes.
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Worldpay and First Data announce Apple Pay UK support
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Payment processors Worldpay and First Data have announced they will offer their merchant customers access to Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month. The companies join Tsys in announcing UK support for the mobile payment service.
Apple Pay users in UK will be able to make payments above contactless card limit
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MasterCard confirms UK Apple Pay support
June 9th, 2015
MasterCard has confirmed its role in the UK launch of Apple Pay later this year following comments it made last week that it was ready to switch on the mobile payments service in Europe. "With this clear shift in payment preference so strongly embedded, we are excited that MasterCard cardholders will soon be able to make payments from some of their Apple devices," says MasterCard's Mark Barnett.
Synchrony Financial supports Apple Pay
June 9th, 2015
Consumer financial services provider Synchrony Financial will offer private label credit cardholders the ability to add their cards to Apple Pay, starting with retail partner JCPenney. "Synchrony Financial is committed to supporting the benefits our private label credit cards and patented Dual Cards offer, including loyalty and rewards programs, POS discounts and promotional financing, when customers choose to make payments with Apple Pay," the company says.
Barclays in talks to support Apple Pay
June 9th, 2015
"We've been talking with Apple about how our customers could use Apple Pay, in addition to our existing contactless and mobile payment services," Barclays said in a statement sent to NFC World following its notable absence from the list of banks supporting Apple Pay in the UK. "Those talks remain constructive," the bank added.
Zapp prepares for UK mobile payments service launch
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Visa Europe to participate in Apple Pay UK launch
June 8th, 2015
Visa Europe has confirmed that it will play a part in the the UK launch of Apple Pay and will give debit, credit and reloadable prepaid cardholders access to the payment system. "Visa Europe would like to confirm that it is part of the Apple Pay launch in the UK coming at the beginning of July," the payment network says. "Further details and information will be shared shortly." MasterCard revealed last week that it was ready to switch on Apple Pay in Europe.
Apple Pay adds loyalty cards and expands to UK
June 8th, 2015
Apple Pay will be available in the UK from July 2015, vice president of Apple Pay business Jennifer Bailey has announced at the iPhone maker's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Users of the mobile payments service will also be able to add store credit, debit and loyalty cards to their Apple mobile wallet from "this fall". More
Google misses out on transaction fee revenues
June 8th, 2015
Google won't earn any transaction fees from credit card issuers for Android Pay, unlike Apple which receives 0.15% of the value of each credit card transaction made with Apple Pay, sources have told The Wall Street Journal."That is because Visa and MasterCard recently standardised their tokenization card-security service and made it free, preventing payments services from charging fees to issuers," the newspaper reports.
Apple Pay to launch in UK this summer?
June 8th, 2015
Apple is reported to be planning to launch Apple Pay in the UK this summer, with an announcement expected today at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference. "The service will be switched on in around two months," sources told The Telegraph. Apple is also expected to unveil a loyalty program for the mobile payments service at the event.
Less than a quarter of top US retailers accept Apple Pay
June 5th, 2015
Fewer than a quarter of the National Retail Federation's list of the top 100 US retailers are now accepting Apple Pay, with nearly two-thirds saying they will not be accepting it this year and only four saying they have plans to add support in the next 12 months, research conducted by Reuters has found. "Some merchants said they were holding out because they plan to participate in a new mobile payment system to be launched by a coalition of retailers later this year," reports the news agency.
Kantar: 13% of US iPhone 6 owners have used Apple Pay
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MasterCard ready to "switch on" Apple Pay in Europe
June 4th, 2015
MasterCard is "absolutely ready" to switch on Apple Pay in the UK and Europe and is just waiting for the iPhone maker's green light. "That's one of the advantages of doing this on a global platform," the payment network said during a press briefing covered by International Business Times. "It's there, it's switched on, we just have to connect the services at the back end. It takes a couple of days."
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(Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU security service says illegal military groups from Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region worked with Russian groups to stir up unrest in the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odessa, where dozens died in clashes on Friday.
It was not the first time largely Russian-speaking Transdniestria, a strip of Moldova bordering Ukraine and less than 100 km (62 miles) from Odessa, has been drawn into the crisis.
NATO's top military commander said in late March that the separatist region, which declared its independence in 1990, could be next in Russia's sights after its annexation of Crimea earlier in the month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said last month the people of Transdniestria, who have voted in a referendum in favour of joining Russia one day, should have the right to decide their own fate, though he stressed the need for negotiation.
Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, is seeking closer ties with the European Union, which last month said Moldovans would no longer need visas to travel to most of the bloc.
Both Kiev and Moscow have alleged outside interference in clashes that have been concentrated in the mainly Russian-speaking south-east of Ukraine.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said English was heard over the radio as Ukrainian forces sought to dislodge pro-Russian rebels from the city of Slaviansk on Friday.
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JFS - Take 5 Video
Daniel Granato, PhD, tells us about his group's study, "Authentication of Geographical Origin and Crop System of Grape Juices by Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity Using Chemometrics" comparing phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of grape juices from different regions and crop systems.
Watch the video online now: Take 5 with Daniel Granato, PhD


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Set to vibrate, her phone skipped across the bar top, crashing into the stem of her wine glass. Her boss Sam was calling again. Without picking up the phone, Pauley turned it off, ignoring the blinking voicemail alert. Downing the last swallow of her Merlot, Pauley searched for Ross, the new bartender. He wasn't the regular Tuesday night guy, and he seemed out-of-place in the … Continue reading Let it go to voice mail