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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is a first-person action survival game that brings to life the authentic, heart-stopping horrors of the AMC Emmy award-winning TV series The Walking Dead. In the game, players assume the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon alongside his overbearing brother Merle. Join them on a haunting, unforgiving quest across the Georgia countryside to reach the supposed safety of Atlanta.
At the end of the world, is any place truly safe?
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For business or leisure, choose a spacious modern accommodation in Wuhan with the comforts of home complementing the conveniences of a hotel. Every contemporary apartment has the benefit of a fully-equipped kitchen, elegant living area, dining area, en suite bathroom and a 42" LCD television with selected satellite channels and DVD player. The stylish décor adds to the comfort complemented with air conditioning, daily housekeeping service, and Broadband internet access. From every apartment, there is a stunning city view from the private balcony.
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"Justice was served...."
It is often assumed by some that the only response by murder victims' family members is to demand the death penalty for the perpetrator. However, increasingly the alternative sentence of life without parole is being sought by prosecutors and families who have lost loved ones to murder because it provides a less prolonged, traumatizing legal process in reaching finality and justice. In fact, in a recent poll, the majority of Californians prefer the much less costly sentence of life without parole over death as the ultimate sanction. And of course throughout the world, the majority of nations have long ago stopped executing their prisoners in favor of alternative punishments that are not only more humane, but also more fair and just.
To learn more about this growing move away from demands for the death penalty by district attorneys and the victim rights community, I encourage our readers to check out California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, or Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, which are advocacy organizations made up solely of individuals who have lost loved ones to murder and who advocate for alternatives to the death penalty.
Here is an excerpt from a recent SF Chronicle article about one of several cases in the Bay Area that illustrates alternative responses by murder victims' family members and the trend away from the use of judicial homicide as part of the state's pursuit of justice:
Troy Tyrone Thomas III was convicted in July of murdering John Alfred Dennis Jr., 59, a teacher at St. Mary's College in Moraga and City College of San Francisco. Prosecutors say Thomas killed Dennis with the intention of assuming his identity.
Thomas entered guilty pleas to all the charges against him, including murder with the special circumstances of burglary and financial gain, said Deputy District Attorney Mark Jackson. Prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty…..
The sentencing came after the victim's nephew, Josh Dennis, began weeping while addressing the court.
"In some weird, twisted way," Dennis said, pausing to control his emotion, "in some way I forgive you for what you've done." He said that's what his uncle would have wanted.
"I'm not God, because what he can do is forgive and forget," Dennis said. "I can't forget."
The Rev. Jay Matthews of St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Oakland told the judge, "John was a wonderful, bright light and a wonderful mentor to so many people in this community. John's demise will leave a great void in our community."
Matthews told Thomas, "We forgive you as well."
In an interview, Jackson said, "Justice was served, and Mr. Thomas will spend the rest of his life in prison, where he cannot harm anyone else."
Thomas' attorney, Assistant Public Defender Richard Foxall, said the guilty plea and sentence was "the right resolution."
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Amber Mustard Apartment, Lisbon
尺寸30 平方米
Floor No.0
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|Travessa do caldeira, 1200-085 Lisbon, 葡萄牙
If in the top of your list of musts there is location...this is your apartment. Historic and nightlife Lisbon center. Amber Mustard is one of the five "Mustard's" apartments that you can find here. All of them in the same street.
Amber Mustard Apartment has maximum capacity for two guests. The apartment is modern, simple, cosy and got everything you need to enjoy Lisbon! It features one double room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The kitchen has a dinning area and it is full equipped.
The apartment has internet and Sat TV.
Amber Mustard Apartment is located on a typical Lisbon street. Full of history and nice people. You'll breathe the spirit of friendship and joy between Lisbon neighbors. Bairro Alto is known for multi cultural activities, this is the neighborhood where students and artists get together!
You're in the heart of Lisbon, go head by foot to the city center, Baixa. Or go to Cais do Sodré to get to now more of the alternative Lisbon nightlife. One last tip...the owner of Amber Mustard Apartment has a coffee in the same street, so if you need anything the owner will always be there to help you!
Warmrental has the best apartments holidays rentals in Lisbon. If you want to know the best of Lisbon, you have to choose Amber Mustard apartment Bairro Alto.
If you have questions please contact us.
Hope to see you soon!
Security Deposit: 150€ (Payment should be made in cash)
Where to pick up the keys: at the apartment
We also provide transfer service from the airport
Late check in (22h) 25€
Cleaning Fee: 15€.
Note: There is a Lisbon city tax of 1 EUR per person/per night is not included in the total price and should be paid upon check in. This Municipal Tourist Tax is subject to a maximum amount of 7 EUR per guest. The tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. The total amount of this tax is charged by the city hall, the apartment owner is only responsible for collecting it for the authorities.
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We had a great time at this place! It is situated near the centre and the historical tram No 28 just passes in front of the door. As the sleeping room is at the backside of the apaartment, it is quiet and we slept very well. The apartment ist beautiful and cosy, it has a nice kitchen and bathroom.
Un apartamento muy acogedor, limpio y en perfectas condiciones. No era el apartamento de la foto, pero era otro de similares condiciones. Situado en un barrio céntrico pero con cierto aspecto marginal.
El trato es un poco confuso porque hay varios "intermediarios", aunque en general no hubo ningún problema.
Echamos de menos algún tipo de calefacción ó climatización en el apartamento, pues por las noches hacía algo de frío aún estando en primavera.
El piso estaba muy bien, no era el de la foto, pero era similar.
Estaba todo limpio y era una calle tranquila, se puede dormir bien.
Los dueños muy amables y nos ayudaron con todo lo necesario.
Accueil très sympathique , appartement correct pour 2 personnes , proche du quartier des bars et restaurants , environnement typique de Lisbonne.
Zum Bernstein Mustard Apartment kann ich nichts sagen, weil die Unterkunft aufgrund von Renovierungsarbeiten nicht beziehbar war. Der Vermittler der Wohnung (Tiago) hat sofort reagiert und für Ersatz gesorgt. Super Service! Die Ersatzwohnung war gut gelegen, mit allem eingerichtet, was man braucht. Wir sind sehr zufrieden.
Very nice and modern apartment with everything you need. Next to the famous tram 28 station Graca on the hill with a lot of nice reataurants and bakeries. The apartment is very clean on the second floor without elevator but also in a quiet area in one of the most beautiful city I ever visit.
Staying in the apartment from Tiago was a very nice experience. The apartment was incredible clean. We had all the facilities to spend a very nice week.
Antonio who did the check-in for us, was available all the time I need, and this was much appreciated to me.
I highly recommend you to stay in this apartment and enjoy Lisbon.
I'll be back there for sure.
Thanks for making our stay comfortable.
The positives:The appartment was clean, modern and cozy!
The negatives: noisy (neighbours) upstairs and a hilly area.
Excellent appartment in the most amazing part of Lisboa. Just within walking diatance of many magnificent places and restaurants. Nice and cosy, with all necessary amenities. Tiago, thank you for your hospitality :)
The apartment was very clean and neat. Situated in the very centre of Lisbon's old town every destination was very easy to access from the apartment. We enjoyed a great stay!
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HIFF's Cinema Partners
The Hawaii International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Doris Duke Theatre to showcase emerging films from Asia and the Pacific, as well as top festival films from around the world.
About Honolulu Museum of Art – Doris Duke Theatre
The Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art is Honolulu's only art house theater and is the premier platform for independent and international film in Hawai'i. For more information on the film program or corporate and private rentals, please contact theater manager Taylour Chang at email@example.com.
Filipino Film Festival 2015
April 18-28, 2015
Explore the Philippines' rich culture and history through films by some of the country's leading cinematic voices. This year's selection includes standout romantic comedies, the world's first T'boli-language feature film, and the definitive documentary on boxing legend Manny Pacquiao.
For full details on the films, events and to purchase tickets, visit the Doris Duke Theatre website.
4th annual Honolulu African American Film Festival
February 7-27, 2015
During African American History Month, the Honolulu African American Film Festival seeks to empower, enlighten, and entertain by exploring the cultural richness of the black experience through film. This year we present a selection of absorbing films that profile cultural icons, address social issues, and tell uplifting, touching and moving stories from around the world.
For full details on the films, events and to purchase tickets, visit the Doris Duke Theatre website.
8th annual Bollywood Film Festival
January 3-30, 2015
See the best in new Indian cinema at the museum's annual showcase that reveals the diversity of Indian culture at home and beyond. In addition to some of 2014's biggest Bollywood hits, this year's line-up features the festival's first Marathi-language film, a documentary on the art of Kathak dance, India's first motion-capture animated film and superstar Rajinikanth in his latest Kollywood blockbuster!
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The hospitals of Community Healthcare System offer many free and low-cost educational programs, screenings and support to help people live healthier, manage a chronic disease or recover from a serious illness.
Search here for class offerings throughout our healthcare system, which includes Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. If you would like in-person assistance to find a particular class or resource, call 219-836-3477 or toll free 1-866-836-3477. This service, which includes assistance in Spanish, is available Monday-Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm, and accepts registration for many of our classes.
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Stroke survivors and Caregivers learn to prevent future strokes through risk detection and management.
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Location: St. Catherine Hospital, 4321 Fir Street, East Chicago
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Kids, Inc. has announced winners of the Wendy's Sportsmanship Awards for the 2011 fall sports season:
■ Recreational Indoor Soccer League: Pre-K South, Pleasant Valley, coach Nicole Bargas; First Grade North, Humphrey's Highland, coach Billy Bunch
■ Boys Basketball League: Second Grade South, Lawndale, coach Anthony Ramirez
■ Fall Volleyball, Session 2: Fourth Grade South, South Georgia, coach Melissa Kimbley; Fifth Grade North, Oak Dale, coach Maryssa Scott; Sixth Grade, Austin, coach Terri Bunyard
Teams received votes from coaches in their league with input from game officials and other Kids, Inc. personnel. Each team member and coach received two certificates, one for display and another to be redeemed at any Wendy's location for a combo meal. Wendy's has sponsored the sportsmanship award for several years, according to Jimmy Lackey, president and CEO of Kids, Inc.


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Jake & The Giant is now on sale!
at long last...TA DAAAAA! The ~ big ~ as in GIANT ~ day is here!
Weighing in at 362 pages, "the big boy" is now available in both ebook and trade paperback formats and ready for you to dive in!
We are both keeping our fingers crossed that you'll enjoy reading it as much as we loved writing it.
Here are links to Amazon and Barnes & Noble. (BTW, for iPad users, I hear you can now use Amazon Kindle books on your iPad if that's your e-reader of choice.) Anyway...thanks and we sincerely hope you enjoy the book! It's a labor of love. :)
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Moscow Ballet Bring Great Russian Nutcracker to York's Pullo Center
Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker is coming to Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. Exquisite dancing and spectacular sets and costumes have earned the praise of critics who rave that Anatoli Emelianov's Great Russian Nutcracker is "flawless," "breathtaking," and "dazzling."
Now celebrating its 16th annual USA tour, Emelianov's Nutcracker is beloved by audiences and praised by critics for its unique setting of Act II in the Land of Peace and Harmony. Set against Valentin Fedorov's scenic design, replete with dancing puppets and a Rousseau inspired backdrop of unicorns, exotic birds and animals, Moscow Ballet's Great Russian is the must-see production of 2008.
Tickets are $65, $45, $35, and $25 and can be purchased by calling (717) 505-8900 or visiting The Pullo Center Web site at http://www.pullocenter.psu.edu/. With seating for just over 1,000, the Pullo Center offers an intimate venue with full theatre capabilities. The theatre opened at the campus in August 2005.


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The W.D. Packard Concert Band will honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces at a Memorial Day weekend performance at Packard Music Hall.
Col. Ronnie Roberts, medical commander for the U.S. Air Force Reserve 910th Airlift Wing based at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station will narrate ''Duty, Honor, Country,'' an address first delivered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Military Academy. The musical accompaniment was written by Harold L. Walters. And Thomas Groth, executive director of the band, will deliver the narration that accompanies Samuel R. Hazo's ''Each Time You Tell Their Story.''
It is part of a program conducted by Stephen L. Gage that is filled with patriotic works. James Swearingen's ''The Light Eternal'' was inspired by the sinking of the S.S. Dorchester by a German U Boat in 1943 during World War II. Four Army chaplains gave away their lifejackets in order to save others.
''Elegy Militaire'' was written by Roy M. Miller, one of the first conductors of the Packard Band.
Other selections include Claude T. Smith's ''Hymn & Fanfare: The Navy Hymn,'' Louis Panella's ''The American Red Cross'' march, Lauren Keiser's ''To Those We Remember'' (featuring trumpet soloist Frank Cosenza) and a medley of patriotic songs and Armed Forces anthems.
The concert starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren. Admission is free, and funding is provided by the W.D. Packard trust.
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Sunchokes are often called Jerusalem artichokes or sunroots, but
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Instead they are the edible tuber of a specific variety of sunflower
with a nutty, slightly sweet flavor. Some people do feel they have an
artichoke-like flavor, which is likely how they got their name.
Originally from North America, they were once an important food source
for some Native American tribes.
Nutritionally, sunchokes are a good source of Thiamin, Phosphorous,
Potassium and Iron. Though their texture and flavor is starchy, they
actually don't contain starch, but instead a different carbohydrate
called inulin. The human body converts inulin to fructose rather than
glucose, so sunchokes are widely believed to be a better "starch"
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Storage: Store sunchokes wrapped in paper towels and a zip top bag in your refrigerator crisper. Be careful not to put other vegetables on top of them or bang them around in the drawer, as they bruise easily.
Shelf Life: Up to a week.
Jerusalem artichokes can be eaten with or without their skins. They are often roasted whole and then either served that way or mashed with butter and cream into a delicious puree. They can also be steamed, boiled, butter-braised, fried into sunchoke chips (as in our fish & chips recipe) or eaten raw in salad. In Europe (particularly France) they are highly regarded as a soup ingredient. Sunchoke Recipes Try pairing sunchokes with dairy (butter, cream, milk), parmigiano reggiano, vinegar, onions, ginger, lemon juice, garlic, nuts, cloves, parsley or mint. They excel as a side dish with almost any roasted meat. Avoid cooking sunchokes in aluminum or cast iron cookware, as doing so can turn them gray. If serving them cut but uncooked, a brief soak in water mixed with vinegar or lemon juice will keep them from oxidizing.
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Physical therapist Dustin earns MDT certification
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June 18, 2015 Jennie S. Minich has been named branch manager of Northwest Savings Bank's Warren office at 125 Ludlow St. more »»
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This is just a quick note to let you all know that I am stuck with a VERY bad internet connection until Tuesday.
So I will not be able to close the "Send me a postcard" project nor the "SMUGMUG pro account giveaway" so you still have time to participate in both.
By the way I still haven't received any answered on the last question I asked for the SmugMug account giveaway.
ADIDAP found a new home
I'm tired, frustrated, worn out, sleepless etc… But I am happy.
This hard time cost me a lot, a lot in terms of time and money but I have learned how much you guys are wonderful.
I have so many thing to tell you all but this is not the right time, I have just finished the basic setup of adidap and I have 20+ other sites to migrated and then working on the details it will take time but at least no data is lost
And 12 hours later…
Just a quick note to let you know that we are back after almost 12 hours of down time
This is the longest crash in ADIDAP's history. It is not due to traffic peak because we have been featured on Digital Photography School" (("Thanks Darren for that !"))"
the reasons are still mysterious" (("It turned out to be a cable problem"))" all I know is that I have 2 dedicated servers with my hosting company and both went down ! I am still waiting for clarifications from them.
Sorry for that guys !!!
Zookoda is dead long live FeedBurner !
Ok I saw it happening but I just ignored it, Zookoda is dead it is official !
Zookoda is the service I've been using here at adidap to deliver the newsletter by emails ever since August 2006, and now I am compelled to move to another provider.
Since FeedBurner was recently bought by Google, I am already using it for RSS, and it is free, I have decided to move adidap mailing list there.
Feedburner problem is that they do not allow me to import the current 450 subscribers list (what a shame) so I just have to build that list over again.
ADIDAP goes to private ad sales
After trying almost everything I could think of to make good use of the space in the sidebar,after trying and failing with many ad networks, after being scammed by ShoppingAds.com. I have finally decided to give private ad sales a try.


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"As older patients move through time, often from physician to physician, they are at increasing risk of accumulating layer upon layer of drug therapy, as a reef accumulates layer upon layer of coral."
-- Jerry Avorn, MD
Holmes, Holly M. Polypharmacy. Theme issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, May 2012, Volume 28, Number 2.
Link to table of contents [1].
Dwyer LL, Han B, Woodwell DA, et al. Polypharmacy in nursing home residents in the United States. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:63–72.
Link to abstract [2].
Sergi G, Rui MD, Sarti S, et al. Polypharmacy in the elderly. Drugs Aging 2011; 28 (7): 509-518.
Link to abstract [3].
Steinman MA, Hanlon JT. Managing medications in clinically complex elders: "There's got to be a happy medium." JAMA. 2010;304(14):1592-1601.
Link to abstract [4].
Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W, Barrueto F. Polypharmacy and the geriatric patient. Clin Geriatr Med 2007;23:371–390.
Link to abstract [5].
Steinman MA, Landefeld CS, Rosenthal GE, et al. Polypharmacy and prescribing quality in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54:1516–1523.
Link to abstract [6].
Polypharmacy: Guidance for Prescribing in Frail Adults - NHS Highland, Polypharmacy Action Group, November 2011.
Link to full text [7].
Garfinkel D, Mangin D. Feasibility study of a systematic approach for discontinuation of multiple medications in older adults. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(18):1648-1654.
Link to abstract [8].
Ostini R, Jackson C, Hegney D, et al. How is medication prescribing ceased? A systematic review. Med Care 2011;49:24–36.
Link to abstract [9].
Parsons C, Hughes CM, Passmore AP, et al. Withholding, discontinuing and withdrawing medications in dementia patients at the end of life. Drugs Aging 2010; 27 (6): 435-449.
Link to abstract [10].
Iyer S, Naganathan V, McLachlan AJ, et al. Medication withdrawal trials in people aged 65 years and older – a systematic review. Drugs Aging 2008; 25 (12): 1021-1031.
Link to abstract [11].
Bain KT, Holmes HM, Beers MH, et al. Discontinuing medications: a novel approach for revising the prescribing stage of the medication use process. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008;56:1946–1952.
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Beer C, Loh P, Peng YG, et al. A pilot randomized controlled trial of deprescribing. Ther Adv in Drug Safe. 2011;2(2):37-43.
Link to abstract [13].
Return to the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Practice Resource Center homepage [14]
[1] http://geriatric.theclinics.com/issues?issue_key=S0749-0690(11)X0006-X
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15435946/8/1
[3] http://adisonline.com/aging/toc/2011/28070
[4] http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/304/14/1592.abstract
[5] http://www.geriatric.theclinics.com/article/S0749-0690(07)00003-1/abstract
[6] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00889.x/abstract
[7] http://tinyurl.com/7bgsumg
[8] http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/170/18/1648
[9] http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/toc/2011/01000
[10] https://www.ascp.com/<br
[11] http://adisonline.com/aging/toc/2008/25120
[12] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01916.x/abstract
[13] http://taw.sagepub.com/content/2/2/37.abstract
[14] https://www.ascp.com/articles/geriatric-pharmacotherapy


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When Bill Clinton settled on Mario Baeza as his new assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, administration officials thought it was a brilliant choice.
Here was a gifted lawyer specializing in international business who had built contacts with Latin American leaders. Just as important, he is a black Cuban American. African Americans would be happy, Hispanics in general would be happy, and Cubans in particular might be induced to take a step away from the Republicans toward the Democrats.


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Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA ) has had plenty of news lately, but the next big story might be a very big one: CEO Elon Musk has been hinting that there's a way for Tesla's Model S sedan to be recharged very quickly -- and now, there's a demonstration of some kind set for next week.
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The photos show a man in a dark hat, a dark shirt and light-colored pants holding a gun. His face is covered by a black cloth.
Investigators do not yet have a suspect, Blackman-Leoni Public Safety Detective Sgt. Chris Boulter wrote in an email. The investigation is on-going and involves Jackson County's major crimes task force and the FBI.
Boulter said the man in the photos appears to be a white man about 6 feet tall weighing about 200 pounds and about 30 years old.
No one was hurt in the robbery. There were three employees inside and one customer. They were "shaken up" by the robbery.
About 11:30 a.m., a man walked into the credit union, 501 Laurence Ave., pointed a handgun at employees and demanded money. The man fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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A Philippi man was arrested on drug charges Monday, police said.
Russell John Tingler, 27, of Philippi, was charged with possession with the intent to deliver a Schedule I narcotic, according to a press release from the Philippi Police Department.
Officers responded to a report of domestic violence on Locust Avenue. According to police, Tingler got into an altercation, and tried to leave the scene before it escalated into a more serious situation.
Tingler was leaving when police arrived. Officers noticed that he was wearing a large, black backpack, according to the press release.
"Circumstances of the investigation led the officers to believe that there were narcotics involved," the press release states.
Officers searched the backpack, allegedly finding "a quantity of marijuana was found packaged in a manner common with the distribution of narcotics."
Several items of drug paraphernalia, as well as a bag containing valium, and a bottle of unidentified pills were found on the scene, according to police.
Tingler was arraigned by Magistrate Kathi McBee and was being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $10,000 bond as of presstime.
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A fire was reported in a vacant house on Rt. 57 near Elk City around 6 p.m. Saturday, according to Chief Deputy Bret Carpenter of the Barbour County Sheriff's Department.
The state fire marshal is investigating the incident to see if "something suspicious" caused the blaze, Carpenter said. The house was a total loss.
Another blaze, a residential structure fire in Brownton Monday, is also under investigation.
The Philippi Volunteer Fire Department, the Flemington Volunteer Fire Department and the Barbour County EMS all responded to the scene.


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There are those who say Portland lacks diversity, that it is little more than a playground for overeducated, underemployed white people, and that the city will never, for all the mayor's talk of internationalism and manufactured weirdness, outgrow its white-bread personality.
Those people really need to spend more time shopping, because if it is at all fair to judge a city's diversity by its grocery stores (and it is!), Portland is far more cosmopolitan than a walk down Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard might lead you to believe. In the course of writing this guide, we sampled goods from every continent, amid shoppers speaking dozens of languages, and unfailingly discovered foods we'd never encountered before. The cultural riches of this city are boundless.
Of course, there's more to cooking than imported ingredients. Like wine: We have greatly expanded our survey of excellent wine and beer shops for this year's edition. A fine meal also requires solid tools, so we added a kitchenware section.
Of course, the work is not done—there is so much more to taste. I hope this guide will inspire you to hunt for even more treasures from our farmers, butchers, cheesemakers, importers, vintners and chocolatiers—and that you will tell me about your discoveries at email@example.com, so I can write about them in next year's Devour.
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A feeling of fascination today may lead you to pursue learning about different cultures. This might mean seeking out a new restaurant or delving deeper into customs or languages that are different from your own. When we look beyond our local horizons, we learn to understand the world from a broader perspective. We might imagine the world as a large puzzle, in which each culture holds a different piece. As we learn from each other, we grow to understand different pieces, which can only lead to wholeness. In holding respect for different cultural beliefs and philosophies today, you are working towards world peace.
As the world grows smaller each day, we become global citizens. Knowing that our choices have implications that affect the world as a whole means that the better informed we are, the better able we are to make the best decisions. This awareness brings with it the responsibility to seek greater understanding, and in doing so we learn to appreciate what other cultures can teach us and how to improve upon our own systems. It is through our shared traits that we begin to accept that we are all part of one family, sharing one home. When we can work from a place of appreciation of what our foreign family members have to share with us today, we can all work together for the betterment of the planet, ensuring our common survival and the ability to thrive in peace.
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Graphics created for web sites and interactive design will always be viewed on a computer screen. So that means you will always be working with RGB colors. However, it's important to realize that every device has its own capabilities, meaning some devices and some computer monitors have the ability to display more RGB colors than others. Because of that, we have a concept in web design called web safe colors. In this movie we will talk about web safe colors. We will also talk about whether or not we really need to be concerned about web safe colors nowadays, because more and more devices have the capability to display more and more colors.
More importantly, we will talk about something called hexadecimal. It's the way that we actually define colors in HTML and on the web. So, first let's understand what a web safe color is. Now if you are a designer, you are probably working with a monitor that can display millions of colors. However, that doesn't mean that somebody who is viewing your web site also has a monitor that has that capability as well. In fact, all the monitors are known as something called VGA, which have the capability of displaying up to 256 colors.
Now that may sound a lot, but if you think about how you actually create gradients or many colors within a piece of artwork, it's certainly possible to exceed that number of colors. More importantly, it's not just 256 arbitrary colors. It's actually a single palette of 256 colors. So it's not just any color under the sun. In fact, if you think back to your days of going out and buying those Crayola package of crayons that came with a certain number of colors, if you want to create a color but you don't have that color crayon, well, there are really only two types of things you can do.
Either try to pick a color that's similar to the color that you are looking for, or you can try to attempt to actually mix two of those colors together to get the color that you want. Well, something similar actually happens with computers as well. For example, if I am now inside of Illustrator and I am using a monitor that's capable of displaying millions of colors. I can now create these colors that look fine on my computer screen. But what happens now if I want to view that exact same graphic on a different computer screen that only supports 256 colors? What happens to the colors that I have used that can't be displayed on that other monitor? The answer is that that monitor uses something called dithering.
It's a process that allows you to try to simulate colors by either picking a color that's close enough to the color intended, or it tries to mix the colors. But here is the problem. You see, a computer screen can't actually mix pixels. But what it can do is try to trick our eye by alternating different colors in some kind of a pattern to try to simulate a color. Unfortunately in many cases, dithering looks horrible and if you are designing a web site or you are creating graphics, you want to try to avoid colors that won't end up dithering really badly on other types of devices.
Let me show you what I mean. I have some artwork here, it's called websafe.ai, and I am going to try to simulate what this artwork might look like on monitors that can't display as many colors. Now I am going to use a very extreme case here, but I am doing it to prove a point so you can see exactly what this dithering process is. I am going to go to the file menu and I am going to choose Save for Web & Devices. I am going to click on the Optimize tab now, so I can see what this is going to look like when optimized and right now it's being optimized as a gif file and we can see over here that it's using 256 colors to display that piece of art.
But let's say my computer didn't have that number of colors. Let's say I only had fewer colors, like for example eight colors. I am going to go here to the Color pop-up here and choose 8. Well, if I only have eight colors, what's going to happen is that that dithering is going to simulate some kind of a pattern to try to get me to understand that these are different colors. But as you can see, sometimes a dithering pattern looks very ugly. You can imagine if I have some text on top of this, if this were some kind of a background, it may become difficult to read that text.
Now you can see that some of these colors are not dithering at all. For an even more extreme case, I am going to reduce the number of colors down to four colors. You can see now that some of these colors have just changed completely. The main point here is that if you actually use colors on your screen that look fine by you, it does not guarantee of those colors will display exactly the same way on other devices as well. Most importantly you really want to avoid any type of dithering that may occur that would make your artwork look ugly or even unreadable.
Now that we understand what dithering is, let's take a look at what these different palettes actually are. I am going to click Cancel. I go to my Swatches panel and from this little pop-up on the bottom for libraries, I am going to choose to open up System (Macintosh). I am also going to choose to open up System (Windows). So what I have right now are the256 colors that appear on a basic Mac System and a Windows System, when using a VGA display. In other words, these are the basic colors that are supported on these basic systems.
Now just as an example, if I were creating some kind of a graphic and I know it was going to be viewed on only a Macintosh computer, I could choose to use any of these 256 colors, and I will always be ensured that dithering will never occur on that computer, because I am using colors that I know exist on that screen, likewise the same for Windows. However, of course, as you know when you are designing web sites, you don't know if somebody who is logging in using a Mac or a Windows computer. So what you want to do is use a color that appears in both of these palettes.
It just so happens to be that there are a lot of colors that are similar between these palettes and if you count those numbers up, you will see that there are only 40 colors that are different between these two systems. In other words, if I take 256 and I subtract the 40 that are different, I am left with 216 colors that are identical on both of these systems. So if you think about it, if I use any of those 216 colors, I am assured that those colors will not dither on both Mac and Windows systems.
Well, I want to go back to my Swatches panel now and choose to open up another palette called Web. This one actually contains those 216 colors that are similar across both basic Windows and Mac systems. In other words, this palette right here is the exact same one as this and this, minus the 40 that are different. So the whole concept of a Web Safe Color is a color that you are ensured that whether you are viewing this from a Mac or Windows computer, they will appear without any dithering.
So now that we understand what a Web Safe Color is, let's talk for a moment about whether or not they are really necessary or not, because most people nowadays have monitors that can support more than just 256 colors. In fact, most displays nowadays can support millions of colors. So chances are, they will be able to view just about any color that you create without this dithering process having to get in the way. More importantly, you could start to question whether or not web safe colors even make any sense at all, because there are so many of these handsets or mobile devices that are out there.
People can view web sites dialing into an iPhone, through Android-based devices, and a handful of others, and those aren't technically Mac or Windows-based systems, so what kind of colors do those devices support? So the way that I like to really kind of look at web safe colors is that for basic colors of my web site, I try to use web safe colors, things like background colors or general colors where there is large areas of colors that I am using. And I am pretty confident that those colors won't dither, and they will correct on just about any system or any device that you might be using to view it.
However, when it comes down to the nitty -gritty, things like, do I want to make sure that every single color in my logo is going to be a web safe color? That I don't really worry about so much, and I am pretty sure that on most devices it will appear correct. But there is one other thing that we need to talk about when we think about web safe colors, and that's just really what a web color is anyway. Normally, we understand what RGB is and we think of things as different channels of red, green, and blue. We know that each channel supports up to 256 levels, so we kind of define RGB colors by using different values of R, G, and B. So let me close out of these panels here for a minute, and I will show you what I am talking about.
If I go over here and I click on the Shift button while I click on the Fill in my Appearance panel, that brings up over here my Color panel. If I click on the flyout menu, I am going to choose RGB and you see that right now I have different sliders, and those sliders go from 0 all the way to 255. However, in HTML we refer to colors by a code. Something which we call hexadecimal, and you can actually specify colors using these hexadecimal codes by going to the flyout menu of your Color panel and choosing Web Safe RGB.
It's important to realize that while it's called Web Safe RGB, it doesn't necessarily mean that I am going to be limited to Web Safe Colors. It just means that I will be able to specify RGB colors using this hexadecimal format, which is really what I am trying to do. You can notice now over here that I can now specify the colors using two characters, two characters, and two characters, which make up my hexadecimal code, and I can do that right here inside of Illustrator. For example, if I know a specific code here, I can just simply highlight it and type in that code and tab through it.
In fact, chances are you are going to be creating your own colors using a web design, so let me show you how to do that directly through the Swatches panel. Say you want to create a new swatch. Well, coming here in the Swatches panel, I'll click on this button to create a new swatch, where it says Color mode, change to web Safe RGB, and now you can type in the specific hexadecimal values here to create your color. Now by default, Illustrator names this swatch by the RGB values. However, especially when you are designing for the web, I find it far more intuitive to name your color using that hexadecimal color.
So, for example, over here, I am going to type in a hash symbol. Then I will type in 3333CC. Now I will click OK, and this is helpful, because when I mouse over this, a little pop-up will show, and it displays what that hexadecimal value is. So when I am creating my colors for use in web design, I don't go by the standard RGB settings or values. I actually type in the hexadecimal values, so I can see what I am working with. Now I am going to open up the Color panel here, because I want to show you one other thing.
You can see now that when I click on colors, because I specified through the flyout menu here that I can view things as Web Safe RGB, as I click on objects, I will see what those hexadecimal values are. However, sometimes you will click on a color, like for example this one, and you will see that these colors are not what we call web safe colors like we discussed before. In fact, an icon here identifies it as so. Whenever you see this little cube in the Color panel, that means that this color that I currently have selected is out of gamut of web safe colors.
Of course, like we discussed before, you can choose to use colors that are not snapped to this web safe palette. That's totally fine. But if you do want to actually have a web safe color, what you can do is click on this little icon right here, which will go ahead and it will basically snap that color to the nearest web safe color. You can see that the color changed and shifted just a little bit, but now it's a web safe color that it is guaranteed not to dither on a device. You can also see over here what those hexadecimal values are.
You can press Undo to go back to what it was before. Remember, you can specify hexadecimal values in HTML that are not web safe. But Illustrator just provides some tools for you that if you do want to find the nearest web safe color, it will help you do that. So hopefully now throughout this video, you have a much clear understanding of how color works on the web, and how you can use those colors inside of your designs.
- Getting perfectly sized pixel graphics from Illustrator
- Setting up preferences in Illustrator for web design
- Creating custom document profiles
- Getting great color on the web
- Understanding web graphic file formats (GIF, JPG, PNG, SWF, and SVG)
- Setting great-looking type
- Slicing artwork for various tasks
- Creating Flash animations directly from Illustrator
- Working with Photoshop Smart Objects
- Exporting HTML and CSS from Illustrator
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Most Jaguars fans could at least agree that the two drafts done by Gene Smith as general manager were relatively successful, some would go would farther that. Through two drafts the Jaguars have come away with two starting offensive tackles, two starting defensive tackles, a starting cornerback, a starting receiver, two backup receivers, two backup running backs, a backup tight end and two backup defensive ends. Not a bad haul so far.
It's safe to say that Smith isn't in the hot seat and his job is safe. However, it is very likely that the draft set to begin in two days will be a very defining one during his time as general manager and I'd go so far as to say it's the most important draft of his career.
"Our drafting success will be defined on the field so we have to win more. The only credit we need is winning. Since there are so many variables that play into players' success or lack of at this level, it really comes down to winning. If we're winning then we're doing something right" – Gene Smith
It's hard to imagine a scenario in which the Jaguars do not select a quarterback in this year's draft. Smith hasn't ruled out the possibility that he'll go through the draft without drafting a quarterback; however, his answer made it sound like a doubtful scenario, saying only that "it's possible." He said his team approaches the draft "trying to come out of it accomplishing certain goals," but isn't always able to do that.
In the event that a quarterback for the future is selected, Smith's success as general manager for the Jaguars will likely be tied to the success of that player. Regardless of how many players he finds in the draft, Smith is right, his success will be defined by the performance on the field and the wins of his team. A whiff at the quarterback position would cripple the team and doom them to a continued era of inability to perform at the highest level.
While he has built the foundation for a championship level team, no position is more crucial to winning the Super Bowl than finding a Super Bowl level quarterback. Is that Locker? Ponder? Kaepernick? I don't know, but Smith has done his legwork and his legwork better be right. If the quarterback he selects isn't as good as Smith thinks he is then his first two drafts will be all for naught.


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Annapolis. Md., the home of the United States Naval Academy, is a popular destination for boaters in October with a pair of mega-shows.
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New single-family home sales are up 2.3% for April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000, according to a Commerce Department report (link opens as PDF) released today.
After bumping up a revised 3.5% for March, this newest report contributes to another month of optimism for the housing market recovery. Analysts underestimated the improvement, predicting a slight unrevised 1.9% increase to 425,000.
On a regional basis, the West led month-by-month sales growth with a 10.8% increase, followed by 3% gains in the South. These positive pushes proved enough to offset a 4.8% dip in the Midwest and a lackluster 16.7% drop in the Northeast.
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The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will once again present a free lawn concert at the Knox Farm State Park this summer.
The orchestra will perform for the second consecutive summer at 7 p.m. June 27 on the lawn adjacent to the Knox mansion in the park. The event is part of a larger effort to help draw interest in further renovating the main house.
The event is coordinated through the Friends of Knox Farm State Park, in conjunction with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Concert guests may bring blankets, lawn chairs and coolers with them. Parking will only be permitted on the Neil and Barbara Chur Equestrian Center fields off Knox Road. Lawn guests may arrive after 4:30 p.m. There will be no trash receptacles in the park, so lawn guests must carry out what they bring in.
If it rains, the concert will be canceled and there is no rain date planned.
"Tapas on the Terrace," a catered indoor dining event, will be held as a fundraiser in the mansion. The event, at $100 per person, is offered to raise money to support continuing renovations of the main house. Guests who opt to participate in the indoor dining would receive a light dinner at the main house and listen to the concert afterward from designated seating outdoors and VIP parking. There will be an open bar.
"Tapas on the Terrace" tickets are available for sale from the Friends of Knox Web site: friendsofknoxpark.org and from the Elm Street Bakery in East Aurora.
The Friends of Knox Park group noted that decorators of the Junior League Decorators' Show House that presently is ongoing, have made substantial improvements to the mansion, but that the house still needs insulation, a caterers' kitchen and exterior painting.
Sponsoring the event are Lake Shore Savings Bank, Realty USA and Fox Run Orchard Park.
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• The East Aurora School Board will hold a public hearing on its 2013-14 school budget proposal when it meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in regular session in the library of the Main Street School, 430 Main St.


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Flint's undefeated contender will box on the undercard of the Zab Judah and Paulie Malignaggi match on Showtime.
Dirrell (26-0, 22 KOs) and Bika (32-5-2, 21 KOs) were originally set to fight on Oct. 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. but the champion hurt his shoulder while training for the bout.
The postponement was crushing to Dirrell at first because his training camp has just gotten underway at the Trigger Boxing Gym in Traverse City, Mich. for less than a week when his adviser Al Haymon called him late at night to break the news to him. For a fighter who has already beat cancer and bounced back from a severe motorcycle accident, Dirrell was frustrated the he had to endure another setback in the sport but he couldn't do anything but be patient while waiting for his opportunity.
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Washoe County Sheriff's Deputy Cole Bunyard was awarded the 2012 Washoe County Deputy of the Year by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10053 of Verdi.
The VFW Post presented the award "in grateful recognition of unyielding adherence to the highest ideals of law enforcement in maintaining, preserving and protecting the lawful rights of all citizens."
Cole received the award from VFW Post 10053 representatives Denise Estes, Danny Waldrop and David Armstrong during the Sheriff's Office monthly ACES meeting on Thursday, August 8, 2013.
While the VFW feels it is important to recognize local first responders for the work they do to keep the home front safe, the Sheriff's Office took the opportunity to thank the Veterans for their duty to Country on the global front.
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Cover Story: What we're likely to see from Square Enix at this year's E3.
hen E3 closed this time last year, at least one Square Enix exec wasn't feeling too happy about the future. Dismayed by the heavy emphasis on western-developed titles, Koji Taguchi took to Twitter to express his discontent.
"Because we merged with Eidos and had games like Tomb Raider, Deus and Hitman, as a company we were able to keep face." Taguchi wrote. "But the decline in Japanese titles was almost humiliating. This has been a week where I worried daily about how we can fix this."
Not much has changed in the intervening years--if anything, the divide is only getting more pronounced. With Final Fantasy XIII-2 now on the market, the standard-bearers at E3 2012 for Square Enix's traditional franchises will be Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Meanwhile, the show floor will once again be dominated by action stalwarts like Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs--the sort of fare that no one would have associated with Square Enix five years ago. The lack of in-house development is not the disease though, but the symptom. The real problem goes much deeper than that.
On the face of it, the reason for Square Enix's increased emphasis on western-developed games should be pretty obvious. For better or worse, action games have been doing pretty well for Square Enix of late. Last year, Deus Ex Human Revolution sold more than 2 million units worldwide within its first few months on the market, and was widely regarded as one of the best games of 2011. In 2010, the Avalanche Studios-developed Just Cause 2 was an unexpected hit, racking up more than a million sales.
Following on from Just Cause 2's surprise success, Square Enix has started rolling the dice on other second-tier action games, hoping for similar results. After Activision dropped True Crime: Hong Kong, Square Enix jumped in to pick up the project, likely in the hopes of scoring their own version of Saint's Row with relatively little investment. Square Enix U.S. president Mike Fischer called Activision 'crazy' for letting the newly-retitled Sleeping Dogs slip away: "The thrill that I love in bringing out a game like Sleeping Dogs is when nobody sees it coming. And then, boom, it's the surprise of the holiday. The game's coming out early in the year, so it has time to find its audience."
The rise of Square Enix's western publishing ventures has coincided with the struggles of its own in-house development to find traction over the course of the current generation. Final Fantasy XIII-2 is considered a success for having sold a little more than a million copies, earning it a spot next to Deus Ex in Square Enix's financial reports; but overall, expectations have been adjusted for the franchise that once dominated the holiday season. Final Fantasy Versus XIII has yet to appear, and Square Enix is still trying to rebound from the high-profile disaster of Final Fantasy XIV.
With the exception of Dragon Quest IX, Square Enix has mainly found success with remakes and spinoffs of late. Final Fantasy IV alone has been ported or remade at least three times since 2005, the most recent release coming last year. Kingdom Hearts is on its fourth spinoff in a row. On the PSP, an attempted revival of Parasite Eve on the PSP was met with a collective shrug at home and abroad. Matters came to a head in 2011 when Square Enix ended up with a 12 billion yen loss for the previous fiscal year, much of it on the back of the aforementioned Final Fantasy XIV. Forced to account for the loss, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada admitted: "Our game development has become weaker than expected. Revamping it will take one or two years." Since then, the mandate has been to make money by whatever means possible.
Over the past year, things have gotten a bit better. Final Fantasy XIII-2 was a relative success, Square Enix's finances have rebounded, and there's reason to be optimistic that Dragon Quest X will continue the franchise's long tradition of dominating Japan. Even Theathrythm Final Fantasy feels like it could be a charming take on the franchise's rich musical tradition. But long-term, in-house development remains stagnant. Despite considerable hype and speculation, both Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy Versus XIII have thus far failed to materialize. Apart from Dragon Quest X, the only other major in-house project on the horizon is Final Fantasy X HD--yet another remake.
Meanwhile, Square Enix now feels like a company with multiple personality disorder. Business majors like to use the term 'core competency' to talk about a company's strategy; in lay terms, it means that a company that should focus on what they're good at. In their glory years, Square Enix's core competency was making games with high production values, great stories, and a certain spark of originality--usually RPGs. When E3 2012 opens next week though, it will be more obvious than ever that Square Enix has moved away from their original values as a developer. Their booth will be home to a jumble of properties--the traditional Kingdom Hearts, the whimsical Quantum Conundrum, and the hardcore shooter Hitman: Absolution, not to mention a mess of mobile games. The one thing these properties all have in common is that they might make money for Square Enix at some point in the near future.
And therein lies the problem. While these games may indeed prop up Square Enix's bottomline, they are also indicative of a lack of an overarching strategy. The drive to merely grab whatever seems to work has brought Square Enix's original in-house development to a grind halt, and has resulted in some strange reaches, such as the decision to publish the extremely bland Dungeon Siege III. When Taguchi laments the lack of Japanese games at Square Enix's E3 booth, he is also lamenting the publisher's lack of any real kind of identity.
So long as that remains the case, Square Enix will continue lurching from project to project, leaning on past successes, and trying to spin other publisher's castoffs into gold. It's the mark, in other words, of a company in decline; and even if Square Enix manages to find some short-term success with Sleeping Dogs, there's every reason to believe that its best days are behind it.
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A Major Disappointment...Posted: Jun 09, 2012 12:00AM PST by SilverIceDragon03
I'm sorry but this year's E3 was a total flop. Assassin's Creed 3 was the only really good highlight for this event. As for Square Enix, they are really falling hard. With the absorption of Eidos and their games, this is marking a bad downfall for SE. Even their so-called flagship KH: 3D, didn't really turn many heads. What most gamers want to see is a return of classic RPGs and Final Fantasy Type-0 and Versus XIII can really bring back the magic that was SE.
As for remakes/remasters... I don't see Final Fantasy VII being remade anytime soon. Leave the classic as it is and enjoy it for what it is. Now I can see FFX get some remastery done, but only because it's possible to do so. Remaking FFVII would take YEARS to re-develop. If anything should be remade, I'd like to see Drakengard series redone and possibly have a third installment. That would be amazing!!
I still want to hold some kind of faith that SE will pull themselves out of their rut and give us a game that will blow our minds away (Final Fantasy Versus XIII). Until then, I will wait.
... And as for the person who wished for Wada to commit suicide, you better be careful about what you say. Karma can be a bitch.
Localize Type-0, and We'll TalkPosted: Jun 06, 2012 12:00AM PST by almostautumn
This isn't meant to be a petty thing either; Type-0 is an absolute mammoth title for the Final Fantasy universe, and there's much more to it then being simply stellar that is highly attractive and worthwhile of showing where and how S-E has grown; Action over waiting, gritty and mature, and that S-E presentation value that simply slams the rest of companies.
But they're not doing it, or keeping us in the damn dark, and this is a problem--- whether it's being revigorated to a Vita title or not, Type-0 is sincerely the Final Fantasy game everybody who fetched 13 wanted. It does it all right, and it keeps the FF name praiseworthy and enticing. Granted, S-E is trying to be more then just FF and DQ, but trashing the hell out of one of their main series is just not the way to "evolve."
Type-0.... Versus I don't even think is real anymore, so forget about that. But Type-0--- they need to do this as much as I want to play it (but understand it this time)!
Hey Square...Posted: Jun 06, 2012 12:00AM PST by Gixman
Where the hell is Final Fantasy 13 Versus!? you haven't mentioned much info about that game in god knows how long. by the time you show off a new trailer, game info or a release date hell would have frozen over lol.
Seriously though i'm sure other gamers are curious about it. and i'm not gonna ask about Kingdom hearts 3 cause that would be a waste of time.
SadnessPosted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by RayearthIX
First things first: they need to rename FF Versus XIII so it has nothing to do with FFXIII. The time gap is too long now. I liked XIII, and XIII-2, but this has just been ridiculous. I am personally very excited for Tomb Raider, but that comes from Eidos, not really Square. Here are my ideas for how best to help Square-Enix (SQEX)
1. Switch to a flat 3 year dev cycle. Not a 1 or 2 year like EA and Activision and some others use, 3 years. Why 3? Because Square games are as much about their attention to detail and creativity as anything else, and if you do it in just one or two years, it will become more like Madden or CoD. Also, FORCE THIS CYCLE! No more 'oh, its delayed 3 months... 6 months... 2 years... etc crap. All that does is diminish gamer interest, reducing sales.
2. Do NOT announce games that are less than one year into said 3 year cycle. Part of my problem with Square games has always been this feeling that when they announce a game, its great, exciting, and then takes a half decade to release. Versus is the prime example of this, but it is not the only game that is guilty of it. See the last sentence of #1 for the reason behind this.
3. Make games based on mini-games from previous hits. Best examples of this? Blitzball from FFX, and Triple Triad from FFVIII. Many Square games has very enjoyable minigames, that could be outsourced or made in house for money. For example, I could totally see an EA Sports Blitzball game (which Square would get part of the profits for) or an Iphone/PSN/Xbox Live game based on Triple Triad.
4. Rotate the big three on the above 3 year cycle. The big three being Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Star Ocean (though you could argue Kingdom Hearts among a few other possibilities). Every year, a game from one of these big three would be released (ie. 2013 - FF, 2014 - DQ, 2015 - SO, 2016 - FF, etc.). That way, major games are on a steady stream, and a big name title is released every year.
5. Continue to allow the independence of its outside Japan studios. Eidos has done GREAT work for Square since its acquisition, and Square needs to allow it to continue to do so, on a similar 3 year (though 2 might work in their case since most action/adventure games are not as... epic, let's say, as RPG's) plan, with games like Hitman, Deus Ex, and Tomb Raider, among other possibilities.
6. Continue to bring back games. What I mean by this, is don't give up on restarts of older games like Parasite Eve. Continue to make games like hat to appease the cult ht fans, and eventually a gem may land. However, choose the system wisely. While the PSP is a major hit in Japan (and I loved mine to death until the Vita), that is not the case in the rest of the world, so the sales numbers would have been stunted no matter what on The 3rd Birthday just by system choice.
7. Make Dissidia for consoles. For every person who has enjoyed Dissidia on the PSP, there are hundreds of thousands who wish they could have played it on their PS3 or 360, so make it.
8. Don't associate MMO's with major singl player series. By having FFXI and FFXIV associated with Final Fantasy, it puts a blight on the series (especially FFXIV) and brings bad thoughts of bad games to gamers minds when considering Final Fantasy. Name the MMO's something else, because in truth, the are not really FF games. (or name them like, FF Online, and not part of the numbered sequence).
9. As for one everyone seems to want, the remake of FFVII, eh. Square has virtually NOTHING to gain from remaking that game. If it sells well, and is well liked, it is a sign that the old Square really is better than the new, and that Square shouldn't bother making new things. If it isn't that good, even if it sells well, then it will be a sign that current Square ruins everything it touches of past Square. And the worst would be if it isn't that good AND doesn't sell. They can make it if they want, but there is no true benefit to doing so.
I have some other ideas, but I think I'll leave it at that for now. As a fan of the company, I really hope they turn things around.
There's just one problem with your logic.Posted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by Eldritch_Eric
Star Ocean is not a Squeenix IP. It belongs to Tri-Ace, although they normally go through Squeenix to publish it. Development of the series belongs entirely to Tri-Ace, though.
Fair Point...Posted: Jun 07, 2012 12:00AM PST by RayearthIX
But considering that 12/14 of tri-Ace's releases were published by Square-Enix (ie. EVERYTHING but Resonance of Fate and Frontier Gate) , I think it was a safe misunderstanding. That being said, I'm pretty sure that SO property is likely owned in part by Square-Enix, so if they wanted to get tri-Ace on board, I'm sure they could. But whatever, pick a different third game if u like.
True, but...Posted: Jun 09, 2012 12:00AM PST by Eldritch_Eric
I sincerely hope Squeenix does not take control over the Star Ocean IP. Tri-Ace is doing an excellent job with it, and it's one of few modern RPG's that remains relevant and fresh in a genre full of cliches and tripe. I think that the fact they didn't turn to Squeenix for their last two releases is indicative that they are trying to find a new publisher, likely because Squeenix is trying to push changes on the IP that they won't make.
AgreedPosted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by Kryle
I haven't commented on 1Up in a long time, mostly because my work internet blocks the site, but this article grabbed my attention because how much I used to love anything that came from Square, and while some of that still carries on, it doesn't quite hold the same weight.
I hope that they can get things figured out and move on the right direction, although I really enjoyed Deus Ex3, that game is not synonym with Square-Enix in my mind.
No Love for Final Fantasy Type-0?Posted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by amightysquall958
I remember being really exited for this game, yet it was not released in the US. There were "rumors" that it may be getting a US release on the Vita. Having heard not a whisper in the following months since the Japanese release, even with E3 on the horizon, I'm fearing that it won't come at all.
...Posted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by San_Andreas
...." there's every reason to believe that its best days are behind it."
Judging by this E3, at this point the same thing could be said for video gaming in general, and Square Enix is only one case in a pandemic. Only Ubisoft has really been noteworthy this year.
Sad but true.Posted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by UltraOtaku
I remember a time when I would buy a game simply because it said "SquareSoft" on the box. That alone was proof the game I was about to play would blow my young mind. Sadly, I have to accept that time is long dead.
Square RemakesPosted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by enzerutomoshibi
The best thing they can do as far as remakes is to remake Final Fantasy VII. The fans have been wanting this for years now. The fact they decided to remakes Final Fantasy X first astounds me. Sure it's popular and has a large fan backing, but VII has more. I guess they went with what was easier rather than a sure money maker.
I wish they would buy up the rights to Legend of Dragoon and remake it, while they are at it, but in this I'm just being a bit selfish. The game didn't take off like it should have because of a bad release time and I'm still a bit unhappy about that.
Just StopPosted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by Latch43
Ok a few thousand people REALLY REALLY REALLY want SE to remake FFVII. Guess what? Unless you all are going to buy 20 copies each, it still makes no sense for them to do so.
They are not remaking FFX (duh?). They are just re-releasing a PS2 game in HD, just like so many other developers. If it would cost them as much to remake that game as it would FFVII they wouldn't do it.
Why would want this SquareEnix who can't even get their own games right be in charge of remaking a classic game? They'd just screw it up.
Heya Kat!Posted: Jun 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by Kokoru
You read my mind and joined my struggle when writing "In their glory years, Square Enix's core competency was making games with high production values, great stories, and a certain spark of originality--usually RPGs."
I honestly miss the days when Square Enix RPG's were concerned with delivering a great story, decent gameplay, excellent music, and sweeping gamers in an epic tale with characters who weren't retarded and a narrative that actually brought me to tears (Palom & Porom's death in FFIV, and Forever Rachel from FFVI).
As a writer, I'm really hoping that in the future I could offer at least a miniscule solution to this problem, and I'm very grateful that you announced it when you did. I'm actually using your quote for a job inquiry Kat