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Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Summer hits with Irma Vep
Summer hits with Irma Vep
I'm not partial to melodrama, a Victorian theatrical form that features a suffering heroine, a wildly improbable plot and lashings of sentiment and sensation. That said, Park Square Theatre gives Charles Ludlum's comedy, The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful a vigorous staging; it's cleverly executed, entertaining but not fall-out-of-your seat funny.
Vep is an exercise in high spoof and dexterous acting, and this production rises to the occasion but, by opening night, its acting duo had not yet quite found that connection with an audience that can turn glee into doubled-over laughter.
Two actors play eight roles in a convoluted story set in Lord Edgar Hillcrest's isolated moorland manor house, Mandacrest (think Mandalay). Irma Vep is Lord Edgar's three-years-deceased wife, who consorted with a wolf and exerts her will on the living (think Rebecca). There's a Mrs. Danvers-like housekeeper, Jane, who can't forgive the hapless Lady Enid for being Lord Edgar's new wife. Then we have Nicodemus, a deformed groundsman, an Egyptian tomb robber, a mummy and a vampire. Oh, and don't forget the likeable werewolf! Well, you get the picture.
With his tongue in his cheek, Ludlum pilfered from classic works to write Vep. Beneath all the larking about, you'll find borrowings from "Rebecca," Wuthering Heights," "Jane Eyre," "The Mummy," "The Raven" and Shakespeare, to name a few.
The play opens on director Joel Sass' period Victorian set. In a nice touch, he gives Park Square a proscenium arch, complete with florid cherubim, a grand red curtain and footlights. Most of the action takes place in a detailed Victorian living room, hung with a hunter's trophy heads and a chandelier made of antlers. French doors lead out to a Gothic garden. The curtain opens to sound designer Greg Brosofske's spooky music and booming thunder and lighting designer Michael Kittel's lightening flashes - yes, the weather is in on this melodrama, too.
At the heart of Vep's fun is the able gender, personality and costume-switching feats of skinny Charles Hubbell and rather more pouchy Steve Lewis, who play all the roles.
Hubbell takes on Jane, the intractable maid, a fraught Lord Edgar and an intruder of indeterminate lineage. Lewis is everybody else: Nicodemus the groundsman, Lady Enid and Egyptians, Alcazar and Pev Amri. The two actors embrace their roles with gusto, playing with wink-wink candor to the audience.
Vep revels in naughtiness and self consciousness. Lord Edgar and Lady Enid greet each other with such overt desire that it mounts to virtual coitus. Hands grab breasts (falsies) and paw (hmm) genitals. Lord Edgar, overacting, and I mean way overacting, stops mid-sentence to compliment Nicodemus on his dramatic rendering of lines lifted from Shakespeare. In one amusing sequence, Lady Enid orders Jane the maid to fetch Nocodemus. "That's impossible," a stunned Jane points out. Enid insists, and the problem of one actor being two people is entertainingly solved.
Most accomplished are the lightning-speed role switches. Accents, body language and appearances change. Nicodemus exits stage-left and, in the same breath, turns up stage-right as Lady Enid, redressed and bewigged. Nothing short of special engineering of Amelia Busse Cheever's elegant costumes could make this possible. But wigs and caps are mostly straight, although gaps in Lady Enid's back closures hint at Cheever's quick-change secrets.
The first act feels a bit slow; the second moves at a clip. I am resistant to melodrama, but the secret is to simply surrender to Vep's over-the-top, school-boy nonsense.
The Mystery of Irma Vep - A Penny Dreadful July 25 - August 23. Thursdays 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m., Sundays 2:00 p.m. $ 25-$30. Park Square Theatre Historic Hamm Building, 20, West Seventh Place, St. Paul. 651-767-8487.
The noun fringe can be used as a passive verb, as in "that curtain has been fringed." But when thousands of avid show-hoppers pound Minneapolis sidewalks to go fringing, from August 1-10, fringe becomes a super-active verb.
Thirty two thousand fringers attended 135 shows last year, catapulting the Minnesota Fringe Festival to the top of the list for the US' biggest non-juried Fringe Festival. Executive director Leah Cooper hopes 2003's attendance will soar to her goal of 35,000 attendees.
With a leap to 162 shows this year, there's certainly enough performances to tempt fringers. But Cooper faces a challenge to maintain the Minnesota Fringe's nine years of explosive growth in a time of shrinking state grants, strapped corporations and rising unemployment.
"It's a hard year," she admitted. "We lost our States Arts Board grant at the 11th hour. The Arts Board's funds were cut by 40 percent." That cost the Fringe $20,000, and ad sales and corporate sponsorship have been less certain this year. "We paid off $28,000 of a persistent $55,000 debt last year," a determined Cooper added, "and we'll pay off the rest this year."
To reduce costs, Cooper took a cut in pay and reduced salaries for her slender staff and for the technicians who light and mike the shows. With great reluctance, she also reduced the door-take of artists from 75 to 65 percent. "We didn't want to do that," she said. She hopes to return the artists' cut to 75 percent next year.
Cooper is confident that the talent and the sheer buzz of the festival will continue to prove irresistible to fringers. Shows range from Harold Pinter's mesmerizing Ashes to Ashes, the wacky fun of a new Kevin Kling monologue, a singles piece called Beer Googles: the Musical! to an acrobatic Critters by Nu Vole Dance Theater. Then there's the Spoken Word, Visual, and Family Friendly Fringes.
This year, the Family Fringe features 33 shows that include comedy, drama, puppetry, dance and song, located in the two theaters of the Minneapolis Community and Technical College on Loring Park, with children's tickets costing only $5.
"We've kept the ticket prices at $10 a show for adults again," said Cooper, "and we've added a commemorative Minnesota Fringe button that fringers buy once for $3. It will help out with costs, and there are benefits. You can spot other fringers and find out which shows to see, and it gets you a discount at local restaurants, like Joe's Garage." A roving house manager also hands out free tickets to button-wearing enthusiasts.
Even better value for the serious fringer is the unlimited $100 Ultra Pass that gets you into all the shows you can possibly see in 10 days. For the less committed, the Punch Card gets you into five shows for $40.
The Loring Park neighborhood continues to be the venue-rich heart of the Fringe, but after losing two sites in the Loring area and having a 50 show-long waiting list already stacked up by February, Cooper has continued last year's expansion into other Minneapolis areas.
She seeks to cluster venues, so that fringers can move easily between shows in a given area. The clusters are in the Loring Park, Uptown, Lyn-Lake, Powderhorn and West Bank neighborhoods. All venues are air-conditioned.
This year, Cooper followed the Edinburgh Fringe's example and invited some performers to locate and negotiate directly with venues. This initiative has led to what Cooper calls satellite venues. One group, the Neo Futurists, will mount Drinking and Writing, at Grumpy's Bar on Washington Avenue. "Their play looks at the relationship between writing and drinking," said Cooper, "and they'll have an actor behind the bar."
Cooper encourages fringers to go to the new League of Extraordinary Fringers blog site and to contribute to Vox Fringe, a Web page for ad-lib reviews at www.fringefestival.com.
All Minnesota Fringe shows are non-juried, which means they sign up on a first-come-first-served basis and are not judged for quality. "It's important to keep the Fringe open to everyone with an idea," said Cooper. "That's the true creative pulse of the Fringe."
The Minnesota Fringe Festival August 1 - 10. Children $5. Adults $10 at door, $12.50 in advance from Uptowntix at 612-604-4466. For times, venues and shows, pick up a Fringe schedule at locations around Minneapolis, pick up the July 30th issue of City Pages, or visit www.fringefestival.org.Be sure to check the current schedule for theatre in the Twin Cities area


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Shanghai (AFP) June 25, 2014
The head of a $2.0-billion Chinese copper producer fell to his death from a building, the firm announced Wednesday, and a state-run newspaper said he committed suicide following corruption allegations.
The chairman of state-owned Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group, Wei Jianghong, died on Tuesday after falling off a building, the company said in a statement.
A string of officials have killed themselves in recent months, with speculation linking some to a crackdown on graft launched by President Xi Jinping after he took office last year.
State-run media said Wei jumped from a hotel owned by the company in Tongling, the city in the eastern province of Anhui where it has its headquarters.
The China Business News quoted a source as saying the incident might involve corruption since disciplinary authorities had initiated an investigation involving Tongling.
Tongling's profits have declined in recent years due to the sluggish world economy and slower domestic demand, reports said.
Its net profit for 2013 slumped 38 percent year-on-year to 573 million yuan ($92 million), according to an exchange filing.
Shares of Tongling, listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange, were down more than four percent on Wednesday afternoon after the announcement, but its market capitalisation was still 12.7 billion yuan.
Tongling said authorities were investigating the incident and the board had appointed vice chairman Yang Jun as acting chairman. It added company operations were normal.
In April the deputy chief of the Chinese government agency that fields grievances from citizens, Xu Ye'an, killed himself in his Beijing office although the details surrounding his death remain unclear.
State media also reported that Li Wufeng, deputy director of China's government information department, "fell to death", also in April.
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PSP Launch Could Be a Disaster
As Japanese gamers prepare to line up in the cold for PSP, demand hugely outweighs supply.
Japan can get awfully cold in the wintertime, which is not good news for the thousands of Japanese gamers faced with the prospect of queuing overnight to pick up Sony's new handheld console.
The PSP officially goes on sale in Japan on 12 December, and several retailers have said that they will not be taking pre-orders at all for the much-in-demand portable. Other stores that had earlier taken pre-orders have reported that they won't be taking any more pre-orders either.
Sony is indirectly causing this anguish to the Japanese by its reluctance to nail down specifics for the upcoming PSP launch. At issue is the precise number of PSPs stores can expect to receive, and this is making retailers hesitant to promise more than they can deliver.
Sony recently said that it will have around 200,000 PSPs ready to go on launch day and that it would ramp up production to hit half a million units by the end of the year.
What is clear however is that supply is far outstripped by demand. Look for obscenely priced PSPs to hit online auction sites during the day on 12 December.
This is not a new situation, though. While recent hardware launches have gone relatively smoothly in Japan, long queues surrounded the launch of Sony's current hardware, the PlayStation 2, back in 1999.
Meanwhile, North Americans and Europeans can do little but watch on in jealous silence. Sony has yet to lay out launch plans for either territory, though that should change soon.
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Threatened wave of cyberattacks on U.S. banks fizzles
A computer hacking group said it was initiating a new round of cyberattacks on American banks on Tuesday.
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Wells Fargo & Co.'s website experienced unusually high traffic, spokeswoman Bridget Braxton said, yet "we have significant protections in place in an effort to ensure our online and mobile channels remain secure, available and operational."
"We have seen high traffic volume today and, based on the pattern, we believe it is a denial-of-service attack," Braxton said. "Most customers are not impacted, and customer accounts and personal information remain safe."
Pittsburgh-based PNC had no problems Tuesday, spokeswoman Marcey Zwiebel said. Bank of America reported no issues, spokesman Mark Pipitone said.
Both those banks previously experienced temporary website shutdowns in so-called distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks by a group calling itself al Qassam Cyber Fighters.
Banks have figured out how to defend themselves, an Internet security expert said.
"If we don't hear anything, it's because banks have smartened up and taken care of their DDoS issues," said Jeff Bardin, an Internet security consultant from Boston.
DDoS attacks flood a website with Internet traffic, often from an army of compromised computers and servers that can be controlled by hackers. The volume prevents legitimate users from accessing the website, but doesn't affect personal or financial information.
"What these DDoS's have created is a huge market for solutions," Bardin said, referring to a growing number of outside companies that "scrub" incoming Internet traffic for banks and other companies.
The Cyber Fighters, which claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on PNC Bank and other large banks last fall and early this year, said the attacks would run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week until several anti-Muslim videos were removed from the YouTube video-sharing website.
In a post to Internet message board Pastebin.com, the Cyber Fighters said when websites would be hit but, unlike in previous messages, it did not name the banks ahead of time.
Bardin said that signals the group is having difficulty finding sites that it can successfully disrupt.
The hackers would only announce their targets if they knew they were vulnerable.
"They don't know what they're going to hit because people have hardened their sites," he said.
Alex Nixon is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7928 or email@example.com.


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Michael Cruz can walk out of his office and hit a slot machine jackpot any time he wants.
The only catch is that he can't collect the cash.
As director of Pennsylvania's Gaming Laboratory Operations, which tests slots and all other equipment used in gambling areas of the state's casinos, Cruz can have his staff program the lab's slot machines to hit a specific payout. That allows them to verify a machine pays out the number of credits it's supposed to, without the tester having to wait for a lucky spin as a casino patron would.
"We'll force the jackpot," says Cruz, standing in the Harrisburg lab, which holds more than 100 slot machines plus various gaming tables and other casino gear.
In a casino, slot reels spin according to the whims of a random-number generator, software whose sole function is to spit out groups of numbers.
Each number corresponds to a specific symbol on a reel of the display. The number combination generated at the instant a player hits the spin button determines what symbols will be displayed.
In the lab, "we cut the RNG out," Cruz says. Using software and codes provided by the manufacturer, a tester with access to the machine's "brain" enters the numbers corresponding to a jackpot.
"We restart the game and let it evaluate that combination," he says. Indicating a Game of Life machine, he explains that if five Game of Life symbols pay a jackpot, the tester verifies that five symbols show up - one on each reel - and that the game pays the promised jackpot value. Cruz says that in almost 10 years as a gaming regulator in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he's encountered only one case of a machine failing a lab-payout test.
Pennsylvania, which has more than 26,000 slots and is among the top three states in gambling revenue, is one of the few jurisdictions with its own lab. Other than Nevada, New Jersey and Michigan, most states hire a private lab to test their machines. Slot manufacturers pay for Pennsylvania's testing.
"We are here to ensure that when a patron sits down at a game, they have a fair shake, that it's a fair game between them and the computer," Cruz says. "If they lose or they win, it was by luck and not by any other reasons."
The gaming lab has three main responsibilities:
• Verifying the math: Pennsylvania requires slots to have a theoretical payout rate of 85 percent to 99.999 percent. Statisticians review the probability of each possible combination and the proposed payment to make sure the long-term payout rate falls within that range. Manufacturers provide that information in top-secret PAR sheets, short for Probability Accounting Reports. In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, those are considered proprietary information, but a handful have become public. For samples, go to vegasclick.com . From July 2011 through June 2012, the lab rejected 3,350 of the 14,215 pay tables it examined.
• Engineering: This verifies not only that the machine pays as promised, but also that it communicates with the state's central computer system, which constantly monitors the coin-in and coin-out of each machine in the state.
• On-site review: Staffers examine complaints of machine malfunctions and monitor installations or changes on the floor.
Casinos can choose from as many as 20 payback percentages on a single slot machine, Cruz says. They might switch from one rate to another, as long as it meets the state minimum and they notify the lab of the planned change. Such notifications are not considered public record.
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Mark Gruetze is administrative editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7838 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Date: Wednesday, July 3 – Activities start at noon, Parade at 6:00pm, Fireworks at 10:00pm
Where: Near the Veterans Memorial, 300 W. Broad St., Downtown
Upper Arlington July 4th Parade & Fireworks
Date: Thursday, July 4 – Parade at 9:00am, Fireworks at 10:00pm
Where: Northam Park, 2070 Northam Rd., Upper Arlington
Clintonville July 4th Activities
Date: Thursday, July 4 – Events start 8:30am, Fireworks at 10:00pm
Where: Whetstone Park, 3023 N. High St., Clintonville
North Columbus
Westerville 4th of July FestivitiesDate: Thursday, July 4 – Parade at 1:00pm, Fireworks at 10:00pm
Where: Alum Creek South Park, 535 Park Meadow Rd., Westerville
Dublin Independence Day Celebration
Date: Thursday, July 4 – Parade at 9:00am, Fireworks at 9:50pm
Where: Dublin Coffman Football Stadium, 6780 Coffman Rd., Dublin
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Where: Thomas Worthington High School Athletic Fields, 300 W. Granville Rd., Worthington
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Where: Worthington Hills Country Club, 920 Clubview Blvd. South, Worthington
South Columbus
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Where: Beulah Park, 3811 Southwest Blvd., Grove City
Groveport 4th of July Celebration
Where: Wirt Rd. & Main St., Groveport
Bexley July 4th CelebrationDate: Thursday, July 4 – Parade at 9:30am, Fireworks at 10:00pm
Where: College Ave. & Pleasant Ridge, Bexley
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Where: Starts at Gahanna Lincoln High School, 140 S. Hamilton Rd., Gahanna
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Where: Civic Park, 6801 Daugherty Dr., Reynoldsburg
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Whitehall July 4th Fireworks & ParadeDate: Wednesday, July 3 – Fireworks at 9:55pm, Thursday, July 4 –Parade at 10:00am
Where: John Bishop Park, 4920 Etna Rd., Whitehall
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Where: S. Center St. & Pearl St., West Jefferson
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Where: Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park, 3800 Veterans Memorial Dr., Hilliard
Licking County
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Where: Martha Grace Reese Amphitheatre, 1179 University Dr., Newark
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Where: Geller Park, 480 Cynthia St., Heath
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Yury Fedotov
Director-General/Executive Director
Enhancing Global Security: A Shared Responsibility
International Meeting of High Representatives on Security Issues
Hosted by the Security Council of the Russian Federation
Sochi , 5 October 2010
Dear participants, ladies and gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank the Security Council of the Russian Federation for the timely initiative in organizing this important event which addresses the most urgent threats to stability the world faces today. Without broad international cooperation these problems cannot be solved. This is the reason why it is extremely important to organize representative forums, similar to the present one, which gather heads of organisations and institutions working in the field of security for exchange of experience and information on the most effective means of tackling global challenges and threats. I am especially honoured to appear today in my new capacity as Executive Director of the United Nations Organization on Drugs and Crime and share with you some views on existing problems and ways to solve them.
Absence of stability and security weakens efforts to achieve sustainable development. This is especially true for countries engaged in or emerging from conflict. It is difficult to imagine sustainable development without stable and functional structures based on the rule of law and untainted by corruption. True security in the largest meaning of this word cannot be ensured without the rule of law, equal access to justice and respect for fundamental human rights. It is the balance of these fundamental principles that forms the basis for accountable national and international institutions.
For the last three years under the auspices of UNODC, Governments have launched a series of regional programs aiming at reinforcing security and rule of law. These regional programs are aligned with national and regional strategies and priorities and are carried out in cooperation with other international partners.
I will refer to the example of Afghanistan.
This country is undoubtedly in need of international support and assistance. The security of the whole region and beyond depends on this. As underscored by the 2010 Afghanistan Opium Survey, which UNODC released last Thursday, the direct link between opium poppy cultivation and insecurity in Afghanistan remains strong.
According to the Survey, in comparison with the previous year the areas under poppy cultivation remain at the same level of 123,000 hectares. Moreover, about 87 % of opium production is concentrated in the South of the country, which underlines the connection between organized crime and instability in the regions that are exposed to threats to security.
Although in comparison with 2009, the production of opium in 2010 has decreased by half, this sharp decrease in production can be explained exclusively by natural factors-contamination of opium poppy plantations by a plant disease. At the same time, raw opium prices increased dramatically, which would undoubtedly be a stimulus for its cultivation next year. That is why there is no real ground for optimism yet. International efforts in assisting Afghanistan must be strengthened.
One of the mechanisms in ensuring wide-scale cooperation in the struggle against the drugs threat in Afghanistan is the Paris Pactunder the auspices of UNODC. The Pact will be holding a meeting of all partners in Vienna in November. I expect that its participants would support the proposal to hold a 3rd Ministerial Conference early next year. Such a forum would help to identify clear benchmarks and practical measures to reduce the vulnerability to drugs and crime in that region and beyond.
The Paris Pact mechanism is supplemented by the Rainbow Strategy coordinated by UNODC, which is aimed at identifying and disrupting transnational trafficking networks, strengthening regional justice capacity, and building security and confidence in the region.
The Triangular Initiative has been developed with the participation of UNODC to foster intelligence sharing and enhance border management cooperation among Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Joint border patrolling - and more importantly - its efficiency, have increased, resulting in drug seizures and the arrest of traffickers.
UNODC also launched the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) to promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies in the region and enhance counter-narcotic activities.
UNODC is developing an operational comprehensive Regional Programme for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. One of the principles of the Regional Programme is a shared responsibility and a more active involvement not only of Afghanistan, but of other countries, in countering drug trafficking. Afghanistan is not only a part of the problem but also a part of its solution.
We need to work towards similar comprehensive regional approaches to encourage cooperation in other vulnerable regions where drugs, organized crime and corruption converge, for instance in Africa and East and South Asia, Central and Latin America. UNODC is present in all of these regions.
All of these issues are interrelated, and cannot be addressed in isolation. They are also transnational. And they are too big for countries to confront on their own. This is why international cooperation-bilateral, regional and transnational-is critical.
In June, UNODC published the first comprehensive global threat assessment of transnational organized crime. This report shows that billions of dollars are being diverted into criminal markets around the world. Organized crime has gone global and become one of the world's foremost economic and armed powers. Such findings underscore the need to ensure that development and security-sector reforms go hand in hand.
Next month the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime convenes in Vienna. I am confident that the Convention will emerge stronger and vested with a renewed commitment from all its Parties. Organized crime and other threats to security can be challenged only if countries display a collective will to confront them; if they are able to cooperate with each other; and if they redouble their collective efforts to ensure the efficient implementation of the powerful instrument that UNTOC and its Protocols embody.
UNODC is engaged in such specific programmes and projects as fighting piracy, cybercrime, threats to international information security and environmental crimes. I will undertake to develop these new areas of our work.
National security is ultimately based on the security of every citizen in every city, every village and every street. It is also based on people's confidence that they can live without fear of becoming victims of terrorists, criminals and drug dealers; that they can work towards a more prosperous future for themselves and their families. This is the main criterion for the effectiveness of our common work.
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|2010-12-27, 22:07
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it's not the end of the world guys:
11,631 copies x 7,980円 = 92,815,380円 = 1,121,098 USD.
their actual profits are obviously less but how much could this game have possibly cost to make...
they probably broke even.
obviously even if the game sold 1,000,000 copies it never would have been released outside japan so who cares.
but its still possible they'll try a chiru port, as said in the interview with the producer who said they were planning that from the beginning.
|2010-12-28, 08:56
|Link #505
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Higurashi PS2 port sold 80k on the first week, but that was the whole VN in one release and it even had a lot of exclusive content. Not to mention that linear VN was changed to include choices and branching plot. It really offered much more than the PC version.
Umineko PS3 port is just the PC version with voice acting, slightly improved art and few CG scenes. It don't really offer much more than the PC version. And it's just half of the story. Besides, who needs 1080p for still images?
I really don't know what Alchemist was hoping for.
|2010-12-28, 15:18
|Link #510
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I consider Umineko better than Higurashi (not to say Higurashi isn't wonderful) and it gets much less sales. Is it because of the anime!? DEEEEEEEEN!!
Well the other reasons you mentioned too...
|2010-12-28, 15:29
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"Most of the fans"? No offense but are you really seriously thinking that more than 50% of those who want rondo are ready to spend $400 dollar just to run it?
Especially that it has nothing to do with buying the anime adaptation DVD anyway (I'm sure the amount of fans willing to buy umineko DVD/BD are vastly a minority, borderline inexistant).
I don't pretend there isn't any, but you are focalising on the mob effect: the most eager fans aren't really representative of the whole fanbase.
As far as it goes, the plateform choice was incredibly poor, and doesn't justify the eyecandy effect.
|2010-12-28, 15:46
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If Alchemist cares enough, they might release a portable version sometime, like Higurashi Kizuna on the DS. If they like to keep up with the trend, Umineko portable would be on Nintendo 3DS. Or "PSP2". I don't know about how PSP is doing in Japan (or actually any part of the world) but what I've heard I don't think they would have chosen PSP as the platform. Though I don't know what use 3D has with visual novels. I agree with the comfort a portable VN has compared to one on a big console, even if it is by the expense of graphics. But it's not like Umineko is known for its graphical value.
I'm not giving up hope on Chiru port or English localization yet, but the odds look even worse than when it started. Nobody could know how much a game would sell before it's released so hopes have been high. Everyone here probably thinks that "Umineko" should sell well, though there are various circumstances as Klashikari explained.
|2010-12-28, 16:01
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Okay, just to put facts straight: the -best- plateform for VN aside of the now late PS2 is... the psp, and I mean it.
The other only viable options are the Xbox (which has an atrocious position in Japan from the very beginning) and the DS.
Most non PS2 VN port you got nowadays are on the PSP, which isn't surprising because of its usual public and hardware whereas it is much more touchy with the DS (no pun intended) but workable still as shown with Kizuna.
This is also the readon why the interview included right away the question why they've chosen the PS3.
In any case, I don't think they are going to milk the franchise like idiots before they have the confidance they can fare well beforehand. As such, unless the PS3 version(s) is breaking their expectations treshold, they won't make any other port.
And just to be clear: I'm not trying to shut down hope and expectations by any means, but I think it would be much better for everyone's sanity not to going all rabid about this port. It just lead to compelling discussion in a very bad way.
Especially when the vast majority of the fans have no idea what's the ugly side of the VN business (or the whole business around these in fact).
|2010-12-28, 16:24
|Link #514
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Ha, well, it seems like it's selling well enough given all the loser flags they tripped. On the other hand, that's still not great in an objective sense...
Still, I don't care if they don't turn Umineko into some kind of sprawling media empire like they did with Higurashi, so long as they don't change their minds about porting Chiru. That's basically all I want out of this.
|2010-12-28, 21:00
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|2010-12-29, 03:15
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If nearly all otaku content is produced for/marketed toward the PSP or Xbox360 (which are favored by developers for the lower production costs), you're rolling the dice by producing games for the PS3.
|2010-12-29, 05:01
|Link #518
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Location: Where the Kangaroos Cry.
Well.. if you want to get into numbers and speculative reasoning....
Based on these stats... you can assume some things... If 13.7% of 1,171 polled attendees play a PS3 the most, then, out of the 5million+ consoles sold in Japan, 685k+ consoles receive the most active use.
<1.6% of these active consoles loaded up PS3 Umineko...
Unfortunately, I don't have numbers to compare against Higurashi for example... or more importantly, PC Umineko sales... it would put some things into perspective...
|2010-12-29, 07:46
|Link #519
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You really can't expect the majority of the otaku/hikkikomori buying a 30000 yens console whereas you have cheaper consoles with that content with far more suitable content for them.
You just don't see as much VN developped on PS3 than in xbox, PSP or even DS.
It is just like that: the console is really not a PS2 V2 in term of games pool. Choosing the PS3 for a VN port is almost as bad as choosing the wii for that.
Aside of Tears to Tiara, White Album and Umineko, there is basically no major VN on it, and that's normal (there will be few surprise such like catherine, but that's that).
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text: We have a very nice Lesco for sale..it is showing 1600 hours on it, but the key was left on several times over the weekends and while on the trailer running the hour meter until killing the battery.I would say there is no more than 1000 hours on it. That is the one thing I don't care for with it, is making sure the key is in the off position fully. We started pulling the key and putting it in the debris bag, and that works fine. It cuts and stripes nice, has brand new tires on the chariot with less than 3 hours on them. The front caster tires are solid No Flats, it has a 19 HP Kawasaki electric start engine, and has had recent service on all fluids and filters. This is the last Lesco we have, so all the remaining parts and such will go with it. There is an extra caster fork, caster arm, idler springs, pads,etc, all in new Lesco packaging. I won't ship this mower unless the buyer pays for everything. I'd prefer local pickup, but will entertain shipping if necessary. The chariot sulky alone would cost a pretty penny to ship. I'll have some pics up here tomorrow evening. I'd like to get $2500 for everything, but as is life, all is negotiable to a point.


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|1st Wolf Assault Cluster
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This unit was formerly the First Wolf Cavalry Cluster of Tau Galaxy, promoted to front-line status in the wake of the Refusal War, that ended in 3058, as the short lived First Wolf Cavalry Assault Cluster in the Jade Wolf forces. The Cluster was soon designated First Wolf Assault Cluster as Vladimir Ward reorganised the Wolf Touman.[1][2]
The Refusal War[edit]
On 17th October 3057 the First Wolf Cavalry Cluster dropped onto Evciler. They landed on the frozen southern continent and the polar magnetic field rendered their sensors useless. Blind the Cluster was ambushed in the Semore Chasm by the defending Seventh Falcon Regulars. Returning fire the Wolves fired at the ice covering the river on which the Falcons were standing creating holes which swallowed their 'Mechs granting the Cavalry a swift victory.[3]
With the creation of the short lived Jade Wolves the First Wolf Cavalry Assault Cluster under Star Colonel Giorgy Shaw formed part of Alpha Galaxy in January 3058.[2]
In 3067 the First Wolf Assault cluster was stationed on Tamar.[4]
As of 3059 the commanding officer was Star Colonel Grigory Shaw, who replaced Star Colonel Jiln Ch'in.
In 3067 the First Wolf Assault was commanded by Star Colonel Ivan Kerensky.[4]
- Star Captain Gilmour Sword commanded Charlie Trinary in 3057.[5]
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Listed as being at 100% of their nominal strength.[4]
- ↑ Field Manual Crusader Clans p.142
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Falcon and the Wolf, p. 44
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Hi Steve,
Would you be likely to marry here in the Ukraine or in the UK?
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Hi Tom,
What is best as i feel if i marry in the Ukraine would i not then have to apply for British Citizenship for my spouse or would marrying in the UK be better for red tape, do i have to apply for a visa for her as i am not sure,
Yes, she will have to apply for a visa,
I personally would apply for a fiance visa first. If the worst happens and she is denied then it is better that you are denied whilst you are only fiances rather than husband and wife.
If you wish to apply for a fiance visa so that you can marry here you must show that:-
You plan to marry within 6 months of her arriving here (egg. statements from you and others, possibly a booking of a church/venue)
You can find Uk immigration solicitors through the following Law Society Website search engine:-
You will need to apply for settlement (ie. fiance visa) by using VAF4 Settlement, available for download from UKBA's website. It would be best for either a solicitor in the UK to prepare it in consultation with both you and your wife before submitting it.
She will also have to pass the english language test to show that she has a basic command of english listening and spoken language. Everyday expressions and basic phrases and she will have to contact the Embassy before submitting to find out about approved test providers in the Ukraine..
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EDMONTON — A Sydney Mines man and father of two who was stabbed to death in Edmonton this week is being transported back to Cape Breton for his funeral on Tuesday.
An autopsy has been completed on the body of Ashley John George MacNeil, 34, the Edmonton Police Service said in a release on Friday.
He was the victim of a stabbing that occured Wednesday in a parking lot in the area of 168 Street and 118 Avenue in West Edmonton.
According to police, the stabbing happened after an altercation between two men just after 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police received calls of a severely injured man inside the lobby of a Super 8 motel.
He died a short time later in hospital. It was the city's sixth homicide of the year.
Police said the investigation is continuing, however there are no suspects in custody at this time.
MacNeil, who was born in Neils Harbour, was a member of Local 682 Pipefitters Union.
His obituary says, "Ashley was an adventurous young man who sought to travel the world, and explore the treasures of life. He had a kind, positive and genuine nature that touched the lives of many."
When he wasn't out West working, he was a dedicated family man, spending much time with his two young boys, it reads.
MacNeil is survived by his partner, Phyllis Peters, and sons, Tyler and James.
A funeral will be held for MacNeil at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church in North Sydney.
Anyone with information about MacNeil's death is asked to contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.
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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
The hotel was great: perfect room and nice staff. the village is very quiet
We loved the architecture, furnishings and ambience. Especially the small details,Lots of sitting room and an opertational fireplace. It was nice to see art on the walls and especially local artists whose work was for sale..The owner was especially helpful with the internet. We needed to contact our business and couldn't make connections with our laptop so they lent us theirs. A brief but enjoyable stay One petty thing. A luggage rack would have been beneficial, especially for a one night stay.
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The hotel facilities generally and in particular rooms that provided an "extra touch" to make the stay very comfortable and relaxing. Staff were always courteous and ready to assist with any needs. No
The personal attention from the owner Paula. Her help with sightseeing and restaurants to eat at. Especially good was her advice re the Saffron festival in the next town which we visited to our delight. We saw the ladies picking the stamens from the Crocus flowers then followed a lady at the Musuem to afield where we saw them picking the flowers
nice hotel and very kind
Absolutely wonderful! The house has been lovingly restored to a small hotel. Reservations will be essential in busier times. Food was excellent, staff very attentive. WIFI doesn't work but reception supplied a cable which worked fine,RJ45 in the room. Each room has a name, the house is furnished with turn of the century antiques, about a block to the center of town park for a stroll before... More signage to find it would be helpful-we asked the Guardia Civil and they gave us a police escort right to the door, very helpful, friendly guys.


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Founded by French perfumer Edouard Pinaud in 1810, Pinaud "can be found in virtually every barber shop and men's club across the United States," according to its website. Now, that's a claim we look forward to testing on a zany cross-country grooming road trip one day! For now, we'll take their word for it.
Pinaud has some pretty neat history. According to the brand's site, Edouard Pinaud served as the perfumer for the court of Napoleon III and created his first aftershave, "Lilac Vegetal" for the Hungarian calvalry. We suppose if you're supplying an army, you produce in bulk. That might explain why the Clubman Styling Gel we scored from Amazon comes in a 16-ounce plastic jar. That's right, a full pound.
The Verdict
The somewhat off-putting smell of Clubman—along the lines of Lime Jell-O mixed with petroleum and the ineffable essence of…possibly diaper(?)—is completely redeemed by the most excellent and regal icon of the Pinaud Clubman gentleman. He looks like a mashup Mr. Peanut and Oscar Wilde.
As for the consistency: It's goopy. If it weren't for a smell that stings the nostrils, we could see ourselves accidentally shaving with this stuff one a bleary-eyed morning. It's that goopy.
Many of Clubman Styling Gel's claims are similar to that of Vitalis Hair Tonic. It promises to keep hair "neat, and well groomed all day," and for the most part, it succeeded. It did, however, leave our locks a little matted. Perhaps because we used too much? Because it comes in such a large size, we were inclined to use a lot of it. Call it the "clean plate club kid" in us. That's probably not a thing in France.
The website also brags: "Bob Hope was a lifelong fan of the products, as are Kirk Douglas and Donald Trump, which proves that quality never goes out of style." Could the combination of Clubman and a cotton candy machine be the secret to the Donald's infamous hair style? Give the slightly crispifying and matting effect it had on us, we're guessing that claims of the Trump's affinity for this green goop have been greatly exaggerated.
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1. Apply hot glue to the back of a button and adhere it to the pumpkin's surface. Hold in place for 5 to 10 seconds to secure. Playful polka dots don't need a specific order, so have fun sticking them wherever you please.
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Megan Fox looks as sexy as ever in the pages of Esquire magazine's February 2013 issue.
Fox spoke about the trials and tribulations of fame. "I don't think people understand. They all think we should shut the (bleep) up and stop complaining because you live in a big house or you drive a Bentley. So your life must be so great. What people don't realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you're being bullied by millions of people constantly."
She also explained why she had her Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed. The actress explained, "I started reading about her and realized that her life was incredibly difficult. It's like when you visualize something for your future. I didn't want to visualize something so negative. She wasn't powerful at the time. She was sort of like Lindsay [Lohan]. She was an actress who wasn't reliable, who almost wasn't insurable…. She had all the potential in the world, and it was squandered. I'm not interested in following in those footsteps."
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This past weekend in the Hamptons, the gluttonous orgy of Romney campaign fundraising among America's Marie Antoinette crowd was so brazenly contemptuous of non-millionaires that the only thing missing was a raffle prize for an offshore bank account in the Cayman Islands.
The article goes on to recount the story of the obscenely wealthy woman who laments that the rest of us just don't understand how badly Obama is "hurting" us because we're uneducated, and don't understand the system.
Protesters were on hand -- luckily they took a bus because it costs $40.00 a day to park there. Mittens is about as connected to the people as Czar Peter III.


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Obama's pathway to gun confiscation
The new national background check proposal that career anti-gun ownership Senator Charles Schumer is attempting to shepherd through Congress would eliminate the destruction of background check records, in effect creating a national database of gun owners.
It's been a month since the sequester spending cuts kicked in and — shockingly — America has survived against the longest of odds.
Did Fed perjury net Bank of America a $7 billion bailout?
New York Fed employee reverses testimony in case over Bank of America's Countrywide losses.
Mitchell: Apparently Learning Nothing from the Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac Disaster, the Obama Administration Wants to Subsidize Banks to Make More Dodgy Loans
"The Obama Administration is proposing to once again put the economy at risk by subsidizing banks to give mortgages to people with poor credit."


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The different collections of the RIBA when used together can tell fascinating stories about art, design and history. Watch curator Justine Sambrook as she brings together material from the RIBA's extensive collections of photographs and periodicals held in the British Architectural Library, and looks at the work of 20th-century photographer Tony Ray-Jones for the Architectural Review's short-lived Manplan series.
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Before Charlotte Tilbury used Maybelline to make up the face, Dr. Jart skin care was used to prep the skin. V7 Cleansing Foam was applied to get rid of any impurities and brighten the complexion. Then, Water-Sure Gel was added to provide some nourishment.
Beginning with a fresh face, Tilbury crafted looks inspired by Kate Moss after returning from vacation. "She wanted this girl to have a bronze golden glow," said Tilbury. "Like Kate Moss just came back from holiday." Tilbury began by applying Dream Fresh BB Cream to achieve radiant skin. She applied a small amount of bronzer to the cheekbones and on the nose and worked two blushes to it give it a fresh feel. Leaving the eyes bare, Tilbury curled the eyelashes and brushed up the brows. "She wanted a badass, bitten lip," said Tilbury. "A gorgeous, reddy, oxbloody stain." To finish, Tilbury used Super Stain in Wine and Forever. She dabbed a bit on the center of the lip and blended it out.
Keeping the hair fresh and natural, Odile Gilbert for Kérastase envisioned a girl who had just stuck her hair inside her coat. "So when you take the hair out of the coat, you want the hair to stay the same," said Gilbert. Parting it down the center and applying Volumactive mousse through out the hair, Gilbert crafted a low, loose ponytail. Next, she sprayed Double Force Hairspray to keep everything in place. To finish, she secured it with an elastic and wrapped a piece of hair around it.
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Ellen is a well respected resident and a fabulous artist. You would be most welcome to drop 'round to her home to check out her great work. Keep in mind, Ellen sells her art and her paintings make very unique and special gifts for all ages!!
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A twin-engined Lebanese Airways Dakota plane, carrying 25 members of the United Nations Emergency Force, was intercepted by Israeli fighters today over Israel air-space near Haifa, and forced to land at Lydda Airport near this city.
The three Lebanese crewmen said they had noted some fighters in the air, but thought the intercepting planes were MIGs flown by Syrian airmen. The plane was carrying the UNEF men from the UNEF airport at El Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula, to Beirut.
While the Lebanese crew was being interrogated, the UNEF men were given lunch at the Lydda airport restaurant. After questioning the crew, Israeli officials permitted the UNEF soldiers to resume their vacation flight.