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Having just spent a glorious month or so playing in parallel through the whole of Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV, exploring other people's worlds and admiring the God-like creations of some of the finest programmers on Earth, I was fascinated by the advances since I last fired up GTA: San Andreas way back in 2005.
The concept of sandbox games, originating perhaps with the likes of Elite back in the eighties, allows the gamer to roam free, taking their own decisions about how to play the game, in which order, and allowing creative exploration of every nook and cranny in the hope of discovering unique experiences.
This concept was finally properly updated to 3D when the N64 arrived with appropriate power to handle these polygon-built worlds — the much heralded Super Mario 64, which while still level-based, used a hub system to allow you choice of when to play which level — and the underrated Body Harvest, which brought about the vehicular free-roaming in that you could commandeer any functioning vehicle, were landmarks in the genre.
The key to a successful sandbox game is to balance the realism and the level of fun — I recall San Andreas' gym being especially boring — bashing a button on various exercise machines to build the physique so that you could have a slightly more effective punch, in a game where, let's face it, automatic weapons are a must.
A friend told me of his experiences with Heavy Rain: 'I was playing it, sitting hungover, unshaven, in boxers and grimy T-shirt, and the game was making me shave, shower and dress before I could even go downstairs — it took the realism to a new level — the in-game character was more well-groomed than I was!' These RPG elements are crucial to allowing the player to immerse themselves in a realistic world, yet over-stating them can make for a dull experience.
Shenmue on Sega's ill-fated Dreamcast was perhaps the first open-world game to really open up levels of day-to-day realism and freedom to the gamer, and also first to properly model the ever-changing whims of the weather, which caused NPCs to scuttle along with umbrellas on a stormy day, or strip down to summer clothes when the sun came out.
Sadly, the game also modeled your workplace, mundanely employing you to shunt boxes with a forklift truck. Although Shenmue itself was a ground-breaker with a cracking story, the idea of going to work in real life, putting in a long and punishing shift, then spending your hard-earned cash on a game which makes you, er, go to work, is too much for most people to bear.
There are certain ways to get around this – the night watchman jobs in Red Dead Redemption are fun because, let's face it, hog-tying varmints is damn entertaining. Luckily the game doesn't force you to do it beyond initially requiring cash for ammo or property. In fact, little is made of the money management side of games, but as I noticed in GTA IV, it can severely hamper progress if you get in the bad habit of being busted by the police rather than just dying in a glorious hail of bullets, Bonnie & Clyde style. Restocking on body armour, grenades, guns and rockets setting you back a cool $50k. Ouch.
The level of graphical majesty seen in many modern sandbox games also poses a question — the more realistic a game looks, the more difficult it becomes to demarcate the lines between what can be interacted with and what cannot. The pleasing red glow of the pickups in GTA is one way to cope with it, but I did notice that in their cunning placement of first aid kits, on walls and other places where they would likely be in the real world, meant they became part of the wallpaper rather than something you would actually think to pick up.
There's also an element that frustrates where you believe that your exploring will be rewarded, yet the designs frequently deny you. Where you think 'Ah, what happens if I go up this staircase instead of down?' The answer is usually that you come to a dead end. In a world where you can blow helicopters up with rockets while evading a cities' entire police force, surely a few planks of wood and a 'No Entry' sign should not retard the progress of our capable protagonist?
As games progress down the route of advanced physics engines and realistic modeling, it may require careful planning if the gamer is still to be gently steered down the plotted path without feeling lost in the enormity of it all. Examples being those times before you get a phone call in GTA, when there are no mission icons, and you feel terrified the game has malfunctioned, leaving you high and dry without an objective, before inevitably the phone rings and you have to drive off on your way to further carnage.
There is also the potential of enveloping the player even further - among the titles I've already mentioned, the collection of subgames that can be accessed within includes bowling, darts, Space Harrier, and many more. This 'game within a game' could be developed further so that you effectively use the world as a hub for accessing other games — why the need for separate titles if they are all combined into one uber-game?
Of course, this is perhaps unrealistic, or at least problematic — for a start, the subgames will possibly have been handled better elsewhere when more dedication can be paid to them, or just the complexity of combination meaning that companies will be reluctant to merge and co-operate. Historically as well, games trying to do many things often fail, or just do one better than another. Perhaps fuller partnerships between developers could be introduced, or old games by the same company could be retro-fitted into new ones, like Space Harrier and Hang-On in Shenmue.
On the other hand, it could be argued that the main advances are purely cosmetic, and that the actual games themselves don't need much advancing. Interestingly, in GTA IV the swimming mechanic was simplified from San Andreas, which allowed you to dive underwater and search for pearls, which was itself a reaction to the two earlier games where contact with water was fatal to the player. This curiously murderous water was obviously something that needed fixing as the game progressed towards the dirty realism seen in IV, yet introducing the diving was obviously a step Rockstar felt was too far, and actually removed it to streamline the game once more — despite the newer game being perceived as an 'expansion'.
Frequently in discussions about forthcoming GTA games, or imagining what scenarios could be applied to sandbox games, the talk turns, Kirsty-and-Phil-style, to location. It seems everyone has a dream that they can play their own locale, so you can stay dry indoors and roam the rainy streets at the same time. The difference is, in the game you could bomb those chavs down the road, shoot your schoolmaster or punish the poor sap who borrowed your mower and returned it with a blunt blade.
Anyone old enough to remember the plethora of Doom and Quake mods may recall coming across maps people had made of their offices, so you could murder sprite versions of odious co-workers, or the super-geeky Star Wars constructions where you could visit various locations from the famous films and shoot some Stormtroopers.
With advances in technology, how long will it be before mashups allow the data to be streamed direct from Google Streetmaps and converted into games locations? It would certainly be a cost effective way of developing sequels, although the obvious ramifications of allowing people to rampage online through 'real' neighbourhoods would lead to more scaremongering from Daily Mail columnists or right-wing pressure groups who have never held a control pad in their lives, let alone unlocked the 'Warm Coffee' achievement. Thus the need to pretend it is Liberty City, and not just New York. Basically, to appease the childishness of the media, a layer of reality has to be removed.
Imagine if this barrier were broken? Development costs could be massively subsided by the use of sponsorship as companies vie to be one of the fast food outlets portrayed in-game, or car manufacturers bid to have their latest supercar planted somewhere in a garage in Alderney? I'm not a fan of the trend for product placement in films, but to me it makes more sense to use it in videogames, where you as the gamer are at least given the choice whether to use the product or not. If I don't like Burger Shot, at least I can go to Cluckin' Bell…
What about applying the Web 2.0, Wikipedia-style ethos to sandbox game development? Picture an open source city, where anyone from the local area or beyond can chip in and create a little bit of their familiar village, town or city, using pictorial sources from Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, Google Maps, and more. Kind of like Second Life, but awesome, and with guns. You could even have different historical perspectives – imagine a time-travelling game in which locations have been extrapolated from both old and new photographs of iconic locations.
The game could go global — instead of just playing against someone in Singapore online, you could go and fight them in their native territory, and organize huge turf war battles as those more familiar with their towns and cities take control against invaders. With the ever-increasing advances in technology, surely in ten years time this is an achievable goal. 'Grand Theft Auto: World', available 2021?


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Dizel Penza is a team in Penza, Russia in the Vysshaya Liga.
It was founded in 1955 as Burevestnik Penza and became the Dizelist Penza in 1963. The team adopted its present name in 2002.
The team won the league championship in 1963 & 1974.
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About me
I am a Christian of the Baptist variety and a Reference Librarian at a public library.
My [former] boss gave me the most excellent idea. She said that she has been keeping a blog about the books that she has recently read and her thoughts on those books. So, I'm attempting the feat.
While I am tweaking this site, I do try to consistently do the following:
1.I will provide the citation of the book I am reviewing. These are presented in APA format.
2.I like eye candy and I hope to put in some cool photos of what I've been reading.
3.I can't stand spoilers. I will not tell the endings of books.
4.I have a ratings system of pearls. The best score for a book, in my not so humble opinion, is a 5.
5.Lately, I've been hooked on the 1001 Books list. For now, I'm working on the core – the books on all editions.
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Initially "Discovered @ the library," these items caught my eye on the shelving cart, in the book drop, displayed, or advertised. In recent years, I took to listing these books that caught my eye on my TBR (To Be Read) page. When I more regularly posted, I shared one TBR per…
Do Reading Logs Help or Hinder?
The Atlantic | June 03, 2016 As a lifelong reader, I lean much on resources such as Goodreads to remind me of what books I've read and books I would like to read. Yet, reading this article gave me pause. Readers, please weigh in – "Can Reading Logs Ruin Reading…
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Stayed in October. Room was ok. A bit noisy over the entrance to the hotel. Really just a redone upscale motel. Inside lobby bar and restaurant. Rooms in an old redone motel. Pretty nice but there is only so much you can do with an old motel. If you want Tiburon and a great location, this is your only choice. Nice place, good value, Great location.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Stay Nestled. Across the spectacular San Francisco Bay, The Lodge at Tiburon is an easy, sublime escape from the noise of the city. Only steps away from the Bay docks, the hotel provides a quaint retreat nestled among the cafes, boutiques and galleries of Tiburon and is adorned with relaxing décor and an inviting ambiance. The Lodge at Tiburon offers quintessential Northern California living at its best, striving to offer a personalized experience tailored to guest's individual needs and interests, from the complimentary wireless high speed Internet, DVD players and movie libraries, to a full service business center and a knowledgeable concierge program, including the I-pad wall. Gilchrist and Soames bath and body products, high-tech efficiencies and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The on-property restaurant, Tiburon Tavern, serves a delicious selection of locally farmed elevated comfort cuisine. With two outdoor patios and two indoor fireplaces, Tiburon Tavern is the ideal place to relax and enjoy an evening with family and friends. ... more less
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Housing coalition finds lack of affordable housing in Queens
LIVERPOOL - The South Shore Housing Action Coalition has found what most people in Queens County already knew – there is a lack of affordable housing in the region.
KENTVILLE, NS - A Wolfville man facing a variety of charges – including sexual assault, unlawful confinement, extortion and other counts – remains in custody awaiting a bail hearing.
Tracey Donald Dodds, 60, was present in Kentville provincial court in custody on March 13. The Crown was opposed to his release. A publication ban was ordered to protect the identity of the alleged victim and Dodds was remanded in custody until March 15 for a bail hearing.
The Crown remained opposed to Dodds' release at the March 15 hearing. The wording of some of the charges was amended. Dodds consented to being remanded in custody until March 20 for another bail hearing. He has been ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim while on remand.
Dodds is charged with assault; verbally conveying a death threat, sexual assault, unlawful confinement, inducing a woman by threats to submit to sexual acts, using threats of violence for the purpose of compelling the alleged victim to perform certain sexual acts and trafficking in hydromorphone.It's alleged that Dodds committed the offences in Wolfville between Feb. 13 and March 7, 2017. The charges have not been proven in court.


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Message: The following issue has been closed. Resolver: Jason Dillon Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 4:06 AM Applied patch --------------------------------------------------------------------- View the issue: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ViewIssue.jspa?key=GERONIMO-26 Here is an overview of the issue: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: GERONIMO-26 Summary: [patch] added null check to byte array equals and removed unneeded try-catch block Type: Improvement Status: Closed Priority: Minor Resolution: FIXED Time Spent: Unknown Remaining: Unknown Project: Apache Geronimo Components: common Assignee: Jason Dillon Reporter: Brent Worden Created: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:08 PM Updated: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 4:06 AM Description: null checks weren't being performed in the equals(byte[], int, byte[], int, int) method. remove the try-catch block from equals(byte[], byte[]) method because the length equality check prevents the exception from ever being thrown. changes are complimented with a full battery of test cases. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JIRA INFORMATION: This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa If you want more information on JIRA, or have a bug to report see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Pagebuilder breaks media selector
Hi Greg,
Please take a look at this thread here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-ajaxphp-chandlerapply-is-not-a-function?replies=2#post-4329483
I have followed that guys advice and disabled every single plugin and tested if the issue was still present. Upon disabling pagebuilder, the page refresh after selecting an image from the media library suddenly worked again.
To verify this, I have then enabled all other plugins again, and it still worked. Then I enabled pagebuilder again, and the c.handler.apply function broke again.
How does it come that pagebuilder breaks this function? For me it is nut such an issue, but for my cliënt it can be very helpful to see and verify that he selected the correct image. Is there anything we can do to make this function compatible with pagebuilder?
Thx in advance!
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Despite a vast scandal that has ensnared Indian cricket and the arrest of his son-in-law, N Srinivasan, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India or BCCI has not been made to resign. Instead, an emergency meeting of the organisation today proved Mr Srinivasan remains bullet-proof: a compromise allows him to "step aside" as BCCI chief till a probe into spot-fixing allegations in the recently-concluded edition of the Indian Premier League or IPL is completed. Till then, Jagmohan Dalmiya, a former BCCI President, will lead a four-member team that will run the BCCI.
Critics of Mr Srinivasan, including Punjab Cricket Association chief IS Bindra, described the decision as "worse than match-fixing."
After the nearly three-hour meeting in Chennai, Mr Srinivasan said that none of the members of the working committee asked for his resignation. He described his decision to temporarily give up his powers as an "extraordinarily fair step."
Not everyone agrees. Mr Bindra said, "He (Srinivasan) is just stepping aside for one month. This is taking the public for a ride. We needed something more than this."
Sources said that Mr Srinivasan was saved because of the support of "the Delhi gang" - Arun Jaitley who heads the Delhi District and Cricket Association (DDCA), Anurag Thakur who is the honorary secretary of the BCCI, and Rajiv Shukla, who quit on Saturday as the Chairman of IPL, the massively popular domestic Twenty20 league. All three participated in today's discussion via video-conference from a five-star hotel in Delhi.
Nearly three weeks ago, the arrest of cricketer S Sreesanth and two other members of the Rajasthan Royals by the Mumbai Police on charges of spot-fixing shoved Indian cricket into what some have described as one of its severest crises. On May 24, Mr Srinivasan's son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was arrested for allegedly conspiring with bookies. He is the team principal of the Chennai Super Kings.
On Friday, BCCI Treasurer Ajay Shirke and Board Secretary Sanjay Jagdale quit their posts. The meeting today formally requested them to reconsider their decision, a prospect both have ruled out.
Mr Jagdale was one of the three members of a commission set up to investigate the charges against Mr Srinivasan's son-in-law. His replacement will be selected by Mr Dalmiya as the interim chief of the BCCI.


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Are you wondering how to find accommodation in Novosibirsk? Here is an overview of the city's rental market.
Novosibirsk is Russia's third biggest city. Being a major economic and cultural hub, the city has been attracting thousands of foreigners from across the globe over the years. Due to its economic dynamism, it has been offering various opportunities at all levels. So if you have decided to settle and work there, finding accommodation will be one of your priorities. This should not be difficult if you have a knowledge of Russian. Otherwise, you could hire a translator, or ask a bilingual Russian to assist you in related procedures.
Before moving to Novosibirsk, you are advised to inquire on its different neighborhoods. The city center remains the more popular neighborhood with foreigners, particularly due to modern housing units which are available there. Note, moreover, that rent prices are quite similar downtown as in the city outskirts.
Krasny, Vokzalnaya Magistral, Ovetskaya, Revolucii, Uritskogo, Oktybrskaya, Kommunisticheskaya, Chapligina, Gogolya and Lenina, etc., are other peaceful residential neighborhoods. Remember to choose an accommodation which is nearest to public services and facilities such as transport.
Find accommodation
Most foreigners in Russia choose to register with a real estate agency to facilitate their accommodation, especially due to the language barrier. Russian real estate laws are also quite complicated. So it is better to entrust related formalities to real estate professionals.
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Many Russian owners also prefer to rent their property through a real estate agency rather than directly without an intermediate. But you can still seek the assistance of your friends or contacts if you have any in Novosibirsk.
Rent prices
Novosibirsk's rental market has been quite unstable for some time. Prices are expected to fluctuate in the 6-12 coming months. But as at now, you can rent a 35 m2 apartment for some RR 10,000 in the city's outskirts. In downtown, you are likely to pay some RR 15,000 for the same type of apartment.
In the city center, a standard apartment will cost some RR 20,000 to 25,000. To rent a penthouse, you will need between RR 30,000 and 35,000.
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Once you have found proper accommodation, you are required to register your visa with the nearest police station to your new place of residence if you intend to stay for more than three days in Novosibirsk. Your landlord may also take care of related formalities on your behalf.
As regards the lease, you will have to produce your passport, your visa along with your immigration card.
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Booking www.booking.com
Arkadia us.arkadia.com
Arenda Ngs - real estate website arenda.ngs.ru
Avito www.avito.ru
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Hi guys this is my first post here and I was looking for some info on CO Mule deer hunting.
Myself and some buds of mine are filling out all the paper work for the CO drawing and trying to plan a hunt.One of the guys went about 10 years ago and ended up in a Rifle CO which I Think is area 10 or 21 anyway I just need as much info as I can get..
Is this a good area? is their a good chance of getting drawn for this area and how would you tell is some of the public land has been leased by outfitters??? Are their other areas that might be better??
I have hunted Whitetail all my life but I am new to this whole drawing and open range hunting..


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My wife and I spent five nights and six days at the Iberostar during October. It is a quiet time of year and the resort was not very busy. Most of the people there were divers and we had a very nice time there.
We found our bungalow very comfortable. The bed is VERY firm which I like. If you do not, be sure to get the foam top they offered upon our arrival. The A/C worked fine. We were able to adjust it to "just right".
From our arrival to departure, we found all the staff helpful and friendly. Whatever questions we had were answered and whatever we asked for was provided. We live in a resort community and are attuned to guest services through our own businesses and this resort has done a fine job with hiring and training. Excellent people.
The food ranged from very good to excellent. At every meal there were many choices and we were always able to find tasty options. Make no mistake, this is not a gourmet experience, but the food was fresh, tasty and nearly always available. Because it was off season and occupancy was low, the theme restaurants were not open regularly. The steak house was open for a steak night and was very good but was not open the other nights.
My wife is a diver and really enjoyed the diving. If you are not a diver there are a number of other activities, but hopefully you like to read or sunbathe. This is an excellent dive resort but other activities a bit limited.
Downsides: Wireless is available but only in the main lobby area and is expensive. Really? Wireless should be included! I wish hot coffee was available from an hour earlier in the morning. The food service crew is in there getting ready why can't they turn on the coffee first?
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- Directly on the beach, in a rocky, coral–filled cove with unspoilt waters. A paradise for diving and snorkelling. Sub-tropical mangrove forest. Bungalows in typical local style. Second-largest reef in the World. ... more less
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I was recently asked to be a contributing blogger for the SAP Community Network (SCN), providing my point of view on social media related topics. I took this opportunity to write my first post on if social media was for marketing or sales. Being a prior sales rep and a long-time marketer, I struggled with this early on as well. However, I think you'll agree with my position on this.
Check it out: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/28523
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QE2 Boosting Stocks Around the Globe
How much did global stock markets like the launch of QE2 by the Federal Reserve last week? A lot.
This week is off to a more middling start. European shares are edging lower after Asian stock markets had another solid day, led by Tokyo's 1% gain.
Let's recap QE2 week. Asia – where a lot of those hundreds of billions of bucks are expected to end up – did best. The Nikkei gained 4.6% for the week, the Shanghai Composite rose 5.1% and the Hong Kong Hang Seng soared 7.7% to a nearly 3-year high. The Bombay Sensex 30 added 4.9% to clip a new record close while Australia and South Korea each gained 3%.
Europe's big bourses all rose, with the FTSE 100 (up 3.4%) and the DAX (up 2.3%) both closing at fresh 2010 and 52-week highs. The Paris CAC-40 gained 2.2% and is a sliver off a new 2010 closing high.
On the home front, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.9% and is now up 18% since July 2.


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Modesty helps us to make our bodies temples in which the Lord's spirit may dwell. As parents, we can use the child's earliest years to instill principles of modesty and to form correct habits. We are asked to wear our best clothing to the temple and to Church meetings in order to lend reverence, restraint, and dignity to the atmosphere where sacred ordinances are performed. Parents should dress appropriately themselves regardless of what activity they are participating in, and therefore, set a good example to their children.


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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Saturday Night At The Liberal Curmudgeon: Lloyd, Petrucciani, McBee, DeJohnette
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd came out of retirement after hearing the brilliant French pianist Michel Petrucciani and forming a quartet with him. Here Lloyd plays his "Tone Poem" at Town Hall, NYC, February 1985, also joined by two members of his 1960s quartet, Cecil McBee, bass, and Jack DeJohnette, drums. This exuberant, lyrical performance is highlighted by solos from Lloyd, Petrucciani and McBee and driven by the propulsive drumming of DeJohnette.
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- Michael The Molar Maven said...
I didn't realize that Charles Lloyd named a song after you. It should also be noted that Lloyd was the flute and saxophone player on "Feel Flows" one of the two Carl Wilson compositions that, along with the Brian Wilson's title track, were the highlights of The Beach Boys' SURF'S UP album form 1971.
- January 22, 2012 at 5:20 AM
- Jeff Tone said...
Yes, Charles and I go way back. So that's him on "Feel Flows"? Nice, flowing solo!
- January 22, 2012 at 2:09 PM
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Don't worry about trailering, this boat will already be sitting in a slip on beautiful Lake Travis, waiting for your use!
This Sea Ray 190BR can easily hold 6 people and could even carry 8 if some are kids. It comes with a bimini top for shade and has an updated stereo. The 5.0 V8 engine is plenty of power for tubing, skiing or wake boarding. The boat has low hours and is in great shape.
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About a dozen heavily armed soldiers sit guarding a section of downtown New York City. One mans a turret mounted atop a military vehicle, while several others sit monitoring their posts.
This might be a great time to lay low. Using cloaking technology, my character quietly takes out a couple soldiers with knife strikes. Now that their numbers have been pared down, I quickly take out the gunman on the turret with an assault rifle, ramp up my armor and take on several more enemies with guns blazing.
Moments like this are where first-person shooter Crysis 2 shine. The Crytek game will often leave players feeling nearly unstoppable, between a solid single-player campaign and impressive multiplayer component. However, it's easy to feel powerful when battling some really dumb enemies.
The campaign stars a Marine codenamed Alcatraz who inherits the Nanosuit after an explosion rips apart his submarine. Alcatraz finds himself in the middle of New York City, evacuated following an alien invasion. Not only must Alcatraz dodge alien foes, but a private military group called C.E.L.L. that is trying to hunt down the Nanosuit.
As with the first Crysis, the Nanosuit is a player's best friend. Players can either bolster their armor to make them tougher, turn on the popular invisibility cloak to stealthily kill enemies or zip past them with blistering speed. The suit also features a visor players can use for tactical plans and thermal vision.
Using the suit feels empowering. There are some scenarios where players might feel as if they're just toying with enemies as they transition from low-key kills to explosive offensives. When players kill aliens, they acquire Nano Catalysts that upgrade their suit. Perks include enhanced armor and mobility and threat tracers (players can watch bullet trails).
The arsenal in Crysis 2 is quite strong as well, featuring a wide array of weapons as well as attachments that complement the Nanosuit. So, if a player wants to maintain a stealth persona, they can find weapons with silencers, or they can add a grenade launcher if they prefer to make a more noticeable entrance.
Overall, the campaign is solid. Watching these firefights unfold with skyscrapers towering from above looks really cool. Also, because of the Nanosuit and the multitude of weapons and attachment, combat never seems to feel stale.
Although the alien invaders prove more formidable than their C.E.L.L. counterparts, they do share one common trait: a penchant for stupid behavior. The artificial intelligence exhibited by computer-controlled enemies is inconsistent. It is clearly the campaign's biggest flaw.
One example happened during a firefight with C.E.L.L. soldiers on the top floor of a skyscraper. As an attack helicopter sprays the building with bullets, soldiers drop in from the roof to hunt Alcatraz down. After shooting one foe, the enemy runs around like a chicken with its head cut off. Then, determined to get to his designated spot, he finds a cover-free corner of the room that happens to be right in front of me. Despite facing him with no stealth or armor enabled, the enemy seems content to just sit there and not fire back for several seconds.
Fortunately, Crysis 2 includes a pretty solid and deep multiplayer mode. Players can customize their weapons and Nanosuits to fit their styles, and can unlock additional gear as they earn experience during matches. Ranks go up to 50, and players can perform a "suit reboot," an option similar to Call of Duty's Prestige mode. The standard match types are available, such as Instant Action (Deathmatch), Crash Site (capture and hold), and an attack/defend match called Assault.
Crysis 2 also includes some interesting playlists. There's a beginner's playlist for players at Level 10 or lower, a Pro list for hardcore players and a Fast Rounds list which cuts down on intermissions between matches.
Overall, Crysis 2 is a satisfying action game. Keep in mind, this game doesn't deliver anything particularly groundbreaking, but it is a nice option for players seeking a fresh first-person shooter fix.
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Crytek
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Price: $59.99
Rating: M for Mature
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Score: 3 stars (out of 4)
Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis clash in 1992. An original pinball wizard, he eventually was seduced by Robotron: 2084 and Tempest. These days he is a fan of action/shooters and lives out his Keith Moon fantasies playing a mean drum kit on music games. More about Mike.
Brett Molina has been writing about video games for USA TODAY since 2005. He is well-versed in Madden NFL, the fighting genre and first-person shooters. The first video game he played was Asteroids at a local arcade. He has been hooked ever since. More about Brett.


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The footsteps echoed on the bridge; light and shadow played around.
There was a gasp, as someone realized he'd made a wrong turn.
The haggard, unkempt man turned around. "Oh shit..."
"Not very gentlemanly language, Yuzuru." a smooth voice chided.
A handsome man with slicked-back dark hair and a pencil mustache stepped out of the shadows. Not for the first time, Yuzuru had to ruefully note that the man pursuing him looked like a handsomer Snidely Whiplash come to life. And, regretfully, acted the part, too.
"I don't...I don't have it any more, Riley." Yuzuru said. "It's been sent to somewhere safe-someone who'll know enough to keep it away from you!"
"I am quite disappointed to hear that." Riley shook his head. "And who, pray tell, is it going to allegedly be 'safe from us' with?"
"Like I'll tell you!"
"I have ways of finding out." Riley sneered. He snapped his fingers. Three thugs shambled out of the darkness behind him-all wearing out of date clothes, and with pallid complexions, the occasional missing pieces, and absolutely atrocious teeth.
"Your zombies won't make me talk either!"
"I know." Riley replied. "They aren't here to make you talk-they're here to kill you."
Yuzuru gritted his teeth. He was not going to scream-if it was the last thing he ever did (literally), his pursuer was not going to get that satisfaction.
No...there is a way.
Yuzuru Fuyuno jumped, his body hurling to the River Thames hundreds of feet below him.
Riley hissed. "Dammit!"
The little man next to him groveled "But...there's no way he could survive that fall, Master."
Riley backhanded the little man. "That isn't the point, Dimsworth! If he's dead, he can't tell us what he did with the amulet! And we have to find his body! Blast it all!"
He muttered and held his hands to his brow, shaking like he was having a seizure. After thirty tense seconds, he stopped, his manner suddenly calm again. "No...There is nothing to panic about. His dead body will be found. And the authorities will do our work for us."
He grinned, and began to chuckle ominously
"...Joggers found the poor blighter, Chief Gates." one of the uniformed Bobbies said. "Washed up on the shore, just like this."
"Chin up, Anderson-it's your first corpse!" Gates, the older of the two women not in uniform said. "Like many things, your first is always memorable."
"I needed that image in my head like another hole in it." the younger, shorter woman replied in clipped tones.
"It's all yours." Gates said. Sighing, the younger one pulled on a pair of rubber gloves, and began to investigate the mauled body.
"State of rigor...I'd say he's probably been dead between six and ten hours. Signs of some blunt trauma, and deep scratches, but I doubt he was dead before he hit the water."
"Male, I would say probably of Japanese extraction, approximately fifty years old." Anderson cocked an eyebrow as she pulled his wallet out. "Money still in here-a good six hundred Euros. Passport and tourist visa-Yuzuru Fuyuno, Tokyo Japan."
"Good guesswork." the senior officer complimented.
"It still doesn't tell us what he's doing here." Anderson replied. Her eyes narrowed, as something caught her attention.
"What did you see?"
The shorter woman pulled a soggy package out of the dead man's trench coat. It had an address seal still legible.
Tsukiko Lupin
1974 Wolfram Gardens
New York, NY 10012
Anderson looked at her superior. "It's heavy and..."
"The package is about to fall apart anyway." Gates nodded. "Just try to keep the label intact."
It didn't take much effort for Anderson to pry the waterlogged package apart. A gold medallion, with a figure of a dark, green eye, glinted in the early morning sun...
...But somehow, the sunlight seemed to have darkened, if only for a second...
A New Generation
A New Beginning
Ghostbusters 2021:
The Eye Of Aretpo
Part One
From the Files of Dr. Fritz V. Baugh, GBI Historian
GBI Case File GBNY-2021-39/001
New York City
Columbia University
June 8, 2021
Ghostbusters Omnibus Timeline Year Thirty-Nine
He looked at the placard with a slight amusement. Nearly four decades ago, the placard outside this nondescript building had read "Weaver Hall". Now it had a different sign:
Spengler Institute For Paranormal Research
He chuckled. I bet that Yeager dude is rolling in his grave...
He went inside.
The office door brought a wide grin to his face.
E.M. Spengler, Ph.D.
J.C. Spengler, Ph.D
Right inside it, a young man of average build and of mixed Oriental blood, dressed in a tie and khakis in blue and yellow that really didn't go well together, peered at him quizzically. A placard on his desk read "Jeremy Cranston"
"Um...may I help you?"
"I'm here to see Dr. Spengler." the visitor replied. "Either one, though preferably both."
"Ah, well, Dr. Johnathan is the only one here right now..."
"Thank you very much." the visitor nodded.
"But you can't go in there, yet."
The visitor smirked and nodded.
The building shook violently as a loud explosion filled their ears.
"Now I can go in there." the visitor stated matter of factly.
Jeremy looked at him, a bit amazed. "You've done this before?"
"You'd be surprised, Jeremy..."
Smoke filled the room. At the center was a table, and a smoking piece of electronics with a couple of wires attached to it, leading to a protective shield.
"Crumbs." came a deep voice from behind the blast shield. The man who emerged from it was tall (a good six and a half feet) and solidly built, if not necessarily muscular. His red muscle shirt matched his head of red hair, which ended in a squiggly tail at the back. He pulled off his protective goggles and peered at the experiment with a disgusted look.
"You know...this reminds me of the time you tried to make a sport coat explode." the robed man said dryly. A hood concealed his face.
"I needed magic cloth to make that work." The taller man retorted with practiced ease.
"Well, then I might be able to help you, JC..."
The red haired man's eyes went wide. "Holy shit..."
The robed man threw back the hood. He had large brown eyes that took in the room; his curly brown hair sported a battered set of aviator goggles. He regarded the taller men with a wide, dimpled grin. "Eric?" John said incredulously. "Eric Stantz?"
Eric laughed, and rolled his eyes. "It's so cool to hear that name again."
With that, the two embraced like two old friends who'd known each other pretty much their entire lives but hadn't seen each other lately-which was pretty much what they were.
"Wow. Look at you now...Doctor Johnathan Spengler, scientist. Blowing up labs and everything..."
"Family tradition." John replied cheerfully. "And you're apparently a Jedi Knight now..."
Eric laughed, and looked down at his robes. "That's a really long story...This your latest urban renewal project, JC?" Eric asked brightly.
"What I was trying to do is create a new, miniaturized ecto-confinement system. The tech's gotten so much better since the Eighties...it should be possible to create a ghost trap so small, it could be bundled with a complete PKE detection system."
Eric looked at the singed prototype. "I love it...it looks like a Digivice iC!"
John smirked. "I guess it kinda does...but it still needs some more work. I keep running into an instability in the confinement grid; finding the right balance of neutron flow to keep it stable at that size, able to compress the ectoplasmic particles into the amount of space I want..."
"I'm back five minutes and I'm getting a headache already." Eric shook his head. He turned as he noticed something-a poster on the wall (behind a layer of protective glass).
Pictured there were four men, each wearing a flight suit of similar cut and style, with the red and white "no ghost" logo on their right shoulders. One was a fit African American with short hair, in an aqua blue uniform with red trim, the nametag reading "ZEDDEMORE". Another was a handsome man with unruly dark hair, a Cheshire grin, and a brown uniform with greenish-blue trim; his nametag read "VENKMAN". A third was a tall, lanky man wearing a blue uniform with pinkish trim; his nametag read "SPENGLER", and though his hair was a blond pompadour, the squiggly tail at the back of it, and his jawline, were distinctly similar to John's. Eric grinned looking at the last man on the poster; he knew that wide face, dimpled grin, and merry brown eyes well. The uniform was tan, with brown trim, and the nametag read "STANTZ". At the bottom, the poster carried the familiar "GHOSTBUSTERS" title logo.
"Great poster, JC." Eric remarked. "Always gotta remember your roots."
"It was a promo picture taken in 1984, about the time the movie came out and GBI first formed." John explained. "It's the best one I could find, though I'd rather have found one with Mom on it, too, and maybe Slimer..."
Eric chuckled. "Well, it could be worse-it could be one of those shitty ones where they left Uncle Winston off."
John started to look at Eric a little more forcefully. "So start talking to me...grife, Stantz, I've barely seen you since you went off to that private school thirteen years ago. And then after you graduated...nothing. None of us...not Edie or me, not Jessica, or Charlene, or the Riveras, heard word one from you. I mean, Uncle Ray kept saying you were fine, but he and Aunt Liz are about the only people that seemed to know anything, and wouldn't tell us kids much."
Eric sighed, and broke eye contact. "Well...you know how I said everyone at ReinHagen Academy liked to call the place 'Hogwarts' as a joke? There's a really funny story behind that..."
They were interrupted by an annoyed female voice shouting out John's name.
"Uh-oh..." John smirked, looking past Eric.
"I could hear the explosion from halfway across the campus! I thought I told you to hold off on the latest tests of the GBX prototype until we could get to the Columbus facility. I seriously..."
Eric hadn't heard the voice in a while, but as it hadn't deeped with age anywhere near to the extent of John's, it was quite recognizable. He was about to snark that "Hey! You're scaring the straights!"but when he actually turned, he almost swallowed his tongue.
The last time Eric had seen John's sister, Eden Marie Spengler, she was only fifteen and still looked like a little girl-a tall little girl, but with all the figure of a gawky beanpole. This was no longer true. She was still tall-a good five eight-but had grown her blonde hair longer and had developed some very womanly curves that her loose shirt and sleeveless vest could not completely conceal; the red mini skirt she wore didn't even make a pretense of hiding the most spectacular set of legs Eric ever remembered seeing...
"Eric Stantz?" she exclaimed, intense blue eyes opening wide.
"Edie?" he managed to croak.
"We had not been informed you were back in town!" she said, giving him a quick, friendly hug that did nothing to help his elevated body temperature.
"I...er...wanted to surprise you all..." Eric admitted.
"Mission accomplished." John chuckled. "You timing is great-you got me out of another lecture and everything!"
Eden rolled her eyes. "Does anyone else know you're back?"
"Well, Pop of course...Mom's taking some time off and we arrived together, so I figured I'd be getting in their way pretty quick. I figured I'd start here." He shrugged. "I might be in the way at Jess's..."
"She'd probably still love to see you. Hayden can't monopolize all her time." John quipped.
Eric shook his head. "On the one hand, it's weird talking about Jessica Venkman getting married. On the other...well, how many years have they been..." he suddenly became very self-conscious of Eden standing right there, and decided not to say "banging each other stupid". "How many years have they been dating off and on anyway?"
"At least since...oh, I think right after you graduated and disappeared." John mused. "She tried to hide it, of course, but Charlene figured it out and clued the rest of us in..."
"It's got to be weird for Oscar, though."
"Perhaps." Eden added. "But while he is biologically related to both of them, they are not related to each other."
"I'll definitely have to touch base with Charlene, too." Eric chuckled. "She still in LA?"
Eden's expression returned to a more serious look. "I apologize, Eric, but the whole reason I came over here was to remind my brother that he needs to get home and wash the soot off of himself."
"What are you..." John stopped and slapped his forehead. "Crap. I did forget. I got so wrapped up in the negative ionic oscillation equations it vanished from my mind completely!"
Eric blinked. "What? What's going on?"
JFK International Airport
"Flight 683 from Heathrow now arriving at Gate 140..."
One little man watched with interest as the passengers from Heathrow finally disembarked. One in particular drew his interest-a short, brown-haired woman in sunglasses, dressed in a green sport coat and mini-skirt.
He pulled out his cell phone and dialed. When the other end answered..."It appears your guess was correct, Master. Should I follow her?" He listened intently for a few seconds, then nodded. "As you command."
Riley sighed. It had taken some work to dig into Yuzuru Fuyuno's background, but it had turned up some leads. Fuyuno had no children of his own, but two sisters. One of them still lives in Tokyo, but the other lives in New York City...is an American citizen, in fact. While Mariko Fuyuno is not there now, her child is.
He studied a print-out. Tsukiko Marie Lupin, Born September 1, 1997...would not seem difficult to locate, and discover if she was indeed the one that Fuyuno sent the Eye to...except...
Riley settled into his chair. Two pictures were on the table in front of him: one featured a solid man with a bushy mustache, a Japanese woman, and a little girl. Another featured the mustachioed man with a different girl, a man wearing a Catholic priest's collar, and a woman in a burgundy and dark blue dress. In his hand was a third picture-the woman in the burgundy dress with a slightly pudgy, auburn-haired man in a tan flight suit, its name tag reading "STANTZ"
Tsukiko Lupin's godmother is Elizabeth Stantz, the wife of one of Ghostbusters International's Founders. This complicates the situation drastically. As much as I could not afford Scotland Yard sticking their noses into this matter, the attention of Ghostbusters International at this stage would be disastrous on a whole new level-far more powerful adversaries than I am have fallen to their do-gooding interference. I must be cautious...and have a plan. I cannot allow GBI to know of the Eye, and our plans for it, until it's too late to stop them.
Fortunately...if one knows where to look, there are always opportunities...
He smirked as he pulled a flyer from the papers he had piled on his desk.
"Sons Of Ether Chapter Club Dinner
June 8, 2021
Guests Of Honor:
Professor Egon Spengler
Co-Winner, 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics
Co-Founder, Ghostbusters International
Dr. Enrico Amor
Dean of the Sons of Ether"
GBI must be...distracted...
Varrick and Moore
Eric smiled as he left the taxi, taking in the sight. I hadn't realized how much I missed the old place... he thought as he stared at the red brick building, the former Hook and Ladder Number Eight firehouse. I know we didn't live in New York when I was born...but I was only a year and a half old when Dad moved back here. I practically grew up in this old firehouse.
He gave the familiar sign a thumbs up and a smirk as he opened the door and walked in.
He wished he'd been able to visit with John and Eden a little more. They'd always been the ones of the sons and daughters of the four Ghostbusters founders he'd been closest to; he was practically right in the middle age-wise between them and Jessica Venkman, with her three years older than him and the Twins three years younger, but he felt like the Twins and he understood each other better. Charlene Zeddemore was even older, and the Rivera girls even younger. Max Miller, though..he'd always been an awesome playmate. I need to ask how he's doing...
But his return's timing had been unfortunate: John and Eden Spengler had an engagement for this evening that he wouldn't ask them to cancel even if he thought they would.
"Well, Father is being honored by the Sons of Ether tonight." Eden explained. "It's the scientific research club that he has been a member of before we were even born."
"They think him and your Dad winning that Nobel Prize last year is a big deal." John added. "So if we dress up and listen to their boring speeches, we get free food out of the deal!"
" 'Boring'?" Eden asked incredulously. "They are some of the most gifted scientific minds on the planet!"
"And also some of the most unstable." John retorted.
"The kinda guys who would turn a sport coat into a bomb, I know." Eric laughed. He understood better than they knew "Nah...go ahead. We can catch up tomorrow, then. I think I'll head off to Ghostbusters Central and see everyone else..."
He wasn't surprised that the first sound he heard was a loud, ecstatic burbling cry as something green flew out of the wall, a bear hug and green, slimey kisses on its mind...
...Except when Slimer got about a foot away from Eric, the confused green ghost bounced back.
"Whoops..." Eric said sheepishly. He made a quick gesture, and glanced at the Sun. Only a couple more minutes until it's down anyway.... "Try it now!"
Slimer looked thoughtful for about half a second, then tried the bear hug and slimey kisses again. This time it was successful. Eric rolled his eyes fondly as he wiped off some slime from his face..."I let that happen why?"
"Slimer! How many times have you been told to not attack the customers!" a female voice shouted. "We're sorry, Mister but..."
The speaker was a woman in her early forties, wearing a black flight suit bearing the Ghostbuster logo and the name "GRIFFIN" on its chest tag. "Eric?"
"Hey, Dr. Griffin." Eric said amiably. "Long time, no see, eh?"
"Hey! Everybody! Come look who's here!" she shouted.
Within moments, the old garage filled up with people happy to see him; like the Spengler Twins, they hadn't seen him in seven years.
Thirty eight years before, Eric's father, the Twins' father, and two other men had been the original Ghostbusters. From that little acorn eventually grew-albeit with a number of setbacks along the way-the premiere paranormal investigation and elimination company in the world.
Twenty four years ago, four students of the Twins' father had formed a new team of Ghostbusters. Those four former students-Dr. Kylie Griffin, her husband Eduardo Rivera, Garrett Miller, and Dr. Roland Jackson-were the ones greeting him now. And they weren't the only ones...
"Chita?" Eric gasped as she hugged him. She was two years younger than Eden, and like her seven years had worked some wonders on her. Conchita Rivera had always been an exuberant, cheerful person, and now Eric had to admit she was gorgeous too. I know I really shouldn't keep comparing people to anime characters, but she's always reminded me of Mimi Tachikawa...
"Welcome back!" Conchita beamed. "We've all missed you!"
Conchita's younger, and much more dour, sister Rose just kind of grunted-though it was an amiable grunt, at least. "Yeah. Nice to have you back."
"You're both looking great." Eric admitted. "Of course, I last saw you seven years ago, when Chita was a teenager and Rosey was only ten...you both gotta be breaking hearts by now."
Rose kind of looked away at that uncomfortably and mumbled something Eric couldn't make out.
Conchita laughed. "Well, not on purpose!"
"Conchita, hate to remind you, but the movie starts in an hour-we better get going." Rose poked her older sister, apparently thankful for the chance to end that particular thread of conversation.
"Oh yeah..." Conchita nodded. "Rose and I're going out to see a movie, because Mom and Dad are both on duty tonight."
"The Professor's going to some big gig, I know." Eric remarked. "I went to see John and Edie first, and they told me. So what are you seeing?"
"The Snakes On A Planeremake." Rose answered. "It was my turn to pick."
"Of course." Eric remarked.
The two girls looked at Eduardo expectantly. He sighed and pulled out a couple of twenty dollar bills. Conchita took the money and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks, Daddy."
After they left, Roland explained "It's kinda like old times, in a way. Peter's in LA, Winston's at Fort Arnold. Your Dad's taking vacation time, but since it's with your Mom I guess you already knew that."
Eric nodded.
"So it's just Team Extreme tonight." Garrett said. "So they teach you poker at that hoity-toity school, Eric?"
"Just as long as it ain't Texas Hold-Em..." Eric laughed.
Wolfram Gardens
The sound of knocking at her front door was not at the top of her list of ways to be roused from sleep.
She grumbled as she made herself wake up. As she sat upright in her bed, she looked at the clock and just about passed back out. "Gaia's Bounty!" she shouted out loud. It's almost dinner time... She cast an eye at the other shape sleeping in her bed, still snoring, and smirked. We really did wear each other out...
Deciding not to answer the door buck naked-at least not this time, though it was a great way to get discounts on pizza delivery-she grabbed a bathrobe and hurriedly put it on as the knock came again. "Keep your pants on! I'm on my way!" It can't be Makayla forgetting her key again...she'd be cussing at me by now...I didn't order West Pier Pizza in my sleep again, did I?
She was mildly disappointed when she looked out the peep hole to see a non-male visitor. When she opened the door, she looked her visitor over-a short woman with shoulder length dark hair, dressed in a green sport coat and mini-skirt. While she preferred male company...Nice legs on this one...even if she dresses like a cop or something.
"Are you Tsukiko Lupin?" the woman asked her with a British accent a kilometer thick.
"Tsukiko MarieLupin." she replied. "I prefer to use my middle name-I don't have to spell it for everybody. Who wants to know?"
The woman pulled out a badge. "Detective Inspector Tessa Jane Anderson. Scotland Yard's Occult Crimes Unit."
Marie chuckled. "Well, I was thinking you dressed like a cop. You're kind of far away from London, Inspector. I can't see how I broke any of England's vice laws since I've never been there...though I can try..."
Anderson looked at her for a few seconds, apparently struck speechless by the non sequitur. "Erm...are you familiar with this man?" Anderson pulled out a picture. "His credentials identified him as Yuzuru Fuyuno of Tokyo, Japan."
Marie took the picture, starting to get worried. "Uncle Yuz? He's my mother's older brother...used to play baseball...what's going on?"
Anderson exhaled. "There's no easy way to say this, but simply...two days ago your Uncle's dead body washed up on a Thames riverbank."
"Oh God..." Marie exhaled, putting her hand over her mouth, looking away. "What was he doing in England?"
"We were hoping you might be able to tell us." Anderson answered. "Your name came up in the course of the investigation."
Anderson opened her purse, pulling out an evidence bag. "When his body was recovered, he had a package on his person bearing this address label."
Marie squinted at the plastic bag, and the label did, indeed, bear her address. "Uncle Yuz was like Ojii-san...Grandpa...insisted on using my first name. What was in it?"
"This." Anderson answered, reaching into her purse again. "We were hoping you might be able to tell us what it is."
When Anderson produced the second bag, and the medallion within, Marie felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. Just touching the bag made her fingers tingle unpleasantly. "I've never seen this before...but it gives me the f-ing creeps..."
"The Scotland Yard detective is inside Lupin's apartment."Dimsworth's voice came over the speaker phone.
"Hold position until my signal." Riley told him. "Then it's time to find where Tsukiko Lupin has hidden the Eye."
"Yes, Master"
Riley stood up, adjusted his bow tie, and donned his black cape with a showy flourish. "And now for the distraction that will keep the Ghostbusters preoccupied. It's showtime!"
To Be Continued
Ghostbusters is©1984 Columbia Pictures. Ghostbusters 2 is ©1989 Columbia Pictures The Real Ghostbusters is ©1986 Columbia Pictures Television and DiC Productions. Extreme Ghostbusters is ©1997 Columbia Pictures Television and Adelaide Productions. The 88MPH comic book is © 2004 Sony and 88MPH Studios. Ghostbusters: The Return is © 2004 Sony and iBooks. Ghostbusters by IDW 2008-Present Sony and IDW. Ghostbusters: Ghost Busted 2008 Sony and TokyoPop. Ghostbusters: The Video Game 2009-2011 Sony and Atari. No use of characters and images associated with the above is intended for profit, or to challenge the copyrights of the above holders. Characters and ideas not appearing in the above copyrighted works are to be considered © their respective creators
Eric Stantz, Marie Lupin, Yuzuru Fuyuno, Charlene Zeddemore, and the Inquisitors created by OgreBBQ. Johnathan and Eden Spengler, TJ Anderson, Jeremy Cranston created by Fritz Baugh. Jessica Venkman and the Rivera Sisters created by EGB Fan. Detective Chief Rebbecca Gates created by Ben King. Marie's friend Makayla created by Ghostdiva.
The Sons of Ether are inspired by the Tradition of the same name from White Wolf's Mage: The Ascension, created by Stewart Wieck and Mark ReinHagen. Developed for the GBOT continuity by Fritz Baugh.


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Hi, After a few weeks of working with the post JCR-157 Jackrabbit structure, I've started thinking about partially reverting the restructuring. The main reasons for this are: * Managing the current Jackrabbit build environment is relatively hard even with the multiproject plugin being used. * There is no longer a single Jackrabbit jar with an associated set of dependencies, leading to more complex documentation and deployment issues. * There is no obvious way to avoid navigational issues across the component sites generated by the current multiproject setup. * The unit test, checkstyle, and other reports are split over the component projects * The component structure points the way towards an even more fragmented project structure with separate component projects for example for individual persistence managers (see the recent "build problems" thread) Even though I greatly appreciate the benefits of the restructuring (especially the commons library that I'm already using in a few other projects) I've come to feel that the problems outweight the benefits. So, I'd like to propose to partially undo the changes related to JCR-157. Instead of the full api, commons, and core subprojects, I'd propose using package naming and design conventions to manage these components. We could have o.a.j.{api,commons,core} packages within a top-level ./src/main/java source directory. Additional component packages (like o.a.j.rmi) could be used if major contrib projects were to be fully integrated with Jackrabbit. The design constraints (like no Jackrabbit dependencies in commons) could be enforced either manually or with some custom Checkstyle checks. The separate api and commons jar files could still be generated by a Maven postGoal rule. This change would solve above problems while still providing at least some of the original benefits. Comments? BR, Jukka Zitting
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To be eligible to work as a veterinary surgeon in the UK, you must be a national, or European Union Rights Entitled Person (previously known as Community Rights Entitled Person), of an EU member state and hold a recognised EU veterinary qualification. This requirement is set out in Annex 5.4 of EU Directive 2005/36/EU.
Please note: veterinary surgeons wishing to practise in the UK must be able to communicate effectively with clients, including in written and spoken English. Where there are significant doubts about an applicant's language ability, s/he will be given the opportunity to provide additional evidence of their English language ability and the option of passing IELTS level 7 (or an equivalent English language qualification at the same level or higher).
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Greeley police found more than 350 stolen items of women's clothing — mostly undergarments — after searching a man's house, and they're hoping to identify the owners of the items.
Joey Eugene Gallegos, 39, was arrested on Aug. 1 after two women reported their underwear had been stolen from their apartment complex laundry room in the 1800 block of 30th Street, according to a news release. Police searched Gallegos' residence nearby and found hundreds more pieces of women's clothing, the release states.
Police believe Gallegos took items from numerous people, and they're asking anyone who may be a victim to contact detective Matt Walsh at (970) 350-9549.
While the allegations against Gallegos may invoke snickering and bad jokes, police say Gallegos poses a threat to the community. Greeley Police Chief Jerry Garner said the crimes Gallegos is accused of committing may show a tendency to commit more serious ones against women in the future.
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Gallegos is being held in the Weld County Jail on $50,000 bond and faces burglary and theft charges. He is scheduled to appear in Weld District Court on Aug. 30.
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I've read an article from the news paper this afternoon.It was about the big event that will happen this Tuesday on all UP campuses. This Tuesday will be the 100th year (centennial) of the University of the Philippines which was the first public university built in the country. It was built in manila late 1908 and has 7 constituents now at the different parts of the nation..
There were three big activities that were highlighted in the article.
First was the torch lighting wherein 100 torches will be lighted by the chosen alumni, students, staffs and present president of UP. The 1st torch will be lighted by the 100 yr-old living alumnus of the university. The 99th by the chosen student and the 100th by President Emirlinda Roman.
The second activity was the tree planting. 100 tree seeds will be planted around the UP Diliman campus.
The third was the free concert which will be graced by the UP graduates. Ryan Cayabyab is one of the performers.
Why am i saying all these? I was attacked by the green-eyed monster. If i only stayed in UP, I would have a chance to take part of the said event. Hay. I just miss being a UPian. Ibang-iba ang UP.
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My best movies include 2001 and Blade Runner, Dune(1980's version), The Good The Bad And The Ugly, The Terminator, Rain man, Total Recall (80's version), Platoon, Avatar, Tin Men, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, A Officer And A Gentleman, Southern Comfort, Groundhog Day, Red Heat, Born On The Fourth Of July, Coogan's Bluff, Alien, Aliens, Mr Majestic, Fire In The Sky, phenomenon, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Apocalypse Now, Kingpin, Dumb and Dumber, I spit on Your Grave, Gallipoli, Get Carter (old version), French Connection, Point Blank,.Joe Kidd, Fist Full Of Dynamite, Rollerball (70's version), Papillon, Logan's Run, Close Encounter's Of The Third Kind, Dirty Harry, Event Horizon, Dead Calm, Sphere, Martial Art Films (Jackie Chan), My Cousin Vinny, Casino, Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Crow, Soldier, 127 Hours, The shinning, Mrs Doubtfire.
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The immortelle has medicinal properties that have long been known in Mediterranean traditions: anti-bruising, anti-inflammatory (100 times more effective than arnica), and healing.TraceabilityEver since the remarkable anti-aging properties of the immortelle plant were discovered, the picking of wild immortelle has become increasingly common. When the picking is made according to sustainable specific methods, it can help to fight the fire while cleaning the maquis (Corsica's fragrant scrubland). Nevertheless, with the quantities harvested it can't secure a long term supply. This is why, in 2004, L'OCCITANE launched the very first large-scale organic immortelle plantation1 in Corsica. Today, about 45 hectares of immortelle have been planted.
Our first distiller, Albrecht Von Keyserlingk: "Distillation is an art, not a theory. Its quality is defined by the skill and craft that go into its production. It takes one ton of fresh flowers to produce 1 to 2 kilos of essential oil."
Stephan Francisci gradually planted five hectares between Bastia and Porto-Vecchio. "For each flower grown, a wild flower in the maquis is saved."
Did you know ?• The flowers are picked in the morning and distilled on site that evening, to extract all their constituents.• 1 hectare provides enough land to produce 5 tons of plant matter, and therefore 10 kilos of essential oil.


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by Yoichi Shimatsu, Rense:
What's in a name? Sometimes prophecy on par with Nostradamus.
Born in 1956, Barry Lee Bush was christened with an ideal name for an assassin. The middle name 'Lee' is, of course, the name of the man considered the ultimate patsy in American history, forever at the center of the 'executive action' immortalized in the JFK shooting in Dallas. Then we have the surname 'Bush', as in George Herbert Walker Bush, who is said to have been standing in front of the Texas Book Depository on 22 November 1963. There is an online photo of the steps of that building at the time of the shooting, and in the group of people on the steps is a man who looks precisely like GHW Bush. And then there's Barry as in Barry Soetoro Barack Obama, who authorized a worldwide assassination program and is the first president to support targeted killing of American citizens.
The recently arrested Barry Lee Bush is a 60 year old alleged would-be assassin who is, incredibly, a 'dead' FBI agent…resurrected and programmed to shoot Mr. Donald J. Trump. Imagine, a murderous zombie infiltrating into Trump Tower…that should be a plot for a horror movie but it apparently just happened in real life and is being suppressed under an MSM news blackout.
A cover story was quickly concocted claiming the arrest was, instead of one 'dead' Barry Lee Bush, that of a supposed 'drunkard' security guard named Shark stumbling into the Trump Tower security area from across Fifth Avenue where he is employed at Henry Winston's fine jewelry. The unwitting patsy, Shark, was taken into custody when the op was terminated by Bush's arrest. Everything was quickly focused on the Shark being apprehended and that formed the backbone of the coverup. Folks, guards at the purveyor of the world's most expensive jewelry do not booze on the job.
The murder plan, if there indeed was one, was all-too textbook clever: sneak a silencer-fitted Glock pistol into Trump's campaign headquarters high-rise, wait for the GOP presidential nominee to arrive, aim, gently pull the trigger, tiptoe away and disappear into thin air. Meanwhile, a 'drunk' pistol-packing security guard patsy, Mr. Shark, is filled full of lead, never to say a word…or words…like those of the patsy Lee Harvey Oswald who said, legitimately, "I want a lawyer…I am not resisting arrest… I didn't kill anybody…I haven't shot anybody."
There was zero chance of Bush ever being identified, much less arrested, because he is officially dead, gunned down by friendly fire and buried 9 years ago according to former FBI Director Robert Mueller. To improve on the perfect crime there is always a patsy. In this case, Snopes reports that a security guard and ex-NYPD cop by the last name of 'Shark' (honest) was supposedly 'inebriated' while legally carrying a pistol and who…while allegedly drunk…tried to force his way into the security zone where the about-to-arrive Trump motorcade was to unload the candidate and his staff.
Unfortunately for the FBI, the best-laid plans can go awry, and this past Tuesday, August 2, the living corpse named Barry Lee Bush was caught by a Secret Service agent sneaking past a security barrier toward a service elevator in the Trump Tower. Barry Lee Bush was reportedly packing a Glock and a silencer. The NYPD source noted that the Glock had never been stamped with a serial number on its frame. A technical point to note is that a Glock missing a factory-stamped serial number is as rare as hen's teeth, and we'll get back to that point below. It seems the Stop Trump campaign is getting desperate at very high levels. Using a 'dead' FBI agent, a deep-cover, black ops assassin, isn't something a local 'Never Trump' group would do.
During his booking at a Manhattan Police station, the infiltrator identified himself with a fake moniker, Barry Franklyn. An electronic search at the National Crime Prevention Network matched the intruder's fingerprints to Agent Barry Lee Bush, reportedly killed by friendly fire during the 2007 arrest of bank robbers, and his death certified with the eulogy given by FBI Director Mueller, himself.
To get past the media cover-up of this bizarre plot, the NYPD leak is detailed at http://getoffthebs.com/deceased-fbi-agent-found-trump-tower-silenced-pistol/
The Big Apple's not Dallas, and Trump is well-regarded by New York's finest. So the Don is still alive and well, to the great disappointment of Wall Street, ex-Mayor Mike Bloomberg and executives at the Clinton Foundation in Harlem. This "dead man walking" mystery is the JFK case of the present moment, a planned executive action during the presidential campaign of 2016, a crime of high treason in an attempt to subvert democracy in blatant violation of the Constitution.
Since it will take some time for independent investigators to track down the individuals responsible for this grotesque conspiracy against representative democracy, I am dredging up here whatever background and insights are immediately available.
First question: who's on the grassy knoll? There's no greenery in the vicinity since Central Park's a few more blocks uptown. A second shooter, however, could have a clear line of sight through a sniper-scope from across the street at 33 Fifth Avenue, the Prada boutique.
As in the premature obituary for Mark Twain, reports of Barry Lee Bush's death were "greatly exaggerated". In the overall excellent expose by the Get Off the BS blog, the only problem came from repeating the New York Times' original error in attributing the cause of death of Bush to the "misfiring" of another FBI agent's gun. That rifle was properly operated but aimed at the wrong target. Reporters at the time of the shooting were being stonewalled by FBI headquarters. (The Times is not the journal of record as claimed, it is a propaganda sheet for special interests inside the Beltway and Tel Aviv.)
The sequence of events is outlined in a 10-page internal inquiry, released under the FOIA in 2012:
– On 5 April 2007, two FBI teams, a Special Operations Group (SOG), which included Bush from the Newark office, and a bureau SWAT team, were tailing three bank robbers, who were in two cars in Hunterdon County, northwest New Jersey. Eyewitnesses from a string of recent bank jobs asserted the Latino gang members were armed with assault rifles.
– One of the suspects' cars was black and the other white. The black car stopped in front of the PNC Bank in Readington Township, New Jersey, while the white car kept a look-out in the parking across Highway 22.
– The SWAT team divided in two squads to intercept the suspects. Into the parking lot, unexpectedly, Bush drove up in a bureau-owned black Chevy Impala, which was of identical make as the robbers' vehicle by the bank on the other side of the highway.
– The SWAT squad rushed out of their van, tossed a flash-bang and its echo was possibly confused for gunfire. One trooper fired three .233 rounds from his M4 carbine. One round hit Bush in the right shoulder. The lookout did not respond with gunfire and immediately surrendered, obviously in total surprise.
– Oddly, there were no fellow SOG team members near the solo Bush, since they were ordered to protect the perimeter.
– Further details of Bush's death and autopsy were not described in the FBI inquest.
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III read a eulogy at a memorial service in Pottstown, Pa, on April 12, hardly time for the body to chill much less to conduct a thorough autopsy. The main suspects received long prison sentences, keeping them out of the public eye for keeps.
Just a Nick on the Shoulder
Bush was hit in the front right shoulder with a single .223 caliber barrier-penetrating bullet from an M4 Remington carbine. The ballistic profile for that slug is distance penetration, meaning it is designed to pierce through sheet metal or windshield glass and remain intact rather than fragmenting. The victim would bleed profusely if a blood vessel is ruptured, but the exit wound should be small and clean, particularly in the case of Bush who was not wearing body armor and standing outside his car.
Since the bank robbers were known to be "heavily armed", an emergency-response team on board at least one ambulance was on stand-by in close proximity. A bandage was probably the only patch needed since he was not hit near the heart or his lungs but in the upper right shoulder, until he could be stitched up in hospital. At short range, the bullet would not have lodged in his body. If this whole event was a cover operation, then the M4 carbine would have been loaded with blanks and the flash-bang used to distract from that ruse. Whatever the case, Bush should easily have survived and be back on the job after a month of recuperation.
Jason Bourne Redux
At the memorial service, Director Mueller mentioned that Bush had been involved in overseas operations. "Whether he was in New Jersey or Nairobi, he would not rest until every last detail had been accounted for. Every time he was given the ball, he carried it across the goal line. On rare occasions, he would get frustrated with the pace of investigations. On these occasions, unsuspecting trash cans would suffer the consequences."
Nairobi was the center of two major terrorist attacks: the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi; and the late November 2002 ground-to-air missile firings at an Israeli airliner.
The Arkia Airline attack was conveniently timed after the creation of the FBI's Fly Team in June 2002. The Fly Team are anti-terrorist specialists proficient in stake-outs, intercepts, explosives forensics, psyops, money laundering, the gamut of the black arts. Hundreds of deployments include the Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The feds are part of the Joint Task Force in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and the CIA, and cooperate with Mossad.
In other words, Fly Team is a perfect job for a bad-cop working under cover. Besides kick-trash busts of thugs, there may have been other enticements for a 51-year-old veteran, married 20 years and in a midlife crisis that could easily be resolved in Bangkok or Dubai. His financial condition was not reported, but the widow and family must have collected sizable benefits for death in the line of duty plus life insurance payouts, which beats alimony.
From Newark to Newtown
Deep-cover anti-terrorism investigations put police-intelligence agents, especially ones with excellent marksmanship and combat skills, into frequent contact with their counterparts from Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. The Israeli spies would be extremely curious about a tough and experienced American crime fighter. Mossad would check his name against its files and hack into U.S. databases to learn more about the mystery man, and when none of the pseudonyms fail to correspond to lists of cops, soldiers and felons, the Israelis would then turn to the one man in the know about American gunslingers.
The go-to guy is the "internationally recognized firearms training expert" Emanuel Kapelsohn, a lawyer on the advisory board of Armed Citizen's Legal Defense Fund and a police trainer in the use of force. Kapelsohn is a certified firearms instructor for the FBI and Glock, the manufacturer of the unnumbered handgun seized from Barry Lee Bush at Trump Tower.
In a 2007 press story on the fifth anniversary of Agent Bush's death, Kapelsohn was interviewed at length. The gun expert said: "We'll never know what was in Bush's mind . . . what he thought or saw or heard or didn't see. This is probably something that the other agents are going to ask for a million years: Why did he do that?"
(Well, Emanuel,by now it's still way less than a million years but I might have figured out his game, but then again I'm not a fed.)
Kapelsohn was then a staff lawyer at Lesavoy, Butz and Seitz in Lehigh Valley, Pa, just across the state line from Readington Township. His boss Buddy Lesavoy, a prominent leader of the local Jewish community, arranged, financed and registered the permits for the Chabad House in Lehigh Valley. Chabad is the Lubavitch sect's airBnB for Israeli art students.
Kapelsohn resurfaced in 2012 as an expert source for a New York Magazine article on Adam Lanza's gun collection in the wake of the Sandy Hook School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. In that discussion, he was evasive and completely mum about the 10mm Glock pistol that Lanza allegedly shot himself with in the head inside the school hallway. Produced in Austria, Glock pistols are constructed of polymer, giving them a fuzzier profile in security scanners than cold steel armaments, a favorite for assassins. Glocks are legal, but possession of a silencer is against U.S. law.
Now, to revisit the can of worms that my articles on Sandy Hook and the CIA blew wide open, yes, there were far more crisis actors at Newton than at summer-stock theater or that I could have imagined at the time. Still, in spite of the bursting bags of fake blood, some children and teachers were obviously shot dead by a pair gunmen who were spotted fleeing from the rear exist of the school building. My article retraced possible extraction routes, narrowing those down to connecting roads across the state line and then north to upstate New York. Past incidents involving state police and prison guards, along with the handiwork inside the school, indicated the shooters had extensive experience in law enforcement.
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