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Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Yagyu Jubei
6-inch scale
By: McFarlane Toys
Online for about 10 bucks
Okay, so last time we talked about McFarlane's struggle with keeping the "action" in his action figures with the Tenchi Masaki review, which on the whole was a bit of a miss for him, despite the excellent sculpts and popular character choices. However, the days of the articulated figure weren't completely gone at McFarlane Toys, and soon after they released a few of the best-articulated and most interesting lines of figures in their history. The first I can remember was the Spawn the Viking Age line. The second was a series based on the game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny for the PlayStation 2.
I haven't played the game, but finding the figure hiding out in a trunk over at my mom's house during our Derby party intact with all his accessories got me looking at this series as a whole again. I don't know what the straw was over at McToys, but it must have been a humdinger to break the camel's back of a company making toys like this. Let's take a look.
"Last name first, first name last." – License to Drive
Y'know. Cuz he's Japanese
Well, no real surprise here. McFarlane has more or less been knocking it out of the park since day one when it comes to sculpt. The cracks in the leather and lines in the shirt and pants really bring out the texture of the clothing and you have to see the thatch pattern on the vest in person to truly appreciate it.
The vest (a collared, sleeveless haori as far as I can tell, but any help is appreciated) has a stunning crisscrossed pattern on it that is meticulously and flawlessly sculpted from collar to tails. The paint wash over the whole figure is also just dark enough to bring out all these tiny little details without really becoming muddy
Probably the second most famous samurai in Japanese history, Yagyu Jubei is something of a folk hero, with tall tales written about him because he had a short period in his life that is unaccounted for in history books. In the game, the character is based on late Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda and from what I've seen the animators did quite a good job capturing the likeness. The figure is a little less fortunate, featuring a much pointier face and nose. The likeness really isn't that far off if you were to stretch the face laterally. I almost wonder if the sculptors drew it in a bit to maintain neck articulation or if there was a problem when they shrunk down the 2-up. Alternatively, there may have been a problem with the actor's likeness. It doesn't bug me since I didn't play the game, but it's worth noting.
All in all, the paint and sculpt support each other very well to make this not only a highly detailed figure, but also a visually unique piece for your shelf or desk. It's not perfect, with bleed here and there and minor imperfections, but nothing that ruins the figure or even draws the eye unless you're looking for it.
And then there're the weapons.
Yagyu Jubei features no less than 5 different weapons. A yari/spear, bow and arrow, double-bladed thingamajig that looks like something out of Blade of the Immortal, a European-styled bejeweled broadsword, and a katana-like sword. I use katana loosely there because the blade seems far too curved and wide to be a traditional Japanese sword, and with a mostly black blade I have to guess that it's some kind of variation from the game. This is the only weapon to feature a scabbard– again it's more of a departure from a traditional Japanese saya so I think scabbard is more appropriate.
Jubei's katana also has a little hidden feature. Jubei's weapon hand words on a peg/hole system. To fit into his hand, you have to remove the tsuka/handle from the blade and place the tsuka through the hole in his hand and attach the blade on the other side. It's not a new approach and in fact his thingamajig does it too. What makes it interesting is that McFarlane took it the extra step and designed the sword so that it could be dismantled like a real katana.
Traditionally, the mekugi/pin can be popped out of the grip with a small hammer and the entire tsuka can be removed from the blade, allowing the user access to the tsuba/handguard and also the nakago/tang which holds the signature of the sword smith. They couldn't duplicate it entirely as the nakago would have to extend too far into the tsuka and would likely break, but the tsuba is removable. I don't know why you'd really want it removed, but it's a helluva cool little feature at this scale.
Unfortunately, for some reason McFarlane made a really stupid error with the accessories in that Jubei can't hold them. The katana works fine, as does the thingamajig, and the other sword can be worked into the grip at the expense of some sweat and maybe a little paint. But the bow? Spear? Arrow? What are these, decorations? The bottom pic of him holding the spear has it sort of resting there, which is too bad because it's very rare to see a samurai toy sporting anything other than a katana. The grips could easily fit into Jubei's hand if they were detachable like the other blades, but I guess they just ran out of money or patience or something so oh well! Joke's on you, loser!
Okay, maybe it wasn't that malicious, but this is a trend McFarlane Toys continues today with some of his other lines and still baffles all us fans. Maybe I can borrow Jon's MOTUC weapon rack or something. C'mon dude, I KNOW you bought one.
And here's where things get interesting. In these last days of the McFarlane articulated figure, the company was doing some really wonderful things.
Jubei is sporting a swivel neck, ball-hinged shoulders, swivel biceps, swivel elbows and wrists, an angled mid-torso swivel, swivel waist, ball-hinged hips, swivel thighs, hinged knees, and Revoltech-styled ankles. When I first saw those ankle joints in the Halo series, I assumed he got the idea from Revoltech or even the Hasbro action figure Transformers from the first movie. But lo! Here we are looking at a figure from 2002 featuring that articulation. And from a company that would become known for its "McStatues." The swivel in the foot is actually point toward the toes a la Hasbro's new Marvel U and Clone Wars ankles and allows the figure to remain flat-footed in extreme poses without having to make the foot any larger to accommodate.
All of the other joints work as expected with only a couple problems. The mid-torso cut is almost useless because it doesn't have the clearance to turn much and the jacket is such a stiff plastic that it's hard to access without turning the waist by accident. Also, the arms are hard to hang naturally at Jubei's side due to the sculpt of the billowy sleeves. Still, those sleeves are also what make the elbows so functional. Since the sleeves end up basically as cylinders, you can spin the biceps backward and the elbows straight down, or have them to the front and use the cuts to bend the elbows. It's a cleaver use of joints and it doesn't break up the sculpt at all.
It's not a perfect system, but it shows inventiveness and an understanding of what fans were missing. If the Halo line is any indication, listening to the fans isn't really high up on McFarlane Toys list of "things we should do to be a toy company," so this bit of deference was well-appreciated.
I bought him about 10 years ago when he first came out at, I believe, Meijer for around 7 or 8 bucks. That was about the asking price for the scale at the time, and really wasn't that bad, especially when you count the accessories.
Nowadays you can find him online for around 10 or 11 bucks before shipping, which is still a pretty good price for a figure that's held up as long as he has. He doesn't show any signs of wear, paint problems, or looseness in the joints. After ten years, I'd call that a good deal and a sound investment.
Score Recap:
Aesthetics: 8
Articulation: 8
Value: 10
Overall: 8.7
I don't recall the game really blowing the minds of anyone who played survival horror back then, so the connection to the character will be lost on most people. However, if you're looking for a cool ronin-style figure with pretty good articulation in a six-inch scale, I don't think you'd be disappointed in Yagyu Jubei. Plus, he's probably the only toy of the character you'll ever see that doesn't feature an eyepatch or tsuba over the eye, so in that respect it's kind of a unique collectible. He's not a Marvel Legend or an SH Figuarts, but not everything needs to be, y'know? Regardless, Jubei is a lovely figure from an era when toys were starting to bridge the gap between action figure and fine statue and definitely has re-earned my respect as both a collector and a toy fan.
Thanks for reading and as always, it's just a toy. Open the darned thing.
5 Responses to Figure Review: Onimusha 2 – Yagyu Jubei
This guy looks awesome. I may have to pick one up.
good stuff!
This guy looks like he could stand right next to the best NECA figures and compare favorably.
Believe it or not the Weapons Rack is one of the only MOTUC items I've passed on (Mo-Larr was the other). I just couldn't justify shelling out shipping for a bunch of recolored and boring weapons that I already owned twice.
Sweet! You could probably mod that right hand to make it hold the weapons with an exacto cut in the right place.
Yeah but it'll look sweet next to that 200 dollar Castle Grayskull they release in 2014 🙂
yeah, you're probably right!
I'll have to go back and get one for $90 bucks then 🙁


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I had such a great time at the Pinterest party this past Sunday. I didn't have quite the turnout that Brittany had but it was still fun. I had a few friends come to the event that made the burlap canvas picture holder. Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet anyone new! I must say though, the Michaels staff were wonderful. They liked the burlap canvas picture holder so they both made their own version and crafted right along with us!
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It made for perhaps the nerdiest Thanksgiving moment ever when I plugged a Google Chromecast into my mother's TV on Thursday and proceeded to put a live NASA Google+ Hangout on Comet ISON's sun-grazing journey on the screen in the living room.
By the time all the pumpkin pie had been knocked back and the turkey set to work lulling me into a coma, ISON had failed to emerge from the sun's shadow after reaching perihelion, leading many observers to conclude that the comet had been destroyed by its close encounter with the massive nuclear furnace at the center of our galactic cul-de-sac.
ISON is a breed of comet fresh in from the Oort Cloud, the likes of which have not been observed from Earth in many years. If it were to survive perihelion, it would be flung back out to deep space, perhaps giving off a spectacular light show for us on planet No. 3 in the process.


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08-21-10, 09:57 #1Registered User
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I don't have excel on my home computer, so I've been using openoffice...
I'm relatively pleased with it, but wondering if there's better (also free!) options out there that just aren't as well known?
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open office as good as excel, I use OP for large data
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open office is a free product, they claim they are not trying to compete with the likes of Excel. they claim to do have about 80% of the features of Excel, but those 80% are the most used features. so if you are pushing the boundaries then you need to look at paid for productI'd rather be riding on the Tiger 800 or the Norton
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Our company is a microsoft partner so we use MS Office a lot here. However, we've also got a few people using OO. I've even spent some time in OO and I have to say, impressive! Where Excel is concerned, I wouldn't have a problem using OO for that. However, where MS Word is concerned I think I'll stick with MS Word.
I realize this is thread on Excel vs OO, but they are both "packages" and if one key part is weak it affects the whole package.
Also, my programming team attempted to integrate with OO. They found it not so easy to do and we scrapped it for now.
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Since my last visit, nothing much has changed in the atmosphere of the CAOs (accommodation centres where people went after the demolition of the Jungle).
Don't get me wrong, the living conditions of course far surpass the unofficial camp that was the 'Jungle'… but there are still kids, without answers or support, scattered across France, their families in the UK.
Sometimes it can feel like a losing battle. The promises that were made to these innocent children, victims of war, by the French government and by the UK Home Office preceding the demolition of the camp, have not exactly come to fruition.
For a few, the closure of the camp, and transportation to safe environments in which their claims could be processed, was an absolute God send. But of course, the sheer amount of children displaced by this crisis, could not be catered for.
The UK Home Office have published their criteria for taking in children under the Dubs Amendment as 'children who are under 12, at risk of sexual exploitation, or under 15 if from Sudan or Syria.'
What about the 13 year old Afghans at risk of terrorist attacks and bombings in their hometowns?
The 16 year old Eritreans sure to be boy soldiers?
These children are not worth our care?
Many children have run from their accommodation centres, returned to the old, highly dangerous, method of 'trying' in traffic at the crossings between France and the UK.
It can not continue like this…
The CAO I have been visiting, for no other reason than to catch up with beloved friends from the camp, is where the Syrian community were transferred after the closure of the Jungle. As Syria burned and crumbled over the Christmas period, the siege of Aleppo reaching an unimaginable and monstrous dystopia, my friends sat in centres, isolated and so far from their home and their families, waiting to hear news of more loved ones gone, news that came flooding in…
This crisis is far from over. Our friends still need us, they have not got their lives back, they are in a heart breaking and painful limbo, and we have a duty to show our love and support to the dispersed civilians of the world.
We are just one tribe, but for some reason this seems an easy fact to forget, or erase, as the world rips us apart.
As we begin a new year, please continue your generosity and donate to our work across Europe as we support our scattered family.
This year has to be better than the last.
More information about the situation for minors, an article by friend and colleague Benny Hunter, can be found here.
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Earth Island at UN Climate Talks
This week marks the start of COP23, the latest round of global climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. An Earth Island Institute delegation of grassroots leaders from Eco Equity, Climate Wise Women, Transition Earth, and Environmental Finance Center West is participating in talks, stressing the importance of women's leadership and equity in implementation of the Paris Agreement, and drawing attention to the connections between climate change and population growth. Eco Equity and partner-organization Civil Society Review also released a report at the conference, "Equity and the Ambition Ratchet," explaining that we are not on track to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C — the goal outlined in the Paris Agreement — and emphasizing the urgent need for action.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Protect Pacific Marine National Monuments
EII's Shark Stewards is collecting public comments to protect Marine National Monuments in the Pacific Ocean, two of which — Pacific Remote Islands and Rose Atoll — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended shrinking in a recent memo to President Trump. The remote, lightly inhabited, and nearly pristine islands and atolls were first designated national monuments under President George W. Bush. President Obama later expanded their size to create some of the largest and most biologically important protected ecosystems in the Pacific. These last few remaining wilderness areas in this region are now in the crosshairs of the current administration. Learn more and take action to protect the monuments today.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Check Out the Ethical Traveler Podcast
EII's Ethical Traveler is thrilled to announce the launch of its new podcast series that features incredible storytelling, great world music, and interviews with some fascinating travelers. The first four episodes highlight the work of three different Earth Island projects. The success of the podcasts depends on the audience, so please give a listen, subscribe, and share with friends!
Thursday November 9, 2017
Congratulations to Sharon Danks
Please join us in congratulating Sharon Danks, executive director of Earth Island's Green Schoolyards America, who was recently named an Ashoka Fellow! Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs selected for their innovative solutions to social problems and their potential to change patterns across society. Danks's work inspires and enables communities to enrich their school grounds and use them to improve children's wellbeing, learning, and play while contributing to the ecological health and resilience of their cities. Ashoka has published a profile of Sharon's work and has also run an article about her work in Forbes.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month. In the US, it often goes unnoticed when Indigenous women go missing and are murdered. At the same time, fossil fuel pipelines bring violence to women and our Earth. EII's Seeding Sovereignty commissioned Indigenous youth artist Jackie Fawn to create a piece (pictured) to honor missing and murdered Indigenous women and to steward the transition to sovereign earth-based energy. Learn more about Seeding Sovereignty's work.
Thursday November 9, 2017
North Bay Fire Relief Benefit Dinner
Join Earth Island's Food Shift on December 11 for an all-inclusive benefit dinner to support North Bay fire relief efforts. All proceeds from this night of food, drinks, and community at C'era Una Volta in Alameda, CA will be donated to Ceres Community Project and Undocufund, two groups that are working directly to support the most vulnerable populations affected by the recent California fires. Guests will enjoy a vegetarian meal made from recovered produced at The Food Shift Kitchen, classic Italian desserts from C'era Una Volta, and drinks donated by Donkey and Goat Winery and Shanty Shack Brewing, as well as live acoustic music. Get tickets by November 15 for the early bird price of $30!
Thursday November 9, 2017
WTO Upholds Dolphin Safe Tuna Label
In October, the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of the US, agreeing that its strong standards for the Dolphin Safe Tuna label are in compliance with WTO free trade regulations. Earth Island's International Marine Mammal Project, which established the popular label, celebrates the decision. The ruling reverses several prior decisions saying that Dolphin Safe tuna labeling regulations unfairly discriminated against Mexico by restricting access to US markets. Learn more about Dolphin Safe tuna.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Get Your Hands Dirty With Richmond Trees
Earth Island's Richmond Trees will be planting trees in Richmond, CA on Sunday, November 12. The Earth Island project will meet volunteers at Burg Park at 30th and Clinton Ave at 9:00 a.m. and then disperse to different locations throughout the city. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Please bring your water bottle, work gloves, and your favorite tools if you have them, but don't worry if you don't — Richmond Trees has plenty to share! Learn more.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Climate Wise Women in Sierra
Ugandan farmer and Climate Wise Woman Constance Okollet was featured prominently in Sierra magazine's November-December issue. In the magazine's editorial, Jason Mark wrote that she "exemplifies the Sierra Club's ideal of citizen advocacy" and reporter Wendy Becktold highlighted her leadership on climate adaptation work in a feature story. Okollet is joining Earth Island's Climate Wise Women delegation at COP23 in Germany. She is also serving as a special representative on Ireland's official COP delegation.
Thursday November 9, 2017
The Best of Earth Island Journal
Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorite web-only stories from the last two weeks:
Most Popular: Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in US History. Reporter Shana Gallagher writes that America's largest meat producer must clean up its act and incentivize improvements in livestock feed production.
Editors' Pick: Body, Home, and the Wild. Writer Maya Kosla reflects on the Northern California wildfires and how to rise from the ashes after the fire has passed.
Thursday November 9, 2017
RFRS Radio Hour
Did you miss the Real Food Real Stories Benefit StorySlam? Do you want to take the stories shared by Dilsa Lugo of Los Cilantros, Nik Sharma of A Brown Table and A Brown Kitchen, and Pim Techamuanvivit of Kin Khao Thai Eatery, during this special event on the go with you? Tune into the Real Food Radio Hour to hear (or download podcasts of) live recordings of these amazing, inspiring stories! Listen here.
Thursday November 9, 2017
North Bay Fire Relief Benefit Dinner
Join Earth Island's Food Shift on December 11 for an all-inclusive benefit dinner to support North Bay fire relief efforts. All proceeds from this night of food, drinks, and community at C'era Una Volta in Alameda, CA will be donated to organizations directly supporting victims of the California wildfires. Purchase your tickets today. And if you're looking for a caterer, consider Food Shift. The Food Shift Kitchen provides catering services for local companies, organizations, and events. Menus are created with recovered produce that would otherwise be wasted due to cosmetic imperfections. By eating with the Food Shift Kitchen, you are helping reduce waste, feed communities, and provide employment opportunities in the kitchen. Contact for bookings.
Thursday October 26, 2017
Thank You for Joining Us at BYA
The 18th annual Brower Youth Awards ceremony in San Francisco was a terrific event! Thank you to the judges, volunteers, Earth Island staff and board members, teachers, students, and everyone else who joined Earth Island for the evening. And of course, thank you to our seven amazing 2017 winners. Videos from the evening will be posted to the BYA website soon. If you would like to help us continue to support young environmental leaders, please consider making a gift to support EII's New Leaders Initiative.
Thursday October 26, 2017
Mountain Lion Film Now in Spanish
EII's WildFutures recently released its six-minute film, The Secret Life Of Mountain Lions, in Spanish! The short documentary, which has been viewed more than 300,000 times, was selected last year for National Geographic's Short Film Showcase. The inspiring film tells the story of a mother mountain lion and her kittens through extraordinary footage captured by motion-triggered cameras in the Wyoming wilderness. Five of six subspecies of mountain lions live in Latin America, but very little is known about their populations. WildFutures produced La Vida Secreta de los Pumas to reach new audiences and spread awareness about the importance of these remarkable and often misunderstood cats.
Thursday October 26, 2017
Berkeley BioBlitz this Sunday
Join EII's Wholly H20 for a fun half-day citizen science BioBlitz on Sunday, October 29, at Lake Anza and Wildcat Gorge Trail in Berkeley, CA. A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. Get ready to enjoy being a citizen scientist through simple observation and photo documentation. Observations will be added to the "Richmond CA Watershed" iNaturalist project, which is gathering information about Wildcat Creek watershed. Learn more and register today.
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Watching those buildings crumble and take the lives of thousands of Americans is something akin to watching a snuff film. Reliving it all—our last moments of cheery obliviousness, the confusion of those first reports, the utter despair of watching those buildings crumble—is borderline masochistic. Isn't it?


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My Health or health insurance success story: I have a gut health issue and have learned to manage it with good quality, fresh food that I can grow myself. Mainstream medicine never talked to me about diet. They told me – "Hey, it's OK to eat sugar and drink soda." I had to learn about probiotics and diet and nutrients and feeding my body on my own. Our health care system shouldn't be so siloed like that. The doctors should be able to heal people with gut health stuff, not just poison them and cut on them.
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Murder of Asaram`s ex-aide shows complete breakdown of law & order in Guj: Congress
Raking up the murder of Amrut Prajapati, a former aide-turned-baiter of self-styled godman Asaram by unidentified persons, the opposition Congress on Tuesday alleged that the law and order situation in BJP-ruled Gujarat has completely deteriorated.
Ahmedabad: Raking up the murder of Amrut Prajapati, a former aide-turned-baiter of self-styled godman Asaram by unidentified persons, the opposition Congress on Tuesday alleged that the law and order situation in BJP-ruled Gujarat has completely deteriorated.
"Murder of Amrut Prajapati shows that law and order situation has completely deteriorated in Gujarat. Prajapati was a key witness in Asaram case. It is very sad that he was shot dead in a full public view and police failed to protect such witnesses.
"Many traders and merchants were also killed in other parts of state recently. We demand proper inquiry into these cases," the Leader of Opposition in state Legislative Assembly Shankarsinh Vaghela said in a statement here.
Prajapati (55), who had been battling for life ever since he was attacked by two unidentified assailants in Rajkot on May 23, passed away at his house in Odhav area this morning.
Prajapati was a qualified ayurveda practitioner and worked as the personal doctor to Asaram for almost 12 years during late 90s. Around 15 years ago, Prajapati left the Motera-based Asaram ashram owing to differences with the godman.
Later, he levelled serious allegations against Asaram after the deaths of two teenage boys living in the ashram.
In his statement, Vaghela also raised other issues like scarcity of water in some parts of the state and asked the state government to take immediate steps to provide water to people in parched areas.
He also alleged mismanagement in distribution of water in the scarcity-hit areas.
"Instead of just claiming that Gujarat is now free from tanker-based water supply, the administration should start the tanker service in scarcity hit areas. Even today, women in Saurashtra and north Gujarat have to walk 10 to 12 kms to fetch water. Government have not done anything concrete to resolve that problem," Vaghela said.
Vaghela also raised concern over the Narmada dam
In a veiled attack on BJP, Vaghela said, "The issue here is not about installing gates, but about how that water will be distributed after that. Till today, 60 per cent work of Narmada canal network is not complete. Thus, instead of just wasting money on celebrations, such pending works must be completed first to ensure water supply to farmers."
He also alleged that the state government was dragging its feet on the proposed Metro Rail project, between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
"Metro rail has already started functioning in other states, but Gujarat government has not even completed the formalities about the project. During the Assembly elections in 2012, banners of Metro Rail were put up everywhere. All this was just for the sake of publicity, as the dream is yet to be realised," he added.


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Hanover County proposed real estate assessments for 2010 are done and notices were mailed on Dec 31, 2009 to property owners whose assessments were changed. According to the county assessor's office there were a approx 10,500 changes out of 45,030 parcels. You can check here to see if yours was changed. If your address is NOT on this list your assessment was not changed. On the surface this does not look that bad. The problem is that many Hanover County property owners are not aware of is the practice of "spot" assessing that has been practiced in the county since 1993.
Each year the Chief Assessor, John W. Nelms, Jr.,a Richmond resident, reassesses only a fraction of the county's total parcels. That is called "spot" assessing and is done with the blessing of the Board of Supervisors and the County Administrator. The county is divided into "neighborhoods". Some "neighborhoods" are stand alones and some "neighborhoods" are three or four subdivisions grouped together like, for example, neighborhood "140700" consists of Forest lake Hills, Knollwood and Pearsons Corner subdivisions which are combined into one "neighborhood" with 305 parcels.
When only a portion of the county is reassessed, it leads to unfair taxation since the equalization process cannot work as it was intended to work and the "roll back" tax rate is watered down by those who did not get an increase. The "roll back" rate is the rate necessary to offset any increases when reassessments average more than one percent countywide. If only a portion of the county gets reassessed - say 25% - then their increases are effectively watered down when thrown in with the other 75% of the county who did not get an increase. The roll back rate as a result is much lower than it would be if 100% of the county received increases. The last time 100% of the county was reassessed was in 1992 and the roll back rate was in the 23 cent range. It's only been a couple of pennies most of the years since.
A recent article in the Richmond Times Dispatch shows the inconsistency with the numbers compared to the fair market value and the other localities.
While the Virginia Association of Realtors says the average sale price for a home in the area fell 11.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the previous year, the early word from Richmond and Hanover County is of single-digit-percentage declines in assessed values.
Though a decline in property values will squeeze county and city governments -- for which real estate taxes are the largest block of revenue -- assessors say they haven't changed their methods. They still are looking at every part of their communities and revising assessments neighborhood by neighborhood to reflect recent sales.
As a result of the reassessments, Hanover's real estate tax base is down 1.5 percent, or $200 million from last year, mainly because of a $195 million decline in assessments on existing homes, assessor John W. Nelms said.
Richmond is looking at a decrease of 5 percent to 6 percent, or $1 billion, in its tax base, assessor James D. Hester said. He said the city is doing final reviews before it sends out its notices late this month.
At current tax rates, that translates to a $12 million loss in tax revenue for Richmond and a $1.6 million hit to Hanover -- or about 1.9 percent of Richmond's total revenue and 0.8 percent of Hanover's.
Is Hanover County recession proof?
This year the problem is for the property owners whose assessment have not been changed for a couple of years or whose assessment was increased in 2007, 2008, 2009. These are the property owners who are probably assessed too high and needed to consider an appeal to the Board of Equalization (BOE), yet they received no notice from Hanover County and are not aware that the time is NOW to start the process.
A group of Hanover County residents with the support of the Richmond Patriots, Hanover Chapter are working to get Hanover property owners educated on the process of "spot" assessing and why it is not fair. Please note: we are not against paying property taxes, we only want the process to be fair. There will be an informational workshop on how and why Hanover Property owners should consider appealing to the BOE. January 30th, 2010 at the Mechanicsville Library 10am – 12pm.


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"A mother's relentless battle for justice." 06 December 2002 Factual
In 1995 three Puerto Rican teenagers enter an apartment where they are shot many times by plain clothes NYPD officers. Two of the teenagers die and one is wounded. The officers claim the men had come to rob the tenants of the apartment but one of the boy's mothers investigates the shooting after the Grand Jury find everything was fine. The Civilian Compliant Review Board CCRB also pick up her complaint and find proof of a shoddy investigation, over-looked facts and an attempt to cover up anything that would make the NYPD look bad that goes the whole way to Mayor Giuliani himself.
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12 CA Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations
A dozen California hospitals must pay "immediate jeopardy" fines totaling $650,000 for safety lapses that caused death or harm to patients under their care, state health officials announced Wednesday.
Since legislation establishing these penalties took effect in 2009, 124 hospitals have received 198 fines totaling $6.8 million, said Pam Dickfoss, acting deputy director of the Center for Health Care Quality, California Department of Public Health.
Dickfoss added that in these three years, "the number of substantiated adverse events has declined by 12% since 2008.
"Though we don't have the analysis to say that these penalties are the reason for the decline, I think it's a combination of factors," she said during a news briefing. "These penalties have raised an awareness within the healthcare industry, and hospitals are working closely with us to incorporate policies and procedures to prevent them. It's our expectation these events will (continue to) decrease."
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Asked whether the fine amounts – which have since 2009 ranged between $50,000 to $100,000 depending on whether it's the hospital's first, second, or subsequent offense – are enough of an incentive for hospitals to be more careful, she said she thinks they are.
"I think (hospitals) take them very seriously," Dickfoss said, adding that the money collected so far, $4.6 million, goes into an account that can only be used for quality improvement activities. About $1 million of that has been earmarked for specific projects.


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Let's start with a little back story. Blaire was breech my entire pregnancy, thus forcing me in to a planned C Section and I was actually so HAPPY to have a C Section. Our birthing classes terrified me and a C Section seemed less terrifying, less chaotic and less unknown. (You can read more about her birth here.) So I was all for it! So, my first was a C Section and my surgical and healing experience was fine. I honestly felt much less anxiety over having a C Section, so I always just assumed I would always opt for one with any of my future babies.


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It took four days and three nights to drive to Queensland(QLD) with stops to sleep overnight.The kangaroo's are thick crossing the roads from dusk and can easily wreck the car if you hit one so night driving is not a good option.On the way back we left from Port Macquarie in New South Wales(NSW) so that took five days and four nights to get back.One of the places we love to stop at on the long drive over and back is Lubra's Lookout which is a few kilometers past Renner Springs roadhouse(approx 785km South from Darwin).It's a small flat top mountain and we know when we get to it we are close to the Three Ways road house where we turn off to go to the East to QLD or only a days drive from home on the way back.It's also the sort of rock that seems to glow with rich red to oranges depending on where the sun is and it's the only thing of any height as we approach the desert and table land country.
It's quite easy to climb as well for a lovely view too.This is from the top looking North up the Stuart Highway that goes to Darwin.That's our XTrail car mid right
Here is the same monitor after Grant took him out and placed him on a rock.We of course put him back after his photo shoot :o)
We stayed at the Three Ways overnight and then headed across the 440 odd km stretch of the Barkly Highway to QLD.It's a long drive with only one petrol station across the whole length.Allot of people think this is a boring lifeless area as there does not seem much to look at beside desert and cream tufts of grass/spinifex as they speed past.Being married to a reptile enthusiast means lots of stops when on trips to check behind bark and rocks for lizards,snakes and geckos etc.You soon realize that there is life everywhere out there on that long drive and the desert is far from lifeless.
A non marked dirt track off to the right about three quarters of the way across the Barkly leads you to Barry's cave.When the highway was built a road worker called Barry wandered off and lost his way back to the road.Unfortunately he was not found in time and he died in the cave from dehydration.Grant loves coming here as swallows build nests from mud on the cool roof of the cave.When they vacate the nests some then become homes for black headed monitors.My daughter found this one you can see still asleep in the old bird nest just as we entered the cave


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SF jail 'stunt' hurt PSNI widow: Foster
A Sinn Fein prison visit to meet one of the men convicted of the dissident murder of a PSNI officer was a publicity stunt that caused much pain, First Minister Arlene Foster said yesterday.
The DUP leader also called on her partners in government to reflect on the decision to send a delegation into Maghaberry high-security prison to meet Brendan McConville and another republican inmate.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness defended the visit, insisting parties from all traditions had a responsibility to listen to those people who lobbied them, be they in jail or not.
McConville and John Paul Wootton were found guilty in 2012 of the Continuity IRA murder of Constable Stephen Carroll in Lurgan in March 2009.
The men have been engaged in a long campaign to overturn the decision. An appeal against their convictions was lodged and then dismissed in 2014, but the pair are now hoping to have the evidence against them examined by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Mr Carroll's widow, Kate, was furious after it emerged that three Sinn Fein members of the Justice Committee - Declan Kearney, Pat Sheehan and Michaela Boyle - met McConville inside Maghaberry last week to discuss his case.
Mrs Foster said the party was entitled to question judicial issues, but she branded the visit as nothing more than a ploy aimed at shoring up support among hardline republicans.
"I think it was a Sinn Fein publicity stunt," she added. "I think that's very clear, but in their stunt they have caused a lot of pain, a lot of anguish, particularly to Kate Carroll, and they should reflect on that.
"But unfortunately they don't seem to take into consideration the pain and anguish they caused by their publicity stunt."
"They are trying to appeal to elements of their constituency, which they are clearly concerned about at the moment. That is a matter for them, but I think they should very much reflect on the fact that they have caused a lot of pain and a lot of anguish."
Mr McGuinness described Mrs Carroll as a "wonderful human being" and said he had "tremendous respect" for her. But he added politicians had a responsibility to listen to people.
"I have great time for Kate Carroll," he explained. "I think she is a wonderful human being. I met her at the time of the murder of her husband, which was a cruel and foul deed by those who would try and plunge us back to the past, so all my sympathies are with her.
"At the same time, if you look at the situation in the North of Ireland over the course of the last 20 to 30 years, politicians from all sides - both unionist, nationalist and republican - have been lobbied by people where concerns have been expressed around the quality of a conviction."
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Jesu, Maria, shield her well !
She folded her arms beneath her cloak,
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Thethi has other natural monuments such as caves. The speleologist can see some small caves of extraordinary beauty in Theth such as: Cuckoo Cave, Cave of Shakujve Valley, the "Red" Cave, the Cave in between the stones in the Thethi field "over Ulaj", Pepes Cave in Okol and Water hole in the neck of Pejë. The Water hole in the ...Read More »
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The waterfall of Gjeçaj Theth
Once you have entered into Theth and you are descending to the center, above the national road, you will see Gjeçaj Waterfall, which is quite beautiful and distinctive, and about 25 meters high. The walks through the National Park provide the possibility to familiarize yourself with the natural and cultural resources that Thethi has. The Church which is preserved and ...Read More »
Grunas canyon
The Grunas Canyon, a natural monument, can be found on the south side of the Thethi park. The Grunas Canyon has vast carbon formations. The canyon is around 2 km long and 60 metres deep, and varies from 2-3 meters to 30-40 meters wide. There is an incomparable beauty and all the time there is enough water to canoe sailing ...Read More »
The church of Theth
In year 1917 it was At Shtjefen Gjeçovi, who opened the first school in albanian leanguage for Thethi kids. An unusual and beautiful church built in 1892 and still at the same spot with same foundations until this very day. During the construction period, attached to the east wall was also the presbytery, where the priest used to live. The ...Read More »
Fauna in Theth
Rreth 50% te llojshmerisë se bimesisë se Shqiperisë, ose 14% e asaj Evropiane gjendet ne Theth The fauna of Park is rich and diverse. There can be found about 20 species of mammals, 50 nesting species s nearly 10 species of reptiles and 8 species of amphibians. Very interesting is the presence of mammals and birds which are very related ...Read More »
Ethnographic Musuem
Ethnographic Musuem of Thethi (house of Lulash Boshi) At the valley of Thethi, one can see buildings made of stone, standing tall and strong, which are known for their defensive character. One of the more unique towers is the tower of Lulash Keq Boshi, which was build at the top of a jagged rock, 9 meters tall, which is connected ...Read More »
National Park of Theth
The History of the "National Park of Theth" On the date of 11.21.1966 (Nr.96), the cabinet credited the area of Theth, with a surface of 2630 ha: from which 1680 ha are forest along the sea-line and the other part is gas-plot and grust. It is now declared a "National Park" and is overseen by the D.SH.P, district of Shkodra. ...Read More »
Tourism business of the year 2009
On date 18.02.2010 "ALBANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR TOURISEM (ATA )" in cooperation with the "Ministry of Tourisem youth, culture and sports awarded "To the Community of of hosts houses in Thethit " the price "Biznes of the Year in 2009 in tourisem". The price as the most succesful bizness of the year in Albania was awarded to the teacher of Thethi Mr. Zef ...Read More »
Geography and geology
The Dinaric Alps are a chain of mountains in southeast Europe that stretch the length of the Adriatic coast and reach both their highest point (Mt Jezerca, 2692 m) and greatest width in northern Albania. No other part of the Balkans offers high mountain scenery of such distinctively rugged and forbidding beauty. The barren karst landscape is a regular feature, ...Read More »
Thethi religious feasts.
Thethi has 2 big religious feasts which are celebrated as per Albanian tradition (customs) 16 August is the feast of Assumption of Mary 16 August is the feast of Assumption of Mary and is celebrated with the daughters married away from the village, and on this date they come back in the family where they grew up together with their ...Read More »


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"Love Each Other on Behalf of Me"
The Saint and His Message-At a glance
(From the Publishers of His Holiness Sri 108 Ram Kripalu Das Ji)
His Holiness Swami Ram Kripalu Das Ji was born in Orissa on
September 27, 1940. He went in search of his master at sixteen years
of age. After some wanderings by way of pilgrimage he reached Uttar
Kashi and thence he went to Gomukha to surrender himself at the feet
of His Holiness Sri Vishnu Das Ji. After a Tapasya of about ten
years in the Himalayas, he descended on a nationwide pilgrimage of
the four Dhams. He later settled down at a lower height in Uttar
Kashi. Uttar Kashi Ashram was washed away in Ganga floods a few
years ago and now His Holiness has taken abode in Maya Kund,
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end of Calle Santander next to Casa Alegre, Panajachel, Solola, Panajachel, Guatemala
Categories: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, International, Organic
end of Calle Santander next to Casa Alegre, Panajachel, Solola, Panajachel, Guatemala
Categories: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, International, Organic
First Review by leonesspurr
Small place with a vegan menu. Food was good though not exceptional (for example, my veggie burger was mostly a pan-fried piece of tofu) - but hey, it is a small village in Guatamala so who's complaining!). Multi-cuisine restaurant - Indian, Indonesian, burgers, etc., etc. An interesting aspect are the people who walk in as you are eating and try to sell you something, or sing songs or otherwise perform. It threw us off at first, but when we realized that it was normal in these parts, it only added to the charm of the place.
It's a cute little place with a nice assortment of dishes -- many being Vegan. Just in case you expect Indian food because of the name, there is one Indian choice.
I have eaten there maybe 6 times in the last few weeks and each time I end up in an interesting conversation with at least one of the other customers.
Pros: vegan choices, good variety, great staff
Cons: not open for breakfast
Bombay Cafe was a welcome stop during my trip to Panajachel. They had great food (I got the falafel which was the best i have ever had!) and the smoothies and fruit juices were amazingly fresh and tasty!The prices were ridiculously cheap and the service was very good.
Pros: great food, great drinks, great service
This is one of the reasons I am most grateful to have happycows.com, because knowledge of where to go in places like this can make a huge difference in the quality of the whole trip. This was a charming place, easily found, with friendly people and an all-vegetarian menu with a wide variety of options. I would have been able to go several times and get something new each time had I been staying there long. As it was, we were there only one day in June, 2009, and because we had been gone for lunch because of a tour on the lake (and we found a place that had hummus and filafel, of all things, in San Marcos), we just needed something wrapped up for supper quickly to take on the ride back to Antigua. They made it up from scratch but packaged it nicely, and I had a good hot Indian-spiced tofu and vegetable sandwich in a whole-wheat pita. An all-veg restaurant that allowed for good variety and convenience -- it added a great deal to the quality of the day and of the trip. I didn't have to put up with white bread and salad, as I did after I got to the conference in Guatemala City, but had real food, and in just the right spot. The wait there while they were fixing it was also pleasant; it's not a large place, but nice.
Pros: excellent food, healthy cuisine, good value
Great spot! We were surprised to find that they have a decent amount of vegan dishes which are clearly marked on the menu! You gotta love that. Try the Tofu pan sandwich or the Pepian Negra: a traditional Guatemalen dish of veggies in a sauce of cinnamon, pumpkin and sesame seeds with rice. Very good!
Pros: good vegetarian restaurant IN GUATEMALA!, Friendly service, Great atmosphere
Cons: Closed Tuesday
This place ROCKS! I was so happy to find this restaurant. Their food is excellent, the staff is friendly, and the owner is super-nice.Try the seitan dinner special---it is spectacular!The portions and presentation are right-on.They even have a deicious home-made ginger ale that is to die for. The tables next to the street are charming. I can't say enough good things about this place.If you are in Pana, you don't want to miss this one.It is as good or better than anyplace I have been in the States.
Pros: Great food & ginger ale, Wonderful atmosphere, Impeccable service
Cons: Not open for breakfast
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Vintage hand mill.
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SHANGHAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Shares of Shaanxi Coal Industry Co Ltd, China's third biggest listed coal miner, jumped 20 percent at open in its Shanghai debut on Tuesday, in the biggest mainland China listing since the initial public offering market was reopened late last month.
The first day spike in Shaanxi Coal's shares is in line with those of other companies that have listed on China's bourses over the past few weeks, as the securities regulator stepped up its oversight over pricing of IPOs.
Shares of Shaanxi Coal opened at 4.8 yuan, up from its IPO price of 4 yuan. Under the new listing rules, shares are allowed to rise or fall up to 20 percent at the open from the IPO price.
The company raised 4 billion yuan ($661.29 million) in its IPO, down about 60 percent from a target set this month following the increased policing by the stock regulator.
China Securities, CICC and BOC International are the underwriters for the deal. ($1 = 6.0488 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Kazunori Takada)


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Justices Around the World
Justice Antonin Scalia is the Supreme Court's leading opponent of drawing on foreign law to help interpret the U.S. Constitution. But that doesn't mean he has anything against foreign countries. In 2005 he was the court's top globetrotter, with 24 expense-paid trips to locales domestic and overseas, including trips to Ireland, Turkey, Australia and -- naturally -- Italy.
Law schools and legal groups paid for most of Scalia's travel, although Italian heritage organizations; media giant Time Warner Inc.; the Knights of Columbus in Baton Rouge, La.; and New York's Juilliard performing arts school, of all places, also helped out. The information was included on the justice's financial disclosure form, which was first reported by the Associated Press.
As is well known, Scalia is just one of several justices who consider traveling to deliver a speech or conduct a seminar one of the perks of their job.
Federal judges are allowed to accept expense reimbursements for travel related to teaching and international-exchange-type meetings, as long as they tell the public about it. Scalia asked for an extension this year, so his form was not submitted until August. The other eight justices filed in June.
The court's next most peripatetic member, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, took 15 paid trips in the United States and abroad. Kennedy seems to have been on the road for a substantial portion of the year -- at least 59 days, according to his 2005 disclosure form.
An advocate of citing foreign law to buttress the court's opinions, Kennedy made his annual pilgrimage to a seminar on constitutional law in Salzburg, Austria, staying there for the entire month of July -- not counting a brief side trip to Prague. His other destinations included Hong Kong and Bangkok.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, also a member of the court's "internationalist" wing, was third, with 14 trips. He attended a conference in beautiful Bellagio, Italy, on the shores of Lake Como, and traveled to London; Melbourne, Australia; Jerusalem; and the French cities of Paris, Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence.
Still, no current member of the court approaches the record set by the court's first chief justice, John Jay, who went to England for a whole year in 1794 to negotiate a treaty with the British crown. Not only did the fledgling court's work not suffer in his absence, he returned to discover that he had been elected governor of New York.
And several of today's justices are positive homebodies. Justices John Paul Stevens and Clarence Thomas reported no paid foreign trips in 2005; the famously solitary Justice David H. Souter reported no paid trips anywhere.
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Awards - 17/11/08
Tellabs is providing Claro with its 8600 managed Edge platform. It is joining the list of BT' s preferred system suppliers for its 21CN next-generation network.
Nokia provides ATT with its 6650 smartphone,
Nortel has been chosen by China Telecom to upgrade its CDMA network in seven provinces. It is teaming with Verizon Business to deliver managed tele-presence services.
LG-Nortel quadruples SK Broadband capacity by using its 40G systems.
Alvarion has been selected by Altitude (France) to extend its frame agreement for WiMAX coverage in two regions.
Datang/ ALU/ FiberHome won about 40% of China TD-SCDMA tender; ZTE won about 30% and Huawei/NSN won about 26%. The contract is worth $4.4bn and includes around 23,000 base stations in about 28 cities.
Ericsson has signed a deal with BH Telecom (Bosnia-Herzegovina) for deploying a 3G network, while BH Telecom has not yet be granted a 3G license.
Juniper Networks is providing managed security services (MSS) solution to SingTel, and M and T-Series routers to Numericable (MSO in France).
ALU has been selected by Telefonica as sole supplier for multi-service voice, video and fax mailbox solution in Spain.
Qualcomm won the market for mobile phone platform for Taiwanese OEMs (replacing Ericsson).


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- (Minutes as edited by Shari Ellis)Land Use Committee Meeting
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Town Hall Annex Meeting Room
Present: Sally Willard, Chair, Joanne Kinchla, Secretary, Shari Ellis, Paul Valleli, Ernie Zabolotny, Gary Mercier; Paul Raymond and Ernie Covino, Planning Board
Citizen's Time - no issues presented.
Committee re-organization - Discussion. Sally is cajoled into staying as Chair for a while. Issue is postponed.
Discussion of Warrant Article XX - Amend Zoning Bylaw Section 7.1.0 - Must be published 2 weeks ahead of presentation to Planning Board.
Ernie wonders how neighboring communities handle similar situations.
Shari makes motion to continue Item 3, Amend Zoning By-law, Section 7.1.0, seconded by Gary. 6-0-0.
The town makes an effort to work with economic developers to have it all, by careful planning. Ernie is meeting with Todd Fremont Smith, State Representative Murphy and State SenatorDonnelly next Wednesday in North Reading. Funding sought under the auspices of the Planning Board, Planning Staff, Land Use Committee. Ernie wants support for this regional approach. He wishes to work for something rather than reacting against some plan.
Proposal for Asessment of Infrastructure Needs on Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington.
Ernie is unanimously elected to Chair subcommittee. Motion by Shari, seconded by Paul. Land use supports Planning Board initiative. Traffic, waster, fire, police are not local but regional issues. Nordbloom received 1.5 million to study possible changes on Middlesex Turnpike. Motion to support Ernie's presentation to the Planning Board b y Shari. seconded by Paul Valleli, unanimous.
Sally has questions for Planning Board. Can we submit an article to fund synchronization of lights on the Middlesex Turnpike in the Route 95 area?
1. Need to define problem, assign responsibility, point person in the town.
Public Electric maintains - we need to check with Public Electric; John Sanchez would be the contact person in the town.
2. Can we submit an article to Town Meeting to fund improvements such as those for Middlesex Commons.
Gary brings up another traffic issue - and asks if a turning center lane can be made in front of the two schools, Memorial and Marshall Symonds on Winn Street. This has become a dangerous traffic spot.
Previous minutes approved; Next meeting scheduled for July 11th. Shari makes a motion, seconded by Paul Valleli to adjourn, all in favor.Joanne
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Newmaps: A Chex Quest Mod
This is the final version of Newmaps. Newmaps is a Chex Quest mod (*cough*) based on The Ultimate Chex Quest.
In May 2005 I came across The Ultimate Chex Quest. Then I saw some of the fanmade maps and thought: "Hey! Why don't I try my hand at making Chex Quest levels?" And so Newmaps was
The Quest
Two weeks ago, your best friend (a Mariner, like you) had been sent to investigate a suspicious building. There were rumors... Until now, there are no news about him or about his mission. The worst is feared. So, YOU are to be sent to find him - or, at least, his body - and fulfill his mission: inve
Laser Quest (Deathmatch WAD)
This WAD is based on the floor layout of my local Quasar, (called laser quest). I made a wad for Doom 1 ages ago (my first DM wad) and this is an updated Doom 2 version. This one has a couple of surprises - two hidden foot switches which make the whole level change state. (see the hints section