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I wear my scars like a scarlet letter, reminding myself that I'm not worth the trouble. I've spent 17 years pushing men away, never allowing myself to believe in the fairytale...then, he walked back in. Just like before, we explode when we're together. I hate him for what he did to me, but I can't stay away. Eighteen days filled with passion and promises. Nineteen letters filled with threats and foreboding. It only takes 20 minutes for the numbers to all add up. One thousand two hundred seconds until everything changes and there's no going back. This is my story, and it's going to leave a scar.
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Phina's bitchy attitude, cold heart and standoffish ways towards the confused, frustrated, jealous and besotted DJ was a bit annoying at the start because it caused so much conflict, fierce sassy banter and angst between them. But, as soon as I got passed the first few Chapters, I realized that it was just her way of coping with the life altering heartbreak that DJ had unknowingly put her through 15 years earlier. And it also confirmed to her that all the verbal insults of being told she's not good enough, declared a whore at the tender age of 5, of being worthless etc., etc., that her Father had repeatedly taunted and brainwashed her with throughout her childhood, were all true. When the reason behind her animosity, aggravation and hatred towards DJ was revealed I too wanted to kick him in the nuts. But, in his shaky defence, booze had obliterated his memories and it ended what should have been the start of a beautiful love story.... and instead, years later, it left an intense frustrating chemistry that was both combustible and explosive.
So now, 15 years later, they verbally spar and wound each other but it hides their true feelings for one another of rejection, lust, desire, passion.... and love. Then hate-filled cryptic notes randomly appear talking of sexual acts they had performed in private, revenge and the promise of violence yet to be inflicted on Phina. They were quickly followed up with very dangerous and serious attempts and the shocking news of her Father's release from Prison has Phina seriously scared. It pushed DJ over the top and he became her protector, her saviour and her lover..... but too many tequilas were to blame when DJ finally overheard the toxic secret of his long ago hurtful actions which led to Phina's pain, anger and heartache towards him as she relived memories that still haunted her today..... memories that now instantly came flooding back to DJ. He should have also picked up on the clues that Phina was secretly carrying on the shameful legacy that her Father had so cruelly inflicted on her young and tender skin years before.
An intense roller-coaster ride for your emotions, they argued, hated and loved each other fiercely all at the same time. It was passionate and steamy with occasional humor. There was danger, suspense, mystery, twists and deaths. Apart from the intense, swoon-worthy, sexy, Alpha Hero who's a Fireman/Paramedic and the Heroine with a tortured soul and a broken heart, there were a few other likeable secondary characters.... including Finnely and Collin from book 1 and the next book better be about Dax the charismatic, loveable, sexy, womanizing Cop. Alternate and overlapping POV's and the narration was really good. Part of a Trilogy but could easily be a stand alone listen.
Worth a credit? YES, a very enjoyable, well written, entertaining, action-packed story of forgiveness, growth, love and second chances during a time of danger, stress and uncertain tomorrows.
"Same Old trope but very good performers"
I confess I just got this audiobook because of the very talented male performer. That said this kind of stories display always the same old trope romance and I hope the author, who is a very good writer by the way, gets the hint for her future books and adds a little more creativity to her stories...because, seriously, this plot was so predictable that makes me wonder about the source of her inspiration...
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We land in Frankfurt from the U.S. at 10 :00 am on US Airways which ends one reservation / set of flights. If it makes a difference we are in business class and could possibly try and NOT check luggage if needed.
We are planning to try and take a flight from Frankfurt to Vienna on the same day on Austrian airlines at 12:45 pm. Will this give us enough time to clearn customs, etc after we land from our flight in the U.S.?
Will we have to exit with our bags post customs / baggage retrieval if we do indeed check bags and go to the ticket counter for Austrian air to get boarding passes and back through security?
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We land in Frankfurt from the U.S. at 10 :00 am on US Airways which ends one reservation / set of flights. If it makes a difference we are in business class and could possibly try and NOT check luggage if needed.
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My rule of thumb is no less then 4 hours. That gives you some leeway if flight one is light
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Above statement should end with "late". Sorry
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You will be able to check your bags all the way to Vienna. You will go through immigration at FRA, which I've never seen take more than about 10 or 15min.
I think 2hrs 45min is plenty of time. I've made connections as short as 50min, although I have missed 90min connections at FRA when the incoming flight is late.
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Thank you both - I am thinking 2 hrs 45 min should be enough. The other option was to stay at the Frankfurt airport until 5:30 pm which I think would be very long and not so fun after flying all night from the U.S.
J62 - not sure it we can check our bags all the way to Vienna if the U.S. flight to Germany is on U.S. Air into Frankfurt and then separate ticket and carrier (Austria Air) from Frankfurt to Vienna.
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Yes, you can check your bags through. The flights don't need to be on the same airline or even the same ticket.
Done it quite a few times.
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Pose your question regarding the luggage directly to USAir (after all they will be the ones handling the luggage) - ask if they have a baggage handling arrangement with Austria Air. In many instances when you are booked on different airlines on different tickets you can still check your baggage through to your final destination. Usually, all you have to do is show your "on going ticket" to the agent when you are checking in and they'll tag the luggage to the final destination. We've done just that many times on international flights but not on the airlines you'll be using - so ask the airline to be sure.
Now, I don't know if you have to claim your bags in Frankfurt to clear customs - when we traveled through Frankfurt last year we just had carry-on. After deplaning it took us only about 20 to 25 minutes to clear customs/immigration and get to our connecting gate. We did, however, have to wait a bit to deplane and be bussed to the terminal (we deplaned on the tarmac) so overall I'd say we needed 45 to 50 minutes to make the transfer.
Upshot is, 2.5 hours sounds doable.
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US and Austrian are both Star Alliance members, so of course they have an interline baggage agreement. Just give your connecting flight information to the US person when checking in, and they ought to be able to tag your bags through to Vienna.
Both Germany and Austria are in the Schengen zone, so you'll go through immigration at FRA but collect bags and do customs at VIE. I'd allow sufficient time if on two tickets; 2h 45m ought to be more than ample.
Also note that there are quite a few daily Lufthansa flights from FRA to VIE (another Star member) so you needn't limit yourselves just to Austrian Airlines.
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Print your boarding passes for the Austrian flight before you head for the airport in the US.
I'm not sure you need to do that to get you bags checked thru (probably not) but it's one thing less you have to think about when transferring at FRA.
Just to give you an idea.. Few passengers, even those with luggage to check, who just fly FRA to VIE will arrive sooner than 90 mins before departure. Most a good hour before departure. So you will have enough time to clear immigration, go through security, and get to the gate. FRA is not a very easy to navigate airport, so when in doubt that you are still on the right track, ask some airport personnel for guidance,
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Actually you may not be able to check your bags through. Airlines are shying away from this if it is not one ticket due to liability issues.
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I am not sure what CarolA's comment is based on, or what it means. The airlines either have interline agreement or they don't.
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Even with an interline ageement the airline is looking at the Ticket you check In on. If it only goes to FRA that is as far as they will check your luggage. They won't interline if you have 2 tickets. At least one airline has made it official and reports keep popping up that the trend is spreading
The airline that checks your luggage originally has the "liability" regardless of who lost it. Airlines are trying to limit that risk. So they only check through if they are obligated too and that only happens if you have one ticket.
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Actually, Carol should be correct.
Interlining does not mean that you show up at airline counter A and wave around any ticket for connecting flight with airline B to get your luggage checked through.
It's one step before that, when you book tickets.
If you have ONE itinerary, e.g. from an online travel agency or ticket broker, that sells you a United flight from JFK to LHR and the connecting flight from LHR to MAD with British Airways, this would be a connection with two seperate, not affiliated or not code-sharing airlines with an interline agreement. But it will result in ONE ticket. With the guarantee that United will check the bags through to Madrid.
But if you book two legs seperately, which results in TWO tickets, it will be the courtesy of airline A to check the bags through. In real life, it could have been the case that many signature or legacy airlines did it without making a fuss. But, in my understanding, this is slightly beyond of what an interline agreement is about.
In THIS case, however, as US Airways and Austrian are both members of Star Alliance, and both legs probably could have been issued even as code-share flights, I would assume that US will have the courtesy to check the bags thru.
But even if not, in a a worst case scenario, the almost 3hrs of OP will be more than enough time to claim bags at FRA and check-in landside again with Austrian.
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I've never had any difficulty checking my luggage through even on two tickets, on two different airlines.
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I will call US Airways chairman's desk and ask and I have a friend that works at my local airport for US Air so I will see what information I can get ahead of time
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Why? What information you get makes no difference as to what happens at check-in. All US Air are contractually required to do is check your luggage to FRA. If they check it to VIE it will be a courtesy that they aren't required to do regardless of whether an interline agreement exists
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I once had AirFrance refuse to check my bag onto Delta....
And not only are hey in the same alliance why it was one ticket
And playing "see who I know" isn't really helpful. LOL.
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Is flying to hub airports and booking separate tickets onwards fashionable this year?
I ask because I've seen a number of such cases in the past few months on this and other (yes there are other) travel websites.
Can OP explain why they booked to FRA when they really wanted to be in VIE.
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We booked on US Air from the U.S. into Frankfurt using miles (there were no options into Vienna with seats available even looking 8 months before our trip) because that was the best option / city to get over the water. We then searched out the best times / flights to pay for a flight from Frankfurt to Vienna.
Also I have found when booking flights within Europe it's MUCH cheaper to do one ways rather than multi city pairings - I have no explanation why. Even when the same airline is involved this has still been true...
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There's no stopping cyclists at Belmont Park race course now.
Traffic lights at entrance to the course now are set to favour cyclists and pedestrians.
The path is back to normal after big roadworks to allow for the stadium project.
Previously, the lights controlling the slip road entrance to the course for vehicles coming from the city were set to let vehicles enter without stopping.
Cyclists and pedestrians had to stop, press the button and wait up to two minutes to cross — or risk being pinged for going through a red light.
The number of motor vehicles travelling from the city using the entrance in normal week-day peak hour traffic could be as low as three per hour unless there was an event at the course, the number of cyclists in the same normal, peak-hour period averaged about three per minute.
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In another case with significant ramifications for employers, the California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an employee on a break—and still "on call"—must be compensated for that time. The case involved a security company that admitted its guards were told to keep their radios and pagers on during rest breaks and "remain vigilant" should the need to respond arise. A trial court judge certified a class of security guards and entered judgment for roughly $103 million to compensate them for their time. An appellate panel reversed, holding that remaining on call does not itself constitute performing work. The applicable wage order only mandates that an employee not be required "to work" on a rest break—not that the employee be relieved of all duties, the court said. An affirmation of the appellate panel by the California Supreme Court would certainly ease the burden on employers. However, a January decision from the state's highest court in Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions addressing the same wage order and holding that workers must be paid for "all hours worked," even sleeping security guards on call, could prove challenging to distinguish.
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Three former security guards for ABM Security Services filed suit on behalf of themselves and other guards alleging that the employer failed to provide rest periods as mandated by California law because they were required to remain on call during breaks instead of being relieved of all of their duties.
Security guards employed by ABM are the "eyes and ears" of the building's management, with duties to patrol buildings, hoist and lower flags, greet visitors, eject trespassers, and monitor and restrict access to buildings.
Wage Order 4 mandates that an employee who works more than three and one-half hours per day must be permitted to take a paid 10-minute rest period per every four hours of work or major fraction thereof. During that rest period, the employee shall not be required "to work."
In the course of discovery, ABM admitted that it requires its security guards to keep their radios and pagers on during rest breaks, to remain vigilant, and to respond when needs arise, such as an emergency situation. The guards told the court that their rest periods were therefore indistinguishable from normal security work, rendering each rest break invalid under Wage Order 4.
A trial court judge certified a class of an estimated 10,000 security guards, and both parties moved for summary judgment. The class relied solely on ABM's policy and offered no evidence indicating that anyone's rest period had ever been interrupted. ABM responded with evidence—including the deposition testimony of the named plaintiffs—that guards regularly took uninterrupted rest breaks during which they performed no work but engaged in leisure activities such as smoking, reading, and surfing the Internet. The mere risk of interruption did not negate or invalidate a rest break, the employer told the court.
The trial court judge granted the motion in favor of the class and entered an award of $103 million in statutory damages, interest, penalties, and attorney fees.
ABM appealed. Considering the scope and duties that Wage Order 4, as well as California Labor Code Sections 226.7 and 512, imposes on a security company to afford rest periods to its employees, the appellate panel reversed.
Wage Order 4 sets out the necessary time periods for security guard rest periods, with Section 226.7 providing the only guidance as to the nature of a rest break: "An employer shall not require an employee to work during a meal or rest or recovery period."
Does simply being on call constitute performing "work"? "We conclude that it does not," the panel wrote.
The court bolstered its conclusion with a comparison between rest periods and meal periods. Subdivision 11(A) of Wage Order 4 requires that an employee be "relieved of all duty" during a meal period. However, Subdivision 12(A) contains no similar requirement.
"If the [Industrial Welfare Commission] had wanted to relieve an employee of all duty during a rest period, including the duty to remain on call, it knew how to do so," the court wrote. "That it did not indicates no such requirement was intended. On the contrary, the IWC's order that an on-duty meal period must be paid implies an on-duty rest period, which is also paid, is permissible: It would make no sense to permit a 30-minute paid, on duty meal break but not a 10-minute paid rest break."
Whether or not the on-call rest period was "indistinguishable" from other parts of the guards' workday was "without merit," the panel said. "[S]ection 226.7 does not require that a rest period be distinguishable from the remainder of the workday, it requires only that an employee not be required 'to work' during breaks. Even if an employee did nothing but remain on call all day, being equally idle on a rest break does not constitute working."
Many of the tasks required for a guard on duty—greeting visitors, raising and lowering the flag, monitoring traffic or parking—were required of the guards while on rest periods, the court added. "Admittedly, an on-call guard must return to duty if requested, but … remaining available to work is not the same as performing work."
The court distinguished the California Supreme Court's 2012 decision in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court because "it said nothing about an employer's obligation to relieve an employee of all duty on a rest break," and concerned meal periods only. Meal breaks and rest breaks are qualitatively different, and Brinker applies to the mandate of Subdivision 11(A), but not Subdivision 12(A), the court said.
As for Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, the panel cited the decision for the proposition that not all employees at work actually perform work. "[A]n employer, if he chooses, may hire a man to do nothing, or to do nothing but wait for something to happen … [I]dleness plays a part in all employments in a stand-by capacity."
"Remaining on call is an example," the panel wrote. "On-call status is a state of being, not an action. But section 226.7 prohibits only the action, not the status. In other words, it prohibits only working during a rest break, not remaining available to work."
Reversing summary judgment in favor of the class as well as the damage awards, the court left intact the class certification order.
The class filed a petition for review with the California Supreme Court, which was granted on May 29. The state's highest court said it will consider whether Section 226.7 and Wage Order 4 "require that employees be relieved of all duties during rest breaks," as well as if "security guards who remain on call during rest breaks [are] performing work during that time under the analysis of Mendiola."
To read the appellate court's decision in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, click here.
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This being England, the two sides could yet wake to stone-splitting sun, and Australia could still motor to Durham 2-1 down, but the chances are that this odd series ended with a stoppage for bad light while floodlights blazed across the pitch.
For a series bedevilled by doubt about the decision review system – and the humans running it – a bizarre dispute over light was an apt way to bring the weekend to a close. In truth it was immaterial. While Australia's batsmen still fumed about the umpires' decision to force them off (Michael Clarke, the captain, was understandably desperate to continue), English drizzle scattered the 26,000 crowd and raised the grim probability that this series will be settled by a draw, after just 14 days.
If so, we must prepare our goodbyes: to the contest, but not the cricket, which heads off to the "desolate" North East before concluding at the Oval, scene of the great showdowns of 2005 and 2009, when both sides were superior to the ones we have seen trade blows at Trent Bridge and Lord's.
Eight years ago, England hurled a fearsome four-man attack at Ricky Ponting's Australia. Distance lends even more enchantment to the bowling of Andrew Flintoff, Simon Jones, Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard, and to the emergence of Kevin Pietersen, author of that wonderful innings of 158 in south London.
The core of that winning side was still intact in 2009, despite an intervening whitewash in Australia, as Andrew Strauss headed the scoring charts with 474, Stuart Broad took 18 wickets and Graeme Swann established himself as England's senior spinner.
This time, an England of multiple personalities (imperious one week, fragile the next) are within sight of dispatching an Australia team derided as one of the worst to leave those southern shores. Here at Old Trafford the rolling obituary for the Baggy Greens was halted first by a journeyman, Chris Rogers, seizing his last chance with a defiant knock of 84, and then by Michael Clarke's 187 in an Australian total of 527 for seven declared: their first of real authority in this series.
Too late, probably. The Lord's collapse (128 and 235) was prefigured by Australia stumbling to 117 for nine in their first innings at Trent Bridge before a miraculous 98 by 19-year-old Ashton Agar applied a romantic sheen to their underwhelming efforts. At Lord's they were crushed by 347 runs. No Australian batsman made it beyond 54. Agar went for 142 without taking a wicket, which cost him his place here in Manchester, where Rogers talked well about how it felt it to be a laughing stock.
If Australia roused themselves in this third Test it was because winning the toss gave them the whiff of runs on a benign pitch. With Rogers to the fore, they batted with discipline and rigour. "The pressure was off a bit and we felt a bit more free to play our shots," said Rogers, giving the game away. With the series virtually lost, Australia were already in rebirth mode. They could take heart from the depth of their batting and the bowling of Mitchell Starc, though quite why Clarke displays so little faith in Peter Siddle as a game-changing wicket-taker is beyond explanation.
Some have found the drawn-out phases of this Test a bit of a turn-off. When we look back, however, there will be plenty to commend it. First, Warner's emergence as Ashes cartoon villain was a throwback to the Seventies. In his faintly hapless way, he seemed to enjoy it as much as the crowd.
England used Warner as a dartboard as he swung and swiped his way to a useful score that helped Australia run up a lead of 331. There have been other pleasures in this Test. Ian Bell's 60 featured some sublime strokes, all wrist and balance and precision. Kevin Pietersen's 113 restored the link to 2005 and re-affirmed his big-game qualities. Purists might prefer Bell's artistry. But English cricket still has no greater selling point than Pietersen's athletic belligerence. The crowds in Durham and at the Oval will hope to see plenty more.
Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Jonny Bairstow and Matt Prior still chase a big Ashes score, though Cook's 62 here was a move in the right direction.
Bairstow is batting without conviction. This series has lurched about a bit, with only the tense finish at Trent Bridge entering the book of classic Ashes melodramas. It will disappoint, too, if the battle for the urn itself (the raison d'etre, after all), ends in the rain, with two Tests left. So the neutral hopes for a fifth-day reprieve: a Monday of demonic Australian bowling and English stoicism.
The real contest may come in the return series, in Australia this winter, when Clarke's team will have addressed their deepest flaws. If DRS can be properly managed, there is no chance of an Ashes series ever dropping below the level of compelling. The proof is that you hate the thought of it ending.


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Posted 29 October 2011 - 06:09 PM Edited by Triple Penetration, 29 October 2011 - 06:12 PM.
This is probably what most fans know already, but I have translated this from russian.
GSC Game World, developers of the much anticipated game, has let us players and fans to know what is going to come out of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: the game will be optimised for DirectX 11, the story will not be connected to previous games and almost all characters will be brand new.
New locations also will be included from which will be underground bunkers, labs and abandonded secret factories.
Main news are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will not only come to РС, but to consoles too. However, PC will be the one with highest priority.
Release dates are yet To Be Announced.
Source: ru.stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Блог_участника:Kuzura/Первые_подробности_о_S.T.A.L.K.E.R._2
I myself don't know how DX11 will be better than Clear Sky's graphics, except for tessellation abilities, but from GSC we can expect something beautiful and athmospheric. Also new locations are speculated to be either just being additional or replacing entire zone.
I do not know why it was not in that post, but I'll try to find confirmation source about female characters finally making into franchise (Not that one was implemented almost 10 years ago in Oblivion Lost).
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Posted 29 October 2011 - 06:50 PM
STALKER 2 interests me but until they release some screenshots or videos I can't say much about it. Hopefully the developers keep the in depth gameplay that was in SOC and I'd like to see a random spawning system for enemies, friends, and mutants (eg: a pack of dogs spawn along the border of a settlement, fight ensues).
Posted 29 October 2011 - 07:24 PM
I wish STALKER 2 to be based again in Pripyat and Chernobyl since both places are extremly large. I know that what I want now I'm dreaming too much, but I wished to be full scale territory, double the details from their last game, similar to what you can find on google pictures or Metro devastating library level. And more underground laboratories. Those places freaked me out a lot, resembling to Half-Life 2, something that I admire, making STALKER series so unique only because of this small things.
The game has to have a lot of scary buildings and places, going on the rooftops
Posted 29 October 2011 - 07:40 PM
Blitz, I played CoP first and then Clear Sky and then first game with a pc which had 512mb ram, 256mb vram and pentium 4. With a few mods, including Complete mods, as SJ mentioned (the only way to play normally anyway) and with low, maybe lowest settings, a old pc can play a game which achieved it's glory because of gameplay and atmosphere without losing much. I replayed all of them on a better pc afterwards.
Posted 08 November 2011 - 08:58 AM
Read this article:
Seems I'm going to buy a console instead, even for a dumbed down version.
|QUOTE (Sergey Grigorovitsch @ Head of GSC Game World)
|Protection from piracy? Part of the content will be located on the server and downloaded as the game
progresses. Permanent internet access is required. Text information, code and quests will be loaded
through that connection. Software piracy is an issue for us, we try to fight it, but within reason.
If people can not afford a licensed version, it is to our advantage if they download a pirated copy, and
then want to buy a license. In Ukraine, there are different products that people love so much that they
buy a license in principle. We want to create just such a product.
Posted 08 November 2011 - 09:28 AM
Posted 14 December 2011 - 03:13 PM
Google Translated Quote.Sorry i don't know better:
Sergey G., founder and CEO krupneysheho developer of computer yhr in Eastern Europe - Kiev company GSC Game World - decided Close Company.
This, Ukrainian News reported ynformyrovannыy source.
According to him, today, 9 December, G. announced closure of the company on the assembly of the labor collective.
Clean up your decision on obъyasnyl lychnыmy reasons not konkretyzyruya's.
Vicar company poobeschaly that the prychytayuschayasya im zarabotnaya fee will vыplachena to the February 2012 year. According of the source, the company operates be about 40-50 people.
Agency interlocutor stressed that the portion of the labor collective closure connects companies with nedovolstvom Grigorovich course designing the game STALKER 2, and often - with company co k ynteresom one side from the sylovыh structures, who began a, According to the interlocutor, be about two months ago.
In doing so, source stressed that the reasons vыsheukazannыe - is only predpolozhenyya and versions.
GSC Game World Company operates in yndustryy of computer yhr s 1995 year. She has released more than ten sobstvennыh yhrovыh projects, including, "Cossacks", "STALKER", "Zavoevanye America," "Heroes unychtozhennыh ymperyy." The first Two were sverhpopulyarnыmy kultovыmy and even in circles of Ukrainian gamers.
G. became entrepreneurs in 2010 year in Ukraine on versions of the company Ernst & Young.
Read news in ukranews.com sotsyalnыh setyah facebook and twitter.
Sources: Ukrainian news
Tags: GSC Game World, G., Yhra, Games, elimination of
Posted 14 December 2011 - 03:29 PM
|QUOTE (Wikipedia @ today)
|December 9, 2011 there was an informal information that GSC Game World has been closed and all work on the game STALKER Two were terminated. While many employees and gaming publications have confirmed this information, but on December 9, an official statement was not. The same day, the network flowed concept art game.
December 10, 2011 on the official page on Twitter it was reported that the official comments from the GSC will be on Monday, December 12. December 12, the team held a meeting at which it was decided to search for investors and the possible continuation of work on the game.
December 12, 2011 GSC-Fan.com Web, organized a rally in support of the campaign. Responding to questions from the fans, Oleg Yavorsky and Ruslan Didenko said not yet ready to officially comment on the situation, thus made it clear that they continue to search for any of the methods in order to prevent the closure of the campaign.
December 12, 2011 some hope is restored when GSC Game World tweets in response to the rumor, "We will do our best to continue. However, at this moment, nothing is certain."
Not much certainty, but I can't see the STALKER franchise going down personally- it's very popular. Someone will take hold of it.
Posted 14 December 2011 - 03:54 PM
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 05:22 PM
|QUOTE (sivispacem @ Wednesday, Dec 14 2011, 17:03)
|You see, I've always been absolutely blown away by the concepts of the STALKER games, but underwhelmed by the execution. The X-Ray engine was dated the moment it was released, and never managed to provide the gritty beauty that the landscape design deserved. If the first game had looked a bit more like, for instance, Far Cry 2, I'd have probably found it more involving. Plus, to me, the maps never felt "open-world" enough. It's a game that would suit the Frostbite or Creation engines well- though there's obviously some potential in the X-Ray engine- I mean, it did form the basis of the fantastic (if very power-hungry) 4A engine in Metro 2033.
I would have never gotten into STALKER if not for the X-RAY engine. I think it was perfect for STALKER. With the gameplay being so unique, the fact that the engine felt so different was perfect.
An engine like FarCry 2's is so bland and boring compared to what the X-RAY engine offers.
I also feel that your terribly wrong by saying it didnt provide a gritty and dirty feel, it deffinitly did, the swamps in clear sky were just perfect for example.
Posted 14 December 2011 - 05:26 PM
Though some people report that STALKER 2 isn't even in proper development. That only engine is ready and that studio isn't functioning now. Dunno if it's true.
Posted 14 December 2011 - 05:50 PM
Posted 14 December 2011 - 10:38 PM
Posted 14 December 2011 - 11:52 PM
I certainly don't want to Metro take over S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s place of my favourite ongoing FPS franchise.
The problems with finding an investor is that the investor may be aware of how long the first game was developed and would decide not to support GSC Game World. How much they would need anyways?
Posted 15 December 2011 - 03:45 AM Edited by Supreme., 15 December 2011 - 07:39 AM.
Love the series, have probably spent nearly 500hrs over the three and many of their mods. I'd just end up rambling and reveal my technical ineptitude if I tried to detail my likes/dislikes.
Obviously will live on anyway, still having much to give on the mod side (e.g. Lost Alpha). Needless to say as well, I so hope Stalker 2 is realised somehow and am also fairly optimistic, fingers-crossed.
Posted 25 December 2011 - 05:34 PM
Apparently they started again work on a game so this franchise stil have future.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 05:59 AM Edited by Supreme., 13 January 2012 - 04:00 PM.
If true, no details yet as to how they're managing it (i.e. who's providing new funding). Or was it just a GOG-style stunt?
'Reggae Greats'? http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Ganja
|"We are still in the process of seeking funding to back up the project," GSC spokesperson Oleg Yavorsky told us. "We are hopeful things turn out well eventually. The team really wants to see STALKER continue."
They're cancelling the game
They're shutting down
They're thinking about it
They're working on it again
They're in talks about getting more money to work on it again
Posted 29 April 2012 - 03:53 PM
Not only funding problems, but also the company had problems with acquiring the rights to make the game. Quite painful news.
So, let's wait for the F2P MMO they're making (which is probably going to be doomed, as it's F2P and they're not going to get much money from it) and see what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. influences it has. Hopefully not the glitches and CTDs.
Posted 29 April 2012 - 03:57 PM
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| Now S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is dead.
Not only funding problems, but also the company had problems with acquiring the rights to make the game. Quite painful news.
So, let's wait for the F2P MMO they're making (which is probably going to be doomed, as it's F2P and they're not going to get much money from it) and see what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. influences it has. Hopefully not the glitches and CTDs.
F2P games make extraordinary amounts of money, most MMOs are better off going F2P because their potential profit is much higher.
Posted 29 April 2012 - 04:47 PM
Posted 29 April 2012 - 05:40 PM Edited by Supreme., 29 April 2012 - 06:37 PM.
Oh dear.. may the Zone take me
As for their new thing, can't say I hold much hope or interest for it, but we'll see..
At least there's still Lost Alpha, LURK 1.2, etc. to give me my fix
Posted 30 April 2012 - 10:51 PM
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Feb 23, 2013 - 7:41 am
Neil (Nano Second) drew attention to this talk yesterday on ACOR and it's so good that it would be a shame if our CSN community didn't also get the heads up. It's well-reasoned, well-justified and oh, so dramatically illustrated by the personal history of the lecturer!
Feb 23, 2013 - 10:04 am
Many thanks Tex,
For those of you who may not be ACOR members, I also added a follow up:
There is a striking theme that has emerged in regards to most of the nutritional and metabolic research that I have found to be of value (and tried to put in practice for myself). Most of it has originated from medical professionals who either have had to personally deal with contracting a chronic disease themselves (be it cancer, MS, cardiovascular, metabolic syndrome, etc.) or who had become disenchanted with a lack of long-term success using only "mainstream" drug therapies in their practice.
In other words, these were medical experts who were willing to put the interests of their patients first - in many cases because they themselves found they had became the patient! All of them had concluded that that prevention of chronic disease was not only possible - but desirable. And that in every case it begins (and ends) by paying attention to proper nutrition. [This was not to downplay the importance of mainstream therapies - they all still use them - but then they looked to go much further].
We can certainly debate about what "proper" nutrition is. But what we should not do is ignore it. And that mandate, in particular, applies to all the doctors that we rely on. [That is my humble opinion, of course.]
Feb 23, 2013 - 12:38 pm
I'll expand Neil's theme a bit further.
The reason that many doctors who become patients are obliged to find their own way, going beyond the treatments they're familiar with, is that there are two conspicuous holes in the standard programmes of medical education. Very little, if anything, is taught about mental health or nutrition - two of the most important areas of all for the medical profession. Our nations' health and standards of care are blighted as a consequence but precious little seems to be in train to rectify these shortcomings.
The main way in which the problem is addressed is to acknowledge that we have to have generalists and specialists, but at the cost of having those in the front line woefully ignorant in these crucial areas.
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FOR MANY MONTHS drivers along the western Irish coast from Cork to Donegal have been mystified by new road signage composed of an inexplicable symbol resembling the WWW of the World Wide Web.
I say 'inexplicable' deliberately, because everybody I asked—from filling stations to roadside cafes -- was clueless as to the meaning of the scores of expensive metal signposts that have sprung up on every seaside road I have visited in the past 18 months, from Donegal and Sligo – including the section around MULLAGHMORE which has been given global coverage during the recent Royal Visit.
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IT IS EASY to see why the luxury four-star MOUNT FALCON has just been named as Manor House Hotel of the Year – yet another accolate to be added to the galaxy of awards discreetly displayed amid the Irish Country House ambiance of the immaculate entrance area.
This is the sort of place that says 'welcome to your second home' from the start; Ireland's symbol of hospitality – a blazing fire in the Main Lobby -- may not have been needed when we checked in for the warmest Spring weekend stay of 2015,but it's the thought that counts…
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Huntin',shootin' and fishin' packages are very much at the heart of this former millionaire's Fishing Lodge whose Estate still includes two miles of exclusive double-bank Salmon Fishing on Ireland's celebrated game-fishing river, the Moy.
There are lots of Golfin' packages,too,thanks to the proximity of 15 facilities - including three championship courses at Belmullet, Enniscrone and Ross's Point – as well as a popular on-site driving range used by guests to Mount Falcon like Tiger Woods and Sir Nick Faldo. Archery and Clay pigeon shooting are also on the sporting menu.
Personally, Karen and I would be more likely to be having a treatment by the team at the Elmis Spa or enjoying the 17metre heated pool,sauna,steam room and jacuzzi. We are less likely to hire a mountain bike to follow the Estate's jogging/biking trails on the best pocket map of hotel facilities I have seen since our last stay in Gleneagles.
Indeed, Mount Falcon reminded me of Gleneagles in a number of ways – particularly relating to the superb sportin' facilities, the brilliant French cookery with a local twist, the on-site kitchen garden and, of course, the Falconry (which is much better than Gleneagles' or Turnberry's.) HOW I MET A FLIGHTY NEW FRIEND AT MOUNT FALCON an eagle actually landed on my gloved wrist, delivering my most exciting hotel experience since the alligator ate my golf ball at the Doral Resort in Florida! Funny enough, my new friend is a Harris Hawk also named after an American state, Arizona. She's just one of the many magnificent birds of prey that wedding parties, hotel guests and other visitors to Mount Falcon Estate, will encounter on a unique Hawk Walk with the affable falconer JASON DEASY who gives breathtaking demonstrations of an ancient art worth every cent of the price.
Enniscrone-born Jason has been passionate about falcons all his life so he offered his services to Mount Falcon which had been using this noble bird as its logo since the Maloney family launched their thriving enterprise a decade ago. It has proved to be a match made in heaven, and Jason's immaculate menagerie of hand-reared hawks, owls,falcons,eagles and the like has now been complemented with sleek little ferrets and a handsome Hungarian hunting dog which works in tandem with the birds. The speedy sky-diving hawks put on an aerial display thet the Red Arrows would envy. What a sight for nature lovers (except local rabbits!)
As a keen gardeners ourselves, we were thrilled to meet another Mount Falcon resident who is passionate about sharing his role with guests and groups, namely French head gardener, ALEX LAVARDE . He loves to take green-fingered enthusiasts around his KITCHEN GARDEN which aims to provide the hotel's two Award-winning Restaurants with organically-grown herbs and the tastiest, freshest,most unusual vegetables I have ever enjoyed outside of my own raised beds. Dreadlocked Alex pulled some of his plumpest asparagus stems and picked deliciously sugary peas to give to the chefs for our dinner that night – complete with viola blossoms for edible decoration.
They adorned an incomparabe Fish Plate of very 'chefy' seafood canapés which won my Award as Starter of the Decade when we had our first dinner.We had a total of five meals which were – in the words of my mentor and friend BRIAN GARRETT who insisted that we went to Mount Falcon in the first place – "Beyond criticism."
THE ICE HOUSE is an intriguing name for what is surely one of Mayo's most stylish destinations, described by one reviewer as "the very definition of a hip luxury retreat" with its outdoor spa, riverside restaurant, clever cocktails and youthful service.
We came upon it two years ago en route to Westport and had delicious salmon lunch while watching two expert fly-fishermen, happily failing to catch salmon while knee-deep in the tidal waters of the Moy. "We will return," said She who Must be Obeyed (my wife Karen). And that's why we added a day to our trip to North Mayo.What a wise decision!
Trendy architects have transformed this ornate Victorian salmon regrigeration centre, once called Iceland Cottage, by adding contemporary hotel facilities and 28 chic guestrooms to it, while providing traditional 'feel' in the four remaining Heritage rooms which also feature modern quirks like cedar-wood baths. As visual arts enthusiasts, we love the arty ambiance of the public rooms, thanks to important works by Charles Tyrell, Martin Gale and John Devlin as well as local commissions.
There's lots more interesting stuff to see outside, as you catch a few sunbeams on the Spa's sun deck. Not only do you get close to herons and cormorants, there's an utterly unique spectacle down-river at Ballina Quay—a concrete warship said to have been deliberately sunk there after WWI to slow the Moy silting up.
With its eclectic mix, the ICE HOUSE is the coolest place in Mayo for people-watching; sophisticated local girls looking for a bridal venue rub shoulders with an Ulster travel writer enjoying the finest Eggs Benedict he has ever enjoyed! Cool. Yeah.
DURING OUR four-day sunny stay, we followed the Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) at Ballina to explore the north-western coastline of Mayo as far as Broadhaven Bay , starting at the Moy River estuary. I am proud to be the first travel journalist to have been given the all-new, hot-off-the-press North Mayo Tourism Map by local marketing co-ordinator Nicola Flynn.
It's an invaluable Guide for first-time explorers and thanks to it we soon found three of North Mayo's famous ABBEYS, MOYNE,ROSSERK and RATHFRAN,and then discovered the vast unspoilt beach of LACKEN STRAND.
We stopped at the noted sea angling centre of KILLALA to see its Round Tower and followed Nicola's tip to have a snack in front of the turf fire at the popular Mary's Cottage in BALLYCASTLE. These are characterful wee towns of the type that are becoming rare in the West of Ireland,so we savoured them. We aimed for the WAW Signature Site of Downpatrick Head where we saw its sea-stack and blow-hole as well as the 2014 Spirit of Place art installation.
The 1000ft cliffs around here are every bit as dramatic as the Cliffs of Moher further south, and can now be widely appreciated, thanks to the WAW signposts which encourage tourists to drive along little-used single-track coastal roads that they would otherwise ignore or think to be too dangerous.
This fascinating – if slightly scary in places - 80 mile round trip took Karen and I to one of Ireland's most astonishing, yet hardly known, attractions, the CEIDE FIELDS VISITOR CENTRE near Belderg. This lighthouse-looking building (open May-Oct) overlooks the world's most extensive Stone-Age monument to agriculture. It's the only place on earth where you can plainly see field systems where prehistoric farmers kept cattle in enclosures and grew wheat; they lived in harmony together and built megalithic tombs more than 5,000 years ago.
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Ultimately, Walker said, "Sex, Death and Bowling" is a story that people will relate to because it's about all of us.
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Still very much a part of Walker's life is the person she based Sean on — fashion designer-turned-filmmaker Tom Ford — and an encounter with him galvanized the idea of where Grenier's character became a vital part of the narrative.
"I went to school with Tom Ford in Santa Fe, and that's where that character played by Adrian, comes from," said Walker, who grew up in New Mexico. "I ran into Tom around the time I was helping people die, and dealing with my children's reaction to it, and I remembered Tom as a 14-year-old. A few of us girls knew he was gay. He was gorgeous and we were swooning over him, but we knew. I thought, 'What must that be like to have that secret and be careful who you tell and not tell everybody?'
"Then I thought, 'If you're dying of cancer, you don't really give a s— if he's gay or not. If you're dying, you're probably wondering, 'Why do I care if somebody's gay or not? What does it matter who somebody loves?'" Walker, 55, added. "So I started looking at how petty everything was. I think that's what gets me — we live in a very petty society now. It's 'Look at me! Look at me! Look at my selfie!' Don't we want to aspire to something like, 'Let's connect. Let's be there for each other. Let's do the right thing and love everybody.'"
Walker said she knows that viewpoint may come off as Pollyanna, but she's very sincere in her beliefs.
"Honestly, I've held people's hands when they were dying, and they didn't really care that their boy was gay or they weren't the most popular one, or they were a famous celebrity. It doesn't matter," Walker said. "It's about that moment of who loves them and who they loved."


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42 year old woman | Auburn, CA, United States | Seeking men 35-45 within 50 miles of Meadow Vista, CA
Excited to meet new people
I am honest, passionate about my family, friends, and life. I love to get out and explore new sights, travel, wine tasting, camp, hike, ski,( working in my snowboard skills:)) softball, football,(all sports) bbqs and romantic dinners, but also enjoy quiet nights to just relax...Looking for someone who is in the same place and has a genuine heart...making me laugh is really important. I can be serious but also enjoy just cutting up and having a good time...Honesty is a must... I think I am a great friend and a great ear. I'm a nurturing soul, I love to be affectionate and its the little things that can go a long way. I have to say I'm pretty competitive. Growing up playing sports and still playing, I play to win..lol But I'm definatly not a sore loser.. I have 2 boys and they are my pride and joy..... I am looking for that special person to share my life and laugh with.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Gardening/Landscaping , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Baseball, Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Dancing, Football, Other types of exercise, Skiing, VolleyBall, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Dogs
Middle of the Road
I love trips to Tahoe even if its just for the day, and love the California coast....Planning little adventures is always fun for me.:) I've always enjoyed exploring new areas.
Discovering new areas/ hidden little towns, wine tasteing all over California, being outdoors, entertaining, Santa Cruz, softball
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|What she is looking for
|5'5" (165cms)
|5'10" (177cms) to 6'4" (193cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|About average, Athletic and toned, A few extra pounds, Stocky
|No preference
|Dark brown
|No preference
|No Way
|Occasionally, Cigar aficionado
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Self-Employed / Entrepreneur
|No preference
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Have kids:
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home (2)
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home
|Wants kids:
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|White / Caucasian
|White / Caucasian
|Christian / Other
|Christian / Catholic, Christian / Other
|Religious Attitude:
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|High school
|High school, Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
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