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GASTONIA, N.C. -- Another major Hollywood production is shooting in our area.
This one is a TV pilot from the same production company that does the award winning Showtime series Homeland.
The boys at the downtown barber shop have seen a lot. Roy Hullett is 82; he's born and raised in Gastonia. He has run the shop just across from City Hall since 1971.
"We've been enjoying watching them this morning, getting ready," he expressed, "They're filming a movie over there, Twentieth Century Fox."
It's actually a TV show. Gastonia is doubling as Sleepy Hollow, a fictional New England town.
Downtown Gastonia can be a little sleepy at times, and business owners are glad to see the production in town.
"I just think it's awesome; the fact is they're bringing something from the west coast to the east coast. It's given a livelihood to downtown. I live in this downtown and sometimes it will be quiet," said J.D. Elmore who runs the Art Station.
Phyllis Grant lives in town and said, "I think it brings us recognition that we haven't had, maybe new blood, new industry, new business."
They're hoping show business could mean more business.
Sources close to the show say the state tax incentives and the look of North Carolina are the reason they like shooting here.
We'll find out in May if the show gets picked up and will actually air.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Texting by the pilot of a medical helicopter contributed to a crash that killed four people, federal accident investigators declared Tuesday, and they approved a safety alert cautioning all pilots against using cellphones or other distracting devices during critical operations.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers have more job openings than at any other time in nearly five years. That's in part because they seem in no hurry to fill them.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup Aereo Inc. continues to "steal" Fox's over-the-air signal and sell it to consumers without paying for rights.
NEW YORK (AP) - She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls.
NEW YORK (AP) - J.C. Penney's board of directors has ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 16 months on the job as a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales drops.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Private investment groups could place sports wagers on behalf of investors under a proposed law in Nevada that would allow the state to reap millions of dollars in untapped revenue.
BURLINGAME (AP) - Virgin America did the best job for its customers among leading U.S. airlines last year, a report said Monday, as carriers overall had their second best performance in the more than the two decades since researchers began measuring quality of service.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve's annual "stress tests" of major U.S. banks have become better able to detect risks, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday night. He said the tests show that the banking industry has grown much healthier since the financial crisis.
NEW YORK (AP) - In case Americans want to scarf down their fast-food even faster, KFC is stripping the bones out of its chicken.
I am usually pretty good at explaining Social Security laws and regulations. And just as importantly, I can provide the rationale behind various rules. In other words, I can tell you what purpose a certain policy serves or why Congress wrote a particular Social Security law the way they did.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans borrowed more in February to buy cars and attend school, but were more careful with their credit cards.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A streak of robust job growth came to a halt in March, signaling that U.S. employers may have grown cautious in a fragile economy.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Friday struck down an effort to form a class action lawsuit to go after Apple, Google and five other technology companies for allegedly forming an illegal cartel to tamp down workers' wages and prevent the loss of their best engineers during a multiyear conspiracy broken up by government regulators.
NEW YORK (AP) - The internet is blossoming into quite the virtual vineyard.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week by 28,000, the third straight increase.
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Tesla Motors Inc. surged 16 percent Tuesday after a Wall Street analyst told investors that Tesla could shake up the electric utility sector as well as the auto industry.
LONDON (AP) - Early Tuesday, the world's most established exchange for bitcoin disappeared from the Internet, sending the price of the virtual currency tumbling and prompting fears that the world's biggest experiment in electronic cash could soon be strangled by fraud or regulation.
NEW YORK (AP) - Egg McMuffin, meet the Waffle Taco.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Samsung sought Monday to frame its new Galaxy S5 smartphone as a lifestyle product, as it emphasized a built-in heart-rate sensor and improved camera features over its slightly larger size.
NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Zuckerberg, known for his outsized ambitions for Facebook, is applying a similar long-term vision to bringing the Internet to the billons of people around the world who don't already have access.
SAN JOSE (AP) - It used to be that "hacking" was just a type of crime, a computer break-in. But today, the term is also part of a growing - and perfectly legal - mainstay of the tech sector.
CHICAGO (AP) - For many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. They're unwanted by employers, rejected by insurers, struggling to cover rising medical costs and praying to reach Medicare age before a health crisis.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - At least 10 times since 2008, freight trains hauling oil across North America have derailed and spilled significant quantities of crude, with most of the accidents touching off fires or catastrophic explosions.
MOSCOW (AP) - A trade ban on lacy lingerie has Russian consumers and their neighbors with their knickers in a twist.


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One year after a catastrophic IPO that saw $10 billion wiped off Facebook's value and after its shares shed 40 percent in just three months, the company is making a comeback.
After its dramatic fall from grace, fund managers and analysts CNBC spoke to say it's time for investors to take another look at Facebook's stock.
(Read More: Forget Facebook: Stocks, IPOs, Are Just Fine)
"We didn't participate in the IPO as the management team were an unknown quantity, having run the business as a social project rather than commercial venture previously, and they had not demonstrated how they would monetize mobile traffic via their advertisement-led business model," said Jeremy Gleeson, technology fund manager at AXA Framlington.
"However, we have recently purchased some shares, as the management team have begun to re-establish their credibility and to generate revenues from mobile page views, without alienating users in the process."
Facebook announced it was going public in February last year, in the most hotly anticipated technology IPO since Google in 2004. However, just days after the launch in May, shares fell 11 percent to $34, with three shareholders pursuing lawsuits accusing the social network of leaking key information to big banks ahead of the launch.
(Read More: Facebook Makes Mobile Money, Though Earnings Miss by a Penny)
Facebook currently has a market cap of $63.2 billion, down from $104 billion at the time of the IPO. However, asset management firm GLG said in a research note that prospects for the world's largest social media site are looking up, and highlighted its solid first quarter earnings.
"Facebook's recent results demonstrate not only solid progress in usage and engagement, but they also marked a third consecutive quarter of year-on-year advertising growth rate acceleration. Moreover, mobile revenues have grown and, having represented 2 percent in second quarter 2012, now account for 30 percent of total revenues," GLG technology analysts said in the note.
On May 1, Facebook posted quarterly earnings of $0.12 cents per shares, one cent short of expectations. Revenue grew 38 percent to $1.46 billion, topping analysts' forecasts. Mobiles were the firm's biggest growth area, with 54 percent more active mobile users per month than a year ago.Nick Evans, a technology fund at Polar Capital, said he was bullish on Facebook shares, but said it remains unclear whether the uptick in mobile revenue can compensate for decreasing desktop revenue.
(Read More: Cramer: Facebook 'Figured Out' Mobile Advertising)
Evans added that he thinks the technology sector as a whole is set for a recovery.
"The technology sector has underperformed global equities year-to-date due to the underperformance of Apple, and lower than expected IT spend generally. However, new technology cycles tend to occur every 10 years or so, each being driven by a reduction in the cost of delivering computing and I believe we are at the start of one of these cycles now," he said.
—By CNBC's Jenny Cosgrave;.Follow her on Twitter @jenny_cosgrave.


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1. Reports have former Florida State quarterback Clint Trickett visiting Auburn today.
2. Auburn's post-spring depth chart could be released next week. Tigers looking for a breakout wide receiver.
3. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema likes the underdog role. 'I don't think a lot of people have their eyes on Arkansas right now, and I think that's a position that we really, really like."
4. Georgia early enrollee J.J. Green will stay on offense as a tailback – had been projected as a cornerback.
5. Florida's wide receivers will get 12 practice days in the fall - then cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy will be sent their way. Gators two-deep depth chart released.
6. Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin on practice music: "We don't play football in a sterile environment."
7. With just 11 seniors this fall, Mississippi State looking to underclassmen to step up their game.
8. Missouri coach Gary Pinkel on how to stop Jadeveon Clowney: "If I had that answer, I'd have everybody's plan."
College Football Playoffs
9. Six bowls - Rose, Sugar and Orange. Fiesta, Cotton and Chick-fil-A – will host playoff semifinal games four times over 12 years.
10. Dan Wetzel sees the playoffs evolving into an eight-team model with automatic bids for the five major conferences.
11. Some questions and answers about the new playoffs.
12. Dennis Dodd asks who is on the selection committee for college football playoffs? "Seventeen months before that first playoff season kicks off in 2014, no one knows."
13. After revealing four potential logos for the playoffs – officials for new playoff structure say their website was hacked.
14. Matt Hayes: "Had enough yet? The circus, everyone, has officially come to town."
SEC/NFL Draft
15. Most players ever taken from one team in one year was Ohio State in 2004. LSU has 14 projected draft picks.
16. If four Alabama players get taken in the first round of the NFL draft, it will be the third straight year that has happened. Crimson Tide has a shot at a school record five first-rounders.
17. Defensive back Dee Milliner is one of those Alabama players expected to go early despite having shoulder surgery. "My rehab's going well and I'm ahead of schedule. I very much will be ready for training camp."
18. Georgia hasn't had a defensive player taken in the first round since 2005. With Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree, that will most likely change tonight.
19. Many mock drafts have Jones going to New Orleans. Could Ogletree fall to the Falcons late in the first round?
20. Florida's Sharrif Floyd considered a first-round lock. Teammate Matt Elam has a shot at joining him in the first round tonight.
21. Four years later, Lane Kiffin's 2009 recruiting class is barely registering with NFL teams but at least five Vols could get drafted – starting with wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.
22. Mississippi State cornerbacks Johnthan Banks and Darius Slay could both go in the second round. Slay reportedly has a torn meniscus.
23. LSU defensive end Sam Montgomery was once asked what he thought of Bear Bryant. "I don't know, I haven't seen film of him."
24.Is Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson the forgotten man of this year's draft?
25. Does the NFL see former Auburn player Corey Lemonier as a defensive end or a linebacker?
26. Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin on offensive tackle Luke Joeckel: "A really, really good, low-maintenance player. Those are hard to find."
27. Friday night could be the time former South Carolina players Marcus Lattimore and D.J. Swearinger get called.
28. Lattimore: "Three or four months of training from now I know that I'll be back to where I was at. There's no doubt in my mind."
29. Almost no debate about next year's projected first overall pick – Jadeveon Clowney.
SEC Basketball
30. Georgia assistant coach Kwanza Johnson is reportedly close to leaving for a job at TCU.
31. Does Russ Smith's return mean Louisville will be the preseason No. 1 team or will it be Kentucky?
32. Considering the salary cap - best values in the NFL draft likely to be in the third or fourth rounds. Biggest draft busts ever.
33. NCAA president Mark Emmert: "Intercollegiate athletics has never been stronger in America."
34. A Mountain West – Pac-12 alliance?
35. Banned Nike "Boston Massacre" t-shirt selling for $150,000 on eBay – refers to a baseball series, not marathon.
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I would like nothing better than to be able to say to
this Committee that it is three months to the election of a
Democratic President. Reason compels me, instead, to ask:
Why Democrats'? Why this party? Why not a full turn in the
other direction? Why not Republican control in both Houses
of Congress?
So I will not say what . I would +ike to say. I will ask,
instead, the questions which we must ask ourselves as we gather
here to set a new beginning. We are willing but are we also
ready to provide a leadership which will reverse a declining
public faith in all political leadership?
Are we ready to goverp a nation growing tired of cold,
distant, stage-managed, government?
As Democrats, what are we preparec;l to say to the youth
of the nation who see themselves, still, after three years of
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this administration, as the captives of the mistakes of another
generation? What significance does this party have for the
young people who will vote for the first t i me? What do we mean,
not only to the young on campus but to the young in the armed
services, the factories, the offices, on the farms, in the
warehouses of the nation--yes, and in the drug clinics and on
the streets of the nation's cities?
What of the aged poor and the poor of all ages? What can
we say to them of ever higher prices and threadbare incomes? As
a party and as a people, are we alive, not only to the economics,
but t o the price in human dignity of inadequate food, clothing,
shelter, and health care?
What of those _of moderate income? Are we ready to confront
the bone-deep concern of the tens of millions of Americans who
l ive precariously on the edge of the unbalanced wheels of the
economy? What of the burden of taxation which these millions of
wage-earners bear so directly?
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What do we say to the small business man and the independent
farmer--the Americans who do not reap the profits of a vast waste
in the name of national defense?
What of the cities and their failing public services--
police, fire, health, education, sanitation, or whatever? What
of the tattered environment and its future habitability?
Can we do better? Or are we able to say, only, that what
is now being done is being done badly?
These are the questions which the people of the nation
are asking. These are the questions to which they have a right
to answers in the weeks ahead. These are questions which go to
the heart of democratic government in our times.
The fact is that the nation faces the problems of dinosaur
government, of a government fed fat with public funds but grown
insensitive to the needs of the American people and, perhaps,
even to the needs of its own survival. They are problems which
cry out for a national leadership which will face up to the
mistakes of the past and move the nation with confidence into the
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That is the meaning of the coming election. It is an
election unlike any in living memory. To be sure, the call of
November is for change. But it is not a change to be brought
about by the thumping of old political pots and pans. We must
listen to the many voices of the land. We must look into the
many faces of the nation. We must attune our hearts with the
hearts of the people. In so doing, there can come to this party
a new unity--north, east, south, and west--a unity born of common
dedication to the equal treatment of all Americans.
We are, in all bluntness, off to a bad start. Let us
face it. Let us acknowledge it honestly and let us go on from
To that end, we are here to complete the leadership of
the party. I urge thi s Committee to designate as the candidate
of the Democratic Party for the Vice Presidency, one who is no
stranger to public trust, respons i bility, and dedication. His
record needs no recitation. You know it. The press knows it.
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Soon, the nation will know it. It is a record of outstanding
service. It is a record of a great ability in activating
government to serve the public interest, of skill and understanding
in the conduct of international affairs and of a deep personal
concern for the needs of human beings.
The nation is ready for an end to divided government. The
nation is ready for an administration that not only speaks of
peace but acts for peace, for peace now. The nation is ready
for an administration which will come home to put the national
house in order and, in so doing, restore the capacity of this
nation to contribute effectively once again to the peace and
progress of the world.
Let us get on with it, then. Let us name the Vice Presiden-tial
candidate of the Democratic Party. Let us put beside George
McGovern without delay the man whose name I now place in nomina-tion
as a Democratic candidate for the Vice· Presidency of the
United States: Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
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The Gamecocks moved the ball at will against one of the Ohio Valley Conference's best defenses by not doing what was expected.
They changed their tendencies and racked up 503 yards of total offense and more points than they've ever scored in an OVC game.
They also racked up 299 yards rushing against one of the country's best rushing defenses. They played two quarterbacks, sometimes alternating them within series — that certainly got in the Colonels' heads.
The Gamecocks stifled one of the league's more physical offenses by taking "educated risks" on what they thought the Colonels were going to do.
You can't argue with the results. They held the league's best rushing offense to 111 yards and 213 yards total — the third straight game they have held an opponent under 300 yards.
Their aggressive play produced four takeaways, a scoop-and-score by Ketrick Wolfe, and six sacks.
Special teams
A record-tying field goal and a blocked punt got the Gamecocks going, and they never let up.
Griffin Thomas kicked a 52-yard field goal to open the score and Ben Endress set up JSU's first touchdown by blocking a punt deep in Eastern Kentucky's end.
Thomas, the NCAA FCS leader in field goals, also kicked a 33-yard field goal on the last play of the second quarter, giving him 20 this year (two off the single-season record) and 32 for his career. He had an extra point blocked for only the second time in his career, but he made the next eight.
JSU coach Bill Clark didn't know if his assistants could work many more hours than they did last week, but the staff found a way, burning the midnight oil all week working to change the Gamecocks' tendencies for this important game.
It's not an easy thing to do this late in the season — they're called tendencies for a reason — but they pulled it off.
The Gamecocks needed to play their best game of the year to have any chance Saturday and they clearly did, controlling all three phases of the game.
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As another killer groove poured out of my speakers courtesy of this virtual instrument, I started to wonder if Stylus RMX was really as great as it seemed — or had I missed some "fatal flaw"?
So I went to the Sound, Studio, and Stage forum and asked if anyone had found problems with Stylus RMX. This comment from a forumite in Los Angeles pretty much sums it up: "I've been using it for a month or so but I first saw Stylus RMX at NAMM last year. If, on my way back to my car, a spaceship landed and little green men got out dressed in grass skirts singing Milli Vanilli tunes in Russian, and someone asked me what the most unbelievable thing I saw at NAMM was . . . I would have said Stylus RMX."
So what is it about this "drum library" that evokes this kind of response? First, it's not a drum library. Stylus RMX is a virtual instrument plug-in with a huge core library of sounds (7.4GB), but also has hooks for "SAGE Xpanders" (see sidebar) so you're not limited to what ships with version 1.0. As many of the stock drum sounds are processed and gravitate toward "remix' genres, the Xpanders open up Stylus's potential to accommodate any style that Spectrasonics sees fit to adapt to the SAGE (Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine) format.
The library includes a large number of "Suites," which are families of related loops called "Elements" (e.g., the entire loop, just the percussion, the loop without a kick, and so on). As you browse, you can play the elements from a MIDI keyboard. This is good not only for auditioning sounds, but for playing an arrangement into a sequencer. Triggering can be quantized (like Ableton Live), or happen immediately.
Also onboard: The loops from Classic Stylus for backward compatibility, as well as "groove elements" — phrases of different instruments (bongos, congas, snare, tambourines, and so on) that are ideal for making custom loops out of multiple elements.
In addition to being able to work with loops as self-contained entities that you can trigger from a keyboard or sequencer in "groove menu" mode, you can also work with them in a "slice menu" mode (the loops use the Groove Control protocol, which is very similar to REX files in that they "slice" digital audio; see the July 2004 EQ for info on loop basics). Therefore, you can process these loops to a high degree via filtering, enveloping, signal processing, and much more, as well as change tempo without doing significant damage to the sound quality. Also in this mode you may use your keyboard to play each slice, but can also drag a companion MIDI file that triggers the slices into a MIDI track in your host sequencer. If you leave the MIDI file "as is" it plays back the groove, but of course, you can edit the MIDI data to modify playback.
Still not flexible enough? Then create drum kits out of 10,000 individual hits, and drive the sounds via MIDI, just as you would with a standard drum module. And, unlike the original Stylus, you can create your own libraries from converted REX files, and/or loops from Groove Control products issued on Akai and Roland CD-ROMs.
The Mixer screen should help make the architecture clear. There are eight "parts," which in "multi" mode can hold a complete loop (each can be treated as a groove, or as sliced audio). In "kit" mode, each part holds a single hit, or set of hits triggered by different keys. You'll find all the usual mixer suspects: Level, pan, four aux sends, mute, and solo.
The Edit screen affects whichever part is selected. Yes, each part can have an envelope for the amp, filter, and/or pitch, while multi-waveform LFOs mutate the level, filtering, or pan. The "power filter" has multiple responses, as well as a tasty drive control when you want to rough up the sound a bit. Pitch, additional filtering, pan . . . they're all there, plus sample start time and reverse. Want to automate these? Sure. Click on a parameter, hit MIDI learn, then tweak a control surface or play back a controller envelope from your host sequencer (Stylus RMX also supports standard VST automation).
The only bummer is that the Mixer solo buttons aren't able to "learn," although as others report the function works, the problem may be unique to my particular combination of host and wrapper. Also, you can't use notes to trigger buttons or control extremes (i.e., flip between all the way off or all the way on). If I could trigger the mixer solo buttons with keyboard notes, that would be truly wonderful.
The filter has a twist: It can impart woody or metallic qualities at high resonance. Turning a kick into a log drum is a good example of what this can do. The cutoff isn't too smooth — you'll hear the quantized gradations if you sweep with high resonance. Normally I'd complain, but the resonant qualities are cool enough that I'll just shut up.
If Stylus RMX stopped here, it would still be impressive. But actually, we're just getting started.
The 24 effects are excellent and musically useful, but it's the routing that makes things interesting. There are inserts for each part, four aux buses, and master effects. Each of these has three slots for up to three series effects. In other words, you could have three effects on your kick, three different effects on your snare, route the kick and snare to any of four aux buses, each of which can have three effects, then process the whole mess with three more master effects.
But there is a caution — when you start piling on the loops and effects, your CPU will complain, and Stylus RMX is not shy about chowing down on CPU cycles. You can always increase the latency a bit to free up some "performance headroom," or use a host's freeze function. Often, though, careful effects assignments (e.g., use buses instead of inserts if you want to process multiple parts with the same effect) can reduce CPU usage a lot.
Now we enter the realm of the seriously twisted. Chaos Designer adds variations to a loop that affect timing, the order in which slices play, slice reversal, pitch, and dynamics. This happens in what sounds like at least a semi-intelligent way, although for my tastes, setting low probabilities of change produced the most satisfying results. The drag/rush timing option is particularly effective for changing "feel," while changing pitch is great for electronica weirdness.
Now, not all chaos is necessarily going to sound cool, especially with higher probability settings. But if you hear some improvised chaos you like and the part is in slice menu mode, hit the Capture button, and Stylus RMX captures the last 16 loop iterations as MIDI data. You can then drag this into a host, and of course, edit it as well. Or, export some of this chaos as a separate MIDI file. You can use chaos with a part in groove menu mode, but it's real time only — no capturing. You'd have to capture it as audio, then edit the audio file.
So far, we've acted as if all these editing operations — chaos, effects, filtering, and more — happened on the part as a whole. But I've been holding back a bit because I didn't want your head to explode.
Stylus RMX has what's called an Edit Group mode, which is initially hidden behind a virtual panel so that casual users won't be exposed to megatons of explosive loop mutating power. Click on the panel, though, and the innocent-looking Edit Group appears.
Here you select groups of notes to be affected individually — downbeats, backbeats, upbeats, just the first 16th note of the loop — 23 options in all. These are mutually exclusive, so this feature can also exempt particular sections from processing; for example, keep the downbeats and upbeats rock steady, but add chaos to everything else. Or, add rude distortion to four-on-the-floor kick patterns, while leaving everything else untouched . . . you get the idea.
Whoa! Serious stuff — and in the right hands, pretty close to magical.
So there you have it, a loop-based plug-in whose main mission in life seems dedicated to making loops sound like they're not loops. And it succeeds beyond all reasonable expectations. Stylus RMX also lends credence to the conspiracy theories that believe alien technologies have been appropriated for use here on earth, but that's a whole other subject.
The original Stylus drew fire from some who felt the sounds were overly-processed, and useful mostly for hip-hop and perhaps electronica. As someone who works in both genres, hey, no problem. Stylus RMX has a similar sound palette, but with more adventurous percussion, and sounds that work well for world music. However, the ability to accept Xpander packs and REX/Groove Control files pretty much removes any musical limitations. If you have some great rock loops in REX format, they're welcome in RMX-land.
The only complaint I have is the exclusive reliance on video tutorials (aside from an installation guide) for documentation. The problem isn't that they're not helpful — essentially, you get Eric Persing and some other folks from Spectrasonics sitting down and giving you a one-on-one. That's cool, and gives a welcome, personal vibe. But for random access, it doesn't fly. Want to learn about automation? You'll have to wade through a bunch of videos in the hopes you'll find the info. And nowhere did I find out what sample rates Stylus RMX supports, although I tested it at both 44.1 and 96kHz and it worked. Nor is there info on internal bit resolution. (However, as we go to press Spectrasonics has posted searchable PDF file indexes for the Video Tutorials, which helps.)
Anyway, the point is probably moot because Spectrasonics will be making a PDF reference manual available on their web site, which will likely be there before this hits print. Besides, it's still worth watching all the videos if you want to be a power user.
Stylus RMX is a wild ride; this tool is just begging to be put in the hands of creative crazies who want to take loops to places that no one, and I mean no one, has ever taken them before. Speaker-thumping sounds, sure; and if all you want are some superb loops, that alone justifies RMX's existence. Then throw in lots of ways to use them – great. Fantastic effects? Even better. But when you can drag and drop MIDI files into your host sequencer, introduce chaos that essentially lets loops improvise (and capture chaotic effects that spin your crank), then set up edit groups to micromanage editing on a super-detailed level — the only option is an EQ Award.


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Elvis grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference
Here is a rare one, i will see if i can find it any bigger, i know i have it
A couple more...not that clear though
TCB Chris.
According to Elvis UK - The Ultimate Guide to Elvis Presley's British Record Releases the Now Suit was worn during Elvis's August 1971 Season at Las Vegas.
I also found another pic of this rare suit.
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i really like this jumpsuit. it fits him excellently and is interesting without being too much... he looks divine in it... one of his best- wish he wore it more often...
I have heard this called the" Wrap Around Suit " Its okay but not one of my favorites.
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This suit is one of my favorits aka "NOW" suit, I wonder why there wasn't any good quality pictures of the 1971 year when he wore the"NOW suit and the Cisco kid suit. I think Most of these pictures are from Aug. 1971 and maybe jan. 1971. I would like to see more pictures of the "NOW" suit but in color
I love them all thanks.
One of my fave suits - he looked so elegant in this one......
It's not one of my favorite suits but I always liked it very much.
Great jumpsuit, thanks for the great photos!
yep i like this suit i love all the simple suits elvis looks dam good in them some nice pics thanks for posting
This has been one of my favorite suits since I was a wee little boy. Maybe it has to do with the fact my Mom had a copy of ELVIS NOW, and I always admired it.
One of my favorite wallpapers with this jumpsuit created by someone here (sorry I don't know who).
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing on I-575 – Kennesaw Patch
A plane bound for McCollum Field had to make an emergency landing Sunday afternoon on Interstate 575 South just south of Barrett Parkway.
Three people were aboard the plane, a fixed wing single-engine aircraft that is registered to Jesse Smalley of Kennesaw, according to the Federal Aviation Administration Registry.
"No injuries on the ground and no injuries in the aircraft," Officer Mike Bowman, spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department, told Kennesaw Patch.
– Cumming Patch
A 64-year-old man and his dog died Friday morning following a structure fire in a single-wide mobile home.
Forsyth County firefighters responded to the scene of the fire located at 101 Sawnee Drive in the city of Cumming around 8:24 a.m.
According to a press release, as firefighters were attacking the fire inside the mobile home they quickly discovered the body of Marcus Junior Sams who was unresponsive. He was immediately removed from the residence but had succumbed to undetermined injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Division Chief Jason Shivers said that Sams had a small mixed breed dog that also died.
Cumming Patch has more on this story.
Man Tries to Snatch Girl in Virginia-Highland Home – Virginia Highlands-Druid Hills Patch
The Atlanta Police Department is looking for a man who followed a girl into her Virginia-Highland home and tried to force her to go upstairs with him.
Police described the suspect as a white male with a large build, possibly in his 30s, with blond hair that is a little longer than a crew cut. He was wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket and drove away in a gold colored sedan.
The incident happened Thursday morning after the 12-year-old girl rode her bike to Inman Middle School and realized she had left something at home. She returned home and, intending to dash in quickly for the forgotten item, left the door open.
Read more on Virginia Highlands-Druid Hills Patch.
Supporters of Dead Evolutionist Take to Streets to Defeat Paul Broun – Athens Patch
Just 5,000. That's all Tim Denson wants.
If write-in candidate Charles Darwin receives 5,000 write-in votes against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, Denson will be happy.
"I detest most of what Broun has ever said or done, and I'm sorry no one ran against him," said Denson, 31, who works in a retail job in Athens. "I'm sorry I didn't run against him, but this is the way I'm helping to send out a vote of dissent."
Broun's remarks about evolution being "lies from the pit of hell" sent Denson, who finds a creative outlet in protesting, over the edge.
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Any clinic that offers abortions today would have to look very different from Dr. Tiller's clinic.
In the years since his death state law regulating abortions has changed. A lot of the changes are very detailed and deal with things like re-defining terms such as abortion, medical emergency and human being as far as Kansas law is concerned. Others set requirements for licensing clinics that provide abortions and limit who can receive one.
Dr. George Tiller's clinic always attracted a lot of attention. It was one of a handful that offered abortions in Kansas and the only one to perform late term abortions. After his death the clinic closed and, since then, the law has changed.
In 2009, state legislators passed a bill requiring doctors who use ultrasound in preparation for an abortion to offer the patient an ultrasound and picture for free at least a half hour before the procedure.
In 2011, they changed the law to state an abortion can only be performed after 22 weeks of pregnancy if the mother's life can be proven to be in danger, or she is in danger of suffering lifelong debilitating complications.
They also set new licensing requirements for clinics that provide abortions, including ordering them to have the equivalent of a hospital E.R. or surgical center at the clinic and requiring any physician performing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.
Governor Brownback signed a law requiring minors to get notarized authorization from a parent, or a court order, in order to get an abortion. Legislation also changed the legal definition from a fetus to an unborn child in state law.
In 2012, legislators added a law stating that no doctor or hospital can be required to perform, make a recommendation for or refer a patient for an abortion if they don't want to.
Some of those laws remain in limbo due to court challenges from groups like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. For example, just last month a Kansas judge upheld a lawsuit challenging the state's new licensing requirements, putting them on hold until the case finishes making its way through the court system. But any clinic planning to open its doors in Kansas and offer abortions would have to be prepared to comply with all those laws.


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Honors National Education Association's "Read Across America" Day
ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 26, 2010) – Governor Martin O'Malley, together with the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) and the National Education Association, will honor "Read Across America" day, and will proclaim the month of March as "Read Across Maryland" month.
The celebration and statewide literacy initiative will begin on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. at the Annapolis Public Library.
Flags promoting the program will be seen flying in downtown Annapolis, and the 14 Annapolis-area schools will designate special "Read Across Maryland" reading shelves in their libraries. The Governor and members of his cabinet will join MSEA leaders for classroom visits and reading assemblies at select schools across the state during the month of March.
"Read Across America" day is celebrated in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, on March 2nd. Maryland's public school students will be treated to readings by community leaders, elected officials, published authors and educators to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the creation of the Cat in the Hat and what would have been Dr. Seuss' 107th birthday. Educators, local education associations and other organizations will embrace the celebration of reading with special events and programs in classrooms, museums, restaurants, libraries, shopping centers and malls.


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I have a 2G iphone which was bought from an American Apple store more than 2 years ago. I live in Europe. Here in europe after the phone is 2 years old, you can get the phones simlock officially removed so that it will work with all sim cards. I am not talking about all the other hacks/cracks/methods etc I am talking about an Apple approved method which I think happens through itunes.
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SPARTANBURG, SC – The No. 4-ranked Saints softball team started the 2012 Mid-South Classic weekend off with two dominating wins over Carson-Newman and West Liberty at the new Tyger River Sports Park.
Game 1 vs. Carson-Newman (NG 6-1)
Jessica Coan (10-3) continued dominating her 2012 senior campaign, throwing her ninth complete game of the season while not allowing an earned run. Coan also struck out 14 batters, her second highest single-game total of the season (18 against Belmont Abbey on February 22).
North Georgia (15-3) had the bats going as they knocked out 12 hits, also their second highest single-game total this season as well.
The Saints put up two separate three-run innings, coming in the third and sixth innings.
Pilar Harden led the way going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Three other players finished with multi-hit games.
Sarah Johnson, Tiffanie Burns and Kayla Minger all went 2-for-3 and combined for two RBI's and three runs scored.
The fourth-ranked team in the country also got help from the heart of its lineup, as Hilary Cox and Katherine Martin each recorded an RBI.
Game 2 vs. West Liberty (NG 9-1/5 innings)
Freshman Melissa Dickie (6-0) kept her perfect record intact, as she picked up her sixth victory of the season quite easily. Dickie struck out 10 Hilltoppers, her career-high in a game to this point.
The Saints (16-3) got a boost from another freshman in Rochelle Shuman. Shuman went 4-for-5 with two RBI's en route to North Georgia's third 8-run rule game of the year.
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Third basemen Karlie Gillam went 3-for-3 with a run scored. Gillam has come on strong since moving to the fifth spot of the lineup.
West Liberty used three different pitchers in hopes of slowing down the hot Saints, but all three struggled to get outs.
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BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on March 28, 2014 to shareholders of record on February 28, 2014.
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JSF23: The One with Fernando Tatis (and Brian Killingsworth)
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Fan Photo Appreciation 101: Unraveling the Inner Meaning
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As usual, I have no idea who they are, or where they came up with that exact number, but it often falls short of explaining what's really going on. There are many times a picture could use, nay, demands an extra 50-100 words or so to [...]Read more
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The beginning of a big sporting event is a cornucopia of emotions. The intensity is cranked up, the atmosphere is tangible all throughout the city limits and there is virtually nothing that a fan can do that is seen as going overboard short of committing a felony.
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Despite playing for the worst team in all of professional football (including the SEC) the past five seasons, Rams running back Steven Jackson has maintained enough of a public profile to appear in more than his fair share of national TV commercials. One of Jackson's latest spots received some airplay during the NFL's opening weekend. [...]Read more


text: The Resident Evil 4 wiki last edited by behardy on 04/20/14 06:25PM View full history OverviewLeon Kennedy, in trouble.Resident Evil 4 was first announced in 2001. It went through a long development period, during which various versions of the game were scrapped; with one, a radical departure from previous installments, being kept and retooled into Devil May Cry. An early version bore a greater resemblance to the previous Resident Evil video games than the final product: while the beta video displays a move away from the traditional survival-horror camera angles, the focus on exploration and puzzles is clear. The beta video also suggested a potential move away from the traditional zombie slaying by implementing ghosts and other supernatural concepts.The game was released for the GameCube on January 11th, 2005. Later that year in October, it was ported, despite threats of self-decapitation by Shinji Mikami, to the PlayStation 2. (Mikami has yet to follow through). Nintendo Wii and PC ports of the game followed in 2007. The Wii version does utilize the Wiimote's unique control system. In 2011, an HD version was released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live services.Resident Evil 4 received widespread critical acclaim, selling, worldwide, three million copies. It was praised for its immersive and novel style, which drew many new fans, despite annoying a vocal minority of the franchise's players.StoryAfter the events of the T-Virus outbreak in Raccoon City, the Umbrella Corporation is dissolved; Leon S. Kennedy, a protagonist of Resident Evil 2, is recruited by the Secret Service's Adam Benford. Leon is sent to an isolated village in Spain. He is tasked with the rescue of President Graham's kidnapped daughter, Ashley.Leon is accompanied by two policemen on his mission. The three are being watched. Their car stops at a footbridge. Leon crosses it. He makes his way through the woods, and he stumbles across a small house. He meets the man inside it. Upon asking him if he's seen Ashley, the man responds hostilely, throwing an axe. After disposing the hostile and dodging traps in the forest, Leon makes it to the village. From the outskirts, Leon observes that both of the policemen have been murdered by the villagers, who see him and begin attacking en masse. Leon barricades himself in a house. The crazed villagers, including one with a chainsaw, try to get him. After holding down the fort for a period of time, the church bell rings; the villagers eerily walk away, completely ignoring Leon. Leon continues on his quest, killing more villagers, dodging boulders, and meeting a merchant of arms.Leon eventually comes face to face with Bitores Mendez, a giant who knocks him out. Leon wakes up tied to another man, Luis Sera, an ex-Madrid cop, who used to do research for a cult known as Los Illuminados. Leon looks through Sera's notes. He discovers that the cult is controlled by Osmund Saddler. Saddler controls the villagers, thanks to a parasitical creature called Las Plagas, which transforms the people it infests into mindless slaves, called Los Ganados. Saddler plans on injecting the Plagas into Ashley. He plans to have her, then, infiltrate the United States, allowing Los Illuminados to take over. Leon, while knocked out, was injected with the said parasite. As Leon comes to, however, he resumes looking for the president's daughter. He meets a big lake, where he sees some Ganados disposing of a body. Its the second man's, who'd escorted him on the mission. A giant fish called Del Lago eats the corpse. Kennedy, in order to cross the lake, faces the creature. He collapses in a lakeside cabin. He has nightmares, due to complications from his infestation. He discovers where Ashley is being held (in the village's church) and finds a key to open the church.On his way back to the village, he faces El Gigante. He makes it to the church and saves Ashley. Saddler tells them that the parasite is growing inside their bodies, and that they'll soon be his puppets. The two escape and head for the extraction point. They find themselves, yet, barricaded with Luis in a cabin. They defend the premises against a large number of Ganados. Luis decides to part ways with Leon. The helicopter that was supposed to retrieve the two survivors is shot down. HQ tells them that a second one should be on the way. Leon sees a nearby castle, and decides that it would be a good place to hide. To access the castle, they must get Mendez' eye. Leon confronts Mendez in a barn. Mendez transforms into a monster; however, Leon gets the best of him and gets the eye. Ashley and Leon enter the castle, hoping they can find refuge.They discover that the castle is replete with Los Illuminados. Monks, who use catapults and other medieval weapons, try to kill Leon and capture Ashley. One of Saddler's top men and the castle's king, Ramon Salazar, jams all of Leon's communications. As the two fight through the castle, Ashley starts coughing up blood; in her panic, she runs off. Ashley is captured. Leon must once again save her. He meets ex-colleague Ada Wong, who'd already saved him from Mendez. Ada has her own private agenda (she's working for "the Organization"), and she remains very enigmatic with Leon. Before Leon can wrestle any concrete information out of Ada, she escapes. Leon spots Ashley. She is, a story level below Leon in a complex castle, out of reach. Luis arrives, flashing two antidotes to the parasite and the Master Plaga, a form of the parasite which allows the infested person to keep their mind and control others infested. Just as Luis is about to give these things to Leon, Saddler has snuck upon the scene. He stabs Luis with a giant tentacle, which comes out of his tunic. Ashley is captured again; Leon swears to avenge the deceased Luis.Leon makes his way to Salazar, who informs him that Ashley has been taken to a research facility on a nearby island. Salazar, then, turns into a giant mutated flower. A boss fight commences. Leon goes to the island (transported by Ada), and fights heavily armed Ganados. He finds Ashley, finally, along with the Master Plaga and the two antidotes. They cleanse themselves of the plagas within. After an epic fight, with the help of Ada, Leon manages to kill Saddler. Ada does, however, steal the Master Plaga. The island is set to blow.Leon and Ashley manage to escape on a jet-ski, just seconds before the island blows. From the impact, Ashley is flung from the vehicle; Leon briefly searches for her, and then picks her up. As Leon does so, he says, "Lets go home". In agreement, Ashley responds: "mission accomplished". A scene is shown of the two traveling into the open ocean, Ashley says to Leon: "After you take me back to my place, how about we do some overtime?". Leon politely refuses the offer.GameplayThe gameplay in Resident Evil 4 is significantly more accessible to players than previous Resident Evil games, featuring much faster-paced action and an over-the-shoulder camera perspective. This perspective, along with the addition of laser sights, affords improved weapon aiming. The game also includes a dedicated knife button, allowing players to engage in more effective close-quarters combat without have to switch to the inventory screen to change the equipped weapon. Context-sensitive controls and quick-time events have been included, which add to the game's cinematic feel.InventoryLeon's Attache Case.Resident Evil 4 utilizes a new grid-based inventory system. The player is given an attache case with a limited number of grid squares to carry items collected in the game. Each item occupies a certain number of the available squares, leaving the player responsible for arranging items to best utilize the limited space. When an acquired item requires more inventory space than what's currently available, the player is required to free up space by using, combining, discarding, or selling items. The player is able to buy larger attache cases from the weapons dealer throughout the game in order to increase item carrying capacity. Key items and sellable Treasures are not limited by the space of the inventory, and instead are housed in a separate menu.Mini Game: Shooting GalleryAt four points during the main story you gain access to areas known as Shooting Galleries. Within these Galleries you are challenged to shoot enemy cardboard cut-outs while avoiding Ashley shaped targets. Finding a new gallery area unlocks a new course in the Shooting Gallery. Points are awarded for hitting enemy targets, more for getting headshots. Each gallery features a row of six Bottle Caps to be won. One Bottle Cap can be earned by obtaining 4000 points or hitting all the enemy targets, while the other five are earned by obtaining 3000 points multiple times. Each course will actually change the layout of the enemies once after successfully obtaining a certain number of Bottle Caps from it. The Bottle Caps can be viewed on their stand in the Key Item Inventory screen. Each Bottle Cap also comes with a sound clip that can be played when viewing it, somewhat reminiscent in quality to actual sound-playing toys.The MerchantThroughout Resident Evil 4 the player will come across a traveling Merchant, who will offer new weapons and items for the player to purchase. The player can also sell anything that isn't a key item (apart from the knife) to the Merchant and upgrade weapons via interacting with him. At first, the Merchant's weapons and upgrades will become available at set times throughout the game; however, on a second game, everything will be available from the start.Below is a complete breakdown of all the weapons, their upgrade costs (in parenthesis) and statistics: firepower, firing speed (rounds fired per second), reload speed, and capacity (the number of rounds in a full magazine). Exclusive upgrades are also detailed.PistolsHandgunLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity11.00.471.731021.2 (7,000)0.40 (5,000)1.47 (5,000)13 (4,000)31.4 (10,000)0.33 (12,000)0.87 (12,000)16 (6,000)41.6 (15,000)19 (8,000)51.8 (18,000)22 (10,000)62.0 (20,000)25 (12,000)Notes: The Handgun's exclusive upgrade increases the likelihood of one a one-hit kill by fivefold.PunisherLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity10.90.471.701021.1 (10,000)0.40 (10,000)1.47 (8,000)13 (8,000)31.3 (15,000)0.33 (20,000)0.83 (18,000)16 (10,000)41.5 (20,000)20 (15,000)51.7 (25,000)24 (18,000)61.9 (35,000)28 (24,000)Notes: The Punisher's exclusive upgrade will allow the penetration of up to five enemies at once.Red9LevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity11.60.532.73821.8 (15,000)0.47 (10,000)2.20 (6,000)10 (6,000)32.0 (20,000)0.40 (15,000)1.67 (10,000)12 (8,000)42.4 (24,000)15 (12,000)52.8 (28,000)18 (16,000)63.7 (45,000)22 (22,000)Notes: The Red9's exclusive upgrade will raise its firepower to 5.0 on the GameCube and to 6.0 in other versions. The weapon resembles a Mauser C96.BlacktailLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity11.60.471.701521.8 (10,000)0.40 (10,000)1.47 (8,000)18 (8,000)32.0 (15,000)0.27 (20,000)0.83 (15,000)21 (10,000)42.3 (20,000)25 (15,000)52.7 (25,000)30 (20,000)63.0 (35,000)35 (25,00)Notes: The Blacktail's exclusive upgrade will raise its firepower to 3.4.MatildaLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity11.00.471.731521.2 (15,000)1.47 (6,000)18 (7,000)31.4 (17,000)0.87 (15,000)21 (10,000)41.6 (20,000)24 (12,000)51.8 (25,000)27 (16,000)62.0 (35,000)30 (20,000)Notes: The Matilda is an unlockable weapon, available after beating the game. Its exclusive upgrade will increase its capacity to 100.ShotgunsShotgunLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity14.01.533.03624.5 (15,000)2.43 (7,000)8 (8,000)35.0 (20,000)1.50 (15,000)10 (10,000)46.0 (25,000)12 (12,000)57.0 (30,000)15 (15,000)68.0 (45,000)18 (20,000)Notes: The Shotgun's exclusive upgrade allows full firepower at all ranges.Riot GunLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity15.01.533.03725.5 (20,000)2.43 (7,000)9 (10,000)36.0 (24,000)1.50 (20,000)11 (12,000)46.5 (28,000)13 (15,000)57.0 (32,000)15 (20,000)68.0 (50,000)17 (25,000)Notes: The Riot Gun's exclusive upgrade raises its firepower to 10.0. The weapon resembles an M1014.StrikerLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity16.00.733.001227.0 (25,000)2.40 (8,000)14 (10,000)38.0 (28,000)1.50 (15,000)16 (12,000)49.0 (32,000)20 (16,000)510.0 (40,000)24 (18,000)612.0 (60,000)28 (25,000)Notes: The Striker's exlusive upgrade increases its capacity to 100.MagnumsBroken ButterflyLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity113.00.703.676215.0 (25,000)3.00 (15,000)8 (15,000)317.0 (30,000)2.33 (20,000)10 (20,000)420.0 (35,000)12 (25,000)524.0 (50,000)628.0 (70,000)Notes: The Broken Butterfly's exclusive upgrade raises its firepower to 50. The weapon resembles a Schofield Model 3.Killer7LevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity125.00.701.837230.0 (62,000)1.53 (20,000)10 (30,000)335.0 (78,000)0.93 (30,000)14 (40,000)Notes: The namesake of this weapon is the game Killer7.HandcannonLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity130.01.173.673235.0 (40,000)2.87 (25,000)4 (15,000)340.0 (50,000)1.83 (50,000)5 (20,000)445.0 (70,000)6 (25,000)550.0 (90,000)8 (35,000)660.0 (120,000)10 (50,000)Notes: The Handcannon is an unlockable weapon; it becomes available after the Mercenaries minigame is beaten with all characters, with five stars on each level. The Handcannon's exclusive upgrade is unlimited ammo and an increase of firepower to 99.9.RiflesBolt-action rifleLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity14.02.734.00525.0 (10,000)3.23 (8,000)7 (6,000)36.0 (12,000)2.33 (18,000)9 (8,000)48.0 (20,000)12 (12,000)510.0 (25,000)15 (18,000)612.0 (35,000)18 (25,000)Notes: The Rifle's exclusive upgrade raises its firepower to 18.0Semi-automatic rifleLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity17.01.832.331028.0 (15,000)1.90 (9,000)12 (10,000)39.0 (18,000)1.33 (18,000)14 (12,000)411.0 (24,000)17 (15,000)513.0 (30,000)20 (20,000)615.0 (40,000)24 (25,000)Notes: The Semi-automatic rifle's upgrade decreases its firing speed to 0.40 on the GameCube, and to 0.80 in all other versions. This weapon resembles a PSG1.Misc. WeaponsTMPLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity10.40.102.373020.5 (7,000)1.93 (5,000)50 (7,000)30.6 (14,000)1.17 (15,000)100 (15,000)40.8 (18,000)150 (20,000)51.0 (24,000)200 (25,000)61.2 (35,000)250 (35,000)Notes: The TMP's exclusive upgrade raises its firepower to 1.8.Chicago TypewriterLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity110.00.101.63InfiniteNotes: The Chicago Typewriter is an unlockable weapon; it becomes available after the completion of Assignment Ada on the GC; after Separate Ways on the PS2 and Wii; or after both minigames of the PC.Mine ThrowerLevelFirepowerFiring SpeedReload SpeedCapacity12.01.333.43524.0 (25,000)2.53 (18,000)7 (25,000)36.0 (45,000)10 (40,000)Notes: The Mine Thrower's exclusive upgrade enables heatseeking and increases its blast radius.Extra ContentUpon completion of the game, the player is awarded with the modes described hereunder.Assignment AdaAssignment Ada is an additional non-canonical single player chapter where the player takes control of Ada Wong, assaulting the final island's base in search of five Las Plagas virus vials. There are no save points; the enemy count is increased; this chapter turn, then, into a mad-dash battle royale, ending in a confrontation with Krauser.The MercenariesThis minigame stations the player in an area wherein he must survive before a chopper pick-up. The goal is to rack up as many points as possible, by taking out enemies quickly, before time expires. There are five characters and four areas to choose from. Each character starts with different weapons; while each stage is equipped with ammo boxes, bonus timers, and time extenders. These stages are sourced and slightly altered from the main game.ScoringUpon starting Mercenaries, Leon will be the only selectable character. To earn additional characters, the player must earn four stars on each individual stage. The village stage unlocks Ada Wong; the castle stage unlocks Krauser; the military base unlocks Hunk; and the water-world unlocks Wesker.An unlockable weapon, the Handcannon, may be earned thus: four stars on every level with all five characters. (To earn a five star rating, the player must earn 60,000 points on a stage. He must survive until the time reaches zero; even if he hits 60,000 points, dying will cause the score to not count).Below is a complete list of characters and their starting weapons, grenades, ammo, and health. Hand to hand moves are also detailed, in addition to each stage's boss.Leon S. KennedyWeapons:Blacktail – Power = 2.7 / Reload Speed = 1.47 / Firing Speed = 0.40 / Capacity = 21Riot Gun – Power = 7.0 / Reload Speed = 1.67 / Firing Speed = 1.53 / Capacity = 13Ammo – 30 Pistol Rounds / 10 Shotgun RoundsGrenades – NoneHealth – 1 First Aid SprayHand to Hand:Headshot – Roundhouse kickKnee shot – Thrust kick to villages, suplex on soldier types and monksAda WongWeapons:Punisher – Power = 1.9 (exclusive, rounds go through 5 enemies) / Reload Speed = 1.47 / Firing Speed = 0.33 / Capacity = 20Semi Auto Rifle (scoped) - Power = 15 / Reload Speed = 1.90 / Firing Speed = 0.80 / Capacity = 12TMP – Power = 1.0 / Reload Speed = 1.93 / Reload Speed = 1.93 / Firing Speed = 0.10 / Capacity = 100Ammo – 30 Pistol Rounds / 100 TMP Rounds / 5 Rifle RoundsGrenades – 3 Incendiary GrenadesHealth – 1 First Aid SprayHand to Hand:Headshot – Fan kickKnee shot – Heel kickJack KrauserWeapons:Bow – Power = N/A / Reload Speed = N/A / Firing Speed = N/A / Capacity = N/AAmmo – 30 ArrowsGrenades – 3 FlashHealth – 1 First Aid SprayHand to Hand:Headshot – Double heel kickKnee shot – Knee to faceMutilated arm – RB to activate, X to attack, B to cancel (X360)HUNKWeapons:Custom TMP – Power = 1.0 / Reload Speed = 1.17 / Firing Speed = 0.10 / Capacity = 100Ammo – 50 TMP RoundsGrenades – 3 Hand GrenadesHealth – 1 First Aid SprayHand to Hand:Headshot – NeckbreakerKnee shoot – Rugby kickAlbert WeskerWeapons:Handgun – Power = 2.0 (exclusive, headshots are five times more likely) / Reload Speed = 0.87 / Firing Speed = 0.33 / Capacity = 25Semi Auto Rifle – Power = 15.0 / Reload Speed = 1.90 / Firing Speed = 0.80 / Capacity = 24Killer7 – Power = 30.0 / Reload Speed = 1.53 / Firing Speed = 0.70 / Capacity = 10Ammo – NoneGrenades – 4 Hand Grenade / 1 Incendiary / 3 FlashHealth – 1 First Aid SprayHand to Hand:Headshot – Thrust punchKnee shot – Chikyo Chagi (downward kick similar to Kazuya's Tsunami kick from Tekken)Stages and BossesVillageCastleMilitary BaseWater WorldBella SistersGarradorsChaingun GeneralSuper Dr. SalvadorSeparate WaysIncluded in the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii versions, Separate Ways is an additional 3-5 hour campaign. Separate Ways follows Ada through the whole game and consists of 5 chapters, each taking place in a different section and time of the game. Players are given a small stash of weapons and ammo and can purchase (but not upgrade) weapons from the merchant. All the treasures from Leon's campaign also exist in Ada's, and in some cases are key items in her quest. Each chapter is preceded by a cutscene and ends with Ada giving a short audio report on a character vital to that chapter.In Chapter 1, Ada has been tasked by Wesker to retrieve the Las Plagas sample. She arrives in the village at around the same time as Leon. Ada observes Leon in trouble during his skirmish with the villagers; in order to stop them from attacking Leon, she must quickly get to the church and ring its bell.In Chapter 2, Ada has learned that Luis is in possession of the sample, but has gone missing. Ada needs to find him ASAP. She starts in Bitores Mendez' (the village chief's) house and must work her way back to the cabin, where Leon finds Luis. When she reaches the cabin, she finds that Leon and Luis have just been captured by Mendez. She backtracks to Mendez' house, just as Mendez and Leon meet in the hallway. Ada saves Leon from being killed by Mendez. Mendez gives chase to Ada, and tranquilizes her. Ada wakes up on the bloody altar found near the lift area, where she is about to be sacrificed by the villagers. She escapes, takes the lifts back and fights an El Gigante. She runs into Luis, finally, who was exiting the cabin where he and Leon had their late night hold-off from the villagers.In Chapter 3, Ada is still in search of the sample held by Luis. The chapter starts at Leon and Ada first meeting, which was in the room overlooking the castle's garden maze. Ada flees Leon into the maze, and resolves to find Luis and the sample. Wesker orders Ada to kill Leon on sight, so Ada makes a pact to not run into him, as she does not want to hurt her former acquaintance. Ada does end up in the room of the castle where Leon finds Ashley in the shackles; she hides behind a column, as Luis is murderer by Saddler, in front of Leon. Saddler takes the sample from the corpse of Luis and escapes. Wesker tells Ada that there will be another time to retrieve the sample.Ada unleashing fire at the docks.In Chapter 4, the game jumps ahead to the Island, where Ada and Krauser have become distrustful of each other. Krauser is ordered to do the job Ada couldn't do: kill Leon. Ada has to hurry to the room where Krauser and Leon fight, in order to stop Krauser. This chapter is the first to take place in an new section of the game: a ship dock littered with turrets and cannons. Ada hurries through the locale, and after a small scare on one of the ships, she stops the fight and saves Leon.In Chapter 5, the final chapter, the mission is simple: retrieve the sample. Taking place at the very end of the game, Ada is making her way through the camp Leon had fought through with the help of his helicopter buddy, Mike. After she kills the straggler soldiers, she's confronted by Krauser again. This time, however, he wants to fight Ada. This fight takes place after Leon had "killed" Krauser; however, he is just as tough as he was in the Leon fight. Ada dispatches him. She makes her way towards the room where Leon and Ashley ran into Saddler. Ada interrupts their confrontation and makes the two run away. Ada faces Saddler, who is in a more human form than Leon is later exposed to. After the battle seems over, Ada grabs the sample; yet, she is captured, this time by Saddler. She wakes up just prior to Leon and Saddler's final fight. Leon releases her. Ada stands back as they fight, noticing a rocket launcher. Ada hurries to the launcher, and throws it to Leon, who uses it to destroy Saddler once and for all. Ada takes the sample from Leon, sets the island to self-destruct, and escapes on a helicopter. She returns the Plagas sample to Wesker, single-handedly making his mad scheme to destroy the world in Resident Evil 5 possible.Professional ModeSuccessfully completing the game on Normal Difficulty will unlock Professional Mode. The mode is the hardest difficulty in the game where all enemies have increased health,attack speed,attack power,and a higher resistance to all your weapons. Drops by enemies will most likely contain more money and less ammo. Quick time events require quicker mashing and are better reactions than before. Professional Mode does NOT work the same way as a New Game Plus would, where you transfer all your collected items in a previous safe on to a newer safe game. You start from starch in Professional Mode. Once you have successfully completed Professional Mode, you'll unlock the Plaga Removal Laser 412 (P.R.L. 412 for short) which is a laser rifle that has infinite ammo and can hit one kill almost every enemy and boss in the game. The weapon can be acquire for free the next time you visit the Merchant in any completed game. If you are playing on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or the new Steam PC version, you will also gain the achievement "A Heart of Steel" the first time you finish it. Differences between Regional Versions (JAP, U.S. and PAL)Other than the game being called BioHazard 4 in Japan, there is a more subtle difference between versions which one would only notice if he were to put two screenshots of Ashley Graham next to one another. Her cup size was "embiggened", from an A, perhaps a small B, to a C, for the game's US release. The Japanese version, in addition, cuts some scenes featuring Dr. Salavador, the chainsaw zombie, because of gore and violence.The differences in the PAL version are found in mercenaries mode. Throughout each stage, the enemy counts and triggers are lowered, and rifle ammo will only appear in quantities of two and three, instead of three and five.ReceptionResident Evil 4 was a large departure from the past Resident Evil games. News of the over-the-shoulder perspective (vs. third person) and more action oriented gameplay (vs. survival-horror) had worried the most niche Resident Evil fans; but, at the least, the masses were pleased. Capcom did state that Resident Evil sales had been declining for some time, and that gamers - and even the producers themselves - were tiring of the old Resident Evil formula. Capcom, then, took the risks involved with making changes. The game was a blockbuster hit. It sold millions of copies, more than any other Resident Evil game. While the hardcore fans missed the old style, they still did, generally, like the game. Resident Evil 4 became one of the highest rated games ever, from both professional critics as well as consumers. It sold so well that Capcom decided to port the game to the PS2, which ended the "GameCube Only Deal". It was, moreover, ported to the PC and then again to the Nintendo Wii. The PC port, while receiving positive reviews, was criticized for its sub-par keyboard controls, lack of mouse support and low quality cut-scenes. Because of Resident Evil 4's reception, its controls would be kept and improved upon in the next installment, Resident Evil 5, which pushed the action even further and added co-operative play for the first time in the franchise.PortsDespite Mikami's intention of making Resident Evil 4 a Gamecube exclusive, the game ended up receiving more ports than other games in the series. Many fans consider the Wii version to be the best port.PublicationGameCubePlayStation 2PCWiiPS3Xbox 360Metacritic96/10096/10076/10091/10084/10084/100GameRankings95.83%95.85%74.24%91.45%84.64%86.00%PlayStation 2Released on October 25, 2005 in North America, the PlayStation 2 features a brand new scenario called "Separate Ways", an exclusive campaign for Ada Wong. While nothing much was changed in translation, the PS2 version was criticized for its inferior graphics.PCThe first PC port of Resident Evil 4 was developed by SourceNext in Hong Kong and published by Typhoon Games. It was released in Japan on May 15, 2007, with March releases in Europe, North America and Australia, all of where it was published by Ubisoft. This port contains the bonus features from the PS2 version, such as "Separate Ways", the P.R.L. 412 laser cannon, and a second set of unlockable costumes for Leon and Ashley, as well as an easy difficulty level. It also supports multiple widescreen resolutions. The shadow and lighting issues were fixed in the first and only patch for the game, Version 1.10.Surprisingly, the PC port does not support the mouse.Nintendo WiiIn May 2007, a re-release version of BioHazard 4 made its way to Japan. This version did not include any new features except a trailer for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, but it did retain extras from the PlayStation 2's version while also featuring visual from the GameCube's original release and widescreen display. It also allowed for aiming with the Wii's IR functionality.The game is compatible with multi-controller scheme including the following.Wiimote/NunchuckClassic ControllerGameCube ControlleriOSIn July 2009, an iPhone version of Resident Evil 4 was released on the Japanese iTunes App Store. It came to the US store as well, and plays as a drastically inferior boiled-down level-based version of the real game, much more arena shooting than adventuring. Capcom later created an iPad version.Xbox 360 and PS3On March 23, 2011, Capcom confirmed that Resident Evil 4 HD and Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD would come to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network as two separate downloads, on September 20, 2011 and September 27, 2011. This, of course, is in contrast to the compilation disc, entitled BioHazard Revival Selection, which would be a Japanese only release.The HD collection features all the extras from the previous releases, including the minigame Separate Ways. New Steam Version PC Towards the end of January 2014, Capcom announced that a new Steam version would be coming out on February 27th, 2014. The new version featured: an overhaul of the graphics, 60 Frame Per Second gameplay, optimized wide screen, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, worldwide leaderboards, full-controller support, native keyboard and mouse support, Separate Ways campaign epilogue included, and subtitle support in many common languages including English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. If you pre-ordered the new Steam version, you would receive 80 pages of digital art and 62 songs on the official soundtrack. PC System RequirementsMinimumRecommendedOS: Windows 2000CPU: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz (single core)RAM Memory: 256MBHard Drive Space: 7GBGraphics Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 128MB RAM with Pixel Shader 2.0 supportSound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatibleOS: Windows 2000CPU: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz (single core)RAM Memory: 512MBHard Drive Space: 7GBGraphics Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 256MB RAM with Pixel Shader 2.0 supportSound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatibleUltimate HD EditionMinimumRecommendedOS: Windows XP/ Vista®, Windows 7, Windows 8Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 Ghz or betterMemory: 2 GB RAMGraphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 or betterDirectX: Version 9.0cHard Drive: 15 GB available spaceSound Card: Standard audio deviceOS: Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Windows 8Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD Phenom™ II X4 3 Ghz or betterMemory: 4 GB RAMGraphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 or betterDirectX: Version 9.0c


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Facing Barcelona without fear key to Milan success
We've heard all the praise and superlatives before - there is no hiding from the fact that to progress in the Champions League, Milan will have to eliminate one of the greatest teams in the history of the game. So what is the key to success? The Rossoneri must take the game to them.
- Tomas: Wembley dreams start at the San Siro
- Barca's Pedro: We're going to Milan to win
- Puyol: Barca eyeing treble
Having suffered defeat at their hands last year, Barcelona again stand in the way of Milan's progress in Europe. The Spaniards will undoubtedly be strong favourites to repeat their success, but that doesn't necessarily mean all hope is lost for Milan, which hosts the first leg Wednesday.
In order to have any chance, the Rossoneri must conjure up a similar spirit and display that saw them defeat Juventus at San Siro in November. With a sold-out San Siro supporting their every move, the first leg will be key and a lead to take to the Camp Nou will most certainly be welcome.
While it is easy to sit back and marvel over the strengths of the Catalans' game, Milan are very much capable of causing an upset. Despite the absence of the cup-tied Mario Balotelli, this Milan side has been relentlessly resurgent in the past few months, working their way back into contention for a top-three finish.
Yes, the thought of playing Barcelona is daunting. However, by taking the mentality and spirit from their domestic games into this clash, Milan have a chance. It may be a slim one, but nevertheless they must still believe that they can win and focus on what they can do rather than solely going out to stop Barcelona.
There is of course another factor - Lionel Messi.
"A player who scores 90 goals in a year cannot be real. He is from the PlayStation," said Gennaro Gattuso this week, and Messi will certainly need stopping. Milan president Silvio Berlusconi believes he has the solution to stopping the Argentine, saying he must be man-marked. Whatever Massimiliano Allegri decides to do, it will require a stellar effort from all involved.
Vital to Milan's hopes is Stephan El Shaarawy, who will hopefully be fully fit Wednesday night after being rested for the weekend win over Parma. Suffering with knee problems, El Shaarawy will be given the biggest stage of all to produce and, along with Mbaye Niang, potentially has the pace and skill to cause the Barcelona back-line plenty of problems.
The one thing the Rossoneri must completely eradicate from their game is individual mistakes. Coupled with solid defending from set pieces, they must not sit back and allow Barcelona to dictate the game. It may work for a while, but eventually there is more often than not a breakthrough that follows. With the energy of Kevin-Prince Boateng and possibly Antonio Nocerino working either side of Riccardo Montolivo, the engine room in the midfield will be another integral factor.
The game will provide this new Milan with a big chance to re-establish themselves on the European stage. Granted, a Rossoneri with Balotelli would have provided greater hope, but this is still Milan and it is time for a big performance against Europe's elite. Forza Milan!
What will be the key to beating Barcelona? How confident are you that Milan can do so?
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