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The Witcher free with any GOG purchase
GOG is running a promotion which appears to have no downsides for you, the consumer. Buy any title from its extensive collection of Mac and PC games, which includes many classics as well as newer indies, and you'll score a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition – kind of a must-play for any RPG […]
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition hitting GoG May 10 for $4.99
GoG.com has announced that the Enhanced Director's Cut of The Witcher will be made available on the download service May 10 for the low price of $4.99. Topless ladies included.
Steam: Get S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for $5, The Witcher for $19.99
Steam has S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on sale through November 2 for $5, so if you have yet to play it now's your chance to for cheap.Should that not be your cup of tea, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is 50 percent off at $19.99 until October 29.Both are great deals, there.
Nudity has returned to The Witcher with patch release
CD Projekt RED has released its Director's Cut update for The Witcher, and it is now uncensored.Yes, it's the nudie patch.Now, when Geralt gets frisky with the ladies, playing cards celebrating his conquest will contain nudity instead of scantily covered lady bits.You can get the patch from many different file sites, including the official Witcher […]
Nudie edition of The Witcher getting North American release
CD Projekt has announced The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, which is the North American release of the nudie European version.It will be made available as a free patch for Enhanced Edition owners via Direct2Drive, Impulse, Steam, TheWitcher.com and will include the recently released 1.5 patch.No details on a release date just yet, but it's […]
Patch 1.5 for The Witcher includes five new adventures
Patch 1.5 for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is now available, as promised. The download will removed the DRM, you no longer have to have the disc in to play, and issues with blurred graphics and EAX have been resolved. Additionally, five bonus adventures made by the Witcher community: 'Deceits', 'Blight of the Bogs', 'Wraiths of […]
Witcher: Enhanced Edition patch to be released in July
CD Projekt RED has nailed down a date for the upcoming patch for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.July 8 is the date.It has five fan-made adventures, will be DRM-free, etc.You must have patch 1.4 (enhanced edition) installed to get the upgrade.Via GamersHell.
The Witcher getting patched with five new adventures
CD Project Red plans to patch 1.5 for The Witcher Enhanced Edition.It includes everything from the game, and five new adventures created by fans.The CD check will also be removed with the patch, and henceforth be clean of that nasty DRM people hate so much. A release date is to be announced soon.Thanks, BigDownload.
Witcher Enhanced Edition gets patched
Just a quick heads-up to let you know that a minor patch has been released for Atari RPG, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.It's a "hotfix for EAX and graphics blur issues," apparently.Anyway, grab it here.By Mike Bowden
Movies show The Witcher Enhanced Edition's enhancement
Atari's put out two new movies of The Witcher Enhanced Edition, which is currently shipping to retail.The footage outlines what's new in the game since it released last year, namely detailing character differentiation and new models in the first video, and new gestures and dialogue lines in the second.Both after the break. Looks funky. Groovy […]
First shots of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition released
The first screens of Atari RPG The Witcher: Enhanced Edition were released today. See them on Shacknews.The update will be made available in September as a patch and a disc, and will updates tons of stuff, including NPC variety, animations and dialogue translation.Take a look.
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition dated for September
According to the official Witcher website, the Enhanced Edition of the CD Projekt RPG will now release in "the first half of September 2008".The new release, which includes a heap of fixes and optimisations over the original game, we thought to have been hitting in April.More through the link.
Witcher re-release to address "major criticisms" of topline RPG
CD Projekt is to release a re-done version of RPG The Witcher, the company confirmed today, designed to address a string of complaints gamers have levelled at the current game."The leading idea during the development of The Witcher Enhanced Edition is to create a game that is devoid of all of the major criticisms levied […]
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ATLANTA (CBSNewYork/AP) — Henrik Stenson looked like he couldn't miss Thursday in the Tour Championship.
Tiger Woods didn't make a thing.
Stenson ran off five birdies over a six-hole stretch on the front nine at East Lake. His last birdie form 4 feet on the par-3 18th hole gave him a 6-under 64 and a one-shot lead over Masters champion Adam Scott, who shot 29 on the back nine.
There were birdies galore on a warm, relatively calm afternoon at East Lake — except for Woods.
Woods missed a short birdie putt on his opening hole that set the tone for the day. He was the only player in the 30-man field to go without a birdie. On the par 5s, Woods three-putted for par on No. 9 and missed a putt just inside 10 feet on No. 15.
It was only the seventh time in his PGA Tour career — and third time at East Lake — that he went an entire round without a birdie. Woods shot a 73, matching his highest opening round of the year on the PGA Tour. He walked past reporters without comment.
Stenson, the No. 2 seed and the hottest player in golf over the last three months, and Scott (No. 3) only have to win the Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup and the $10 million prize.
Steve Stricker rallied late with three straight birdies for a 66, tied with Billy Horschel.
Stenson began his big run with four straight tournaments in the top 3 — including two majors and a World Golf Championship — and then won the Deutsche Bank Championship. But he was coming off a mediocre performance in the BMW Championship last week that left him so angry he smashed and broke his driver on the final hole, and then smashed up a locker at Conway Farms.
Plus, he was coping with a sore wrist from last weekend that hurt so much he only played nine holes this week in practice.
But in his Tour Championship debut, his head was in the right place, his wrist felt fine and Stenson was on top of his game like never before. He had one stretch of three birdies all within 4 feet, capped off by a 6-iron from 207 yards over water to a right pin that settled a foot away.
And he did it all in the presence of Woods, the No. 1 player in the world.
"Normally, he's doing it to everyone else," Stenson said.
Seventeen players broke par in the opening round.
Woods wasn't alone in his struggles. Phil Mickelson switched to the claw grip midway through his round and nothing seemed to help. He had a 71. Nick Watney, coming off a runner-up finish in Chicago just to get into the Tour Championship, had a 72. PGA champion Jason Dufner was in last place at 74.
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Kim Soo Hyun – The New Face of Korea Tourism Organization
The young 23-year-old actor, Kim Soo Hyun is now the new face of the Korea Tourism Organization. It was due to the young actor's wide spread success, fame and his international appeal that the CEO of the Korea Tourism Organization picked Kim Soohyun, making him the perfect tourism representative for the country.
Name: 김수현 / Kim Soo Hyun
Birthdate: February 16, 1988
Star sign: Aquarius
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After last years "Dream High" shot him to fame, his role as Lee Hwon in highly successful drama, "The Moon that Embraces the Sun," has propelled this steadily rising star even higher. The Moon That Embraces the Sun is the story of the secret love between Lee Hwon, a fictional king of Joseon, and Wol, a female shaman.
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According to KTO, 'The Moon that Embraces the Sun', which starred Kim Soo Hyun as the lead, has been exported to seven countries throughout Asia including Japan, China (Hong Kong), and Singapore, and has received over 100 million views on the internet.
A recent survey has even gone as far as to state that Soohyun's value has doubled since the beginning of the series, increasing his worth from 200 million won to 400 million won. Unlike most actors his age, instead of only taking roles playing in flowery romances, Soohyun has pushed himself from the beginning. The majority of his roles have been parts in serious dramas, and this has allowed for him to gain a level of maturity and growth not often seen in someone so young.
With "The Moon that Embraces the Sun" passing the halfway point, people have already started speculating over Soohyun's next project, "The Thieves." This heist movie, set for release this summer, boasts a cast of veteran actors and actresses and a clever plot. It was also filmed in many exotic locations. While many of the details of "The Thieves" have not been revealed, it is clear that the future is looking bright for Kim Soohyun.
When asked about the honor of being chosen and for his new job of promoting South Korea Kim Soohyun stated, "Korea has so many diverse regions, and I believe that there is a place within Korea to suit all tastes. I'll certainly do my best to encourage visits to Korea."
Kim Soo Hyun's popularity has skyrocketed after his role in MBC's 'The Moon that Embraces the Sun'. He is probably the most favored actor currently which has lead him to an endless line of endorsement deals.
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GEEB. It is short for the Gyrating Electrical Enigmatic Blimp, an Arduino-based remote controlled vehicle.
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Steven Lopez of US loses in Olympic taekwondo
By TIM REYNOLDS,
Updated August 10, 2012
LONDON (AP) Steven Lopez turned an ankle in practice two weeks ago. Diana Lopez has been dealing with an injured left knee for months.
Family secrets - until they were revealed at the London Olympics.
Not only was there no taekwondo gold for the Lopez clan in London, there was no medal at all. And what were first thought to be minor injuries were much more significant - a broken fibula for Steven Lopez, a deep root meniscus tear for Diana Lopez, who announced the severity of the issues on her Twitter account.
"Strange turn of events," Diana Lopez wrote, adding, "We gave it all for our country."
A day after Diana, his sister, lost her first-round fight, Steven fell in his opening bout in the men's under-80-kilogram division Friday, ending his hopes of a third Olympic title.
For the first time since the Korean martial art became a full medal sport at the Olympics in 2000, the Lopezes are going home empty-handed.
"You work a lifetime for these moments," said U.S. coach Jean Lopez, older brother to Steven, Diana and Mark Lopez, a former silver medalist and the team's training partner. "But it's been unusual circumstances that we've had to deal with."
And those circumstances got more unusual as the tournament went along.
The extent of the injuries was not revealed - or, it turns out, even known - before either Steven Lopez or Diana Lopez fought, their brother and coach not wanting to give any opponent a competitive edge.
Steven Lopez lost a 1-0 lead and was beaten 3-2 by Ramin Azizov of Azerbaijan, No. 1 seed in the under-80-kilogram field.
The only way Steven Lopez could have stayed in the medal hunt was for Azizov to make the gold-medal match, and he did not. When Azizov lost a quarterfinal to Italy's Mauro Sarmiento, the Lopez run at the London Games came to a quiet end.
It was, at best, doubtful if Steven Lopez could have fought again in the first place.
Jean Lopez said he was considering not allowing his brother to compete in the repechage if he even qualified, saying the ankle is so bad that Steven Lopez "can barely walk." At the time, he made no mention of the fibula fracture, or even raise the possibility that the ankle injury could have been something else.
Maybe it was fortunate for the family that Azizov lost. If nothing else, it spared Jean Lopez what he said would have been "a tough decision."
The Lopez family has won five medals at the Olympics - gold for Steven in 2000 and 2004, a silver for Mark at Beijing in 2008 and bronzes for Steven and Diana four years ago.
But this trip has been difficult, with injuries compounding losses.
"At one moment I heard a pop," Diana Lopez said Friday. "So that's when I knew."
There's some confusion as to what exactly exacerbated Diana Lopez's injury when she fought Thursday.
She tore a ligament in her left knee in 2009, never had surgery, and about three months ago began dealing with a suspected torn meniscus. Jean Lopez said she "definitely dislocated" the knee warming up before her first-round fight Thursday, while Diana Lopez said the "pop" came in the second fight, her repechage match against Finland's Suvi Mikkonen.
"In my first fight against China, I knew I wasn't 100 percent with my knee of course, but I wasn't going to make any excuse," Diana Lopez said Friday, walking with a slight limp and with her knee heavily wrapped. "But going into my Finland fight, that's when I knew my knee was (shot)."
Diana Lopez's first-round loss in the women's under-57-kilogram bracket came to eventual silver medalist Hou Yuzhuo of China.
Steven Lopez, like his sister, was unseeded at the London Games, which meant a tougher-than-expected first-round opponent. The draw for the Olympics was based in large part on the world rankings, and the Lopez family tends not to participate in many international events - the ones that play the biggest role in the ranking system.
Jean Lopez said the first thing his brother did after losing Friday was apologize for letting him down. Jean Lopez said it was unneeded.
"I never put myself in the position mentally to not go in there with 100 percent belief that we won't find a way to win," Jean Lopez said. "As a general, I can't entertain that at all."
AP Sports Writer Luke Meredith contributed to this story.
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In this day and age many enterprises really need to embrace digital technology just to stay in touch with their competition and provide an up-to- date, aggressive service to their clients and customers. We are bombarded by the expanding digital world on a daily basis and are sometimes unaware of what is on the market, along with the added benefits that may be offered to organisations of all sizes.
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — In an all-American city that has seen better days, they are true strangers from lands as far apart as Laos, Mexico, Somalia and the former Soviet republics.
The American Civic Association was the place they turned to for help navigating their journey. But their bridge to a better life is now a monument of immigrant sorrow, the site of a shooting rampage that killed 14 people, including the gunman.
Perhaps most implausible of all is that the killer was one of their own — as well as a son of one of their own. The gunman's father was known for his own work with immigrants in the area.
"That this tragedy should have happened in our community, to our friends who only wanted to advance their knowledge and love of America, is almost unbearable," the association's board president, Angela Leach, said Saturday.
The volunteer-based civic group, a member agency of the United Way of Broome County, was founded in 1939 by 11 immigrants. It helps roughly 60 to 100 people a day with finding housing, food, clothing, medical care and jobs, as well as offering English classes, interpreters, personal counseling and more.
"It's like having a mini-United Nations in your community," said Mark Kachadourian, a Binghamton attorney who has been on the association board since 2001. He became involved with the group after it helped his wife, a Canadian, get U.S. citizenship.
Some left violent homelands
Some victims of Friday's shooting left violent homelands only to be slain in a quiet, industrial city at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers.
Layla Khalil, an Iraqi woman in her 50s, came to the United States after surviving three car bombings in Iraq, said Imam Kasim Kopuz, leader of the Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier.
Video: Shooting survivor: 'Everyone tried to be quiet' "To think that would happen here," Kopuz said.
She had three children, including a son who is a doctoral student at the Sorbonne in Paris, a daughter who is a Fulbright scholar at Binghamton University and a son in high school.
The daughter declined an interview because she was planning her mother's funeral.
Ty Tran, 37, visited the community center Friday morning with his wife and a friend, My Nguyen, who had lost his green card and needed a new picture. They were charged $8 for a snapshot and walked out the front door at 10:20 a.m. — about 10 minutes before the shooting began.
"We were very lucky. If we stay, then we die," said Tran, a cable-manufacturing factory worker who has periodically used the center as a resource since emigrating from Vietnam in 1990.
The gunman's father, Henry Voong, was well known in the Binghamton area through his work years ago at the now-defunct World Relief Organization, helping recent arrivals. He would hook people up with a doctor, help them get on food stamps.
"Everyone, when they come to America, he's the one who helps," Tran said.
Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said the actions of the gunman, Jiverly Wong, 41, an ethnic Chinese who arrived from Vietnam in the early 1990s, should have been no surprise to the man's family. He believed people he knew were making fun of him for his poor English-language skills, Zikuski said.
A firm footing in America
Binghamton has always been a lure for immigrants. A century ago, Slavs, Italians and other European immigrants disembarking at Ellis Island would immediately ask where the Endicott-Johnson shoe company was. Local lore chronicles immigrants showing up in the city and saying, "Which way E-J?"
More than 7,100 immigrants, most of them Asians, have settled in Binghamton since 2005, according to city statistics. They are a cosmopolitan mix of Kurds, Chinese, Filipinos, Africans, Iraqis — but only a fraction of the city's predominantly white population of 43,000.
Huong Holmes, 59, who came to the U.S. about 30 years ago as a refugee from Vietnam, said the center gave her a firm footing in America.
"They set up my apartment, they collected the furniture, they gave me some money," said Holmes, a resident of nearby Endicott, who for years has volunteered as a translator at the center and is now working on her doctorate of ministry. "I thank the American Civic Association a lot. That's why I'm doing my best to help all the other people."
The victims were killed as they were bettering themselves, many of them preparing to become citizens.
'Hoping for a miracle'
Zikuski said Saturday that police have had calls from nine countries. He doesn't know where the victims will be buried.
The center is a stepping stone for recent arrivals, many of them with poor or nonexistent English-speaking skills. Dolores Yigal, a recent touchdown from the Philippines, was learning English there as she dreamed of getting a job working with children, said her husband, Omri Yigal.
"She wanted to learn English so she could find work," he said. Dolores Yigal was at the center Friday. Her husband didn't know if she survived.
Lubomyr Zobniw was still waiting Saturday to hear information about his wife, Maria, who came to the U.S. from Ukraine as a child and was a part-time caseworker at the Civic Association.
Zobniw said his wife was supposed to be off Friday but was called in.
"When your parents go away, it's one thing, but for someone who wants to help the world ..." he said, trailing off.
"I hope everything is OK, but now ... I'm still hoping for a miracle or something," he said.
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You can easily make Sculpties in Curvy - in fact Curvy modelling is so similar to Sculptie modelling that you can just draw a line and export the result immediately without having to touch UVs or export settings or plugins!
It is really very simple! Just draw, sculpt and save.
Torley Linden checking out Curvy 3D in Second Life
Video of sculpting for Second Life
Here are some more examples of Sculpted Prims made in Curvy, with most now selling on xstreetsl
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Birds Queensland
|Major Mitchell's Cockatoos. Photo: George Chapman
Our aim
The aim of Birds Queensland is to promote the scientific study and conservation of birds by all means possible, with particular reference to the birds of Queensland.
Who are we?
Our members come from many backgrounds and have widely differing levels of knowledge about birds. They share an interest in and enjoyment of birds and birding in a wide variety of activities that are described in detail in the About Birds Queensland section of this website.
If you are new to our website, and you would like to get a quick appreciation of all the many activities that Birds Queensland offers our members, please visit our Site Map and follow the links to explore our organisation, what we do, and the many services that we offer.
Birds Queensland is the registered trading name of the Queensland
Ornithological Society Inc. and our ABN is
43 891 564 740. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
Membership applications are welcome from anyone who is interested in the study and conservation of the birds of Queensland.


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For the sixth time in eight years, the Bluffton High varsity volleyball team reigns as the Region 7-3A regular season champion.
The Lady Bobcats finished with a perfect 10-0 region record.
They defeated region rival Hilton Head High 25-22, 25-13 on Oct. 18. In the opening match of the night, BHS beat Hilton Head Prep 25-18, 25-20.
Mackenzie Cooler led the team in kills with 17 followed by Abby Roulston and Jordan Franklin with 10 each and Dani Bothe with 5.
Roulston also had 6 blocks and Franklin led all setters with 15 assists, followed by Cooler with 6, Grace Collins with 5 and Haley Kohler with 4. Morgan Delaplane again led the team in digs with 13 while Cooler had 12 and Franklin 11.
These matches ended the regular season for the team, which accumulated an overall record of 35-16-1, its best regular season record since Bluffton High opened with the exception of 2007 when the team ended the regular season 40-5-2 en route to winning the Division 3A state championship.
The single-elimination state championship playoffs begin with a home match against Socastee High that was scheduled for Tuesday, followed by another home match Thursday against either Hartsville High or Midland Valley High — assuming the Lady Bobcats won Tuesday.
The third round of the playoffs could include another home match against Airport High on Halloween or an away match at Myrtle Beach High.
All playoff matches begin at 6 p.m.


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It was recently announced that Paul Rudd is taking the title role in "My Idiot Brother," about a man who's three sisters loom large in his life. Now the identity of his siblings has been revealed.
Elizabeth Banks, who co-starred with Rudd in "Role Models," will play his career-oriented journalist sister; Zooey Deschanel is the wifty bisexual whose head-in-the-clouds ways are endangering her relationship with her girlfriend, played by Rashida Jones (Rudd's "I Love You, Man" co-star); and Emily Mortimer is an earnest yuppie parent blind to her own failing marriage. Unless there are multiple fathers involved, someone's gonna have to dye their hair.
It sounds like the success of this film could hinge on the casting of the mother, but thus far there's enough talent in place to hold our interest.
U.S. & World
The story centers around Rudd "dealing with his over-bearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Idiot" is being directed by Jesse Peretz ("Important Things With Dmitri Martin") from a script co-written by his sister Vanity Fair contributing editor Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall. How Jesse feels about his sister's choice of title remains to be seen.


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By Yogi Bhajan, October 27, 1986.
"Prince of Peace and Lord of Prosperity,
You are the One God of all reality.
I salute Thee. I bow to Thee. To Thee I pray.
I'll worship Thee eternally, if I may.
Bless each one and bless everyone.
Bring peace of mind to all under the sun.
Peace is my prayer, peace is my song.
Guide humanity so we may not go wrong.
Give us a place at Thy lotus feet,
So we all may experience this blissful treat.
To you, Oh Lord my God I pray.
Help us, save us all, I beg to say.
We are Thy creation. We are Thy love.
Teach us the lesson as You taught the peaceful dove.
Give us today and give us tomorrow.
Show us the path and dissolve our sorrows.
I reach to Thee. Thou are reality.
Bless the whole human race with peace and prosperity."
Copyright The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan 10-27-86


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As bad as thing are right now we need to get away for a little bit. About a week after the 9/11 attack my wife and I dragged out kayaks out to a small mountian lake and went paddleing. We got to the middle of the lake and just set there for about an hour. No news,radio, papers, just a bird call. Im just hoping for the lake to thaw soon. I could realy use another dose of that water therapy As a ex Navy / Marine medic I'm hoping this ends soon
Thanks Dan


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Marked Man
|Marked Man
Ray Machowski telling Claude that he needs his help getting to Francis International Airport as the CIA are attempting to apprehend him.
|Ray Machowski
|Take Ray to the airport just in time
|Belleville Park, Staunton Island, Liberty City
Death of Claude
Arrest of Claude
Death of Ray
Ray misses his flight
Rocket Launcher
Sniper Rifle
Bulletproof Patriot
|Unlocked by
Plaster Blaster
A Drop in the Ocean
Marked Man is a mission in Grand Theft Auto III given to protagonist Claude by corrupt police officer Ray Machowski from the toilet block at the Belleville Park district of Staunton Island, Liberty City.
Claude drops by the toilet block in Belleville Park. Ray tells Claude that he is a "marked man" and needs to escape Liberty City. He wants Claude to take him to the Francis International Airport so he can catch his plane out of the city to Miami. If Claude succesfully drives Ray to the airport, Ray will reward him some items.
Claude and Ray start to make their way to the airport. However, the Shoreside Lift Bridge is guarded by CIA agents, so Claude finds an alternate route, one being the Porter Tunnel. Claude drives through the Porter Tunnel, and he and Ray eventually reach the airport before Ray misses his flight. Once they reach the airport, Ray gives Claude the keys to a lockup in Newport, and enters the airport. After so, he heads to the lockup. Ray pages Claude to take care of the bulletproof Patriot he has been rewarded; a rocket launcher, a sniper rifle, an M16, and a flamethrower as well as some money is also inside.
(Claude goes to the toilet block, Ray Machowski, Claude)
Ray Machowski: You weren't followed? Good. This is it, I'm way over my head and I'm starting to drown here! The CIA seem to have a vested interest in SPANK and they don't like us screwing with the Cartel. I'm a marked man, so I'm getting out of here. Get me to my flight at the airport and I'll make it worth your while!
(Claude and Ray arrive in the Airport)
Ray Machowski: Here's a key to a lock-up. You'll find some cash and 'supplies' I'd stashed in case things got tight. See y'around.
(Claude arrives at the lockup)
Ray Machowski (via pager): Take care of my bulletproof Patriot... See you around in Miami. - Ray
The reward for completing the mission is $20,000, as well as the items from the lockup, including the bulletproof Patriot.
- The best way to complete this mission is to get a fast car (eg. an Infernus, Cheetah, Stinger, or Banshee), drive it into the subway network via a subway station and drive to the Francis International Airport subway station. After Ray enters the airport, the subway system can be used to get to Ray's lock-up. That way, the CIA cannot attack the player and if the player has a wanted level, the police cannot follow and bust the player.
- The player must be careful, though, to avoid getting lost in the subway system en route to the airport.
- The CIA agents that are watching the bridge are heavily armed. The agents at the entrances/exits will carry Uzis and agents beyond and on the span will carry either an AK-47 or an M16.
- It is possible to get to Francis International Airport via the bridge using a Rhino tank, which is heavily damage-proof and will not get any harm from the bullets of the weapons used by the CIA agents. The bulletproof Barracks OL available in "Arms Shortage" will also make this mission considerably easier.
- The agents are sharpshooters, so it will be rare for them to miss when the player is in range.
- However, like with all other armed pedestrians, they will be attacked by some pedestrians armed with guns (if the player has activated the "Pedestrians have weapons" cheat).
- Prior to leaving Ray at the airport, there will be agents on both sides of the bridge, all the way down to the intersection leading down to the airport. After leaving Ray, only the ones standing on the road leading up to the bridge coming from the airport remain.
- This mission is the only one in GTA III to make mention of Miami. It can be assumed the idea of using its fictional counterpart, Vice City, had, back then in 2001, yet to materialize, despite a Miami-based Vice City in Grand Theft Auto 1 already existing. It is also possible that, while Vice City is based on the real life Miami, both cities co-exist in Florida in the GTA world. There is further evidence of both coexisting: certain billboards in Vice City say "Move Over, Miami".
Claude and Ray Machowski arriving at the airport.
Ray Machowski handing Claude the keys to a garage in Newport.
Ray Machowski running into one of the airports Terminal B.
Claude running to Ray Machowski's garage in Newport.
Claude being paged by Ray Machowski shortly after entering the garage.
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Developers Plan $10.7M Affordable Senior Housing Project in Indianapolis
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- Sep 27, 2013
by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor
Local low-income housing developer BWI Development & Management Inc. has partnered with the non-profit Local Initiatives Support Corporation to develop an affordable housing project for seniors in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that the $10.7 million project consists of two four-story structures located at the southwest and northwest corners of 30th and Clifton streets. Since the buildings are across the street from one another, the developers have decided to connect the facilities through a skywalk. According to BWI President Gary Hobbs, this particular architectural feature would be the first of its kind in the city for such a project.
Designed by The Architecture Studio Inc., the complex known as Clifton Square will offer 57 one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a 6,500-square-foot health and wellness center on the ground floor. Monthly rents will range between $266 and $543 for a one bedroom and between $319 and $630 for a two bedroom, depending upon income.
BWI expects to close on the purchase of the two vacant buildings in November and complete the project by December 2014.
"We feel that this project will be a major catalyst for continued development in that particular area," Hobbs told the newspaper.
The Clifton Square development will receive $1 million in federal tax credits administrated by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. The project was one of only two in the city to benefit from credits this year.
According to LISC Executive Director Bill Taft, the area where the new complex will be located would benefit from the new investment after having experienced a lot of foreclosure and vacancy.
"There's no place near this site that has had this scale of investment in a long time, so I think it will make a big difference," he said.
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Anyway, at some point in this process, which dragged out for several sessions, us would-be Willie Lomans had to take this supposed psychology test to determine out fitness for the gig. The thing I do remember is the Draper-like guy telling me I got good points for tenacity. He smiled when he said that. In the end though, I didn't wind up shilling whatever the heck it was I was supposed to sell but I do like to think that in all those ensuing years, tenacity has served me well when a book gets rejected, several times, when a story I've written comes back with red all over its pages, or when I talk with an editor who sings my praises then never returns my messages afterward.
Though I will admit there is something to Alec Baldwin's "brass balls" motivational guy in Glengarry Glen Ross that does play in my head when I'm pitching a project that I replay sometimes in my head to pump myself up. So let's see, I'd say my six in no particular order are:
ABC -- Always Be Charging (Forward)


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I found this quote over on Hubby's Blog, in his post "Coffee breaks helped our Marriage"
"Quite often the pain found by a marriage counselor is the pain caused and aggravated by a thousand small neglects. Small neglects that would have and could have been be found, and dealt with over a daily cup of coffee."
I by no means would suggest that coffee is a miracle cure for an ailing marriage...but the time taken to invest in each other is :)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Posted by Faye at 3:44 PM
3 comments:
- hippo chick said...
When the girls were little and we had one car which meant I stayed in my house all day with no adult company, Jim and I always sat down as soon as he got home and had coffee. We still take frequent coffee breaks.
~hippo hugs~
- October 13, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Cheryl Wray said...
I'm not a coffee drinker, but does sweet tea count? Gary and I have spent many a time sitting together and drinking sweet tea.
Checked out your hubby's post too. Very cool.
- October 15, 2008 at 7:45 AM
- Faye said...
Thanks girls :)
- October 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM
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This is a guest post on how NIU students are changing the world through the college's social entrepreneurship program in the Department of Management.
…a CAUSE to Live Into
Every generation has its moniker: from the Boomers, Hippies to the 20-somethings of today. But what's really in a name? Just ask a closely-knit group of current NIU students who in early April pulled off their first university-wide Social Impact Summit. The event brought together more than 170 industry experts, students, and faculty for a day-long conversation on social entrepreneurship. And while the students surpassed their goal of 150 attendees, they didn't rest on their laurels. After the event, they returned to their studies, which included refining the business plans they had been developing in their Social Entrepreneurship class. Because in early May, these students will put their ideas to the test yet again. During the 2nd Annual NIU Social Venture Competition, each of their business ventures will be judged by a "shark tank" of angel capitalists who will evaluate how their proposed new ventures intentionally add value to the Triple Bottom Line: people, profit, and planet.
So when you ask this particular group of students to explain how they're typically typecast, they'll tell you their swagger has nothing to do with the label "entitled." Instead they'll describe deeply rooted expectations.
They expect to change the world for the better. Plain and simple. If that sounds unreasonable, well, they'll admit they have every cause to be. Consider this:
- 50% of the world's population lives below the poverty line.
- Over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day.
- Around 1 billion people do not have access to clean water.
- An estimated 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the ocean each year.
- The world's population is outstripping the planet's natural ability to replenish its own resources.
These sobering stats and more were presented by national experts in social entrepreneurship during NIU's April 5th Social Impact Summit. In spite of the magnitude of the challenges, somehow the attendees remained not only hopeful but energized. Junior NIU College of Business student Zach Fiegel explains: "There are so many incredibly intelligent, amazing individuals in the world. If we focus together on these issues, imagine what we can accomplish. And why not? One of the motivations behind the Social Impact Summit and our student organization is an idea that was originally expressed by George Bernard Shaw. He said: 'The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.'"
For Fiegel, that's a philosophy that resonates. Fiegel is currently president of NIU CAUSE: the Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs. In fact, as a sophomore Fiegel helped found the organization. Just one year after its formation, NIU CAUSE has grown from a group of 7 students who were inspired by an idea – being unreasonable enough to change the world – to a full-fledged student organization that focuses its mindshare on that purpose. More than 30 participants attend their weekly gatherings. The group is overrun with enthusiasm, achieved the old-fashioned way.
"CAUSE has grown organically, through relationships and conversations with friends and friends of friends," Fiegel shares. "The students represent a variety of NIU majors – business, geology, anthropology, health sciences, engineering to name a few. Our members include international as well as non-traditional students. We're a diverse group with different backgrounds and perspectives. The thing that unites us is that we're all individuals converging around this one idea: to make the world a stronger, better place."
You have to wonder why individuals so young possess this particular focus. There's a tangible wisdom in their commitment. You sense it and feel it in their energy. And then when you engage in conversation with them, you come to realize that many of them lived through the effects of a parent being laid off. Others felt the impact of financial disruption around their dinner table. All of them continue to witness the world's challenges on a real time basis through social media channels. When one of the Social Impact Summit keynoters asked attendees if they ever lived at or below the poverty level, nearly half of those present – many of them current students – raised their hands.
These are old souls in young bodies who identify with the radical idea of creating hope in a sometimes cynical world.
Fiegel describes the rationale. "Social entrepreneurship in itself is an idea that people can rally around. Plus, there's the benefit of knowing that people who join a new organization like NIU CAUSE join for the right reason. They get to build something the way they want to see it built. They get to make an impact and they get to know that they do."
Indeed, Fiegel and his fellow change makers have a great deal of latitude to shape NIU CAUSE. Still, they don't fly solo nor do they want to. Their entire culture – their tribe, if you will – is about marshalling forces to effect real change. They are guided by two NIU Business faculty members who advise them. As members in the NIU CAUSE tribe, these professors foster a faculty-student relationship that is more a collaboration than anything else…where everyone stands to contribute and to learn, even the professors.
"The students came up with the idea for the Social Impact Summit," NIU CAUSE faculty advisor Christine Mooney says. "They wanted to do it from start to finish: creating the theme, dealing with the logistics, finding the keynote presenters, securing event sponsors, getting the word out and running the entire Summit. None of them ever created an event before. I am so amazed by their commitment and creativity."
An NIU professor in the Department of Management with background in strategic leadership, Christine Mooney recently received the Bill and Paula LeRoy Professorship in Social Entrepreneurship. Mooney works with her NIU Business colleague Dennis Barsema, who is no stranger to making a difference. Both the NIU College of Business facility and the university's Alumni & Visitors Center bear the Barsema name.
Like the LeRoys, Barsema is a member of the NIU alumni base, having earned his degree in the department in which he now teaches. And like the LeRoys, Dennis and his wife Stacey are passionate about making a genuine difference in the lives of others. Along with giving back to his alma mater and developing the social entrepreneurship program, Dennis Barsema is currently on the Board of Directors for five for-profit and non-profit organizations including Oportunidad Microfinanzas, Mexico of Opportunity International.
Denise Schoenbachler, Dean of the NIU College of Business states,"I am so grateful to Dennis and Stacey for getting the NIU College of Business involved and vested in social entrepreneurship. They've ignited passion in the students, faculty like Christine, the administration, and other alumni like the LeRoys. This is only the beginning. With Dennis and Christine at the helm, they are part of a group of national leaders focused on the important work of applying business expertise to some of the world's most pressing problems."
Since its inception, NIU's social entrepreneurship program has garnered media attention from the Chicago Tribune to the Boston Globe (which described a short-list of three college level programs in this field and included NIU in the group, along with Harvard and MIT). What makes NIU's approach distinctive is its range and popularity over such a short period of time. NIU's program includes courses in social entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, a certificate program in social entrepreneurship, and a newly created social entrepreneurship minor. The program capstone is the Social Venture Competition, where students pitch their business ideas to social venture investors. The competition transforms the winning ideas into reality and in its first year, helped launch social business "Light Up Africa." Shortly after its formation, "Light Up Africa" went on to be named a semi-finalist in Dell's Social Innovation Challenge and won a coveted spot in the 2012 inaugural class of Impact Engine, a social business accelerator in Chicago.
"The Social Venture Competition is testimony to the character and resolve of the NIU student," shares Dennis Barsema. "This is a generation that has volunteered more than any generation since the Great Depression. They have a passion and concern for the social issues of our world. And, they have the courage to follow their passion. Our job, as educators and business people, is to give them the tools, guidance, and mentoring to do something positive with that energy."
Indeed, NIU's social entrepreneurship program is distinctive in large measure because of the way Mooney and Barsema teach the topic. Their approach is as much in the doing as it is in the thinking. Supporting Zach Fiegel and his cohort's idea for the Social Impact Summit and putting all the students' business ventures on the line for angel funding…those are just two examples out of a multitude.
Perhaps one of the most impactful ways is when the students travel with their professors to witness social entrepreneurship firsthand through short-term study abroad trips. The most recent occurred a week ago, with a visit to entrepreneur Dona Alejandra in Mexico City. Dona Alejandra is a client of the microfinance institution Aspire. Aspire provides lending to the "missing middle:" those individuals who require loans larger than the $500 loans provided by a traditional microfinance institution but smaller than the $10,000 loans provided by a commercial bank. The meeting between Dona Alejandra and the students was made possible through the help of Elly Rohrer, Executive Director of Investours, a non-profit in the microfinance space. Here's Dona Alejandra's story:
Doña Alejandra is a third generation baker from Mexico City. As one of 13 siblings growing up in a situation of extreme poverty, Doña Alejandra developed a love for the bread she learned to make in her father's bakery: it symbolized sustenance. With one kilo of flour, she could provide food for her siblings and make product to sell.
Doña Alejandra's mentality about bread has not changed, though she is now in her 50s, lives on the Pacific coast, and has a family of her own. She built a wood-burning oven and took out a micro-loan to establish her own small bakery. As the primary (and often only) income owner in a house-hold of four, Doña Alejandra works long hours to bake and sell hundreds of breads and pastries a week. An entrepreneurial woman, Doña Alejandra is always proud to share her story.
"Meeting all the amazing entrepreneurs in Mexico, including Dona Alejandra, was extraordinary because you see the transformation of their lives and families on so many levels," Barsema says. "The students were able to see how a small loan could lead these small business owners to a life of dignity, opportunity and hope for themselves and their families, and make tremendous improvements in their local community. Without a doubt, they are great examples of perseverance and drive."
Plus, at a very intrinsic level, the students also see their own professors walk the talk.
"The fact that someone like that takes an interest in other people and with this level of commitment…it amazes me," Fiegel says. "Mr. Barsema has achieved so much success in business. He's been an executive – including President and CEO – in five major corporations. He could relax and not be involved with finding and supporting new business models to help others lift themselves out of desperate situations. But he cares so much. He's so humble and generous. He's someone I hope to emulate one day."
By all accounts, Zach and his fellow students are well on their way. Operating funds for NIU CAUSE started at zero. But after weekly sales of homemade pizza (yes, the students make them from scratch and their Barsema Hall customer base declares the foodstuff to be "life changing") as well as from revenues generated at the Social Impact Summit, NIU CAUSE has raised enough money to sustain its operations and then some. True to form, the students intend to invest a portion of those dollars in a social entrepreneur.
And if that's not enough on May 2nd at 6 p.m. in NIU's Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center, the social entrepreneurship students will unveil what are certain to be business plans as ingenious as Light Up Africa…originally an NIU student generated business idea – now a viable business – that brings a renewable light source to a part of the world without access to the electrical grid.
All of which for these students makes for an impressive and uncommon journey, one where their expectations to change the world are emboldened even more. But it really goes much deeper still. This is a generation that cut its teeth on an age of disruption. Now, as they stand at the threshold of life after college, they carry a different worldview. Instead of getting blown over, they lean forward into action in the face of change. They're not lulled by a false sense of security. They know how complex life is, even if it morphs faster than most can really assimilate or even trust. But echoing the advice Steve Jobs gave to Stanford grads, they're wise enough to know that: "you have to trust in something."
Where better to place your trust than in your own desire to change the world? If that level of commitment earns those of this amazing ilk the label Unreasonable, that's more than fine with them. …and more than fine for the world.
Event Information
- May 2nd The 2nd Annual NIU Social Venture Competition, 6 p.m., NIU Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center, DeKalb, Illinois.
- April 5th NIU Social Impact Summit keynoters: Megan Kashner, TEDx speaker and Founder-CEO of Benevolent.Net, a digital facilitation site that offers a secure and transparent means for those with the ability to donate funds and help another when it matters most; Amanda Britt, Founder-CEO of Panzanzee, Chicago's social enterprise incubator, co-working space and continuous community that provides discovery, resources, trust and traction for entrepreneurs and professionals pursuing sustainable financial and social impact; NIU alumnus Alan Hurt, Founder of Light Up Africa, a student-generated idea launched into an actual social business with a distribution strategy that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit in its customers; and Chuck Templeton, Managing Director of Impact Engine, a Chicago-based 12-week accelerator program supporting for-profit businesses working to address today's societal or environmental issues.
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Using the celebrity Q&A would, of course, be a great draw for the social network, but it's puzzling the social network hadn't done it before. After all, it's Facebook Live has been working for a few years now, but lacks any charisma or promotion whatsoever. One would think this would have been a great venue for user questions.
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Unstoppable Fist Review
- Publisher: Ragtag Studio LLC
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 28 Jun, 2012
- Size: 13.4 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Really fantastic pixel art and animation combined with a rocking soundtrack.
- Addictive score attack gameplay.
- Light on content (new levels just have re-skinned enemies instead of offering unique challenges).
A throwback to 80s action movies and arcade gaming when the test of a man was how high a score you could achieve by punching things. Simple arcade fun.
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When one looks back at the 80s, there's usually a pretty even split between those with fond memories, and those who involuntary shudder at the mere mention of the decade's name. Unstoppable Fist kind of walks this fine line, both paying tribute to, and satirizing the excesses of the 80s action movie, all wrapped up in addictive score attack gameplay.
While first you may be bombarded with the catchy chiptune soundtrack and bombastic pixel art, the game has you picking a difficulty before jumping into the fray. There you will be introduced to the majestic mullet-ed action star under your control. Creatures are flying at him from all directions, and it's through your manly power of tapping that you defend him from this onslaught. We recommend trying the first stage on easy before moving forward, just to get the idea of the mechanics. See, in easy mode the enemies come one at a time, allowing you to get used to the individual quirks of your foes, and the best way to dispose of them, while in normal and hard modes, they fly in from multiple directions all at the same time requiring a much greater mastery of touch and timing.
There are six areas of the screen that enemies come in from, and tapping in those zones will have your hero launch a fist or foot in that direction. Tapping two directions simultaneously will execute a double attack, and swiping one side of the screen will take out an entire row. You want to wait till the enemy is in range however. Attacking thin air or getting hit will reset your score multiplier which will take away your chances to rise to the top of the leaderboards. This is a score attack game after all, and besting a previous effort or ranking high amongst other players is the whole reason for playing once the amusement of the presentation wears off.
Now the game might be a little too simplistic for some players, but the only criticism we have of it is that all the stages after the first are just a re-skin, both in background and with the enemies. It would have been nice to have the different areas throw new and unique challenges at the player. Regardless though, this is a fun, addictive high score game that shows a lot of effort has been put into both presentation and mechanics, and is a definite recommend from us here at AppSpy.
Description"'Unstoppable Fist' Seems Like Everything We Want From A Game About Hitting Stuff" - TouchArcade
4.5 out of 5 stars - "There's no picking this up and just playing one round... ...Unfettered fun minus the bag of eaten quarters. " - Gamezebo.com
4.5 out of 5 stars - "...anyone looking for a short, sweet, fun, and almost infinitely replayable score-attack style arcade game to be played on the go can stop right here. The search is over. Time to beat some alien turtle face." - 148apps.com
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Remember the simple pleasures of the games of yesterday? Simple controls with deep challenge? Hours on top of hours trying to blow away that hi-score? Well, Unstoppable Fist is here to revive that dying flame!
Become a hi-score destroying warrior! Blow away your friends score and top each of the four Leaderboards. Tap at one of six onscreen touch zones to deliver your attacks to HI, MID, and LOW levels. Beware, each enemy type has a different attack that will test even the most skilled player! Can you defeat the games over 30 killer achievements? Test your mettle and find out. This is arcade action at it's BEST!
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A Review Of The Preview
You can actually play MAG now, most of the time I'd say, but it can be a harsh-ass motherfucking mistress.
The vaunted 256 player modes aren't available to new players - you could be forgiven for thinking that 256 was a kind of default, since the title and these mystic numerals have been made inextricable, but there you have it. The level requirement for entry into such realms is 10, which I haven't yet secured. I estimate that it would take most people perhaps three, three and a half hours to get there, "there" being the game they thought it was to begin with. Trust me, though: you need that time to marinate in the game's mechanics.
You need time to have that one game - as I did last night - where everything comes together, so that you can get a sense of an optimal round's overall shape. With Squad Leaders who give a shit, who offer themselves up in service, broadcasting the tangible benefits of their experience to those nearby. Squads with real plans, solid communication, and blended expertise. The scale is often remarkable, even in the sixty-four player scraps I'm in now, and concessions are being made to it: the gunplay doesn't feel especially immediate, or visceral. Maybe it can't. You have a round like that, though, and it becomes a game you can see yourself playing for awhile.
The game's leader roles are level locked as well, and rightly so. I think that might be a good spot for me. I suspect everybody feels like that - feels they've always been "management material" and "boy, if I was running this place." But in my case, it's because I'm marginally less useless as middle management than I am as a frontline combatant. I had to find a role that felt right to me in the space, which required that I reach level 5: as a field medic, with the ability to both heal and resuscitate. I've been in the top three for my squad every round since I put that together, because the experience rewards for doing so - for playing in the way that feels most natural to me - are substantial, and satisfying. I'd still be playing tonight, and not writing my post, if the server hadn't shit the bed.
When I was talking about Expansions for Dragon Age, or indeed any modern RPG, this is the kind of thing I had in mind. I like that "morsels" of the kind so frequently offered are possible, but I'd never purchase one after I'd completed the game (see: The Sanctity of Personal Narrative). The pre-DLC model, epitomized by products like Bioware's own Throne of Baal (or Bethesda's Bloodmoon) made robust offerings a necessity: you were buying a disc, by God! We have expectations regarding discs. But Oblivion in general followed a hybrid model, with miniature offerings available digitally, slowly increasing in scope, capped by the full Shivering Isles expansion which was available both digitally and as a retail proposition. I'm glad we ended up back there.
In any case, Dragon Age: Awakening seems explicitly designed according to my desires in many respects, and features an ultimate villain who speaks words with his mouth, who has lines and is a character, which will be a nice change of pace for the franchise.
(CW)TB out.