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The highly respected Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry has published two studies on the long-term survival rate of Prettau® Zirconia full-arch bridges. The first, in December 2017, found a success rate of over 99% over five years. The second, in March of 2018, again validated the exceptional success rate of the Teeth Tomorrow® protocol.
The Prettau® Zirconia dental implant bridge produced by Teeth Tomorrow Dental Laboratory is the final prosthesis delivered by the advanced implant dentists in the Teeth Tomorrow Network, an affiliation of highly credentialed practices delivering the Teeth Tomorrow® procedure in exclusive territories throughout the country.
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Survival of 2039 complete arch fixed implant-supported zirconia prostheses: A retrospective study
This study is coauthored by Avinash S. Bidra BDS, MS; Michael Tischler DDS, FAGD, and Claudia Patch DMD.
The results were astounding. Of the 2,039 arches produced by Tischler (now Teeth Tomorrow) Dental Laboratory between 2012 and 2017, only 9 were returned for replacement. That's a success rate of 99.6%!
Practice-based evidence from this large sample study demonstrates that Prettau® Zirconia virtually eliminates issues that have been plaguing both dentists and patients for years.
Rehabilitation of edentulous jaws with zirconia complete-arch fixed implant-supported prostheses: An up to 4-year retrospective clinical study
This study is coauthored by Michael Tischler, DDS, Claudia Patch, DMD, and Avinash S. Bidra, BDS, MS to address the limited data available on the clinical outcomes of patients replacing traditional removable dentures with non-removable full-arches of teeth supported by dental implants.
The study focused on 128 patients without teeth rehabilitated between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016, with a total of 191 upper and lower Prettau® Zirconia full-arch bridges supported by a total of 1072 dental implants.
The results demonstrated an amazing Cumulative Survival Rate (CSR) of 99.4% for the Teeth Tomorrow® bridges, and a 97.6% CSR for the implants.
All full-arch implant supported bridges are not created equal.
These studies demonstrate the clear survival advantage of the Teeth Tomorrow® Prettau® Zirconia full-arch bridge over other solutions that deliver acrylic hybrid bridges as the final product. Composite bridges made with acrylic gums and denture teeth (even when supported by a titanium bar that connects to the implants) are notorious for chipping, breaking, cracking, and losing teeth.
A recent comparison of the Prettau® Zirconia bridges used by Drs. Tischler and Patch versus acrylic bridges delivered using the NobelGuide®All-on-4® Treatment yielded some enlightening results* – Nearly 1 in 4 patients receiving acrylic bridges experienced chipping, breaking or cracking that resulted in the final bridge needing to be replaced.
The March 2018 study by Tischler, Patch & Bidra reported only 1 of 191 bridges required replacement, while the December 2017 study reported only 9 out of 2,039.
*Lopes A, Maló P, de Araújo Nobre M, Sánchez-Fernández E, Gravito I. The NobelGuide® All-on-4® Treatment Concept for Rehabilitation of Edentulous Jaws: A Retrospective Report on the 7-Years Clinical and 5-Years Radiographic Outcomes. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2017 Apr;19(2):233-244. doi:10.1111/cid.12456. Epub 2016 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 27758069.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Will the allure of a US$5 million (S$6.3 million) reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group al-Shabab but now denounces their methods and motivations in online feuds?
A US State Department official said Thursday that the US$5 million reward offered for Omar Hammami could exploit what are believed to be fault lines between Somali groups that may be for and against Hammami.
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July 4, 2007
OS-Level Autocomplete
The program lets you select different values for the length of the words, and for the minimum probability of a suggestion. This works well especially for long or complicated words.
The interface is not very user-friendly, but program has been open sourced and you can improve it. It would be nice to combine this with Google Suggest and to make it less annoying by only making suggestions when the user requests it or when the next letters/words are obvious.
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- AnonymousJuly 4, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Thanks for your suggestion.ReplyDelete
Since it is monitoring everything we are typing, I would not use it were it not open-sourced. The chance of it being a key-logger is not thin if the source is not revealed.
Thanks again and I'll try that out.
If you yourself don't read the source, for all you know, it could be exporting your keystrokes to some server in Russia. I don't see how being "open source" alone can make it safe. It's still a keylogger.ReplyDelete
Being open source makes it easier to see if there's something wrong with a program. You wouldn't open source a keylogger in disguise, would you?ReplyDelete
You could also install a firewall and realize the program doesn't need an internet connection.
The program only stores a list of words anyway, not full texts. It also ignores passwords.
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2007 at 5:31 AM
This isn't as good as I expected. With some improvements, it can be a good candidate. Now, it's still very rudimentary.ReplyDelete
I wrote about it because I like the idea. The interface is not very user-friendly and if you don't configure it properly, you'll find it annoying.ReplyDelete


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Date Stamp: 1984
Release Date: 1984
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Return of the Jedi
Power of the Force
Assortment No. : 71310
Retail: $2.99
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Point of Interest:
This figure first appeared on the Return Of The Jedi 77 back card but was also featured as a packed in the Tri-Logo Combate Ewok (Ewok Assault Catapult) set.
Comments: If ever there was a reason to read the Return Of The Jedi novel, it would be all the cool bits about Teebo (and his chum Paploo). Even though the film leads one to believe that this is a figure of a background character, nothing could be further from the truth. Granted, one would have to put aside their views on Ewoks all together to fully appreciate this portion of the book, they would find it hard justifying their discontent for these characters after doing so. In the case of our gray friend here, he was actually a very well respected member of the tribe and played a major part in our heroes' fate. So stop reading this, and -uh-- read that.
Major Variations: Though all vintage figures have minor variations, the Teebo action figure has only one major variation. This figure was moulded in both light and dark gray plastics. Based on all known examples, the Dark Gray Teebo was only produced in Taiwan. To date all Taiwan produced Teebo figures are dark gray. Interestingly, to contrast the dark plastic used in the mould, the spray ops on this figure are considerably lighter than those found on any of the Light Gray Teebo figures.
There is a very curious variation in the Teebo Headgear accessory that may lead to another, yet undocumented figure variation. The standard version of this accessory (in the image below moulded with the number 3) features a completely smooth interior; where the other version (pictured here moulded with the number 5) has a small peg in the front interior. Based on designs seen in other toy lines, these sorts of pegs are meant to fit into a moulded hole on the figure to keep an accessory in place. It is still unknown however if there was ever a Teebo figure produced featuring the moulded hole for this purpose. It is entirely possible that the peg was added or removed from the mould without the figure altered.
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text: Back Complete Urinalysis Does this test have other names? Urine test, urine examination, UA What is this test? This test looks at a sample of your urine. Your doctor can use the results from this test to help diagnose, find, or track many conditions, including: Diabetes Metabolic diseases such as phenylketonuria Kidney problems or infections Liver problems Urinary tract infections Lupus Congestive heart failure Cancer A lab can look at a urine sample in different ways: Visual inspection. If urine looks cloudy, red, or reddish-brown, that may mean you have blood or pus in your urine. Sometimes kidney stones can be seen in the urine. Particular odors from the urine - such as a maple syrup, rotting fish, or a mousy smell - can mean certain diseases. Chemical screening. When the lab puts urine on specially treated strips of paper, called reagent strips or dipsticks, it can give information on how acidic your urine is and whether it contains blood, protein, or sugar. Microscopic screening. Checking the urine, particularly solid materials in the fluid, under a microscope can give new information or confirm other findings. For example, microscopic screening can show bacteria, red or white blood cells, and tumor cells in the urine. Often the lab can measure the specific gravity of the urine sample. This shows how concentrated or diluted your urine is. Many other tests can be done on a urine sample to help diagnosis various diseases, including urinary tract infections and diabetes. Why do I need this test? You may have this test as part of a routine checkup. You may need this test to find a problem that isn't causing symptoms yet, or your doctor may use it to find the cause of symptoms you are having. You may also have this test to monitor conditions like diabetes. What other tests might I have along with this test? Your doctor may order other tests to help make a diagnosis. What do my test results mean? Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider. Urine often contains a number of chemicals and other substances. Urine is usually clear, with a light straw color. The pH, a measurement of its acidity and alkalinity, should be between 4.5 and 8. It's normally free of protein, glucose, and ketones. An exam under the microscope will normally find up to five red blood cells, five white blood cells, and no bacteria. How is this test done? This test requires a urine sample. Your doctor may ask you to collect the sample the first time you urinate in the morning, because urine is the most concentrated at that time of day. Or you may be asked to collect all the urine you make during 12 or 24 hours. Or you may be asked to provide a sample at your appointment. In some cases, your doctor may collect the sample by placing a small catheter directly into your bladder. If you're a man, the doctor will put the catheter through the penis and urethra and into the bladder. If you're a woman, he or she will put the catheter through the urethra into the bladder. What might affect my test results? Menstrual blood can contaminate a urine sample. Vitamin C supplements, food coloring in candy, and the natural color in beets can affect your results. These medications can affect your results: Anthraquinone laxatives L-dopa Methocarbamol Metronidazole Nitrofurantoin Phenazopyridine Rifampin Riboflavin Sulfasalazine How do I get ready for this test? You don't need to prepare for this test. But be sure your doctor knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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How do I replace an internal hard drive? (hot spare)
Created 03/24/2011 01:44 | Updated 10/06/2011 07:39
- Update the firmware just in case.
- Open the front cover with the key that comes with this unit.
- Push the cartridge tab of the failure hard disk (denoted by the status LED lighting in red) to the left, and pull it out toward the front of the unit.
Hard disks with the status LEDs not lighting are still active. Do not unplug or remove them.
- Pull out the hard disk together with the cartridge, and remove it from the TeraStation.
- Insert the OP-HD series hard disk (sold separately) into the slot which became empty after Step 4.
Insert it while the tab is still open.
- Push the disk into the TeraStation, and push the tab towards the back of the TeraStation until you hear a clicking sound. Turn on the TeraStation if not powered up due to the configuration.
- When the new hard disk is recognized, the LED will flash in red or amber, and the LCD on the front of the TeraStation will display the message, "Press FuncSW I31 New disk (any number from 1 to 4) ready."
- Press and hold the FUNCTION button on the front of the TeraStation for 3 seconds (until it beeps). The new hard disk is automatically registered as a spare disk.
・If you want to use the new disk as a normal disk rather than a spare disk, navigate to [System] - [Storage] - [RAID Array] on the Web Admin of the TeraStation, select the new disk, and click [Set the normal disk].
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The nursing area is encountering substantial progress and traveling nurses fill in for understaffed hospitals. Traveling nurses frequently get to pick from a record of assignments. There are opportunities to function at some of the best hospitals in the nation. They can achieve the experiences in the specialties that each of these establishments have.
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These are only a few of the top ranking hospitals accessible for a traveling nurse. Every single hospital offers its own special environment. Each institution adds to yourskill set and knowledge. No make a difference what you do later on in lifestyle, the experiences that you can acquire in these establishments can make a variation in your existence. Much more importantly, it can make a big difference in the life of yet another.
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Longest two-word sentence?Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Here is a sentence in Dutch composed of 10 instances of the word bergen which someone identified only as Adriaan contributed to our Dutch Tongue-twister page.
Als bergen bergen bergen bergen bergen, bergen bergen bergen bergen bergen.
When lots of mountains deposit lots of mountains, lots of mountains deposit lots of mountains.
I don't speak Dutch, but it seems at least to be grammatical to my German ear if bergen can mean "lots of" and "deposit".
Can any of yall confirm my inclination? Is it grammatical?


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TORONTO – The Toronto media is anything but subtle so it was no surprise that the first question for Sharks GM Doug Wilson asked him how serious the Sharks were about going after Rick Nash. The question, of course, was fueled by the TSN account Tuesday that identified San Jose as "a strong contender" in the competition to land the Columbus captain.
That gave Wilson a chance to use his traditional answer to almost anything asked about player movement – "We don't talk about other teams' players and any conversation I do have with a fellow GM would be kept in confidence" – though he did indirectly allude to reports in the Columbus Dispatch that Nash had named the Sharks as one of five teams he'd be willing to go to.
"Historically, though, one of the most important things we do is make this a place that players do want to play and make it an attractive destination for players," Wilson said.
The impromptu press conference occurred as the Sharks were skating on the practice rink used by both the Toronto Maple Leafs and their AHL development team, the Marlies. A follow-up question asked Wilson if the team's current season-high,four-game winless streak and 1-4-1 road trip made it more or less likely he'd make a deal, but it didn't get a direct answer.
"We're not playing up to our capabilities right now," Wilson said, "and sometimes that's a good thing, to dig down and find an answer to it."
That question was at the top of my list, but I waited till the crowd dispersed before taking another stab at it. And this time Wilson was as direct as he ever gets at this time of the year.
"In the big picture," Wilson said, "one or two games is not going to impact any decisions we make."
Then he continued.
"We started building this team in June. You can get tricked by playing really well as well as you can by playing a poor game. The emotions — it's OK to have emotions and be passionate and hate losing, which we do. But then you've got to make your decisions based on common sense, research and work — and not be flavored by that."
No real hint there as to how things will play out, of course, but I think there's a little more insight into how Wilson looks at the situation.
*****Other than that, all the focus was on how the Sharks need to put that 6-3 loss in Columbus behind them and get their game back on track.
The practice itself didn't look any different than most. This wasn't one of those punitive, skate-'em-till-they-puke affairs by any means. And, from what I could tell, there wasn't a players' only meeting or a communal chewing out by Wilson. Yes, Wilson has been speaking to players, but not necessarily for the dramatic impact at similar times in years past.
"He's been around, he's been talking to the guys," Dan Boyle said. "He's been around and he's obviously not happy and neither are we."
Here's Todd McLellans account of how the day played out:
"We sat down and we talked about where we were on the trip, some of the things we haven't done well to this point. We went around the room real quick and talked to individuals, just to make sure they were seeing it the way we were seeing it.
"And then we watched some video, talked about certain situations within games and how we want to play, just to clarify it for the guys. Then we went out on the ice and practiced.
It wasn't dramatically different than any other day other than maybe it was a little longer, a little more video than normal."
McLellan said he talked with Clowe – and the group as well – about undisciplined penalties such as the ones that cost the Sharks three goals in that 6-3 defeat I Columbus.
"There's a Catch-22 situation with a guy like Clowe. He's always done an admirable job of taking care of his teammates, Logan in particular. If there's an excessive situation he's always prepared to step in. Sometimes he lets his emotions get in front of him and that was probably one of those situations but we sure don't want to take that element of his game away."
In Toronto, everybody is distressed over the Maple Leafs goaltending situation as both James Reimer and Jonas Gustavsson have been giving up soft goals lately. So naturally McLellan was asked if he was worried about San Jose's current netminding.
"The goaltending is part of the team and part of the group," he said. "They can be better, our back end can be better, our forwards have to be better and quite frankly our coaching staff has to be better.
"We're all in it together and it's often easy to point the finger at the two guys that wear those big fat pads and not include everybody else," McLellan continued, "and that's not what we're about."
******Moore's injury opens the door for the return of Torrey Mitchell after the Sharks forward was a healthy scratch against Columbus.
"You're only as good as your last game," Mitchell said in talking about how he ended up out of the lineup. "I thought I played well in Tampa and I thought I didn't have a good game in Carolina, and I made a mistake in a critical situation in Detroit, though I thought my game was fine before that play.
"But it just can't happen," he added. "You can't have guys on the third and fourth line being minus players and getting scored on. I realize that and he doesn't even have to say anything to me."
Mitchell said he did get feedback that reinforced what he already knew.
"I got a little feedback, but I don't need that. I understand my game and I understand what I have to do. I'm a professional and I'm going to bounce back. You don't want to be watching and you want to be helping. I'll be back tomorrow night and I'll make the best of it."
And here's his description of the play that doomed him and the Sharks in Detroit.
"It was a combined play between me and Zus and miscommunication on the coverage with Burnzie on the 3-o- 2 coming back on us. There were three of us, but I had an opportunity to be a little stronger on the puck and I wasn't."
******McLellan had left open the possibility that Douglas Murray would be rejoining the team as early as Toronto, but Wednesday he said the big defenseman would miss the rest of the trip, staying out of action until his fractured Adam's apple no longer poses a threat to his ability to breathe.
Dominic Moore won't play against the Maple Leafs either because of a lower body injury suffered in the Columbus loss. Neither Moore nor McLellan would confirm, but Moore's final appearance on the NHL play-by-play came midway through the first period after he blocked a shot so you and I can draw our own conclusions if we care to.


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The building will continue to stand as footsteps enter and exit its hallways, and those who once came in as children will leave as learned adults. And the library will stand yet, embracing all those who enter its hallowed portals and give of its knowledge freely.ReplyDelete
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Peter Brav
The "331 Innings" Interview
with Kam Williams
Author Expounds on Latest Labor of Love
Peter Brav is not much of a baseball player but he's written three novels where the diamond provides a setting for triumph over adversity in one way or another. Sneaking In (set during the 1999 Yankees championship season), The Other Side Of Losing (set during a Chicago Cubs championship season) and now 331 Innings (set in a small Nebraska town). Add in Zappy I'm Not, a memoir of a cranky middle-aged man reincarnated as a small dog, and you have a literary celebration of all manner of admirable underdogs.
Peter has written several plays including South Beach, African Violet, Later, The Rub, Good Till Cancelled, and Trump Burger which have all been performed in staged readings. A a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School, he resides in Princeton, New Jersey with wife Janet and three Papillons.
Peter has written several plays including South Beach, African Violet, Later, The Rub, Good Till Cancelled, and Trump Burger which have all been performed in staged readings. A a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School, he resides in Princeton, New Jersey with wife Janet and three Papillons.
Kam Williams: Hi Peter, thanks for the interview.
Peter Brav: Totally my pleasure, Kam.
KW: What inspired you to write 331 Innings?
PB:Well, first of all, it's not a baseball book. That plays a very small part of it. It covers ground I've become comfortable with. Trying to understand why we're all here for such a relatively short time and yet make it harder on each other and ourselves than it should be. I was thinking about bullying and war, specifically, and how they're linked. And what a better world we'd have, if we could minimize both of them.
KW: How would you describe the novel in 25 words or less?
PB: It's a pretty powerful 16th year in the life of John Schram, an undersized, underappreciated underdog. Anger's getting the best of him and he's most certainly heading in the wrong direction. Hopefully, he's going to turn things around before it's too late.
KW: Was the book's narrator, Jack Schram, based on a real-life person?
PB: John's Uncle Jack is a fictional 84 year-old lifelong Nebraskan. But Jack's an amalgam of many older people I've met, whether they be relatives or folks at my father's assisted living center. Like Jack, they've made livings, raised families, fought in wars, and watched loved ones and friends pass on. And if they're like Jack, they marvel at how the younger generations around them keep making the same mistakes they did. I've always felt comfortable with older people, perhaps an old soul and all that. It remains to be seen whether that continues now that I'm getting there more rapidly than I'd like.
KW: How much research did you have to do in order to set the story in Nebraska?
PB: I drove through Nebraska four years ago and spent a wonderful week in Lincoln. I know there are significant differences from the Northeast and they're highlighted on a daily basis on CNN with red and blue colors. But for my time there, on a closeup and personal level, I encountered nothing but personal warmth. And beautiful landscapes. The story wrote itself when I got back.
KW: What message do you want readers to take away from the novel?
PB: Well, some of what I just alluded to. We've got no shortage of underdogs in this world, battling whatever adversity comes their way to try and make a good life for themselves and others. What we could use a little more of is leaders, let's call them overdogs, with a conscience. And that's pretty much what happens near the end of the novel. Something brings the high school in-crowd and outcasts together, for one really long game anyway, and the rest of the world comes along for the ride. In my 2009 Chicago Cubs fantasy, The Other Side of Losing, I had a very protracted week-long rain delay during the World Series where people come together. This is a bit of the same thing, taking a break from "winning" to maybe show a little love.
KW: Are you already working on your next opus?
PB: Well, as you know, this lawyering thing keeps getting in the way, especially in the spring and summer. But I've finished a play called Propriety I'm hopeful about and I've started a new play set in the pre-war tumult of the late Thirties.
KW: AALBC.com founder Troy Johnson asks: What was the last book you read?
PB: Great question, Troy. I wish I had more time to read but I'm getting better. I'll mention two. The Berlin Boxing Club, a great young adult novel by Robert Sharenow.
And I'm just finishing War Against War, a terrific nonfiction book about the years before World War I by Michael Kazin.
KW: Ling-Ju Yen asks: What is your earliest childhood memory?
PB: Thanks, Ling-Ju. My beloved mother Adele, a survivor of the Holocaust who passed away two years ago, schlepping my sister and me on subways to see a matinee of Carousel in Manhattan. I believe I was 4 years-old.
KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?
PB: Cooking's never been one of my strong suits, Kam. But my kids would say my scrambled eggs are perfectly edible.
KW: Craig Robinson asks: What was your last dream?
PB: Hi, Craig. My night dreams are gone shortly after I wake up. There are nights I'm pretty dream-prolific, too. But my daydreams hang around forever; they're in 331 Innings.
KW: Sherry Gillam would like to know what is the most important life lesson you've learned so far?
PB: That's such a good question, Sherry, and I want you to know I learned it very early on. It's to evaluate everyone I meet on the basis of individual character only. No wealth, race, religion, nationality, age, popularity considerations, or anything else. And I've been the beneficiary of that lesson, with a diverse group of friends enriching my life on a daily basis.
KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
PB: I don't know, give me a minute, and I'll get back to you with a quite pained response. I see someone super blessed to have had the love and encouragement of my incredible wife Janet and the rest of my
family and friends.
KW: What's the craziest thing you've ever done?
PB: I'm going to assume you mean intentionally. Most of the "crazy" things I did only look that way with hindsight. But I'd say naively taking my MGB without snow tires into the mountains of Vermont in the winter of 1981 ranks right up there.
KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?
PB: For the powers that be throughout the world to have a collective Moment of Zen, to borrow from Jon Stewart, in which they realize they have more power and wealth than could be consumed in multiple lifetimes. And then actually do something about it to reduce war, oppression, inequity, ignorance, and the planet's deterioration. It shouldn't take the arrival of a worse species as happened in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! to bring people together.
KW: The Tavis Smiley question: How do you want to be remembered?
PB: That's tough since most of us will be remembered by very few. But I hope it's for more than those scrambled eggs.
KW: Finally, what's in your wallet?
PB: The usual I'm sure. Five dollars and a completely illegible idea for a new novel scrawled on a napkin.
KW: Thanks again for the time, Peter, and best of luck with the book.
PB: Thank you, Kam, I hope folks enjoy it. Writing it was a joy for me.
Read more of Peter's work at www.peterbrav.com
and follow him at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3299307.Peter_Brav


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In Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, you see the titular leading lady from a whole new perspective. While the isometric camera angle shows off less of the iconic character than you may be used to, the game boasts the same engaging mix of exploration and combat that has long been the hallmark of the best games in the series. Punctuated by clever puzzles and lush visuals, each level begs to be replayed thanks to the varied and enticing challenges that promise substantial rewards. Guardian of Light is addictively fun, and it gets even better when you enlist a friend for some cooperative play, as the puzzles change to suit your complementary abilities. Unfortunately, the game does not support online cooperative play at launch, and though the developer has promised a patch, it's a disappointment to be even temporarily denied the opportunity to play this great co-op game online. Yet in spite of this shortfall, Guardian of Light is a rousing success that ranks as one of Lara Croft's greatest adventures.
Guardian of Light finds Lara deep in the Yucatan peninsula having just located yet another powerful MacGuffin. This particular item releases a nasty old demon, and soon Lara is off on his trail through the Mayan jungle. One of the best things about Guardian of Light is that it makes exploration enjoyable and rewarding. The levels are lush and moody, beckoning you onward with thoughtful details. Though your primary objectives are always straightforward, the levels vary widely in terms of length and layout, mixing long, multistage puzzles with dramatic moments of desperate action. Fully exploring every level is an unqualified pleasure, and aside from the natural thrill of discovering the unknown, there are many tangible rewards for thorough players.
Some of these rewards are immediate, like new guns, skill-enhancing artifacts, and health and ammo power-ups. Others, like red skulls and score-boosting gems, help you complete the many challenges each level has to offer. Rewards for high scores and speed runs are offered on every level, usually in addition to an array of level-specific challenges. These include finding hidden symbols throughout the level, passing a dangerous section on your first try, or perching a giant stone ball on top of a pedestal using explosives. Challenges are enjoyably varied, and completing every challenge in a level the first time through is extremely tough, if not impossible. Fortunately, Guardian of Light makes it fun to replay levels, and the challenges that fuel this replayability always seem tantalizingly within reach. Striving for a high score and speeding through for a quick completion time are two very different yet very entertaining ways to play, and even though you can get through many levels quickly, there are hours and hours of adventuring to be had here.
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While all of your weapons, artifacts, and relics are effective, they are not all created equal. Some deplete your ammunition supply faster than others, and it's fun to search for new weapons while sticking with your favorites. One of those favorites is probably going to be your spear. Aside from sticking into enemies with a satisfying thwack, this weapon can stick into walls, where the light-footed Lara can use it as a platform to reach higher areas or traverse dangerous pits. Another favorite is likely to be your remote-detonated bombs, which, in addition to the obvious applications, are used in a variety of different environmental puzzles. Whether you encounter them in the normal course of the level, through diligent exploration, or in one of the many challenge tombs, these puzzles are another big highlight of the game. They use Lara's skills in conjunction with environmental elements in a variety of clever and surprising ways. Using Lara's grappling rope to rappel down a cliff seems straightforward enough, but add in some moving pillars, and you've got something a bit trickier. Maneuvering large stone balls onto pressure pads is simple; using bombs to accurately propel large stone balls through the air requires a lot more precision. Whether the challenge lies in executing a particular action or just figuring out what to do, you won't want to leave any of these engaging puzzles unsolved.
Between exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving, there's a lot to enjoy as a solo player in Guardian of Light. But team up with a friend to play cooperatively, and you've got a whole new set of challenges. While one of you plays as Lara, the other plays as Totec, a muscular ancient Mayan. Though Totec's voice actor is hammy and unpleasant, you are subjected to his voice only during the rare cutscenes that string along the equally cheesy and forgettable plot. The action is the star here, and when you play cooperatively, the game changes in significant ways. Totec is the only one who wields the aforementioned spear, but unlike Lara, he can't stand on it. To get him to higher ground, Lara must lend a hand with her grappling rope. Totec also carries a shield that can be used to reflect enemy projectiles or provide a makeshift platform for Lara to leap from. Totec can also wield firearms, though he lacks Lara's magical pistols of unlimited ammunition.
The two must combine their abilities to solve puzzles that are different from the single-player puzzles in crucial ways. Solving these cleverly altered conundrums and fighting the emboldened hordes of enemies makes for a very fun time, providing you can get someone over to your house to play with you. The entertaining mix of exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving in Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is perfectly matched with enticing rewards and engaging challenges that will have you tripping over yourself to replay levels again and again, especially if online leaderboard competition is your cup of tea. Cooperative play makes this adventure even more enjoyable, and though the disappointing lack of online support may sting for weeks to come, it shouldn't stop you from enjoying this impressive arcade adventure.