text:
Once again Melinda, Michelle and I return to discuss NANA! This time around, we cover the book's point-of-view character, as well as Yazawa's take on infidelity and relationships, and even discuss why Hachi should not be comparing Shin to a malted drink. Ever.
Danielle: The early volumes of NANA tend to show us the world through Hachi's eyes. Even after Nana and Hachi move in together, Nana still feels like a mystery to us (in spite of the fact we the reader know a lot about her personal history thanks to her prologue chapter in volume 1). Why does Yazawa focus so much energy on Hachi's perspective and how do you think it influences the book / story that she's telling?
Melinda: This is going to sound awful, but I think it's at least partly because we need to see Hachi fail. And when I say that, I don't necessarily mean personal failure (though she does experience some of that as well) but really the failure of her entire plan for moving to Tokyo. She moves to be with Shoji (or more accurately, not to be left behind by Shoji) which is honestly doomed from the start. While they may have had enough in common to stay together if they'd both remained at home, they were doomed to fall apart out in the greater world. Anyone who has gone away to college knows that 99 times out of 100 the girlfriend or boyfriend "from home" doesn't last. These are the times when people change the most. Shoji was always going to meet someone more ideal for him (Sachiko), and Hachi too (Nana). That doesn't make what happens any less painful (I seriously had a hard time reading these volumes through again, they were so painful--I have strong personal issues with infidelity) but it was inevitable.
I've gone on a tangent here, but my point is that I think as the story gets into the third and fourth volumes, Nana is already on her path (aided by Nobu's arrival) and Hachi is still finding hers. What's most needed to move the story forward, for both of them, really, is for Hachi to lose a lot of what she has--the boy she followed to Tokyo, the job she actually enjoys--in order to truly recognize what's in front of her and be able to pursue it, unhindered. All this has to happen for Hachi so that she can get Nana to the Trapnest concert, which changes everything for both of them, for better or worse.
I also think Yazawa may assume (and I suspect rightly so) that most of her young, female readers are going to have more in common with Hachi at the beginning, whether they wish to admit it or not. She's the "normal" girl being swept up into the entertainment world, so to some extent I think Yazawa may be sweeping the readers up in it along with her. It brings us into that world in a way that feels very natural and unforced and, thanks to Hachi, we're brought in as insiders, not as distant voyeurs. It creates as immediate emotional intimacy between the reader and the members of Blast that would have been much more difficult to achieve without Hachi's perspective. We are able to love them more quickly because of their fast acceptance of Hachi. We're brought right into their self-made family. It's brilliant, really.
Michelle: First, not only is Hachi the easier nut of the two to crack, she is not tough to crack whatsoever! It makes sense that, just as she's more immediately open to Nana and the other characters, she's also more immediately open to the reader.
Tying in with this would be reason number two—I think the readers are, at this point, supposed to agree with Hachi that Nana is cool and enigmatic. It's only gradually that we, like Hachi, begin to realize what Nana's particular weaknesses are, but because she projects such a tough girl veneer, we have to be led along for a while to believe that she's really that strong inside as well.
Lastly, I think it's all about seeing Hachi grow up. She has impulsively come to Tokyo without any particular goal in mind, and we see in volume three that Nana has given her what she was lacking—a dream. As she adopts the task of finding bandmates for Nana, she says, "It's the first time I've ever been so psyched in my life." Unfortunately, being impulsive, while charming at times, means that she doesn't always see the consequences of her actions, and so she ends up neglecting her relationship with Shoji and must face the painful result.
While I wasn't too keen on Hachi in volumes one and two, it's this near obsession with Nana and its repercussions that made me realize what a truly fascinating character she had the potential to be. I've only read through volume eleven so far, but even looking back from that vantage point, I can see how very much she has grown already; she seems quite childish in retrospect. It could be argued that Yazawa's focus on her makes NANA qualify as a bildungsroman.
Danielle: Both of you have such excellent points about why Hachi's perspective is so vital to the story, I don't have much to add. I admit, I have some issues concerning the Shoji storyline since it seems unbearably sad to me that Shoji and Hachi could maintain the relationship from a distance but it all fell apart once they actually had to deal with the reality of both everyday contact and missed chances at contact. I agree with you two -- Shoji probably had to be cut loose from the story so that Hachi could sinker deeper into Nana's world, but at times I think Yazawa took the easy way out here. Shoji's actions are such pure betrayal, Hachi is never forced to learn how to how to maintain a relationship that really takes work (something that will be problematic later when it comes to how she deals with Nana). At the same time, I also get frustrated that Jun is so quick to assign Hachi responsibility, because once a guy cheats I have a very hard time mustering up even the slightest amount of understanding for him. (I know, I've just contradicted myself but well. That's NANA for you!). In the end, I feel incredibly dissatisfied with how Hachi and Shoji play out because it seems too neat...even though it is such an incredibly messy thing for Hachi emotionally.
Michelle: I'm actually not dissatisfied in the least with how the Shoji situation plays out. That breakup scene... man, just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. I think in my review of volume four, I described it as both brutal and amazing. Yazawa's art, too, makes it feel all the more painful and real; the way she incorporates a photographic sort of backdrop that seems to place the characters squarely in the real world is nothing short of brilliant.
Melinda: I'm actually not dissatisfied with the way the Shoji story is told either. While I agree that Hachi doesn't learn how to maintain a relationship that takes work in this scenario, I actually think it would have seemed contrived on Yazawa's part to try to do that with this relationship. Hachi couldn't learn that here because the relationship was already lost before she even moved to Tokyo. This was not a salvageable relationship, not even in the short-term. I think it would have taken Yazawa a lot of work to try to pretend otherwise long enough for Hachi to get something like that out of it and ultimately it would have not served the story or the characters.
I don't even see him as a complete villain, despite how much hurt I personally felt while reading that section of the story. After all, it was inevitable that he'd fall for Sachiko, and I even think it's the right thing for everyone that he let himself fall for her. Shoji had grown into a different person than he was when he was with Hachi, which is exactly why they could maintain their relationship at a distance but not in person. It's easy to ignore the holes and problems in a relationship when you don't have to deal with it day-to-day. Tangent: I saw this so often when I was a professional actor--so many relationships that only really worked because one or the other person was always out of town. Distance prolongs the inevitable. Return from tangent: The only thing Shoji did wrong (and it's a huge thing) was to not break up with Hachi before getting involved with Sachiko, and that was due to a kind of cowardice that is so common it's hard for me to hold a grudge about it even though my own personal reaction to that kind of betrayal is (and was when I read this) extremely strong. Short version: I get it. It's stupid and hurtful, but he's really young and I get it. It felt very true to life to me, because people are stupid and hurtful sometimes, even really nice people. Sometimes they are stupid and hurtful because they are nice and they let their own cowardice convince them that it is somehow less hurtful to lie and put off what will undeniably be a painful confrontation than it is to tell the truth. That is wrong, obviously, but unfortunately it is also what most people would do, especially at that age.
The only thing I dislike about that breakup scene--and I think this is realistic too, it just makes me really sad--is Nana's feeling that Hachi should have fought for Shoji, and a suggestion that it maybe was symptomatic of some weakness of Hachi's that she didn't. I disagree with that really strongly. I think as painful as it was, even Hachi knew that she didn't love Shoji enough to make herself that much more vulnerable by trying to fight for him. Furthermore, I think not fighting was the right decision, both for her and for Shoji (and actually for Sachiko who I think is a really likable character as much as I hated to admit it at the time).
Regarding Jun, I actually hate the way she manages to blame Hachi for everything after Shoji has betrayed her. Sure, Hachi may have made mistakes in the relationship, but the only person responsible for Shoji's betrayal is Shoji. That's just a fact and I admit I really resented Jun for finding a way to make Hachi the bad guy. It really wasn't fair and definitely not kind. Jun's a good egg, but I actually think she's an unhealthy friend for Hachi at this point. As much as Jun complains that Hachi isn't being a grown-up and taking responsibility for her own life, I think her treatment of Hachi only perpetuates that, regardless of her intentions. Just as Hachi can't grow up if she's being constantly coddled, she also can't grow up if she's held responsible for things that actually aren't her responsibility. Jun doesn't give her a chance.
Danielle: I feel that because we are always being shown what Hachi thinks of Nana, and rarely what Nana thinks of Hachi, that volume 4's short falling out between the two is a bit of a shock to us. How does Hachi manage to fall into that strange space Yazawa calls "Nana's weakness"? In just volume 4, in particular, why do you think Nana suddenly becomes so influenced by Hachi?
Michelle: I think Nana is somewhat...not exactly envious of, but entranced by and attracted to Hachi's ability to love so openly and completely, much in the same way as an introvert like myself can be affected by the abilities of an extrovert to draw me out of my shell. When she thinks Hachi is simply waiting for Shoji to employ some manipulative tactics upon him, she's angry, but she's perfectly willing to stay if Hachi is waiting simply because she loves him. Is she comparing Hachi's completely unrestrained feelings with her own experiences with love and wishing she could be the same way? Possibly.
When Misato arrives, Nana must've been so happy inside to have both her and Hachi around, so Hachi's jealous reaction really hurts. Later, Hachi's completely heartfelt apology, in which she reveals how much she'd been worried about Nana, touches her a great deal. I get the feeling no one much has worried about Nana in her life; in volume three, there's a scene with Shin in which she says, "Well, I know there really are parents who don't care about their kids." That's why she loves Hachi's warm family environment so much when she later accompanies Hachi on a visit. It's during that visit, too, where she articulates her feelings about Hachi for the first time, saying, "She's honest, considerate, and cheerful. I'm happy to live with her."
Melinda: I think Michelle is absolutely right on about Nana being attracted to Hachi's ability to love so easily and unfettered by fear or doubt. Nana's spent years learning how to protect herself and then there's Hachi, running around making herself completely vulnerable to everyone without a thought and I think it must seem like the most wonderful kind of freedom in the world to Nana. I think she even admires it on some level. (You know, I hear some fans talk about Hachi as if she's a manipulative game-player and I have to laugh. Even when she might try to be, she really doesn't have a talent for it. She's just constantly putting herself out there, hoping for love.) I think it's inevitable that Nana would get caught up easily in this and probably it is a huge shock to her when Hachi, who loves everyone, lashes out over Misato. I think Michelle has hit this on the nose as well. I'd even go so far as to say that she is not only touched by Hachi's apology but admires Hachi's ability to apologize so openly as well. Nana has never found it that easy to throw her pride aside. It might sound funny to say this, but I think Nana probably perceives Hachi as being stronger than she is in a lot of ways and I think she would be right. It takes more strength to make yourself vulnerable to others than it does to protect yourself from them, and Nana knows that. She may fool other people into thinking she's really strong, but she knows the truth. I think volume four is where Nana really begins to understand how valuable Hachi will be to her.
Danielle: One thing I think is fascinating about the whole "falling out" in volume four is where Nana goes when she's feeling vulnerable about her relationship with Hachi…and she runs to Yasu. She can't even articulate why she is upset or why she runs to him instead of anyone else. I think this is what troubles me most about Nana – it is that inability to understand (or try to understand) herself and her own emotions. That is why I agree with Michelle that the moment she is able to tell Hachi's family, "She's honest, considerate, and cheerful. I'm happy to live with her" feels like a major emotional breakthrough simply because Nana is so straight-jacketed, otherwise, with her own feelings.
This may be why I have a hard time connecting to Nana as a character – she often isn't self-reflective in the same why Hachi is shown to be. Hachi is always wondering about what kind of love she wants, what kind of life, why she does the things she does….which means, she may seem flighty because she doesn't always know right away what she wants, but I can definitely relate to that aspect of her character that is unfinished. While, in comparison, Nana seems to have this impossibly thick shell that life has hardened. Maybe that is why I'm so deeply moved when Nana is moved by Hachi…because she, more than anyone, is surprised by the depth of feeling for this energetic interloper.
Michelle: Yes, it's absolutely fascinating that she runs to Yasu for comfort and very tentatively, disguising her aim with a cavalier tone, encourages him to make a move on her. It's like she doesn't want to risk rejection by coming out and admitting her own attraction to/dependency on him. When he doesn't take her seriously, she leaves abruptly, probably both hurt and embarrassed.
Danielle: Now, I wanted to ask you both about the translation / localization choices made in the early volumes. Hachi, in particular, doesn't really sound like any 20 year old I happen to know....did they go overboard with the slang? Is the slang already out-of-date (now just a few years after these first volumes were been published)? Should the adapter have just avoided slang altogether, in spite of the fact this is supposed to be a "rock 'n roll" story?
Michelle: Oh, that slang! There must be some way to adapt dialogue so that a character can sound youthful without taking readers out of the story so much. Probably the most egregious example I can think of is in volume three; when Hachi is cajoling Shoji over having to work so much, she says, "Don't your 'rents hook you up, dude?" Ugh. There are other instances, like when Hachi declares something is "rad" or when Shoji, voicing a legitimate complaint about Hachi's preoccupations, says, "It's like, who's dissing who?"
Another thing I really dislike is this sentence on the back cover: "What follows is a thundering blast of sex, music, fashion, gossip, and all-night parties!" It makes the story sound pretty inane to me. First of all, I can't think of any riotous all-night parties that have actually occurred, and if these characters were the type to wantonly gossip about their friends behind their backs, I wouldn't like them as much as I do! Too, Yazawa is not one to include sex simply for its own sake—it's always about the characters—so to single it out as a reason one should purchase the book is just tacky.
Melinda: Honestly, wasn't most of the slang used outdated years before these books were printed? "I'm so sure"? I mean, c'mon. Michelle has pointed out some of the particularly jarring examples, but wow, there are so many. I think one of the problems with it is that, more than anything, the chosen slang makes the characters sound American (mid-1980s-early 1990s American, at that) which doesn't work well for me in a story set in Japan. I can understand the difficulty of adapting this for western audiences when it comes to slang, but I really think the series is better off without it. Yazawa's characterizations are strong enough to hold up with either Japanese slang left intact or no slang at all (or at least drastically reduced slang). Also, I think I have been scarred for life by Hachi's description of Shin as "a hot malt."
Additionally, thank you, Michelle, for bringing up the language on the back cover. I hate that description with a fiery passion and honestly, if I'd been browsing for manga and picked that up without knowing anything about it, I never would have bought it, not in a million years. It makes the series sound trashy and shallow. I honestly think it is an insult to Yazawa and her work as a whole. I have a lot of love for Viz, but I think they devalue NANA by marketing it this way, and it hurts my heart.
Danielle: One day, when I'm feeling particularly evil (instead of my normal amount of everyday evil), I think I'll challenge us to rewrite the back cover text to better reflect what we think the story is really about.
Okay, folks, it is time to wrap up the second NANA Project -- come back in September when we will be discussing volumes 5 & 6!


text:
Louisiana facility will use UOP/Eni Ecofining™ process technology to produce 85 million gallons of Honeywell Green Diesel per year
DES PLAINES, Ill., May 8, 2012 — UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to license technology to Emerald Biofuels LLC to produce Honeywell Green Diesel™ at a facility in Louisiana.
Emerald is expected to use Honeywell's UOP/Eni Ecofining™ process technology to produce 85 million gallons per year of Honeywell Green Diesel from non-edible, second-generation oils and animal fats. Unlike biodiesel, Honeywell Green Diesel is a drop-in replacement for traditional diesel. Chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel, Honeywell Green Diesel can be used in any proportion in existing fuel tanks without infrastructure changes.
Emerald is an Illinois-based transportation fuel company that focuses on building renewable diesel refineries that produce environmentally friendly transportation fuels at prices competitive to petroleum-based fuels. International Alliance Group (IAG) will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the project.
"We are very pleased to work with Emerald in its efforts to advance the production of biofuels through this breakthrough project in the U.S.," said Jim Rekoske, vice president and general manager of Honeywell's UOP Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit. "We are proud to offer a technology solution that supports diesel production, while lessening the environmental impact of fuel production through the use of alternative feedstocks and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions."
Honeywell's UOP and Eni SpA jointly developed the UOP/Eni Ecofining process, which uses hydroprocessing technology to convert non-edible natural oils and animal fats to Honeywell Green Diesel. The fuel offers improved performance over biodiesel and petroleum-based diesel, including a high cetane value of 80 compared with a cetane range of 40 to 60 found in diesel at the pump today. Cetane value is the measure of the combustion quality of diesel. Higher cetane values help diesel engines operate more effectively.
Honeywell Green Diesel offers high energy density, excellent performance at cold or warm temperatures, and features up to an 80 percent lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel from petroleum. Honeywell Green Diesel offers value as a blending stock for refiners seeking to enhance existing diesel and to expand the diesel pool.
Honeywell's UOP, the recognized leader in developing process technology for the refining, petrochemical, and gas processing and hydrogen industries, offers technologies to convert natural oils and plant biomass into valuable fuels.
In addition to the UOP/Eni Ecofining technology, since launching its renewable energy and chemicals business in 2007, the company commercialized the UOP Renewable Jet Fuel Process under a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to produce Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ for the U.S. military. It produces an aviation biofuel that can be blended seamlessly with petroleum-based fuel.
In 2008, Honeywell's UOP partnered with Ensyn Corp. to form a joint venture, Envergent Technologies LLC, to offer RTP® rapid thermal processing technology and equipment for the production of renewable heat, power and transportation fuels. RTP technology is currently in use in seven commercial biomass processing plants in the U.S. and Canada.
UOP LLC, headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, is a leading international supplier and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents, process plants, and consulting services to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas processing industries. UOP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc. and is part of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies strategic business group. For more information, go to www.uop.com.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of fact, that address activities, events or developments that we or our management intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions and assessments in light of past experience and trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other relevant factors. They are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks and uncertainties, which can affect our performance in both the near- and long-term. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
# # #

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Excellent. Thank you so much for your efficiency – UK Local Authority.
There are many problems that can arise with your Japanese translations project (or any other translation project).
Often Speed is vital: you may even need your translation within 24 hours.
Quality. You need the Japanese translations of your marketing material for the international trade show to be perfect. The brochures represent your company and the translation needs to be exactly right. The implications of it being wrong could be immense.
Your Japanese translations may be needed for engineering drawings where whole departments and even a production line depend on the translation being ready on time and perfect.
Or the Japanese translations services you require may need the skills of a Japanese translator who has the experience and knowledge to expertly translate text for a specific purpose – medical, legal or financial. Again the need to get this type of translation right first time is vital. Then of course, there is the question of being on or under budget.
That is why you need your project manager to be available at all times and to respond quickly and effectively.
If you would like Free Japanese translations advice see our Free Advice page or email us (use the form below or Here).


text:
Hi, I am Santa Bob! I am the founder of Santa in the Philippines!
I started doing Santa appearances in 2015. At the time I was working with Cherry Mobile, the Cellphone Company here in the Philippines. I visited many of their stores all through Southern Mindanao. At that time, I heard many Filipinos talking about how glad they were that finally they have seen the "real Santa" and it really warmed my heart. It also showed me that there was a real demand to have foreign Santas here in the Philippines. Because of this, I decided to start my own Santa Claus company and provide Santas throughout the Philippines!
So, in early 2015, I started Santa in the Philippines! I approached malls, hotels and other businesses in the Philippines and had many clients in the year of 2015. It was very fun! I love children, and being Santa Claus gave me an opportunity to see joy brought to these kids, and a real enjoyment of the Christmas Season! It really meant a lot to me!
Unfortunately, I suffered some health problems in 2016 which prevented me from doing my Santa appearances (for the most part). Luckily, I had a friend, though, who was interested in filling in for me and being Santa! His name is Santa Robert, and although I am now back to full health, Robert is still with Santa in the Philippines and will continue to make appearances! Thank you so much for that, Robert.
I said that in 2016 I did not do Santa appearances for the most part. I did do one appearance. In November 2016 I had Heart Bypass surgery at SPMC's (Southern Philippines Medical Center) Mindanao Heart Center. Because the people at SPMC treated me so well, in December, once I got feeling well enough, I donned my Santa Suit and went there to visit the Medical Team and the Patients at the Heart Center, particularly the Children. Have a look at the pictures below, showing my visit at the hospital!
So, if you have a need for a Santa Claus this year or in future years, Santa in the Philippines would be more than happy to provide you with the highest quality Santa that you can imagine! We are jolly, happy folks who love kids and also we love "kids at heart". We can make your Christmas occasion a big success!


text:
When I was a little girl, I found a small black rectangular object near my grandparents cellar door. I didn't know what it was, but it felt heavy and important. I ran into the house and asked grandma if I could keep it. She held it between her crooked finger tips and said, "You found a magnet!"
She handed it back to me, with permission to keep it, and explained that magnets attract things. She said if I move it around in the dirt very slowly, I could find all kinds of little treasures. I couldn't imagine what the word "treasures" meant. Did she mean diamonds?Read More›
My husband and I had plans to go camping this weekend, but when we checked the weather report, we realized we would have to adjust our plans.Read More›
How much time do you spend working on your spouse? How many days are wasted on wishing your life away when day after day nothing changes? You feel stuck, having the same old arguments over the same old things, day in and day out.
Would you like to know how to stop wasting your time?
Questioning Your Actions
"Am I addicted to these drinks?" This question came to my mind after spending 48 hours wallowing in self deprecating thoughts. "Is this what depression feels like?"
The answer was yes, and what I was experiencing was called 'situational depression'.Read More›
Have you noticed that challenges, differences and confrontations tend to build walls between spouses, and the first thing you know, out the window goes the marriage? It honestly doesn't have to be this way. Healthy marriages can be created to get more of out of life than either spouse thought possible – even during the tough times.
What if you were to think of relationships like this:Read More›
Who ever said marriage was easy, definitely wasn't married for the long haul. Add being an entrepreneur to the mix and you can get all kinds of unique issues.
If you're like most couples, when you're struggling, anything can bring you close to the edge of ugly. This post was created to help you get past that edge, and stay focused on the five most important aspects of your marriage.Read More›
Over the course of our 33 years of marriage, my husband often voiced how much God came between us.
The funny thing is, my thoughts were always, "I'm so thankful God came between us!"
For every opinion in life there is also a counter opinion. Whether you're a married corporate exec, entrepreneur, politician, construction worker or a house wife, God has always been controversial.
. Today's question comes from the site of Wiselike by an anonymous member.
Q: "What are the roots of your findings (about relationships)? Is it from personal experience? Or patterns that you've seen?" Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
I'd like to give you the short version, but I think your question deserves the complete story. I've never told my story quite like this before, but I'll share it today in full humility because someone needs to hear it.
Our roots make a huge difference, but they don't define who we are, no matter what our experiences or patterns look like.Read More›
The Question
"What do you consider when advising a new couple in their early twenties?" Thomas
This is a good question, though I'm not sure from what perspective Thomas was wanting a response from, parent perspective, friends, coach, marriage counselor, etc. It would have been helpful to know that first, but my audience is usually faith conscious entrepreneurs, often between the ages of 25 and 55, who are looking for a stronger connection to God, themselves and each other as a couple or family.Read More›


text:
|Thread Tools
the end of the ugly
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: East Coast, USA
Posts: 890
This piece excerpts, in part relevant to the central argument in my earlier thread "US Bottom-Tier Shoppers Too Poor To Shop (at: http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...d.php?t=113252), a recent article by Didier Jacobs entitled: Are Billionaires Fat Cats or Deserving Entrepreneurs? published by the Center for Popular Economics:
"The 62 richest people
in the world own as much wealth as half of humanity. Such extreme
wealth conjures images of both fat cats and deserving entrepreneurs. So
where did so much money come from?
"It turns out, three-fourths of extreme wealth in the US falls on the fat cat side.
"A key empirical question in the inequality debate is to what extent
rich people derive their wealth from "rents", which is windfall income
they did not produce, as opposed to activities creating true economic
"Economists define "rent" as the difference between what people are paid
and what they would have to be paid to do the work anyway. The classical
example is the farmer who owns particularly fertile land. With the same
effort, she can produce more than other farmers working on land of
average productivity. The extra income she gets is a rent. Monopolists
also get rent by overcharging customers as compared to what they could
charge in competitive markets. More generally, economists have
identified a series of "market failures", which are situations where
full competition does not prevail and where someone can therefore
overcharge – they would be ready to do the work for less, but lack of
competition allows them to make a quick extra buck. Government can
alleviate market failures through proper economic regulation; or it can
make them worse. Political scientists define "rent-seeking" as
influencing government to get special privileges, such as subsidies or
exclusive production licenses, to capture income and wealth produced by
"The bottom-line is that extreme wealth is not broad-based: it is
disproportionately generated by a small portion of the economy. Economic
theory predicts that activities that are prone to rent-seeking or
market failures will concentrate wealth, and that is what we observe.
"This finding has important moral, economic, and policy implications.
To the extent that it is driven by rents as opposed to productive
activities, the extreme concentration of wealth we observe is not fair
according to a meritocratic conception of social justice. Moreover,
because rents do not compensate productive activities, redistributing
them through taxes or regulation does not harm the economy, and could
even boost economic growth. As wealth inequality has become so extreme,
even modest redistribution could have significant positive impact for
the poor and the middle class."
Notice how the last two sentences quoted agree with the observation of Moody's Vice President Charles O'Shea quoted in my earlier thread: "Until the health of the lower-to-middle-income consumer improves, Walmart will continue to face macroeconomic headwinds in the US."


text:
Hello guest! Are you a Tegu enthusiast? If so, we invite you to join our community! Our site is specifically designed for you and it's a great place for Tegu enthusiasts to meet online. Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your Tegu and enclosure and have a great time with other Tegu fans. Sign up today! If you have any questions, problems, or other concerns email [email protected]!Dismiss Notice
Brita water filter......
Discussion in 'Reptile Product Reviews' started by ToCoolTegu, Feb 26, 2013.


text:
37 Somerset Road
Cedar House
Queen Victoria Road
Westbury Park
07711181401 / 07711 181 401
What do you want from life? Probably things like - Good health; happy, fulfilling relationships and family life; rewarding work you enjoy that earns you a good living; engaging in meaningful and fun activities.
Most people come to counselling and therapy when one or more of these areas in life aren't working as well as they'd like them to. Through talking about the things that matter to you and sharing things that trouble you you'll come to see what actions you can to take to make positive changes and develop self confidence .
In addition to talking things through you'll also learn techniques to steady your thoughts and feelings which in turn will lead to a more relaxed and balanced body. You'll be able to reduce stress, manage anxiety and cultivate a calm, yet strong personality. From this state you'll be in a better position to make informed choices, have less stressful interactions with people and take wiser action in your life. Some people call my approach Embodied Mindfulness.
I offer both short-term focused counselling or more in-depth, on-going counselling support.
You can call or email me to set up an initial session; This gives you the opportunity to meet me and to talk about what you want to get out of counselling. If you're happy to continue we'll set up a second session, and arrange to meet on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
I am registered with the UKCP, one of the UK's main, official therapeutic regulatory boards. I've been practicing for over 30 yrs and work with individuals, couples, groups and organisations.
Some of the areas I've worked in are Youth at Risk UK, WYSE Project, Anchor Homes for the elderly, Hartfield Regional College, Richmond Adult Community College, Royal College of Art.
In addition I'm a fully qualified body therapist having trained as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. I currently lead the training of Alexander Teachers in Bristol at the Bristol Alexander School.
I attended my therapy training at the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust, London attaining an advanced diploma - the equivalent of an MA. I graduated in1984 from Dartington College of Arts, Devon as a teacher of the Alexander Technique.
I am a registered member of the UKCP and also ATI and hold full professional indemnity insurance.
Individual fee £55
Couples fee £65
Groups negotiable rates
Concessions will be considered
|Online counselling:
|Telephone counselling:
|Face to face counselling:
|Home visits:
|Sign language:
|Other languages:
Tuesdays and Wednesday
|Young people
|Older adults
|Employee Assistance Programme


text: These buildings were vacant for a collective 13 years before Heart of Howell purchased them, and after 3 years of renovations, we are so excited to be full! We have made a home for 8 businesses, and we are so happy with the family we have created here. These businesses have brought a lot of […]Read More


text:
|Venue: Carroll and Sons
|Categories: exhibition
Multiple video projections of A Dance in Sol LeWitt's "Bars of Color Within Squares (MIT)," explores motion, color and depth perception through aerial perspectives on clustered and spontaneous movement. A Dance in Sol LeWitt's "Bars of Color Within Squares (MIT)" was a performance project staged on LeWitt's polychrome terrazzo floor completed for the atrium of MIT's Green Center for Physics in 2007. The December 12, 2010 performance, created by choreographer/MIT researcher Nell Breyer, is being re-staged as part of the MIT150 Festival of Art, Science and Technology on May 8, 2011. The performance examines rule systems manifest in group and individual behaviors.
Thanks & acknowledgements: Carroll and Sons; MIT Department of Physics; List Visual Arts Center; MIT Office of The Arts; John Lavertu, Janet Passehl & The LeWitt Collection; Sofia LeWitt, The LeWitt Estate; Patricia Fuller; Boston Cyberarts Festival; Trust for Mutual Understanding & Jeremy Ziemann.
Made possible (or Made possible in part) by the Grants Program of the Council for the Arts at MIT, The Trust For Mutual Understanding, Boston Cyberarts Festival and MIT150 Festival of Art, Science and Technology
*Please see Dance for a related event at MIT.
Photo: drawing by Nell Breyer, "A dance in Sol LeWitt's 'Bars of Color Within Squares (MIT)'" 2010
May 4-May 28
Gallery Hours| Tues-Sat, 10-6pm
Opening Reception| Sat, May 6 | 5:30-7:30pm
Public Transportation| 1 Bus, CT2 Bus, Back Bay (MBTA Orange Line)


text:
This fetches a particular SIP header for a call. As an example,
currentCall.getHeader('x-test-header') will return the data for 'x-test-header'. If multiple headers have the same name, getHeader will return the values of each of them, separated by new lines.
You can add custom headers when invoking a call or transfer method by using the 'headers' attribute; make sure to include x- for your customer headers, e.g.
test-header becomes
x-test-header. The header will also be downcased, so if you need to access something like
x-Test-Header, you would need to write is as
Below are some potential headers you could retrieve using getHeader - the first portion lists the header name while the second portion, after the colon, is sample data that would be returned.
x-sbc-from:"\"username\"<sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=2a648c6e", x-sbc-allow:"BYE", x-sbc-user-agent:"sipgw-1.0", x-sbc-contact:"<sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:16000>", Content-Length:"247", To:"<sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:5060>", Contact:"<sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:5060>", x-sbc-request-uri:"sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:5060", x-sbc-call-id:"OWE0OGFkMTE1ZGY4NTI1MmUzMjc1M2Y3Y2ExMzc2YhG.", x-sid:"39f4688b8896f024f3a3aebd0cfb40b2", x-sbc-cseq:"1 INVITE", x-sbc-max-forwards:"70", CSeq:"2 INVITE", Via:"SIP/2.0/UDP 184.108.40.206:5060;received=10.6.60.100", x-sbc-record-route:"<sip:126.96.36.199:5061;r2=on;lr;ftag=2a648c6e>", Call-ID:"0-13c4-4b7d8ff7-1c3c1b82-7935-1d10b081", Content-Type:"application/sdp", x-sbc-to:"<sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:5060>", From:"<sip:email@example.com:5060>;tag=0-13c4-4b7d8ff7-1c3c1b82-5c7b"
if (currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")) { log("Your header value is " +currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")); } else { log("Your header value was not found"); }
if ($currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")) log "Your header value is " + $currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header") else log "Your header value was not found" end
<?php if ($currentCall->getHeader("x-test-header")) { log("Your header value is " . $currentCall->getHeader("x-test-header")); } else { log("Your header value was not found"); } ?>
if (currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")) : log("Your header value is " + currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")) else : log("Your header value was not found") end
if (currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")) { log("Your header value is " +currentCall.getHeader("x-test-header")); } else { log("Your header value was not found"); }


text:
Search for ex-rental stock available for sale
Used IBM SVCs Available to buy or to rent
Hamilton Rentals have stock of used IBM SVCs available for fast delivery. All of our refurbished IBM SAN Volume Controllers are UK sourced so can be covered by official support packages.
IBM SAN Volume Controllers-2145-CG8The SVC Storage Engine Model CG8 comes with Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and includes:
- IBM Sys SVC Storage Engine
- Storage Engine Preload
- Storage Engine Initial
- 25M Cable LC-LC x6
- Redundant AC Power
- 2nd CPU/Mem
- UPS Power Cord
- AHA7 x4 X8 GB FC HBA
(Alternative specifications, installation and additional support packages available)
Ideal for enterprises seeking to improve the cost effectiveness, flexibility, productivity, and availability of their storage infrastructure, IBM System Storage SVC provides a combined hardware and software storage virtualization system designed to centralize and consistently manage and operate heterogeneous storage environments.
If you do not see what you are looking for on our list or would like further information simply Request a Quote or Contact our Ex-Rental Sales Team


text:
The Curvy Sports Bra you love with the added ventilation of a mesh X-back keyhole design.
Flattering V-neckline shapes for a curvier look.
Mesh overlay on molded cups smooth, shape and support.
Wide, ultra-soft bottom band with repeating Champion script logo (placement of logo will vary).
Moderate Support cups are ideal for the gym, walking and cycling.
Back adjust, stretch fashion straps.
Padded hook and eye close.
Body: 88%polyester/12% spandex; fishnet overlay: 96% nylon/4% spandex; power mesh: 83% nylon/17% spandex


text:
Pippa's big fat Berkshire wedding
If your invite got lost in the post (*sniff* like mine), grab your hat because we're going. Here's the gawpers guide to James and Pippa's big day.
This weekend, Saturday 20 May, Her Royal Hotness is getting hitched to hedge fund manager James Matthews (big brother to Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews). Not that you would notice, it's a quiet country affair, no fuss, just a little get together for closest friends and family. NOT!
West Berkshire is swarming with paparazzi, journos and, of course, actual wedding guests. The county has gone Middleton mad – peaking over hedges for a glimpse of the wedding preparations (*cough* that'll be me) reporting on the delivery of the posh Portaloos, the comings and goings of floristry vans and the slightest hint of a clothing bag. But let's be honest, we're all getting a little giddy (although I have had a few glasses of bubbles to toast the happy couple) thinking about what Pippa's bridal gown.
The Dress
Giles Deacon is the designer, rumour has it Pippa's had at least five fittings to ensure her perfectly pert bottom will be looking peachy keen on the big day. Whether this is down to pre-wedding weight loss, or simply wanting the dress to be perfect (der, obviously), five fittings does seem a lot. But good on her. All eyes and camera lenses will be on the bride and the images will be going round the world in a social media frenzy.
The Location
The wedding ceremony is taking place at 11.30am at St Mark's Church Englefield, Berkshire. It's on Conservative parliamentary candidate Richard Benyon's mahoosive Englefield Estate, so you're not going to get the chance to slip through the door and take a pew at the back. Especially when there's likely to be 350 guests to shoe horn in and the only access road will be closed to the public from 7pm on Friday to 6pm Saturday.
Afterwards, a reception will be held at Carole and Michael Middleton's home, Bucklebury Manor, a Grade II-listed house with lots of grounds and spectacular views. The marquee is something else (only the blingy best for Pip). Shipped over form Belgium and made of panels of glass – it looks like Kew Gardens! But with thunder storm due, the reception could be interesting when you're partying in a glorified greenhouse. Guaranteed to be more than a few muddy stilettos at this bash.
The Guests
We'll be trying to catch a glimpse of flower girl Princess Charlotte, pageboy Prince George, Kate and William (of course), but all eyes will be on Prince Harry and the new royal squeeze Meghan Markle. She's officially invited but it's unconfirmed if she will attend the church service for fear of upstaging the bride – awkward. MIC star Spencer Matthews is best man and lots of double-barrelled posh pals will make up the guest list.
Eyes on the prize
If you're wanting to rock up at the church, you're unlikely to get anywhere near the action. Guests are being taxied in by a fleet of Land Rovers (nice to see the Chelsea tractor get a bit of branding in), the press will have their pen and then there's the hired help. But but but… there are plenty of places you might just get a goose gander.
- Englefield Garden Centre is next to the 12th Century Englefield Church. The perfect spot to get your peepers on a few posh frocks and if you're lucky the bride and groom. Bring a picnic and a bottle prosecco, park up in the greenhouse, and imagine you're a guest at the reception (JOKE).
- Loiter around The Bladebone or The Blackbird Cafe from 10.30am and you're get a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of guests heading off to Englefield. It's a six-mile drive from the Middleton's home and they're most likely to head down The Avenue (past their old Chapel Row gaff) to get Pippa to the church on time. The good news there'll be coffee on tap and the pub opens at 11am. It would be rude not to raise a glass. Better still, settle in and stay for a cracking pub lunch.
- Bucklebury Farm Park – if you have kids or need to borrow some for the day, this family attraction is a stone's throw from Bucklebury Manor and Prince George and Princess Charlotte have been known to hang out. The tractor ride through the deer park gives you the best vantage point, but if I'm honest you're more likely to hear the party than see it. That said, you'll have a good spot for the Spitfire fly-by they've organised to wow the guests. So buckle, earn a gold star with the kids and crane to see/ hear/ smell the reception action. Desperate times, desperate measures, granted.
- Want to party with the wedding party? Your best chance will be the night before the 'I Dos'. With the service starting at 11.30am, a lot of folk will stay nearby. It's dangerous. Your squad's back together, weekend of partying, some will be kiddie-free. We've all been there, pre-wedding party trumps the reception Unlikely in this instance as Mr Middleton's forking out an eye-watering £330,000. He's going to need to shift a lot of paper plates and balloons to pay for that lot. My two hot spots? The Royal Oak Yattendon. The Middletons are regulars and Prince Harry's been known to pop in for a pint. It's a real showbiz, royal, aristo favourite. The Pot Kiln, Frilsham, is hot with the hunting, shooting and fishing crowd. Kate and William and the Middletons have eaten here a lot over the years. The Old Boot in Stanford Dingley is a wild card. The Middletons hang out here too, but you're more likely to be propping up the bar with American tourists than be do shots with Spencer Matthews.
If you see anything good, get on the Muddy hotline… I'm just off to the Post Office to see if my invite got lost in the back room.


text:
The Galactic Cantina was a proposed cantina to be built on the surface of the Death Star. The cantina had a large green sign towering over the structure that read, in Aurebesh, "Cantina". Stormtroopers and Moffs alike relaxed on their breaks. The bar was high-tech and capable of synthesizing almost any drink in the known galaxy, as well as over 16,000 well-known recipes. The building also featured a soundstage for live entertainment.
Behind the scenesEdit
Leland Chee has stated that, while most items, like the supercoaster and Ferris Wheel are entered for fun, much of the other information is included in the Holocron continuity database, and is canon. Regarding the Galactic Cantina itself, Chee has stated that it is best to consider it non-canon until it resurfaces elsewhere.


text:
General Information About Gustavus Adolphus College
The Gustavus mission statement explicitly identifies a number of institutional goals that we collectively pursue. These goals include: * Providing a liberal arts education of recognized excellence that is both rigorous and innovative; * An integration of moral development with intellectual growth; * Developing a mature understanding of the Christian faith tradition; * Encouraging respect for others and sensitivity to community; * Developing a commitment to service and the skills of leadership; * Developing an international perspective; * Nurturing a commitment to work toward a just and peaceful world; * Developing a capacity and passion for life-long learning; * Encouraging independence of thought and cooperative scholarship; * Developing mastery of a field of concentration in the context of an interdisciplinary and broad general education.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Special Learning Opportunities
- ROTC (Army)
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Student Services
- Academic/career counseling service
- Employment services for students
- Placement services for completers
Credit Accepted
- Advanced placement (AP) credits
- The acceptance of credits for work experience or military experience are subject to review by the school and cannot be guaranteed.
Religious Affiliation
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
Federal Aid
- Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
Degrees/Certificates offered
- Bachelor's degree
Campus Setting
- Town: Distant
Disability Services Student
- 3% or Less
Admission Total Applicants 2,928 Percent Admitted N/A% Men Admitted 71% Women Admitted 76% Full Time Retention Rate 91%
Submitted ACT & SAT Scores
25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Critical Reading 580 690 Math 580 690
25th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score Composite 24 29 English 23 29 Math 24 29
Student Demographics Total Enrolled 2,520 Native American 8.0 Asian 133.0 African American 50.0 Hispanic 46.0 Enrolled FullTime Undergraduates 2,424 Enrolled FullTime Graduates 0


text:
Kids birthday parties can always be a little intense. There are several kids, cake, and there has to be a constant form of entertainment. If you want to avoid coming up with an array of activities for your child and his or her friends, then check out Hot Ground Gym®. We have been voted as the best birthday party in the Chicagoland area. We'll help create a birthday party that you and your child will remember for the rest of their life. If you want to take advantage of a unique facility for a birthday party, then we're the kids birthday party venue for you.
What You Can Expect For Your Kid's Birthday Party
Does your child love American Ninja Warrior? We can help create the ultimate birthday party spot by incorporating the skills that are on American Ninja Warrior. By throwing a birthday party at Hot Ground Gym, your child will have a unique birthday that blends fun and fitness. When you choose our facility for your kid's birthday party, you can expect a party package that's 90 minutes long. Our facility is safe and your child will be with an experienced instructor. We have a guided obstacle course that includes everything from monkey bars to canvas nets.
In the first portion of the birthday party, we will go through the safety rules as well as focus on team competition, critical thinking drills, and team building. Even if your child has never seen American Ninja Warrior, everything is high energy and it will definitely help to work off the excess cake and other birthday treats.
Once we've gone through the guided obstacle course, then there is cake and presents to be enjoyed. What's even neater for your birthday girl or boy is that we have an optional samurai sword or a military saber that the cake can be cut with. What's more enjoyable than cutting a cake with such an impressive instrument?
Why You Should Pick Us
What's beneficial about having your birthday party with Hot Ground Gym is that we are an active birthday party. That means you won't have to worry about cake getting on different furniture in your home and you definitely don't need to worry about what you're going to do with a bunch of kids for an entire afternoon. Instead, you get to enjoy seeing your child turn a year older while our instructors take over the private birthday event.
What's neat about having your birthday here is that your child is will enjoy a great time while also learning something and getting fit. By building on teamwork and cooperation while enjoying spending time with friends and family, your child will unknowingly be getting fit and learning lifelong skills. In addition, who can resist a cake cutting ceremony with a real samurai sword or military saber? When you choose our facility for your kids birthday party, your child will love the experience and they'll get a week of Junior Boots™ kids fitness training at our gym.
If your child is turning a year older, then take the time to contact Hot Ground Gym to start planning the perfect kids birthday party.


text:
How to Add Links to Your Web Page on the Raspberry Pi
To enable visitors to find other web pages, you need to add links. To add a link to your web page on the Raspberry Pi, you write your text and then surround it with so-called anchor tags (abbreviated to just 'a' in HTML) like this:
See my photos
This HTML snippet shows the words See my photos onscreen, and when you click them, you are taken to the web page photos.html, which is stored in the same folder as the current web page. The link is usually shown as underlined text by default, but you can change its appearance using CSS.
Search engines use the text in links to understand what a web page you link to is about, and visually impaired web users sometimes summarize a page by just listening to the text of all the links on the page to hear what they can do. For those reasons, your link text must be meaningful and descriptive and not just say Click Here.
You can put the address of any web page or website in the href attribute, so you can create a link to the Google website like this:
Visit Google
You can link to a specific page on a specific website too, like this:
Visit the gallery
You can visit a page in your browser and then copy the address from the address bar (using Ctrl+C) to paste it into your HTML code (with Ctrl+V).
Don't forget the http:// at the start: you don't usually need it when you visit a page in your browser, but your links won't work without it.
Sometimes you might want to use an image instead of text as a link. You can do that by wrapping your link tag around your image tag, like this example that turns the Amazon logo (stored in your website's images folder) into a link to the Amazon website:

If you want to invite people to send you their thoughts, you can create a link to open someone's e-mail program with a blank message that's already addressed to you. Use code like this:
Email me!
Just replace the fake e-mail address of firstname.lastname@example.com with your own address. Note, though, that e-mail addresses on websites attract a lot of spam, so you are generally better off not sharing your main personal e-mail address.


text:
Totteridge House, SW11 Let Agreed£1,750 PCM / £404 PW Fees Apply
A bright and spacious stunning part furnished two bedroom apartment situated on the fourteenth floor in excellent condition with great views of London.
- 2 Bedrooms
- Furnished
- Well-maintained communal gardens
- Excellent condition throughout
- Central location
- Excellent storage space
This lovely property comprises of two good sized double bedrooms with 180 degree view over the London skyline from every room, one stylish bathroom, a fully fitted modern kitchen and a stylish reception room. This gated development also benefits from a well maintained communal garden and residential permit parking.
Located across the Chelsea Harbour close to the vast array of eateries, shops, entertainment and other amenities of Chelsea and Battersea Park.
Clapham Junction Station (National Rail and London Overground) is the closest transport link which provides excellent access across London.


text:
|Archived Sept 20, 2018
Previous: Location of Bay Up: Chesapeake Bay Bolide Next: Aquifers
We see evidence of continued differential subsidence of the land surface over the crater in the geology and topography of the modern land surfaces around the bay. First look at the geology. Notice that the boundary between the older rocks (orange) and the younger rocks (yellow) coincides with the position and orientation of the crater rim on the three peninsulas that cross the rim. The cross section at the bottom of the illustration shows how the older beds have sagged over the more rapidly subsiding breccia, and the younger rocks have been deposited in the resulting topographic depression. The topography also reflects the differential subsidence. The Suffolk Scarp and the Ames Ridge are elevated landforms (10-15 m high) located at, and oriented parallel to, the crater rim.
Even the courses of the modern rivers in the lower bay region point to the continued influence of differential subsidence over the crater. Most of the rivers, like the Rappahannock, flow southeastward to the Atlantic. But in contrast, the York and James Rivers make sharp turns to the northeast near the outer rim of the crater. We infer that the topographic depression over the crater has been maintained recently enough to have been a significant determinant of the modern courses of these rivers. This continued subsidence also may play a role in the high rate of relative sea-level rise that is well-documented for the Chesapeake Bay region. One of the locations of highest relative sea-level rise is at Hampton Roads (the lower part of the James River), located over the crater rim.
Previous: Location of Bay Up: Chesapeake Bay Bolide Next: Aquifers
Back to Chesapeake Bay Bolide home page.
|Archived Sept 20, 2018


text:
FREE Delivery over £40
Discreet & Tracked Delivery
Secure Payment Click & Collect
No products
This product is no longer in stock
Warning: Last items in stock!
Availability date:
Non-EU Countries Free Shipping on orders over £100
Explore your partner's backdoor with this innovative open-tunnel plug! Firm yet flexible, the Stretch offers multiple pleasures—it delivers the satisfying 'filling' sensation of a regular plug, but also features a hollow-bodied design allowing access that no other plug can. Users can insert fingers, lube, or even a vibrator right through the tunnel! The Stretch is ergonomically designed for easy insertion and has a dual-textured finish for increased backdoor stimulation. In addition, a flat base provides for incredibly comfortable wearability and easy removal. The possibilities are endless!
• Platinum Health-Grade Silicone
• Open Tunnel Design
• Two-Tone Finish
• Firm Yet Flexible
• Flat Base For Comfortable Wearability
• Built in America
|Diameter Outside
|6.5 cm
|Length Shaft
|10 cm
|Length Total
|12 cm


text:
Vincent's is pleased to be offering a special menu for Restaurant Week.
Guests will have the opportunity to indulge in an extraordinary 3-course menu for only $30 per person. Our special Restaurant Week menu offers the same value as the weekly Trois et Trois menu ordinarily featured only Tuesdays through Thursdays for guests seated before 6pm but, for Restaurant Week only, the special 3-course menu will be available all week for the entire dinner service. The menu will offer diners three choices for each of the three courses.
What a chance to experience cuisine that is sure to delight your palate and turn you into a weekly Trois et Trois guest at Vincent's.
As always, guests have the option of ordering from the regular dinner menu as well as the special 3-course Restaurant Week menu.
But Wait! The deal of deals is Wednesday,
our traditional La Nuit du Vin weekly celebration.
All wine on Vincent's wine list is one-half the listed price!
Welcome and bon appetit, friends, old and new.


text:
Obsolete – Word Of The Day For IELTS Speaking And Writing
Obsolete: (Adjective)/ˌɑːbsəˈliːt/
- Improve Your Vocabulary in IELTS Speaking & Writing – Key Word: Thing
- Boost Your Lexical Resource – Key Word: Rule
- Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: promise
- Using Collocation to Boost Your IELTS Score – Key Word: Belief
- Boost Your IELTS Score with Collocations – Key Word: report
no longer useful, because something newer and better has been invented
Out-of-date, Unfashionable, Antiquated
For IELTS Speaking:.
"Newly made bombs would replace old, and now obsolete, weapons in the stockpile."
"Zab finds herself using the now obsolete narrative conventions of the memoir."
"In that time, the all-important double-team has been rendered obsolete."
For IELTS Writing:
"It briefly considers the prospects for extending the operational life of obsolete systems through physical restoration as well as logical simulation."
Match the word below to complete these sentences.
property, sweeping, nonentity, phoneme, nominal, retrial
- Next to him, the other dancers seemed like ……………………
- The rise in the inflation rate, in turn, raises the …………….. interest rate
- Some of the stolen …………….. was discovered in an empty warehouse.
- The players will face a ……………… on charges of serious assault in October.
- The cloth is liberally soaked and wiped over the surface in a smooth ……………………… motion.
- Weapons that would have been invincible twenty years before are now vulnerable and ……………………………
Answer keys:
- nonentity
- nominal
- property
- retrial
- sweeping
- obsolete
Check out Vocabulary for IELTS Speaking & Writing on IELTS Material website to improve your vocabulary for IELTS and get a high score in IELTS.
Huy Quoc
Latest posts by Huy Quoc (see all)
- English Collocations in Use – Intermediate (Ebook) - May 26, 2017
- Fall From Grace – Idiom Of The Day For IELTS - February 7, 2017
- Stir Up A Hornet's Nest – Idiom Of The Day For IELTS - February 5, 2017
Main IELTS Pages:
This website is to develop your IELTS skills with tips, model answers, lessons, free books, and more. Each section (Listening, Speaking, Writing, Reading) has a complete collection of lessons to help you improve your IELTS skills.
Subscribe for free IELTS lessons/Books/Tips/Sample Answers/Advice from our IELTS experts. We help millions of IELTS learners maximize their IELTS scores!


text:
Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern LEAK DETECTOR NI relationship with you in relation to this website.
The term "LEAK DETECTOR NI" or "us" or "we" refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is [Leak Detector Ni – 30 Lower Corrags Rd, Newry,
Co Down, BT34 2NQ ]. The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of our website.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
- The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
- Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
- This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
- All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
- Unauthorised use of this website may give to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
- From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
- You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without [LEAK DETECTOR NI]'s prior written consent.
- Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of UK.
(The Home Owner) payments must be made 14 days on receipt of invoice if being dealt privately.
(Commercial Contracted Companies) Job claims and payments are governed by the individual policies, unique to each job.
All Jobs have a call out charge of £150 +VAT, unless contracted from a private company whereby the terms and conditions are individual to each job.
The term "No Leal No Fee" applies only to appointed commercial contracted companies.
This does not apply to Private / Residential Leak Detection jobs authorised by the homeowner.


text:
Anchatgeri is a village in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is situated in the Dharwad district which is about 21 km away the district headquarters.
Places to Stay
There are a number of good budget hotels available in Hubli (7 km away from Anchatgeri.) Hotel Dhammanagi Comforts (Tariff – Rs.500), Revankar Comforts (Tariff – Rs.500), Ananth Residency Hotel (Tariff – Rs.500) and Ayodhya Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1000) are some of them.
The official language of Anchatgeri is Kannada.
Ganesh Chaturti is a major festival here. It is celebrated every year in October with great fervour.
Places of Interest
Hubli is the closest town that attracts several tourists. The Chandramouleshwara temple, a Shivs temple that is renowned for its architecture, the Nrupatunga Hill and Unkal lake are popular tourist destinations. Dandeli, which is located 50 km away, is also frequented by tourists. The Dandeli Wildlife anctuary, the Anashi National Park and the Virnoli rapids which are from the river Kali are frequently visited sites.
How to Get There
The Hubli airport is the closest to Anchatgeri village, it is located 8km away.
The Hubli Junction which is 7 km away, is the nearest major railway station that connects Anchatgeri to larger cities.
Hubli is also well connected by road. A number of travel operatrors like VRL Travels, SRS Travels, Sri Durgamba Travels and Riya Travels run daily services from Hubli bus stand. Various bus ticket online booking sites make it convenient for travellers to book their tickets with ease.
Panambur is a town situated in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Panambur comes from 'Panam' which denotes 'money' and 'Ur' which denotes a 'place' in Tulu. Home to numerous industries, Panambur has the Gurupur River running to its south. The region is known for a beautiful beach at Tanniru Bhavi. Panambur witnesses high rainfall due to its proximity to the sea.
Places to Stay
Panambur has good accommodation options. Some of the hotels in Panambur are Hotel Hindustan (Tariff – Rs 900) and Saptagiri Hotel (Tariff – Rs 500) among others.
The official language of Panambur is Kannada. The other languages spoken in Panambur include English and Hindi.
Onam in February and Diwali in November are celebrated with great fervour here.
Places of Interest
Some popular tourist spots in and around Panambur are Nandaneshwara Temple, Panambur Beach, Mangalore (14 km from Panambur) among numerous others.
How to Get There
The nearest airport to Panambur is Mangalore Airport, which is 14 km away.
The nearest major railway station from Panambur is the Surathkal junction.
Panambur has a bus stand of its own with buses plying to nearby places such as Belgaum, Bangalore and other cities across Karnataka. Other than state run buses, private operators such as Ganesh Tourists and Ideal Travels also ply this route. Ticketgoose.com's bus booking online service is the best way to buy your bus tickets.


text:
List of games
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page strives to list all games which have a package available in the official repositories or the AUR. There are many more Linux games available, which are not packaged. See Gaming#Getting games for ways to obtain them.
For more about running games, related system configuration tips, see Gaming. For an up to date selection of games available in the AUR, try checking the AUR 'game' keyword.
- 1 Action and adventure
- 2 Arcade
- 3 Casual games
- 4 Chess simulators
- 5 Education
- 6 Interactive fiction
- 7 Massively multiplayer online games (MMO)
- 8 Platformer
- 9 Puzzle
- 10 Racing
- 11 Rogue-like
- 12 Role-playing games (RPG)
- 13 Shooters (FPS, third person)
- 14 Simulation
- 15 Strategy
- 16 Tycoon/management games
- 17 Visual novels
- 18 Other
- 19 Comparison table
- 20 See also
Action and adventure
- Abuse — Side-scroller action game that pits you against ruthless alien killers.
- Aquaria — 2D sidescrolling action-adventure game, heavily focused on exploration and puzzle-solving, with non-linear gameplay. The game engine is open source.
- Astromenace — Modern 3D scrolling space shooter with ship upgrade possibilities.
- Barrage — Violent point-and-click shooting game with nice effects
- Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid — 2D Action-adventure game with various weapons and missions.
- Blob Wars: Blob and Conquer — 3D Action-adventure game, sequel to 2D platform game, Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid.
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/blobandconquer/ || blobandconquerAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- BZFlag — Multiperson, first-person tank shooter.
- Freedink — Free and enhanced version of the action-adventure "Dink Smallwood".
- Gish — 2D physics platformer about adventures of ball of tar.
- Hammerfight — 2-dimensional physics-based combat game.
- http://www.koshutin.com/ || hammerfightAUR
- The open-source Unix port of the Haaf's Game Engine is available at icculus.org.
- Liquid War — 2D multiplayer game with a simple and unique game mechanic. It could be classified as a fast-paced strategy.
- http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/ || liquidwarAUR
- A rewrite of the game program, now adopted as a GNU project: liquidwar6AUR, homepage: | Liquid War 6
- Minecraft — Java based sandbox game.
- Neverball — 3D game to guide a ball through a maze.
- Rune — 3rd person Adventure / Hack'n Slay using Unreal Engine. Runs great from box installation.
- Paintball Party 2 — Paintball Party 2 is the sequel to Paintball Party, a multiplayer action platformer for all ages.
- Bomberclone — Free Bomberman-like game for Linux and Windows. The rules of the game are simple: run though a level and bomb other players.
- Cave Story/Doukutsu — Addictive 1-man-made metroid-vania-esque platformer. If there happens to be a noticible lag when there are lots of enemies on screen or in larger levels, try running the Windows version through Wine. This should fix the problem.
- http://cavestory.org || doukutsuAUR
- Ceferino — Action game similar to Super Pang.
- http://www.losersjuegos.com.ar/juegos/ceferino || ceferinoAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Chromium — Fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter.
- Circus Linux! — Clone of the Atari 2600 game "Circus Atari", produced by Atari, Inc.
- http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/circus-linux || circuslinuxAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Counter-Strike 2D — 2D clone (+additional features) of the popular Counter-Strike Mod
- Crack-attack — Free OpenGL game, based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack.
- Frozen Bubble — Arcade game with colorful animated penguin eyecandy
- Hedgewars — Yet another Worms clone, considered to be better than its predecessor by many. Take turns to blast your opponents into oblivion with comedic results! Best in Multiplayer.
- lbreakout2 — Breakout-style arcade game in the manner of Arkanoid
- LTris — Arcade version of Tetris
- Mari0 — The Mario game with Portal gun mechanics.
- Nikki and the Robots — Cute physics platformer
- Noiz2sa — Vertical shooter arcade game with nice abstract graphics, music, and joystick support.
- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/noiz2sa_e.html || noiz2saAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Penguin Command — Clone of the classic game "Missile Command" with improved graphics and sound.
- Pinball — Open source pinball simulator for Linux and other Unix systems.
- PowerManga — Arcade 2D shoot-em-up game with 41 levels and more than 200 sprites.
- Streets of Rage Remake — A remake of the classic Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3 by Sega.
- Open Syobon Action — Cross platform, open source version of the unforgiving Japanese parody of Super Mario Bros
- https://github.com/Alexander--/open-syobon || open-syobonAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- opsu! — An open source Java client for the rhythm game osu!.
- Teeworlds — Fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter
- Tetrinet — Multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six people.
- Tuxanci — Multiplatform game, inspired by well-known czech game Bulanci.
- http://www.tuxanci.org/en/start || tuxanciAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Ultrastar-ng — Clone of SingStar, a music video game.
- Warmux (previously Wormux) — Somewhat similar to Worms 2/Worms Armageddon
Casual games
- bs — Battleships based shooter for the console
- BSD Games — Collection of classic text games distributed with *BSD
- Fortune — Displays Random messages/quotes/jokes when invoked
- || fortune-mod
- Mah-Jong — Chinese Classical mahjong (not solitaire) with network support
- nInvaders — Ncurses based space invaders clone
- xroach — cockroaches hide under your windows
- || xroachAUR
Chess simulators
- GNU Chess — One of the oldest computer chess programs for Unix-based computers, lets most modern computers play a full game of chess
- Eboard — Chess interface to ICS and chess engines
- Knights — Simple chess board for KDE 4. It is a rewrite of the KDE3 Knights.
- PyChess — An advanced chess client for linux following the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines.
- GNOME Chess — A 2D chess game which can use third party chess engines.
- glChess — 3D Chess Frontend.
- GCompris — Educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.
- Tux Paint — Free drawing program designed for young children.
- Tux Type — Educational typing tutor for kids starring Tux.
- TuxMath — Arcade game that helps kids practice their math facts.
Interactive fiction
See also Wikipedia:Interactive fiction#Development systems.
- Inform — Design system for interactive fiction based on natural language
- http://inform7.com/ || inform7AUR
- INSTEAD — Quest interpreter using Lua macros as game writing language
- TADS — Prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction (IF) games
- http://tads.org || frobtadsAUR
Massively multiplayer online games (MMO)
See also Wikipedia:List of massively multiplayer online games and Wikipedia:Comparison of massively multiplayer online role-playing games.
- Dofus — Free, manga inspired, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (MMORPG) for Adobe AIR
- http://www.dofus.com || dofusAUR
- Eternal Lands — 3D fantasy online role playing game
- Planeshift — Role Playing Game immersed into a 3D virtual fantasy world which is FULLY FREE to play. Fully free means you will have no surprises of premium content which will limit your gameplay or unbalance the game. There are no limitations in skills, ranks, abilities, items you can gain with your free account
- RuneScape — Massive online adventure game by Jagex
- http://www.runescape.com || unix-runescape-clientAUR (old Java client), runescape-launcherAUR (new NXT client)
- Ryzom — 3D Fantasy MMORPG
- Savage: The Battle for Newerth — Online multiplayer team-based FPS/RTS hybrid. Open-sourced in September 2006. Savage XR, the most improved continuation (including SFE patches), is completely free (no purchasing/ads whatsoever) however closed-source to reduce cheating.
- Savage 2: A Tortured Soul — Fantasy themed online multiplayer team-based FPS/RTS/RPG hybrid. Free-to-play as of December 2008. Pay for premium accounts providing crucial game elements such as extra inventory slots, access to clans and removal of the Hellbourne unit restrictions (per-account), as well as access to replays and stats.
- http://savage2.com || savage2AUR
- Second Life — Online, 3D virtual world imagined and created by its residents
- http://secondlife.com/ || secondlife-binAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Spiral Knights — Free to play Java game developed by Three Rings Design and published by Sega.
- Stendhal — Fully fledged multiplayer online adventure game developed using the Arianne game development system
- http://stendhalgame.org || stendhalAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- The Mana World — Serious effort to create an innovative free and open source MMORPG
- Frogatto — Platformer with adventure elements.
- Knyttstories — Platformer with adventure elements, heavy exploration and downloadable levels.
- Secret Maryo Chronicles — Mario-style game.
- SuperTux — Mario-style game featuring Tux.
- Toppler — Reimplementation of the classic jump & run game "Nebulus".
- The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M. — A fork of Secret Maryo Chronicles.
- Blockout II — 3D tetris, free adaptation of the original BlockOut DOS game edited by California Dreams in 1989
- Cgoban3 — Kiseido Go and SGF client.
- Chroma — Puzzle game like Sokoban with ncurses and graphics mode
- Crack Attack! — Free OpenGL game based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack.
- Hitori — Small application written to allow one to play the eponymous puzzle game, which is similar in theme to more popular puzzles such as Sudoku.
- Ksudoku — Sudoku game and more for KDE. Part of kdegames.
- Netris — Unfinished developmental version of Netris, a free networked version of Tetris.
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/netris/ || netrisAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Picmi — Nonogram puzzle game
- Pingus — Lemmings clone, i.e. a level-based puzzle game.
- Ri-li — Toy wood engine GPL game
- Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection — 30+ "quick" puzzle games with simplistic but polished GTK GUI
- VVVVVV — Highly praised 2D puzzle platform indie game with a C64 retro theme, with a great chiptune soundtrack. You can buy the full version for £1.67, or play the demo in a browser.
- Tip: You may want to backup your save file, which is found at
- Xscorch — Clone of the classic DOS game Scorched Earth.
- World of Goo — Great 2D puzzle game.
- Armagetron Advanced — Tron Clone in 3D.
- Extreme Tux Racer — 3D game where you guide Tux the penguin down a course of snow and ice collecting herring.
- Maniadrive — Arcade car game on acrobatic tracks with quick and nervous gameplay.
- Moon Buggy — Simple game for the text mode.
- Speed Dreams — Fork of Torcs, aiming to implement exciting new features as well as improving realism.
- Stunt Rally — Game with track editor, based on VDrift and OGRE.
- Supertux Kart — Kart racing game featuring Tux and his friends.
- Torcs — 3D racing cars simulator using OpenGL.
- Trigger Rally — Free OpenGL rally car racing game.
- Ultimate Stunts — Remake of the famous DOS-game 'stunts'.
- VDrift — Open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind.
- XMoto — Challenging 2D motocross platform game, where physics play an important role.
See also Wikipedia:Chronology of roguelike video games.
- ADOM — Ancient Domains Of Mystery.
- http://adom.de || adomAUR
- Angband — Roguelike dungeon exploration game based on the writings of JRR Tolkien.
- ASCIIpOrtal — Sidescrolling game with ANSI text graphics in which you are a person holding a device which creates portals, or links to other parts of the level.
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead — Post-apocalyptic roguelike.
- DoomRL — Simple roguelike game, based on Doom. Perfect for starters.
- Dwarf Fortress — Single-player fantasy game. You control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated persistent world.
- Nethack — Single player dungeon exploration game.
- Rogue — Original dungeon crawl game.
- Stone Soup — Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
- Tales of Maj'Eyal (previously Troubles of Middle Earth) — A dungeon crawler similar to Angband, based on the works of Tolkien.
- http://te4.org/ || tome2AUR, tome4AUR
- wanderer — Wanderer is a game similar to Boulderdash, Repton, XOR and others.
Role-playing games (RPG)
- Arx Libertatis — This project is a fully working, open source port of Arx Fatalis, a 2002 first-person role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. It features some improvements over the original engine like bug fixes and wide screen support.
- Egoboo — Open-source action RPG/dungeon crawling adventure with OpenGL 3D graphics.
- Eschalon: Book I — Classical isometric RPG like Ultima, Might & Magic or Wizardry.
- http://basiliskgames.com/ || eschalon1AUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Eschalon: Book II — Isometric, turn-based RPG.
- http://basiliskgames.com/ || eschalon2AUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- fheores2 — Attempt to reimplement the Heroes of Might and Magic II engine using SDL.
- Flare — Action game similar to Diablo.
- FreedroidRPG — Mature science fiction role playing game set in the future
- GemRB — Attempt to reimplement the Bioware's Infinity Engine under GNU GPL.
- OpenMW — Attempt to reimplement the popular role-playing game Morrowind. OpenMW aims to be a fully playable, open source implementation of the game's engine.
- VCMI — Attempt to reimplement Heroes of Might and Magic III.
- http://forum.vcmi.eu/portal.php || vcmiAUR vcmi-gitAUR
- Vulture — Isometric graphical interface for NetHack, SlashEM and UnNethack.
- http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture || vultureAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
Shooters (FPS, third person)
- Alien Arena — Free, standalone FPS focused mainly on online multiplayer, but can also be played singleplayer against bots.
- AssaultCube — Free multiplayer FPS, based on the cube engine. Realistic environments, fast, arcade gameplay. Much like Counter-Strike.
- AssaultCube Reloaded — AssaultCube improved.
- Cube — Open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game.
- http://cubeengine.com/ || cubeAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Cube 2: Sauerbraten — Improved version of the Cube engine.
- Doom: the famous shooter from ID Software has several ports for Linux. None of the id-engine games have copyleft game resources, only the game engine code was open sourced. See [1] for details.
- Doom 1 Demo data – doom1-wadAUR
- Freedoom — Project aimed at creation of free Doom data files.
- http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/ || freedoom1AUR, freedoom2AUR
- Chocolate Doom — Doom port reproducing the behavior of the original DOS version.
- http://www.chocolate-doom.org/ || chocolate-doomAUR
- Doomsday — Advanced port of the Doom game engine, capable also of running Heretic, and Hexen games.
- http://www.dengine.net/ || doomsdayAUR
- GZDoom — Doom source port based on ZDoom with an OpenGL renderer.
- http://www.osnanet.de/c.oelckers/gzdoom/index.html || gzdoomAUR
- PrBoom Plus — Enhanced version of the PrBoom Doom engine port.
- http://prboom-plus.sourceforge.net/ || prboom-plusAUR
- Remood — advanced Doom game engine based on Doom Legacy.
- http://remood.org/ || remoodAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Strawberry Doom — Fork of Chocolate Doom extending certain engine limits.
- http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Strawberry_Doom || strawberry-doom-svnAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Vavoom — Highly advanced Doom engine port with added support for Heretic/Hexen/Strife.
- http://vavoom-engine.com/ || vavoomAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- ZDoom — Enhanced Doom port with additional support for Heretic, Hexen and Strife.
- http://www.zdoom.org/ || zdoomAUR
- Doom Retro — DOOM Retro is the classic, refined DOOM source port. Based on Chocolate DOOM with enhancements from other source ports.
- http://doomretro.com/ || doom-retro-gitAUR
- Doom 3 — Stock Doom 3 binaries
- http://www.idsoftware.com || doom3-binAUR
- Doom 3 Engine — Source-based Doom 3 engine
- http://www.idsoftware.com || doom3AUR
- dhemw3 — Fork of iodoom3
- https://github.com/dhewm/dhewm3 || dhewm3AUR
- RBDOOM-3-BFG — Fork of Doom 3 BFG Edition
- https://github.com/RobertBeckebans/RBDOOM-3-BFG || rbdoom-3-bfgAUR
- ezQuake — Fast paced multiplayer FPS focusing on movement and trick jumps. The popular, modern and maintained Quake/QuakeWorld client. Can play on-line for free
- Duke 3D — Original port.
- http://icculus.org/projects/duke3d/ || duke3d-svnAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- eduke32 — Advanced source port.
- http://eduke32.com/ || eduke32AUR
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars — Commercial team and class-based multiplayer game. Full version requires retail DVD to play.
- HHeretic — Linux port of Raven Game's old shooter, Heretic.
- http://hhexen.sourceforge.net/hheretic.html || hhereticAUR
- Heretic Demo game data – heretic1-wadAUR
- Blasphemer — Project aimed at creation of free Heretic data files.
- http://code.google.com/p/blasphemer/ || blasphemerAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- HHexen — Linux port of Raven Game's old shooter, Hexen.
- http://hhexen.sourceforge.net/hhexen.html || hhexenAUR
- Hexen 1 Demo game data – hexen1-wadAUR
- Nexuiz — Free, open-source first person shooter. Development ceased, most of the developers moved to project Xonotic.
- nQuake — Fast paced multiplayer FPS focusing on movement and trick jumps. This is the popular Quake / QuakeWorld package, including ezQuake client, 24bit textures, maps, bots and more. Can play on-line for free.
- OpenArena — Fast multiplayer shooter based on the quake3-engine.
- http://openarena.ws || openarenaAUR
- Prey — First Person Shooter released in 2006 (with a GNU/Linux port in 2008), published by 3D Realms.
- Advanced Quake 1 game engine – darkplacesAUR
- High quality textures for Quake from the Quake Revitalization Project – quake-qrp-texturesAUR
- Quake 2 — Built by Icculus
- http://www.icculus.org/quake2/ || quake2AUR
- Advanced Quake 2 engine – qudos-zwsAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Enhanced Quake 2 engine with Lazarus mod support – kmquake2AUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- A true color retexture pak for Quetoo and other Quake2 engines supporting 32bpp tga textures – quake2-retextureAUR
- Quake 2 engine focused on single player and 64bits. yamagi-quake2AUR
- Quake III Arena binaries – quake3AUR
- ioquake3 — De-facto FOSS Quake 3 distribution.
- http://ioquake3.org/ || ioquake3AUR
- Demo version – quake4-demoAUR
- Quake 4 engine – quake4AUR
- Red Eclipse — Single-player and multi-player first-person ego-shooter, built as a total conversion of Cube Engine 2.
- Tesseract — Smooth FPS with map editing, instagib, DM and CTF.
- Tremulous — FPS with elements of real time strategy, featuring humans and aliens.
- Unreal Tournament (upcoming) — Free and open-source remake of the original using Unreal Engine 4
- Unvanquished — Team-based fps/rts hybrid game which pits aliens against humans. Monthly release that can be played on official servers.
- Urban Terror — Modern multiplayer FPS based on the ioquake3 engine.
- Warsow — Fast paced multiplayer FPS focusing on movement and trick jumps.
- Completely free, standalone, team-based, multiplayer FPS – enemy-territoryAUR
- Advanced open source project and fully compatible client and server – etlegacy32AUR
- World of Padman — Stand slone somplex – cartoon-style multiplayer first-person shooter.
- Xonotic — Free, open-source first person shooter (a fork of Nexuiz but with modified gameplay).
- Mutant Factions — Free multiplayer action coop game.
- Beyond the Red Line — Completely free stand-alone conversion of Freespace 2 based on the TV show Battlestar Galactica. Presumed abandoned, see Diaspora: Shattered Armistice for an alternative.
- Bygfoot — Football (soccer) management game.
- http://bygfoot.sourceforge.net/ || bygfootAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Danger from the Deep — Submarine simulator.
- http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/ || dangerdeep-svnAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Diaspora: Shattered Armistice — Completely free stand-alone conversion of Freespace 2 based on the TV show Battlestar Galactica. Single and multiplayer capabilities.
- http://diaspora.hard-light.net/ || diaspora-saAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Flight Gear — Open-source, multi-platform flight simulator.
- Foobillard++ — Successor to Foobillard, OpenGL billiard game for Linux.
- FreeSpace 2 — Open sourced space emulator.
- Minetest — Voxel-based sandbox game engine and game.
- openBVE — Free-as-in-freedom train simulator placed in the public domain.
- Powder Toy — Physics and chemistry simulation sandbox game.
- Pydance — Python Dance Dance Revolution style game.
- Stepmania — Advanced dance simulation game.
- Vega Strike — 3D action-space-sim allowing player to trade and bounty hunt in a vast universe.
- http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/ || vegastrikeAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Voxelands — A fork of Minetest, an Infiniminer/Minecraft inspired game.
- 0 A.D. — 3D and historically-based real-time strategy game, alpha stage.
- Advanced Strategic Command — Turn based strategy game in the tradition of the Battle Isle series.
- Crimson Fields — Tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle.
- http://crimson.seul.org/ || crimsonAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Dark Oberon — Open source real-time strategy game similar to Warcraft II.
- Endgame Singularity — Turn based single player strategy/simulation about a AI hiding, growing and evolving.
- Factorio — A game about mining resources, planning and building factories, automating production and fighting alien enemies.
- Factorio demo — A game about mining resources, planning and building factories, automating production and fighting alien enemies. (Demo)
- Freeciv — Multiuser clone of the famous Microprose game of Civilization.
- FreeCol — Turn-based strategy game based on Colonization.
- FTL: Faster Than Light — Popular rogue-like space-sim released to positive reception in 2012.
- http://www.ftlgame.com/ || ftlAUR
- Glest — Free 3D real-time strategy game, where you control the armies of two different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and Magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield.
- http://glest.org || glestAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Globulation 2 — Multiplayer RTS with some "economic" elements minimizing the amount of micromanagement.
- Heroes of Newerth — Online, multi-player strategy game that is based upon DoTA (Defense of the Ancients). Free-to-own (gameplay free; pay for cosmetic upgrades only)
- Lgeneral — Turn-based strategy engine heavily inspired by Panzer General.
- http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LGeneral || lgeneralAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Kernel Panic — A game based around combat inside a computer, with 3 unique sides: the System, the Hacker and the Network waging war in a matrix of DOOM! No resource economy exists in KP, with the only constraints being time and space.
- MegaGlest — Fork of Glest, a 3D real-time strategy game in a fantastic world.
- Netpanzer — Realtime Strategy game like Command and Conquer but without building bases.
- Spring:1944 — A WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.
- The Battle for Wesnoth — Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.
- UFO Alien Invasion — Fight aliens trying to capture Earth.
- Unknown Horizons — 2.5D isometric realtime strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods. Increase your power with a well balanced economy and with strategic trade and diplomacy.
- Widelands — Slow-paced strategy like "the Settlers 2".
- Warzone 2100 — You command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles. The game offers campaign, multi-player, and single-player skirmish modes. An extensive tech tree with over 400 different technologies, combined with the unit design system, allows for a wide variety of possible units and tactics.
- Zero-K — Zero-K is a free multi-platform open source real-time strategy computer game. Initially based on content from Total Annihilation on the open source Spring Engine, it was forked and all proprietary content replaced, and evolved into a completely new game with unique features. It can be easily installed by installing the flobby client from the AUR or alternatively (and preferably) by installing the official mono package and downloading and running the Zero-K lobby from the official website.
Tycoon/management games
- Lincity-ng — City simulation game in which you are required to build and maintain a city. You can win the game either by building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.
- Simutrans — Another Transport simulation that works on linux with sdl.
- OpenTTD — Open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.
- Tropic Euro — Free online adaptation of the board game Puerto Rico for 2-5 players.
Visual novels
- Digital: A Love Story — Computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.
- http://www.scoutshonour.com/digital/ || digitalAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Don't take it personally — Almost kinetic visual novel that tells a story of a new high school literature teacher, set in a prestigious private high school, and on the social networks of 2027.
- Juniper's Knot — Short game about boy and fiend.
- Katawa Shoujo — Bishoujo-style visual novel game that tells a story of a young man and five other girls suffering with varying disabilities.
- Narcissu — Visual novel, telling the story of a terminally ill young man and woman.
- RE: Alistair++ — English otome game (subtype of visual novel) that tells a story of a young girl fond of MMORPGs, her online and everyday life.
- http://sakevisual.com/realistair/ || realistairAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
- Pygame — A set of python modules for writing games in python. It is used as the basis of the "Invent with Python" books.
Comparison table
|Written in
- play0ad.com
|3D and historically-based real-time strategy game.
- abuse.zoy.org
|Side-scroller action game that pits you against ruthless alien killers.
- adom.de
|Ancient Domains Of Mystery.
|Alien Arena
- red.planetarena.org
|Free, standalone FPS focused mainly on online multiplayer, but can also be played singleplayer against bots.
- rephial.org
|Roguelike dungeon exploration game based on the writings of JRR Tolkien.
- assault.cubers.net
|Free multiplayer FPS, based on the cube engine. Realistic environments, fast, arcade gameplay. Much like Counter-Strike.
|Endgame Singularity
- emhsoft.com/singularity
|Turn based single player strategy/simulation about a AI hiding, growing and evolving.
- flightgear.org
|Open-source, multi-platform flight simulator.
- foobillardplus.sourceforge.net
|Successor to Foobillard, OpenGL billiard game for Linux.
- freeciv.wikia.com
|Multiuser clone of the famous Microprose game of Civilization.
- freecol.org
|Turn-based strategy game based on Colonization.
- openra.net
|openra, openra-gitAUR
|An open-source implementation of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert engine using .NET/Mono and OpenGL.
- pychess.org
|An advanced chess client for Linux following the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines.
- runescape.com
|Java (legacy)
|Massive online medieval fantasy game by Jagex.
- supertux.github.io
|Classic 2D jump'n side-scroller game similar to the Super Mario Bros games, featuring Tux.
Milestone 1 of the game was released in 2003 and is provided by supertux-old.
Milestone 2, the current version of SuperTux in the Arch Linux community repository, was released in December 2015.
|The Battle for Wesnoth
- wesnoth.org
|Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.
|The Mana World
- themanaworld.org
|Serious effort to create an innovative free and open-source MMORPG.
|Urban Terror
- urbanterror.info
|Modern multiplayer FPS based on the ioquake3 engine.
|Warzone 2100
- wz2100.net
|3D realtime strategy game on a future Earth.
See also
- Linux Installers for Linux Gamers
- The Linux Gamers' Game List
- The Humble Bundle
- Wikipedia:Humble Bundle
- Steam Linux store
- List of Linux Steam games
- Wikipedia:List of games developed by Valve
- Wikipedia:Game engine recreation
- Wikipedia:Source port
- Linux game database
- Penguspy
- Lists of Linux games on Wikipedia
- http://rewiki.regengedanken.de/wiki/Links_to_engine_reimplementations