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Director: Rifqi Assaf
Comoro Island
South of Sudan
The film received many funds such as the Crossroads Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2012, and the Jordan Film Fund managed by the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) in 2012.
The film features Palestinian star Ashraf Barhom, who is known for his roles in the films The Kingdom (2007), Agora (2009) and Clash of the Titans (2010).
2015/ Jordan - Egypt - France - UAE81 min/ Drama
Al Muna'taf
Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van, finds himself on a road trip with three strangers, which alters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.
Ashraf Barhoum
Fatina Layla
Mazen Moadam
Ashraf Telfah
Screenwriter: Rifqi Assaf
DOP: Piotr Jaxa
Editor: Doaa Fadel
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The Imaginarium Films
Film Clinic
Eaux Vives Productions
Rula Nasser
Mohamed Hefzy
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE
East End Film Festival (EEFF), UK
Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan
Seattle International Film Festival, USA
Festival International de Cinéma et Mémoire Commune de Nador, Morocco
Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia
Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine
Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA
Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden
Golden Reel Award for Best Actor at the Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA
Best Actor Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden
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Ahmed Shawky - Dotmsr (Arabic)
Amal Ibrahim - Diwan Al Arab (Arabic)
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Game Index – Beats of Rage, the Ninja Kids, Ninja Gaiden (arcade) and Ninja Warriors (SNES) added.
Minus World – An all-new article was added to the Minus World section. One word: Sidbillies. There are ninjas in that too!
Vs. Mode – You may want to check out the Vs. Mode index page. The poll fight feature isn't back, but it's much closer than it's ever been since 2002. It should be ready by early 2010 but future teasers and tests for it will make it clear why it's taking a lot of work. There's a test of the "Fight Archive" page using the old Superninja 2002 battle.
MugenBoss – The miscolored pixels on the log in the "Karate Champ Alpha – Stage 4" stage finally got fixed. There are no ninjas in it but the stage is compatible with most ninja characters in MUGEN. Also, in case you haven't heard, Elecbyte, the creators of MUGEN, are back. Fo'rilla. Check out their new site and see what they've been up to.
Sprites – Along with a redesign for the Final Fight sprite hub page, sprites, animations and cinema pics were added to the Final Fight 3 page. A few Samus sprites and items from the NES game were added to the Metroid page. Strider Hiryu's fighting stance and taunt were added to the Marvel vs. Capcom page. One sprite of each Ninja Kid from the Taito game was added to the Taito page.
Custom Sprites – New sprite edits of Kazan and Wendy Milan (Rushing Beat series) and Kunoichi (Ninja Warriors) were added to the Game Related page along with improved versions of Kazan and Wendy's earlier edits. Lex Luthor jumpsuit sprite updated on the DC page and in the Vs. Maker generator.
Logos – various versions of Caveman Ninja (arcade), Kid Niki (arcade), Kirby Super Star, Mirai Ninja, Ninja Kids, Ninja Gaiden II (NES, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Ninja Spirit, Ninja Warriors (SNES & SF), Spider-Man and the X-Men and Super Metroid added.
Minilogos – A group of great Wrestling minilogos made in the 64×26 format have been donated by Sage Freehaven along with new minilogos for Balrog, M.Bison, Martian Manhunter.
The Vs. Maker Balrog and Bison finally get their own logos and Martian Manhunter gets a more recent one. Not much of a surprise if you're reading these in order. Here's a surprise thought: my character, Twofold, was added with an all-new sprite made from scratch along with a portrait and minilogo. How's that for a site crossover?
Updates will be back to almost every two weeks again now that the new computer is all sorted out and the programs are working. Thanks for stopping in and I hope you enjoy the update.
ScrollBoss will be updated along with my Illmosis site this Sunday. There will be a tiny bit of content crossover with the ninja theme along with… well, you'll see.
This won't be a big update but it will still include new sprites, sprite edits, Game Index entries, minilogos, links (BTW: Elecbyte is back!) , a MUGEN stage fix or two and some additions to the Vs. Maker generator.
If that isn't enough, a long, lost section from the early days of the site makes a bit of a return before it's full-on comeback in 2010. All this nonsense and more drops this Sunday.


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Der Eltonsee () ist ein etwa 150 km² großer und im Durchschnitt nur 30 bis 60 cm tiefer, abflussloser Salzsee in der Oblast Wolgograd in Russland. Der See liegt 18 Meter unter dem Meeresspiegel im nördlichen Teil der Kaspischen Senke unmittelbar an der Grenze zu Kasachstan, etwa 200 km östlich von Wolgograd und des Unterlaufs der Wolga. Gespeist wird er von den Zuflüssen Chara, Landug, Samaroda, Malaja Samaroda und Sorotschja Balka.

Der Name des Sees stammt aus dem kasachischen "Altyn-Nor", was soviel wie "Goldener Boden" bedeutet. Bis heute sind die Überreste einer Badestätte der Zarin Katharina II. am See zu finden. Im Jahr 1765 gelangte der deutsche Naturforscher Johann Reinhold Forster zusammen mit seinem Sohn Georg Forster bis zum Eltonsee. Eine Inspektionsreise im Auftrag von Katharina II. führte sie in die Kalmückensteppe und zu den kurz zuvor gegründeten Siedlungen der Wolgadeutschen.

Von der Zeit Iwans des Schrecklichen bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde Salz aus dem See gewonnen. Dies geschah bis 1865 unter staatlicher und anschließend bis 1882 sehr intensiv unter privater Regie. Seit 1910 gibt es in der Nähe des Sees den Kurort Elton und seit 1945 auch ein Sanatorium. Dem Salzwasser von Elton wird heilsame Wirkung bei verschiedenen Krankheiten zugeschrieben.

Seit 2014 findet im Steppengebiet um den Eltonsee einmal jährlich einer der härtesten Langstrecken-Laufwettbewerbe Russlands statt. Der Elton Volgabus Ultra-Trail wird über drei Distanzen ausgetragen: Der Marathon geht über 42 km, das Nachtrennen über 82 km und der Ultimate-Lauf über 100 Meilen um den ganzen See herum.

Weblinks
 Lake Elton in der Encyclopædia Britannica online

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Salzsee
See in Europa
See in Russland
Geographie (Oblast Wolgograd)
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The Carter House Museum will be open for visitors to tour the house and our collection of Summit artifacts, showing the city's history from its earliest days before the American Revolution, to the 1830s, when the first train arrived, up to the present time.
Tour other historic buildings throughout Union County, including Summit's Twin Maples and the Summit Playhouse.
The Summit Historical Society was formed in 1929, but was largely inactive until the early 1960's. In 1962, the Summit Herald lamented that Summit did not have a historical society, only to find out that one did exist. Spurred by renewed interest in Summit's history, the Summit Historical Society has actively pursued the preservation and dissemination of information about Summit's past. Today, we have assembled a large archive of photographs, genealogy files, Summit house files, other historic structures surveys, maps, newspapers, postcards, yearbooks and city tax atlases. The archive also includes city directories dating back to 1890. We are continually adding new items to this archive, and we welcome donations of materials relating to Summit's past.
In 1927, Summit's local newspaper - The Summit Herald - called for the formation of an Historical Society. Two years later, on the evening of Feb 4, 1929, a group of citizens met in the office of Judge Arthur W. Hicks on Beechwood Road and decided to form such a Society.
Although little know today in her time Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot was regarded as one of the screen's greatest beauties, starring i many of her seventy-three films from 1913-1924.
Patrick Joseph Kelly (Pat) came into this world on July 31, 1891. He was born in Summit. Pat had three sisters (Katherine, Mary, and Esther) and a brother (Nicholas). Their home was located at 242 Morris Avenue.
Arther James Cotterell (Art) has played and important role in the history of Summit for the past seventy-none years. As a family man, a teacher, a Summit High School baseball coach and as past president (twice) of the Summit Historical Society, his dedication, his value system and his integrity continues to be felt in the minds of the students and the people who have known and worked with him throughout the years.
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The above quote was written by Miss Mabel R. Haines (Summit Librarian 1913-1914) for the Summit Herald in one of her columns of book reviews entitled: "The Library Shelf."
One of the foremost historic building ins downtown Summit was designed and built in 1893-1894 and is located on the northwest corner of Springfield Avenue and Kent Place Boulevard. Today is houses Winberie's Restaurant & Bar on the street level and the Renaissance Church on the upper level.
The time is the summer of 1928 and over at Memorial Field in Summit there is a hight school sophomore who is paling for the semi-professional Summit Red Sox of the Lackawanna Baseball League. This young athlete, who is creating quite a bit of interest playing with players who are older and have a great deal more experience some former professionals, is Joe Medwick of Carteret High School.
While there wasn't an area know as Summit during the American Revolution (Summit was not officially established until 1869) there is an area in present-day Summit which played a very important role in the conclusion of the War For Independence. The action at the area of the present-day Municipal Golf Course was the site of a hoax perpetrated by General George Washington which kept the British commander, General Sir Henry Clinton, headquartered in New Yourk City, fearful of possible moves by Washington.
Although this winter has not been one for ice skating, years ago when climates were conducive to skating throughout the season Summit was know for a unique ice skating pond called "Deafy Lee's" which was located at the southeast corner of Morris Turnpike and Summit Avenue.
How many people do you know who have lived in Summit for 97 years since 1909? One choice is G. Morisson Hubbard, Jr. The G. is for George, but Mr. Hubbard is know to most people as simply "Morry"
Born in Middlesex, England on November 9,1840, John N. May, Sr. could not have envisioned in his early life the influence he would ultimately have in his chosen horticultural industry, nor the fact that he would fulfill his destiny in Summit, New Jersey. The child of an English gardener, he became interested in the art of raising and grafting roses at an early age. His reputation was such that the owner of a large Madison, New Jersey estate hired him from England in 1874 as head gardener. By 1880, Mr. May had entered horticulture on his own, purchasing an eleven acre property on Pine Grove Avenue in Summit, where he established the largest nursery in the city, invented the rose green- house and propagated many new varieties of roses. He became one of the foremost growers of ornamental flowers in the United States and founded a number of industry trade groups still in existence today.
Back in the 1930's, Summit High School athletics enjoyed a period of almost unlimited success, winning championships in football, basketball, and baseball year after year. Throughout this period, two names that were constantly in the newspapers were Arthur "Lefty' Vivian and Robert "Bull" Brydon, as they led the teams to championships every year that they were in high school. Both were all-state baseball players. Both were stars as they played in college. And both were good enough to be signed by major league teams, Vivian by the Yankees, Brydon by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Both went into the Marine Corps in the early stages of World War II and, sadly, both had their careers cut short by the war, Vivian being killed in the South Pacific in 1944, and Brydon suffering serious wounds, also in the Pacific, which kept him from continuing on to Ebbets Field after the war.
If you happen to drop by the Carter House (home of the Summit Historical Society) some Tuesday morning between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon, you will probably run into one of our long time dedicated volunteers and former board members - Shirley Wight Keeney. She is "Miss Knowledgeable" when it comes to the history of Summit, and her volunteer service to the entire community has been outstanding over the years.
On January 21, 1931 Edwin Scott Votey passed away at his home at 64 Prospect Street in Summit. He was 74 years of age and had lived on Prospect since 1910. Before that Votey lived on Tulip Street. Surviving him were his widow Annie, two daughters and a son.
As we approach Memorial Day we should take a moment to remember all those from Summit who fought and died for their country. Those who made the ultimate sacrifice numbered a total of 106 in the four major wars that were fought in the twentieth century.
In the summer of 1907, two sisters, Ching-ling Soong (15 years of age) and Mei-ling Soong (9 years of age) were brought by their aunt and uncle to attend and board at the Miss Clara Barton Potwin School in Summit.
Here in Summit we've had championship high school basketball teams several times throughout the 20th century. Many of these championship teams were the boys teams, although in the later years the girls teams had begun to establish a tradition of their own. Many people may think that girls high school varsity teams are a relatively recent innovation which came about as a result of the passage of Title IX in the last quarter of the 20th century (Title IX had mandated equal opportunities for girls and boys in interscholastic sports). However, a recent search of the files at the Carter House reveals that Summit High School had championship teams, girls championship teams, many, many years before Title IX was ever thought of.
During the heyday of prize fighting (back in the 1920s, the 1930s and even in the 1940s) there grew up an internationally known training camp for fighters. It was run by a woman in Chatham Township at 516 River Road and situated on a hilly thirty acres of farmland. The camp was simply known as Madame Bey's.
In the long history of the Summit Post Office there has been only one woman to hold the leadership position of postmistress, Bridget Lane serving two terms in the late 1800's. The Federal government established the post office in Summit on November 20, 1843, thereby unofficially recognizing Summit as a community although it was not to become one until 1869. Up to its establishment as a township, the area had been known informally as "The Summit" from 1810 on. The first postmaster had been William Littell, who operated the post office out of his store on Union Place.


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Psikyo games coming to Steam
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BrianC
Post subject: Re: Psikyo games coming to Steam
I bought Strikers 1945 and Gunbird for Steam. As far as I can tell, they are definitely more responsive than the Switch versions. I'm still curious about how much lag the actual PCB has for Strikers, though. I'm not sure on this, but some posts I have seen on forums claiming the PCB is laggy and the amount of lag in other emulators like MAME give me the impression that even the PCB itself may have 4 frames of lag.
MathU
Location: Paranoia
Gonna play devil's advocate here since I don't see anyone else arguing the contrary. To all the people making these vague "support the genre" arguments: What evidence do you have that money from these purchases even goes to the original developers and would encourage them to make some cool games again? I'd say the likelihood is actually quite high that a) they're not even with Psikyo anymore since the company hasn't made anything for ages, b) they never had a royalty deal in their contract in the first place, and c) it's likely just one or a handful of rights holders squatting on Psikyo's old intellectual properties that get anything out of this. This is the industry norm for this sort of situation, this wouldn't be any sort of exception.
I think we all want to believe in the market force of supply and demand--we all want to think we have some connection to old developers we respect through our wallets and sales. But the reality is that intellectual property law exists and it allows small groups of bosses, shareholders, and publishers to take control of a product out of the hands of the people who made it in the first place. I can think of very few clear instances where sales of an old game managed to convince its original developers to come out of retirement and make a new follow-up to it. I believe the original creators of Descent (well, two of them anyway) came back to make Overload a couple years ago due largely to the popularity of Descent on GOG. But even they had to sue Interplay in order to get paid the royalties they were entitled for those Descent sales. And that's an example where original developers actually still had some control decades later over the thing they made. Most don't.
Of course, that's just an opinion.
Always seeking netplay fans to play emulated arcade games with.
EmperorIng
Technically, ZeroDiv/CityConnection announced (and promised) Strikers 2020, to come out in 2020. Though outside of that announcement, absolutely nothing.
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You can't interpret "supporting the genre" as limited only to filling the pockets of the original devs.
Regardless of if the original programmers do or do not receive cash, successful/profitable shmup releases must surely be beneficial. If the video games industry begins to regard shmups as profitable, then publishers will seek out more shmups to release, both from back catalogues (great) and new studios (great), and developers will start looking at the genre as a viable option.
qmish
I'm more depressed with thought that "support from us" isn't enough for them.
Otherwise degica, for example, would have not stopped and instead of shifting to rpgs/VNs could contunue their shmupper crusade.
saddens me a little to see every release greeted with such negativity.
What, you propose that any shmup release is somehow a "holy cow" now (geez it's like zelda botw where you considered awful person if u gave it lower than 9 or 10 rating) and anyone who dares to point at some disadvantages is evil heretic? that's some black and white thinking... stop playing ikaruga
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Actually, I heard mixed things about input lag for both the switch and PS4 AA. I also found forum ports complaining about the Xbox 360 ACA Neogeo games and claiming that the Switch has less input lag than those. I'm not sure if the PS4 AA games have less, but the ones I have on both systems seemed comparable, for the most part. I'm under the impression that the PC versions of the Psyiko games do have less input lag than the switch, but I got no reply when trying to find out if it was possible that the games could have the same amount of input lag as the switch with V-Sync on.
I also heard mixed things about the input lag on Switch in general. Ikaruga, the Switch Online NES/SNES games, Sonic Mania, and a few of the M2 ports all have low input lag on switch. Some collections like the Mega Man X Legacy Collection and the Genesis Classics Collection have bad input lag on all platforms. I remember reading that input lag was not the reason M2 delayed the their switch games, and later I see a post that claims the opposite.
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 9:58 pm
MathU wrote:
First time I log in here for years. First thread I open, and what do I see? MathU sperging autistically about DRMs, and getting into "THE MARKET" debate that no one but him cares about, derailing threads.
Some things never change.
FunktionJCB
The next title to be released, after this week's already announced launch of STRIKERS 1945 II, is GUNBIRD 2 (June 10th):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279410/GUNBIRD_2/
In other news, all games previously released were patched, so that there's now a proper quit option (previously, you had to use ALT+F4 to quit the games).
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:45 am
is it ok that continuing doesnt restart score to 0? i dodnt remember how it was in original
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Do they at least stick the telltale "1" of extreme shame on the ones digit?
There ain't half been some clever bastards
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floralcateyes
BIL wrote:
Just tried the Samurai Aces and Gunbird ports, and they do add 1 point to the ones digit. I'm guessing it's the same for Strikers and for the two upcoming ports. But I'm also not sure if that's how it was done in the originals (computer got nuked and I haven't set MAME back up on it, so can't test at the moment).
Jeneki
Location: Minnesota, USA
More importantly, does continuing still let you upload your score to the leaderboard?
Typos caused by cat on keyboard.
Klatrymadon
Location: Liverpool
Nah, scores are only recorded to the leaderboard in Score Attack mode, which limits you to one credit. (I haven't spent any time in the normal modes in these ports, which presumably let you mess around to your heart's content.)
Really glad that Gunbird 2 is up next. If it's not the most technical Psikyo shmup, it's certainly the most beautiful.
CStarFlare
From Jaimers' twitter:
Jaimers wrote:
Gunbird 2-ALL on the recent Steam port. Lucky run without the 2nd loop train stage.
Very weird port. Lots of subtle and not-so-subtle differences and some jank that wasn't there in the original arcade version.
Port is also easier. The bullets in the 2nd loop are visibly slower.
Curious if anyone knows what differences/jank are present here. Are the slower 2nd loop bullets present in the other recent Psikyo ports as well?
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CStarFlare wrote:
What is with these godless devs and not just emulating the motherfucking games 1:1, like I can already do FO FREE? NOBODY IS INTERESTED IN YOUR RETARDED TWEAKS. YOU ARE A TRANSCRIBER, AND THE EXCELLENCE OF YOUR WORK DEMANDS THAT YOU BE UNDETECTABLE.
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Is the Gunbird 2 port based off the PS2 version? I heard that port has some differences from the arcade. I don't know what the heck Zerodiv did with the Switch ports to introduce so much lag without the overhead of emulation. The games also seem to be using assets from the PS1 and Saturn versions of the games. Even the menus with the numbered difficulty are similar.
Is the DC port of Gunbird 2 accurate? It was published by Capcom and has Morrigan, but seems to have be developed by Psyiko themselves complete with odd Yoko modes that don't use the game's original aspect ratio.
Edit: Doh. I misread the post. 2-All of Gunbird 1. Gunbird 2 Steam isn't out yet.
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BrianC wrote:
Is the Gunbird 2 port based off the PS2 version? I heard that port has some differences from the arcade.
...that would explain a lot.
If the Strikers II port is the PS1 version, again, I'm going to LOL IRL
City Connection lessened the difficulty of Game Tengoku's 2nd loop as well, though that was clearly intentional and more of a rebalance effort. I wonder if this is still ZeroDiv's fiddling (bungling?). Let's see if the older switch ver of Gunbird had changed palettes. Does this faded pic of the castle stage ring a bell?
I believe the arcade ver of the second loop is supposed to have the castle stage be set in winter.
Looks like there are still some emulation problems left unfixed with the ZeroDiv ports.
AFAIK, Tengoku's Saturn port has a much easier second loop compared to the PCB, too. I wonder if CC's version re-used the Saturn code.
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Considering the Saturn mode is there on the PS4/Steam/Switch version entirely intact, I think that's a pretty good guess, actually!
Resident Tengoku expert Maurener/MauCast doesn't like any of the ports as much as the original because of this (and a notable exception*). Vice-grip my balls or go home, I guess!
*the ports also make it much harder to milk the final boss by removing a safe-spot that exists in the arcade version. Hence your eggplant orgies will never be as out of control as they are on MAME. This is the only change I find questionable.
I think this generation's sharp dichotomy of God Ports and Dog Ports has finally turned me into a real old elitist prick. >_> I will pay these chaps many fousands of the king's good pounds to just slap a ROM on my console (impeccably emulated, obviously!), with the sole accoutrement of an absolutely massive red button at the startup screen labeled "ARCADE MODE: WTF IS A PAUSE MENU" (your controller rumbles violently when it's highlighted, to let you know you're on the verge of awakening TEH FUCKIN FURY ).
Stick everything else (like a savestate-enabled practice mode! those are PRECISELY what a modern port should offer!) under a much friendlier blue button called "Other" (controller purrs amiably when highlighted). Job done! Don't ever get the arrange mode PB in the arcade mode chocolate. The blaspheming, cheeky cunts!
EmperorIng wrote:
Odd thing is that the Saturn port has the stage set in winter in the second loop, but the PS2 version doesn't (unless there's an odd bug where the setting of the stage doesn't change if it's encountered as the first stage in the second loop).
One thing I noticed is that the original PS1 and Saturn versions still have that lame Now Loading screen with the rabbit. I assumed it was something exclusive to Mobile Light Force, though I'm not surprised the loading is still there.
Presumably it's possible to correct the bullet speeds in a patch (undo whatever changes were made, if that's what's happened), but what are the other gameplay differences? It's been a while since I broke out my copy of the Special Edition so I'm unsure of what was altered in the PS2 port of Gunbird 1.
Jaimers posted a video of his Gunbird 2-ALL and included some details of what's inaccurate in the description.
Thanks! Some of it's pretty egregious, eh - differences so great that old strategies don't work, etc. Really hope these are simple enough to fix...
Another comparatively minor aesthetic change I haven't seen mentioned, which seems to be a feature in all the Psikyo ports, is that most of the text (for dialogue, character selection, etc) is delivered via an obvious hi-def overlay, even though in-game translations already existed.
After GUNBIRD 2, the next title to be released will be TENGAI (June 22nd):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279370/TENGAI/
So it's STRIKERS 1945 II tomorrow:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279 ... RS_1945_II
GUNBIRD 2 on June 10th:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279410/GUNBIRD_2
And TENGAI on June 22nd:
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:07 pm
Klatrymadon wrote:
Does the Gunbird port use an 'arrange' soundtrack, by the way? The instrumentation (though not the composition) sounds quite different from the PCB to my ears, and, looking at videos of the Switch port, this goes for Gunbird 2 as well, which sounds pretty shrill compared to the DC version. The sound is fantastic here, though!
Yeah, after playing Gunbird 2 (released today) for a bit, it's clear some of the instrumentation is very different from that of the DC version and presumably the PCB. Any idea what this is about?
(It's not just me, is it? This sounds markedly more piercing. Gunbird 2 has one of my favourite soundtracks but this is nails-on-chalkboard stuff. )
How accurate is this?
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Obviously not different from an arcade? And what can be seen by the layperson (☆ mark clearly affects play. Confirm with difficulty Normal (5). Later, if you feel like it, check Very Hard (7))
・The bullet does not disappear when the boss is defeated (Is it okay to hit this? Not confirmed)
・1-7 Boss The bullet shot by the first enemy to attack is slightly changed (although it does not affect avoiding it)
・On the second lap, the shape of the 5 way of the medium-sized aircraft's shooting back changed (some bullets are not evenly spaced)
☆Italy: Isn't there two turrets moving on the water during the last road? (I think there will be one left and one right, but of course on lap 2 too!)
☆ 2-6 Blue UFO Zako on the way does not shoot 5way → 5way → 2way → 1way, but 5way → 2way → 1way (one 5way is missing)
☆ 2-6 There is no way bullet aimed at high speed aircraft with the first bullet of the middle boss (eyeball)
・2-6 Medium boss 2 waves are just 1way
☆ 2-6 There is no way bullet for the first high-speed boss in the 2nd form of the boss (from the same way as the first lap, it is possible to avoid the front vertical movement Only),
・2-6 Boss 2nd form The target of the aircraft after the continuous laser firing is 1way instead of 3way
☆ 2-7 The opening turret only shoots 2way (where did the crazy 2way → 4way attack pattern go?)
☆ 2-7 There is no shot back bullet in the bit summoned by the middle boss
・2-7 Medium Boss 2nd Form 2 wave's target is only 3way instead of 5way, firing frequency is low
☆2-7 The 3rd body of the boss's undercarriage only shoots bullets removed from its own machine
☆2-7 Even if the capsule or frog summoned by the final boss is killed, it will not shoot back and issue a bullet
However, there are a lot of mistakes from 2-6 onwards, "Isn't you making a barrage dedicated to the second lap until the attack on that first lap?" Although the bullet velocity itself is higher than the first lap.
It is better to say that the difficulty level is higher than that of the arcade, and that the Italian level is 2-6, 2-7.
As you can see from the play video of PS2 version Gunbird 2, I think that this port is probably based on it because it is very similar to PS2 version.
It's a shame to think that I want you to emulate the arcade version instead of the PS2 version because you have the right.
Even so, I'm not saying that everything should be perfect, but I think it would have been nice to have corrected the difference from the arcade that can be seen by the people who were enthusiastically playing this game at a glance. ..
・Because you can select the difficulty level, even people who are not very good at it can clear it.
-The number of continue can be set from game setting to 0 to 99 times, unlimited.
-You can change the key to use when playing with the keyboard (select Launch Configuration Tool at startup). I think the default was ZXAS, but you can change it to another key, such as C or V.
▽ If the diagonal movement becomes ineffective due to simultaneous input restrictions, try assigning another key.
-If you think that it is a port of the PS2 version instead of the port of the arcade version, it can be said that the work is good.
Points of concern:
・There is no stage select (In 2020! In this era when it is installed in many STGs that can be done on PC now. Even though there is Steste mode on the board)
It is necessary to proceed to the desired side and practice using the storyboard. And since it will be done from the state where the minimum power and rank have dropped, it is not possible to make a pattern for no mistakes.
-The nice thing is that online score tracking is implemented, but it's a mess of all aircraft. There is no ranking for each character.
-Input delay is too dangerous. You can feel it by turning off the Steam overlay or making it full screen.
I think that it will be okay if the stage is easy, but I am really scared when it comes to the second half of the first lap. It is difficult to move at a level where it is scary to move to a narrow gap.
During the pad operation, it was so difficult that I got hit by the first 1-6 bosses for the second time in a row.
After playing for a few hours, I got a little used to it, but it is still lacking in comfort and I am afraid of some barrages (2-4 The second wave of boss 1st form can be understood by repeatedly moving left and right) ..
It may be okay if you just want to finish in one week, but it is a difficult experience to be able to do it in the second week with this operability. There is nothing you cannot do.
If the game content itself is closed after 2-6, it is quite reproducible for the unaided eyes? It seems that it is not bad at all (I do not know the reproducibility of the enemy's detailed appearance timing. Sorry).
Are you writing an arcade supremacy? I thought, but because the arcade version is a big source, I usually want to do something closer to the original.
Who wants to do the PS version of the angry bee over the AC version of the angry bee? No, no.
Noisy guys should buy the board softly! It may be that. In fact, that's the theory (BEST can be said to be used for benefits).
But I managed to delay it. If this can be done, it is possible to divide from negative evaluation to positive evaluation ꧁༼ ◔ᾥ◔༽꧂
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No, it's definitely not just you. It sounds very different from the Dreamcast version.
The arranged soundtrack also sounded fine for me in GB1, but in GB2 it's really a pointless disimprovement. Too bad, since GB2 has the only Psikyo soundtrack that I enjoyed in the first place, not in this port though.
(Though you could probably just replace the OGG files in the Steam directory if you had the soundtrack from the original game.)
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That's a great idea, actually. Pity it might be the only way to resolve the problem. That Steam reviewer seems pretty convinced it's based on the PS2 version and that the extensive differences are unlikely to be fixed...
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Transverse City är ett musikalbum av Warren Zevon, lanserat 1989 på skivbolaget Virgin Records och Zevons sjunde studioalbum. Ett flertal kända musiker, som Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, David Gilmour, Mike Campbell, och Jack Casady medverkar som gästartister på skivan. Zevon gjorde 1987 comeback med albumet Sentimental Hygiene men denna efterföljande skiva blev inte en lika stor framgång som det albumet. Låten "Run Straight Down" låg dock på Billboards lista Mainstream Rock Songs under sex veckor.

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 "The Long Arm of the Law" - 3:47
 "Turbulence" - 4:08
 "They Moved the Moon" - 4:31
 "Splendid Isolation" - 4:35
 "Networking" (Arngrim, Zevon) - 3:02
 "Gridlock" - 4:34
 "Down in the Mall" - 4:28
 "Nobody's in Love This Year" - 4:17

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Thriller Books Journal is pleased to host Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, author of 'Waking Lions', a daring, genre-defying novel that cleverly blends a gripping noir story set in contemporary Israel with subtle insights on how our minds work when faced with life-or-death choices.
[Q]: Hello Ayelet, nice to meet you and thank you for joining us. Let's start with some background: was writing fiction your first professional calling, and if not, how and when did you start writing?
[A]: I did my MA in clinical psychology, and I consider it as my "profession". During my BA and MA studies I also worked for the Israeli civil rights movement, and as a news editor on a big newspaper. Actually, it took me a long time to get over the fear of being pathetic and to start writing my first novel. Deciding to write a novel isn't much different from deciding to ride a dragon. Scary.
[Q]: 'Waking Lions' is a novel with many layers of meaning, one that straddles genres effortlessly. So I'll start by asking you what drove you to write it, which character or idea was the spark that ignited the story for you.
[A]: I was twenty when I met the protagonist of this novel. I was travelling in India and met a young Israeli who just sat in the guesthouse and stared for nights. He had a dreamy face and long, light colored hair. He was just out of military service and supposed to be having the adventure of his life. But there was something wrong with him. The guy looked frozen. He didn't speak, he didn't smoke, he didn't do anything. He just lay on the hammock in the guesthouse and stared at the sky. Something was eating him up inside, that was clear.
Eventually I went to him and asked if he was alright. He told me that several days ago he had hit an Indian man with his motorcycle, and had fled.
I was haunted by this story for ten years before I sat down to write it. I wanted the readers to finish the book with this question: had it happened to you – driving home to your family late at night, hitting an un-named refugee, one that looks like 1000 other people, like the cleaner in the supermarket, and no one would ever know – are you absolutely sure you wouldn't flee? The guy I met in India didn't look like a bad guy. And I think had he hit a young Israeli girl he would have taken her to a hospital. But he didn't hit an Israeli girl, he hit someone that looked different from him, and I believe that's the difference.
[Q]: One night one of the novel's main characters, Dr Eitan Green, a neurosurgeon who's happily married to Liat, a police inspector, accidentally runs over an illegal Eritrean immigrant. He then makes the 'wrong' choice: he drives away, leaving the man to die. Yet Eitan is a sensitive family man and a dedicated professional. Are we defined more by our choices than by our personality? Eitan has had to make tough choices in the past, so can blind chance and random impulse alone be the basis of our behaviour?
[A]: That's one of the things that bothered me while writing the novel. The arithmetic of "how much good is equal to one big bad". I'm not sure I have an answer yet. I like the existential point of view in which a person is the sum of his choices – nothing more, nothing less.
What defines Eitan more – a life of careful driving, of medical studies, of helping old ladies with their groceries– or that single moment of the hit-and-run? Forty-one years of life versus a single moment; and even then, perhaps that moment represents a great deal more than its sixty seconds, just as one bit of DNA embodied the entire human species.
[Q]: The novel's twin central character alongside Eitan Green is Sirkit, an immigrant woman from Eritrea, whose husband Asum is accidentally run over by Dr Green. She is an illegal alien, scraping a living by cleaning floors in a restaurant and sharing a stark, virtually hopeless life with dozens other migrants. Yet, after Asum's death, she shows a strength of character and a clarity of purpose that are truly extraordinary. Can you tell us more about Sirkit's genesis as a character, and about what she means for you?
[A]: As I said, I was haunted by this story for ten years before I sat down to write it, and one of the reasons was that I couldn't find the right path for the protagonist. I didn't want to write a 300 page-novel about a white guy feeling guilty and contemplating it alone in his decorated living room. Only after I realized that this person is blackmailed by the widow of the refugee he killed did I sit down to write. Sirkit was the key to the story.
Sirkit's life changes because she is the only witness of the hit-and-run. The traditional female role – watch, and be quiet – is now ironically charged. Because what she sees when she witnesses the accident gives her power over this man. The roles are switched.
It was very important for me that Sirkit wasn't this "black angel", a saint, an African Maria. I wanted her to be a real human being, with dreams and desires and aspirations for power. I think to portray her as a saint is just as dehumanising as portraying her as an ultimate evil. A "refugee" is no more of a saint than a "middle-class man". Both are labels, and behind those labels there are real people – who love, cheat, hate and trust.
[Q]: Besides Eitan Green, Liat and Sirkit, 'Waking Lions' is built around an incredibly varied cast of characters: there are Sirkit's fellow-migrants, mostly nameless but no less significant; Ali and Mona, two Bedouin youngsters who become tragically embroiled in the aftermath of Asum's death; Guy Davidson, a kibbutz owner with a dark secret. Together they paint a picture of an Israeli society that seems to struggle to integrate all of these different elements. Is this true, and if so, which challenges do you think are the toughest to tackle?
[A]: I believe it's the writer's job to force the reader to look where they usually avoid looking. Literature is an act of seeing, different from the everyday gaze. The refugees and the bedouins are the unseen people in Israeli society, and I wanted to write about that which is unseen.
[Q]: One of the features I most enjoyed in 'Waking Lions' is how it doesn't shirk from showing the characters' weaknesses, in fact how in some cases it makes those weaknesses the characters' defining features. How hard is it for an author to be honest about a character, to make him or her a fully realised individual and not simply an opportune prop to the plot?
[A]: A plot is interesting only if it happens to people, real flesh and blood people. Otherwise, why should I care if the doctor is blackmailed, or if he goes to prison? In order to really care about my characters I have to make them as real as possible, like imaginary friends. And the moment you know what it is that your character is most ashamed of – what's her weakness is – that's when you know she's a human being.
TBJ: Thank you very much for your time Ayelet, and we look forward to reading more of your work soon!


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Famous Spiral Staircases In The World And Why They Stand Out?
By Spectacler Staff On Jan 6, 2023
Architectural designs across the globe continue to make people marvel as they showcase the brilliance of the human mind. The spiral staircase is one of the most interesting and captivating inventions. How these stairs wind and go around is one of the most fascinating things ever.
Such stairs have a mysterious flair, making them interesting to observe and use. This explains why some of the most exciting staircases in the world are spiral. This article captures some of the best and most famous staircases globally.
1. The Garvan Spiral Stairs
The Garvan is an impressive stair found in Australia. The impressive staircase is known for its 6.5 revolutions and spans six floors. The staircase serves as the centerpiece of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
It stands out because it perfectly matches the building's modern and sleek décor and the white base with chrome railings. The choice of the spiral is quite sensible, considering the building's size. It was preferred because it took up very little space and gave access to the six floors without much stress.
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2. Loretto Chapel, New Mexico
The Loretto chapel staircase will be perfect if you love impressive architecture. The design and stability of the staircase still baffle engineers to date as no one can explain how it was constructed to remain stable, yet no nails were used. The myth is that the church had difficulty getting to the second-floor choir loft. This prompted the sisters to pray to St. Joseph, the carpenters' patron.
Mysteriously, a carpenter appeared at the church nine days later with tools and solved the dilemma by building the magnificent 19th-century staircase that people marvel at today. Experts still wonder how this was achieved, yet there is no evidence of support, yet the staircase is super stable. Could this be the divine miracle it is supposed to be? We may never know the truth, but the reality is that the magnificent spiral staircase continues to serve people.
3. Vatican Museum
The Vatican Museum was founded by Pope Julius back in the mid-16th century. It consists of pontifical galleries known to house Roman Catholic church arts dating back to 1506. Pope us X1 commissioned Giuseppe Momo to construct a central staircase connecting all the galleries. Momo went on to create two spiral staircases twisting together.
This resulted in a double helix DNA-like structure that continues to be one of the major attractions of this museum. One of these staircases lets visitors go up (ascend), and the other one allows them to descend. Interestingly, this is one of the most visited staircases globally since more than 4 million people visit the Vatican Museum in a year.
4. Museo De Pobo Galego
It is also known as the Galician People Museum. This is a 17th-century creation designed by Domingo de Andrade in Spain. The staircase is a central spiral triple helix stairway. The three staircases have been woven together to create this magnificent architecture that is a piece of art. The design is such that each of the staircases leads to a floor of its own in a bid to streamline traffic patterns. This staircase pattern was believed to be deliberately selected to reflect or represent the traditional Celtic symbol of the solstice.
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The monument stands out because of the massive Doric column that features an interior spiral stairway. The staircase has 311 steps that lead to the viewing platform and reaches a 160 feet height which is why it is featured as a tourist attraction destination
Why do Spiral Staircases Stand Out?
With some of the most impressive staircases in the world being spiral-shaped, one may wonder why this is so.
This spiral staircase is compact enough to fit into any room, regardless of the space available. Most magnificent spiral staircases worldwide came into existence because of limited space. They open up spaces and tend to let in light and air, making a room feel bigger, welcoming, and brighter.
Some of the top reasons why spiral staircases are preferred by designers include:
1. Are Space Saving
Standard staircases take up too much space, while spiral staircases save space thanks to the winding design. They are perfect for homes with tight-fitting spaces since they allow easy access to lofts.
2. Excellent for Open Floor Plans
Usually, traditional staircases block views and light and create shadows. This can be disadvantageous for open floor plans. On the other hand, spiral staircases tend to let in lighter due to their compact design.
3. Can Be Customized
This is probably one of the most practical reasons spiral staircases always win. They tend to blend with the area perfectly. The design possibilities available in spiral staircases cannot be exhausted. You can easily bring in the element of aesthetics and create a handcrafted spiral design that works perfectly.
4. Increase Home Value
Whether you add a spiral staircase for aesthetics or functional reasons, you can be sure that it will elevate the value of your home. In case you consider reselling the home, the fact that there is an additional staircase makes it more valuable. This kind of staircase is a perfect addition to smaller spaces such as apartments.
Spiral staircases have been used for centuries. They also tend to be in some of the most magnificent historic and modern buildings. These staircases will always make a statement which is why they are perfect. Besides that, they are functional and quite practical in places with small spaces for traditional staircases.
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Foreign investors have an incentive to pursue commercial real estate projects in Miami
The U.S federal government made an announcement recently that signs Miami to be an EB-5 Regional Center for Foreign Investments. To make this much easier for foreign investors, the administration also has designed a program that allows for a foreigner to gain permanent residency in the U.S
Although this program had been in place since 1990, it is expected to thrive further with the new EB-5 designation. Miami will not only be akin to New York City but will also attract foreign developers at mass.
A foreign investor is only required to invest with a minimum of $500,000 and show a proof of creating at least 10 jobs in two years of running his enterprise before he can be granted permanent residency in the U.S. Once acquired, he and his family (or her) can move into Miami to become full-time residents. Miami is also blessed with pleasant climate conditions and residents do not have to pay state income tax. This however, will grow the interest of developers from other countries.
Speaking with representatives of The Real Deal, CEO of Farah Group of Companies, Emile Farah believes that "the combination of troubled areas or troubled countries where people don't feel safe keeping their money there is leading them to look elsewhere to invest," therefore an increase in foreign investments is expected in Miami as a result of flexibility and comfortability with which respective investors are going to enjoy.
Farah added that, "The growth that is going on here has been amazing. For instance, the amount of development that has been going on just in the Brickell area, everyone is now calling it a mini-Manhattan."
Following this, it was observed that a huge number of Chinese are dominating the EB-5 immigration program. Most of these Chinese investors were moved from Canada after the Canadian government cancelled her immigration program designed mainly for investors and redirected over 40,000 Chinese investors to the U.S. They are now said to have gained as much position to become the largest group to embrace Miami's EB-5 services.
"China is the number one user of this program and are pursuing more visas through it. They have come to learn more about Miami and seem to like the number of universities that are nearby and the lack of pollution compared to other big cities." – This was a statement made by Liliana Gomez, director of international sales for ISG WORLD.
Gomez's sales consultant in China, Ying Peng also observed a shift in the foreign investment strategy. With New York still making top list, his observation gave a remark to Miami and South Florida for an increased and significant growth. Gomez added that Chinese investors made 3.7% purchases of Florida's real estate scheme in 2013; improving on 2% and 1% purchases in 2012 and 2011 respectively.
Middle East investors are also showing interest in Miami as Miami Mayor, Tomas Regalado and Farah hosted Beirut's Mayor recently to discuss partnership in order to entice more investors from the Middle East. Farah revealed that they are making partnerships with Qatar and Dubai as well and there are newly available flights between Miami and Doha.
Farah, in an additional statement said, "We are definitely working together now, trying to start enticing people from the Middle East to come and invest here, so that was one of the subjects that we discussed with the mayor of Beirut. They would be interested in having some investors go into Beirut and invest. So the sister city [Beirut's] agreement was a very important agreement to sign and was actually the first time an Arab mayor visited the City of Miami on an official visit."
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Missing Flight MH370 was possibly 'manipulated' off course by a third party, report says
By Angus WhitleyBloomberg
Chong Pooi Koon
Mon., July 30, 2018timer3 min. read
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing since 2014, was probably deliberately steered off course and flown to the southern Indian Ocean, according to the Malaysian government's safety report into the disaster.
MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. Investigators have never been able to explain why the jet abandoned its route shortly into the flight, traversed Malaysia and then cruised south over the Indian Ocean.
It's difficult to attribute the change in course to any system failure, according to the report released Monday. "It is more likely that such manoeuvres are due to the systems being manipulated," the report said.
Experts mapped the Boeing 777's course only after picking through hourly data hookups with a satellite. Extensive sonar searches of remote waters off Australia's west coast failed to locate the wreckage.
Monday's 449-page report offered little to solve modern aviation's biggest mystery — and stopped short of apportioning specific blame. There's nothing to suggest the plane was evading radar, or evidence of behavioural changes in the crew, it said. Significant parts of the aircraft's power system, including the autopilot function, were probably working throughout the flight, the report said.
"We are unable to determine with any certainty the reasons that the aircraft diverted from its filed planned route," Kok Soo Chon, chief inspector of the MH370 investigation team, told reporters in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur. "The possibility of intervention by a third party cannot be excluded."
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Without the help of cockpit data recorders, search teams could only guess what happened in the flight's final moments. Analysis by the Australian government suggested MH370 ran out of fuel before plummeting — at as much as 25,000 feet a minute — into the water. Other investigators speculated that a person was at the controls until the very end, gliding the plane into the ocean beyond the furthest limit of any search area.
Monday's report didn't support either theory explicitly, but struggled to come up with a mechanical explanation for the aircraft's deviations.
"The change in flight path likely resulted from manual inputs," it said. Similarly, the plane's loss of communications before veering off track was more likely due to systems "being manually turned off or power interrupted to them" than a malfunction, it said.
A few pieces of wreckage from MH370 did wash up in Africa but no bodies have ever been recovered. A fresh underwater search this year by U.S. exploration company Ocean Infinity ended without success.
The jet's disappearance produced a slew of safety recommendations aimed at preventing a repeat of the tragedy.
New aircraft must broadcast their locations every minute when they're in trouble, but only from January 2021. A gradual tightening of requirements starts in November, when airlines must track planes every 15 minutes under regulations adopted by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization.
MH370's cargo included 221 kilograms (487 pounds) of lithium batteries and 4.6 tons of fresh mangosteen fruit, according to its manifest. After extensive tests, Monday's report ruled out smoke or fire caused by those goods mixing in the plane's hold as a cause of the tragedy.
The report documented shortcomings among Kuala Lumpur air traffic controllers: they were too slow to initiate emergency procedures and there was no evidence to suggest they were continuously monitoring radar displays, it said. The report recommended better training to handle emergencies.
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Monstrous Heart
The Deepwater Trilogy, Book 1
By: Claire McKenna
Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
Series: The Deepwater Trilogy, Book 1, The Monstrous Heart Trilogy, Book 1
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
A sensational debut novel perfect for fans of Outlander and The Binding. This is Gothic, epic, romantic fantasy at it's very best: a tale of magic, intrigue on dangerous waters and a love story for the ages. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and China Mieville.
Arden Beacon arrives in the salt-swept port of Vigil with a job to do. Tasked with using the magic in her blood to keep the lighthouse burning, she needs to prove herself worthy of her family name and her ancestors' profession.
But the coastline Arden must keep alight – battered by a sea teeming with colossal, ancient beasts – is far from the cultured, urban world she knows. It is a place of secrets, rumours and tight-lipped expectations of a woman's place. More than anyone, the town folk whisper about Arden's neighbour, Jonah Riven, the hunter of leviathans. They say he murdered his wife. They say he is as much a monster as his prey.
Amidst all her determination and homesickness Arden cannot get this shadowy stranger out of her head. A plot swirls around the lighthouse keeper, the hunter and the authorities. Arden must make sense of these dark waters – before they wash her away.
©2020 Claire McKenna (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
"A wonderfully tortured and emotional mystery." (SFX)
"A beautiful lighthouse keeper whose blood keeps the lamp alight; a Heathcliffian kraken-skinner living on the next door headland who may or may not have murdered his wife; a complex, steampunk world of eugenically determined magicians...what's not to like?" (Daily Mail)
Deepwater King
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What listeners say about Monstrous Heart
What a ride! I was very pleasantly surprised at how in depth this story was. The prose are gorgeous and intelligent. A fantastic new world to linger in that has much weight. I pray you enjoy it as much as I do! Now on to the rest of this glorious story!
Margaret Winslow
The writing was beautiful and formal, the world-building concept exciting, original, magical; it's the aspect that drew me to buy the book, and in that regard I was not disappointed. The ideas are so delightfully creative and original that I was conceptually captivated, and the whole tone of the book was darkly intriguing and magical without feeling unreal; very believably expressed, which made it wonderful to "live" there with the characters for a while. I was, however, disappointed by the following: 1) The plot and style relied so heavily on the reader's power to assemble the story's mysteries that I felt lost for most of the book. I still enjoyed listening to the gorgeous language and highly interesting concepts, so I didn't abandon the story, but I feel like I didn't understand a lot of what was going on or why; I wish the author had spelled things out more; it was confusing. The concept is so unusual that I needed more explanation to make it clear. 2) The sex was fairly graphic and emotionless and felt empty, IMO; too much vulgar physical description & not enough emotional meaning/description or reason in the plot to have had it, other than just two people feeling "in heat" like animals. 3) The ending was disappointing. Arden sets off to do something I'm excited to see unfold, but the book ends and I don't get to see/find out what happens! (Is it the first of a series? If so, good--it means readers will eventually get fulfillment, but I won't be reading further books.) 4) An unrealistically disproportionate percentage of gay characters/perspectives/nods made me feel the author is trying to meet politically-correct quotas, which I find distasteful. 5) At least one plot element/character seems heavy in the beginning but doesn't amount to much in the end.


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While taking some time off this week, I also didn't meal plan. But, since we have a full stocked pantry and freezer I can always pull something together.
Marinate chicken in a plastic bag for about 20 minutes. Grill and let sit until pasta is ready.
Heat olive oil in medium pan, and slowly saute garlic. Add spinach until it wilts.
Next add chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice and butter. Once butter melts, add noodles and heat through.
Place pasta on plate and top with chicken.
Marinate chicken in a plastic bag for about 20 minutes.
Grill and let sit until pasta is ready.
Heat olive oil in medium pan, and slowly saute garlic.
Add spinach until it wilts.
Next add chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, and butter.
Once butter melts, add noodles and heat through.
this looks and sounds good might try it….although would like to be able to print without pics.
Libby, You can use the "print friendly" icon in green at the bottom and check off "No images", it will print like a regular recipe.
I tried this recipe and all the family enjoyed the meal. well done.


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Witherington completes basic training
Updated: Oct. 15, 2009, 7:18 p.m.
Army Pfc. Erik J. Witherington has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.
He is the son of Robert and Kathy Witherington of Clyo.
Witherington is a 2007 graduate of Effingham County High School.
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John Whittingdale had relationship with 'dominatrix'
Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor
13 April 2016 • 1:00pm
Peter Dominiczak
John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, on Tuesday night admitted he had been in a relationship with a sex worker.
The Cabinet minister released a statement stating that he did not know about the woman's occupation when they were together and that he ended the relationship as soon as he was made aware of her job.
It is believed that the woman, who Mr Whittingdale was with between 2013 and 2014, worked as a professional dominatrix.
He said that he met the woman through an online dating website and admitted that the "old story" was "embarrassing".
John Whittingdale in a government car on Whitehall today Credit: Nick Edwards for The Telegraph
Mr Whittingdale, who was promoted to the Cabinet after last year's election, said he was only made aware that the woman was a sex worker when somebody tried to sell a story about the issue to a tabloid newspaper.
The BBC claimed that a number of newspapers had not printed the story despite having details about Mr Whittingdale's relationship.
John Whittingdale's statement to Newsnight https://t.co/xUfDKW2qt3
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 12, 2016
The Corporation said that it raises questions about whether media organisations had decided not to publish the story because Mr Whittingdale's brief includes regulation of the press in the wake of the phone hacking scandal and the subsequent Leveson inquiry into press standards.
Mr Whittingdale said that "the events occurred long before I took up my present position and it has never had any influence on the decisions I have made as Culture Secretary."
Downing Street told the BBC that Mr Whittingdale, who is divorced, did not inform them of his relationship with a sex worker when he was made Culture Secretary.
A spokesman for No 10 rejected calls for Mr Whittingdale to step aside from his press regulation duties. The spokesman said: "The Prime Minister has full confidence in John Whittingdale to carry out all of his duties."
In a statement on Tuesday night, Mr Whittingdale said: "Between August 2013 and February 2014, I had a relationship with someone who I first met through Match.com. She was a similar age and lived close to me. At no time did she give me any indication of of her real occupation and I only discovered this when I was made aware that someone was trying to sell a story about me to tabloid newspapers. As soon as I discovered, I ended the relationship."
"It seems the press were quite deliberately holding a sword of Damocles over John Whittingdale. He has a perfect right to a private life but as soon as he knew this he should have withdrawn from all regulation of the press."
Shadow cabinet minister Chris Bryant
Downing Street said Mr Whittingdale "is a single man entitled to a private life" and that he had the full confidence of David Cameron.
The MP faced calls to recuse himself from decisions about press regulation amid claims that the revelations had left him vulnerable.
Brian Cathcart, from the Hacked Off campaign group, said that since becoming Culture Secretary with responsibility for the media, Mr Whittingdale had taken a number of decisions which had been welcomed by the press.
He said: "He is compromised. There is absolutely no doubt about it, he is compromised.
"He knew the press were on to him and he didn't tell the Prime Minister, and we would like to know more about how much he knew.
Brian Cathcart, from the Hacked Off group Credit: Telegraph / Geoff Pugh
"He knew that at least one newspaper had this story - was he approached by other newspapers? Did he ever wonder why they didn't run the story?"
Mr Cathcart said he thinks the newspapers "stocked up" the story for future use and as a way to possibly put "pressure on him".
"Lo and behold, we see that he has made three really important decisions reversing Government policy which work entirely in the favour of the press and, frankly, in my view at least, contrary to the public," he added.
Dr Evan Harris, executive director of Hacked Off, said: "John Whittingdale now needs to be clear about whether he knew that newspapers had this story and were not running it, and if so why he did not tell the PM on his appointment to the Cabinet that this potential and glaring personal conflict of interest existed."
Shadow cabinet minister Chris Bryant, who was Labour's shadow culture secretary until last year, said: "It seems the press were quite deliberately holding a sword of Damocles over John Whittingdale.
"He has a perfect right to a private life but as soon as he knew this he should have withdrawn from all regulation of the press."
Before becoming Culture Secretary, Mr Whittingdale served as chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport committee for a decade.
His promotion to the Cabinet came as a shock to many in the Conservative Party.
It is understood that Boris Johnson turned down the role before it was offered to Mr Whittingdale.
Whittingdale must 'recuse himself' from press regulation decisions
Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has called upon on the Culture Secretary to withdraw from decisions on press regulation. She said:
"Everyone is entitled to a private life. However, these revelations raise serious questions about why the Secretary of State has reneged on the Government's promise to deliver the cross-party agreement on Leveson when this is something he was previously committed to as Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
"John Whittingdale must now clarify exactly why he no longer believes that Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act should be commenced and why he has failed to get on with Part II of the Leveson Inquiry.
"In order for the public to have any confidence in the Government's approach to press regulation and to allay any concerns about perceptions of any undue influence, the Secretary of State must now recuse himself from any decision making over this matter, just as Vince Cable was removed from deciding media policy in the last Parliament."
Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn appeared to distance himself from calls by Ms Eagle for the Culture Secretary to recuse himself from decisions about press regulation.
He told BBC Two's Daily Politics: "I don't think, frankly, that is going to happen. There is no sign that that is going to happen.
Mr Benn said he "ought to get on and do his job", including pressing ahead with the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry.
Shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There are reasons why he should not be involved in press regulation and that goes to his long history of a relationship with the Murdochs, but I don't choose to comment on his private life."
When pressed if she was joining colleagues in asking the minister to recuse himself from regulation, Ms Abbot remained silent.
Liam Fox, the Conservative former defence secretary, has accused Labour of "unbelievable hypocrisy".
Unbelievable hypocrisy from @labour on @JWhittingdale. The fact papers didn't run story in first place shows press regulation is working
— Dr Liam Fox MP (@LiamFoxMP) April 13, 2016
'Conspiracy theory too far' to say media jointly buried story
The executive director of the Society of Editors, Bob Satchwell, said it is a "preposterous conspiracy theory too far" to say newspapers and broadcasters "jointly decided not to publish" the story on Mr Whittingdale.
"The idea that the newspapers and broadcasters could all get together and say 'we are not running the story' is just silly," he said.
"This story seems to be more about the dangers of using dating websites.
"In effect a single man embarrassingly ended a relationship with a single woman after he discovered she was not all she appeared to be.
"Since the Leveson report and the establishment of a new and tougher press regulator, papers have become extremely careful about stories involving anyone in public life."
Mr Satchwell said Mr Whittingdale "remains pretty tough" and "not in any way soft on the press".
John Whittingdale
Tory leadership latest: Boris Johnson refuses to commit to reducing net immigration levels in final head-to-head


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David's journey to the astral plane on Legion left us awestruck
Alex McLevy
The latest episode of Legion wasn't just the most impressive installment yet. It also transported us fully to the place known as the astral plane, a location that we've seen pieces of before, but never so in-depth and with such evocative imagery. While there, David has an intense conversation with Oliver (or rather, what may or may not be the real Oliver), who explains to him the nature of his problem—including the "parasite" we know as the Yellow-Eyed Demon. A.V. Club staffers Alex McLevy, Laura Browning, and Cameron Scheetz break down the nature of this new development, asking whether it succeeds as fully as the rest of the episode. As with most things Legion, the answer is far from clear.
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Maidstone Gang Show
Gang Show Basics
Maidstone Scout Gang Show is a variety show performed at the Hazlitt Theatre Arts Centre, Maidstone
The first Scout Gang Show was performed in London during 1932. It was produced by Ralph Reader, a well known composer and choreographer of the day. He had become successful in America, producing shows on Broadway. When Ralph (an ex-Scout) was asked by the Scout Movement to produce a Scout Show he readily agreed. The style of the show was to be a revue containing songs, dancing and sketches and afterwards, the Daily Mail wrote, "The best revue in the West End". Gang Show was born.
During the war years Ralph was asked to produce similar shows for the RAF to raise morale. Over the years, both the Scout and RAF Gang Shows have played a significant part of many early careers in show business – Tony Hancock, Dick Emery, Roy Hudd and Peter Sellers, to name but a few. Since then, Scout Gang Shows have snowballed all over the world. The Scouts and Guides of all nationalities produce high quality shows that provide first class entertainment. A platform for the youth of today enabling them to contribute to charity as well as their own funds.
It was once said that "Every night of every year, somewhere in the world a Gang Show is playing". Today, this is very much an understatement
The aim of the show is to give young people in Scouting the opportunity to develop theatre skills and perform on a professional stage. For some this will be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The performers are children and adults who are members of the Scouting movement within the Maidstone area who perform items based on Musicals, Comedy Sketches and Popular Music giving their time for rehearsal and the performance free on top of other Scouting and education/work commitments. Those you will see on stage are backed up and supported by a support team of over 60 people again giving their time and skills free in areas of Costumes, Front of House, Make-up, Band, Stage Crew, Scenery, Show Content and Production.
The show week is the culmination of over six months of hard work by both performers and support teams.
The Maidstone Gang Show has been running for nearly 70 years. Our first show was in 1939!
If you have never seen a Gang Show come along and see for yourself how talented the youngsters are. Then sit back and enjoy the electric atmosphere!
© 2022 Maidstone Gang Show


I can't express how wrong it is that a river boat called the Dixie Queen is floating on the Thames.
That's awesome. Does it double as a casino?
I can hear them announcing the trains.
Don't they have bathrooms on the Tibco campus?
The top one has quite a bit of tape on it. Under the tape is unpainted canvas. I'm considering leaving the tape... but I can't decide... I'd really like to see what's under it.
I'm also running out of time. I have one more day, then maybe two after skiing, then one final day after New Years.
I'm going out for mineral water and masking tape.
I wrote a story entirely about breasts earlier today. I seem to be fixating.
Did you return your brush?
No, I dumped glue all over it instead.
I used a chair as a tripod, but I think we're seeing the limits of the crap lenses in my incredibly cheap camera. It doesn't really matter, seeing my brush strokes will only confirm what you already know.
I went to the Brothers and all I got was this blue wool tie.
This baking then saucing confuses and infuriates me.
to be strictly accurate, there was a second round of baking, and even a round of cheesing.
It appears you've unlocked the secret of Boboli.
Erik made me a lamp.
Then I took a horrid picture of it. It has an IR sensor for a light switch.
Clouds are already eating buildings.
hairspray finally dried... after I played with it too much.
I'm a hipster now. Also, the back of my head is pointy.
So, am I photogenic enough?


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Claudius Lysias
Aid to Bible Understanding
Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1
Lysias
(Clauʹdi·us Lysʹi·as).
Military commander of the Roman garrison at Jerusalem when the apostle Paul last visited there, about 56 C.E. As a military commander (chiliarch), Claudius Lysias had 1,000 men under his command. His Greek name "Lysias" suggests that he was a Greek by birth. Probably he acquired Roman citizenship for a large sum of money during the reign of Claudius, at which time, as was customary among those procuring citizenship, he adopted the name of the ruling emperor, "Claudius." (Acts 22:28; 23:26) According to the Roman historian Dio Cassius (c. 150-235 C.E.), early in the reign of Emperor Claudius Roman citizenship was often sold for large sums.
Claudius Lysias figures in the account of Acts because of his dealings with the apostle Paul. He and the soldiers and army officers with him rescued Paul from death at the hands of a rioting mob. Taking hold of Paul, Claudius Lysias directed that the apostle be bound and, when unable, because of the tumult, to ascertain through inquiry the nature of the accusation against him, commanded that the apostle be brought to the soldiers' quarters located in the fortress of Antonia.—Acts 21:30-34.
Claudius Lysias mistakenly concluded that Paul was the Egyptian who had previously stirred up sedition and led the 4,000 "dagger men" into the wilderness. But, upon learning otherwise, he granted the apostle's request to address the crowd from the steps, likely those of the fortress. When violence started anew immediately after Paul's mentioning his commission to go to the nations, Claudius Lysias ordered that he be brought inside the soldiers' quarters and closely examined under scourging.—Acts 21:35-40; 22:21-24.
On receiving report that Paul was a Roman and then making personal inquiry, Claudius Lysias became afraid because of having violated the rights of a Roman by having him bound. (Acts 22:25-29) His acceptance of Paul's claim to Roman citizenship on the basis of the apostle's own statement can be better understood when considering that there was little likelihood of a person falsely claiming Roman citizenship rights, as such a thing would render the one doing so liable to capital punishment. Says the historian Suetonius in his The Twelve Caesars, under the account of Claudius, page 197, paragraph 2, of the book translated by Robert Graves: "It now became illegal for foreigners to adopt the names of Roman families, and any who usurped the rights of Roman citizens were executed on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill."
Still desiring to arrive at the truth concerning the accusation against Paul, Claudius Lysias commanded the Sanhedrin to assemble. On that occasion Paul's introducing the subject of the resurrection resulted in such dissension among the members of the Sanhedrin that Claudius Lysias, fearing that Paul would be pulled to pieces by them, ordered soldiers to snatch the apostle out of their midst.—Acts 22:30; 23:6-10.
Later, upon learning from Paul's own nephew of a Jewish plot to kill the apostle, Claudius Lysias summoned two of his army officers and commanded them to get ready two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to leave for Caesarea at about 9 p.m. in order to take Paul to Governor Felix. (Acts 23:16-24) In compliance with Roman law, he also sent a statement of the case to Governor Felix. This letter was, however, not altogether factual. Although acknowledging Paul's innocence, Claudius Lysias gave the impression that he rescued Paul because of having learned that the apostle was a Roman, whereas in reality he had violated Paul's citizenship rights by having him bound and even ordering that he be examined under scourgings.—Acts 23:26-30.
The very fact that Claudius Lysias represented himself in the most favorable light as a protector of a Roman citizen argues for the genuineness of the letter. Insofar as Luke's knowledge of the letter's contents is concerned, it may be that the letter itself was read at the time Paul's case was heard, and the apostle may even have received a copy of it after his appeal to Caesar.


Rare opportunity to own a great lot in the Kimball High School area, and that's ready to build! This is a large lot with plenty room for the children to play! Surrounded by a brick fence, this added touch produces a nice privacy for any family! Shouldn't last long!