C.W. Jefferys, 2 August 1930, photographed by M. O. Hammond. # F 1075, Ontario Public Archives, I0016559. Jefferys was an unapologetic champion of illustrators. He himself illustrated numerous history books, and was thus responsible for forming a large portion of Canadian visual national identity of the 20th century.
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so2 played key role in climate in early mars.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Sulfur dioxide (SO2) may have played a key role in the climate and geochemistry of early Mars, geoscientists at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest in the Dec. 21 issue of the journal Science. Their hypothesis may resolve longstanding questions about evidence that the climate of the Red Planet was once much warmer than it is today.

The Science paper's authors are Itay Halevy, a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Daniel Schrag, professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental engineering at Harvard; and Maria Zuber, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at MIT.

"There is abundant evidence for a warmer climate, perhaps even a liquid water ocean, early in Martian history, between 3.5 and 4 billion years ago," says Schrag, the paper's senior author. "However, scientists have found it difficult to reconcile this evidence with our understanding of how the climate system is regulated on Earth."

Over millions of years, the Earth's climate has been controlled by the carbon cycle and its effect on carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. On Earth, there is a balance between carbon dioxide vented from volcanoes and chemical reactions with silicate rocks on the Earth's surface that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to calcium carbonate, commonly known as limestone. Scientists believe that this balance has helped maintain Earth's habitability over the last 4 billion years.

On Mars, there is not enough volcanic activity today to maintain this cycle. But this was not true some 4 billion years ago, when a giant volcanic complex called Tharsis erupted over tens to hundreds of millions of years -- and also a time when evidence suggests Mars had a much warmer climate. However, this carbon cycle on early Mars should have produced vast quantities of limestone like on Earth, and yet almost none has been
Swampcat
This is essentially the same report gunsandrockets presented in the thread Mars life based on sulfur cycle instead of carbon cycle?.

The link you tried to add, after cutting off your cut-and-paste in the middle of a sentence, should read http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=24375.

It would be useful if you read what you cut-and-paste before you post it .

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"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."

Thomas Jefferson

I take note.

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The multilingual nature of Nigeria has become one of her greatest challenges in recent time. Inconsistent language policy, successive government's inability to pick any of the indigenous languages as a national language, non-codification of many minority languages, inadequate definition of roles for indigenous languages in governance, among others, are some of the major harbinger of this crisis. Although Nigeria has between 250 and 400 indigenous languages (Ogunwale 2013) none of the languages has been considered worthy of adoption as national language. Attempt was made to popularize an artificial language, akin to Swahili of the East Africans, in the 1990s, but that was also unsuccessful as it contains mostly bits of words and vocabularies found only in the three major languages, namely WA (Yoruba); ZO (Hausa) and BIA (Igbo), neglecting the other languages. English Language has since continued to gain so much prominence in the country that its dominance has stifled the growth (and even led to the extinction of some) of the 529 indigenous languages in Nigeria. The dominance, as could be decipher, is not inflicted, but by a natural course of indispensability of the language as its use cuts across different spheres of the nation. However, when one considers the fact that the linguistic situation in Nigeria before colonisation was that in which indigenous languages thrived and promoted cultural values of the people, then it will be expedient to unravel why the indigenous languages suddenly take the back seat. In the course of colonization, Nigerian indigenous languages had contact with the language of the colonialists; the latter was more favored than the former. English language then became the language of colonial administration. At independence the language was bequeathed to Nigeria as a nation, especially because it was the only language that was used for administration, missionary work and later education. Even after attaining independence, Nigeria has not been able to have language policies that could create functions for the indigenous languages. The existing policy which is an aspect of the Education Policy of 1977, has only feebly assigned roles that have been difficult to execute so effectively. The status of these three languages as major languages is captured in theNational Policy of Education formulated in1977 (and which has subsequently been revised in 1981, 1989, 1998 and 2004). The Nigerian Language Policy is a document of the Federal Government of Nigeria, which has statutory guidelines regarding the official use of different languages in the country. Although the policy documents and stresses the importance of language to national development, as a means of promoting social interaction and national cohesion, as well as preserving the nation's rich cultural heritage, but its implementation has not been diligently executed. The Yoruba language is mainly spoken in West Africa with millions of speakers mainly in Nigeria and Benin with some in other parts of Africa. The traditional ruler is known as the Timi Agbale, the most prominent time in recent history is Oba John Adetoyese Laoye who made the "talking drum" popular. He was reputed to have entertained the Queen of England with his group of skilled drummers and poets when she first visited Nigeria and thereafter in her palace in England before he died in 1975. The present King of the town is Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal (Laminisa 1). The Ede speech community being a largely indigenous Yoruba community uses the Standard Yoruba dialect which is also known as the Oyo dialect. The Yoruba language has been classified as one of the major languages in Nigeria simply because of the population that speaks it. In recent times certain factors such as the economy and location of schools has brought the people in contact with other languages. The town parades an array of Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, a Federal Polytechnic and two universities. One of them Adeleke University already has members of staff and students in the various faculties while the second university, The Redeemers University is completed. With the myriad of educational institutions in Yoruba town the indigenes who predominantly speak Yoruba language are having frequent contact with students and staff of the various institutions who are mostly bilinguals of Yoruba and English. A situation of language contact is presented and the impact is more on the indigenes as they have had to use English words and expressions in order to sell their goods and services to the staff and students of the various institutions highlighted above. Language as defined by Oluga (2006) is a systemic means of expressing ideas, facts, views, thoughts, opinions or a means of passing meaningful messages or information by the use of appropriate signs, sounds, symbols and gestures generally understood by all the users within a speech community.
Nigeria being a multilingual society has adopted English Language as its official language with the resultant effect of bilingualism and multilingualism even in a predominantly indigenous community like Yoruba. It is of a fact that when more than one language is in regular use in a community certain things happen linguistically, sociologically, educationally, politically in that society. Thus the co-existence ofEnglish and Yoruba languages in Yoruba community has produced various hybrid forms in terms of nativilized or domesticated variety of English, characterized by interference, code-mixing and code-switching, on the part of the second language speakers (L2). It is in view of this that the researcher intend to investigate the impact of Yoruba on the spoken English of student in Illorin.
H02:Yoruba language does not have any effect on the eloquence level of student in English language.
It is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be of benefit to lecturers and student of English language as the study will guide them to create a synergy between both English language and Yoruba language, because Nigeria being a multilingual nation there is bound to be conflict between theses language considering the effect of language on the unity of Nigeria. The study will also be of great importance to department of linguistic as the study will add to the existing literature. The study will also be of great importance to student who intend to embark on a study in similar topic as the findings of the study will serve as a pathfinder to them. Finally the study will be of great importance to students, teachers and the general public as the finding will add to the pool of existing literature.
(c) Finance: The finance available for the research work does not allow for wider coverage as resources are very limited as the researcher has other academic bills to cover.
Language: Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Questions concerning the philosophy of language, such as whether words can represent experience, have been debated since Gorgias and Plato in Ancient Greece.
Spoken English: English is the primary language of the international business world. Knowing how to speak English properly is paramount to your success in business.
Yoruba Language: Yoruba (Èdè Yorùbá) Yoruba is a member of the Volta-Niger branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages. It is spoken by about 28 million people in southwest Nigeria, Benin, Togo, the UK, Brazil and the USA. It is one of the four official languages of Nigeria, along with English, Hausa and Igbo.


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Ельфрида () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Кочіс штату Аризона. Населення — 459 осіб (2010).

Географія
Ельфрида розташована за координатами  (31.687563, -109.691780). За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 9,93 км², з яких 9,93 км² — суходіл та 0,00 км² — водойми.

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкало 459 осіб у 176 домогосподарствах у складі 121 родини. Густота населення становила 46 осіб/км². Було 243 помешкання (24/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 3,3 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 54,2 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 25,9 % — особи молодші 18 років, 54,3 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 19,8 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 42,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 102,2 чоловіків; на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 98,8 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). За межею бідності перебувало 3,4 % осіб, у тому числі 2,9 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 0,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 143 особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: будівництво — 37,1 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 25,2 %, публічна адміністрація — 11,9 %, сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 8,4 %.

Джерела

Посилання
 http://www.open-public-records.com/arizona/elfrida_data.htm  — актуальні дані про освіту, зайнятість, злочинність
 http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/AZ/Cochise_County/elfrida
 http://www.city-data.com/city/Elfrida-Arizona.html  — актуальні дані про доходи та нерухомість
 http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/Cochise/elfrida.cfm

Переписні місцевості Аризони
Населені пункти округу Кочіс (Аризона)

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Memphis native signs with Tigers on early signing day
by: Colin Cody
MEMPHIS – Signed, sealed and delivered by way of Pure Academy, Memphis native Chris Morris returns home to play for the University of Memphis.
Morris, a three-star offensive lineman signs with the Tigers from Hutchinson Community College.
Tigers' head coach Ryan Silverfield says his relationship with Morris goes back to his days in high school.
"Seven years now. I've known Chris Morris. He's seen me. He's been by our camp, his visit with me. He's spent time with me. I've seen him at other places. It's kind of one of those deals where you've known him as a youth", said Silverfield. "He knows what type of offensive line coach I once was, the type of man I am, and I know who he is. And we can have very real conversation. So I think that helps when a guy like that who had some of these other offers was able to come back home, he realized exactly what we were about getting to that".
The Tigers signed 22 total commits during the early signing period. The class highlighted by four-star running back MarJayvious Moss from Northwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Most read on WREG.com


By "we" I mean of course, Yahoo! I got pinged via IM today from Justin Everett-Church, who works here at Yahoo and wanted to introduce himself since I had posted a picture of his Flash app on my post about Nokia licensing Flash Lite 1.1. ("I did?!" I thought) You can check it out here, it was the winning entry to Macromedia's Flash Lite 1.1 contest. It's a dynamic map which pulls up live pictures of New York traffic cameras. It's very, very cool.
Justin's a Flash pro here at Yahoo, but did this app on his own time. To compare with J2ME development I asked him how long it took him to develop and he said about 20-30 hours, which is pretty damn cool. (Most of that was tweaking the 40 or so different camera images). He said developing the app was "nostalgic" because it's based on Flash 4. That's definitely a polite way of putting it, I've seen on some of the mailing lists that there are many Flash developers who can't stand the idea of going back, but obviously there's a lot to gain from the effort. I mean, that app is *cool* and doing the same sort of thing in Java would be *a lot* of work.
Now, in deference to my friends at Adobe, I have to say I'm still waiting for the SVG equivalent to this sort of app. I know SVG-T is on all the new Vodafone phones, but I have yet to play with an app in person. When are we going to see an SVG plug-in for Series 60? Someone tell the guys at BitFlash to start selling their SVG player to the public, damnit.
Amusing side note: after our first chat via IM, Justin pings me again and says, "You must be close by, I just saw your phone in my Bluetooth list." It turns out we sit less than 10 feet apart. Gotta love cubeland.


Early in the morning you will return to Madre de Dios River gather your supplies and take the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. At the airport we have a small breakfast and then fly to Cusco.
At your arrival in Cusco: City Tour. After lunch you will be going for a City tour around Cusco City area. Take your Student card (if you have) to get your Boleto Turístico with student price. The Cathedral, Inca Palaces and other important historical areas will be part of this special tour.
After Breakfast we take a car to enjoy the early lights of the sun over the cyclopean stones of Sacsayhuaman some of them weight over 300 tons.
Near is another archaeological complex: Qènqo, then we continue to Tambo Machay. This is our chance to learn about Andean Religion and organization.
We continue going up over the pass and later to enjoy the view of the Sacred Willca Mayu know also as Urubamba passing the little villages until we reach Pisac with a colourful market and impressive archaeological remains from Inca times.
After this visit we will stop at a nice restaurant to get our lunch. Then we continue to visit the last Inca alive town Ollantaytambo, where we also get a bit of exercise up steep stairs and small trails. We take a different road to get back to Cusco. In the way we pass by Chinchero a small town with an amazing colonial church, a little market and friendly people.
We start early with a bus trip to Ollantaytambo to start the famous INCA TRAIL.
We have a long walk on this first day, but the path is not steep and we will be able to enjoy the scenery and our stops for lunch and snacks. In the afternoon we will arrive in the little village of Wuayllabamba, where we camp.
Another early start. This is considered to be the hardest day because of the steep walk to the first Pass Warmiwuañusca 4200 mts. But don't worry, as we will have plenty of time to enjoy the climb. We will camp at Sayacmarca, an interesting archaeological site in an amazing location.
We can sleep in this morning -- Machu Picchu is getting closer and the Inca Trail winds around a perfect stone-paved road with stairs beautifully cut into the rock. There are many different microclimates -- cloud forest, grasslands, high-jungle vegetation, orchids and birds are everywhere along the trail.
We'll spend the night at Wiñay Wayña, which is very close to Machu Picchu.
Starting early, we will walk for 2 hours to get to the Inti Punku (Sun Gate), where we will enjoy our first view of Machu Picchu -- an incredible sight. We will enjoy the pleasure of being the first of the day to arrive in this magnificent city, before the many other tourists that arrive from Cusco by train. We'll spend the whole day enjoying this marvelous place. We can recover from the hike in the evening in the hot mineral baths at Aguas Calientes.
We take the train back to Cusco (vistadome) a 6-hour cultural and scenic journey. In the afternoon you can rest, do laundry, or mail letters. To say farewell to Cusco we can have a good dinner with great regional music.


The Vikings had two first-round draft picks in 2012. One of them is under contract.
Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the Vikings have agreed to terms with former Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith.
The Vikings traded back into round one to land Smith with the 29th pick in the draft. They sent the 35th overall pick (round two) and the 98th selection (round four) to the Ravens in exchange for the six-spot move.
The team's coaching staff "fell in love" with Smith at the Senior Bowl, and he could start Week One with former Irish teammate Robert Blanton, a fifth-round pick in 2012.
Smith is the 12th first-round pick to sign. Which means (abacus engaged) 20 of them aren't signed.
The Senior Bowl…that's where the worst teams in the league get a chance to coach these kids. 9ers did that for years unfortunately and "fell in love" with many guys, the only one still on the team I think is Willis. They obviously hit on Willis, but missed on many more…Balmer is the one name that really sticks out.
As a Notre Dame fan, I'm thrilled for Smith. As a Packer fan, as much as I like Smith, I'm even happier. The kid got burned often at ND. I still have nightmares of Michigan putting up 21 or so points in the 4th quarter for a come from behind win.
And for a long time, the Heisman Trophy winner was a QB that was not drafted with expectations of starting immediately or leading a team. Yet Cam Newton has done a superstar job as a rookie with no offseason.
Quit raining on Minny's parade, dammit. It's easy to be condescending from the perspective of a Conference Championship condender, isn't it?
I see that you say between your lines that you aren't trying to be mean. Thanks. But Minnesota needs to keep all eyes on the positive this year, from start to finish. I expect Packers fans, at least the majority of the loud ones here, to be snarky at best and total asses at worst; but good God, man, let Minny sign a draftee, OK?
Minnesota will be better, but unfortunately that so will the rest of the division … therefore I'm not too sure if they can expect to win more than 7 games at this point.
Abacus is incorrect. There weren't 32 first round picks.
looks like the vikes are going the team chemistry route this year.. wright and childs at wr and the two goldendomers at safety. hope it works out!
No? How many do you think there were? Before you answer sharpen your crayon.


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Yandex Announces Changes to The Board of Directors
Moscow, Amsterdam, March 7, 2022 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), a Netherlands-registered company and one of Europe's largest internet businesses as well as the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that Esther Dyson and Ilya Strebulaev have resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Dyson has served as an independent non-executive director since 2006 and Professor Strebulaev has served since 2018. The two positions will remain vacant for the time being.
Ms. Dyson and Professor Strebulaev commented, "We have been honored to serve on the Yandex board and to support Arkady Volozh and the outstanding management team and employees who have built an exceptional, world-class information technology business. Our hearts are with the entire team in these challenging times."
"Esther and Ilya have made important contributions over many years. Their insights and wisdom have greatly contributed to the development of the Yandex business," said John Boynton, Chairman of the Board. "The rest of the members of the Board and I – American, Dutch and Russian – will continue to support the management team and our extraordinary employees through these exceptional times, and to safeguard the interests of our creditors, shareholders, users and other stakeholders."
About Yandex
Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX) is a technology company registered in the Netherlands that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Our goal is to help consumers and businesses better navigate the online and offline world. Since 1997, we have delivered world-class, locally relevant search and information services, navigation products, while also expanding into e-commerce, online entertainment, cloud computing and other markets to assist millions of consumers in Russia and a number of international markets. Yandex, which has over 30 offices worldwide, has been listed on NASDAQ since 2011 and on Moscow Exchange since 2014. More information on Yandex can be found at https://yandex.com/company/.
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Phone: +7 495 974-35-38
E-mail: askIR@yandex-team.ru
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Who's the first person you think of when you hear 'entrepreneur'? How important is it to be an extrovert to whip up business? How much experience do you need to launch a six figure online business? Can you really make a fortune from your living room without some serious money behind you?
How Achievable Are Your Dreams?
If you dream about leaving the rat race and creating a highly successful online business but don't know where to begin, watch this truly inspiring video from Marie Forleo, Founder of B-School. Interviewing a series of cracking women who have created highly profitable, online businesses across a range of areas from smoothies to fashion and jewellery design, this is a must if you're looking for motivation to start your own venture.
B-School is an inspiring business coaching academy in New York which focuses on small business and personal development training for entrepreneurs.
Forbes.com listed Forleo's website on their "Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs", with her work being featured in The New York Times, CNN and Forbes. Having appeared on Tony Robbins' The New Money Masters, Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday and mentored young entrepreneurs as part of Richard Branson's Centre for Entrepreneurship, Forleo is a great example of a successful female entrepreneur who started a multi-million pound business from scratch.
This entry was posted in Career, Entrepreneur of the fortnight, Posts and tagged businesscoach, entrepreneurialism, marieforleo on February 16, 2015 by Melanie Pritchard.


I had Ben's adoption story book nearly finished before I found the name I wanted. But when I found the name, I realized it was perfect. And, of course, there is a story behind it.
Backing up … I named Cate's adoption story "Chosen." It came to be easily, before I even started the content of the book. Of course, Ben's didn't come together quite like that.
Then I was Googling Bible verses that used the word "beloved" that I could incorporate onto the title page of Ben's book. I skipped over several from Song of Solomon.
I was thinking, SERIOUSLY? "About Benjamin …" Really could it be more perfect? And the message is one I want Ben to know. He can rest secure in the Lord, who protects him.


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is a Japanese chef and mukimono food carver. He also practices the Thai methods of fruit and vegetable carving. He works and lives in Kobe, Japan.

He has over 280,000 followers on his Instagram channel. Kishimoto's works have been featured in a variety of leading media platforms, including Designboom.

Kishimoto's art is not only in the actual carvings, but also in the speed in which he swiftly wields his knives, to prevent oxidization of some fruits. He eats almost all of his creations to avoid waste.

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Japanese sculptors
People from Kobe
Living people
1980 births


The Oakland native receives the inaugural fellowship for artistic leadership.
CHICAGO: The Hypocrites has named Regina Victoria Fields as the company's first Logan Fellow. The multi-year fellowship supports women of color interested in pursuing artistic leadership while maintaining individual careers as writers or directors.
For her fellowship, Fields will serve as associate artistic director during the company's 2016-17 season, as well as assistant director on a production during the season. Fields will also sit on the eight-person advisory artistic council, attend rehearsals, and develop an original adaptation of a classic text with support from the Hypocrites. The Logan Fellowship is a full-time, salaried position.
Fields is an Oakland, Calif., native and a graduate of Santa Clara University. She is a multidisciplinary artist with a passion for theatre as a tool for community-building and social change. She is also a trained actress.


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Q: wordpress count number of images in a particular post I am having a wordpress loop that shows all the posts. I need to have a count of all the images for a particular post.
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
  $attachments = get_children( array( 'post_parent' => $post->ID, 'post_mime_type' => 'image' ) );

    $count = count( $attachments );
    $specific = array();
    $i = 1;
          foreach ( $attachments as $attachment ) {
         $specific[$attachment->ID] = $i;
    ++$i;
    }  ?> <?php echo $count; ?>
      <?php endwhile; ?>

the problem is that, it doesn't works and it does not display images count.

A: You can use Function Reference/get attached media like this:
with the_post();
$count = count( get_attached_media( 'image' ) );

or with post id
$count = count( get_attached_media( 'image', $post->ID ) );

Doc: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_attached_media

A: here is a solution and for more information   visit https://blog.josemcastaneda.com/2014/03/18/get-image-count-in-wordpress-post/
// Get all the galleries in the current post
    $galleries = get_post_galleries( get_the_ID(), false );
    // Count all the galleries
    $total_gal = count( $galleries );
    /**
     * count all the images
     * @param array $array The array needed
     * @return int returns the number of images in the post
     */
    function _get_total_images( $array ){
        $key = 0;
        $src = 0;
        while ( $key < count( $array ) ){
            $src += count( $array[$key]['src'] );
            $key++;
        }
        return intval( $src );
    }

    echo _get_total_images( $galleries );

A: You can use basic PHP to do this. Each image begins with a repeatable HTML pattern, so just count the occurrences with substr_count():
$image_count = substr_count( get_the_content(), '<img' );

That will give you the number of 's in the post.

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Black Rock Shooter: The Game LTTP Review - Trent Reznor Senpai!
Black Rock Shooter: The Game LTTP Review – Trent Reznor Senpai!
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I'm an anime fan but even I'm not fully versed in the Vocaloid lore that spawned off into the action spin-off, Black-Rock Shooter. Chances are if you're looking up this game, then you are a member of that same niche market and which case you'll know already if you plan on purchasing the game. Still, for the rest of you I'll be more than happy to explain the unique action styling of Black Rock Shooter: The Game.
If you've played any of Imageepoch's other RPGs then you'll know that they tend to mix up the battle systems (I'm personally a big fan of Fate/Extra's rock-paper-scissors battle mechanic). Black Rock Shooter: The Game employs a semi real-time system that involves you taking control of the eponymous heroine. Using the right stick to aim the large cannon attached to her arm, the game systems are somewhat restricted throughout combat with the basic options being point-and-shoot while dodging left to right in fixed positions. By having control of the reticule for shooting and directional controls to dodge enemy fire, it inhabits the territory between free-roaming and on-rails. The combat for the most part is serviceable, never moving into territory I would call exhilarating, but special moves are thrown in to certainly make it look explosive.
The game is divided up into open-world portions and combat, much like any JRPG. In the open world, you have full control of Black Rock Shooter as she explores an apocalyptic cityscape. She is a property of some armed forces unit that sends her off on missions too dangerous for the hardened military men, which I find ridiculous. C'mon, that one colonel something has a badass scar! He's still not tough enough to go off on his own? Joking aside the narrative becomes more interesting as the game moves beyond search-and-explore missions but they certainly did seem intent on hitting all the big clichés involving the mysterious human weapon (you) and American(?) troops.
The environments are still pretty grand and for what it's worth (which is quite a bit); they look great for a PSP title. The real subject of attractiveness of the game comes in when discussing the gorgeous animated cut scenes. These cutscenes from the anime studio Ufotable (Fate/Zero) look extremely beautiful and are always a treat.
I don't know what I'm supposed to expect in terms of music from a series which itself is a spinoff from a music program, but the soundtrack is the sort of J-Rock industrial tunes I've come to understand is part of the aesthetic charm of the Black-Rock series. This would be Nine Inch Nails Territory if Trent Reznor was an anime fan I suppose. Then again, I just automatically link all industrial music with Reznor-senpai. It's all right and fits with the game but it's not really my thing.
As I've mentioned before this is a game which the target audience already knows, and probably purchased beforehand. For the rest of you however, this is a serviceable game for anime junkies and JRPG nuts. It doesn't really do much beyond fan service for series fans so as a game it basically decided to live middle of the road in all accounts of gameplay and story. For fans of Black Rock Shooter add another point to the score but for the rest of you, it's not a must-have RPG title, though it does look good on a Vita.
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