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GOP Opposition Dims Hope for Arms Treat With Russia
Senator Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, says there is not enough time to resolve all the issues in a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia during the lame-duck session of Congress.
President Obama's hopes of ratifying a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year appeared to come undone on Tuesday as the chief Senate Republican negotiator moved to block a vote on the pact, one of the White House's top foreign policy goals, in the lame-duck session of Congress.
The announcement by the senator, Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican point man on the issue, blindsided and angered the White House, which vowed to keep pressing for approval of the so-called New Start treaty. But the White House strategy had hinged entirely on winning over Mr. Kyl, and Democrats, who began scrambling for a backup plan, said they considered the chances of success slim.
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1 "Disclosure is just one of the most vital – as perfectly as a person of the most abused – of the procedures relating to prison trials. There demands to be a sea-transform in the strategy of both of those judges and the get-togethers to all areas of the handling of the materials which the prosecution do not intend to use in guidance of their situation. For as well very long, a wide variety of really serious misunderstandings has existed . . ."
Disclosure: A protocol for the manage and management of unused content in the Crown Court (20 February 2006 – Mr Justice Fulford and Mr Justice Oppenshaw et al).
2 The legal resources relating to disclosure can be neatly located in a range of scattered sources:
i) the Criminal Method and Investigations Act 1996 as amended (the Act)
ii) the Code of Observe, issued less than segment 23 of the Act (the Code)
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iv) the Prison Treatment and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Polices 1997 issued less than portion 12 of the Act (the Laws)
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Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09)
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Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09) Dec 4, 2008 16:10:55 GMT -5
Post by jeffx on Dec 4, 2008 16:10:55 GMT -5
That would be awesome, but I'm sure they'll want to focus on the Persona discussion.
Another option is to ask Koei what they think about this too, since they had a heavy hand in the original SFC games (they also published them in Japan). Of course with their merger and recent offerings, they probably won't be interested.
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Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09) Dec 5, 2008 2:23:01 GMT -5
Post by User on Dec 5, 2008 2:23:01 GMT -5
Koei made the SFC remakes, and they also published Brandish 1 in North America. That was such a huge success, I'm sure they'll do it again.
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Post by Varion on Dec 5, 2008 2:29:49 GMT -5
www.falcom.co.jp/br1_psp/index.html
Official site including demo movie is up - turn the world system is clearly shown. Pretty sure I'll be buying this.
Man, they showed one of the final bosses AND the ending in the first video footage ever. Am I the only one who dislikes spoilers? Guess they wanted to show SOMETHING, as the game doesn't really contain any events other than the intro and the ending.
They also showed the game being played with Dela. Pretty interesting.
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Post by Arjak on Dec 5, 2008 14:13:13 GMT -5
I've briefly played a ROM of Brandish for SNES and found it fun, so I watched the preview video and...
That looks incredible! And that music! Falcom and JDK have done it again!
This looks like it might be the best version of Brandish by far. I hope they either localize it here, or port it to PC so it can be translated! (I heard you the first time, FM-77... )
And I'm definitely getting that music CD set when it comes out.
Thanks for the link to the trailer!
Come on people, show some support at the Atlus Forum!
www.atlus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2464
Serious question time: If the PSP port was ever picked up by an American publisher... what do you think the names should be? Should they be using the original JPN ones (Ares/Dela Delon) or the Koei localization ones (Varik/Alexis)?
I'm not sure there were other significant changes (other than Alexis wearing a set of armor) but please let me know!
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Post by FM-77AV on Dec 7, 2008 13:23:47 GMT -5
The only changes were the names, and the fact that they censored all of Dela's graphics (pictures, sprites). Well, they also changed the title screen music. Or rather, they removed it and just put some rumbling noise in.
By the way, she used to be Dela Devon, but now it says Delon. That name sounds worse, to me.
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Post by Unsavory on Dec 7, 2008 13:29:43 GMT -5
I don't see any reason for them to do that unless she accidentally slips out of her clothes.
Hell, you get quite a bit of ass in Lunar, afterall; when Luna becomes evil, under mind control and all that.
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Post by psybuster on Dec 7, 2008 14:19:55 GMT -5
Usually one of two reasons:
1) The name is taken from a language we don't know well enough, and it very well could be pronounced Dola but spelled Dela in that language.
2) Engrish.
This is kind of what I brought up in the YsO thread too -- if it is indeed Engrish, there's no way to tell which one they really wanted, Dela and mispelling it in katakana or Dola and mispelling it in Roman alphabet ;/
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Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09) Dec 12, 2008 17:07:14 GMT -5
Post by Arjak on Dec 12, 2008 17:07:14 GMT -5
Dora!? WTF!?
Sorry, Wyrdwad, but you get...
Seriously, I prefer Dela BY FAR. It just sounds so much more...sultry.
Post by Unsavory on Dec 12, 2008 17:39:16 GMT -5
No no no, anything but "Dora". >.> It reminds me of a certain annoying "let's learn spanish" child's show.
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Post by radiation on Dec 17, 2008 19:23:57 GMT -5
Dunno, if this is a bump, it's only been five days. I'm so excited for this, I'm probably one of the biggest Brandish fans in the western hemisphere, everyone I know seems to think it's "blah" or a crappy game. The main problems with Brandish are that it has an enormous learning curve due to the wacky controls and nauseating camera... but if you can get over that, everything... clicks, and then it becomes one of the awesomest games ever.
also I love the SNES version (also SFC brandish 2 is ridiculously good, I don't mind that they took away some of the areas that much because the scrolling is smooth), I can't read japanese and the old PC versions are too chunky for me, the only PC one I beat was brandish 3.
ANYWAY so this is my opinion on everything in the trailer, copypasted from my livejournal or whatever:
what follows may contain spoilers!!
Okay, things I noticed in the new video now that I've watched it in HQ and paused to see all the shots, bad things first!
- instead of cutaway pixel art, we have rpgmaker-esque faceplates, which are kind lame just floating there like that.
- the textures for some areas are muddy, especially the Fortress! I hope this isn't a problem when you're actually playing the game!
-- Generic anime designs for everything, but as I look at these more the more I see that they're not as bad as I originally thought at first glance. The designs aren't horrible, they just look more generic for everyone else besides Dela. Ares and the dead ghost girl probably take it the hardest. There's a dead ghost girl in the first game who looked realistic and was crying because her parents died (and her too, although she doesn't realize it) and she's lost and she doesn't know what to do. I dunno, wide-eyed anime girls are kind of incapable of making me feel sorry for them. So that's the worst, and I can't read Japanese anyway so it doesn't matter that much. But seriously Varik's nose is huge, but he's a scoundrel so it's okay for him to have a scoundrel-nose. Not all killers get to be pretty.
- It's on PSP, which sucks (for me). Whatever, I'll do my best to get my hands on this. It'd be nice to have a portable SNES emulator anyway
neutral stuff:
= The part where you, uh, "activate the alternate ending" is shown in the trailer, and Dela actually looks like she's showing more emotion than immature anger there, which is kind of nice.
= The Fortress seems to have a design change. Instead of this weird place where the walls are made of yellow roots and tentacles with crimson eyes, it looks like it's made entirely of bloody red, muddy roots. This looks kind of cheap and tacky, but I could also see some normal floor tiles being overtaken by the red stuff, so it might turn out to be really cool! Seems like a pretty neutral change to me. Why are they showing the last floor in a trailer, anyway!?
= Somehow Dela manages to get more scantily clad every single game. What's up with that? I mean, I don't mind... but...
awesome stuff:
+ THE SCREEN ACTUALLY TURNS NOW, IT DOESN'T TRANSITION INSTANTLY AND MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S WARPING AND CAUSE THEM TO VOMIT HAHAHAHH YES
+ Tons of little cool polished explosions and effects, which are nice, like a chimesplosion when you level a stat up and an UNOBTRUSIVE message. (screw you snes version) Some of them are kind of Web 2.0-y but I don't really mind.
++ The enemies have some cool redesigns, for example the giant Bezalhydra (the next to the last boss, why are you in the trailer??) is instead of a generic three-headed ghidora ripoff, a three-headed fiery bird-dragon with crazy-ass flame beaks! Also, instead of flying electric brains we have jellyfish. (Unless they were always fish, I couldn't tell) Also the Headless are purple, which looks dumb. But it's nice to have something new.
+++ Enemies make a groaning sound when they die and when they get hit, and it's not really repetitive and jellyfish don't make it. So it's awesome, now it feels even better to strafe around and hit things. HITTING THINGS
+++++++ Holy crap did you hear that music? THEY FINALLY PUT LIVE ROCK GUITARS AND ORCHESTRATION IN HERE. Now all the mediocre tracks with poor instruments but good composition will sound amazing! Hahahah FINALLY! EAT THAT, TURBOGRAFX! OVERCLOCKED REMIX HERE WE COME
++++++++++++ Okay so I noticed that when Dela/Alexis/scantily clad babe is fighting some guys with her awesome-looking staff, in the top-right corner it says "RUINS EX 9."
Ruins EX. So not only do we get to play as someone else (who, to be honest, probably plays almost exactly the same!), but the 9 indicates that there's an ENTIRE OTHER RUIN TO EXPLORE!! The main reason I play this game IS the gameplay, everything else is just icing on the cake, so having 40 more puzzles to solve, new items, different bosses to fight, and new monsters suddenly consummates my entire reason for getting a glorified remake of the game. I'm going to import it on release day and borrow someone's PSP from school or something like that because they are REGION FREE, SUCKAS!!! mwahahaha
Plus she's level 97 in the trailer when she's fighting those monsters and they take more than one hit to kill, so either she forgot something on the first floor of the ruins like her hat or something (which explains why she does NOT have a hat) or it's a new game + option, which would kick butt. Also the level cap is probably 150 like it was in Brandish 2, which is funny because you could beat the game at level 1 and you probably WERE level 75 when you beat it, I leveled up to 120 just because it was funny once because leveling up in that game is ridiculously easy for some reason. SPECULATION ATTACK!
++++++++++++++++++++ Everytime Varik/Ares would have had the Planet Buster (or the Flame Sword, for that matter) equipped in the trailer, he has an infinite short-sword or rapier instead.
Which is funny, because they show us the last level, the next-to-the-last boss, extra content, HALF of the bosses in the game, and ALL OF THE AREAS (except the dark zone and the last boss area)
but seriously if they show him wielding the ultimate sword, that's just
that's just SPOILERRIFFIC
okay that's it, sorry for the excessively long post
I have a lot of Brandish-related emotions pent up inside of me because I have no one to talk to about the games except myself, and I like them quite a bit and I can't get anyone else to like them because of the controls and the moonspeak. Blehhhh.
(also, unrelated brandish 3 I simultaneously feel is one of the best and worst titles at the same time, the music is so varied and awesome and I love the SHIELD ATTACK but it plunks out at the ending areas minus the FORTLESS and I feel that the fact that they actually make you backtrack and interconnected all these OUTSIDE AREAS destroys the clautrophobic cohesiveness that made the original games so great. Plus some of the areas involving flying enemies, floor-dropping pits, autosave and enemy-filled-rooms were just... horrifying.)
Post by Justin on Dec 17, 2008 21:21:26 GMT -5
I am down with the anime art style too. I love the "classic" look most of Falcom's stuff gets.
Yeah, I don't mind the art style so much as the fact that it makes everything look a tad more generic (like, it still looks totally fantastic). If you guys enjoy it, though, that's perfectly fine by me, I figure Falcom knows its fans better than I do, and it only bothers me just a teensy bit.
In any case, I hope I'm not making this game sound too good or anything, everyone that I've ever asked to try Brandish has only played it an hour and then come back to me shaking their heads, so I wouldn't... I wouldn't want to hype anything up too much... ;_;
Last Edit: Dec 17, 2008 21:47:01 GMT -5 by radiation
Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09) Jan 1, 2009 4:11:38 GMT -5
Post by Varion on Jan 1, 2009 4:11:38 GMT -5
Random note, Falcom really seem to like advertising their PSP ports. A lot of the trains on the Tokyo Yamanote line I went on have ads up for either Zwei or Brandish. There aren't many ads on those trains either.
Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PSP 19/03/09) Jan 1, 2009 17:20:09 GMT -5
Post by Justin on Jan 1, 2009 17:20:09 GMT -5
This is good news indeed, and hopefully well end up with a random localization here and there.
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Post by Varion on Jan 14, 2009 5:38:40 GMT -5
Preorders are open on the official website now. Traditional 4788 Yen pricetag, includes the 2 disc OST.
Just noticed this so I figured I'd post it. Amazon JP seem to be selling the game with FOUR soundtrack discs. The main 2 disc OST that comes with preorders from Falcom's site along with 2 further discs containing the FM Towns and Renewal versions of the soundtrack. It's also 1000 yen cheaper than Falcom's mailorder site.
Preordered mine from Amazon anyway, purely for the soundtrack. If the game itself is good, all the better
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Post by Kimimi on Jan 25, 2009 5:26:31 GMT -5
Tell me about it ;_;
They also won't ship keyrings, game accessories and perhaps most amusing - imported US games overseas.
Yeah it's true - manga, artbooks, CDs and DVDs are fine, but if I want some matching merchandise to go with it then it's a complete no-go. I'd love an Amazon-alike that didn't care where you lived (but I don't think my wallet would!).


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Costa Rica is a Democratic Republic, divided into 7 provinces. Neighbours are Nicaragua to the north, and Panama to the south. The Capital being San José, with a climate divided into two seasons: dry season and rainy season.
Costa Rica is a very mountainous country and most of the territory is formed by elevations between 900 and 1800 meters above sea level. There are four main mountain systems: the Guanacaste Volcanic mountain range, the Tilarán Minera mountain range, the Central Volcanic mountain range and the Talamanca mountain range, there are also four secondary mountain systems: Nicoya mountain ranges located in the Guanacaste province; Brunqueña row or Coastal row that runs through the province of Puntarenas parallel to the coast; and the Sierra de Osa, in the South Pacific, a series of mountains that extend to Panama, has heights between 600 and 1500 meters above sea level. The highest point in the country is the Chirripó hill (3820 masl), the fifth highest peak in Central America. The highest volcano is the Irazú volcano (3432 masl). The country has about 200 volcanoes, of which five are active: Irazú, Poás, Arenal, Rincon de la Vieja and Turrialba.
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Costa Rica is widely known for its natural beauty, around 25% of the country is protected
by National parks, Biological Reserves and different environmental programs.
Holding around 6% of the world's biodiversity, Costa Rica is home to 1000 species of orchids, 10.000 plant species,300.000 insect species of which 1300 are butterfly species, 232 mammal species, 838 types of birds, 183 amphibian species, 258 reptile species, and130 species of freshwater fishs.
Our Nature Tours are the best way to experience nature and be amazed by the wide variety of colors, sound, movement, and life. You can take a hike, ride on a bike while exploring backroads, calmly paddle in the river, while waiting for our wild neighbors to show up. Learn about our customs and traditions on a coffee tour, or even just sit quietly at the beach while waiting for the turtles to delight us with their beauty spawning on the beach.
Enjoy discovering the intricate creatures, plants, and history of our country, you can be by yourself or take your whole family, either way, you will be in great company. Welcome to paradise and whatis considered one of the happiest countries on earth!
types of forest
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Dry means these types of forests receive much less precipitation than the cloudd or rain forest. The tropical dry forests are found in the lower elevations on the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica, here in Guanacaste.
Some of the most important nacional park located in the Tropical Dry forest are: Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Guanacaste National Park, Santa Rosa National Park and Palo Verde National Park are holders of dry forests.
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Riding a wave of record earnings, Orlando-based SeaWorld looks to grow – Orlando Sentinel
SeaWorld reported record revenue and earnings in its first quarter of the year as attendance at its theme parks roared back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Orlando-based company is planning new projects, including theme parks, hotels and international expansion, as it looks to offer new experiences at its existing parks, executives said during an earnings call Thursday.
They expect to share details later this year.
"We are investing in rides, attractions, events and habitats to continue our strategy of having something new and compelling across our parks each year," Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy said. "We have more one-of-a-kind, world-class attractions that we are excited to unveil when the time is right."
[ Orange County tourism tax brings in a record amount of revenue ]
SeaWorld is "thrilled" by visitor reception to new attractions across its parks this year that include new roller coasters Ice Breaker and Iron Gwazi at SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Chief Executive Officer Marc Swanson said.
The company's total revenue was nearly $271 million from January through March, up almost $99 million from 2021′s first quarter and $50 million from 2019′s. Its adjusted earnings reached a record $66 million.
But Swanson said the company's revenue and in-park spending could have improved had the parks been fully staffed.
The parks have "less than optimal" staffing levels, Swanson said, which resulted in some shops and restaurants cutting back on hours or not opening at all.
"It's not every day and it's not every park, obviously, but there's times we know we can do better," Swanson said, adding SeaWorld would start looking to hire international workers.
International and group visitation still trails pre-pandemic levels, but increased admission costs, higher in-park spending and an uptick in annual pass sales helped the company make up the difference.
About 3.4 million guests visited SeaWorld's parks in its first quarter, an increase from the same period in 2019 and 2021. Counting only U.S. guests, the park's attendance was up over 16% compared with 2019′s first quarter, a year before the coronavirus pandemic began.
SeaWorld's number of passholders is at a record high, nearly 22% greater than 2019′s previous record, Swanson said.
Spring and early summer are SeaWorld's peak selling periods for annual passes, according to Castro Gulacsy, and the company's strong passholder base is a "healthy indicator" of demand for the parks into the summer season.
More than 50% of SeaWorld Orlando's usual attendance is from people in the state of Florida, Swanson said. SeaWorld parks "rarely" operate at full capacity, he said, leaving the company room to grow attendance into the future.
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RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Cancer Genetics Inc. (CGI), which sees itself as an emerging leader in DNA-based cancer diagnostics, has been selected by AstraZeneca CAMCAR S.A. (AZ-CAMCAR)—a division of U.K.-based multinational pharmaceutical and biologics company AstraZeneca that serves Central American and Caribbean countries—to provide biomarker-based diagnostic testing for cancer.
As such, the terms of the agreement call for CGI to perform complex testing for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer patients in Central America and the Caribbean, and CGI will work "in close conjunction" with AZ-CAMCAR to explore expansion opportunities into additional geographic territories as the companies look to work on select oncology trials and perhaps discover additional oncology categories.
"We chose to partner with Cancer Genetics in this endeavor because of their experience in biomarker-based diagnostic testing and their commitment to delivering timely and accurate results to healthcare professionals and patients," said Rodrigo Fernandez, country president of AZ-CAMCAR.
Although the companies expect to deal with multiple categories in the oncology arena, lung cancer is the initial area of focus. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the Americas, with more than 300,000 new cases and nearly 250,000 deaths each year. PAHO expects the number of new cases and deaths from lung cancer to double in Latin America by 2030.
CGI's tests target cancers that are, as the company notes, "difficult to diagnose and predict treatment outcomes. These cancers include hematological, urogenital and HPV-associated cancers." The company also offers a comprehensive range of non-proprietary oncology-focused tests and laboratory services that provide critical genomic information to healthcare professionals, as well as biopharma and biotech companies.
In other recent CGI news, the company noted June 3 that that it had entered into a multiyear agreement to collaborate and provide PathAdvantage, a "leading Southwest gynecological pathology lab" in the United States, with a FISH-based genomic test called FHACT for the detection and management of cervical cancer, intended to guide the detection and management of the disease.
The collaboration is aimed at the "rapidly growing metro Dallas and North Texas market," and PathAdvantge will incorporate the genomic test as part of its comprehensive focus on gynecological cancers.
The collaboration with PathAdvantage is part of CGI's strategy of partnering with regional testing providers in order to commercialize the FHACT test.


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All blogs are written from the perspective of the author and the reader has the right as a reader to agree or disagree.
When I say "perception of health," I want you to think about what comes to your mind when you think about health. Is it being vegan or vegetarian, being the skinniest in the room, or the one who passes on desert because it has "too many carbs"?
Usually the American conventional perception is often tanted by the misception of mass media and the fact that everyone needs to look a certain way to be "healthy". What we don't understand until its too late is the fact that, everyone is an individual. Your health is even slightly different than your ancestors health because you are a combination of DNA and of those whom came before you. So consider that when you think about "health".
I like the definition that defines perception as "a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression." It is the way that you see things and understand them to be true. Everyone has a different perception so thinking that health is one size fits all can lead to a disaster. I define being healthy as the balance of all things in the human body, including mental, physical, and spiritual. This is called homeostasis or "steady state", the state that your body is constantly trying to maintain because just like you, your body doesn't to change and likes consistency.
Each of the element of health are interconnected and depend on one another to function properly. Proper functioning is up to you as the connection to the outside world to help the things that are going on inside of you. Be investigative and ask questions. If you are bloated after a meal, start keeping a log of what you eat and see when the bloating goes down or see what is causing it. Sometimes it will take a little bit extra work but I believe it will save you money in the long run at the doctors office and hospitals.
Always consider that you are an individual and what works more me doesn't work for you. Be willing to try anything once and always keep and open mind.
These blogs are meant to just open your mind for consideration for new things. I hope you enjoyed the content and stay tuned for more! Become the best you possible, one step at a time.