In the aftermath of a brutal fraternity hazing death, a college freshman"s desire to join the best fraternity on campus is compromised when his older brother launches an anti-hazing crusade. A modern retelling of ancient Greek mythology, HAZE is a sobering, realistic portrait of what truly goes on behind fraternity and sorority house walls.
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In the aftermath of a brutal fraternity hazing death, a college freshman's desire to join the best fraternity on campus is compromised when his older brother launches an anti-hazing crusade. A modern retelling of ancient Greek mythology, HAZE is a sobering, realistic portrait of what truly goes on behind fraternity and sorority house walls.


CFBDynasty gathered a few of the top College Fantasy Football Experts for a Q&A session. Read, make notes, and draft better with tips from the pros. Shoutout to Mike Bainbridge, Thor Nystrom, and Justin Heisey for participating! Check out their bios at the bottom of the post and give these guys a follow on Twitter if you like winning.
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How many leagues do you participate in annually?
What does preparation for a draft look like for you?
What is the past draft pick or waiver wire selection you are most proud of?
McElfresh – "My CFBDynasty League only allows 3 waiver wire selections so they're crucial. I picked up a tiny freshman SDST RB named Donnel Pumphrey who basically stayed in my starting lineup for the majority of 3.5 seasons.
For a classic league, normal scoring system without bonuses...What is the proper round to select a TE, K, or Defense?
Bainbridge – "Kicker I typically wait until the last round no matter what unless there was far-and-away a top player at the position, but that is incredibly rare in college. If kicker is in the last round, I will probably select a defense right before that. Those are just two positions that I do not prioritize in drafts but everyone has a different strategy.
Heisey – "It all depends on who the highest rated Tight End at the time is. Jaylen Samuels has been a 3-5 round guy for the past few seasons due to the offensive system at NC State playing him occasionally as a running back. The next tier of Tight Ends I would take in round six through eight but the latest I would wait to draft one is the ninth round but round six is the prime spot for a tight end.
There are usually two schools of thought for defenses. One is taking a defense and riding it out with them and the other is playing week to week. Those who ride or die with one defense, the first defenses which would be Alabama or Clemson this season are third round picks, the second defenses like Ohio State and Wisconsin go from rounds seven to twelve. For those who play week to week (such as myself) I would use every round building a team up then use my second to last pick on a defense playing a weaker offense week one.
McElfresh – "Like every selection, it's primarily about the potential statistical advantage gained over your opponents. If your league allows 5'9 180 lb players that also carry the ball yet Fantrax lists them as a "TE"…you have to take him early likely round 4-6 in a 12 team league. If your league disallows the Jaylen Samuels type at TE, and the top TE's average 10 ppg and a normal TE averages 5 ppg…a 5 ppg advantage isn't worth an early round selection. I spoke about this some in my top 5 strategies to win college fantasy football.
Kicker is typically the last selection for me…unless he's the most exciting offensive player on your favorite team. In that case, I may reach for Eddy Pineiro who'll probably kick a couple 60-yarders this season.
Who are a couple candidates for the 2017 breakout player of the year regarding fantasy football?
Nystrom – "QB- Purdue's David Blough (now operating a Jeff Brohm offense).
RB- Oklahoma's Rodney Anderson (physical freak who'll get a ton of touches in one of college football's best offenses with Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon off to the NFL; the caveat with Anderson is that he must stay healthy… true boom-or-bust pick).
Bainbridge – "A few come to mind here. (1) Arkansas RB Devwah Whaley should have an excellent chance to become a Top 10 player at the position due to the unfortunate circumstances of Raleigh Williams retiring from the sport. The Razorbacks typically like to rotate between their top two, but depth is lacking. I can see Whaley being the bell cow in 2017.
Who are a few sleepers you have your eye on for the 2017 college fantasy football season?
Nystrom – "QB- Tulsa's Chad President (he's no a shoe-in to win the job, but if he does, President could be a fantasy stud; Tulsa's wide-open system, similar to Baylor's old offense, is a perfect fit for the dual-threat President. Tulsa returns one of the Group of 5's best OLs, a stud RB and several good receivers).
Nevada's David Cornwell is running a brand-new Air Raid system at his new school. He's also worth a long, long look.
RB – Wyoming's Milo Hall (stepping into the Brian Hill role; defenses will be far more concerned with slowing down QB Josh Allen than flooding his running lanes).
I'm also highly intrigued by UCLA's Soso Jamabo, who will be ignored on draft day because the Bruins' run game was so horrendous last fall. But QB Josh Rosen is now healthy, the offensive line should be better and the offense will be far more run-friendly now that Jim Mora imported former Michigan offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch to run the show.
WR – Wyoming's C.J. Johnson (should be Josh Allen's No. 1 target this fall with most of the Cowboys' receptions leaving over the offseason).
Laub – "There are two wide receivers, who I am drafting as often as possible: Missouri's J'Mon Moore and Arizona State's N'Keal Harry.
Who are the best NFL potential Freshman or Sophomore QB, RB, or WR?
"QB – Jacob Eason and Shea Patterson have incredible arm talent that jumps off the screen. I also love what I saw from Tua Tagovailoa in the Alabama spring game. Have to see more in a real game but he's certainly a player to watch.
RB – Cam Akers and Najee Harris are likely pro players who haven't played a down yet. Don't sleep on the forgotten nationss #1 RB from 2015 who redshirted at Michigan last year, Kareem Walker will have to fight to earn playing time. I love a 5-star talent who also has to work hard to earn a position.
Which Freshmen will make the most impact this year other than Cam Akers?
Nystrom – "I really like UNLV redshirt freshman QB Armani Rogers. One of the best recruits UNLV has ever signed, Rogers was named the starter in the spring over Johnny Stanton and Kurt Palandech, who both started games last year. UNLV's offense is loaded with skill position talent for a G5 team with WRs Devonte Boyd and Kendal Keys and RBs Lexington Thomas and Charles Williams. It wouldn't be a surprise if Rodgers turns in a top-30 fantasy season among quarterbacks, and he'll go for far cheaper than that on draft day.
Thor Nystrom is a former MLB.com associate reporter who is now a college football and NFL Draft staff writer for NBC Sports' Rotoworld. A graduate of the University of Kansas' journalism school and the University of Iowa's graduate creative writing school, his nonfiction writing has been honored by Rolling Stone magazine and The Best American Essays series. His biggest professional accomplishment, however, was picking Clemson to upset Alabama in last season's title game.
Mike Bainbridge has been writing about and studying college fantasy football for the better part of the last eight years. Originally writing for College Football Geek in the early years, Bainbridge now contributes to Athlon Sports as well as his College Fantasy Blog on Patreon which can be found here.
Justin Heisey has studied fantasy college football for almost seven years and is the Fantasy College Football Expert for Fantrax.com. Heisey has also written for North Greenville University for most of their Athletic teams.
Brian McElfresh is the founder of CFBDynasty and top contributor. Born in Gainesville, FL, he's a Florida Gators fan but enjoys watching too many hours of any game of college football. Currently he is the Director of Customer Acquisition for RealTruck.com focusing on SEO, Digital Advertising, and Retention. During the nights, early mornings, and weekends he's focused on CFBDynasty with a healthy dose of golf.
John Laub played fantasy football for nearly three decades and provided FootballDiehards.com with weekly player rankings—including sleepers and long shots—for twenty years. Currently co-host of the DFSDudes Podcast, he supplements the free-program with a weekly DFS column: The Scholar's DraftKings Sheet of Knowledge on FootballDiehards.com.


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Toxic Caves / Re: LOOT DROPS BACK
Returning loot drop without hexing would make the game even less playable than it is now.
The Thunderdome / Re: i want to settle something
I am glad this has been settled.
Toxic Caves / Re: Advertising FOnline Reloaded.
Quote from: Henry on May 20, 2018, 07:57:43 pm
There are 3 big things involved now with declining player population:
1) General FOnline Decline
Add all player counts for all FOnline servers and you get a FOnline Grande Total. That total has been declining for 6 years. I don't know why, but it has nothing to do with updates, servers, developers, crafting options or other features. It's just a number that is slowly going down over time. So it's ridiculous when players of one server yell taunts at other servers saying "yours is dying" since they are all experiencing the same decline. This is a bad thing.
2) Jackass Migration
The PvP-No-Loot-Drop update, combined with some account bans (because jackasses were cheating and devs caught them and did what devs are supposed to do), led to a migration of the worst type of players in online gaming: jackasses who do not play the game for its intended content, but instead use the game to express their own personal hatred issues. This reason is a good thing.
3) It's Summertime
Every summer, as said before, we see a temporary decline. This is a good thing too, since it's healthier to play outside.
Now if you combine all of these together, you might get the illusion that "this server sucks", but use your brain, dissect the problem, and realize your role in this story.
Meanwhile, someone is using his brain. His name is Corosive and he's a developer busy working his aspartame off to add more content and features. The guy never stops here, slaving to improve the game, while some people just can't stop talking crap and misdirecting blame.
This game is awesome. And it's slowly getting better (population decline not withstanding), and you can help: log off of this forum and go do some advertising, or learn to dev and design new content, or make maps with the mapper tool or write dialogues with that editor - all free for download now, but you gotta stop posting on forum to get that work done.
Now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to edit this game's wiki (for you!)
Okay, here we go again:
1.) 1) General FOnline Decline
Yeah I know, all those servers that saw more than half their population leave over the space of a few short months. The way people talk you'd think it was only this one and yes of course it's nothing to do with updates, science has proven this.
Naturally, even though the decline in players has nothing to do with updates the no loot update that only smart people understand drove away a significant number of players, but still nothing to do with updates.
And of course the jackasses that were finally banned and were back playing on new characters/friends alts the very same day caused a significant reduction too. The maths is complicated but basically if 10 people got banned and then logged on with different characters the server population would decline by 10, Henry can explain better but best not ask as it's too complicated for the average lay person.
4) Other Business
Currently my role in the story is providing an alternative to the loot hamster/roleplayer narrative which is touted by a remaining minority of players and apparently misdirecting blame away from the people who actually caused this mess in the first place. (i.e. evil PvP players)
Oh and thank you for all your hard work editing a wiki I currently have no need of and am unlikely to in the future. I don't want you to feel like I don't appreciate it.
Yeah, let's ignore the fact that many summers have passed with plenty of server activity before last September. I am sure that on this occasion it is summer that is the problem and not all the other things it is pointless to list because they can just be fixed by telling ourselves that the game is awesome.
Perhaps I was unclear but it was not the fact that the update failed which is the problem for 90% of the server population (whom the good people remaining don't want back, I know) but the content of it and the further plans to revitalise the server with more of the stuff that choked the life out of it in the first place.
Nice ideas and I salute your motivation but honestly the game is empty because it is shit, no matter what certain folk and their discord pals say about it. And the last almost update told us it's not getting better any time soon and if that wasn't enough to put the last 20 people off playing then just go and check out Corrosive's Trello page and see what the priorities for development are, seriously - do it, the mind boggles.
And then what would you say in the advert? "Have fun grinding up a character to complete fetch jobs and quests then....er...that's it"? You see, maybe it would work and 500 players come but they would soon quit due to the lack of a reason to do anything in the game anymore. Sometimes I actually log in and try to enjoy the retarded utopia this game was turned into but I normally learn my lesson within the hour and do something else instead. The issue was never getting people, it was keeping them and there is less reason to play now than ever.
General Game Discussion / The game is awesome - we are having a blast!
Fellow players,
Please pay no attention to the above post, the very suggestion that this awesome game is deficient in any way is completely untrue and is certainly not linked to players leaving the game. How do know for example that some didn't die in a terrorist attack or converted to Buddhism and renounced all worldly things? These possibilities, however remote, are things we need to consider especially when the alternative is blaming it on all the wonderful changes that those ungrateful bastards failed to appreciate. I think the lesson here is to think outside the box and stop spoiling it for the 20 or so players that are still left.
If anybody else starts to have unauthorised thoughts like the rubbish posted above and the age old wisdom of "stop crying" isn't enough to correct it then repeat the mantra "The game is awesome - we are having a blast!" 7 times and that should sort you out.
In the meantime all devoted players should run several sandboxed alts to prove that the low player count is all lies and please wait patiently for the promised updates which I am confident will be just as good as the last lot.
General Game Discussion / Re: New session
Don't mention it, I mean this session was clearly created to appeal to the broad spectrum of players who had stuck with it over the years rather than just a small section of loot hamsters and roleplaying sycophants and we all feel we that our opinions are counted equally and our ideas taken on board, so it really is the least we can do.
Nice post, I also thought that some of the extra quest content/fetch jobs would have been a much needed addition to the game rather than the basis for whole new one but the only kind of feedback welcome is the kind were they are told how awesome the game is now that it's empty and TC towns are now supposedly dominated by a faction who wouldn't even PVP if there were any real competition and risk.
But fear not! There are some nifty new quests and fetch jobs on the way to revitalize the server. Sorted!
General Game Discussion / Re: Its been a long time....
Quote from: Wichura on March 23, 2018, 08:52:44 pm
Quote from: Rinzler on March 23, 2018, 08:43:59 pm
That's racist!
You can't say that! You have to say it's 'negative cultural discrimination' now.
Don't worry about a thing, make any build you like and it won't make much difference, all danger and risk has as been nerfed out of existence.Probably nobody will try to kill you, unfortunately. Welcome to the politically correct, health and safety concious jungle that is Reloaded Session 3.
News and Announcements / Re: 3rd Session Info
Depends on the goals they've set for themselves. None of us can tell for sure. Having a server with narrow pool of players, focused on killing geckos and shit, could be the goal as well.
I'd say the numbers are valid regardless, there clearly was an expectation that people would like the game and play it. But if the goal is a narrow pool of players killing geckos then I think that's been achieved, so stage 2 must surely be to make the server private so that nobody comes back and spoils it?
Quote from: jobany on March 16, 2018, 03:25:41 pm
Sure, we all know that online games are meant to be played alone.
I've never said so. I just pointed out how player count is important for devs of this particular server. Therefore moaning about low players number is invalid in this case.
Or the numbers could be a valid indicator of success however they try to spin it. Nobody likes to admit they fucked up but the facts are changes were made and most players didn't like them as evidenced by their lack of presence and living in a discord bubble surrounded by 20 or so groupies doesn't change that.
Oh yes the game has achieved a level of divine perfection never even dreamed of by it's humble player-base. Although it could be taken as criticism to suggest that it was not perfect in it's previous incarnation and as we know, criticism is synonymous with apostasy so perhaps we ought to say that finally the game has brought us to a new level of perfection which is in a harmonious parallel with the state of sublime perfection it was in previously? That way we can kiss arse and not upset anybody.
Anyway, let's look at the joyous gifts which season 3 has bestowed upon us!
Fetch Jobs! - Seriously, this is what fonline is all about and by the grace of god it now accounts for 50% of player activity in the game. And people are seriously complaining about this? Well, we all know where complaints end up so stop spoiling it for everybody. Players are having a blast, somewhere anyway, probably in a quest map. Which brings us to:
Quests as replacement for PvP People only ever did PvP due to no quests in fonline, it's been proven in tests. Now there is almost no excuse to be caught in a public location by another player and even the unlikely event of that happening has been written out of exsistence by divine providence! (see below)
'The No Loot Miracle" Yes! Praise be! The heresy of risk in PvP has been abolished! Now we can pose in places other than the hub with absolutely no risk at all, ever! Even stealing has been taken care of to ensure that we can all do what we always wanted and not have to risk that horrible sense of mourning when our precious gear was stolen looted by evil heathens other players. And as if our cup wasn't already pissing it's contents all over the floor, just wait until T4 is enabled! I know you're already picturing yourself running around everywhere, not giving a shit in your HPA. Go on, picture it, it's okay.
Destiny of Town Control as Crafting and Bartering Activity Realised! Perhaps the greatest gift of all, for years the town control timers were misinterpreted as an invitation to barter and craft and many noobs holy children were killed and worst of all, they lost their fucking gear! Never again will this be tolerated! Plus for absolutely no reason when you go to fight craft you will instantly have a gang of NPCs ready to defend you so it's not as if there is no PvP it's just that PvP has been reworked to give NPCs a bigger a role in it, which of course is what PvP has always been about.
So there you go, there's the evidence and in case there is any further heresy confusion: Player numbers are in no way an indication of the success of these glorious updates and any suggestions to that effect are, in fact, witchcraft.
General Game Discussion / Re: Season 3 Thoughts
Well, I did all those things and while, as I've said before the quest stuff is nice, it is no substitute for the PvP and vibrant community there was before.
And yes I was aware this is a 'beta test' (albeit a very long one) and in keeping with the fine tradition of tests, what's happening now is known as "feedback".
Yes I think the difference between a developer and a player confuses him, though I think the aversion to criticism (otherwise known as 'crying') is something that has been part of the culture for a long time.

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PHOTOS – Fauve Hautot: her flamboyant comeback in dance with the stars
On Saturday, 29 September, Dance with the stars finally returned for a ninth season. But it was also the long-awaited return of Fauve Hautot among the dancers of the show. And the least we can say is that it marked the spirits.
That's let's go! The ninth season of Dance with the stars begins with a fanfare this Saturday 29th September on TF1. And for once, this new edition of the dance game is characterized by the changes. First of all, at the performance of the show, it is indeed Camille Combal and Karine Ferri who will have the heavy burden of the animation. In the jury, where Chris Marques and Jean-Marc Genéreux were welcomed this year the star dancer and choreographer Patrick Dupond and Shy they had already been appointed as law practitioners during the seasons 3 and 4 but the Most anticipated returns are probably those of Fauve Hautot.
After three years at the jury of the show, the flamboyant dancer decided to return to her first love with fiery hair. She restored the team of dancers logically. The one who has already won the trophy of Dance with the stars with Emmanuel Moire would therefore like to win his partner, Terence Telle or at least as far away as possible.
And we can say things start well for the couple. Their performance in contemporary dance on the song The Superb Benjamin Biolay delighted the jury. In addition, Chris Marques did not greet the return of his comrade on the dance floor: " Honestly when I dance you like this, I know that's where you should be." he told him.
In terms of outfit, Fauve Hautot was hit hard with a very sexy first kit made up of a very short black skirt and a tired and shiny top Dance with the Stars For her second dress, the dancer chose for a smooth, sleek white dress with a low neckline front and back. The transparent petticoat is also split at the sides. At the end of the bonus, Fauve Hautot and Terence Telle 2nd ex aequao finished the pair formed by Lio and Christian Millette with 29 points. Here is a return that promises …
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined local officials today to kick off construction of the state's first diverging diamond interchange, located at the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75.
The $74.5 million reconstruction project is set to be complete by September 2017, in time for the World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. It is expected to bring an estimated 120 direct construction jobs and an additional 400 indirect jobs to the Southwest Florida region.
"The growth we have seen in this area has been tremendous," said Florida Rep. Greg Steube, who held lead efforts to advance the project. "We really need this type of improvement in infrastructure."
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First published October 4, 2007 in Mediapost's Search Insider
This week Yahoo unveiled a new feature. It doesn't really change the search game that much in terms of competitive functionality. If anything, it's another case of Yahoo catching up with the competition. But it may have dramatic implications from a user's point of view. To illustrate that point further I'd like to share a couple of stories with you.
The feature is called Search Assist. You type your query in, and Yahoo provides a list under the query box with a number of possible ways you could complete the query. This follows in the footsteps of Google's search suggestions in its toolbar. Currently, Google doesn't offer this functionality within the standard Google query box, at least in North America. Ask also offers this feature.
Because Yahoo is late to the game, the company had the opportunity to up the functionality a little bit. For example, the suggestions that come from Yahoo can include the word you're typing anywhere in the suggested query phrase. Google uses straight stemming, so the word you're typing is always at the beginning of the suggested phrases. Yahoo also seems to be pulling from a larger inventory of suggested phrases. The few test queries I did brought back substantially more suggestions than did Google.
It's not so much the functionality of this feature that intrigues me; it's how it could affect the way we search. I personally have found that I come to rely on this feature in the Google toolbar more and more. Rather than structuring a complete query in my mind, I type the first few letters of the root word in and see what Google offers me. It leads me to select query phrases that I probably never would have thought of myself.
Some time ago I wrote that contrary to popular belief, we've actually become quite adept at paring our queries down to the essential words. It's not that we don't know how to launch an advanced query; it's that most times, we don't need to. This becomes even truer with search suggestions. All we have to do is think of one word, and the search engine will serve us a menu of potential queries. It reduces the effort required from the searcher, but let me tell you a story about how this might impact a company's reputation online.
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Some time ago I got a voicemail from an equity firm. The woman who left a message was brash, a little abrasive and left a rather cryptic message, insisting that I had to phone her right back. Now, since I'm in the search game, getting calls from venture capitalists and investment bankers is nothing really new. But I'd never quite heard this tone from one of these prospecting calls before. So, I did as I usually do in these cases and decided to do a little more research on the search engines to determine whether I was actually going to return this call or not. I did my quick 30-second reputation check.
Normally, I would just type in the name of the firm and see what came up in the top 10 results. Usually, if there's strong negative content out there, it's worth paying attention to and it tends to collect enough search equity to break the top 10. This time, I didn't even have to get as far as the results page. The minute I started typing the company name into my Google toolbar, the suggestions Google was providing me told the entire story: "company" scam, "company" fraud and "company" lawsuits. Of the top eight suggestions, over half of them were negative in nature. Not great odds for success. Needless to say, I never returned the call.
If these search suggestions are going to significantly alter our search patterns, we should be aware of what's coming up in those suggestions for our branded terms. Type your company name into Yahoo or Google's toolbar and see what variations are being served to you. Some of them may not be that appetizing.
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My belief is that users are increasingly going to use this to structure their queries. It moves search one step closer to be coming a true discovery engine. One of the overwhelming characteristics of search user behavior is that we're basically lazy. We want to expand a minimal amount of effort but in return, we expect a significant degree of relevance. Search suggestions allow us to enter a minimum of keystrokes and the search engine obliges us with a full menu of options.
This brings me to my other story. Earlier this year we did some eye-tracking research on how Chinese citizens interact with the search engines Baidu and Google China. After we released the preliminary results of the study, I had a chance to talk to a Google engineer who worked on the search engine. In China, Google does provide real-time search suggestions right from the query box. The company found that it's significantly more work to type a query in Mandarin than it is in most Western languages. Using a keyboard for input in China is, at best, a compromise. So Google found that because of the amount of work required to enter a query, the average query length was quite short in China, giving a substantially reduced degree of relevancy. In fact, many Chinese users would type in the bare minimum required and then would scroll to the bottom of the page, where Google showed other suggested queries. Then, the user would just click on one of these links. Hardly the efficient searching behavior Google was shooting for. After introducing real-time search suggestions for the query box, Google found the average length of query increased dramatically and supposedly, so did the level of user satisfaction.
Search query suggestions are just one additional way we'll see our search behavior change significantly over the next year or two. Little changes, like a list of suggested queries or the inclusion of more types of content in our results pages, will have some profound effects. And when search is the ubiquitous online activity it is, it doesn't take a very big rock to create some significant and far-reaching ripples.
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issued a deadline for Qaddafi's forces to surrender.
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he was no longer in Libya and did not intend to return.
he would not give up and the rebels should prepare for a long fight.
he would leave the country if promised immunity from prosecution.
Footage of a _______________ general discussing sensitive spy cases was leaked to Youtube last week.
Increasingly concerned about the country's budget deficits, IMF and EU officials broke off talks last week with ____________ about releasing the next round of emergency loans.
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Lurkers in social networks are silent members in a social network who play passive roles and contribute very little in the network. The so-called lurkers make up close to 90% of the online social network users. This huge number of inactive users created an awareness to research in which is worth the exploration. Many lurking-related researches had been done under the category of social science, cognitive psychology and computer-human interaction. There had only been one study of this lurking phenomenon that is categorised as data mining and information retrieval. This project investigates the study of lurking phenomenon based on data mining in turn ranking the lurkers with different ranking methods such as Page Rank and Alpha-Centrality. This report records the investigation and derivation of all the definitions used to formulate the topology driven concept into the LurkerRank methods through programming and testing algorithm in MATLAB.


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Hops and Change
Vermont Pub & Brewery concocts a series of überlocal beers
By Corin Hirsch [05.30.12]
It's a sunny Thursday afternoon, and almost every seat is filled on the outdoor patio of the Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington. At a corner table, owner Steve Polewacyk pours some amber-hued beer from a triangular beaker into tiny glass snifters. His gray T-shirt reads "Make beer, not war."
"This is the rye India pale ale," he says, as the murky liquid fills the glass. It smells yeasty, but one sip reveals a gentle bitterness balanced by a slight fruitiness and a spicy, lingering finish.
The beer is still in secondary conditioning, so over the next few days the yeast particles will settle and the flavors will mellow. Then, on June 4, this IPA will have its commercial debut as the first product of VPB's All-Vermont Grains and Hops Project; the quartet of experimental beers brewed with local ingredients will be released on four consecutive Mondays in June. The other beers include a spelt extra pale ale; a "6-Row Fruit Cup" brewed with local berries; and a Vermont Bière de Garde.
"If we get to a place where we're doing all Vermont hops and grains for our beers, that would be awesome," says Polewacyk. "The idea that we could do something to support Vermont agriculture is huge."
The 25 pounds of hops used for the beers came from the University of Vermont experimental hops field in Alburgh, a project led by UVM assistant professor and agricultural researcher Heather Darby, who sips the IPA at VPB and nods her approval. Polewacyk heard Darby speak about the UVM hops project at a Vermont Brewers Association meeting and decided to collaborate.
While the growing of hops can be a complex endeavor — weather, harvest time and method, and packaging and storage are all factors — it is ultimately brewers' needs that determine where the nascent trade will go, says Darby. "And if [the hops] cost too much for the farmer to produce so that the end user can't afford them, that doesn't work, either," she adds. "How do we take this good and unique product and make it work?"
Part of that plan is partnering with Vermont's brewers to test the hops grown in the one-acre UVM plot, a stone's throw away from the Canadian border. "I think there are always these people who step up first, who take that brave step," says Darby, alluding to VPB.
Polewacyk unearths a sheet of loose stats and ticks off the beer's properties: 13 percent rye malt; 8 percent oat malt; 79 percent six-row malted barley. Willamette and Galena hops were used during brewing, and Willamette during finishing.
Besides 11 varieties of local hops, the four beers are also flavored with 300 pounds of malted grains grown in Vermont — rye, spelt and oats from Butterworks Farm in Westfield, and the six-row barley from Nick Cowles of Shelburne Orchards. Darby picked up the grains this spring, drove them down to Valley Malt in Hadley, Mass., for malting, then dropped them off at VPB. "We're very excited to be her research guinea pig," says Polewacyk.
The experimental beers are a continuation of the spirit and vision of VPB founder Greg Noonan, a pioneer in both home and commercial craft brewing. Noonan passed away in 2009, and Polewacyk and VPB brewer Russ FitzPatrick began the experimental beer series last year. They (and a few guest brewers) have had a rollicking time using their brewery as a lab, brewing with almond milk, passionfruit, snow, watermelon, coconut and chiles, among others. They've also thrown in Honey Nut Cheerios, and once brewed a wheat beer with some blueberry muffins baked by a staffer. Each batch yields about 15 gallons — roughly a keg — and customers are given a "beer score card" on which to record their sensory impressions.
The local beers presented their own challenges. "One of the things we've noticed is that, with Vermont grains, there's a lot more protein," says FitzPatrick. And the local hops are less aromatic, which he thinks could be offset by adjusting the time of seed-cone harvest.
Darby has a theory, though, about why Vermont-grown hops are milder in aroma and flavor: She thinks it might be the plant's adaptation to the harsh climate. "Plants respond to windy conditions, the ones our hops have, by building stronger cell walls," she says. Hence brewers may eventually need to develop alternate methods of flavor extraction.
When Polewacyk mentions the hops' pallid scent, Darby nods and looks thoughtful. Each challenge — such as the downy mildew that's currently attacking the plot — forces her and the UVM team to find solutions, and thus strengthens their end game. Of the 19 varieties planted on the test plot, she says, the most resilient ones so far seem to be Nugget, Cluster and Galena. "The Cascade did OK," Darby adds, but the Fuggle and the Perle did not.
Darby is committed to perfecting local hops, and rejects the suggestion that local brewers would use them only because they're local. "We don't want [our hops] to be second best," she says. "The only hops that are going to be successful in Vermont are the ones that brewers use."


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Rudy Giuliani says he can't be on Trump's impeachment defense team because his 'trial by combat' speech at Capitol rally 'makes him a WITNESS'
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Boston Red Sox star David 'Big Papi' Ortiz was shot in a Dominican Republic bar by 'two cops hired by a drug lord who believed the baseball hero was having an affair with his wife'
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
David 'Big Papi' Ortiz, 43, was shot at 8.50pm local time in Santo Domingo
He was taken to the hospital and was operated on but is now stable
The baseball star will be flown back to Boston on Monday on a Red Sox plane
Eddy Garcia, 25, is one of two men arrested for the shooting on Monday
Garcia was driving a motorcycle which had the shooter on the back of it
He was captured by angry crowds at the scene and was beaten before police arrived to arrest him
The shooter remains unidentified and no other details have yet emerged
Sources tell DailyMail.com that they were hired by a drug dealer who thought Ortiz was having an affair with his wife
Ortiz, who has been married for 17 years, has not yet commented
By Michaela Freda In Boston and Jennifer Smith and Adry Torres For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:40 EST, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 18:07 EST, 10 June 2019
David Ortiz is shown on Sunday hours before being shot with his friend Jhoel Lopez
Police in the Dominican Republic believe former Boston Red Sox star David 'Big Papi' Ortiz was shot by two cops hired by a Dominican Republic drug lord who believed the baseball player was having an affair with his wife, DailyMail.com has learned.
Three law enforcement sources confirmed the motive on Monday as Ortiz, 43, recovered in the hospital.
The drug lord has not been named.
On Monday, Ortiz's representative Leo Lopez denied that the shooting had anything to do with a woman but said it was the act of 'hired' killers.
'There is no doubt that it was an act of hired killers.
'If we had known that there was a dangerous situation, he would not have been there at that moment,' Leo Lopez told Diario Libre.
Ortiz is expected to make a full recovery but suffered liver damage during the six-hour operation, his spokesman said.
He has been cleared for travel and will fly back to Boston on a plane provided by his old team on Monday once it is ready.
'The level of stability that Big Papi is showing at this moment makes it possible for him to travel immediately,' one of the doctors involved in his care told ESPN.
The former slugger for the Red Sox was shot in the back at near point-blank range while having drinks with friends including local TV host Jhoel Lopez.
Police have arrested Eddy Feliz Garcia so far but their investigation is ongoing. Garcia was chased down at the bar by a crowd of Ortiz's supporters and was beaten relentlessly until police arrived.
He was driving the motorcycle but is not the man who pulled the trigger. The shooter, who has not yet been named, is also in custody.
Eddy Feliz Garcia is shown being attacked by a crowd of Ortiz's friends and supporters after the shooting. He was driving the motorcycle and the shooter, who has not been named, was on the back of it
Garcia is shown in police custody after being removed from the scene. He suffered extensive injuries before officers arrived
David Ortiz is shown in the center of this image with friends including Jhoel Lopez (far left), hours before he was shot. He is in the hospital and is in a stable condition after having his gallbladder and parts of his intestines removed
In another image taken hours before they were shot, the pair are shown smiling for the camera
Ortiz is shown with his wife Tiffany. They have two children together and live in Miami. She was not there in the Dominican Republic when he was shot. They have been married for 17 years
In a video widely shared on social media afterwards, Garcia is filmed claiming not to know anything about the attack.
In Spanish, the crowd yells at him: 'You don't know anything? You don't know anything?'
Ortiz, who retired from baseball in 2016, is from the Dominican Republic and splits his time between the city of Santo Domingo, where the attack happened, and Miami where he lives with his wife and children.
He is well known in Santo Domingo and is known to frequent the bars and restaurants where the attack happened.
Before he was shot, he and Lopez were seen with other men drinking and smoking cigars.
He was sitting at a table with Lopez when the gunman approached him on the back of a motorcycle and shot him in the back.
The crowd seized on Garcia as Ortiz was taken to the hospital.
Initial reports suggested that it was an attempted robbery but police have since dismissed that.
Ortiz's 14-year-old son D'Angelo was shown arriving at the clinic in Santo Domingo on Monday
An unidentified woman is shown leaving Ortiz's Miami home on Monday. His family has not commented since he was shot
Ortiz lives in Miami with his wife and their teenage children. He retired from baseball in 2016
Ortiz is seen sitting in the club (left) before being shot and falling to the ground (right)
Lopez was shot in the leg, possible by the same bullet which entered Ortiz's body in his back and went straight through him, exiting out of his stomach
'So far the case is under investigation. Social media networks are speculating many things.
David is out of danger, thank God. Big Papi will be around for a long time
Leo Ortiz, the star's father
'We can not give you more details,' Lieutenant Pimentel of the National Police in Santo Domingo told DailyMail.com on Monday.
Ortiz was rushed into surgery at the Abel Gonzolez Clinic. Before he was operated on, he told doctors: 'Please don't let me die, I'm a good man.'
His father said on Monday that he was doing well after the operation.
'Doctors say that David is out of danger, thank God. What they have told me post-op is that the doctors believe he will recover quickly.
'Big Papi will be around for a long time,' Leo Ortiz told ESPN.
Lopez told Diario Libre via a WhatsApp message: 'I am well. I am recuperating.'
The Red Sox have offered to send a private plane to return Ortiz to medical facilities in the U.S. if needed.
Julio Lugo, one of Ortiz's former teammates, arrived at the clinic where he is being treated to see him on Monday
Eliezer Salvador, one of Ortiz's friends, shows his blood-stained clothes to reporters outside the clinic where he is being treated
He also showed some of the baseball's player jewelry that he had on when he was shot
This was the scene of the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo on Monday, the day after the shooting
Among those to pay tribute to Ortiz on Monday was former president Barack Obama
Ortiz previously told of his fears of being hurt in his home country.
Before a 2015 ballgame at Fenway Park, he told a Dominican journalist that he violence in his native country was out of control and that he didn't feel comfortable carrying a firearm to protect himself in public.
'This is getting out of hand. I think they need to deal strongly because I like going to my country and I know the people love you and take care of you.
'But you know that when those dudes are out to get theirs, they are not thinking right and they could care less who is who.
'And I don't want to carry an AK-47 inside my car over there. I don't want to walk around everywhere with a bunch of guns. I am not a gun carrier.
'I am not a guy looking for trouble. But that's what the (present) moment is demanding you to do,' he said.
The shooting sparked an outpouring of support from both former teammates and former opponents.
'I'm at peace knowing you out of danger; you a strong man Compai, can't wait to hear your voice.
'My thoughts and prayers are with you, see you soon,' tweeted Pedro Martinez, a former Red Sox pitcher from the Dominican Republic who was an inspiration for Ortiz on his path to MLB.
'Anxiously waiting for more news. In the meantime, only prayers for @davidortiz, Tiffany and their family,' tweeted Alex Rodriguez, former slugger for the arch-rival New York Yankees.
Leo Ortiz, father of former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, talks to the press outside the clinic where his son is being treated after being shot
Liza Blanco (center), wife of the television host Jhoel Lopez, who was wounded in the shooting, waits at the Abel Gonzalez clinic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Liza Blanco (center), wife of the television host Jhoel Lopez, is seen speaking to reporters
Family and friends of Ortiz wait in the clinic where he and Dominican television presenter Joel Lopez are being treated after being shot while in a bar in the city of Santo Domingo
The shooting triggered an outpouring of sympathy from other sports stars
Ortiz is married to Tiffany Ortiz and he has three children.
'Thoughts and prayers going out to @davidortiz,' wrote current Angels star Mike Trout.
Ortiz is beloved in the Dominican Republic, where he is well-known for his charity work with children.
David Ortiz #34 of the Boston Red Sox tips his cap after the Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in game three of the American League Divison Series in 2016
In 2007, Ortiz founded the David Ortiz Children's Fund to help children with cardiac disorders in both the Dominican Republic and New England.
Ortiz ended his 20-year big league career in 2016, when he earned the last of his 10 All-Star appearances.
The former designated hitter and first baseman won seven Silver Slugger awards in his career, and he hit 541 home runs with 1,768 RBIs in 2,408 games in the majors.
He ranks 17th in major league history ion career home runs.
Ortiz began his major league career by playing six seasons for the Minnesota Twins (1997-2002), but his career blossomed after he joined the Red Sox.
His postseason heroics helped Boston capture its first World Series title in 86 years in 2004, when he was the Most Valuable Player of the American League Championship Series as the Red Sox overcame a 3-0 series deficit to the New York Yankees in seven games.
He also helped the Red Sox win championships in 2007 and 2013, capturing World Series MVP honors in the latter season.
David Ortiz was shot by cops hired by a drug lord who thought he was having an affair with his wife


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The Temple of All Religions in Russia
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The Temple of All Religions is an architectural complex in the dacha settlement of Staroye Arakchino, inside Kazan municipality in Russia. Tightly clustered on a small plot of land, the complex consists of several cupolas, minarets and spires representing the religious architecture of 12 major religions of the world. There is a Christian cross, the Muslim crescent, the Star of David and the Chinese dome. However, no ceremonies are performed inside because it is not a functioning temple. The building is just a cultural center which also serves as the residence of its owner – the local artist and philanthropist Ildar Khanov, and his assistants who practice spiritual healing upon his willing subjects.
Khanov believed that all religions are equal, and the Temple of All Religions was his way to bring them all under one roof. It was started in 1992 and is still under construction. Khanov' plan is to eventually build 16 cupolas corresponding to the 16 major world religions. Unfortunately Ildar Khanov will not see its completion for he passed away in February 2013.
A graduate from Kazan Art School, Ildar Khanov was an eccentric individual who claimed he met Jesus when he was just three years old. It was during the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War and Khanov almost died of starvation when Jesus saved him and showed him heaven and hell. It was then, according to Ildar Khanov, he embarked on his journey as an artist and healer. Over the forty years of his creative work, Khanov made over 70 sculptures and monumental decorative pieces, as well as hundreds of paintings. Some of his best works decorate Russian museums, as well as streets and squares of many cities in Tatarstan. Khanov is also known for his efforts in the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction, and various other diseases. In fact, it's his former and current patients that help him to maintain and develop the Temple, either by direct involvement in the construction work or through sponsorship.
The Temple has become a popular landmark in the city of Kazan, which takes pride in the peaceful combination of different cultures including Islamic Tatar, Orthodox Russian, and others. The Temple is visited both by tourists and by people seeking Khanov's healing touch.
Ildar Khanov. Photo credit
Sources: Wikipedia / Russia – Lonely Planet / Tatar-inform / Kazan24
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Q: Python: Count divisible numbers from a smaller number WITHOUT string Say you have a function:
def count_divisible_numbers(n, m):
    ...

This function should calculate how many digits in n are evenly divisible by m.
For example:
>>> n = 668593
>>> m = 3
>>> count_divisible_numbers(n, m)
4

BECAUSE 6, 6, 9, and 3 of 6668593 (n) are divisible by 3 (m).
You can't use str to break apart n into individual parts, and you can ONLY use pythons built-in variables / functions (no imports) WITHOUT recursion.
How would you define this function to get it to produce that result?
NOTE: I'm a self-taught Python programmer who's bulit packages and web apps before, and this was a problem that a student of mine that was in college had that I couldn't figure out how to solve, and it annoyed me.

A: You can check the ones-place of n by taking the modulus of 10, then use that value to check if evenly divisible by m. Then integer-divide by 10 to move all the digits "over" to work on the next number that is now in the ones-place.
def count_divisble_numbers(n, m):
    total = 0
    while n > 0:
        if (n%10) % m == 0:
            total += 1
        n //= 10
    return total

>>> count_divisble_numbers(668593, 3)
4


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Past Issues of Government Technology
Erasing Lines
A group government project is sowing the seeds for intergovernmental cooperation.
by Steve Towns / April 16, 2002
A group of federal, state and local agencies is putting the finishing touches on what could become a blueprint for erasing jurisdictional lines that divide e-government services and information.
New Jersey, Virginia and a handful of counties joined forces last year under a project dubbed "Government Without Boundaries" to create a model for national information "channels" capable of linking citizens to government Web content and service applications anywhere in the nation. Participants view the first product of that collaboration - a prototype of a calendar of parks and recreation events for multiple jurisdictions - as a test-bed for developing the technology and management practices required for seamless electronic government.
"We see Government Without Boundaries as creating a means for citizens to do away with concerning themselves over where certain services or information are located," said Bette Dillehay, deputy secretary of technology for Virginia. "It creates a framework for moving into what is truly an e-government model that allows people to work without a silo effect."
Ultimately, experience gained from the project may lead to a series of government Web channels that offer one-stop access to national resources on topics such as starting and maintaining a business, finding employment and locating services for seniors or citizens with disabilities.
For now, however, the goals are more modest. Participants are cobbling together an online calendar of events for parks and recreation facilities operated by New Jersey; Monmouth County, N.J.; the commonwealth of Virginia; the Virginia counties of Fairfax and Virginia Beach; and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The group focused on park information because it holds built-in motivation for intergovernmental cooperation, said John Clark, a program director for the Office of Intergovernmental Solutions within the U.S. General Services Administration. "There is a natural incentive to provide visibility to recreation areas because it brings in tourism and tourism brings in dollars to the local economy," said Clark, whose office coordinates the Government Without Boundaries project. "We're trying to use this channel as a guinea pig to come up with a framework that can be replicated in other channels."
Clark intended to show-off a prototype of the channel and recruit new participants for the project at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers meeting scheduled for September. However, that meeting was postponed following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The group is now assessing the best way to attract more state and local governments to the project, he said. "We would like to get other jurisdictions involved so we can say this is not just a mid-Atlantic state project. And the more involvement we have, the better we will be able to come up with core data elements that will be useful to everybody."
Breaking Barriers
The project must clear a series of technical and management hurdles to expand beyond its current scope.
Clark and others see XML technology and various forms of metadata as key to feeding content from a jumble of incompatible databases throughout the country into a central repository. They're also beginning to confront the task of developing a method for organizing and indexing the data they will receive.
But the bigger job has little to do with technology, said Greg Lambard, special assistant to New Jersey CIO Wendy Rayner. "I don't think anyone believes that technology is the hard part," he said. "It is certainly the people issues - working with all of these different jurisdictions and trying to get them to come on board."
Flexibility will be key to that effort, said Lambard, whose state is hosting the parks and recreation prototype. He expects the next phase of the project to offer varying degrees of participation. Jurisdictions without an existing parks calendar could use the Government Without Boundaries system as their own. States and localities with existing calendar applications could maintain those systems and also submit information to the national calendar.
"What we're coming up with is we'll have to let individual jurisdictions decide how they want to play," Lambard said. "That's going to be a strength of this program. We're not going to tell them, we're going to ask them."
Eventually, applications like the calendar would be just one facet of a broad array of related information and services held together by a national parks and recreation channel. "If you had enough people in the channel and enough interest, you could have multiple applications being worked on simultaneously by different subsets of folks in that channel," said Lambard. "They would be different parts of the same puzzle, and the channel would be a central entryway into those applications."
Finding Funds
Clark said funding presents the biggest challenge to building multi-jurisdictional applications to populate these channels. State, local and federal appropriations processes are designed to support specific programs or agencies, he said, complicating the development of shared systems.
"At a certain point when you talk about infrastructure to provide cross-agency and cross-governmental action, that requires co-mingling of funds," he said. "Until we have that type of legislative authority, that could be a barrier."
Clark said the Office of Intergovernmental Solutions intends to raise awareness of the issue among lawmakers at all levels of government in the hope of lessening the procedural obstacles. But existing appropriations challenges don't rule out development of shared applications, Clark added, noting that both the Internet and the Global Positioning System began as government-funded initiatives.
Starting Small
For now, Lambard said he's satisfied with gradually adding features to the calendar application and increasing the number of jurisdictions that are participating in the project.
"We're not sure how big this will grow," he said. "Our Division of Parks and Forestry is going to be using it, and we'll do our best to get every county involved. And I think we have a good commitment from the [U.S.] Interior Department."
In addition, he's working with Virginia officials to incorporate their state and county park information into the application.
Virginia's Dillehay expects momentum for the project to grow from the bottom up. "A state doesn't have to participate in order for a locality to participate," she said.
"By identifying a channel, you allow anyone to participate by linking services to that channel. It's creating a framework for people to work together to develop this repository."
Clark intends to facilitate that process by making the Government Without Boundaries Web site a storehouse for information on joining existing channels and creating new ones. He also expects the current parks and recreation project to plant the seeds for more complex undertakings in the future.
"Our goal is to set some guidelines or lessons learned on how to truly do intergovernmental projects," he said. "We want to come up with something that is repeatable and scalable to other areas that are going to be a lot more difficult."
Steve Towns
Steve Towns is the former editor of Government Technology, and former executive editor for e.Republic Inc., publisher of GOVERNING, Government Technology, Public CIO and Emergency Management magazines. He has more than 20 years of writing and editing experience at newspapers and magazines, including more than 15 years of covering technology in the state and local government market. Steve now serves as the Deputy Chief Content Officer for e.Republic.
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Dum-dirri-dumm-ti-dim-dim, dum-dirri-dum-ti-dim-dim… okay nevermind. That was my rather feeble attempt at re-enacting the Bond theme song. Quite obviously I'm a Bond fan and have watched all (most) of the movies. When it comes to games the Bond franchise has always be below par, but I guess that has become the norm for movie tie-in games. There has been quite a bit of hype around Quantum of Solace. Let's see if the hype was worth it.
As is expected the story of Quantum of Solace should revolve around the movie of the same name, quite obvious… you would think. To tell you the truth, the story barely touches anything regarding the movie. The whole story is about Bond wanting revenge for what happened at the end of Casino Royale (the movie… as there was no game). After playing for about an hour, the story arch jumps to James explaining why he is after revenge and this effectively takes you into the Casino Royale story. Flashback ensues… the rest three-quarters of the game is played out in the Casino Royale story arch. It's as if because they never made a Casino Royale game, they just made it now and slapped the new movie's name on it. Really, of the 5 hours that it took me to finish the game, 3 hours was spent in events happening in Casino Royale. And yes, you read right… the game is a whole 5 hours long, one of the shortest games I've ever played.
So story isn't always what a game is about. I mean, even if a game has no story, it can still be tons of fun. With a fantastic base to work from (Call of Duty engine and Gears of War cover mechanics), you would think that they would at least make a success of the gameplay. Sadly this is not so. It starts of quite well, the controls of the game is solid, responsive and well-implemented. The cover system is very well developed, giving the player the ability to switch between walls, boxes and various cover points quite easily. But unfortunately this all wears of too quickly and turns into a run-of-the-mill FPS.
The reason for this is the two banes of FPS', namely predictability and linear gameplay. You just follow your nose at the end of the day. There's only one way of doing a certain thing and only one direction to move to an objective. The game is also very easy, there's no challenge at all in finishing this game. You really die if you do very stupid things.
Once is a while there are some very well done "set pieces". For instance at one point you have to navigate a drugged Bond out of the Casino Royale. The crumbling building in Venice (at the end of the Casino Royale movie), was also very exciting. But unfortunately these kinds of moments are few and far between.
There are also a few mini-games that Treyarch introduces, there's a balancing act where players need to keep a wavering dot in the centre of a bar, there's a hacking mini-game where you need to match directional button presses to what is shown on the screen and then there's the quicktime melee events, that seems to be used in every other game these days. All of this isn't that bad, but the mechanics behind it is just lacking.
As I said previously, the game makes use of Infinity Ward's CoD engine. This is really apparent as the graphics looks good, the details of the levels are reasonably detailed. Although I must admit that at some points (like in-game movies) not all of the power of the engine was used. Craig David's likeness is genuinely excellent but the henchmen were quite a disappointment. They used the same 3 or 4 models for enemies, it really looks like you are fighting an army of clones. And it doesn't help that the AI uses the exact same rolls and slides over and over. Variety is the spice of live… but these henchman-clones have no spice at all. The sound on the other hand is excellent, with realistic gunfire and explosions and the actors themselves do excellent voice acting for the characters.
The multiplayer offering is standard with a lot of Bond-themed game modes. To name a few, there's the VIP mode where both teams have to protect their Bond VIP, "hunt the Bond" mode where everyone except one player are Organization members. The multiplayer performed well (as well as can be expected with our broadband and international games) and the few times that I played I did enjoy myself. You earn money in the games with which you can buy new equipment or upgrade current equipment.
With this genre as full as it is, the only way to have a successful game is to make sure that you have an intuitive and less linear game. A lot of FPS are saved by their multiplayer but even though the multiplayer in this game is fun, it's just not enough to save it. I was also extremely disappointed with the length of the game.