Efter att nu ha spelat Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team ett tag skulle jag vilja återknyta till en frågeställning i mitt första inlägg om spelet, nämligen hur spelmekanismen har anpassats från Mystery Dungeon-spelens ofta något oförlåtande och frustrerande stil så att det ska kunna tilltala en bredare massa av unga pokémonspelare. Det stora frustrationsmomentet för många i denna typ av spel är att när man dör så blir man av med alla sina levels, all sin utrustning och så gott som all sin framgång i grottan, och måste börja om med en ny slumpgenererad grotta nästa gång man spelar. Men samtidigt är det lite det som är poängen med spelen, man kan inte bara grinda sig igenom dem, man måste lära sig dess mekanismer och strategier för att komma lite längre på varje försök. Din spelkaraktär kanske blir av med sina levels, men du ökar omedvetet i level ju mer du spelar. Så hur löste skaparna av Pokémon Mystery Dungeon detta moment? De tog bort det.

Nu får du ha kvar alla dina levels och så gott som alla dina föremål (förutom det du råkar hålla i handen) varje gång du biter i gräset, även om spelets grottor fortfarande slumpgenereras på nytt varje gång du går ner i dem. På sätt och vis kan jag faktiskt förstå detta. De flesta roguelikes har en grotta att utforska om och om igen, men i Pokémon Mystery Dungeon hittar du hela tiden nya grottor och få nya uppdrag att utföra i dessa. Då hade det kanske varit lite väl mycket begärt att börja om från ruta ett hela tiden. Men samtidigt försvinner en hel del av spelets utmaning. Det är i princip bara att besöka grottorna igen och igen tills din level är tillräckligt hög för att du ska kunna ta dig ner allra djupast (eller högst, beroende på grottan) och besegra bossen. Vilket i och för sig troligen är ett spelsätt som de flesta pokémonspelare (och RPG-spelare i allmänhet för den delen) är vana vid.

Allt hop är dock inte ute. I pokémonbyn som man besöker mellan grottbesöken finns det en whiscash som säger att det ryktas om att någonstans i pokémonvärlden finns en speciell grotta som anses vara ”den ultimata utmaningen”. Varför? Jo för att du börjar på level 1 när du går in i den, utan föremål, och kan bara använda dig av det du hittar i den. Jag har inte spelat tillräckligt långt för att hitta denna grotta, men en dag kanske jag till slut får som jag vill…

Nästa avsnitt: Rädda alla?

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Hey! Long time no see!!! Sorry about that. There were some complications going on with the settings in the Matrix of Life; some corrupted code that I needed to take care of.

As you can see, it's a pretty difficult programming language to play around with.

So, I’m going to explain some things that have been going on – or, more like, have gone on. For example, everyone in my class yesterday had an official publishing party, without the girls and poles of course (and, instead, all boys), so what we were supposed to do was make a public speech where you introduce the winner of a certain award. The award was for the best participant in orgies. And, if you haven’t noticed, I have just finished cracking a joke. Though it probably wasn’t quite funny.

Some of us were given special roles, though, since we made considerable progress, or could not do much more progress than had already been done. I have a perfect 13 for my ITBS, meaning, my reading and writing capabilities are supposedly at college level, and I’m only in eighth grade. If I can’t brag, I can gloat. If I can’t do it in public, I can do it on a blog – however public a blog is as well.

So what role did I play? I was “DJ” (Dick Jerker) – though I think that’s more of a euphemism. I was just the put-music-during-transitions-from-public-speech-to-public-speech person, which was quite enjoyable for me, since I like poppin’ and then showin’ off my tunes (as in my penis).

I'd rather listen to myTunes.

Like, Cult of Personality, or some other cool ones like White Light by Gorillaz, Feather by Nujabes (featuring some other guy who does the rapping), Prodigy, Motorhead, but, of course, Led Zeppelin.

I had perfect timing on the breaks for the most part, and people actually liked the music. I tried to put music of all genres insofar as they fit the occasion. Mostly hip hop and rock. This is because audience’s won’t always have the same tastes – some will think rap is shitty. I’m not a big fan of rap, except for some jazz rap. So I compromised, and put some jazz rap, which I call candy rap.

Candy rap.

Primarily because it has a sweetening instrumental sound that soothes the ear, backing up the rap so it sounds like spoken word – I also call that hip hop.

I always knew my music wasn’t shitty, like a pile of shit. Sometimes the audience bobbed their heads, and sometimes the “award winners” (actors, really) would dance to it also, just to make themselves look absolutely ridiculous.

I was the Jesus of music during the whole show, yet I had not gotten nailed.

DJ Jesus: "I turned whine into music. And I turntabled music into dance."

My language arts teacher also decided to let me borrow his Operation Ivy CD for me to listen to, also. It was radical, dude. \m/

Damn it, it’s getting dark. And I hate that, because it sort of numbs my mind a little. But, oh well. I’ll find some excitement and adventure again eventually.

I’ve started to try and work things out again with Mickey, after some inner emotional doubt, and then a bit of sullen-ness. Which I think didn’t help much, and I hope she feels better. Sometimes I have no idea what direction I’m taking, or whether I’m doing something awry. But that will only be relevant when it doesn’t work out, right? Right. I hope so.

And, Abe? Well, things have been going fine with him and me, as friends, really. I still rate him a 45. While, last school year, it would’ve been a 25. He says he wishes he would’ve never met me or talked to me, which was a severe blow.  But then he said, well, I’m better than I was last year. I guess he said that only because my eyes met the ground once he said the former. I don’t completely understand, though, of course.

Now I’m going to go to a Thanksgiving family party, to stuff some turkey anally.

Excuse the sexual language, ma'am.

I have a lot of things to give thanks to. Like, maybe boobs, shaven Turkeys, myself..but, I don’t think I’m ready for Thanksgiving. I feel more compelled to ask for something than to give thanks. I want things to get back as they once were; well, just that they ride towards the better.

Making money on World of Warcraft can be a pain and many hours, but I found this WoW gold guide. It explains all of these different techniques that work together so you can make anywhere from 100-400 gold per hour. That makes things a lot easier and I already got some items that I thought I would get a month later. The World of Warcraft secrets really do point out the obvious and easy ways to make gold quick and fast. It works very well and is easy to use.

It is also a much better alternative than buying gold from WoW gold sellers. It makes collecting WoW gold fast and for a cheap price. Once you read and understand the guide you will learn that the strategies are just legal in-game strategies so you can’t get banned for taking tips from this guide. The creator of the guide did exactly what he wanted to do by not putting up filler and only quality secrets for fast gold making. It also comes with a 8 week guarantee just in-case you change your mind (The guide is an e-book).

The 7 bonuses that come with the guide really do open up even more ways to earn World of Warcraft gold. I was amazed after thinking that they were just the same thing over or nothing new. I thought I knew what I was doing in the auction house, but boy was I wrong. There is also the fishing guide that really boosted up my gold that I didn’t even know the fishing is a good way of making gold. This World of Warcraft guide really helps, so if you would like to get a lot more WoW gold try it out. If you do end up going to the page and buying it for $37, you can go ahead and skip much of what he says. Everything here should tell you enough of generally what you are going to get.

© 2009 by jeroen peters

The level of Lough Erne is the highest on record after days of heavy rain caused widespread flooding and disruption in County Fermanagh…. From BBC News. Full story

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Here is some information on the subject of friends.

I know friendship is a touchy subject in a world where people rely on other people in order to feel good about themselves. A lot of the time people want to know how they can determine whether their friends are ‘real’ or phony. In a world of illusion, what is real?

Well my friends, Love is real.

So what are friends for? Let’s talk about this.

I see how friends can become an important subject, however exactly where is the need to discuss friendship coming from? If this type of question haunts you, then we are at a level where we can now hear and better understand the role of a friend.

Why spend so much time and effort on other people in how they relate to and feel towards us? The only thing we need to look at when it comes to other people is how they mirror us, and in doing so, we are given clear guidance in order to navigate ourselves. Everyone we know, we have attracted and created from the inside out for us to experience ourselves through.

A “fair weather friend” is in alignment to us at that time. A “bad weather friend” is there because they are in alignment with us at that time. We never really have to go further than that because the rest is getting into details that are illusory.

When we ask, someone is there to answer. But we’ll only be able to experience from the place where we are emotionally, spiritually and mentally. So only people who are also where we are emotionally, spiritually and mentally will be heard and only to the extent that we allow ourselves to hear them. If you are having a bad day, then someone will come to you who is able to hear your down perspective. That means that that person must be at that down perspective as well otherwise they will have to lower or raise their perspective in order to hear you and provide a presence in your experience at that time. That person will never lift us up or bring us further down unless we are fully allowing their influence. No one can control our perspective but we may allow influence. It is best to remain clear and unaffected. We should never expect someone else to meet us at our level. There are plenty of other versions of the mirror who will reflect back to us exactly where we are. There is no need to force the issue or attempt to control the perspective or level of another person. It is us personally who must change if we want our friends to change.

In order to attract only fulfilling and satisfying feeling relationships, we must already be fulfilled and satisfied. We only share in the happiness and love that is our true nature. We do not create that happiness, although many of us do resist it from time to time. If we can purposefully live with a full allowing of fulfillment which is our true nature, only those who are fulfilled and satisfied will find us (or really be created by us). When we look into these friends a.k.a. mirrors we say, “They make me happy.” But they do not. They are merely reflecting back our already established happiness and together we share it.

Namaste. The God in me sees the God in you.

<3, Rayna (the Muse! ^_^)

…. aztán indulás a szombati csúcsforgalomban. Itt sokan dolgoznak szombaton is, mint kiderült. A parti úton mentünk, egyszer megálltunk egy viszonylag tiszta parti részen, néhány kecskétől és pásztortól eltekintve csendes volt,  hullámokkal, 30 fokos vízzel…

…Kis pihenő után tovább, gyors stop egy útszéli boltnál életmentő víz és csoki miatt, végül 2 körül értünk P-be. Itt első utunk a Hotel du Parc éttermébe vezetett,

 

ahol egy nagy mangófa alatt megebédeltünk, majd félholtan a melegtől és a sörtől sétálgattunk a városban, fagyiztunk, itt kicsit aggódtam, hogy vajon Gina nem itt kapott el valamit, amitől 3 napig agonizált, hát majd kiderül.

…nézegettünk boltokat, vettem képeslapot, meg millió mást lehetett volna, de hát erre még ráérünk. Aztán megáldott az elefánt, csak Amith pont takar a képen,

majd kiértünk a partra, ahol a rendőrzenekar játszott, így könnyedén lefotózhattam a francia mintájú sapikat.

…fél 7 körül jött a sofőr, és kezdődött a halálvágta Chennaiba. Hát az a 150 km végtelen hosszúnak tűnt, főleg az összevissza előző-kóválygó mindenféle jármű miatt, meg hogy mindenki reflektorral jön, vsz nem is tudják, hol a kacsoló, meg melyik állás mit jelent, hát a sofőrnek biztos fóliázott a szeme is, mert én 5 perc után migrént kaptam az állandó fényártól. Persze a mi sofőrünket se kellett félteni, előzésnél lusta volt visszakapcsolni, így mi is játszottunk a sorssal. De végre megérkeztünk 2130 körül, gyors zuhany, aztán lementem inni pár pohár bort gyomorfertőtlenítőnek, meg harapni valamit…

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It was just last week when I said that things seem to get slightly more comfortable in my course and now I regretted saying so. This week was rather hellish with the assignments on level designing. I really like designing levels and in fact, I am having fun with it. But to design and document a level in 2-3 days while paying attention to granular details can be tiring! I’m so sorry but I just had to rant because I’m so tapped out at the moment from planning the events for my World War 2 level.

Basically, my level is required to have these 3 objectives:

1. Obtain intelligence information from the farmhouse
2. Set explosive charges on at least one tank after obtaining the information
3. Escape to an extraction point

And in the end, this is how my level look like… haha!

Pretty lines everywhere!

Sorry, too lazy to organize the layers in Photoshop!

Affordable family home – make an offer. Set in a tranquil quiet environment in the southern suburbs of Knysna, this family home offers plenty of accommodation for the extended family. 3 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan living area. Northern covered patio. Double garaging.  Beach cottage in the garden overlooking the swimming pool. Beach style cottage offers: Open plan lounge, kitchen, dining with separate one bedroom and bathroom. Some views of the lagoon. Fenced.

…itt pillangókeltető meleg van…

Idag damp det ner inte bara en utan två goa grejer i brevlådan och förgyllde min dag. För det första var det senaste numert av Level med en framsida som gör att man gråter inte bara en utan två stycken glädjetårar av. Så enkelt, så stilrent och så mycket nostalgi samtidigt som den förmedlar en riktigt go spelglädje.

Framsidan har givetvis Mario på  framsidan för att New Super Mario Bros. Wii släpps imorgon. Och förhoppningsvis blir det som så att jag plockar upp det redan imorgon och spelar. Det är alltid kul med en ny del i Mario-serien tycker jag.

Det andra som trillade ner i brevlådan var Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Det skall bli kul att testa och se om det är så bra som alla verkar säga. Jag har redan testat lite av multiplayer-delen hos en kompis och det verkar ju rätt bra, även om det inte riktigt är min genre.

Mer snack om både New Super Mario Bros. Wii och Modern Warfare 2 kommer i senare inlägg här på bloggen.

Så hang on och stay tuned och allt vad man brukar säga när man vill att någon skall hänga kvar.

As some or most of you guys know the PCU level 5 is the most popular clothing ever when it comes to SEAL equipment. When you run info it and look at the price (except fot the retail price) you wonder what’s so special about this clothing and why so expensive.

I managed to find some more info that I thought be useful to share. The special material that is used on these PCU level 5 is the EPIC material from Nextec.

Here’s some more useful information regarding all seven layers from Ord Industries.

Wearing the PCU is a matter of mixing and matching the gray garments according to the anticipated conditions and activities of the user. Comfort levels range from -50°F to 45°F, and although there are seven levels of protection, clothing in each level is not progressively added or removed the colder or warmer the environment.

Level 1

A durable, silkweight Polartec Power Dry fabric worn next to the skin wicks away moisture and dries fast. It consists of a crew neck T-shirt and boxer shorts, or is available in long-sleeve top with invisible zipper and pants, built for comfort and minimal weight.

Level 2

A long-sleeve shirt and pants made from Polartec Power Dry fabric are worn next to the skin for extra warmth in extreme conditions, but still wicks away moisture quickly from skin and dries fast. An inserted side panel of Polartec X-Static fabric enhances fit and flexibility. The top has a front 15-inch zip for extra venting and a soft lining around the collar. Comfort features include an articulated side seam on the pants to minimize chafe on the kneecap.

Level 3

An insulative mid-layer jacket made from Polartec Thermal Pro High Loft fabric is water-repellent yet breathable. It is worn as an outer jacket in mild temperatures or as a heavy insulative layer in extreme cold. Seamless shoulders minimize chafe, which are then lined for extra warmth and padding for heavy pack straps.

Level 4

The soft windshirt is made from an encapsulated microfiber that repels water but also breathes for a variety of conditions. It is designed to pair with a next-to-skin layer for intense activity in cooler temperatures or with the Level 5 soft shell as a mid-layer. It stuffs into its own pocket for easy packing.

Level 5

The key to the entire system, this soft shell fabric jacket and pants are made with fibers encapsulated with silicone that are highly stretchable, windproof, water repellant and breathable (EPIC by Nextec). They are paired with Level 1 or 2 next-to-skin layers, ready for any cold weather aerobic activity.

Level 6

A lightweight waterproof and coated nylon hard shell is slightly oversized to fit easily and quickly over gear. The jacket features water-resistant zippers and armpit zips for maximum ventilation, pocket openings to quickly access inside layers and a hood that incorporates a stiff brim. The pants borrow the same design from Level 5 but provide waterproof protection.

Level 7

For extreme conditions, this lightweight, loft-insulated level in a jacket, vest and pants has the feel of down but retains its warmth when wet. Silicone-encapsulated fabric sheds water and is paired with Primaloft insulation for maximum warmth while the liner pulls away moisture.

A Nyíregyházi Főiskola egyik kollégiuma mellett, a plexi előtetőn. A tegnapi esős időben más téma nem igen akadt.

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Hi,

We are showcasing our final HD quality game play videos of our game.

We have incorporated various feedback and comments from the community, our fans, gamers and critics and have added physics to the prince jump and created a new prince jump animation, improvised the camera movement and the art for level 4. The AI is now more polished and there are hardly any “idle” moments in the game. Regarding the Audio, we have new background music for level 2 and added new effects while removing redundant ones.

We have  submitted a version of this game to the IGF “Independent Games Festival” to be held at the GDC in San Francisco in 2010.

We also made it to the front page of DNA – One of India’s largest newspapers Frontpage \ Last Page

Level 4 – Fantasy Level

Level 3- Palace Level

Level 2- Jungle Level

Thanks,
Team Zatun

If you say, “I want to be successful in business” then it means that there is a lack of success in your business and this area is not receiving required energy either from body or mind. To make your business a successful one, give it Reiki – the universal energy, on a regular basis.

Giving Reiki to Your Goals and Objectives

How does Reiki work here?

1. I am not successful in one area of life because there is internal resistance – otherwise known as psychological reversal or internal self sabotage mechanism. Reiki heals this internal resistance.
2. Some of our intentions are always fulfilled – say for example eating Dosas or going to Mumbai by flight. Though, there are desires that are not fulfilled. Why? It means the energy of those desires is very low. Let us say we require X degrees of energy to get the work done. We have only X – 30. Then these desires can’t be fulfilled. How to increase their energy level? Give Reiki to those intensions. This will boost the energy level of them. For anything that’s not happening in your life, give it Reiki.
3. Reiki channels are successful because they work on the affirmations with lots of perseverance. When we fail, we form a belief – a self-limiting belief. We have to remove that from the mind. We can remove it through Reiki.

Forming Affirmations – there is a structure behind it

1. Write the goal as if it has already happened (affirmation) and give Reiki to it.
2. Add to all the affirmations, “Reiki heal the intention for the highest good for everybody concerned”. Why should we add this sentence to the affirmation? This is surrendering to Reiki, as only on a surrender things will happen. When we believe that Reiki can do it, it will start working.
3. We need to do different intentions on different paper. If one intention is healed, we don’t have to give Reiki to it. Though you can give Reiki for all the affirmations put together.
4. Or use a Reiki box where you can have multiple affirmations inside it and give Reiki to it. The box will be charged permanently and therefore any papers (stuff) kept inside the box will be energised quickly.
5. Draw all the symbols. Need not be in order, for example you can draw Zonar many times before drawing another symbol. You can use both traditional and Reiki symbols here.
6. Have the hands over the box or the individual affirmation (paper) for a minute or two. It (box or affirmation paper) will be energized with Reiki.
7. Instead of doing nothing while hands are placed, you may chant, “I am sorry, please forgive me, love, thanks, divine”. This will provide additional healing to the affirmation.

Saved from Tsunami – a Case History

If there is a problem in the society that means there is less energy. Reiki can be useful to handle that. I have a friend, who was saved from tsunami, by doing the Violet Flame meditation and giving Reiki to her house. While houses around her house were destroyed, her building remained intact, safe and sound.

Intention and Reiki

All our desires and intentions can be fulfilled with the help of Reiki. Reiki works as per our intention. As you intend, energy flows towards that direction or goal. Though, it might take its own route. Reiki can change anybody’s life. It’s a subtle form of energy, result of which, we may not be able to see immediately.

None of your intentions will go unfulfilled if you use Reiki. I challenge you on this!!!

I think, lack of communication is the key to all levels of disagreement.

Here’s a little story to visualize:

Two friends are quarreling. They talk about a certain brick. One insists it is a  big rock, the other insists it is a small stone.

They send a third person to check the brick. The third one looks at the it comes back to them, looks at the two and shakes his head. He realises, that both talk about the same stone/rock but one friend is a giant, the other a dwarf.

It is a matter of perception, if you see a rock or a stone. But the friends don’t try to find a solution, they just want to be right. Instead of looking at the stone together they spent their whole time blaming each other being stupid and blind, because they rather rely on their own experience.

We are all different. Everyone of us can be a dwarf or a giant, but we don’t realise the other as different, we think that we use the same language. In this example, size has a different meaning.

What is justice, what is big, what is small, what is beautiful what is ugly? That are words with different meanings to all of us. If some of us would be aware of this fact, they would understand the other more often.

This is what happens all the time. People don’t respect the other point of view.

It’s all about the goggles (our experiences), that define every problem you have to cope with.

The tiniest level of disagreement is choice, the biggest level is war.

The logic remains the same.

The angst of decision making can, at times, be overwhelming. Where should I study? What should my major be? What kind of career do I want and what track am I on? Should I marry, and if so, who? Pop Tarts or Toaster Strudel? Recently, the multimedia online magazine, FLYP, highlighted a piece on decision making and the human brain entitled, “Make Up Your Mind.” The basic premise of the piece is based on a study by the University of Rochester asserting that the brain is hardwired to make the best decision possible and that decisions made at the subconscious or “gut” level are often more reliable than decisions made with significant deliberation. You can check it out by following or copy/pasting this link:

http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/35/#4/1

Participants in the study were asked to observe complicated phenomena, then with little time to evaluate their observations, make a decision and give a conclusion. The studies suggested that more optimal decisions were made with the information at hand with less deliberation. The article then extrapolates that larger decisions such as which house or car to buy, or who you should marry would better be made with less deliberation and more at a gut level…

Really?

That’s interesting because with little deliberation, my gut level response to this assertion is that it’s bunk.

To be sure, as the piece mentions, we make countless reliable subconscious decisions throughout the course of our day. They are nearly automatic functions such as opening the correct cupboard to get out the appropriate bowl for our Fruity Pebbles. But can that really be extrapolated into larger, course of life affecting decisions? (At this point all you chaos theorists can just relax about the universal significance of every action) I think the conclusions of these studies and this piece draw out a couple of questions.

First, what is the purpose of deliberation? The studies cited suggest that deliberation is the process whereby data is evaluated and acted upon. It is suggested that all relevant data is gathered subconsciously then evaluated and computed subconsciously by the brain for the optimal response. It is then implied that our deliberation only takes into account conscious observations, leaving out data that should be considered. However, within the study is the claim that our brains subconsciously make the optimal decision with “the information at hand”. So perhaps deliberation should allow for additional insights to inform our initial observations. In which case deliberation is paramount to making a decision that is not just optimal at the moment, with the information at hand, but is most beneficial for the long term.

Second, how is “optimal” evaluated? In controlled, measureable clinical studies, “optimal” must be quantifiable, and variables must be restricted. All gatherable information must be gatherable at the time of the study so that a rubric of “optimal” may be possible. But isn’t “optimal” a determination largely based on a person’s presuppositions and worldview, regardless of the accuracy of those presuppositions against reality? “Optimal” then becomes an exclusively individual evaluation that is determined and restricted by the subject’s own brain based only on the information it has gathered in its own time, place and interpretation of experiences and has little to no clinical objectivity whereby a rubric could be constructed and measure could be made.

Additionally, any clinical research inherently has a difficulty taking into consideration spiritual realities that cannot be quantified in a lab. The Apostle Paul cautions the Ephesian believers not to live the way they did before their faith in Christ, following “deceitful desires.” Another presupposition of this study is that our subconscious observations and interpretations are accurate to reality and not swayed by our own spiritual condition. When our spiritual condition is considered, not only is deliberation not obstructive to “optimal” decision making, but it is imperative. Each of us must take time to consider the veracity of our observations and interpretations thereof. I believe this is why the same Paul implores the Roman believers to renew their minds so as to test and approve – determine as “optimal” – God’s will and not simply our brain’s mechanical functions operating under the influence of deceitful desires.

So what is a Biblical response to this? I think it’s to take all of these things into account. There are ways in which we ought to put a little more stock into our initial processing of information and ability to make reliable snap decisions. However, when considering large scale decisions of life and future, prayerful deliberation in a faith community is imperative. We must be patient and willing to prayerfully mull over the information at hand, seeking spiritual wisdom to determine the actual reliability of our observation and interpretation and not disregard our ability to deceive ourselves simply to indulge desires. We must be willing to subject the information at hand to other and Biblical information in order to compile as extensive database as possible from which to decide what is truly “optimal.” We must also be willing and subject our processing to others who will participate in the process with us, showing us our blind spots and deceptions, adding wisdom and alternate perspectives. The book of Proverbs alone is replete with admonition to this end. I think the whole of ancient Hebrew wisdom literature and Apostolic instruction would defy any other understanding of wise decision making.

Hello all!!! My affections for Devil Survivor have recently been revived! I had stopped playing before because of the whole Lucifer battle thing. I honestly couldn’t get past it. After clearing Gin & Haru’s route and Yuzu’s route twice (worst time of my life), I finally got to follow Atsuro’s and that’s where I encountered Lucy for the first time. I spent weeks—two month’s worth of them—leveling up my party to 99. After succeeding (with the exception of four demons… Haha) I still couldn’t beat that fool! So… I stopped playing for awhile. I just started again yesterday and decided to skip the damn battle. (The game soon regained its amazing, super-duper appeal shortly afterward) I’m psyched to try again, though, because I just learned that Lucy only has three forms and every time I lost, he was always on the last one. This was a major relief, seeing as I originally thought he would regenerate forever, making me lose all hope. Hah. Anywho, I’m aiming for Naoya’s route now. Yuzu’s route was just DUMB—which was not surprising, but still. I mean, running away? That girl is a moron—plus she never SHUTS UP. Gah! Not to mention Honda was a little creepy, but I mean, you can’t really blame him seeing as he lost someone so important to him, intensifying the fact that everyone within that circle was slowly going insane. I enjoyed Atsuro’s, though. He’s my super duper favorite for a non-bad guy, so it was fun kissing up and getting on his good side and stuff. Hehe. I feel bad for him sometimes, though. Naoya’s always bossing him around, telling him to shut up, calling him an idiot, etc. and he just stands there and takes it. Although, I must admit, it’s pretty funny; Naoya’s a jerk and Atsuro’s his eager little bitch. Anyway, the only thing about starting cycle after cycle is reliving those first few days over and over again. They’re so… BORING! Especially the first day and the day before. They are the WORST. How many times must I be forced to watch the prologue before they supply me with the “skip” option? I mean, seriously. And you’re letting me keep my lv. 99 demons, so what the hell do I have to catch these lv. 1 bastards again for…? Then later on, you have to start over with leveling up the humans. Oh, and I like to think of a new name for the M.C. for each cycle and eventually, one runs out of names… I wouldn’t really call that a fault, though, since that was my own choice. Mmkay, so I think I’ve ranted enough. I’m going to go play now and hopefully I’ll be done with this cycle in a couple days. Man, having to balance video gaming with school and stuff is a pain. Really makes me miss summer: Devil Survivor from Noon ’til 5 AM, every day… Beautiful moments… *sniffles*

….reggel egy kis Tata-autóval bevitt bennünket (Liz, Gina meg én) egy pici sofőr az irodába, útközben videóztam, majd meglátod.

A forgalom elég kaotikus, de nem annyira, mint a youtube-videókon láttuk. Pl: itt- ez nem Tib videója

Úgy látszik, nem használják a tükröt, mindenki csak előre néz, oldalra csak akkor, amikor már nagyon muszáj.

Aztán az irodában kaptunk Lizzel egy kis tárgyalót, amúgy mindenki a nagy nyitott térben van…

…ebédre lementünk a nagy össznépi kantinba, mert az cég csak 1 emelet a házban, szóval sokan mások is dolgoznak és ebédelnek ott.

Ettünk valami helyi specialitást, én karfiolos-sajtos töltött lapos kenyérkéket mindenféle csípős mártással… Jó dugító volt. Van egy szerény Pizza Hut stand is, de ott senki sem volt, az indiaiaknak a pizza nem elég tápláló ebéd. Mindenesetre fél óra volt, amíg elkészült az ebédünk, nem túl gyors…

Aztán munka tovább, 1745-kor meg jött a kis kocsi, és hazahozott. Kicsit furcsa volt kimenni a sötét melegbe, mert bent ugye nem érzékeltük annyira az idő múlását, ill. sokkal gyorsabban elment a nap, mint a UK irodában.

Ma nem esett, hétfő lévén még a nap is sütött!

Sajnos fotókat nem csináltam…

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Voltunk kirándulni Dakshinachitraba http://dakshinachitra.net/ ez egy skanzenszerű hely, meg más érdekes helyeken is, néhány képet mellékelek.

Még tökéletesítenem kell az egyik kezemben esernyő, másikkal fotózom és közben ázom technikát.

Persze jól eláztunk, mert már az esernyőn is jött át a víz a végén, meg a tócsák is egyre nagyobbak (mélyebbek) voltak, de hát ez van. Gina meg én legalább szandálban voltunk, Liz kicsit jobban kicsípte magát, persze folyt is róla a víz, mert a levegő is elég párás.

Mivel reggelizni nem tudtunk (senki sem volt éhes), útközben ebédeltünk egy útszéli étteremben érdekes indiai ételeket, meg chipset (hogy ehessek valamit, ha nem ízlene a helyi koszt), ami sós és aszott volt.

Az indiai kaja brutális, de ehető volt, elvileg a nem nagyon fűszerezettet kaptam.

Aztán az egy kőből faragott 5 szekér múzeumánál ittunk friss kókuszlevet, na itt kicsit aggódtam, nehogy valamit elkapjak, mert szerintem a szívószál nem volt egészen vadonatúj, meg kikanyarították a machetével a kókuszdió belét is, azt is rágcsáltuk.

Holnapra kiderül…

Ja és reggel ugye még nem kentem be magam rovarriasztóval, valami 2 helyen megcsípett. Ez is kiderül majd…

Elég agresszívek az árusok, ez mondjuk zavaró. Kicsit Tunézia+Románia+Bulgária filing, csak 100x erősebb, meg ugye meleg és párás.

From/De: Sony

LittleBigPlanet PSP Academy of Art Game Jam Session Winners Announced

November 13, 2009 – Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and the Academy of Art University announced the winners of the 24-hour LittleBigPlanet™PSP Game Jam Session, which took place on November 11 and 12 in San Francisco.  Students from the School of Game Design were tasked with using their keen artistic talents to create levels for LittleBigPlanet PSP, employing San Francisco architectural landmarks to incorporate into their level designs for the chance to have their level playable online when the game launches on November 17.

The judging panel was comprised of Academy of Art University faculty and SCEA executives who took into account how well they utilized local architecture into their level, the fun factor of each level and overall creativity.  After reviewing and deliberating over the five landmark entries, which included Alcatraz, Coit Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Powell Street and Cable Cars, and the Victorian neighborhoods, Nathan Bryan, Desiree Ong, and Doanna Neville of the Powell Street and Cable Cars team were chosen as the grand prize winners.  They will have the honor of having their level featured online when LittleBigPlanet PSP launches next week.  In addition, each member of the team was awarded with a PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)go, PlayStation’s newest handheld entertainment system and an advance copy of LittleBigPlanet PSP.  No one went home empty handed though; members of the other four teams also received a copy of the game.

LittleBigPlanet™, the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) hit that won various Game of the Year Awards last year and is credited with defining the “creative gaming” genre, is coming to the PSP®(PlayStation Portable) and PSPgo for the first time on November 17.  Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment’s Cambridge Studio in close collaboration with the award-winning Media Molecule team, LittleBigPlanet PSP allows players to bring the beloved SackBoy™ with them on the go.

Találtam egy kedves levelet, történetet..

Bízom benne, hogy olykor mi is ilyen manókká válunk , mert hogy nem csak találkozni jó velük, azaz nem csak kapni,  adni is jó! ( még jobb!!)

Varda One: Fogmanó

A fogaim sajogtak. Tovább már nem halogathattam a dolgot. Nagy nehezen legyűrtem a fogorvostól való félelmemet, és elhatároztam, hogy megcsináltatom őket. Igen ám, de miből? Másodéves egyetemista voltam, épphogy fenn tudtam tartani magam részmunkaidős állásaimból.
Talán a legrosszabb fogam kikezelésére még futja a pénzemből. Fellapoztam az Arany Oldalakat, és felhívtam az első gyalog megközelíthető fogorvost. Az asszisztensnő azt mondta, azonnal mehetek. Ahogy átvágtam az egyetemi épületek között, megfeledkeztem a fájdalomról, mert csak az járt az eszembe, hogyan fogom kifizetni a számlát.
Néhány perc múlva már a fogorvosi székben ültem, és a fogorvos gondterhelten vizsgálgatta a számban lévő romhalmazt.
- Hm! – mondta – A maga fogai bizony elég rossz állapotban vannak.
- Tudom – vetettem oda könnyedén, hogy elrejtsem a félelmemet.
- Ne aggódjon, rendbe hozom valamennyit.
- Nem. Azt nem tudom kifizetni – mondtam, és már szálltam is ki a székből.
- Mit csinál?
- Mondtam, nincs pénzem.
- Maga az egyetem diákja, ugye?
Ugyan mit számít az, gondoltam.
- Igen…..
- Nos, akkor néhány év múlva diploma lesz a kezében, igaz?
- Remélem.
- És azután állásba fog menni.
- Ez a tervem.
- No, akkor majd kifizeti. Addig csak koncentráljon a tanulmányaira, a fogait pedig bízza rám.
Rámeredtem. Komolyan gondolta, amit mondott. Nyugodtan felvette a műszereit, és nekiállt betömni a lyukakat. Ettől a naptól kezdve jártam hozzá, amíg az összes fogamat rendbe nem hozta. Rendben is tartotta őket, rendszeresen berendelt felülvizsgálatokra. Miután megszereztem a diplomámat, állást vállaltam és néhány hónap leforgása alatt, rendeztem a számlát.

Az ezt követő negyven évben csodatévő manónak hívtam őt. Ezek olyan idegenek, akik váratlanul kerülnek elő a semmiből – az erdőből – amikor szükség van rájuk. Adnak pénzt kölcsön, vagy örökbe, nyersanyagot, vagy felszerelést, ha az kell; megtanítanak dolgokra és segítenek megszervezni az életemet; esetleg veszélyektől mentenek meg, vagy megakadályozzák, hogy nagy hibákat kövessek el. Kedves fogorvosom, bárhol is vagy, áldjon meg az Isten, és még egyszer köszönök mindent!