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When all of India is getting excited about the Golden Jubilee of our existence as a nation, West Bengal - in a naturally parochial manner - has pointed out that it is 60 years of our existence as a state as well.For this occasion, Anandabazar Patrika had taken out a special supplement (on Bengali New Year's Day) on the 60 defining events since Independence that have - in some way or other, for better or for worse - shaped the Bengali psyche of today.Some of them have a national resonance and some would appeal only to a Bengali, but like all such lists, they generate enough fodder for long debates.I am not sure if the text is protected by any copyright or such thing but am listing it anyway, with my observations. Its list of luminary contributors - Sunil Gangopadhyay, Shakti Chattopadhyay, Tarapada Ray - was probably its least important aspect. Performance of Raktakarabi by Bohurupee (May 1954)Shambhu Mitra's theatre group performed Tagore's dance drama Raktakarabi - and the new theatre movement of Bengal was born. Senate Hall of Calcutta University demolished (1960)Senate Hall - a long cherished monument of historic and nostalgic significance - was demolished and Calcutta mourned the passing of an era.12. Tagore Birth Centenary (1961)The greatest icon of Bengal - thanks to a cultural blitz by the state government - literally became a household name on his birth centenary. One of future landmarks of Calcutta - Rabindra Sadan - was inaugurated, innumerable cultural programmes organised, films & plays on his works made and economical editions of his works published.15. Joint Entrance Examination starts (1962)Two premier engineering colleges of Bengal - BE College and Jadavapur University - started to hold a common entrance test for their entrance and for generations of students, the Holy Grail had been identified. Ganesh Pyne acknowledged as India's most talented artist (1969)MF Hussain called Ganesh Pyne - hitherto unknown - the most talented artist in the country and the art world started to look East. Bidhan Nagar established (1972)Bidhan Nagar - later to expand into Salt Lake City - was the first suburb of Calcutta, providing planned urban development and the first radial movement of the city. The law & order machinery remained a mute spectator, under then Home Minister - one Mr Jyoti Basu. Formation of Bangladesh (1971)The Mukti Bahini - assisted by the Indian Army - won its independence from Pakistan. After all, we still remember Chhanda Sen - three decades after she started reading the news on TV.29. Calcutta Book Fair starts (January 1976)The Calcutta Book Fair started off with a handful of publishers in the Maidan. Majid Baskar appears in the Calcutta Football League (1978)Majid Baskar - an Iranian - was the first foreigner to play in Calcutta and created a cult. Subaltern - as a word - has crept into our vocabulary as historians as well as sociologists delve into this further.34. As they said, West Bengal Congress had one he-man - and it's her!36. First Bengali Soap Opera - 13 Parbon (May 1986)Tero Parbon ran for only 39 episodes - in two lots. Auto rickshaws start plying on Calcutta roads (August 1986)Unlike the other metros, Calcutta took a long while to adopt the three-legged vehicle. Prasenjit's rise as Superstar (1987)Prasenjit - son of Biswajit - became the unlikely superstar of Bengali cinema as he romanced, did 'action', did comedy and even produced movies to become the closest replace of an 'one-man industry'. Vidyasagar Setu opens (October 1992)The second Hooghly Bridge opened after an extended gestation period - and Calcutta woke up to a new vision of modernity. There was, of course, modern non-film music from the stalwarts but it was Suman's first album - Tomake Chaii - which brought the urban milieu, the modern angst and the political stand into the lyrics of the Bengali song. Of course, the event eased the proof of the Bengali theory - if a global honour has to come to India, it has to come to a Bengali.49. Bengalis took to this with a gusto as bands like Parash Pathar, Chandrabindu and Cactus added a new dimension to the rich musical heritage of Bengal - you could dance to their music!54. Even the government cannot mess with people - politically motivated or otherwise - who don't want to toe their line.A very exhaustive and reasonably representative list...
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Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space

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Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space





Developer(s)
Artoon


Publisher(s)
Microsoft Game Studios


Engine
Blinx: The Time Sweeper


Platform(s)
Xbox


Release date
November 18, 2004


Genre(s)
Platformer


Mode(s)
Single player, Multiplayer


Rating(s)
ESRB: Everyone (E)


Media
DVD


System requirements
1 controller


Input methods
Gamepad


Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (released in Japan as Blinx 2: Battle of Time and Space) is a 3D third-person platform game developed by Artoon and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox on November 18, 2004.
Its predecessor, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, was released for the Xbox in 2002.
With the July 12, 2007 backwards compatibility update for the Xbox 360, the Xbox release of Blinx 2 can now also be played on the Xbox 360.[1]




Contents


1 Characters
2 Time Controls
3 Plot

3.1 The Big Crystal
3.2 The game begins

3.2.1 Level 1, the sweepers


3.3 The final boss


4 Time Monsters
5 Critical reception

5.1 Criticism


6 References
7 External links





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[edit] Characters
In Blinx 2 the player controls either a Time Sweeper (an anthropomorphic cat) or a Tom Tom (a pig) on their mission to prevent the end of the world by finding the 8 fragments of the all-powerful Big Crystal.
The Time Sweepers monitor time so they can sweep up rubbish on the ground to fire as ammo. Their enemies are Time Monsters and the Tom Tom Gang. They also must face the segments of the Big Crystal, when they mutate into bosses.
In Blinx 2, there are various missions the player must complete in order to find the Big Crystal. As many of the Time Monsters respawn when needed, the 'Time Sweep' mission of the original Blinx no longer applies.
The Tom Toms are a rowdy bunch, who use guns, turrets, tanks and other traps (for example, a decoy which morphs into a Tom Tom to lure Time Sweepers away). Their enemies are the Time Sweepers, their K9-1000 dogs, and a few bosses.
Players can completely customize the looks of their two characters, with an extremely deep customization system. During the game's production, many viewed this as a revolutionary new standard in character creation, however the game's limited advertising following its release caused it to go widely unnoticed.


[edit] Time Controls



Once again, the Time Sweeper places six different Time Controls at the player's disposal. Five of these are based on controls commonly found on VCRs. The Time Control and Time Sweepers available in Blinx 2 are slightly different from the Time Controls and Time Sweepers available to Blinx in Blinx 1.
The Time Crystals themselves work and appear differently also. In Blinx 2, the Time Crystals are shaped as their symbols in the Time Sweeper on-screen interface. Also, the player can collect the Time Crystals in any order to gain Time Controls. The player has a separate stock of Time Crystals for each Time Control, and when they hold three of any Crystal, it is converted into a Time Control. The 'collect 4 in a row to gain 2 Time Controls at once' rule is not present in Blinx 2.

REW - Two purple chevrons pointing to the left. Time Crystal - Purple chevrons pointing down. This causes time to run backwards for everything in the world except Blinx himself. Bridges and other elements previously destroyed can be restored with this Time Control no matter how long ago they were destroyed. Many of the scripted necessary uses of REW in Blinx 2 are accompanied by a cutscene and mid-level checkpoint.


FF - Two orange chevrons pointing to the right. Time Crystal - Orange chevrons pointing up. This Time Control is wildly different from its Blinx 1 counterpart. Blinx 2's FF causes time to slightly speed up for the world and its inhabitants but imbues the player's cat with Time Energy, allowing them to run faster, jump higher, and fall slower. The player is no longer invulnerable during FF, and, as with all Blinx 2 Time Controls, any contact with an enemy during FF will cause the Time Control to be cancelled and the player to take damage.


PAUSE - Two light blue rectangles. Time Crystal - Blue PAUSE symbol. This causes time to stop for everything in the world except the player. Scenery elements are frozen during PAUSE, and can be jumped on to reach hidden areas.


REC - Green circle. Time Crystal - Green REC symbol. The first phase of REC is 10 seconds of 'recording' time, where the player is invulnerable to all damage, and can move as normal. When 10 seconds has elapsed (or the player has been lost to an unrecoverable environmental hazard), the world and the player will be rewound backwards for 10 seconds, and the same period of time will be played. During this 'playback', the actions taken by the player during the 'recording' will be shown as a green ghost, allowing for enhanced combat tactics to be used, or puzzles that would require two players to be solved. Many of the puzzles presented during two player cooperative play can be solved by a single player using REC wisely. This time control is not available during a Time Sweeper / Tom Tom multi character battle.


SLOW - Yellow triangle pointing to the right. Time Crystal - Yellow triangle. This causes time to run slowly for everything in the world except the player. Scenery elements are slowed during SLOW, and can be jumped on to reach hidden areas.

The sixth Time Control, RETRY, is triggered manually in Blinx 2, but it can only be triggered when the player is knocked out by an enemy or lost to an infinite chasm.

RETRY - Red heart. Time crystal - Red heart. RETRY causes everything in the world, including the player, to rewind to a point where the player should be safe. This time control is not available during a Time Sweeper / Tom Tom multi character battle.

In Blinx 2, each Time Sweeper has its own Time Control capacity, and each Time Control is stored separately. The starting Sweepers can only store two PAUSE, two REW and two RETRY. Upgraded Sweepers can hold up to five of each Time Control.
There is an upgrade available for each Time Sweeper which allows two Time Controls (except RETRY) to be mixed into a hybrid Time Control, which can exhibit powers possessed by both its parent Controls. For example, the player can mix REC and SLOW into a hybrid Time Control SLOW + REC, which is the same as a REC, except its 'recording' and 'playback' are both doubled (20 seconds instead of 10), and the world is afflicted by the power of SLOW. All pairings of REW, FF, PAUSE, REC and SLOW are possible (except pairing a Time Control with itself), but some combinations are more useful than others.
At certain points in the game, the player is confronted by large concealed weapons. When these are triggered, the game freezes for few seconds asking the player to choose one of two REACTIVE Time Controls. REACTIVE Time Controls are free Time Controls (triggered by the player's Operator back at the Time Factory) that allow the player to dodge or eliminate the impending threat. If the player fails to choose a REACTIVE Time Control, then the game is resumed, and the player is free to use one of the regular Time Controls as normal, or to simply dodge out of the way of the threat.

PAUSE REACTIVE - This is the same as a regular PAUSE, but it lasts for slightly longer. If the player wanders out of range of the threat during PAUSE REACTIVE, and then back into the threat if the weapon fires for a second time, then the player is offered a second REACTIVE, but only the PAUSE REACTIVE is available.


SLOW REACTIVE - This REACTIVE slows down the threat, roots the player to the spot, and challenges the player to dodge the incoming threat by moving the analog thumbstick to match on-screen commands. If the player does not react in time or pulls the wrong direction then the threat will instantly kill the player.


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[edit] The Big Crystal
They then run into a rock blocking the passage way, and puts a bomb on it, then explodes. They then find the crystal but, unfortunately, foolish Benito (leader of the Tom Toms) jumps on the crystal, and it breaks. They then run out and escape.
Then it cuts to a scene in the sky where the Time Goddesses talk about how valuable time is and that so few understand its true value. Then, back in the Time Factory, an alert goes off that time energy is decreasing in all universes. The CEO is astonished when he realises that the Big Crystal broke and at that moment green Tom Toms come in ships into the Time Factory. This crash into the building chips off a large clock off the building threatening to kill many Time Sweepers. Blinx suddenly pauses time and shouts Hurry, Move it! getting all Time Sweepers to safety. The Tom Toms get ID'ed as the Tom Tom Gang and a fight emerges, and when one Tom Tom fires a gun which shoots a bomb, Blinx slows time, and they all run to safety. Blinx then gets scratched by a rock. (This helps the user identify that it is Blinx.) When Blinx later shoots at a Tom Tom and they survive and heal, the Time Factory notices that they are invincible. But they don't know what the cause of invincibility is.
Things get worse when the whole Time Factory loses all power. A weird shadowed face appears on their screen and weird symbols appear below. The CEO suddenly realises it is the Ancient language of the Time Goddesses and gets the Time Sweepers to open the portal to the Ruins of time (with coordinates zero). He orders Blinx to go to the portal and save the day, but he refuses as he is still currently fighting the invincible Tom Toms. His fellow Time Sweeper tells Blinx he can't win. Blinx hurries off to the portal but a lot of his fellow Time Sweepers follow him in. In total 252 cats jump in the portal (250 named Time Sweepers, Blinx and the player).

[edit] The game begins
After the first cutscene, the player begins as a Time Sweeper. After some training from Jimmy the shopkeeper on how to play, the real game begins. In Time Sweeper's mission 1 the player first has to blow down/open a door, collect batteries to operate a helicopter, and kill the stone monster by shooting at its chest while its on the ground.
The game then goes to another cutscene, showing the Time Goddesses saying to their daughter, Mina what are you going to do, now? They cut the string of time. Were afraid your wish cannot be granted." The game flashes back to the Time Factory Invasion, this time from Benitos point of view. Then it goes back to the face in the picture the CEO of the Time Factory saw, of Mina. Benito instantly falls in love with her. Mina asks Benito to find all the big crystal fragments before they—she does not say why, because by then the other Tom Toms wake up Benito. He shouts, That dream was just getting good. They say that he is in the news as the Tom Tom Gang are invading the Time Factory, but the Tom Tom Gang arent invading. Theyre on their island, relaxing. Benito laughs and goes off to get the big crystal fragments.
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Gervase de Peyer

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Gervase de Peyer


Born
April 11, 1926
London, England


Genre(s)
Classical


Occupation(s)
Soloist, Conductor


Instrument(s)
Clarinet


Years active
1950–present


Gervase Alan de Peyer (born 11 April 1926) is an English clarinettist and conductor. In 1959 he began teaching at the Royal Academy of Music.[2]
De Peyer has played first performances of concertos by Arnold Cooke, Sebastian Forbes, Alun Hoddinott, Joseph Horovitz, Thea Musgrave, Elizabeth Maconchy, William Mathias and Edwin Roxburgh.[2]

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And yes, I always insist upon photo credits, so to be fair: (Photo by Nolan Clark)Some of the 'gee whiz' fact about Lake Norman include it is 34 miles long and eight miles across at its widest point. There was a time when people stood on highways around the lake offering lake lots for sale for ,000. Today in four counties that surround the lake, there are more than 25,000 residents who like calling Lake Norman home.For more facts about the lake, visit http://www.lakerealty.com/lakenormanhistory.htm, but if you want to move to the area and need a realtor, visit this site: http://www.danmuller.com/



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Joan of Arcadia as Father Ken Mallory
The Tick as Arthur
The Invisible Man as Kevin Fawkes
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Brett hit .333 (fourth all-time among Royals, first at the time), with an .839 OPS (fourth in the AL), 94 RS, 215 hits (second all-time among Royals, first at the time, only eclipsed by Willie Wilson in '80), 34 doubles, 14 triples (sixth all-time among Royals, first at the time), 7 HR, 67 RBI and 21 SB along with rangy but not great defense. McRae, meanwhile, played 31 games of sub-par D in left but made up for it by hitting .332 (sixth all-time among Royals, second to Brett then), with an .868 OPS (.407 OBP is ninth all time among Royals, OPS of 154 is seventh all-time among Royals and was third then behind two Mayberry seasons), 75 RS, 34 doubles, 5 triples, 8 HR, 73 RBI and 22 SB. Fitzmorris helped lead the way with a 3.06 ERA, 15-11 record, 8 complete games, 2 shutouts and only 6 HR allowed in 35 games (33 starts) and 220 IP; The two bad seeds in the bullpen were Tom Hall with a 1-1 record, 1 save and 4.45 ERA in 31 games and 30 IP and Tom Bruno with a 6.75 ERA and 1-0 record in 12 games and 17 IP.The Royals would ride Whiteyball to a firm hold on the division lead starting in late May and the team's performance would culminate in a double digit lead in late August before rough waters in September and October almost cost KC the division title. The loss of 7 of 8 shortly thereafter, including 2 to the Rangers, cut the lead to 2 games but KC finished June at 44-27 -- 3 1/2 games up on the Rangers and 9 1/2 up on Oakland. The Royals ended August in the midst of a 5-game slide that cut the lead to 6 games over the A's and a 5-13 stretch to start September cut the lead down to 3 1/2 games. A 5-game winning streak late in the month stretched the lead back to 7 but the Royals lost 2 of 3 at home versus Oakland, dropped 2 of 3 at Texas to cut the lead to 4 1/2 games and then dropped another 2 of 3 at Oakland. The one win, in the series finale -- a 4-0 complete game shutout by Larry Gura -- was a big one, however, as it gave the Royals a 3 1/2 game lead with only 3 games left and clinched the division title. The Royals were lucky as they got swept in the final series with Minnesota, but Oakland could only take 1 of 3 from California so wouldn't have factored into the final day anyway.The first Royals division title in the AL West pushed KC into an AL Championship Series versus the New York Yankees, who rode a killer lineup and great bullpen to a 97-62 record and 10 1/2 game win in the AL East over Baltimore. Game 1 in Royals Stadium was closely fought but Catfish Hunter held the Royals to only 1 run on 5 hits in a complete game 4-1 win. KC bounced back in game 2 to win, 7-3, behind 5 2/3 IP of solid relief from Splittorff in place of SP Dennis Leonard, who gave up 3 ER on 6 hits and 2 BB over 2 1/3 IP. The Royals pasted Hunter for 5 ER on 5 hits and a walk over 3 IP and, while Gura only lasted 2 IP and gave up 2 ER on 6 hits, Doug Bird provided 4 2/3 IP of good relief and Mingori finished the game for the save. After beating Hunter in game 4, the Yankees sent Figueroa to the mound in game 5 despite getting his beating in game 2, and the Royals again went to work. Herzog and the Royals would put '76 behind them to the winningest season in Royals history in '77 but the same postseason demons that hurt KC in '76 would revisit with another memorable game 5 in 1977, this time in Royals Stadium, however, versus the Yankees.
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They say democracy represents the will of the people and yet, there are some politicians who manage to hold on to power despite huge protests against them. I'm thinking of Olmert in Israel, a man whose poll figures have been in single figures since his botched attempt to wipe out Hizbullah and rescue two kidnapped Israeli soldiers. He achieved neither and succeeded only in revealing the weakness of Israel's position when employing a traditional army against a guerilla force.Yesterday, the protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv in an attempt to tell Olmert that his time was up and that, if he had any sense of decency, he would simply hang up his hat. All indications are that the Olmert camp feel that they have ridden out this particular storm.Among those gathered in Tel Aviv last night were reservist soldiers who fought in the war, relatives of some of those who died, and an array of critics of the government from the left and right wing. Ofer Winestok, 25, a student who voted for the Labour party in the last election and served in the infantry in the Lebanon war, said: There was no leadership in this war. I saw how it was and they just reacted to what happened. The orders changed every few minuteslink


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Choi Sung-Kuk





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Choi Sung-Kuk, born February 8, 1983, is a South Korean football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i.




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Michael Armacost

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