Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, October 29, 2010
MIKE PORTNOY ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE FROM DREAM THEATER
Mike Portnoy has issued the following statement:
I am about to write something I never imagined I'd ever write: After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater....the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. To many people this will come as a complete shock, and will also likely be misunderstood by some, but please believe me that it is not a hasty decision...it is something I have struggled with for the last year or so.... After having had such amazing experiences playing with Hail, Transatlantic and Avenged Sevenfold this past year, I have sadly come to the conclusion that I have recently had more fun and better personal relations with these other projects than I have for a while now in Dream Theater... Please don't misinterpret me, I love the DT guys dearly and have a long history, friendship and bond that runs incredibly deep with them...it's just that I think we are in serious need of a little break... Dream Theater was always my baby...and I nurtured that baby every single day and waking moment of my life since 1985...24/7, 365...never taking time off from DT's never-ending responsibilites (even when the band was "off" between cycles)...working overtime and way beyond the call of duty that most sane people ever would do for a band... But I've come to the conclusion that the DT machine was starting to burn me out...and I really needed a break from the band in order to save my relationship with the other members and keep my DT spirit hungry and inspired. We have been on an endless write/record/tour cycle for almost 20 years now (of which I have overseen EVERY aspect without a break) and while a few months apart from each other here & there over the years has been much needed and helpful, I honestly hoped the band could simply agree with me to taking a bit of a "hiatus" to recharge our batteries and "save me from ourselves"... Sadly, in discussing this with the guys, they determined they do not share my feelings and have decided to continue without me rather than take a breather...I even offered to do some occasional work throughout 2011 against my initial wishes, but it was not to be... While it truly hurts for me to even think of a Dream Theater without Mike Portnoy (hell, my father named the band!!), I do not want to stand in their way...so I have decided to sacrifice myself and simply leave the band so as to not hold them back against their wishes.... Strangely enough, I just read an interview that I recently did that asked me about the future of DT and I talked about "always following your heart and being true to yourself"...sadly I must say that at this particular moment, my heart is not with Dream Theater...and I would simply be "going through the motions", and would honestly NOT be true to myself if I stayed for the sake of obligation without taking the break I felt I needed. I wish the guys the best and hope the music and legacy we created together is enjoyed by fans for decades to come...I am proud of every album we made, every song we wrote and every show we played.... I'm sorry to all the disappointed DT fans around the world...I really tried to salvage the situation and make it work...I honestly just wanted a break (not a split)...but happiness cannot be forced, it needs to come from within.... You DT fans are the greatest fans in the world and as you all know, I have always busted my ass for you guys and I hope that you will stay with me on my future musical journey, wherever it may lead me....(and as you all know my work ethic, there will surely be no shortage of future MP projects!)
Sadly...
Your fearless ex-leader and drummer,
MP
"Move on be brave, don't weep at my grave, because I am no longer here... But please never let your memory of me disappear...." --- The Spirit Carries On
In a later message on his personal Facebook page, Mike has released the following addendum:
I BEG of the fans to please NOT hold A7X responsible for MY decision...they are just as shocked as you guys..I had been contemplating this and desiring a "break" (not split) as long ago as last year...everything else is fully explained in the press release...thank you all for your support and understanding...this is th...e hardest thing I've ever done...:(
source: ROADRUNNERRECORDS
8 GUNUNG API DI INDONESIA KINI STATUS "WASPADA".
Gunung Merapi di perbatasan Jawa Tengah dan Yogyakarta sudah meletus.Sebanyak 33 orang tewas.Kini, ada delapan gunung berapi lainnya di Tanah Air dalam status 'Waspada'."Status waspada kita berikan karena kawah gunung tidak dalam kondisi aman untuk didekati," kata Kepala Sub Bidang Pengamatan Gunung Api Pusat Vulkanologi Mitigasi Bencana dan Geologi Kementerian ESDM, Agus Budianto, Jumat (29/10).
Delapan gunung berapi aktif itu tersebar di seluruh Indonesia dari Sumatera sampai Pulau Jawa. Delapan gunung itu terus mendapat pantauan khusus dari Pusat Vulkanologi. Delapan gunung api itu yakni :
1. Gunung Sinabung, Karo, Sumatera Utara.
2. Gunung Talang, Solok, Sumatera Barat.
3. Gunung Anak Krakatau, Lampung.
4. Gunung Papandayan, Garut, Jawa Barat.
5. Gunung Slamet, Tegal, Jawa Tengah.
6. Gunung Dieng, Wonosobo, Jawa Tengah.
7. Gunung Semeru, Lumajang, Jawa Timur.
8. Gunung Bromo, Probolinggi, Jawa Timur
Sementara itu Gunung Krakatau, kerap mengeluarkan lava pijar dengan volume kecil dan tidak membahayakan. Aktivitas Krakatau terjadi sejak 2007 sampai saat ini. Letusan kecil kerap terjadi. Lava pijar di Krakatau itu sudah sering terjadi. Tidak berbahaya, karena pemukiman terdekat jaraknya sekitar 46 kilometer. Sedangkan untuk Semeru hingga saat ini masih dalam pembentukan kubah lava. Kerap terjadi letusan kecil tetapi tidak berbahaya. Akan sangat berbahaya bila ada manusia yang mendekat ke arah kawah.
KF/v/viva
Anak gunung Krakatau
Friday, October 22, 2010
Kepala Polisi muda, Si Cantik Garcia
Kota Praxedis ini sering menjadi arena pertempuran dua kartel obat bius.
VIVAnews - Marisol Valles Garcia, menjadi kepala polisi termuda. Di usianya yang baru menginjak 20 tahun, mahasiswi ini resmi dilantik menjadi kepala polisi di suatu kota kecil di negara bagian Chihuahua, Meksiko.
Keinginan Garcia menjadi polisi dilatarbelakangi karena dia sudah lelah dirundung ketakutan dari teror para kriminal yang berkeliaran di kotanya, Praxedis G. Guerrero, sebuah kota berpenduduk tidak sampai sembilan ribu jiwa. Praxedis kondang sebagai wilayah kekuasaan para mafia.
Kota Praxedis ini sering menjadi arena pertempuran dua kartel obat bius, Juarez dan Sinaloa. Mereka telah membunuh pejabat polisi dan walikota sebelumnya. Namun, Garcia memberanikan diri menduduki posisi "neraka" itu.
Sebagai Kepala Polisi, Valles membawahi 12 personel polisi. Langkah pertama Garcia memerintahkan mereka pergi mengecek rumah-rumah dan mencari elemen kriminal yang pekan lalu membunuh delapan orang. Kliki di sini untuk melihat aksi Garcia menjadi kepala polisi di Kota Praxedis.
Keinginan Garcia menjadi polisi dilatarbelakangi karena dia sudah lelah dirundung ketakutan dari teror para kriminal yang berkeliaran di kotanya, Praxedis G. Guerrero, sebuah kota berpenduduk tidak sampai sembilan ribu jiwa. Praxedis kondang sebagai wilayah kekuasaan para mafia.
Kota Praxedis ini sering menjadi arena pertempuran dua kartel obat bius, Juarez dan Sinaloa. Mereka telah membunuh pejabat polisi dan walikota sebelumnya. Namun, Garcia memberanikan diri menduduki posisi "neraka" itu.
Sebagai Kepala Polisi, Valles membawahi 12 personel polisi. Langkah pertama Garcia memerintahkan mereka pergi mengecek rumah-rumah dan mencari elemen kriminal yang pekan lalu membunuh delapan orang. Kliki di sini untuk melihat aksi Garcia menjadi kepala polisi di Kota Praxedis.
Caesar III (PC GAME)
This game runs perfect on my system. I've owned it a couple years and have played through the single player campaign a few times. This is one of the games in my cycle, I play it a lot then come back to it later. And play it lots more. Caesar III puts you in the role of governor of a roman-era city. There are many things to build and city layout problems will keep your mind working.
Every structure you build in Caesar 3 has some affect on the area nearby. You will build houses, but if you want a neighborhood to be a high-tax luxury area you will have the meet many requirements. Even with every improvement in the game near a housing area you will not see development without water! And for it to be a good area, you want clean water as well. So you can go the easy way, a well, or build a reservoir and aquaduct system capable of transporting water to your citizens who may be across the map.
After that task you will have to provide food, entertainment, religious, health, security and engineering. Because some maps have very little space available for housing or not enough farmland to support a large population you will have to deal with many challenges. The variety of maps makes certain a cheap city layout won't work everywhere. Also, some structures can't be built and certain resources can't be traded on various maps.
Learning how to play the game is easy. Learning how some of it works is not. The single player career mode will be gentle with you on early maps, introducing new structures and making you learn to use them to improve your city. This is great and after the first couple maps you have plenty of options for you as governor.
Caesar 3 works like this: Each building produces some population or requires workers to run it. So you will need to allocate workers to the various job types to help your city work more effectively. A city can be stagnated by not enough workers so you must not overbuild. Once, for example, a market is built a citizen will go about patrolling the neighborhoods nearby looking for workers. When sufficient workers are found the market will be open and a market trader (walker) will begin going around to warehouses and granaries looking for luxuries/food. Then, a market seller (yet another type of walker) will go around in that same area distributing the food and luxuries to your populace. It can be challenging to achieve upper housing levels on maps because of a lack of space coupled with some minor AI problems when it comes to the way these walkers will choose their paths for getting around the map. There are many other types of walkers that will service the population as well, and if you want a good city you will be wise to learn how each affects your city.
A feature I found interesting to this game is the religion system. Your city builds temples to the gods or holds festivals to a certain god, you can earn a blessing. Ceres will make all the crops of your farms grow to full, Mars will send a spirit to watch over your city, etc. Neglected gods will get angry however and can unleash their wrath on your city. Mars may instead send a band of rebels to attack your city or Mercury may destroy all your granaries and the food stored in them. Gods can get jealous as well, so a balance must be found even if you are only seeking a certain blessing.
Not really a necessity in a game like this, but a cool feature is combat! You can build legions to defend your city or send them off on to defend the empire in areas abroad at the request of Caesar. There are 3 types of soldier in the game, legionnaries who are your standard roman soldiers, but very effective in combat. Javelineers can throw yep, javelins at the enemy and are effective support troops. Cavalry are quick and useful for reserve duty or to clean up the fleeing enemy. Troops are trained at the barracks when you have weapons stored (produce or import these), move on to the military academy for extra training, if you have one. Then move on to the fort you constructed which is intended to house one of the three types of units. Defensive walls and ballista towers can be built as well to protect your city.
Caesar 3 is colorful and fun and, while it does not have infinite replay value which I consider to be a real asset, you can still get many hours of enjoyment out of the game. A nice break from the action games that are abound in the game industry today. Buy it here.
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source: carl's guide
Every structure you build in Caesar 3 has some affect on the area nearby. You will build houses, but if you want a neighborhood to be a high-tax luxury area you will have the meet many requirements. Even with every improvement in the game near a housing area you will not see development without water! And for it to be a good area, you want clean water as well. So you can go the easy way, a well, or build a reservoir and aquaduct system capable of transporting water to your citizens who may be across the map.
After that task you will have to provide food, entertainment, religious, health, security and engineering. Because some maps have very little space available for housing or not enough farmland to support a large population you will have to deal with many challenges. The variety of maps makes certain a cheap city layout won't work everywhere. Also, some structures can't be built and certain resources can't be traded on various maps.
Learning how to play the game is easy. Learning how some of it works is not. The single player career mode will be gentle with you on early maps, introducing new structures and making you learn to use them to improve your city. This is great and after the first couple maps you have plenty of options for you as governor.
Caesar 3 works like this: Each building produces some population or requires workers to run it. So you will need to allocate workers to the various job types to help your city work more effectively. A city can be stagnated by not enough workers so you must not overbuild. Once, for example, a market is built a citizen will go about patrolling the neighborhoods nearby looking for workers. When sufficient workers are found the market will be open and a market trader (walker) will begin going around to warehouses and granaries looking for luxuries/food. Then, a market seller (yet another type of walker) will go around in that same area distributing the food and luxuries to your populace. It can be challenging to achieve upper housing levels on maps because of a lack of space coupled with some minor AI problems when it comes to the way these walkers will choose their paths for getting around the map. There are many other types of walkers that will service the population as well, and if you want a good city you will be wise to learn how each affects your city.
A feature I found interesting to this game is the religion system. Your city builds temples to the gods or holds festivals to a certain god, you can earn a blessing. Ceres will make all the crops of your farms grow to full, Mars will send a spirit to watch over your city, etc. Neglected gods will get angry however and can unleash their wrath on your city. Mars may instead send a band of rebels to attack your city or Mercury may destroy all your granaries and the food stored in them. Gods can get jealous as well, so a balance must be found even if you are only seeking a certain blessing.
Not really a necessity in a game like this, but a cool feature is combat! You can build legions to defend your city or send them off on to defend the empire in areas abroad at the request of Caesar. There are 3 types of soldier in the game, legionnaries who are your standard roman soldiers, but very effective in combat. Javelineers can throw yep, javelins at the enemy and are effective support troops. Cavalry are quick and useful for reserve duty or to clean up the fleeing enemy. Troops are trained at the barracks when you have weapons stored (produce or import these), move on to the military academy for extra training, if you have one. Then move on to the fort you constructed which is intended to house one of the three types of units. Defensive walls and ballista towers can be built as well to protect your city.
Caesar 3 is colorful and fun and, while it does not have infinite replay value which I consider to be a real asset, you can still get many hours of enjoyment out of the game. A nice break from the action games that are abound in the game industry today. Buy it here.
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source: carl's guide
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