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With rumors of a Mayan apocalypse making the rounds online and at the water cooler, when do we know the world is out of danger from the various astronomical and other cataclysms claimed by some to spell doom?

Some have pegged the end on 12/21/12 at the moment of the winter solstice, which at one point had been estimated by the U.S. Naval Observatory to take place at 11:11 UTC, or 6:11 a.m. EST. The Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice, when the top half of the planet (everything north of the equator) will face away from the sun, actually occured at 11:12 UTC, or 6:12 a.m. EST. Either way, the moment has ticked by, and the world is still here.

Today does mark an end, to the 13th 144,000-day cycle (called a b'ak'tun) of the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar. The least worried about this rumored doomsday date? The Mayas.

Their calm comes amidst some particularly startling freakouts elsewhere: Chinese farmers making "doomsday escape pods;" NASA being flooded with worried phone calls; and supposedly mystical mountains in Europe getting overrun with apocalypse tourists. Oh yeah, and some kids got two days off school. In Michigan, two counties cancelled classes Thursday and Friday, citing both fears about school violence after the elementary school shooting in Connecticut last week and rumors about the end of the world causing distraction, according to CBS Detroit. [Mayan Doomsday (Not): Coverage & Countdown]

This week in the northwestern province of Qinghai, the government arrested more than 400 members of a doomsday-preaching group called the Church of the Almighty God, confiscating computers, banners, books, cellphones and other items, The Guardian reported.

Like many rumored doomsdays -- from a 1910 scare tied to Halley's Comet and a doomy divination by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1982 to TV preacher Harold Camping's 2011 claim -- that have come and gone, this one seems to have left Earth unscarred. Even so, social scientists have said the Mayan apocalypse does stand out from the rest. Most past scares have been sparked by charismatic leaders issuing divine proclamations. The Dec. 21 scare, however, was more of a grassroots prediction that seemed to pop up almost entirely online.

But where did it come from? Dec. 21 on the Western calendar likely corresponds to the end of the 13th b'ak'tun of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, one of three calendars the ancient Maya used to count time. The calendar works by counting first days, then 20-day chunks of time, then 260-day periods and 7,200-day periods. Ticking up like a car odometer, the calendar finally keeps track of 144,000-day blocks of time called b'ak'tuns.

Continuting the cycle, 20 tuns become one ka'tun (7,200 days total) and 20 ka'tuns become one b'ak'tun (144,000 days total, or close to 400 years).

By matching Mayan calendar dates to our own calendar, researchers have concluded that Dec. 21, 2012, is the likely date for the last day of the 13th b'ak'tun. (Dec. 23 or Dec. 24 are other possibilities, thanks to different units on the calendar turning over at different times of day.)

Written in modern translation, that makes Dec. 21, in Mayan date, 13.0.0.0.0. Tomorrow, Dec. 22 will be 13.0.0.0.1. The ancient Maya believed that 13 b'ak'tuns represented one full cycle of creation, but they did not predict the world would come to an end. In fact, their calendar includes some rarely-used units of time even larger than b'ak'tuns that would have allowed the Maya to count millions of years into the future, had their empire not crumbled around A.D. 900.?

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Re-channeling Stress into Something Positive

What if someone told you there was a way that you could re-channel the negative effects of stress into something that is productive and positive? What if someone told you that you literally redefine yourself into a negative belief when you are constantly in stressful situations? Would you believe them, and more importantly, would you listen?

There is no doubt that stress is something that we all encounter, as the negative effects of it can reshape our current state of mind. For the most part, when this occurs we don?t even realize it, as our inner-senses are transformed as if we were wearing some sort of blindfold. Stress management is important during our normal routines in life, and without managing the effects of stress properly; we can succumb into a state that is incomprehensible. Let us look at two specific ways in which we can re-channel stress while creating while an atmosphere of change.

Come to the realization that not everything in life can be changed

When we start thinking of what could have been and how we should have done something different, the realization is simple, we cannot change what has already occurred. When we put ourselves into a position or mindset of constantly reliving the past, we are introducing stress into our lives. With that being said, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to accept the fact that not everything can be changed and move on. Plan for the future, worry about what can be changed, and then change it.

Suppressing guilt or having resentment towards others will only bring about negative afflictions. These afflictions will surely change your outlook on things and cloud your better judgment. When this occurs, you will make irrational decisions which will ultimately add to your current state. Following this will help to bring resolve to your life while making you hopeful for things to come, instead of what could have happened.

Re-channel: Create a list of any past situations, relationships, instances, and any mistakes that you feel that you may have made. Literally, write all this down along with the negative feelings that each one may have created. If you feel that you are to blame for a relationship that has gone bad and you feel angry because of it, then write it down. After this is done, look at each instance and the feelings that it has caused and ask yourself, ?What can I do to finally get closure?? If you need to make a phone call to a past friend, then do so. If you need to ask for forgiveness from another, then do so. The bottom line with this is that you will never be at peace with yourself unless you are able to move on entirely. In most instances, to have closure all you have to do is let it go.

Do not be absorbed by other people?s problems as they will soon become your problems.

Some people constantly live on an emotional roller coaster and they will take anyone along for the ride if they stand in their way. When around one of these individuals get out of their way, as being around them will surely add to your level of stress. Making this personal to you will surely put yourself into a position as their problems will soon become your problems.

If you are in an area where there are loud and un-ruling people around, change locations. If someone is trying to vent their personal anger to you, be polite, and excuse yourself from the situation. You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can surely control being around the behavior itself.

Re-channel: Look at past occurrences where someone else has been able to add to your own stress. Do you see any patterns in these such as similar situations or the same people? If so, devise an alternate strategy which takes you out of those similar occurrences or away from the same people as a means of reducing your own stress. When doing so, make sure that you are able to remain comfortable with your surroundings and the situation that you are moving towards. Become familiar with this course of action so that it can be easily implemented in the future.

Managing stress for continual happiness

Learning how to deal with stress by re-channeling the effects of what causes it can be a key to being happy. No one will argue that stress overcomes many of us from time to time, but determining specific indicators as to the onset and then dealing with changing that will help to eliminate it all-together. When doing so, you will notice a substantial difference in your personal well-being as well as your personal satisfaction. Ultimately, this will bring about situational awareness of stress management, as self-help will help to preserve you.

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It is getting nice Christmassy and I bet that all of us are looking forward for this time. But my inspiration doesn?t come from Christmas today. Today I was inspired by a movie every Lord of the rings fan (as me) wanted to see really badly. Yes you are guessing right, Hobbit.

As we already expanded our services beyond the customer service, I would like to present you not just this perspective, but also a businessman point of view.

You may think that there is no connection between this fantasy and reality, because it is just impossible to go to the mountains and kill a dragon. But what I would like to share with you is the idea of an epic journey.

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Let me introduce the business perspective at the first place: At the beginning was Bilbo visited by horde of hungry dwarfs and invited to the journey. Unexpected visit one must say. But to face the truth change doesn?t bother to inform us in advance in the real life as well. You may not be invited to the journey by dwarves, trolls or any other kind of bred, but if you have a dream there may be somebody willing to give you the opportunity to reach for it. Bilbo made a good choice by deciding to join. Don?t be afraid to go for the journey of your life too, whether you want a little corner shop or a big sweatshop go for it!

The customer service point of view is more straight forward. Once, I have read a beautiful quote, which fits here really well: There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

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Brian Waldner is covered in mud and oil while wrestling a pipe from a True Company oil drilling rig outside Watford, N.D., Oct. 20, 2012. Many people have moved to North Dakota to work in oil drilling.

While America?s population growth remained flat, an oil boom drew hordes of job-seekers to North Dakota, making it the fastest-growing state over the past year, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday.

North Dakota?s population climbed by 2.17 percent between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012 -- a pace nearly three times faster than that of the nation as a whole, the bureau said.

The Peace Garden State wound up with roughly 15,000 more people than it had the year before ? largely because of people moving there from other states.

?We?ve all heard about the fracking and oil production and mining. There is a real influx for jobs,? said Census Bureau demographer Katrina Wengert.

North Dakota Commerce Commissioner Al Anderson says the "fastest-growing" designation isn?t surprising, given that the state has been steadily adding jobs over much of the past decade.?The state has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, at 3.1 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.?

And it?s not just oil. Agriculture is big business in North Dakota, and advanced manufacturing, technology-based businesses and tourism also have grown, Anderson said.

?We currently have about 22,000 job openings in North Dakota today. Of those, only a third are in our 17 oil-and gas-producing counties,? he said. "It?s more than just oil, but it?s oil that put us on map in the national press.?

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Following North Dakota in terms of percent increase over the same period were the District of Columbia (2.15 percent), Texas (1.67 percent), Wyoming (1.60 percent), Utah (1.45 percent) and Nevada (1.43 percent). North Dakota ranked only 37th in growth between the 2000 and 2010 censuses and climbed to sixth between 2010 and 2011.?Each of the 10 fastest-growing states were in the South or West with the exception of North Dakota and South Dakota.?

The only two states to lose population between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, were Rhode Island (-354 people or -0.03 percent) and Vermont (-581 or -0.09 percent).

According to the Census Bureau, America as a whole saw its population increase by 2.3 million from 2011 to 2012, to 313.9 million, for a growth rate of just 0.75 percent.

?The growth rate in the U.S. has picked up just a little bit from last year. Still, it?s one of the lowest U.S. growth rates since the Great Depression,? said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings Institution.?

However, the numbers do suggest ?a glimmer of comeback fever? for the Mountain West and Southeast, regions that have been struggling with the housing bust and high unemployment in recent years, Frey said.

?It?s not like people are moving around a lot, but we do see the tip of the iceberg of the Sun Belt coming back.?

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Dec. 21, 2012 ? A single genetic defect on the X chromosome that can result in a wide array of conditions -- from learning and emotional difficulties to primary ovarian insufficiency in women and tremors in middle-aged men -- occurs at a much greater frequency than previously thought, research led by the UC Davis MIND Institute has found.

The research is based on the first large-scale, multi-center newborn screening effort for the defect in the United States, conducted in a group of more than 14,200 male and female infants at three research university medical centers piloting a new infant screening test developed at UC Davis.

The study, "FMR1 CGG Allele Size and Prevalence Ascertained Through Newborn Screening in the United States," was led by Flora Tassone, professor-in-residence in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and was conducted using blood spots obtained from infant heel pricks as part of the normal newborn genetic screening process. It is published online Dec. 20 in the journal Genome Medicine.

The investigators examined the prevalence of expanded alleles of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Defects in FMR1 cause conditions as diverse as fragile X syndrome -- the leading cause of intellectual disability and the leading known single-gene cause of autism -- and a Parkinson's disease-like condition called fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, or FXTAS. The term "fragile X" is used because of the altered appearance of the X chromosome among sufferers from the conditions.

"This study demonstrates that there is a higher frequency of mutations of the FMR1 gene across racial and ethnic groups than previously believed," said Randi Hagerman, medical director of the UC Davis MIND Institute and one of the world's leading experts on fragile X-related conditions. "It also demonstrates that newborn screening for fragile X mutations is technically feasible in a large-scale setting using the blood spot technique developed by Dr. Tassone."

The degree of disability from defects in FMR1 depends upon the number of repetitions of the sequence of the proteins cytosine-guanine-guanine (CGG) in the promoter region of the gene. The range of repeats in normal individuals is between six and 40. CGG repeats greater than 200 cause what is called the full mutation and fragile X syndrome. Fewer repeats -- in the range of 55 to 200 -- result in a variation called a premutation.

The current study found the estimated prevalence of the premutation to be 1 in 200 females, a finding somewhat greater than earlier estimates. However, it estimates the prevalence among males to be 1 in 400 -- double what had previously been reported. The researchers said that the sample size in the current study was not great enough to estimate the true prevalence of the full fragile X mutation, currently estimated at between 1 in 2,500 and 1 in 8,000 females and 1 in 5,000 males.

While most people with the premutation appear normal, some individuals can have mild difficulties in childhood, such as such as learning problems or emotional difficulties including social anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), said Hagerman, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Individuals with the premutation also can suffer from FXTAS, which causes debilitating tremors, balance problems and dementia primarily in older men, and premature ovarian insufficiency in women.

Tassone, a researcher affiliated with the MIND Institute, is one of the world's leading experts on screening and identification of the FMR1 mutation. Her polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test used in the current study was described in January 2008 in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

"This study shows that newborn screening for the FMR1 mutation is technically possible on a large scale," Tassone said. "However, the screening will identify far more carrier and gray-zone infants than those with a full fragile X mutation. As we now know that there may be clinical involvement with these individuals, such as FXTAS, we need to better understand the impact of identifying these mutations on families before widespread newborn screening can be instituted."

Hagerman said that the study is important because early intervention can be helpful for children with these mutations who experience developmental problems. In addition, a baby who is positive for the mutation will have other family members who also carry mutations. Genetic counseling is essential for the family members, in addition to treatment for the medical or psychiatric problems associated with the premutation or full mutation, she said.

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The U.S. economy experienced sluggish growth in 2012, with Bruce Kasman, JPMorgan chief economist, who explains why he predicts China to be the strongest economy in 2013; and the Fast Money traders discuss how to trade Bed, Bath & Beyond and Domino's Pizza now.

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Giant reptilian predators with a lifestyle comparable to modern freshwater dolphins may have made their home in ancient rivers, researchers say.

While dinosaurs dominated the land, a variety of reptiles reigned in the seas, and included dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs and the Loch-Ness-Monster-like plesiosaurs. In the new study, scientists investigated another similar beast ??extinct carnivores known as mosasaurs, generally thought of as gigantic finned marine lizards similar and perhaps even related to present-day monitor lizards.

The mosasaur fossils were unearthed starting in 1999 from an open-pit mine in the Bakony Hills of western Hungary. The researchers discovered several 84-million-year-old specimens, ranging from small juveniles to adults 20 feet (6 meters) long that had limbs like a land-dwelling lizard, a flattened, crocodilelike skull, and a tail unlike other known members of the mosasaur family.

The fossils were discovered in areas that were once freshwater floodplains home to fishes, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles, terrestrial lizards, pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds. This newfound reptile appears to be the first known freshwater mosasaur, an animal comparable to modern river dolphins now seen in the Amazon, Ganges and Yangtze rivers.

The new species is named Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus. "Pannonia" refers to the part of Hungary it was found in, "saurus" means lizard, and "inexpectatus" refers to the unexpected occurrence of this

mosasaur in freshwater environments. [T. Rex of the Seas: A Mosasaur Gallery]

"The size of Pannoniasaurus makes it the largest known predator in the waters of this paleo-environment," said researcher L?szl? Mak?di, a paleontologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum.

The evolutionary history of mosasaurs suggested by these new findings is remarkably similar to that of whales and dolphins, Mak?di told LiveScience.

"To the best of our knowledge, the ancestors of mosasaurs and of some related reptiles moved from land to aquatic realms at least 100 million years ago. Whether these were marine or freshwater environments, it is [uncertain], however some finds in Japan suggests the latter," Mak?di said.

"Then sometime between this event and 85 million years before present ? the age of our locality in Hungary ? some primitive members of the already-marine mosasaurs adapted to freshwater life. Pannoniasaurus represents these. This scenario is very similar to the evolutionary history of cetaceans ? whales, dolphins."

The researchers plan to investigate new Pannoniasaurus fossils as they pop up in the hopes of learning more about the beast's biology, such as how it moved and what it might have eaten, Mak?di said.

The scientists detailed their findings online today (Dec. 19) in the journal PLoS ONE.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Accessing a federal database of legal immigrants to examine whether they can legally vote in Wisconsin would require a law change and cost over $1 million over the next five years.

That is according to a report prepared by staff at the state elections board that is to be discussed at its meeting Tuesday.

The Government Accountability Board report comes in response to a request sent in July from Republican state Sen. Mary Lazich who asked that the board look into using the U.S. Department of Homeland Security database to weed out illegal aliens who may be voting.

The GAB report does not take a position on whether the necessary law changes to access the database should be made.

Nine states either have used the database or plan to.

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Hemorrhoids are a fact of life for many people and something that they often just learn to deal with. There are, however, many different remedies to help alleviate symptoms and reduce their size, along with teaching you how to cure hemorrhoid issues. Other than surgical intervention, there are not any true complete cures for the ailment, but there are things that make them much more tolerable.

Diet is considered to be one of the best methods to manage the ailment by both traditional and alternative health practitioners alike. Adequate fluid intake of at least eight glasses of water per day coupled with a diet rich in fiber and low in processed chemicals is the recommended diet for sufferers. Studies show that nearly half of sufferers report huge relief upon simply changing their diet alone.

When diet change alone does not help, many people turn to other proven treatment methods which are found to help in some way. One of the most commonly used is a sitz bath. In this treatment, people sit in a shallow bath of warm water a few times per day, especially after using the restroom.

Pain management is often accomplished through simply taking over the counter medicines such as acetaminophen. When combined, these treatments usually help to alleviate symptoms within less than two weeks. Should there be little to no change, sufferers can opt for more intensive medical treatments, such as banding, injections, cauterization, or even surgery.

Banding is a painless treatment which uses small rubber bands to cut off the blood circulation to the protrusions, or piles as they are sometimes referred. Within about one week the blood flow is ceased and the hemorrhoid will fall away. Injections are slightly more painful but are quick and involve injecting a solution in to the area to create a small scar.

To prevent growths from coming back, lasers are used to cauterize the area and create a small burn. Only when other treatment methods have failed should people seek out surgical treatment methods. A Hemorrhoidectomy is a surgical procedure which, while minor, involves anesthesia and comes with a high success rate.

While this ailment can be very bothersome and painful it is extremely common and many people find ideas on how to cure hemorrhoid outbreaks from one or more of the treatments available. In addition to changing diet and taking baths, there are topical creams and compresses that can also provide relief and alleviate symptoms. These include Witch Hazel and other herbs.

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This would be awesome. I love bluestacks. This will certainly take away from the "windows aint got no apps" even though it's not true in the first place. Just like meego and nitdroid. Windows and bluestacks are the perfect complement. I might even go as far as saying like mac and bootcamp and linux and wine.

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they could have thought of this sooner though, they wouldnt have to be bothered with making apps and it would've helped surface RT sell a little more...

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Video games now play an integral part of a person?s lifestyle. Video games are no longer reserved for kids or the young at heart but are now a mainstream form of entertainment for people of all ages. And especially now that video games are no longer confined to high end gaming consoles but are now also found on highly portable devices such as laptops, tablets and even mobile phones and multimedia players.

Moreover, game titles nowadays cater to a more flexible fan base. Aside from the classic game genres that include adventure, racing and puzzle, there are now first person shooter games, role playing games, survival horror, simulation and strategy games. Graphics have also improved immensely throughout the years as newer and more powerful hardware are now available to ordinary people.

But apart from the excellent graphics and great storylines, a major factor that make up a good game are the characters where the story of the entire game is centered. Throughout the history of computer games, there have been numerous characters that have made a name for themselves as iconic symbols of a generation or as admired characters with almost celebrity-like statuses.

In today?s edition of You! Be Inspired! we are going to take a look at (in no particular order) 15 of the most successful, most popular and most recognized video game characters that have graced our computers, handheld gaming consoles or other gaming devices one might have played in the past.

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GORDON FREEMAN

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Gordon Freeman is the main protagonist in the highly successful first person shooter game ? Half life. In the game, he works as a theoretical physicist at the fictional Black Mesa Research Facility, a research laboratory involved in various hi-tech experiments, one of which lead to the accidental creation of an inter-dimensional portal that released a legion of hostile aliens into the facility. As Gordon, the player fights through the facility alongside other employees against aliens and a black-op military unit sent to contain the situation and eliminate any witnesses.

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PRINCE OF PERSIA

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Prince of Persia is a video game franchise first released on October 3, 1989 and was created by Jordan Mechner. It was originally made as a two-dimensional platform game, but was later improved and recreated as a series of 3D games which were developed and published by several different companies. Because of this, the entire franchise has undergone several reworkings and a number of different stories are told throughout the different games, but the theme remains relatively the same. That is the game is set in ancient Persia and features a prince with amazing acrobatic skills which he uses to save the main plot element.

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JIN KIZAMA

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Tekken which means Iron Fist in Japanese is a fighting game franchise developed and created by Namco in 1994. As a fighting game it features a myriad of characters from mixed martial arts experts, a weird looking samurai and even a giant panda. But the franchise?s most popular character would probably be Jin Kazama. Jin was designed by Aye Takamura and voiced by Isshin Chiba.

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RYU OF STREET FIGHTER

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Ryu is the main protagonist in the Street Fighter franchise. He was created by Manabu Takemura and has been voiced by more than a dozen different people both in its English and Japanese versions. Ryu?s first appearance was on the first street fighter game which was released in 1987. Aside from video games, the Street Fighter franchise have also allowed Ryu to and the rest of the characters of the game to be known in other forms of media such as in movies, animation and manga.

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DONKEY KONG

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Donkey Kong is one of the gaming industry?s classic characters. Being one of the pioneers in the business, Donkey Kong first appeared in the 1981 video game of the same name. He was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and has been voiced by Koichi Yamadara and Takashi Nagasako. Donkey Kong has also appeared in various Nintendo games, mostly in Mario franchises like Mario Kart and the Super Smash Bros. series.

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LEON KENNEDY

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Leon Kennedy is one of the most notable characters in Capcom?s Resident Evil game series. His first appearance was in Resident Evil 2 as a police office in Raccoon City. Leon?s creators, Hideki Kamiya and Noboru Sugimura originally envisioned him as a senior police officer but were later changed when the original plot for Resident Evil 2 was scrapped. Leon?s design was inspired by the bloodhound of Isao Ohishi in Resident Evil 2 but was later modeled in Resident Evil 4 after Christian Deurre, the game?s animation department director.

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DANTE

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Dante is the mercenary and demon hunter protagonist of Capcom?s Devil May Cry video game series.? He was designed by Hideki Kamiya as a half demon who is tasked to exterminate demons and other malevolent supernatural foes as he tries to pursue the demons that killed his mother and corrupted his brother.

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PACMAN

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Pacman is the main protagonist of the Pacman game franchise which was created by Toru Iwatani for Namco in the 1980s. According to its creator, Pacman?s design came from the simplification and the rounding out of the Japanese character for a mouth ? kuchi, while its name was based on the Japanese folklore character Paku who was known for his appetite. In the original arcade game, Pacman was represented as a 2D yellow circle with a large mouth. In today?s version, Pacman is seen as a full-three dimensional character with hands and feet.

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MEGA MAN

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Another very popular game character in gaming history is Mega Man. Mega Man otherwise known as Rock Man is the main character in Capcom?s series of video games of the same name. The Mega Man franchise is one of Capcom?s most successful game series with over fifty releases throughout its production. The character of Mega Man was created by Akira Kitamura, Tokuro Fujiwara and Keijii Inafune and was first released on December 1987.

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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

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Sonic the Hedgehog is the pride and glory of the Japanese game developer Sega. His first appearance was in his self-titled game on June 1991. According to most history books, his creation was primarily Sega?s response to Nintendo?s flagship character Mario way back in 1991 when Sega needed a mascot to rival Nintendo?s Italian plumber. Since then, this blue hedgehog designed by Yuji Naka has appeared as a playable character in numerous game titles and has achieved celebrity status and become one of the most well-known video game characters in history.

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LINK OF THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

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Another super popular game character is Link from the Legend of Zelda. He is usually depicted as a young boy from the Hylian race who combats creatures and evil forces in the game to save Princess Zelda and her Kingdom from the primary villain of the game ? Ganon. Link first appeared in the game Legend of Zelda in 1986 and was created by Shigeru Miyamoto.

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SAMUS ARAN

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Samus Aran is another product of Nintendo and is the main fictional character of the Metroid game series. He was first introduced in 1986 and is depicted as a large man fitted by a powered armor suit equipped with weapons like beams and missiles. In the series, she executes mission given by the Galactic Federation while hunting Space Pirates and Metroids.

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CLOUD STRIFE

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Cloud Strife was created by Tetsuya Nomura for the Final Fantasy VII game and several of its sequels and spino-offs. He is characterized by having a spikey blond hair, striking blue eyes, dark clothing and wielding a massive sword. Cloud Strife was created by Tetsuya Nomura in 19977 and voiced by Takihiro Sakurai, Kenyu Horiuchi and Nozomu Sasaki in various game titles.

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LARA CROFT

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Lara Croft is another Square Enix?s creation and plays the primary character in the Tomb Raider game series. She was created by Core design, a defunct game developer back in 1996. She is usually depicted as an intelligent, beautiful and athletic English adventurer who ventures into ancient temples and ruins in search of treasures and valuable artifacts.

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MARIO

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Mario is the Italian-American plumber of Nintendo?s Mario video game franchise. This character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation and has been considered as one of the most popular and iconic video game character in history. In terms of design, Mario is usually depicted as a short Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom where the turtle-like villain Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach in order to take over the kingdom. Aside from the classic adventure game, Mario has appeared in several game genres including racing, puzzle, party, role-playing, fighting and sports.

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If you?re a forex market trader, you must be aware of the fact that the forex trading platform is one of the most important elements that the forex traders need to consider before joining a trading company. According to the studies revealed by the forex market analysts, the Meta Trader (MT4) currency trading platform is by far the most popular and widely used forex trading system throughout the world. This is till now the best rated forex trading platform that boats of linking a large number of forex traders with the forex markets throughout the world. The MT4 platform offers a consistent, advanced and protected connection and can even be utilized for trading markets lie futures CFDs, options and also stocks. Most forex traders nowadays prefer to offer the MT4 trading platform as they know that more and more traders will be interested towards using it and they just can?t ignore the benefits that it provides.

The biggest benefit that it offers to the forex traders is that it offers you opportunities to create programs such as the expert forex advisors. These might range from the intensive robot like programs that help in discovering the forex signals to the straightforward applications that offer you with basic forex alerts. The MT4 also helps maintain a vigilant eye on the trade, place the trade and when to exit the trade as per the rules that have been set forth by programming. This is one of the most astounding features of the MT4 application.

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Apart from the above mentioned benefits, the Meta Trader, there are some other impressive benefits that are provided to the clients. Here are some of them.

It offers a customized view that will help you put any color into the forex chart.
It is extremely user-friendly and simple
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All the forex traders who prefer trading automatically are indeed pleased with the large marketplace and the plethora of options that they?ve got. As mentioned earlier, one can develop his own expert advisor but there are lots of advisors that you might choose from. On the other hand, there are various forex signal companies that offer you with various automated forex signals that have been sent from the meta-trader platform. So, when you?re trying to set up your fortune by trading the forex platform, do make use of the MT4 trading platform so as to gain all the above mentioned benefits and set profits rolling.

Source: http://www.mktcrunch.com/2012/12/the-online-forex-trading-platform-mt4.html

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