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Hitman - Blood Money Guide
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{ Walkthrough By Mark Davies }
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{ (c) June 2006 }
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{ Version 1 }
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{ Introduction }
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This is a guide to the Himan Blood Money game. It is a work in progress and
will be updated as I work through the game. I do not intend on rehashing the
manual so you should refer to it if you are unsure of controls etc.
This guide has been written by me after some long painstaking effort so please
do not rip my walkthrough off. Finally it will contain spoilers so only read
if you are really stuck.
I will work on revising the layout once I have the walkthrough complete.
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{ Missions }
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This section will detail 1 way of doing the mission and the rating you can
achieve. There are many ways of doing levels, I try and achieve the best
(silent assassin) when possible.
Mission 1 - Death Of A Showman
Mission 2 - A Vintage Year
Mission 3 - Curtains Down
Mission 4 - Flatline
Mission 5 - A New Life
Mission 6 - The Murder Of Crows
Mission 7 - You Better Watch Out ...
Mission 8 - Death On The Mississippi
Mission 9 - Til Death Us Do Part
Mission 10 - A House Of Cards
Mission 11 - A Dance With The Devil
Mission 12 - Amendment XXV
Mission 13 - Requiem
{ Notoriety }
After each mission depending on how well you do you get notoriety rating out of
a 100 for how well you did during a mission. Silent assassin gets 0 notoriety
so it is always best to aim for this rating. To achieve this you need to only
kill the targets and avoid any other unnecessary killing. See mission
statistics later in this walkthrough.
{ Upgrades }
At the start of all missions, after the training mission, you can buy upgrades
to various weapons this section will detail these upgrades. You cannot by all
these updates at the start of the game and they appear after each mission. The
table below shows what upgrades are available at the start of each mission.
SilverB Shotgun SMG M4 Sniper Equip
Mission 1 1-2 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-2 1-3
Mission 2 1-5 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-5 1-5
Mission 3 1-5 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-5 1-5
Mission 4 1-8 1-7 1-9 1-9 1-7 1-8
Mission 5 1-8 1-7 1-9 1-9 1-7 1-8
Mission 6 1-8 1-7 1-9 1-9 1-7 1-8
Mission 7 1-8 1-7 1-9 1-9 1-7 1-8
Mission 8 1-10 1-9 1-11 1-11 1-10 1-10
Mission 9 ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
Mission 10 ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
Mission 11 ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
Mission 12 ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL
* Silverbaillers *
1) Low Velocity Ammo 50,000 More silent,
Less recoil,
Excludes other ammo
2) Silencer Type 1 50,000 Medium silenced,
Excludes silencer type 2,
Excludes long slide
3) Extra Ammo 75,000 2 extra clips,
Expands all clips
4) Laser Site 75,000 Laser aim,
Medium precise
5) Rail Mount 75,000 For scopes
6) Magnum Ammo 100,000 Penetrates doors,
More recoil,
Excludes other ammo
7) Dual Action 100,000 Two guns,
Twice the fun,
More recoil
8) Long Slide 100,000 Better precision,
Less recoil,
Excludes silencer
9) Red Dot Sight 150,000 Small zoom
High Precision
Requires Rail Mount
Excludes Scope
10) Large Clip 150,000 More bullets
Double Capacity
11) Silencer Type 2 200,000 Max silenced
Excludes silencer type 1
Excludes long slide
12) Full Auto Fire 200,000 High rate of fire
Requires large clip
More recoil
13) Scope type 1 200,000 Medium Zoom
Extreme precision
Requires rail mount
* Shotgun *
1) Flechette Ammo 50,000 18 dart slugs,
Less damage,
More precise,
Excludes other ammo
2) Butt Stock 50,000 More precise,
Less recoil
3) Extra Ammo 75,000 2 extra rounds,
Expands all rounds
4) Reload Boost 75,000 Mounted shells,
Fast reload time
5) 12 Gauge Slugs 75,000 12 gauge slugs,
Maximum damage,
Excludes other ammo
6) Rail Mount 100,000 For red dot sight
7) Short Barrel 100,000 More damage,
Less precise,
Excludes silencer
8) Laser Sight 150,000 Laser aim
Medium Precise
9) Magazine 150,000 4 extra slugs
High rate of fire
10) Red Dot Sight 200,000 Max precision
Requires rail mount
11) Silencer Type 1 200,000 Medium silenced
Excludes short barrel
1) Butt Stock 50,000 Less recoil,
More precise
2) Low Velocity Ammo 50,000 Less sound,
Less recoil,
Excludes other ammo
3) Butt Stock 50,000 Less recoil,
More precise
4) Extra Ammo 75,000 2 extra clips,
Expands all clips
5) Rail Mount 75,000 For red dot sight
6) Magnum Ammo 75,000 Penetrates doors,
More recoil,
Excludes other ammo
7) Rapid Fire 100,000 Extreme rate of fire,
More recoil
8) Short Barrel 100,000 More damage,
Less precise
9) Silencer Type 1 100,000 Medium silent,
Less damage,
Excludes silencer type 2
10) Laser sight 150,000 Laser aim
Medium precise
11) Double clip 150,000 Fast reload
12) Silence Type 2 200,000 Max silenced
Less Damage
Excludes silencer type 1
13) Red Dot Sight 200,000 Small zoom
High precision
Requires rail mount
1) R.I.S Handguard 50,000 Special handguard,
Required for upgrades
2) Low Velocity Ammo 50,000 Less recoil,
More silent,
Excludes other ammo
3) Butt Stock 50,000 Lightweight buttstock,
Less recoil,
More precise
4) Extra Ammo 75,000 2 extra clips,
Expands all clips
5) Laser Sight 75,000 Laser aim,
Medium precise
6) Rail Mount 75,000 To mount scopes
7) Amour Piercing Ammo 75,000 Penetrates doors,
More damage,
Excludes other ammo
8) Silencer type 1 100,000 Medium silenced,
Excludes silencer type 2
9) Pistol Grip 100,000 Extra support,
More steady,
Requires RIS handguard
10) Double Clip 150,000 Two clips
Less reload time
Excludes drum magazine
11) Red Dot Sight 150,000 Small zoom
High Precision
Requires rail mount
Excludes scope
12) Silencer Type 2 200,000 Max silenced
Excludes type 1
13) Dum Magazine 200,000 100 rounds
Large recoil
Excludes double clip
14) Scope Type 1 200,000 Standard scope
Extreme precision
Require rail mount
Excludes red dot sight
1) Low Velocity Ammo 50,000 Less sound,
Less recoil,
Excludes other ammo
2) Double Capacity Clip 50,000 High rate of fire,
Excludes other ammo
3) Extra Ammo 75,000 1 extra clip,
Expands all clips
4) Scope Type 1 75,000 Medium zoom,
High precision,
Excludes other scopes
5) Lightweight Frame 75,000 lightweight parts
6) Silencer Type 1 100,000 Medium silenced,
Less damage,
Excludes silencer type 2
7) Amour Piercing Ammo 100,000 Penetrates doors,
More recoil,
Excludes other ammo
8) Extra Ammo 150,000 2 extra clips
Expands all clips
9) Carbon Fibre Barrel 150,000 Less recoil
High precision
10) Bolt Action 150,000 High precision
Requires light frame
Excludes clip
11) Silencer Type 2 200,000 Max Silenced
Less Damage
Excludes silencer type 1
12) Scope Type 2 200,000 Maximum zoom
Extreme precise
Excludes other scopes
* Equipment *
1) Pain Killers 50,000 Small health boost
2) 7 x 50 Zoom Binoculars 50,000 Incremental zoom,
Better vision,
Distance counter
3) Improved Lockpick 50,000 25% faster lockpicking
4) Kevlar Vest 75,000 Absorbs 15% damage,
Lost on new outfit
5) Enhanced Detonator 75,000 Long range detonator
6) Adrenaline 100,000 A health boost
7) Flak Vest 100,000 Absorbs 35% damage,
Lost at new outfit
8) Extra Mine 100,000 One extra RU-AP mine
9) Cratt Shultz Lockpick 150,000 50% faster lockpicking
10) Foil padded suitcase 150,000 None detectable
For custom sniper rifle
11) Flexible Flak Vest 200,000 Absorbs 35% damage
Fits all outfits
* Mission Summary *
At the end of each mission you get a 4 page summary telling you how well you did
1) Mission Stats
Total Kills
Shots Fired
Shots Hit
Close Combat Kills
Bodies Found
Covers Blown
Caught On Camera
2) Notoriety Rating
Balance $
Mission Time
Your Rating
Your Notoriety
3) Money Earned
Balance $
Mission Rating
Rating Bonus
Damage Control
Suit Retrieval
Custom Weapon Retrieval
Total Money Earned
4) Bribes
Bribe Civilians 50,000 - 15 points to notoriety
Bribe Chief Of Police 100,000 - 40 points to notoriety
Acquire A New Identity 200,000 -100 points to notoriety
* Mission 1 - Death Of A Showman *
Starting Equipment:
Fibre Wire
8 x 45 Binoculars
Joseph Clarence
This is basically the training level and is quite easy. It doesn't seem to
matter how many people you kill on this level because you dont get a rating.
- Head south east and climb onto the pier.
- Run west down the pier.
- After the info finishes you'll have a cutscene with the guy on the door.
- After this head through the gate.
- Examine the photo in your inventory if you want, you don't need to.
- Head in the gift shop to the left.
- Go up to the window on the west wall, the guards can't see you so no need to
- Face north to the broken window and wait for the men to stop talking.
- Throw a coin out the window and wait for them to investigate.
- Now go through the door on the west wall.
- Run west to the next building and go through the doors.
- Put the fibre wire on and sneak up to the men talking.
- One is a blind folded lawyer so he can't see you.
- Kill the man and take the gun, don't worry about the body.
- Climb the red trellis to the north.
- Walk along the balcony and jump the gap.
- Grab the shotgun by the door if you want.
- Pick the lock but be careful because as soon as the door opens the gangsters
will see you.
- Open the door and quickly hide behind the wall.
- When the two guards come to investigate shoot them quickly.
- Run in the room and grab the bodies.
- Drag them to one of the two containers by the walls to hide the bodies.
- Now hide in the cabinet until a man enters the room.
- When the man enters the room wait until he goes up to the table and kill him.
- Take the mans clothes and the card he dropped on the way in.
- Exit through the door and use the keycard on the other door.
- Follow the walkway until you come to a room on your left.
- Pick up the basket and put your gun in it.
- Exit this room and continue following the walkway around.
- Let the man check you and then enter the room.
- Drop the crate and get you gun back.
- Go up to the elevator and drop onto the roof.
- Use your fibre wire to stealth kill the guy below (I love this cutscence).
- Next break the box on the wall to turn off the power.
- Now SNEAK through the next room and into the toilets.
- Sneak up behind the man taking a leak and grab him as a human shield
"e" on the keyboard when close enough.
- Now slowly move into the next room where 3 other guys are playing cards.
- Take them all out and turn around to face the bathroom.
- A guard will come to investigate if he spots you kill him to.
- Now knock this guy unconscious or kill him if you like.
- Go back into the bathroom and get the sub machine gun on the sink.
- Go back into the room with the dead poker players and climb the ladder.
- Go forward and get the case with the sniper rifle in.
- Open the case and get the rifle now look out the window.
- You need to take out the three guards (I would kill them in this order):
one on the ground in front of the hut,
one on top of the building behind
the third on the Ferris wheel to his right.
- Pack the rifle away and carry it outside to where you just killed the men.
- Climb down the pipe and run to the next doorway.
- Drop your case here, get the syringe from the box and SNEAK up the stairs.
- Wait until the women has spoken to the man and goes back into the office.
- SNEAK up behind him and push him out the window.
- Then get the syringe out sneak over to the desk.
- When the cross hair goes red over the drink use the syringe.
- Now hide in the cabinet at the back and watch the girl pop her clogs.
- Now go into the office and a cutscene will show.
- He will beg for his life but you'll kill him anyway.
- Get the photo and go back and get your rifle case (no evidence remember!)
- Climb out the window and get the remote bomb and detonator.
- Now follow the path to the window and drop the case.
- Climb in and sneak over to the winch.
- Place the bomb and move back to the window.
- When the Snoop Dog look-a-like kills the guy and the others are standing
- over the body detonate the bomb which should take out two of them.
- Then shoot any remaining witnesses, usually the Snoop Dog look-a-like and
his bitch.
- Now head to the corner of the room downstairs to exit the building.
Upon completion you will not get a summary but just the newspaper clipping
telling you how you did. I've ranged from 17-24 killed. My 24 rating
called me a terrorist. Your money drops the more people you kill and the
number of times you are injured. You can get anything from 600 to 700 thousand
dollars for this job.
Mission 2 - A Vintage Year
Starting Equipment:
Just take the standard equipment
Don Fernando Delgado
Manuel Delgado
(1) A guided tour of the wine cellar might prove useful
especially when looking for deathtraps.
(2) You've heard that Manuel likes to entertain friends
and enjoy the merchandise in the wine cellar.
(3) The entrance to the secret lab is hidden somewhere
in the wine cellar.
(4) The insides are guarded by highly trained guards.
* Kill Don Fernando Delgado *
- From the start go through the door with the guard outside into the main
- From here turn left and enter the building closing the door after you.
- Now break the box immediately inside the door.
- Either hide in the cabinet or follow the L-Shaped corridor to the end and
wait by the left of the door for the guard to come past.
- Now SNEAK into the room and turn left through the door.
- Change into the guard uniform on the chair and exit through the door to
the east.
- Walk southeast across the courtyard and find a drain pipe in the corner
near the door.
- Climb this pipe onto the roof carefully avoiding the patrolling guard to
the east.
- Go through the window near to the pipe.
- Sneak up to the old man and strangle him.
- Get the SNUB NOSE gun if you want (you can then use this in subsequent
- Drag the body to the balcony and throw the body over the balcony.
- Drag it back to the room opposite the window where you came in.
- Now climb back onto the roof the way you came in and down to the
courtyard (avoiding the guard again).
- Head back to the main courtyard where you entered the complex.
* Kill Manuel Delgado *
- Once in the main complex courtyard you may notice a man in a pink shirt
entering the cellars to the east.
- If he is with another bloke at this point you may have to wait a while
down stairs to get him on his own.
- Follow him down stairs and go through the first doorway at the bottom.
- You should be in a small room with some barrels and container for hiding
- Wait crouched behind the barrels facing the door for him to leave this room.
- When he does follow him back to the stairs and strangle him.
- Drag the body back to the room with the container and hide the body.
- Now go back up to the main courtyard.
- Before escaping go back to retrieve your suit breaking the fuse box again.
- Remember to SNEAK until your out of the building so the guards do not
become too suspicious.
- Now exit back to the entrance where you started the game.
- Run east then south past the patrolling guard to a waterfall in the distance.
- Follow the edge of the compound north down a ramp past the dead body you
threw over the balcony earlier.
- When you get to the bottom SNEAK to the left until you get behind a guard.
- Throw a coin to his right and move left following the path around to the
plane to escape.
This should give you the SILENT ASSASIN rating.
Mission 3 - Curtains Down
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Buy long range detonator
Alvardo D'Alvarde
Richard Delahunt
Intel: (1) The contents of toolboxes will not be searched if you are frisked.
(2) There is a shaft from the backstage area to the stage. It is
closely observed and only actors are permitted
(3) Lead actors go to their private rooms to rehearse during breaks
(4) The large chandelier is attached with bolts to the floor of the
(5) Only actors are allowed on stage
(6) Light technicians have a key card to the light control room
(7) There is a light rack above the stage that might prove useful
(8) The prop gun used for the execution of the opera is an exact replica
of a real world war 1 pistol.
* Alvardo D'Alvarde *
- Talk to the man in the room to the left of the main entrance.
- You will get a real version of the prop gun being used in the play.
- When the guards are not looking sneak down the stairs to the left.
- At the bottom of the stairs is a toilet hide here until a worker arrives.
- Use the syringe to knock him out.
- Borrow his clothes and put the body in the container.
- Exit through the door to the south, turn right and go to the end of the room.
- Pick the lock and be careful not to be seen.
- Go down the stairs and through the door at the bottom.
- Continue along the corridor and take the first door on the right wall.
- Follow the stairs up and exit on the first floor.
- Walk north past the bodyguard on the chair and go through the first double
doors on the right.
- Take the stairs all the way to the top and go through the door on the far
- When the worker is not looking plant the bomb on the chandelier.
- Return to the corridor with the bodyguard on the chair.
- Wait for him to go into the toilets
- Make sure no one is around then go into the second dressing room furthest
from the guard. It is marked with a star outside the door.
- Hide in the cabinet and wait for the actor (this can take a while).
- Watch him and wait for him to leave.
- When he does exit the cabinet and replace the prop gun for the real gun.
- Check the door and exit when the bodyguard has gone to the toilet.
- Follow the corridor south towards the toilet and turn left.
- Follow the corridor to the end and go through the last door on the right.
- Take the stairs down and exit through the door.
- Turn left and go through the door at the end.
- Climb the stairs and through the door into the large room.
- Take the last door on the left and you should be back to where you changed
into the workers uniform.
- Change back into your normal clothes avoiding the guards who patrols.
- Now take the stairs back to the main entrance.
- From the main entrance make your way to where the actors are performing
- Eventually the actor will kill your first target when this happens get the
detonator ready.
* Richard Delahunt *
- When Richard runs from his box down stairs into the area below he will trip
under the chandelier.
- When he does use the detonator and the chandelier will drop and kill him.
* Escape *
- Now pocket the detonator and make your way to the main entrance and leave.
This should give you the SILENT ASSASIN rating.
However on a couple of occasions it said I was spotted by 1 witness. Repeating
this gave me the silent assassin rating.
Mission 4 - Flatline
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Agent Smith (although we don't kill him)
Carmine Desalvo
Las Vegas Mobster
Human Trafficker
(1) Admission papers are required to check in. Future patients often
wait in the park outside.
(2) Troublesome patients are often confined to the medical wing.
(3) The brochure list some interesting facilities such as a library a
gymnasium and a large spa centre.
(4) Therapists occasionally get contacted for private sessions.
(5) Some guests hide stashes of alcohol in quite places. Lets hope
they don't get alcohol poising.
(6) Weightlifting can be fatal
(7) Some guests cheat on the spa's strict diet by smuggling camp stoves
in their rooms. Sounds dangerous!
(8) Deceased patients are taken straight from the medical wing to the
* Agent Smith *
- From the start head up the hill following the path and you'll see a man
waiting near some concrete benches.
- Get the admission papers from the bench near him and continue up to the
- Talk to the receptionist and you'll have to get changed into patients
clothes. Follow her behind the reception area to find them.
- Before entering the guard will search you for weapons before letting you in.
- Once inside turn right and right again then climb the stairs.
- At the top the room in the far north east has therapist's clothes inside
so go and get changed.
- The landing on the north side of the middle of this floor
(overlooking the study) has a chandelier that is held up by a winch.
You can place the remote bomb here you'll need it to kill someone later.
- The western side of this floor is rooms A, B, C and D.
Room B next to yours in the far north west allows you to sabotage a gas
stove. You'll also need to do that later.
- One more place of interest in the gym on the ground floor. You'll need to
come back and kill a guy using the weights later.
- Go back to the ground floor and make your way to the medical block.
- Take the stairs down.
- Follow the corridor and exit up the steps at the far end. You'll need to
avoid the guard spotting you going up these stairs.
- At the top walk up to the locked room on the left hiding behind the wall.
- Wait for the orderly to leave (not the one sitting down).
- Climb through the window get the key and the card from the desk
- Use the syringe to knock out the orderly sitting down.
- Hide his body behind you in the container in the room. Avoid being spotted
by the other orderlies patrolling the cells.
- Go into the cells and find Agent smith in a cell along the eastern wall.
- Use the syringe to "kill" him (it will be an action not need to select it
as an item). Again avoid being spotted by the orderlies.
- Now leave and go back to the place upstairs where you left the therapists
clothes and get changed back.
- Head back to the main building and get your patients clothes back.
- Now kill each of the three targets (in any order)
* Carmine *
- Wait in the gym and he'll start to use the weight bench.
- At the end of his session you can kill him with the weights.
* Los Angeles Mobster *
- Go upstairs into your room and onto the balcony.
- Enter the room next door when it is empty and switch on the gas.
- Eventually the target will return to the room and kill himself
* Human Trafficker *
- Stand opposite the study in the stairway and wait for the target to go to the
globe for a drink.
- Use the detonator to kill him
* Escape *
- Go back to reception and get your clothes
- Head back down the hill, Agent Smith will now be in the morgue
- Enter the morgue through the doors - won't raise any suspicion
- Use the syringe to revive Agent Smith
- Exit is in this room.
This should give you the SILENT ASSASIN rating.
Mission 5 - A New Life
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Vinnie Sinistra
(1) Garbage trucks can dispose of all kinds of waste
(2) Surveillance team have an unhealthy appetite for donuts
(3) Vinnie has complained about the neighbours son taking pot shots
into the garden with an air gun
(4) Vinnie lives near a veterinary surgeon. Sometimes a vet needs to
tranquilise wild animals
(5) Rumour has it that Vinnies wife likes to flirt with hired staff.
But Vinnie trusts her completely.
(6) Some field agents are too noisy in teenage girls rooms
(7) A barbeque is being prepared for the party. Be careful with
flammable liquids.
(8) Vinnie has just bought a very expensive and unusual necklace for his
* Vinnie Sinistra *
- From the start make your way to the catering truck nearest the house
- When no one is looking use the sedative syringe on the donuts
- Wait for the caterer to take the donuts to the truck opposite, this is where
the surveillance tapes and 2 agents are.
- When the agents fall unconscious go inside and get a uniform.
- Get the surveillance tape before leaving.
- Go to the front of the house and break the electrical box
- Enter the house disguised
- Go into the room immediately to the left of the main entrance (with the TV)
- Vinnie and a body guard will enter, the bodyguard will then leave to fix the
box you broke outside. Kill Vinnie and hide his body in the small room at
the back of this one.
* Microfilm *
- Go through to the garden and find the shed in the corner.
- Pick the lock and get the lighter fluid
- Go across to the barbeque and sabotage it.
- Drop into the pool and get the microfilm from the necklace
- Leave the house and go back to the surveillance van to get your suit
- Go back to the start and finish the mission
This should give you the SILENT ASSASIN rating.
Mission 6 - The Murder Of Crows
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Mark Purayah Jr
Raymond Kulinsky
Angelina Mason
Protect the politician
Retrieve the diamond case
(1) Walkie talkies transmit everything - even background sound and
music, which could reveal someones location.
(2) Clubs usually have a back entrance for staff.
(3) Book store walls are like paper - you can overhear what's going on
next door.
(4) Clubs in this area are known for having hat dress codes and music
(5) Some private apartments have a useful view.
(6) Pianos can kill - especially when dropped from the sky.
(7) A guy dressed as a yellow bird checked into a hotel room a couple
of hours ago.
The guy with the suitcase can go 2 different ways from the start.
Also, the shooter (Raymond) can be in one of three different locations.
* Suitcase *
- From the start follow the guy in the red suit with the suitcase.
- Eventually he will go into one of two alleyways.
- SNEAK up behind him and use the syringe to knock him unconscious.
- Grab his costume.
- Use a dumpster to hide the body and grab the case.
- You want to hide the case because if the police find it they will pick it up.
- If you are in the alleyway with two exits climb the pipe and drop the case on
the walkway.
- If you are in the alleyway with 4 exits then hide it in the building with the
blue door directly opposite the dumpster where you hid the body.
- If you are in the alleyway with two pipes then SNEAK into the room with
sleeping man and get the waiters uniform.
* Angelina Mason *
- She moves around the map talking to Raymond on her walkie talkie.
- The best place to kill her is the large square alley in the centre of the map.
Note: If the guy in the red suit heads to the large square at the start then
you can hide his body in the dumpster and hide her body in the doorway directly
opposite. This is also a good place to leave the suitcase until the end of
the mission.
- Use the wire or poison to kill her.
- Take the walkie talkie (this will show the bad guys on the map)
- Hide the body.
* Raymond Kulinsky *
- If you don't have the waiters uniform already you can run to the alleyway
behind the hotel where you started.
- Climb up the pipe to the walkway.
- SNEAK into the room and get the waiters uniform.
- Now you need to go to the bar that Raymond is in.
Note: The Salsa Bar is the easiest place to get into. You will need a waiters
uniform to not be spotted.
Salsa Bar
- Enter through the back entrance and turn left.
- Go up the stairs then open the door
- SNEAK into the room and kill the target.
Blues Bar
- Use the back entrance.
- From there follow it around to the next door.
- From the main entrance follow it around to another door.
- Switch off the light and hide in the cabinet.
- When the waiter has gone out go up the stairs.
- Pick the lock and go into the room.
- Kill the target once inside.
Rock Bar
- Enter through the front door and turn left.
- Follow this until you find a door and got through it.
- The door opposite is locked and needs picking. Make sure know one sees you
picking the lock.
- Go up the stairs at the top and through a door.
- Pick another locked door and go inside.
- SNEAK into the room and kill the target.
* Mark Purayah *
Two ways of killing him:
- Now head to the book store in the corner of the map.
- Sneak past the guy inside and up stairs.
- Walk up to a sealed hole in the wall and spot Mark through the wall.
- Wait and you can overhear which bar the assassin is in.
- Take out a mine and put the crosshair on the planks blocking the door.
- Exit to the alleyway opposite the house guarded by the chicken man.
- If you are on "expert level" use your map and when you see Mark go back to
his desk detonate the bomb laid earlier.
- Get the delivery boy suit and the suitcase.
- Go to the building with the yellow chicken outside.
- Enter and climb stairs to the left.
- Drop the case outside the room.
- Wait for the chicken to leave the upstairs room and sedate him.
- Hide the body by the wall so Mark cannot see it when you open the door.
- Go in and kill Mark.
* Escape *
- Go back and retrieve your suit.
- Head towards the exit with the case and finish the level.
This should give you the SILENT ASSASIN rating.
Mission 7 - You Better Watch Out ...
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Chad Bingham
Lorne De Havilland
Video Tape
(1) Don't expect any presents this year - Santa drinks too much.
(2) The bartender knows how to improve your performance in the grotto.
(3) Waiters often shower in the staff changing room.
(4) Even small annoying dogs eat sausages.
(5) The glass bottomed out door jacuzzi looks down on the pier 70 feet
(6) Amongst the high society spiked drinks are all the rage.
(7) Heavy lights are installed in the photo studio.
(8) Lorne recently hired a former US Airforce helicopter pilot.
* Lorne De Havilland *
- From the start head along the pier to the lift
- Stay close to the lift doors and you'll not be caught on CCTV
- Go up to the 1st floor
- Exit the lift run straight forward and jump the balcony.
- Open the door to your right (ignore Santa he won't raise the alarm)
- Exit by the door straight in front to the kitchen
- Poison the sausage near the bin or on the work surface then pick it up.
- Exit through the door on the east wall.
- Follow the L-Shaped corridor and exit through the door being sure not to be
spotted by any guards.
- Go south, then east, then north and run to the bar
- Talk to the barman and get the aphrodisiac
- Use the aphrodisiac on the drink to your right (the waiter will collect this
and give it to Chad)
- Now head outside turning left and running past the first pool to the second.
- If there is no one on the door run through and turn right you'll see a water
feature directly ahead
- Go into the water feature and be in a passageway that leads to the grotto.
- SNEAK up behind the man sitting at one end and use the syringe to sedate him.
- Hide the body behind the waterfall then take the photographers clothes.
- Enter the grotto, turn right and go through the door guarded by two men.
- Go to the lift and go up to the studio.
NOTE: Check your map and make sure that the target is in the southern most room
If he spots you your cover will be blown.
- Exit the lift and run to the double doors.
- Stand to the right and open the doors.
- Wait for the guard to come past then sedate him.
- Drag him towards the room with the target in and drop the body
- Go to the balcony and throw the sausage.
- SNEAK up behind the target and push him over the edge.
- Go back and get the suit from the guard.
* Video Tape *
- Exit the room and go into the first room on the right.
- When the guard isnt looking get the videotape off the desk.
- Return to the waterfall where the photographer is.
* Chad *
- By now Chad will have made his way into a bedroom to have his way with a girl.
- Exit the waterfall and turn left.
- Go through the double doors and run past the women (who is an assassin)
turning right then going through the doors.
- Run to the bottom of the stairs and open the door and wait on the balcony.
- When Chad arrives SNEAK up behind him, look over the edge and make sure no
one below is watching then push him over the edge.
* Escape *
- Run back up the stairs and around to the waterfall.
- Get your suit back and run back around the way you came in from the first
- Go back to the pier and exit lift (staying close to the wall to avoid the
CCTV again)
- Run up the pier to the boat and escape.
NOTE: You can also use the helicopter if you want but you have to leave behind
your suit and you cannot be carrying any weapons because they search you
before you can get to the helicopter.
Summary - 2 Accidents $650,000
This will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 8 - Death On The Mississippi
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Captain Muldoon
6 Gator Boys
(1) The engine room is off limits to passengers - the furnace is a
dangerous workplace
(2) Man overboard - the wild waters of the river will cause certain
(3) The captains cake is being prepared in the galley in the rear of
the 4th deck
(4) Only the 1st class passengers are allowed in the Gators private
(5) The lower class kitchen prepares food for both tourists on board as
well as the gators on the top deck - extra flavour could be added
(6) The boss has received some heavy duty hunting gear from the
business alliance. The present is kept secure at the staff quarters
* Gator Boys *
- From the start run left on the same deck then right under a gangway you'll
see a locked door to the furnace. Pick this lock.
- Now run back to the start and go up the stairs then through either double
doors to the passenger deck.
- Go through the double doors again and run down the corridor past a drunk old
guy and one of the gator boys with his women.
- turn right and exit the side of the ship.
- Jump over the railing and make your way along the side of the ship doing
another jump.
- Turn left and partially climb the trellis and wait for the gator guard to
enter the door on the deck above.
- Climb and wait by the door and SNEAK follow the Gator guy along the deck. He
will eventually stop by the rail and you can push him over the edge.
- Go back along the deck and into the door where the gator guy went.
- Sedate the purser and get the uniform to gain access to the Gator boys
private area.
- Poison the cake and pick it up then exit the way you came in.
- Run to where you knocked the gator guy off the ship and up the stairs.
- Go up to the main entrance guarded by a bloke with a shotgun.
- Let him search you for weapons then go through the door and immediately left
into the toilets.
- Drop the cake and get the fibre wire ready then put it away.
- A guard will enter the toilet, use the fibre wire to kill him.
NOTE: Once this guard is dead the purser in the main room will never leave that
room. Thats useful for killing the remaining guards.
- leave the toilet and wait for the patrolling guard from outside to pass into
the main room.
- Turn the lights out by the entrance and wait at the opposite end of the
small hallway.
- When the guy comes back in SNEAK behind him and fibre wire him.
- Hide the body in the toilet with the other
NOTE: This guard can take a different path if so kill the bloke outside and he
should be the only one left other than the captain to kill here. It is
possible to lure him to places by dropping a weapon.
- Exit outside and stand around the corner from guard. When he loses interest
SNEAK up on him and use the fibre wire to kill him.
- 4 down and 2 to go, we'll get them on the way to the exit.
* Captain Muldoon *
- Get the cake and head to the captains quarters and put the cake on the table
and leave.
- Wait for the poison to do its work then go back in and drag the body into the
bedroom on the left.
- When youre in there open the safe and take the parcel documents.
- exit and head back to the kitchen and retrieve your suit.
* Gator Boys *
- Exit the kitchen and climb back down the trellis avoiding the guard on the
deck below.
- Make your way back along the outside rail towards where you started.
- Wait by the first door on the right and the guy from the hallway earlier will
eventually come to the deck. When no one is looking push him over the side.
- Now for the final target, head back to the start where you picked the lock.
- Stay to the left and check your map. You need to SNEAK down to the far end
following the target then push him into the machinery (ouch!)
* Escape *
- Open the door near to where you are and go into the next room then take the
left exit. You may get caught by the guard if so just run to the exit and
you should still get the Silent Assassin rating.
- Follow the path round to the boat and exit.
Summary - 5 Kills, 3 Close Combat, 2 Accidents $620,000
Best Time - 13:09
This will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 9 - Til Death Us Do Part
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Buddy Muldoon
John "Pappy" Leblanc
Protect - Margaux Leblanc
(1) Guns and shooting in outdoor areas don't make rednecks panic.
(2) The water is home to Alligators.
(3) The priest rings the wedding bell to announce the ceremony.
(4) The fathers recently deceased brother is buried in the family
(5) The groom can't keep himself away from the whipped cream on the
wedding cake
- Follow the path form the start, left then right then left again into a small
broken outhouse.
- Wait for the drunk to arrive and fall unconscious.
- Take his clothes and party invite (he also has a six shooter).
- Make your way to the house in the middle of the map.
- Go through the front door and talk to Margaux if you want then head to the
kitchen (second door on the right).
- You might see the priest enter the kitchen if so follow him.
- If not then take first right on entering the kitchen, right, left and through
the door straight ahead.
- Sedate the priest, take his clothes and hide the body in the closet.
- Go back to the kitchen.
Note: You can do either of these hits in any order. The nearest kill is Buddy
but you'll find you have to wait an awful long time for Pappy to get to
the graveyard where he'll meet his end.
* Pappy Leblanc *
- Climb out the window in the kitchen and head west through the outhouse to the
family graveyard.
- When Pappy looks over the grave push him in making sure no-one sees you.
- Head back to the kitchen.
* Buddy Muldoon *
- Poison the cake in the kitchen when no-one is looking.
- Wait for Buddy to collapse then quickly drag his body and put it into the
chest in the north east corner of the room.
- Make your way out of the house and get your suit back from the drunk.
- Head back to the exit (you can grab the shotgun on the way back if you want).
Summary - 2 Kills, $670,000
Best Time - 6:20
This will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 10 - A House Of Cards
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Sniper Riffle, if you want an easier level
Sheikh Al-Khalifa
Hendrik Schmutz
(1) It would be wise to check in at the reception as one of the first
things you do at the casino.
(2) Security is very tight in high profile casinos, so staff have key
cards which only provide access to the floors they work on.
(3) As request we have left an agency pickup in your hotel room, #701
(4) The casinos strict fire safety procedures. Easily accessible fire
alarms are located on the top floor.
(5) It is important to find good vantage points. Room balconies may
provide this.
(6) The VIP area has been reserved all day by the Sheikh only waiters
are allowed in this area.
(7) There is no cell phone coverage inside the casino to prevent
cheating. Anyone receiving a call has to step outside.
(8) The items used in the trade are carried around in an ordinary
looking suitcase so they don't attract much attention.
* Scientist *
- Run into the casino, turn left right and right to the reception.
- Talk to the receptionist and then get the key to your room.
- Go up the stairs in the lobby and call the lift on the left.
- When inside and the doors have closed climb up into the hatch.
- Wait for the scientist to arrive and enter lift.
- Strangle victim then grab his case and card to his room on the eight floor.
- Head back to the lobby and look for the exit down the stairs and left.
- Drop the case here for later and return to the lobby
* Hendrik Schmutz *
- Go into the lift on the right (not the one with the body)
- Climb into the hatch and wait for Hendrick (he heads towards the lift when
the Sheikh arrives).
- When he enters the lift strangle him and get his key.
* Sheikh Al-Khalifa *
Note: There are two methods of killing the Sheikh detailed below:
Sniper Riffle Method
- Drop your sniper rifle case in your room and head up to the 8th floor.
- Pull one of the alarms and wait for the guards in the north west to leave
then enter the room.
- Enter the room turn left and left to enter the bedroom.
- Use the phone (only seems to work when the sheikh is seated).
- Run back to your room take your riffle and go onto the balcony.
- You can jump over the right side of the balcony to get a better shot.
- Wait for the Sheikh to come outside into the car park and shoot him.
- Drop the riffle.
- Get Hendrik's clothes and head up to the fourth floor.
- Go to the room in the north east and grab the suitcase.
- Go down to the lobby and to the north east where the sheikh is.
- Let bodyguards search you and then enter private area.
- Turn left and talk to sheikh.
- Use the poison to kill him (best to face away whilst you get the poison out).
- Leave the body where it is.
- Head down to the exit where you left the case, grab it and exit.
Summary: 3 Kills, 2 Close, 1 Accident $820,000
(-$5000 for leaving gun)
3 Kills, 3 Close, 1 Accident $825,000
Best Time: 10:10
Both will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 11 - A Dance With The Devil
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Anthony Martinez
Vanna Ketlyn
Get Information
(1) Trailers arrived earlier with decorations for the painters
(2) Information about who is trying to kill you might be found in a
laptop on the top floor.
(3) Don't go for a swim in the shark tanks at hells party.
(4) Be careful when playing with pyrotechnics they could kill someone.
(5) Bar tenders are usually well informed.
(6) Look out for the singer at the heaven party. Looks can be
(7) The devil is never to be trusted.
(8) There is a food elevator which might be used to transfer more than
just food.
- From the start run into the double doors and talk to the guard.
Note: You will be caught on CCTV which ever way you enter but you can retrieve
the tape which is found to the east of the start of the level.
- When he walks away grab all the ammunition from the desk.
- Exit through the north east door (the one the guard doesn't go through).
- Head down the stairs and hide in the closet and wait.
- Eventually a guard will come in and head up the stairs.
- Wait and then head through the double doors.
- Head east staying near to the north wall, follow it around to another guard.
- SNEAK up behind the guard and sedate him.
- Take his clothes and weapon then drag and hide his body in the box.
- Run west then south back to the start and wait for the guard inside the
security room to leave and SNEAK in.
- Grab the tape by the door and exit back into the lower garage.
- There is a van in the north east with a Heaven Suit by its doors. When the
guard patrolling this area is not looking change into the clothes.
- Run back to the door where you sedated the guard and pick the lock.
- Climb the ladder inside and drop into the first elevator and go to the top
* Anthony Martinez*
- Your target will be on the top floor. He will follow a pattern of doing
three laps of the level then he will head to the lift down to the lower floor.
- Run into the main room to the north of the lift and head into the toilets in
the north.
- Wait for the target and fibre wire him in the toilets.
- Take his clothes, case and weapon.
* Get Information *
- Head to the room in the south east and find a laptop with the information on
two assassins after you. There is one on this floor and one in the basement.
* Eve *
- She is the singer singing rather badly in the main room. Walk up to her and
she will talk to you. Then follow her to the room where you got your
- She will try and kill you so you need to push her to the ground and poison
Note: You could take the silenced pistol and shoot her in the head from the
doorway making sure she doesn't see you. If she does kill you see a
nice cut scene.
* Vanna Ketlyn *
- Head back to the lift and go down to the garage.
- Climb onto the room of the elevator and walk across to the next elevator.
- Drop in and take the lift down to the basement.
- Exit the lift and follow the hallway west, north and then east through a door.
- Head south to the doorway where Vanna is on the other side.
- Rig the pyrotechnics machine and head back into the main area.
- The fire should eventually cook Vanna and she'll fall into the shark tank.
* ????????? *
- Go up to the man dressed as the devil and follow him into the torture chamber.
- After the cutscence grab some weapons then hide behind shelves to avoid being
- The best way to kill him is to try and get the opposite side of the room
through the steel door. There is a concrete pillar you can hide behind
shooting the target whist he reloads.
- Grab the gun and key off the body and drag the body out of view of the doors.
- Head back to the elevator and back up to the garage.
- Climb back onto the room and head back across the top of the elevators, down
the ladder and through the door.
- Get your suit and head to the exit point (you will need to head left and
around to avoid being detected by the guards)
Summary: 3 Kills, 2 Close, 1 Accident $720,000
Best Time: 22:13
This will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 12 - Amendment XXV
Starting Equipment:
Take the standard equipment
Take the sniper rifle (silenced) + foil padded case
Mark Parchezzi III
Vice President
(1) The guards will open fire if weapons are detected by the metal
(2) Any confiscated weapons at the museum entrance will be stored away
(3) The white house is surrounded by an iron gate which varies in
(4) Guards will respond if the laser alarm in the museum is triggered.
(5) The first lady has a dog that is regularly taken out for a walk in
the back garden.
(6) The oval office has been the seting for many historical meetings.
(7) Carpenters working in the main building have put up some
scafforlding for renovation purposes.
* Vice President *
- From the start drop your case near the wall where the patrolling guards are
by the window.
- Wait for all but the women going for a smoke to go into the building then
throw a coin to attract the attention of the guard nearest the case.
- When he comes get behind him and sedate him.
- Drag the body and hide it behind the bus along with the gun.
- Get the marines uniform and retrieve your case.
- Head into the main entrance and put the case through the detector and
retrieve it.
- Head through the door opposite guarded by a marine.
- Go through the first door on the left.
- Grab the key card and security tape from the window.
- Exit through the same door you entered.
- Turn left through the door.
- Exit through the door opposite.
- Follow the hallway and use the key card on the door.
- Follow the L-Shaped hallayway and go through the door at the end.
- Immediatley turn right and go through the door.
Note: Depending on how quickly you do this will depend on the guards position
in this hallway.
- Head to the doorway on your left at the far right of the hallway.
- Run across and open the chest to drop a body in.
- Drop the suitcase and get the poison ready.
- The vice president is in the room to the ???? of here, kill him and hide the
body in the chest as soon as possible. Try and collect the key card he is
carrying to save time. Beware though that his wife will come looking for him
from the room next door so you need to be quick.
* Mark PArchezzi III *
- Grab the suitcase and exit the room.
- Turn ledt and through the doors.
- Climb to the top of the stairs and exit the first door on the right.
- If the marine is not here trun right and go through the window.
- Climb down the scaffolding onto the roof.
- Run across the roof and drop the case on the other side by the dome out of
sight of the door.
Note: If you do not have a key card you will need to wait for the secret
service man to come out for a smoke and get his card.
- Use the keycard and go through the door.
- Follow the room and exit in the far right down some stairs.
- Go through the door.
- Head towards the oval office, quickest way is left then right then left again.
- Watch the cutscene and run after Mark.
- Follow the path back up to the roof where you left the sniper rifle.
- Get the rifle and use the scope to edge slowly across the roof.
- When you can just see his head past the railings shoot him dead.
- Put the rifle back in the case and get the marine uniform back.
- Proceed all the way back to the start.
- Get your suit back and run to the exit, the gate between the 2 coaches.
Summary: 2 Kills, 1 Close $550,000
Best Time: 11:29
This will give you a SILENT ASSASSIN rating.
Mission 13 - Requiem
Starting Equipment:
You only have your silverbaillers
After watching a cutscene you will see the creaits rolling, you'll notice you
can move the camera. Keep pressing any one of the arrow keys and after a short
while 47 will get up and go into slow motion for a short time. The aimis to
kill all the guards if you can. This is luck more than anything else because
you are heavily outnumbered.
- Shoot the guy to the left then the three to your right.
- Avoid getting caught on the flowers by the altar and head out the back of the
- There is a wall in a hollow to the north I waited here and shot the guards
as they approached.
- Collect the guns that they drop if you are low on ammo.
- You will also need to kill the reporter and priest who are not armed and
generally are found banging on the gate at the opposite end of the map.
- Kill them all and watch the cutscene with 47 and some oriental guy.
Well done you have beaten the game !!!!
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An alarm sounds on Ed Damiano's night stand in the middle of the night. He jumps out of bed and rushes into his son's room next door.
His son, David, has Type 1 diabetes. The 15-year-old sleeps hooked up to a monitor that sounds an alarm when his blood sugar gets too low. If it drops sharply, David could die in his sleep.
"The fear is that there's going to be this little cold limb, and I screwed up. It's all on me," Damiano says.
But when he touches David's hand, he's warm. He's OK. Damiano says, "That's the moment of relief."
The father has been doing this night after night since his son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 11 months old.
But Damiano has done more than nightly monitoring to try to protect his son. He's an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, and has shifted the focus of his career to developing a better way to care for people with Type 1 diabetes.
"It's intimidating when you start considering the list of things that influence blood sugar," he says. "Emotions and physical activity, if you're healthy. You can't possibly take into account and balance all those things. And sometimes you get it right. And often you get it wrong."
Damiano has developed a system he calls a "bionic pancreas" designed to help people better manage their blood sugar. He's racing to get it approved by the Food and Drug Administration before his son leaves for college in three years.
In tests with 52 teenagers and adults, the device did a better job controlling blood sugar than the subjects typically did on their own. The results were reported Sunday at an American Diabetes Association meeting in San Francisco and also published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
At the moment, Damiano's system is basically a sophisticated app that runs on an iPhone. The iPhone is connected wirelessly to the kind of blood sugar monitor that many people with diabetes wear taped to their abdomens.
The app analyzes the data from the monitor and sends signals wirelessly to two pumps that are similar to devices many diabetes patients wear to infuse themselves with insulin. In this case, one pump contains insulin and the other contains glucagon, a different hormone that raises blood sugar when it gets too low.
"The bionic pancreas is a device that automatically takes care of your blood sugars 24/7," Damiano says. "It's a device that comes to know you."
He is not the only one working on something like this. Several groups in the United States and elsewhere are testing similar systems. But Damiano's system is one of the most advanced. For example, it is one of the few that uses both insulin and glucagon.
Diabetes specialists at the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, both of which have provided funding for Damiano's research, say his system is promising. But it remains unclear which approach will work best, they say. Damiano's could, for example, turn out to be too complicated.
"Because it's more complex, using a pump for each hormone, it may also make it more challenging for the people using it if there is a failure of the system," says Guillermo Arreaza-Rubín, a program director at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. In the worst-case scenario, someone could die from severe hypoglycemia if the device failed.
Based on the results of the last round of testing, Damiano has gotten approval to launch a new round of testing. Dozens of adult and adolescent volunteers will use the system on their own for 11 days. The first volunteers start Monday.
"This thing is going to take the worries about my blood sugar off my hands," says Ariana Koster, 24, one of the volunteers. Koster has been struggling with diabetes since she was 11.
During a recent dry run for the new study, Koster tried the system for three days. For the first time in years, she says, she did not have to obsess over her blood sugar. She even snuck a cookie in the middle of one night, and indulged in her favorite food: pad thai.
"I can already see how awesome it is," Koster said.
There are not yet companies involved in developing the device. Damiano hopes to win the FDA's approval just in time for his son David's first night alone in his dorm room. For his part, David is confident his dad's bionic pancreas will be ready in time.
"My whole life I've just known — just had this knowledge that my dad is going to have this bionic pancreas out when I go to college," David says. "I'm confident in him. He works really hard — really hard."
Story produced for broadcast by Rebecca Davis.
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.
And I'm Renee Montagne. Today in Your Health, one man's quest to protect his son. The New England Journal of Medicine reports that his experimental device, a bionic pancreas to automatically control blood sugar for people with Type 1 diabetes, appears to be working. NPR's Rob Stein has the story.
ROB STEIN, BYLINE: When I started working on this story, I knew life could be hard for people with diabetes. But I didn't really get how hard until Ed Damiano invited me into his home. Ed lives on a quiet cul-de-sac in a pretty little town outside Boston. It's the middle of the night. I'm camped out in his living room. Ed and his family are all asleep upstairs. An alarm goes off on Ed's nightstand. He jumps out of bed and I run upstairs. Ed's son, David, is asleep in the room next door.
STEIN: So what just happened?
ED DAMIANO: So David's alarm went off.
STEIN: David has Type 1 diabetes, so he sleeps hooked up to a monitor that goes off when his blood sugar gets too low.
E. DAMIANO: It suggests that he's very, very low.
STEIN: Why are you worried about that. What's the danger?
E. DAMIANO: So the danger there is that there's a syndrome called dead-in-bed syndrome.
STEIN: Dead-in-bed syndrome. Some diabetics go to sleep and just never wake up. It's rare, but it does happen.
E. DAMIANO: The fear is that there's going to be this little cold limb and I screwed up. And that's quite a screw-up. You know, I mean, that' - it's all on me.
STEIN: OK so you're going to go into his room right now?
E. DAMIANO: Yep.
STEIN: We tiptoe into his son's room. David, he's 15. He's sprawled out on the bed. His father reaches for his hand. David's warm. He's OK. We slip out of the room. David's still sleeping.
E. DAMIANO: That's the moment of relief, right?
STEIN: Ed Damiano's been doing this night after night, sometimes several times a night since David was diagnosed 14 years ago.
STEIN: You do this every night?
E. DAMIANO: It became a new routine of my life 14 years ago - my new normal.
STEIN: But Ed knows he can't keep this up forever. In just a few years, David's going off to college. What then? So Ed, who is a biomedical engineer, decided to invent something to watch over his son - something he calls a bionic pancreas.
TOBY DAMIANO: David? Are you awake? You are.
STEIN: The next morning, Ed and his wife, Toby, seem like any other parents rushing to get their kids, David and his sister Emily, off to school.
T. DAMIANO: Bye, honey.
STEIN: After they're gone, they explain how all this started.
T. DAMIANO: So Davey was 11 months old. He was starting to walk. He was pushing a push wagon. And then he stopped doing it.
STEIN: He stopped trying to walk, stopped eating, got weaker and weaker. Toby took her son to the doctor. Turned out, his pancreas didn't make insulin so the sugar in his blood was poisoning his body. She realized he was facing a long list of terrible complications later in life - blindness, amputations, heart attacks. She rushed him to the hospital.
T. DAMIANO: I crawled into that hospital crib with my son and I held him. And he got stuck and pricked and, you know, I knew how much work we were going to have to do to keep him safe and I knew the consequences of not doing a good job.
STEIN: Toby's a pediatrician. She and Ed made themselves into experts about diabetes. And Ed became a 24/7 walking blood sugar monitor.
E. DAMIANO: It's now 1:20 a.m.
STEIN: Even pricking David's finger in his sleep to test him, giving him insulin when his blood sugar's too high and getting him to sip juice without waking up when he's too low.
E. DAMIANO: David is sleeping soundly.
STEIN: But even Ed, watching him so closely, couldn't become a human pancreas.
E. DAMIANO: It's intimidating when you start considering the list of things that influences blood sugar - I mean, emotions and physical activity, if you're healthy, if you're under the weather. You can't possibly take into account and balance all those things. And you sometimes get it right and you often get it wrong.
STEIN: Ed became convinced there must be a better way and that he could find it. So he essentially switched careers from writing esoteric papers about mathematics to developing a bionic pancreas at Boston University.
E. DAMIANO: A bionic pancreas is a device that automatically takes care of your blood sugars 24/7. It's a device that basically comes to know you. And it's the next best thing to a cure.
STEIN: That's a pretty bold statement. But Ed's clearly a confident guy and he tells me he doesn't let doubts get in his way. There's lots of other people out there working on something like this, but his gizmo is one of the most advanced. At the moment, it's basically a really, really smart app.
E. DAMIANO: The current incarnation of our system runs on an iPhone and that iPhone is connected to a continuous blood sugar monitor.
STEIN: A monitor that some diabetics already wear taped to their bellies. They look kind of like a small pager.
E. DAMIANO: And it wirelessly talked to two pumps - one filled with insulin...
STEIN: Which lowers blood sugar.
E. DAMIANO: ...And one filled with glucagon.
STEIN: Glucagon - another hormone which raises blood sugar. For the person using the app, it constantly crunches the numbers from the monitor to tell the pumps how much insulin or glucagon to infuse through tiny tubes inserted under their skin.
E. DAMIANO: It's life-transformative, not having to think about their diabetes anymore. OK, it's a total game-changer.
STEIN: And it looks like it's working. In the New England Journal of Medicine, Ed and his colleagues reported his bionic pancreas did great on 52 teens and adults. And Ed's got the go-ahead to let volunteers use it on their own for the first time.
STEIN: Ed's clearly psyched when he meets his volunteers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston.
E. DAMIANO: It's fun to just be in the, you know, in the heat of the moment. (Laughing).
STEIN: His team's getting ready to hook up the volunteers.
ARIANA KOSTER: I'm Ariana. I am 23 years old.
STEIN: Ariana Koster's been struggling with diabetes since she was 11. She can't wait.
KOSTER: It's very, very exciting. This thing is going to take the worries about my blood sugar off my hands for a few days.
STEIN: Ed's team explains how the bionic pancreas works, helps Ariana set it all up.
KOSTER: All right, insulin is loaded.
STEIN: And starts counting down...
KOSTER: Ten, nine, eight...
STEIN: ...To the moment when they'll switch on her bionic pancreas.
E. DAMIANO: You guys are bionic.
KOSTER: I'm a bionic woman.
STEIN: Back at Ed's house that night, he's watching his volunteers' sugar in real time on his iPad mini. He pulls up Ariana's numbers.
E. DAMIANO: There it is.
STEIN: The bionic pancreas is literally making life-and-death decisions for her.
E. DAMIANO: Oh it's amazing, right? I'm blown away by these numbers. I'm so reassured by these numbers.
STEIN: But things didn't go as well for his son David that day. He doesn't have the bionic pancreas yet.
E. DAMIANO: You went to class with your pump, where? In the locker room?
DAVID DAMIANO: In my backpack.
E. DAMIANO: You forgot to connect it?
D. DAMIANO: Yes. You want to record this?
E. DAMIANO: Yes, I definitely want to record that. The teenage brain.
STEIN: They're laughing, but this is just the kind of thing that terrifies Ed and Toby. It won't be long before David goes off to college and Ed's not there to make sure he's okay.
E. DAMIANO: I mean, we could just get a phone call from the dean of students one day.
T. DAMIANO: Your son is dead. He's in his room. We don't know anything. OK? And I know what happened. He overdosed on insulin by accident. I raised this precious person for 20 years and he died for some stupid mistake.
STEIN: David knows he has to work harder at taking care of himself, but he's confident his dad's bionic pancreas will be ready in time.
D. DAMIANO: My whole life I've just known - just had this knowledge that my dad is going to have this bionic pancreas out when I go to college.
STEIN: Are you kind of figuring he's going to make it?
D. DAMIANO: Yeah I'm confident in him. He works really hard - really hard.
KOSTER: Maybe I'll bring you cookies.
E. DAMIANO: Two-thirty in the morning.
STEIN: By the end of the week, it's time for Ed to check in with Ariana and the other volunteers.
KOSTER: I can already see how awesome it is.
STEIN: For the first time in forever, Ariana's not obsessing over her blood sugar. She even snuck a cookie that night.
KOSTER: Oh, it's amazing. It's going to change my life.
STEIN: The next round of testing starts this afternoon. Ariana, and dozens of other volunteers around the country, including some kids at camp this summer, are trying it for even longer. Ed hopes that will help prove his bionic pancreas works just in time for David's first night alone in his dorm room. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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It was a cold morning; colder than usual for this area of the mountains. Frost lined the edges of pine needles and traced the outlines of the roots on the ground. A young dragon peeked her head out of her den to see the sun begin to rise in the sky. She was still no more than a baby, really; only six years old. She still had that cute baby face and big feet; her wings were still small and incapable of flight. She stepped out of the den, a ray of sunshine falling on her to illuminate her emerald scales. Her big, fiery green eyes blinked in the morning light. She shook herself to rid herself of dew drops that had formed on her during the night, as was her morning ritual, only to find that what was on her was frost, not dew. She made a puzzled noise in her throat, scratching at the frost on her scales with a talon. "Mama!†she crooned. "Lookit all the white stuff on the ground!â€
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One large green eye opened slowly and a small, weak smile graced her mother's face. "Mama isn't feeling so well, darling. Go find Papa and see if he'll take you on a walk, yes?â€
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Voting has just begun in a week-long referendum amongst Southern Sudanese, on whether or not they should leave Sudan and go it alone.
Following decades of violence, it's hard to see how the people of Southern Sudan will not vote for independence. As the deserts of the north make way for grasslands, forests and swamps of the south, the people change as drastically as the landscape. The predominately Arabic-speaking Muslim northerners are totally different from the tribal Christian or Animist southerners. In the north, 50% or more of children complete primary school, whereas this figure drops to closer to 1% in parts of the South. Infant mortality nearly doubles if you travel between Khartoum and Juba, capitals of each part of Sudan. Over 2/3rds of people in the northern Khartoum, River Nile and Gezira states have access to piped drinking water or pit latrines, as opposed to under 20% of southerners without any form of toilet.


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Five scientists talk to Jon Cartwright about why they are drawn to problems on the border between biology and physics
People go into biophysics for a variety of motivations, but if one reason stands out, it is this: it focuses on phenomena that are familiar to all of us. While some topics in physics can seem esoteric and far removed from everyday life, biophysics can be more personal. How does a cell work, for example, or what is the molecular basis of AIDS? These are questions to which everyone can relate.
Yet perhaps biophysics is also attractive to scientists because it is fairly new, and draws from many other disciplines. You might have trained as a nuclear physicist, a computer programmer or a physical chemist and still have much to offer. Here, five scientists with interests in biophysics – all with very different backgrounds – reveal what they enjoy about their subject.
Deborah Fygenson
Associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, US
Deborah Fygenson studied atomic physics as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and intended to focus on condensed-matter physics for her PhD at Princeton University. However, by the time it came to choosing a thesis topic she had become distracted by one of the university's new professors, Albert Libchaber – a veteran researcher in the physics of turbulence. However, it was not turbulence that Libchaber was promoting. "He was very clear that physics was dead, and biology was the future," says Fygenson. "The way he presented it was quite exciting – that there are physical phenomena within biology that the tools of molecular biology had made accessible to harder science, to physics-type studies."
In her current research, Fygenson is using cutting-edge tools such as DNA origami – a method of folding genetic material into 2D and 3D shapes – to work out how to recreate some of the nanostructures seen in biology. She hopes to learn why cells are built the way they are, and in the process discover how to build different nanostructures that might find uses in bioengineering.
For Fygenson, it is the "immediacy" of biophysics that makes the subject so attractive. "It's the potential for impact on human life, the phenomena being close by," she says. "I think that if we start to better understand the physical limitations imposed by biomaterials, we'll have fundamental insights into why biology is constructed the way it is."
Julian Moger
Senior lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK
The blood–brain barrier – a filtering mechanism that exists between the brain and its blood-supplying capillaries – is crucial for keeping our brains free from dangerous microscopic particles, such as bacteria. Unfortunately, the filtering mechanism is so effective that, if someone does get a brain infection, it is often incredibly difficult for vital drugs to make it through the barrier. Julian Moger is improving techniques that help pharmacists visualize the blood–brain barrier so that they can develop drugs that are more effective at penetrating it. "My input is to provide techniques that give them information to rationally engineer particles to do this better," he says. "So it's giving them some feedback as to how their strategies are actually working."
Moger began academic life with an undergraduate physics degree at Exeter, which led him to a PhD in optical coherence tomography, a postdoc in Raman spectroscopy and finally a lectureship in applied photonics. Today, his favourite aspect of research is getting results he does not understand – something Moger views as a challenge to figure out what is really happening. "People think of biology as being well understood, but it's probably one of the most exciting areas of scientific research," he says. "We still don't really understand what makes the body work. It's just a fascinating machine. I am really enjoying developing techniques that allow us to understand how we work, and where life comes from."
Stephanie Allen
Associate professor at the University of Nottingham, UK
Stephanie Allen knew she wanted to be a scientist for a long time. Her father was a chemist, and while studying for her A-levels she remembers reading science magazines about the latest developments such as the scanning tunnelling microscope and, later, the atomic force microscope. But for her undergraduate degree she read pharmacy, and it was only when she looked at PhD options that the field of biophysics stood out. "A new lab had opened up in the School of Pharmacy where I studied," she says. "I thought it was really cool that you could image single biological molecules – it was a really interesting area, a really new area."
Today, Allen's work focuses on understanding the structure, function and interactions of single biological molecules. One of her projects seeks to understand how proteins bind to DNA inside bacteria during the DNA replication process. "If you can understand the process of DNA replication, and related processes that enable genes to be switched on and off, you may reveal potential new targets for the development of therapeutic antibiotics," she says.
Elspeth Garman
Professor at the University of Oxford and president of the British Crystallographic Association
Elspeth Garman, one of the UK's leading biophysicists, gives a frank reason for why she enjoys biophysics so much. "I can explain to someone I meet on the bus or a taxi driver what I do," she says. "It has an immediately understandable impact."
Garman earned a PhD in low-energy nuclear-structure experimental physics in 1980, after which she continued her research and tutored at the University of Oxford's Somerville College. After seven years, however, she found that funding for nuclear physics was drying up. Looking for a new field, she was persuaded to veer towards biology by the UK biophysicist Louise Johnson. Today, one of Garman's major interests is studying radiation damage in biological samples examined with X-rays. By understanding how X-rays affect samples, she can learn how to separate true observed features from those created by the X-rays used to image them.
Garman is also director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre at Oxford, which encourages physics, engineering and maths graduates to do a six-month crash course in biology so that they can go on to do biophysics at PhD level. "I think that physics has a huge amount to offer biology, and there are several reasons for that," she explains. "One is that physics techniques such as microscopy have advanced so far now that we can look at real problems. Instead of being reductionist physicists where we chop up everything to the nearest quark, we can start to ask, how does a whole cell work? Or at least, how does this protein complex work?"
Thomas Krauss
Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK
Thomas Krauss is a great example of biophysics' interdisciplinary nature. An engineer by training, he spent his early career developing photonics for Internet applications. But when the dot-com bubble burst at the turn of the millennium, Krauss began to look for other areas where he could apply his technological insights. "What ultimately drives me is that I want to do something good. And pushing Internet capacity – it is basically driven by porn downloads," he jokes. "In biophysics I see far more interesting questions to ask."
Although biophysics is still "not his main breadwinner", Krauss has several interests in the field. One is creating ultra-small biological sensing devices using photonics, which could have applications such as monitoring blood-oxygen levels in a living organism. Another is the nascent field of "optogenetics" – a process that makes certain nerve cells light-sensitive by infecting them with a virus, so that biologists can learn how they transmit signals at a cellular level. "Combining optogenetics with my interest of controlling light at the nanoscale, you can imagine an array of light emitters firing at neurons, controlling their function at an array type of scale," explains Krauss.
"I was starting to get bored of telecoms," he adds. "When you do something for 10 years, you start to know most of it. Of course, you never know everything, but the factor of learning gets smaller and smaller. Whereas in biophysics there is so much I have yet to learn."
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A groovy rescue dog is dancing his way into the hearts of thousands as a video of the pup boogieing to a pop song goes viral.
The 53-second clip features Nathan, a Chinese Crested-hairless pup, "dancing" to Madonna's "4 Minutes."
Once considered "unadoptable," Nathan is believed to be about 8 years old. He's had a turbulent home life, moving through six foster homes during his first four years, but you wouldn't know it from the way he shimmies in a green computer chair, flanked by other hairless pups.
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"He's [Nathan] a great guy and went through a lot of rehabilitation and lots of training and love to get him to where he is today," Ellen Westkaemper, a member of Bald Is Beautiful's operating committee, told NBC4.
He was rescued in 2008 and adopted by a foster family, according to his online biography. But after about a year, they surrendered him to another rescue. He found his way to South Carolina-based Bald Is Beautiful about two years ago and was recently adopted into a happy, loving home.
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Nathan's dancing video was originally posted on Bald Is Beautiful Hairless and Small Breed Rescue Inc.'s Facebook page on Jan. 7. The non-profit rescue organization posts videos on the social network to find homes for dogs in need.
In less than two weeks, the video has quickly gained traction with more than 40,000 Facebook shares and was even featured on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
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A standing-room only audience of more than 120 people packed McGeorge's largest classroom on Feb. 5, 2013, to hear a lively panel discussion of the same-sex marriage case that comes before the Supreme Court of the United States later this spring.
Professor Larry Levine and UC Davis Professor Courtney Joslin joined two attorneys involved in the case, Jeremy Goldman (Joslin Boies Schiller & Flexner) and Enrique Monagas (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) to discuss the cases' historic importance. Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Lesbians and Gays (SacLEGAL) co-sponsored the event along with the Stonewall Democratic Club of Sacramento, the McGeorge Lambda Law Students, and the UC Davis Lambda Law Students. Attorneys Steven Muni and Jinnifer Pitcher, '07, organized the MCLE-accredited program.
The Supreme Court will consider and rule on the much-disputed right to same-sex marriage, when it hears Hollingsworth v. Perry, pertaining to the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, and United States v. Windsor, a constitutional challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
"It's really the civil rights issue of the century," Levine said. "The presentation's goal was to share substantive insight and analysis of the legal issues involved, and we were pleased that such a large audience turned out for the event."
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP sponsored a well-attended reception after the forum that featured Mark Leno (11th Senate District), a San Francisco Democrat and long-time gay rights supporter and leader.
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It was kinda annoying that the old horse could only trot along, but you do have to admit, the joust would have been a bit ridiculous. FULL TROTTING SPEED AHEAD!
I guess that the old horse is going to greener pastures, so to speak.
dyntar wrote: There's no barding on the horses in the Lord Of the Rings stories and barding is only found on castle/ninja sets. So what are they making the barding for? Sounds as if Lego are already planning the next line of castle sets.
Heh-heh. My sentiments exactly.Quickblade22 wrote:I just hope the testing done by "core target audience of 5-10 yr old boys" wasn't found in the same spot they found the idiots that didn't like elves for the Fantasy Era.
Redav wrote:The only thing I thought of was the possability of barding to make those wraith horses look like they trail cloth but that's already a set to be released with skeleton horses, isn't it?
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Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Simply Cheddar Cracker Chips - If this snack were NOT guilt-free, we'd be in a LOT of trouble. The delicately wheaty, subtly cheesy flavor is SO addictive. Good thing a 27-piece serving has only 130 calories, 3.5g fat, 250mg sodium, 24g carbs, 2g fiber, 4g sugars, and 2g protein (PointsPlus® value 4*). These things are like super-light, cheesed-up Wheat Thins! They also come in Simply Multi-Grain. (Those are nice; these are AMAZING.) Flamous Organics Falafel Chips - Talk about unique! Inspired by everyone's favorite fried chickpea patties (not that there's a lot of competition in that category), these chips are deeeelicious! In Spicy and Original, a 1-oz. serving (about 10 - 11 chips) has 118 calories, 6g fat, 79 - 80mg sodium, 16 - 17g carbs, 4g fiber, 0 - 1g sugars, and 4g protein (PointsPlus® value 3*). What's next, tahini tortillas? Mmmmm... Click to find or buy online! Rold Gold Baked-In Flavor Pretzels - The snacky fun continues with THREE amazing and buzzworthy new flavored pretzels: Cinnamon Raisin Braided Pretzel Twists (loaded with the flavor of fruity, spiced baked goods), Cheesy Garlic Pretzel Nuggets (for lovers of savory goodness), and Everything Bagel Pretzel Rings (which actually look like crunchy little bagels)! A 1-oz. serving (about 7 - 17 pretzels, depending on the variety) has 110 - 120 calories, 2 - 2.5g fat, 290 - 390mg sodium, 20 - 22g carbs, <1 - 2g fiber, <1 - 4g sugars, and 2 - 3g protein (PointsPlus® value 3*). Hooray for crunchy things!
400 Calories or Less at Noodles & Co.? Get Out! Noodles & Company (which just sounds like carb heaven), amid its super-caloric pasta bowls, now has a "cheat sheet" of combos with 400 calories or less! Options include a small entrée plus an extra (sometimes two), like soup, salad, or added protein. THIS we like. As for the limited-time-only "Grown Up" Mac & Cheese variations hitting the menu now? (No calorie counts given, but a regular bowl of the chain's standard mac has 900 calories.) Those could use an HG makeover... Subway Surpasses McDonald's: What Does It Mean? By now, you've probably heard the word that Subway has more locations worldwide than McDonald's. We're SUPER-JAZZED about that, since Subway has really stepped things up in the world of better-for-you fast food. McD's, on the other hand, has been revamping its image in other ways since the years-ago menu additions of apple slices and a yogurt parfait -- McCafé drinks and free Wi-Fi seem to be Mickey D's attempt to lure in the Starbucks crowd. Perhaps Subway's upswing is showing a shift toward smarter eating on the go; then again, McDonald's still trumps the Subway chain in terms of sales. Food for thought, people!
Are the beverages in your fridge looking less and less appealing? Here are some new picks to shake up the routine... Trop50 Lemonade - You read that correctly; the geniuses behind Tropicana's 50-calorie, stevia-sweetened juice drinks have added lemonade to their lineup -- regular and Raspberry. We can't wait to drink these all summer long... Ocean Spray Diet Sparkling Beverages - Ooooh, diet juice drinks are getting all dolled up! In both Cranberry and Pomegranate Blueberry, these 10-calorie sparklers are PHENOMENAL. And we feel kinda sophisticated when we sip them. (Well, as sophisticated as you can while sipping from a can.) V8 V-Fusion Light in Single-Serving Cans - These juices, made from both fruits AND veggies, aren't new, but the portion-controlled and portable cans are. And since the 50-calories-per-cup stuff is at the top of our preferred calorie range for beverages, we're super-happy that the cans have just one serving, as opposed to the 2.5 servings that individual drinks often have. Yes! (Pssst... Click for a coupon!) Diet Pepsi Skinny Can - Is it just us, or does this Diet Pepsi taste better than before? We're not sure if the formula's been tweaked, but regardless, we like these slim cans of 0-calorie cola!
GOOD NEWS! In addition to its regular airtime on Saturdays (when new episodes premiere), Hungry Girl will air Sundays at 4pm ET/1pm PT on Cooking Channel, beginning on April 3rd. And remember, you can catch a rerun of each Saturday's episode the following Thursday at 5pm ET/2pm PT. So now that's HG on TV THREE times a week. YAY! ***Get this: New research from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that eating potassium-rich foods could decrease your likelihood of suffering a stroke. Apparently, for every 1,640mg increase of daily potassium, one's odds of having a stroke could decline by 21 percent. Bring on the bananas and butternut squash! ***Hey, you! Share your food... VIRTUALLY! For every photo or description sent to Kellogg's Share Your Breakfast site, the Kellogg crew will up its participation in school breakfast programs. The goal is to share a million b-fasts by the beginning of the next school year, so let's get to it! ***So much for flying the friendly skies... Like so many other airlines, Continental Airlines has stopped serving free snacks to coach passengers on domestic flights. Be prepared by packing your own emergency snacks! Don't cave to those carb-heavy, calorific "snack" boxes sold in-flight! ***We just tasted a whole slew of Chilled Ready Meals from Weight Watchers, and there's some good stuff! Favorites include the Chicken Salad (tasty, but we'd chew it over lettuce or add more veggies) and the Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes (like really good cafeteria food, which we secretly kinda love!). Check out the product locator to see if Ready Meals are available in your area. And that's all we've got. HG out!
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Video could be a competitive differentiator for financial institutions as banks increasingly use technology to gain an edge on rivals, according to a Telstra white paper published Wednesday. Telstra is seeking to sell network management and unified communications services to banks to handle technological challenges that come with a move to videoconferencing.
"As the sector starts to slow down in terms of growth, financial institutions are looking at how to sell more and gain a greater share of wallet for all the customers they have," said Telstra industry development group general manager, Rocky Scopelliti. Banks that use video could have a competitive advantage as consumer demand rises for video, he said.
An increase in video will require more efficient network management, an area where Telstra hopes to help, Scopelliti said. Application-assured networking "is quite critical because this enables the enterprise to manage traffic ... much more effectively across their network." In addition, unified communications also plays a part to ensure customers are connected to the right banking specialists.
Australian and New Zealand banks that have made video-related announcements include NAB, Westpac, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, ASB and Bank of New Zealand, he said.
In its study, lt;igt;The Digital Media Banklt;/igt;, Telstra interviewed 30 financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region and surveyed a test sample of 1000 Australian adults who make financial decisions. The test sample had people from around the country and was demographically representative of the Australian population, Scopelliti said.
Telstra found that 57 per cent of the surveyed consumers showed interest in video-based financial services. In addition, "half of online Australians are already engaged with video online and about a third are using video calling," Scopelliti said.
Consumers found most appealing proposed financial services that incorporated the most video, including for interactions and broadcasting information, he said. Also, Telstra found "a 16 per cent improvement in the perceptions by consumers of the services in video form compared to other forms," he said.
Telstra found that video was particularly attractive to high-value, "mass-affluent" customers who are either white-collar workers or show potential to become ones, Scopelliti said. Consumers with children found videoconferencing particularly appealing because it saves time, he said.
Mortgage lenders, financial planners and business bankers "spend most of their time out in the field with their clients, and the ability to access those specialists" through a smartphone, tablet, PC or smart TV "and have a full video interaction with that expert provides for a much richer experience with that client," Scopelliti said. From the bank's perspective, commuting time is reduced and productivity increased, he said.
Video calling is unlikely to completely replace traditional customer calls, Scopelliti said. "The use of video is more likely going to suit the customer where they need to engage for a specialist skill set ... rather than perhaps a general inquiry."
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I can say with confidence that if I were only allowed to keep 10 makeup products to use on a daily basis, these would be the final 10. If that isn't endorsement enough, please read on.
I have been a Bare Minerals user for years now, but when I saw that they had come out with a solid compact version of the classic foundation, I had to try it. It's just as great as the original, which I love because it feels like I'm not wearing anything, but in a neater package that is even easier and faster to apply. Plus, it no longer makes a mess in my makeup bag.
2 - Skin79 VIP Gold Super BB Cream - $30
You may have already read about it in my post on BB Creams, but this super-moisturizing Korean BB cream has officially made it onto my favorites list. I like this as my winter alternative for foundation since I have fairly dry skin. It's better than the Bare Minerals when my skin needs moisture, but still provides good light coverage with a natural look.
3 - CoverGirl Lashblast Mascara - $8
I love this drugstore mascara and don't feel like I even want to try any others. It has great build-able volume, isn't too wet, and doesn't get that terrible crunchy feeling when it dries. Enough said.
4 - e.l.f. Mineral Eyeliner - $3
I used to be a fan of Clinique's eyeliner that is similar to this, but the e.l.f. version is just as good (IMO) at a fraction of the price. It goes on smooth as silk and comes in great basic colors. It's also made without chemical dyes or parabens, so it's great for sensitive skin and eyes.
5 - Josie Maran Argan Daily Moisturizer SPF 40 - $32
I got the tinted version of this in a package from QVC and immediately fell in love with it. If I had unlimited funds I would most definitely own the entire Josie Maran line. This moisturizer goes on so smoothly and keeps my skin quenched all day. It's a great base for makeup and gives you all the sun protection you need.
6 - CoverGirl Lip Perfection in Spellbound - $7
I love a great bold lip color and this one is perfect for fair-skinned gals like myself. I think it would be flattering on most people, but is still a really unique slightly purple bright fuchsia color. The lipstick is highly pigmented and moisturizing as well.
7 - e.l.f. Studio Kabuki Face Brush - $6
After my original Bare Minerals kabuki brush bit the dust, I decided to take a chance on this much less expensive version by e.l.f. and I was not disappointed. I actually like this brush much better. It's incredibly soft and is dense enough to provide great coverage.
8 - Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain in Flame - $7
My go-to for an easy everyday bold lip is one of these drugstore lip stains. I am a fan of the CoverGirl version, but this one comes with lip balm on one end, which gives it a slight advantage. These are incredibly easy to apply, last for at least half the day, and wear off in a less-noticeable way than regular lipstick. This particular color is the perfect summery bright red-orange.
9 - Laura Geller Blush-n-Brighten in Honey Dipped - $31
This is a bit of splurge, but I got to try it in my Birchbox and I have to say that it is a must-try blush/bronzer for anyone with fair skin. It can be really difficult to find a bronzer that doesn't overwhelm or look silly on fair skin, but the golden tones in this one give a summer glow without looking like you are trying to be a tan person. It has multiple tones mixed together and blends incredibly well with just a slight glimmer.
10 - e.l.f. Studio Blush in Fuchsia Fusion - $3
I'm a huge fan of e.l.f. blushes, but this one comes out on top as my favorite. With fair skin, blush is definitely one of the most important items in my makeup arsenal. This one looks insanely bright, but it blends really easily and is probably the closest I've tried to a natural flushed color for fair skin tones. I often combine it with the Laura Geller bronzer for a faked glow.
If you have any makeup products that you cannot live without, I'd love to hear what they are!


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The OWI 14-in-1 Solar Robot can be transformed into 14 different robot modes which include a multitude of comical and functional movements. The robot kit provides unique accessories and parts that make the robot move on land and water.
There are two levels in building the robot kit. Level one includes; Turtle-bot, Beetle-bot, Quadru-bot, Boat-bot, Walker-bot, Dog-bot, and Wheel-bot and level two includes; Roly Poly-bot, Auto-bot, Slither-bot, Surf-bot, Zombie-bot, Crab-bot, and Row-bot. Additional features include; adjustable polarity on the solar panel to change direction of motor rotation, retractable robot head which can be quickly stored in the upper body, the robot head can be installed in the front, top or rear of the gearbox, and a transparent housing to see the movements of the gears.
This product is powered by the sun, so there are no batteries required. The robot moves in the direct sunlight and allows children to create and use their infinite imagination.
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text: I love sushi. It's so delicious. So, when a local Hanaya Yohei restaurant closed, I was happy to find out that it was being replaced by Hamazushi, which is owned by the same company. Hamazushi is a kaitenzushi (or conveyor belt sushi) restaurant. They are very cheap, only 105 yen each. We often eat at Sushiro, but Hamazushi is closer to the station, so easy to go to on our way home if we walk. It's opening next month! I can't wait!


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Now that we've had a day to let the fashion sink in, it's time to round up the favorites! Let's start with Mila Kunis, radiant in Elie Saab. I love the lavender on her complexion, and the flawlessly tailored gown with peekaboo lace was romantic, fashion-forward and a little bit naughty. I think she just killed it on the red carpet this awards season and I'm hoping she's nominated much more in the future so we can see her choices. Like the ring she's wearing on her pointer finger? Try something like this Vintage Diamond Flower Ring for a similar romantic effect.
Hailee Steinfeld was the other red carpet standout this season in my opinion, and she didn't go wrong here with this custom made Marchesa dress. I could not imagine something more befitting a 14-year-old Oscar nominee–the gorgeous detailing, nude color and tea length were just perfection in my book. She wisely chose to keep the jewelry to a minimum, but picked a small silver Ferragamo bag — get something similar with this Prada leather and crystal clutch.
While this is admittedly not a look that everyone can pull off, I am so grateful that Cate Blanchett chose this unusual Givenchy Haute Couture gown. The combination of the pale lilac and yellow is totally inspired, and her very minimal (but flawless) hair and makeup lets the dress shine. Go understated like Cate with these 18-karat gold Henry Dunay door knocker earrings — she definitely didn't need diamonds to dazzle.
While there were several of Anne Hathaway's dresses that impressed me during the telecast, I think I liked this Versace cranberry-colored gown the best. It felt very modern without being overdone, and the color is just fabulous on her. Go for a long, black embellished bag like Anne's to keep the look current. I like this Dolce & Gabbana Black Snakeskin and Satin version.
Now this is how you do 65. Helen Mirren knows exactly how to dress her figure to show it off without looking like she's trying too hard. This Vivienne Westwood Couture does all that and more — it accentuates her waist and covers the arms without feeling too covered up. She goes stately with her diamond jewels, but it works for this revered Dame. Try a pair of pearl drops when you want to keep it classy like Helen — how about these diamond and Tahitian pearl earrings in 14-karat white gold?
Last but not least, I just loved Sandra Bullock in bright red Vera Wang. Completely timeless, totally elegant and styled to perfection. So simple it seems effortless. I particularly liked her choice of two single-row diamond bangles: She didn't feel the need to wear a ton of bling to make the look red-carpet worthy. Get your own set on Portero with this group of three diamond-studded bangles.


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Mike Posner + Timeflies Discuss Collaborating, Perform 'Amy' [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
We're celebrating the back-to-school season with a new feature called the Collaboration Room, where we pair up two artists in a studio to see what tips, tricks and words of advice they can exchange. Our latest matchup happens to be an artist and a duo who have worked together before: Mike Posner and Timeflies.
The three musicians immediately began talking about the first time they collaborated as a group — they even referenced a book called 'Songwriters on Songwriting' — and where to look for musical inspiration.
"I try not really to try," Mike explained. "Anytime I try to force out a song, it's never been good. It's an intuitive thing. It's a heart thing, a feel thing."
Timeflies' Cal Shapiro and Rob "Rez" Resnick also opened up about familiarizing themselves with the collaboration process.
Rez recalls the uncertainty about songwriting in the early stages of their career, saying, "Are we writing a song or are we going into a session and somebody's going to kind of tell us the song we should make. And then you realize, you've got to be like, 'Wait, this is the music that's going on our album. We're writing it.'"
Mike agreed, adding, "I believe collaboration is a skill that gets developed and owned, just like you would own your skill at guitar, piano or singing."
When an artist is open to collaborating, great things can and will happen. One proven way to have a successful collaboration? Make the environment one in which every person is encouraged to contribute.
"We're in the room with the most talented people in the world," Mike said. "So if I make you comfortable or I make Pharrell comfortable or whoever I'm working with, I'm getting the best out of the best in the world. My job isn't so hard at that point."
Case in point? This episode of the Collaboration Room had a relaxed vibe, as all three men looked back on their successful careers as musicians. It was clear they'd already established a comfort level with each other, as they immediately chatted and opened up about writing and performing. Even when the cameras stopped rolling, Mike, Rez and Cal chatted and joked with each other, maintaing that comfort level for themselves and everyone else on set.
As an (amazing!) added bonus, music fans can see just how Mike and Timeflies collaborate, courtesy of a performance the trio gave for the Collaboration Room. Mike teamed up with Cal and Rez to perform Timeflies' track 'Amy.' Although the original version of the track is upbeat and has some hip-hop vibes, the trio changed the energy completely, slowing down the temp and giving it even more emotion. From Mike's incredible piano playing to the blending of the musicians' voices, it's apparent these guys are pros at collaborating!
One thing not caught on camera for this video? Mike, Cal and Rez listening back to their performance of 'Amy' later on and giving feedback to each other. Now that's collaboration!
Check out Mike Posner and Timeflies discussing the collaboration process and performing 'Amy' in the video above!
Bonus Footage: Mike Posner Tells How Kanye West Motivated Him
Plus: Mike Posner + Timeflies Recall Memorable Onstage Moments