In order to solve this puzzle, you have to apply your puzzle-solving experience, as well as use your brain extensively.

Project Arbiter is a sci-fi espionage story that demonstrates how a small quiet victory tips the balance of power and foretells the outcome of World War II.

Set in 1943, the height of WWII, this is a story about an experimental O.S.S. unit code named . Thousands of feet above Northern Europe a small plane carries a skeleton crew of the Allies best, including Special Fields Op. Captain Joseph Colburn. His handler, Major Thomas Hardy does a final review of the mission’s grim intel: infiltrate a mysterious villa on the Polish border and uncover its secrets. Colburn emerges donning a prototype suit, which can temporarily render its occupant invisible. As the plane’s bay doors howl open Colburn begins to put on the skull-faced helmet when the plane is rocked by an anti-aircraft shell. Rapidly losing air pressure and altitude, now there’s no question... this is a one-way mission.

New York got 2 feet of snow

When a tree is growing, and it encounters something that gets in the way of it's growth, it can do three things: stop growing, grow away from it, or grow around it. Is it possible there are items entirely consumed by trees that we don't know about? I would say it is not only possible, but likely. Here are 22 examples of trees simply absorbing obstacles.

Box office revenue may have reached an all-time high in 2009, but that hasn't stopped movie executives from fretting about a new phantom menace that's threatening ticket sales: the dreaded "Xbox factor."

Wired Game|Life is highlighting this article in the Telegraph about Hollywood bigwigs making the belated discovery that women—you know, the other half of the population—can be a box-office force to be reckoned with. The part of the story that really caught Wired's attention, though, was a comment from Mandalay Pictures chairman (and legendary Hollywood producer) Peter Guber, who notes that "a lot of young males are spending much more time on the Internet, games and UFC [ultimate fighting]." (I assume Guber means that more guys are watching ultimate fighting rather than actually ultimate fighting.)

Apparently, Guber isn't alone in worrying that because of video games, young dudes (and perhaps even some older dudes) "have diminished as a target" when it comes to the movies. As the Telegraph puts it, movie execs have wised up to the fact that "many young men and teenage boys increasingly prefer playing sophisticated video games to watching movies," a phenomenon that they're calling "the 'Xbox' factor." (And hey, it might even be possible that some women are under the spell of the "Xbox factor," too.)

There was once a guy from Finland named Simo Hayha. He was a farmer, and for fun he liked to practice shooting his rifle. He grew quite accomplished at it. Then, in 1939, the Red Army invaded Finland. At age 34, he decided he would take his rifle and shoot Soviets. He wore all white and would bury himself in the snow so Soviet soldiers wouldn’t see him until they walked by and he could kill them. He would put snow in his mouth so his breath couldn’t be detected in the 20-below air. The Soviets kept sending special units to hunt for just him. He would promptly shoot down the entire group. He killed a confirmed 505 Soviets with his rifle and some 200 more with a submachine gun. He did this all in 100 days flat. He was nicknamed “White Death.” He may be the greatest soldier of all time.

SNAP AND DINE

Sweet Headphones BIG in Japan

Well, this sucks: NBA bans Caron Butler from chewing straws

And the Mavs loose the secret to their success.

Yes, he actually chews on straws and slam dunks on yo ass!

SO OK HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON:

General Motors' deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese automaker fell through Wednesday and the company said it now plans to shut down the brand. And my dreams of owning an H5 mega land destroyer edition are forever ruined.

A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida

27 Million people daily log onto FarmVille on Facebook most between 8-9am. 75 million monthly.When does this fad become an addiction?

Celebrities aren't the only ones giving their babies unusual names. Compared with decades ago, parents are choosing less common names for kids, which could suggest an emphasis on uniqueness and individualism, or just plain old bat craziness.

Most popular boy/girl baby names in 1950:

1. James / Linda
2. Robert / Mary
3. John / Patricia
4. Michael / Barbara
5. David / Susan

6. William / Nancy
7. Richard / Deborah
8. Thomas / Sandra
9. Charles / Carol
10. Gary / Kathleen

Here's the list from last year:

1. Jacob / Emily
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emma
4. Joshua / Ava
5. Daniel / Madison
6. Christopher / Sophia
7. Anthony / Olivia
8. William / Abigail
9. Matthew / Hannah
10. Andrew / Elizabeth

What "Apple" and "Moon Unit" didn't make the list!?

Haley Franklin is out of control. How an incorrigible Florida first-grader ended up in cuffs.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0212102haley1.html

and finally your moment of awesomeness....

4am

And thus the beginning, the initial stage, the launch of 2B4B.
epic, no dude for real EPIC... more to come...