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When Vivian adopted Blue from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA), she knew nothing of the horrors the nine-month-old pup had endured at the hands of dog fighters. One of 77 dogs rescued in a multi-state dog fighting raid in March 2013, Blue was chained to a stake in the ground, exposed and shivering in blizzard-like conditions, when the ASPCA rescued him. For today's special video Happy Tail, we traveled to Tucson to catch up with Vivian and Blue.
Vivian W. grew up in New York with all kinds of pets: cats, birds, even rodents. But she never had a dog. When she moved to Arizona last year, she decided that pit bull adoption was at the top of her priority list. On her second day in Tucson, she adopted Blue.
"It was love at first sight," says Vivian, recalling the moment she met Blue. After spotting his picture online, she was drawn to his striking blue eye (for which he is named), but knew nothing of his past. As she later came to learn, Blue was rescued by the ASPCA in a massive dog fighting raid. He was emaciated and weighed just 30 pounds when he first arrived at the shelter.
After his adoption, Blue settled in with Vivian quickly. He now devotes his time to the finer things in life: "He loves people, as well as car rides and his rope toy—that's his favorite," says Vivian. He is never far from her side, especially when she's sleeping or cooking, and has even taken a liking to olives, which grow on the many trees that dot their property.
"He seems to have forgotten about everything that happened, which is more than we can really ask for," she adds.
Blue's happiness is a testament to his resilient spirit. In many ways, he represents the thousands of dogs who have been rescued from abuse and who refuse to be defined by their traumatic past. Blue never gave up, just as we will never give up our commitment to ending dog fighting. In fact, April 8 marked our first annual National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, a day created to spread knowledge and understanding of dog fighting and to encourage animal lovers to take action against this barbaric practice.
We believe that there will come a time when dog fighting is seen for what it really is: the shameful pastime of cowards. But until that day comes, we will continue to fight for the victims—for dogs like Blue—so that they never have to fight again.
Last August, the ASPCA played a major role in the second-largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history. The raid, which spanned Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, led to the rescue of hundreds of dogs ranging in age from several days to 10-12 years. At the time, we knew that these dogs would have long journeys ahead of them—many suffered physically and emotionally at the hands of their abusers. But they were survivors, and today, just in time for National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, six more of the sweet pups from that raid are ready for adoption.
The six dogs, all between the ages of 8 months and 1.5 years, spent the last seven months in a temporary shelter experiencing love and happiness for the very first time. Through daily enrichment, outdoor exercise, play sessions and behavioral training, they have been rehabilitated and are ready to find permanent, loving homes.
We are so thrilled for these pups—Evie, Charlie, Uno, Willie, Zayla and Rohan—but their story is a real reminder of why National Dog Fighting Awareness Day is necessary. We created NDFAD to increase understanding and awareness about dog fighting, and to encourage animal lovers across the country to take action against this brutal form of animal cruelty.
To learn more about dog fighting and how you can help the ASPCA end this cruel practice, watch our Google Hangout.
If you are interested in adopting one of these six brave dogs, please visit the Pinellas County Humane Society in Clearwater, Florida.
By ASPCA President and CEO Matt Bershadker
Just last week, authorities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along with the ASPCA raided eight crime scenes, seizing 23 suspected fighting dogs. It's a chilling and sad reminder of how prevalent dog fighting is in America today and a further indication of why it was necessary for us to declare April 8 National Dog Fighting Awareness Day.
Even though dog fighting is a felony in all 50 states, the ASPCA's participation in two major multi-state raids in the last year alone refute any claim that dog fighting is a rare activity, or that it's restricted to certain parts of the country or people with whom we wouldn't normally associate.
The truth is dog fighting is not a relic of times past or random, isolated incidents. In addition to last week's Wisconsin dog fighting case, nearly 100 dogs were seized in a multi-state raid just over a year ago across Texas, Missouri and Kansas. Just eight months ago, hundreds of dogs were seized in what is believed to be the second largest dog fighting case in U.S. history across Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas.
The truth is dog fighting is not a "southern problem." The blood sport has been reported in urban, suburban and rural settings in all regions of the country.
The truth is dog fighting participants represent people you may know. Lawyers, judges, teachers, high school football coaches and veterinary technicians have all been arrested in connection to dog fighting. People involved in dog fighting also span racial and socioeconomic boundaries.
These are the relatively pleasant truths. Unpleasant truths include stories of animals being routinely and viciously attacked, beaten, electrocuted and drowned. They include stories about "rape stands" used for breeding, and "bait dogs" used for fighting practice. Bait dogs are typically stolen pets or dogs that refuse to fight. Their teeth are often removed so that other dogs can practice fighting without getting injured.
As I wrote recently, it's not enough to see dog fighting as just a crime. Society discourages, yet tolerates a number of crimes—some are even glorified. But dog fighting is a deep stain on our national character, a cultural embarrassment we should all feel. This is not about just locking up bad guys; this is about doing everything we can to bring this nightmarish practice to an end. We can't rest until it does.
That's why National Dog Fighting Awareness Day isn't just another way to fill a calendar box; it's a necessary measure to help stop one of the most horrific forms of animal abuse imaginable.
Of course you probably don't know about dog fights going on where you live. But chances are you know some children, and can talk to them about the value animals bring to our lives, as well as the humanity we owe them in return.
Here's what else you can do:
- Go to the National Dog Fighting Awareness Day page on our website
- Join a live panel discussion on Google Hangout
- Watch our new short film "Life on a Chain" (warning: it explicitly shows both horror and hope)
- Take a dog fighting awareness quiz
- See tools and devices found on dog fighting raids
- Learn how you can do more, including fighting for common-sense legislation in your state.
Please tell friends and family about April 8, National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, and help break these chains of suffering.
Photo: The ASPCA rescued nearly 400 dogs in a multi-state dog fighting raid in August 2013 spanning Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
When the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response Team rescues dogs from the cruel practice of dog fighting, it is our hope that the dogs involved will have the opportunity to experience life as beloved pets. We were thrilled when we heard that Buddy, one of nearly 400 dogs we rescued from fighting in August 2013, is doing just that.
The August 2013 raid spanned Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, and after ASPCA responders provided veterinary care and behavior enrichment to the dogs, many of the dogs went to ASPCA partner organizations to find loving homes.
Buddy, who was just a puppy at the time of his rescue, was transported to the Charleston Animal Society, an ASPCA Partnership graduate agency. He was then placed with a foster parent, Michele W., who described this adorable pup as a "love bug" who quickly learned to get along with his foster parent's four resident dogs.
Soon after, Buddy was adopted by Nicole M. and Andrew M., and it was love at first sight.
Nicole reports that Buddy is their constant companion. He loves to snuggle and play outside, and he bonded quickly with their resident dog, Cinnamon.
We could not be more pleased to share this happy ending to Buddy's story. The ASPCA has designated April 8 as National Dog Fighting Awareness Day (NDFAD) to shed light on stories like Buddy's and to encourage animal lovers across the country to take action against this brutal form of cruelty. Get involved by joining our NDFAD Google Hangout on April 8.
Want to stay up-to-date on the latest news about dog fighting?
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter, ASPCA News Alert - you'll receive important updates on what's going on and how you can make an impact to save animals' lives!
Pictured: Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) and Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Capitol Hill was once again the site of some serious human-animal bonding when the ASPCA hosted our annual "Paws for Love" gathering on April 4 along with the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus. At least 20 Members of Congress and nearly 1,200 congressional staff members happily interrupted their hectic workdays to cuddle with adorable dogs and cats from local animal shelters and rescues. Attendees learned about the vital work that these compassionate people do for animals every day—both in the nation's capital and throughout the country.
"The ASPCA and the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus have come together to show our bipartisan 'love' for shelter animals," said Nancy Perry, Senior Vice President of ASPCA Government Relations. "We are celebrating the life-saving work of community animal shelters and rescues nationwide and honoring the millions of lovable homeless dogs and cats currently waiting to be adopted."
Sincere thanks to the wonderful animal rescue organizations that participated in the 2014 Paws for Love:
Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Homeward Trails
Last Chance Animal Rescue
Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation
Prince George's County Animal Shelter
Washington Animal Rescue League
Washington Humane Society


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The evolution of the National Letter of Intent: Wednesday is National Signing Day for college football – the day transformed into a capital-letter, national holiday of sorts by media outlets hanging on every beep and buzz of athletics department fax machines nationwide.
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Early signing concept - All talk, no action yet: Several years ago, the American Football Coaches Association opened a dialogue about creating an early signing period for Division I football players. The proposal was supported by the Big Ten Conference in 2008 and just last year attracted the favor of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big East Conference.
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This is the first year for a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision rule meant to address the problem of oversigning by establishing a limit of 28 signees.
Whether the rule will achieve the intended effect is open to question. Certainly the math is still a problem. Coaches are limited to 25 new scholarships per year, but with 28 kids committed via the National Letter of Intent, at least three would be left without a scholarship if a program signed the full complement.
Coaches explain that kids often sign an NLI and then don't qualify academically or change their minds about attending the school. Either occurrence could leave a coach with a shortage of athletes. By signing extra prospects, a coach avoids being left short a defensive lineman or wide receiver.
But if the anticipated attrition doesn't occur, a coach can be left with more scholarship promises than actual scholarships. In those situations, a prospect can elect – or be persuaded – to delay enrollment until the spring (a practice known as "grayshirting"). The spring enrollees then take the place of any fall graduates from the team, take advantage of spring practice and begin the next fall already conditioned and prepared for the season. Often, the student-athletes will take part-time classes in the first fall to keep pace academically.
Susan Peal, who administers the National Letter of Intent program, said the Collegiate Commissioners Association (the program's governing body) doesn't support grayshirting. The program has a policy that nullifies the National Letter of Intent if an institution or coach asks the student-athlete to grayshirt. However, if a student-athlete decides to delay enrollment, the NLI remains valid. Determining the instigator of the decision can be difficult.
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Memorial Health System's Strecker Cancer Center will hold its annual Patient Picnic with the theme "Celebrate Life" Saturday, October 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Williamstown Women's Building at Tomlinson Park in Williamstown.
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While he's been a fixture on the Northern Nevada racing scene for quite awhile, it was his wife that got him involved with the sport.
"I started racing in 1999 through Missy," he said. "We met through a mutual friend in high school, she lived in Reno, I lived here and we've just been together ever since. I used to rodeo before that and knew nothing about stock car racing until I met her."
Missy's cousin is the late Wayne Richards, a driver that raced at Rattlesnake Raceway for many years.
"I've been going to the races since I was a little girl," she said. "When I said, 'let's go to the races,' he said, 'what's that?'"
Then they both laughed over this shared memory.
Natenstedt began his racing at the Reno-Fernley Raceway in the Mini Mod division driving what was actually a Pure Stock Mini with a modified motor.
Four years later, he moved into Street Stocks, which are known as Pro Stocks now.
"I ran that class for two years and won a championship," he said. "The following year I drove for Bud Rogers in the Modified and drove my Pro Stock. The next year I bought my own car, a modified, and raced Grandpa's and mine."
As both the Mod Minis and Pro Stocks have similar suspensions his transition wasn't hard despite the difference in horsepower.
"I transitioned really well into the modified due to the fact that I was in the same kind of suspension I had in the pro stock," he said. "I was able to apply a little bit more knowledge and adjustment to the car. Racing in the pro stock got me trained for the modified."
After winning the Pro Stock Championship in 2004, he won Rookie of the Year during that first modified season. This was followed by a long dry spell until he won his first modified title.
"In 2004 ran the Pro Stock and in 2005 won the Mod Mini title in Winnemucca and the 318 championship in Fernley. Then I was out of championships until 2009," he said.
Like most modified drivers, Natenstedt went through the huge learning curve and only won six times over the next four years.
"Then I got into a new car, had some knowledge, went out and won 18 times in 2009," he said.
This started three years of winning two championships each year with his first pair being at Fernley and Fallon. In 2010 he followed that by winning titles at Lovelock and Fallon. This past year, he won the IMCA championship at Fallon and the NASCAR crown at Fernley.
It took several years to turn his racing fortunes around and Natenstedt's success has had an effect on several drivers, who stepped up their game and actually beat him a few times during the 2011 season.
"That's what I did when I was getting my butt kicked," he said. "Day in and day out finishing second place and I said, 'know what, I better step up my game here.' I didn't bad mouth the guy, was friends with the guy and he wasn't cheating but he was better than me."
Natenstedt then used the off-season to do his homework and get better.
"Next year I came out and it's amazing how much difference the effort you put into your car makes," he said. "He taught me a lot and I finished second to him for a whole year. Once I started beating him our relationship started getting strained because we're competitive and I was just there to win."
Since then that driver stopped racing on dirt and is competing in drifting. But both men remain friends and still talk to each other.
"Yeah, I ruffled feathers along the way with some people but competition always ruffles feathers," Natenstedt said.
Missy also decided to join in the fun and in 2001 she began to race a Pure Stock Mini car. Now they are a racing couple.
She raced her Pure Stock Mini for two years then in 2003 drove Natenstedt's truck until he rolled it. So for the 2004 season he built her a new car.
"I raced the pure stocks for two years then moved up into the Mod Minis and in 2005 won the RFR championship. Then I took a couple of years off and I jumped into the Hobby Stock three years ago," she said.
Both of their daughters, Kayla and Mckenzie, aren't interested in driving but they enjoy going to the races and rooting for their parents. In fact, Missy said they're already begun asking when racing is going to start again.
"Racing is just a huge part of our lives but without my family's support I wouldn't be where I am now," he said.
After hearing a year ago that Reno-Fernley would reopen as a NASCAR track, Natenstedt was cool to the idea.
"Our initial reaction was that we didn't want NASCAR because we're so embedded into IMCA," he said. "And finishing in the top 20 in national points the previous two years, winning state the previous two years and two track championships we didn't want to go that route because we wanted to keep embedded in IMCA. But we gave it a whirl, it's our hometown, we support our track and our sponsors supported us."
And an impressive whirl it was.
He won 11 of the 13 races at Fallon and claimed that track's IMCA title, which put him third for the IMCA state title.
He also drove in some races in Winnemucca and ran last year's Iron Man Tour, 10 IMCA Modified races on five tracks during a two-week period.
"We ran seven of the 10 nights and got a win at Lovelock, which was probably the biggest of my career," he said. "We had phenomenal finishes five of the seven nights but we didn't carry on as we had to come back to Fernley to run for points."
While he had good results last season at both Rattlesnake Raceway and RFR their respective titles weren't in the bag until almost the end of the season.
"At Fallon I wasn't sure until almost the last two races to go," he said. "I think I finished with 55 points in the lead, it wasn't extremely close but consistently getting bigger.
Unlike Fallon where a win is worth 40 points, those for NASCAR depend on the car count, two points for each car, and a win counts for 5 points.
Natenstedt won at Fernley by 95 points, but he had to finish well in the final three races to sew up that crown. The state title however went down to the final race where he won by 65 points.
The Nevada title earned the Natenstedts a trip to Charlotte, N.C., the heart of NASCAR country.
"That trip was really fun, Missy and I got to go, we took our sponsors with us and we had a good weekend," he said. "It was like red carpet treatment, they had our hotel rooms ready for us, we had breakfast, award ceremonies and dinners."
Reflecting on his state title he said, "It's important and probably by far the biggest championship I've every won just because it's on a national level. The IMCA is not as well known so when I say we're a NASCAR champion, it opens their eyes. Since Fernley's not going to be NASCAR any more I probably will be the only Reno-Fernley NASCAR Whelen All American Series champion ever."
When he's at any track Natenstedt admitted he puts a lot of pressure on himself to succeed, especially for his sponsors.
"There're the ones that are helping me succeed," he said. "And I've got to remember that's not why they sponsored us, they sponsored us because they want us to have fun, do good and advertise their name. But I want to do good for them to keep them coming back."
Those sponsors are: The Silverado Casino in Fernley, Silver Strike Casino in Silver Springs, Carson Plains Casino in Dayton, Jakes gas in Fernley, TSM Shocks, New Vision Graphics and Competition which helps us out, Larry Shaw Chassis, New Vision Graphics, and Competition Carburetion. All of which will be with him this year.
He also gave special thanks to his long time crew, Larry Creiglow and Jerry Crowley. And he appreciates the help that Larry Shaw Chassis has given him so much that he became a dealer for that company.
And like any driver he has his favorite and not so favorite aspects of racing.
"The favorite part of racing is having the camaraderie between the fellow racers, having my family there very weekend and just being able to enjoy it with your friends is just by far the best part of it," he said. "The least is the work it takes to prep the car and to keep the car in tip-top shape, it's grueling and every week I'm out there non-stop.
As a result, the 2012 season will be one of changes.
"I kind of have mixed feelings about it because we've gone so hard the last six years, I mean we've raced an average of 45 races a year," he said. "I'm kind of wanting to wind down a little bit and just pick and choose where I want to race. My family wants to travel and go race other people, new people and new tracks, so I think we're going to venture out and try that as much as I want to."
Among other tracks he hopes to race at both Quincy and maybe Susanville are on the list. Missy added they might do one track for points then on the off weekends kind of hit and miss where they want to.
Then they both laughed after she mentioned that for the past few years they've agreed not to get caught up in a points race but did anyway
Another change is that his wife will race a new Sport Mod at Fallon as they've sold her Hobby Stock.
While these cars look like a modified they use different motors, a simpler suspension and aren't as expensive to run as a full-blown modified.
"We bought her a 2008 Shaw chassis, which is a very nice car. She's excited and I'm excited because I'm ready to get out of stock cars as I don't like working on them," he said. "I'm hoping she'll be 10-steps ahead of everybody because I'll be able to give her something that will work as I know a lot about these cars."
When they go to Fallon this season, he'll be her pit guy and probably won't defend his championship there.
"He'll help me learn and we want to grow this class over the next two years," she said.
Looking at his time on the track he said, " I also enjoy the fans, the people that come watch the races. My pit crew all want me to race and do good, so I want to race, I just don't know how much I want to race."
After nine dirt track championships, Natenstedt is preparing for this new season, one of new challenges, new tracks and change.
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Emily Wyatt lives for the dead. The Remington resident will pull up to your house in her nondescript silver van and quietly take your expired loved ones to the next stop on their journey.
"I love my job," says Wyatt while sitting at a café, surrounded by the living and breathing. "I seriously like working with the dead."
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Dressed top to bottom in black, with a serious face and a pair of gold vampire-fang rings, Wyatt looks like she could be that ferryman of the river Styx of whom she speaks so highly.
The diminutive 23-year-old has always had a fondness for the departed and the dark side of things, though she hates being labeled a "goth." She hates zombie films but loves vampires, except for the sparkly kind in the Twilight series. She prefers Philadelphia's Mütter Museum—which specializes in medical oddities—to the Met.
"I've always been drawn to the morbid and macabre, and death is endlessly fascinating to me," she says. "I know that a lot of people find it scary, and I think that is what interests me. I'm still figuring out what about it is so captivating, in all honesty. And I'm not a goth, but I don't think I can wear a brightly colored floral dress."
There may have been a moment in her childhood, though, that created her love for the darker side of life.
"When I was a kid, I saw someone drown at a birthday party," she said. "And later, I saw a little girl fall from a second-story window. Since then, I've always been into things that are a little off-kilter and strange."
And death scenes are more morbid than people sometimes think. "People say, 'Oh, it looks like they're sleeping," Wyatt says. "People have this image in their head that when we die, it's peaceful. But that's not the case. Eyes and mouths are open, and sometimes they purge. The human body does some pretty smelly things."
Wyatt suggests that we all keep an eye on our diet and stay in good health if we want to die attractively.
"Everyone should eat healthier," she says with a rare smirk.
Wyatt also has to deal with distressed relatives, lovers, or parents. That last one can be rough.
"I'd say that the worst part of my job is going to a house where a child has died. Or a suicide," Wyatt says. "It's also our job to see that the last moment with a loved one is a good one. We don't show up and coldly take the body away," she says.
"My favorite part is when a family member thanks me for how I have handled the deceased. I think that's the best part," she says. "It's very important to me that I treat everyone with respect and dignity, and it's really lovely when this is acknowledged."
Wyatt often drives through one of her favorite spots in the city, the Greenmount Cemetery, the literal dead end to North Avenue. She admires the passing headstones.
"I love the old parts of these cemeteries," she says, looking out the window as names etched in granite and marble flash by. "All the new ones are so blah and manufactured. It's like they were made on an assembly line. It's all fabricated and there's no craftsmanship in them."
Wyatt is eyeing up colleges in New York, with a plan to specialize in mortuary science. She's only been at her current job for a few months but is sure that she wants to spend her days with the dead. Until she's cremated, that is.
"My friends were fed up with me talking about death all the time," she says. "Then I found this job and it all clicked into place. It's what I want to do for a living, but I'm not sure which direction I want to go in."
Perhaps not surprisingly, her chosen occupation has given her a greater love for life as well.
"I was a bit nervous that being in the funeral industry would start to fuck with my head," she says. "It can be incredibly gloomy and depressing, but I've found that it has actually made me happier and even more positive. Being surrounded by death all day makes you want to really fucking live, as corny as that sounds. The trivial shit in life just doesn't matter at all anymore, and I do everything I can to live harder and better."
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A testosterone test measures the amount of the male hormone, testosterone, in the blood. Both men and women produce this hormone.
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The San Antonio Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in helping to identify a man who allegedly robbed a Valero gas station in January.
According to police, the man robbed the Valero gas station located at 1303 Callaghan Road on Jan. 24.
Police said the man entered the store and approached the gas station clerk. The man told the clerk to open the cash register and give him all of the money inside.
The clerk told police he saw the man had his hand hidden under his shirt and wasn't sure if he had a weapon.
According to police, the clerk said an unknown female customer came out of the restroom. The clerk said the woman distracted the man, in which the clerk was then able to press the panic button.
Officials said the clerk then placed the money from the register onto the front counter. As the female customer exited the store and went to her vehicle at the gas pumps, the clerk told police the man left the store without taking any of money from the counter.
The man got into an older model black 4-door Chevy vehicle with unknown license plates, and fled the store northbound on Callaghan Road. Officers in the area said they were unable to locate the man's vehicle.
Crime Stoppers said they will pay up to $5000 for information that helps lead to the arrest of the person responsible for this robbery. You are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 224-STOP.
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The hype surrounding Shadow the Hedgehog has been mediocre at best, after a rather successful attempt with Sonic Heroes, Sonic Team have tried to focus on one of the lesser known characters in the series, Shadow the Hedgehog and scope out the back story of the hedgehog with attitude. Shadow is just like Sonic except he is black with a red strip across his back. So should Sonic be worried about losing the limelight or is Shadow simply a poor imitation?
It starts well, a fairly impressive FMV introduction explains the story, Shadow doesn't remember anything but a strange figure (named Black Doom) appears and tells him to collect the chaos emeralds, and only by doing this will Shadow will find out more about his past. It would probably have been better had Sonic Team just stuck with this basic storyline, but they also throw in an alien invasion from a team called Black Arms who are hellbent on destroying the city.
The game asks players whether they are a hero or a villain and this is carried out fairly basically. Shadow has his own agenda so you're able to switch between being evil or joining forces with Sonic and his companions. The first level is where the problems start to begin though, as soon as the game begins you're thrown into Megalopolis which is a dark level very reminiscent of the very first level of Sonic Adventure. Players can choose which side they are on freely throughout the levels. It's also possible to switch sides at any stage by pausing the game.
The idea could of worked but the implementation is really poor. In any given level there are "good" enemies and "bad" enemies, if you choose the good side then you have to defeat the bad enemies and vice versa. The problem is that both enemies will attack you no matter which side you are on which basically makes the entire process redundant. If you choose the "good" side and help Sonic then you'll sometimes still kill allies simply because your first reaction is actually to defend yourself. This concept isn't introduced properly enough either, so for the first few levels you'll probably just be completing each level by getting to the end.
Shadow himself is a lot darker to Sonic, and the weapons and vehicles play a large role in the game. There are vehicles scattered throughout the levels and Shadow can use these vehicles to navigate through the levels quickly. Sonic Team appear to have taken a leaf out of Ratchet and Clank's book and the game puts a fairly heavy emphasis on weapons. Some of the opponants you come across may have weapons, Shadow can only hold one weapon at a time though which makes the experience a little less entertaining. It isn't compulsory to use the weapons, but the game is a little easier if you do, the weapons don't stop the combat from being extremely repetitive and clunky though.
Overall the gameplay just feels like it hasn't evolved that much in six years, aside from a new storyline, new character and different environments Shadow the Hedgehog feels extremely similar to Sonic Adventure even going so far as to bring over some of the problems from that game. The camera is still a serious problem and sometimes it will lose track of Shadow momentarily which can often result in the death of Shadow; which isn't an experience that leaves you particularly happy.
As if the gameplay isn't disappointing enough the Playstation 2 version has had even more of a downgrade. Even from the beginning of the game there are frame-rate issues whereby you cannot even tell if the game is intentionally stuttering or if the game cannot keep up. Even with downgraded graphics the game still cannot keep up, which is disappointing considering the game doesn't look like a current generation title, the Dreamcast would still probably be able to easily handle this game without too much hassle.
The most impressive part of the game comes in the visuals, the FMV scenes are absolutely brilliant but unfortunately don't set a precedent for the rest of the game. The environments are varied though and Shadow will travel from a metropolis zone through forest and lava. Whilst the levels aren't that detailed there are moments throughout the game that look brilliant, and for a split second it's possible to become momentarily involved in the game.
The entire game features a rock soundtrack which suits the game fairly well. The acting feels a litle amateur though, but the voice acting is fairly professional and very reminiscent of the old Sonic X episodes. Anyone who has become accustomed to the old Sonic music won't find this music very recognisable as it is remarkably different to anything we've heard in a Sonic Team game before.
The entire story mode is fairly lengthy (if not a little bit extended out) and there are over twenty levels to go through. The problem is that the levels are really linear, and it's fairly possible to just fly through them without any real skill. It's unlikely that you'll have the patience to complete the game in its entirity though, just because it becomes extremely repetitive after awhile.
There is no other way to describe Shadow the Hedgehog except for disappointing. The levels are linear, the gameplay is weak and under explained and the game hasn't evolved past Sonic Adventure. Shadow isn't as fun to control as Sonic and we're hoping this spells the end for Sonic spin offs from now on. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has been suffering for a few years now and this game is yet another nail in the coffin for the franchise; we wish the game had stayed in the shadows. It's one of the most disappointing titles of the year.


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The United States' largest photography show, hosted by the Photo Marketing Association, starts this Sunday, but it seems like all the major manufacturers have already announced their products.
According to Melissa Dara Moritz, public relations manager of Canon USA, the firm's decision to pull out from PMA 2010 is a result of "changes in the industry."
Just some stuff that happened to catch my eye or tickle my fancy as I strolled the show floor.
Sony displayed a variety of concept cameras and prototype lenses at PMA 2010, including its rather bland-looking and specification-free interchangeable-lens compact model.
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In W7 64-bit PPro CS 5.01 I have a problem that shows up sometimes on SD NTSC projects.
It happens when I have a number of Tif files that are used with Luma-key as graphic overlays on video clips, They are all made in Photoshop with 0-0-0 black backgrounds. They sometimes show up on the timeline as the wrong tif file. I've checked them and even reloaded them (from another computer) and it continues to happen. If I have ten files, the first few work fine, but suddenly all the rest I try to add all show up in the video as the previous tif file that was overlayed on the video clips. I've tired rebooting and to no avail.
Has anyone else had a problem like this?
Update to 5.03 and see if that resolves it.
Last Night I discovered one moe thing. If you play the target video clip (space bar) prior to dragging the tif file overlay the probelm goes away. Once that one is keyed on the clip, if you scrub down-range to another video clip and don't play it first, the problem always crops up again. So there is a workaround. It may sound a little superstitious, but I always hesitate to update in the middle of a 90-minute project.
I've owned every version of PPro since v.4.0 (1997) and this is the first version I've noticed this behaviour. I'm still wondering if it's just here, or perhaps others have seen this.Or maybe some obscure setting of some type is at work.
Open and resave the images in Photoshop, and then try again. If that works, then you're encountering a bug that has been fixed in Premiere Pro CS5.5.
Regarding the updates: There are a lot of bug fixes in the 5.0.2 and 5.0.3 updates. I strongly recommend that you install them.
Thanks All,
If 5.03 is just like 5.01 in behaviour with just some bug fixes I think I will.
But just a note: I tried 5.5 and I didn't like how it handled the red/green line render-issue. It was always all yellow and seemed slower than 5.01. So I backed it out and have been mostly happy since. It fits my workflow. The Mecury render business seems like a waste of the 800 bucks for the video graphics card I used too. I'm glad it wasn't just me noticing some little bugs in 5.01
One other thing 5.03 might fix too. Sometimes if I take a long break, and come back to work, the program seems to go to sleep. When I click on a few things some of the panels go all white. Would that be a bug too? At first I thouhgt it was the external HD I use fro each new project. Maybe not?
Panels going white is a Windows issue, not PR.
For Panels going white, I would look at your video driver. Go to the nVidia (or ATI/AMD) Web site, and check for a newer driver. If there is one, download and install that.
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Herbs grow best with full sun and light, well-drained, moisture-retentive, fertile soil with plenty of organic matter incorporated. For a continuous supply:
Sow seed of herbs such as basil, chives and parsley under glass with or without heat from January to early April. Additionally, as soil conditions allow, you can sow seed of chervil, coriander and dill, directly into the soil outdoors from March onwards.
Cuttings of some herbs such as bay, marjoram, mint, rosemary, sage, tarragon and thyme can be taken from late summer to early autumn.
Divide hardy herbs such as sweet marjoram, oregano, mint and thyme in spring or after flowering in late summer.
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It's Moutza of the Month time, my boy.
That's when loyal readers of this column help bestow the ancient insult of my Hellenic ancestors. And this one's for January.
The hallowed Moutza doesn't involve one finger, but four fingers and a thumb. Try it. Open your hand, fingers spread wide, thrust your naked palms at the target and say "Nah!" or "Nah! Blow on this, why don't you?" to the nincompoops who really deserve it.
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Mario Batali's delicious chicken gets its sweet-and-sour flavor from a mix of orange juice, vinegar and capers. Best Mario Batali Recipes
One 4-pound chicken, cut into 10 pieces (each breast split crosswise)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 carrots, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
2 celery ribs, cut into 1/2-inch dice
8 garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup dry light-bodied red wine, such as Chianti
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons capers, drained
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1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large, deep skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the chicken and cook over moderately high heat until browned, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and pour off the oil.
2. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet and add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until starting to brown, about 8 minutes. Add the sugar, wine, vinegar, orange juice, capers and almonds and bring to a boil. Return the chicken to the skillet, skin side up. Cover partially and simmer over low heat until the chicken is cooked through, about 35 minutes.
3. Transfer the chicken to a plate. Boil the pan sauce over high heat until thickened, about 3 minutes. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Return the chicken to the skillet until warmed through. Transfer to a plate, spoon the sauce on top and serve.
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Remote exploitation of an input validation vulnerability in VERITAS Software Corp.'s Storage Foundation 4.3 Enterprise Administration service could allow an unauthenticated attacker to consume excessive resources or crash the service.
The vulnerability specifically exists in the handling of packets delivered to the VVR Administration service port, TCP/8199. By sending specially crafted requests to a vulnerable host, attackers are able to control the size value for memory allocation. In cases where requests are made for more memory than the system is able to allocate, the service attempts to write to an invalid pointer, which crashes the service. If allocation succeeds, the resulting memory will not be released until the connection is closed. This allows a resource consumption denial of service attack.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause the affected service to terminate. As no checks are made that the values given make sense, it is possible to cause the service to allocate large amounts of memory, potentially causing severely degraded system performance and instability in other processes.
Crashing the administration service, which is restarted after 60 seconds, would most likely not directly impact the operation of the replication service itself. However, it likely the resource consumption variation would prevent the affected system from being usable for the duration of the attack.
iDefense Labs confirmed that VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows version 4.3.01 is vulnerable. It is suspected that all previous versions are vulnerable.
Applying traffic filtering to the affected port, allowing only hosts that an administrator uses, will help mitigate exposure to the vulnerability.
Symantec has addressed this vulnerability with a software update. For more information consult their advisory at the following URL.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2007-1593 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.
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Stocks recovered from their lows Friday to close narrowly mixed, but the S&P 500 managed to pull off its seventh-straight week higher, logging the longest weekly win streak in over two years.
The last time the S&P 500 opened a year with seven-consecutive weekly gains was in 1967.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain of 8.37 points, to close at 13,981.76. Coca-Cola led the gainers, while Wal-Mart dragged.
The S&P 500 slipped 1.59 points, to end at 1,519.79. And the Nasdaq dipped 6.63 points, to finish at 3,192.03. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, ended below 13.
The S&P Midcap 400, Russell 2000 and the Dow Transports touched record highs this week.
For the week, the Dow erased 0.08 percent, the S&P 500 squeezed out a gain of 0.12 percent, and the Nasdaq slid 0.06 percent. Alcoa was the best weekly performer on the Dow, while Coca-Cola fell.
For the week, industrials led the key S&P sector gainers, while telecoms sagged.
Major indexes briefly turned lower in midday trading following a news report that Wal-Mart's February sales were off to the worst monthly start in nearly seven years.
February monthly sales are a "total disaster," wrote a Wal-Mart vice president in an internal email to executives, according to a report from Bloomberg, driven by payroll-tax increases that hit consumers. Wal-Mart initially dropped more than 3 percent before shaving some losses ahead of the close.
"As with any organization, we often see internal communications that are not entirely accurate, that lack the proper context and represent individual opinions," Wal-Mart responded following the report.
Other major retailers took a leg lower following the report, including Macy's, Home Depot and Target. (Read More: Leaked Wal-Mart Email Drags Down Retail Stocks)
"We've been stalled for a week and a half—we've been churning, unable to pierce the upper level at 1,525 [on the S&P 500]," said Kenny Polcari, director of floor operations at O'Neill Securities. "But I'm not necessarily surprised as the market needs to consolidate and catch up with itself."
Meanwhile, the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers met in Moscow to discuss fears of competitive currency devaluations. (Read More: What Currency War? Move Along, G-20 Leaders Say)
Angel Gurria, secretary general for the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) dismissed concerns about competitive currency devaluations, which originally came into focus when Japan's new leadership launched a program of aggressive monetary stimulus, causing the yen to plummet.
"There is no currency war. We are furthest away today from a currency war than we were two or three years ago," Gurria told CNBC. "We are fighting an old war. Today we should be concentrating on productivity, be concentrating on competitiveness and we are being distracted by this currency discussion."
Among earnings, Campbell Soup posted earnings that topped expectations, thanks to its recent acquisition of Bolthouse Farms.
Kraft Foods Group declined after the company said it anticipated below-consensus earnings for the fourth quarter, though it raised its full-year outlook for 2013.
Widely-followed investor Carl Icahn said in a regulatory filing that he bought 14 million shares of Herbalife, giving him a 12.98 percent stake in the firm. Icahn discussed his long position on CNBC, saying he was taking the long position to make money, regardless of his personal feelings about Pershing Square's Bill Ackman. Icahn's big bet comes almost three weeks after he and activist investor Ackman engaged in an epic verbal battle on CNBC. Herbalife shares moved off their early highs following Icahn's appearance. (Read More: Icahn vs. Ackman: Is It Business or Personal?)
MeadWestvaco jumped to lead the S&P 500 gainers after billionaire investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management now owns 1.6 million shares in the packaging company.
Xoom skyrocketed nearly 60 percent in the online money-transfer company's first day as a publicly traded firm. The stock opened at $21.
On the economic front, consumer sentiment improved to 76.3 in February, marking the best level since November, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's index. Economists surveyed by Reuters expected a reading of 74.8. And manufacturing in New York state unexpectedly jumped to 10.0 from -7.8 in February, according to the New York Federal Reserve, gaining for the first time since July. Economists expected a reading of -2.0.
Meanwhile, industrial production unexpectedly slipped 0.1 percent in January, according to the Federal Reserve, dragged by weak manufacturing and mining, Economists surveyed by Reuters expected a gain of 0.2 percent.
This week was marked with a flurry of M&A deals. Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy ketchup maker Heinz, bankrupt American Arilines parent AMR merged with US Airways to form the world's largest airline company, and cable giant Comcast took full control of NBCUniversal from General Electric.
So far, more than $158 billion in deals have been announced in 2013, pointing to healthy valuations and positive bets on the economic outlook.
—By CNBC's JeeYeon Park (Follow JeeYeon on Twitter: @JeeYeonParkCNBC)
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TUESDAY: NAHB housing market index, HTC press event; Earnings from Medtronic, Express Scripts, Analog Devices, CF Industries, Dell, Herbalife, Marriott, Fidelity National
WEDNESDAY: MBA mortgage applications, housing starts, producer price index, FOMC minutes, Sony Playstation event; Earnings from BHP Billiton, Devon Energy, Dish Network, Garmin, Toll Brothers, Sodastream, Cheesecake Factory, Tesla Motors
THURSDAY: Consumer price index, jobless claims, PMI manufacturing index flash, existing home sales, Philadelphia Fed survey, leading indicators, natural gas inventories, oil inventories, Fed's Bullard speaks, Fed's Williams speaks, Fed balance sheet/money supply, Fed's Fisher speaks, weekly rail numbers; Earnings from Wal-Mart, Chesapeake Energy, Hormel, Safeway, AIG, Hewlett-Packard, Cabot Oil & Gas, Newmont Mining, Nordstrom
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