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Congratulations to One Lone Car who grabbed the venue vote last Saturday at the popular rock spot for emerging artists, Cicero's. With the help of Playback:stl's Laura Hamlett, the crowd was packed in for the event which featured King Thief, Dear Future, and of course, One Lone Car. Combining passion and melodrama, One Lone Car craft rich soundscapes punctuated by witty pop hooks and haunting, heartfelt lyrics. There's a theatrical-ness, both to the songs and the live performance. Be sure to vote for your favorite St. Louis artist online below or on their respective web portals.
January 23, 2009
One Lone Car wins St. Louis venue votePosted by redgorillamusic under Uncategorized | Tags: Austin Music Festival, Dear Future, Kelly Fenton, King Thief, Laura Hamlett, Mare Camuso, NOTeNEF Promotions, One Lone Car, Playback:stl, Road to RedGorilla, So At Last, St. Louis live music |
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January 8, 2009
Meet our St. Louis regional artistsPosted by redgorillamusic under Road to RedGorilla | Tags: Austin Music Festival, Cicero's, Dear Future, Kelly Fenton, King Thief, Laura Hamlett, Mare Camuso, NOTeNEF Promotions, One Lone Car, PlaySTL, Red Gorilla, Road to RedGorilla, So At Last, St. Louis music scene, submission deadline |
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Next weekend, the Road to RedGorilla team is making it's way back to the midwest for the last Road to RedGorilla before the official event in March. With three more incredible bands that have already been selected to play in March, the night will be full of rocknroll. Let's meet our artists:
One Lone Car: their debut CD, Variety Hour, was an upbeat swirl of sounds and schemes, the new disc shows a depth, a maturity to the St. Louis-based quartet's songwriting and arranging. One Lone Car is Aaron Kellim (vocals, guitar, piano) ,Michael Hickey (bass), Neal Klein (guitar) and Andy Herrin (drums). One Lone Car has been together just a couple of years; its members are largely self-taught. North, South's 11 songs (10 officially, plus one hidden track) were recorded at Gin Blossoms' frontman Robin Wilson's Uranus Studios and engineered by Jamie Woolford (Gin Blossoms, The Actual). The Gin Blossoms' connection is one that bears repeating: One day, Andy left a message at Uranus Studios and Robin happened to hear it. He listened to the music on MySpace, liked it and called Andy back. Robin soon became one of the band's biggest fans, inviting one Lone Car to open for his reunited Gin Blossoms last fall, and again this spring. Yet this connection with their idols should not overshadow One Lone Car's sheer talent, their songs' simple brilliance. Combining passion and melodrama, One Lone Car craft rich soundscapes punctuated by witty pop hooks and haunting, heartfelt lyrics. There's a theatrical-ness, both to the songs and the live performance. Don't be lonely, listen to One Lone Car here
King Thief: King Thief, the unassuming quintet from the cobblestone streets of St. Louis, is the harbinger of a burgeoning new sound: pop cabaret. Fusing together sonic bits of new wave, punk, rock, pop, classical, and smartly wrapping it up with a sincere thespian's flair, King Thief is poised to expand their success on a national level. The group has created a roar for themselves in their oft-overlooked hometown. A thousand people showed up to the release of their previous album, Maya, which sold just as many copies. Radio spins from across the country, a growing European and collegiate fan base; and their time opening shows for groups such as Breaking Benjamin, Story of the Year, and Mourningside, to name a few, all contribute to King Thief's momentum. While King Thief is onstage the floor before them is a forest of arms, fists pumping like pistons to their infectious rhythms, voices singing along with that of Brooks Bracken, King Thief's dynamic impresario. King Thief's music is a dramatic play upon rock, less pretentious than the 70s operas, less formulaic than their pop compatriots. Be the king of music, check out King Thief now.
Dear Future:
More than a sum of its parts, Dear Future is a band united. "The majority of our music is written collectively," explains Brandon. "Because of this, we are able to explore everyone's ideas within each song." Thematically, the songs express dissatisfaction with the state of our society and the way we react to its problems, both as a society and as individuals. "Lyrically, it's a challenge to make sure each song is relevant and says something real, instead of having stereotypical lines for the sake of lyrics." Together since 2006, Dear Future has already garnered fans nationwide, thanks to an aggressive touring schedule and festival appearances: ten tours in two-and-a-half years, each of them averaging two weeks at a time. The band has shared the stage with such acts as Dear and the Headlights, Motion City Soundtrack, House of Heroes and Relient K. Listen forward and check out Dear Future
The Road to RedGorilla event happens at Cicero's in University City on Saturday January 17th. Come down and support your favorite artist, and help them secure a featured promotional package in Austin, TX this coming March.
Just an fyi: RedGorilla submissions end on January 15th, 2009 – if you are interested in having the chance to showcase in Austin submit now at http://www.redgorillamusic.com
December 16, 2008
Road to RedGorilla: St. LouisPosted by redgorillamusic under Road to RedGorilla | Tags: austin festival, Cicero's, Dear Future, Kelly Fenton. NOTeNEF Promotions, King Thief, Laura Hamlett, Mare Camuso, not enough promotions, One Lone Car, PlaySTL, RedGorilla Music Fest, So at last presents, St. Louis Music |
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December 10, 2008
Part Bear wins Road to RedGorilla: Athens vote!Posted by redgorillamusic under Road to RedGorilla | Tags: Austin Alternative Music Festival, Flyfi.com, Kelly Fenton, Mare Camuso, NOTeNEF Promotions, Outside the Box Vol. 3, Part Bear, RedGorilla Music Fest, Road to RedGorilla Vote, So At Last, Sonia Leigh, The Winter Sounds |
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Congratulations to Athens, GA rockers Part Bear who took the written vote in their hometown. Saturday's event at Tasty World was a fantastic representation of the different types of music that RedGorilla showcases in Austin every year.
Part Bear's live show is energetic and appeals to fans of The Whigs, The Replacements, The Pixies, etc. The trio will be featured in the official 2009 festival program guide as well as secured a prime time spot on the RedGorilla stage. For more on Part Bear visit http://www.myspace.com/partbear
The online voting has begun for the Athens Road to RedGorilla artists Sonia Leigh, Part Bear, and the Winter Sounds. For the next two weeks these artists will be competing to acquire votes that will be pitted against all artists playing the Road to RedGorilla. Athens voting continues until December 23rd! The artists with the most votes collectively out of all five market RedGorilla artists will win a spot on the RedGorilla compilation cd.
***The Kansas City vote is still rockin' for one more week. Vote for your favorite KC artist until December 15.


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I have known Coach Tony Branch for many years; when my daughter made it on his basketball team for AAU. Since then I have watched him instill in his players the ethics of teamwork and self worth. Coach Tony is more than a coach to these girls, he is a father figure, friend, and mentor to them. He teaches more than winning in the game of basketball but how to win at the game of life. He shows them that education is the number one goal and basketball is the means to get there. Coach Tony has assisted 162 young people to get into college. The reason he is so adamant about education is because he missed the opportunity to attend college (but you will read about that in his book).
Being asked to co-author the book about his life stories was a privilege for me. It gave me a chance to see inside the world of Coach Tony and how life's experiences shaped him into the man he is today. His passion and caring for the youth of America and the love for his country is evident as you read each chapter of the book.
From his humble beginnings in the Bronx of New York, to the military, and on to becoming an honorary Ambassador, Coach Tony walks us through his life. In his words, he gives us a glimpse of how the death of Martin Luther King Jr and other Civil Rights Leaders affected him, and the neighborhood around him, as a young child. This book gives us stories and pictures of a young boy growing up in a loving home by a single mother who provided for him and his siblings the best she could; and showed her children how to give back and help others. We then learn about his high school years and the missed opportunity to go to college on a football scholarship. Coach Tony's twenty year military career will keep you turning the pages as we follow him along on his journeys to Japan and other military bases before retiring from the Navy. You will see how his volunteering and working with young people led him to the show Secret Millionaire. How his gift for coaching took a team of girls from Northwest Indiana to a National AAU runner up trophy in 2009. You will read testimonials from people that Coach Tony has inspired through the years and is still doing to this day.
In writing and listening to Coach Tony as we worked on his book, it made me put my life in perspective. Hearing all of the things that he went through; gave me a different view of how lucky I was growing up and made me thankful for what God has given me. I no longer take things for granted and when I look at other people, who are not as fortunate as I am, I want to do something to help them. It is my hope that Coach Tony's book will do the same for every one that reads it. That we all will do more to make our world a better place one person at a time.
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I added the 2 boxes with the bars and stuff at the top to make it look better --Combee123 (tAlk) 00:22, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
- I know that this is old, but how are there 15 main series. I only counted 10 (12 is Colosseum and XD are counted). Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 21:09, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
- 15 counts every English-language game with some form of role-playing/storyline, not just those that end with "Version". Using the main series template as a guide, we should exclude Red & Green, JP Blue, JP Stadium, Pokémon Box: RS, and My Pokémon Ranch. --KC 4000 19:49, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Isn't Colosseum completed? Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 23:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
- Looks like it though the quality could still use some work. -Tyler53841 00:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Sky should be merged with T & D. The special episodes can be in a new page, with other differences, such as the Manectric tribe replacing the Luxray tribe, being noted in the same pages. Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 17:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
- I strongly disagree. sorry Turtwig A, I have to say I disagree. SpecialK Leiks Lucario and The Celebi Glitch 17:21, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
- Just because it's not a totally different game doesn't mean that it shouldn't have its own guide. That's like lumping Yellow in with Red & Blue, or Crystal with Gold & Silver. Sure, none of the third games are all that different from their sister pair, but I still think they deserve attention, too. — KC 12:16, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Sky Link
In the section Side Series Games, the link for the Sky walkthrough is Appendix:Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of Sky walkthrough. This link reads you a redirect, which leads to a deleted page notice. Can a higher-up member fix this? It can be done by removing the : before Explorers. Super Ampharos 18:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Was completed. Your welcome. -- ☆YoshisWorld☆ 16:47, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Well, except for post-story. I still need to do post story. --[User:YoshisWorld| ☆Yoshis]]World☆ 18:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Rumble Blast?
That game (the new one as of 2011) is not even listed. Should I begin work or are we holding back for whatever reason? I don't own the game yet but when I do I will work if needed. Epsilonexus 17:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
- Ask the leader of Project Walkthroughs. Or I can ask him too. --☆ヨッシ ー の世界☆ 00:21, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Art Academy
Can I start on an Art Academy walkthrough, or is there someone I need to get permission from first? Thanks, AmoongussForLife (talk) 23:33, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Side series and spin-off
What's the difference between the side series games and spin-off games? The way they're organized seems inconsistent with this other page. sumwun (talk) 06:09, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


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If you're going to buy a car, you should know what the terms surrounding your financing mean. If you don't you could end up paying much more than you expected or agree to something that you would have rather avoided and that you don't completely understand.
First, understand what the selling price that you agreed upon is and make sure that it doesn't change between the time you discuss it and the time that you sign a contract. Also know what an APR, or Annual Percentage Rate, means, because it tells you how much interest you'll pay on your vehicle. You want your APR to be as low as possible.
If you have someone else signing the contract with you they are your co-buyer. Both people's credit will be affected by how the contract is paid back, so if you agree to be a co-buyer with someone, make sure that they can pay their bills. Also understand that insurances like credit life and disability are optional. You can buy them if you want to, but most people don't buy them and don't need them.
Don't let your car dealer convince you that you have to purchase them or talk you into buying something you aren't sure about. A lot of people end up paying too much because they aren't sure what the terms mean. You don't want that to be you, and you can avoid this kind of problem by reading up on auto loan terms before you visit the dealer.


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Weekly Anime (12/29 – 1/4)January 4, 2009 at 4:25 pm | Posted in Weekly Anime | 8 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
Well, I almost got everything I was supposed to this week. I'll probably get through the rest of ToraDora! tomorrow or something. I kind of got distracted by the new season of anime. Starting a new season takes up a lot more time I think. Because you pretty much always have something to say.
Anime: CHAOS;HEAD (12 END), ToraDora! (11), Plus Shakugan no Shana.
Weekly Anime (12/21 – 12/28)December 28, 2008 at 12:01 pm | Posted in Weekly Anime | 13 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
Craaap. The Fall season is ending and I'm still behind. Thank god I'm not picking up much in Winter so I can finally catch-up. I did a pretty good job this week though.
Also have my blogging plans for the Winter stuffed in here at the bottom.
Anime: Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka (11 & 12 END…rant), CHAOS;HEAD (09, 10, & 11), ToraDora! (09 & 10)
Weekly Anime (12/8 – 12/14)December 14, 2008 at 3:30 pm | Posted in Weekly Anime | 4 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
No Weekly Anime for last week, simply because I didn't watch anything. I sacrificed some blogging this week though so I could catch up with some of the that anime I fell behind with. I had a good start, but then it kind of fell apart when I was unable to use the computer. So I'm left with another pitiful Weekly Anime post. Oh well. Maybe next week.
Anime: Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka (10), CHAOS;HEAD (08), ToraDora! (06-08)
Weekly Anime (10/27-11/5)November 6, 2008 at 12:52 am | Posted in Weekly Anime | 9 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
Rimi fan status has been confirmed.
Posted late because of how busy I was on Friday, Saturday, I was kind of sick on Sunday, and the rest can be chalked up to the presidential election.
I'm covering To Aru Majutsu no Index 04-05, ToraDora! 05, CHAOS;HEAD 04, and Yozakura Quarter 05.
Weekly Anime (10/20 – 10/26)October 26, 2008 at 4:00 pm | Posted in Weekly Anime | 18 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
Ah…too much to talk about this week. Something quick on ToraDora! 02-04, Yozakura Quartet 04, Hakushaku to Yousei 01-03 (Yes, finally), and CHAOS;HEAD 03. Also something random about SaiMoe (Nagisa~!).
And as far as the image this week goes…a stubborn Lydia is a cute Lydia and that fact needs attention!
Weekly Anime (9/29-10/3)October 3, 2008 at 6:35 pm | Posted in Weekly Anime | 16 Comments
Tags: ToraDora!
(Yozakura Quartet)
Well, I wrote something up on all of the anime I watched this week, but I'm not necessarily blogging them all. Some of them I'll probably get bored of, but for now…this is my anime. Once I watch more next week the list will probably change a bit though.
This week I'm discussing Akane-iro Somaru Saka, ToraDora!, and Yozakura Quartet. Along with some quick blurbs on Shugo Chara Doki!!, Hakushaku to Yousei, and Clannad ~After Story~.


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Intelligence -- or rather bad intelligence -- has become an obsession in Washington. Fueled by the growing casualties among American soldiers in Iraq and the administration's failure to find weapons of mass destruction there, the Central Intelligence Agency, Congress, an independent commission and scores of private experts and government analysts have been fiercely debating what went wrong in Iraq and, more broadly, the state of the government's intelligence capabilities.
Enter Sir John Keegan, the eloquent, pre-eminent British historian of war with an iconoclastic notion: despite the finger pointing and passionate debate, he concludes in a new book that intelligence -- good or bad -- matters far less than brute force in winning wars.
''War is ultimately about doing, not thinking,'' writes Sir John, the author of 16 other books about war and military tactics, including the instant classic, ''The Face of Battle.'' In his latest offering, ''Intelligence in War'' (Alfred A. Knopf), he insists again and again, ''Only force finally counts.''
''Decision in war is always the result of a fight, and in combat willpower always counts for more than foreknowledge,'' he argues. ''Let those who disagree show otherwise.''
A number of Western military historians, political scientists, diplomats and defense experts have taken up the challenge. Most of them would agree with Richard Holbrooke, the former diplomat who as chief negotiator to the Balkans conflict in the mid-1990's helped end that war. He called Sir John's theory ''not only counterintuitive but wrong.''Continue reading the main story
''Is Keegan right in arguing that intelligence is overrated? Yes,'' Mr. Holbrooke said. ''But intelligence is also indispensable. And its greatest successes are preventative.''
Sir John readily acknowledges that good intelligence is essential to successful battles and campaigns. He opens his new book quoting the Duke of Marlborough's dictum: ''No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence.'' But Sir John rejects what he calls the romantic myth that victory depends mainly on spies, stolen secrets and cracked codes.
To support his thesis he explores a series of gripping case studies, from Admiral Nelson's 73-day chase of the French fleet and its ultimate defeat at the Nile in 1798, to Stonewall Jackson's Civil War campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, to some of the most harrowing naval battles and bloody campaigns of the World Wars. In each episode, he argues, the role of intelligence was highly overrated.
Nelson's intuitive genius about Napoleon, for instance, mattered far more in defeating him than the intelligence on the French fleet's location that arrived late from London. The Allies in World War II could have won the battle against the German U-boat fleet ''without the assistance of the code breakers,'' he maintains. In 1941, though British cryptanalysts had broken the Germans' Enigma Code and clearly saw the shape of the German forces, the British lost Crete because the British commander made fatal mistakes.
Bruce Hoffman, director of RAND's Washington office and a terrorism analyst, said that although Sir John analyzed the role of intelligence in countering Al Qaeda, most of his examples were drawn from 18th- to 20th-century wars rather than 21st-century conflicts. ''Keegan is largely right on the role of intelligence in conventional wars,'' Mr. Hoffman said, ''but he is not right about counterinsurgencies in any century, when intelligence is the sine qua non of success.'' Modern wars, he argued, are not fought only with military tools. ''So intelligence has a very different role today. You can no longer fight, much less win them just with military strength.''
Mr. Hoffman maintained, for instance, that poor intelligence on the radical jihadists and pro-Saddam Hussein loyalists who are killing both Iraqis and American soldiers today ''is one of our major problems in Iraq.''
Roger Cressey, the former chief of staff to President Bush's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and a former director for transnational threats at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton, agrees, noting that America is being forced to fight modern wars under far greater constraints than ever before. ''Intelligence isn't particularly important if you have a scorched-earth policy or are spending a lot of time in the Soviet archives,'' Mr. Cressey said. ''But if you are trying to win hearts and minds by killing as few civilians as possible, good intelligence on, say, where insurgents, as opposed to noncombatants, are located, is hugely important.''
John Hamre, a deputy secretary of defense under Mr. Clinton who led a survey group to Iraq last summer for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, said that even the projection of the overwhelming force that Sir John endorses is dependent today on good intelligence. ''You can no longer separate intelligence from overwhelming force,'' said Mr. Hamre, who now heads the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a private organization in Washington. ''We have that force because we have tactical intelligence.''
The technological advances largely of the past decade have transformed modern warfare, he said, adding: ''We can now integrate national-level intelligence with the tactical level, and we can integrate what comes from the intelligence agencies quickly to the front lines for battlefield surveillance. Our force is so overwhelmingly powerful because of good intelligence, not because we fly or move faster than they do.''
Mr. Hamre called the past decade's technological advances ''nothing short of spectacular.'' By making a huge array of intelligence sensors ''an organic part of operations, we have a wide range of sensors that are largely beyond the knowledge of our opponents,'' he said. ''It's multidimensional, and both passive and active, and it is what makes our force so overwhelming.''
Consider the war in Iraq, he said. In the last two days of the roughly monthlong military campaign, ''in 27 minutes, we changed the attack program of a B-1 in the air to drop a bomb on what we thought was Saddam Hussein's bunker.''
Kenneth Pollack, another former Clinton administration official now at the Brookings Institution, argued that modern warfare would increasingly be dominated by those who control what he called the ''information spectrum.'' ''In an age of long-range strike weaponry, brilliant munitions, hypereffective sensors, whoever has greater information will be able to bring far greater fire power on a much wider range of targets and in a much shorter time than ever before,'' he said. That was why ''the U.S. military is now in a class by itself.''
Such intelligence information is particularly vital at the strategic level. ''War has become so much more destructive through concealment and long-range strikes that the warning time before an attack has diminished considerably,'' Mr. Pollack said. Terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction, states and other nonstate actors could inflict terrific damage in a much shorter time frame than ever before.''
Thus, he argued, it is becoming increasingly vital that a country have accurate information about the intentions and capabilities of an adversary, especially for an administration that has promoted a doctrine of preventive wars.
''If you're worried about Osama bin Laden or North Korea, then you want to make damn sure that you know what they have, as well as where and when they're going to try to hit you before they do,'' Mr. Pollack said.
But that is precisely the problem, Sir John notes. In the war against terrorism, good intelligence may be extremely hard to obtain, particularly against Al Qaeda. A ''coalition of like-minded but separate groups'' despite its name, which in Arabic means ''the base,'' Al Qaeda is a diffuse target, and one that has thus far been fairly resistant to America's high-tech, electronic surveillance prowess, he says. The United States, he warns, will have to rely on old-fashioned spies rather than gadgets. But in this regard the America he so obviously admires is decidedly weak.
On this point Edward N. Luttwak, a maverick defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, shares Sir John's concern. For all its electronic surveillance wizardry, the ''humint'' or human intelligence needed to combat Al Qaeda's terrorism is not America's strength, Mr. Luttwak argues. ''Overhead technical means of collection do you no good,'' he said. ''And Al Qaeda members have learned how to evade intercepts. Humint over the past years has yielded virtually nothing. It doesn't suit Americans.''
''To be a case officer you have to be a poet,'' he continued. ''You need to romance and seduce. You need to be able to learn Urdu in six months.'' Woefully short of language skills, many American intelligence officials, ''can't even ask for a cup of coffee.''
But this failing, too, highlights the danger inherent in relying on poor intelligence in 21st-century conflicts, Mr. Luttwak maintains.
In an interview Sir John seemed willing to modify an argument in his book to reflect the potentially dire consequences of bad intelligence about terrorists armed with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. While he wrote that intelligence was the ''handmaiden, not the mistress of the warrior,'' he added that with respect to groups like Al Qaeda and decisions on preventive war, intelligence may well be ''an indispensable servant of force.''Continue reading the main story


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Game Review: Ben 10: Galactic Racing (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, DS)
Ben and the aliens from the popular Cartoon Network TV show Ben 10 have all entered the Galactic Grand Prix to see who is the best racer in the universe. Ben 10 Galactic Racing is available for all the current game consoles and handhelds, but we're going to take a look at the Wii and DS versions.
On the Wii, Ben 10 Galactic Racing is very much a Mario Kart clone. Race as Ben 10 or a host of wacky aliens in go-karts as you compete on crazy interstellar tracks. Littered about the courses are power-ups that can slow down other players or give you a boost. Each alien also has a special skill, but Ben 10 can turn into any of those aliens, just like on the TV show. You can use the Wii remote or the Classic Controller to play, and there are a host of game modes, including Grand Prix, Single Race, Time Trial, and a few battle arenas as well. Up to four can race together in multiplayer.
The problem with the Wii version is there are too many power-ups on the tracks, so it's more about who gets the best one rather than racing skill. And even on the Easy difficulty setting, it's tough to catch up to the other racers, but they can always trail right behind you, ready to pass or zap you with a weapon.
At first, the DS version seems better than on the Wii. Even though the tracks are not as visually graphic, they are designed better and there aren't too many power-ups on the field. Plus the controls feel a little more solid, too. Until you hit a wall and stop dead in your tracks and become stuck for way too long, that is. And like the Wii version, the DS game is pretty difficult. It's hard to catch up to the leaders in the race, but everyone else can pass you easily. If you love the Ben 10 cartoon, you may find some enjoyment in these games anyway, as they use authentic character voices and settings.
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Ben 10: Galactic Racing is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Comic Mischief and Mild Cartoon Violence. You can bump other cars and zap racers with crazy weapons, but that's it. If you're OK with your kids watching the cartoon or playing other games like Mario Kart, they'll be OK here, too. Reading skill isn't needed, but younger gamers may get frustrated at the difficulty. Only die-hard Ben 10 fans need to enter this race.


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The strength of the inward investment offer in the Rotherham & Sheffield areas has been confirmed by a recently published report.
Analysis by The Local Futures Group was carried out for its Inward Investment Guide to England, in partnership with the Municipal Journal (MJ). The survey looked at all 335 local authority areas in England, ranking them in relation to key factors important to potential inward investors.
In the Environment and Infrastructure scores, Rotherham was ranked 3rd of the English local authority areas surveyed, whilst Sheffield also ranked 3rd of English cities.
Factors such as availability of commercial floor space; connectivity; cost base; quality of life; and growth in commercial and industrial floor space were taken into account. A summary score was then created by adding together all of these measures and indexing the scores to the national average.
Commenting on the results Tim O'Connell of Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RiDO), the regeneration arm of Rotherham Council, said; "We have always known that the Rotherham area comprises a strong offer for potential inward investors, with not only the factors highlighted in this report, but also the expertise of our companies (especially those in the advanced manufacturing and materials sectors), and the availability of high level skills."
"This has enabled Rotherham to attract world-class companies such as Rolls-Royce, AESSEAL and Tata Steels, and it is rewarding to have these factors recognised by independent survey."
Ann Allen, Head of Investment & Sector Growth at Creative Sheffield added; "Sheffield City Region is an attractive place for companies to locate, invest and grow by taking advantage of the large skilled workforce. This has been recognised by the continued investment and success of companies who have chosen the city as their home; such as Sky, HSBC, Firth Rixson, Wandisco and Plusnet."
Full details of the assessment can be found here.
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This is a 2009 portmanteau film, directed by Nicholas Carpenter and Casey Ward and we need to get this out of the way. Okay, having Playboy Playmates make a film does not add to its credibility, generally, and is unlikely to attract extra audience whilst they remain clothed. That said, why, oh why, oh why, would you cast people clearly in their thirties as sorority girls? Nothing is added and credibility is lost… I'll shut up now…
As mentioned this is a portmanteau and the wrap around concerns a sorority where, the year before, a girl was refused and so killed herself. The dean of the college became concerned and insisted that they change their recruitment techniques and so the last three candidates have to tell scary stories – of course there is a story of revenge in the portmanteau. There are three stories, the first being a variant of the possessed doll and the last being a variant of the prank call – don't answer the phone. Neither are particularly original in their variation. This does not bode well for the central story – our 'Vamp or Not?' Strangely, therefore, this was actually a marvellous segment, so much so that the characters in film state that the story wasn't scary, just weird. An insight into the shallowness of the characters as written and good news for us.
The story surrounds one Eva DeMarco (Bridget Marquardt) a Hollywood actress who had found that work had dried up because of her age. She was becoming too old to play the love interest (you know, perhaps the filmmakers should have thought about that when casting sorority girls, or perhaps this was a commentary and subtly done!) and told her agent she would play any role – indeed she would take the last role on Earth so long as the cheque clears.
She ends up in Europe where she is to be cast in the film "Crimson Echo" being directed by Victor (John D'Aquino). One thing I did like with this segment was how washed out the film looked, it added a subtle atmosphere. Victor lives in a 'creepy castle', with a stern assistant who answers the door. When Eva first sees him, he is reflected in a mirror. "At least I know you're not a vampire," she quips and he, in best Hungarian accent, blames it on Bela. When she looks confused he explains about Tod Browning and Dracula.
Eva says about it being before her time and that horror is not her genre – Victor admits that her filmography indicates such. When asked who he considered before her he suggests no one, the role might have been written for her. The diminutive Footcandle (Ed Gale) comes over and checks her light. Victor explains that he has been with them for some time and is obsessed with light and shadow. Of course there are early vampire films that use light and shadow to great effect, Nosferatu and Vampyr being the obvious examples – but am I reading too much in? We shall see.
Victor gives her a glass of absinth and the drink leads her to hallucinatory dreams, which were strangely psychedelic and of a low level S&M nature – certainly a million miles from the romantic absinth indulgence in the 1992 Dracula. It might have been simply to have some naked breasts in the segment but, to me, it ramped up the surrealistic quota of the segment and, thus, became worthwhile. During the hallucination she sees masked faces. When she awakens there is a card inviting her to a dinner party to mark the film, formal dress required.
The dinner table is filled with people in masks, just like in her hallucination. Victor removes his mask as he speaks to her. He tells her that those round her are the crew for Crimson Echo and, when she asks if they will show their faces, he says in time. He asks if she knows what the first things filmed were, and suggests it was horrors. A projector is started, casting early film of real world horror over his face. We can't see detail but she clearly can.
The crew are introduced and remove their masks. Most have textured faces, if I can put it that way, almost zombie like I guess but, of course, Victor, Footcandle and the woman who answered the castle door are not textured in the same way. The crew all made some of the most disturbing films in history, they are undead, kept alive by their own films – an association between the undead and film is explored in Dinner with the Vampire. Now, of course, whilst the term undead is associated with the zombie genre it was first coined by Bram Stoker in Dracula and referred, specifically, to vampires.
Victor explains that they are undead and make films for the undead. But nowadays Nosferatu just will not do. She was chosen for her virginity in the horror genre, making her perfect. She collapses as they laugh and then she awakens chained and gagged as the cameras roll and one of the dinner party guests approaches with a hacksaw. We next see her at the dinner table where she tells Victor she is ready for her close up, she'll always be ready. The voice over, by the story teller, informs us that she will never age but she is only alive on film.
There were some references to the vampire genre in this and the creatures referred to themselves as undead. We saw no blood drinking or fangs, and there were reflections, but there was also a sentience. There is no definitive evidence that we are dealing with vampires but I tend to like to think so. I am classing these creatures as vampires – if only due to their non-rotted (for some at least) appearances and sentient aspects. This was a worthwhile segment in a, otherwise, distinctly below average production. The imdb page is here.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Vamp or Not? The Telling
This is a 2009 portmanteau film, directed by Nicholas Carpenter and Casey Ward and we need to get this out of the way. Okay, having Playboy Playmates make a film does not add to its credibility, generally, and is unlikely to attract extra audience whilst they remain clothed. That said, why, oh why, oh why, would you cast people clearly in their thirties as sorority girls? Nothing is added and credibility is lost… I'll shut up now…


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There are some certain parts of the city that are a given when insecurity is mentioned. Most people would think wholesale sections of Eastlands are unsafe but having been to Nyayo Estate I must say this would be a false notion.
Actually, in reality, there are areas of uptown that are savage! Such areas are savage simply because thieves have decided that they are easy picking and this is a true problem indeed! The areas I have highlighted are savage because of the levels of crime that go on there.
Be it incidences of rape or carjackings, be they incidences of petty crime and mugging, these are the 7 most dangerous areas in Nairobi.
Go to the next page to see the most dangerous estates in Nairobi!
8. South C/ South B (carjacking)
The by-pass has done wonders for criminal activity in the South C vicinity and it's not even funny! Some areas are incomplete and poorly lit so when you slow down, gangsters make you french kiss gun barrels! Also, a recently published police study highlighted City Cotton, between Wilson Airport and South C: The area has high incidences of murder and mugging.
7. Westlands
The amounts of carjacking that goes on around Westlands is mind numbing! The thugs often dump their victims in the very recesses of Eastlands and Ruaka which goes to show that they hail from these areas seeing as they are comfortable enough to see this as their escape route.
6. Kileleshwa
This place! There was a time this place was hell! I remember my woman constantly scaring the very daylights out of me telling me about her neighbours who were carjacked as they waited for the gates to their apartments to be opened.
5. Kawangware (Naivasha Rd)
What did you expect? This slum closely edged Kibera off the list. Why? Because even police officers are wary of Congo area, near Kawangware. Why? Well due to the drug trafficking, rape and mugging that are rampant in the area.
4. Githurai
This area is just a mess! Probably because of it's ignominous status as being neither Eastlands and yet still part of Eastlands. It is around some of the worst affected thanks to it's neighbour Mathare. Incidentally, Mathare will not make it to this list but will be on the lists of vichinjio.
Mpasho Investigates Crime Part 1: Find Out The Most Dangerous Places in Nairobi (Video)
3. Kayole
Hearing guys shoot their guns is the norm. I have a cousin who lives here… Brave lad! I have never understood why he does so but who am I to complain? His tales often consist of gun shots and thugs. From what he tells me, rapes, muggings and carjacking are just another facet of life.
2. Dandora
Really? Do I have to explain this one? Really? Gang rapes? Armed gangs of juvenile delinquents strung so far up off cheap drugs and shoe gum their reality is a scary nightmare? A dumpsite that only the poorest and most desperate make a living off not to mention live in?
1. Kariobangi North
This is where guns check into Nairobi through! The entire area has an illegal small firearms epidemic with the "football" players who never really do play for any known teams forming a ready army of grunts looking to go and invade Westlands and Kileleshwa!


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Lil Wayne Shocked by 'Foolish' Reports on His Health
Reports of Lil Wayne's near demise last week were greatly exaggerated no thanks to TMZ. Young Money president Mack Maine said Weezy wasn't too happy with the initial reporting of his hospitalization, which had him lying on his death bed.
"I was actually sitting right next to him, honestly, when it happened, and his mom was in the other room, and his face dropped," Maine told Sway Calloway on Wednesday's episode (March 20) of 'RapFix Live.' "I just saw it in his face, like, 'I can't believe that."
As we previously reported, Wayne was hospitalized for six days at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles after having multiple seizures. What followed was a kerfuffle of reports that the 'Love Me' rapper overdosed on codeine and was being prepared for his last rites.
This prompted Maine and Birdman to blast TMZ for their misreporting. "A lot of blogs and stuff put out some foolishness, but that wasn't true," said Maine. "He has four kids. Imagine his daughter hearing that somewhere in school or something like that, so he wasn't too happy about that."
In light of TMZ mishandling the story, Maine says that Wayne is in good health and getting some much-needed rest. "He's blessed, he's up, he's in good spirits, and we'd like to thank all the fans for the prayers. A lot of people reached out and showed love, but Wayne's at home, he's relaxing," he says. "He's actually been in good health for a minute. They just wanted to run a few tests on him, that's why they kept him longer than expected, but he's been good."
Wayne's next order of business is to get ready for the release of his new album, 'I Am Not a Human Being II,' which hits stores on Tuesday (March 25). The collection boasts collaborations with 2 Chainz, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Juicy J and many others.
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James Mann takes a look at Dialogs using the Microsoft Bot Framework, as a sneak peek of his session at Tech Days Online at the end of February!
By James Mann, Software Consultant at Black Marble
One of the challenges for Bot Makers is delivering business benefits while providing boilerplate behaviour for state management and persistence. Writing this boilerplate code is potentially risky, as it relies on data segregation to ensure that conversation data does not leak between security boundaries. Not to mention that the Bot needs to be capable of seamlessly maintaining its state when it is scaled out or migrated to new hosts. It therefore can be time consuming to write and test.
To address these challenges and more, Microsoft Bot Framework provide an affordance called Dialogs. These components are C# classes (note: Dialogs also exist in Node JS), which encapsulate business logic and any persistent state that is required to model a conversation.
What does this mean? Well, you can model a conversation with just a few lines of code and not have to worry about how the Bot maintains the state of these conversations.
A simple example of a Car Insurance Aggregation conversation will illustrate:
Modelling this conversation is straightforward. For those of you using Dialogs for the first time, there are two things you need to do:
1. Create a Dialog to model the conversation.
2. Transition into the Dialog. This can be from another dialog or straight from your Web API controller:
When you run it, it should look like below. Notice how Bot Framework automatically took care of persisting local variables registrationNumber and startDate so that we can use them in subsequent conversation states!
I use the word State Transition a lot when I am talking about Dialogs. It's helpful to understand that Bot Framework maintains a Dialog Stack to manage a conversation that flows between dialogs.
When you call a Dialog using IDialogContext.Call, you are pushing to the Dialog Stack. When you complete a Dialog using IDialogContext.Done, you are popping from the Dialog Stack. In both cases, you are passing control to the Dialog on the top of the stack after the push/pop operation.
Finally, when you use IDialogContext.Wait, you are telling Bot Framework to wait until the user sends another message, at which point, direct it to the appropriate method as instructed. This is the thing I like to call State Transitions, and it is the magic of Dialogs :).
Further information
Read all about Bot Framework Dialogs here, and about the conveniences provided by IDialogContext here.
I have produced a couple of videos covering Dialog Fundamentals and Better Dialogs.
Finally, Simon Michael, Gary Pretty and myself James Mann will be speaking about Dialogs and other ways to manage your conversations at TechDays Online on 20th February. Register for free here!
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- View James' YouTube channel and blog


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WhatsApp just announced 'WhatsApp Web' that allows you to use WhatsApp on a PC, on Chrome browser. But you need the latest WhatsApp APK or that, and here below, there is a link to download the latest WhatsApp APK, version v2.11.498, that worked totally fine for me, even when the one available on WhatsApp's own site didn't.
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For the reliable gathering, connecting and distributing of two signals, Balluff provides a wide range of t-splitters. Our solutions are distinguished by their small, narrow, and compact design. Different form factors are available.
Our wide product offering includes tees with M8, M12 and 7/8" connection, which are appropriate for 3-, 4- and 5-wire cables. Different protective circuits and variants without, with one or with two mounting holes offer you great flexibility.


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CARS.COM — The summer days are growing shorter, which means it's nearly time for the kids to head back to school. Of course, you've got to help the kids get to school, and for many families that means carpooling. Unfortunately you probably won't be carpooling in style (and song) like late-night host James Corden, but you can make your school carpool the envy of all the other parents with our helpful tips.
Related: Study Finds Carpooling Parents Forgo Kids' Booster Seats
Get Organized
- Get your fellow carpooling parents together so you can plan the important stuff such as the route, the schedule (especially for morning pickup) and the rules that both kids and parents must follow, such as being on time.
- Make sure that there are enough seats in everyone's cars for all the kids in the carpool; there should be only one child per seat — no doubling up, even if it's a short ride.
- Create a group email or group text for easy communication and have an emergency contact list in case of, well, an emergency.
- Assign the same day or an entire week to one parent to avoid scheduling snafus.
- Especially in the beginning of the school year, remind kids during morning drop-off who's picking them up after school.
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- School-aged children who are shorter than 4 feet 9 inches must ride in booster seats, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recommendations. Check out the mifold and Bubble Bum boosters — both of these space savers are portable and compact when not in use.
- Only kids 13 years old and older may ride in the front passenger seat — everyone else must ride in the backseat.
- Keep the car in Park until everyone is buckled up.
- Obey the speed limits and follow instructions from crossing guards and carpool-lane monitors.
Drop-off and Pickup
- Remind your charges who will be picking them up in the afternoon.
- Make sure kids exit and enter the car from the curbside, and have older children wait on the curb to ensure the younger ones get out safely.
- Glance into the backseat to make sure no backpacks or lunches have been left behind.
- Keep driver distractions to a minimum; the best school carpool lanes run with military precision, but others can be chaotic at best. Don't tune the radio or glance at your cellphone while navigating the carpool lane.
Keep your cool as you ease back into carpool duty this fall, and remember it won't last forever. All too soon your kids will be asking to drive themselves to school.
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Dr. Moffett is an Associate Professor in our I/O Program and serves as the Associate Director for MTSU's Center for Organizational and Human Resource Effectiveness (COHRE). He received his Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from Auburn University. He has also served as Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at MTSU.
Dr. Moffett has over 25 years of experience with private and public sector organizations. His areas of consulting expertise include leadership development, small and large group facilitation, management training, and organizational diagnosis and development. He has worked with clients from a variety of industries including the Rutherford County Department of Human Resources, Kroll Background Screening Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Nuclear Fuel Services, Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, and Teledyne.
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Sri. U Ve. Mukkur Lakshminarasimhachariar is a great pious Upanyasaka.. At a very early age he gained knowledge in many of the spiritual texts and even at the tender age of five he used to discourse upon the Pasurams and Kamba Ramayanam & Pillai Perumallyenger.
Later, under the tutelage of his illustrious elder brother, Salakshanaganapati Sri.U Ve. Ranganathachar swami of vijayawada, he completed his vendadhyayanam. He did kalakehepa and learnt esoteric and exoteric meanings of prabandhams and other works from his father-in law. Sri U Ve. Thirukkalam Narasimhachaiar swami.
He mastered the language Teluge and through his scholarly discourses through out the Relugu Desam won the best appreciations and admirations from the people of Andhra Pradesh. The collection of his discourses titled "Kurai Onrum lllai" in Tamil is the legacy he left for the devotees.
He has given discourses on ltihasas, Puranas and sastras through out india and won several titles like Sadachara Bala Surya, Guru Bhakta Ratna, Vedaarta Visaradha and Harikathamruta.
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This eBook will offer you the proper training that is unrivaled in the Hospitality Industry. By understanding this position and completing this eBook, you will learn the necessary details to becoming an effective Catering Director, such as: developing and implementing effective sales strategies to achieve goals, how to build and maintain strong relationships, assisting in planning and executing sales blitzes, how to develop and effectively sell banquet menus, how to create and maintain collateral material (such as sample menus) for the Property, along with other exciting duties that go along with being an effective Catering Director. You will also learn all the service touch points to becoming a successful Catering Director.
This eBook is comprised of multiple courses, as well as quizzes that will test your knowledge and reinforce your learning.


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SUNDAY-SUNDAY, Feb. 18-25
XXIII Winter Olympic Games
NBC, NBC SPORTS NETWORK, CNBC, USA NETWORK These quadrennial games are held this year in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Check NBCOlympics.com for times.
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS, 3:20pm
Rome's Hidden Churches: A Lenten Pilgrimage
EWTN In each episode throughout Lent, Timothy O'Donnell, president of Christendom College, visits one of Rome's beautiful "Station Churches," following a Lenten processional custom that began in the fourth century.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 8pm
Nature: The Last Rhino
PBS "Sudan," the last male northern white rhino, is protected 24/7 in a sanctuary in Kenya as scientists and animal experts plan to save his species.
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2:30am
Cyrano de Bergerac
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES Self-sacrifice and chivalrous love are the themes of this 1950 drama based on Edmond Rostand's 1897 play of the same name, which in turn was loosely based on the life of French playwright, guardsman and duelist Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655). Advisory: TV-PG.
SATURDAY, Feb. 24, 2pm
Ask This Old House
PBS In this episode, "Houston After Harvey," the team tears down and rebuilds houses in Houston.
SUNDAY, Feb. 25, 5:30pm
Lent, a Season of Grace: Come to the Mountain
EWTN Father Cedric Pisegna offers insights into grace, love and redemptive suffering.
SUNDAY, Feb. 25, 10pm
Gladsome Light
EWTN This show profiles the monks' daily life at the Byzantine Catholic-rite Holy Transfiguration Skete in Eagle Harbor, Michigan. Re-airs 5am Thursday, 4pm Saturday.
MONDAY-FRIDAY, Feb. 26-March 2, 6:30pm, 2:30am
Venerable Bruno's Spiritual Direction for Laypeople
EWTN "If I should fall a thousand times a day, a thousand times I will begin again," said Father Bruno Lanteri (1759-1830), founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. In this five-part series, Oblate Father Timothy Gallagher imparts lessons from Venerable Bruno about perseverance, virtuous habits, embracing prayer and meeting challenges joyfully.
SATURDAY, March 3, 9am
First Saturday Devotion
EWTN The Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word pray and make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SATURDAY, March 3, 10am
Lenten Reflections
EWTN Various priests provide meditations for the season.
SATURDAY, March 3, 3pm
Marian Procession From the Holy Land
EWTN This First Saturday Rosary procession takes place from the site of the Annunciation and the Incarnation in Nazareth, home of the Holy Family.
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Damaged Goods Pieces - 2010
Barnaby Barford's ambitious new work represents a merging of artistic genres; the classical and the contemporary, the static and the animated. Barford has become well known for capturing humorous moments in porcelain, while alluding to narratives that remain ambiguous. But with his first animated film, Damaged Goods, the artist has also created a cinematic world for his characters, giving his vision new life.
Damaged Goods tells a tragic tale played out by porcelain figurines residing in a bric-a-brac shop. The film explores notions of forbidden love, materialism and class divisions, while also turning the classic 'rags to riches' plot on its head with an unexpected twist. Barford revels in creating situations where, "everything is not quite as it seems." His newest narrative is populated by a host of characters, from the hero and heroine – a down-at-heel boy and a beautiful girl; to a sinister miser and an eccentric cast of circus players. For the exhibition at David Gill Galleries, the artist has created nine unique ceramic works featuring the actors from the film.
To view the film click here : Damaged Goods
Each sculpture acts as a platform that both illustrates and extends the narrative, capturing the imaginative story of tragic love in a static moment. "The pieces I have made are an important conclusion to the entire project," Barford comments. "I have taken these characters from conception through the journey of making the film and finally back into being static, stand alone sculptures."


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The North Bay Fires
In early October, deadly wildfires engulfed the North Bay, devastating the region. But as the towering flames threatened homes and lives, people from near and far came together to help those in need. Here are some of their stories from the front lines of the fire.
As the Smoke Clears: Stories From the Fire
The North Bay Fires
Starting October 8, a dozen wildfires ignited across the North Bay, spreading throughout the region. Three fires—the Tubbs, Atlas, and Nuns Fires—were responsible for the most damage.
Tubbs Fire: Spread between Calistoga and Santa Rosa, and burning almost 37,000 acres, the Tubbs Fire became the most destructive in California's history, reducing more than 5,300 structures to ash and killing at least 22 people.
Atlas Fire: One of the first fires to start, the Atlas Fire surrounded Napa to the north and west, consuming more than 51,000 acres of land.
Nuns Fire: Just north of Glen Ellen, the Nuns Fire merged with five other fires to become the largest of the North Bay wildfires, spreading across more than 56,000 acres.
Information as of November 3. For up-to-date details, visit .
October 8, 2017, will be a day Wine Country never forgets.
Just as this sleepy countryside was settling in for the night, the pastoral dream turned into a hellish nightmare. Starting at 9 p.m., several wildfires ignited across Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties, reducing vineyards and wineries to ash, and turning entire neighborhoods into apocalyptic landscapes. By the following week, more than 40 people had died as a result of the fires, making them the deadliest wildfires in state history.
Though this story is one of unfathomable tragedy, it is also one of communities coming together in the face of disaster to help neighbors and strangers alike. The team of editors and reporters at orderpizzaonlinewalledlakemi's sister publication, Napa Sonoma, was on the ground during the region-wide catastrophe, including Editor in Chief Laura Levy Shatkin, who braved the flames and smoke to chronicle the experiences of those who survived the fire.
These are some of the stories of those who lived through the inferno—and those who stepped up to help.
9:30 p.m., October 8, Guerneville
Maria Scarborough was looking forward to a rela Sunday night. She had reserved an Airstream at Guerneville's Auto Camp. She had left her home in Napa around 4:30 p.m., bringing her cat Smoky while leaving behind her five pet rabbits and a feral cat she had adopted. Then, at 10:30 p.m., her phone began blowing up with texts: There was a fire, and it was coming toward her house.
"I had no idea what was going on. I asked if I should come home, and they said yes," says the Silverado-area resident.
On her frantic drive back, she watched the hills glow bright red against the dark sky. "The wind was just whipping up, and it was so black, thick with [smoke]. You couldn't see in front of you," she says.
"There's smoke billowing over the Mayacamas [Mountains], and I'm thinking, Is this smoke coming from Silverado?" says Scarborough, her eyes tearing up. "It was such a stupid thing to think. I just kept thinking, I've gotta get home; I've gotta get home."
Somewhere along Highway 101 in Santa Rosa, she lost cell reception. With no way to know where the fire was, she decided to cut through Carneros on Highway 12, passing the Stornetta Dairy.
"There were little fires everywhere, everywhere," she says. "[The dairy] was blazing with fire, and the building across the street was, too. And I had to drive right through it."
With an inferno blowing around her, she considered turning back but kept going until she reached Old Sonoma Road, where a line of firetrucks and police cars was stationed. It took another hour and a half before she made it home, at 1:30 a.m. At 3 a.m., she was ordered to evacuate, giving her only enough time to bring her bunnies and cats, and flee.
Fortunately, her house and other belongings survived the fire. Others were not so lucky.
12 A.M., October 9, Napa and Sonoma
Laurel and Matt McNally were on their way home to Napa when they saw the fires. The owners of Laurel's Catering had just finished a late-night gig in St. Helena.
"We saw the orange-and-red glow in the sky off to the east side of the Silverado Trail," recalls Laurel.
Laurel thought a bomb had gone off. Matt had another theory. "I thought this was a controlled burn by Cal Fire at a fire department training site or something," he says.
As they drove just past Silverado Vineyards, where the trail opened up, the reality of what was happening set in. The entire eastern ridge of the mountains was in flames. Powerful winds scattered ash and embers all around them while branches and leaves flew everywhere. Cars pulled off the road, where onlookers gawked in horror.
"We saw flames out of control in the back of Stags' Leap [Winery], Chimney Rock [Winery], Signorello [Estate], and Darioush," says Laurel.
Around that time, a California Highway Patrol officer drove up and down Chad Harris' street in Sonoma, telling everyone to evacuate immediately.
"It was like a war scene," says Harris, owner of the popular Fremont Diner in Sonoma. "People were banging on my windows and doors, telling us to just get the hell out.
"We were the first to get hit by the Partrick Fire, which started over by Hudson Ranch and then came our way," adds Harris. "It was the scariest night of my life. I was like, 'What am I grabbing? What should I bring?' "
With only minutes to spare, he packed up his family in the car along with his cat and two dogs, and drove a mile down the road to pick up his ailing mother. Once at a safe distance, they stopped to watch the mountain—and their home—go up in flames.
As the night wore on, Harris couldn't sit still. He was worried about his diner's elderly landlord, who lived next door to the restaurant.
"I drove through a few barriers to be sure she was OK," says Harris. "I really didn't care about the restaurant at that moment."
He managed to make it to Burndale Road, where he was stopped by the police, who assured him that his landlord was OK.
Many of the diner's employees were forced to evacuate, but after a temporary closure, Harris decided to keep the restaurant's doors open, offering free coffee and doughnuts to everyone still in the area. He also delivered coffee to the evacuation center at the local high school, along with paper plates, condiments, and sweaters.
"I just don't know what's going to happen now. Is anyone going to come in?" asks Harris. "It's like we're starting over."
5:30 a.m., October 9, Napa
By early Monday morning, the entire region was plunged into chaos. Several areas in Napa and Sonoma were either evacuated or had lost power and cell phone service. Without the news or social media, getting information was nearly impossible. Many turned to old-fashioned word of mouth and battery-operated
radios for information on the fires. Local sports radio station KVON transformed into a news hub overnight, broadcasting 24/7 and providing listeners with essential updates.
Before dawn, chef Paul Fields was busy commanding the kitchen at Napa's Salvation Army. The facility was ground zero for food donations and meal production for the three major evacuation centers in Napa: Napa Valley College, Crosswalk Community Church, and American Canyon High. Donations came in the form of produce, semiprepared restaurant meals, fully catered meals, and a range of ingredients to allow for large-scale meal preparation.
Fields heads up the culinary training academy at the nonprofit, but that day, his focus was on feeding the evacuees displaced by the fires. He raced back and forth across the long commercial kitchen as he oversaw the cooking line, while chefs, some volunteering from local restaurants, cracked and scrambled hundreds of eggs, baked sheet pans full of bacon, sliced oranges, and arranged breakfast sandwiches in an assembly line fashion. The kitchen was in full swing, preparing to deliver more than 1,000 meals to the evacuation centers.
Chefs and volunteers filtered in and out, looking for ways to help. "People kept popping in, asking what they could do," says Abigail Nogeron, Fields' culinary assistant. "We had Villa Corona, Carneros Resort and Spa, and Meadowood [Napa Valley] offer to help. Chick-fil-A dropped off food, too."
Several other local restaurants also stepped up, including Hurley's Restaurant and Cole's Chop House, which provided catered meals while assisting in the Salvation Army kitchen. And support came from outside the region, too: On Sunday, Facebook delivered 5,000 meals and committed to delivering 5,000 meals three times a week, as long as there was a need.
Later that morning, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba Counties, and President Trump ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires.
Local communities also provided assistance, helping to house, feed, and provide support for everyone affected by the fires. Evacuation centers sprang up across the region—from Sonoma Valley High, to Healdsburg Community Center, to Marin County Fairgrounds—and donations of money, clothing, food, and toiletries streamed in. Only hours after they opened, many shelters quickly met their needs thanks to the outpouring of generosity from both inside and outside the region.
October 10, Petaluma and Napa
The next day, temperatures dropped mercifully, and the winds died down. Firefighters and first responders arrived en masse from all over California as well as surrounding states, and as far away as Canada and Australia. They worked tirelessly to save as many people and neighborhoods as they could; though they were only supposed to work 24-hour shifts, many stayed on the front lines of the fires for as long as 72 hours.
At the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Gina Crespo-Nishihira worked in the medical tents, offering care to fellow evacuees. A certified nursing and medical assistant, she had fled her home in Santa Rosa as the Tubbs Fire overtook the city, all but destroying the Fountaingrove clinic where she works. Despite suffering from a respiratory issue due to the smoke, she insisted on helping.
"There was nothing that I wanted to do more," says the 42-year-old.
Crespo-Nishihira was not alone. Alongside her, more than 40 volunteers worked in eight-hour shifts to provide first aid.
"Respiratory issues were the biggest problem since the air quality was horrific," she says. "It was really nice to see everyone pulling together."
In Napa, Matt Stamp paid a visit to the city's fire station. Only a month before, the sommelier had celebrated the grand opening of his new Napa restaurant, Compline, with co-owner Ryan Stetins; today, the restaurant, like downtown Napa, was a ghost town.
But Stamp knew he had to do something.
"We pride ourselves on providing hospitality in the community and wanted to find a way to extend that to those dealing with the disaster," says Stamp. "If we could at least keep some of the first responders and firefighters fed with food that's healthy, we thought we could help."
The fire station's chief gladly accepted his offer, and Compline delivered meals to the team of firefighters
each day. "It's been amazing through all of this to watch the people in our community actually do something, rather than just huddle and wait for someone else to do it," says Stamp. "We may not be saving the world, but if everybody does just a little something, it adds up."
October 12–13, Napa and Oakville
Cooler temperatures and low winds Thursday night and Friday morning allowed firefighters to make critical progress on containment efforts. The Tubbs and Atlas Fires, which had collectively burned more than 85,000 acres, were significantly curtailed for the first time. By Friday evening, both fires were more than 40 percent contained.
At Napa Valley College, evacuees from as far away as Santa Rosa wore face mask respirators to protect themselves from the thick smoke hanging in the air. American Red Cross cots filled up three separate buildings, where large fans helped recirculate the indoor air. Cases of water were scattered across the campus, and relief vehicles lined the parking lot.
"We had 391 people stay on Monday night, with many more in their cars or RVs in the parking lot," says an American Red Cross representative. Volunteers served breakfast at 8 a.m., then Cal Fire held a briefing on the status of the fires.
Staff from The Meritage Resort and Spa arrived around 11 a.m. to replace the sheets and towels with clean ones. "Local businesses have been instrumental in helping out," says the representative. "T-Mobile gave out free phones to people, with a month of free service and charging packs. AT&T set up charging stations, and insurance companies [have] set up tents to help people get going on their claims."
Meanwhile, resources continued to pour in from outside the region, with more than 10,000 firefighters working together to battle the blazes.
"We came up here from Redwood City and had a briefing at 6 a.m. in Napa," says Officer Brian Brown, who blocked all entry to Oakville Grade at Highway 29 with his Highway Patrol truck, granting access only to firefighters. Although improving, the situation was still grim. "I'm told there were a lot of structures in there. It had been burning for a long time."
His point was underscored by the National Weather Service Bay Area, which issued a red flag warning for the fire-ravaged area, predicting winds would whip up again on Saturday. The fight was far from over.
October 15, Yountville
While firefighters slowly gained the upper hand on many of the fires in the area, new blazes ignited throughout Wine Country. The National Guard was out in force, fighting fires from Far Niente to Corison. In Sonoma County, new evacuations were ordered for the area around Sonoma Plaza, as hundreds of firefighters hurried to protect neighborhoods in Sonoma and Santa Rosa from new offshoots of the Nuns Fire.
Just off Highway 29, a crew pumped water from a white fire hydrant. "We were just ferrying water,"
says Eric Fleming of Wildfire Defense Systems, a private contractor out of Bozeman, Montana. "We were making sure the guys didn't run out of water." After filling up the truck's tank, he quickly disconnected the hose from the hydrant, then sped away to the Oakville Grade, where a fleet of bulldozers was preparing a fire barrier against a wall of flames heading for St. Helena.
Farther south, Yountville faced its own dangers, with a fire on the west side of Highway 29 threatening to spread into the town. Despite the inferno, wineries and their employees stood strong.
"It sounded like a war zone here," says Victoria Acquistapace, a tasting room associate at Bell Wine Cellars. "The military planes and helicopters were buzzing overhead, picking up water from the reservoir just east of Bell and taking it across to the crest of the mountains in Oakville. About every two minutes, another chopper flew overhead to fill up."
Inside the Yountville winery, forklifts buzzed about, moving some of the dozens of bins of fermenting grapes out into the warm sun for a stretch. It was a critical time of harvest for winemakers, as the closely monitored fermentation process was starting.
"Our crews are circulating the grapes on eight-hour shifts," says Acquistapace. "Every square inch of the winery is in use. We're doing pump overs and punch downs and everything since we're right in the thick of it now."
Despite the danger from the wildfires, owner Anthony Bell chose to remain open both to tourists and for harvest. "We've been open every day and having guests," says Acquistapace. Nevertheless, customers called in to cancel their reservations.
"When people canceled their trips and asked what they could do to help, my answer was to please come. The wine
industry needs you. If nothing more, please buy a few extra bottles of wine to help," says Acquistapace. "Anthony Bell [held] a meeting to tell us that he brought us all into work mostly because he didn't want us sitting around watching the news and getting depressed. He wanted to know that we were all safe."
The winery hadn't finished picking its grapes when the fires started. Workers spent the rest of the week rushing to finish the harvest, using generators to power the lighting and other machinery. "We've been picking, fermenting, crushing—all of it. Our winery is completely full right now," she continues.
October 19, The North Bay
Rain was in the forecast for the day, but it held out until 6 p.m., when a fine mist spilled from the dark clouds above, clearing the air of smoke and providing firefighters much-needed relief. By that time, the fires were mostly contained.
Preliminary estimates of the losses from the wildfires exceeded $3 billion and were expected to rise. More than 15,000 people were still under evacuation orders, although some areas allowed residents to visit their homes with a police escort to see what remained.
But the light rain cheered a region in desperate need of good news. Bars, restaurants, and wineries began to reopen, and smiles came out for what seemed like the first time in an eternity. Around 10 p.m., sheets of rain poured down. It felt like a turning point, a time to focus on healing and rebuilding.
Cal Fire reported that the fires had consumed nearly 220,000 acres. More than 14,000 homes and businesses were damaged or had burned down, and more than 100,000 people had been evacuated. As of November 1, many still remained missing.
Even so, the expressions of compassion continue to astound. "The community support has been so humbling," says Blair Guthrie, winemaker for Stewart Cellars and Guthrie Family Wines, and a Sonoma resident. "Things like a free coffee after people learn I've been up all night, to my neighbor's loading up his car with all my family's valuables during the evacuation [while I was at the winery]. Just amazing."
The rebuilding of Wine Country will take months, even years. But as the region comes together in the face of this disaster, there is no doubt that those who call the North Bay home will meet the challenge.
How You Can Help
Community foundations in each of the counties impacted by the North Bay wildfires have created relief funds to provide aid to those affected by the fires.
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The wildfires in Wine Country caused widespread destruction. Here's a look at how they compare to previous Bay Area fires.
The North Bay Fires (2017)
43+ deaths
14,000+ structures damaged or destroyed
190,000+ acres burned
10,000+ fire personnel
The Oakland Hills Firestorm (1991)
25 deaths
3,469 structures damaged or destroyed
1,520 acres burned
1,500 fire personnel
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The aim in designing the Public Pavilion Libraries on the premises of Seoul Innovation Park was to revitalise the site of 100,000 sqm and open it to the public again. Currently, a number of new companies is invited to gather there with the idea to facilitate natural interaction between the tenants and the local citizens. The key concept of the project derived from the Seoul Innovation Park "cube" logo. The cube is one of the most basic geometric shapes, yet with small changes, it creates a dynamic manifold. Each pavilion is named after its externally exposed cladding elements, such as the pipe or the membrane pavilion.
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Most people getting married dread interruptions during their wedding vows as they see the interruption as marring their special moment. In the case of one wedding ceremony, the interruption probably enhanced things. In a viral video on YouTube, after the priest asked the groom to recite his vows, the groom said, "Hold on one second." No one knew what was happening until the groom walked over to the bride's daughter, Marissa. The groom told Marissa that he knows he's not just getting married to her mom. He's getting "married" to Marissa as well, so he will do right by her.
He said, "Marissa, I am so happy to be marrying your mother, and I just I love you so much too." "I'm so blessed and honored to have you as a little girl in my life now so just as like I promised your mom with the diamond, I had to get you one too." After he said that, he gave her a heart-shaped diamond on a necklace.
The video doesn't show the crowd's reaction, but you can hear it. After the groom pledged himself to the little girl, everyone applauded. The caption on the video says everyone was in tears. When the camera pans back to the mom, she's teary-eyed about what happened. The groom then resumes his place next to the bride and continues with the ceremony.
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Tennis officials certified by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) do not undergo background checks, even when working with children according to information and documents uncovered by the The Enterprise Report. The USTA has nearly three-thousand certified tennis officials in the U.S. The officials oversee and supervise tennis matches and tournaments for thousands of children across the United States.
The USTA's long standing policy of not requiring background checks for officials became the focus of a recent incident in Tucson, Arizona in December of 2009. The Enterprise Report has exclusively learned details about the incident.
In the Arizona case a registered sex offender from California was brought to the attention of the USTA by concerned parents at a national junior tennis tournament called 'The National Winter Championships.
According to sources familiar with the case, Stanley Edwin Smith, 59 of Sonora, CA a long time registered sex offender from Northern California was officiating the 12 and 14 year-old junior boys and girls tennis tournament when his child sex offender criminal background was discovered by a parent.
Smith was confronted by parents and USTA officials and removed from officiating the event. Sources familiar with the case say Smith was an official with the USTA for years and had previously officiated junior tournament tennis matches in Arizona and elsewhere. A local USTA official familiar with Smith told TER Smith has even previously officiated at the U.S. Open in New York. TER attempted to speak to Stanley Smith directly but his listed telephone in California was disconnected.
TER has learned that concerned parents aware of the Arizona case have directly expressed their outrage to the USTA directly on both the local and national level. Some parents, although wanting to address the issue of background checks and the safety of junior tennis players as children, did not want to go public with their concerns in fear of retaliation and in deference to support provided by the USTA to their children. Other parents who did want to make the issue public, but did not want their names used due to the sensitivity of the issue told TER "It's unconscionable that the USTA is allowing this to take place" and that "they should immediately change their national policy and institute a system of background checks for officials to protect the kids".
When contacted for comment, the national head of USTA officials Richard Kaufman in New York did not return TER's phone calls seeking comment on the tennis association's policy or the specifics of the Smith/Arizona case. Kaufman, according to sources close to the Smith incident in Arizona, say he was directly informed by USTA officials there about the incident.
TER did speak extensively with Chris Widmaier USTA chief media spokesman who confirmed the USTA is aware of the recent incident with sex offender Stanley E. Smith and that the organization will be taking up the issue of a potential national policy concerning background checks for certified tennis officials in the near future.
Sources close to the USTA tell The Enterprise Report that the word has been put out to the governing bodies in USTA Junior tennis across the country about this Smith incident and that changes may already be in the works involving a national policy change.
A current posting on the website of the USTA in Northern California (home region of Stanley Smith) states that new individuals seeking USTA certification as officials will now be given background checks:
"Effective immediately, every individual applying for application to become a certified official in USTA Northern will be required to pass a background check."
TER has learned that an additional registered sex offender was identified by the USTA as being a certified tennis official after the recent Smith incident occurred.
USTA spokesman Widmaier refused to comment to TER about any communications the national USTA has had with its different junior tennis affiliates around the country since the December incident in Arizona with sex offender Smith took place. Widmaier would also not comment on any specific time frame that the USTA is using in readdressing the issue of background checks for officials in Junior tennis.
Although the USTA does require background checks for coaches and other adults in Junior tennis, according to spokesman Widmaier it has never had a policy concerning background checks on officials. Other national youth sports programs such as Little League Baseball, Pop Warner Football and AYSO Soccer all have policies mandating background checks for all adults involved that interact with children.


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It doesn't matter how often we test Club 3D cards, the excellence of the overclock performance continues to impress us. The Joker is in another league compared to the standard HD7870.
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The TUL corporation are a major source for these releases (and TUL either owns or contracts supplies to Club3D, Powercolor and VTX3D). I'm only aware of Sapphire being the other manufacturer to release a Tahiti LE; possibly because of other major manufacturers not wanting to compromise on the existing 7870/7950 price point given the amount of stock they will likely have.
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