text: 000 FXUS63 KDVN 231508 AFDDVN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 1008 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 1008 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 MCS that brought flash flooding last night to portions of eastern IA has diminished this morning and the threat of heavy rain has ended. Therefore, the flash flood watch has been allowed to expire. An area of mostly light rain and a few embedded brief lightning strikes continues from north of Des Moines to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Quad Cities area. This area of rain will continue to diminish as the morning progresses. However, this is keeping temperatures way cooler than expected and have already lowered highs along the I-80 corridor. Nearly stationary frontal boundary extends along Highway 34 with extensive low stratus and some fog to the north. We will continue to monitor rain and temperature trends and update some more if needed. As the day progresses upper ridging/height rises should push into the cwa suppressing any precipitation. && .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 348 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 Stalled frontal boundary is draped near the I-80 corridor early this morning. An upper level shortwave and wing of elevated moisture transport was providing the focus for showers and storms north of the boundary, arcing from portions of east central Iowa into far northwest Iowa. Anomalously high precipitable water values of near 2 inches along with repeated development was leading to heavy rainfall and several reports of flash flooding, especially from northern Buchanan through Delaware and into southwest Dubuque counties where radar estimates 3-6 inches has fallen within the past 12+ hours. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 Shortwave looks to pass east of the area by mid morning with attendant moisture transport gradually waning, thus anticipate a gradual diminishing trend to the coverage and intensity of the precipitation toward sunrise and through mid-morning. Thereafter, will maintain low chances for a few showers and possibly a storm through afternoon across the northern counties, as the boundary attempts to edge northward ahead of ejecting western trough and northward advancing surface low into the Northern Plains. Temps today will be quite challenging as expect a thermal gradient of 15-20+ degrees across the boundary, with coolest readings far north of near 70 and warmest south with upper 80s, and the greatest bust potential from around Highway 30 through I-80. An upper level ridge is shown to amplify over the region tonight and the increasing subsidence will preclude any mention of precipitation. Also, do not anticipate much movement to the front with heights building aloft and boundary nearly parallel to surface flow. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 Saturday night through Sunday will bring our next chance of wet weather, as the western trough and attendant surface low lift through the Northern Plains. This will usher in a front that should be slowing but making steady eastward progress as it runs into ridging and given that the forcing is pulling away from the region. Overall, it would appear as though convection forming to our west ahead of the front Saturday will gradually weaken while slowly making inroads from west to east Saturday night, with residual showers lingering on Sunday. East/southeast winds Saturday not favorable for much of a warmup from that of Friday, but still continued above normal with highs widespread in the 80s. Sunday will be cooler with the front and attendant showers limiting highs to the 70s, with a few 80s possible east if enough solar insolation. Next week, is a period of lower confidence as medium range models offer varying solutions on the upper pattern. GFS rolls a closed low slowly eastward across the region into midweek, which would offer potential for some showers rotating down across the region. Meanwhile, the ECMWF is progressive with the shortwave and keeps the residual southwestern energy at bay with a rex block, which would be a drier scenario. And then the Canadian model which maintains the upper ridge along and east of the cwa and develops a slow moving upper low ejecting from the southwest into the central conus. This would offer some heavy rain potential, mainly to our south/west within near continuous deep moisture transport on eastern flank of the slow moving trough. Overall, forecast is toward a blend of GFS and ECMWF and a drier scenario with some potential for lingering showers early in the week. Temperatures look to be near to below normal early to midweek, with highs in the 60s/70s and lows in the 40s/50s, then it looks like moderating temperatures late week. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday Morning) ISSUED AT 636 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 Tricky aviation forecast with cigs and vsbys today. Heavy rain across the area and upper level ridging will combine to produce fog and low cloud issues. As the day warms, these clouds and fog will lift and burn off. Expect visbys and cigs to drop again tonight. Have trended lower in the forecast. Some guidance goes to IFR. At this time, decided not to go any lower due to low confidence. && .HYDROLOGY... Issued at 338 AM CDT Fri Sep 23 2016 Main changes to the hydro tonight is a flash flood event with 4 to 6 inches fallen in Maquoketa River Basin. This has lead to fast rises at Manchester. A flood warning has been issued. The conservative side of the forecast has the site reaching 17.3 feet this afternoon whereas the high end has it reaching 22.3 in the same period. Will monitor to see which forecast is right. Previous Discussion. Overview: Repeated rounds of very heavy rain have occurred over northern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin over the past three days. A widespread 3 to 5 inches of rain has fallen with isolated amounts of 6 to 9 inches. Additional heavy rainfall is possible tonight and again Saturday night in the same general area. These extreme rainfall amounts will result in significant river level rises downstream into eastern Iowa, including the Mississippi River, into next week. The majority of local river sites are now under either a flood warning or flood watch as significant rises are forecast to begin this weekend or early next week. Warnings: On the Cedar River, Iowa River, Wapsipinicon River (De Witt 4S), and Mississippi River (sites Dubuque LD11 and Dubuque) Confidence...Moderate on river level forecasts. Uncertainty arises with respect to forecast crests, not on whether river levels will exceed flood stage. How high rivers rise above moderate or major flood stage is dependent on the downstream propagation of upstream runoff. As new data is gathered over the coming days, forecast confidence will likely increase. Watches: on the Mississippi River (all sites except Dubuque LD11 and Dubuque) and Wapsipinicon River (Independence and Anamosa). 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The Novel That Changed America
For the first time in American literature, slaves were depicted as complex, heroic and emotionally nuanced individuals.
In April 1857, Samuel Green, a free black farmer and preacher living on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was taken from his home and sentenced to 10 years in prison for the felony of possessing a book that was, the law asserted, "calculated to create discontent among the colored population of this state." The book was called "Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly." The prosecution of Green was of course a travesty. But Maryland and the rest of the slave-holding South had reason to be scared.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was abolitionist propaganda, but it was also a brilliant novel that intertwined the stories of a host of memorable characters: the long-suffering slave Uncle Tom, the sadistic overseer Simon Legree, the defiant fugitive George Harris, the antic slave girl Topsy, the conscience-stricken slave owner Augustine St. Clare, and a teeming cast of abolitionists, Southerners and African-Americans. By presenting an array of emotive story lines—e.g., the bonding of Uncle Tom with St. Clare's saintly daughter Eva, Tom's fatal persecution at a Louisiana plantation, and the dramatic flight of the Harris family to freedom in the North—the author Harriet Beecher Stowe rendered American slavery as a soul-destroying system of grinding injustice and, for the first time in American literature, depicted slaves as complex, heroic and emotionally nuanced individuals.
The novel shocked Americans North and South not just with its heart-rending portrayal of slavery's cruelty but with its attention to such subversive themes as interracial sex, cross-racial friendship and black rage. "Wherever it goes, prejudice is disarmed, opposition is removed, and the hearts of all are touched with a new and strange feeling, to which they before were strangers," declared an editorialist in Washington's National Era newspaper.
In the first year after its release in 1852, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" sold 310,000 copies in the United States, triple the number of its nearest rivals; it sold one million copies in Britain alone. In "Mightier Than the Sword," a splendid and subtle history of the novel's effect on American culture, David S. Reynolds writes that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" "opened the way for a widespread acceptance in the North of antislavery arguments that had long been ignored or dismissed." It would also help to pave the way for the public's openness to Abraham Lincoln and to convert countless apathetic Yankees into men willing to fight for the emancipation of slaves.
Mightier Than the Sword
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" became a phenomenon like nothing Americans had seen before. The very term "Great American Novel" was coined, in 1868, by the Nation magazine, specifically to describe it. Literary luminaries such as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Henry James showered it with praise. The radical Russian writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky drew upon the book for his own novel, "What Is to Be Done?," which in turn influenced many of his country's revolutionaries. ("Uncle Tom's Cabin," Mr. Reynolds notes, was Lenin's favorite childhood book.) Less significantly, the novel spawned a dizzying explosion of "Tomitudes," or spin-offs, including card games, cheap engravings, jigsaw puzzles, wall hangings, snuffboxes, fountain pens and eponymous products such as "Uncle Tom's Shrinkable Woolen Stockings."
Stowe's creation probably had its most lasting effect as a stage play, which was almost always performed by white actors in blackface. By 1912, it was estimated, Americans had seen at least 250,000 performances of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by hundreds, if not thousands, of specialized theater companies. With its elevating Christian message of martyrdom and redemption, the play made theaters—previously the haunt of roughs, sports and prostitutes—so respectable, Mr. Reynolds says, that managers invented the afternoon matinee to cope with the demand.
Competing troupes added song-and-dance interludes and boxing matches—the actor playing Uncle Tom would sometimes step out of the play to go a few rounds in costume. Like the novel, the play was translated into scores of languages, including Yiddish, where it was accompanied by "Hebrew melodies" and readings from the Talmud instead of the Bible. Bizarrely, some shows doubled and even tripled the actors on stage playing the lead roles. "For playgoers of the era, the more Tom characters, the better," Mr. Reynolds writes. Both Mary Pickford and Spencer Tracy began their careers in "Tom" shows.
By the mid-20th century, Stowe's story had entered the broader culture in all sorts of forms, many utterly divorced from the gravity of the original. Skits and satires referring to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were performed by the likes of Abbott and Costello and the Little Rascals. When the 1956 film "The King and I," set in Siam and starring Yul Brynner, incorporated the hilarious rendering of a ballet titled "Small House of Uncle Thomas," it was a typically incoherent destiny for a book that, as William Dean Howells once declared, had "move[d] the whole world more than any other."
Paradoxically, the phrase "Uncle Tom" is known today as an epithet for spineless collaboration with white oppression, the antithesis of the morally heroic character for whom Stowe named her novel. "At times," Mr. Reynolds writes, "it seemed that the epithet would tear apart the whole movement for black rights," as even black leaders as bold as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were accused of being Uncle Toms by their enemies. In "Mightier Than the Sword," Mr. Reynolds sets out to show the many and often contradictory ways in which one of the nation's most important works of literature has been understood and, alas, misunderstood. He has admirably succeeded.
Mr. Bordewich is the author of "Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America."

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Welcome to the home page of the Santa Clara County Rose Society.
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When Stefan Erbe begins a new music project, the musical progress and own conceptual development are the essential aspects. He always disconnect himself from the last works, sets his creativity to a starting point and wants to get a new view to the upcoming musical stuff. "To get the best way into the old pieces you need to analysis your own musical skills and ask yourself if you are able to do that with a non blasphemy implementation".
But his synergy of electronic- and classical-music really does have something new, because it does not consist only a simple interpretation, it has the symbiosis of two genres. It is not only his sound or the "synthesized emotionality", it is also the musical extension and the venture, to add something. Erbe dares to change notes to enlarge melodies and define all areas new. But his own compositions are joining the preludes and suites, inspired by the ideas, the stories and the life of Claude Debussy.
Stefan Erbes typical character also can be found on his latest album. The result of his fashion melodies, the drumatic elements and many complex song-theme needs a 15-month production process to be finished. The selected tension of the album tells the story without interruption in 67 minutes. One possible comparison to the genre Genius Isao Tomita is obvious, but something is different. Erbes philosophy of blended synergy is not only a form of instrumentation, it is rather the goal to expand the music, even if this can occur with a reduction.
Can synthetic music are the original justice? They can, if they get the chance to break away from their image. Typically, one tends to classify something newly gained. Maybe we call it classical Ambient or Neo-Classical. But no matter what name the most excellent is, a good story can be drawn, written or told, it ultimately does not matter, because a good story it is anyway.
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Chandler to Head DreamWorks Animation Theatrical Publicity
Former Pixar Animation Studios publicity lead Robin Chandler will join DreamWorks Animation as the studio's head of theatrical publicity. Chandler, a 25-year industry veteran ... Continue Reading →
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The Los Angeles Times reached out to major college-level animation programs to explore the rising tide of women enrolling to study the art form, and the way that hiring in the industry ... Continue Reading →
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Blanca Lista has been promoted to Vice President of Feature Film Production for The Jim Henson Company. The announcement was made by CEO Lisa Henson, to whom Lista will report. "[Blanca's] ... Continue Reading →
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Lawrenceburg Announces Fall Fest Concert Ticket Info For City Residents
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(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – If you reside within the city limits of Lawrenceburg (see the map below), you are entitled to complimentary tickets to this year's Fall Fest concerts.
Each resident will receive 1 ticket per night (Friday and Saturday) of the event. City residents will receive a postcard in the mail with information on picking up their tickets. They may bring their postcard to City Hall along with appropriate identification during the following times:
Wednesday, September 10th, 10am-2pm
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There will be no complimentary tickets after Saturday, September 20th.
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If you live within City of Lawrenceburg city limits and would like more information on complimentary tickets, please call City Hall at 812-532-3550.
Ticket prices for Friday and Saturday concerts are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, September 10th at the following locations: All United Community Bank branches, Dearborn County Visitor's Bureau, Lawrenceburg Community Center and Hollywood Casino Gift Shop. There are also special VIP Tickets available for $35.00. The VIP experience is sponsored by Hollywood Casino.
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Naomi Ditmore, 83, formerly of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, in Lubbock.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 S. Osage, with the Rev. Jim Garrett, pastor of Polk Street United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery.
Miss Ditmore was born in Coke County. She lived in Amarillo more than 50 years. She was an insurance and real estate office manager for many years. She was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.
Survivors include four nieces, Gladys Griffith of Huntsville, Ark., Darleen West of Lubbock, Bettie McCord of Clayton, N.M., and Mary Carroll of Levelland; and two nephews, Hilliard Ditmore of Big Spring and J. Hill Anglin of Yukon, Okla.
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Thermally Loaded Beam
Application ID: 240
In this example you will build and solve a 3D beam model using the 3D Beam interface.
This model shows how a thermally induced deformation of a beam is modeled. Temperature differences are applied across the top and bottom surfaces as well as the left and right surfaces of the beam.
The calculated solution is compared to the analytical solution.
This application was built using the following:Structural Mechanics Module
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MMORPGs are not worth it unless you have real life friends that play with you, especially with voice chat. Making friends online is just not the same. They come and go quickly.
Maybe I'm an outlier, but I have many friends that I started playing WoW with 5+ years ago that I still have constant contact with today. I knew none of them IRL when I met them. I've visited quite a few of them over the years. Really awesome people.
gamewizard11 3 years ago#12
Embrace the darkness. Your life is the MMO now. Abandon reason and succumb to your desires. You know you want it.
don't have a waifu. 2D is just too mainstream and 1D is not even visible.
Well you'll never actually beat the game if you don't join a guild. That's why I stopped playing all MMOs that have guild required gameplay.
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r0ge00 posted...
Nicodimus posted...MMORPGs are not worth it unless you have real life friends that play with you, especially with voice chat. Making friends online is just not the same. They come and go quickly.
I'm sure that's possible, although I don't think it's typical of the average experience.
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KidInTheHall 3 years ago#15
Try autoerotic asphyxiation.
It may cure you for a while or...forever.
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SinisterSlay 3 years ago#16
Go outside and kill 500 ants and collect their legs, then give them to the old lady in the next town.
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Digital Storm 3 years ago#17
Nicodimus posted...
MMORPGs are not worth it unless you have real life friends that play with you, especially with voice chat. Making friends online is just not the same. They come and go quickly.
I've known my guild mates from WoW for almost nine years now.
As for the topic at hand, simply stop playing or slowly ween yourself off it and pick up a new addicting game to play. That's what I did, and it's worked out fairly well for me. I log into WoW occasionally to say hi and check mail but that's it.
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weAREtheB0RG 3 years ago#18
Give me a dollar and your address and character name online and every time I see you online I'll come over and drop kick you in the nuts.
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_GRIM_FANDANGO_ 3 years ago#19
It is a shame . A lot of people come to hate things, including games, because they have no restraint. It is almost like because they like something so much they can not enjoy it.
I want to say just play in moderation, but if that is not an option, just stop playing this and opt for something else that is just as fun but not as intensive or demanding in terms of time.
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Sure no problem
You're on the path to being a total loser.
Nothing you do in game matters at all, even within the game your own actions mean nothing as the rewards are pointlessly rewritten as you receive them.
Even when you have a brief moment to enjoy your rewards, there's really nothing to enjoy as the only interesting aspect in achieving them was the tedious grind that only had a false sense of interest because of the useless reward. All aspects of the game are false and unrewarding in the end.
Other games can be just as fun and do not require a huge time investment.
You have a huge back log of games, better get on that buddy.
You are wasting years of your life that you will never get back. Instead of accomplishing real things in the real world like learning something tangibly rewarding, you are working to achieve essentially nothing meaningful.
Square Enix sucks, you are supporting an idiotic organization that should be put to death. You are preventing their death by paying to play their worthless game.
All of your ingame friends are probably losers as well. Stop talking to them. They probably smell and if you met them in real life you wouldn't want to talk to them.
You smell. God you smell. Go take a bath what is wrong with you? This game is making you smell.
Your parents are ashamed of you.
Your dog is ashamed of you. Even a dog is ashamed of you. Go take a bath.
Also, uninstall the game. Can't log on if you uninstall it.
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The Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department is again offering free supervised activities for children to enjoy at Amarillo parks and selected middle school gymnasiums.
During the day beginning June 4, the Summer Recreation Program for all area children ages 5-18 will keep kids occupied with arts and crafts and physical activities Monday through Friday until Aug. 4. There will be fun daily activities at just about every park in the city and free lunches at 17 of the sites. Children younger than 5 years old are welcome with an adult.
In the evening, the department offers free Jammin' Jyms from June 4 to Aug. 4 for kids ages 5 to 18 from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday at Bowie and Fannin Middle Schools and Robert E. Lee Elementary School. The supervised Jammin' Jyms offers sports, arts and crafts, special events and games. Information: 806-378-9391.
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For all of you unable to run a normal raid and unsure what to spend Warforged Seals on, here's a list of what your top priorities should be. Take a look at your gear and see what pieces need replacing.
-Head – Tier helmet is dropped off of Thok the Bloodthirsty, in The Underhold. Run The Underhold on LFR until you are ready to run it on flex.
-Necklace – Look into flex drops or use a Burden of Eternity from the Timeless Isle until you get a flex drop.
-Shoulders – Tier shoulders are dropped off of Paragons of the Klaxxi, in Downfall. Run Downfall on LFR to get the shoulders and then run it on flex when you have the gear and party to do so.
-Chest – The Tier chest-piece is the most accessible to you since it drops off of the Sha of Pride, in the Vale of Eternal Sorrow, therefore, you should probably shoot for the flex version of this piece first, and try for the LFR version as a fall-back.
-Bracers – Look into flex drops or use a Burden of Eternity from the Timeless Isle until you get a flex drop.
-Gloves – Tier gloves are dropped off of the Celestials on the Timeless Isle.
-Belt – The best belts, outside of Ordos, can be made by either a Blacksmith, Leatherworker, or Tailor. So, try to negotiate a price with someone who has these professions or check the Auction House if you don't know any.
-Pants – Tier pants are dropped off of the Celestials on the Timeless Isle.
-Boots – Look into flex drops or use a Burden of Eternity from the Timeless Isle.
-Rings – Look into flex drops or use a Burden of Eternity from the Timeless Isle.
-Trinkets – Flex drops are optimal, but if you find yourself in need of a decent trinket, you can buy one for 50,000 Timeless Coins on the Timeless Isle.
-Weapon(s) – Flex weapons are the premier weapons you can get outside of normal raids. However, LFR weapons can be nice temporary substitutes and if you're really desperate, you can buy a weapon off the Timeless Isle for Timeless Coins. They cost 10,000 coins for a one-hander and 20,000 for a two-hander.
-Shields – Like weapons, the priority is flex, then LFR, and, finally, there is one available for 10,000 Timeless Coins.
This list does not include Ordos drops, so if you have the legendary cloak, you can find better pieces for your helmet, necklace, shoulder, chest, bracers, and belt. There are also good pants that drop off of Ordos, but I would still recommend the Celestials pant instead.
We are here talking about a franchise that has been around for more than 2 decades; and within these 2 decades, it has witnessed development at a light year's speed. Back in 1994, Need for Speed surprised computer users with one of the first racing arcade. Since then, the game has seen rapid developments and improvements, enabling its latest edition, Need for Speed Rivals, to be nothing less of a surprise.
Supported by two leading developers – Ghost Games and Criterion, the NFS franchise took many elements from its previous titles, mixed in a few new features and thereby produced a Gen X styled game play.
Not for the first time, the game offers dual career modes – one as a racer, and the other as a cop, each creating a distinct gaming experience. With swapping career modes having become as simple as triggering a button from the safe house, players can progress through the dual career modes, unlocking one level at a time.
What differs in this edition is the method of earning an income. While racers earn Speed-Points by jumping, drifting, near misses, etc., cops pocket the Speed-Points which were accumulated by the racers by busting them. The game play is intense and hence, it is suggested to complete the tutorial from both sides before giving your skills a try.
Completing objectives provide new cars. For completing an objective, a player must complete a set of challenges, known as the "Speed-List", allowing them to purchase cars and goodies which are unlocked. With the government funding Cop Equipment, cop cars are available for usage as they are unlocked, however the racers, as usual, have to earn additional Speed-Points to be able to purchase the unlocked cars.
Earlier editions of the NFS franchise could be classified as Racing Arcades; however, the NFS Rivals breaks all previous records. Realistic designs and near to life detailing makes it safe to classify this one as a simulation as well. Developed to imitate the real life rules of physics and other sciences, all cars; be it a Bugatti, an Aston Martin, or even the now-returned Ferrari, give the players a life-like driving experience.
However it must be noticed that though in real life, the chances of a BMW M3 STS out running a Buggati Veyron cruiser are dependent on the driver's luck and experience, in the game, they are dependent on the type of "Pursuit-Tech" equipped by the speed monsters. A variety of these "Techs" are available to the players, ranging from EMPs to Shock Rams to Spike Strips to even calling out a helicopter to help take down a racer.
These "Weapons" however, are not free of cost. They must be purchased prior to equipping by spending the Speed-Points which one has accumulated. The "Speed-Points" are harder for racers to accumulate as in the event of them getting wrecked or busted, all these points will be taken back by the Red Wood County Police.
Do you know what a gaming computer is? It is a personal computer that has been created in order to process high amounts of data which are requested when playing multiplayer online games (role-playing) or online shooter games.
Since lots of computer games have become more and more complex, the graphics that are included here need more memory in order to be processed faster. All computers have a card with high-end graphics and with a fast central processing unit that is available commercially. When the processing unit and graphics card are fast, the time between the input of the gamer and the time of action that is put upon the weapon or the character is reduced. As you probably know, even a second can make the difference between losing or winning a game of this type.
Usually, gaming computers include a bigger RAM than what one might need for simple home apps. If a computer has a big RAM, then the CPU can access the information which is held in storage more frequently. This is a vital element for those who want to have a great gaming experience. This sort of computer is equipped with lots of USB ports, where the user can attach peripheral elements (steering wheels, aircraft yokes, game controllers, joysticks, etc.). The ports are placed on the front part of the computer in order to allow the peripheral elements to have faster access.
Clear audio and video are extremely important when it comes to gaming, and the computers built for this are normally excellent in terms of sound cards or graphics. Lately, technology has evolved impressively, and gaming graphics have started to look more alive than ever. Not to mention that the imaging system needs to have state-of-the art cards that can offer the graphics that one might need in this competitive world. It doesn't matter if we are talking about stationary units or portable laptops. A computer that is utilized for gaming must have a better quality of the monitor screen and excellent stereo speakers.
The peripheral devices are highly specialized and they include input devices which are taken for granted most of the times. An example in this case is the keyboard. Lots of gamers would rather play their games in rooms that are low lighted or even without any light at all. This fact lead to the development of the back-lit gaming keyboard.
This is a keyboard that is projected especially for gaming and which has a certain type of keys that are meant to consolidate the commands that normally go into keystrokes. The keyboard emits a sort of blue light that is meant to highlight the keys when it's dark. This was created for those who want to experience an effective gaming process and develop better reflexes.
This would perhaps be a debate forever – the talk supporting the ill effect and that advocating the positive impact of digital games on a person's psychology and social behavior. But, as much as the dark side of video gaming has come into the limelight, we cannot keep away from noticing the benefits of such addictions, as well.
Such attempts strengthen a person's cognitive skills.
Modern-day technology has enabled developers to come up with high-end games carrying better resolutions and smoother user interfaces, most of which are also devoted to preaching violent content. However, contrary to the expected detrimental backlash, improvements in the cognitive capabilities of players have surprisingly been noticed. A hard-core gamer can imagine an object in a three-dimensional spatial arrangement more vividly than a non-gamer. Further, the former has a better hand-eye co-ordination, sharper memory, perception and reasoning capacity than the latter. It is interesting to note how a huge chunk of people who excel in the fields of science, engineering, technology and mathematics, are also big fanatics of video gaming.
The enthusiasm seems to have only doubled.
The conventional notions that have remained intact all these years suggest how such endeavors make a person lazy – both physically and intellectually. He almost becomes an alleged antisocial element, less supportive of the general ways of society. But, differing from this statement, scientific research and studies stand to prove how gamers are better problem solvers, strategy builders and role players than most other people. This is a potential plus point for their professional lives. Also, talking about creativity, it only gets better, more enhanced, with every such attempt.
And, most importantly, speaking of the anti-social behavior of gamers, it is only a myth now. A recent study suggests how youngsters, who suffer from attention-deficit disorders have been permanently cured with a daily dose of such fun activities. Also, with social networking becoming a mania, people are using the virtual world more to connect with fellow-gamers. Such mass participation is proof enough that no gamer goes into social isolation today. In fact, he or she advocates a better civic engagement, is only double enthusiastic about the entire connecting idea and does it with all heart and soul.
Gamers are more stress free and relaxed than others.
Such an attempt is a great way to free oneself of stress and strain. It is a superb mood and anxiety controller. It also keeps one away from evil, harmful thoughts and is the harbinger of emotional stability. It is one way of learning how failures are the pillars of success. Thus, the earlier notions that suggested how such attempts lead to depression and development of antagonistic, hostile natures, can very well be ignored.
Despite carrying a bad reputation, video gaming is a healthy, fun activity which can also behave as an educative medium when followed correctly. Such an attempt is a good confidence booster and helps players learn how to tackle challenges in their lives. In fact, it is an activity which resembles any other day-to-day activities happening in people's lives. Yes, it is as simple as eating a pizza. Only, having a balanced perspective is important to see it as an advantage. But, of course, too many pizzas can end up upsetting the tummy.
We probably all have a pretty good intuitive notion of what a game is. The general term "game" encompasses board games like chess and Monopoly, card games like poker and blackjack, casino games like roulette and slot machines, military war games, computer games, various kinds of play among children, and the list goes on. In academia we sometimes speak of game theory, in which multiple agents select strategies and tactics in order to maximize their gains within the framework of a well-defined set of game rules. When used in the context of console or computer-based entertainment, the word "game" usually conjures images of a three-dimensional virtual world featuring a humanoid, animal or vehicle as the main character under player control. (Or for the old geezers among us, perhaps it brings to mind images of two-dimensional classics like Pong, Pac-Man, or Donkey Kong.) In his excellent book, A Theory of Fun for Game Design, Raph Koster defines a game to be an interactive experience that provides the player with an increasingly challenging sequence of patterns which he or she learns and eventually masters. Koster's asser-tion is that the activities of learning and mastering are at the heart of what we call "fun," just as a joke becomes funny at the moment we "get it" by recognizing the pattern.
Video Games as Soft Real-Time Simulations
Most two- and three-dimensional video games are examples of what computer scientists would call soft real-time interactive agent-based computer simulations. Let's break this phrase down in order to better understand what it means. In most video games, some subset of the real world -or an imaginary world- is modeled mathematically so that it can be manipulated by a computer. The model is an approximation to and a simplification of reality (even if it's an imaginary reality), because it is clearly impractical to include every detail down to the level of atoms or quarks. Hence, the mathematical model is a simulation of the real or imagined game world. Approximation and simplification are two of the game developer's most powerful tools. When used skillfully, even a greatly simplified model can sometimes be almost indistinguishable from reality and a lot more fun.
An agent-based simulation is one in which a number of distinct entities known as "agents" interact. This fits the description of most three-dimensional computer games very well, where the agents are vehicles, characters, fireballs, power dots and so on. Given the agent-based nature of most games, it should come as no surprise that most games nowadays are implemented in an object-oriented, or at least loosely object-based, programming language.
All interactive video games are temporal simulations, meaning that the vir- tual game world model is dynamic-the state of the game world changes over time as the game's events and story unfold. A video game must also respond to unpredictable inputs from its human player(s)-thus interactive temporal simulations. Finally, most video games present their stories and respond to player input in real time, making them interactive real-time simulations.
One notable exception is in the category of turn-based games like computerized chess or non-real-time strategy games. But even these types of games usually provide the user with some form of real-time graphical user interface.
What Is a Game Engine?
The term "game engine" arose in the mid-1990s in reference to first-person shooter (FPS) games like the insanely popular Doom by id Software. Doom was architected with a reasonably well-defined separation between its core software components (such as the three-dimensional graphics rendering system, the collision detection system or the audio system) and the art assets, game worlds and rules of play that comprised the player's gaming experience. The value of this separation became evident as developers began licensing games and retooling them into new products by creating new art, world layouts, weapons, characters, vehicles and game rules with only minimal changes to the "engine" software. This marked the birth of the "mod community"-a group of individual gamers and small independent studios that built new games by modifying existing games, using free toolkits pro- vided by the original developers. Towards the end of the 1990s, some games like Quake III Arena and Unreal were designed with reuse and "modding" in mind. Engines were made highly customizable via scripting languages like id's Quake C, and engine licensing began to be a viable secondary revenue stream for the developers who created them. Today, game developers can license a game engine and reuse significant portions of its key software components in order to build games. While this practice still involves considerable investment in custom software engineering, it can be much more economical than developing all of the core engine components in-house. The line between a game and its engine is often blurry.
Some engines make a reasonably clear distinction, while others make almost no attempt to separate the two. In one game, the rendering code might "know" specifi-cally how to draw an orc. In another game, the rendering engine might provide general-purpose material and shading facilities, and "orc-ness" might be defined entirely in data. No studio makes a perfectly clear separation between the game and the engine, which is understandable considering that the definitions of these two components often shift as the game's design solidifies.
Arguably a data-driven architecture is what differentiates a game engine from a piece of software that is a game but not an engine. When a game contains hard-coded logic or game rules, or employs special-case code to render specific types of game objects, it becomes difficult or impossible to reuse that software to make a different game. We should probably reserve the term "game engine" for software that is extensible and can be used as the foundation for many different games without major modification.
Clearly this is not a black-and-white distinction. We can think of a gamut of reusability onto which every engine falls. One would think that a game engine could be something akin to Apple QuickTime or Microsoft Windows Media Player-a general-purpose piece of software capable of playing virtually any game content imaginable. However, this ideal has not yet been achieved (and may never be). Most game engines are carefully crafted and fine-tuned to run a particular game on a particular hardware platform. And even the most general-purpose multiplatform engines are really only suitable for building games in one particular genre, such as first-person shooters or racing games. It's safe to say that the more general-purpose a game engine or middleware component is, the less optimal it is for running a particular game on a particular platform.
This phenomenon occurs because designing any efficient piece of software invariably entails making trade-offs, and those trade-offs are based on assumptions about how the software will be used and/or about the target hardware on which it will run. For example, a rendering engine that was designed to handle intimate indoor environments probably won't be very good at rendering vast outdoor environments. The indoor engine might use a binary space partitioning (BSP) tree or portal system to ensure that no geometry is drawn that is being occluded by walls or objects that are closer to the camera. The outdoor engine, on the other hand, might use a less-exact occlusion mechanism, or none at all, but it probably makes aggressive use of level-of-detail (LOD) techniques to ensure that distant objects are rendered with a minimum number of triangles, while using high-resolution triangle meshes for geome-try that is close to the camera.
The advent of ever-faster computer hardware and specialized graphics cards, along with ever-more-efficient rendering algorithms and data structures, is beginning to soften the differences between the graphics engines of different genres. It is now possible to use a first-person shooter engine to build a real-time strategy game, for example. However, the trade-off between generality and optimality still exists. A game can always be made more impressive by fine-tuning the engine to the specific requirements and constraints of a particular game and/or hardware platform.
Engine Differences Across Genres
Game engines are typically somewhat genre specific. An engine designed for a two-person fighting game in a boxing ring will be very different from a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) engine or a first-person shooter (FPS) engine or a real-time strategy (RTS) engine. However, there is also a great deal of overlap-all 3D games, regardless of genre, require some form of low-level user input from the joypad, keyboard and/or mouse, some form of 3D mesh rendering, some form of heads-up display (HUD) including text rendering in a variety of fonts, a powerful audio system, and the list goes on. So while the Unreal Engine, for example, was designed for first-person shooter games, it has been used successfully to construct games in a number of other genres as well, including simulator games, like Farming Simulator 15 ( FS 15 mods ) and the wildly popular third-person shooter franchise Gears of War by Epic Games and the smash hits Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City by Rocksteady Studios.
A gaming computer, gaming rig or gaming PC is specifically designed for playing demanding and complex video games. They are quite similar to regularly conventional personal computers; specific differences include the inclusion of components that are performance-oriented towards playing games, and video cards. The term 'enthusiast computing' is often used in association with gaming computers as there is overlap of interest and the genres described.
However, for a layman to understand differences between gaming and enthusiast PCs, it is important to know that gaming PCs are put together to achieve specific performance outlays in actual video game play while an enthusiast PC is simply built to maximize and optimize performance using gaming as a benchmark to achieve it. The cost of the two systems also amplifies the differences between the two; while gaming PCs can be extended over a wide range from low, mid and high range segments, enthusiast PCs are always high-end in definition and are quite expensive.
There is the popular myth or misconception that computer gaming is intertwined with expensive enthusiast computing; however, it is interesting to note that gaming video card manufacturers earn maximum revenues through their low and medium range PC offerings.
Gaming computers are widely different because of the complex variety of parts that go into assembling them; they are invariably custom assembled than pre-manufactured. Most gaming or hardware enthusiasts put together the computers; some companies that specialize in manufacturing gaming machines also do this. They create an interest among computer enthusiasts by producing 'boutique' models that allow the enthusiasts themselves to complete the design by aesthetic choice in conjunction with the hardware in the machine.
Although gaming computers are distinctly different from conventional PCs, the evolution for better output began with improving graphics, color fidelity, display systems etc. in producing them for the mass market. Another particular move that has since been integrated into motherboards is the adoption of the sound card which is an all-visible component in today's PCs.
Gaming movements began aggressively in the 1980s with several non-IBM PCs gaining popularity due to advanced sound and graphic capabilities. At that time, game developers, in particular, video game manufacturers and developers started out on these platforms before porting the usage to more common PCs and other platforms such as Apple.
Custom-built gaming computers became increasingly popular in 2012 allowing more flexibility in budgets, controls and upgrading advantages. Several basic components that are required when assembling a gaming computer like motherboard, memory cards, video cards, solid-state drives, CPUs etc. are maximized for performance outputs by gaming enthusiasts by turning to independent benchmarks during hardware selection. Such benchmarks include ratings for PC components to ensure protection of equipment and safety from in-built hazards like heat output etc.


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2016 Elite Team
NOTE: Our 2016 Elite program is at capacity, but read on to learn about the program. Slots are available on the regular (non-elite) team, though!
We are excited to announce that Team Velosport Junior Development will again have one of the most comprehensive junior elite programs in the USA for 2016.
11 REASONS TO CONSIDER VELOSPORT for 2016:
- We are America's largest junior road team with over 100 members (70 USAC licensed). More members means more teammates to work with and train with. Better implementation of team tactics that really work! More fun!
- Velosport has won USA Cycling's "Junior Club of the Year" award for four consecutive years and is also a 5x USAC "Center of Excellence" team
- We race. A lot! We have supported juniors at EVERY junior race in SoCal this year. REAL support. Warm up tents, coaching staff, nutrition, mechanical support, spare wheels, staff to check on results and handle the administration stuff so you can focus on racing. That's 30+ races in 2015 (and also support at bigger races outside of our region like Sea Otter and Valley of the Sun). Here's a short VIDEO slide show of a typical race day for us.
- We win. A lot! At those 30+ races with junior fields, Team Velosport has been on a podium at almost EVERY RACE. We have won the SoCal cup five consecutive years and we were nearly double the second place team for points in 2015
- We train. A lot! Over 100+ supported team rides
- We have the most amazing team camp ever! Three January days in beautiful Santa Maria… all expenses covered for Elite members. Riding, racing, drills, lectures and fun. Supported by top pro racers like Freddie Rodriguez, Dave Zabriski, Sergio Hernandez, Rahsaan Bahati and more. WATCH THIS VIDEO!
- Great SPONSORS! Too early to provide details yet, but most of our sponsors stay on for multiple years. 2015 sponsors provided lots of great product for our elites, including Garmin Edge 500's, Hutchinson tires, K-Edge mounts and chain catchers, Profile Design carbon wheels, Oakley glasses, and of course Specialized shoes, helmets and Tarmac Pro bikes (bikes for Elite "A" only). Plenty of other sponsor benefits including insane discounts with Shimano, Park Tool, GU Energy, Skratch Labs, Bonk Breaker and MORE.
- Great SUPPORT. Communication and organization is what we're about. You'll get access to a private Facebook page with info on rides, races and events and a great way to communicate with teammates and management. Pre & Post race meetings. Mechanical support at every ride and race. Bike fit adjustments as often as needed. Broken frame? We fix that! Nutrition supplied for every ride and race. Ride share / hotel share for travel to races
- True DEVELOPMENT! Velosport sent 5 members to USAC Talent ID camps in 2015. We had 22 category upgrades. And the largest roster (18) of any team in the USA at US Road National Championships in Lake Tahoe. We also work with young members (age 9 and up) and actively experience other cycling disciplines at events like our team Velodrome day.
- EUROPE RACING, too! Velosport's annual Europe Race Trip provides opportunities for the exceptional athlete to learn about living and racing in Europe. This is a three week trip with an opportunity to extend for racing the FULL SUMMER with our Belgian partner team. The trip is packed with Kermesse racing, training in Flanders and a prestigious UCI 2.1 four-day stage race with all the top European National teams. And also a Tour de France stage visit!
- LEARN FROM THE BEST! Our 2016 Elite Team Manager is Tim Ferreira, a top junior coach. Tim's many years of coaching experience will be an invaluable tool for our Elite members. He will provide race-day strategies and plans as well as post-race recaps. He will also lead team rides and clinics.
This team will be split into two different categories with different levels of support and requirements.
Elite 'A' Team – The team will select seven category 3** riders (or above) for the Elite 'A' team. This team will require a full year commitment and signed contract. These riders will be required to make this their sole athletic commitment for the year. The selected members will receive the following benefits in addition to the regular team membership:
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- NEW for 2016! – 100% Race Reimbursement Program
- Elite Training / Coaching at team events & races. Private coaching available at special rates
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Community-based Inventorying at Gataivai Village in Samoa
A Community-based Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Inventorying at Gataivai Village in the Savaii Island of Samoa kicked off on 21 October 2013.
"ICH, or Fasiomaga le Fatino in Samoan language, embodies values that are dear to the heart and soul of communities." Hon. Magele Mauliu Magele, Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, said at the opening of the Workshop.
The adoption of the UNESCO ICH Convention in 2003 was a response to the growing concern over the adverse impact of globalisation on communities' cultures and traditions. Since its adoption in 2003, over 150 countries are now parties to the ICH Convention, including seven Pacific islands countries. The ICH Convention not only contributes to the ICH safeguarding, but also highlights the socio-economic contribution of cultures to the sustainable development and well-being of communities.
Since 2010, Samoan government have organised several workshops and public consultations in order to synthesize government and people of Samoa to the importance of ICH safeguarding. And this week's Workshop in Gataivai village has a specific focus on the community-based ICH inventorying.
"ICH is essentially living heritage. It is constantly evolving, adapting to the environment. And only the community, groups and individuals that hold and practice ICH can tell which ICH needs to be kept alive, and which does not." Dr Takahashi, Programme Specialist for Culture at UNESCO Office in Apia said. "Only you have a right to do so. This is the reason why community members must fully participate in the entire process of ICH inventorying."
Bringing together some forty participants, the Workshop lasts till Saturday 26 October 2013. It is being facilitated by Ms Noriko Aikawa and Mr Anthony Parak, UNESCO accredited trainers.
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Millions of folks in all 50 States are getting letters from their Insurance Co. cancelling their Health Insurance because of Obamacare mandates. Obama liar new it all the time too. Impeach the liar.


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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Nicholas A. Horner, who is scheduled to be tried next month for the 2009 shooting deaths of a sandwich shop employee and a retiree, wants to represent himself if his trial goes to a death-penalty phase, Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva said Tuesday.
An open hearing will be held Feb. 29 to review Horner's request. Many of the pretrial status conferences the judge has held in the past couple of months have been in her closed courtroom.
Horner's request to represent himself in the death-penalty phase requires what the judge called a Faretta hearing.
Faretta refers to a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision confirming that suspects have the Sixth Amendment right to represent themselves in court, but there must be an inquiry to determine if he knows the nature of the charges against him, the possible penalties, and the problems that may occur from representing himself.
Kopriva wants defense attorneys Thomas M. Dickey of Altoona and David DeFazio of Pittsburgh to comment whether Horner has the "ability to make a knowing, voluntary and intelligent decision on the matter of self-representation."
Dickey is Horner's attorney for the guilt phase of the case. DeFazio is to represent Horner if there is to be a death-penalty phase.
The death penalty will be a consideration only if Horner is found guilty of first-degree murder. Horner is charged with intentionally killing Scott Garlick, 19, an employee of the 58th Street Subway during a robbery, and then killing Raymond Williams, 64, during his attempt to flee on April 6, 2009.
Dickey contended Horner suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder due to his Army service. The prosecution has charged that Horner fought with his wife that day and robbed Subway because he needed money.
The judge has the right to order a standby counsel who would assist Horner in his representation but who would not be permitted to argue motions before the court.
Dickey, Horner's lead attorney, said he wants to talk to his client about the request.
"I need to meet with Nick and discuss this with him. I prefer he not represent himself," Dickey said Tuesday. "It's not a good situation. It's a death-penalty case and you fight for a man's life. You want to do it properly and do the best you can."
The judge's decision is a serious one but the issues are not complex because the law guarantees a suspect the right to represent himself, Blair County Deputy District Attorney Jackie Bernard said. She said it would be "prudent" to appoint a standby attorney in view of the seriousness of the charges.
Bernard said she did not believe the issue will delay jury selection, which is to begin March 12, or testimony in the trial, which is to begin March 19.


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Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco, Frisco
- Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 122 apartments
- Outdoor pool
- Free area shuttle
- Fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- Terrace
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Computer station
- Front desk safe
- Convenience store
- Laundry service
Feel at home
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Sofa bed
- Kitchen
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Microwave
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
What's around
- Stonebriar Centre Mall (0.5 mi / 0.7 km)
- Dr Pepper Arena (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
- Dr Pepper Ballpark (0.6 mi / 1 km)
- The Shops at Legacy (1.4 mi / 2.3 km)
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve (5.2 mi / 8.4 km)
- Dallas, TX (DFW-Dallas-Fort Worth Intl.) 23-min drive; 22.2 miles/35.7 km
- Dallas, TX (DAL-Love Field) 28-min drive; 21.2 miles/34.1 km
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle
Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco, Frisco
Hotel Info: 855-239-9397from $119
- Suite, 1 King Bed
- Suite, Accessible, Non Smoking
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- Two queens bedroom suite
- Studio, Two Queen Beds, Accessible
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- King bedroom suite
- Suite, 1 King Bed
- King studio suite
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 122 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 5 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed (dogs and cats only) *
- 2 per room (up to 40 lb)
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle within 5 mi
In the hotel
- Free buffet breakfast daily
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Barbecue grills
- Outdoor pool
- Pool sun loungers
- Fitness facilities
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Pool umbrellas
- 24-hour business center
- Computer station
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Sofa bed
- Sofa bed size double
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 42-inch LCD TV
- Premium TV channels
- IPod docking station
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Dishwasher
- Housekeeping - weekdays only
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Home2 Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco, Frisco's small print
Also known as
- Home2 Suites Hilton Aparthotel Dallas-Frisco
- Home2 Suites Hilton Dallas-Frisco
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
Pet deposit: USD 75.00 per stay
Optional extras
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of USD 125 per pet, per stay
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Outstanding 4.8 /5 from 297 reviews
Great Experience, Great Service
we came to go to the zoo and shop, was right near a great mall and IKEA
Hotel was very nice in general,the bathroom layout was a bit weird.. when you open the door the toilet is right there so if someone's using it, it would be difficult to get past them. Staff was very friendly. Free breakfast was nice but would've been nice it more variety daily for longer stay patrons.
Great place to stay staff is great, rooms are quiet, pool is great for little kids. Overall very pleasurable place to stay
Fifth floor, center of bldg. There's a sporadic, loud vibrating noise that lasts about 15 minutes, every half hour or so. No idea what it is.
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When you stay at Sea Splash Resort in Negril, you'll be on the beach and convenient to Times Square Mall and Kool Runnings Water Park. This beach resort is within close proximity of Throne Room and Booby Cay.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and ceiling fans.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless Internet access, wedding services, and tour/ticket assistance.
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Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.


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Floreana Island
Today we visit one of the most beautiful and interesting islands in the Galapagos as we locally call it "Floreana", named after the first president of Ecuador Juan Jose Flores. This incredible place has an incredible amount of wildlife and human history, since it has been visited over hundreds of years by humans, from pirates to the first settlers.
With the first light of the day we prepare for our first outing before breakfast, this is a visit to Punta Cormorant, which is a visitor site boasting one of the few populations of flamingos and recently a small nesting colony of blue-footed boobies. Read More>
Sep 26, 2016
National Geographic Endeavour
Clarkston and Hells Canyon
Clouds in the east turned gold and orange just before sunrise and the bright colors of the sky were reflected in the small ripples on the surface of the Snake River. Soon after breakfast we boarded jet-boats piloted by Captain Chuck and Captain Bob and away we went upstream on the Snake River. On this gorgeous and sunny morning we were bound for wild and scenic Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in America. Near the river's edge flocks of Canada geese, mallards, and American coots rested on the water. Great blue herons stood silent like sentinels on the river banks, waiting for hapless fish to swim by. An osprey perched in a tree along the river. Our first stop was to view an amazing outcrop of columnar basalt with perfect hexagonal columns, some curved in curious ways that defy explanation. As we headed on upstream, great walls of layered lava flows loomed above us. These lavas are a part of the Columbia River Basalt Province through which we will be sailing for most of our journey. Stepping up to the horizon high above, the lavas are weathered to a rich brown and trimmed with the buff-colored grasses of autumn. Two mule deer does were seen in the willows along the shore.
At the confluence with the Grande Ronde River we officially enter Hells Canyon and leave the basalts behind for now. Read More>
Sep 26, 2016
National Geographic Sea Bird
Pacific Northwest
Gardner Bay and Punta Suarez
Today we started our day on a beautiful white sandy beach called Gardner Beach, where California sea lions were lying about along with Hood mockingbirds, which were mainly interested in the flies that the sea lions attracted. The sky was a bit cloudy but the water was clear, and we proceeded to snorkel from the beach with the beginners, while the advanced went to Gardner Island for deep water snorkeling.
In the late morning, several guests went kayaking along the northern shoreline and afterwards we had lunch as we sailed west on the National Geographic Endeavour towards Punta Suarez. Read More>
Sep 25, 2016
National Geographic Endeavour
Hells Canyon and Nez Perce National Historic Park
The last full day of our journey up the Columbia and Snake rivers was sunny and warm. We disembarked the National Geographic Sea Lion early this morning and stepped onto our jet boats. We spent much of the day on these speedy craft, going more than 50 miles up the Snake River into Hells Canyon. At 8,000 feet from top to bottom, Hells Canyon is the deepest river canyon in North America. Yes, even deeper than the Grand Canyon.
The jet boat ride gave us a wonderful opportunity to see the canyon from within. Read More>
Sep 25, 2016
National Geographic Sea Lion
Pacific Northwest
Iricahua and Yarapa River
Our last day exploring the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve began with an overcast sunrise. The temperature was fresh enough to motivate us to have our breakfast fast and hurry to load the skiffs.
Iricahua is another part of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Read More>
Sep 24, 2016
Delfin II
San Cristobal Island
Our time on the Islands will come to an end this evening and in order to make the finale special, we visited the Island of San Cristobal. This island is one of the first to be colonized by the government of Ecuador, and where the capital of the archipelago is located.
In the morning we visited a place known as Punta Pitt. Read More>
Sep 24, 2016
National Geographic Islander
Low clouds in the east turned red-violet just before sunrise as the National Geographic Sea Bird was nearing our dock in Clarkston, Washington. As Captain Kay eased our little ship alongside, Bos'n jumped onto the dock and made all of the lines fast. Soon after breakfast we boarded jet boats piloted by Cap'n Chuck and Cap'n Eric and away we went upstream on the Snake River on this gorgeous and sunny morning, bound for wild and scenic Hells Canyon, the deepest river canyon in America. Near the river's edge flocks of Canada geese and American coots rested on the water. A pair of blue-winged teal flew across the river right in front of our jet boat. Great blue herons stood silent like sentinels on the riverbanks, waiting for hapless fish to swim by.
As we headed on upstream, great walls of layered lava flows loomed above us. Read More>
Sep 24, 2016
National Geographic Sea Bird
Pacific Northwest
The Snake River, Lower Monumental Dam and Palouse River
Around three A.M the National Geographic Sea Lion diverged from the mighty Columbia River and headed northeast up the Snake River. While everyone aboard was sleeping, the Sea Lion crossed through two locks overnight; the McNary Dam as well as Ice Harbor. Ice harbor is the closest dam to the mouth of the Snake. Shortly after breakfast we received word from the lockmaster at Lower Monumental Dam that they would allow us to bring our inflatable expedition craft into the massive lock chamber. Three expedition landing crafts were lowered off the boat deck and filled with brave guests craving a sense of perspective at just how large and powerful these lock systems are. We entered the 86ft wide and 665ft long concrete behemoth and waited as the water lifted the National Geographic Sea Lion and expedition landing crafts the entire 100ft to the next level of river.
The slight wind and perfect temperature allowed for a delightful lunch on the sundeck as we approached our Palouse River anchorage. Read More>
Sep 24, 2016
National Geographic Sea Lion
Pacific Northwest
Pacaya Samiria
Early wake up for all of us aboard the Delfin II today. it was time to get a great breakfast to pack good energies for our best day of the expedition. As usual one by one our skiff started to depart on a new day's expedition, this time, the Natural Reserve of Pacaya Samiria. A place full of flora and fauna.
The day started with some herons and egrets, kingfishers and hawks looking at us curiously about the new visitors in the area. Read More>
Sep 23, 2016
Delfin II
The approach to Punta Pitt, the easternmost point of the island of San Cristobal (also known as Chatham) is dramatic in the early morning. It consists of a highly eroded tuff cone, possibly over 400,000 years old. Sharp ridges and deep ravines are starkly accented by the low light. The periodic heavy rains of the occasional El Niño events over the millennia have cut into the steep slopes with abandon. This morning our first impression was of a massive volcanic structure wrapped in low mist with a brisk wind blowing.
Right after breakfast we disembarked, put our walking shoes on, and proceeded to climb. Read More>
Sep 23, 2016
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