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More than £169,000 has been raised to help people suffering from the famine in East Africa following a campaign launched by World Jewish Relief.
The aid charity set up a fundraising drive last month as reports of draught and malnutrition in Somalia and its neighbours began filtering through to the international media.
Groups of Yemeni Jews are reportedly fleeing their homes as the conflict between the government and rebels, including those backed by Al-Qaida, shows no sign of subsiding.
According to an article in the Yemen Post, seven Jews from the Amran province have already left and another eight are planning to go as soon as possible. It is unclear where they plan to go.
Summer is generally a quiet time for the media. Parliament is in recess, many journalists (and readers) are on holiday, and the frivolous stories deemed to be newsworthy have led to the summer being known as "silly season".
Israel has officially established diplomatic relations with the fledgling state of South Sudan.
The Jewish State was one of the first countries to welcome South Sudan after it declared independence on July 9, while there were jubilant scenes among the Sudanese refugee population of Tel Aviv.
Binyamin Netanyahu has offered good wishes to the world's newest country following its independence on July 9 at midnight.
The Republic of South Sudan was created in 2005 in a peace agreement ending decades of civil war. The Israeli Prime Minister said Israel recognised the new state and added: "We wish it much success."
World Jewish Relief has launched an emergency appeal to assist the millions across the Horn of Africa facing severe food shortages.
The region's worst drought for 60 years has been compounded by increasing grain prices, fodder shortages, livestock deaths and conflict. An estimated eight million-plus people need urgent assistance.
A Jewish organisation has launched an online appeal in response to the growing food shortage in the Horn of Africa.
The United Nations warned earlier this week that at least nine million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somilia and Djibouti were facing starvation. The region has been hit by a drought which the UN said was one of the worst in 60 years.
Six years ago, Avi Be'eri- or Ibrahim as he was known then - was a broken, lonely street child, sleeping in a market in his native Guinea, West Africa. He had been orphaned, and had left the home of his uncle, where he was meant to be living, because of abuse.
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DILAS Showcasing High-Brightness, Fiber Laser Pumping Products at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2015DILAS, the diode laser company, manufacturer of high-power diode laser components and systems in a wide range of output power and wavelengths is showcasing a series of high-brightness, fiber-coupled diode laser pump-modules at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2015, the premier international trade exhibition for the laser and photonics industry. DILAS will display it products at Booth A3.205 on June 22-25, 2015 at the Messe München, Germany.
DILAS Delivers the 20,000th Fiber Laser Pump ModuleDILAS, the diode laser company, celebrated the delivery of its 20,000th, high-power, high-brightness, tailored bar-based (T-Bar), fiber laser pump module.
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DILAS and Special Systems, LLC Strategic PartnershipDILAS and Special Systems, LLC, distributor of solutions for various photonic markets are pleased to announce effective January 1, 2014, a strategic partnership naming Special Systems as the exclusive distributor for DILAS in Russia (Belarus and Ukraine).
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If there is a day where your ethnicity truly stands out, it has to be report card day. If you have been raised by South Asian parents, you know what I am talking about. Your parents could have been the sweetest, politest head nodding in agreement sort until the day your school smarts is up for evaluation. If it didn't read praise all the way through you probably were in trouble.
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Much of the attention given to animal rescues falls on those moments when a particularly charismatic animal is wrested from the illegal wildlife trade. It is only natural—people can't help but connect with bears and gibbons and elephants—but in reality a massive proportion of animals rescued by Wildlife Alliance are reptiles.
Though perhaps more cold than cuddly, snakes, turtles and lizards are captured and trafficked in enormous quantities. A recent bust by the Wildlife Alliance-supported Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) shows just how extensive this reptile trade can be, with over 1,000 tokay geckos rescued from the trunk of a single car!
Dozens of the tockay geckos rescued from a taxi in Cambodia recently. This shot was taken shortly before they were released back into the wild.
A call came in from an informant warning about a car headed from central Cambodia for the capital of Phnom Penh. Most of the WRRT was in the remote eastern provinces at the time, so Forestry officer Heng Kimchhay and military police Captain Sou Sareth headed out on their own to intercept the Toyota Camry suspected of illegally transporting wildlife. Just as the informant said, the vehicle was spotted on route to the capital, and the two pulled over the car, which happened to be a taxi.
Forestry Administration officer Heng Kimchhay (left) confronts the owner of boxes containing over a thousand illegally trapped and transported lizards shortly after the taxi carrying them was pulled over.
Boxes full of lizards pack the trunk of the taxi, which has been taken to a local Forestry Administration office so evidence can be collected, the offenders can be processed, and the health of the geckos can be assessed.Outside a local Forestry Administration outpost the people within the taxi exited the vehicle and Kimchhay and Sareth searched the vehicle. The trunk was packed with cardboard boxes, each containing a sack of tightly packed tockay geckos. In all, the car was found to be transporting a whopping 1,027 tokays, of which 1,008 were still alive.
Tockay geckosA tokay (the -ay rhymes with pie) is a large variety of gecko, a lizard known for its ability to climb upon pretty much anything, including glass and ceilings. Their distinctive—and very loud—calls can be heard in Cambodian forests and cities alike. Tokays are very adept at ridding areas of insect pests, but these thousand were likely going to be turned into food or possibly dried out for use in traditional medicines. There are also reports that Malaysian syndicates are buying them to fight them in rings, with onlookers gambling on the results.
The man who was trafficking the geckos was written up in the Forestry Administration office, and thumb-printed documents admitting to possessing and transporting the geckos. He claimed that he had seen tokays for sale before in a market and assumed that it must be legal to sell them, but the sheer number of lizards the man had collected indicates he was very familiar with the trade.
Also charged in the incident was the taxi driver, who was a close relative of the owner of the gecko packages, indicating that he was knowingly a party to the crime of illegally transporting wildlife. The taxi was confiscated, as is standard practice in illegal transport cases, and will be returned when the fines for the offense are paid.Geckos spill out from the sacks in which they have seen stuffed by the hundreds. Photos such as this one will be used as evidence against the alleged traffickers.
Because tokays are considered a "common species" the suspected traffickers can not be imprisoned for the crime even though it was on such a large scale. Instead, Kimchhay recommended through the Forestry Administration that the court impose the maximum fine upon the traffickers, in this case three times the market value of the illegal wildlife. A tokay is reckoned to bring about $1.25 each on the illegal market, bringing the total fine to around $3,850—a sum that in developing Cambodia should prove to be a massive deterrent to any further trafficking.
The driver of the taxi prepares to thumbprint documents concerning the evidence found in his vehicle while the alleged trafficker of the lizards (in blue) is also processed by Heng Kimchhay of the WRRT (right) and a local Forestry official.
The case also demonstrated the independence of the WRRT and the challenges it can face in doing its work. The two alleged traffickers were clearly very well connected, as calls started coming in to the WRRT office from officials asking that the case be thrown out and the taxi returned. Such pressure is a common feature in Cambodia, which is consistently ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world by monitoring organizations like Transparency International. But despite the pressure exerted on our team, the WRRT's Forestry officials refused all demands that matter be dropped and the traffickers will be prosecuted by the court.
As for the tokays, they were transported to forested areas and released back into the wild, allowing a thousand-strong chorus of their distinctive "TO-kai!" calls to echo through the trees.
The WRRT releases a number of the confiscated tockay geckos in the forest near a Buddhist temple in Cambodia's Kampong Cham province. There the geckos should be able to find food and because of the location's proximity to a temple, they should be safe from trappers. Hundreds more of the geckos were released in a separate protected area in the province of Koh Kong.
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Bono crowed about Bloomberg's "enormous wallet" at their show last night.By Lindsay Robertson
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Peter Andre can't stay away from family
Singer Peter Andre says his forthcoming tour will be his biggest challenge as he will miss his family.
The "Mysterious Girl" hitmaker is nervous about hitting the road at the end of September because it'll be the first time the doting dad will stay away his five-month-old daughter Amelia and fiancee Emily MacDonagh.
"I think it's going to be the biggest challenge we've had to face. I'll be on tour and Ems will be back at university, and of course Amelia will be with her. I'm going to try my hardest to get back to them as much as I can, but I know that won't always be possible," contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.
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on 11.17.2013
The Rumors are True! : My PS4 has the Blinking Blue LED of Death
November 15th was supposed to be an incredible day for me. �I was going to get my new Playstation 4 in the mail, connect it up to my 65" TV, and enter the next console generation with a huge smile on my face. �I had it all worked out in my head. It was going to be a perfect day. �Unfortunately, fate had other plans in mind.
I pre-ordered my Playstation 4 back in June about 5 minutes after it went on sale on Amazon. �After following the system closely since it's announcement in February, I knew it was the next generation console I was looking forward to the most. �I had complete faith in Sony and new they weren't going to let me down like they did with the PS3.
Last week I was all on board the hype train. �While the reviews for the launch games weren't all that spectacular, I didn't really care. �I was 100% bought in and nothing was going to deter me now. �As the week went on I started hearing about people who were getting there PS4's early and complaining about them not working at all. �Sony eventually made a statement that only 0.4% of people were being effected by these failures. �I was sure that I would not be part of that 0.4%. �
When I got home, with my PS4 in hand, I rushed straight upstairs to my bonus room to hook it up. �My wife already knew how excited I was, so she grabbed our 10 week old son and followed me upstairs to hang out with me while I connected everything thing up. �After 15 minutes of wiring everything together I was ready to push the power button and step longingly into the new generation of consoles. �
I pushed the power button and the blue LED on the top of the PS4 started blinking and then ....
The LED jus sat there .... blinking at me. �Nothing was displayed on screen. �No audio was coming out of my speakers. �All I had was this annoying blue LED ... blinking at me almost as if it was laughing in my face.
I immediately freaked out and turned the system off and tried turning it back on. �Still nothing. �All I would get was the annoying blinking blue LED. �
I then rushed to my computer and started searching for solutions. �My main solution I found recommended taking out the hard drive, starting up the system in "safe mode", and then plugging the hard drive back in. �This was supposed to reset everything and solve the problem. �I tried that hoping it would work, but then things got even worse. �Not only would the system not boot up in "Safe mode", but it stopped turning on at all.
Now when I turned the system on, the blue LED would blink once and then everything would shut down. �No blinking LED, no blowing fan .... just nothingness. �Dead silence. �My PS4 had completely given out on me. �Now suddenly I longed to see the blinking blue LED, because at least that one mean my system has some life left in it. �But no, somehow I had managed to suck all the life out of my PS4 and kill it. �Thanks internet.
At this point I was furious. �My wife was trying her best to keep me calm, but she understood why I was so angry. �I had been waiting for this day for 9 months, ever since the PS4 was first announced. �This was supposed to be my perfect day, and suddenly it was had crumbled to ruins. �
I decided the only option was to get in my car and start driving around the city to everything single store that sold PS4's to see if anyone had one. �While this seemed like a crazy idea, �my wife completely understood and supported me. �She understood how badly I wanted a PS4 and she was going to follow me to the ends of the earth to get one.
But then .... fate through me a bone ....
I called my buddy Jody up to see if he knew of any stores that might have a PS4 to sell. �He had called me earlier in the day and asked if he should buy one, so I assumed he knew of places that might actually have them in stock. �The news he gave me was even better. �He actually already had one on pre-order at Toys 'R Us that he had decided not to get.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. �Did my best friend really have a PS4 pre-order just sitting there waiting for him that he didn't want. �Was he really going to get his money back and let some other customer walk in the door and buy it. �I couldn't let this PS4 go to waste. �This couldn't be a coincidence. �It had to be fate.
I immediately asked him if I could buy it from him instead. �He said yes without a moments hesitation. �He knew how bad I wanted a PS4. �Finally .... I was going to have my perfect day.
So upon hearing this awesome news, my wife packed my son in the car, and we drove off to Jody's house to pick up my new PS4. �The entire time I was worried though. �Would this system be broken as well? �Was my luck that bad.
Well I got the system home, plugged it in .... and ....
My perfect day was saved, but not without some bad scars picked up a long the way. �
The whole experience has kind of put a bad taste in my mouth for the PS4. �I haven't really enjoyed the system so far like I thought I would. �The Dualshock 4 is a great controller, but I don't like it was much as I was hoping. �The Xbox 360 controller still feels better in my hand. �
Killzone is a good looking game, but that's about all it has going for it so far. �The Playstation Network is running incredibly slowly and Sony has had to disable some features associated with the PS4 because of this. �So far, Resogun has really been the only thing I've enjoyed about my PS4 so far. �It's a great game I highly recommend to new PS4 owners.
So at this point I've shipped my defective PS4 back to Amazon for a refund. �I really can't believe I was one of the 0.4%. �I'm trying to not let this situation effect my opinion of Sony though. �I've bought every single Sony console ever released, and none of them have ever died on me. �I can't let one misfire change my high opinion of a company that has provided me with almost 2 decades of great gaming experiences.
I hope none of you have had the same horrible experience I had. �While I got lucky that I was able to get another working PS4, I have a feeling I'm in the minority. �The system appears to be sold out everywhere, so most people with defective PS4's are probably sitting at home right now extremely pissed. �I feel sorry for them, but I know how they feel and I hope they can get a new working system soon.
on 01.02.2013
SilverDragon's Top 10 Games of 2012
The people out there who say that 2012 was a ho-hum year for gaming are complete morons. I think this was an absolutely incredible year, with some of the standout games of this entire console generation. Developers have really started to hone their craft at this point, and that has allowed them to deliver us outstanding games that take full advantage of everything the current consoles have to offer.
What�s even better is that independent developers are really coming into their own, and now more than ever, there are numerous ways for them to get their games out to the public. Four of my top five games all come from indie developers, and that is pretty shocking for me considering I don�t typically play indie games. I like the glitz and glamour of triple-A titles, and don�t typically go for low-budget indies. I guess that all changed this year.
Let me just say that my top 10 list is by no means going to surprise anyone. There are a couple of standout games that didn�t make my list, like Dishonored and Far Cry 3, simply because I didn�t have time to play them. That�s something I hope to rectify in 2013. For how though, I hope you enjoy my list for my favorite games of 2012.
#10) Darksiders 2
If you have followed me on twitter in 2012, you would think that Darksiders 2 was my most hated game of 2012. All I seemed to ever do was complain about how buggy it was, or how the level design was boring and uninspired. The truth is though I really enjoyed this game, so much so that I played it through to completion twice. I really enjoyed the art direction, the combat, and the weapon creation system. It also had some of the best boss fights of 2012. All of that helped it just edge out Mass Effect 3 and make it into my top 10 list.
#9) Assassin�s Creed 3
This is another polarizing game for me, which I both hated and loved. I hate that the game started extremely slowly and that Ubisoft still hasn�t nailed the Assassin�s Creed gameplay, even though this is the 5th game in the series. For a game about stealth, I feel like it�s next to impossible to be stealthy, which drives me insane. I also feel like there are too many overlapping gameplay systems in place, and Ubisoft needs to cut things back a bit. However, the story was engaging, the visuals were breathtaking, and there were a ton side missions which kept me coming back for more. The world was also incredibly realized, and full of life. I loved just hanging out in Boston and New York and seeing what life was like in those cities. Let�s not forget about the boat missions, which were some of my standout gaming moments of 2012.
#8) Diablo 3
There�s no other game on this list that I can say I beat a total of 7 times this year. Diablo 3�s ability to crank up the difficulty, forcing you to completely relearn and reevaluate how to play the game, made me constantly want to come back for more. My favorite part of the game though was the 4-player co-op, which took the game to a whole other level. People who played Diablo 3 solo did not really get to experience this game proper. Sure the solo gameplay was serviceable, but it paled in comparison to the fun of teaming up with others to take down the hordes of enemies Blizzard throws at you.
#7) Borderlands 2
If it had not been for a large list of standout indie games that really captured my heart this year, I am pretty sure Borderlands 2 would have been #2 on my list. It is by far the best FPS of the year I played. The weapons were absolutely fantastic to wield, the levels were beautiful to look at and immense in size, and the enemies were very smart and tough to kill. It also had one of the best main bad guys in 2012. This game essentially improved on every single aspect of the original Borderlands, and I probably would have played it more if it weren�t for the other games on this list.
#6) Dust: An Elysian Tale
This 15+ hour game was made by a single person, can you believe that? I sure can�t, and I also can�t believe how in-love with this game I fell. I truly believe this is one of the least appreciated games in 2012. The gameplay was fast and furious, the hand drawn visuals were absolutely gorgeous, and the story was dark yet very touching. There aren�t enough Metroid-vania style games out there, so when one comes along that has such high production value, people need to take notice. Go out and buy this game people. It�s worth your time and your money.
#5) Fez
When I first started playing Fez I thought it was a cute little platformer with a unique 2D/3D gameplay system in place. I didn�t fall in love with it though until I had that eureka moment where I realized it�s actually so much more. Solving puzzles in Fez and figuring out all the hidden secrets were some of the standout moments I had in gaming in 2012. This is also the only game this year I actually pulled out pencil and paper for and started jotting things down to help me play it. I could have gone to the internet to figure things out, but I was determined to do it on my own. Sure I cheated a couple times, but it was so much more rewarding when I figured things out on my own.
#4) Mark of the Ninja
I can say, without a doubt, that Mark of the Ninja is the best �stealth� game ever made. It constantly relays information to you to let you know exactly how stealthy you are being, allowing you to become a deadly assassin killing everyone in his path, or a silent ninja who moves through the shadows never killing a single soul. This is the one game this year I played over and over to try and perfect every level. The challenge of trying to kill every enemy without ever being seen, or get through an entire level without killing a single enemy, was invigorating. There are a lot of things that games like Dishonored and Assassin�s Creed could learn from a game like Mark of the Ninja.
#3) XCOM: Enemy Unknown
I just need to play this game for one � more � turn. That�s how I feel every time I sit down to play XCOM: Enemy unknown. It does such a good job of always keeping you on the edge of your seat, wondering if you can continue to hold everything together as the alien invaders are constantly trying to bring everything around you crashing down. Countries are panicking and threatening to pull their funding, some of your best men are out injured because of a damn alien grenade blast, and you are just days away from finally finishing construction of a new fleet of alien fighter jets, when suddenly a report comes in of multiple alien abduction sites all over the world: WHAT DO YOU DO!!!! Situations like this are why XCOM is one of the best games of the year. Oh yeah, did I mention the turn based strategy gameplay is absolutely outstanding!
#2) Journey
More than anything, 2012 was a year about how I felt when I played games, and almost no other game exemplifies this more than Journey. I played this game from start to finish in one two hour sitting, and in that time I felt loneliness, companionship, sadness, joy, I laughed, I starred on in disbelief, I yelled, and I almost cried. That�s a lot of emotions to experience in a two hour period, and I experienced them all with someone who I never even met, and never got a chance to talk to. The only communication we ever had was the small chirps I could use to express whatever emotions I was experiencing at the time, including my enjoyment of one of my favorite games of 2012.
#1) The Walking Dead
I find it funny that my favorite game of 2012 was played entirely on my iPad. How far have we come when one of the best games of the year can be experienced on everything from a PC, PS3, and Xbox, to an iPad and iPhone. These are truly great times to be a gamer.
What can I say about the Walking Dead that hasn�t already been said? It has won Game of the Year honors at multiple websites, including Destructoid and it�s changed the way people view story telling in games forever. I feel like I have nothing else to add to the discussion, except to tell you my personal experience with it.
One of the best things about Walking Dead for me was that my wife was playing it at the exact same time as I was, experiencing her own version of the story. We would always argue over who would get to play each new episode first, but we would never spoil it for the other person. Whenever we were both done we would then sit down and discuss what happened in our versions of the story, describing the different choices we made and why we made them. These discussions became my favorite gaming moments in 2012, and they didn�t even happen in a game. That is why The Walking Dead wins my award for the best game of 2012.
Games I didn�t play I wish I had:
Guild Wars 2, Dishonored, Far Cry 3, FTL, Sleeping Dogs.
on 04.04.2012
10 More Things You Don't Know About Dragons
As soon as I saw the �10 Things you didn�t know� meme start back up again, I knew immediately that I needed to write one up for myself. Actually, this will be the second one of these I�ve ever written. If you�re really interested, you can read the original
10 Things You Don�t Know about Dragons
blog that I wrote three years ago. That blog was mainly video game related. I�ve decided instead to make this blog a little more personal. I hope you enjoy.
1) I actually started the original
�10 Things you don�t know about ..�
Yeah I bet you didn�t know that one did you. I wrote the original blog entry that kicked this entire meme off. To my misfortune, I decided to do this on a weekend when I was doing the Cblogs recaps. I had to recap the majority of the meme myself. It took forever to do, but was so worth it. You can find the original meme recap
2) The thing I want most in this world is to have a big family of my own.
I grew up in a huge family, with lots of uncles, aunts, cousins, and second cousins. Ever since I was a kid I always knew that I would want to have a big family of my own, with lots of kids and grandchildren. That might seem a little sappy, but I don�t really care. It�s a dream I�ve always had, and hopefully one day my wife and I will be able to make it a reality.
3) I�m obsessed with working out and I�ve lost 30+ pounds in the last 3 years.
When I first met my wife I weighed the most I ever had in my life. Going out to nice lunches everyday and not working out will do that to you. When I met her though, I decided it was time for a change, so I stopped going out to lunch and started working out and bringing in healthier lunches instead. I now work out 4 days a week, which includes weight lifting, running, and playing basketball, and since then I�ve lost 30+ pounds. It�s something I�m extremely proud of.
4) My favorite TV show of all time is
Babylon 5
I�m not afraid to admit it. I�m a complete Babylon 5 junkie. I own every single episode on DVD, including all the made-for-TV movies, and I think I�ve seen everyone one at least 4 or 5 times. The characters and the story are just so incredibly good. Other shows like
Deep Space 9
Battlestar Galactica
have come to close to what Babylon 5 did, but neither of them could top it.
5) I had a chance to meet Felicia Day at E3 2010, but I chickened out!
She was standing 10 feet away from me with a couple of her friends and all I had to do was walk over, say hello, and tell her how awesome I think she is. Instead I pussied out like the chicken I am. It was a low moment in my life that could have been an awesome one! There�s a lesson to be learned from this kids � I think.
6) I own every episode of
Sex and the City
on DVD.
It�s a good show damnit and that�s all I�m going to say about that!
7) I�m the longest running Cblog Recapper left.
I started doing the CBlog recaps back in 2008, and I haven�t quit since. That�s almost 4 years for those of you keeping count. Destructoid has changed a whole hell of a lot in those 4 years, and lot of great community members have come and gone, but I still love this place. I don�t know how much longer I�ll be a recapper, but I�ll keep reading them if you keep writing them.
8) My wife is better than me at Mario Kart.
I�ve never admitted this to her, but I need to admit it to someone. We actually played Mario Kart together on our very first date, and I lost to her badly then. I�ve only continued to lose to her since. I�m good at games damnit, especially racing games, but she is just better at me at Mario Kart. It�s time to stop denying the truth and just admit it to myself.
9) I collect dragons.
I bet this one comes as a real shocker doesn�t it. If I�m out shopping and I see a cool dragon statue, or a cool stuffed animal dragon, I buy it. I�ve been doing this for about 10 years now, and while my collection isn�t gigantic, it�s getting larger every day. I�m really picky though, and I�m not willing to spend tons of money, so it has to be a dragon that really catches my eye for me to pick it up. The picture above is of the collection of dragons I have in my office at work.
10) I play the bagpipes.
No I�m not Scottish, but I have been to Scotland. I started playing the bagpipes when I joined the Boy Scouts. My troop leader always had this dream of starting his own pipe and drum band, so he decided to turn his Boy Scout troop into a band. We all started out playing when we were only 10 years old, and the band just blossomed from there. We toured all over the east coast, performing at community events, in parades, at Boy Scout camps, churches, weddings and private parties. Our biggest performance was playing in front of 100,000 people at the 1994 National Boy Scout Jamboree. If you must know � I do own a Kilt, which I would wear proudly today if I could still fit into it.
on 12.24.2011
"The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas" - Music Video
Three years ago I sat down and wrote a Christmas song dedicated to the entire Dtoid community which I entitled
�The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas�
. It's a spin of the famous Christmas song we have all heard many times before, but my version has a Destructoid inspired spin to it.
Next, I got the crazy idea to actually record myself singing this song. I�m not sure what I was thinking, because I do not have the best singing voice. Well afterwards I took the song and turned it into a music video and presented it to the entire community.
Ttwo years ago I made a few slight changes to the song and posted it again for all to see. Well it's once again Christmas Day, so I�ve decided to bring it back one more time to share with all of you once again. Since a lot of you weren�t around the last three years, this will be your first time hearing and seeing it. I really hope you all enjoy it. I put a lot of love into this song to give back to a community which I enjoy so much being a part of.
on 03.17.2011
Last chance to enter the Destructoid March Madness Bracket Contest
***The contest signups close today at 12pm EST***
This year I�ve decided to resurrect the Unofficial Destructoid March Madness Tournament Bracket Competition that I originally started two years ago. Last time I threw this together at the last moment, and it didn�t go as smoothly as I would have liked. Well this year I�ve taken some additional time to plan the competition, and it should run a lot better. Also, I do have an official prize this year for the lucky person who wins.
Now some of you might be asking while I�m throwing a basketball contest on a video game website. While I know we all love video games, this is an opportunity for those of us who love college basketball to share another passion with members of this great community. It�s also an opportunity for people who aren�t big basketball or sports fans, to maybe become fans.
How do you Sign Up?
I have set up a Dtoid group on the Yahoo Sports tournament bracket site. Click
this link
to sign up for the tournament and create and submit your own personal bracket. You�ll need to sign up for a Yahoo account if you don�t already have one, so make sure you do that first. I don�t think it should ask you for a password to enter the Destructoid group, but if it does, the password is
. Please note that the last time to sign up will be 12pm EST on Thursday.
Everyone is welcome to enter. Only 1 will win.
Scoring System
You earn points by picking the winners of each matchup. The farther into the tournament you get, the more points you get. You also get bonus points for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. If you correctly choose a lower-seeded team, you will earn a bonus of the difference between the seeds. For example, if you choose a 10th seeded team over a 6th seeded team, you�ll earn 4 bonus points. See the chart below for the regular number of points you get for picking the correct team.
Round 1 - 4 point for a correct pick
Round 2 - 4 point for a correct pick
Round 3 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 4 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 5 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 6 - 16 points for a correct pick
Bonus Points - Correctly choosing lower-seeded teams will earn you bonus points equal to the difference between the seeds.
The person who has the most points in the end wins
What do you win?
This year the winner�s prize will be a blu-ray copy of
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
. Please note that I can only ship to people in the continental United States, so please do not enter the competition if you live out of the country.
So please feel free to join and compete. Everyone is welcome. If anyone has any problems signing up, or any questions let me know. Please note that the last time you can sign up is 12pm EST on Thursday (that's TODAY!!!)
on 03.15.2011
Unofficial Destructoid March Madness Tournament Bracket Contest
This year I�ve decided to resurrect the Unofficial Destructoid March Madness Tournament Bracket Competition that I originally started two years ago. Last time I threw this together at the last moment, and it didn�t go as smoothly as I would have liked. Well this year I�ve taken some additional time to plan the competition, and it should run a lot better. Also, I do have an official prize this year for the lucky person who wins.
Now some of you might be asking while I�m throwing a basketball contest on a video game website. While I know we all love video games, this is an opportunity for those of us who love college basketball to share another passion with members of this great community. It�s also an opportunity for people who aren�t big basketball or sports fans, to maybe become fans.
How do you Sign Up?
I have set up a Dtoid group on the Yahoo Sports tournament bracket site. Click
this link
to sign up for the tournament and create and submit your own personal bracket. You�ll need to sign up for a Yahoo account if you don�t already have one, so make sure you do that first. I don�t think it should ask you for a password to enter the Destructoid group, but if it does, the password is
. Please note that the last time to sign up will be 12pm EST on Thursday.
Everyone is welcome to enter. Only 1 will win.
Scoring System
You earn points by picking the winners of each matchup. The farther into the tournament you get, the more points you get. You also get bonus points for picking lower-seeded teams correctly. If you correctly choose a lower-seeded team, you will earn a bonus of the difference between the seeds. For example, if you choose a 10th seeded team over a 6th seeded team, you�ll earn 4 bonus points. See the chart below for the regular number of points you get for picking the correct team.
Round 1 - 4 point for a correct pick
Round 2 - 4 point for a correct pick
Round 3 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 4 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 5 - 8 points for a correct pick
Round 6 - 16 points for a correct pick
Bonus Points - Correctly choosing lower-seeded teams will earn you bonus points equal to the difference between the seeds.
The person who has the most points in the end wins
What do you win?
This year the winner�s prize will be a blu-ray copy of
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
. Please note that I can only ship to people in the continental United States, so please do not enter the competition if you live out of the country.
So please feel free to join and compete. Everyone is welcome. If anyone has any problems signing up, or any questions let me know. Please note that the last time you can sign up is 12pm EST on Thursday.
on 12.25.2010
"The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas" Song and Video
Two years ago I sat down and wrote a Christmas song dedicated to the entire Dtoid community which I entitled
�The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas�
. It's a spin of the famous Christmas song we have all heard many times before, but my version has a Destructoid inspired spin to it.
Next, I got the crazy idea to actually record myself singing this song. I�m not sure what I was thinking, because I do not have the best singing voice. Well afterwards I took the song and turned it into a music video and presented it to the entire community.
Last year I made a few slight changes to the song and posted it again for all to see. Well it's once again Christmas Day, so I�ve decided to bring it back one more time to share with all of you once again. Since a lot of you weren�t around the last two years, this will be your first time hearing and seeing it. I really hope you all enjoy it. I put a lot of love into this song to give back to a community which I enjoy so much being a part of.
on 08.31.2010
So yeah .... I got Engaged this weekend!!!
So � I have really BIG news I wanted to share with everyone here in the Dtoid community. I took that next big step in my life this past weekend and asked my girlfriend Nicki to marry me. Unfortunately she was crying too many happy tears to answer me when I asked the first time, but after asking again she said
, which means I am now officially engaged. You can just think of her as the future Mrs. SilverDragon. :-P
If you�ve been readying my community blog, or any of my weekend recaps, over the past 2+ years, I�m sure you�ve heard me talk about Nicki. We�ve been dating for close to three years now, and I have to admit that video games have actually played a pretty important role in our relationship. When I first met her, probably 7 or 8 years ago, I attempted to impress her with my awesome Super Mario Bros. skills by playing the game while she was studying with my roommate for a test. Unfortunately that didn�t work, and it would be a while before I could actually convince her to go on a real date with me.
When we finally did go on our first date, we ended the night by going back to her place and playing
Mario Kart: Double Dash
on the Gamecube. I bet her that I could beat her, and if I did I would get a kiss. Well she actually kicked my ass, but somehow I ended up getting my kiss anyways: our first kiss. I had to admit that I was pretty impressed to find out on that first date that she had played and beat quite a few video games. She wasn�t obsessed with the hobby like I was, but she enjoyed them enough to understand why I played them so often.
Well it�s been many years since Nicki and I first started dating, and we�ve had a lot of good times together. There have been some bad times as well, but we�ve always worked through those as a couple and come out stronger because of it. I now know without a shadow of any doubt that she is the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. That might sound a little sappy, but I don�t care, because love makes the most manly men sappy, including me.
Unfortunately, I do have some bad news. As I�m sure many of you know, getting engaged is not exactly cheap. Because I did it so close to PAX, I�ve had to cancel all of my PAX plans and cannot afford to go this year to meet you all. I really wish I could, as I was really looking forward to seeing and partying with everyone, but it�s just not going to be possible. I�m really sorry guys. Please don�t hold it against me! I hope you all have fun though, and hopefully we can meet at PAX 2011.
So now it�s time to plan a wedding. Somehow I have to convince Nicki to let me put Sonic and Mario on the wedding cake. Not sure how that�s going to go over with her, but we�ll see. Wish me luck �.
Thanks for listening guys. I�m really happy to be able to share this news with you all!
on 06.01.2010
A Lifelong Dream Realized: I�m going to E3
So maybe going to E3 isn�t a �lifelong� dream for me, since E3 has only been around for 15 years and I�m 30 years old, but it�s damn close enough. You need to understand that as far back as I can remember, I�ve always wanted to go to E3 and be one of the first people to play the tons of games that are revealed there. I�ve always yearned to sit in the actual Nintendo press conference as Miyamoto announces a new Zelda or Mario game; to cheer and scream with the rest of the crowd as if our wildest dreams had just come true.
Ok, maybe I�ve gotten off to a quick start here. Have I mentioned I�m going to E3 in two weeks? Maybe I didn�t, but the title of my blog kind of says it all don�t you think. Yes, after 2 long years of blogging on the Dtoid community Cblogs, and a full year of being a staff writer at
Gamer Limit
, I�ve finally been given the opportunity to go to E3 as a member of the video game press. To say I�m excited is an understatement. I mean essentially my two favorite weeks of the entire year are the week of E3 and the first week of the NCAA Men�s Basketball Tournament.
For 15 years I�ve sat hunched over my computer for the entire week of E3, absorbing every piece of video game knowledge coming out of the show that I can. I�ve gawked at all the incredible videos, giggled at the awesome developer interviews, and practically leaped out of my seat every time a new game was announced. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be able to go, especially when they decided in 2006 to downsize the convention. For a long time after that, people thought the show was doomed to become a ghost town, causing my hopes of ever going to be dashed forever.
Luckily, the ESA saw the error of their ways, and E3 has begun to return to its former glory. Luckily for me, this has happened right around the time I got hired on at Gamer Limit to be a staff writer. I always thought it would be incredible to write for a game website, but I never thought it would happen. I even came to Destructoid and started writing Cblogs just so someone might notice me and want to hire me, but it never happened. I eventually gave up and lost hope that it would ever happen, until one day I was approached by a fellow Dtoid community member who offered me the job at Gamer Limit. Now, because of Dtoid, and because of Gamer Limit, I�m finally getting the chance to go to E3 to fulfill this lifelong dream of mine.
So far it appears that I�ll definitely be going to the Nintendo Press Conference, and maybe the Sony Press Conference as well. Unfortunately though, I still don�t know if I�ll be able to attend the Microsoft one. I�ve also been invited to see a couple exclusive game reveals, many of which I can�t talk about now. Besides that, I�ll be in charge of playing and previewing the following list of games, which includes:
Force Unleashed 2
Gears of War 3
Dead Space 2
Rock Band 3
Star Wars: The Old Republic
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
I�ll of course try and play as many games as possible, but I really don�t have a clue how many I�ll actually be able to play.
While I�m there I also hope to hit up a couple parties, the most important one being the Destructoid Party. This will be my first chance to finally meet the Dtoid staff, and hopefully many of the community members here who I�ve always wanted to meet. I don�t know when it is, or if it�s really happening for that matter, but it better be. Maybe I�ll finally get to meet Chad and give him a hug.
So yeah, can you guys tell I�m excited? I�ve been telling all my friends that I�m going, but none of them play games and they all think I�m a major dork for going to a video game convention. They simply don�t understand, which sucks. I was hoping that by telling you guys at least I would be telling people who understand why I�m excited.
So anyways, if anyone cares, I�ll be posting lots of stuff on
Gamer Limit
during E3, and my twitter feed will be going crazy with show updates. If you�re interested, check it out. If anyone has any special requests for things I should do, games I should play, or people I should talk to, let me know.
on 12.23.2009
"The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas" Song and Video
Last year I sat down and wrote a Christmas song dedicated to the entire Dtoid community which I entitled
�The 12 Days of Destructoid Christmas�
. It's a spin of the famous Christmas song we have all heard many times before, but my version has a Destructoid inspired spin to it.
Next, I got the crazy idea to actually record myself singing this song. I�m not sure what I was thinking, because I do not have the best singing voice. Well afterwards I took the song and turned it into a music video and presented it to the entire community.
This year I�ve made a few slight changes to the song, and I�ve decided to bring it back to share with all of you once again. Since a lot of you weren�t around last year, this will be your first time hearing and seeing it. I really hope you all enjoy it. I put a lot of love into this song to give back to a community which I enjoy so much being a part of.
on 12.04.2009
Gamer Limit�s "Piece of Heart" 2009 Game Marathon for Child�s Play Charity
Most of us here at Destructoid are pretty damn passionate about playing video games, and many of us have done some crazy things in the name of gaming. We�ve camped out in sub freezing temperatures to buy a console the day it came out. We�ve put on extravagant costumes and gone to conventions to show off our love for a certain game character. We�ve even flown half way across the world to meet a bunch of fellow gamers we�ve only ever had contact with over the internet. Yep, I think it�s safe to say we�ve all done a lot of crazy thing thanks to our deeply rooted passion for gaming.
Another passionate group of gamers went out and created an online comic strip we all know as Penny Arcade, and over the past 5 years those guys have sponsored the Child�s Play charity. Since its inception, the charity has raised over $5 million in donations for sick kids in children�s hospitals throughout the world.
As many of you know, I�m a senior writer over at
Gamer Limit.com
. This year, the Gamer Limit staff have decided to put our passion for gaming to good use to help the Child�s Play charity. To do this we have put together the
Piece of Heart
gaming marathon.
Starting at 5PM (CST) on December 4th (TODAY!)
Gamer Limit staff members will convene at locations in both the United States and Australia for a 48 hour gaming marathon to help raise awareness and donations for Child�s Play. Both locations will be hosting
live video streams
of both participants and game footage as the race each other through the majority of the
Ratchet and Clank
series. You can tune in at any time during the event to root your team on,
participate in contests
, and even listen in during the live recording of the Limit Cast (Gamer Limit�s podcast).
You can go to
and anytime to watch the live streams, chat with other viewers, and participate in the contests.
I was actually supposed to be at the U.S. marathon site to participate, but unfortunately I will not be able to make it. I was really looking forward to playing 48 straight hours of
Ratchet and Clank
, especially since I love the series so much. I will be watching online, and you�ll be able to find me in the main chat room located on the live video stream page.
The event starts today at 5PM CST
. Please join us as we try to raise money to help support the Child�s Play charity. At any time, we encourage you to donate any spare cash to the cause. Every dollar goes towards making a sick child, somewhere in the world, smile for a little while with a game, book, or toy, and to relieve them from the pain and loneliness that being sick in hospital at such a young age brings.
All donations are handled via Chipin.com � meaning your generous gift goes directly to Child�s Play. For more information on the charity, visit their webpage at
I know how awesome all you Dtoid members are, so hopefully you will find some time in your hectically busy lives to stop on by and say hi, and maybe donate to a great cause.
on 11.18.2009
I celebrated my 30th birthday with beer, DJ Hero, and 600 balloons
So about a week and a half ago, I turned the ripe old age of 30 years old. While I was dreading reaching this �over the top� age, I have to admit that it ended up being one of the best birthdays I have ever had. I have been meaning to share stories and post some pictures from the celebrations, but things have been crazy busy since then and I just haven�t found the time. Well my life has finally slowed down just enough for me to right this blog, so sit back and enjoy as I tell you about what it�s like getting old.
So for my birthday, my girlfriend Nicki and I decided to throw a huge party. Now when I say huge, I�m talking like 45 people, which for us is probably the largest party we�ve ever thrown since we graduated college. Just for the record, the actual biggest party I ever threw was around 300 people back during my senior year of college. Now that was an epic party, but you know, it still wasn�t as good as my 30th birthday party.
So what mainly made my party so great was that almost all my closest friends came, including my parents and my girlfriend�s parents. That was actually the first time our parents ever met, and from what I can gather, it went well between them (fingers crossed!). Besides all the people, there was a TON of incredible food, which Nicki, our friend Mel, and I spent all day cooking. There were also a million desserts to choose from, including a pot of dark chocolate fondue we made.
Did I mention the beer, because there was a ton of beer. Besides a homebrewed keg of Belgian wheat beer my buddy Rhys made, we also had about 240 bottles of around 40 different types of beer. We also popped open a couple of bottles of wine and Champaign, but that was later in the night during a period I don�t remember very well.
So gaming wise, for my birthday I got the Renegade Version of DJ Hero and Ghostbusters for the Xbox360. I also got a bunch of Best Buy and Target gift cards, which I plan to use to buy a bunch more games, like Assassin�s Creed 2 and Dragon Age: Origins. Hopefully at some point soon I�ll actually find the time to play these games, but recently my life has been consumed by the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. I�m just so good at killing fools that I can�t seem to stop playing. :-P
Ok, so the final thing I want to tell you all about is the office prank my coworkers played on me for my 30th birthday. You may, or may not, remember this, but last year I completely tin foiled another of my coworker�s offices for his 40th birthday. Since then he has vowed to get me back. Well over the weekend he and a bunch of other people came in and blew up 600 individual balloons, which they piled into my office. They also threw confetti and glitter everywhere. When I got to work on Monday morning I was pretty dumbfounded.
Suffice to say, it took me all freaking day to clean up my office. What made it worse was that they put glitter and confetti in the balloons, so when I went to pop them, the shit went everywhere. The guys were at least nice enough to come in and vacuum it all off the floor.
The only thing that sucked about my 30th birthday was the hangover, and the fact I didn�t get to meet Yojimbo. He was supposed to make it to my party so we could finally meet, but unfortunately family issues caused him to not be able to make it. That�s totally cool, and I completely understand, but it would have been great to meet the guy and hang out. There are a ton of you out there who I would like to meet as well, but that�s just gonna have to wait until I can make it to PAX!
So to recap, turning 30 wasn�t really bad at all. I expected it to be horrible, and instead it was one of the best birthday�s I ever had. I�m really an extremely lucky guy. I have an incredible girlfriend who loves me, a large group of friends who I really care about, and a great family who live right down the street.
Ok this turned out being much longer than I thought. If you actually read it all, more power to ya. For those of you who don�t like to read, here are a bunch of pictures to look at.
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- From Dust
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- Fez
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- Rayman Origins
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Bulletstorm
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- Portal 2
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
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- Batman: Arkham Asylum
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- LEGO Rock Band
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- Dead Space: Extraction
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- Darkest of Days
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I recently posted about my lo having his first stomach bug well now he has a really bad diaper rash!!! I'm using the purple desitin anything that's better?!
Kim- mommy to two beautiful little ladies.
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Married to my wonderful husband since 2004. Got the greatest gift ever the love of my life Gavin on 05/13
Baking soda baths,
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no wipes...use washcloths wet with warm water,
At the hospital, they used a mix of Calmoseptine/A&D ointment for my LO; we use it here at home now as well. We also use Triple Paste at times.
We also just switched back to cloth last month for K because disposables were just making the rash worse.
Randi, US Army wife and Mom to 4 lovely ladies!
Triple paste is the only thing that works for me. It's pricey though. Good luck!


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Guaranteed Analysis describes the nutrient content required by AAFCO labeling standards to be identified on every product package. Since these are guarantees, pet food manufacturers work to formulate diets that meet or exceed the minimum requirements.
|Value (units)
|Copper (Min)
|10.0 mg/kg
|Vitamin E (Min)
|300.0 IU/kg
|Taurine (Min)
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|Crude Protein (Min)
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This bill not only is loaded with obvious costs but also features underlying protectionist expenses that would benefit the usual industries (agriculture and steel) and, of course, unions. For example, the legislation would force nations "that have not taken action to limit emissions to pay a comparable amount" -- in other words, to pay for having the good sense not to engage in slow-motion economic suicide. (Hey, I thought we weren't supposed to impose our values on other nations.)
What do we expect from these countries and ourselves? The bill would mandate we reduce emissions by 83 percent by 2050. Roll up your sleeves, because we all will be doing organic farming. Or, as Pat Michaels of the Cato Institute points out, we "will allow the average American the carbon dioxide emissions of the average citizen back in 1867, a mere 39 years from today."
Though an energy breakthrough could make all this possible -- and that would be wonderful -- solar panels, carbon sequestration and the fertile imaginations of political opportunists who make demands before they have solutions will not.
And remember, these legislators were supposed to be the grown-ups.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star family-friendly hotel near Explanada de los Heroes
With a stay at Fastos Hotel in Monterrey, you'll be convenient to Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame and Explanada de los Heroes.
This family-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Alameda and Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon.
Make yourself at home in one of the 156 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include irons/ironing boards, as well as phones with free local calls.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves lunch and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, a 24-hour front desk, and an elevator (lift). This hotel has 3 meeting rooms available for events.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
A 24-hour business center is on site at this 3-star property. 3 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly hotel also offers 24-hour room service and an elevator (lift). A complimentary area shuttle within 10 km is available for guests.
Fastos Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 156
- Bar/lounge
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Fastory - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 10 AM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 1 PM
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
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No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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