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NAME: Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. (Colonel, USAF)
NASA Astronaut
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born May 16, 1945, in Cass City, Michigan. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brewster H. Shaw, Sr., reside in Cass City.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; blue eyes; height: 5 feet 8 inches; weight: 140 pounds.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Cass City High School, Cass City, Michigan, in 1963; received bachelor and master of science degrees in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in 1968 and 1969, respectively.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Kathleen Ann Mueller of Madison, Wisconsin. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mueller, reside in Madison.
CHILDREN: Brewster Hopkinson III, August 6, 1970; Jessica Hollis, February 3, 1975; Brandon Robert, August 15, 1976.
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: He enjoys flying, running, skiing, sailing, hunting, and camping.
SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with 20 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Combat Readiness Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. Named a Distinguished Graduate from Officer Training School and the USAF Test Pilot School. Recipient of undergraduate pilot training Commanders Trophy, Outstanding Flying Trophy, Outstanding Academic Trophy, Best T-38 Pilot Award, and Top Formation Pilot Award; F-100 Barry Goldwater Top Gun Award and Top Academic Student, and F-4 Outstanding Academic Student Award and Top Gun Award. Recipient of Group Achievement Award 1981 Launch & Landing Operations Team, NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1985, 1989), American Astronautical Society 1983 Flight Achievement Award STS-9 (Spacelab 1), Veterans of Foreign Wars 1984 National Space Award STS-9, NASA Group Achievement Award 61-B EASE/ACCESS (1986), NASA-JSC Aviation Safety Award (1987), NASA Special Achievement Award (1988), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (1988).
EXPERIENCE: Shaw entered the Air Force in 1969 after completing Officer Training School and attended undergraduate pilot training at Craig Air Force Base, Alabama. He received his wings in 1970 and was then assigned to the F-100 Replacement Training Unit at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. In March 1971, he was assigned as an F-100 combat fighter pilot to the 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. He returned to the United States in August 1971 for assignment to the F-4 Replacement Training Unit at George Air Force Base, California. He was subsequently sent to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, where he flew combat missions as an F-4 fighter pilot. In April 1973, he reported to the 20th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, George Air Force Base, California, for F-4 instructor duties. Shaw attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, from July 1975 to 1976.
Following completion of this training, he remained at Edwards as an operational test pilot with the 6512th Test Squadron (Test Operations). He served as an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School from August 1977 to July 1978.
He has logged more than 5,000 hours flying time in over 30 types of aircraft -- including 644 hours of combat in F-100 and F-4 aircraft.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Shaw was selected as an astronaut in January 1978. His technical assignments have included support crew and Entry CAPCOM for STS-3 and STS-4, staff member of the Roger's Presidential Commission investigating the STS-51L Challenger accident, head of the Orbiter return to flight team responsible for implementing safety modifications to the Orbiter fleet, and Astronaut Office Liaison with the Department of Defense (DOD) for classified payloads. He has flown on three Shuttle mission, STS-9, SSTS-61B and STS-28.
On his first mission, Shaw was pilot on STS-9/Spacelab-1 which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 28, 1983. The crew on board the Orbiter Columbia included spacecraft commander, John Young; mission specialists, Owen Garriott and Robert Parker; and payload specialists, Byron Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold. This six-man crew was the largest yet to fly aboard a single spacecraft, the first international Shuttle crew, and the first to carry payload specialists. During this maiden flight of the European Space Agency (ESA)-developed laboratory, the crew conducted more than seventy multi-disciplinary scientific and technical investigations in the fields of life sciences, atmospheric physics and earth observations, astronomy and solar physics, space plasma physics, and materials processing. After 10-days of Spacelab hardware verification and around-the-clock scientific operations, Columbia and its laboratory cargo (the heaviest payload to be returned to earth in the Shuttle Orbiter's cargo bay) landed on the dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 8, 1983.
He was spacecraft commander on STS-61B which launched at night from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 26, 1985. On board the Orbiter Atlantis, his crew included the pilot, Bryan O'Connor, mission specialists, Mary Cleave, Jerry Ross and Woody Spring, as well as payload specialists, Rodolfo Neri Vela (Mexico), and Charles Walker (McDonnell Douglas). During the mission the crew deployed the MORELOS-B, AUSSAT II, and SATCOM K-2 communications satellites, conducted 2 six hour space walks to demonstrate Space Station construction techniques with the EASE/ACCESS experiments, operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis (CFES) experiment for McDonnell Douglas and a Getaway Special (GAS) container for Telesat, Canada, conducted several Mexican Payload Specialist Experiments for the Mexican Government, and tested the Orbiter Experiments Digital Autopilot (OEX DAP). This was the heaviest payload weight carried to orbit by the Space Shuttle to date. After completing 108 orbits of the Earth in 165 hours, Shaw landed Atlantis on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 3, 1985.
As spacecraft commander of STS-28, Shaw and his crew launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 8, 1989. The crew on board Shuttle Orbiter Columbia included the pilot, Dick Richards, and three mission specialists, Jim Adamson, David Leestma, and Mark Brown. The mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. After 80 orbits of the earth, this five day mission concluded with a dry lakebed landing on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 13, 1989.
With the completion of this flight Col. Shaw logged a total of 534 hours in space.
Currently Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Operations, NASA Headquarters, stationed at NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Carried ESA Spacelab. Payloads: Payload: Spacelab-1 experiments, habitable Spacelab and pallet, carried 71 experiments. The six-man crew was divided into two 12-hour-day red and blue teams to operate experiments. First high-inclination orbit of 57 degrees.
Planned TDRS/IUS deployment shuttle mission. Cancelled due to IUS failure.
Manned seven crew. Deployed Morelos 2, Aussat 2, Satcom K2, OEX. Payloads: Deploy SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communi-cations) Ku-2 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II. Deploy Morelos (Mexico communications satellite)-B with PAM-D. Deploy AUSSAT (Australian communications satellite)-2 with PAM-D. EASE/ACCESS (Assembly of Structures— Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures) by extravehicular activity (EVA) astronauts, Continuous Flow Electrophore-sis System (CFES), Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions (DMOS), IMAX camera, one getaway special (GAS), Linhof camera and Hasseblad camera.
Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.
Manned five crew. Deployed 2 classified satellites. Landed at: Runway 17 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 287 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 1,618.00 m. Landing Rollout: 1,833.00 m. Payloads: DoD Mission.


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Becca Ford is a survivor of the outbreak and the daughter of Abraham and Ellen Ford in AMC's The Walking Dead.
Nothing is known about Becca's life before or as the outbreak began, except that she lived with her father, mother, and brother.
Season 5
"Self Help"
Becca is seen in a grocery store hiding with her mother and brother after her father Abraham kills multiple people, presumably survivors who harmed them. They are terrified of what Abraham has become and her mother leaves with Becca and A.J. the next day, but, upon finding a car, they are attacked and devoured by walkers. They are later found dead by Abraham.
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This list shows the victims Becca has killed:
- Possibly a few unnamed zombies
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After Becca, her mother and brother found an abandoned car after leaving her father by himself in the bloody grocery store, she was attacked by a group of walkers. Presumably unable to fight back, Becca could not help but be overwhelmed by them, causing them to devour her. Abraham would later discover the bodies of his family, hers included.
Abraham Ford
Like A.J. and Ellen, Abraham was deeply protective of Becca, and like the rest of his family, she is horribly frightened when she witnesses Abraham kill a group of men in order to protect them. Guided by her mother, her fear is enough to drive her away (though it is possible their relationship may have been strained before that event) and eventually leads to her death. Distraught at her demise, Abraham nearly commits suicide, having lost his life's purpose: to provide protection for his family.
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When owner and chef patron Agnar Sverrisson opened 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen with former co-owner and sommelier Xavier Rousset in 2010, it's merely a slight exaggeration to say that they have assisted in revolutionizing the wine bar concept across London.
The idea—now applied to three venues across the city after the success of the original site in Fetter Lane—is simple: a concise two-page list, with each wine served by the glass, carafe, or bottle, and matched with an affordable menu of simple, well-cooked modern bistro dishes. What makes it work so well is the skill on show: both in the quality of the cooking, and the imagination put into the short selection of wine choices.
The wine list is a microcosm of the current natural-minded zeitgeist, with the accent on drinkability rather than showy fruit and extreme concentration, on small producers and backwoods appellations, rather than the traditional big classic names (although there's a tempting handful of mature classic vintages such as Château Lynch-Bages 1995). The prices, and small servings, invite exploration: from the Quinta das Maias Branco from Portugal's Dão (£3.30, 75cl) to Blank Bottle Moment of Silence from Wellington, South Africa (£4.40) and Guitiérrez Colosia Amontillado Sherry (£5.40) The team at 28-50 may take wine seriously but drinking here is always a joy.


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Samsung Releases Version 4.3 of Magician Software
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Author: Prunes
Samsung recently released the latest edition of its Magician software, which is used to monitor and optimize Samsung SSDs. The newest version, version 4.3, brings two new features that are particularly interesting. One of them is RAPID (Real-Time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data). What that means is that it can boost your sequential read times by up to twice the speed of what it normally is, so some will experience sequential read times over 1 GB/s. The way Samsung achieves this boost is by utilizing a small amount of CPU power and RAM (around 50 MB) to cache frequently used programs, so they are available almost immidiately. The other new feature is TCG/OPAL, which an upgrade in the security department. OPAL protects the user's data against unauthorized access, when the data leaves the owner's control.
The software is available for download, and I highly recommend it, if you own a Samsung Pro or Evo, since my own sequential read speeds hit 1.2 GB/s after enabling RAPID.
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CHULA VISTA, CA (BRAIN)—The BMX Hall of Fame is now accepting nomination applications for individuals to be considered for the class of 2010.
For the first time in BMX Hall of Fame history, the process of nominating is now open to the general public. This will allow the public to participate in a very important part of the overall process.
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The BMX Hall of Fame is accepting new nominations in each category that will be considered for the class of 2010. All new nominations that are accepted will be added to the list of nominees from last year's ballot. Individuals that were on last year's ballot may submit a new nomination application for the purpose of updating or enhancing their bio information.
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Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and later Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher based in Bellevue, Washington.
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|Dissolved by parent, "Sierra" brand name revived in 2014.
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|July 10, 2008
|Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
|List of Sierra Entertainment video games
|Vivendi Games (1996–2008)
Founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems, by Ken and Roberta Williams.[1] Sierra On-Line was acquired by CUC International in February 1998 and became part of CUC International's newly established CUC Software (renamed multiply until becoming Vivendi Games in 2003).
Vivendi Games was acquired by Activision and merged into Activision Blizzard in July 2008, after which the Sierra name was effectively disbanded alongside. The brand name was relaunched by Activision in 2014, and exists as a in-name publishing label under which Sierra's legacy titles are re-released, as well as some independent titles.
Sierra Entertainment was founded in 1979[1] as On-Line Systems in Simi Valley, California, by Ken and Roberta Williams. Ken Williams, a programmer for IBM, bought an Apple II microcomputer which he planned to use to develop a Fortran compiler for the Apple II. At the time, his wife Roberta Williams was playing text adventure games on the Apple II. Dissatisfied with the text-only format, she realized that the graphics display capability of the Apple II could enhance the adventure gaming experience. After initial success, On-Line Systems was renamed Sierra On-Line in 1982, and the company moved to Oakhurst, California.[2] By early 1984 InfoWorld estimated that Sierra was the world's 12th-largest microcomputer-software company, with $12.5 million in 1983 sales.[3]
In 1980, On-Line Systems released their first game in the Hi-Res Adventure series, Mystery House. Roberta wrote the script for the adventure game in three weeks, then presented it to Ken. At this point, Roberta convinced Ken to help her develop the game in the evenings after work. She worked on the text and the graphics, and told Ken how to put it all together to make it the game she wanted. They worked on it for about three months and, on May 5, 1980, Mystery House was ready for shipment. Mystery House was an instant hit. It was the first computer adventure game to have graphics, although they were crude, monochrome, static line drawings. It sold about 15,000 copies and earned $167,000.
The Hi-Res Adventure series continued with Mission Asteroid, which was released as Hi-Res Adventure #0, despite being the second release. The next release, Wizard and the Princess, also known as Adventure in Serenia, is considered a prelude to the later King's Quest series in both story and concept.[4] Through 1981 and 1982, more games were released in the series including Cranston Manor, Ulysses and the Golden Fleece, Time Zone, and The Dark Crystal. A simplified version of The Dark Crystal, intended for a younger audience, was written by Al Lowe and released as Gelfling Adventure.
Many of Sierra's most well known series began in the 1980s. In 1983, Sierra On-Line was contacted by IBM to create a game for its new PCjr. IBM would fund the entire development of the game, pay royalties for it, and advertise for the game. Ken and Roberta accepted and started on the project. Roberta created a story featuring classic fairy-tale elements. Her game concept included animated color graphics, a pseudo 3D-perspective where the main character was visible on the screen, a more competent text parser that would understand advanced commands from the player, and music playing in the background through the PCjr sound hardware. For the game, a complete development system called Adventure Game Interpreter was developed. In the summer of 1984, King's Quest was released to much acclaim, beginning the King's Quest series.
While working to finish The Black Cauldron, programmers Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy began to plan for an adventure game of their own. After a simple demonstration to Ken, he allowed them to start working on the full game, which was named Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter. The game, released in October 1986, was an instant success and would spawn many sequels in the following years as part of the Space Quest series.
Al Lowe, who had been working at Sierra On-Line for many years, was asked by Ken Williams to write a modern version of Chuck Benton's Softporn Adventure from 1981, the only pure text adventure that the company had ever released. Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards was a great hit (although it first became famous as an early example of software piracy, as Sierra sold many more hintbooks than actual copies of the game) and won the Software Publishers Association's Best Adventure Game award of 1987. A long series of Leisure Suit Larry games would follow in the coming years.
Ken Williams befriended a retired highway patrol officer named Jim Walls, and asked him to produce an adventure series based on a police theme. Walls proceeded to create Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, which was released in 1987. Several sequels followed, and series was touted for its adherence to police protocol (relevant parts of which were explained in the games' manuals), and presenting some real-life situations encountered by Walls during his career as an officer.
Quest for Glory is a series of hybrid adventure/role-playing video games designed by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. The first game in the series, Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero, was released in 1989. The series combined humor, puzzle elements, themes and characters borrowed from various legends, puns, and memorable characters, creating a 5-part series of the Sierra stable. Although the series was originally titled Hero's Quest, Sierra failed to trademark the name. Milton Bradley successfully trademarked an electronic version of their unrelated joint Games Workshop board game, HeroQuest, which forced Sierra to change the series' title to Quest for Glory. This decision caused all future games in the series (as well as newer releases of Hero's Quest I) to switch over to the new name.
In 1987, Sierra On-Line started to publish their own gaming magazine, where one could read about their upcoming games and interviews with the developers. The magazine was initially named The Sierra Newsletter, The Sierra News Magazine and The Sierra/Dynamix Newsmagazine. However, since Sierra Club already published a magazine called Sierra Magazine, the name of the magazine published by Sierra On-Line was changed to InterAction in 1991. The magazine InterAction was discontinued in 1999.
Sierra's Adventure Game Interpreter engine, introduced with King's Quest, was replaced in 1988[5] with Sierra's Creative Interpreter in King's Quest IV. The game was released under both engines, so those who had newer computers could use the new engine and its better rendering technology.[6]
In 1990, Sierra released King's Quest V. It was the first Sierra On-Line game ever to sell more than 500,000 copies and was the highest selling game for the next five years. It won several awards as well, such as the Best Adventure Game of the Year from both the Software Publishers Association and Computer Gaming World magazine.
The ImagiNation Network, the first game-only online environment,[7] began development in 1989.[citation needed] It was launched on May 6, 1991, as the Sierra Network.[7] Providing a "land-based" precursor to MMORPGs and internet chat rooms, each land theme for the type of content provided multi-player gaming and category based bulletin boards and chat rooms throughout the continental United States. AT&T took sole possession of the network on November 15, 1994, and as a result the name was changed to the ImagiNation Network.[7] The network failed to find a mass audience.[8]
In 1991, Sierra released the first title in the Dr. Brain series, Castle of Dr. Brain, a hybrid puzzle adventure education game, which had several sequels. In 1993, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers was released, beginning the Gabriel Knight series. Generally considered to be a staple of the point-and-click adventure genre,[citation needed] the game and its sequels were critically acclaimed in the mainstream press at the time.
Sierra and Broderbund ended merger discussions in March 1991.[9]
Sierra had grown enormously since its first years, and a new building would be needed to expand its operations to continue making games. A decision was made to move the headquarters north to Bellevue, Washington. Sierra's original location in Oakhurst continued as an internal development studio for the company, and was later renamed Yosemite Entertainment.
The company was now made up of five separate and largely autonomous development divisions: Sierra Publishing, Sierra Northwest, Dynamix, Bright Star Technology, and Coktel Vision, with each group working separately on product development but sharing manufacturing, distribution, and sales resources.
The year 1995 would prove to be an extremely successful year for the company. Sierra was the market-share leader in PC games for the year.[10] With $83.4 million in sales from its software-publishing business, earnings improved by 19 percent, bringing a net income of $11.9 million to the company. In June 1995, Sierra and Pioneer Electric Corp. signed an agreement to create a joint venture that would develop, publish, manufacture, and market entertainment software for the Japanese software market. This joint venture created a new company called Sierra Venture. With Sierra and Pioneer investing over $12 million, the new company immediately manufactured and shipped over twenty of Sierra's most popular products to Japan and created new titles for the Japanese market.[citation needed] 1995 also saw Sierra acquiring a number of development companies, both small home developers and larger companies.[11]
Phantasmagoria was by far the largest project ever undertaken by Sierra. At the time of its release in late 1995, the anticipation for the game was high. Although nearly one million copies were sold when the game was first released in August 1995, making it the bestselling Sierra adventure game created, the game received mixed reviews from industry critics.[12]
Sold to CUCEdit
In February 1996, early e-commerce pioneer CUC International, seeking to expand into interactive entertainment, offered to buy Sierra at a price of about $1.5 billion.[citation needed] The deal with CUC closed on July 24, 1996. Immediately after the sale, Ken Williams stepped down as CEO of Sierra. He stayed with the software division as a Vice-President of CUC so that he could provide strategic guidance to Sierra and began to work on CUC's online product distributor, NetMarket. One year later, Ken and Roberta left CUC.
In September 1996, CUC announced plans to consolidate some of the functions of its game companies into a single company called CUC Software Inc., headquartered in Torrance, California. Davidson & Associates became the publisher for the studio. CUC Software would consolidate the manufacturing, distribution, and sales resources of all of its divisions that would come to include Sierra, Davidson, Blizzard, Knowledge Adventure, and Gryphon Software.
On November 5, 1996, Sierra was restructured into three units.
Cendant CorporationEdit
In December 1997, CUC merged with HFS Incorporated. The two companies jointly formed the Cendant Corporation with more than 40,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
In 1998, Sierra split up its organization into 4 sub-brands and corporate divisions:
- Sierra Attractions (For casual games such as poker)
- Sierra Home (For home/lifestyle software)
- Sierra Sports (For sports games)
- Sierra Studios (General publishing division)
On November 24, 1997, Sierra published Diablo: Hellfire, the official expansion pack for the widely popular game Diablo. It was developed by Synergistic Software, a division of Sierra.
On November 19, 1998, Sierra published Half-Life for the PC, developed by Valve Corporation, widely considered to be one of the greatest games of all time.
In March 1998, massive accounting fraud at CUC was exposed. With the news, Cendant announced its intention to sell off its computer entertainment division, and on November 20, 1998, announced the sale of its entire consumer software division to Paris-based Havas S.A. Sierra became a part of Havas Interactive, the interactive entertainment division of the company.
Major layoffsEdit
On February 22, 1999, Sierra announced a major reorganization of the company, resulting in the shutdown of several of their development studios, cutbacks on others and the relocation of key projects, and employees from those studios, to Bellevue. About 250 people in total lost their jobs. Development groups within Sierra such as PyroTechnix were shut down. Others such as Books That Work were relocated to Bellevue. Also shut down was Yosemite Entertainment, the division occupying the original headquarters of Sierra On-Line. The company sold the rights of Headgate Studios back to the original owner.[13] With the exception of the warehouse and distribution department, the entire studio was shut down. Game designers Al Lowe and Scott Murphy were laid off. Lowe had just started work on Leisure Suit Larry 8. Murphy was involved in a Space Quest 7 project at the time. Layoffs continued on March 1, when Sierra terminated 30 employees at the previously unaffected Dynamix, 15 percent of its workforce.
Despite the layoffs, Sierra continued to publish games for smaller development houses. In September 1999, they released Homeworld, a real-time space-combat strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment. The game design was revolutionary for the genre, and the game received great critical acclaim and many awards.
Yosemite Entertainment legacyEdit
UK-based games developer and publisher Codemasters, in an effort to establish themselves in the United States, announced that it would launch a new development studio in Oakhurst, using the abandoned Sierra facilities and hiring much of the Yosemite Entertainment's laid-off staff in mid-September 1999. In early October the company announced that it would take over management and maintenance of the online RPG The Realm and that it would pick up and complete the previously canceled Navy SEALs. The company also reported that it had obtained the rights to continue using the name Yosemite Entertainment for the development house.
Meanwhile, Sierra announced another reorganization, this time into three business units: Core Games, Casual Entertainment, and Home Productivity. This reorganization resulted in even more layoffs, eliminating 105 additional jobs and a number of games in production. After 1999, Sierra almost entirely ceased to be a developer of games and, as time went on, instead became a publisher of games by independent developers.
At the end of June 2000, a strategic business alliance between Vivendi, Seagram, and Canal+ was announced, and Vivendi Universal, a leading global media and communications company, was formed after the merger with Seagram (the parent company of Universal Studios). Havas S.A. was renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing and became the publishing division of the new group, divided into five groups: games, education, literature, health, and information. The merger was followed by many more layoffs of Sierra employees.
On February 19, 2002, Sierra On-Line officially announced the change of its name to Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
In 2002, Sierra, working with High Voltage Software, announced the development of a new chapter in the Leisure Suit Larry franchise, titled Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. It was released to mostly mixed to negative reviews; Larry's creator, Al Lowe, was not involved with the project.
The newly renamed Sierra Entertainment continued to develop mostly unsuccessful interactive entertainment products. However, its hit Homeworld 2 once again cemented Sierra's reputation as a respectable publisher.
In 2003, Sierra Entertainment released the second video game adaptation of The Hobbit, as well as NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.
Cost-cutting measures were taken because of parent company Vivendi Universal Games' (VU Games') financial troubles and because of Sierra's lack of profitability as a working developer. Impressions Games and the Papyrus Design Group were shut down in the spring of 2004, and about 50 people lost their jobs in those cuts; 180 Sierra-related positions were eliminated at Vivendi's Los Angeles offices; and finally in June 2004, VU Games shut down Sierra's Bellevue location, which cost over 100 people their jobs, dispersed Sierra's work to other VU Games divisions, and relocated the company to Vivendi Universal Games's corporate headquarters in Fresno, California. Other titles, such as Print Artist, were permanently discontinued. The Hoyle franchise was sold to an independent developer. In total, 350 people lost their jobs.
In late 2005, the Sierra brand was re-launched from Los Angeles, including the Sierra Online brand, which was to focus on online-only titles.
Throughout 2005 and 2006, Vivendi Universal Games acquired several game development studios including Massive Entertainment, High Moon Studios, Radical Entertainment, Secret Lair Studios / Studio Ch'in (based in Seattle and Shanghai) and Swordfish Studios and integrated them into Sierra, alongside the creative licenses from other Vivendi Universal divisions and from companies partnered with Vivendi Universal Games and the copyrights of several notable intellectual properties, such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, 50 Cent: Bulletproof and Scarface.
After Vivendi Universal Games was renamed to Vivendi Games in Mid 2006, all the games published by the company would all be branded under the Sierra Entertainment name.
Caesar IV was published September 26, 2006 in North America, in partnership with Tilted Mill Entertainment.
In the summer of 2007, Sierra Online began launching Xbox Live Arcade titles for the Xbox 360. One of its first releases was the conversion of the successful "German-style" board game Carcassonne, which had been in development at Secret Lair Studios.
In September 2007, Sierra released the real-time tactical video game World in Conflict.
In October 2007, Sierra released TimeShift.
In 2008, Sierra Entertainment's parent company Vivendi Games merged with video game publisher Activision to form the Activision Blizzard holding company. Vivendi Games was absorbed into Activision after the merger and the ownership of Sierra and its properties went to Activision. Later that year, Sierra was closed down for possible future sale.
On July 29, 2008, Activision dropped several planned Sierra titles due for release that weren't a strong fit with their long-term strategy. [1] Upcoming titles like Crash: Mind Over Mutant, The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon and Prototype were retained by Activision. Many of the former planned Vivendi/Sierra published titles were sold on to other publishers. Ghostbusters: The Video Game and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena were sold to Atari, Inc., Brütal Legend was sold to Electronic Arts, WET was sold to Bethesda Softworks, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand was sold to THQ and World in Conflict: Soviet Assault was sold to Ubisoft, who also acquired Massive Entertainment. Swordfish Studios was sold to Codemasters.
On August 7, 2014, the website for Sierra, which previously redirected to Activision's website, was updated, showcasing a new logo, teasing: "More to be revealed at Gamescom 2014." The revived Sierra Entertainment will re-release some of their older games,[14] re-imagining their older franchise, as well as collaborate with indie studios to create new "innovative, edgy and graphically unique" projects.[15] Sierra will focus on publishing downloadable games through PlayStation Network, Steam for PC and Xbox Live.[16] "We're very proud of what we created all those years ago with Sierra On-Line, and today's news about carrying Sierra forward as an indie-specific brand is very encouraging," said Sierra founder Ken Williams in an official statement. "We look forward to seeing Sierra's independent spirit live on."[17] On the same day, King's Quest and Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions were announced; they were the first two games published under the revived Sierra brand.[18]
On December 5, 2014, they were awarded with the "Industry Icon" award during the 2014 The Game Awards, and they also introduced the first footage from the reboot of King's Quest.[19]
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- Bright Star Technology in Bellevue, Washington, founded 1980, acquired 1992.
- Green Thumb Software, acquired in 1995.
- Dynamix in Eugene, Oregon, founded 1984, acquired August 1990, closed August 14, 2001.
- Front Page Sports, closed January 28, 1998.
- Impressions Games in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded 1989, acquired 1995, closed April 2004.
- Papyrus Design Group in Watertown, Massachusetts, founded in 1987, acquired 1995, closed May 2004.
- PyroTechnix, founded as Computer Presentation, acquired February 1996, closed in 1999.
- Yosemite Entertainment in Oakhurst, California, formed in 1998, closed in 1999 then sold to Codemasters that year.[20]
- Headgate Studios in Bountiful, Utah, founded in 1992, acquired April 1996, sold to original owner in 1999.
- Synergistic Studios, founded in 1978, acquired in 1996, studio closed in 1999. No longer involved in the video game industry.
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- ^ a b Wolf, Mark J. P., ed. (2012). Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming, Volume 2. Greenwood. p. 573. ISBN 978-0313379369.
- ^ Levy, Stephen (1984). Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-19195-2.
- ^ Caruso, Denise (April 2, 1984). "Company Strategies Boomerang". InfoWorld. pp. 80–83. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Interaction Magazine, Fall 1994
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ^ a b c "75 Power Players: The Next Generation?". Next Generation. Imagine Media (11): 75. November 1995.
- ^ "Traditional Online Services". Next Generation. No. 19. Imagine Media. July 1996. pp. 30–31.
- ^ "Inside the Industry". Computer Gaming World. June 1991. p. 62. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Sierra Merges with CUC". GamePro. No. 92. IDG. May 1996. p. 20.
- ^ Sherman, Christopher (February 1996). "Movers & Shakers". Next Generation. No. 14. Imagine Media. p. 25.
- ^ "Pantasmagoria (pc:1995)". Archived from the original on September 23, 2008.
- ^ "Headgate Studios: About". Headgate Studios. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
- ^ Alexa Ray Corriea (August 12, 2014). "Geometry Wars and King's Quest return with revived Sierra label". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ Chris Pereira (August 17, 2014). "Geometry Wars 3, New King's Quest From Sierra Announced at Gamescom 2014". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Patrick Klepek (August 17, 2014). "Sierra's Coming Back With King's Quest, Geometry Wars". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on August 28, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Martin Robinson (August 17, 2014). "Sierra is back – and so are Geometry Wars and King's Quest". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Hamza Aziz (August 17, 2014). "Sierra is back! New King's Quest and, uh, Geometry Wars coming". Destructoid. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Kevin Dunsmore (December 5, 2014). "The Game Awards 2014 Full List Of Winners Revealed". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ "Codemasters Software Co Ltd acquires Yosemite Entertainment from Vivendi SA". The Alcra Store. September 21, 1999. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
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The Future of Animal Welfare Depends on Keeping our Kids' Eyes Wide Open
Okay, so these adages are well-worn or possibly even trite. However, they resonate with me today as we launch the International Fund for Animal Welfare's annual Animal Action Week and set out to inspire millions of children in eight languages and more than 15 countries to learn about elephants, conservation, and animal welfare. Wait, animals and children?
They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Researchers at the University of Virginia found that most infants prefer to look at films and photos of animals over images of vehicles, toys and pretty much any other objects. In the U.S., children aged 6-14 would rather donate money to wildlife than win a sweepstakes, according to a market survey I came across recently (though children younger than nine were more altruistic than 10- to 14-year-olds).
Unfortunately, this strong connection starts to weaken for many people somewhere on the way to adulthood. One disturbing result: too many grown-ups have shut their eyes to the consequences of their behavior - the impact of human activities - on animals and our shared environment. Some recent examples:
According to a 2011 poll commissioned by IFAW, almost 3 in 10 adults in the US and several European countries didn't know that an elephant must die in order to remove its ivory tusks.
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This is a shocking reminder of why it's so important to better educate and inspire our children about conservation and animal welfare – in a way that stays with them as they grow into the next generation of leaders who will be making important decisions about the fate of animals around the world.
If we don't make sure that today's young people enter adulthood with their eyes wide open to the importance of protecting our living planet, then we are all – elephants, animals, ecosystems, people - in deep trouble. It comes down to another wise saying:
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I hope you will join me and our global ambassador for Animal Action Week, Leonardo DiCaprio, in engaging young people worldwide to 'join the herd' and protect elephants. -- FO To join Fred O'Regan and Leonardo DiCaprio in supporting the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Animal Action Week, visit https://ifaw.org/education
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Well this is my first build here so feel free to give criticism, please don't down-rate without a comment/criticism.
Ive played Miss Fortune as full AD since she came out. Ive seen too many AS Miss Fortunes and absolutely no AP ones (which I think could be a very viable build). I will try not to write a wall of text.
These runes are so far my best choice. The added MP regen will help late game and the Ar-Penetration will help early to late game(You're Double Up will hit true damage on a squishy possibly even a tank early game). CD Reduction is an obvious choice.
The first item is a Manamune, it hasn't been added to the database yet I will add it soon as I can to the build. Merc Treads are my preferred choice because Miss Fortune is rather squishy (Mobility, Swiftness, even Berserker's can be used). Frozen Mallet is for the slow along with more HP. 2 Bloodthirsters and a Black Cleaver will get you to 400+ AD, you're ultimate will absolutely devastate squishy champs especially near your towers. Example, they have a minion wave and all you have to do is Bullet Time and the wave will be gone and the turret will hit them at least once. (Make It Rain works fine once at level 18)
A 21/0/9 build seems to be best since you don't need the added CD reduc or regen from Utility. Nothing from Defensive is needed at all.
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This study called "The Health Benefits of Sexual Aids & Devices: A
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The study found that more women today are using sexual aids like sex
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There are lots of web site that sell sex toys in case you don't find what
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Of course, the Bible Belt states don't think that sex toys are a good thing.
South Carolina is on the verge of banning the sale of sex toys. Rep.
Ralph Davenport of Boiling Springs, South Carolina has proposed
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selling some horny woman a Rabbit Pearl, you could get up to five years
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sell devices used primarily for sexual stimulation and allow law
enforcement to seize sex toys from raided businesses."
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toys? Use them on each other?
South Carolina doesn't want anyone to have any fun. The bill describes
the sale of sex toys as "prurient interest in sex", as if sex is a bad thing.
Alabama refused to hear a case that would challenge the states ban
which "prohibited the distribution of 'any device designed or marketed
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Other states with bans are Georgia and Texas. Remind me never to
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Attention: Revisions to PA Systems of Records-Comments
We are writing to comment on the proposed changes to the Suspicious Activity Report System (the "SAR System"). Our primary concerns relate to the unintended consequences to privacy as a result of these changes.
Prior to the federal anti-money laundering statutes, common law expectations of privacy and marketplace competition inhibited the gratuitous sharing and selling of previously private, personal financial information. The adoption of the Bank Secrecy Act three decades ago inadvertently ushered in a serious deterioration of consumer financial privacy. In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. United States that depositors have "no legitimate 'expectation of privacy'" in their bank records since the information could be passed from the other person to the government (as required by the Bank Secrecy Act).
As a result of the change in expectations, Congress passed the Right to Financial Privacy Act in 1978 that reinstated limited expectations of privacy. Unfortunately, the protections were not strong enough. Today, the loss of an individual's control over their financial information is a serious issue. Identity fraud, enabled through the Bank Secrecy Act ramifications, has contributed to an epidemic of identity theft. The Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) changes proposed may exacerbate that problem.
Pursuant to the 2001 National Money Laundering Strategy, FinCEN should now establish a system to evaluate objectively a public strategy regarding the new uses of the SARs and how they will be proven most effective. What are the measurable goals? What are the criteria and means to evaluate objectively how well the goals are reached?
Should the new uses of the SARs fail to measure up to the articulated goals, we agree with the assessment of the Strategy, "If anti-money laundering initiatives are not making a significant difference in disrupting money laundering activity, principles of good government mandate that law enforcement discontinue those efforts."
While we support the efforts of the federal law enforcement officials to prevent and investigate acts of terrorism, we are concerned that the new changes may deluge officials with unnecessary information that will divert resources from more productive uses. Efforts should be made to reduce the amount of information collected and increase its usefulness. Since there is little indication of terrorists using Nevada casinos to fund their activities, we oppose the extension of SAR requirements for Nevada casinos.
Under the current Bank Secrecy Act, between 1987 and 1996, 77 million Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) were filed. Of those, 7300 defendants were charged, with only 580 ending up in conviction. Furthermore, between 1994 and 1998, the number of persons charged with money laundering as a result of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) fell by more than 24%, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
Data Retention
One of the best privacy safeguards is to minimize the collection of personal data where possible. We applaud the plans to establish a highly secure network. Further efforts should be made to encourage the use of encryption and other privacy-protecting technologies regarding the transmittal of sensitive, personally-identifiable information.
Confidentiality of communications is one of the most important elements of the protection of the fundamental right to privacy and data protection as well as of secrecy of communications, and any exception to this right and obligation should be limited to what is strictly necessary in a democratic society and clearly defined by law. Blanket retention of all communications data for hypothetical and future criminal investigations would not respect these basic conditions.
"Data retention" requirements would compel agencies accessing and collecting personal information to archive such information for a specified length of time. While many private providers currently retain certain traffic data for billing and other business-related purposes for short periods of time, there are no government-imposed public or private retention requirements in the United States. Wide data retention powers for law enforcement authorities, especially if they are used on a routine basis and on a large part of the population, could have disastrous consequences for the most sensitive and confidential types of personal data. Vast databases now include personal data about medical conditions, racial or ethnic origins, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, trade-union membership, and sexuality. New retention requirements will create new risks to personal privacy, political freedom, freedom of speech, and public safety.
Data retention of communications by law enforcement authorities should only be employed in exceptional cases, and should be authorized only by the competent authorities on a case-by-case basis. When permitted, data retention must be a necessary, appropriate, proportionate and temporary measure. SAR information should be purged from the databases when the statute of limitations of characterized suspected crimes expires. No SARs should be filed for thresholds below levels where law enforcement will prosecute.
Access to Data
The proposed guidelines and the USA-PATRIOT Act provide additional authorities relating to the collection, use, and dissemination of information sharing of retained data. With such heightened data sharing capabilities, there is an increased likelihood that such information will be misused. In light of this augmented threat to privacy, mechanisms must be established to permit an "audit trail," providing necessary oversight of those granted access to the information. Such a trail was established in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines for access to patient data. Specifically, HIPAA provides that an audit log be created of each access [including read-only] to patient data (establishing who accessed which patient's information, what information, and when). Patients are permitted access to this information to ensure that their information is not being misused. A similar audit trail in this context, while not providing such unlimited individual access, would ensure that defendants in criminal trials can evaluate whether their information was improperly accessed or misused by the government. In addition, in order to prevent careless or negligent misuse of information, mechanisms must be put in place providing necessary and adequate training for those granted access to the data.
Foreign intelligence
As the Prosperity Institute Task Force on Information Exchange and Financial Privacy's March 2002 "Report on Financial Privacy, Law Enforcement and Terrorism" explained in greater detail (http://www.prospertity-institute.org/projects/PI-TF-Report.pdf), the sharing of information with foreign intelligence will in some cases make us less secure, as some countries' intelligence officials may have terrorist ties. Since some terrorist organizations, according to Attorney General John Ashcroft, use identity fraud to fund their activities, the gathering lots of publicly available information into shared databases creates new dangers.
More people with access to more information on any person present a danger. Authorized personnel, not computer crackers, bring about half or more security problems.
Asset forfeiture abuse
The reach of Section 365 of the USA PATRIOT Act requiring anyone engaging in a trade or business, who receives $10,000 in a single transaction or two or more related transactions to file a report to FinCEN is too broad. Before authorizing forfeiture of funds due to mistakes made on one of many reporting requirement forms, an intent to circumvent the law should need to be established. The inclusion of FinCEN Form 8300 in the system for these transactions raises serious questions outlined above.
J. Bradley Jansen,
Deputy Director,
Center for Technology Policy
Free Congress Foundation
Mikal Condon
Staff Counsel
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Evan Hendricks
Privacy Times


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Everything Nice
Friday, November 7, 2014
Public Service Announcement
I'm going to be honest with you....
Ever since I had this blog, I've been dying to post what's been on my mind, but I rarely do. There's always something coming to my mind that I feel is so profound it needs to be shared, but I never post it. I wondered "Why is that?!!?" Today, I found out why...
I value my mouth over my ears.
I am quick to speak and slow to listen.
I want my voice to be heard, while my actions are mere thoughts that never get to the execution phase.
I like to make profound statements that means absolutely nothing to the real struggling person.
I like give my opinion when it's not necessary or even wanted.
I like to give my remedy to the problem without actually being part of the solution.
I ask questions to which I already know the answers.
I mask criticism with false concern.
I judge motives.
I label.
I'm thankful.
I'm thankful that God put so many things in my way, that I didn't have time to dwell on, reveal, and validate these thoughts. Of course there have been several slip ups on Facebook and Twitter, but not as much as what it could've been, had I had the time. Thank God.
I'm saying all of this because I have to let go. I am letting go. Social media gets me so riled up and ready to defend and sometimes offend, that I forget there's a person on the other side who needs to be loved. Last year I would've responded to myself saying "You can love people and give em a piece of your mind too! I don't sugar-coat." While that thought tries to creep into my mind every now and then, I've learned that it's definitely possible, but highly unlikely. Love is patient, kind, not jealous, doesn't brag, isn't arrogant, doesn't act unbecomingly, isn't selfish, isn't provoked, doesn't remember past wrongs, doesn't rejoice in wrong doing, rejoices in truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, and it never fails. Most status posts, blog posts, tweets, etc are completely opposite of love, no matter how much I try to justify my "tough love" comments and remarks. There is another person on the other side that needs real love.
Now that I'm aware of these things, God will work to change me. (You know what they say, the first step is to come out of denial and admit the truth.) With the power of Jesus, I will be a blessing to others. I will focus on what's good and true. I will think about things that are pure and lovely. I will dwell on what's good in others. I will share uplifting thoughts rather than criticisms.
I want my ears and mouth to be tools for blessing others.
I want to be slow to speak and quick to listen.
I want my voice to be unnecessary, because my actions are doing all of the talking.
I want my profound statements to be from the Holy Spirit and help the struggling person.
I want my ideas and thoughts to be in harmony with Jesus'.
I want to only provide a solution when it can practically be delivered.
I want to ask real questions that give me a broader perspective so I'm able to love someone better.
I want to exonerate others.
I want to hope for the best.
I want to free people of the boxes in which I've put them.
I want to continue to be thankful.
This is my prayer, and I want you to pray for me too. I hope I don't regret saying this, but hold me accountable. Let me know when I slip up. We can grow together. None of us are perfect, but Jesus is and He can show off His perfect self through us! Thank you in advance for your prayers, and have a great night!
My Lesson: Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. (Eph 4:29) In all other matters, silence is eloquence.
-Marquitta J
P.S. I hope this means I can post more often! ^_^
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
I Can't Wait Til...
I see, me, Brandon, and Jessica trying to make a commercial; I see me and Karyn walking the streets of ATL and bumping into a man with a hula skirt and a cape; I see me and Essie trying to learn a dance routine from Youtube; I see me, Cortney, Tiffeny, April, and Kitty playing "American Idol" in April's living room;
I see Koren pretending to be a pregnant woman at Buffalo Wild Wings; I see me listening to Kie's outrageous stories for hours on a Sabbath afternoon; I see me and Erica walking down a dark street making up a song about "Love";
I see Danel and Kitty delivering April's baby while Jessica, Tiffeny and I narrate;
P.S. The pink links throughout the post are videos ;)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
#CIBR and Other News
- cibr is an acronym for the phrase "Can I be real?"
My friend and I started using the #cibr hashtag on Twitter last week for our unsugar-coated rants of realness. However, after two #cibr sessions, I realized I can't continue. I NEED MORE SPACE! 140 characters is definitely not enough room for a complete thought, so I've moved to my blog. I'll still post #cibr tweets, but no more rants. I also think it's a better way to post. I hate typos, but I commit that crime way too often, and deleting the entire tweet and reposting just isn't my preference.
I don't want my entire blog to be #cibr sessions, so for now it will obviously be tagged #cibr, and I'll also put a link up so you'll be able to find all of the #cibr sessions easily.
With this addition to "Everything Nice" I may have to change the name (which won't be a huge deal because the URL is marquittaj.blogspot.com), because by definition the word "nice" means "pleasant or agreeable" and to be 100% honest, most, if not all of what I say in these #cibr rants will neither be pleasant nor agreeable. You might agree, but there most definitely won't be universal agreement. If you have ideas for names, do tell! All things considered, comments are welcome, but disrespect and insolence will be deleted. Sorry! Not sorry! Disagreement is fine, but rudeness? Ain't nobody got time for that! #cibr sessions are for the purposes of debunking several popular ideologies and encouragement, and if you're offended say so; gracefully and respectfully. Thank you!
I'll have a few posts set up soon; there's been a lot on my mind! Until then...
-Marquitta J
Friday, April 4, 2014
His Word is Timeless and Changeless
"If the law could be changed, man might have been saved without the sacrifice of Christ; but the fact that it was necessary for Christ to give His life for the fallen race, proves that the law of God will not release the sinner from its claims upon him. It is demonstrated that the wages of sin is death. When Christ died, the destruction of Satan was made certain. But if the law was abolished at the cross, as many claim, then the agony and death of God's dear Son were endured only to give to Satan just what he asked; then the prince of evil triumphed, his charges against the divine government were sustained. The very fact that Christ bore the penalty of man's transgression is a mighty argument to all created intelligences that the law is changeless; that God is righteous, merciful, and self-denying; and that infinite justice and mercy unite in the administration of His government." -My girl, egw
Friday, March 28, 2014
Monday, November 11, 2013
Life Hack: Avoid Sarcasm
- 1.the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.Sarcasm is a form of emotional abuse.Don't be an abuser.Don't use sarcasm.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Wise Words: Day 11
Paris is always a good idea. - Audrey Hepburn
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Wise Words: Day 10
Keep Calm and Carry On.


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Service Organizations
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento
- Friends of the North Natomas Library
- Mom's Club of Sacramento-Greater Natomas
- MOMS Club of Natomas Park
- Natomas Chamber of Commerce
- Natomas Community Association — "Partnership, Prosperity, and Play"
- Natomas Mothers Group (Yahoo! Group)
- North Natomas Transportation Management Association (TMA) — "Point You in a New Direction"
- YMCA Sacramento Central Delegation for Youth
- Preparing People for Success
- The Greenhouse
- Natomas Rotary Club
- Natomas Kiwanis
- Make-A-Wish Northeastern California and Northern Nevada
- Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA)
- National MS Society- Northern CA Branch
- CA Interscholastic Federation
Do you run or know of a community service organization that isn't listed? Contact Curtis Vandermolen.


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Up to 7 inches of rain fell in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin on July 16-17. Adams County, Wisconsin, experienced localizes flooding after receiving 3 inches of rain in 3 hours.
On July 24, heavy thunderstorms hit south central Minnesota with up to 5 inches of rain. Flash flooding was a problem in Lonsdale, Le Seur, Montgomery and New Prague, Minnesota.
Monroe County, Illinois, received over 3.5 inches of rain in an hour on July 27 flooding roads and low-lying areas.
July monthly mean flow was recorded on the streamflow index station on the Crow River at Rockford, Minnesota. July's average flow was 4,470 cubic feet per second (ft3/s), and 757 percent of median.
Intermountain West Region
Heavy rainfall ranging from 1.5 to 6 inches saturated the area around Sidney, Montana, on July 1-2. Kittlelson Dam located 15 miles north of Sidney failed causing flooding on First Hay Creek.
Heavy rain of almost 4 inches in an hour hit the Denver, Colorado, area on July 19. Streets and some residences in the eastern parts of Denver were flooded stranding cars and filling basements. On July 21, Weld County, Colorado, had up to 5 inches of rain which caused small streams and creeks to flood.
Up to 5 inches of rain fell over parts of Colorado on July 25 and again on July 27. The Denver area and Golden, Colorado, reported stream and street flooding. Very heavy rainfall on this already saturated area caused disastrous flash flooding in the Fort Collins, Colorado, area on July 28. 8.41 inches of rain was reported near the Colorado State University campus. Five people died when a mobile home park was hit by a rapidly rising Spring Creek. More rain hit Colorado on July 29 and 30 causing small stream flash flooding, mudslides, and further evacuations.
Four streamflow index sites in Idaho and Montana have been above-normal for at least seven consecutive months. The Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs, Montana, is 138 percent of median and has been above-normal for 9 months. The Snake River at Weiser, Idaho, 175 percent of median, and the Yellowstone River at Billings, Montana, 145 percent, have been above-normal for 8 months. The Clearwater River at Spalding, Idaho, 177 percent of July median, has been above-normal for seven months.
Mid-Atlantic Region
Heavy rainfall with rates of 1.4 inches in 30 minutes hit western Pennsylvania on July 1-2. McConnelsburg reported almost 4 inches of rain. Roads and basements were flooded by the resultant flash flooding.
The reorganized remnants of Hurricane Danny brushed New Jersey on July 24. The Raritan River basin received 4 to 7 inches of rain in 24 hours which caused flood crests about one foot above flood stage.
A drought has been developing in parts of the Mid-Atlantic Region. An up-to-7-month dry spell has affected areas from northern Virginia to New York state. Year-to-date precipitation is only around 50 percent of normal in much of this area. July flows of the Potomac River near Washington, District of Columbia, were in the normal range but only 71 percent of the long-term (1961-90) median flow for July. The Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was only 52 percent of median and below-normal for July.
Southeast Atlantic Region
Very heavy rainfall in West Virginia and Virginia caused flooding on July 1-2. Madison County, Virginia, received almost 8 inches of rain causing small streams and the Rapidan River to experience rapid rises.
Scotts Hill, North Carolina, reported 8.1 inches of rain in about 5 hours on July 8. Flash flooding in the area resulted. On July 9, parts of Georgia received 2 to 4 inches of rain in 3 hours during heavy thunderstorms.
The remnants of Hurricane Danny moved through Georgia nd into North Carolina on July 22-23. Badin, North Carolina, near Charlotte, received a total of 10.30 inches of rain from this system. Severe flooding was experienced from the Florida panhandle through north Georgia and North Carolina up to Virginia and West Virginia. Three people died in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. Three gages in North Carolina established new record peak stages. For more information about flooding in North Carolina.
On July 26, up to 3 inches of rain fell across the Fort Meyers, Florida area causing street flooding.
The Greensboro, North Carolina, area had widespread urban flooding after up to 3 inches of rain fell on July 28-29. The Hampton Roads, Virginia, area was also hit with 2 to 3 inches of rain on the date.
Eastern Great Lakes Region
On July 3, the Livonia/Smithfield area in Michigan was deluged with up to 4.25 inches of rain. Flash flooding resulted across the area. On July 6, 6 inches of rain fell in Morlette, Michigan, from a strong thunderstorm.
Creeks and streams rose to bankfull stage in Warren County, Ohio, on July 14-15 after 4 inches of rain.
Nearly 6 inches of rain from July 21-23 in northern Indiana caused the Maumee river to rapidly rise to flood stage. The river rose 6 feet in 4 hours on July 23.
On July 27, Licking County, Ohio, received up to 8 inches of rainfall which caused widespread flash flooding.
Mid-Continent South Region
On July 5-6, heavy showers caused localized flooding in Texas and Louisiana. Five to 7 inches of rain hit parts of Texas and rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour hit the area around New Orleans, Louisiana. More storms hit Texas and Louisiana on July 7-8, locally dropping over 4 to 6 inches of rain. On July 8-9, Slidell, Louisiana, recorded almost 4 inches of rain.
Southwest Missouri received up to 5 inches of rain overnight on July 8-9. Flash flooding and rapid stream rises resulted.
New Orleans, Louisiana, had flooded roads on July 9-10 after 2 to 3 inches per hour rainfall was produced by thunderstorms.
On July 11, heavy thunderstorms dropped up to 8 inches of rain on parts of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas causing widespread flash flooding. Some moderate flooding along the Neosho River in Oklahoma was experienced. On July 13, over 3 inches of rain fell in one hour near Iberia, Louisiana, which caused flash flooding problems. Wharton County, Texas, had 2 to 4 inches of rain in an hour on July 14. Tulsa County, Oklahoma, had road flooding on July 15 after 3 inches of rain. More rain, 3 to 6 inches, fell on July 16 in Kay County, Oklahoma.
Ochiltree County, Texas, received 3 to 5 inches of rain on July 28-29. Alpine, Texas, reported 3.2 inches of rain in an hour. Widespread flash flooding resulted. Amarillo, Texas, reported 2.74 inches of rain in 50 minutes on July 29. Groves, Texas, reported 2.3 inches of rain in one-half hour on July 31.
Flows at the streamflow index gages on the Washita river near Dickson, Oklahoma, and the Guadalupe river near Spring Branch, Texas have been above-normal for seven and six consecutive months, respectively.
New England and New York Region
Franklin County, Massachusetts, received over 3 inches of rain on July 4 which caused flash flooding on small streams throughout the area. Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was hit by heavy rain of 1 to 3.5 inches and localized flooding on July 8.
Litchfield County, connecticut, had over 3 inches of rainfall in parts of the county on July 10. On July 14-16, severe thunderstorms hit Vermont and New York. Rainfall totals up to 6 inches were reported. Roads and bridges were washed out in many areas in Vermont and evacuations were necessary in Montgomery and Eden, Vermont.
Mid-Continent North Region
Minor flooding along the Missouri River from Williston, North Dakota through Missouri persisted throughout July. Most of this high flow was due to reservoir released in the upper Missouri basin. recreational and agricultural areas were most affected.
Wichita and Liberal, Kansas, suffered from flash flooding on July 8. Over 6 inches of rain was recorded on the gage near Meade State Park in a little over 3 hours. some moderate flooding along the Neosho River was experienced.
York County, Nebraska, suffered urban and small stream flooding on July 9-10 after 5 inches of rain. The West Fork of the Big Blue River experienced rapid rises. More rain fell on July 10-11 driving York County totals up to 11 inches. Wilbor, Nebraska, in Saline County reported over 5 inches. The Big Blue River and Turkey Creek also reported flooding.
North and South Dakota were hit by severe thunderstorms on July 11 and 12. Jones County, South Dakota, received over 6 inches in less than 3 hours on July 12 causing rapid rises on the White River. Cavalier County, North Dakota, had radar estimates of up to 14 inches of rain in 6 hours on July 12.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms hit parts of South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas on July 19. Flash flooding resulted. Algona, Iowa, received 5 inches in 3 hours as did Pratt County, Kansas. Parts of South Dakota received rainfall at the intensities of 3 inches per hour.
Heavy rains of over 5 inches hit parts of South Dakota and Iowa on July 24. Flooding was experienced on Deadwood and Whitewood Creeks in South Dakota and Squaw Creek near Ames, Iowa.
Cheyenne County, Nebraska, experienced some flooding problems following 3 inches of rain in 90 minutes on July 26. Oskosh, Nebraska, received 4 inches of rain on July 31 which flooded many streets and caused rapid rises on small streams.
Southwest Region
Pima County, Arizona, had up to 3 inches of rain fall overnight on July 9-10, filling washes and arroyos with water.
Up to 4 inches of rainfall on July 22-23 in Coconino County, Arizona, caused urban and small stream flash flooding.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, received 3 to 4 inches of rain in less than an hour filling washes to bankfull stage on July 29.
The streamflow index station on the San Pedro River at Charleston, Arizona, set a new minimum July mean flow. Phoenix, Arizona, ended a 117 day stretch with no measurable precipitation on July 30 when 0.16 inches of rain fell.
Mid-South Region
Flash flooding was widespread over parts of Mississippi on July 10 after thunderstorms dropped rain at rates of 3 inches per hour.
Graves County, Kentucky, received up to 3 inches of rainfall on July 13 which cause streets and small streams to flood.
Hurricane Danny formed in the Gulf of Mexico and moved ashore across the mouth of the Mississippi River and then into southern Alabama on July 18-19. This slow-moving storm dropped 25-30 inches of rain in a 25-30 hour period on July 19-20, in the Mobile, Alabama, area. Rain from the remnants of Danny continued in Alabama and Mississippi through July 21 when Choctaw County, Alabama, received between 10-15 inches. Several gages in Alabama recorded peak stages and flows of record. The Fowl River near Laurendine, Alabama, had a flow about 1.5 times the 100-year flood. The Fish River near Silverhill, Alabama, and the Blackwater River near Elsaner, Alabama, were estimated at about 50-year flood peaks. For more information about flooding in Alabama.
Flooding of low-lying areas resulted after strong thunderstorms dropped 2-3 inches of rain in an hour over Harrison county, Mississippi on July 26.
Flood Warnings were posted on July 29-31 for the Nebesna River near Northway, Alaska, the Chisana River near Northway, Alaska, the Tanana River at Big Delta, Alaska, and the Salcha River near the mouth in Alaska following heavy rainfall. Roads to Northway were closed due to the flooding.
Two of four streamflow index stations in Alaska had below-normal flow in July. The Chena River at Fairbanks, Alaska, was only 35 percent of the July median flow. The Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska, was 87 percent of median.
One of the three streamflow index stations in Hawaii had above-normal flow in July. A new maximum July monthly mean flow was recorded on the Honopou stream near Huelo, Maui, Hawaii, of 14.2 cubic feet per second (ft3/s), 533 percent of median.
Puerto Rico
Both streamflow index stations in Puerto Rico were below-normal. The Rio Grande De Manati at Highway 2 near Manati, Puerto Rico, set a new minimum mean monthly flow for July only 57 percent of median. The Rio Inabon at Real Abajo, Puerto Rico was at 40 percent of median.
Big Three Rivers
The combined flow of the three largest rivers in the lower 48 states-- the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, and the Columbia--declined 38 percent from June to 1, 233,000 cubic feet per second (ft3/s). This flow is 25 percent above the long-term median and above-normal. The Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon, declined 51 percent from last month but is still 129 percent of median and above-normal flow.