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SouthPeak Games announced today that it will distribute B-Boy for PlayStation 2 computer and entertainment system and PSP (PlayStation Portable) system in the U.S this summer. B-Boy allows players to prove their skills as they challenge the world's greatest breakdancers.
"B-Boy is the only game that gives players the opportunity to become premiere breakers," said Katie Morgan, Executive Vice President at SouthPeak Games. "The game's fantastic playability, dead-on authenticity and high production values give it a style all its own. While it remains true to its roots of the scene, it maintains a feel that gamers will love."
B-Boy continuously challenges players as they progress from low key neighborhood street battles all the way to high stakes world championships. While working on their skills, they will also have to confront obstacles such as building their crew and their rep by battling real-life b-boys from Europe, Asia, and North America. Pull off impossible moves and audacious combos in order to rise in rank and become number one.
Every in-game move is motion-captured from expert breakers and combined with an advanced control and animation system allowing full control of power moves, stylish freezes and flair driven combos. Players will also be able to compete in style by customizing their own b-boy or b-girl with famous brands like adidas.
Published by Evolved Games and developed by FreeStyleGames in collaboration with legend Crazy Legs, B-Boy is the first truly competitive breakdancing game, featuring over 800 motion-captured moves. The game includes Crazy Legs and the Rock Steady Crew and features 22 authentic venues including Red Bull: King of the Ring, Freestyle Sessions, UK B-Boy Championships and IBE.
Like a needle and a record, b-boys are nothing without their music that drives their culture. B-Boy also possesses a classic rich soundtrack of 35 hip-hop and funk tracks, including The Black Eyed Peas' "Bringing It Back", James Brown's "Get On The Good Foot", Cypress Hill's "The Phuncky Feel One" and Eric B and Rakim's "Don't Sweat The Technique" just to name a few.
Battles will be won and lost; reputations will be made and destroyed. Anyone can play but only the best will make it to the top.
For more on the culture and history behind B-Boy, visit www.bboythegame.com
About Evolved Games
Evolved Games is a leading global publisher of award-winning titles across all platforms, publishing award-winning games for Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and Personal Computers throughout the U.S., and Europe. Evolved Games offices are located in the US and the UK, bringing a wealth of industry talent together to create and publish innovative and entertaining titles.
About SouthPeak Games
SouthPeak Interactive, LLC develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for all current hardware platforms including: PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox3 60 video game and entertainment system, Wii, Nintendo DS and PC. SouthPeak's games cover all major genres including action/adventure, role- playing, racing, puzzle/strategy, fighting and combat. SouthPeak's products are sold in retail outlets in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. SouthPeak is headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia, and has offices in Grapevine, Texas and London, England. https://www.southpeakgames.com
About FreeStyleGames
Founded in 2002, FreeStyleGames is a Develop award winning and BAFTA nominated independent video game development studio, currently employing over 45 people, based in Leamington Spa, UK.


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Earlier this year, Current State welcomed John Barrie from the Appropriate Technology Collaborative to Studio S. He explained that the collaborative creates new technologies to improve the quality of life in developing countries worldwide. The organization also collaborates with universities. This year, a team of Michigan State Engineering students worked to build a water purification system for low income countries.
Two of the MSU students who worked on the project, Grant Golasa and Shenli Pei, tell Current State that this technology is already in use in Guatamala, but others around the world are also gaining access to the technology.


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The first step to creating your very own Hotmail account is to go to www.hotmail.com and enter the sign-up page, where you will be prompted to enter your details.
You will be asked to enter your full name in separate text boxes. Choose an original user name, a password for security purposes, your country, your birth date, your gender and for other security measures, you will be asked to enter your phone number, an alternate e-mail, and a security code to make sure that you're a human and not a bot.
After filling the form, make sure you make all of the modifications you wish before accepting the terms and conditions. After you do so, feel free to accept the terms and head to the next page. You will now be able to sign into your very own Hotmail account in the www.hotmail.com website with your username and password.
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The second step is to set up your account. This implies looking and learning what are the apps that come with Outlook. Some of the apps that are included are Calendar, Microsoft Office Online, Skype, OneDrive. These are all apps that can be found on the main page of Hotmail to help you get organized for your day-to-day tasks. Your new e-mail can have the ending of either "@hotmail.com" or "@outlook.com" for your better comfort.
www.hotmail.com – How to Send an Email?
The third step to understanding your Hotmail account is to experiment with its functions. Start by sending your firs email by clicking on the "+New" button on the top-left corner of your inbox. Once you do so, you will be able to compose your message and enter the emails of your desired contact. This field does not necessarily need to end with a "@hotmail.com" or "@outlook.com" extension. But can also end with "@gmail.com" and "@yahoo.com".
You are also given the options to attach a file or folder to the message. Now you are writing in case you want to send an important document or an image to the destination. You can also format your message. This means that you can make a bullet list, numbered list, bold or italic text. Add emoji for increased personalization and add hyperlinks to your text. Additional functions include being able to add tables, underlines, strikethroughs, fonts, font size, text color and background, and text alignment. If you feel like keeping your message for a while before sending it, save it as a draft.
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Hotmail Inbox
The fourth step is inbox organization. On the left pane, you are able to see your Inbox, where all new relevant messages are received from others to you, your Junk Email, where irrelevant spam (fake and consistent mail such as ads) goes so that your inbox doesn't get saturated.
Your Drafts, where your unsent messages go for future editing, and the other folders, which names can tell you what they're for, Sent Items, Deleted Items, Archive, and Junk.
Under these, you will see a "Categories" tab, where you will be able to store different emails in categories. These specific functions that are predetermined by Hotmail and appear as you need them, such as "Documents", which will show you all of your emails with attached documents, etc. Within the "Folders" tab, you will be able to add your very own folders to organize your messages at a new level.
There are lots of features are available on Hotmail or Microsoft account. Now you can create or register a new account without any delay and then enjoy with new email service. Is there any issues related to Hotmail service, do comment on the below box.


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The Ministry of Defence faced further embarrassment today after it was revealed that several more British Special Forces personnel have been discovered in Tripoli. The team of three troops, highly trained in the art of concealment and who can stay hidden for months, had been there since the crisis began, covertly monitoring the Libyan leader by disguising themselves as his tent.
They were only found after a high-ranking officer in the Libyan leader's militia remembered that pretending to be a tent was one of the techniques taught to Libya's commandos by the SAS in return for a massive trade deal way back in October last year when Britain thought Gaddafi was 'alright'. And also because one of them farted.
Delicate negotiations are under way to secure the soldiers' release with Liam Fox refusing to confirm or deny that he's the British Defence Secretary but insisting that Britain would stand by whoever ends up in charge in Libya, as long as there was a lot more oil on the table and hinting that further arms deals would be possible as long as they promised not to fire any of them. Based on the situation on the ground as it stands, he also wished Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi well, but suggested the UK position on that could change.
In Benghazi, rebel forces have accepted that an earlier mission by the SAS was simply an error of judgement. Those soldiers were released when the newly-formed rebel Libyan National council empathised that they were merely small part players from a rogue state which had no proper government after the soldiers showed them fake passports and pretended they were from Belgium.
But the rebels in the east remain suspicious of anyone who looks a bit English and arrives by helicopter in the middle of the night, even if it's Prince William piloting the Chinook which carries special trade envoy the Duke of York and a whole host of University Chancellors offering scholarships and a promise to turn a blind eye to PhD qualifications plagiarised from someone else.
In the light of enormous criticism the UK government is still pondering why on earth it didn't think of freezing Libyan assets ages ago, putting it down to a massive oversight brought on by the distraction of busily ignoring the free flow of Hosni Mubarak's millions, and the odd Saudi Riyal here and there.
There are however fears that the Gaddaffi's Libyan security bureau is already planning retribution after a tip-off from the government's eavesdropping facility, GCHQ. 'No-one is safe and everyone must be vigilant,' said Foreign Secretary William Hague, 'Communications from Tripoli suggest many plots are underway and we're particularly concerned that they might even use what we've taught them in an attempt to conceal themselves in Kate Middleton's wedding dress.'
'The SAS are on standby to put a ring of steel around Miss Middleton, just in case, and an entire troop has been withdrawn from front line duties to practise disguising themselves as her corset,' added Mr Hague, 'but they could strike at any time and I advise the public to be aware of the threat and report anything at all suspicious to the government. Although if you get a hint that a high-ranking Libyan national is disguising himself as a passenger on a flight to Caracas, well, I think you can probably ignore that.'


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Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff December 31, 1996. Take notice that on December 23, 1996, Shell Gas Pipeline Company (SGPC) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets set forth on Appendix A to the filing, to become effective January 1, 1997. SGPC states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with Order Nos. 582 and 582-A, issued September 28, 1995 in Docket No. RM95-3, in which the Commission revised, reorganized and updated its regulations governing the form composition, and filing of rates and tariffs for interstate pipeline companies. Specifically SGPC indicates the tendered tariff sheets revise its tariff to: (1) Update Title page in accordance with 154.102(d) to include a mailing address, telephone number and facsimile number. SGPC is also updating its area code from 713 to 281 (as required by the Texas Public Utility Commission) on this and other applicable sheets; (2) expand the table of contents to include the sections of the general terms and conditions in accordance with section 154.104; (3) add a statement for SGPC's discount policy in accordance with section 154.109(c); (4) delete the index of customers from the tariff in accordance with section 154.111(a); (5) update references throughout the tariff to the updated sections of the Commission's Regulations that have been changed; (6) add a statement to SGPC's general terms and conditions for periodic reports in accordance with section 154.502; and (7) change the rates to reflect a thermal unit in accordance with section 154.107(b). SGPC submits that the Commission should grant it all waivers necessary to place these provisions into effect January 1, 1997. Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.211 and 18 CFR 385.214 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such motions and protests must be filed in accordance with Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-214 Filed 1-6-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M
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You both suck. A pox on both your houses.
Hi Rikkor
How's it going.
Like the new shirt, it suits you. But then with bone structure like that you'd make an old sack look good.
Have you been working out or is it natural, you make me look like a tub of lard.
Here, let me get the coffee.
I saved you a seat by the window. No need to worry, I'll just wipe that kids puke up with my sleeve.
Waiter, a cushion for Mr. Rikkor and make it snappy.
Rikkor, nobody deserves it.
Post August slump in quality.
The mug should go to the girl with the biggest tits.
That's a bit sexist - you're ruling out us men !
Nobby, je loves vous, et everything vous does or does not write at any point in the month.
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If you're craving a crunchy snack that's good for you, these chickpea crackers are perfect. The recipe only requires a few ingredients and they can be made with any variety of spices.
Chickpea Crackers (taken from Love Food Eat and altered slightly)
- 1 15-oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed well
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp water
Preheat oven to 300 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Drain and rinse chickpeas and grind until almost-smooth in food processor (or mash well by hand). Add the thyme and salt and mix well.
Add the water and whole wheat flour little by little, enough to make hard dough
Roll the dough between two sheets of wax paper until it's as thin as possible and cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter. Lay onto prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden and crisp.


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Mortal Kombat Armageddon is the culmination of the long-running fighter franchise, as publisher Midway has hand-picked the best elements from each game and combined them into one enormous package. If you've played any of the Kombat games before, you can rest assured that your favorite characters are probably represented in the latest rendition. After all, the project features a whopping 64 fighters, including the one that you create from the ground up. But more, Armageddon has a wealth of fight modes, a racing option compatible with up to four players, and even a quasi-adventure offering to keep you coming back again and again.
But what of the Wii version, which is arriving months later than the current-generation builds? Is it any different? Does it bring anything new to the fight arena? At first glance, the answer might appear to be no. The content in the latest incarnation is mostly the same. An identical roster of fighters save for one specifically developed for the Wii version. The Xbox version of Armageddon sported 62 fighters and Wii has one more -- rumor has it that it's Khameleon, last seen in the N64 version of Mortal Kombat Trilogy. And all the other modes, from Kreate a Fighter, which enables you to design your own warrior, to Motor Kombat, are identical.
But there is a big difference and it lies in the control mechanics. The MK team, led by veteran designer Ed Boon, has devised a method to make Armageddon not only function, but flourish with the Wii remote. As a result, the Wii iteration of the game could be the most accessible fighter we've encountered, save for maybe Super Smash Bros., if you want to lump it into the same category. But at the same time, Midway hasn't forgotten about the hardcore crowd, as we'll explain below.
Before we get into any of that, though, bear with us as we touch upon the basics. Armageddon features everybody from Scorpion, Cyrax, Goro, Liu Kang, Reptile, Sub-Zero and Jade, to Johnny Cage, Kai, Kintaro, Kung Lao, Sektor, Sonya, and, of course, Raiden. Each of the fighters comes complete with unique special moves, but fatalities are handled in an altogether different manner from previous Mortal Kombat games. The title's new Kreate a Fatality system enables you to dynamically perform the gruesomely cinematic kill-moves on the fly, stringing together gestures with the Wii remote in order to more or less construct the fatality. You'll be able to manage as many as 10 inputs into a fatality if you master the system, although you're more likely to execute three or four for the less difficult Bloody or Mortal Fatality, which, now that we think about it, really is an oxymoron.
Like every other Kombat title, Armageddon is a speedy, arcade-style fighter that embraces both melee and projectile-based brawls. With a traditional controller, you'd perform moves with a combination of the D-Pad or analog stick and button taps. For instance, left, left right and X could send a projectile screaming toward Raiden's face. And that option is still available on Wii since, thankfully, Armageddon not only supports the classic and GameCube controllers, but it does so even when other players are using the Wii remote and nunchuk. So, if you've got three friends over and all of you prefer different control styles, you can play with the Wii remote, your buddy can grab a classic controller, another person can pick up the GameCube pad, and you can all square off against one another anyway.
That being true, Armageddon is fundamentally changed on Wii because of the remote-enhanced control scheme and it is, at the very least, worth exploring. Now that we've had some time with it, we're our skepticism about the product has melted away. A new gesture-based system replaces D-Pad/analog stick and button presses altogether. Maneuvers are now done by holding the B-trigger, quickly making a gesture, and then releasing. Simple. And you know what? It actually works. Midway has kept the gestures easy so that anybody can pick them up - accessibility was a primary goal for the developer, which ultimately wants even novice players to pull off fatalities. So, to throw a fireball, you might merely hold B-trigger, and make a motion from the right to the left and back again. Or, a swiping motion up and then down again. Or an underhanded half-circle. Or an over-handed half-circle. And it's really not much more complicated than that.
We found the system to be surprisingly quick and responsive. Had it been slow or lagging in any way, it wouldn't have sufficed, since you need speed for a fighter like Armageddon. We watched Ed Boon pull off maneuver after maneuver with unrehearsed ease and most of the time we could, too, although we couldn't always duplicate the experience in our limited play time - every so often a gesture would go ignored, which we chock up to the fact that our timing wasn't quite right.
From a technical standpoint, Armageddon looks very much like the other builds, but it does support both 480p and 16:9 widescreen mode on Wii and it never, ever drops from a smooth 60 frames per second. The title also boasts impressive lighting and particle effects, which cover the screen in explosions and blood at any given moment. Fighters animate quickly and fluidly and textures are overall clean. There is a strong sense of polish about the fighter, even during four-player Motor Kombat, which never hiccups.
We've included an official Mortal Kombat Armageddon Wii tutorial trailer in our videos section below. We've also grabbed six additional 480p / 16:9 movies to complement the official one. On top of that, check our images section for a half dozen new screenshots.


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Recently I was having dinner with a couple and their teen-aged son. His behavior was simply unacceptable and defied every rule of dinner table etiquette imaginable. Eating birthday cake with a spatula, as opposed to the fork that was set before him, smearing icing on his face to garner a reaction, licking the knife that was to be used to cut the cake for the guests and having inappropriate discussion. I was truly appalled. Mostly because this was not a toddler, rather a 15-year-old boy, even more so that the parents simply sat there and ignored him as if it was perfectly reasonable behavior. "Hell to NO, put that ass in check" is what I was thinking to myself.
Perhaps there is a marked difference between the way that Black women parent versus that of White women. You see, the young man who was acting out was adopted and raised by a White lesbian couple from birth. Which brings up a whole slew of other questions about why he may behave in the manner that he does, but the point is there is no discipline when he knows he's done wrong. Toleration of disrespect and talking back and getting rewards in the form of Wii's, cell phones, vacations and any other manner of reward for piss poor behavior.
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The winter has been mild and the wheat has continued to grow and for the fields that were planted a bit early there is more than normal growth.
Some of these fields are showing some nitrogne deficiency, but the plants have enough tillers. So some of the questions include: Do I need to apply nitrogen a bit early to take care of the yellowing beginning to show?
One does not want to apply nitrogen early on these fields and cause them to accelerate their development. This would increase the changes of freeze damage down the road.
I think early nitrogen would be a mistake under almost any conditions this season.
We still have plenty of time to develop some tillers if they are needed. Generally, wheat in these fields have plenty of tillers and plants were a little nitrogen deficient.
This is right where the crop should be to slow down the development a bit and protect it from some of the very cold temperatures that might be yet to come.
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San Francisco's Mad River delved into the deeper side of psych, creating sprawling, swirling minor chord epics that echoed Country Joe and the Fish's bleakest moments. The fleshed out space jams certainly draw the most focus here but equally
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Trott went on to complete a valuable 89-ball fifty with seven boundaries.
"It's pretty even," Trott said when asked to sum up the state of the game.
"When you put a side in you expect to take wickets and we did well to combat that," added Trott whose innings took his Lord's Test tally to 564 runs in four matches at a colossal 141.00 with two hundreds and a best of 226 against Bangladesh last year.
As for his reprieves, Trott said: "Sometimes you take screamers and drop sitters."
Turning to Zaheer, he commented: "I expect him to be ready and bowling tomorrow."
ICC Test Championship leaders India had held England to 43 for one off 21 overs at lunch in an old-fashioned, attritional opening session.
Zaheer had in-form opener Alastair Cook lbw for just 12, the first time in seven Test innings the left-hander had failed to make a fifty.
India reduced England to 62 for two when captain Andrew Strauss miscued a pull off a Zaheer bouncer to Sharma at long leg and was out for 22
If England win this four-match series by two Tests they will displace India at the top of the Test standings.
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Trott went on to complete a valuable 89-ball fifty with seven boundaries.
India were left hoping Zaheer Khan would regain full fitness overnight after Jonathan Trott led England's recovery on the rain-marred, opening day of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.
England, having lost the toss in overcast seam bowler-friendly conditions, closed on their tea score of 127 for two after rain washed out the day's final session in what was the 2,000th Test in history.
Trott, missed twice, was 58 not out and Kevin Pietersen 22 not out with the two South Africa-born batsmen's unbroken third wicket stand so far worth 65 in what was also the 100th Test between England and India.
Left-arm fast bowler Zaheer had been the pick of India's attack, with two wickets for 18 runs in 13.3 overs, when he suffered what appeared to be a hamstring injury and slowly walked off the field with England 107 for two.
An India spokesman told reporters that Zaheer was being examined by the team's physiotherapist and that they may not know the full extent of his injury until Friday morning.
India coach Duncan Fletcher, whose side had come into this match on the back of a lone warm-up clash against Somerset that followed hot on the heels of their series away to the West Indies, reckoned the tourists hadn't quite made the most of the conditions.
"From our point of view, we'd have been happy with three wickets," said the former England coach.
"It was difficult for our bowlers to get used to the swing. Zaheer Khan was the best at it but the others (Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma) lacked his experience and he was a big loss for us."
Fletcher added he felt no divided loyalties sat in the away dressing room at Lord's.
"If you do it my way, you get really involved with a team and so those emotions won't get in the way."
Fletcher praised Trott's "calmness", saying: "He's shown he's a quality batsman and unfortunately he got away with two chances."
Trott, before lunch, was missed on eight when, to off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's first ball of the match, he got an outside edge that slip Rahul Dravid could not grasp.
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it's been quiet in these parts but life lately has been full of research work, writing, studying for midterms, non stop listening to radiohead, sigur ros, bach cello suites, drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee, getting a few hours of sleep, working on projects, and walking in the rain. i can say that it has been a really exhausting two weeks but i'm finally done worrying and can now... breath and relax.
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Due to its strong anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties, ginger is considered to be one of the most powerful foods of the 21st century.
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Cold Feet is about three couples. Adam Williams (Systems Analyst; James Nesbit) and Rachel Bradley (Helen Baxendale) start the series about a year and six or so weeks into their relationship.
The pilot shows this couple coming together. Jenny (Fay Ripley) and Pete Gifford (John Thomson) are a married couple that start the series with the birth of their first child. Karen (Hermione Norris) and David Marsden (Robert Bathurst) are another married couple, and when the series starts they already have a child, and are thinking of having another. The three couples end up friends after going through the 'friends of friends' process. Jenny, Pete and Adam are friends, and Adam's relationship with Rachel pulls Karen (Rachel's friend) and David (Karen's husband) into the friends relationship.
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I see the blogosphere has caught up to the early nineties in the macroeconomics debate. As Larry Summers argued — in 1988! — there are problems, like the Great Depression, with real business cycle theory. How can supply shocks explain such hugemongous declines in GDP?
Cole and Ohanian subsequently took up that challenge — in 1999! — finding that while real shocks explain about half of the contraction, recovery from the Great Depression was much slower than predicted by RBC. They claimed this was because New Deal policies were contractionary. This lead to responses from folks like Eggertsson.
The neo-classical view of the Great Depression is captured in a new book edited by Kehoe and Prescott. There are no macroeconomists, except perhaps Prescott, who believe real shocks are the only important shocks to the economy. Its important to point out, though, that no matter how kooky Prescott is, real shocks explain well over half of fluctuations.


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Reusable grocery bags are supposed to cut down on plastic waste and help the environment, but officials in Oregon recently learned they can also be breeding grounds for dangerous pathogens.
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Yimster was so kind to want to put together a good lunch in honor of my brief trip to San Francisco, so today 8 hounds lunched at Ming's Diner out on the avenues. Delicious, and one of the best bargains for the money you'll ever find. As Yimster says, look for where the construction workers eat...
Here was the menu:
Fish Maw and Crab Meat Soup
Mock Goose with Kelp
Minched Squab with lettuce cups
Conch stir fry with yellow chives and bean sprouts
Steamed oysters with ginger and scallions
steamed oysters with black bean sauce
Stuffed boneless chicken
2 salt and pepper crabs
a pork dish...but I forget the name.....like spareribs without the bones, sort of......
All this came to $16 per person including tip!!!! Yimster brought some of his special tea to drink.
You can all comment on the food. I will admit that my favorite dish was the salt and pepper crab. Others at the table kept saying it was ok, but there is better elsewhere. Well, maybe so, but for this girl from the hicks it was pure heaven!!!! I love that salty spicy taste, and lots of "yum yums" (crumbs) left on the plate!
The stuffed boneless chicken was also excellent. Derek says that it compares favorably to that which Yimster makes (well, yimsters is better of course.....), and at $18 for the whole chicken it is indeed a bargain! Another highlight was the kelp that came with the mock goose; everyone agreed it was possibly the best they'd ever eaten. I also particularly enjoyed the minced squab. I never did get a chance to try the oysters.
Afterwards we went to Marco Polo and had ice cream. Mango was delicious! Somehow I still had room for Susan's dinner tonight...more crab. yum!!
Thank you so much Yimster for planning this in my honor. I am touched. I owe you; come to Reno any time. We will plan a feast in your honor!
Ming's Diner is on Taraval between 31st and 32nd
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Reading through The Independent Online last night, I came across this article by Alice-Azania Jarvis on the art of dressing for work. As she states, "the thing about getting dressed for work – the thing that makes it so very difficult – is that work is definitely not about clothes. On the contrary: in the world of earnest employment, such frivolities are almost frowned upon."
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Lucky for me I have large feet because these Onitsuka Tigers only come in men's sizes. I wouldn't normally go for shoes so bright but somehow these work. They're £49.99 from Office and will look great with a pair of really dark indigo jeans to make the colour pop.
Office brown deck shoe
I know we're pretty hot for deck shoes at the moment but I didn't mean these monstrosities. Something about the overlong vamp and safe brown really creeps me out. It's like I've been flung into a fashion black hole and spat out somewhere in Clapham or Putney.
Grey and neon Swear lace-ups from Office
Grey and neon is a pretty good colour combination, I like the way the grey geeks up the neon a bit to remove the nu-rave connotations.
Metallic Converse trainers
Trends: Watch & Wear-70s Street King
Huggy Bear, Snoop Dogg, Andre 3000; no matter how old you are, there has always been that outrageously cool, pimped-out personality.
Office sale
Office have got a sale on, and you'll be able to snap up some bargains like these lovely Oxford brogues, reduced to £45 from £110.
Top Five smart trainers
Smart trainers are a great staple, perfect for smartening up casualwear and making suits look less stuffy, so I've picked five that will easily take you from work to the weekend.
How to: Cardigans
The rise of the cardigan has surely sounded the death knell for the blazer and jeans look.
Firetrap lace-ups
These Firetrap shoes are a gem. Just the other day I was out with my boyfriend and he wondered out loud why all lace-ups have to have clownlike extended toes.
René summer pumps from Lacoste
I'm in love with these Lacoste 'René' pumps from Office (£49.99), I've been saying 'Oh René' over and over again in my head in the style of Allo' Allo'.


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Its time to sing your song again
whatever may pass, whatever falls before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes......
What awesome lyrics to the song 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord oh my soul) written by Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin. I always hope that I can live those words. When we stop and realize how many blessings through the good and bad times God provides, I hope I am always singing when the evening comes!


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"Everybody has something great within them. It's just up to them to figure out what their own unique potential is."- Mel Roberson
Learning from the Streets and the Classroom
Mel Roberson is a Chicago actor, writer, poet and inspirational speaker who grew up on the southeast side of Chicago. Navigating his way through his childhood proved to be a struggle. The biggest obstacle he faced was the peer pressures of street life. Roberson, however, discovered his unique potential. He combined the lessons he learned on the streets with what he learned through education. The result is a multi-talented success story in the performing arts and literary community.
Education as Key to Self Expression
Roberson credits his life's works to many things. He sees education as an important vessel that is the key differentiator in how far a person flourishes in life. However, he believes that education is about more that success in any given career field. He thinks, for example, that education is an important factor in how a person expresses themselves. He insists that in order to succeed, one must be able to effectively express what they want and how they feel.
"Not that education teaches you how to be successful; but, let's take vocabulary. If a person can't adequately express how they feel through their vocabulary, the only way for them to express it is through their actions," said Roberson. "So if I'm angry and I can't communicate that through my words, then I express that physically."
Unfortunately, many children in the nineties were not granted the same education Roberson received. While growing up, crack-cocaine was prevalent. Consequently, many youths steered away from education and spent more time immersed in gang life. During this time, many youth believed that gang life was a necessity in order to survive.
Navigating through and out of Gang Life
"Gangs aren't forcing people necessarily," said Roberson. "But when you are forced in different neighborhoods and territories for something as simple as [buying] a gallon of milk; you need allies [to go] into those neighborhoods."
Consequently, gangs flourished. Without glorifying street life, Roberson believes that he had to take the cards he was dealt and make it work. For him the cards included good education coupled with street life.
"My parents instilled in me the importance of education and my friends instilled in me the importance of knowing how to survive," said Roberson.
Success Wins Out
Remarkably, street life did not prevail and Roberson managed to grab education by the bootstraps. He attended Quincy University for Sociology and Roosevelt University for Integrated Marketing Communications. However, the future performing arts thespian had no inkling that performing would become his passion.
Passion for Music Minus the Lifestyle
It all started with a Yamaha beats machine. As a child, Roberson had a rap group with his younger brother called EMA (Earning Money Always).
"We would make our own beats, and looking back they were so whack," he laughed. "But we started off rapping, so my foundation for poetry was in hip-hop."
Fast forward some years and one record deal later. Roberson realized how he'd conformed to the social norms in the music industry.
"Sex drugs, money and murder," he said. "Even though I witnessed it and was around it, it was not something that I wanted to glorify. So all of my music was about stuff I experienced…but it just wasn't the message I wanted to put out there."
Liberation by Spoken Word
From there Roberson joined a group called Verbal Balance and he started making himself heard on the spoken word scene.
"It was so freeing," he said passionately. "I could do and have the same creativity I had in rap music but I didn't have to ride a rhythm. To not have to ride that rhythm and still be able to be creative…I just started writing and created a new persona."
Evolution to Acting
Making waves in the spoken word community was only the beginning of his artistic career. He soon discovered his niche was in acting. As a favor to a friend, Roberson auditioned for a film called "Love Shorts." The film won several awards at the African American Black Film Festival. Yet, the budding actor still had no clue how his talent was perceived. With no initial curiosity with acting, the budding actor didn't even bother seeing the film at the festival.
"I had no interest in being an actor, I didn't go to the festival, I didn't know how big the festival was, I didn't do any of that stuff," he asserted.
Realizing the success of the film, Roberson still didn't quite immerse himself into acting. Nonetheless, one year later, another friend approached Roberson. He asked him to audition for a part as a spoken word poet in a stage play. The burgeoning star was ecstatic. He realized this was a way to combine acting with what he loved—poetry.
Finally Embracing Acting as His Niche
From there his acting career continued to blossom and eventually he met producer Mark Harris.
"I started out on stage and did a ton of stage," he said. "Then I met Mark Harris who gave me my first lead role in a feature film."
Continuing his work in the arts, his passion ignited as he discovered acting and how rewarding it became for him.
"I love it; oh I love it!" the actor exclaimed. "It's one of the most gratifying feelings to me to be able to grab a character and shape that character and have that character be believable to the audience."
Roberson insists that he finds acting pleasurable. However, he wants everyone to know that he's never cared about being celebrated. For him, it's more about cultivating his artistry.
"I never wanted to be famous," he said. "I wanted to be an actor," he emphatically says, "I don't do it for the fame, I do it for the craft."
Roberson Lives to Inspire
His success led him to inspirational speaking. Roberson's desire to inspire exceeds his need to motivate and for the actor, there's a huge difference between the two.
"I wouldn't call myself a motivational speaker," he insisted. "I don't go by the term motivational speaker because I don't want people to get motivated. I'd rather them be inspired because motivation can leave you."
Roberson truly believes that "If you're inspired to do something, you want to take action after the motivation leaves you."
Roberson insists that it's imperative for people to understand their unique abilities. He believes that individuals do this by becoming greater than what their current circumstances say they are.
"Everybody has something great within them," he said. "It's just up to them to figure out what their own unique potential is."
And then He Becomes an Author
Inspirational speaking lead the actor into the literary community. Aside from acting and poetry, he is also the author of the "31 Life Lessons of Joshua Stokes."
The book is a personal development novel that details the life of a fictional character named Joshua Stokes. The story form book teaches you principles needed to "live a powerful well-rounded life."
Roberson attributes his success to not only his education via school but also through self-education. He spends time collecting and reading books to further expand his knowledge of all things. Roberson believes that all successful people have common threads that tie them to their prosperity. This philosophy is based off well-known motivational speaker Jim Rohn's motto.
Clues to Finding Success
"They say success leaves clues," he said. "If all these people have what you want and are saying the same thing in one way or another there's probably something valid in what they're saying."
"Jim Rohn who is probably one of the best motivational, inspirational philosophers that I've ever listened to," Roberson said. "He said (Jim Rohn) 'if you go into any multi-million-dollar home, there's probably a book shelf or a library.'"
Roberson advises everyone to do what successful people do. Get an education. Read. Shape your philosophies to get where you need to be.
"Every millionaire that I've ever met and the few billionaires that I've ever met," he said. "One of the things I ask them is what are some of your favorite books? I've never met a millionaire that said 'oh I don't read,' I've never met a billionaire that said 'ehh I don't read.'"
He Gives Back
Aside from being an esteemed author, actor and poet and inspirational speaker, Roberson mentors youth. He gives children an outlet through poetry by teaching them better ways to express themselves. Mel Roberson is also the founder of Mel Roberson Company a consulting firm that teaches leadership, team building and how to recognize people's differences. Additionally, he works for Legal Shield, a company that assists people in all legal matters from lawsuits to parking tickets. Roberson is currently writing his second novel.


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Design in Textiles by Mary Jaeger
17 Laight St.,
Ste. 21,
New York, NY 10013
Official Website
Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm and by appointment; Sat-Sun, by appointment only
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Mary Jaeger manages to squeeze more than just her collection of handmade accessories into her shopthis folksy boutique also mimics a modern art exhibit, displaying Jaeger's well-learned knowledge of Eastern design philosophy. The main focus here, as the name suggests, is the unique quality and manipulation of textiles. Jaeger applies her years of study in Asia to spinning cashmere, alpaca, mohair, and other natural fibers into her trademark boucle capes, neckwraps and colorful patchwork scarves. But while most of the shop's goods are fit to battle the cold, Jaeger's thinner, individually tie-dyed Shibori T-shirts have gained something of a cult following. Her penchant for this technique spills into the home accessories collection, which features brightly colored quilts and table runners, as well as throw pillows sewn from vintage kimonos.Extra
Customers can custom-order Jaeger's Shibori T-shirts; each is dyed by hand for a one-of-a-kind garment.


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Being a human with a bird's appetite, it is quite a tough job to eat everything good and then write about their tastes to make others drool. Not that I have any major objection, but a little cloud of fear hovers over my head when I think back about the delicious items I had consumed which might contribute to a towering development in my body – a potbelly!
But really, it is not so much of a worry as compared to the growing confusion about myself! Just when I thought that I was clear about my choices and self-desires, the skies decided to drop a bomb of confusion and cloud my judgement. Since then, I have decided to not judge or decide anything about life and give in to ever-flowing time.
I grew up with a passion for writing, a curious eye for photography and an eager ear for music. But not until my teens did I venture into adventurous cooking, in fact, the adventures started once I took charge of the house commanding mom not to step into the kitchen while I'm at work. And so it continued gradually, from hot beverages, little unhealthy snacks, to Mughlai or Mexican lunch and Chinese or Italian dinner – I developed a very loving soft corner for cooking.
Chivalry took over when I moved out of home and set up a nest in the Capital. Experiments followed, with thankfully very few disasters (My banana pancakes were yuk! Never tried that again), and I made an eternal friendship with corn. Not only did I invent some new corn dishes, I also taught my mom one of them and guess what – she loved it! Plus it's healthy. That's what everyone thinks of now if your food is not healthy nobody would bother sparing a mere look.
In the past few days, I scraped out time from my don't-know-how-the-day-comes-to-an-end schedule to prepare some 'delicacies'! With that word in mind, how can one not picture spaghetti with red sauce? Yes, I made spaghetti – loaded with vegetables, and then an experimental broth which turned out to be a good supper-material, I'd like to call it 'Sweet n sour corn broth.'
I might not honour myself with the title of a foodie, but making new things out of sheer pleasure of creation is definitely my cup of tea. Here are a couple of images of my humble attempts:
A recipe for beginners:
The corn broth is very simple. It contains boiled sweet corn, chopped onion, green chillies and tomatoes grinded together. Add salt, sugar and black-pepper according to taste into a boiling mixture of the paste. I have NOT used oil at all. (You might choose to opt for either pepper or chillies, I added both since I like it hot!). Turn off the heat once you get a desired thickness of the broth. It is filling, healthy and tasty.
Apart from boasting about my culinary skills, it is important to give a vote of thanks to the worthy teachers – mother, grandmother, roadside dhaba cooks, luxury hotel culinary sessions, food reviews, and a major contributor – the Internet (All the mouth-watering videos… What would we do without you!?). People who appreciate taste, go ahead and create some, add some spice to the lives around you.
A suggestion for those who are trying to maintain a diet by starving or torturing themselves by not eating what their tummies are craving for… "Seize the moment, Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart" – Erma Bombeck. After all, a happy stomach is a step ahead to achieving eternal peace!


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<< -- 4 -- Lawrence Budmen POETIC CHOPIN
The festival's Prodigies and Masters of Tomorrow series presented the astounding thirteen-year-old pianist Ji-Yong in a virtuosic performance of Beethoven's Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31 No 2. Both the mystery and the fiery brilliance of this music found expression in this young pianist's riveting performance. That a thirteen-year-old could play Beethoven with such accuracy and brilliance astonished the senses! He also offered lovely Chopin and a rousing display piece by England's York Bowen. Ji-Yong is an incredible talent! Fourteen-year-old violinist Eugene Ugorski (a student of Vesna Gruppman) displayed a large, rich tone and virtuoso fireworks in Paganini's Caprice No 24 and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy. He also was the master of the noble line in Bach's Chaconne in D minor. Ugorski is a new violin star in the making! Seventeen-year-old jazz pianist Eldar Djangirov displayed breezy imagination, tremendous virtuosity, and rousing improvisational fluency in classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Art Blakely, Charlie ('Bird') Parker, and Wynton Marsalis (with a tremendous rhythm section -- Duffy Jackson on drums and Rick Doll on bass). Djangirov may already be a genius!
A plethora of wonderfully talented young musicians dominated this 'Discovery Series'. (Goerner and Giltburg were terrific discoveries indeed!) With brilliant musicians from around the globe and gifted stars of tomorrow, the festival was a celebration of the piano and the joy of music!


text: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP, spoke on the breeding and welfare issues during the debate on the Efra Report. The problems of genetic health and welfare are still not being addressed by the Department responsible for animal welfare. Furthermore the Defra set up for companion animal welfare is confusing. The Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) has been created as the main advisory group to Govenment on all matters to do with animal health and welfare. However, no-one on this Board has any experience of companion animal welfare (Tim Morris has been given the responsibility). Even more recently the Canine and Feline Sector Group has been set up to advise AHWBE on the welfare issues of cats and dogs. Its current Chairman is Steve Dean who is also the Chairman of the Kennel Club. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown pointed out that this was a potential conflict of interest as the KC is part of the problem. G C-B gave his support to the Dog Advisory Council as being an independent group of experts who are best placed to make recommendations for the reform of dog breeding. The Minister, David Heath, suggested that G C-B meet with Michael Seals, Chairman of the AHWBE.


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On their first date, Joe took Rose to the carnival. When he asked her what she wanted to do first, Rose replied, "Get weighed." So Joe took her to the man with the scale who guesses people's weight. He looked at Rose and said, "One hundred and twenty pounds." Since Rose weighed in at one seventeen, she collected a prize. Next they went on the roller coaster. When the ride was finished, Joe asked Rose what she wanted to do next. "Get weighed," she said. So they went back to the man with the scale, who of course guessed Rose's weight correctly. Leaving without a prize, they went for a ride on the merry-go-round. After they got off, Joe asked Rose what she wanted to do next. "I want to get weighed!" she said again. Joe began to think this was quite strange, and decided to end the evening quickly. He left her at the door with a quick handshake. Rose's roommate was waiting up for her to return and asked how the evening went. "Wousy!" Rose replied.
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I've spent the better part of 3 yrs trying to get my shit together. Slowly putting myself back together with the help of my family and friends and a new attitude. There have been bumps and missteps but I hope I've learned what it is I was supposed to through it all. I know I'm better for it. I'm definitely happier then I've ever been and I think my attitude as shown that. Don't get me wrong there are still nightmares and days when I wake up and want to throat punch someone but there are people who are not worthy of my love, friendship etc…I know they are worse off without me. I don't really take any comfort from the thought and I don't dwell on them. Moving on provides a clarity I've never had before. Namely, that I'm worth much more than they could ever understand.
Getting physically and mentally healthy have been my priorities and I can't stress enough how important it is NOT to do ANYTHING that doesn't make you happy (I'm talking about the big picture here not the little things) I've found that if you get bent out of shape over the small stuff, that's indicative of a bigger problem.
Tomorrow starts NaNo writing month. I will be revisiting the world of the Longfellow women, with a new Longfellow cousin Torrie. A doctor/medical examiner for the paranormal. I have my writing buddies and sprint partners lined up.
This is the perfect time to start over. Today is my absolute favorite holiday. No pressures like at Christmas and other religious celebrations. Just fun.
Since this is my favorite time of the year, I intend to take advantage of it and allow the season to wrap around me and hopefully keep me inspired.
Things that I have to keep in mind-
- I have to write every single day. The goal of 1670k is entirely doable.
- I can't go back and start editing the next day. A really bad habit I have that can be death to a story. If I think of something I want to add, I'll make a note and go back in December when I start my edits.
- I'm not going to evaluate what I'm writing as I write. Another big problem., I tend to ask questions like "Is this realistic or even possible? What would someone in real life think about this?" These things don't matter when you are creating a work of fiction.
- I'm moving away from the erotic aspect. Not that there won't be sex but it won't be the central theme that the story surrounds. I've moved further away from that the longer I write. When I was at my best as an Erotic Writer, I was at my worst, most self-destructive in my personal life.
This will be a perfect way to end my year- the first really happy year I've had in my life. A year where I no longer hate anyone, am angry everyday, jealous, hateful, negative in every way possible. I'm halfway through my life and I intend for the second half of it to be who I want, to do what I want and to keep being happy. People , places and money don't make you happy and don't give you purpose.
I believe in Karma and that what you put in the world is exactly what the world will give back to you and it's always when you least expect it. You either do better or you'll be miserable. It's hard to look at yourself and remember all the shitty things you've done. I've tried very hard to apologize and make sure I never do to others whats been done to me.
Complementing NaNo will be the last link in the chain I've been forging this year and will act as physical proof that I'm not bound by what others think of me, by my past issues and by some of the things I still have to work out.
This is the start of my New Year, yeah it's a little early but I'm happy to be here and give it a go.
I hope my fellow authors who are participating in NaNo all have success with it in November and can reach the 50,000 word count.
Lots of luck and good Karma to all who go forward in November and hopefully by January there will be a slew of new books for readers to enjoy.
Happy All Hallows Eve!


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300th birthday of leading light of philosophy celebrated in his native city
Books and papers relating to Scotland's most celebrated philosopher, David Hume, go on display today (5 May) at the National Library of Scotland, 300 years after his birth.
Born on 7 May 1711, he was one of the most prominent figures in the Scottish Enlightenment and one of the first British men of letters to win fame and fortune through his pen, both as an essayist and historian.
Now Scotland's largest library is giving the public a chance to view an original copy of Hume's famous 'A Treatise of Human Nature' (volume 1) which dates back to 1739, and is considered by many scholars to be his most important work.
Dr Iain Gordon Brown, Principal Curator of Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland, said: 'Our display is a great tribute to Hume who is arguably the most important philosopher ever to write in English. Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature" is a fascinating insight into "the science of man" but was not an immediate success in Britain, and inevitably attracted criticism from his contemporaries.
'To illustrate this we have also put on display a letter, written by Hume to Glasgow professor Francis Hutcheson in 1739, in which he responds to such criticism. If you are interested in Hume or want to learn more, come to Edinburgh and see this inspiring collection first-hand.'
Hume was an international celebrity who enjoyed a varied career - he was a law student, apprentice merchant, military secretary, diplomat and civil servant. Although popular in literary circles he also attracted controversy due to his perceived atheism.
NLS is a major centre of Hume scholarship, with world-renowned collections of his correspondence, papers and books. Most distinguished of all is the Hume Collection bequeathed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1838 by the philosopher's nephew, and now on long-term loan to the National Library of Scotland. In the 1750s Hume was Keeper of the Advocates Library, predecessor of the present National Library of Scotland.
Other highlights in the treasures display include letters between Hume and his contemporaries, including Adam Smith, and minutes of meetings from his time with the Advocates Library.
The David Hume display will be open to the public from May 5 to June 28.
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Peyton List: Pre-SAG Party Pretty
Peyton List is pretty in pink as she arrives at the Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG Party hosted by Essie and Audi held at Chateau Marmont on Saturday night (January 26) in Los Angeles.
The 14-year-old actress, who met up with good friend and Homeland actor Jackson Pace, wore an alice + olivia dress with Chinese Laundry heels. Peyton completed her look with Stella & Dot bangles and earrings, Jessica Elliott and Shop Lately rings and a Shop Lately clutch.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Peyton List
Just recently, Peyton spoke to Teen Vogue mag about her involvement with Girls on The Run.
"Girls on the Run is an organization that believes every girl can embrace who she is. It's all about girl empowerment," Peyton shared. "I've volunteered for different things before, but I didn't get to work hands-on. I thought this program sounded wonderful because I could go in and work with girls face-to-face."
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Newly released video and audio provides a fuller picture of the fight against a catastrophic wild fire in Arizona last summer. Nineteen hotshot firefighters were killed, and several families have filed multi-million dollar lawsuits.
Video from a firefigher's helmet cam shows the Yarnell fire bearing down and captures the desperate radio calls from the Granite Mountain Hotshots as a 100-foot wall of flames closed in on them.
"Breaking in on Arizona 16, Granite Mountain Hotshots, we are in front of the flaming front," can be heard on one recording.
The recordings were released after an investigation revealed commanders made numerous mistakes managing the wildfire that killed the 19 hotshots and destroyed more than 100 homes.
"Little by little the truth is
coming out," said Juliann Ashcraft, whose husband, Andrew, was one of
those who died. She saw the video for the first time yesterday.
Their leader, Eric Marsh, made one of the final calls for help."Our escape route has been cut off," he said. "We are preparing a deployment site and we are burning out around ourselves in the brush and I'll give you a call when we are under the -- the shelters."
"In his voice, what I heard was he knew, I think and I believe that he knew they were all going to die," Ashcraft said.
Moments before the hotshots deployed their fire shelters, they called for water-dropping aircraft: "Air Attack, Granite Mountain 7!"But fire commanders did not even know where the hotshots were.
"So you're on the south side of the fire then? We've got several aircraft coming to you. We'll see if we can't take care of business for you."
"It shows confusion and that's heartbreaking," said Ashcraft's mother, Deborah Pfingston.
But to Pfingston, the recordings also provide some comfort."These guys were working to save each other to the very last moment, and that is commendable," she said.
At 4:38 p.m., there was a call from dispatch.
"Division Alpha, Bravo 33. Do you hear a helicopter?"
But there was no reply.