PLAYER.ONE Star Wars Battlefront II Star Wars Battlefront 2 just received a hotfix after major server downtime, and the new files have spurred progress for data miners looking for new info. If the latest developments are any indication, it looks like General Grievous may be the big Hero coming alongside content Season 2 next month.The evidence arrives via user FaintMelodyOfLight from the Battlefront 2 subreddit. As seen below, the image shows Grievous’ character menus including special abilities Stun Slam, Lightsaber Spin and Buzz-Saw. His trademark weapon is, of course, General Grievous’s Lightsabers. It’s worth noting that the source data is from Star Wars Battlefront 2’s launch this past November, but it was just recently able to be activated in-game.Grievous UI Metadata from launch now working in game from r/StarWarsBattlefront As the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Season 2 approaches next month, the progress of data miners becomes incredibly important for … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars Battlefront 2′ Grievous Leaks Suggest He May Be Season 2 Hero
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These are the Bay Area bars and restaurants you’ve seen on the big screen
By Susana Guerrero, SFGATE Updated 3:20 pm, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', … [Read more...] about These are the Bay Area bars and restaurants you’ve seen on the big screen
‘Big Little Lies’ stars are back in NorCal. Here’s where they’ve been seen.
By Michelle Robertson, SFGATE Published 11:06 am, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', … [Read more...] about ‘Big Little Lies’ stars are back in NorCal. Here’s where they’ve been seen.
CBS News Logo In “Big Hero 6,” new tech helps create movie magic
From the same people who brought us "Frozen," "Tangled" and "Wreck it Ralph," Disney's latest animated film "Big Hero 6" opens in theaters this week. The movie is packed with all sorts of futuristic technology like flying robots and telekinesis. But to create this fanciful world, producers say they had to develop brand new technologies and software programs. When Hiro and his robot friend Baymax swoop onto the screen, moviegoers will enter their imaginary world, a futuristic and highly detailed mash-up of San Francisco and Tokyo. The filmmakers did everything they could to make it look authentic and deeply dimensional. "There are 83,000 unique buildings. There are a quarter million trees," Kyle Odermatt, the film's visual effects supervisor, told CNET's Kara Tsuboi. Visual effects artists created more elements for this film than in their previous three films combined. They wanted to create a fanciful, imaginative, realistic-looking city and ended up building new software they called … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo In “Big Hero 6,” new tech helps create movie magic
Woman moves NASA T-shirts from boys’ section to girls’ at big-box store. Twitter explodes
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 2:08 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Photo: Twitter Screen Capture / Katie Hinde / @mammals_suck One time use: An image of NASA T-shirts moved from the boys' area of a big-box store to the girls' area sparked a lively discussion on Twitter. One time use: An image of NASA T-shirts moved from the boys' area... An Arizona State University professor moved NASA T-shirts from the boys' section of a big-box store into the girls' area and snapped a picture for Twitter over the weekend. Katie Hinde's simple action to tell the world that girls, not only boys, can be rocket scientists sparked an explosion of controversy in the Twitterverse. Hinde intended to make a feminist statement, pointing out the presence of sexism and gender stereotyping in retail that makes pink-princess clothing for girls' areas and emblazons boys' clothes with super heroes, race cars and all the cool science … [Read more...] about Woman moves NASA T-shirts from boys’ section to girls’ at big-box store. Twitter explodes
Hay day: Wyoming rancher has big impact on Olympic downhill
PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The rancher from western Wyoming wears tan overalls pulled over a U.S. ski team jacket, and is every bit as versed in the nuances of hay farming as the subtleties of snow grooming.He doesn't even ski for pleasure much anymore due to aching hips, yet the Olympic fates of Lindsey Vonn, Aksel Lund Svindal and many of the best speed skiers are directly tied to the handiwork of Tom Johnston , a no-nonsense cowboy who spends his days toiling among hay bales on nearly 1,800 acres of leased fields near his home in Boulder, Wyoming (population: 170ish).Johnston also just happens to be one of the world's foremost experts on shaping a race course , most notably the downhill and super-G tracks that Vonn, Svindal and the rest will zoom down in February in South Korea.Every tooth-rattling bump and knee-buckling jump on the Pyeongchang course will have been exhaustively groomed by Johnston and his crew, whose goal, in ski parlance, is to create "hero snow" — the … [Read more...] about Hay day: Wyoming rancher has big impact on Olympic downhill
Grace: When cancer treatment made speech difficult, Bellevue man turned to writing. Now he’s hit it big
The old cowboy couldn’t swallow, couldn’t talk, really. Nothing between his jaw and his chest works right anymore. On the one hand, he was lucky — the cowboy’s going on 23 years cancer-free. On the other, he still felt too young last year at age 66 to be stuck home, feeling this washed up and not worth a darn. He was bored. He was itching to get back up on some horse. Any horse. That horse happened to be a computer. One day last December, the cowboy opened a blank page. And began to write. Words turned into pages. Pages turned into novels. Novels turned into an Amazon e-book success story with 33 titles, all of them Westerns. Though the cowboy wasn’t seeking fortune or fame, he has achieved both on the Amazon self-publishing frontier. “ ‘Slow John’ has been No. 1 for two weeks,” he said incredulously at his dining room table, laptop open to show his Amazon metrics. “You know what’s No. 2? My Christmas … [Read more...] about Grace: When cancer treatment made speech difficult, Bellevue man turned to writing. Now he’s hit it big
Dec. 22: A hero cop, Rikers and a neighborhood farewell
A murdered detective’s legacy Morganville, N.J.: Re Voicer Bob Petrosino’s letter about his great-great-uncle, Lt. Joe Petrosino, the NYPD detective murdered by the Black Hand in 1909 in Sicily: He was also my great-great-uncle and I would like to add a significant piece of history that is often overlooked. My grandfather was Prospero Petrosino, who was 9 when his uncle was assassinated in Sicily. This event had such a profound influence on him that he went on to be a NYPD detective from 1924 to 1950 alongside his younger brother, Detective James Petrosino, from 1929 to 1955. Both were involved in famous cases of their time, which also had an influence on my generation of family members who currently are involved in law. Anthony Petrosino, a great-great-nephew, is a leading criminologist with WestEd’s Justice and Prevention Research Center. Paul Tepper was an undercover NYPD detective involved in gangs in the 1970s and 80s, and was given Lt. Joe Petrosino’s … [Read more...] about Dec. 22: A hero cop, Rikers and a neighborhood farewell
The lost years of Barr Camp and the unheralded heroes who kept Pikes Peak’s way station alive
0 View Gallery View Comments Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct one misspelled reference to Don McClung. A voice rises in the woods. "Monteeee! Heeeyyy, Monteee! Heeeyyy, Monteee!" Allen Owen calls to his old mentor. Monte Barrett, 70, is somewhere here along the former Barr Trail, following Ruxton Creek and reacquainting himself with this place in his sweetest memories. He and Owen, 55, had hiked here countless times in their youth. And while they still live in the area, they're not exploring together anymore. Now Barrett has a backpack storing his oxygen supply. He walks slowly, observing the vegetation he recalls. "There's the ferns, the sumac," his gravelly voice mutters. "The geraniums, there's the chokecherries there. Lots of poison ivy. I don't remember all this poison ivy." He and Owen stop at two rusted poles. A sign used to be attached, marking the mileage to Pikes Peak's summit and its halfway point - their former stomping grounds. Now the sign … [Read more...] about The lost years of Barr Camp and the unheralded heroes who kept Pikes Peak’s way station alive
Goodbye, big guy
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