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"Street Trace NYC is a cel-shaded combat hoverboard racing game set in the Boroughs of New York City outside Manhattan by independent software developer Gaia Industries for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. The game gets its name from the New York City setting and the Tron-like light trails the hoverboards generate. The game was released on August 22, 2007. The game is reported to have had one of the longest development cycles of any of the Xbox Live Arcade titles, with a supposed initial release date planned for the date of Xbox 360 launch on November 22, 2005. The game languished in development until it was finally released in August 2007. Gameplay The game features both single player and multiplayer play. The single player game involves a story arc that comprises five tournaments which include 63 matchups and three bosses, as well as 18 "trial" games that will be posted on the Xbox Live online leaderboard. The player is awarded four types of medals depending on the skill of their performance (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum) in both the tournaments and trial games. The game features two chief modes of racing: Racing and Arena: *Racing games include: **Screamer: standard racing without weapons **Chaos: racing without a finish line - the race is "won" by collecting flags, shooting targets and taking down other racers **Streettrace: combat racing on extended tracks *Arena games include: **Flag: a Capture the flag variant in which flags are carried to a target for points **Hunter: a version of Kill the Carrier **Chaos: similar to the Racing version, except within an arena **Takedown: a deathmatch game The game allows two to four players on a single machine (split-screen), with up to four bots, and up to eight players online over Xbox Live. Reception The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The earliest review came from the UK version of Official Xbox Magazine, which gave it a score of 5 out of 10, though the game itself was not released until nearly seven months later. References External links *Gaia Industries *Joystiq interviews Gaia Industries on Street Trace (XBLA) *XBLA-Info - Blog Interview Category:2007 video games Category:Fantasy sports video games Category:Microsoft games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games with cel-shaded animation Category:Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Category:Xbox 360-only games Category:Xbox 360 games Category:Video games set in New York City "
"Elko is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Georgia, United States, south of the city of Perry. Founded circa 1890 as a railroad town, Elko prospered in the early 1900s as a local depot and trading center for cotton planters in southern Houston County. History The district around Elko, called the Old Thirteenth Georgia Military District, had been devoted mainly to cotton farming since Houston County was established in the 1820s. By spring 1888 the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad (or GS&F;) completed a line through Houston County. In the southern part of the county, the railroad passed near two older farm communities called Hickory Grove and Spoonville. The GS&F; Railroad sold land lots for a new town with a railroad depot. The community was first called "Elko" in 1889. The town of Elko was incorporated in 1891 with an elected mayor-council government.Bobbe Smith Hickson, A Land So Dedicated: Houston County, Georgia ([Perry, Ga.]: Houston County Library Board, 1977), 145-7, 162-5. The railroad depot was the center of business and social life in Elko, and crowds greeted the daily trains that ran from Macon, Georgia through Valdosta, Georgia to Palatka, Florida. Regular passenger service began in March 1890. The line was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1895. Because of the railroad, Elko residents could go shopping in Macon and return home the same evening. They could also travel overnight to Florida and visit the resorts at St. Augustine. In 1900 the town's population was estimated at 500. A newspaper, The Elkonian, appeared in 1899. The Bank of Elko was founded in 1900. =Decline= The boll weevil blight had a devastating effect on the town's commerce. The Bank of Elko soon liquidated its assets and closed, followed by many other businesses in Elko. Local farmers switched to peach crops, and Elko citizens built a peach packing shed, but the town never recovered its former prosperity. In 1915 or afterward, a fire caused by cinders from a locomotive smokestack burned down Elko's remaining stores. Scheduled passenger service to Elko ended in 1930. The town's last mayor was Joe Norton "Nick" Buff. In the latter half of the twentieth century only Paul Davis' general store, which doubled as the town's post office, remained open in Elko. Origin of the name The origin of the name "Elko" is unknown, but it is believed to have been bestowed by the GS&F; railroad company in 1889. Other railroad towns named "Elko" exist in the American states of Nevada and South Carolina. Present-day Elko With the demise of railroad passenger service, Elko became more isolated in the latter half of the twentieth century than it had been in the 1890s, and the population declined. Elko's residential district, with its Victorian houses shaded by oak and pecan trees, attracts some residents who commute to nearby cities. As an unincorporated community, Elko is governed by the Houston County Board of Commissioners and protected by county sheriff's patrols and a volunteer fire department. The town's churches hold both weekly and monthly services, with some residents attending more than one church on alternating Sundays. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Houston County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) "
"The Sulawesi ground dove (Gallicolumba tristigmata) also known as yellow- breasted ground dove is a medium-sized, approximately 35 cm long, olive-brown ground dove with golden forehead, yellow breast, red legs, iridescence bluish- green crown ended with purple patch behind ear coverts, dark brown tail and white below. Both sexes are similar. An Indonesian endemic, this elusive species is distributed to primary rainforests of Sulawesi in Wallacea. The Sulawesi ground dove is a terrestrial bird. Its diet consists mainly of seeds and fallen fruits taken from feeding grounds. The female lays a single white egg. The Sulawesi ground dove is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. References External links * BirdLife Species Factsheet Category:Gallicolumba Category:Endemic birds of Sulawesi Category:Birds described in 1855 Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte "