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Fans of vintage video games rejoice: the geeky crew of Archive.org has powered up the Console Living Room. Its a massive online collection of games for systems like the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision that you can play right in your browser!

Console Living Room is an extension of Archive.orgs Historical Software Collection, and so far it includes the Atari 7800, Magnavox Odyssey, and Astrocade in addition to the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision.

The games are brought to life by JSMESS, a pure JavaScript version of MESS, the Multi Emulator Super System. More than 500 titles are available for the Atari 2600 alone, including classics like Tempest, Pitfall, and Zaxxon.[Read on:Portable Gaming: A Brief History]

And yes, the E.T. game that Atari buried in a New Mexico landfill is playable too. For as long as you can stand it, that is. Move up to the much newer Atari 7800 and youll be able to play much more advanced games with better graphics like Ikari Warriors and Double Dragon.

Archive.orgs official blog post notes that the library will expand rapidly in the very near future, so dont rage quit if you dont see your favorite titles just yet. Also dont expect to hear any sound.

Support for game audio hasnt been implemented yet, but JSMESS is still considered beta software. Its constantly being tweaked and improved, and soon youll get the full classic living room gaming experience you remember right inside your browser.

MESS supports loads of additional systems, like the Intellivision and VirtualBoy. Theres a good chance Archive.org will expand the Console Living Rooms offerings to include them at some point, too!

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When the Mountain View-based Community Health Awareness Council celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters this September, the event was billed as the "Miracle on El Camino."

The new building, located near the intersection of W. El Camino Real and View Street, is significantly larger than the organization's previous digs at the corner of Church and Hope streets. CHAC paid no money for the larger space, since both the old and new buildings were controlled by the same landlord, who agreed to swap locations free of charge.

The local non-profit, which focuses on delivering affordable community mental health and substance abuse services to local children, teens and adults, opened its new offices at the beginning of July, and according to CHAC representative Carrie Carstens, the new facilities have been "great."

"It has definitely been a blessing," Carstens said. "We need the space."

Due to the former building's size, Carstens said, the organization was having trouble meeting demand for services. Group meetings and classes on subjects such as parenting skills were constrained, and the limited number of individual offices meant that CHAC counselors weren't able to meet with as many people as they now can.

The Community Health Awareness Council is one of this year's beneficiaries of the Voice's annual Holiday Fund drive.

Supporting CHAC means supporting a stronger, healthier, happier community, Carstens said. The organization offers individual, couples and family counseling; psychotherapy; teen pregnancy prevention and support services; substance abuse support groups; help with diagnosing and treating learning and cognitive disabilities; and many more programs focused on improving mental health and well-being.

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Dr. Stewart Kiritz, chief psychologist and director of training at CHAC, runs the organization's newly established Assessment Clinic, which conducts extensive psychological assessments of local men, women, teens and children at the CHAC offices. Though the CHAC has done this kind of assessment since it was founded in 1973, they only decided to get "really serious about it" a year ago, Kiritz said.

Now they have an entire program devoted to diagnosing patients with learning disabilities and mental conditions, such as ADHD, dyslexia, depression and anxiety.

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In what was once a scraggly paved lot next to Dodge City, you'll now find a glass storefront flanked by a trio of brightly painted industrial shipping containers. El Rey, the long-awaited taqueria and beer garden set to open early next month on U Street, was created almost entirely from the giant steel boxes, a resource that's finding favor around the world as an inexpensive, upcycled way to build both restaurants and living quarters.

"Anything that's under cover is containers," says Ian Hilton, who with his brother, Eric, is one of the primary proprietors of the 3,100-square-foot El Rey.

The idea itself isn't new; Southeast Washington entertainment venue Fairgrounds uses the containers, too, though mostly as eye-candy. El Rey, which means "the king" in Spanish, is the first construction in Washington to employ them in substantive ways, to build out kitchens, bathrooms, dining space and design flourishes. In back, a large patio sits under a retractable roof, which can slowly roll back on nice days to shed sunlight on diners, or keep everyone under cover when the prospect of being outdoors is less appealing.

El Rey's menu will focus on tacos and tequila. It will keep a handful of beers on tap, most hailing from Mexican brewers, with a few lesser-known South American brews as well. At a street-facing window, U Street partiers will be able to score tacos without walking inside. But getting to this point was a three-year process, one that included rethinking the whole model for the business.

How El Rey was built:

July 2010: Co-owner Eric Hilton broaches the idea for a temporary summer beer garden and taco shop built out of industrial steel shipping containers. "I had seen, in different places in the Caribbean, houses built out of containers. It's a cool, recycled building material," says Hilton, whose other restaurant/bars include

The first proposed design submitted for El Rey, at 919 U St. NW. (Edit Lab @ Streetsense)

Brixton, Marvin and American Ice Company. "One of our partner-investors owns a shipping company [the Washington-based Paxton Van Lines], so that made it pretty easy to get them." The original plan? "We thought we were just going to throw some containers down and build some bathrooms and call it a day," Hilton says. "The project just sort of mushroomed."

Early 2011: Change of plans. Goodbye, "temporary." The District requires El Rey to undergo the same review process as a permanent structure, and rent on the property is due year-round, regardless of whether the restaurant would be open, co-owner Ian Hilton says. The team decides to rethink El Rey, adding the infrastructure of a year-round business, including a roof.

The architects' second go at El Rey adds a fixed roof over part of the restaurant, and a retractable roof over the beer garden. (Edit Lab @ Streetsense)

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What does 2014 have in store for your life online? If you're young, it may not involve Facebook as much as an older brother, sister, mom, or dad.

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People are lining up to buy the original Air Jordan which Nike is re-releasing on Saturday.

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Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to order a review of what caused an explosion earlier this month at a South Suburban chemical factory that left two workers hurt.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to order a review of what caused an explosion earlier this month at a South Suburban chemical factory that left two workers hurt.

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In the span of the last year, Adrian Romero went from construction worker to food truck operator to brick-and-mortar restaurateur, specializing in the Agua Prieta-style Mexican cuisine he grew up on in Douglas.

On Dec. 13, Romero, who has lived in Tucson 13 years, opened Ole Rico Mexican Steakhouse in the original Mr. K's BBQ space at 1830 S. Park Ave. The restaurant serves a streamlined menu of burritos, Mexican sandwiches and quesadillas, ranging in price from $2.50 to $4.50. The most expensive item on the menu is the $12 grilled steak plate served with tortillas.

Romero said he has been cooking all his life, but he made his living doing construction with an uncle in Tucson. Last spring, he rolled out his Ole Rico food truck, which looks like a little cabin on wheels. He cooked steaks and burgers on an outdoor grill fueled by mesquite wood. He parked mostly on Tucson's southside near South Valencia Road and South Westover Avenue, and took the truck out on weekends to a few community events including Cyclovia and Second Saturdays Downtown.

Business was good, but the south side neighborhood wasn't the safest.

"It was kind of dangerous where I was at," Romero said. "Where I was at in Pima County, it was hard to find a spot."

Romero said he decided to make the leap to permanent restaurant after talking to the building's owner, Charles Kendrick.

Kendrick, the namesake for Mr. K's BBQ, runs his Afro-American Heritage Museum in half of the building and has had a restaurant in the other half since the late 1990s.

"I think it was the only possible setup for me to work the menu because he has the outside grills," Romero said.

Romero said he started working on cleaning up and painting the space in November. It had been vacant for months, since a short-lived Caribbean restaurant closed last summer. Mr. K's, which Kendrick's son, Ray, ran for more than a decade, moved further south on Park to 6302 S. Park Ave. in summer 2012.

Ole Rico is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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the Holiday Inn Bordeaux is offering a new dining experience. The hotel opened Generals' Quarters on Dec. 19 in the spot formerly occupied by the All American Bar & Grille.

The All American Bar & Grille was closed following a salmonella outbreak in May. The hotel and restaurant are now managed by Interessant Hospitality based in Orlando, Fla.

Generals' Quarters features a casual menu of appetizers, salads, pizza, burgers and sandwiches.

"We are aiming for a place where people can relax more so than a night club feel, which is what it used to have," said Heidi Scheffler, the restaurant's food and beverage manager.

The kitchen is led by new executive chef John Turner, who trained at Johnson & Wales University and has worked in restaurants from Manhattan to Atlanta, said Heidi Politi, a sales manager at the hotel.

The new menu highlights fresh foods and appetizers, such as the crispy catfish bites served with Southern tartar sauce and fried okra. One item that caught my eye was the Cracker Jack Salad, made with caramel corn, peanuts, turkey and apple vinaigrette. I was a big fan of Cracker Jack as a kid. I can't wait to see how the sweet crunch of caramel corn adds to a salad.

The restaurant also received a makeover. Patrons will notice more historical military decor. The restaurant is decorated with items from local military surplus stores and from the Airborne & Special Operations Museum.

"We wanted to pay homage to the military and the community's military roots," Politi said.

Sports fans can watch games on any of the 15 flat-screen televisions. The restaurant opens each day at 4 p.m. and is at 1707 Owen Drive.

I know reading about food is probably the last thing you want to do after a few weeks of turkey, ham and sweet goodies. But bear with me. I have a few more tidbits in restaurant news.

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The UF/IFAS Extension's Alachua County office will offer a workshop next month on "Green Industries Best Management Practices" that will give those in the landscape field training on how to apply fertilizers.

Aparna Gazula, commercial horticulture agent, will lead the class at the UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office, 2800 NE 39th Ave., on Jan. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The workshop is designed to provide training in "best management practices" for anyone working in the lawn, landscape, pest control or municipal grounds areas. This is a required training class for all commercial and institutional fertilizer applicators in Alachua County according to Alachua County codes for fertilizer standards and management practices.

A "commercial fertilizer applicator" means any person who applies fertilizer on turf and/or landscape plants in Alachua County in exchange for money, goods, services or other valuable consideration.

An "institutional fertilizer applicator" means any person, other than a non-commercial or commercial applicator, who applies fertilizer for the purpose of maintaining turf and/or landscape plants. Institutional applicators include owners and managers of public lands, schools, parks, religious institutions, utilities, industrial or business sites and any residential properties maintained in condominium and/or common ownership.

Best management practices are focused on reducing pollution resulting from fertilization or pesticide application.

The workshop costs $25, which includes materials and lunch. Pre-register by calling 337-6209 at least three working days prior to program.

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