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Table or Tables may refer to:

Table (furniture)

Table (information)

Deliberative procedures:

* Table (parliamentary procedure), deferral or commencement of consideration

* Table (verb), contrasting usages

Tables (board game), a class of board games

The Table, a volcanic tuya in British Columbia, Canada

A type of diamond cut

A tablet of early Roman law; see Twelve Tables

Table (database)

Calligra Tables, a spreadsheet application

See also

List of reference tables

Tableau (disambiguation)

Table Mountain (disambiguation)

Table Rock (disambiguation)

Tablet (disambiguation)

Tabla

Tabula

Tabula Rasa (disambiguation)

Tab (disambiguation)

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Coordinates	19°55′8.88″N43°56′19.2″N
Name	Sunny Sweeney
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Sunny Michaela Sweeney
Birth date	December 07, 1976
Origin	Longview, Texas, United States
Instrument	Vocals, rhythm guitar
Genre	Country
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter
Years active	2006-Present
Label	Big Machine, Republic Nashville
Website	}}

Sunny Michaela Sweeney (born December 7, 1976) is an American country music artist. She is signed to the Republic Nashville label. Her debut album, ''Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame'', was issued in 2007. Although it produced three singles in "If I Could", "Ten Years Pass" and "East Texas Pines", none of these singles have charted. In June 2010, the lead-off to her second studio album, "From a Table Away," became her first single to chart.

Biography

Sunny Sweeney was born in Houston, Texas. Initially, Sweeney decided that she wanted to be an improv comedian. She moved to New York City to join a comedy troupe; however, the troupe's other members persuaded her to choose a career in singing instead, and she moved back to her native Texas.

She put out her first album with the production help of Tommy Detamore. After gaining a following on the club circuit in her native Texas, Sweeney signed to the independent Big Machine Records label. She also toured throughout Europe in 2007. Her debut album, ''Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame'', was initially self-released, and was reissued in 2007 on Big Machine. The album produced three singles in "If I Could," "Ten Years Pass" and "East Texas Pines", although none of these songs charted.

In 2009, Sweeney was signed as the first artist to Republic Nashville, a newly-founded joint venture between Big Machine and Universal Republic Records. Her first single for the label is "From a Table Away," which was released on June 28, 2010. It became her first chart single when it debuted at #58 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 26, 2010. In March 2011, the song entered the Top 10 of the chart.

Republic Nashville released Sweeney's second studio album, ''Concrete'' on August 23, 2011. The album was produced by Brett Beavers consists of ten tracks, including one co-written with Radney Foster. The album's second single, "Staying's Worse Than Leaving," was released to country radio on May 2, 2011. "Drink Myself Single" followed late in the year.

Personal life

Sweeney married Jeff Helmer on November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chartpositions
		! width="40"	! width="40"
''Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame''		* Release date: March 6, 2007	* Label: Big Machine Records	Compact disc>CD, music download	—	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: August 23, 2011	* Label: Republic Nashville	* Format: CD, music download	7	21

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chartpositions
		! width="40"	! width="40"
''Sunny Sweeney — EP''		* Release date: January 18, 2011	* Label: Republic Nashville	* Formats: music download	41	12

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chartpositions		Album
		! width="45"	! width="45"
2007	"If I Could"	—	—
	"Ten Years Pass"	—	—
"East Texas Pines"	—	—
2010	"From a Table Away"	10	71
	"Staying's Worse Than Leaving"	38	—
"Drink Myself Single"	36	—

Music videos

! Year	! Video	! Director
2007	"If I Could"	Todd Cassetty
2010	"From a Table Away"	David McClister
2011	"Staying's Worse Than Leaving"	Roman White

References

External links

Official Website

Category:American country singers Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Texas Category:Big Machine Records artists Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:Republic Records artists Category:1976 births

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Coordinates	19°55′8.88″N43°56′19.2″N
name	Wil Wheaton
birth name	Richard William Wheaton III
birth date	July 29, 1972
birth place	Burbank, California,United States
occupation	Actor/Writer
years active	1982–present
spouse	Anne Prince (1999–present)
children	Two step-sons, one adopted
website	http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/ }}

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me'' and Joey Trotta in ''Toy Soldiers''. As a writer, he is best known for his blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.

Early life

Wheaton was born in Burbank, California, to Debbie (née O’Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist. He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy. Both appeared uncredited in the episode "When the Bough Breaks" of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.

Career

''Star Trek'' and early career

Wheaton made his acting debut in the 1981 TV film ''A Long Way Home'', and his first cinema role was as Martin Brisby in the 1982 animated film ''The Secret of NIMH'', the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's ''Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH''. He had a minor role in the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter. He first gained widespread attention in 1986 as Gordie Lachance in ''Stand by Me'', the film adaptation of Stephen King's ''The Body''. In 1991, he played Joey Trotta in the film ''Toy Soldiers''.

From 1987 to 1990, he appeared in the role of Wesley Crusher on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' throughout its first four seasons.

Although his ''Star Trek'' character, and by extension Wheaton himself, was disliked by a vocal group of Trekkies during ''TNG'''s first run, he commented about his critics in an interview for WebTalk Radio:

Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my web site and people who I've talked to since I started going to ''Star Trek'' conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character.

After leaving ''Star Trek'', Wheaton moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000, doing product testing and quality control. He later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product. Wheaton said this was a period of growth in his life, and living out of Los Angeles helped him deal with anger issues. He came back to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, then re-entered the acting world.

Wheaton's popularity among ''Star Trek'' fandom is covered in a number of web comics. ''ArcaneTimes'' of March 25, 2005 offers a sympathetic position. ''Something Positive'' presents a range of opinions as part of the storyline ''Mike's Kid''. ''Abstruse Goose'' tries to distinguish between the character and the actor.

He was a contestant on a 2001 episode of ''The Weakest Link'' featuring Star Trek actors as contestants to win money for a charity each had chosen.

Post-''Star Trek''

In the late 1990s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning ''The Good Things'', in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker; it was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. He received the Best Actor award at the 2002 Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his performance in ''Jane White is Sick and Twisted''.

From September 2006 to September 2007, he hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called ''InDigital'' along with Jessica Corbin and veteran host Hahn Choi.

Wheaton's more recent acting work includes guest appearances on the November 23, 2007 episode of the TV series ''Numb3rs'', and the October 22, 2008 episode of the series ''Criminal Minds''. He has also appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch ("Lock Out") for LoadingReadyRun (and a reprise of the same the following year in CommodoreHustle 4), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series ''Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show''.

He has worked as a voice actor in many original series, video games and anime, which started as young Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH when he was 10 years old. His most noteworthy credits include the roles of Aqualad in the cartoon ''Teen Titans'', the voice of radio journalist Richard Burns in ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', Kyle in the Nickelodeon cartoon, ''Kyle + Rosemary'', Himself and various other characters on both ''Family Guy'' and ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy'', the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, on ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' in the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!", Yakumo in ''Kurokami: The Animation'', Menma in ''Naruto'', Hans in ''Slayers Evolution-R'' and Aaron Terzieff in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn''.

Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions.

He appeared as himself in a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot's album ''Final Boss'' attempting to be a rapper, whose rhymes only involved shellfish. He collaborated with Frontalot on the track "Your Friend Wil", from his newest album, ''Zero Day''. Wheaton and Frontalot have both appeared at the Penny Arcade Expo.

Wheaton appears in seasons three and four of the web series "The Guild" as Fawkes, the leader for a rival guild known as Axis of Anarchy.

He appeared in "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" (2009), the fifth episode of the third season of the situation comedy ''The Big Bang Theory'', playing a fictional version of himself, as the focus of Sheldon Cooper's (Jim Parsons) ire for not having attended a ''Star Trek'' convention at which his appearance was scheduled. He later appeared on the show in episodes "The Wheaton Recurrence", which involves a bout at a bowling alley, and "The 21-Second Excitation" at re-screening of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.

Wheaton has done the reading for the audio CD of ''Peter and Max: A Fables Novel'' by Bill Willingham, which was released on December 8, 2009.

Wil is one of the three headline acts of the w00tstock shows, appearing in nearly all of them when his filming schedule has allowed.

Wheaton guest-starred in the July 23, 2010 episode of ''Eureka'', playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side.

Writing

Wheaton runs his own weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net which has resulted in books.

Between 2001 and fall 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm", as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled ''Boxer Shorts'' (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and ''Boxer Shorts Redux'' (ISBN 1-932461-03-5).

He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire. He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save," in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine ''Dungeon''; in May 2005, he ceased writing it. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for ''The Onion AV Club'' about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives." On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor, with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month.

In spring 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled ''Dancing Barefoot''. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity." Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. ''Dancing Barefoot'' sold out three printings in four months.

In winter 2003 Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract. O'Reilly acquired ''Dancing Barefoot'', and published his extended memoirs, ''Just a Geek'', in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a ''Star Trek'' book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir.

In February 2009, Wheaton released ''Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler''. As a 'chap book', it contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, and a Criminal Minds production diary. Instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing (allowing books to be available as both paperbacks, and digital downloadable files), something he has continued to do with all his publications since.

Later that same year, Wheaton released ''Memories of the Future: Volume 1''. A humorous critique of the first thirteen episodes of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', this book features a review of each episode, as well as an account Wheaton's own experience and memories.

Closing up 2009, Wheaton published "Happiest Days of Our Lives", and his, now adopted, son, Ryan, contributed by writing the afterword.

Wheaton has also recorded several of his published books as downloadable audiobooks. These include ''Just a Geek'', ''The Happiest Days of Our Lives'', and his Criminal minds diary from ''Sunken Treasure''. He also released excerpts of ''Memories of The Future: Vol 1'' as free podcasts.

Politics

Wheaton described himself as a liberal in 2005. In September 2006 he criticised George W. Bush's plan to permit torture of unlawful combatants: "Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in Congress."

A column that he wrote for Salon.com in 2005, ''The Real War on Christmas'', attacked commentators like Bill O'Reilly and detailed his arguments with his conservative parents over current political matters. Wheaton's parents were very offended by the article, and he posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents clarified their political views.

On August 24, 2007, he gave the keynote for the yearly Penny Arcade Expo, which was subsequently made available online. He stepped in following a public battle between the formerly-scheduled keynote debate participants, noted anti-games activist Jack Thompson and Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). Much of Wheaton’s address focused on the debate over violence in video games. He also gave the keynote at PAX East 2010 in Boston, MA.

He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election and opposed Proposition 8, calling it "nothing but hate and discrimination".

Games

In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regular play, including a run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars. He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker and was the guest speaker for the 2005 B.A.R.G.E Banquet. In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the U.S. legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled ''So Long and Thanks for All the Chips''.

Wheaton is a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' player, and played during the PAX 2010 event using the 4th edition essentials rules. Wil Wheaton along with Jerry Holkins, Scott Kurtz and Mike Krahulik played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeon master.

Comic book

Wil Wheaton made a guest appearance in the comic book ''PS 238''. He appears as himself, but with the power of telekinesis. A PS 238 teacher, Alloy, is his adoring fan.

Wheaton's Law

During his keynote speech at the 2007 PAX (Penny Arcade Expo), Wheaton made a note about sportsmanship when playing games online. It has since become known as Wheaton's Law, which states: ''"Don't Be a Dick!"'' This was intended to apply to life in general, not just online gaming.

Wheaton's Law Revised is an expansion by comics artist and writer Bill Willingham, which states: "Don't be a dick, but it's okay to play one on TV."

Personal life

Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick for some time. They met at a showing of ''Arachnophobia'' in Burbank, California.

Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives with his wife and stepsons, Nolan and Ryan, in Arcadia, California.

Filmography

Television

''Meat Puppet'' (1980)

''A Long Way Home'' (1981)

''The Shooting'' (1982)

''Highway to Heaven'' (1985)

''St. Elsewhere'' (1986)

''The Defiant Ones'' (1986)

''Long Time Gone'' (1986)

''Family Ties'' (1987)

''Young Harry Houdini'' (1987) (ABC)

''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1987)

''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994)

''My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?'' (1989)

''Family Double Dare'' (1990)

''Monsters'' (1990)

''The Arsenio Hall Show'' (1991)

''The Last Prostitute'' (1991)

''Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special'' (1991)

''Tales from the Crypt'' (1993)

''It Was Him or Us'' (1995)

''Mr. Stitch'' (1995)

''The Outer Limits'': "The Light Brigade" (1996)

''The Love Boat: The Next Wave'' (1998)

''Diagnosis: Murder'' (1998)

''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' (1998)

''The Flintstones: On the Rocks'' (2001)

''The Invisible Man: Perchance to Dream (2001)

''Twice in a Lifetime'' Episode 22 "The Choice" (2001)

''Weakest Link'' (2001) (''Star Trek''-themed edition)

''Beat the Geeks'' (2002)

''A&E; Biography'': "Eclipsed by Death – The Life of River Phoenix" (2002 - narrator)

''Walking the Tracks: The Summer of "Stand by Me"'' (2002) (''Stand by Me'' documentary)

''Arena'' (2002) (also as writer)

''Favorite Stars: Then & Now'' (2003)

''Book of Days'' (2003)

''The Screen Savers'' (2003, 2002)

''Call for Help'' (2004)

''Teen Titans'' (2004–2005) (voice of Aqualad)

''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' (2005) (voice)

''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2005)

''I Love the '80s 3-D'' (2005)

''I Love Toys'' (2006)

''Legion of Super Heroes'' (2006) (voice of Cosmic Boy)

''Ben 10'' (2007) (voice)

''Ben 10: Alien Force'' (voice of Mike Morningstar/Darkstar)

''Numb3rs'': "Graphic" (2007) (as Miles Sklar, 1 episode)

''What I Learned From the Movies'' (2007)

''Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) (as Blue Beetle/Ted Kord)

''I Love the New Millennium'' (2008)

''Criminal Minds'' (2008) (Episode "Paradise" as Floyd Hansen/Wayne Dryden)

''Kyle + Rosemary'' (2008) (voice)

''Family Guy'' (2009 & 2010) (voice) (Episodes "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" and "Partial Terms of Endearment", as himself and a protester)

''Naruto'' (2009) (voice of Menma)

''Kurokami: The Animation'' (2009) (voice of Yakumo)

''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy'' (2009) (voice)

''Slayers Evolution-R'' (2010) (voice of Hans)

''Naruto Shippuden: The Movie'' (2010) (voice of Taruho and Shizuku)

''Leverage'' (2009 & 2010) (Episodes "The Two Live Crew Job" (2009) & "The Ho Ho Ho Job" (2010) as Chaos)

''The Big Bang Theory'' (2009 & 2010) ("The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary", "The Wheaton Recurrence" and "The 21-Second Excitation" as himself)

''Eureka'' (2010) (Season 4) (as Dr. Parrish)

''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'' (2011) (Episode 3: "Ghost of Laplace") (voice of Aaron Terzieff, Additional Voices)

Movies

''The Secret of NIMH'' (1982) (voice)

''Hambone and Hillie'' (1983)

''The Last Starfighter'' (1984) (scenes deleted from film but included as DVD extra)

''The Buddy System'' (1984)

''Stand by Me'' (1986)

''The Curse'' (1987)

''She's Having a Baby'' (1988) (uncredited cameo)

''Toy Soldiers'' (1991)

''December'' (1991)

''The Liars' Club'' (1993)

''Pie in the Sky'' (1996)

''Boys' Night Out'' (1996)

''Mr Stitch'' (1996)

''Trekkies'' (1997)

''Flubber'' (1997)

''Tales of Glamour and Excess'' (1997)

''Fag Hag'' (1998)

''Foreign Correspondents'' (1999)

''The Girls' Room'' (2000)

''Deep Core'' (2000)

''Python'' (2000)

''Speechless...'' (2001)

''The Good Things'' (2001)

''Jane White is Sick and Twisted'' (2002)

''Fish Don't Blink'' (2002)

''Star Trek Nemesis'' (2002) (briefly; extended scene deleted but appears as DVD extra in some regions)

''Book of Days'' (2003)

''Four Fingers of the Dragon'' (2003)

''Neverland'' (2003)

''Americanizing Shelley'' (2007)

''Star Trek'' (2009) (voices various Romulans)

Internet video

''The Guild'' (2009 & 2010) (Fawkes, Axis of Anarchy leader)

''LoadingReadyRun

''InDigital

''Retarded Policeman #5

Video games

''Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge'' (2003) (voice)

''EverQuest II'' (2004) (voice)

''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' (2004) (voice)

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2'' (2004) (voice)

''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown'' (2005) (voice)

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter'' (2005) (voice)

''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2'' (2006) (voice)

''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' (2005) (voice)

''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'' (2006) (voice)

''Grand Theft Auto IV'' (2008) (voice)

''Fallout New Vegas'' (2010) (voice of Robobrain)

''DC Universe Online'' (voice of Robin)

Bibliography

''Dancing Barefoot'' (ISBN 0-596-00674-8) (2003)

''Just a Geek'' (ISBN 0-596-00768-X) (2004)

''Stories of Strength'' (ISBN 1-4116-5503-6) (2005; contributor)

''The Happiest Days of Our Lives'' (ISBN 0-9741160-2-5) (2007)

''Sunken Treasure'' (2009)

''Memories of the Future Vol. 1'' (2009)

References

External links

Wil's Typepad weblog - aka WWdN: In Exile

Wil's Reddit weblog - Posts about various topics he chooses to join discussions in.

Wil's website - Wil Wheaton Dot Net

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Coordinates	19°55′8.88″N43°56′19.2″N
name	Grant Imahara
other names	(birth name)
birth date	October 23, 1970
birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	MythBusters (build team), Electronics and radio control expert
website	MYTHBUSTERS BiosImahara's MyspaceImahara's FacebookImahara's Twitter }}

Grant Masaru Imahara (born October 23, 1970) is a Japanese American electronics and radio control expert, best known for his work on the American television show ''MythBusters''.

Education and early work

Imahara is a graduate of the University of Southern California, with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. For a time, he seriously considered switching majors, with the intention of becoming a screenwriter; he decided to stay on the engineering track after assisting Tomlinson Holman, a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and creator of the Lucasfilm THX sound system.

After graduation, Imahara was hired as an engineer for Lucasfilm's Home THX division; he then moved to the visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he worked for nine years. While at ILM, he was involved in films such as ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', ''Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace'', ''Galaxy Quest'', ''AI: Artificial Intelligence'', ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'', ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'', ''Van Helsing'', and ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''.

Imahara is credited in many feature films as a model maker. In particular, he is credited for his work in updating the aging R2-D2 robots for the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy. As an official Artoo Technician, he makes a cameo appearance in the mockumentary ''R2-D2: Beneath the Dome''.

''MythBusters''

Imahara eventually joined ''MythBusters'', on the invitation of friend and occasional employer Jamie Hyneman and former ILM colleague Linda Wolkovitch, who is now an Associate Producer of ''MythBusters''. He joined as the third member of the Build Team, replacing former ''MythBusters'' welder Scottie Chapman. His colleagues often, jokingly, refer to him as the geek of the Build Team. He often makes the robots that are needed for the show and otherwise specializes in operating the computers and electronics for the myths.

Other work

In addition to his role on ''MythBusters'', he is known for his appearances on ''BattleBots'', where he designed and competed with his robot ''Deadblow''. Other well-known works include: designing the circuit that creates the rhythmic oscillation of the arms of the modern Energizer Bunny; leading Team ILM to victory in an appearance on ''Junkyard Mega-Wars''; as well as authoring ''Kickin' Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots'' (ISBN 0-7645-4113-7), considered to be a definitive reference in robot construction.

Imahara was a cast member, and story writer, for the short film ''Architects of Evil'', created for the 2004 Industrial Light and Magic Backyard Film Contest. He mentors the Richmond High robotics team Biomechs #841 (Richmond Ca.) for the FIRST Robotics Competition, lending his expert guidance on how to create the right robot for the right job. Imahara was profiled in the magazine ''IEEE Spectrum'', in an issue focusing on engineering dream jobs. The article was titled "Grant Imahara: Debunker in The Box."; he is shown in a fire resistant suit on the cover.

One of Imahara's independent projects, during early 2010, was constructing a robotic sidekick for Craig Ferguson, host of ''The Late Late Show''. The robot, named Geoff Peterson, was unveiled on the April 5, 2010 ''Late Late Show'' episode.

References

External links

Architects of Evil Trailer on TheForce.Net Fan Films

Grant Imahara's autobiography on MBFC

Grant Imahara's biography from the Discovery Channel

Grant Imahara: Debunker in The Box

AArisings A-Profiler Interview Published March 17, 2007

Category:1970 births Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:Living people Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:American television personalities Category:Special effects people Category:American people of Japanese descent

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Coordinates	19°55′8.88″N43°56′19.2″N
name	Sean Plott
birth date	June 27, 1986
birth place	Leawood, Kansas
residence	Los Angeles, CA
nationality	American
other names	"Day[9]"
known for	NetcasterFormer Professional Starcraft Brood War player
occupation	Caster
relatives	Nicolas Plott (brother)
website	}}

Sean Plott (born June 27, 1986 in Leawood, Kansas), commonly known by his handle Day[9], is a former professional StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II player as well as a famous caster known for his Day[9] Daily Netcasts, as well as his victories in the United States qualifiers to the World Cyber Games in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and his victory in the 2007 Pan American tournament. He qualified for the American finals an additional three times and was recognized as PC Gamer UK's gamer of the year in 2010. He regularly appears as a commentator at StarCraft tournaments worldwide, including Blizzcon 2010, the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit, the Dreamhack and the Team Liquid Star League.

Biography

Plott grew up in Leawood, Kansas where he played Starcraft: Brood War professionally with his brother Nick "Tasteless" Plott. He received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and a masters degree in interactive media from University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After the Day[9] Daily on May 11, 2011, Day[9] announced that he will be pursuing Starcraft II full time. Whether he intends to cast full time, or play competitively was not clarified. On May 31, 2011, during an appearance on State of the Game, Day[9] announced that he intends to eventually stream himself playing games, as soon as he is not "embarrasingly terrible."

The Day[9] Daily

The Day[9] Daily is a daily webshow where Sean talks about professional Starcraft games under the tagline: "Be a Better Gamer" Initially the Day[9] Daily was started as a webcast in order to analyze high level Starcraft: Brood War play. With the release of the Starcraft II beta, the show's focus moved away from Starcraft: Brood War and became fully focused on Starcraft II. The show is currently presented as an edutainment webcast in which Sean editorializes and analyzes replays of Starcraft II. "These shows help both new and experienced players understand the game better and even showcase hilariously and deliberately crazy games on his 'Funday Monday' shows."

See also

Electronic sports

Starcraft 2

Husky (commentator)

HD (commentator)

John Bain (TotalBiscuit)

References

External links

- Day[9]'s Official Website - The Day[9] Daily on Twitch.tv - Day[9]'s main page and episode archive on blip.tv - Episode archive for Australian viewers - a popular fan site with textual summaries of each daily episode.

Category:American Internet personalities Category:American sports announcers Category:StarCraft commentators Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Professional StarCraft players Category:Professional StarCraft II players

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