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Send personalized newsletters and announcements with PC iMail 2006. Imports contacts from Outlook or Exchange Server, and includes a built-in HTML editor for quickly creating exciting campaigns and newsletters.
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ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 07:27 AM
STBX POS and I were emailing yesterday about my son's glasses, my other son's phone, and the schedule coming up for school, and he starts being rather rude and veering off topic, and all of the sudden I get a text from MOW cursing me out and telling me to leave him alone. I had ignored lots of texts from her lately, but stupid me engaged this time (ducking the 2 x 4's) and told her to mind her own business..
She really thinks she's the wife and kept telling me to "get used" to her being in my life. I reminded her that I'm the wife and mother and she's the mistress and that I will be communicating with STBX about the kids, and she said, "I'm not a mistress," 3 times.
Anyhoo, she kept saying how he's focused on the kids and I'm not (cause I don't want her watching the kids while he's working) and that I'm delusional and I don't know fantasy from reality, etc.. I finally told her that I'm not the one creating a complete fantasy world for the kids where they tell them they are just "friends" yet she's there all the time, takes them places by herself, sleeps there with him in front of the kids, I mean, how much more obvious could they make it??
Since they involved the kids with her and her son in their affair and had them lie to me about it, I've never kept it a secret from the kids. The day I found out they knew her, which was almost a month after D-Day, I forced him to tell the kids that they don't have to keep secrets from me anymore.. The amount of secrets he forces them to keep is just astounding.. He did admit it to them for a while, but back-tracked after we split and started telling them they were just friends, which is the story they continue sticking too..
DS9 knows it. He told me last time they were home how POS had told MOW, "You better play or I'll dump you," and he knows what "dump you" means.. DS6 doesn't really know, care or understand..
I think it's become one of those things to them where mommy says one thing and daddy says another, and they aren't sure who to believe..
MOW said I'm a bad mom and parent for even thinking of telling them, that they were planning on waiting to tell them, that you don't just tell kids things like that.
I prefer the truth, no matter what it is, without the gory details obviously.
I don't think they should be creating this fantasy world for them. Sleeping with each other is not what adult "friends" do.. If they are going to be together all the time, etc., isn't it best if they just tell the kids?
SBB posted 8/6/2013 07:55 AM
2x4 swung with love.
Why the fuck are you making her so fucking important?
She is not.
Who gives a flying fuck what she thinks?
You do. That's what responding tells her.
You don't get a say in what kind of father he is. Unfortunately we all made that choice when we fell pregnant to these parasites.
The XMIL said something to me years ago that stuck in my head "You never know what kind of a father they're going to be until its too late".
Trying to do so is just bashing your head against a brick wall. It will make you crazy. It does no good for you. It does no good for your kids.
Surrender. NC. Surrender. NC. Surrender. NC.
I am not saying its easy. It is hard. So fucking hard. I know it sister. I really do.
Stop petting the Drama Llama.
We can't control their fuckery but we can control how much we let it impact our lives.
It is shit what he is doing. It is shit what she is doing. They are disgusting, disgraceful human beings.
None of this is news to you.
You cannot change them. You can't shame them into doing the right thing - there is nothing you can do over there.
Focus on your kids. Focus on being the best mum you can be. Focus on you. Focus on the future you deserve.
Live and breathe your values.
My mum said something to me that is also stuck in my head: "My love for them <ie: my girls> outweighs my hatred of him".
The hardest part of all of this is watching our kids get fucked up by these muppets. You'll make it harder on them and on you by engaging in this drama.
The sad clown says confusing shit to the girls all of the time. When DD5 puts something together and asks me why there is a discrepancy I tell her that her dad believes one thing and I believe another. We don't agree but that is OK.
Whatever he does to them, whatever crap he pulls I'll help them navigate through it. I hate it that I have to do it but I'll do it as much as it takes and for as long as it takes.
You will too. You just need to get through the bit where you think you'll knock some sense into either of them this way. Spoiler alert: you have ZERO chance of it.
missmydogs posted 8/6/2013 08:01 AM
Block her. Next hearing ask to implement a program called our family wizard or something similar. You do not have to deal w crazy. No matter how tough it is. Do. Not. Engage. (((Butterfly)))
ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 08:35 AM
Ugh. I know you guys are right. I know I need to get to indifference, but yeah, I'm not even close. So much of me just wants to slap that bitch off her high horse..
I don't know why I'm so good at ignoring all his attempts to argue and go off topic and insult me, but for some reason with her I just let it out sometimes..
Maybe it's that I've barely ever talked to her, only seen her twice in my life, and for some reason I still think I can knock some sense into her.. My head knows the ending to this movie, so not sure why I keep watching and participating in it..
I started to look up blocking a number on an iPhone last night, but it said something about needing to jailbreak it first.. I'll have to figure that out.. If I can't stop myself, I should force myself to somehow..
I filed in November, and I recommended OurFamilyWizard in December, but he refused. I guess I'm more frustrated with my former lawyer and my new lawyer and the legal system in general. I should have had a temporary hearing right away to set some rules for child support and visitation, etc., but my former lawyer just took me to mediation in March where we got an 8-week temporary agreement that I completely did not want to agree to given his work schedule, but he promised he would be fixing his schedule. Well surprise, surprise, he lied about that and has been having MOW watch the kids while he works. When I finally got my new lawyer, second mediation was a bust, and we finally set a hearing for temporary orders, which was last week, but we "ran out of time" and there still aren't any orders in place. And I'm told the next available hearings aren't until October. It's taking way too long to get this in front of a judge, and I'm tired of them dicking me around when it comes to the kids and any type of normal schedule. When is all my documenting going to matter??
I guess I feel like no one is really helping me, and I just have to deal with them directly, but obviously that doesn't work either.. I just want out of this mindfuck.. And I want to get the kids out of it without mindfucking them myself..
ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 10:15 AM
The sad clown says confusing shit to the girls all of the time. When DD5 puts something together and asks me why there is a discrepancy I tell her that her dad believes one thing and I believe another. We don't agree but that is OK.
That's essentially what I needed to hear.. And how I need to handle all his mind games with the kids..
I guess I'd like to threadjack my own thread and say that I'm feeling really angry. I've been private messaging with another member, and I told him my whole story, which includes childhood trauma, having been raped by my older brother's friend numerous times when I was about 8 years old.. I've been in and out of therapy since I was 15 for it, but I'm wondering if I will ever let it go. And I'm just feeling like I'm experiencing another trauma.
I feel like it's all so unfair, and I'm powerless, and I'm so angry, and I don't know how to let it go. I can't fix what happened in my childhood. I can't really DO anything about it anymore. And I'm starting to feel like that now, and I just want to be able to DO something about it. I don't want to sit back and let all this crap happen to me and the kids. Calling CPS wasn't enough. Having lawyers hasn't been enough. It feels like nothing is enough to stop this..
He treats me like crap, cheats on me, forces the kids to lie to me, financially screws me to the high heavens, and then they get to act like total assholes and dick me around all the time and curse me out?? And I can't really DO anything about it??
I guess I'm really empathizing with all the people on here who are told to just let it go, to 180, to go NC. It takes a lot to accept it. For today, I guess I feel like a toddler crying about life not being fair.. Maybe they are right and I am crazy. They were able to compartmentalize their feelings so much, and I just can't seem to do it today..
missmydogs posted 8/6/2013 10:17 AM
I understand. There is a stranger who thinks they are some sort of an expert on you and your life.
Do not request, demand they order OFW. If your service is either Sprint or Verizon, you can block any number. If you have AT&T, you're screwed.
It's not easy all the waiting. My D took almost 3 years. But there will be an end. You'll just have to get through it. Hugs & strength to you.
devistatedmom posted 8/6/2013 10:25 AM
Well, you can switch lawyers again. I know, that's a pain. Or, go into your lawyer, and TELL them, not ask, to get this done. Temp orders should not take months and months. Maybe you need to be more assertive with your L and tell them I NEED this NOW. Don't just say ok to whatever they say. Greasy wheel, and all that...
I don't have a good answer for you, but I wanted you to know you are heard...and see if you can demand what you need from your L
SBB posted 8/6/2013 11:01 AM
say that I'm feeling really angry.
Justifiable anger is the hardest to overcome. Moreso when they who should be helping us are not or can not.
Let yourself feel it. When it hits I rage clean. I rage walk. Rage is an emotion I'm very comfortable with but I'm not comfortable about, IYKWIM? I know its not healthy to spin around in it for a long time.
I find a safe time and place and I let the rage roll over me - get that burst out and let it make me clean.
Vent here. Write your responses to them here. Make up nasty ones and funny ones and ice-cold business like ones.
The OW butting in is just a new button they've started pushing - you'll soon see it no different to all of the fuckery he was pulling before.
Do what you can through legal channels, CPS, ICs - surrender to the rest. There are some thing you can't do anything about.
Its not fair. Its so fucking unfair I could rip my hair out.
Your justice and your vengeance will be indifference.
As I said you cannot control what they do but you CAN DO SOMETHING about how much you let it impact you.
I want you to know you are not alone. Not by a long shot. I STILL go through these phases except I stick to NC. They are further and further apart and the episodes don't last very long. NC did that for me. It will do it for you too. That and releasing the rage. Find something that exhausts you besides the day-to-day exhaustions and do it when you feel these rages coming on.
Trauma on top of trauma is what you have here. I don't know how anyone 'gets over' or overcomes sexual abuse - you find a way to release the hurt and rage about it. You see that something terrible and horrific happened to you but that it DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
Have you tried group therapy - talking to others? These old scars run deep and they are torn open with each new trauma.
I get it. I wish to god I didn't but I do.
Focus on you. Your present. Your future. YOUR healing. You will heal from this.
((BG)) Know this. You are a wonderful human being, woman and mother. You and your children deserve so much more than this. You will heal and you will continue to live your life filled with love, integrity, respect, dignity, empathy and compassion and more joy than you can stand. Nothing anyone has ever done to you or will ever do to you can ever change that.
gonnabe2016 posted 8/6/2013 11:24 AM
MOW said I'm a bad mom and parent for even thinking of telling them, that they were planning on waiting to tell them, that you don't just tell kids things like that.
*She's* giving parenting advice.
I would be more worried about you if you *weren't* angry over this. Right now you are 'in the thick' of this crap. And in a lot of ways, you are completely powerless. There is so much happening right now that you cannot control no matter how much you try or want to.
I can see how that would cause your childhood issues to re-surface. Kind of the same feeling of 'powerlessness', right? However this time, you are an adult. You have a voice. And you're using it to speak your truth and the injustice that you see......'your' truth may fall on 'deaf' ears, but I can't help but think that it is a part of what you need to do to eventually *heal*.
BeyondBreaking posted 8/6/2013 11:32 AM
This is what you need to do:
Tell her that you are feeling harassed and that if she continues to contact you, you will be forced to take legal action. Then, stop texting with her ever, about anything. She sends you a text message, or calls (you know she will)? Don't answer. Don't respond. Save every single text she sends you, specifically the nasty ones or if she texts you past 9pm, keep those too.
Save it up, and then contact your lawyer and tell him that you would like a restraining order and harassment charges against her. Make her look certifiably insane, and then use it against her to get what you want with the kids.
The next time she will see your children is through plate glass.
When my DD's dad and I broke up, this is what I did. I said I was feeling harassed and that I would be forced to take legal action against her if she didn't leave me alone. Of course she flipped out, sent me nasty texts, etc... I saved EVERYTHING. The fact that I didn't respond drove her crazy until she finally threatened to kill me and my daughter. She drove by our house. Guess who called the police in tears, and talked up about how I was afraid for my life, and had death threats from the OW? THIS GIRL. I got a restraining order protecting me and DD from her, and OW got sent to jail and pressed with charges for making threats. BEST. DAY. EVER. Additionally, we have it written into our parenting plan that DD's dad is not to bring her around OW ever, for any reason.
She wants to play ball? Play.
Housefulloflove posted 8/6/2013 11:36 AM
She's a delusional POS just like your ex.
They are parading their disgusting lives in front of the kids and think it's best to lie about it? In case the horribly selfish decisions they have made don't screw with the kid's heads enough, they decided it's best to lie to them for the hell of it?
That makes perfect sense when you are a broken POS who has detached from reality.
Of course it's better to tell the kids the truth. Just like it's better to not make selfish decisions and turn their world upside down to do what you want at the family's expense. His decisions are based on creating his fantasy world and delaying the inevitable crash and burn of that fantasy.
Keep doing what you know is right. Out of the three adults in this situation, only you have the kid's interest at heart. Those selfish POS can say and do whatever they want but don't base any of your decisions on what those assholes think.
[This message edited by Housefulloflove at 11:37 AM, August 6th (Tuesday)]
Housefulloflove posted 8/6/2013 11:39 AM
Beyond Breaking that is awesome!
homewrecked2011 posted 8/6/2013 12:20 PM
Butterfly girl,, I am glad you posted. I go thru the same thing, and so do many other people here.
They are trying to deflect anyone from looking at what they are doing.
I try to stay in the day.
I NEVER let her talk to me. Only people who love me/support me get the honor of talking to me.
Please get you children in Counseling.
BTW<<, is she married to someone else? do they know what is going on?
LadyQ posted 8/6/2013 12:55 PM
I hear ya. The kids' father is currently "in lurve" with one of his AP's. He texted not long ago to let me know that he was seeing someone. He told me his crazy ho didn't want me to be blindsided. Funny she didn't mind that when I was married to "her man". Anyway, I texted back (mistake number one), and the crazy ho grabbed his phone and commenced to blast me for being immature and not putting my children first, and "they" were going to be together and "they" are going to be happy. Why can't I be civil. I typed about 6 responses that I deleted and never sent. I realized that she is so beneath me it's not even funny. I said "good luck". And I mean it; they will so need it! I later texted x and told him that he had better never give her the phone again when I'm texting about my children. I WILL NOT discuss my children with her. EVER. I don't give a shit if they marry. I still will only discuss my children with him. He apologized. Shocker!
It sucks. But it is what it is. I'm perfectly happy pretending she doesn't exist. I can't stop him and her from "being happy" and quite honestly, I don't want to. She is welcome to his crazy, broken ass. But know this, she better never fuck with my kids
ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 12:59 PM
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Yeah, my neck hurts. I don't know why I needed another ***BAM***, but I'm gonna remember this..
Thanks for all the support. Been really needing it today. I work from home, and I'm supposed to be typing right now, but I've been getting up and using my sons' punching bag and cleaning up some stuff. You're right SBB, I just need to funnel this rage into something else..
And yes, Gonna, as always you made me smile and gave me great advice. Yes, I'm feeling powerless again, and that's probably why it's all resurfacing. But yeah, I'm an adult now, and I'm not gonna keep it a secret and hide and be scared. I just gotta get up and keep on keepin' on..
That is truly awesome BeyondBreaking, and just what I need to do. She wants to play ball? Okay. I'm gonna play. By, uhhh, taking my ball and going home and not playing with her.. I've already got a great text messaging program that saves all my texts in Excel, so I will be saving all these, though I do come off pretty bitchy.. In reality world, she's fucking with my kids, and mama bear's claws wanna come out. But I'll hurt her more if I can just shut my damn mouth and let her hang herself..
HFOL, thanks for the support. I really do feel like I'm the only one with the kids best interest in mind. I try to step back and make sure it's not just me being bitter or vengeful, like I'm sure it seems to them when I want the kids to know the truth. Parents are supposed to set an example for their kids, and they are the exact opposite of that.. And I'm never gonna lie to my kids. And yeah, I think they are trying to prolong their fantasy land as much as possible.. I did say to her, "Well since you want to co-parent with me so much, let me know how the kids react when you tell them you've been lying to them all this time." I'm sure they don't want to face that. Unicorn fart land is just too much fun I guess..
Please get you children in Counseling.
All 3 of us have been going since the early part of this year. They enjoy it.. POS has said a few times that I'm hurting them by taking them, but he hasn't officially told me I can't.. I should be asking him for the co-pays, but I'm not for fear of him telling me I can't take them..
BTW<<, is she married to someone else? do they know what is going on?
Honestly, I really don't know. I know the BH is not the father of the kid she has.. I don't think the kid's father is in the picture.. I know POS initially told me they were only together a few months, then longer, then during a TT session about 3 weeks in, he admitted that it was over a year and a half, but that I better not ever say anything because the BH was abusive and shouldn't know that she had actually cheated on him..
In know in January 2011 (which I remember since I posted it on Facebook cause I was scared) that a guy came to the door just before midnight knocking and staring through the window-like pane on the front door. I was on the couch in the living room, and I knew he could see me, but I froze until he finally stopped knocking and went away. I thought it was very weird at the time, and now I'm pretty sure it was him, and God do I wish I had went up to the door..
In November 2011, both of our cars were totaled by someone pouring a sugar-like substance in our gas tanks. Had no idea who it could be at the time, but of course now I think it was the BH..
Through seeing old text messages, MOW would complain that someone was cutting her brake lines and messing with her car.. She's bad news I tell you..
He went back and forth after D-day on what their status was, they were together, they were separated, they are divorcing, now they are divorced, yada, yada. I really don't know and have never been able to find him or talk to him, though I'm pretty sure he is out of the picture now.. I don't know if he would talk to me given I think he totaled our cars, and I'm sure he wouldn't want to admit to that..
I'm 100% positive she was married during the affair, so I just call her MOW.. Perhaps she should be fMOW? I don't know, but I don't think there's a BH to really talk to..
ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 13:04 PM
LadyQ, yeah, that was exactly how it went down. "They" are together now, and "they" love each other, and "I" better get used to it. I told her "Good luck" too, and I meant it as well. They sure are gonna need it..
I can't stop him and her from "being happy" and quite honestly, I don't want to. She is welcome to his crazy, broken ass. But know this, she better never fuck with my kids
All of this ^^ But she did fuck with my kids, and I need an appropriate reaction now.. Calling CPS wasn't enough..
courageous posted 8/6/2013 13:24 PM
Just a FYI you can block a phone number with AT&T. You use the parental control. It cost $5 per number.
I'm sorry you are having a rought time. It sounds like they also get off on getting a reaction out of you.. Like they need you as a common enemy to boost their relationship.
ButterflyGirl posted 8/6/2013 13:43 PM
It sounds like they also get off on getting a reaction out of you.. Like they need you as a common enemy to boost their relationship.
Yeah, I was just thinking, this relationship is never gonna survive the light of day. It's the perfect relationship for a dark alley (or an empty moving truck after work, barf).
And of course now I want to say that to them, but that's exactly what motivates them to try harder to prove themselves.. Me thinks it's better to not ever comment on their relationship..
I knew all this. Wish I had remembered it yesterday..
LadyQ posted 8/6/2013 14:08 PM
BG, the most important thing right now, today is to learn from this. Learn something about who you are, why you react the way you do, and how to stop it from happening again. By beating yourself up, you're feeding "them" ego kibbles. Don't do it! You are so much better than them. Buck up, trooper! You got this
peacelovetea posted 8/6/2013 14:29 PM
Ok, with the powerlessness -- sort out what you CAN control, and let go of what you cannot. You CAN control your response to her. You CAN control your legal representation. You CAN control what happens when your kids are with you. So focus on that. In each individual situation, each moment of the day, take the power you have and use it to meet your higher goals. Let go of what you cannot control, but make sure that you are using the power you do have most effectively. {{hugs}}
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I have a silver cuban fiber tarp that stands out like a sore thumb in the timber. The idea i have is to rubber band it up and spray die on it with a plant mister.
This should help with black,brown,green ,and tan for colors.
Has anyone tried this before? The dye colors a stuff sack ok,but do you think the dye will inhibit the water proof capabilities of the tarp,or the binding materials involved?
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Forster, Gavin Score For Bulldogs
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Trailing Brown 1-0 at halftime on Thursday night, Yale head coach Rudy Meredith told a national television audience watching on the Fox Soccer Channel that he was putting an "all points bulletin" out for his team's offense. Apparently it was located. The Bulldogs scored twice in the second half and had a big edge in play. Brown, though, took advantage of one opportunity and Yale was forced to settle for a 2-2 tie on a chilly night at Stevenson Field.
"We were a different team in the second half," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith. "Brown is a very physical team so we had to play quicker. We changed formations at halftime and made a couple of personnel changes which allowed us to do that."
The moves started to pay dividends when Kristen Forster tied the score with her team-leading seventh goal of the season at 60:22. Shannon Conneely sent a ball into the box. It went through traffic and came to Forster, who fired a shot past Brown goalkeeper Amber Bledsoe.
The Bulldogs (7-7-2, 1-4-2) took the lead when Melissa Gavin scored at 78:31 Frannie Coxe sent a long ball forward. Gavin outraced a Brown defender for it, broke in alone and fired a shot inside the left post.
It stayed that way until 85:04 when Kiersten Berg scored her first goal of the season after a scramble in front of the Yale net.
Forster had a great chance to win it less than a minute after Berg's goal. Forster found herself all alone in front with the goalkeeper out of position, but her shot banged off the right post.
Coxe then had an excellent opportunity midway through the first overtime but her hard shot from the top of the box went just wide. Later in the first extra period, the Bulldogs had three straight corner kicks but couldn't capitalize.
Brown (7-8-1, 1-5-1) outshot the Bulldogs 18-16, but Yale had a commanding 10-1 edge in corner kicks.
Goalkeeper Rachel Ames made nine saves for the Bulldogs.
Meredith was pleased with the opportunity to showcase his team on the Fox Soccer Channel's College Game of the Week.
"It's nice to show the country that there is an excellent level of soccer in the Ivy League," he said. "It certainly was an exciting game for the people watching. It was unfortunate that we gave up the late goal."
The same two teams will meet again on Sunday, although it won't count in the Ivy League standings. Kickoff on Senior Day at Reese Stadium is slated for 2 p.m.
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T O P I C R E V I E WeiliskWhile perusing the web I came across a copy of the original Project Mercury documentary from NASA. I'm sure some of us have seen this, but I'd never seen it as a whole before, and it's also available as a high quality download. There's some great stuff on this site, well worth a few hours of browsing. LM-12I stumbled across this website also. It's a good one. They have lots of Apollo onboard footage and Saturn 5 launch views. The Apollo videos appear to be a compilation of all the 16mm film footage taken on each flight. Many of the videos are over an hour long. music_spaceWow! I saw places, tools and people which I had read about but never seen. For instance, which of the Seven wrote about the psychological evaluation picture seen at 8m26s?music_spaceThe thirty-minute movie Time of Apollo uses pre-filmed excerpts and a few interviews, including Gene Krantz and "Jack" Schmitt, the latter start at 18m35s. It's the first time I hear Schmitt describe with literary details "what it felt like".Colin E. AndertonI particularly love the opening scene of this 1960 film "The Astronauts", just after the opening titles, showing an aircraft streaking across the dark sky at the Cape. The music and the narration really capture the wonder everybody felt about space at that time.However, the audio track is a bit ropey, speed-wise.The best version I've come across of this movie is as part of the 7 x CD + 1 x DVD package called "In Their Own Words: The Space Race". It also has an excellent-quality film about the Explorer 1 launch.astro-nutThank you for sharing these videos on collectSPACE. Are these videos available on VHS/DVD for purchase? I would love to be able to purchase these and add to my collection. Also, could you please give more information about "In Their Own Words: The Space Race" I don't think I have heard of this one? Thanks again.Colin E. AndertonI can't recall where I got this CD/DVD set from, but on the box it gives the production company as "Topics Entertainment", and it has an ISBN number: 1-59150-240-3. Underneath that number it has: CA-151.Hope this is of help.
However, the audio track is a bit ropey, speed-wise.
The best version I've come across of this movie is as part of the 7 x CD + 1 x DVD package called "In Their Own Words: The Space Race". It also has an excellent-quality film about the Explorer 1 launch.
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Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora. Interactive animals have been rumoured to appear in several Grand Theft Auto games, although most of these are generally believed to be created using unofficial modifications.
GTA III Era
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City featured sharks as non-solid, non-interactive objects in the water. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was originally set to have land animals, but were removed later on in development. It's possible that Rockstar could not properly program animal A.I., which they would later do in Red Dead Redemption. The game did include birds and sea creatures, however, with dolphins, turtles, fish and jellyfish present in the water and birds including hawks in the sky. These animals are also non-interactive.
GTA IV Era
Grand Theft Auto IV featured 200 pigeons hidden around Liberty City as collectables. In game they are referred to as "flying rats". Killing all 200 flying rats adds 2.5% to the game completed percentage and also unlocks an Annihilator helicopter on a helipad near Star Junction in Algonquin.
GTA IV also introduced many other types of birds. Many of them don't physically appear but their chirps can be heard in the ambient background.
- Bluebird
- Robin
- Sparrow
- Starling
- Woodpecker
In the episodes The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, the flying rats had been replaced with 50 seagulls in each game. In TLAD collecting all seagulls will reward you an Innovation outside your second safe house. In TBoGT the reward for collecting all of the seagulls is an APC at Yusuf Amir's construction site.
In all three games the pigeons/flying rats and seagulls are only collectables and do not exhibit animal behaviour.
A flying rat in GTA IV.
A seagull in TBoGT.
Grand Theft Auto V
It is confirmed that animals will appear in Grand Theft Auto V. Dogs are frequently seen in the trailer, and in fact Chop, a rottweiler dog, may be a usable animal. Dan Houser has stated in an interview that the countryside would be lifeless without animals, and Rockstar decided to add animals in the game. A related game on RAGE, Red Dead Redemption, had a variety of wildlife, and it isn't unreasonable to think that many animals from that game will make an appearance in V, if not perhaps even more added.


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I've been thinking about this problem for HOURS, even days. Its not at all like I'm trying to avoid that. This material is simply not familiar to me. You clearly have both experience and expertise. Maybe you can't recall a time when you didn't know this, and it now seems simple. But from my perspective, its very difficult, very frustrating.
I'm an experienced woodworker. I would never imagine that you could enter my shop and produce anything by asking you to think about it. I'd show you what you didn't know, even simply addition of fractions and how to use tools, read drawings, design, select materials, etc, in order to build your skills. I'd watch to see what you DID know, and build on that. The process would be rewarding to both of us.
I really appreciate your help, and I realize you are volunteering here. This is NOT material or technique that was covered in my class. My job, apparently, is to teach myself this part of trig.
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I'm voting No on Nov 5th for the $0.12 levy increase requested by the Mid-County Fire Protection District (MCFPD). It's not that I don't like Fire Fighters.
I'm voting No on Nov 5th for the $0.12 levy increase requested by the Mid-County Fire Protection District (MCFPD). It's not that I don't like Fire Fighters. They're brave individuals and will give up their lives to save property and life. They've responded to incidents in my neighborhood and have performed admirably. However, they haven't justified to me that a 12 cent increase above the current $0.5151 levy is needed.
Your newspaper reported yesterday (October 29, 2012) in a front page story that the current levy is $0.2653, which is not correct. Your paper also reported errors in the fire district levies of surrounding communities for comparison.
The 2012 MCFPD levy (confirmed by the Camden County Assessor's office) is $0.5151. A 12 cent increase equates to a 23.3% increase on that part of everyone's tax bills (real estate tax and personal property) going to Mid-county. For a hypothetical house with a County appraised value of $100,000, the assessed value would be $19,000 (19% of the appraised value). The tax going to MCFPD based on the 2012 levy of 0.5151 is $97.87. A 12 cent increase in the levy will add $22.80 to this house's real estate tax bill. If the owner has personal property, this tax will go up too. My total tax (real and personal property) will increase about $56.00…too much for someone on a fixed retirement income.
MCFPD needs to tell the voters what the adverse impacts will be if they don't get the increase. Yesterday's story attributed Chief Frandsen as saying there's no telling what could be cut if a proposed levy increase doesn't pass in the Nov 5th election. In the October 14 letter and brochure from the Board of Directors we all received in the mail, there were no details of the impacts of not getting this "minimum request". If a week before the election and only 2 months before the new tax year the Chief still can't articulate the impacts, then I'm not ready to vote "for" the increase.
Voters deserve a detailed accounting of what the impact will be if this levy increase isn't approved. Until a convincing list of impacts is provided, I'm voting No and I ask the voters to do the same.


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Lower Allen Township approves Wal-Mart plans
The Lower Allen Township commissioners Tuesday night approved preliminary plans for a Wal-Mart on a former car dealership lot near the Capital City Mall despite the absence of new flood plain maps, which had held up a decision for months.
Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. still needs final approvals from the township before the giant retailer can start building, said township manager Thomas Vernau. However, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency nearly complete on its review of proposed changes to Cedar Run flood plain maps, there was no need to hold up the preliminary plans any longer, he said.
Wal-Mart proposed an 88,442-square-foot store at the site on Hartzdale Drive. But the plan has been delayed for months while the township waited to see if FEMA would finish reviewing the flood plain maps.
The company is seeking changes to the maps — which they say are outdated — because the store plan calls for a raised road around the building. The road's support structure would be in the flood plain without the flood map updates, according to plans. Codes don't allow construction in the flood plain.
Wal-Mart is being investigated for an alleged bribery scheme related to its aggressive expansion in Mexico. The company is set to elect a new board of directors Friday at its annual stockholders meeting.
The company trades its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WMT.
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In a recent column about fraud allegations against two financial planners, I advised readers to study account statements as one way to make sure they do not fall victim to a crook.
That advice prompted a question from a reader in Louisiana, who referred to the column's headline: "Is Your Financial Advisor a Crook?"
Q: That's what I want to know! How do I tell? The statements are so many (pluses and minuses); I don't know what's going on.
--T.W., Iowa, La.
Answer: T.W., you are correct, the account statements issued by many firms can be tough to understand. However, it's in the best interests of you and every other investor to study them carefully. Not only can a close review help you spot potential misdeeds, it also can help you understand your overall financial health.
Looking for financial advice? Click here to send David your questions and they might end up as a topic for his next column.
For those mystified by investment statements, let me offer a few suggestions on things to look for when one arrives in the mail or electronically from a brokerage firm, bank or mutual fund family.
Just understand that every company's statement is different. There is no standard format. The information provided and the manner in which it is presented differs from firm to firm.
When looking over a statement, start with the account summary that typically appears at the top. Such a summary will show the account balance at the beginning of the period covered by the statement and the balance at the end of the period.
If there's a large difference, try to figure out why. Did the value of the investments you own rise or fall dramatically during the period? Did you make a large contribution or withdrawal?
If you can't account for the difference, that might be your first clue of a problem.
Account Statements: The Devil in the Details
Second, look at the transaction details outlined on the statement. This is where you will find what investments were bought or sold, how much you received in interest or dividends and whether funds were deducted or added on any given date.
For each transaction, there should be a date listed, the security involved, a share price, the number of shares and the transaction amount. This is where the fine detail is found. It may take some time to understand, but these transaction details will provide your best clues to any funny business. If there's something you don't understand, call your bank, broker or mutual fund company for an explanation.
A third area to look on your investment account statements is the positions summary. The positions are the individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, money markets and cash holdings you own. Check over this information. Do you recognize these holdings from previous statements? Is there anything new there? Again, if in doubt, ask questions. Call the 800 number listed on the statement.
Finally, if you receive account statements directly from your financial advisor, make sure they match the ones issued by the firm holding your investments. Also, be sure you have access to your account statements through a means other than your advisor.
Ask questions right away if there are discrepancies between what your advisor sends you and what an independent custodian reports. Such a discrepancy could be a signal screaming for attention.
Remember, trust but verify.
This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
David McPherson is founder and principal of Four Ponds Financial Planning in Falmouth, Mass. He previously worked as a financial writer and editor for The Providence Journal in Rhode Island. He is a member of the Garrett Planning Network, whose members provide financial advice to clients on an hourly, as-needed basis. Contact McPherson at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Rick A. Peed, 55, of Kewanee, Ill., died at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, at Kewanee Hospital.
Rick was born August 18, 1957, in Kewanee, the son of Andrew and Norma (Imes) Peed. He graduated from Kewanee High School in 1975.
Rick married Elsie Beauprez on May 2, 1991, in Kewanee. She survives along with one son Scott Peed of Kewanee and his special friend Becky Hegwood and her daughters Victoria and Shayla, his mother Norma Peed of Kewanee, one brother Tom Peed and three sisters Pam (Ed) Witte, Jean Hamilton and Gloria (Perry) Hill, all of Kewanee, and nieces and nephews.
Rick was preceded in death by his father and paternal and maternal grandparents.
Rick was employed by the City of Kewanee in the Water Department. He also served as president of the city employees union and was a member of AFSCME. He was a member of 17 Lakes, Giant Goose Conservation Area and the Izaak Walton League. He enjoyed shooting picks and had been captain of his team. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting morel mushrooms with his son Scott. Rick was dedicated to his work and loved spending time with his family and friends.
Cremation will be accorded. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at the Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee. The Rev. Dr. Kevin Siscoe of the First Baptist Church of Kewanee will officiate. Inurnment will be private for the family. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the family for a memorial to be named in Rick's honor.
Private online condolences may be left for the family at www.schuenemantumblesonfuneralhome.com.
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Rick A. Peed, 55, of Kewanee, Ill., died at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, at Kewanee Hospital.


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Grady tallied 14 goals in 28 games for Pacific, with four multi-goal games. He scored in each of the Tigers first four games, with a pair of goals against Navy. He added two goals in a 10-8 win over UC Santa Barbara in the SoCal Tournament. Against then-No. 1 USC, Grady scored twice, including the eventual game-winner as Pacific dominated the Trojans, 10-6, and took over the top spot in the polls. He also tallied a goal in Pacific's MPSF tournament opening win over UC Irvine.
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In his second season at Pacific, Grady played all over the pool for the Tigers, seeing action in each match. He scored 12 goals on the year, including goals in each of Pacific's games at the MPSF Tournament.
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Coming off the bench in his first year as a Tiger, Grady saw time in 10 matches, scoring his first collegiate goal against Santa Clara in the first game of the season. He added four assists, two steals and a drawn ejection to his stat line.
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Grady graduated from Boca Raton High School in Boca Raton, Fla. He earned four letters under head coach Johanna Sierra, and was voted his team's MVP each season. Grady also earned four letters in swimming for the Bobcats.
Grady was born in Albuquerque, N.M., and is the son of Joe and Lauri Grady. He has one younger brother, Cole. Grady's hobbies include surfing and relaxing. In his first year at Pacific, he is majoring in business.


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ROYAL OAK — Paul Michael Mallia was eating a bowl of cereal at home after working a lot of overtime. His wife, Paula, was teaching. Their baby, Michael Paul, was at a child care center.
It seemed a normal day. Then, the dreaded phone calls came.
Their seven-month-old infant had stopped breathing. The Canton couple needed to get to the hospital. Paula arrived first. Too upset to drive, Paul got a ride from a neighbor.
"I totally lost it," he said. "When I got there he was dead in my wife's arms. I dropped to my knees and started screaming."
The parents later learned somebody draped a heavy blanket over the pack-and-play where Michael Paul was sleeping to block the sun. It caved in on him and he suffocated.
That was Oct. 14, 2002. The couple shared their sad story Monday at Beaumont Hospital, where a new initiative to promote safe sleeping practices for infants was unveiled.
Michigan's First Lady Sue Snyder announced the programs being launched by the Michigan Departments of Human Services and Community Health in response to the number of accidental infant deaths caused by unsafe sleeping environments.
Last year in Michigan, 144 babies died after being put to bed. The figure is up from 141 sleep-related deaths in 2011 and 139 in 2010.
The reports continue into this year with three sleep-related deaths in Oakland County and 18 in Wayne County.
"The death of a baby is devastating" Snyder said. "When this tragedy is preventable the loss is nearly unbearable. It is a pain and regret I hope we can spare every family in Michigan."
The infants suffocated sleeping with adults or were smothered by blankets or got lodged between two objects or were strangled when something wrapped around their neck.
Neonatologist Fozia Saleem-Rasheed, M.D., simplified the safe sleep guidelines on Monday: Remember the ABC's for sleeping babies – alone, on their back, in a crib.
"No quilts, no thick comforters, no stuffed animals and no bumpers," the Beaumont doctor said. "These can even be money saving. It's not expensive to have a baby in a safe sleep environment."
The state will coordinate educational efforts surrounding safe sleep including distribution of a video in which the Mallias and other families tell their stories.
Beaumont Hospital is the first in the state to partner with DHS and DCH by airing this video through the hospital television system. The agencies are also in talks with other hospitals and partners across the state to provide the video to new parents. It also will be available for viewing at DHS and DCH offices.
To keep babies safe, parents and caregivers must:
Never put the baby to sleep with adults or other children as this practice exponentially increases the chance of a tragedy occurring.
Put babies in cribs of their own, never on adult beds, pillows or couches.
Ensure that the crib does not contain extraneous items, including pillows, crib bumpers and stuffed animals -- and use a safe sleep sack instead of blankets.
Place the baby to sleep on his/her back, not on the stomach or side.
Do not overheat baby.
Make certain that no one smokes around baby.
"If we are able to eliminate these preventable tragedies, we could bring Michigan's infant mortality rate below the national average," said DCH Deputy Nick Lyon. "This is a critical goal, but more importantly, we are striving to save the lives of these babies and also to spare the families a lifetime of grief and regret."
Oakland County officials also are urging people to use safe sleep practices.
"It's imperative to exercise safe sleep practices because death by infant position/compression asphyxiation can happen to any family," said George Miller, director of Oakland County Health and Human Services. "Parents may be tired and inappropriately place their child in bed with them, or grandparents may not know the new recommendations, but safety must prevail."
A 1-month-old child from Birmingham and an 8-month-old baby from Pontiac both died of suffocation on March 13. On Jan. 13, a 4-week old child sleeping with her mother died.
Oakland County also has several programs focused on reducing infant mortality, which include public education campaigns, home visits from public health nurses to help pregnant women and new mothers keep infants safe and healthy, and the Fetal Infant Mortality Review board that examines the causes of each infant death and develops strategies to prevent future ones.
People with questions about safe sleep practices are urged to contact Oakland County Health Division's Nurse on Call, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays at 800-848-5543.
The state video is available for viewing at the Safe Sleep website, www.michigan.gov/safesleep. Information on safe sleep is also available at local DCH and DHS offices.
(Carol Hopkins contributed to this story.)


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Hammel silences Nats, O's triumph 6-2
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WASHINGTON — The Orioles entered the Beltway Series coming off a nightmarish late-inning loss and sporting a taxed bullpen. Jason Hammel and a run-producing lineup came to the rescue.
Hammel held the Nationals to two runs in his longest start of the season and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 Monday.
Nick Markakis and Yamaico Navarro each drove in two runs and the Orioles had 15 hits, including three from Manny Machado.
Baltimore responded in the opener allowing four runs in the ninth inning for a 6-5 loss in Toronto the day before.
"After four tough games in Toronto I can't tell you how proud I am of everybody," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Hammel was outstanding with a much needed lengthy outing."
In his deepest start since throwing eight innings in a winning effort at home against Washington on June 22, Hammel (7-2) improved to 4-0 at Nationals Park. The right-hander struck out eight and allowed eight hits in eight innings.
He threw a third-strike fastball past Tyler Moore to end the sixth inning and strand the potential tying run.
The Nationals played without Bryce Harper, who has swelling in his left knee.
"For the year, definitely the best start," Hammel said. "It was all because of the fastball command."
Meanwhile, Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez (3-3) had control issues in spots. After allowing only five earned runs and posting a 3-1 record in his previous four starts, Gonzalez gave up four runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings with four walks and three strikeouts.
The Orioles were scoreless until tallying three runs in the fourth off Gonzalez. Navarro's bloop RBI single tied the score at 1 and put runners on first and second with one out. After Hammel bunted, Markakis hit a two-out, two-run single.
Gonzalez, who went 21-8 last season, said he challenged hitters throughout the game, but dealt with postgame questions regarding consistency on the mound this season.
"Four starts in a row isn't consistent? Seems pretty consistent to me. You're entitled to have a bad game once in a while. I'm not going to be perfect, but at the same time I was in the zone, I was attacking them. ... That's a good hitting team, got to give them their credit."
Machado hit his AL-leading 23rd double, stole a base and scored a run. The 20-year-old has seven games with at least three hits since May 10.
Asked about the game plan against Machado, Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki bluntly said, "Hopefully he hits it at somebody right now."
With the Nationals searching for offense throughout the season, manager Davey Johnson vowed last week not to shave until the bats came alive. He kept the promise even though Washington scored six runs Sunday and had won three of four games.
"Gio wouldn't let me," Johnson cracked pregame, "but we're getting close."
Perhaps, but the Nationals scored two or fewer runs for the 25th time in 51 games. Washington went 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
Moore's RBI single in the second gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead and Denard Span scored in the sixth on Ryan Zimmerman's single after tripling off Hammel.
Matt Wieters hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth put Baltimore up 4-1.
Harper's injury was aggravated in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and he had an MRI. Team medical director Wiemi Douoguih said the outfielder has inflammation of the bursa sac in front of his knee, which he anticipates "clearing up in a couple of days." Harper underwent an MRI, which showed some soft tissue swelling, but no structural damage, Douoguih said.
The Nationals and Orioles play four straight games this week. Wednesday and Thursday's will be in Baltimore.
NOTES: Before the game, the Nationals placed LHP Ross Detwiler on the 15-day disabled list with a right back muscle strain and recalled LHP Xavier Cedeno from Triple-A Syracuse. After the loss, Washington sent Cedeno back to Syracuse and called up RHP Nathan Karns from Double-A Harrisburg. Karns will start and make his major league debut on Tuesday against RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1), who will make his second career start for the Orioles. ... Douoguih provided updates on several injured Nationals including C Wilson Ramos. Out since May 16 with a left hamstring injury, Ramos will miss another four weeks. ... Danny Espinosa (fractured right wrist) missed his fourth straight game, but could return to the lineup on Wednesday if no additional swelling takes place after the second baseman took swings on Monday. ... Jayson Werth, out since May 2 with a right hamstring strain, could play in rehab games later this week and return to the Nationals active roster next week. ... Hitting coach Rick Eckstein served as first base coach with Tony Tarasco absent due to the birth of his child. ... RHP Yunesky Maya, designated for assignment by the Nationals on Saturday, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse.


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On the way to Daocheng, in the State Road 318 in the north and South Fork in the road, there is a picturesque land of idyllic beauty. The magic of light, open prairie, crooked Creek, golden Cypress poplar, rolling hills and well-proportioned, the Tibetan village, tiny spots of cattle and sheep ... ... This is in, look attractive, "light and shadow " in the world, "the photographer's paradise".
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Sichuan Province, the "River"or "Shu", the provincial capital of Chengdu, located in southwest China, the Yangtze River, in longitude 97 ° 21 '~ 108 ° 31', latitude 26 ° 03 '~ 34 ° 19' between. To benefits, benefit, Azusa, Kui four named, the province of the total area of 48.5 square kilometers. Brief plateau phase the west, east of the Three Gorges Xianfeng overlap, north of Qinling Bashan barriers surround the south Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the formation of a famous Sichuan Basin. Sichuan Province, vast land and has a long history since ancient times to enjoy the "Land of Abundance"reputation.


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"The first development ISO images of Mandriva Linux 2007 have been released for download and testing. At the time of writing only Mandriva One live CD images for the i586 and x86_64 architectures are available, but expect the usual full (4-CD) installation sets to appear on Mandriva mirrors in a day or two. The new release ships with kernel 184.108.40.206 and includes glibc 2.4, X.Org 7.1, KDE 3.5.3, GNOME 2.15, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, Firefox 188.8.131.52 and many other open source software packages." Screenshots.


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After more than two weeks in New York City, Rochester Hills teen singing sensation Olivia Millerschin is back to her normal life.
She and her bandmates in Livy, Matt & Sammy were eliminated from the semifinals of NBC's "America's Got Talent" on Wednesday. Although she was subject to criticism in front of a national audience, Millerschin was grateful for the experience.
"(Reality TV) is a whole other monster I had never explored," she said. "I'm glad to be back where friends and family support me."
The band played a cover of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls," in a performance aired Tuesday, a song Millerschin said show producers picked for them.
"(The judges) said I had a great voice, but the song wasn't right for us," she said. "It's up to them how you look. You just have to do your best.
"It was a bummer to leave on that note."
Their ouster, while disappointing, did come as a relief, Millerschin said.
"We were all exhausted," she said.
Now that Millerschin is back to playing her own original music, she has nearly 40 concert dates lined up, including a gig at Ann Arbor's Blind Pig Sept. 7. She also plans to record a new EP and work with other artists she met on the show.
Despite being in the city for two weeks, Millerschin said she did not get to do any sightseeing.
"Every time I'm there, I'm on business," she said.
Millerschin did, however, take time to meet her hometown Detroit Tigers, who were in New York to play the Yankees. She got to take a picture with slugger Miguel Cabrera.
"I waited for them and some ignored, but (he) stopped," she said.
She even convinced relief pitcher Joe Nathan to listen to her music, giving him copies of her CD.
Millerschin has released three records in her brief career. Her latest EP, "Over The Weather," is available on iTunes and SoundCloud.


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One of the most powerful weapons in the Grand Theft Auto series, the Minigun is based off various US minigun models, appearing in various forms in the following games:
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Man-portable version without lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Man-portable version without lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto Advance (Man-portable version without lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Man-portable version with lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Man-portable version with lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (Vehicle-mounted on Annihilator helicopter)
- The Lost and Damned (Vehicle-mounted on Annihilator helicopter with explosive ammo)
- The Ballad of Gay Tony (Vehicle-mounted on Annihilator with explosive ammo and on Buzzard helicopter with regular ammo)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Man-portable version with lock-on capabilities)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Man-portable version without lock-on capabilities)
The Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas renditions are based on a man portable version of the M134 Minigun, while the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories version is based off the M197 tri-barreled Gatling. It has an incredible rate of fire and can annihilate most vehicles in almost less than a second around a certain radius. In Vice City, the minigun was perfect for mowing down targets level with the player, however, it could not be aimed manually. Instead, it shoots upwards automatically to e.g. helicopters, similar to the Rhino. In GTA San Andreas, thanks to the new aiming system, the minigun could be pointed in any direction, making shooting higher targets much easier, but also dangerous if the helicopter would crash into the ground and explode dangerously close to the player. It is almost 100% accurate as there is no recoil, but it can't lock on to a target which isn't much of a problem due to the very high power of each individual round and the amount of ammo it carries. In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the player can both lock onto a target and shoot manually with the minigun.
Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars also features the minigun as an available weapon. In GTA Chinatown Wars, it is the most expensive weapon in the game, costing $10,000 from Ammu-Nation. Also, the minigun in GTA Chinatown Wars is powerful enough to split a person in half if shot at a pedestian.
For Grand Theft Auto IV, the minigun was planned to be the second heavy weapon, the first one being the rocket launcher, but it was dropped in the end, due to unknown reasons. By using the remaining data in-game, it appears to carry a 750-bullet load and to be able to kill any person (armored or not) with one shot, making it the most powerful weapon in the game. Miniguns are also mounted on Annihilator and Buzzard helicopters. Both fire normal 7.62×51 millimeter cartridges, but the Annihilator fires about 1,000 rounds per minute, which is unrealistically slow, by about 5,000 rounds per minute. This is probably to prevent helicopter pilots from being able to literally shred players and vehicles. In The Lost and Damned, the helicopters' top speed is increased and the minigun ammunition is replaced by highly explosive cartridges that make mince meat out of pedestrians, cars, motorcycles, and even other helicopters and boats. On the Buzzard, which only appears on The Ballad of Gay Tony, there are 2 miniguns mounted, which do not overheat or need to reload and fire about 4-6,000 rounds per minute.
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Carl Johnson using the minigun at Las Venturas Airport.
Mike with a Minigun.
Toni Cipriani using a Minigun.
The minigun positioned on the side of the Annihilator.
Trevor Philips using the minigun.
HUD Icons
- GTA Vice City
- Little Haiti - On the top floor of the remains of the drug processing plant west of the Little Haiti Well Stacked Pizza Co. after completion of Trojan Voodoo.
- Little Haiti - Available to buy from Phil's Place after completion of Boomshine Saigon ($10,000).
- Ocean Beach - Spawns inside the Ocean View Hotel after collecting 60 hidden packages.
- Downtown - Spawns on the roof of the Hyman Condo after collecting 60 hidden packages.
- Starfish Island - Spawns outside the Vercetti Estate after collecting 60 hidden packages.
- GTA San Andreas
- Kincaid Bridge, San Fierro - On top of the southern arch of the bridge. It's not accessible until the desert and Las Venturas are unlocked, because a ghost wall is blocking the player to get the weapon.
- Roca Escalante, Las Venturas - On the bottom-most level of an underground parking lot.
- Rockshore East, Las Venturas - On top of some scaffolding in the building site, requires climbing and jumping skills or jetpack.
- Area 69, Bone County - Inside the base in a control room. The room is accessible during the mission, "Black Project", if entered outside the mission using blue hell glitches, the player gains 5 star wanted level.
- Tierra Robada, Las Venturas - Inside Mike Toreno's ranch after completing Vertical Bird.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- Bedford Point, Staunton Island - Can be bought at Phil Cassidy's Fully Cocked Gun Shop upon completing the mission More Deadly Than the Male. ($10,000)
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Vice Point - Can be bought from the Ammu-Nation shop after completing the storyline mission, Farewell to Arms for $15,000 but the price decreases to $11,500 if the player completes Phil's Shooting Range challenge.
The minigun can be purchased at Ammu-Nation in Los Santos and Blaine County.
- Fort Zancudo - Found inside the Zancudo Army Base in Control Tower 1.
- In GTA San Andreas, there is a file called minigun2. This file can be seen using IMGTool. It's possible that this file could be a model of the minigun when it spins. It's also possible that this could be a different weapon entirely, dropped for unknown reasons during development.
- In GTA San Andreas, using a minigun during the final mission, "End of the Line", is a much easier way to defeat Big Smoke.
- In GTA Vice City Stories, using a minigun, like in San Andreas, during the final mission, "Last Stand", is a much easier way to defeat both Diego Mendez and Jerry Martinez.


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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded 11 grants totaling about $5 million to fight invasive species in the Great Lakes region.
Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman announced the grants today. She says they'll fund projects that fight aquatic and terrestrial invasive species already in the region, as well as efforts to prevent new invaders from becoming established.
The grants are being provided under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, an Obama administration program designed to make progress on long-running ecological problems such as toxic pollution and loss of wildlife habitat.
Since the program began in 2010, the federal agency has funded more than 70 projects focused on invasive species.
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Gary and Becki Lee of Berthoud announce the engagement of their daughter Andie Lee, of Havre, Mont., to Philip Kuhr, son of Pete Kuhr and Pam Kuhr of Havre, Mont.
The bride-to-be graduated from Berthoud High School in 2004, attended Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo., where she studied equine training and management. In October of 2012 she moved to Montana for job opportunities. Andie enjoys riding and training horses, working on the ranch, and dancing.
The groom-to-be graduated from Havre High School in 2005; shortly thereafter he started a custom fence building business. He currently owns Kuhr Fencing and works on the family ranch. Philip enjoys the outdoors, 4-wheeling and woodworking. The couple enjoys spending time with friends and family.
The wedding ceremony and reception will be Sept. 28, 2013, at the family ranch near Havre, Mont. The couple plans a cruise for their honeymoon and will reside near Havre.


text: The train-wreck sentences, the whistlings in the pipes, the alarming and bewildered handhold phrases—"My friends"—to get him through the next 10 seconds. I haven't felt such pity for anyone since the late Adm. James Stockdale humiliated himself as Ross Perot's running mate. And I am sorry to have to say it, but Stockdale had also distinguished himself in America's most disastrous and shameful war, and it didn't qualify him then and it doesn't qualify McCain now.


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SAN DIEGO and TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (NYSE: SI) and Illumina have entered into a partnership aimed at setting new standards in the use of next-generation sequencing for the rapid, accurate identification of patients' infectious disease states and potential treatment paths. Through this agreement, the companies plan to make existing Siemens molecular HIV tests compatible with the recently launched Illumina MiSeq™ next-generation sequencing platform, with the ultimate goal of introducing breakthrough sequencing-based infectious disease assays for the clinical diagnostics market.
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"Next-generation sequencing is a transformational technology that we believe will significantly impact clinical diagnostics over the next five years," said Michael Reitermann, CEO, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. "Our partnership with Illumina brings together two innovation leaders to set a new standard of care in the next wave of clinical diagnostics and personalized medicine."
Next-generation genome sequencing (DNA sequencing) is the determination of the precise sequence of nucleotides in a sample of DNA. These data points help provide physicians with deeper insights into patients' genetic characteristics, including suitability to drug regimens based on the genetic profile of an infectious disease; source of infection and insights into treatment directions; and personalized medicine status – both current disease state and susceptibility to future disease. According to a recent report in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Scientia Advisors estimates the next-generation sequencing market could reach $1.5 billion in sales by 2014, with a broader picture putting that figure closer to $3.6 billion(1).
Ten years ago the TRUGENE® HIV-1 Genotyping Assay, the first DNA sequencing-based test for HIV to be cleared by the FDA, was launched to a worldwide market. This laid the foundation for Siemens to become a leader in infectious disease testing solutions that employ DNA sequencing technology. Since then, TRUGENE has become one of the market's leading DNA sequencing tests for infectious disease testing. By making its TRUGENE test compatible with Illumina's MiSeq analyzer, Siemens expects to be well positioned to help even more clinical laboratories leverage next-generation sequencing for their infectious disease testing with the fastest turnaround time and highest accuracy possible.
"Partnerships with global leaders like Siemens are a key element of our strategy to drive widespread adoption of MiSeq in the clinical setting," said Jay Flatley, CEO of Illumina. "Siemens has a long track record of success in developing regulated products for infectious disease testing and we are excited to join them in taking next-generation sequencing to this important market."
(1) http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/ngs-market-remains-on-upward-trajectory/3253/ (accessed 10/6/11)
Illumina (http://www.illumina.com) is a leading developer and manufacturer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function. We provide innovative sequencing and array-based solutions for genotyping, copy number variation analysis, methylation studies, gene expression profiling, and low-multiplex analysis of DNA, RNA and protein. We also provide tools and services that are fueling advances in consumer genomics and diagnostics. Our technology and products accelerate genetic analysis research and its application, paving the way for molecular medicine and ultimately transforming healthcare.
The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 48,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2010 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 12.4 billion euros and profit of around 750 million euros. For further information please visit: www.siemens.com/healthcare.
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I am not really sure what there is to discuss. Folks who want guns get them. Those who do not, do not. Right , wrong, legal or illegal. People have the free will to get what they want. As far as the law goes.... :rolleyes:
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I am not really sure what there is to discuss. Folks who want guns get them. Those who do not, do not. Right , wrong, legal or illegal. People have the free will to get what they want. As far as the law goes.... :rolleyes:
..France counts 1,193 cars torched on New Year's Eve
Associated Press – 54 mins ago.
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year's Eve, set afire by young revelers, a much lamented tradition that remained intact this year with 1,193 vehicles burned, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday.
His announcement was the first time in three years that such figures have been released. The conservative government of former President Nicolas Sarkozy had decided to stop publishing them in a bid to reduce the crime — and not play into the hands of car-torching youths who try to outdo each other.
France's current Socialist government decided otherwise, deeming total transparency the best method, and the rate of burned cars apparently remained steady. On Dec. 31, 2009, the last public figure available, 1,147 vehicles were burned.
Like many countries, France sees cars set on fire during the year for many reasons, including gangs hiding clues of their crimes and people making false insurance claims.
But car-torching took a new step in France when it became a way to mark the arrival of the New Year. The practice reportedly began in earnest among youths — often in poor neighborhoods — in the 1990s in the region around Strasbourg in eastern France.
It also became a voice of protest during the fiery unrest by despairing youths from housing projects that swept France in the fall of 2005. At the time, police counted 8,810 vehicles burned in less than three weeks.
Yet even then, cars were not burned in big cities like Paris, and that remained the case this New Year's Eve. Minister Valls said the Paris suburban region of Seine-Saint-Denis, where the 2005 unrest started, led the nation for torched cars, followed by two eastern regions around Strasbourg.
For some, the decision to tell the public how many cars have been burned on New Year's Eve is a mistake.
Bruno Beschizza, the national secretary for security matters in Sarkozy's UMP party, said on iTele TV that publishing the numbers motivates youths to commit such crimes. "We know that neighborhoods compete," he said. Gang rivalries center on who can torch the most cars, with claims made on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, he said.
Don't they make BIC lighters in France?
Switzerland isn't "overrun" by gun violence either, though they require people to have firearms.
Statistically, gun violence is no worse now than it ever has been, and in reality the statistics have dropped. What's different is the fact that blood sells advertisement, and certain organizations have agendas to push.
While we're tossing around other countries' statistics, how about we get police in the US the same density as they have in European countries, and give them the same powers they have in Europe? Napoleanic law is far, far different from English common law and the US constitution.
Since we are all having such an advanced, intelligent conversation on gun control. Well, I have 3 guns. One I keep in my underwear drawer simply for kicks. The other one I use to shoot at the mailman if he does not deliver the mail on time, the third one is a rifle that I keep locked and loaded. Just in case I feel freaked out or threatened and wanna blow someones brains out.
What you arent taking into account is the ordinary armed citizen in the USA who arent the "Rambo" type. Rambo did not exist during the Revolutionary War, ordinary citizens did. The writers of the Second Amendment were ordinary citizens and they toppled the British control of the Americas.
An individual, as you term "Rambo" would do nothing against a tyrannical government, but as a group armed citizens can keep government in check if the will and means is there. You seem to want to take the means away.
Back in the 80s a Russian warship docked in Anchorage, a local was able to ask the captain how the Soviet Union would do in a land invasion of the USA. The captain wasnt concerned about the US military but as to how well armed the citizens are.
I think Ladys Human covered Switzerland,
Final thought, where have the most recent, the last 20 years, mass shootings taken pace in the USA?
A tank in urban territory is extremely vulnerable.
An F-16 is useless when your own civilians are around.
Modern arms and tactics are essentially useless when the enemy is among your own citizens. Any serious, well planned uprising would render most of the military useless. There are literally thousands of nasty ways to render modern weapons moot. Just ask the Afghans, the VC, the fuzzies, the Basques, the IRA, and any number of ultimately successful insurgent groups.
If it's so useless, why does the US have a large military unit specifically tasked with supporting, training, and helping insurgents? Ask the governments in the Horn of Africa how useful modern weapons are against an internal uprising.......
Very, and I mean very, few of the US military will disarm the USA populace by force.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Dell (DELL) are down 21 cents, or 1.6%, at $12.82, as the war of words over the company's fate continues this morning following a volley of exchanges in the last several days between the company's board of directors and activist investor Carl Icahn.
A short while ago, Icahn issued another open letter to shareholders, in conjunction with value investing shop Southeastern Management, which has endorsed his $14 tender offer for the company's shares.
In today's note, Icahn responds to media reports yesterday that said the company might postpone a planned vote tomorrow. Although the board yesterday reiterated the vote will happen, Icahn nevertheless urges the company not to delay the vote:
Dear Fellow Dell Stockholders:
In its July 16 letter, the Dell Special Committee once again explained to stockholders why the Special Committee supports the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction that it has spent so many months trying to persuade us to vote for. As in the past, we continue to believe that the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction substantially undervalues Dell and that stockholders should be entitled to choose to retain the upside potential of their Dell shares.
The Special Committee stated that it has "taken extraordinary measures to ensure Mr. Dell's neutrality and to leave the final decision with disinterested stockholders." However, it has been reported by various news sources that the Board of Directors may decide to postpone the July 18 vote — either to get more votes for the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction, or for the Special Committee to try to negotiate a better price. Quite frankly, if the Special Committee does not like the $13.65 price, then as we see it, they should not have approved the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction in the first place. Also, if stockholders have not approved that transaction after almost 6 months of the Special Committee and others campaigning for it, the company should not put off the July 18 vote. Can you imagine a political election contest where one side could push off the election to wait for a better day to hold the election – a date when it is hoped they might do better in the vote than they would have done on the originally scheduled election date? We think that if the company wishes to be true to the Special Committee's undertaking to "leave the final decision with disinterested stockholders," then the company must allow a final vote to be completed on July 18, and not try to postpone the vote to a later date.
Should the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction be defeated, we also urge the Dell Board to move quickly to hold the Annual Meeting when stockholders will have the opportunity to elect our slate of directors. Our slate has met and unanimously supports our proposed Dell self tender offer and its implementation in accordance with their fiduciary duties. As previously communicated, we believe that our proposed Dell self tender offer has a total value to tendering stockholders of approximately $15.50 to $18.00 per share.*
*These estimates are based upon the assumptions and calculations set forth in Definitive Additional Materials that we filed with the SEC on July 12, 2013 and July 16, 2013 and reflect only an illustration of the implied value of Dell based upon those assumptions and calculations. The foregoing and the information contained in the Definitive Additional Materials are not a prediction of the specific future market value of Dell stock or any warrant.


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larger Huckers in the future?
Hi Roger,
Do You know if Sailworks will make a larger Hucker in the future?
Other manufacturers now have "powersails" in larger sizes, for instance the Severne Glide 7.5 and North Prisma 7.5 and 8.5.
I think it would be very nice to have a larger Hucker, something like a 7.5-7.8, that has the power of a 9 m sail.
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Hi again Roger,
I read another thread where You wrote about the Sailworks Retro 7.5 vs the Severene Glide 7.5:
QUOTE=Roger;8737]Hi Michael,
No, I haven't had the Glide out in more than around 12 knots/Gusts to maybe 15.
I'm pretty sure that's not the "concept" of the Glide and other examples of the new "power sails".
I have a whole set of Sailworks Huckers and they provide the extra drive and lift in a similar manner to the Glide, but the largest Hucker is a 6.6 m2 and since the Huckers are more a bump and jump or high wind jumping in the the Gorge concept (unless you rig them with very high tension for slalom racing) the Glide "stands out" as a light wind sail, and it's built much lighter than the Huckers.
The largest 6.6 Hucker is almost comparable to my 7.5 m2 Retro, but I think the Glide 7.5 m2 has a bit better low wnd than the 7.5 Retro.
I'm interested in doing a head to head test of the 7.5 Retro vs the 7.5 Glide on a couple of different boards (the Apollo being one of them.
The Serenity does not compare here as it "operates" in a completely different mode and in far less windspeed.
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Have You had the chance to compare these sails?
|6th November 2007, 08:07 AM
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Hi Filip,
I cannot answer your question about a larger Hucker.
I think a number of sailors (me included) have encouraged Bruce P. (Sailworks Owner/Designer) to consider a larger Hucker, but I haven't heard anything about him
actually working on a larger design.
As far as the Retro 7.5 vs Severne Glide 7.5, I also encouraged Bruce to take a Glide for a sail.
I actually sailed the Glide 7.5 m2 quite a bit last year as when I put it on the super light 460 Redline 100% carbon mast and used a very light but very stiff older WS Hawaii all carbon boom I had a 7.5 m2 rig that weighed about the same as most 6.-6.5 m2 rigs.
The very expensive (but very light weight) fabric up in the top of the Glide makes the sail feel super light.
It's got very good low wind power with it's 3 cams.
But, I'm not sure the market is there for 7.5 or 8.5 m2 sails that are super light, super powerful, but cost twice as much.
To me, who doesn't have to pay for my sails, the super expensive stuff is so nice, I always tend to use it. To those of you who have to pay your hard earned money for
the super light/super powerful but costly rigs with pricey masts and booms, I think the designers are going to have to make them alot lighter, or alot more powerful before they sell a whole lot of them.
Also, limited production keeps the price high.
I'm looking forward to getting back on the water after my surgery pretty soon, and my first testing will be the on the new '08 Retro.
Hope this helps,
P.S. If you really want a larger Hucker, and are willing to pay for the develpment, I think Bruce P. would be amenable to making you one as a custom sail.
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Thanks Roger,
Next year I will use the 4.8, 5.6 and 6.6 Huckers and a 8.0 (2005) Retro.
I have thought about replacing the 8.0 Retro with a 7.5 Glide. The reason is that I guess the 7.5 Glide would give me a lighter feel, a little easier handling, and a bit more low end power than the 8.0 Retro. Do You think my guesses are right?
I now have two 460 Speedstick masts, and I don´t feel like buying a Severne Redline mast.
Do You think the Speedstick 460 would work with the 7.5 Glide?
Nice to hear that You will be able to go out on the water soon! I´d be very interested to hear what You think about the new 8.0 Retro, and how it compares to the 7.5 Glide.
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Holbytla (pl. Holbytlan) means 'hole-dweller', the legendary creatures known among the Northmen and the Rohirrim.
The legend originated perhaps from the time when their ancestors, the Éothéod saw and knew the Hobbits from the Vales of Anduin, before or around their Wandering Days. From 'Holbytla' the word 'Hobbit' in Westron was derived.[1]
There is only one tale about them, namely that they do not appear in any other tales. They do little, and avoid the sight of men, being able to vanish in a twinkling; and they can change their voices to resemble the piping of birds.
When Théoden met Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck standing guard at Isengard on 5 March, T.A. 3019,[2] he immediately connected them to the folklore creature although he noted that they weren't known to spout smoke from their mouths. He was corrected by Peregrin, who said that they preferred the term "Hobbit"[1] (kuduk).[3]
It is the Old English translation of Rohirric Kûd-dûkan, from which itself the word Kuduk was derived.[3]
Holbytla seems to be a retroactive etymology, invented to explain the word "hobbit", which of course was initially a spontaneous inspiration by Tolkien without an explanation behind it.[4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, Tolkien: The Authorized Biography, p. 172


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The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) continues to follow with grave concern the situation in the Central African Republic which is marked by insecurity.
The Commission recalls its previous statement of 27 March 2013 in which it strongly condemned the military takeover of 24 March 2013 which led to the loss of lives and the widespread looting of public and private property.
The Commission regrets the acts of violence which are being carried out in the country, in particular those which occurred over the weekend of 12 to 14 April 2013 involving some members of the SELEKA coalition and which are reported to have led to the death of about twenty people and several wounded in the Boy-Rabe neighbourhood in Bangui.
The Commission further regrets that its call for a return to constitutional order contained in its previous statement is yet to become effective. In this regard, the Commission further calls on the international community to take the necessary measures towards restoring constitutional order under conditions that are conducive to the peace and security of the population.
Banjul, 21 April 20