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Jango Fett was first introduced to us in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones when Obi-Wan Kenobi discovered Kamino's Tipoca City facility. In our Deluxe Star Wars Jango Fett Costume you can become this galaxy renowned bounty hunter and assassin.
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Become the soldier who was the genetic template for the bulk of The Grand Army of the Republic used in the historic Clone Wars in this replica Shock Trooper Armour. Featured is a blue and grey jumpsuit with moulded body armour securely sewn onto the suit.
Separate to the suit is a pair of brown gloves and plastic utility belt fastened with adjustable velcro at the rear.
Completing this galactic military look is a two piece PVC helmet with the infamous T shaped visor that fixes together using velcro at the sides.
Please Note: Gun Holster and Guns are not included.
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March 17, 2015, by Christopher V - Northampton, UK - United Kingdom
The fit is just about alright (I'm 6'1) but is tight in some places (shoulders) and loose in others (legs and arms) and the gloves are on the small side. Visually it looks good from a distance but on close inspection it need some improvements especially the closing system at the back - only two small bits of Velcro don't prevent it gapping, so will need something additionally to hold it closed.
March 12, 2014, by Dalekironside .
This costume is amazing! I highly recommend for Jango Fett fans.
October 8, 2013, by Jack M - Kent, UK - United Kingdom
The jump suit is good, paint on the moulded parts is not great but overall its a solid costume and in my (few) years of Halloween/Fancy Dress parties I've purchased costumes for, this is the best Rubies one I've had. The helmet lets it down massively though. It comes in 2 parts that are attached using velcro strips. Where the mask is stored almost flat (by Rubies not this site) and the velcro is hardly stuck down it simply cannot fit together properly. Unless the depth of your head is about 5cm, it's unwearable.
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(used for a 1951 US tour by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet)
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(used for a 1951 US tour by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet)
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Beautiful ballerina indeed..!
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David Vaughan's FREDERICK ASHTON AND HIS BALLETS quotes Clive Barnes as writing at the time that this one-act version of THE NUTCRACKER was "freely based on Ivanov" with Vaughan noting that "a new pas de deux was made for Beriosova in the Snow scene..."
, rg. So I guess changes already ocurred from the Vic-Wells Sergueev original staging for Markova to the time this other staging took place.
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On ESPN and WatchESPN.com: Celebrity All-Star Game, 7 p.m. ET
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Rooks and sophs take the All-Star stage tonight. Which ones will be All-Stars for years to come? David Thorpe 5-on-5: All-Star preview »
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Book News: Salman Rushdie Wins PEN/Pinter Prize For 'Unflinching' Gaze
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Salman Rushdie, novelist and target of a fatwa that forced him into hiding for years, has won the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. The award is given every year to a British writer who, in the words of Harold Pinter, has an "unflinching, unswerving" gaze and "fierce intellectual determination ... to define the real truth of our lives and our societies." The prize will be presented at a ceremony in October. The head of the judges, Maureen Freely, said in PEN's announcement, "This prize is English PEN's way of thanking Salman Rushdie not just for his books and his many years of speaking out for freedom of expression, but also for his countless private acts of kindness. When he sees writers unjustly vilified, prosecuted, or forced into exile, he takes a personal interest." The prize will be shared between Rushdie and a persecuted writer who has been targeted for their beliefs. This "international writer of courage" will be selected by Rushdie and English PEN.
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux's Work in Progress blog has an excerpt from Marilynne Robinson's next novel, Lila, set in the world of her Pulitzer-winning book Gilead: "The child was just there on the stoop in the dark, hugging herself against the cold, all cried out and nearly sleeping. She couldn't holler any more and they didn't hear her anyway, or they might and that would make things worse."
- Colum McCann talks about his favorite writers: "[F]or me, James Joyce is the original energy behind all contemporary literature."
- An essay in the Boston Review looks at the problem of translating Proust: "There is always a tension in translation between the spirit and the letter, between conveying things we might call tone, mood, feel, or music, and being as literally faithful to the original as possible."
- Emily Schultz, author of a novel called Joyland — which has the same title as Stephen King's recent book — writes about spending the "Stephen King money," royalties she got from people buying her book by mistake. On her blog, she lists the ways she used the money and analyzes whether Stephen King would like it (on repairing a bumper on her car that was possibly damaged by garbage workers, she writes, "Cars, mysterious garbagemen, feelings of vengeance — of course he would!") King told Entertainment Weekly that "I'm delighted for her, and I'm going to order her book."
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Missing Autistic Teenager Home Safe After 3 Days
Very good news!
After a weekend with disturbing echoes of the Avonte Oquendo tragedy, 14-year-old Eliceo Cortez has been reunited with his family. The autistic boy, who is described as high-functioning but struggles with public transit, took a city bus instead of a school bus toward home on Friday afternoon. Thankfully, this one has a happy ending.


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The Economic Pulse for February jumped four points over January and nine points over February 2003.
The index, calculated by Amarillo National Bank, shows mortgage rates and oil prices holding steady. Housing starts declined in February. The price of cattle also dropped.
On the upside, sales tax collections grew by more than $1 million and vehicle registrations grew by nearly 2,000.
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Louis XIV: Of Delicacy and Dirt
Wednesday's Pick
- Song: "Hopesick"
- Artist: Louis XIV
- CD: Slick Dogs and Ponies
- Genre: Rock
"Hopesick" began as a ballad: It was written and recorded for an album by the twang-rock outfit Convoy, which disintegrated soon afterward. Convoy's Jason Hill, Brian Karscig, and Mark Maigaard would go on to form Louis XIV — a stripped-down rock band steeped in blues, glam, and punk — which gained notoriety for the sexually explicit lyrics and racy album artwork of 2005's The Best Little Secrets Are Kept.
On the recent Slick Dogs and Ponies, Louis XIV's members revisit their musical past, and two older songs ("Air Traffic Control" and "Hopesick") have benefited from time in the slow-cooker. The original "Hopesick" was appealing and honest, but it was also bare and broken, like a stadium anthem being played on a practice amp. The new version retains singer Hill's weary, cracking vocals, but fills the void with sure, thick glam-guitar lines and rich orchestral arrangements.
"Hopesick" itself stands in stark contrast to the lust-and-thrust of Louis XIV's previous releases, in the process revealing real, raw emotions surrounding drug use ("I need hope / I need help / I need dope"), unattainable love ("I love her, she loves me / but in my mind"), and the break-up of a band that's been together for years ("A new start / A new heart / I need a break"). The song is all dirt and delicacy, desperation and damage, love and loss, and it is as it always should have sounded.
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Pixiv Fantasia New World by kumiriceWatch
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my character, Natasja's entrance picture^q^ pixiv: [link] (help out with clicking!)
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Pixiv Fantasia New World by *kumirice gives us a glance into a vast universe filled with fantasy and adventuring spirit! The way she's so comfortable around the white lion makes me wonder what kind of bond they share and how their story will unfold! (Suggested by many) ( Featured by rydi1689 )
Amazing artwork, she looks cool and her lion is the best!
That lion is pretty amazing!
Amazing~ Congrats
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Amazing details and colors
Awesome work, love the coloring and the character.
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Congrats on the DD, I really like the background. Gotta say though, I like the cross thing on the lion's head, but he is derpy as hell. His proportions are just strange, and he seems flat and lifeless, like he's just a cardboard cutout, and his teeny tiny tail is just really funny to me.
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An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
Rectangle PQRS has X and Y on the edges. Triangles PQY, YRX and XSP
have equal areas. Prove X and Y divide the sides of PQRS in the
golden ratio.
A 1 metre cube has one face on the ground and one face against a
wall. A 4 metre ladder leans against the wall and just touches the
cube. How high is the top of the ladder above the ground?
A kangaroo is sitting in the Australian outback. He plays a game in which he may only jump 1 metre at a time, either North, East, South or West. At how many different points could he end up after $10$ jumps?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
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Sports Resort will not replace Wii Sports with Wii bundle
Wii Sports Resort will not replace Wii Sports bundled with Wii any time soon.
This is according to Nintendo of Canada's Matt Ryan, who told Toronto Thumbs that Sports Resort was a more "full-on software that you're used to purchasing at retail at that price point" where as Wii Sports is more-or-less just designed to show what the Wii Remote can do.
"The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you that there are no plans to make Wii Sports Resort what is packed in with the Wii purchase," Ryan said. "What is in the Wii box will remain the same."
That's that, we reckon. For now at least. More through the link.
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Video: Melissa Harris-Perry's tearful apology to Romney and other adoptive families
posted at 11:31 am on January 4, 2014 by Ed Morrissey
Melissa Harris-Perry started off her show on MSNBC this morning with an apology to Mitt Romney and his family for targeting his grandson Kieran for ridicule as a proxy for the GOP. Unlike her Twitter apology, with a self-referential hashtag, this apology took place on an equal platform with the insult — and got Harris-Perry emotional when also apologizing explicitly to families with trans-racial adoption:
Showing the photo in that context, that segment, was poor judgment. so without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family. Adults who enter into public life, implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families, especially their children, should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly. My intention was not malicious, but I broke the ground rule that families are off-limits. For that I am sorry.
BuzzFeed's Dorsey Shaw notes that Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear on Fox News Sunday, and suggests that he will respond to Harris-Perry at that time. I'd be surprised, though, if the normally-gracious Romney has anything more to say about it than an acceptance of this apology today. This is the kind of moment most people would do best to rise above, rather than slug it out with their families in the crossfire.
This seems much more genuine and sincere than the Twitter effort from Harris-Perry, and more appropriate. If Romney doesn't want to keep this alive, I see no particular reason for anyone else to do so. That's not to say that it should be forgotten entirely, especially in the context of MSNBC's editorial choices of late, but it's a good point for everyone to leave this specific incident in the rear-view mirror.
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Melissa H-Tampon: "I'm sorry that I attacked your child."
Akzed: "Not accepted, and what is your penance?"
Akzed on January 4, 2014 at 11:42 AM
I believe her, and I accept the apology.
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Uh, I don't see how you could accept it since your family was not the one she attacked.
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Make birthday cakes that star in memories long after the last slice is gone. Create three fun cake designs with the waxed-paper transfer method and Jessicas no-carve sculpting techniques.
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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this cake: I had a client request a "schnauzer cake" and since I have loved schnauzers for years I jumped at the opportunity! She turned out pretty cute, and the client loved it. It is a vanilla bean cake covered in vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant.
How did you create the schnauzer? Did you cut it free-form? What about the face? I want to throw a 1st bday party for my little schnauzer Lulu, and I want to make a schnauzer cake. (Obviously I'd have to find alternatives to the fondant, chocolate, etc.) Any tips would be great! Beautiful cake.


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María Antonieta de Bográn
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|María Antonieta Guillén de Bográn
|1st Vice President of Honduras
serving with
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|In office
27 January 2010 – 27 January 2014
|Porfirio Lobo Sosa
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María Antonieta de Bográn (born 13 July 1955[1]) is the former 1st Vice President of Honduras.[2] She was one of the three candidates for Vice President of Honduras with the National Party in the 2009 Honduran elections,[3] and also served as that party's national chairperson during those elections.[4] President-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa won the election with approximately 55% of the vote.[5] On 2008, before the Honduran Primary Elections, the Honduran National Congress reformed again the Constitution for that the Vice-Presidential charge be occupied by 3 persons again.[citation needed]
She was the director of institute of tourism during the administration of Rafael Callejas 1990-1994.[citation needed]
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By Maj. Ramona L.B. Bellard, 3BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs, MND-NMarch 9, 2009
MOSUL, Iraq - 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division held two separate Black History Month observance luncheons Feb 18 and 19, at Forward Operating Base Marez and FOB Diamondback dining facilities in Mosul, Iraq.
The program, overseen by Sgt. 1st Class Cadonna Odom, Equal Opportunity Advisor, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., and hosted 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., consisted of speech and poem presentations as well as tributes in song and an inspiring reflection by guest speaker Command Sgt. Maj. Derrick Taylor, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div.
"This observance is special because it is the first observance for 3rd Brigade in Iraq. Beyond being Department of the Army mandated, ethnic observances make everyone feel included and in this way every Soldier understands that they are part of the team. It also reinforces that the command cares," said Odom. Odom added that Soldiers should be given the same opportunity to participate in or attend ethnic observances as they would enjoy back at Fort Hood or their home stations.
Pfc. Marsha Wright, 215th BSB, 3rd 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., who entertained attendees with a song during the celebration said this black history event was definitely special.
"There is more hope - I never thought I would see a black president let alone my Mama see a black president. I still can't believe it. This Black History Month to me means hope. We've come a long way, and we still have a way to go, but the future is looking mighty bright - because of hope," said Wright.
Cpt. Mariwin Basco, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., also praised the event suggesting that this event offers everyone an opportunity to reflect on who they are and where they come from. "A lot of the new generation forgets where they've come from. Events like this make you appreciative of who you are as a person no matter what your background", said Basco.
Sgt. 1st Class Sonja Kennedy, HHT, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., echoed the importance of the event and said Black History Month has always been an important time to her. "I'm from the north and we celebrate black history more than in the south. We've done so much that one month just doesn't justify what we've done in Black American history," said Kennedy.
Wisdom abounded in the "sermonesque" speeches and remarks throughout the event but Chaplain Rickey Brunson, 215th BSB, 3rd HBCT, 1st Cav. Div., who offered an invocation and benediction during the black history celebration, best summed up the significance of ethnic/cultural observances. "Our most powerful weapon is not the M4 (rifle) - it is our diversity and our ability to accept one another's differences, said Brunson.
While this nearly standing room only black history event was organized and sponsored by 215th BSB, the celebration of Black History Month commenced with a big screen showing of the theatrical film "Glory," on Feb 6. Each Friday night in February a movie featuring a black cast is shown at the Morale Recreation and Welfare Center on FOB Marez in honor of Black History Month.
"We will be here for just a year, so we only have one chance to make our ethnic observances special - with two luncheons and weekly movie nights, I think we accomplished our goal for Black History Month," said Odom.


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SCOTT COUNTY — In 1997, the Mississippi Legislature's reluctance to finance a statewide public defender system prompted then-Gov. Kirk Fordice to recommend fashioning a payment plan to encourage private lawyers to handle death penalty cases — the main concern at that time. Fordice proposed increasing the hourly rate paid to attorneys appointed to such cases and tie the payment plan ...Read More »
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Green Roofs
Green roofs help offset carbon dioxide and purify air in urban areas while lowering utility bills.
One of the best ways to make a building greener is to literally make it greener. CAP has the story.
Green roofs, or living roofs, offer a number of important benefits not only to the environment but also to property owners. And while many might think of green roofs as exclusively in the purview of commercial property, home installation can be both practical and economical.
Green roofs are created by using rooftop space to plant a layer of grasses, shrubs, flowers, and other forms of flora and greenery. Typically, green roofs begin with an insulation layer, followed by a waterproof barrier, then by the organic material used to grow the plants. Construction and maintenance of green roofs is inexpensive and they can also last far longer than traditional roofs if the appropriate plants are used.
Although green roofs have been catching on as a part of the growing trend to make our cities and buildings more sustainable, they are in fact nothing new. People around the world built their houses with roofs made of sod or grass for hundreds of years. Though those houses are now seen as relics of antiquity, their construction serves as useful inspiration to guide the design of the sustainable houses of tomorrow.
The most obvious benefits of living roofs come from the fact that rooftop planting greatly increases the available amount of green space in any urban or suburban environment. Increasing the number of plants in these neighborhoods helps offset the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from these hubs of human activity. Furthermore, plants can effectively filter air and remove other harmful pollutants. In fact, a study from Michigan State found that installing green roofs should be an important component of our strategy to combat climate change.
Urban spaces typically create what is called a "heat island," a locale that is noticeably warmer than surrounding areas because of human activity and a lack of greenery. Green roofs, however, can abate local warming trends by cooling and humidifying the surrounding air. If used en masse, it's quite feasible to think that green roofs could make significant contributions to cleaning and cooling the air we breathe.
Green roofs can also lower pollution by decreasing the amount of water that runs off into drainage systems. Whereas rainwater usually collects in our water supply after picking up pollutants and contaminants along the way, green roofs store water and immediately recycle it for plant growth. Roofing houses with living material serves as a natural mechanism to recycle rainwater, circumventing the need for treatment.
Homeowners can also benefit from installing green roofs. Properly constructed living roofs are excellent insulators and can therefore decrease heating and cooling costs. This not only leaves more money in the pocketbooks of those paying utilities but also makes homes more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of energy used for climate control.
Last, but not least, green roofs provide an exciting opportunity to change the aesthetic dynamic of homes, neighborhoods, and communities. Rooftops can become landscapes covered in a diverse array of flowers, grasses, shrubs""all of which can be sustained by the local climate. Adding to the portfolio of green space in neighborhoods can beautify communities, improving life for those who live there and visit.
If you need to redo your roof""or are simply looking for a way to make your home more environmentally friendly""installing a green roof can be a wise decision. You can save money on your utilities, help the environment, and beautify your home all at the same time. Best of all, with the availability of online guides, it's possible for do-it-yourselfers to undertake a fun project and save money on construction costs. Or if you'd prefer not to, contact local contractors to see who has experience in the green roofing business.
– A CAP cross-post, which Joe Romm has updated. I also switched out their picture.
JR: For most homeowners, without an easily accessed roof, I'd suggest a cool roof — white or using reflective paint — see "Cool roofs save money, save energy, cut pollution and directly reduce warming!"
This "urban heat island mitigation" (UHIM) may well be the single most cost-effective energy and climate strategy (see background here plus "White roofs are the trillion-dollar solution").
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How do you maintain them without risking life and limb?
Not to be a wet blanket, but mowing my roof would seem be a dangerous proposition. Watering it doesn't sound like a lot of fun either.
If we had the luxury of starting from scratch, green roofs, berming and hyper-insulating would definitely be 3 preferred technologies.
The photo chosen is misleading. The vast majority of green roofs do not have grass on them. They have climate specific succulents or groundcovers that do not need much care after established, and roofs are engineered for the extra weight of the specific lightweight soil used.
Yes, it would be rediculous to mow your roof! I laughed at that photo used. It looks like someone just let their roof rot. It reminds me of what my husband says: "We have a green roof!"–referring to the moss that has taken over our garage. (We live in the PNW)
[JR: I have updated the post and image.]
Whoever said that green roofs are practical and economical has never built a house. You need a strong membrane, allowance for drainage and debris, and possibly beefed up trusses, which is a tough retrofit.
We should still do it, but encouraging people to not worry and wing it will lead to disasters. New construction in earthquake zones and high rainfall areas presents special challenges. People need to do their homework.
Tim @ #1 – Green roofs are generally designed with plants that grow slowly and can survive in a broad range of water conditions. Plants sellected take a couple of years to mature and cover the roof reducing anual maintenance considerably.
A point not mentioned in the post is that direct sunlight is the primary cause of degradation of the waterproof surface on a roof and covering the membrane will extend the life expectancy of the roof almost indefinately. Only the perimeter of the roof is exposed causing normal deterioration and requiring eventual replacement.
Where do you put the solar panels for power and hot water? How well does it stand up to heavy rain (like 70mm/hour plus)?
Joyce @ #4: where do you get your information?
fyi, the vast majority of green roofs in Scandanavian countries — and there are hundreds of thousands of them — look exactly like the original picture.
and Mike @ #5, they've been doing it that way for hundreds of years, and you see modern houses constructed this way as well, which from the inside look just like any house here; well, except for odd Scandi ideas about showers… ;)
@bob mills:
and Mike @ #5, they've been doing it that way for hundreds of years, and you see modern houses constructed this way as well,
No doubt, but Mike's points are still valid. One must not willy-nilly load a few extra tons on top of an existing design and expect all to be well. Green roofs are a fine idea, but not without careful structural engineering.
In Syracuse NY, retrofits of flat top buildings with green roofs are part of an initiative to reduce the rate of storm run off, not necessarily its total volume.
A pulse of rain of an inch an hour falling onto smooth surfaces can quickly overburden the Syracuse storm drain capacity, which is partially connected into the sewage treatment system. If this works, we can save billions on reconstructing and remodeling the "gray" parts of the system.
It's obvious that Syracuse is dependent on continuing moderate weather, or all bets are off.
I live in a mostly rural NC county and our local community college included a green roof in it's new sustainable curriculum classroom building that opened last fall. News release and pix here:
It also uses solar hot water for HW and for radiant floor heating, captured water for flushing toilets, and a lot more. I mention this because we are not an affluent county but the savings going forward made this possible, plus a forward looking county board and CC administration. So the fact that it serves as a demonstration is simply a plus. (The sustainable curriculum includes organic agriculture, green building, natural chef program, alternative energy, with AAS degree offering…)
And re the point about not loading up a roof– I've always wondered about those NYC rooftop gardens.
I have aspirations of a "green deck" covering half my driveway. My roof on the other hand is where the solar panels will go (when solar is cheap enough to be cost-effective near Seattle – I'm guessing around 2016-2018).
Aside to Bob, I *like* Scandinavian showers :-)
(Adjustable height, temperature control marked in degrees… they know how to live)
Green roofs are not a new phenomenon. In fact, in the following short video, a junior high school student shows us how to build one!
No one is commenting on Joe's note near the bottom of the page, so I will. His comment is
"JR: For most homeowners, without an easily accessed roof, I'd suggest a cool roof — white or using reflective paint — see 'Cool roofs save money, save energy, cut pollution and directly reduce warming!'"
For some parameters, like temperature and direct carbon emissions from the roof surface, white roofs are better than green roofs. For other parameters, like delaying peak runoff discharge and humidity from plant respiration, green roofs are superior. As far as loading on a roof, white reflective paint is much lighter, cheaper, and more effective in lowering the temperature of the roof. As it lowers the temperature, artificial cooling is less necessary.
As a result, Secretary Chu advocates a movement to white roofs and lighter road surfaces nationwide. This is one important and cheap measure to mitigate the built environment's use of energy. It has the further benefit of fighting the urban heat island effect. So, neighbors benefit from white roofs on a commercial building, too. For the majority of people who can't afford to upgrade the strength of their roof support for a green roof, choose a lighter color of roofing or a reflective roof material next time you reroof. Your energy bill will go down.
a green roof is quite possibly the very last thing a climate concerned person should consider doing – speaks to lifestyle/fashion perhaps…
much better to insulate, make air tight and properly ventilate…if you want to really raise the bar, go for passive house level sustainability – http://nypassivehouse.org/f.html
15) Ken. I understand the logic of that and I think that's probably the best course for homeowners. But the problems and challenges to greening our lifestyles are many. Chicago mayor Richard Daley decided to implement Green/Cool City projects after a deadly 90s heatwave. He began it all by planting a green roof on top of city hall. That ran against the advice of most environmental leaders, who wanted projects with more impact. But Daley knew his politics and he knew how to get the public's attention. It was soon evident to everyone that this was a great choice and a powerful symbol.


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A car chase through Brooklyn ended in a horrifying scene yesterday when the driver of a black Infiniti crashed into the back of a flatbed truck and lost his head. According to a witness, the 22-year-old driver was going about 80 miles per hour when he slammed into the back of the stopped truck at the end of the Atlantic Avenue exit on the Gowanus Expressway. "I'm in shock seeing something like that — when they pulled the car out, the body was leaned back in the seat but the head wasn't there," a witness told the Daily News. After the crash, a woman jumped out of the passenger seat and tried to run away. She quickly gave up and was taken away in an ambulance.


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Judging by the waist this looks like a girls hoody. I think girls affinity for riding horses (and unbalanced washing machines) is well documented.
regardless of the sexual subtext, women do in fact like horses. most of them. I hate them though. They are large and scary.
not as much as i like horse cops
OMG - where'd you find this???
Beatiful bodies, gigantic cocks... if you ask me you'd have to be sick not to fuck a horse. And to missquote Dave Attel: the best thing about fucking a horse is afterwards, you always have a ride home.
Additional: Did anyone else notice that the "!" is the same color as the "prohibited" circle with the strke through it? Its as if the sweaters saying it knows horse sex is wrong, but just can't help itself.
Also: Does anyone else see a ghosty looking face in the window on the sweaters hood. Very Final Destion, or I Just might be horse fucking crazy.
Shit man. I took that picture. Now I am freaked out. (ref. ghostly face as noted by Prof. Tech.)
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This is my 96th lift-served area. I rank it top 10 for being able to handle a full family from first timer to jaded veteran. Backcounty access. Extensive snow making and excellent grooming are making Canyons the best in the Wasatch right now with a very lean start on the snow season.
Seven jumps in a row in the terrain park, progressively larger, each regularly recut and shaped just right for the slope. It is the best jump line for my intermediate jumping ability that I have encountered. Seeing others throw seven consecutive back-flips is a treat and a reminder that every time I've been in the air with my board above my head, something bad has happened.
High terrain, north exposures and the open aspen glades are fun even without deep Wasatch powder. I have season passes for Canyons and Snowbird. So far this season I have 11 days at Canyons, 2 at the 'Bird. Check back when we get more snow -- the 'Bird's Top 10 but it needs a good dump to get its good terrain working.
Can't wait to see what happens as between the two areas when they come into full conditions, maybe later in the month.
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IN THIS section 2 years ago, we described a process of "curricular ferment" that was occurring in US medical schools.1 This characterization was supported by evidence of comprehensive educational change at a number of medical schools, in part stimulated by an influx of funding from private foundations. On balance, the outlook for medical education at that time was essentially positive. While medical education was being influenced by internal and external pressures, it appeared to be in control of its own destiny.
During the past year, a less optimistic scenario has emerged as the external pressures have intensified. Health system reform, a phrase that stands for fundamental changes in the organization and financing of health care, has been a major topic of discussion among policymakers and the media. Although it is not clear at this writing what form health system reform will eventually take, all the options that have been
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ASHEVILLE -- The Funny Business Comedy Club, in Asheville, welcomes comedian, actor and director Bobcat Goldthwait on Friday and Saturday.
Goldthwait wrote and directed his first film, "Shakes The Clown," in 1991. A dark cult comedy, "Shakes" was heralded by the Boston Globe as the "'Citizen Cane' of alcoholic clown movies," and lays claim to such fans as Martin Scorsese and Michael Stipe -- in fact, the REM song "Binky the Doormat" was based on a line from "Shakes The Clown."
Goldthwait's next movie, "Windy City Heat," appeared in the Cine Vegas Film Festival in 2004, and won best film at the Montreal Comedy Festival that year. Matt Stone, co-creator of "South Park," has called the film "beyond genius" and Vice Magazine called it, "quite simply the greatest movie of all time."
"Sleeping Dogs Lie" marked Goldthwait's third feature film as a director. Written by Goldthwait, and financed by friends and pawn shops, the movie was shot entirely during a two week hiatus from his job directing "Jimmy Kimmel Live." It was chosen to compete in Sundance's 2006 Dramatic competition, and was also in the London, Toronto and San Sebastian Film festivals that year. "Sleepings Dogs Lie" is Goldthwait's best reviewed work to date, and was hailed as "earnest and improbably moving" by Esquire Magazine, and "demonically funny and surprisingly sweet" by Rolling Stone. Goldthwait credits his failure to appear in the film as a good part of its success.
"World's Greatest Dad" is Goldthwait's latest movie. It stars longtime friend Robin Williams, and was again made independently from the studio system; although this time Process and Darko Productions came onboard and prevented any pawn shops from having to be involved. Shooting again with a cast made up primarily of close friends, "World's Greatest Dad" was completed in fall 2008 and released by Magnolia pictures in fall 2009, and was met with rave reviews. Also at Sundance in 2009 was his short film "Goldthwait Home Movies: Anniversary Edition."
Goldthwait has directed for many television shows including "The Demetri Martin Show," "The Chappelle's Show," "The Man Show" and "Crank Yankers." As a comic, he had three HBO specials and had appeared on the "David Letterman Show" by the time he was 20, and as an actor he appeared in an innumerable slew of movies.
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Prism. 1) A transparent body used to refract a beam of light. 2) A medium that distorts whatever is viewed through it. 3) The US government's secret program to mine Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype and other tech giants for users' "private" data.
It's a definition we learned within 24 hours of finding out that the National Security Agency had gained wholesale access to Verizon customers' phone records, and like that discovery, came courtesy of leaked confidential documents. Washington's top intelligence official has since confirmed that PRISM exists – and berated the media for exposing it to the public. But anyone who, like the snoops, has been watching closely will know that the government surveilling its citizens and others is nothing new. Welcome to the Bush-Obama era, where Big Brother is most definitely watching.
Protesters, go home. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, protesting Turks' least favorite person, has urged them to get off the streets. Arriving in Istanbul late last night, the PM told his supporters (he has some) that the protests against his government "bordered on illegality" and "must come to an end as of now."
Sure, that'll do it. Especially when Erdogan has insisted that the plan to build over Istanbul's Gezi Park — the move that roused the public's anger in the first place — will go ahead. To no one's surprise, protesters don't seem to have taken his advice.
Peace on the Korean peninsula? The governments of North and South Korea have already set a date for their upcoming summit, a day after they agreed to hold their first high-level talks in years. It seems North Korean negotiators can't wait to see their Southern counterparts, proposing June 9 — this Sunday — for a preliminary "working-level" meeting.
The only detail yet to be thrashed out is the venue: North Korea wants the talks to take place at the Kaesong industrial complex it shares with South Korea and which, crucially, lies north of the border; South Korea has suggested the Panmunjom border zone where, symbolically enough, the Korean War armistice was signed.
When Barack met Xi. The heads of the world's two largest economies are set to begin their first presidential summit today, at California's excitingly named Rancho Mirage.
Concerns about Chinese hacking, trade battles, tension between the two nations' militaries and the thorny issue of North Korea are all on the agenda — but aside from the heavy stuff, the supposedly informal meeting is a chance for Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping to kick back, admire the view, and get along. After all, it'll make the next three-and-a-half years a lot easier if they do.
Plastering over the Troubles. Talk about putting a Band-Aid on a bigger problem: Northern Ireland, host to this year's G8 Summit later this month, has been busy giving derelict buildings a face-lift before the world's leaders fly in. Not by actually, y'know, fixing anything, but by putting stickers on empty store fronts. An abandoned butcher's? With one handy, window-sized sticker you can turn it into a gleaming, well-stocked meat counter.
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The NYG's first two weeks are well chronicled at this point, so there is no need to rehash the collapses. "Despair" is the PG-rated version of how Giants' fans felt. In a week 3 primetime matchup...
NYG sign Cole Farrand, ILB, Maryland
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We got Akeem Hunt though
Just to clarify...not with the Giants.
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I've been lurking but not posting all draft season, but I am inspired to post as this is the most optimistic I've seen the boards in a long time.
I know grades this soon are silly, but it's fun. ...
Maybe even 2nd after Winston...I think Mariota could tumble. Jones has a Cam/Big Ben hybrid thing going. If he wins this game, he's a sensation. Huge arm, decent legs, pretty good IQ and cool...
The best part of last year's draft was that the Giants picked all team captains. I figure that's a pretty clear indication of philosophy, and maybe we can get a jump on predicting this year's crop...
If an NFL team tried to run a Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech) or Gus Mahlzan (Auburn) offense? Or a hybrid run heavy triple option with creative fly sweeps etc? I'm guessing people will say NFL is too...
Parker needs to see the pine at this point. Randle, Wash and ODB. Split LD out into bunch formation. Just once I want to see this:
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True. His drafts aren't as bad as media hypes (injuries, etc), and the man can find some bargains at the bottom of the barrel
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He needs to look to Mr. Beckham Jr.
Someone on D needs to make a play and wake this team up. I'm guessing Bowman
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bought back more debt. Total debt is 638 mill and still buying back more. Only an idiot would sell here
Yeah anyone with hald a brain will be buying back as much debt as they can at 40 cents on dollar. Buy all you can here
Yes cant find another mlp thats cheaper on E/V with there assets and reveres and liquidity.
That would bring EV vale at 1.1 billion which is still extremely cheap for the land and reseves this company owns
How so ?
If I wanted your opinion I would give it to you
Very good purchase on there part and hopefully they are still buying more at this level
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April 28 2011 – Antares Energy paid $62 million for 3,109 acres, or $19,942/acre
April 28 2011 – Berry Petroleum paid $123 million for 6,000 acres, or $20,500/acre
May 12 2011 – W&T paid $366 million for 21,500 acres, or $17,000/acre
June 22 2011 – Laredo paid $1 billion for 65,000 acres or $15,000/acre
Dec 6 2011 – Comstock paid $332.7 million for 44,000 acres for $7,561/acre
Dec 22 2011 – Concho paid $175 million for 10,200 acres, or $17,157/acre
Feb 11 2012 – Energen paid $65.8 million for 3,200 acres, or $20,300/acre
The average value per acre in these seven deals is $16,780. Lynden has 6310 net acres, all of which are in producing areas (especially with the first producing well on their Tubb property). That would give Lynden's Wolfberry assets a value of $105,881,800—with 109 million shares out that's 97 cents value.
14 million shares outstanding with ARES warrents this company should be trading at 100 right now unbeliveable cheap
EVEP has 1/3 the debt as lgcy and much better properties. Please do more research before you post nonsense
Your an idiot short more here then
GL all
no brainer buy here
Thats with 48 oil. IF we see 55-60 oil in next few months this will be over a buck. limited downside here with the new restructruing plan
No brainer buy here gents thank you. Should have a 20 handle with 50 oil easy
RXNRP is a no brainer buy
Great assets in all classes. Be patient grasshopper we will be going much higher. They are looking to unload some Cali acreage and should fetch around 1 billion for 200k acres. Stay tuned !
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I feel like this post is the post hat just keeps on giving ......
Have been through all the articles,found it very interesting to spend my money on.Thanks for bringing it into light.Hope for the best in times ahead.


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I am implementing dual stack mode to support IPV4 and IPV6. If I am creating a IPV6 socket and listening on it, will it accept the connection from IPv4 socket also ??
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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
Yes, unless the operating system is configured otherwise, e.g.
Only if the system has a dual-stack implementation. Most modern systems do, but old versions of Windows and OpenBSD do not. You shouldn't rely on this though. Get the value of the IPV6_V6ONLY socket option and if it's zero you will need to open a second socket for IPv4.
When using a dual-stack socket IPv4 addresses are represented as
According to Microsoft, the default even in dual stack mode is to have IPV6_V6ONLY set to false - but you can enable it through the setsockopt(2) call. FWIW, "Old versions" of Windows (single-stack) include the still-widely-used Windows XP (anything older than Vista).
So, if you're on Windows you should try and disable IPV6_V6ONLY and see if it succeeds. I don't know if that's a good answer for other single-stack implementations or not.


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Can someone tell me what the Juniper JUNOS equivalent is for Cisco's spanning tree portfast command? My google-fu keeps leading me to long whitepapers on Spanning tree and not so much configuration examples.
You need to use the Edge command, either by range or per port.
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Look, your long rants are just because you're a PS3 owner and don't have a 360, OH NO a company wants to make money. LCS and VCS are Sony exclusive titles, did you moan about that? This is the same, except Microsoft are the ones who paid up. Main point is, Rockstar said they wanted to do something big with DLC and not just a few extras, this required time and more work, they were also taking a gamble, this is the first time they've attempted a large DLC project, so they wanted the companies to support them. Sony refused, Microsoft stepped in and then offered $50 Mil, which was more than enough. With this they've split it up and are now funding the two DLC projects with Microsofts money. The money earnt from GTA IV is being used by the rest of Take 2 for every other thing.
So relax, chill out, have a cup of coffee and stop stressing over this, Rockstar arn't some holy company who love fans, no company is, companies love money. For now TLAD and Episode 2 are 360 exclusives. If you REALLY want to play them, put your fanboyism aside and invest in a 360 if you're that desperate to play them.
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Sextein, I know you're pissed off with this, but at the end of the day, one company made sure they would get what they wanted, the other didn't, and like it or not, you're going to have to deal with it one way or another.
Rockstar aren't 'sleeping with Microsoft', they need money, and so do Microsoft. The $50mil from MS is to try and get more back from sales, and of course, Rockstar are getting $50mil to both fund the DLC and maybe use some of it on other things. I can guarantee some die-hard GTA PS3 fans will switch to 360 just to experience the DLC, and that's what MS want. As well as people purchasing their DLC to begin with.
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I can think of 50 million reasons why this will stay only on Xbox.
I want it on PS3 too but alas, money talks.
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Please try to understand that I am not stessing out just because I type a bunch of shit. I am just that way. I always type a ton of crap to get my point across. I am unhappy about it yes and so I am writing about it here where I knew some people would be interested in discussing it. I am not freaking out or crying about it as some seem to think.
Just so you know, I am now officially the owner of an Xbox 360 elite system. Does it change my opinion? No. Here is the thing I don't get. I understand the idea of buying the product that means the best value to you as an individual and I understand that many people here seem to think that Microsoft is making their systems better by throwing their money around. Don't any of you think that they are being shady about this? Do you want to know why Microsoft gave Rockstar 50 million? It's because of Sony. It's the competition that causes companies to spend extra cash and do all of this funding that you guys are so happy about and once they destroy that competition by paying off companies like rockstar rather than building better game systems like they are supposed be doing then the competition won't be there anymore and you are going to be left with a single company that has problems building stable systems in the first place and has no reason to help lazy developers who can't develope games on their own.
For the last time, I AM NOT A FANBOY. Honestly I don't like consoles and it gets under my skin that I had to buy 2 of them to get a couple games I like. Especially when GTA was on the PS3 and running fine. I find it highly annoying that anyone who displays disinterest or negativity towards Microsoft or Xbox is now labled a fan boy. I think it's because all the kids that have no patience went out a bought the first next gen game system on the market and suddenly anything else is crap and if you don't agree then you are a pointless fanboy. That is how it seems today. When I grew up there were no fanboys or an internet for them to gather at. I just find it funny that I am labled a fanboy when I only play like 5 console games total and I generally hate controllers and crap maintsream technology.
Was I pissed when the PSP exclusive titles were released? No because they were announced as exclusive games for the PSP. Like I said if GTA 4 was announced for the Xbox 360 only then I would not have been pissed about it. It's the fact that it was released on both games systems at the same time and now one version is getting the special treatment because of a payoff. Yes it's DLC content but so is everything on steam. All the DLC is, is an expansion pack. DLC is Rockstar's job in my opinion. They can make it and make a prophit or they can choose not to make it and make no prophit. It's up to them and it should have nothing to do with Microsoft. Yes Microsoft's ridiculous spending habit of buying off everything and everyone in the industry is helping you and now me but pretty soon the competition won't be there and you won't see anything but overpriced crap because of it.
My main problem was not that I didin't want to spend the money though that is annoying, but my main problem was simply helping Microsoft continue it's corporate BS until there is nothing left but them. I wouldn't be suprissed if there were Microsoft tooth brushes at the local stores around here. They don't win by making a better product, they simply pay off other companies like rockstar to win for them and it irks me. It's like I said about the polititions. They offer hand outs and people are all about them and toss their vote out. Then they get into office and people are forced to deal with the retard they voted into office. Ironic I think.
I like GTA alot and I caved in and bought a 360 but I am not happy about it and I certainly don't see Microsoft as a good company that is taking care of it's customers. If they were they would build a system that didn't break down every year and add in things like HD video and WIFI to their systems. The great game selection has nothing to do with them. That is the job of companies like Rockstar. They make the fun games and Microsoft makes the great hardware to run it on. Why people are happy that Microsoft is paying off a game developer is beyond me. Rockstar could make 15 DLC's without any help from an outside source and if they had anything to do with GTA they would have a very low risk of losing money on those projects.
Lastly, Developers will make their game for the system that has the most customers and they will port it to the other systems if the customer base is worth the extra money it costs to port the game. So the game system that is the best will get the most customers and therefore the most games. A console manufacturer should not have to pay a developer to make games for their system and certainly not when their system is already the most popular. It's the simple fact that the PS3 is starting to sell more units and Microsoft also wants anyone who owns both systems to purchase the game on theirs instead. That decision should be left up to the consumer not Microsoft's money. Now I own both systems but shouldn't I be the one to choose which one I buy it on instead of letting microsoft choose for me. Or in my case force me to buy their system to play it.
One last thing, I do feel that GTA 4 on the Xbox 360 is a better looking version of the game. I am happy about that. The graphic drivers for the ATI graphic card are a little too aggresive in my opinion. You can see shadows flicker and sometimes buildings or the lights on a building will dissapear while the object is still visable on screen. Also there are more graphic bugs on the Xbox 360. However, overall I feel that the game just looks higher resolution and the blur effect is not half as strong as it is on the PS3. Dispite the graphic card's quirks I still think the Xbox 360 version looks better and after installing it on the Xbox hardrive it loads up faster than my PS3 version does off of it's hardrive. I am happy about that.
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if your thinking that the extended warranty covers the red ring problem it does not they quit doing that around last august but it covers anything else that goes wrong with the system. which is kind of bad cus if im not mistaken most of the things that go wrong with it hardware wise will actually show up as a red ring and when best buy "tests" your system to see whats wrong with it all there gonna see is a red ring and tell you they cant cover it rather then seeing if its the real red ring that has been messing up all the systems lately. also everyone says all these things about faulty games going to the 360 and how much better the pc is for gaming and yadda yadda all i see for pc games that can maybe be a bonus is the ability to mod other then that same graphics and worst controls so if someone on here can tell me on how pc gamin is so much better i would like to know
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the_sextein: Chill out, you've contradicted yourself more than a few times in that post. I called you a fanboy because, no, you're not just showing slight negativity towards it, you're writing fucking articles about how Microsoft are poisoning the market and shaping the world in their image , I called you a fanboy, so you said I must only own a 360 and I'm bitter because I rushed out and purchased the first console? I own all 3 current gen consoles, the DS and a PSP and run games on my computer whenever I can, guess that blows your theory out of the water.
Also, you said you wasn't bothered by Sony snapping up the Stories games because they said it was exclusive from the start, well, Microsoft said they had exclusive content WAY before the game was released, so, what was your point on that one?
So chill out man, stop bitching because you think Microsoft is the Nazi Revolution and if you seriously can write that much about nothing, then start writing a book man!
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I think if Sony paid $50 million for exclusive DLC you probably wouldn't have batted an eyelid, as was the case with many GTA fans who stuck by Sony when they got LCS and VCS exclusive to their respective systems. I can easily understand why this would annoy you, but at the end of the day, one company set themselves a target and reached it. From my understanding Sony didn't even bother about DLC to begin with (don't quote me on that one >.>).
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Actually ash I already knew that you had all of the systems. I have spoken with you in the past and you told me about your PS3 and what you wanted to buy on it. I remember I asked you about buying the PC version as well. Also like I said at the very beginning of my last post I simply type alot to get my point across. I didn't contradict myself it seems that you are too interested in winning an arguement than looking at it from a differant angle. I'll say it for the third time. If GTA 4 was Xbox 360 only I would not have a problem with this. It's that Xbox payed off rockstar for special treatment and I simply don't agree with console developers interfering with the natrual flow of game availablility.
Lastly thenotsogoodtrickster your right if the system I owned it on had the content available I would not have came on here and wrote about it. I would still think it shady that Rockstar wouldn't make it's game and sell them to us rather than making deals with console developers and screwing us in the meantime. But in the end I think it is you guys who want to believe that all is fine just because it's not screwing you right now.
Oh and I could care less about reputation system and have never used it a single time in my life but it would seem that people don't want to discuss this or I am pissing others off with my long posts so I guess I will call and end to it. I would like to mention though that while I am upset with Microsofts decision and I really didn't want to support them in this situation that I don't think Microsoft is the nazi revolution nor have I decided to stop purchasing from them. I just don't agree with this situation that is all.
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I think you're putting too much negative judgement towards Microsoft. Don't forget that Rockstar accepted their offer.
It was clearly announced well before release that Microsoft had secured exclusive episodic DLC for $50,000,000 as well.
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DLC has been treated as a new game rather than an add-on, and I can vision that easily, as an add-on would probably end up in Niko continuing his story, but it doesn't in this case (well, it would seem not, anyway).
Look, yes, you aren't happy, but remember what I quoted can be taken and pushed back into your own face, as I doubt you'd be here typing about how shady it is for Rockstar to go to Sony instead if that was the case.
I didn't hear any Sony fans complaining when LCS and VCS got their little exclusive deal.
I can tell you what I think is fair though, the company that stuck their neck out getting what they wanted, and the company who wanted a big payoff got what they wanted, and the fans that stuck with XBox (for whatever reasons they chose) also got what they wanted.
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the_sextein, you clearly have something against Microsoft, I know I didn't imagine that as Olin and tnsgt confirmed it, MS DID say from the beginning that they'd have exclusive content. If anyone is at fault here, then it's you, you're the one who bought the PS3 because you wanted to play GTA4 without the wait for the PC version? Now you may of wanted a Blu-ray player too in which case, you made a good choice. But people knew before the game was released which console would have the DLC. Ok, I'm not argueing with you, I don't even care about what you're saying, I'm just pointing out contradictions with your posts. So just let it drop, ok, we all knew from the start, writing 10 page articles about it now isn't going to change anything.
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OK FAIR IS FAIR I WILL STOP POSTING ABOUT IT, I promise but I do want one more chance to explain myself before I stop. I will address each of you one at a time so there is no confusion. If you guys have anything to say then cool, I'll come back and read it but I will stop posting in here. This is my last one.
I do truly feel that it is not Microsofts place to be paying 3rd party publishers behind closed doors when the game isn't even out yet and I think it's naive to feel that Microsoft is doing a good thing or fighting for it's customers. It's just plain wrong and I think many people are willing to just look the other way and keep on walking because it benefits them. I don't care if it benefits me or not I see it for what it is and I won't change my mind regardless of weather or not I benefit from it. If it's wrong then it's wrong. Simple as that. I do thank you for being polite while countering my opinions you are surly the only one.
I don't have a problem purchasing things from Microsoft if Microsoft made a good product. I don't like it when Microsoft pays people off to work for them and then once the competition fails they have no reason to pay people off anymore so they start putting out sub-par crap just to keep the money flow flowing. You continuously call me a fan boy in almost every thread despite the fact that I don't even care about consoles. I agree with you it is my fault that I didn't have an Xbox 36o. I bought a PS3 and I don't regret that decision and now I have a 360 which cost the same amount and has less features. I'm not happy that I had to buy it in order to play a few games but that is life.
The reason I continue to post and the main point I have been trying to make has nothing to do with the fact that I had to buy an Xbox 360. That is part of the reason why we are not seeing eye to eye. It's like you don't get what I am trying to say. Me buying an Xbox 360 is simply a negative effect of corporate greed which is the point I am trying to make. I think it's bullshit what they a have done and I have spoken my opinion. You guys can call me a fanboy or a Microsoft hater or a crybaby it doesn't matter. Most people revert to calling names when they have no argument.
In your last post you said I was implying that you were a fanboy and that I was full of it because you own all 3 systems. Well, that is not what I was implying. I was simply saying that I think people who call other people fanboys every time someone disagrees with them are pathetic. You simply took it the wrong way. How do you measure up to your own standards when you called me a fanboy and I own all three systems as well?
I think you are right. I made more negative comments about Microsoft than I needed to, I admit that, however I did acknowledge that the blame was possibly Rockstar's fault in my second post.
The bottom line is, yes I knew the DLC was Xbox 360 only and I misjudged how big it was going to be. When I found out it was large I realized that the shady deal between Microsoft and Rockstar wasn't just some marketing ploy but that I was going to be forced to either miss two full fledged expansion packs or buy a 360. That was when I was faced with the decision of supporting a company who is clearly in the wrong in order to get what I want or miss out and give MS the middle finger for screwing me over. It was my decision and so now I have payed the extra cash to get the system that will run it. However I bought a PS3 for more than just GTA so it's not like I would have chosen differantly had I known what they were releasing in the DLC from the start. My problem is that the deal is shady and if that deal didn't go down I would not have gotten fucked over it.
I admit I made a mistake when judging the DLC at the start but that was never my argument. I simply feel that it was wrong to do what they have done and I believe that Rockstar would have done a large quality expansion on their own for both systems if a certain someone didn't offer a large amount of money. I could be wrong. Maybe they would have released a small DLC if it wasn't paid for by another company but that doesn't sound like a very good game developer if they have to rely on under the table cash from console manufacturers just to make expansion packs for games they already funded on their own. Especially since GTA 4 is 5 times larger and has made them much more rich than they were before they started funding the game.
I didn't buy any consoles until GTA 4 came out because that was the first console game to come out that I actually cared about. The PS3 was worth $400 to me because it had a $400 blu-ray player and a rechargable battery pack for he controller and a WIFI adapter and it also had Tekken 6 and Final Fantasy 13 comming out for it. 13 was not announced for the 360 at that time. It's graphics are very close to the 360's. With the 360 I got similar graphics with none of the extras for the same price. In the end I didn't need the system for anything so it was annoying to have to get one for a DLC that most likly would have been released on the PS3 if it were not for a sack of money.
I am very calm. I relax hardcore when I type huge posts and I also am not hateful towards anyone. I get annoyed like everyone else but I do try to stay cool about it. I am not pissed about either PSP or the Nintendo DS excusive. Those games were agreed upon between rockstar and each company as exclusive deals for their system. GTA 4 is not an Xbox 360 exclusive but the 360 is getting major expansion content and the only reason standing is the money and I think everyone knows it. Weather you believe that Rockstar would not have made it if they were not given 50 million from a company that owes them nothing is up to you but I don't think they would have a problem considering the money they have made from GTA 4 and just the mention of GTA would sell when it comes to DLC. Honestly I don't think a company that relies on money to be given to them in order to release an expansion pack would be able to even make a good GTA game.I think Microsoft would not be willing to give away an amount that large if they were just being buddy buddy with Rockstar. They were making it worth not selling as many copies in my opinion. Just me maybe but it's cool I'm out and I hope nobody has any hard feelings. Later.
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Since you're relaxed, I'll let you off, your whole posts are just about not liking what MS have done, believe me, each company is to blame, I don't agree with a lot of things Sony do, especially being too laid back this generation and losing soo many exclusives rather than putting up a fight for them against Microsoft. For example, Tekken 6 was developed and designed on the PS3s Hardware and was suppose to come out this March, but Micosoft waved some money at them and now Namco/Bandai are porting it to the 360, which has also pushed the PS3 release back to DECEMBER!
But I must stress, this is EXACTLY the same as LCS/VCS, you shouldn't be angry at Rockstar or Microsoft as the deal was done the same way LCS and VCS was, Sony got them under exclusive contract for all Sony platforms for an unknown amount of money. This generation, Microsoft have done the same, except rather than seperate sold games, they are DLC Expansion Packs. You admitted yourself that YOU mistook how large this DLC was actually going to be, when Microsoft and Rockstar always said it was going to be something big long before GTA IV was released. Once again it's your own mistake that's lead to these mis-informed rants. Sorry for calling you a fanboy though, you just seemed to be very negative against one company.
I'll admit, Microsoft buying all sorts is a 50/50 thing, it can be good and it can be bad. As long as they have the money to invest, they will try all they can to get games on their console, why? So more people will buy it and enjoy more games on it. All companies have made stupid choices, like Sony between 2005-2007, where the PS3 was barely a Games Console and just pushed as a Media Entertainment Center. My only gripe with your posts is that you're argueing about something that was made clear from the start and it's your own error that's led to you feeling fucked over.
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there r now rumors sayin that sony will announce gta iv dlc for ps3 in e3 09 .. i just hope they're true
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I doubt it.
I'd like to see where you have seen these "rumors"
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The opening scene. The yellow, coal-fed fog Uncurling over the tainted city river, A young girl rowing and her anxious father Scavenging for corpses. Funeral meats. The clever Abandoned orphan. The great athletic killer Sulking in his tent. As though all stories began With someone dying. When her mother died, My mother refused to attend the funeral-- In fact, she sulked in her tent all through the year Of the old lady's dying. I don't know why: She said, because she loved her mother so much She couldn't bear to see the way the doctors, Or her father, or--someone--was letting her mother die. "Follow your saint, follow with accents sweet; Haste you, sad notes, fall at her flying feet." She fogs things up, she scavenges the taint. Possibly that's the reason I write these poems. But they did speak: on the phone. Wept and argued, So fiercely one or the other often cut off A sentence by hanging up in rage--like lovers, But all that year she never saw her face. They lived on the same block, four doors apart. "Absence my presence is; strangeness my grace; With them that walk against me is my sun." "Synagogue" is a word I never heard, We called it shul, the Yiddish word for school. Elms, terra-cotta, the ocean a few blocks east. "Lay institution": she taught me we didn't think God lived in it. The rabbi is just a teacher. But what about the hereditary priests, Descendants of the Cohanes of the Temple, Like Walter Holtz--I called him Uncle Walter, When I was small. A big man with a face Just like a boxer dog or a cartoon sergeant. She told me whenever he helped a pretty woman Try on a shoe in his store, he'd touch her calf And ask her, "How does that feel?" I was too little To get the point but pretended to understand. "Desire, be steady; hope is your delight, An orb wherein no creature can ever be sorry." She didn't go to my bar mitzvah, either. I can't say why: she was there, and then she wasn't. I looked around before I mounted the steps To chant that babble and the speech the rabbi wrote And there she wasn't, and there was Uncle Walter The Cohane frowning with his doggy face: "She's missing her own son's musaf." Maybe she just Doesn't like rituals. Afterwards, she had a reason I don't remember. I wasn't upset: the truth Is, I had decided to be the clever orphan Some time before. By now, it's all a myth. What is a myth but something that seems to happen Always for the first time over and over again? And ten years later, she missed my brother's, too. I'm sorry: I think it was something about a hat. "Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air, Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair; Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me." She sees the minister of the Nation of Islam On television, though she's half-blind in one eye. His bow tie is lime, his jacket crocodile green. Vigorously he denounces the Jews who traded in slaves, The Jews who run the newspapers and the banks. "I see what this guy is mad about now," she says, "It must have been some Jew that sold him the suit." "And the same wind sang and the same wave whitened, And or ever the garden's last petals were shed, In the lips that had whispered, the eyes that had lightened." But when they unveiled her mother's memorial stone, Gathered at the graveside one year after the death, According to custom, while we were standing around About to begin the prayers, her car appeared. It was a black car; the ground was deep in snow. My mother got out and walked toward us, across The field of gravestones capped with snow, her coat Black as the car, and they waited to start the prayers Until she arrived. I think she enjoyed the drama. I can't remember if she prayed or not, But that may be the way I'll remember her best: Dark figure, awaited, attended, aware, apart. "The present time upon time passëd striketh; With Phoebus's wandering course the earth is graced. The air still moves, and by its moving, cleareth; The fire up ascends, and planets feedeth; The water passeth on, and all lets weareth; The earth stands still, yet change of changes breedeth."
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