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Thought you might enjoy a drawing I did of The Straw Man back in '83 in St. Pete's during Spring Training.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
A Blast from the past.
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You could probably do a Mets moments calender
Nice Sketch Joe.ReplyDelete
The emotion the picture is evoking seems to be of a sad Strawberry. Something about the way his head is down with his hands down at his sides I guess.
Is that what you was trying to convey when you did the sketch?
Gorgeous. Post more old ones!ReplyDelete
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Who's the guy in the back?
Eli that was Hubie Brooks. LOLReplyDelete
he seems a lot taller in person.
This was actually a cool moment. Batting practice just ended and Straw was just standing there looking down deep in thought.
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"Eugene's Neighborhood," from the series "Resonance," 2002
Born in Belgium, Goiris has ventured to areas as far-flung as the Arctic island of Spitzbergen, the forests of Finland, the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah and the frozen desert of Antarctica to create his ominous poetry of solitude, emptiness and decay. In the remotest parts of those isolated territories, he watches and waits for an encounter with the ideal expression of man's ephemerality on the landscape – our ultimate insignificance in geologic time.
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To give his work a bit more context, I've selected a few remarks he made in two interviews he's given about his work. To download the original articles, just click on the link at the beginning of each quotation.
"The reason why I often choose extreme places and experiences to photograph is not because I want to present myself as a daredevil who goes to all these amazing places, but rather to show the wilderness – the world without us, without humanity, just the surface of the land itself, as terrain unfit to sustain human beings. Being in those hostile surroundings shows how much is at stake."
"Liepaja," from the series "Resonance," 2004
"The explorer I would like to be is a wanderer who circles around our society and tries to look at it from the periphery, from a slightly oblique angle. An outsider by choice, mapping the outskirts of the known world."
"Slowfast #9"
"The distance I put between myself and some of the subjects could be almost extraterrestrial – like a visitor from out of space, seeing the world for the first time, would glance at things."
"Slowfast #12"
"I think that many romantic painters were possesed by the same movement – translating something which is felt, rather than perceived, into a fixed graphic form. In this way, I certainly share a sensitivity with the romantic tradition – where sensual experiences and the merging of body and environment come into play."
"Ministry of Transportation," from the series "Resonance," 2002
"I have used the term 'traumatic realism' before – it refers to a mental state indicating a breaking point, where fact and fiction fuse in a sort of micro-mystery, where the familiar takes on an unfamiliar presence. My images are not a documentary – they do not claim to show things as they are, but more as they seem, or as they might be."
"Abyss," from the series "Resonance," 2000
"I often use a long exposure time. I find it fascinating that the camera is capable of summarizing a whole hour in one single image. That type of photography intrigues me – the film can perceive a wider spectrum than our eyes, it can observe very quickly or very slowly. In most of my pictures, the camera is not so much a witness to the moment, but registers state of being, a lapse of time. Such condensation of time is the reason why I enjoy traveling to remote regions. There the geological time is much more present than the human time. Thus all the elements that testify of a human presence are seen from a different angle."
"Blast #3," 2001
"Recording the invisible is in itself already a 'romantic' undertaking – applying a scientific method (measuring the light and exposing it on film) to achieve poetic ends. A brilliant transfiguration occurs every time an analog photo is being made – light becomes matter."
"Pools at Dawn," from the series "Resonance," 1999
"I am not a dogmatic adherent of the 'New Topography,' or of the Bechers... The Becherschüler had a very clear agenda and still leaves its mark on a great part of contemporary artistic photography. Some people just take over the formal characteristics – a large camera, an urban landscape, a panoramic view, geometry and rigid lines. I find it contemptible, because it utterly excavates the original intent. The style is taken up, there is no content or meaning. Contrary to the New Topographers or the German School, I allow for romanticism or even sensationalism, because I observe how fiction gradually dominates over our society more and more."
"Matte #1 (Beluga)," 2006
"Like the surrealists, I don't locate the bizarre next to daily life, I place it in daily life. As I did with the UFO, which as an icon is very recognizable. Because of the camera, that transposes so accurately, the spectator's perception is however very much focused on the object itself – the unique specimen, which is dilapidatedly lying in the Finnish woods. Thus the spectator can deduce the particular history of the object itself."
"Futuro," from the series "Resonance," 2002
"I try to select my subjects in such a way that they can generate their own stories."
"Matte #2 (Soucouple)," 2006
Geert Goiris is represented by Galerie Catherine Bastide in Belgium and Galerie Art:Concept in Paris. When he is not traveling the world looking for new frontiers to photograph, he lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
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In 1989, Mark was commissioned as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He served for 23 years until retiring in 2013 with the rank of commander. He considers his service in the Navy Reserve the greatest honor of his life. When Congressman Porter retired in 2000, Mark was elected to replace him. He served five terms representing the people of Illinois' 10th District in the House of Representatives before being elected in 2010 to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate. He was sworn in on November 29, 2010.
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(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Saturday defended an interim deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program and, seeking to reassure Israel, pledged to step up sanctions or prepare for a potential military strike if Tehran fails to abide by the pact.
U.S. relations with Israel have been strained by the interim agreement, reached between Iran and major world powers including the United States, which was designed to halt advances in Iran's nuclear program and buy time for negotiations on a final settlement.
The United States says the agreement will give the international community time to see if Tehran is serious about curbing its nuclear ambitions, while providing some relief from sanctions that have crippled its economy.
Israel believes any sanctions relief is a dangerous gift to a country that threatens its very existence, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the deal reached in Geneva a "historic mistake."
Obama, speaking at forum hosted by Haim Saban, a major political donor, made a point of referring to Netanyahu as "my friend Bibi," while acknowledging they occasionally had "significant tactical" disagreements.
Obama said the interim deal, negotiated with Iran by the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany, would provide space for a longer-ranging agreement to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, which Tehran says are peaceful.
The president said he viewed the likelihood of a satisfactory "end state" as a 50/50 proposition, and repeated that all options remained on the table if Iran did not follow through with its obligations.
"If we cannot get the kind of comprehensive end state that satisfies us and the world community … then the pressure that we've been applying on them and the options that I have made clear I can avail myself of, including a military option, is one that we would consider and prepare for," he said.
Obama said it was unrealistic to believe that Iran would halt and dismantle its nuclear program if the sanctions regime were strengthened and talks were not given a chance to succeed.
"One can envision an ideal world in which Iran said, 'We'll destroy every element and facility and you name it, it's all gone.' I can envision a world which Congress passed every one of my bills that I put forward. I mean, there are a lot of things that I can envision that would be wonderful," he said to laughter from the audience.
"But precisely because we don't trust the nature of the Iranian regime, I think that we have to be more realistic and ask ourselves: What puts us in a strong position to assure ourselves that Iran's not having a nuclear weapon … what is required to accomplish that and how does that compare to other options that we might take?"
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz, in reaction to Obama's remarks, said the two countries needed to resolve their differences on the issue.
"It must be made clear: In the final agreement, Iran must not have the capability to produce nuclear weapons. In order to ensure this, Iran must not have any capability to enrich uranium or to produce plutonium," Steinitz said.
Obama suggested any enrichment capacity left in Iran would be limited.
"It is my strong belief that we can envision an end state that gives us an assurance that even if they have some modest enrichment capability, it is so constrained and the inspections are so intrusive that they, as a practical matter, do not have breakout capacity," he said.
The United States says it will confer closely with Israel about crafting a permanent Iran agreement after the six-month confidence-building period laid out by the Geneva deal.
While pursuing that path, Washington has sought to reinforce its commitment to protecting Israel.
"We will not abide by any threats to our friends and allies in the region, and we've made that perfectly clear. And our commitment to Israel's security is sacrosanct," Obama said.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who spoke at the forum later in the day, said disagreements with Iran would continue on issues including Tehran's support for Lebanese Hezbollah, which the United States deems a "terrorist" group, and for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"A comprehensive (nuclear) agreement wouldn't solve all our problems with Iran," Kerry said. "Whatever the outcome of the upcoming negotiations, Iran will still have much work to do."
Although the discussion at the Washington-based Brookings Institution focused primarily on Iran, Obama also touched on the Middle East peace process aimed at ending conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Israeli and Palestinian officials resumed U.S.-brokered peace talks on July 29 after a nearly three-year hiatus. At the time, Kerry said the aim was to reach "a final status agreement over the course of the next nine months."
That in effect set the end of April 2014 as a deadline, although U.S. officials have said that was not hard and fast.
"I think it is possible over the next several months to arrive at a framework that does not address every single detail but gets us to a point where everybody recognizes (it's) better to move forward than move backwards," Obama said.
In their remarks, both Obama and Kerry made clear that if a framework agreement were reached next year, there would still be more work to do.
Noting that he returned from his eighth trip this year to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Friday night, Kerry said wryly: "Now I am not a masochist. I am undertaking this because I believe in the possibilities."
Obama said the outlines of a potential peace agreement were clear and he left the door open for a pact that excluded the Gaza Strip, which is now controlled by Hamas Islamists opposed to peace moves by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who controls the West Bank.
"If there is a model where young Palestinians in Gaza are looking and seeing that in the West Bank, Palestinians are able to live in dignity … that's something that the young people of Gaza are going to want," Obama said.
(Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed, Elvina Nawaguna, and Ori Lewis; Editing by Christopher Wilson and Peter Cooney)


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OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma native Dale Robertson - a star of television and movie westerns during the genre's heyday - has died at age 89.
Robertson died Tuesday at a hospital in La Jolla, Calif., after a brief illness - his niece Nancy Robertson said Wednesday.
Dale Robertson had small parts before being cast in film roles including Jesse James in "Fighting Man of the Plains." He moved to television in the 1950s with starring roles in "Tales of Wells Fargo," ��Iron Horse" and later in "Death Valley Days."
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In his brilliance, Tadao Ando used the juxtaposition of water and concrete to create striking reflections in the gallery spaces.
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Drew Westen is a professor of psychology at Emory University and the author of "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation."
IT was a blustery day in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009, as it often seems to be on the day of a presidential
The stories our leaders tell us matter, probably almost as much as the stories our parents tell us as children, because they orient us to what is, what could be, and what should be; to the worldviews they hold and to the values they hold sacred. Our brains evolved to "expect" stories with a particular structure, with protagonists and villains, a hill to be climbed or a battle to be fought. Our species existed for more than 100,000 years before the earliest signs of literacy, and another 5,000 years would pass before the majority of humans would know how to read and write.
Stories were the primary way our ancestors transmitted knowledge and values. Today we seek movies, novels and "news stories" that put the events of the day in a form that our brains evolved to find compelling and memorable. Children crave bedtime stories; the holy books of the three great monotheistic religions are written in parables; and as research in cognitive science has shown, lawyers whose closing arguments tell a story win jury trials against their legal adversaries who just lay out "the facts of the case."
In that context, Americans needed their president to tell them a story that made sense of what they had just been through, what caused it, and how it was going to end. They needed to hear that he understood what they were feeling, that he would track down those responsible for their pain and suffering, and that he would restore order and safety. What they were waiting for, in broad strokes, was a story something like this:
"I know you're scared and angry. Many of you have lost your jobs, your homes, your hope. This was a disaster, but it was not a natural disaster. It was made by Wall Street gamblers who speculated with your lives and futures. It was made by conservative extremists who told us that if we just eliminated regulations and rewarded greed and recklessness, it would all work out. But it didn't work out. And it didn't work out 80 years ago, when the same people sold our grandparents the same bill of goods, with the same results. But we learned something from our grandparents about how to fix it, and we will draw on their wisdom. We will restore business confidence the old-fashioned way: by putting money back in the pockets of working Americans by putting them back to work, and by restoring integrity to our financial markets and demanding it of those who want to run them. I can't promise that we won't make mistakes along the way. But I can promise you that they will be honest mistakes, and that your government has your back again." A story isn't a policy. But that simple narrative — and the policies that would naturally have flowed from it — would have inoculated against much of what was to come in the intervening two and a half years of failed government, idled factories and idled hands. That story would have made clear that the president understood that the American people had given Democrats the presidency and majorities in both houses of Congress to fix the mess the Republicans and Wall Street had made of the country, and that this would not be a power-sharing arrangement. It would have made clear that the problem wasn't
And perhaps most important, it would have offered a clear, compelling alternative to the dominant narrative of the right, that our problem is not due to spending on things like the pensions of firefighters, but to the fact that those who can afford to buy influence are rewriting the rules so they can cut themselves progressively larger slices of the American pie while paying less of their fair share for it.
But there was no story — and there has been none since.
In similar circumstances,
When Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office, he stepped into a cycle of American history, best exemplified by F.D.R. and his distant cousin, Teddy. After a great technological revolution or a major economic transition, as when America changed from a nation of farmers to an urban industrial one, there is often a period of great concentration of wealth, and with it, a concentration of power in the wealthy. That's what we saw in 1928, and that's what we see today. At some point that power is exercised so injudiciously, and the lives of so many become so unbearable, that a period of reform ensues — and a charismatic reformer emerges to lead that renewal. In that sense, Teddy Roosevelt started the cycle of reform his cousin picked up 30 years later, as he began efforts to bust the trusts and regulate the railroads, exercise federal power over the
Those were the shoes — that was the historic role — that Americans elected Barack Obama to fill. The president is fond of referring to "the arc of history," paraphrasing the Rev. Dr.
When Dr. King spoke of the great arc bending toward justice, he did not mean that we should wait for it to bend. He exhorted others to put their full weight behind it, and he gave his life speaking with a voice that cut through the blistering force of water cannons and the gnashing teeth of police dogs. He preached the gospel of nonviolence, but he knew that whether a bully hid behind a club or a poll tax, the only effective response was to face the bully down, and to make the bully show his true and repugnant face in public.
IN contrast, when faced with the greatest economic crisis, the greatest levels of economic inequality, and the greatest levels of corporate influence on politics since the Depression, Barack Obama stared into the eyes of history and chose to avert his gaze. Instead of indicting the people whose recklessness wrecked the economy, he put them in charge of it. He never explained that decision to the public — a failure in storytelling as extraordinary as the failure in judgment behind it. Had the president chosen to bend the arc of history, he would have told the public the story of the destruction wrought by the dismantling of the New Deal regulations that had protected them for more than half a century. He would have offered them a counternarrative of how to fix the problem other than the politics of appeasement, one that emphasized creating economic demand and consumer confidence by putting consumers back to work. He would have had to stare down those who had wrecked the economy, and he would have had to tolerate their hatred if not welcome it. But the arc of his temperament just didn't bend that far.
The truly decisive move that broke the arc of history was his handling of the stimulus. The public was desperate for a leader who would speak with confidence, and they were ready to follow wherever the president led. Yet instead of indicting the economic policies and principles that had just eliminated eight million jobs, in the most damaging of the tic-like gestures of compromise that have become the hallmark of his presidency — and against the advice of multiple Nobel-Prize-winning economists — he backed away from his advisers who proposed a big stimulus, and then diluted it with tax cuts that had already been shown to be inert. The result, as predicted in advance, was a half-stimulus that half-stimulated the economy. That, in turn, led the White House to feel rightly unappreciated for having saved the country from another Great Depression but in the unenviable position of having to argue a counterfactual — that something terrible might have happened had it not half-acted.
To the average American, who was still staring into the abyss, the half-stimulus did nothing but prove that
What makes the "deficit debate" we just experienced seem so surreal is how divorced the conversation in Washington has been from conversations around the kitchen table everywhere else in America. Although I am a scientist by training, over the last several years, as a messaging consultant to nonprofit groups and Democratic leaders, I have studied the way voters think and feel, talking to them in plain language. At this point, I have interacted in person or virtually with more than 50,000 Americans on a range of issues, from taxes and deficits to
The average voter is far more worried about jobs than about the deficit, which few were talking about while Bush and the Republican Congress were running it up. The conventional wisdom is that Americans hate government, and if you ask the question in the abstract, people will certainly give you an earful about what government does wrong. But if you give them the choice between cutting the deficit and putting Americans back to work, it isn't even close. But it's not just jobs. Americans don't share the priorities of either party on taxes, budgets or any of the things Congress and the president have just agreed to slash — or failed to slash, like subsidies to
When pitted against a tough budget-cutting message straight from the mouth of its strongest advocates, swing voters vastly preferred a message that began, "The best way to reduce the deficit is to put Americans back to work." This statement is far more consistent with what many economists are saying publicly — and what investors apparently believe, as evident in the nosedive the stock market took after the president and Congress "saved" the economy.
So where does that leave us?
Like most Americans, at this point, I have no idea what Barack Obama — and by extension the party he leads — believes on virtually any issue. The president tells us he prefers a "balanced" approach to deficit reduction, one that weds "revenue enhancements" (a weak way of describing popular taxes on the rich and big corporations that are evading them) with "entitlement cuts" (an equally poor choice of words that implies that people who've worked their whole lives are looking for handouts). But the law he just signed includes only the cuts. This pattern of presenting inconsistent positions with no apparent recognition of their incoherence is another hallmark of this president's storytelling. He announces in a speech on energy and climate change that we need to expand offshore oil drilling and
THE real conundrum is why the president seems so compelled to take both sides of every issue, encouraging voters to project whatever they want on him, and hoping they won't realize which hand is holding the rabbit. That a large section of the country views him as a socialist while many in his own party are concluding that he does not share their values speaks volumes — but not the volumes his advisers are selling: that if you make both the right and left mad, you must be doing something right.
As a practicing psychologist with more than 25 years of experience, I will resist the temptation to diagnose at a distance, but as a scientist and strategic consultant I will venture some hypotheses.
The most charitable explanation is that he and his advisers have succumbed to a view of electoral success to which many Democrats succumb — that "centrist" voters like "centrist" politicians. Unfortunately, reality is more complicated. Centrist voters prefer honest politicians who help them solve their problems. A second possibility is that he is simply not up to the task by virtue of his lack of experience and a character defect that might not have been so debilitating at some other time in history. Those of us who were bewitched by his eloquence on the campaign trail chose to ignore some disquieting aspects of his biography: that he had accomplished very little before he ran for president, having never run a business or a state; that he had a singularly unremarkable career as a law professor, publishing nothing in 12 years at the
A somewhat less charitable explanation is that we are a nation that is being held hostage not just by an extremist
Or perhaps, like so many politicians who come to Washington, he has already been consciously or unconsciously corrupted by a system that tests the souls even of people of tremendous integrity, by forcing them to dial for dollars — in the case of the modern presidency, for hundreds of millions of dollars. When he wants to be, the president is a brilliant and moving speaker, but his stories virtually always lack one element: the villain who caused the problem, who is always left out, described in impersonal terms, or described in passive voice, as if the cause of others' misery has no agency and hence no culpability. Whether that reflects his aversion to conflict, an aversion to conflict with potential campaign donors that today cripples both parties' ability to govern and threatens our democracy, or both, is unclear.
A final explanation is that he ran for president on two contradictory platforms: as a reformer who would clean up the system, and as a unity candidate who would transcend the lines of red and blue. He has pursued the one with which he is most comfortable given the constraints of his character, consistently choosing the message of bipartisanship over the message of confrontation.
But the arc of history does not bend toward justice through capitulation cast as compromise. It does not bend when 400 people control more of the wealth than 150 million of their fellow Americans. It does not bend when the average middle-class family has seen its income stagnate over the last 30 years while the richest 1 percent has seen its income rise astronomically. It does not bend when we cut the fixed incomes of our parents and grandparents so hedge fund managers can keep their 15 percent tax rates. It does not bend when only one side in negotiations between workers and their bosses is allowed representation. And it does not bend when, as political scientists have shown, it is not public opinion but the opinions of the wealthy that predict the votes of the Senate. The arc of history can bend only so far before it breaks.
An opinion essay on Aug. 7 about President Obama's leadership and principles referred incorrectly to the number of deportations under his presidency. More than 700,000 immigrants were deported during Mr. Obama's first two years in office; it is not the case that a million immigrants were deported in 2010, the year Mr. Obama gave a speech on immigration reform. Also, a larger number of deportations occurred over the two terms of George W. Bush, Mr. Obama's predecessor; Mr. Obama has not overseen more deportations than any other president.


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After a quick survey on twitter and facebook, it seems like there's still a need for quick make-up tutorials. So here's chapter 1! I'd love to get feedback on this, and also requests on looks you'd like me to create.
I wanted to keep the first one simple, so I started out with a soft smoky eye. This could obviously be altered to suit your taste, in terms of colour, etc, but here goes!
- (Not shown) Start off by using a primer on your eyelid to make the eyeshadows last. I've used Mac's Painterly Paint pot, a soft pinky beige shade.
- Apply your chosen eyeshadow (I've used MAC Copperplate) with a flat eyeshadow brush, pushing it on to the eyelid up to the crease, focusing on the outer two-thirds of your lid.
- Then comes the fun bit – blending. With a soft fluffy brush, use a wiper-motion to blend the top of that line of eyeshadow on your crease into your browbone. The trick is to not go over the eyeshadow itself on the lid, you just want to soften any hard line. Don't press it too hard, you need quite a light touch.
- Very important: open your eyes and look straight-on in a mirror. For this look, you must be able to see a little bit of the smoke above your crease with your eye open. Switch between your flat brush to pack more colour, and alternate with the fluffy brush to blend it in. Carry on with this until you've reached the desired depth of colour. The higher you go, the more dramatic the effect.
- Line your upper lid with a black shadow (MAC Carbon) with a small angled brush, keeping the intensity of colour at the lash root, flicking the brush upwards to soften the line. Keep the line thicker on the outer corner to not close the eye up too much.
- Softly line the lower lid (again,focusing on the outer corner to keep the look 'open') with eyeshadow left over on the flat brush, curl your lashes, add mascara, and just like that, you have your smoky eye!
You could then continue by adding shimmer on top, or lining the inner rim of your eye with a black eyeliner pencil for drama.
Have fun with the look, experiment with different eyeshadow finishes and colours.
Would love to hear your feedback!!


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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Liberty City Guide
Liberty City Guide by FreshGMaster
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 01/14/05
"Liberty City Tourist Guide"
Last Updated 15/01/05
Created by FreshRollyG (FreshGMaster)
site: www.gtasamasters.com
Table of Contents:
1. Legal Stuff [LF01]
2. About Me [AE01]
3. Introduction [IN01]
4. About S.A.L.C [AC01]
5. Where is Liberty City? [W?C01]
6. Exploration Methods [ES01]
a. Hellway Method
b. MJ Method
c. The Grenade Launcher Method
d. Jetmaxin' Method
7. Safe Travel Tips [SS01]
8. Tourist Attractions [TS01]
9. Cheats & Codes [CS01]
11. Contact Purposes [CS02]
12. Credit [CT01]
* Saturday 15th January 2005:
- Added 2 new sites with granted permission to use this guide
- Fixed up some grammar and spelling errors
* Wednesday 29th December 2004:
- Guide v1.0 completed and uploaded onto my site and GameFAQ's
1. Legal Stuff: [LF01]
This documentation is copyrighted material collaborated by Jake Hay
(FreshRollyG) and may not be reproduced elsewhere without articulated
written approval by me.
All credit will be given when due.
The following sites have permission to use this guide:
2. About Me: [AE01]
I have been a GTA veteran since 1999 and have completed every GTA
game to date. I have mastered and literally seen everything possible
in GTA San Andreas clocking in hundreds of hours, still even. I also
own a gaming site 'www.gtasamasters.com' which is again for GTA San
3. Introduction: [IN01]
If you have followed the GTA franchise you would know Liberty City is
a city based on New York that first made an appearance back in 1997
in GTA1 and inimitably founded the renown GTA3 trilogy back in 2001
with GTA3 on the Playstation 2.
Now 3 years have passed since then and the ultimate interval for the
trilogy has been unconfined and in our beloved console systems once
and for all, not just with a new sandbox called San Andreas, but
Liberty City too, and this guide shall pertain relevant information
regarding the Liberty City confined within the game Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas.
4. About SALC (San Andreas' Liberty City): [AC01]
Firstly, not all of Liberty City is in the game, majority of Portland
is the claimable Liberty City. It is still a comparatively large area
considering such a small part of it was used in only one mission in
which most of the time you were within an interior that was enclosed
by brick walls. But many say the outer limits were used for "The
Introduction" which was a 21 Minute short feature film that contained
several scenes within Liberty City. The only comparative differences
you could note is the fact snow has now inhabited the City.
You first voyage to Liberty City in the mission "Saint Mark's
Bistro". You take a Lear Jet (Shamal) from Las Venturas Airport and
travel east for a few minutes and appear in the snowing Liberty City
in order to do a hit on a Forelli family member.
5. Where is Liberty City? [W?C01]
Theoretically, Liberty City is situated miles and miles straight east
from San Andreas, but where it is truly positioned within the game is
in the upper left (North West) of Los Santos stationed much higher
than the prearranged flying limit in "Hell".
6. Exploration Methods: [ES01]
So, you want to tour the early 90's version of Liberty City? Well we
have approvingly designed 4 appropriate methods of transportation
each accustom to your available divergence. Choose one which suites
you best and follow the procedures carefully.
Here is a map locating areas vital to travel back to Liberty City:
a. Method 1: Hellway
Difficulty: 6/10
Cheat Device Needed? Yes
This is perhaps one of the more difficult and longest routes to take,
but with this method you have admission to Liberty City all the time,
so in order for you to travel back after completing the game, Hellway
is the only alternative.
First off enable the "Unlimited Height on Jetpack" code and enter the
Ganton Gym and spawn a Jetpack inside and launch yourself up above
the gym door and travel to the Warehouse in Black hell and land on
the reflective ground and walk to the blip and enter. Once you are
inside mark Liberty City on the map, preferably the small solid area
and travel from the Warehouse interior hell to there. Congratulations
you have now taken the Hellway, have fun exploring a good 70% portion
of Portland.
b. Method 2: Taking MJ
Difficulty: 3/10
Cheat Device Needed? No
If you don't have access to a Cheat Enhancer this is for you. This is
a ridiculously easy method to explore Liberty City, but sadly only by
foot. You are also limited to only the solid parts of the city, so
get your camera packed and start touring!
In order to do this ridiculously easy method you will need to start
the "Saint Mark's Bistro" mission. When you are up to the point
needing to kill the Forelli member outside don't kill him, run down
the steps and go into the small enclosed area behind the open wall on
the back right of the yard and go to the left edge behind the tree
and stand on the snow mound facing north on the light grey brick
wall. Now activate the 'Mega Jump" cheat and jump over the wall. You
will now be in an emaciated alleyway covered by snow. Now follow it
turning right then right again until you are at yet another dead end
and stop, these walls are not solid. Now face east on the left wall
near the end of that alley and have a small run up and jump as you
hit the wall. If successful you will land out on the road of the
Bistro, to make it easier to know where to land do the "See through
Walls" trick. Have fun walking around observing the city by foot,
watch out for the unsolid areas and use the 'Spark Trick".
c. Method 3: Grenade Launching
Difficulty: 8/10
Cheat Device Needed? No
Another method for those without Cheat Enhancers. This is a very
difficult method and involves plenty luck and ample patience. You
launch yourself over a wall by a ricocheting grenade. Sound easy
enough for you?
This method involves you to be in the "Saint Mark's Bistro" mission.
Kill everyone besides the Forelli member outside and push the car
away from him as he will try shooting you whilst the car is in the
way and blow himself up therefore you will pass the mission, which
isn't what you want to do. Now go to the back of the small enclosed
area on your right as mentioned in "Method 2" and go to the highest
snow mound facing North West between the light grey brick wall and
the other wall. Now throw a grenade to the wall and jump to coincide
with the explosion and you should be on the walls ledge. If you
failed your first attempt you will definitely need to use a health
cheat of some kind, and you are advised to bring some body armour too
if you wish to not use cheats. Now do the same and get into the Alley
as mentioned in "Method 2" and activate the Mega Jump cheat and
follow the procedure as mentioned in 'Method 2". Remember the "Spark
Trick" is your moral lead in exploring on foot.
d. Method 4: Jetmaxin'
Difficulty: 0/10
Cheat Device Needed? Yes
This is the easiest method of them all but involves the use of a
Cheat Enhancer.
Again, this method involves you to be in the "Saint Mark's Bistro"
mission, but first enable the Low Gravity (Unlimited Height on
Jetpack) code. When you are in Liberty City go out of the Bistro and
into the courtyard where the Forelli member is and spawn a Jetpack,
now just fly off and explore ALL of Liberty City. Easy!
7. Safe Travel Tips: [SS01]
This section will contain core tricks and tips for when exploring
Liberty City. If you have heard an odd trick in one of the methods,
they will sure be listed in this section.
Spark Trick:
Shooting a solid object with any gun will ignite a spark, if however
no spark entails the object is not solid, there for you will go/fall
through it. Use this for assistance when exploring Liberty City by
See Through Walls:
Equip the Heat Seeking Rocket Launcher and go up close to the
wall/object you wish to look through and aim with R1 then turn 180
degrees and let go. Now repeat 180 degrees back to the object you
were facing previously and you should effectively be looking through
Pack a Camera:
It's always good to pack a camera with you for PROOF. Taking
snapshots around the place will archive your journey and could be
viewed when back home in San Andreas. Harp on to your friends!
8. Tourist Attractions: [TS01]
This section is more a "Things to see" section which will entail
several things you can see in Liberty City.
Bistro Exterior:
If you walk up the steps of the Bistro and look at the windows, you
can look through inside of the Bistro Kitchen and hear opera music.
Portland Hospital:
Go to the same location of the hospital north east of Liberty City in
GTA3 to see it looks the exact same. Not solid though.
Hyman Stadium in Liberty City:
Near Liberty City the Hyman Memorial Stadium from Vice City is
floating around. When you are near you should hear some stadium
music. It is the same arena model for Dirtring and Bloodring in Vice
City. In the centre there is a ramp square, which is the only solid
9. Cheats & Codes: [CS01]
In order for you to travel back to Liberty City and explore when you
wish, cheats and codes will need to be activated. Here they are as
well as some others you may want to consider before venturing off for
a more proficient and secure journey.
Spawn a Jetpack:
Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, Up, Down, Left, Right
Mega Jump:
Up, Up, Triangle, Triangle, Up, Up, Left, Right, Square, R2, R2
$250,000, Full Health and Armor:
R1, R2, L1 , X, Left , Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up
Spawn a Parachute:
Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, R2, Up, Down, Right, L1
Commit Suicide:
Right, L2, Down, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, L2, L1
Cheat Enhancer Codes:
Unlimited Height on Jetpack: (Use L2 and R2 to move around at high
Infinite Health:
0088d73D 00000001
Level Select Code: (TheTPCC)
Saint Mark's Bistro Mission code: 5C
10. Frequently Asked Questions: [FQ01]
Can you Spawn vehicles in Liberty City?
No, it will spawn, but far down underneath Liberty City.
Where can I get a Cheat Enhancer?
Depends, there are several types of Cheat Enhancers; Gameshark,
Action Replay. Exploder etc. and each entail different versions and
conversions for each code. They can be purchased at numerous gaming
outlets and online retailers.
Where can I get the latest codes?
If you have an Action Replay, locate your version on
www.codejunkies.com and look for the desired code. Another good site
which is a group of people translating unofficial codes for AR and
all is www.thetpcc.com.
What happens if I fall through the ground in Liberty City?
You will fall for ages and ages and soon land, dependant though. Some
people have landed in unburden water while some have landed at the
Doherty Garage with the open garage to enter, not all the textures
have loaded, so it will look very odd. To fix this partially enter an
What is "Hell"?
There are several types of hell, and it's not unerringly hell either.
It first got its forename back in GTA3 with "Blue Hell" that could be
seen through walls or in glitched areas. It is really places which
you aren't suppose to go to and in which visuals and objects aren't
laden and files have been places around, like interiors. Hard to
Your map isn't precisely accurate!
Yes, I know. But at least it approximately locates the places, only
the Gym is off register a little bit. So no more irritable questions
about this, why not you make me a map then, huh.
11. Contact Purposes: [CS02]
Contact me to report errors be it spelling or grammatical. Also feel
free to submit questions that may be in the FAQ in the next update.
You may also submit content to help this guide become more prominent.
firstname.lastname@example.com -> (FAQ's, Content etc. purposes)
12. Credit: [CT01]
Thanks to the people down at www.gtaforums.com and the GTA Network
for the motivation and guidelines. I couldn't have done this guide
without the people whom discovered these at your forum. Thanks.
Thank you all for reading!
All trademarks and copyrights that may be contained in this document
are owned by their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2005 - 2006
FreshRollyG. All rights reserved.
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Motorists are being warned about difficult driving conditons due to freezing temperatures throughout Thursday.
A warning has been issued by the Met Office which says that drivere should allow extra time for their journeys.
A chief forecaster for the Met Office said: "A few patches of fog will persist during Wednesday afternoon across East Wales, the Midlands and eastern England, then reforming or thickening up over these areas quickly during the evening and more widely across the rest of the warning area overnight and into Thursday morning.
"Whilst not all areas will have fog, where it does form the visibility could be less than 100 metres. Combined with temperatures below freezing, there is also the risk of ice forming on some untreated surfaces particularly later in the night and early on Thursday morning.
"The fog patches are expected to slowly thin during Thursday, although some patches may persist throughout the day - most likely in a zone from the West Country to Eastern England."


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Filip Rosengren
Manager Railway Segment, SKF Group
Filip Rosengren is the global segment manager of the Railway business in SKF. He has experience from various roles in Research and Development (R&D), Product Development, Engineering and Business Development. Filip has a Masters and Licentiate Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
In his spare time, he enjoys outdoor sports and recreation.
"You can only reach so far if each company or industry acts only from their own interest.
Many changes require a systems approach where some higher, non-operational stakeholder, like the EU, a country or even a city decides to change the rules of the game to drive an improvement, alter legislation or promote a new behaviour."
Watch the video on the main Let's Talk Industrial Ecology page where Filip Rosengren was a guest speaker.


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Welcome to Zavalla!
Zavalla, originally called Zavalla Prairie, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and State Highway 63, twenty-five miles southeast of Lufkin, TX in southeastern Angelina County. It was established in 1900 on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. The community was named for its location on the impresario grant made to Lorenzo de Zavala. In the early 1900's timber and cotton were vital to the economy.
In 1975, Zavalla was incorporated when population growth associated with Sam Rayburn Lake prompted the organization of a city government. Mr. C.M. Cryer was the first mayor. The first city meeting was held in the Court House Annex.
The current population of Zavalla is 713.


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USA's Ross/Walsh on track for back-to-back gold
With a forfeit from fellow Americans Pavlik/Fopma in their first pool match and a 2-0 (21-12, 25-23) win over Polish team Brzostek/Kolosinka on Wednesday, Ross and Walsh advance to the second knockout round unbeaten.
"You look at the scores and it's one thing, but if feels different out there. It's hard", said Ross. "It feels like we're fighting for every point, regardless of what the score is, because the teams are so good. Poland played really well yesterday. I think we served and blocked better today than yesterday. That might have been the difference."
Ross teamed up with her opponent in the 2012 London Olympics final halfway through last season. Since then they played six World Tour events and booked impressive results: gold in Sao Paolo, Xiamen, Fuzhou and Moscow.
Getting used to the conditions
But every tournament is a whole new ball game. "We're just getting used to the conditions", Ross said. "It's very different from Moscow. The sand is deeper, there's a little bit more wind. The temperature is about the same, which is just fine because I like this temperature. We're just learning every match and getting better every match."
There were some mishaps in the match against the Australians, but not much. In the first set strong serving Ross gave them a jump start from 9-9 to 16-9 and they finished the set at their second match point: 21-15.
Ross and Walsh put most of the pressure on young Clancy and that worked well. The Australians made too many unforced errors and could not come close anymore in the second set.
"I am happier than yesterday", Walsh said. "I feel like we have a little hangover from the last tournament and we are still kind of shaking that off. That Australian team is really good, but I think we made them really uncomfortable and I think we did a good job today. But we have to do better though."
Ross agreed: "The feeling in this match was much better than the last match. So hopefully this trend just continues through the tournament."
Walsh (35) has won three gold medals before in Berlin, including the World Championships in 2005. Ross never won a medal in the German capital, but came close in 2008, finishing 4th with Jennifer Kessy.
Love Berlin
"I love Berlin", Ross said. "I have never won here. I would just be awesome because it's one of my favourite cities. Here, Barcelona and Paris are my favourite cities."
For support Walsh brought here 1-year old daughter Scout Margery, looked after by her mother when she is playing. "She needs me, but I need her too", said Walsh about her little girl.
"My boys have more of a schedule at home with school and stuff. She is still free. In my perfect dream world we would all be together, obviously. But Casey is still getting ready for the AVP and needs to train. If he would be here, we would all be here."


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Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol has concluded a trade mission to the United States during which he emphasized his government's willingness to make "deep" reforms to improve its investment climate. VOA's Sophat Soeung spoke with the minister and has this report.
Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol last week concluded a trade mission in the United States, by emphasizing his government's willingness to make "deep" reforms, including serious anti-corruption efforts, to improve its investment climate.


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Feminist News
Anti-Abortion Activist to Face Jury Trial in Harassment of Doctor
US District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled yesterday that Angel Dillard will face a jury trial in the case against her that alleges Dillard violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), a law protecting abortion clinics. The Justice Department filed a civil complaint in 2011 against Dillard for sending a threatening letter to Dr. Mila Means, the Kansas doctor who was planning to offer abortion services at her Wichita practice. The complaint ask that Dillard be prohibited from contacting Means or coming within 250 feet of her home and her office.
On Tuesday, Judge Marten also dismissed a request by Dillard to drop the case because Means is not currently an abortion provider, according to the Associated Press. Additionally, he rejected Dillard's attempt to countersue on the basis that the government allegedly violated her First Amendment rights. Dillard claimed that the Justice Department's proposed restrictions that would prevent her from coming within 250 feet of Means' clinic could prevent Dillard from attending a nearby church.
The letter, written by Dillard, claimed that thousands of people were looking into Dr. Means' background. "They will know your habits and routines. They know where you shop, who your friends are, what you drive, where you live." The letter continues, "You will be checking under your car everyday - because maybe today is the day someone places an explosive under it."
Dillard has been associated with anti-abortion groups in Kansas. In an interview with the Associated Press in July 2009, Dillard revealed she had corresponded with Scott Roeder, then in a Wichita jail awaiting trial for the murder of Dr. Tiller. Dillard told AP "With one move, (Roeder) was able...to accomplish what we had not been able to do...So he followed his convictions and I admire that."
Abortion services have not been available to women in Wichita since Dr. George Tiller's murder in May 2009. The Feminist Majority Foundation, which conducts the oldest and largest national clinic defense project in the nation, had worked with Dr. Tiller and is helping besieged clinics in some 14 states. Harassment of abortion providers has increased since the election of pro-choice President Obama and Dr. Tiller's assassination.
Media Resources: Associated Press 8/7/2012; Feminist Daily Newswire 4/19/2011, 4/21/2011


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A Dangerous Play for Time
When Benjamin Netanyahu was first elected as Israeli Prime Minister in 1996, even then his reputation was not one of peacemaker. There was a distinct danger that his election would push the country into global isolation.
But he very quickly succeeded in convincing not only US and European politicians of his positive intentions, he also won over Arab heads of state with whom Israel had ties at the time – the King of Jordan, for example, the Egyptian president, and also heads of state in Morocco, Tunisia and the Gulf States. Even the Palestinian President at the time, Yasser Arafat, gradually became more confident in his dealings with Israel.
The big disappointment
But in the end, Netanyahu was a disappointment to everyone, including the majority of his supporters in Israel. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl once said during a private conversation that he had received Netanyahu four times in Bonn, and conducted further talks with him at international conferences.
Netanyahu always made so many promises, said Kohl. And the former chancellor believed it was his duty to encourage the Israeli leader to keep those promises. But unfortunately, Netanyahu did nothing.
In early 2009, Netanyahu assumed the position of Prime Minister for the second time – and again he promised his negotiating partners around the world openness with respect to peace talks and a readiness to compromise.
In June 2009, he gave a noteworthy speech in which he expressed support for a two-state solution. He advocated and even initiated direct negotiations with the Palestinian government and accepted a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction. He also spoke out publicly in favour of peace negotiations with Syria.
The Israeli view
But all this eventually turned out to be nothing more than a cover for upholding the traditional policies of the Likud Party: in other words to make no real concessions that might be indispensable for any kind of peace. This has an unsettling effect on the wider public, but not on most Israelis. They actually take a rather positive view of the situation in Israel today.
The most significant problem, security, doesn't appear to be an issue at present. There are only isolated terrorist attacks such as recently in the West Bank, and apart from Iran, neighbouring countries currently in political and social flux do not appear to represent any kind of danger.
The economic situation has rarely been as good as it is now. The global economic crisis has barely affected Israel, and the steep growth of the country's GNP is only comparable with that of the largest emerging economies in Asia. And the unemployment rate is also going down.
No country is an island
That the world constantly finds fault with Israeli policies is nothing new for the Israelis. They think they can manage just fine regardless. But unlike most of his compatriots, Netanyahu definitely appreciates that Israel has never been so internationally isolated before and that this isolation is being further heightened by ongoing events and upheaval in the Arab world, changes that have even begun to affect Israel's neighbour Syria.
Netanyahu understands just how dangerous this situation can become, after all Israel is a small country that is extremely dependent from the international community. But can he get himself out of this tight spot with empty words alone?
Abraham Lincoln said that you can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. Has Netanyahu also come to this conclusion? He has recently begun promising a "surprising" new peace initiative.
He told German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who recently gave him a piece of her mind during a telephone conversation, about an important speech he was preparing. He said he would like to give the speech in May at the US Congress, where his Republican friends had just won a majority.
Limited room to manoeuvre
The first thing Netanyahu must do is impress the urgency of the situation upon his voters. To this end he is now adopting a tone that his predecessors Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, both of them originally from the rightwing nationalist camp, also began to use at some point. A bi-national state, he says, an Israel that does not renounce the occupied territories and that would at some point annex them along with their Arab population, would be a catastrophe for the Jewish state.
Israel cannot afford to do whatever it wants in the occupied territories, because pressure from the outside world is becoming too dangerous.
Up to now, Netanyahu has repeatedly maintained that he wants unconditional direct talks with the Palestinians. Nevertheless, he does not want to present the Palestinians or the Americans with the fundamental characteristics of his vision for peace.
He is not willing to talk about the key points of a peace treaty – for example about the final border between Israel and the future Palestinian state. He is not able to present a plan, because he knows that either the entire international community or his party and coalition would take umbrage at his ideas.
Simply playing for time
Just before his political downfall, Netanyahu's predecessor Ehud Omert came close to a detailed peace agreement during his negotiations with the Palestinians: there was talk of a Palestinian state based on the borders of 1967 following a certain exchange of land. Such an agreement would however mean clearing most of the Jewish settlements.
For Netanyahu, such a solution is not acceptable, for both ideological reasons and in view of coalition considerations. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is only too aware of this, and refuses to negotiate with Netanyahu for that reason. Just like the rest of the world, Abbas fears that Netanyahu only wants to conduct inconsequential talks with the aim of winning time and grooming his international profile.
So will the promised new speech signify an about-turn in Israeli politics? Is Netanyahu ready this time to cross the Rubicon, or does he again simply want to win time, during which he tries to fool all of the people? The mood in Israel is one of scepticism.
Avi Primor
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Translated from the German by Nina Coon
Qantara.de editor: Lewis Gropp
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Tri-City Medical Center CEO Larry Anderson traveled to Chicago last fall, hosted at least in part by Becker's Hospital Review, which has since honored him and the hospital on top 100 lists.
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Diaz was named in May, six weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to the Vatican, and had his hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in late July.
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Gibson leads group of those asked back; Nagy, Sax no longer with Arizona
PHOENIX -- The D-backs declined to renew the contracts of pitching coach Charles Nagy and first-base/baserunning coach Steve Sax for 2014.
The other members of the staff -- manager Kirk Gibson, third-base coach Matt Williams, bench coach Alan Trammell, bullpen coach Glenn Sherlock, hitting coach Don Baylor and assistant hitting coach Turner Ward -- were invited back, however there is no guarantee they will fill the same roles next season.
"There could be some slight adjustment," D-backs general manager Kevin Towers said. "Everything is a fluid situation. Nothing is set in stone right yet, and they're all aware of that."
There is also no guarantee the coaches who have been invited back will return. Williams has been mentioned as a managerial candidate with other clubs, and the team must still negotiate contracts with the coaches. All of the coaches, including Nagy and Sax, have contracts that expire at the end of October.
Nagy had been the pitching coach since 2011 and received praise for his work that year with the staff.
Ian Kennedy won 21 games and finished fourth in the National League Cy Young ballot that year as the D-backs captured the NL West title.
"We've had a few of our pitchers regress, and looking at the staff as a whole specifically since 2011, I think we've had more pitchers that have regressed than have actually gotten better," Towers said. "Sometimes that's leadership, sometimes that's just players having poor years. We just thought change was important."
While Towers declined to specify the areas in which he thought Nagy could have performed better, it sounded like the team was looking for more of a fiery personality than Nagy, who was very cerebral in his approach.
"Somebody that knows mechanics, somebody that can supply leadership, somebody who is not afraid to chew a little rear end when it needs to be done," Towers said when asked what qualities he was looking for in selecting the new pitching coach. "And somebody that will communicate well in-game."
One of Towers' complaints with the staff this past season was that he did not feel they pitched inside enough, especially given the hitter-friendly conditions of Chase Field.
While the D-backs ranked sixth in the NL in most hit batters (60), and Kennedy touched off a melee with the Dodgers by hitting Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke, pitching inside is different from hitting batters.
"The clubs that I've had that have had success, we've been a tough staff; we've been a staff that we're not going to get knocked around," Towers said. "When we go in and face clubs, it's going to be uncomfortable at-bats for them. To me, personality is very important, certainly has to be somebody that Gibby is comfortable with, somebody that can communicate with Gibby. I think that pitching coach/manager dialogue and communication is vital, but to me I just kind of want somebody that's going to get our pitching staff to take that plate back -- at least that inner half of the plate back -- something that I think we've lost."
As for Sax, he took the fall for the team's poor baserunning. The D-backs finished last in the NL in stolen base percentage (60 percent).
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Eric Young Sr. was the first base/baserunning coach from 2011-12 before being replaced by Sax.
"Basically with our base-stealing, we started out the year not too good, probably forced the issue a little too much," Gibson said. "Then we kind of got settled down and were more successful late in the year. I've had two different baserunning coaches over the last two years. It's an area that I excelled at as a player. It's an area maybe that I haven't done as good a job of helping those guys and leading them as best I can, but we're going to try and do that."
Gibson is scheduled to return to Phoenix on Monday, and he and Towers will begin to sift through candidates for the two openings within the organization as well as casting a wide net around baseball.
"For me personally, I feel like I let them down in a way as well," Gibson said of Nagy and Sax. "Both guys busted their tails, prepared as best they could. Maybe we want to just go in a little different direction in those two areas."


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LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is close to a deal over tougher capital rules for banks after officials struck a series of preliminary agreements, including to introduce the rules in January 2014 and to cap bankers' bonuses.
EU states and the European Parliament met in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday and failed to agree an overall deal on a law to implement so-called Basel III rules, which require banks to hold more capital as a buffer against business setbacks.
However, progress was made and a spokeswoman for the parliament said there would be a further meeting on Tuesday to iron out remaining issues.
"We are on the cusp of an agreement," Othmar Karas, the Austrian centre-right lawmaker steering the measure through parliament, told Reuters after the meeting.
The progress came on the same day EU governments reached a landmark deal to give the European Central Bank new powers to supervise banks, boosting confidence in the bloc as it enters the fourth year of a debt crisis.
The Basel III rules are part of a drive by regulators across the world to prevent a repeat of the 2007-09 financial crisis. They would force the EU's 8,000 banks to triple the amount of capital they hold compared with before the crisis, in the hope that would make them strong enough to cope with market shocks without the need for a repeat of taxpayer-funded rescues.
World leaders agreed in 2010 that Basel III should be phased in over six years from January, but that deadline is already unfeasible in both Europe and the United States as banks and governments squabble over the details.
The delay in implementing Basel III means banks and investors are left in the dark for longer about the exact impact of new rules on future profitability as actual laws are likely to diverge in some respects from the Basel accord.
The EU negotiations on Thursday tentatively settled on a January 2014 start, a parliamentary source said.
The EU's 27 states were represented by the bloc's president, Cyprus, and the elements agreed at the meeting could still be thrown out by member states next week. The parliament aims to vote on a final deal in February.
One key hurdle to a deal has been parliament's insistence that a bonus should be no more than a banker's salary, further tightening EU restrictions on bank pay which are already the toughest in the world.
But lawmakers gave some ground on Thursday.
Bonuses would still be no more than the salary but, with shareholder approval, could go up to twice that level.
"A 1 to 1 bonus to salary ratio should be the norm but shareholders can take it to 2 to 1," Karas said.
However, two thirds of a bank's shareholders would have to be present for a vote on higher bonuses, he added.
Alex Beidas, a partner who specializes in employee incentives at Linklaters law firm said the compromise was still far more restrictive than banks had hoped for but there may be ways around it.
"The other glimmer of hope is that the proposal refers to a cap on the bonus rather than variable pay. This could mean that banks are not restricted from granting other forms of pay to staff such as share awards," Beidas said.
The deal on bonuses came after parliament agreed to member states' insistence on implementing other elements of the Basel accord - a balance sheet cap and long-term liquidity buffer - through new legislation, which could be shaped by governments, rather than delegating the task to the European Commission.
Britain has lobbied to give local supervisors leeway to impose capital requirements well above Basel's minimum of 7 percent of a bank's risk-weighted assets.
Thursday's talks tentatively agreed to allow a total buffer of up to 15 percent overall or 8 percent above the Basel minimum, a parliamentary source said.
Separately, the global Basel Committee, which wrote Basel III, is meeting to discuss easing its planned liquidity buffer as economic conditions remain tough.
It is not clear if the committee will issue a statement on Friday or wait until its conclusions have been signed off by its oversight body which is expected to meet next month.
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