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Diaper Bags for Dads
A prime example of this can be seen in diaper bag design. In general, they are not tailored to be something your average guy will feel comfortable slinging over his shoulder before heading into town, looking instead like something you see a guy holding awkwardly outside of a dressing room. But, thankfully for me and my other motherly brothers out there, there are a few companies looking out for us.
There seems to be two schools of thought for diaper bags aimed at dads. The first is understated incognito. These bags tend to be solid colors and classic designs, like OiOi's Crushed Wax Canvas Satchel and Ju Ju Be's Be Hip. They would look right at home at a Nantucket clambake or a Brooklyn bookstore.
The second school of thought is 'I am man, hear me grunt,' a la Diaper Dude's Camo Skull and Dadgear's Razor Flames. There is no hiding these 100% full-contact attention grabbers.
Finally, no conversation about doting daddies seems complete these days without mentioning Brad Pitt. His bag, the Jamie by Storksak, is a cool black leather deal that looks really natural hanging off of his shoulder, but leaves me wondering if I could pull it off.
The good news is that most diaper bags offer similar options and features, no matter what price point, so it should be easy for dads to find a bag that suits their style and their budget.
Shown above:
1. OiOi's Crushed Wax Canvas Satchel ($185 AUD)
2. Ju Ju Be's Be Hip ($80)
3. Original Diaper Dude in Camo Skull ($65)
4. Dad Gear Messenger Bag in Razor Flames ($79)
5. Storksak Jamie Bag ($210)


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Crested Butte marks 50th birthday with free skiing
September 29, 2011
CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – Crested Butte Mountain Resort is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, and it's offering a day of free skiing to celebrate.
The resort is offering a free lift ticket valid on this season's opening day of Nov. 23. Plus, adults whose birthdays fall during the ski season can show a valid photo ID on the day they were born to receive a free day of skiing for that day.
The resort regularly offered free, early-season skiing in the 1990s and resurrected the program for the 2007-2008 season. Crested Butte says reviving free skiing for special occasions could become a new tradition.
Crested Butte resort officially opened for skiing in November 1961.
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But was able to have a nice dinner with Damon Soule at Luna Park.
They have a few of his older paintings.
Had some drinks with the ShopKeep.
And ran into Groshong and his ambulance buddy... I don't want to even tell you what image I saw that night.
Was invited to the Keep a Breast fund raiser at the Barrel House.
The building is an old winery/ speak easy or something.
Shaney jo Darden and Tommy Guerrero
Jay Howell, the modern DJ
Mr. Ferris Plock
Members from Tortoise and Tommy G jamming out...
I see you, Andrew.
Sounded great.
beer run.
and came back to find Slap's photo editor and my old co worker, Mr. Joe Brook.
We enjoyed some complimentary beer.
Jay Howell's and Ferris Plock's great massive mural.
Here's a picture I stole off Jay's blog of them working on it in Austin, TEXAS.
that happened
Then off to Chicago
And we got put in the James hotel which was amazing... The room had its own theater room.
Chicago looks like this.
A couple photos as we walked to see Clare Rojas show (PHOTOS HERE)


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Monday, August 26: Watch Microsoft, Onyx
Tomi Kilgore joins the News Hub with a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Anadarko Petroleum, and Microsoft. Photo: Getty Images.
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Along with such accomplishments as "Friend of Paris," "reality star" and "sex tape auteur," bootyful Kim Kardashian can now add "Playmate" to her growing list of appellations. Build that resume, girl!
Kim signed copies of her December Playboy cover at a party in NYC on Tuesday. The writing's on the wall-like badonkadonk!
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Sporty's Academy President Eric Radtke has been named Distinguished Alumnus for 2013 for the University of Cincinnati's Clermont College.
The award is bestowed upon individuals who have distinguished themselves through significant professional accomplishment, made contributions to their community and attended UC Clermont College for at least one year.
"Eric demonstrates his superior administrative ability, work ethic, people skills, creativity and commitment to general aviation on a daily basis," says Sporty's Founder and Chairman Hal Shevers. "It's an honor for Eric, but also an honor for Sporty's for him to be recognized this way. We could not be prouder of him."
Adds Radtke, "Words can't adequately express my sincere gratitude or how deeply honored I am to be recognized as the 2013 UC Clermont College Distinguished Alumnus. The campus allowed me to forge lifelong friendships and memories and to master the keys to my future, while developing a keen awareness of the value of relationships and community."
Radtke enrolled in the University of Cincinnati and its Professional Pilot training program in the fall of 1996, as UC's Presidential Scholar. Upon graduation in 1998 from UC Clermont College, with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Aviation Technology, Radtke transferred to the UC College of Business, earning his bachelor's degree in finance in 2000.
After a year as a professional airline pilot, Radtke decided he preferred the experiences and rewards of general aviation education. He returned to Sporty's in 2002 to head its flight school and direct the University of Cincinnati's Professional Pilot Program as president of Sporty's Academy.
Radtke is an Airline Transport Pilot, Master Flight Instructor, Advanced Ground Instructor and Member of the Board of the National Association of Flight Instructors. He serves as editor of a flight training blog at LearnToFlyHere.com and regularly contributes articles to industry publications. He and his wife, Kelly, also a UC graduate, have two daughters, Lauren and Cara, and reside in Clermont County.
Now in its 52nd year, Sporty's has grown from a one-man operation launched by Hal Shevers to the world's largest pilot shop and an iconic general aviation brand. Sporty's operations extend to airport management, avionics installation and repair, aircraft maintenance, a residential airport community, new aircraft sales and flight training, including for the University of Cincinnati's professional pilot program. Located at Clermont County/Sporty's Airport (I69), Sporty's is philanthropically dedicated to expanding the general aviation community with both pilots and skilled technicians.
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This summer, the South Texas Writing Project (STWP) will present three camp opportunities for second-eighth graders at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) that help underscore the importance of writing and reading in a changing world.
The camps are offered in July. Space is limited and costs very per camp. Information on all camps is available from the STWP at 326.2470 or by visiting offices at TAMIU's Anthony J. and Georgia A. Pellegrino Hall (PH), room 314.
The first camp, offered July 5-9 for second-fourth graders, is "Exploring the Universe Through Writing" and is offered in collaboration with the Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center and Planetarium. Students will explore the universe with daily planetarium shows, interactive hands-on activities and daily reading and writing in a fun learning environment. The course will meet daily Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and all project supplies and snacks are provided. Cost is $175.00 per student.
The second camp, scheduled July 6 – July 9 for fifth-eighth graders, is "Writing and Reading in the Digital Age." Students will practice the writing process, use technology, have daily writing and reading activities, learn a new approach to original writing and participate in Hands-on creative activities. The course meets Tuesday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is $150.00 per student and includes lunch and snacks.
The third camp, "Join the Force: Supermedia Patrol Camp," is offered July 12-16 for seventh-eighth graders and presented in collaboration with The Bridge, the Student Newspaper of TAMIU. Students will meet Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily (lunch provided) for a fun program focused on writing and media applications for future journalists and photographers. Both English and Spanish writers are welcome and all work is TEKS and TAKS-aligned. Cost is $225 per student.
The STWP is an affiliate site of the National Writing Project (NWP), the largest professional development network in the U.S. with over 200 sites. NWP, a federally funded non-profit organization, is listed in the "No Child Left Behind" catalog of models for comprehensive school reform. TAMIU is the home of the South Texas Writing Project, first founded in 1996.
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While most of the notes were about the daily weather, there were other notes about his job, friends, and other activities. My copy of the diary is typed and I am wondering if it was transcribed and by whom. Maybe my aunt typed it up or maybe my great grandfather typed it himself. I will have to find out someday.
While this diary does include rather mundane entries about his daily life, there are some more interesting comments along the way that are true "discoveries". It is clear that letters were written to family back in North Dakota. Above, he writes a letter to H.L.B. That would be Henry Ludwig Christian Borchers, one of his older brothers.
A few entries really struck me. Herb mentions taking his violin to be tuned and taking lessons. He also indicates playing the piano and buying an organ. These entries surprised me. I did not know he could play piano. Generally, only good pianist who have mastered piano playing even try to play an organ. Other entries demonstrate his inclination toward music. He was in the choir for his church. I wonder if he was the accompanist for the choir. Interestingly enough, his own daughter plays piano, organ, taught piano, and accompanied many a choir, wedding, and bell ringers.
|Herb Borchers, Sr. circa 1918
I knew that my great grandfather was a jeweler, watchmaker and repaired clocks for a living. He was working for Noack's in Santa Rosa during the time of this diary. By the beginning of 1917, he had been there for two years.
The diary mentions the war. WWI begain in 1914 and ran through 1918. The U.S. joined the war in 1917. An entry on April 6, 1917 is written as follows:
"Very beautiful day. Went to church. Card from Emil G. War declared. Was all at J. Wurts in the evening. Clara was at our house in the P.M."
The war is mentioned here and there throughout the diary. Mainly, he mentions when people are drafted, troops from the area left for war, and he even mentions troops leaving from the Presidio in San Francisco. One entry indicates his brother, Albert Borchers, being drafted into the military. Herb never did get called up for duty. He registered for the draft in WWI. My mom has always indicated that they probably did not want him in the military because he was flat footed.
During 1917, Herb was seeing a lady named Anna. At one point, he indicates seeing Anna in the evening and the next line states "romance over". Months later, he is corresponding with Mary, his future wife. She would write him a letter and he would return correspondence with two letters.
This diary is amazing while it is actually brief in comments and information. I will read it again in the future. Who knows what I might discover on a second pass.


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CIC's Gao Xiqing Says 'Somehow We've Become Stigmatized'
BOAO, China—The U.S. is telling China's $500 billion sovereign-wealth fund to "go away," according to the fund's top executive, in the latest sign of strained investment ties between the world's two largest economies.
During the financial crisis, "we were sort of welcome" in America, said Gao Xiqing, head of China Investment Corp., in a panel discussion on Sunday at the Boao Forum for Asia. Since then, "somehow we've become stigmatized," he said, adding that "there have been quite a few cases...


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Omer Fast's piece on drone warfare launches Rose Video
'5000 Feet is the Best' is one of five exhibits to open at Rose Art Museum Sept. 17
Omer Fast's video "5000 Feet is the Best" is one of five new exhibits that will open at the Rose Art Museum Sept. 17.
The video launches Rose Video, an ongoing video series housed in the newly renovated Mildred S. Lee Gallery. The work employs both documentary and cinematic techniques to confront America's use of drones and their effects. The work's title refers to ideal height of a war drone, according to the former Predator Drone aerial vehicle operator whom Fast interviewed for the piece.
"It's not like a video game. I can't switch it off. It's always there," the pilot says of his ongoing trauma.
The drone pilot's anxieties and observations are spliced together with a staged dramatization of an interview with a fictional drone operator. This fictional interview occurs in three sequences, which begin and end the same way, but each offers a different anecdote or extended metaphor on the origins and repercussions of drone technology. By displacing some of the psychological effects of the job onto an actor, Fast highlights the ethical ambiguities of drone surveillance and warfare in society at large.
Fast has said that he likes to work with those "whose story is somewhere between an experience and its reenactment, the push and pull between historical time, personal time and dramatic time." Here Fast structures the elliptical interview sequences to resemble the trauma that they describe. By inserting himself into the narrative, Fast encourages us to likewise imagine ourselves as a witness and participant in an expanded debate over drones and American foreign policy.
For more articles about the fall arts season, as well as full event listings, read the current issue of the Brandeis arts magazine State of the Arts.
Lori Cole is the Charlotte Zysman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and lecturer in fine arts.
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Complete the sentence: Cruise ships
|are a blight on the seascape.
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|bring needed tourism.
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|262 total votes
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I find it enchanting to wake up, look out the window at the water, and see that a cruise ship has appeared overnight.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 26, 2013 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Num1UofAn (anonymous profile)
October 26, 2013 at 2:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Make the harbour waters look more brown when viewed from above, check.
spacey (anonymous profile)
October 28, 2013 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, 43% of respondents think cruise ships are a blight as opposed to providing badly needed revenue, jobs, taxes, etc. to our city? No wonder we're in such deep financial doodoo here. Maybe we just all sing Kumbaya and wait for manna to rain down.....
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 29, 2013 at 12:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm curious about the real economic impact of tourism in Santa Barbara. I'm aware that the fast-food industry, including McDonalds, is very similar to Walmart in increasing reliance on social service programs in communities. I haven't looked at any stats, but the hospitality industry employs many people at below living wages. Also, tourism is a source of income and jobs as well as a consumer of city resources in its impact on infrastructure and services provided by city employees.
14noscams (anonymous profile)
October 30, 2013 at 5:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe some of us are doing WAY better than others. Not me though.
AZ2SB (anonymous profile)
October 30, 2013 at 7:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
S.B. arrainging chairs on its sinking cruise ship.
"Much needed revenue",. hmmm.
Big picture: It's place that's all about tourism and not about making itself affordable for locals which is why so many of us have left.
Yes, cruise ships...how symbolic of a place where working-class people have no chance of buying homes and are lucky if they can even pay the rent, but it's "Paradise".
billclausen (anonymous profile)
October 30, 2013 at 8:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Look to your local gov for encouraging tourism and associated low-paying jobs and driving middle class jobs out of SB - been happening the whole 17 years I've lived here. Keep voting for these folks and it will keep happening. In the meantime, SB needs the revenue because it is indeed a sinking ship. How many Council members over the past 17 years have you heard talk, much less act, on job creation.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 31, 2013 at 11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
@spacey: flying in and out over the years I've never seen brown water from above. Are you saying it's from the cruise ships? Recently?
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 31, 2013 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
^spacey is referring to the fact that many cruise ships illegally (and legally, depending on how far from shore) dump their waste into the ocean.
I don't know if there is any evidence they have been dumping out in the SB channel, but I sure wouldn't mind having a monitor out there.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 31, 2013 at 1:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That's just gross. I seem to recall some issue about that in the Channel some years ago, but don't recall if was actually a deed or just an accusation. i like the monitor idea - maybe some kind of sensors on buoys.
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 31, 2013 at 2:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Best not to ask voters how to solve the city's huge $400 million unfunded liability problems. They like to spend, but they refuse to raise revenues. Is this how they live their own lives - put it all on the credit card and then close the curtains and pray.
Tourism will help bring in some dollars, but stoping the aggressive deficit-inducing promises to city employees still is the first line of defense to more city red ink.
So start diverting more city revenues in to infrastructure maintenance and repair as one way to start digging ourselves out of this hole past progressive city councils got us into, when there was never a feel-good program they were not willing to put on the public's credit card and never a bill they chose to ignore.
Now that the city infrastructure is falling apart and those promises to city employees regarding their pensions are now all falling due, the city' coffers are too low and the chance for increasing city tax revenues is zero to nil, so we are in the unfortunate situation there is not enough money to cover those past due bills.
At some point city nay-sayers have to stop screaming at revenue producers like like cruise ships, and at cuts needed to balance the rest of the budgets.
And the city yea-sayers have to be told to stop spending. Get used to this new reality. You ran out of spending other people's money .This has not yet sunk it but at least you were told now, if you fail to plan accordingly for this new future reality.
foofighter (anonymous profile)
October 31, 2013 at 7:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What financial benefit do the ships bring? The passengers have already paid for their food on the ship. They aren't staying in a hotel. They don't need to come to Santa Barbara to shop at Banana Republic, Forever 21, or Macy's. What do they spend money on?
jimstoic (anonymous profile)
November 1, 2013 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I get so tired of seeing the same dishonest narrative about the unfunded liabilities. Those spouting such narratives never, ever note that Calpers lost 1/3 (!) of its value during the financial meltdown. Nor do they note the fact that for years, it was common knowledge that public workers traded lower salaries for the security of pensions.
From an article last year: "In the boom of the late 1990s, investment returns were high and pension programs were well-funded all over the state, so bargaining units were able to negotiate increasing the cap for payouts and more generous formulas. All enhancements to city benefits were negotiated by the City Council, often in lieu of salary raises, according to Kristy Schmidt, the city's employee relations manager."
Those are the two big factors behind the public pension problem. Unfortunately, there are those who are inclined to ignore the facts and repeat lies about "reckless" city councils and "greedy" public employees. Their rejection of the facts, however, doesn't change the facts.
tucky (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
agree, tucky, but some of these posters always/only say the same thing, fear-filled and always worried about their money. Thanks for your post.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 5:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yep, the "unfunded liabilities" (thanks to the 2001-2008 market meltdown), is posted on just about every thread on the Independent and Edhat. I am too tired of it - it is like a mindless hammer going on and on.
There is no calm analysis of why it got that way - because if there were, it would end the conversation. The supposed "solution" is to vote in people who are on the side that caused the mess.
tabatha (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 7:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey tabatha, people voted for George Bush in 2000 because he campaigned for small government and a humble foreign policy.
Bush doubled the size of government and had a horrendous foreign policy thanks mostly to his VP and cabinet.
They voted for him in 2004 because his cabinet hijacked the country's emotions on 9/11 when they allowed and helped ensure the attack would happen and tricked everybody into thinking that
Al Qaeda was going to attack us here at home if we didn't re-elect him (I never voted for him, I voted for Nader in '00 and '04). The establishment had no intentions of allowing anybody but Bush to win in '04, Kerry was just acting and knew he wasn't going to win and had no intention of winning.. The electronic voting machines would ensure that no matter what happened. He and Bush were both Skull and Bones.
So Bush did exactly the opposite of what he originally campaigned on - What you are arguing is a straw-man argument, Bush did not employ a conservative political philosophy to the actions he and his administration took in office.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 8:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Actually, Al Gore won the popular vote, and he actually won Florida - per the investigation of independent newspapers. Unfortunately, the results came out around the time of 9/11.
Bush campaigned on privatizing SS, and most of his supporters do not want that, and because they did not, it never happened.
Historically - go look at the stats - Democrats have been better for the economy, and Republicans worse. The numbers do not lie.
And I also take issue with this notion of "bigger" and "smaller" government. You can have govt doing lots of necessary things without being "big" government. I would like to return to the days of Clinton, the best economy this country has had for a long time. 23 million jobs created, and on track for a surplus - all blown by GWB. With the effects being felt for a long long time, and taking a long time to heal because of the obstructionism from his side of the aisle.
tabatha (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 9:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"I get so tired of seeing the same dishonest narrative about the unfunded liabilities. Those spouting such narratives never, ever note that Calpers lost 1/3 (!) of its value during the financial meltdown.so bargaining units were able to negotiate increasing the cap for payouts and more generous formulas."
Tucky, your position is that since earnings decreased by 1/3, bargaining units wanted to pay out more?
How big a salary increase do you think Calpers bargaining unit members are entitled to based on this?
Keep in mind, also, that the financial meltdown affected only public employee union members.
14noscams (anonymous profile)
November 3, 2013 at 10:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Tabatha: Libertarians are not Republicans, we're a different breed of animal.
Would the many people on whom Clinton dropped bombs be impressed by the figures you cite? This is NOT a personal attack on you, but please reflect on this. I would also argue that California--a very "blue" state, is economically inhospitable to the working-class it claims--and perhaps believes--it represents.
By no means am I giving Bush a free pass, and I think Loonpt, others, and yourself well-articulate his many faults so my doing so would merely be redundant.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 12:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Tabatha: Libertarians are not Republicans, we're a different breed of animal."
And we are a different breed altogether.
dolphinpod14 (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 2:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Santa Barbara, like the entire country and globe is out of balance (excluding the Scandinavian.)
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 2:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Hey tabatha, people voted for George Bush in 2000 because he campaigned for small government and a humble foreign policy. " -- OOPS, loon, the folks who voted for Bush II (aka as Dick Cheney) were ignoramuses if they believed the Twig's 'small government' BS, and he never seriously espoused a 'humble foreign policy'! It was always American exceptionalism and triumphalism, expression of US imperial interests abroad, and attack when needed... surrounded by neo-cons and advised by Cheney, c'mon, that's loony, dude.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 5:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
DrDan: I DO think people voted for Bush because they believed his small-government line.
The simple fact is that when push comes to shove, 90% of the American electorate will vote for "the lesser of two evils" which translated means they will vote for evil as long as it isn't the evil of the enemy political party.
I'll put it another way, the mindset of the average Democrat is "it's true so-and-so supports imperialism and the Patriot Act and surveillance at home but at least they are progressive" whilst the Republicans will say something such as "Yes, he/she is a liar and has expanded the size of government but they defend Christian values and are pro-free enterprise".
Meanwhile the 90% ridicule the other 10% of us but at least we don't feel we've prostituted ourselves after we leave the ballot box.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 5:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You're right about that Dan. At least the Dems admit they're for big, bloated government. Bush was a sheep in wolf's clothing. He promised small government but gave us big government in the worst way.
Botany (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 6:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
er, a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Botany (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 6:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the George Bush that DrDan forgot about, advocating a humble foreign policy, no nation building, and disagreeing with his Democratic rival for President Al Gore:
And then of course did the exact opposite when he filled his cabinet with PNAC lackeys...
And tabatha, it sounds like you want to go back to the days of having a relatively conservative President who happens to have a (D) in front of their name along with a Republican congress, because that is what we had under Clinton. But I'm really not going to defend any of their actions either, because the fact that the economy was good had little to do with who was in office and more to do with the 'business cycle'. This is when the Federal Reserve pumps credit into the economy causing a boom, followed by the malinvestment that later needs to be liquidated during the bust phase. So Clinton was sort of like the "roaring 20's". Then we had the internet bubble bust in '01 and Greenspan and Bush then pumped up the housing bubble to help pad the landing. This led to the housing bubble crash in '07/'08.
There is an underlying problem with the entire political process due to our banking system, The Federal Reserve. The thing is, people keep rooting for the puppet on the left or the puppet on the right, but you have to realize that George Bush, Dick Cheney and the neocons didn't hijack our country like me and many other people on the left thought when he was in office. Obama and the globalists (Soros, etc.) did not hijack the country like a lot of people on the right think. These groups were strategically given power from a higher source, the global banking cartel and the Bilderberg Group. They are the ones who decide which faction gets to take the reigns and they are told what to do and how to operate by the elite. Cheney and his PNAC minions were chosen to hijack Bush' Presidency (because let's face it, Bush wasn't that smart), and they were chosen because they had a plan in place for after the 9/11 attacks to significantly expand our foreign policy into the middle east.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 11:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I also wouldn't be surprised to find out that both Gore and Kerry won not only the popular election but also would have won the electorate had the electronic voting machines not been manipulated. But it doesn't matter who the people want to win, it matters who the Bilderberg Group wants to win.
Remember when Obama disappeared with Hillary Clinton one night right after the primaries? Remember they were able to ditch the media some how and nobody knew where they went? It was the oddest thing..
Did you know that THE one and only annual Bilderberg meeting was in town that night? Did you know the meeting occurs once a year for a few days and is located either in the US or Europe? Did you know Hillary had attended the year before? Do you want to start calculating the odds that all of these things came together, or do you want to admit that Hillary took Obama to the Bilderberg meeting that night?
loonpt (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ahh, conspiracies schmonspiracies, they're everywhere and all over and certainly not open to challenge. Forget Bush's words, see the aggressive Alpha-male types he surrounded himself with...a favorite was Natan Sharansky, Israeli super-hardliner! No, loon, I won't listen to the Bush schmaltz and talky-talk, he was very aggressive after 911 and led us into stupid and terrible wars, AND enlarged the federal government mightily.
good points BC, when you write "the mindset of the average Democrat is "it's true so-and-so supports imperialism and the Patriot Act and surveillance at home but at least they are progressive" -- but I hope and think that may be changing. I have slammed Obama, remember "Obushama"?, enough times and I criticize him heavily here for letting Bush's NSA insanity continue and expand during his watch. The truth is, we've lost any precision in the term "progressive" today.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
November 4, 2013 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)


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Some new information (featuring graphics, lead platform, game length and more) has been revealed online today for the upcoming multiplatform video game, "Grand Theft Auto 5."
Not surprising there isn't any comments in here yet the pro Sony gamingbolt articles get dozens of comments.
Glad to see xbox DVD9 isn't holding back the PS3 version and the Playstation RAM and GPU isn't holding back the 360 version .
The devs use PC to develop games and since there will be a PC version It's hard to see a PS3 version on par with PC/360 versions due to them being able to use more RAM.
11 disagrees http://n4g.com/news/1122359...
The gamingbolt article was repeating speculation about PS3 being the lead platform. I don't trust gamingbolt hense my comments in the GTA5 and PS3 sold 70 million articles.
Devs don't lead on the lowest common denominator platform at the end of any generation just for rep saving parity, It's too competitive with devs fighting for every sale(pushing quality at the cost of getting backlash from fans of the weakest console)
We will know how much the game has been held back due to consoles once the PC mods are out ;-)
GTA4 already looks better than GTA5 with mods. So yea there is no question both the kid boxes will be holding the game back.
No one cares about pc. We all know they can provide the best graphics.
Thats all good, however..
Console gamers... dont care about graphics.
Check www.steampowered.com
PC is not just best graphics but faster loading times, longer draw distances, mods, more on screen at once. Also in a game like GTA, vehicles will stay in memory longer, more vehicles and people on screen, faster loading, better detail and the ability to be on a sky scraper and see all the people and cars on the street instead of them disappearing like on consoles.
If modders can achieve that level of graphical fidelity ( icenhancer) what makes you think that devs with a budget of millions cant achieve it? I doubt that consoles are holding back PCs. Devs just dont care or they think that there arent many PCs out there that can run something on that level wich would only hurt their sales.
PC gamers care about PC, and console gamers care about graphics even more than most PC gamers. when people get all platform wars they bring up graphics more than anything. 360 gamers claim better than ps3 multiplat games, ps3 best looking exclusive console games. But then PC gamers laugh at console fanboys arguing over the tiny difference between gaming on ps3 vs 360 as compared to PC.
Do you really give a crap about graphics that much? It's GTA!!!!!!!
Also, so true about kevnb's comment above me lol. I don't have a fancy graphics card in my PC, it can run any game at a decent frame rate at my resolution though so I am sorted (and it was cheaper than a console, the rest of the hardware I already had/needed and is nowhere near top of the range either). I play fast paced or multiplayer games on minimum for elitist 100fps lol (an old habit from CS:S, it made a difference to your mouse input compared to 60fps).
GTAV won't have those draw distance issues, the engine is a lot better than the one for GTAIV. That said they will be better on the PC version, but they design out the problem and optimize the engine further every iteration. You could see buildings from extremely far away in IV on consoles.
^^and all console gamers laugh at pc lack of quality exclusive games
Half life, minecraft, crysis were exclusive, civ 5, starcraft, warcraft, diablo, xcom, knights of the republic, witcher was, dota, league of legends, arma, dayz, counter strike, xcom, company of heroes, torchlight 2, stalker, garrys mod, dark messiah, slenderman lol, penumbra, AMNESIA, any mmo etc...
So GTA V is being held back by the people that didn't finish GTA IV?
They didn't finish it because it was the same boring missions from start to finish, not because it was long!
San Andreas was a lot longer, and that's the sort of length I was hoping for!
I'm going to play this game to the death when it comes out, I don't want it to be over in 2 or 3 sessions :(
Yay now all the pc gamers can stop worrying and hop back on your elitist pedestal and compare your highly customizable PC with brand new hardware to 6 and 7 year old consoles.DAT Elitenessness lol
Just a fyi for the past decade or so gamers have been comparing console to console because they are both consoles :)
We all know PC have better graphics and performance but for some odd reason within the past year and a half its become "cool" to brag about it lol.
PC isnt a console so please stop comparing the 2.If you agree please help dead this whole movement in 2013
Yea thats true.I dont think gta iv was long at all.San andras on the other hand.It seemed like how long it took to be able to access san fierro that would be the average length of a normal game.But there are alot of side missions which is good.Hopefully its not like sleeping dogs or prob.. LA Noir where the side missions only make sense during the actual story
To hell with pc and its graphics. If the developers only developed for pc they would go out of business. All the top games this gen sale better on the consoles.
Even though PC is easily the best platform in terms of just power, the utilization of that power is lackluster because all the most talented devs go to where the $ is, therein lies the issue.
Consoles will always be a more valuable cash cow for devs, and PC will never be taken seriously as a platform in comparison to M$ and Sony. PC in visuals looks a generation or 2 ahead of current consoles, but if your frame of reference is QUALITY games, the PC is way behind.
So calling the consoles "kidbox"es or saying theyre just toys for children etc. is actually pretty ignorant...considering theyre top of the food chain when it comes to consumers. Then comes handhelds, and PC is somewhere way at the end of the line.
I swear you PC fanboy have the most retarded logic. Consoles do not hold back. If a dev wanted they could do all they wanted for they PC version and just leave out the parts that the consoles cant handle simple. Like they did for battlefield 3. PC piracy holds back PC. All that technology that goes into making graphics and physic engines cost money and with the ridiculously high piracy rate of the PC there's no guarantee devs would make a good profit. That why alot of game franchises like Crysis and Farcry are no longer PC exclusives. What I really dont get is that you PC fanboys brag about how cheap your games are and how steam is the greatest and yet your platform still has the high piracy rate. Explain that.
no-one ever listens to me.
Lol thats it? btw minecraft(released on xbox), xcom(both consoles), crysis(both consoles, the first crysis is available on ps3, witcher WAS.
Bring on the disagrees
Actually having no lead platform is goog for all platforms...why? That means Rockstar has the chance to fully design the GTA 5 games on the maximum strength of each gaming system. Its a win win situation for all respective platform.
Maximum graphics and gameplay for 360, PS3 & PC. You will get the most value for your system of preference.
Imagine GTA 5 graphics rivaling Uncharted 3 graphics on PS3 ... that we gotta see!
The truth: the game is developed on PC and ported to both consoles.
They release the console versions first to sell the inferior versions with more profit.
I am starting to ask myself if I will be strong enough to resist buying a console version instead of waiting for the PC version.
I won't I guess... ;)
Not surprising greenpowerz opened up his comment with completely off topic nonsense for the sake of..well I don't even know.
Half life, minecraft, crysis were exclusive, civ 5, starcraft, warcraft, diablo, xcom, knights of the republic, witcher was, dota, league of legends, arma, dayz, counter strike, xcom, company of heroes, torchlight 2, stalker, garrys mod, dark messiah, slenderman lol, penumbra, AMNESIA, any mmo etc..."
killzone 1,2,3
uncharted 1,2,3
Modnation racers
resident evil
silent hill
gOw 2,3
nintendo games
sony studios games
and btw....crysis,xcom,half life are not exclusives and swtor plz the biggest mmo failure to date...the only RETAIL repeat RETAIL game that did well in that crap list of yours was D3.the rest are f2p games,try harder next time.
none the games u mention have outsell consoles games
Everyone knows pc have better graphics we simply dont give a fck since the best AAA games are on consoles and the multiplatform games ALWAYS sale better on console 3 to 1 with eaze and style we know this devs know this thats why like it or not pc nerd consoles will always be the priority....devs dont give so much fck about pc...gta5 is a example...
Thats a pretty bad list of PC games ... im sure other PC fans can dig up better games than that.
"Its a TROLL, kill him, KIL HIM!!!"
After we kill him, we can kill you, and someone can kill me.
You have no room to call anyone a troll, most on this site don't.
That's why I have never called anyone a troll.
Anyway who the hell ever said the PS3 was lead platform? Most people in the real world know everything is made using a PC.
"Anyway who the hell ever said the PS3 was lead platform? Most people in the real world know everything is made using a PC."
And that right there just shows you have no idea what you are talking about.
@All Wrong.
"Anyway who the hell ever said the PS3 was lead platform? Most people in the real world know everything is made using a PC"
Most people on this site know more about game development than you do apparently.
How do we know if the stuff in this article is even legit? There's no source.
that's the same thing i thought when people said it was ps3 lead.
the GTA5 game informer magazine is out, and there was no word mentioned of them playing it or a lead platform in the 18 page spread, nothing!!
check it your self.
X360 has no more RAM than the PS3. Both have 512MB dipsht
if you'd have bothered to do a little more extensive research, you'd have seen that ps3 has 256mb for OS ans 256 for games. xbox has 512 and both OS and games use it at the same time. max a game can use on ps3 is 256, xbox is closer to 512. not to even mention the 10mb edram, which is used for resolution, texture, anti aliasing... etc, buffers. Dipshit.
The irony of you calling him a dipshit when your comment is far more ignorant and less knowledgeable than DeadlyFire's... who was correct the first time.
The PS3 has 256MB of SYSTEM RAM and 256 of VIDEO RAM. Only around 30MB goes to the PS3's OS. Everything else is reserved for games. so yes, that's almost 512MB of total RAM. Almost the same as the 360's. And that 10MB of eDRAM? Hardly worth a damn considering most 720p games are too big to even fit in it.
The PS3 OS is less than 30MB now as they've continually reduced its footprint with each major firmware revision. It amazes me RAM is even being argued.
256MB reserved for OS? and to think that the measly 10MB edram makes any difference...lol how clueless you're about things but confident enough to state them as facts!
but calling anybody to voice their opinion dipshit is just wrong as it sounds very uncivilized! the same goes to you too, @DeadlyFire.
@greenpowerz http://youtu.be/5hfYJsQAhl0
since when has the ps3 gpu held back anything, actually since when has the ps3's ram held it back either.... uually the ps3 version is just a broken version of the xbox or pc version- until they bother to fix it via patches or not if your bethesda....
Ever since sony decided that only the likes of stephen hawking should be able to understand how to program for it
tbh I'd hope steven hawking could do some programming for most gadgets, also I wasn't saying the ps3 doesn't have it's problems just that most devs decided they cba and just give it an inferior version in most cases it's marginal but still....
They are showing the PS3 version to the press, it means its the lead platform, and looks the best. Get over it.
There is no "lowest common denominator". Shipments are neck-in-neck between 360 and PS3 with both having shipped 70million.
"it means its the lead platform, and looks the best."
lol because a six year old console will look better than if they used the latest high-end PC, like every single company who had stage presentations at this year's E3?
Ummm, mmkay.
It is implicit that the PC version will be the best version. The PC version will annihilate and wipe the floor with the console version, specially when people start working with and making available super hi-res low-compression textures for the game.
Anyhow, the PC version running at 60-100 fps with full AA, AF, better Lighting, better Draw Distance and better Effects. All rendered in glorious 1080p or even higher res.
Compared to the console versions running maybe at max 30 frames/sec and rendered in 720p if even.
GTA IV ran better on X360 with higher res than the PS3 version, hopefully this time around the PS3 version will be as good or even better than its console counterpart.
and yet rockstar already complained xbox 360 was hindering development back on gta 4
And just how many times has Rockstar made a GTA gae that didn't work across platforms? Sometimes developers have enough sense to put effort into making multiplatform ports work. Rockstar apparently must be one that doesn't play favorites... or hasn't been bought off by Microsoft... *wink, wink, nudge, nudge, knowwhatImean, saynomore!*
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ram is cheap i say we may see one go to as much as 8
Funny, I keep hearing everyone say PS3 is the lead platform. Can't wait to hear some news about the PC version.
I'm sure another preview stated the PS3 version is the lead platform.
No, they had assumed that...
Just like people assumed that the PS3 was lead for BF3 for PC and console...
Both were wrong.
it doesn't matter if their is a "lead platform" or not that's not important, you can be assured that both versions are gonna be treated equally thats te important factor, both versions will be treated the same and i'm happy with that.
People assume that the PS3 is the lead platform because everything we've seen until now was running on a PS3.
Sounds like PR talk. I'm pretty sure when devs preview games they use the version which is "leading" i.e. further ahead in development. Probably to maintain parity between the small percentage of people who will tear their interviews apart.
The 360 version of GTA IV was better than the PS3 version. Same with Red Dead Redemption and most of Rockstars games. I don't see why that would change with GTA V?
Game Informer said they saw it on the PS3. R* always show their games on the lead platform.
Actually its not an assumptions because technically both are lead platforms because like the article said they are working on both simutaneously.. therefor ps3 being lead platform isnt an assumption its partial info ... something your bound to get on a new game people are clammering for info for.
Whats really funny is all the people acting smug about this.The irony.
I've had red dead and gta 4 on both consoles and if there is a better version, I couldn't name which one.
So I have every confidence in r* to deliver on gta 5.....even if one has better lighting or textures, it's gonna be that small a difference, it'll be unnoticeable.
"I don't see why that would change with GTA V?"
Both are lead platforms rather than PS3 getting a port, so that has changed...
PS3 fanboys assume
ass u me
You give me no lolz.
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ass u me?you want to be bummed i am not doing that haha
Well at least the pc gamers know they're getting V.
This looks really good. Multiple endings, HUGE amount of side missions, this game is looking better and better.
Just polish the game and make it awesome, okay?
Sounds like its the same as it was it GTA4 in terms of no lead platform. Will certainly be going for the 360 version considering how past rockstar game have turned out.
Actually gtaIV red dead are both 360 ports
And everyone assumed ps3 was lead because its the only footage being shown which would mean there's more progress on the ps3 version ,Ps3 is the hardest platform to develop on , ps3 port to 360 translates to better game on both platforms not vice versa this message is from Dan Houser himself admitting to past mistakes gtaIV and RDR
i like how if there was a trailer called the 8bit story people will will still say this console or pc is better. there will be fanboys.
Examiner must be one of the most useless websites ever.Oh look a forum post,lets make an article out of it.
Still not sure if PS3 is the lead platform or not. But looking at past R* games the 360 has been the best one.
LA NOIRE and Max Payne 3 looked better on PS3. Also, GTAV is using a new engine so who knows? Could be based off the engine they've been working on for Agent.
>LA NOIRE and Max Payne 3 looked better on PS3
>Looked better on ps3
Sad ps3 fanboy, I rather have 0.000001% crappier graphics than to have MASSIVE screen tearing on games
So PS3 ver wont be just port right?
like gta4 and RDR
Dan Houser said non of their games are ports. They have dedicated RAGE engineering team at San Diego for engine development, plus bunch of programmers at North that work on GTA games, they have no need to rush or port games.
"Dan Houser said non of their games are ports."
That's sad. If that is true, they need to hire another team to do the PS3 version. By no means were GTA4 or RDR bad on PS3, it's just that RDR was worse in every possible sense on PS3 somehow.
Hopefully it turns out like LA Noire, as at least that showed that PS3 was the lead platform.


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"It was pretty fun to watch," Kevin Harvick said. "I don't know how much fun it would be to drive. The problem is you can't see. I practiced the truck in the rain here. The cars aren't really that bad to drive because you have to slow down so much. The other thing is the rooster tail that shoots out the back of the car. I mean, I'd try it."
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