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Everything that rises must converge, or so someone once said. Proof: The vertically integrated Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, who count among their cinema empire the Landmark Theatres chain, have just linked arms with Tristan Simon, the Lord of Henderson Avenue and head of Consilient Restaurants, in a Los Angeles restaurant venture to open in June 2008. Westside Tavern will be the 10,700-square foot anchor restaurant in the newly renovated Westside Pavilion retail development. That's an awfully big Porch.
Westside will serve upscale, chef-driven "tavern" cuisine drafted by Consilient chef Nick Badovinus and act as a counterpoint for the Pavilion's $20-million Landmark Theatres multiplex, which, at 11,500-square feet, is the nation's largest independent film salon. The 2,000-seat theater complex has 12 state-of-the-art screens, reserved seating, valet parking, a wine bar and concierge services. Plus, vegan cookies. Thus it is the crown jewel of Landmark's 57 art/indie flick theaters in 23 cities. Westside Tavern marks Consilient Restaurants first foray off Texas shores since the company shed its Genghis Grill Mongolian stir-fry concept in late 2004, after it gradually swallowed the whole thing from founder Jeff Sinelli and got a bad case of the Mongolian trots. --Mark Stuertz
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Memorial Day Weekend Holiday DUI Crackdown. Police, Sheriff & CHP Team up for High Visibility DUI Campaign Set for Holiday Weekend
Salinas CA – The Avoid the 20 DUI Task Force is deploying officers this holiday weekend at a DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint and DUI Saturation Patrols countywide to stop and arrest drunk or drugged drivers and to heighten awareness of the deadly impact of alcohol and drugs on this first holiday weekend of the summer season. It's the college and high school graduation season which will see many celebrations. Law enforcement is reminding everyone not to drink and drive, nor ride with someone who has been drinking. Additional officers will deploy to stop and arrest those who drive impaired by either alcohol or drugs.
The summer season has arrived with the 3-day holiday weekend kicking off weekend trips and celebrations. Law enforcement reminds everyone to make sure to use a 'Designated Sober Driver' to prevent arrest or worse, a deadly driving tragedy. The County's DUI Task Force kicks off Friday night by deploying a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint in Salinas with special DUI Saturation Patrols deploying in several cities throughout both counties. More local DUI Saturation Patrols will be on throughout the weekend. The California Highway Patrol is deploying all available officers Memorial Day weekend onto freeways and county roads as part of their Maximum Enforcement Period.
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Skylofts at MGM Grand has joined the rarefied ranks of properties earning Mobil's highest designation for customer service and experience. Just one other local hotel met the Five Star standard: The Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas captured its third top honor from Mobil.
Before 2007, Las Vegas didn't have a single Five Star hotel.
Skylofts is the only new local addition among this year's crop of hotels and restaurants earning Five Stars from Mobil.
Two restaurants here repeated their Five Star performance of a year ago. Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand and Alex at Wynn both held on to the accolade.
Four Star honorees welcomed two local properties to their ranks. The year-old Palazzo made the Four Star roster, as did the Signature at MGM Grand.
Repeating the Four Stars honor are Wynn Las Vegas, The Venetian, the Four Seasons, Bellagio and the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas.
"We are honored to have both our resorts awarded with the distinguished Mobil Four Star rating," said Rob Goldstein, president and chief operating officer of The Venetian and the Palazzo. "We strive to offer our guests the best in customer service, upscale amenities and superb hospitality, and these awards are validation of those efforts and a testament to the hard work of each and every one of our team members."
All of 2009's Four Star restaurants are prior winners. They include Aureole and Mix, both at Mandalay Bay; Michael Mina and Picasso, both at Bellagio; and Bradley Ogden and Restaurant Guy Savoy, both at Caesars Palace.
Winning four or five stars isn't easy: Mobil's inspectors assess hotels based on more than 750 criteria, while restaurants must meet the highest standards on more than 250 benchmarks.
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We are pleased to present IAMCR in retrospect, a brief history of the Association prepared by Cees Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng, with contributions by Raymond B. Nixon, Jacques Bourquin and James D. Halloran. Hamelink and Nordenstreng are preparing a more complete history.
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A highlight of the Oaxaca Conference (1997) was IAMCR's XL Anniversary Ceremony. The main pan of the ceremony consisted of speeches by James Halloran, Hamid Mowlana, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Gertrude Robinson and Herbert Schiller in which these IAMCR stalwarts recounted their histories of IAMCR. Gertrude Robinson's speech appeared in the Nov. 1997 Newsletter; James Halloran's in that of March 1998. Hamid Mowlana's speech is reproduced below.


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E3 2007: Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess Interview
We sit down with the FF XI: Wings of the Goddess masterminds.
Wings of the Goddess will ship simultaneously for Japan, North America (that means you too, Canada), and Europe on PC, PS2 (as well as being compatible with PS3), and Xbox 360 in Winter 2007 (meaning before the end of 2007).
All three versions will be identical, despite the different names for each territory's version.
A new standalone version of FFXI will be available at select outlets soon for the low cost of $3.99. The entire data of FFXI and each expansion pack will be included, but gamers--whose trial period only lasts for 30 days--will only be able to access the expansion areas by purchasing additional serial codes to register the expansion packs.
1UP: OK, let's hit the ground running. What can you tell us about Wings of the Goddess?
Koichi Ogawa: What you can probably see from the screenshots is that the setting is in Vana'diel's past, around the time of the Crystal War.
1UP: So, to clarify, Wings of the Goddess will take place in a previous time, and not, say, a parallel or alternate universe, right?
KO: It's like the first thing you said. You're going back and forth; it's not a parallel world.
1UP: So if you're going back and forth, it seems like this could open up certain gameplay elements by affecting events of the past and influencing the future as we know it.
KO: [Knowingly] Um, probably. [Laughs]
1UP: Does this mean you'll spend a meaningful amount of time in this world, as opposed to making quick visits to the past?
Koji Fox: You mean kind of like how people go to Aht Urhgan and spend most of their time there?
KO: We're planning on having at least one area that functions as a base type of area in the past where players can stay if they want to. But it's up to the players--depending on their play style, they can stay in the present and go to the past, or go to the past and make it their point of origin.
1UP: Since you'll be messing with the past in Wings of the Goddess, do you plan to introduce any type of lineage--not the game--but family-tree type of functionality to the game? It seems like you could introduce some ancestral elements.
KO: [Laughs] Probably not.
1UP: Since the game will take place in the past, how will the economy work? Will there be a separate economy, or will you just use the money you make in the future (aka now) in the past?
KO: It'll probably be the same system--there won't be a different money system. It'll be more like going to a different area like the Aht Urhgan area and getting items and taking them back to the new areas. It's that type of system.
1UP: So it'll be pretty cut-and-dried; it won't be this complex new system.
KF: Yep, that's right.
1UP: Since every other expansion has introduced new jobs to FFXI, and since TOAU added three new jobs, does this mean Wings won't add new jobs, and you'll spend your time fine-tuning the jobs you introduced in TOAU? Or will you add new jobs to Wings?
KO: Pretty much both. There will be new jobs, and we'll be doing what we did with Promathia. Then we'll take the jobs we introduced in Aht Urhgan and expand on those as well.
1UP: Really? That's nice. In a past interview I did with you guys, you mentioned how you were slowly adding to the number of armor types because you weren't sure how much the [lowest common denominator] PS2 system memory could manage, in terms of displaying so much different armor. But with COP and especially now with TOAU's Assault and Salvage gear, you've got a lot of new looks. Have you ever thought of adding new hairstyles, character models, or races, and if not, why not?
KO: Yeah, the PS2 technology isn't going to get any better, so that's why we can't add any new races. The same with hairstyles, too.
1UP: Even though you've added so much new armor?
Hiromichi Tanaka: By adding a new hairstyle, we'd have to go back and remake every model for all of the armor on that new hairstyle. It's not just changing the color of the hair. If we change that, we have to change the helmet for how it looks on this type of hairstyle.
1UP: Speaking of armor, especially with TOAU you've added a lot of great new armor, which is found in Salvage and Assault. That sort of answered a question I asked you in the past, where I suggested that armor drop rates in Dynamis could be a little less frustrating. Your proposed solution was to create compelling alternatives that could be found in other activities, like Salvage, and the armor you can earn there is great. And yet people still spend hours standing around in places like Dragon's Aery trying to claim Fafnir, and so on. How do you feel about your original abjuration armor and elite armor pieces being so good that no one wants to stop camping that sort of thing? Obviously you've added possible abjuration drops to things like Einherjar, but people still stick to the classic camps.
KO: Actually, we're not really worried about that now that we have Assault and Salvage and Einherjar. People have choices now, and while it may be hard to believe, there are people out there who like to camp these things for hours on end. Before people would have to camp whether they liked it or not. But now people have a choice; people that want to camp can also camp, but they can also go to Einherjar or such. We give people the choice to let them choose, even if they like to camp for five hours. [Laughs]
1UP: Have you guys gotten any useful feedback about Einherjar? You've always been pretty good about balancing things that need balancing, and from my experience in Einherjar thus far, my alliances often get an unlucky random draw, with our last run being eight dark elementals that didn't really want to sleep whether we cast Sleepga II or Lullaby. Usually the tanks would go down first and fast, and then the sleepers would. And then it went downhill. [Laughs]
KO: Actually, we wanted to make it difficult from the beginning. [Laughs] We wanted to make it difficult for the high-level people. That doesn't mean we're not going to do anything. We just started it a month ago, and so were still trying to find out how well it's going. We are happy that it's difficult, but if any changes need to be made, they will be made. Right now it's just the luck of the draw.
1UP: Now that you guys have experience doing large-scale player-versus-environment type activities, like Besieged, are you planning to implement them in Wings, but on a more manageable scale? Also, do you plan to add them to multiple areas, to possibly help avoid the congestion we see at Besieged? Obviously Besieged has some problems--we've discussed that before--but what's your plan for these types of features in the next expansion?
KO: Yeah, we had a lot of good experience in learning about what things are good for the players and what didn't work. Of course with the next expansion we do want to have a Besieged-like system and expand it, in idea as well as physical space. I can't say much, but we have ideas.
1UP: Back to the topic of the new jobs. The Blue Mage was the one that fans were screaming for, but the Corsair and the Puppetmaster were kind of hybrid jobs that took everyone by surprise. Will the new jobs be more clear-cut job types, like a White Mage or Black Mage, or will they be more like the hybrids? Are you going to come up with something like a Green Mage or a Pink Mage?
KO: [Laughs] I can't really say anything about that now.
KF: I thought you were going to get something out of him.
1UP: Yeah, I gotta get something.
Sage Sundi: [Motioning to Tanaka] He'd like to see a Pink Mage. [Laughs]
HT: What color of mage would you like to see?
1UP: Haha, that's a tough one. I'll have to think about that. In regards to TOAU activities, let's talk about chocobo racing. When you first announced personal chocobos, you got a standing ovation at Fan Fest. But now that the novelty is over, the chocobo racing portals in the original nations (Windurst, Bastok, San d'Oria) are fairly vacant. Have you considered making it so people can see races happening, or possibly making it more interactive?
KO: First of all, we'll hopefully get in the next version update the ability for players to go into the racetrack and actually see the races.
1UP: How do you mean?
KO: It'll be where you go through the gates in one of the home nations, and it will warp you to where the people are watching the races. And in the update you'll be able to go in that area and talk to the other people participating, up until when the race starts.
1UP: Right now chocobo racing is fairly uninvolved on the player's part. You can give your chocobo items, but not on command, just at the beginning of the race. They use the items randomly. Will you allow players to use items at will, kind of like a "jockey" feature, so that races are more strategic and players have more control over the results beyond pure breeding?
KO: As for the jockey feature, that's probably not anything that's going to happen soon. It's a good idea, but it probably won't happen. But there's going to be a new type of race in the next version update that will be different from the races we have now. And that system will be a little bit different.
1UP: One thing that might be holding back the popularity of chocobo racing is the lack of anything visible to show off your excellence in the event. Guild crafters get aprons and other items, but there currently isn't any armor, like a feathered coat or helmet, that shows off your prowess as either a breeder or a racer. Any chances of adding something like that in the future?
KO: As you know you can win trophies, and in the future more trophy types will be released. But also there will be some type of armor type to achieve. It's in the future, but we are thinking of it.
1UP: How long will you continue to update and tweak the Aht Urhgan content even after Wings of the Goddess is released?
KO: For the first few months we'll be concentrating on Wings of the Goddess, but there are still some things that we haven't finished with Aht Urhgan. But once the first batch of Wings content is finished, we'll want to go back and tie up some of those things in Aht Urhgan as well, so there will be some tweaking going on.
1UP: Who is Wings of the Goddess aimed at? Chains was originally criticized as being too difficult, and Treasures was considered fairly easy by FFXI standards. Will Wings aim at the hardcore endgame player, or is it designed for more casual play like TOAU?
KO: Actually, when we first started planning Treasures of Aht Urhgan it was supposed to be for really high-level players, and [was supposed to be] really difficult. But it ended up being a little bit easier than most people were expecting. But for the new expansion we want to make it for the high-level players, and that's what we're aiming at, but we'll see.
1UP: I want to ask about the POL community stuff for a second. It's nice to see improvements constantly being made to the Linkshell Beta, but to be honest, the user functionality is still a pain in the ass, in terms of logging in and out or searching for linkshells and players. Most linkshells that already have their own independent message boards have little reason to convert to Square Enix's offering. So are you looking to streamline the functionality so that PlayOnline becomes the place of choice for the community to gather?
SS: Yeah, we realize that the linkshell community came a little bit too late, and that it should have been integrated earlier. Because it is beta, there's still a lot of things tht we're working on and getting feedback for. But since it's being made in Japan, there are two different styles for these bulletin boards and message boards. There's the Japanese style and the American style. So maybe right now a lot of American users are having trouble because the style is the Japanese format that people are really used to. The perfect realization would be to have both styles and let the users choose, where the Japanese users could pick the Japanese style and American users could use the message-board type that they use on their own sites. We're still working on it, it's still beta, so hopefully we can fix that. Probably the best thing would be to break it up into parts and let the users choose which parts they want and use those parts to build their own original site.
1UP: Are you using the beta community to gather feedback about what people feel about the game?
SS: Yes, it's easier to get feedback this way.
1UP: Really? So if people have a gripe, they should post it on their linkshell community message board?
SS: [Laughs] It's probably difficult to see all of the feedback like that. But every month we get stuff from GMs and reports from linkshell communities. So [about] things that are hot topics that month, it's a good place to leave your feedback.
Yasu Kurosawa: We also look at bulletin boards, and on the official site there's a place where you can leave comments, so we look at all of those.
1UP: Is there any Wings of the Goddess-specific information that I haven't asked that you want to convey?
KO: As for new areas in Wings, there's about 30 areas.
1UP: How does that compare to a previously existing Vana'diel chapter?
KO: It's the same amount of areas that were in the original Final Fantasy XI without Rise of the Zilart.
1UP: I guess it's good that you're going to the past since you don't actually have to add to the map now.
KO: Yeah.
1UP: Hey! You're cheating! You guys are cheating! [Laughs]
SS: [Laughs] It's a little bit different than just going back into the past and using the exact same maps. It'll be a little bit different from that. But approximately the same amount of geography.
1UP: Lastly, when Wings ships, do you guys plan to offer a PS3 version, since the PS3 has its own built-in hard drive? I mean beyond supporting the older PS2 version.
HT: You mean like a packaged release? No, with the version update now you can play the PS2 version at PS2 resolutions, but there aren't any plans to do a PS3 version in the works.
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PS3 :(Posted: Jul 15, 2007 12:00AM PST by kickaha
I think the fact that they are not releasing a pack for PS3 sucks... First I am a Mac user so my only choice when I started was PS2 and I continued to play on PS2 and now I am continuing with it installed on my PS3. The PS2 resolution as they put it was fine almost 4 years ago, but now it just kind of blows in comparison to what it could be if they released it on PS3. They made it for Xbox 360 so come on why screw an already loyal fan base by not giving us the chance to upgrade. The resolution on 360 is great still not that of the PC version, but its liking there laughing at PS2 users and saying well its already good enough, and you dont need anything better. I disagree and I am sure lots of fans do to.
DammnittPosted: Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM PST by Teknoboy_08
Im gonna have a hard time installing the expansion on my ps2 cuz the damn disc drive is being fat and it wont open and then disc read error crap :/.
New jobs eh?Posted: Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM PST by Twilight_Sea
If they're really going to add new jobs, I really hope they add Magic Knight and Time Mage. Time Mage is the only mage job I will ever level.
re:Posted: Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM PST by KyanMehwulfe
Good interview. Quite detailed. You can tell they're not putting too much into XI anymore. A few new ideas here and there, but otherwise just raw content and sinks for the hard-core fans to continue to grind through. Not much in terms of innovative new features, like most of the stuff you asked about or recomended. We need a new major MMO from Square Enix that they're going to put their muscle behind once again.
Hmm...Posted: Jul 11, 2007 12:00AM PST by SunriderBurning
Looks interesting, it seems like the devs are striving for a happy medium between the oppressive difficulty of CoP, and the frustratingly mindless ease of ToAU, finally. But, Mielke needs to stop sucking up. They are NOT good at balancing things that need to be balanced.
Not excited...Posted: Jul 11, 2007 12:00AM PST by holdincourt
Not sure why I should be, really. How many people are still playing this on their PS2s or PS3s?
Kitaaaa!Posted: Jul 11, 2007 12:00AM PST by theCherneymin
Adventure: FFXI! How I love the news, Milky. Keep up the good work! Experience: Wings of the Goddess... It's for high levels only? I'm just 55 ; ;
better than WoWPosted: Jul 11, 2007 12:00AM PST by sammyNOthumb
me and my buddy just started playihis game yesterday.we already have 21 hours each. i enjoy this game better than WoW.i like how hard it is, it just throws your ass in the middle of a big city with no direction. even doing the smallest quests gives you great satisfaction. i do wish the servers were more populated though.its a shame this game is overshadowed by so many others. If anyone is on the fence BUY THIS GAME!.the 360 version is only 20 bucks now, with all trhee expansions, and the first month is free.


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By Chris Pereira May 14, 2009 7:27PM PSTTags: Xbox 360 The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (PC) The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (PC)
News surfaced yesterday that
further reinforced previous rumors that Turbine's console MMO project
is none other than The Lord of
the Rings Online. As one might expect, Turbine is denying the
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I've always thought Guild Wars hs the ideal model for a console MMO. I don't mean that in terms of the business model (GW doesn't have a subscription fee), but rather in terms of its basic setup where you aren't potentially using a few dozen different skills in a short period of time. Instead, you're confined to eight skills when leaving safe zones like a town, which prevents things from becoming overwhelming -- something that will certainly be an issue when trying to map the game's controls to the Xbox 360 controller. The obvious problem, of course, is that Guild Wars isn't actually an MMO in the conventional sense, as the only time you have a large number of players in a single location is in the no-combat town zones, and even then, there are multiple instances of these towns existing simultaneously. That removes some of the most attractive elements of an MMO -- running into players anywhere, anytime; large numbers of players congregating in a single location; and a persistent world (on a per-realm/server basis, at least).
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We hoped The Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn would be a good choice for our 5-day visit to Cape Cod, but the actual experience far exceeded our expectations! From the beautifully decorated public areas with cozy furnishings, interesting accessories, great maps and wonderful artworks, to our large room with it's very comfortable bed, gorgeous linens, romantic fireplace, excellently appointed bathroom and soft bathrobes - we could not have been happier. The hospitality that Stefanie and Mike Hogan extended was warm and welcoming! The gourmet breakfasts were absolutely delicious and there were cold drinks, coffee, wonderful teas and occasional homemade treats available throughout the day. Also, Stefanie and Mike were extremely helpful with lots of information, suggestions and recommendations about where to go and what to do on Cape Cod. The Platinum Pebble is tucked away on a quiet street only a few minutes by car and a short bike ride to the beach. Nearby, there are wonderful restaurants, points of historical interest and many outdoor activities. West Harwich is an ideal location for exploring all of Cape Cod and we would not hesitate to recommend the Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn to anyone who wants a comfortable, exciting and memorable vacation on the Cape.
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The Luxury Superior rooms at the Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn are the most private of our rooms and offer the guest private parking and entrance, lounge area in front of the fireplace, stand-up shower and soaking tub, and a private terrace to enjoy our Gourmet breakfast each morning.
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The Superior rooms at the Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn are the largest of our rooms and are inside the Inn. Both have private access, the ground floor has private entrance to the pool and upstairs has a private balcony overlooking the pool and gardens. The Superior rooms have a lounge area in front of the fireplace and the ground floor room has both stand-up shower and soaking tub while the upstairs Superior room has a stand-up shower only.
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Skip to comments.Update: mountain lion killed in Des Moines neighborhood
Posted on 10/07/2012 7:22:10 AM PDT by Free Vulcan
Police shot and killed a mountain lion this morning in Des Moines.
Kevin Baskins, with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says its extremely unusual for such an animal to end up in a residential neighborhood.
Certainly, we see the occasional mountain lion wander through the state of Iowa, but to the best of our knowledge, we really have not seen one in urban setting like Des Moines, Baskins said.
The only explanation we can think of is that mountain lions will follow river corridors and the river is in fairly close proximity to where this cat got shot.
The mountain lion was spotted by a man in the backyard of his home, located on Des Moines northeast side, at 9:30 a.m. Around two hours earlier, police had received reports of a mountain lion near an elementary school.
Baskins said officers had little choice but to shoot the animal, given its size and the fact that it was in a residential area near two schools. But, he notes mountain lions arent considered a great threat to humans.
Mountain lions generally tend to avoid people as much as possible, Baskins said. In Iowa, weve yet to have a documented case of a mountain lion attack on a human.
The young male cat shot in Des Moines measured six feet, three inches from nose to tail and weighed over 70 pounds. A full grown male mountain lion can weigh 140 to 160 pounds, so this one may have had his full height, but probably still had some room to grow, Baskins said.
Mountain lions are no stranger to rural areas of Iowa as theyre pushed out of the Black Hills or mountainous regions to the west. A mountain lion can move several hundred miles in just a few days.
The lion shot in Des Moines is now being examined by the DNR. One of the things we look at when we get an animal like this is the stomach contents to see what kind of diet it had just prior to being killed, Baskins said. I know in the past, its been mostly rabbits, mice and squirrels.
On a side note, word on the street down here is that the Missouri DNR have secretly and illegally released cougars in the NE part of the state, where they obviously migrated to ours. Have heard rumors of the same about wolves, but they have not turned up as of yet.
Too bad...if the headline writer had used "cougar" instead of "mountain lion"..you'd have 200 replies and 50 pics on this thread..
The lion shot in Des Moines is now being examined by the DNR. One of the things we look at when we get an animal like this is the stomach contents to see what kind of diet it had just prior to being killed, Baskins said. I know in the past, its been mostly rabbits, mice and squirrels.
If it had been the lion that was visiting my ranch here in New Mexico a couple weeks ago they would have found some of my sheep in its belly.
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Well good for them. They got to shoot something that day and it wasn't a dog.
Probably someones pet they raised from a cub that got loose
The wildlife experts in Kansas and Missouri said the same thing for years including the escaped pet nonsense (the dog ate my homework). Finally, they had to admit that these critters are living among us, and they are reproducing. My neighbor lost two pigs a few years back to an adult and a cub judging from the size of the paw prints.
"What do you need those rifles for? The deer are all gone."
Mountain lion shot and killed
Palo Alto visit fatal to cougar / Cop shoots cat near schools and residences Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Palo-Alto-visit-fatal-to-cougar-Cop-shoots-cat-2776914.php#ixzz28coyEDXe
They probably mistook it for a dog.
That is obviously not a mountain lion, that is a great plains lion
Jobs must be getting scarce in the woods.
How about plenty of cats and dogs for easy pickings
It was all for the children, you know.
Basically, the DNR denies the existence of such predators because an admission of such would open a bureaucratic can of worms they'd rather not deal with.
There have been lots of reports about coyote invasions, and there was a moose seen in NE Iowa a few years ago. It's good that large wildlife is returning to Iowa. I'll only get nervous when there are reports of bears and wolves.
Why kill it????
Sounds like something in Dallas a few years ago. A large gorilla at the zoo escaped its enclosure and ended up being shot and killed. The local animal worshippers held a candlelight vigil at City Hall in its memory.
In 2006 the Sioux City Police shot a cougar that had denned up in a city park. The I-DNR was all agog, then, about how there were no restrictions on killing mountain lion in Iowa as the species was considered a non indigenous predator, at the same level as a coyote. Any caliber weapon, permission from the landowner to shoot on private property.
A year or so ago in Wisconsin, residents of some separate western Wisconsin localities reported seeing what looked like to them a mountain lion. The state DNR fiercely denied the reports saying those people had to be mistaken. Later photographic evidence turned up showing it was indeed a mountain lion. Then the DNR did some blustering about how it was just a rare lion wandering far from home. To which the proper reply was: and so what? It was in fact a ml, and the state DNR was wrong. Why they went to such headed efforts to deny the possibility is mystifying. More mls have been reported since then.
that's heated efforts.... not headed efforts
Ask yourself, can you (legally) hunt something that doesn't "officially" exist? Once they allow that extirpated species have returned then they have to set bag limits, seasons, licensing, etc, and that's after the fern-feelers have filed a bazillion lawsuits. It's just a lot of trouble. Yeah, it's their job.
Family members who farm in the Loess Hills have spotted the big cats a number of times.
I live about halfway between there and Des Moines. And there is no reason they wouldn't be around here either. Cedar Creek is just east of town, and we're only a few miles from the Raccoon River as well. Fine corridors for them.
Two winters back we lost one of our best pups. She was a beaut. I let her out the back door and within a minute she was just GONE without a trace. I blamed in on either a coyote or an owl, but it could have just as easily been a mountain lion.
It's pretty easy to tell a human-raised mountain lion from a wild one. This was a year-and-a-half old male, just the type known for range-expansion.
Not even the Gaia-worshiping DNR claims this was a pet, who are usually older and flabby with bad teeth.
It's from the breeders that the DNR brought into the state but won't admit because they didn't have legislative authority to do so.
This was an urban park not far from an elementary school.
Mountain lions do actually kill jumans.
A lady jogging on trails south of Auburn, Calif got taken & mauled/killed about 12 years ago. She also had made the mistake of jogging with HEADPHONES on.
Did the moose bite anyone's sister?
You had to know THAT was coming...
This is why you should keep your cats inside!
How can there be mountain lions in Iowa when there are no mountains there? The state is as flat as a pancake.
If things continue like this, I know in the future it could very well be mostly surprised liberal faces. Because big cats go for easy prey and libs are slow, flabby, not able to fight, oblivious, and at dawn and dusk love to stroll through beautiful natural settings populated by lots of adorable pretty kitties.
I think you have us confused with Illinois.
That's because they DNR often secretly lets the animals loose. Missouri has for sure.
Well, you have to admit she is dressed provocatively. /s
It was an "unexpected" mountain lion. I wonder if they were keeping this on the job rolls.
That is obviously not a mountain lion, that is a great plains lion.As long as it's not a Canadian cougar.
As I recall, there was a fund set up to help the woman's children, and the bunny huggers also set up a fund to care for the cubs. And the bunny huggers fund collected a LOT more money.
A common belief, but wrong. Most of the state is rolling hills.
The original range of the 'mountain lion' covered all of the USA. Like elk and some other critters we think of as mountain-dwellers, they were actually almost everywhere and driven into mountainous refuge.
You are joking I hope. It was 2 blocks from an elementary school and 4 blocks from a middle school.
Some non thinking folks here thought they should have tranquilized it. They didn't stop to think about what if that had failed, and the cat had escaped in a dense residential area with kids all around.
There was a reason our ancestors got rid of these things.
Yep. I don't want 'em anywhere near me or my kids.
If I did I'd move out west.
Yep. I don't want 'em anywhere near me or my kids.
If I did I'd move out west.
Yep. I don't want 'em anywhere near me or my kids.
If I did I'd move out west.
Would you prefer that they called it a puma, a panther, or a cougar?
The highest point in the state is 1670 ft above sea level and the lowest point is 480 ft. So it is less flat than Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Delaware, or Rhode Island.
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Another reason we decided to veer away from the 2D sprites would be that if you look at Street Fighter III, it'll sound like I'm bragging but I think in all honesty we've pretty much done what we can do with 2D sprites as far as the animation is concerned -- the limits of what's even possible. There wouldn't be very much for us to learn doing another 2D game. We wouldn't gain a lot of new skills. But if we went the 3D route and experimented with getting some transparency layers with skin where you can see veins underneath, and doing some interesting things with musculature like having creases in people's arms that move in real time, then we have the advantage of having a really cool looking game and we can pick up some new technology. We can learn as we go. So we went the direction of learning and brushing up our skill set rather than revisit what we've already brought pretty much as far as humankind can get with Street Fighter III. That was another driving force in our decision.
1UP: I have some questions about story. Can you talk about when it takes place in relation to the other Street Fighter games?
YO: I wasn't going to say this today but since you asked politely, it takes place after Super Street Fighter II Turbo but before III.
1UP: Is that how you sidestep not having Street Fighter III characters in this game? Or will there be?
YO: Actually the reason we went with the timing that we've done is that Street Fighter III is still popular in Japanese arcades. It's still popular at the Evolution tournaments and people still really love it, and that's good since it's a great game. But we realize that people still love SF2 and see it as the pinnacle of fighters. We want to respect that legacy and the characters that are present in that game and sort of bring them up to speed in modern times. We use that as a base. That's why we decided to put the storyline right around there so that people would have some level of familiarity.
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1UP: Because of the similar storyline for that and the Turbo HD Remix, are there going to be any connections between those? Any character we'll see in the background or something?
YO: You won't see any blatant crossovers or anything like that with HD Remix, which has the same storyline as the original Street Fighter II Turbo. That's not going to change significantly in relation to IV. Basically the connection between IV and II is the return of a lot of the characters to which people relate, but there won't be any particular crossover with HD Remix.
1UP: Since you're using Street Fighter II as the springboard for this, does that mean you won't be bringing in any of the refinements that made it into Street Fighter III because while we were playing, one of the things I really missed was parrying.
YO: You won't see the parry system in IV. You will be able to do some of the things you were able to do with parrying with some new systems we're putting in there. As to why we did this...the parry system, you guys all like it and I like, but then again we're into fighting game maniacs and play more than the average player. Not a lot of people even play III necessarily, so they might not be familiar with the system, and it might present an unnecessary hurdle for people to get over to get into the game if they haven't played fighting games in a while.
What the parry system might do if not implemented correctly for people who haven't played fighting games in a while is narrow the scope of what they're going to be able to do, like a rock-paper-scissors kind of thing where the game is just rock and paper. We want to expand the options of what they're going to be able to do. The parry system was in very, very early versions we were working on, but then we started turning things down and rethinking some systems. We're pulling that out and replacing it with a system that allows you to so some similar things that are going to broaden people's horizons a bit to give you more gameplay options rather than less. Though I like the parry system very much, it doesn't necessarily suit our philosophy.
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1UP: A nuts and bolts gameplay question -- what we were playing in there, is that move set final? As someone who's played all the Street Fighter Zeros and all the Street Fighter IIIs, there were Ken moves that I wanted to work there like the headbutt or his roll. Is that final?
YO: It's still very, very early.
1UP: You mentioned before that internally you guys are having all these different arguments about different systems...
YO: Barely anything is decided. As far as the things that are 100% sure, Ryu and Ken will be in the game. As far as gameplay systems and gameplay elements, one thing that will end up in there in some way, shape, or form is the idea of the revenge system, which will allow a player who is getting the crap beat out of him on the ground and on his last pixel or sliver of health to have a chance to come back and make a difference and still stand a chance. We don't want the player who's at the advantage and has the other guy almost beat to relax and feel like he's won. We don't want the guy who's at a disadvantage to just give up and walk away. We really want to keep things exciting until the last moment. So that will be in there. Exactly what shape it will take is yet to be seen. You guys already messed with it a little bit, so you have the general idea.
1UP: Is there any danger in the future of that being fun balancing over power? Because they had similar things like that in Guilty Gear like overdrive where you could go from totally losing to one-hit kills. We just want to make sure that people like Shane don't abuse that.
YO: We're aware of what's in other fighting games and what users like and what they're concerned about as far as balance and things like this. Please don't think of it as one player having a whole lot of energy left and the other guy having very little -- and that situation is kind of obvious when one guy is much stronger and the other guy is kind of lame -- but what if they're close and one guy is thinking, "I just have to give this guy a weak punch and finish him off, and it's no big deal?" We don't want this guy to relax. He's not that much better than this guy. The guy with a little bit left still has a chance to...you know, the rest of his life gauge, that portion is up in the revenge gauge, and he has a chance to make a comeback. We're not talking about someone with a pixel-wide amount of health suddenly coming back and killing someone with a full life gauge. That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about where there is very little difference between two players, we don't want the guy who's a little ahead to relax, and we don't want the guy who's behind to shrug his shoulders and give up. It adds some level of tension there until the match is over. It ain't over until it's over.
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