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v. High; under the influence of a controlled substance.
School's out! C'mon, let's go get lifted!
by The Grammar Nazi June 16, 2002
To be high on weed. From the Wu-Tang song M.E.T.H.O.D. Man.
I gat fat bags of skunk, I got white owl blunts, and I'm about to go get lifted, yes I'm about to go get lifted.
by A.C. Sativa June 03, 2013
under the influence of a drug, normally marijuana.
"dude i am SO lifted right now"
"me too dude."
"wanna roll another one?"
"Yeah I'd dabble."
"me too dude."
"wanna roll another one?"
"Yeah I'd dabble."
by dramaticartist23 December 21, 2013
the feeling of elation or flawless bliss. raised up to weighlessness and carefree living.
got me lifted, feelin so gifted... suga suga how you get so fly
by thee radical elcectic September 15, 2006
Irish slang for getting arrested
I got lifted last night for being drund and dissorderly
by JustSomeGuyy January 30, 2010


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- ""For years, Diana was my sole handler at the Agency. She supplied information and secrecy, and I sold perfection.""
- ―Agent 47 during the intro sequence of Hitman: Absolution
|Agent 47
|48 (as of Hitman: Absolution)
| Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer (Former)
The Five Fathers (Former)
|Silverballers, Fiber Wire
|Real-world information
| Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Enemy Within
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Damnation
Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
|Voice Actor:
|David Bateson (C47 - Present), Timothy Olyphant (2007 movie adaptation), Rupert Friend (Agent 47 Movie), William Mapother (Hitman: Absolution, motion capture only)
Agent 47 a.k.a The Hitman, Mr. 47 or just 47 is a contract killer, consistently recognized as the world's deadliest, most discreet and skilled assassin.
47 was created by Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer, as his 47th clone. He possesses a 47th chromosome which makes him genetically superior and deadlier than a normal man.
Agent 47 is a genetically enhanced master assassin, the culmination of decades of secret research into gene augmentation. His creation was funded by five criminal masterminds who donated their own DNA to the project. Aside from The Five Fathers, the maternal DNA was provided by Anghel Comescu[1]. However, his surrogate mother was Teadora Blaga[2].
In the 1950s, five men of various nationalities began serving in the same unit of the French Foreign Legion, namely, Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer, Lee Hong, Pablo Ochoa, Franz Fuchs and Arkadij Jegorov. After their stint finished, Ort-Meyer put up a mental institution in Romania as a cover for genetic experiments, but all the other four became major crime lords and terrorists. In exchange for research funding, Ort-Meyer decided to provide his former comrades with donor organs harvested from clone bodies, which could extend their longevity. Therefore, even in all of the crime lords'/terrorists' 60s', they looked much younger.
Ort-Meyer's goal is to create "perfect" assassins which could be as physically fit as humanly possible and capable of obeying orders with devotion and unquestioning loyalty. Ort-Meyer tried to make his discoveries public before 47 was created, however, he is discredited as a scientist by his peers as they thought that Ort-Meyer's radical theories were insane.
Merely coincidental to his name, he has a 47th chromosome that gives him above-average fitness and intelligence.
Infancy and ChildhoodEdit
47 was "born" on September 5, 1964 in Ort-Meyer's asylum. He has the number 640509-040147 tattooed on the back of his head ("64-05-09" is his date of birth, "04" marks the Series IV, "01" is for what class he is and "47" is the order he was cloned as well as the name he is called), followed several years later by a UPC code when the technology was made available. His sister Agent 7 was born on October 31 1984; 20 years after her brother.
In any case, Ort-Meyer sees 47 as his first genetically complete success and gives him slightly more attention, even though there are hundreds or even thousands of other specimens to consider. He was raised almost like a normal child.
From ages five to seven, 47 is quiet and shows little social interaction. His only display of affection went toward a runaway laboratory rabbit he adopted at August 21, 1970, displeasing Ort-Meyer. However it died on May 2, 1972. Ort-Meyer noticed 47 crying and was surprised, as he'd never seen any of his clones do so before. Five years later, he also showed affection to a pet mouse. He cared for the mouse for about a month, until it was killed by a fellow clone as a cruel prank.
47 was bullied by another clone in 1977, which was part of the 6 series. They were both 12 years old. After seeing kickboxing tournaments held by Ort-Meyer for his friends and colleagues, he kills the clone in a toilet stall by choking him to death and leaves his face submerged in the toilet. To escape the asylum, he made a fiber wire out of a windowsill and broken parts of a broom, oiled squeaky door hinges to sneak out, and stashed a bow and arrow to kill a guard dog before he jumped the gate.
He hitchhiked his way into a Romanian town, and had no money. He firstly notices luxury clothing stores. Later, an asylum doctor found him at a bus stop and ironically rewarded him with a pancake breakfast. He explained to 47 that he was right to kill 6 and had done a good job of it, but should in the future only kill when instructed to do so.
Between ages thirteen and twenty-three (1978–1987), 47 begins a fairly negative relationship with the asylum staff, attributed to his chronic uneasiness stemming from his regular medical checkups and frequent injections. On one occasion, 47 stabs a doctor repeatedly with several needles, thus, prompting Ort-Meyer to assign more security for 47. Along with the other clones, 47 was trained from youth to efficiently kill. Instructed in the use of firearms, military hardware, unarmed combat, the use of disguises, and the use of more classical tools of assassination like the infamous fiber wire and W2000 Sniper. During his training, he was noted for his exceptional marksmanship, as well as for attacking the asylum staff with homemade slingshots, all of which were promptly confiscated. He also shot smiley faces into targets when he was bored. This is one of the only possible examples of 47 being exposed to pop culture, although all of the clones were sufficiently educated about the outside world by using traditional school textbooks. As a result of the training he had received in his childhood, 47 can wield any weapon with ease on a mission, and can improvise and use common tools with deadly precision.
Last years at the asylumEdit
On September 5, 1989, Ort-Meyer goes so far as to remember 47's twenty-fifth birthday in his journal, although 47 doesn't know his own birthday, and comments that he is "mature" and has stopped many of his bad habits. In 1993 he states that 47, now almost thirty, has passed every test he can think of and is his most skilled clone. At the same time, his four partners stopped funding his genetic experiments and Ort-Meyer hatched a master plan - he would allow 47 to break out, and after he fulfilled his mentally-programmed destiny to be an assassin, he would assign 47 to the ICA, and provide contracts to kill the four men.
As Ort-Meyer's friends grew weary of funding Ort-Meyer with little results, relations between them soured. Ort-Meyer sometimes blatantly suggested that he would use the clones against them if necessary. Ort-Meyer initiated this plan by purposely creating a gap in the asylum's security for 47 to escape. Having watched 47's every move, Ort-Meyer is very pleased with 47's performance (despite the fact that 47 killed one of his security guards for a disguise) and concluded that his training is complete.
His plan succeeds as he finally hires him to the Agency, a clandestine organization providing assassination and mercenary services, beginning in the year 2000, and gives assassination contracts of his four friends under the special condition of using only 47. The ICA already had a vested interest in 47 since 1998, which would explain how 47 found employment so quickly.
Work with the ICA and first contractsEdit
47 is employed by the International Contract Agency. With a lifetime of training and genetically augmented physical abilities, 47 swiftly rose to become the Agency's most efficient, and most requested assassin. Immediately after the success of his first contract kill, he is later awarded the rank Gamma. As he has little to no memory of his background, he dedicates his life to be a skilled assassin which provides him a James Bond-like lifestyle of adventure and luxury. He also has a slightly cockier attitude before learning his background, which became a solemn moment of self-discovery for him.
First missionsEdit
Killing the PriestEdit
47's very first hit for Agency was on an unnamed island. He was tasked to kill Priest in church and steal the Bible to prove that he is worth joining the ICA. 47 completed the task and left the island via raft.
Hit in Zistos RuinsEdit
47's first serious mission took place in Zistos Ruins somewhere in Egypt. His goal was simple: Obtain the gold statue and leave. However, the soldiers in area found out about 47 and blocked his only way out of Egypt. Then 47 was forced to escape to jungle and later to the town further from Ruin Area, where he killed the Gate Keeper and escaped via ICA Helicopter
Assassination of the "Five Fathers" Edit
- Main article: Hitman: Codename 47
Lee Hong assassinationEdit
One year after escaping the asylum, 47 is contracted to kill the criminal masterminds to play the Red Dragon triads against the Blue Lotus triads. He first shoots a Red Dragon Negotiator at a peace meeting, kills the Blue Lotus Emissary and entourage with a car bomb, and frames a Red Dragon Negotiator for killing the Blue Lotus Negotiator and Hong Kong Chief of Police. Lee Hong is killed by 47 in the Wang Fou Restaurant. While at Wang Fou, 47 met both Mei-Ling and CIA Agent Smith for the first time.
Death of Lee Hong has gone noticed by Campbell Sturrock, the Red Dragon Triad's meat supplier and criminal. 47 first interrogates Sturrock's closest friend to find out his location. 47 is then sent to Romania, where he is to kill Campbell Sturrock and rescue the client's daughter who was kidnapped by Sturrock and has been missing since. 47 discovers that the girl was killed and butchered by Campbell's brother Malcolm Sturrock, and brings back the girl's severed arm as evidence. He kills Sturrock. Getting noticed by several witnessess, he then proceeds to kill everyone in the police station in an unknown city. After all 47's task, the owner of The Meat Cra's factory and Sturrock's former boss is angered by 47's actions. He kidnaps Diana Burnwood and lures 47 to Mt. Everest. 47 shoots through number of bodyguards, frees Diana Burnwood and kills Phil Klebtez.
Pablo Belisario Ochoa eliminationEdit
After 47 killed Lee Hong, he was deployed to the Colombian rain-forest to kill Pablo Belisario Ochoa. He wins the good favor of the U'wa tribe by rescuing both their idol and the chief's brother from Ochoa's men. In exchange, they tell 47 the location of Ochoa's camp. After he finds his way around the tribe's god of death Tezcatlipoca (in actuality, a wild jaguar), 47 infiltrates the camp where he kills Ochoa and blows up his drug lab.
Death of Dilina FerdinEdit
Before continuing hits ordered by Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer, 47 gets a brief task to kill Dilina Ferdin, owner of secret madhouse that does un-human experiments on things. He first enters through main entrance and kills the main scientist Margerine A'Derkada. He is then sent further in forest where he blows the wall of madhouse and kills Dilina Ferdin. Returning to ICA Helicopter, he finds the crew dead and gets ambushed by Madhouse guards. Eliminating every witness he makes his way to civilization where he contacts ICA and then leaves via ICA Helicopter. Although not 47's genetical father, fans speculate he has some connection to Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer.
Fuchs Brothers murdersEdit
After 47 killed Pablo Belisario Ochoa, he is assigned to kill the three Fuchs brothers - Fritz, Frantz and Fabian. 47 first killed Fabian in Kamchatka, Siberia, alongside ex-Russian General Sergei Bjarkhov who was prepared to sell nuclear arms to the Fuchs brothers. 47 proceeds to Budapest, Hungary where he had to murder Frantz to prevent him from detonating a bomb at a United Nations summit. 47 tries to snipe Frantz Fuchs, but he ends up killing an innocent civilian. Needing to lure Frantz Fuchs out of hiding. He first tries to snipe Fronz Fuchs, fourth Fuchs brother who wasn't originally part of plan, but he fails. After three chases on boat, motorcycle and on foot, he finally kills Fronz Fuchs. Fuchs organizes meeting with Yakuza and Russian Mafia to warn them about 47. 47 then snipes the negotiator of Fuchs's Mafia. Frantz and Fritz Fuchs then appear back at Thermal Bath Hotel, however, with bulletproof glass in window. 47 kills them there, and steals their bomb from a dentist's office that the Fuchs brothers set up as a cover story.
Arkadij Jegorov homicideEdit
After the successful murder of Frantz Fuchs in Budapest, 47 is sent to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Coincidentally, a job opportunity unrelated to Ort-Meyer also brings 47 to Rotterdam; the Rotterdam chief of police pays 47 for killing Flaming Rotterdam leader Rutgert Van Leuven, recover some blackmail material, and kill Klaas Teller (a private investigator who previously failed to do the same job and was now the biker gang's hostage).
Unfortunately, the bikers were expected to meet 47's next target Arkadij Jegorov and tracking him down became more difficult with Van Leuven gone. 47 tracked one of their men to an arms deal with Ivan Zilvanovitch, who would in turn lead to Jegorov. 47 killed the bikers, and assumed their identity to give Ivan a money suitcase with a tracking device inside. 47 was lead to Jegorov's cargo ship, where he killed Jegorov and disarmed his nuclear weapon.
Odon Kovacs' and Ort-Meyer's deathEdit
The ICA finds out that all the hits were requested from the same person, Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer. Ort-Meyer requests 47 to kill one last person, Dr. Odon Kovacs. When 47 arrives at the Asylum in Romania and kills Kovacs, 47 quickly regains memory of his origin and goes in to kill Dr. Ort-Meyer (who calls the Romanian special operations to the asylum). Agent Smith is coincidentally being held captive at the asylum, who revealed Ort-Meyer's underground inner sanctum to 47. 47 shoots his way through an ambush of the 48 series clones, and confronts Ort-Meyer in his office where 47 kills him by snapping his neck. 47 then ventures back up to the asylum, evades the Romanian authorities and steals Ort-Meyer's car to escape.
Seeking a new lifeEdit
- Main article: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
For a year or two, after being called a legend and a myth, 47 attempts to leave his life as a hitman behind, instead finding faith in a Catholic church on the Sicilian countryside and working as a humble gardener. Most of the underworld has no clue where 47 is and even assumes he is dead. However, he is tracked down by Sergei Zavorotko (a major arms dealer, in possession of WMDs, and 47's "uncle") along with a Mystery Man from the United States. Soon after 47's pastor Father Vittorio was kidnapped by mafia don, Giuseppe Guillani, 47 resumes his work as a hitman to rescue him, contacts the Agency for info and satellite footage of Guillani residence in exchange for few contracted kills. After 47 successfully killed Guillani, to his dismay Vittorio was again kidnapped by Sergei Zavorotko, unknown to him at the time. 47 continues a string of high-profile assassinations, all paid for by Zavorotko, before discovering he kidnapped Vittorio to make 47 work again. 47 also discovers and kills another clone, Mr. 17, discovered by Zavorotko through his "Mystery Man". The video footage for Masahiro Hayamoto Jr.'s funeral, during the game, is dated December 4, 2002.
47 kills Zavorotko and rescues Vittorio, after a shootout in the very same Sicilian church he had retired to and later used as a base. Vittorio gives him rosary beads and assures him that he can return to a peaceful life, but 47 leaves them at the scene. In monologue, 47 explains that he will never be safe and must remain a hitman to provide for and protect himself. However, he was still in contact with Vittorio as of Enemy Within and entrusted Sister Mary with Victoria in Absolution, suggesting he did not abandon his faith altogether.
Getting CompetitionEdit
- Main article: Hitman: Enemy Within
47 casually resumes his life as a contract killer for the next several years. In the book Hitman: Enemy Within, probably set in 2003, the ICA is challenged by a rival called Puissanze Treize (French for Power Thirteen) and 47 is tasked with killing a traitor of the ICA who sold information to them.
Near death experienceEdit
- Main article: Hitman: Contracts
On March 18, 2004, 47 is shot by a police officer, while returning to his hotel room after killing Richard Delahunt and Alvaro D'Alvade at an Opera Hall in Paris. He makes his way to his hotel room wondering how the officer knew him only to collapse unconscious on his hotel room floor. While blacking out before being revived by an ICA medic, 47 remembers his previous missions - most of them tie into the timeline of Hitman: Codename 47, though he recalls one that is undated.
- Escaping the Asylum
- Campbell Sturrock assassination
- The Bjarkhov Bomb
- Beldingford Family Murder
- Visit in Rotterdam
- Arkadij Jegorov Homicide
- Kowloon Triads in Gang War
- Ambush at the Wang Fou Restaurant
- The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant
- Lee Hong assassination
- Escaping Paris
After 47 regained full consciousness, detective Albert Fournier and his squad of GIGN has 47's hotel room surrounded. 47 escapes the hotel, kills Fournier and meets Diana (in person for the first time) on a flight to the United States.
ICA's Demolition by The FranchiseEdit
- Main article: Hitman: Blood Money
On the flight, Diana gives 47 a file explaining that they were again under the threat of a serious rival, known as The Franchise.
They have serious connections to international governments and their own army of albino clones. As part of their goal to keep the cloning technology to themselves, they plan to make Daniel Morris the US President by killing politicians and having him succeed them (Vice President Spaulding Burke being their first victim, in a supposed car crash only a day ago, on March 17). Their leader, former FBI director Alexander Leland Cayne, has an inferior cloning program and wants to replicate Ort-Meyer's methods, requiring 47's bone marrow to learn the entire process.
As 47 continues his work, now living in the United States, most of the ICA agents and management were gone in a year and a half. On August 15, 2005, Diana explains to 47 that they were the only two surviving members of ICA and after 47's last assignment, she would split what was left of the ICA's money with him before they bid each other goodbye for good. 47 is soon after contacted by Agent Smith to kill now-Vice President Daniel Morris, after Smith learns of his corruption and intent to kill the President Tom Stewart along with Mark Parchezzi III, the albino assassin sent by the Franchise to kill the President when he returns from a visit to L.A.
47 accomplishes the task on September 22, 2005, as a confirmed murder that gained a very large amount of media attention. 47 was alive and unidentified, although a government cover-up claimed he was shot and/or broke his back climbing over a gate to escape. 47 is seemingly betrayed by Diana, who had pretended to poison him, while in reality leaving him in a near-death state by giving 47 the experimental death serum 47 used on Agent Smith to get Smith out of the Clinic, after which she turned him in to The Franchise's leader Alexander Leland Cayne, this action won Cayne's trust and Diana was invited to the Franchise. Within the next few weeks, Cayne held a funeral for 47 (which only he, his FBI entourage and a reporter attended) where Diana subtly administered the antidote through her lipstick by kissing the seemingly dead 47, shortly after which he awoke, and proceeded to kill everyone present at the church (Diana had left the place prior to the shootout and had locked the gate to the grounds to prevent people from escaping), effectively making his identity secret again.
Diana restores the ICA (which apparently was not destroyed, but rather went stealthy) and began lining up her first new client (an unknown member of royalty) when she has to admit that 47 was unavailable, saying "we seem to have completely lost track of him". 47 decides to leave the ICA to find his clients himself. His first stop is to an Oriental bath house, where he uses an alias (Mr. Johnson) and likely meets with a crime figure (asking what they have to offer "preferably in the back"). What happened during the time in between is not specified in the games, but 47 quickly returns to the Agency and resumes work with Diana Burnwood.
Hit on Richard Strong Jr.Edit
Sometime between Hitman: Blood Money and Hitman: Damnation, 47 is tasked with killing Stallion Armaments CEO Richard Strong Jr. At the time, he was working with Diana Burnwood for the ICA as usual. With Diana's assistance and his Agency Kazo TRG sniper rifle, he successfully kills Strong and all 14 of Strong's bodyguards.
Back at the ICAEdit
- Main article: Hitman: Damnation
Unbeknownst to 47, Diana has a spat with her superior Benjamin Travis over the development of a "pet project" (revealed in Absolution to be the engineering of Victoria), and plans to defect the Agency before they kill her. Diana made her move in September 2011, while she was helping 47 on a mission in the Himalayas. 47 was set to kill Nam Vo, a Chinese general who frequently lead squads to pillage Tibetan mountain villages and rape their women. Diana was giving him her usual support until she was chased out of her Paris hotel room by ICA thugs trying to kill her (47 was paranoid that Diana simply abandoned him). 47 successfully killed Nam Vo by causing an avalanche, but also trapped himself inside by accident, suffering a hernia. He is nursed back to health and escorted to safe ground by indigenous Nepalese villagers, who 47 very graciously thanks with all the money he has on his person. While healing from his wounds, 47 developed a painkiller addiction that lasted a little over a year. After buying replacement Silverballer pistols from an arms dealer in Guadalajara, Mexico, 47 goes missing from the ICA (for the second time) and instead works as a freelancer.
Twelve months after the Tibet incident, 47 is paid by Roget to kill Hector Corado, both drug dealers in the Caribbean. 47 successfully kills Corado during a yacht party hosted by organized crime billionaire Emilio Fernandez, off the coast of Jamaica. While 47 is flying to Rio de Jenairo aboard a private flight, the plane crashes into the sea and 47 is pulled aboard the ICA-owned Jean Danjou II. He is ergo reinitiated into the ICA, and assigned to kill Dana Linder and later Charlie Wilkins. Wilkins in fact ordered both hits, the first to position himself to run for President and the second to trap and silence 47. While investigating the Church of Will in Virginia, undercover as an Iowan farmer named Stan Johnson, 47 begins a romance with Wilkins' insecure personal assistant Helen McAdams, but she dies in a riot where which 47 also manages to kill Wilkins (on November 1, 2012, four days before he would likely have been elected president). In Diana's absence, 47 is instead handled by Benjamin Travis, and their difficult working relationship prompts 47's eventual rebellion.
Kill OrderEdit
- Main article: Hitman: Absolution
47 is indeed sent by Benjamin Travis to kill Diana Burnwood, who holed herself and Victoria up in a rented mansion along Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois. 47 infiltrates the home and shoots Diana in the chest while she is showering, and 47 accepts her dying wish to protect Victoria and kill Travis. On the way out, he asks Victoria why Diana saved her and she tells 47 that she wanted to get her away from "the doctors". 47 remembers his boyhood at Ort-Meyer's asylum, a time which he had to suffer many pain by his staff. He decides to protect her and Victoria at Chicago's Rosewood Orphanage for safekeeping. 47 is considered rogue by Benjamin Travis and issues a kill order on him. Blake Dexter, a weapons manufacturing magnate, is informed of Victoria by a local Chicagoan and kidnaps her for both genetic research and to extort ransom from the ICA. 47 is aided by his own man about town, Birdie, who later betrays him to Dexter and the Chicago PD. 47 is in Chicago for Chinese New Year, dating the mission Hunter and Hunted February 10, 2013.
47 follows Dexter to his hometown of Hope, South Dakota, where he kills most of Dexter's inner circle within a few days (the player has the choice of making 47 kill Blake's son, Lenny Dexter, or leaving him for dead in the desert). 47 then returns to Chicago where he infiltrates Dexter's penthouse, kills him and rescues Victoria.
Six months later, 47 goes to Diana's supposed grave in Cornwall, England and kills Benjamin Travis along with his assistant, Jade Nguyen. It is revealed he knew he hit Diana at a part of her body that would not be fatal. 47 observes that Diana did survive and is caring for Victoria back at her mansion. She wires money to 47 for his services and welcomes him back to the Agency.
47 is a bald Caucasian male, and has a rather pale complexion and muscular build. His eyes are not trademark, but are known to be the least cold and most emotional part of him. His most distinguishing feature is the barcode tattooed onto the back of his head. It lists his date of creation and identification number: <a href="tel:<a href="tel:640509-040147">640509-040147</a>">640509-040147</a>, from which he takes the name "Agent 47". His facial features are quite imposing, with a long face, large cheekbones, prominent brow, recessed forehead and ice blue eyes. Early in Hitman: Absolution, 47 tries to remove his iconic bar code with a razor, but it remains visible at the end of the game.
According to his 'ICA File' from Hitman: Absolution, he is 6'2" (188 cm) tall.[3] In the novel Hitman: Enemy Within his weight is stated as 187 lbs (85 kg).[4]
His appearance is modeled after David Bateson, an actor who has voiced 47 in every game so far. He almost always wears his classic black suit, red tie, and black leather gloves. Dressed off however, reveal numerous scars on his arms and torso, some presumably from his inhuman training while others are reminders of countless deadly odds he faced and survived.
Even though 47 is a relatively emotionless assassin, he shows signs of morality, seen in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin confessing his sins (killing people for money) to Father Vittorio. Subsequently, he is so depressed at the apparent loss of his spiritual guide that he agrees to take on the "suicide mission" of killing Deewana Ji. The novels often have him pondering the question of his own morality and values. His absolute highest priority is completing his contract. He will sacrifice innocents if he must, but he will kill the target. He is emotionally closed off to the suffering of others, even if they remind him of himself at a younger age. He is very quiet and monotone to the point of being socially awkward, which is perhaps the biggest of his very few weaknesses. He is content with being alone, but has a deep if unexpressed admiration for the few people he becomes close to, especially Diana Burnwood, Fr. Emilio Vittorio and Helen McAdams. 47 also shows uncharacteristic sensitivity towards animals that he keeps as pets, such as his childhood rabbit and mouse he found from the asylum itself, and the yellow canary in Hitman: Blood Money (though he is forced to kill it in the cut-scene before Requiem). The first time he shows this kind of care towards a human being is when he looks after Victoria, and with Diana they develop a subconscious father-mother-daughter dynamic. He also expressed his disgust at exploiting innocent people in, as mentioned during the briefing in Death Factory, lamenting on how they made "children as weapons".
Agent 47 approaches his assassinations with professionalism but will, however, not show any hesitation or remorse when it comes to killing or silencing witnesses and other potential threats to his mission. Agent 47 generally speaks in a monotone, proper, non-threatening tone, rarely swearing, or even raising his voice. 47 also has a blank and somewhat sinister facial expression, often scanning the scene with his eyes; the only other facial expression 47 has been known to show is pain. He also occasionally smirks in the Hitman film. 47 seems to also be an accomplished conversationalist despite the fact he's extremely reserved, often able to fool and manipulate people with convincing lies and bluffs. Hitman: Enemy Within shows that he has the capability to act far out of his normal personality to imitate people, such as a cocky womanizing biker.
Both Hitman novels as well as some portions of Absolution show a side of 47 he rarely shows. When out of his element or not on assignment, 47 occassionally shows behavior similar to ordinary people. In Enemy Within, he is shown cursing when under frustration, as well as rarely sharing jokes with Diana. But more often than not, he prefers to share little words and keeps to himself.
Given his fees, 47 would have to be a multi-millionare from his contract earnings but never stops going for new contracts. He only spends his money on simple things like food, suits, gear, and shelter, although he is also known to donate some of it to Father Vittorio.
Skills and AbilitiesEdit
As a class one type clone, 47 can be seen performing physical tasks much more efficiently than an average human. 47 has mastered the art of stealth, being able to terminate multiple enemies in the same area one at a time and sneak up on almost anybody and quietly neutralize them. 47 also has an expert level understanding in the use of disguises in order to access unauthorized areas of a location. He is physically strong even when compared to average adult males of his size and build; being able to climb pipes, move and dispose of bodies, snap necks, knock opponents unconscious, and jump from balcony to balcony with minimum effort. It is evident that 47 is a very skilled driver, judging from how well he managed to manoeuvre Dr.Ortmeyer's car past a police blockade (in rainy conditions) at the end of Asylum Aftermath. 47's driving skill is also manifested in his ability to drive specialist motor vehicles - such as a Bus and a large Truck at the end of Amendment XXV and The Meat King's Party, respectively. 47's vehicular skills are not just limited to cars - He is seen piloting helicopters, planes and boats numerous times throughout the series. To keep in his physical condition and also keep his skills in balance, 47 practices his combat, shooting, assassination, and stealth skills whenever he is not on an assignment.
Trained extensively in armed and unarmed combat and in the use of improvised weapons, such as explosives, sniper rifles, automatic weapons and bladed weapons, 47 is fully adept at surveying his environment and using it to his advantage or using it as weapons. Highlighted in Enemy Within and Absolution, 47 is an expert in hand-to-hand combat. From a young age, 47 was trained with his fellow clones to master kickboxing. 47 was an above average fighter, losing only to clone number 6. In Blood Money, he can disarm trained and armed soldiers with ease, as well as render people unconcious with minimal effort. In Absolution, he is skilled enough to engage several armed enemies unarmed and survive. He also shows his skill in martial arts when he is able to beat a genetically altered giant Sanchez in a one on one fight. Although the giant towered over him and outmatched him in strength, 47 is able to face off against him and use his swift, brutal hands to defeat and kill Sanchez. He is also resourceful enough to maintain anonymity by avoiding leaving forensic evidence for law enforcement agencies to discover through various methods. 47 is skilled in infiltration, as seen in the trailer for Hitman: Absolution when he must enter Diana's mansion to kill her, ex-filtration, and evasion, as well as the traditional art of assassination as seen when carrying out contracts. On site, he can slip past guards without arousing too much suspicion. He is a perfect marksman, so well that the newspaper in Hitman: Blood Money called him "Legendary Agent 47".
47 also has a detailed understanding of human anatomy and human nature, shown through his use of poisons, and sedatives, as well as striking vital points when strangling targets silently or using hand to hand combat. He also knows how best to move throughout an area without catching the attention of civilians or armed guards. He knows exactly what parts of the human body to shoot that would be a survivable shot, a fatal shot or even a slow painful shot which 47 has used to interrogate one of his victims. He is also able to face multiple enemies unarmed and survive the encounter unharmed.
Whatever the odds, 47 never panics. He always keeps his composure and clear mind to the point of being perfectly aware of all his surroundings and constantly calculates his every action, never losing focus.
Agent 47 has shown preference for certain weapons throughout the games, first preferences ingrained into him by his training and then upgrading to more efficient equipment as needed. As the Agency's top assassin, Agent 47 also has access to their highly modular standard issue arsenal.
- Fiber Wire
- Agency Tanto Knife (Hitman: Absolution)
- Combat Knife (Hitman: Codename 47)
- Syringes (sedative and poison) (Hitman: Blood Money) (used as knife type in Hitman: Absolution)
- Anaesthetic (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin)
- Silverballers
- Agency Jagd P22G (Hitman: Absolution)
- Agency Swiss 3000 (Hitman: Absolution)
*Circumstantially Agent 47 acquires the Mustang Snub, Aries 24-7, Jagd P22G and Wade's SA .44 Auto between the Hitman: Absolution missions Terminus and Birdie's Gift.
Sniper Rifles:Edit
- Kazo TRG (Epilogue, Hitman: Absolution)
- Agency Kazo TRG (Hitman: Sniper Challenge)
- W2000 (Hitman: Blood Money)
- R93 (Pre Hitman: Blood Money)
*The M195 anti-material rifle is specifically acquired for the Hitman 2: Silent Assassin mission, The Motorcade Interception.
Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns:Edit
- Agency Dynamics CPW (Machine Pistol) (Hitman: Absolution)
- Agency HX UMP (Submachine Gun) (Hitman: Absolution)
- SMG Tactical (Submachine Gun) (Hitman: Blood Money)
Assault Rifles:Edit
- Agency ARZ 160 (Hitman: Absolution)
- M4 (Hitman: Blood Money)
- Agency SPS 12 (Hitman: Absolution)
- SPAS 12 (Hitman: Blood Money)
- Coins: Used as distractions.
- Binoculars: Recon tool.
- RU-AP mines (Blood Money only): Remote detonated bombs.
47's Alternate Origins in the 2007 movie adaptationEdit
- Main article: Hitman (movie)
In the film Hitman, 47 is not a clone but rather an abducted baby orphan trained to be a lethal assassin. He accepts a contract to kill the Russian president Mikhail Belicoff. He is set up by one of Belicoff's body doubles, who stages Belicoff having survived the incident and tries to kill 47. While on the run with Nika Boronina (the real Belicoff's mistress, a witness whom 47 becomes semi-romantic with much like Mei-Ling), he eventually kills the double and escapes arrest with the help of Agent Smith. The film is made and set in 2007.
- "Names are for friends, so I don't need one."—47 talking to a guard in Death of a Showman
- "This room. This bullet. There's a bullet for everyone. And a time and a place. An end. Yes, maybe this is how it has to be. Inspector, you've obviously learned too much about me. I can't have that. Even in my death."
—47's monologue during the opening cinematic of Hunter and Hunted.
- Police Officer: "Hey! Hey, I know you. You're... Foster, right? I haven't seen your ass for a long time. Didn't you quit the force years ago?"
47: "I never left."
—47 talking to a police officer in the Hitman: Absolution trailer named Run for your life gameplay
- "I always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget- those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust. I'll be carrying nothing from Gontranno but this lesson: never trust anyone and rely on your instincts. Forget the past. I'll never find peace here. So, I'll seek justice for myself. I'll choose the truth I like."
—47's monologue in the end of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin when he was leaving Vittorio's Church.
- Thick walls and loads of protection. Even the strongest chain has a weak point, and I'll find this one. But I better consider each step I take in this squeaky old castle.
—47's monologue in the beginning of Shogun Showdown mission.
- I can do... Whatever I'm paid to.
-To Mark Parchezzi III in Hitman: Blood Money
- You know my terms - cash on the nail.
- For years, Diana was my sole handler at the Agency. She supplied information and secrecy, and I sold perfection. We had trust. Then last August 10, Diana brought the Agency to its knees. She flushed all accounts, cut off all communication lines, exposed the Agency and used the confusion to vanish. Now the reformed Agency has finally tracked her down. And offered me the contract. One day, I will think of this as just another job. After all, this is what I do.
—47's monologue in the intro to Hitman: Absolution
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- 47, and Diana Burnwood, are the only characters that have appeared in every Hitman video game up to date.
- In Hitman: Blood Money, 47 had a pet canary. In the final mission he snaps its neck, though it is not explicitly stated or shown.
- Throughout the series, 47 has gone by many different aliases, including Tobias Rieper, Metzger, Flech Fisher, Lord Sinclair, Doctor Cropes, Jacob Leiter, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Byrd and Ben Franklin.
- In the 2007 film Hitman, 47's suits are made by Kiton. In Hitman: Enemy Within, he wears an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore watch, worth over $10,000.
- According to his ICA File, 47 has six nationalities: American, British, German, Swiss and two others that are censored.
- In several ways, 47 is similar to Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series, both had difficult childhoods, both are clones, both are stealth masters and Snake's personality was somewhat similar to 47's in his youth.
- 47 loses his temper multiple times in the series.
- The first time is when Diana stabs him with a medical syringe in Blood Money. He angrily yells "bitch!" and attempts to attack her.
- In Absolution, 47 has Wade in a chokehold and angrily says "Hope, South Dakota. You're a long way from home!"
- The third time is when he smacks a bartender's head against a table after asking for Lenny in the bar on the outskirts of Hope.
- Fourth, when he says "Remember me?" to Sanchez before breaking his neck in the Dexter Industries fighting ring.
- Fifth, when he headbutts Blake after he taunts Victoria.
- The final time he loses his temper is when he steps on Skurky's wounded thigh after he tells 47 to "go fuck [him]self".
- Similarly, the only time 47 is caught by (visible) surprise is when The Saints assault the Waikiki Inn and he had just left the shower wearing only a robe.
- 47 is referenced in other games.
- In Manhunt 2, by Rockstar Games, if Daniel Lamb is seen in one of the levels, a child will say "It's the guy from Blood Money!", because of Daniel being bald-headed.
- In Fallout 3, by Bethesda, you can find a place named Vault 108, which is full of clones numbered from 1 to 54. The clone with the highest number found in the vault is "Gary 47".
- Again, in Manhunt 2, by Rockstar Games, the bald members of the hunting team, Watchdogs, are very reminiscent of 47. As an easter egg, some members of the team greet each other by saying "Hey, 74".
- In one of the endings of Grand Theft Auto IV , there is an unnamed assassin that bears a strong resemblance to 47, from being bald to wearing a dark suit.
- Amusingly, scanning the barcode featured in the promotional trailer for Hitman: Absolution leads to this. It is currently unknown if this was accidental, or simply an inside joke by the developers. It is likely the latter, as the object is part of a "Dance With The Devil" toy pack, which is the name of a mission in Blood Money.
References Edit
- ↑ http://www.supercheats.com/walkthrough/hitman-absolution/dossiers-agent-47 Dossiers: Agent 47 -Hitman: Absolution
- ↑ http://www.supercheats.com/walkthrough/hitman-absolution/dossiers-agent-47 (Same reference as above)
- ↑ Hitman Absolution: Trailer "ICA File 5 - Agent 47"; (photo 1 from trailer, photo 2 from trailer).
- ↑ William C. Dietz: Hitman: Enemy Within, 2007, Del Rey Books, ISBN 978-0-345-47132-1, page 12.


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Read all about our team members in the press release here.
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Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD and Frank R. Arko III, MD talk about raising awareness for aortic disease and the future of research on this disease. They reiterate the goals of the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health and discuss the diagnosis of aortic disease in both non-emergency and emergency settings. Read this insightful article here.
The John Ritter Foundation (JRF) is proud to announce it has been selected as an official charity of the ASICS LA Marathon to take place on Sunday, March 15, 2015. We are excited to have this opportunity to offer an additional Team Ritter event to increase awareness of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections and raise money to support our mission. And we are also excited because this event offers opportunities for marathoners AND half-marathoners.
We are looking for a team of people who are passionate about increasing awareness of aortic dissection and its risk factors, committed to raising money to support our mission, and who want to train for and run the marathon. Here is what a past Team Ritter member had to say about the being a part of Team Ritter: Read more
The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers two different disability programs to those who suffer from long-term or permanent disabilities, such as aortic disease. These programs include the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Each program has its own technical requirements in order to be eligible, but for either program you must meet the medical requirements that have been set forth by the SSA.
Meeting the SSA's Medical Requirements
When you apply for Social Security Disability benefits, the SSA compares your condition to a listing of conditions known as the Blue Book. The Blue Book contains all of the conditions that may qualify an individual for benefits from the SSA, along with the criteria that must be met under each condition.
Within the Blue Book, each condition is given its own section. When applying for disability benefits due to aortic disease, your condition will be compared to the criteria set forth in Section 4.10 of the Blue Book, which covers aneurysm and/or dissection of an aorta or major branches, due to any cause.
To qualify for benefits under this section of the Blue Book, you must have a diagnosis of the condition that has been demonstrated by appropriate medically acceptable imaging, with dissection not controlled by prescribed treatment. Learn more here.
The Technical Requirements of the Disability Programs
If you meet the medical eligibility requirements of the Social Security Administration's Blue Book, you must then also meet the criteria of the different Social Security Disability programs. As mentioned above, the SSA disability programs each have their own criteria. To qualify for one or both programs, you must be able to prove that you meet the program's criteria.
SSDI Benefits Eligibility
To qualify for SSDI benefits, you must have earned a certain number of work credits prior to becoming disabled. As a general rule, you must have earned a total of 40 work credits through prior work activity with 20 of those credits being earned within the last 10 years. The exact number of credits needed depends on your age, and younger applicants need fewer credits to qualify for SSDI benefits.
SSI Benefits Eligibility
Unlike SSDI benefits, you don't need any work history to qualify for SSI benefits. The SSI program is a needs-based program. To qualify for this program you must meet the SSA's financial requirements. As of 2014, this means that you cannot have a household income that exceeds $721 per month as an individual or $1,082 as a couple. Your household assets must also not exceed $2,000 as an individual or $3,000 as a couple, excluding your home and one vehicle. Learn more about social security programs here.
The Social Security Disability Application Process
When you apply for Social Security Disability benefits, it's your job to prove to the SSA that you are completely unable to maintain gainful employment due to your disability. That means gathering the medical evidence to prove that your condition meets the Blue Book criteria and submitting that evidence along with the forms that the SSA requires you to fill out. When filling out these forms, make sure you leave no sections blank and answer each question with as much detail as possible to help the SSA understand how you qualify for benefits.
After the SSA receives your application, they may ask you to go for a consultative exam. The purpose of this exam is to determine the extent of your disability. It's important to remember that your own medical records and written statements from your treating physicians are likely to weigh more heavily in a decision than the determination of this exam.
About two to four months after the date of your application, you can expect to receive a decision from the Social Security Administration. If you are awarded benefits, you will be notified as to when benefits will begin, what benefits you are entitled to and how much you will be receiving each month. If you are denied benefits, you have 60 days from the date of the denial notice to appeal the SSA's decision.
Appealing a Denial of Benefits
If you need to appeal a denial, you may want to consider retaining the services of a disability attorney. Oftentimes applications are denied due to a lack of medical evidence or mistakes made on the claim forms. A disability attorney can help you determine the weak areas of your claim and begin to gather the evidence necessary to strengthen your appeal. He or she can also represent you before an administrative law judge at your disability hearing, which is when you have the greatest chance of overturning the SSA's decision to deny benefits.
It's important to note that you should never be discouraged if your initial application for benefits is initially denied. Many current Social Security Disability recipients who receive benefits obtained those benefits through the process of a disability appeal. With the right planning and the help of a disability attorney, you can increase your chances of receiving the benefits you deserve.
Author: Lisa Giorgetti, Community Liaison, Social Security Disability Help
The John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health is one of Amazon's charity partners. The Amazon smile program allows Amazon customers to choose a charity that will receive 0.5% of the total price on all eligible purchases. You can go to smile.amazon.com to shop and choose The John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health from the drop down menu of charities or use this link to shop on Amazon to donate to the JRF.
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The Milewicz group is dedicated to research focused on improving vascular and aortic health. Recent publications from Dr. Milewicz and her colleagues led to an invitation to be "Lab of the Month" from the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO). Read more about them here.
Amy Yasbeck is the recipient of the 2014 Aortic Disease Advocacy Award for her work in establishing the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health. The University of Kentucky Aortic Program presents this award to individuals who have raised awareness of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of aortic diseases. Awardees will be honored at the University of Kentucky 2014 Aortic Symposium Dinner on September 5, 2014.
It can be difficult to find others to talk to who understand what aortic disease is like. The John Ritter Foundation is pleased to pass along information about a support group meeting organized by a survivor of aortic dissection in Michigan. Everyone that has been affected by aortic disease is welcome to attend and support each other. Here are the details: Read more
Thank you to the Omaha World-Herald for this powerful story of how medical education and process change saved a life. Thank you, Nebraska Methodist Health System, our TAD Coalition partner, for your efforts to educate your medical team on aortic dissection! Read the story here.


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Letters to the Editor
Date: October 31, 2012
by: Observer Staff
+ In need of clarification
Dear Editor:
Please clarify the basis for your recommendation (Oct. 25, page 9A) to vote "no" on the three Supreme Court justices seeking retention.
You cite, apparently with approval, Major Harding's position that "merit-retention votes for judges are not intended to be votes on judges' decisions." Yet, you then recommend a "no" vote because Justices Quince, Lewis and Pariente decided three cases in ways other than you would have decided them: Gore v. Harris, school vouchers and Obamacare.
Decisions with which you do not agree are not proof of "judicial and behavioral improprieties." Thus, your recommendation reflects, at best, careless and self-contradictory reasoning. Your readers, and the justices, deserve better.
Joseph Bartel
Editors Note: Sorry for the confusion. The whole merit-retention vote for judges is a seriously flawed process, in large part because most Floridians have no clue on what they are voting — the judges' decisions or their ethical conduct? Harding says it's a vote on ethical conduct. Yet, Jesse Phillips of Restore Justice 2012, a Central Florida group opposed to retaining the three Supreme Court justices, told a reporter for The James Madison Institute that, "Justice Quince said it best, 'We have a merit retention system to determine if justices are doing their jobs.'" According to the institute's fall edition journal: "Phillips contends that the only way to tell whether they are doing their jobs is to 'look at their decisions; are they living up to the Constitution?'" We support the type of judicial decision making that emphasizes judicial restraint and fidelity to the original meaning of constitutional text, not that style that makes inferences and is regarded as judicial activism — judges making laws. In our view, Justices Quince, Lewis and Pariente's decisions too often fit the latter.
+ Series is helpful
Dear Editor:
Kudos and many thanks to The Observer for the excellent series and general coverage on ballot items for the Nov. 6 general election. Your amendment-by-amendment opinion series was especially helpful. I happen to agree with your recommendations and expressed logic for all but Amendment 6 — I felt that your analysis, and your stated principles for amendments in general, didn't support your conclusion and recommendation on that particular amendment. Even there, however, your analysis was, as with all the others, very useful in reaching my own voting decision. As we might say or signal in the Navy: BRAVO ZULU!
Your critical jabs at the absurdity of much of the amendment language — and all the legalistic garbage built up in laws by the legislatures over the years — were also not only spot-on (res ipsa loquitur for sure!), but reminded me of my days as a government student at The American University in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1960s.
In one state and local government course I took, we examined various state constitutions and had many laughs over who could find the most useless and ridiculous "statutory" language in those documents.
At the time, I believe the Louisiana Constitution won first prize for the most absurd — my favorite being its constitutional provisions governing the number, sizes and types of manhole covers applicable (only) in the city of New Orleans!
So how about an Observer piece on when we can expect Florida Constitution referenda on roundabouts and parking meters in Sarasota?
Dan Knauf
+ Endorsements don't support best interests
Dear Editor:
After coming south to enjoy our winter respite, it was always a pleasure to pick up a copy of the Pelican Press to catch up on local activities. However, to may utter dismay, I read your dismal and totally ludicrous diatribe on the "War on Individual Liberty" and how in the last four years it has intensified.
What planet have you been on?
Having spent the last 15 months watching, listening and reading about the Republican candidates wanting to lead this country, I am convinced that any victory by these folks pushes us back into the Stone Age.
Do you really subscribe to having government tell women what they can or cannot do with their bodies? Do you want a government kowtowing to religious interference? What is happening to the separation of church and state that our forefathers fought for and used as a cornerstone of the Constitution? Do you want a political and social ideology that is suspicious of minority groups and creates hurdles for their legitimate right to vote? Why are the Republicans of this world denying an individual's right to the same legal and civil protection for their chosen partner in life if they are the same sex? Do you really subscribe to policies that a for-profit company can do whatever it wants to our environmental resources?
These are examples of the "War on Individual Liberty" that I believe are under attack. I don't believe for a moment that the representatives that you recommend to support truly have the best interests of society as a whole in their hearts and minds. The 1% or 53%, yes, but not the totality of what is USA.
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By B. Marquis, Alexandria
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To the editor:
It has been amusing to read the recent responses to my letter "We must stop the 'cycling anarchy'" (August 7), which recounted the behavior of a few bicyclists.
I could have written in advance what they were going to say in response. The cycling deniers all use the same script. They never once address the conduct of the cyclist. Instead, they go right on the offensive and blame others to try and excuse their breaking the law.
First and foremost are drivers. It's all the fault of cars. Speeders, poor public planning, parking issues, pedestrians, etc., are all cited as excuses for why cyclists feel they can flagrantly break the law. Their reasoning seems to be: If motorists do it then we can too, so there.
But here's a big difference: Cars have license plates and drivers have licenses. We know who they are. The police stop speeders and drivers who go through stop signs while there are cameras to catch motorists who run red lights. Drivers are ticketed and fined. Insurance rates go up. In some cases, licenses are taken and people even are jailed.
When was the last time a cyclist was stopped and ticketed for blowing through a stop sign or running a red light?
Of course, not every driver who breaks the law is caught, but it is certainly a lot higher number than for cyclists. So cyclists just need to stop the excuses, stop the denials and well, just stop: at stop signs and stoplights. All this criticism of cyclists would stop if they would as well.
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The holier than thou rhetoric here is just silly. Many people break the law. Sometimes the law is enforced, sometimes its not. Police set the priorities on where to enforce it based on a mix of public safety (and what is lucrative for the city, but ignore that for a moment).
From a public safety point of view, ranking the hazard posed to others by jaywalking pedestrians, stop-sign blowing cyclists, and speeding drivers is easy (and I am all three of those… as are most fellow readers). Physically, the greater your momentum and kinetic energy, the greater the damage you can do to someone else. Anecdotally, in the cases I know of where either cars or cyclists blew stop signs leading to collisions–and regardless of whether the car hit the cyclist or vice versa or who was at fault–the cyclist got creamed, and the driver was uninjured. There are certainly a few exceptions.
Notwithstanding the letter of the laws of man, the laws of physics dictate that pedestrians and cyclists take their lives into their own hands when they disregard traffic rules. When drivers disregard the same laws, they take other people's lives into their hands. To set these behaviors as equivalent is simply inane, and betrays a puerile sense of fairness that neglects common sense.
Cyclists do get ticketed, and most of us carry ID, (and if you don't you are still obliged to give a policemen your name and address if you are stopped, and if you lie you are opening yourself up to a perjury charge.)
And I think you miss the point of noting that driver's break the law – as do pedestrians, by the way. Its that we accept that there occasions when breaking a traffic law is not dangerous, and that many people doing it is not a big deal (do we want the police to focus their efforts on people who drive 2 MPH over the speed limit? I do not.) Its that the majority of people who do not bike but do drive, take the violations that drivers commit for granted but do not understand what happens when you are on a bike.Most cyclists ARE drivers, and do see both perspectives.
B. Marquis
I think you are mistaking two different behaviors. Few cyclists blow through stop signs and red lights at full speed without looking, just as few drivers do the same. That is both highly dangerous and relatively rare. Rather, many cyclists treat stop signs just as many automobiles do; they roll through cautiously without coming to a complete stop. This is called the Idaho stop which refers to an Idaho law allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stop lights as stop signs. It is not legal everywhere including Alexandria and in theory, a police officer could ticket cyclists for moving violations. Using good judgment , many police officers focus on more dangerous behavior such as blatant speeders and catching murders such as Charles Severance rather than ticket people who do not use the crosswalk or cyclists who do not come to a complete stop at all traffic signals.
Why do cyclists? Simple physics and Newton's law which states an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion. Slowing down and speeding up at every single stop sign takes actual muscle effort. Drivers simply move their foot from the gas to the brake. Some cyclists use clips to attach special shoes to pedals and studies have shown that constant clipping and unclipping to stop at stop signs is actually more dangerous than treating them as yield signs. "STOPPING FOR STOP SIGNS WILL END THE CRITICISM OF CYCLISTS," will simply never happen, no matter how many angry op-ed letters are sent or even if local police were to ticket every single cyclist and driver who does not come to a complete stop at all stop signs. For cyclists, it is simply physics and for drivers, it is a long-ingrained behavior.
I and many other cyclists view using the public right of way in order of feet. Feet first, or pedestrians, always get right of way not matter what they do, whether its jogging in the bike lane or stepping off the curb without looking. The next feet are pedals, cyclists get right of way only after pedestrians. Gas pedals are last to get right of way because they require the least effort to move forward and are larger and more ungainly.


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Finding food for the Sequim Food Bank
After 28 years, the Sequim Food Bank continues as a staple for some residents' daily meals.
Churches, community gardens, grocery stores, schools, local government and individuals support the facility with fundraisers and food drives. Donation bins and drop-off sites are across Sequim.
Yet the need for food assistance continues to grow.
Stephen Rosales, board president and interim executive director, said the food bank provides groceries for about 250 families a week between its three openings: 9 a.m.-noon, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.
"We used to be overjoyed with 150 people a week," Rosales said. He anticipates participation getting bigger still.
Third day for full meal
Rosales and volunteers say the increased usage is due to the food bank's accessibility and the poor economy.
More than a year ago, board members voted for a third opening, which evolved from Monday nights to Saturday mornings.
About 50 people receive food on Saturdays and about 100 on Mondays and Fridays, Rosales said.
There now are just a few requirements to receive food. An individual needs proof of residence within the Sequim School District boundaries and must answer a few questions about household occupancy - similar to the U.S. Census Bureau's method.
Rosales said he doesn't want to limit the food bank's reach and will help anyone who is hungry in or around Sequim.
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The simplified process and dropping financial questions have cut wait times from as much as an hour to a matter of minutes.
Rosales said the limited restrictions accommodate the fluctuating economy because someone with a stable job one week could be broke the next.
Patty Lebowitz, a Sequim Food Bank board member, said the process is much easier and faster for people.
She stressed that people are appreciative of the quick process because some might be hesitant to stand outside and might skip getting food if they must wait.
Food first
An array of food is handed out at the food bank.
In the summer, it's not uncommon for people to drop off boxes of fruit and vegetables they've grown themselves.
Donations like these are seasonal and only available when donated because the food bank buys food that's nonperishable and can be frozen.
No expired food is given out.
Rosales said 80 percent of the goods the food bank receives are of good quality, and donors don't use the food bank as a dumping ground for unwanted foods.
He finds when food has expired, it's often because families are clearing out houses from deceased relatives.
Volunteers have studied what foods/items are most popular.
To save money, they've begun buying bulk items such as sugar and proportioning it out rather than giving individual bags, which cost more.
A bar of soap and toilet paper used to be handed out for each person, but Rosales said they strictly are buying food now for cost savings.
A few of the most popular items are milk, potatoes, cereal and chicken.
Green giving
Rosales estimates that every time the food bank opens it costs $1,500-$2,000.
Summer months are some of the hardest because money and donations are sporadic before school starts.
The last joint fundraiser, with the U.S. Post Office, was a success but it was held on May 15.
In July, $800 was given for food donations.
Rosales said the food bank has enough money in reserves to operate for a year without incoming funding, but he never sees it coming to that because of the consistent support from community members.
Some people give food and/or money in varying amounts each month and some give when they can.
It's not uncommon for people who once were helped by the food bank to return the favor when they return to more affluent times.
The Sequim Food Bank also is saving about $30,000 a year by not having a director. Rosales succeeded longtime volunteer and director Nina Fatherson, who resigned on Oct. 31, 2009.
She expressed frustration with Rosales and his managerial style and said that she, her husband and 12 longtime volunteers were finished.
Rosales refused to comment on the matter but did say he remains appreciative of Fatherson's efforts and that without her dedication, the food bank wouldn't be where it is now.
Rosales was supposed to be interim director only until January of this year, but now he plans on sticking with the position as a volunteer until December before re-evaluating donations and need. Lebowitz said she and other board members have no immediate plans for hiring a director.
"The operation is running very smoothly right now and we'll let Stephen do it as long as he wants to."
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Bratwurst with Apples, Onion, and Sauerkraut
Servings: 6
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 tablespoon Wondra flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 cups sauerkraut (preferably fresh), rinsed, drained, squeezed dry (from one 32-ounce jar)
- 1 large onion (about 1 pound), halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
- 3 large Golden Delicious apples (about 1 1/2 pounds total), peeled, cored, thinly sliced
- 6 whole smoked bratwurst (about 1 pound), pierced all over with skewer
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons dry vermouth
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
- Pumpernickel bread or whole grain
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Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 400°F. Place caraway seeds and fennel seeds in small resealable plastic bag. Crush seeds with mallet. Add flour and pepper to bag; shake to blend. Spread sauerkraut over bottom of 13x9x2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Sprinkle 1/3 of flour mixture over. Arrange onion slices over; sprinkle with half of remaining flour mixture, then lightly with salt. Spread half of apple slices over, then sprinkle with remaining flour mixture. Place bratwurst over apples, then arrange remaining apple slices around bratwurst. Tuck in bay leaves. Mix broth, vermouth, and ketchup in measuring cup. Pour broth mixture evenly over. Cover tightly with foil.
Roast bratwurst 45 minutes. Uncover; brush with melted butter. Roast uncovered until edges of apples and sausages begin to brown, about 25 minutes longer. Serve with bread.
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The rand advanced against the dollar for a second day after South Africa's economy grew more than forecast and commodity prices rose, boosting demand for shares in mining companies. Bonds fell.
South Africa's currency appreciated 0.4 percent to 8.3143 per dollar as of 3:25 p.m. in Johannesburg. Yields on the nation's 6.75 percent bonds due 2021 climbed one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 7.70 percent.
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