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The following document is the Founder Agreement. The Founder Agreement provides various protections and benefits, including participation in shared equity upside from their peers, called a "Bonus Pool." Founders must sign Page 9 to enroll in the program. If a Founder has an existing company when entering the program, the Founder must also sign on Page 10 when enrolling, or, when a Founder creates a company in the program, the Founder must sign and upload Page 10.
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Teachers College's Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs (ODCA) implements an ongoing academic and cultural approach to community building by supporting programs, initiatives and events with involvement from faculty, students and staff to address diverse institutional climate concerns. The Office promotes workplace contentment and respect through annual recurring initiatives, as well as through those that address current or immediate concerns for the various constituencies within TC's diverse community.
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So I've been hearing a lot about IIFYM from a log of other bloggers and I am really interesting in checking it out. I've been watching my calorie intake for a while now and tried going high carb, low fat vegan but to tell you the truth, I did n... Read more
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I know I just mentioned I was testing out how my body reacted to the 80/10/10 lifestyle (otherwise known as high carb, low fat) but I have been testing it out here and there for about 2 weeks now. Years ago I went vegan overnight and couldn't h... Read more
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Hi everyone! It's been so long that I have almost forgotten how to blog here. :) Almost... I have been working so hard at getting our house into order and getting everything setup for my personal blog that I have regretfully not made the time... Read more
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
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It's been a crazy year already and it's only February 2015! Thankfully mostly everything has been positive and we can finally say that our condo has been completed and we were able to move in at the beginning of the year. So we are getting our... Read more
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In many Asian dramas, especially Japanese, the characters go at something hard head on by stating "fighting". Sometimes all we have to do is get our adult panties on and say "fighting" to continue on when things get tough. Read more
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Happy November! The year may feel like it's closing for the year but let's all continue to fight for our causes!!! Read more
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Oh it's a whirlwind right now in our life, you have probably noticed I have not been online lately. We were supposed to move to Lancaster, California as mentioned in Febru... Read more
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Dr. Ron Paul Liberty Defined: The Future of Freedom
Recorded: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ron Paul, the former 12-term Congressman and Presidential candidate,
takes a candid look at Americas increasingly dysfunctional political
system. Drawing on his 24 years in Congress, he highlights the need
to rein in unchecked government power. The author of numerous
#1 New York Times bestselling books, Dr. Paul is a leading advocate for individual liberty, privacy, limited constitutional government, low taxes
and spending, free markets, restrained foreign policy, and sound money.
Experts: Ron PaulType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation
Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Recorded: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Was George W. Bush the worst president ever? Ivan Eland examines Bushs presidency and those of his predecessors to determine if their policies promoted peace, prosperity, and liberty while upholding the Constitution they swore to protect.
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The New International Arms Race in SpaceAnd How to Avoid It
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2008
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Did the United States test an anti-satellite weapon when it shot down an out-of-control spy satellite earlier this month? Or was it a precautionary measure to protect people on the ground who might have been hit with a fuel tank filled with a poisonous gas?
Experts: Peter L. Hays, Theresa Hitchens, Jeff Kueter, Mike MooreType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Secrecy, History (International), History (U.S), Science, Technology
Is the U.S. Now Provoking an Arms Race in Space?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty designated space for peaceful purposes as the province of all mankind. Virtually all spacefaring nations now favor a new treaty to accommodate major changes in geopolitics and military technology. The United States, however, has blocked negotiations, citing potential threats to U.S. rights, capabilities, and freedom of action.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Robert Nelson on BookTalks debates Christian Felber on Economics as Religion
Recorded: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Economist Tomás Sedláček hosts a BookTalks debate with Institute Senior Fellow and economist Robert Nelson and guests from fields of theology, philosophy and economics.
Nelson is author of The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America.
Experts: Robert H. NelsonType: TelevisionIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Religion
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
Recorded: Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Experts: Steven F. Hayward, Robert H. Nelson, Max L. Stackhouse, Alexander T. TabarrokType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Environment, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion
Understanding Today's Economy: A Summer-Seminar Preview for Teens and Their Parents
Recorded: Thursday, May 20, 2010
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Part 1: Introductory Remarks by David Theroux
Part 2: Why Economics Matters more than Ever with Gregory Rehmke
Part 3: Healthcare Reform: a Principled Critique by Michael Winther
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Home List of Titles Femtosecond laser interference technique with diffractive beam splitter for fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals
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- Title
- Femtosecond laser interference technique with diffractive beam splitter for fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals
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- Kondo, Toshiaki; Matsuo, Shigeki; Juodkazis, Saulius; Misawa, Hiroaki
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- A simple optical interference method to fabricate microperiodic structures was demonstrated. Femtosecond laser pulse was split by a diffractive beam splitter and overlapped with two lenses. Temporal overlap of the split femtosecond pulses, which requires 10 mum order accuracy in optical path lengths, was automatically achieved by this optical setup. One-, two-, and three-dimensional periodic microstructures with micrometer-order periods were fabricated using this method.
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- 2001
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- Diffractive beam splitter; Femtosecond laser pulses; Laser interference technique; Photonic crystals
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To mark the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, National School Boards Association Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel reflected on the impact of the decision and the challenges that public schools still face. The following commentary was published by the Huffington Post:
In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a timeless and transformative message: All students deserve a great public education; separate systems are not equal.
In marking the 60th anniversary of this landmark Supreme Court ruling, it is important to reflect upon the ongoing effect of Brown v. Board of Education on the work of America's school boards and our nation's public schools. Enshrining this decision as a historic relic does not serve the nine out of 10 school-age children who attend our nation's public schools. To protect students' rights, freedoms and ready access to a high-quality education, we must actively heed the central tenets of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is particularly concerned about the unintended consequences of privatization through vouchers, charter schools not governed by local school boards, and other means that research indicates are leading to the re-segregation of public schools, mainly in high-poverty urban areas.
In its most recent issue, NSBA's flagship magazine, American School Board Journal, reports that the number of schools with a minority enrollment above 90 percent has climbed precipitously. Similarly, the Civil Rights Project at the University of California-Los Angeles also has reported that African-American and Hispanic students are increasingly segregated at the schools they attend.
Ironically, this comes at a time when America's public schools are becoming much more diverse. The percentage of students who are white dropped from 61 percent in 2000 to 52 percent in 2010, and today stands at about 50 percent. Schools in the south and west now have a majority of minority students, according to the National Center on Education Statistics. And with more than half of babies born today falling into a minority classification, demographics will continue to diversify. At the same time, poverty and other risk factors also have increased.
Our lawmakers must continue to look at the entire public education system to ensure that we invest in our public schools and give them the support that is needed, rather than diverting scarce taxpayer dollars to voucher schemes and charter schools that lack local school district oversight. Today more than ever, it is essential that we continue to focus on ensuring that every child has access to an excellent and equitable education.
Data show public schools are educating today's diverse student population to higher levels than ever before. We should be proud that our high school graduation rate is at an all-time high — about 80 percent of students graduate on time, and when late graduates are included, the graduation rate rises to more than 85 percent. The graduation rate of Hispanics, the fastest growing group of students in our nation's schools, jumped from 61 percent to 76 percent between 2006 and 2012. And African-American students made significant gains during this period, improving their graduation rate from 59 percent to 68 percent.
Brown v. Board of Education honors a truth core to our nation's democracy: to provide a strong education to each and every child who enters our nation's public school system. We must stay focused on investing equitably in our public schools and students, ensuring that they have the resources and support they need, and we must not be diverted by programs that have the effect of re-segregating America's public education system. We must honor Brown v. Board of Education's intention for every child to achieve, and we must insist that every child in America has access to a great public school where they live. No exceptions; no excuses.


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Source(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1,Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(h),Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 334.)
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Converting from other Databases to PostgreSQL
From PostgreSQL wiki
- Converting data between PostgreSQL and others database formats ESF Database Migration Toolkit enables you to transfer data across various databases, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2, Informix, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, dBase, Foxpro, Firbird, SQLite etc. - by Martin Williams
- Comparison of different SQL implementations by Troels Arvin
- Transactional DDL in PostgreSQL: A Competitive Analysis by Greg Smith
- Migrating from one database to another with Pentaho ETL by Nicola Benaglia
- PostgreSQL database conversion software Bi-directional database migration and synchronization between PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, MS Access, MS FoxPro and MS Excel. - by Nataly Peterson
- dataPro Conversion tool for PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server and Microsoft Access. Transfer database objects between different databases and servers, convert tables schema and migrate data from one database type to another.
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DBF Format
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- DBF to PostgreSQL tool by Stephan Richter
- Porting data from dBASE IV to PostgreSQL by Vijay Deval (2002-09-07)
- Pg2xbase (DBF format) Conversion Utility by Piotr Klaban
- PgDBF : Simplified and optimized replacement for XBaseToPg by Kirk Strauser
- XBaseToPg : Current, maintained branch of the Xbase project by Kirk Strauser
FileMaker Pro
- Porting from FileMaker Pro to PostgreSQL by Michelle Murrain (24th August 2001)
- DBReplicate - Simplify Interbase->PostgreSQL conversions by Kirk Strauser
Microsoft Access
- exportSQL - a Microsoft Access module which exports Access Database into MySQL, mSQL and PostgreSQL by Dobrica Pavlinusic. Based on the work of Pedro Freire
- MDB Tools by Brian Bruns
- A quick way to dump all tables as tsv or csv files
for TT in $(mdb-tables file.mdb); do mdb-export -Q -d $'\t' -D '%%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S' file.mdb "$TT" > "${TT}.tsv" done
for TT in $(mdb-tables file.mdb); do mdb-export -D '%%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S' file.mdb "$TT" > "${TT}.csv" done
- Importing Microsoft Access MDB into PostgreSQL on Linux by Michael Olschimke
- Microsoft Access to PostgreSQL Conversion by Jon Hutchings (2001-07-20)
- Porting Access97 data to PostgreSQL at SEVA Software Solutions
- Porting ColdFusion from MS Access to PostgreSQL by Frank Hilliard
- Porting Horror Story by Frank Hilliard
- access2pgsql tool by Mariano Reingart
- Using MS Access as front end and PostgreSQL as back-end database by PostgresOnLine Journal - 2008-01-31
Microsoft SQL Server
- Converting SQL Server Table Structure to PostgreSQL Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (2011-09-03)
- Conversion of Microsoft SQL/ASP applications to PostgreSQL by Ethan Townsend (2005-06-23)
- Converting your data from MS SQL Server 7 to PostgreSQL 7.1.x by Ryan C. Bonham (2002-01-05)
- Microsoft SQL Server to PostgreSQL Migration by Ian Harding (2001-09-17)
- Compare SQL Server 2008 R2, Oracle 11G R2, PostgreSQL/PostGIS 1.5 Spatial Features BostonGIS (2010-06-01)
- Cross Compare of SQL Server 2005, MySQL 5, and PostgreSQL 8.3 by Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (2008-05-13)
- Cross Compare of SQL Server 2008, MySQL 5.1, and PostgreSQL 8.4 by Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (2009-08-15)
- Universal Unique Identifiers PostgreSQL SQL Server Compare Demonstrates how to implement SQL Server NEWID() GUID uniqueidentifier type in PostgreSQL by Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (2010-10-07)
- Backend Database Switcheroo Howto Part I by Nathan Matias
- Backend Database Switcheroo Howto Part II by Nathan Matias
- How-To: Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL by Zach Beane
- Things to find out about when moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL by Joel Burton (8th April 2001)
- Why PostgreSQL Instead of MySQL: Comparing Reliability and Speed in 2007 by Greg Smith
- Cross Compare of SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL by Leo Hsu and Regina Obe (2008-05-13)
- How to make a proper migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL
- Migrating a community platform from Mysql to PostgreSQL by Andreas Scherbaum (Prato, 2007)
- MySQL functions for PostgreSQL by Pavel Stěhule
Scripts, programs
- Free MySQL to Postgres Migration Wizard by EnterpriseDB v1.1 by EnterpriseDB Corporation. Available without registration via PostgreSQL installer wizard.
- Conversion tool for migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Inc.
- my2pg.py Simple python script designed to load wikipedia MySQL dumps to PostgreSQL -- site currently (2011-09-23) returns error 503
- Converting MySQL to PostgreSQL - from en.wikibooks.org
- my2pg.pl - A Perl script used to convert a MySQL database dump to PostgreSQL-compatible format, by Maxim Rudensky and Valentine Danilchuk
- mysql2pgsql - A Perl script used to convert MySQL databases dump to a PostgreSQL-compatible format
- MySQL PHP to PostgreSQL by Michael Kohn
- Migrates MySQL to PostgreSQL Ruby script by Max Lapshin
# To install mysql2psql (under ubuntu 11.10): No need to get from github, just: sudo apt-get install ruby gems libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev gem install mysql pg mysql2psql # To get info about the mysql socket: netstat -l | grep mysql mysql2psql # creates a .yml templae vi mysql2psql.yml # edit the template mysql2psql # connects to mysql database and write into postgres database
- py-mysql2pgsql Python script to convert MySQL database to PostgreSQL compatible file or export directly to a PostgreSQL server
- my2pg.py MySQL to PostgreSQL database conversion (not the same as above)
- PostgreSQL for Oracle DBAs by Richard Stephan (2007-06-01)
- Porting JDBC applications from Oracle to PostgreSQL by Chris Drawater (2006-03-24)
- Related documents for J2EE, Tomcat, and Oracle migrations by Chris Drawater (2007-01-15)
- Interview with Mark Stosberg (From Oracle/tcl to PostgreSQL/Perl) by Robert Treat (2004-10-24)
- Porting from Oracle PL/SQL
- Ora2Pg - Oracle to PostgreSQL database schema converter by Gilles Darold
- Oracle to Postgres Conversion by James Shannon, Ben Adida, and Don Baccus
- Compare SQL Server 2008 R2, Oracle 11G R2, PostgreSQL/PostGIS 1.5 Spatial Features BostonGIS (2010-06-01)
- Porting Oracle Applications to PostgreSQL by Peter Eisentraut (PGCon 2008)
- Migrating Oracle Databases to PostgreSQL using Xen on Debian GNU/Linux by Raj Mathur (Kandalaya)
Progress RDBMS
- Convert Progress RDBMS to PostgreSQL by Tomasz Judycki
Converting PostgreSQL Databases to other Databases
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Growing up in the state of Alabama kids are taught you have to pick a side-either Auburn or Alabama, especially if that kid turns out to be a standout on the football field.
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher and recruiting coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dameyune Craig are trying to show the top-ranked kids in the state of Alabama that they do in fact have choices outside of the Crimson Tide and the Tigers.
Since Fisher has taken over as head coach and brought Craig on board, FSU has signed five players from the state of Alabama, including three of it's top six rated players in its 2012 class.
"Just because no one has ever went to Alabama, don't mean you can't go to Alabama," Fisher said on signing day. "Is there a wall there that says you ain't allowed in?"
Fisher spent 11 years as a coach in the state of Alabama coaching quarterbacks at Samford (Birmingham, Ala.) from 1988-92 before following head coach Terry Bowden to Auburn to coach QBs from 1993-98.
He recruited Craig to play for him at Auburn, and turned the Prichard, Ala. native into the first 3,000-yard passer in Auburn history. Craig began his coaching career as an assistant at his high school Alma-matter Blount High school near Mobile, Ala in 2003.
After spending the next two seasons working on Nick Saban's staff, first at LSU then with the Miami Dolphins, Craig returned home to Alabama for the next four years as an assistant at Tuskegee University (QBs 2006-07) and South Alabama (WRs 2008-09) before joining Fisher's staff in Tallahassee.
Fisher and Craig's Alabama connections paid off in a big way for FSU this year as they were able to sign the state's top-rated prospect (as well as the nation's top-ranked QB) in Jameis Winsont, four-star defensive end Chris Casher (the top-ranked defensive player in the state of Alabama) and defensive tackle Justin Shanks (ranked the sixth-best player in the state).
"It's huge," Fisher said of their Alabama connections. "I lived in that state for 13 years and know all the coaches and him going in there, he was the lead recruiter on Casher, he was the lead recruiter on Shanks, he was the lead recruiter on (Winston, who he couldn't mention by name at the time because he hadn't officially signed yet)
it was huge having Dameyune in Alabama."
It marked the second year in a row that Fisher and Craig had been able to poach Alabama's top-ranked QB after signing Jacob Coker in 2011.
Winston said his relationship with Craig was one of the main reasons he chose to sign with FSU over in-state finalist Alabama. He said he sees Craig as a mentor.
"I just listened to the way he carried himself and I respect him so much for who he is," Winston told Warchant.com. "Dameyune he didn't have to make an impression on me, because I already looked up to him for who he was, being a black quarterback from the state of Alabama and being just a great guy."
Growing up just outside of Mobile, Craig has been able to relate to players in the state of Alabama in way that many coaches have been unable to in the past.
"It's more than just football with Coach Craig," Casher, a Mobile native as well, said. "He's a guy that you can certainly tell cares about you from a personal standpoint so that part stood out to me a lot. He was one of the few coaches that from the very beginning didn't hesitate about wanting me badly both as a student and a player at FSU. What you see is what you get with Coach Craig."
Being able to relate to the kids in his home state helped Craig sign Winston, Casher, and Shanks who were all being pursued by in-state powerhouses Alabama and Auburn. He is hoping it will pay off again in 2013 as FSU has already secured a verbal commitment from Shank's high school teammate Austin Golson from Prattville High.
FSU is also pursuing 2013 Mobile St. Paul's running back Jordan Huff among others in the state.
"The kids love Dameyune," " Prattville assistant coach Lanier Stewart told Warchant.com. "He's just so active with the state of Alabama, but at the same time these kids know that he knows what they are going through with him being from this state as well."
Fisher and Craig know that having ties to the state and being able to relate to the kids in Alabama is not all it takes to pull them away from the in-state schools.
Fisher said what makes Craig so good at recruiting his home state is ability to not allow the constant pressure put on him by the other schools to affect how he's going about his business.
"Over there, you better be able to dig feet in the ground and say 'Come on.' You've got to be able to go blow for blow," Fisher said. "You've got to be able to recruit over there and how the mentality of that state is, because of people leaving and they don't want (them to leave). You can't take no for an answer. You aren't going to get a lot of help inside. There aren't going to be a lot of coaches, and other people helping you do it. You've got to be able to grind. (Craig) does that tremendously. He's a fighter now."
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- "I want to be a good dad, love my family and live the dream. But at the same time, I really want the other stuff too."
- ―Michael talking to his therapist
Michael is one of the three main protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V.
- "You see it in the movies. I wanted to retire. From what I was doing, you know? From that, that... line of work. Be a good guy for once, a family man. So, I bought a big house. Came here, put my feet up, and thought I be a dad like all the other dads. My kids, would be like the kids on TV. We could play ball and sit in the sun. But well, you know how it is."
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Michael's background is unknown at the moment, but it has been said that he is from somewhere in the East Coast and at some point in his young life he became a bank robber, and through the years he became highly successful at his job. Whilst young Michael somehow ran into an ex-military pilot named Trevor Phillips, who also had a flare for criminal acts and the two became close friends, performing several major heists in the past. Michael then met his future wife Amanda and had two children, Jimmy and Tracy.
Events of GTA V
During the events of Grand Theft Auto V, Michael retired from his life of crime after making a "sweetheart" deal with the FIB. In the process of that deal, he and his family got rich off of it, now living in a large mansion with several sports cars and a private tennis court and golf course.
But Michael's domestic life is sadly coming to an end. In fact, his wife who now barely tolerates him anymore, spent almost all of his money in the city's finest boutiques. Both his son and daughter have little -if any- time left for him. Even Trevor had a severe falling out with Michael. This caused a severe rift between the two. Running out of money quickly and tired of being bored and miserable, Michael gets back to the criminal life.
His personal story is how the breakdown of his bought idyllic life pushes a man to breaking point. He is described as a man with everything and nothing to lose both at the same time, and his seemingly blissful existence in San Andreas will be changed forever by the events of GTA V.
Michael is known to have a good and bad side. His good side is that he is thoughtful and calculated and likely to keep his motives hidden. But, his bad side are his flaws, and his flaws are certainly his large ego, an inability to control his temper, and his willingness to make large moral compromises. He wants to compartmentalize and be a good guy some of the time. As stated above he has a horrible family that he wants to leave but can't for specific reasons and has access to all the pleasures in the world but is bored. Dan Houser has also stated that despite seeming to be the good guy (at least compared to Trevor), he might end up being worse than Trevor in the end.
Relationships With Other Characters
- Trevor - Trevor's relationship with Michael started at an unknown time period, but the two had a hard friendship with one another. Their relationship was great until both men had a falling out which caused a rift in between their friendship (some believe that it was Michael's deal with the FIB that caused that rift). Since that brief rift, it caused both men to stay friends but with a troubled relationship with one another. When the two old buddies see each other, they often bicker a lot.
- Franklin - After meeting one another, Franklin and Michael began this father-son relationship with Michael holding some affection for Franklin, and saw potential and a younger Michael in Franklin, and Franklin doesn't really have a family but wants to move up in the criminal underworld but at the same time, doesn't know how to do so. So, he saw his way in after meeting Michael. Dan Houser has also stated that the father-son relationship between the two could lead to some "interesting situations."
- Amanda - Amanda's relationship with Michael also started in an unknown time. The two fell in love with one another, got married and had two children. During the events of the game, she can barely tolerate him anymore, (mainly because Dan Houser also confirmed that Michael has been awful to her in the past few years). One of the reasons she fell in love with Michael is because she is bound to him by their past lives, but now both of them can't stand each other anymore (Another statement by Dan Houser).
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- Tracy - Michael's relationship with his daughter was also said to be weak, by Rockstar, though the second trailer, her first appearance, didn't show any dialogue with Michael. According to Rockstar, they barely talk anymore. If they do talk it is either them bickering, or arguing with each other.
Michael has a nice clean-cut appearance, along with nice clothes, usually seen in screenshots and artworks with a gray, black or dark blue dress suit with a light green or white dress shirt underneath. In the "Michael, Franklin and Trevor" artwork he is seen dressed with a creamy-yellow collared shirt with blue dress pants. During the opening scene in the second trailer, Michael walks outside to his pool with nothing on but sandals, swimming trunks and a pair of glasses, showing us that he is a small portion over weight but still in good shape.
Skills and Attributes
As an experienced bank robber, he's skilled in planning the complex heists that make up the structure for the single-player story and is a smooth operator as well as the brains of the team. In the cutscenes that Game Informer saw, Michael appears to be the team's leader – although neither of his partners were easily led. He's good with a gun, and though older now, still capable of tackling challenging tasks like rappelling out of a helicopter onto a skyscraper. During the second trailer, Michael demonstrated great driving skills, managing to save his son, who was hanging onto a large boat on the top of a tow truck while losing his grip. Just like Trevor and Franklin he is also the master of greed, ambition and insanity. Dan Houser has stated that, "He is always good at what he does, steal, kill, but he does not want to fall back into its failings."
Like Franklin and Trevor,Michael has a special ability to slow down time while shooting(Bullet Time).
As Rockstar Games made there way into the character development stages of Grand Theft Auto V, Michael was the first protagonist that Rockstar came up with, being a tough guy, as in the past episodes of the GTA series, but also different. So, Rockstar wanted him to be a "little bit older", according to Dan Houser. Part of what Rockstar thought of when making Michael is the hero of Grand Theft Auto III grown older while the other part is "what happens when a GTA protagoninst retires?". Rockstar decided to make him a rich man with a mansion in the most exclusive neighborhood in Los Santos while he spends his time in a chair smoking a cigar near his pool. Rockstar then thought it would be funny if they added him a horrible family as a little push to remain active in his professional criminal life.[citation needed]
Michael has had a very positive responses from critics and fans, one of the reason is because of him being the first playable character in the entire GTA Series that has a family. Another reason is that he is much like Tommy Vercetti, or Carl Johnson who have already lived there lives out as an highly professional criminal and gotten rich off of it.
Dan Houser's Way of Describing Michael
"Michael, to me, is... Who is he? I know who he is, I'm just trying to... He's the person who is trying to ignore some rather large mistakes that they have made. The person who's trying to forget about certain practical but still selfish decisions that they took. He's a man, also, obsessed by images and by appearances and who, when the world doesn't live up to those images and appearances, doesn't know what to do. He just retreats into his head. What he also is, when we started out... What he kind of evolved into as we began thinking about him and developing him... He was the first character we came up with. He began as the idea of, what happens to a regular GTA protagonist after they retire? Then you think, what would make him retire? He's a man with a big ego and plenty of good values and plenty of bad values."
"A guy who's in his mid-40s and on the cusp of middle age who doesn't know what to do, but made a bunch of money and does not know what to do with it. He's theoretically won, but the spoils of victory aren't necessarily what he imagined. For us that's a very interesting character, unlike what we've done in the past or what we've seen in much entertainment in general, let alone any video games. That was interesting."
"He's the person who is trying to ignore some rather large mistakes that they have made. The person who's trying to forget about certain practical but still selfish decisions that they took. He's a man, also, obsessed by images and by appearances and who, when the world doesn't live up to those images and appearances, doesn't know what to do. He just retreats into his head."
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- Michael was the first protagonist that came to Rockstar's mind when they began the development of Grand Theft Auto V.
- Michael is the only protagonist in the entire series to be a family man.
- GameInformer December issue.
- [1] - IGN info about Michael.
- [2] - Info from Meristation.
- [3] - Info from Polygon.
- [4] - Info from a translated interview with Dan Houser about GTA V.
- [5] - Info from another translated interview with with Dan Houser.


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A local mother tells 11 News she's afraid to stay in her own home tonight.
Don't look for presents under Heather Dahlberg's tree. They're not there.
Burglars have broken in twice, most recently a week before Christmas, taking gifts she had under the Christmas tree.
"You want to scream, and cry and yell," Heather said. "But it doesn't get you anywhere."
Someone helped themselves twice, the second time breaking in while Heather's daughter Bree was sleeping in her room.
"I don't feel safe anymore," Bree said.
They didn't stop with the wrapped presents. They also took the family laptop and a printer that was still in the box.
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They don't have the time or budget to replace the missing gifts.
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If it creeps you out, turn it off.
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While Hurricane Sandy's come and gone (for the most part, at least), the storm's impact was – and continues to be – felt by millions. We've all see the flood footage in New York, New Jersey, and beyond – clearly, there's a huge need for help.
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Communication, Science and Technology deputy minister January Makamba has given two weeks to Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority to talk to mobile phone companies on ways to increase tax contributions and improve services.
Makamba stressed the need for the companies to increase their contributions to the government revenue kit, noting that payments were low compared to other East African countries.
According to him, the communication sector in Tanzania contributes only 2.5 percent of the GDP while in Kenya it is 9 percent and Uganda 5.2 percent.
"We are not getting enough money from mobile phone companies…there should be a way to increase its contribution to the national income," Makamba said when addressing TCRA staff during his tour of the authority headquarters in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
Elaborating, he said what the companies pay to the government is too little compared to the revenues they collect and taking into account that the number of mobile phone users has increased tremendously.
He directed TCRA to appoint, through tender, a private company to monitor the mobile phone companies operations in the country, instead of relying on information's provided by the company themselves.
He said information from mobile phone companies shows that a total of 20 billion minutes were dialed last year, adding: "We cannot rely on data and information from these companies because we are likely to be cheated. We need to track everything by ourselves."
Makamba said through monitoring it will be easy to know the exact number of dialed minutes and revenues collected so as to increase the government income.
On the quality of service, the deputy minister said mobile phone companies should state clearly to TCRA the steps they are taking to improve services.
He said mobile phone users face a lot of problems including poor network coverage, extra deduction of credit and frequent advertisement messages from the companies.
He said Tanzanians buy mobile phones to enjoy services and not otherwise. He said it is very unfair for the companies to spend a lot of money on promotions and fail to invest in infrastructures.
"They do promotions and win more customers. Why are they not investing to improve services?" he wondered.
He warned that there will come a time when companies will penalised for provision of poor services like in other African countries.
He however insisted on the importance of coming up with policies and laws that protect mobile phone users who make money transactions through cellular networks.
He said TCRA and the Bank of Tanzania should discuss how to protect such people because there are some who deposit millions of shillings in their SIM cards.
For his part, TCRA Director General, Prof John Nkoma said most of the existing policies are outdated, calling for revision in order to have uniform policy that covers all requirements.
Prof Nkoma said TCRA has registered a lot of successes including the increased number of mobile phone subscribers from less than 300,000 in 2003 to 26 million, while SIM card registration was almost 90 percent. "We are making progress because 59 percent of Tanzanians have mobile phones and use internet services. We hope to have over 70 percent people using the services in next three years", said Prof Nkoma.


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Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Columbia police say a search for possible marijuana led them to discover nine gambling machines inside a home.
Officers say on Thursday, they got a drug complaint from the community, which led them to a home on Mount Vernon Street. The incident report states the officer smelled what he thought was marijuana in the home, and asked the homeowner 51-year-old Lillian Johnson, if he could search the place.
Inside a closet, the report states the officer found a green leafy substance which field tested for marijuana. However, as he kept looking, he reported that he found six gambling machines in a bedroom and three in a dining room.
The report goes on to state that Johnson admitted operating the machines but said she did not own them.
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Template:Creature Table These creatures range widely in size. They are not particularly aggressive, but will often lash out with a bite attack before attempting to retreat.
Skills: Snakes have a +4 racial bonus on Hide, Listen, and Spot checks and a +8 racial bonus on Balance and Climb checks. A snake can always choose to take 10 on a Climb check, even if rushed or threatened. Snakes use either their Strength modifier or Dexterity modifier for Climb checks, whichever is higher. A snake has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
Viper snakes rely on their venomous bite to kill prey and defend themselves.
Poison (Ex): A viper snake has a poisonous bite that deals initial and secondary damage of 1d6 Con. The save DC varies by the snake's size, as shown on the table below. The save DCs are Constitution-based.
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