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22 U.S. Code § 2151p - Environmental and natural resources
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(a) Congressional statement of findings
The Congress finds that if current trends in the degradation of natural resources in developing countries continue, they will severely undermine the best efforts to meet basic human needs, to achieve sustained economic growth, and to prevent international tension and conflict. The Congress also finds that the world faces enormous, urgent, and complex problems, with respect to natural resources, which require new forms of cooperation between the United States and developing countries to prevent such problems from becoming unmanageable. It is, therefore, in the economic and security interest of the United States to provide leadership both in thoroughly reassessing policies relating to natural resources and the environment, and in cooperating extensively with developing countries in order to achieve environmentally sound development.
(b) Assistance authority and emphasis
In order to address the serious problems described in subsection (a) of this section, the President is authorized to furnish assistance under subchapter I of this chapter for developing and strengthening the capacity of developing countries to protect and manage their environment and natural resources. Special efforts shall be made to maintain and where possible to restore the land, vegetation, water, wildlife, and other resources upon which depend economic growth and human well-being, especially of the poor.
(c) Implementation considerations applicable to programs and projects
(1) The President, in implementing programs and projects under this part and part X of this subchapter, shall take fully into account the impact of such programs and projects upon the environment and natural resources of developing countries. Subject to such procedures as the President considers appropriate, the President shall require all agencies and officials responsible for programs or projects under this part and part X of this subchapter—
(A) to prepare and take fully into account an environmental impact statement for any program or project under this part and part X of this subchapter significantly affecting the environment of the global commons outside the jurisdiction of any country, the environment of the United States, or other aspects of the environment which the President may specify; and
(B) to prepare and take fully into account an environmental assessment of any proposed program or project under this part and part X of this subchapter significantly affecting the environment of any foreign country.
Such agencies and officials should, where appropriate, use local technical resources in preparing environmental impact statements and environmental assessments pursuant to this subsection.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 117, formerly § 118, as added Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 113(a),Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 537; amended Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 110,Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 122,Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 97–113, title III, § 307,Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1533; renumbered § 117 and amended Pub. L. 99–529, title III, § 301(1), (2),Oct. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 3014; Pub. L. 101–513, title V, § 562(d)(4),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2031.)
References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter II
References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) ofPub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.
Other sections 117 ofPub. L. 87–195, pt. I, were classified to section 2151o of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–424and Pub. L. 103–149.
1990—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 101–513inserted "and part X of this subchapter" after "this part" wherever appearing.
1986—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–529, § 301(2), struck out subsec. (d) relating to loss of tropical forests in developing countries. See section 2151p–1 of this title.
1981—Pub. L. 97–113amended section generally, substituting subsecs. (a) to (d) for former subsecs. (a) and (b) which authorized President to furnish assistance under this subchapter for developing and strengthening capacity of less developed countries to protect and manage their environment and natural resources and directed President to take into consideration environmental consequences of development actions in carrying out this part.
1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–53repealed subsec. (c) which related to studies and report to Congress by the President on the identification of major environmental and natural resource problems.
1978—Pub. L. 95–424designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–53effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) ofPub. L. 96–53, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–424effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 ofPub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Delegation of Functions
For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.
Clean Water for the Americas Partnership
Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, subtitle D, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1402, provided that:"SEC. 641. SHORT TITLE.
"This subtitle may be cited as the 'Clean Water for the Americas Partnership Act of 2002'."SEC. 642. DEFINITIONS.
"In this subtitle:
"(1) Joint project.—The term 'joint project' means a project between a United States association or nonprofit entity and a Latin American or Caribbean association or nongovernmental organization.
"(2) Latin american or caribbean nongovernmental organization.—The term 'Latin American or Caribbean nongovernmental organization' includes any institution of higher education, any private nonprofit entity involved in international education activities, or any research institute or other research organization, based in the region.
"(3) Region.—The term 'region' refers to the region comprised of the member countries of the Organization of American States (other than the United States and Canada).
"(4) United states association.—The term 'United States association' means a business league described in section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501 (c)(6)), and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code (26 U.S.C. 501 (a)).
"(5) United states nonprofit entity.—The term 'United States nonprofit entity' includes any institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 (a)), any private nonprofit entity involved in international education activities, or any research institute or other research organization, based in the United States."SEC. 643. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
"The President is authorized to establish a program which shall be known as the 'Clean Water for the Americas Partnership'."SEC. 644. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
"The President is authorized to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the environmental problems in the region to determine—
"(1) which environmental problems threaten human health the most, particularly the health of the urban poor;
"(2) which environmental problems are most threatening, in the long-term, to the region's natural resources;
"(3) which countries have the most pressing environmental problems; and
"(4) whether and to what extent there is a market for United States environmental technology, practices, knowledge, and innovations in the region."SEC. 645. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AMERICA CENTERS.
"(a) Authority To Establish.—The President, acting through the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce, is authorized to establish Technology America Centers (TEAMs) in the region to serve the entire region and, where appropriate, to establish TEAMs in urban areas of the region to focus on urban environmental problems.
"(b) Functions.—The TEAMs would link United States private sector environmental technology firms with local partners, both public and private, by providing logistic and information support to United States firms seeking to find local partners and opportunities for environmental projects. TEAMs should emphasize assisting United States small businesses.
"(c) Location.—In determining whether to locate a TEAM in a country, the President, acting through the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce, shall take into account the country's need for logistic and informational support and the opportunities presented for United States firms in the country. A TEAM may be located in a country without regard to whether a mission of the United States Agency for International Development is established in that country."SEC. 646. PROMOTION OF WATER QUALITY, WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
"Subject to the availability of appropriations, the President is authorized to provide matching grants to United States associations and United States nonprofit entities for the purpose of promoting water quality, water treatment systems, and energy efficiency in the region. The grants shall be used to support joint projects, including professional exchanges, academic fellowships, training programs in the United States or in the region, cooperation in regulatory review, development of training materials, the establishment and development in the region of local chapters of the associations or nonprofit entities, and the development of online exchanges."SEC. 647. GRANTS FOR PREFEASIBILITY STUDIES WITHIN A DESIGNATED SUBREGION.
"(a) Grant Authority.—
"(1) In general.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the Trade and Development Agency is authorized to make grants for prefeasibility studies for water projects in any country within a single subregion or in a single country designated under paragraph (2).
"(2) Designation of subregion.—The Director of the Trade and Development Agency shall designate in advance a single subregion or a single country for purposes of paragraph (1).
"(b) Matching Requirement.—The Director of the Trade and Development Agency may not make any grant under this section unless there are made available non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount of Federal funds provided under the grant.
"(c) Limitation Per Single Project.—With respect to any single project, grant funds under this section shall be available only for the prefeasibility portion of that project.
"(d) Definitions.—In this section:
"(1) Prefeasibility.—The term 'prefeasibility' means, with respect to a project, not more than 25 percent of the design phase of the project.
"(2) Subregion.—The term 'subregion' means an area within the region and includes areas such as Central America, the Andean region, and the Southern cone."SEC. 648. CLEAN WATER TECHNICAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE.
"(a) In General.—The President is authorized to establish a Clean Water Technical Support Committee (in this section referred to as the 'Committee') to provide technical support and training services for individual water projects.
"(b) Composition.—The Committee shall consist of international investors, lenders, water service providers, suppliers, advisers, and others with a direct interest in accelerating development of water projects in the region.
"(c) Functions.—Members of the Committee shall act as field advisers and may form specialized working groups to provide in-country training and technical assistance, and shall serve as a source of technical support to resolve barriers to project development."SEC. 649. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
"(a) In General.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005 to carry out this subtitle.
"(b) Availability of Funds.—Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended."SEC. 650. REPORT.
"Eighteen months after the establishment of the program pursuant to section 643, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees containing—
"(1) an assessment of the progress made in carrying out the program established under this subtitle; and
"(2) any recommendations for the enactment of legislation to make changes in the program established under this subtitle."SEC. 651. TERMINATION DATE.
"(a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the authorities of this subtitle shall terminate 3 years after the date of establishment of the program described in section 643.
"(b) Exception.—In lieu of the termination date specified in subsection (a), the termination required by that subsection shall take effect five years after the date of establishment of the program described in section 643 if, prior to the termination date specified in subsection (a), the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that it would be in the national interest of the United States to continue the program described in such section 643 for an additional 2-year period."SEC. 652. EFFECTIVE DATE.
"This subtitle shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 2002]."
[For definition of "appropriate congressional committees" as used in subtitle D of title VI of div. A of Pub. L. 107–228, set out above, see section 3 ofPub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.]
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- "None of you fucking fucks move! Get on the floor!"
- ― Packie McReary
Three Leaf Clover is the final mission given to Niko by Patrick McReary, involving robbing the Bank of Liberty in The Exchange, Algonquin. Packie and Niko take along their friend Michael and Packie's brother Derrick.
Note: This mission can only be started from between 6:00am and 7:00pm
Niko drives the group to the Bank of Liberty on Columbus Ave which is located in The Exchange, Algonquin. They rob the bank of $1 million and make their escape through the streets and subways of Chinatown, Algonquin. Packie is proud that he and his gang, including Niko, kept their heads and managed to get the money to split between themselves. Niko is awarded $250,000 at the end of the mission.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go to the bank
- Go down to the vault and get the money
- Cover Packie and Derrick
- Follow Packie and Derrick
- Get to street level
- Find a four door car and go to Packie's Ma's house
Before the mission (as you're driving around), Packie will SMS you about wearing a smart suit and shoes from Perseus. Listen to him or the mission will not start. There's a bug - when already wearing suit and/or shoes when mission appears, it is needed to go to your safehouse, change clothes to "no suit & shoes" and change it back to suit & shoes. It is also recommended before this mission that you go to a weapon shop (or simply call Little Jacob for weapons) and stock up ammo (preferably Rifle), body armor, and grenades. When you arrive at his house, you will meet Derrick McReary, Gerald McReary, and their friend Michael Keane. Gerald does not take lightly to Niko being involved in the family business and reminds Niko that Derrick has returned. After the cutscene, Packie tells Niko to get a car with four doors so they can all fit.
The heist
Find a vehicle with four door and drive to the Southern Algonquin branch of the Bank of Liberty. A cutscene will show Niko, Packie, Derrick, and Michael Keane threatening all the customers to get on the floor of the bank. Luis Fernando Lopez and Eugene Reaper lay on the ground whispering about Eugene having a gun on him and Luis telling him not to do anything. Derrick and Packie have an argument, giving Eugene the chance to shoot Michael and kill him. Packie and Derrick kill Eugene in retaliation. The team then blows up the vault door.
Head down into the vault as inquired and grab $1 million for your teammates. NOOSE and LCPD police officers arrive at the scene with helicopters and cars, prompting Packie to decide that they need to leave now with the money they have already collected.
Escape: Chinatown
Niko, Derrick, and Packie take cover at the front of the bank and begin to gun their way out of a five-star wanted level. Due to the heavy presence of heavily armed officers and vehicles, you must be careful with your Health and Armor. There are roughly 16 standard cops spread out over the street. The best way to take these and other officers in this mission out is to throw bombs near several parked Police Patrol Cars. The explosion from the cars will kill any nearby officers and knock others to the ground, and possibly ignite other cars. Any remaining officers are best dispatched by a shot to the head, especially so for the otherwise heavily-armored NOOSE officers.
Help your remaining teammates shoot their way through an alleyway. Gain protective cover and blind fire the 12 men of authority. You must then proceed through three streets in Chinatown, but not before shooting a loaded cop car that obstructs their path to the three streets. The first street you come will have two cars (one NOOSE and one normal police car) with about 6 men in total. Get cover in a side alleyway, like your teammates, and pick off the men with a headshots to conserve ammunition. The second street has the most amount of cops in the level, so it is wise to take excellent cover, possibly behind a burnt out car. There are cops on fire exits above the streets, and several men on the ground, around 30 cops. You can just spray them with a Sub Machine Gun so as not to waste M4A1 bullets. The final street is the easiest as there are almost no men, and you can quickly run across the street and into the alleyway ahead of schedule. There are several cops on the street, but as you are sprinting it is unlikely they will hit you. The trio are trapped out in an open alleyway by an police helicopter and the team attempts to shoot it down. It stays hovering, leading Packie to save the crew by taking them into a subway station.
Escape: Subway
Two police officers are waiting for them down in the station. Packie and Derrick jet by them but you should shoot them down with a pistol headshot, or you can just ignore them as they will not follow you down.
When you enter the subway gates, there are two cops shooting at Packie and Derrick so take them out with a quick headshot while they are standing still. The next part of the subway consists of killing four cops waiting for the group in cover behind some gates. After dealing with them eight NOOSE officers storm up the stairs. At this point you should aim to kill as many of them via headshot as possible, and taking cover if any are left, because they are very deadly in such close proximity. There is a first-aid kit on a pillar here, which you can use to get back to full health. Go down the steps and into the subway to escape. There are 8 cops across the tracks in a group. They are easily taken out by something such as the rocket launcher as they are close together and at safe distance, otherwise aim for the head as usual. When you get onto the tracks 10 NOOSE officers try to follow you. You can kill them, but you can also leave some of them as eventually Packie and Derrick are going to make a run for it. When you flee through the subway tunnels, be aware of metro trains which might cross your path. Being hit by a train leads to immediate death. Also note that the trains run on left track, instead of the right track as usual. So if you walk on the tracks, you'd better walk on the right track, so you can see trains approach. This is the final encounter with police until you get topside, all the while Packie and Derrick argue about Michael's death, with Niko telling them to shut up. Eventually, Packie leads the team back to the surface via a maintenance entrance in Easton, by which time the wanted level has been reduced to only three stars, which is fortunate as your ammunition or health may be low by now.
Escape: Above ground by vehicle
Once outside, a parked Huntley Sport is available for you to steal. The objective now is to lose the wanted level, this can be done as normal. When they finally lose the police, Packie asks Niko to take him and his brother Derrick back to his Mom's house in Meadows Park, Dukes (on Savannah Avenue near the Monoglobe). On the way, Packie explains how they will split the money. Niko, Packie and Derrick get $250,000 each. The remaining $250,000 will be given to Michael's parents since he died in the heist.
On average, Niko, Packie and Derrick will kill about 100 cops, however it is possible to kill a relatively small amount of cops by ignoring some of them and going for less-lethal shots with others.
Video Walkthrough
After the Mission
- Following successful completion of this mission, Gerald McReary will call Niko and ask to see him in Dukes.
- Packie later calls you to open the mission string for Derrick McReary.
- The terrorist threat separating both sides of the West River is lifted subsequent to completion of this mission, opening up the Booth Tunnel and Hickey Bridge. Niko is able to travel to Alderney legally, with the entire map now open to the player.
- This will also unlock the Full Exploration achievement on the Xbox 360, or PC version or, if the PlayStation 3 version is being played, the player gets a trophy, Full Exploration.
- Shortly after this mission Packie will call Niko and be added as a friend.
- The balaclava is now available in your wardrobe.
- After this mission, all weapons in gun stores around the city will be available for purchase, except the RPG and Desert Eagle.
- Michael Keane - Killed by Eugene Reaper as an act of revenge for robbing the bank.
- Eugene Reaper - Killed by Packie and Derrick as a revenge for killing Michael Keane.
- Several LCPD and NOOSE officers - Killed by Niko, Packie, and Derrick for trying to stop them from escaping with the stolen money.
- Luis Lopez (optional) - Once the cutscene of the police arriving the bank ends, Niko can kill Luis. This does not affect the storyline.
- About gameplay:
- This mission cannot be played at night. Others missions like this would be would be Bernie Crane's missions.
- If Packie, Derrick, or Michael die before they reach the bank, the mission will fail immediately and the surviving two characters will wander off into the street. They will then act like any pedestrian, smoking, drinking, or sitting on benches. However if they exit the player's vision, they will disappear.
- If too many hostages are killed, the mission will fail. However, after the cutscene where Niko steals the money, the player can kill hostages without failing the mission.
- Unlike in "Waste Not Want Knots" at the start, when Micheal is alive, they do not shoot at police or any other threat that will hurt you, or themselves. This could be due to the fact that in "Waste Not Want Knots", they had to make the characters attack because there's no cutscene. However, in this mission, there's a cutscene that allows Rockstar to change the behavior of Packie, and Derrick.
- Once Dwayne becomes a good friend, you can call him to send backup. This comes in the form of two gangsters that will follow you through thick and thin and shoot at your enemies. Even if they don't take out many targets, they create a great diversion that takes the focus of enemy fire off you. Give it a try; this is a great mission to phone in a favor.
- If the player chooses to shoot down the Annihilator, like Niko suggests, it will explode, despite being very close to the ground. This was likely done to prevent the player from obtaining it.
- The five-star wanted level that Niko gains after the robbery is permanent until it is reduced near the end of the mission. It cannot be removed even by using cheats, calling Francis McReary or Kiki Jenkins's clear wanted level skill, or fleeing the borough. It is also not possible to get six-star wanted level because it locked on five-star during robbery.
- If Niko dies during the mission, his bag of money will rip open and a large amount of bills will fly out.
- If Derrick or Packie are killed during the mission, Niko's balaclava will disappear and he will throw down his M4, similarly to the way he throws away an empty weapon.
- If Derrick or Packie get killed on the way back to their moms house one of them might drop you off there in a beige-brownish Moonbeam thus failing the mission.
- About story:
- This is the first appearance of Derrick McReary, Gerald McReary and Luis Lopez.
- During the trip to the bank, the group plans for each robber to take down a security guard. Despite this, there aren't any security guards at the bank.
- During the mission, Derrick will say things like "It's like being back in The Troubles" or "I haven't seen combat like this since Belfast". This might indicate that Derrick fought in Belfast with the PIRA.
- While Niko is going inside the vault, you can hear Derrick say "Keep your eyes on the floor!" or "We're nearly done here, keep calm people!"
- Like Hostile Negotiation, Niko has many taunts only used in this mission, including "You don't want to get in my way.", "I ain't going to jail in this country", "Go back home to your kids. You don't wanna die here", "I'm fighting for this cash", "I ain't giving up this money", "Back off. The money's ours now.", "We just made a withdrawal, what's the problem?", "There ain't no reason to get in my way", "You don't wanna die for the bank's cash.", and "I got plans for this money, I ain't dropping it.".
- The amount of money stolen is $1 million (and the reward is $250,000 each for each of the four robbers, it is implied Michael's share is given to his parents). However, the Liberty Tree website states that $500,000 was stolen.
- Niko is awarded $250,000 at the end of the mission; this reward, along with the reward given from If the Price is Right and Out of Commission is the highest reward available in GTA IV.
- If the player calls Roman after completing the mission, Roman will tell Niko how he heard about the robbery and mentions that it's shame that Niko wasn't involved. Niko tells him that he was, much to Roman's surprise.
- Bugs & errors:
- During the trip to the bank, Packie says that Michael and Niko will rig the safe. However, later on during the trip, Packie says that Niko and Derick will rig the safe while he and Michael will "take care of the kids".
- At the start of the mission, the gang is armed with AK-47s, but during the cutscene Niko and Michael have M4s, Packie has a pump-action shotgun, and Derrick has a pistol. After the cutscene, Derrick and Packie have AK-47s and Niko has an M4 unless you use the poor weapons cheat to use an AK-47.
- In the PlayStation 3 and PC versions, after the cutscene where Eugene Reaper is shot, if the player examines the floor by Luis Lopez they can see that Eugene is still alive with his hands on his head; instead, there is a dead fat bearded man beside them.
- In the cutscene in which the police arrives at the bank, you can see policemen without pistols (just holding their hands and arms like if they were aiming) alongside other cops. Despite of this all the cops during the gameplay are armed.
- Although there are two bags in the vault, Niko comes out with three.
- When Niko makes his way back up with the bags of money, he sits the two down on the floor. Once that small cutscene is over, it will appear that Derrick and Packie already have the bags on them.
- Reference:
- The mission's name is a reference to the fact that in Ireland, four leaf clovers are considered lucky. Unfortunately, while there are initially four robbers, Michael is killed, leaving just three.
- The outfits the group wears during this mission (suits with balaclavas), the weapon Niko uses (an M4A1), the large black bags of money slung over your back and the general setup of the mission is an obvious homage to the 1995 film Heat, in which Robert De Niro and his henchmen rob a bank in similar fashion, including a subsequent run-and-gun shootout in the surrounding city streets of Downtown L.A. In both heists a member of the gang named Michael dies.
- The mission also references the 1991 film Point Break; during a bank robbery in that movie, one of the hostages (a plain-clothes police officer, as opposed to a gun club member in the game) decides to take down the robbers, succeeding in killing one of the crooks but ultimately leading to their own death. In both the movie and the game, the would-be hero also discusses their plan with a neighboring hostage, a security guard in Point Break, Luis Fernando Lopez in GTA IV.
- About PE4 which Derrick mention by (referenced from Wikipedia): "The British military uses a very similar plastic explosive known as PE4. Like C4, it is an off-white colored solid and its explosive characteristics are nearly identical to C4. The type and proportion of plasticizer used differs, and PE4 has a slightly greater velocity of detonation, 8,210 m/s (26,900 ft/s)."
- Related to TBoGT:
- The storyline for TBoGT starts from this mission.
- The mission is seen again in the final DLC The Ballad of Gay Tony. This time, it is the opening cutscene of the DLC, which starts where Eugene and Luis talking while lying down. Like commonly believed, Luis was there to pick up money for "Gay" Tony Prince.
- According to the cutscene in I luv LC, Niko wore the Perseus Charcoal Suit for the heist. This remains true in even in the PC version, in which the suit is not available.
- When Luis leaves the bank after it's robbed in the introduction of TBoGT, Niko, Packie, and Derrick almost hit Luis in the crosswalk, although this does not at all happen in the original GTA IV. Even if the player goes to the exact same spot Luis will not be spotted. This is likely because the plots for the two DLC's had not been written at the time this mission was created.
- In the mission, after leaving the subway there will be a Huntley Sport provided as the escape vehicle for Niko, Packie and Derrick. However in the opening cutscene in TBoGT they are driving a Presidente and (as mentioned above) nearly hit Luis with it. Note that the Huntley used in the mission is unique for being the only Huntley with an alarm system.
- In TBoGT you discover that Packie spent his share of the money from the heist on a red Comet.
- In TBoGT, Eugene Reaper stands up when he shoots Michael. But in Grand Theft Auto IV, he is kneeling. This possibly refers to police getting different stories from witnesses at crime scenes, as Niko saw him kneeling but Luis saw him standing up.
- When Eugene Reaper is killed in this mission, Patrick and Derrick shoot him, but in I luv LC, only Packie shoots him.
- When Eugene Reaper tells Luis Lopez his plan to kill Michael and asks Luis what his name is, Luis' dialogue in "I Luv LC" is different from his dialogue in "Three Leaf Clover". In "Three Leaf Clover", when Reaper asks Luis what his name is, he says, "Luis, but this ain't such a good idea bro." In "I Luv LC", Luis says, "It's Luis, man, but I don't think that's such a good idea."
- In "I Luv LC", after both Michael Keane and Eugene Reaper are killed and the bank vault blows up, you can see a bunch of smoke and you can hear a woman crying, but in "Three Leaf Clover", when both Keane and Reaper are killed and the bank vault blows up, you don't see any smoke and you don't hear a woman crying.
- Related to GTA V:
- Rockstar Games has stated in a GameInformer issue that the bank heist theme for this mission will be one of the main themes for Grand Theft Auto V.
- This mission is often referenced in Grand Theft Auto V. For instance, if one hires Packie as a gunman for the Paleto heist, he shares a detailed overview of the mission, from how Michael Keane was shot, the overwhelming LCPD force, to how they had to enter the subway tunnels to escape. The impact of Three Leaf Clover seemed to have spread nation-wide, as Michael De Santa mentions that he was aware about the bank job in Liberty City and that he was stunned at the fact that Packie was one of the bank robbers.
- Reception of this mission by fans has shown that robbery missions are very popular; many fans cite it as their favorite mission in the game.


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Hey guys, this is not official game stuff... I was bored and decided to start thread for little pieces of player made fiction relative to the game. If there is already a thread for this, then I apologise. It would be cool if people can add to this - any character interaction is good... it could even be simply the thoughts of a single character/unit from the altiel game.
Mine is a couple of very brief love letters between Eskatia and Verlaat. I tried to make the game mechanics and the cards themselves relevant to their story:
To Eskatia From Verlaat:
My love for you is eternal,
No war shall keep us apart.
I would let my sun go down,
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April 13th, 2012
On any given weekend, Kathy Murray can be found ensconced in her kitchen, perfecting her sourdough bread, freezing a week's worth of meals made from "as close to the earth as possible" ingredients and cooking up fresh fish and produce from her local farmers market near Pocantico Hills, New York. She did not learn this at home.
Like millions of her fellow baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964, Murray was raised by parents who had come of age in an era where food was often bland, not always abundant, certainly not a vehicle for pleasure and frequently packaged for convenience. While they were grateful for the solid, if uninspired meals their mothers put on the table, boomers hungered for more. Murray, and many like her, took matters into their own hands and reclaimed the kitchen as a source of joy, relaxation, creativity and, increasingly, health.
Appetite whet, she began spending summers and holidays with her food-loving sister (also a boomer) who married by the time Fallon was 12. There, she learned to cook for pleasure, subscribing to every cooking magazine and honing her culinary skills. Decades later, she's amassed more than 10,000 recipes (arancini with sautéed porcini was on the menu the other night) and spends her time cooking to relax and joyfully entertaining for friends. Her now empty-nester sister, she notes, rarely cooks for herself.
Lisa Scalia, the middle of three sisters born near the end of the Baby Boom, says that while they were taught the basics, their mother just never really enjoyed cooking all that much. As adults, the sisters decided as a team to hone their skills and swap recipes, menus, techniques, equipment and ingredients, and for five years put those skills to work as volunteers at a local church.
Junior high and high school home economics classes filled in some gaps for many of the boomers. But as Todd Wiseman, born in 1964, said, "My wife refused to take it. For her, cooking was a necessity, but delivered very little pleasure." As a creative, expressive cook himself, he was delighted eventually to see his enthusiasm rubbing off and her confidence and skill growing.
As their youngest child departs for college, Wiseman says, "I suspect she will begin to experiment some, but primarily make her signatures. I, on the other hand, will make the dinner plate my canvas and plan to maintain my relevance and value by cooking for my wife."
So why weren't these boomers' mothers especially enthused about cooking? Many of them were busy working outside of home, had grown up in the hand-to-mouth Depression era, had seen their own budding creativity quashed by wartime rationing, or as former CNN producer and PR professional Leslie Linton says of her own mother, "She had to flee Austria because of Hitler and wasn't able to learn much about cooking."
The America that Linton's mother settled in was infinitely safer than war-torn Vienna, but the culinary landscape notably less evolved. As David Kamp wrote in his wildly popular "The United States of Arugula," "The state of American gastronomy would get worse before it got better. Throughout and immediately after the war years of the forties, the big food conglomerates were putting ever-more grotesque packaged products on the market, many of which were by-products of their efforts to produce tinned or freeze-dried field rations for the troops."
He continued, "In time, the packaged food companies would abandon any pretense of claiming their processed and frozen products were superior in taste, instead stressing their convenience."
This created a "manufactured sense of panic," according to Laura Shapiro, who wrote in her chronicle of 1950s food culture "Something from the Oven" that "at the heart of the industry's new definition of cooking was a ticking clock...Advertisements and stories plowed across the media reminding readers again and again how busy they were, how frantic their days, how desperately they needed products and recipes for quick meals."
Home cooks at the mercy of the clock and the omnipresent packaged food industry succumbed, and their boomer children bore the brunt of the blandness - until they took matters into their own hands.
Kamp gives tremendous credit to Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins bestselling "The Silver Palate Cookbook" for turning the tide. A quote from cooking authority Barbara Kafka on the cover of the current edition proclaims, "This is the book that changed the way America cooks," and he agrees.
The book, he wrote, was "more disciplined and earthbound than 'The Moosewood Cookbook,' yet less intimidating and grown-up than the two volumes of [Julia Child's] 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.'" This made it ideal for boomers who were busy conquering the work world, enriching their lives with cultural pursuits and raising families and still wanted to cook well, "but not all the time."
"The Silver Palate" presented an elegant and somewhat familiar compromise: either use the recipes in the book, or purchase the authors' pre-made, but still sophisticated, ingredients and foods. That empowerment, paired with the then decade-old organic food movement helmed by Berkeley, California, chef and food activist Alice Waters, began to turn the tide of American home cooking.
"My mom hated cooking and I learned in self-defense," says Susan Kessler. "Healthiness is an important factor in cooking since fat and cholesterol have to be minimized. If you are organized it's easy to get a meal on the table with fresh ingredients and flavor."
She blogs as The Frugal Diva, frequently writing about finding deals at farmers markets and on organic food. "Organic" is a word that comes up frequently in food discussions with boomers these days, and it's reflected in their buying habits.
A 2010 survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Whole Foods Market reported that more than four out of five baby boomers say they are now more concerned with what foods they eat, read nutrition labels more closely today and have a better understanding of how their food is produced than they did 30 years ago.
The survey asked 1,349 adults born between 1946 and 1964 about their current shopping and eating habits, versus in 1980 and clearly revealed a trend toward increased interest in minimally processed fare. While the economic climate of the current decade has led to more home cooking (59 percent of all the adults surveyed were eating dinner at home more often and eating out less), the boomer bent was distinctly health-oriented.
Fifty-four percent of boomers said they buy more organic and/or natural foods today. Seventy-four percent claimed they are now more concerned about fat and cholesterol and 70 percent worry over added growth hormones or antibiotics in meat and dairy products more than they did 30 years ago.
That's right on trend with how Scalia is cooking these days. She says that the meals she prepares for herself and her husband definitely skew more towards the healthy end of the spectrum. "We are both 50-plus, so I can't deal with the guilt of preparing unhealthy meals and compromising our health."
The pair eats meat, but primarily lean poultry and fish. Her husband is not partial to vegetables, so she "creatively" works them into the dishes so he'll enjoy them too.
Murray, who eventually became self-educated enough to be dubbed the "Julia Child of the class" in her high school yearbook, calls eating locally "a passion" - a far cry from the box mixes and prepared foods of her youth. Alongside her husband of 34 years, she picks fruit and vegetables, bakes bread and revels in the bounty of seafood brought in by nearby Long Island fisherman. She finds tremendous joy and creativity in making meals for friends and has passed that along to her sons as well.
She's even managed to please a couple of tough customers: her parents. They're big fans of her baking, and Murray is doing her best to "educate" them on her savory dishes. She says, "They like the caponata I make up but without pine nuts. They do not like seafood as much as we do and will not eat lobster."
And, Murray has finally caught on to her mother's greatest kitchen skill - convincing her daughters to cook for her.
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Ray Isle (@islewine on Twitter) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant – and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Take it away, Ray.
Once again, it is upon us - National Cheese Day, June 4. Admittedly, this is one of those tricky holidays. One wouldn't want to confuse it with, say, National Cheese Lovers' Day (January 20), National Cheese Doodle Day (March 5), National Cheese Ball Day (April 17), National Cheese Pizza Day (September 5) or, particularly, International Respect for Chickens Day (May 4), because if there's anything a chicken hates, it's being mistaken for a large wheel of Gouda.
Be that as it may, there's a lot of cheese in the world - hundreds of different kinds, made from the milk of everything from buffalos to yaks - and every last bit of it, to my mind, tastes even better with wine. Well, except for casu marzu, a Sardinian cheese with live cheese-fly larvae in it. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would eat that, as it could not possibly taste anything other than revolting, no matter how powerful the alcohol was that you poured with it.
Anyway, generally speaking, here are a few thoughts about pairing cheese with wine. Of course, as always with pairing, these are suggestions - there are no rules, other than to eat food you like and drink wine (or whatever else) you like with it.
2. If Red, Go Light or Old
3. Cheese Is Food
4. OK, Fine, Drink Cabernet
5. Blue Cheese and Sweet Wine Love Each Other
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
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Below is detailed information about buying and/or making Water Pasteurization Indicators (WAPIs).
Purchasing WAPIs from Solar Cookers International
WAPIs can be purchased from Solar Cookers International (SCI). For information on bulk purchases, contact the office at +1 (916) 455-4499.
Making your own
- If you make them yourself you run into quality control issues. Here is how Bob Metcalf handles quality control on the ones he makes. After he makes them, he puts them into hot water so that the wax melts and runs into the bottom of the tube. Then he inspects them visually for any holes in the tube and for the other indicator of a problem: water inside the tube. Then he repeats the process a second time. You can melt the wax of a batch of WAPIs at one time, rather than heating one individually. When heating them in water, watch for wax coming to the surface of the hot water. That will be a sign that one or more of the WAPIs in that batch definitely are leaking. Whether or not you see wax on the surface of the water, each and every WAPI should be visually inspected after both of the hot water tests. Any WAPI that shows any sign of leakage is thrown away in a place where it will be sure not to get mixed up with the good WAPIs. Bob says he throws away 1 out of every 10 or 15 WAPIs he makes, so you can see that there is a cost factor to consider.
- Making one or two WAPIs is a major pain. The tubing comes in 8-foot lengths, which makes it a little hard to handle. Bob uses a band saw available at his university to cut them, but he describes the cutting process as a "bother."
- In addition to purchasing the wax and the tubing, you'll also have to purchase the fish line and the washers.
Bob Metcalf is willing to give you a small supply of the wax, which he estimates will be more than enough for 500 WAPIs and perhaps enough for 1000.
The wax for use inside the WAPI is available here:
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The type of wax we use is called Myverol, and the specific product is known as Myverol 18-06, which has a melting point of 69° C. Apparently, the smallest unit that they sell this product in is a box about 1 foot square, which weighs about 45 pounds (20 kg). Bob Metcalf has not yet used up one box and I'm not sure he even expects to in his lifetime--it would be enough for untold thousands of WAPIs.
The tubing we use is .373 inches outside diameter, and the wall thickness is about .060 inches. It is important to be sure that you use a polycarbonate tubing, which Lexan is, but double check with your dealer, because other plastics (ones that are not polycarbonate) lack either the temperature stability or the optical clarity that is needed.
The Lexan tubing can be obtained from McMaster-Carr in Los Angeles. This is the contact info:
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The product number is 8585K11. It comes only in 8 ft. lengths. at 60 cents a foot. The measurements I gave you above were more exact than what the company's website gives--it says 3/8 inch exterior diameter and 1/4 inch interior diameter, which is pretty darn close to the figures I gave you above.
I have been instructed by the higher authorities to once again stress with you the idea of quality control--checking every WAPI twice, and looking to see if ANY water has gotten inside the WAPI, because water will affect the wax, which will then possibly melt at temperatures below pasteurization temperature.
Bob Metcalf says, that when you make the WAPI's you put enough wax in the tube to fill it about half way. (The wax comes dry and powdered, looking a lot like fine grated Parmesan cheese.) After the first time it melts, it will be a solid chunk at the bottom of the tube.
Bob Nepper also has worked with Rotary Clubs to build large numbers of WAPIs for use in international projects.
WAPIs with stainless steel wire
The Monterey Peninsula Rotary Club now has WAPI kits available in which stainless steel wire replaces the monofiliment fishing line and is good for all applications including Open flame fires, which had the tendency to melt the traditional fishing line. The Kit contans all the components and instructions to build 200 WAPIs. These are reusable and virtually indestructable. The cost is $85 (about $.42 each) plus shipping. If you are interested in a fun project that teaches about the perils of unclean water and then show folks how to make a difference, contact us at email@example.com. This is a great fellowship project for Rotary Clubs, Rotary Interact Clubs, Church youth groups, etc.
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WHITE OAK, Md. (WUSA) -- A 14-year-old boy is being held in jail and is charged with first degree murder for killing his 7-month-old sister, officials say.
On Thursday night, Johnathan Aguiluc was left to take care of his infant and three-year-old sisters while his mother went to work her overnight shift.
When the mother, 39-year-old Gloria Yanes, returned from work at 5:30 a.m. on Friday she saw the baby in the car seat and seemed to be sleeping, Montgomery County Police say.
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Personalized Graduation Gifts
Graduations are important on so many levels; they mark the end of year's work while simultaneously ushering in new beginnings in one's life. Graduates should be shown how much they mean to you during these times, and GiftsForYouNow.com has the perfect gift with a Personalized style you can't find anywhere else. Shirts, flags, pens, keepsakes, and more, you will find a great present to close the chapter of your graduate's life and usher in new beginnings.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
If you followed custom and took pictures of your graduate on their special day, then a personalized picture frame commemorating that day would be an ideal gift. With several designs and logos to choose from, you can truly capture the feel of that day.
They Have Their Diploma, so Give Them a Keepsake
A diploma is the best memorabilia to honor an important graduation, but it can only be hung on a wall after it is framed. Get your graduate a keepsake that they can use in their home or office to help feature their diploma as the centerpiece of the room. With a decorate keepsake frame from GiftsForYouNow.com, you can personalize a phrase special to your graduate that they will cherish for years to come.
For the Grad on the Go
If your graduate is ready to make the next move, a gift they can use while traveling would be an ideal present. Shirts are a great way to let them know how proud you are while letting everyone else know what they've accomplished. If your graduate is a little more humble, a keychain signifies that they are moving forward on the road of life.
With so much to celebrate during a graduation, it can be hard to find the ideal gift, but GiftsForYouNow.com offers something for everyone. The right gift is waiting for you and the graduate close to you.
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Make Graduation unique, make it personal with personalized graduation gifts from GiftsForYouNow.com. Our Grad gifts are perfect for high school graduates, college grads & Law & Medical School graduates. Our Graduation Keepsakes & Graduations Frames are two of our most popular items.


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Usually, 6-1 6-2 drubbings aren't even considered noteworthy. Especially in Women's tennis where they seem to happen so frequently in Grand Slam finals, and are usually met with the same ol', same ol' skepticism. But if there ever was a beatdown that has bypassed the usual rules, heading straight into the history books, it's the 2007 final between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Why? There are just so many reasons. Too many reasons.
We all know the story. At the end of 2003, Serena's sister Yetunde Price was murdered. In 2005, after being sidelined with some physical problems, those emotional grievances came to the surface. She fell into depression, and that depression spilled over into 2006 as she steered clear of tennis and steadily gained weight. After only playing a handful of events in 2006, she arrived in Australia overweight and with only a loss to Sybille Bammer in Hobart as preparation for the Grand Slam. The press criticized her, attacking her weight, commitment, Chris Evert was writing an "open letter" to her, and Nike officials even threatened her with the dissolution of her contract. It was absolute mayhem.
In the two weeks that followed, an incredible transformation took place as she gradually shook off the rust from her game and visibly lost weight with seemingly every match that passed. With 5 seeded scalps to her name, Serena fought her way all the way to the final against top-seeded Maria Sharapova. Still, people gave Serena zero chance of defeating Maria. No way, they said. Serena had completely exceeded expectations, sure, but Maria was just on a different level to any of Serena's previous opponents. They were right about that, and so what did Serena do? She stood up to the occasion, elevated her level and went out into the final all guns blazing. Just over an hour later and we had witnessed one of the greatest performances in the history of the game. If not "the" greatest. It was sheer perfection – serve, return, defence, offence, netplay, mentality – everything was absolutely perfect. She was so good that Maria had to fight tooth and nail just for those three games.
The speeches (1:13 onwards) that took place afterwards only enhanced the occasion. Maria went out first, and she was the epitome of class as she congratulated Serena and told self-deprecating joke after self-deprecating joke. She ended with hoping that she would take the title the next year which, of course, she did. Then Serena came out. So many times we see Serena guarded and weary of cameras, but after all of her excited thank you's, she took a deep breath and, while holding back tears, dedicated the victory to Yetunde. It was touching, heartfelt and one of those poignant memories that you just don't forget.