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LONDON - 'Rebus: Mortal Causes', a crime drama starring 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' actor John Hannah, is one of the main attractions in ITV3's first week of broadcast.
The much-awaited new channel from ITV, which goes live on November 1, is aimed at an audience aged 35 years and up and has unveiled the programming line-up for its first week of life.
ITV3, which is expected to be the first of more multichannel launches from the recently merged ITV, is the fourth channel in its existing multichannel portfolio, which already includes ITV1, ITV2 and ITV News.
Repeats of the first series of 'Inspector Morse', 'A Touch of Frost' and 'Prime Suspect' are going to make appearances on the new station. There is also a new drama scheduled called 'Blue Dove', a behind-the-scenes look at the tea-china trade.
Friday night films on the agenda for November include Steve Martin's 'Father of the Bride' and 'Sister Act', featuring Whoopi Goldberg.
ITV3 is the first new station from ITV since the company's two halves -- Carlton Communications and Granada -- merged at the beginning of the year.
Charles Allen, the broadcaster's chief executive, said during this year's annual television festival in Edinburgh that he would launch more new channels from the broadcaster in the coming years to sustain its hold on the market in the growing digital TV landscape.
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As Sarasota County's first Gold LEED certified park, Urfer Family Park represents a new milestone in sustainability. Water conservation will be achieved by a two-prong approach of reduction.
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Second, the approach to water conservation is through the use of very low-flow plumbing devices, such as dual flush water closets and low flow shower heads.
One of the more unique characteristics of Urfer Family Park is the rehabilitated Dr. C. B. Wilson House, a historic structure constructed circa 1906.
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An ISA is one of the best ways to put money away without the interest being gobbled up by the taxman. This means your savings are less vulnerable to inflation, which can eat away at your funds over time.
However, as a highly regulated product there are lots of different rules and myriad different ISAs on the market.
If you are looking for a low risk investment, a cash ISA could be the right solution for you. A great way to access tax free savings for over 60s, cash ISAs deliver a guaranteed return with none of the risk associated with stocks and shares ISAs.
We take a look at the best ISAs for over 60s and run through the facts you need to know about this type of account.
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Before you are able to carry out a cash ISAs for over 60s comparison, it's essential to first understand how they work and the rules which apply to the money you put in and take out.
If you are over 60 ISA allowance limits are just the same as anyone else; you have a total ISA allowance but only part of this may be transferred into a cash ISA. The remainder - should you choose to use it - must be ploughed into a stocks and shares ISA, a much riskier type of investment.
The cash ISA allowance for over 60s stands at present at £15,240 (this amount can be divided between cash and investment ISA's or used solely in one).
All of the money you put into a cash ISA for over 65 counts towards your yearly allowance, no matter how much you take out. This means that if you are up to your maximum investment and then make a withdrawal, you will not be able to replace this money until the next financial year.
Also, you can only pay into a single cash ISA in any one tax year which in turn means you can only open one new account from scratch (although existing ISA transfers into a new account are allowed).
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To compare the best cash ISA rates for over 60s, you'll need to think about what you want to invest and for how long. Both of these factors will play a significant role in selecting the best ISA rates.
As a general rule, the longer you can commit to investing the money for, the higher the cash ISA over 60 interest rates will be. This isn't always the case but as a rough guide, instant access or one year ISA accounts don't offer anywhere near the same type of returns as three or five year ISAs.
However, if you can't afford to tie that money up for such a long period then you'll need to adjust your priorities, and your search, accordingly.
Furthermore you shouldn't be fooled by the attention-grabbing initial deposit; although it's true you may be able to open an ISA account with just £1, in order to get the best savings rates for over 60s you will probably need to have a much higher balance.
You will also need to maintain this balance in order to continue to qualify for the interest payments.
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The guide was extremely knowledgeable about the Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar areas. We had a group consisting of Spaniash speaking, Portuguese speaking and English speaking people. The guide effectively communicated all points of interest to all of us.
Vina Del Mar was especially beautiful. We stopped at a wonderful restaurant by the sea for lunch and fellowship.
We would definitely recommend this day trip.
it is worth tour, have a wonderful paid sea food lunch. tour guy is good.
Veronique A France
no problem, nice views and good organization ofthe trip
beautiful places, nice tour
In spite of the heavy traffic going to Valparaiso for the New Year's Eve fireworks and the congestion in town the trip was wonderful and our guide and driver were able to adjust to the traffic situation nicely. The tour operator arranged with us the day before to leave an hour early and that was helpful considering the traffic. The restaurant used for the lunch was crowded and the service there a bit slow, but the food was excellent. I don't fault Viator for that every place in town was packed!
Joelle T USA
Fantastic trip, tour operators were the VERY BEST! I will book with your company again in the future.
Mark K USA
Outstanding, extremely informed guide a great experience. Valparaiso is a must-do side trip from Santiago.
Sandra Y United Kingdom
A great day out with a stop for a nice lunch at an old castle. Chose the private tour option and had an excellent driver and guide who were very punctual. The guide's English was excellent, he was very informative, flexible with the itinerary and tried to keep ahead of the large tour buses schedules, so we never had to queue or wait for anything. Driver took an alternative route back through the mountains which was great. Definitely recommend this tour if you have a spare day in Santiago.
We had the greatest tour with our tour guide who spoke excellent English and our driver was great too. They arrived promptly, the van was very clean, the guides explanations were great and very insightful. They went out of their ways to make sure we had great photos and a great experience. Would certainly book with them again!
We will definitely recommend your guides and company.
Roberta F USA
Our guide accompanied us on this tour and was outstanding. We stopped at a winery, where my husband had to be dragged away after about an hour. We continued to Valparaiso where we got to see the historic buildings and Nerudo's home. We rode one of the funiculars up one hill, where our driver met up with us. We then drove to Vina Del Mar, the Nice of Chile, and stopped at a delightful castle on the water for lunch.
Great tour - spend more time in Valparaiso then in Vina del Mar as it's far more interesting.
Great tour excellent guide. We were the only 2 on the tour . We would have preferred more time in Valparaiso instead of Vina Del Mar
Tour was very insteresting. Our guide did a really great job guiding us in the history of Vaparaíso with a very nice walk tour in the historical center. Though it was not a tour for any person elderly and kids would have difficulty me and my mom managed to complete it and it was worth. What we missed was a stop for a lunch. Could be a quick stop in a buffet, for only 30 minurtes to seat in a restaurant, drink, eat and breath. We managed to eat an empada in the historical center which was very nice too, but would have been good to have had lunch.
Valparaiso part of tour was well worth the drive.
Ricardo was a great guide and provided terrific insights and information. His recommendation for lunch was fantastic.
A colorful port town - with loads of history and character - well worth visiting.
Jaime was and excellent guide and very knowledgeable.
Valparaiso was interesting from its historic perspective,
but its glory days have passed. Worth the trip if you are
already in Santiago.
An interesting day trip to Valpairiso. We did not stop at the vineyards as we had a wine tour booked for a later date. Our guide, Christian was knowledgeable and made our visit to Valpairiso enjoyable. He was also delighted when I suggested we stopped for a morning coffee as he had elected to stay in bed a little longer rather than have breakfast before picking us up from our hotel. I was a bit worried that we couldn't confirm our hotel for pickup as requested by Viator.com because we arrived on the weekend. However this did not appear to be necessary as we had already indicated which hotel we were staying at when we made the booking. This is not all that clear on the Viator.com information when you book the tour.
worth visiting and see something special.
The tour to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar was very nice. The winery Emiliana that we stopped at on the way was a definite highlight and would recommend everyone tries a sample, even if it's before noon. There was a government strike at the time we took the tour and weren't able to stay in the Sota Mayor square because of a demonstration, and the Pablo Neurida museum was closed. Other than that the tour was good and we only had two other people with us so it was a nice small group.
Without doing this tour we would have a vastly different perspective of Santiago. So good to have seen Valparaiso and its contrasting urban environments.
We enjoyed the trip but would have liked more time to wander around rather than be driven to look out points which in the cloudy atmosphere were not offering too much of a view.
The restaurant was good but expensive so again would be nice to have some warning of this cost as we had to pay by credit card.
If you only have one day to see the coast from Santiago, this is a good alternative. Not too crowded and hits all the high spots. Tour guide Freddie was friendly and accommodative, but not too informative.
One huge downside is that Viator requires the purchase of 2 adult tickets, even if only one is travelling. This makes no sense if they wish to capture the travelling on business market.
Bob USA
Wonderful tour with a great tour guide. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is only going to be in Santiago for a day or two.
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Internet Week [1], a slate of showcases, conferences and workshops around New York City spanning the depth and breadth of the tech industry, kicks off May 14.
The annual gathering this year will include keynotes from such industry notables as Mitchell Baker [2], chairman of the Mozilla Foundation; Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp [3]; and The New York Times journalist Brian Stelter [4]. Additional speakers include Anomaly creative director Suzana Apelbaum [5]; Hayley Barna [6], founder and co-CEO of Birchbox; Federated Media executive chairman John Battelle [7]; Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore [8]; Jessica Coen [9], editor in chief of Jezebel; Machinima CEO and chairman Allen DeBevoise; Jane Hu, head of programming strategy at YouTube Next Lab; Andrew Madden, Google's head of magazines and news partnerships; and Jonah Peretti [10], CEO of BuzzFeed.
Beyond the headliners, there are a number of shorter- and longer-term programming options at this year's Internet Week. There's the OMMA Mobile Conference, which will be held all day May 14 at the Internet Week Theater on Mercer Street, the Streaming Media East summit will be held concurrently at the Hilton New York and The Digiday Conference will take place the same day at the W New York.
Other sessions of note include "the newsstand 2.0," online dating, game design, customer acquisition in emerging markets like China, the digital music industry, business blogging, mobile apps and women in tech.
Internet Week is also home to the CLIO Awards, which will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. May 15 at the American Museum of Natural History.
Instagram—a company whose acquisition by Facebook [11] made major headlines recently—is partnering with Times Square for Internet Week to spotlight photographers in a first-ever Instagram photo exhibition.
For the full list of sessions and locations, check out the Internet Week calendar [1].
[1] https://www.internetweekny.com/
[2] https://twitter.com/#!/mitchellbaker
[3] https://twitter.com/#!/davidkarp
[4] https://twitter.com/#!/brianstelter
[5] https://twitter.com/#!/suapelbaum
[6] https://twitter.com/#!/hayleybay
[7] https://twitter.com/#!/johnbattelle
[8] https://twitter.com/#!/petecashmore
[9] https://twitter.com/#!/jessicacoen
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[11] http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/sponsored-filters-how-facebook-could-monetize-instagram-139492


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Scare tactics are nothing new in the raging debate over Washington's Initiative 502. And today former Drug Czar John Walters, part of what's described as a coalition of "former DEA Administrators, Drug Czars and leading national addiction health experts," added fuel to the fire during a national conference call with the media warning against the legalization of marijuana.
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The purpose of the conference call, in the words of a press release distributed this morning hyping the event, is to warn of an impending "constitutional showdown" should states like Washington, Colorado and Oregon take action to legalize marijuana.
As the press release notes:
In letters to President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, these respected voices [the aforementioned coalition of federal drug officials and addiction health experts] noted that these initiatives would legalize the production, possession and sale of marijuana, in direct violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Their goal is to remind the U.S. Justice Department that if, on November 6th, voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington vote to legalize marijuana use, they will trigger a Constitutional showdown with the Federal Government that outlaws its sale, use and possession.
Of course, as New Approach Washington's Alison Holcomb has noted, forcing a showdown with the feds over our nation's failed drug policies is part of the point of I-502.
Still, judging by reports, Walters and his cohorts did their damndest during this morning's conference call to scare the bejesus out of anyone who remains on the marijuana-legalization fence.
As reported by KIRO Radio's Tim Haeck:
Former drug czar John Walters fears the use of marijuana will explode to the same numbers as those who regularly drink alcohol, which he estimates at 133 million users.
"What's the country going to look like if there are a hundred million marijuana users?" asked Walters. "This isn't a joke, this isn't hard to see. It's a clear and present danger."
While a country with "a hundred million marijuana users" might seem scary to some, I'd argue that a country where 241,000 people have been arrested for marijuana possession over the last 25 years in Washington alone - with a disproportionate number of them African American and Latino - is far, far freakier.
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The California Bicycle Coalition's inaugural California by Bike Surf 'N Turf Tour is the most fun you'll have raising money for better bicycling in California.
You will tour southern California's beautiful coastline with fantastic new friends. You will enjoy great accommodations and food and connections with fellow bicyclists committed to bettering every Californian's cycling experience. Our unique position as leaders of California's bike movement will give us special access to community leaders and superstars in the bike world whom you'll get to meet.
Proceeds benefit the Better Bikeways campaign, advocating for more funding and improved design for bikeways in California, and the Give Me 3 campaign, created to promote awareness of the Three Feet for Safety Actgoing into effect in September 2014.
The California by Bike Surf 'N Turf Tour is your opportunity to make a difference for every person who desires to live, breathe and maintain a healthy, happy lifestyle in our state – while having a great deal of fun.
Where: Santa Barbara to San Diego
Friday, October 31st – Check-In
Santa Barbara
Your tour starts at the lovely ocean front Fess Parker Hilton Resort. This dramatic 24-acre, mission-style Santa Barbara resort is just a few blocks from downtown Santa Barbara and is the perfect setting to launch our trip. After checking in on Friday afternoon or evening at your hotel, enjoy exploring State Street or relaxing at one of the many restaurants located near the beach or on the pier.
Saturday, November 1st – RIDE DAY 1
Santa Barbara to Ventura
On Saturday morning, your day starts with a hearty Welcome Breakfast and pre-ride orientation. Immediately after breakfast, you head down the coastline of Santa Barbara through Montecito and Carpinteria, then turn inland towards Lake Casitas. After a picnic lunch, you follow back roads and bike paths towards the beach in Ventura, your overnight stop. Your first day of the tour is the only day with any significant climbing, and follows the route frequented by the Amgen Tour of California.
Your overnight destination is the Four Points Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort.
Sunday, November 2nd – RIDE DAY 2
Ventura to Santa Monica
Sunday takes you along Harbor Blvd. from Ventura, past the Point Mugu Naval Air Station and through the Oxnard plain, a vast agricultural area full of ripe strawberries. Your route then picks up Highway 1, heading towards Malibu, with a lunch stop at Nicholas Canyon Beach Park. You ride past numerous beautiful beaches and into Santa Monica, where we stop for the night.
Tonight is a unique lodging experience at the Hostelling International L.A./Santa Monica one block from the Santa Monica pier, and an opportunity to explore and dine on your own.
Monday, November 3rd – RIDE DAY 3
Santa Monica to Long Beach
After breakfast at the hostel, you continue riding south along highway 1, utilizing the bike paths and surface streets towards Long Beach. You ride through Venice and Manhattan Beach. Lunch on your own is another opportunity to sample the local beach shacks and diners along the route. After regrouping at the last SAG stop, you make your way into Long Beach along more bike paths towards the Queen Mary, your destination for the evening. Today is a relatively short ride so you will have time to fully experience the Queen Mary.
Once the grandest ocean liner in the world, the Queen Mary is now a full-service Long Beach hotel, historical landmark and entertainment venue. Your evening on the Queen Mary will be an experience to remember. A dinner banquet will be held in the world-renowned Verandah Grill, originally used to accommodate royalty when on board. Tonight features some very special guests, including John Howard, a three-time Olympian, 1981 Ironman World Champion and author, and others TBA.
Tuesday, November 4th – RIDE DAY 4
Long Beach to San Clemente
On Tuesday morning, you have breakfast aboard the ship and then continue south on the Huntington Beach bike trail, inland through Irvine, and back again towards the beaches of San Clemente, your evening's destination.
The Casablanca Inn in San Clemente offers elegant accommodations just minutes from the beach.
Wednesday, November 5th – RIDE DAY 5
San Clemente to San Diego
After a breakfast in San Clemente, you pedal south through Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base on your way to Oceanside. Your last rest stop will be on the cliffs of the Carlsbad State Beach Campground before heading south into the San Diego area for your final goodbyes.
The California Bicycle Coalition strongly encourages the use of Amtrak and other means of public transportation when planning your trip. There are Amtrak stations in both Santa Barbara and near your final destination in San Diego.
California Bicycle Coalition
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Hyatt Hotels 2Q profit drops 34 percent
CHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H) on Thursday reported earnings that declined by 34 percent in its second quarter, and beat analysts' expectations.
The Chicago-based company said net income declined to $74 million, or 48 cents per share, from $112 million, or 70 cents per share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 47 cents per share. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 44 cents per share.
The hotel operator said revenue climbed 6 percent to $1.16 billion from $1.09 billion in the same quarter a year ago, and missed Wall Street forecasts. Analysts expected $1.17 billion, according to Zacks.
Hyatt Hotels shares have risen $11.72, or 24 percent, to $61.18 since the beginning of the year. The stock has increased $15.93, or 35 percent, in the last 12 months.
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Lucha Underground ratings
While the promotion has started gaining a little bit of steam with the internet wrestling community, there is a good amount of disappointment from those involved with Lucha Underground in regards to their ratings. The numbers simply are not as high as management was expecting. The hope is that someone like Alberto Del Rio is going to be able to help move the needle a bit. The company definitely needs more recognizable names.
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The ultimate Civilization IV experience
Rise of Mankind: A New Dawn is a new sequel of the great Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword game. A New Dawn serves as a new expansion, adding a huge and balanced new technology tree, putting emphasis on new buildings, new units and new technologies.
Based on the incredibly popular former mod Rise of Mankind, A New Dawn transforms Civilization IV, reaching to new heights and giving the players the best Civilization experience of all time.
It contains a powerful and vastly superior new AI, charismatic new leaders and a new revolt and revolutions system. The huge amounts of new content also includes an advanced and reworked diplomacy system, a myriad of new automation options, an adaptive difficulty, and many other enhancements.
In short, this is THE Civilization game of the future. It's the work of hundreds of talented individuals over many years. The result truly does feel like A New Dawn!
Last, but not least, it is built to be as flexible as possible, so you can choose whatever new option you like, and uncheck those you like a little less (if any…).
You always play the game you like.
A short list of the main features:
The whole detailed feature list is available on our website: Anewdawn.sourceforge.net
In case you've missed it, these last months were the theater of large changes for the mod. The march 2015 build is now released, here are the latest major changes.
The mod now has a launcher which can extend the possibility of modifications for Civ IV! It allows to set custom textures, to enable more graphical units on the map (formations), to change the interface color, to add many new languages and to centralize all the important links about the mod community.
The launcher is also fully compatible with Linux (with Wine) and MacOS (with Wine or Crossover).
As we are only a small team of developers, we have developed a update system from the launcher. It allows to easily update your mod in one-click! This change makes the game development a lot easier for us because we can publish monthly build and forget the old patch system. Once you install a full build, you will be notified if there are further updates.
We have worked hard to support new languages. Initially supported only by the main languages of Civ IV (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), we have extended the engine capacity to support a large list of languages:
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Gallego, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malaysian, Maori (Ngai Tahu), Maori (Waikoto Uni), Norwegian, Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
At the moment, the game is translated (more than 50%) in Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish.
Some of our translators are working hard to bring support for these new languages: Brazilian, Czech, Danish and Greek. You've read it, Civ IV in new languages!
Hopefully, it is now easier than ever to translate the game in your language; just follow the instructions here: Forums.civfanatics.com
Fresh and informative, this website will resume all the features of the mod, the installation notes, the FAQ, the history and credits. It is translated in 9 languages yet.
A lot of work was put into improving this feature which limit the number of units of the tile (Civ V style). It is now crash-free. However, we recommend to play with at least 2 or 3 UPT to enjoy the game. The AI still has some problems with this but we're actively working on improving the pathfinding.
The work isn't finished yet, but you can use the diplomatic screen to ease the diplomacy with other civs: auto-accept / auto-deny based on some rules. The next phase of the work will be an improvement of the ambassadors and the add of "commend" and "comdenm" the other Civilizations.
If you do not set embassies with your neighbors, you can slowly loose contact with them!
The revolutions are more frequent to put some spice back into the game!
The 4 best texture sets have been merged into the mod!
The earth could possibly fall into a dark age which will slow down everyone!
During the ancient era, try to hunt as many animals as possible and gather them in your empire to generate new resources and to delight your population with new myths and legends that will aid the development of your civilization.
Somewhat unreal, the earth moves around the sun to heat the main menu.
Our team is working hard to make this the more polished expansion pack ever developed for Civilization IV!
- The RAND Development Team
A larger amount of mods for Civilization IV is now supported!
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A billion troops? Theres so many soldiers on the ai's teams that it almost causes me to crash!
You mean the AI are over producing units? Weaker AI's sometimes have that problem. They think they are too weak, and attempt to compensate by over producing ineffective units. Is that what you think is happening? I hoped I had curbed that behavior...
No, its like a full size army of well armed units that. I got like 3 units in each city in 6 citys. Then I got 6 outside. I have 0.2 strenght compared to them!!!
Oh, so the AI's kicking your butt? Well, the AI in AND doesn't receive any more bonuses than they do in BTS. However, I did spend a lot of time trying to make them use cities to build up their infrastructure and economy. Seems that you were outplayed. ;)
I suggest that you add one more religion: Pastafarianism.
Convert and serve the Flying Spaghetti Monster or ELSE!!!
Lol. Not happening though, read the 2nd line of the summary.
@Hyzoran You could make your own mod and make such religions as Pastafarianism. :-P
WE NEED THIS FOR CIV 5!!!! Please :)
Is Civ 5 good? I wasn't thinking of getting it though because I already have this mod and it doesn't really looks that good
This mod is better than civ 5... I cried when I realized that after I was done with my hype..
I know. =p. I own the Deluxe Edition of Civ5. AND 1.75 is the final release, and my last Civ4 mod. I'm transitioning to Civ5 mods. I haven't yet made anything, but for those who want a balanced Civ5 mod, check out this one! Forums.civfanatics.com
civ 5 blows
Very True (I wrote a length review on Civ5's faults here: Forums.civfanatics.com ). But Civ4 has no multicore support and is aging.
Im getting civ 4 installed again just to play this mod. I thought it was dead but then I saw 1.75!!!


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Characters by Surname (Number-B)
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This is a list of Characters in the Grand Theft Auto series, listed between the number eight and the letter B, and lists characters by surname. When surnames are not available, first names are used and then nicknames. To find characters whose names are known but are better known by nicknames (such as Melvin Harris, known better as Big Smoke), you can use the Find function. To access this, press the Control (Ctrl) and F keyboard buttons at the same time.
Some characters listed may appear in other Rockstar Games titles, such as Manhunt and Bully, but are listed here as they are in so way related to the Grand Theft Auto series. The characters listed either appear or are mentioned in a Grand Theft Auto game, or there is speculation they appear (such as Jimmy Hopkins supposedly appearing in GTA IV). The games are written as short hand IDs, which are as follows:
|8-Ball is an explosives and firearms expert who owns bomb shops in Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. In 1998 he helps Toni Cipriani to blow up part of Fort Staunton whilst in 2000/2001 helps Mike find Vinnie's killer. In 2001 he is arrested and later convicted on 85 charges of owning a firearm without a license. He later helps Claude find work and blow up a Colombian Cartel SPANK factory. His surname may be Mullan.
|Voiced by The Guru.
Appears in: III, A and LCS
|Jonas Ackerman
|Jonas Ackerman is a resident of Blueberry, San Andreas and is a follower of the Epsilon Program.
|Appears in: SA
|Brother Aerol
|Brother Aerol is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love who is killed by government forces.
|Appears in: 1
|Ulrika Afrique
|Ulrika Afrique is the girlfriend of Uno Carb, one of the three leaders of The Zaibatsu Corporation in Anywhere City.
|Appears in: 2
|Raymond Alberga
|Raymond Alberga is suspected to be a major figure in the Liberty City Cosa Nostra.
|Appears in: IV
|Judge Alberts
|Judge Alberts is a judge in Vice City who is killed after his car explodes.
|Appears in: 1
|Alejandra is a cashier at the TW@ Internet Café in Broker, Liberty City.
|Appears in: IV
|Alfonso is an associate of El Burro in San Andreas who is killed due to his strange behaviour, brought on by chemicals in a tanker.
|Appears in: 1
|Colin Allcars
|Colin Allcars is a VCPD motorcycle police officer in Vice City.
|Appears in: VCS
|Marnie Allen
|Marnie Allen is a young woman from the Midwest who, in 2008, is addicted to drugs and resides in Liberty City. She employs Niko Bellic to help her and later returns home. After returning home she begins to attend college and is living happily with her parents.
|Voiced by: Reyna de Courcy.
Appears in: IV
|Agent Alman
|Agent Alman is a DEA officer in Vice City.
|Appears in: VCS
|Alve is a gang leader in San Andreas who is used to start a war with Paco, in order to kill Paco.
|Appears in: 1
|Yusuf Amir
|Yusuf Amir is a successful entrepreneur from Dubai who is being extorted by an unknown mafia family, leading to his construction sites suffering from union strikes. Niko Bellic later helps Amir, on orders from Trey Stewart (Playboy X) but rejects Stewart's attempt to become partners, later agreeing to build a memorial on the site to workers who have died.
|Appears in: IV
|Giovanni Ancelotti
|Giovanni Ancelotti is reportedly the Don of the Ancelotti Family and father of Gracie. Due to his age, his orders are given through his daughter Gracie.
|Appears in: IV
|Gracie Ancelotti
|Gracie Ancelotti is the daughter of Giovanni Ancelotti, Don of the Ancelotti Family, who Niko kidnaps for Gerald McReary. She is later returned to her family and, if she spots Niko, sends Ancelotti Family mobsters to kill him.
|Voiced by: Rebecca Benhayon.
Appears in: IV.
|Andee is the co-host of Lips 106 in 1998, alongside Cliff Lane, who she dislikes, and is the stations sole host by 2001.
|Voiced by: Shelley Miller.
Appears in: III and LCS.
|Ashley Anderson
|Ashley Anderson is a twenty year old resident of Liberty City and a friend of Brucie Kibbutz.
|Appears in: IV.
|Andre the Accelerator
|Andre the Accelerator is the host of Rise FM in 2001.
|Appears in: III.
|Jermaine Andrews
|Jermaine Andrews is an associate of the M.O.B. gang based in the Firefly Projects in Broker. He is a friend of Roman Bellic.
|Appears in: IV
|Peter Armstrong
|Peter Armstrong is a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper in 2001.
|Appears in: III
|Stretch Armstrong
|Stretch Armstrong is the co-host of Game Radio in 2001.
|Voiced by: Stretch Armstrong.
Appears in: [[Grand Theft Auto
|Lester Arnold
|Lester Arnold is, in 2008, the leader of the Liberty City chapter of the The Angels of Death. Arnold is originally from San Fierro.
|Appears in: IV
|Arthur reluctantly pays protection money to Jack Parkinson who has to be reminded why he pays protection.
|Appears in: L 1969 and L 1961
|Ernesto Asaltacunas
|Ernesto Asaltacunas is a resident of Liberty City who once dated Jill Von Crastenburg and was shown with her on the I'm Rich television show.
|Appears in: IV
|Fraser Ashley
|Fraser Ashley is an American lightweight boxer who in 1992 was scheduled to face Frank Gold.
|Appears in: SA
|Jon Atkinson
|Jon Atkinson is a detective with the LCPD.
|Appears in: IV
|Morgan August
|Morgan August is a resident of Los Santos who follows the Epsilon Program.
|Appears in: SA
|Ramon Ayala
|Ramon Ayala, known as Daddy Yankee, is the DJ for the San Juan Sounds radio station in 2007 Liberty City.
|Voiced by: Ramon Ayala.
Appears in: IV
|Roy Ayers
|Roy Ayers is the host of the Fusion FM radio station.
|Voiced by: Roy Ayers.
Appears in: IV
Jizzy B.
|Jizzy B. is the owner of the Pleasure Domes Club in San Fierro and co-runs the Loco Syndicate, alongside Mike Toreno and T-Bone Mendez. He employs Carl Johnson, who later kills him to stop the movement of drugs to Los Santos.
|Voiced by: Charlie Murphy.
Appears in: SA
|Phil Bacerra
|Phil Bacerra is, in 2008, a criminal in Liberty City who is wanted by the LCPD for a hit and run. He can be killed by Niko Bellic, depending on the players choice.
|Appears in: IV
|Mitch Baker
|"Big" Mitch Baker is, in 1986, the leader of the Biker gang in Vice City. He frequents The Greasy Chopper bar and is a Vietnam war veteran, winning the Purple Heart. He has been jailed thirteen times. He employs Tommy Vercetti and later works as security for a Love Fist concert.
|Voiced by: Lee Majors.
Appears in: VC
|Harry Balzac
|Harry Balzac is a male beachgoer who resides in Vice City.
|Lily Banbury
|Lily Banbury is a fictional character in the 1940s cop show Moorehead Rides Again. She is the daughter of Pete Banbury who had wanted to become a teacher. She is killed by the shows protagonist, Gordon Moorehead, to save her from a life of prostitution.
|Appears in: VCS.
|Pete Banbury
|Pete Banbury is a fictional character in the 1940s cop show Moorehead Rides Again and is the father of Lily Banbury. He has lived in Vice Beach for fifty-five years, fishing the swamps for twenty years. In one episode is being tracked down by Gordon Moorehead and Molly Malmstein. They later kill him for being a communist and heading a prostitution ring.
|Voiced by: Jeff Steitzer.
Appears in: VCS
|Ed Banger
|Ed Banger is, in 1998, a resident of Liberty City.
|Appears in: LCS
|Robin Banks
|Robin Banks is an actor who resides in Vice City and appears as a goon during the mission The Audition.
|Appears in: VCS
|Barbara is, in 2001, a prostitute working for Fernando Martinez' Fernando's New Beginnings. She meets Phil every Wednesday afternoon.
|Appears in: III
|John Barbosa
|John Barbosa, known as Johnny Spaz, is, in 2008, a twenty-five year old waste collector in Liberty City. He, alongside Luca Silvestri and Joseph DiLeo, collected diamonds for Ray Boccino. However, after they attempted to keep the diamonds for themselves, Niko Bellic kills Barbosa.
|Appears in: IV
Mallorie Bardas
|Mallorie Bardas is, in 2008, the girlfriend and later wife of Roman Bellic who owns a house in Bohan, Liberty City. She works at Roman's taxi company later becomes pregnant.
|Voiced by: Elena Harvey Hurst.
Appears in: IV
|Candy Barr
|Candy Barr is a prostitute who resides in Vice City and appears in the Ninja Centerfold magazine.
|Appears in: VCS
|Clint Barrett
|Clint Barrett is a member of the Rednecks gang.
|Appears in: 2
|TJ Barry
|TJ Barry is a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper in 2007.
|Appears in: IV
|Richard Bastion
|Richard Bastion is the host of the WKTT's the Richard Bastion Show.
|Appears in: IV
|Anita Bath
|Anita Bath is a female shopper who resides in Vice City.
|Appears in: VCS
|Brian Baylor
|Brian Baylor is a supporter of the Citizens United Negating Technology For Life and People's Safety campaign. Baylor resides in Shady Pines.
|Appears in: LCS
Billy Bob Bean
|Billy Bob Bean is the leader of the Rednecks gang in Anywhere City. He employs Claude Speed to help wage war against The Zaibatsu Corporation and the SRS Scientists. He is later killed by Claude Speed.
|Appears in: 2
|Begbie is a drug dealer who resides in Vice City. He receives his drugs from former VCPD police officer Samuel Deever.
|Appears in: 1
Phil Bell
|Phil Bell is, in 2008, a member of the Pegorino Family who lives in Port Tudor, Alderney, Liberty City. He runs the Honkers club for the Pegorino Family and employs Niko Bellic. He leaves the Pegorino Family in the "Revenge" storyline. He is divorced and lost custody of his children to his ex-wife.
|Voiced by: Frank Bonsangue.
Appears in: IV
|Milica Bellic
|Milica Bellic is the mother of Niko Bellic and aunt of Roman Bellic. She continues to live in her home country in Eastern Europe and e-mails Niko after he moves to Liberty City in 2008.
|Appears in: IV
Niko Bellic
|Niko Bellic (born 1978 in Yugoslavia is the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV and is the son of Milica Bellic. He grew up in war-torn Bosnia and had a brother, who was killed. He fought in the war and later worked for Rodislav Bulgarin, leaving for Liberty City in 2008, working on the Platypus ship. Upon his arrival, he began to live with and work for his cousin Roman, later working for many of Roman's friends and enemies. He commits numerous murders and falls in love with Kate McReary who, depending on the players choice, may die.
|Voiced by: Michael Hollick.
Appears in: IV
Roman Bellic
|Roman Bellic (born 1977) is the heavily in-debted cousin of Niko Bellic who lives in a flat in Broker, Liberty City. He also runs a taxi firm, which along with his flat are burnt down. He moves to Bohan and sets up another taxi firm. He dates Mallorie Bardas and in the "Revenge" storyline marries her, although in the "Deal" storyline he is killed. By the end of 2008 he and Mallorie are expecting a child
|Voiced by: Jason Zumwalt.
Appears in: IV
|Teddy Benavidez
|Teddy Benavidez is the co-leader of the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers, along with Willy Valerio. He was also an associate of Ray Boccino, who sends Niko Bellic to kill him.
|Appears in: IV
|Benny is a client of Millie Perkins who is killed by Carl Johnson.
|Appears in: SA
|Jacquise Benson
|Jacquise Benson is a liberal politician based in Liberty City in 2008.
|Appears in: IV
|Berkley is an electronics expert who, in 1992, resides in San Fierro. He also owns his own electronics store and is a rival of Zero. He attacks Zero's store but is fended off by Zero and Carl Johnson, who later force Berkley to leave San Fierro. However, the rivalry between Berkley and Zero continues.
|Appears in: SA
|Beryl is the sister of Harold Cartwright who lived in Central Camden Town, London before being killed on the orders of Albert and Archie Crisp.
|Appears in: L 1969
|Beth is a member of the Rednecks gang. She is the daughter of Pappy and has an unnamed daughter.
|Appears in: 2
|Big Devil
|Big Devil is a deceased member of the Grove Street Families who was killed sometime before 1992.
|Appears in: SA
Big Poppa
|Big Poppa was a member of the Los Santos Vagos and a drug dealer, who gained control of Madd Dogg's Crib by taking it as payment for drugs from Madd Dogg. Big Poppa is later killed by Carl Johnson, when he and the San Fierro Triads take control of the mansion for Madd Dogg.
|Appears in: SA
|Big Smilky
|Big Smilky is the owner and webmaster of the Forgotten Legends of West Coast Rap website.
|Appears in: SA
|Dorothy Bigbottom
|Dorothy Bigbottom is, in 1998, a resident of Liberty City who e-mails the Liberty Tree newspaper complaining about the 'edutainment game' Pastmaster.
|Appears in: LCS
|Bill is, in 1998, co-host of the LCFR show The Electron Zone alongside Steve. Bill supports the Fruit LC computers.
|Voiced by: Michael Urichek.
Appears in: LCS
|Billy is the boyfriend of an un-named woman who also dates Jonnie in 2000. Billy chases Mike after he picks up his girlfriend and gives chase, however Mike manages to lose Billy.
|Appears in: A
|Billy Bob
|Billy Bob is a member of the Rednecks gang. His father is Pa Wayne and has many siblings (including Bob, Joleyn, Mary Beth, Jethro, Seth, Lazy Balls, Peter Lee, Boff, Sammy Jo, Teri Barbara, Maggie May, Bonny, Jonny W., Bobby Bill and Fabrizio.
|Appears in: 2
|Bilovski is a member of the Russian Mafia who commits suicide by using a rocket launcher.
|Appears in: 2
|Oliver Biscuit
|Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit is the host of Fever 105 in 1986.
|Voiced by: Julius Dyson.
Appears in: VC
|Black Lightman
|Black Lightman is a film star who is killed by Toni Cipriani on orders from Father Ned for not giving the Liberty Tree newspaper an interview.
|Appears in: LCS
|Donny Black
|Donny Black is a member of the Rednecks gang.
|Mr. Black
|Mr. Black is a businessman who, in 1986, resides in Vice City. On orders from his employers, he employs Tommy Vercetti as a hitman, believing him to be Leo Teal. He orders the killings of Carl Pearson, Mrs. Dawson, Charlie Dilson, Franco Carter, Nick Kong, Mike Griffin, Marcus Hammond, Dick Tanner and another businessman. He also employs Tommy to disrupt a meeting between members of the FBI and the Streetwannabies.
|Appears in: VC
|Tony Black
|Tony Black is, in 2008, a member of the Ancelotti Family who is set to meet some members of the Albanians. Niko Bellic rigs a bomb to Black's car and later detonates the bomb outside a factory, killing Black and many Ancelotti Family gang members.
|Appears in: IV
|Johnnie Blain
|Johnnie Blain is, in 2001, a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper in Liberty City. He writes the Leone: Like Father, Like Son? article.
|Appears in: III
|Gern Blanston
|Gern Blanston, known as Gaffle One was a rapper who also worked as a pimp, before becoming a representative for ScamWay.
|Appears in: SA
|Brother Boab
|Brother Boab is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love in Vice City.
|Appears in: 1
|Dwight Boakin
|Dwight Boakin is a member of the Rednecks gang in Anywhere City and is the son of Pap Boakin. Claude Speed takes a trailer from outside his home to kill the police chief of the Anywhere City Police Department.
|Appears in: 2
|Pap Boakin
|Pap Boakin is a member of the Rednecks gang and has a son, Dwight Boakin.
|Appears in: 2
|Bob is, in 2001, a resident of Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale, Liberty City. He phones Chatterbox FM and suggests shutting down schools. He has a son, called Johnny, who he taught clean the bathroom by age three and in 2001, aged seven, forces him to work for Ragin and Ponzer. He is seven years old, works for legal firm Ragin and Ponzer and earns $23,000 a year during the week and for another company photocopying various pieces of paper.
|Appears in: III
|Bob is an employee of the Vice City Police Department who finds the criminal files on the official [Grand Theft Auto: Vice City website, alongside Bruce.
|Appears in: VC
|Cousin Bob
|Cousin Bob is the cousin of Trent Hopkins and, in 1984 was dating Hopkins' mother. Bob resides in Vice City.
|Appears in: VCS
|Crazy Bob
|Crazy Bob is an explosives expert who owns an explosives shop. He also receives a car rigged with a bomb at his home.
|Appears in: 1
Curly Bob
|Curly Bob is, in 2001, a barman at Luigi's Sex Club 7 in the Red Light District. He is addicted to SPANK and sells Leone Family secrets to the Colombian Cartel in return for the drug. However, this leads to his death at the hands of Claude.
|Voiced by: Hunter Platin.
Appears in: III
|Nurse Bob
|Nurse Bob is, in 1998, the host of the Heartland Values show broadcast on LCFR. He is a devout Christian, is from the southern United States and usually attacks his guests.
|Voiced by: Chuck Montgomery.
Appears in: LCS
|Bobby is, presumably, a member of the Sindacco Family who lives on the east coast of the United States (which may be Liberty City, Vice City or Carcer City). In 1992 he became an open homosexual.
|Appears in: SA
|Bobby Bill
|Bobby Bill is a member of the Rednecks gang. He is the son of Pa Wayne and has many siblings, including Bob, Joleyn, Mary Beth, Jethro, Seth, Lazy Balls, Peter Lee, Boff, Sammy Jo, Teri Barbara, Maggie May, Bonny, Jonny W., Billy Bob and Fabrizio.
|Appears in: 2
Raymond Boccino
|Raymond Boccino is a Capo for the Pegorino Family in Liberty City. He employs Niko Bellic to help with a diamond deal, which does not come through and is later killed on the orders of James Pegorino.
|Voiced by: Joe Barbara.
Appears in: IV
|Sergio Boccino
|Sergio Boccino is a radio DJ who, in 1998, hosts the Double Clef FM station in Liberty City. By 2001 Boccino has been replaced by Morgan Merryweather.
|Appears in: LCS
|Boff is a member of the Rednecks gang. His/her father is Pa Wayne and he/she has many siblings, including Bob, Joleyn, Mary Beth, Jethro, Seth, Lazy Balls, Peter Lee, Sammy Jo, Teri Barbara, Maggie May, Bonny, Jonny W., Billy Bob, Bobby Bill and Fabrizio.
|Appears in: 2
|Marty Boldenow
|Marty Boldenow is, in 2008, a criminal based in Liberty City who is wanted by the Liberty City Police Department for gang related violence. He can be killed by Niko Bellic, depending on the players choice.
|Appears in: IV
|Henry Bolt
|Henry Bolt was, in 1842, a colonel with the 66th Cavalry stationed in Fort Carson who led his troops towards Las Barrancas. However, he inadvertently led his troops into a large hole in the desert, which killed both Bolt and his troops.
|Appears in: SA
|DJ Bombatumba
|DJ Bombatumba is the host of the KGBH radio station in Anywhere City.
|Appears in: 2
|Randy Boner
|Randy Boner is, in 1998, a resident of Liberty City.
|Appears in: LCS
|Marco Bonnaro
|g with the Pavano Family.Marco Bonnaro is, in 2008, a bodyguard for James Pegorino. He is killed in a meeting with the Pavano Family.
|Appears in: IV
|Bonny is a member of the Rednecks gang. Her father is Pa Wayne and she has many siblings, including Bob, Joleyn, Mary Beth, Jethro, Seth, Lazy Balls, Peter Lee, Sammy Jo, Teri Barbara, Maggie May, Boff, Jonny W., Billy Bob, Bobby Bill and Fabrizio.
|Appears in: 2
|Eduard Borodin
|Eduard Borodin is, in 2008, a Russian businessman who is financing terrorist activity in Liberty City. He is killed whilst flying in a helicopter by Niko Bellic and "Little" Jacob Hughes, on orders from United Liberty Paper.
|Appears in: IV
|Salvatore Bottino
|Salvatore Bottino is, in 2008, a high ranking member of the Gambetti Family and formerly Jon Gravelli's right hand man, before being forced into hiding. He is wanted by the Liberty City Police Department for racketeering. He is known as Sammy.
|Appears in: IV
|Carl Bradshaw
|Carl Bradshaw is a radio DJ who, in 2008, hosts the Tuff Gong Radio station in Liberty City.
|Appears in: IV
Darko Brevic
|Darko Brevic is a man who betrayed Niko Bellic's old army unit. He has a drug addiction and he sold out the unit for $1,000. Brevic is kidnapped by Jon Gravelli and brought to Liberty City. Darko can be killed by the player.
|Appears in: IV
|Lou Bricant
|Lou Bricant is, in 1998, a resident of Liberty City.
|Appears in: LCS
|Marlon Bridges
|Marlon Bridges is a member of the North Holland Hustlers gang who Niko Bellic kills on orders from gang leaders Playbox X (Trey Stewart) and Dwayne Forge.
|Appears in: IV
|Leo Brodell
|Leo Brodell is, in 2008, a criminal in Liberty City who is wanted by the LCPD for drug trafficking. He can be killed by Niko Bellic, depending on the players choice.
|Appears in: IV
|Brother Paw
|Brother Paw is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love and may be the father of Brother Marcus.
|Appears in: 1
|Brother Soapy
|Brother Soapy is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love.
|Appears in: 1
|Brother Wullie
|Brother Wullie is a member of the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love.
|Appears in: 1
|Jan Brown
|Jan Brown is, in 1986, a resident of Vice City and the mother of Patrick III and Jono. She appears on VCPRs Pressing Issues to discuss morality. She is on medication and continues to live with her husband, despite knowing of his infidelity.
|Voiced by: Maureen Silliman.
Appears in: VC
|Bruce is, in 1986, an employee of the Vice City Police Department who resides in Vice City. He finds the criminal files on the official Grand Theft Auto: Vice City website, alongside Bob.
|Appears in: VC
|Bryson employs the protagonist of GTA 1 to pick up a briefcase, which is full of explosives. He has the protagonist drive and walk to various locations and later sends hitmen to kill him/her.
|Appears in: 1
|Bub is, in 1984, an actor residing in Vice City. He is set to appear as a zombie in the latest movie directed by Spitz. The movie, being shot in the mission The Audition, also features Victor Vance.
|Appears in: VCS
|Bubba is one of the options for protagonist in GTA 1.
|Appears in: 1
|Buckwheat is a member of the Rednecks gang in Anywhere City. He owns a car crushing business and may be related to Buckwheat Mary.
|Appears in: 2
|Buckwheat Mary
|Buckwheat Mary is a member of the Rednecks gang. She may be related to Buckwheat.
|Appears in: 2
|Rodislav Bulgarin
|Rodislav Bulgarin is a Russian criminal who lives in the Mediterranean and runs a people smuggling ring. He used to employ Niko Bellic, until Niko's ship was taken by the authorities. He blamed Niko and chased him to Liberty City where he continues to ambush and kill Niko, failing each time. According to Bulgarin's police file he dies by the end of the GTA IV storyline.
|Voiced by: Vitali Baganov.
Appears in: IV
|Des Buratto
|Des Buratto is, in 1984, a member of the Mendez Cartel and a resident of Vice City.
|Appears in: VCS
|Keenan Burdett
|Keenan Burdett is, in 2008, a criminal based in Liberty City who is wanted by the Liberty City Police Department for armed robbery. Niko Bellic can kill Burdett depending on the players choice.
|Appears in: IV
Ned Burner
|Ned Burner is. in 1998, a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper. He employs Toni Cipriani, from the Liberty City Cathedral on Staunton Island whilst posing as the reverend, to do various things to generate news. This includes killing Faith W., DB-P and Black Lightman, as well as stealing documents and diamonds. He is lated killed by Toni, having witnessed Toni and Donald Love killing Avery Carrington. His corpse is later stolen and presumably eaten by Love.
|Voiced by: Peter Bradbury.
Appears in: LCS
|Kristen Burns
|Kristen Burns is, in 2001, a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper and a resident of Liberty City.
|Appears in: III
|Richard Burns
|Richard Burns is, in 1992, a news reporter for the WCTR radio station in San Andreas and the boyfriend of Lianne Forget. He is later fired after the riots in Los Santos and moves to Liberty City, setting up a website about the history of the internet. It is unknown whether he continues to date Lianne Forget.
|Voiced by: Wil Wheaton.
Appears in: SA and LCS
El Burro
|El Burro is, in GTA 1, a homosexual Mexican living in San Andreas who is feuding with Uncle Fu. He hires the protagonist to help him in this feud.
El Burro is, in GTA III (2001), the leader of the Diablos gang in Hepburn Heights, Liberty City. He is involved in wars against the Leone Family and the Uptown Yardies. He briefly employs Claude, having him kill numerous Leone Family gang members with a ice cream truck laden with explosives. He is also involved in creating and distributing pornography, having started in at least 1986.
|Voiced by: Chris Phillips.
Appears in: 1 and III
|Ashley Butler
|Ashley Butler is the 'old lady' of Billy Grey, leader of The Lost Brotherhood and is an associate of Raymond Boccino, although it is hinted she may be having an affair with Boccino. She is also a methamphetamine addict.
|Appears in: IV
|Officer Butts
|Officer Butts is a VCPD police officer. He resides in Vice City and drives a VCPD Cheetah.
|Appears in: VCS
|Ivan Bytchkov
|Ivan Bytchkov is a burglar based in Hove Beach. Vlad Glebov orders Niko Bellic to kill him, however the player can choose not to kill him. If Niko does not kill him, Ivan moves to Alderney, gets engaged, gets a new job as a "money lender" and employs Niko to collect money he is owed.
|Voiced by: Lev Gorn.
Appears in: IV