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They can never spend enough to stimulate the economy of New York, let alone the United States of America. I'm sure the drug cartels are smiling though as Wall Street bonuses rise. Lets party like its 1984.
Did he write this over his morning coffee? All the analysis is wrong, well, because it is wrong. No data, no projections, no nothin;. I hope this isn't the good Robert Frank.
The demographics of our aging populace is not spending enough to drive the economy. Essentially we have too many old people, and a massively over leveraged population who have lost all their spending power, will keep investors nervous. http://bit.ly/qk8KqR
And a big part of that is the "capitalist" trying to drive profits by pushing down labor costs at the expense of needed consumers. If the younger generation's working earning power had kept pace with the investment classes earning power, the dynamics might be much different. Supposedly we went global seeking the elusive international consumer instead what happened was a reduction in the buying power of all peoples and a burgeoning wealthy class worldwide and a worldwide economic disaster — again!!!!
LV, Prada, Hermes, Burberry, Polo and Coach continue to report record sales and profitability; luxury consumption is driving this. If you look at the real numbers, the lion's share of consumption is in the developed countries for these brands and the high percentage growth which all comment on is in the developing markets as they develop their luxury consumer. The global luxury market is just getting bigger. Market volatility was a lesson learned again a few years ago. Assuming the luxury consumer had wealth because of either capability or assets, why would one assume that that consumer would no longer be capable to earn wealth and was going to be victim to a volatile market and not a master of it? The luxury tier is in fact very small as a percent to total but it has huge purchasing power within its tier of retail. It would seem appropriate for the argument in the article to be supported by some current negative results from luxury retail. Many of the luxury brands are still chasing inventory to satisfy demand.
We were in Europe a couple of months ago. We went into a LV store. The people in there spending were from Asia. We were the only couple from the US inside the store.
This article is not helpful because it's arguing a side for argumen't sake. Agree with Java's comment
As the former head of strategy and marketing for Neiman Marcus I can say that my experience is consistent with what Robert posits. There is no question that luxury spending in the US is highly correlated with the markets, and therefore market volatility equals luxury market volatility, at least broadly.
The other thing that is missed by most commentators is that the luxury market is only partially driven by the truly rich. A very large percentage is driven by, shall we say, the merely affluent or so-called HENRY's (High Earners, Not Rich Yet).
When the economy (and stock market) stumble, the impact on the HENRY's spending is much more pronounced, as they tighten the reins on expensive, discretionary purchases. The truly rich can afford whatever they want and any pullback is likely to be muted and temporary. For the merely affluent, psychology and absolute spending capacity are the drivers.
I agree this is a column that seems phoned in. I was engaged by the title wondering about its impact on certain investments but… practically no insight in this column.
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In the hospital where a family member lay gravely ill, the relatives gathered in the waiting room.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant.
It's an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN."
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There is no lapel ribbon pin, charity run, or celebrity spokesperson for humanitys number one killer: old age. But according to Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Jonathan Weiner, gerontology is an active research field, albeit one with a long history of eccentrics. In Long for This World, he catalogs the search for immortality from the ancient Greeks to todays molecular biologists. Interestingly, the crusade for longevity is often linked to sexual potency. Weiner reports that Victorian men sought the fountain of youth by replacing their own testicles with those of apes.
Immortality almost seems within reach when Weiner reveals that for every day we live, our life expectancy goes up by five hours. Yet with our sagging skin and crumbling bag-of-bones, our bodies tick on to eventual decay. Throughout his survey, its impossible to ignore that its mostly middle-aged men who are delirious to live forever. No one asked Jeanne Calment, the oldest person on record, who died at 122 years old, whether she could take 122 more years, let alone infinity.
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A large dark-bodied lizard, the male of which has a light yellow tail, native to the deserts of the south-western US and Mexico.
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Space Shuttle and Space Station photographed together
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In a world rife with reimaginings of fairy tales (TV's Grimm and Once Upon a Time, plus dueling upcoming film adaptations of Snow White), The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness is a perfectly adequate retelling of Hansel and Gretel. —
Rather oddly named adopted Asian siblings Han (Christopher Larkin) and Greta (Ali Ahn) are separated when Greta's teenage rebellion—precipitated by the death of her adopted father and her adopted mother's retreating into her grief—lands her in something like a juvenile corrections facility. There, therapist and sweetly manipulative Baba Yaga (Cindy Cheung, finding comic layers in her character) keeps the detainees on their best behavior with a combination of meds, threats and jars of candy.
Part of the problem with Sugar House is that playwright Carla Ching is intent on adding emotional content to her revision of Hansel and Gretel, giving audiences both the basic outline of the original story, plus a Dickensian childhood in China and then Chicago that involves multiple parental deaths. Sent by their adopted mother to New York City to stay with their aunt and uncle, that subplot finds Han acting out against them and the casual cruelty of Greta while she remains imprisoned.
Director Daniella Topol has staged the proceedings with an emphasis on otherworldiness, from the appearance of ghosts during a hallucination of Greta's to a weird chalk stick used by Babba Yaga to sketch what ultimately look like pentagrams on the stage. Unfortunately, Topol and Ching have also grasped at cultural immediacy by adding tweeting to the story, projecting Han and Greta's tweets on the evocative ruined-house-façade set from Clint Ramos. But because the set is uneven, the tweets are often unreadable, and the occasional film projections are likewise blurry.
Topol does get some solid performances from her cast, particularly April Matthis' turn as Han and Greta's aunt, Opal. But too much of The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness is by-the-numbers, learning-to-love-your family stuff, lacking the darkness that keeps the Grimm Brothers' stories eternally popular.
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Men's Health, Men's Responsibilities
College can be an exciting time, learning new skills to help you succeed in life. It is also a time to learn skills needed to keep yourself healthy. Here are a few issues for you to consider.
Sexual Health: Just do it, or NOT!
Many young males decide to wait for their first sexual experience. The decision to not have sex (abstinence) is the only sure guarantee to avoid sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD/Is) and unwanted pregnancies.
If you do decide to have sex ask yourself a few basic questions.
- Are you sure both you and your partner want to have sex?
- Are you and your partner equipped to have safe and protected sex?
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Sex between two mature consenting individuals can be enjoyable and satisfying. Learn to talk openly and honestly with your partner.
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Although testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men ages 20-35, it is one of the most easily cured cancers. Early detection is essential for successful treatment. A testicular self-exam (TSE) is the best method for early detection. It is easily learned and simple to perform. A TSE should be performed every month so you become familiar with what is normal for you and can recognize any changes that may occur. Ask your health care provider to show you how to perform a TSE.
Bulk versus Baggage Steroid Use
Steroids may seem like an easy way to get quick and impressive muscular results, but there are changes your body will go through that you may not have anticipated or considered. Side effects from steroid use can include a variety of physical and psychological problems. These include damage to your kidneys, heart, penis and testicles, ligaments and tendons, and even liver cancer. Psychological effects can include depression, paranoia, mood swings, and aggressive behavior. Before you take steroids, educate yourself on what all the effects are, and remember, some of them are irreversible.
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strong. That's the word most people think of first when asked what it means to be a man. If you think strong means tough, muscular, aggressive and stoic, you might think you have to take unnecessary risks, engage in violent behavior and avoid asking for help to be a "real man". strong can mean doing one's best, being responsible, making difficult choices and sticking it out. Strength of character is being ethical, fair and committed to doing "the right thing", standing up for your beliefs, your family and your community. Be strong enough to walk away from fights, to risk being honest about how you feel, to give up the need to control others and to take responsibility for protecting your own health and well being. Professional counselors and health care providers can help you find positive, healthy models of masculinity.
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Are you concerned about the way some other men talk about and treat women on this campus? Are you worried about the safety of your female friends? Have you ever gotten tired of most women looking at you as a potential rapist? What is a nice guy to do? Fight back. Reclaim your male pride and honor by actively condemning sexual violence. Make it your mission to join together with other men to stop the rapists and make this campus safe for everyone. The following ideas are from Men Stopping Rape in Madison.
Men's Pledge to End Rape
- I believe that rape will not end until men become part of the solution;
- I take pride in myself as a man;
- I care about the women in my life;
- I am angry that people I know have been hurt;
- I recognize that men are women will not be equal until rape ends;
- I know that happiness between men and women is difficult in a world where rape exists;
- I accept my responsibility to assist in making this a safer world.
I Pledge to:
- Speak out my anger about rape;
- Talk with other men about ending rape;
- Look at how men are raised that helps create a culture where rape is possible;
- Support laws that encourage men to take responsibility for ending rape;
- Listen to women friends' fears and concerns for their safety;
- Pay attention to cries for help from women around me;
- Challenge images of violence against women in advertising and pornography;
- Encourage women to be strong and powerful;
- Recognize that cooperation is power;
- Change whatever I am doing that helps create a culture where rape is possible;
- Support men and women working together to end rape.
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Economic security or environmental destruction?
The Oil Sands, the world's second-largest proven reserves after Saudi Arabia, hold out the promise of energy security for the United States and economic security for Canada. But environmentalists fear the destructive, energy intensive process of extracting the oil will carry direct consequences for the planet. Despite the doubts, new oil sands projects are again springing up after the financial crisis halted development. How will oil companies balance the quest for more oil with environmental concerns? Mar. 22-23 we'll put those questions to the oil companies, environmental groups and government officals at the first Reuters Canadian Oil Sands Summit in Calgary.
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Poppy Morgan has been undecided whether or not to use PrEP to conceive her second child with her HIV-positive husband. What did she decide? Read on.
PrEP wars: The demonization of people using Truvada for prevention has backfiredPoz AIDS activist Jim Pickett says hard-core PrEP opponents "distrust and mischaracterize science – either due to true misunderstanding or to cynical manipulation. They are stuck in a mind-set that posits condoms as the only valid form of HIV prevention."
PrEP pops up on cruising sitesMarc-André LeBlanc says that PrEP is a hot topic in HIV prevention circles. There is more and more discussion about it in gay media, on social networks, and even in mass media. But is it even on the radar of the average gay man?
Divas Simply Singing raises vital funds for HIV and AIDSOur LA correspondent Kengi reports Sheryl Lee Ralph was fabulous on stage and did not disappoint her fans in a night filled with music and plenty of laughter at the 24th Annual Diva's Simply Singing at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood.
Aidsmap.com reports high effectiveness seen in English PrEP trial; all participants in the PROUD study are to be offered PrEP early
The welcome side effect of PrEPThe Advocate says "A spike in relationships that bridge the so-called viral divide may be an unintended side effect of the use of PrEP for HIV prevention."
Are antimicrobial condoms the new frontier against STIs? Not quite…An Australian company Starpharma is to launch a condom coated with an antimicrobial chemical known as VivaGel. While it might be marketed as a great leap forward for preventing STIs, it's unlikely to offer any more protection than your average condom
HIV - the loaded gun: conscious acts of terrorDave R: In war zones, rape is a vile enough crime but the HIV-positive rapist takes the crime to another level of obscenity; it becomes a biological weapon which is intended to destroy communities from within. When will the world take note and react?
From POZ. As slogans anticipating an end to the AIDS epidemic gain popularity, skeptics worry that such promises are hollow and unrealistically ambitious, and that failure to deliver will ultimately set back efforts to combat HIV.
Is PrEP cost effective in averting new infections?Aidsmap reports PrEP will need high adherence, high effectiveness and high coverage in specific populations to be affordable in the US, New York study finds
Guest writer Dave Cruise from the UK writes about what it's like to be recently diagnosed with Hep C after being diagnosed with HIV nine years ago


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Paget Brewster Joins Amazon's Yoga-Themed Comedy Pilot Down Dog
Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster is getting her "Om" on, joining the cast of Amazon's yoga-centric comedy pilot Down Dog, TVLine has learned exclusively. READ MORE
Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster is getting her "Om" on, joining the cast of Amazon's yoga-centric comedy pilot Down Dog, TVLine has learned exclusively. READ MORE
Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster has been cast opposite The Sopranos' Michael Imperioli in the ABC sitcom pilot Saint Francis.
Penned by Chris Moynihan (Man Up), the multi-camera project follows …READ MORE
CBS' Criminal Minds marks its 200th episode tonight at 9/8c with a fast-paced hour in which Hotch & Co. try to find JJ, who has been mysteriously abducted. But when the BAU's priorities bump against those of the DoD and State Department, it's time to call in for backup, in the form of ex-team member-turned-Interpol biggie Emily Prentiss.
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CBS' Criminal Minds will call in for reinforcements — namely, in the form of a familiar face — when Episode 200 tackles the race against time to find kidnapped JJ. And TVLine has a flurry of photos from the milestone hour, peppered with scoopy quotes from returning player Paget Brewster. READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS
Abed's coat-check crush is stepping back out of her Greendale closet.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Brie Larson will reprise her role as the pop-culture fiend's quirky Community companion, Rachel, for at least one Season 5 installment. READ MORE
Criminal Minds will get a blast from its recent-ish past when fan fave Paget Brewster returns for the CBS crime drama's 200th episode.
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Paget Brewster is continuing her transition from the dark, dark Criminal Minds to far lighter fare, this time with a co-starring role on ABC's Spy pilot.
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Newt Gingrich is adamant ... Brad Pitt should play HIM if Hollywood ever made a movie about his life ... and no, that's not a typo.
The Republican candidate phoned in to the Rich Stevens Radio Show today ... when he was asked, "If Hollywood was going to do a movie about your life, who would you like to see play the lead role?"
Newt replied, "Oh, in my fantasy life? Brad Pitt ... why not?!
Stevens quipped, "Is it because you guys look alike?"
Newt fired right back. "No, I don't look like him at all. He's thinner, he's better looking, he's younger. But you asked me if I had anyone who could play me in a movie ... why not go for Brad Pitt???"
We called Pitt's people for comment -- so far, no word back.
There is not enough make-up in the world!
better fit would be Drew Carey.
He was already been in several block buster movies, anybody remember Jabba the Hut?
Bill Maher was right when he said Gingrich suffered from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He has "grandiose" ideas for certain.
Oh, please please please comment on this Brad. I'd love to know what he thinks about the prospect of playing Newt Gingrich. I'm guessing he has an opinion on the man.
Lol...I cannot stand that man, btu I have to give him props on his answer. He did ask is he could pick ANYONE, so why not go for the hottest guy that is the complete OPPOSITE of you! Not that Brad would give that role the time of day, but still pretty funny.
Very funny ! He wants Brad Pitt a handsome democrat to play him. Becareful what you wish for Newt, you may not like the out come of the movie. If it's about your life Mr. Speaker/cheater everything goes in. I'm sure Brad would do lots of research!! Obama 2012
A lot of people are missing the point - Newt is saying you might as well dream big on who'd play you in a movie! I personally would choose Halle Berry, because she is absolutely stunning. We're the same age, but you'd never say we look alike LOL
That's some ego that he thinks a movie would ever be made about him. Maybe when he moves to his moon base. Idiot!
Apparently, Brad Pitt and Newt have a lot in common: http://www.omdoubleg.com/politics-2/newt-gingrich-marriage-is-something-sacred-between-a-man-and-woman-and-another-woman/
Just like the Republican Nomination …. This will never happen. I WOULD vote for him to move to the Moon… eat Moon Pies… and sing Moon River for the rest of his life
Newt Gingrich at his best.... "Irritable Jowl Syndrome" http://www.celebremix.com/remixes/view/4907?utm_source=CRX&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=Newt
Gee, I was thinking someone alone the lines of a cross between Bob's Big Boy, Baby Huey...and the Devil! LOL!
I would have thought Jabba the Hutt would be a more realistic choice.
What an egotistical fool, does he realy think anyone would watch a movie about him? This fat pig needs to go away, far far away. Newt for president? Not in the USA. Maybe he could make his own home movie, "Diary of a Blowhard"


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I actually haven't a clue what white tea tastes like, I've asked my tea guru friends and suprisingly they haven't either. So this tea tasting demonstration at The General store would be interesing to drag my hermit tea friends to.
Except 14th is comic workshop day, which I hadn't gone in yonks due to circumstances. Dilemma ! Tea or comics?


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Louis C.K. hosted SNL and the night was filled with hilarious moments including a skit about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his interpreter on life after Hurricane Sandy, a spook of Louis's own show, a an absolutely hysterical kiss from Louis C.K. and Kate McKinnon.


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Friday, 05 September 2014 14:00
Jonathan Drew : 'I hope that I can establish an honest discussion with the Government on the issue of Diego Garcia'
Jonathan Drew is the new British High Commissioner in Mauritius. He presented his credentials to the President of the Republic two weeks ago. He hosted a reception at Westminster House on Thursday 4 September to better know the big players of the Mauritian society. News on Sunday asked him a few questions, so as to know what the priorities on his agenda are.
Friday, 05 September 2014 14:00
Ben Buntipilly : 'Fatal road accidents are decreasing and fewer people are dying on our roads'
Ben Buntipilly is at the head of the Special Road Safety Unit, placed under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister's Office, for the past four years. He claims success in the implementation of his projects so much so that Mauritius, he says, is the best among African countries. However, he is quick to claims that there is still a long way to go and that one of the first steps taken for this long journey is the setting up of a state of the art drivers training centre. News on Sunday met the Special Adviser of the Prime Minister on road safety in his office and asked him the reasons for so many deaths on our roads.
Friday, 29 August 2014 14:00
Hamza Goolbar : "We all pray and want peace to prevail in Libya very soon"
Memories of the 45th anniversary of the Great Alfateh Revolution (1st September 1969) come to our mind just like the capture and killing of Colonel Khadafi on 20 October 2011. On this occasion, we just want to remind our readers that when Muammar made his revolution in 1969, not a drop of blood was shed despite the poverty of the Libyan people – he ruled for more than 40 years until Libya became a rich country. In February 2011, the West with the complicity of some Libyan merceneries toppled the regime and destroyed the country, killing alongside the Guide and burying him at an unknown place.
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Vinay Narrainen : '50,000 young Mauritians have benefited from the Duke of Edinburgh Award'
International Youth Day was celebrated on 12 August, as designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. It is an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change, as well as an opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges and hardships facing the world's youth. This year the celebrations were placed under the theme: 'Youth and Mental Health', with activities organised in various parts of the country.
Friday, 15 August 2014 14:00
Fernand Mandarin : If Ramgoolam accepts another lease, this means that there is no more Diego!
Following the imbroglio created by the communiqué of the Prime Minister's Office on the Chagos issue, Fernand Mandarin, President of the 'Comité Social Chagossien' called our office to express his complete distress on the current situation. News on Sunday asked him about the reasons thereof.
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Friday, 15 August 2014 14:00
Anup Kumar Mudgal : 'The new government is committed to prioritise, consolidate and strengthen relations with neighbours, including Mauritius"
On 15 August, 2014, India completes 68 years of its Independence. It is a long way covered by one of the smallest but multicultural population of the world, guided by real democratic principles and living in complete freedom.
Friday, 08 August 2014 14:00
Bryan Clark : 'The IORA will establish a Free Trade Area among member countries'
Australia took over the Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association from India in November 2013 and will keep it until November 2015. As head of the IORA, Australia wants to bring a new impulse to this regional organisation in launching Business facilitation as a strategy for economic development.
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Transport sector : Unions and Labour Ministry on the battlefield
There is a complete mess around the need to increase salaries and working conditions in the transport industry. This is due to a collective agreement reached between trade unions and the employers of bus companies signed in August 2013 and the need to implement a Remuneration Order for workers of bus transport, with, in between an amendment brought to Section 95 of the Employment Relations Act.
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Friday, 01 August 2014 14:00
Dass Thomas : 'The plan to move the Air Mauritius Head Office to the airport is still on'
After having known serious economic disturbances for quite a long time because of hedging, Air Mauritius is today travelling in a clear sky and latest reports, as shown by the management last week, indicate that our national airline company is on profit and that it is even planning to buy six new planes over the next six years.
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Radhakrisna Sadien : "Leak detection and pipe replacement have not received the consideration they deserve since long"
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Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360)
Westworld is Here
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Game Red Dead Redemption
Platform Xbox 360
Genre(s) Shooter
I had a brief working vacation at the end of May in New York City. At the time, I had played Red Dead Redemption for a week. The longer I was away from my XBox, The more I dreamt of the the open plains of New Austin, the Mexico bordering state that Red Dead Redemption's hero John Marston (Rob Wiethoff) calls home. It's 1911, and the sun is finally setting on the old west as "civilization" approaches. Marston is a former outlaw who hung up his spurs after being left for dead by his own gang. Married and settled into the quiet life of a farmer, Marston's world is disrupted by the sinister Agent Ross (Jim Bentley) who charges him with tracking down the members of his old gang. Redemption is hard to find out there on the dusty trail, and Marston is about to find out just how hard.
Red Dead Revolver was developed in 2002 by Rockstar San Diego for Capcom, but the publisher dropped it. Following Take 2's acquisition of RSD that same year, the company gave it an overhaul and released it in 2004 to boffo sales and a bit of egg on Capcom's face. The game was well put together, but I recall it as being rather unexciting and somewhat boring. The story was an awfully familiar revenge tale, and it was outstripped a year later by Neversoft's underrated, too-short open world western Gun (to which Redemption owes a small debt). It had one neat thing that Gun ripped off- a Matrix style slo mo aiming mechanic called Dead Eye. The sequel to shares only the spaghetti western setting and the Dead Eye mechanic, but more than that, it represents a leap forward not just for the franchise, but for the Rockstar open world/sandbox model itself.
The big difference between Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV, the gamer learns quickly, is that it seems more ALIVE than Liberty City. A strange reaction at first, since the expanses of New Austn and northern Mexico are sparsely populated by comparison. But there's so much going on that you just out of the corner of your eye. Animals ripe for hunting patrol the landscape. Criminals prey on helpless citizens going from town to town. One time I was strolling by and five outlaws on horses were dragging some poor bastard on the ground. It's hard to go far without stumbling on a freeroaming event, a minigame, or a sidequest. The game has a stranger sidequest system similar to GTAIV's. However, the sidequests are much better developed and longer, there's more of a feeling you're actually getting something out of it besides an amusing cut scene.
Horses also control better than cars. And the scenery- wow. Even playing on a standard definition television, Red Dead Redemption is a visually rich game on par with the best the 360 has to offer. Deserts, trees, flowers, boulders, passerby, buildings- all have terrific amounts of detail. Even though the game has a very well implemented fast travel system, you'll often find yourself just cruising the world, trying to complete many of the game's ambient challenges. What's great is that going from mission to mission no longer feels like a chore. While Dan Houser supervised the game and co-wrote the script, RDR feels very different from what Rockstar North has done with open world concepts. I really hope Houser and Rockstar North take the right lessons from this game.
Rockstar soundtracks are great no matter what the studio, and Red Dead Redemption is no exception. The score by Bill Alem and Woody Jackson owes heavily to Ennio Morricone, but it's haunting and beautiful in its own way. In fact, I'd go so far to say it's one of the best game soundtracks of all time. There are also several original song compositions by artists such as Jose Gonzalez, whose "Far Away" became a favorite of mine.
The actual gameplay is pretty simple, using familiar cover based run and gun tactics. The Dead Eye mechanic works like this: you get enough kills and head shots, and the meter fills up. You go into DE, and the world slows down to offere better aiming. Eventually this mechanic improves to the point where you can paint targets and take out multiple guys in seconds. The ragdoll physics in this game are very good, to the point that every conflict feels utterly brutal as bullets (or fists) tear apart your enemies. The game's not overly difficult, but makes up for this by creating frenetic, tense missions with some pretty good enemy AI. Enemies aren't stupid enough to just walk into your bullets, and will take cover and adapt to what you're doing. Usually you can circumvent this by turning on the Dead Eye, but there are still some unnerving moments to be had as you're frenetically reloading and a whole posse has come after you. Like most open world games, You can do whatever you want, ie go back to being the outlaw John Marston used to be and rob banks and terrorize townsfolk, although the game encourages you to be a nice guy given how brutal the reputation system and wanted levels can be. The reputation system has a few nice perks but it doesn't really affect the overall arc of the game- Marston's attitude remains unchanged throughout the narrative, a formerly nasty but basically decent man trying to live his life. In the wake of BioWare's double punch of Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2, it actually feels kind of retrograde. Or like playing Fallout 3.
While RDR can be pretty easy, it is by no means a game you can wrap up in a week. Red .Dead Redemption has lengthy narrative that will take you through at least 20 hours of gameplay. The script, written by Houser, Christian Cantamessa (the Manhunt series), and Michael Unsworth is a pastiche of the entire scope of the American western film. In addition to the plot's initial paralells to the Wild Bunch, there are allusions to High Noon, Unforgiven, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and more. The writers keep their own original spin on things, however. One problem I had with Grand Theft Auto IV was that the entire game world and story felt too cynical for its own good, where everyone including Niko Bellic was either a hypocrite, a jerk, a hypocrite, a fool or a hypocrite. In Red Dead Redemption, while there's the requisite cynical side- when you get to Mexico, surprise, the revolutionaries are just as corrupt if not more so than the oppressive government they're trying to overthrow- Marston himself is a trusting (actually too trusting), likable fellow, and some of the people he meets along the way are genuinely decent folk. There's some light in this world, unlike the contiunal morass that Niko Bellic finds himself slogging through. While like previous Rockstar games, some of the more interesting characters have a tedency to mysteriously drop out of the narrative, I remembered well characters like the ex-gunsligner turned lawman Landon Ricketts and jttery con man Nigel West Dickens. The voice acting is, unsurpriginsly, uniformly good. If I had to pick a standout performance besides Wiethoff, it would be master swordsman (really) and actor Anthony DeLongis as Marshal Leigh Johnson. Johnson at first seems an ancestor of Frank McReary, a cynical, ineffective jerk. But soon you realize he's just extremely pragmatic, and that's part of his charm. He also gets what I consider the best line in the game. I'll leave you to decide what that is.
However, the narrative is by no means perfect. Grand Theft Auto IV may be heartless, but it's far more tightly plotted and there are fewer holes. A good deal of the plot depends on Marston, who comes off as pretty smart most fo the time, making some catastrophically stupid decisions in the beginning and ending sequences of the game. While most of the villains are well developed, Ross is a venal cartoon, and there's something uncomfortable about the way the game demonizes "The Agency", though that may just be my own reaction to the near psychotic (though not wholly unjustified) anti-Federal sentiment going on these days, which the writers couldn't have predicted.
Despite its flaws, the game's story holds you in its grip until the rather surprising final sequence. Without spoiling too much, it turns out that the final missions in the game are usually not the kind of final missions you'd find in most games. But that's because the game's playing a narrative trick on you, one which you'll guess long before Marston does, but when the payoff comes, it's appropriately shocking and left me speechless. The ending of this game makes the ending of Grand Theft Auto IV look like "What If the Thing Continued to Mutate?" (LOOK IT UP). It's rare that a game can reach in and carve a piece out of your heart, but warts and all, when the credits roll at the end of Red Dead Redemption, you feel spent, burnt, and not a little bit lost.
Thankfully, the game's multiplayer is here to cushion the blow. Rockstar San Diego has taken the freeroaming environments of many racing games and slapped that framework onto New Austin. The player can wander about the countryside, attacking bandits or other players, or you can join a posse and square off in standard death matches or oddball or fortress defense or what have you. It's tons of fun and like in the single player mode, there's a staggering amount of content to unlock and stuff to do.
In the opening scenes of Garth Ennis' (very good) 2007 western miniseries Streets of Glory, two brothers stake their claim out in the old west. The younger brother, who's never been to the land they've purchase, immediately exclaims "YOU NEVER TOLD ME HOW BIG IT WAS!!!!" Of course, both brothers soon learn that within that incredible, breathtaking vastness, there's plenty of sinister people and places, and very little hope. Red Dead Redemption is a beautiful, beautiful playing game (even when it's riddled with glitches), but it's also one of the most emotionally downbeat games I've ever played. That works in its favor, but there's something about this game that I can't help but feels reflective of our current troubled times. John Marston tries to live a good, peaceful life, tries to be a good man and do right by his family, but he's continually beset by forces on all sides, as the west itself is dying and encroaching on the individual. In some ways the open plains of New Austin take on a darker, narrower meaning later on in the game. An America where things keep getting worse and surrender feels like the best option. The supposed heroes are just as corrupt as the supposed bad guys. In GTA IV this is a cause for feeling superior; here it's a cause for mourning. As another great song says, There must be some kind of way out of here, for John Marston, and for all of us.
The game is great and a lot of fun. The story is pretty good until the end. The game has more fake endings than Return of the King. Also John Marsten gets no resolution as a character. If I'm going to spend 20+ hours as a character, he better grow, learn from mistakes, and have some sort of resolution.


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Pronunciation: /vʊəm /
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Eric Bischoff posted a picture of his wife, as the two of them visited a really small town in Wyoming.
It has been a couple of months now since he was sent home from the company, and it appears that Eric Bischoff is very unlikely to make his return to the TNA front office. He is making a good amount of money by being a television producer, and he really appears to enjoy his personal time, where he hangs out with his family and travels frequently.
While a lot of fans are still critical of his abilities, Eric Bischoff is proving to many that he does know what he's doing when it comes to being a producer. One of his shows, the Devils Ride, made its third season premiere on Monday night, and the show has lasted a lot longer than some had predicted.


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The GOP Presidential race just got smaller, as Rick Santorum announced Tuesday that he's bowing out of the race for the White House.
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Rick Santorum began his Presidential bid last June, banking on Iowa.
(Santorum) "Game on."
He'd go on to win in the Hawkeye State – and 10 other contests – but it wasn't enough, and in his home state of Pennsylvania yesterday, surrounded by family, it was "game over" for Rick Santorum.
(Santorum) "We will suspend our campaign, effective today. We are not done fighting."
…Fighting, Santorum says, to defeat President Obama in November.
Santorum's one-time Republican rivals, all congratulating the former Senator for a race well run.
(Romney) "He has made an important contribution to the political process."
But front-runner Mitt Romney may not see the field shrink soon – Newt Gingrich telling the Mike Huckabee radio show…
(Gingrich) "We have an idea advantage, and I think we have a length-of-commitment advantage."
And Texas Congressman Ron Paul, also signaling he's staying in the race, calling himself "the last and real conservative alternative" to Romney.
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Britain to tell Scotland: Lose the pound if you exit UK
LONDON/KILMARNOCK (Reuters) - Britain's main political parties will tell Scotland in coordinated statements in coming days it cannot keep the pound if it votes for independence, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Scottish nationalists accused British politicians of bluffing and said they knew well any bid to withdraw the pound from Scotland would damage English business. They said it would mean Scotland would not shoulder any share of British debt.
The drive by the three main parties, the boldest attempt yet by the British political establishment to scuttle Scottish nationalists' independence bid, reflects a growing sense that the issue of what currency a breakaway Scotland would use could be decisive in swaying undecided voters.
Scots are due to vote on whether their oil-rich country of 5 million becomes independent on September 18, with polls showing just over one third favour independence. More assertive noises from London may move some toying with the idea of independence to caution but could also inflame some national feeling.
"I think telling Scotland what we can and cannot do from the south could upset some people but I will still vote against independence," said Sheila Lochhead, 65, a carer in the town of Kilmarnock, one of the areas of highest unemployment in Scotland.
George Osborne, Britain's Conservative finance minister, will deliver the message in a speech on Thursday, taking aim at one of the central policies of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) which argues a currency union with the UK would be the only viable option.
Danny Alexander, Osborne's deputy and a Liberal Democrat, is expected to reinforce that message on Thursday. Ed Balls, the opposition Labour party's spokesman on financial affairs, is expected to say the same separately at an unspecified date.
The coordinated move leaves the SNP without an immediate plan B since it has built its case for independence around being able to share the pound and has not disclosed a fallback scenario. An independent Scotland would need to apply to join the European Union before it could ask to join the euro, and the SNP has so far shown no enthusiasm for the single currency.
Joining the euro or creating a new currency are seen as more expensive and potentially riskier alternatives.
The currency issue goes to the heart of what has become an increasingly fractious debate as Scots say the economy is the single most important issue for them when it comes to choosing whether to end their 307-year-old union with England.
"It's safe to say there's going to be movement on the currency issue," one person familiar with British government thinking told Reuters. Another source said the government would spell out its policy on the pound in clear and concrete terms.
A spokesman for the UK Treasury said he said he was unable to immediately comment on the matter.
Scottish nationalists argue that Scotland's development has been stunted by a British economy focused too strongly on London, and that an independent Scotland could flourish drawing on energy resources and technological enterprise.
The SNP said in a statement that the British government had lost the argument against independence and was therefore resorting to bullying tactics in panic.
It said it thought the shift in position on the pound was a bluff and said it might not take on any share of UK debt in the event of independence if it wasn't allowed to use the pound, something it has said before.
"Osborne's position is ... a bluff," said Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's SNP Deputy First Minister.
"It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds a year," she said. "It would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments and it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt."
Sturgeon suggested Britain would be powerless to stop an independent Scotland using the pound.
"We have set out a reasonable case that we should continue to use our pound because it is ours as much as it is anybody else's," she said. "Neither George Osborne nor anyone else can stop Scotland using the pound."
Analysts say an independent Scotland would not need to ask London for permission to use the pound but would then have the status of a country like Ecuador which uses the U.S. dollar but has no say over Washington's monetary policy.
Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and other major financial institutions based in Edinburgh, have begun contingency planning in case of independence, Reuters reported on Friday.
Industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday a key part of that planning is what they will do in the event of a currency union not being agreed. RBS, Lloyds and Standard Life declined to comment.
Osborne has previously said it would be highly unlikely that the UK would be willing to let Scotland keep the pound, while Bank of England chief Mark Carney has said Scotland would have to surrender some sovereignty in the event of independence and a currency union.
Cameron said last week a Scottish vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
(Additional reporting by Belinda Goldsmith, Matt Scuffham, Kate Holton, William Schomberg and William James; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Ralph Boulton)
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This was the nuclear option for the "union" campaign, but he has actually played right into Alex Salmonds hands.
This looks and feels like bullying to everyone North of the border.
I think the latest raising of the stakes by Osborne will probably see a lot of people swing towards the independence vote. Certainly 3-4%.
Westminster should not have come out and said this unless Alex Salmond forced them to declare a position.
He didn't, and now it just looks like London threatening Scotland with a punitive transition in the event that Scotland votes for independence. Which perfectly caricatures Westminster exactly as Alex Salmond and the SNP depicts.
Osborne's declaration on Sterling perfectly fits Alex Salmonds agenda.
Westminster should NOT talk about what an independent Scotland would look like, and should NOT be drawn on how they would relate to an independent Scotland.
Whenever Westminster expresses any view or expresses any power over the future direction of an independent Scotland more people move to vote for independence. An end to Westminster rule/bullying is exactly what Alex Salmond is selling.
Westminster should only talk about the benefits of the Union, and the benefits of Scotland being in the UK. Westminster needs to put itself in a positive light, and shout about what they bring to Scotland.
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At the end of the day London as a city, is a hub of power on the world stage and an epicentre of commerce and trade. Everyone in the UK benefits from London's status and global draw, whether they like the place or not. Even France benefits from being close to London, and many of them hate the place.
Scotland benefits from all of the items listed above but does not suffer the insane cost of living associated with London. Very few Scots would be prepared to live in a 500 square foot apartment in a building with 50 other people.
London wants Scotland to stay because in Britain, in spite of our much talked about differences "my town is better than your town" we are all the same, and all of our towns and cities are basically indistinguishable from one another. Go anywhere in the UK and see how different it is to your home town, then go to Marrakesh, or New York, or Oslo, or Monte Carlo. You will then realise that between Aberdeen and Cambridge you are splitting hairs.
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While most Chiefs fans hold their collective breath waiting for a new head coach announcement out of Kansas City, they might be surprised by another announcement that appears imminent. The rumors are swirling that new G.M. Scott Pioli isn't taking long to loot his old team in New England of their backup to Tom Brady, QB Matt Cassel. Word on the street is the Chiefs are having talks with Cassel and might bring the former USC benchwarmer in with a new coach very soon.
Some KC locals think Tyler Thigpen is the answer going forward. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion of course, but two wins compared to 11 pretty much seals the argument in Cassel's favor. Could he be the next Scott Mitchell? Sure, or he could be the next Tom Brady. Cassel might end up like other QB's who weren't drafted by their current teams like Kurt Warner, Drew Brees, or even Brett Farve. (Farve was drafted by Atlanta originally in case your brain stuttered over that one.)
Considering KC's track record of developing drafted QB's, making a play for Cassel wouldn't be a bad idea. The Patriots have until Feb. 19 to franchise Cassel, so circle that date on your calendar. The long and the short of it is that the Chiefs can afford Cassel, and they definitely have a need at QB despite Thiggy Smalls performance last season. Having two starting-caliber QB's is becoming vogue in the NFL now due to the massive amounts of injuries at the position. Chiefs fans would have to consider themselves lucky to have a Cassel and a Thigpen considering the ridiculous Brokie Croyle circus Herm brought to town the last few years.
In addition to potentially signing Matt Cassel, there are also rumors O' plenty about shipping Larry Johnson and even Tony Gonzalez out of town on rails. One, a malcontent RB who may well not have a lot left in the tank after signing a hefty contract. The other, a wily veteran TE whose value may never be higher after another Pro Bowl season. Public sentiment seems to be keep Citizen Tony and boot crybaby L.J. — diapers and all. However, these opinions are formed with three parts emotion and one part logic considering LJ's legal "issues" (which would maybe be non issues outside the KC fishbowl), and Tony G's local celebrity status.
Don't unbuckle those football helmets just because the Super Bowl is over just yet Chiefs fans…we have quite a few more things to look forward to this season, and expect them to come soon.
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