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- "I pay you to listen to my problems. I'm rich. I'm miserable. Half the time, my kids can't stand me. The other half, my wife is cheating on me. I kill people without remorse, Doc. Hell, I'm pretty average for this town, really."
- ―Michael De Santa
Michael De Santa, formerly Michael Townley, is one of the three main protagonists in Grand Theft Auto V, along with Franklin Clinton and Trevor Philips.
- "I'm just a fat washed up jock who can't get his head around the fact his high school football career didn't play out the way that he planned. The only way I'm content and competent is with a gun in my hand or a price on my head."
- ―Michael during his therapy session.
Michael was born in the mid-to-late 1960s, possibly in the Midwest, which would explain why he spent some of his earlier criminal career in North Yankton. As a child, he didn't have the advantages his children have and grew up in a poor environment with his parents, where his father drank alcohol and physically abused him. During his time in high school, Michael was a quarterback for an all-state football team.
As time moved on, Michael eventually became a criminal, with his first bank job being in the outskirts of Carcer City in 1988, where he was able to steal $10,000. In the same year however, he was arrested twice. While in prison, Michael was able to master many skills, sometimes through bizarre events, such as learning how to do tattoos by tattooing his name on his cellmate's buttocks.
As the years went on, Michael met Trevor Philips while escorting cargo. The deal went somewhat down south but both men were able to notice that they work well together: Michael would plan out details for jobs while Trevor would execute them. From that point on, Michael and Trevor created a solid friendship but an uneasy partnership with each other. They were both somewhat successful at their profession, but Michael claims that they were always impecunious and constantly on the run from the law, which was mostly due to Trevor's rage issues that would cause him to kill someone in broad daylight. While the friendship between them was in fine condition, it was later strained as Michael met his future wife Amanda - who was a stripper at the time. Using his criminal proceeds, Michael was even able to buy Amanda some breast implants, which would help with her stripping as well as her days as a hooker. This lead to Michael creating his own prostitution racket.
While the couple's love for one another grew over time, Michael and Amanda married each other while living in a trailer park in the Midwest. As time moved forward, Amanda soon gave birth to their two children, Jimmy and Tracey. Michael, who was able to see that he had a lot more to lose if he was ever killed or imprisoned, grew more cautious over time as a criminal - much to Trevor's annoyance.
At some point in 2004, Michael met FIB agent Dave Norton. Michael struck a deal with Norton to give Trevor up to the FIB and fake his death in the process, in exchange for a cut of his accumulated millions and letting Norton "kill" him in the upcoming bank heist in Ludendorff, North Yankton - a move that would make Norton's career as the agent who took down the "Most Wanted Man in America".
The robbery, however, turned out to be a disaster; after Trevor murdered a guard, he, Michael and their accomplice Brad Snider were ambushed by over a dozen police officers ready to arrest or kill them. During the getaway, their driver was killed by pursuing police; Michael took the wheel and drove the crew to the ambush spot he and Norton had agreed on, where he claimed there was an escape chopper waiting. However, things yet again deviated from their plan when Brad was accidentally shot by Norton (later succumbing to his wounds) after he walked in front of Trevor. Michael took the second bullet as planned - although the lack of blood loss implies that he was wearing a bullet proof vest - and acted as if he believed the wound was fatal, imploring Trevor to leave him behind. Enraged beyond sense, Trevor proceeded to massacre numerous police officers before barely escaping the ambush (to Michael's chagrin) with his life.
After the incident, Michael Townley was pronounced dead. True to his word, Dave arranged for Michael to receive a comfortable stipend and a relocation to a large Los Santos mansion, where he and his family lived under the surname "De Santa" (a longtime alias of Michael's); thus, Michael received an off-the-books way to safely retire from his former criminal life and spend time with his wife and kids in exchange for a monthly five-figure "hush money" payment to Norton in exchange for his silence.
Events of GTA V
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Nine years later after the events of his false death, Michael's domestic life is spiraling out of his control. Amanda rarely shows love towards him because of his rude behavior and his children have little respect for him. With all of this, Michael goes through a midlife crisis and goes to therapy often. After one therapy session, Michael has a chance encounter with a Los Santos youth named Franklin Clinton, whom he unknowingly directs to Franklin's repossession assignment along with his friend Lamar Davis.
A short time later his son Jimmy buys an SUV from Simeon Yetarian, an Armenian car salesman who sells the car to him at an unaffordable price. This causes Yetarian's repo man, the same Franklin Clinton, to "repossess" the SUV from the De Santa household. However, Michael spots Franklin sneaking in and hides in the backseat of the car prior to Franklin stealing it. Michael reveals himself and holds Franklin at gunpoint, ordering him to go to Yetarian's shop and drive the SUV through the store's window. Afterwards, Michael pays Franklin to leave and beats Yetarian into submission, threatening more violence if he pulls another of his sales tactics on him or his family again.
At home, Michael attempts to relax by his pool, only to be interrupted by Franklin, who takes up his offering of a drink earlier. Surprised that Franklin actually took it to heart, Michael decides to take him out drinking. Unfortunately, Jimmy calls that instant and reveals he has tried to sell Michael's boat, ending with the "buyers" hijacking the yacht themselves. Enraged, Michael along with Franklin drives after the boat and saves Jimmy, but is unable to rescue the yacht. Michael becomes angry at Jimmy but becomes fond of Franklin, whom he tells to visit him any time.
After the fiasco with the boat, Michael discovers Amanda sleeping with her tennis coach, leading him and a recently arrived Franklin to give chase. Furious, Michael chases the coach to an exotic house on the side of the Vinewood Hills. Michael then orders Franklin to hook their truck's winch onto the supports of the house as he pulls them loose, causing the house to collapse, much to Franklin's shock and Michael's joy. However, it turns out that the house did not belong to the coach, but the girlfriend of a powerful Mexican gangster named Martin Madrazo, who sends men after Michael and Franklin. The two manage to fend them off, but Madrazo arrives at the De Santa residence. He orders a henchman to hit Michael with a bat before demanding that Michael pay for the damages in an installment of two million dollars - money that Michael does not have.
With no other choice, Michael decides to return to bank robbing and contacts his old partner Lester Crest. Crest agrees to help Michael get the money if the latter agrees to sabotage founder of Lifeinvader, Jay Norris' phone. Michael does so and causes Norris' death when he calls the entrepreneur's sabotaged phone, causing it to explode and kill him instantly.
After collecting information about a jewelry store and its gems, Michael and Lester set up a heist, with Michael insisting that Franklin be a part.
- "You forget a thousand things every day, pal. Make sure this is one of 'em."
- ―Michael to the security guard during the heist.
The heist goes smoothly, and Madrazo is paid. Unfortunately for Michael, the job is reported on the news, which Trevor sees on his TV. Trevor recognizes Michael's modus operand from the report and goes partially berserk, making his way to Los Santos to confront the "ghost" of his former partner and friend.
Back home, Michael finds marijuana in the fridge, and correctly assumes it is Jimmy's. This creates an angry argument among the family until Trevor arrives, much to everyone's shock and horror. Thankfully, the tension is broken by Jimmy revealing that Tracey has gone to audition for Fame or Shame. Realizing that Tracey will embarrass herself in front of the nation due to her horrible dancing, Michael and Trevor rush to the Maze Bank Arena.
The two find Tracey doing a stripper-like dance and the show's host Lazlow Jones beginning to do a sexual pose behind her, enraging both Michael and Trevor. The two give chase to a fleeing Lazlow to the Los Santos river. Trevor forces Lazlow to take off his pants and dance for them as he records on his phone. In the aftermath, Tracey angrily blames her father for ruining her life, which doesn't seem to bother him.
Soon after, Michael is assigned by Dave Norton to do a favor for him. When they get to the meeting point, Dave requests him to confirm the death of a suspect in a morgue. To do this, Norton knocks Michael out and delivers him as a corpse to the morgue. Michael wakes in the middle of the autopsy and then finds out that the suspect isn't dead by finding his name tag on a woman's corpse. Michael escapes the morgue by killing the guards. In a panic, Michael calls Franklin and accidentally reveals he is affiliated with the FIB, though Franklin continues to trust Michael due to the better pay from jobs with him.
Michael continues to work for Norton. Steve Haines, a corrupt FIB agent working with Norton, contacts him and makes him team up with Franklin and Trevor to extract a prisoner of the IAA, dubbed Mr. K, out of the IAA building and into the hands of the FIB. Later, Michael and Trevor are summoned to a remote warehouse where Michael is briefed that he will accompany Norton to assassinate an Azebaijani suspect whilst Trevor and Haines torture Mr. K. The mission is successful, and Michael refuses to know any more details of the mission.
When Michael returns home, he finds his wife with her yoga instructor Fabien, who asks Michael to join them. After a few poses, Fabien begins doing a sexual pose on Amanda, causing Michael to get angry and attack Fabien, who dodges him and makes him fall into the pool. Angered by her husband's attitude, Amanda leaves with Fabien.
Michael goes upstairs and tries to do something with Jimmy, who asks him to go with him to get a package from a friend. They meet the friend at Burger Shot and he gives Jimmy some pot and a drink. On the way home, Michael drinks from Jimmy's drink and begins to feel strange. Jimmy reveals that he drugged the drink and then pushes Michael out of the car and reveals he is moving out and he is going to keep the car. Michael begins having strange dreams and wakes up in his underwear a few blocks away from his home. When he gets to the house, he finds a note from Amanda saying that his family has left due to Michael's behavior.
Later, Trevor contacts Michael and Franklin to partake in his own heist; of security force Merryweather's cargo at the docks. The heist goes as planned and Trevor finds a superweapon that Lester reveals is highly dangerous, especially in the hands of someone like Trevor and tells him that he must return it. Michael and Franklin agree, and Trevor is furious that he cannot keep the loot.
After the Merryweather heist, Michael is called upon by millionaire Devin Weston, who offers him a partnership with movie producer Solomon Richards if he steals several rare cars for him with Trevor and Franklin. Offered his dream job, Michael eagerly agrees and delivers the cars to Weston.
Michael is thrilled to finally meet his idol Solomon Richards, who hires him as an assistant. His first job is to convince Rocco Pelosi to obey Solomon's wishes for how the actors should behave during the production of the digital movie Meltdown. This gets Michael on Richard's good side and is promised the role of producer for the upcoming film if Michael continues his good work.
Martin Madrazo later summons Michael and Trevor to his home, and offers them pay if they bring down his cousin's airliner, which is carrying a package Madrazo wants. Michael does his part by bringing it down with a weapon inside a van. After destroying the van, Michael finds out to his horror that Trevor has kidnapped Madrazo's wife Patricia. Knowing full well what Madrazo might do to them if he catches them, Michael agrees to hide out on Sandy Shores with Trevor.
While exiled in Sandy Shores, Haines and Norton summon the trio for another mission against the IAA. This time, the two agents plot to raid an IAA chemical plant to steal a dangerous neurotoxin that the agency was plotting to use in a simulated terrorist attack. To carry out this operation, the trio must first secure enough funds to purchase a Cargobob and other assorted equipment that the FIB can't assign them. Ultimately, the crew settles upon robbing the Paleto Bay bank, as it contains millions of dollars deposited there by Blaine County's corrupt law enforcement.
Using stolen military body armour and machine guns, Trevor, Michael, Franklin and one gunman succesfully rob the Paleto bank, taking a small cut each and giving the largest profit to Haines and Norton so they can purchase the equipment for the chemical plant robbery, much to the teams irritation. While awaiting this operation, Michael and Trevor carry out another job, raiding a Merryweather courier train that carries gold and priceless artwork so that they can pay off Martin Madrazo. Trevor derails the train over a bridge and Michael dives into the river below to retrieve the merchandise, taking an ancient aztec fertility statuette that Madrazo would value. Trevor is greatly dissatisfied with Michael's choice of take, but he calms down once Michael proposes that, once they get the FIB off their cases, they should carry out "the Big Score" - robbing the Union Depository.
However, Trevor realises Michael's deal with Norton back at North Yankton, and hastily travels back there with Michael in pursuit. After a stand off at his (Brad's) grave, they are attacked by Wei Cheng's henchmen. Trevor scarpers, leaving Michael to fend off the henchmen himself. Although he succeeds, Michael is captured when he tries to escape in his car which Trevor sabotaged. After being tortured by Cheng at a meat processing factory (back in Los Santos), he is rescued by Franklin.
Michael and Franklin are called up once again by Haines for one more job: to break into the FIB building and remove incriminating evidence against Haines. This goes acccoridng to plan, but when Michael meets Haines and Norton at the Kortz Center, Haines attempts to arrest him to cover his involvement in the raid. However, this tuns into a three-way gunfight between the FIB (to arrest the trio because of the raid), the IAA (for the FIB's constant sabotages) and Merryweather (for Michael's invlovment in their troubles). Michael manages to escape with the help of Trevor, under the pretense of cooperating with the Big Score.
At this point, Michael's family reunite and after defending Solomon from Rocco, becomes executive producer of Meltdown. Things were starting to look up, until Weston announces his intentions to exploit the movie studios' insurance policy by hiding the completed film from the world so he would claim the insurance money and finally close and destroy the studios. This infuriates Michael, and chases Weston's assistant to the airport, where she is accidentally sucked into a jet engine. Michael retrieves the film, and Solomon arranges a premiere for the film so that it could not be tampered with. At the premiere, Weston unexpectantly shows up and cryptically threatens Michael with Amanda and Tracey's lives because of his interferance. After Michael subdues the killers, he sends his family into hiding and notifies Lester that they pull off the Big Score now.
After the heist, Michael's fate depends on Franklin's choice to kill him, Trevor or everyone that had double-crossed them.
Option A (Kill Trevor)
Whilst chasing Trevor around the Paleto Oilfields, Franklin calls Michael for help, in which Michael arrives and crashes into Trevor causing him to crash into a gas tanker, covering him in gasoline. Frankin shoots the gas as to incinerate Trevor before the tanker explodes. Michael and Franklin reflect on how crazy Trevor was and it was this constant craziness which led to his demise. Shortly after, they split up before Franklin sarcastically remarks the event as an "illuminating experience", which Michael counters by telling him to survive, and everything else is "bullshit".
Option B (Kill Michael)
Michael meets Franklin in the desert and reflects on their partnership. However, in Franklin's reply, he notices Franklin's intention to kill him and escapes, eventually ending up at the Palmer-Taylor Power Station. They continue to chase up on one of the chimney walkways and after a minor scuffle, Michael hangs precariously from the rail, where Franklin can save him or drop, but either, Michael falls to his death.
Option C (Deathwish)
Michael helps Franklin and Trevor fight off Merryweather and the FIB, then kills Stretch at Strawberry, to not implcate Franklin from its effects. Afterwards, he meets Franklin and Trevor, who had kidnapped Weston in his car, at the foothills of Mount Chiliad. After taunting Weston on their apparent victory, the trio push his car of the cliff into the ocean.
Characters Murdered by Michael De Santa
- Jay Norris - Murdered for Lester Crest, so that he would re-join Michael for robberies.
- Tahir Javan - Murdered on orders from Steve Haines for alleged ties to Terrorist groups.
- Walton O'Neil - Murdered for seeking retribution against Trevor Philips.
- Wynn O'Neil - Murdered for seeking retribution against Trevor Philips.
- Gianni - Murdered for harassing Solomon Richards.
- Rocco Pelosi - Murdered for harassing Solomon Richards.
- United Liberty Paper contact - Murdered during the shootout.
- Stretch - Murdered for trying to have Franklin Clinton and Lamar Davis killed. (Deathwish Ending)
- Devin Weston - Murdered for trying to have Michael and his family killed. (Deathwish Ending)
Optional Murders
- Blake - Can be killed during the chase in the mission Daddy's Little Girl.
- Isiah Friedlander - Can be killed during Michael's final visit to him.
- Abigail Mathers - Can be killed after the Strangers and Freaks mission Death at Sea.
- Tracey's stalker - Can be killed or spared during the mission Doting Dad.
- Trevor Philips - If Franklin choses to kill Trevor but doesn't shoot him, then Michael will instead during Something Sensible.
Physical Appearance
Michael is a Caucasian male, with grayish black hair and light green eyes. In official artwork, he is shown to have blue eyes. His default appearance is a cleft chin with a Lexington hairstyle and a short stubble around his face. Michael's physique is thicker and more heavily built than the likes of Trevor and Franklin, this most certainly comes from his time as a quarterback and his stint in prison. Although Michael isn't obese or out of shape, many people around him will occasionally make fun of his size, such as Jimmy and Trevor. Michael's movement is also much more slower than Franklin and Trevor's, as he's much older and on top of the fact that his ten year retirement from crime has forced him to not be as physically active as the other two.
His Prologue appearence has him with shorter, shaven hair. It is somewhere between his default Lexington and The Wood hairstyle, somewhat similar to the Cesar haircut of CJ. His facial features are still the same.
Michael's beta appearance can be seen in Trailer one and two, where he is seen with green eyes and an older look. This was changed later in the character's development to make him look like he wasn't too aged to perform some of things he would do during gameplay.
Michael's initial wardrobe sets him as a person who enjoys two-piece suits without tie and casual attires like beach shorts with sandals or polo shirts. He shows approval as he's trying out outfits at Ponsonby's, opposite to the clear disdain of buying items from Suburban or Binco.
Grand Theft Auto series
Michael is a very complex person, even confused by his "good and evil" personality.
He has a darker and violent side to him. He has an exceptionally short temper, which fills him with rage and causes him to not think at times. One example would be where he caught Amanda having an affair with her tennis coach. He chases the coach to a mansion and pulls it off a hillside thinking it was the coaches', (however, nearly everyone around Michael (except Franklin), including the tennis coach himself, knew that the mansion was too expensive for him to afford on his salary). Another example would be Michael smashing Jimmy's flat screen television after the latter rudely told him to leave his room.
Michael is highly egotistical; he'll often complain about his own well being and safety, rather than his team mates, before doing a dangerous and life threatening mission as well as doing the same when someone doesn't support him, his decisions and/or criticizes him. One example would be the arguments that he has with Amanda, as she'll often criticize him for his rude and conceited behavior, to which Michael will arrogantly bring up the fact that he was the one who made their lives a lot more wealthy with the decisions he made. Another example would be how he criticizes Trevor for calling Franklin to help him out with a situation involving the O'neal brothers, Trevor himself stated that Michael only thought about himself instead of the trouble.
He is also very sarcastic, as he made fun of Trevor's meth lab. After the two men argue about it, Michael angrily claims that sarcasm is the one thing he can use, as he doesn't have many things left in this world. Furthermore, Michael makes bad judgement calls, such as him expecting almost everyone he works for to pay him, like Devin Weston or Martin Madrazo, only to be betrayed or screwed over in the end. He also has a large willingness to make large moral compromises, one example for each of the two being his deal with the FIB. The latter demonstrates much hypocrisy, as he'll often criticize Trevor for his ability to kill people without remorse, even though he does exactly the same thing.
Despite all of the negatives, Michael does possess a good side to his personality. Such as him being a very considerate individual, as he paid Franklin for doing what he was forced to do and drive through the front of his boss' business, even though the latter broke into Michael's mansion. Despite all the problems he has in his family, he dearly loves them but is frequently angered with Tracey's social life, Jimmy being jobless, lazy and a video game addict and Amanda spending most of his money and cheating on him. However, after reuniting with his family, Michael's family issues slowly started to dissolve.
Michael, being the opposite of Trevor, is thorough and rational when it comes to crime. This makes the others leave him to the planning and leading of robberies and missions, as he is usually the one to come up with a plan to a heist, alongside Lester. He also shows consideration for people caught up in robberies, an example is that, if you choose to impose as guards for the Union Depository heist, he'll give the guard he blackmailed a bar of gold for helping them get past security.
Michael will also always put his family's safety above anything else, going as far as to make a moral compromise with the FIB to ensure his family was not in danger. When Trevor first came back to find Michael in his house, Michael immediately put himself in front of Jimmy, not knowing what Trevor was going to do. When Devin Weston sent Merry Weather to Michael's house to kill his family, Michael instantly abandoned his movie premiere to engage the hostile forces, rescue his family and subsquently move them to a new location. Michael's care about his family is finally reciprocated by Amanda towards the end of the game, at which time she makes him promise not to get killed.
Towards the end of the game, Michael has started to accept his borderline-sociopath personality, with him stating in the final cutscene of the Deathwish ending that he still hates himself, but at least he knows the words for it. Michael has also started to work on his anger issues when his family came back. This can be shown when hanging out with friends, Michael will have appeared to have become more calm and passive when insulted by Trevor. One example is where Trevor calls Michael "fake and plastic," like Los Santos, to which Michael agrees to, albeit while commenting sarcastically about Trevor's "normal" behavior.
Relationships With Other Characters
- Description - Like what was stated above, Michael loves and deeply cares for his family. He'll always put them before any and everything he has. But in contrast to the way he cares about his family, he also hates the way they live their lives and behave around him and vice versa. Michael had admitted to Franklin that his relationship with his love ones was in a very good position up until they were relocated to Los Santos, where everything began to spiral out of control. Early within the storyline, Michael will be seen constantly fussing, bickering and arguing with his family up until the mission Did Somebody Say Yoga?, where they'll abandon him in search for a more peaceful living. After Michael reunites with his family in the mission Reuniting the Family, Michael will be seen bonding with them much more often than before, as they all promise to fix up their relationship with each other before things become disastrous.
- Amanda De Santa - Amanda's relationship with Michael also started in an unknown time where she was a stripper and a hooker. The two eventually fell in love with one another, got married and had two children. Amanda had so much devotion to Michael that she even left everything she had in North Yankton to moved to Los Santos, along with their children, to begin their lives in the witness protection program. During the events of the game, Amanda can barely tolerate him any more due to his arrogant and hypocritical personality and verbally abusive behavior towards her. Amanda begins to have affairs with multiple men, including her Tennis coach which further strains their marriage. Amanda finally hits the breaking point when Fabien LaRouche, her yoga instructor, does a sexual pose which angers Michael and attempts to punch him, ending with Fabien sidestepping and makes Michael land in the swimming pool. Amanda then berates Michael for his attempted action, calling him "a pathetic psychopath" and leaves him with Tracey while Jimmy moves out on his own (according to him). Michael later suffers from depression after his wife and kids leave him. However, it turns out that Amanda as well as their kids were even more miserable living with Fabien than with Michael. After Jimmy revealed the couple's hangout spot, Amanda was then seen hanging out with Fabien at a local Bean Machine coffee shop and she becomes annoyed with his impolite behavior and allows Michael to hit him in the face with a laptop. Michael then agrees to arrange a therapy session with Dr. Isiah Friedlander, bringing along Jimmy and Tracey. During the session, Michael and Amanda argued with each other, in hopes of clearing up the situations that would ultimately keep their marriage in ruins. Amanda and the kids move back in with Michael as the two love birds experiences during the events of the story brought them closer together and they appear to be more prepared to deal with their personal problems instead of fighting with each other. After a few in game days or so have past, the couple's love for each other begins to grow back to its original form. Certain random switch ups with Michael involving Amanda will also be altered: For example, whereas in the past, when dropping Amanda off at a mall or something of the sort, they would spout rude words at each other, they now kindly give each other goodbyes. Another example would be Michael getting out of bed after a sexual night with Amanda, to which she'll even smack him on his buttocks as he leaves the room.
- Jimmy De Santa - Jimmy's relationship with his father is rocky as well and even though Michael is far from perfect, he loves his son but does not know how to display it. His son is not very moral either as he often takes drugs and attempted to sell his father's boat without him knowing, ending with the boat being stolen. They've both have a confused and strained relationship with each other. Michael does try to improve their relationship by spending time with his son, but to no avail as his son lacks any form of respect for his father and even at one point drugs him, takes money from his bank account, and steals his car. However, Jimmy soon regrets his actions and visits his father, saying he does love him and promises to get a job and not be a lazy, pot-smoking, video game addict, which can be seen in-game. The relationship with his father seems to improve after the mission Reuniting the Family, clearly shown in the cutscenes when switching characters to Michael. Examples of this are both of them arriving home from a bicycle ride or both playing video games at Jimmy's room, with Michael always losing.
- Tracey De Santa - Michael's relationship with his daughter is also said to be frail. Despite this, Michael does love his daughter but is often angry at Tracey's loose behavior and social life such as her hanging out with drug dealers and porn stars, and embarrasses her by interrupting her audition for " Fame or Shame " by chasing Lazlow out of the building for performing a sexual pose on her. Once Tracey leaves her father, she gives him a phone call, claiming that he needs help. Like Jimmy however, she continues to grow tiresome of Fabien over the course of the storyline. She'll even email Michael at one point to explain that she misses him. After Michael's family return home, he and Tracey seems to develop a better relationship with her father, which started improving once Michael humiliates Lazlow in the tattoo parlor and demands that Lazlow puts Tracey on "Fame or Shame" by doing whatever she wants in the show.
- Trevor Philips - Trevor's relationship with Michael started at an unknown time period, but the two met when Trevor spotted Michael robbing people by a bridge. Michael convinced Trevor to join him to commit further robberies and thus started a long partnership. Michael and Trevor's friendship with one another was fine until Michael met his future wife Amanda, causing their friendship to strain since Trevor and Amanda didn't get along as much. After a heist goes wrong, Michael and Trevor both assumed that one another was dead. It was shown that Michael deeply cared for Trevor yet only wanted him dead because he thought that the latter would end up killing him or his family. After Michael's relapse into crime, Trevor discovers he is alive and comes to the conclusion that he faked his death. Trevor and Michael's friendship becomes strained as Trevor feels betrayed by Michael but both still get on well enough. Their friendship is even further strained when Trevor finds the truth about Michael's survival and Brad's death, leading to a standoff between the two. From this point on, Trevor vowed to kill Michael, but still needed the man alive so they could team up again to pull off one big job. In the Deathwish ending, Michael and Trevor have one last standoff before Franklin explains that both men have two options: kill each other right now, or work together to kill Devin Weston, Steve Haines and the rest of their enemies. Trevor ends up picking the first choice, with the outcome being successful. As the incident comes to an end, it seems that Michael and Trevor have finally managed to rekindle their friendship, with Trevor considering Michael as a friend, albeit a friend that he hates, which Michael manages to accept. After this, while hanging out with each other, either Michael will offer Trevor a part of his share from the big score (which Trevor rejects), and apologizes once again, this time Trevor accepting the apology, or Trevor will apologize to Michael and says that he understands why he did what he did.
- Franklin Clinton - Franklin meets Michael after the stealing a car from the latter's house, Michael then has Franklin take him to whomever tasked Franklin to steal his son's car. Right from the start, Franklin was impressed with Michael's professional criminality and after his firing from Premium Deluxe Motorsport, he sought out Michael for possible work. After Franklin manages to save Michael's son, he sees much potential in the young man. After Franklin's help with the jewelry store heist, Michael refers to Franklin as the "son I always wanted". Franklin in turn seems to have respect for Michael and is grateful for improving his life and is loyal to him for it. He even helps Michael out with his government issue. After meeting Trevor, Franklin starts to see many arguments between the both. But rather than siding with one of them, Franklin tries to calm the both of them down in hopes that it won't escalate into something more violent and unnecessary. Franklin also notices Michael's personality and will confront him about it at times. If the player chooses the kill Michael ending, Franklin can be shown to deeply regret his decision, not being able to face his family or Trevor. However, after the Deathwish ending, if Michael and Franklin are hanging out, they'll talk about how they can't believe they pulled it off, and that Franklin is extremely grateful to Michael for the experience. Also, in an e-mail, Michael will tell Franklin that "he's a friend for life".
- Lester Crest - Lester first meets Michael at an unknown period of time and seems to be a mastermind in Michael's robberies many years prior. It was stated by Michael that he wasn't much of a friend towards Lester and after they've encountered one another during the events of the game, Michael decides to make up for that.
- Dave Norton - Years prior to the events of the game. Michael arranged a deal for him to hand over Trevor to the FIB and fake his death so that Dave would gain fame and respect for supposedly "killing" Michael during the North Yankton heist. After the event took place, Dave managed to keep his promise by having Michael and his family move to a luxury mansion in Rockford Hills, Los Santos while in the witness protection program. Michael would also pay Dave hush money once a month, to keep their business deal a secret. Their relationship was fine, up until Michael performed a heist at the Vangelico jewelry store. Michael would then perform several jobs for Dave and his boss, Steve Haines. Dave will admit that even though he was a bank robber, he always did "like" Michael. In the Deathwish ending, Dave will call Michael and tell him that he replaced Haines in his TV show, and then thanks Michael for doing jobs for him, before saying farewell, with the two parting on good terms.
- Solomon Richards - Solomon and Michael are introduced through Devin Weston. Michael is a big fan of the film producer, even doubting at first that Devin could arrange for their meeting. The two get along well. Solomon often recites a quote from one of his movies and Michael easily names which one. He accepts Michael's assistance in the production of the film Meltdown and goes on to name him associate producer.
- Steve Haines - Michael meets Haines during a job to extract Ferdinand Kerimov aka Mr. K from the IAA headquarters. He forces him, Trevor Phillips, and Franklin Clinton into his operations and to torture Mr. K into retrieving information onto assassinating an unspecified target. He also gets the protagonists into performing several heists for him. However, his suspicions for Michael worsens, causing him to become extremely paranoid. He, along with Agent Sanchez, confronts Michael and Agent Norton as he attempts to have them framed and arrested. After an ambush consisting IAA, Merryweather and rival FIB forces, Haines attempts to have Michael killed, along with Trevor and Franklin. Fortunately, he decides to spare him and Franklin. However, he wants Trevor dead. In the "Deathwish" ending, if Franklin chooses Option C, Michael has Trevor kill Steve Haines.
- Devin Weston - Michael meets Devin during a meeting with Steve Haines. He first offers the former a deal of producing a film after a heist. However, Devin soon refuses to pay Michael, along with Trevor and Franklin for their jobs and after Michael accidentally gets his lawyer killed, Devin sends a platoon of Merryweather men to kill his family. However, Michael manages to save his family. This incident leads to Devin to hire Franklin to murder Michael. If "Deathwish" is chosen, Trevor kidnaps Devin from his mansion and shoves him inside his own trunk. The three protagonists meet up to taunt a beaten Devin for their victory, before pushing him (with him inside the car trunk) off the cliff into the ocean, killing him.
Mission appearances
For the list of Michael De Santa's mission appearances, see Michael De Santa/Appearances.
Michael has had a very positive responses from critics and fans, one of the reasons being that he is the first playable character in the entire GTA Series that has a family.
Dan Houser's Description of Michael
"Michael, to me, is... Who is he? I know who he is, I'm just trying to... He's the person who is trying to ignore some rather large mistakes that they have made. The person who's trying to forget about certain practical but still selfish decisions that they took. He's a man, also, obsessed by images and by appearances and who, when the world doesn't live up to those images and appearances, doesn't know what to do. He just retreats into his head. What he also is, when we started out... What he kind of evolved into as we began thinking about him and developing him... He was the first character we came up with. He began as the idea of, what happens to a regular GTA protagonist after they retire? Then you think, what would make him retire? He's a man with a big ego and plenty of good values and plenty of bad values."
"A guy who's in his mid-40s and on the cusp of middle age who doesn't know what to do, but made a bunch of money and does not know what to do with it. He's theoretically won, but the spoils of victory aren't necessarily what he imagined. For us that's a very interesting character, unlike what we've done in the past or what we've seen in much entertainment in general, let alone any video games. That was interesting."
Character Trailer
- Michael is the initial playable character in GTA V, the second being Trevor and the third being Franklin.
- Michael was the first protagonist that came to Rockstar's mind when they began the development of Grand Theft Auto V.
- Michael is the only protagonist in the entire Grand Theft Auto series to have a spouse and children.
- Being in his mid-late 40s, he is the oldest protagonist in the GTA series.
- The song that plays in the Michael trailer is "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen.
- Ignoring the optional missions involving helping someone in Michael's family can lead to one direct consequence involving Michael losing money for not helping them out.
- His favourite radio station is Los Santos Rock Radio.
- Michael's special ability might be a reference to Max Payne, another Rockstar-owned franchise, where the title character possess an ability called "Bullet-time", that allow him to slow down time. Both at some point in their lives arrived at their houses only to find out it was under siege by a group of mercenaries while their families hid in horror. Michael even has the same gray suit that Max wears in Max Payne 3. Elements for Michael's ability might also be taken from Rockstar's Red Dead games, which feature a similar ability called "Dead-eye".
- The quote that Michael uses in Prologue and The Jewel Store Job, "You forget a thousand things everyday, make sure this is one of them.", is from the Solomon Richards movie Author's Penny Sanatorium, although slightly modified. The original line is "We forget a thousand things everyday, can't we just make this one of them?"
- Michael Townley is a real person under federal witness protection.
- In a cutscene, Michael revealed that he was a football star in high school. He then claims that his high school football career "didn't work out like the way he planned", possibly pushing him towards a life of crime.
- If you shoot or fire rockets at Michael's house as Trevor Philips or Franklin Clinton, he will text you saying 'stop shooting at my house' or, 'stop firing rockets at my house' If you shoot his house after he texts you, he will call you saying, "Stop shooting up my house!".
- Michael along with Trevor are currently the first protagonists in the GTA series who can become a final boss and must be killed in the finale. However this is if Franklin chooses to kill either of them instead of the "Death Wish" choice.
- Despite his strong love for his family, during the Kill Michael ending, where Michael nearly falls and Franklin catches him, even if Franklin decided to pull him up and save him, Michael will headbutt Franklin and fall to his death, thus committing suicide.
- Michael seems to love watching movies, specifically "classic Vinewood", as he is seen watching one in his house during several cutscenes. In a phone call with Lester during the mission "Friend Request", he seems to pride himself as being a "movie guy", according to the comments he makes about his opinion on films. He also can identify the film quotes spoken by Solomon Richards during his missions and phone calls.
- Michael shares his new last name with Vincente de Santa, one of the antagonists of Red Dead Redemption, they also both betray a protagonist, in Vincente's case, John Marston.
- Upon returning to his house, one possible line of dialogue for Michael to shout is "Daddy's back, bitches!", the first line of dialogue in Grand Theft Auto IV.
- On Michael's tombstone in North Yankton it states that he was born in 1965 (making him 48 in 2013) however Trevor, Lester, and his son Jimmy all state that he is 45 years old (meaning he was born in 1968) therefore his exact age is unclear.
- Michael is used the most as the promotional character, as he narrarates all three GTA V official trailers.
- If Michael access the in-game website PsychicShoutout and speak with Ms. Tammy, she will reveal that Amanda has already had sex with the yoga instructor (Fabien LaRouche), the tennis coach (Kyle Chavis) and also a fireman, a plumber, a beach lifeguard, a truck driver, a dustman, a gardener and even a hipster. Michael will angrily reply that they have a open relationship.
- Michael's signature color is blue, as seen when using his special ability, while using Franklin's car-handling skill, the screen fades green, and while using Trevor's rage mode, screen fades red.
- Sometimes when switching to Michael, he can be seen walking past a prostitute, who asks him for pleasure, Michael replies "No thanks, I'm a married man". This is a reference to John Marston, the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption, as Marston also replies negatively to any prostitutes in saloons he visits, being also married man or that his wife will kill him if he accepts.
- If you position Michael right to view the inside of his head, there appears to be a small blue chip.
- Michael has the most main mission appearances (not counting optional appearances) of the 3 main protagonists, appearing in 38 of the game's 69 missions as apposed to Franklin's 32 appearances and Trevor's 31 appearances.
- Michael's prologue jacket can be found in any Binco Clothing shop. There is even a section for a jacket like the one seen in the prologue, though the jackets being sold there do not come in red. Thus, leaving the prologue jacket only obtainable by finishing the game.


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DETROIT – The Michigan Department of Community Health reports there are 47 cases of human West Nile virus in the state, including three deaths related to the infection.
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Meet Drew Barrymore's baby!
In the new issue of People, the 37-year-old shares the exclusive first photos of her daughter, Olive, and talks about transitioning into her new role as a mom.
"It's like the biggest crush I've ever had in my life," Barrymore, who is married to art consultant Will Kopelman, says of her little one, who was born September 26.
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After a slight adjustment period immediately after giving birth — "I couldn't eat or sleep for two weeks, I was just so nervous" — Barrymore is fully ensconced in motherhood, a job which includes on demand performances of the song "Good Morning" from "Singin' in the Rain" to keep her daughter cheery, and jumping up and down to entertain her.
Barrymore also shares that the red cowboy hat that she wore as a child star in "E.T." is a decoration in Olive's nursery.
The actress tells People she gained almost 40 pounds during her pregnancy — five of which came the week before she gave birth. Nearly two weeks overdue, her attitude was, "All bets are off! I'll have two cheeseburgers." Now working out again to shed the weight, her motto is "impossible expectations are impossible." She adds, "I'm the last person anyone should look at for workout tips. I don't have them. I don't care [laughs]."
Barrymore, who had a troubled family life as a girl and went on to have two failed marriages of her own, tears up several times in the interview with the magazine talking about her new husband Kopelman, whom she married in June. "Will comes from a strong family, he provides a strong family, it's amazing," Barrymore says of Kopelman, who is the son of former Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman. "For people who didn't have the strongest families or traditional families, if you can create that, you can have a second chance. It just makes me so emotional because it's like a miracle."
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From the late 19th century until the civil rights movement, the black people of Cartersville, Georgia lived exclusively in the Summer Hill section of town. Summer Hill is a compelling look at the influence of one small, tightly knit community – its school, churches and civic leaders – on its residents.
Despite poverty, racism and limited opportunity, Summer Hill – and its segregated school – flourished for four generations. Summer Hill produced Georgia's first black Supreme Court justice; a famous Motown songwriter; teachers, ministers, doctors, lawyers and other professionals; and many others who have made major contributions to their hometown and to society. In their own words, the people of Summer Hill tell the empowering story of their community, and reveal its lasting legacy of hope.


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WASHINGTON (AP) _ A single injection of genetically modified stem cells is all it took to cure two children of a complex form of an inherited immune system disorder often referred to as the "bubble boy disease," researchers report.
An experimental technique that altered genes in bone marrow stem cells restored the immune systems of the children, researchers from Italy and Israel said in a study appearing in the journal Science. The children were born with what experts said was the most complex form of severe combined immunodeficiency disorder, or SCID.
"Both children have been cured but … both will be closely followed to see how it develops in the future," said Maria Grazia Roncarolo of the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy in Milan, Italy. The children, who were seven months and 2 1/2 years old when the therapy began, were released with healthy, functioning immune systems between 15 months and 24 months ago, Roncarolo said in Milan.
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Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241aa residues. It is synthesized by corticotrope cells of the anterior pituitary gland, melanotrope cells of the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland, about 3000 neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, and smaller populations of neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus and brainstem. The large molecule of POMC is the source of several important biologically active substances. POMC can be cleaved enzymatically into the following peptides: adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and gamma LPH in the anterior pituitary gland CLIP, gamma LPH, gamma MSH and beta-endorphin in the intermediate lobe gamma-MSH met-enkephalin.
Each of these peptides is packaged in large dense-core vesicles that are released from the cells by exocytosis in response to appropriate stimulation. gamma MSH produced by neurons in the arcuate nucleus has important roles in the regulation of appetite and sexual behavior, while alpha-MSH secreted from the intermediate lobe of the pituitary regulates the production of melanin. ACTH is a peptide hormone that regulates the secretion of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex. beta-endorphin and met-enkephalin are endogenous opioid peptides with widespread actions in the brain.
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Katalog CD Organizer: KDE Integration Done Right
Most people agree that the K3b CD burner is an application done right -- it looks good, is not overly complicated, and most of all "just works" -- the fact that Novell adopted it for Novell Linux Desktop is icing on the cake. Well, the Katalog CD Organizer, a possible cousin to K3b, is KDE integration done right. People may know of gtktalog and cdcat, both are fine applications; Katalog, however, is more of a plug-in for KDE. It works by right-clicking and cataloguing a directory or external media to a XML data file. There is a katalog ioslave for viewing katalog files as if they were native file structures. Delete, rename, and even the find dialog works on the files. This program is, in my opinion, a fine example of how a program can be integrated into, and built upon, KDE's strengths.
Ioslaves - great
It's great to see more use of ioslaves. This is one of the most underappreciated features of KDE, and I'd love to see just about everything have an ioslave interface. Email, contacts, todos...
By kundor at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Ioslaves - great
>Email, contacts, todos...
By d w at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Ioslaves - great
That's cool! I never found that before.
Unfortunately, though it shows my messages as "Message 101", etc, it doesn't allow me to open them to read (I get a "maildrop session in use" error.) So it's not usable. :\
By kundor at Wed, 2004/11/24 - 6:00am
Actually I am thinking about a way to organize my photo-cd/dvd:
Ok, but what happens if I edit my image or delete a file and I want to make a catalog of the same folder again?
This would be a great addon for digikams CD/DVD-export feature!
By Thorsten Schnebeck at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Belongs in the OS/FS
Katalog looks great. As far as integrating with KDE the developer did superbly. I would like to say though that in my [humble] opinion this is the wrong place to implement the nuts and bolts of a project like this. The metadata belongs integrated with the file system. With integrated metadata and something like views in databases this could be done in a much more efficient way. The same goes for ioslaves, they don't belong in the desktop environment they belong in the OS (i.e. userspace filesystems like FUSE).
I'm not flaming here. It's just my opinion from an overll system engineering point of view.
By nobody special at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Belongs in the OS/FS
I believe that kde ioslaves can be mounted in FUSE, so in a sense they're already at the OS level.
However, I agree that better userspace filesystem support is needed. Unfortunately, all the projects like PerlFS seems to have died -- there doesn't seem to be a good way to write a filesystem in Perl that works with a 2.6 kernel as far as I can tell.
By kundor at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Belongs in the OS/FS
Its always been a goal of KDE project as a whole to work on a variety of platforms.
But I guess I basically agree, ioslaves should really be part of some OS standard like POSIX, it would make things so much easier if there was that level of network transparency system wide. Fuse is the right idea at least.
By Ian Monroe at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Belongs in the OS/FS
When having found a file/dir in a catalog, I'd like to click at
By Andreas at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Belongs in the OS/FS
I wondered this myself. Isn't the GNOME desktop in the process of trying to duplicate this functionality? It would be great if I could use this stuff at the console without KDE or GNOME.
By Scott Patterson at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Belongs in the OS/FS
By standsolid at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
One For the Records!
And, in what is possibly the first such occurrance in history:
"You can download a source code package or a precompiled package for Slackware 10.0. I hope you enjoy it."
That's right, the page has packages for Slackware but for no other distributions out there. No Debian, no Red Hat, no SuSE, no Mandrake, only Slackware.
By jameth at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
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That might be because it's dead simple to make Slack packages.
configure --prefix=/usr
By Jens Bäckman at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
How is using checkinstall more difficult?
By Anonymous at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
Not more difficult using checkinstall, but it does not produce particularly good results. The RPMS you create sometimes get really weird dependencies and usually they don't install as cleanly as a correctly built RPM. Personally I stay away from RPM's created by checkinstall as nearly always create problems then they are worth. Checkinstall is a good tool to use when installing from source on a machine, allowing easy uninstall with RPM. But not as a tool for creating RMPS for distribution.
By Morty at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
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Weird. I thought checkinstall puts no dependency info whatsoever by default, except for what ldd reports.
If that's the case, I don't see how you could end getting weird dependencies.
By Roberto Alsina at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
Weird in the way it seems to depend rather heavy on what the creator of the RPM has installed. Sometimes you get dependency of some packages I find quite obscure, as in no real reason to depend on it for this program.
The most common case I have encountered are GUI programs ending up depending on files from the NVidia package, witch are bad news when you try installing on a machine with a different card.
By Morty at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
Since it got that info via ldd, that binary *does* depend on NVidia libraries.
Since the NVidia libs should be binary-compatible with Mesa(1), it should work without them, though, but checkinstall can't guess when that happens and when it doesn't.
If you want to try your luck, just use --nodeps. If it doesn't work, remove it.
The reason why the slackware package works is simply that it doesn even try to check if the system has all requirements installed. It should fail 9 out of every 10 times on random computers, unless they are configured similar (or the app is very simple).
(1) just guessing here.
By Roberto Alsina at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
> The reason why the slackware package works is simply that it doesn even try
Believe it or not, it is very possible to make a binary package that works on basically any linux distro (see "Linux Distribution Independent-Binaries" bit of http://kolourpaint.sourceforge.net/download.html) using the basically the slackware method but with the help of apbuild (http://www.autopackage.org/).
By Clarence Dang at Thu, 2004/11/11 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
I am not checking right now, but wasn't the autopackage approach something like "let's use dynamic libs, but ship them all together with the binary"?
If that's the case, yeah, it should work. It should also be much more resource-intensive to run something like a KDE app packaged using autopakage, right?
By Roberto Alsina at Thu, 2004/11/11 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
I haven't read up on the full blown autopackage format. I'm just using their gcc wrapper, apbuild, which:
1. removes false dependencies libtool leaves in (e.g. if my program depends on Qt which depends on pthreads, that doesn't mean my program depends on pthreads - it doesn't care how Qt is implemented)
2. compiles against glibc 2.2 (so it'll run even on a very old system as long as the C++ ABI is the same as mine)
3. statically links in a handful of libraries that you can't depend on people having in dynamic form e.g. Xrender (< 100K total)
And then assuming you check your remaining dependencies (and they'll be few of them), you have a fairly portable binary. IMO, this is the future of how 3rd party software will be distributed under GNU/Linux.
The experimental binary package I have up there is basically an apbuild job with a wrapper script (for setting KDEDIRS). There are still a few gltiches I will iron out - disable RPATH, fix khelpcenter documentation (KDEDIRS isn't being picked up by kio_help unless you set it before KDE startup) and a BIC with KMainWindow::setCaption()).
By Clarence Dang at Fri, 2004/11/12 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
If your app uses QThread, it does require pthreads to work. Does this system recognize that?
By Roberto Alsina at Fri, 2004/11/12 - 6:00am
Re: One For the Records!
Guess what, source packages work on every distro, and many different operating systems.
For that matter, slackages work on all the distros you name anyway. Just untar it to root.
By Tycho Brahe at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Another approach, bookcase/tellico
For those who want a different approach, tellico (formerly known as bookcase), is a great KDE application, **very** customizable, and with support for different kinds of catalogs, collections, etc.
By suy at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Thanks !!!
Many thanks to Phoenix for the review of my software and to the KDE Team for the best software I ever seen. Using the KDE technologies I was able to reproduce almost all the feature of other similar programs using one tenth of their lines of code.
About the questions:
>Ok, but what happens if I edit my image or delete a file and I want to make a >catalog of the same folder again?
You have to recreate the katalog.
>Does Katalog use hash file information and knows 90% of my folder content is >already on a disk?
No :-(
>Does it support k3b and generate project files for differential backups?
No, Now Catalog creation integrates nicely only in Konqueror (and in Konsole, thanks to DCOP interface). Anyway you can browse katalog from any ioslave-aware application.
>The metadata belongs integrated with the file system
I agree, but the current technology does not permit such an integration easily. Think to katalog as a more integrated solution than the stand alone applications such gtktalog and a less integrated solution than the FS support of meta-data.
This is a great application which I use, but is for a different use. When you would to store the contents of the CD of your favourite Linux Magazine, Nothing is better that Katalog (or gtktalog, or cdcat, or ...)
By salvaste at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
How about some binaries?
My kingdom for an rpm that I can use on MDK 10.1?
Who will be the first to bring this wonderful app to us the unwashed but loving masses?
thank you
By Joe Schelensinger at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
very very cool
is there a place to report bugs/wishes? you could activate the guestbook on your altervista account for easy feedback...
works on normal dirs, fails on the desktop icon for device /dev/hdc.
debian sid, kernel 2.6.8-ck9, xfs, udev + hotplug, kde 3.3.1 (almost), "show devices on desktop" enabled in kcontrol
the "create katalog" action asks for a name for the katalog, then correctly mounts the device and ...hangs. my cpu is at 100% and nothing happens untill i kill the katalog dcop call.
it works flawlessly when operating on mounted /media/cdrom, same CD, same configuration.
* you could create a standard *.katalog repository, something like ~/.kde/share/apps(?)/katalog/ - so that just the name for the katalog is asked in the dialog (+ options of course) - it could be a katalog file itself, when renaming/removing items from catalogs is imlemented!
* typing just "katalog:/" in konqui's location bar could show you all of the catalogs (or the default katalog file - read above) in the standard katalog repository for *easy* browsing
thanks for the great app!
complimenti, ti ho mandato sta roba anche via email per essere sicuro che l'avresti letta ;-)
By felipe at Wed, 2004/11/10 - 6:00am
Searching question
Can one search across multiple Katalogs for a given file?
I use gtktalog for this now, and usually what I am doing is looking for on which disk I've archived something.
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America has a very unique history and diverse culture. Due to our amazing history and culture, we have American ideology. American ideology is embodied in what I like to call American Mythology.
Similar to the Greeks and the Romans before us, America has its own mythology. Rather than being of religion, it�s of our ideology, and how through it we can overcome evil and disaster both here and abroad.
America is a great nation, that stands against tyranny and injustice, and it is a symbol of freedom, and a beacon of hope. American mythology explores how we need to hero�s to protect our freedom and to bring us hope.
American mythology can be found in American comic books. No I�m no nerd or geek, but as an avid reader of all types of literature, especially comics as a kid, I personally recognize American comic literature as American mythology.
Comic-book superheros remind us to be altruistic and heroic even in the face of great danger. All the tragedies we�ve had as a country this past decade, whether it is mass shootings, natural disasters, terrorism or economic crises show the need for heroes both in the real-world and in the comic-books.
Far in the future, I think, comic books and even American comic book films will be viewed as a type of American mythology. American comic book villains are symbolic metaphors for despotism, anarchism, dictatorship, and terrorism. Villains in American comic book literature are much like despots, anarchists, dictators, and terrorists of the real-world.
The twist is that these characters, in their own mind, don�t see the vileness of their acts and they believe they are committing evil for the greater good and they are willing to go to any extent to fulfill their sadistic, maniacal plans. When I think of villains from American comic book literature it reminds me of real-world villains who could easily pass as villain�s in the comic books such as Osama Bin Laden, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Jung IL and Saddam Hussein to name a few.
All these real-world villains have caused great destruction and taken many innocent lives in the process. Their vile acts have left a stain on the fabric of history, and are an example of how dangerous and villainous people can be. Just as comic book villains, they believed they were doing what needed to be done for the greater good, and were willing to go as far as they could to see their vision met. The evil committed by these men shows the need in this world for heroes.
Comic book superheroes are symbolic metaphors for freedom and altruism which is what America is all about. Superheroes of American comic book literature all in their origins are unassuming people who happen to become extraordinary symbols, much like America was once an unassuming colony that became an extraordinary country.
They become symbols of good who combat evil and protect innocence just as we have as a country. Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Captain America, Ironman and even The Incredible Hulk are all symbols in American culture and are apart of Americas emerging mythology.
These heroes are god-like, much like their Greek and Roman counterparts. They are super-human symbols, but along with their super-human qualities they also have typical human internal and external conflicts. Although these characters are in many ways god-like, they still retain their humanity and are very much mortal which makes their sacrifice of being a hero so much greater? Clark Kent, Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Bruce Banner are all ordinary men who through choice become extraordinary symbols.
When I think of superheroes from American comic book literature it reminds me of real-world heroes that could also be in the comic books, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Regan, and of course the men and women in uniform. These American heroes in particular fought to better the world, in both big and small ways, and faced great conflict in the process.
None of them could fly, crawl on walls, or have super-human strength, but they all exhibited great courage and heroism when it was needed in their time. They were ordinary men who, in great conflict, became extraordinary symbols just like heroes of the comic books. Our comic book hero�s and our historical hero�s remind us that we can all be heroic in some way.
American mythology is a very legitimate concept. America is more powerful than the Romans or the Greeks ever were. Just as they had their mythologies, Americas has a mythology too. It is a reflection of what we stand for as Americans. That being freedom and justice for all. The next time you go to a movie theater to watch a superhero film or a book store to read a comic book think about how it�s much more than superheroes versus villains; it is American mythology. It reminds us that there is a hero in us all.
Todd is a native of Gastonia, currently living in Howard Creek, Fla.


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The average mouth is made to hold only 28 teeth. It can be painful when 32 teeth try to fit into that mouth. These four other teeth are your Third Molars, also known as "wisdom teeth." Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt within the mouth. When they align properly and gum tissue is healthy, wisdom teeth do not have to be removed.
Unfortunately, this does not generally happen. The extraction of wisdom teeth is necessary when they are prevented from properly erupting within the mouth. They may grow sideways, partially emerge from the gum and even remain trapped beneath the gum and bone. Impacted teeth can take many positions in the bone as they attempt to find a pathway that will allow them to erupt successfully.
In most cases, the removal of wisdom teeth is performed under local anesthesia, laughing gas (nitrous oxide/oxygen analgesia) and/or general anesthesia. Once the teeth are removed, the gum is sutured (if needed).


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The big man from Berlin dominated for the Wolverines, as the Ramblers' season comes to an end.
SAN ANTONIO — Moe Wagner scored a game-high 24 points, including eight in the game's final five minutes, and Michigan pulled away late to top Loyola-Chicago during the Final Four on Saturday in San Antonio.
Loyola-Chicago led 29-22 at the half and stretched its lead to as much as as 10 during the early minutes of the second half, but Wagner and the Wolverines fought back.
After trailing 41-31 with 14:10 remaining in the game, Michigan began chipping away. Three-pointers from Jaaron Simmons, Duncan Robinson and Wagner helped lead a charge to tie the game 47-47, and Michigan took over from there.
"I think this team, we understand that it's a game of runs," said Charles Matthews, who finished the game with 17 points. "And we're not going to get rattled. We've been down before. I think the first game of the tournament we started down like down by 10-0 lead, and we just stayed the course. We weren't going to be rattled by them pressuring us and we missed some shots."
The Wolverines went on a 14-4 run during the next four minutes and never looked back.
Wagner led Michigan in scoring, rebounds (15) and steals (3) in the win. He is one of only three players to have at least 20 points and 15 rebounds in a national semifinal game. The other two? Hakeem Olajuwon and Larry Bird.
"Wow. If you put it like that, that's it's probably cool," Wagner said. "But to be honest, I kept looking possession by possession, we had trouble scoring the first half. We scored 22 points and that was kind of the only way we found our way to the basket, grab offensive rebounds and get second-shot opportunities."
Michigan started hot, hitting a pair of early 3-pointers and ran out to a 12-4 lead, but Loyola-Chicago roared back, and took a 17-15 lead on a pair of Cameron Krutwig free throws with just under six minutes remaining in the half.
The Ramblers lived in the paint early in the game, taking only three 3-pointers in the first half. Loyola-Chicago was 9-of-10 from the line in the first half and shot 41.7 percent from the field.
Michigan, meanwhile, struggled after its hot start. The Wolverines shot only 29 percent in the opening half, and Wagner and Matthews accounted for 19 of the team's 22 points.
The rest of Michigan woke up in the second half as Duncan Robinson scored 9 points, Jordan Poole added 8 and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman chipped in 7.
Cameron Krutwig led the way for Loyola-Chicago with 17 point. Clayton Custer had 15, and Aundre Jackson added 10.


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Some readers of this blog have been asking why the legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown, in their view, "caved" and permitted online retailer Amazon.com to not collect sales taxes for another year as part of legislation signed this week.
The answer: the legislature and Brown didn't surrender on this one.
The governor, by signing the legislation, achieved several objectives. He ended a referendum that Amazon had pursued of legislation requiring online retailers to pay sales taxes.
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Since Brown is likely to pursue his own initiative next year to raise taxes, he helped his own cause by eliminating another tax-seeking measure – the Amazon referendum.
Brown's chances of passing a tax are better if there are no other taxes on the ballot.
The state also got promises from Amazon that include the creation of thousands of new jobs – 10,000, plus as many as 25,000 seasonal jobs. It's wise to be skeptical about such promises, but they are better than nothing.
The delay in the deal probably is good policy as well. It gives Amazon and online retailers a year to work out legislation on on-line tax collection in Washington.
On an issue like this – involving on-line retailing that crosses state lines -- a good national policy would be ideal.
If such a policy doesn't materialize, on-line retailers have to start collecting sales tax on purchases from Californians – giving the state the revenue it wants.
If only all the deals the legislature and governor negotiate were so good.
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We're told Demi's issues with bullies go all the way back to middle school -- where she felt her acting career made her a target. Our sources say Demi subsequently engaged in self-destructive behavior that is a manifestation of being bullied.
In fact -- back in 2008, Demi told Ellen DeGeneres that she was bullied so badly in 7th grade, she pulled out of her middle school and switched to a home school program.
As we first reported, Lovato just quit her international concert tour with the Jonas Brothers ... and admitted herself into a treatment center for "emotional and physical issues."
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"Ajami," Israel's nominee for this year's Best Foreign Film Academy Award, is a string of intersecting narratives, shifting through time, leaving the audience rapt, heartbroken, elated and horrified.
Divided into chapters told in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, the film is as impressive as a piece of cinema as it is a political statement. An Israeli film co-produced by Germans, it was directed by Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew, and Scandor Copti, a Palestinian. In 2002 Shani and Copti set out to make the film as a testament to the relationship their communities could have. Every decision during the entire process had to be mutually agreed upon by both men. Sometimes they'd stay locked in a room for three days fighting about a single scene before they came to an understanding.
What was eventually wrought is a tangled web of crime and punishment set in the Israeli city of Jaffe and the Ajami neighborhood where Jews, Muslims and Christians live in tense and teetering balance.
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Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
Shot in sequence, using real locations and untrained non-actors, the film's realism is at times almost too much to bear, but that tangibility is exactly what makes it unshakably memorable. Chaos descends without warning, dialogue overlaps, the camera tracks characters like eyes peering out from around corners, and violence is unceremoniously delivered. The brutality is jarring, sudden, without sentiment or warning, punctuated only by the sounds of sirens, weeping or stomach churning silence.
Filled with scenes of universal understanding; family arguments, bath time, a communal dinner table, these are familiar slices of life that illustrate just how much human beings share, making the hatred and distrust that exists in the world, and especially the Middle East, seem absurdly inhumane. Tragic, bleak, intimate and gripping, "Ajami" isn't an easy film to watch but that's part of its unflinching beauty. After all, life isn't easy.


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After a spate of high-profile shootings by police in recent years, the Department of Justice has an initiative it wants to make permanent: collect data on all "arrest-related" deaths, NBC News reported.
Under the proposed program, some 19,450 state and local law enforcement agencies and about 685 medical examiners' offices would help catalog such incidents annually this year, and then quarterly starting next year.
Each report would provide names, locations, whether or not the arrested was allegedly committing a crime, their behavior during the incident, how law enforcement responded and the manner of death.
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Spring racing headwear trends to put your money on
Once upon a time, the spring racing carnival was ALL about the hat or fascinator (and the races, apparently!) Wide-brimmed styles, structured cuts, tulle, flowers and feathers... if there was a hat or fascinator, we found a way to wear it.
But as time went on and the races became even more about the fashion, we became spoilt for choice in what we could wear on our head trackside. Now, there are still loads of hats and fascinators to choose from, but ther's also plenty of other options too - think crowns, veils, headbands and hair pins.
Ahead of the races, we look at a few of our favourite styles that are a bit different to your regular hat or fascinator.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most glamorous of them all? This year's crowns are a beautiful, luxe option to dress an otherwise simple dress. We love the stunning gem stones and modern laser cuts!
Pictured, clockwise: sass & bide The Pipes One Shoulder Dress, Morgan & Taylor Laser Cut Crown from Myer, Christie Nicolaides Carlotta Crown from Myer, Morgan & Taylor Leaf Acrylic Crown from Myer.
Jewelled Headbands
When it comes to the races headbands are nothing new, but lately we're seeing the regular headband step up its game with jewels, floral applique, gemstones and silver or gold hardware. They do a fantastic job of adding edge to a ladylike dress or jumpsuit.
Pictured, clockwise: Sheike Grace Jumpsuit, Mimco Botanica Headpiece, Forever New Regina Velvet Headband, Gregory Ladner Headband from Myer, Review Pixie Headband.
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Hair Pins
OTT headwear not your style? Hair pins are a modest option for the races so you still fit in with the dress code. Choose from geometric shapes, pearls, florals or stars to complement a draped silk number.
Pictured, clockwise: Sheike Brooklyn Dress, colette by colette hayman Flower and Pearl Metal Barrette, Swarovski Hour Circle Hair Pin, Cue Clustered Star Hair Pin, Witchery Veneto Hair Pin.
The last trend we're loving this races season is the veil - they have a touch of old Hollywood glamour to match the femininity of the spring racing carnival. Wear with a gorgeous ladylike dress, or a structured suit with pumps.
Pictured, clockwise: Camilla and Marc Fresco Jacket from David Jones, Camilla and Marc Fresco Pants, Mimco Smoke Screen Veil, Morgan & Taylor Full Beaded Veil from Myer, Morgan and Taylor Spotted Pom Pom Veil.


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Tigers to be Featured on TV 16 Times During the 2013-14 Regular Season
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team, which has been selected as the Colonial Athletic Association preseason favorite, will play 16 televised games, including four nationally on the NBC Sports Network, during the 2013-14 season.
Towson's home game against Temple on Thursday, Nov. 14 will be the first appearance for the Tigers on the NBC Sports Network. Towson's road game at College of Charleston (Jan. 19) and home games against Drexel (Feb. 1) and Delaware (Feb. 17) will also air on the NBC Sports network.
The Tigers' game at Villanova (Nov. 17) can be seen on Fox Sports 1, the contest at Kansas (Nov. 22) will be shown on ESPN3 and Towson's return trip to Oregon State will be broadcast on the Pac 12 Network.
Additionally, the Tigers can be seen on Comcast SportsNet regional networks on nine different occasions. The Comcast SportsNets (CSN Mid-Atlantic, CSN Philadelphia, CSN New England), CSS and The Comcast Network, providing tremendous exposure in many of the nation's largest media markets. Comcast SportsNet, SportsNet New York and CSS will once again televise the quarterfinals of the CAA Men's Basketball Championship.
The NBC Sports Network, which is available in over 80 million homes, will also broadcast the semifinals and finals of the CAA Men's Basketball Championship.


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This, in turn, speeds up time to market and contributes towards lower assembly and manufacturing costs through improved use of equipment for the supply chain. This strategy can be employed for both existing and new turbine models.
A common strategy typically uses one turbine platform for several sister models, using the same power rating and various rotor blade lengths.
Another variation can see one turbine platform used for sister models, each offering a variety of power ratings and matching rotor lengths to optimise yield for different wind classes. The Repower XM-series, for instance, comprises three sister models of 3.4MW, 3.2MW and 3MW each with matching rotor blade sizes of 104 metres, 114 metres and 122 metres respectively.
A third strategy uses different turbine platforms, and shares a common rotor blade diameter, combined with two or more different power ratings.
An example of this strategy is the production of one rotor blade length for the Nordex N117/2400 Gamma and the N117/3000, which was introduced this year on the new Delta turbine platform. Having also a similar aerodynamic shape, these two blades can be manufactured using the same moulds.
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Spanish supplier Gamesa applies two of these strategies in the 2-2.5MW power-rating class. The company's 2MW turbine dates back to 2002, and the initial 80-metre rotor blade was later expanded to 87-metre, 90-metre and 97-metre diameters.
Now, a new sister turbine has been added — the G114-2.0MW, an IEC class IIIA turbine. This introduces a 114-metre rotor diameter for a record-low 196W per square metre specific power rating. A prototype is planned to be ready in the autumn.
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Also in development in this platform is a new 2.5MW turbine model that will use a similar 114-metre diameter rotor blade. A G114-2.5MW prototype is planned for June or July 2014.
Gamesa's product development director, Antonio de la Torre, said that the modular design is a key product development driver. Offering some historic context, he explained that a new generation of blade airfoils was developed for the G97-2.0MW, launched in 2010, with a parallel design focus on manufacturability and high aerodynamic performance.
This G97 blade contains carbon fibres at highly stressed structural sections, he says, yet performs like other long blades producing 100-metre diameter.
"This G114 blade builds further on G97 experiences," said de la Torre. "The main overall changes were a switch to glass-fibre reinforced epoxy composite, skipping carbon and introducing a new manufacturing process based upon vacuum infusion technology. Most importantly, with this G114 blade we succeeded in lowering manufacturing costs, while aerodynamic performance is comparable to competitor blades of 120-metre rotor size," he said.
Different but the same
Despite being structurally different due to different wind classes, the G114-2.0MW and G114-2.5MW aerodynamic blade are similar in shape, enabling Gamesa to use the same moulds for manufacturing.
Another focus area for the G114-2.5MW is to benefit from drivetrain modularity characteristics between the 2.0MW and 2.5MW series.
"Gamesa develops and manufactures its own gearboxes and generators in-house," said de la Torre. "In the past we have put a lot of effort into drivetrain reliability enhancement. This has resulted in almost zero failures for our 2MW class gearboxes, and the combined mechanical and electrical/power-electronic experiences especially with our most advanced G97 model were fed into the G114-2.5MW development."
The G114-2.5MW again features the drivetrain concept from the 2MW series. It incorporates a main shaft with two bearings, a three-stage gearbox and doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), while a permanent magnet generator is an option, he added.
This focus on modularity for main drive components and systems allows Gamesa engineers to achieve comparable reliability in the drivetrain performance for the G114-2.5MW despite being new and higher rated.
De la Torre said: "At the main component and systems level, we put a great deal of effort and resources into advanced simulation and validation during all of the development stages of the product, and well before installing the prototype.
"Because all components and systems have already been tested and validated, a standard assessment is largely all that is left for turbine certification. A related benefit is that time-to-market can be substantially shortened as well."
The G114-2.5 is envisaged to compete mainly with other turbines in the 2.4-3MW-plus class, initially focused at Europe, the US, and later Brazil too.


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How do I support mobile devices and push e-mail with the Citadel system?
Using the Funambol sync server
Calendars, contacts, and more can be synchronized using the Funambol sync server with a Citadel module written by Mathew McBride. You can learn more about this solution here:
Android calendar support using ICSsync
There is an Android app called ICSsync which does a great job of synchronizing your mobile device's calendar with your Citadel calendar. Simply install ICSsync on your Android device and then click "Add Feed."
Your feed URL should be set to: http://your.citadel.server/groupdav/calendar/calendar.ics
Your username and password should be set to the same as you use to log in to Citadel from your computer.
After you complete your first sync, your Citadel calendar will appear on your Android device, and you will be able to view, create, and edit events. That's all there is to it!