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And so, yeah, that happened.
Now what?
With the Toronto Argonauts capturing the 2012 Grey Cup with a win over the Calgary Stampeders at Rogers Centre on Sunday, the short semi-official hiatus at the offices of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers has officially come to an end.
The CFL directs teams not to engage in any player or personnel moves in the lead up to the Grey Cup, so as not to distract attention from the big show. But the show is over now and the Bombers have work to be done -- lots and lots of work to be done -- if they're going to turn the 6-12 laughingstock that was 2012 into a viable contender worthy of the $185 million taxpayers have pumped into a new stadium set to open (no, really, we mean it this time) in 2013.
Word from the Bombers front office on Monday is that the club is not anticipating making any major announcements this week, but they probably won't want to wait much longer than that to tick at least a couple of jobs off a long list this winter.
Here's a roadmap to Winnipeg's 2012-13 off-season:
Hire an assistant general manager
With longtime AGM Ross Hodgkinson getting sacked earlier this month, the Bombers are in the market for a right-hand man to GM Joe Mack.
The talk is the Bombers want someone who's got a deep background in the CFL and a keen eye for Canadian talent and the carrot they're dangling is whoever gets the job will be groomed to be Mack's ultimate replacement.
There was a sighting in Toronto during Grey Cup Week of Bombers CEO Garth Buchko having lunch with TSN analyst -- and the country's consumate Canadian draftologist -- Duane Forde. There's also been a few other names tossed around -- including current Bombers special team coach and draft specialist, Kyle Walters.
Bottom line: Whoever the Bombers hire, they want to do it quickly because they've got so many other critical decisions to make in the next couple months. "I think they (CEO Garth Buchko, Mack and the Bombers board) would like to get that resolved as soon as we can because that way it's easier for us to move forward as an organization," head coach Tim Burke said Monday. "Obviously, you'd like that person in the position as soon as possible so that everyone can start pulling together and working toward the same goal."
Hire a defensive co-ordinator
Conventional wisdom is Casey Creehan -- former Bombers linebackers coach and longtime confidante of Burke -- would be Burke's first choice if he is available.
But Creehan is at this moment still gainfully employed as the DC in Hamilton and Free Press sports columnist Gary Lawless reported over the weekend that Creehan was at his desk in Hamilton last week working away as though it's business as usual. Take that for what it's worth, but know this: If the Cats fire Creehan in the coming weeks -- Hamilton had the worst defence in the league by many measures -- expect him to quickly end up back here.
The optics of that might be a little shaky -- fans will wonder why Winnipeg is so eager to hire a guy who just got fired after one season in charge of Hamilton's defence. Burke will counter that the Hamilton experience was anomalous and that Creehan was a key ingredient in some great defences the two men presided over in Montreal and Winnipeg.
Winnipeg's options? Former Bombers defensive co-ordinator Greg Marshall is also looking for work right now and would seem to be a good fit. But the Bombers might get competition for Marshall's services if the Alouettes -- as some are suggesting -- fire their defensive co-ordinator, Jeff Reinebold, in the coming weeks. Marshall is believed to have interviewed for the Montreal DC job last winter too, but was passed over for Reinebold.
Bottom Line: Burke said Monday that league rules prohibit him from not only talking to Creehan, he cannot even talk about Creehan. Burke says he has three names on a short list and will make approaches this week in hopes of having a new DC in place by Christmas. Asked if Marshall was among his interviewees, Burke laughed. "He might be."
Paging a new quarterback
So how do you like Kevin Glenn now?
The Stampeders QBö and exiled former Bomber -- perfectly encapsulated in the last two weekends everything that is great about Kevin Glenn (a sterling West final) and everything that will drive you crazy about Kevin Glenn (an abominable Grey Cup).
Yes, Argos defensive co-ordinator Chris Jones designed a masterful defence against Calgary on Sunday. But the bottom line is Glenn threw a Pick 6 (his second in as many weeks) and Toronto defenders dropped three other easy interceptions. On the other hand, Glenn went 11-6 as Calgary's starter in 2012.
Whether he's the solution to Winnipeg's quarterback problems, five years after he was run out of town the first time, will be a major decision the Bombers front office will have to make. And if they do decide to pursue Glenn, they're going to have to make it worthwhile for Calgary because Glenn is still under contract heading into next season.
Their other options? Montreal backup Adrian McPherson and B.C. Lions backup Mike Reilly are both eligible to become free agents in February, but both men are untested and would be a gamble.
While Reilly seems to be the darling of a lot of fans and wiseguys right now, consider this: Reilly has thrown the grand total of 77 passes in his entire professional career. If somebody tries to tell you Reilly is a lock as the solution to Winnipeg's QB problems, you should also ask that person for the numbers to this coming Friday's 6/49 draw.
And McPherson? Same thing applies to a guy who has thrown a total of 145 passes in 5 CFL seasons.
Bottom line: With Reilly and McPherson, the problem is you don't know exactly what you're getting. With Glenn, the problem is the opposite.
Potential free agents (ours)
There's 11 of them, including six starters on defence: defensive linemen Fernand Kashama, Bryant Turner, and Jason Vega, defensive backs Johnny Sears and Jonathan Hefney, linebacker Marcellus Bowman and non-starter defensive back Deon Beasley, plus slotback Clarence Denmark, running backs Chris Garrett and Carl Volny and quarterback Justin Goltz.
Burke said Mack has had at least preliminary discussions with all of them. "I don't think you're going to see any wholesale change from us... I'd like to see all of them come back if we can," said Burke. "But it will be hard to sign them all because we have other needs as well. We're going to look at people in the free agent market. So it depends down the line how much money we have left under the salary cap. Those guys who hold out a long time, they're going to be out of luck."
Potential free agents (theirs)
Mack has gotten slammed the last two seasons for not even so much as dipping a toe into free- agent waters. Expect him to make some kind of move this time around, if for no other reason than to quiet the criticism.
In addition to the obvious void at quarterback, an experienced SAM linebacker would be ideal, some help in the secondary wouldn't hurt and no one will ever turn down some extra help on the offensive line.
B.C. Lions offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye -- who was just named the CFL's top lineman -- might be the biggest prize of all when he becomes a free agent in mid-February, but that's complicated by the fact Olafioye has made clear he intends to take a second shot at making the NFL before he even considers the CFL again.
Making the second pick count
Burke says he'd love to land either an offensive or defensive lineman with Winnipeg's second overall pick in next year's CFL entry draft.
He'll have plenty to choose from. According to the September rankings put out by the CFL scouting bureau, Regina defensive lineman Stefan Charles and Calgary defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively in their draft class. There's also a couple of highly regarded offensive linemen in McMaster's fourth ranked Matt Sewell and Eastern Michigan's sixth ranked Cory Watman. Third ranked Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo and fifth ranked Calgary running back Steven Lumbala round out the top six.
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This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names.
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The book comprises two main parts: a fascinating introduction, located on the Preface tab, discussing the chronology and structure of London place-names following the development of the city from pre-Celtic times to the present day; and an A-Z of the place-names themselves, giving their date of first record, origins, and associations. It also features 9 maps of London, a useful glossary of the elements in London place-names, and a select bibliography.
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In the debate over how to shape a fiduciary mandate for brokers, Vanguard founder John Bogle says that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should include in its rule advisors to registered investment companies, which have been "ignored."
While the Dodd-Frank Act allows the SEC to develop a fiduciary rule for brokers giving retail investment advice, Bogle told reporters Tuesday during a media briefing in Washington after meeting with SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro that the Investment Company Act of 1940 has been overlooked as the agency crafts its rule, and that "Dodd-Frank leaves a pretty wide open space" for the SEC to interpret what a fiduciary rule should look like.
(Bogle is the keynote speaker at the Investment Advisor Retirement Income Symposium on Oct. 4-5 in Boston.)
"As we develop a fiduciary standard, which is typically thought of as applying to retail advisors, I emphasized to [Schapiro] the fact that a fiduciary standard must, should and does include advisors to registered investment companies," Bogle said during the briefing.
While industry observers have been adamant that the SEC's fiduciary process has stalled, Schapiro told AdvisorOne in an interview Monday that while "it may appear from the outside it has stalled, work has been going on here [at the agency] to advance the issue."
Schapiro, who spoke to AdvisorOne a day before the Tuesday meeting with heavyweights like Bogle and twelve other signatories to a "Fiduciary Declaration," part of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard's "Fiduciary September," said that the fiduciary issue remains "really important" and that she's "ready to go" on releasing a request for information to allow the public to help inform a "more detailed" cost-benefit analysis on the agency's fiduciary rule.
Bogle told reporters during the briefing that his "first point to [Schapiro] was that the reality is we are not only talking about retail advisors but institutional advisors, [advisors] to large financial institutions." Financial institutions, he said, now own 70% of all stocks in America, with the mutual fund industry owning 52% of that number. "The power lies with financial institutions," he said.
While mutual funds are already registered investment advisors under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and held to a fiduciary duty there, they also must adhere to a fiduciary duty under the preamble of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Under that law, "mutual funds must be organized, operated and managed in the interest of their shareholders—a clear fiduciary standard that has never been enforced," Bogle said. The Investment Company Act of 1940 "sits there and doesn't get translated," he said. "I'd like Congress to say there is a fiduciary standard in this country" under that act.
The SEC's fiduciary rule is needed for retail advice, Bogle said, to rope in those brokers who aren't held to a fiduciary duty under the act.
Indeed, Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), says that Bogle's suggestions regarding institutional advisors are warranted in that there are "any number of institutional investors who aren't all that sophisticated and who would benefit from the protections of a fiduciary duty." However, "we've seen no evidence that the SEC is willing to push the boundaries in this area." Roper says that the SEC is getting enough "pushback" from the industry and Congress, however, on a fiduciary rule that just tackles the retail side, so "I understand the political reasons, if not the policy justification, for [the SEC] restricting its efforts to retail investors."
Ron Rhoades, associate professor of Alfred State College's financial planning program, says that he respectfully disagrees with Bogle. "I don't interpret the Dodd-Frank Act as giving the SEC authority to adopt different rules with respect to investment advisors to funds," Rhoades says. "However, investment advisors employed by funds who provide 'personalized investment advice' to 'retail customers' would be affected by SEC rulemaking in the fiduciary area."
But "Bogle raises another important issue," Roper says: "That it is not enough to adopt a fiduciary duty, it has to be enforced. That is an ongoing challenge."
Bogle said he also tried to "console" Schapiro regarding the pressure the agency has received regarding the need to perform a more thorough cost-benefit analysis on its fiduciary rule. "I reminded her that costs are easy to measure but benefits are hard to quantify," he said. "How can you quantify the benefits of a fiduciary standard?"
Schapiro had originally announced in February that agency economists were getting ready to ask the public to weigh in on a set of questions regarding the agency's economic analysis.
Declining to say whether a rule proposal would come by year-end, Schapiro said "it would be nice to get this final request for information."
But Neil Simon, vice president of Government Relations for the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), says the holdup on releasing that request for information has been disagreement at the agency about what types of questions should be asked.
It's unlikely the SEC would be able to issue its request for information, examine the comments and issue a proposed rule by year-end. As Simon said, the SEC is "nowhere close" to voting on a fiduciary rule proposal.


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Thunder Baseball League is hosting a CABA Colorado Baseball Tournament in Broomfield, Colorado June 2-4, 2017. $20 of all entry fees, $5 from all commemorative pink and black TBL hat/visor sales, and $5 from every custom tournament shirt sale will be donated to Susan G. Komen Colorado.
Visit www.cabacolorado.com for more information and early registration. Games will be played on June 3rd and 4th, 2017. The opening event on Friday, June 2nd, 2017 will include the honoring of breast cancer survivors in our community. June 2nd events will be held at BIP: Clapper Field, 116th and Teller St., Broomfield, Colorado, 80020
This event will include the Line Drive Challenge (hitting) Rockies Field
Featuring 12 year old D1 Majors teams playing on Lange and Clapper Field
Arrive early, register your team, and enjoy dinner sponsored by Noodles & Company starting at 5:45pm. Not required, but highly recommended if you are hungry. We will set expectations for the weekend. Do or Dye Hair Salon will be giving buzz cuts and painting hair pink. Bring your kids to the Jumpy Castle, sponsored by Rogue Wave Software. Visit www.thunder-baseball.org for more information.
This event will include a representative of Susan G. Komen Colorado. There will be a pink balloon ceremony to honor survivors and those that have passed.
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On the list of ways to go, having your lungs explode is definitely on the gnarlier side. Too bad for bats in treehugging locales, though, because that's what's happening to them, due to a pretty serious error with their awesome echolcation systems crossing with the seemingly benign forces of Bernoulli's principle put into motion by the turbines' huge spinning blades. Ouch all around. What happens is the bats' internal echolocation, which tracks movement, attracts them to the blades of wind turbines, which presents another fairly obvious problem. But a University of Calgary researcher, puzzled by bats dying off in large numbers around wind farms in southern Alberta has found that those that don't get cut down by the blades (surprisingly only 50%) are actually dying from exploded lungs, or barotrauma; the low pressure areas around the spinning rotors, as explained by our friend Bernoulli, cause the bats' tiny air sacs to burst. Even those that do get knocked out of the sky by the blades have their lungs popped beforehand-of the 188 dead bats in the study, 90% had barotrauma as the cause of death. I'm thinking this is going to have to remain one of those problems without an immediate solution. Hopefully the bats will evolve to realize that the massive spinning turbine blades do not equal a tasty insectoid meal. [New Scientist, Photo: Zeusandhera]
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Of course, the downside of putting any kind of sonic bat repellant on or near wind turbines will be the rise of a new species of mosquito, more vicious than all the rest, who will only inhabit windfarm zones, eating alive all who may live nearby. Woe be unto those who may shun the bats!


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Does the OPC take a stand on the origin of the soul? I would like to know more about creationism versus traducianism. Thanks.
Let's start with some definitions from Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology, II, 65-76: "The common doctrine of the Church, and especially of the Reformed theologians, has ... been [creationism, i.e.] that the soul of the child is not generated or derived from the parents, but that it is created by the immediate agency of God...." "Traducianists on the one hand deny that the soul is created; and on the other hand, they affirm that it is produced by the law of generation, being as truly derived from the parents as the body."
I do not believe there is an official position in the OPC. Louis Berkhof favored creationism as it seemed to have slightly better biblical support, and that it did not "endanger the sinlessness of Jesus" as much as traducianism. (See his Summary of Christian Doctrine, pg. 68-69.) Francis Turretin and Charles Hodge also favored creationism, whereas W.G.T. Shedd favored traducianism.
I personally could argue either side. As Berkhof points out, the Bible says nothing about the creation of Eve's soul. Furthermore, a good argument can be made that creationism would violate the principle that God has ceased creating. I would be more comfortable granting an exception to Christ's incarnation since he was conceived supernaturally (a new creation event) by the Holy Spirit as the Westminster Confession and Apostle's Creed affirm. (See Luke 2.)
In the end, I agree with Berkhof, that both points have their strengths and weaknesses. Most Reformed scholars will hold to creationism, but not all.
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A 13 Session Discipleship Course for 11-18s
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A 13 Session Discipleship Course for 11-18s
The adult version of the popular Freedom in Christ course (sold by Gospel Light in North America as the Beta course) provides a solid grounding in Christian discipleship. Developed around the core teaching of Dr. Neil Anderson, founder of Freedom in Christ Ministries, based in Knoxville, TN, it takes believers through the foundations of the faith and helps them to open up their lives and core convictions to the power of Christ. Above all, it allows participants to realize and absorb who they are in Christ.
This youth edition contains age-appropriate games, activities, discussion-starters, film clip suggestions, and talk slots, all provided in the Leader's Guide, which comes with a supplementary DVD containing approximately two hours of related training material. In addition to the Leader's Guide, which provides the full text of each session, there are two workbooks, one for eleven- to fourteen-year-olds and one for fifteen- to eighteen-year-olds.


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Published in December 1963 with two articles on the region, "Crusader Road to Jerusalem" and "Conquest of the Holy City," this map of the Holy Land provides crisp detail and an abundance of historical notes. An inset map of the Middle East shows Crusade routes and the Walled City of Jerusalem map reveals the fourteen stations marking the way of the cross from Pilates hall to Calvary.
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Windicator shifts the arrow to the right again. Operating profits have risen dramatically, as have many company shares. But the arrow has only moved slightly. Wind developers were less active in Q3, on year. North America is moribund and Latin America only just eked out a rise in activity pushing projects closer to completion.
European project development slowed uniformly, and North America appeared even more lugubrious. But emerging markets, led by Latin America, eked out a slight rise in activity. And the Asia Pacific region did what it always does: steam ahead — yet not by enough to prevent an overall dip in global growth.
Indeed, although third-quarter Asian figures recorded by Windpower Intelligence (WPI), Windpower Monthly's market-research unit, seem strong at first glance, a closer look reveals some weakness in project development. Asian earlyto mid-stage activity — project announcements, permitting starts, power purchase agreements and turbine purchase agreements — fell in July-September. Rises in permitting completions and several categories of late-stage project development offset the purchase dips. In general, all Asian project-development activity in July-September grew 27% compared with the same period in 2012, even though the quarter ended on a sour note when activity dropped 10% on-year in September.
In Europe, the situation was far worse. September activity dropped across nearly every category of project development. Declines were particularly severe in early-stage development. Europe's only growth in September activity was a 20% on-year rise in turbine purchase agreements, to six in total.
Led by China, the Asia Pacific region's strongest performance was in late-stage activity. Wrapping up two years of construction, Chinese developer Guodian powered up its 250MW Taiyueshan I wind farm in September. The wind farm, located at Huapo Natural Reserve in northern China's Shanxi province, is the first phase of a planned 750MW wind complex. It is also one of nearly 500 wind projects the Chinese National Energy Bureau announced back in March, the third batch of approved wind in the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015).
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Such progress has enabled China to pull well ahead of one-time neck-and-neck rival United States: China now has 69.9GW of installed capacity, or 10% more than the 63.7GW in the US. In fact, during July-September, only two projects went online in North America, and neither was in the US. In September, NextEra Energy put online its 124.4MW Summerhaven Wind Energy Centre project in Ontario, and EDF EN Canada powered up the 150MW second phase of the Lac Alfred project in Quebec.
Although early-stage project activity rose on-year across North America in the third quarter, other than these two events, capacity additions were completely moribund.
Latin America started 2013 with great promise: Q1 project activity grew nearly 50% on year. The region is still doing well, having boosted installed capacity by about 20%, year to date, when we compiled data in late November. But by Q3, the pace of project development had slowed.
In the competitive business of selling wind turbines, Vestas topped the charts in the third quarter with the most megawatts of contracted capacity. Its 1.4GW of contracts were well ahead of Siemens' 1GW and GE's 352MW.
The majority of Vestas' sales were in Europe, where the UK was the top market, but Romania, German and Poland also presented opportunities. In the US, Vestas' 400MW beat the 273MW by the usual domestic leader, GE, and the 267MW by Siemens. Besides these three manufacturers, only Nordex and Gamesa had sizeable US deals in the third quarter. And Vestas was at its multinational best, securing orders for 198MW in South Africa and 100MW in tough-to-penetrate China.


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'Slice' Poll: Chicken Pizza - Way or No Way?
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Time was when I was more of a pizza purist that I'd dismiss chicken on a pizza out of hand. Chicken? On a pizza? Cluck! Maybe as a side item*—or if I'm at a CPK.
But when even Cosimo Tiso of the venerable and certifiably old-school Bronx joint Louie & Ernie's says he's added a chicken topping as the neighborhood's tastes change, well, that made me reassess things. Add to that the fact that Ed Levine (Mr. "Slice of Heaven" himself) recently mentioned here at HQ that his son has turned him on to chicken pizza, and that seals it for this week's poll: Chicken pizza — way or no way?
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http://gta.wikia.com/Ford_RS200 , Can you check it? Please. Thanks!
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- 1 Images
- 2 PlayStation Network
- 3 Manager Nomination
- 4 Insert Picture
- 5 Promotion 2
- 6 Welcome
- 7 ???
- 8 Firefly Projects Gang
- 9 Custom Vehicle License Plates Page
- 10 Favor
- 11 Quick, SA related question
- 12 Copyright Image
- 13 GTACW Burger Shot images
- 15 Becoming Part of Staff
- 16 Copyrighted images
- 17 Side missions
- 18 Revert Intermediate Edits
- 19 GTA 3 era gripe page
- 20 Ratman
- 21 Insert Picture 2
- 22 Moving Pages
- 23 GTW Forum
- 24 hey can i play...
- 25 Mel Toblowsky
- 26 100%
- 27 Why revert?
- 28 Images
- 29 He blocked for me something I said on a non-wiki
- 30 My apologies.
- 31 Well.
- 32 Reply
- 33 Write section name here
- 34 Rockstar
- 35 Profile Links Template
- 36 Write section name here
- 37 Unblock
- 38 Prison bus
- 39 Where's the FCR-900?
- 40 Stories Era didn't need to be deleted.
- 42 Vehicles
- 43 Reply
- 44 Re-name the Josef Bellic page?
- 45 Gallery update
- 46 Write section name here
- 47 Write section name here
- 48 Write section name here
- 49 SA Locations Images
- 50 Gta IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony
- 51 Gta IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony
- 52 Thank you
- 53 the Troll is back
- 54 Cut vehicles
- 55 Copyright
- 56 Edit Warring
- 57 Explosion
- 58 Undoing things
- 59 About edit of vice city stories...
- 60 JOIN THIS from Gta4bigfan
- 61 JOIN THIS from Gta4bigfan
- 62 WHY WAS THE PAGE "Tallest Buildings in GTA: san andreas" DELETED?!
- 63 Matter with top speed
- 64 Reply
- 65 Categorisation
- 66 Problem with getting 100% on The Lost and Dammed
- 67 Ghawar Explosion
- 68 Blocking from editing
- 69 The Annihilator in GTA San Andreas
- 70 Look at this:
- Imported from User talk:Master Sima Yi#Pictures.
- Just wondering do you know any youtube channels, that offer HD without watermarks?--Gta-mysteries 06:37, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- Hmm, I could take a look for you. I occasionally see some HD GTA IV videos without watermarks, but I don't remember the channels' names. Gonna take a look right now. (By the way, you can also just cut the watermarks from the videos... XD) -- Master Sima Yi 12:41, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I put up a picture for you for the unnamed Asian woman, Black Artist. I got it from the second TBoGT trailer (the one with The Look by Roxette as the background song), which is about as high resolution I can get for you. I know that it could better have been taken from a different angle. And Gta-mysteries, sorry, but I don't seem to be able to find any HD videos for you. At least not ones that feature cutscenes as YouTube deletes all of them. -- Master Sima Yi 12:56, April 26, 2010 (UTC
- And might I ask can you tell me if this image looks good?--Gta-mysteries 19:35, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, dude, perfect. I don't know how you could've done it better. Those little things in GTA IV already are blurry, I am amazed at how you have gotten the resolution so good. :) -- Master Sima Yi 19:46, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, do you use a digital camera to get pictures.--Gta-mysteries 19:56, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, either that or I use printscreen while watching a video. -- Master Sima Yi 20:08, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
PlayStation Network
- Imported from User talk:Black Artist#PlayStation Network.
- I almost got my internet on my PS3, and soon enough I'll have PSN. I really appreciate your help with this.--Gta-mysteries 22:58, April 26, 2010 (UTC)
- What's left?--User:Black ArtistTalk page 00:30, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Right now I got the internet, and I created a master account, but I can't see where I log out at.--Gta-mysteries 00:32, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Log out? Of what, and where. On your computer? Or PS3?
- I got it now I think, I made my account it's Gta-mysteries2.--Gta-mysteries 00:44, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Cool. Add me.
- What's your PSN?
- DaFunnyMan69--User:Black ArtistTalk page 01:04, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
Got it, are you online now?--Gta-mysteries 01:06, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Nope, working on report (while in wiki).--User:Black ArtistTalk page 01:15, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
I sent a request to you so whenever you're done we can play.--Gta-mysteries 01:16, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Probably not tonight. You got TLAD or TBOGT yet?--User:Black ArtistTalk page 01:20, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
I'll probably be getting TLAD tonight.--Gta-mysteries 01:21, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
I don't think I can get TBOGT, right now I'm downloading TLAD.--Gta-mysteries 01:30, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Why not?--User:Black ArtistTalk page 01:32, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
It's taking too long to download, and I don't have enough funds for TBOGT. What's a background download?--Gta-mysteries 01:36, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- If you press background load, the game will load the game in the background while you use the PS3 for other things.--User:Black ArtistTalk page 09:51, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
- Get both, but personally, TLAD is my favorite of all three games.
Manager Nomination
I accepted your nomination, and you can answer the questions here. Please also take the time to comment on the other two nominations (here and here). Gboyers talk 00:41, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
Insert Picture
Can you please upload this picture? File:Gtacansux.jpg It's the artwork for Candy Suxxx
PleasePs2sanandreas 03:00, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
Promotion 2
Hey Gta-mysteries I wanted to know if you could help me out with the promotion process. I submitted a promotion for me a month ago and i've been working my but out in community cleanup like you said. GTA4LIFE 05:25, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Is there any way I can become a moderator? Because you've seen the pages I have created. I want your opinion Gta-mysteries, are my edits good enough? GTA4LIFE 23:31, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your help and i finally understand. Thank You. RESPECT GTA4LIFE 23:50, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome. I've made my first edit to update the Schafter article. It is based primarily on the S Class W221, in addition to the C and E classes referenced.
No need to thank me, it's just an automated message, and with that said I do welcome you.--Gta-mysteries (talk) 06:08, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
Hi I'm CLAUDE i am also interested in gta mysteries.
I have recently been on an easter egg hunt with a special map in San Andreas.
Pleas suggest any new interesting mysteries.
Firefly Projects Gang
Hello. I wrote this article but want to rename it. Could you rename it to Afro-American Gangsters? I think it would be better. http://gta.wikia.com/African-American Gangsters
And by the way, can you rename M.O.B. article to Firefly Projects Gang? Look to the discussion topic for details.
Thanks in advance. Orto Dogge 23:59, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
I was surprised too, but name M.O.B. never was mentioned in game. All black gangs in city is only one gang (according the data-files). In LCPD database M.O.B. is currently named Firefly Projects Gang. I think it's better name, just like North Holland Hustlers or East Holland Drug Gang. By the way, can you rename article East Holland Drug Crew into East Holland Drug Gang? This is the official name in LCPD database and "Crew" wasn't ever mentioned in game too, just like M.O.B. I worked on this black gangs much time and wrote this big article about them. Can you rename it to? =) From African-American Gangsters to Afro-American Gangsters, I think it would be better. And if you in the mood, delete African-American Street Gangs in GTA IV era. =) I'm kinda exacting, I know.)))) --Orto Dogge 00:13, May 5, 2010 (UTC)
Custom Vehicle License Plates Page
Why did you delete custom vehicle license plates? I was tidying it up.
I didn't I moved it to Custom Vehicle License Plates.--Gta-mysteries 04:21, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
OK thanks
Seeing as you're probably the most active admin, do you think you could rename Category:Operating systems to Category:Operating Systems (capitalization)? I didn't bother ask the bot, since the articles in the category are only four. Masterpogihaha 16:01, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
Sup man. Yea, I know, I got like one edit, but I am from the CoDWiki. Whatever.
Well, I got a question about a game (SA):
Do you have any suggestions on how to do the mission "Cesar Vialpando"?
I can't figure out how to get points! I already tried pressing hydraulics and then press direc, keys, but I didn't got pointssss! Well, I asked you cause you seem a senior user and seem to know a lot about GTA. Thanks! Commander W567123danielWanna Talk?|My Duty|Wassup? 00:47, May 12, 2010 (UTC)
Copyright Image
Was the image I uploaded to End of the Line copyrighted? The one with CJ perusing Tenpenny. If so I just want to point out, I wasn't aware of it being copyrighted.Addicted2gta 09:37, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
Yeah it was copyrighted so it had to be deleted. You may probably know this by now, but images with copyright will be deleted unless you have the written consent of the copyright holder.--Gta-mysteries 09:43, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
GTACW Burger Shot images
I'm assuming you're using No$Zoomer to emulate GTACW, but you'll probably need to use DeSmuMe instead because No$Zoomer is particularly glitchy with its cel-shaded effects. For example, notice the wireframe vehicle lights effects? That's not normal. - ZS 16:44, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
- All of those images came from the Spanish GTA Wikia, I just forgot to source them. They were PNG, so I edited the shading and saved them as JPEG so that may be why they look like that. Also I resized some of them too.--Gta-mysteries 19:19, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Doesn't look like a mere image conversion ruined it; it's already ruined when they decided to go ahead screencaping wireframe lights. Anyway, we shouldn't be procuring images with glitchy graphics. The ones without nightlights look acceptable though. - ZS 19:27, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
How do I know if some of the pictures in the photo gallery are copyright ?Fairnick68 21:17, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Usually copyrighted images have watermarks on them. -Gta-mysteries 23:36, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
Becoming Part of Staff
Is there anything I can do to become part of staff? I am familiar with the process, but know that I have not been doing my full potential. I don't plan on a being a Administrator or anything. The highest I would probably be is Moderator. I consider you an expert and notice that all people on staff have over 2000 edits. If you can give me any advice that would help. Yours Truly, Peter13
- Well first of all you will have to be an active user. Secondly staff are not higher than other users, they are still editors of the wiki, except with extra tools. There are still some things basic users can do to help out other users. I am for from an expert too. --Gta-mysteries 01:15, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
How do i talk to people? - Tinasian 03:40, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Hello Gta-mysteries, I'm new here and don't exactly know what to do on this website or no much about it, all i used to do was look up the games and learn more about them, now that i have an account I'm wandering, can you chat with people, and how do i edit pages do i have to get permission to, all I've done here so far is put my opinions on gta5 wishlist, what other things can i help with or edit?
Sorry i forgot to put my signature that's mine up there - Tinasian 19:12, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
You don't have to have permission to edit pages although some pages are protected to where only admins can edit them. You can talk to people via e-mails, or talk pages. --Gta-mysteries 19:14, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Copyrighted images
- Imported from User talk:Gunrunner15#Copyrighted images.
I've noticed that images you recently uploaded were watermarked, and came from WikiGta. If you aren't aware images with watermarks can't be used outside of where it was watermarked, so please don't use these. If you need to you can look at this page. Thanks.--Gta-mysteries 22:08, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Oh sorry about that i just thought you guys could use them I'll be more careful on what i upload thanks for the heads up.
Side missions
I think we need images on the some of the side mission like firefighter air rescue and paramedic I can't seem to find some any where.
Revert Intermediate Edits
The best thing to do would be to restore the page completely to an old version. This is the same as reverting every edit since the one you choose. So looking at the history, you probably want to revert it back to the version from 08:10, May 18, 2010 by Learner22. To do this, click on the date (to see that version of the page), click edit (to edit that old version) and click save (to save that old version). Let me know if you need a hand - Gboyers talk 21:59, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
y did you delet my artical
GTA 3 era gripe page
Is there a grand theft auto 3 era gripe page like there is a grand theft auto IV gripe page , if there is not should someone make one ?Fairnick68 01:34, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
No there's not a page, and I really don't see any point in making one as it's already passed. --Gta-mysteries 01:35, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
is ratman real on GTA or just a myth? i've been searching for him for a long time and i cant find him.
Insert Picture 2
Can you please insert this picture to the GTA Trilogy page. File:Gtatrilogy.jpg
thanks Ps2sanandreas 22:35, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
Hey whats up GTA Mysteries. I was wonderin about two things. One, do you know anything about a new game in the GTA series. If so send me a message about it and please give me information on it. Two, i also want to know how to edit a page or create a new page. I was also wonderin why there is a gripe page: it just gives someone a chance to bitch about random things they see as problems and also makes them seem stupid for being apart of a site about the game they can find so many problems with. Thanks for any help, Will. (Willy Mac 00:56, May 26, 2010 (UTC))
hey um in liberty city epsodes for tbogt the in game pause music says rockstar games in a robotix voice im wondering where do i put that?(
Thx. Id just like to say GTA Mystries i won't be editing pages but i'll alert you if things need changing or adding :)
P.S. hope this isn't going onto a page xept for talking page (if so sorry for the interferance) 08:00, May 28, 2010 (UTC
Moving Pages
I think the following pages should be moved
James Pegorino - Jimmy Pegorino
Sean Johnson - Sweet Johnson
Patrick McReary - Packie McReary
Gerald McReary - Gerry McReary
Victor Vance - Vic Vance
And others with their real name to their most common name, I just want this wiki to be consistant, I dont think it makes sense that Gay Tony is the name of Anthony Prince's article (Due to being the most common name) and some others having their real name.
Also I think Diego and Armando Mendez should have their own articles
GTW Forum
Hey. I have created a GTW Staff Discussion Forum here. You will need to Register on TGTAP, and leave me a message on my talk page with your TGTAP username to gain access to the GTW forum. Gboyers talk 13:06, May 31, 2010 (UTC)
hey can i play...
Hi GTA Mysteries
um listen. can you play EFLC on a GTA IV disk. 'coz i have games for windows live and I have 2 options choose to play EFLC
or play GTA IV can I play GTA EFLC on GTA IV disk only?
I don't know too much about the EFLC. i had the regular GTA IV, and downloaded the other two on my PS3. And as for the PC I'm clueless. --Gta-mysteries 11:19, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
Mel Toblowsky
Hello Gta-mysteries,
I am a member of the german GTA Wiki.
Can you give a short german translation (mean facts) of the article Mel Toblowsky ?
I would be glad about an answer on mine discussion-site
Yours faithfully
Commander-GTA (~ doesn't work)
Anyone know a youtube channel that gives guides to get 100% on bogt?
Why revert?
I'd like to ask you why you reverted 4 of my edits to Achievements in GTA IV? I'll be honest: it is quite discouraging to have an administrator revert edits like that, without any questions, or communicating what they think is wrong with those edits. The edits I made were all aimed at making the article (and the wiki as a whole) better. With one click you reverted the following edits I made (all edits had edit summaries as well):
) to Gamerscores.
- Changing "Achivement Points" to the official terminology ("Gamerscore")
- Correcting a wikilink to the GTA IV episodes (from Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City to GTA IV Episodes)
- Linking every achievement (taking care with disambiguation as well), in order to create individual articles for them (a job I started doing, along with a standard infobox template)
- Correcting the names of some of the achievements, from capitalization mistakes to actual typos
I may be able to understand if you have a problem with some of these edits I made. But I don't think silently reverting such edits is a good thing to do -- except if what you want to do is drive people away from editing this wiki. I don't know how often you do this, but I would suggest that you first try and communicate you issues before dismissing the hard work of others.
--Mondotta 13:15, June 12, 2010 (UTC)
The reason I reverted it is because we don't need an article for every single achievement. They would be too short, and take up too much space. That was good what you did changing redirects, and correcting typos. I've edited the page again to the revision where you added the gamerscore, and not every achievement link. --Gta-mysteries 15:03, June 12, 2010 (UTC)
That bottle in image is pretty realistic,more realistic than bottles in previous GTA games.GTAheppu 15:08, June 23, 2010 (UTC)
He blocked for me something I said on a non-wiki
It was late at night, on IRC, and said stuff, and I got blocked. As you can see, the bearucrat of the wiki sides with me, I cannot be blocked for my opinion, as long as it is said on another website and not directly to the person (for example, I cannot send my opinion on their facebook account). Bord will make fun of me for being a Christian, and he gets away with it. Peter Griffen Boy 03:54, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
No, it was the Battlefield wiki, and no, IRC has NOTHING to do with wikias, it's just wikis like to put their own chatroom on there. Peter Griffen Boy 03:58, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
Not really, apprently it is pefectly normal for him to bag on me, but if I try to stand my ground, I am a whiny bitch. Peter Griffen Boy 04:03, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
Well, if you're going to arrest me for swearing, Bord neededs a bounty as well. Peter Griffen Boy 04:12, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
My apologies.
PGB was a long-time fire starter on the Call of Duty Wiki (my home wiki, of which I am an administrator). I suppose you could say that I was one of the main combatants against him. He was eventually perma-banned after an unbelievable number of offenses (one of which included pretending to be a U.S. Marine who had seen combat). Then he went to the Battlefield Wiki (of which I am also an administrator), where his behavior was, for the most part, acceptable. Then, however, in an IRC conversation with another BF/CoD wiki user, he began to harass him excessively. When said user told PGB that he would report him to me, PGB began to insult me excessively even though I had had no contact with him in months and had nothing to do with the IRC conversation initially. His comments ranged from homophobic to anti-Semitic and everything in between. I would not have brought the issue here had he not messaged me here, although I apologize for continuing the conversation in a place where it obviously did not belong. So once again, sorry for the disturbance. Imrlybord7 04:14, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, right, I forgot to mention that after seeing his attacks against me and the other user in IRC I blocked him from the Batllefield Wiki for a week. So I suppose if that qualifies as starting it, then yes, I started it (XD / sarcasm / yeah right). Imrlybord7 04:15, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
- PGB harasses another user in IRC chat, user says he will report PGB to me, PGB starts insulting me for no reason, I block PGB, PGB contacts me here. Imrlybord7 04:39, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Saying I harrassed MOI is a flat out lie. Me and him joke around constantly. I think he tried to see how pricky Bord would be when I say the things I said about him. Peter Griffen Boy 04:45, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
- There are screencaps of the conversation on my talk page on the CoD Wiki. Feel free to peruse them. Imrlybord7 04:55, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, they are actually on my talk page on the BF Wiki. Imrlybord7 04:56, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
Bord called me a bitchy twice, a despicable human being, and man other things ( I'll get a link later). and I call him a SOB and an asshole and I get blocked for 5 days on BF wiki, and he gets nothing, fair, don't you think so? Also, it could be more said, MOI started it, as he said he wasn't thinking to me a while ago. [[User:Peter Griffen Boy|Peter Griffen Boy]] 05:06, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
It is sad that it had to come to a block, I was actually planning to give both users a final warning before a block, however this will hopefully stop any further arguments/flaming between the users. Chimpso (Talk) 05:19, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
Write section name here
Hi! Thanks for welcoming me to the Wiki. I just started playing Lost & Damned. I knew that GTA IV was a masterpiece of game art, but I never knew about this Wiki. It has real depth and breadth. I admire it so much I want to clean up the grammar and syntax and make it look as classy as it is. If you have global editing capability, go through the whole wiki and substitute 'whose' for 'who's.' 'Who's' is NEVER correct. Hope to see you again, RICKRick Gauger
I'm asking because I didn't check first, but is this in anyway connected to Rockstar?
Are they going to see this?Nofaith
Profile Links Template
Hey, I had a look at the Profile Links template and I just wanted to say nice job :). I will put it on my profile right now... Chimpso (Talk) 07:26, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
Write section name here
Hey man, I've noticed that in GTA IV, there are a LOT of references to thw NWO, Illuminati, and UFOS. Do you think that these could be a hint about real life? I'm relatively new to GTA fandom (i.e., only game ever played is GTA IV, TBOGT, and TLAD)... I've also noted a lack of myths to GTA IV.... Could this be a result of more corporation based decisions in the Rockstar team? There have always been an abundance of myths, glitches, secrets, and such. In GTA IV, it seems to be more watered down.... any comments? NicksGTAMyths
Curse your name then. -.- rawr. Then what do you follow? xD NicksGTAMyths
Alright, still there seems to me that They(Rockstar, etc.) watered down GTA in terms of the secrets and easter esss in GTA 4. What do you think? (Compared to the other GTA's) NicksGTAMyths
- / mk. Has there been an interview with a Rockstar person asking if theirs any more? NicksGTAMyths
Please do not ever unblock users, unless there has been a complete mistake (such as accidentally blocking the wrong username). If Admins start reversing their decisions, or overruling each other, that creates an awkward situation; makes us look incompetent; and gives everyone the opportunity to answer-back and beg for unblocking. In this instance, PGB was swearing and being abusive multiple times, and was abusive towards staff after his block. This removes any right to being unblocked. He's never contributed to this wiki, and has only ever used this wiki for arguing with other users, so I've placed a long-term block on him since his presence here is only negative, not at all positive. Thanks for intervening in the argument, but there's almost never a good reason to unblock someone. Gboyers talk 22:21, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
Prison bus
Hi I was wondering if i turned on xbox 360 & went on multiplayer and put party mode on..could i go to the faculty place or the police station as featured in Lost and damed or do i have to do the mission in order to drive it..Thank you & have a nice day Brendanp
Not sure about the Xbox 360, as I have the PS3. Multiplayer in TLAD I'm confused about also. --Gta-mysteries Talk 00:07, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
Where's the FCR-900?
For GTA SA, for locations in the article FCR-900, it says i should get one after getting all silver rewards in the bike school but i got a Freeway instead, why is this and is how can i get the FCR-900? Za24
Za24 20:47, July 10, 2010 (UTC)ZA24
Stories Era didn't need to be deleted.
It just needed to be cleaned up. As hugo gomez explained, it was a Sub-Era, not a full on Era. Maybe YOU could have helped clean it up, instead of just deleting it. You could have actually READ the article first. You just deleted an article that could have been good with a bit of cleaning up. I hope you're happy.
HoboHunter28 02:16, July 14, 2010 (UTC)
The user Ymcfadden is ruining every page he comes to! He's cursing at me and crap because i'm telling him to learn better english! Can you help me do something about him?
Can u have Roman's Taxi in Gta IV:Tbogt?
RE: Then this is wrong. All vehicles from GTA IV and some from The Lost and Damned are available in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Yes I will do as you say on the images, and I also have a question. I already left you a message yesterday on the promotion. I wanted to know if you could help me on the promotion process cause as you see i've been working my but out on community cleanup, and I submitted a request on promotion a month ago. GTA4LIFE 21:12, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Re-name the Josef Bellic page?
Ok, I've never heard Niko or anyone else mention his brother by name in the game, and I've gotten 100% on GTA IV 3 times (once out of boredom). And I was wondering if an Admin could rename the page Josef Bellic. (I'm not new, but I don't understand some stuff as good as other people.) If he was mentioned by a R* Developer as such, can you or someone else show me where? Thanks in advance. Jackass2009 03:00, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
Gallery update
If you haven't already notice, Wikia rolled out another gallery update. Problem is, the default width of all new thumbnails are now 200 pixels wide from 120 pixels before. I would had accepted it, except some galleries for vehicles and places in particular were designed to hold up to 6 images per row, and the new thumbnail size as ended up widening the gallery too much (some articles which have not been edited after the update will still retain the old cached layout). It's not really an urgent matter, but it would be beneficial to help adjust the galleries by adding a thumbnail width parameter, like this (adding
widths="120" at the end of the
<gallery> tag). Are you up to it? :) - ZS 17:38, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
- Another minor note. The new gallery resizes thumbnails based simply on the width of the original image, and not the height also. This means images with short widths but long heights will be resized to appear far larger than other thumbnails. This is another point of contention among a lot of users. - ZS 14:40, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
Write section name here
Hey! Why did you deleted the page Cottonmouth? Did you played Manhunt 2? it's have a lot of references to the other GTA Cities, you idiot! It's because of that I created this page!
Write section name here
Go Fuck Yourself, Motherfucker
Write section name here
Ok man, sorry. I will not do this again.
SA Locations Images
Hey GTA-M, I have been considering what might be a decent sized project. I have been considering adding over-head pictures to all SA location articles. By locations I mean the cities, the districts and any other points of interest. I am thinking about using this map to do so by cutting out sections/districts and adding them on their respective articles. Perhaps we could even add locations of interest, although that might be overdoing it a bit. So, what do you think of this? Chimpso (Talk) 09:51, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
- Alrighty then. I'll get started. I am only semi-active due to GTA modding commitments, but I will be active again soon :). Chimpso (Talk) 12:35, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
Gta IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony
Gta IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony
I have a question.
Can you do the most wanted side missions in The Ballad Of Gay Tony?
If you open it in police vehicle, there shows up: Error connecting server, please try again later.
Thank you
Thanks for deleting that page, that kid was getting annoying. Jackass2009 00:59, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I was waiting for an Admin to get on and delete that page. I'll tag it the next time he creates a page like that Jackass2009 01:02, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. Judging from last time, he might not learn his lesson. But hey, you can just block him longer if he does it again. Thanks for the help. Jackass2009 01:18, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Hi Gta Mysteries
Is the Serial Killer in San Andreas real Where is he mostly spotted
Why did JD from Liberty City Stories get killed
the Troll is back
He created a page again, can't you block his IP Address? Jackass2009 22:34, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Yep its that same kid who hates gta iv, i have a question for both you and him. for Him (The guy who hates gta iv) if you dont like gta iv, then y play it, play a different gta game??!!! and for you (Jackass or your username) i think you should report him here -http://gta.wikia.com/User_talk:Gboyers <---- he is the manager of this website i think if someone is gonna block him permanetly i think its gonna be him.P.S. i love the sentinel in gta SA XD--Claude CJ Vercetti 22:43, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Oh, ok. I thought all admins could do that. Thanks. Jackass2009 22:44, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
- All admins CAN block permenetly, just to an extent. Gboyers has a special function given by wikia that allows him to check and block IP adresses. Chimpso (Talk) 03:58, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Gboyers might need to give that ability to all admins if it becomes more of a problem. (if possible) Jackass2009 04:01, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
Cut vehicles
Looking at some of the pages, I think we might need to consider merges, seeing how most of these vehicles can only be summed up with a couple of sentences. Also, to repeat what was mentioned at my talk page regarding pre-release/cut content, we should keep the old categories and include beta-related categories; readers should get the picture in the introduction or the category section that the vehicle is not present in the final game. Certain vehicle navigation boxes also have "beta" sections, which we can use. - ZS 18:01, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
Hi, let me introduce myself im Sweet, from the spanish wiki, I take one of your photos to me more especific this one, I hope there is no problem {{SUBST:Usuario:Sweeet/Firma2}}
Edit Warring
What edit are war u going on about? If u mean the diamonds i just wrote a better description.
Right OK. Check the Diamonds page i wrote a description. It's fine now so thats the end of it.
The description is fine, what section needs work?
Please explain.
how do u know there is no explosion in Out of commission? Lots of people say there is and even it is made better with an update.
U clearly have no idea when the endings take place in respective to TBOGT. In deal, Departure Time takes place after Dimitri dies on happiness island, but in Revenge it takes place after Dimitri dies on the Platypus and at the same time as when Niko kills Pegorino.
Lol what are u talking about, how the hell can Pegorino still have the heroin if Dimitri had it on the Platypus ready for shipping, idiot. How else would it be in Funland in Departure Time. Think before u talk. Pegorino gave it all to Dimitri to sell. Shows how much u know. And i just watched the revenge ending. There is an explosion, (easier to see if the cutscene takes place at night). Departure time takes place after the ending in deal and at the same time in revenge. Thats why the explosion is only in revenge.
U dont understand at all, Pegorino gave Dimirti the heroin to sell. In deal, Dimitri steals it but its all good since Niko and Phil still ge the money and Dimitri delivers the heroin to Bulgarin at Funland. Dimitri is then killed and Departure Time happens.
In Revenge, Niko ambushes Dimitri before he can do the deal so Pegorino is left with shit all and tries to kill Niko. Since the heroin was left unattended on the ship Bulgarin claimed it. There. Done.
What are u? Some kind of wiseguy?
Clean? fine whatever but as for correct, let me do what i do cause it is correct, and i only swear on talk pages. BTW, are u just another member like me or are u more important than everyone else, what is with the rank by your name?
How come u are an administrator? what makes u so special lol?
So how do I become an administrator then?
Undoing things
I undo things becuse they are not that well written. I mean, i wrote a full explanation for the diamonds page and some idiot messed it it up so i just undid it to make it right again. It has been left alone now, but some guy keeps messing about with the Heroin page, and I wrote everything on that page, but some guy is messing that up too so im just making it right. Basoically, i am in no way trying to put false info or anything in the wiki ok.
Yes OK, i was wrong there, but i did that because i wrote a description and some fool deleted it for a really crappy written one. I didnt want to re-write the whole thing immediatley so i put that. But apart from that and the CW stuff which are both now over, i havent done anything like vandalise it. I just try to make pages sound better. If it is a sorry u are after ok. Sorry.
About edit of vice city stories...
Hey I just wanted to know if it was okay to edit the VCS article, because I noticed that it said it is Victor Vance in the beginning of Vice City. I just wanted to point out that some fans think it is Pete not Vic. If you don't like the change let me know.Losdell504 03:29, August 6, 2010 (UTC)Losdell504Losdell504 03:29, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
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JOIN THIS from Gta4bigfan
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WHY WAS THE PAGE "Tallest Buildings in GTA: san andreas" DELETED?!
Why was the page "Tallest Buildings in GTA San andreas" deleted? why got it deleted?!!
Matter with top speed
On the page of Roman's Taxi, it says Performance and handling-wise, Roman's Taxi is heavier than the Esperanto ( 1700 kg to the Esperanto's 1600 kg ) but has a significantly greater top speed ( 295 km/h to the Esperanto's 218 km/h )
On the page of Comet, it says The GTA IV rendition of the Comet is the fastest car in the game, reaching a top speed of 175 km/h
How come?
Yep, thats one of them. I would join you, but I'm a bit busy playing my new 360 (finally got one). Chimpso (Talk) 07:14, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
Hey. I'm not sure what the point of Category:Redirects is - surely everything we need is at Special:ListRedirects? The same for you removing all the redirects from pages, like links to GTA. Just seems like extra work for no reason that makes pages more complicated (and more difficult for newbie editors to use). I think a link to [[GTA]] is a useful short way to link, no need to expand it to [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA Games]] every time. Also, if you re-write every redirect link, then it's going to look like no pages link here and then that redirect is going to get deleted, when in fact it's very useful (for linking & searching). Redirects are useful, I don't see any need to get rid of them. What do you think? Gboyers talk 10:58, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
- There's nothing really wrong with Category:Redirects, but if you're saying that every redirect must be in that category, then that's a lot of work that someone has to do every few weeks forever. I can understand that you may think GTA is lazy for an experienced editor, but if it's shorter, easier and it works, there isn't really a problem? Don't forget that we use GTA everywhere, so it's not as if it's a lazy shortcut, it's a very valid abbreviation. I'd say SA was lazy, but again it's useful to have the redirect for quick searching and informal linking (having to type the full thing 1000 times in a big page is just frustrating). As for normal users, they are probably going to use abbreviations a lot more, so they are very useful. My concern was that administrators delete unused redirects (that's our job), and there are lots of useful redirects that now show up as "unused" which should not be deleted.
- Why should misspellings be deleted? There are some common ones that people misspell, ones that are different in British/American English, and if they get the wrong capitalisation or miss out an apostrophe/hyphen/space, they wouldn't find the page. This counts both for searching and for linking in articles. I can understand people adding a link to the article then if it's a red link they might try again, but if they can't figure out what the right page is then they're just not going to bother.
- My point is that we need a rule, or guideline, that everyone can follow. You probably have your own rule for it, as do I, and these need to be the same, and need to be communicated to everyone. As I see it, there are these types of valid redirect:
- Genuine abbreviation/acronym (GTA)
- Genuine alternative name (Sean Johnson)
- Common misspelling or punctuation (Pay n Spray)
- Pages that have moved (Grand Theft Wiki
- Lazy shortcuts (CT or SA)
- Pages that link to #2, #3, #4 and #5 could/should be fixed, but I think links to #1 can stay. However, ALL of these should stay as redirects, for the purpose of searching. I use the lazy shortcuts to policy/template pages a lot. Anything other than this can probably be deleted, like Forelli Mafia-Family. If we can decide on a rule like this, then everyone will be on the same page (and we won't end up with unused redirects being deleted). Maybe we could categorise redirects according to their purpose? Or at least separate off the lazy ones so they can be kept separate? What do you think? Gboyers talk 11:25, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
Problem with getting 100% on The Lost and Dammed
hello, when i started playing GTA TLAD ive been doing everything i need to do for 100% game completion but when i finished the last mission it only said 95.00%. I finished all of the following needed for 100%: 12 bikeraces, 5 Stubbs Dirty laundry missions, 10 bike thefts, 41 gang wars(at least 25 are required), 3 random encounters, killed all 50 seagulls, all main missions, and got the percents for wining at Air Hockey, Pool, Darts and Arm Wresteling but when i did hi-lo card game and drinking, eating, strip club and comedy club i did not got any percent. please respond if possible. Links76
Ghawar Explosion
Ok, just play Out of Commission, and keep your eye in the sky behind Niko at all times, when Niko is just talking to Jimmy, u can see the explosion in the sky way in the distance, actually it's just as easy to see in the daytime aswell cos i just played it through when it was day and could see it just as much. I am not joking here, seriously, if u keep looking behind Niko when he is walking left to right insulting Jimmy, u will see the explosion.
Cool, okay, but just remember; Eyes in the Sky. dont watch Niko or the cutscene, just look behind in the sky when Niko is pacing left and right.
Blocking from editing
You must block the page if the edit war happened. only me, User:Videogamer13 and my partner User:Gta-mysteries can edit the page.
The Annihilator in GTA San Andreas
The modification of the Annihilator from GTA IV to GTA San Andreas may replace with Hunter.
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Watching too much television is thought by some to be bad for you. That is, unless you're a student in Assistant Professor of Russian Elena Prokhorova's senior research seminar class.
Students in the class are studying the cultural significance of television programs, like the Russian version of Fran Drescher's sitcom "The Nanny" – but this is no mere classroom exercise. The course is designed around an end-of-semester scholarly symposium organized by the students themselves.
Jacob Lassin '12, a Russian Studies major, has been working hard on organizing the conference, including the design for the official conference T-shirt. He's in a three-member group that's researching, writing and presenting a paper about the Russian version of "The Nanny."
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"The paper is about adapting gender roles from an American sitcom to a Russian sitcom, and how gender roles are portrayed," said Lassin. One main difference is the way the Nanny is portrayed, he said.
"In the American sitcom, she's this loud, Jewish girl from Queens and there's tension between her British boss who's high class and her low-class loudness," explained Lassin. "But in the Russian version, the nanny is Ukrainian – she has this horrible pronunciation of words and she talks a mile a minute."
Their research is part of an international symposium, "Post-Soviet Television: Global Formats and Russian Power," which takes place at the College of William & Mary April 7-9. The event features many prominent scholars in the field of Russian Cultural Studies from around the world. Symposium events, such as film and television episode screenings (some subtitled by W&M students), are open to the public.
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Will Sinnott '11 said working on the symposium has broken some of the boundaries between faculty and students, and has led to real collaboration and research opportunities.
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"The students are involved in the most immediate way: They will present their papers; they are participating in all other panels and will be exposed to actual research that is happening in the field," said Prokhorova, "And they are also involved in organizing this whole event."
The symposium is sponsored by the Roy R. Charles Center, the Reves Center for International Studies, Arts & Sciences, Russian & Post-Soviet Studies and Film Studies.
For more information, including a list of participants and schedule of events, visit http://russiantv.wm.edu.


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Priority given at Tigard's Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center
By the time you read this, Evan Johnson will be resting at home, recuperating after undergoing surgery on his ankle.
It may not seem like much, but the surgery wasnt something Johnson thought hed be getting anytime soon.
Johnson, 32, is a veteran who fought in Iraq. He has been waiting for months for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to schedule his surgery after he developed a lesion in his ankle.
I am on the list to get surgery done at the VA, but they dont know when that will be, it could be a couple of months, said Johnson, an infantryman in the U.S. Army, who served in Afghanistan in 2004. Thats all they can do for me. This has really kept me from doing anything, really.
But with no end in sight to the waitlist, Johnson took a gamble at the Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center in Bridgeport.
Earlier this month, the clinic launched a free program to help veterans receive timely surgeries to help reduce the backlog of cases at the Portland VA Medical Center.
Oregon Outpatient Surgery Centers Save Our Veterans program offers free surgeries to local veterans with medical problems.
I strongly believe that every veteran deserves the highest quality healthcare. My own father was a World War II vet, said Dr. Richard Edelson, an orthopedic surgeon at the clinic. The privileges and success we enjoy today are due to the prior sacrifices of others. We need to pay that debt forward.
In addition to free surgical procedures, veterans will receive pre- and post-treatment free of charge, including medical services and supplies.
Oregon Outpatient is a pretty cutting-edge clinic, Johnson said. Ill be seeing their physical therapists and getting some of the best care. They are treating me really well.
Johnson was scheduled to be released from the clinic on Wednesday afternoon, after The Times press deadline.
The program doesnt officially begin until July 4, but Bela Friedman, a spokeswoman for the surgery center said its team was able to schedule Johnsons surgery early because of his condition.
They are being so good to me, its a little weird, Johnson said before his surgery.
Johnson has been dealing with the pain as best he could, but with two young children at home a 2-year-old and a 3-month-old Johnson isnt able to stay off his feet for long.
What these people are doing is great, he said. And doing it this way will cut my recovery time in half. The VA has said I would be out for about a year, but because they are doing the surgery orthoscopically, my recovery time is about six months.
Edelson said the program is opening to any veteran in need of surgery.
Our priorities will be vets who were injured as a consequence of military duty, and especially those on waiting lists, but others will be considered, Edelson said.
Its crazy
Oregon Outpatients program comes after Veterans Affairs medical centers in Portland and Roseburg were ranked among the worst in the nation for wait times, with more than 6,600 veterans unable to see a physician within 90 days. Questions about faulty data were also raised.
I am appalled by todays report that falsified records forced more than 6,600 Oregon veterans to endure unconscionable waiting times to receive the care theyve earned, said U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden in a statement. Those who cooked the books at VA facilities or lied to Congress as it attempted to conduct oversight should be fired immediately and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Evan Johnson said he has had a good relationship with the VA in the past.
The waiting list is just backed up, the Operation Enduring Freedom veteran said. I have had other surgeries through the VA in the past. They are just taking care of so many people, its crazy.
Dr. Richard Edelson, an orthopedic surgeon at the Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center agreed.
The vast majority of health professionals at the Department of Veteran Affairs are hardworking individuals, he said. Our surgery center, like many others, has the capacity and expertise to help relieve their burden. After all, we ask a lot of those who serve. In return, we should serve a lot to those we ask.
It is a great program, and I hope that the word gets out, Johnson said. Everything about it is a really good situation for me,
Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center is located at 7300 S.W. Childs Road in Tigard.


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The Vampire Diaries Review: Family MattersMatt Richenthal at .
I'm sorry. I'm still gonna need a minute...
I thought I'd be ready to write my review of "Bringing Out the Dead" by now. I thought my eyes had dried enough from the tears they shed over seeing Caroline Forbes lose her father - and that my heart had stopped racing from the shot of all Original family members standing side by side - but I was wrong. Talk amongst yourself for a few more moments please...
Okay. I think I can do it. But my goodness. The Vampire Diaries threw every conceivable emotion at us this week, didn't it?
Let's start with the raw pain of Caroline, who spent more time crying here than she did talking, proving once again that Candice Accola simply rocks and that even the strong veneer this character has built up since becoming a blood sucker is no match for the death of a parent. Especially not one as noble and loving as Bill Forbes.
You're strong, you're beautiful, you're good, he told his daughter before sacrificing himself for his beliefs, a truly impressive act. Can anyone out there comprehend doing such a thing? To not only die for your values, but to do so when you have it in your power to live... forever? Great work all around here by Accola and Jack Coleman as her father.
Elena came close to losing the person who has grown into her father, as well. Or at least her sort of unstable, funny uncle.
Alaric obviously isn't going anywhere, but he became the third council member to be staked, as The Vampire Diaries is making like Criminal Minds a bit these days - and I love it! It can be confusing sometimes to keep track of all the characters that come and go, all the yarns that are spun and new tales that are told. But, come on, who doesn't embrace a good ol' fashioned murder mystery?!?
Right now, there's only one real suspect, but no way is the killer Meredith Fell. At least not acting on her own. She'd have removed Alaric's ring before stabbing him, wouldn't she have? Not to mention that pesky alibi of surgery.
The bad doctor has to be involved in some way, but I say the culprit actually doing the evil deeds is someone we haven't met yet.
Then we come to the dinner every female viewer probably wished they could have attended. Elijah, Klaus, Damon, Stefan. Two sets of brothers, multiple sets of agendas, one thing in common: the shared love for a doppleganger. I didn't see that story abut Tatia coming. Can Nina Dobrev really take on a third role? (Or do we no longer count Katherine as a role any longer, just as a plot device?) When might we meet the original Petrova?
And what about that offer Klaus made to Stefan and Damon? He'll protect Elena forever? She can marry Matt, live a normal life? Granted, she should likely get a say in this plan, but what about it, Salvatores? If you truly love Elena - as you admitted to each other later in the episode - you must admit that you are not her safest options. She's better than both of you, right, Stefan? Doesn't she deserve to be free of this madness?
She compelled Jeremy for his own good. She did it out of love. Should the brother consider the same act now?
Finally, of course, we come to Mother Original. She was the leading contender to be inside that final coffin, but that didn't make the concluding scene any less memorable. Does she really want them all to be a family again? Can she truly forgive and forget? We don't really know the OW (Original Witch), but it's hard to believe she simply wants the family to live happily after in the house that Klaus built... right?
But that's a question for next week and beyond. For now, there's far to much to consider: Might Elena really end up with Matt? Who could Dr. Fell be working with? Did anyone else wish we had seen Klaus actually tell Elijah about their mother? And, seriously, is there anything sadder than watching Caroline cry?
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Katie finishes with CBS Thursday. Larry's been off CNN since December. Regis will spend mornings with Kelly into November, but Meredith's last "Today" with Matt and Al is just weeks away.
And of course, the biggest one-name-says-it-all TV talk star of them all – Oprah – just finished taping her daytime talk show finale, in which she was feted by fellow mono-moniker superstars like Beyonce, Madonna, Halle and Aretha.
The reasons for the spate of departures range from network pressure to personal issues to contract expirations to age to new aspirations. But the changes in TV talk and news – and hybrids, in some cases – add up to yet another shift in the media landscape.
We're moving further away from mass audience shows, hosted by familiar figures with whom a wide spectrum of viewers are comfortable enough to be on a first-name basis (though Ellen seems to be dancing on solid ground). We might not quite be at the end of an era – but Couric and Winfrey may be the two most important figures to keep watching for signs of where we're headed.
Couric, whose five-year stint anchoring the "CBS Evening News" was hampered by low ratings during a time of network audience shrinkage, appears set to go the Winfrey daytime talk-show route, even if her approach likely will be newsier.
Winfrey, meanwhile, is moving from the mass audience approach to niche viewership with her Oprah Winfrey Network talk and lifestyle cable channel. OWN has posted modest ratings posted since its much-ballyhooed January debut and recently underwent a management shakeup. But time and Winfrey's increased presence could prove a boon – or, ultimately, proof that the network will never be a raging success.
Her effort is well worth a try, as is what we expect will be Couric's new take on an old genre. The future of TV news and talk shows – and the new forms they may take – is unclear, especially amid competition from the Internet. Winfrey and Couric's new ventures could be the best harbingers of where the conversation is moving.
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If you've ever wondered what life was like for Ewoks as the Empire built another Death Star near Endor, this ad for Toys R' Us gives a pretty good idea at what it's like to stare up at an artificial moon.
It's not the first attempt to combine shaky amateur video footage with cable access-quality computer graphics, but it's effective nonetheless. At the least, it's far more entertaining that going to see The Phantom Menace in 3D. [YouTube via Buzzfeed]


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