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I first encountered The String Bean (Le Haricot) as a film and loved it. The mostly black and white French movie by Edmond Séchan, who also created the text for the book, has music but no dialog. It is the story of an old Parisian seamstress who lives alone, many floors up a winding staircase in a dark, shabby building. She is wizened and bent but her spirit is full of color and life.
Each day, after she makes glittering, pearl-encrusted evening bags for sale to elegant shops and has her sparse and simple meal, she puts on her hat and goes out to the public gardens. Wandering the Tuileries—scenes that are in color–the old woman dreams of the lush gardens of her childhood. On the way home, she makes a stop to window-gaze at a florist's, full of gorgeous blooms she could never afford. One day, she finds an old clay pot with a dead plant that someone has tossed in the trash. She takes the pot home.
Once she has removed the dead plant with her only fork, she carefully pokes a bean into the soil and waters it. Then she sets the pot on her window ledge where it will get the few rays of sun to reach her apartment every day. She tries to protect the seedling from predatory pigeons and neighbors shaking out dusty rugs; she stakes the new leaves so the stem will grow tall. But the pigeons are too many and the sun is too weak for her plant to survive. She pulls a chair out to the hall, where a patch of brighter sun from a skylight will fall on the plant, and sets the pot on the seat.
It isn't enough. The bean plant wilts and grows pale. So she decides to clandestinely transfer it to a boxwood border surrounding the Tuileries flower gardens. She will lose her daily companion but the bean plant will get plenty of sun and water to flower and grow. What happens next is both heartbreaking and hopeful. The photographs and straightforward text of the book are evocative and powerful, just as the film is.
The tale is an allegory for life and hope that is deceptively simple. As a book, The String Bean could certainly be handed to a kid but the emotions and the underlying concepts are very big—it might take some guidance or some maturity for the story to be appreciated. I'm happy to have experienced both the film and the book. You might have to search for a copy of either but the hunt would be worth it.
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The Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies (formerly Black and Puerto Rican Studies) was established in 1969 after Black and Puerto Rican students combined their struggle to have courses relative to their experiences and cultures offered at Hunter College. Their effort was part of the larger historic Black initiated and led "Civil Rights" or "Freedom" Movement in the United States.
In New York, the renewed sense of community and culture was strengthened by nationalist sentiments of Puerto Ricans who migrated to the city often in opposition to the U.S. colonization on the island. Black and Latino students formed a variety of organizations that worked with other segments of their communities. Also, the sit-ins and arrests of the early 1960s led to the voter registration of the late 1960s, as activists began to comprehend the deeper economic and political implications of the movement they had initiated.
By 1968-69, African American and Latino communities were questioning the lack of inclusiveness and relevance of what their children were learning in school, and denouncing the poor quality of instruction. They became convinced of the need for bilingual education, a curriculum that included their historical and cultural experiences, and community control of the elementary schools. At the university level, student struggles resulted in the creation of departments of Black, Chicano, and Puerto Rican studies, which were staffed by scholars in various disciplines (history, political science, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, languages and literatures) who shared the commitment to a racially and ethnically just society.
An appreciation of the activist spirit of the 1960s and 1970s to social justice issues is essential to an understanding of the philosophy, objectives, and mission of the Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College. In New York City in 1968-69, coalitions of African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many others throughout CUNY petitioned, picketed, sat-in, and took over campuses to make the public aware of the fact that the University, which had been established to serve the city's working class more than a century before, was reneging on its mission. Their struggle was to transform the institution in three critical areas that would benefit both CUNY and the city.
- Open Admissions (i.e., a guaranteed placement in the CUNY system for every NYC public high school graduate who wanted a college education)
- Academic and counseling support for low income students, to help make their dream of a college education a reality
- Black and Puerto Rican studies departments, to provide excellent curricula and teaching in the humanities and social sciences, as they pertained to the African and Puerto Rican diasporic communities
In the spring of 1969, widespread support for a student strike forced Hunter College to close down before the semester's end, and in the fall of 1969 the Department of Black and Puerto Rican Studies was established, along with the Academic Skills (SEEK) remediation program. From these beginnings we inherited an important legacy and a unique mandate. Our legacy is defined by the struggle against exclusion in the academy and the nation. The department's combined focus on Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino studies is unique in the nation. This focus underscores a commitment to the mandate to help transform the curriculum and objectives of higher education by developing a new discipline that incorporates the perspective of the excluded "other", and by forging links between the College and the communities we study.
The department has been at the forefront of the development of Africana Studies and Puerto Rican Studies since its beginning. The late Dr. John Henrik Clarke, a scholar in Pan-African history and the premier historian of the Africana Studies Movement, was the first African-American hired in the department. Dr. Clarke (later Professor Emeritus), whom students loved and revered, helped establish our reputation for excellence and involvement at the "cutting edge" of Africana Studies. The foundation laid by Dr. Clarke is being built upon by the Africana Sequence's dedicated faculty members through their innovative teaching and research. In Puerto Rican/Latino Studies, the department's renowned scholars have played key roles in theoretical advances in the field that have had an impact in the United States and Puerto Rico. Also, they have been successful in incorporating the perspectives of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Latin America, while underscoring the uniqueness of the United States-Puerto Rico relationship. As a group, the faculty has contributed to the general advancement of pedagogy and scholarship by engaging students in a holistic and integrative approach to study and knowledge, and by encouraging the application of research to the resolution of community problems.
A crucial mission of the department is the opening of the historical, literary, and cultural canon that has dominated Western education, by documenting the extent to which disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, and history are intimately bound to the European experience in which they were incubated. Central to this endeavor is a re-evaluation of the analysis of the ideology, process, and repercussions of Europe's colonization of the peoples of Africa and the Americas. This work has influenced the integration of race, gender, and class in the core courses across the curriculum at Hunter College, and has enabled the college to meet its "pluralism and diversity" requirements. Our department has provided a model for recent changes in the college distribution requirement, since all of our courses are designed to offer a "non-Western" perspective that acquaints students with alternatives to theories that have enjoyed unchallenged authority.
The respect that our faculty and students have earned results from the national recognition of our scholarship and teaching, the positive impact we have had on the discussions about multicultural education, and the culmination of years of hard work on numerous college and university committees. Despite the disadvantages that a small faculty and meager resources represent, a high level of productivity is evidenced in our continued development of new courses and in the growing class enrollments. Our students represent the rapidly expanding ethnic and racial groups currently residing in New York City. Our majors demonstrate academic excellence. Almost 60% of the graduate and majors have a GPA of 3.0 or better.
Fundamental to our mission is the goal to remain sensitive to our students' needs as we stress the importance of improving their skills, and of striving to achieve goals that foster equity and are personally rewarding. This requires us to be available for academic and personal counseling, particularly in these times of rising tuition, larger classes, and diminished course offerings. Our department has gained a reputation for a sustained commitment to excellence in scholarship and character. We recognize that the faculty grow as students learn, and that each group must inspire the other to make its collaborative vision a reality.
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The Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies will continue to provide new approaches to the history, culture and politics of Africans and peoples of African descent throughout the world, as well as of Puerto Ricans and people of Latino heritage in Puerto Rico and in the United States. As such, the department will seek to increase the number of full-time faculty members and will continue to focus on the modification of our curriculum offerings. This restructuring initiative is aimed at strengthening and enhancing the department's basic philosophy: to foster a greater understanding of the historical and cultural achievements of the peoples studied in our multidisciplinary curriculum; as well as to explore in depth their resistance to systemic racism, colonial exploitation, enslavement, and oppression.


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Ajitsuke Tamago (Japanese flavored soft boiled eggs)
(recipe source: Sauce seasonings as described by Nami Just One Cookbook, by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)
10 kampung eggs (organic eggs), aged eggs, weight from 54g-58g each
A pot of water enough to cover the eggs completely
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2 cups hot water
1 sachet of dashi stock powder
1tbsp Japanese light soy sauce and 1/2tsp dark caramel soy sauce for deeper colouring
1tbsp Mirin
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1. Combine sauce seasonings in a bowl, set aside
2. Bring the pot of water to boil, once boiled, lower the heat to let water simmering.
3. Add in eggs and boil for 7mins (water temperature at 94C). (for my induction cooker, cook at 140C)
4. Once done, immediately cool it down it a bowl of tap water. Once cooled down, peel the eggs.
5. Add eggs into marinate sauce and marinate for 3hrs. Stir the eggs from time to time for even colouring.
6. Do not soak them for too long as the whites will turn rubbery and it might taste too salty.
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Fish is not just one of the staple foods in all the world's coastal regions, its high-quality constituents mean it is globally becoming a significant component of a healthy diet. Most of the residues are disposed of or processed into cheap animal feed, but the skins do for instance contain valuable proteins.
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For lunch today I had a salad which I prepared at home. Everything in the salad I purchased at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market this past Saturday, all directly from the farmers and everything was local and organic. I started with a base of mixed greens, then added some baby potatoes which I boiled until tender (checked with a fork) and then cut in half. I then sliced a few small purple onions – not the type which are bulb shaped but a variety that is closer to what people call "green onions". To top off the salad I had a piece of duck confit which I had purchased from a local charcuterie at the market. I finished the duck confit by heating it until crisp in a cast iron pan on my stove top, I then shredded it and gave the shredded pieces a few minutes to crisp up even further.
For the dressing I took an old small jar (which had once held artichoke hearts) and added balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, and some dried basil. I then close the top and shook the dressing until it stayed on the sides of the jar (I typically use about 1 part olive oil for every 1 part vinegar and add olive oil as needed to get the right texture).
And I finished by tossing the salad so that every piece of lettuce and potatoes was dressed.
Very simple, but also very satisfying, quick to make and extremely tasty. If I had had something else to go with it, also more than enough for two people. All for a total cost of about $10 or less.
Last night I was at a friend's dinner party down the Peninsula, the party was a BBQ so there was plenty of meat dishes but as I looked over what was on the menu I noticed we didn't have many vegetables at all (okay, no vegetables at all actually). So I asked if I could make something with ingredients he had around his kitchen – and he said "sure".
So I made a couple of quick dishes.
First, a very, very simple dish of mashed potatoes. He had a couple of pounds of baby red potatoes, I simply put them into two large pots on the stove in water so all the potatoes were covered and let them cook on a medium temperature until tender. As the potatoes cooked I diced up a medium yellow onion into fine cubes and sauteed the onions in extra virgin olive oil. I added some pre-chopped garlic to the onions near the very end and I only lightly turned the onions, just enough to avoid burning.
When the potatoes were finished I mostly drained them and dumped them into a large glass bowl. Some of the water they had boiled with stayed which was fine. I then added a half of a stick of butter, salt and fresh pepper. I let the butter melt a bit and started smashing the potatoes. I then added the onions and garlic and finished mashing.
Since he did not have a large fork or a potato masher I used two table knives to slice the potatoes (skins and all) going at various angles to end up with well mashed potatoes, this is where having cooked the potatoes correctly and fully really paid off.
As I was mashing the potatoes I had a second dish cooking as well, while I was waiting for the other parts to finish I had thinly sliced a couple of zucchinis. I sliced them into very thin (a couple of mm) circles and then sauteed them in the same pan as I had sauteed the onions, adding just a bit more olive oil back to them. I also lightly salted them and ground a little bit of fresh black pepper on them.
I sauteed them until they were mostly tender and the thinest pieces were almost translucent. I served this dish in a simple, shallow white bowl.
Neither dish lasted very long at all at the party – they were both long eaten before any of the BBQ meats were ready.
So I also made a simple dressing to go with some salad greens someone had brought. For the dressing I found a large old jar w/lid. Added balsamic, extra virgin olive oil, salt, fresh pepper, some dried basil and a couple of spoonfuls of brown mustard. Again, I closed the lid and shook until the dressing stuck to the sides. The up and down shaking emulsifies the oil and vinegar – more simply and quickly than any other technique I had seen or tried.
So that was my simple cooking for the past few days – nothing very complicated – but also apparently from the compliments I got appreciated.
My philosophy of cooking is to start with the best ingredients I can get and to then do about the bare minimum needed to them to bring out their flavors. I try to use fresh, local, seasonal ingredients as much as possible (for which I love living in California) and at least when cooking at home I also care a great deal about the freshness and quality of the spices, olive oils, vinegars and the like which I use while cooking. Most of my spices are from The Spice House in Chicago which is, by far, my favorite place to buy spices – and one of the things I most miss from my old neighborhood in Chicago (I lived just a block away from their Chicago store and could run down the street to get just about any spice I might ever need).


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I was shopping the other day and came across a simple ruffled pillow. I loved the uncomplicated look of this pillow with its two little rows of tiny ruffles. {Below is the photo I took with my cell phone.} It was $78 and 21" x 27" -- a whopper of a pillow in cost and size. The cost would have discouraged me enough, but it was also too large for what I had in mind, so I decided to make one instead.
Our bedroom redo is almost complete, but I still have a few finishing touches and a pillow accounted for one those. I wanted a 15" pillow to sit on a leather reading chair that would compliment the knitted throw that I had recently bought. This pillow with its little ruffles was exactly what I was looking for. Here's what I came up with...
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This time I experienced something new when making a pillow. I love the softness of a down pillow -- so luxurious. I wanted that for this new pillow, so I went to Target and bought a down pillow. It was $24, but I knew I could use the down as filling for at least three pillows, so I easily rationalized the expense. I slit the pillow to retrieve the down. Yikes...
I persevered, however, and filled up my pillow insert with a thousand and two little feathers. {And it only took me 30 minutes to vacuum up the feathers that escaped to every corner of my main floor.} Thankfully, it was worth the effort, because this pillow is soft and luxurious...
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Inside the Dodgers Tour
The Inside the Dodgers tour is officially set for Sept. 4 and 12:00 p.m. and it'll be a special group rate of $10 per person or $5 for kids. You can also purchase group tickets for that night.
If you're interested in the group tour, please email Brett at firstname.lastname@example.com and he'll take credit card info, etc. to get you set up. If you want to attend the game that night against the Giants, please contact Bryan at email@example.com or 323.224.1376.
I'll be the tour guide and we'll see what we can come up with to make it interesting…
Hope to see many of you there and meet those of you who we haven't met.
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Just wanted to say that last years ITD Tour was a big highlight in my life.
Thanks again for everything, Josh.
I agree lbirken…….I still watch the video from time to time.
Greetings from Peoria, Arizona!!! We were in the middle of our first game (winning 7-1) when a major wind and hail storm came our way. The wind was so bad it flipped over a bleacher section on another field and many trees and fences were blown over as well. All of our boys and their families are all good and still drying off. 5 minutes before that the sun was shining, and we were complaining about how hot it was. I don't think we are going to complain about the desert heat ever again.
Oldbrooklynfan – I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you enjoy your first experience at Dodger Stadium.
OK, Josh! Sounds great. You did not say how much are the tickets for the game. As part of my season tickets, I get two vouchers for tours. Last year I used that so I imagine I can use that again. I have an extra one for anyone that want it.
Thanks Josh!
Vinny forgot another Dodger POD Bud Podbielan.
OBF, it was a lot of fun last year just watching your reaction to everything. You were like a kid seeing his first ball game.
90 pitches for Padilla in 4 innings! Hope the bullpen is up to the challenge today.
By the way, OBF, nice of them to start this game at a reasonable hour for you.
lol this game on Kcal 9 on 3:30 and wow dang that mean GA would get more AB's.
Dang wish Pods would drag a bunt like Furcal.
I've been taken two hour naps before the 10:10PM EDT games lately,
and I think they help.
I am sure the naps help because watching the Dodger offense these days will put you to sleep.
2nd and 3rd with 1 outs and are ****** risp situation still suck.
The Dodgers aren't putting anybody to sleep but they're sure killing their chances.
Andre is really fighting it.
I knew one of these day Vinny would jinx that stats
At least it was a good player like Gonzales and no scrub hitting under .250.
This team is pathetic just like their owner Frankenskank! They need a number 1 starter, and a guy that can hit home-runs and drive in runs, so Ned goes out and gets another lead off hitter, an older one at that. This team has no fire , no spark no fight. I for one would like to see Torre gone and maybe replaced by someone that will chew ***** like Bowa. Philly's management shows they want to win while the Dodgers management continues to try and fool their fans into thinking that they want to win. I will not go to another game as long as Frankenskank own this team.
This team is pathetic just like their owner Frankenskank. They think they can fool their fans into thinking they care about winning. They needed another outfielder that can hit, hit for power and drive in runs , so what does Ned do , bring in another lead off hitter. It's almost laughable. They have no fire , no guts, and no fight. Their hitting coach isn't fit to be a hitting coach much less a manager. That's why the Yankees didn't hire him. Frankenskank think they can fool the fans but we're smarter than you think. Sell the team to someone that can actually afford to run it properly!
The chain is as strong as its weakest link.
*sigh* Why did Torre bring out Sherrill? I am almost inclined to believe that Torre wants the lose.
It doesn't matter when the team offense suck this month and average 2.2 runs this month. The offense need to get there *** going and you can't even blame Sherrill in this game regardless. I know when Pods didn't get the runners in from 2nd and 3rd the Padres was going to win.
Sherrill just need to be gone plain and simple.
Good evening ITD boys and girls!
It REALLY is getting harder and harder every time I type this (I mean my ?Good evening ITD boys and girls!? line). Don?t get me wrong. It?s not anyone here on ITD; I?m just having a hard time saying good evening or good morning or good afternoon. Because IT?S NOT!!!
I think getting Podsednik was a good move. I mean, it?s not THE move we were all looking for, but I still think it?s a good move nonetheless. But as so many here on ITD has said, this team has A LOT more holes than getting Podsednik would help fill. Shad, I?m with you (and I know there have been many others on ITD that say the same thing). Let?s concede the season and see what we could get for some of our vets. Yes, I?d like to include Manny on that list, but NO TEAM would be crazy enough to want him. I mean, Casey Blake wouldn?t be that valuable, but someone might want him because he?s not a clubhouse cancer like Manny.
And as much as I know that Russ has regressed to a point that I never thought he would regress to, I also know it?s tough to trade a catcher. We don?t have a hot-shot catcher in the minors that we could bring up. (And no, I never believed that Lucas May was that much of a hot-shot catcher, or else he wouldn?t have languished as much as he did in the minors.) Plus if we trade a regressed Martin, and we got a catcher in return, I still don?t believe that we?d get a catcher close to Martin?s quality without depleting a farm that isn?t rich in talent to begin with. I mean, Martin may not have as much talent hitting the ball, but he is still a good catcher. I just think those few bullets we have in the minors could be better spent getting a player that will REALLY make an impact on the team. Anyone remember whats-his-name we got from TB? Someone can tell me his name.
I know it?s something that I would think would be an abhorrent thought of Torre?s, but there have been times lately where it looks like he doesn?t even want to try to win a game. I say that, and I don?t mean it (at least, not wholeheartedly) but the appearance is there. He sometimes looks like he doesn?t care.
Sad, sad state of affairs with the Dodgers right now?
Sherrill s*cks!!! That point was already very clear. I can't even fathom a guess at JoJo's logic on using Sherrill!!! He's an idiot. Totally UNACCEPTABLE!!!™
Especially when we are having trouble scoring runs, Jhall. I agee, as you say, "UNACCEPTABLE!"
Hi'Ya Trumom!!! Hope your evening is going well aside from this very disappointing performance by the offense and JoJo using Sherrill!!!
Doing great, Jhall. Just wondering if Joe is doing this crap on purpose so he can justify his leaving. I think he wants to manage the Cubbie and they can have him! I'd love to have somebody with some fire, like Ozzie! If Joe leaves, I hope ALL his coaches and staff go with him!!!!!
I'd rather concede the damn season and trade Blake, Manny, Belliard and GA if he has some value left. As long as McCourt own this team we won't win any WS. I hate to say this because the last time we won one was when I was 10 yrs old.
Totally agree Trumom!!! Yep Shad, I'd unload all the aforementioned players. I just don't think we'll get any takers!!!! Put Martin at the top of that list as well.
Can we drop the charade now Ned?
Offense struggling, sit Kemp? Not without some justification, but at the same time, he's one of the only true difference makers you've got and you're playing the first place team you're chasing. Game on the line, bring in Sherrill? I think its safe to say Joe doesn't give a crap any more than the players do. Please Joe, announce now that you're not coming back.
Now what I fully expect is management to start blaming the young guys as "not having the desire" and during the offseason they'll start trading away Kemp and maybe some of the others for more of Ned's fleeced crap.
This whole organization' nothing but pathetic.
No Shad, there is not a World Series on our horizon with the McCourts!!! Trumom, I also hope Torre leaves and takes all his coaches. We need a fresh start with new blood from the owner, GM, manager, and coaches!!!! Ethier, Kemp, Kuo, Kershaw, and Loney are my only untouchables.
I'd bring back Jamie Carroll for the bench if he even wanted to play for this mess!!!!
Hi'Ya my brother Beav!!! Total horsesh*t again by JoJo the Clown!!!
Carroll will be back Wally – Ned signed him for two years.
Poor guy.
This team is really an inspired bunch, huh? Nine hits in three games, one for extra bases. Man, now if we can just get that last pitching piece to help out the hard-working offense….
You know I want to put Martin on that list but with no Santana and May I doubt he would be gone. I really wanted to give Martin a break because of all those games he caught and I think it have some wear and tear on Martin body taking a beating day in and day out and making his numbers been declined since than. I just don't see how Martin number can just fall that quick.
Same way that Manny's did shad – I've always suspected roids.
I want to believe the Padres pitching are just having fluke year but they are for real lol.
Probably part of it Beav!! Martin looks very old for 26 or so and no juice.
LOL Kahli!!! One more pitching piece when we need 3 or 4 can't help the pathetic offense. Geez!!!
Wow! How did my post get way up there???
Oh, and Josh. Thx for the info on the tour. I know my mom and I will be there for the tour (we already have tickets for the game ? my mom?s tickets). I am not sure if my husband will be able to make it. I?ll e-mail Brett as soon as I talk to my husband. And Josh: I hope we?ll be going back to Nancy Bea?s organ! My mom plays the organ and I know she?d love to see where Nancy Bea sits!!!
Glad to hear we have Carroll back next year. Do you think we can get any takers for Blake, Martin, Belliard, or Sherrill!!!? It's a trick question gang!!! LOL!!!!
Hey Jhall!!! How are ya, my bud??? And is it true that we have Carroll back next year? I?m glad for that. To say he?s been valuable this year is a GROSS understatement!!!
Hi'Ya CP!! Nice post and good point about Martin!!!
I wouldn't be shock if he did it. Like we all was shock that Gagne and LoDuca did it.
Doing well CP, Thanks!! How about you my friend? Hope all is well with you and yours!!!
Thx Jhall. I mean, I?m not blind. I know Martin has regressed; no doubt about it. But I think MLB catchers have got to be the toughest position for anyone to move. I mean, a team may have a catcher that is defensively solid or above average. And Mauer aside (and few others), most catchers are not known for their offense. Looking back, yes, it was a mistake to trade Santana for Casey Blake. But honestly, he was Single A at the time. We ALL know that there are plenty of players that are hot-shots in the minors and then don?t come close to realizing the same talent in the majors. I mean, a lot of people thought that Jmac was going to be the right-handed version of Kershaw. And where is he now? Yes, with the big club, but not as a starter; he?s a reliever. The place where pitchers that can?t make it as a starter gets put into the bullpen.
I?m still looking for a job. I actually had an interview last Monday, but still I didn?t get it. I?m getting depressed. Not clinically (at least, not yet) but I think that?s a big part of why it?s tough watching the Dodgers the way they are right now. Don?t get me wrong, I still am watching. But watching them play NOT up to their capabilities right now is not fun.
Yep CP, catcher is certainly the most demanding position both physically and mentally. Martin is still effective defensively, I'll give him that. He is not going to be anywhere near the offensive/special catcher that we all thought he would be before the innings behind the plate started piling up on him. I just hope he doesn't think he should get a raise in arbitration. You can get a decent defensive catcher with his offensive numbers fairly cheap!!!!
Hey CP! Hang in there. Just remember, when the going gets tough, pick on Ned.
Keep the faith CP. You will prevail!!! Watching our team right now is disheartening and sometimes painful!!!!
LOL Beav!!! You gotta wonder when good people can't get a job and duds like Ned are sleeping in clover. I can't believe he still has a job!!! Frank is a f*cking moron, limp d*ck, enabler of sub standard sh*t!!!
Too bad the Rox are going in the tank too – serve Frank right to have a 4th place team. I'm just scared what Ned's next move is to try and "save" the season.
I wouldn't mind Martin if he was Yeager. Yeag couldn't hit either, but then he had a cannon for an arm and called a great game. But even in a bad year Yeager would be outhitting Tommy Boy anymore. Honestly, I don't even think Martin calls his own game. He always looking over to the dugout.
Bear is that you? LMAO!!
And Jhall, I think I did hear that the Dodgers actually do have a hot-shot catcher prospect. Forget the name, but I think he?s in low A or even rookie league right now. But hey, if we have a hot-shot catcher prospect ? even if he is several years away from the majors, it?s something, huh? And I don?t think the Dodgers will give him too much in arbitration. And enchanted, I?ve picked on Ned quite a bit. See, I?m still optimistic that we?ll see your enchanted moniker soon!!! Maybe I should concentrate on writing another song. It?s been ages and I think that would do me some good. I?ll try?
Yep sports fans, its WallyBear!!!!!
You know what I find most amusing? Even JP is having the last laugh on Ned.
I know I missed the name, but of course, I?m talking about Russ and the arbitration comment?
Gee CP, Martin should take a pay cut!!!!!
Yeah Jhall, I hear ya on that?
No doubt Beav!!! LOL!!!!
lol only JP? What's about AJ?
Ya know Shad, I hear people talking about Kuroda coming off the books and Manny coming off the books, but how many players are we still paying to play for other teams ? even if they stunk it up with us??? I know we?ll still be paying for Manny for YEARS after he leaves this year. Thanks Ned and Frank?
Yeah Wally, I miss my little buddy. 🙂
LOL Shad!! The cow also. I just heard, even thought Manny is gone next year we will still be paying him alot in deferred salary!!! The McCourt-Colletti matchup is destined to go down in history as one of the worst tenures ever by ownership and upper management!!!!
They're still paying Nomar.
Oh man how did I miss Kuroda?
LMAO Beav!!!
R. Dickey New York Mets 8 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 K, Win vs STL | Final
I thought Dickey was hurt against us? I guess Manual is an idiot for taking him out earlier and he wasn't even hunt.
Well sh*t, maybe they should file bankruptcy and wipe out those debts like the Rangers!!! I hope Texas succeeds and doesn't pay A-Rod!!!
Yeah, enchanted, Nomar too. All these deferred salaries are just eating us alive right now? Frank and Ned, you two have REALLY made a mess of things. And even if Frank and Jamie sold the team right now, we?ll STILL be hampered by their little ?paw prints? they leave on the Dodgers ? in the form of all these ?deferred? salaries?
This is just depressing. And we haven?t even been talking about the state of our team between the lines. Welcome to the business end of Dodger baseball?
I'd like to stick A Rod up Frank n' Furters aspect I won't get a chance though.
Not to mention CP that Frank's borrowed lots of money against future ticket sales.
Here's all the players we're still paying, according to DodgerThoughts:
Also paying
$7,000,000 Juan Pierre
$3,600,000 Andruw Jones
$2,500,000 Jason Schmidt
$2,000,000 Randy Wolf
$1,440,000 Orlando Hudson
$1,250,000 Nomar Garciaparra
$200,000 Will Ohman
$122,951 Jason Repko
*$18,112,951 Total
Oh joy of joys.
What do expect with Boston and Chicago in charge of our franchise?
Get outta MY TOWN, McCourt.
Speaking of Ohman look at his stats. If it wasn't for those 3 runs that he gave up last night his ERA was under 3 something Ned I know would love to get Ohman back lol
Hi'Ya North!! Good stuff, however pathetic!! Thanks!! Beav, are you attending the ITD tour?
Well, I?ve been trying to post and am having a bad time doing so. So, I?ll just say goodnight all?
Okay, I said I was going to say goodnight, but jhall, are you planning on coming to the tour? You too North? I hope so! And jhall, you didn?t ask me, but you?re right ? pathetic?
Well of course nothing special there with the whip and baa.
Hey Trumom! Are you and Nelly coming to the tour? I hope so! And, as far as Cleaver names, I know I should know. Tell me if I have this right: Wally is Jhall, Dad is Eric, and Beav is Enchanted???
LOL CP, you're perfectly welcome to chime in anytime. No, I can't make it on short notice right now. Also, I could not attend in my current frame of mind. I cannot condone what Ned and Frank are doing to my Dodgers, and I would state it in very blunt language to their f*cking faces!!! Could hurt the spirit of the event. If you are turning in, Goodnight and have a great tomorrow CP!!! I've been having trouble getting posts in also.
Hi, CP….not sure if we are coming this year. The way our team is playing is very depressing. You've got the Cleavers right, except sometimes Eric is Ward too (I think, lol)
I just got excited jhall! Would still love to meet you in person some day! And Trumom, I understand the sentiment. But I?d still love to see y?all!!! Well, I guess I AM going to turn in for the eve. G?night all?
Me too…good night ITDland.
Good night CP and Trumom!!! Always great blogging with you both. I'm anxious to meet you also!!! We'll make it happen when the time is right!!!!
Let's whip some G'nat a**!!! Goodnight and Excelsior True Blue Believers!!! Catch you all down the road.
Boy, we have been busy tonight in the ITD room!!!
Shad – I think you were saying no to Bautista but I think he would of been a better aqusition then JP#2. he is in the top in not leading the league in dingers and this club needs that. He is an outfielder not 2b. At 2b is Uggla who I would of also gone after. This is a moot point now since they didn't get an ace.
My main complaint has been they haven't had a plan with building this team. Back a couple of years ago I was hopefull the were going after Hunter – the next year CC & Manny (That they could of avoided needing if they had gotten Hunter to begin with). Well they did get Manny but no CC or Hunter. If they had gotten Hunter then they wouldn't of needed to trade for Manny. They also wouldn't of signed The Cow. This team with the addition of CC & Hunter would be a great team. They would of saved the $$$ spent on The Cow & Manny.
I guess I was wrong — they did have a plan — to reduce payroll while still pretending to be trying to build a winner. They pulled the wool over my eyes up until the '08 offseason.
Josh — thanks for the 411 on the Tour. I think we might be coming if we can afford it. I don't envy your job. They should be paying you extra to have to deal with all this off field junk. It can't be easy.
I'll be at The Phone Booth tomorrow getting yelled at. In this case I'm probably going to have to agree with their comments. However I will always still love my Boys In Blue!
Should be "if not leading the league in dingers". Late night cell phone typing is not my best skill!
jhall, you're right. Hurt the Gnats in their crib.
Manny? Any time now would work real well. Sorry, but Ethier and Kemp still can't hit consistently without you. It's only July. Not that I have unreal expectations, but the Pods still haven't had their crummy month. Still, seven out is an outrage, an indictment of Frank, an indictment of Ned, and yes, and indictment of Joe.
This club has seen alot of guy's in and out of the line up, due to injuries and what not. Last season we fared well while Manny was gone, this season it has been one thing after another. No doubt that we miss Manny, even if he is a singles hitter. But with all the other guy's going down, or being punished so to speak, trying to get a good rythym going, has proved to be rather difficult. Not to mention all the pitching woe's.
Tomorrow may be the day, they get something going, then again, I said that this morning……soon, I won't have anything left to say…..Except throw Frank in the hole and cover it up!!!
Yes, jhall
Yes, khali
Yes he haven't his best season but I think Jose Bautista is a fluke. He could be another Casey Blake. He did go to the same college as Martin. Uggla yes and maybe and we need to bring up Mitchell at 3rd Casey Blake is just not cutting it.
Hi All. Wish i could someday make it out for ITD tour..To bad we lost 2 out of 3 to the pads…Hopefully they can take care of business in SF….Before i sign off….Sell the team frank and joe please retire already….Honeybuns please go away….Still love my Dodgers…..Here is something for you folks…..Dodgers trying to deal for Cubs' Lilly, Theriot….Would it help or not….Have a good day all
I wonder why anyone would want to go on this Dodger tour? I mean we all know that ownership only cares about making money so that they can buy more houses and pay for their divorce, so why put more money in their pockets by visiting their stadium. Now if the tour is totally free including parking and everything else, then I can understand it, but I would never put another dime in Frankenskanks pockets.
My sentiments exactly dodger 32. That's why (to answer Wally's question above) I won't be going to the tour. That and the fact that it would also be hypocritical of me to attend given my daily rantings about management. Mostly though its because I wouldn't give Frank the satisfaction of even getting 10 cents out of me, let alone $10.
Why is Sherrill still in a Dodger uniform????
Anyone notice Repko playing a lot for the Twins?
The Dodgers give tours all the time, do you think they are going out of their way for this tour? First of all, it's not free, second, you might buy a ticket – or 2 – for the game plus parking for the game, concessions, souvenirs, etc.
Sell the team!
Oh well. We're not going to the playoffs this year (and maybe not for the next few years to next several years). But we've still got this : (
Okay, okay. Let?s all settle down here. I certainly can understand the sentiment of not putting a dime into Frank?s pocket; I do, really. But don?t put those that want to go to the tour down. But I have my reasons for wanting to go to the tour. Not that I feel I have to justify it to anyone, but there is a little thing called family that is very important to me. And my mom has NEVER been on a Dodger tour and would love it. That is why I?m going. If some people here don?t want to go, then fine don?t go. No one is forcing you to do it. But honestly, don?t go around here all high and mighty and wonder why anyone would go on this tour or don?t call us hypocritical. That?s just downright mean and, NEWSFLASH, you DON?T KNOW EVERYTHING. So get off your high horse and stop putting others down.
And plus, the Dodgers aren?t putting this tour on just to make more money and line Frank?s pocketbook. They?re doing it because many of us here on ITD were asking for it. Again, if you don?t want to go, don?t go. But don?t deny the enjoyment many of us get by getting together.
??? CP – I said it would be hypocritical of ME to go, not anyone else. The way I slam Frank and Ned all the time I would really be a hypocrite if I attended. I don't hold anything against those that want to go, in fact it looks like an interesting tour. I personally just won't go because I oppose ownership and management with every fiber of my body.
I like your thinking, Kahli. Those two are mere carbuncles on the rear of the Dodgers franchise.
(Forgive the Plaschke-ization of the rest of my post, but I feel these points are important enough to merit not being buried in a long paragraph)
The saddest thing to me is the way this Front Office and Field Management has ABSOLUTELY WASTED the once-young core.
The McCourt ownership kept the core under the intent of carrying the banner of "Dodger Tradition", but the excecution of it has proven he only cares about "Dodger Tradition" insofar as his ability to pick and choose precedents that fall in line with the McCourt vision of turning the Dodgers franchise from the once-pastoral atmosphere of blue fences and organ music to Seizure Dizzyland.
Of course our "core" is not filled with superstars. What is a "core" but a heart, an engine, the nucleus of a championship-caliber team.
As far as cores go, our engine had the potential to run a Porsche for many years to come.
The problem is: We have a Porsche engine, and Colletti finished the job by sticking a Kia computer and a Ford Pinto fuel pump and chassis on it (with good ol' push-button ignition for when it inevitably and unpredictably stalls at intersections).
Mechanic Joe T. takes one look under the hood, throws his hands up in frustrated confusion, and laments about how cars have too many damned wires under the hood anymore.
Frank doesn't care what the finished product looks like, he's not invested in it. He has many other cars, all bigger, faster, shiner, better cared-for, and funded on the promise that people will pay good Porsche money for a Pinto product.
I'm insulted by the ownership. FRANK McCOURT DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to own a World Championship franchise. He is content to drag us notoriously loyal Dodger fans through the mud to spite his ex-wife.
When talking with people who stopped watching baseball after the '94 strike, I couldn't understand it. How could anyone lose the passion for this sport, which is the pacemaker that stimulates the heart of America? Didn't think I ever could understand that.
But thanks to Frank McCourt's abject hatred of what Dodger Tradition REALLY STANDS FOR, not what he "thinks" or "dictates" it means, for the first time, I'm getting glimpses of how one could come to that conclusion.
And the saddest thing is that Frank McCourt could give a damn about what Dodger fans think. HE'S BEEN M.I.A. THE WHOLE SEASON.
The Pads have DOMINATED the division less than two years after their ownership divorce debacle. The Rangers are in good shape to win the AL West, though they're in bankrupcy limbo.
Us? We're "competing", and that's just all right with Frank…. That gives me an idea, I'll be back.
For me, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium are granite monuments when compared to Frank and Jamie, whom I see as a few bits of ill-sent, wind-blown sand. The tour last year, for me anyway, was a nice time…sat with lbirken a bit, said hello to eric and nelly…got to see the bowels of the stadium few ever see. To boycott the ITD tour because Frank and Jamie are a-holes is the anti statement. It gives them too much credit. I would love to meet the many bizarre characters who right now I only know as screen names. enchanted and bear, your anger and angst at this ownership is the perfect reason TO GO. It lends support to Fernando and Orel and Gibby and Sandy and Bid D and the whole parade of players who have given their all for this franchise. Hell, wear a paper bag on your head and come…or rather, attend!!!!!!!
Hello ITDland!
I like that name Tru!
I honestly lost track of how many times I've taken the tour thru the years. My main reason for going is to see you all the regulars here, walk the holy grounds that I am permitted to walk around only during tours and other special ocasions. Also, If I take someone for the first time, is like seeing it thru their eyes! Is like when I take someone to watch their first game, I love showing the stadium and I try to explain the game to them but I also try not to give them too much information. I let them absorbe the suroundings, the atmosphere.
Last month I got together with a small group from the forum Dodgers.cc , it was nice putting a face to the writting of many there that I've been reading them for a few years now. I do have my own season tickets but it was nice to sit all of us together and besides I sit on a different level.
I understand the reasons for some of you not attending.
For those of you attending, I look forward to seeing you.
I look forward to seeing your mom again! Let me know the next time the two of you are at the stadium.
p.s. I can't believe that a short youtube video I made of Kenley Jansen has over 6,000 views! wow!
I see Ned the Idiot is still trying to buy rather than sell. Lilly and Theriot?
Is there any difference between Theriot and DeWitt? For that matter, is there any difference between Theriot and JP? This team needs people that can drive in runs and they want someone that has 1 HR, and OBP of .321 and an SP of .329? What bizarro world of baseball does Ned come from? Oh I forgot, SF.
As for Lilly, eh. Too little, too late. Maybe if they had had him at the start of the season we wouldn't have lost so many 5th starter games, but on this team, he'll be no difference maker and will be gone after the season, which with his record probably won't even make him a Type B FA, not that we'd offer arbitration anyway because he already makes too much money.
I could find someone walking down the street, give him/her nominal information to go on, and they could still make a better GM than Ned.
Preaching to the choir for most of us, but anyway:
I have to laugh. The Phils bloggers debate Cliff Lee vs. Roy Oswalt. The Dodgers should have such a dilemma. We, here in ITD land, debate Frank vs. Jamie vs. the limo driver……..
Sell the team & Clean House!!
As I stated earlier (timewarped to 1:14 pm on this thread), Frank only wants to spend enough to field a "competative" ballclub. Well, any team in any game is competative, from Little League to baby crawling races. Wanting merely to compete is proof positive that Frank McCourt DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to run a World Championship caliber ballclub.
In light of that, we could all use a Doobie (Brothers cover song). Here's "Frank" singing "Competing is Just Alright":
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions say
I don't care what Champions do
I don't care what Champions say
Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions know
I don't care 'bout the Big Show
I don't care what Champions know
Competing is just alright, oh yeah…
The Dodgers are my friend, The Dodgers are my friend
They put cash in my hand to keep fans from the promised land
The Dodgers are my friend.
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions say
I don't care what Champions do
I don't care what Champions say
Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright
As I stated earlier (timewarped to 1:14 pm on this thread), Frank only wants to spend enough to field a "competative" ballclub. Well, any team in any game is competative, from Little League to baby crawling races. Wanting merely to compete is proof positive that Frank McCourt DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to run a World Championship caliber ballclub.
In light of that, we could all use a Doobie (Brothers cover song). Here's "Frank" singing "Competing is Just Alright":
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions say
I don't care what Champions do
I don't care what Champions say
Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions know
I don't care 'bout the Big Show
I don't care what Champions know
Competing is just alright, oh yeah…
The Dodgers are my friend, The Dodgers are my friend
They put cash in my hand to keep fans from the promised land
The Dodgers are my friend.
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright with me, Competing is just alright
I don't care what Champions say
I don't care what Champions do
I don't care what Champions say
Competing is just alright, oh yeah
Competing is just alright
I encourage anyone who wants to attend the tour to do so if they can. I respect those who choose not to attend for whatever reason. We all had a great time last year and even if the tour is exactly the same, the chance to walk on the field or sit in the dugout is still a great experience even if you have done it before. I would hope those who do attend take more time to make sure they meet as many people as possible. Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it due to a scheduling conflict.
Bear, please give Josh a bit of a break. He is a likeable guy, a big baseball fan and I am sure he has lots of insight he just cannot share on this forum. He has a tough job to do and I am grateful he continues to host this forum. In reality, his opinions really don't matter, at least not on this blog. The only ones that matter here are yours, mine and anyone else who chooses to participate. I know you would love to hear Frank, Ned, Mannion, Joe and even Josh admit they are idiots and that you have been right all along but you know that is not going to happen.
Martin is but one part of this puzzle but because the team is struggling to score runs, his role offensively becomes much more of a sore thumb. The bottom line is even with the "young" core group of players playing a lot of innings, the Dodgers continue to have problems scoring runs. This problem has plagued the organization for so long that is almost like a broken record (remember those?). I ran across an email I sent my son a year ago and it was about this very subject except for the fact the Dodgers were six games up instead of seven games down. What a difference a year makes but what is the difference? Is Manny is really all that critical to the success of the other hitters? I can understand that happening two seasons ago when Manny arrived but shouldn't it be expected that those players would improve and get the "we need Manny" label off their backsides? This game is still played on the field, not in the front office. I agree that the front office can set the tone but did the San Diego Padres do something different upstairs that is the reason that team if performing so well on the field? I am afraid the mojo the Dodgers had last year took a stroll down South, bypassing that other team using the Los Angeles name and is taking up residence at Petco.
I do think it is wishful thinking that the Dodgers will have a new owner by the end of this year but one can always hope. And any new owner does not even have to have great baseball instincts but needs to hire people who do and give them the resources to do their jobs.
Josh, Many thanx for the tour and all your efforts.
We still have not reached the deadline, but for the life of me I do not get how the dodgers can lead the league in attendance, have such a low payroll and not be able to compete for the players we need. Maybe the cupboard is bare and there are too many holes to fill and we just have to play out the hand. Such as it is.
Hiya Everybody
I suddenly realized last night that we still have 2 months left in this season.
The way things are going it felt like the end of the season already.
We can't kid ourselves though, it's rough when you're 7 games back and being outplayed everyday.
They just have to just keep trying and maybe things will turn around.
Los Angeles probably shouldn't count on similar success against Lincecum this time. He's 4-1 with a 3.54 ERA in nine career games versus the Dodgers, stifling some of their biggest bats. James Loney, Matt Kemp, Rafael Furcal and Russell Martin are hitting a combined .129 (9 for 70) versus Lincecum.
Oh Casey Blake was playing with a hurt back just danny.


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- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesWhile some might be tempted at times to touch pieces of art in a gallery, we heavily advise against petting these animal sculptures. Polish artist Marta Klonowska assembles shards of glass into amazing creatures inspired by baroque and romantic paintings. Abstracted and geometric, each brittle composition brings life to a collection of sharp slivers of vitrified sand.1
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesEach animal created by Klonowska looks as though it has exploded, sending jagged pieces of itself outward like electrified fur.2
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesPerhaps a statement on the fragile nature of life or the danger of wild creatures, each animal seems to pulsate with a crystalline energy.3
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesShe begins her compositions by building a metal structure that is then carefully covered with glass.4
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesThree dimensional forms emerge from hundreds of two-dimensional fragments, straddling the transition between an object in a painting and a real-world installation.5
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesKlonowska is most famous for her works depicting the canine companions of important historical figures that acted as living symbols of wealth and power.6
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesSays Klonowska of her work, "My animal figures are part of historical paintings, where they play a secondary role to the sitters. In my art the animals perform as the principal actor. Animals are difficult to understand and it is difficult to communicate with them. My glass animals open therefore a new reality, which is different from ours. The sitters in the painting, the animals and the audience of my art perform in a kind of theatrical stage, where the different levels become indistinct. This clash of realities should make us think about the uncertainties of life."7
- Marta Klonowska Glass Animal SculpturesKlonowska has received such important awards as the Artist in Residence at both the Cité International des Arts in Paris and Akerby Skulpturpark in Sweden. She was also a finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Prize in London.8


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Similar to its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto V features a multiplayer mode, dubbed Grand Theft Auto Online. Grand Theft Auto Online was released on October 1, 2013, 14 days after the actual game. Although it is playable only with a Grand Theft Auto V disc, Grand Theft Auto Online is considered and treated by Rockstar Games as a stand-alone title.
The game implements the Rockstar Social Club's crew system, this time with two types of crews. Private crews are mainly aimed at a group of friends or associates to play online together and can hold as many as 250 people. Public crews, on the other hand, can be compared in many ways to an army and can have unlimited members, although only 16 will be able to play with each other at once. The use of crews and teamwork is heavily encouraged by Rockstar, as the player recieves more money in races depending on how many players are in the game, also, the player recieves a 10% bonus to RP for playing with friends and 20% for playing with crew members. On top of this, many missions (particularly from Lester and Martin) involve the use of teamwork to succeed. The crew system in GTA Online also encourages customization and personalization, with the addition of crew emblems that can be placed on vehicles and crew colors.
Like its single player counterpart, GTA Online is heavily centered on money. When the player begins the game, they will only have one personal vehicle they can modify for free, as all others will cost the player different prices based on the value of the vehicle. Despite being able to drive high-end vehicles, the player cannot modify or store them, as they are 'too hot to modify', instead, the player must purchase them from the Legendary Motorsport website. In addition to vehicles, the player can also purchase properties, these come in three classes - Garages, ranging from $25k-$100k+, Low-end apartments, ranging from $80k-$200k and High-end apartments, ranging from $205k-$400k. High-end apartments include a planning room to plan heists in addition to a 10-car garage, the most expensive apartment is the Eclipse Towers Apartment 31 at $400,000, although it is worth noting that all $205k+ apartments have the same interior, and it is the view and location that add the most value. Rockstar have not ruled out the possibilities of extra properties being added in DLC, such as penthouses, villas and mansions.
Game Modes
- Free Mode
- Deathmatch
- Race
- Heists
- Rally
- Capture the Flag
- Survival
The gameplay options in GTA Online are limitless. The player is required to complete a lengthy tutorial that begins with a cutscene of different parts of Los Santos followed the plane landing in LS International Airport. You are then collected by Lamar and driven through the city to a car park where you must complete a race against Lamar. Whether you win or lose the race doesn't matter (only affecting the money you recieve from that mission) but it is necessary to complete the tutorial. After this race, you are then required to carry out another mission to aquire drugs to deliver to Lamar's friend Gerald, after which Lamar tells you to buy clothes from a nearby Discount store in order to "better represent-ate yourself."
After the tutorial is completed, the player is free to roam Los Santos and Blaine County, whether cruising along, racing against other players or taking part in a series of activities such as LTS and Deathmatch. However, unlike GTA IV, the police are permanent and cannot be switched off.
Players rank up with RP, or Reputation Points, which they can earn by completing missions and activities or by doing simple acts like losing a wanted level or cruising with other players. Once players reach a high enough level, they can call airstrikes and attack helicopters from Merryweather, along with several other bonuses. To start up a race or other game mode, the player simply has to walk into a specific area to trigger the start of the mission. Players can also go to the gun range in an Ammu-Nation to practice their shooting skills and can arm wrestle with other players. During certain game modes, bets can be placed on players.
Unlike in GTA IV's Multiplayer, pretty much everything in single player GTA V will be available in multiplayer. Players will be able to golf, and play tennis with each other. The police don't make an attempt to arrest the player when there is a wanted level. Instead, the police shoot to kill, even with only one star.
Most of the characters featured in the story mode re-appear in GTA Online, along with a few new faces, one person being Gerald. Some characters act differently, in the case of Ron being somewhat sane in GTA Online, or live in different areas, in the case of Martin Madrazo visiting his girlfriend in Rockford Hills, but sometimes getting calls from Patricia Madrazo as to where he is.
The timeline of GTA Online seems to take place before and during the story mode. Good examples of this is that Lamar is still working for Simeon at the start of GTA Online, while later on Lester gives you a mission to sell the diamonds that were stolen during The Jewel Store Job, by bringing them to a supplier. Even though that is the case, Martin still "lives" in Rockford Hills. This may have been to prevent spoilers through cutscenes to lower level players.
In GTA Online, the players character can be customized much more than it could in GTA IV's multiplayer. Now, the player can buy their clothes from clothing stores around Los Santos using the money they earn from killing other players and from completing missions such as Heists. They can also buy tattoos, Haircuts and piercings. Also, if the player has the Collectors Edition of the game, they can choose to be additional characters which were featured in GTA IV. The only characters known to be featured in the edition are Niko Bellic, and they can be picked as the characters father.[1]You will also be able to use Claude and Misty from GTA III as parent genes. If the player has a Rockstar Social Club account, then John Marston, the protagonist from another Rockstar-made game Red Dead Redemption, will be available as a father. Players can use a slider bar to pick who their character looks like, either more like their father or mother. Additionally, you'll customize your characters daily activities - everything from family time to illegal activities, then from sports to being a couch potato. All this will have an impact on your character's initial appearance, and his/her initial skills.
The player actually is noted to talk, as they assume the role of your voice. That is, when speaking in game chat, the character moves their mouth as if they were actually speaking. Based on a quote from Brucie Kibbutz, it is heavily implied if the player calls someone then just hits a button to exit the call, he/she doesn't say anything, rather just heavily breathing into the phone.
Money & Life
Like in single player, the main aim is to get as much money as possible. The number of things money can be spent on are endless, as Rockstar continues updating the game all the time. The player can buy things such as apartments, garages and helipads, character customization options, such as tattoos, haircuts and clothes, and much, much more.
When a player purchases an apartment, they can invite other players to come and visit them. When another player comes to visit, they will use a door bell, which will be heard by the player who owns the apartment. The player can then choose whether or not to let them. The player can also use CCTV on their TV to check who is actually outside.
Money is earned through Heists, convenience store robberies, doing odd jobs, and more. You can even buy money packs using real life currency.
As well as CCTV on the television, the player can also watch TV shows and interview. An extraordinary new feature is the ability for the player to watch other players being chased and attacked by police. They can do so while switching some TV stations to the correct one that shows other players. With the right filter on, it mocks an actual police chase. Otherwise, players can use their TV's to watch what players are doing in the world.
Players can then also have garages and helipads. These are to store their vehicles and aircraft that they have found, bought, or earned. Once the player has some vehicles, they can use them to compete in races, or just to show off. Customized vehicles can also be stored in the garages and helipads. Additonally, a player can find helicopters and planes at Sandy Shores or the Los Santos International Airport. The aircraft changes as the players level increases.
Missions & Events
Leslie Benzies, Rockstar Games' director, says there will be around 700 missions in GTA Online and that Rockstar will be constantly renewing about 500 of these to keep GTA Online fresh, long after gamers have worked their way through GTA V. He also said that these missions can be encountered in many ways, including stumbling on them on the map, calling or receiving a phone call from an NPC, or choosing one of the menu.
Races can be entered as game modes. The player can compete using vehicles from their own garages and helipads/airfields. They can also create their own race tracks, using the Content Creator.
Like in single player, the player can perform heists, with friends. Heists will be a bit bigger than they are in single player, one that is known of containing around 20 steps.
Most missions in GTA Online are oddly similar, or make references, to those in the campaign. One such mission from Ron has the player steal a Cargobob from Fort Zancudo, an act Trevor Phillips would later repeat. Also, Martin Madrazo has the player kill a woman who likes strikingly similar to the one who "green light" the attack on Michael De Santa.
In missions you can scroll through a list of players in the current lobby, or invite friends to join. While scrollng, a menu shows up showcasing the highlighted players Driving, Shooting, Flying, Sneaking, and Stamina skill's.
After missions where you've had a good old blood bath, you can wash the blood off yourself in the shower in your apartment. It is also possible to sing into a headset while taking a shower to earn RP.
Heists are currently not in the game yet, but will be added soon in a free DLC.
Many new things can be done with vehicles in GTA Online. The only things known so far are that cars can be locked to prevent them being stolen, and the player can also buy car insurance just in case their car is stolen, destroyed, or lost. Once a player has insurance, the car can get destroyed an infinite number of times without ever needing to renew the insurance.
Social ClubLike in Max Payne 3, players can form Crews using the Rockstar Games Social Club. Players can be in up to 4 Crews at one time. Crews can perform Heists and other activities together. When players form Crews in GTA Online, there will be an all new Hierarchy system to tell others who ranks where.
- Beach Bum - free DLC containing new weapons, vehicles. Also for GTA V.
- Content Creator
- GTA$ Stimulus Package - a free DLC awarding players who played during October 2013 with $0.5 million.
Grand Theft Auto Online received mixed-to-positive critical reception. The game currently holds 77/100 on Metacritic, based on seven reviews[2], and 76-78/100 on GameRankings based on four reviews as well. [3] Most critics so far have praised the game for its potential, but criticized its technical problems and limited early content.
GRYOnline.pl awarded Online with a positive 7.5/10, declaring that "the fun is tremendous", but saying that the game's potential is "not fully realized".[4] GameSpot's Carolyn Petit gave Online a 7/10, praising the freedom, but criticising the game's technical problems, concluding "the unpredictable human element is both an asset and a liability, and the technical problems that have plagued it are far too significant to be ignored. But when it clicks, as it often does, there's nothing quite like GTA Online".[5] Destructoid's Chris Carter also gave the game a 7/10, calling it "one most fun online games [he has] ever played", while criticising the game's messy launch and glitches. Carter concluded that "one day GTA Online will reach its true potential with a massive map creation tool and more playable content than pretty much every genre outside of MMOs -- of this [he has] no doubt, given how deep Rockstar's coffers are. But for now, it's best to tread lightly until all of the kinks are worked out."[6]
- Multiplayer holds 16 people on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
- Crews from Max Payne 3 have carried over to Grand Theft Auto V.
- Grand Theft Auto V has multiplayer features linked to the Rockstar Games Social Club.
- NPCs have the ability to place a bounty on players. This mostly occurs when stealing an NPC's vehicle.
- GTA Online has a very unique character creation system. It allows you to choose your grandparents, parents and who has gene dominance which in turn will mold what you will look like. Videos
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- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/grand-theft-auto-online/critic-reviews
- ↑ http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/733724-grand-theft-auto-online/index.html
- ↑ http://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=9297
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grand-theft-auto-online-review/1900-6415473/
- ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/review-grand-theft-auto-online-262832.phtml


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In the upcoming January 2012 session of the Georgia General Assembly, legislators must cut 2% from the state budget. One of the cuts will be to the Georgia Department of Archives and History, which will be forced to close to the public. While the Archives has continued (and will continue) to service government officials and agencies, previous budgetary cuts reduced the hours open to the public from five to two days per week. Further cuts could not only reduce the Archives' ability to carry out its mandate (to protect and preserve important government documents across many agencies), but will also completely obfuscate these documents from public review, a necessary check on government by its citizens.
These closings have affected a large number of genealogists, historians, lawyers, and other professionals across not only Georgia but other states as well. I have personally felt the sting in a very sharp way: when the Archives reduced its public hours to two days a week, I was forced to cut out the bulk of my client work. The costs of travel to the Archives (which, by necessity, include an overnight stay due to the length and difficulty of the drive) for these two days, compared to previous travel during the week, increased my fees to the point that I felt they were unreasonable.
Further, these cuts have also deeply affected a project I've been working on for two years, a compilation of a little-known but incredibly important set of documents that would have a huge impact on early 19th century African American research in Georgia. I will not go into the lengths I've travelled to examine and transcribe these documents (there's not enough room here for that!), but I will say that if the Archives closes to the public, I will not be able to continue with this project, which could be a significant source of personal future income.
Multiply my struggle by hundreds of other professionals who use the Archives and who depend upon it in order to procure a livelihood, income taxed by the state of Georgia. Imagine the number of genealogists and others who instead of spending their yearly vacation in Morrow at the Archives will now do so (and have already done so) in states where the Archives is open a full week. (Georgia's Archives now has the "dubious disctinction" of being open to the public the least number of hours out of all state Archives.) Think of the loss of income to hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and retail stores, all of which are taxed by the state, when these researchers and others take their business elsewhere. Would the potential income to the state from these and other activities centered around the Archives not be enough to offset a good portion, if not the bulk, of its budgetary needs?
All these considerations aside, the state of Georgia has an obligation, legal and otherwise, to allow the public to review all governmental documents. If the Archives closes to the public, thousands of important documents will be lost to this review process, thus hiding the government's activities from public oversight. All citizens should be concerned over such an act. As important is the fact that with continued cuts to its budget, the Archives may no longer be able to maintain enough staff to properly preserve the documents it is required by law to conserve.
Please take the time to write to Governor Nathan Deal and your local representative about this important issue. If the Archives' closure has affected you in some way, please let your legislators know. If not, express your support of the Archives' mission and importance to the citizens of this state. Ask that enough money be set aside for the Archives to remain open to the public five days per week, and that the state pay the full rent on the building where the Archives is housed. Please also take the time to write a letter of support to Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Don't wait until after Christmas!
Find your local representative here. Gov. Deal may be reached here, and Secretary of State Kemp here.