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South Beach with the style, the beach, nightlife, history, and its world-famous restaurants is a great place for anyone who wants the best, to call home. Here you can buy a condo modest and ultra-luxury condominiums.

Condos South Beach real estate has some of the most luxurious condos and the best location you will find anywhere in the world. With the beach, shops and restaurants are within walking distance of most buildings, living in South Beach combines the best of all neighborhoods of the city with a thriving community of Sea region, in the envy of all who visit here. Most condos in South Beach offers a range of facilities and some are even at preconstruction prices. Part of the new building in South Beach, Miami, function names like Icon South Beach, Continuum, Portofino, Murano Grande, Florida Bay and Bentley. Most if not all of the luxury condos are in the south of Fifth Street. Condominium units in these projects range in size from 851 to 2,000 square feet with prices from $ 399 000 all the way up to $ 14,000 for a 2-storey 7000 square meter penthouse. As you can imagine the view from most of these properties are located on the ocean, the bay, the city and the beach. Lobby area is also a coffee bar and tea service with afternoon tea and much, much more. In 1996 and 1997, the last two rounds of South Beach, Portofino and Florida. And up to 36 floors. These towers were way ahead of their time and have since grown considerably in the development of the last remaining land in this small area. As additional developments as Icon South Beach, Murano at Portofino and Murano-inspired Grand was built, property values ??rose to new heights. However, The Continuum South Beach is thought to be the best location of all buildings in South Beach are condominiums. On the southeast corner of South Beach Continuum one and two luxury condos have generated direct sea and beach. Continuum that was made in 2002 was completed, luxury Miami real state market to new heights. Here you can, one piece all the way to a two-level penthouse with high ceilings of 20 feet. The Setai Residences is a luxury condominium and hotel tower with 220 residential condo units standing majestically in the sky above the South Beach with a lobby and multilevel of all the necessary amenities. You can get the unit in the construction of a room all the way up and at a price of $ 1,000,000 to $ 8,000,000. Ah, but the penthouses are a different story at the Setai. They are about 6,500 square meters, with the exception of all the terraces and private decks with lap pool. is the latest landmark in luxury South Beach Apogee on the site of the last great waterfront at the southern end is placed Beach. Apogee is unmatched when it comes to life with modern luxury. There are only four apartments per floor. These condominiums with floor to ceiling glass the size of 3000-6000 square feet with prices ranging from $ 2.5 to $ 9,000,000. All units have a 180 or 270 degree views. Developed by the related group of Florida, was designed by Sieger Suarez Architectural Partnership Apogee. The units will be in size from 3200 to 4200 square feet. designed for three floors with a floor 25, 31 and 37 in circulation, Murano at Portofino and

Murano Grande Miami Condos Luxury condominiums have also reached from floor to ceiling glass windows take spectacular views of the Miami skyline, beaches and crystalline waters and cruise ships as they travel to and from the Port of Miami. Murano at Portofino and Murano Grande, both at the entrance to South Beach. Just steps from the Miami Beach Marina. Completed in 2002 and 2003, the Murano at Portofino and Murano condominiums and townhouses Great of all sizes, from 1300 to over 4000 square meters. With prices from $ 750,000 to over $ 4 million.

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Posted on May 29th, 2012 admin

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Papermau: Retail Business Diorama - by Hobikit Kertas - Centro ...

"The Retail business in the Hobicity are the closest to the neighborhood residential (already posted here in the blog. Link at the end of this post). These set contain the city buildings that closest to accommodate daily needs of the HobiCitizen, which served the day-to-day needs of goods and services. The building set are released with accompanying vehicles related to these buildings set. You will find them in the three different models, such as a Mini-market, Gas station (with mini-market) and a small Department store. Each of these are accompanied by three different vehicle, a mobile Ice cream truck, a Cargo truck and a Fuel tank truck which will serves each of the building within the city. The Ice cream truck can be considered as a mobile store which served the younger community". - Hobikitkertas
Esta ? a Zona Conmercial de Hobicity e fica pr?xima ? Zona Residencial (j? postada aqui no blog. Link no final doeste post). ela ? bem completa com suas lojas de conveni?ncias e produtos para o dia-a-dia, posto de gasolina e at? um caminh?ozinho de sorvetes. Um belo trabalho do site indon?sio Hobikitkertas (gostaria de postar aqui o nome do designer, mas n?o achei em nenhum lugar do site).

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Insight: European firms plan for Greek unrest and euro exit

LONDON (Reuters) - British electrical retailer Dixons has spent the last few weeks stockpiling security shutters to protect its nearly 100 stores across Greece in case of riot.

The planning, says Dixons chief Sebastian James, may look alarmist but it's good to be prepared.

Company bosses around Europe agree. As the financial crisis in Greece worsens, companies are getting ready for everything from social unrest to a complete meltdown of the financial system.

Those preparations include sweeping cash out of Greece every night, cutting debts, weeding out badly paying customers and readying for a switch to a new Greek drachma if the country is forced to abandon the euro.

"Most companies are getting ready and preparing for a Greek exit and have looked at cash, treasury and currency issues," said Roger Bayly, a partner at advisory and accountancy firm KPMG.

Europe's No 2 electrical retailer Dixons owns Greece's market leading but loss-making Kotsovolos chain, which has a 25-percent market share selling iPads and laptops as well as washing machines, televisions and air conditioning units.

Chief Executive James says the company has contingency plans to shutter up its 69 wholly owned and 29 franchised Greek stores and close them in the short term to protect against any threat of civil unrest and prepare for a switch to a new drachma.

Greece accounts for just over 3 percent of Dixon's annual sales of around 8.2 billion pounds. The company competes with Europe's No 1 electrical chain Metro and with a number of local players which James says may struggled to survive in a crisis.

"We know it would put paid to quite a lot of our competitors and give us an opportunity to get more of a market share. So we are ready and we would be very interested to see how it would turn out," said James.

LOOTERS' BOOTY

Dixons, using its experience of dealing with riots in London and other British cities last summer - big flat-screen televisions were the looters' booty of choice - has ordered enough shutters to protect its stores and is working with the Greek police and security groups.

The group's sales dipped 9 percent in Italy, Greece and Turkey in the year to late April. The group does not split out Greek sales, but these three nations make up around 7 percent of the group's annual sales.

Diageo, the world's biggest spirits group and the name behind Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka, has reacted by slashing its marketing spend in Greece, reducing stock levels and pulling cash quickly out of the country after it saw its Greek sales halve in the last three years to less than 100 million pounds.

Diageo has weekly meetings aimed at cutting its exposure to Greece, protecting remaining sales by bolstering its own in-house distribution network, halting supplies to some small bars and focusing on high-end hotels and clubs.

Diageo's Chief Marketing Officer Andy Fennell says its Greek sales are still falling. The once big Johnnie Walker market has already shrunk and now accounts for less than one percent of the group's 10 billion pound annual turnover.

"There could be a marked impact on Greece but the big question is what happens elsewhere across the eurozone," Fennell said with an eye on Diageo's bigger troubled markets inside the eurozone such as Spain and Ireland.

The London-based Association of Corporate Treasurers says businesses should take precautions such as demanding cash on delivery and writing sales contracts in another currency such as pounds or dollars.

"Businesses need to build in protection by checking payment terms, sweeping cash out of subsidiaries and into other currencies and check on the vulnerability of suppliers," said Martin O'Donovan, ACT's deputy policy and technical director.

KPMG's Bayly advises his clients to check the six Cs when preparing for a possible Greek euro exit: cash, contracts, continuity, counterparties, control and commercial. He believes that automotive companies, tour operators and pharmaceutical groups would see the biggest immediate disruption from an early euro exit by Greece.

He argues most companies are well prepared on cash issues and contracts with suppliers, but less so on how they would cope with business continuity in the immediate aftermath of a euro exit.

GUARD AGAINST FAILURE

Bayly also warns companies to guard against the failure of key suppliers or counterparties, to tighten up on controls to avoid errors and fraud, and also to be clear on how they would be affected commercially by possible future changes in patterns of government and consumer spending.

The world's biggest luxury car group BMW says it is already prepared for the worst after seeing a quarter of Greek BMW dealerships go out of business since 2008 and its national annual deliveries slashed by more than two thirds from a peak of around 7,000.

"We're very good at scenarios. Clearly we've thought through what it would mean to us," said BMW board member and global sales chief Ian Robertson. "We're absolutely sure that the euro has a long future ahead of it. That doesn't necessarily mean that it remains in its current structure."

Holiday firm TUI AG took early action last November when it asked Greek hoteliers to sign new contracts to pay them in drachmas if a new currency were introduced using an exchange range which would be set by the Athens government.

It also has contingency plans to move customers to other destinations if civil unrest does break out, similar to measures it put into place last year following turmoil in North Africa during the Arab Spring revolutions.

Major drugmakers such as Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and Switzerland's Roche are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep vital medicines flowing into Greece if it exits the euro.

They know that turning off the supply tap is not an option as this can lead to protests and damage to their reputations as many see them under a moral obligation to continue to supply medicines.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone says it has plans to cope if the Greek banking system is frozen and civil unrest breaks out. It says the experience of recent unrest in Egypt showed it how it had to protect its buildings and make pre-paid top-up phones a priority.

"We need to be sure that we have the billing capability, the right people in the right places, the fuel and the money. The switching of the currency is an IT thing, we switched from the old currency to the euro," said Chief Executive Vittorio Colao.

British banknote printer De La Rue is drawing up plans to print new drachma notes in the event of a Greek euro exit, according to an industry source with knowledge of the matter. The world's biggest security firm G4S expects to be involved in distributing notes around the country.

De La Rue, which as the world's biggest commercial banknote printer produces more than 150 currencies, has made no comment. Analysts say Greece could have to turn to outside printers because of the sheer quantity of banknotes needed.

"Our fastest growing business last year in European cash services was Greece and clearly our biggest contingency issue would arise if the country were to leave the euro and go back to the drachma because basically we would be involved in the whole roll out of the currency," G4S Chief Executive Nick Buckles said.

(Reporting by Drazen Jorgic, Laurence Frost, Victoria Bryan, Ben Hirschler, Kate Holton and Neil Maidment; Editing by Giles Elgood and Janet McBride)

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The Pros And Cons Of Credit Cards - Business Insider

Lately a lot of consumers have been asking whether they really need to carry a credit card.?

It seems just as easy to get by on cash, and all the identity theft and shady lender practices making headlines aren't reassuring.?

Also, the outcry against big banks and practices like debit card fees and swipe fees?put off consumers who felt taken advantage of.?

We tapped two of our favorite credit experts, Bethy Hardeman of CreditKarma.com and John Ulzheimer of SmartCredit.com, to weigh in on the pros and cons of carrying plastic.?

Do you really need a card? Here's what they had to say:?

Why you need a card?

Travel arrangements. "It's hard to travel with cash all the time," said Ulzheimer. Reserving a room a car rental are tough enough with one and using a debit card instead can be a recipe for theft. There's also a certain kind of relief that comes with knowing you can travel anywhere in the world and still be protected if there's an emergency.?

Protection and security. You'll?get a lot more security with a credit card than you will with cash or a debit card. Once the?cash is gone, it's gone. And debit cards, which are linked to your banking account, can easily help a crook to your wallet if the card is lost or stolen. As Ulzheimer pointed out, with a credit card, all it takes is a simple phone call to prevent further loss and identity theft.?

Financing a home or a car.?It's getting tougher and tougher to take out a mortgage these days, and like it or not, lenders will be checking your credit report. If you haven't got a card, there won't be a credit history to speak of, and you'll have a much harder time proving to lenders you're responsible with money. ?

Why you don't need a card?

Because you think you should have it. "You shouldn't get one just to get one," said Hardeman, who added that "it's worse to get an auto loan just to get an auto loan. Taking out a lot of debt, even if you have the cash to pay out of pocketm isn't a good idea because you'll likely be paying interest on it."?

You're not planning to buy a home (or a car). "It's really up for the individual to decide," Hardeman said. "But if at some point you're going to need these things, the credit card is the best way to do it." ?

You impulse shop. "Clearly,?if you're irresponsible or undisciplined, you can find yourself getting into a lot of debt quickly unless you can write a big fat check," said Ulzheimer, but "there comes a point in your life where you do need the convenience of plastic."?

Now see how we helped two women in desperate need of financial makeovers >?

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SPARKS Kimono My House music review by rogerthat

You will occasionally bump into those who lament the contemporary era of music, where good musicians apparently never seem to get popular while in the 70s, apparently again, talent always came to the fore. Well, Sparks is all the proof you will ever need that that is not true. Complex and challenging music finds a limited audience at the best of times, but even with super-catchy albums like Kimono My House, Sparks are not often mentioned as one of THE bands to check out from the 70s.

And that they are, if you ask this partisan reviewer. Singer and songwriter Russell Mael says and I quote, "There was a sense that we were rapidly accelerating into the future, and we wanted to represent that. Rock seemed so old..." Tall claims, you say. Well, those are fairly reasonable claims to be made on behalf of Kimono My House.

As you proceed from Amateur Hour, through Here In Heaven to Thank God It's Not Christmas, the music of Queen and ABBA and new wave in general comes to mind. And consider that Sparks had debuted in 1971 and had a headstart over both of those more popular acts. Even in a decade where the music changed rapidly, the Sparks must have seemed like they were from a different planet. Russell lends his very Mercury-esque, eccentric vocals (or should we say Mercury sounds like Russell?) to a colourful cocktail of 50s and 60s pop and rock and roll and the British glam rock scene of the 70s, adding up to a sound that's really quite unlike anything else you'd hear from that decade.

They also avoid the respective flaws of Queen and ABBA. Where Queen favoured a pastiche approach a bit too much, Sparks treat you to a veritable conveyer belt of unpredictable, smart, tight rock. Or is it pop? Your guess is as good as the band's; studio pop is the best they can manage. As for ABBA, so much irony overflows from the music of Sparks that they are in no danger of trying too hard to please.

At least I didn't have to try too hard to like this album, at any rate. Their first rate songwriting delivers ten slabs of utterly infectious pop that have me completely at their mercy. The 36 minute long album seems to whiz past in a trice and it's time to repeat all too soon. The production could be a bit better but it hardly feels worth complaining about with songs this good.

Some cuts like Falling In Love With Myself Again take a bit longer to grab me but that's about all I can hold against this masterpiece. Sparks are sometimes called postmodern pop and they could plausibly be proclaimed as the postmodern counterpart of the Beatles. If the Beatles expanded the frontiers of pop and rock music beyond anybody's wildest imagination, Sparks offer an alternative to bland, radio-ready pop that doesn't have to involve numerous time signature changes, multiple sounds, long instrumental passages or symphonic walls of sound. Entertaining AND engaging to the core. Five stars.

rogerthat | 5/5 | 2012-5-22

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Friday Food Tour 5.18.12: I apologize for our lack of posts the last couple of weeks, but my only brother, Tod, died on Monday, May 7. We shared a lot of things; a love of literature and of writing, an abundance of gray hair, and mostly, a love of food and drink. He was a big fan of Iowa Foodie. In fact, he came up with our tagline "Hot Food. Cold Drinks. Serious Fun." during a brainstorming session at his kitchen table when we got together at Christmas in 2010, a month before our blog launched. He read every post we ever put up, made funny and insightful comments, and tried every recipe Grant wrote. There've been some tough days since he's been gone, but I think we're coming through on the other side. You'll be missed, big brother - I'll have a White Castle for you on my next trip up north. So thanks for sticking around - and on to the Friday Food Tour! It was nice to see this review of Cooper's on 5th on a new to me blog, mealswithmargaret. They sampled a variety of entrees and it all looks delicious in the photos. I seriously couldn't stop chuckling at this review in the Des Moines Register of the new "breastaurant" in West Des Moines, Twin Peaks. Buffalo wings and scantily clad female servers? All the guys are in their cars now. Looks like the opening of Host, in the space previously occupied by Flour, has been pretty successful. Des Moines is Not Boring was there recently and featured the newly opened 'locally-sourced' restaurant in their Why Eat a Chain Wednesday post. Of course, WE all know we live in Hog Heaven here in Iowa - now so does the rest of the country with this great article in Saveur magazine about Iowa's Pork Tenderloin sandwiches. We're going to have to hit up all of the places they list in 'The Guide.' It's Craft Beer Week and one of the best places to enjoy craft beer is at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent at the Iowa State Fair. All this week they've been announcing the brewery line-up for this years' fair. Check out the list he... Submitted: 05/18/12, updated last 05/18/12, viewed 9

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'American Idol' Report Card: Joshua Ledet Brings 'Drama,' But Will Jessica Be 'There'?

Phillip Phillips gets mostly rave reviews and Joshua Ledet praised on path to what appears to be another all-male finale.
By Gil Kaufman

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You can understand if the contestants on "American Idol" make some bad song choices when left to their own devices. But on Wednesday night's
 triple-play episode, in which Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet had to sing a judge's choice, a tune picked by mentor Jimmy Iovine and one of their own, the selections were ... bizarre. With only two songs from the current millennium, the top three reached back, sometimes way back on a night when it became clear that Sanchez is too green, Ledet is just the right shade of blue(s) and Phillips is, well, whatever he wants to be because he's probably going to win no matter what happens.

So, who made it thisclose, but is probably headed home tonight and who can get their big boy pants pressed for the finale? Read on to find out!

Joshua Ledet: Randy Jackson picked the Etta James song "I'd Rather Be Blind" for Josh, who busted out the retro mic and some sleepy soul for a performance that simmered but took way too long to boil. It was solid, but even Jennifer Lopez seemed a tad bored with it and it didn't push him any closer to this century. (It was cute, though, how a Kraft commercial using THE SAME SONG aired right after Ledet performed. Synergy!)

Josh went big with his choice, John Lennon's "Imagine." And because he's a preacher's kid, he skipped the "no religion too" verse. The pageant-y, 1970s AM lite radio arrangement flattened out the song's emotion, which Ledet tried to pump back in courtesy of some swooping gospel moments. It was a heartstring-tugging layup, but if you really listened it sounded like coasting, or, as JLo politely deemed it, "pulled back and controlled."

Jimmy hit Josh in his sweet spot with Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama." Someone knows what they're doing. From the manic bouncing to the nearly out-of-control, bedazzled jacket-dropping spazz at the end, Josh murdered it. That alone made up for the other two tame performances and locked him into next week's finale. A-

Phillip Phillips: Steven Tyler was going for melody with "Beggin'" by Madcon. But what he likely did was send tens of millions of "Idol" watchers to Google to find out ... who the hell Madcon is? So, a 2008 cover of a 1967 Four Seasons hit by an obscure Norwegian dance duo? Wouldn't you know it, strummy P managed to make it sound like, oh man, do I even need to say it? (Rhymes with Shave It Bath Hues.) The jammy, vanilla soul frat party rocker is exactly what I expect a P Phil album to sound like. "New Springsteen?" Really Steven?

The sexy sax player was back for Phil's choice, "Disease" by Matchbox 20. Yeah, that Matchbox 20. It was moody, conga-y, mid-tempo and so intense he had to sit down on some road cases just to contain the, um, intensity? Like Ledet's "Imagine," this one felt too easy, like a sprinter pulling up in the final 20 yards to avoid injury after looking over his shoulder and realizing he's got it. In a rare bit of real talk from the panel, Lopez called it "easy flowing" and said it lacked the "wow performance" element.

Phil's dad loved Jimmy's choice of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight," and Iovine dared the pawn shop worker to ignore the 1978 hit's melody. Without his guitar, Phil was forced to awkwardly stroke and caress his thigh as he muscled through the heartland ballad. Between the sappy strings and the suggesting hand fidgeting Phillips looked like he was waiting out the clock in detention. Randy, of course, called it the "perfect song" and Phil's best performance. So, now all you have to do to win this thing is sing the melody of the song and not worry about actually hitting the notes correctly? I give up. You can have him, America. Remember how awesome that nighty-night song was when you don't buy his album in December. B

Jessica Sanchez: Lopez aimed for Sanchez's sweet spot with Mariah Carey's "My All," but ended up trapping the singer in a breathy lower register that made Jessica's powerhouse voice sound weak and pitchy. The snoozy lullaby robbed the high schooler of a big moment and may have punched her card home. Did Randy mention he's worked with Mariah? Well, if he thought that was one of the best renditions of a Carey song ever on TV, Carey should lose his number.

In the ultimate brown noser move, BeBe chose Aerosmith's power anthem "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing." I kept waiting for girls in swimsuits or evening gowns to start parading around her, but this kind of Velveeta ballad is her sweet spot and while she didn't move the bar any higher, it's exactly what America wanted to hear. But, ugh, that last shouty note was as off as Jennifer's pink pantsuit.

Iovine went retro with 1970's "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5, which despite what he argued, didn't really make Sanchez seem contemporary, and dropped her back down into that lower range that doesn't do her favors. When she kept it up high, Sanchez sounded strong and confident, but the lazy tempo didn't provide the rocket fuel she needed to lock in a spot next week. B-

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I love a good crime flick, especially when it's of the Asian variety. It pains me to admit this, but my first Jon Woo experience wasn?t Hard Boiled or The Killer, but Face Off, the Cage/Travolta vehicle. I?ve since gone back and delved into Woo?s signature brand of stylish violence?long shots, slow motion sequences, the bullet ballet?but Face Off, for better or for worse, remains firmly planted in my mind as the introduction to poetic gunplay. The $59.99 Max Payne 3 (for PC, PS3, Xbox 360) is my new Face Off. Minus Travolta's awful acting and Cage's burgeoning insanity.

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Rockstar Game's sequel picks up with an optimistic (or about as optimistic as Max can get) Payne having relocated to Sao Paulo, Brazil to begin a new life and to attempt to escape the pain that is his murdered family. Sort of. Payne makes a living as a living as bodyguard who protects a rich family from Brazilian gangsters. Naturally, things take a turn for the worse, which sends Max back into action with guns blazing.

That isn't a dismissal of the game's plot. It's actually quite good. It's full of film noir nods, and features dialogue that sounds as though it was ripped from Double Indemnity. When Max utters that one of the rich business types is "smoother than an oil slick on an iceberg," it will bring a smile to a face to genre fans. In fact, Max Payne 3's voice acting is top-notch all around.

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Still, it's the fast-paced, gun-based combat?laced with ample amounts of Bullet Time?that's the heart of the Max Payne experience. Run and gunning through levels can prove effective for dispatching enemies, but Bullet Time (which slows down the game world in a decidedly Matrix like fashion) is the key to success, especially in later levels.

The Bullet Time meter builds as you blow holes through foes, and drains when you activate any of the three Bullet Time modes, Shoot-Dodge (slo-mo shooting while diving), Melee (hand-to-hand combat), and Last Man Standing (an opportunity to recover from a fatal shot by popping a painkiller and returning fire). Factor in the new, dedicated cover system and players will find several beautifully violent ways to pump people with lead?it's a true bullet ballet that's an ode to Woo through and through. The one Bullet Time drawback is that it's somewhat clunky switching between targets while in slo-mo.

As the slugs zip through the gorgeous Brazilian environments (nightclubs, penthouses, and other locales), they crack and shatter objects unfortunate enough to get caught in the crossfire. The realistically-modeled Max Payne wears battle scars, too, in the form of blood-stained, bullet-ridden outfits.

On Dangerous Ground
Besides the single-player main campaign there's also an Arcade Mode featuring Score Attack (where you shoot, literally, for a high score), and New York Minute (a speed run that challenges you to collect a body count in 60 seconds). These side-games serve as fun diversions, but the real joy here is multiplayer.

Max Payne 3 features a robust multiplayer mode (supporting between 2 and 16 players) that adds a far more chaotic element, while ditching Max' solo story. The multiplayer modes are highlighted by Payne Killer (two players fighting as Max and Raul in a King-of-the-Hill-like contest), and Gang Wars (a team-based contest that has a morphing storyline based on the events of the previous match).

There are also more traditional modes such as Team Deathmatch that are given the sexy Max Payne touch with Bullet Time and special perks that are found in the playfield. As you gain experience points, you'll unlock new weapons and abilities Rockstar has taken great strides to keep Max Payne 3 fresh.

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The market is flooded with numerous "guy with guns" games, but Max Payne 3 is the rare game that makes you the player feel like a total bad ass as you run, gun, dive, and gun some more. Rockstar Games excels at this type of action, and Editors' Choice Max Payne 3 represents the developer's storytelling and design prowess on full display.

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Distro Issue 40: the battle for smartphone dominance continues and we go hands-on at CTIA 2012

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Howard Stern Calls Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez 'Dummies'

Britney will be 'train wreck' on 'X Factor,' new 'America's Got Talent' judge adds at press conference.
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<P>Howard Stern held court at New York's Friars Club on Thursday in a long-running press conference to promote his upcoming stint as a judge on "America's Got Talent." And in keeping with the spirit of the legendary roasts that take place at the venue, he didn't shy away from taking some shots at his singing-competition contemporaries.</P><P>Stern was asked by a reporter whether he would have signed up for the "Talent" gig if it meant serving on a panel with "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez and newly-announced <a href="/news/articles/1684813/britney-spears-x-factor-judge.jhtml">"X Factor" judge Britney Spears</a> &#8212; as opposed to the "Talent" tandem of Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne &#8212; and, well, let's just say he answered rather directly.</P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Howard Stern Calls Britney Spears And Jennifer Lopez 'Dummies'" id="vid:768341" width="415" height="255"></div><p></P><P>"No, I would not [have], because I think we have the best judging panel out there, out of all these shows. I think that the judges all offer constructive, precise criticism, and I really like it," Stern said. "To sit there with J.Lo and Britney Spears and try to prop those two up, I'd be like a ventriloquist with two dummies; I'm not going to sit there and do that."</P><P>Stern didn't stop there, either. When he was asked for his thoughts on "The X Factor" 's reported <a href="/news/articles/1684879/britney-spears-x-factor-deal-judge.jhtml"> $15 million deal with Spears</a>, the shock jock joked that he was in favor of it ... for slightly dubious reasons, of course.</P><P>"I think it's a wonderful decision; Britney still thinks the world is flat. We're going to tune in to see if she can sort of function through the thing. As far as any real criticism, I think ["X Factor" judges] Simon [Cowell] and L.A. Reid will be doing that," he said. "I think Britney's going to stand there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit; I don't anticipate great opinions from her. I think she's going to sit there like J.Lo. 'Oh, you're wonderful, you're terrific. You think I could get a perfume endorsement out of this? You think I can perform on the show?' I think that's what it's about, but I think it will be interesting. ... I'll tune in to see what kind of train wreck she is, absolutely."</p>

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