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A season which started with loss in the JP Morgan 7's Semi Final to eventual winners Newcastle and rather unconvincing pre-season performances against Esher and Castres concludes this Saturday with a short day trip out over the road at the Big Stoop.
The various comparisons between the two finalists, Quins and Leicester, have been draw excessively over the past 10 days, since the final line up was confirmed and it doesn't need me to highlight that eight successive finals to Quins' first, will mean that if the game was won on final experience, the London side need not get out of bed on Saturday.
The hype around Quins has grown this season from; '...lucky to get away with some wins as they weren't too affected by the Rugby World Cup...' to '...crickey, they might be a real danger as they put their game together more often than not!'
What quartered fans have known for sometime, and the rest of the league have discovered this season is that the incredible crop of youngsters, the majority of which have been honed through Quins',
arguably world class academy, are potential world beaters and the recognition that England Captain Robshaw and Mike Brown have had this season is only what was due.
When Conor O'Shea was appointed at the end of 09/10 season, some fans and commentators alike were unsure about his suitability, but the rugby and media savvy Irish gent has been more than a revelation in Guildford mid week and at the Stoop on a weekend. O'Shea has built on the good work started by Dean Richards as well as stamping his own mark on the club in terms of an exciting, fan friendly and most importantly winning style of play.
However, the game management perspective is not the only thing that O'Shea has brought to Quins. His need for discipline and rules is evident from examining the team issue kit that must be adhered to in training, to more serious incidents such as an errant scrum half; his strict rules are in fact welcomed and help to provide boundaries where needed, but which are often broken on the pitch.
82,000 are expected at Twickenham on Saturday and with the weather promising to bake those sitting in the lower tier of the East stand (factor 50 all round!) we are in for a treat so long as both clubs look to play as they both can and spread the ball wide to their exciting wingers in Monye and Tuilagi respectively.
Harlequins have asked fans to create a 500m guard of honour for the team as they make their way from the Stoop, down the A316 and into the West gate of Twickenham, something unlikely to have been seen before and will surely send goosebumps into players and fans alike.
So is a victory the definition of success this season? Well yes and no. If Quins were to win on Saturday and finish 7th next season would that be preferable to losing to a quality Leicester side and making a home semi final next season? Bragging rights and silverware aside the season has to be seen as a success and subject to Conor being able to bring through more quality youngsters to plug the gaps left by the new internationals on the autumn and winter weekends I predict having to book more semi and final tickets again next term.
To conclude this article and for the season, Quins have disrupted the old guard, Castle Kingsholm has been breached, Saffercens had to sit down and not stand up at Wembley and the quartered flags will be seen fluttering regardless of the result at 5pm on Saturday. It's been a fabulous season and I'm so proud to call myself a Quins fan.
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Follow @McNamaraRivals Five-star forward Kevon Looney didn't even tell his parents where he has headed before his announcement Thursday at Hamilton High School in Milwaukee. When the 2014 standout opened a box with a UCLA hat, he let the world know he was headed to California to play his college basketball. "California is a great place," Looney told media members after his decision. "UCLA was a great campus. One of the most beautiful campuses I had ever seen. Coach (Steve) Alford, he's a great coach. When I visited, I saw their team, I saw how they bought into the system and they have a great style of play that I can fit in." "When it came down to it, I felt UCLA was my best option."
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Roman's Taxi
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The Albany Roman's Taxi is the taxi used by Roman Bellic's taxi company in Grand Theft Auto IV. Roman's taxis are only driven by Roman and his employees (including Niko in some early missions).
DesignRoman's Taxi is an Albany Esperanto (Albany being the fictitious name for Cadillac, which leads people to deduce that it is a Cadillac Seville or something similar) - due to the Albany badging, many people thought that it was actually called the Albany (which was probably its beta name, see Trivia). The car is visually distinguishable from the Esperanto by its minor alterations—red or yellow taxi emergency lights affixed to the front and back, taxi registration number on the trunk, advertising on the rear bumper and rear window, and a custom red interior. By default, Roman's Taxi is dark gray with a discolored gray driver's side front fender. It can be resprayed to other colors, and may be randomly resprayed back to its default appearance, except the driver's side fender will no longer be discolored.
Cavalcade Taxi
After Blow Your Cover, the Esperanto -based Roman's Taxi will be replaced with Cavalcades. Like the original Roman's Taxi, it is made by Albany, is mostly black and Mohammed still drives it.
Performance and handling-wise, Roman's Taxi is heavier than the Esperanto (1700 kg to the Esperanto's 1600 kg), and has inferior acceleration, but has a significantly greater top speed of 295 km/h (183 mph) to the Esperanto's 218 km/h (135 mph); it also has slightly stronger braking and softer suspension. The handling feels good and can go around a corner at 40 mph without much trouble.It is slightly less prone to deformation than the Esperanto, and can better withstand collisions.
Use as a taxi
Niko can call Roman to send a taxi to pick him up, after gaining his favor. The taxi driver is notoriously short-tempered, with the taxi rides peppered with insults hurled Niko's way for being a freeloader. After unlocking the Algonquin Safehouse (at which point Roman's business appears to have become highly successful), Roman's taxis are replaced by a fleet of gray Cavalcades, with the same disgruntled driver as before. After this, the car is no longer available, unless the player has saved one at a safehouse.
The car can be stolen by the player when it arrives after the player calls for one.
Unlike the other taxi there are a few advantages to using Roman's taxi.
- The ride no matter where or how long, is free of charge.
- The driver won't leave the car due to a wanted level.
- It is a good choice for a drive-by, having someone else drive.
- If you accidentally try to carjack the taxi, the doors will be locked so there is no wanted level for vehicle theft.
- LCPD officers can't arrest you since the doors are locked.
Prominent appearances
Roman's Taxi is the first vehicle that the player drives in Grand Theft Auto IV, and was prominently featured in pre-release materials, with the car initially painted with an all-black body color. It features as part of several early missions, including GTA IV's taxi side-mission.
In the TLAD, the Roman's taxi appear in the mission Roman's Holiday. If Johnny calls Roman (555-2222), and Roman will arrive with his taxi shortly after the call. Soon after, Johnny and Malc will start kidnapping Roman in his taxi and bring them to the hardware store in Broker. The Roman's taxi can be obtained if Malc is killed in this mission.
- "Albany" may actually have been the true beta name of this car. First, it had been seen on pre-release pictures a long time before Rockstar Games decided to incorporate vehicle brands to the game. And secondly, inside the file "american.gxt", the car's text entry is under the name "ALBANY."
- When driving Roman's Taxi while being chased by the police, the police scanner will refer the car as "Roman's Esperanto". This may have been another beta name for it, considering it is obviously based on the Esperanto.
- The Roman's Taxi driven during "The Cousins Bellic" features an all-black body, as opposed to other occasions when the car features a discolored quarter panel. It is also notable that Roman's Taxi in the cutscene sports wheels from the Marbelle, as more that this was the beta model of the car.
- The default radio station in Roman's Taxi is Vladivostok FM.
- In The Lost and Damned, Roman's Taxi can be called in by dialing 555-2222 (the number given to Johnny by Elizabeta Torres earlier in the game) during the mission Roman's Holiday.
- Roman's Taxi does not have the same horn sound as the Esperanto.
- Roman's Taxi features the "Door Ajar" Chime which can be heard easily in the first mission "The Cousins Bellic". Before moving the vehicle, turn off your engine and get out without closing the door. With a turned up volume, you should hear the chime.
- Although Roman's Taxi always spawns in the default black paint job, it can be resprayed at a Pay 'n' Spray for a silver or red paintjob.
- After Blow Your Cover, Roman's Taxi will still be driven by Mohammed when Niko calls Roman for car service. Only after the Middle Park East Safehouse is unlocked following Hostile Negotiation will they be replaced with Cavalcades.
- It is possible to take the taxi on the mission Roman's Sorrow by leaving your car after the cutscene and taking the taxi instead. After the mission you can save the car at your Bohan Safehouse. Once you have completed all 30 of Stevie's Car Thefts you can then sell the Taxi to him for $2000.
- The cab was not needed in The Ballad of Gay Tony because the cabs were already replaced by Cavalcades at the time of the game was set. Despite that,the internal files for the cab still exists. The reason for this is either Rockstar accidently forgot to remove the files, or it was supposed to be used or seen in the beta. With the use of modifications, you can spawn this car and drive it normally.


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DP014: Leave It To Brocko!
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On the way to Oreburgh, Ash and his friends see Nurse Joy trying to help an injured Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf is too upset to accept her help, so Brock steps in to calm Nuzleaf down. With help from Bonsly, who Nuzleaf seems to think is a Grass-type Pokemon, Brock wins Nuzleaf's trust and treats its injuries. This Nuzleaf must be lost, since an old tree on the other side of the mountain is the only place in the area where Seedot, Nuzleaf and Shiftry are found. Ash and his friends volunteer to get Nuzleaf back where it belongs.
Team Rocket spies on the scene and decides Nuzleaf would be a great prize for the Boss. They show up with Meowth dressed as a Shiftry, hoping to trick Nuzleaf into coming with them. Their ploy is foiled, so they grab Bonsly and Nuzleaf. Brock tries to stop them and ends up getting carried away by Team Rocket too! That's no problem for Brock--Team Rocket lowers their guard after he cooks them a delicious meal, and Brock escapes with Nuzleaf and Bonsly. During the break-out, Bonsly even evolves into Sudowoodo!
Next Brock has to cross a river, but Sudowoodo dislikes water, so Brock puts it in its Pokeball. The problem is that without Sudowoodo, Nuzleaf gets upset! Brock has no choice, but to bring out Sudowoodo and encourage it to be brave. Then Team Rocket catches up with Brock. Croagunk does its best, but it can't hold them off forever, so Sudowoodo pitches in to help fight. When Ash and Dawn arrive on the scene, Brock even tells them he and Sudowoodo can handle Team Rocket themselves! A real Shiftry shows up looking for Nuzleaf, and once Team Rocket is sent packing, our heroes can rest easy knowing that Nuzleaf will soon be back home.
- The episode's title may be a reference to the television show Leave it to Beaver.
- This is also one of the few times the Japanese title was translated directly, or almost directly.
- Everyone shouts out the title card.
- Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Ash's Aipom
- Pokémon senryū: エイパムが しっぽでつかむ サトシのハート Eipamu ga, shippo de tsukamu, Satoshi no hāto "Eipam, it seizes with its tail, Satoshi's heart."
- A teaser for the tenth movie was broadcast after the Japanese premiere of the episode as part of the special broadcast.
- The Japanese ending credited both A Staravia Is Born! and Leave It To Brocko!.
- While the episode aired as part of an hour-long special, the credits were as they would have been had the episodes aired separately. As such, Staravia was featured but Sudowoodo was not.
- This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
- Ash and Roark narrate the next episode preview, which is one minute long instead of the usual thirty seconds.
- When Team Rocket is eating the food Brock fixed for them, James comments that the food is as good as Nanny and Pop-Pop's.
- This episode features a scene similar to Do I Hear a Ralts?, in which Meowth dresses up as another Pokémon (in this case, a Shiftry) but is exposed when he is scanned by a Pokédex.
- In the scene where Team Rocket is eating the food Brock made, when Wobbuffet eats the food from its fork, as soon as it eats it, another piece of food appears on its fork instantly, without Wobbuffet moving at all.
- When Meowth is lying to Shiftry about who attacked Nuzleaf; he says that Shiftry is the one who harmed Nuzleaf.
- When Brock gave Nuzleaf the Oran Berries in a bowl, there were about 10-15 in the first shot, but in the shot after that, the Oran berries shrunk and multiplied.
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- When this episode aired in Japan, along with A Staravia Is Born!, there was no opening, and a cold opening intro. It went straight to the episode after the previous episode finished. In the English version, a cold open intro, possibly made up by Pokémon USA, shows Team Rocket starving, and Brock tied in a tree offers them some food.
- When Dawn sees Nuzleaf, she asks, "Who's that Pokémon?", an obvious reference.
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"It is the artwork that is what we are known for. We are the longest continually exhibiting gallery in Tallahassee and we showcase the best of the area," says Ann Kozeliski of the LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts.
The selection process for the artist began over the summer.
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Terry McConnell Brady, a retired Henrico County math teacher, has been named the 2012 Henrico Christmas Mother.
A native of Abingdon, Va., where she grew up on a farm with three brothers, Brady resides in the Tuckahoe District and is a long-time member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and works in the outreach division. She also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and the American Cancer Society, and has been involved with the Henrico Christmas Mother program for three years.
Brady has been married to her husband, Patrick, for 48 years and they have three children and six grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family as well as reading and gardening.
The mission of the Henrico Christmas Mother is to provide new clothes, toys, books and food to qualifying families, the elderly, and adults with disabilities during the holiday season.
The 501(c)(3) organization is run by an all-volunteer Council consisting of former Henrico Christmas Mothers and representatives of each of Henrico County's five magisterial districts. This year's Henrico Christmas Mother Council officers include President Shelly Poole, Vice President Betsy Foster, Treasurer Mary Shaia, Assistant Treasurer Betty Lyon, Recording Secretary Robin Smith, Corresponding Secretary Karen Moore and Members-at- Large Charlotte Melton and Ruth Radzisauskas.
Donations of checks may be mailed to Henrico Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 70338, Henrico, VA 23255-0338. To make online donations or to learn about volunteering, sponsoring a family or applying for assistance, visit http://www.henricochristmasmother.org or call 236-9741.
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The Taxi is a four-door sedan-based taxi featured, in some form or other, in nearly all of the games in the Grand Theft Auto series (one exception being Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, where the Cabbie is the only taxi).
Distinguishable by its yellow livery, it is often one of the most common vehicles on the road. Between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories, the Taxi can be used to perform taxi side-missions.
In Grand Theft Auto 1, there are three versions of the Taxi; the Liberty City version is based on the Portsmouth, the San Andreas version is based on the Vulture, and the Vice City version is based on the Flamer. The Taxi in Grand Theft Auto 2 is similar to a rounded Checker Taxi. with the checkered stripe crossing the roof horizontally.
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From Grand Theft Auto III onwards, the Taxi is usually based on the same model as the police car from its respective game:
- In GTA III, the Taxi resembles a cross between a late model Chevrolet Caprice and Ford Crown Victoria. There are minor variants available, with darker bumpers, and different taxi lights.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Taxi is a Ford LTD look-alike.
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas the Taxi is based on the Premier, designed after the 1991-96 Chevrolet Caprice with boxy style
- The Taxi in GTA Advance has little indication of which car it is based on, but is generally more boxy in design when compared to the game's Police vehicle.
- The taxis in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories are largely identical to the GTA III and GTA Vice City renditions, respectively. The GTA Liberty City Stories rendition may appear with yellow, black or grey bumpers.
- Entering a taxi in any of these games will give the player $12.
There are two different taxi sedans in Grand Theft Auto IV; one built by Declasse, based on the Merit, which is the 2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala, and the other built by Vapid, influenced strongly by the 1992–1997 Ford Crown Victoria P72, with frontal design cues more similar to a 1998–present model. The Vapid taxi shares the same body design as the LCPD Police and NOOSE Cruisers, and its chassis is not used in any non-fleet car. The taxis shares the same rim design as the LCPD cars and Noose trucks.
While the Taxis come standard with regular taxi lights, some have rooftop advertisements for "WTF", "Banging Trash Can Lids for an Hour", Conjoined Twins, "The Science Of Crime", and Weazel News, both of which can detach in collisions. Both models contain a medallion on the front hood, which is used to indicate that New York City Taxi are licensed to pick up passengers; they also have a red marker on the back left. Vapid Taxis may also have yellow, grey or black bumpers.
Players can enter Taxis in GTA IV and, for a fee, take taxi rides to destinations.
According to a pre-release screenshot of the game in gaming magazine GameInformer's Grand Theft Auto V preview in their December 2012 issue, taxis in Los Santos appear to be yellow and blue in color, which are based on Checker Taxi company. There will probably be more than one variant of the taxi though, and the colors may differ between them. Taxis appear to be modelled after a mix of a Ford Crown Victoria and a Chevrolet Caprice Classic.
Early renditions of the Taxi are generally undesirable due to their mediocre performance. While differing between cities and partially based on muscle vehicles, GTA 1's taxis are generally slow, but compensate with good steering. In GTA 2 the opposite is the case, with moderate speed but sluggish controls, inferior to the Taxi Xpress. Both games' renditions have moderate crash endurance.
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Although the appearance of the Taxi between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories varies drastically, the Taxi's performance in all the games of this era may be described as all-round average. With moderate speed, moderate acceleration, light construction, moderate endurance, capable steering and stable cornering (all traits which are helpful during Taxi Driver missions), the Taxi is generally an acceptable vehicle to drive. The vehicle is also front wheel drive, reducing the chances of tailspins when cornering and allowing the vehicle to perform 180-degree turns backwards or forward with ease.
The Declasse Merit-based taxi in GTA IV is powered by a V6, coupled to a 5 speed gearbox in a RWD layout. Acceleration is very good, and the top speed is above average. The brakes have been upgraded over the regular Merit, requiring a shorter stopping distance. The suspension has also had an upgrade, making this vehicle corner more effectively at speed. Crash deformation is acceptable, and the cab can survive a few frontal hits before failing.
The Vapid Police Cruiser-based Taxi is powered by a 4.6L V8, coupled to a 5 speed gearbox in a RWD layout. Acceleration is good, and the top speed is above average. Its braking and suspension are very good, identical to that of the Police Cruiser; ABS is standard, and the suspension easily handles cornering and smooths out the bumpy roads of Liberty City. Crash deformation is good, and the vehicle can sustain multiple frontal impacts before failing.
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The Taxi is one of only a handful of public vehicles that could be customized at a modification workshop, specially, at Transfender.
The modification options (see Transfender article for pricing) of the vehicle include:
- 1 color: For the body.
- 2 scoops: Champ and Fury.
- 2 exhausts: Medium and Twin.
- 3 types of nitrous boasts: 2x, 5x and 10x.
- 2 spoilers: Win and Alpha.
- 10 wheels: Import, Atomic, Ahab, Virtual, Access, Off Road Wheel, Mega, Grove, Twist and Wires.
- Bass boost on car stereo.
- Hydraulics.
Taxi companies
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- Kaufman Cabs
- Mean Street Taxis
- Sunnyside Taxis
- Vice City Cabs
- Express Car Service
- L.C.C. Taxis
- In some of the games in the series, Taxis' radios default to certain stations. They are as follows:
- GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories: Espantoso or VCPR
- GTA San Andreas: CSR 103.9
- GTA Liberty City Stories: Radio Del Mundo
- GTA IV: San Juan Sounds,The Beat 102.7 (Declasse Taxi); WKTT, PLR, Integrity 2.0,The Beat 102.7 (Vapid Taxi).
- In GTA Vice City, Taxis have white spots on the windshield due to an error in applying the vehicle's reflection map.
- In GTA III and GTA Vice City, Taxis may spawn without their lights on top. The roof will still glow as if there was a light there when Taxi missions are activated. In GTA IV, the taxi light can be broken off by impacts.
- In GTA III, if you look carefully to the front grille of Taxi, you will see a manufacturer badge, which resembles the one that real-life car company Ford uses.
- Taxi drivers tend to be vengeful, exiting their vehicle and assaulting the player if he or she damages their vehicle; they may pull the player out of their own vehicles, or throw punches if they meet the player on foot. In GTA IV, they hold onto the player's car door while he or she attempts to escape, until the gaining speed forces them to let go or they get knocked off by an object.
- The GTA IV rendition of the Taxi originally had a black variant, as seen in the Vladimir Glebov trailer. The reason for removing that texture was probably for one of Niko's lines for calling taxis while drunk;Yellow Car!.
- In GTA IV, most taxi drivers are men, however, you can usually find a woman taxi driver in Hove Beach. This is probably a glitch, as the female taxi drivers have no taxi driver dialogue.
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Vapid and Declasse Taxis have six different horns, differing in pitch with some with a high pitched, medium pitched, and lower pitched horns. The pitch determines how well and strong the horn sounds. The higher ranges usually are weak, mid-ranges usually have a somewhat over-blown or out of tune horn, while the lower pitches have healthy and loud horns. Five of the horns used can be traced back to civilian vehicles of different brands (such as Intruder, PMP 600, DF8-90, Primo, Patriot, etc).
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the lighted advertisment/"TAXI" signs on the roof of the taxis are very fragile as a minor collision is most cases is all it takes to dislodge the sign and have it break off the vehicle's roof.
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, most of the taxi drivers are Greek. If a gun is pointed to them, they will say "I'm Greek, you know". They also can be heard cursing traffic in front of them with the Greek phrase "malaka", which is slang for numerous derogatory remarks.
- Oddly if you slam into the rear of a taxi with a passenger in the backseat and kill the driver in the front seat, the passenger will climb out of the backseat and flee unharmed.
- The turn signal in the Vapid Taxi is combined with the brake light, making it the only car in the game with a red turning light.
- If you're taking a taxi ride in GTA IV and shoot outside the car, the driver will stop the car, make a comment and then run away, leaving Niko in the back seat of the stationary vehicle. This will also happen if the LCPD are chasing the player.
- A Taxi can be seen in several screenshots and in Franklin's trailer for Grand Theft Auto V
- Oddly, The Taxi is FWD, unlike its counterpart, the Police, which is RWD. However, in GTA 4, it's changed to RWD.
- There is a glitch in GTA 4 when you read an email after exiting a taxi, the taxi drives off and the taxi driver disappears, the camera will follow the taxi as if you were driving it.
- Parked in the parking lot of Francis International Airport.
- Parked in an alley north-west from the entrace of Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club.
GTA Vice City
- Occasionally spawns in the parking lot next to the North Point Mall.
- Spawns occasionally in the parking lot near the Washington Mall.
GTA San Andreas
- Spawns always in all the cities, as the Taxi is one of the most seen Public Service vehicles.
- Commonly Spawn near Las Venturas Airport, Los Santos International Airport, and Easter Bay International Airport.
- Spawn in areas of Bone County, like The Strip and around the Verdant Meadows area.
- Can be seen driving all over in Los Santos, Las Venturas, and San Fierro.
- Can be found around Verona Beach.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- At the Mean Street Taxis depot
GTA Vice City Stories
- Sometimes spawns in the North Point Mall parking garage.
GTA IV + Episodes from Liberty City
- A Declasse Merit Taxi may occasionally be parked on Asparagus Avenue in front of the LTA Headquarters,
- A Vapid Taxi can be found parked in an alley near Manganese Street and Burlesque in Star Junction, Algonquin.
- Taxis are the the most commonly spawning vehicles in Liberty City, and are particularly common in Downtown, Broker, Francis International Airport and throughout Algonquin, especially The Triangle and Star Junction where Taxis make up the majority of road traffic. Taxis are less common in peripheral, industrial and suburban areas of the city; notably, taxis will rarely spawn in eastern Dukes and northern Alderney and never spawn in Acter Industrial Park (Alderney), and in parts of Bohan.
- A Vapid taxi is seen parked near the construction barrier in the mission Bang Bang.
Grand Theft Auto V
See also
- London Cab, the British equivalent featured in Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 and London, 1961.
- Taxi Xpress, another taxi featured in Grand Theft Auto 2.
- Cabbie, the older, Checker cab-style equivalent seen in the GTA III era.
- Cabby, a minivan taxi featured in Grand Theft Auto IV.
- Roman's Taxi,a custom grey taxi used by Express Car Service.
- Cavalcade, another taxi used by Express Car Service.
- Bickle 76, A Modified Variant of the Taxi featured in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.


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May 6, 2016
Police out of Mount Olive say a man has been arrested for several sex crimes involving a child.
Police Chief Brian Rhodes says that 18-year-old Tyiwan Johnson of Mount Olive was arrested and charged with 6 felony counts of first degree sex offense with a child, and 3 felony counts of indecent liberties with a child. Officials say that the victim is under the age of 13.
Johnson is in the Wayne County Jail under a $1,000,000 bond.
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38 U.S. Code § 8103 - Authority to construct and alter, and to acquire sites for, medical facilities
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(a) Subject to section 8104 of this title, the Secretary—
(1) may construct or alter any medical facility and may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, such land or interests in land as the Secretary considers necessary for use as the site for such construction or alteration;
(2) may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, donation, exchange, or otherwise, any facility (including the site of such facility) that the Secretary considers necessary for use as a medical facility; and
(3) in order to assure compliance with section 8110 (a)(2) of this title, in the case of any outpatient medical facility for which it is proposed to lease space and for which a qualified lessor and an appropriate leasing arrangement are available, shall execute a lease for such facility within 12 months after funds are made available for such purpose.
(b) Whenever the Secretary considers it to be in the interest of the United States to construct a new medical facility to replace an existing medical facility, the Secretary
(1) may demolish the existing facility and use the site on which it is located for the site of the new medical facility, or
(2) if in the judgment of the Secretary it is more advantageous to construct such medical facility on a different site in the same locality, may exchange such existing facility and the site of such existing facility for the different site.
(c) Whenever the Secretary determines that any site acquired for the construction of a medical facility is not suitable for that purpose, the Secretary may exchange such site for another site to be used for that purpose or may sell such site.
(1) The Secretary may provide for the acquisition of not more than three facilities for the provision of outpatient services or nursing home care through lease-purchase arrangements on real property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(A) In carrying out this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may lease, with or without compensation and for a period of not to exceed 35 years, to another party any of the real property described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(B) Such real property shall be used as the site of a facility referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection—
(A) The Secretary may enter into a lease for the use of any facility described in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection for not more than 35 years under such terms and conditions as may be in the best interests of the Department.
(B) Each agreement to lease a facility under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall include a provision that—
(i) the obligation of the United States to make payments under the agreement is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose; and
(A) The Secretary may sublease any space in such a facility to another party at a rate not less than—
(i) the rental rate paid by the Secretary for such space under paragraph (3) of this subsection; plus
(5) The Secretary shall use the receipts of any payment for the lease of real property under paragraph (2) for the payment of the lease of a facility under paragraph (3).
(6) The authority to enter into an agreement under this subsection—
(A) shall not take effect until the Secretary has entered into agreements under section 316 of this title to carry out at least three collocations; and
Source(Added Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a),June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 56, § 5003; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title VI, § 603(b),Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2097; renumbered § 8103 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1),May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(16),Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4684.)
1994—Subsec. (d)(6)(A). Pub. L. 103–446substituted "section 316" for "section 230(c)".
1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 5003 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted "8104" for "5004" in introductory provisions and "8110(a)(2)" for "5010(a)(2)" in par. (3).
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 102–83substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
1989—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–237added subsec. (d).
Development of Medical-Facility Modular Components
Pub. L. 99–166, title III, § 304,Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 956, directed Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, not later than one year after Dec. 3, 1985, to develop a modular approach to planning and design of an appropriate Veterans' Administration medical facility for furnishing of hospital care.
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May 6, 2016
A former tax clerk for the city of New Bern is accused of embezzling near $10,000 in city funds while on the job.
Susan Sutton of Vanceboro was arrested Tuesday by the State Bureau of Investigation. She is charged with two felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer or trustee.
District Attorney Scott Thomas says the 28-year-old woman is accused of taking the city's money between March 2011 and May of last year. Thomas says the city notified his office last summer about missing money from the tax office and he contacted the SBI to investigate.
Sutton appeared this morning for her first appearance and has a June 5th court date in New Bern.
The city says Sutton was fired from her job on May 29th, 2012.
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Taking a view of West Usambara mountains from the lowlands of Makuyuni, Mombo or Mazinde, the area, full of protruding big rocks, looks extremely ugly.
Travellers bound for Lushoto, who intend to venture into the mountainous township for the first time, in most cases think twice before they eventually decide to take up the challenge.
But as they start the short distance journey at Mombo, either by bus or car, slowly up the hills, they come to realise that after all, the place is not as frightening as they had thought.
As they travel, watching the environment through windows, they notice evergreen shrubs and thickets which are a common sight in hilly areas.
The tarmac road is smooth, albeit narrow, with countless curvatures. On the left side while vehicles negotiate curves towards Lushoto from Mombo, the roadside on the left is planted with eucalyptus trees to protect the road from soil erosion.
After Lushoto, if one travels further on to Mlalo, Mlola, Mtae, Bumbuli, Mponde, Baga wards in the district, one would pass through tea plantations and banana plots.
At Mponde, a large tea processing factory is visibly seen from afar.
The factory was commissioned on September 14, 1971, and officially opened on December 28, 1973, by late Rashid Kawawa, then Prime Minister and Second Vice President. It was built by the Tanzania Tea Authority (TTA), then a parastatal organisation, specifically to serve indigenous small-scale tea farmers in both Lushoto and Korogwe districts.
In December 1999, when privatisation of many firms, about 400 parastatals, took root, the Mponde factory ceased to be a government entity.
The tea processing factory was then sold to Usambara Tea Growers Association (UTEGA) with financial backing of Lushoto Tea Company Ltd.
Presently, the factory, whose production capacity is 120 metric tons of green leaves per day, is jointly owned by Lushoto Tea Company Ltd and tea farmers through umbrella association – UTEGA.
Mponde tea factory is situated in Kweminyasa village, Bumbuli ward. It has two access roads -- one from Soni (13 kms) via Magila village and Soni – Bumbuli (30kms).
At a recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the factory premises, UTEGA chairman, William Shellukindo, told the members that the association was formed in 1998 with 1,003 members from both Lushoto and Korogwe and registered under the Cooperatives Act of 1954 and given No. 9523.
"The objective was to create a platform where the farmers would have voice to air their views on the development of their crop," said Shellukindo, a former parliamentarian for Bumbuli.
"As days went by, other farmers joined forces, a situation which elevated the membership to the present figure of 3,806 out of the 6,500 farmers who are within the UTEGA surroundings.
Residents in the factory catchment area, practice mixed farming, though tea farming is the major agricultural economic activity.
Lushoto tea plantations produce 80 percent of green leaves while Korogwe contributes the rest.
However, the farmers' association faces countless challenges which threaten the factory – tipped as the biggest in terms of production capacity, compared to three surrounding units at Hercule, Dindira and Kwamdulu.
Top on the challenge list, according to Shellukindo, is extreme shortage of firewood for use in the factory.
"For sometime now, the factory has been buying firewood at exorbitant cost from far away sources, hence raising the cost of production tremendously," said Shellukindo.
The situation was precipitated by a conflict apparently centred around the ownership of part of the 1000-acre Sakare forest in Dindira Village, Korogwe District.
According to Mponde Tea Company's Managing Director, Shaddad Mulla, the area under protest was included in the sale agreement when the factory was privatised. A 99- year lease was hence granted and number 546 issued.
The company says a total of 670m/- was invested in the Sakare forest for the last eight years.
"We wonder why the intruders are invading the forest now, and not before privatisation took place," Mulla was quoted as saying, almost two years ago.
"It is disheartening to note that while the matter is evidently a hot issue, authorities do not seem to consider the matter a serious phenomenon, despite the implications of the crisis".
"The company is now forced to spend enormous financial resources to buy firewood very far from here (about 100 kms) at a price of 37,800/- per cubic metre against the usual 4,500/-," he said.
In a desperate bid to find a lasting solution of the crisis, three years ago, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, on a visit to the disputed area, directed the regional leadership to chip in and take urgent measures to end the sensitive issue.
Apparently, the issue so far remains unresolved as tree felling in the area continues unabated.
Mponde's anxiety is precipitated by the fact that the trees they planted over a decade ago, is now being harvested by people who did not invest in the area, according to Mulla.
Another equally thorny issue which showed its ugly neck at the meeting, was the selling of green leaves by UTEGA members and farmers to big tea producers – Hercule and Dindira factories.
Shellukindo said the tendency by the tea producers to buy green leaves from their members and other farmers from Mponde had resulted in their factory producing under capacity –a situation which in turn raised production costs.
On his part, Lushoto Tea Company Ltd chairman Nawab Mulla, whose firm is co-owner of Mponde Tea Factory advised the farmners to 'wake up' and understand that by selling green leaves to other factories, they were weakening their own factory.
"If you sell the product to your own factory, you enable it generate profit. You should be united and sell the leaves to your factory so as to raise incomes", he said, adding that the farmers should realize that doing so would benefit not only themselves but also their children in terms of possession of shares," he said.
The Chairman of the Tanzania Small holder Tea Growers Association (TASTGA), George Kyejo, called on the farmers to plant trees on their open farms so that the factory buys firewood from them.
"You should stop bickering, increase acreage in order to become independent. Plant eucaliptus so that your own factory benefits", he said.
"In Rungwe where I come from, we have a tree plantation project which is aimed at liberating us from depending on other sources as far as procurement of firewood is concerned.'
"Similarly, your factory should solicit for plots on which to plant trees for firewood" he stressed.


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(PHOTOS) 5 Worst Dressed at the Country Music Awards! Overalls, Over the Top & OverkillSunny Chanel
Award shows always have a handful of wonderfully dressed celebrities. They are the lucky ones. They get put on the best dressed list. Then there is the other end of the spectrum – the worst dressed. These ill advised stars infiltrate each and every award show be it the Academy Awards, the Grammy's, the Emmy's or at this weekend's Country Music Awards. Now, there were some very stylish and tasteful ensembles to be sure and then, there are the others. Check out the five worst outfits of this year's CMAs.(above) Ira Dean
Ira Dean (who was in Trick Pony) wore this totally psychedelic suit that looked like it was made from some mod bed sheet.
Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd
This mother daughter duo look like they are dressed as characters from some Disney Broadway show, Wynonna as a mermaid like fairy godmother and Naomi as the the evil Ariel inspired queen.
Miranda Lambert
She may have been the bell of the ball, but her Grecian inspired gown was way low-cut and too open in the front, it looked like she would be popping out at any moment. Next time, she should opt for structure over saucy.
Brooklyn Decker
The model and actress may like to show off her curves, but she could do it in something that has a bit more pizazz. When others are wearing sparkles, sequins and ball gowns, in comparison she looks more like the hot real estate agent than one attending a star studded award show.
Joey and Rory
Singing/songwriting duo Joey and Rory could have tried, at least just a little. But the two really stayed true to their country roots in their denim and overalls.


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The weather is practically perfect in East Africa. Sunny and balmy throughout the year, average temperatures range between low to mid-70s year-round with slightly warmer temperatures in summer (November through March) and slightly cooler temperatures in winter (May through August). Despite the fact that East Africa lies on the equator, the region's high elevation (averaging 5,000 feet above sea level), keeps the air mild and pleasant. Temperature variance is determined more by region than by season: upcountry areas such as Mount Kenya and the Aberdares at 7,000 feet can be cool, while the drier bush country is warmer and the sea level regions of Mombasa and Zanzibar quite tropical.
Travellers often ask about the romantic "rains" of East Africa. The "short rains" traditionally arrive in November while the "long rains" arrive around April. Even during the rains, however, the sun usually shines for a part of the day—in fact, many experienced Africa hands enjoy safariing during this time as the bush is lush, green and quiet. It's worth noting that worldwide changes in weather patterns due to global warming have also affected East Africa. We've noticed that the arrival of the rains is not as predictable as in past years, which has also affected wildlife and migration patterns.
Please note: At the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, it can get quite cold—sometimes below freezing.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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- Sarcoidosis commonly affects the lungs and skin.
- Diagnosis is suggested by the patient's medical history, routine tests, a physical examination, and a chest X-ray.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons
The 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Awards and An Evening With Robert Higgs
Recorded: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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The reception and presentation of the Thomas S. Szasz Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties to Robert Higgs and Robert Spillane, followed by a special forum featuring Dr. Higgs on Liberty and Leviathan.
Experts: Robert Higgs, Robert Spillane, Thomas S. SzaszType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Government Power, Terrorism and National Crises


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Rita corny, Michael
Um, HOLYSHIT, if you have that article I'd love to read it. I would totally go but I'm afraid the reaction I might have would be frowned upon in a ballet theater...
You make it sound so tawdry. I'M IN LOVE.
gushing torrents of vaginal love?
Here you go.
Thanks! Once I get my external HD situation resolved, I'll put the farewell show up for you. "Cinderella" is one of my favorite songs, if only for the bridge, but I've only heard that version. I'm really bummed that "Just Another Day" isn't on the farewell show CD...the version they do on the DVD is fucking awesome. Does anyone know how to rip froom a DVD and make it audio?
same here! i was also bummed "Nothing to Fear" wasnt on the cd either!
oh, and I should have some extra time between classes today to find that article for you!
Rita corny, Michael
heres the link for the article, as promised!
Rita corny, Michael
Why do I always think I'm the only one who listen to bands like OB? That's why I love night clubs in Sao Paulo. They always play some of the best from the 80's.
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May 5, 2016
A woman was sent to the hospital after Greenville police say someone shot into the car she was sitting in parked in a driveway Tuesday night.
It happened at 1611 Lincoln Drive in Greenville. Sergeant Dale Mills says 911 got the call just before 8:00 p.m. He says the vehicle sitting in the driveway took fire from several gunshots, and while the two passengers weren't hit by bullets, glass fragments injured one of them, sending the woman to Vidant Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Police are still investigating and have not announced any arrests yet.
The name of the woman injured was not released.
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May 6, 2016
Three teenagers were charged with breaking into an apartment with the help of an alert neighbor and some quick cops.
Greenville police charged 19-year-old Quantez Holloway, 19-year-old Brandon Joyner and 18-year-old Vasco Atkinson with several charges following the Monday break-in on Sterling Pointe Drive. Police got a call from a resident of the apartment complex at 11:30 a.m. who said they saw three people go into another home.
Police responded, and Officer A. Smith saw three people running from the back of the apartment. Officer Smith caught Holloway after a brief chase, while Officer Simmons and Corporal Wormell caught up with Atkinson and Joyner on Belfair Drive.
The neighbor identified the three suspects to police.
Once the person who lived in the apartment that was broken into got home, the break-in victim told police a flat screen TV, computer and a notebook computer had been stolen. As officers retraced where the suspects ran, police say they recovered the stolen items.
All three suspects are charged with two counts of breaking and entering, two counts of larceny,, and conspiring to break-in to a building. Atkinson and Joyner are faced with the additional charge of resisting arrest. Their bonds were set at $100,000. Holloway's bond is set at $50,000.
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Heyward-Bey was running across the end zone early in the fourth quarter Sunday to catch a pass from Carson Palmer when Mundy launched his body and lowered his helmet into Heyward-Bey's facemask. Heyward-Bey's neck jerked violently and his head also crashed into the ground. The pass was incomplete.
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Heyward-Bey's eyes were shut for the 10 minutes trainers attended to him as he lay motionless. He was strapped to a table and placed on a cart. As the cart started to leave the field, he raised his right hand to roaring cheers.
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Yesterday, we went to the Taschen store in SoHo, just down the street from our offices, to meet Richard Kern. His new book, Shot By Kern, is now for sale there, and for the launch, he spoke about the making of the monograph and the Vice show of the same name—he's not exclusively a photographer for the magazine and website, despite the popular belief of a younger crowd. Kern made his mark shooting videos of Lydia Lunch and Sonic Youth in the 1980s and 90s, but videos of him shooting pictures of naked or nearly naked women have almost become more iconic in recent times.
In fact, he said, he's far from exclusively working for anyone. "I'll shoot anything anyone asks me to," he said, in all seriousness. The book comes with a DVD of the footage Kern shot while being filmed for the series Shot By Kern (make sense?), soundtracked with original music by Thurston Moore.
For the past seven years, Kern's been shooting feet for some fetish sites, videos for some musical acts, and many, many series of topless girls. The ages of the women in Shot By Kern average out to about 21, he ventured to guess, although, answering an audience member's question, he has no maximum age. Younger women just happen to like taking their clothes off more, he told the crowd. "Especially in France." Kern discovered many more interesting statistics accidentally, while traveling the world to shoot females in compromising positions—naked tooth-brushing, smoking weed, and putting on makeup in the dark are some of his favorite cues, while the voyeur series and upskirt shots are the undeniable crowd pleasers. For example, around half of the girls shot in the U.S. were medicated, whereas in many other countries, no one had considered or even heard of Adderal. And in Eastern Europe, Kern found girls with boom boxes instead of iPods.
When asked how he came off as less creepy than some fashion photographers while telling much younger women to disrobe and stare at him from between their own legs, Kern said he probably did sound creepy. "I'm a creepy guy, what can I say? But any real photographer will tell you, the magic happens when you get home, when you're thinking about it later."
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - If you haven't made lunch or dinner plans for Tuesday, consider dining out for dogs!
The Humane Society of Missouri is hosting the fundraiser to hep pay for animal cruelty investigations and medical treatment for those animals.
More than one dozen area restaurants are participating and will donate a portion of Tuesday's proceeds to the Humane Society of Missouri.
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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama boy held for nearly a week in an underground bunker by a man who killed a bus driver is said to be playing, laughing and eating -- and doing the things a normal 5-year-old would.
That's according to an FBI official who visited the child after he was rescued by officers who stormed the bunker on Monday afternoon.
Officials are declining to release details about the raid, but say the decision to carry it out was made because negotiations with Jimmy Lee Dykes had deteriorated and that the child faced imminent danger. Dykes had been seen with a gun.
The crime scene is still being processed and officials won't say if Dykes was fatally shot by officers or took his life. They're also reluctant to explain how the raid was accomplished so that the techniques can be used in future standoffs. Neighbors say they heard a boom at about the time officials say the raid was staged.
Dykes was known by neighbors for his anti-government rants and for patrolling his property with a gun, ready to shoot trespassers.
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Friday Mar 11 2011
Wrath on the ballot: $15.85-a-vote special election criticized
By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
A lack of voter interest drove up Placer County's cost of Tuesday's special election to more than $15.85 a vote. And many of the Assembly District 4 voters who cast ballots did so begrudgingly – and with hand-written notations to vent anger and frustration. County Clerk Jim McCauley estimated a cost of $650,000 for the March 8 Assembly District 4 special election. With about 41,000 voters casting ballots out of a District 4 voting pool of 171,000 registered voters in Placer County, that pencils out to $15.85 a vote. McCauley said election workers discovered that from 35 to 50 voters had written messages on their ballots objecting to the election being held, blaming Sen. Ted Gaines for the election, and protesting the decision by Gaines' wife, Beth, to run as a candidate in the special election. Ted Gaines has blamed the series of costly special elections on an imperfect process and has initiated a bill he says could help ease the financial burden on smaller counties. As well as the hand-written ballot notes, McCauley said another "couple of hundred" similar phone calls were fielded by his staff. The calls came from both Democrats and Republicans and didn't appear to be part of an organized movement, he said. "I've never seen that kind of backlash," McCauley said. "There are a lot of angry people out there." Because of the low turnout, which should hit about 27 or 28 percent of all registered voters, the cost per vote is just more than double what McCauley said is a normal election's $7.50. McCauley said the May 3 election would also cost about $650,000. Registrars of voters in all four District 4 counties – Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento and tiny Alpine – weren't expecting a huge turnout for what has turned out to be a primary election moving the two top vote-getters on to a May 3 runoff. Republican Beth Gaines will face Democrat Dennis Campanale if current semi-official vote totals are borne out by a final count expected within eight days. Republican John Allard trailed Gaines by 667 votes as of Friday. A lighter-than-anticipated turnout at the polls Tuesday produced even lower-than-expected turnout totals. In Placer County, McCauley expected a turnout of from 30 to 33 percent. Placer can attract more than 80 percent in heated presidential elections. Sacramento County turnout was even lower. With 39,830 registered voters in the sliver of the county Assembly District 4 drops into, just 4,730 votes were cast – or an 11.88 percent turnout. Alice Jarboe, Sacramento County assistant registrar of voters, said that estimates for election costs haven't been added up but the division tried to keep expenditures down by not using outside help at polling places and having employees work varied hours to keep them manned sufficiently. "But we still had to buy ballots for 40,000 voters even though only 5,000 showed up," Jarboe said. State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, whose win in a special election Jan. 4 to replace the late Dave Cox in District 1, forced the March 8 special election, has introduced a bill that would allow counties with populations of 400,000 or fewer to be given the option of holding a vote-by-mail-only election. Gaines has deflected criticism in the past onto the election process for his decision to run for the state Senate seat that opened up after the death this past summer of Republican Sen. Dave Cox. Gaines said he was already committed to run for the Assembly seat he had held for the past four years, when the District 1 Senate seat special election was called. Gaines would win the Assembly reelection bid in November but also win the Republican slot the same day in the Senate District 1 primary. That advanced Gaines to a special election run-off against Democrat Ken Cooley Jan. 4. He won that election and Gaines' District 4 Assembly seat is now vacant, waiting for the outcome of the runoff May 3, which could be between his wife and Campanale. Gaines has said in a past interview with the Journal that the unfortunate death of Cox came at a time when he had already committed to standing for re-election and won the primary. He has also said the election process is imperfect and his bill on voting by mail would help make it better. He couldn't be reached for comment Friday by press deadline. Jarboe said that while Sacramento County would not be one of the counties affected by the Gaines' bill because it has a population of more than 400,000, it could be an initial step that could allow voters to get used to the vote-by-mail-only concept. But Jarboe added that it would have to overcome distrust by many voters over the vote-by-mail system. McCauley said that he could see a vote-by-mail election working if a small number of polling places were allowed to open on election day to allow die-hard day-of voters the ability to vote in person. Auburn's Gene Riggen said he voted reluctantly, given the fact he didn't appreciate the special election being held. Riggen said he blames Gaines and voted for the lone Democrat on the eight-candidate ballot. "I felt the best tool at the time to show displeasure was to vote for the lone Democrat," Riggen said. Gaines has his defenders, including former Auburn City Councilman Bob Snyder, who said he doesn't fault him for running for two posts – and triggering a second special election with his Senate win. Snyder said he's in favor of anything that puts good candidates in front of voters and the proof was that Ted Gaines won.