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This morning at 8AM in the UK Total War Rome 2 unlocked on Steam much to the excitement of fans eagerly awaiting the next game in the series from Creative Assembly. However, it has not been without problems.
The Steam group is awash with complaints of poor performance, terrible textures, bugs and crashes. Now this is not unusual for a new game from CA, previous games have suffered similar problems so we shouldn't really be surprised.
This afternoon the official forums went offline for some time which is never a great help for anyone looking or advice and Creative Assembly suggest you do the following if you're suffering.
- If you are experiencing low resolution textures when running on extreme, its most likely that you don't have enough video memory.You can force an override by ticking the unlimited video memory tick box in the advanced graphics settings however this may impact performance.
- Another thing, the vegetation alpha is an option that should be set to off for all but the most powerful rigs.
- A workaround has been found that could help some of you: by setting your game in windows mode you shouldn't experience texture issues any more.
If you still have this issue, please update your post stating you have tried these solutions and that it hasn't worked. If it did work could you please update your post to state that instead?
When editing your post to confirm your issue is ongoing, please add your DxDiag as explained here and add your preferences.script.thx.
To get your preferences.script.thx:
- Go to Start->Search and type run
- New window will pop up and type in: appdata
- this will open the appdata folder
- Go to folder: Roaming
- Go to folder: Creative Assembly
- Go to folder: Rome2
- Go to folder: scripts
- open preferences.script.txt
- post the content
We have been testing the retail version today on our ninja-bastard PCs and let's just say performance has not been great with slow frame rates and plenty of graphical glitches and what appear to be some really obvious bugs in the early missions.
It's not a great start for the game and it's also one reason we are holding off on the review as these issues were identified by Peter when he previewed the game about a month ago.
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One thing we have to keep in mind, and I know it's little comfort to those experiencing problems, this is a Total War game, these problems are to be expected.
Update: We've added another post highlighting the latest updates from CA.
Update: Patch is incoming Friday!
Update: Peter has some tips here if you have map lag.
Update – 13 September: IncGamers Review is up
Update – 13 September: Beta patch 2 has been released
I installed the item and have no issues what so ever owner of a powerful rig. I think most of the bugs are generally issues that most lower end computers can't handle. Which is to be expected on release date. It usually takes a couple of patches to fix those issues. Normal fans should be quite aware of this.
Have a look on the steam forums fool. It's happening to a lot of people with powerful rigs, including myself.
He's a fool for having no problems? Maybe you're the fool.
He is an fool because 80% of the people with powerful rigs are having problems… its not a matter of rig.. its a matter of sloppy coding…
It's kinda the same as with Sims 3, very very poor coding. I mean, I checked the recommended system specs (I always loosely base something on that) and it said 1GB DX11 video card. Excuse me, maybe my rig is "ok" when you see all the other, but a 6-core AMD 6100 and and AMD Radeon 7870 Double Dissipation with 8GB of RAM should do the trick, eh?
Settings are set to High (and I was really amazed by the fact it goes to Very High, Ultra and Extreme), and I get a poor 15-20 fps, sometimes lower.
CA, what is this? One of the most damn anticipated games, and you manage to do this >>
End rant, sorry.
I got AMD FX-6300 and HD Radeon 7850 , 8 gb RAM and on campaign map i got same lag no matter what graphic is low or extreme … and in battle i can play on high graphics and still got lags when zoom max to see my units in middle of a fight … sooo there might be a problem with game , hope that fix will be released …
He's a "fool" (maybe a harsh choice of Words) for comenting on something he knows Little about. It's easy to say that it's cause of low end systems but have a look a the steam Rome 2 forum and you will see that thats clearly not the case with this game.
Im having an issue. So i downloaded the game on steam, and when i try to open up the game, it does not open… Sometimes the icon appears on the bottom of my computer as if it were opening, but nothing happens…When i click on the bottom icon to try to switch to it, it gives me an error that says
Failed to initialise steam
are you running steam?
I need help…
Also, i have tried restarting both steam and my computer.
That .. is a weird one. Have you done the classic "verify integrity of game cache" check in Steam? (right click on Rome 2 in your games list, select 'properties' and then the 'local files' tab, followed by verify integrity of game cache.)
If it finds any missing files, that could help. No guarantees though, I've not really heard of that error before, sorry 🙁
I tried it just now, but still nothing. Keep me posted if you figure out a fix for this, i really want to play lol
I have the same / similar problem at the moment.
I downloaded the game, and everything's fine. Yet when I actually open it, it opens for 1-5 seconds, then shuts down.
I get this too.??
close steam , and then restart it. had the same issue
Hello Yancy & Phil and Bleuscyther,
I have exact same problem, I tried all, but no luck, I want to play the game waiting already 10 years for the new one.
please help !!!
Regards, Gilbert
my copy of Rome 2. when I put disc 1 in the computer to install it, it shows an hour glass an then restarts the computer. can any one tell me why that maybe.
Similar issue to you, and it has happened on 2 campaigns! First time around turn 20/25 it did the same thing but with a a different one of the emblems. The second time was in battle- every time the ladders reach the walls of my siege, the game crashes.
Rome 2: Total Fail =(
I bought the game on steam and the game runs smoothly. However on my 10th turn after I hit the end turn button it stops at the Macedon emblem and just stays there. I waited about 15 min and it's still on Macedon! It's not frozen because I can see things on the campaign map still moving but it just won't progress to my next turn! I tried reloading quick save, changed to follow cpu movements, experimented with graphics, and restarting the game but no luck. I can't play the game anymore 🙁
Any advice?
Maybe it's a problem with the macedon a.i not responding in their turn.. You could try to change the difficulty or play with macedon yourself until it's patched :p
For fixing any issues or errors related to Total War Rome II, you can go through below guide.
Total War Rome II fix for crash, freezing, low fps, black screen, no sound etc – forums.techytohelp.com/index.php?topic=2217
It's very broken, and very crap so far. So far on my hefty rig, I've got crap textures (none of the fixes work, which makes me hope that I do in fact have some bug, and it's not just a really ugly game). I've got such a bloated campaign map. The battles are Just Another Total War game, except poor.
I've encountered loads of bugs, such as battles not ending, or ships stuck on the campaign map.
All in all, I am disappoint.
Same thing happened to me, my largest army got stuck in the seas, I had start new game because the upkeep was killing my finances and eventually led me to bankruptcy. So much for a useless army.
Yesterday (3rd Sept) around 1:00pm I got wow through Stream, and its now the following day at 1:01pm and It still hasn't downloaded the game to my PC… Anyone else experienced such long download times? I feel as though every time my PC dims after being sat awhile the download stops so I'm basically just sat here wiggling my mouse every so often.. To be honest its a piss take.
Sorry I put Wow by mistake, I ment "ROME2"
I managed to get my game up and running after tinkering with the settings a little a bit. If you guys are curious to exactly what I you may visit my website at http://drakulus.com/2013/09/04/total-war-rome-ii-graphical-fix/. My next article will explain how to fix your lag.
Alright guys my article on how to fix your lag is up. Until a patch comes out this is all we can do to try and enjoy this game. I hope this helps you out.
Sorry for the triple post I forgot to post a link to fps issues http://drakulus.com/2013/09/04/total-war-rome-ii-lag-fix/
i have had, slow running, freezing, but i think the worst one is. when it is the AI's turn my adviser pops up and says i need siege weapons and i cant progress any further. even if i quit the game and go back at the end of my turn the same thing happens again. i can cope with the slow running at times and the freezing but when i cant get any further in the game that's a problem.
Any help would be appreciated if any is known.
Only thing I can tell you is to lower your settings. If that doesn't work then you'll have to wait for a patch. Sorry dude
Hi Guys,
Creators told us that tthe same requirements as Shogun 2 were needed, only for extreme detail, a bit more. I was able to play Shogun 2 at very high detail, not the best, and still it looked beautiful; this game looks RUBBISH, more like the first Rome Total War. Only in my memory that even looked better. I sure hope something will change after this patch, cause Im not going to buy a new 1000 euro pc only to play this game. Im okay with a bit less graphs, ill even buy a new graphs card, but this I cant look at. (I dont believe a new card will fix the problem, though). Too bad, I was extremely looking forward to it.
Sure hope CA and SEGA will help us out!
Ok game is awesom, and 2 core guys is history. My rig is FX8320,6RAM,GTS450 OC BLACK EDITION GDDR5 1GB, and no lags. And? obiosly i am angry those old computer users couse i think field of depth is a bit to small in game. Would like bit better graphics. But game is ok…ok…. it`s awseom dudes. Buy new computers :D, i like gamepley and most this free cam catarsis dude, buy a computer not the windows user box.
your graphics card is very outdated for a game like this to play on max resolution and extreme graphical setting.. what setting in the advanced graphics menu do you select??
My audio is crappy. it keeps crackling in battles, and also on the campaign, making it almost unplayable just because its annoying as shit!!! anyone experience this or know how to fix the issue?
Sounds like an audio driver issue maybe? Are the cables fully in etc, the card on the motherboard fully? If it's not hardware related, maybe try the motherboard sound drivers if it's not a sound blaster or something. If I have my speakers on and put my phone near my computer I get interference so maybe it could be that?
To add, try looking at the audio kbps settings in windows sound settings in control panel and inside the game iteself as sometimes it can be too many channels for a sound card to play. Hope this helps.
i install the game but when i try to play i go into the game but then i dont see nothing in the screen i can hear the presentation but i dont see nothing what can i do somebody can help me
My computer after playing Rome 2 for three hours just turned off and does not want to come back on again just awesome !
Well you are not the only one.
I played Rome II for roughly 1 hour and it broke down and never started again. I opened my PC up and it was really really really hot in there. Which I don't understand at all. Now my PC lies dissected on my coffee table and I am wondering what to do next. What kind of specifications did you have? Mine was not super, but it had the recommended specs. I am not even angry just sad. Why the hell did it bust like that? I think the 'Ultra' I was playing wasn't suitable for my PC (eventhough the game choose that setting itself) and it forced my hardware to burn to a crisp. I can't explain it otherwise, my PC was not even that old.
Low end system….I doubt that is the issue. I have a Rad 7970 with 3GB of memory, 16GB of RAM, a 8-Core piledriver processor and a Raid 0 to prevent HD bottlenecking, liquid cooling etc. Basically I have a beast system that runs everything on max settings. Rome II…..no matter what setting (EVEN LOW GRAPHICS) I still get terrible FPS in med-large battles. Maybe and AMD or ATI compatibility issue?
what frequency is your cpu running at??? 4.4?? something around there??
I'm having the exact same problem. I put it into windowed mode so that i could track my hardware, and it basically just pushes all my cpu cores to 100%. for me it starts great, but some times during the game the frame rate will drop to this unplayable sate when all the cpu cores suddenly jump up, so annoying!
I have 2 680 GTX 2nd Gen i7 only 8gbs of ram sabertooth motherboard, game runs on Exterme Graphics, I had same issues with the Witcher 2 someone will figure out a problem just need a little time, plus you can't blame the makers of the game there are 1000s of different hardware that they must try and make compatible with millions of different software and 4 different OS with different makes and models lol just give them time
I would just recommend on not giving out a penny for the game until they first fix their issues.
For those who bought it, pray for the game to have performance of your liking and that the bugs/freezes/crash/sound,graph issues will be solved soon.
Wanted to buy the game asap, but as usual games need to be patched as companies never can give out a game to be coded/optimazed right it seems…
I am experiencing strange issue… Game is kicking me out and restarting my computer after around 5-10 minutes of any playing (prologue/Campaign/Battle). No matter if its on Map or battle. It just shuts down anywhere in any situation after 5-10 minutes. I was trying super low graphics and everything but still it does the same. I meet HW requirements of this game. I have updated directx, Nvidia drivers and so on. I was trying to re-install many times, I was trying to run it in window and so on. But no matter what it always shuts down after 5-10 minutes.
same here…running coh2 very smoothly,but rome2 with lowest specs keeps shuting down after 5 mins of playing,was gonna buy a new laptop but good thing i read the comments guess every1 is having major issues with the game,guess ill just have to wait for some patches
I have audio but no visual can't see anything just a black screen.
what frequency is your cpu running at??? 4.4?? something around there??
Synkk, although you did say ur rig is ok and not great….ur rig issnt enough to run more than medium… i mean what did you expect…
i myself cant afford some of the monstrous shit people put in their pc
but what you have is:
a 2 year old graphics card that costs 150$
a 2 year old processor that costs 90$
some unnamed memmory
what kind of 8 gig memory… mhz and cl?
i mean the 8770 is worth its money… dont get me wrong, but its not like you spent 800$ on ur machine and it wont run the game properly…
check this out….
im running it on extreme with 30 fps locked
2.5 yr old msi motherboard (now worth 75$)
2.5 yr old i5 2500 sandybridge (that still goes for 200$)
new Msi gtx760 OC with TF cooling 270$
new 1600mhz 8GB kingston Blu r memory 80$
so to play these new games… i upgraded and spent 350$…
I have an i7 computer with 2 7900 series video cards and 32 gigs of ram and this game keeps crashing my computer every time I launch it.
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While in the past legal threats and legal intimidation may have served CyberDefender well in regards to stifling consumers and individuals public opinions. However, such threats do not work on me as everyone involved will soon find out. I will speak and/or publish my opinions of businesses as I see fit without fear of prosecution or persecution.
CyberDefender Corporation and the law firm that represents them (Catanese & Wells of Westlake Village, California) must have never heard of a US Citizens 1st Amendment freedom of speech rights. I intend to educate all of the involved parties as to what the first amendment is and what it covers.
First of all, feel free to read my opinion pieces by following the links below (hint they are the same article posted on various websites I and my company owns). Which by the way, are read by an estimated 450,000 unique visitors each month. I included the article as well at the end of this item.
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In a nutshell the articles in question are what I found and believe is a scam and of course my own opinion of the websites I have seen advertised on television and from what I have read by searching for online on "MyCleanPC Complaints", "DoubleMySpeed Complaints" and "CyberDefender Corporation Complaints". My personal 1st amendment protected opinion.
In any case today March 29th, 2010 I receive a letter from Catanese & Wells of Westlake Village California demanding that I and my company remove all "potentially defamatory" articles that have been published, the letter below is what I received.
What CyberDefender Corporation, Catanese & Wells, et al. are about to realize is that I take my first amendment rights very seriously and I vigorously defend my legal rights. I would like to remin dMr Douglas M. Hume and the other attorneys of Catanese & Wells that personal jurisdiction for myself and my company (a Georgia Corporation) is the State of Georgia. So in the off chance that you choose to file a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) or other litigation you must file any complaints in Bulloch County Georgia State Court or US District Court, Southern District of Georgia (Statesboro Georgia). I wonder if Mr. T. Randolph Catanese and Mr Douglas R. Hume are even permitted to practice law in the state of Georgia.? According to the Georgia Bar Association neither are listed as attorney's that can practice law in my state.
In the mean time I will be forwarding CyberDefender's legal threat to my contacts at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, my contacts at Public Citizen, and various news and consumer news reporting outlets for consideration.
I have often found that companies that threaten individuals in an attempt to stifle or censor a persons public opinion are often hiding something that they hope and pray never sees the light of day. I can assure CyberDefender, Catanese & Wells, et al. that I, if the letter that was sent to me isn't retracted, that I will ensure to provide the most publicity possible over the issue at hand, namely using legal threats to censor my personal opinion.
The articles in question that I wrote and were published by company will remain online and publically available regardless of the outcome.
It might be prudent that CyberDefender and Catanese & Wells do a bit of research on "Allen Harkleroad" (Google Search) and perhaps "Allen Harkleroad Sucks.com" before they consider filing a frvilous and meritless legal action. What CyberDefender and the law firm that represents them is that I have no problem publically voicing my opinions. In fact I wrote the book on how to deal with companies and legal threats (hint it is called "The Care and Feeding of a Sucks.com ISBN-13: 978-0-9789997-1-1).
So in a nutshell, if CyberDenfender and their attorneys do not retract the letter sent me, then it is "on like Donky Kong", as the old saying goes.
--- The original Article(s) I wrote ---
As a pro-consumer advocate I do a lot of research. For a good while I have seen TV advertising and listened to radio advertising promotion DoubleMySpeed and MyCleanPC Ad nauseam. So I decided to do a bit of research. The most recent commercial is the MyCleanPC TV ads, so I began looking at who owns it.
My initial WHOIS query brought up a Domains By Proxy registration as shown below.
Of course private registrations are easily found out by doing a couple of simple IP and DNS look ups. The domain MyCleanPC.com resolves to a IP address of: 126.96.36.199.
That IP is owned by CyberDefender Corporation, which also owns DoubleMySpeed.com and other similar domains.
I am 100% skeptical of any advertisement that claims to be able to fix a computer online, and from the consumer complaints I have read online, in the case of DoubleMySpeed and MyCleanPC, it appears that my misgivings were completely warranted. Check out the DoubleMySpeed complaints, MyCleanPC complaints and the CyberDefender Corporation complaints.
It seems now CyberDefender is trying to hide who owns the domains they operate, however IP address/DNS lookups don't lie.
What amazes me the most is that with the huge number of complaints, that the Federal Trade Commission hasn't investigated CyberDefender corporation.
Any consumer that has been taken in with their bait and switch tactics should file a FTC complaint, and hopefully the Federal Trade Commission will one day take CyberDefender Corporation to task for harming consumers.
UPDATE April 3, 2010 – To clarify. [NOTE: I Videotaped both processes outlined below]. I setup a computer and installed Windows 7 and used Windows Update to patch the machine. I installed basic software like anti virus software and the like. Mind you this computer had only been running a new operating system for about 24 hours. I then proceed to go to MyCleanPC and installed their CyberDefender (same software on both MyCleanPC and DoubleMySpeed). The scan proceed and finished. The scan claimed that nearly 1,000 errors were found on this freshly setup machine. I click the "fix" button on the scanner software and it took me to a website where I could purchase (i.e. activate) the software. The page had other software as well pre-checked for purchase to the tune of $89.00 and change. Since I wasn't going to buy the software I tried to close the page that the scanner sent me to, the page threw a pop-up window that wouldn't let me close the window, the pop-up had only an "Okay" button to click (to talk to a sale rep). I was pretty much trapped and my only alternative was to click "OK" and listen to a high pressure sales pitch. Well, not quite, I opened the Windows Task Manager and killed the web browser process, which of course killed the page I couldn't escape from.
I then proceed to installed the MyCleanPC software on a fully patched Windows XP machine that I rarely used just to see what happen. Other than installing software I use nothing else had been installed and no software had been uninstalled on the machine. It does have anti virus software on it. The CyberDefender software found over "3,000" errors on a machine that runs perfectly fine, never had software uninstalled and rarely was on the Internet. When I clicked the "Fix / Activate" button in the CyberDefender software I was again presented with the up-sell page with $89.00+ check out page, when I tried to close the Window the web page attempted to trap me again. I killed the process in task manager to escape.
When uninstalling the MyCleanPC / DoubleMySpeed software, I was again presented with a confusing uninstaller that tried it's best to keep me from uninstalling. After Uninstalling I had to go trough both computers registries to clean up the "CyberDefender" left-overs in the registry.
I video-taped the entire process on both machines including the uninstall weirdness.
The MyCLeanPC and DoubleMySpeed TV commercials (I videotaped them as well for future reference) claims that the CyberDefender software also cleans email viruses and other nasties. It appeared to me when running both scans on both computers that the software only scanned the registry and nothing else at all. Seems a bit deceptive to me to make claims that the software doesn't actually do.
The entire process from start to finish smells of scam to me and I stand by my opinion that it is a scam.
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Today, you can join experts from IDEO, Partners Healthcare and Boston Children's Hospital as they use the People for a Smarter Planet Facebook Page for the day for a discussion on the "quantified self" - the continuous gathering of data related to our lifestyles and habits. They will discuss the ... [ + Read more ]
Welcome Susan Emerick to social at IBM CHQ
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IBM announced this week that Susan Emerick will be joining the worldwide IBM CHQ Digital and Social Strategy team, starting May 15. In this new role, Susan will be responsible for integrating key elements of the CHQ Digital and Social marketing strategy. She will help interlock across IBM stakeholder groups, ... [ + Read more ]
Big IBM announcements in October 2011: New CEO, Cloud, IOD conferences, and social media news
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Happy Halloween! I leave the office to travel to India, Paris, Florida, and the Bahamas on business and then vacation for a bit, and all sorts of huge IBM announcements take place while I'm gone. Quick catch up. Here are a few of my favorites:Ginni Rommetty will be the new ... [ + Read more ]


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*The horse fence we use to stake the tomatoes (the plants grow up through spaced layers of the fencing) is working reasonably well for the indeterminate tomatoes. The openings however (2″ × 3″) are just not big enough for the bunches of romas and others of the determinate varieties. Field fence or a clipped cattle panel would work better. We also have some determinate tomaotes growing in another area. These are a little behind the others and we didn't have enough fencing to create the staking system, so we are using some obelisks that I got on clearance from Lowes last fall. We stretched wire between four obelisks placed at corners of a rectangle. There are six plants (possibly 8) here. It will be interesting to see how if this works well.
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I have had no car since november of 2003. I live close to my job and there are some things i miss such as being able to drive and pickup 30 pounds of kitty litter. Other than that i don't miss my car. True it sometimes is inconvenient if i need to go like 10 miles and its cold out or rainy, many times i just don't go, and if i had a car i would have gone-- wherever.
I have saved a lot of money on gas and car insurance since then-- i have spent zero on either of those since nov 2003. That helps a bunch when you don't have much cash to begin with as i do.
Not a car owner.
Well at least I'm housebroken.
I own 1 car and 3 bikes. I hate the car but the wife needs it for the drive to work. I have been trying to convince her that she doesn't need it but so far it hasn't worked.
Doing card tricks for dogs
I have a car. I try to minimize the use of it. Unfotrunately being car free is not practical for me right now.
i have no car, but it's easy in nyc.
I haven't owned a car since October of 1997, and have done very little driving since then. Too much cost, too much liability. As long as I can get by without one, I will.
I suck at driving cars; I am much better at the bicycle. Though I am not "anti-car" - I do borrow cars from friends from time to time - I have gotten along fine not owning one myself since 2001.
i have never owned a car and never had my lice.
I pour pot in the birthday cake
So what! Say what! For my own sake
Never had a car. After knowing what my fellow friends who have cars spend a month on them, I'm amazed. Insurance, car payments, etc. All that money, could have bought new bikes!
Seriously though, it depends on your needs. You could keep a car and try not to use it. If you live in the city, especially Chicago, there's no need for a car - the CTA runs well if you need it but I ride all year round. If I have to go to the burbs, which I have once in a while, I ride it - makes for a good long trip. You could make a weekend out of it (visiting the folks).
I sold my last car for $5.00, and they took my license away when I first tried to drive a friends car again a few years later. I think that 96 or 97. I haven't driven since then. It's only the last 2 or 3 years that I've been able to get by without using the bus more than once or twice a year.
I, too, have never had lice.Originally Posted by Alexi
I also sold my car last year when I moved into the city. I got $300 for it. I used that money the same day to buy a used mountain bike.
You guys rock.
Higher ground for the apocalypse!
I haven't owned a car since 2001. I have 3 bicycles (one fixed, one cyclocross, one mountain beater). Instead of a car, I have a motorcycle. but if I REALLY need to use a car, I just rent one.
I didn't have a car from March 98 until Sept 04. I graduated school and my job is 30 miles one way, poo. In the in between years, 150 mile weeks (commuting, city riding only) were the norm. If I found a job in the city, that truck would get kicked to the curb soooooo fast. But it did allow me to have the day of days this past November: 7am ride motorcycle with the boys to Bucks County (super twisties), home to throw the mtb in the truck. Offroad to that perfect spot and shred into the sunset, home again to strap on the fixie and hit the mean streets if the cit-ay and end up at--- you guessed it, the lbs (local beer saloon).
no car, no license...ever
Oh, yeah? Well, I have an "unlicense;" I'm not allowed to ride in or even look at automobiles. So there.Originally Posted by sohi
Have not owned a car since 2001.
Have 6 bikes now; 3 are single speeds, one fixed, and two geared full suspension rigs. All these bikes (and other things) would not be possible for me if I had to keep up a car...
I'm lucky though, I have a bar within walking distance, and all the other needs are within a 3 mile ride.
Don't really miss the car so much, except for trailhead access - if I want to ride my mountain bikes. Relocating soon to solve that issue though.
"You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe." Its only after the "believers" have their faith shaken sufficiently that progress can start again..."
-Carl Sagan
I have an ailing station wagon, but will joyfully get rid of it when I leave for Japan. It's just not practical, unfortunately, to not have a car where I live at the moment.
3 years car free, pretty much to the day, I think. I am anti-car-culture, which means I understand that having access to a car is pretty much a necessity for most people in this country. For me that means Zipcar or a rental. I probably do that once every few months.
Car free since '03. Although I hate when mechanical or weather issues force me to ride SEPTA!
From Craig's List: IF its a singlespeed that means----all the other parts are broken cut off and dumped...dont buy singlespeeds, the bikes will make your balls fall off
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Been car free since the last one got repo'ed November of 2003! Though ironically enough I have a commercial drivers license.
"Riding bikes on the street is the fuggin jam!" Juvi-Kyle
I have a pickup. Its only use is to get me from Cleveland to here and back, and to get to trails. If I lived within 10 miles from school and didn't mountain bike (or lived closer to trails) I would not have one. As it stands, my car will sit unused for weeks at a time.
Never had a license.
After my Dad's ICD (similar to a pacemaker) was triggered last year, he was not allowed to drive for six months. During this period, four out of the five members of my immediate family couldn't drive, all for different reasons: my twin brother (age 32) had a DWI a few years back, my sister (31) has flunked her driver's test twice, and I have never needed it...
sold my car when I moved to chicago last summer. best. decision. EVER.
for me it's much cheaper to take a cab/rent a car once every month or two to get out of town, buy big things, or just joyride. In less than a year i've saved something like $2,500 not having one. Takes some getting used to but is definitely worth it. I'm hooked.


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Rachel Dolezal Resigns from Spokane NAACP
Rachel Dolezal, the woman who faked her racial identity, has resigned as the president of the NAACP Spokane chapter. Rachel Dolezal portrayed herself as a black woman; however, she was outed by her parents as being white. Much of her past was made up. Her estranged parents told reporters last week that she is "Caucasian by birth," with Czech, Swedish, German and a trace of Native American ancestry, even though she has been representing herself as black for years. The revelation that the Spokane NAACP chapter president was in fact white only had one conclusion. THIS WAS IT. You pretty much knew the handwriting was on the wall when Dolezal was scheduled to address the matter at a chapter meeting on Monday night, but the meeting was postponed.
So how much of this resignation was internal pressure? They can say all the right things externally, but as one can plainly see from the VIDEO below, there were some if not many who were openly upset that a white woman dare pass herself off as black. The activists stated, "I am sorry, you may not copy 'MY' people's struggle." So why is it being reported that she faked her racial identity, rather than she feels like she is a black woman? Hmm, isn't that bigoted?
Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members,
It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP. And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.
I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions – absent the full story. I am consistently committed to empowering marginalized voices and believe that many individuals have been heard in the last hours and days that would not otherwise have had a platform to weigh in on this important discussion. Additionally, I have always deferred to the state and national NAACP leadership and offer my sincere gratitude for their unwavering support of my leadership through this unexpected firestorm. [...]
It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley. It is my hope that by securing a beautiful office for the organization in the heart of downtown, bringing the local branch into financial compliance, catalyzing committees to do strategic work in the five Game Changer issues, launching community forums, putting the membership on a fast climb, and helping many individuals find the legal, financial and practical support needed to fight race-based discrimination, I have positioned the Spokane NAACP to buttress this transition.
UPDATE I: NAACP Statement on the Resignation of Rachel Dolezal.
From Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President & CEO:
"The NAACP is not concerned with the racial identity of our leadership but the institutional integrity of our advocacy. Our focus must be on issues not individuals. Ms. Rachel Dolezal has decided to resign to ensure that the Spokane branch remains focused on fighting for civil and human rights. This resignation today comes amidst the real work of the NAACP and the real challenges to our democracy. (more)
Posted June 16, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Politico Reports NBC Pressures Brian Williams to Resign
Looks like NBC is trying to give Lying Brian Williams the squeeze …
According to The Politico, NBC News brass is trying to shame suspended news anchor Brian Williams into resigning. One of those not so good stories regarding Williams was that according to their internal investigation, Williams appears to have embellished reporting stories at least 11 times.
Longtime broadcast executives say a triple crown of leaks about Brian Williams late last week appear to be an effort by NBC News to shame him into resigning, to avoid the messiness and possible additional expense of the firing. The brutal leaks were designed to send the message to Brian Williams and his superlawyer, Robert Barnett: "You're dead. Now negotiate."
This is the effect of the leaks, if not the intention. NBC insiders say his return is still possible. Look for a resolution over the next several weeks.
Williams was reported to be under a contract of as much as $50 million (five years, at up to $10 million each). Speculation is that he'll get $20 million to $30 million to leave. The $20 million camp says that he's so weak, he'll get less than 50 cents on the dollar. The $30 million camp says Brian has plenty of ways to embarrass the bosses and colleagues who threw him under the bus, and NBC should stop the bleeding/leaking. "He knows things, too," a wise man pointed out.
- WashPost's Paul Farhi reported on the front of Friday's Style section, "NBC's D.C. news bureau opposed Brian Williams's return as anchor" (online: … D.C. bureau strongly opposed … Williams's return in February")
- NYT's Ravi Somaiya reported above fold of Saturday's Business front (with A1 tease), "NBC Inquiry Into Anchor Is Said to Get New Grist": "[Discrepancies are evident in accounts given by Mr. Williams in February 2011 [about his reporting from Egypt's Tahrir Square] … In an appearance that month with Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show,' Mr. Williams described his reporting from the square. …
- "Subsequent reports said that Mr. Williams was reporting 'from a balcony overlooking Tahrir Square,' rather than from inside the square itself … [E]mployees in the news division provided examples for the investigating team to look into, flagging instances in which they thought Mr. Williams had exaggerated."
- Farhi reported online Saturday: "NBC News finds Brian Williams embellished at least 11 times."
Posted April 26, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Bill O'Reilly Calls for "Incompetent" New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio to Resign from Office … He Has Disgraced the Office of the Mayor of NYC
Last night on the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly called for the resignation of NYC Mayor Bill de Blazio.
"You have a mayor that comes in, a man named Bill de Blasio. He is a far left individual, who is incompetent. He cannot run the city of New York."
Greg Gutfeld guest-hosted "The Factor" tonight, but Bill O'Reilly could not stay silent about the brutal murder of two NYPD officers. O'Reilly called in to the show to share his thoughts on the tragic situation and to call for the resignation of "incompetent" New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"You have a mayor that comes in, a man named Bill de Blasio. He is a far left individual, who is incompetent," O'Reilly said. "He cannot run the city of New York."
O'Reilly said that the suspect in the murder of the two officers, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was using the grand jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner as an excuse, not as a mission.
"Everybody should know this is a terrible individual. And I hope he's enjoying hell right now," O'Reilly stated, adding that there are millions of people like Brinsley running around, because our society does not hold them accountable.
O'Reilly made it clear, however, that no one else has blood on their hands for the murder of the NYPD cops, just Brinsley.
"Aiding and abetting Brinsley and other maniacs? Those protesters who yelled 'we want dead cops.' Everybody heard it. Those people should be shunned. If you know them, never speak to them again."
As for Mayor de Blasio, O'Reilly said that he's been anti-police his whole career.
"Who's his best friend? Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton. A racial provocateur and anti-cop individual is de Blasio's best friend. That says it all," "The Factor" host stated.
Posted December 23, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Darren Wilson Resigns from Ferguson Police Department To Protect Fellow Police Officers
Less than one week after police officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Darren Wilson has officially resigned for the Ferguson, Missouri police department. It had been previously reported that Wilson was in talks with the police department to resign. But, thanks to the efforts of those with an agenda who refused to listen or care about the facts of the shooting, their efforts to persecute officer Wilson and get their pound of flesh forced him out of his job. Too bad the trouble makers and race-baiters and "vultures" could not be forced out of their jobs as well.
Citing threats of violence, Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Michael Brown Aug. 9, resigned from the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday.
Wilson, 28, whom a St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict in connection with the shooting, had worked for the city's police department for six years.
In a telephone interview Saturday evening, Wilson said he resigned after the police department told him it had received threats that violence would ensue if he remained an employee.
"I'm resigning of my own free will," he said. "I'm not willing to let someone else get hurt because of me."
He said resigning was "the hardest thing I've ever had to do."
Darren Wilson's resignation letter reads, in part:
"I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow. For obvious reasons, I wanted to wait until the grand jury made their decision before I officially made my decision to resign. It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. It is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal."
Sadly, it is bias headlines and reporting like this from NBC that is partially the reason why Wilson had to resign. But what else should we expect from the lying, agenda driven MSM?
As reported at the NY Times, Adolphus Pruitt, of the NAACP's St. Louis chapter, said the resignation "not only fulfills one of the demands of the protesters, but also provides for one of the steps necessary for the wholesale reconstructions of law enforcement in Ferguson."
Posted November 30, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Shown the Door … Barack Obama Can Tolerate A Lot, Cluelessness, Incompetence & Laziness But Not Criticism
Barack Obama's Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is out. Some say he resigned, others say it was a firing. In any event, Hagel has stepped down as Defense Secretary. Talk about a revolving door. On January 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Hagel to serve as Secretary of Defense. On February 12, 2013, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved Hagel's nomination. Now on 11/23/14, Hagel has resigned. The former Senator from Nebraska had many missteps and seemed like he was over his head from the outset. But how should that be any different from others in Obama's inner circle, including Obama himself? However, it was Hagel's criticism of Obama policy that ultimately led to his demise. Hagel's comment that ISIS is "like beyond anything we have ever seen" might have been the truth, but as we have seen on so many other occasions with the Obama presidency, there is no place for the truth with this administration.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's exit from the Obama administration came after weeks of discussion with President Obama over what role he would play in shaping defense policy over the last two years of his term.
The pair ultimately came to the conclusion that another leader would be better equipped to lead the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), senior administration and Defense officials said.
While aides described the departure as a mutual decision based on shifting priorities at the Department of Defense, there are signs that tensions between Hagel and the White House contributed to the personnel change.
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Hagel's problems were not institutional, he was over his head from the beginning. Anybody who watched his hearings knew that, he knew that. He was sort of a non-presence for the first year or so. The irony is that he got tossed in the end and thrown under the bus because he actually sort of spoke up, spoke out and spoke the truth on the fact that the Syrian policy was entirely incoherent. He went against the White House and Susan Rice and the NSC, who were trying to manage his department and manage the Department of Defense over his head. And when he said the truth, he criticized the administration. Obama can tolerate a lot — cluelessness, incompetence, laziness — but not criticism; he had to go.
Posted November 25, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in Talks to Resign; as Grand Jury Decision Nears
Even if officer Darren Wilson is not indicted on any charges, he is forced to resign …
As we all wait for the the grand jury decision in the shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson, CNN is reporting that Officer Wilson is in talks to resign. Wilson is supposedly in the final stages of talks to resign. Previously, Ferguson Chief of Police Tom Jackson said that Officer Wilson would be immediately returned back to active duty if he is not indicted. That seems not to be the case. Officer Wilson continues to maintains he has done nothing wrong, and the resignation talks have hinged on whether a grand jury returns an indictment against him in Brown's death. His reason for leaving his job has more to do with easing pressure and protect his fellow officers. The sad reality is though, a police officer may not only be found not guilty of a crime, he may not even be indicted of one and still pretty much be forced to resign. That is what happens when community agitators come to town.
As a grand jury gets closer to announcing its decision, Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Michael Brown, is in the final stages of negotiations with city officials to resign, sources close to the talks said.
The grand jury hearing evidence is preparing to meet Friday for what might be its final session. A decision on whether to charge Wilson in the death of the unarmed teen could come the same day, law enforcement officials have said.
Wilson maintains he has done nothing wrong, and the resignation talks have hinged on whether a grand jury returns an indictment against him in Brown's death, the sources said.
While Wilson has told associates he would resign to help ease pressure and protect his fellow officers, he's expressed concern about resigning while the grand jury was hearing evidence for fear it would appear he was admitting fault.
Wilson could announce as soon as Friday his plans to resign, the same day a St. Louis County grand jury meets to deliberate and possibly decide on an indictment.
Posted November 21, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Resigns Amid Numerous Major Security Blunders Including an Armed Security Contractor being Allowed to Get into an Elevator with President Obama
Julia Pierson, the first female director of the Secret Service, resigned Wednesday in the aftermath of a flurry of major security blunders that included last weeks fence-jumper who gained access inside the White House and an armed security contractor who was allowed to get into an elevator with President Barack Obama. Hey Barack, how about nominating some one who can do the best job of protecting your family, rather than a first.
Embattled U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, the first woman to lead the agency in charge of protecting the president, resigned amid criticism over a series of security lapses.
Pierson stepped down just 18 months after President Barack Obama selected her to take over a law enforcement agency that already had been tarnished by misconduct by agents.
UPDATE I: Secret Service Director Julia Pierson steps down … Congress did not learn about the latest incident of the once arrested security contractor with a gun until a hearing where they questioned, now former Secret Service Director Julia Pierson.
UPDATE II: Julia Pierson became the first female director of the U.S. Secret Service in March 2013, tapped to change the culture of an agency that was then marred by a Colombian prostitution scandal.
Talk about a total failure to reach your stated goal. But then again, this is the Obama administration.
"I think it's in the best interest of the Secret Service and the American public if I step down," Pierson told Bloomberg News after resigning Wednesday. "Congress has lost confidence in my ability to run the agency. The media has made it clear that this is what they expected."
"I can be pretty stoic about it, but not really," she reportedly said. "It's painful to leave as the agency is reeling from a significant security breach."
Congress grills Secret Service Director Julia Pierson over lapses in security
UPDATE III: Secret Service didn't follow reporting protocols after Atlanta incident.
Secret Service managers told agents in Atlanta not to file a written report after discovering that a man with a criminal record who had a gun rode in an elevator with President Obama during his visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 16, according to two sources familiar with the case.
The president's Secret Service protective detail and other agents routinely file written reports if anything suspicious happens during a presidential trip or in the course of protecting any member of the first family at the White House on any given day.
The reports for such incidents follow one of two protocols. Agents can initiative a five-day report, for more serious incidents that need immediate investigation and clarification, or a 14-day report for more minor incidents. Neither type of report was pursued in the Sept. 16 elevator case, according to the two sources.
Posted October 2, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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CIA Director John Brennan Admits and Apologized For CIA Improperly Accessed/Hacked Senate Computers … Calls For Brennan to Resign
According to a declassified CIA inspector general's report as reported by ABC News, CIA officers improperly accessed Senate computers, read the emails of Senate staff, and exhibited a "lack of candor" when interviewed by agency investigators. CIA Director John Brennan apologized to Senate Intelligence Committee leaders for the CIA's conduct, which was quite a a turnabout for the CIA directors previous comments that the CIA did anything wrong. Yup, no separation of powers scandal here.
The document, released Thursday by the CIA, is a summary of an internal CIA investigation that prompted CIA Director John Brennan to abandon his defiant posture in the matter and apologize to Senate Intelligence Committee leaders.
The inspector general concluded "that some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding reached between" the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA in 2009 regarding access to a shared classified computer network, Boyd said. The shared network had been used by Senate aides to access classified files on CIA interrogations. The CIA penetration occurred after the aides got a hold of documents that the CIA claimed were internal, but which showed that some CIA officials shared misgivings about the treatment of al Qaida detainees.
Central Intelligence Agency officers snooped on computers used by a Senate committee investigating the CIA's interrogation program, an internal agency report has concluded—a critical finding in a bitter standoff between two government branches.
CIA Director John Brennan apologized to key senators, who were briefed this week on the CIA inspector general's report, the agency said on Thursday.
The finding bolsters allegations by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), the Senate intelligence committee chairwoman, who has denounced what she described as a CIA search of Senate computers that may have violated the Constitution's separation of powers and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.
Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.), a member of the intelligence panel, on Thursday called for Mr. Brennan's resignation after a briefing on the report. "CIA unconstitutionally spied on Congress," he said. "These offenses, along with other errors in judgment by some at the CIA, demonstrate a tremendous failure of leadership, and there must be consequences."
The CIA declined to comment on Mr. Udall's call for Mr. Brennan's resignation.
Five CIA employees, two attorneys and three information-technology staff members "improperly accessed or caused access" to the special network, according to a declassified summary reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Those efforts included falsifying identities to get on the Senate network, reading emails and taking screenshots, said an official who read the inspector general's report.
Senate intelligence committee chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) accuses CIA of spying on Congress
CIA chief denies agency spied on Senate computers … "nothing could be further than the truth, we wouldn't do that. That's beyond the scope of reason."
UPDATE I: Two Democrat Senators, Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and Mark Udall call for Brennan to Resign.
Two Democratic senators demanded that Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan resign on Thursday after revelations that the CIA snooped on Senate computers.
Administration officials briefed the Senate Intelligence Committee's membership on Thursday afternoon about an inspector general report that revealed CIA officials improperly accessed computers used by Senate staffers to research a 6,700-page report on the agency's Bush-era interrogation and detention practices.
"At this point it would probably be better for the agency, frankly, if he did step aside. I think that the level of trust between the committee and the director has hit a new low," Heinrich told reporters. He said he had not spoken to Brennan recently.
"I have full confidence in John Brennan," Obama said in response to a reporter's question at the end of an afternoon press conference.
UPDATE II: Obama remains confident in CIA head John Brennan despite Senate spying.
President Obama remains confident in CIA Director John Brennan's leadership despite an independent investigation that concluded that the agency had overreached its authority by spying on Senate staffers.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the findings had not diminished Brennan's standing in the administration.
When asked whether it damaged his authority or credibility in any way, Earnest said: "Absolutely not."
Brennan first appointed an outside watchdog to conduct an investigation into the allegations, has "been candid" about the "inconsistencies" that the inspector found, apologized and took the step of appointing a panel to review the need for disciplinary action, he said.
Posted August 3, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Unbelievable, One More Glitch for the Road: Even Kathleen Sebelius' Resignation Speech as HHS Secretary is Botched … "Unfortunately, a Page is Missing"
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius managed to put as much preparation and management into her resignation speech as she did her handling of Obamacare. As Sebelius was reading her heart-felt prepared, written speech a funny thing happened, a page was missing. Good grief. How could any one be such a screw up and so unprepared? Maybe, her speech writers just didn't have it in them to spew more lies that Obamacare is good for America. It was a fitting send off for Sebelius, to have one more glitch for the road. It was priceless as Sebelius was flanked by Barack Obama and her supposed to be replacement, if Senate approved, OMB Director Sylvia Burwell.
Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius officially announced her resignation Friday, but just like the glitches that plagued the federal website for Obamacare – healthcare.gov – which she was responsible for, Sebelius experienced a glitch of her own when the last page of her speech went missing.
Photo of the day … One more glitch from Kathleen Sebelius as Obama looks on and can be seen to nudge her to go on and don't make me look like more of an idiot.
Pic – screen grab from WH.gov video
Posted April 12, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius Says: "The Majority of People Calling for Me to Resign, I would Say, are People I Don't work For"
Remember when Abraham Lincoln said during the Gettysburg Address, "… that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.?" Hmm, well welcome to Obamaland …
This week HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke in Arizona after a stop at an Onamacare call center stating that she will not step down as a result of the disastrous rollout of the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov. Sebelius said that "the majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work …". Really, and I thought she worked for "We the People" of the United States of America? The Obama administration appears to have forgot that concept. Sebelius best watch out, the sound she is haring is Barack Obama firing up the bus.
"No one has been fired… Well, the majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work for and did not want the program to work in the first place. I have had frequent conversations with the president and I have committed to him that my role is the get the program up and running."
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There is no public input into this process, even from farmers and ranchers who will be directly affected by entertainment venues in their neighborhoods. To reduce the impact of these facilities on rural neighborhoods e propose that private event centers in agricultural zoning have direct access from arterial or better roadways; are within three miles of the nearest city limits, and/or adjacent to property zoned commercial; and are located at least six miles from another private event center.
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President George W. Bush's implicit threat of financial retaliation against Russia faces a major obstacle: The U.S. and the European Union don't have much economic sway right now over oil-rich Moscow.
Mr. Bush warned Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Georgia puts Russia's global aspirations "at risk," a hint that the U.S. might use its economic power to stymie Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization or penalize Russian companies.
But the U.S. doesn't do that much business with Russia, while the European Union buys so much gas from Russia that it is Moscow that has the upper hand.
"The reality is that in the near term, the economic leverage anyone has over Russia is limited," said Carlos Pascual, vice president of the Brookings Institution and a former national-security aide.
U.S.-Russian trade totaled $26.6 billion last year, less than Americans buy from China in a month. Russians have invested roughly $760 million in factories, companies and real estate in the U.S.; Japanese investors have plowed $233 billion into such U.S. assets, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department.
Even Russia's WTO ambitions offer the U.S. little opportunity for pressure. Russia had been on track to join the WTO early next year, but with global trade talks dead in the water, the appeal of WTO membership has diminished for the Russians. And the U.S. isn't the key player in the negotiations; the last two holdouts on agreeing to Russian membership are Ukraine and Georgia.
"Those two countries aren't going to be eager to give ground to the Russians anytime soon, and the Russians aren't going to ask," said Rose Gottemoeller, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace office in Moscow.
On paper, the European Union might seem better placed than the U.S. to employ economic pressure on Russia. The EU is Russia's biggest trading partner, with two-way trade totaling $285 billion last year, more than 10 times Russia-U.S. commerce. Also, Russia and the EU are negotiating an economic partnership and cooperation agreement, akin to a free-trade deal-lite. The EU could threaten not to renew the agreement or to set severe restrictions on investments or trade.
But at the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels this week, there was almost no talk of economic or trade sanctions in the room, EU officials say. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner thwarted an attempt to discuss ways of punishing Russia. "The first priority is to secure a lasting cease-fire," Mr. Kouchner told reporters.
That infuriated a small group of ministers, led by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who want a tougher stance. "The European Union will want to consider how it proceeds" with the economic agreement, Mr. Miliband told reporters.
France, which has mediated between Russia and Georgia, is eager to prove itself neutral, EU officials said. Talk of sanctions is "premature," an EU spokeswoman said.
EU officials say it is a gamble to play tough. Russia supplies a quarter of the natural gas sold in Europe, where oil-price increases and high taxes are already squeezing household budgets. Russia threw the EU into turmoil over the Christmas holidays in 2005 when it turned off the gas spigot to punish Ukraine.
The dominant EU export to Russia, machines, was only 23% of total EU exports of $120 billion, which included cars, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Russia could also buy those goods from China, the U.S. or Brazil.
Western European auto makers are increasingly dependent on Russia, which some industry analysts predict will supplant Germany as Europe's biggest car market by number of new cars sold as early as this year.
Demand for cars in Russia has been stoked by a rapidly growing middle class and an oil-fed boom. Volkswagen AG VLKAY -0.18 % of Germany and PSA Peugeot-Citroën SA of France are the latest Western European auto makers to either open factories in Russia or announce plans to do so.
"Because of energy, the EU knows it wouldn't come out on top if it imposed trade sanctions on Russia," an EU official said.
Ms. Gottemoeller, however, said the West could find allies among Russian executives. "They might be willing and interested in pushing the Russian government to try to get back in more of a cooperative mode of working with the U.S. and European countries," she said.
Mr. Pascual predicted Moscow will conclude it benefits from warmer relations with the U.S. and Europe.
"In the long term, for Russia to think it can continue to prosper without access to capital and technology available in international markets is simply delusional," he said.
Still, economic sanctions -- freezing the Western bank accounts of the Russian elite, for instance -- might provoke retaliation. Iran and Venezuela have invited Russia to join a natural-gas cartel, a move that could give energy prices another boost.
"Moscow is not in the mood the take anybody's punishment for what is happening in the Caucasus," said Dimitri Simes, president of the Nixon Center, a Washington foreign-policy think tank. "There are ways to hurt Moscow, but you'd have to be prepared for unexpected consequences."
—Louise Radnofsky in Washington and Greg White in Moscow contributed to this article.
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Uganda: Returnees caught up in land disputes
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AMURU, 1 October 2008 (IRIN) - The return of relative peace to most areas of northern Uganda had convinced Akello Jucantina, 78, to leave the camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Amuru District where she had lived for years to restart life in her original village.
Then she learnt that her family land was now owned by somebody else. "I was surprised to find out that part of our family land in Purongo [in Amuru] has been given to somebody as a farm," she told IRIN.
"We do not know who did this but my family is returning to the land," she added. "We will wait to see who comes to evict us."
Jucantina is not alone. According to local officials in Amuru, disputes over land ownership are threatening the resettlement of thousands of former IDPs.
"Land in the rural areas of Acholi is communally owned. Even before the war each clan had its own land where members would graze animals communally, go hunting and plant crops," Edward Openy, a community leader, told IRIN.
But now, Openy said, thousands of returnees faced the threat of eviction after at least 85,000 hectares of communal land was transferred to the district Land Board.
The land is in the Kololo, Lakang and Omer areas of Amuru district. Some district officials wanted to take advantage of the impoverished IDPs and privately own the land, he said.
"Most of the elders who knew the clan land boundaries died in the war ... and some are taking advantage of the situation to privately claim ownership of the land," Openy said.
However, the Land Board secretary, Christine Atimango, said the land was a game reserve that was de-gazetted in 1973 by then president Idi Amin.
"The people who settled in the area did it illegally," Atimango said. "The law is clear and the board is following the constitution because any Ugandan is free to settle and own land anywhere provided they apply through the district land board and are granted the mandate to use the land."
Land shortages
Besides conflict over land ownership, the shortage of land was also an issue among IDPs still in camps in Amuru.
At least 3,000 widows and orphans have nowhere to return to following the death of family heads in the 20-year war in the north or the sale of their land by relatives.
Commercial farms were also said to be encroaching on returnee land.
"A land conflict is imminent with IDP returnees being threatened by some rich individuals who want extensive hectares of land for commercial farming," Michael Lakony, the Amuru District Speaker, said.
"Disputes over land are adding further uncertainty, with the most vulnerable members of society - such as widows and orphans - at greatest risk of being denied their rights," according to an Oxfam report: From emergency to recovery, Rescuing northern Uganda's transition.
Oxfam recommends that returns should be supported by "mitigating the potential for disputes over land ownership by strengthening formal legal mechanisms such as courts and involving traditional clan structures in order to avoid parallel processes, and by providing greater public information about citizens' land rights, especially for women and child-headed households".
An official, Walter Ochora, said the government supported any initiatives that would ensure proper land use and bring development to the region without depriving genuine land owners.
"We want people to move away from subsistence to commercial production where war-affected families look at farming as a means of employment to earn an income and improve their living conditions," Ochora said.
Land is becoming a major source of tension and the most vulnerable members of society will suffer most, according to Oxfam.
More than half the 1.8 million IDPs in the northern region of Uganda have returned to their villages of origin or to transit sites closer to their homes since the August 2006 signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.


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Two crews from Chippenham were called to Lanhill Stables at 7.18pm to deal with a blaze in the tiled roof of a single storey home.
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Boat chore day. Heading to Russell tomorrow so we can be in town for Waitangi Day on Friday. Starts Thursday night with a free concert followed by a festival all day Friday. Waitangi day is a public holiday held each year on 6 February to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, on that date in 1840. Going for a full moon hike tonight. Maybe we'll see or at least hear some Kiwi birds.
Rewired the instrument panel again. Got the oil alarm to work but the fuel gauge, water gauge and fuel shut switch still does not work. I have a new fuel gauge and will buy a new temp sender and fuel shut off switch when we get into Russell tomorrow. The outboard issue (overheating) was just a clogged intake screen. I have ordered new impeller just to have one on hand. Just to tell you........
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Our inflatable kayak found a good home. Had it listed on TradeMe and there was a bidding war. Got twice what we wanted and it turns out the guy who bought it was only 3 boats away from us!
Julie completed the starboard side pin rails and the butterfly hatch today. Sanded and oiled. So much easier with a sander.