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|Zaketta Flynn
Hey all,
Really looking forward to this game. Some buddies and I have been trying to finish off the Savage Tide Adventure Path for a couple years now, and needless to say, the chance to play in a full-on pirate campaign has me totally stoked.
I think I've got my character info formatted correctly (including separate spoiler tag for my "concealed item"). I should mention that my daughter is having surgery tomorrow (nothing serious, just a little correction for her club feet). I don't anticipate that it should interfere with posting, but I thought I should give you all the heads up in case I'm a little late replying.
That said, Ryuko, would you like us to go ahead and begin posting in the main game thread?
|Ralo Half-Ear
I've looked through everyone's sheets and I must say, I am impressed. We have a solid party here with very few obvious weaknesses. I'm sure we will find them in due course though :P
Would you all give us some background on where you were thinking of taking your character as far as progression goes?
Ralo is a two weapon fighter. I had thought of multiclassing to cleric of Besmara, but I don't think I'll need to :P At this point, I think I can effectively take him along the fighter path and push for him to be a real damage factory.
|Zaketta Flynn
I love your story's "hook," as it were ;-) Really cool stuff.
Zaketta is going to do straight cleric, but feat/skill-wise she's going to focus on "piratey" skills that will tie in directly to the campaign (prof: sailor, siege engineer, a mix of social skills, etc.) Tactically, I see her playing a support role in combat (buff/debuff).
Along similar lines, should we try and coordinate campaign-specific skill coverage? Skimming through the player's guide, it seems like we'll want to have at least one person in charge of piloting, one or two people in charge of gunnery (siege engineer is the relevant skill I think?) etc.
Incidentally, that reminds me: Ryuko, would the Leadership feat be appropriate for this campaign (since I assume we'll be crewing our own ship at some point)?
|Ralo Half-Ear
Thanks "Mad Zak!" I really hope we get to find out who your father is.
I can see Ralo as the pilot, but he wouldn't want to rise higher than first mate. He is happy enforcing what disciplines are needed (though truthfully he doesn't like rules) but he certainly does not want the responsibility of making rules.
|Ralo Half-Ear
|Zaketta Flynn
|Ralo Half-Ear
Generally you use the [ dice] code accompanied by [ ooc] text. Example:
Seeing an advantage, Ralo steps behind the scoundrel facing Zaketta and lines up a strike.
[ ooc]Flanking Attack[ /ooc] [ dice]1d20+3[ /dice] [ ooc]for[ /ooc] [ dice]1d6+2[ /dice]
which ends up looking like:
Flanking Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 for 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
|Zaketta Flynn
|Durvin Tamish
As far as roles in the party, Durvin is all about support. He's an okay combatant (esp with Wpn Finesse a free constant), but he is a decent face, and will be built to buff (Bard song, haste, etc.. to enhance the party).
As far as the ship, also more in support roles, like navigator and lookout.
Zarque will probably take up the navigator position as well, I didn't think of that aspect before but I will head in that direction now, it fits since Zarque likes knowledge and books and stuff, and he can't really do much of the heavy lift work.
Unless someone has another idea where he might be useful, position-wise?
|Durvin Tamish
Sadly, as I was looking over what you have, I would almost say ratcatcher. Between Darkvision, natural armor, and small size, you'd make a pretty good mouser. Otherwise, they just grabbed you for another shiphand, possibly thinking you a rigger that takes up half as much space, and eats half as much food.
Hello, hello, everyone! I'm very glad to be aboard and look forward to a fabulous game.
Mawj is very much a stealth-oriented character. I plan on maxing out Acrobatics, Perception, and Stealth at every level. I'm putting ranks in Heal for character background, but primarily to qualify for various feats (Jawbreaker, Bonebreaker, Neckbreaker). I think he would do a fine job as ship surgeon or up in the crow's nest.
Quite all right. After all, where do you think my new boots are coming from?
|Ralo Half-Ear
|Durvin Tamish
|Zaketta Flynn
All right guys, your time aboard ship is split into Ship's Actions. Ship actions can be used to explore the ship, scrounge for gear (including possibly your old gear), interact with the crew, or other actions. You can generally take 2 ships actions per day. You can attempt to take up to two additional ship actions during the middle watch in the dead of night, but to do so you must make a sucessful CON check of 14 for the first extra and 18 for the second extra or be Fatigued for the next day. A list of Ship Actions follows:
Daytime Actions
Work Dilligently:Gain a +4 bonus on any one check for the job's daily task.
Influence:Attempt to Influence a Single NPC during your job.
Sneak:Make normal checks for a job's daily task, then attempt to briefly explore one area of the ship (make a single Perception Check in the area with no chance of detection.)
Shop:Take a -2 Penalty on all checks for a job's daily task and visit the quartermaster's store
Shirk:Take a -2 on all checks for a job's daily task and take some time to explore the ship. You can take 10 on a single Perception Check or other skill check, but must make a check to avoid being discovered slacking.
Nighttime Actions
Sleep: Go to bed early and sleep through the night (Recovers from Fatigue)
Gamble: Get the pirates together to create or join a game of gambling
Entertain:Make a Perform check to attempt to entertain the crew
Influence:Attempt to Influence a single NPC
Sneak:Take time exploring one area of the ship. You can take a 20 on a single Perception check or other skill check, but must make a check to avoid being discovered
Steal:Attempt to open a locked door or locker. Must make a check to avoid discovery.
All jobs require a check or two. Failing this check by 4 or less earns you a stern verbal warning, with a rope bash for the second offense. Failing by 5 or more earns you 3 lashes, with an additional 3 lashes for each extra day in a row you fail your assigned job.
Attempting Stealthy ships actions is generally a DC 15 Stealth or Sleight of Hand to avoid being caught. This may go to a DC 10 or DC 20 depending on the amount of risk of being discovered. Failing the check by 4 or less is a close call and means you are too jittery to try again today. Failing by 5 or more means you are caught red-handed by a crew member, who may turn you over to Master Scourge for discipline, particularly if they dislike you.
Influencing NPCs
Most NPCs begin with an indifferent attitude toward your group. Thanks to the odd habits among pirates you may use Diplomacy, Bluff or Intimidate to attempt to sway the attitudes of an NPC. Helpful NPCs will be considerably more useful to have around than those that hate you.
|Zaketta Flynn
Course not Zarque, I just work all day and have very little personal time. I apologize if I miss a day here or there. I'll be updating at least every couple of days, more on weekends. Sorry if my initial amount of posting was misleading. Also forgot one more little ship rule.
Rum Rations
Rum Rations are served to the ship every night at dusk along with dinner. You have three options with the addictive and debilitating rum ration. You can Drink Normally, which deals you 1 Con damage (Which heals overnight) with no other effect. Drink Deeply, which deals 1d3 Con Damage and requires a DC 5 Fort save to avoid becoming addicted to the rum rations, but gives you +1d2 to any checks to influence the crew through the next 24 hours. Lastly, you may Cheat, requiring a DC 10 Stealth or Sleight of Hand Check, which gives you the bonuses from drinking deeply with none of the side effects, however, the penalty for wasting rum is 3 lashes.
We'll assume for the first day everyone just drank normally, so as to avoid any retcons or such.
EDIT: Sorry, almost forgot Zaketta's question. The Gamble option gives you a +2 to influence crew through the next 24 hours as long as you have money on the line (Whether you win or lose). The Entertain option gives a +2 to influence in the next 24 hours on a successful DC 15 check, but failing the check by 5 or more means the pirates are unwilling to let you have the spotlight again for at least a week.
|Durvin Tamish
The healing overnight, is that regardless of whether we take one or two night actions, or does taking night actions prevent us from healing? Or do we only not heal if we fail the check to avoid Fatigue due to night activity?
|Zaketta Flynn
That was, indeed, hilarious, Mawj.
Regarding the recovery of our gear: do other crew walk about with weapons and armor openly/would we be calling down the thunder if we did so? Obviously we want to get equipped again, but will we need to keep our stuff hidden away until we make our move?
EDIT: In anticipation of future skill checks, Zaketta will prep a different set of spells for tomorrow, swapping out Bless for Tap Inner Beauty.
|Zaketta Flynn
Absolutely, looks like a club to me. Also, the following items are so easy to find and common on the ship that you could likely swipe or walk away with them without arousing any suspicion: Barrels, Baskets, Block and Tackle, Candles, Canvas, Hemp Rope (up to 200 ft), Grappling Hooks, Lanterns, Waterskins, Sacks, and Simple Tools (Especially Saws, Hammers, Rope Knives and Picks). All Tools used as weapons function at a -2 for their unwieldiness.
|Ralo Half-Ear
How heavily do you enforce alignment? After playing Ralo a bit, I do not think that my original assertion of CN makes sense for him.
I play alignment as dictated by actions, not the other way around. If you want to change Ralo's alignment because he's being more Lawful or Neutral or Good or whatever, feel free. Make those actions and I'll consider that his alignment.
EDIT: List of crew is up. I'll put in a short description of everyone later, but for now that's everyone in order of most likely to least likely to be influenced. The only officers that are influenceable are the Cook and Quartermaster (One other will be later, but there's an event first)
|Ralo Half-Ear
|Zaketta Flynn
|Zaketta Flynn
|Ralo Half-Ear
I assumed Ralo followed Zaketta's lead to hit Fipps.
In combat I will wait 24 hours between turns, or whenever at least 4 of you have gone and I get the chance to make a post. If anyone misses their 24 hour window, I will post for them doing as I feel appropriate. Initiative is handled by me, and is generally broken into blocks so that the enemies can all go at the same time. I'm generally generous about this, taking PC initiative up if I have to in order to keep the enemies together. I generally only require mapped positioning in battles where it is very important, and in general you can make do with general movement, though it's not entirely ignored (for instance, in tumbling behind Aretta, Zarque is now smack in front of the last 2 bullies all alone.)
Also, within the initiative block, feel free to move whenever you get the chance. Any of the three who are up can move in any order.
|Zaketta Flynn
It might be helpful if the actions we can take during the day and night were posted under Campaign Info. It might also be a good place to list descriptions of the various jobs and the required skill/ability checks.
Done and Done! Character Descriptions up later tonight.
I'll likely have you roll your own jobs from here on out.
|Zaketta Flynn


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PARKERSBURG – Coming as it did in the middle of a war started by secession, the establishment of West Virginia as a separate state during the Civil War is interesting as the only successful example of secession to occur in U.S. history.
That was among the information provided by Ronald L. Lewis, WVU professor of history emeritus and West Virginia historian laureate, during his program "The Revolution that Forged a State" Tuesday evening at West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
The program was part of the college's sesquicentennial activities during April.
Lewis was appointed historian laureate in 2010 by then-Gov. Joe Manchin. He has written books on the history of West Virginia.
"Virginia's decision to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy in 1861 precipitated the separation of western Virginians from the commonwealth. If Virginia's secession constituted a revolution, then the decision of loyal westerners to secede from Virginia and create a new state represented a revolution within a revolution," Lewis said.
Several factors contributed to the decision by northwestern Virginia's residents to secede from rest of the state during the Civil War, with the issue of slavery being far down the list, according to Lewis.
One of the biggest issues was the western Virginians' loyalty to the Union, along with decades of political and economic wrangling between the two sections of the state leading up to the Civil War, he said.
The eastern part of the state was commercially oriented and slave-owning while the northwestern part of the state was agriculturally based with a much smaller incidence of slave ownership, although it did exist. As an example, 30 percent of Virginia's population were slaves in 1850, more than 490,000, Lewis said.
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Following efforts by western Virginia leaders from 1861-1863, primarily centered in Wheeling and Parkersburg, the state of West Virginia became the 35th state in the U.S. on June 20, 1863.
Tuesday's lecture was sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities Council. Lecture attendees had the opportunity to visit an exhibit in the student activity center called "Born of Rebellion," also sponsored by the council.
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* April 30: Marc Harshman, West Virginia poet laureate, 7 p.m., College Theatre, presented by the WVU-P Humanities Speakers Series.

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For as long as I can remember, I've liked numbers.
I like math.
That puts me in a powerful minority.
People who understand and embrace math wield the most powerful weapon ever made.
Let's dispense with the obvious reasons that math is powerful.
The most effective (destructive) weapons rely on physics, or the science of equations, and chemistry. (Try making a stable mixture of chemicals without math.)
Some of the constructive uses are equally powerful: Medicines, medical equipment, roller coasters, air travel and cellular technology all rely on math.
Yet the true power of math comes from the ignorance and fear of it.
One of my earliest memories of math's potency stems from this: "Four out of 5 dentists recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum."
Anyone of a certain age knows the saying from a Trident gum commercial.
I remember thinking as a child that Trident gum must be good for me.
That's power.
Before long, I started asking questions: Which doctors? Why didn't the fifth doctor recommend sugarless gum? How many doctor s were asked?
A few years later: Do these dentists work for Trident? Why would dentists recommend gum at all?
How often is a statistic presented as fact, in a vacuum, without supporting documentation or an understanding of the source of the statistic?
A statistic is used as a club to hammer home a message. When one doesn't understand all that went into generating the statistic, its power becomes immense — a blunt instrument that relies on the general population's dislike, and ignorance, of math.
How about math as an economic weapon?
Isn't it wonderful that tuna fish (or peanut butter or jelly) hasn't gone up in price in years?
Thank math.
The tuna can contained 8 ounces, then 6 ounces, then 5 ounces.
Incremental changes in volume go unnoticed because the price remains constant.
Consumers think: "Wow, tuna prices are stable."
The tuna company thinks: "Wow, consumers are ignorant."
Politicians love math, too.
They cherry-pick one statistic from an obscure report commissioned by an obscure group whose agenda might not be to the betterment of humanity.
Politicians use math to convince us that everything would be OK if we just cut fraud and abuse in the welfare system.
They use math to confirm that the American education system is failing.
They use math to justify increased spending in their districts while bemoaning the spending everywhere else.
Politicians thrive on the public's fear and ignorance of math.
The only way to weaken math's destructive capabilities is to embrace math.
Instead of telling our children we weren't good in math, we should tell them that math is the secret to power — that it will make them creative, competitive, powerful, less prone to scams and more valuable in the workplace.
We should tell our children to respectfully question authority, especially when numbers are used as weapons.
Mastering math, our children should learn, is akin to mastering the most powerful weapon on Earth.
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The Edward Snowden mess and his secret spying report reminds me of the Bob Lazar secret UFO/flying saucer fiasco report. These two men have a lot in common. They both are your basic high IQ, all brains, genius, they kind of look the part of the studious know-it-all with glasses, they both are approximately 30 years old when they disclose the classified info, (Lazar age 33 in 1989 and Snowden age 30 in 2013), they both worked for the federal government at secret places, and they both went to the media to report their tales of woe. Lazar said he was working as a physicist at Area 51 and Snowden at the National Security Agency. The problem for Lazar is he could never prove anything he said about reverse engineering alien flying saucers, etc. Now, Snowden has the same problem. If all the things he is alleging are top secret, how will he prove any of it? He is now a hunted man and wanted for crimes in the USA. He is seeking asylum in a foreign land where he thinks hell be safe. Lazar was never charged with anything because it was all denied and proven to be fake. Snowden will no doubt suffer the same fate or much worse. These guys should have gone to their boss or their local congressman instead of the media. Theyd be a lot less famous and a lot better off.
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"I am sorry for what I did," said Pyong "Peter" Pak, 42, testifying at his sentencing hearing in Circuit Court.
What Pak did according to prosecutors, was mastermind a widespread identity theft ring.
"I hope that one day the people I hurt can forgive me," said Pak.
Pak and 14 others were prosecuted for breaking into homes and cars, stealing mail, dumpster diving, even buying personal information from chronic drug users to create fake ads, credit cards and bank accounts, stealing more than $200,000 from more than 250 victims over a 13 month period ending in October 2010. This is the third time Pak has been prosecuted for ID theft.
"Mr. Pak is the reason we have identity theft laws in Hawaii," said deputy prosecutor Chris Van Marter.
Prosecutors wanted the judge to serve Pak with the maximum sentence possible based on 80 counts of ID theft. Pak plead guilty to the charges last October.
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Pak's attorney blamed his client's untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from serving in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division for his addiction to crystal meth -- an addiction which he said led to his crimes.
"Does that excuse the repetition and the number of offenses? Absolutely does not. But it indicates we have a societal problem," said defense attorney Eric Seitz.
Judge Collette Garibaldi took into account his PTSD and drug addiction, as well as Pak's military service and limited criminal history when she handed down a 20 year sentence, with a mandatory minimum of eight years in prison.
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How Does Reflexology Work?
Reflexologists postulate that reflexology helps release stress, which in turn helps the body heal and regenerate itself.
One theory is that reflexology works with the central nervous system. This theory builds on research done in the 1890s by Sir Henry Head and Sir Charles Sherrington, who began to show through their research that a neurological relationship exists between the skin and the internal organs, and that the whole nervous system adjusts to a stimulus.
According to the theory, the reflexologist's application of pressure to feet, hands, or ears sends a calming message from the peripheral nerves in these extremities to the central nervous system, which in turn signals the body to adjust the tension level. This enhances overall relaxation, brings internal organs and their systems into a state of optimum functioning, and increases blood supply (which brings additional oxygen and nutrients to cells and enhances waste removal). It positively affects the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, immune, and neuropeptide systems in the body.
Another theory that may also explain how reflexology can produce pain relief is the gate control theory, or, more recently, the neuromatrix theory of pain. This theory suggests that pain is a subjective experience created by your brain. The brain does this in response to the sensory experience of pain, but it can also work independently of sensory input and create pain in response to emotional or cognitive factors. Thus things that influence the brain, such as your mood or external factors like stress can also affect your experience of pain. According to this theory, reflexology may reduce pain by reducing stress and improving mood.
Yet another theory holds that there is a "vital energy" in the human body. If stress is not addressed, it leads to congestion of energy, which in turn causes bodily inefficiencies, which can lead to illness. According to this theory, reflexology helps keep the energy flowing.
What about zone theory?
The recognition of reflexology as a specific type of treatment began with Zone Theory, in which the body is divided into 10 vertical zones. Each zone corresponds to fingers and toes all the way up to the top of the head. For example, if you are standing up with your hands on your thighs (palms facing down) the thumbs and great toe would be zone 1. On either side of the body, the index finger and second toe would be zone 2, etc.
In reflexology theory, every organ, valve, muscle, etc. that lies within a zone can be accessed via a point or area on the feet or hands. For example, working between toes 2 and 3, or fingers 2 and 3, the eye point is found. These pathways between pressure points and other parts of the body are thought to be connected via the nervous system, as described above.
The zones are similar to, but not the same as meridians found in Chinese medicine. However, there are some correlations with some meridians and the location of organs on the feet and ankles.
What are the guiding principles in reflexology?
Reflexologists practice following the principles listed below.
- Reflexologists do not heal clients; the body repairs itself. The reflexologist acknowledges that he or she is a participant in the session, rather than "the healer." As with other healing arts, it is important for the practitioner to center and ground themselves and then "get out of the way." This is an acknowledgement that reflexology is offered to help bring the person back into balance so that the body can nurture and repair itself. A reflexologist believes that the purpose of this work is to help the client's body come into alignment with its own energy and ability to heal.
- Humans consist of a physical and emotional body, with a mind and spirit that are all interdependent. The reflexologist takes into account all aspects of the client's being: body, emotion, mind, and spirit. A relaxed body can induce calm emotions, a serene mind, and an integrated spirit.
- The body responds to touch, which can facilitate healing on all levels. Frequently, clients will think they have to "focus" or "concentrate" to feel the benefits. While being quiet will frequently induce a deeper feeling in the novice, the client needs to have no special skills or habits for reflexology to work. Reflexologists maintain that as long as the practitioner has knowledge, stays centered, and allows the flow of energy to occur, the client will respond positively.
- Practitioners and clients may feel energy move. A reflexologist may feel the energy move from a point of pressure on feet, hands or ears throughout body. For example, when working on the spleen and gall bladder points, the practitioner can access the points at the same time and feel a flow of energy. Due to the power of these two points, the client may also feel the flow.
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Poetry Friday: I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail, illustrated by Ramsingh UrvetiFriday, December 7th, 2012
Illustrated by Ramsingh Urveti, designed by Jonathan Yamakami,
I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail
Tara Books, 2011.
Ages: 8+
The glorious blue and intriguing cut-outs on the cover of this truly stunning book just beg you to pick it up and explore its pages. As you open the book, the feathered (or is it fiery?) eye leaves the peacock's head behind, and you have to keep on turning until you find the whole bird. From then on, each page reveals a half-line of the anonymous seventeenth-century English nonsense/puzzle poem that makes up the text. The clever cut-outs mean you can read the poem in two ways – in its original tricky layout that offers a surreal, perplexing view of all the amazing things that "I saw," or the more logical sequence created by joining the second half of the former line to the first half of the latter:
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail
I saw a blazing comet drop down hail
I saw a cloud… [you can read the whole poem here]
The secret is in the lack of punctuation throughout and the poem would make a fun punctuation task for younger children to work out – but the poem offers much more than a school exercise and is a delight for people of all ages to ponder the essence of poetry. Joined here with Ramsingh Urveti's combination of black on white and white on black art influenced by his Gond roots, and Jonathan Yamakami's imaginative book design, I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tale is a veritable feast for any poetry lover.
This is Urveti's first solo book but he was a contributor to Tara Books' much loved The Nightlife of Trees (New Horizons Award 2008). Here, his artwork is extraordinary in the way it manages to convey all the twists and turns of the poem whether puzzling or logical. He incorporates the recurring "I saw" inventively throughout. The ebb and flow of the different scales alluded to, from a mighty oak to a tiny ant, are reflected in the intensity of the patterns that at times seem to froth from the page. The book's physical design is full of surprises right to the end: and this is a very physical book. In the age of the e-book, this is an oasis for anyone who loves the physicality of the book. If you think you know just the person you'd like to give it to, you might have to get hold of two copies – this is one of those books that would otherwise be impossible to give away!
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Two Carroll University students have raised enough money to pay a man's ticket for carrying an air gun and causing a campus lockdown.
Seniors John Heavey and Emily Kammerud organized an online collection after seeing a TV interview with the 50-year-old man. The online page raised $360 in donations as of 10 p.m. Thursday.
The lockdown lasted about 90 minutes Tuesday after two people reported seeing a man with a gun on campus.
Police said the man found the non-lethal weapon in the garbage and was carrying it back to his apartment when he was spotted on campus. He was cited for disorderly conduct.
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The Fort Worth-based producer group was founded 136 years ago to fight cattle theft in Texas, a problem that still plagues ranchers today.
In 2012, more than 10,400 head of cattle and horses were reported missing or stolen to TSCRA, a large jump from 2011 when the number reached 7,600.
"Livestock and ranch equipment theft is a big problem in Texas and Oklahoma," said Larry Gray, the association's executive director of law enforcement. "The good news is that a lot of these thieves get caught because of the hard work and dedication of the special rangers."
In 2012, TSCRA Special Rangers investigated 980 cases in Texas and Oklahoma, primarily involving stray or stolen livestock. The total market value of all recovered livestock and property reached $4,474,479. Convicted thieves received a total of 279 years of prison, state jail, probated and suspended sentences and deferred adjudication. Thieves paid more than $3.8 million in restitution, fines and court costs.
Though the association's rangers are commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, they are not funded with taxpayer dollars. TSCRA membership dues, paid for by ranchers and landowners, provide the rangers with funds for salaries, equipment and training.
The 30 rangers are stationed strategically throughout Texas and Oklahoma. In addition to being trained in all facets of law enforcement, each ranger has in-depth knowledge of the cattle and ranching industry, making them a true asset to fighting crime in rural Texas.
The rangers are aided by TSCRA market inspectors. Market inspectors collect brands and other identifying marks on four to five million cattle sold at 104 Texas livestock markets each year. The inspectors report their findings to TSCRA headquarters where the information is entered into the nation's largest brand recording and retrieval system. This database is the first source checked when a special ranger receives a theft call.
Gray says ranchers should brand their cattle to help prevent theft and to aid in the recovery if their livestock is stolen. Locking gates and counting cattle regularly are other tips that can prevent livestock theft. Parking trailers and equipment out of roadway site and marking saddles, tack and other equipment with the owner's driver's license number is not only a deterrent, but also aids in the recovery and return of stolen property.
"Becoming a TSCRA member and displaying the blue gate sign on your property where it can be seen from the road is one of the best deterrents to theft," said Gray. "Thieves know what the blue gate sign means, and they are less likely to come onto your property."


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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 06: Actor Kiefer Sutherland attends the after party for the opening night of "That Championship Season" at Gotham Hall on March 6, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Al Pacino
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 07: Al Pacino attends the opening night of "The Merchant of Venice" at The Broadhurst Theatre on November 7, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Getty Images)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 15: Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman (L) and Andrew Garfield take a curtain call at the Broadway opening night of "Death Of A Salesman" at the Barrymore Theatre on March 15, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
David Alan Grier
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Actor David Alan Grier joins the cast to take a bow during the curtain call at "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" Broadway opening night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on January 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Will Ferrell
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 5: Actor Will Ferrell appears onstage during curtain call at the opening night of "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush" at the Cort Theater February 5, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
John Lithgow
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Actor John Lithgow attends "The Columnist" Broadway opening night at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
Jim Parsons
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: Jim Parsons attends the after party for the Broadway opening night of "The Normal Heart" at The Edison Ballroom on April 27, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Ricky Martin
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 05: Ricky Martin attends the "Evita" broadway opening night after party at the Marquis Theatre on April 5, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones' most recent role, Desiree in A Little Night Music, earned her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.(credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Chris Rock
Comedian Chris Rock also made his stage debut this Spring, starring in The Motherf**ker with the Hat.(credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Daniel Radcliffe
Best known for playing the title character in the Harry Potter films, Daniel Radcliffe has made his musical debut in this year's revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.(credit: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
Robin Williams
Actor Robin Williams made his Broadway acting debut this March in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.(credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg has taken her talents and characters from her 1991 comedy Sister Act to Sister Act: The Musical, which Goldberg produces.(credit: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
Jennifer Garner
Actress Jennifer Garner came to New York in 2007 to star in Cyrano De Bergerac.(credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes starred in All My Sons on Broadway in late 2008.(credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
Paul Rudd, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper
Julie Roberts starred alongside fellow screen actors Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper in the 2006 production of Three Days of Rain.(credit: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
Scarlett Johansson
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Clutch -- New York, NY -- May 2nd, 2013
Second night of the second leg of Clutch's tour supporting the Earth Rocker album. The first band up was Lionize and they were pretty good. I was really excited that The Sword was opening and they were awesome as usual. Really cool they opening with "The Sundering" as the into. I always liked that song as a good way to kick off a show or an album or whatnot. The new material sounded great as well. I even caught a drumstick!
It was my first time seeing Clutch and they did not disappoint. I only heard good stuff about their live show and it definitely met expectations. They played for almost 2 hours I think and basically all of the new album, Earth Rocker, and a lot from Blast Tyrant which I was happy about. On a side note, some girl either fell on her head or (what I think) had her earring somehow ripped out and was gushing blood from the side of her head. She had to be lifted over the rail and taken for medical help by security but some poor security guard who grabbed her over the rail got her blood ALL over his shirt. The dude was covered! He didn't look too pleased haha. Anyway, the show was great, the crowd was into it the whole time. Awesome, fun night! Here's the sets:
The Sword
The Sundering
Veil Of Isis
Cloak Of Feathers
Tres Brujas
To Take The Black
Barael's Blade
Seven Sisters
Freya/Cheap Sunglasses (ZZ Top cover)
Earth Rocker
Book, Saddle, & Go
Cyborg Bette
The Mob Goes Wild
Profits Of Doom
D.C. Sound Attack!
Mice And Gods
Cypress Grove
The Regulator
Oh, Isabella
The Wolfman Kindly Requests..
Gone Cold
The Face
The Yeti
Texan Book Of The Dead
Electric Worry
One Eyed Dollar
Crucial Velocity
Burning Beard
At 2:30 a dude goes over the rail....he slams into the girl and she hit the rail. Next you see the guard pull her out and then he has blood on him.
I was on the third floor and saw it from above.
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Wake up, inhale the earth grown fumes
Higher than mountains, but oh so goddamn deep
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- Title
- Galactic wind signatures around high-redshift galaxies
- Author(s)
- Kawata, Daisuke; Rauch, Michael
- Abstract
- We carry out cosmological chemodynamical simulations with different strengths of supernova (SN) feedback and study how galactic winds from star-forming galaxies affect the features of hydrogen (Hi) and metal (C IV and O VI) absorption systems in the intergalactic medium at high redshift. We find that the outflows tend to escape to low-density regions, and hardly affect the dense filaments visible in H I absorption. As a result, the strength of H I absorption near galaxies is not reduced by galactic winds, but even slightly increases. We also find that a lack of H I absorption for lines of sight (LOSs) close to galaxies, as found by Adelberger et al., can be created by hot gas around the galaxies induced by accretion shock heating. In contrast to HI, metal absorption systems are sensitive to the presence of winds. The models without feedback can produce the strong C IV and O VI absorption lines in LOSs within 50 kpc from galaxies, while strong SN feedback is capable of creating strong C IV and O vi lines out to about twice that distance. We also analyze the mean transmissivity of H I, C IV, and O VI within 1 h(-1) Mpc from star-forming galaxies. The probability distribution of the transmissivity of H I is independent of the strength of SN feedback, but strong feedback produces LOSs with lower transmissivity of metal lines. In addition, strong feedback can produce strong O VI lines even in cases where H I absorption is weak. We conclude that O VI is probably the best tracer for galactic winds at high redshift.
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- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 663, no. 1 (Jul 2007), pp. 38-52
- Publication year
- 2007
- Keyword(s)
- Dynamics; Formation; Galaxies; Kinematics; Stellar content galaxies
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Suspicious man reported by kids
A pair of students from Southport Elementary School report that a suspicious man in a pickup truck may have been staring at them as they walked home from a school bus stop on Linden Road.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, within a few blocks of Linden Road and Violet Drive.
"Two kids got off the bus on Linden Road, near their house," Lieutenant Tod Sockman of the West Sacramento Police Department told the News-Ledger. "They saw a guy in a dark gray pickup truck. They described him as in his 50s with sideburns. He may have been staring at them. They got creeped out by him and thought he was following them. They took a detour, and went down what they described as an alley, and never saw him again."
"The man didn't speak to the kids," he said.
[adrotate group="9″] Sockman said it isn't clear whether the man was up to any mischief, but the kids "did the right thing" by being vigilant and careful.
"I wouldn't want them to do anything else," he said. "But it could just be a guy sitting in a truck. There was enough information that we took a police report and put it out to every single patrol car."
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Meet Walt Bowman, WUSD candidate
Editor's Note: each local election cycle, the News-Ledger invites all candidates for West Sacramento local office to meet us for a published interview. Those interviews are seen first by News-Ledger subscribers. We're pleased to offer our Oct. 3 interview with Walt Bowman below. He's running for one of three available seats on the Washington Unified School District school board.
By Steve Marschke, News-Ledger Editor
Walt Bowman is a 71-year old retired truck driver who lives with his wife in the West Capitol Avenue area of West Sacramento. This November, for the second time, he will be trying to earn a spot on the Washington Unified School District Board of Trustees.
What's driving him?
"I want to get one person off the board," he mentioned. "I'm not going to name any names. I want to put new faces on the board. I'd like to see three new faces this time around – whether it's me or not doesn't matter."
Bowman is one of a handful of challengers joining incumbents David Westin and Mary Leland in pursuing three available seats on the school board. His own two kids are grown, but he became angry when the board made moves to close the charter school that two of his granddaughters were attending. That school, the West Sacramento Early College Prep Charter School, has been deemed to be underperforming.
"They wanted to close that school," Bowman told the News-Ledger last week. That started me getting mad, and my daughter said, 'instead of getting mad, why don't you run?'"
"I like charter schools," he added. "I'm for it. If I'm on the board, every time it comes up, I'm going to vote for it. They're an alternative education – some kids don't fit in well at the regular schools, for one reason or another."
Bowman has another grandchild at Stonegate Elementary. He has lived in New Mexico and in the Bay Area, and he spent a year at Chabot College in Hayward before his career in long-haul and local trucking.
How does he think the current board is doing – aside from the charter school issue?
"Overall, they might be doing OK," Bowman allowed.
How about the district's finances in this era of state-budget cuts?
"I feel they have the money," said Bowman. "Like everybody else, they say 'oh, we don't have the money.' But if they don't have the money, how are they paying the teachers?"
[adrotate group="10″] Student test scores have gone up in the past two years. Is that important?
"These people on the board now make a big deal of that," he answered. "But they're not in there taking that test. They're not in the classrooms teaching. Yet they're saying, 'we got the test scores up.' No, they didn't."
What does Bowman think of the quality of WUSD's schools?
"They're probably doing okay," he answered, "but the schools on this side of the town (in the north) are kind of overlooked. I don't think they give the schools on this side of town a fair shake."
What big challenges does he see in the district?
"They say it's money, but another thing is that there's a high drop-out rate at the high school," answered Bowman. "That's going to be a big problem to fix. We should hire high-end mental health counselors and bring them in here. We can sit them down and get inside these kids' heads and figure out what's going on. They're going to say it's going to cost the district money. But, well. . . ."
Does Bowman have other ideas for improving the district?
"Probably some of these kids need a lot of help. Like counselors, or some kind of aides to help these kids."
"If politicians would keep their noses out of it, and let the schools teach, the students would be better off."
West Sacramento voters elect their school board (and their city council) "at large," meaning there is one group of candidates voted on by people from every neighborhood. Bowman would like to see future school board voting done by districts, to help the northern part of town get more consistent representation.
"If we go by district, everyone will have a fair chance," he explained. "You're going to have a mix of people from Bryte, Broderick, (the central business district) and so on. You'd get a cross-section of people on there. Things would get done."
What will Bowman do if elected?
"If I get in there, I will try to get the buses back," he responded. The district – reacting to budget cuts – has cut a lot of its school bus service recently.
Bowman said he will not be spending a lot on his campaign, because "I don't like to go out and ask for money."
"I'm not backed by anybody (on the board or city council) and I don't belong to this group or that group. But I'm going to give it a shot."
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Open your home to a child: info
Every year, over a hundred children in Yolo County need foster homes to shelter them from abuse or neglect.
Learn more about what it takes to be a foster parent. Attend a free session from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, at the local library, 1212 Merkley Avenue. For information, contact Cherie Schroeder of the Foster & Kinship Care Education program, at (530) 574-1964 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. There's also a lot of info at www.yolofostercare.com.
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Letter from Austria: West Sac kid reports back from Europe
Editor's note: Fabi Perez of West Sacramento is in Austria as a Rotary Youth exchange student. He's sponsored by West Sacramento Centennial Rotary Club Centennial and Pocket Greenhaven Rotary Club. Here's a report he has sent of the first month of his visit:
By Fabi Perez
So far I have had an amazing time. I arrived on August 8 at around 3 p.m. in Munich, Germany. My flight was smooth from San Francisco to London at about 9 hours. From London I flew to Munich in about 1.5 hours. I can now say that I have been to three European countries in a single day. That thought makes me ecstatic, to say the least.
When I arrived in Munich, my host dad, Christian, was there to greet me. Funny story: I forgot to tell them which airline I was taking, so my host brother, Jakob, was waiting in the other terminal. After that mix-up, we drove to Riedau, Austria, which was about a two- hour drive. On the way there we were exchanging many questions, and getting familiar with one another.
It was an entertaining drive because we drove on the Autobahn (somewhere I had always wanted to go). Once I arrived to my host family my host mother, Elisabeth, greeted me with a tremendous Austrian hug – ha ha. She was extremely excited to meet me and it was a glorious moment. Soon after I put my luggage in my room, my host dad started up his grill and we had a barbeque (here it's called Grillen. We had Kotelett, Spiess, and Wurst for dinner. It was incredibly good.
I managed to adjust to the time after one day which was good. The next day, I woke up and went on a bike ride with my host parents to get to know the neighborhood. On the way I met one of my host mother's sisters, Elcha. There I was introduced and we chit-chatted, and we also had Schaumrolle made by her. They are tasty, crispy rolls filled with a sweet cream. Riedau is a small town and it's quaint. It's exactly how I like things. The days don't go too fast; they go at the pace that I like. It's a wonderful sensation.
Later that day, I met my Host Mother's other sister, Kirsten. There, I had the pleasure of tasting Austrian pizza. It was tasty. My host parents and their family also asked me if I eat chili and said yes. They told me they had some incredibly spicy chili and then asked me if I wanted to try it. Naturally I did, and they were surprised that I put a lot on it because for them it's incredibly spicy and for me it was like strong pepper. They were surprised.
The next day I managed to organize some of my belongings because I was going to go to language camp in two days for two weeks. After, I did that I went shopping at the local grocery store, Uni-Markt, with my host mother and younger host brother, Niklas. The store was small, but it was packed with a lot of local merchandise. After that I helped my host mother sort all of the merchandise.
I was lucky that I brought my hand-held video game system because my younger host brother likes to play games. We played some Mario Kart for about an hour which was fun, because my other two host brothers also joined in. The next day my host mother asked me if I wanted to go a wedding. I said I wanted to go, and so we went. The wedding was in Willibald.
It was a wonderful wedding because it was the first European church I had been to. The architecture in it was amazing because it was built in the Gothic period. Later in the day, my host parents and I went to Schärding to meet my host counselor, Klaus. He's the manager at a sports clothing store. He's a very nice man, and we discussed with my host parents all the Rotary information.
[adrotate group="7″] After these few days of getting to know my host family I was ready to head off for two weeks to language camp. Before be we left to Altmünster, my host father made Weiner Schnitzel. I saw the process to make it and it was fun to learn. After we had the Weiner Schnitzel we headed off to camp. The drive was two hours long and I took a small snooze 30 minutes before we arrived.
At the camp exchange students trickled in, I was one of the first ones to arrive. There were people from all over the globe. I met students from different parts of the United States: Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and Taiwan. We were a big group of exchange students – 70 altogether. We outnumbered the group that was already there by 50.
I also met two exchange students from California. One of them is Carley Barrett from Benicia the other one is Mark Heisinger from Lake Tahoe. We got along pretty well. Throughout the two weeks I shared a room with three other boys: Juan from Ecuador, Giovanni and Juarez from Brazil.
I also managed to befriend all the other exchange students with great success. The next day we started German lessons. There were six classes: four beginner, one intermediate, and one advanced. I was in the beginner class. Class started off slow because our teachers had to assess at what level we all were so during the first few days kids were floating in and out of class. I was able to switch out to intermediate, but I decided to stay in my class because I didn't want to overwhelm myself.
In the end my class was the Beginner+/Intermediate class, which was a good thing.
Also, the lake in Altmünster was gorgeous. I swam in it a few times, hiked the area most of the times and also explored Gmunden, the next town over. Later in the week the group of students went on a hike to see Altmünster from the top of a hill. In short it was one of the most beautiful vistas I have seen.
The exchange students also went to the Rotary Club of Gmunden to meet the president and club. The club put on a special presentation of a special military unit for ceremonies, the club president had a Napoleonic-era cannon to be shot into the lake. It was an awesome sight.
[adrotate group="9″] On August 19th we were taken to the oldest salt mines in the world in Halstatt. I was one of the most excited students there because I'm an avid fan of geological terrain. It was an amazing experience to be in those mines and it was at a cool temperature. I was disappointed because there was no place where I could go and extract minerals, but I still managed to buy some Rose Salt at the gift shop, though.
Once we were done in the mines we hike town to the town in Halstatt which is a nice tourist town. There I played giant chess with one of my friends Joel. I found out that China loves Halstatt so much that they made an exact replica of it in China. On the last Saturday at camp we were treated to a special concert by an amazing choir in a church. I think I can say that I will never hear something that angelic again. Before the concert the students were told that we had to organize a talent show and I participated which was nerve wracking, and all the students got to see the cool talents all the others have which was nice.
After leaving language camp and saying goodbye to the others it was time to head back home. Once, home I managed to finally get fully acquainted with my host family. By this time one of my host brother's, Jakob, had left a few days prior to start his exchange in Mexia, Texas. The past few days have been fun, I have already biked to many places on my own so I can memorize the area. It's a wonderful place where I'm at because it's one big back road. That's what I love. I have also, driven with my host parents everywhere they have gone and I have recently gone to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Then on the first of September my town had its annual Trachtenball which enabled me to wear my first Leder Hosen. They are quite comfortable. All in all I am content in Austria. It's completely different and I love it. I have pictures posted on my blog for viewing at:
I'm extremely grateful of having had this opportunity granted to me. This has been one of my goals since I was little to be living in a different country and I wasn't thinking of even doing this after high school, but I'm glad that I did. Thank you all for reading.
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New bowling league for seniors
There's a new bowling league for those age 55+ at Capitol Bowl, 900 West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento.
Bowlers of all skill levels are welcome; scores are handicapped. Cost is about $10 per week, and play is at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Teams of four can be all male, all female, or mixed.
For more information call either 530-753-5369 or 530-668-9559.
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Oleg Maskaev: running for city council
Editor's note: During every West Sacramento election cycle, we invite each of the candidates for city council and school board to sit down for an interview to be published in the News-Ledger. On Oct. 3, we published the following interview with Oleg Maskaev.
By Steve Marschke, News-Ledger Editor
Oleg Maskaev brings a measure of celebrity to this year's West Sacramento City Council race. He's the lone challenger to incumbents Bill Kristoff and Oscar Villegas. He's also a former WBC heavyweight champion.
Maskaev beat Hasim Rahman in the boxing ring in 2006 to earn his heavyweight title, defending it successfully later that year against Peter Okhello. At 43, he still trains (albeit at a less-strenuous level) and he plans a few more fights before hanging up the gloves. But Maskaev's name is already well-known in sporting circles and among the Russian community worldwide.
Still, the boxer says he's also the same "simple man" who used to work in a coal mine in Kazakhstan, a republic that used to be part of the Soviet Union.
"Everbody says 'Oleg is a superstar,'" Maskaev told the News-Ledger. "But I'm still a very simple man. I'm still that young guy working in the mine, running in the streets and playing soccer."
Maskaev met a reporter for an interview this week, in a meeting set up by his campaign manager, David Joyce, and also attended by his campaign videographer. He recounted how he came to be living in Southport with a great boxing career behind him.
"I worked in a mine," he said. "My father was the boss. What happened was, I almost got killed. . . I was lucky. The wagon, which weighed close to 7,000 pounds, went down while I was working down there. I was cleaning the rails. When I saw it coming, I just jumped aside. For five minutes, I couldn't talk. People up there were saying 'Oleg, Oleg, are you OK?"
When his father learned of the near miss, he pulled Maskaev from the mine.
[adrotate group="9″] The younger Maskaev developed a successful amateur boxing career while attending a university.
"Because of boxing, I had lots of privileges," he recalled. "I didn't have to go every day to college, because I was training. . . (but) I studied very hard, I passed the tests."
He earned degrees in engineering and in a subject similar to physical education.
Then Maskaev accidentally lost his amateur status after fighting a pro. But he won that fight — which led to a phone call from New York asking him to come fight professionally. That was in 1994.
Now, the 43-year old prizefighter lives in Southport with his wife and four kids. How did he end up in West Sacramento? The answer lies partly in the town's thriving Russian community.
"I'd been in West Sacramento a number of times (before moving here) because of my friends," said Maskaev. "I fought a couple of times in Reno. All my fans in West Sacramento came to watch. I fell in love with the city. It was beautiful, nice, because of the nature, fishing and hunting. And because of the weather – New York is a little cold."
He moved to the city in 2006.
Why is he running for council?
"I love the community, the city and the people," Maskaev answered. "(There are) very nice people – I have lots of friends here." But:
"Some things have to be changed. I know people can trust me. I'm a very easy going man. I can sit down and talk to people."
Maskaev said he was encouraged to run from both within West Sacramento and from outside. His campaign manager supports conservative Republicans, and Maskaev said his Republican affiliation is important to him in this campaign.
"It's very important, because I love my family, I love my church and the city," he commented.
[adrotate group="7″] The local Russian Baptist church has taken a stand against gay marriage. Are social issues like this part of the local campaign?
"I was raised in a hardworking family," he said. "I was raised to love people and not hate them. When we're united, we can help each other. Hate has nothing to do with it."
Asked about his community service experience, Maskaev replied that he is proud to have served as a missionary, speaking to groups of people around the globe.
"It's very important stuff," he said. "I've spoken to many people. They look at you and want to see who you are inside. . . My message was that when I was young, there were two ways. We have to choose (between) the right way and the wrong way. I chose the right way."
Maskaev is trying to unseat one of the local city council's incumbents. How does he feel the council is doing?
"Right now, they are doing bad. There is no question."
What are they doing wrong?
"What are they doing good right now?" he retorted. "I saw one improvement – sidewalks. That's all. What about the rest?"
He gestured toward the storefronts in the Southport shopping center surrounding him.
"As you see here, we don't have any businesses. All the small businesses went out. We can see a lot of spaces available. . . Over by Nugget, there was a nice karate gym. Now, it's closed. Who's going to get blamed? Not me – they are."
What should the city do about the problem?
"They should allow them to come here, and help them."
What's the main culprit? Paperwork? Taxes?
"I think taxes," said Maskaev. "That's number one, right now,"
He was asked what he thought of the city's police and fire services. Are they good?
"Not now," answered Maskaev. "It used to be, yes, but not anymore, because of the budget."
What can the city to do fix public safety issues?
"They can create a budget for that, (be) more flexible to have more police, more firefighters – it's very important. Safety for the people."
Is the city doing a good job improving flood protection?
"I think they're doing OK. We have to work on that more. How are they doing it? They want to raise the property taxes for the people. It's going to affect them. We're going to see more houses (in) foreclosure. We can't do it that way – we have to make a special source for that."
Where should the money come from?
"First of all, I have to see my limits and fight with the limits," he said. "When you're a politician, for instance you're on a council, you have to see your limits and what you can do."
Do the city's planning policies support good growth patterns?
"I have to see everything. I have to see all the cards and just do my best."
Is there a role for government to get involved in assisting some development projects? Should taxpayer money sometimes play a role?
"It has to be involved all the time. . . checking every move," said Maskaev. We can sit down and figure out which way is good for the development and help make sure it's going to happen."
Maskaev looks to be mounting a serious campaign. Asked about his fundraising efforts, he answered:
"It's improving. . . I'm going to talk to the people. I'm a simple man."
And then a small group began to assemble nearby to assist him on a door-to-door walk in West Sacramento precincts that morning. Time to go talk to some of the people.
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Restaurant specials on Wednesday:
From Art Schroeder, City of West Sacramento
West Sacramento's City Council has proclaimed Wednesday, Oct. 24, as West Sacramento Food Day, in support of the local food economy and healthy eating. The day encourages the public to take advantage of the diverse eateries in West Sacramento.
[adrotate group="10″] In a proclamation approved by the City Council Oct. 17, the City of West Sacramento endorses Food Day in the interest of health and the community's well-being. Safe, healthy diets are a key factor in improving the overall health of citizens. The Food Day also supports the local economy, bringing attention to sustainable family farms and the local agriculture.
The City Council also has a goal of promoting West Sacramento as a food industry hub, with research, distribution, and consumption as essential ingredients of a vital, local economy.
The participating West Sacramento restaurants on Food Day include:
The Eatery, Pooja Indian Grill, Sal's Tacos, Tsuki Sushi, Vientiane Restaurant, and Wicked West Pizza & BBQ. The list is available at the City of West Sacramento's website business page: www.cityofwestsacramento.org/business .
On Oct. 24, eat locally for special dishes and discounts. No coupon is needed. Simply mention "West Sacramento Food Day."
The National Food Day, also scheduled for Oct. 24, was created last year by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, along with over 50 food-related, non-profit and national organizations. The day promotes a nationwide movement in support of healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. For more about National Food Day, visit www.foodday.org .
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The fiscal cliff and a tax-season nightmare
On Tuesday, the chief of staff of Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation said that "the federal tax system is on the precipice." According to the Congressional Budget Office, taxes will rise by more than $5.4 trillion over the next 10 years if Congress and the Administration are unable to reach a resolution to the fiscal cliff. Higher taxes plus sequestration's automatic spending cuts to defense and other government spending would send the economy into recession.
Consider, too, the tax season nightmare that will torment America this spring if Congress and the administration fail to extend key provisions of the tax code -- notably the temporary "patch" to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) that expired at the end of 2011 -- as the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, told Congressional leaders this week (letter).
The AMT patch is not well understood outside of tax circles. In short, it's a temporary increase in the exemption amount that keeps an additional 28 million taxpayers from facing this arcane and complex calculation. Failure to extend this provision would unexpectedly and unintentionally increase their tax liability by $92 billion this tax filing season.
On a practical level, given the complexity of the AMT, the IRS cannot quickly reprogram its computers if Congress does not extend the patch. The IRS warns that "there would be serious repercussions for taxpayers" if the AMT patch is not enacted by the end of this year.
Because of the delays created by the need to reprogram IRS computer systems, the acting commissioner stated that the IRS would need to "instruct more than 60 million taxpayers that they may not file their tax returns or receive a refund until the IRS completes the necessary systems changes. Because of the magnitude of and complexity of the changes, it is entirely possible that these taxpayers would not be able to file until late March 2013, if not even later."
According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, 60 tax provisions expired at the end of 2011 and will affect this filing season. These expired provisions -- in addition to the AMT patch -- include the deduction for state and local sales taxes, a deduction for teachers' out-of-pocket expenses for their classrooms, and important business provisions including the research credit, active financing rule, and the "look-through" rule for payments between related controlled foreign corporations.
An additional 41 provisions will expire at the end of this year without an extension. Without new legislation, starting January 1 income tax withholding rates will rise for all workers, the child credit will be cut in half, marriage penalties will be put back into the tax code, and the top dividend tax rate will increase from 15 percent to 44.6 percent, including the new Medicare tax applying to investment income and the impact of various phaseouts.
These provisions affect nearly all individual income tax payers and thousands of corporations.
You can understand how standing at the tax precipice can induce nightmares. The President and Congress must prevent the horrible dreams from becoming reality. The time to act is now.
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Weed/Snag Guards?
I am working on some bottom flies and I have experimented with a few different types of weed guards. I am having a hard time keeping the single-mono line straight for a single-setup. I think using a double-mono will give the fly better balance if I can mount it correctly.
Any tips on tying these in would greatly be appreciated. I am having to move my hook around 3-4 times in the vice to get it setup.
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I tried a lot of different weedguards when I was flyfishing for bass in TX, and I will never again use a mono weedguard. If they are stiff enough to work, they are too stiff for any but the biggest fish to bite (I believe when they bite the stiff weedguard the hooks rolls over flat in their mouth and slips out, instead of biting), or the mono gets in the way of the hook point itself, plus the issues of "lifetime"of the fly. Mono gets warped and bent of of shape too easily. The fly pictured may have the weedguards in teh right place now, but give it a week in a flybox and it will me mis-shaped.
I bought wire weedguards at the fly shop and like those ok, except the points were sharp. Then I found these eagle claw hooks 449WA. They are a bait hook with a wire weedguard loop. They are very effective, and dont hinder hooks ups. I would mash the barbs on the shank down to make it smooth, and would cut off the plastic holding the wire guard on, and then tie the guard back in with thread, and tie my fly as usual,rabbit strips, deceivers, poppers, etc. No weedguard is ever perfect, but this was the best I ever found. Only problem is the smallest I ever found the hook in teh stores was a #1, but a search on the web says you can order them as small as a 6. They go up to 5/0
Looks like there is a 249W is plain shank, no baitholder barbs.
I stopped using weedguards also, Like JayB, I believe I missed strikes because of the guard bouncing off of the fish's mouth and preventing a hook up.
I had an epiphany moment when I realized that I should be tying crawfish, Muddlers, leeches, etc. like my saltwater flats flies with the hook barb UP! Also, putting some lead wire on the hook shank would make the CG lower, and the fly would turn barb up. Also, the lead wire helped the fly to sink to the bottom faster. My success rate greatly improved, and I caught a lot less turtle grass and vegetation.
I tie my crayfish and other smallmouth "bottom bumping" patterns with a crappie sized tube jighead. I cut the forward section in front of the 90 degree angle off with a wire cutters to lighten the fly. (If you don't make sure you have a good warranty to replace your tip.) Then I flatten the remaining lead with a pliers. I dip the hook in jig paint and it blends in with the fly body.
If you get any of Dave Whitlock's materials (Books, DVD's etc.) on tying bass flies he uses a single mono tied over the bend on the hook as a weed guard. His placement of the mono is very specific and I've found works. I throw streamers into the root tangles of mangroves.
I very highly recommend checking it out.
I believe that any fish I've lost using Whitlock's weed guard are negated by the increase in strikes by being able to place the fly where the fish are.
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By David Ginsburg/AP 10:18pm, June 3, 2011 - Updated 4:40pm, April 24, 2013Jim Johnson walked Maicer Izturis with the bases loaded in the 11th inning to force in the tiebreaking run, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Orioles 6-5 Wednesday to avert a three-game sweep and end Baltimore's run of consecutive extra-inning victories at 17.
The Blue Jays hit four home runs, but the decisive run came without Izturis taking a swing. With two outs in the 11th, J.P. Arencibia and Munenori Kawaski singled before Johnson (1-2) hit Brett Lawrie with a pitch and issued a four-pitch walk to Izturis, the No. 9 hitter in the lineup.
Esmil Rogers (1-1) pitched the 10th and Casey Janssen got three straight outs for his sixth save.
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