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ONLY looking for these type of games: ***Diablo 3 - done playing ***The incredible adventure of Van Helsing - done playing ***TorchLight 2 - done playing ***NeverWinterNight 2 - still playing, but looking for a new one. I'm using Win7 64bit any games suggested compatible with this system really appreciated. PS: Pls do NOT suggest like, b4, skyrim, metro etc etc etc Thanks...
Have you played the first NeverWinter Nights? Most prefer it to the second one, and it looks and plays just as nice.
All of the expansions to NWN2 especially Mask of the Betrayer, Baulder's Gate, Trine, Trine 2, Might and Magic
Titan Quest, Path of Exile, Sacred 2, Diablo II, Warhammer: Space Marine (almost aRPG I guess, I had fun with it anyway), Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Also, I got Beta acess to Second Chance Heroes or whatever that thing is called. Just like Diablo III but on a smaller budget.
Ok are you looking for Diablo like games or NWN like games? Those are nothing like each other. At all. Action RPGS would be Amalur and the modern Bioware titles. "Proper" RPGs would be Risen (which is so difficult it's broken) and Fallout New Vegas. If you're willing to go old school (which is infinitely better than the new school), Fallout 1/2, Planescape Torment, Planescape Torment and Planescape Torment. Baldur's Gate is good, but overrated. Planescape Torment.
Here is something to try Drakensang : The dark eye Drakensang : The river of time Drakensang online is browser game diablo style hack and slash.
I've played all the titles that relate, and the ones mentioned in this thread, all except Planescape Torment, despite it being prophesised as being the Messiah of oldschool RPG. Not sure I could bring myself to that oldschool. I've been told the story is better than its gameplay.
Yeah the gameplay is standard for the time, but the story and dialouge... The first time I played it was last year, and i was blown away.
Wow i havent check this thread for 1 night and got so many suggestion... Thank you all for the suggestion. Kinda stop playing NWN2 for now (too many dialogue). I spent more time on reading and running compare to fighting.
Great game, terrible FOV. He's after a hack 'n' slash RPG with very little important dialogue I guess. Amalur has a fair amount of dialogue, but you can skip it, and it only highlights important quest text in blue so you can skip to the chase. I didnt even realise I was following a storyline until I had explored half the map.
How about playing something online that's similar but with it's own flavor? https://register.perfectworld.com/nw_splash
I'll assume you played The witcher. 2-3 games out for it now I think. All of them a lot of fun. The Assassins creed series as well, if you haven't.
Perfect World games are the worst. $40 for a mount are you fucking kidding me? I'll play rift where the fastest mount is less than $5.
What about this? very hack n slash with a bit of rpg in it, not like Skyrim either imo. Of Orc and Men gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOIMsdDsZ8
Well.. It had potential, but for me the OTS perspective more or less killed it. The controls weren't very precise. Also you must have lots of patience with cutscenes. The idea and basic story was great and felt somewhat fresh, but the game felt generally messy.
i am kinda trying to see all the review and video on youtube for the suggested games. TQ all, i dont have anything to play atm. Started playing Ass. creed few days already n kinda stop now, the game was great but, i like vanhelsing and torchlight type of games more. The only game i have finished playing this year beside my favs games was MEtro Last Light.
The Deathspank games are kind of like Torchlight but not as long. Maybe want to look into playing those.


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I've seen several articles on that topic lately.
Here is a response to that: Quote:Why Companies Aren't Getting the Employees They NeedComments on this article also seen on reddit A few years ago when the economy started going, the previous company I worked for noticed layoffs at other companies in their industry. They thought they could get good highly technical people for cheap wages. So they wrote up a job description demanding more skills than the job actually needed, requiring someone with a phd in a specific technical discipline, for a salary $20-$30k less than people in the current position were making who had bachelors or masters degrees. Plus, it was a geographic location no one would want to move to. We laughed and laughed. If a company is laying off, the last thing they would do is lay off people in a hard-to-find technical discipline. Plus, the technical person would have their pick of jobs elsewhere, and with a pay raise. That was probably the most fun we had at that job - being amused by the illogical thought patterns of the higher-ups. You couldn't tell them otherwise. A couple months ago, my previous co-worker called because her manager wanted to know if I wanted to come back to that job. Apparently they hadn't hired anybody. Oh, I just noticed... Given the Occupy Wall Street movement lately, will I get points off for quoting the Wall Street Journal? |
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unless there is no gasoline available anywhere at any price people will not buy an electric car. Sales will be limited to mall security and wildlife reservations.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI still await a dash mounted heads up display which would eliminate the need to look down,the cause of many accidents.It could also have built in radar that could show first yellow then red band across the top of the windshield warning the driver in any weather of up coming obstacle,with a verbal warning as well.It would of course have speed and all other auto functions as well.It could also have solar powered blind spot detectors that would mount to the rear view mirrors.sending a radio signal to the dashboard unit.This would be a all in one after market device.The lives that could be saved could be in the thousands.How about it,student's working toward an engineering degree,this could be your first great invention.If I had the smarts,time,and the money I would do it my self.I dare you to do it.And for a price under 1,000 dollars installed.It would sell like hotcakes if you will pardon the pun.Good luck to those who accept my dare.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisYeah, I don't consider electric cars as gizmos. 6 of these 10 slides are on cars.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI agree with the previous comment. These are not gizmos! We understand that "Scientific American: gets plenty of advertising dollars from "big oil", but spinning the thoughts on these vehicles in this manner just alienates your reading audience.
Latest news on Electric vehicles? Several areas are considering making designated toll roads for gas powered vehicles (electric vehicles would be exempt).
Parking lots would be free for electric vehicles. Gas vehicles will still pay normal price.
We look for more increased taxes on gas, to help pay for long term health care costs due to pollution.
Where are the solar powered charging stations for the batteries for these cars? Are the "newest electronics" from the stone age, or are they presented in such a way for protecting the financial interests that be?
Where are the solar charged swappable batteries for all of the electronic "gizmos"?
I agree. Thought this was on the Consumer Electronics Show, Not the Auto Show.
With the "current" technology electric cars are going nowhere, or, in the case of the Telsa, nowhere really fast.
It's sort of fun watching all these VIPs (Very Intelligent People) spinning their wheels. Reminds one of the Edsel and the New Coke. Nothing can possibly go wrong go wrong gowrong gowronggowronggowronng.
What nonsense. "People" will, and are now, buying electric cars in various configurations: hybrid, all-electric, etc.
I get 40 miles per gallon and 400+ range per tank on my $20,000 Honda Insight. It handles and parks like a dream, it's a Honda (my 5th) and it's just what I want in view of the coming gas price explosion.
How can you speak for "people" and their buying habits? Obviouisly you don't know what you're talking about. What do you think the price of gas will be when 10,000,000 Chinese buy their first car?
What percentage of available energy is consumed by thermal management?
Bobgeezer: You can get better mileage with a Jetta TDI, or any one of a number of small, high efficiency diesel vehicles available in Europe. Sadly, lifecycle costs of electrics and hybrids are still far to high to be practical, there is no supporting infrastructure, and if examined in toto, are not very green.
The EN-V looks like a duck. 40km/hr may be possible on flat roads, but what about hills? In 1980s Italy, there was an underpowered 500cc car that often got squashed just around the bend of mountain roads. They slowed down so much on the slope that they were nearly sitting still on the road when faster cars came roaring around the turn. Cars with only 500 cc engines were banned in Italy because of the hazards. 650 cc became the new minimum.
I expect these underpowered, underspeed vehicles to present a significant legal liability.
I think you may need to broaden your perception a little beyond what can be held in your hand and stared at. - Cars are beyond doubt a consumable product - and these cars are powered by electricity. Two obvious points that qualify them for inclusion.
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So senator says that the president.
Always back promised.
And the rule of law will be the touch tones of this presidency.
Our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the American people about how decisions are made.
It means recognizing that government does not have all the answers.
But the presence and towns that transparency issue now a number of times.
I'm glad to be joined now by senator Charles Grassley he's the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee good morning sir good to have you with us.
What was your reaction Jay Carney came out at -- white house press briefing and said you know we've done our investigation.
Over the weekend that we have cleared it White House staff and administration staff.
Of any potential wrongdoing related to this whole Columbia prostitution -- -- -- first of all until I sent my latter there was never any indication.
There within the White House personnel there was any concern of this like there wasn't -- Secret Service.
And sort sent the letter Friday.
A -- Saturday and Sunday they if they worked on the weekend maybe they had a chance to talk to everybody.
But it seems to me they came to that conclusion very quickly I think it's the extent to which they make the conclusions and how they conducted their investigation.
Public it would it would help a lot where the credibility of it.
But I I come from the standpoint that sensors -- Secret Service a few military people the advance people at the White House as well as the communication people.
That -- so much interaction.
That we ought to be satisfied that it's just not a case of a few military people.
And -- if you are Secret Service people that may have been doing something wrong and when it comes to our national security and it comes with -- protection the president.
There we need to have certain answers so.
All these questions and I know that you're concerned that the speedy and disposal of this issue.
May mean that it wasn't done thoroughly and you -- fourteen questions in your letter.
Some of them are very basic questions that you want the White House to answer including how many total hours were spent.
On the weekend reveal.
How many additional White House staff arrived with the president how many White House advance staff had overnight guests -- White House staff had overnight gas and you say.
Popping these trips are -- -- between White House staff.
An advanced folks -- communications folks and the Secret Service do you know basically who was on the trip and how many of them went all those details.
I don't have that information -- that's what needs to be made public.
And we need to know whether or not there's other people involved that maybe we haven't even thought -- how far.
Outside -- this small group of people this investigation.
-- Because I think it's very important that we have this information how.
Because of security of the president is of utmost importance and one of the our main responsibilities of the people involved.
In any foreign travel or even any domestic travel.
Are you suggesting that there that they're covering something up.
-- have no basis for that now.
But the extent to which they're very transparent as the president promised he would be there's going to alleviate.
Any concern about these questions we have.
But I want everybody knows in this country these are legitimate concerns.
Because these people deal with the national security and they deal with the protection of the president.
I know that he also have concerns about the fact that the White House did their own investigation.
Is that part of what you're asking for would you like -- and now I inspector you know an outside.
And to teach it to be the folks that are involved it.
Yes -- At least outside the White House pretty much like I -- Director Solomon.
When he first -- me a week ago today about this issue.
I kind of by check the benchmark that I -- about whether or not your -- go through -- investigation.
Is he inspector general in this case C inspector general and Homeland Security.
Are they going to be involved and he assured me.
That they were already involved which was very satisfying to me at that time right now home now a week later we -- have questions about how much.
-- is that they -- independent investigation on its own I think it's very important have that for the Secret Service as well as for the white.
All right we'll follow it we'll stand top of it now let us -- to get anywhere thank you very much senator always good to have you with us.
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Ok well sucks, I finally pulled the trigger and picked up a 7970 this last week... however this V3.1 xfx black edition version I have - Bios date 5-21-12 is for sure voltage locked. Darn those guys... Tried everything, and every version of OC software. Close as I can get is to read the voltage at 1.175 however it never changes so I do not think that is accurate. I tried tonight to flash it to an earlier bios version that is listed on here dated 2-6-12 but it locked the card up... took a little to recover it to stock bios but nothing crazy and all back to normal. It is a total PCB revision which looks like their cheaper version with dual DVI - not the single DVI it was pictured as having. Very irritated and of course wife jumped on the mail in rebate so I cannot return it without a ridiculous 25% re-stocking fee from tiger. And... she sent the rebate to corsair, and corsairs to xfx lol so yeah. What fun. Any thoughts or advice on this? Bios 015.016.000.001.000000 She overclocks OK... 1100/1700. Was surprised that performance kept increasing until 1700... no error correction drop so that was decent. Stuck pretty hard at 1100 though. Much past that and she artifacts bad.
Same problem here, I ordered it after your complaints on 28th. Mine isn't stable even after 1050 MHz. A piece of crap, I only bought it, because with reference PCB, this Black Edition GPU achieves very easy the 1200 MHz without any voltage increase.
Still not a bad overclock tho. I am only running mine at 1100/1500. Not tested it's limits TBH heck not even sure my voltages are unlocked either Not seen any reason to push the card any higher it's chewing up games just fine.
Yeah have been reading on the asus camp being locked out as well now. Crazy for such a darn fine card. I sold my xfx card on ebay today. It is visually well built, very nice aluminum cover and so forth but I LOVE to tinker, overclock and mod so this card is not for me. Just ticked me off they advertised it on the XFX site as having a dual bios switch / built for overclockers blah blah. LIES! Doubt I will ever consider them again. If you do not care to overclock or really push a card, it is a very fine card and well built. Found one of the last holy grail(s). Still uses a dual bios switch reportedly, and overclocks like a champ. Never thought I would buy an ugly blue PCB gigabyte lol but she has the goods I am looking for so placed the order through newegg today. GIGABYTE GV-R797OC-3GD GIGABYTE GV-R797OC-3GD Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit ... Got a stellar review at HARDOCP. They hit 1305mhz @ 1.274 / 1605mem. Just hope I get that lucky to have a card that stable at those speeds http://hardocp.com/article/2012/02/08/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7970_oc_video_card_review/10
Mine has a Dual Bios. Heck I flip to the 2nd BIOS and I'm already doing 1000/1450 and gets a more aggressive fan curve to go with it. Has higher Memory Clocks out of the box than the Gigabyte as well. Hope you have better luck with the Gigabyte
Was a hard choice between the two for sure! I went back and forth on both models. Great card! And I never worry about out of the box clocks
i cant be much help to the OP but i have just got my 7970 in today. Gigabyte HD7970 GHz Edition 1100mhz/6000 ( GV-R797TO-3GD ) have not played with the voltage, still at stock 1.2v (im at work now so i cant check for another 5 hrs) im still yet to see if its voltage locked. overclocks ok to 1225 BF3 stable (still working out max oc) and the ram does not OC for shit. i was more looking to under volt it and see what it needed for 1200mhz anyone know the purpose for locking the voltage on these newer cards ? problems burning out ?
I think there's some way to unlock the voltage control. I don't think that this card has no voltage control. It's just locked from bios. Too bad RBE Editor doesn't supports the 7000 series anymore! I will try to earn some money to buy another one for crossfire. 8000 series will come on Spring of 2013.
the v3.1(PCB) does not have voltage control PERIOD there is absolutely not way to overvolt the card what you see is what you get you can try a RMA with XFX maby they will send you a older card
I don't want to RMA the card, it's not so easy to be accepted from the store which I purchased it and I already contacted with XFX. We can't do anything. Ok no problem it runs perfectly at 1050/1500 MHz. I don't need more. It has much better performance than my previous unlocked 6950's 1GB in Crossfire, I feel it...
My Gigabyte card was delivered today. Get to check it out tonight. Saying a prayer they did not change up their board too like XFX and Asus. Excited to check it out!
Well that super sucked. Got the card in, it worked for about 30 minutes in games and then started to lock up at random. Now locks up every time I start a game but boots into windows. Of all the freakin luck lol Already requested an RMA through newegg. Did not even get a chance to see if it was voltage locked or not Do not think it would be as the dual bios switch is still there. I did notice some updates.... Top, above VRM's has a new heat spreader plate which is nice. Card is metal reinforced along one edge which makes it rigid.
What you sayin to "OP" willis? Anyone have pencil mods on these cards yet? If you have a multimeter it might be time......
The failed 2nd card ugh... Was nice build wise and looks a lot better in person. Just not functional lol VRM's have a nice heatsink on them and the heatspreader on the back was a nice addition.
try disabling power play and Uvl ( I would use Atitraytools and set separate 2d 3d profiles else the core is probly defective
- Yes, verified it has dual bios as pictured. - Noted above, the gigabyte worked fine for 30 minutes or so, then started to lock up.. finally it would lock instantly when rendering anything more complex than the desktop. Got a dud, it happens with all brands.
Found a stable point for the XFX! Core at 1050 MHz, memory at 1500 MHz, like 7970 GHz edition! Just increase the power tune at 5%! It's stable!
On powertune, slide her to 20% and see how far you can take the card. Should be at least 1100 / 1600 depending.


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Consider this the next time you see a teenager take a drag on a cigarette: Your state government likely has a financial stake in that kid continuing to smoke. And quite possibly, so does your retirement portfolio.
That was hardly the intention 10 years ago, when a collection of state attorneys general delivered a crushing blow to Big Tobacco. On Nov. 23, 1998, the nation's four largest cigarette sellers agreed to pay $200 billion over 30 years in what seemed like a victory for David over Goliath. The money was supposed to help the states pay for health care and anti-smoking campaigns. Instead, much of it -- even payments that aren't due for 20 years -- has already been spent on politically popular tax breaks through complicated borrowing schemes initiated by Wall Street investment banks.
Because these states have essentially borrowed against future payments from the tobacco industry, they are now dependent on the continued vitality of cigarette sales. If Big Tobacco stumbles, states will be on the hook for these massive, billion-dollar loans. In other words, David and Goliath are now allies.
Where did those loans come from? Perhaps from you. When Wall Street talked 25 states into borrowing against future tobacco payments -- a process known as "securitization" -- it sold bonds to individual investors and mutual funds that buy municipal bonds. Now, they are betting on Big Tobacco, too.
Worse yet, anyone invested in tobacco bonds has been seeing their money go up in smoke. Some bond funds that are heavily invested in tobacco have lost nearly 40 percent of their value this year. The reason for the sharp drop is disputed, but some observers say it's partly attributable to anti-smoking efforts. For the first time, fewer than 20 percent of American adults are smoking, new government statistics show. In other words, good news for the state health department is bad news for the revenue department -- and for the portfolios of those who invested in tobacco bonds.
It's a stunning reversal: The lawsuit designed to cut the legs out from under the tobacco industry has instead landed much of America -- often unwittingly – in the industry's corner. One such investor is Avivah Litan, of Potomac, Md., who two years ago purchased shares in one of Oppenheimer & Co.'s "Rochester" municipal bond funds.
Like many investors, she was attracted to municipal bonds by tax free returns and the relatively low risk. Governments rarely go bankrupt. Cities issue municipal bonds to pay for such infrastructure as firetrucks and schools, and bond funds pool hundreds of such securities together. Similar to stock funds, the value of a bond fund fluctuates with changes in investors' perceptions of the ability of the issuer to repay the loan. Because of governments' solid record of paying off bonds, the funds have proven popular with investors. Americans have placed about $1.7 trillion in bond funds, according to the Investment Company Institute, compared with about $6.5 trillion in stock funds.
Litan was taken aback by the Rochester fund's recent poor performance, and began looking into its holdings. What she saw was confusing: 4 percent invested in "Tobacco Settlement," about 3 percent in "Golden St. Tob Securitization" and another 1 percent in the "Buckeye Ohio Tob Settlement."
In fact, none of the fund's top 10 holdings appeared to have anything to do with government infrastructure projects.
Here's the explanation: Bond issues aren't just for firetrucks and schools anymore. Bond funds can invest in complicated bonds issued by pseudo-government agencies that are ultimately backed by private ventures, such as housing developments. The largest segment of this pseudo-bond market is made up of tobacco bonds -- bonds issued by states that have borrowed against their future tobacco settlement payments.
"I didn't really understand that I would lose money every time a state passed an anti-smoking law," Litan said. "I didn't really understand what tobacco bonds were."
What are tobacco bonds?
Oppenheimer's Rochester family offers 18 different bond funds, some of which have as much as 20 percent of their assets invested in tobacco bonds, according to fund manager Daniel Loughran. The Rochester funds, while among the most aggressive investors in tobacco bonds, are hardly unique. A review of 660 leading bond funds covered by the investment research firm Morningstar Inc., conducted at msnbc.com's request, showed that more than 260 are invested in tobacco bonds.
The rush to tap the revenue stream began soon after the tobacco settlement was signed 10 years ago. The cigarette companies agreed to make annual payments that would total $200 billion by 2025. The money was to be divided among the 46 participating states, with New York and California each getting about $700 million a year, Ohio about $300 million, Wisconsin just over $100 million and so on.
It didn't take long for Wall Street to invent a way to take a cut. The creative minds at the now-defunct Bear Stearns investment bank traveled the country making this pitch to statehouses: Why wait for the money? Why not take a lump sum payment up front? Bear Stearns and other Wall Street firms eventually persuaded legislators in most states to "securitize" the payouts by issuing bonds and paying the bondholders back with the annual tobacco payments. The first tobacco bond issue hit in 1999. Soon, states around the country fell in line.
"Every time there are economic problems in a state, it happens," said Eric Lindblom, director of Policy Research at Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "The governor says, 'We're in trouble, we need money. But we are not going to get it by raising taxes, we're going to do this securitization gobbledygook.' People think, 'Well, either our taxes are going up or they will do this thing we don't understand. So let's do that.' "
For years, tobacco bonds have been an easy sell. Because they are perceived as more risky than standard state-issued bonds, they offer slightly higher interest rates, making them popular with municipal bond fund managers seeking strong returns. The first tobacco bond and the 94 others that followed have raised a total of $55 billion, said Loughran, the Oppenheimer fund manager.
30 cents on the dollar
Taking the early lump-sum payment has its price, however. Many states receive only 30 or 40 cents on the dollar. In a typical example, Wisconsin would have been entitled to about $5 billion in payments through 2025. Instead, it settled on one payment of $1.6 billion in 2001.
"When you securitize on the municipal market, you lose a lot of money," said Kevin Olson, who runs the independent Web site MunicipalBonds.com. "It's not very efficient."
Through the years, state officials have offered numerous rationales for the benefits of securitization. Five years ago, Don Benton, a Republican state senator in Washington, told USA Today that spending on smoking cessation programs was "a complete waste of money. You'd be hard-pressed to find any citizen who does not know smoking is hazardous to your health." He wanted the money to go instead to infrastructure projects like new roads. "Sitting in traffic for two hours would make you want to smoke," he told the newspaper.
States also say that they prefer the certainty of immediate payments to the uncertainty surrounding the tobacco industry's long-term future.
But Lindblom, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids official, said that line of thinking is foolish.
"The states have this horribly naive view that they will outsmart Wall Street," he said. "Wall Street always gets the better deal."
Investment banks, in particular, love tobacco bonds. Because they are more complex than standard debt offerings, they offer steeper commissions. In 2007, when Ohio traded its future payments for an immediate payout of about $5 billion, it paid brokers $30 million. During the dot-com bust, when initial public offerings all but vanished from Wall Street, tobacco bond offerings filled the void for companies like Bear Stearns, nearly doubling from around $7 billion in 2002 to nearly $13 billion in 2003.
From the beginning, Bear Stearns was at the forefront of tobacco bond sales, and ultimately brokered about half of them before it was sold off to JPMorgan Chase.
The outcome for many states – including California, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin -- is that the tobacco money destined for state coffers in 2010, 2015 and 2025 has already been spent.
'An incentive not to put tobacco out of business'
The irony is that the states and some smaller governmental bodies need tobacco firms to make their payments every year because, to varying degrees, they are on the hook to pay off bondholders if the cigarette companies default. Some, including New York and California, have directly guaranteed their tobacco bond debt with general revenue in order to secure more favorable rates. Others have an implied obligation not to let their bonds default, lest their credit ratings be tarnished.
"They have created mass structural deficits," said Hans Baden, a lawyer at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank that has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Master Settlement Agreement is unconstitutional. "They have sold the money they are getting in the future in exchange for money now, based on a gradually dwindling revenue stream. They have retained the risk while selling the money … and now they have an incentive not to put tobacco out of business."
An interruption in tobacco industry payments would be catastrophic both to state budgets and individual investors. For example, when the tobacco industry threatened to exercise a loophole in the settlement in 2006 and withhold about $1.5 billion in payments, the value of tobacco bonds sank. It happened again in 2007. The price recovered even though the payments remain in dispute, but notice was served of the perilous relationship between governments and the smoking industry.
Critics of the arrangement contend that states that have issued tobacco bonds have no incentive to pass anti-smoking laws or launch advertising campaigns. Doing so could lead to fiscal ruin. So could any additional class-action lawsuit success against the tobacco industry.
Fears that new tobacco litigation could undermine the settlement run so high that 36 states filed briefs in 2003 in support of the tobacco industry after it was hit with a $10 billion judgment from a lawsuit for alleged false advertising.
David, in other words, was sticking up for Goliath.
In the briefs, state officials fretted that the judgment would impair the industry's ability to make its annual payments and "directly impact important state programs."
'A real tragedy for our country'
Those state programs often have nothing to do with tobacco.
From the start, the tobacco settlement money was intended to help states pay for health care costs related to smoking illnesses and to fund smoking-cessation programs, though the agreement not bind the states to use it for those purposes.
But to date, only about 3 percent of the tobacco settlement money has gone to cessation efforts, such as "quit smoking" marketing campaigns. Meanwhile, 10 times that amount has been used by state legislatures to plug budget gaps, or by governors to offer tax relief.
"There is a horrible failure of the states to invest even a minuscule amount of the funds for tobacco control," said Lindblom of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "It's a real tragedy for our country."
Though smoking continues to decline in the U.S., it remains a major health problem. Every year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, smoking-related illnesses are responsible for $96 billion in health-care expenses. But states have invested only about $3 billion from the settlement fund in the past 10 years on anti-smoking campaigns.
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, who was the state's attorney general at the time of the tobacco settlement and one its chief negotiators, said five years ago that tobacco securitization was her "wildest nightmare." Over her objections, Washington state securitized part of its tobacco settlement in 2002, before she became governor.
"My hope was to see as much of the settlement money as possible go to improving health," she told msnbc.com recently. "We've certainly done that in Washington state and the results have been tremendous — youth smoking is down by half and adult smoking is down 25 percent. I'm disappointed that other states haven't done the same thing. Far too many have used the money for purposes other than it was intended."
None of the states covered by the settlement spends the amount recommended by the Centers for Disease Control on tobacco-cessation programs. Only nine states pay even half that amount. Meanwhile, 13 states spend less than 10 percent of what the agency recommends. Ohio, for example, will spend $7.1 million on anti-smoking efforts in 2009, compared to the $266 million prescribed by the CDC.
Anti-smoking education can have a tremendous impact, the agency says. If every smoker on Medicare quit smoking today, Ohio would save more than $500 million annually.
The end of Ohio's tobacco-fighting foundation
Ohio had planned to spend much more on anti-smoking campaigns. Soon after the signing of the tobacco settlement , the state Legislature created the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation and vowed to put $1 billion of the $10 billion it expected to receive over 25 years in a trust fund to generate $60 million a year for the foundation's operating expenses.
Ohio's smoking rate in 2001 was 28 percent, well above the national average. But thanks in part to foundation-funded projects like the state's toll-free Ohio Tobacco Quit Line, it had fallen to 22 percent by 2006.
But by that time, Ohio's economy was reeling and the tobacco money was too tempting for new Gov. Ted Strickland. In 2007, Ohio traded in its future payments for a one-time sum of $5 billion – the largest tobacco bond issue to date. The money paid for a massive property tax relief program for senior citizens and helped build schools.
It did not, however, shore up the state's economy. This year Strickland pushed through a $1.4 billion economic stimulus package funded in part by money from the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation trust fund. The bill authorized seizure of most of the $300 million in the foundation's accounts, leaving it with $40 million – less than one year's operating expenses. The foundation rebelled and tried to shift the money to an anti-smoking nonprofit agency. In retaliation, the Legislature voted to close the foundation. Dozens of anti-smoking programs around the state were shut down.
After a 2003 lawsuit scare, the market for tobacco bonds went silent. This year's credit crunch has similarly discouraged new tobacco bond issues.
Keith Daily, a spokesman for Strickland, said the money, which remains frozen pending resolution of a lawsuit over the state seizure, is critical to the effort to create more than 50,000 jobs by investing in infrastructure and boosting industries.
"We recognize the great importance of reducing tobacco use and making other healthy decisions," he said. "The governor's top priority is creating jobs here in Ohio -- ... $230 million from the former Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation's endowment will be used to pay for the biomedical and bio-products portions of the jobs plan."
Lindblom, the anti-smoking activist, said the decision of the Ohio legislature to close effective tobacco-fighting programs has been repeated around the country.
'It's in the prospectus'
"There was the full expectation that the money was going to be used to prevent and reduce tobacco use and to treat smoking-caused illnesses," he said. "That's gone out the window. There's been a complete breaking of the promise of the settlement."
Loughran, the Oppenheimer manager, said that the settlement money is "fungible" and states can use it for anything they choose.
While it's "certainly possible" some people invest unknowingly in tobacco, Loughran said it should be obvious to anyone who researches Rochester funds that they are heavily tilted toward tobacco bonds. "It's in the prospectus," he said.
"Some people, when they look at this sector, they think, 'this is tobacco, so it's evil.' But remember, the settlement penalizes the industry," Loughran said. Buying one of his funds is more like investing in the penalty, he suggested. And plenty of consumers clearly have no moral issues with tobacco bonds, he said, noting that many individual investors buy them directly.
The future of tobacco bond issues
While a substantial amount of the tobacco settlement money has already been spent, some states have held out. But each year, Lindblom said, more dominoes fall.
Earlier this year, Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki tried to persuade state legislators to trade in the state's $50 million annual payment for a one-time $600 million windfall. While legislators argued, the bond market collapsed, effectively eliminating any opportunity for issuing tobacco bonds.
But with the bond market expected to recover before the overall economy does, pressure is certain to mount for states like Nevada to seek quick fiscal rescues courtesy of the tobacco industry.
"I expect more of this as our economic situation continues. From our perspective and a fiscal perspective it will be hard to beat it back," Lindblom said.
As for individual investors who are backing tobacco, Loughran – whose fund bought the very first tobacco bond in 1999 -- makes a compelling case that the bonds will recover. Their yields are still higher than other state-issued bonds, he said, and in 10 years there hasn't been any hint of a default.
"Every one has made their scheduled interest and principal payments on time, and many of them have made principal payments ahead of maturity," he said. While the smoking rate has been sinking about 2 percent every year, inflation adjustments built into the settlement make up for the loss, he said. He wouldn't predict when tobacco bonds might turn around, but he asserted that their fundamental value remains strong.
"The main risk some people (worry about) is litigation," he said. "We've identified it as a risk but a very slight risk. In fact the industry has a long winning streak … against class-action lawsuits" -- a 57-case run dating to 1998.
Having state attorneys general filing amicus briefs on your behalf doesn't hurt, he noted, adding, "They are in our corner."
That, he suggested, indicates the smoking industry isn't going anywhere for a long time.
But Baden, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, isn't so sure. He said the constitutional challenge filed by his organization or other legal challenges could undo the settlement. Or the declining smoking rate could at some point overtake the tobacco companies' ability to pay, he said.
"It just seems weird the idea that the tobacco (settlement) is going to go on forever," Baden said. "In the long run my suspicion is something will take out the settlement. The thing won't last forever."


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In my house, if a holiday has anything remotely to do with spending time outdoors, it's a guarantee that I'm strapping on the apron and firing up the grill – and this Labor Day weekend will be no different. (And yes, I rock the charcoal grill. Those of you who love gas – more power to you I guess – but to me cooking without smoky coals and wood chips is just wrong.) In honor of the holiday and to help you celebrate in your house, we've chosen our favorite Labor Day sales on grills and grilling supplies. Check out the Labor Day Savings Center for our latest Labor Day deals on grills and more. Read More.
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"I fell into theater in college. Then in 1951 I graduated, got married and fell into domesticity. I later did community theater for fun and was asked to read for an understudy role in a professional Boston theater. Instead of making me the understudy, though, they gave me the part. So I finally joined Actors' Equity in my midfifties. I did local radio, TV commercials and plays, including the role of Lady Saltburn in Noël Coward's Present Laughter. People whispered, "Oh, perhaps it will go to Broadway." I thought, That is just actors dreaming. But it did, and the director called and said hold the time. I was amazed, because I had a very small part and was sure there were about five million old ladies in New York who could have done it.
"Broadway is not like regional theater. For one thing, we had the most beautifully appointed dressing rooms. I shared one with my dear friend Nancy Carroll. When we walked in, we said, "We're not in Kansas anymore." I had the sadness of losing my older daughter last September, just a few months before the show opened in New York. I know I was blessed to have her for 56 years, but she was too young and should not have died. There was a moment or two when I thought I could not stay in the play. But then I thought, She would be so disappointed if you wimped out. So I didn't. And I'm very glad. I hope to have a new project soon. The thing I tell myself is, Do not worry about dying and getting old. Just be alive."
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Breads and Cereals
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Some of the obvious places it's found include breads, cereals and crackers.
Meats and Marinades
But gluten can be found in less evident foods, including meats that use fillers, such as hot dogs, frozen burgers and ground beef for tacos. Marinades may also contain gluten.
A Good Excuse Not to Snack
Check ingredients of seasoned or dry roasted nuts and sunflower seeds as well as potato chips. Many seasonings contain wheat flour or starch or hydrolyzed wheat protein.
Sauces and Dressings
Sauces may contain wheat to thicken, while salad dressings could have malt vinegar (barley) or seasonings with wheat. Be cautious of Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and some mustards.
Sweets and Chocolates
Hard candies, chocolates and licorice have all been found guilty of hiding wheat flour or barley malt vinegar. Check ingredients and if unknown: don't give in to temptation!
Not You Too, Dairy?
Cheese spreads and sauces may be thickened with wheat flour, while flavoured shredded cheese may also contain wheat.
Thank Goodness for GF Beer
Beer, ale and lager made from barley are on the no-no list. Question any drink (i.e. tea, coffee, alcohol) that is flavoured.
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Here is my President's day gift to you guys. Commence euphoric circle jerk! http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/18/tech/gaming-gadgets/samsung-apple-innovation/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Jeez, you know you're gonna start a fight The article is correct though. Kudos to Apple for making the smartphone cooler. But I know so many 'ordinary daytime TV watching types' that don't even know that the other top brand smart phones out there can do all the same things their iphones can, and more. I even had someone a few months back say to me (as I was browsing on my phone to find some info for them - from google) - "is that an iphone?". They didn't know there were other smartphones out there that can do all the same stuff Apple touts as 'unique'. It's all marketing. It's just like when a cigarette company first came out and said they 'toasted' their tobacco. It didn't matter that was how most folk made tobacco - they were the first to shout about it. (http://tobacco.stanford.edu/tobacco..._name=It's Toasted&subtheme_name=It's Toasted)
wait, if samsung is cooler than apple then can we start hating samsung? samsung's business strategy has been interesting. they make a lot of products that are in apple products. so for the past few years most of their products are direct rip-offs with a different OS. now that they have more retail clout in the industry they branch off from the apple rip-off and start creating their own designs that people seem to enjoy. personally, the samsung phones seem too big and clunky for my refined tastes but i can see a lot of american's thinking bigger is better. time to start hating samsung because they are the new leader!!!
BWAHAHAH!!! Compare that Samsung to the new 13in MBP!!! For $100 more you get the retina display, 4 more gigs of ram, a faster intel 4000 chip, and a much faster i5 !!!!!!!!!
This whole thread is like a reverse troll. I dunno how to even handle it. So many targets. Its overwhelming.
Ugh, what does Samsung know about technology and phones? They make friggin' dirt shovels and re-badged Renault cars. I don't know about you, but I'll never buy one of these Samsung phones unless the Company is owned by Kim Jong-Un
I don't get it. Apple isn't cool? Where will I find the hipsters in skinny jeans? The shadow dancer? The decreased value per dollar? Will we have to resort to RIM to buy our insanely over priced technology? I'm scared. We might have to actually learn something more complex than pushing the power button. The horror.
this thread should not be in general nonsense since it proves that apple is not overpriced and is in fact UNDERPRICED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Canada's assault on free speech
I have been watching, with a mixture of bewilderment and bother, the apparently endless attempts to erode free speech rights in Canada.
The most spectacular recent examples involve those twins of far right views (about as far removed from my political compass as one could conceive), Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant.
Both were harrassed by Human Rights Commissions for views expressed in their books, Levants's Shakedown and Steyn's America Alone.
Notwithstanding the fact that both have won their cases, the very idea that both had to defend, at considerable cost, their right to express their views strikes at the roots of Canada's Charter of Rights.
Levant, you'll remember, was called on the carpet for reprinting the harmless and somewhat juvenile cartoons of Mohammed in his Western Standard magazine; Steyn incurred the wrath of Canada's Muslim establishment for his assertion, reprinted in Maclean's magazine, that the United States stands alone as the sole defender of the West agtainst Islamic extremism.
All this reminds me of my own run-in with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Two small neighborhood convenience stores were hit with a decree that they were creating a "hostile environment" for shoppers by selling adult magazines like Playboy and Penthouse.
The two women who made the complaint enjoyed the unlimited financial and moral support of the Ontario government. The store owners were in no position to fight back. In their defense, I called in a coalition of magazine distributors who ended up putting $50,000 into a legal defense fund.
The case went to a three-person tribunal of well-paid adjudicators who held extensive (and expensive) hearings before concurring with our submission that the complaints were baseless.
If the business group had not been willing to support these small stores, I have no doubt they would have been pilloried by their accusers. Every mom-and-pop store could have found itself at risk for selling magazines that met every letter of the law.
In reflecting on this, I thought of the wonderful contribution of Alan Borovoy over the past forty years in his leadership of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Now retired, he fought tireless battles over capital punishment, religious instruction in the schools, hate speech, obscenity laws, terrorism, and the War Measures Act.
Borovoy remained steadfast in his opposition to hate speech laws. His stance cost him many friends in the Jewish community.
The struggle goes on. There has never been an adequate explanation for the way the Harper government barred British MP George Galloway from entering Canada. It's clear he was kept out because of his views on the war in Afghanistan and his alleged support for Hamas, the democratically elected government of Palestine.
Agree or disagree with Galloway, his views deserve testing in the court of public opinion, not in the shrouded back rooms of the bureaucracy.
New examples come up almost every day. B'nai Brith has demanded that Toronto Mayor David Miller stop the performance of the play, Seven Jewish Children, at a theatre the city bailed out a few years ago. The idea of asking a mayor to act as a censor in Canada is truly mind-boggling.
The willingness of Canadian courts to impose publication bans on evidence at criminal trials is equally troubling. Other than to protect the identity of a juvenile, I see no justification in restricting in any way, shape or form the reporting of what goes on in our courts.
Our entire system of justice is built on public disclosure of court proceedings. This is the only assurance we have against secret arrests, trials and imprisonment. How much, for example, would we know of the RCMP's misbehavior in the Dzienkaski case without disclosure of the video showing how this poor man was assaulted?
The one small glimmer of hope I've been able to find is that Canada has opposed a resolution of the UN Human Rights Council that would make "defamation of religion" a human rights violation. Look out, Christopher Hitchins, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins!This week, an association of Canadian journalists marked the annual World Press Freedom Day. Alan Borovoy reminds us that the greatest threat to freedom of expression in Canada is not government edicts, but public apathy.
Our Human Rights Commissions were established to deal primarily with discrimination in employment and housing. It is time they returned to these duties. It is time to dump the whole panoply of hate speech laws and all those invidious devices that allow repression of the vigorous debate that is the mark of true democracy.
Oh Canada, stand on guard!


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Revised in committee 4/20/2012
Policy on the use of adjunct instructors
The Sociology Undergraduate Curricula Committee recommends that the following criteria be considered when electing to utilize the services of an adjunct instructor on main campus.
1) Adjunct instructors will not compete with tenure track faculty member course offerings throughout an academic year. Rather, adjunct instructors will be used when the candidate has particular skills, access to networks, or applied experience not held by tenure faculty members. Further:
- Tenure track faculty will have first selection of course and scheduling.
- Adjunct instructors will not offer courses during summer and winter terms, unless a unique need is identified.
- In the rare circumstance that an adjunct instructor teaching on main campus offers and online course, the department will solicit such an offering in order to meet an exceptional departmental need.
- Multiple offerings of the same course in a given semester will only occur when it can be reasonably expected that all sections will meet enrollment guidelines.
2) Adjunct instructors are held to the same high standard for teaching quality as are tenure track faculty. Therefore, all adjuncts will be supervised and evaluated by the department head. The evaluation of adjunct instructors will include, but is not limited to: syllabi, course evaluations, assessment of web based delivery content, and a minimum of one in-class review for face-to-face courses.
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KINGMAN - A former Mohave County dam maintenance worker faces possible jail time and probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct with a weapon in connection with what was described as a prank.
According to court documents, 57-year-old Clifford Olsen placed another worker in a choke hold and put a gun to the worker's head while boasting he could kill the other worker at any time.
The Daily Miner reports that the other worker and other witnesses told authorities that Olsen seemed to be joking or trying to show off.
Olsen pleaded guilty this week under a plea agreement that calls for a 15-day jail sentence and three years of probation. He also must surrender the handgun used in the incident last spring.
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The 3rd Era Freeport Companion is a rules supplement for the Pirate's Guide to Freeport. Its 160 pages are packed with all the support you need to run a 3rd Era Freeport campaign. In addition to giving game stats for all the major characters, the 3rd Era Freeport Companion provides new core and prestige classes, famous magic items, an insanity system, new spells... [click here for more]
This exciting entry in the critically acclaimed Races of Renown series fully details aasimar and tieflings, as well as half-fiends, half-celestials, and many of their cousin races. If you've been looking for an easy way to integrate planar elements into your campaign, look no further. Aasimar & Tiefling is your one stop shop for plana... [click here for more]
Awaiting you between the covers of the Advanced Bestiary are over 100 new templates that put the power back into your hands! With concepts ranging from the apocalyptic four horsemen to the bizarre id ooze and stone idol, this book offers unprecedented flexibility for campaigns of any style. These templates can be combined with monsters from any other source to cre... [click here for more]
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The perfect complement for your PH, the Advanced Player's Manual gives your characters all new capabilities. Like other books in Green Ronin's Advanced Series, this book is all about options, expansions, and moving your games into new directions. With new race flexibility, variant magic classes, mass combat rules, and more, you have the tool... [click here for more]
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More than just another mounted warrior, the cavalier is the iconic knight, whose excellence in arms, horsemanship, and dedication to the chivalric code set him apart from other warriors. Blending the best traits of nobility with martial prowess, the cavalier is an invaluable addition to any adventuring party. The Cavalier's Handbook, the newest in Green Ronin Pub... [click here for more]
This companion book to Green Ronin's Bow & Blade fully details a wood elf village designed to fit easily in any fantasy campaign setting. The remote tree-top village makes an excellent home base for a wilderness-oriented campaign, or an exotic place for existing characters to visit. The current political and religious crisis offers a start... [click here for more]
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From the moment a band of daring adventurers toppled Sea Lord Drac's regime and exposed his madness and corruption, Freeport has endured a long and arduous Succession Crisis. For with Drac's fall, there was no clear successor and the law was clear: only a blood relative of the Drac line can take the seat of the Sea Lord. With no heirs and no legitimate kin to claim the title, t... [click here for more]
Dezzavold: Fortress of the Drow, Green Ronin's companion book to Plot & Poison: A Guidebook to Drow, provides a fully detailed dark elf settlement for your d20 fantasy campaign. You can send your players against Dezzavold or use it as the backdrop for a dark, dangerous campaign. Dezzavold: Fortress of the Drow includes:
Towering pyramids rise from the sands, speaking of the glory of kings long gone. Three mighty pharaohs, kings and gods, rule over a land divided--over nations hovering on the brink of war. Priests of mighty deities guide the lives of peasants and nobles alike, as all struggle to make the most of the fertile lands that line the mighty river Yor, whose rushing waters ... [click here for more]
Green Ronin Publishing is proud to offer the The Book of Days, the player book from the Hamunaptra boxed set, on its own for seperate sale. This 96 page book for 3rd Era games covers the classes, races, feats, and magic of Hamunaptra, and allows each player to have his own quick reference for adventures in the land of Khemti. Also included is a character sheet for your hero. The main Hamunaptra... [click here for more]
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Vampire enemies are a staple of fantasy adventure, but the standard race is too powerful for Player Character use in most d20 campaigns. Fang & Fury presents a new race, the vampire scion, which is balanced for play with conventional PC races. These mysterious creatures have their own history, traditions, and paths to power; and though individuals can come to rival th... [click here for more]
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The character sheet is the cornerstone of your Player Character in any roleplaying game. As campaigns go on, your sheet can get overloaded with abilities, magic items, powers, and notes. It is way more than one measly sheet can hold, but that's all the rulebook gives you to work with.
In 2001 Green Ronin changed all that with the d20 Syste... [click here for more]
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Terror in Freeport is 46 pages of rollicking adventure, set in Chris Pramas's dynamic fantasy city. It works either as a stand-alone adventure, or as a sequel to the best-selling Death in Freeport Revised. The d20 System once again provides the framework for a story of heroism and villainy. This time the PCs learn that not all cultists lurk beneath the streets, and not all serpent... [click here for more]
There were giants in the Earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in onto the daughters of men and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. --The Book of Genesis
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