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ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - Delivering as Promisedby Anand Lal Shimpi on August 19, 2002 8:00 AM EST
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It has definitely been a while since we've been able to say that an ATI card has lived up to its expectations, but the Radeon 9700 Pro does live up to every last one of our expectations. The question truly ends up being, does it meet your expectations?
There are three things that the Radeon 9700 Pro can offer at this point:
1) The highest performance in current and future games.
2) The ability to play at 1600x1200 in just about any game currently available or soon to be made available, and
3) The ability to play virtually any game at 1024x768 with 4X AA and 16X anisotropic filtering enabled at smooth frame rates.
The first point is moot because you should never buy a video card based on the performance it will offer in games that are no where near being released. While it is true that the Radeon 9700 Pro is probably the best card out right now for Doom III, there will be something faster and cheaper closer to the time Doom III is released. But if you're looking to play anything this fall (UT2003, etc...) then the 9700 Pro makes a lot of sense.
The last two points will really determine whether the Radeon 9700 Pro is the card for you; if either of those options appeal to you, then the Radeon 9700 Pro is probably very well suited for your needs.
We would recommend buying a Radeon 9700 Pro over a GeForce4 Ti 4600 if you're buying today, even taking into account the ~$100 price difference between the two cards. What we can't offer a recommendation on however, is what to do when the issue of NV30 comes into the picture. If NVIDIA is able to meet their schedules, NV30 will be out around December and at a price competitive with the Radeon 9700 Pro.
Waiting until later this Fall will also grant you the option of going with the Radeon 9500, a 4 pixel pipeline version of the Radeon 9700 running at lower clock speeds. Or if you're looking for a bit more, the All-in-Wonder Radeon 9xxx cards based on the R300 will be announced later this year as well. Paired with a new video encoder chip, the new All-in-Wonder card should prove to be the biggest hardware upgrade the AIW series has seen in years.
Regardless of what path you choose the Radeon 9700 Pro is a viable option from ATI, and it has been a very long time since we've been able to say that as well.
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For those nervous that the world is lurching closer to another war in the Middle East, there's good news and bad news.
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Specifically, Goldberg says, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that an attack on Iran's nuclear sites would actually "unclothe the emperor"–demonstrating to Iranian civilians that their leaders were weak and, thus, encouraging them to overthrow the regime.
Secondly, Goldberg says, Israeli officials have now convinced Netanyahu that they will be able to take out Iran's nuclear sites without provoking an all-out war. Because the sites aren't located in heavily populated areas, this theory goes, Iran's regime will just deny that an attack took place. And Iran will be so scared of America's military power, meanwhile, Iran won't risk attacking U.S. ships in retaliation..
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Cross-Cultural Reactions to Academic Sexual Harassment: Effects of Individualist vs. Collectivist Culture and Gender of Participants
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Male and female university students from the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Ecuador, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Turkey read a standardized scenario in which a male professor was accused of sexually harassing a female graduate student. Respondents from individualist countries judged the professor to be guilty of sexual harassment more often than did those from collectivist countries. Women rendered significantly more guilty judgments and assigned more severe punishments to the accused professor than did men. Implications for the individualist–collectivist classification system and cross-cultural research are discussed.
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LARGO — Ryan Hunter-Reay was working the pump and preaching the gospel at Ulmerton and Starkey roads. An Indy Racing League driver whose car is sponsored by the ethanol industry, he and several peers were filling up a long line of cars with ethanol-blended gasoline recently in a pre-Grand Prix of St. Petersburg promotion.
"Right here, pump 9," he beckoned.
It has been a tougher sell lately. Hunter-Reay and his counterparts have been buffeted by negative coverage about the viability and responsibility of using an organic-based fuel that as recently as a year ago was viewed as a cure-all. The question now is whether ethanol is still a viable platform for the IRL (which wielded environmental sensibility like a green hammer) or the American Le Mans Series, whose manufacturers use the series to prove ethanol can make their exotic cars' passenger equivalents go fast on the byways, too.
Six pumps down from Hunter-Reay, the message already had been diluted as Palm Harbor resident Elise Heffner topped off the tank of her economy car with gasoline that was 44 cents cheaper (thanks to a promotion) than a few blocks away. Although lured by cheaper gas, her view of ethanol was defined by a myriad of conflicting information.
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With a recent report from Princeton University scientists laying waste to many tenets that seemed to make ethanol a sound fiscal, social and environmental option, these entities are clambering to redefine or defend their positions. They're either asserting that ethanol was always meant as a transitional fuel, that the science of the recent reports is flawed or that the results do not apply to them.
One of the chief drawbacks of ethanol production, as described in recent reports, is the trade-off of land use for fuel instead of food. U.S. farmers last year planted the most corn since 1944, but 25 percent has been used for ethanol production, driving up soy and wheat prices. The energy used in producing corn-based ethanol made it more harmful to the environment than fossil fuels, some studies say. A Time magazine report asserted that the amount of corn needed to fill one SUV with ethanol could feed a human for a year.
"(People) don't get the whole story," Hunter-Reay said. "The corn (the IRL) uses to make ethanol isn't food-grade corn. You wouldn't eat it. It doesn't look right. This is fuel corn, low-down, dirty product put into the process."
The IRL, which races on 98 percent fuel-grade ethanol, is based in the Midwest and uses suppliers that derive fuel from corn. But it is moving toward cellulosic ethanol, generally seen as an improvement. It is made from parts of plants and wood but requires more processing.
The IRL, the first series to seize upon ethanol as a sponsor/fuel supplier, defends its use as an alternative to foreign oil, but commercial division president Terry Angstadt said the series is not committed to ethanol.
"We're looking right now at our potential options for equipment packages for 2011," he said. "That may or may not include ethanol."
The ALMS' 85 percent ethanol blend is produced in conjunction with KL Process Design in Wyoming and might represent the new cure-all, for now. KL clears and grinds Black Hills Forest waste into pellets for processing into ethanol. The plant is the first small-scale U.S. facility to use wood waste.
"All of the things that have been in the ethanol reports we don't believe apply to what we are doing," said Doug Robinson, executive director of the International Motor Sports Association. "From this particular part of the green initiative, we think we have a strong position that we feel really good about."
Robinson said KL's process yields more than twice the energy required to produce ethanol. The U.S. Department of Energy is studying the venture.
Corvette Racing Program manager Doug Fehan said that though General Motors does not consider ethanol the answer, it is a "worthwhile step," which is why his team used E85 in the ALMS race in St. Petersburg. A producer of 2.5-million flex fuel passenger vehicles, which can use up to E85 blends, GM uses the Corvette program to teach the public that its vehicles can attain high performance with ethanol.
"In ignorance there is fear, and if people don't know what ethanol-based fuels are, they will be reluctant to go in that direction," he said. Ironically, GM does not produce an E85-capable Corvette.
As with most things ethanol, in racing and real life, consumers and fans are expected to take someone's word for it and hope they can reconcile it later.


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Meroe Strobridge was born on Oct 2, 1824 in Barnet, Vermont.1 She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hinds Strobridge and Elizabeth Kerr Harvey.1
Meroe married Andrew Strobridge.1
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- Wells, Frederic Palmer. History of Barnet, Vermont. 1923. Reprint, Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 2003.


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Time for another round of Disney PMV's, this time dedicated to The Little Mermaid. Same deal as always, click the links for each song!
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Day 1: Uganda Wildlife Education centre.
The birding experience starts in the morning and by the end of the day, you shall have met a big number of the 170 species of wild birds living in the Uganda Wildlife Education center. Here, expect to see the Giant Kingfisher, Swamp Flycatcher, Broad-billed Roller, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Splendid Starling, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Orange Weaver, Vulturine and African Fish Eagle, Verreaux's Eagle-owl, Red-chested Sunbird, Ross's Turaco, Pied Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Open-billed Stork, Great Reed Warbler, Grey-caped Warbler, Sedge Warblers, the rare Northern Masked Weaver along with the Golden Backed, Black Necked, Northern Brown Throated, Grosbeak, different races of the Baglafecht Weavers, a number of flycatcher species such as the Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Lead colored, Pale Flycatcher, Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher, African-paradise flycatcher, African Blue Flycatcher among others. Should you be interested, you will also visit in the sewerage lagoons. Overnight at Serena Hotel | Holiday Express (Full Board).
Day 2: Mabamba Swamps.
After breakfast, your birding experience to the Mabamba Swamps commences. Birding here is done canoeing on a big scale. A variety of species to be seen may include; The elusive Shoebill, White-faced Whistling-duck, Fulvours Whistling Duck, Goliath Heron, Purple Heron, Common Squacco Heron, long-toed Plover, African water Rail, Grey and Black Headed Herons, Striated Heron, Pygmy Goose, Yellow Billed Duck, Black Crake, Swamp Moorhen, Allen's Gallinule, African Jacana, Rufous-naped Lark, Flappet Lark, Mosque Swallow (monteiri race), Weyn's Weaver, White Shouldered Tit, Sand Martin, Brown Snake-Eagle, Eurasian Hobby, Tropical Boubou, Stripped Kingfisher, Common Stonechat, Little bee-eater, Red-chested Cuckoo, Klass's Cuckoo, Diedrick Cuckoo, White-browed and the Senagal Coucals, Yello-rumped Tinkerbird, Yellow white-eye, common and black-capped Waxbills among others. You could also see the Sitatunga, a swamp antelope and much more of wildlife. Overnight at Rain Forest Lodge (Full Board).
Day 3: Mabira Forest Reserve.
After breakfast, we lead out to Mabira Forest Reserve with packed lunch for the Nahan's Francolin, African Dusky flycatcher, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Wood Warbler, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Red-tailled Bristlebil, White-spotted Fluftail, Red-headed Malimbe, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Little Geenbul, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Red-caped Robin-chat, Forest Robin, Fire-crested Alethe, Brown-chested Alethe, White-throated Greenbul name it. In the evening you will be returned to where you were picked and this will mark the end of the tour.
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London, United Kingdom, 2010/05/12 - Winner of Brand of the Year Award in the category of Accountancy Program.
ACCA Pakistan has been declared as the winner of the Brands of the Year Award in the category of Professional Accountancy Program for the second time, consecutively, this year. ACCAs success with a decisive majority indicates a continuum of ACCAs increasing brand popularity, strong stakeholder confidence and a high level of customer satisfaction.
The award was received by Mr Mohammad Shahid Khan, Assistant Manager of Business Development from the honourable Prime Minister Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani accompanied by Mr Nisar Khoro, Acting Governor Sindh and Mr Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister, Sindh. Also present at the honours were the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr Rauf Siddique and Director General, Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO), Mr Syed Khalid Mehmood Bukhari.
The Brand of the Year Award is a public-private partnership programme aimed at creating awareness about brand importance and encouraging healthy brand competition in Pakistan. This year the contest featured 550 contenders in 175 diverse categories of goods and services judged through a consumer survey, from which, 153 brands were identified and endowed with Brand of the Year Award.
While addressing the Brand of the Year Awards ceremony, the prime minister, Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani congratulated the wining brands on their success and appreciated the value and repute they add to Pakistans business industry. The prime minster highly emphasised the critical role of brand development, quality assurance and registered trademarks to Pakistans trade and industry.
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In June, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, a decision that has sweeping financial implications for same-sex couples who were married in states that recognize same-sex marriage. Couples should consider both the immediate and long-term impact of the ruling. Here are some of the questions to ask.
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Tamazula de Gordiano
|Tamazula de Gordiano
|Municipality and city
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
|Coordinates: 19°38′N 103°15′W / 19.633°N 103.250°W
|• Total
|1,324.48 km2 (511.38 sq mi)
|Population (2010)
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Tamazula de Gordiano (locally [tamaˈsula ðe ɣoɾˈðjano], also known as Tamazula) is a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The word "tamazula" comes from the Nahuatl word tamazullan, which means "place or lagoon of toads."
Municipal communities[edit]
Tamazula is the seat of the municipality of the same name (Tamazula de Gordiano), the municipality is a territorial extension of 1324.48 km². It is divided into municipal delegations:
Tamazula recently gained city status after the 2010 census reported that the city had 37,986 residents.[1] A vast majority of the city's residents are employed at the Ingenio Azucarero de Tamazula, S.A. de C.V. where sugar cane from the surrounding vicinities within the municipality is turned into sugar and alcohol.
The ingenio (sugar mill) as it is known by the people here is the major source of revenue for the city and the municipality as a whole, followed by tourism and trade.
On October 17, 2007: Adrián Gil Pérez, the chronicler of the city, made public a proposal to name the town from this date forward as "La perla del sureste de Jalisco", or the Pearl of the Southeast of Jalisco.
Every year between January 20 and February 2 is the festival of Our Lady of Sagrario, during these two weeks there are events for the whole family and for all tastes. Many internationally recognized stars come to the festival to play there, such as Banda El Recodo, Banda "Arrolladora" El Limón, Banda Ms, Joan Sebastian, and Mariachi Internacional Vargas de Tecalitlan as well as comedy shows from comedians like Teo Gonzalez, Jo Jo Jorge Falcon, Jorge "Coque" Muñiz.


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Sustainability director provides unifying voice for University initiatives
Liz Christiansen is on a mission. As The University of Iowa's first director of the Office of Sustainability, she's working to make campus—and the larger community—a greener, more environmentally friendly place.
Of course, she's not starting from scratch. The University signed onto the Chicago Climate Exchange in 2004, and has been working diligently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Research that ties in with sustainability issues is happening all across campus; and the University has a long history of encouraging mass transportation and bicycling.
Christiansen says she's excited to build on those initiatives as she develops new programs, coordinates efforts to formulate institutional goals and policies, and reaches out to the community as an advocate for sustainable practices.
Forecast for Iowa River looks promising in 2009
As spring 2009 made its slow approach to Iowa City and The University of Iowa, people traveling along Dubuque Street were greeted with flooding in parts of lower City Park. After the devastating flooding of June 2008, it's only natural to ask questions at the first sign of high water...
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News in brief
University to present Earth Week events through Friday, April 24
The University of Iowa will hold several events during Earth Week, through Friday, April 24 to promote environmental awareness and sustainable practices on campus and beyond.
Photo feature: ¡Bailamos! Having a ball at Gusto Latino
The University of Iowa International Crossroads Community held its annual Latin dance festival, Gusto Latino, April 10 in the Iowa Memorial Union. Live music was provided by Orquesta de Jazz y Salsa Alto Maiz, an 11-piece Latin jazz dance band featuring local musicians. Proceeds from the event will help fund an Engineers Without Borders project to work with a health clinic in Las Mangas, Honduras.


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Early Probate Records
Estate of Jacob P. Helms, Deceased
|Petition of B. P. Ayres for letters of administration on the estate
of Jacob P. Helms deceased, late of Fannin County, but whose property lies
in Tarrant County, Texas. Done by request of Thos. P. Helms, the son of the
said Jacob P. Helms, Dec. Dated 17 Aug. 1857. Filed same day. Advertised
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Thos. P. Helms waiver of his right to administer on the estate. Dated 3 February 1857.
Bond of B. P. Ayres, administrator; $2180. Sureties: M.T. Brinson and E. S. Terrell. Approved August term 1857.
Report of administrator that he has obtained possession of a note for $200 belonging to the estate of Jacob P. Helms against Wm. Wadkins, due July 1855, "which note I shall proceed to collect." Filed 23 March 1859.
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HB 5061 - Requires Photo Identification for Absentee Ballots - Key Vote
Michigan Key Votes
Rick Snyder vetoed this Legislation.
Read statements Rick Snyder made in this general time period.
- July 3, 2012 Executive Vetoed
- June 14, 2012 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 13, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- March 29, 2012 House Bill Passed
- Oct. 12, 2011 Introduced
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Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - July 3, 2012
Title: Requires Photo Identification for Absentee Ballots
Full Bill Text
Veto Letter
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (-) - June 14, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed With Amendment (Senate) (-) - June 13, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (65-45) - March 29, 2012(Key vote)
Title: Requires Photo Identification for Absentee Ballots
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that requires voters to present photo identification for absentee ballots
- Requires the Secretary of State to make a poster that explains "ballot coaching" and that "ballot coaching" is prohibited, and to provide at least one poster to each "residential care facility" in the state.
- Specifies that a "residential care facility" refers to either a nursing home or a home for the aged.
- Requires the director or owner of a residential care facility to display the poster in a public place beginning 45 days prior to each election and continuing through Election Day.
- Requires that for a voter to obtain an absent voter ballot they must present a "generally recognized picture identification card" to a clerk of the town or city in which the voter is registered
- Requires an elector to sign an affidavit before the clerk in order to obtain his or her absent voter ballot if he or she does not have a form of picture identification.
- Requires the clerk to indicate to each elector who obtains an absent voter ballot in person that the elector may sign an affidavit indicating that he or she does not have photo identification.
- Requires an absent voter ballot to be prepared as a "challenged ballot" if an elector obtains an absent voter ballot and votes without providing the identification required.
- Requires the clerk of a city or town that has access to the Ballot Tracker Program provided by the state to utilize the program by allowing voters to track their absent voter ballots online.
- Requires that a report from each county detailing the number of affidavits signed by voters who did not present proper identification be immediately available for public inspection after the Secretary of State receives the reports from the county clerks no more than 14 days after an election.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Oct. 12, 2011
Title: Requires Photo Identification for Absentee Ballots
- Bradford C. 'Brad' Jacobsen (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Martin J. 'Marty' Knollenberg (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eileen T. Kowall (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenneth Kurtz (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
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By Werner Ruotsalainen on Fri, 10/02/2009
Anyone having read the iPhone Multiplayer Gaming Bible knows I've always considered Galcon one of the best remote (lounge-based) online multiplayer games. Now, the sequel, Galcon Labs has just been approved to the AppStore, adding some new game modes and the like.
You may also want to check out THIS dedicated TouchArcade thread and particularly THIS post there.
Note that the title still hasn't arrived in the European AppStore. Hope its price doesn't increase by the time it arrives here.
BTW, I'll update the iPhone Multiplayer Gaming Bible today with info on, for example, the brand new Fifa 2010 (TouchArcade thread & news HERE) and a lot of other, new titles. As promised, I'll start posting videos of the games (strictly in multiplayer mode) this weekend. Also, a big-big rewrite of the entire article is coming, along with making the chart far more digestable, filterable etc.


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Sanctuary Records has set an April 23 release date for the reissue of VENOM's 2000 album, "Resurrection". The CD, which was originally issued in 2000 on the Steamhammer label, was the first VENOM album to feature Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant) on the drums. The new CD will include an extensive booklet of photos and artwork taken around the time the original LP was released, as well as sleeve notes by longtime U.K. rock journalist Malcolm Dome.VENOM recently parted ways with guitarist Mykvs (a.k.a. Mike Hickey; ex-CARCASS, CATHEDRAL). "Personal unavoidable commitments in the U.S. have forced Mykvs to announce that he cannot commit 100% to VENOM's 2007 schedule," the band previously wrote in a statement. A new guitarist by the name of Rage has already been drafted in to replace Mykvs and is currently working in the studio with the rest of the group on demos for their next album. Commented drummer Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant): "[Rage] is a proper metalhead. It's great hearing the way he incorporates dive bombs into the riffs; it really reminds me of a certain former original member. He is quite an enigma." Check out photos of the new VENOM lineup at this location. With regards to the direction of the band's next album, VENOM frontman Cronos previously said, "VENOM will be even darker and heavier for the next release. The new song ideas that Antton and I have been composing over the last year will be exactly what the 'legions' expect from us, and will really test the abilities of the band members. There's going to be a lot of blood spilled making the next album. This band belongs to the fans and I'm going to stay true to the spirit of VENOM no matter what sacrifices have to be made." Talks are already underway to discuss VENOM's live appearances for 2007. The band's management and its booking agency are keen to book VENOM to play some of the other territories the group has still yet to destroy. "Playing in Sweden [last] year was incredible," said Cronos. "It just seems mad that it took VENOM so long to get there. Now we want to look at all the other places where we've never been, like Spain for example." Cronos is also developing new ideas with the German pyro company who featured at a couple of their festival shows this year, and they promise some great surprises for this year's live shows. VENOM last September cancelled its appearance at the Thrash Domination Fest 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan after "Cronos was "taken ill" and was ordered by his doctor to rest. VENOM's latest CD, "Metal Black", was released in North America in April 2006 via Sanctuary Records. The CD was mixed at the Townhouse Studios in London and contains 14 new songs.
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Gov't. Sponsored Initiatives A No No!
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- J.A.I.L. News Journal
October 23, 2000
Listen to HotSeat4Judges daily on Internet Radio M-Th, 6-7 pm P.T.
Make your plans now to attend So. CA. JAIL's Nov. 11th (Veteran's Day) fundraiser. RSVP $20 (or $25 at the door) to Doug Johnson, (818) 895-1239, 8340 Columbus Ave., North Hills, CA. 91343. Event held 11 am., American Legion Hall, 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA. Includes food and a J.A.I.L. T-shirt.Government Sponsored Initiatives A No NoDear Jackie:I see government's involvement in initiatives a total conflict of interest, for initiatives are designed to go directly against the government institutions itself. The initiative's main purpose is to circumvent the government when government ignores the will of the People. It is the People's right to alter, amend, or abolish their form of government as they deem necessary for their future security. It is the Declaration of Independence in action. It is a pressure release valve afforded People when they deem their government just is not working.Unfortunately, governments are taking free advantage of the initiative process. For instance, here in California, nearly half of all initiatives on the ballot in any given election is placed upon the ballot by the state legislature itself. Legislators have available to them the legislative process. Legislators use the initiative process in order to circumvent the laws and Constitutionally established legislative process of committees, debates, revisions, member votes, the Senate's check and balance, and the Governor's check and balance of veto power. It can hardly be said that our representatives have no access to representation or "their" representatives.Further, it is an abuse of the People's tax dollars to be spent on opposing what the People propose, just as tax dollars should not be used for advertising purposes to tell us what to think about our government services. Would an employee be wisely using his bosses' money if he spent it on convincing his boss he was a great employee?I would propose an initiative to both bar the legislature from use of the initiative process and to invalidate all past legislative sponsored initiatives. Let the legislature pass laws through the checks and balance processes they are supposed to follow.-Ron Branson-JAIL4JudgesPS - Once JAIL is passed, I believe we shall have enough clout to consider bring about cessation of legislative initiatives if we do not get a finding through the courts that it is unconstitutional.----- Original Message -----From: W.G.E.N.To: idzrus@...Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 11:01 AMSubject: {WA}CAMP: I-722 gets thumbs down in TumwaterI have a question about government (City/County Councils, etc) taking a *stand* on an initiative. I am wondering why these bodies should be allowed to *vote* to take a *stand* for or against any initiative. Why are they any different than schools? They are using TAX DOLLARS in the taking of a stand. Are they allowed to do this?
Does anyone out there have an answer on this? I am really questioning the basis for any City/County Council, as a whole, to vote to support or oppose any ballot issue.
Jackie Juntti
WGEN idzrus@...http://news.theolympian.com/stories/20001023/SouthSound/137886.shtml
South Sound Monday, October 23, 2000
I-722 gets thumbs down in Tumwater
TUMWATER -- The Tumwater City Council has voted to
officially oppose state Initiative 722, which is on the fall
general-election ballot.
Among other things, I-722, sponsored by Tim Eyman, would exempt vehicles from property taxes, limit property tax increases to 2
percent annually, and nullify any tax increase adopted from July 2, 1999, through Dec. 31, 1999.
The Tumwater council also has scheduled a Nov. 8 meeting to reinstate the fees that would be dropped by I-722 if it passes, said Councilman Pete Kmet, who authored the resolution passed last week.
There is some question whether tax and fee money raised during the time targeted by I-722 would have to be returned if the initiative passes, Kmet said. If it does have to be refunded, the city would have to give back about $250,000 charged to developers in the form of transportation impact fees, Kmet said.
"In terms of traffic, that's about 10 percent of (Tumwater's) road improvement budget," Kmet said. "It all adds up," Kmet said. "That's money that could be used paving neighborhood streets, putting in sidewalks, buying park lands."
Initiative 722 also could require the city to refund smaller fee increases like a $1 dog licensing fee that was passed last fall. Finding all the residents who paid the fee and refunding their dollar would cost more
than the total amount of the refund, Kmet said.
But the council's vote wasn't unanimous. Voting for the resolution to oppose I-722 were council members Kmet, Bruce Zeller, Wayne Williams and Chris Parsons. Cindy Beauchene voted against the resolution, saying she didn't feel it was appropriate for the council to take a stance on a state-wide initiative.
Council members Ed Stanley and Karen Valenzuela were not at the meeting. John Graber covers Tumwater for The Olympian. He can be
reached at 754-5445.
What's nextIf state Initiative 722 passes Nov. 7, the Tumwater City Council will vote Nov. 8 on reinstating fees and taxes I-722 would repeal.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at City Hall, 555 Israel Road. For
more information, call 754-5855.
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|Caelia Taviskin
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Once again sorry for the delay, the applications were excellent and i had to spend some more time reading them over.
I've decided to go with Arielle as the current players and myself liked her character and due to her previous posting history, pop over to discussion when you get a chance and we can arrange an introduction.
Thanks for the interest to everyone who didn't make it and good luck with future applications.
|Klaus Mandrake
|Rogr Aglondier
|Silva Pasrati
|Sune Okino
|Maksim Zavid Radoslavov
|Caelius Nicos
We have recently lost a player to RL and another to causes undetermined so we are having another small recruitment drive. The characters we lost were a sorcerer and a paladin so i'll be favouring casters and strikers to try to maintain the party balance.
Everything from the first post apllies however the characters will start at 3rd level with 2000 gold to spend, i do prefer the standard races but a person with a good reason could tempt me into allowing some things from the advanced race guide.
Applications will close at 8am gmt next tuesday due to the bank holiday and my general schedule at the moment, i think the party will see the current encounter through until the end with the departing pc's as bots so it may take a little while after selection for introductions to take place just so the applicants are prepared.
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A barbarian invulnerable rager.
Multiple candles and a roaring fire illuminated the room as the old woman put down her goose quill looking at the illustrated paper before her. "What are you working on this late mother?" a young dark haired man leaning against the doorframe asked. "I am securing the story of your father for future generations." She smiled a tired smile as she answered her son. "But why now father died years ago?" came the reply. "House Garess is spreading filthy lies now that your grandmother Lady Ionnia finally died." She answered not trying to hide her contempt.
Stiff from the long hours spent in front of the writing desk she moved to a more comfortable chair by the fireplace. "Let me tell you the real story about your father at least as much as I know," she began and pointed to another chair. "Your father was born on the slopes of the Golushkin Mountains into the House Garess, that much you know." She paused and then continued: "He was the result of an affair between your grandmother and a Numerian tribesman.""Was father a bastard?" The young man burst out. "Yes," his mother answered. "Yet the blood of House Garess flowed strong in his veins and yours for that matter. The story goes that your great-grandfather acknowledged this before he scolded his daughter," she continued.
She reached for a goblet and poured herself a glass of wine before returning to her story. "Your father never talked much about his youth. I think, it saddened him, that he chose to leave, but he did, what he thought would protect your grandmother. That is why he came to these lands."
Letting her words sink in, she took a sip of her wine. "In fact your father only told me one story about his childhood, must have been a 7-8 years old. A dwarf set out to hunt in the mountains and your father followed him. The old geezer let him tag along but made him work hard for it. Your father used to get this smile when he told the story, I think it is one of his happiest childhood memories."
Age: 18 (Adult)
Size: Medium, 6'1", 221 lbs.
Type: Humanoid (Human)
The young Vors' mixed heritage couldn't be kept a secret in his late teen's. The boy was taller than most of the other Talden men and marked brawnier. The classic bronze skin tone and brown hair helped maintain the illusion in his childhood but his steel grey eyes had that Kellish hue.
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Got the players you needed? Otherwise I got an inquisitor of Kurgess (striker) at the ready :)
6f2 / 1.86m, long dark blonde hair slicked backwards and sharp green eyes, muscular build.
Derakor is a young man who lives for the thrill of the hunt. He's a sportsman through and through, for his love for the game is bigger than his love to win. Don't get him wrong on that one though, for winning certainly is his goal and he's a sore but fair loser. Hunting is a sport normally reserved for the nobility and Derakor happens to be the offspring of a relative of a very minor noble scion of the Geralvi family. The Geralvi family hail from the Gronzi Forest and their possessions are minor, at best.
Derakor is 19 years old and learned how to hunt from one of the best masters of the hunt in all of Brevoy, Ericqal of Lestos. Eric, for short, serves House Medvyed and Derakor was assigned to him because his talents were spotted at an early age. He's a great huntsman for his age. If he were to become the master of the hunt for House Medvyed one day, he'd gather a lot of fame and reputation for his own family. But Derakor is always one to find challenges in life and the call for adventurers to venture south into the Stolen Lands sounds like the perfect opportunity to make a name for himself and do his family and mentors proud. Now is Derakor's time and all of Brevoy will soon know who this mighty huntsman of Kurgess is.
He was raised by his parents and has one younger brother and three younger sisters. All of them are still alive and reside somewhere within the Gronzi Forest. His father is a local strongman for the baron and ensures that the village surrounding his meager estate pay their taxes and send men when war is near. Derakor killed a deer at the age of thirteen and soon after got taken in by Ericqal for training. Tension has been high in Brevoy though and Derakor also had to don armor and spear for his House, but has yet to take a human life.
He's a cheerful fellow blessed with good looks and is the kind of man who gets along with everyone. Ever quick to flash a smile, he almost seems too gentle to live the life he leads.
Important stats:
Inquisitor 1
Gear: Spear and javelins, heavy armor and ye standard adventuring gear.
Feats: Heavy Armor Proficiency + Intimidating Prowess.
Skills: Survival, Swim, Climb, Acrobatics, Intimidate, Stealth and knowledge skills.
Trait: 1 Nobleborn of Medvyed - Endurance Overcomes All, +2 diplomacy with fey and a +1 on will saves to overcome their spells and supernatural abilities. 2 armor expert - lessen the ARP from armor by 1.
Tactics: Debuff through intimidate, deal damage in melee and use spells for healing and skills for utility.
Additional note: I was first thinking of a cleric, but depending on the group I can always change his class to that if the group needs it. If the group requires a more tanky character, he'll simply start using a 1h spear with a shield. If the group needs a dedicated ranged character, he'll simply use a long bow. It's a first draft and I always like to adjust my characters a little to the group - as a gesture of good will to them and to accomodate the basic tenet of RPGs, teamwork :)


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DEAR JOAN: While sitting on the balcony, I heard an unusual sound: a tapping, then sawing that continued on and on. I stood up to investigate, and this mystery was solved — a squirrel.
To distract the squirrel I went for a broom and tapped back on the gutter, and it became quiet soon. The squirrel had dug a hole, and now was roaming around in our attic. Pistachios were purchased and placed in a cage, to capture this intruder, and remove it from our domain.
A squirrel, unconcerned now, sat quietly in the cage. She may have babies to care for, so we alter our plan. We freed her close by, and she hopped back on our roof once again. Now, with a tummy full of pistachios she had energy to boot, so we needed another game plan to alter her route. Grateful for the pistachios and the trip down our stairs, she seems to think we are her helpers, and has returned to digging holes in our roof.
She must think I'm bipolar. First, I feed her pistachios and free her from the attic willfully; next I'm scaring her away with a broom skillfully. I think her shenanigans are her last-ditch effort to transport her babies away from the recently trimmed avocado tree.
Six hops from the avocado tree to the window screen, all met by me and my broom; such tenacity made me blue. She attempted to enter from another location too; all to bring her young ones to what she thinks is a safe location, and I felt so cruel. This mom had built a nest in our attic so warm, and doesn't understand why this can't be her home.
The family returned to the avocado tree from an unknown location on our property. The young one scampered about and stretched itself out. I'll enjoy their company, as long as they don't live in the attic above me.
Cynthia McAlister
Bay Area
DEAR CYNTHIA: Thanks for the prose and the story. When dealing with any animals and their young, it's best to let them be until the babies are old enough to leave the nest. Once they've vacated your space, patch up the holes to prevent a return visit.
DEAR JOAN: I watched a well-fed squirrel on a path near Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park awhile back that was quite successful at "urban food gathering."
I checked him out for a while, and this is how he worked: Whenever someone came up the path he occupied, he'd jump up on a certain tree stump and strike the cutest, most ideal squirrel pose that you can imagine. He was very photogenic, and inevitably the passer-by would stop to take a picture and very often he'd get a morsel or two as well.
Was he being a con man, a beggar or a performance artist?
Erich Hayner
DEAR ERICH: I think he was just being a very smart squirrel.
DEAR JOAN: About a month ago, I came across this large moth on my patio. It sat in the same spot for almost three days.
It was the size of a small bird. I have never seen anything this size in Martinez before. Are these rare for the area?
Gary Hesson
DEAR GARY: It could have been an eyed sphinx but based on the size, I believe you saw a Polyphemus moth.
Polyphemus are less common, but not rare.
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The World Isn't Sure What to Make of Ted Cruz: the 'Man Who Blocked America'
- By Hanna KozlowskaHanna Kozlowska is a fellow at Foreign Policy. She previously worked as a fixer, researcher and freelance contributor for the New York Times in Poland, and as the associate editor for Poland Today, an English-language magazine. Her work has also appeared in the Huffington Post and several Polish publications. She graduated from Swarthmore College where she was coeditor in chief of The Daily Gazette.
As the world has turned its gaze to the U.S. government shutdown — what the Russian news service RT has called "the harebrained antics of Congress," and Germany's Der Spiegel has attributed to the actions of "Die Kamikaze Partei," the paper's touching moniker for Republicans — many international news outlets, particularly in Europe, are homing in on the man who linked the debates over funding the government and defunding Obama's new health care law in the first place: Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
The Republican lawmaker captured the U.S. media's attention last week with his 21-hour faux filibuster against Obamacare, but he's clearly made waves overseas as well. Just today, the French weekly Le Point ran a fascinating profile of Cruz under the headline, "Ted Cruz: The Man Who Blocked America."
For the statist French, Cruz, with his relentless calls for limited government, could be a creature from another planet. Noting that Cruz has been compared to Joseph McCarthy ("which is not a compliment"), Le Point's Washington correspondent, Hélène Vissière, writes that unlike the crusading anti-communist senator, Cruz, with his "pomaded hair and youthful appearance," fairs wonderfully on television, which he often "courts." Painting Cruz as arrogant and intransigent, the article claims that Cruz relies on "intimidation" to carry out a strategy of "systematic obstruction with no proposed changes except for the dismantling of government." Cruz, Vissière reports, "plays on the fear of his colleagues, terrorizing them that if they do not support him, they will lose their next elections."
Still, Europa, a newspaper associated with Italy's left-wing Democratic Party, wins for the most byzantine description of Cruz, managing to compare the U.S. politician to pop culture's most menacing clown and a Civil War commander in the same sentence. Cruz, "the General Custer of the Republican Battle of the Little Bighorn, is the equivalent of Heath Ledger who in the role of Joker tells Batman: "Do I seem to you like someone with a plan? I am an agent of chaos, I simply do things," offers Alessandro Carrera, an Italian professor at the University of Houston.
Over at Canada's National Post, Kelly McParland agrees but trots out a different pop culture reference, noting that for Cruz, like for Miley Cyrus, "making noise may be the plan." Fellow columnist Jonathan Kay, meanwhile, finds himself at a loss to describe the Calgary-born Cruz to Canadians.
Government shutdowns, Kay explains, are impossible in Canada in part because crises in its parliamentary system are resolved by confidence votes and elections, and in part because Canadian lawmakers tend to vote with their party leaders. "There is no equivalent in any major Canadian political party to a man such as, say, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a Tea Party hardliner who answers to no political authority except his own naked ambition, and who is more than willing to use the current crisis as a means to discredit his own party's leadership," he observes.
Mark Mardell, the BBC's North America editor, marvels at Cruz more than he criticizes him. Noting that the GOP legislator has embraced John McCain's dismissal of him as a "wacko bird," Mardell continues, "Reading Dr Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham from the floor of the Senate can only elevate him from Daffy Duck to Roadrunner in the esteem of his public admirers." "Many Americans," he adds, "think their politicians spout childish nonsense, but rarely have they actually revelled in doing so."
So there you have it: Viewed from afar, Ted Cruz is a cross between Joseph McCarthy, General Custer, the Joker, Miley Cyrus, and the Road Runner. Meet the man who blocked America.


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It has been nearly two years since Charlotte Roman's house burned in the Witch fire and, while the rebuilding of her home is underway, more volunteers could help speed the construction, said Dan Woodruff, assistant director of Christ in Action (CIA), the faith-based first responder group that came to Roman's rescue.
Woodruff, a Ramona resident, said the plumbing is in and the concrete foundation has been poured for the 2,800-square-foot home on East Washington Street. The slabs are partially poured, he said, and soon they will be framing the house.
"It's going very well," he said, but added, "We are doing this on a volunteer basis."
Woodruff said he is hoping to finish the house within a year, which is possible if more people can "jump on board" to help.
The volunteers working on the house include several Ramona contractors. Woodruff, who owns a construction business, Woodruff's Trenching Inc., has been working at the site. John Christensen, he said, helped pour the concrete foundation, and Bob Roed did the plumbing.
Paul Ransom of Ransom Pump Supply re-connected the well and pump to supply water, and Doug Walters provided some electrical work.
In addition, Woodruff said Mitch Burch of Burch Construction has offered to do the drywall—donate the board, hang it and texture it. Ramona Disposal has donated a dumpster and has been really helpful, he added.
Woodruff said they are trying to buy materials with the insurance money that Roman had. One of the reasons CIA chose to help Roman rebuild was because she was "way underinsured," said Woodruff. She is also a single mom with two young children.
"There were a lot of circumstances that drew us to her," he said.
Roman said she never thought her house would burn. When she evacuated with her children, they took just a suitcase with some clothes and a few other items. When they returned to their home, it was "pretty much complete ash," she said.
While Roman said she didn't think it would take over two years to build the house, she noted that it's a different economy from the one after the fires. One local contractor who was helping to rebuild had to close his shop and find a full-time job, she said.
"Things have changed," said Roman, but they are moving forward and she believes God is pulling it all together.
Besides losing her house, Roman's life has also been affected by the economy. She owns a business called Treekeeper that provides tree services such as trimming, removing, stump grinding, and cutting back brush. Business has been slower, she noted, but "we're still hanging on."
Roman has been renting a home with her 14-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son. but the house went into foreclosure and already has a buyer so she will have to move. Still, she said, she looks around at the foreclosures and other difficult situations in people's lives and says, "I am very fortunate."
CIA helped about 12 different families after the Witch fire in 2007, said Woodruff. The nonprofit group, which was founded by Denny Nissley in Virginia, offers disaster relief as part of its ministry. CIA established a West Coast division in January 2008 so the group can respond to disasters on the West Coast in hours, rather than days, explained Woodruff.
Woodruff serves as the West Coast operations manager and is working on building a facility to manufacture the first-responder equipment that CIA has on the East Coast. Such equipment includes a mobile cooking trailer that can serve 15,000 meals a day, a washing trailer, a shower trailer, and four very large tents. The tents, he said, are used to distribute items to people in need and provide a place to eat.
Being in the construction business and owning a ranch aids Woodruff in the manufacturing of such equipment. To have the equipment stationed in San Diego County will make "the response time quite a bit quicker," he said. Woodruff added that he recently received a $1,000 donation from a church for his manufacturing facility.
CIA is also providing first responder training and is looking at establishing other locations in the United States.
Anyone who is interested in volunteering time or services to help rebuild Roman's house, or to make a donation for Christ in Action first-responder equipment may contact Woodruff at 619-572-6779.


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It only gives error while i try to open the sitemap page. Did any one had faced same trouble?
If i comment the  in page.ss then it works well but i need to pass code through XHTML validation.
Any suggestions?????