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Could it be a sc4 patch issue?

OK, as to hym's point mowing down a child under the influence of an illegal drug is no different from doing the same under the influence of a legal drug, alcohol being the obvious example. As to Muck 308, your roommate could just as well be spending the money on booze, or gambling. Both quite legal in most places. There are consequences, criminal charges for hym's example, and Muck could get a new roommate and kick his deadbeat friend into the street. He might actually be doing the friend a favor. The problem with the war on drugs is it treats the substance as evil, not how it is used. Therefore if you simply possess the substance you must be punished. That is a trap that creates a never ending black hole for tax dollars.

I heard a report that an autopsy is planned. Not that foul play is suspected. Apparently he just returned from an overseas trip via a long air flight. Thrombosis is a possibility.

Countdown put up a picture of another celebrity wearing a similar scarf. It was John McCain's daughter.

Originally posted by: beebs [Depends on where you are. Here in Canada, you can use debit/credit quite literally anywhere. Even to pay for your pizza delivery. Most of the little mom and pop shops in small towns accept debit as well. From working at the movie theater, I'd say probably 75% of transactions were with some sort of plastic. It's really way easier. I don't have to worry about losing all my cash if I happened to get mugged... but all my cash is still with me at all times. And I dunno what kinda crappy bank you use, but a fee/transaction with your debit card? I only get a slight charge (15 cents per) if I go over 40 transactions per month. You just need a better bank. quote> Or maybe not a bank at all. I am a credit union member, and there are no charges from them for using my debit card. Furthermore I can use it at any ATM on the Co-op (Credit Union ATM network) system and will not be charged a fee. Thousands across the US. In fact those fancy new ATMs at 7-11 stores are all on the Co-op network.

As someone who's been involved in the disability rights movement here in the US, I'll address some of the points here. Though I'm not visually impaired, I have been following the issue. First, the most favored method for remedying the problem, among the visually impaired is through tactile changes, this might mean brail or some sort of touch sensitive change to bills. However, I don't think many think that has to mean brail. Believe it or not most disabled people favor the easiest fix in terms of technology, as really high tech methods tend to have more that can go wrong with them. For instance when I was approached by a local high school for advice in how to make the stands at their athletic field accessible, they asked if a lift would be best. I told them lifts can break down and attract vandals or kids who look at them as toys, while ramps can also be used to bring maintenance equipment into the stands. (Just an example) There are probably other ways to make a tactile difference, not just brail. Second, it should be pointed out in the courts opinion it was stated that the Treasury Dept. had been redesigning and retooling there systems a lot in the past few years, with the changes already being made to currency. Meaning all the while this case had been proceeding they had the opportunity to make real changes in this matter. I have found in my experience, the overwhelming majority of court cases involving disability access issues arose after the defendant had been contacted years before regarding the issue, and had simply ignored the matter.

As to the charges, there has to be an actual murder charge for the death penalty to apply. Now she has been charged federally and there is a place for the death penalty under federal law. Mainly around depriving someone of their civil rights by causing their death. Terrorism is another potential death sentence under the Federal Code. However I'd like to point out that if she gets the max under her current charges (20 years), she does all of it. There is no parole under the federal system. And many restrictions on how much time off for good behavior one can earn. As for myspace and similar sites, I avoid them like the plague. I once got a myspace account because someone posted stuff on their blog about someone else, I needed to respond and set the record straight but couldn't without registering. I got loads of offers of friendship from lovely looking women who said they would like to date. Yeah, sure. Just like thewre are loads of Nigerian officials who want me to help them get their fortunes out of that country. I deleted my account. I have mor than enough friends to talk to in the real world.

Deafness has nothing to do with it. Deaf folks aren't unaware of what's happening around them. It would appear he was so into his music he had no time to react (Assuming there were signs that something was wrong, such as bystander s shouting.). This is why I don't have an Ipod.

Once again the right is applying a standard of analysis here that is misleading. I think this is just a way of getting people to consider how there actions are effecting the biodiversity of our planet. I mean think of it this way, if there aren't any plants we run out of oxygen. Maybe this gets some folks to be more careful about how they treat forests and meadows, and wetlands. If so, fine by me.

Originally posted by: Duke87 You may laugh and think he's crazy and/or full of crap, but the fact of the matter is that losing three pounds a week is not healthy no matter how obese you are. It's too much of a shock to the system. His body was used to being 418 pounds, and now he's dropped to 312. That's still obese but consider that in relative terms he's lost a quarter of his body weight. You'd expect him to feel like he's starving, and in fact he is having symptoms consistent with those of a starving person: exhaustion and lightheadedness. It's for this reason why crash diets are dangerous and in the long term less effective than more moderate ones. Say you're on the second floor of a building and you want to get down to the ground. You can get go down the stairs, or you can open a window and jump out. Jumping will certainly get you there faster, but it won't exactly be good for your health. Well, it's exactly the same way with weight loss. You need to lose it at a reasonable rate. Too fast and you're going to hurt yourself. Thing is, this is an exceptional case. The prison isn't intentionally starving him, it's just that what would be more than enough food for a normal person or even a somewhat fat person cannot sustain a highly obese person. So, sure, he could certainly stand to lose some weight, but he's doing it too fast. The question we need to ask, though, is: do we care that what he's going through is very bad for himself or does that just come along with being in jail? Before you answer that, consider this: would you refuse to provide special food to an inmate who's diabetic and can't eat just anything (not to mention he'll need insulin)? Or does that case of things being bad for your health just come along with being in jail, too? Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in bending to accommodate prisoners' personal habits or anything like that, but this isn't the same thing. They can deal without having their lucky pet gerbil, or without having that ice cream they like. But this isn't just an inconvenience or discomfort, this is actually bad for the guy's health. If a man has been convicted of a crime, locking them up (within reason) does not bother me at all. But if he's subjected to conditions which are detrimental to his physical health (which this guy is), I cannot in good conscience just say "eh, he's getting what he deserves" to that. Prisons are supposed to reform and punish people, not hurt them.quote> Exactly, and if he hasn't been convicted yet, the lard ass has it coming comments are totally unwarranted .

Couple of points here: One. If he is losing a half pound a day, that averages out to 3.5 pounds a week. I did a little research online, and found the recommended rate for weight loss that is healthy is between one and two pounds per week. Anything more is risky. so if (and I mean if) he is losing weight at that rate he has a valid reason to be concerned. If this is true there may be other reasons than the diet he is getting in jail, but it does mean this should be looked into. Two. From what I read he is awaiting trial. Pray tell what happened to presumed innocent. Please hold the Should a thought of this before killing someone comments.

Hello all, I am back. I was off line for over a month due to having to move from Lebanon back to Albany. Long story short, our landlady decided she wanted the house back. It was hard to find a place that would accept two large dogs. Sparky, I agree doing the square would be hard and unrealistic. It might even need it's own slope mod. Based on would be a better way. Oh the stories I can tell about working security there. I will tell my favorite. It was 1990 and I had just come on shift at 4pm. One of the square's program directors (the folks who schedule and arrange events) had parked an old VW Squareback in the loading zone on the Broadway side next to the big air vent. It was a beater car he only used to haul stuff, and he had some stuff he was bringing to the office. Parked just ahead of him was a Police Bureau unmarked Chevrolet with two uniformed cops I knew from the TriMet detail. A skinhead was pestering people with a water pistol. May seem like harmless fun, but the Squares rules prohibited this and other kinds of horseplay as it could lead to more serious fights. Anyway, I told the guy to stop and put the water gun away. He responded by trying to start a fight with me. Apparently he failed to notice the two cops parked a few feet away. He put up a fight and it required all three of us to wrestle him down. We thumped him face down on the hood of the VW and cuffed him. I then noticed his face had created a small dent in the hood. The cops and I did the preliminary paperwork and I wrote the creep a park exclusion. They took him away and I went under neath to the Square offices to hand off the Park Bureau copies of my reports. I noticed the VW's owner at his desk and told him I had just put a dent in his car. He asked how, and I told him I had hit it with a skinhead. I told him the story and he smiled. The car was a beater and he really wasn't concerned a bout a half inch dent. But from then on when he was leaving work, and passed me on the way out, he would ask if I thought it would be a quiet night, or did I want to borrow the car?

For diabetics, such as myself, it could mean continuous glucose monitoring.

There are pictures and info here: http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/terminal-5-beijing/

Yeah, but I think there's a dual networking elevated over street piece that does a 90 degree turn.

That's cool, I agree the sidewalk there is too narrow. I once had to chase a guy who assaulted a woman at Pioneer Square up sixth. He was getting away but ran into a bottleneck outside the Hilton. Police Bureau was coming from other direction tho.

Sparky, in real life the entrance to the Hilton is right up against 6th Ave. With a slight indentation for the loading area (The only Hotel loading area I have ever seen where the passengers get out on the driver's side.). It's a lot tighter than your BAT.

Sparky, I'd make the PMC a clinic with wide coverage, as that is most reflective of its real world status. BTW, I believe the other "skylight" on the lower roof of the Hilton covers the fitness center. I've eaten a lot of rubber chicken at the Hilton. Last one in 2000 when Oregon hosted a national conference on community based care for disabled. The final night at dinner we were treated to a Clinton impersonator.

Great job on the PMC. I think it's your most authentic yet. On the 700 Lloyd Building. Isn't that where the Mac store is located?

BTW Arlington is where the Portland Metro Area ships all their garbage. I believe Seattle ships quite a bit there too.

Good point, an example of how higher global temperatures can cause colder weather is currents like the Gulf Stream which brings warmer water to the north Atlantic. Some scenarios indicate this current could stop, causing colder weather for parts of the world.

Simply drag a one way road to the end of the avenue, and away from the avenue for the oposite direction. Like this: A=avenue <=one way AAAAA<<<< AAAAA>>>>

Sparky, your post may be a good time to let Simtropolians know that Portland actually has a volcano (extinct) within the city limits. Mt Tabor park sits on the cinder cone of an ancient volcano. They didn't know this when the park was first built, but expansion work in 1912 exposed the cone. Many of the cinders were used to pave roads within the park.

Originally posted by: Duke87 Originally posted by: patriots_1228 no matter what you shouldn't kill them. if you have to, you could shoot at their arm or leg, to disable them, but you should never try to kill someone, no matter what theyve done.quote> In theory that's a sound argument, the trouble is that in practice it's generally impractical. In a self defense situation, you usually don't have the time to aim specific enough to pick a body part, only to point and shoot. Besides, aiming for the limbs gives you a much greater chance of missing than aiming for the torso, since they're smaller targets and ones which move more. Not only that, but when people get very afraid or angry, the logical thinking part of the brain gets pushed aside and the primitive animal instincts take over, so it's unreasonable to expect a person in that kind of situation do be able to exercise restraint, as it's something most wouldn't be capable of. After all, any sort of hesitation when you're threatened could mean the end of you. So by evolutionary design we (like most animals) attack all out at such times without even thinking about it. Of course, we evolved in the wild, not in any sort of civilized society, so the trouble is that those traits which are naturally quite adaptive can become rather maladaptive in modern practice, since the situation has changed radically and we haven't had time to adjust to it evolutionwise. You hear these stories of cops emptying their guns into armed suspects, and most people take it as the cops being cruel and abusive. That's not what it is, though. It's them simply attacking all out in the heat of the moment because they feel threatened. Because really, if someone is coming at you with a gun, are you going to shoot them once and risk that they'll still be able to shoot back, or shoot them multiple times and make sure they're down? If you answered the former, you've obviously never been in that sort of situation.quote> I worked security for a living, both armed and unarmed, and have received firearms training. We were trained to shoot at the largest target, that being the trunk of the body. Also we were trained to keep firing until the subject was down. We were taught that aiming for a limb to disable was too risky, and did not run much of a chance to end the danger to ourselves or others. About sixteen years ago there was a case in Portland where two cops shot a woman on the transit mall, who pointed a weapon at them. They fired over sixteen shots if I remember correctly. However the woman had her back to the wall of a building which propped her up so the cops didn't stop shooting until she finally collapsed.