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BELFAST, Northern Ireland
(AP) -— Despite continuing
doubts that the Irish Republi
can Army has laid down arms
forever, Britain said Wednesday
it is relaxing security in North
ern Ireland.
On the seventh day of the
IRA cease-fire, British Prime
Minister John Major said,
“Gradually, it is being made a
little clearer that perhaps this
is not just a temporary cease
fire.”
“But,” he added, “it isn’t
clear yet.”
In Shannon, Ireland, Vice
President Al Gore met with
Irish Prime Minister Albert
Reynolds and then indicated he
accepted Reynolds’ judgment
that the IRA’s 24-year war
against British rule in Northern
Ireland was over.
Gore also urged Protestant
unionists in Northern Ireland
to trust Reynolds in his effort to
work out a peaceful solution to
the province’s sectarian strife.
“He is a man of his word, to
tally and absolutely. And I
would encourage anyone to
make a decision on participa
tion on that basis,” Gore said.
In launching a new effort to
find a peaceful solution,
Reynolds and Major pledged
last December that they would
not implement any settlement
unless it was acceptable to a
majority of Northern Ireland’s
people.
Once Major is satisfied that
the IRA cease-fire is perma
nent, Britain has promised to
meet with the guerrillas’ politi
cal allies in the Sinn Fein party
to discuss terms for joining all
party negotiations.
Britain’s top official in the
province, Sir Patrick Mayhew,
confirmed Wednesday that se
curity has relaxed. News re
ports have said that some vehi
cle checkpoints have been
abandoned.
“Certain things are not in
place that were,” said Mayhew,
who mentioned that many sol
diers have been wearing berets
instead of helmets.
But in the IRA heartland
around Belfast’s Falls Road,
soldiers had helmets in place as
thev patrolled residential ar
eas. And the prospect that they
may go away makes some
Catholics nervous, so long as
Protestant “loyalist” gunmen
remain active.
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I just cleared up "The Case OF
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cleaning off my desk when it hit me
like a ream of paper: even my most
brilliant work looked dull.
The reason? Everything was in
black and white. So I said to myself,
“Mr. Print Detective, you need a color
printer.” I made a phone
call and received a tip
from one of my sources
at 1-800-848-4123, “The
Canon® BJC-600 is a
sure thing for color.”
It sounded good, but
His desk looked like a bomb had gone
off. There were printer parts everywhere.
“Specs, you ever seen a Canon BJC-600?”
He peered up through his
specs,"You’re looking at
one right Jr/ / '/ irzA *^r-JL N^. now.
Put a clock
to the BJC-600. You
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am Nick Canon, Print Detective.
Now, there are a lot gray areas in
color printers. Like cost-per-page,
color quality and speed. So I made a
be e-line to the lab to have a little
chat with my pal, Specs. I knew he
knew what I needed to know.
ii The facts prove the
BJC-600 costs
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about half as much
to operate as
most other color,
ink jet printers.
-NICK
was in luck. He
had just examined a
BJC-600 from in ^ to nozzles.
“What’s it all mean?’,’ I asked. Specs
quoted The Hard Copy Observer verba
tim, "No matter how you slice it, the
BJC-600 costs about half as much to
operate as most other ink jet printers.”
“How can that be?” I questioned.
“Elementary. There’s a separate ink
cartridge for each color, so you don’t have
to go and spend a fortune replacing all
the other colors when one runs out.” I
was intrigued. He
went on. "It’s also
optimized lor printing
brilliant color on low-cost plain
paper.” “But I thought l had to fork
out all my dough on special coated
paper,” I exclaimed.
"Not with the BJC-600,’’ he
replied "! see,” I said. He said
hadn’t seen anything yet,
and showed me a print
sample. The color was more
than swell. It was killer.
“What about speed?” I inquired.
“It’s fast” he fired back. He slowly
explained, “You see the BJC-600 has
three times as many nozzles as its
nearset competitor.”
It was heady stuff,
but l knew what it
all meant.
I had fi nally found
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a color printer that was head
and shoulders above the rest, and
wouldn’t cost an arm and leg to own.
Well, I guess you could say
that “Before you buy a printer, it pays
am) saves to investigate.”
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Cycle Cops
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at 7:45 in the morning,
Livingston said. “It seem
like UPD could have toll
the student body thattfe
were going to be givingoii:
tickets.”
Scott Bernstein, pres:
dent of the Bicycle (
said bicycle traffic
should be enforced.
“Bicycles are suppose;
to obey the same lawsj
cars,” Bernstein said,
you run a stop signysj
should get a ticket.”
Schneider said thept ;
pose of the bicycle patrol
not just to control bit
clists who violate tralfl
laws.
“The primary issue
the patrol is to see tot:
security and safety of til
campus,” he said. “Weil
looking at the comp
package, not just the tn|
fic issue.”
Schneider said the prl
gram has been very effetj
tive this year.
“We have had great so
cess with the program,”
said. “Our officers arji
highly visible, which initl
self maintains orderorj
campus.”
ADA
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The city of Bryan has:
authority to make busing
owners comply with ADAiv
ulations, he said, butinso:
cases they have helped or
ers make changes to the
buildings.
Government buildin;
must comply as well, at
modifications are beingct:
ried out in Bryan and Colie:
Station’s public buildings.
Adam Davidson, person:
analyst and ADA coordinai
for College Station, saidtb
city has spent $15,000 upi:
ing its public buildings sit
the act was passed in 1990
“Most of our buildingse
pretty new, so they compk
he said.
Brown said even ^
buildings may require e
cations because the Afe
specifications are very stn:
For example, some dir
frames and bathroom stai
must be wide enough tf
wheelchairs, and door knci
must be replaced wit'
straight handles that cant
grasped with prosthet:
limbs, he said.
These changes havea
ready been made to the Brv :
city hall, which was built
1989, Brown said.
“Here at city hall, probat
the latest thing we’ve done
install automatic doors,’t
said.
Another recent change
the availability of sign#
guage interpreters at cit
council meetings and inm
nicipal courts, Brown said.
“Right now what wet
working on is downto*'
Bryan,” IBrown said.
The planned changes:
the downtown area indue
adding curb ramps and lowe
ing the buttons on crosswalk
so persons in wheelchairs ca:
reach them, he said.
The state of Texas is mat
ing similar changes to it
roadways, several of whit
are major thoroughfaresh
Bryan-College Station.
Denise Fischer, publicb
formation officer for till
Bryan district of the Texas
Department of Transports
tion, said wheelchair ramp !
on curbs and sidewalks will
be installed on all state road !
within the city limits intM
next four to six months,
Roads through Bryan-Col
lege Station that will be mod
ified include Texas Avenue
George Bush Drive, Villi
Maria Road, Briarcrest Drive
University Drive, Harve)
Road, Wellborn Road, FH
2818, College Avenue
Boonville Road and Willia®
J. Bryan Parkway, Fischet
said.
She said the curb ramp s
are helpful, not only to thos 1
in wheelchairs, but alsof
persons who use a walker o|
are dependent on a cane.
“It can also be very
cult to step down off a curb it!
those situations,” she said.
National standards to ref
ulate access for the blind ar
being debated in Washington
she said, and the state wil
wait until it receives thos (
regulations to make adapt®
tions for visually-impaire (
persons.
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