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arlier this week, I wrote a quick overview of some of the highlights of the playtest packet. This article takes a look at the DM portion of the packet.
The Core Concept: Using Rules as Guidelines
The biggest thing we're aiming for in D&D Next is to give DMs a set of tools that they can use as they want. Checks, contests, saving throws, and attacks are the basic mechanics of the game in this iteration, and the combat rules and spells lay out specific ways to make use of those mechanics. The most interesting parts of D&D, at least in my experience, come into play when a DM must make a ruling rather than follow the rules to the letter.
So, here's our goal: We want to make it easy for a DM to improvise and use the rules as guidelines. DMs who want more specific rules can lean on the examples we give in this document for the different typical actions to guide them. We don't want, for instance, to create a rule that says that climbing the side of a glacier is a DC 18 check, and if you fail you fall. We'd rather give DMs good guidelines for picking DCs, and we also want to introduce concepts such as hazards and requirements to make checks. Then, by showing DMs how to apply these tools, such as when climbing glaciers, we hope to allow them to really own their campaigns and take on the referee part of the DM's duties, rather than relying on the book to do so.
Skills and Common Tasks: One of the biggest conceptual shifts in these rules lies with skills. Skills are now floating bonuses that you apply when you attempt a task related to that skill. Otherwise, determining a DC for how to resolve something is fully within the DM's hands. Rather than provide specific rules for climbing, for example, we expect a DM to judge the situation; apply a DC, hazard, and requirement as needed; and pick the appropriate ability that a character uses. We think this adds a lot of flexibility to the game and makes things move much faster. On top of that, the DM decides when to roll the dice or what logically should play out in the game, rather than the rule specifically stating when this should happen.
The section that covers common tasks follows the same basic format as the skill section, and it presents these as guidelines for DMs. These are not canonical, player-controlled rules, but a guide to resolving common tasks to help inform a DM's decision-making process.
Caves of Chaos
Veteran D&D players will recognize this dungeon taken from Gary Gygax's Keep on the Borderlands, which we adapted for use in this playtest. As the adventure mentions, we are specifically embracing a more open-ended, strategic form of play. We want to see if people enjoy this style of play, and we want to create a situation where groups have a lot of freedom to try different things and stretch the rules.
The monsters in the bestiary probably look a bit like their 3rd Edition version at this stage, with some elements of 4th Edition added in. Right now, monsters (along with magic items) have received the least amount of attention in design. As we move forward, we'll use feedback from this playtest to help shape our approach to monsters and zero in on their final form. They're currently functional, but we think we can make monsters a little more robust and interesting without piling on needless complexity.
If you haven't signed up for the Open Playtest yet, please do so at our D&D Next website. We want you to give these rules some testing at your table, and we value any constructive feedback you send us!


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Early this month, while scrolling through Facebook, I was struck by a photo of a dog named Thumper who had wound up in a busy municipal shelter after being found as a stray. This dog, even just in photos, was visibly in pain. He was actively bleeding, skin raw, balancing on three legs because of his grotesquely swollen paws. It was terrifying and heartbreaking, but the striking part? The blur off a wagging tail in every photo.
Once Thumper's stray hold was up, we made the drive to the shelter to pick him up and take him to our vet. We were so excited to meet this brave little boy and welcome him into Project Precious Rescue! When the amazing animal control officer came walking out with him, I immediately burst into tears. Photos barely skimmed the surface, this guy was in terrible, terrible shape. He was dripping blood as he walked. When I picked him up, chunks of skin and hair and infection came off on my clothes and hands. I had to throw away my scarf after carrying him to the car and getting him comfy on a big, smooshy, soft pile of blankets.
When we walked into the animal hospital with Thumper, jaws dropped and people gasped. We sat with him in a side room with the door shut, and our hearts broke as we watched him try to find a position to lay comfortably. We talked amongst ourselves about what could possibly be going on. We knew he had mange, but to us it looked so violently painful we were certain something else had happened. We thought it could have been frostbite, or maybe he was dragged and had road rash. We needed to give him a stronger name, one of bravery and power and fight. Leo? Thor? Hercules. A name that inspires courage. Of course, as dog's names tend to, his has evolved to "Hurky Durky" and "Hurky Lurky Loo".
Our veterinarian determined that in addition to poor nutrition and demodex mange, Hercules had a very nasty skin infection. He was given antibiotic shots and injections of pain killers. He wagged his tail and gave kisses through his skin scraping and exam, looking at us with eyes full of love as if he understood that even though it hurt, we were there to help. My rescue partner, Kristy, and I spent about an hour bathing him and plucking off the chunks of dead skin, scab and tissue that were preventing healthy skin growth. Our Secretary, Sarah, made him a comfy bed in a kennel. Hercules leaned into the water, shutting his eyes and sighing, it must have been such a relief to get all of that nastiness off of him.
Leaving that dog was nearly impossible. We knew he needed rest and that we couldn't "hug him healthy", but MAN did we want to! We weren't sure what the morning would bring, and we were all restless through the night.
Day Two showed a different dog! His skin was already drying up, he was seeming less in pain, and he eagerly jumped into my lap when I crouched down to pet him. He tried to run and play, nose in the air, when we went outside, but was quickly stopped by his sore feet. His tail did not stop wagging, his cute little butt wiggling non-stop. His improvement continued steadily, and our doctor agreed that he was ready to move on to a foster-to-adopt home, and luckily a great one was waiting in the wings!
Hercules got to nap on a comfy chair, run in a fenced yard, and hang out in a HOME! We were certain this was the beginning of his next chapter as a spoiled rotten house dog. Unfortunately, nothing is certain in rescue, and Hercules shocked us all when he got into an altercation with one of the smaller resident dogs. His temporary family loves him dearly, but their senior pug was in danger and Hercules had to be returned.
Coming back to boarding was devastating for Hurk. He quickly started losing weight and his skin infection flared back up. He was depressed and wouldn't even lift his head when I walked into his run to hug him. It was heartbreaking, he was so so sad and feeling so so terrible. Thankfully he has now stabilized again, and we have made the decision with our vet to keep him in medical boarding until he is no longer in danger of declining.
Hercules is a truly special guy, and continues to inspire us every day. He is back to himself, demanding cookies and kisses and wagging happily when he sees us. His feet are still so swollen he won't walk further than his blanket, but his skin is drying out nicely and healing well. He is putting on the weight he lost and is very treat motivated.
In the next couple of weeks, Hercules will be ready to go to a foster or foster-to-adopt home. He will need to be placed with either no other pets or only one other dog who is close to his size. Hercules is only about 42 lbs and only about one year old, he's got so much love to give and so much life left! Please share his story in the hopes that somewhere out there is his perfect home. Hercules is one of those very special dogs who we've all been pulling for from the beginning, and he SO deserves it!
To follow Hurky Durk's story, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/projectpreciousrescue, where you can also see photos and videos of his progress from day one (some of which are quite graphic). If you are interested in adopting, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Celebrate the Autumn Equinox with poetry and song!
(In the photo from left: Harvey Taylor, Louisa Loveridge Gallas, Jahmes Tony Finlayson, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Jeff Poniewaz and Holly Haebig)
On Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Loos Room of Central Library's Centennial Hall, Earth Poets and Musicians will deliver an eco-empowering performance. Since 1988 the Earth Poets have been performing together in praise and defense of the natural world. With the addition in the past decade of two singer-musicians, they have added music and song to their celebration of our planet.
This event is free and open to the public. It is part of the Language of Conservation program series. The Language of Conservation is an initiative of Poets House in partnership with the Milwaukee County Zoo and Milwaukee Public Library, made possible by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.


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Jerry Bowyer, Contributor
I explore the problems leaders face.
In 2009 I was invited to speak to the annual meeting of a mid-sized accounting firm in Florida. Of course, the big topic of conversation was the housing bubble and the financial crisis which resulted. The audience, with the exception of one liberal academic, was generally sympathetic to the message that government, not the market, was the principle malefactor. And since the audience was made up of working accountants who had to live under the whims of federal regulators, they were more than sympathetic to the view, which had not yet been widely accepted, that the mark-to-market accounting regulations were a major factor in the disaster.
My wife, Susan, signaled from the back of the room that it was time to go lest we miss our flight. As I thanked my host and worked my way towards the back of the room to exit, questions kept coming from the audience, and I answered on the fly as well as I could. Just before I walked through the door there was one more question: "Okay, I get what happened with the housing bubble, but what's the next bubble?" Silence, people leaning in with ears perked to hear the answer, and me not sure…autos, commercial real estate, commodities had been the leading candidates for next bubble in the financial press. None of that seemed quite right, though. They really wanted to know, and I wasn't sure of the answer, so I said a quick prayer for an answer and out of my mouth popped "Higher Ed. There's a College Bubble." Shocked looks, murmurs, concerned looks. I didn't know it at the time but the firm had an unusual number of higher education clients.
Since then, the College Bubble hypothesis has slowly gained acceptance. I wrote a number of pieces on the topic here starting in 2010 and most recently focusing particularly on seminaries. The Center for College Affordability is a think tank which has been largely dedicated to this topic long before I took it up. Mark Perry of the Carpe Diem blog and the American Enterprise Institute often writes on this theme. My friend Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame, who is also a law school professor, writes on it regularly and is about to publish a book on the subject.
And the College Bubble is not just for conservatives anymore. CNBC did one of their mini-documentaries on the subject, though like most liberal media it couldn't decide whether the target was the higher-ed bubble or just for-profit schools. The New York Times did a piece recently along similar lines, and then there was the 60 Minutes piece, hosted by Morley Safer which focused on PayPal founder Peter Thiel's attack on the college bubble. The piece was, of course, strongly biased. It was a venerable old dinosaur hosting a venerable old dinosaur in order to defend a venerable old dinosaur. But the mere existence of a 60 Minutes segment examining the hypothesis that higher education has become a bubble was a devastating blow (or better yet, a sharp prick) to the overinflated wind bag full of nostrums about the essential value of a college education at any cost.
60 Minutes' arguments were predictably weak. An ad hominem attack on Thiel's philanthropic activities fell flat. So what if his foundation supports projects which Morley Safer finds odd? Thiel supports the Seasteading Institute in its dream to create floating libertarian city states. Yeah, it's an odd idea. So were skyscrapers. So was PayPal. Some odd ideas work out and some don't. At least seasteaders are using their own money.
Since Safer was just not up to the task of debating Thiel himself, he turned to an academic to make the case for college, Vivek Wadhwa. Wadhwa is one of those academics able to amass educational credentials and still mix in business circles. 60 Minutes neglected to inform their audience, however, that he is a fellow at Singularity University. For those unfamiliar with Singularity, it is the idea that man and machine will shortly merge together creating super-intelligent cyborgs who (or is it 'which'?) will solve the problem of death, probably in the lifetime of many living today. It's kind of like in Terminator, only with Skynet as a good guy. So much for Thiel's crazy ideas about people living on floating platforms.
Wadhwa argued that Thiel's plan to invest directly in promising young people who start businesses directly out of high school is a bad idea for several reasons. First, many of the kids will fail. But so what? Many students fail. About a third never graduate. About half take 5 or 6 years. And of those who make it through and get their degree, many fail in their careers anyway. Which kind of failure do you learn more from: Failing at school, or failing at business? Probably the latter since in that case you are forced to think about the things which really matter in the real world. And the students who fail to finish schools or to make careers out of their degrees still have all that debt, whereas the entrepreneurs who fail take only Thiel's money down with them. And what's so bad about failing anyway? Most of my lessons are imbedded in scar tissue, literal and figurative. Failure teaches.
Wadhwa argues that U.S. colleges and universities are the best in the world. Maybe that's true, but so what? U.S. homes were probably the best in the world too, but that doesn't mean that we had no bubble. U.S. tech firms in the late 90s were the best in the world, but that didn't mean they were reasonably valued. Bubble-ness is a factor of quality AND PRICE. The point is that there is no asset of such great quality that it is a good buy no matter how high the price goes. A college diploma is no exception to that rule.
Furthermore, there has been a severe contraction in the quality of higher education in America. Did we really think we could open the floodgates and not affect the quality of graduates? Can you turn college into the new high school, and not get high school-like results? Grade inflation will only keep the problem concealed for so long before the general public becomes aware that outside of a few highly challenging programs and majors, the quality of American higher education is plummeting. Graduates are mastering fewer facts, can't think critically about the facts they have mastered, and can't express whatever ideas they have mastered in clear, cogent, grammatically correct sentences. Employers already know this.
The final straw Wadhwa grasps at is the idea of socialization. He argues (I am not joking) that partying is a valuable part of the college experience because it teaches students interpersonal skills. Whah? Look, it's fun to party, I'll give you that. But it is a consumption good, not an investment, and anybody who says otherwise has perhaps partied just a little too much.
The P/E ratio you used compared the entire price to ONLY the first year of increase in earnings. While that sometimes can be a useful tool to compare stocks, it's inappropriate to use to value an investment in education.
I propose an educational exchange on Wall Street, that allows people to buy and sell diplomas.
Many would happily sell their sheepskin for a fresh start.
They have those, its called For-profit colleges. They're debt factories that have degrees not worth the toilet paper they may as well be printed on.
If student loans could be retired in bankruptcy the bubble would burst … today.
I should have said "discharged in bankruptcy".
For-profit Colleges have been doing this in parallel with the housing crisis. They've just had more tricks to hide it. They have some nice deferment/forbearance headhunters out there that push the defaults out of the window viewed by regulators.
These schools use high pressure/misleading tactic OPEN ENROLLMENT to lure in ANYONE they can to get Federal/State aid, Mostly in the forms of PELL & Federal loans.
I went to 2 for-profit colleges which I didn't realize until it was too late. Both used deceptive tactics and misrepresentation to get Federal Pell Grants & Government Federal Loans in my name. Back in 2006ish when SallieMae was still Fed loan broker, For-profit college financial aid officers would be deceptive and try to get you into private loans by saying the loans were "From Salliemae our preferred FEDERAL lender" hinting private loans were Federally. Its obvious that the loan officers were either getting rewards/kick backs for getting these loans signed or they were working for SML themselves.
I know I ended up with over $83,000 in mixed loans (Federal, Private, and Institutional loans) somehow (BEFORE interest). If I am still to this day totally confused and I am aware of everything now years later, I can't understand how anyone less informed would understand at that time or even now.
Not even the government or public understands the differences in those type of loans, thats why all this talk of Federal student loans is all the rage.
The real problem is PRIVATE & institutional loans which have NO realistic Repayment, consumer options, protections or bankruptcy rights as they should.
These scam artists have had their way since Bush was in office. They buy out our government to keep the scam going. It's worse than the housing crisis.
SallieMae still has their hand in the cookie jar, they OWN collection companies exploiting debt collection laws to collect student loans from families who never could afford these loans in the first place. It's a sub prime scam that our own government has helped fuel and enforce.
Mortgages replace RENT, Student loans replace NEEDS. Student loans effect more families than housing because every student is encouraged to go to college.
Bankruptcy rights NEED to be restored to student loans and the For-profit college industry needs to be removed from Federal funding. Now.
Students that were ripped off by companies like EDMC, CECO, and Others need to be refunded the balances plus interest. It won't happen though. they'd rather have meetings to keep figuring out how to exploit the laws.
A large part of the problem lies with the growth in administrative overhead over time, and some of that (just some of that) is actually coming from the demand for accountability. As a professor, for example, I'm more and more required to document learning outcomes separate from the grade performance of my students. (I guess this stems from our accrediting bodies refusals to take on grade inflation formally). This takes time away from calling employers, commenting on resumes, rebuilding the syllabus, etc. Separate from faculty, though, administrative staff keeps growing almost exponentially to deal with this kind of issue, and that drives up the cost of higher ed.
One more thing: has anyone really proposed an alternative at this point? Not an alternative to folks taking questionable degrees to start with, but an alternative to those undergrad programs that actually result in value to the students? I haven't heard a convinced cry for "Khan Academy" from employers – they still want to know how Little Sally did in my banking class. Little Johnny's Mom & Dad still come to graduation to meet his profs and say "thanks."
I suggest that explanations for the "college bubble" start in the same place as the explanation of the housing bubble – government intervention that is over the top. The policy goal of college for everyone (any type of college, any degree), meaning loans and grants for everyone, has driven up the cost of higher ed just as surely as Fannie and Freddie drove up housing prices in marginal markets. And the results of government intervention end up looking the same, too – an oversupply of something nobody wants, and a lifetime of debt owed by those who can never repay it. Who benefits? Not faculty, many of whom face less job security and heavier workloads than ever. Not students, legitimate or otherwise, who see a continual dilution of their efforts. Not the universities or their constituents, who see the value of the school's reputation fall over time. I guess that leaves the legion of new administrative staff and "coordinators" to benefit, and that may be the answer.


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Tali Lennox
The stunning seventeen-year-old model is definitely a diverse dresser who knows how to rock everything from a fancy frock to all-weather leather! Regarding the latter, Lennox was spotted at the British Fashion Council NEWGEN Awards in June looking edgy in a deconstructed red plaid jacket and seriously substantial heels. But what really stole the show was her skater-skirt in this seasonÂ's coolest material: leather. We love how she paired the standout separates with a basic white t-shirt, and highly recommend you do too. Just make sure you pick up Diane von FurstenbergÂ's McClure Distressed Leather Skirt ($445) for a look-a-like shaped skirt or Robert Rodriguez's Plisse Leather Miniskirt ($418), and pair it with Marc by Marc Jacobs' Rain Snapper Trench-Style Short Jacket ($188) and Camilla Skovgaard's Wedge Ankle Boots ($591) for an equally tough-chic look.
Of course, if you want to turn up the statement-making volume even higher, why not go for the gold, as Lennox did in a Dolce & Gabbana dress for a Fashion Week S/S 10 party in Milan. WeÂ've long been a fan of strong shoulders and peplum, so this dress, which deftly combines the two trends, is a perfect ten. If you want to mimic our GOTM's metallic ensemble, just check out Sandro's Rayonnante Devore Mini Dress ($370) or Brian Lichtenberg's Gold One-Shoulder Glitter Dress ($398); both are snazzy, currently in stock, and significantly less expensive than her exact designer piece.
And while we could wax poetic about Lennox's fancier fare, we are also equally smitten with her laidback, insouciant looks. For example, at the London launch of MAHIKI & Gallo Rose's summer pop-up shop a few months ago, Lennox opted for a knotted gingham top, which she smartly paired with slim-silhouetted trousers and killer platforms for a flirty, pseudo-fifties look. To emulate this va-va-va-voom ensemble, try Guess' Lizel Cropped Plaid Top ($26) with black skinnies, such as Blank Denim's Back Zipper Crop Jeans ($79) or J Brand's 935 Low-Rise Capri Jeans ($174), and Jean-Michel CazabatÂ's Willa Wedges ($346). Or you could simply go for some summer-perfect cutoffs and a breezy white tee, as Lennox did at the launch party for the Edinburgh Festival's summer season. To recreate this casual look, try Sienna's Scalloped Crochet Tunic ($52) with Urban Renewal's Cutoff Denim Shorts ($28) and a borrowed-from-the-boys brimmed hat, like Oak's Grey Fedora ($48). Just follow LennoxÂ's well-dressed lead, and youÂ'll be hitting all the right style notes à la Tali in no time flat! Â--KM
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DIY-IT: How Linux and Open Source Are Bringing Do-It-Yourself to Information Technology
Without a doubt, Linux and open source are changing IT (Information Technology) at companies of every size. But how? When you read the IT magazines, go to the IT conferences and listen to the IT analysts, you get the same message you got ten or twenty years ago: vendors are in charge.
Of the 62 stories in Computerworld.com's current Week In Review (mid-November 2003), 51 stories, or 82%, are either about vendors—"Red Hat goes Live with Fedora"—or refer to vendors in their headlines—"IBM's Palmisano says US must innovate to keep jobs." In reality, though, vendors' and customers' IT worlds are steeped in a variety of development communities. Both vendors and customers develop goods for themselves, as well as for sale and for use by the rest of the world.
Over the past year, I've been on assignment by Linux Journal to study what's really happening in the IT marketplace and the deeper roles played by Linux and open-source development in that marketplace. My first report was "How Linux Makes Companies Smarter" /article/6585, in the July 2003 Linux Journal. This second report focuses on changes in IT itself. What I've found is an increasing reliance on personal and development community initiative and the freedom and trust making that possible. In sum, what I'm seeing is a do-it-yourself movement in companies everywhere, a growth in self-reliance I'm calling Do-It-Yourself IT (DIY-IT).
Phil Moore, the Executive Director of Enterprise Application Infrastructure for Morgan Stanley and Company, explains:
Open source has lowered the threshold at which do-it-yourself is possible. You can't do everything with building blocks from vendors. They pretend they're selling you a prefab building and they're not. They're selling you pipes and fittings and stuff to put it together.
In reality, to build an enterprise, you have to have a set of experts in your IT shop who can put it all together. Certainly, historically you need a lot of expertise to get anything done, because this stuff really isn't easy to put together. But if you've been led by the vendors to believe that everything dovetails together nicely, like you see in the .Net ads, or in any major marketing campaign that promises nirvana, you've got a problem.
You always need a certain amount of do-it-yourselfness. Consultants don't walk in, deliver an enterprise and walk out, saying "call me in six months for an upgrade." It's organic. An enterprise is changing constantly. Even the walls in your house right now are on their way to needing another paint job.
Although DIY-IT involves a reduction in dependency on vendors, it doesn't mean vendors are bad or that they don't play extremely important roles in the marketplace. It does mean that the marketplace no longer belongs to them. It means a new balance of power exists between supply and demand as does a new division of responsibilities between vendor, customer and development communities. It seems the software business is growing up.
In this report, we look at several key factors involved in the DIY-IT movement: what leadership really means, the role of the Net, the rewards of courage, the cost-savings imperative, valuing talent, where we stand, untold stories and perspective.
Looking to leaders for leadership is natural. But what about the leadership of developments that have no direct leader—developments where the leadership comes largely from within, from shared conviction and the practices that express it?
That's what we have with Linux, with free software and with open source. Linux is a development project, not a company. It is not contained by a corporate structure. Like a tectonic plate, it is held together by cohesion more than by organizational forces. Free software and open source are value systems and development methodologies. To treat them strictly as populations or as classes of goods is to miss the nature and scope of what they're about.
The Net not only supports much of what we now take for granted in the technical world, it puts everybody and everything in a position to get more connected, more informed, more intelligent. Public bits outsmart secret ones, even if secret ones still have economic and other forms of value.
Craig McLane, VP of Technology at Ticketmaster, puts it this way:
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I write about the future of science, technology, and culture.
SpaceX's planned reusable first-stage rocket, dubbed "Grasshopper", successfully flew 12 stories in a test earlier this week.
One of the things that makes space travel so expensive is the fact that rockets, for the most part, can't be reused. So everytime you launch something into orbit, you have to rebuild part of the vehicle. So it's been a long-term goal of many space organizations, both public and private, to build a fully reusable launch system. To date, however, the best anyone's been able to do is to only be able to reuse parts of a rocket.
Earlier this week, however, SpaceX took itself one step closer to its goal of a reusable rocket with a successful test of its "Grasshopper" rocket, which consists of the first stage of one of their Falcoln 9 rockets, but with a vertical takeoff and landing system. The rocket traveled 12 stories into the air, hovered for a little bit, then safely landed back down on the ground. The total flight lasted for 29 seconds.
(Also, to give people an idea of how big the Grasshopper is, SpaceX CEO tweeted this image, which shows a six-foot tall dummy of a cowboy on board the rocket.)
With the success of this test, SpaceX plans on continuing testing over the next few months, pushing it towards its goal of a successful orbital flight and landing.
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There are those who believe that the government subsidizing innovative technologies is a waste of tax dollars. Some feel the Green Energy initiatives are a booddoggle and they point to failures such as Solyndra to prove their point.
But I view things differently and I feel the space program supports my position. Since I was a child, NASA had led American efforts in space and has accomplished great things but at a tremendous cost. These costs were too great for "for profit" companies to accept and so I believe the exploration and eventual exploitation of space would have been put off for decades, if not centuries, if governments had not been involved.
The interesting thing about government programs, in most companies, the government does not actually produce the innovations that it uses, it contracts with for profit companies to develop the technology it needs. When it does this, the knowledge that is gained does not only belong to the government but it is understood by the companies with the contracts. In time, this is public knowledge.
So after decades, we have reached the point where for profit companies are beginning to consider space an acceptable investment risk and we have gotten there because government paved the way. I believe that government can play an important role in the development of new technology and it is tax dollars that are well spent. Failure is part of the process but it does not lessen the value of the end results.
It's refreshing, exciting, and hopeful to watch American innovative, spirited, efficient private enterprise take the lead….After 40+ years of bloated big Govt NASA wasting $500+ billion on dead end, pork driven manned space boondoggles like Shuttle, ISS, Constellation…
SpaceX boosters and capsules are far advanced beyond anything Nasa is capable of…. Produced for $300 million while Nasa wasted $20+ billion on it's failed/cancelled Constellation earmarked pork disaster…
The US Space Program is too important to be further entrusted to our pork driven, greedy, incompetent Federal Govt…. and we must not waste more decades and 100s of $billions on big govt Nasa pork, waste, incompetence.
Nasa..has accomplished great things but at a tremendous cost.
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Apollo was 'great'… over FOUR DECADES AND $500+ billion ago…
Caltech's JPL accomplishes 'great things'….
Private enterprise SpaceX (and Rutan's Scaled composites) accomplished 'great things'..
Nasa accomplishes PORK, WASTE… top-heavy red-tape… massive dead-wood HQ/Center overhead…. while cynically enforcing it's US space monopoly..
That's why no American has left low earth orbit in 40+ years, and Nasa finds itself incompetent/incapable of crewing or even resupplying our own Space Station…
Look objectively at the facts, and stop mindless Nasa/govt cheerleading
The Grasshopper is just a testbed, and is not itself intended to become a full-fledged space launch vehicle. It's only meant to test and validate specific technologies that could be used to make a reusable rocket. After those technologies and systems are validated through Grasshopper, they could be incorporated into a modified version of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle, which has speculatively been named F9R (Falcon-9 Reusable). Grasshopper is built out of regular steel and has some tanks and a single Merlin-1D rocket engine on the bottom, along with some legs. That's not nearly enough to make it to orbit. Their current testing license allows them to fly upto 3500 meters in altitude, and they'll probably have to shift to an official testing range like White Sands if they want to go higher. They'd probably have to build a better version to do that anyway.
Grashopper is the prototype of the next generation SpaceX booster….
Fuel cost is only a tiny part of booster mission cost… reusable boosters will dramatically reduce the cost of access to space..
Nasa has wasted the 40 years since Apollo… after promising a shuttle for $7 million/flight 'cheap, safe, reliable access to space'… Nasa delivered a $1.5 billion/flight white elephant boondoggle, which killed 2 crew and had several multi-year service outages… Nasa's shuttle was the most unaffordable, dangerous, unreliable space vehicle in history.. then Nasa's failed/cancelled $20 billion Constellation was more proof of Nasa incompetence..
Private enterprise like SpaceX is determined to open space affordably to all Americans, not just a few a few dozen Govt selected 'astronaut' joyriders flying at $billions each…
More smoke and mirrors from Elon Musk. This concept is both wasteful and dangerous. The gross expenditure of propellants to accomplish what amounts to a launch in reverse is silly and stupid, particularly when there are far more efficient means (lifting body, wings or parachutes) of recovering reusable space vehicles. The potential for a landing catastrophe is substantial, with the possibility of unexpected cross-winds, engine failure during a throttled landing phase, or other situations that could result in a landing abort. Musk is a media darling and a political crony who plays both sides of the political party campaign funding game, so this nutty idea will not draw the widespread laughter and derision that it merits. Musk will probably receive even more taxpayer-backed loans and federal gifts for staging this goofy and precedented demonstration. The gullibility of US media is staggeringly prolific at this point in history.
The SpaceX Falcon heavy booster can launch TWICE the Shuttle payload for less than 1/10th the shuttle cost…
Using 'grasshopper' technology will produce a further quantum reduction in costs, as fuel is only a tiny part of the booster cost..
Private enterprise advanced Aviation from the Wright Brothers to affordable intercontinental jet travel for tens of thousands of Americans in only 50 years…
But big govt Nasa grabbed a US space monopoly.. so 50 years after John Glenn only a few dozen Govt selected Astros have flown at $billions each…
Now, after 40 years of bloated, pork driven, top-heavy Nasa manned space incompetence, pork, and waste……
Spirited, efficient, innovative private enterprise is taking the lead to open space for all Americans…..
ameriman, I do not actually disagree with most of your points but do believe that without government involvement, up to this point, space exploration and exploitation would not be happening. The government's seed money was necessary to get us to this point.
believe that without government involvement, up to this point, space exploration and exploitation would not be happening.
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based on what?
With Govt monopoly over US space, our capabilities (boosters/capsules) gone BACKWARD since Apollo ended… in 1969 we had Saturn/Apollo, nearly the capability to send men to Mars..
But Govt/NASA greedily and arrogantly asserted A MONOPOLY ON US SPACE FLIGHT… our greedy Govt banned BY LAW the development of US private boosters/vehicles to maintain Govt monopoly….. while Nasa cynically sold Americans/Congress a 'cheap, safe, reliable access to space' Shuttle nasa KNEW could and would not reach any of it's goals..
Over 40 years and over $500 billion later the same greedy, bloated Nasa CAN'T EVEN REACH LOW EARTH ORBIT…
This is what you are defending?
Ronald Reagan rescinded Nasa's cynical and greedy monopoly on US space efforts.. and now finally SpaceX shows us what private enterprise COULD and SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN the 1970s or before…
Instead of greedy/incompetent/pork driven Govt/Nasa WASTING 40+ years and hundreds of billions on Govt waste…
Imagine what private enterprise like SpaceX, men like Elon Musk, could have done with that time and $s…. rather than flushing it down the Govt/Nasa greedy toilet of pork, red-tape, top-heavy bureaucracy…
I watched Americans walk on the Moon… dreamed of what else I would see in my lifetime… lunar colonies, Americans on Mars, trips to asteroids… Taxpayers paid the price… but Govt/Nasa squandered the time and resources……
As always, Govt is the problem, not the solution…. and the US space program is too important to be further entrusted to our parasitic, greedy, incompetent, pork driven Federal Govt.
As others have pointed out, fuel is a tiny fraction of launch costs.
Also, the fuel used in a powered landing of a near-empty stage with no payload is a tiny fraction of the fuel used in the launch itself. A powered landing is COMPLETELY different from a "launch in reverse". The thrust/weight ratio of the rocket is dramatically higher without an upper stage or payload attached, and with a near-empty fuel tank, so a small amount of fuel can produce large changes in velocity. To do a landing, you primarily just need a relatively short burn to set up a trajectory back toward the launch site, and then a short burn near the ground to touch down (plus a few tiny course correction burns). Most of the work in a landing is done by gravity (getting to the ground) and air resistance (slowing to terminal velocity), while a large portion of the energy in a launch is spent fighting against those forces the whole way up.


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CAMANCHE — A string of unsolved burglaries in Camanche has residents and business owners worried about the safety of their community.
Four burglaries were reported in November in the city of Camanche, and at this point the Camanche Police Department has no leads in the case.
"We have no suspects in custody," Assistant Police Chief Bill Lodge said. (But) we have some surveillance techniques that we are working on."
Although, according to Lodge, the break-ins have ceased since the last on Nov. 18, the damage to four Camanche businesses is already a concern for residents in the community.
The Spring Garden Restaurant and Junge's Barber Shop were both hit early in the month on Nov. 3 and Jersey's Tap and Luigi's Woodfire Pizzeria were the last to be affected by the break-ins.
In all four burglaries the assailants targeted the cash registers, taking the cash inside, and in one case, the entire register from the business.
"They took the cash register but there was nothing in it," Luigi's Woodfire Pizzeria owner Lonny Melchiori said.
Without a suspect in custody and the possibility of a second break-in on his mind, Melchiori took it upon himself to secure his business by installing a security system and new locks on the doors.
Now he says he is not concerned with a repeat event.
"It crosses my mind, but I've secured the place so I feel comfortable that it won't happen again," Melchiori said.
Other victims were not available or chose not to comment on the crimes.


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THE FIRST GROUP of cyclists with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge rolled downhill into Dolores at a very quick speed this August. They were followed by their support crews. At front is a camera man on a motorcycle. The entire event was broadcasted live online and brought over 100 Dolores and area residents to cheer on the world-class cyclists.
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MILLEDGEVILLE — The Baldwin High School theater department will present Neil Simon's 'Fools' at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the BHS Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $5.
BHS took its production of 'Fools' to region One-Act competition Oct. 24 and the performance was awarded region runner-up. Other awards included Best Set, All-Star Cast (Robbie Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tevauri Mar-Shall) and Best Actress (Elizabeth Harpe).
The BHS Thespian Troup No. 2187 also recently kicked off its Big Kid Toy Drive in honor of troupe member Josh Thompson and his battle with cancer. Throughout the remainder of the year, troupe members will collect donations for teen patients receiving treatment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
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MIDLAND, N.C. -- Few people know about the Midland, a small town of about 3000 between Charlotte and Albemarle.
Even fewer know what you can find there.
"Right now I'm out here digging gold in North Carolina," said Chris Atkins.
"All of this stuff is hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment... that thing was built in the 1800s," he says about the equipment that manages to crush rocks and find the gold inside.
Atkins is working on his friend Jimmy's land. The two met working in the movie business 20 years ago.
Under the rain gear and mud is an 80s teen heartthrob.
Atkins starred opposite Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon where he is probably best remembered for the loincloth he wore.
"You know people pay me now to not wear the loincloth," he joked, "that was a long time ago."
Now he's preparing to make his directorial debut and he's scouting locations.
"I thought this would be a perfect place to bring this kid's adventure film."
Because the place feels like it's straight out of the movies-- 52 acres, supposedly full of 300,000 ounces of gold. At today's prices, that's $400 million!
"I mean it's here some place, you'd have to dig up this entire 52 acres and turn it into a lake to get all the gold out here but there's a lot of gold out here."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The message of kindness and compassion is spreading like wildfire, and Tuesday morning students at Charlotte Catholic High School learned about Rachel's Challenge.
It's named after Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School shootings.
Rachel wrote about simple acts of kindness that could change the world. Charlotte Catholic is taking the challenge, and students say hearing her story made them stop and think.
"It made me really think about judging people and you really need to think twice before you say something about someone else," said freshman Alyssa Norton.


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In the SEC, every weekend has at least one matchup with some title implications. And so it is Saturday, when No. 3 LSU travels to Gainesville, Fla., and a key game with the No. 10 Florida Gators. (Game time: 3:30 p.m., CBS).
This one is particularly intriguing because the Tigers (5-0, 1-0) nearly have slipped up in an SEC road game already this season, escaping Auburn 12-10. And "the Swamp" is just as unfriendly. By contrast, Florida already has won in hostile territory, taking a 37-20 victory at Tennessee.
Look for a low-scoring, defensive struggle. Both teams are in the top 5 in the SEC in scoring defense, yielding an average of 12 points per game.
LSU QB Zach Mettenberger is No. 8 in the SEC in passing (203 yards a game). However, the Gators' Mike Gillislee is the No. 2 SEC rusher (105 ppg.).
"It's gonna be pretty tough," Florida nose tackle Omar Hunter told the Gainesville Sun. "(LSU is) a physical team. That's all they do — run the ball downhill. They want to get their fullback one-on-one with a linebacker and let their tailback make plays off of that."
GEORGIA (5-0, 3-0) at SOUTH CAROLINA: It's always fun when the Bulldogs (No. 5) face Steve Spurrier. But remember it works both ways -- UGA coach Mark Richt knows Spurrier from Richt's days as a Florida State assistant, when the Seminoles used to face Florida annually. Another top 10 matchup -- Carolina is No. 6. Game time: 7 p.m., ESPN.
The remaining SEC schedule for October 6 (all times Eastern):
- Arkansas (1-4, 0-2) at Auburn (1-3, 0-2), noon, ESPN2
- Mississippi State (4-0, 1-0 SEC) at Kentucky (1-4, 0-2), 12:21 p.m., ESPN3
- Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-2) at Missouri (3-2, 0-2), 7 p.m., FSN
- Texas A&M (3-1, 1-1) at Ole Miss (3-2, 0-1) 7 p.m., ESPNU
Idle: Alabama, Tennessee
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Sheldon treats a woman named Elyse who is in prison for murdering her two children. Her husband chastises Jake for trying to help the person who killed his kids. Sheldon believes that Elyse may have had a psychotic break as a result of postpartum depression. If he testifies to this in court, there's a chance she may go free. This has Jake upset, as he's the one who helped Elyse get pregnant with the third child she's now carrying.
Elyse gives Sheldon the details of the day she took the lives of her two children. None of it is easy to hear. Sheldon believes the pain and guilt she feels now is proof that she was not rational that night. She had to have had a psychotic break. Elyse doesn't want to hear any of this. She gets upset to the point where she needs to be rushed to the hospital.
Addison lets Elyse know that they need to induce labor before she has another seizure. After the baby is born, Elyse will have a few moments with the child before being sent back to prison. The delivery goes well and Addy tells her distraught patient that she did a real good job. Elyse's husband breaks down the moment he sees his beautiful new daughter. He manages to put away his anger long enough to visit the woman he once loved with their new child.
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The bridge over the Sudbury River on Pelham Island Road will be closed to through traffic on Wednesday to allow for a replacement bridge to be constructed.
Prepartory work began in February as crews constructed temporary structures to carry utilities over the river during construction. The bridge was originally scheduled to close in late February, but delays in the utility construction project led to the delay in closing the bridge.
According to Pelham Island resident Gary Slep, who has been providing updates about the construction, contractors still expect to reopen the bridge in November, before the snow and ice season.
While the bridge is closed access to Pelham Island will occur via Landham Road in Sudbury. In addition, emergency response officials in Wayland have worked with Sudbury emergency responders to provide police and fire coverage should it be necessary.
The one-lane bridge that is being replaced was constructed as a temporary bridge, but has been in place for many years. The new bridge is designed to feature two, 10.5-foot lanes as well as a sidewalk.


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The ABA supports legislation to amend the Federal Firearms Act of 1934, to, inter alia: require licensing of dealers in interstate commerce of firearms; prohibit sales to felons, fugitives, persons under indictment, adjudicated mental incompetents and minors; restrict sale of handguns to residents of the state where purchased; and control commerce and importation of larger caliber weapons and firearms in general.
The ABA supports legislation to limit the sale and possession of cheap, foreign-made handguns.
The ABA supports legislation to amend to the Gun Control Act of 1968, to, inter alia: prohibit interstate sales by unlicensed persons of ammunition and firearms components; define the term "firearms for sporting purposes"; upgrade standards of eligibility for licensing of dealers, requiring background checks of applicants and making conferral of such licenses discretionary rather than mandatory; require dealers, manufacturers, transporters and importers of firearms and ammunition to provide adequate and secure storage facilities in order to reduce theft of firearms and ammunition; mandate a waiting period prior to firearms purchases for a criminal background check by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; encourage severe, but not mandatory, penalties for offenses involving firearms; and require periodic review of eligibility of handgun possessors consistent with due process of law.
The ABA supports the enactment of appropriate penalties to deter firearms-related crimes; endorses effective and proven measures to control the possession of handguns; and opposes efforts to repeal provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
The ABA supports legislation to encourage gun safety education programs, and to provide for penalties for adults' failure to properly safeguard firearms.
The ABA supports legislation to limit availability of assault weapons to the military and law enforcement organizations.
The ABA reaffirms its policies regarding the regulation of firearms; encourages a multi-disciplinary education and awareness effort to prevent and reduce gun violence; supports amending the Gun Control Act of 1968 to expand the list of persons prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms, require a federal license for any person to posses a personal arsenal of firearms or ammunition, provide that Federal Firearms licenses be limited to bona fide firearms dealers, and provide authority to the federal government to regulate firearms as consumer products; and supports legislation that would require gun-owners to obtain and maintain a current handgun license, that all handguns be registered, and that would increase the federal tax on handguns and handgun-ammunition.
The ABA supports amending the Gun Control Act of 1968 to provide a private cause of action, with concurrent state and federal jurisdiction, for those persons sustaining injury or damage as a result of a violation of the Act; and supports legislation to adopt and extend state and territorial laws to provide civil claims for relief for those persons sustaining injury or damage as a result of a violation of state, territorial or municipal laws regulating the use, sale, possession, license, ownership, or control of firearms or ammunition.
The ABA supports a comprehensive approach to address gun violence by young persons at schools that includes preventative school-based peer mediation programs, firearms education programs, support for increased efforts to enforce laws to prevent unauthorized or illegal access to firearms by minors, and enactment of firearm laws that emphasize prevention, adult responsibility, and safety.
The ABA opposes federal, state or territorial legislation to create special legal immunity for the firearms industry from civil tort liability.
The ABA supports stronger enforcement and prosecution of federal gun laws.
In trying to solve violent crimes in which guns are used, law enforcement is limited in the investigative use which can be made of the cartridge casing of spent ammunition which are usually left at the scene. Only if a weapon is recovered will law enforcement be able to do forensic tests to determine whether the particular weapon was used in the crime. Unfortunately, more often then not, the weapon is not recovered at the scene. The ABA supports fitting newly-manufactured semi-automatic pistols with microstamping technology, which would enable law enforcement to examine the cartridge casing fired from such weapons and learn the serial number of the weapon used. This, in turn, will enable law enforcement to trace the original purchaser of the weapon and to commence an investigation to attempt to identify the person (whether the original owner or someone else) who used the weapon in the violent crime.
The ABA urges jurisdictions that allow the carrying of concealed weapons to grant broad discretion to law enforcement authorities to determine whether a permit or license should be issued and opposes legislation that would limit such discretion by requiring issuance of a license or permit to persons simply because they satisfy minimum prescribed requirements. The resolution also opposes federal legislation that would force states to recognize permits or licenses to carry concealed weapons issued in another state.
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This is professional nursing care and medical work in the performance of general medical services as provided by Florida Statute, Chapter 464.012.
Under the direction of a physician, performs general medical services in clinical examination and treatment for one or more County health programs including those provided by the SexualAssaultTreatmentCenter and Substance Abuse and Health Care Services. Work includes performing all aspects of nursing and health care services. Employees in this classification exercise medical judgment and skill in the performance of their duties. All services are performed in accordance with standard nursing practices, the laws of the State of Florida, the standards of the applicable accreditation agency, County operating policies and procedures and the policies and procedures of the employing agency. Work is reviewed by a physician through observation, conferences, reports and satisfactory fulfillment of patient needs.
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In collaboration with a physician, performs comprehensive physical examinations; orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic studies; and integrates findings according to protocols.
May participate in or develop multi-disciplinary therapeutic plans and/or staffing according to protocols.
At the direction of a physician, may elicit and record complete medical history of patients.
May perform forensic medical examinations and/or medical consultations regarding children and adults who have been abused or sexually assaulted.
Prepares written reports of medical evaluations and medical consultations. May prepare narrative, technical, or program reports using computer-based applications.
May provide after hours and/or on-call coverage as required for the area of assignment.
Participates in developing facility and treatment policies related to the delivery of patient care.
Coordinates patient care with the Medical Director, the Director of Nursing, and nursing and clinical staff in keeping with protocols for the area of assignment.
Counsels patient/s and family/ ies in the promotion of preventive health care.
Develops medical, nutrition, hygiene, staff, patient, and other education programs.
Attends meetings, such as staff, performance improvement, and/or medical committee meetings as required for the area of assignment.
May supervise clinical personnel in the absence of the site director as required for the area of assignment.
Performs related work as required.
Considerable knowledge of professional nursing and health service techniques, practices, and procedures.
Considerable knowledge of medications, their proper dosage and expected results.
Considerable knowledge of clinical and institutional sanitation and personal hygiene.
Knowledge of current developments and practices in the field of medicine relevant to the area of work assignment.
Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases and injuries, of child abuse/sexual assault, of addictions and/or psychiatric disorders, or other, as required for the area of assignment.
Ability to perform diagnosis and general medical treatment and examinations.
Ability to interpret results of medical examinations and tests.
As required for the area of assignment, ability to be certified by the court as an expert witness and to testify in court proceedings for child abuse and/or rape.
Ability to exercise sound judgment and react correctly in emergency situations.
Ability to apply knowledge of cultural competence in treating patients.
Ability to use basic office computer-based applications.
Skill in the use of general medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.
Ability to serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of BrowardCounty's Ethics and Conflict of Interest policies.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or political affiliation.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and certified completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program; four (4) years of experience in general or family practice, pediatrics, OB-GYN, or other area appropriate to the area of assignment; or any equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.
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By PAUL HINES
Having a bullseye on their back isn't a new experience for the Cardinals basketball team.
It's something that happens to a program after a pair of 1A state final appearances in three seasons. The target gets even larger when a team enters a season as reigning state champions.
"We even addressed that last year," Woodlawn coach Shane Witzel said. "We looked at that as a positive. That every night out, we were going to have to play our best to give ourselves a chance to win.
"When other teams are giving you their best effort, you know that you're going to have to match that."
The Cardinals lost a pair of starters — A.J. Webb and Christian Hollenkamp — who were integral contributors offensively and defensively. Woodlawn does return several players who could give the Cardinals a deep rotation.
"The bulk of our team's back so we're excited about having those players return," Witzel said. "They gained some really valuable experience last year in the run to the state championship, and they got to play in a lot of big games against a lot of good teams."
Any additional depth beyond the starting lineup would be a change from the past few seasons when the Cardinals operated with a short bench in most games.
"There's only been a couple years where we've felt comfortable with throwing eight or nine players out there," Witzel said. "Usually it's six or seven."
Three starters are back for the Cardinals to build around. Gabe Owens is the team's leading returning scorer. The sharp shooter shouldered the point guard duties a season ago.
"We expect his production to increase some, although he will garner even more attention than he did last year," Witzel said. "And he got a lot of attention last year from opposing teams trying to shut him down."
Kris Harlow and Logan Isaac join Owens as returning starters. Jayson Hapeman played significant minutes last year and is back. He moved into the starting lineup near the end of the season when the Cardinals were without Isaac. Matt Kennedy and Jake Robinson also return to the team after seeing playing time last year. Kennedy will miss time at the beginning of the season after shoulder surgery. Witzel said Kennedy could be back for the second half of the season.
"Those guys gained some experience, and we expect Chase Phelps and Ty Coleman and potentially Ross Owens as a freshman playing some particularly early in the year," Witzel said.
The Midland Trail Conference dynamics will change somewhat this season. South Central is out of the conference, and Woodlawn rival Waltonville returns. The two teams typically faced each year in the regular season, and the matchup will continue as a conference game. The Cardinals and Spartans could also play again during the conference tournament.
"I don't think the game necessarily means more for both teams it's a game that both teams look forward to," Witzel said.
A pair of changes in the non-conference slate are the addition of Carmi-White County and Flora. The Cardinals also face Breese Mater Dei again this season but in a different setting. The two teams will travel to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and will play the game as a part of the SIU Shootout.
"The opportunity to play at SIU will be a good experience for our kids even though we played down there last year (in the super-sectional) this is a new group, and a new opportunity for some players," Witzel said.
Woodlawn opens the season at the Okawville Post Turkey Tournament starting Monday, Nov. 26.