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There are truly some excellent people at Corning - at all levels of management and staffs. The culture allows for a conservative approach to business while at the same time promoting risk-taking with scientific exploration and product development. A truly exciting place to work.Cons
Overall, I would liken Corning to a college fraternity or sorority - in that you pay for any loyalty the company shows you by surviving the lifelong hazing and brainwashing.
This may sound ironic - but I personally accept the trade-off. I believe it's important for people considering a move to Corning (especially Corning NY specifically) to be aware of the undertones of "Stepford" that exists here. I actually tend to be frustrated by people who can't accept the conditions at the company and expect the company to adapt to them. This is Corning, after all, and it's been this way for 160 years - get over yourselfs and get in step with the establishment! Or, decline the job offer.
I should also add that specific to my Stepford reference...be VERY aware that you will be pressured outside of work to do things in the community that your bosses agree with. A recent example is the school system vote. There were voicemails from senior executives telling people how to vote and a lot of internal pressure to vote a certain way.
And while most people are very nice throughout the company (and they really are), remember...if you cross your boss outside of work (or your kid beats their kid in a baseball game...), be prepared to pay the price at work. Just remember that your personal life and job are now one in the same.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Try to better live the values of "Valuing the Individual" and "Integrity is the Bottom Line" when dealing with employees. Maybe valuing the few over the many isn't how you should run a GLOBAL company. Try to acknowledge a greater diversity of employees (both new hires and tenured long-timers with experience) rather than patting the same old cronies on the back.Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEO


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Character recognition processing wherein each of a batch of documents is scanned to produce corresponding scan data signals forming a rectilinear data array of binary bits at the intersections of a rectangular coordinate grid. These signals are stored and processed by a recognition algorithm to produce identity signals for recognized characters. Groups of non-recognized characters are presented simultaneously to permit rapid identification by inspection. The identification of recognized characters is verified at high speed by simultaneously presenting the character images as respective groups sorted to have the same recognized identities.
1. For use in a process for recognizing characters on a batch of documents wherein at least a portion of a document is scanned to produce and store scan data signals reflecting the presence of character elements at particular positions on the document; the characters represented by said stored scan data signals being initially analyzed by recognition procedures including that of processing the stored character scan data signals by a recognition algorithm to establish initial identifications of the characters;
the method of verifying the identity of characters initially identified by said procedures comprising the following steps:
(1) storing character images with purposely inserted bogus identities to be presented together with initially recognized characters to develop verification accuracy statistics;
(2) sorting the stored initially recognized characters and characters with bogus identities into groups wherein the characters of each group have a common identity characterization;
(3) simultaneously presenting images of a number of characters of at least one of said groups;
(4) determining by inspection the presence of a character in at least one of said presented groups failing to have the identity characterization common to the group to which said character belongs;
(5) determining by inspection the correct identity of a character failing to have the identity characterization common to the group to which said character belongs;
(6) developing a corrected identity signal for such correct identity; and
(7) utilizing said corrected identity signal for an initially-incorrectly-identified character to create at least part of an output text for said batch of documents.
2. For use in a process for recognizing characters on documents wherein at least a portion of a document is scanned to produce and store scan data signals reflecting the presence of character elements at particular positions on the document and presenting the images of the scanned characters on the document; the characters represented by said stored scan data signals being initially analyzed by recognition procedures including that of processing the stored character scan data signals by a recognition algorithm;
the method of verifying the identity of characters initially recognized by said procedures comprising the following steps:
(1) storing with said scan data signals additional data signals representing images of characters with deliberately incorrect identities;
(2) sorting the initially recognized and said additional image data signals into groups with common identity characterizations;
(3) simultaneously displaying images of characters of at least one of said sorted groups;
(4) determining by inspection the presence of characters in one of said displayed groups failing to have the identity characterization common to said one displayed group;
(5) determining by inspection the correct identity of displayed characters failing to have the identity characterization common to said one displayed group; and
(6) developing a corrected identity signal for displayed characters determined in step (5) above.
3. In a method for verifying initially determined identities of characters, the steps of:
storing data representing the images of a number of characters which have been initially identified;
storing data representing the images of characters which are purposely incorrectly identified;
sorting said stored image data into groups of characters of the same identification;
simultaneously displaying a number of character images from a group of the same identification;
finding by inspection the presence of characters in the displayed group failing to have the characterization common to that group; and
determining whether characters which were purposely-incorrectly-identified were found in the preceding step.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein purposely-incorrectly-identified characters are taken from the stored character images the identities of which have been initially determined; and including the steps of:
altering the identity assigned to each such taken character; and
storing the now incorrectly-identified taken character with other initially-identified character images.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein purposely-incorrectly-identified characters are inserted in a predetermined numerical relationship with respect to the to initially-identified characters.
6. The method of claim 3, including developing verification accuracy statistics based on the results of said step of determining whether purposely-incorrectly-identified characters were found.
This application is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 08/097,131 as originally filed on Jul. 26, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,526,447.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to character recognition systems and procedures. More particularly, this invention relates to processing groups of character-bearing documents by intelligent character recognition (ICR) techniques.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Characters on documents such as forms to be filled in with hand-printed characters are now commonly read automatically by character recognition apparatus, of which there is a considerable variety. In such apparatus, the documents generally are scanned by radiant energy such as visible light or infra-red wavelengths, arranged for example to develop a series of closely-spaced parallel scan lines and to produce scan signals for closely-spaced spots along each line. The resulting scan data signals typically form a rectilinear data array of binary bits at the intersections of a rectangular coordinate grid.
These scan data signals are stored and analyzed in accordance with a recognition algorithm. Before the algorithm is applied, the character images normally are put through a "segmentation" process, to assure separation, and then are "boxed" for recognition processing. Recognition algorithms have become highly refined, so that a large proportion of the scanned characters will be correctly recognized. Nonetheless, there will be characters which the algorithm cannot recognize, or may identify incorrectly, and for most applications it becomes necessary to carry out supplementary procedures to complete the processing.
Conventionally, to determine the identity of a character which failed to be recognized algorithmically, the image of a substantial area of text or an entire field on a business form containing such character will be displayed on a CRT for inspection by an operator. This large area display enables the keying operator to be more certain of character identity than by displaying just a rejected character image, especially where segmentation may not have been performed correctly due to printing problems or other causes.
Such supplementary procedures take considerable time. For example, when fields and other large areas are displayed one at a time with isolated character rejects, an operator rarely exceeds keying one character every two seconds. A considerably greater speed of keying and correcting character identities is badly needed for high volume document processing.
In accordance with the invention, initially-rejected or incorrectly-identified characters are recognized by an operator at considerably greater speeds than heretofore. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, to be described hereinafter in detail, this is achieved by storing images of individual characters taken from a large group of documents being processed. These character images are displayed batched in reorganized format for simultaneous inspection by the operator. The overall speed of operator recognition and reject keying, and also of data verification, can, by such technique be increased by large factors, e.g., a factor of five improvement for reject keying, and a factor of ten improvement for character identity verification. The use of data bases in combination with such batched character image processing can further reduce operator keying by resolving character recognition uncertainties through context.
Other objects, aspects and advantages of the invention will in part be pointed out in, and in part apparent from, the following description considered together with the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1A and 1B together form a flow diagram showing operations involved in analyzing the character scan data to determine the identity of algorithmically unrecognized characters and to verify the accuracy of recognized characters;
FIG. 2 shows an example of a CRT image display at the start of operator processing of a batch of rejected characters;
FIG. 3 is like FIG. 2, but shows the identified characters as entered by the operator;
FIG. 4 shows an example of a CRT image display of a group of sorted same-character images during verification processing by an operator;
FIG. 5 shows a CRT display presenting portions of two groups of sorted characters; and
FIG. 6 shows a single character from FIG. 4, with an operator-entered correction.
Referring first to FIG. 1, at the upper left-hand corner is shown a batch of documents 10 such as business forms which are to be scanned as part of the process for machine recognition of characters on the documents. To the right of the documents is illustrated in general outline a scanner 12 which may, for example, be similar to that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,760,246 issued to D. H. Shepard on Jul. 26, 1988. That scanner employs a linear array sensor to detect the amount of radiation reflected from closely-spaced spots along a scan line across a document in the scanner. As the document is advanced through the scanner, the sensor develops such scan data signals for a series of closely-spaced scan lines, e.g. about 0.008" apart. These signals are read out sequentially by conventional electronic means and stored.
Associated with the scanner 12 is a data processor, as generally indicated at 20, preferably a conventional PC having the usual data entry keyboard for an operator. This PC has substantial memory capacity, and includes software routines which establish files and order the processing of the data as will be described. At the start, the operator keys in a batch number to identify the group of documents to be processed. The scan data signals from the documents may initially be compressed to reduce storage requirements, and then are stored in a memory file referred to in FIG. 1 as the SWF File.
FIGS. 1A and 1B outline the processing procedures by means of a series of function blocks BCIP1, 2, etc. (where BCIP stands for Batched Character Image Processing). These blocks contain descriptive statements explaining the actions performed during the corresponding segment of the program. The sequence of action proceeds downwards through the series of blocks. The files established in the PC memory are identified to the right of the BCIP blocks, and operator actions and other procedures are described to the left of the blocks.
Scanning of the documents 10 by the scanner 12 can be carried out while the operator is working on the processing of the scan data from a previously-scanned batch of documents. A typical scanner used in image storage and character recognition work may scan and store document images at the rate of about one document per second. Character recognition of complete document images also may typically proceed at the rate of about one document per second, although this will vary with document content and recognition algorithms used.
In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, a few hundred documents are processed at a time, with the scan data signals for the entire batch being stored in a single file. Storing this much data permits an operator to start a batch of documents into the scanner and then do the reject character entry and/or character verification (to be described) for a previous batch file (SWF File) while the new batch of documents is being scanned. The overall SWF File includes a number of separate files, which can be individually identified such as 0001.SWF, 0002.SWF, etc., to accommodate respective batches of documents.
Turning now to the processing of the scan data signals in the selected SWF File, each document image in that file is accessed and decompressed back to its original format, as indicated in the block at BCIP1. The particular character fields to be processed are predetermined in the usual way, and the characters in that field or fields are "boxed", i.e., the character images are isolated and stored within particular locations in memory. In the preferred process, these boxes are arranged as successive rows of side-by-side images, with each character image being placed in the upper left-hand corner of its box. The document processing preferably is carried out left-to-right, top-to-bottom, although other protocols can be used.
The appropriate recognition algorithm then is applied to each stored character image. A large proportion of the boxed characters will be recognized algorithmically, and codes for those characters are then stored in a Preliminary Output Text File (ETX) for each document. Assuming that a certain number of characters is specified for each field in the output record, as is usually true in form data entry applications, the output record (ETX file) is stored from the start in this format, even if the number of characters seen in the field is less. For example, if the field specified is for the name of the person filling in the form, the number of character slots must be large enough for the longest name expected. For shorter names, space characters are inserted to fill the blanks.
The boxed character images are stored in a file labelled ICB ("identified character boxes"). In the preferred embodiment, each boxed character image is assigned 96 bytes of data, each of 8 bits. The image pixels for the CRT are in the first 93 bytes which define a rectangular array 24 pixels wide and 31 pixels deep for the CRT presentation. Byte 96 carries the character identity, if recognized, and a reject code if it fails recognition to a specified confidence level.
Rejected boxed character images are stored in a file labelled RJB ("rejected box"). As each image is stored, in both the ICB and the RJB files, its box is tagged with the document number (bytes 90, 91) and the character number in the document (bytes 92, 93). (Note: Bytes 90-93 are in the lower right-hand corner of the box, and are almost never useful to the human eye in determining character identity since in the preferred boxing process the characters are shifted as far as possible to the upper left-hand corner in the boxing algorithm used. These pixels, not overwritten at the time of application of the recognition algorithm, need not be displayed for operator use.)
When the RJB file has been completed, the stored images are displayed in batch format on the PC CRT screen as indicated in BCIP2. These characters normally will be grouped together in a constant convenient number, such as ten. An example of such a display is presented in FIG. 2. (Note: If some fields are known to be numeric and others alphabetic, it is generally preferable to produce two separate files for such different types of characters, in order to eliminate confusion, such as between the digit zero and the letter "O".)
The operator examines this display as illustrated in FIG. 2 and, by inspection, determines the identity of each rejected character to the extent possible. These identities then are keyed in by the operator. If the operator cannot identify the character from the image as boxed, the operator keys in a code meaning "I don't know" instead of the identity. The identified characters or "I don't know" code are displayed immediately below the original character image as each is keyed in, as illustrated in FIG. 3. The operator thus can review the assigned identity as it is entered, so as to spot a possible keying error. The operator has another chance for such review at the end of the line before pressing the "enter" button. After this process is completed, the keyed-in operator-determined identities are concatenated in a file labelled RJT ("rejected text").
In BCIP3, the operator-determined identities of the rejected characters are inserted into byte 96 of the corresponding boxed characters in the ICB file for later use in the verification stage. These corrected identities also are collated back from the RJT file into the ETX file for the corresponding characters. The corrected identities are inserted one at a time as the reject codes are encountered in the ETX file.
This latter updating of the ETX file need not make use of the box tag data to determine the insertion point. That is, each ETX text character to be corrected is identifiable by the reject code in place of an identity code. Thus, as each reject code is encountered it is replaced by the next available newly-identified character identity code (or an "I don't know" code) from the RJT file, due to the 1:1 correspondence between the RJT file information and the reject codes in the ETX file.
Application-specific edit checks may be applied to reduce uncertainties. This is shown at the left of BCIP3, but can also be done in BCIP2 before reject character display, so as to reduce reject keying. For example, a data base may be available, such as Zip Code information which can be used to aid in recognition of names in addresses. To illustrate, CORONADO, Calif. has the Zip Code of 92118. If the recognized Zip Code is 92118, and if the recognized city name has eight letters, many of which match the letters of CORONADO, not much chance is taken by filling in the uncertainties or even replacing one or two mismatched characters. When done in BCIP3, rejected characters in "CORONADO", if any, are not displayed in BCIP2 because it is known in BCIP1 that the "city" field is associated with the Zip Code field. In the unusual case of an error after data base match, it will be detected later. Or, if no good match is found, the "I don't know" character may automatically be inserted in the ETX file, resulting in later display of the whole field for keying.
Also in BCIP3, the tagged character images in the ICB file (as corrected by the rejected character sequence described above) are sorted by character identity so as to group together characters having a common identity characterization. Specifically, all numeric zeros are collected together, followed by all numeric ones, and so on. Similarly, all alphabetic "a"s are collected together, followed by all "b"s, and so on. Within each group of common identity characterization, the originally rejected and later key-identified images appear first, followed by the originally recognized characters. These groups of characters are concatenated and placed in a file labeled SBX ("sorted box file"), and in BCIP4 are displayed in group format for examination by the operator. This is illustrated in FIG. 4 for the case of numeric zeros.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is convenient to present a two-hundred character display on a single screen (e.g., 20 across by 10 down) if the number of characters in the group warrants. The commonly-identified characters are taken from any place on any of the documents, and although presented side-by-side, as shown in FIG. 4, will in almost all cases not be from such adjacent locations on a document. FIG. 5 illustrates the condition where the last line of one group may not fill up one complete line. In that case, the remainder of the last line of that group will be filled with spaces (as shown, from box 31 on), and the next group will be started at the begining of the next line (box 41), to avoid confusion between groups.
The operator can quickly scan a display such as shown in FIG. 4, and can readily spot any character which should not be a member of the group. For example, the verification display for box number 46 in FIG. 4 is illustrated as an imperfect "2". The image shown will be recognized by the operator as a "2", even though incorrectly recognized as a "0" by the algorithm. The operator then will enter through the PC keyboard the screen location number shown with the problem box (No. 46), together with the corrected identity "2".
As shown in FIG. 6, this corrected character then will automatically be presented in the lower right-hand corner of the box, preferably in a different color such as red. If the operator is not sure of the correct identity, the code for "I don't know" will be entered.
The new information entered is placed in the tag for the image box (ICB file) of the corrected character. That is, the new character identity (or the "I don't know" code) will be inserted in byte 96, and such complete 5-byte tags (two for document number, two for character number and one for identity) then are concatenated in a file labelled CID, standing for "corrected identity".
The ETX file now is updated in BCIP5, to correct any errors found in the verification process. For this, the 5-byte tags in the CID file are used to determine the document number and character number within a document to locate the correction points, and the corrected identity code is inserted there in the text. It may be noted that since the verification operation follows the reject entry operation, inadvertent reject keying errors made by the operator will be caught in the verification stage.
As noted above, sometimes characters cannot be determined by the operator, either in the reject entry stage or the verification stage. In that case, the operator will have keyed in the "I don't know" code for byte 96, to be inserted in the ETX file. The image in the SWF file of the document containing such a character is reprocessed in order that the operator may make a decision based on the appearance of each such "I don't know" character in the context of its field. This reprocessing may include re-keying the entire field, for example if the problem arose due to faulty segmentation.
In this BCIP5 reprocessing, the field images (i.e., the scan data for all the characters in the particular field containing the unrecognized character) are extracted from the whole document image using the same algorithm by which the fields were originally isolated for processing, saving the field images in an FIM file ("field image file") whenever the secondary text file (ETX) derived as described above contains the "I don't know" identity code for a character in that field. No character recognition is performed in this pass, and documents which contain no "I don't know" characters are passed over entirely. A tag is attached to the extracted field image in the FIM file indicating what document number in the batch and what starting number within the document applies to that field, as well as carrying along the text currently in the ETX file for that field.
The last operator step, BCIP6, is to review any rejected field images one at a time from the stored displays in the FIM file, to provide corrected identities in the ETX file for the orignally unrecognized characters. After the operator keys in the correction, the computer inserts the corrected field text back into the document number and field starting position in the output record (ETX) indicated by the tag attached to the field image.
In some applications, a document occasionally is in such bad condition that a field on a document appears so far from where expected that some of the data is not entirely within the field image saved. (This can happen, for example, on a torn document which, nevertheless, made it through the scanner.) In this case the entire document image or some other portion larger than a field may be displayed in the BCIP6 operation when the operator encounters this problem, returning to the next stored problem field after resolution of the problem which required further field expansion.
The final version of the ETX file can, where appropriate, become the final text file (FTX) representing the output of the recognition process. However, in some applications it may be necessary first to reformat the output text into a specific order different from the top-to-bottom, left-to-right order in which documents are normally scanned, or reformatting for some other purpose such as abbreviation expansion may be required.
It will be evident that the process of verification described above may be tiring on the eye of the operator, and thus this operation should be interspersed with other work. The operator may nevertheless at times be inattentive to the verification work, and advantageously a safeguard is incorporated in the procedures to allow for detection of such inattention. For that purpose, the software may provide for randomly inserting a small number of incorrectly identified character images in each batch, to gauge operator attention levels.
This can be done by deliberately inserting incorrectly-identified boxed characters, tagged in this case with null location identities. For example, the processing procedures may take every thousandth character image from the ICB file for this purpose, display it once as identified, and deliberately change its identity code in a second display of the same character image. The characters so selected will have come from the same (statistical) character population being processed and thus will not stand out unfairly or be recognized as a bogus character by the operator. The deliberately changed-identity image boxes may for example be interspersed at every 1000th box as the sorting and concatenation into the SBX file takes place. These misidentified characters will appear in totally different and essentially random locations from the operator's point of view in the verification operation to follow because of the changed identities.
When the ETX file ultimately is updated by the corrections from the verification process, the inserted character images with bogus identities and null location tags will not be inserted back into the ETX. Instead, the character identities will be checked to see if the error was corrected, and the results of such checking will be used to develop verification accuracy statistics for operator and/or supervisor review.
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed herein in detail, it is to be understood that this is for the purpose of illustrating the invention, and should not be construed as necessarily limiting the scope of the invention since it is apparent that many changes can be made by those skilled in the art while still practicing the invention claimed herein.
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(To clarify, superconductors do NOT work at room temperature -- the best ones (and the only ones we can really consider in practical applications) require cooling with something like liquid nitrogen. Moreover, this molecule is designed for size, rather than temperature, so I wonder if they had to compromise on how low you have to cool it. The lower temperature superconductors require liquid helium cooling, which goes into ridiculously cold territory.)
The article does not seem to indicate the temperature that it works at.
To clarify, superconductors do NOT YET work at room temperature
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The Sacramento Area Council of Governments is so politically correct it squeaks – fully embracing the anti-greenhouse gas, pro-transit, "sustainable" development policies adopted by the state in recent years with a "blueprint" said to be a model for other California regions.
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decklist as follows is currently 23w 9L, im not sure if this is good or bad.
It is kinda budget- no figures or demigods or thoughtsiezes and the like for me =-/.
4 blightning
4 lightning bolt
4 flame javelin
4 volcanic fallout
4 hellspark elemental
4 anathemancer
4 goblin assault
2 magma spray
2 banefire
1 hell's thunder
2 chandra nalaar
5 swamps
10 mountains
5 trilands (r/b)
1 veinfire borderpost
3 infest
4 deathmark
3 doomblade
1 gutteral response
2 manabarbs
2 magmaspray
I welcome any advice or suggestions. The deck seems to have the hardest time with kith or elfball (STRICTLY on the merit of mark of asylum and Forgetender being so brutal.)
It seems to do well vs faries by making bitterblossum kill them often, and against controlish decks by overrunning them with the tokens. Baneslayer and larks can be nasty first game, but g2 sb with deathmarks and the other 2 magma sprays pretty much end that problem.
I wish there were more RFG effects i could add, as finks/glenmage/unearthing critters, makeshift, are still seeing alot of play.
The sideboard does not feel perfect either. and i'm still on the fence about chandra (originally i had 3 hell's thunder but was swayed by the point of runed halo being able to cut me off at the knees without more diveristy in my threats.
Link to my original post: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
Please and thank you =)
here is my deck for critique
and if you know or anyone know can you tell me how i can get my signature back?
also the sideboard could use some help. i'd like to keep the island in though and the regenerating guys if possible, if not then oh well.
I know about sigs. When viewing a thread (like this one) look in the top left-hand corner of the page. There's a button called Preferences. In there, you have the option to make a sig.
I would be glad to help critique decks if you need people.
decklist as follows is currently 23w 9L, im not sure if this is good or bad. It is kinda budget- no figures or demigods or thoughtsiezes and the like for me =-/.
No problem, we can work with that. If we had access to a little cash, I'd definitely opt for an Auntie's Hovel package and work in Boggart Ram Gang, Sign in Blood, possibly even Graveborn Muse. As is, a little more challenging.
First time I looked at the list, I wanted to cut from the bottom. Magma Spray, Chandra, Hell's Thunder, Banefire, Goblin Assault. But there's good reasoning behind small numbers of each. You need Spray to RFG, Chandra gives you late-game potential, as does Thunder and Banefire. And Goblin Assault is your finishing power; sorely needed without Demigod around. But, perhaps not as consistent as it needs to be.
So. That being the case, which slots can wiggle?
We get a fair amount of long-game potential thanks to Anathemancer; especially if we bump up to 22 land for consistency. That may solve some long-term damage problems, if we can make sure you wipe the board well.
Dragonskull Summit should be a good investment for you. We're working on a budget here, but getting at least a couple of those should help you over the long haul.
I think the Goblin Assault has to go. Most decks in the format should be able to deal with it fairly easily. Between Maelstrom Pulse, Esper Charm, and blockers, I suspect it's going to be too inconsistent. And 20 three drops is too many.
If we weren't so close to the rotation, I'd say get ahold of some Sygg, River Cutthroat. Hmm.
Perhaps Colfenor's Plans *strokes chin* One-shot Necro, without the pain. It'd be better still if we could find a way to sac it, but perhaps if you simply run multiples of it, or alternative card-drawing sources, or unearth cards... Ah ha! Hell's Thunder, you may actually do us some good now.
The major risk of Plans is that after your 7 card burst, you run out of gas. But with B/R, the game shouldn't last all that long anyways. 7 extra cards will usually be enough to finish them if you time it correctly, and adding unearth cards into the mix only increases your staying power. Also, you can go Plans into Plans from time to time, with 4 in the deck. Better still, once it resolves there's not much they can do about it. Cruel Ultimatum can't make you discard your plan-cards. If they blow it up or bounce it, you're thrilled. That may be some very, very interesting tech for you.
Also, drawing seven cards at once ought to give you a good shot at drawing enough lands to bring back Anathemancers for a 2nd round of action, or make Banefire lethal.
And if Kithkin is a problem, Ignite Disorder and Chaotic Backlash should definitely help.
Suggested List:
3 magma spray
3 Hell's Thunder
4 Colfenor's Plans
22 Land
8 mountains
3 Dragonskull Summit (or veinfire borderposts, in the meantime)
1 veinfire borderpost (or D. Summit)
4 Ignite Disorder
2 Chaotic Backlash
I'd give that a shot. The major problem with B/R is being able to refuel and avoid running out of gas. With 4 Plans and a good, solid, 12-card unearth package, you have a good chance of gaining back-breaking card advantage and finishing your opponents before you run out of cards again.
just got done with a daily event 4 round. lost 1st to kithin, my deck matchup. My sb was 75% kith hate, and i STILL got totally run into the dirt by that matchup. (4deathmark3doomblade 3 infest!!!) and i STILL lost.
BFT, cloudgoats, and honor of the pure negating my sweepers.. i just don't see a way r/b can beat kith ever, period, sb or no.
next 2 matches, faries, u/b varient, won in 2.
baneslayer control, i drew double blightning in match 1, no contest. I magma sprayed a newly cast glen mage. twice. Game over.
my final match for 6 packs (and my first actual prize win potentially) was against u/b faries again.
First match i with damage to face, and hellsparks.
2 nd match i saw a 2nd turn bitterblossums and drew no fallout. ever.
match 3? good mana, good cards, turn 3 bb, and again, not one. fhajshkjasd fallout. 3 games, and not one fallout.
I had the games if not for the evil cards. Both game 2 and 3, i had the fae player severely burned, and flame javed to response to mistbinds a few times.
the colfers plans is an interesting idea. the deck is supposed to be winning turn 8 or so anyhow.
gobo assault is getting removed alot. Esper charms, pridemages, acidic slimes, one oring... but i think like bitterblossums, its a remove this or die card.
I'm going to go bash my head into a street lamp now untill the pain subsides.
Am I correct in thinking that this is U/B Zombies? Because if so, your manabase looks a little shaky. A playset of Drowned Catacombs would be nice for it, if you can afford them. I would remove the Infectious Horror's and put them in the SB. They really are only going to be useful in Multiplayer, because in duel 2 life doesn't really matter. And they also get killed by a ton of removal spells. I also don't really like Fatestitcher in there. He doesn't really seem to fit, as untapping one creature and tapping another doesn't seem like a good option.
Maybe some counterspells to be put in? If you're looking for this to be legal after the rotation, Countersquall could be nice.
Also, because they're commons, Moonglove Changeling would be a splendid addition. Getting all the benefits from your pumpers, as well as being able to gain deathtouch is nice.
Cairn Wanderer is amazingly cheap, gains a ton of abilities and is a fatty, a possible addition.
Mothdust Changeling is really nice, gaining flying by tapping a creature is a bonus if it gets really big from Death Baron's and the like.
Also, because I didn't notice it previously, you have no Nameless Inversion! A kill spell that counts as a zombie? I like it!
Also, possibly Door of Destinies or Coat of Arms?
Link to my original post: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...Please and thank you =)
Hmm. I'll assume we're going this way just for the sheer joy of untargetable dudes; because in terms of efficiency, we could do much better than a team that rolls over to Volcanic Fallout/Pyroclasm (or more efficient enemy attackers!), as you mentioned.
If we wanted to shore that weakness up pre-rotation, I'd say Burrenton Forge-tender, but you also mentioned you wanted to keep this post-rotation.
So. In that case, let's see what kind of room we can clear:
1. We need to cut the life-gain, the Sylvan Bounty. Pure lifegain is excellent in multi-player, but very poor in 1v1 formats.
2. Rampant Growth-If we want your Gifts of the Gargantuan package to pay off, and if we want you to have enough action spells in your deck to actually win, we'll need to change this into something that affects the board, such as Borderland Ranger.
3. Elvish Visionary's 1/1 body is pretty unimpressive. You may not have a lot of early-game options, but just about anything's better than that. Deadly Recluse, if we simply must.
4. Overrun is good. But it's not good here. Your game-plan to make it work is to wait until you cast a 7 mana spell: a tough opponent will often kill you before that happens, or counter it. You'll want something that you can cast consistently to make sure you stay alive long enough to play Behemoth.
5. Howl of the Night Pack- 7 casting costs spells in aggro decks is highly unusual, and usually a bad idea. Here, we've got 8, and one of them is pretty easily answered by Volcanic Fallout and by Maelstrom Pulse. Let's cut that number in half instead, down to just 4, and keep your ridiculous untargetable guy. And that way, we can...
6. Now that we've cleared some space, let's add that support color. But let's not mess around with just G/R ; the removal's not good enough. You need to be able to stop Baneslayer Angels from simply raping you; and maybe give you some hand disruption to knock out opponents' answers to BIG SHROUD GUY. That pushes us towards black. Plus, with the extra removal, you can help your Algae grow. Hmm. It's a shame Shriekmaw will be rotating...that would have been good for you.
7. If we're going black, we're cutting Gifts of the Gargantuan for something better.
8. Other Additions: Putrid Leech. One of the best combat guys in the format. And with most of the team slacking in the combat department, you could definitely use him.
Creatures (24):
4x Llanowar Elves
4x Mist Leopard
4x Algae Gharial
4x Kalonian Behemoth
4x Borderland Ranger
4x Putrid Leech
Planeswalkers (2):
2x Garruk, Wildspeaker
Spells (10):4x Doomblade4x DuressLand (24):8x Swamp12x Forest4x Terramorphic Expanse
Well, blow me down; you are one amazing guy, Wx. Still running this place years later?? I am impressed!I started up again about three weeks ago or so, so I have very little knowledge of the current format (not that it matters, since it's rotating); however, after the next set drops and things even out a bit, we'll see if I can't be of some help again, alright?
Yeah, I'm still stuck here running this shtick. A few more years, and I figure I'll be able to start charging.
Good to see you though, long time. I'd love to have some help again.
This is wonderfully retro, I'm gonna post a list and see what happens (also so there are lists in this thread).So from the necromancied Ghost Dad thread, Esper Dad.BWu controll, with Stoneforge Mystic package adding card draw and letting subpar beaters trade with mostly anything.Lands8 Swamps3 Plains4 Arcane Sanctum3 Creeping Tar Pit4 Marsh FlatsCreatures2 Baneslayer Angel4 Bloodghast4 Fleshbag Marauder3 Gatekeeper of Malikar3 Rotting Rats1 Stoneforge Mystic4 Tidehollow ScullerSpells1 Basilsk Collar3 Disfigure3 Esper Charm1 Mask of Riddles3 Path to Exile3 Smother3 Zealous PersecutionSB4 Celestial Purge4 Deathmark4 Duress3 Oblivion RingNotes:As you can tell the SB is pretty much a placeholder for now, if the Mystic package gets popular Hammer of Ruin might go in there. Need to cut something for another Mystic as well.As for how it plays, it gets some great draws more of then not, but it'll peeter out from time to time making me think it's not consistant enough to be competitive. There's a long list of things that I think should be in here but there's no room.Sign in Blood or Grim Discovery to replace Esper Charm could go a long way. Also this deck really hates ramping people with Path, but maindeck answers to Baneslayer are pretty important, so switching to maindeck rings and letting Smother and Disfigure work on the early threats seems like a good idea.Any thoughts.
Well it seems I finally found what I need, a Deck Doctor. Well Dr. Wx I have been trying to craft a Grixis Control deck and here are the results of my time.
Grixis Control
Main Deck
Creatures: 7
4x Pilgrim's Eye
2x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Planeswalkers: 3
1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
2x Chandra Nalaar
Sorceries: 12
4x Cruel Ultimatum
4x Ponder
4x Treasure Hunt
Instants: 15
2x Doom Blade
3x Double Negative
1x Hideous End
4x Lightning Bolt
1x Mindbreak Trap
2x Terminate
2x Tomb Hex
Artifacts: 0
Lands: 23
3x Akoum Refuge
4x Crumbling Necropolis
2x Creeping Tar Pit
3x Halimar Depths
5x Island
3x Mountain
3x Swamp
Sideboard: 15
Creatures: 3
1x Wrexial the Deep Risen
2x Calcite Snapper
Sorceries: 2
2x Blightning
Instants: 8
2x Flashfreeze
3x Searing Blaze
3x Volcanic Fallout
Lands: 2
2x Bojuka Bog
In 2 slots on the sideboard I have been debating Magosi, the Waterveil and Calcite Snapper back and forth. Also I can hear top players writhing in their graves as they see creatures without shroud in my deck. However Pilgrim's Eye makes sure i hit my land drops and Wrexial can handle most burn and is Black allowing it to resist a good deal of creature removal.P.S. I am not rich so even though I know the M10 duals would be much better in my deck than my current duals I simply can't afford them. Also I can't afford these new cards such as Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Sorry for the budget inconvenience.
Suggested List:23 Lands8 Swamps3 Plains4 Arcane Sanctum4 Marsh Flats4 Terramorphic Expanse25 Creatures 2 Baneslayer Angel4 Bloodghast3 Stoneforge Mystic4 Vampire Hexmage4 Gatekeeper of Malikar4 Vampire Nighthawk4 Emeria Angel12 Spells 3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant2 Basilisk Collar1 Mask of Riddles3 Path to Exile3 Journey to NowhereSB4 Celestial Purge3 Marsh Casualties 4 Luminarch Ascension (You like beating control, right?)4 Oblivion RingThat's the best shot I can take for tonight. LMK what you think so far.
Suggested List:23 Lands8 Swamps3 Plains4 Arcane Sanctum4 Marsh Flats4 Terramorphic Expanse25 Creatures 2 Baneslayer Angel4 Bloodghast3 Stoneforge Mystic4 Vampire Hexmage4 Gatekeeper of Malikar4 Vampire Nighthawk4 Emeria Angel12 Spells 3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant2 Basilisk Collar1 Mask of Riddles3 Path to Exile3 Journey to NowhereSB4 Celestial Purge3 Marsh Casualties 4 Luminarch Ascension (You like beating control, right?)4 Oblivion RingThat's the best shot I can take for tonight. LMK what you think so far.What I can see from here, is with the Emeria and Elspeh I've just added a bunch of spells that have WW into a deck that wants to cast gatekeeper. Also no Sign in Blood which is what I had in here orignally, but Esper Charms went in alongside the Mask. I can see Elseph in here, but I think that would be in order to cut Baneslayer (and thus the cruve), in fact I like here more then the other 4 drop option Persicutor.I think you've fallen into the Sculler trap, a lot of people missplay him, and seeing him played that way makes him seem really, really bad. His job isn't to eat removal, but to eat tempo. Stealing their next drop then forcing removal onto him is a lot stronger play then trying to protect guys.Your list plays a lot slower, and stops beeing aggro-controll and becomes midrangey, I should either cram Nocturns into that deck or green for Pulse and Behemoth Sledge.
Well it seems I finally found what I need, a Deck Doctor. Well Dr. Wx I have been trying to craft a Grixis Control deck and here are the results of my time.Grixis Control Main DeckCreatures: 74x Pilgrim's Eye2x Sphinx of Jwar Isle1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep Planeswalkers: 31x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker2x Chandra Nalaar Sorceries: 124x Cruel Ultimatum4x Ponder4x Treasure Hunt Instants: 152x Doom Blade3x Double Negative1x Hideous End4x Lightning Bolt1x Mindbreak Trap2x Terminate2x Tomb Hex Artifacts: 0 Lands: 233x Akoum Refuge4x Crumbling Necropolis2x Creeping Tar Pit3x Halimar Depths5x Island3x Mountain3x Swamp Sideboard: 15Creatures: 31x Wrexial the Deep Risen2x Calcite Snapper Sorceries: 22x Blightning Instants: 82x Flashfreeze3x Searing Blaze3x Volcanic Fallout Lands: 22x Bojuka BogIn 2 slots on the sideboard I have been debating Magosi, the Waterveil and Calcite Snapper back and forth. Also I can hear top players writhing in their graves as they see creatures without shroud in my deck. However Pilgrim's Eye makes sure i hit my land drops and Wrexial can handle most burn and is Black allowing it to resist a good deal of creature removal.P.S. I am not rich so even though I know the M10 duals would be much better in my deck than my current duals I simply can't afford them. Also I can't afford these new cards such as Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Sorry for the budget inconvenience.
Threats: 4
3x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1x Obelisk of Alara
Planeswalkers: 4
3x Chandra Nalaar
Sorceries: 10
3x Earthquake3x Mind Spring
Instants: 164x Flashfreeze 2x Burst Lightning
2x Double Negative
4x Terminate
Lands: 26
5x Mountain
5x Swamp
2x Exotic Orchard
Sideboard:2 Mind Control (Random Ionas, Thornlings, etc.)3 Pithing Needle (Pesky enemy planeswalkers, Luminarch Ascension, etc.)3 Deathmark2 Swerve (Take that, Mind Sludge!)2 Haunting Echoes (Control)3 Negate
20 creatures4 goblin guide4 plated geopede2 goblin bushwhacker4 steppe linx1 kor skyfisher2 stoneforge mystic3 ranger of eos13 removal spells4 lightning bolt3 burst lightning2 earthquake4 path to exile3 equipment2 adventure gear1 basilisk collar24 land4 arid mesa4 scalding tarn1 marsh flats ( card stores were sold out sadly)4 teramorphic expsance)5 mountain6 plainsmake moar power!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sideboard)was thinking ajani vengent might do good here.
Current deck list looks something like this Land 19 Forest 4 Terramorphic Expanse Critters 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Joraga Treespeaker 4 Garruk's Packleader 4 Rampaging Baloths 3 Mold Shambler 2 Baloth Woodcrasher Spells 4 Harrow 4 Explore 3 Khalni Heart Expedition 2 Gelatinous Genesis 3 Overwhelming Stampede Sideboard 4 Autumn's Veil 4 Plummet 4 Naturalize 3 Acidic Slime Not sure here, maybe Gravity Well instead or Wolfbriar Elemental Possible tweaks - Garruk's Companion in for Llanowar Elves, Wolfbriar Elemental in for Gelatinous Genesis. Possibly replace harrow with cultivate less explosive but possibly more reliable. Could easily go G/x but i'm not sure if there's much worth splashing for. Trying to keep this budget friendly with an eye on the october rotation. I won't mind splashing some alara block, but i dont want to spend a lot of money on cards that are going to rotate in october.
Creatures: 11Phylactery Lich x4Stoneforge Mystic x3Tidehollow Sculler x3Sun Titan x1
Artifacts: 8Crystal Ball x3Whispersilk Cloak x2Sword of Vengeance x1Basilisk Collar x2
Other Spells: 16 Sign in Blood x3Doom Blade x3Day of Judgment x3Duress x3Consuming Vapors x2Condemn x2
Land: 25Arcane Sanctum x4Terramorphic Expanse x4Evolving Wilds x4Marsh Flats x1Plains x4Swamps x8Sideboard:Celestial Purge x3Inquisition of Kozilek x3Deathmark x3Vampire Nighthawk x3Condemn x1Tidehollow Sculler x1Sign in Blood x1
Ok, so I took this list to FNM and went 2-3, losing to Superfriends, UW eldrazi and Junk. With each of those matches I won 1 out of the three games. I'm looking to improve this deck so any help and advice would be nice. Also, I currently only have one Marsh Flats and I'm trying to trade for more.


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How To Find A Hidden Leak in the Bathroom?
I live on the second floor of a two story home and recently had my kitchen drain cleaned by a plumber using an electric drain cleaning snake. Everything seemed to be fine until a few weeks later when the people on the first floor c/o some water coming through their bathroom ceiling. Not much but it has happened twice over last 2 months. I believe it may have been caused by the electric snake but 2 plumbers that have come don't seem to feel that way. I requested they put a hole in the wall/first floor ceiling and use a pipe snake camera to see if they could detect the leak but they were very reluctant to do it and did not do it. One replaced a toilet ring but that apparently was not the issue. Does anyone have any ideas on how to find the source of the leak? I would hate to remove the first floor ceiling without knowing where the leak is although I realize it may be the only way. Any advice appreciated.
What an amazing coincidence. We just found water damage in a lower floor bedroom, below the second floor master bath. First, our contractor cut some holes in the ceiling and, when the tap in the master bath was turned on, we could see water coming down between the floors. The contractor then removed part of the siding on the second floor, behind the master bath sink to expose the pipes. There was a hole the size of a quarter in a 90 deg. turn of the drain pipe. There was no rust or corrosion--just a hole. Our contractor speculates that a plumber's snake to clear the drain punched the hole. Over the years, this drain has been cleared a number of times using a plumber's snake. The plumbing joint was replaced today---but sheetrock is still being removed in the lower bedroom to expose the water damage from the leak. I don't know how your plumbing is situated upstairs, but it may require some demolition in order to locate it. Perhaps a different plumber would be willing to try a pipe snake camera.
Our shower stall leaked and caused a wet spot to appear on the ceiling below, but only infrequently. We had the shower pan replaced, thinking that was it. Finally we discovered it was the shower stall itself.
Thank you all for your comments. I almost feel like buying a plumber's snake camera to look around myself but they are expensive. Every time I call a plumber, I take a chance about whether or not they will use it. (I make sure they at least have one before I give them the address). I am already out $200 and still no progress. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a place that rents them out. At least if I could find the leak, I could point them to the right place. Does anyone have any experience with brand names of snake cameras are good and what to look for?
I have seen a lot of posts about people having to get their pipes snaked only to have leaks start a few days later. My company started selling a product called BioClean. My bathroom sink was getting clogged up and my boss let me take home a tub of it so I wouldnt have to pay for a plumber (family issues made money extremely tight at the time). After a few days my bathroom sink started flowing like normal.
I realize advertising is prohibited, But you might want to look into something like BioClean as a monthly maintence program, instead of getting your pipes snaked every few months the organic bateria in the BioClean will help control the amount of material clogging your pipes. There wont be any damage to your current piping system and you wont have to worry about harming the enviroment since it is organic bateria.
Here is a link that might be useful: Information on BioClean
"At least if I could find the leak, I could point them to the right place. Does anyone have any experience with brand names of snake cameras are good and what to look for?"
Unless you have a very large hole or a pipe completely disconnected a drainline camera is not going to show you very much.
The insides of pipes are not very clean or smooth (especially if they have been in service) and a small leak or cracked is not going to be visible.
You should count yourself lucky none of the plumbers have wanted to take your money for a waste of time.
Even with a camera, it can be hard to figure out where the camera is in the pipes after a few turns.
Main lines tend to be pretty straight form the street to the house, but under-slab drain lines can have enough bends to make tracking the camera very hard.
With plastic lines you can use a camera detector to locate the camera in the pipe (they give off enough electrical noise from scanning their image device) bit in cast iron lines (and then under concrete) the signals are very weak.
The detectors are sold to allow a stuck camera to be found and removed.
The big question is, are they cast iron drainpipes? The plumbers doing the snaking may not have done anything wrong, those things can be rotten.
Don't delay, get a drywall handsaw or rotozip and carefully cut an inspection hole. Ceiling under is probably the best place to start. Drywall holes can be easily fixed.
If water is coming through the ceiling, then the ceiling needs to be repaired anyway. So cut out the damaged area and get a good look. Repairing a 4' by 4' area is not much more difficult than repairing a 1' by 1' area so cut out an area big enough to get a good look and also make the repair. I suspect a rusty drain broken open by the snake - if so replace with matching size PVC and couple together with rubber pipe coupling - see pic at link below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Pipe Coupling
And here is a site that can help you with the drywall repair. See link below that gives a detailed10-step video series on such a repair:
Here is a link that might be useful: Drywall Repair
Repairing an area that has framing on two edges is easiest.
Cut the drywall to the edge of the framing, apply some 2x2 'sisters to the bottom edge of the framing in the opening, attach patch to sisters with drywall screws.
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