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Awful. Awful. Awful. The worst bedside manners I've ever seen in my life! This guy doesn't listen and I can for see that there will be inaccurate charges filed to insurance based upon his baseless recommendations. Avoid like the plague!
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I find that his office staff is extremely rude and unprofessional. They are very unhelpful, when your concerned about your child having to have surgery. Dr Samadi is also the rudest pediatric doctor that I've ever come across.
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I really do wish I had listened to all the bad reviews here because they were so true. I thought I would be ok if we asked for the first appointment. His office staff is unprofessional, they are unwelcoming and overbook. The doctor himself is rude and arrogant. Why are you a pediatric ENT if you show such a disgust towards children? My daughter has a polyp and severe allergies. How do you immediately suggest surgery without further testing? He will do anything to milk the insurance company. I was mind blown at how he was treating us so low. Dr. Samadi please get over yourself; you are losing patient after patient.
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He told me to hold my infants head still for an ear cleaning, which I did easily because she's not a fussy baby. He then pushed her head against my chest so hard I lost my breath and the baby screamed like I've never heard before. After he finished cleaning her ear and removed his hand from her head I saw fear in her eyes for the first time and she didn't calm down until we left the office. Even breastfeeding didn't calm her down. Forget about the 1.5 hours of waiting to be seen. This man is NOT gentle at all, which sucks for someone that routinely works on children. She's so little and her head got smooshed. I feel guilty for not protecting her by stopping the whole thing. We won't be back.
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We are sorry that your visit did not meet your expectations. Holding the child is crucial during an ear cleaning. He is a very caring doctor that wants only the best for the patient.
If you wish to discuss your concerns, we would be happy to speak with you.
Submitted April 20, 2015
After reading a few bad reviews I was hesitant to choose Dr. Samadi. From what I read he was surgery happy and not friendly with children. I disagree. He had us use saline spray on my son to avoid surgery and had us monitor him before scheduling a surgery. Although he has a somewhat stern demeanor he was nothing but gentle and friendly with my son. He's a brilliant surgeon--scheduling his surgeries twenty minutes apart from kid to kid and cranking them out like a conveyor belt. My son had his tonsils and adenoids removed and tubes put in. He healed beautifully and both tubes worked! His staff and P.A. are great--I would recommend Dr. Samadi to anyone looking for a pediatric ENT.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. We are always here to care for your loved ones, and thank you for putting your trust in us to do so.
Submitted April 22, 2015
Dr. Daniel is knowledgeable and personable. Relates to the children, conforting and befriending them all the while informing and reassuring parents . Hands down remarkable specialist. My son thinks he's a superhero!
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Thank you so much for your kind review. Dr. Samadi cares very much for each of his patients and appreciates when they share their experience with others online.
We wish you the best, always!
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DO NOT GO THIS DOCTOR! They don't care about the patient and are only interested in your money. They told me that they would not see my child until I paid my bill in full, which was still in the process of being reviewed by my insurance company. A few days later I received a bill from a collections agency because the office manager, Rachael, wrongly accused me of not wanting to pay the bill. So I not only had to pay the bill before my insurance company could review the claim, I had to pay an extra $70 collection fee! If you want to be treated with disrespect and just be a "number", this is the office for you. If you feel it is important to be treated as a human being, do yourself a favor and go to a different ENT.
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I am sorry that you feel this way, but the doctor performed his services and requires payment for them. We do not routinely send any patient bill to collections unless we have tried to collect payment for some time. When too much time has passed without payment, we will refuse to schedule additional appointments, which is a common practice across the industry.
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my experience was awful can you say money orientated over patient care. I wish I could have my health insurance monies refunded back to them.. Rachel and her rude office manager who is always afraid to give her name are the absolute worst personnel any one could have. I would have been better going to the veterinarian at least there you expect to get treated like an animal.
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Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry if you felt our office staff was rude and assure you that was not their intention.
We are a private practice and, therefore, your insurance does not cover 100% of the doctor's services. We collect all deductibles, co-insurances and co-pays.
Dr. Samadi values every patient relationship and works very hard to address patient needs and concerns. If you wish to discuss your experience further and perhaps give more detail as to how your expectations were not met, we would be happy to speak with you.
We wish you well for the future.
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Dr. Samadi is a fantastic doctor. He has really helped my son. I brought my son to many doctors before hearing about Dr. Samadi and we were not pleased. Dr. Samadi is knowledgeable and professional . He has done two surgeries on my son and we are extremely satisfied. He even squeezed my son into his surgery schedule at the last minute so that the procedure could be done as soon as possible. Thank you Dr. Samadi!
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Thank you for your kind review. We always do our best to care for the children, and we strive to do so every day.
We appreciate you sharing your experience with others.
Submitted March 17, 2015
Great staff , great Dr.
Racheal the office manger, gave me same day appointment . Can't ask for better Dr to take care of my kids. Thank you Dr. Samadi for all your help
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We are always here for you, thank you for your review!
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The International Monetary Fund warned the Bank of Japan will take longer than it expects to hit its inflation target even with more monetary easing, and said "bolder" reforms are required.
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Ithu Ente Bhoomi (It's my Earth), a 17-minute documentary produced as part of the 'Paristhithi' campaign of the State Department of Environment and Climate Change, was released at a function held at Nila Theatre here on Saturday by Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor. The documentary was directed by P.Y. Anilkumar, Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre Environment Vision, an NGO based at Venganoor here.
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Mr. Tharoor promised at the function that steps would be taken to ensure that the documentary was screened at educational institutions across the State. The documentary was produced by the State government, the Rajiv Gandhi Centre, a collective of environmental activists called 'Green Community' and the Nehru Yuva Kendra, and is dedicated to Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring, a book released in 1962 and widely heralded as the spark that helped launch the American environmental movement.
"The film conveys ideas that advocate personal hygiene and stressed the needs of future generations," said Mr. Anilkumar, adding that it also delved into the adverse effects of plastic and e-waste.
The children of the S.R.S. Upper Primary School at Pallichal were involved in the making of the documentary. Mr. Anilkumar said the crew had visited around 200 homes in the vicinity of the school and distributed stickers and badges on the need for better sanitation.
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This is an interesting adaptation of the C&C game system. I plan on getting the full product asap.
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Castles and Crusades is on my top 5 rpg list. The designers of the game have really done a great job in capturing that old school feel in a modern day package.
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Castles & Crusades: 100 Exciting Encounters — 1st Level Encounters
Zachary H.
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Look, if you spend your time looting ancient dungeons for magic items and pissing off evil wizards, chances are as an adventurer, you're going to end up with a curse bestowed upon you at some point.
As a Game Master, it can often be difficult to come up with different or original curses. James Mishler's and Adventure Games Publishing's 100 Calamitous Curses solves that problem by delivering precisely what the title suggests: 100 curses to entertain, hinder, and cause mayhem for your campaign.
The curses are ostensibly designed to be used with Castles & Crusades, but like other AGP products, they are easily usable with any number of both d20-related, older D&D versions, and retro-clone titles. Mishler's characteristic entertaining writing style (with a decided swords n' sorcery bent) shines through, and he does an excellent job of making each curse unique and engaging. Here's just one example:
"64. Curse of the Life Leech: Whenever the accursed one heals damage, the nearest friend, ally, or neutral being suffers a like amount of damage. If cured by a spell, usually the friendly caster suffers the damage; if healing through bed rest, the nearest person loses a similar number of hit points regardless of distance!"
Ouch! Most curses are appropriate for a general-audience sort of group, but there are a few that have to do with childbirth and sexuality that GMs who run younger folks through their games want to specifically consider before using. Still, I believe the product will be quite helpful to a wide range of gaming groups.
Coming in at 12 pages, this pdf normally retails for $2.50, but at the time I write this, It is on sale for only $2. Either way, if, like me, you have a GM's Binder or use a laptop for some of your pdfs, you'll want to make sure this great value finds its way into your collection. It's the sort of short, handy pdf I love as a GM, and so long as James Mishler keeps making 'em like this, I'll keep buying 'em.
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Castles & Crusades Monsters of Aihrde IV
Peter I.
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Date Added: 03/31/2009 09:36:18
There is a lot of potential when it comes to creating monsters. Not only can you create something that will thrill in combat, but you can also create something that can have a real impact out of combat. A monster's ecology, behaviour or society can often play an important role in the grander setting and can be pivotal in any campaign world. I'm a firm believer that monsters should be something more than just statistics on a page, and that there should be some sort of ecological balance which they form an integral part of. Every monster should have a purpose and a reason beyond what is dictated by its statistics, but at the same time its behaviour and ecology should be reflected in its combat behaviour.
Monsters of Aihrde IV is a short 7 page pdf containing 5 monsters for the legendary world of Aihrde (as first publishing by Troll Lord Games in their Codex of Erde). This product is the fourth in a series of four which aims to revise and update the creatures from Aihrde and provide several new ones. In the light of what I wrote above, this product does a grand job of providing creatures that fit the bill in terms of ecology, setting and behaviour. Monsters of Aihrde IV is designed for the Castles and Crusades system, although can be modified for other rule systems by modifying the mechanics.
This product comes as a single pdf file. The presentation standard is very high and professionally done, with some gorgeous artwork by artists Mark Allen, Jason Walton and Peter Bradley. The cover art of the mogrl is particularly impressive. The product contains an excellent cover, informative credits and information page, and 5 pages of content. There are no bookmarks, but that doesn't really matter for such a short pdf. Writing and layout is excellent, with some really descriptive text and excellent details on each of the monsters contained in the product. Overall, a top quality presentation from Troll Lord Games.
Monster of Aihrde IV contains five monsters from the world of Aihrde - the eshchl (realistic demi humans), the io-topek (apemen), the mogrl (a powerful demonic creature), the sarab pool (magical, living pools), and the ceeana olgdonberg (powerful horse-like steeds). Each creature is presented with complete statistics for Castles and Crusades, detailed descriptive information on ecology, society and role in combat, and lastly a section on the creature's history and place in the world of Aihrde. The details are fascinating in places, and really give you a sense of the creature's role and place in Aihrde, and the descriptions do a good job of providing a vivid image of what the creature looks like beyond the artwork in the product.
I found this product presented these five creatures really well. I think the level of detail is just right, and allows room for creativity while at the same time giving the creatures a firm footing in one's imagination. At the same time, however, while the details are excellent, I'm not sure that the uniqueness of the creatures is the best. In the product we have a typical demi human, a humanoid creature based on an animal, a demonic/devilish creature, a sentient pool and a stronger breed of horse. Despite the concepts perhaps not being the best, the details themselves, and particularly how they fit into the campaign setting, make up for the somewhat weaker creature ideas. In a way, these are more creatures re-imagined for the world of Aihrde, than unique creatures in their own right.
Overall, I found this to be a good product. I loved the details provided on each of the monsters, and the thought that had gone into making them slot into the campaign setting. The presentation is top notch, both the writing and the artwork. While perhaps the concepts of each of the creatures weren't the best, I think the way in which these concepts are used in the setting makes up for this slight weakness in the pdf. Good product that one can get a good amount of use of, irrespective of setting or rule system.
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Castles & Crusades PDF1 Encounters: Bands of Orcs
Peter I.
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Date Added: 02/04/2009 05:54:25
One of the beautiful things about the 3.5e OGL system is that publishers and fans were allowed to modify and change the system to spawn a variety of variants. And the majority of these variants are fantastic games, such as Mutants and Masterminds, True20, Iron Heroes, Arcana Evolved and Castles and Crusades. The latter presents a simple and elegant system of resolution that streamlined gameplay for those that wanted to escape from the complexities of the OGL. This product, Encounters: Bands of Orcs, is a short supplement for Castles and Crusades, presenting a series of versatile and adaptable orc encounters to throw at your party of characters.
Encounters: Bands of Orcs is a short 7 page pdf file written by Davis Chenault for the Castles and Crusades system. The presentation and layout of the product is fantastic, particularly for such a short product, and a high standard of professionalism is evident in the product design. A great piece of artwork by artist Peter Bradley is included, and the cover features and neat design to kick off what will presumably be a series of products. Interior writing and design is good, with clear written descriptions and concise summaries of the various encounters in the product. Overall, an excellently presented product with high quality standards from Troll Lord Games.
This product presents 7 different orc encounters that can easily be inserted into any campaign or adventure. The product is aimed at those Castle Keepers that require an on the fly encounter or perhaps those that are too busy to make the required preparations. The encounters come with complete descriptions of the nature of the encounter, the mechanical details and statistics of the creatures involved, detailed treasure and equipment listings, and lastly a series of useful plot hooks to expand the encounter and give it more meaning, motivation and purpose. The encounters are suitable for a variety of different levels, using encounter levels from 1 to 6, but very easily scalable individually beyond what they're designed for.
The product starts with a brief introduction to the product and its aim and purpose. This is followed by a useful introduction to orcs, orc behaviour, orc combat tactics and other useful bits of information on orcs. The background introduction provides a better sense of direction and purpose to the combat encounters presented. The seven combat encounters presented are: orc raiders, orc hunters, orc warriors, orc miners, war party, orc shamans, and lastly a complete war band encampment.
Along with all the details on each encounter, the product provides adventure hooks to guide you in using these encounters and particularly in thinking beyond the combat encounters. These adventure hooks are phrased as a series of questions to get you thinking about motivation, background, and purpose for each of these encounters. In a way, the encounters are more like mechanical encounter templates, and the Castle Keeper needs to fill in the meaty story and plot details to flesh things out. This is both a good and a bad thing, depending on the requirements of the Castle Keeper at the time. The pdf concludes with some useful suggestions for orc names in the event, for example, that an orc gets captured.
Like many similar products for various systems on the market, the utility of this product largely depends on the needs of the individual GMs. Band of Orcs provides enough flexibility to cater for the majority of those, but not really for those GMs that require an out of the box encounter, complete with plot, motivation and story. Sure, that can be gained by working through the adventure plot hook questions, but that naturally requires extra work. Overall, the mechanical details of the product are logical and neatly organised, but I wish the adventure hooks had gone slightly beyond the norm. Asking a question such as 'Why is the raiding party here?' does not necessarily lead one in any useful directions. Perhaps if the product had actually answered some of those questions in the adventure plot sections with creative and inspiring suggestions, this product would've impressed more. As it is, it's impeccably presented, well written and certainly useful, but I expected perhaps a little more in creating interesting, fantastical, and memorable encounters.
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Castles & Crusades: 100 Calamitous Curses
Dominique C.
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Date Added: 02/03/2009 10:17:16
A very useful DM's help, with lots of ideas that could be used as they are, or altered on the spot as the DM sees fit. Just note that although it is a Castle & Crusades supplement, you can use it witth any other "old school" game, such as AD&D, OSRIC, BFRPG, Labyrinth Lords, and even others.
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Castles & Crusades: Martial Artist Class
Dominique C.
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Date Added: 01/28/2009 09:48:06
A very good product, especially when it costs but one dollar! An excellent addition to the C&C regular character classes, it will fit well along the C&C monk.
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Castles & Crusades: 100 Treasure Troves — Treasure Type 1
Zachary H.
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Date Added: 01/15/2009 22:49:21
A nice, short, useful pdf that I am hoping gets turned into an entire series. This went right into my GM's binder. If you GM Castles & Crusades, you'll want to look at picking this up--having these treasure troves already detailed saves time, and allows for getting the characters their swag without bogging down the game. For only $1, it was well worth it.
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Castles & Crusades Quick Start Rules
Zachary H.
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Date Added: 12/27/2008 02:35:40
I've given the Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook a 5/5, but have to downgrade the Quick Start Rules just a but. Despite being the same system I love for its modularity, ease of running/playing/learning, the Quick Start rules aren't as easy on the eye as I'd have liked for an introductory product. Still it does a nice job, and provides a sample encounter (too brief to be called an adventure), and the SIEGE Engine remains ridiculously easy to learn and utilize. I recommend the Player's Handbook (non-condensed) for people interested further after this freebie.
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Castles & Crusades Players Handbook 3rd Printing
Zachary H.
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Date Added: 12/27/2008 01:30:05
I'm a vagabond, a wanderer of tabletop gaming. From my early forays in Palladium Fantasy and hideously houseruled 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games to my appreciation of Risus, Two-Fisted Tales, Epic Roleplaying, Rolemaster, Traveller, Rifts, and everything in-between, I have played and ran a tremendously large number of roleplaying games.
I've tried Troll Lord Games' Castles & Crusades before, had my Castle Keeper Screen signed by Gary Gygax himself in 2007. And though the sessions and demos I ran were fun, there was always something else to try. And several projects in 2008 also ensured my free time to dedicate to any single game was severely lacking.
But in now coming back to it, and in loving both the exciting modern products out there and the original and homages to an earlier time in gaming, I have found Castles & Crusades to be so much of what I've been looking for. Very few times (I can count them on one hand) has a game purely "clicked" for me. As in I got it--I got the feel, the system, the direction. And that's what happened when I took my C&C Players Handbook in hand (and screen) once more. What did it? I don't know--a desired refinement of how I run my games, an re-examination for what I want out of my hobby, whatever. But I did want to share just a little of why I am so absolutely, genuinely, enthusiastically pleased with Castles & Crusades:
Bridging A Gap: I have friends who were weaned on the older editions of D&D, and those who have played nothing but 3rd Edition. Castles & Crusades allows me to sell elements of both those experiences, giving us a common meeting ground and a larger player base from which to draw. Its familiar to veterans, and easily picked up by novices.
Time: Plain and simple. Look, I have a wife, 2 kids and 1 on the way, and a lot more responsibility than Young Zack ever did. C&C's system, the SIEGE Engine, is so simple that it usually takes all of 3-5 minutes for gamers to get the gist of it. I want to be able to use all the resources I've built up over the years, run a game that encourages active, fast, inspiring GM (CK) rulings, not pace-killing rules lookup. I want low prep time, employing notes and material I already have. I'm ready to get back to the basics, and get down to gaming in a faster and leaner fashion.
A Place To Build Upon: Castles & Crusades is a framework. It isn't a toolbox so much as a sturdy workbench. This is seriously one of the most easily-houseruled games I have ever seen. You want skills, feats, some new magic system? Want to use THAC0? Have some insane d20 rule you plug into every game you play? Castles & Crusades not only allows you to plug those items in, its modularity will make it easy to do so. We are talking compatibility not only with the various prior editions and the d20 crowd, but efforts like Basic Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord, Mazes & Minotaurs, Fight On!, True 20, Paizo's and Adventure Games Publishing's docket of releases, and more. Hey, I have something from Iron Gauntlets I might throw in there. Or I can do nothing, and be just fine that way. There's just too much goodness out there that I may wish to look to for inspiration, and Castles & Crusades promises the integration of that goodness, easy-like. It's a baseline for it all.
A Style I Want: I don't want hours spent on hair-splitting character builds. I don't want reams of special powers for each player. I don't want skills and rigid, multiple modifiers to get in the way of player initiative and creativity. I want me as a GM (CK) and my players to remember when we made rulings, not remained bogged down in rules. This ties into time constraints, but I want a fast-play, unified mechanic. I want the standard tropes and hallmarks of our shared hobby heritage there, unwarped. I want strong character archetypes. I want player backgrounds to matter in the course of play. I want so much of what has made the Old School Renaissance of gaming so inspiring to me and others. Of course, many of these lie at the feet of each Game Master/Castle Keeper, and can happen in any game. But its still good to have an RPG that's on your side about it.
I've never been a one-game, one-system guy. There are too many great games out there I want to run--Epic, Rifts, Traveller, we aren't through yet. One day, I will again get to run In Harm's Way. And Castles & Crusades is ok with that. I know its there, willing to undertake any sort of tweaks or mods I might find in my travels. But I do know what game I'm coming home to for now. Castles & Crusades is my choice going forward to take advantage of the Old School Renaissance (heck, its my staging area for it), to keep that link going to a wider pool of players, and to maximize the time I have for quality, generation-spanning fun. That's why I'm on board with Castles & Crusades as my fantasy D&D cousin of choice. And together I see us, my friends, and eventually perhaps our kids having great adventures...
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Marc G.
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Date Added: 12/25/2008 17:04:32
They say that nothing is free, but it in this case it's true!
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StarSiege Introductory Manual
Malcolm M.
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Date Added: 11/18/2008 18:41:36
A valiant effort with one fatal flaw.
StarSiege is intended to be an all-in-one science-fiction rpg from Troll Lord Games, the makers of the justly-praised Castles & Crusades fantasy game. As the name implies, StarSiege incorporates the same simple-yet-clever "Siege Engine" dice mechanic which lies at the heart of Castles & Crusades.
The problem is, in the well-intentioned attempt to create an all-in-one science-fiction toolkit, the very simplicity and modularity which makes the Siege Engine mechanic so useful to players and Game Masters in C&C here gets buried under an avalanche of new game systems, sub-systems, acronyms, and terminology.
The resulting game is a good game, to be sure. The problem is, it's also ends up functionally indistinguishable from the dozens of other medium-complex SF game systems inhabiting the rpg landscape: d20 Future; GURPS Space; 2320 AD; Reign of Discordia; Mongoose Traveller, Alternity, and all the rest.
Author Josh Chewning has done a valiant job here; l have to wonder, though, if the failure of StarSiege to carry forward the defining adaptability and ease-of-use traditionally associated with Siege Engine games like Castles & Crusades has to rest with Troll Lord Games editorial.
At some point, someone in the company should've noticed that StarSiege -- while a perfectly serviceable SF rpg -- doesn't actually adhere to the _design spirit_ of the Castles & Crusades Siege system.
It's always easier for players and Game Masters to add on to simple game system, as needed, rather than to subtract elements from a complex one. This philosophy rests at the heart of Castles & Crusades' design.
In his well-intentioned desire to give players and GMs a fully-detailed SF toolkit, author Chewning has accidentally lost the defining difference (ease-of-use and core simplicity) which sets Siege Engine games like Castles & Crusades apart from the pack.
Again, I find Chewning absolutely guiltless -- he's done good work here -- the loss of the spirit of Siege has to fall at the feet of Troll Lord Games. Siege is their baby, in the end, and it falls to them to make sure its properly treated.
An author buried eyeball-deep in manuscript revision can't always see the big picture. That's what editorial is there for ...
As above, StarSiege is a good medium-complexity all-in-one SF rpg. If that's what you want, it stands solid among the many other similar SF game systems out there.
If, like me, you were hoping for a game which would do for science-fiction gaming what Castles & Crusades has done for fantasy gaming, then StarSiege is not the game for you.
My disappointment at StarSiege's failure to be "Castles & Crusades In Spaaaace" in any sort of practical, game-table way originally had me leaning toward a 3 out of 5 score -- but, thankfully, I realized in time that, while the game does not carry on the Siege Engine legacy in any strong fashion, if taken as a stand-alone SF game it's certainly worth a 4 out of 5 to those who neither know nor care what game engine it incorporates.
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Castles & Crusades Players Handbook 3rd Printing
John S.
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Date Added: 10/02/2008 21:32:51
Super clean system that is loads of fun to play and run. Highly modular so one can bolt on any desired complexity. I use this game with young children with limited reading skills; that is not to say that it is only for kids. A great game !
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zzz-Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names
Christopher H.
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Date Added: 09/08/2008 13:48:38
Okay ... it's a book of names. A big book full of lots of names. What else do you need to know?
Seriously, this book does have a few features that set it apart from other name books (like the Judges Guild Book of Archaic Names, for example). The first 20 pages, more or less, present an interesting and often useful discussion of names and naming. It's not perfect; some of the phonemic associations suggested on p. 20 are over-the-top and have no actual linguistic validity, while some of the claims made are just plain sexist ("A blunt or forceful name like Darg or Rathek should belong to a male," pp. 19-20) and others reflect the author Malcolm Bowers's (no, not Gary Gygax, despite the series title) own sense of aesthetics, which may not match the GM's. Indeed, some of the aesthetics proposed here are inconsistent on the same page; p. 20 tells us that a final /k/ sound "help vicious invective" but also convey "beauty, peace, and grace"--which should have clued Bowers in that his phonemics are mostly impressionistic nonsense. On the other hand, the brief discussion of onomancy and "true names" (pp. 21-24) could give GMs lots of interesting ideas to work into their campaigns, regardless of the rules set.
The bulk of this book really is a big list of personal names, arranged chiefly by geography and culture: Britain, Africa, America, Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, and Oceania each get major sections with multiple subsections. Within each subsection, readers get a brief orientation to the geo-cultural group in focus, pronunciation guides, and lists of personal and family names, with other types of names (bynames or surnames, for example) also provided where appropriate. According to the publisher, readers ultimately get over 100,000 specific names in this format, making the book a good resource for GMs who need lots of NPC names, even on the fly.
The aforementioned name lists take up a little over half of the entire book, but there's more. A colorful epithet can add a lot to a name ("Richard the Lionheart" sounds so much more buff than "Richard I"), so Bowers gives readers a whole section devoted to generating colorful epithets. As befits a "Gygaxian" product, Bowers supplies a random table for generating the form of an epithet (d20 roll: 01-06 yields "description," 07-09 yields "thing," 10-12 yields "description + thing," and so on), but then the source lists that follow the random table aren't organized according to these categories! Not that GMs will have a hard time using these lists, but it would have been more convenient to have lists of "descriptions," "things," "actions," and so on labeled as such. The tables of titles are very Eurocentric, and while Bowers does offer some titles from non-European cultures to offset this, a strong bias remains evident ("Usually generic titles are enough. 'Chief' applies equally well to the head of any clan or tribe, for instance.) Book 3 also includes some suggestions for deriving names of organizations, military squads, and so on, which a GM can quite easily put to good use.
Book 4 deals with place names, and I was very pleased to find this section. Europe still dominates, but plenty of non-English words and word-fragments are given to fire a GM's imagination. Yet here the book fails to provide a service that would have been invaluable: the theoretical discussion of place-names stresses the meanings of names, but Bowers does not tell his presumably English-speaking readers what all of the various words mean! Thus, for example, Bowers gives readers a list of Arabic colors--aswad, azrak, asmar, akhdar, sinjabi, ahmar, abyad, and asfar--but he provides no guidance as to which color is which! For Bowers, "place names" includes names for taverns and inns--quite commonly needed in fantasy RPGs--and this section comes in quite handy.
In book 5, Bowers discusses the construction of completely fantastic names. Some of this discussion is very helpful ("One [thing] that stops most people is the dreaded 'unpronounceable' … This sort of thing is pretty much pointless in a game where you have to speak the name out loud"), while other parts devolve into purely arbitrary pedantry ("One [apostrophe] in a made-up name might be considered debatable; more than one is unforgivable"). If you're stuck for a fantasy name, try choosing one from Bowers's lists on pp. 172-182. There's even a random syllable table on p. 183 if you want to throw caution completely to the winds, and this table is followed by a whole series of tables broken down by creature type (for goblins, trolls, orcs, fairies, etc.).
If you're in a silly mood, grab one of the names from Appendix A - Spoof Names, and throw your PCs into an encounter with the wizard Levy Tate or sic on them the unshakable bard Oliver de Plaice.
Although published in the "Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds" line, this book is not just for fantasy RPGs. Since most of the names presented are real-life names from real-world cultures, modern games can benefit from the book almost as much as fantasy games. Indeed, Appendix B - Name Distribution seems more useful for a modern game than a fantasy one. In this appendix, Bowers presents a country-by-country breakdown of naming proportions (based on a d% scheme). Yet the usefulness of this appendix is hampered by its use of categories that don't appear elsewhere in the book. For example, the entry for Denmark reads "Danish (01-99), Turkish (00)." "Turkish" is also an entry in for Germany, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Iraq, and of course, Turkey. However, if you pull out your d%, roll a Turkish name, and then go looking elsewhere in this volume for appropriate Turkish names, you won't find any (save for four titles on p. 140), so you'll probably have to fall back on Arabic, though Arabic and Turkish are not the same language. So what's the point of listing Turkish and such in the name distribution tables if no Turkish names are provided in the book? (And what's up with the d30 tables? No, really, d30?)
The content of the Book of Extraordinary Names is quite helpful. I've used it to good effect as a GM, and expect to get a lot more use out of it. However, as a PDF product, the Book of Extraordinary Names falls terribly flat in one important regard: it's neither bookmarked nor hyperlinked, making navigation through the 210-page beast an annoying and time-consuming proposition. And since the book is sold as a secured PDF, one must either crack the security to add one's own bookmarks, or live without bookmarks and spend precious time scrolling through to find the right page. That's got to cost the product at least one star in the ratings.
Some players and GMs might be put off by the $20 price tag on the PDF download, even though this represents an enormous savings off the $35 printed edition. Compared to other name lists, though, it's by no means out of line. Some other "name generator" products give you c. 200 names for $5--that's about 2.5¢ per name--but the PDF version of Gary Gygax's Extraordinary Book of Names gives you over 100,000 names (or so says the publisher) for $20--that's more like .02¢ per name, plus you get all of the value-adds that I've mentioned above. So yes, $20 is a significant outlay, but if you accumulate several smaller products for $5 each, you'll soon find yourself at $20 with only 800 names in your pocket. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the product for players, who just need to generate names for a few PCs, but for a GM looking to fill a world with memorable NPCs, this book comes in very handy and beats the price curve on similar products (even in its printed version, actually).
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Castles & Crusades Monsters & Treasure 2nd Printing
Malcolm M.
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Date Added: 07/29/2008 16:39:17
The true successor to Dungeons and Dragons continues!
Monsters and Treasure is the second of two core books for the Castles & Crusades fantasy rpg, and it too features C&C's defining gameplay ethic of old-school feel, combined with modern, streamlined rules.
The monsters in Monsters and Treasure will be familiar to anyone who's played earlier editions of Dungeons and Dragons. Most of the fiendish faces from the original Monster Manual are here, as well as a few creatures recognizeable from later works, such as the Monster Manual II and the original Fiend Folio. All in all, though, the monsters in this volume will be very familiar to anyone who's played D&D before. A number of the monsters are subtly changed from what one might expect but, by and large, the faces remain the same.
Be advised that most of the creatures here are "terrestrial" in nature. Those looking for lists of demons and devils and other so-called "outsiders" will not find them in this volume. Elementals make an appearance, but angels, devils and djinni are absent from this book. The Quasit shows up, but his bigger infernal brothers are nowhere to be seen.
Also, those looking for a collection of monsters unique to Castles &Crusades' Aihrde setting are advised to wait for the upcoming Monsters and Treasures II, which Troll Lord Games is presently hard at work finishing.
Those who simply can't wait for new monsters, should check out the short Monsters of Aihrde PDFs available here on RPGNow -- and those who want to challenge their players with the smaller flying dragons seen swarming on the cover of the C&C Player's Handbook, might also want to check out the Miasmal Dragons PDF. Personally, I was grateful to have these "lower level" dragons with which to harass players all the sooner.
The second half of the Monsters and Treasures book presents the Castles and Crusades OGL version of the treasure and magic-item section of the classic Dungeon Master's Guide.. There are some changes here; certain new things, and certain old things left out, but most of these changes are subtle, and aren't likely to leap off the page and punch you in the eye on a quick read-through.
As with C&C in general, Monsters and Treasure is not about remaking classic rpg gaming from the ground up, recasting it in an entirely new form; rather it's all about streamlining and simplifying while preserving the fun factor -- cutting down the rules clutter so that the rules serve the story of your game, instead of getting in your way.
So, a lot of the Treasure section will seem familiar to owners of past editions of the DMG: treasure charts; magic item charts and descriptions; special weapon property charts; notes on how to create (and destroy) magic items; notes on how and when to award treasure. If you've played fantasy rpgs before, you know this stuff. And if you haven't played before, author Robert Doyel breaks it all down for you in clear, uncluttered prose.
Doyel's writing is solid throughout; he manages to communicate ideas well, and seems constantly aware that certain readers will be new to what he's describing. While he does not pander to the new reader, nor "dumb down" the content in any way -- wisely remembering that rpg games are largely for adults, and for smart kids with an interest in the material -- Doyel still keeps his writing lucid and focused at every opportunity. He's there to communicate concepts, and he does it well.
The art inside Monsters and Treasures is all black and white, but chief Castles and Crusades artist, Peter "Twenty Dollar" Bradley contributes some high quality, evocative monster illustrations. However old-school C&C may seem in certain ways, Bradley's art is definitely modern, and definitely professional.
I'd say yes. While it doesn't bring much new to the party, in terms of monsters or magic items which long-time gamers haven't seen before, the book itself is still an excellent practical example of just how Castles & Crusades consciously streamlines OGL fantasy material into something far more user-friendly.
The book should also prove a great resource by example for those Castle Keepers (Game Masters) with a lot of pre-fourth-edition D&D material they'd like to convert to C&C.
Four out of five stars. It's a solid, professional product in all respects, but it would've been nice to see a few wholly new monsters, and few more new treasures (there are a couple) among all the usual suspects. As above, I guess we'll have to keep waiting for the upcoming Monsters and Treasures II for the truly new stuff.
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If you do consulting/freelancing as a software developer, should you charge your client on time spent on planning?
By planning I mean long phone calls, on-site meetings, etc.
If you do consulting/freelancing as a software developer, should you charge your client on time spent on planning?
By planning I mean long phone calls, on-site meetings, etc.
closed as primarily opinion-based by gnat, GlenH7, MichaelT, Bart van Ingen Schenau, amon Aug 10 '14 at 15:00
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Think of the 'legal' model of charging.
Many lawyers/solicitors, etc. bill (in the UK) in 15 minute units, rounded up.
If they are not giving value for money, good lawyers will say so. Otherwise, their time is money.
Same for you.
My experience is, clients often do not value anything they get for free.
So contributing to a plan for free may actually allow the client to feel okay when they ignore your advice.
It might even be useful to have the discussion around charging more for planning, because that is a project management skill, which is typically more expensive than development (when it's well done). Be ready to back down to your normal rate, if you don't want to take full ownership of the plan, but instead are only contributing your time to building a plan.
Edit: Another benefit of having a 'my time costs money' discussion early on with a client, is when they ask for something, they are likely to have had a think about paying you, and if you ever do do something for free, you can explain why, and they are more likely to appreciate it.
Sometimes, when people do some things for free, and payment for others, clients get confused, even suspicious. Depending on their industry, they might even assume 'free' is when you did something wrong.
Absolutely - planning is time consuming and effort. If it's done well, it also helps to reduce development time.
For some reason, though, some software clients (particularly web software) see planning as a waste of time.
So, it comes down to how you charge:
Unless you are a novice. If you are trying to learn the craft then you might want to take on a few freebie consulting gigs to build your confidence.
If you are an expert then demand an expert price. Do not dilute your value.
So, how long does it take to become an expert? 10,000 hours.
as long as the result of the planning effort is some deliverable artifact, something that has a value for the customer.
If you produce a 3 pages long document describing what will be included, acceptance tests (the definition of done), milestones, risks, options weighted and tossed away and why..
which the customer can agree with and sign..
then it is totally valid to say:
If you would charge the client for just spending time by talking, with no deliverable artifact, if the only result would be a vague promise that sometime in the future the client will get something concrete
This kind of time spending can not be considered work worth the wedge.
Unfortunatelly there are companies that hire people that do exactly this, just talking, wasting other people's time in meetings without any meeting minutes, followup actions without any result. Just wandering in circles. And yet they charge the employer big sums of money for just making "management" impression. I was working in such companies for several times and I have met such people.
Please don't join this dark side of the common sense.
55 "funny ecards" from the world of people I'm talking about in this footnote are available at http://www.projectmanagement.com/blog/Project-Management-2.0/6966/


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SOUTH WHITLEY — Since Logan Irwin was a young boy his father Rob knew he was going to be a good basketball player. What Rob didn't know, however, is just how good his son would be.
Logan joined the top scorers in the state after surpassing his 2,000th point Friday night in Whitko's home game against North Miami. The sharp-shooter's 27 points lifted his career scoring to 2,015 and helped the Wildcats to a 85-62 win over the Warriors.
Logan's mom, Krista, said she felt the same as Rob — nervous.
He is currently the eighth top scorer in Northeast Indiana, just four points behind Churubusco's Jeff Perlich (2,019). Logan said he isn't working to reach a certain number of points by the end of the year, "I'm just playing," he said.
Irwin scored 552 points his junior year. He broke the school's all-time scoring record last year and has continued to raise the bar this season, averaging over 20 points per game.
The Wildcats took a 23-17 lead at the end of the first quarter with Logan Irwin just seven points away from the milestone. Alex Stoddard had 10 first-quarter points and 20 on the game, second only to Irwin.
Irwin went on a scoring-spree late in the second period, scoring seven points in less than a minute to hit 2,000 points. The game was stopped and Irwin was recognized for his feat.
Irwin went on to score 15 more points in the game. The Wildcats had a 42-27 lead at halftime and extended it to 25 points by the end of the third.
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HOSCHTON -- After blanking Mountain View 4-0 in its first game of the Region 7-AAAAA tournament on Tuesday at Mill Creek, Duluth knocked off Peachtree Ridge 9-1 to secure a spot in the Class AAAAA state playoffs. The Wildcats will play Mill Creek at 4 p.m. today for third place.
Jeanie Perrucci won her second game of the night, striking out nine while walking only one in the game against the Lions. She also excelled at the plate with a triple and four RBIs. Sam Metzler, Maggie Kooker and Cassie Kooker also each went 2-for-4 against the Lions.
Perrucci struck out eight and walked just one in seven innings as the Wildcats shut out Mountain View 4-0.
Elanna Worthy led the offense for Duluth (15-13) with a 2-for-3 day, while Perrucci went 1-for-2.
Mountain View finished the night with five hits, getting four from Taylor Miller and one from Sammie Daugherty.
Mill Creek 10, Peachtree Ridge 5
HOSCHTON -- Mill Creek clinched a spot in the Class AAAAA state tournament with a 10-5 win over Peachtree Ridge on Tuesday in the Region 7-AAAAA tournament at Mill Creek.
Chandler Griffin paced the offense for the Hawks (21-6) by going 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Nikki Sagermann and Brittany Bass each went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, while Erin Raeford had a hit and drove in two.
Caroline Wilson was the winning pitcher, delivering seven innings with five unearned runs on six hits. The Hawks will play Duluth today at 4 p.m. for the region's third seed.
Berkmar 15, Meadowcreek 5
LILBURN -- Berkmar topped Meadowcreek 15-5 on Tuesday in a non-region game.
Jasmine White pitched five innings with seven strikeouts for the win, while the offense was led by Michael Brown, who had a triple and five RBIs. The win bumped Berkmar's record up to 6-8.
Buford 7, GAC 2
ATLANTA -- Buford advanced to the finals of the Region 6-AA tournament with a 7-2 in over Greater Atlanta Christian on Tuesday at Lovett. Buford will play the GAC-Blessed Trinity winner Thursday at 6 p.m. for the region title.
Melissa Dickey went 52/3 innings for Buford in recording the win, allowing six hits and two walks with four strikeouts to improve to 11-3.
Karly Fullem pitched the final 12/3 innings for her third save of the year.
Fullem also had a double and an RBI, while Madyson Wynegar had two hits and three RBIs. Kallie Case also had a hit and two RBIs, while Kodi Ricketson doubled and scored twice.
Hebron 9, Social Circle 1
SOCIAL CIRCLE -- Hebron concluded its regular season with a 9-1 win over Social Circle on Tuesday.
Caylin Brooks struck out seven in four innings for the win, while Heather Felt pitched the final three innings and struck out six.
Annie Ranus went 2-for-4 with a double and home run for Hebron, while Brooke Crosby had two hits and two RBIs.
The Lions will start their postseason tournament at home at 1 p.m. on Friday against Eagle's Landing.
Rams wrap up No. 1 seed
LOGANVILLE -- Grayson beat both Dacula 23-25, 27-25, 25-19 and Mountain View 25-16, 25-12 on Tuesday to finish its regular season schedule, earning the Rams the top seed in the upcoming Area 8-AAAAA tournament.
Ana Gross had 17 digs, while Hannah Barney recorded 4.5 blocks in the win over the Falcons. Dallas Hasty added nine kills with Grace Basile added eight.
In the win over Mountain View, Kristi Cheesman tallied 13 digs, while Shenise Howard finished with nine assists and seven kills. The tournament begins at 5 p.m. Thursday at Parkview.
After its loss to Grayson, Dacula bounced back to edge Mountain View 25-14, 23-25, 25-18. Kimberly McIntyre had 20 kills for the Falcons (18-15, 4-3), while Avery Shead had 20 assists and 12 kills with Mindi Blythe adding 12 kills and 10 digs.
Brookwood ends regular season with two wins
LAWRENCEVILLE -- Brookwood concluded its regular season with a pair of sweeps on Tuesday, beating Archer 25-17, 25-13 and Shiloh 25-16, 25-21.
Erin Shelton led Brookwood (28-14, 6-1) with 12 kills, 10 digs and five aces, while Ashby
Addiss added six kills. Bethany Easom also had a solid night with 17 assists and six digs. Brookwood will enter the Area 8-AAAAA tournament as the No. 2 seed. The tournament begins Thursday night at Parkview.
Central splits, Parkview sweeps to end regular season
LILBURN -- Central Gwinnett earned a split on Tuesday night, nipping Berkmar in two tight games 26-24, 25-22 and falling to Parkview in three games 11-25, 29-27, 21-25.
Abbey Bridges led Central with 13 kills, 10 digs and three aces. Nia Hardy added nine kills, eight digs and four aces with Sara Futch adding six digs.
Parkview, which will enter the Area 8-AAAAA tournament as the No. 3 seed, won its second match of the night with a 25-15, 25-16 sweep of Berkmar. Top players for the Panthers (16-24, 6-1) were Kasey DeArmon (14 kills), Katie Carroll (28 assists, six kills, two aces), Sammi Bosler (eight aces) and Kelly Hayden (26 digs, three aces).
The area tournament will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Parkview.
Collins Hill opens tourney with two wins
SUWANEE -- Collins Hill opened its Area 7-AAAAA tournament at North Gwinnett with two wins on Tuesday, knocking off Meadowcreek 25-8, 25-11 and Norcross 25-15, 18-25, 25-22.
Players of note for the Eagles were Caitlin Conner (nine kills, seven assists), T.C. Cobb (eight kills), Carsen Popelka (eight kills), Erin Ensley (10 digs, eight kills), Kelly Carelson (nine digs, seven kills), Katherine Ahlswede (41 assists), Liz Popoleski (14 digs) and Sarah Stone (11 digs).
The Eagles will play host North Gwinnett on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the second round.
Mill Creek, Peachtree Ridge advance
SUWANEE -- Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge each advanced to the second round of the Area 7-AAAAA tournament on Tuesday. The two teams will play each other at 4:30 p.m. today at North Gwinnett.
Mill Creek made it to the second round with wins over Peachtree Ridge 25-20, 25-22 and Duluth 25-14, 25-12. Peachtree Ridge recovered from its loss to Mill Creek to oust Norcross in three games 19-25, 25-5, 25-19.
Leaders for Peachtree Ridge on the night were DeLaina Sarden with 30 kills, Lucy Riddle with 15 kills and 12 digs, Kathleen Davis with 33 assists and Lorin Greene with four kills and three assists.
Duluth went 1-2 in the tournament, losing to Norcross 25-17, 26-24 before beating Meadowcreek 25-22, 25-18. After opening with its win over Peachtree Ridge, Mill Creek fell to North 25-12, 25-15.
Hebron sweeps in tourney first round
NORCROSS -- Hebron came out strong on Tuesday in the first round of the Area 4-AA/A tournament at Greater Atlanta Christian, routing Avondale 25-0, 25-3 and edging Providence 27-25, 25-15. Hebron (35-5) will play host GAC on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the second round.
Elise Murray led Hebron with 12 kills and five blocks, while Eden Murray delivered 10 assists. Leader in kills was Maddi Roof with eight and Courtney Bishop with seven.
GAC sweeps, Providence splits in Area 4-AA/A first round
NORCROSS -- Greater Atlanta Christian swept Paideia 25-10, 25-10 and Buford 25-22, 25-19 in the first round of the Area 4-AA/A tournament on Tuesday at GAC, sending the Spartans against Hebron on Thursday in the tournament's second round.
Leaders for GAC (25-12) in kills were Janaya Simmons with 11, Morgan McKnight with 10 and Kenzie Hobbs with nine. Ali Cox led the team in digs with 17, while Rachel Waldrop had 36 assists.
Providence, which fell to Hebron 27-25, 25-15, rallied to keep its tournament hopes alive with a 25-23, 26-24 win over Decatur. Leading the Stars (21-14) were Maddie Jones (16 kills, four digs, three aces), Kaitlin Harper (nine kills, five blocks) and D'Anna Kester (29 assists, five aces).
Providence will travel to GAC on Thursday to play Paideia at 5 p.m. in the second round.
Buford stays alive
NORCROSS -- Buford split in its first day of action at the Area 4-AA touranment on Tuesday at Greater Atlanta Christian by beating Clarkston 25-8, 25-8 but fall to GAC 25-22, 25-19.
Maggie Roper had 14 kills and 10 digs for Buford, while Liz Darden had 15 digs. Nancy Mattox added seven kills, while Denee Badois served 21 points with 13 aces. Buford will play on Thursday at GAC in the second round.
Wesleyan starts area tournament strong
NORCROSS -- Wesleyan opened its Area 7-AA/A tournament with two solid wins on Tuesday, beating Mount Pisgah 25-3, 25-3 and Pinecrest Academy 25-5, 25-11.
Leaders for the Wolves (30-17) were Ashley Gentry with six aces, Grace Leah Baughn with 16 kills and 11 aces, Ansley Maughon with seven kills and two aces, Alana Broe with nine kills and two aces and Maggie Smith with 30 assists and six kills.
-- Compiled by Scott Smith
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The Ducks currently have the 26th selection in the first round, which is the lowest position that they've picked at since dropping down in 2011 and taking center-wing Rickard Rakell with the 30th and final first-round pick.
Martin Madden, the club's director of amateur scouting, is among the many who consider this draft one of the deepest in a given year since 2003 – the one that produced many top players that include the Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.
Days before the draft takes place Sunday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Madden wouldn't tip his hand on what direction the Ducks could go with their first-round selection.
Madden acknowledged that the Ducks do appear to be well-stocked at the center position in their system and much lighter on legitimate prospects in other areas, particularly on defense after Sami Vatanen and Hampus Lindholm.
"Position has nothing to do with it for us," Madden said. "In that area of the draft, the best player can be defined in many different ways. For us, it's the best Duck available. As we can find that, that's the way we're going to go at 26."
Assuming that they stay there and don't trade to move up or down, here are a few players that could be around for them.
ADAM ERNE, LW, Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
At 6-feet and 210 pounds, Erne (above) plays a straight-line game and isn't afraid to mix it up in the corners or battle in front of the net. He also had 28 goals in 68 games for Quebec and has the hands to potentially be a top-six power forward, which the Ducks sorely need. The 18-year-old Connecticut native would be plenty comfortable in California having spent some time with the LA Selects program. There was an attitudinal issue with former Remparts coach Patrick Roy this past season but that doesn't appear to be a major concern to teams.
KERBY RYCHEL, LW, Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Wouldn't this be an interesting one? The son of former Ducks and Kings tough guy Warren Rychel also has a similar edge to his game but brings more skill than his father, who co-owns the Spitfires. The younger Rychel has put up back-to-back 40-goal seasons in the OHL and is a true left wing that can score, something the Ducks lack in the organization as they've had to play Bobby Ryan and Emerson Etem on the off side out of necessity. He was part of Canada's bronze medal team at the under-18 world championships.
FREDERIK GAUTHIER, C, Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
Listed higher than No. 26 on a number of mock drafts, Gauthier's 6-foot-4, 214-pound frame opens eyes and size does matter in the beefy Western Conference. He could play a bit more to his size and there are varying opinions on how much NHL upside he actually has as 22 goals in the offensive-minded "Q" don't jump off the charts. Gauthier could be destined more for a bottom-six role with occasional duty higher in an NHL lineup. Chicago's Michal Handzus, a newly-crowned Stanley Cup champion, has forged a 14-year career doing just that.
IAN MCCOSHEN, D, Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
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And when we asked the women whether it would be all right to change genetics to avoid a disease, the answers changed dramatically.
"I would say yes," Goldberg said. "I am a hypocrite, but I think health is the most important part of anything. As long as the kid is healthy that's all I care about."
And that answer is a good indicator for the future in the field of genetic manipulation.
Scientists say the ability of a parent to shape a child's health may well be the biggest advance 25 years from now.
Already, geneticists can tell parents whether an embryo carries a gene that would make a child more susceptible to certain cancers.
It is controversial, but some parents are already choosing to implant embryos that do not have those defective genes.
In 25 years, the experts say, we will only know more about genes and their connection to disease and health.
Theoretically, science could create babies who are super-resistant to diseases.
"I don't think parents are going to be so vain and use the technology to pick out a particular hair color or eye color when they would really like to do is have a child that is going to be healthy and live a long life. And I think really what the most important thing parents are going to want to select are those genes that protect against cancer or heart disease. I think that's what is going to happen," Silver said.
The reason science is moving so quickly has to do with one discovery.
A few years ago, scientists mapped out the human genome. Think of it as a giant code book, or catalog of all the genes in the human body.
"Decoding the genome gave us the encyclopedia, but we don't have the index yet," said futurist Paul Saffo. "We have all the information, and now everybody is pouring over it with computers and trying to figure out what it all means."
Experimenting on mice, geneticists are constantly trying to isolate new genes and figure out what they do.
Of course, genes aren't the only factor in determining traits -- environment matters, too. And that means determining why a person is a talented pianist or smart in mathematics is very tricky stuff. Many interacting genes could be involved in one single trait.
But scientists are hopeful that eventually parents will be able not only to choose an embryo without a defective cancer gene, for example, but able to actually alter the genetic code and make changes to it.
"We already perfected that technology in mice so it's already being applied to lots of mammal species -- [sheep], cows, goats," Silver said. "There is absolutely no reason why that same technology couldn't be applied to human embryos."
No reason -- except for some serious ethical concerns. As technology develops, ethicists are watching closely. And many are very wary of allowing parents to make genetic choices.
"It could radically change our view of human life, our view of children, our view of parenthood, our view of our relationships to each other and what it means to be human," said Boston University bioethicist George Annas.
"These are very gut basic things, and we don't want to mess with them unless the benefits outweigh the risks," Annas said.
Annas and others also worry about who will get the benefits. Will only rich Americans be able to afford genetic tinkering?
"There is going to be a growing gap between the haves and have-nots, and so the children of the rich really might be beautiful, and the children of ordinary people won't have access to the same sorts of expensive technologies," Saffo said.
Whether that happens in 25 years depends on what parents decide is appropriate to do with the scientific technology we will almost surely have.