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Reader Recommendation Request: Neighborhood opinions, plus …November 15, 2007 at 12:30 pm | In Reader recommendations, WS miscellaneous | 16 Comments
We seem to have a geographically specific theme going so far today — North Delridge — so we're adding this Reader Recommendation Request e-mailed the other day by WSB reader "Coffee Geek":
We are pondering a move to the north Delridge neighborhood … somewhere between Delridge and Avalon. I'm curious what people in the area have to say about living in the neighborhood. How are the neighbors? How "safe" is it relative to the rest of West Seattle? I'd like to move and not be any more worried about break-ins, vandalism, or getting harassed while walking the dogs at night …. all of which happened in a sketchy 'hood in Chicago. Having said that, we do appreciate and enjoy the diversity West Seattle offers. Thanks!
Post your thoughts in the comments. Also relevant to this topic – just heard this morning about neighborhood info on yet another real-estate website, neighborhoods.realtor.com — Grazing through its list of 400-plus Seattle neighborhoods, we found Delridge, North Delridge, and South Delridge, as well as Alki, Fairmount Park, Fauntleroy, Gatewood, High Point, North Admiral, Westwood Village, and the basic West Seattle. (Those links will take you to the "setting and lifestyle" info that the site lists for each neighborhood — with cutesy names to describe the demographics, such as, for North Delridge, "Home Sweet Home," "Young Influentials," and "Suburban Sprawl.")
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I live on Pigeon Point. Great neighborhood. Safe as any neighborhood.
Another good site (more data driven) is neighboroo.com
Comment by Bill Barna — 12:54 pm November 15, 2007 #
My husband and I moved just off Delridge and Genessee this summer. So far we have loved the area. We have been to a couple of neighborhood block parties and couldn't be happier with our neighbors. I feel completely safe walking my dog alone in the evenings/nights, and really hope to see the area continue to improve (with more little coffee shops, like Bubbles, and what not). My only complaint about the area is that it is not really a "walking" neighborhood (we moved to WS from Capitol Hill) so we need the car to get the groceries and run other errands, BUT there are fantastic little parks, the community center, Longfellow Walking Trail, etc. in the area so that makes up for it! Two thumbs up for North Delridge I say!
Comment by Meghan — 1:26 pm November 15, 2007 #
I live right adjacent to Avalon, north of 35th. I feel completely safe walking the dog alone at night (and YES I wear bright clothing). My car has been broken into once, but other than that I've had no issues.
I think it's a great place to live!
Comment by Kath — 1:37 pm November 15, 2007 #
I would encourage you to consider moving into the north Delridge neighborhood. This is a neighborhood in transition and the property values continue to increase. I purchased a fixer there in 2000 and have not regretted the decision. It's ethnically and socially diverse and this makes it wonderful. There are many new businesses and you can access anywhere from here. The playfield is great and lights up the neighborhood in the fall and winter with soccer games. There are great things happening at the Youngstown Art Center too. In seven years I have not had any serious problems though there continues to be minor issues; thrown trash, wrecks on Delridge from speeders, an occassional errant youth that misbehaves, one "problem" neighbor, etc. Nothing more than what one would expect in any urban setting. The worst problem, and this is my personal opinion, is that the little houses are falling to development so the neighborhood is losing a lot of it's history and working class atmosphere. So…I hope I can welcome you to "the 'hood" and if I see you out walking your dog I might offer you something from my garden and perhaps some fresh eggs from hens!
Map of area considered by Seattle Clerk to be "North Delridge"
For the most part an old fashioned working class neighborhood that has seen only a little of the yuppification and added density off of the Delridge main street. But that is probably going to change. The map includes quite a bit of industrial and office area that is probably not useful to consider as part of the neighborhood.
Note, make sure your on high ground as there are parts of the neighborhood that abut longfellow creek where it has overflowed in the past. I expect some more commercial development soon since many of the older houses are being bought up for subdividing. Don't consider either the golf course, Camp Long or the green space as "good neighbors" since they apparently don't count as landowners when it comes to paying for sidewalks, street lights, drainage, weed clearing or street maintenance.
However if you're a golfer, hiker or interested in some very nice parks your mileage may vary.
It is considered "safer" than south Delridge but it is still part of a city so don't expect an absolutely knucklehead free existence.
Comment by Ken in West Seattle — 2:02 pm November 15, 2007 #
I love living in the North Delridge area. I grew up just off Delridge and just bought my first house about a mile away from my parents home a few months ago. I have not had any bad experiences so far. The neighbors are great and very diverse in all senses of the word. You have older couples, young couples, families, neighbors who are new to the area and those who have lived there for decades.
Comment by Anna — 2:09 pm November 15, 2007 #
We've lived here for 3 years and are excited to be leaving soon! I know the neighborhood is changing but it's still not a good one. I live very near the community center and we've had a drive-by shooting at the corner house, caught an armed bank robber two doors down. This is a neighborhood where investors can still buy inexpensive houses and rent them out. Our street is filled with renters. I'd prefer to live in a neighborhood with more owner occupied houses. Pride of ownership shows then. Good luck with your decision and if you're in the market for a townhouse let me know!
Comment by ABC — 2:32 pm November 15, 2007 #
I live right there on 26th & Nevada and I LOVE our neighborhood! Walk down by the creek or the golf course. Easy walk to Skylark or Luna Park Cafe or Chelan Cafe. Several bus routes providing quick access into Downtown. Several townhomes for sale or being built right now around us if you're looking for "affordable."
What more do you need to know?
Comment by Mickymse — 2:45 pm November 15, 2007 #
hey …
i live 28th and nevada…work at the skylark and absolutely love the neighborhood. had more problems when i lived nearer the junction…this area is just plain folks. i like that.
My stepson and family lived for a few months in 2006 on a dead end street in lower Pigeon Point -first street east of Delridge – cross street Andover. His car was broken into twice. People in general didn't seem very friendly, which was so contrary to most of West Seattle. There was one fellow on the north end of the street who would smile and wave, but most folks encountered on the street seemed grumpy or stressed. The house was adorable, but he gave that up to move to the other side of 35th.
Comment by T. De — 6:03 pm November 15, 2007 #
I have lived@ 26th & Hudson since 1979 and love my neighborhood. Only thing missing is a grocery store.
Comment by Karen — 6:05 pm November 15, 2007 #
For whatever reason, there is a lot of domestic violence in the apartment-heavy area of Avalon from 35th to Spokane, so if you're in that end you might experience loud voices, police calls, etc. That said, I'd expect you'll get a good return on your investment. The Youngstown Arts Center is fab, and it's nice to have easy bicycle/bus access to Alki and the little ferry! Great vet and staff (dr. pamparo at the Pet Care Center), and I'm sure you're already familiar with the milkshakes at the Luna Park….
Comment by IsleWrite — 6:25 pm November 15, 2007 #
Well, aside from the occasional errant car, North Delridge is a great place to be. My family lives just a few blocks south of the Playfield and our neighborhood is full of diverse, friendly folk, the majority of whom are homeowners (yes, there are a few renting ne'erdowells, but they are in the vast minority). The big complaint that we have, echoing the comment above, is that there aren't a lot of amenities that are walkable. But that's changing. DNDA has played a big part in bringing the library and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center to the 'hood, and with all the townhouse density being added, new businesses are starting to pop up (we're big fans of the new Bubbles Coffee). I'm really looking forward to playing my part as a neighbor in the growing of this neighborhood in the coming years.
The North Delridge Neighborhood Council will be having its quarterly Adopt-A-Street clean-up on December 8th and will be focusing effort in the Avalon Way and Youngstown neighborhoods. For folks currently living in the area – or contemplating moving to it – please spread the word and meet at the Delridge Community Center at 10:00 on the 8th to sign-in and have some fun. Rain or shine:-) PS – The NDNC meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Delridge Library at 6:30.
Comment by Mike Dady — 6:57 am November 16, 2007 #
Thanks everyone for the comments! We really appreciate you taking the time to answer our questions. We may have missed out on the place we were looking at, but we'll still keep an eye out in the area based on your opiniions….thanks again!!
Comment by coffee geek — 8:49 am November 16, 2007 #
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City Council Workshop Held July 9
The Burbank City Council held a community workshop July 9 at Burbank City Hall regarding the creation of a community vision for the future of the Airport and the B6 property on Hollywood Way. For more information, visit the City's Airport Area Planning Information page or linkburbank.com. You can see a video of the meeting here.
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An independent research firm recently completed an online questionnaire which explored community opinions about several topics related to the future of the Airport. Online questionnaire results are available at http://www.bobhopeairportsurvey.com/.
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On Thursday, March 15, 2012, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority and the Burbank City Council held a joint session, during which the members of the Council and the Authority were briefed on the results of an opinion research survey about the future of the Bob Hope Airport. For more information about the joint session, read the corresponding press release. To see the in-depth results of the poll, please see the PowerPoint slides presented to the joint commission. For the complete survey, please see the full agenda for the joint session.


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Pot regulation still a burning issue
Smoke has begun to clear after last session's attempt
By Anthony Bowe
A senator, doctor, entrepreneur and college professor provided insight and speculation Tuesday to how Colorado's medical marijuana laws may be altered when the Legislature takes up the issue again next year.
The City Club of Denver hosted the four panelists at the Brown Palace Hotel on Nov. 9 during a lunchtime forum on medical marijuana's past, present and future in Colorado and the nation. The panelists were state Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, physician Paul Bregman, medical marijuana center owner Josh Stanley and University of Colorado theater professor LeeAnn Weller, who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
Each panelist talked about the burgeoning industry from their professional and personal perspective before engaging in conversation with one another about what lies ahead.
Their message was clear: state regulation legitimized the industry through two bills in the last legislative session but more work must be done.
Last session the Legislature started tackling the medical marijuana issue with House Bill 1284, which dealt with dispensary rules and licensing regulations, and Senate Bill 109, which regulates the doctor-patient relationship and assures doctors receive no reward from dispensary owners for referring customers.
Spence said those laws will likely be enhanced after a year of trial and error with the new rules.
"It's not an easy task to regulate medical marijuana, but I have every confidence when we finish and we go back to fix the law to address some issues we didn't know about, I think Colorado is going to be able to have a good example of the way to regulate medical marijuana," the senator said.
Stanley, who owns the garden store Let Grow Hydroponics in Denver and Budding Health, a group of marijuana medical centers in Denver, Fort Collins and the Tech Center, said this is going to be an important legislative session for dispensary owners and patients alike. Stanley also serves as vice chair of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, and also helped lead Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, a political organization that lobbied on behalf of dispensary owners when HB 1284 and SB 109 were being formed.
"We're very hopeful in the future in this legislative session coming in that we're going to work with our legislators… to put something in for Colorado that's a measure of research and development," Stanley said. "That allows us to take the stigma out that it's not just all about hippies under trees smoking joints getting high with stubbed toes. That's not why we're here."
Bregman, who once served as the chief of mammography at Denver Health and is now a member of the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, agreed that research and development could bring major advancements in the field.
"One of the things that keeps us from doing proper research is its Schedule 1 drug," said Bregman, who started issuing medical marijuana recommendations in 2007. Because marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug "you have to jump through an incredible amount of hoops to do research on it. That's why most research is done abroad."
Being designated as a Schedule 1 drug means marijuana is lumped into the same category as heroin as a drug that, by definition, has no medical purpose, lacks safe applications for use and is highly addictive. Bregman suggests Colorado follow in Oregon's footsteps this year and reclassify marijuana as a Schedule 2 drug.
"If we could get good research going in this country that would be very significant," he said.
Stanley said he has proof of how research could maximize marijuana's potential as a medicine. He said lab workers at his medical center have found a way to strip most of the psychedelic chemical, referred as THC, from marijuana while maintaining the positive side effects of the drug like its pain killing ability.
"We're the only people in Colorado, I believe, that have these capabilities but we're certainly willing to share and pass these things on," Stanley said.
Research could also help the state develop quality control — assuring the safety of every bag of marijuana that is sold, panelists said. For instance, dosage instructions to patients isn't yet an exact science, with only a trickle of information of how different strains of marijuana treat specific symptoms.
Quality control rules currently being discussed by the Department of Revenue would assure that every singe marijuana transaction is photographed, Spence said.
Spence discussed how she grew from originally opposing Amendment 20 on the 2000 ballot, which legalized medicinal marijuana in Colorado, to becoming the prime co-sponsor on the state's first two bills regulating the industry, HB 1284 and SB 109. She said she's still waiting for indication from stakeholders on how current laws should be changed.
"Senators and representatives don't just sit around and dream up this stuff. We look to the medical community, we look to the medical marijuana centers (and) the patients to come to us and suggest how we can assist the patient, how we can assist the process of moving forward," she said. "So I'm waiting for some instruction from the Colorado Medical Society, with whom I worked last year when we were putting forward legislation."
Spence expects the Department of Revenue, which handles licensing for marijuana care centers, to also request specific changes, she said. Stanley said his trade group has also formed a bulleted list of legislative fixes they would like to see. Spence could not specify which issues will specifically be addressed in the next legislative session.
Weller received a standing ovation following her remarks at the podium. She said it was the first time she'd talked in front of a crowd about her battle with MS and medical marijuana usage.
Weller was diagnosed with MS in 2002 before she turned 40. She moved to Colorado three years ago from Dallas and became one of the 111,000 to receive a marijuana registry card.
She was initially skeptical about marijuana but considered it after a plethora of drugs she was prescribed caused more problems than they fixed. She depended on the drugs to relieve various pains caused by steroids she took for her MS symptoms.
"Steroids really beat me up," Weller said. "I could not sleep. I could not focus. I was barely even human. People who saw me just could not believe the change in my personality."
Weller was prescribed a drug similar to Ambien, a narcotic, to help her sleep. When that drug gave her stomach pains, she was prescribed another drug to treat that pain. When that drug gave her severe heartburn, she received another drug to treat heartburn. She compared her daily dosage to a "pharmaceutical blizzard."
In 2009 Weller received her registry card and was surprised at how well she was treated at a wellness center in Denver.
"I did not know what I was getting myself into. I assumed I would be down in LoDo prohibition style, knocking on doors," she said. "Instead I walked into a boutique environment. I walked in, I sat down and the first thing they did was educate me."
Weller was thrilled to find out that her wellness center also offered massage, chiropractor work, acupuncture, among several other medical treatments for low to zero cost, she said.
"They were there to treat the whole patient. They were not there to just sell me a bag of drugs," she said.
Weller was matched with a marijuana strain that she said helps her sleep and kills pain caused by the steroids.
"I don't want this drug to ever go back to a back alley because I don't know how I would go about getting it," Weller said. "This is the way that I know that I'm safe, and it's reliable."
Weller hopes that the Legislature makes strides in maintaining high safety standards at medical marijuana centers. She said the presence of security guards should be standard, as well as credit card machines so patients don't have to carry cash.
Spence said Colorado, California and Washington likely would have ballot measures in 2012 asking voters to legalize marijuana. She said state regulations have yet to satisfy all stakeholders, let alone an entire legalization effort.
"I hoped that [Proposition 19] passed (in California this year) because I'd like to see someone else besides Colorado be the guinea pig in how to fix this stuff," she said. "Regulations are just a baby step to how we would manage full legalization."
Spence said she's against local bans on dispensaries because it "denies patients their medicine." She expects bans passed in multiple cities and counties to be challenged in court.


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NEW — 8 a.m. Sept. 27, 2012
Motorists should prepare for road closures Sept. 30 during the Issaquah Run.
The annual run is set to start at 7:30 a.m. The event includes a 10K run, 5K run/walk and the Kids Dash.
Sunset Way between Second Avenue and Newport Way, and Front Street between Newport Way and Gilman Boulevard, close from 6-11 a.m.
More roads close from 8-11 a.m.
- Rainier Boulevard North between Northwest Dogwood and Juniper Street
- Northeast Dogwood Street between Front Street North and Third Avenue Northeast (open to local traffic only)
- Northeast Gilman Boulevard (limited access to businesses available; traffic restricted to one lane)
- 12th Avenue Northwest between Maple Street and Gilman Boulevard
- Northwest Maple Street south of Northwest Gilman Boulevard
- Seventh Avenue Northwest between Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Juniper Street
- Second Ave Southeast between East Sunset Way and Front Street South
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I haven't personally attended a Launch Party (formerly Release tournaments) since Ravnica: City of Guilds (I finished second!), but I think that I am going to make a point of hitting the EventideLaunch Party in a few weeks. Why? The Launch Party promo card is an absolutely stupendous creature! I don't know anything about trading (and in fact we columnists don't even get a notice as to the commonality of the cards we preview), and I don't want to invoke that hallowed and diamond-encrusted name of Tarmogoyf at this stage of the summer prematurely... but this creature seems really awesome and versatile, potentially big but cheap to play. Like Tarmogoyf, I can see it going into all different kinds of decks and being a great contributor to them. The only problem? Magic is a game of increasingly awesome two-drops, and this card only costs one mana.
Did you catch how Figure of Destiny is almost a two-drop? While it is technically a one-drop, the first ability on that list is:
(R/W): Figure of Destiny becomes a 2/2 Kithkin Spirit.
So you invest (R/W) as a down payment, and an additional (R/W) to produce a 2/2 where only moments ago there was a mere 1/1; two total, 2/2.
Figure of Destiny fills a couple of different holes, helping to solidify the Swiss cheese of a beatdown deck's mix of requirements, two of them quite well. Since it is (R/W)(R/W) for a 2/2 (more or less), Figure of Destiny is a passable Grizzly Bears. No one writes home for a Fresh Volunteers, but especially in a red deck, a generic 2/2 for two mana should be fine. (Never forget where you came from! The Sligh decks of old attacked with their Ironclaw Orcs with pride). At the same time, Figure of Destiny is technically a 1/1 Kithkin for (R/W). It might not actually be a vanilla one-drop, but on the first turn, it can do an awfully good impression of one. Why does this matter?
Many of the best red decks in history have been founded on the principle that lots of one-drops lead to consistent early game draws, which can and will punish opponents with unstable mana bases and / or slow draws. Unstable mana bases? Has anyone seen the Rube Goldberg machines that make up a modern land mix (Standard or Block)? Figure of Destiny will deal 1 (or sometimes 2!) on turn two, with the promise of more—dramatically more—down the line.
David E. Price didn't win his Cursed Scroll Pro Tour until the spring of 1998, but he struck a tremendous blow for red decks in the summer of 1997, with a perfect 6-0 performance in the Standard portion of the United States National Championship. Of course he played the maximum number of Ball Lightnings, but Dave went one better than most aggressive players of the day, running a redundant pair of Viashino Sandstalkers as even more devastating haste on turn three before finishing it with quadrouple 4/4s for four.
Figure of Destiny allows you to do something similar—probably better actually—for three mana. Bam! Instant 4/4.
One of the ideas running through my head initially was to play Figure of Destiny on the first turn, then come crashing in on the second turn, discarding a Simian Spirit Guide, and going straight to Baloth Boulevard... But unfortunately, this ability requires a bit of a down payment. You typically have to go 2/2 before you can go 4/4 because Figure of Destiny will only become a Kithkin Spirit Warrior if it is first a Spirit (more on this later, though).
This is a very exciting card in a red deck, not just because of how it can perform in the Red Deck Wins curve framework, but because of how effectively it can serve as a mana sink. The whole Sensei's Divining Top school of burn decks was founded on the idea that the ability to regulate both mana and spells would lead red to new heights of success... Figure of Destiny might not have the range of an Arc-Slogger, but this new card gives you something useful to do with your mana, even when it looks like you are flooded.
(R/W) = 1/1(R/W) + (R/W) = 2/2(R/W)(R/W) + (R/W)(R/W)(R/W) = 4/4(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) + (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) = Roar!
Eleven total mana might be a lot to ask, even for an 8/8 flying first striker, but don't forget that you can put a down payment on Figure of Destiny, pay for it over thirty years, like a low interest mortgage (your opponent will be anticipating the crash). You probably wouldn't want to pay seven for a flying, lifelinked, Erhnam Djinn under ordinary conditions, but the ability to pay for Exalted Angel over two or even more turns, three plus four, has allowed the card to be one of the standouts of Onslaught block, to the point that it sees Extended and even Legacy play.
Imagine yourself in a topdeck fight with five lands in play. You run out Figure of Destiny. Your opponent quickly considers his destiny. One down, 1/1; he draws and passes; you spend a second mana, then tap the rest to untap with a 4/4. Did you just topdeck a land? If you did, he had best have ripped a Terror; if not, the 4/4 is still pretty good!
Figure of Destiny is pretty awesome (obviously), but it is covered in text, and a lot of what is going on long-term with this card will be confusing.
This is probably obvious by this point in the article, but the transformational upgrades next to the various (R/W) symbols on this card are more or less permanent; they do not "wear off" at the end of turn.
What might not be as obvious is how some of the interactions work when everything isn't going according to scripted sequence. You can pay (R/W)(R/W)(R/W) with a 1/1 Kithkin in play... But nothing special will happen if Figure of Destiny is not (yet) a Spirit. On the other hand...
If you have a full biggie-sized 8/8 everything Avatar, you can pay (R/W) and end up with a 2/2 or (R/W)(R/W)(R/W) and downgrade to a 4/4 (Kithkin Spirit Warrior Avatars being Spirits as well as, you know, Kithkin, Warriors, and Avatars). What might not be obvious is that in either case, Figure of Destiny will retain both flying and first strike! Why would you want to downgrade? I don't know. Reprisal, maybe? It probably won't come up very often; just know that you can.
A card like this is obviously strong in the obvious ways, but a guy like me—hey—always looking to cheat. How do you get around having to pay that (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) in the middle before you can upgrade straight to 8/8? A few years ago there were versions of Counter-Rebels that featured this really cool card Unnatural Selection. Unnatural Selection worked a couple of different ways: the more obvious was that you could turn your opponent's creature into a Rebel and put it at the bottom of his deck with a Rebel Informer (a singleton you searched directly into play with Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero). Under the old "legend rule," you could murder creatures if there was more than one copy in play by judicious application of the (then) creature type Legend (I never really understood why this worked, only that it did).
In a roundabout way, this leads me to two points:
1) Figure of Destiny doesn't care how it became a Spirit or a Warrior, only that it did. The typical way is of course to spend (R/W) so that you can spend (R/W)(R/W)(R/W) and later (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)... But you could skip that step if you had Unnatural Selection in play; we don't actually have Unnatural Selection as an option in Standard or Block (and in Extended only until the rotation in October), but something like Blades of Velis Vel could definitely provide a shortcut.
2) This card is not notNOT legendary, not even the 8/8 version. I looked at it several times to make sure. A lot of the time cards like this are legendary so and so, legendary such and such... Not Figure of Destiny. This one is a plain old Kithkin (Spirit Warrior Avatar). Part of what will make this such an automatic four-of in so many decks is the ability to play four copies completely and utterly without fear. Mike Turian used to say Isamaru, Hound of Konda was so good you should always play four... but it was still annoying to rip a redundant copy, especially when the opponent was neutralizing your first one with annoying cards like Pillory of the Sleepless instead of playing hush puppy with a real removal spell.
I spent most of this article considering Figure of Destiny as a tool for the red deck, but it is obviously equally effective in White Weenie Kithkin. Figure of Destiny is a one drop / two drop, and can go large long in exactly the same ways. However in a White Weenie deck, it enjoys some additional benefits that aren't necessarily there from the other side of the Forest.
Now Figure of Destiny's abilities will typically overwrite other effects that determine its power and toughness. However, certain effects will still apply, especially after one of its (R/W) / (R/W)(R/W)(R/W) / (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) abilities has already taken hold.
A troublesome Treefolk player might apply Lignify to your Figure of Destiny, ruining its day 0/4 style (and you will not be able to use one of its abilities to get out from under the Lignify, because it doesn't have them anymore). But on the other hand, a surprise Barkshell Blessing will take Figure of Destiny from 2/2 to 4/4, 4/4 to 6/6, or 8/8 to 10/10.
Counters will apply to Figure of Destiny like they would to any other kind of creature, regardless of when they were applied. Therefore, one of the innumerable -1/-1 counters we find in Shadowmoor can kill the 1/1 version if there is no (R/W) available... but on the other hand, the +1/+1 counter of a Rustic Clachan will remain effective regardless of when it was applied.
And like a good White Weenie creature, Figure of Destiny will enjoy the full effect of a card like Glorious Anthem.
So all in all, if you hadn't already decided that you were going to your local EventideLaunch Party, I trust that you have figured out to get in on the ground floor, before Figure of Destiny goes all Tarmogoyf on all of us. Red decks... White Weenie... Your trade binder... Any and all can benefit from this effective new tool.
Then again, if you really can't wait...
Eventide Prereleases are this weekend!
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SCOTUS, presidential nominees appear united: sometimes due process is just not convenient
In a ruling that has a deep impact on domestic surveillance in the short term, the
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to review a controversial
U.S. federal circuit appeals court decision
which upheld legal immunity provisions for telecoms who wiretap at the behest of the federal government.
I. President, Romney Unanimous in Support for Warrantless Wiretaps
Removing immunity would essentially leave telecoms unlikely to comply with warrantless requests, as they could be penalized in court by citizen lawsuits for following warrantelss data demands. The basis of U.S. criminal law for centuries has been cornered on obtaining warrants to investigate persons of interest. But over the past several decades, both parties have increasingly argued that
due process is inconvenient
and at times a threat to national security.
The two parties worked hand in hand to grant cooperating telecoms immunity from lawsuits via
"Protect America Act"
of 2007 (
Pub.L. 110-55
Both Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney support throwing out due process (warrants) in cases where national security is viewed to be at risk -- a policy first put in place by Republican President George W. Bush (with bipartisan support from America's two ruling parties) in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
President Obama and his predecessor President Bush agree on many things, including that the federal government should be granted unregulated spying on its citizens.
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Mr. Romney expressed a viewpoint narrowly in line with President Obama's plugging warrantless wiretaps in a recent interview (see below), stating, "If it means we have to go into a mosque to wiretap or a church, then that's exactly where we are gonna go, because we are going to do whatever it takes to protect the American people. And I hear from time to time people say, 'Hey, wait a sec, we have civil liberties to worry about', but don't forget... the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive."
In a statement on the SCOTUS ruling, President Obama marched in lock-step with his political rival, with his press office
Electronic surveillance for law enforcement and intelligence purposes depends in great part on the cooperation of the private companies that operate the nation's telecommunication system.
If litigation were allowed to proceed against those who allegedly assisted in such activities, the private sector might be unwilling to cooperate with lawful government requests in the future, and the possible reduction in intelligence that might result is simply unacceptable for the safety of our nation.
The SCOTUS did not explain why it made its decision to punt in this case. The only evidence that it made the decision at all is
a note in the case docket
stating the case will not be heard.
That silent nod to the prevailing sentiment on The Hill is
a win for America's two ruling parties
, who are unanimous in their belief that the right to "be kept alive" (by the government) mandates spying on citizens without due process now and then.
II. Opponents Continue to Fight on
Of course civil liberties advocacies like the
Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF), and a handful of politicians like
Rep. Ron Paul
(R-Texas) disagree.
He argues that the American political system has been hijacked by zealots,
, "The PATRIOT Act was written many, many years before 9/11, [the attacks simply provided] an opportunity for some people to do what they wanted to do..."
"Democracy isn't all that healthy in this country because if you're in a third party... you don't get in the debates... And if you ever come to the conclusion -- heaven forbid -- that the two parties aren't all that different, then what is left really?"
Ron Paul is one of the few politicians to support keeping due process, even in the face of the nebulous "terrorist" threat. [Image Source: NBC]
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl concurs, adding:
By passing the retroactive immunity for the telecoms' complicity in the warrantless wiretapping program, Congress abdicated its duty to the American people. It is disappointing that... [the courts] endorsed the rights of telecommunications companies over those over their customers.
But in the current political climate voices like the EFF and Rep. Paul's are mere whispers in a sea of shouts of support. Without saying a word, the punt by America's most powerful federal court in effect adds one of the loudest voices yet in support of warrantless wiretaps, although it leaves the door open for later revision, should America's political climate drastically change.
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RE: "Ruling Parties" ???
Yes, the US has freely elected officials, but we basically have a two party system, so yes, there are ruling parties (D & R). The public is consumed with the mindset that voting for another party other than D or R is wasting their vote, so it's going to take something big to change their minds.
Both US parties are intent on walling up US citizen liberties brick by brick. If the wall went up all at once there would be outrage, but slowly and surely it's going up. The US Supreme Court was supposed to be one of the checks and balances here but they gave that up back around FDR's presidency for the most part; after the Great Depression hit and public confidence in government was at an all time low.
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Federal judge finds for owners of drywall-damaged homes
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SUN CITY CENTER – In the first known judicial opinion favoring Chinese drywall victims, a federal judge has clarified remedial issues and held out hope for local beleaguered homeowners. This is the view of leaders on the drywall front here after reviewing a 108-page "Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law" issued late last week by Judge Eldon Fallon, sitting on the federal district court bench in Louisiana's Eastern District.
Fallon's opinion is part of a national class action and consolidation of a number of contaminating drywall legal claims from around the country into a case brought by seven Virginia plaintiffs. These homeowners in the Williamsburg, Newport News and Virginia Beach areas, whose single family, duplex and townhouse dwellings were built with and contaminated by Chinese drywall, complained of corrosion destroying appliances, foul odors and health-related problems. Among them are cancer survivors, some driven to bankruptcy, some facing foreclosure by mortgage lenders, some working multiple jobs, some retired, several with young children – all of them sustaining property and personal damages because they unwittingly bought a home built with Chinese drywall.
The case names as defendants the Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd., Tobin Trading, Inc., Venture Supply, Inc., Harbor Walk Development LLC and the Porter-Blaine Corp. Fallon found the defendants guilty of negligence, breach of express or implied warranties, unjust enrichment and violation of U.S. consumer protections.
As part of his conclusions, the federal district judge awarded a total recovery to the seven plaintiffs of a little over $2.6 million. Finding that each plaintiff sustained economic damages in the $250,000 to $390,000 range, Fallon tailored his awards to give each the funds to cover a six-month remediation of the home, plus another $100,000 each in recognition of "the loss of use and enjoyment" suffered by each family.
At one point in his lengthy review of the circumstances, Fallon stated "…the Court finds that scientific, economic and practicality concerns dictate that the proper remediation for the Plaintiff-intervenors is to remove all drywall in their homes, all items which have suffered corrosion as a result of the Chinese drywall, and all items which will be materially damaged in the process of removal."
Woody Nelson, former Sun City Center CA director and advocate for victims of the contaminated drywall, said this week he sees the words as very encouraging, perhaps even signaling "a light at the end of the tunnel." Nelson, who founded the local Contaminated Drywall Coordinating Group (CDCG) two years ago to search for solutions on behalf of victims, called Fallon's legal findings and financial awards to the Virginia victims "the best news to date."
Another CDCG activist, Roy Glaum, also found several heartening statements in the Fallon document. The judge, for instance, noted that conditions set in motion by the contaminating drywall can lead to a fire risk "…making the homes hard, if not impossible, to live in." At another point, the judge classified the plaintiffs' homes as "severe industrial corrosive environments," the highest level of such contamination. Fallon also stated without equivocation that "…by any recognized standard, high levels of corrosive gases are present in the representative homes." Then, continuing his evaluation of the multiple aspects of contamination, the judge asserted "Corrosion on active residential wiring is a violation of the national safety code as well as the safety and building codes of various states."
All in all, Nelson and Glaum agreed, Fallon's formalized statements provide a standard of failure in drywall damaged homes and create a foundation for pressing future claims, if not establishing a legal precedent useful in litigation to come.
However, both also recognized that obtaining actual cash in hand to initiate remediation of contaminated homes and compensate for other losses depends on implementation of the judge's financial awards by the seven Virginia plaintiffs. And both acknowledged that while the U.S. District Court might have jurisdiction over a U.S. company, it cannot force any settlement by a Chinese company.
When it comes down to dollars, though, Glaum said the judge's computations do provide a guideline for determining remediation costs in other locales. Fallon's calculations set remediation at $86 per square foot in the seven Virginia homes, the former financial planner added. This square footage figure might be a little less in Florida, Glaum noted, but gives a starting point nonetheless.
However, moving from that starting point to instituting real remediation in any of the 80 contaminated homes in the Sun City Center-Kings Point communities certainly is not around the corner, Glaum cautioned. In fact, at this point in time, he said he does not anticipate any dollar and cents help for SCC-KP homeowners who have suffered the same damages as the Virginia plaintiffs coming directly from the class action. Nor does he foresee any governmental help on the horizon in the form of community block grant money, for instance. Hillsborough County receives about $3 million in community block grant funds each year, with 70 percent of it earmarked for Section 8 or subsidized housing for the poor. The remaining 30 percent, even if dedicated to drywall contamination removal, would remediate maybe six or seven dwellings per year, he estimated. About 400 Hillsborough County houses, all told, have been affected by the imported drywall.
The best financial hope for local victims yet may come through the WCI trust for drywall damage containment established as part of the developer's bankruptcy proceeding. While the initial trust funding is nearly depleted, Glaum said, the developer also assigned its rights under agreements with its insurance carriers to the trust. An attorney in Texas now is pursuing those carriers for settlement of drywall remediation claims, he added. The Observer attempted to contact that attorney but was not successful before this week's deadline.
Meanwhile, Nelson and Glaum said the CDCG would continue its campaign to focus political and public attention on the injustices of bad drywall on behalf of the SCC and KP homeowners, some of them trapped in their damaged homes, unable to afford another dwelling , unable to sell a devalued property and unable to get help with the expensive remediation.
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Parents fault. I didn't start leaving my kids till around 2 by themselves in the tub.
Eta 3 not 2 lol
Quoting Thisperyears:" It's negligence. Anyone with half a brain knows you don't leave a baby in the tub alone for any amount of time."
I'm starting to think 3/4 of the population lack a brain.
Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" :!: I never understood why people think that. "
me either. if it was me, whether it was drunk driving or leaving my kid in the tub, i would WANT to be prosecuted for it. i would feel terrible my whole life, yes, but i would want to be held accountable for the absolutely dumb thing that i did.
Quoting MommaSav2:" No IMO she should not be charged. It's a terrible tragedy and it could have been prevented. I'm sure ... [snip!] ... make potentially fatal mistakes all the time. Would you prosecute a mother who didn't anchor her child's dresser to the wall?"
Well, that sounds like an easy scapegoat way to kill your kid if you ask me. Sorry, if you are stupid enough to leave a child that cannot swim alone while you check facebook, you deserve whatever you have coming to you.
Quoting MommaNoodle:" me either. if it was me, whether it was drunk driving or leaving my kid in the tub, i would WANT to ... [snip!] ... i would feel terrible my whole life, yes, but i would want to be held accountable for the absolutely dumb thing that i did. "
If I caused the death of a child, whether mine or not, I would probably end up harming myself or worse if I weren't convicted.
As sad as that mother probably is and as much as I don't think she would be a danger to anyone else, I think she should be charged and punished. She was negligent, plain and simple and it resulted in the death of her child.
I don't normally promote harshly punishing people with prison sentences when they are not a danger to society, however, sometimes examples need to be set to prevent future tragedies. Sadly, there is not a test that has to be passed to become a parent, therefore, some people with zero common sense can parent children. Maybe some of these parents who have no foresight to see that leaving a baby in a bathtub alone is dangerous, might be able to understand that THEY would be punished for doing something so stupid if they see that this woman was held responsible and punished. Maybe, if they are dumb enough to leave a baby in a bathtub, this would make them think twice about doing so. Sometimes we just need to make examples out of people to prevent other tragedies from happening and if making an example out of this woman could prevent the death of even ONE child, it's worth it to me.
I feel uncomfortable leaving my 4 year old while I get a towel or clothes, even with the doors open while I'm talking to her, I couldn't imagine leaving a 1 year old!
That is horribly sad. I agree that there is no punishment that will be as terrible as the guilt she will be left with, however, she is at fault and should be punished.
I agree that she should be charged, but according to the article she wasn't. I honestly don't see how. She didn't accidentally leave her baby alone in the tub, she negligently decided something else was more important than the safety of her barely 1 year old. It's just so sad.
Quoting Thisperyears:" If I caused the death of a child, whether mine or not, I would probably end up harming myself or worse if I weren't convicted."
Same here. If something happened to my son, I don't think I'd ever recover.
I live on the water, so I have been OCD about teaching him how to swim the moment he popped out of the womb since most drowning deaths are 0-5 year olds.

Quoting IDID-VBAC 12/09:" Parent is to blame. I dont even leave my (almost) 5yr old and 3yr old alone-not even to walk 4 feet around the corner to grab a towel. "

Ditto! Mine are the same age and I never walk away. I got so pissed at my husband when he did it once. It's really sad how much this happens. I agree mom should be charged with something...but definitely not murder.

Quoting тᴀỵ 26:" I was reading a story about the death of a 13 month old. Apparently the LO was in the bath and the parent ... [snip!] ... away. Is the parent at fault or is it purely an 'accident'? Should the parent be charged, if so, what should the charge be?"

When a parent does something reckless like the woman in question did , hell yes she should be charged!
To me, an accident would be your child yanking his hand out of yours and running into the street. But when a caregiver causes a child's death by breaking a safety-rule or being negligent like this, it's a slap in the face to all parents who do everything they can to keep their children safe and still lose them.
I really don't believe in "suffered enough" when it comes to cases described by the OP.

Quoting MommaSav2:" No IMO she should not be charged. It's a terrible tragedy and it could have been prevented. I'm sure ... [snip!] ... make potentially fatal mistakes all the time. Would you prosecute a mother who didn't anchor her child's dresser to the wall?"

I read that post. The three-year-old's dresser fell on her in the middle of the night. No one was awake to hear and save her. That wasn't the case of a mother putting her kid in the bath and getting on Facebook or dangling him over a pit of wild animals, because her daughter wasn't placed in danger. She was safe in bed when her parents left her room.
That's an accident. And I'm glad I read it because I didn't even think toddler-furniture could be that heavy.
Listen. Everyone seems to be horrified by my opinion. My opinion is based on the fact that I don't believe that our judicial system should be a punishment based program, I think it should be more about keeping the public and their property safe and rehabilitating criminals who have the ability to be rehabilitated. I don't think a mother who made an unarguably STUPID decision to leave very young child in the tub and go do something completely unnecessary is a danger to the public (or anyone else at all) and I dont think there is any way to rehabilitate her. If it were me (although I've never done anything even close to as stupid as this) I would not survive the grief and guilt I felt. I KNOW for a fact that I would end up killing myself. What could possibly be worse than losing a child and having it be 100% your fault?? Nothing. Drinking and driving is not the same as this situation at all IMO. And I personally think that anchoring your chukdren's large furniture to the wall is just as much of a common sense safety rule as never leaving your child alone in the tub.
I don't think that she's getting off Scott free wether she is prosecuted or not. JMO
Quoting MommaSav2:" Listen. Everyone seems to be horrified by my opinion. My opinion is based on the fact that I don't believe ... [snip!] ... leaving your child alone in the tub. I don't think that she's getting off Scott free wether she is prosecuted or not. JMO"
I actually very much agree with you about prison being reserved for those who are a danger to the public.....in MOST cases.
However, like I stated in my original response to this topic, I also believe that unfortunately sometimes examples need to be set in the hopes of preventing other tragedies like this from happening. For some people, hearing this story and the death of the child alone isn't enough to make them think before they make similarly stupid decisions. The thought that they could face criminal charges and a prison sentence, however, may be a scary enough thought for them to make them think twice about being so stupid. As selfish as that may be, people like that do exist. For whatever reason, the possibility of THEM getting in trouble and facing punishment would be more of a motivating factor than the potential harm to their child. Sometimes the only reason people don't commit crimes or neglect/abuse their kids is out of fear of being held criminally responsible. If making an example out of this woman and giving her a prison sentence can prevent the death of even ONE child, then it's worth it.
That isn't the only reason or even the main reason I believe she should be criminally charged, but it's certainly one of my reasons. The bottom line is, she is responsible for the death of her child. It was completely preventable. Yes, she is probably grieving terribly and she is likely not someone who will continue to make dangerous and/or reckless parenting decisions, but we can't know that for sure. Not to mention, if we just let people off free and clear after doing something they KNEW was incredibly dangerous (like leaving a baby in a tub of water unattended) resulting in the death of the child, it would really set a dangerous precedence. Say someone really despises their child and wants to kill them (seems far fetched, but it happens), knowing that this girl faced zero charges and was not held responsible in any way by our justice system, could give them the idea that they could drown their child in a bathtub and make it look like an accident. Especially with an infant who probably wouldn't be able to struggle enough to cause any kind of defensive wounds, this cold blooded murderer could be completely off the hook due to the precedence set by the justice system who did not hold the mother, whose child drowned in the accident, responsible for her neglectful actions.
The only time I leave my 2 year old alone in the bathtub is when I walk 5 steps to get a towel. Leaving the room when a toddler is in the bath is negligence.


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Last weekend, several media outlets reported that the White House was on the verge of nominating former astronaut Charles Bolden Jr. as the administrator of NASA. The only step along the way was supposed to be a meeting between the 62-year-old Bolden and President Barack Obama. The meeting did take place on Tuesday, but a nomination seems unlikely this week.
It's possible that Bolden's past as a lobbyist for ATK, a manufacturer of rocket boosters, and his connection until March 2008 to GenCorp, which provides propulsion systems for the space shuttle, is raising concerns about a possible conflict with Obama's ethics policy. The policy bars appointees from participating in matters involving former clients for 2 years from the appointment date. White House officials have not offered any statements about how the policy might impact Bolden's capability to make decisions as NASA head. There's also no indication on whether the Administration will seek a waiver to enable his appointment, as it has done with some previous appointments.
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Dance World Academy alumnus Kelly Connolly made a splash in Hollywood when this billboard pic went up all over town advertising Season 6 of "So You Think You Can Dance". Kelly was actually too busy working on other projects to appear on the show but the producers were so taken with her that they decided she was the best choice for the ad!! Way to go Kelly!!! Check out Kelly's appearance last season on Dancing with the Stars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjBeee-rXI&feature=PlayList&p=222F3BD9A2D7F437&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=98
Kelly just completed a project with Britney Spears where she was a stand-in/double for Britney on her new video "Three". Kelly will also appear in episodes 10 and 12 of the new hit Fox TV show Glee.Kelly's currently busy with a host of other movie and television projects as well. Thanks for representing Dance World Academy so well on the west coast Kelly!
Beautiful Dance World Academy alumnus, Christine Sienicki, will be kicking up her heels at the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular dancing with the world famous Rockettes on November 13th through December 30th! Click on this recent video of Christine and the Rockettes on the Today show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMeJ-ESSI4U
Don't miss her...it's a great show!!!
T buy tickets visit http://www.radiocity.com/
Our wonderful Spring Dance Spectacular M.C. from last year, Tracy Espiritu will be appearing in Babes in Toyland at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center is on Saturday, December 19th at 11AM and 1PM. More information on tickets can be found on http://www.littleorchestra.org
Tracy will be back to M.C. our show this year. Don't miss her in this fun and heart warming production.
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I read with great glee the article about "Got Milkweed?" to save the threatened butterfly on Cape Cod by the Waquoit Congregational Church Farmers Market. Two days later, I read about the heirloom seed project at Sturgis Library through a partnership formed with the Cape Cod Food Hub.
Obviously, these two projects have a similar goal to retain and save our planet by individuals doing their part to spread the idea so it will take root.
This is a great opportunity for a collaboration between the two parties to come together to support each other's project. The monarch butterfly gives educators and their students the opportunity to talk about its metamorphosis — the importance of laying their eggs on the milkweed to become a caterpillar, and into a chrysalis, and finally a gorgeous butterfly. The heirloom seed project will ensure that special plants will survive and teach youngsters the value of growing their own food. In addition, it could be a learning experience about how fragile the environment is and that pesticides are harmful and may kill plants.
Yes, it does take an active community to make a difference. Count me in!
Marjorie Cotton Supple
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
After taking more than few gamers by surprise last year with the wildly successful, reasonably priced and essentially (major) complaint free, "Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers," Wizards and Stainless games are back with the newest installment aptly titled "Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012." Now if you're like me, you're asking, "but I just paid $10 for the game last year and anywhere between zero and $15 for the expansions. I know there's no way such an iconic game could have changed that much." To you, I say, "I agree." The core game play of the actual card game is identical to last year's edition, however, as any gamer knows, especially one hooked by the siren song of the collectible < insert genre > game, it's all about the newest release. So if you're perfectly happy with last year's entry, I say, "keep playing, I know I will, but 'Magic 2012' still has some tricks up its sleeve that may interest you."
For a basic rundown of how the main game play works, I'll refer you to my review of last year's edition, which is found here. Magic is a time tested game and no one at Wizards or Stainless have done anything to radically alter the way the game plays. However, taking the natural step in evolution as well as listening to fan complaints, they have fixed a few things, added a few interesting new features, and sadly, still have a few glaring kinks to work out.
The biggest alteration to game play that was a deal breaker for many last year comes in the form of deck customization. Initially you were only able to add or subtract the bonus cards that you would unlock for each deck. This time, deck building is almost 100% user controlled. The caveat comes in terms of lands and that you can only customize cards specific to the theme deck, so no bringing in a red creature from your red deck into your multicolored deck or vice-versa. As long as a player has 60 cards in their deck, they can pick and choose what they want, save for basic land cards. Those are fixed for everyone and frankly, it's an ok decision. There's so much room for custom deck building that leaving out the hassle of balancing your mana pool is actually a relief.
Another big change is allowing players full control of assigning creatures in combat. Before it was all auto-selected for you and if you weren't careful about how you initially chose your attackers or defenders, things might turn out how you intended. No when multiple defenders pop up, before combat is resolved at that juncture, the game ensures you get to pick the order things go down. On the flipside though and I come very close to calling it a game breaking issue (for the hardcore it will be), mana is auto selected for you. Not an issue in single color decks, but "Magic 2012" is heavily focused around multicolored decks and when a card asks for say two uncolored mana, you have a card you need to play later in the turn for one blue mana, and the game chooses to use your last two blue mana instead of your four-plus reserve of white mana, you get screwed, to put it bluntly. In my time playing both against the AI and other human players, I can recall one instance where this very likely cost me my game. It was an understandable, somewhat forgivable omission last year, but for it to fall on deaf ears and not be remedied this go around is inexcusable and the game takes a huge hit for it.
The core game modes, both single and multiplayer are back, plus one big addition, Archenemy mode. Here three players work together to fight an AI opponent with 60 life and the unique ability to play a "scheme" card each turn. The "scheme" is a helpful effect for him or her, a nightmare at times for the players. For instance, one effect that popped up instantly was the "archenemy" drained three life from each living player and added it to his own total. Some of the effects are more benign, but it does keep players on their toes. Archenemy is best played with human opponents as the AI is frankly, a joke, but ultimately, the mode is more of a casual diversion rather than a mode worthy of lasting appeal. Two-Headed Giant returns and players will rejoice as you can now play with an online ally, instead of the useless local-ally only option from last year. Of course, standard Free-For-All multiplayer is back with options for two, three, or four player, this time a game lobby can open up additional slots on the fly making matchmaking a much easier, streamlined process. Free-For-All is what makes "Magic 2012" worth the $10 (1600 point price tag) and aside from the possibility of the mana pool issue, it's still a blast and the one true reason the game series manages to sell as many copies as it does and keep gamers coming back for more.
Lastly, I'll mention the single-player campaign since it's a necessary evil if you want to unlock the additional decks and, for free (for $1 per deck, you can instantly unlock all decks and all unlockable cards). There's a very thinly sketched premise behind your battles this time, revealed in a wasteful FMV sequence at the beginning of the game. The overall campaign map may look fancy, but in reality it's the same as the bland list of foes in last year's edition. Challenges have been sprinkled throughout, with harder ones opening up for play as you get to the game's new boss, Karn. The challenges eventually devolve into less real strategy and more an exercise in frustration, presenting players with absurd situations and far too many wrong ways to solve them. Most criminal though is the actual AI of the campaign. It's bad, bad, bad. On the easiest setting it walks the line of stupid and a competent novice. At the hardest setting the programming leads me to believe the deck order is "known" to the AI, because far too many times, two or three rounds of odd, almost masochistic moves by the AI end up broken by out of nowhere plays that spell certain doom for the player. My advice, go through on easy, or if you still feel guilty, medium; get your decks and get out into multiplayer. There's also an Archenemy campaign and a Revenge mode campaign unlocked along the way. The AI sucks as bad in those too.
All in all, "Magic 2012" is a worthy purchase for a fan of the physical and/or previous digital edition. The new 2012 card set is a nice mix of enhanced/remixed versions of last year's stuff that balances familiarity with the need to develop new strategies. There is the impression that the designers built decks around big battles rather than small, needling skirmishes and the eyebrow raising new abilities will have you grinning when benefiting you and cursing the skies when you fall on the receiving end. Gamers who make the plunge should be satisfied with their purchase and if the support given in the form of affordably priced, genuinely valued DLC is maintained, a good year of steady gaming awaits.
- As expected the artwork on the cards is beautiful. The artistry employed is top notch as expected and the various themes represented feel properly connected.
- The FMV sequence that opens the game is rather rough looking with a few framerate drops and some very noticeable screen tearing issues.
- The virtual tables are pretty much the same as last year, a little cosmetically different but in the end you don't really notice them.
- As dull as before: sound effects are stock and uninspired. The more you play; the more it becomes a cluster of noise.
- The musical score is a little more memorable but slightly. I find the menu music to be ethereally calming, unlike the subtle "pump you up" music in last year's edition.
If you're one of last year's players who has come this far and what you've read hasn't swayed you, stick with last year's edition. It's not obsolete; the decks are different enough that you'll still have fun playing them. If you are intrigued, I say drop the $10 and get going. Understand the "mana pool" issue and be prepared to rarely be screwed by it, but don't let that totally destroy what is still a very fun game that has a lot of new strategies to learn and countless hours of fun to offer. Highly Recommended.


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November 29, 2015
A traffic stop resulted in the discovery of methamphetamines.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, a Jackson County Sheriff's Officer stopped a Gold Ford Ranger that had no tail light and no license plate near the intersection of I-10 and Highway 71. During the stop, William Dwayne Goodson voluntarily removed a small plastic container and a plastic baggie containing finished methamphetamines from his pocket and placed it on the hood of the patrol car.
During the stop, a K-9 indicated a positive alert for the presence of narcotics and revealed multiple chemicals used in the manufacturing of methamphetamines.
There were two other people in the car besides Goodson at the time of the traffic stop. Goodson took responsibility for all of the illegal substances found and was lodged in the Jackson County Correctional Facility to await first appearance. The other two occupants were released.
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Last month I subbed for a couple weeks at a Head Start site in Middletown, which is about ten miles southeast of Harrisburg. Middletown is where the "Harrisburg" airport is located, so plane-spotting was common on the playground. The children would shout "airplane! airplane!" and most of them would look mesmerized or run in the same direction as the plane.
As I watched this my mind tracked back to another playground–a concrete play area outside Tomorrow's Youth Organization in Nablus. This playground didn't have a jungle gym or swingset but the space to run around was in itself a blessing for the kids I worked with. (For more on that, see my post about Balata refugee camp.) At that playground we occasionally saw aircraft in the skies, but it wasn't a sunny day treat. It was the sight of an Israeli jet, and the noise of it ripping through the sound barrier in a space where Palestinians are not allowed to fly anything but kites. The kids in my class did not jump or point; they just an observed another element of military occupation.
The connection between these two playground experiences is not a simple contrast of how bad things are in an Other place and how fortunate we are not to be born there. Like the children of Nablus, the kids I work with at Head Start face more struggles than any 4-year-old (or 40-year-old) should. The point is that after living in Palestine, the signifiers of every daily life are different.
This always happens when returning from another culture: you connect half or more of the things you think about to the place you just were. It's easy to become the annoying person who talks about Germany or India or Russia too much. But when the connections are not just to another culture but to a level of human experience (living in a conflict zone) that most people around you can't relate to, it's hard to say anything.


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Looking for great fall color? This October will find the mountains of southwestern North Carolina alive with more than autumn color as the 22nd Annual Leaf Lookers Gemboree opens at the Macon County Community Building just south of Franklin off U.S. Highway 441. Gem and mineral dealers from across the country will be on hand displaying and selling fine jewelry, gems, minerals, and more against the backdrop of spectacular fall color beginning Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16.
The Leaf Lookers Gemboree will feature a wide variety of items including fine finished jewelry, rough and cut gems, lapidary equipment, beads, minerals, fossils and collectibles. Dealers will also be available to custom make that special piece of jewelry you've always dreamed of or for the upcoming holiday season.
Every paid admission will be given an entry to the door prizes drawn hourly. New this year, a grand prize drawing on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. for a 14k White Gold vintage 1950's 1ct Natural Pink Sapphire with .20 ct Diamonds ring. This ring's estimated retail value is $795. You do not need to be present to win.
"All dealers who attend our Gemborees return year after year because the Franklin shows are among the best in the country," said Linda Harbuck, executive director of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. "We carefully select the dealers who attend to make sure we have just about anything folks could be looking for." Harbuck added that special displays and demonstrations setup by the Gem & Mineral Society of Franklin add great value to this show in contrast to similar shows in the southeast.
Admission price is only $2 for adults with those under the age of 12 admitted free. Watch for $1 off coupon in local papers. Hours for the 22nd Annual Leaf Lookers Gemboree are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information contact the Franklin Chamber of Commerce at (828)524-3161 or toll free at (800)336-7829.


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New Line picks up movie rights to Understanding Guys bestseller
New Line Cinema has picked up rights to Sex And The City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo'snon-fiction bestseller He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth ToUnderstanding Guys.
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Woman who assaulted crossing guard on duty likely to only get probation in Philadelphia
Alicia Carranco's 19-year tenure as a Philadelphia school-crossing guard came to a bloody end on Sept. 17, 2010.
That's the day a motorist, furious after Carranco scolded her for nearly hitting two students that Carranco was helping cross the street, beat her so severely that medics rushed her to the hospital with her eyes swollen shut.
Her convicted attacker, Shaquana Outlaw, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday. But because crossing guards aren't a protected class of public servants the way police and firefighters are, Outlaw will likely get probation for the beating.
That's not enough, says Carranco, 51, who still lives in fear because Outlaw lives in her neighborhood. Her fellow crossing guards agree and plan to pack the sentencing hearing.
"We want to show the judge that we are important, and people just can't come out and beat the crap out of us and get away with it," said Joan Gallagher, president of the crossing-guards union.
Although it's been more than two years since the attack, Carranco still sobs when she talks about it and says she suffers persistent headaches.
On the day of the attack, the school day had just ended at Alexander K. McClure School and Carranco was ushering students across the street.
After Outlaw, 22, screeched to a halt in her Ford Taurus, mere feet from "my girls," Carranco said, she leaped from her car, poked the hat off Carranco's head and "cussed me out like there was no tomorrow."
With an audience of schoolchildren, Outlaw punched Carranco so hard and often that she couldn't see through the blood and swelling. As at least four witnesses called 911, a passerby intervened and pulled Outlaw off Carranco, and medics transported her to the hospital.
In Pennsylvania, attacking public employees —including cops, firefighters and teachers — while they are working automatically earns the attacker an aggravated-assault charge.
In 2011, a Pittsburgh lawmaker tried to add crossing guards and volunteer firefighters to the list. The bill passed unanimously in the House but stalled in the Senate. The sponsor, Rep. Dom Costa, D-Pittsburgh, plans to reintroduce it this year, a spokeswoman said.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office originally charged Outlaw with aggravated assault, which could have gotten her a 10-year prison sentence.
But Common Pleas Judge Sean F. Kennedy found her not guilty of that charge, convicting her of simple assault and reckless endangerment. Although she faces up to four years in prison on those charges, she is likely to get probation because she has no felony convictions, according to court records and sentencing guidelines.
"The commonwealth's position continues to be that crossing guards are a protected class" who deserve added protection, said Emily Rodriguez, the assistant district attorney who argued the case. Carranco is "the kind of person you want out protecting your children. But if we're not protecting her, what's the point of any of this?"
Peter C. Bowers, Outlaw's attorney, didn't return calls for comment.
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