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Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 05:01 PM #1
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More reflections on 4e and 5e.
I ditched that last junk game I was in and played with a new group. Currently, I am playing a halfling warpriest, who is working out much better than I anticipated. The rest of the party is a human gloom pact hexblade, an elf druid (yawn), an elf rogue, and a dragonborn warlord.
Two leaders, two strikers, and one controller. We could use a defender but we're managing right now. We had a shorter session last night, but here are my observations based on the single combat encounter.
The background: we're a mercenary party in the service of a kingdom, and there's this other kingdom nearby, and they don't really like each other, and the uneasy peace is getting uneasier. RIght now, we're headed out with supplies to garrison a guard tower.
Naturally, we are attacked on the way by soldiers of the other kingdom. There are a handful of them, all are standard monsters (no minions / elites). This is, as before, a group of relatively new players, so I'm the player who knows the 4e system best. (Possibly better than the DM.) What I took from this session is that:
(a) At-will powers are junk.
(b) The striker role should not exist.
(c) Round-by-round tracking sucks.
(d) Forced movement is awesome.
I'll go through these bit by bit.
(a) At-will powers are junk.
Nobody understood these. I did, of course, and the gloomblade's player is smart enough to get the rules, but everyone else was very, very confused. Now, not to toot my own horn too much here, but I'm usually the smartest guy at the table. I have a head for numbers and rules. I "get" the 4e rules. In comparison to 3e, it's very easy to play. Unfortunately, it's not easy enough.
Lots of players are not very smart. And that's not to say they're dumb, but they've exceptionally average. This is fine and dandy, but the rules need to be written for them, not for the above-average population who can.
The rogue in particular had difficulty with his at-wills. He wanted to use his Sly Flourish ability, so he rolled a melee basic attack. I explained that he used Dexterity on this roll because it was Dexterity vs. AC. He did that and rolled 1d4 + Strength damage. I explained that he added Dexterity + Charisma damage on this, and we got things sorted out. Next round, we had a similar problem--he was insistent on rolling that 1d4 + Strength basic attack.
The warlord also had some trouble with his at-wills. He didn't really "get" how to use them effectively--he wanted to make a basic attack instead of using his special attacks. (He didn't even use his breath weapon, which is the dragonborn's big thing.)
The druid was just a mess. He got the basic idea of at-wills (and used his flame seed power to some effect), but he was really lost when it came to wild shaping and using his at-will attacks, especially when he could use them on AOOs as a basic attack.
As a side note, the gloomlock and I were the only ones to understand encounter / daily powers. Everyone wanted to use their at-will powers, but the rules were too confusing for them.
In summary: there need to not be at-will special attack powers. As it says in the Bible: "Let your basic attack be a basic attack." If you want to attack with your dagger, then attack with your dagger. Don't throw a bunch of math changes into the system. Having a bunch of separate special attacks is too difficult to track for new players.
(b)The striker role should not exist.
In the combat, the strikers did the majority of the work. My warpriest hit a few times, doing a paltry 1d6 + 3 damage. The gloomblade, on the other hand, was doing 1d10 + 7 damage, and the rogue (when he finally managed a sneak attack) was doing 1d4 + 2d6 + 6 damage. There wasn't much in the way of healing needed in the battle, so I felt somewhat useless. Also, the druid's flame seed did pitiful damage.
My proposal is simple: every class should be a "striker"; that is, every class should be capable of doing decent damage.
(c) Round-by-round tracking sucks.
There needs to be a set duration for powers. Either they last until the end of your next turn or the beginning of your next turn or the end of the enemy's next turn or the beginning of his next turn. Trying to figure out when powers ended was a huge pain and caused more page-flipping than the actual powers themselves.
(d) Forced movement is awesome.
Originally, I was skeptical of forced movement and the over-reliance on the battlemat. I recant immediately. I like a good tactical challenge, and there were some really neat moments that forced movement provided in the game. My personal favorite was when the last remaining soldier fled and the druid used one of his at-wills (that couns as an MBA) to slide him back into position to provoke another attack of opportunity.
Thus, what I want to see from 5e:
(a) Few, if any, at-wills. Special encounter / daily powers are fine, but hitting with a sword should just be hitting with a sword.
(b) Nobody gets shafted with damage.
(c) Better duration mechanics and few intra-round tracking abilities.
(d) Forced movement.
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Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 06:08 PM #2
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I, on the other hand, hate forced movement with the fire of a thousand suns.
Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 08:25 PM #3
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I think I disagree on your assessment that everyone should do good damage. One of the frustrations I have with prior editions now that I've played 4e is that there is a strong emphasis, no matter what class you pick, to build a character that minimizes damage in, and maximizes damage out.
While I don't miss much about 4e, I do miss the fact that it emphasized teamwork. I liked the fact that people worked together to achieve a common goal by different means.
I think you can avoid the "useless" feeling by simply being very good at a certain role. As my wife put it, she didn't like anything but strikers until she played a pacifist cleric. As a pacifist cleric she could roll really high numbers on the dice and it didn't really matter to her that it wasn't damage.
So I think using roles can work, as long as you allow for high dice roles at what they do. 5e is an absolute disaster on this front, since they've kept classes doing varying damage, but haven't put in any mechanics that force players to work together or give them compensation for less damage. I'm particularly looking at the warlock and sorcerer here.
Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 08:30 PM #4
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A. First of all I'd say if you think it requires above average intelligence to understand at wills you are over estimating your group's intellect or they are just so used to another system the change over is a bit jarring, I would say they will get used to this quick enough though. I started with 4e so didn't have other system rules confusing me but personally I have come to dislike martial encounters and dailies somewhat, I understood them and could justify them but I couldn't justify how you could use encounter power a and b once each and not encounter power a. I think the combat superiority mechanic do a great job of allowing fighters do some special things but also feel more built towards being a constant threat rather than coming in bursts.
B. Your striker argument I can understand but 4e is very much a team game the striker needs to work with everyone to ensure that damage output, defenders usually have other ways of dishing out damage and prevent damage done to others, leaders heal damage done and can often use their striker to do damage(I really disliked this aspect though there was talk that a warlord doing this in Next would require the recipient to use their reaction which is what I would like to see) and controllers tended to be more about effects and spreading their damage around.
C. Your interpretation of round by round tracking is probably a bit off, this is pretty common and I can't remember exactly where in the PHB it's spelled out when something can only be done once per round it's basically short hand for "you can't do this again until your next turn" so maybe they need to make this more clear in next.
D. Forced movement is good but I think sliding should be limited or perhaps even scrapped, maybe if it was only some melee characters and you have to keep the enemy within reach (I loved my monk's centred flurry of blows in 4e for example and monks manipulating their opponents movement to their advantage makes sense to me) ranged sliding is a bit too powerful IMO. Pushing and pulling is pretty clear and simple. Also for your reference forced movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks in 4e.
Overall the combat part of 4e is very in depth and because of this quite slow, I enjoy it a lot but I also love the speed that Next combat has has. I think Next can learn a lot from 4e so long as it takes the good aspects and removes the bad.
Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 08:35 PM #5
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So first off, the fact that some people don't want to focus an immense amount of concentration on figuring out how to optimize the mechanics for stabbing someone with a knife in an RPG is not a sign of their mental inferiority.(a) At-will powers are junk.
Second, the problem here isn't necessarily at-will powers: it's the overly convoluted and exception-based powers that were so present in 4e. A wizard player can figure out just fine whether he wants to telekinetically flip a switch across the room or grab his opponent and jolt him with magical lightning or punch someone in the face (all "at-will powers" in 5e). The problem is something like the 4e rogue, who has a half-dozen different powers that are subtle mechanical variations on "stab a guy with your knife (and maybe move around a bit)."
The good news is that while 5e retains lots of at-will powers and abilities (in fact, that's all the 5e fighter and rogue get), so far they're all very clear in purpose. The fighter, for example, gets to choose each round whether he wants to hit harder, block incoming damage, and so on.
I think you're overstating this. Obviously there should still be a place for the guy whose focus in combat is dishing out pain, just as there's room for a guy who focuses more on protecting his allies or healing or controlling the battlefield. I take your point that the gap in damage outpoint shouldn't be a chasm, and so far in 5e I don't think it is.(b) The striker role should not exist.
Yup.(c) Round-by-round tracking sucks.
This is a pure playstyle thing. I've played in groups with battlemats where forced movement powers would be very fun, but I've also played in groups with no battlemats where they would just be frustrating to track. So far, 5e seems to be allowing for a small amount of forced movement (such as the fighter's push maneuver) but cutting down on the fiddly 5-foot shifts and pushes and pulls of 4e.(d) Forced movement is awesome.
Saturday, 29th September, 2012, 11:19 PM #6
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I can't really agree with your conclusions on at-will powers. All it takes is a very quick read of the power to understand what it does--I still can't see why the rogue was so insistent on using a Strength-based basic attack when that basically shouldn't be listed anywhere on the sheet, much less anywhere near the Sly Flourish power. I understand your experience is different, but I just can't see what's so hard to deal with on these powers. The formatting is clear and clean. I don't get it. I don't mind Next's approach though, except possibly in the case of the rogue, which just strikes me as boring (in combat, at least) in its current iteration.
I also can't really agree with your assessment that the striker role shouldn't exist. It seems to stem from a conclusion that damage is everything, but it's really not. Ideally a leader should not just be healing, but also boosting allies' attacks and damage. If a druid can't do their job that's a playstyle thing, but they are very potent as disabling and action denial (flame seed is not a very good power). In fact at higher levels of optimization the "striker" features are often the least valued, characters achieve high damage via multiple attacks and static bonuses (throw charging in there for good measure).
Sunday, 30th September, 2012, 12:09 AM #7
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Some interesting points, I really agree when it comes to duration effects. Just staying with ONE type should have been plenty. Why should I have to remember what EOYNT stands for?
When it comes to at-will powers I do agree and disagree at the same time. None in my group had any problems with it - or more so than any of the other changes that 4e brought. What I think is a good point is that having powers ends up making combat about selecting which power works best, instead of coming up with cool ideas. It's really easy to get into the "I am going to use my cool power X" state of mind, instead of coming up with a plan or alternative solution to the problem.
I do disagree about the different roles doing different amounts of damage. It's completely fine by me. If you have to do the highest amount of damage, just play a striker or build your character like a striker (at least for 4e there are so many options, that making just about any class a striker shouldn't be a problem. You will be worse at the class's original role though).
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Sunday, 30th September, 2012, 01:11 AM #8
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In playtesting my hybrid rules (the main change is monsters have 1/3 hp and replace surges with 1 HD per level), the cleric and fighter stood in a corridor and readied at-will attacks to attack any enemy that came in reach. Then they were charged by 4 lvl 2 hyenas and 8 lvl 3 minions. By the time it was done, there were three hyena bodies and both the cleric and fighter had taken some damage...several of the minions were standing back with charges readied for when their allies fell. For a 6th lvl fighter to ready an attack and then us it to attack a pack of hyenas charging him, it is intuitive that if he manages to hit the first hyena, it will drop and then the others will get through. In 4e, even using power strike to do 4d6+11, even a crit will not kill a 37 hp hyena...no matter how you slice it, that stinks like the stuff that comes out of the nether end of a bull.
We playtested a fight with 4 6th level characters vs a young red dragon tonight...it was a great fight...In the opening round, the fighter readied a throwing hammer and the cleric readied her long bow to shoot when the dragon came near. The fighter scored a crit for 13 damage and the elf hit for 6...with a standard 4e dragon, that would amount to a whopping 1/20th of it's hp...effectively meaningless damage for what could only be called smart play and a great roll. How unsatisfying. Instead, with the dragon only having 111 hp, 19 damage is getting close to 20%...the dragon noticed.
Again, this is as expected that a 7th level solo should sit up and take notice when a 6th level fighter hits him in the mouth with a throwing hammer and an elf hits him with an arrow from a long bow.
The dragon breathed on them, doing substantial damage to each. Then the wizard emerged and used vision of Avarice to force the dragon (who was flying at a height of 25') to the ground and immobilized him with an illusion of a pile of gold and gems.
The fighter charged and got smacked with the tail...used power strike and rolled a second crit! This time with a maul for 4d6+11 or 35 damage...the dragon noticed that for sure! The elf hit with Levy of Judgement (bloodying the dragon, so he breathed again) and the scout (who was sneaking around the back) snuck into range for his hand crossbow and got a sneak attack (Multi-classed rogue), doing good damage (again with a basic attack!).
The fight lasted one more round or so...the fighter came very close to death twice. The elf once and the scout finally finished it off with a power strike (he missed but used levy to reroll). The dragon almost got back in the air which might have changed things but the wizard locked him up again with Maze of Mirrors.
This was a very fun fight and every power the PCs used from the 5th level daily down to basic attacks with very poor bonuses felt impactful (the elf with her bow gets +6 attack and d10+1 damage).
To me...4e, in it's attempt to focus on PCs and monsters feeling powerful with encounters and dailies, at-wills and basics got so watered down as to make things counter intuitive.
In my players' first game they encountered a group of dire rats...when they hit one and it didn't die and then it hit one of them for 8 damage they were taken aback...I didn't think much of it at the time, but in hindsight, their instincts were correct.
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Sunday, 30th September, 2012, 03:30 AM #9
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The main thing I noticed from your writeup is that newish players struggled with the complexity even at first level. I suspect this has more to do with learning new concepts than with innate intelligence. I think this is a good argument for making the first few levels mechanically simple. Experienced groups who would be bored with this can start a few levels higher.
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Sunday, 30th September, 2012, 03:58 AM #10
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I don't agree 100% with your dislike of at-wills.
Your specific example was apt. The rogue player had in mind a description of the action he wanted to take. He wanted to stab something with a knife.
"I stab it with my knife," he says, and proceeds to follow the instruction given on his sheet to stab something with a knife. There it is, melee basic, dagger. He rolls it up.
"No," you say, "it's better if you use sly flourish."
But he doesn't want to flourish his dagger, he wants to stab something. It doesn't matter to him that, mechanically speaking, sly flourish is strictly superior. He doesn't "get" the game at that level yet, he just has an image of how he wants his action to resolve and wants to use the simplest option on his character sheet to achieve it. He wants to play the game, not study the rules.
Now I have to say that I have never met someone who had that much trouble understanding and using at-wills in 4E, but your point is still well taken. When designing the game for newbies, don't burden them with too many moving parts and don't overcomplicate what should be quite simple. If you want to stab the bad guy, push the "stab the bad guy" button and carry on.
But I disagree that this is fundamentally a problem with all at-wills. At-will powers that don't overlap conceptually with "basic attacking" are a lot easier to keep straight and to know when to use. Indeed they allow for archetypes that would simply be unavailable in a system where the only at-will option involves swinging a weapon or pulling back on a bowstring. My example is magical at-will spells.
I doubt that even the player of the rogue would have had trouble, if he were playing a warlock, when deciding whether to attack with a dagger or let loose with an eldritch blast. They have little to no conceptual overlap, and in fact the eldritch blast at-will power is exactly what a magic-using character should be doing: magic. A new player might not understand the subtle differences between various techniques of swinging your sword, but it takes a special kind of clueless not to understand the difference between poking it with a knife and blasting away with a bolt of congealed arcane power.
TL;DR - At-wills work better when they are obviously different from a simple weapon attack, and magic-users are a prime example. Don't overcomplicate things, but don't ignore instances where at-wills (and any other previously overused mechanic) might be used sparingly but to good effect.


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October 25, 2011 - Zach Baker
Aside from family members and Van Morrison music, there's very little I hold as dear to me as much as the Cleveland Browns. Whenever I write about them, though, I am usually taken back in time, before the move, before Bill Belichick, before the 1990s.
It hit me recently that I've been following the new Browns for longer than I followed the old. I was 15 when the Browns skipped town. I didn't really start following the Browns until 1986. But when I think about what made me a Browns fan, it was a stretch between 1986 and 1989. What amazes me now is how many Browns fans I see that are much younger than me. Their only version of the Browns has to be the one that started in 1999, and they still love them.
And as the last three weeks have shown us, there's not a whole lot to love. Then again, for the first time since 2001, the Browns have a defense I actually enjoy watching. People like quarterbacks and passes and scores in the 40s. But give me an aggressive, tenacious non-Ravens defense any day of the week. And the guy I like the most on the defense?
Jabaal Sheard. I honestly believe the rookie DE will surpass Phil Taylor and be the beast up front the Browns really haven't had since Michael Dean Perry. I remember (here we go, another 1980s flashback) announcer Casey Coleman saying of Michael Dean "right now he's playing better than his brother could ever hope to play."
This was big, because William Perry was still a star in the league.
Of course, I love Joe Haden and T.J. Ward as well. I really think that Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert got together and decided the fastest way to make the Browns competitive was to build the defense first.
While I can't call any of the Browns wins pretty, they are .500. So it's worked on some level.
The offense still is a mess. Colt McCoy is tough, he has a lot of leadership qualities, and he's smart, but I'm just not sure he has the talent to be a top-level NFL quarterback.
Peyton Hillis? I don't see him being with the Browns beyond this year. The best thing about Sunday's 6-3 win is that Montario Hardesty ran 33 times and didn't get hurt. The bad thing is he didn't exactly break many big runs.
The most troubling part of the Browns? Special teams. A bad call negated what would have been the second return for a TD in as many weeks. Two blocked field goals don't inspire confidence either.
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Despite apparently good intentions and undoubtedly deep pockets, Penn State University might end up in civil court to compensate victims of Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse crimes.
But that depends on how victims and their attorneys respond to the university's invitation to participate in a forum facilitating the resolution of civil litigation against the university, said local attorney Dave Andrews.
It's noble that Penn State wants to offer counseling and settle claims, said Andrews, who is not involved in any Penn State-related litigation, but the effort to help the victims can be in conflict with civil litigation defense strategy.
"By saying 'we will settle everything' [and not take it to trial] - that sometimes encourages plaintiff attorneys to prolong litigation in hopes of getting more," Andrews said.
On June 22, the same day Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of 48 counts, Penn State released a statement outlining its intentions to compensate victims.
"The university wants to provide a forum where the University can privately, expeditiously and fairly address the victims' concerns and compensate them for claims relating to the University," the statement read.
The amount of compensation per victim isn't a figure Andrews attempts to estimate for the university with a $4 billion operating budget and $1.7 billion endowment fund.
"Who knows?" Andrews said. "It can be some very large sums. There are very compelling cases of plaintiffs. They're talking about their lives ruined by what happened."
Altoona attorney Richard Serbin has worked for 150 sex abuse victims and has helped his clients gain millions of dollars in damages, most notably for claims against the Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
"Each individual is unique in how they respond to sexual abuse. Some may require lifelong treatment," Serbin said.
What is for certain, Andrews said, is that the victims have the right to take Penn State to court to secure damages if an agreement cannot be reached the way the university has proposed.
"Some victims have already filed [civil suits against Penn State]. So if the cases do not get settled, then it can go in front of a jury," Andrews said. "And Penn State could be talking numerous cases."
At least two civil suits have been filed in Philadelphia against the university by John Doe A and C. Miller, university legal counsel announced during a January board meeting. Neither plaintiff is a victim identified in the grand jury presentments against Sandusky. The allegations against the university include negligence, negligent supervision, premises liability, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy to endanger children.
During Penn State Board of Trustees meetings in the past year, members have said they expect more civil suits to be filed.
Civil suits are aimed at the university, not individuals, because individuals have fewer financial resources, Serbin said.
A question needs to be answered as to who was responsible for taking appropriate action to prevent the crimes, he said.
If former Athletic Director Tim Curley and former university Vice President Gary Schultz are convicted on charges of failing to report child abuse and perjury, that would help to increase victims' compensation, but a not guilty verdict wouldn't affect civil litigation against the university.
"Even if they are found not guilty, civil lawsuits do not require a burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt," Serbin said.
On Feb. 15, Penn State filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County against its primary general liability insurer, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co. to defend the university's rights under its insurance policies. PMA filed a lawsuit Jan. 31 in Philadelphia, asking the court to release it from obligations regarding its duty to defend and pay for a civil lawsuit filed against the university in relation to the Sandusky matter.
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Exactly like the picture. I bought the Blue. It is simply gorgeous. I put the crystal sprays in it and some blue flowers. What a gorgeous centerpiece on my coffee piece.


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Puzant is an international student from Lebanon and a former analyst in the MIS department in the headquarters of Fransabank, one of the four largest banks in the country. Born and raised in Lebanon he has mastered four languages. Puzant also worked as an assistant manager of public access librarian in one of the biggest libraries in the region. He supervised the work of dozens of student assistants per semester in serve to thousands of faculty, staff, students and alumni. Additionally he cultivated two years of experience in the Business Computer Center of LAU as assistant supervisor. His hobbies include reading and swimming; although he is quickly becoming a fan of shooting, football and Texas rodeos.
- MBA, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2010
- BS - MIS, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2005
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Research Interests
- Insiders' Threat
- Information Security Policies Compliance
- Ethical Issues in IS
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- MBA, High Distinction
- BS MIS, Distinction


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Just beautiful. The pic looks blue but the other with you wearing it looks green!
Thank you! Yes, the picture without it on was at night so I had to use my flash and the color is off. The one wearing it is more accurate to the color in person!
My goodness, that's spectacular. You must knit like the wind!
Thank you! I always tell people that I truly enjoy knitting, including the process and not just the final product. I think that helps, because I normally give up anything after it gets even just a little hard, but not when it's knitting!
Knitting keeps my mind busy and the panic attacks away so I just keep on knitting!
Very nice!!! I wish I could knit that fast. What size needles did you use?
Thank you!! I dont set my work down much when I'm enjoying the process. Off the top of my head, I think I ended up using size 6 needles.


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A 56-year-old man accused of stabbing his son in a Saugus home five months ago has been sentenced to two years in state prison, a District Attorney's Office spokeswoman said today.
Michael Brian Phillipson, who was arrested at a home in Saugus in March, appeared in San Fernando Superior Court July 22 and entered a plea of no contest to one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, Shiara Davila-Morales said.
The stabbing occurred March 20 at a home rented by Phillipson on Catala Avenue.
Phillipson was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken into custody while his son, 24-year-old Schuyler Phillipson of Montana, was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.
"It was apparently a father-and-son domestic," Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Deputy Josh Dubin said March 20. "Doctors stated that (the victim) would survive."
Suffering from multiple stab wounds, the younger Phillipson was treated and released within a week and has since moved to Montana to be with his mother.
The father and son had been in the Santa Clarita Valley performing home repairs.
During a preliminary hearing in April, Schuyler Phillipson testified against his father and Superior Court Judge David Stuart ordered Michael Phillipson to stand trial for the stabbing.
Michael Phillipson pleaded not guilty when he was formally arraigned on the assault charge, said Deputy District Attorney Moira Curry, who prosecuted the case.
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Kevin Cook, of the 500 block of Jischke Street, came home at 2:45, according to Bethlehem Lt. Mark DiLuzio, and found three men inside his home. One of the men shot Cook twice inside the home and the men fled, DiLuzio said.
Police did not know if anything was taken from Cook's home. Cook was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill and is in surgery, police said.
A teenage boy, who declined to give his name, said he heard the shots and a short time later saw Cook leaning against the side of his house, visibly wounded in his left torso and leg.
Felix Vasquez, who lives in the surrounding neighborhood, said the wounded man -- he did not know Cook -- told him he'd been shot.
The teenage boy and Vazquez said they did not see anyone running from the area.
DiLuzio said the suspects possibly escaped in a dark-colored 2002 BMW sport utility vehicle. Police believe the SUV has Connecticut license plates. DiLuzio did not have descriptions of the men.
Police have the area taped off as detectives and others investigate. Police shrouded an area of the sidewalk near Cook's home to preserve evidence as it began to rain.
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At the (slight) risk of exaggeration, is there a similar problem in attempting to identify "best practices" in the realm of bio-IT-based R&D — particularly when the fields of bioinformatics, in silico drug discovery, and drug approval have all experienced their share of disharmony? In fact, much has been made in some quarters about the alleged failure of bio-IT (notably, a withering column by Scott Kirsner two months ago in The Boston Globe), including its informatics and software components, to accelerate drug discovery or lower its burgeoning R&D costs.
This assertion contains a kernel of truth, but only if one takes an exceptionally myopic view of the situation. In reality, bio-IT is less than 10 years into what will inevitably be a protracted effort, spanning several decades to expand our basic knowledge of cellular processes and metabolic pathways, elucidate meaningful networks of gene expression and protein function, and determine target areas for effective intervention by exquisitely tailored biopharmaceuticals. All of this will stem from the effective integration and analysis of genomic, proteomic, and expression data, as well as depend upon new scientific insights we can barely imagine.
On a positive note, the impressive arsenal of existing bio-IT tools and technologies is being used to actively test numerous scientific strategies, in the hope that viable drug discovery business models will emerge. Even in the short term, numerous discrete targets that are clinically and financially successful will undoubtedly be developed, to the benefit of countless patients worldwide.
As in any important scientific or technological enterprise, however, the proof of the pudding is in the empirical results. Moreover, the efficient communication of these results has a twofold significance: first, to help establish the objective value of specific research methodologies; and second, to make the information available to other R&D professionals so that they can adopt and further refine productive techniques.Best Practices Program
It is in this spirit that Bio·IT World is pleased to announce the launch of our Best Practices Awards Program. The program's charter is to identify and share innovative uses of technology in drug discovery, development, and clinical trials. Full details on the entry criteria can be found at www.bio-itworld.com/bestpractices.
The key point is that the value of the program to the bio-IT community grows with the square of the number of participants, much like the power law for any useful network. Our goal is not to divulge proprietary information or compromise confidentiality. Rather, it is to illuminate and share fruitful methodologies, as well as to recognize those innovations that have produced the most significant and tangible results. The winners will receive the well-deserved recognition of hard work and ingenuity that may, dare one say, aid future professional development.
But of far greater importance, you, our readers, at long last have a chance to do your bit to serve the entire bio-IT community. We speak often of the problems besieging the industry; here is a chance, finally, to do something positive about it.
The entire bio-IT community has the opportunity to contribute and to benefit from this process. We, therefore, strongly urge all of you — our readers and your organizations — to participate. We will also do our part by directly reaching out to as many of you as possible to facilitate your participation and entry. May the best practices win!New Year's Innovations
As we mark the first issue of the New Year, we are pleased to introduce no fewer than three regular columns in the magazine. Collectively, these new columns will further expand and cement Bio·IT World's coverage in the key areas of life science equipment, business, and venture capital.
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quote: I would rather replace it with another energy source that doesn't need massive mining operations which in some cases removes entire mountains and destroys large areas of land
quote: please name me one power source we use that does not fit into that description
quote: Furthermore, those things DO take massive amounts of mining.
quote: Don't be such an idiot.
quote: It's a 1 time cost in terms of mining the resources needed to build renewable energy power sources.
quote: And that's on top of the mining costs for things like Iron to build it to begin with.
quote: Then if everyone wants Nuclear Power then everyone want's Uranium, then we have the same problem as we do with oil now.
quote: we have plenty of nuclear material for traditional nuclear power plants and breeder reactors for thousands of years.


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- BEST BUY® and Memorial Health System Form Alliance
Memorial Health System has become the first retail site in the country for Best Buy's new retail concept – BEST BUY QUICK PICKS™Read More...
- EMS ONLY - The Difficult Airway Course is coming to South Bend
Sponsored by Memorial Trauma Services and Memorial Medflight, The Difficult Airway Course (EMS) is a nationally known course that teaches advanced concepts in airway management.Read More...
- 2011 Expo For Women
The 2011 Expo For Women, a popular event that attracts thousands of women to downtown South Bend for exciting and informative activities, seminars, health screenings and demonstrations, will be held March 4-5.Read More...
- Memorial Hospital to Become the First Hospital in the State to Implant a Revo MRI ™ SureScan® Pacing System
Memorial Hospital will become the first hospital in the state to implant a Revo MRI™ SureScan® pacing system. This is the first, and only, MR-Conditional pacing system designed, tested and FDA-approved for use in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment.Read More...
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From SR-520 (coming from Seattle)
- Follow SR-520 East toward Bellevue/Kirkland.
- Merge onto I-405 North toward Everett.
- Exit at Totem Lake Blvd.
- Merge onto 120th Ave NE.
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- SCCA at EvergreenHealth is on the left.
Free parking is available in the EvergreenHealth Medical Center parking garages.
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Because of this thread I picked up CC on kindle, I tore through it in two days, and now I'm on my way!
I'm not impressive with it at all, and I'm taking Wade's advice, and going very slow with it, as I've not done ANY kind of exercising in the past few years. But, I can already do 20 wall pushups, and 5 leg raises. Keep in mind, I'm 250ish pounds, and not used to working out at all!


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Narrowing their focus
December 17, 2011 MARTINSBURG — Make no mistake about it: Local officials as well as subdivision residents know many homeowners associations face problems beyond their immediate control. more »»
EPOHOA to meet in Berkeley County
December 11, 2011 MARTINSBURG — Officials with the Eastern Panhandle Organization of Home Owners Association are trying something new on Dec. more »»
GOP criticizes Berkley for husband's home deals
December 11, 2011 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A company with ties to Democratic Re. more »»
Homeowner Issues - December 11
December 11, 2011 Tax preparer gets more than 5 years MEMPHIS, Tenn. more »»
Officials to legislators: Work needs done to help HOAs
December 4, 2011 MARTINSBURG — Eastern Panhandle officials and homeowners association representatives agree something needs to be done to correct problems that many subdivision property owners and their HOAs now... more »»
Tuscawilla Hills annual cleanup event a success
November 27, 2011 CHARLES TOWN — A steady stream of trucks — and even some cars — loaded with bagged yard waste, leaves and even some tree branches, greeted Tuscawilla Hills' organizers at the neighborhood's... more »»
Electronic recycling available to HOAs
November 27, 2011 CHARLES TOWN — Electronics recycling was a hit with Tuscawilla Hills residents, and it's something Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority Recycling Coordinator Billy Madert would like to introduc... more »»
HOA concerned about unfinished work
November 20, 2011 INWOOD — When Tabler Station Manor Homeowners Association Treasurer Fred Riggleman looks around his community, he can't help but notice what's still missing and the work that has yet to be complete. more »»
New bond procedure questioned
November 13, 2011 MARTINSBURG — A recent decision by Berkeley County Planning Commission officials to change their bond release process not only makes sense, but also insures that problematic ones are still... more »»
Homeowner Issues - November 13
November 13, 2011 HOA board member enters guilty plea LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former homeowner association board member and a property management company operator have taken plea deals in the federal investigation of Las... more »»
New-home sales gain as prices slashed
November 6, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes rose in September after four straight monthly declines, largely because builders cut their prices in the face of depressed deman. more »»
Reviews possible in 4 million foreclosures
November 6, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 million homeowners who may have been improperly foreclosed upon in 2009 and 2010 are getting an opportunity to have their cases reviewed. more »»
Reviews possible in 4 million foreclosures
November 5, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 million homeowners who may have been improperly foreclosed upon in 2009 and 2010 are getting an opportunity to have their cases reviewed. more »»
New-home sales gain as builders slash prices
November 5, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes rose in September after four straight monthly declines, largely because builders cut their prices in the face of depressed deman. more »»
Deerhunter charged
November 5, 2011 KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Police say a Kennesaw man has been charged with hunting deer in a subdivision. more »»
St Louis County stopping snow plows?
November 5, 2011 CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County's budget proposal — as a cost-cutting move — would stop plowing subdivision streets in unincorporated areas when it snows 2 inches or less. more »»
Fort Hill Farms bond set to expire Nov. 5
November 5, 2011 HEDGESVILLE — A bond that's set to expire for Fort Hill Farms, a Hedgesville subdivision, will be discussed by Berkeley County Planning Commission members at Monday night's meeting. more »»
Court asked to seize subdivision
November 5, 2011 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A North Carolina bank has asked a state judge to seize the Lakes at Magnolia Trace and sell it to settle a $6.1 million debt. more »»
Treatment plant operator jailed
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Renewable biofuel oozes from reprogrammed microbes
It seems like every day, a new way of producing biofuel is being discovered. Within the past few years, we've reported on technology that harvests biofuel from garbage, booze, crop waste, carbon dioxide and wood-munching marine isopods. Now, Arizona State University has announced a new development in the harvesting of biofuel from cyanobacteria microbes - ASU researchers Xinyao Liu and Roy Curtiss have genetically engineered bacteria that literally ooze the stuff out of their skins.
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue green algae, photosynthesize sunlight into energy-rich fatty acid oil, ideal for biofuel production. The challenge, as with many biofuel sources, has been in finding a way of economically getting at it. When we last reported on Liu and Curtiss, they had found a way of genetically programming the single-celled microbes to self-destruct, thus releasing their precious contents. They have now engineered cyanobacteria that continuously secret the oil through their skins, thus allowing for higher yields, and doing away with the need to be constantly producing more bacteria.
Liu started by producing cyanobacteria carrying the enzyme thioesterase, that clips the bonds that bind the fatty acid to more complex carrier proteins. This allowed for more oil to accumulate within the microbes, to the point where it could no longer be contained.
To make the process more efficient, he then modified two layers of the cyanobacteria's cellular envelope (skin) so that the fatty acid could get out more easily. Once out, it precipitates to the surface of the bacteria's liquid environment, where it forms an easily-harvested whitish residue.
Finally, the team added genes that caused overproduction of fatty acids, while also removing cellular pathways that weren't essential to the microbe's survival. The result was a cyanobacteria that devoted all its resources to oil production and basic survival.
So, what makes cyanobacteria a good source of biofuel? For one thing, it gets its energy from the sun, as opposed to the fuel-consuming manmade heat required by some other sources. It also doesn't take up valuable cropland, that could otherwise be used for growing food - look no further than the current criticism of large cornfields that are devoted solely to biofuel production.
And hey, what could be greener than blue-green algae?
Liu and Curtiss' full report was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – AUGUST 4, 2014 – Students in the Accelerated Professional Relevant Integrated Medical Education – Transformation of Medical Education initiative are participating in academic boot camps to prepare for the 2014-15 academic year. The day-long summer enrichment sessions running from late July to early August are bringing together for the first time students from The University of Texas at Brownsville and The University of Texas – Pan American in Edinburg to learn academic and medical skills.
"One thing we do have in common is we have the same goal to be a medical professional," said Hector Filizola, 17, a UTB freshman biomedical sciences major and a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph Academy in Brownsville.
The APRIME-TIME initiative is a partnership between the University of Texas System System, The University of Texas at El Paso, UTB, UTPA, The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Participating students can earn a bachelor's degree and a doctor of medicine degree in six years.
UTB's Department of Biomedicine in the College of Biomedical Sciences and Health Professions started offering the APRIME-TIME track for the bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences in fall 2013.
Esther Chavez, 19, a UTB sophomore biomedical sciences major from Laredo and a graduate of Laredo Alexander High School, is interested in pursuing reconstructive surgery after graduation.
"It was eye opening," Chavez said about her first year in APRIME-TIME. "It was the college experience on steroids. You are doing what regular college students are doing and learning what medical school will be like."
Summer 2014 Clinical Skills Program
The Summer 2014 Clinical Skills Program hosted more than 30 sophomore UTB and UTPA APRIME-TIME students from Monday, July 28 to Friday, Aug. 1 at University Center at Texas State Technical in Harlingen. Faculty members from The University of Texas Medical Brach at Galveston and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston worked with students in workshops and led discussions on writing prescriptions, interviewing pediatric and geriatric patients, trauma, health care privacy, empathy and communication skills.
Dr. Michael Ainsworth, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Educational Assessment in UTMB at Galveston's School of Medicine, said it was gratifying to work with the students who asked challenging and serious questions.
"The very satisfying part as a medical school faculty member is to work with college students on their academic campus," said Ainsworth. "I get to work with them and shape their academics."
David Castillo, 19, a UTB sophomore biomedical sciences major from Brownsville and a graduate of Saint Joseph Academy, is interested in internal medicine and cardiology.
"The boot camp has been an excellent learning experience and reinforcement for the clinical experiences we had during the year," he said.
APRIME-TIME Boot Camp
The APRIME-TIME Boot Camp began Monday, July 28 and ends Friday, Aug. 8 at Main's Salon Cassia at UTB. UTB faculty and invited guests are working with first-year UTB biomedical students on chemistry, physics, English, mathematics, medical terminology, reflective writing and other topics. Twenty-three freshmen are part of APRIME-TIME this year.
The APRIME-TIME program has a full-time coordinator for the first time. Dr. Manuel G. Saldivar began in late June. The Brownsville native graduated in 2005 from UTB with a master's degree in education in educational technology and is a 1992 graduate of Brownsville Hanna High School.
Saldivar, who has also has bachelor's degree in history from The University of Texas at Austin, a joint doctoral degree in cognitive science and educational psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and post-doctoral work at Florida State University, said he wants to see students understand the technology being used in the medical field. He said the students can see this first-hand as they shadow area medical personnel as part of their classwork.
Saldivar said he hopes the students grasp what is expected of them during the two-week enrichment activity.
"We knew from the application process that they were impressive on paper," Saldivar said about freshman biomedical students. "They have proved to be just as impressive in person."
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As tourist sights go, the six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's old home in Key West, Fla., aren't exactly a thrill a minute. Yet their languid preening in the sun is part of what draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to the house a year. "God bless the cats," says Key West photographer Jan Isherwood. "They make people happy."
At least for now. After complaints from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that the cats wander off the property (one was killed by a car in 2005), the future of the 47 felines—said to be descended from Hemingway's six-toed cat Snowball—is now in question. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which considers the cats one of the museum's exhibits, says they should be treated according to the Animal Welfare Act, which requires a license to display them—and perhaps cages or an electric fence to confine them. "You don't want cats getting hit by cars," says Terry Curtis, an animal behaviorist who inspected the museum in July.
But to museum staff the cats are beloved, even pampered, pets, and the sudden intervention of the feds in their lives seems like a case of bureaucratic overkill. "The same organization that has slashed funding for investigating mad cow disease continues to spend money on this," says Cara Higgins, an attorney representing the Hemingway Home. Already the museum has installed wire mesh and a misting system to keep the cats inside the fence. But if the USDA insists on cages for its cats, says museum manager Jacque Sands, "we'll give them away to good homes."
Catfight in Key West
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I froze there, we could all. Give us a sense of what you saw. So what was it like, that's OK, what was the physical, there were the dashikis, I mean, people in long dresses, there were folks, a lot of, Baraka's people were all in Black, I mean, it was all, OK.
OK, give me a sense of what you saw, what you saw when you walked in there and the sense of confusion you had at first and then what that developed into.
OK, ah, when I first went in to the convention and, ah, I began to, you know, look at the different people that were there and, really, it was, ah, I was stunned, you see, seeing people weighing dashikis, some wearing long dress with the headbands, and, ah, and, and, um, seeing people with the, ah, ah, you know, ah, Black outfits and so on, it was just, ah, something that we couldn't relate to, because we were, you know, in our areas, people didn't dress that way, and, and, ah, and as a matter of fact, we didn't have any people, you know, that, ah, even remotely associated to wearing an African hairstyle at the time, Afro. And, to go in, it really made you wonder, you know, if, if you were at the right place or if you, if I'm here, my being here if it's really going to make a difference. Ah, it, it, it was just a state of confusion right then. When you looked over the, over the room, looked over the convention hall and you saw all of these different people there, and, ah, just saw all of these different dresses, coats, ah, different, ah, even talking different languages than we were, and, we began to, I began to really wonder, you know, how I was going to relate to this, you know, how, what am I going to get out of this, and even if I was going to get anything, ah, to carry back home. But, ah, after getting through that point and, and, ah, really, ah, people getting organized, people getting signed in and identified at the convention, then the convention took on a whole different meaning. Ah, the true meaning of the convention came out, and people began to address problems, ah, problems that we all could relate to, ah, not having Black leadership, not having a Black national party, and, ah, all these other things just seemed to cease, and it was at that point that we realized that, and I realized that, even though we were there, ah, different in appearances and even a lot of, in our languages and all, but we were all one and the same.
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On Wednesday, the country singer stopped by The Tonight Show to talk about his new album Bringing Back the Sunshine and play one of host Jimmy Fallon's signature goofy games.
To celebrate the beginning of the NFL season, Shelton and Fallon indulged in a round of "Random Object Football Toss." Instead of passing the pigskin, the "players" tried to throw mannequin heads, sub sandwiches, eight-layer dip and other random football replacements into a target.
After a few false starts, Mr. Miranda Lambert had his Hail Mary moment thanks to a beer pitcher full of peanuts.
Perhaps there is a future for Shelton in the studio and on the field.
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My solution was to quit U1 via the system area app icon and restart it via the desktop icon. It then carried out the sync operation, but it didn't update the space used! So I quit again the same way and restarted it, then the usage updated.
How can I recommend this product choice to family, friends, colleagues or customers when it needs this much baby sitting? Sure I could have carried out the other suggestions above (shutting down and restarting services), but the average Joe isn't going to be able to do that easily without clear instruction -- heck some people can't even understand how to create a new folder to store files...
Thanks for the tip dokoma. It worked for me!!!
The folder in WIn7 for me was
C:\Users\michael\AppData\Local\xdg\ubuntuone\syncd aemon\tritcask
After deleting the files in this folder and restarting U1 everything worked fine. You'll lose your sync directories. Delete it via the U1 Homepage and reset it again.
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- Agricultural (spraying, dusting, seeding, and livestock and predatory animal control).
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- Any other operation specified by the Administrator.
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A restricted category special airworthiness certificate is issued to operate aircraft that have been type certificated in the restricted category. Operation of restricted category aircraft is limited to special purposes identified in the applicable type design. These special purpose operations include the following:


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Significance and Use
Isothermal secant bulk modulus (static bulk modulus) is a property that measures the compressibility of a liquid. The greater the value, the less the compressibility of the liquid.
Isothermal secant bulk modulus is employed in the design of high performance hydraulic fluid and braking systems. High bulk modulus is desirable in that the response time of a system is faster when applied pressure more directly effects the action of the system rather than in the compression of the working liquid.
If isothermal secant bulk modulus is known as a function of pressure, the data may be used to calculate isothermal tangent bulk modulus and density as a function of pressure. The data may not, however, be used to determine isentropic (dynamic) bulk modulus. That property is usually determined from velocity of sound measurements and differs from isothermal bulk modulus by the ratio of Cp/Cv = γ (the ratio of heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant volume for the test specimen.
1. Scope
1.1 This test method covers the determination of isothermal secant and tangent bulk modulus of liquids which are stable and compatible with stainless steel under the conditions of test.
1.2 This test method is designed to be used over the temperature range from -40 to 200°C and from ambient to 68.95 Mpa (10 000 psig).
Note 1—Because of the design of the test apparatus, the upper limit of pressure which can be attained is limited by the bulk modulus of the test fluid. Pressures as high as 68.95 Mpa will not be attained for fluids of relatively low bulk modulus at the test temperature.
1.3 This test method assumes that the user is proficient in the assembly and use of medium pressure (m/p) threaded and coned fittings which are intended for use at pressures up to 137.9 Mpa (20 000 psig).
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Whether her party is a large, formal event or a small gathering of family and friends, you'll find all the Sweet 16 decorations, tableware, invitations and favors you'll need to show her a fabulous time with minimal stress on your part. A custom Sweet 16 invitation is a great place to start, and if you're artsy it's easy to create a photo card with a collage of images from the day you brought her home to the present. You'll also find all the paper products you need in a variety of themes, from traditional sugary pink to flowers and peace signs. We carry softly pastel polka dots alongside pink zebra stripes for the wild child. Many patterns are available in super-cheap party packs that come with all the essentials for serving eight guests.


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Virginia DUI Law
If you have been arrested for drunk driving in the state of Virginia, it is natural to be frightened about the future and uncertain what to do next. Being arrested, processed and formally charged with a crime is a daunting experience; however, it is just the beginning of your dealings with the legal system.
The important thing to remember is you have options. In the United States, you have the right to a lawyer and a fair trial; you also are innocent until proven guilty. Being arrested for drunk driving does not mean you'll be convicted; moreover, being convicted does not have to mean going to jail.
The key to protecting yourself after an arrest for impaired driving is to speak with a Virginia attorney who handles DUI defense. A lawyer can review your situation, explain your options, help you make informed choices, and assist you pursuing a favorable outcome.
A Virginia DUI Attorney can answer key questions about your case, including:
- What could happen to me after an arrest for driving drunk in Virginia?
- Should I plea bargain or fight my drunk driving charges?
- What kinds of DUI defense options exist under Virginia law?
- How can a lawyer help me with a DUI defense?
What Could Happen to Me after an Arrest for Driving Drunk in Virginia?
Virginia Law section 46.2-391.2 states that a driver who fails a blood alcohol content (BAC) test is going to have their driver's license automatically suspended. The license suspension is an administrative suspension and it happens immediately. This means even if you don't get convicted of drunk driving, you could be prohibited to drive. You have the right to fight against this and should have an attorney help you do so.
In addition to the administrative suspension, you could face a court trial to determine if you are guilty of drunk driving. If you are found guilty and it is your first offense, your license could be revoked for a year and you'll be fined at least $250. For a second offense, the minimum fine goes up to $500 and you could face a possible jail term of up to a year.
Third-time offenders, those with kids in the car, and those with high BACs above 0.15 percent also face more serious penalties. The Virginia DMV provides a comprehensive summary of the potential jail time, fines and license suspensions you could face if convicted under varying circumstances.
Should I Plea Bargain or Fight My Drunk Driving Charges?
With the potential to lose your license, go to jail, and have a criminal record: the stakes are high. You need to decide whether to admit guilt and try to plea bargain down to a lesser offense, or whether to go to court and hope you don't get convicted.
A prosecutor has the burden of proving you drove drunk, so you don't necessarily have to prove you were innocent. If a prosecutor cannot show that you were driving above the legal limit, then a jury shouldn't find you guilty. A Virginia DUI defense attorney can evaluate the facts and circumstances of your case and help you decide on how to best proceed.
Prosecutors also have discretion as to whether they want to negotiate a plea deal with you or not. Your attorney can handle speaking with the prosecutor and explore programs that may provide alternatives to criminal conviction.
What Kinds of DUI Defenses Exist in Virginia?
To defend yourself against a drunk driving charge, you can argue that your constitutional rights were violated. If you were pulled over or had your blood alcohol content checked without probable cause, this could be a violation of the Fourth Amendment. This would mean any evidence collected illegally will be kept out of court. Without evidence, a prosecutor cannot prove a case and the charges should either be dropped or you should be found not guilty.
Other possible ways to defend a DUI charge in Virginia include:
- A rising BAC defense: You can argue that your blood alcohol content was below the limit when you were driving but rose above the limit before you were tested. Your BAC does continue to go up for a period of time after you stop drinking, but this defense tends to work best if you were very close to the limit and if there was a time gap between when you were driving and when you were tested.
- A faulty breathalyzer defense: Breathalyzers are machines that may not always work perfectly. There have been reported cases of DUI convictions being overturned because of breath-test problems. Even in Washington, D.C., some DWI convictions were thrown out when it became apparent that at least eight of the police department's 10 Intoxilyzer devices were defective. You can present witness testimony showing problems with the breath test, with its administration, or with calibration of the machine.
These are just a few of many possible defenses in a drunk driving case that goes to court in Virginia.
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Introduction to ScrapSimple Paper Templates for Digital Scrapbooking
If you haven't had a chance to work with the ScrapSimple Paper Templates and are a little hesitant or worried about what you can do with them and how they work, I would suggest downloading the Refresh Collection that we have in the boutique. Not only is it a great summer kit that you can use over and over, it also has some products from the ScrapSimple line in it and is a great way to experiment.
What is a ScrapSimple Paper Template you might ask? Basically, think of it as a piece of black and white patterned paper. All you need to do is add your own colors and textures and you have some papers that can be used by themselves in a layout, or added to your favorite collection.
To start off, I'm going to give you a few, easy ways to fill these templates with color. Now keep in mind, just like with anything you do in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements there are several ways you can get the same results. What I'm showing you are the methods that have easily worked for myself.
The first is to create a new Fill Layer. If you're wanting to fill the template with one shade of color, this will work easily for you. In this example, I'm using the ScrapSimple Paper Template: Damask. I always open the template and a new document first. Then, drag the templates onto the new document. By doing this, you do not take the risk of making adjustments to your original template. Select Layer> New Fill Layer> Solid Color. You will then get a pop-up screen, click "OK," then select the color for the layer.
Once you have selected the color you would like your pattern to be, click "OK." You will then see a solid color over your template. You will need to clip this colored layer to your patterned layer, which can be done by pressing Ctrl+G. This will fill the pattern with your chosen color, and then you may merge the two layers.
The next example will show you how to colorize the templates using the Magic Wand and Color Fill. This comes in handy if you're wanting to color in your paper template with several different colors. For this example, I'll be using the ScrapSimple Paper Template: Diamonds.
Open your template and new document as instructed in the previous example. Once you have done this, take your Magic Wand and select a diamond on the template. When you have selected that diamond, the marching ants appear around it. While that one diamond has been successfully selected, what about the remaining diamonds in the same shade of gray? By following this step: Select> Similar you will see all the diamonds in that same shade now have the marching ants around them.
To fill those diamonds with color, go to Edit> Fill Selection. A color fill box will pop up. From there you can choose to fill those diamonds with your Foreground or Background Color (those are the colors in the bottom left corner that are default at black/white) or you may choose "Color..." which will let you select a custom color.
Once you select "Color" as an option, the Color Picker Box will come up and you can select your shade from there. After you have picked your color, click "OK" and you will see the diamonds are now filled with the chosen color.
To deselect the diamonds (get rid of the marching ants), hold down the Ctrl key and hit D. Follow the same steps with the remaining diamonds, and once finished, your template should look something like this.
The final way I'm going to show you takes a little more time and patience. It can be used mainly if you want to use different colors of the same shade in the template. For this example, I'll be using the ScrapSimple Paper Template: Refresh that comes with the Refresh freebie in the boutique.
First, open your template and move it over to a new document. Since you are going to be using your Paint Bucket to fill these shades of gray on the template with color, I find it works easier if you zoom in on the section of template you're working with. You will notice on my example template, I have decided that I want all my plain sandals, and the base of the decorated ones, one solid color. To achieve this, I used the Color Fill instructions listed above. The next thing I do is to change my Foreground/Background colors to the colors I'm going to use on the template. So before you are ready to start filling in the color, your screen should look similar to this.
Finally, choose your Paint Bucket and start filling in your designs with color. You can get as detailed you like; this is where your creativity comes into play. Once you have finished, you will have a template filled with color just as you did in the previous two examples.
The final step in creating a pattern paper with any of the above techniques is to apply a base color and some texture or dimension. First, you need to add a new layer and fill that layer with the color of your choice. Next, you need to add texture to your paper. This can be done in many ways. A few include:
Built-in filters. Across the top of your Tool Bar, you will see the word "Filters." From that drop-down menu are many different categories and sub categories. Each one, along with different setting, can achieve different looks. Here's an example of a paper I created using the "Sponge" filter, which can be found at Filter> Artistic> Sponge with the settings at Brush Size: 0, Definition: 10 and Smoothness: 9. This was used only on the solid background color; I then lowered the opacity of the pattern layer.
Built-in patterns. Photoshop comes with patterns already built in that are a great addition to these templates. To add a new pattern layer, you will go Layer> New Fill Layer> Pattern.
You will receive a pop-up box, click "OK" and another pop-up will appear. This pop-up will have the different categories and types of textures available. Also you will see the word scale and a slider. You can adjust what the texture will look like on your paper.
This is an example of the paper created using the "Burlap" texture (found in the "Artist Surfaces" Category) Scale of 100%, Opacity of the texture layer lowered to 33% and the opacity of the pattern layer changed to 67%.
Scrap Girls Transparencies. Finally, the last way I'm going to show you is by using some of the great transparencies we have in the boutique. With these, it's at simple as laying the transparency over your paper and you've got a ready-to-go patterned paper! All of these papers use the same ScrapSimple Paper Template: Damask bases, they just use different transparencies on top to vary their looks. See how creative you can get!
Paper made using the Crumpled Transparency (retired)
Paper made using the Antique Rose Transparency (retired)
Layout by Angie Briggs
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On Friday, Google rolled out personalised search for everyone; so even if you're not signed in you'll get results based on your search activity over the last 180 days.
Personalised search works by ranking results higher if a user has shown a tendency to click on them more often. So if I search for [news] every morning while I am drinking my coffee, and I choose the number-eight result www.thesun.co.uk each time then Google will assume that I probably want to see that site higher up the rankings and put it at the top for me in future.
Apart from during our daily checking-of-rankings routine, this might not be such a bad thing for SEOs: we just need to encourage users to click our results instead of our competitors and the next time we might be rewarded with a higher ranking. Frankly, that's something we should be thinking about anyway, so how can we do it?
Optimise title tags for clicks
As SEOs we are judged on rankings not on clicks, so we tend to optimise title tags for keyword prominence to grab that extra place where we can. But if we write title tags for clicks we might get more traffic from a lower ranking and be rewarded with high rankings in subsequent searches. So in the new world of personalised search would the title tag:
Zeta Widgets > Click now to see the best deals on the web
Be more effective than its keyword-stuffed alternative? And unlike AdWords no-one can stop us from using unsubstantiated superlatives
Meta Description
The long-neglected meta description tag could play a vital role in the world of personalised search. We can use it to display a custom snippet that is designed to drive clicks and boost our personalised rankings. Because the meta description is only ever displayed as a search snippet you can use language that you wouldn't normally use on your site.
Google has been telling us for years that we should write better meta descriptions, but now they have given us an even better reason to do it.
When a website has strong rankings altering the Title tag is a scary proposition, but I know that the Zeta team is going to be busy looking at ways to maximise click through rates where possible over the next few weeks.
If personalised search only has the effect of making us think more about getting users to actually click on our results in the SERPs then I think it has done a good job. And even though, as an SEO, I will have to disable it in all my browsers I think the average user will find this change an improvement.


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Citko, B. 2014. 'On Ellipsis and Feature Inheritance in the Left Periphery, ' Variation in C: Macro and Micro-Comparative Approaches to Complementizers and the CP Phase, University of Venice, Oct 22, 2014.
Citko, B. 2014. 'The Gapping that Could,' 23rd Annual Meeting of the Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley, CA, May 2, 2014.
Citko, B. 2013. 'Size Matters: Multidominance and DP Structure in Polish,' 44th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, Aug 6, 2013.Citko, B. and M. Gracanin-Yuksek. 2013. 'Multiple Coordinated Relative Clauses'. Presented at the LSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Jan 6, 2013. [handout]


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Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery shopping; tourists pulled out their cameras.
In San Francisco, the traditions of Chinese-American funeral processions, with their blend of Eastern and Western customs, are thriving. Almost 300 parades wind their way from the Green Street Mortuary every year, shutting down busy streets. And one band plays them all: the Green St. Mortuary Band.
"There's a real sense of community, " said band leader Lisa Pollard.
Motorcycle escorts clear the way, and a convertible bearing a picture of the deceased framed in flowers lets bystanders know who is being honored with the pageantry. Dozens of cars -- up to 100 for highly regarded decedents -- follow the procession past garment shops, dim sum restaurants, herb sellers.
"This is so people in Chinatown can see who passed away -- they will step out and see who it is passing by, " said mortuary general manager Bill Steiner, who has picked up some Cantonese since he joined Green Street in 1976.
Just as New Orleans' jazz funerals reflect a melting pot of spiritual and musical traditions, San Francisco's tradition of honoring the dead with a band and public procession comes from a long commingling of Chinese and European customs.
The buildings, redone after the 1906 earthquake in a pseudo-Oriental style with curved eaves and colorful lanterns, make the neighborhood one of the city's biggest tourist attractions. But it remains a place where first-generation immigrants get their first toehold in America, counting on the support of traditional family associations and the comfort of a familiar language.
"San Francisco has been good about keeping these traditions -- it's really amazing to see, " said Amy Chan, camera in hand. She was visiting from Cleveland, Ohio, and had never seen a band playing along with a funeral.
Unlike New Orleans' jazz funerals, however, which range from small processions of a few dozen people to long parades that stretch for blocks, the Chinatown funerals are big productions that can often be more expensive that weddings, with the "deluxe package" running just under $10,000 without the casket.
The music is not always as indigenous as what you'd hear at a typical jazz funeral: The Green St. Mortuary Band mixes Christian hymns, Chinese tunes, and anything else that strikes the family's fancy.
One family whose relative died of lung cancer had "Smoke gets in your eyes" played -- it was the deceased's last request. Chinese-American author Amy Tan wanted "Daisy Bell, " also known as "A bicycle built for two, " played on her mother Daisy's funeral, said band leader Pollard. "When we played it on a corner in Chinatown, " she said, "it was a real tear jerker."
The funeral service offered by Green Street also includes ceremonial paper products -- paper replicas of mansions, fancy cars, servants, outfits, mah jong tables -- that can be burned within the chapels, which are equipped with an exhaust system, or at the cemetery, said Steiner.
Demand for the full service, band and all, has remained steady in spite of the recession, Steiner said.
"It's a sign of respect for the family member, " Steiner said. "People come to us for this. It's special."


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I need to visit a web site in the UK. However, whenever I try and
visit it redirects me to its US web site, presumably because it is
detecting that my connection request is coming from the US. Meaning to
make things simpler, the designers of that site simply screw me up :-(
Is there a way around this? I imagine that they must be getting
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Sculpted Bread Animals at Boudin in SF
Boudin at Fisherman's Wharf
160 Jefferson St
San Francisco, CA 94133
Being from the Bay Area, I've been to San Francisco countless times. Every time someone is visiting, my family will take the person to the big touristy spots like the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, etc. Apparently, I thought I'd been to all the main touristy spots, but somehow I missed out on Boudin at the Wharf. My family has never paid Boudin a visit.
Last week, Baby Brother went there for the first time with some friends. While Boudin is a chain of sour dough bread cafes that can be found in multiple locations, the Boudin at the Wharf includes a Baker's Hall and also a museum/tour. Baby brother took tons of pictures of the beautifully sculpted bread animals made by Boudin. I was amazed by the pictures he took. Had I known about this place earlier, I definitely would have been excited to visit and would have purchased a few of these beautiful breads.
Since I didn't actually go on this tour, I don't have much to say. I'll just let Baby Brother's photos do the talking.
9 Responses to "Sculpted Bread Animals at Boudin in SF"
wow… pretty cool!
I sure miss the abundance of Boudin stores. Love love love Boudin.
I know right? I wonder how they get the detail on some of the more complicated ones like the alligator.
I know there are a few Boudin cafes at some of the malls around here, but I haven't tried them. Have you? Are they any good?
I've been to the ones in UTC and Horton Plaza. I think I like the one in UTC better, at least the clam chowder seems to always be better. The bread is comparable. Pandera is much closer to home and their bread is good, just different. Their sourdough never seems to be sour or as good as Boudin's.
I've also had catered lunch at work from Boudin and loved it!
I always pass by the UTC one, but haven't tried it out. Next time I'll try it!
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SAGINAW, MI — Former Detroit Red Wing Kris Draper helped students at Saginaw's St. Stephen Catholic school to a shootout victory over their teachers in a friendly game of floor hockey on Friday, April 11.
Draper visited the Saginaw school for the Red Wings School Assembly Program to talk about the importance of healthy eating and exercise. St. Stephen was the last stop on the program's schedule for the 2013-2014 school year.
"He's a really good player. It was cool to see him here and interact with us," said 13-year-old Lynn Shabluk, an eighth grader from Saginaw Township.
Eighth-grade student Laura Schultz, 13, of Saginaw Township, said Draper was very nice and funny.
Students and teachers lined up to challenge one another in a shootout. Draper, by student request, joined their team, but also helped out the teachers with a few shots.
Prior to the assembly starting, students and teachers alike stepped up to meet Draper, a Red Wings player from 1993 until his retirement in June 2011.
Sean Nowosatka, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Saginaw, said he's met Draper before, but got a statue of the player signed at Friday's assembly.
Here are a few things St. Stephen students learned from Draper:
- Draper's favorite sports:
"Golf is very frustrating for me," he said.
Hockey, of course, is his favorite sport.
- What it was like to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in 1997:
Draper wanted to play in the NHL since he was a kid, so winning the Stanley Cup was a "dream come true," he said.
"I couldn't wait to get my hands on the cup. One of the greatest things in my life was to hoist that cup," he said.
That was the first of four NHL championships Draper won with the Red Wings.
- Draper's favorite subjects in school:
When he was in school, Draper's favorite classes were gym, geography and history.
- What he ate before hockey games:
Draper said it was important to eat healthy meals prior to games. He started with a spinach salad or soup, then ate grilled chicken with pasta and a vegetable such as broccoli, spinach or peppers.
After a nap, Draper would eat whole-wheat toast or an English muffin with peanut butter and head to the rink.
Each student received a Red Wings folder and poster, and St. Stephen school received a banner to hang in its gym like the championship banners hanging in the rafters at Joe Louis Arena.
"The energy in this gym was outstanding," Draper told the students. "Thank you so much for having me, and go Wings."
— Lindsay Knake covers education for MLive/The Saginaw News. Follow her on twitter or contact her at 989-372-2498 or email@example.com.