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Actually, while we're at it, i liked the WHFRP idea of careers. That hasn't really been done in a CRPG that i know of.
Although similar, and also cool, was the Darklands character generation system.
Thinking about it a little on the way home, my main annoyances with cRPG combat (other than mentioned above)
- it often comes down to simply focusing on one guy at a time until he dies, then focus on the next. It'd be good to have a system that discouraged that by making tactics like flanking and charging more important.
- environment and other options often don't play a part. (cover, height, etc..)
- fighting lower level enemies becomes a repetitive time consuming chore... you know you'll win but you have to see it through each time. Possibly allowing people to overpower their first attack at a risk of leaving themselves vulnerable might allow you to speed through those filler battles.
the first two can be solved by turning it into any game with Tactics in the title ;-)
@ Billnotben
Well one solution to starting off in a new skill is that party members could tutor each other. So a thief with 90 points in lock picking could train a wizard to a basic level 15 in lock pick or so that the wizard could then have the skill to actually pick basic locks and start earning their own skill points in it. Success of teaching depending on the intelligence stat of the student and teaching or leadership skill of the tutor with each level requiring higher skills from both. Or it could be locked to a certain percentage of the tutors skill or just a hard limit to the maximum tutoring level.
I definitely think there should be zones of control where being adjacent to an enemy locks you to them and you turn to face them and you have to pass a tumble save to move away from them. Fail and you take an autohit or a stunned for the the rest of the turn. Whilst in a lock a second unit could move behind the locked unit and gain a big damage bonus. There could be special warrior feats that prevent llocked enemies from turning away from them (protecting the thief behind the target) and rouges could gain a sidestep feat that lets them move around the side of a lock at increased movement cost but without needing a tumble save.
One idea I had to make thieves interesting, and possibly remove arbitary levelling, is that agility and strength are opposites. You gain points in strength by swinging heavy weapons about and lugging heavy armour and junk about whilst you increase agility by moving quickly (more hexes per turn) and equipping light. So agility is gained by dashing about and strength is gained by fighting in heavier armour. Higher strength removes encumberance penalty from heavy armour allowing the warriors to equip increasingly robust armour which would get rid of my peeve with level 3 characters fighting in full plate without problems because they ticked the heavy armour box at the start. I just think full plate mail should be earned and getting your full suit and actually being able to fight in it, rather than just collapse into heap from exertion should be kind of a big deal. High agility lets you jump to higer floors, wall run, use more finesse based weapons (daggers, rapiers), jump over enemies, or even run on water ninja style. But agility is reduced by encumberance so theives will have to travel light and rely on special moves and speed to fight particular targets whilst a warrior could be much more a tank wading in with melee AOE attacks and abilities focusing on aggro or crowd control. It means a thief could wear heavy armour/weapons but would lose all their dodge and assasin abilities, would do minimum damage and would essentially play like a level one warrior.
A few examples of higher level special abilities I thought of.
Battle axe
Slash-180 degree arcs that damage across three hexes. Increased chance of crippling.
Executioner- Powerful overhead chop. If hits double damage. If blocked target is crippled and has 50% chance of disarming
Ground smash- Traditional AOE stun attack.
Jab- Surpises opponent with jab of hammer head into his tummy. Guaranteed stun on hit. Victim unable to tumble
Tiger smash- If agility is high enough the warrior can jump a few hexes and perform ground smash.
Shield counter- On successful block warrior will counter, if counter hits enemy will take small damage and either a) lose remaining move points b) be knocked back or c) knocked down
Targe charge- If warrior is not locked he can charge in a straight line. Any enemies encountered take small damage and are knocked back or out.
Athleticism/jumping up and down
Wall running- Can run along vertical surfaces. Must end turn on flat ground or will suffer medium damage and ailments from falling.
Pogo - Can mantle over enemies avoiding being locked but will lose move points and be knocked down if the guard makes a save.
Bolt cutter- Samurai has chance to block arrows with just sword. Has to be facing and has detected enemy.
And so on and so on. Each skill should carry its own distinct abilities and advantages. Swords are balanced for defence and offence, axes do more damage but less likely to block, hammers do less damage than axes but cause more ailments (knockdown, stun), quarter staffs have weak attack but strong defence, crossbows are more powerful but only fire straight whilst arrows can arc. In the end a warrior specialising in axes should play differently to a warrior specialising in sword and shield.
@ C-row
Again I'm trying to stick as close to simulation as possible so I want to avoid arbitary skill point placement with no inuniverse explanation
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Final Fantasy Tactics used a system in which experience and skill points were separated but earned in the same way: performing actions. Skill points would be deposited into the character's current class, and 25% of that amount would go to the same class for all other characters. The result was that focused parties would rapidly earn more skills for a single class, while more diverse parties would still be able to pick up critical skills without excessive grinding. It also allowed for "increase through use" without being very limiting in how the character behaved in battle or developed.
We do seem to have gone into a Tactics area. (might be my fault, sorry.)
Not that integrating a more tactics-type game into a standard western RPG wouldn't be a nice idea, but I'm starting to think it's all got too complex. And complex means every battle takes a long time and that gets grindy.
The article/comments on Dufus (or whatever it's called) was interesting. The writer (alec?) talked about how the combat had much more tactical depth than most MMOs, and more options and skills, and how it's repetitive and grindy. Sometimes adding too much depth and too many skills doesn't make things more interesting and varied at all. (and i guess that's why FF tactics and such games use things like the Random Battle Rules to try and mix things up each battle.)
So, i guess there might be something to say for the "fighters and rogues just hit things, and all you concentrate on is picking spells" approach. Much as i hate it.
Anyway, what I want isn't specifically more moves/attacks, but i want more variation in how battles play out. Almost every game i've played tends to have a standard tactic that you effectively repeat in every battle. Adding more complexity (something like the fights in Kings Bounty) doesn't actually change that as you still repeat the most effective tactic in every battle.
I don't know how you'd go about it, other than random rules or random arenas. But i think maybe a smaller set of moves/ but making positioning more important might be the way to go. (like chess or bloodbowl).
What if fighting any specific enemy was optional, or trivial, but the true "challenge" lay in a higher-order goal? Fighting someone becomes important not because you have to kill him or him you, but because eluding him, or subduing him, or hypnotising him, or yeah plain killing him, will have a consequence on how easy (or hard) your greater goal will be to realise.
There're no tactics in boxing. As long as you regard an in-game fight as analogous to boxing (only with sticks and spells), your game won't have tactics either.
In Dufus the complaint may be that all the skills are poorly defined and theres no practical difference between a warrior with an axe and a warrior with sword. Or it might be that the encounters become too similar and the environments too flat and samey so the same tactic can be recycled.
One work around is not random arenas/mission areas but carefully made arenas using multiple layers, environmental features (dense bush, long grass) and hazards (crumbling walls, burnable features). This means the player would need to mix up their tactics to compensate. You can't just send your tank to kill those archers on the roof because he can only climb one square at a time so they'll have three whole turns to rain arrows on him, better send your rogue in to disrupt them, or have your wizard summon a dust cloud or etc etc.
Again if combat can be defined as a grind then you've messed up somewhere. In this case I'd say you'd messed up encounter design or had given enemies too much health. That is a complaint I have with most tactics game apart from Fire Emblem which gets it right and knows charging an archer with a knight should result in a very dead archer.
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One element I thought of to avoid grinds is to treat it like an old Ultima or Final Fantasy game. Explorable overworld then you enter tactical combat. Skills only improve during combat and there are no random battles.
Last edited by Bhazor; 06-03-2012 at 01:44 PM.
In short, there are a lot of limitations on the system that make it so anything short of dedicated grinding with a specific class is going to result in characters who can--at best--pick up just a few critical abilities from the JP-sharing effect over the course of the game.
Simple question - party-based turns or moving/actions by initiative? The former would mean less interruptions for the player, but whoever gets the first turn (based on group initiative/random/?) could totally stomp the enemy party into the ground in the first round without even getting a scratch, which sounds great as long as it's your turn. Shifting back and forth between parties based on each party member's initiative somewhat balances this, unless one side simply is much better than the other.
(That second part is coming out of BullButNotBen's problem, of how do you not have players using a default most-effective-tactic for every fight?)
Lot of tricky issues. For some reason this is becoming one my idle-time trains of thought, yay :-|.
Well my preference is to somekind of initiative order (like Temple of Elemental Evil). There could be additional conditions as well so in an ambush the enemy would have a big initiative bonus so maybe only one guy from the player side gets a turn before the entire enemy side has had a turn. Or there might be a siege condition where you know in advance where the enemy is coming from and so you get a free turn to move everyone around. I think it would be best linked to agility so that rogues and light troops get to sieze choice spots and tanks won't just instant kill a major unit before it's even had a chance to move out of the way.
But again thats going into actual implementation. How deadly the first turn is will vary greatly on size of map and on how much control the player(s) have on unit placement.
Yeah, designing things like this can really niggle away at you when you least expect it. I confess I once planned a set of character skills whilst spooning.
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heh! It's been one of my pasttimes for the past years. I never get to a good system, it's either too simplistic, too exploitable or just boring.
I'm leaning now for what I mentioned before, some kind of mix between Summoner Wars, but combat being resolved "á là" Archon, updated to dota-like abilities. I would be keeping the game factions asymetrical for balance purposes, and there's still the problem of ranged combat to solve, because a crappy minigame won't cut it.
This is just for a vs game of couse, not your average party dungeoneering game. For that P&P rules are unbeatable.
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A silk coated breast in one hand, a thumb looped through the wasteband of her panties and there's me thinking about how to balance a rogues backstab ability when their agility means they could run rings around tanks.
I don't know whether 12 year old me would be happy or disapointed with me.
Well I'd argue if it can be played with cards it should be played with cards. Very few rpg systems utilise computers for their background stuff and you end up with many rules being removed because feeble human minds can't keep track of all the numbers and rules. A computer on the other hand has no such restriction and indeed a very complex P&P system could translate into a very fast paced game. Just look at Disgaea or Temple of Elemental Evil. A lot of numbers being crunched, Disgaea in particular has a plethora of semi hidden stats it tracks, yet in practice and with animations speeded up a battle that would take 30 minutes on P&P could last 5 minutes in game. So yeah I wouldn't make a simple combat CRPG/tactics system unless it really was an Advance Wars style pick up and play short burst arcade strategy game. Which are certainly fun but again don't seem to use the medium to its advantage.
@ c-Row
Certainly a new idea to me but I think it would really only work in a few games. Would like to see the system in XCom though. Sort of like a focused overwatch mode.
Was there a similar system in Laser Squad Nemesis? I think I remember that having simultaneous turns.


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LOS ANGELES -- At age 20, Jose Fernandez is gaining the full experience of the big leagues. On Friday night, the rookie right-hander once again took on the role of stopper, snapping a three-game Miami losing streak for the second straight start.
Fernandez gave up three runs and struck out seven in six innings and Derek Dietrich hit his first career homer in the Marlins' 5-4 win over the Dodgers in front of 41,721 at Dodger Stadium.
Swept in three games at San Diego, the Marlins rallied to victory in the opener in Los Angeles. Adrian Gonzalez's three-run homer in the first inning plated all the runs Fernandez would yield.
"I got in here today, and I saw a lot of happy faces," said Fernandez, making his seventh big league start. "We lost our last three games, and we came back today. This is what it's about. It's fun. This team is going to play hard."
The way the night started, it appeared the Marlins were headed for more of the same. They scored just one run in the three games at San Diego, and at no point this season had they earned a victory after having more than a two-run deficit.
They did rally from two runs down at Cincinnati on April 20, but they ended up losing. And their biggest comeback win was erasing a one-run deficit, done four times, with the last in their walk-off win over the Mets in 15 innings on April 30.
So when Gonzalez homered in the first inning, the Marlins were in need of a lift. Fernandez provided it, repeatedly pounding the strike zone. Of his 86 pitches, 66 were strikes (77 percent).
"I think he got mad," manager Mike Redmond said. "I think Jose took it to another level. It looked he had come out a little bit up in the zone in the first inning, and then he turned it up a notch. He was lights out after that."
More than mad, Fernandez became more focused.
"I wasn't happy about it," the rookie said. "It hit me, and I was like, 'Ok, I'm going to get back to work, and I'm going to do what I can every pitch. I'm going to do the best I can.' "
Fernandez provided the shutdown innings, and Dietrich, in his second big league game, provided the momentum-turning hit -- a three-run homer in the fourth inning.
The Marlins claimed the lead in the seventh inning off Ronald Belisario. Rob Brantly singled to open the inning, and pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan drove a double high off the wall in center, so high in fact it took a replay review to confirm it didn't leave the yard.
Redmond asked crew chief Tom Hallion for a review. The umpires took a look, and the double was upheld.
"That's a really long ways from the dugout," Redmond said. "I wanted to make sure they got it right, and they did."
With runners on second and third, Juan Pierre lined an RBI single to left. Coghlan scored the second run of the inning on Adeiny Hechavarria's double-play grounder.
The Dodgers closed the gap to 5-4 on A.J. Ellis' RBI single off Chad Qualls in the eighth inning, but the Marlins' veteran reliever stranded Ellis on third.
Steve Cishek had an impressive perfect ninth inning, striking out two to collect his fifth save, while handing the Dodgers their eighth straight loss.
"I felt good," Cishek said. "I hadn't been out there in a while. I was amped up and ready to go."
In his third start, Dodgers right-hander Matt Magill minimized damage on a night he pitched five innings, allowed three hits, walked four and hit a batter. The rookie was lifted after 93 pitches, and three runs allowed.
The big blast of the fourth inning was delivered by Dietrich.
It's been an eventful week for the 23-year-old second baseman, who made his Major League debut on Wednesday at San Diego and singled his first time up.
On his fifth big league at-bat, he connected on his first home run and tied the game.
"So many greats have played here," Dietrich said. "Just walking in here earlier, coming into the clubhouse, it kind of brings chills, just thinking of some of the names. Friday night at Dodger Stadium, I'm so glad we got the win. It was an exciting game. Jose pitched great. They were aggressive early, but after that, he settled in and pitched a great ballgame."
The Marlins had gone 17 straight innings without a run, and they trailed by three. Placido Polanco walked to open the inning, and Marcell Ozuna drew a two-out walk. With the count full, Dietrich homered to right.
Brilliant on May 4 in his last outing, Fernandez limited the Phillies to one hit while striking out nine in seven shutout innings.
On Friday night, it was a different story.
Ten pitches into the game, he was tagged for two hits, one walk and three runs.
Carl Crawford singled to open the inning, and Nick Punto walked. Gonzalez unloaded the crushing blow, a no-doubt, three-run homer to right-center.
"He's one of those type guys that you want to get to early," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "As he gets settled in, he got better as the game goes along. He was impressive. He was aggressive in the strike zone. He wasn't afraid of nobody. He was coming right after us."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Baked Horseradish-Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese
David Burke's New American Classics
Published by Knopf
This is my classic macaroni and cheese with just a bit of a bite from the horseradish to offset the richness. It is, as it has always been, easy to put together. My mom used to do it early in the morning and then throw the casserole in the oven just as we began asking "When's dinner?" I can still remember the browning cheesy smell that would fill the house.
Cooking MethodBaking
Total Timeunder 1 hour
Kid FriendlyYes
One Pot MealYes
OccasionBuffet, Casual Dinner Party, Family Get-together
Recipe CourseMain Course
Dietary ConsiderationVegetarian
EquipmentBaking/gratin Dish
MealDinner, Lunch
Taste and TextureCheesy, Creamy, Hot & Spicy, Savory
Type of DishBaked Pasta
- 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- ½ pound dried elbow macaroni
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound horseradish Cheddar cheese, grated
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Using 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, lightly coat a 6-quart casserole. Set aside.
Cook the macaroni according to the package directions. Drain it well and pour into a mixing bowl. Add the remaining butter and toss to coat.
Mix the milk, eggs, and nutmeg with salt and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Add half of the cheese and stir to combine.
Spoon half of the buttered macaroni into the prepared casserole. Pour one half of the milk mixture over the macaroni and toss to combine.
Sprinkle half of the remaining cheese over the macaroni. Combine the remaining macaroni with the remaining milk mixture. When well combined, pour it into the casserole. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
Place in the preheated oven and bake it for about 35 minutes, or until the top is crusty and golden brown and the edges are bubbling.
Remove it from the oven and serve, family style.
2006 Dilcon, Ltd.


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"Sword Hero" is an action game which a hero beat the monsters and complete the stages
iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter smartphone was launched in April 2014. The phone comes with a 4.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 pixels by 854 pixels. iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter price in India starts from Rs. 3,999.
The iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter is powered by 1.3GHz quad-core it comes with 512MB of RAM. The phone packs 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear
The iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter runs Android 4.2 and is powered by a 1450mAh removable battery.
The iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Regular and Regular. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM and 3G. Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor and Accelerometer.
How to download Sword Hero form iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter?
- Check the Android version to verify compatibility of Sword Hero with iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter.
Find Android version: go to "Settings" - "About the phone" - "Android version". Make sure Sword Hero is compatible with iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter.
- Click the download button to download Sword Hero in iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter.
- Once the download and installation are complete, find Sword Hero in your home screen and tap the icon to open it.
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Unless you have been hiding under a big ol' rock somewhere since July 22, you probably know who Anders Behring Breivik is. He is the Norwegian right-wing extremist who bombed a Norwegian government building in Oslo, killing eight people, and then that same day headed over to Utoya where he massacred 69 people — mostly teens — attending the Norwegian Labor Party's Workers Youth League camp there.
Breivik has since described the attacks as a necessary tactic in a war against a Muslim invasion of Europe.
You've probably heard of him. But have you heard of Toril Hansen and Hege Dalen? They are the married lesbian couple who were camping across the lake from Utoyan, eating their dinner, when Breivik opened fire on the young people there. When the women heard the gunshots and saw the screaming teenagers running into the lake to escape, they jumped into their boat and motored straight into the line of fire to try and rescue the young people. It was a small boat, so the couple made four trips into the danger zone, to pull the fleeing teenagers from the water or pick them up from the shore.
Other people camping in that same area, also rushed to their boats to help rescue the teens. European news site The Independent — which by the way reported on Hansen and Dalen, referring to them simply as a couple, including the information that they are a lesbian couple but not making any big deal about it — pointed out that the campers rescued a total of about 150 teenagers fleeing the shooter that day.
Hansen and Dalen rescued 40 teenagers during the shooting, even though Breivik was shooting at them and their boat, too, actually hitting the boat several times.
Hansen and Dalen are heroes, but you may not have heard anything about them, because most of the press hasn't been reporting on their story. And some media outlets in Europe are wondering if that's because they are, first of all, women, and secondly, lesbians.
(The Huffington Post and several U.S. LGBT blogs and news sites have been reporting on the couple, by the way.)
Pink News, an LGBT news site in the United Kingdom ran this story that briefly outlines the couple's actions and then talks about the lack of media coverage. Mail Online, another U.K. news site, ran this similar report. The articles on both sites garnered plenty of comments along the lines, "These women are heroes, but why do you have to focus on their sexual orientation?"
The International Business Times also ran a report about Hansen and Dalen that questioned the lack of media coverage of their heroism. The first — and at the time I write this, only — commenter there pointed out that the women are responsible for rescuing about 10 percent of the 423 survivors, asking how such an "amazing" story has been overlooked by the media.
But this report in The Guardian, yet another U.K.-based news site, asks the questions most pointedly. Why have we hardly heard of Hansen and Dalen, the Guardian asks, then offers three possible — probable? — reasons:


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Fibers Alumni Accomplishments
UMD TDFA Alumni in Design, Stylist, Management Positions in Textiles Industry
Aimee Arsenian (BFA '06) Designer, Helen Parker Textiles, Rockport, MA.
Jaclyn Brownell (BFA '06) Designer, Natco Table Lines, Warwick, RI.
Elizabeth Morlani (BFA '05) Designer, Murdock Webbing, Central Falls, RI.
Amanda Culhane (BFA '04) Design Director @ HOT SOX, NYC.
Emily Sievert (BFA '03, FIT Certificate '05) Director of CAD Design - POINTCARRE Software Design, NYC.
Lauren Doyle (BFA '02) Designer - Brahmin Leather, Fairhaven, MA. High-end handbags.
Tiffany Jawor (BFA '97) Design Director @ Cranston Printworks, Cranston, RI. Textile design for home-sewing fabrics.
Marc Denecour (BFA '96) Director of Woven Textiles @ Robert Allen Textiles, NYC.
Debbie Photopolous (MFA '95) Timberland Sports, NH. Fabric sourcing and design.
Amy Miller Repella (BFA '94) Cone Jacquards/Burlington Industries High Point, NC. Home furnishings.
Stephan Gelinas (BFA '90) Murdock Webbing, Central Falls, RI. Narrow woven textiles.
Tony Viera (BFA '85) Director of Home Textiles, Ralph Lauren/POLO, NYC. Former Director of Textiles @ Calvin Klein Home, NYC.
Dawn Oliveira (BFA '84) Owner/designer of OliveiraTextiles - eco-intelligent, sustainable design, materials and production. Bristol, RI www.oliveiratextiles.com.
Karen Peterson Lander (BFA '83) Director of Design @ Swavell Mill-Creek, Randolf, MA.Woven jacquard production.
Mark Grigalunas (BFA '79) Vice President/Director of Sunbury Textiles, Soho, NYC.
UMD TDFA Alumni in Production Studio Business
Ariel Hahn (BFA '07) handweaver @ Dahlia Popovitz Wovens, Newton, MA.
Sondra Hamnquist (BFA '07) handweaver @ Claudia Mills Handwoven Rugs Philadelphia, PA.
Alexis Weglowski (BFA '07) Costume Shop dye/construction assistant @ Boston Ballet Company. '06: Summer Scholarship, Santa Fe Opera Company Costume shop, Santa Fe, NM.
Maya Tavares (BFA '04) Owner/weaver of Bristol Looms Bristol RI. "Best of RhodeIsland 2009 Editor's Pick" Rhode Island Monthly magazine. www.bristollooms.com.
Abbie Chambers (BFA '03) MoonTide Dyers in New Bedford, MA; exhibitor in CraftBoston '07/'08
Maura Cronin (MFA '02) MoonTide Dyers in New Bedford, MA.
Bethany Laprade (BFA '02) Owner/designer KAYA Couture Collection. Designs up-scale, young girls and bridal apparel in Los Angeles, CA.
Nicole St. Pierre (MFA '00) Hatch Street Studios New Bedford, MA. Custom work/trade shows.
Jeannine Dagesse (BFA '99) Owner/designer of NewWave Textiles-Compu-textile Rock Hill, SC. Computer based textile design.
Jill Thibault (BFA '98, MFA RISD '09) Boston Ballet Costume shop, construction '99-'04.
Laurie Carlson (MFA '98, BFA '80), LCH Designs, Arlington, MA.
Cynthia Lewis (MFA '97) Cynthia Lewis PaperMaking, North Adams, MA.
Gwyn Marathas (BFA '97) WovenPaint Textile Designs Stoughton, MA. Free-lance textile design, teaches weaving classes and commission work.
Elizabeth Springett (BFA '85). Springett Design Studio, Inc. Medfield, MA. Freelance weave design for industry production.
Jennifer Nixdorf McCalmont (BFA '84) Evergreen Studio, Hollis NH. Greeting card design, painting.
UMD TEXTILE DESIGN AND FIBER ARTS - Recent Alumni Exhibitions and Awards
2009 Nature in Fiber Cherry & Webb Gallery, Fall River, MA. TDFA Alumni exhibit including: Laurie Carlson, Nicole St Pierre, Arlene McGonagle, Llinda Senechal, Elaine McBride, Laura Sapelly, Gwen Marathas.
Jodi Stevens (MFA '10) '09 Barbara Kuhlman Award, Rhode Island Foundation Textile Scholarship. '09 Contenant Contenu international juried exhibition - theme of containment. Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles Gallery, Quebec, Canada. '06 Student Artists to Watch-2006. Top-20 grad students working in fiber FiberArts Magazine, Nov/Dec '06.
Emily Wolf (MFA '09) '09 Contenant Contenu, international juried exhibition theme of containment. Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles Gallery, Quebec, Canada.
Jasmin Guerrero (BFA '08) Woven Works Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH. '08 juried show - honorable mention.
Arlene McGonagal (MFA '98) '09: Art of the Basket - Works by 8 Northeast Basketmakers Babbidge Library Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. '08: Common Threads Solo show, Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
Kristina Goransson (MFA '08) Student Artists to Watch-2007 Showcase of Top-20 graduate student work in fiber FiberArts Magazine, Nov/Dec '07.
2007 Group Show Fresh Fiber Fuller Craft Museum Brockton, MA. Work by emerging textile artists @ UMass Dartmouth, Rhode Island School of Design, Mass College of Art. UMD exhibitors included: Anna Kristina Goransson, Kara Muise, Beth Bentley, Emily Wolf, Jodi Stevens.
Andrea Stewart (MFA '06) '07-'08: Quilts=Art=Quilts 26th Annual juried quilt exhibit. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
Miyuki Akai Cook (MFA '06) '07: Annual Faculty Exhibition Mount Ida College, Newton MA '06: Student Artists to Watch-2006. Showcase of Top-20 graduate student work in fiber FiberArts Magazine Nov/Dec '06.
Myra Serrins (MFA '02) '06: Focus on Fiber Textile Art Alliance, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH 2nd Place Award. '05-'06: Threads-Textiles by Mary Alice Huemoeller, Myra Serrins, Bhakti Ziek Art!Space Gallery, Jackson Hole WY.'05: The Essential Substance - A Fiber Art Exhibition , Mount Ida College Newton, MA invitational exhibition. '02: HOLDING PATTERN: An Exhibition Of Paintings, Sculpture and Textiles Bristol Community College Fall River, MA
Linda Senechal (MFA '98) '05: The Essential Substance - A Fiber Art Exhibition Gallery at Mount Ida College Newton, MA - invitational exhibition.
Arlene McGonagal (MFA '98) '07: Printmakers Providence Art Club Members Show Portsmouth Arts Guild. Portsmouth, RI. '05: The Essential Substance-A Fiber Art Exhibition Gallery at Mount Ida College. Newton, MA - invitational exhibition. '03: Expressive Baskets FiberArts Magazine, Jan/Feb 03, author, D. Woods. '02 Other Materials Other Forms: Exploring Contemporary Basketry Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT.
UMD TEXTILE DESIGN/FIBER ARTS - Alumni Teaching and Related Employment
Miyuki Akai Cook (MFA '06) Assistant Professor of Art/Fibers @ Marshall University, Huntington, WV. '06-'08: Instructor @ Mount Ida College, Newton MA - teaching Design + CAD.
Andrea Stewart (MFA '06) Lecturer @ UMass Dartmouth. Senior Fibers course Fall '08.
Benares Finan Eshelman (MFA '04) Arts education: '09 Early Learning Center Dartmouth, MA. '08: Asheville Museum Education Asheville, NC and Penland Craft Center, Penland, NC. '07: Community Programs Director @ Fuller Craft Museum Brockton, MA.
Myra Serrins (MFA '02) '06-'09 Workshops taught: Peters Valley Art Center, Layton, NJ. Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT. Brookfield Craft Center, CT. Juror for Spirit of Weaving '07, NY Guild of Handweavers - Anthroposophy Gallery, NYC.
Laura Mayotte (MFA '01) '03: Instructor @ UMass Lowell. Papermaking and design.
Marla Shelasky (MFA '00) '06-'08: Director of Education, Worcester Center for Craft Worcester, MA.
Linda Senechal (MFA '98) Instructor of Weaving/Textile Design @ Bridgewater State University, MA.
Arlene McGonagle (MFA '98) '08-'09: Instructor @ Rhode Island College Providence, RI. Lecturer @ Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI. 3-D Design, Surface Design, Fiber Arts.
Cynthia Lewis (MFA '97) former Director of Textiles Studio @ Peters Valley Craft Center Layton, NJ.
Mark Higden (BFA '85) Faculty @ Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. Teaches textile industry marketing. Formerly, designer of printed silk designs and men's ties.


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Netflix sent an apology note to customers whose DVDs were delayed by their 11-hour service outage on Monday, along with a 5% service credit. In so doing, they perfectly followed the three-steps of fixing customer service problems:
1. Admit fault, quickly.
2. Say sorry like you mean it.
3. Give conciliatory gift of monetary value.
See now, that wasn't so hard, was it?


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Topic: No one wants to talk about John
I am just so sad and depressed. No one will talk with me about my John. It's like,"Out of sight Out of mind."
Everytime I bring him up they all change the subject. I don't understand it!
I miss him!!! I still love him!!! I want to talk about him!!!
To me he is here, I feel him around me, I want to be able to cry if I want and have someone hold me and help me feel better, tell me I'm going to be ok, ANYTHING! I'ts like he disappeared or never existed.
Why won't they talk about John? I sit in my room most of the day because I can't sit and chit chat about trivial things. My entire life has changed, the dreams I had with John are gone.
The world is totally different now. I watch tv and they all talk about being skinny or this designer or how to get rid of wrinkles! I can't stand it anymore. The world is more than that, it's love and kindness and caring, how can they not see that?
OMG I just want my love back! I want to see him and feel him and tell him how much I love him. I don't want to be alone anymore.


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The scoop on this year's Gelato Wars
August 6, 2014 by in Dining | Featured | Local Shops | Scottsdale Living Magazine
The Gelato Spot's annual Gelato Wars are back! Through August 31, patrons of Gelato Spot can try 10 flavors whipped up by local chefs and vote for their favorite. Gelato Wars is a month-long competition for bragging rights, a customized copper trophy and $500. It's also a fund raiser with the goal of donating at… Read More →


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Early Excellence Among James Scholars
From left, Kaushik Andra, McKennon Biers, Erin McGrew, Mary Jo Nie, Sue Daughtery, Dave Brehm, Emily Peterson and Melissa Chang stand together in BIF.
It's no accident that Rockwell Collins is a $4.5 Billion company. Since the 1930's when Arthur Collins founded the company, his legacy of hiring great talent has virtually ensured growth and prosperity.
Perhaps that's why the company has taken an interest in the James Scholars in the College of Business.
On January 24th Rockwell Collins challenged the freshman and sophomore class of James Scholars to a case competition with deep implications for the company. They invited these young professionals to work in groups of four for two weeks to address the difficulty of growing their strong American identity into a truly global brand. They sweetened the deal with three cash prizes, though it was obvious the true victors would carry bragging rights few freshmen ever achieve.
By February 5th, the teams were ready. They each had 12 minutes to present their solutions. Starting in the morning at 8:30, the teams took their turns standing before Rockwell Collins executives Dave Brehm (Vice President and Controller, International and Service Solutions), Sue Daughtery (Manager, Finance People Development and Projects), Erin McGrew ( Manager, Business Area Finance), and Mary Jo Nie (Accountant).
By mid-day "Synergy Consulting" team members Kaushik Andra, McKennon Biers, Emily Peterson, and Melissa Chang emerged victorious and proudly claimed the coveted winners' title and $3200. "BEAM" team members Michael Eichner, Braden Anderson, Dan Ballantine and Rachel Miller, and "Business Council Fall New Members" Alex Joines, Santhosh Nandhan, Brad Mora, and Sheena Das received 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, along with smaller cash prizes.
John Hedeman, assistant dean, honors, pointed out that all the participants won an important victory. "This great group of honors students leave with experience that will make them even better the next time they are faced with a case that challenges their critical thinking skills. By the time they emerge from the College they will have great contacts and an enviable ability to present as true professionals."
Impressed with the presentations, Brehm and his associates invited the two top teams to visit Rockwell Collins headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this summer to present again to the Senior Leadership Committee. Once there, chairman, president, and CEO Clayton M. Jones will witness for himself what even freshmen and sophomore James Scholars are capable of when they set their minds to it.


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The University of Utah School of Music will team up with the Office for Equality and Diversity to present "Sibyl of the Rhine: The Art, Music, & Poetry of Hildegard von Bingen" on March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dumke Recital Room of David Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus.
Kicking off Women's Week 2013, this multi-media performance will feature the works of Hildegard von Bingen, a medieval German writer, composer, and philosopher and include musical and dance performances, projections of Hildegard's artwork, and discussion of her life and times.Concert Description According to a press release, Hildegard was famous in her lifetime and beyond, not only for her excellent music, but for her writings and her influence on her society on a local and international level.
Salt Lake City musicians Cheryl Hart (soprano), Emily Nelson (soprano), and Lisa Chaufty (recorder) will be joined by Seattle artist Shulamit Kleinerman (vielle) to interpret Hildegard's music, supported by an ensemble of singers from the University of Utah.


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This room provides a wonderful level of comfort with two wingback chairs for overdue conversations and a cherry sleigh queen bed calling to you with its micro fiber linens & sumptuous comforter.
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The luxurious linens on the queen bed beckon you to a peaceful night's sleep you will long remember. The Italian art may influence your dreams and take you on a fantastic journey.
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This first floor room is completely handicap accessible with all of the modern conveniences you expect. The queen sleigh bed and its micro fiber linens await you and assure a wonderful night's sleep.


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This was just one of the stops on our northern california road trip , shooting for a couple of Inns and a larger resort. We only had about one day for this shoot. It was intened to just give a feel for the gardens at this beautiful Inn, in Monterey, CA.
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For over 29 years the Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises (DCMME) and the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative (GSCMI) Center have been the focal point within the Krannert School of Management for promoting education, research and industrial engagement with those interested in operations management, manufacturing management, and supply chain management….[Read More]
Our History-Since 1988
DCMME was initiated in 1987 with grants from Ameritech, Chrysler, Ingersoll-Rand, Hillenbrand Industries and TRW. In fall 1998, The Krannert School of Management announced the naming of the Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises in honor of the Richard E. Dauch family….[Read More]
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GARETH Ainsworth believes Wanderers' two home games this week will be a harder prospect than league leaders Chesterfield.
Blues brought an end to their Adams Park hoodoo in their last home match against the Spireites as Max Kretzschmar's penalty halted their run of ten games without a win in front of their own fans.
Ainsworth said it's crucial Wanderers build on that after picking up four points from the two away fixtures that immediately followed it.
But he admits his men face a tall order against two of the division's form teams, as Hartlepool United arrive in town tomorrow before Plymouth Argyle pitch up at Adams Park on Tuesday night.
Hartlepool sit ninth after three wins in six, with Argyle one place higher and threatening a late promotion charge after smashing in nine goals in their last two games.
And Ainsworth said: "I think these two will be as tough, if not tougher, than Chesterfield because they are both on a big roll. Both have got big momentum.
"Hartlepool have been turning teams over 3-0 and 4-0. They've had a couple of stutters but I'm expecting a tough game on Saturday. Plymouth are the top scorers of the month – they have been flying and knocking in goals left, right and centre and they have a chance of the play offs. These next two are going to be very tough games.
"It was nice to beat top of the league and nick a point at Southend – two high flying teams – but the league isn't over yet and we won't know where anyone will finish until 46 games.
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Fastball, one of the most celebrated rock bands on the road today, comes to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Cecilian Auditorium on September 10, 2013 at 8 p.m. The platinum-selling artists will deliver perfectly blended vocals, unique acoustic guitar and rhythmic piano jams often with a rock/jazzy feel.
With nearly 20 years of musical milestones under its belt, the Austin, Texas-based trio, Tony Scalzo, (vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar), Joey Shuffield (drums, percussion) and Miles Zuniga (vocals, guitar) exploded into a household name in 1998. Fastball quickly built a strong following in the Austin area, and created a regional buzz. In their breakthrough project, All the Pain Money Can Buy, Fastball joined the likes of fellow artfully spun acts like The Wallflowers, Matthew Sweet, The Jayhawks, Cracker and the Ryan Adams-fronted Whiskeytown on the charts.
"I think we've grown into a really good rock n' roll band that's way better than we've ever been," reinforces vocalist/guitarist Miles Zuniga. "I think of myself as a lifer, a journeymen, who really enjoys the whole process. We have an audience that's stuck with us the whole time and playing shows never feels like work because it's a ton of fun. We know people want to hear the hits and we definitely have those in there, but we try to play something off every record, have some improvisational moments without turning into a jam band, and half the time, I start calling out the set list as we go. It all depends on the night and the barometric pressure of the audience."
The Grammy nominated band's "The Way" stayed on top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks, and was a top five hit on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart. Theyfollowed-up with "Out of My Head" which reached the top ten on Billboard's Top 40 chart and was a top ten hit on the Adult Top 40 chart for 29 weeks. This sent the band on a world tour. Along the way, they were in a regular rotation on the late night talk show circuit with Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien to name a few.
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In its biggest design change since unveiling the Timeline in 2011, Facebook announced and unveiled a radically redesigned News Feed today during a special press event. But how will users respond?
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Hi all
Been at this for some time now, trying to understand how to remove/replace the classes assigned to my main-navigation.I'm creating a theme from scratch but a lot of Drupals core styles are still being assigned to a lot of the elements, including the navigation which I'm currently working on.
The output:

link 1

link 2

sub 1

sub 2

link 3

My main concern is the sub
 inside the expanded
 - How do I remove ' class="menu" ' from the second
 ?Generally speaking, how do I remove all the classes or just a few that I don't need, how do I add my own?
I only need:

link 1

link 2

sub 1

sub 2

link 3

Everything is already styled from

Any information is much appreciated.Thanks, Barry
I'd suggest leaving the classes as is and adjusting your stylesheet CSS to affect ul.menu li differently that ul.menu li ul.menu li. It's a much faster way to go about it.
NOTE: If you do decide that you must remove the class attributes, you can do that at the theming level by creating or editing template.php in your theme and overloading the mytheme_menu_item() function.
Cool thanks awasson.
Yes I did think about amending the css to fit drupal's core styling but kind of defeats the object, and If I start building numerous amounts of drupal sites then this is something worthwhile learning.
You mention
mytheme_menu_item() function I have managed to add:
function my_theme_menu_tree(&$variables) {
return '
' . $variables['tree'] . '
';
Which basically removes the class="menu" and adds the id#nav.But still, this now adds the id="nav" to the second
 - How can I target the second
 and remove the other classes?
Another problem is that now all the menus have an ID of #nav including my administration panel.Is it possible to target the menu by region or some other way to only effect one menu.
Whats the difference between menu_item | menu_tree ?
Yeah, I've been through this battle myself but I finally decided to embrace their menu classes and manipulate it via CSS and/or jQuery. Once I wrapped my head around what they intended it made my life a whole lot easier. I strongly recommend adding classes rather than ID's to the elements so that you keep it semantically correct and you still have the ability to target the elements you're after via CSS (or jQuery) by targeting ul.someclass li a {} or ul.someclass li ul.someclass li a {}
There are benefits messing with the menu system via custom code but IMO, this isn't the case because it's so easy to do it via a couple of lines of CSS. Never-the-less, here's an article that might be handy for refining your code: http://www.wdtutorials.com/drupal7/85#
Ha funny enough... I've been reading and bookmarked http://www.wdtutorials.com/drupal7/85#
... I finally decided to embrace their menu classes and manipulate it via CSS
Yes it might be something I might have to get used to but I'm very stubborn in this area, had a similar issue when theming magento some time back.Its nice to build something locally then clone this into the CMS, only if it was that easy
The ID was used because I only usually have one main navigation and style everything from this ID I don't want to start adding duplicate classes when I'll only use the menu styling once for the main nav - Example: #nav ul li ul {}
Off Topic: Been meaning to ask - do you prefer using .classes over #ids even if the style is unique (example: #wrapper) and will only be used once?
Yes, actually a couple of years ago I decided to use less ID's and more classes just in case I needed to duplicate a region for some sort of jQuery trickery or something. I usually keep IDs for things like #header, #left, #center, #right, #footer but everything else is a class and sometimes left, center and right are classes to, depending on what I'm doing. I can usually still target a specific container but it also leaves me the flexibility to duplicate a container without being bad code.
Yes it makes sense, a suppose its always down to personal preference as well.
Back on topic: Drupal. A steep learning curve like most CMSs, I might stick it out for now until and see if I can customize this how I want it.If all else fails, I'll have to stick with Drupal's naming conventions ( feel like the CMS has won - Its beaten me! )
Just checked out your site, very cool! Nice colors, no Drupal then ha ha.Not decided to use any OG: Meta tags? Don't you bother with Facebook? A suppose its slightly out of context - I only say this been messing about with Facebooks open graph, quite powerful for just a few tags. Regarding presentation anyway.
I came across this page which gives a good overview of things. - http://projectdesignportfolio.com/2011/12/29/basic-to-advanced-custom-theming-in-drupal-7-in-context/
Yeah, that site is 11 years old now... Too busy to get around with the new site. I have one in development (Drupal) and it's almost done but we still have to finish the homepage design. It's been 6 months since I put the new site together so hopefully soon we'll come up with a design we're happy with soon.
I started doing sites with Drupal about 6 years ago when I got dragged kicking and screaming into as site. When I came out the other side, I had an idea that it might be a good idea to learn more about it. Now I'm a real fan of the platform and know it pretty well. I've done some pretty crazy stuff with it design wise and I think it's a pretty flexible solution but you need to know the go-to modules. Almost every site I build has:
Often I'll use Content Access so I can create content that requires a specific role before it can be accessed.
I took up a challenge yesterday from one of my clients who had a static 10 page site that they wanted reproduced in D7. The content and design is very simple and didn't need views or anything. I reproduced it on my test server and then had them review it. Once it was OK'd, I zipped up and archive of the old site and moved the Drupal site to the production server. From start to finish, it took 5 hours. That was mind boggling fast.
Ha Cool!5 hours turn around - It shows if you keep at it and learn it well it benefits in the long run Hopefully I'll be at the stage very soon.
I've came across a few module recommendations but still a Drupal novice currently working on my first site. Google Analytics might be one to add.It seems like Views and Panels are popular, more stuff to learn.
Must admit, always frustrating learning any new CMS bombarded with chunks of irrelevant markup that isn't needed and spend most of your time trying to change it, remove it or style it ha. A suppose that's part of the fun!
Thanks for the list and information.
Out of curiosity:Did you create a theme from scratch or create a sub-theme?Did you use all of Drupal's CSS naming conventions?Did you override any HTML output?What was you workflow, how do you approach each new Drupal build?
If you have time, just trying to get a better understanding cheers.
I also read the Omega theme is a good reference to work from, using the latest HTML5 elements and out of the box responsive design.Have you used the Omega theme?
Did you learn everything on-line... any good book references?
Hey Barry,
Sorry about the late reply... I was inundated with emails the other day and I missed the Sitepoint forum reply message.
Yes, I'm pretty stoked about the 5 hour turnaround but it's a simple 10 page site and it doesn't have any complex views or anything.
Once you learn them, Views will become your best friend. They are absolutely amazing and I find them to be extremely handy when they are used as blocks.
As far as theming goes, 99% of the time I theme from scratch. The 5 hour challenge site was themed from scratch and only consists of 5 files:- theme.info- html.tpl.php- page.tpl.php- style.css- screenshot.png
I'm changing my theming approach now because of the need for responsive, mobile friendly themes. I think the best approach for this is sub-theming under Omega or Adaptive Themes. I'm currently working on an Adaptive Themes sub-theme. The desktop theming part seems dead easy but I'm still struggling with making it work nicely in a small viewport. I'm sure with some experience I'll have a better understanding of what to expect as the viewport gets smaller.
I do use Drupal's CSS naming conventions. Sometimes I'll reset Drupal's built in styles and then override them but I find if I understand what the core team are thinking when they produce a component (like the nav tree), I can rework it to do whatever I need more effectively. Here's an example of a simple footer menu where I removed the bullets styles (image and list style) and made it a simple horizontal list of links:
#footer ul.menu {
border: medium none;
list-style: none outside none;
text-align: center;
#footer ul li.leaf {
border-right: 1px solid #333333;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 100%;
list-style-image: none;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 6px 0 2px;
#footer ul li.last {
border: none;
#footer ul li a {
color: #333333;
If I need to I'll override the HTML output either in pag.tpl.php, node.tpl.php or in a views template. It's not too difficult once you figure out where it is that you want to make your changes.
Workflow depends highly on the project. Big projects usually begin with a review to ensure we know exactly what the client wants/needs, then we do a design phase with layout comps, wireframes etc.... We'll follow that or build the mechanics of the site concurrently without any design attributes. Sometimes I'll just build a generic theme so I can put elements where they need to be. We'll follow that with applying the design (theming), sometimes do usability testing to see if we're hitting the mark and then it goes through final proofing and if it's ok, it gets launched.
** The 5-hour site was just a simple assess the site and build it. The client already has another Drupal site so there's no need for training and I was just duplicating an existing site with an existing design. It couldn't have been easier.
*** Sometimes I'll spend a few hours during quoting to mock up an approach just to make sure I can pull it off. That's just part of the process and I don't think it can be avoided. I've done that before and not gotten the job which is a drag but the flip side is to get the job and not have quoted the appropriate amount of time and resources so it can't really be avoided.
A couple of good books for Drupal are: Using Drupal: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920010890.doPro Drupal Development 7: http://www.apress.com/9781430228387
Take it easy,Andrew
I was going to ask a question, but saw yours...
Regarding your initial query about struggling against Drupal's own CSS output: is there any need for your visitors to have all of Drupal's stylesheets? If there is, my thought won't matter; but if not, give anonymous visitors only your own stylesheets, like this:
<?php if ($logged_in ) {print $styles;} ?>
And put your stylesheets in links below that. It helped me a lot and it also vastly reduces the quantity of output for visitors. If you have some modules which require styles, add them in with your own.
No worries awasson and thanks for getting back - much appreciated
This is what I've been updating and changing myself so seems I'm on the right track.
I've already done a bit of responsive design so have a good idea on what works.A couple of media queries and additional CSS usually does the trick for the not so completed sites.I think I'll start on a Omega sub-theme next.
And after looking at your footer menu seems like a good approach as soon as you understand the naming convention.Simply target each menu by region/id with the bonus of cutting down on the overrides and extra markup.Once I've mastered views and a few other drupal bits I'm sure I'll be up to speed sooner enough.
Anyway, I think that covers things for me for now.Thanks for your detailed descriptions and book recommendations, quite like the look of Pro Drupal Development 7.
Until the next post awasson, cheers!Barry


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A cab driver ploughed into three parked cars after allegedly falling asleep at the wheel.
Grandparents Jean, 64, and Robert Crossby, 71, were woken up by a loud thud in the early hours of Sunday morning after a taxi careered into their drive and crashed into their Volkswagen Touareg, in Middleton Road, Carshalton.
Mrs Crossby, who has lived in the house for 40 years, looked out the window to see a taxi where her car normally sat while hers had been pushed sideways into the house.
She said: "I thought someone was breaking in. I woke my husband up and I thought someone was trying to break the door down.
"The back wheel was on my next door neighbour's car. Luckily enough we've got a drive that's got a step down - that's the only thing that stopped it going through my house.
"It still hit the house but would have been worse - it would have gone straight through.
"I said to him, when I opened the door, 'what have you done?' and he said 'I have had an accident'. I said 'well you can see that'.
"My husband said 'have you been drinking?'and he said 'I fell asleep'.
"It is a dangerous road anyway. But you don't expect that. It was a freak accident.
"The police breathalysed him and he was clear. We had to go and knock on the other neighbour's doors and let them know their cars were involved. It was pretty unbelievable."
Mrs Crossby is set to get a replacement car and has reported the crash to Sutton Housing Partnership as a precaution - to make sure the house is still structurally sound.
A spokesperson for Sutton Police said they were called at 5.30am to reports of a car being involved in a collision with four parked vehicles and added: "One of the vehicles ended up in a resident's garden.
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Chris joined HP in 2014 as Senior Vice President of Organisational Performance to drive operational performance initiatives across the company. He also led the separation of HP into two companies – Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc.
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Housing Choice Voucher Program
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When is a W-9 required?
W-9 forms are required for all new landlords receiving housing assistance payments and tenants that are eligible for utility assistance. Existing landlords and/ or tenants must fill out a new W-9 if he or she has a change in address or last name. The W-9 form must be completed in accordance with federal guidelines. The following tips will assist the client as he or she fills out the W-9 form.
Why is a W-9 important?
A W-9, which is a federal document, is required to obtain a Fairfax County vendor number. A Fairfax County vendor number is required to process any and all payments to landlords and tenants. The information on the W-9 form must match federal social security numbers for tax reporting purposes.
What do I do with the completed form?
Once the form is completed, please return the original to your Housing Service Specialist via mail or with your signed contract. Clear and legible fax copies of W-9 forms will also be accepted.
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