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Books are cheap on eBay. Why does anyone feel the need to pay exorbitant amounts of money for, what is in principle, the same game released over 30 years ago.
Boy, do I feel old and cranky.
This is like saying "First Person Shooters are cheap elsewhere. Why do people keep buying exorbitant amounts of money for, what is in principle, the same game released over 30 years ago (Wolfenstein 3d)"
Theres a large difference between old school D&D and 4th edition.
I have a solution for you if you're not interested in the latest book. Don't buy the book.
You're welcome,
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Agreed. Not sure what all the hate for 4ed comes from. If you don't like it, don't play it. Its not like the previous edition's books exploded at a certain date and were not usable.
Agreed. Not sure what all the hate for 4ed comes from.
4th edition? Hell, until they bring back THAC0, screw 'em.
Now get off my lawn.
You're funny as hell and earned some lawn food, but did anyone actually LIKE THAC0 or were we just stuck with it?
That's why the net is awesome. Answering cutting edge 1984 questions in 2009.
THAC0 was just a convention that allowed for simple addition (or subtraction) to figure out the chance to hit, so yes, I liked it for early D&D because it sped the game up. Technically we were not stuck with it because 1st edition AD&D used a lookup table that did basically the same thing - you'd cross-reference a base chance to hit against armor type, add in any bonuses and get a target number.
Now if you really meant to ask if I thought it was bad comparatively to 3 or 4 then yes
If I really wan
gizmoiscariot: Agreed. Not sure what all the hate for 4ed comes from. If you don't like it, don't play it. Its not like the previous edition's books exploded at a certain date and were not usable.
The problem is that depending how they get the books, they might not know how much they're going to hate it until they get the books, sit down with them, and find out just how limited this edition really is.
If you're lucky enough to live near a game store that has a back room or upstairs dedicated to playing games (a dying breed, those, but that's a rant for another time), then odds are good that either someone there plays 4th or the store itself runs demos. That's the best opportunity to play the game without needing the books yourself, because someone else likely already has them.
If you're just browsing in a bookstore, there's less opportunity to see the thing in action. You can read snippets and passages, but unless your bookstore is progressive and offers places where you can sit down and peruse what you want to buy, you're likely not going to capture the spirit of what makes a game good or bad.
As for why there's no love for 4th, I think it's limitation shock: 3.5 had become a hairy, unkempt, unruly man-child with many stress fractures where the added-on feats and features were causing bloat. The attempt to streamline it, give it a nice haircut, and maybe even get back to old-fashioned values (i.e. its wargaming roots) was overdone and overdone hard, to the point where I now refer to it as "the bastard child of role-playing and slot-car racing."
Counterpoint: At the risk of the "troll" moderation, those people who insist that roleplaying is impossible with 4th edition rules is doing it wrong. Roleplaying is a matter of characterization, independent of whatever structure of rules is at the table. It has more to do with imagination than the list of moves that your character can execute in combat, though they serve well as a reference for definition.
"Edition 4 ServicePack3!"
Sorry, Editions & Versions fascinate me. But we are moving towards a weird mix of EvolvingItem vs. Authenticity.
Just suppose they did strip it hard. Do you think they did the baseline right so they can add back as needed?
Actually, they are, sorta.
Wizards successfully hauled certain parts of gamer culture into "Authorized Edition or Bust". They developed the model on Magic the Gathering, but I think they're successfully getting some crossover into D&D, to the boost of their sales.
Granted, Businesses are there to make money, and Wizards is good at it. Gamers have an ethic where "cheaper is purer" in many ways, so when a corp Makes Money, it starts little tidepools of grumbling. But it takes the corp to make the quality ga
Wizards successfully hauled certain parts of gamer culture into "Authorized Edition or Bust".
Nah, this ethic goes back to the original D&D pamphlets when TSR pushed out books to undermine third party rules.
When the revenue model is based on selling rule books, new rules are to be expected.
Of course, it's a lot easier to play something that hasn't changed in 30 years, lol.
When I'm 80, in an Altzheimer's ward, I'll still be able to run 1sd ed games from memory...
I committed all the tables (all the original ed books)to memory long ago, all I need are players and some dice.
Back then, the game world looked recognizably like the Middle Ages, and character classes were defined by social roles, not by combat system mechanics.
4th edition is a game, and it feels like one. To complain about its realism would be akin to complaining that actual knights and bishops act nothing like their corresponding chess pieces. They can make them d
Books are cheap on eBay. Why does anyone feel the need to pay exorbitant amounts of money for, what is in principle, the same game released over 30 years ago.
Boy, do I feel old and cranky.
You sound it too. You're essentially judging "youth culture" without making any effort to investigate it; like old people griping about rap music or the internet. If you'd actually open up and read a 4e book, you'd see how radically different it is from 1e.
You probably wouldn't like it 'cause your tastes have fossilized, but at least you'd be able to voice a semi-intelligent complaint about it at that point.
I ran a number of AD&D 1st Edition campaigns, but never bothered to pick up the 2nd Edition.
I was very aware of consideral systemic problems wth AD&D, but by in large every DM I knew tweaked the rules to his liking. AD&D is not a game you play like chess or bridge, that really needs tournament rules. As DM, you control the mythos of the universe in which your players play, therefore you control the implicit rules of the campaign. It's a short step from there from making up your own explicit rules. Virtually no DM I knew followed the AD&D rules exactly, and many of us replaced sections of the rules entirely to suit our preferences.As DM you set the rules in order to maximize the enjoyment of your players; if they don't like them, you change them but if one player objects to what other players like, he can find a different game. My philosophy was the a campaign was group storytelling, and I tweaked the rules appropriately. This attracted like minded players.
Recently, my kids were interested in learning about D&D, so I picked up the latest edition. My impression of it is that it is far better by many measures, but worse in others. It'd be a much better system if you wanted to play D&D as a tournament game, if you registered your characters the way bridge players are registered and took them around to different campaigns.
On the other hand, it was much worse from other standpoints. For example the Gygax mythos, which was fine as a starter mythos but rubbish from a literary standpoint, seems wired more deeply than ever into the structure of the game.
The improvements of the recent rules move the game more down the road of simulation. Under the old rules the cure to balance problem was a judicious application of Deus ex Machina; done cleverly enough it becomes part of the story and is not even noticed by the players. You take the player with an unbeatable character and you cut him down a notch, which motivates the player to respond. So from a DM perspective the rule improvements reduced the need to play dirty tricks on the players, but this is not an improvement in fun.
What the rules do do is make playing more complicated. The AD&D 1st edition rules,with all their faults, could be explained to a new player in about fifteen minutes and learned by a new DM in a few hours. This, combined with the ready made but hackneyed Gygax mythose, bootstrapped many a fine campaign.
So, I'm in the market for a simpler system. It doesn't have to be perfect, because perfection isn't really that important. Perhaps I'll go to Ebay, as you suggest, but ideally it'd be something that is designed from the outset to be simpler to play and extend.
Normally we work very hard to conceal our love for D&D from the masses. But given that there are no women on the internet...
Wait. Does that mean that slashdotters are actually reading the article BEFORE commenting? That can't be right.
Nitpicking here, since the original site requires an account to post...
First, while technically there are 16 core classes, in reality that number is 17 counting the Swordmage. This is slated to be expanded upon in Arcane Power, and has had material released in DDI. It's clear WotC considers this a fully realized class (Arcane Defender, for those interested), as much as any other class in the PHBs.
Second, Deva is a re-imagined Aasimar. It may be unfair to the author, but I have to question the opinion
The author made clear that they were only considering core material and not setting-specific material. When the Eberron books come out, I doubt he would consider the Artificer either. His reasons for doing so were fair in my opinion.
Second, it's not unfair to consider them a new race. The background and flavor of the race is sufficiently different. Deva are angels who chose to incarnate as mortals and not reincarnate endlessly. Aasimar were humans with angelic ancestry. Also, Rodney Thompson from Wot
angels who chose to incarnate as mortals and not reincarnate endlessly
I meant, "and now reincarnate endlessly."
I learned to play on 2nd edition, and it was great, except for the fact that you had to check on each die roll whether you wanted a high result, or a low result.
Atk roll high
Skill Check, low
saving throw high
Turning undead???? I still can't remember
3rd edition simplified all of this, as well as initiative, Players ALWAYS want to roll high.
A higher AC is always better than a lower AC.
I read TFA, and I saw no discussion of how this book (or any of 4e, really) fosters the RP of the G. Pretty much the whole review was about how these different characters will function differently in combat. It reads like we're back to miniature gaming with some background character information for color--and much less focus on the fostering of interesting characters with subtle motivations, backgrounds, and non-strategic interactions with the party or NPCs.
One could argue, I think, that any class-based system constrains the ability of even experienced players to come up with unique character ideas. You might play a character with an interesting motivation and background, but at the end of the day you're the "striker, divine" (or whatever).
Maybe DnD isn't the place for that, and if you want to play characters one should play Amber (or arguably WoD). And I'm sure that I'll hear from folks that say any good gamer can wedge a character into whatever they're given to play, and that's true to an extent.
But certainly the system can foster the sense of character and RP, mostly by how much emphasis they put on combat rules and differentiation between characters. A class-based system limits that differentiation, by design, so you more or less have a pre-determined function in a squad of people that you need to fill or you're leaving a gap during melee.
It seems like 4e has borrowed from WoW to the extent that playing characters is mostly an afterthought, just as it is in WoW. (Yeah, I tried to play on some "RP" WoW servers too, and barely ever ran into others that would also RP. Most of the other folks didn't even know it was an RP server, and frankly, again, the system was all about combat effects, and had very very few character driven effects or story, so it's extremely hard to differentiate yourself outside of combat.) I don't fault WotC for that--it's hard to not want to replicate the success of WoW.
But really, if I want to play combat miniatures, I'll do something else (like Warhammer). If I want to RP, it doesn't sound like 4e is the system to do it.
Am I wrong?
However, IMHO, the best system for RP is GURPS.
Whatever works for you; nowhere is YMMV is as true as it is in game design.
However, I have followed the development of GURPS for years and years. While I love the system for individual character design, everytime I have tried to develop a party around it, the characters are too individual. The party often just won't have a single cohesive focus because none of the players work together. Most GURPS campaigns that I have been in have fallen apart after a few sessions as a result--everyone is off doing their own thing.
Again, this can be corrected with good DMing--it's really their job to find the motivator that unites the party. And, they can help during character creation by giving each character a "god" part that will serve as a unifier later. But that put a lot more work on the DM.
The best system I have developed a character in, personally, is WoD. I think the new version is even better--instead of 7 classes, there are now 5. Each major class has a multitude of minor classes, including rules for creating your own variation. So every character is broadly slotted into a major class, with a lot of opportunity for the refinement and differentiation of that concept with a minor class. Also what helps WoD, imo, is that many of the powers have pretty subjective interpretation--so if you haven't designed the character, and played the character, to back up your application of that power in combat (or otherwise) it's not going to work. Therefore, good RP lends itself to what you are able to accomplish in combat, not vice versa.
btw, GURPs "borrowed" the concept of disadvantages from the original Hero Superpower games. But I think you're right, it's a key element to creating different characters.
Another thing that I really like about GURPs is the ability to RP during combat. By this I mean the mechanic that lets you choose between actively defending, aggressively attacking, or blending them. While it serves a strategic purpose, it also allows some RP--a fearless barbarian would also aggressively attack without consideration of defense, while a spineless wizard might always maximize their defense until just the right moment for an attack.
Finally, I'm having a debate about game mechanics on slashdot. Thank Gygax I'm already married with kids--I think I just lost my "check vs. social skills" saving throw.
I thought that the first edition of AD&D was pretty good for roleplaying. I loved the feel, and I still use it. I'm glad that WotC don't own the trademarks to chess or monopoly or go or some other classic game. If they did and tried to make an "updated edition" of the rules, I bet some people would play by them, but nobody would think it's strange if you just wanted to play "real" unWotc'd chess or go. It's not like the old rules get overwritten. 4th edition D&D is its own game, a very different gam
I'm glad that WotC don't own the trademarks to chess or monopoly or go or some other classic game.
Actually Hasbro owns the trademarks to both D&D and Monopoly.
You don't need a system to roleplay. You need a good GM
The 4th edition rules actually encourage good roleplaying by not placing too many kludgy rules in its way
Because, lets be honest, the whole point of the D&D game since the days of Gygax has been to kick down the door, kill some monsters and take their treasure.
The 1st edition books also heavily emphasized combat... Non-weapon proficiencies were an "optional rule" even in 2nd edition.
You're pretty good in your analysis. 4E doesn't not foster RP, infact, it pretty much states this to some degree in the PHBI as well as being easily inferred through how they deal with "flavor text" for each spell (what they now call powers).
However, I reject the claim that this prevents RP or interesting characters. Since when was an interesting character determined by their role? Be it that they're a healer(4E Leaders), a DPS (4E Strikers), tank (4E Defenders) or utility (4E Controllers). I still find
All I can really say is as a GM back in the days of 1st and 2nd edition (I stopped playing once WOTC took over), the fact that there were no specific rules for certain situations is exactly why it was fun to play. The GM could make up whatever was necessary to move the game along without having to worry about some player screaming about the rules. Most of the folks complaining about the lack of ability to role-play with the new ruleset -- this is really what they mean. If you want rigid game mechanics, p
"No power creep"?
Sorry, I have to take exception to this.
One of the major problems with 4th edition is how hard it is to hit things. When I sat in on a Gencon panel with the 4ed designers last summer, they said they balanced the game around a 50%-60% hit rate. While this may have made their math easy, it doesn't make the game fun. Seriously - when you use your awesome encounter ability and it misses half the time, it kills a lot of the fun in the game.
Worse, over the course of the 30 levels 4th Edition is designed for, PCs pick up a net -5 to hit along the way (Monster AC goes up linearly with level, PC's attack bonus goes up proportional to half your level (a -15 to hit change), but +6 for using a magic weapon, +4 for stat bumps), meaning that PCs end up missing 75% of the time or so without using anything special. This means that PCs that needed 11s or better to hit Irontooth (a +2 level monster) need 17s or better to hit Orcus (a +3 level solo). Sure, there's powers like Lead the Charge that give a large bonus to hit, but in order to apply the bonus, you have to hit with it.
4th edition has been very cautious at assigning bonuses to hit - almost all feats in the game (like Weapon Focus) were rewritten to add bonuses to damage instead of bonuses to hit. There's only very limited ways of gaining bonuses to hit (Tieflings using fire attacks have a feat available, as do Warforged with another ally adjacent to the target).
So where does PHB II's power creep come in? The major, obscene jump in power is a pair of feats called Weapon Expertise and Implement Expertise, that add +1/+2/+3 to hit at the heroic/paragon/epic tiers. It's approximately 10 trillion times better than any feat released before (the Warforged feat mentioned above - which is a racial feat - only gives a +1 bonus, and only when you have another ally touching the monster), and obsoletes immediately those feats that have tried to give a bonus to hit.
This is combined with melee mastery, which lets you swap out strength for your highest stat when making basic melee attacks. So a 10 Str, 20 Cha Paladin - who'd flail weakly at any enemy provoking an Opportunity Attack before - picks up the equivalent of +5 to hit and damage.
Sorry for the math, but the nutshell idea is: with just two feats, it works out to a +8 bonus to hit, which is insanely out of whack with everything they've done before.
The current theory is that WOTC realized they screwed up the math in their to-hit rolls and/or realized that PCs missing 75% of the time is simply not a very enjoyable way to spend an evening (my group is ready to go back to 3rd Edition, they're so pissed off at missing all the time), that they released this "patch" to correct the problems in their math. Which sounds fine at first, until you realize that they probably should have just patched the system to give a +1 bonus to hit at 5th/15th/25th levels. Creating a feat to do the work for them is bad, since it just set the new standard in feat design, and because the feat is now mandatory for all characters, and feats are supposed to be minor options that people can use to tailor their specific characters. No feats should be mandatory.
The rest of the PHBII seems to follow this theme. Bards have a paragon path that lets people automatically hit. Avengers get to roll twice every time they attack, and take the better roll, etc.
While this is all welcome news for those of us that play the game:
1) It reveals how badly made 4th Edition was and is.
2) It is a tremendous power creep, which is rather the opposite of what the reviewer for Slashdot said.
4th Edition is the snack food of the role playing world.
>>Some people claim that hit rates aren't really that low (people are always trying to optimize, so few people really have "average" characters) and that team cooperation can more than make up for it.
Low level combat hides the problem.
A second level paladin attacking irontooth, with a 20 Charisma (as optimized as you can make it), will have a +6 to hit. Irontooth is AC18. That's a 12+ (45% hit chance). With flanking, that's a 10+ needed (55% hit chance), which seems about on par for the design of the
So much of 4th ed seems focused on combat mechanics that in a way, I applaud them for making combat hard for the players. There's already grea
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SGE Grid and Local Submission and Monitoring Tools for Idiap
Project description
The Job Manager is python wrapper around SGE utilities like qsub, qstat and qdel. It interacts with these tools to submit and manage grid jobs making up a complete workflow ecosystem. Currently, it is set up to work with the SGE grid at Idiap, but it is also possible to modify it to be used in other SGE grids.
Since version 1.0 there is also a local submission system introduced. Instead of sending jobs to the SGE grid, it executes them in parallel processes on the local machine, using a simple scheduling system.
The new version of gridtk was completely rewritten and is no longer compatible with older versions of gridtk. In particular, the database type has changed. If you still have old submitted.db, success.db or failure.db databases, please use an older version of gridtk to handle them.
Though tested thoroughly, this version might still be unstable and the reported statuses of the grid jobs might be incorrect. If you are in doubt that the status is correct, please double-check with other grid utilities (like bin/grid qmon). In case you found any problem, please report it using the bug reporting system <http://github.com/idiap/gridtk/issues>.
In the current version, gridtk is compatible with python3. Anyways, due to limitations of the working environment, the grid functionality is not tested with python 3. However, with python 2.7 everything should work out fine.
This package uses the Buildout system to install it. Please call:
$ python bootstrap.py $ bin/buildout $ bin/sphinx-build docs sphinx $ firefox sphinx/index.html
to create and open the documentation including even more information than given in this README below.
Submitting jobs to the SGE grid
Every time you interact with the Job Manager, a local database file (normally named submitted.sql3) is read or written so it preserves its state during decoupled calls. The database contains all information about jobs that is required for the Job Manager to:
- submit jobs of any kind
- probe for submitted jobs
- query SGE for submitted jobs
- identify problems with submitted jobs
- cleanup logs from submitted jobs
- easily re-submit jobs if problems occur
- support for parametric (array) jobs
- submit jobs with dependencies, which automatically get killed on failures
Many of these features are also achievable using the stock SGE utilities, the Job Manager only makes it dead simple.
If you really want to use the stock SGE utilities, the gridtk defines some wrapper scripts that allows to use qsub, qstat and qdel without the need of the SETSHELL command. For example, you can easily use qstat.py to query the list of your jobs running in the SGE grid.
Submitting a simple job
To interact with the Job Manager we use the jman utility. Make sure to have your shell environment setup to reach it w/o requiring to type-in the full path. The first task you may need to pursue is to submit jobs. Here is how:
$ jman -vv submit myscript.py --help ... Added job '<Job: 1> : submitted -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the database ... Submitted job '<Job: 6151645> : queued -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the SGE grid.
The command submit of the Job Manager will submit a job that will run in a python environment. It is not the only way to submit a job using the Job Manager. You can also use submit a job that considers the command as a self sufficient application. Read the full help message of jman for details and instructions.
Submitting a parametric job
Parametric or array jobs are jobs that execute the same way, except for the environment variable SGE_TASK_ID, which changes for every job. This way, your program controls, which bit of the full job has to be executed in each (parallel) instance. It is great for forking thousands of jobs into the grid.
The next example sends 10 copies of the myscript.py job to the grid with the same parameters. Only the variable SGE_TASK_ID changes between them:
$ jman -vv submit -t 10 myscript.py --help ... Added job '<Job: 2> : submitted -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the database ... Submitted job '<Job: 6151646> : queued -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the SGE grid.
The -t option in jman accepts different kinds of job array descriptions. Have a look at the help documentation for details with jman --help.
Probing for jobs
Once the job has been submitted you will noticed a database file (by default called submitted.sql3) has been created in the current working directory. It contains the information for the job you just submitted:
$ jman list job-id queue status job-name dependencies submitted command line ==================== ========= ============== ==================== ============================== =========================================== 6151645 all.q queued None [] /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help 6151646 [1-10:1] all.q queued None [] /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help
From this dump you can see the SGE job identifier including the number of array jobs, the queue the job has been submitted to, the current status of the job in the SGE grid, the dependencies of the job and the command that was executed in the SGE grid. The list command from jman will show the current status of the job, which is updated automatically as soon as the grid job finishes. Several calls to list might end up in
This feature is new since version 1.0.0. There is no need to refresh the database any more.
Submitting dependent jobs
Sometimes, the execution of one job might depend on the execution of another job. The JobManager can take care of this, simply by adding the id of the job that we have to wait for:
$ jman -vv submit --dependencies 6151645 -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help ... Added job '<Job: 3> : submitted -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the database ... Submitted job '<Job: 6151647> : queued -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the SGE grid.
Now, the new job will only be run after the first one finished.
Please note the -- between the list of dependencies and the command.
Inspecting log files
If jobs finish, the result of the executed job will be shown in the list. In case it is non-zero, might want to inspect the log files as follows:
$ jman report --errors-only ... <Job: 6151646 - 'jman'> : failure (2) -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help /usr/bin/python: can't open file 'myscript.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Hopefully, that helps in debugging the problem!
Re-submitting the job
If you are convinced the job did not work because of external conditions (e.g. temporary network outage), you may re-submit it, exactly like it was submitted the first time:
$ jman -vv resubmit --job-id 6151645 ... Deleting job '6151645' ... Submitted job '<Job: 6151673> : queued -- /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help' to the SGE grid.
By default, the log files of the old job are deleted during re-submission. If for any reason you want to keep the old log files, use the --keep-logs option. Notice the new job identifier has changed as expected.
Stopping a grid job
In case you found an error in the code of a grid job that is currently executing, you might want to kill the job in the grid. For this purpose, you can use the command:
$ jman stop
The job is removed from the grid, but all log files are still available. A common use case is to stop the grid job, fix the bugs, and re-submit it.
If the job in question will not work no matter how many times we re-submit it, you may just want to clean it up and do something else. The Job Manager is here for you again:
$ jman -vvv delete ... Deleting job '8258327' from the database.
In case, jobs are still running or queued in the grid, they will be stopped before they are removed from the database. By default, all logs will be deleted with the job. Inspection on the current directory will now show you everything concerning the jobs is gone.
New from version 1.0
If you know the gridtk in versions below 1.0, you might experience some differences. The main advantages of the new version are:
When run in the grid, the jobs now register themselves in the database. There is no need to refresh the database by hand any more. This includes that the result (an integral value) of the job execution is available once the job is finished. Hence, there is no need to rely on the output of the error log any more.
In case the job died in the grid, e.g., because of a timeout, this mechanism unfortunately still doesn't work. Please try to use jman -vv communicate to see if these kinds of errors happened.
Jobs are now stored in a proper .sql3 database. Additionally to the jobs, each array job now has its own SQL model, which allows to store status and results of each array job. To list the array jobs as well, please use the --print-array-jobs option.
In case you have submitted a long list of commands with inter-dependencies, the Job Manager can now kill waiting jobs in case a dependent job failed. Simply use the --stop-on-failure option during the submission of the jobs.
Now, the verbosity of the gridtk can be selected more detailed. Simply use the -v option several times to get 0: ERROR, 1: WARNING, 2: INFO, 3: DEBUG outputs. A good choose is probably the -vv option to enable INFO output. Please note that this is not propagated to the jobs that are run in the grid.
The -v options must directly follow the jman command, and it has to be before the action (like submit or list) is chosen. The --database is now also a default option, which has to be at the same position.
One important improvement is that you now have the possibility to execute the jobs in parallel on the local machine. Please see next section for details.
Running jobs on the local machine
The JobManager is designed such that it supports mainly the same infrastructure when submitting jobs locally or in the SGE grid. To submit jobs locally, just add the --local option to the jman command:
$ jman --local -vv submit /usr/bin/python myscript.py --help
One important difference to the grid submission is that the jobs that are submitted to the local machine do not run immediately, but are only collected in the submitted.sql3 database. To run the collected jobs using 4 parallel processes, simply use:
$ jman --local -vv run-scheduler --parallel 4
and all jobs that have not run yet are executed, keeping an eye on the dependencies.
The scheduler will run until it is stopped using Ctrl-C. Hence, as soon as you submit new (local) jobs to the database, it will continue running these jobs. If you want the scheduler to stop after all scheduled jobs ran, please use the --die-when-finished option.
Another difference is that by default, the jobs write their results into the command line and not into log files. If you want the log file behavior back, specify the log directory during the submission:
$ jman --local -vv submit --log-dir logs myscript.py --help
Of course, you can choose a different log directory (also for the SGE submission).
Furthermore, the job identifiers during local submission usually start from 1 and increase. Also, during local re-submission, the job ID does not change.
Using the local machine for debugging
One possible use case for the local job submission is the re-submission of jobs to the local machine. In this case, you might re-submit the grid job locally:
$ jman --local -vv resubmit --job-id 6151646 --keep-logs
(as mentioned above, no new ID is assigned) and run the local scheduler:
$ jman --local -vv run-scheduler --no-log-files --job-ids 6151646
to print the output and the error to console instead of to log files.
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Myers makes first start at third base05/13/2012 9:11 PM ET
By Sam Dykstra / Special to MLB.com
Wil Myers played third base for the first time in his professional career Sunday. The Springfield Cardinals knew that and tested him early.
On a 0-1 count, Cardinals leadoff hitter Jose Garcia took one look at Myers' positioning and decided to show the Royals' No. 2 prospect what he was up against at the hot corner.
"I was playing in, just to be safe," said Myers, who hadn't played third base since attending high school in High Point, N.C. "But after the first strike, I thought, 'He's not gonna bunt,' so I moved back to normal depth. Then he lays one down.
"He was safe. I charged in, thought I threw the ball well, but it was just off line a little bit."
It was the only play the 21-year-old ended up making at his new position in the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals' 6-5 victory. He returned to center field in the third inning following a second rain delay.
Despite having to focus on a new position, Myers continued his torrid season offensively, going 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs, a walk and a run scored. He leads the Texas League with a .344 batting average and ranks third with 27 RBIs.
But the focus late Sunday afternoon was on his glove, not his bat.
"I thought it was good," Myers said. "I only played two innings there because of the rain delays, but my coaches wanted to get me in there to see how it'd go. I hadn't played at third in four years, so I knew it'd be interesting. It was different, obviously. But I felt good, felt comfortable out there."
Third base is the fifth position Myers has played since the Royals selected him in the third round of the 2009 Draft. He started out as a catcher before playing all three outfield spots last season. He said he was approached by Royals farm director Scott Sharp two weeks ago about the latest switch but isn't sure how long it might last.
"I honestly don't know," Myers stated. "It's obviously going to happen more than once, maybe a couple times a week going forward, but I'm not sure. It's something we'll keep working on and go from there."
As far as he's concerned, MLB.com's No. 17 overall prospect doesn't allow where he plays to affect how he hits.
"My position doesn't change me," Myers said. "When defense is over, I focus on offense and vice versa. Defense and offense are two different things for me."
Royals No. 9 prospect Christian Colon went 2-for-4 with a run scored, his fifth multi-hit effort in seven games. The fourth overall pick in the 2010 Draft has moved into fourth place in the Texas League with a .319 average.


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Watch a video report on the Jere Whitson event
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Kindergarten students at Cookeville's Jere Whitson Elementary School got a surprise recently when freshman Katy Cooke and assistant coach Coretta Brown paid a visit on behalf of the Tennessee Tech women's basketball program. The pair spent time reading stories and answering questions.
"Community services activities such as reading in area schools are very important to our program," said first-year coach Sytia Messer. "It's an opportunity for our young ladies to be role models within the community and to work with these young children in a sincere manner."
"It's a learning experience for our student-athletes, as well," Messer said. "Katy was honored to go out and spend some time with the kids at Jere Whitson. Sometimes life is bigger than basketball. Coach Brown has done a nice job organizing appearances such as this one, and she enjoys getting involved, as well."
Like many of Tech's teams, the Golden Eagle women's basketball
team participates in a number of community activities throughout
the year as part of the CHAMPS Life Skills program.
Messer's Golden Eagles are back in action this coming Thursday evening in Eblen Center when they host Eastern Illinois in the first game of a doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tech also hosts an OVC doubleheader Saturday against Southeast Missouri.
For tickets, please call (931) 372-3940 or visit the Athletics Ticket Office in Eblen Center.


text: Blockbuster has purchased Movielink, an ailing movie download service cobbled together by film studios to combat online piracy. The deal will give Blockbuster access to movies from Sony, Universal, Paramount, MGM, and Warner Brothers. Netflix's download service, by contrast, offers a limited selection of mostly older movies. The deal is the latest salvo fired in the consumer-friendly war of the movie rental services. No word yet on how long hackers might take to crack the new download service.


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Deputies arrested a man on a host of charges after he was found inside a woman's Heath Springs' home on Saturday, June 23, holding a large knife.
Ashley Demarra Dunlap, 29, was charged with aggravated criminal domestic violence, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, first-degree burglary and carrying a concealed weapon, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
The arrest came about 30 minutes after a deputy spoke with a woman about a potential burglary in her home.
Carolina Community Actions, Inc. (CCA, Inc.) has money available to assist low-income families with a variety of services including cooling bills, water, air conditioners, fans, mortgage and rent.
CCA also administers a family assessment program to assist with obtaining employment, license for Certified Nursing Assistance, books, supplies, General Education Degree, child care and youth leadership programs.
Qualification is based on total gross household income during the past 30 days.
It was a phone call Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile never wanted to receive and hopes he never hears again.
Standing in front of Lancaster County Council earlier this month with a stack of awards by his side, Faile recounted the news he received on Nov. 17, 2011, that one of his deputies had been wounded in the line of duty.
The deputy, Sgt. Brandon Rollins, was shot when he and three of his fellow drug task force officers confronted an armed robber at the Shrimp Boat restaurant on Memorial Park Road.
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts is still accepting registrations for its annual Arts and Sciences Camp, the first of which begins July 9 at Covenant Baptist Church in Lancaster.
The camp, which is held at several different locations throughout the county, is designed to spark elementary-age children's imagination and creativity.
Moments after agreeing on details about a county employee pay raise, Lancaster County Council unanimously passed final reading of the county's 2012-13 fiscal budget during a special meeting on Friday, June 22.
Once again, there were no public comments as council members put the finishing touches on the budget. The new budget year runs from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.
A drop in demand for certain types of paper has forced a local company to shut down one of its production lines.
The Catawba plant of Resolute Forest Products, formerly AbitibiBowater, announced last week it will be shutting down its No. 1 machine, forcing the layoffs of several employees.
Resolute spokeswoman Debbie Johnston said employees will begin preparing the machine for shut-down beginning Saturday, June 30, with layoffs beginning Monday, July 2.
The sounds of bluegrass, soul and rock will greet you as you make your way to downtown Lancaster on select evenings this summer.
The city of Lancaster is preparing to launch the second year of its Finally Friday summer series. The events, held on the last Friday of the month, will feature live music along with a variety of food and arts and crafts.
The events, to run each time from 6 to 9 p.m., will take place at the intersection of Main and Gay streets in Lancaster. They are free of charge and open to the public.
Monica Adamian believes there isn't nearly enough talk about HIV.
Adamian, director of prevention services for Catawba Care Coalition, says conditions such as cancer and diabetes receive much-needed attention, but HIV – the virus that causes AIDS – seems to remain taboo.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 50,000 people in the United States are infected with HIV each year, and about 20 percent of them don't know they have it.
A Lancaster couple with experience in the funeral service business has taken over one of the county's funeral homes.
Michael and Casey Burgess are the new new owners of Hartley-Burgess Funeral Home and Crematory Services, which was run for 17 years by Joanne and Jerry Hartley.
The Hartleys decided to retire after working for more than 40 years in the funeral service business.
The transaction became official June 14.
Jesef Williams
HEATH SPRINGS – What do you get when you mix the soul and rock sounds of George Clinton's P-Funk with lessons in astronomy?
The result is a unique experience at a summer function that continues to draw dozens of local youth year after year.
The United Citizens Club of Heath Springs recently wrapped up its annual summer camp, which ran from June 11 through Friday, June 22.
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Legislators have the duty to write ballot titles for proposed constitutional amendments, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today, eliminating those that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rewrote earlier this year.
The court also ruled that a proposal to require Minnesota voters to show photo identifications before casting ballots will be in front of Minnesotans on Nov. 6, despite arguments that the language appearing on the ballot is too vague.
Two of the six justices considering the case disagreed with the majority on the ballot title issue.
"Based on our construction of (state law), we hold that the secretary of state erred and exceeded his authority when he provided titles for the ballot questions on the proposed marriage and voter identification amendments different from the titles chosen by the Legislature," four justices wrote. "Instead, the appropriate titles the secretary of state must provide are the titles passed by the Legislature."
Republican legislators and others who disputed Ritchie's rewritten titles said the Democratic secretary of state wrote titles designed to produce votes against the GOP-pushed proposed amendments. Ritchie opposes both.
The photo ID case, also with two dissents, was filed by Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and others who said information to be on the ballot was too vague to accurately represent the actual proposed amendment.
"The proper role for the judiciary, however, is not to second-guess the wisdom of policy decisions that the Constitution commits to one of the political branches," the majority justices wrote. "The people are the sole judge of the wisdom of such matters."
The high court combined two cases challenging Ritchie's rewriting of the proposed constitutional amendment titles into one case.
Last month, Solicitor General Alan Gilbert told justices that if they overturn Ritchie's titles some of the 62 amendments voters passed since 1919 could be tossed out.
Attorney Jordan Lorence, representing GOP lawmakers and others who claim Ritchie violated the state Constitution, said that the case boiled down to whether Richie or legislators had the authority to write the titles. He claimed that the Constitution gives that power to the Legislature.
One constitutional amendment proposal would define marriage as between a man and a woman. The Republican-written title was "Recognition of marriage solely between one man and one woman," but Ritchie changed it to "Limiting the status of marriage to opposite sex couples."
The other proposal is to require Minnesota voters to show a photo ID. The original title was "Photo identification required for voting," while Ritchie's re-written version is "Changes to in-person and absentee voting and voter registration; provisional ballots."
There are three parts to each constitutional amendment proposal: the title, a question summarizing the issue and the full amendment. The first two appear on voters' ballots, but the full amendment usually does not.
The second case in front of the court was brought by the League of Women Voters, Common Cause and others opposed to requiring voters to produce photo IDs before casting ballots.
The question is whether the proposed amendment is accurately summarized on the ballot.
Attorney Bill Pentelovitch told justices the summary does not tell voters that requiring a photo ID would require "provisional ballots." Those are ballots cast by people without a photo ID that would be set aside and not counted until the voters produce a photo ID. He also said the amendment would eliminate voter registration on election day.
Here is the voter ID proposed constitutional amendment:
"All voters voting in person must present valid government-issued photographic identification before receiving a ballot. The state must issue photographic identification at no charge to an eligible voter who does not have a form of identification meeting the requirements of this section. A voter unable to present government-issued photographic identification must be permitted to submit a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot must only be counted if the voter certifies the provisional ballot in the manner provided by law.
"All voters, including those not voting in person, must be subject to substantially equivalent identity and eligibility verification prior to a ballot being cast or counted."
This is the language voters would see on their Nov. 6 ballots:
"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"


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Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario with a population of around 90,000.
Get in
By car
Sarnia is located across the Blue Water Bridge from Port Huron, Michigan. Sarnia is the eastern terminus of Highway 402 (Sarnia-London).
By train
VIA Rail runs two trains a day from Toronto to Sarnia. All trains arrive at Sarnia station, located at 125 Green St Via Rail
Get around
By Car
It would be best to have a car. Traffic is usually very light, and the roads are in good condition.
By foot/bike
Sarnia has a walkable downtown (Front St. area).
By Bus
Sarnia Transit operates a bus system throughout town [3]. Fare is $2 for single ride. Monthly passes are avaliable at various government offices throughout the city.
In the warmer months go under the Bluewater bridge for fresh cut fries and to watch the boats in the St. Clair River.
Located on Lake Huron, there are many public-access beaches along the shore. Canatara Park has a large public beach with plenty of parking, although it is known to be somewhat rocky and the water is colder, due to the current of the St. Clair River. Beaches in Bright's Grove (the most North-East end of Sarnia) are generally sandier and warmer, and there are large areas of public access, notably at Mike Weir Park (the largest public park on Lake Huron, it has a large sandy beach, with parking, playground, baseball diamonds, and sheltered picnic areas) and Kenwick Park (which has tennis courts, a basketball court, playground and sheltered picnic area)
If you have children, The Animal farm in Canatara Park is a hit. This attraction is free of charge and the animals come right out to greet you. It's very safe and the whole family will have a ball.
Canatara Park also has a great beach, hiking trails, and a big park for barbecues or family picnics, sports fields, and a lot of bird wildlife.
Lola's Martini Lounge on Christina is a very popular spot on the weekends for more upscale appetite.
Albert's in Point Edward is busy in the summer with their take-out style burger's and fries, along with a great selection of Ice Cream.
Salvatore's. A cute little Italian restaurant that is a hit with the locals. Will most likely need reservations, is located in Point Edward with a 4 minute walk under the Bluewater Bridge.
Stokes Inland, located down town and Stokes By the Bay, which is close to Bluewater Bridge are great for pub food, good beer and a great atmosphere.
Sarnia, ON is serviced by Bell Canada for landline telephones, and is covered by the major Canadian celluar companies (Bell, Telus and Rogers).
Newspapers and Periodicals
The Sarnia Obsever [4] is the local daily newspaper serving Sarnia and Lambton county. Other national newspapers are avaliable (Globe and Mail, National Post)
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The Waltons' Michael Learned Goes With the Flow of The Outgoing Tide
The Emmy Award-winning actress tackles the tricky topic of Alzheimer's in her new play.
Nonetheless, Learned -- who first gained nationwide fame and earned three Emmy Awards as Olivia Walton on CBS' popular family drama, The Waltons -- admits that the issue is not the easiest one for audiences to deal with. "If you tell people that this is a play about Alzheimer's, they may stay away in droves," she says. "So I prefer to say this is a play about a family in crisis, which is true. It's about a very stressful time in all their lives, including their son [played by Ian Lithgow]. The disease has progressed, and they're all at their wit's ends because they disagree about what to do."
While the play sounds like a complete downer, Learned says nothing could be further from the truth. "What's so amazing about the play is that Bruce somehow managed to make this terrible disease funny," she says. "When I first read the script, I found myself laughing and then weeping. And then I thought 'I just have to do it,' so I said 'yes' immediately."
Learned was relieved to find that audiences shared her reaction to the script when this production premiered last month at the Delaware Theatre Company. "During our first night of previews, I thought to myself, 'this show isn't a tragedy, it's a comedy,'" she says. "But what surprises me is that the older audiences are the ones who seem to be laughing the most. I'm not sure if it's from being nervous or if it's a form of release or if it's a little bit of everything."
She credits much of the production's success to her co-star, Peter Strauss, who plays her struggling husband. "I had never met him before, and while I knew his television work (Rich Man, Poor Man), I didn't realize he was such a great stage actor (Einstein and the Polar Bear)," she says. "But he just owns this part -- he fully inhabits it. It's a very demanding role and he brings about 40 different colors to it."
Learned, who lives in Los Angeles, is particularly thrilled to be performing in New York during the holiday season. "When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center," she says. "My heart is really here. I always say Los Angeles is really just a nice place to visit, but New York is the nicest place to live. You can order in food and the doormen are the kindest people. I think this city is full of angels."
Being here also allows her to see many of her friends, including her former television son, John-Boy Walton himself, Richard Thomas (who recently starred in Broadway's An Enemy of the People). "I love Richard. In fact, all of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families."
Most of all, though, Learned is thrilled to simply have a string of jobs to keep her busy. Indeed, after this production closes, she will be doing a production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Driving Miss Daisy in Jacksonville, Florida and then Edmonton, Canada.
"I had five months of not working recently, and it almost drove me crazy. When this play came up, my husband said, 'take it before you become suicidal or homicidal,'" she recalls. "I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly."


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FLORENCE — After purchasing the building at the corner of Pikes Peak and Main Street, the DTL Enterprises group spent several months completely renovating the building before opening Creatives' Cork on Friday at 106 W. Main St. in Florence.
"We had to redo everything, except for the floor," said General Manager Charlette Henager. "For seven years, it was a pharmacy, then it was a yarn shop and fabric store for a few years. Now it's Creatives' Cork."
They came up with the name because "we wanted to tie all the creative ideas together," she said. "So (we have) music with the recording studio upstairs and the stage (on the main floor), the culinary arts with the food and then the visual arts on the wall and of course the wine, which is definitely an art in itself."
Alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food will be served.
"Our main staple right now are oysters on the half shell while supplies last after 3 (p.m.)," Henager said. "On our menu right now, it's mainly sandwiches, salads, cheese plates, shrimp cocktails and desserts."
When the kitchen is ready, the menu also will offer hot entrees. The kitchen will be open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
All but two of the paintings on display are for sale. The artwork will rotate every 30 days with art director Mary Shell handling that portion of the business.
"Once a week, we'll have music and we're trying to get comedians to rotate through so we'll have comedy acts twice a month," Henager said.
Creatives' Cork also will be involved with the Second Saturday events, featuring art, music and food. Art and wine will be offered from 6-8 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays on the patio, where participants will receive a canvas, use of paints, art instruction for two hours and a glass of wine. Tickets will be available for $25 with Shell as the hostess artist with special artists along the way.
Currently, Creatives' Cork is offering a special of $149.99 on studio recording time for four hours.
The business also offers a patio with outdoor seating.
DTL Enterprises group consists of owners Tammy Sandefur, Lisa Houston and Douglas Hess, General Manager Charlette Henager, Food and Kitchen Manager Chris Henager and Bar Manager Michelle Dohrmann.
Creatives' Cork is open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week at 106 W. Main St. The telephone number is 784-7556.


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"Update Your Status" This Valentine's Day and Encourage More HIV Testing
February 1, 2012
Did you know that roughly 1 in 5 people infected with HIV in the United States is unaware of his or her infection and may be unknowingly transmitting the virus to others? This Valentine's Day, help stop the spread of HIV by getting tested and/or encouraging your friends to get tested!
Starting on January 31 and running through February 14, DoSomething.org will be launching our Update Your Status campaign, urging young people to sign up and get tested for HIV. Participants can sign up at www.DoSomething.org/status and use the HIV testing locator to find a HIV testing center in their community. Upon completion, participants will have the option to literally update their Facebook status to share with friends the importance of getting tested.
Participate in just 5 easy steps:
Participants who refer at least 5 of their friends will be eligible to win one of four $500 scholarships.
For more information, visit www.DoSomething.org/status or text "STATUS" to 38383.
This article was provided by DoSomething.org.
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Anita L. Rogers, 36, of Wapakoneta, died at 8:10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at Wapakoneta Manor.
She was born in Lima, the daughter of Billy and Carol (Meckstroth) Rogers, and her mother survives in Wapakoneta. Her father preceded her in death.
She is also survived by two brothers, Jeffrey (Melanie) Rogers of Sylvania and Paul (Cortney) Rogers of Wapakoneta; five nephews, Jason T. Rogers, Austin P. Rogers, Zach J. Rogers, Blake L. Rogers and Danny Wheeler; two nieces, Totionna S. Rogers and Kayionna S. Rogers; her paternal grandmother, V. Lucille Rogers of St. Marys.
Anita was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Wapakoneta.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, State Route 501, Wapakoneta, with the Rev. Mark Bauer officiating. Burial is to follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Wapakoneta.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Condolences may be expressed at Bayliffandeleyfh.com.


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Including a statement on each of your syllabi concerning expectations with regard to academic responsibility helps to create a campus culture in which academic integrity is a central principle. The following is a sample statement that you may copy exactly or modify as you wish.
The following passage is taken from the academic regulations section of the Bucknell University Course Catalog:
"Bucknell students are responsible for the preparation and presentation of work representing their own efforts. Acceptance of this responsibility is essential to the educational process and must be considered as an expression of mutual trust, the foundation upon which creative scholarship rests. Students are directed to use great care when preparing all written work and to acknowledge fully the source of all ideas and language other than their own."
I fully support the above principles and the institutional process that deals with violations of academic responsibility at Bucknell. I will not hesitate to initiate this process if the above mentioned "mutual trust" is violated in my course. In addition, it is important that you recognize that there may be instances when collaboration is appropriate in my class and other instances when it is not. Absent specific instructions to the contrary, you are to assume that all assignments are to be completed without collaboration. Finally, in acknowledging the source of all ideas and language other than your own, you must cite the creator of Internet posted information just as you would an author of a textbook, a journal article, a reference book, emails, or personal conversations from which your have used information or ideas.
The following links are virtual breadcrumbs marking the 27 most recent pages you have visited in Bucknell.edu. If you want to remember a specific page forever click the pin in the top right corner and we will be sure not to replace it. Close this message.


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OK, I will ask the infamous question.....What are your resolutions for 2005?
Here is one of mine that I identified today. I was looking through my list of cache activity and noticed that I had claimed the Nestle Trestle as a find. I remember that I didn't actually find the blasted thing because it disappeared before I went to it. Because I had confirmed with a couple of people the exact location of the cache AND there were many pieces of plastic that might have been considered part of a container, I guess I decided (though I don't remember it) that I should be able to call it a find. Understand, I was a VERY green cacher back then - only a few months under my belt and I hadn't yet found Old 470 - that experience has changed my life - hehehehe!. Now I certainly know better and am horrified at my poor judgment. Today I changed it to a DNF.
So, my resolution? To stay on the up and up with my finds and DNF's and to swear under oath that I will whole-heartedly follow the geocachers code of ethics. Actually, my caching resolution for 2005 is to get out as much as possible and to enjoy each experience.
Well, and to drink more water, too - LOL.
I have a few more resolutions, too, but I will keep those to myself
Hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and Day in store and that 2005 is all that you want it to be!


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22 years in prison.
That's the sentence facing Ryan Cozart for his role in the death of a 57-year-old man at a Meigs County motel last May.
Cozart pleaded guilty Thursday to the death of Wallace Chaffin.
Chaffin was found dead in his room at the Meigs Motel back on May 9th.
The Meigs County prosecutor says as a part of the deal Cozart pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and robbery.
Ariel Smith and Sara Craig are also facing charges in the crime.
On Friday, Meigs County Grand Jury indicted three people in connection with the murder of Wallace Chaffin.
Chaffin was found dead in his room at the Meigs Motel on May 9th.
Ryan Cozart is charged with aggravated murder, tampering with evidence, and aggravated robbery.
Ariel Smith is charged with complicity to felonious assault and tampering with evidence.
Sara Craig is charged with tampering with evidence, obstructing officials business, and receiving stolen property.
All three are scheduled to be arraigned in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Monday, May 20 at 9:15 a.m.
Police arrested three people in connection with a murder at a hotel in Pomeroy.
According to the Meigs County Sheriff's Office, Wallace Chafin, 57, was found dead Thursday morning at the Meigs Motel.
Investigators believe the crime happened at about 11:30 Wednesday night.
Ryan Cozart, 32, Ariel Smith, 22, and Sara Craig, 33, are all charged in connection with the murder.
Cozart faces murder charges. Smith and Craig both face complicity to commit murder.
Investigator say they arrested Cozart and Craig at about 1:50 Thursday morning when they returned to the crime scene in the victim's car.
Smith was arrested at a home in Portland, Ohio.
Craig was on house arrest for meth charges in Meigs County. Investigators say she cut off her house arrest bracelet.
No word yet on a motive. Chafin's body has been sent for an autopsy.
Police say a homicide occurred last night at the Meigs Motel in Pomeroy.
The Meigs County Sheriff's Office says three suspects are in custody.
The Sheriff's Office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation are investigating.
The victim's name isn't being released until family is notified.
No further information is being released at this time.


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Vector-Triggered Innate Immune Activity Is Necessary for iPSCs
By Anette Breindl
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Researchers reported last week that the retroviral vector that is used for gene delivery in the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs, does more than just ferry its cargo into cells. It activates the innate immune system – and that activation is critical for efficient reprogramming.
Senior author John Cooke said he hopes that by learning more about the process, which he and his team have termed "transflammation," transforming cells via proteins or small molecules rather than by genetic means will reach the sort of efficiency that can make the technique clinically relevant.
But more basically, he told BioWorld Today, "the importance of this paper is not that we found a better way to reprogram." It is that "we've found a way of enhancing a cell's plasticity and fluidity."
He said his team's findings could pave the way to direct reprogramming from one cell type to another, without the need for a pluripotent intermediate – which always bears some risk of going off in a different direction than its maker intended.
Such treatments could be used in vivo, for example after injuries, to turn fibroblasts into useful cell types rather than the scar tissue they now form. "What if we could heal with tissue instead of with scars? It's not so far-fetched," he said, pointing out that is the way lower vertebrates heal their injuries.
Two teams first reported in 2007 that they had managed to generate cells whose plasticity in many respects rivaled that of embryonic stem cells by transforming them with a cocktail of four transcription factors. Their work won the Nobel Prize earlier this year. (See BioWorld Today, Nov. 21, 2007, and Oct 10, 2012.)
Since that time, one of the goals for getting the technique clinic-ready has been to get rid of the viral vectors used in the transformation. Such efforts have succeeded in principle. But to date, the ability of using cell-permeant proteins, or CPPs, has not come within striking distance of viral vectors. While reprogramming with viral vectors can transform up to 1 in 100 fibroblasts that are exposed to them, the rate with proteins is in the range of 1 in 100,000.
Cooke, who is at Stanford University, described his own team's attempts to reprogram cells using CPPs. "We struggled. We were not able to get reprogramming to any reasonably efficiency."
When using CPPs rather than viral vectors, the resulting transformation process could be summed up as "low and slow," he said. While viral vector delivery leads to a rise in protein levels within hours of transfection, with CPPs, "we saw nothing on day one, we saw nothing on day two. We started to see a little hint of something on day three." But even after the process finally got started, protein levels never rose to anywhere near those in virally transformed cells.
The most obvious difference between the methods, Cooke said, was the viral vector that the team was trying to shed. "I thought, 'Maybe the virus is doing something.' So I asked [co-first author] Jieun Lee to throw in an irrelevant virus."
That strategy turned out to be what it took to get the transformation to take. When the team added a retroviral vector that was not coding for the transcription factors to protein forms of either Sox-2 or Oct-4, which are both ingredients of the iPSC transformation cocktail, their levels rose more rapidly, and to final concentrations that resembled those that result from delivering their genes via a viral vector.
Lee, her co-first author Nazish Sayed and their colleagues went on to investigate how the vector was jumpstarting the effects of the transcription factors. They found that the innate immune system, via its TLR3 receptor, responded to the viral vector. Ultimately, the TLR3 activation affected several of the cell's epigenetic markers, changing them in a way that readies the DNA at those markers accessible to the cell's translation machinery. They published their findings in the Oct. 26, 2012, issue of Cell.
Cooke said he thinks that opening up of the cell's chromatin is a way for cells to cope with infection. "Human cells recognize that the pathogen is at the door," he said, "and the alarms go off, and the cell opens up its genetic toolbox."
He added that his idea for why innate immune system activation should induce an open state in the cellular chromatin is "speculation. But it makes the most sense."
If such plasticity and fluidity can be harnessed where it is wanted, it must also be considered where it is not. The work of Cooke and his team also showed that vectors are not mere delivery vehicles, but instead affect the fate of their cargo via their effects on the cells to which they deliver that cargo. "Any time anyone uses a retroviral vector," Cooke said, "they will have to take into account the epigenetics of the cell."
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Warne slams Aussie selectors
Test legend Shane Warne has blasted Australia's selection policies, labelling them as garbage, ridiculous and mind boggling.
Warne was left fuming after being told fit-again paceman James Pattinson was off-limits for the Melbourne Stars' Twenty20 semi-final showdown against the Perth Scorchers on Wednesday night.
Pattinson made a successful return from a side strain last Saturday in the Victorian Premier League, snaring 2 for 21 off eight overs.
But Cricket Australia has deemed the 22-year-old is not yet ready for the helter-skelter nature of Twenty20 cricket so early in his comeback.
A fired-up Warne, who was already unimpressed by CA's controversial rotation policy, said there was no logic in keeping Pattinson out of the Twenty20 ranks for such a big match.
"Everyone told us we couldn't have him," Warne said in Perth on Tuesday.
"We were just trying to find some logical answer or some common sense in between the absolute garbage we were given.
"Anyone with half a brain or common sense will know that playing a semi-final against good opposition where your get four overs is actually better for you than playing eight overs of grade cricket and standing out there for seven hours.
"I mean, hello? Am I the only one who thinks that? Or has common sense gone out the window?
"He's two weeks ahead of schedule, steaming in in the nets and bowling beautifully.
"To me it's a joke that we haven't got him.
"It's just mind boggling how ridiculous that decision is."
Warne also hit out at Australia's recent practice of rotating players, despite national coach Mickey Arthur launching a passionate defence of the policy.
"I know there has been some injuries, but it looks like strength and conditioning are picking the team, not the selectors," Warne said.
"To me the captain should always pick the team, in conjunction (with) the selectors to try and get the best team out on the park for Australia.
"Playing cricket for Australia is something special.
"It's not just rotate around and give a guy a game and see how you go.
"What sort of pressure is that on a particular player knowing he's got one game?
"There's nothing like knowing you've performed well enough that you're going to play the next game. That's when you start performing at your best."
The Stars will be without a host of key players against the Scorchers, with Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga and Australian quartet Clint McKay, David Hussey, Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade all on international duties.
Malinga snared 6 for 7 when the teams met last month to help skittle the Scorchers for a record-low 69.
Warne will not be miked up for the re-match at the WACA after his recent expletive-laden altercation with West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels, which earned the Australian spinner a one-match ban.


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2007 Baseball
Beavers ready to make waves in the Heartland Conference
By: Jordon Bruner, sports information assistant
January 26, 2007
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The Bluffton University baseball team returns four All-HCAC performers to a team that finished second in the Heartland Conference last year. The Beavers 17-21 (10-11 HCAC) record last season marked the most wins for the Bluffton baseball program since 1988.
Coach James Grandey returns for his fourth season at the helm of the baseball program. His teams have consistently improved during his tenure at Bluffton, starting with an 11-win season in 2004 and culminating with the 17-win campaign a year ago.
This season, the Beavers look to make their mark in both the Heartland Conference and the Bluffton University record books as last year's young team has returned with a wealth of game experience. Despite the fact that Bluffton has no seniors on the roster, the Beavers do return twenty juniors and sophomores who saw significant playing time in 2006.
|Bluffton's infield remains largely intact as three starters return. Two All-HCAC performers from a year ago are back as junior Ryan Baightel (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) returns at shortstop and Greg Sigg (Maumee/Maumee) is expected to get the nod at first base. Corey Conn (London/London) also returns at the hot corner for the Beavers, while fellow sophomores David Betts (Bryan/Bryan) and Justin Penwell (Washington Court House/Washington Senior) are expected to compete for playing time at second base. Junior Jimmy McMonagle (Ida, Mich./Ida) also returns after spending time last year at first base and as a designated hitter.
The outfield will have a new look this season as all three starters from last year's squad are gone. The Beavers do, however, return several players who saw action in the outfield last spring. Junior Chris Bauman (Milford/Milford) is back after providing Bluffton with some punch as a pinch-hitter a year ago. He will be joined by 2006 All-Mideast Region performer Tony Moore (Elida/Elida) who will make the move to centerfield, vacating his spot at second base that he occupied the last two seasons. Sophomores Tyler Williams (Lima/Lima Senior) and Allen Slabaugh (Dalton/Dalton), along with transfer Mike Ramthun (Springfield/Southeastern), will add experienced depth in the outfield while wreaking havoc on the basepaths.
Sophomore Curtis Schroeder (Shelby/Shelby), honorable mention All-HCAC a year ago, will start behind the plate for the Beavers.
Bluffton's pitching rotation will see some familiar faces on the hill as a very young squad from a year ago is much improved after a year of Heartland Conference experience. Junior Tim Kay (Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity), who earned first team All-HCAC honors in 2006, returns as Bluffton's ace, while also having spent time as the team's designated hitter. Sophomore Matt Perkins (Convoy/Crestview) also returns on the mound for the Beavers giving Bluffton a solid one-two combination in conference action.
"Kay and Perkins will be at the top of the rotation, but we need to fill out the 3-4-5 spots in the rotation," Grandey said. "The key for the pitching staff is for the older guys to pitch well and get people out consistently." Junior Will Gerber (Kidron/Central Christian), along with newcomers Cody McPherson (Northwood/Millbury Lake), Cody Holp (Arcanum/Tri-County North) and Zach Arend (Oakwood/Paulding) will compete for a spot in the rotation.
Juniors Gerber and Tyler Sprunger (Berne, Ind./South Adams) both return for Bluffton, bringing with them a wealth of experience to Bluffton's bullpen. Also looking to solidify the relieving corps for the Beavers are sophomores Steve Roberts (West Salem/Mapleton) and Tyler Hill (London/London).
Another talented recruiting class adds even more depth to an already deep roster for Bluffton. This depth should create intense competition and it will help the Beavers make a push for the Heartland Conference tournament as well as the record for most victories in a season.
"We are a team that is still young, but with the experience we have there is a good chance to build momentum for the program," Grandey said. "Our first goal is to set the school record for victories which will lead to a winning season and hopefully put us in the conference tournament."
Although the addition of national power Rose-Hulman to the Heartland Conference improves an already deep and talented HCAC, the Beavers are confident that their non-league schedule, which includes a matchup at Division I Wright State, will prepare them as they make a run at the Heartland Conference tournament.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Emergency sirens sounded around Hawaii late Saturday warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada.
Even as emergency officials urged people along Hawaii's coasts to move to higher ground, officials in North America downgraded a tsunami warning to an advisory for southern Alaska and British Columbia. They also issued an advisory for areas of northern California and southern Oregon.
A small tsunami created by the magnitude 7.7 quake was barely noticeable in Craig, Alaska, where the first wave or surge was recorded Saturday night.
The wave or surge was recorded at 4 inches, much smaller than forecast, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit in the Queen Charlotte Islands area, followed by a 5.8-magnitude aftershock several minutes later. The quake was felt in Craig and other southeast Alaska communities, but Zidek said there were no immediate reports of damage.
The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for coastal areas of southeast Alaska, down the western Canadian coast to the tip of Vancouver Island.
Later Saturday evening, the warning for those areas was downgraded to an advisory, while a warning was issued for Hawaii.
Officials said a tsunami wave could hit the islands by 10:30 p.m. Saturday (1:30 a.m. PDT).
Local television stations in Hawaii were running live news updates and warning tourists to check with hotels.
At first, officials said the islands weren't in any danger of a tsunami, but they later issued a warning, saying there had been a change in sea readings.
In addition, officials issued an advisory for areas from Gualala Point, Calif., about 80 miles northwest of San Francisco, to the Douglas-Lane county line in Oregon, about 10 miles southwest of Florence.
A tsunami warning means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not expected to occur.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said it was warning warn everyone with a boat on the water to prepare for a potential tsunami.
The first wave hit Craig about two hours after the earthquake.
"It started off where it might be a 3-foot wave, and it kept getting downgraded," Craig Mayor Dennis Watson said. "And the last time we heard, it was less than 1 foot."
It actually was recorded at 4 inches. Watson said he was downtown on the waterfront, and had his car lights shining on pylons.
"I didn't even see the surge. I watched the pylons. And the tides came in about four or five inches. The surge would leave a wet spot as it would go back out, and we never did see that," he said.
There could be subsequent waves in Craig, but an official with the tsunami warning center didn't think it would amount to much.
The first wave "typically is not the largest but nevertheless we don't expect the maximum wave height to be large," said Bill Knight.
The state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management activated its emergency operations center and notified officials in southeast Alaska communities.
Lt. Bernard Auth of the Juneau Command Center said the Coast Guard was also working with local authorities to alert people in coastal towns to take precautions.
Lucy Jones, a USGS seismologist, said the earthquake likely would not generate a large tsunami.
"This isn't that big of an earthquake on tsunami scales," she said. "The really big tsunamis are usually up in the high 8s and 9s."
She said the earthquake occurred along a "fairly long" fault — "a plate 200 kilometers long" in a subduction zone, where one plate slips underneath another. Such quakes lift the sea floor and tend to cause tsunamis, she said.
In Craig, officials implement an emergency plan, and took fire trucks, ambulances and heavy equipment to higher ground.
"If nothing else it was a good exercise in determining how well our disaster plan works. I thought it came off quite well, really," he said.
Watson said he did receive calls from townspeople about the tsunami.
"There's supposed to be a big Halloween party downtown. People are calling, 'Did the wave hit yet so we can go to the party?'" he said.
AP reporter Chris Weber in Los Angeles and Oskar Garcia in Honolulu contributed to this report.


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NEW YORK – Columbia men's basketball head coach Kyle Smith has rounded out his coaching staff for the upcoming 2014-15 campaign. Adam Hood will serve as an assistant coach, John Andrzejek takes over as Director of Basketball Operations and Jake Heine has been named graduate manager for the program.
"We are very excited and fortunate to have a group of bright, passionate people join our staff," said Smith. "It's always tough losing talented assistants, but that's a part of this business when you have success. I can't wait to see what these new pieces add to our program."
Hood comes to the Lions after spending two seasons at Boston University as a special assistant. While there, he coordinated team travel, game day operations and was a liaison with various university units.
A 2008 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Hood was a four-time letterwinner with the Falcons where his squads went an impressive 84-42. Air Force also made the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and reached the NIT semifinals in 2007.
"I've known Adam and his family for a while," Smith said. "I recruited his brother, Antoine, when I was at Air Force and then he went on to play there and had an unbelievable string of success in a tough Mountain West Conference. Adam's experience on the court and as an officer brings a great level of maturity to the staff and he will be a great addition for us."
Andrzejek is no stranger to the program, spending the past three seasons as assistant to the Director of Operations. He graduated from Columbia in just two and a half years, earning a degree in Philosophy with a GPA of 3.85.
During his time as head manager, Andrzejek was vital in video coordination and managing Kyle Smith's unique statistical database. He also worked at Columbia's summer camps and was a member of the Lions' junior varsity squad as an undergrad.
Andrzejek is currently the Director of Basketball Operations under South Carolina head coach Frank Martin for the USA East Coast All-Stars' trip to Estonia while they play in the Four Nations Cup.
"I think we are seeing the making of a great story when it comes to John Andrzejek," commented Smith. "Since he's not new to the program, it's been a pretty smooth transition so far. John already has our players' respect and really is determined to make it in the coaching ranks."
Heine spent two seasons as head assistant coach at Colorado College where he was the primary recruiter for the program that went 33-19 (.634). The Tigers increased their win total by 33-percent in his first season (2012-13) on the bench and then guided the program to its first ever top-25 ranking last year.
Additionally, Heine is on the support staff for USA Basketball. He worked with the 2012 gold medal winning Olympic team in London and various other national squads.
"We are very lucky to have a guy with Jake's experience join us," Smith said. "He has learned from some of the best during his time with USA Basketball and brings a lot to the table from his time at Colorado College."
The lone holdover from the 2013-14 staff is Kevin Hovde, who enters his fourth year with the Lions. Hovde acts as the team's offensive coordinator and has been instrumental in opponent scouting, recruiting and player development during his tenure.
"Kevin is a young and exciting coach," Smith stated. "He is really responsible for a lot of our improvements offensively and is a great teacher."
"This group, combined with Derrick Phelps brings a diverse group of talents who share the common trait of experiencing tremendous success at the Division I and Olympic levels," Smith continued. "As a collective group, they have made seven NCAA Tournaments, five Sweet 16's, two final fours, a national championship and an Olympic gold medal."


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In the hands of a good storyteller we love to be strung along. As the tension builds and unexpected twists in the tale occur our pleasure increases. We become absorbed in the story and find it both enjoyable and cathartic. In detective stories the clues and the characters entice us into a page turning kind of addiction. The solution to the mystery becomes increasingly enticing. When we are forced to put it down, we long to get back to the book as soon as possible.
The same enthusiastic absorption gets a grip on newspaper crossword-puzzle enthusiasts. They come to recognize the different personalities who set the puzzles that frustrate and tease them every day. Sitting in front of the last elusive clue that prevents them finishing the puzzle is a bitter-sweet pain.
People have sometimes had a dream in which they experience a total breakthrough into all knowledge. Every puzzle and unanswered question in the universe is answered or resolved and this produces a total peace and serene satisfaction. On waking up, the afterglow of the truth-experience remains powerful but the direct contact with the truth has been broken. Nostalgia for the lost knowledge now becomes acute once they realize they have lost the key to the question that was so fully answered. Gradually even the nostalgia fades until there is barely nostalgia for the nostalgia left. Ordinary, mundane consciousness takes over and covers over the acute feeling of loss.
If only we had the same level of dedication to meditation as we do to thrillers or puzzles we would be ready for the breakthrough we are preparing to engage with again in the paschal mysteries. If only we could reconnect to the forgotten knowledge. The lesson of Lent is that we can.
Laurence Freeman OSB
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