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Announcing Grayson, a new community in Leander now open! A new neighborhood of affordable, modern homes is now available in the northwest corridor of the greater Austin metro area. Ranging from 1,500sf to 2,700sf, homes at Grayson feature unique exteriors with a contemporary style that both trendsetters and traditionalists will appreciate. Grayson features a one-of-a-kind amenity center complete with a resort-style pool commons, lounging areas and equipped with an outdoor kitchen to entertain your guests and show off your culinary skills. Don't worry, Grayson also has a fully stock fishing pond for making weekend family memories. There are close-by parks, hiking trails, and paw parks also for the whole family to enjoy! At Grayson, you'll find the perfect balance of countryside charm with easy access to popular amenities. Residents enjoy a short drive to nearby shopping at Lakeline Mall and the 1890 Ranch shopping center, which includes major retailers like Whole Foods, Costco, Dick's Sporting Goods, Super Target, Hobby Lobby, OfficeMax, PetSmart, and more. Dining out is a breeze with several restaurant options, like Chuy's, Freebirds, Red Robin Burgers, Starbucks, Einstein Bros Bagels, Which Wich, Longhorn Steakhouse, Mighty Fine Burgers, Rosa's Café, and more. Children of Grayson attend Leander ISD Schools, including Jim Plain Elementary (grades K-5), Wiley Middle School (grades 6-8), Glenn High School (grades 9-10), and Rouse High School (grades 11-12).Visit the website Free brochure
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Back in 2010 when there was actually a Games Day on the east coast we had all signed up and ran a gaming table for the event. We had a little mini game going where people could walk up with an independent character and have a duel on one of the 2'x 2' battlefields we brought along. All of our old Games Day pictures can be seen here.
Out of the two arenas I made the lava one was always my favorite, and as soon as it was finished I knew I wanted to have a full table one day built in the same fashion. My youngest brother and I have been working on and off over the last year or so with long breaks in between but finally after a big push this week we have done it!
As you can see the original mini table is in the corner and we cut pink foam to match up and make a full sized table around it. I would like to make a few more pieces of themed terrain to go with it such as a volcano or a few mountains connected by a bridge or pipes but after a year of mostly procrastination it is good to see a project crossed off the list!
Also, as an added bonus, my brother now knows how to make cool looking terrain and I can get him to make it all!

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We started out on our journey toward adoption about 15 years ago.
Our journey shifted toward fostering when a baby (now our son) became available, but he wasn't available for adoption yet. We were presented with the option of foster to adopt. Why not, we thought.
Fast forward about 2 years, and we are looking at expanding our family again. We waited to get our home study updated so we could be considered for another child.
At the end of 2009, we received a call about a baby due in a month. This was our second son.
It took a long time to finalize his adoption.
We decided to foster to give back.
We had a few foster kids over the years.
As time passed, we discovered our kids had some challenges. We placed restrictions on the kids we were willing to accept.
As we were going through the annual paperwork, it seemed that wasn't much point to continuing.
So we are no longer foster parents.
Fostering enriched our lives and have us our family.
That season is over.


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As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.I'm always suspicious of interpretations that rely too heavily on the precise wording of the Bible, but today I was inspired to try one. The text here doesn't say Matthew was a tax collector. It says he was sitting at the tax booth. Of course, he was sitting there because his job was collecting taxes, but the text doesn't define him that way. It describes him simply as "a man called Matthew."
-Matthew 9:9
The typical treatment of this story is to say how because Matthew was a tax collector he was basically the scum of the earth in his culture and then to marvel at the fact that Jesus is willing to have him as a disciple anyway. But this treatment (yes, I've sketched it harshly) really involves a judgment of Matthew that Jesus doesn't make. Matthew is a man. He has his faults, and his choice of careers may be one of them, but we don't know what his life has been like and why he made the choices he did.
As I was trying to apply this to my life, I thought about my neighbor. He's the manager of a local strip club. I've never met him, but I have met his wife and his son. They seem nice enough. My daughters are friends with his son. Thinking about this man in the light of this verse in Matthew I think I see what's required for me to see him as a man apart from his occupation.


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Washita County grain elevator employee dies after workplace accident
An employee at a Washita County grain elevator is dead following a workplace accident.
According to the Washita County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 4:30 p.m. Feb. 9 emergency response crews were called to Rocky Farmer's COOP after an employee had slid into equipment in a grain elevator.
As emergency crews made their way to the scene, they received a second call stating the trapped employee was believed to be dead. Crews then workers to free the trapped man but determined his injuries were too severe. At 5:20 p.m. the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office was notified of the man's death.
Investigators are attempting to determine what caused the man to become trapped in the elevator machinery. The man's identity is being held pending family notification.


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By Robert Weintraub
In OTAs (Offseason Talk & Analysis) all through June, the Sports on Earth NFL team will break down each team's offseason transactions, boldest moves and burning questions as they prepare for training camp. So far we've featured the Falcons, Cardinals, Ravens, Bills, Panthers and Bears.
It's a regular rite of summer now, right there with the smell of Coppertone or the increase in crime rates. The Cincinnati Bengals gather for OTAs and minicamps and attempt to pick up the pieces and regroup after yet another crushing first-round playoff exit. This time around, there is a sense that 2014 is a crossroads season. Will Cincy regress and miss the playoffs, or can it continue its slow and steady build to the heights of the AFC totem pole?
Sure, the Ginger-haired Sword of Damocles that is Andy Dalton hangs over the franchise. Will he step up and become a truly reliable quarterback? How much should the team spend on his coming contract extension? How does he feel about a dye job? However, in the meantime there are other doings in Cincy to examine.
Biggest Offseason Move: Embracing the Hue-Tang Clan
The offseason personnel maneuvering in the Queen City was limited, as usual. However, there were a couple of draft selections that reflected a larger tactical shift that is in the offing. From 2011-13, with Jay Gruden as offensive coordinator, the Bengals passed more than they ran by an average of 99 times per season. Now Gruden is off to D.C. to let Robert Griffin III wing it that much, if not more. In his place at OC comes Hue Jackson, who is much more old-school than Gruden, and is itching to establish a mucho macho ground game at Paul Brown Stadium. When Jackson called the shots for the Raiders offense in 2010, the run/pass split actually tilted toward the ground attack, 504-491. That team didn't have A.J. Green, among other major differences in personnel, but it's a revealing window into Jackson's mindset.
Jackson has been outspoken (as he always is) about desiring a different shade of offense, one that emphasizes the run, especially between the tackles, while also taking responsibility off of Dalton's plate. To that end, the Bengals surprised some draftniks by taking Jeremy Hill, a banger with plenty of tread left on his tires, out of LSU with the 55th overall pick. He will kick aside the swiftly decomposing BenJarvus Green-Ellis to become the lead power back in the Bengals backfield, leaving the Law Firm free to catch up on back episodes of The Practice. Cincy then grabbed mauler Russell Bodine in the fourth round to add muscle to the interior line (more on him below).
Jackson said in May that he saw "spectacular" things from his quarterback, but with Dalton, less is certainly more. A more efficient run game (Cincy was 20th in rushing DVOA per Football Outsiders) and a more balanced attack can only help the Red Rifle, and keep him from his regular self-inflicted wounds. Hill and second-year dynamo Gio Bernard could be a dynamic duo, a striped version of the 2010 Raiders combo of Darren McFadden and Michael Bush, who combined for 1,812 yards and 15 touchdowns. Even that team's quarterback, Jason Campbell, is on hand, the newly signed insurance policy in case Dalton spontaneously combusts.
Of course, seeking to emulate an 8-8 team may not be the best way to go. But give Jackson credit -- from fired disgrace to influential offensive coordinator in just three seasons isn't a bad rebound.
Biggest Offseason Gamble: Cutting loose the starting center
This is the riskiest move of Jackson's offensive coup. Kyle Cook was agile, tough and particularly adept at sorting out complex pass protections. Unfortunately, injuries to his lower body suffered in 2012 leeched away much of his power, and he was routinely plowed over by the 3-4 noseguards in the AFC North. The Bengals ran for a paltry 3.27 yards per carry against divisional opponents, highlighting their struggles against the likes of Haloti Ngata and Phil Taylor.
Still, it came as a surprise when the Bengals cut the well-liked veteran in March, opening a competition for the spot among several unproven players. The aforementioned Bodine is being groomed for the spot, no two ways about it. The Bengals hadn't traded up in the draft since 2002 (and are still singed by the Ki-Jana Carter disaster), but moved up to grab Bodine, which are all the tea leaves you need to read. Bodine is a weight room All-Pro, having benched 42 reps at the combine, way more than anyone else, and will solve the beef problem up front. But at North Carolina he struggled with line calls against complex blitzes, and in getting to the second level on runs. He may in the end be better suited for guard.
If that's the case, the Bengals quiet re-signing of Mike Pollak looks prescient. A versatile and very tough player himself, Pollak is a more natural guard, but the team likes his ability at center too. And Trevor Robinson, a third-year undrafted free agent who played well in Cook's place back in '12, is still presuming the job is his, and entered OTAs atop the depth chart, for what that's worth. But Robinson isn't the power specimen that Bodine is and Jackson apparently wants.
Cutting Cook was a way of (over)committing to the new OC. Without a definitive replacement, however, it was a dicey call.
The fact that Cook remains without a team, however, indicates that perhaps the Bengals were on to something by looking elsewhere.
Biggest 2014 Question: Can Mike Zimmer be replaced?
When the "Michael Jordan of defensive coordinators," as safety Chris Crocker dubbed Mike Zimmer, leaves your team, it usually finds itself trying to compete with replacements like Hersey Hawkins or Fred Hoiberg. Former linebackers coach Paul Guenther surely has the tactical acumen to handle coordinator duties, or he would not have been such a hot commodity in the offseason (Cincy beat back several suitors, including the Vikings and Zimmer himself, to retain Guenther).
Filling the position in-house is good for continuity, and it would be a surprise if the Bengals do anything notably different than they did under Zim. But replacing the legend with his understudy seldom turns out well. Last year, the Bengals defense not only survived the loss of its two top players, Geno Atkins and Leon Hall, it thrived. Zimmer left his fingerprints all over the unit's effort, strong tackling and sticky coverage in the season's second half.
The Cincy defense isn't a group of elite talents, since only Hall and middle linebacker Rey Maualuga were Bengals first-rounders. The unit is more deep than overwhelming, more coached-up than ability-oozing. Guenther's charge will not only be to maintain the intensity that Zimmer elicited from his guys, but to find a way to go up a gear in the playoffs. Dalton's postseason flopsweat has been gathered up in a pail and analyzed under an electron microscope, thus granting a pass to the defense, which crumbled against the Chargers like it did against the Texans in 2011.
That's assuming Cincinnati plays January football for a fourth straight year. If it does, Guenther will have mostly stepped out of Zimmer's considerable shadow.
Bold Prediction
A promising season comes undone in a brutal (and resolutely unfair) three-game stretch in late-November, when the Bengals visit the Superdome in New Orleans, Reliant Stadium in Houston and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on consecutive Sundays. Even if Cincy improves on offense this season, or maintains a Zimmerian defensive excellence, its first place and ill-constructed schedule may just unravel the progress. The Bengals have a very early bye, taking the weekend off after merely three games. Then, after hosting three in a row, they travel to a trio of southern cities just when bitter winds start to howl off the Ohio River. That long roadie leads into a final month that includes both games against the Steelers, a trip to (Johnny) Cleveland, and a prime time encounter with Peyton Manning. If Cincinnati can survive that gauntlet, a fourth straight playoff berth is surely in the offing.
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Robert Weintraub is the author of the books The Victory Season and The House That Ruth Built. He writes regularly for the New York Times, ESPN.com, Football Outsiders, CJR, Slate and many others. Follow him on Twitter @robwein.


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Northgate soccer player Hannah Swenson scored a goal with 8:09 left in the match to lead the Lady Vikings to a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Alexander Lady Cougars Thursday night in Region 5-AAAAAA action at Henry Seldon Field.
The two teams — tied at 1-1 for the majority of the match — looked like they were going to head into overtime before the Lady Vikings buckled down and made key plays to win.
"My teammate Hannah Sutherland floated a good ball back to me and I hit the shot to give us the win," said Swenson, a junior striker and outside midfielder. "We took so many shots in the match; it was nice to get one in. This match was important because it could determine who will be region champs. It's a big confidence boost for our team."
The Lady Vikings won their seventh straight match to improve to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the region. Alexander's six-match winning streak comes to an end and it falls to 6-2, 3-1 region.
The huge win over Alexander puts Northgate in the driver's seat for the region championship, as the Lady Vikings have three winnable region matches remaining on the season.
Northgate started quickly on Thursday, getting a goal from senior Kylie Doster off an assist by Maddie Admundson to give the Lady Vikes a 1-0 lead one minute into the match. The Lady Vikings held firm after that, until they made one mistake that led to a goal from Alexander's Keerston Hambrick to tie the match at 1-1 at the 23:33 mark of the first half.
The match remained tied at halftime.
Both teams played well defensively in the second half, but Northgate got the majority of the shots and possessed the ball longer until finally breaking through. Northgate's game-winning goal actually started on the defensive end, as Doster made a nice sliding tackle to get possession and the Hannahs did the rest.
"We needed a play and I saw the opening and I took it so we could get another shot," Doster said. "We worked together as a team and that's a good sign for us. Our coaches tell us to stay focused at all times and we were tonight. That helped us get the win."
"We made one mistake and a good team like Alexander made a play to score," said Northgate head coach Bryan Hicks. "I'm happy we kept possession and got shots against them. It was good that our younger players saw we have to keep playing, even when things look a bit tense out there."
The Lady Vikings host region opponent Tri-Cities (2-5, 2-2) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Senior Night.
Northgate 10, Decatur 9 (girls lacrosse): Callie DuBose scored five goals to help lead the Northgate Lady Vikings to a 10-9 victory over the Decatur Lady Bulldogs in lacrosse Wednesday at Henry Seldon Field.
Goalie Kayla Hamlett had 10 saves for the Lady Vikings (6-2), who play at Woodward Academy at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.


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Indian Space Research Organization launch of a PSLV XL Rocket
Indian Space Research Organization was scheduled to launch a PSLV XL rocket as part of the unknown mission. The launch window for the unknown mission was on Mon, Sep 28th, 2015, 12:30 AM EDT from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad. The status of the launch was Success. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the PSLV XL and experience the excitement for yourself.
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LEGAL FIRM SECURES $90.5 MILLION IN JUDGMENTS FOR MESOTHELIOMA VICTIMS. Also Inside... OCTOBER 2014 HIGHLIGHTS. RObERT G.
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1 OCTOBER 2014 LEGAL HIGHLIGHTS HUBERT & BAUER SETTLE $1.025 MILLION MOTORCYCLE WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM SECURES $90.5 MILLION IN JUDGMENTS FOR MESOTHELIOMA VICTIMS MICHAEL PAGLIONE ACHIEVES $826,500 SETTLEMENT IN DRUNK DRIVING CASE MELISSA CHIMBANGU WINS PRELIMINARY WORKPLACE SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT FIRM PREVAILS IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION CRAIG HUBERT SETTLES PERSONAL INJURY CASE AGAINST TRUCKING COMPANY FOR $900,000 ARNOLD C. LAkIND CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER RObERT E. LyTLE PARTNER, ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE RObERT G. STEVENS ATTORNEY BRIAN HEYESEY PREVAILS IN JURY TRIAL REGARDING 2010 AUTO ACCIDENT Also Inside... JUDGE LINDA FEINBERG (RET.) JOINS MEDIATION BOARD, PRESENTS AT STATE BAR ASSOCIATION CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS RICHARD CATALINA PROVIDES NJ TECH COUNCIL WITH U.S. SUPREME COURT UPDATE ON SOFTWARE PATENTS RULINGS SZAFERMAN LAKIND AND THE 10TH ANNUAL ETS FIRECRACKER 5K SECURITIES ATTORNEY GREGG JACLIN TO PRESENT ON SEC REQUIREMENTS AT NASDAQ THINGS FORGOTTEN BY DANIEL J. GRAZIANO LIONEL FRANK DELIVERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADEMARK PRESENTATION TO PRINCETON ROTARY INTERNATIONAL VOLUME OF MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS INCREASING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS STEPHEN SKILLMAN DESIGNATED AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT SZAFERMAN LAKIND WELCOMES JUDGE ANTHONY J. PARRILLO, P.J.A.D. (RET.), TO THE FIRM In late June 2014, Szaferman Lakind was successful in securing $90,500, in judgments on behalf of eleven men and women who contracted mesothelioma. The Court awarded damages to each family for the pain and suffering of the victims and loss of consortium to their spouses. The plaintiffs were employees of Johns Manville, family members of employees, or individuals who lived in Manville. In the case, there were two main obstacles that we were able to help the victims overcome in order to obtain compensation for the injuries they had suffered. First, those clients who worked at the Johns Manville Facility in Manville, New Jersey, were prohibited by workers compensation law from securing any compensatory damages from their employer. Second, those clients who were related to a Johns Manville worker, or who lived in the area of the plant, were unable to obtain any compensation for their injuries from Johns Manville because the company filed for bankruptcy. We helped our clients overcome these hurdles by identifying the defendant, a European corporation, as a supplier of asbestos to the Johns Manville facility. Szaferman Lakind s Mesothelioma Group, consisting of attorneys Arnold Lakind, Bob Lytle, Bob Stevens, Jeffrey Blumstein and paralegals John Kane and Maria Masiello, were able to locate Johns Manville s asbestos suppliers, including Eternit AG, a Swiss corporation. In 2012, two Eternit executives, family heir Stephan Schmidheiny and Belgian billionaire Baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, were convicted for their mining and sale of asbestos and held responsible for the deaths of some 3,000 people. In the years since it was a Johns Manville supplier, Eternit had transformed itself by discontinuing the distribution of asbestos products and focusing on other building materials. Other plaintiffs had encountered significant difficulties in identifying the proper defendants and prosecuting cases in New Jersey. Szaferman Lakind s Mesothelioma Group was able to develop an argument that permitted plaintiffs to sue Eternit s successor, ANOVA HOLDINGS AG: an international asbestos conglomerate which mined the mineral primarily in South Africa and sold it worldwide Attorneys for the Johns Manville families utilized international treaty procedures and served Anova with the complaints. On June 26, 2014, after Hague Convention and Proof Hearings procedures, the Court awarded $90.5 million in damages to the eleven families. Have you or Someone you know contracted mesothelioma or been exposed To asbestos? SzAFErMAN LAKIND CAN HELP.
2 LEGALHIGHLIGHTS MICHAEL PAGLIONE ACHIEVES $826,500 SETTLEMENT IN DRUNk DRIVING CASE As reported in the August 4 edition of the New Jersey Law Journal, a motorist injured in an auto accident and represented by firm Partner Michael Paglione settled his Mercer County dram shop case on June 24 for $826,500. In October 2009, as asserted in the lawsuit, russell Acheson was MICHAEL R. PAGLIONE, PARTNER driving westbound on Interstate 195 in Jackson, NJ, when another motorist, Michael ratz, rear-ended his vehicle and caused it to leave the roadway, spin and strike a tree. Acheson suffered a closed-head injury, was in a medically induced coma for 10 days, sustained a fractured sacrum and hip, and claimed a connection between his multiple sclerosis and the accident. According to Mr. Paglione, ratz was cited for driving while intoxicated and, about two hours after the accident, had a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of 0.17 more than twice the legal limit for driving. A plaintiff s expert estimated that ratz s BAC was at the time of the accident. MELISSA A. CHIMBANGU, ATTORNEY MELISSA CHIMbANGU WINS PRELIMINARy HEARING FOR CLIENT IN FEDERAL COURT Attorney Melissa Chimbangu recently appeared in United States District Court representing a high level technology professional who resigned from his place of employment to accept a more lucrative position with a competing company. Prior to the client leaving for his new position, his prior employer demanded that the client sign a continuing obligations contract that sought to materially change the terms and conditions of the non-disclosure agreement which the client had signed when he first joined the company. Because the client refused to sign the exit contract pending review by his attorney the employer filed suit against the client alleging theft of intellectual property and trade secrets. The prior employer further sought a temporary restraining order against the client. Chimbangu successfully argued, and the Court agreed, that the former employee had done nothing wrong and could not be forced to sign a continuing obligations contract upon termination of his employment. The court also found that the former employer was not suffering irreparable harm and thus denied the application for the injunction. If you ve been wrongfully accused, SZaferman LakInd can HeLp SeT THe records STraIGHT. CONTACT US TODAY. LEARN MORE AbOUT US Founded 1977 Full-service Law Firm 40+ Attorneys 100 Employees Strength & Resources of Large Firm Personal, Caring and Friendly Environment 2 The parties settled on the day of trial. Boathouse Bar & Grill of Belmar, NJ, where ratz consumed alcohol, agreed to pay $800,000, while ratz agreed to pay $15,000 through his insurer and $11,500 of his personal funds. AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and among the Best Law Firms 2014, by U.S. News & World Report, the law firm of Szaferman Lakind is a full-service law firm with a multi-faceted team of attorneys who provide legal representation for families, businesses,investors and individuals. Commercial and General Litigation Family and Matrimonial Law Personal Injury Law Workers Compensation Business Law Securities Law
3 LEGALHIGHLIGHTS FIRM PREVAILS IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SUMMARy JUDGEMENT MOTION Partner Arnold C. Lakind recently defeated a motion for summary judgment in a class action brought on behalf of life insurance policyholders against Phoenix Life Insurance Company and its corporate parent, Phoenix Companies, Inc. In a comprehensive opinion, the District Court for the District of New Jersey rejected Phoenix s arguments for dismissal, finding that the policyholders claims have merit and were supported by the evidence. ARNOLD C. LAkIND PARTNER MARk FISHER ATTORNEY RObERT G. STEVENS ATTORNEY One of our clients purchased dividend-paying policies from Phoenix Home Life Insurance Company, a mutual insurance company, long before Phoenix abandoned its mutual structure in As a mutual insurance company, Phoenix paid dividends to policyholders, who were considered to be the owners of the company. Under New York law, a mutual insurance company can change its form through a process called demutualization. After it demutualized, Phoenix became a shareholder-owned company and thus would pay dividends to those shareholders, along with smaller dividends to policyholders. The newly demutualized company, Phoenix life Insurance Company, issued all of its shares to Phoenix Companies. As a condition of demutualizing, New York law required Phoenix Life to create a closed block of assets to assure payment of life insurance benefits and to protect the insured s reasonable dividend expectations. In 2006 and later, Phoenix drastically reduced policyholder dividends by some $58 million and concurrently increased dividends to the shareholders of the newly formed company. Our clients dividends dropped from $40 annually to nearly zero. It is on that basis that we filed a class action, aggressively litigated by Phoenix, who filed the summary judgment motion in the matter arguing that our clients case lacked any merit. CRAIG HUbERT SETTLES PERSONAL INJURy CASE AGAINST TRUCkING COMPANy FOR $900,000 CRAIG J. HUBERT PARTNER, ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE A driver, represented by Partner Craig Hubert, was injured when a 10-foot metal shaft fell from the back of a tractor trailer and collided with his vehicle on route 78 in Somerset County. The victim was driving behind the trailer when the shaft became unsecured and dropped onto the roadway, impacting his automobile and deploying the airbags. His vehicle was launched into the air and landed on its front end. The client was transported to Overlook Hospital in Summit with pain in his neck, left shoulder and arm and with numbness in his left hand. As a result of the injuries his client required two surgeries to his shoulder and one to his cervical spine, in addition to other non-surgical medical procedures. The client continues to suffer physical limitations and pain. Mr. Hubert employed the services of an independent orthopedic specialist to evaluate the victim s physical condition. To determine the economic and vocational loss resulting from the accident, Mr. Hubert hired a firm to prepare expert reporting on the issues. The experts opinions served to help substantiate and quantify the client s physical and economic losses. The $900,000 settlement was reached between the client and the trucking company s insurance carrier after arbitration but immediately prior to trial. Mr. Lakind, assisted by attorneys robert Stevens and Mark Fisher, filed this case in 2009 on behalf of the more than 300,000 policyholders in the Closed Block. Our firm has been actively litigating the case since then. 3
4 LEGALHIGHLIGHTS CRAIG HUbERT AND JANINE bauer SETTLE MOTORCyCLE WRONGFUL DEATH CASE FOR $1.025 MILLION CRAIG J. HUBERT PARTNER, ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE Partners Craig Hubert and Janine Bauer obtained a $1.025 million settlement for the wife and estate of a motorcycle operator killed in a crash resulting from an ongoing roadway construction project that left an unsafe and unmarked condition between travel lanes. The victim was riding in the right lane on Interstate route 295 in Burlington County and lost control of his motorcycle while moving to the center lane in an area where the roadway resurfacing left a longitudinal 2 µ inch pavement edge. The elevation differential between the two travel lanes was described by an investigating state trooper as nearly vertical where the posted speed limit is 65 mph. A second fatal motorcycle accident occurred later the same day in the project area. In litigating the matter, Personal Injury Attorney Craig Hubert collaborated with Janine Bauer, a partner at the firm with expertise in transportation law. In addition, the firm used an expert professional engineer to prepare a report addressing the transportation issues and cause of the accident. The engineer concluded that the 2 µ inch longitudinal vertical obstruction between lanes was grossly and unconscionably defective, and was an unreasonably dangerous and defective condition. The project contractor, Earle Asphalt Company, was performing the work for the N.J. Department of Transportation and was subject to NJDOT Standard Specifications for road and Bridge Construction. The condition causing the crash did not conform to those specifications. In addition to the consulting engineer, the firm retained both an economic consulting firm to examine and evaluate economic losses to the victim s wife and estate and a physician to prepare a report on the pain and suffering experienced by the victim. JANINE G. BAUER PARTNER An economic settlement was achieved prior to the matter proceeding to trial. 4 brian HEyESEy PREVAILS IN JURy TRIAL REGARDING 2010 AUTO ACCIDENT In July of this year, Attorney Brian A. Heyesey was able to convince a Mercer County jury that a November 2010 motor vehicle accident was the direct and proximate cause of injuries sustained by his client. The jury awarded $175,000 in the case. In the accident, the client s vehicle came to rest on the hood of a second vehicle in the parking lot of a used car dealer. The client s injuries included bulging cervical spine discs, herniated discs in the lumbar region and carpal tunnel syndrome in the right wrist. After hearing the testimony and considering the arguments, the jury returned the economic award for disability, impairment and loss of the enjoyment of life and pain and suffering. In achieving the result Mr. Heyesey convinced the jury that his client s injuries were permanent within a reasonable degree of medical probability as required under N.J.S.A. 39:6A-8(a). Have you been Injured In an accident? CONTACT SzAFErMAN LAKIND TODAY. BRIAN HEYESEY, ATTORNEY
5 Also Inside... JUDGE LINDA FEINbERG (RET.) JOINS MEDIATION board, PRESENTS AT STATE bar ASSOCIATION CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS RICHARD CATALINA, OF COUNSEL RICHARD CATALINA PROVIDES NJ TECH COUNCIL WITH U.S. SUPREME COURT UPDATE ON SOFTWARE PATENTS RULINGS JUDGE LINDA R. FEINBERG (RET.), OF COUNSEL retired from her role as Mercer County Assignment Judge, Linda Feinberg, Of Counsel, remains very active in the New Jersey legal community. Judge Feinberg began serving as a member of the Board of New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM) in July. The NJAPM seeks to foster public awareness of mediation as the preferred method of dispute resolution, provide information, protect the public through standards of conduct and serve as a training, education and collegial resource. In addition to her role on the professional mediators board, Judge Feinberg maintains a commitment to the legal community through participation as a presenter for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), which is the arm of the NJ State Bar Association that provides educational seminars for judges, lawyers and other interested parties. In July, Judge Feinberg was a presenter at the Family Law Summer Institute, a two day event that had as participants distinguished panels of family law judges, lawyers and other experts from throughout New Jersey. In September, Judge Feinberg participated in two NJICLE programs. At the first, on September 10th, Feinberg presented at the New Judges Orientation program in Newark on the topic Judicial Professionalism. The second presentation, sponsored by the Mercer County Bar Association, was An Overview of New Jersey Public Contracts Law on September 12th. On August 7, intellectual property attorney richard Catalina presented an update on a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the patentability of software to the NJ Technology Council s Software Engineering Leaders meeting, held at the NJ Institute of Technology s Enterprise Development Center. richard reported that under the ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, software and business methods remain patentable subject matter, provided that the claimed invention is not directed to an abstract ideal. While the Court failed to provide a precise definition of what constitutes abstract, the ruling does provide some guidance for skilled practitioners to follow. richard reported that further case law by the Federal Circuit will likely provide additional instruction in the future. protect your InTeLLecTuaL property. CONTACT SzAFErMAN LAKIND. SZAFERMAN LAkIND SPONSORS/ PARTICIPATES IN 10 TH ANNUAL ETS FIRECRACkER 5k Szaferman Lakind was a proud sponsor and running team competitor at the 2014 ETS Firecracker 5K run / Walk. FROM L TO R: THOMAS MANZO, CARLYN HUBERT, CRAIG HUBERT, STEVEN LIPSTEIN, ROBERT PANZER, LISA WILLIAMS, ELAINE LIPTON, KATHLEEN O BRIEN The event proceeds will provide English-learning preschool children with the tools they need to enter school on par with their Englishspeaking peers. A program of the YWCA Princeton, the Bilingual Nursery School is just one of several programs designed to advance the mission of eliminating racism and empowering women by giving women and families a safe haven where diversity is embraced. 5
6 Also Inside... SECURITIES ATTORNEy GREGG JACLIN TO PRESENT ON SEC REQUIREMENTS AT NASDAQ In November, Partner, Gregg E. Jaclin is making a presentation to select companies on SEC requirements and Continued Listings Standards. THINGS FORGOTTEN BY DANIEL J. GRAZIANO All too often, the press of business distracts owners from regular routines which are essential to their continued, successful operation. For example, a business astute enough to have a Buy Sell Agreement in place will often mandate an annual agreement on value for the purchase of a departing or departed owner s share. It is the rare entrepreneur who makes sure this occurs as scheduled and has it memorialized. The same can be said of meeting minutes. It is wise to at least memorialize the decisions made at an annual meeting - election of directors, appointment of officers and a reminder to deal with valuation if necessary. Another mistake is made by landlords with leases that provide for a tenant to name them as an additional insured and to provide proof of same along with annual confirmation of payment of premium. The tenant should be asked for this documentation each year. Even with that coverage, however, it is prudent for a landlord to maintain separate insurance on the property and that policy should be less expensive if it is secondary to the tenant s coverage. Gregg will be participating on a panel of experts at NASDAQ Marketsite, New York City, New York, to provide insight on the process of listing on NASDAQ, the impact of the listing on liquidity and visibility with the investment community, as well as guidance on ongoing communication and proper disclosure. Annual reports are required by the State of New Jersey for business entities and the process has been made quite easy with online handling. This was formerly accomplished with punch cards that were mailed to businesses, filled out by hand and returned. Today, you may get a notice with directions on how to handle it online. Historically, failure to file meant almost nothing by way of an immediate interference with business operations. Since filing was easily overlooked many companies failed to comply, sometimes for years, only to learn that their charter had been forfeited for non-filing. In a recent commercial real estate matter handled by this firm, the company had failed to file for years and the charges to reinstate were nearly $ LIONEL FRANk DELIVERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTy AND TRADE- MARk PRESENTATION TO PRINCETON ROTARy INTERNATIONAL In July, Partner Lionel Frank was invited to speak at the Princeton Hyatt regency meeting of the Princeton rotary about protecting intellectual property rights in general and about the process of registering trademarks in the United States Trademark and Patent Office in particular. As Lionel told the attendees, Trademarks, copyrights and patents are often among the most valuable assets of a business and must be protected by their owners to reap the maximum benefits of this intellectual property. Owners who fail to do so jeopardize the loss of valuable rights which may not be able to be registered. LIONEL J. FRANK, PARTNER In additional to intellectual property, Lionel s practice includes corporate and business matters, antitrust and trade regulation, and zoning and planning cases. He is a former Deputy Attorney General with the Antitrust Section of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and past Chairman of the Special Committee On Antitrust Law of the New Jersey State Bar Association. 6 Have an InvenTIon or a new business Idea? don T compromise ITS value SzAFErMAN LAKIND CAN HELP SAFEGUArD YOUr PrOPErTY.
7 VOLUME OF MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS INCREASING know your RIGHTS Have you received a letter or summons from your city or township alleging that your property is in violation of the local land use/zoning ordinance or property maintenance code? Across New Jersey, municipal inspectors often use summer months to make inspections and issue violations to individual taxpayers and businesses, summoning them to municipal court if they don t make improvements. Sometimes these improvements are expensive, such as replacing sidewalks, and removing trees and stored items. Violations can carry heavy daily fines, which go into municipal coffers and fill budget gaps. In another case, we helped a motor carrier business settle a zoning and code violation dispute with Burlington City by removing the municipal summonses to federal court, alleging that the City was infringing on the business s federal rights under the Commerce Clause to conduct its property transportation business without local interference, and we settled the dispute favorably. recently, Szaferman Lakind lawyers have gotten a number of calls about this kind of problem. We are eager to help you and we take a practical approach that is usually successful with local prosecutors. Our lawyers helped an individual in Brigantine, NJ fend off over-eager inspectors who demanded that a boat be removed from a waterfront lot, and that vegetation be maintained even though the property is a natural setting protected by a conservation easement. In another case, we helped a motor carrier business settle a zoning and code violation dispute with Burlington City by removing the municipal summonses to federal court, alleging that the City was infringing on the business s federal rights under the Commerce Clause to conduct its property transportation business without local interference. We then settled the dispute favorably. Before trying to defend yourself, call us if you have a land use or zoning problem, or are subject to a municipal code enforcement action. If you ve received a municipal code violation, CONTACT ATTOrNEY BOB STEVENS & LEArN YOUr OPTIONS. STEPHEN SkILLMAN DESIGNATED AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE NEW JERSEy SUPREME COURT ADVISORy COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT The Honorable Stephen Skillman (ret.), Of Counsel, has been appointed by Chief Justice Stuart rabner to serve as Vice-Chair of the Supreme Court of New Jersey s Advisory Committee on Judiciary Conduct. The Committee hears allegations of unethical judicial conduct and may impose private discipline on judges found to have committed minor disciplinary infractions. The Committee also recommends proposed disciplinary action to the Supreme Court in cases in which judges are found to have committed more serious disciplinary infractions that require public disciplinary action. Mr. Skillman, a graduate of Harvard Law School, served as First Assistant Attorney General and Director of the Division of Law, which handles all civil litigation in the New Jersey Attorney General s office, before his appointment to the Superior Court in Mr. Skillman served more than thirty years as a trial and appellate judge, the last twelve as a Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division before joining Szaferman Lakind in During his time on the bench, he wrote approximately 3,000 opinions, of which more than 550 are published in the Superior Court reports. SZAFERMAN LAkIND WELCOMES JUDGE ANTHONy J. PARRILLO, P.J.A.D. (RET.), TO THE FIRM Anthony James Parrillo, P.J.A.D. (ret.), a former Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, has become Of Counsel to the firm. Also Inside... ANTHONY J. PARRILLO, P.J.A.D. (RET). Judge Parrillo became a Superior Court of New Jersey Judge in 1990 and was appointed a Presiding Judge, General Equity and Probate Part, in In 2000, Judge Parrillo was appointed Judge, Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey and in 2010 was appointed Presiding Judge, Appellate Division, of the Superior Court of New Jersey. During his service, Judge Parrillo was responsible for administering and supervising the work of a panel of appellate judges deciding more than 450 cases annually. Between 1976 and 1990, prior to his appointment to the Superior Court, Judge Parrillo served multiple roles with the New Jersey Attorney General including Executive Assistant, Director, Deputy and Deputy Chief. We feel most fortunate to welcome Judge Parrillo to our firm after a distinguished career on the bench. He will be a valuable resource in our litigation and appellate work in addition to developing his own practice in arbitration, mediation and discovery management. said firm Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Barry Szaferman. 7
8 brian G. PAUL RECOGNIZED AS 2015 FAMILy LAW LAWyER OF THE year FOR PRINCETON METRO AREA by best LAWyERS IN AMERICA ARNOLD LAkIND AND CRAIG HUbERT REPEAT best LAWyERS IN AMERICA LISTING BRIAN G. PAUL PARTNER, ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE Certified Matrimonial Attorney, Brian G. Paul, Partner and Executive Committee member, has been designated as Best Lawyers in America s 2015 Family Law Lawyer of the Year for the Princeton Metro area. According to Best Lawyers, Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the Lawyer of the Year making this accolade particularly significant. Brian was one of only five Family Law attorneys in New Jersey who Best Lawyers designated Lawyer of the Year, with the other four attorneys being recognized for the Hackensack, Newark, Toms river and Woodbridge regions. This is the first time Brian has been selected as Lawyer of the Year and the third time he has been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for Family Law. Attorneys Arnold C. Lakind and Craig J. Hubert have again been recognized by inclusion in the 2015 list of Best Lawyers in America. ARNOLD C. LAKIND CO-FOUNDER, ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER CRAIG J. HUBERT ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, PARTNER Arnold s 2015 Best Lawyers in America achievement is his fourth such listing (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015). This year Arnold was recognized in two practice areas: Commercial Litigation and Land Use and zoning Law. Craig s 2015 inclusion in the list of Best Lawyers in America is his third consecutive year for his Personal Injury Plaintiff practice. Szaferman, Lakind, blumstein & blader, p.c. 101 Grovers Mill road Suite 200 Lawrenceville, NJ Szaferman.com LIke us FOLLOW US join us THE INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN FROM THIS PUBLICATION IS NOT, NOR IS IT INTENDED TO BE, LEGAL ADVICE. CONSULT AN ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. WE INVITE YOU TO CONTACT US; HOWEVER, CONTACTING US DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO US UNTIL SUCH TIME AS AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. PER COMMITTEE ON ATTORNEY ADVERTISING ETHICS OPINION 42, THIS ADVERTISING IS NOT APPROVED BY THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT.
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Mental health needs to be priority item
As a professional who works in the field of mental health, I often am asked -- after the fact -- what could have been done to prevent something as sad as the shooting deaths of six people at the hands of Jared Lee Loughner.
Without a detailed look at Loughner's life history, and with what little information I have gleaned from the media, I believe, that somehow, we all have failed. We failed Loughner, and we failed his victims.
Mental illness continues to be the disease that no one talks about. And if it is spoken about it, it is done so with a hushed tone, a knowing look with a raised eyebrow, or more commonly, behind closed doors.
Therein lies part of our problem.
Because we don't talk about mental illness, many of us feel uncomfortable when we meet someone with the disease. We don't know what to say, because we don't talk about it. We never have talked about it.
How many times have we spoken with a friend or a family member who has just been diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension or cancer? Do we quickly change the subject or do we feel comfortable enough to tackle the prognosis straight on by asking questions and providing feedback?
There are some of us who feel comfortable enough with the subject of mental illness to reach out and help a family member who is living with the disease, or to a friend who is struggling with coping because her son won't comply with his medication regimen.
We are much closer to this open, accepting attitude than when I started in the field of mental health care 30 years ago, but we have so much more to do. I feel as if we are just getting started.
I envision the day when children in elementary school will be provided with information on mental health just as readily as they are given information on substance abuse or heart-healthy exercises and foods. This is a big first step, and one that will make a huge difference in the public's perception of mental illness.
Educating people on mental illness will not eliminate the occurrence of situations like what occurred earlier this month in Arizona, just like tobacco education does not eradicate lung cancer. But moving tobacco education to the classroom has changed the public opinion of tobacco and its harmful effects.
Permian Basin Community Centers has been called on many times to educate the public on mental illness, most recently with the introduction of a class -- Mental Health First Aid. Mental Health First Aid is a groundbreaking public education program that helps the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
The first aid class gives an overview of mental illness and substance use disorders in the United States and introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of its impact and gives an overview of common treatments.
What I find particularly helpful is those who take and become certified as "Mental Health First Aiders" develop a five-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional, peer, social and self-help care. The classes are just like those you take to become certified for CPR. Graduates of CPR programs know how to spot someone who needs prompt medical attention and how to administer life-saving procedures.
When someone experiences heart problems in public, no one goes off into a corner to whisper, afraid of how to intervene. But that's what we often find when we see someone in public displaying signs of mental illness. Mental illness is a disease, just like heart disease. Our reaction to seeing it on the street, in a restaurant, at the shopping mall or the grocery store should not be masked with fear and uneasiness, but with compassion just as we view someone who relies on a portable oxygen tank.
Mental Health First Aid classes are becoming more popular. We hope to offer them again in the Midland area soon, but you can do so much more now before the classes become available again. Read about mental illness, discuss it with a loved one who may be living with depression, become educated. Don't turn your back on it.
Mental illness, depression or schizophrenia is not something people living with the disease can cleanly remove from their lives by "working harder, exercising, eating better, snapping out of it." It is something people are born with and it's a lifelong adjustment that includes medication, therapy and understanding from family and friends.
So, are we all to "blame" for what happened in Arizona? Yes and no. Now that we know what we need to do to change our perception of mental illness, if we choose to ignore it and not become educated and educate others, then we are to blame. If we choose to educate ourselves, educate each other, do our part, then we are helping those who live with mental illness and their families accept the illness and find the best treatment available.
Permian Basin Community Centers operates a 24-hour Crisis Mental Health hotline. It is open to anyone who needs any type of assistance or has any questions regarding mental health. The numbers are: 570-3300 for Midland County; 432-333-3265 for Ector County; Pecos County and Fort Stockton, 877-476-7322; and Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties 800-542-4005.
Knowing these numbers and using them when needed is the first step in becoming better educated.


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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
the time traveler's wife
days in alliston is relaxing and resting
i finally finished reading the time traveler's wife, which i've got it as a gift about two years ago. it was a mind-touching novel and kinda similar to the curious case of benjamin button; both stories are not real (well, as far as i know, those kind of people wouldn't exist, if they are please let me know) and kinda sad in the end. i heard it's been filmed and i'm excited to watch it this summer!
+ i took a picture of my book, mom's garden, when i took a picture of the time traveler's wife. i thought it looks alright with blue-ish purple flowers in the backyard :)
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
i know it's too too late to say,
but thank you guys who came out for the sheridan grad show <3
(and people who support us!) it was such an awesome show, happy and glorious moment. people who graduate with me have great talents and i know we all going to be enjoying our no-more-a-student life (but i heard some + people are planning to go back to school) doing whatever we want. it doesn't matter if the choice is not to be an illustrator. it can be a movie director, gallery artist, or whatever awesome being, because we have passion (and little bit of magic) for our life.
aww- i miss you guys already.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
ninja doll
this is also one of the projects from YMF.
the project was to 'draw a person with a black turtleneck sweater'. I ended up thinking about a ninja, since they're wearing black all over. personally, i don't like turtleneck sweaters that much, so if people wear black turtleneck sweaters, i thought, they might have ninja blood somewhere deep inside of their mind. in order to show that, i thought matryoshka would be a nice idea, since ninja is the very inside of the dolls-
+ i submitted this for the official illustration t-shirts.
i don't know the result yet, (since people are voting now) but hopefully, my dolls can come to the life - well, on t-shirts.
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what homo sapiens mean to you?
i've done this piece for YMF, a young artist group based on NY.
i wanted to show something complicated, unsolved human mind.
i used a ball point pen, and it took me some time to finish - my eyes got little tired after all, but i enjoyed while i was doing it :)
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the birds and the bees show
the birds and the bees show was held in toronto about two weeks ago.
unfortunately, i couldn't come to the show, but they are selling artists' pieces for good. all the money they make goes for sheridan college illustration grad show. there are bunch of great pieces, so please take a look -
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
we need help
apparently, we've lost our funding from Kodak for the grad show.
it's really sad because we might not have our grad book or have a crappy version of grad book.Rosemary is helping us out selling cute prints, and Dani made a web page for donation.
please check those out!
it's really sad because we might not have our grad book or have a crappy version of grad book.Rosemary is helping us out selling cute prints, and Dani made a web page for donation.
please check those out!
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
i enjoyed watching heroes and decided to make a relationship map of characters for my info class. the project was making a avenue page for national post and i was pretty excited to do it till i realized that i was trying to vectorizing every characters in the show. i ended up to do 33 characters but i had to take some of the characters out, because there were no space for all those characters. i haven't watched volume 4 yet, but i think i'll watch it when all the episodes are done.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
a baby bird
this was an assignment for world religion class.
the topic was 'my philosophical view of religion' and i painted a baby bird who's waiting his/her parents. my view of christianity is 'waiting'. like a little baby bird waits his parents even though the bird can't see if the parents coming, or has no idea when they're coming, but as a baby wants parents to be around and give love to him, just believe and wait till they come -
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Monday, January 19, 2009
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Someone on RPGnet was asking for oldschool rules that they could use for the PCs trying to climb in rank in a guild and some inter-faction intrigue. So I wrote this. It's quick and dirty, so it may need work. I've been thinking a lot about Sigil lately, so this can come in handy.
Faction rules
Each faction has a "philosophy"/outlook and one or more goals. Factions have relationships to one or more factions (rivalries, open warfare, tenous alliance...). The GM outlines those, along with faction names and important NPCs (or improvises them in play).
Upon joining a faction, a character gains the rank of Novice (1). Characters can gain "Faction XP" by:
-performing jobs for the faction, by receiving orders from superiors (fxp based on level of challenge)
-spending money on the faction (bribes, investments, donations; gp for fxp)
-eliminating or demoting higher-ups in a manner that's not noticeable, detestable, abominable or frowned upon in the faction (it might be acceptable to murder your superior and take their place in an evil assassin guild...doing the same within the ranks of the town guard...not so much)
Similar to class levels, faction ranks offer certain benefits.
Access - the member can request entry into buildings, meeting places, archives etc. of the faction
Assistance - the member can request protection, healing, training or similar assistance from the faction
Command - the member can give orders to those of lower ranks
Fund - the member can request money or similar resources of the faction and its members
Each request is considered a 2d6 reaction roll, based on the monster and retainer reaction rolls, modified by the character's charisma modifier (I'm assuming old school modifiers) and rank bonus.
2 - suspicion, hostility, rejection
3-5 rebuttal
6-8 uncertain, needs convincing, requires recompensation
9-11 agreement, acceptance
12 agreement and more
Use whatever xp chart you want based on how fast you expect the PC to rise in ranks. Here's a simple one:
Rank FXP required Rank ability
1.Novice...................0 fxp Access -1
2.Apprentice..............2000 fxp Access +0, Assistance -1
3.Journey(wo)man.......4000 fxp Access +1, Assistance +0, Command -1
4.Master....................8000 fxp Access +2, Assistance +1, Command +0, Fund -1
5.Grand Master............16.000 fxp Access +3, Assistance +2, Command +1, Fund +0
Alternatively, instead of a rank fxp chart, rank could be determined by relative amount of fxp. If there are only three guys in the faction and you have the most fxp out of them, you're the Grand Master. If you're the Grand Master with 18.000 fxp but someone gains 23.000 fpx, they push you out...but that would require more tweaking and calculations.


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Following a superbug outbreak at
The family of Antonia Torres Cerda sued Olympus Corp. of the Americas on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Cerda, who lived in Corcoran in California's Central Valley, was exposed to a contaminated Olympus duodenoscope at
In addition to wrongful death, the family's complaint accuses the company of negligence and fraud in selling and promoting a "defective" scope. The family's attorney said Cerda died Nov. 8.
Another patient, Aaron Young, sued Olympus on Monday for negligence in connection with his superbug infection from a tainted scope. The 18-year-old high-school student is still hospitalized at UCLA, according to attorney Pete Kaufman, who represents both families.
Kaufman said the families of both patients declined to comment. Cerda's suit listed her as having a spouse and four children in Kings County as well as one parent in Mexico.
UCLA and the University of California regents may be added as defendants in these cases as more details emerge, Kaufman said.
The university has said seven patients were infected with the
The infections contributed to the deaths of two of those patients, the university said, and 179 other patients may have been exposed from Oct. 3 to Jan. 28.
CRE, which stands for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, is highly resistant to antibiotics and can kill up to 50% of infected patients.
UCLA has declined to comment on whether Cerda and Young were part of the CRE outbreak, citing patient confidentiality.
A spokesman for Olympus couldn't be reached for comment about the latest lawsuit.
Last week, the company said it was monitoring the issue of patient infections and had given medical providers additional instructional materials on cleaning the scopes.
"The Olympus TJF-Q180V requires careful attention to cleaning and reprocessing steps, including meticulous manual cleaning," the company said last week.
The Cerda family's lawsuit contends that Olympus redesigned its Q180V duodenoscope last year and failed to provide an "effective and validated reprocessing protocol" for the new version.
Despite the change, the company gave hospitals and doctors cleaning instructions for an older model, which meant that users were not able to effectively sanitize the new Q180V scope, according to the suit.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration warned medical providers that following manufacturers' cleaning instructions does not ensure that these commonly used scopes are free of bacteria.
The agency said bacteria can become trapped in tiny crevices near the tip of the scope where a camera and other attachments are found.
After the outbreak, UCLA said that it switched to a gas sterilization method and that no new infections from the devices have occurred.
Nationally, about half a million patients a year are treated with the scopes in a procedure known as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP.
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Fahrenheit 451
provide details of montags escape plan.state what he did,who may have helped him,where he planned to go,etc
be specific
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Montag goes to Faber's house for advice. Faber advises Montag to head for the river and then the tracks. Apparently there are "old Harvard degrees on the tracks". Basically they are academic hobos that Montag should find. Finally Montag should meet up with him in St. Louis. To get away from the mechanical hound, Faber suggests burning everything that has his scent and turning on the sprinklers. Hopefully the hounds won't have a scent to follow.


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Annual Requirement To Enact A Balanced State Budget - Fiscal Year 2010-2011
Proposition 58 amended the State Constitution in 2004 to require the CA Legislature to enact a balanced budget each year in which estimated resources for the year meet or exceed estimated expenditures. In achieving a balanced budget, the State of California may experience delays in finalizing the release of the annual State budget for Fiscal Year 2010/2011.In the event of a delay in approval of the budget by July 1, 2010; the Department of Rehabilitation will not have the authority to expend funds after June 30, 2010.
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The President today announced that John J. Welch, Jr., will continue to serve as an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).
Since 1987 Mr. Welch has served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. From 1965 to 1987, he was vice president of the Ling-Temco-Vought Co. and served in several capacities, including senior vice president, 1975 - 1987; corporate vice president, 1974 - 1975; LTV Aerospace vice president for programs, 1970 - 1974; and vice president of the missiles and space division, 1965 - 1970. He served as Chief Scientist for the U.S. Air Force, 1965 - 1970.
Mr. Welch received a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951. He was born August 23, 1930, in Cambridge, MA. He is married, has four children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.


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Our Boy Malachi is currently available at 2016 Expressway Stakes odds of $2.25 and the resuming sprinter is set to start the Group 2 event at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday as a clear favourite.
Our Boy Malachi suffered a bleeding attack and a bout of colic after he failed to beat home a runner in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1350m) at Doomben on May 23 and he has not been seen at the races since, but that has not stopped punters from taking the short price on offer for the popular galloper.
Generalife is also set to return to the races in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) and he is on the second line of betting at a quote of $3.50.
The Lonhro gelding started his 2015 Spring Racing Carnival campaign with a flat effort behind Terravista in the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 3 and he did not have a great deal of luck when he finished fifth in the Group 2 Tab.Com.Au Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on October 3 before he was sent to the spelling paddock following a second place finish behind Famous Seamus in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on November 14.
Generalife finished fifth behind Our Boy Malachi and Solicit in a barrier trial at Rosehill Gardens on January 19, but he made up plenty of late ground without being asked for an extra effort by jockey Jamie Innes.
The only other horse that is available at single figure Expressway Stakes odds is talented mare Solicit, who is priced at $6 to make a winning return to the races.
Solicit finished her 2015 Spring Racing Carnival campaign with a dominant four and a half lengths victory in the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) at Sandown on November 14 and she performed well in the same barrier trial as Our Boy Malachi and Generalife, but trainer Gerald Ryan admits that the 1200 metres may be a touch on the short side.
The only other horse that has received any betting support in the lead-up to the 2016 Expressway Stakes is veteran gelding River Lad.
River Lad took out the 2014 edition of the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm, but he has failed to fire in recent preparations and he was transferred to the care of Kris Lees after he failed to beat home a runner in the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) at the Gold Coast on April 25.
The Expressway Stakes betting market with Ladbrokes is rounded out by Big Money ($12), King's Troop ($12), Tiger Tees ($13) and Forget ($51).


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Jersey States delay debate on historical abuse inquiry
The States of Jersey has delayed debate on whether to hold a public inquiry into historical child abuse.
Senator Ian Gorst, the island's chief minister, has put the debate off by two weeks to look at a number of changes suggested by other States members.
The Council of Ministers' suggested terms were to be debated on Tuesday.
They mirror those suggested by UK consultants Verita, which include an independent chairman and two experts from outside the island.
Senator Gorst said he wanted to talk to staff at Verita to see whether the proposed changes would be feasible.
The debate was rescheduled for 29 January.
A three-year long £7.5m investigation by Jersey police into historical child abuse in the island's care homes began in 2007.
Jersey police took 1,776 statements from 192 victims, identifying 151 alleged abusers.
Seven people were successfully prosecuted.