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[quote=bearishgurl]I predict if she DOES end up having to cop a plea to a felony charge, then the T&C’s of her (3-yr?) probation (to a probation officer) will have a provision that upon successful completion of all of them, she can go back into a review hg in 3 years and get it reduced to a misd. Then she will be able to apply for relief under PC 1203.4.

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/public_defender/expungement.html

Not sure if she was ever booked at all or had time served but I honestly don’t see her as being ordered to “do time” if her plea is accepted.[/quote]I don’t know if she will be able to escape time. Though if she does spend time, it will be minor (week – month). I will go with a range on probation, 3-5 year. They are going to be sensitive to amount of time being served because of the disabled dependent. I suspect that fines may exceed $10,000 on each. She had enough money to burn $1000 on the subscriptions as well as afford a Carmel Valley house.

As CA renter mentioned, using her job in the commission of a crime could sacrifice her pension and job. I don’t know what her job entails, but if it has to do with property tax assessments or she used contacts within the office to cause the reassessment, she will want this charge to disappear and will take a greater hit on a different charge. The only other question on this would be; did she initiate any of the other actions while at work? Though this might not qualify as ‘in the commission of her work’, if she did use work resources(phone?), she could lose the job but not the pension. NOTE: assessor’s parcel DB is also accessible for non employee – so it may be considered same as using work related assets but not ‘in the commission of her work’. –besides, as you noted, she already knew where the parcel was, and who bought it.

As for ability to prove per

I haven’t read the briefs or seen the PE transcripts in this case, but if Rowe actually did 2, 3 and 4 “manually” (postcards, snail mail, money orders), it would be hard to prove to a jury it was she who did these things.

Proving ‘who’ is not that hard if it was done manually. Paper stores fingerprints very easily and most mail handling is automated (by machines). The postal employee making final delivery often wears gloves because handling a lot of paper dries out your skin. Rowe might have worn gloves, but I suspect not. I don’t think she completely considered the repercussions of her actions. Her prints should not be on any of the items if she was innocent – provided the artifacts can be recovered.

[quote=bearishgurl]It’s not like Rowe was seeking a particular “college prep” course for her daughter or an “edge” for college admission. I’m no psychiatrist, but to me, this smacks of a delusional mindset with narcissistic tendencies, namely borderline personality disorder.

I keep asking myself WHY or HOW something like this could happen in the REAL world! It’s unreal to me… maybe I’m missing something important here, lol…

any “expert comments,” feel free to come forth …. scaredy …??[/quote]I would agree with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) or something similar. Having dealt with such a person (I think it came up on the ‘Casey’ saga), I am painfully aware of what it is like. One thing I know is that NPDs can ‘fixate’ on feeling wronged and can have a problem moving on. They can fixate even when they were not really wronged, just because they feel entitled to an item they did not get. She might have a bit of OCD to help drive the fixation. She went a bit further than I would expect an NPD to go.

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[quote=bearishgurl]If I got into deep doodoo, Sevilla is one of a handful of practitioners in this county I would hire without a backward glance. And you should, too.[/quote] For some reason his name keeps ringing a bell.. haven’t figured out why yet. I do think that Rowe’s best option is to negotiate a plea. What she did, people find offensive. She would not do well with a jury trial and probably not well with a judge trial. It is a good question if she will do time. I suspect she might get a bit more of a penalty than you have listed.

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[quote=bearishgurl]I’m not trying to side with defendant here but prosecutors have a VERY REAL problem in front of a potential jury in that the two responders to Rowe’s ad testified at PE that, despite being goaded by Rowe, neither of them were in any position to JUMP the victim if she was surprised by them in any way, and, in fact, one of the “innocent victims” (as the court referred to them) was daunted by the REAL victim’s husband answering the door (he testified that “the man answering the door [actually] lived there”). They were simply answering an ad for a “casual encounter” (not uncommon, folks).[/quote]
The problem with this argument is that the case is about what Rowe was intending to happen, not what actually happened. If Rowe goaded someone to rape the woman, and that same woman stops the rape from happening when they try to attack by shooting and killing the attacker, Rowe would still be guilty of soliciting even though the rape didn’t happen. In fact in that particular situation Rowe might even be charged in the death of the attacker. Effectively Rowe “set it in motion”. I think I have read/heard the term “unequivocal step”. Considering the other items taken as a whole, I would say that the requirement is satisfied.

Same applies if you solicit someone to kill your husband (or wife) and it turns out the person you are soliciting to do the job is a cop. The murder doesn’t happen, but you are still guilty of soliciting for the murder or contract killing.

might want to look at “inchoate offense” or “inchoate crimes”
http://www.sagepub.com/lippmanccl2e/study/supplements/California/CA_07.pdf

PC 653f (a), (c)

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[quote=Blogstar]I probably am overreacting, where I come form guns are used to shoot people, but even if no one here actually wants to shoot someone, what is going on sure seems to defy common sense and a sense of respect for your other neighbors.[/quote]Maybe they are showing respect for you. Where you came from, guns are used to shoot people.. probably when they are pissed off at each other or one neighbor doesn’t like the other. Maybe your neighbors like to practice shooting but would not consider using a firearm in the same manner of those where you came from out of respect.

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[quote=Blogstar]You are too incredulous on this matter.[/quote]Because I have also dealt with reactive types that blow simple things out of proportion.. so I question.. just about everything.

[quote=Blogstar]I don’t think my property is safe for any long range gun but nobody would stop me if I wanted to shoot. No charges would be filed if someone did call the Sheriff. I don’t have a shooting range.[/quote]The use of the firearm on the property is the one I am a bit incredulous about. Maybe because it just seems basically dumb to me. A .22 umm maybe ok, but a .307 is just plain dumb. As for shooting range. I didn’t mean you, I meant a shooting range near the area you are in.

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WIth the shotgun I am thinking about shooting skeet or something like that. I think that can be more or less safely arranged? [/quote] Possibly, but there is a problem of a skeet not getting shot and where it may land. The other problem is that people may not like lead shot ‘raining’ down on their property (It will not have penetrating power beyond 50 to 75 yards) You could use steel shot (which will not cause ground toxicity from lead buildup).

[quote=Blogstar]Not that far in the country about 20 miles to the beach as the crow flies but on the end of a rural road…most people commute to parts of San Diego for work. we are 25 minutes from a fancy new Sheriff’s substation.[/quote] PV is almost 60 miles from beach as crow flies, so I guess I don’t know which substation you are talking about.

[quote=Blogstar]People who know guns better than I do are speculating that some of the shooters may be using .307’s. Some are probably shooting hand guns. It’s funny, the shooting families are scared of the others who shoot but think their stuff is all good.[/quote].307s have less velocity than .306 or .308 (velo about 2500 fps. It does carry its power fairly well over distance though – kill distance probably around 1800 feet+). Are you sure there is not some sort of shooting range out there?

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[quote=Blogstar]I think big properties go to people’s heads ….properties 600 feet wide X 1200 feet long with bullets flying at multiple thousands of feet per second.[/quote]
Range of a:

.22LR(Long Rifle) is about 150yds(450 feet) muzzle velo 1000fps to 1800fps. The higher velo rounds are a light bullet which means the range is actually shorter (Not much mass to carry energy through air resistance. NOTE Air resistance is roughly proportional to square of airspeed).

.38 special (handgun), range under 500 yds accurate use is much less, muzzle velo 1000fps

.357 magnum (handgun), range under 500 yds, accurate use is much less, muzzle velo 1350fps

.223 round like in M16, AR-15. Max effective range is 300 yds, generally more useful at 200yds. Penetration at 300 is poor, penetrates paper to almost 600yds. Muzzle velo 2300fps – 3000fps. Because of low mass of bullet, does not carry energy well to target. This round is controversial amongst the arms services even to this date. Most engagements are 300 to 900 yds. Some special mods to bullets to try to carry more velo are being tried. The AK-47 uses a .30 cal bullet, which carries velo to greater distances.

.30-06 rifle round, range about 3500yds (wide difference in performance with these, top end being 5000yds, but not much penetration power at the high end), muzzle velo 2400fps to 3500fps. (Big game round, larger than used on AR-15)

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[quote=Blogstar]I know the difference between bb guns and high powered rifles.Let’s be serious.[/quote]I am. I have fired a .223 that sounded like a BB gun, but definitely wasn’t. Many BB guns are built to look like an AR-15, just Google(or Bing if you go that way) “AR-15 BB”. I don’t know how you are determining what the caliber is, so I have questions as to accuracy. I also don’t know what your personal experience with firearms is. I do know that many ‘backcountry’ people in SD have BBs that look like real rifles, and they do tend to ‘plink’ in the back yard (which is not necessarily a good idea either).

[quote=Blogstar]My direct neighbor has many guns but mostly uses a very fast but small caliber rifle.[/quote] This sounds like it might be a BB. Newer BB guns are much different than the old ‘Daisy’ BB guns. Some make a loud ‘pop’, but after you have been around real .22LRs, .223, .30s etc, one learns the diff, which can be subtle. One thing to listen for is the time between the ‘pop’ and impact(particularly if against metal).

[quote=Blogstar]Most the people who shoot regularly shoot high caliber guns, not shot guns which I think would be reasonable….the targets for these rifles are in plain sight of everyone.[/quote]Actually shot guns are some of the nastiest guns around. A slug round from a shot gun will go through a cast iron engine block, as well as brick. Double ‘aught ‘projectiles’ are actually roughly the same size as a .38, except every trigger pull releases 8 .38 caliber rounds from a shotgun. A shotgun is also an ‘area’ weapon, not a point weapon. Another thing to consider with shotguns, is that the propellant charge is considerably larger than with many rifles.

[quote=Blogstar]I checked to see if that law could be enforced, not for any specific neighbor. I wanted to know. 150 yards! Some live on lots that are not really suitable for shooting but they still do. Picture the top of a hill. Others are better situated but not great.[/quote]Even bottom of the hill may not be good. Bullets can skip upwards off of rocks. Had a situation where a round from a GAU8 (gun on an A-10) was found near Death Valley. NTC training area is a ways to the south-south-west and usually the live fire on A-10s is in the opposite direction from Death Valley, into the base of the mountains north of NTC. Safety does depend upon how they set up, though it does sound a bit irresponsible. If on 150 yd lot, should be firing into a walled off area -walled with concrete filled cinder brick for most things above a .22. For BMG, AK-47, and high powered 762 (.30) rounds, need a bit more.

[quote=Blogstar]I wrote my County supervisor. Trust me , no one cares. You are welcome to actually investigate wether or not this shooting is being enforced.[/quote]Sounds like it is the politicians in your area, not politicians in general.

[quote=Blogstar]You can come out and shoot on my property this weekend. You will probably see and hear other people shooting. It will be at about dinner time as we sit down with my wife and kids.[/quote]Tempting. Would be interesting to bring a Barret out when they are ‘plinking’. Problem is that you really need something to stop that bullet. Bricks, Cinder Bricks don’t work (I like to be responsible with the lead I let fly). I remember working at a defense contractor and someone outside started firing either a M2 or Barret. It would resonate through the entire complex. Gets your attention fast. NOTE: The .50 BMG Barret round is illegal in California, but the .416 round for the Barret isn’t. Neither is the .50 EU round, for some odd reason.

PS: Just how far out ‘in the country’ are you??

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[quote=flu][quote=paramount]Any long buys out there?[/quote]

I’ll let you know as soon as I’m done with my taxes …..[/quote]
You mean; after you find out if you have any cash left after ‘Uncle Sam’..

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[quote=scaredyclassic]50 is way freakier than 40 and 30 combined.

50 is the first one that seems liek the end is in sight.

50 is aarp membership eligibility age and you start getting deluged with that stuff..

50 is when your lfie insurance starts to get seriously expensive.

50 is when you are probably past the damn midpoint.

50 is not funny anymore.

luckily, im ok with these things…[/quote]
Forgot, 50 is when Affordable Care Act is really not affordable. Me, umm.. approximately 54, give or take. At least I can still mountain climb, knees are still good. I can bench and curl more weight than I could when I was 18 – so it is not all bad. Vision, well that went a little bit south suddenly a few years ago.

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Like you said above, the feeling really setting in that “I’m running out of time…” and there are so many things I want to do yet.[/quote]
True.

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[quote=spdrun]Car comes back with a missing antenna, dock them that day’s pay. Repeat till they get it.[/quote]The Union will squawk. Put them on desk duty. Most patrol officers HATE desk duty. First time, verbal warning, off record. Second time it goes on their record. Third time, potential tampering with evidence charge – because that is what it is (tampering with evidence is almost a career ender).

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[quote=CDMA ENG]On a serious note though I am surprised after the Air France incident that the motors’ computers are tied to a independent GPS signal as well. I am not sure how important positional information actually is but if you are trying to account for strange anomalies to the motors I would think basic information like altitude, speed, and heading from independent sources instead of relying on a “central” computer whose own inputs may be in question.

I know that the motors are all monitored in real time though an engineers eyes are not actually looking at the motor unless it is running out of spec but it can serve as another source of information.

I also suspect that if the communication channel is not able to be switched off like the transponder is then the engineers have looked at the motor’s performance characteristics and the authorities have drawn their conclusion about the flight from that.

CE[/quote]Umm can’t go into too much detail else I might describe basics to building a GPS guided missile. GPS only provides position and time (if you have 4 sats) Proper feedback loops do account for motor problems. The biggest problems are when your sensor inputs go bad. They don’t always tell you that they have gone bad. You have to deduce it from the divergence in ‘solutions’.

PS: GPS itself can be spoofed, so you don’t want a direct connection between control surfaces and GPS.

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[quote Blogstar]I think I should move. I live in guntard central. I am in the minority. I just wanted some space. 20 acres is too much….people think they are on the African Savannah or something, at least half of them shoot on a weekly basis or more often. I think big properties go to people’s heads ….properties 600 feet wide X 1200 feet long with bullets flying at multiple thousands of feet per second.

One guy hunts our shared fence line for gophers, I trap them, it works pretty well , but where is the sport in that? He got one at 275 yards! Hey , people want to live out here so they can hunt fucking gophers with rifles, what part of that don’t I get?
[/quote]Are you sure it is not a BB gun? Big diff, though many look the same. In many urban areas, discharging a firearm is illegal, even if in the back yard. BB guns usually aren’t.
http://www.google.com/search?q=ar-15+bb+gun

[quote Blogstar]The Sheriff will not enforce 150 yard law at all.[/quote]
Did you check, or are you ‘just saying’. Last time I had to deal with it, they were out in force. Nothing like some shooting to get them ‘away from the donuts’.

[quote Blogstar]This means that politicians will not go against gun owners.[/quote] This does not agree with facts already in evidence.

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[quote=spdrun][quote=flyer]As an airline pilot, I’m extremely familiar with everything you’ve mentioned, but I’d still like to see a tracking system that could not be deactivated in flight, so, regardless of the scenario, we could get the last known position of the aircraft.[/quote]

It would have to not use GPS since GPS reception is easy to jam with jammers being easily available. Perhaps a combination of GPS data being sent to a satellite uplink (using a transponder with internal batteries charged independently of the aircraft electrics) and a simple radio signal that can be triangulated if GPS is jammed would work.[/quote]Actually, it is best to use GPS augmented by inertial. GPS has a ‘fast drift’ that is centered about the path, inertial has a ‘slow drift’ about the path. Jamming can be fixed by noticing lack of GPS reception and failing over to pure inertial until GPS returns (Over 100 miles, inertial and GPS tend to be close enough to not really matter – and you will get out of range of the jammer). GPS fudging or faking GPS position (as opposed to jamming) can be seen as a rapid divergence between GPS path and inertial path.

Note: If you are planning to jam GPS, might as well jam the uplink too.

— just my 2 cents, can’t say more ;-P

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[quote=plm]Yes, the bulb I broke looks just like the one in the picture. Probably too much work for me to change the socket. If I decide to do this, is the light output the same such so its not noticeable? Otherwise I will have to do all of the lights in the kitchen at the same time.

More likely I’ll just buy the light bulb that ucodegen provided.

How many piggs does it take to change a light bulb?

Thanks[/quote]I don’t know how many piggs it takes to change a lightbulb. I know that I can do it myself (as well as rewiring sockets). I also have tools to do those ceiling bulbs on vaulted/high ceilings – without need for ladder. (we might have to take a statistical average here and calc variance)

Changing the socket on the plug-in CFs is not as simple as it might seem. The plug-in CFs have an external ballast, while the E26 are internal/self contained ballasts.

Light output will probably be diff between the square plug-in vs the E26. Keep an eye on the wattage for the plug-in, number and style of elements and color temperature. Does the bulb look exactly like it or slightly diff? Do you have a pict of the bulb and base?

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