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Sadly, we are talking about the off season already. A sign of where our team is going
The Panthers clearly need to change the team up. So... Put me in charge, how much worse could it be then what we're at right now?
To start... Fire Rivera, Chud, and McDermott. Hire a high energy HC, a 4-3 DC that plays man coverage, and a pass first OC that doesn't abandon the running game.
Pretty clear our coaching staff is quite terrible, and our team has taken a step back so remove them all. Rivera looks blank all the time. Chud calls college gimmicks, and McDermott had/has a very talented defense, but doesn't know how to use them.
Jordan Gross, LT - He's getting up in age and our OL is a mess right now, but it's not his fault. But he isn't as good as he once was.
Jon Beason, LB - Beason has been hurt two years in a row and has missed a long period of time. Kuechly has played very well in his place (averaging out his tackles when starting at MLB, he'd be on pace for 192) and our LB corp is fine without him and his LARGE contract.
DeAngelo Williams, RB - Large contract, getting six carries a game in the last six games, and only has a 3.4 YPA this year. We'll be fine without Williams.
Geoff Hangartner, RG/C - Due $4 million in the next two seasons (2013 & 2014), 'Piggy' can leave and we can find a Free Agent to replace him. Maybe bring in a 33 year old Brandon Moore for one season and then draft a guard in 2014.
Ron Edwards, NT - We have been playing a front of (from right to left): Alexander, Dwan Edwards, Hardy, and Johnson a lot as of late, so why even both keep a very old NT? We can either find a new FA on the market or land a NT in the draft (very deep at NT).
Garry Williams, OL - Can we all agree that he stinks?
Jimmy Clausen, QB - Bye bye Pickles.
Let them walk:
Derek Anderson, QB - if we can't find a better/cheaper vet then keep him
Gary Barnidge, TE
Ben Hartsock, TE
Sherrod Martin, FS
Louis Murphy, WR
Mike Pollak, OG
Jeremy Bridges, OL
Antwan Applewhite, DE/OLB
Dwan Edwards, UT
Jordan Senn, STer
2013 NFL Draft:
1st - Luke Joeckel, LT
2nd - Terrance Williams, WR
4th - Bacarri Rambo, FS
5th - Will Sutton, UT
6th - Back up guard
7th - Back up TE
Free Agency:
Sign a starting RG and NT, and sign a veteran back up QB. Bring up Armond Smith from the PS and put Poole on the PS. Sign a QB as UDFA.
2013 Roster:
QB – Cam Newton, Vet/DA, & UDFA
RB – Stewart, Tolbert, A. Smith
WR – Smith, Williams, LaFell, Gettis, Pilares, Adams
TE – Olsen, FA, 7th rounder
LT – Joeckel, Campbell
LG – Silatolu, Zack Williams/FA
C – Kalil, Jeff Byers
RG – FA, 6th rounder
RT – Bell, Campbell
RE – Hardy, Alexander
UT – Dwan Edwards, Sutton
NT – FA, Nate Chandler/FA/Kearse
LE – Johnson, Applewhite
SLB – Anderson, Phillips
MLB – Kuechly, Phillips
WLB – Davis, Phillips
CB1 – Gamble
CB2 – Norman, Thomas
Slot – Munnerlyn
FS – Rambo, Godfrey, D.J. Campbell
SS – Godfrey, D.J. Campbell, Nakamura
Special Teams
K - Justin Medlock
P - Brad Nortman
LS - J.J. Jansen
KR - Pilares
PR - Adams
I'm building for the future, not now. I don't think we have what it takes to win next year, so building for 2014 or later.


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La Choulette Ambrée - Brasserie La Choulette
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Reviews by nomad:
4.3/5 rDev +8%
A true amber ale, it is solid red with a thin, soft, and velvety head leaving fingers of lace in the glass. Smells of caramel, earthy hops, and musty cork. Opens to a plush pils backdrop with faint apple/pear esters floating around.
Taste asserts first a caramel and roast tandem that is complex and rough without overbearing on the pallette. Slides dry and tickling toward a hoppy finish of earthy herbal flavor. Quite rustic with burly toast, caramel, and hop scruff intertwining, though a a fascinating apple-like ester presents itself to lend just a note of sweetness. The medium-low mouthfeel is lager smooth with a perfect amount of carbonation for support and palette cleansing.
Always a strong choice for an amber biere de garde that I oft skip over in favor of Jenlain. Very earthy beer in many respects.
11-26-2005 21:34:45 | More by nomad
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North Carolina
3.65/5 rDev -8.3%
This beers highest marks come in the nice pour a big pillowey head that settles nicely and sticky a nice medium amber color to enjoy.Aroma is like powdered sugar almost with some slight spicey notes and pizza dough aromas.Taste is definently malty with a little irony taste I didnt think it was overly sweet.Supposed to be good with food will have my other with dinner.
09-18-2003 20:13:31 | More by oberon
West Virginia
4/5 rDev +0.5%
Appearance: Amber tone great amount of off white cream colored head very nice lacing belgian style fine webs. Aroma: Vinous grape tone, sweet barley wine like malts are lingering with a touch of honey infused there wild tones farmhouse bready yeast and bites of peppery qualities. Taste: Awesome wine like tone to it, amber malts send a caramel spot of flavor tart apple in the finish with the spices and slight farmhouse funk playing a factor in the overall flavor, good stuff. Mouthfeel: Soft in the Belgian sense, soft water brings about a lighter to medium bodied ale with a creamy texture to it. Drinkability, definitely good stuff effortless to consume I may have to try this one again. A bit expensive but well worth it especially if you in to the biere de garde.
02-18-2004 17:25:53 | More by WVbeergeek
4.83/5 rDev +21.4%
A beautiful thick and creamy off-white head over a glowing red-amber body. Spectacular. Cascading sheets of lace and a thin head holds on as the volume is lowered. Caramel malt aromas with cork, hay and floral notes. Nice malt profile upfront in the mouth. Deep Caramel malts lead the charge, some touches of chocolate and nuts round out a wonderfully balanced sweetness. A bit of oak, spices, fruit and hops in the background. A touch of crispness, but otherwise very smooth mouthfeel.
Im currently reading Markowskis Farmhouse Ales, which is a wonderful study of the biere de garde and saison styles (like the bottle label, he lists this as a biere de garde). While his descriptions are great, tasting is believing. This particular example combines a healthy dose of malts with complex aromas and flavors, and does it all without being overbearing. Zen-like subtly and balance.
11-17-2005 00:45:21 | More by Shovelbum
United Kingdom (England)
3.53/5 rDev -11.3%
Very nice biere de garde, deep amber colour, lots of caramel malt flavours, slightly sticky sweet start, but quite dry, bitter slaty finish, i quite liked it, but a bit sticky for me.
08-03-2002 05:33:10 | More by rastaman
4/5 rDev +0.5%
10-26-2013 13:26:55 | More by azorie
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +0.5%
03-22-2014 19:50:46 | More by bexley10
4.22/5 rDev +6%
A 750mL green glass bottle, corked and caged, dated 19-06-09.
Opened in celebration of finishing the semester - yea!
Served cool and poured into my St. Bernardus Watou glass, the Ambrée has a hazy copper color with an inch of head and good retention.
Aroma is complex - spicy, funky, and a little winey. The latter is not what I'd describe as oxidation but more like dark fruits and red grapes.
Flavor is quite nice - a little like a doppelbock that's lighter in color and body. There is the similar caramel-sweet base with nice spice notes and a bit of toasty grains. The flavors have good depth and complexity but it's not overwhelming. Light fruit flavors like apple, cherry, and grape, help to balance out the spice.
Mouthfeel is medium-light in body with just the right amount of carbonation. Alcohol is present but fairly well-hidden given this beer's strength.
Overall really nice, not what I was expecting (Biere de Garde was more of a Saison in my head) but still very enjoyable.
05-11-2010 23:21:50 | More by GilGarp
4.58/5 rDev +15.1%
Hazy twilight amber gold adorned with a plump column of bleached tan.
Pear butter nose, with flares of cedar and sandalwood, with a backing florality of rosewater and lilac.
Grain off the blocks, light toasted and lugging notions of nut skins. It expands into mashed pears, cinnamon apple sauce, fried plantains, and white grapes. The middle see this trek towards wood and earth. Horse haired strewn sandstone wavers amongst suede, aniseed, dried maples and dowel rods. The hops drive hop blossoms of clover and lavender, and while the bitterness is minor, it is well-stated and erudite.
Medium full in the mouth, with a liquid fleece build that is both fuzzy and soft.
For something that is 8%, it is downright dirty.
This particular Choulette might keep its pants on, but it's in no way less alluring.
10-06-2005 05:41:00 | More by cokes
Ontario (Canada)
3.68/5 rDev -7.5%
Satisfying smooth but unexceptional biere de garde, well carbonated even harsh. Attractive light brown rum color. Moderately fruity yeast, grape like, lemon, sugar, nuts, pepper . Musty initial aroma, mild barnyard. Medium mouthfeel, probably good with fish.
08-24-2005 03:11:45 | More by Sammy
4.1/5 rDev +3%
Beautiful amber-gold in hue with significant coppery highlights. The liquid shows a slight influence of sediment. When backlit this beer shines! The head was slightly off-white in color; at the apex the head was a healthy two fingers in height. The bubbles were rocky and dense, head retention was very good, and it slowly faded to a clumpy cap. It started creating lace before I started removing the beer! Overall the subsequent lacing was spotty and unimpressive. Still this beer looks good. Im keen on the nose, there is a lovely balancing act between vinous notes and caramel malt. The fruitiness is heavy on grapes with kisses of pears and figs. There is a seamless transition to a charming caramel aroma and even some doughy qualities. Candied sweetness. Interwoven throughout are hints of spiciness that are largely nondescript. And then comes some mildly funky (barnyard and horsy and mold) notes with hints of pepper. Finally there are kisses of alcohol heat at the back, towards the end. The potency of the nose is moderate, the complexities are softly spoken but I do hear what this beer is saying. Inviting. The palate is dry with loads of caramel flavor and little sweetness. I am not sure how this is accomplished... but I like it. The malt offers doughy qualities. Caramel too. Like I said the sweetness is minimal. Flavor is big. In the middle is some raw apple cider that is lightly spiked with ginger and cinnamon. At this point the beer turns slightly dry and vinous notes emerge, grapes and hints of licorice. At the finish there is a firm mix of hop bitterness with a raw earthy undertone and some peppery notes. This is quite contrasting from the malt sweetness (it really isnt that sweet, I am beating a dead horse here). The aftertaste is just a little warm at the back of the throat with a caramel, fruity residue that sits on the tongue. This beer is very diverse with its food prospects. I think it would be good with many things, from elegantly prepared steaks to pasta (with a light red sauce) or even hearty fried fish (like walleye). Honestly, this beer would be perfect for gourmet pizza. Hell yeah, ignore all the other food babble I dished out, this beer would be a KILLER with good pizza. Anyway. This beer is very solid. I like it a lot. It is not a world class Bière de Garde, so what. I it is a damn good beer. Medium in body, the carbonation is moderate but very airy, this makes the mouthfeel fluffy and relaxing with just enough bulk to support the flavors. This beer isnt overly complex. At no point was I blown away but at no point was I bored. This is a very good beverage. It is very drinkable and (like I said above) it has endless future possibilities. I bought this 750ml bottle in Ames, IA last spring; it has been in my cellar since then. Find it. Drink it. Youll like it.
PS: The label says 8.0% abv.
02-18-2005 12:52:25 | More by bditty187
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
01-19-2013 20:50:54 | More by marcobrau
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
01-10-2012 16:56:11 | More by bonbini26
Quebec (Canada)
4/5 rDev +0.5%
Bottle: Poured a hazy brown color ale with a large frothy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bready yeast with fruity ester is quite nice. Taste is also dominated by a huge semidry caramel malt base with nice yeast ester of fresh bread and light fruit. Body is quite full with limited filtration and good bottle conditioning with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Much better then expected and a nice example of how good the French bière de garde can be.
12-01-2010 21:26:42 | More by Phyl21ca
4.75/5 rDev +19.3%
Pours from a corked 750mL green bottle opened with a satisfying "pop"
This smell hits me before my nose gets near the glass- nice. It's a true amber color with sticky off- white foam that I swear is climbing up the glass. A more intense whiff gives me a biscuity bread smell with some nice sharp undertones. A little ester under there; slight spice as well. First taste is dramatically full of bread and fresh grain- and then in a sip or two something wonderful happens and the solvent- esque fruit esters kick in. A hint of toated malt, but no acridity here. This feels wonderful in the mouth, with a smooth slickness that gives way to a tingling sensation followed by the perfect amount of warmth. The rough edges on this bad boy have been really nicely smoothed out. I'll have no problems finishing this one off by myself.
This is more sophisticated than I would have expected. Really a subtle, beautiful, well- balanced beer. Just tops.
06-01-2005 01:59:16 | More by amicar
4.33/5 rDev +8.8%
Pours a cloudy brown/amber with a 1/2 finger white head that mostly dies. Smells of apple cider and some caramel.
Taste is quite interesting. Caramel malt. Apples. Anise. Some tartness. Interesting, and nice balance. Quite an interesting amber - never had anything quite like it. Very nice.
Mouthfeel is good on this. Somewhat rich with a nice bite at the end. Drinkability is very good.
Recommended. A unique, tasty brew. Just how I like them.
09-14-2007 07:50:33 | More by rallison
New York
4/5 rDev +0.5%
A: The beer is hazy amber in color and has large chunks of yeast visible near the bottom of the glass (simply from the initial pour). It has a two finger high dense beige head that gradually died down but consistently left a short head covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of caramel malts and earthy yeast are present in the nose.
T: The taste is very similar to the smell, except that the malts contribute some sweetness that ever so slightly overshadows the earthiness from the yeast. Slight hints of dark fruits are also apparent and no bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied and slightly chewy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is a lot maltier and heaver in body compared to other beers in the style (sort of like a comparison between a bock and a doppelbock), but it's light enough to be rather drinkable, especially since any traces of alcohol are very well hidden.
02-26-2013 03:28:28 | More by metter98
United Kingdom (England)
3.9/5 rDev -2%
75cl Green cork and caged bottle, poured into two Corsendonk stemmed tulip shaped glasses.
The pour was in one almost smooth action, but the second glass ended up with a few pieces of sediment. Otherwise the beer was a lovely amber, a little lighter than a typical Belgian Amber beer but with the same good biege foaming head. The beer was opened 4 months after the Best Before Date.
The aroma was like a fairly sweet malty biscuit straight out of the oven.
Good flavours throughout, this is a well balanced beer and I really enjoyed it. The 8% doesn't knock your socks off, but you know it's there.
The French beer scene is a lot better than most poeple realise, this is a good example of what they are missing.
05-10-2008 18:23:46 | More by BlackHaddock
New Hampshire
3.53/5 rDev -11.3%
picked this up to try out of curiosity. it pours a nice amber orange color with a nice offwhite head. this one didn't work for me as well as some other biere de gardes I've had as this was more of a marmalade and caramel effect than what I expected. Bottle notes its from 4-25-07.
08-12-2008 02:30:47 | More by barleywinebrewer
4.08/5 rDev +2.5%
Pours a deep amber color, bordering on brown, with some bright highlights. The smallish head leaves a bit of lace on the glass. The aroma is low on esters and skews toward the malt side, with plenty of bready, almost German malts and a dusty tobacco note. On the palate, big carbonation and smooth, sweet maltiness alongside some dextrins. There's a bit of orangey fruitiness evident on the edges. Good acidity toward the end. The finish is long and a tad sweet, while the mouthfeel is full and malty overall, with a bit of hop acids at the end and plenty of soft carbonation throughout. Overall, this is a tasty biere de garde, skewed toward the malty side, without much of the herbal/earthy notes often found in beers of the style. Still, it's a rich-yet-light, interesting beer that would probably be great with food and cheese, so still a definite thumbs up.
03-15-2008 04:32:26 | More by geexploitation
4/5 rDev +0.5%
Poured into tulip glass:
Pours deep ruby mahogany with a thin tan head that descends to a thin, patchy covering.
The smell is of sweet caramel candy. Musty with grassy/grainy notes. Subtle fruity spiciness lies underneath.
The taste is sweet - candyish - caramel/toffee. Husky grain in the back. Spicy, berry-like fruitiness emerges in the soft, sweet finish.
Medium-bodied and smooth, this is a nice sweet treat. Despite the alcohol level (which is hardly noticeable) this makes a nice summer night sipping brew choice. Also would pair well with lamb. A classic for the style!
06-22-2007 03:39:59 | More by jwc215
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
4.35/5 rDev +9.3%
750ml bottle bought from The Vineyard, Belfast...
Poured a golden copper / rusty orange colour... Slightly off white head poured quite big and fades to a nice layer...
Aroma - Biscuity malt, toffee, nutty, grassy, banana hints, burnt orange notes, slight pepperiness...
Taste Spicy maltiness, slight sweetness, caramel, nice light bitterness, some aniseed hints underneath...
Feel - Pretty smooth, slightly oily. Medium body. Very drinkable...
Overall - An excellent beer, very drinkable. Recommended !!
01-23-2006 15:50:47 | More by mdagnew
3.9/5 rDev -2%
I found this at Shoreline in Huntington, NY and served with it with surf 'n' turf
wraps as we were settling in for a comfortable Friday night. I poured the amber ale into my 50cl glass and was quietly amazed by the oatmeal head that formed as I backed off on pouring more.
The reddish amber flavor was just right with elements of sweetness and floral impressions to make it known I had found something extra special.
I continued without much hestitation until the bottle was empty.
Maybe my choice of shrimp and beef wraps were not the best with this great ale, but I loved the ale anyway.
05-20-2006 00:58:20 | More by bonbright7
3.9/5 rDev -2%
Poured from a corked wine-style bottle.
Poured a reddish-orange with a big ecru-colored head. Somewhat cloudy with flecks of yeast floating throughout.
Smelled primarily fruity with apples and cherries. Taste was tart and dry -- tangy, sour fruits with a somewhat bitter finish. Carbonated, crisp somewhat thin mouthfeel. Enjoyable as something to sip with a light meal on a warm evening. A little fruity and sour for my general tastes, but a decent choice overall. Definitely interesting and complex.
07-17-2007 20:05:08 | More by eberkman
4.4/5 rDev +10.6%
Brilliant bronze color. Shiny looking with a quality large foamy white head. Head maintains well and never gets too large. Good sheets of lacing around the glass.
Very spicy and phenolic aroma. Peppery almost but some sweeter malts ride in there as well. A touch of rustic character accompanies a slightly mid-dark fruit element. It's like apples and plums combined. Very complex smells.
Flavor lives up to aroma. Light on the mouth with a nice touch of liveliness but the body still seems substantial, if that makes sense. Caramel malty flavors at the top. Yeasty spicy flavor from the beginning goes all the way to the finish. A touch of sour fruit in the middle counters the malty caramel component. The back has some alcohol esters and pepper components. Finishes with a touch of a floral element and some residual sugars. Complex, delicate, full flavored. I need to get this again.
11-09-2006 23:19:05 | More by granger10
La Choulette Ambrée from Brasserie La Choulette
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Warning - this has nothing to do with Harry Potter. Well, actually it does.
This weekend I walked 39 miles. I am crazy, I knew that long before this weekend!
See, here is the deal. If I were a wizard, I'd find a magical cure for breast cancer. I'd make sure all my loved ones (that means you) were protected and best of all, I'd make sure every person in the world was safe from this disease.
I'm not a wizard. Unfortunately, the muggle in me can not find a spell to fix this, so instead I walk.
This weekend was the Houston - Avon Breast Cancer Walk. Over a thousand people walked 39 miles in 2 days to raise over 2 million dollars to make the magic happen. I've been a part of this walk for three years now. First, in honor of my mom, now in her memory.
See, I'm not a wizard, I can't make magic happen. Instead, I choose to be active to do something. That's what I am asking you to do. Find something and make the world a better place.
(If you'd like to support my 2011 walk please feel free to donate. )
Thanks to the Harry Potter fans who cheered me on. ( I totally adore my pink broom) I had a crew of 20 students whose moms have had breast cancer, it was great to see so many Leaky members there as well.
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GOMER — The Gomer Congregational Church will host this month's Lincoln Highway Association Western Ohio Chapter meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
After attendees order dinner individually from Uncle Al's menu, there will be a presentation about Admiral Byrd's Snow Cruiser that crashed through a bridge in Gomer in 1939. After the presentation, we will visit the Gomer Welsh Community Museum.
The public is invited. The Gomer Congregational Church is located at 7350 Gomer Road, Gomer, one block south of the Lincoln Highway.
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Keep an eye out on these movies for 2011.
Some of these movies will either make you laugh, anticipate more action, jump from the suspense or say "this could win a couple of awards'.
In no particular order:
The Mechanic
The Tree of Life
Company Men
The Housemaid
Red State
The Green Hornet
Your Highness
Super 8
Sucker Punch
Battle of Los Angeles
The Hangover 2
X-Men: First Class
Cowboys & Aliens
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Of course there are many more to think about, but these are the first that crossed my mind. And, I'll probably end up mentioning those and these in the near future.
It's been a while since we've seen Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in a comedy together, but with the rap sheet of work that they've done together (Spaced, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, etc.) this is gonna be a hilarious adventure.
In this modern day E.T. Seth Rogen voices Paul, an alien that lands on Earth while to sci-fi geeks are on a road trip to Area 51. What ensues is an adventure to help this alien get home, and save him from being an autopsy victim. Also starring Jason Bateman, as the antagonistic FBI agent this movie is gonna have you laughing for days.
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Greg Mottola at SXSW talking about their new movie Paul coming to theaters March 18th.
Paul Trailer:
Opening March 18th, or this Friday.
British ambassadors of nerd culture Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have teamed up with stoner movie charmer Seth Rogen and Superbad director Greg Matolla to bless us with the story of Paul. An extraterrestrial trying to get back home after being on Earth for over 70yrs. The combination of these three hilarious actors is what makes this movie so great, with the assistance of additional cast Bill Hader, Jason Bateman, Jane Lynch, and Kirsten Wiig this movie deserves all the accolades that film critics are giving it, and it'll put a smile on your face. And, who can really complain with that.
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The windmill may be Pete Townshend's signature move, but it's really Keith Richards' move.
Townshend writes in his new autobiography, "Who I Am," an early version of the band called The Detours opened for The Rolling Stones in December 1963.
Townshend saw Richards swing his arms like a windmill to warm up. When they opened for The Stones a few weeks later, Richards didn't do that, so Townshend adopted it for himself.
A month or so later, they found out another band had the name The Detours, so they needed a new name.
The name "The Who" came from future Who biographer Richard Barnes. Townshend himself wanted to call the band "The Hair."
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A view from the bench
A federal judge has asked me to post the following comment on the state of legal academia and the legal profession:
It is no secret that many lawyers are dissatisfied with their profession. Of the million or so lawyers in the United States (more per capita by far than any other country) over half are said to be unhappy and giving serious consideration to leaving the practice of law. A burgeoning industry of coaching, counseling, and career change assistance has developed to guide such people to new opportunities. Facing declining applicant pools, law schools advertise that a legal education is worth its steep price irrespective of whether the graduate intends to practice law or engage in some other pursuit. But a number of recent law graduates have sued their schools, alleging that the law schools misrepresent post-graduate employment opportunities, that few jobs as lawyers are available, and those jobs that are available pay substantially less than law schools have represented. Indeed many law graduates are saddled with large student loan debts that place them in indentured servitude for years. The average debt for recent graduates exceeds $100,000.00.
Law professors are among the highest paid academics, and enjoy the newest buildings on ever-enlarging campuses. Law schools employ many part-time adjuncts who teach large enrollment classes for meager fees, generating even more profits for the law school budget, and less teaching time for the tenured faculty. Overhead costs for laboratories, equipment and floor space are nearly non-existent. Yet the law schools are engaged in fierce competition for increased enrollment and that most elusive of goals: academic prestige. The annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News and World Report becomes the coveted benchmark. Because law schools are profit centers for the universities, there is little external oversight of their operations. The litany of ensuing dubious practices includes puffing up of enrollees' Law School Aptitude test scores and undergraduate GPAs, misleading and rigged graduate placement reports, and some not-so-subtle innovations such as paying stipends to recent graduates to work for free in courts, prosecutors' offices and private firms during the sampling period.
A few brave and talented legal academics such as Paul Campos of the University of Colorado and Brian Tamanaha of Washington University St. Louis have risked becoming pariahs among their colleagues by exposing the failures and shortcomings of the law school institution. Accused of failing to prepare graduates to enter the profession, the law schools attempt to address the issues through economic arguments. Their students, they claim, are "practice ready," meaning law firms can shift their most basic investment in young associates from the corporate clients who are no longer willing to foot the bill back to the very institutions responsible for creating the glutted market. In turn, graduates are forced to work long hours with less supervision on stultifying tasks at pay levels making service of their acquired debt nearly impossible, all for the promise of a partnership that has become a vanishing hope.
Recent accounts, such as Running From The Law by Deborah Arron assert that more than half of young lawyers leave the law knowing they have been lied to. They have sought the law as a means of earning a comfortable and secure living. They have been taught that academic standing in class increases one's job prospects. The law schools have abandoned teaching that the most fundamental aspect of the profession is one of service. When the primary purpose of service is ignored, the practice of law is condemned to drudgery, to the pure hell of endless hours of performing rote work for a fee.
Plato knew that people learn by example, and from demonstrations illustrating the lessons to be learned. It is all well and good for law schools to offer courses in the substantive subjects of the law, but more fundamental to acquiring knowledge and forming character is the conduct of teachers and the institution they attend. (Indeed the word "attend" literally means "to pay attention to.") Just as bad parenting produces bad children who grow up to become bad parents, what the student sees and feels counts more than routines of "practice ready" performance.
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January 2, 2012
Congo's Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections were fraught with tremendous irregularities and widespread charges of fraud. The opposition categorically rejected the results as fraudulent. Nonetheless, Joseph Kabila was sworn into office on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
July 16, 2011
Wealth and power win every time over poverty and vulnerability. Just look no further than the "sudden turn of events" in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.
June 13, 2011
Suggestions that the government of Muammar Qaddafi is on its last legs and that life in Tripoli has drawn to a standstill as a result of the NATO bombing campaign are not based on reality. Journalists have a duty to report the truth regardless of the whims of their governments.
June 9, 2011
In the CIA kick-started war on Libya, The New York Times report Monday by John F. Burns, calling Libyan civilian casualties "propaganda," does not square with a series of WBAIX in-hospital interviews.
April 23, 2011
"All of our institutions have failed us if they do not use their power and act against this crime against humanity being carried out in Africa today. I received a call this morning from an Ivorian friend who calls it genocide what Sarkozy's troops are doing there. Blood, blood, everywhere. Depleted uranium in Libya. Generations to come will suffer the health effects. We must try to stop President Obama. He has the power to say no. So far, he is good at saying yes to all the wrong people. So we must do more than we think we can. Anything less places more blood on everyone's hands." – Cynthia McKinney
April 10, 2011
"I was at his (President Aristide's) house, we heard a roar of shouts of joy, and then over the walls people started coming in, pouring into the courtyard of the house when they saw the car. People were accompanying the car as many as three miles from the airport to his house," relates Pierre Labossiere of the jubilant welcome that greeted the Aristides on their return to Haiti ending seven long years of exile for them and brutal repression of the people they had to leave behind. Pierre tells the story of the Haitian people and how their never-say-die spirit continues to inspire the world.
March 22, 2011
Congressman Barney Frank has amended the financial services bill to discourage development banks supported by the U.S. not to assist nations engaging in gross human rights violations.
January 12, 2011
A year ago this month, Haiti was flattened by a seismic catastrophe. It was hardly the only tragedy that the tiny nation has faced in its 220-year history as the first republic born of a slave revolt.
October 9, 2010
"If you want to help Haiti, let's start by telling the truth, OK? The truth is that on April 7, 2003, President Aristide, a democratically elected president on the side of the poor, called together a Restitution Commission which determined that France owed Haiti $21 billion. And within weeks, France and the United States told Aristide it was time for him to go. Step aside, step down, resign or be killed."
February 13, 2010
They shoot us, then display us as looters. / Then they bring in the U.N. and the rest of the U.S. friends, / Blackwater forces who now go under the new name Xe, / Who, like a fatal disease, once they get in, they don't / Never plan on leaving. … / Haiti! The land of my brotherman … and sister woman, / The ones that kicked Napolean's ass, / The land of sugar cane and Africans, / The land in which the enslaved revolt.
January 27, 2010
Pierre Labossierre, cofounder of the Haiti Action Committee, alerts us to oppose "relief" funds and protest U.S. military occupation that threaten Haitian independence and sovereignty and to demand the return of President Aristide and the inclusion of Lavalas in Haitian democracy. Following the interview, listen and watch audio and video files featuring Pierre, Cynthia McKinney, Kiilu Nyasha, Nia Imara, Minister of Information JR, Joy Moore and more – all calling on everyone to "stand in solidarity with Haiti."
January 17, 2010
The U.S. has worked to break Haiti for over 200 years. We owe Haiti. Not charity. We owe Haiti as a matter of justice. Reparations. The U.S. owes Haiti Billions – with a big B.
January 14, 2010
The horrific disaster that befell Haiti Jan. 12 may have killed hundreds of thousands. According to the media, Haiti's weak infrastructure and poor quality of construction account for the large number of deaths. Left to their own efforts, however, Haitians would have been more than able to build a reliable democracy with adequate infrastructure. But they have never been allowed to do so.


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Kyron Horman's father is using this weekend's Portland Roadster Show to spread awareness about his missing son.
Kyron disappeared from Skyline School in northwest Portland in June 2010.
Since then, his father, Kaine Horman, has worked with law enforcement and made appearances at community events in hopes of finding his son.
"We still have a lot of work to do and this, I think, helps keep us busy. But I also think it helps keep him out in the forefront of everyone's minds and really just keeps him in touch. So, I think until he comes home, we'll continue to do these types of things," he says.
Kaine Horman says that authorities are still actively working to find Kyron. No suspects have been named in the case.
The Portland Roadster Show runs through Sunday at the Portland Expo Center.
General admission is $15 per person. Children 12 and under get in free.
For more information, click here.
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Honor the legacy of Buzz Price with a gift in support of
The Buzz Price Student Scholarship at Ryman Arts!
Harrison Buzz Price (1921-2010)
Ryman Arts has teamed up with the Themed Entertainment Association Foundation (TEAF) and the Price family to endow the Buzz Price TEA Ryman Arts Endowment Fund to support a student at Ryman Arts each year. The TEAF will help select the recipient each year and introduce him or her to the field Buzz helped to create. The student will also have special opportunities to meet today's leaders in themed entertainment to explore careers in the field. This fund will help Ryman Arts serve even more talented, motivated young artists.
Buzz's son David Price, a TEA Western Board Member, echoes what others recognize when he said "Dad demonstrated a special brand of humor, passion, intelligence and encouragement giving equal importance to matters of the mind and the heart. It's no wonder that he along with others helped create a program that lifts the hearts and minds of art students at a pivotal moment in their young lives."
Checks should be made payable to Ryman Arts, with Buzz Price Fund noted in the memo line. Or make a secure online donation here:
Acknowledgement of all gifts will be sent to the Price family.
Read Marty Sklar's tribute to Buzz in the November/December issue of Funworld magazine here. [PDF: 865 KB]
Recently, Buzz received one of the highest Disney honors -- a window dedication at Disneyland. Below, Board Member David Price at the Buzz Price Window Dedication on April 9, 2013:
Read more about Buzz Price and his role in the creation of Disneyland in this letter from David Price on the dedication to his father and Ryman Arts Co-Founder, Buzz Price - click here.
Watch the interview with David Price below:
Harrison Buzz Price (1921-2010)
Harrison "Buzz" Price and his wife Anne, were co-founders of the Ryman Carroll Foundation (now Ryman Arts) in 1990, formed in memory of their friend Herbert D. Ryman to support the artistic education of promising young artists. Buzz and Anne were active, devoted Board members until Buzz's death at age 89 in 2010.
Anne and Buzz were generous supporters of the program, and underwrote several scholarships for Ryman Arts graduates. At Ryman Arts most recent graduation this past June, Buzz and Anne were honored for their lifetime of service to Ryman Arts with the Herbert D. Ryman Mentor Award. Indeed, Buzz was an extraordinary mentor to many. Countless young artists at Ryman Arts owe their artistic education to this remarkable visionary."
Few people have created the opportunities for learning and training young talent in the arts as Buzz Price did," stated Marty Sklar, President of Ryman Arts and retired Vice-Chairman of Walt Disney Imagineering. "Whether we are film, theatre or theme park fans, we should all thank our lucky stars that Walt Disney had a 'numbers man' who loved music, art and poetry."
More on Harrison "Buzz" Price
"Buzz" Price was recognized as the pioneer in the field of theme parks, resort and leisure-recreation project feasibility almost from the day in 1953 that Walt and Roy O. Disney chose him "to determine the economic feasibility of the best location for a new project – Disneyland." Price, an engineering graduate of California Institute of Technology, had joined Stanford Research Institute after receiving his Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University. "I asked Walt if he had a bias about the location for his Magic Kingdom," Price recalled years later. "'Absolutely not!' he said. 'You tell me where the best location is.'" Price analyzed the potential sites in the Southern California area, ultimately focusing on Orange County after considering population trends, accessibility and climate factors. They selected 160 acres of orange groves in Anaheim, just off the Santa Ana Freeway at Harbor Boulevard. "We hit it right on the nose," Price later recalled, "dead center. That was the perfect place for it."
Encouraged by Walt Disney, Price formed Economics Research Associates (ERA) in 1958. Ultimately, he conducted 150 studies for the Walt Disney Company (including site and feasibility analysis for Walt Disney World in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland) and "over 3,000 projects" for other clients. "Buzz was the father of our industry of economic consulting," notes Ray Braun, Entertainment Practice Leader for AECOM Economics (formerly ERA). "He invented the science. He was mentor to me and many of us in this practice. He set the course and paved the way for us."
After selling ERA in 1969, most of Price's projects were under the aegis of his own Harrison Price Company, including studies for eight World's Fairs, Sea World, Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios, the Six Flags parks, museums, zoos and many feasibility analyses for international projects. But it was Walt Disney who set Price's success in motion. "From the time of his first involvement with Dad in selecting the site for Disneyland, Buzz was involved in nearly everything our family did," recalled Walt's daughter, Diane Disney Miller. "Dad's unexpected death left two major projects incomplete … barely begun, actually," Diane said. "But they were projects especially dear to Walt's heart. Uncle Roy (Roy O. Disney, Walt's brother and Chairman of the Walt Disney Company) led the family in continuing support of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and in the Walt Disney World project in Florida. Buzz was involved in both, but CalArts in particular. "Before he entered the hospital," Diane reminisced, "Dad had placed a stack of notebooks in Buzz's hands, saying, 'Here, take care of my school for me!' Dad knew the hands to place his dream in, that Buzz would see it through …and he did." Recognizing over 40 years of leadership, CalArts in 2005 presented Buzz Price an honorary Doctor of Arts degree.
His many leisure-recreation industry honors included the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), induction into the Hall of Fame for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) and recognition as a Disney Legend. Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company when Buzz was named a Disney Legend in 2003, recognized his role in establishing the Disney parks and resorts. "Buzz Price was as much responsible for the success of the Walt Disney Company as anybody except Walt Disney himself, in that he worked with Walt not only on finding the sites of both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, but on many other new initiatives, like the 1964 New York World's Fair and the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Lake Tahoe area," Eisner recalled. "But more than being a pioneer and visionary, he was one of the nicest and most professional and gentle friends of the company."
Buzz Price's concepts in economic analysis are clearly spelled out in his seminal book, "Walt's Revolution – By the Numbers", published in 2003 by Ripley Entertainment. Buzz's advice to all: "Guessing is dysfunctional. Ignoring prior experience is denial. Using valid numbers to project performance is rational." (His friend Terry Van Gorder, former President of Knott's, called it "roller coaster math.")
Born May 17, 1921 in Oregon City, Oregon, Buzz Price grew up in Southern California, graduating from San Bernardino High School before receiving his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Tech, and his MBA at Stanford. While attending Cal Tech, he met his future wife, Anne Shaw, who was attending Pomona College. They were married in 1944.
At the time of his death, after retiring in 2005, Buzz and Anne Price made their home at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona. Buzz is survived by an artistic family: His wife, Anne Shaw Price, a former vocalist; daughter Holly Shaw Ristuccia, who performs with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and her husband Al Ristuccia of Claremont, Ca.; daughter and artist Dana Price and her husband Ken Powell of Sausalito, Ca.; son and sculptor Bret Price and his wife Rae Lynn of Orange, Ca.; son and architect David A. Price and his wife Alicia of Irvine, Ca; nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren and his sister, Patricia Scott Mannarino of Oakland, Ca.
All of us at Ryman Arts, and thousands of student artists, were so fortunate to have know the wit, wisdom and generosity of this extraordinary man.


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Geneva, Tuesday 27 February 2001
Good Morning ladies and gentlemen.
Last October I visited Sudan for the launch of an important polio immunization campaign. At that time, I had the opportunity to meet with leaders of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army, who were observing a cease-fire to allow the polio immunizations to go forward.
I met with Commander Salva Kiir Mayardit, who handed me a letter pledging to UNICEF that all children under the age of 18 would be demobilized from the ranks of the SPLA.
Today I have the tremendous pleasure of announcing a major step toward the fulfillment of that pledge.
Beginning this past Friday and continuing over the past four days, UNICEF has been engaged in the largest airlift of its kind ever attempted in southern Sudan. As of this morning, more than 2,600 demobilized child soldiers had been evacuated from the combat zone of Bahr el Gazal to a safe area behind the lines of conflict.
This airlift, carried out with the invaluable support of the World Food Programme, involved ferrying 100 children at a time on a pair of Buffalo aircraft operated by WFP as part of Operation Lifeline Sudan. As we speak, the evacuation is just winding down.
The children range in age from 8 to 18. They are being cared for in reception centers organized by UNICEF and a host of local and international NGOs. Upon arrival each child is being given a full health check and other basic care. These reception centres will be a temporary home for these children.
Over the next four to eight months, UNICEF and its partners - including local authorities in southern Sudan - will be engaged in a thorough family tracing process with each child. This process is aimed at returning all the children to their families and their communities of origin.
This process will take time. For some children, the rehabilitation period will be quick and locating family and community will be straight-forward. For others, especially those who have lived through combat and other traumatic experiences, it will be a longer process. We know some of these children may be orphans. In their cases we will make every attempt to reunite them with extended family or their larger communities of origin.
As you can imagine, the last four days represent but the first steps in a deliberate process of recovery for these children. For now we are focused on their immediate safety, health and general well-being. In time we will be able to assess each child's readiness to return home.
While the tracing process unfolds, the children will be given schooling, life skills training, and psychosocial care. A majority will also be trained in a vocation that they can take back to their communities with them.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a true milestone, a marker of the growing global recognition that children should never be made instruments of adult conflicts and violence. Taken together with the 163 child recruits released into UNICEF's care in Uganda last week, and the ongoing success of demobilization efforts in Sierra Leone and elsewhere, we are seeing some real progress.
I would like to commend the SPLA for honoring its pledge to release these children. I have confidence that they will complete that pledge by releasing all other children within their ranks and by continuing to refrain from fresh recruitment of children.
I would also like to thank WFP for their tremendous support in making this airlift possible, and the NGOs who are caring for the children and making such a difference in their lives. These are real heroes, real champions for children.
But I would be remiss if I did not note today that the work of all of us seeking to protect children is far from done. Around the world we believe that there are still more than 300,000 children engaged in conflict.
Just yesterday there were news reports that seven children were abducted from Uganda by the LRA. In the DRC and across Africa, in Sri Lanka and other parts of South Asia, in Colombia and elsewhere, including in Sudan, the use of children as soldiers, porters, sex slaves and serfs continues.
It must stop.
And I believe that nothing short of a global movement for children will make it stop. Ladies and gentlemen I was in London yesterday for a global gathering of economic leaders who have embraced the idea that poverty reduction starts with children. Later this week I will be in Sweden to meet with humanitarian leaders who believe that peace-building starts with recognizing children as zones of peace. Next month I'll be back in Africa joining others who believe that the best way to halt the transmission of HIV is by educating, engaging and supporting young people.
To me all these ideas and events and gatherings and milestones combine to a simple message: Children are the nucleus of all sustainable human development. When we fail to focus on children, we usually fail in our goals. When we focus on children, we have the best chance of succeeding.
I would note that it was a polio immunization campaign that led to a temporary cease-fire in southern Sudan, and it was that same campaign that took me to Sudan and put me in a room with the SPLA commander.
I think it's worth remembering that when we put children at the center of our thoughts and action, good things happen.
Thank you.


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Republican from California
Meg Whitman is the former CEO of eBay and the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee in California. Largely self-financing her campaign, Whitman lost the general election to then-Attorney General Jerry Brown.
Recent statements involving Meg Whitman
Jerry Brown "gave California state employees collective bargaining powers" and "now, state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life."
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman "contributed to, and campaigned, for" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
Recent stories featuring Meg Whitman
Most campaign ads this year pummeled viewers into submission -- or apathy. But a few didn't. Here are eight that changed the trajectory of their races.
We put ads from the Golden State races to the test on our Truth-O-Meter.
In a web-only video ad, California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner accuses his Republican primary opponent Meg Whitman of peddling porn as CEO of eBay. We check the facts.
For a state in a mess, a messy campaign:
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Chip Kelly is a wanted man by the NFL. As coaching searches around the country continue to heat up, Kelly is tied closely to at least three different franchises. With the Oregon Ducks set to play in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night, expect the pursuit of Kelly to intensify as early as Friday morning.
The three teams that are most interested in Kelly are the Bills, Browns and Eagles. As Cleveland.com reported earlier, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner are already in Arizona and are expected to interview Kelly on Friday.
It is also reported that front office members from Buffalo and Philadelphia have an interview set up with the current Oregon coach sometime before the weekend ends. After missing out on coach Andy Reid to the Chiefs on Thursday, it also seems likely the Cardinals get involved with Kelly in the coming days, especially with him already in the Glendale area.
If Kelly does bolt for the NFL, Oregon already knows who their next head coach will be. Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, who has been with the program since 2009, would reportedly take the job in Eugene.
Kelly has set no timetable for a final decision on where he will coach next season and beyond.


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Some may have noticed that Ive been away a while. And if you didn't - I've been away a while. So I'm a little late on all my posts, and I feel my opinion really matters to you guys
so i posted anyway.
Reading the very first post in this thread brought pretty much every con of the situation which have been raised by John and Chris and Transient. It just wouldn't work. This has been said, but if someone dosnt read the sticky's thats their fault. I mean, I can't go and kill a guy and say "Oh sorry, iI never read the book of Law" or whatever that fucken thing is. Def put it best, if not a little harsh ^^^.
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Our Pastor recently talked about the importance of praying for boldness in witnessing. The verse above was one that he quoted during the sermon. I was very encouraged that day because at times I get the same, even from believers that we need to "tone it down a bit". That the world doesn't come to church because we are always talking about the Bible, etc.
A few months ago, Brad and I were visiting a Sunday school class at church and there was a conversation about sharing our faith with other's with courage. The passage being studied was Acts chapter 4, where Peter and John are before the council for preaching at the temple.
One lady commented on how many times when she is sharing her faith, she gets the common response of "how do you know all of that is true"; to which she replies "well the Bible says that....". Then she gets the response: "well I don't believe the Bible, so that takes care of that". She went on to say how this discouraged her from sharing or quoting God's Word because if they don't believe in the Bible then what's the point. She would rather just live her life in a way that it was a witness to them.
After she spoke, I could see many people nodding their heads in agreement with what she was saying.
I understand where she is coming from. Both Brad and I have experienced this same direct rejection to God's Word. The Bible speaks of that in many passages.
We know that there will be many people who will harden their hearts towards God's Word. But that is not reason enough to doubt the power that quoting scripture can have or to stop sharing it with others. I can't find any verse that tells us not to speak the Word. God's Word is living and active! Exposes the condition of the heart!
This lady, I believe, was sincerely grieved in her heart because of the people around them rejecting the Lord. What she failed to see in the same passage of Acts 4 that we were studying was that there were those who were annoyed by their teachings but also many who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand!
Ultimately, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict a person. Yes, many reject it but many believe too!
Just recently Brad had an example of how God can be at work through His Word around us. As most here know, both Brad and I are on Facebook and love connecting with friends and family both far an near. Brad has been using his Facebook status space to post Bible verses that he loves or convict him.
Now, some people might think this is weird, or arrogant, or too much, or that he is a fanatic, etc. but recently a women who used to work with him in Chicago (and is not a believer) sent him a message saying (paraphrasing here) " I noticed how you've been posting all these verses in your Facebook page and I found myself reading them and it made want to come back and keep reading them. And just started thinking about my life and how it's been a mess the last few years and I how much I should be seeking God right now".
Praise God for that! This wasn't even a direct quoting to someone but yet God was still at work in that woman's life through those verse Brad was typing. This story really encouraged me to be bold about my faith and when a verse comes to mind to quote it and not hold back. Some will not care but I would still be obedient to the Lord at that moment.


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Guy Bailey will become the 15th president of Texas Tech University. System Chancellor Kent Hance made the announcement Thursday after a state-mandated 21-day waiting period. Bailey will assume his duties at Texas Tech on August 1.
Hance designated Bailey sole finalist for the position on July 2. He was selected after members of a search advisory committee conducted an extensive nationwide search. Bailey has served as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City since Jan. 1, 2006. In the University of Missouri system, chancellor is a position equal to president at Texas universities.
"Guy Bailey is the right person to lead Texas Tech University," said Hance. "He shares our vision for enrollment growth and sees Texas Tech as a place with one of the brightest futures in higher education. I'm excited that he's joined our team."
Bailey will be introduced to the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities at a news conference and reception August 4 at Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the Texas Tech campus.
"I am excited to be the next president at Texas Tech University and look forward to this wonderful opportunity," said Bailey. "Texas Tech is already an excellent university. I will work to improve upon the already strong educational and research programs that are in place."
At the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Bailey doubled the external funding for research while increasing the school's enrollment by more than 40 percent. He also oversaw the completion of a $200 million capital campaign and created about $10 million in administrative savings that was put into the core academic mission of the university, including raising salaries to attract and retain faculty. During his tenure, about $175 million in new construction was approved using primarily public/private funding partnerships.
Bailey holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Alabama and a doctorate in English linguistics from the University of Tennessee. He is the author of about 100 books and articles.
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January 17, 2007
Albany-- A warning for drivers and pedestrians on South Georgia streets. Be careful. On Tuesday, an Albany woman was injured as she and her three young children tried to cross the street. Safety officials say many crashes involving pedestrians can be avoided if both drivers and walkers are careful.
Fast cars against walking feet aren't always the safest combination. What can start out as a simple walk home can turn out much differently.
"That's something to be aware of," said Michele DeMott with Albany Safe Communities. On Tuesday, police say 22-year-old Katarrah Harris and her three children were crossing Broad Avenue when she was hit by 22-year-old Kimberly Brown. Albany Police charged Brown with failure to yield the right of way. However, Michele DeMott with Albany Safe communities says the driver isn't always at fault.
"We have found that more often than not, the pedestrian is at fault," said DeMott. DeMott says many times a pedestrian walks out from between two cars or steps off the curb in front of a moving vehicle. There are also other safety problems.
"We often see pedestrians who are out late, very late wearing dark colored clothing and you're simply not visible," said DeMott.
Another concern is crossing walks and the lack of people actually using them. Safety leaders say they're there for a reason.
"Take advantage of it. It's there for you," said DeMott. Safety begins with you, both the driver and pedestrian. Drivers should always be on the lookout and pedestrians should make sure they can see and be seen at all times.
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REIGNING Foster's Lancashire League champions Lowerhouse are to reward their long serving managing director David Wren with the position of club president when he steps down from his current role.
Wren, who is credited with much of the off-field work that helped the Burnley side transform from perennial strugglers to one of the leading clubs in the county, has left the board after more than four decades at the front line.
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Organovo is an exciting San Diego biotech company with technology to create human tissue through a technique called 3D bioprinting. The tissue can be used for drug discovery and development, and the company has been included in the MIT Technology Review's 2012 TR50 list of the world's most innovative companies. The excitement around Organovo has grown since they recently announced funding and their stock is now publicly traded. You'll get the chance to hear from CEO Keith Murphy at our March 26th event, he'll give a presentation titled '3D Bioprinting …More...
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It's a new year! We asked about your 2012 goals in this poll (which you can still take and get a free CST calendar) and got some thoughtful answers. We plugged the text into Tagxedo and got this word cloud which sums it up, with the top words being biotech, pharma, networking, people, learning, companies, job and industry. We'll post the full results soon along with our vision for 2012, and hope to help you get started quickly with our annual speed networking event January 23rd. Bring your business cards, …More...
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Can you believe the San Diego Biotechnology Network is three years old now? We held our first SDBN event in November of 2008, and our objective was to improve networking opportunities for local biotech professionals. After 3 years, how are we doing? We'd like to celebrate and also get your feedback on how we can help you even more in 2012. Join us again at Green Flash in Mira Mesa from 5:30-8:30 p.m. December 12th for some great networking, food, and beer (for purchase, non-alcoholic beverages available as well). Last …More...
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You may know that San Diego is home to at least 36 fantastic breweries. Green Flash Brewery is a great example, and we are lucky that they opened a 4,000 square foot tasting room in the heart of biotech near Sorrento Valley. They have 30 of their great beers on tap, picnic tables outside (which remind me of the happy hours we had back in the genomics boom), and gourmet food trucks which visit nightly.
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We polled you late last year about events you'd like us to have in 2011, and diagnostics was one of the top items on the list. In San Diego, we have a great atmosphere for 'growing' diagnostics companies, because we have several world class medical and research facilities as well as biotech companies pushing the envelope in several molecular technologies. Pathway Genomics is a great local company focused on genetic testing for disease risk factors and personal wellness. Tests are ordered by individuals through their doctors to help improve treatment …More...
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Changes in the drug discovery landscape have presented many tough challenges for our region, including downsizing for larger companies and a dearth of VC funding for startups. With these challenges come opportunities, however, because drug companies are hungry for drug candidates to fill their pipelines. Additionally, the abundance of drug discovery contract research organizations (CROs), the ability to manage them remotely, and the ability to find partners and tools more easily on the internet presents an interesting opportunity.
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The San Diego Biotechnology Network's June 21st event will feature aTyr Pharma, with Board Member and CEO Jeffry Watkins (Bio) giving a talk titled "Innovation: Where is our Biology?" aTyr is developing therapeutics based on physiocrines, small proteins involved in signaling pathways for areas such hematology, immunology, and metabolism disorders. The company was founded based on research which originated at the Scripps Research Institute, and Watkins' title indicates the company is reaching beyond in vitro drug discovery to focus on biological processes. It will be exciting to see the …More...
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There are many indications that the biotech economy is looking up in San Diego, what's next for you? Whether it be a new job, business opportunity, or just expanding your network, our May 17th Speed Networking event will help you to meet the people who will help you meet your goals. We always get a great mix of life science researchers and professionals at our events, you're sure to see some new faces. Prepare your elevator speech, make sure you have lots of business cards, and get ready to make …More...
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Senomyx is a very interesting local biotech focusing on developing flavor enhancers using processes that have parallels to those used in drug discovery such as high throughput screening and GPCR modulation, see their recent publications. They have collaborations with several of the leading food, beverage, and ingredient companies, and one of the aims is to help companies improve an item's taste while improving its nutritional profile. Guy Servant, Senior Director of Assay Development & HTS at Senomyx (Bio), will give a presentation titled "A Biotech Approach to Flavor Discovery."
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When we talk about free-to-play games, we are not talking of a new genre, but instead of a deep revolution that is affecting most aspects and actors of the game industry: marketing, publishing, hardware manufacturers, and of course, designers and developers. Free-to-play (F2P) is here to stay. That is good news; it is expanding the number of people who play games, it is stimulating the industry after a slow-down, and it gives us the opportunity to create new gaming experiences for players.
A free-to-play game does not require its full content to be created before its release, as most content is created gradually after the game launch. Thus Nexon estimates that a free-to-play can be released with only 50 percent of its final content, and for Playfish, the percentage is as low as 20 percent!
There are other reasons which explain the low initial investment: the technologies used are often simple and inexpensive. Also, because the game is free, players are not as demanding.
Lastly, most users are casual gamers with lower expectations than seasoned gamers. However, the cost of F2P games is likely to rise, especially for those that aim at core gamers. League of Legends offers the same production values as a retail game.
One of the secrets of success of a F2P game is the implementation of a powerful system of statistical analysis. Game data provides clues as to the users' behavior and preferences.
By using this data and by carefully listening to the players' remarks, developers can correct the flaws and build upon the strong points of the game. If the high concept of a game is good, the risk of game failure due to a perfectible development is eliminated, a major problem plaguing traditional game development.
But enough of an overview: let's talk key design issues. One could argue that the design of a social game like FarmVille has little in common with Combat Arms or League of Legends, two F2P games targeting the hardcore crowd. However, no matter what genre, nearly all F2P are following the same specific design rules. Those are the ones I will describe now.
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To begin with, let's see why designing a F2P game is so different from a game relying on traditional business models.
In a traditional game, the designer's only concern is to entertain the player, whereas in a F2P game, the focus is both on the player's entertainment and his monetization. This quote from Jamie Cheng, the founder of Klei Entertainment, best illustrates this difference: "Don't make people pay for entertainment. Entertain them so that they will pay."
What are the new design objectives that a game designer working on a F2P game must keep in mind at all times?
Provide immediate satisfaction. The fact that a F2P game is free removes a major obstacle to experiment with a game: the price. However, it creates a new challenge instead: how to persuade a player to continue playing an F2P game when it's so easy to switch to another if the current one doesn't prove satisfactory.
When players purchase a game, they bind themselves to it. They have invested money in this game, and will not abandon it a few minutes later if their first impression is disappointing. It's only several hours later that they will choose to drop the game if they don't enjoy their experience.
However, if a game is free, this "bonding" doesn't exist anymore. If the game, which didn't cost them a dime, doesn't bring immediate satisfaction, they will abandon it and switch to something else. Therefore, the first design challenge is to provide immediate satisfaction to the players in order to "hook" them.
Design for a (very) long duration of play. In F2P games, the longer someone plays a game, the higher the chances he will purchase items. Designing a game that will keep players active for months is a challenge we are no longer used to. Apart from MMOs and multiplayer games, the design trend during the last few years has been to provide players with intense but brief game experiences. Therefore, we must learn once again to develop long-lasting games. The design objective is to get players to play often, for brief periods of time and for months.
Design for new audiences. While certain F2P games such as MMOs or FPSs belong to known genres, many F2P titles address a broader one, with more women or younger players -- and both may not be used to playing traditional video games. Their motivations to play are different, and so are their expectations. "Older" players -- i.e folks beyond 30 years old -- usually have a family and a busy life. For them, game sessions have to be short. And women will see the game as a support for interpersonal relationships, not a tool to compete. Define your target audience; know its gaming habits and expectations.
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You say people have to play a game for a very long time before giving the bucks, or at least that the greater the amount of time spent, the greater the chances they will pay.
But if that's so time consuming, it leaves people with few time to play and buy more games. Thus, is F2P so viable after all? Isn't it reducing the whole game industry revenue, in which case it would cause long term issues?
|E McNeill
You say that the player's "dearest desire becomes to return to the game to close the open loops".
Do you ever worry that this desire stems more from hardwired anxiety that open loops inspire, rather than the player's enjoyment of creating and closing them? That is, are you sure that players are better off having played such a game, just based on the fact that they continue playing?
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This article seems like a strange collection of ideas about F2P game design that everybody already thinks they know. I would assert that all of these are already common "knowledge" and that a few of them are bad assumptions about the virtues of free-to-play design.
|Eamon Logue
One thing that might also bear mentioning is that the monetisation practices for asymmetric free-to-play games and realtime multiplayer free-to-play games show significant differences that designers should be aware of.
In my experience, players in realtime multiplayer games have a tendency to lean more towards purchasing items to save time in the game and items that give an edge they over other players (should the game have purchasables that allow this) above pure displays of status (though these are also certainly a valid source of revenue).
The obvious point to make here is that realtime multiplayer free-to-play games, when compared to many asymmetric or single player free-to-play games, the measure of success from the player point of view has such a large disparity that the designer absolutely must factor this into the monetisation model that supports the game. The mechanics are difficult to simply translate one-to-one, and I think its important that designers who may be moving from a traditional social game into a realtime multiplayer one are aware of this.
|Renato Martellini
I agree Vin StJohn about the fact that these are the current working ideas for managing F2P games. The fact they exist doesn't mean they are good enough. The simple fact is - that is impossible to keep people playing the same game for a long time. Especially casual player.
I know a few core gamers that played a game for years. People grow old and get busy with many things far from entertainment (work, children, continuous education), that threats for their real life. I'm one of them, and given up trying to play any MMO seriosuly, because of my real life obligations and also because I have many more games that I want to try it.
My wife is a casual player, has started many facebook games including farmville, yoville and castle age. She stopped playing the last two because they have A LOT of these little quests, it is impossible to complete them all. There is also the fact that some missions requires friends help, many of these so called friends just add you to get something back without give in you nothing. So to keep her sanity she just stopped playing. She is still playing farmville, but is starting to get bored. Her farm doesn't hve anymore space for another facy and useless building(that requires swearing resources to your friends - or giving money for Zynga). So it´s better just do one or two and forget about the rest. She also realized like me that the other Zynga games are just copies of Farmville with another layout, pictures and animations (that IS true), so it's better not bother even know them.
I play DA Legends in Facebook for some time, I enjoy playing it. I've even put some money buying equipment. But when they starting forcing directing the gameplay to mutiplayer, it started to get boring and I was feelling betrayed. Also the Zynga-way-of-managing is spreading troughout the entire game, the inifinity little missions are annoying and not interesting at all. I will not start adding hundreds of "facebook friends" just because of a game. I would not even do it if I play WOW really seriosuly.
These "best practices" may work these days, but people will get more bored and bored, and thousands fo clones will born and die from one day to another giving no results. Better start thinking something new.
|Brian Lewis
It is always interesting to see people discuss HOW to make a game F2P (vs P2P). However, what is often overlooked is the value (or lack of) of this decision.
The only true value of F2P vs P2P is the number of people that can acess your game. By removing the barriers to entry, you have made your game more acessible. However, if this does not somehow add to the core value of the game, then this is a bad idea.
One of the key features of many F2P games is social interaction of some sort, be it cooperative, social, or competitive. If this social interaction is a fundemental aspect of the game, then the higher the player base, the more value is obtained from this.
Examples of this could be grouping or matchmaking. If you dont have enough players to make this happen easily and quickly, then this aspect of the game is degraded. However, if players can solo play, or do PvE instead, they can play even when others are not available.
Before you try to design your game as F2P, you should look at how this will affect the actual gameplay, and decide if it really makes sense to do this.
|Jonathan Chan
I think this article clearly demonstrates the current state of F2P gaming. There is a brief moment dedicated to the opinion that entertaining players should and will lead to revenue, but a majority of the article highlights the formula of what have been considered the most lucrative social game designs.
This article is selling F2P short by associating a potentially-virtuous monetization concept of pay-what-you-feel-it's-worth, with the mechanical concepts of social click-task games, such as FarmVille and Smurfs Village.
In truth, I think this style of game is not long for mobile and social gaming. As inexperienced social- and F2P-gamers gain access to newer, balanced mechanics of play, I believe a portion will start to opt out of the click-task tedium. It's not that Click-Task games don't offer players any form of virtualized social-status, or sense of accomplishment; it's that the next wave of games will build on top of these new-gamers' gameplay experiences, offering more complex, involved, and inherently more satisfying gameplay.
The design of the F2P game outlined in this article is only a snapshot of this monetization model, and a rapidly aging one at that.
|Brian Holinka
Battlefield Heroes is launched through the browser but it has a local installation as well.
|Victor Dosev
This is terrible. Everything I read about here is wrong by my standards. This article is well written and in no way is the author stupid. If you want to make games this way - this is a good read. However, for me the methods described here are unethical. Yes, people may consider it fun. But drugs are also perceived as "fun" - from the people who abuse them.
|Tony Payne
In my opinion,there's another important one which the designer shall pay attention to is that how to combine the social game they're working on with the other gameplay already exists.
For the players,especially the F2P players who are always not so patient enough to dig the entertainment,one useful way to catch their's eyes is to provide a acquainted gameplay at the very start.A little game,something interesting,etc.
At least it will help to delay the emerging of boring feeling,right?


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Nina Regor, Cloverdale's city manager for the past five years, is leaving to take a job as top administrator of a city in Washington state. Regor announced she has accepted the job as the city administrator in Camas, Wash.
Several cities in Sonoma County are quietly cutting their taxes on most real estate transactions, a tacit acknowledgment that for years they may have been charging too much. Cloverdale, Cotati and Sebastopol have reduced or are proposing to decrease their so-called documentary transfer tax rate, which tacks hundreds of dollars on the sale of an average home.
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