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Exit Interviews: Courtney Lee
You started out really slow, I think everyone was missing Avery Bradley and Ray Allen and were hoping for you to be the "light" version of some combination of those two, but it took a while. The Celtic defense took a little while for you to grasp, which is okay, I know there are a lot of rotations– and getting used to Garnett barking orders from the back line can be a big learning curve. Eventually you got most of it, playing some decent ball on both sides of the court, contributing where you could and otherwise taking a back seat.
There was even a fun little backcourt when Rondo went down for injury where you and Avery Bradley ran around harassing the opposing guards– often picking them up around three-quarters court. It prevented the opposing teams from going right into their offense, giving them less time to run some of their half-court sets. While this was a small thing– it made a big difference in the functioning of Boston's defense.
You struggled to find your stroke for a while this season and were not quite able to stretch the floor like Boston had hoped. Coming into the season there was a great deal of hype surrounding your ability to drain the corner three, shooting at a high efficiency. This did not actualize itself into something that really benefited Boston's offense this season, and could have been a more deadly weapon if you hit that shot at a higher rate and if the Celtic's were able to dribble penetrate more often to force rotations to get you those open corner looks.
Then the trade for Jordan Crawford happened and in unrelated notes, the Celtics offense fell completely flat. They became predictable and easy to game plan for, without a dynamic player (Rondo) to really stir the offense and keep things fresh. This became especially evident against the Knicks when they were able to see the Boston offense for six straight games– the predictable became the expected and the Celtics searched their bench for answers. Doc found Jordan Crawford and on paper this makes some sense. Crawford is a complete wildcard on both ends of the floor and down double digits in many of the games and Doc needed someone to shake things up and create their own offense. In practice Crawford shot just over 30% from the field, 25% behind the arc, had three turnovers and no assists. This ended up being the wrong choice– and you Mr. Lee, I believe you were the right choice, or at least the more correct one.
While I am still unsure as to why you fell so far out of Mr. River's favor, you seemed to be solid all year long. This brings up some very serious question marks for you moving forward. You are making around five million a year through the 2015-2016 season, and while that is slightly overpaid, I think you could still be a valuable asset to this Celtics franchise. There have been a number of rumors including you and Jason Terry being traded to another team, but I am not entirely sure the value of you and JET are going to be worth what the Celtics would get back in return. I would prefer you wait it out and become a solid bench player with Rondo, Bradley, and JET– the Celtic backcourt could be much worse.
For a slight improvement I would look to further solidify your jumper and continue to learn the Celtic defense. Boston needs you to be scrappy, so any energy and spark you could provide (most likely) coming off the bench would be huge for the Celtics moving forward. Thanks for the effort and cheering on the rest of the team in their battle with New York in the opening round.
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I wasn't all that pleased with his season and contribution. But he has more skills than JT so let's can the JET and if necessary trade CL, as we need a great shooting guard capable of coming off the bench and getting 15-20, but at least a solid 12 every game. Go Cs…
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|Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
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"As many places as you wanna hide it...they can find it...So, I mean, hiding a gun I don't think it's gonna do any good."
– Lance Miller, father
Nearly 30 children are injured or killed every day by firearms in the United States and most results from guns owned by the child's family or friends. Yet a recent national poll by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital reveals that too many parents never speak with their kids about gun safety: Eighteen percent of gun-owning parents and 52 percent of parents who do not have a gun at home say they have never talked with their kids about gun safety.
Some kids struggle with the concept of guns and violence.
"A real gun is um...um..they're...real...but they're not toys."
"If you shoot them for real...they might hurt somebody and kill somebody...and they'll go up to heaven and they'll never come down... even your kitty."
Older children can learn the safety rules.
"Always act like it's loaded and never point a gun at anyone...even if it's fake."
Yet, gun education alone is not enough. There's a firearm in almost half of all American homes. Eighty percent of kids know where the family gun is kept... and nearly all of the gun accidents that hurt or kill children happen at home.
"As many places as you wanna hide it...they can find it...So, I mean, hiding a gun I don't think it's gonna do any good," says Lance Miller, a father.
In a child's world, the line between fun and fatal can get blurred. Experts urge adults to take their role seriously when it comes to defining why and how we protect kids from guns.
"But if they choose to have guns in their home, the need to store them safely...they need to put handguns in a lock box with push button locks so the children can't get to them. They need to put trigger locks on all rifles and shotguns...and that they should not rely on education alone to keep their kids safe," says Mary Aitken, M.D. and an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The Children's Defense Fund 2009 Report titled Protect Children, Not Guns states that the data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 3,184 children and teens died from gunfire in the United States in 2006 — a 6 percent increase from 2005. This means one young life lost every two hours and 45 minutes, almost nine every day, 61 every week.
Of these deaths, 2,225 were homicides, 763 were suicides and 196 were due to an accident or undetermined circumstances. Boys accounted for 2,815 of the deaths; girls for 369 deaths. More than five times as many children and teens ? 17,451 ? suffered non-fatal gun injuries.
According the information provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics, parents should realize that a gun in the home is forty-three times more likely to be used to kill a friend or family member than a burglar or other criminal. To compound this problem, depressed pre-teenagers and teenagers commit suicide with guns more frequently than by any other means.
If you choose to have firearms in your home, adhere to these rules for gun safety:
Even if you don't have guns in your own home, that won't eliminate your child's risks. Half of the homes in the United States contain firearms, and more than a third of all accidental shootings of children take place in the homes of their friends, neighbors, or relatives. Talk with the parents of your child's friends, and find out if they have firearms in their home. If they do, insist that they keep them unloaded, locked up, and inaccessible to children.
Important information to discuss with children includes the following:

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Winning Ways to be Unique
Recent examples of grant awards tell the tale: The competition for funding parks and recreation projects is at an all-time high.
Recently in Ohio, the Department of Natural Resources received 79 applications for the first round of the Clean Ohio Trails Fund, a program that provides funding for creating recreational trails in sync with the Statewide Trail Plan in Ohio.
The requests for funding totaled $24.5 million, when only $6.25 million was available, leaving applicants with roughly a 1 in 4 chance of being funded.
Authoring a winning application is mostly about focusing on what makes your project unique, and here is a list of techniques to help give you the winning edge:
1. Analyze the factors that make any project unique.
A few ways to strengthen any project and make it a stronger candidate include:
• Focus on turning your potential project weaknesses into project strengths. By discussing the local need for a project, like a lack of local funds, local demographics, unemployment, poverty and safety, you can create an awareness of the importance of the grant to making the project happen.
• Discuss how the project will function in all seasons and for all age groups.
• Discuss how your project has the ability to be self-sustaining, and think ahead about creative long-term care or maintenance.
• Promote education and learning within your project by taking advantage of indigenous plant and animal species, local history or the ability a project has to raise awareness about a particular environmental issue.
• Describe innovative design strategies, or use of sustainable practices as part of your overall project.
• Address potential public-private partnerships that can be created or maintained in support of project success.
2. Demonstrate public involvement by creating a committee or advisory panel.
Many successful organizations, projects, and applications include a coalition of enthusiasts drawn together to provide support, guide and advise, and be a spokesperson and liaison with the community to provide effective planning, design and implementation.
Successful committees include local and regional park agencies, local businesses, community organizations and enthusiasts, local developers and project shareholders, neighboring communities, not-for-profits, and educational facilities.
The group may act as a council for integrating the project and public desires, and building the advantages of public involvement into creative opportunities during the project's development.
An organized group can easily attract private, state and local financial support. Keep in mind the Goldilocks mindset when creating advisories; you don't want to create an entity that is too large or too small to get things accomplished effectively and sustain momentum to see the project through to completion.
3. Be a proactive marketer through effective communication techniques.
Be proactive and create a unique identity for your project. Many communities create an icon or graphic symbol that is easily recognized and can be used for local financial support venues such as a levy.
Another trick of the trade is to market the project by hosting a kick-off meeting in support of the project and invite local media.
Most successful park districts leverage marketing their financial needs with a savvy know-how for local politics. This works well when the focus is on inviting and educating local elected officials to milestone activities at each step of the project.
Often this policy is more successful when state-level agencies are also included, and many groups have found that inviting representatives from the historic preservation office, soil and water conservation district, parks and recreation association, local conservancies, and local and state elected officials can be effective.
After a kick-off meeting, creating a fact sheet about your project and distributing it to local officials from time to time with key milestones is also effective.
By keeping important decision-makers aware of your project needs, they can be called upon to create effective letters of support for grant applications and be available resources when bond referendums and local levies are planned.
4. Keep an eye on the big picture vision for recreation in your area.
Success can be about timing, and knowing how your project connects with other larger local, regional or statewide projects.
If you are new to a community, become and stay involved and educated about regional parks planning opportunities and workshops.
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ComEd Energy Technician Phil Calderon installs a Smart Meter at a home in Forest Park, January 8, 2010. | Photo By David Boenzi~ComEd
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Commonwealth Edison was granted its wish to delay rolling out so-called "smart" meters, part of its electric-transmission system upgrade, at least for now.
The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday agreed to ComEd's request to delay the rollout but will take up the issue in April, when ComEd must file a report on the smart-meter program.
Following an ICC ruling in October that ComEd said failed to let it recover costs for some parts of its $2.6 billion electric-grid modernization program, ComEd asked to delay installing additional smart meters until 2015.
A smart meter is a digital electric meter with two-way communication that lets customers control their electric use to save money, and enables ComEd to quickly identify outages.
The smart meters were to initially be installed this year, but their rollout was delayed until 2013 after the ICC on May 29 refused all of ComEd's requested upgrade funding request. About 130,000 smart meters already installed on the West Side and west suburbs will continue operating as part of an ongoing pilot program.
In October, the ICC allowed ComEd's way of figuring its pension assets, but denied both interest rate costs and a rate base calculation that ComEd wanted to recover the costs of the project.
ComEd is challenging the ICC orders at the Illinois Appellate Court, and CEO Anne Pramaggiore has said the utility will seek "all paths to resolution." She took the issue to the Illinois General Assembly in an attempt to restore $100 million in yearly revenue the utility says it lacks to build the smart grid because of the ICC's decisions.
On Nov. 21, an ICC administrative law judge proposed that ComEd be prohibited from delaying smart meters.
Consumer watchdog Citizens Utility Board said after the ruling Wednesday that CUB wants to see smart meters start going into consumers' homes in 2013.
"The ICC has built a strong, consumer-friendly smart-grid plan, and ComEd customers get the biggest benefit if that plan is launched as soon as possible," CUB said in a statement. "We believe that today's decision is consistent with still moving forward in 2013."
ComEd had proposed decreasing its electricity rates by $40 million to $50 million, but the ICC decided May 29 to cut customers' rates by four times that, for a total of $168.6 million. New rates resulting from the May 29 ICC decision went into effect on June 1, cutting residential customers' average monthly bills by $1.66.
In October, the ICC shrank the rate cut 21 percent to $133 million.
Customers may not have much time to appreciate their 57 cents a month reprieve because ComEd is asking for a new rate increase of 97 cents a month on the average customer's bill starting in early 2013 to cover increasing costs of delivery, taxes, operations and maintenance. The ICC is expected to rule on that request by the end of the year.


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is a
and while its less likely to cause side effects than strong steroids such as pred forte it can cause them nevertheless. Non steroids for blepharitis include oral tetracycline, antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin and esepcially TheraTears SteriLid eyelid cleaning foam (available over the counter).
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You need to discuss this with your ophthalmologist. Call tomorrow. Do not wear your contacts and take the
) as it is a set up for a corneal ucler. Use the search feature and read the many posts on dry eyes. Consider seeing a ENT to evaluate your sinus problem. If you have severe dry eyes you may not be able to wear contacts you should also ask your Eye MD about Restasis.
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I went to the eye doctor yesterday, and I got a prescription for Restasis for my dry eyes. Along with that, I got a prescription for
, for more immediate relief (to help prevent inflammation I guess). I remember that my doctor said to put one drop of the Restasis in my eyes once in the morning, and once at night, but I can't remember what he said for the Lotemax. I THINK he said one drop in each eye four times a day, but I might be thinking of Theratears, which we didn't get.
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1.) Will a week of
potentially do any harm to my eye (steroid glaucoma, infection, etc...)? 2.) Since I was rated a 2 out of 5, can I just not wear my contacts for a week or two and the GPC will subside? BTW, he said that after a week of Lotemax it will have died down and I can resume contact lens wear. Also, the way I stand right now, he said I could probably wear my lenses for 4 or 5 hours before they would become uncomfortable. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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She went to an ophthalmologist and he prescribed a stronger antibiotic and
. She finished the antibiotic and continued to take the
an additional week as prescribed and weaned off the steroid as told to. Since then, her eyes have been red quite a bit of the time. Not horribly red and not all the time, but enough to have her worried that something else might be wrong. Is this normal after ceasing the use of lotemax.
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I went to my eye doctors office as a work in and diagnosed with concretions and dry eye. This doctor prescribed
, Restasis and told me I had chronic inflammation. He didn't check my pressure for glaucoma I didn't realize it until I went for my 6 week follow up and my pressure was 25 last year it was 14 and 16 and field tests looked good. So I may have drug induced glaucoma due to my family having it.
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If I stop taking
drops is there a chance that my hazy bision will go away? If I stop how long before it is out of my dystem do that I might check? Thank you fir you time, it is greatly appreciated. Condition uveitis tested for all infectitious diseases came back negative. Tuberculosis test also negative, chest xray fine. No know etimology. My lovely Dr.'s are trying to help. Tried oral predisone very bad sude effects after 1st and 2nd pill affecting neuro.
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I had to stop prednisolone on march 9 because of increased IOP and then doctor put me on
for 3 times a day.then again my IOP increased so dr. combined it with azopt. so now since march 9 till april 2nd I was on lotemax and azopt. after stopping it...I am feeling akward and more light sensitive and feeling like i have much more discharge in my eye.Dr. checked it today and did not find anything wrong..but still I am concerned. Is it normal after stopping steriods???????
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I have been taking
for a few months. My doctor said as long as my IOP remains low I can take this for years. If I develop a cataract from this and have to have surgery will cataract continue to comeback if I continue taking Lotemax?
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I may have to go for a second surgery for pterygium removal as it showed some re-growth. During post-op first surgery, my eye pressure went high because of using
drops (pred forte) 4 times a day for 2 months or so. And I read that steroid drops are necessary for amniotic graft acceptance and healing on time without any recurrence. Now since I am a steroid responder, if i do surgery 2nd time, how will I heal without using steroid drops necessary for a good healing?
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i went to see a corneal specialist 12 days after the onset. i had th virus in both eyes. the docto prescribed
- to be tapered as well as restasis. my questions are as follows: 1) how long do i need to be on the steroids before my vision begins to improve? 2) by taking the steroids- did i increase the time i am contageous for? if so for how long? 3) what is the point of the steroid taper? 4) what is the likelyhood that after roughly six weeks on the steroids i will be healed?
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He mentioned that I had a lot of protein build up on my contacts and did a stain and he said I had dry eye. He prescribed
.05 as a first step therapy. Being fearful of steriods, he said that this is a mild steriod and hasn't had anyone have any problems with it. He said it's completely safe. Well, one month later, he informs me that I have cataracts (posterior subcapsular cataracts) and that they are a .5 on a scale of 1-4.
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use a special
such as vexol,
, FML that is less likely to cause steroid glaucoma, use oral steroids, use non-steroidal inflammatories, use steroid drops and lots of glaucoma medicines. I don't know what fucon is. Must be a non-USA medicine.
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is the brand name of the drug loteprednol. It is a steroid anti-inflammatory like Pred Forte and likely is to be used in place of Pred Forte (or the other way around). You would need to ask your doctor to be sure. "Lotepred" on the label must refer to the generic name of loteprenol. The brand name of Ketorolac, which is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, is Acular. So, nothing you have replaces the Ketorolac. Sorry. Maybe your doctor could give you a sample. P.S.
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"Lotemax is the only steroid that can be prescribed for long term therapy" This statement by PDophthalmology is incorrect. Any steroid drop can be prescribed for long term use. The question is should they be and if they are needed what is the best choice. First many conditions such as chronic uveitis require long term therapy of strong steroids such as pred forte, vexol, FML As with any steroid taken long term side effects are common and close monitoring is important.
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is a
with less incidence of
problems. If FML did not work Lotemax may not. It is worth a try. Dr. O.
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I had an eye infection 7 months ago and was put on a steroid called "Toberdex". The infection went away but then I begin to have what felt like excessive dry upper eyelids during the night as I (tried) to sleep. I went back to dr, was told to use lubricating eye drops and do warm eye compresses. Still no real relief at night. Went to another dr in hopes could help, was put on "lotemax", another steroid with continue of lubricating eye drops and warm eye compresses.
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Damage is permanent. Dr. O.
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Have you been 2 an eye Dr?I had the same problem and the eye dr gave me restasis and
. Restasis takes about 3 months of use before it actually works,thats where the Lotemax kicks in-it is a steroid that helps the Restasis get to work faster.No more problems for me.Chronic Dry Eyes will do this to you.I was miserable with mine.
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Alrex would be a milder
is also relatively safe. As long as you don't get significant pressrue elevation/ glaucoma, I would do what the cornea specialist recommends.
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The complications arose when she would stop the
treatment. Within 24 hrs of stopping the
drops, she would have pain around her eye. The pain was severe enough to require an emergency visit to her eye surgeon's office. After two attempts to stop the drops, the doctor suggested that it may be a rebound effect of the discontinued use of the steroids. On December 13th, he suggested a slow decrease in the use of the steroid to counteract the possible rebound effect.
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is a
. You should get the instructions from the MD that prescribed them.
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Corneal subepithelial infiltrates in EKC clear very slowly, but do resolve. If they are in the center of the cornea and are affecting vision, a topical
or Pred Forte) can be used to speed resolution. The topical steroid will not cause facial swelling. Lotemax is a gentler steroid, with less potential to raise the eye pressure; hence, it is safer.
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If you are on steroids generally you would need to be seen at least every six months to look for steroid glaucoma and re-assess your problem. WIth long term steroids usually something like
is used as its less likely to cause
glaucoma. If you live in USA you can find other ophthalmologist near you at www.geteyesmart.org or go to a University Medical School department of ophthalmology.
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when they cause significant symptoms, your ophthalmologist could put you on a topical
, which will accelerate the clearing of the infiltrates. You need to be followed closely by the ophthalmologist, because long-term steroids can cause cataracts and glaucoma. There are milder steroids such as Alrex or Lotemax which could be tried.
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You are in the ten percent of individuals who are considered a "steroid responder." The prednisolone acetate drops that you have using to prevent host vs graft rejection, are the cause of the elevated pressure. Usually temporary and reversible once steroids are discontinued. In the meantime, if your pressure is too high or if there is a concern of glaucomatis optic nerve damage, your doctor might temporarily describe pressure-lowering eyedrops.
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The pred forte can cause an elevation in ocular pressure in some patients. It is possible that that was the cause of your pressure of 30. It sounds like your doctor switched you to a "soft' steroid drop like Lotemax that has less effect on the pressure. It is not as strong so has to be used more often. Remember that your pressure could also be elevated due to other issues like glaucoma due to scarring of your drainage angle (not unusual with cases like yours.
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Over the counter redness (visine like) should not be used and will aggravate the condition. Restasis is for dryness,
is a
, timolog is gor glaucoma and azasite is an antibiotic. It can take 3-6 months for redness to clear.
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My doctor tried various
/anti-inflamation drops ( Tobradex,
, etc.) to try to reduce pressure,as well as inflamation without compromising the healing process. Last week ago, she sent me back to the surgeon( aka cornea specialist) because my eye was looking increasingly red and inflamed. Also, two small bumps which looked like pimples were forming on lower part of conjuctive tissue close to nasal passage.
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However, a couple of years ago it got to the point where that wasn't working any more, so I went to an ophthalmologist in Orlando who examined me and said there was nothing wrong. I was prescribed
drops to use in conjunction with Opcon A, and this worked for a while, but after a year or so it happened again, so I went to another ophthalmologist in Phoenix where I now live. He also found nothing wrong and gave me the same prescription for Lotemax.
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The history of role-playing games begins with an earlier tradition of role-playing, which combined with the rulesets of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to give rise to the modern role-playing game. A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, they may improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games.
Role-playing games are substantially different from competitive games such as ball games and card games. This has led to confusion among some non-players about the nature of fantasy gaming. The game Dungeons & Dragons was a subject of controversy in the 1980s when well-publicized opponents claimed it caused negative spiritual and psychological effects. Academic research has discredited these claims. Some educators support role-playing games as a healthy way to hone reading and arithmetic skills. Though role-playing has been accepted by some, a few religious organizations continue to object.
Media attention both increased sales and stigmatized certain games. In thirty years the genre has grown from a few hobbyists and boutique publishers to an economically significant part of the games industry, though grass-roots and small business involvement remains substantial. Games industry company Hasbro purchased fantasy game publisher Wizards of the Coast in 1998 for an estimated $325 million.
Earlier role-playing traditions combined with the game mechanics of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to give rise to the modern role-playing games.
Early role-playing
In 16th century Europe, traveling teams of players performed a form of improvisational theatre known as the Commedia dell'arte, with stock situations, stock characters and improvised dialogue. In the 19th and early 20th century, many board games and parlour games such as the game Jury Box included elements of role-playing. Mock trials, model legislatures, and the "Theatre Games" created by Viola Spolin arose, in which players took on the roles of characters and improvised, but without the formalised rules which would characterise modern role-playing games.
There is some evidence that assassin-style games may have been played in New York city by adults as early as 1920. A simple version in which an assassination was performed by saying, "You're dead," was mentioned in Harpo Marx's autobiography, Harpo Speaks!, in a section covering the 1920s.
In the 1960s, historical reenactment groups gave rise to "creative history" games, which probably originate with the founding of the Society for Creative Anachronism in Berkeley, California on May 1, 1966. A similar group, the Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia, began holding events on the University of Maryland, College Park in 1969. These groups were largely dedicated to accurately recreating medieval history and culture, however, with only mild fantasy elements, and were probably mostly influenced by historical re-enactment.
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Drawing inspiration from Chess, Helwig, Master of Pages to the Duke of Brunswick created a battle emulation game in 1780. According to Max Boot's book War Made New (2006, pg 122), sometime between 1803 and 1809, the Prussian General Staff developed war games, with staff officers moving metal pieces around on a game table (with blue pieces representing their forces and red pieces those of the enemy), using dice rolls to indicate random chance and with a referee scoring the results. Increasingly realistic variations became part of military training in the 19th century in many nations, and were called "kriegspiel" or "wargames". Wargames or military exercises are still an important part of military training today.
Wargaming moved from professional training to the hobby market with the publication of Little Wars, children's toy soldier game, by H.G. Wells in 1913. A niche hobby of wargaming emerged for adults that recreated model games around actual battles from the Napoleonic period onward. Although a single marker or miniature figure typically represented a squad of soldiers, some "skirmish level" or "man to man" games did exist where one figure represented one entity only.
The board wargame Diplomacy, invented by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released in 1959, made social interaction and interpersonal skills part of its gameplay. A live-action variant of Diplomacy named Slobbovia was used for character development rather than conflict.
In the late 1960s, fantasy elements were increasingly used in wargames. Linguist M. A. R. Barker began to use wargame-like sessions to develop his creation Tékumel.[7] In 1970, the New England Wargamers Association demonstrated a fantasy wargame called Middle Earth at a convention of the Military Figure Collectors Association. Fantasy writer Greg Stafford created the board wargame White Bear and Red Moon to explore conflicts in his fantasy world Glorantha, though it did not see publication until 1974.
Chainmail, c. 1975
Gary Gygax of the University of Minnesota's wargaming society developed a set of rules for a late medieval milieu. This unusual wargame saw publication in 1971 under the name Chainmail. Although Chainmail was a historical game, later editions included an appendix for adding fantasy elements such as wizards and dragons.
A wargame session was held at the University of Minnesota in 1969, with Dave Wesely as the moderator, in which the players represented single characters in a Napoleonic scenario centering around a small town named Braunstein. This did not lead to any further experimentation in the same vein immediately, but the ground had been laid. It actually bore greater resemblance to later LARP games than what would conventionally be thought of as a role-playing game. Wesely would, later in the year, run a second "Braunstein," placing the players in the roles of government officials and revolutionaries in a fictional banana republic. The two games would be used partially by Dave Arneson who was a participant, to focus his ideas regarding a fantasy realm known as Blackmoor, and by 1971, Arneson would be running what could be conventionally recognized as a role-playing game based on his Blackmoor world.
Blackmoor contained core elements that would become widespread in fantasy gaming: hit points, experience points, character levels, armor class, and dungeon crawls. Like the wargames it grew from, Blackmoor used miniature figures and terrain grids to illustrate the action. The key difference with the Blackmoor games, which allowed it to become a game distinct from the wargame-based Braunsteins, was the ability of the players to set their own character goals, in addition to the scenario goals set by Arneson. Arneson and Gygax then met and collaborated on the first Dungeons & Dragons game.
1970s: the first modern RPGs
Dave Arneson, co-author of Dungeons & Dragons, the first role-playing game
The first commercially available role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), was published in 1974 by Gygax's TSR. TSR marketed the game as a niche product. Gygax expected to sell about 50,000 copies. After establishing itself in boutique stores it developed a cult following.
Gary Gygax, co-author of Dungeons & Dragons, the first role-playing game
The game's growing success spawned cottage industries and a variety of peripheral products. In a few years other fantasy games appeared, some of which blatantly copied the look and feel of the original game (one of the earliest competitors was Tunnels and Trolls). Along with Dungeons & Dragons, early successes included Chivalry & Sorcery, Traveller, and RuneQuest. Live-action groups such as Dagorhir were started, and organized gaming conventions and publications such as Dragon Magazine catered to the growing hobby.
TSR launched Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) in the late 1970s. This ambitious project expanded the rules to a small library of hardcover books. These covered such minutiae as the chance of finding a singing sword in a pile of loot or the odds of coaxing gossip from a tavern keeper. Optional modules in the form of small booklets offered prepared adventure settings. The first edition Dungeon Master's Guide published in 1979 included a recommended reading list of twenty-five authors.
1980s: growth and controversy
Literary and mythological references helped draw new fans to the game. Success became a mixed blessing for TSR. The company was involved in some legal disputes and criticism from some religious groups was increasing. During this time the company underwent dramatic growth, peaking at 300 employees in 1984.
New publishers entered the scene, such as Chaosium (RuneQuest, 1978, and Call of Cthulhu, 1981), Iron Crown Enterprises (RoleMaster, 1980), Palladium (Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game, 1983), Victory Games (James Bond 007 RPG, 1983), and West End Games (Paranoia, 1984). These games were all based on a characteristics/skill system, following the trail blazed by Traveller.
Translations allowed the hobby to spread to other countries. Traveller was translated into Japanese in 1984, quickly followed by Dungeons & Dragons in 1985. New games began to be produced outside America, such as Midgard (1981) and The Dark Eye (1983) in Germany, Drakar och Demoner (1982) in Sweden, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (1986) in the United Kingdom, Adventurers of the North, Kalevala Heroes (1989) in Finland and Enterprise: Role Play Game in Star Trek (1983) and Sword World RPG (1989) in Japan. France also was hit by the role-playing wave in the mid-1980s, as seen by the translations into French of Dungeons & Dragons in 1983 (first role-playing game to be translated), Call of Cthulhu in 1984, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1986 and RuneQuest in 1987, and by original products such as the Légendes series (Jeux Descartes, 1983), Mega (Jeux et Stratégie, 1984), Empire Galactique (Robert Laffont, 1984), or Rêve de Dragon (Nouvelles Éditions Fantastiques, 1985; English translation Rêve: the Dream Ouroboros by Malcontent Games, 2002). Translations into Spanish of Dungeons & Dragons (Dalmau Carles Pla, 1985), Call of Cthulhu (Joc Internacional, 1988), RuneQuest (Joc Internacional, 1988), Middle-earth Role-Playing (Joc Internacional, 1989) and Traveller (Diseños Orbitales, 1989) were published in Spain during the 1980s. Spanish speaking countries didn't start their own role-playing games production before the 1990s: Aquelarre (Joc Internacional, 1990) and Mutantes en la sombra (Ludotecnia, 1991) were published in Spain and Laberinto saw publication for the first time in Mexico in 1998 (Gráfica Nueva de Occidente).
Role-playing games began to influence other media. A new genre of video games arose from early mainframe computer imitations of RPGs, with Akalabeth and Rogue both published in 1980; the genre inherited many of the settings and game mechanics of RPGs as well as the name, and went on to have its own varied history. An animated television series based on Dungeons & Dragons was produced in 1983, also called Dungeons & Dragons.
The second edition of Dungeons & Dragons, launched in 1988, downplayed literary elements to reduce objections. Surviving artifacts of this heritage and its influence on the wider gaming community include widespread use of Tolkienesque character types and the persistence of the gaming term "vorpal." Borrowed from Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky, this was the first edition's most powerful magic sword.
Up to this stage, each game had tied itself to a particular setting; If a player wanted to play in a science-fiction game and a fantasy game, they had to learn two game systems. Attempts were made in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons to allow cross-genre games using Gamma World and Boot Hill rules, but the obscure rules went largely unused. Some companies bucked this trend, however. Chaosium produced a book titled Basic Role-Playing (1981), which was the first generic role-playing game system. It originated in the fantasy-oriented RuneQuest role-playing game rules and was used in Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer' and other games. The Hero System, first introduced in Champions (1981), was also used in Justice, Inc. (1984), Fantasy Hero (1985) and other games. Steve Jackson Games followed with GURPS (the Generic Universal Roleplaying System) in 1986.
Champions also introduced game balance between player characters to role-playing games. Whereas in Dungeons & Dragons players created characters randomly using dice, newer games began to use a system whereby each player was given a number of character points to spend to get characteristics, skills, advantages, getting more points by accepting low characteristics, disadvantages, and so forth.
1990s: decline
The game Ars Magica, originally published in 1988, emphasized characterization and storytelling over game mechanics and combat. The game was acquired by White Wolf, Inc., who took the same approach to their 1991 game Vampire: The Masquerade, a gothic horror themed game whose setting appealed to the growing Goth subculture; the game was a huge success and spawned a huge number of spinoffs which were brought together as the World of Darkness. This style of storytelling game lent itself well to live-action role-playing games.
The fall of communism allowed the hobby to spread even further. A Polish RPG magazine, Magia i Miecz (Magic and Sword), was published, and soon several Polish role-playing games followed, with other post-communist countries soon joining in.
With advances in home computing, role-playing video games increased in popularity. These games, which use settings and game-mechanics found in role-playing games, do not require a gamemaster or require a player to remain in-character. Although they helped to introduce new gamers to the hobby, the demands of time and money on players were split between the two.
In 1993, Peter Adkison and Richard Garfield, a doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, released a competitive card collecting game with a fantasy setting reminiscent of fantasy role-playing games called Magic: The Gathering. The game was extremely successful, and its publishers Wizards of the Coast (WotC) experienced phenomenal growth; A new genre of collectible card games emerged. The sudden appearance and remarkable popularity of Magic took many gamers (and game publishing companies) by surprise, as they tried to keep pace with fads and changes in the public opinion.
With gamers' time and money split three ways, the role-playing game industry declined. Articles appeared in Dragon Magazine and other industry magazines foretelling the "end of role-playing", since face-to-face time was spent playing Magic. TSR's attempts to become a publishing house further drained their reserves of cash, and the financially troubled company was eventually purchased by Wizards of the Coast in 1997. Articles criticising WotC's game in TSR's magazine stopped. WotC became a division of Hasbro in 1998, being bought for an estimated $325 million.
Meanwhile critical and theoretical reflection on role-playing game theory was developing. In 1994-95 Inter*Active, (later renamed Interactive Fiction) published a magazine devoted to the study of RPGs. In the late 1990s discussion on the nature of RPGs on rec.games.frp.advocacy generated the Threefold Model. The Scandinavian RPG scene saw several opposing ideological camps about the nature and function of RPGs emerge, which began having regular academic conferences called the knutepunkt conferences, which began in 1997 and continue to today.
2000s: open and indie gaming
Frustrated that game supplements suffered far more diminished sales over time than the core books required to play the game, WotC's Dungeons & Dragons brand manager Ryan Dancey introduced a policy whereby other companies could publish D&D-compatible games under the Open Gaming License. This would spread the cost of supplementing the game and would increase sales of the core books, which could only be published by Wizards of the Coast. The new D&D rules became known as the d20 system, and a System Reference Document was published, containing all the rules needed to write a supplement or run a one-off game, but lacking the character advancement rules necessary for long-term play. The open gaming movement enjoyed a great deal of success, and although there was some criticism of the move a great many d20 System games have been released.
Meanwhile, self-defined "Indie role-playing" communities arose on the internet, studying role-playing and developing the GNS Theory of role-playing games. With the advent of print on demand and PDF publishing, it became possible for these individuals to produce games with tightly-focused designs, eschewing the mainstream trends of the industry.
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Role-playing games are often poorly understood by the non-gaming community, and have attracted criticism from concerned parents and religious conservatives. The religious objections leveled against fantasy role-playing games in the past are similar to religious objections sometimes now made against the Harry Potter fantasy series and The Walt Disney Company. However, these objections have not led to a boycott of Hasbro similar to those organized against the latter two products.
Outsiders who misunderstand the nature of fantasy gaming have created serious problems for the industry. Publisher Steve Jackson Games nearly went out of business after a 1990 Secret Service raid seized the company's computers. The firm's fantasy technology game GURPS Cyberpunk inspired a mistaken assumption that they were computer hackers.[17] A 1994 U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling upheld the firm's subsequent suit against the Secret Service. These actions, in part, led to the creation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Mazes and Monsters, an anti-RPG film from 1982
Though many role-playing games have had controversies or poor press, Dungeons & Dragons has often been the primary target of criticism, at least in part because it is so widely played that it has become emblematic of role-playing in popular culture. Groups as diverse as the Israel Defense Forces and Jack Chick publications have singled the game out as a source of concern. The IDF asked its teenage recruits if they played the game and if they answered yes they were given a lower security clearance. This was because "These people have a tendency to be influenced by external factors which could cloud their judgment....[t]hey may be detached from reality or have a weak personality - elements which lower a person's security clearance, allowing them to serve in the army, but not in sensitive positions," according to an unnamed military official. Chick Publications have claimed that the game leads young people into the occult.
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One of the most widely referenced incidents relating to Dungeons & Dragons came in 1979, with the disappearance of 16-year-old James Dallas Egbert III. Egbert had attempted suicide in the utility tunnels beneath the campus of Michigan State University, and after his unsuccessful attempt, hid at a friend's house for approximately a month.
A well-publicized search for Egbert began, and a private investigator speculated in the press that Egbert had gotten lost in the steam tunnels during a live-action version of the game. The press largely reported the story as fact, which served as the kernel of a persistent collective delusion regarding such "steam tunnel incidents." Egbert's suicide attempts, including his successful suicide the following year (by self-inflicted gunshot) had no connection whatsoever to D&D, being brought on by his being a talented but highly depressed young man under incredible stress. The 1981 book Mazes and Monsters was a thinly disguised fictionalization of the press exaggerations of the Egbert case. It was later adapted as a made-for-television movie in 1982.
Also in 1982, Patricia Pulling's son, an active D&D player, committed suicide, and Pulling believed the game to be the direct cause of his death. After unsuccessful legal action, Pulling founded the one-person advocacy group Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons (BADD), and began publishing information circulating her belief that D&D encouraged devil worship and suicide.
Overall opponents of role-playing gaming were remarkably successful at attracting media attention in the 1980s. In a 1994 Skeptical Inquirer article, Paul Cardwell, Jr. observes that, "The Associated Press and United Press International, between 1979 and 1992, carried 111 stories mentioning role-playing games. Almost all named only Dungeons & Dragons... Of the 111 stories, 80 were anti-game, 19 had no majority, 9 were neutral, and only 3 were pro-game. Those three pro-game stories were all from UPI, which is a considerably smaller wire service than AP.
Gamers organized the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games (CAR-PGa) in 1988. This organization writes letters to editors, gives interviews, and advocates for balanced reporting about RPGs.
Their defense of RPGs has been made easier as more research has become available regarding such games. For example, the American Association of Suicidology, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and Health & Welfare (Canada) have all concluded that there is no causal link between fantasy gaming and suicide. And writer Michael Stackpole used BADD's own data to demonstrate that suicide is actually lower among gamers than non-gamers.
From 1994 to 1997 three proposals were put forth in the Swedish Riksdag aimed at removing government grants for Sverok, the Swedish nationwide umbrella organization for gaming clubs. The arguments for the proposals were that playing role-playing games made youths more prone to acts of violence and that some sensational cases that had come to the public's attention were caused by role-playing games.
In response, the Swedish National Board for Youth Affairs, the government agency charged with monitoring and acting on the interests of youths in Sweden, was given the assignment to evaluate role-playing as a hobby. This resulted in a report with the title Role-playing as recreation. The report gives no support to claims of correlation between acts of violence and playing role-playing games, nor of claims that impressionable youths would be susceptible to blurring lines between reality and fantasy, another claim made in the Riksdag proposals. On the contrary, the report is positive of role-playing as a recreation for youths.


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Wedding and Quincenera Expo
Making that magical moment takes hard work and dedication; finding the right elements to make that event spectacular. Good news for those looking to make that moment a little more stress free then you need to head out to the Wedding and Quincenera Expo; everything you need for that special moment all under one roof. If you're the lucky father or groom to be and you need a break from all the windo shopping this event includes a Man Cave; a room for relaxation.
Saturday, 22 September, 2012
Contact:Yuma Civic Center
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