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Local Cardiology Centers Forge Ahead in Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment
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By: By Holli W. Haynie
Dr. David Lan, electrophysiologist at the Memphis Heart Clinic. He is performing a catheter study on this patient to determine problem areas.
With the exception of the 1918 flu pandemic, cardiovascular disease has been the number one cause of death in the United States for more than a century. The latest American Heart Association studies estimate that 1.2 million Americans will have new or recurrent coronary attacks in 2006. Of these, 500,000 will have a recurrent attack. While it is recognized that public health challenges such as diabetes, obesity and untreated high blood pressure hamper the prevention of heart disease, there have been significant advancements and improvements in the quality of care and survival after a heart attack. Technological advancements such as high-speed, multi-slice CT scanners, echocardiograms and calcium scoring, all of which are widely utilized today, have provided cardiologists greater clarity and precision with interventional procedures. Additionally, new medicines are making life after a heart attack much easier for patients.
One group that is working to make interventional procedures easier for patients is the Memphis Heart Alliance. Three clinics joined forces in 1999 to develop this outpatient diagnostic cardiac cath lab. Physicians from Cardiology Associates of Memphis, Stern Cardiovascular Center and Sutherland Cardiology Clinic share space on the St. Francis Hospital campus to provide basic procedures for stable patients in a timelier manner than hospitals are able to accommodate. Physicians manage their own patients and personnel.
"It is a slow but growing trend to have outpatient cath labs," explains Dr. Larry Spiotta, interventional cardiologist at Stern. "There is frequent scheduling trouble at hospitals. This takes the diagnostic patients out of the emergency space and puts them in an environment where we have more control."
From angiograms and catheterizations to angioplasty of the legs, the Memphis Heart Alliance provides multiple techniques approved for outpatient use. A unique therapy offered at the alliance includes the successful yet seldom utilized enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). EECP is a mechanical procedure in which long inflatable cuffs are wrapped around both of the patient's legs. While the patient lies on a bed, the leg cuffs are inflated and deflated with each heartbeat. This is accomplished by a computer, which triggers off the patient's ECG so that the cuffs deflate just as each heartbeat begins, and inflate just as each heartbeat ends. The inflation is done in a sequential motion, essentially "milking" blood in the legs upward, towards the heart. This therapy is mainly used for patients who continue to have symptoms despite invasive intervention.
EECP is reported to have two potentially beneficial actions on the heart. First, the milking action of the leg cuffs increases the blood flow to the coronary arteries. Second, by its deflating action just as the heart begins to beat, EECP creates something like a sudden vacuum in the arteries, which reduces the work of the heart muscle in pumping blood into the arteries. Both of these actions have long been known to reduce cardiac ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease; however, an invasive procedure that does the same thing, intra-aortic counterpulsation, has been in widespread use in intensive care units for decades, and its effectiveness in stabilizing patients is well known. While external counterpulsation is an older technique, it has not been very effective until recently. Thanks to new computer technology that allows the perfect timing of the inflation and deflation of the cuffs and that produces the milking action, modern EECP has been greatly enhanced.
EECP is administered as a series of outpatient treatments. Patients receive five one-hour sessions per week for seven weeks, for a total of 30-35 one-hour sessions. The sessions are aimed at provoking long lasting beneficial changes in the circulatory system. Studies have also shown EECP to be beneficial in patients with angina.
Research is advancing the scope of cardiology with studies underway in new devices, biological treatments, genomics and preventive medications. A quick conversation with Dr. Frank McGrew, director of clinical research at Stern Cardiology Group, reveals a long list of up and coming research. Some of the latest studies include research on pacemakers and cholesterol medication. One major trial that concluded last year found a pattern in heart muscle weakness that was successfully overridden by a new automatic defibrillator.
"We found that if you look at patients with heart muscle weakness, whatever the cost, half of the time it's high blood pressure, half of the time it's artery blockage," McGrew explains. "Putting an automatic defibrillator in those patients reduced the death rate significantly."
For patients with a moderate amount of heart muscle weakness, the study showed that placing the defibrillator reduced the death rate by 30 percent. This suggests any patient who's had a major heart attack and is left with significant scarring or weakness needs the defibrillator.
"That's still an unacceptably high death rate but it was a major advance that's going to have a tremendous affect on healthcare," he adds.
A more recent study looks at the Optimizer™ pacemaker, which is designed to make the heart beat stronger rather than faster by emitting a low-level electrical current. This study involves patients whose heart rates are not too slow but their muscle is too weak.
Stern also participates in numerous prevention trials, many of which deal with treating atherosclerosis. A current Phase II trial involves an intravenous infusion of a synthetic form of HDL, which is given to patients weekly. A different study involves an oral medication designed to shift cholesterol metabolism from LDL to HDL in the bloodstream. Physicians then use ultrasound to analyze the artery plaques.
In the future, Stern will be involved in studies designed to determine differences of acuity and prevalence between races. They have already concluded a study on congestive heart failure within a significant number of African American patients. This study involved the drug BiDil, which was shown to be of major benefit in reducing hospitalization and death rates.
"We don't really know, in terms of calcium scoring, which scores are for predictions and risk in African Americans," says McGrew. "We're trying to get some data for race."
On the horizon is research into genomics and stem cell capabilities. McGrew says the research team at Stern Cardiovascular Center is looking deeper into genomic studies that identify, through a patient's genome, how the patient may respond to one medication over another, thus creating a more targeted, more individualized approach. There is also talk of a vaccine to prevent cholesterol deposits in the arteries. And McGrew acknowledges human research isn't far away from stem cell regeneration work for a weakened heart muscle.
What can be assessed from all this research? The overall the risk of heart failure is down due to life-saving technology and preventive medications. The flip-side: chronic heart failure sufferers are an ever-increasing portion of the patient population.
"The risk of major heart attacks is substantially lower than it used to be," McGrew says. "We have life-saving techniques but we don't have completely successful muscle-saving techniques. That's why there is a lot of emphasis on heart failure research. Heart disease is a public health concern and it takes better diet and exercise, medical investigation, finding new drugs and being more precise in applying the drugs we do have to manage heart disease."
A clinic that prides itself for being on the cutting-edge of technology is Memphis Heart Clinic. More than a year ago, Baptist Memorial Health Care-Memphis, where the clinic is located, purchased a Stereotaxis™ Magnetic Navigation System. This one-of-a-kind system, designed for patients with arrhythmia, uses powerful magnets to guide a catheter or guide wire through a patient while interventional cardiologists or electrophysiologists navigate the guide wires from a control center. With this system, doctors no longer have to stand over a patient for hours, manually guiding a difficult-to-maneuver cath, but instead use a joystick and computer controls to remotely navigate the cath. Not only is procedure time reduced but both staff and patients have reduced exposure to radiation. Physicians are able to specify device direction and movement with point-and-click navigation tools. High-tech flat-panel monitors are fully integrated with these tools to deliver outstanding spatial and contrast resolution for enhanced diagnostic confidence. Fluoroscopy and color mapping are still used in conjunction with the system. The navigation tools allow physicians to pinpoint problem areas and make minute movements, thus improving the accuracy and stability of these procedures. The system has been commonly used to install biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators but the uses are expanding.
Electrophysiologist Dr. David Lan at Memphis Heart Clinic has been using the magnetic navigation system for a year now and is especially pleased with the evolving abilities it presents for patients with atrial fibrillation, an affliction affecting more than two million Americans. He has conducted the first ablation procedures with a new catheter, the Celsius™ Diagnostic and Ablation Catheter, designed for use with the magnetic navigation system. This catheter directs radio frequencies into the heart and delivers a current through the tip to burn heart tissue.
"Atrial fibrillation is one of the hardest topics in cardiology because it is a very common problem," Lan says. "It has been a challenge to do more catheter ablations for atrial fibrillations. It's an evolving technique. We're trying to make the procedure more routine and available.
"You can do all these procedures without the magnetic system," he adds, "but the system is evolving the concept."
There is no doubt that there are benefits in reduced exposure to radiation and more efficient arrhythmia treatment procedures, but time will determine who is best suited for treatment via magnetic navigation.
Through years of research, effort and greater awareness of health issues, cardiology is viewed with full-circle vision for prevention. The local chapter of the AHA is working on a legislative agenda to improve public health policies in Tennessee. This agenda includes restoring and retaining physical education to public schools, maintaining pressure on tobacco regulation and continuing stroke systems of care. By working together with physicians, educators and legislators, the AHA hopes to bring about healthy changes in individuals. With greater involvement in prevention, outreach and treatment, physicians play a vital role in positively affecting the heart health of the Memphis community.
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1."Continuous Time Scheduling for Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Louisiana." International Journal of Production Research, to appear. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
2."Restocking-Based Rollout Policies for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration." Transportation Science, to appear. (with Justin C. Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
3."Integer Programming Techniques for Solving Non-linear Programs with an Application to Workforce Planning Models with Learning." European Journal of Operational Research, 2015:242(3), 942 - 950. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.060. (with MIke Hewitt, Austin Chacosky, and Scott E. Grasman)
4."A Priori Orienteering with Time Windows and Stochastic Wait Times at Customers." European Journal of Operational Research, 2014:231(1), 70 - 79. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.04.040 (with Shu Zhang and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
5."Scheduled-Penalty Variable Neighborhood Search." Computers & Operations Research, 2014:52(Part B), 170 - 180. DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2013.12.004 (with Emanuele Manni)
6."The Travelling Salesman Problem with Time Windows: Adapting Algorithms from Travel-time to Makespan Optimization." Applied Soft Computing, 2013:13(9), 3806 - 3815. DOI:10.1016/j.asoc.2013.05.009 (with Manuel López-Ibáñez, Christian Blum, and Jeffrey W. Ohlmann)
7."Scrambled Experts: Team Handicaps and Win Probabilities for Golf Scrambles." Journal of the Quantitative Analysis of Sports, 2013:9(3), 217 - 227. DOI:10.1515/jqas-2012-0024. (with Scott E. Grasman)
8."The Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows." EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 2013:2(1), 89 - 107. DOI:10.1007/s13676-013-0018-0 (with Stacy Voccia and Ann Campbell)
9."Rollout Policies for Dynamic Solutions to the Multi-Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand and Duration Limits." Operations Research, 2013:61(1), 138 - 154. DOI:10.1287/opre.1120.1127. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
10."Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery Using Subgraphs." Computational Management Science, 2012:9(4), 531 - 542. DOI:10.1007/s10287-012-0154-2 (with Hui Chen and Ann Campbell)
11."A Comparison of Anticipatory Algorithms for the Dynamic and Stochastic Traveling Salesman Problem." Transportation Science, 2012:46(3), 374 - 387, DOI:10.1287/trsc.1110.0374. (with Gianpaolo Ghiani and Emanuele Manni)
12."Cyclic-Order Neighborhood Search for Vehicle Routing Problems." European Journal of Operational Research, 2012:217, 312 - 323, DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.09.023. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
13."The Orienteering Problem with Stochastic Travel and Service Times." Annals of Operations Research, 2011:186(1), 61 - 81, DOI:10.1007/s10479-011-0895-2. (with Ann M. Campbell and Michel Gendreau)
14."Minimax Flow Tree Problems." Networks, 2009:54(3), 117 - 129, DOI:10.1002/net.20313. (with Hui Chen, Ann Campbell, and Arie Tamir)
15."The Stochastic p-Hub Center Problem with Service-Level Constraints." Computers & Operations Research, 2009:36(12), 3166 - 3177, DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2008.11.020. (with Thaddeus Sim and Timothy Lowe)
16."Runtime Reduction Techniques for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines." Computers & Operations Research, 2009:36, 1231 - 1248, DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2008.01.006. (with Ann Campbell)
17."Network Design for Time-Constrained Delivery." Naval Research Logistics, 2008:55(6), 493 - 515, DOI: 10.1002/nav.20302. (with Hui Chen and Ann Campbell)
18."Route Design for Lean Production Systems." Transportation Science, 2008:42(3), 352 - 370, DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1070.0222. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann and Michael J. Fry)
19."Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem with Deadlines." Transportation Science, 2008:42(1), 1 - 21. (with Ann M. Campbell) [PTSPD Benchmark Datasets]
20."Waiting Strategies for Anticipating Service Requests at Known Customer Locations." Transportation Science, 2007:41(3), 319-331.
21."A Compressed Annealing Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows." INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2007:19(1), 80-90. (with Jeffrey Ohlmann) [TSPTW Benchmark Datasets]
22."Dynamic Shortest Path Problem with Anticipation." European Journal of Operational Research, 2007:176(2), 836-854. (with Chelsea C. White III)
23."Anticipatory Route Selection." Transportation Science, 2004:38(4), 473 - 487. (with Chelsea C. White III)
Submitted for Publication
"A Rollout Algorithm Framework for Heuristic Solutions to Finite-Horizon Stochastic Dynamic Programs." Revised and resubmitted, June 2015. (with Justin Goodson and Jeffrey Ohlmann)
"Harvest Logistics in Agricultural Systems with Multiple, Independent Producers and No On-Farm Storage." June 2015. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
"Technician Routing with Experience-based Service Times." Revised and resubmitted, May 2015. (with Xi Chen and Mike Hewitt)
"Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in Brazil." Revised and resubmitted, April 2015. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)
"Integer Programming Techniques for Makespan Models that Recognize Human Learning." Revised and resubmitted, April 2015. (with Huan Jin and Mike Hewitt).
"Data-Driven Approaches for Emissions-Minimized Paths in Urban Areas." Revised and resubmitted, March 2015. (with Jan Fabian Ehmke and Ann M. Campbell)
"Dynamic Orienteering on a Network of Queues." January 2015. (with Shu Zhang and Jeffrey W. Ohlmann)
In Revision
"Vehicle Routing to Minimize Time-Dependent Expected Emissions in Urban Areas." May 2015. (with Jan F. Ehmke and Ann Campbell)
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
"Dynamic Vehicle Routing." Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Edited by James J. Cochran. Wiley, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-470-40063-0.
"Challenges and Advances in A Priori Routing." The Vehicle Routing Problem: Latest Advances and Challenges. Edited by Bruce Golden, Raghu Raghavan, and Edward Wasil. Volume 43 of Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces, Springer, 2008. (with Ann M. Campbell)
Other Book Chapters
"Lean in Healthcare." Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems. Edited by Yuehwern Yih. Industrial and Systems Engineering Series, CRC Press, 2010. (with Philip C. Jones)
Working Papers
"Stochastic Task Assignment with Individual Learning." June 2015. (with Silviya Valeva and Mike Hewitt)
"Same-Day Delivery Routing." June 2015. (with Stacy Voccia and Ann M. Campbell)
"A Rolling-Horizon Approach for Sugarcane Harvest Logistics in the Brazil." January 2014. (with Kamal Lamsal and Philip C. Jones)


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On hiatus for a while guys, MMOs still aren't interesting me.
Looked around and didn't see a developed topic on this, if I missed it feel free to direct me. Otherwise, let's discuss your favorite character archetypes in games.
I'm talking about species and roles, these are often referred to as races and classes, jobs, professions and everything else under the sun, but I'll use species and roles, you describe it however you like.
I've always wanted more species to be present in games, in general. Roles or class options have expanded a lot over he years, but species have been very limited, even when they offer a dozen different "races", your often relegated to a bunch of bipeds with different features. Some of these are interesting (to me), like Vampires, Werewolves, while others feel horribly overdone, like Elves and Dwarves.
I don't want to spend too much time talking about what I like, but I'll mention some species I'd really like to see in fantasy games which mix up the experience and archetypes you can assume. Centaurs, giant beasts like wolves and Wildcats, giant birds like hawks or mystical creatures like Kirin, Unicorn, Griffin, Sphinx and most of all Dragons, of many variations.
There's a lot more I haven't touched on, but that pretty much communicates what I mean. It would be nice if more MMOs, or more games overall, explored these unique character types and species, we've seen some more spectacular species in recent years, like Angels, Demons, and Vampires, but we are still limited to mostely bipeds, and similar character development and operation paths. It would be nice to see more unique species playable and fleshed out.
I woln't go into roles nearly as much since its not as unexplored as species are, I personally like Samurai, Vampires, and Creature roles, as well as some role division that features flight, and combat that can support battle between characters with different terrain options, like swimming, climbing and so on, without trying to allow everyone to do the same thing.
Beyond that, I just wanna preface this discussion by pointing out that its OK to like what you like, and your preferances don't need to cater to others expectations. Openly share what archetypes you'd find attractive in games, why you are interested in them, and even those you don't like without being preoccupied with the acceptance of others. Hopefully I haven't dragged on too long, let's hear your interests.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
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game is also real
may be as a female, I like my character pretty (human, elf or demonic beauty, like vampire but style *sexy*, not *scary*).
as role I prefer caster, may be I'm too lazy and like AOE, may be I need to feel protection, who knows.
I love games with great graphics and cool 3D character look (customization), even if I don't really play this game (Aion). Example: GW1 and GW2 (human), WoW (b-elf), Tera (elf), Runes of Magic (human and elf), Forsaken World (human mage and kindred vampire).
I, personally, don't like healer class, I find it boring to play, too much responsibility inside group, low dps for solo questing, but don't mind hybrid (selfheal) class.
Never liked tank class, and don't like melee class in general with one exception: my b-elf DK, dps.
Hope it helps.
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
I am a fan of hybrid Melee & Magic characters. Preferably a character that wields a Two-Handed Sword and usses shadow/dark/void 'ish style magic like Life syphons, Drains, DOT's and Undead minion control.
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The reason why most races are bipeds, and not quadrapeds or tripeds (or other variations) is because such characters tend to be WAY less popular. There have been many games (some MMOs included) that had more than just Biped characters. One example being LOTRO.
Unfortunately, it's a known fact that in every game that when given the option (outside from PvP games, which I'll get to in a sec), the most popular race is always 'human', or the closes equivalent. This is because in RPGs you are assuming the role of a character, and people tend to what to do that with a character they can relate to. Translation: The character that is most similar to the user. Since most users are bipeds, they tend to play as one.
However, in PvP games it's completely different. People will play as either:
A) Whatever gives the greatest percieved advantage.
B) Whatever seems the most 'badass'.
This is because in PvP you aren't really playing a role (at least not in the same sense as you do in an RPG). It's competitive in nature. Instead, 'winning' is the primary focus. Because of this, you see all kinds of characters / races in PvP games. Just look at games like DoTA, LoL, SMITE, awesomenaughts, natural selection, starcraft, etc. All of which have more than just the 'biped'. Heck, in natural selection you start out as a dog that eats people, and can evolve into a giant alien rhino. In LotRO you can play as a warg, or a spider. In MOBAs you play as all kinds of crap, some of which don't have legs at all.
It would be awesome to have more races. However, the sad truth is that the vast majority of players won't bother with characters outside of the fairly standard archetypes. They're just too unfamiliar. In fact, I think the most recent MMO to actually have more popular, non conventional race types, would be GW2. And before that, probably EQ2. This is why, when games do have alternate races to the standards, they tend to not be playable =/.
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i wish more devs would play VG healer classes
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity.
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Always play elves (not the wood elf type, more like the silmarillion elves or perhaps Dark Elves), prefer warrior/mage characters or Templar/knight characters/Plate wearing types. These are essentially what I make in my elder scrolls games. I try to come close in mmo's.
Never play roges or assassins though I sometimes like evil Sorcerers. I wouldn't be adverse to playing a bard though I have never seen a bard class I particularly thought well done in the details.
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On hiatus for a while guys, MMOs still aren't interesting me.
Thanks for the detailed explanation aesperus, but I wasn't actually unaware of that... at all. As even the few people here have mentioned, their mostly interested in existing archetypes. The issue is, there are more people in the world, even when the majority of people like one thing, if you can include multiple options, you can tap into vast resevours of players who have no options.
On one note, most MMOs include PvP features for additional entertainment and renewable challenge, so pointing out the state of player preferance outside of PvP is a bit muted. Also, different creature types go beyond just different looks and roles, they expand into different character development and gameplay styles if the engine allows.
Beyond that, I'm not in need of any more of your explanations of what other people perfer, they've been invited to state so directly themselves. I'm not hold out my hand and saying, "hey, you like to play as dragons, don't you?", now am I? I stated what I like, and invited others to do the same.
Thanks to everyone sharing their preferance instead of claiming everyone elses. I can only question if anyone is limiting their interest to what they have already enjoyed playing, rather than what they may like otherwise. For those of you who perfer humanesc appearances, how do Angel and Demon variances appeal to you, or character transformation?
I know there are very few games where you can experience creatures of different variety in games outside of riding on mounts, various dragon riding games, and the not so spectacular Horizons game. There is also a few games like Okami, which shows a great deal of talent at displaying the fun of playing as a wolf, have any of you experienced these?
Personally, I haven't really partaken in many MMOs lately, especially big titles. The selection to date include very little of the gameplay or charater archetypes I'm interested in, and I'm entirely too picky about the quality and depth over all. I'm hoping some games in the future open up some niche to those who want more. Even if it's limited to isometric dungeon crawling, or an MMORTS type game, I'd like to see more unique character archetypes.
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I like either characters with all their powers coming from nature (druids, rangers), or characters with deployables! Turrets, totems, spirits, I love me some deployables. Coming up in third place are pet classes.
I just need an awesome druid class that can summon an animal to fight with him and plant some trees that heal or some stuff and I am one happy bastard.
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On hiatus for a while guys, MMOs still aren't interesting me.
LOL, that's interesting, it reminds me of a totally different set of archetypes I left out altogether, mechanical and cyborg.
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Melee damage dealers and ranged damage dealers (Not mages or glass cannons ever though)
sometimes I'll play a healer too. I don't care for tanks but find myself playing as tanks because everyone else in the game that plays as a tank is a terrible tank. Champions Online comes to mind. I swear only like 10 people who tank know what they're doing.
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I tend to enjoy archetypes with a strong religious alignment tie-in. Personal favorites are Theurgists with ties to holy, or Demonologists / Necromancers with ties to unholy.
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Many of my preferences depend on art style (including movement and posture), overall graphics and how I find armor sets for the different races and occasionally even for classes. These are quite game dependent. If I were to assume those are all ok, my list would maybe look like this:
- a hybrid nature character aka druid as in some hots/melee/summon/nature spells
- shapeshifter with pretty much nothing but many shapes
- fast melee character
- debuffer with either summons or some forms of attacks too, preferably maybe debuffer with gadgets/traps
- ranged with gadgets/traps
I would also love to play a priestly character again, but I dislike how trinity has made it a heal bot and the usual suspect. I'll try to sketch what kinda priest I'd like to play:
- auras including hot
- rituals that need to be carried out for massive healing spells e.g. cast five minor spells in different locations around pt for aoe heal
- some melee or ranged + some spells
Of course this would set some requirements how other classes can complement for healing.
I do realize I didn't write any of the thematics/backgrounds nor the social aspects of the classes. The reason is, that the thematics pretty much exist already and I guess I do think all characters should have pretty much equal social tools available. Although now that I think about it Allods' psychics' chat was nice so I guess it could be great to have some variation there too.
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Ahh yes, "Hypers." The people who praise and hate every MMORPG... We've dismissed that claim.
There are not enough playable "monsters"
Eg. Dragons, werewolves, etc.
Especially Dragons.
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Originally posted by aesperus
Well in Istaria the dragons out number the bipeds :)
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
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Humans and human like races are played more than any other. So regardless of your game numbers in each race go Human > Elves > Dwarves and Hobbits. Just stick in races from your MMO to suit.
Games like Istaria tried to do something differant and we all know how dangerous that is in gaming. The genre it littered with games that had fine ideas that were never taken foward.
I like to play bigger guys like Hibernians or smaller ones like Dwarves, don't know why. :)
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I do like the standard fantasy archtypes but wish they were more open ended. Historically I've played Paladin type melee holy warriors but always wanted to be able to dual weild with them rather than 2h/1h shield. I also like the idea of playing a Battlemage where I can cast range or use my magic to enhance melee combat. Most of the time Mage classes cannot do this though GW2 has the Mesmer and I know AA has open skill/weapon combos.
On the subject of races the idea of your race heavily influencing your abilities is a great idea. More than just passive skills I think having 1/2 your abilities coming from the race you choose would really spicen things up for an MMO.
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hmmm as far as races go i actully like animorphs or weres, primarily for me personly i like to play rats, think of that what you will.
as for p[lay style i like several play style t be honest and what i play in a game depends on how i relate to the concept and the exact style its done. like i hae a preference for tech or magic tech.
normally when i start a game im going to look for one of three arch types range, control, or pets. sometimes i will go tank style melee, but rarly do i go heavy melee damage, or healer or support. ( i think of support and control as diffrent things).
in some game i may play all of these, in others ill find only one i actully like. it really comes down to the flavor more then the actual style with me to be honest.
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On hiatus for a while guys, MMOs still aren't interesting me.
That may actually be because very few games offer Dragons as characters, despite the great reviews given to me by players of Istaria, I have to believe that the only reason game with that much trial succeeded was because it offered something unique which isn't available elsewhere.
I think the issue with developing popular archetypes isn't nearly as much a risk as the industry makes it out to be, in actuallity, I think it's nearly opposite. Popular archetypes are often used as a cheap way to bring in interest, and are done very poorly, relying on a popular archetype to sell the product.
This is simular to Movies > Games, or Games > Movies. They've often been bad, and are often a cheap trick designed to suck in a fanbase established elsewhere to a movie or game. The media is often weak and poorly developed because the producer was just taking a cheap shot at something that already has interest. I've noticed the same thing with popular archetypes, and in particular, the most popular one, Dragons, as they are put on titles, games with dragons are often poorly made, and sometimes it's just a moniker to draw attention even though it has little to do with dragons or their very isolated.
The truth remains, dragons are wildly popular, if developers would make a quality entry for dragon play it would probably be more than a little popular, especially if they go a lot further than Istaria and have several different creatures of sky, land and sea, quality gameplay and make interesting mechanics for unique and unlike creatures to compete in alternate ways.
As for the interest in Dual wielding and Shields, I've always found this a little disappointing myself, not because I want to dual wield instead of using a shield... but because using a shield with another weapon IS dual wielding...
Not to diminish your interest in a dual sword wielding pally, I'm simply bringing up another micro Archetype of shield users, and my disappointment that shields arn't an active weapon along with your sword. I've always heralded the spear and shield as the go to weapon for the real warrior and powerful combat. The use of a spears superior reach, the ability ot maintain a defensive posture with a shield while striking with a spear, and also the fact that the shield itself is a very powerful weapon all by itself.
You needent go any further than the Deadliest Warrior series to find good metrics for the potency of Hoplite weaponry and combat. While I woln't vouche for their results as it's just a bunch of number speculating, I do appreciate their weapons testing. The measurement of a shield punch with the rim of a round shield dealt a 45G impact. I can only imagine what the shrap point of an offensive shield could do.
Which brings me to another Archetype I'd rather have than the common sword and board in most fantasy MMO, the Spear and Shield Warrior, or Hoplite. They dominated most of feudal history, and if games designed them to do more than hold up their shield and have slightly higher defense figures, it would be very interesting to see them fight. Supreme frontal defense, vicious spear and shield dual wielding attacks, longer reach attacks in combat. I feel spears and shields have been done a huge injustice in fantasy MMOs while swords have been put on a pedastool that spears belong on, there isn't even a legitimate comparison in effective battle between the two...
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
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Slaying rats, skeletons, and raid mobs since 2002.
I've always preferred the evil looking races such as the dark elves. I like my character to look scary regardless of which faction I'm on and I do like healing as well as ranged dps classes (caster and ranger).
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On hiatus for a while guys, MMOs still aren't interesting me.
I really liked Dragoon in FFXI as well, probably why it took forever for me to get anywhere in that game >.>
Ninjas are rather interesting, and cavalry classes, something along the lines of moving faster and allowing strategic engagement. Chocobos are like my favorite mount evar :)
I really really wish some interesting character types were created for Kirin type beasts too, something fast, and maybe even able to gallop on air.
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The attraction of the event will be the performance by Bollywood actresses like Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. Both the actresses agreed to shake a leg for Shahrukh Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders owner and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan is geared up for the opening ceremony, confirms sports Minister Madan Mitra. KKR defeated Delhi Daredevils in the final last year.
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She hits Chicago on March 7-8, playing two nights at the Chicago Theatre. That's an intimate venue for a very arena-level star.
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9 to 5 (film)
|9 to 5
Cropped image from the Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition
|Directed by
|Colin Higgins
|Produced by
|Bruce Gilbert
|Written by
|Patricia Resnick
Colin Higgins
|Jane Fonda
Lily Tomlin
Dolly Parton
Dabney Coleman
Marian Mercer
Colin Higgins
Peggy Pope
Elizabeth Wilson
|Music by
|Charles Fox
|Reynaldo Villalobos
|Edited by
|Pembroke J. Herring
|Distributed by
|20th Century Fox
Release dates
|December 19, 1980
Running time
|110 minutes
|United States
|$10 million[1]
|Box office
9 to 5 is a 1980 American comedy film written by Patricia Resnick and Colin Higgins, directed by Higgins, and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman. The film concerns three working women living out their fantasies of getting even with, and their successful overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss.
9 to 5 was a hit, grossing over $3.9 million in its opening weekend in the United States[2] and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film.[3] As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. Although a television series based on the film was less successful, a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009.
9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies"[4] and is rated "82% fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
|This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (May 2015)
Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is forced to find work after her husband, Dick (Lawrence Pressman), squanders their savings, loses his job and runs off with his secretary. Judy finds employment as a secretary at Consolidated Companies, a very large corporation. The senior office supervisor is the feisty widow, Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin). Violet shows Judy the place, while warning her about the two higher-ups. The first is the sleazy, selfish Franklin Hart, Jr (Dabney Coleman); the latter is the crisp but equally obnoxious Roz Keith (Elizabeth Wilson), Hart's executive assistant and resident snitch. Violet reveals to Judy that Hart is supposedly involved with his buxom secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton); in reality the married Doralee refuses his advances, but Hart nonetheless leads other staff to believe that they are having an affair.
Hart exploits and mistreats his subordinates regularly. He takes credit for Violet's efficiency proposals, while refusing to promote her on the basis that "clients would rather deal with men when it comes to figures." He cruelly yells at and threatens Judy on her first day after an equipment malfunction. He sexually harasses Doralee, and spreads false rumors that they are having an affair, damaging her credibility with coworkers. Finally, Hart casually fires a worker named Maria over an overheard discussion on salaries.
When Violet discovers that another promotion she'd been hoping for has instead gone to a man she herself trained, she confronts Hart about his manipulations and sexism. She then references Hart's claims of his purported affair with Doralee (which Doralee enters the room just in time to hear) before storming out, announcing that she needs a drink. Doralee, previously unaware of the rumors and now realizing why her coworkers have been cold to her, informs Hart that she keeps a gun in her purse and warns him that, up until she just learned about the rumors, she'd been forgiving and forgetting what Hart has previously done, because of the way she was brought up, and if he ever makes another indecent reference about her, she will change him "from a rooster to a hen with one shot". She also angrily leaves the office, also proclaiming that she needs a drink.
Judy, upset that Maria has just been fired over a trivial infraction, wants to inform Violet and is told that Violet is at a local bar "getting drunk". She joins Violet and Doralee, and the three women drown their sorrows together before going to Doralee's house. There, the beginning of the their friendship forms over dinner and smoking some marijuana that belongs to Violet's son. They fantasize about getting revenge on Mr Hart, with Judy wanting to shoot him execution style and mount his head on her wall, Doralee wanting to rope him like a steer, and Violet wanting to poison him (the fantasy putting her in the role of a cartoon princess).
The following day, a mix-up leads Violet to accidentally spike Hart's coffee with rat poison (a nod to her fantasy the previous night). However, before he can drink any of the tainted coffee, Hart accidentally knocks himself unconscious by falling backward from a faulty office chair, hitting his head on a credenza desk. On hearing he has been rushed to the hospital, Violet, realizing her error, panics, thinking it's due to the poison. After they arrive at the hospital, the three mistake a dead police witness for their boss. Violet, in a state of panic and desperation, steals the body of the deceased man and stashes it in the trunk of her car, convincing Doralee and Judy to join her, and the three drive off, planning to somehow dispose of the body so that there can be no autopsy. After a car accident, they discover they've stolen the wrong body, so they smuggle it back into the hospital.
Hart turns up alive the next morning, much to the shock of Violet, Doralee and Judy. During a break in the ladies' room, the three speculate on what could have happened and then vow to forget the night's troubles, but Roz, hiding in one of the stalls, overhears them and relates the conversation to Hart. He confronts Doralee with the information he has just learned, and demands that she spend the night at his house or he'll have all three of them prosecuted for attempted murder. Hart refuses to believe it was an accident, so the three kidnap him, with Judy firing at him with Doralee's gun (much as she had done in her fantasy), and Doralee tying his hands and legs with a phone cord (similarly to what she had done in her fantasy). Unsure of how to prevent Hart from alerting authorities, the three bring him to his Tudor-style mansion, keeping him prisoner in his bedroom while they decide to try to find something with which to blackmail him so that he won't have them arrested. The ladies discover that he's been selling Consolidated property behind their backs and keeping the profits for himself. To prove the crime, they need to wait several weeks for the accounting documents to arrive. In the meantime, the women fashion a special bondage device to allow Hart to move around, but keep him confined to his home.
Since Doralee is able to forge Hart's signature without difficulty, the three women use the occasion of their boss's absence to effect numerous changes around the office, in his name. These include allowing flexible hours, a job-sharing program that allows people to work part-time, and a daycare center in the building (while Maria, the woman whom Hart had fired, is allowed to return). All the while they conceal the true reason for his disappearance. As it turns out, Hart is so feared and/or hated around the office that nobody questions his absence, with the exception of Roz, whom Violet, under the pretext of the company, sends to the "Aspen Language School" to learn French.
One night, Judy discovers a prowler outside Hart's home. It turns out to be her ex-husband Dick, whose marriage to Liza lasted only a week. He tries to get Judy to come back to him until he finds Hart bound and gagged in the upstairs bedroom and believes, erroneously, that Judy has gotten into perverted sex games. Judy sends him away, admitting that she's into everything, even smoking pot, and that his departure was the best thing that ever happened to her.
Hart's adoring wife (the feeling is clearly one-sided) Missy (Marian Mercer) returns from vacation early, putting the ladies' plan in jeopardy. While still pretending to be the women's prisoner, Hart scrambles to replace the property he stole from Consolidated. He then takes Doralee's gun and directs the three women back to the office at gunpoint. Hart is appalled by the changes which have been made in his absence, even though all his employees are delighted with them. Before he can have the three women arrested, Hart receives an unexpected visit from Russell Tinsworthy (Sterling Hayden), the Chairman of the Board.
Mr Tinsworthy has arrived to congratulate Hart for increases in productivity, which are due to the changes the three women have instituted in his name. Hart is only too happy to take credit for everything the ladies have done. Tinsworthy is so impressed that he recruits Hart to work at Consolidated's Brazilian operation for the next few years. Hart is not pleased by this development, but is trapped by his lies. Moments after Tinsworthy and a fearful Hart depart, Roz returns from language school and is stunned to discover Violet, Judy and Doralee celebrating in Hart's office, and realizing that she now has to report to them.
A post-credits montage reveals the fate of the major characters. Violet was promoted to Vice President. Judy fell in love and married the Xerox representative. Doralee left Consolidated and became a country and western singer. Hart was abducted by a tribe of Amazons in the Brazilian jungle and was never heard from again.
- Jane Fonda as Judy Bernly, the new girl who is forced to find work after her husband has an affair with his secretary, a younger woman named Liza. She becomes friends with Violet and Doralee.
- Lily Tomlin as Violet Newstead, a widow with four kids who's been working at the company for twelve years. She is very knowledgeable around the company, and was the one who trained Hart. Despite her knowledge, she is continually passed over for promotions, due to Hart's sexist attitudes. She is Judy's best friend, helped train her, and seems to understand the loneliness Judy feels.
- Dolly Parton as Doralee Rhodes, a secretary who is presumed to be sleeping with Mr. Hart, despite the fact that she has refused his advances. Because of this, she is looked down on by most of the other women in the office, but this changes after she becomes friends with Violet and Judy.
- Dabney Coleman as Franklin M. Hart Jr., the strict, overly-tight, lying boss and antagonist of the movie who fires people for no reason and also spread the false rumor that Doralee was sleeping with him. He was eventually reassigned to Brazil.
- Sterling Hayden as Russell Tinsworthy, Consolidated's chairman of the board who likes the new office layout that Violet and the others set up.
- Elizabeth Wilson as Roz Keith, Mr. Hart's administrative assistant who is constantly eavesdropping.
- Henry Jones as Mr. Hinkle, Consolidated's president.
- Lawrence Pressman as Dick Bernly, Judy's ex-husband.
- Marian Mercer as Missy Hart, Mr. Hart's sweet natured wife who is oblivious to the fact that Mr. Hart has a one-sided thing for Doralee.
- Ren Woods as Barbara, one of Judy and Violet's co-workers.
- Norma Donaldson as Betty, another co-worker.
- Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini as Maria Delgado, a friend of Judy's who got fired, thanks to Roz's snitching to Hart, but was later reinstated by one of the three girls, under Hart's name.
- Peggy Pope as Margaret Foster, an alcoholic secretary (sometimes referred to by other characters as "the old lush") whose catchphrase is "atta girl!" Although Judy feels weird around her at first, she warms up to her and the two become friends.
- Richard Stahl as Meade, another vice president at the company, who doesn't like Hart.
- Ray Vitte as Eddie Smith, a man who works in the mail room. When he meets Judy on her first day, he says, "What? How am I going to get out of this mail room prison if they keep hiring people from the outside? Lady, you're gonna hate it here", which turns out to be true.
- Jeffrey Douglas Thomas as Dwayne Rhodes, Doralee's supportive husband. A musician, he is often performing at various gigs, thus allowing Doralee a good deal of free time to get into mischief with Judy and Violet.
The movie was based on an idea of Jane Fonda, who had recently formed her own production company, IPC. Fonda:
My ideas for films always come from things that I hear and perceive in my daily life... A very old friend of mine had started an organisation in Boston called 'Nine To Five', which was an association of women office workers. I heard them talking about their work and they had some great stories. And I've always been attracted to those 1940s films with three female stars.[6]
Fonda says the film was at first going to be a drama, but "any way we did it, it seemed too preachy, too much of a feminist line. I'd wanted to work with Lily [Tomlin] for some time, and it suddenly occurred to [her producing partner] Bruce and me that we should make it a comedy."[6]
Patricia Resnick wrote the first draft drama, and Fonda cast herself, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in the leads, the latter in her first film role.[7] Then Colin Higgins came on board to direct and rewrite the script. Part of his job was to make room for all three in the script. Higgins says Jane Fonda was a very encouraging producer, who allowed him to push back production while the script was being rewritten.[8][9]
"He's a very nice, quiet, low-key guy", said Dolly of Higgins. "I don't know what I would have done if I'd had one of those mean directors on my first film."[7]
Higgins admitted "he expected some tension", from working with three stars, "but they were totally professional, great fun and a joy to work with. I just wish everything would be as easy."[10]
"It remains a 'labour film', but I hope of a new kind, different from the Grapes of Wrath or Salt of the Earth", says Fonda. "We took out a lot of stuff that was filmed, even stuff the director, Colin Higgins, thought worked but which I asked to have taken out. I'm just super-sensitive to anything that smacks of the soapbox or lecturing the audience"."[6]
Fonda says she did a deal of research for the movie, focusing on women who had begun work late in life due to divorce or being widowed.
What I found was that secretaries know the work they do is important, is skilled, but they also know they're not treated with respect. They call themselves 'office wives'. They have to put gas in the boss's car, get his coffee, buy the presents for his wife and mistress. So when we came to do the film, we said to Colin (Higgins), ok, what you have to do is write a screenplay which shows you can run an office without a boss, but you can't run an office without the secretaries![6]
Filming locations[edit]
The home of Franklin Hart is located at 10431 Bellagio Road in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. The Consolidated offices were presumably in the Pacific Financial Center located at 800 W 6th Street, at South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90017.
Theme song[edit]
The movie's theme song, "9 to 5", written and recorded by Parton, became one of her biggest hits of the decade. It went to number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the U.S. country singles charts, and was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Song. It won the 1981 People's Choice Award for "Favorite Motion Picture Song", and two 1982 Grammy Awards: for "Country Song of the Year" and "Female Country Vocal of the Year" (it was nominated for four Grammys). Additionally, it was certified platinum by the RIAA.
At the same time, newcomer Sheena Easton was enjoying her first major hit in the UK with a song also titled "9 to 5". With the success of Parton's song, and to avoid confusion, Easton's record company renamed her recording "Morning Train (9 to 5)" for its North American release.
Television series[edit]
The movie inspired a sitcom version which aired from 1982 to 1983 and from 1986 to 1988. The show, which aired on ABC (1982–83) and in first run syndication (1986–88), featured Parton's younger sister, Rachel Dennison, in Parton's role, and Rita Moreno and Valerie Curtin took over Tomlin and Fonda's roles, respectively. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers replaced Moreno. A total of 85 episodes were filmed.
2009 Broadway musical[edit]
In an interview aired September 30, 2005 on Larry King Live, Parton revealed that she was writing the songs for a musical stage adaptation of the film.[11] A private reading of the musical took place on January 19, 2007[12] Further private presentations were held in New York City in summer 2007.
In early March 2008, Center Theatre Group artistic director Michael Ritchie announced that 9 to 5 would have its pre-Broadway run at the Center's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles beginning September 21, 2008, with Allison Janney starring as Violet, joined by Stephanie J. Block as Judy, Megan Hilty as Doralee, and Marc Kudisch as Franklin Hart, Jr. The book for 9 to 5: The Musical was written by Patricia Resnick, who co-authored the film. Andy Blankenbuehler choreographed the show, and Joe Mantello directed.[13]
According to playbill.com, the musical opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre in previews on April 7, 2009, and officially on April 30, 2009.[14] However, due to low ticket sales and gross, the production closed on September 6, 2009. A National Tour began in September 2010. A UK tour has been arranged for 2012.
Possible sequel[edit]
In the 1980s Universal developed a sequel with Colin Higgins. Tom Mankiewicz worked on it for a while and says while Dolly Parton was enthusiastic, Jane Fonda was not and Higgins' heart was not in it.[15]
In a TV interview broadcast on BBC1 in the UK in 2005, the movie's stars Fonda, Tomlin and Dolly Parton all expressed interest in starring in a sequel. Fonda said if the right script was written she would definitely do it, suggesting a suitable name for a 21st-century sequel would be 24/7. Parton suggested they had better hurry up before they reach retirement age. In the DVD commentary, the three reiterate their enthusiasm; Fonda suggests a sequel should cover outsourcing and they agree Frank Hart would have to return as their nemesis.
American Film Institute lists[edit]
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs—#74
- 2004: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs—#78 (for 9 to 5)
See also[edit]
- Horrible Bosses, a 2011 comedy film
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p259
- ^ a b "9 to 5 at boxofficemojo.com". Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Hollywood.com's Highest Grossing Comedy Films of All Time List". Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Laughs – America's Funniest Movies [1]
- ^ "9 to 5 on rottentomatoes.com". Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "LIFE STYLE.". The Canberra Times (National Library of Australia). 6 February 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Dolly Parton: first footlights, now films.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 28 May 1980. p. 145 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ HIGGINS: WRITER-DIRECTOR ON HOT STREAK Goldstein, Patrick. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] January 24, 1981: b15.
- ^ '9 to 5' a real grind for writer Beck, Marilyn. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] October 23, 1979: a12.
- ^ "John Michael Howson's Hollywood.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 25 March 1981. p. 47 Supplement: TV WORLD. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Dolly Parton's Anniversary; Walter Cronkite on Peter Jennings". Larry King Live transcript. CNN.com. September 30, 2005. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ Kenneth Jones (January 11, 2007). "Ullman, Ripley, Hilty, Kudisch, Lewis Will Read Nine to Five Musical". playbill.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "CTG'S 42nd Ahmanson Theatre Season Announced". Center Theater Group. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ Kenneth Jones (July 15, 2008). "Hello, Dolly! 9 to 5 Books Broadway's Marquis; Full Casting Announced". playbill.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ Tom Mankiewicz, My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood (with Robert Crane) University Press of Kentucky 2012 p 278
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MOBILE phone subscribers do not have to worry about the safety of the information they provide during the ongoing SIM card registration because there are measures to protect their data, the Government has said.
State minister for security Muruli Mukasa said the collected information and even tapping of phone calls can only be carried out with the permission of the courts of law.
"Nobody can tamper with the data that has been provided and walk away free. There are heavy penalties," Mukasa said.
This was during the official launch of the SIM card registration exercise at the Kampala Sheraton yesterday.
He said even when permission is given by a court, it is only for three months and mostly for the prevention of crime.
There are currently 16 million mobile phone subscribers who have to be registered in the exercise that will run up to March 1, 2013.
Although SIM card registration is considered vital, especially in averting crime and promoting national security, there have been concerns that the data collected may be used for wrong purposes.
In addition, there are concerns that some people may submit false data.
This is worsened by the fact that the country has no national identity cards coupled with a strong culture of forgeries and falsification of identities.
MTN Customers register their SIM cards during the ongoing at Lugogo Shoprite. Pix by Mark Owor
The Regulation of Interception of Communications Act 2010 provides for the protection of victims of criminals who abuse the privilege of telecommunications.
MTN chief Themba Khumalo said: "It is in our interest to ensure that Ugandans in the most remote areas are also registered," said Khumalo.
Godfrey Mutabazi, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) chief, said cyber crime was on the rise and, therefore, encouraged phone users to embrace the exercise.
Steps to register SIM cards
ï-The subscriber provides personal information such as passports, corporate/company or workplace identity cards, student ID cards from recognised institutions, driver's licence and e-tax cards.
ï-For employee identity cards, the human resource managers must write a letter confirming your employment status.
Foreign nationals must provide a passport to be registered.
ï-The subscriber then signs on the filled-in forms that also includes one's date of birth, the mobile phone number, marital status and any other alternative number that the particular subscriber uses.
The mobile operator captures the picture of the subscriber in case they do not have a photograph.
From March 1, 2013, no SIM card will be issued by the operators without registering its user.


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