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Warehouse holds hope for hospitals in need
PHOENIX -- Thousands of dollars in surplus and overstock medical supplies sit in a Tempe warehouse, waiting for shipment around the world.
It's the everyday collection for Project C.U.R.E., a nonprofit that gathers products and machines from Valley hospitals and clinics which would have been thrown out due to their retirement, replacement or re-order.
"Last fiscal year, we took in 3.65 million pounds of usable medical surplus," said executive director Melissa Gable. "That's stuff that would have been thrown away or placed in a landfill."
Shipments to hospitals in places such as Uganda and Panama are sent based on need and site visits by Project officials. They determine what needs to be shipped in the semi-truck-sized containers, such as specialized MRI machines and hospital beds.
"And then the basics we take for granted here, such as gauze and disposable gloves," said Gable. "In a lot of countries they are actually reusing those types of things."
It costs $20,000 to ship each container. Volunteers are needed to sort the donations.

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respected commentator on issues of religious and
public life. He is the author or editor of some
fourteen books, most recently the well-received Witness to Hope:
The Biography of Pope John Paul II (1999) and regularly
contributes to newspapers and journals throughout the United
States. He appears frequently on radio and television programs, and
writes a weekly syndicated column entitled "The Catholic
In his Athenaeum lecture, Weigel will identify ten enduring accomplishments of John Paul II that will shape both the Church and the world beyond the 21st century. He will pay special attention to the Pope's distinctive understanding of culture as the dynamic force in history, which challenges views widely held in the West since the French Revolution.
George Weigel received his education from St. Mary's
Seminary College in Baltimore and the University of St.
Michael's College in Toronto, and has taught at Seattle's St.
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There are few things more satisfying and enjoyable than watching toddlers explore their surroundings for the first time and learn something new at every turn. Like so many parents, I watched my children develop in those early years, and I wanted them to have every opportunity possible to succeed in school and life.
During those early formative years, children develop the crucial academic, physical, and social skills that will help to determine their future, and their young bodies and minds must be nurtured.
For decades, we have known that public investments in early education and childhood development programs, as well as health and nutrition services for young children, pay huge dividends further down the road.
Studies show that children from disadvantaged backgrounds who are given the opportunity to participate in early childhood education programs will score better on standardized tests, and have higher rates of high school graduation and lower rates of incarceration for criminal behavior. As well, among such children, there are fewer incidents of teen pregnancy, longer marriages, and much higher employment rates, all of which benefit our State and Nation.
As a member of the Congressional Rural Education Caucus, I have long emphasized the importance of early childhood development programs such as Head Start and Early Head Start, along with childcare and early learning initiatives. I strongly believe that Federal investments in such programs help to set kids on the right track early.
West Virginia is blessed to have so many local community programs geared toward early education and child development, along with caring educators and parents to run them and positively affect the lives of our children.
I am fighting hard for our State's young children and their families who depend on these programs and the Federal investments that keep them going. And it is a quite a fight in this Congress – with some determined to roll back investments that will undoubtedly leave our children at a disadvantage when it comes to finding long-term academic success and a well-paying job.
In the recent budget passed by the House of Representatives, which I adamantly opposed and voted against, across-the-board cuts in Federal investment, known as sequestration, threaten to take away hundreds of millions of dollars from Head Start, potentially disrupting services and forcing the cancelation of programs, the closing of centers, and the laying off of workers.
While finding ways to reduce our Nation's deficits, and I have voted for some painful spending cuts to make that happen, we also must identify ways to make investments in critical programs like early childhood education, especially when investments in early education today can yield budgetary savings and enormous benefits for our State and Nation in the future.
Giving our young people the opportunity to achieve their goals and succeed in life is a moral responsibility, and that includes making smart investments in quality programs for those who are willing to work for their achievements.
The future success of our children rests on the foundation of a good education and healthy environment that begins at an early age. By investing in early childhood education programs, we are ensuring that young children, regardless of economic circumstances, have an opportunity to reach their full potential.
(Editor's note: U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) represents West Virginia's 3rd District.)


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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Lincoln Middle High School's Art Department Engages in Many Community Endeavors and Competitions
Annie Purvis and her art students have been busy at work doing community projects as well as projects on their very own campus. As one of their primary goals of the art program at LMHS is to provide young artists with opportunities to participate in activities that promote visual literacy and inspire artistic expression, Ms. Purvis tries to involve her students in as many hands on and real world-based scenarios as she possibly can.
In addition to creating a mural to show their support for LMHS athletics (pictured), Purvis and her students have recently created their 3rd annual sculpture for the Charleston Marathon as well as serving their National Honor Art Society 2013-2014 mission by researching, supporting, and creating paintings of ducks that coincide with the Federal Jr. Duck Stamp curriculum.
"Going the Distance for the Arts" is a competition between all art programs in Charleston County, which took place on January 17th at Burke High School. The first two years LMHS art students won the competition with their sculptures of "Running for the Arts" which they constructed from wood, wire, tin, and old instruments and "Giant Running Shoes" which they created from recycled cardboard, rope, canvas, and acrylic paints. The projects took them 8 and 5 weeks to complete respectively and proved to be an extremely rewarding process where students learned the significance of collaboration. This year's theme is "Art and Music", and Ms. Purvis and her students were influenced by the beauty of nature.
This year's sculpture Growing through the Arts: The roots represent the Youth Endowment for the Arts grant funds acquired through the sponsors of the Charleston Marathon Race. The tree base represents the schools who receive the funds granted by YEA, and the two figures (Performance and Visual Arts) represents how the students are growing through the arts, producing flowers and seeding our future with brighter eyes...overall the sculpture represents how the Youth Endowment for the Arts and the Charleston Marathon impact our students and future generations for the better. The leaves of the sculpture and the roots are narrated with student selected art quotes and notes of thanks for the county, the school district, the sponsors and the community. Each year Lincoln develops a theme to show the impact the previous year's grant has had on our school.
Students made their sculpture primarily out of paper mache and pine straw. As the students worked on their sculpture, they had to reflect daily on their progress and process. Using the method of metacognition, students considered problems that they encountered throughout their process and deliberated over ways that they could improve the following day. With Purvis's guidance, students are not only learning about art, but they are also learning many important life skills such as how much work goes into a long term project, how to reflect on their learning, and how to use their reflections to be successful in the future. The winner of this year's sculpture should be announced in March.
The last undertaking that Purvis and her students have recently participated in is the Statewide Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art and Writing Competition. LMHS art students worked as nature artists where they researched migrating waterfowl and then tried to realistically depict the ducks in their paintings. All 18 students who were entered the competition will receive a certificate of appreciation for their art and writing entries as well as tickets for themselves and a parent to enter The South Eastern Wildlife Festival, whose wildlife expert this year will be Jack Hanna. Out of 4,000 entries, Lincoln students took away 5 awards for 4th place this year.
The winners include Dexter Brown for his Male Wood Duck Dance; DeAndra Campbell for his Male Mallard; Nathaniel Grampus for his Common Eye Duck; Nasseum Manigault for his Ring Neck Duck; and Alexandria Holmes for her Ruddy Duck.
These students will receive a 4th place ribbon, a $25 gift card, and will be exhibited at several locations throughout the year, including at the aforementioned South Eastern Wildlife Festival. The writing results have yet to be announced.
Overall Purvis and her art students have been positively productive this year. Their hard work has even earned them two grants that were announced in the same week. Being a small, rural, and Title 1 school, the opportunities that they have found and that these grants will allow for are particularly meaningful. To learn more about LMHS and their art program, please contact Mrs. Annie Purvis at 843-887-3244, and make sure to look for the work that these busy bees have produced all around Charleston County.
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(On Veterans Day) we pay special tribute to the brave men and women who have served our country in the military.
Our veterans have made incredible sacrifices to protect our freedom, and I'm proud that many of these heroes call North Carolina home. Like many in our state, I have close family members and friends who have put their lives on the line. We cannot ever repay them for their service, but we must do everything possible to ensure that their transition back into civilian life is a smooth one.
I'm pleased that we have taken bipartisan steps in the Senate to help with this transition. A year ago, we passed the VOW to Hire a Hero Act to give tax breaks to companies that hired veterans.
Yet we can do more, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that those who fought for us do not have to fight for a job. On Veterans Day—and every day—we think about the many sacrifices our family members and friends in the military have taken to keep us safe.


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Magic Johnson visits the White House
Retired basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson met with President Obama Thursday, a White House official confirms to POLITICO.
The former Los Angeles Laker visited the White House and spoke briefly to the president about the impacts of HIV and AIDS on the African American community, the official said.
Johnson announced in 1991 that he had contracted HIV. An organization he started, the Magic Johnson Foundation, helps raise awareness about HIV and AIDS, among other purposes.
Thursday was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and one of Obama's top aides, Valerie Jarrett, tweeted that she was participating in a discussion on the topic with Russell Simmons. CNN first reported about Magic Johnson's visit to the White House.
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The Hillsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, which has been inactive since some time in 2006, is moving closer to dissolving as a corporation with a program that will award grants to incorporated, non-profit organizations that serve the immediate Hillsville area.
"I would think this should be the last thing that needs to be done so the corporation can be dissolved and end put to it," said Larry South, Hillsville's former town manager who is now the North Wilkesboro town manager.
During a September 2012 interview, South, who is listed as the rescue squad's president on State Corporation Commission documents, said the rescue squad has one or two CDs, as well as a small checking account.
The minimum amount of a grant proposal is $500 and the maximum is $5,000, and multiple grants may be approved.
All proposals must clearly describe how the funds will benefit the Hillsville community, who the beneficiaries will be and the time from of implementation along with the responsible accounting authority. The proposals are limited to two to 12 typewritten pages.
South said making sure the money is returned to the community is important since it was the community who helped support the rescue squad.
"This should be a fair way to do it," he said. "It gives everybody a chance to make a proposal and spread the money around."
The grants will be judged by members of the rescue squad and the squad's ladies' auxiliary.
Proposals should be sent to HVRS Grant Proposals, P.O. Box 463, Hillsville, Va. 24343 by Jan. 31. Those receiving grants will be notified no later than Feb. 28, and disbursement of funds will occur within 60 days of grant approval.


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Happy Friday!
What an emotional week this has been! It is amazing how quickly the kids adjust to new things, yesterday Ty went right inside his classroom with no hesitation whatsoever. I had to call him back to give me a goodbye hug. He was all smiles when we picked him up, too. He did say he used his kissing hand, though, so he must have missed me a little. He got a copy of a book called The Kissing Hand from his teacher on orientation day, the PTO provides them for all kindergarten students. It's a great little story about a baby raccoon who isn't so sure about going to school, and his Mama kisses him on the palm of his hand and tells him if he misses her during the day, just to rub his hand on his cheek, and remember Mama is always with him. So that has become part of our morning routine, I kiss him on the palm of his hand, and he kisses mine.
The older two, they are doing great, too. Ali is her usual outgoing self, she loves being in school. And Evan is enjoying 5th grade, they have a big field trip coming up already, on the 12th. Going to a camp and will spend 3 days and 2 nights there doing all sorts of outdoors stuff. He is looking forward to that, and has expressed interest in joining band.
Today will be my first day all by my lonesome, hubby is back at work. Probably a really good thing I have a million and one things to do today around the house!
Here are the kids' first day of school pictures!
Have a really wonderful weekend, enjoy the extra day if you get it off. Sending big hugs to all!!


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A bit of background for newcomers
Joe was my Uncle, but we never met. His precious letters have come into my possession some near-70 years after they were written. It is my honour to transcribe them, and the poignancy of hindsight about what happened to Joe makes this all the more difficult to write, but all the more important that I do.
One letter will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday.
Please see below for a link to Joe's full story and the other letters in this series so far.
Letter 18 – '9 days 'til leave!' – 17th February 1944
Dear Mom and Kids,
I received your parcel today. Many thanks, it's darned good of you to go to the trouble and expense. I can assure you that I waste none of the contents. The razor blades came in just
right as I'd got a real 'Professor Joad' and no blades.
The cake wasn't even scratched and was nice and moist. Oh, boy, that chocolate!! I guess I've not got a great deal to say in this letter, as I wrote most of my news in the Tuesday night letter. I hope you've got it ok?
By the way I've still got to go to the Dentist a few more times (2 I hope).
I'd love to see our kid at work, knee-deep in white-wash with the persp'n pouring off 'im!
In answer to your P.S. :- The Sunday dinner is generally the best of the week. Roast Spuds, ditto Beef, Yorkshire Pud', Sprouts, Gravy and a pud' of stewed dried peaches and apricots with real custard! The only trouble is that when in the queue the W.A.A.F servers may get plenty of one thing on your plate and hardly any of others. Anyway I guess that's not as bad as mutton, mutton and still more mutton! I must say I could eat it all with relish, at home!
Now for the main bit of news (or is it?) As you can see I've got the photos (3). I've sent you two, keep one and enquire about the price of some copies please if you think it's reasonable, have half a dozen done. We can send 'em to the folks and friends then. Pay for them out of that 18/- if you've got it yet!! I don't know what you think of the seraphic smiel, frankly it looks as if I've got to be sick or summat!! That's a matter of opinion though! What do you think of the battle dress, slick 'ay!
That's about all so cheerio.
God Bless, Joe.
P.S. How will the egg and bacon position be in about 9 or 10 days?! "
Joe is clearly excited about the prospect of getting home for some well-earned leave in a few days! Sadly, the photos to which he refers in the letter have been lost over the years, as have his mother's letters in reply to Joe's own for this period. Hopefully the one at the top of this post will suffice. Joe is the tall, handsome one on the far left of the 'Lovely Lou'.
Joe's full story is beautiful and tragic. He was our family hero. He IS our family hero. If I knew how to complete an effective RAF salute, I would salute you now, Joe. Long may your memory live in our family stories.
I hope to post a new letter from Joe's correspondence with his Mother here every Friday until they're done. It will be a turbulent and heart-wrenching journey. Subscribe to the Blog to make sure you don't miss any of it.
Other posts in this series:-
Letter 1 – 29 December 1943, arriving at Recruit Camp
Letter 2 – 31 December 1943, settling in
Letter 3 – 5th January 1944, confined to Barracks!
Letter 4 – 8th January 1944, meeting a boxing champ
Letter 5 – 10th January 1944, theft and wrongful punishment
Letter 6 – 13th January 1944, preparing to leave basic training camp
Letter 7 – 13th January 1944, high jinx and punishing schedules
Letter 8 – 14th January 1944, posted to Bridlington
Letter 9 – 18th January 1944, arrival in 'the dump' for 6 weeks training
Letter 10 – 21st January 1944, an introduction to firearms
Letter 11 – 25th January 1944, a fellow cadet in killed
Letter 12 – 27th January 1944, pork pies, live rounds and dimwits
Letter 13 – 29th January 1944, 10 fillings & the Browning machine gun
Letter 14 – 31st January 1944, Don't worry Mum
Letter 15 – 3rd February 1944, Three 'Joes' and top test scores
Letter 16 – 10th February 1944, Meeting 'Monty' & Military Secrets


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The Department of Music is a unit of the College of Arts and Sciences in the Division of Creative and Performing Arts. As a department dedicated to presenting its accomplishments to the public, the Music Department plays a unique role in promoting and enhancing the image and prestige of the University.
The Department of Music prepares individuals for careers and further study in the field of music while promoting a lifetime of continuous learning and appreciation of music. Music courses in the Fine Arts are a vital part of the General Education program, which is the foundation for all undergraduate degrees. In addition, non-majors have the opportunity to experience music making through their participation in performance ensembles and/or private instruction. Students and members of the larger community may enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of music by attending live performances sponsored by the Department.
We are proud of our superb facilities which are among the finest in the Midwest. White Concert Hall is considered to be one of the finest performing venues in the country, and, in addition to Music Department concerts, is home to the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, the Topeka Festival Singers, the world-renowned Sunflower Music Festival and countless university and civic events.
The Department of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), The Kansas Department of Education (KSDE), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The Department of Music utilizes the review and self-assessment required by these accrediting associations to achieve continuous improvement and accountability for its various programs.
The Washburn University Department of Music is the perfect place for students whose aspirations are high, who desire to receive professional instruction from performing artists, and who are willing to dedicate their time and talents to achieve excellence.
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Hawks Fall In AMCC Semifinals
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Pittsburgh, PA – The La Roche College men's basketball team made a fierce comeback from a thirteen-point first half deficit to Hilbert College in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference semi-final game to tie the score (40-40) by intermission. The top-seeded team in the tournament found that the home-court advantage played in their favor as the RedHawks slowly pulled away from Hilbert in the second half and ran away with a 86-69 victory. Dan McFarland (Lancaster, NY/St. Mary's) had another offensive-explosion scoring a game-high 30 points in the team's third loss to La Roche this season. The Hawks finished the season at 12-15 overall while La Roche continues on into the AMCC championship game February 26 against Penn State Behrend, who outlasted Medaille College (58-51) in the other semi-final game.
Hilbert jumped out to a 32-19 lead by 8:17 in the first half. Five players were in the scoring column during that eleven minute stretch of play, but it was McFarland's 16 points which stood out. Nate Wojciechowski made three three-pointers as La Roche responded with a 11-2 run of their own closing the gap to four points (5:39). Three minutes later, Laron Mann forced the third tie in the game when he hit a three-point shot with 2:25 left in the first period. McFarland hit two foul shots (22 first-half points) giving the Hawks a two-point lead again, but with just over one minute left, Mann scored a layup knotting the 40-40 score.
Wojciechowski and Mann hit back to back threes to open the second half yet Hilbert did not quit. Both teams traded two point hoops, until McFarland and Chris Parrott (Warsaw, NY/Warsaw) hit back to back three's for Hilbert, cutting the lead to just one point. At 16:12, La Roche went on another 8-0 run taking their largest lead of the game and never surrendered it from that point forward.
Hilbert shot forty-four percent from the floor for the game, while La Roche was a consistent fifteen for twenty-eight both halves (53.6%). Hilbert gave up 11 offensive rebounds and their eight second-half turnovers impacted the Hawk's offensive flow. La Roche found their stride in the second half and finished the game with four players hitting for double digit scoring. Wojciechowski scored 22 points (5-8 behind the arc) and Mann was six for nine from the floor (four for seven from deep) to finish with 18 points. David Jackson (14 points) pulled down 16 rebounds (6 offensive) and Joe McIntosh chipped in ten points.
Besides McFarland's 30 points, the Hawks got contribution from Parrott (12 points) and freshman CJ Hodge (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili) who finished with nine points, and five assists.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
Upcoming Events
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- Summer Session A2 Ends
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TP53 Gene, Known Mutation
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome associated with germline mutations in the TP53 (also p53) gene. LFS is predominantly characterized by sarcoma (osteogenic, chrondrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma), young-onset breast cancer, brain cancer (glioblastoma), hematopoietic malignancies, and adrenocortical carcinoma in affected individuals. LFS is highly penetrant; the risk for developing an invasive cancer is 50% by age 30 and 90% by age 70 with many individuals developing multiple primary cancers. Childhood cancers are also frequently observed and typically include soft-tissue sarcomas, adrenocortical tumors, and brain cancer. Other reported malignancies include melanoma, Wilms tumor, kidney tumors, gonadal germ cell tumor, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, choroid plexus cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, esophageal cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and thyroid cancer.
There are published criteria for establishing a clinical diagnosis of classic LFS and Li-Fraumeni-like (LFL) syndrome that include the features listed above. A larger percentage of families that meet the classic LFS criteria, are predicted to have a detectable mutation within the TP53 gene than families that meet the less strict LFL criteria (Birch and Eeles definitions).
This test is appropriate for predictive testing in families in which a point mutation or small insertion/deletion/duplication has been identified. If a familial mutation has not been previously identified, full analysis of the TP53 gene is more appropriate (P53MS / TP53 Gene, Full Gene Analysis).
SDEL / Single-Gene Large Deletion and Duplication Analysis is appropriate for predictive testing in families in which a large deletion or duplication (whole exon or multi-exon) has been identified.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnostic testing of individuals with suspected diagnosis of Li-Fraumeni syndrome or Li-Fraumeni-like syndrome when a mutation in the TP53 gene has been identified in an affected family member
Predictive testing of at-risk individuals when a mutation in the TP53 gene has been identified in an affected family member
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
All detected alterations are evaluated according to American College of Medical Genetics recommendations.(4) Variants are classified based on known, predicted, or possible pathogenicity and reported with interpretive comments detailing their potential or known significance.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
The identification of a disease-causing mutation in an affected family member is necessary before predictive testing for other family members can be performed. If a familial mutation has not been previously identified, order P53MS / TP53 Gene, Full Gene Analysis.
Analysis is performed for the familial mutations provided only. This assay does not rule out the presence of other mutations within this gene or within other genes that may be associated with hereditary cancer syndromes.
We strongly recommend that patients undergoing predictive testing receive genetic counseling both prior to testing and after results are available.
Predictive testing of an asymptomatic child is not recommended.
Test results should be interpreted in the context of clinical findings, family history, and other laboratory data. Any error in the diagnosis or in the pedigree provided to us, including false-paternity, could lead to erroneous interpretation of results.
A previous bone marrow transplant from an allogenic donor will interfere with testing. Call Mayo Medical Laboratories for instructions for testing patients who have received a bone marrow transplant.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
An interpretive report will be provided.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Lindor NM, McMaster ML, Lindor CJ et al: Concise Handbook of Familial Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes. Second edition. JNCI. 2008;(38):1-93
2. Masciari S, Syngal S: The role of p53 in colorectal cancer. In Genetics of Colorectal Cancer. Edited by JD Potter, NM Lindor. New York, Springer Verlag, 2009, pp 213-217
3. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome-GeneReviews-NCBI Bookshelf, available at URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1311/
4. Richards CS, Bale S, Bellissimo DB, et al: ACMG recommendations for standards for interpretation and reporting of sequence variations: Revisions 2007. Genet Med 2008;10(4):294-300


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Some people use statistics to try to figure out their chance of getting cancer or of being cured. Statistics show what happens to large groups of people. Because no two people are alike, you cannot use them to predict what will happen to you.
Here are some statistics about kidney cancer from the American Cancer Society. They include both adults and children and both renal cell and transitional cell carcinomas:
About 60,920 people in the US will be told they have kidney cancer in 2011.
Kidney cancer is more common in men than in women. Of these cases, about 37,120 will be in men. About 23,800 cases will be in women.
Most people with kidney cancer are older. It is very uncommon in people younger than age 45. It is most common in people who are 55 or older.
About 13,120 people in the US will die of kidney cancer in 2011.


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Join us for our third technical meeting of this program year, featuring Eric Krause of the Pall Corporation, discussing "Filter Element Construction and the Influence on Filter Performance."
Join us for this webinar on bearing damage modes, covering bearing damage in non-rolling elements. To see the first presentation, see the link below.


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Casey Cox and I will be coming.by Logan - SN Tournament Information
On our way to the beautiful REZ! Bringing The Thunder Shultz with us.by Logan - SN Tournament Information
Round 1 doubles is complete. LSU shoots a -10 52 to be in a 5th place tie out of 40 South Alabama shoot a -9 to be in a 7th place tie out of 40 2 rounds of singles tomorrow good luck to both SN teamsby Logan - General Discussion
Yes and yes. Also the rounds are WAY longer than they need to be. I'm hoping to change that tommorow.by Logan - General Discussion
I'll be there.by Logan - General Discussion
Aby Logan - General Discussion
Thanks to Allen,Doug, and Lloyd, stepping up and being great TD's of a big tournament, the SN hopefully appreciated it because it is a huge job.(and you don't get to play ;). Derek- thanks for being my partner at this one, and making it one of the funnest doubles event I've played. Also good shooting. JUDGES,yall have done a great job on the new course Butts, I'm glad it was played in thisby Logan - General Discussion
sorry to hear that Scott, ill have a nice Roc for you when i see you at SNAC's.by Logan - General Discussion
Luke H. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maybe mobile, mobile could put in a bid for the > 2013 or 2014 worlds. im sure the south would like > to get there chance at a worlds I think Memphis could do this as well, they have a number (i think 8)of great, pro caliber courses. They also have the experience of running a huge event combined Southern Natiby Logan - General Discussion
Cedar Hills, Hitchcock TX Johnson Road, Memphis TN The Rez, Jackson MSby Logan - General Discussion
Dirtyoljim Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whats the count of committed open teams going to > this tourny? > > Lecy Their is a committed Team Weiss going.by Logan - General Discussion
Thanks Jason! see you in New Orleans this weekend! Great Tournament, Jim did a fantastic job and the course are really fun.by Logan - General Discussion
After cards turned in John's 1 stroke behind Paul Ulibarre. Hes in a 3-way tie for 2nd with Nikko and Adam O. Keep It up on Lead Card!by Logan - General Discussion
Thanks Willieby Logan - General Discussion
After all scores posted John shot a 10-under, and is in a five way tie for 3rd. Leading after the round is Paul Ulibarre and Jesper Lundmark at 11-under. Matt O shot 7-under and in a 10 way tie for 22nd. Folwer's got alot of big names beat right now, but theirs 6 rounds to go! good luck!!!by Logan - General Discussion
51 scores turned in in open John's tied for the lead now. Hopefully it stands their still 85 players to turn in.by Logan - General Discussion
Very cool.by Logan - General Discussion
Holy Crap! what a crush i would be shocked if anyone beat that.by Logan - General Discussion
Jason, When you say birdie do you mean a birdie 2, or a birdie 3 as in the hole is a par 4?by Logan - General Discussion
Phil what division are you playing in Japan?by Logan - General Discussion
Well if your coming to Baton Rouge your two course options are Highland Road and Flanacher. Highland is fairly open and long, it uses some of the only elevation in the area. It has nice Mach 3 baskets on all the holes. 18 holes with a total length of about 5900 ft. Some of the downsides is it doesn't have concrete tee pads, and doesn't play well after a good rain. It also can get crowded. Flanachby Logan - General Discussion
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This events gonna be Awesome. BTW weather looks like it's going to be good and HOT. High around 95. Cant wait!!!!!!!!by Logan - General Discussion
Is their any other big names(other than Nikko and Greg) signed up for this event? It looks like alot of big names are signed up for the Arkansas States instead. Just curios.by Logan - General Discussion


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Two years ago, when Google bought 5% of AOL, the agreement included "enabling Google Talk and AIM instant messaging users to communicate with each other, provided certain conditions are met".
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Margaret B. McShaneFebruary 07,2013Margaret B. McShane
POULTNEY A funeral Mass for Margaret Bertolino McShane, who died on February 5, 2013, will be celebrated on Saturday, February 9, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Raphaels Catholic Church in Poultney. The Rev. Father Daniel J. Jordan will officiate. Inurnment will be in the spring. There will be no public visiting hours.
Mrs. McShane was born January 10, 1917, in Poultney, Vt., the daughter of Frank and Marianna (Tomasi) Bertolino. She was a graduate of Troy Conference Academy in Poultney, class of 1935, and the Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing, class of 1939. Mrs. McShane was a Registered Nurse and continued her post graduate education at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and Simmons College in Brookline, Mass. She was employed at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, N.H., as a pediatrics supervisor and also at the Dartmouth Eye Institute from 1941 to 1944.
She was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving during WWII in Newport, R.I. After an honorable discharge from military service, she attended the Albany College of Pharmacy. She married John B. McShane Sr. on December 1, 1945. The couple purchased McShanes Pharmacy from Johns father, Owen W. McShane Sr., in 1949. She assisted her husband, who was a graduate pharmacist, with management of the store and pharmacy until 1971 when they sold the business.
Mrs. McShane and her husband lived in South Burlington, Vt., from 1972 to 1981 and Mrs. McShane worked at the Given Health Care Clinic from 1972 to 1977. Mrs. McShane and her husband returned to live in Poultney in 1981.
She was a lifelong member of St. Raphaels Catholic Church where she served on various committees and also gave of her time to the religious education program of the church. She was also a Court St. Catherine #2, Catholic Daughters of America, for many years. She was instrumental in organizing the Red Cross mobile blood bank in Poultney and continued working as a Red Cross volunteer for many years. She organized the local alumni campus chapter of Green Mountain College. She served as a volunteer at the Young at Heart Club in Poultney and also served at the elementary school where she assisted with the One to One Reading Program.
Survivors include a daughter, Marianna C. McShane and her husband Kenneth Sachs of New Haven, Vt.; two sons, John B. McShane Jr. and his wife Nance of Sudbury, Michael O. McShane and his wife Sybil of Montpelier; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert (Frances) Brandt of Plantation, Fla., and Mrs. Gerald (Helen) Foley of Poultney; three grandchildren, John B. McShane III (Samantha), Kathryn Vanderminden (Adam), and Matthew O. McShane (Sydney Crump); four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and her longtime friend and devoted caregiver, Cindy Goyette. She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1988. She was also predeceased by five sisters, Mrs. Gaylord (Jane) Baker, Mrs. Ralph (Anna) Colvin, Mrs. William (Mary) McNamara, Mrs. Harold (Kay) Davis and Mrs. Hugh (Faye) Hanrahan.
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Win over Harcum is No. 300 for Monroe's BrustadJanuary 20, 2013
Second-half surge caps historic night at the MAC
by Gary Axelbank, Monroe College
The Monroe Mustangs men's basketball team made history on Thursday night at the MAC (Monroe Athletic Complex). Wtih a second half surge that was emblematic of head coach Jeff Brustad's Monroe career, the Mustangs pulled away from Harcum and coasted to an 82-70 win, giving their coach his 300th victory. Brustad's coaching record Read about it in the Journal News Watch the news 12 report
Uneven play in the first half might have had some fans wondering if this was going to be the coach's night as they went into the locker room with only a one-point lead. But in the second half, the Mustangs front line duo of Maurice Ndour and AJ West, combined with some slick outside shooting from their freshman Dominican point guard Carlos De Jesus, simply wore down Harcum and when the final buzzer rang, it was a history-making 300th win for their coach.
"It was a night the kids came through like they have through my whole career," said a happy Coach Brustad after the game. "They executed what we have worked on and we got the 'W'".
While grateful for his players, in many ways it is they who ought to be grateful to him. With only one returner and a fistful of freshman, this season has presented maybe the biggest challenge of Coach Brustad's career. Part of that pressure, it must be noted, is because the standard of winning he has set at Monroe has been so high. With an .820 winning percentage earned over ten years, Brustad's Mustang teams are assumed to be winners each year. Eight Region championships, five District titles and the accordant national tournament appearances (including the last three) will do that.
But as this 2012-13 version of the Mustangs is demonstrating, the consistency of the coach's message and methods, his ability to teach his student/athletes to maximize their skill sets and, most importantly, get them to commit to a winning culture, can turn what at first can appear to be a ragtag group into a national contender. Maybe the hallmark of 300 wins will mean that Mustang success can be taken for granted no more. True to form, Brustad was gracious about it.
"It's an individual honor," he said, "but the kind of thing you don't fully appreciate until your career is over. In some ways, it's just the culmination of a lot of hard work. From the day President Stephen Jerome offered me the job there have been a lot of people, adminstrators and colleagues, who have had a hand in it."
In the Harcum game, Ndour was once again spectacular, scoring 25 poiints, pulling 18 rebounds, and blocking four shots. West had 20 points, 19 reounds, and added seven to his NJCAA-leading total of blocked shots. De Jesus was perfect from the field (4/4) with 12 points, and Isaiah Epps had 10 assists.
Brustad and the Mustangs will shoot for win #301 Saturday afternoon at Westchester CC beginning at 2:00pm. They are now 16-5 on the season, 2-0 in conference.


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When someone you care about has a brain tumor, it can be hard to know how to respond. Because brain tumors are not visible, news of the diagnosis might be a shock to everyone involved. At the same time, it could be a relief to finally know what is causing the person's changing personality, shifting moods, headaches, or difficulty thinking clearly — all possible symptoms of a brain tumor.
One way to reach out is to provide emotional support or help your loved one find an appropriate source of social support. Many people who have brain tumors find it helpful to talk to others who have been through a similar diagnosis and treatment program.
The National Brain Tumor Society is an excellent resource for both patients and their families. It offers information on both virtual groups and in-person support.
If you will be providing hands-on care during treatment and recovery, here are tips on how to be an effective caregiver.
Talk with the team of health care providers, which may include doctors, nurses, a social worker, dietitian, pharmacist, and psychologist, to find out:
How to keep your loved one comfortable
How to give or monitor medications
How to get the person up and walking or involved in any needed rehabilitation
How to respond to treatment side effects
What to do in case of a medical emergency
How to provide other forms of comfort that can help, such as gentle massage
What kind of diet is best
How to deal with depression and mood changes
How to manage cognitive changes
Learn as much as possible about the type of brain tumor being treated, as well as how it is being treated and what to expect after treatment. Ask your medical team about reliable online resources and community-based support services in your area.
People with brain tumors may have problems with speech and mobility before and after treatment. They may even have some personality changes. It might take some time for them to complete daily tasks or have a conversation. Keep in touch with the rehabilitation team, which may include physical and occupational therapists. Learn all you can about the rehabilitation plan so you can find ways to help your loved one achieve his or her goals and heal.
Even if you are not a primary caregiver, you can show your support in many ways. All cancer patients need assistance at some point, even if it is just with driving or preparing meals for their family. But many people with cancer (and other serious illnesses) feel awkward asking for help. Make sure your friend or loved one knows you are available.
You can make this process easier by offering concrete suggestions, instead of waiting to be asked. Volunteer to drive to and from medical appointments. Think about what essential tasks you can do when he or she is in treatment and recovery. For example, you might:
Carpool or tutor children
Cook dinner and eat it together for the social benefits
Make other meals that can be frozen and easily reheated
Mow or maintain the yard
Do everyday chores, such as the dishes, laundry, and vacuuming
It helps to devote a set day and time each week (or more often) to help with cooking or chores — that way your loved one has something to look forward to. And if he or she is well enough, going out for a drive, attending a religious service, or seeing a movie with you might be much appreciated. Sometimes, simply showing up and spending some quiet time together, relaxing, and giving other caregivers a break is the best kind of help you can give.
Another important way to help is organizing medical records, such as surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation records. These records are invaluable, especially in cases of getting a second opinion.
If you have specialized skills, such as accounting, you might consider offering to help with more complicated issues, such as organizing medical bills and insurance paperwork.
If you are a caregiver, you, too, might benefit from social support to acknowledge your own grief. In addition to an overwhelming sadness over your loved one's condition, you may be feeling anxiety, fear, frustration, or even rage at the constant stress of caregiving and the way your own life has changed. Try not to feel guilty or ashamed of these feelings. They are very normal. It might be helpful to seek therapy to work through some of these emotions.
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Gallery: Do you remember? -- 1988 St. Joe Invitational Tournament, St. Joe vs. Ceredo-Kenova
St. Joseph plays Ceredo-Kenova High School in the St. Joe Invitational on Feb. 27, 1988.
The tournament was born in 1978 after the West Virginia State Catholic Basketball Tournament, which began in 1936, disbanded in 1977.
The tournament is known for colorful student skits and crowd participation.
2012 is the final year for the St. Joe Invitational at the Veterans Memorial Field House, which will be demolished to make way for a $5.4 million soccer complex for Marshall University. The tournament is set for Wednesday-Saturday, Jan. 18-21.
We will scan and post a few galleries from past tournaments at www.Herald-Dispatch.com. (Please note that we have not shot all of the games through the years.)
Reprints of these photos are available. Find the photo you would like to purchase, then click "Purchase this photo" underneath it. Prices are $6 for a 4x6, $11 for a 5x7 and $15 for an 8x10. There are also bigger photo sizes and framing options, if you would be interested.
1988 St. Joe Roster (courtesy of Steve Theuring)
Coach: Bill Carroll
Assistant Coaches: Ed Fry, Bart Bartholomew
10 Travis Burlile
12 Lance Patrich
14 Chris Rideau
20 Tracy Phillips
22 Mike Anton
24 Jim Treacy
30 Eric Blatt
32 Eric Summerfeldt
34 Steve Braine
40 Mike Studamire
42 Daniel Wells
43 Matt Murphy
44 Pat Turner
1988 Ceredo-Kenova Roster
Coach: Carl K. Ward
Assistant Coaches: Ed Jenkins, Rick Chafin
10 Mark Talbert
11 Kevin Wells
12 Jason Deitz
20 Jason Cassidy
22 Keith Wallin
23 Larry Lucas
30 Eric Acosta
32 Danny Caldwell
33 Eric Shannon
34 Jeremy Stevenson
40 Pat Myers
42 Jim Workman
55 Derek Jackson
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Today the day to 'button up'STAFF REPORT | October 05,2013MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin has declared today "Button Up" day in Vermont.
It's meant to help Vermonters take actions that will lower their energy bills this winter and reduce their contribution to climate change, according to a news release.
Modeled after Vermont's successful Green Up Day, this event will be the first grass-roots day of action on weatherization in Vermont. The day, which is being spearheaded by the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network, is aimed at mobilizing as many volunteers as possible throughout the state to take steps — large and small — to help Vermonters stop wasting energy and become more energy independent.
"Every year, many Vermont homeowners waste hard-earned dollars because their homes are inefficient and leaky," said network coordinator Johanna Miller in the release.
"Button Up Vermont Day of Action is intended to be a fun, collaborative, community-driven effort to arm more people with the information, incentives and path they need to stop wasting energy and start saving money."
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What is this world coming to? We have been taking away recess from schools and there seems to be less and less playground equipment for kids to climb and play on as well. Now, no tag? I also heard that some schools have taken away 4-square. Aren't we going a bit too far?
Unfortunately, accidents are a fact of life. We parents do everything we can to protect our children from accidents, but kids will fall down and cannot be bubble wrapped. I certainly believe in helmets, cars seats, baby gates, pool covers, seat belts, childproof caps....I am sure I am missing a few, but despite our best efforts accidents will happen. Fortunately, most of these accidents result in non life threatening injuries. But bumps, bruises, stitches, casts are all a part of childhood (adults fall too), and I learned as a parent myself that the best doctors to know besides your pediatrician are orthopedists and plastic surgeons!
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Of course teachers and principals need to be outside watching recess and our children, but outlawing tag? Another ritual of child hood taken away, and exercise at that!
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Joined: 10/25/13
I am an on air personality for a Defiance themed radio www.ktamradio.com First I would like to thank your community team, and Trick for spending some time on the air with us.
I would like to ask what Defiance specifically is doing to improve upon the original promise of a shared world? When i threw down my 60 dollars to purchase the game it was with wide eyed wonderment at the prospects of a game merging with an ongoing TV program. The show will impact the game, and what we do in the game will impact the show. I as a player can be a part of this world.
Through the game i found, and and joined in along with the great folks at KTAM. What could be better a fan site that does in character Defiance fiction, this will surely help me inhabit this world even further, and it did in fact make my game so much more immersive, it became so fun to insert our own collaborative fiction into the world. It didn't much matter that the game was not advancing the story it was new, and the TV show was just fantastic, plus the game had so much potential.
Then the show ended. The crossover content we received hit a high point with the plague sieges, but then it all just ended. The game stalled, and the story stalled. The contests to bring your character into the show rewarded grinding a few small events ad nauseam, and those who worked hard to be part of the world were largely ignored.
The Defiance staff are often eager to talk about the next new mechanic or the next new game mode, but the story has ended. Volge sieges were added to the game with a switch, with no explanation of why they are even here. The story of DLC 1 was a few missions tieing into the new arena mode.
What happened to the off season crossover content that was to keep the story going. Will we as players ever be able to shape our own path in the world. Can we have the social hub, and the social conventions of other games, even something as simple as chat doesn't work the way it should. When i dance i clap my hands. I cant even put away my gun.
I simply want to be able to inhabit,and enjoy this game as an MMO, to be my own character in the world of Defiance.
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Joined: 6/17/11
I forgot my Archeage questions:
I play AA on Korean servers and I've heard rumors that XLgames decided to do Russia and China first and US/EU last which would mean that XLGames has unintentionally delayed the US release.
Does Trion solely get to decide on US/EU release dates, or does XLgames also plan the release dates?
Also it seems that XLgames is working on adding a lot of new content (including new races, Dwarves and Warborn - yeah!) and revamping some early themepark-style elements into more sandboxy elements - is Trion and XLgames planning to have this completed first before the game is ready for US/EU?
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Joined: 6/17/11
In a massively interview you stated the following:
"The traditional AAA style of development and distribution' is broken"
followed by
"With any luck, we'll see more endeavors where the balance of power returns to the product creators and the audiences they're trying to serve in the most direct relationship possible -- where everyone involved is a "product person" whose sole mission is to best serve the customer. That's powerful and exciting."
It seems that the current model of crazy-expensive games that nobody gets to play until they've been in dev for years is completely ineffective and far too risky.
it's a lose/lose/lose situation when the AAA game ends up bombing:
- $100s of millions (potentially) of dollars wasted
-Years of developer time wasted
-Disappointed players (after following the game dev for years, the first beta bombs)
How will Trion change the future game development to avoid the above AAA pitfall?
When can we expect more information on that new game that you hinted at in a recent MMORPG interview "not ready to talk about yet"
Novice Member
Joined: 10/25/13
Hey Scott,
It's Erik! ;) Are there any plans for an official ArcheAge forum and how is your community management? Is this Interview the beginning for more community work? And, last but not least: is the ArcheAge EU release still going to be accomplished by Trion?
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Joined: 6/17/13
PROUD P2P Elitist...
Concerning ArcheAge:
1) Are there any plans to revert any of the crafting mechanics back to their Korean CBT state, such as item decay?
2) Has any consideration been given to different rule/server types?
I can say a few things about them!
1) That is an excellent question for a future Q&A with the RIFT folks
2) The date for 2.5 is posted on a wall right by Daglar's desk
3) They are both dates in the future.
4) Sorry, I can't spoil specifics for the RIFT team's turn. :)
1) We're still working with XL on the specifics. They have a lot to do in supporting four different partners and their unique billing systems, and we want to make sure it's done right.
2) I like RIFT's current model for a lot of reasons. The zero barriers to trying and bringing in friends is the hugest advantage - People travel MMOs in packs. Barriers prevent that behavior.
Edited down to just the question parts for length!
1. No plans of opening new offices right now -- We've got EU native speakers in the headquarters office, including the FR and DE community reps. There've definitely been some bumps during the transition, but making sure it's all working the right way is a big priority.
1B. Hell no. :)
2. We have a lot of faith that XL is on the right track with what they're doing with the game. We've been actively translating it for quite a few months. It's quite huge.
3. I think RIFT's model is extremely well designed and well executed. It's a big part of why I came back to Trion.
3B. Not at the moment.
You're welcome!
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Joined: 11/15/06
Hello Scott,
my name is Fido and i am the operator of "Let´s Play ArcheAge - The german video magazine" on Youtube. At first I want to thank you for being our "interview partner" tonight. Don´t worry, i´ll make it short, the other guys here will ask enough questions about ArcheAge :)
1. A few months ago the german ArcheAge community ArcheAge-Online.de held the community event "A letter to Trion Worlds". Some of the letters were handed over to your ArcheAge team at the E3, the complete collection was sent to you by air-mail from Germany. At the time the event happened you didn´t work for Trion Worlds I just wanted to know: Did you ever get these letters?
2. More an invitation: If you´d like i invite you to be my guest in my Let´s Play series, some chatting and chiling in the sun of Ark included. We can do this in english language of course ;)
Greetings from Germany,
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Joined: 10/24/13
As a person who has played Rift since Alpha, why is there no compelling reason to stay a patron? I realize that the F2P model has given you new revenue streams with a lot of fluff and temporary boost items. However, the 10% discount, the weekly/daily gift, and the 20% extra marks (on low end currencies) does not justify the subscription. I am trying to give you money. I want to support the company and help pay the devs salaries. I raid, I do not care for dimensions (the sims), fluff items (the sims) and have no need for lower end currencies. Please find a solution to players like me who want to give you money for something they see value in.
Novice Member
Joined: 9/01/13
Thank you.
I love Rift, thanks for coming back to keep steering our game. We have just seen Shard Unification take place and I keep reading Daglars statements over and over but the wording implicates more than states so my main questions is:.
Is this the beginning of the possibility EU & NA shards becoming one region?
I am also a fansite for Dimensions - riftdreamdimensions.com - and thoroughly appreciate all concepts. Thanks so much! My other inquiry is with Raiding. This current tier of content is so awesome but because of how long it took to get here we have lost many endgame guilds. I fear we will have no hardcore raiders left soon because this content will also be conquered shortly. My inquiries are:
Will there be any changes in the pace of 20 man content being released? Is there any hope for current raiders to keep playing into 2014?
Thanks for taking the time Scott and Aloha Grakulen, Chief & everyone at Insomniac Gaming especially Kel :)PS Sorry I started a new thread same questions then saw this.
Thanks! It's funny, just seeing that question floods with about 100 things that I've learned. You actually locked my brain up for a solid minute there. I'll pick one part - While I'm thrilled at the way the game turned out, back in the time I first arrived, I'd have pushed us harder on the events and dynamic content layer, to see if we could have had more iterations on that.
The Defiance folks will be getting a crack here too -- Their state of the game ( http://community.defiance.com/en/2013/09/13/state-of-the-game-update/ ) sums up a lot of what we think about the current and where it needs to go (some of which has already rolled out) -- http://community.defiance.com/en/2013/10/16/making-weapons-more-fun-in-defiance/
Ever since introducing the trial, we're seeing a ton of new PC players, and have both usability and gameplay improvements in the pipe for all platforms.
Yes - That's a lot of why we wanted to bring ArcheAge here.
Novice Member
Joined: 10/25/13
Hi Scott I wanted to thank you for being our guest tonight.
Now for my question the last news I heard about the release date for Archeage was the end of this year beginning of next. Is there anyway you can give use a more concrete release date?
Novice Member
Joined: 10/25/13
Any status on the memory leak that plagues the PS3 Defiance players?
Disconnects, Lag, and Lockups are not fun.
The game is pretty awesome though. It also got me interested in Rift.
Apprentice Member
Joined: 4/17/11
Defiance is one of the most fun MMOs I've ever played. However, the DLC releases are way too slow! You can only run around the map killing random enemies and engaging in sieges for so many hours after completing the main quests.
What are you doing to speed up DLC development for Defiance?
I've learned that there really isn't any such thing as an average day. The same day can consist of ...
* talking about what to put into a celebration for all of our games (like this past week, planning out the celebration week that's just kicking off)
* reviewing a pre-alpha prototype and offering gameplay feedback
* Looking over a 3rd party game in a different language that a potential partner has asked us to review
* Meeting 4 bankers and giving them a board meeting style presentation/Q&A
* collaborating on a press release
* talking with our business intelligence dudes about straightening out the way we track how our ads are doing
* getting introductions to new potential engineering candidates (...we're hiring those btw., if you know any!)
* looking over a couple mails in our generic contact mailboxes and replying to a couple customer questions, because that's kind of fun
* ...then being on a conference call with a partner late into the night
I arbitrate very few game topics, other than how we choose to spend our time when it comes to things that need to touch many parts of the company.
The way Trion's set up, each game has its arbiter (we call them the owner, but same idea), and they're good at what they do.
They ask me for my thoughts from time to time, and we talk many times daily anyway, since we're within feet of each other -- but in the end, they're the ones living and breathing their particular game - I'm seldom if ever going to say that my perspective is absolutely better than theirs.
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Joined: 11/15/06
Originally posted by Hartsman
You´re not talking about Black Desert, do you? ;)
Originally posted by muchavez
I have a lot of words on the status of ArcheAge. So many that I may have anticipated this question and written something last night. :)
For such a young game, ArcheAge has had a lot of excitement in its life. We all know that a company launching its first MMO is a truly massive event.
In shipping an MMO the difficulty ramps up and up as you open it up more - Then on launch day, you're 24/7, live, and people are giving you their hard earned money for your game. On the inside, it feels like it couldn't possibly be the case, but the work actually gets harder.
It's absolutely brutal on development teams even in the best case. Having gone through it multiple times myself, even if you've done it before, you forget exactly how stressful it is, how hard all hands will end up having to work, and how long they'll have to do it.
The whole time, you're dealing with launch tech issues, and gameplay systems that didn't turn out the way they did in alphas and betas, and trying to figure out the best solutions to everything.
The whole time you're doing this, things have stayed that difficult for months in your first launch, and you hope to get into a solid cadence of being live, so you can start supporting other efforts.
With three other locale partners (in China, Russia, and us in the West), XLGames didn't have that luxury of going immediately from the Korea launch into locale launch ramps for all three partners. Hell, immediately launching into full simultaneous support for three other partners would have been practically impossible when a game's launch goes flawlessly, and we know that the initial Korean launch faced many challenges of its own.
We've been in touch with them the whole time - The relative quiet has been for a couple reasons:
1) They needed time to sort out what's best for their game, so it can be the biggest success possible in ALL locales
2) It's important to us to not be the kind of publishing partner that applies undue ship pressure to force them to make bad decisions. That happens a lot in games. We're not that.
Their team's now confident that they've got a solid path planned out for improvements to ArcheAge, that will benefit all of their partners. We think they do too. Since they already have live customers, they're going to be addressing their plans for their existing live game very soon. The head of AA on their side is actually doing his first interview about this today as well.
That's the real trigger for us. We look forward to the coming weeks of reopening discussions with our communities about ArcheAge and its future here in the west.
Expect them (and us) to start talking about things like: How their updates are going to be bigger, more stable affairs. How they're ensuring that all gameplay systems are fun and rewarding, so people aren't funneled into playing one optimal way. And how they're making the game experience more approachable, while keeping a solid level of difficulty that maintains that tension we all feel as we're playing through a dangerous world, gaining power and becoming more successful as we go.
Both Trion and XL feel strongly that these are vital elements that all of our audiences want to experience, and that's the direction everything's headed.
Some of you have probably noticed that over the past few weeks we've kicked off a regular posting series on our existing games' sites of what's going on inside of Trion in all of our games -- I'm extremely happy to announce that as of this next set, we'll be adding ArcheAge to the mix that we'll be openly communicating with you about on a regular basis. Some updates are about the games themselves, others are about what's going on inside from groups you seldom hear about who are just as vital to shipping and running our games.
You can sign up for those updates as well as the beta at http://www.archeagegame.com
And based on the size of this answer, I think we can consider this the first in that series.
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Joined: 5/05/09
Dear Scott .
I want to ask you a specific question that's a little different then most others you may get here today. I believe there is a great deal number of people who are really looking for this one answer above all else or details about specific games.
Here it goes.......
We want to know if you and Trion are something we can "Believe in". A Person/Company we can trust and stand behind .
We are tired of being mislead , lied to, deceived, and let down, we want a Company to "Believe" in and support.
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO GAIN OUR TRUST? < Give us something to believe in. Say what you mean and Mean what you say, no BS! >
I personally played rift in beta and 1.5 yrs more, and play defiance since beta. You becoming CEO is the only reason i still want to give trion a chance for my long term game playing dollars. If you had not come back to lead trion i would no longer be playing anything by them. I hope you can give me and others a statement to give us the Hope we want, then Deliver on it in the near future. This is how your foundation is being built as a CEO. What you do and say that ,we the players, believe of it, is how you will be future judged on all things.
I Thanks you for reading this and await a reply....
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Joined: 10/19/04
dear mr hartsman,
1) when do we get back the necessity to socialize in mmorpgs?
nowadays mmogs are more solo centric games and its easy to hook up with some random people for half an hour to do some group content. even as part of a guild the majority of people tend to do log in f.e. twice a week to gather for raids or for a hour a day to do the daily quests. there isn't that much need to bond with people. but the socialisation through f.e. a big long term goal for a group of people can make them stay in the game.
2) after f2p opened the door to the two-class-society (poor and rich) why don't take publishers one more step and offer f2p and p2p servers for the same game?
well, don't see this question as cynicism or critic to capitalism ... with my students we took a survey last semester about mmogs and surprisingly 53% of 750 interviewees would choose the p2p server if they would have the opportunity.
3) at which point will investors get that quality makes more money in a long run?
if you let aside the gear grinding as endgame content ... in sw:tor casual gamers were done with the content within 6 weeks; rift in 3 and defiance, sorry to say, 2 weeks (to be honest for a b2p game not so bad). eve online has still growing numbers in payed accounts and i bet if someone would reanimate SWG pre NGE with a f.e. state of the art grafics engine they easily would get a constant 6 digit subscriber number.
4) if you, trion worlds, intent to develop a new mmog (read some rumors about) how would you compensate the explosion of costs (i guess it nearly quadruplicated in the last ten years) to present us a high quality game?
lets have a look at neverwinter. come one, cryptic did a better job on animations back in 2003 when they launched city of heroes. everquest II set a standard in grafics back in 2004. everquest next looks like that the same pc from back then can run it in high quality. that had to do something with the budget.
sincerly yours
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Joined: 8/23/05
Hartsman , who's idea was to make a banner with the following message "You're not in Azeroth anymore", when Rift launched?
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
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Hi, Beck!
Originally posted by BeckAltarr
I'm a big fan of productive collaborations with sites. It's really powerful and amazing when it works. The key is that it needs to be a positive interaction for both parties - I've had both kinds of experiences in the past.
Originally posted by BeckAltarr
I wasn't at NYCC and can't speak to whatever may have been said there. Sounds like a misstatement. Happens. IP is a complicated topic that isn't really compatible with simple statements. They own the same TV elements they always have, and they kick ass with it.
Honestly? Yep, I'd absolutely trust sites. I think a lot of it comes down to evaluating: With a given site, is there a genuine mutual respect, in a healthy partnership? Are they a net add not just to the external players, but to the people on the inside working to make sure they're taken care of? If so, there's great potential there.
That said, when it works well, I've seen it have a fantastic impact in previous games.
Originally posted by BeckAltarr
Very likely when I stop working obscene numbers of hours each week!


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