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Yeah, it's a movie. What does anyone expect?
First clip from the jOBS movie released, Woz says it's not even close to what actually happened
The first clip from the upcoming jOBS movie starring Ashton Kutcher as the late Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak has been released. In the short clip it shows Steve and Woz discussing how Woz has the ability to create a personal computer that actually displays information on a screen in real-time. The clip was discovered by Gizmodo and Steve Wozniak jumped into the original posts comments to have his say on the accuracy of the clip.
Not close...we never had such interaction and roles...I'm not even sure what it's getting at...personalities are very wrong although mine is closer...don't forget that my purpose was inspired by the values of the Homebrew Computer Club along with ideas of the value of such machines and Steve J. wasn't around and didn't attend the club so he was the one learning about such social impact of the future.
I never looked like a professional. We were both kids. Our relationship was so different than what was portrayed. I'm embarrassed but if the movie is fun and entertaining, all the better. Anyone who reads my book iWoz can get a clearer picture.
Of course the film was never going to be an exact replica of what actually went on back in those great days but the first available clip does appear to miss the mark by quite a bit; which is really disappointing. If you are looking for a film to closely represent what actually happened,you may have to wait a bit longer for the film being written by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Sony, which is based on the official Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs.
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First clip from the jOBS movie released, Woz says it's not even close to what actually happened
Sorry, but we're talking about competing products (marketable stories). We're not discussing a libel or slander case. If Woz wanted that kind of consideration, he wouldn't have plugged his book, and pursuing legal action remains an option. So, pay to hear whichever version floats your boat.
The topic was authenticity. The authority on authenticity said the product had none. He then referred those interested in authenticity to his alternative. Why wouldn't he?
He also said that those interested in entertainment value might be fine with it.
And, he never made such statement about the Walter Isaacson book, as far as I know, so maybe he isn't the shill that you make him out to be.
Maybe he, like many of us, would prefer or expect that stories about us contain at least a reasonable balance of truth and fiction.
Since I have no dog in this hunt, I should probably unsubscribe because another stereotypical Internet response from you will annoy me more than I should allow it to. Peace
Look sparky, it's a matter of honesty. The movie claims to be the story of Jobs. The only other human being who was there said this isn't accurate.
Why are you still talking?
Why didn't the ass hole get involved then and tell it how it woz! Sorry for that, couldn't resist!
He knew the film was being made, surly he would have liked the film to be a closer portrayal of events?!
Woz realizes the movie is a vehicle for entertainment - not historical accuracy.
Biopics are generally for people who cannot read nor understand the subtleties of a human life when put into print. They are not about the subject. They are about creating drama and emotional impact. Isaacson's book was wonderful, probably as close as we will ever get to the real Steve Jobs. The movie is pure exploitation. Apple's stock plummeting could have just the right effect on the movie sending it directly to DVD.
If you're looking for authenticity, then the Sorkin movie will likely disappoint as well. Don't get me wrong, it will probably be a very good movie with riveting dialog -- that's what Sorkin is best at -- but in Hollywood there is a general opinion with biopics that authentic = boring. Which is okay, because that's why we have books.
I agree 100% with Woz. If it's fun and entertaining, all the better. What makes me sad is that the average non-tech who doesn't follow the industry like we do or have read 'book's regarding this era or subject will take this as gospel and it will spread like wild fire as something that happened. Personally I want to see this movie but am aware enough to accept it as entertainment and not much else.
Ashton Kutcher will do about as well in this movie as he does in two and a half men. It probably doesn't help that in the TV show, he plays a billionaire computer geek with weak social skills and a mountain of money, unlike Steve J. who was incredibly charismatic. This movie will likely make Cook look more boring than he usually does at Macworld.


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Herd comes back, loses
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- There's just something about Marshall and East Carolina football games that brings about the wildest finishes ever.
In a Friday game that featured more than 1,200 yards, East Carolina's Shane Carden scored on a 1-yard quarterback keeper to give the Pirates a 65-59 double-overtime win over Marshall in front of 46,317 spectators in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
That outcome followed Marshall winning at home last season in overtime, an overtime victory by the Pirates at home in 2008 and a 64-61 Thundering Herd double-overtime triumph at the 2001 GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
This defeat ended Marshall's season with a 5-7 overall record and 4-4 mark in Conference USA while eliminating the Herd from bowl game consideration with less than six wins.
"It's a shame it had to end this way but I thought our kids fought hard," Marshall head coach Doc Holliday said. "Unfortunately, we didn't get where we've got to go."
Prior to Carden's game-winning run, Marshall running back Essray Taliaferro fumbled on the Herd's possession in the second overtime.
It ruined a terrific game for Taliaferro, who led Marshall with 130 yards rushing on 27 carries.
"It's unfortunate that he turned the ball over at the end because he played his tail off," Holliday said. "It came down to one turnover and unfortunately, it was us."
Taliaferro played extensively because of injuries to Kevin Grooms and Steward Butler. He was one of several Marshall players that stepped up in the clutch without having many reps.
Another was Marshall backup quarterback Blake Frohnapfel, who came in late in the third quarter when starter Rakeem Cato injured his knee.
Frohnapfel finished 12 of 15 passing for 101 yards and a touchdown and added a 51-yard scoring run.
The teams traded touchdowns in the first extra session with ECU striking first on a 25-yard pass from Carden to Andrew Bodenheimer on the first play of overtime.
After getting a fourth-down conversion, Frohnapfel hit Antavious Wilson on a 4-yard touchdown pass to force the second overtime.
The overtimes came after a wild fourth-quarter finish.
Marshall was literally one play away from going to a bowl on two separate occasions on the Pirates' final drive of regulation.
After Taliaferro scored on a 1-yard run with 1:55 left to make it 52-45 Marshall, ECU faced dire straits with a fourth-and-10 from its own 23-yard line.
Carden stepped into a throw and hit Justin Hardy on a 19-yard reception to keep the drive alive. Hardy followed with receptions of 19 and 17 yards before East Carolina knotted the game on Danny Webster's 6-yard touchdown catch with four seconds left in regulation.
Carden completed 38 of 47 passes for 439 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for three scores. Hardy caught an East Carolina record 16 passes for 171 yards.
Marshall took a 45-42 lead with 11:12 left following Frohnapfel's 51-yard touchdown run.
It came on the second drive after he replaced Cato, who hit on 31 of 40 throws for 318 yards and five touchdowns in just two-and-a-half quarters of play.
Cato came back for one play to start the fourth quarter with Marshall inside the East Carolina 10, but his pass fell incomplete as he threw off his back foot and the Herd settled for a field goal to cut the lead to 42-38 on Justin Haig's 24-yard kick.
It was Cato's final pass attempt of the season.
"He just couldn't move well enough to get himself out of trouble," Holliday said.
Prior to the knee injury, Cato led a masterful comeback which saw the Herd rebound from a 21-point deficit early in the second quarter to knot the game, 35-35, on a 2-yard touchdown pass to Wilson on the first drive of the second half.
Two of Cato's touchdown passes went to wide receiver Tommy Shuler, who broke Mike Barber's single-season record for receptions in a season during his 14-catch, 141-yard, two-touchdown performance. Shuler's 110 receptions surpassed Barber's mark of 106 in 1987.
Shuler's first touchdown was a 24-yard pass from Cato after East Carolina took a 28-7 lead with 12:10 left in the second quarter on quarterback Shane Carden's 3-yard touchdown run.
At that point, it looked as though the Pirates would end Marshall's season easily, but the Herd kept clawing.
A pivotal play in the first half occurred with just more than two minutes remaining before the break. East Carolina went for it on fourth-and-1 and was stuffed for a loss, giving the Herd possession.
Marshall scored on a 19-yard pass from Cato to Shuler to cut the halftime deficit to 35-28.
"We were down 28-7 and I told Cato on the sidelines, just find me. I'm going to make a way," Shuler said. "I didn't want the seniors to go out that way."
In addition to Shuler, Antavious Wilson ended his Marshall career with a strong outing. He caught seven passes for 43 yards and three touchdowns.
Despite being hobbled a bit, senior receiver Aaron Dobson returned to the lineup to catch four passes for 61 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown that opened the scoring with 10:11 left in the first quarter.
Following that play, ECU ripped off 28 unanswered points to take its biggest lead.
The Pirates got a 59-yard touchdown pass from Carden to Jabril Soloman to knot the game just 65 seconds after Dobson's catch and followed by forcing a three-and-out.
Carden followed with the first of three touchdown runs, a 1-yard plunge to give ECU a 14-7 lead at the end of one quarter.
The ensuing drive saw a pass from Cato deflected by big nose tackle Terry Williams and intercepted by Michael Brooks. Six plays later, Vintavious Cooper scored on a 9-yard run to increase the lead.
Williams then had a big hand -- literally -- in pushing the score to 28-7. The 6-foot-1, 327-pound nose tackle raced up the middle on a Marshall punt and blocked Tyler Williams' attempt to give ECU possession at Marshall's 18.
Carden capped the 4-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring run to push the lead to 28-7 before Marshall's comeback began.
East Carolina (8-4, 7-1) awaits the outcome of Saturday's matchup between UCF and UAB to find out whether it will play in the C-USA Championship Game.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Lifelong Goose Creek resident Jimmy Locklear appears on his way to eventually winning the Lowcountry Sportsman Challenge.
But for now, he's had to settle for a pair of top three finishes in the event.
"Last year, I wound up third and this year I wound up second," Locklear said.
"Next year, I'm ready to get that championship."
The second Challenge was held this past Friday and Saturday and 32 competitors competed in darts, pool, golf, bowling and horseshoes. Of the field, 19 were from the Lowcountry.
Others came from as far away as Florida and Tennessee.
"It was a blast," the 40-year-old Locklear said. "I probably haven't laughed so hard in my life. It's just a great time. It's a bunch of great guys getting together and having a lot of fun."
Locklear was on the winning team in pool and was at least top six in the other four sports. In each event, competitors are matched up with a partner by blind draw.
"Sometimes you've got to carry your partner on your shoulders and sometimes your partner carries you," Locklear said.
In Locklear's case, he might have actually helped pool partner Blake Davidson, from Nashville, win the whole thing. Davidson was also on the winning team in bowling and golf.
Locklear does have sole bragging rights as the event's gambling champion, though. Before the Challenge, each competitor is given $300 in play money and they're allowed to bet on anything.
Locklear said he finished with around $4,000.
"I won most of that in pool," he joked.
Local residents Darren Davis, Bob Koontz and Duane Huggins, the defending champ, rounded out the top five in the final standings.
Another Challenge will be held in Florida in May, event founder and organizer Mark Flory said. He estimated a handful of local sportsmen would participate in that one.
There also could be a Challenge started in the Nashville area next year.
Flory currently lives in the Sunshine State but is a Goose Creek native and said he would be happy to give advice on how others could run their own Challenges.
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Vt. turning to solar power for state buildingsBy WILSON RING
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Along with AllEarth Renewables Chief Operating Officer Doug Goldsmith, left, Gov. Peter Shumlin announces a major solar initiative Wednesday in Montpelier. Under the plan, solar power will be provided to 10 state facilities.MONTPELIER Vermont is going to use solar power to run 10 state office buildings, including all seven of its prisons, officials said Wednesday.
The deal between the state and the company AllEarth Renewables calls for solar installations that will serve the prisons as well as the Pavilion Office Building in Montpelier, where the governors office is located, and state offices in Brattleboro and Bennington. In some cases, the installations will provide all the electricity for the buildings.
Gov. Peter Shumlin said the project furthered his long-term goal of getting 90 percent of the states energy needs from renewable power sources by 2050.
There is no cost to taxpayers for this investment. It will save taxpayers about a million dollars, which is not only smart in terms of managing taxpayer resources but smart energy policy, Shumlin said.
Wednesdays announcement is the culmination of a process begun in 2011, when the state asked for energy projects for state facilities at a competitive or neutral cost. AllEarth Renewables, of Williston, emerged as the winner of the three-company competitive bidding process.
Once completed, the project is expected to produce nearly 5 million kilowatt-hours of solar power per year, enough to power about 750 Vermont homes for a year.
AllEarth Renewables Chief Operating Officer Doug Goldsmith said his company would seek the needed state permits over the winter and hopes to begin installation of the arrays next spring.
Goldsmith said the project would involve many other Vermont businesses and contribute state jobs.
We do what we can to be able to source as much of our subcontracting materials from Vermont, helping put Vermonters to work, Goldsmith said.
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i think it's people pointing fingers. obviously there is nothing wrong with them. so they blame the game. "that game is grindy". when in reality they just dont like the game. doesnt mean the game is good or bad. it just means it's not for them. what they should be saying is "i don't have fun playing that game." instead they claim grind. because, why not try to tear something down? it's a way for them to raise their self-esteem. not unlike putting someone down in elementary school. gamers need to realize that they won't like every game and games are made for different types of gamers.
I think the prostitute mod corrupted your game files man. -elhefen
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"A fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
It all comes down to community, people just arent the same as they used to be in mmo's....just like in reality in the old days you could welcome complete strangers into your home (a myth? im not sure...) but for the sake of the example now you gotta watch your back cause the dude in the trench coat next to you may be packing an uzi, or constantly feeling your pocket to make sure your wallet is still there...same in mmo's you used to be able to walk up to a stranger without a care in the world and make new friends on the spot....now its just meh...a community whether people realize it or not makes the game no matter how much people try to play solo they will always jump from mmo to mmo...sometimes just playing with RL friends doesnt work out cause like everyone else they got RL shit to deal with...so along with RL friends its always imperative to make virtual ones as well...
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Joined: 5/06/11
Originally posted by Odinthedark1
Even in RL that seems to be true, when I lived in the south of France I would be welcome everywhere because I wasn't from there, I was constantly asked if I needed anything and was invited into houses all the time when tracking through there.
Now, back in Germany, if I ask someone in the city here something, people wouldn't even respond most of the time because they're not like that.
People might say that's because life is slower in Southern France, and while that's true in a way, it's other things, it's the way people are. I am a stranger in my own city, while I'm a welcomed guest in a place I wasn't born.
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Joined: 7/17/12
I popped too many blood vessels to give a damn anymore.
The term "grind" has been used to death as a negative. But the thing is, every game out there has grind built into it whether people want to believe it or not. It exists in different forms because that's the whole point of a game. In forms such as MMOs questing or raiding to online games that require simply killing the most to win or even simple single player games that just takes time to do.
Everything from Pac-Man to Legend of Zelda to even shooters like DOOM or Counter-Strike. Every game has grind, even if it takes your time. And if you don't have time for it, then you shouldn't have bought it. Or at least make time.
Get rid of the grind completely and what would you end up with? A bad movie.
You know what's fun about chaos? I do, but I won't tell.
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I actually liked EQ's leveling grind pace as it was in the beginning.. I remember looking at the spellbook each time you had to med, and I remember my first hell level in Highkeep basement.. I miss static camps.. I'm so tired of having to run around from quest spot to quest spot.. I loved the EQ group mechanics and gameplay.. It was great that everyone had a role to play, besides the watered down "holy trinity" we are force fead..
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Originally posted by Rydeson
We can hope that EQNext will solve our problems .. /wink SOE ..
We can hope ...
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Originally posted by TheBigDRC
Grind is a negative term for excessive repetition and certainly not all games have it. Let's take Doom as an example, every new map is different and every new map increases in size, amount of keycards required rises, introduce new monsters, new weapons and new scenarios (its a tarp!). That is very common for games. There is no grind to get that weapon or anything. Players discover them by playing through the game.
Your definition of grind is very odd.
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I popped too many blood vessels to give a damn anymore.
Originally posted by Quirhid
My definition of grind is somewhat broad. I think it goes together with the common complaints I've seen linked to it: time and effort.
Meh, I was going through different write-ups for my post. I just settled with the short one.
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Joined: 8/08/12
My interpretation of grind was different back in the day than it is today I guess. EQ1, while long leveling, wasn't a grind really for me in groups. It wasn't until I had a goal in mind that I wanted to get by the end of the night where I felt it. Was more in the hardcore exp groups looking to grind out a last bit of level or a few AA's. You just kind of put your nose to the grindstone and stayed as long as it took to grind it out. It was still fun for a while in those fast pulling groups, but after a while of constant chain pulling you felt the grind, but pushed through it to get to your goal. I like that phrase a previous poster used, fun is what made the grind go away and most of those EQ groups were very fun.
Played: EQ1 (10 Years), Guild Wars, Rift, TERA
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For me, it depends if the combat is fun.
I remember EQ is very grindy and boring. You wait for static spawn, and kill them exactly the same way as before. Often the game is nothing but a chat-room because of the long wait. I am glad those days are over.
On the opposite spectrum, Diabo (1, 2 & 3) is also grindy (i mean, you do nothing but kill, kill and kill more) but very fun because you fight a lot of mobs, they can have different (random) abilties, and come at you in different ways.
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Originally posted by cybertrucker
Amen brother.
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Originally posted by Quirhid
Sigh...nearly everytime you present an example...it ISN'T an MMORPG.
I will agree that there could be a way to not make having to go to the same dungeon over and over and over and over just to get one or two items.
Real example with relevance...currently playing Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. I have a lvl 36 Sorcerer attempting to get gear in a dungeon known as VT to players. It involves acquiring runes, candles, and tomes...along with the ancient gear that drops there to create pretty nice gear. Started going there at level 32. I'm growing pretty sick of the place after going there so much, I know the whole dungeons layout, what named are where, what thier place holders are when not there....getting old.
Hell some dungeons you out level the gear before even acquiring it.
Wondering why can't the worlds be more varied? Drops be randomized and not localized to make it more unpredictable and exciting when something does drop? Make the dungeons more explorable with hidden passage ways, puzzles and boobytraps...
Sure, it may still allow for you to have to or want to repeat that dungeon...but for the fun of possibly discovering something new and not simply for a predetermined piece of gear you know is at that particular spot, or finding a new secret room with some new mobs, etc. Yes...eventually the secret rooms won't be secret anymore. But who's to say with weekly/bi-weekly patches these couldn't be changed up. IDK how difficult that may or may not be...but would be nice.
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Joined: 9/22/11
Grind is something subjective most of the times.
What is grind for one person will be fun for other. Same with other things like time-sink. For one person certain thing will be time-sink and for other will be fun or something that add to atmosphere.
There is very few things that can be objectively say it is a grind.
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Joined: 5/27/11
Just play age of Wushu, and BAM, no more grind, you just have adventures.
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Joined: 11/19/12
I can differentiate grind from gameplay.
One way is that grind is related to the random number generator.
Another way is that grind requires more than one of something.
The final way is that grinding is something that takes time whether that's because players have to split rewards or another factor. Grind asks for your time.
The problem with grinding is that it's used as a way to keep you logged in in the hopes that being logged in you will get bored enough to strike up conversations and they want you to then login to continue those conversations. That's when grind goes bad, you can tell when your conversations with other players is about the grind itself, then it's time to exit.
I think too that I see a lot of people who romanticize their favorite games by the grind they endured and the social aspect that helped them through it. They connect those other players as someone sharing their punishment as prisoners become friends with each other while together all the time.
I think we have all seen them stating something like this "Back in my day we worked hard for things, and we HAD to group to do them, those were the good old days of mmos. Oh, I remember when I finally got that drop I had wanted for so long and the whole group cheered for me".
Dig? They feed from each other.
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Joined: 1/08/07
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Originally posted by greenreen
WRONG!!! Grinding does not keep me logged in to a game. I log on a game to have fun. There are things that take time to achieve
that may take time to complete. Especially in older games, as newer games tend to just drop stuff in your lap. However achieving thse things were a challenge not a grind! Already even in this thread people argue about to much GRIND. I just keep wondering if people on these forums dislike the MMO gameplay style so much that all they do is whine a cry about it. Why bother playing?
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Joined: 1/28/11
I like some grinds and dislike others. In general I dislike forced grinds and love optional grinds because then I can choose if I want to do it rather then stop playing because of it.
Things like the Wintersaber Tiger grind for WoW or the Sword of Lost Light quest in Asheron's Call are awesome. Grinding for side crafting jobs is lots of fun to me.
But when the main path of progression becomes a grind, that is when the game gets boring.
Grind use to be:
Do all the avalible quests to get 10% a level. Then stand there and kill mobs for hours or days gaining fractional XP gains and no worthwhile drops just so you can level up and get another few quests that will get you 10%. You had nothing in game to do but level up so your time was spent on the same mob group per level trying to level up for really no reason...since there wasnt a real endgame.
Grind then became having to do something in order to get the stuff you want. Doing stuff to get things in return, be it items or progression is the bases for all RPG game. So these days the cries to remove grind are cries to remove RPG from mmorpgs.
This is why games are so shallow, boring, and easy. Appealing to this crowd results in removing the genere from the genere if that makes sense.
The burning question for me is: why do you guys even bother playing a mmoRPG to begin with if you hate the bases for the game mechanics?
I certainly do go playing FIFA and then complain how i cant grab the ball and run with it. I feel that a lot of mmorpg gamers do exactly this. Beg for the RPG to remove all its RPG aspects and mechanics so they can basically get a fantasy third person shooter thats open world.
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Joined: 8/11/03
The concept of grind changes based on your perspective.
I thought EQ1 was of the most grind heavy games I have ever played. I didn't think Asheron's Call was though.. yet I would circle the same dungeon for days killing Olthoi.
When we are enjoying the surroundings and the setting, the grind is easily ignored. That is the only way to not be grinding, to not be aware you are grinding.
All games are grinds. Everything is grind. Learning to cook? You're grinding. Eating a burger? It's a grind until you finish it. The only time it isn't grind, is when you arn't thinking about it being a grind. When you are thinking it's a grind, you really need to start thinking about why are doing it in the place. With a job the grind is worthwhile because of the payday. With a game though...?
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Originally posted by Crunchy222
Well, you probably didnt mean it this way, but there is you problem right there.
This is essentailly "new age mmo design" in a nutshell, just put in "outdated" terms, the whole idea that there should be a overreaching activity that (or doing it) is the reward iself and that there should not be and is NOT ALLOWED to be any way bypass it.
A design for players that are able to repeat something for ages while being scared of thinking about it.
What we forget that older mmos often if not alwas featured other activities, that could speed up , bypass, make the leveling process more profitable or just distract from it, sometimes even designed as a timesink that would ironically take more time to complete than the leveling itself.
And we would judge the game by those features.
But i agree, yo, we need more genre in the genre, dawg. :)
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These are the new DVD releases for November 25th.
Synopsis: There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility – everyone knows that – everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough – as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think – until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock's greatest challenge yet – and a task that may prove impossible as Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), insists that he's a lost cause.
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Synopsis: With their home planet in danger and no place in the known universe to seek shelter, a desperate crew of miniature alien humanoids boards a human spacecraft in hopes of saving their doomed world. Eddie Murphy stars in a sci-fi comedy that re-teams the longtime comic actor with Norbit director Brian Robbins.
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Synopsis: Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines, and Andy Samberg lend their voices to this computer-animated comedy following the descendants of the first chimps in space as they blast off for fun and adventure on a far-away planet. Ham III (Samberg) is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp astronaut. This ne'er-do-well chimp may not be the most qualified ape for the job, but a scheming senator (Tucci) has recruited him for a most dangerous mission. It seems that a powerful tyrant (Daniels) has overtaken an alien world, and now it's up to Ham III and his trusty simian crew (Hines and Patrick Warburton) to help overthrow the deep-space despot. Perhaps with some training from Ham III's mentor (Kenan Thompson) and the help of a friendly alien (Kristin Chenoweth) this fearless group of anthropoids can make the universe a safer place for aliens and humans alike.
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Another Bill Misses Deadline
A bill proposing a textbook disclaimer of evolution has failed to advance in the Oklahoma legislature. HB 1504 missed this year's official deadline for committee action. See also the January 28 news item on this page.
"Intelligent design" proponent reinstated at MUW
Mississippi University for Women has reinstated Nancy Bryson, an untenured associate professor of chemistry, as its division head of science and mathematics following accusations that she was demoted because of a lecture she gave advocating "intelligent design." The university administration denies these accusations; the Chronicle for Higher Education (March 17, 2003) reports that according to the university counsel, her lecture played no part in her demotion, and that there were previous concerns about Bryson's job performance.
State Board Unanimously Rejects Intelligent Design
On February 20, 2003 the West Virginia Board of Education voted to adopt new science standards developed over the past year. The vote to approve the draft standards without any of the changes proposed by supporters of "intelligent design theory" was unanimous. Evolution features importantly in the new guidelines, which are based on frameworks suggested by the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scott and Other NCSE Members Become AAAS Fellows
Several NCSE members became Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on February 15, 2003. These individuals have been elevated to this rank because of their efforts to advance science or applications of science. New Fellows received their official certificates and gold and blue rosette pins during a ceremony at the annual AAAS meetings in Denver, Colorado.
Kansas Anti-Evolution Bill Pronounced Dead in the Water
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
The deluge of demands on higher education to prepare students for careers has left a wake of various responses - primarily changes in curriculum and more emphasis on testing and assessment of outcomes - to try to engineer skills that match current job requirements. But by focusing just on on content, they're missing the most important key to career success-- confidence. Unlike most other colleges, we intentionally engineer confidence here at the Park School.
We all know that skills and facts become obsolete and that knowledge alone doesn't land the job. On the other hand, there's a great deal of research that shows that confidence may be the most important ingredient in getting a job and rising up the corporate ladder. Perhaps nowhere is this statement better proven than in the studies that demonstrate why women don't get as far as similarly educated and competent men. For example, a recent article entitled The Confidence Gap cites a number of studies that prove that confidence-- even over-confidence-- is what separates out highly successful leaders from their peers.
The sad part of this story is that higher education, for the most part, doesn't concentrate on teaching confidence. None of the assessment measures that are required by accrediting agencies look at this factor, either. In fact, a lot of education actually stifles confidence. John Taylor Gatto, the 1991 teacher of the year, argues in his essay The 7-lesson Schoolteacher that school really teaches confusion, indifference, class position, intellectual and emotional dependency, provision self-esteem, and that one can't hide. While Gatto speaks of K-12 education, the same lessons are often the big take-aways in college classes. Too many professors are selected and promoted on the basis of their huge list of publications - matched only by their huge egos. Some enjoy putting students in their place, and consciously or unconsciously make them unsure of performance standards. Their students are beholden to them for the grades that will impact whether they get that prized internship, qualify for a scholarship (or even to stay in school), or make it into graduate school. And too often, students have no other measure of how well they're actually doing other than their grades.
Here's how we engineer confidence: Opportunities to give students authority and responsibility early on in their academic careers push them into situations where they will inevitably test their own capabilities. This also lets them see that their faculty and administration trust them. For example, here at the Park School of Communications, we check out about $25 million of portable production equipment to undergraduates each year - and we entrust them to manage our cable TV channel and FCC licensed FM radio station. Our station managers wind up leading 300 other student volunteers to execute programming that is accessible to the world - and accountable to the FCC. Even if they don't wind up managing radio or TV stations, these student media execs know how to lead teams, manage projects, motivate and provide feedback to subordinates, and run meetings.
Pushing students to interact with experts, even if they don't fully feel capable of engaging with them, allows them to learn how to network and use the language of their profession. I teach a freshman class called S'Park where we Skype in leading industry professionals and students are required to live Tweet and to actually ask questions and share their opinions with our alums, including Bob Iger '73 (Disney CEO) and David Muir '95 (ABC news anchor). We tell the students they are not "kids", they are young professionals - and they immediately begin acting that way.
Providing opportunities to become independent and live in unfamiliar situations while still having a familiar structure allows them (and their parents) to choose options that otherwise would be too risky. Our centers in Los Angeles and New York City allow our students to intern full-time while still checking in to take 2 classes and being mentored by their faculty and staff. And working side by side with professors and staff on real projects allows them to see themselves as agents of change and as capable - while still being scaffolded by their mentors who are teaching important concepts while also doing a job. Many of our students serve as crew for faculty documentaries or for productions done by our professional production unit, and many classes at Ithaca College work for clients in the community writing grants, creating websites, or helping to teach kids.
When choosing colleges, prospective students and their families should ask not just about job placement, what kinds of equipment or facilities are available, how famous the professors are, or even the college's ranking. What's most important is whether a student will feel more confident having experienced life in and out of the classroom . Being overwhelmed by the size or the culture of the institution will clearly be a step in the wrong direction. But so will being a truly huge fish in an overly small pond - while a student may succeed, she will accurately perceive that success there is not indicative of success among a more representative group of peers in the profession of choice.
Students need opportunities to test their own mettle, to lead others, to accurately see how they stack up against talented and motivated peers, and to find the niche where they feel comfortable and confident. They need just the right amount of sheltering and hand-holding. That's why we focus as much on developing and measuring confidence as on measuring the acquisition of facts and skills.
Monday, November 19, 2012
There are lots of ways to earn a college degree these days - and the price tag varies more than ten-fold depending on the choice. Community colleges offer a great value for vocational and basic liberal arts classes-- and for most students, they can live at home which counts as additional savings. State universities, even with their government support dwindling, are still quite affordable. Proprietary schools offer laser-focused and fast-track training that can demonstrate concrete job skills and leads. And online options such as MOOCS can allow the motivated to be independent learners, exposed to some of the best minds in the world without paying a dime.
And then there are the expensive, elite private colleges like Ithaca College. The bill for four years of this experience is easily a quarter of a million dollars. The conventional wisdom regarding private schools is that it's where rich kids -- and the token few exceptionally bright scholarship recipients -- meet their mates and future business partners who come from similar backgrounds. "It's not about what you know but who you know", people say. I don't underestimate the partial truth or the worth of that. But if this is all it's about, parents could just give their kids memberships to a few country clubs take off on some expensive vacations hoping to meet the right people who will hire (or marry) little Johnny and Susie.
I do believe that connections are what an elite private college education is all about -- but its more than social networking.
A four year residential college education helps students connect the dots. It's not just about marching through a Chinese menu of courses in various distribution categories, checking off requirements. In the best schools, there are many ways in which students learn to connect ideas and leverage divergent ways of thinking and solving problems. For example, in fall '13 we're launching an integrated core curriculum through which students take four courses in different disciplines on a particular theme such as sustainability or mind, body and spirit and create an e-portfolio showing how they've synthesized tools, techniques, and ideas to solve problems. At small colleges, it's much easier and more likely that students get involved in clubs and leadership opportunities where they put learning into practice. And just living in dorms -- especially where there are trained staff and resident assistants and even faculty associates - provides a rich opportunity for experiential learning.
In elite colleges, classes are small. Students are individually known to professors and to their peers. This forms a support group, and provides opportunities for role modeling not found in huge lecture halls. Students find their own voice-- they're called on and forced to take a stand and articulate their thoughts. Other students are also talented and motivated -- they're not just rich kids but rather today in elite colleges they are more likely characterized by their drive than their parents' tax return.
Finally, smaller colleges that have strong reputations have similarly robust alumni relationships. People are proud to have graduated from their institution and find it an honor to come back to speak and network with students. We just counted up the Park School alums who have been involved in various classes, contests, and special events just this fall and they number more than 70. The common bond of having studied at the same campus or even with the same professor is a huge advantage when students are looking for internships or jobs with alums. We hear from decades of communications students that saying "I'm from Ithaca" has opened many door -- and hearts.
In this crazy world of information overload, rapid change, and uncertain economies, the only thing that sets people apart is their ability to make all kinds of connections -- otherwise everything is just random. Those connections are what make us human --- and make us more valuable as colleagues, citizens, mates, and parents.
If you're considering coming to the Park School - don't underestimate the value of connections. And if you're already here-- make the most of this precious commodity.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
What's the role of colleges in preparing students for jobs? The debate rages on among university leaders, politicians, and journalists. Articles like this one by our own alum Jeff Selingo (VP of the Chronicle of Higher Education) summarize the conversation around this topic that focuses on the relative merits of a general liberal arts education vs. specific technical job preparation and the return-on-investment of a college degree.
The Park School has been known for decades as a place that blends professional training with a broad liberal arts foundation -- and often minors in other subjects and langauges. Selingo's article helps us focus on thinking about the kinds of attributes and behaviors that mark successful employees as they continue their careers -- sometimes far beyond particular skills they learned which might be obsolete in a few years. Those include teamwork, critical thinking, reasoning, clear writing and speaking, and problem-solving. Our Park students excel at these, not only because of their class experiences, but because so many take advantage of opportunities with our student media such as ICTV, WICB, and the Ithacan. But how do new grads demonstrate those competencies, and how do they get a foot in the door in this competitive global environment?
The process that human resources offices and hiring managers used a decade ago are quite different today - and many of the changes are due to technology and social media. So ... allow me to share some challenges, lessons, and some examples of how I'm trying to help our students ready themselves for the job hunt, starting on day one.
Challenge: The resume-reading robot
Yesterday's method of filling jobs was to place ads in a few newspapers, receive a few resumes, have somebody from HR screen them, and then let a hiring manager interview the most promising ones. Today's system is quite different. Jobs are listed on multiple internet sites and thousands of resumes flood in. HR staff use automated software like the Resumator to look for key words and sort the wheat from the chaff.
Lesson: Write like a search engine thinks
Resume robots obviously search out key words, so when students prepare resumes, they need to know the current, hot terms and names for processes, initiatives, and software that matter to employers. For example, my communications students who want to go into video editing need to be able to list the software they've learned and they also need to know the terms used for the commercial editing processes, like "workflow". Students going into organizational communication need to pepper their resumes with concepts they've learned such as Lean Six Sigma and employee engagement. They pick up this "insider" language not just from textbooks, but from interacting with alumni and professionals who come in to do guest presentations, mini-courses, and workshops -- and also in internships.
Challenge: Conveying your personality on the screen
Once you do get a real person to read your resume, you've got to somehow stand out in the crowd. Many online job systems limit the kinds of file and the formatting of documents that you can submit. But even though most young people in the job market now have their own website or blog where they post information about themselves, it can be difficult to stand out among all of these.
Lesson: Use multimedia tools
Until you get that big chance to meet in person, there are a number of multimedia tools that can give potential employers a glimpse of how you present yourself and, if it's relevant, examples of your creative work. Our students learn to create websites and blogs where they upload pictures, videos, and presentations, as recommended by Kyle Lagunas of Software Advice in this article.
At the Park School, all of our freshman students begin creating an e-portfolio in a first required course, S'Park. This is where they develop and continually tweak a personal essay that describes their unique experiences and perspectives (such as travel, volunteer or leadership activities, minors, languages spoken, etc.) The e-portfolio supports multimedia documents, so students often upload presentations, videos, still pictures, and examples of papers and creative media projects. Even a highly praised final paper in a philosophy course is a valuable "artifact" to include: while it might not relate to your major, it can show your writing and research abilities along with adding depth to whatever you did study as a major.
Challenge: Doing a makeover of your college social media presence
Most companies will check out a candidate's FaceBook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts before hiring, or even before interviewing. Obviously, the kinds of pictures and comments that made you the life of the party at school are not going to be similarly impressive to future employers. On the other hand, somebody with no social media presence doesn't appear to grasp the power of these tools.
Lesson: Weed out your social media sites, and start getting connected with the right folks
Our S'Park class features alums and other industry leaders who come in person or via Skype to provide their perspectives and advice. The course is taught in an auditorium with about 180 students, and they all need to Tweet live during the entire class. The purpose of the Twitter feed is twofold:
1) It allows the students to assemble "group notes" so they gradually learn from each other how to tease out the important lessons in a guest speaker's presentation. They can also ask questions of the guest speaker this way or post links to relevant sites about the presenter.
2) It forces students to begin a Twitter account that they use to present themselves professionally. Once they create an account, they often follow guest speakers and other industry luminaries, who will then follow their feed. From freshman year, our students begin sharing their voice with other professionals, getting a head start at being a regular contributor to the dialogue in our field.
Challenge: Knowing whom to talk with and how to network
College students are accustomed to communicating with their friends via text messages and FaceBook. They may have shaky interpersonal skills and they also may not know how to start meeting other professionals.
Lesson: start at home
It's tough to make inroads with potential employers and often sources of good leads are totally overwhelmed with employment-related requests. A recent article suggests people to contact both before and after graduation. This article suggests often-forgotten people close to you like your friends' parents, your parents' friends, professors, and former guest speakers. We make many of those connections right here for our students. We're lucky that so many of our students' parents and friends are in the industry, and we often invite them here (live or via Skype) to speak with students, or we take our students on field trips to visit them.
Being successful in today's job market means embracing new and old techniques. For college students, the message is to start early crafting a compelling image, saving examples of your work, learning multimedia tools, and expanding your network. This may be news to other colleges -- but fortunately it's the tradition at the Park School.
Monday, April 16, 2012
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With our high quality, self-paced degree programs you can get an accredited degree for around $6,000 #EndStudentDebt
What separates a "real" college from a fly-by-night diploma mill? One of the ways in which colleges and universities are vetted is by accreditation.... and many new for-profit online start-ups like the one in the Twitter ad blast flaunt their accreditation as a validation of their legitimacy. But accreditation comes in many flavors.
Like all respectable colleges and universities, Ithaca College, is accredited by the US Dept of Education approved agency for our region, Middle States. The Park School of Communications falls within that overall institutional accreditation and in fact, we're recognized as one of the top undergraduate communications schools in the nation.
That's the easy part. Here's where it gets hairy: Many individual schools or degree programs within an institution can also be accredited by an agency that's specific to that discipline. For some, it's mandatory. For instance, programs offering a degree in teacher education or in certain health sciences such as physical therapy MUST be accredited for students to be able to sit for licensing exams and for students to be considered for graduate study in that area.
In other disciplines, there is voluntary accreditation. Business is one of those fields. Journalism is another - and that's one of the degrees in the Park School. Some journalism programs choose to apply for accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. We've never chosen to pursue this and here's why.
The accreditation standards for ACEJMC actually limit the number of communications courses that students can take.They require that students take a minimum of 80 credits outside of the school while we require that students take at least 60 credits of their coursework outside of communications. Here's why: communications is a complex and rapidly changing field. To be competitive, students need a preparation that is both deep and broad. If you want to go into journalism, one course in reporting that you don't take until your junior year is not going to cut it. If you want to be a scriptwriter, you need many semesters of practice. Prospective communications professionals also need to learn about skills and practices slightly outside of their specific area of interest. Journalism students profit from being photography minors and taking courses in public relations. Cinema majors are well-advised to take some advertising courses lest they don't get picked up by George Lucas to direct his next epic. TV-Radio majors may wind up producing corporate videos, so taking courses in strategic communications will allow them to be more effective. One of the great advantages of the Park School is that we have all of these majors and courses under one roof... and we encourage our students to take advantage of that fact.
ACEJMC also limits the amount of internship credit a student may take in a degree to the equivalent of one course -- 3 credits. That's counter-intuitive. What we're hearing is that to be employable, students need intensive and multiple internships. Our students often start out with a 1 credit internship after their freshman year, go to our Los Angeles, London or New York City programs and take 6 credits of internship (engaging in almost full-time work for a semester), and many of them do multiple internships in their home towns during the summer. We limit internships to 12 credits total.
Students come to the Park School and alumni are successful in large measure because we immediately immerse them in coursework in their majors starting day one-- AND we promote intensive and meaningful internships. Does this make our students less academically prepared or narrow? I certainly don't think so. Actually, we find that when students engage in internships and become immediately involved in their professional coursework, they are more likely to value the kinds of courses our college offers outside of their majors. They learn the importance of speaking a second language, of being able to grasp scientific and economic concepts, and of being prepared to construct and balance a budget.
Many other schools of communication agree with our stance; in fact, only about a quarter of the over 400 programs seek accreditation - and some prestigious programs such as Ohio State have voluntarily given up their accreditation so that they could offer what they feel is a more valuable curriculum.
So accreditation is a two-edged sword. In today's confusing marketplace, families certainly need some assurance of the quality of an institution and its programs. On the other hand, accrediting agencies are one of the many factors that lead to curricular stagnation - the very last thing that we need in higher education.
We'd like to think that our own faculty and leadership - as informed by our ongoing engagement with our academic and professional counterparts - are the very best judge of what constitutes an excellent communications education.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
It's that wonderful time of the year when high school students applying to Ithaca College are getting their acceptance letters. I hear from a lot of them - through ICPeers (our online social network for prospective students), through my Facebook page, and emails - and it's wonderful to share in their thrill.
Then comes the big question for many of them: deciding among many good college offers. On the sidelines are their families who will be trying to support them both emotionally and financially through the next four years -- and each day being bombarded with questions about the value and purpose of a college education. President Obama, in his recent State of the Union address, put colleges "on notice" regarding rising tuition costs. And today, a guy who dropped out of Harvard launched the Facebook IPO and instantly became a billionaire. Should you pick the college that gives you the best financial package? One that guarantees you a job right after graduation? Or should you take that college savings account and open up a lemonade stand or a create new smartphone app? What's the purpose of a general well-rounded liberal education?
I've figured it out... the big question that prospective college students and their families should ask:
*** Which college will give me the best chance at having the most fun for the rest of my life? ***
I'm not talking here about which place has the best downtown nightlife, the most frats and sororities, the rowdiest football games, or the most entertaining-sounding courses. And it's not just which college looks like it has the happiest students (although that's an important indicator).
Many students wonder why they are "forced" to take all those courses that they don't feel relates to their major or what they want to do as a career. I've even heard them called a "waste". FAR FROM THE TRUTH. Those are what create opportunities for fun.
Sure, we hope that a college education at a place like the Park School leads to great job opportunities upon graduation and career advancement through a lifetime. We have four decades and thousands of alums who have proven that we do that really well. We prepare students who are confident, connected, and well-trained in their craft. But if it's just the technical skills you're looking for, you can get those through a trade school or even free online. A place like Ithaca College offers you much more. It's those other courses and experiences outside your major that have the most potential of yielding you more fun in your personal life after college.
Do you know people who are picky eaters, timid around strangers, narrow in their musical tastes, anxious travelers? They're kind of difficult to be around -- and they seem like they have few opportunities for enjoyment. I remember when my 3 yr old nephew would only eat Kraft American cheese, white bread, and Chicken McNuggets. The other kids were having a great time exploring new tastes and new places and he frankly was kind of a wet blanket.
If you give yourself opportunities to expand your musical and literary tastes, learn new languages, be comfortable in strange places with new people, try new cuisines and sports-- you simply expand the possible ways you can have fun. When you get the opportunity to go skiing in the French Alps and eat escargot, you're right there, mixing with the locals. When an opera company comes to town, you jump on it with the same enthusiasm that you feel for your favorite jazz trio and heavy metal band. You have a deep appreciation for art films, keep in great health, create a solid investment strategy, and can have a lively debate with people of almost any political persuasion. What fun!
The Dali Lama (who actually spoke at Ithaca College in 2007) said in his book: ""I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness."
College should help you create more opportunities for happiness. Sure-- a great career is a good start. So are good life-long friends. But more than that- your four years in college should help you develop more things you appreciate and more situations where you feel confident and comfortable.
If you're thinking about college -- or already a part of a campus -- seek happiness for yourself and for those around you. THAT's what we're all about.


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Dr. Simpson joined the faculty in 2006 as the registrar, a role that gave him the opportunity to help students navigate the sometimes complicated path to completion of their degree programs. In 2011 he moved to Houston as the director of operations and continues to positively influence students' ministries by helping them with course choice, scheduling, and degree completion. He is married to Amber and they have two children, Madison and Eli.
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This video consists of 17 seconds of "Aww, cute!" followed by nine seconds of "OH MY GOD, oh god, so cute, SOOO CUTE," accompanied by squeals of delight. Or maybe that was just me. Watch the video after the jump.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The American Red Cross issued an emergency request for platelet and blood donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give because many fewer donations than expected were received in June and the first week of July.
"We are counting on generous volunteer blood and platelet donors to step up and give now," said Sharyn Whitman, CEO, Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region.
"Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Each day donations come up short, less blood is available for these patients in need."
Nationwide, donations through the Red Cross were down approximately 10 percent in June, resulting in about 50,000 fewer donations than expected.
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June can be among the most challenging months of the year for blood and platelet donations as regular donors delay giving while they adjust to summer schedules.
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Ed Taylor Memorial 5K Charity Race/Walk & Kids Run
This has quickly become the largest 5K event on the North Coast Grand Prix!
The 6th Annual Ed Taylor Memorial
5K Charity Race/Walk and Kids Run
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Kent State University at Ashtabula
Starting in the Robert S. Morrison
Health and Science Building parking Lot
5K Race/Walk 8:00 AM
Kids 1/2 Mile Race 8:15AM
Sponsored by the Kent State Ashtabula Physical Therapist Assistant Technology program. Proceeds from the event will benefit pancreatic cancer research in memory of Ed Taylor, PTA.
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$20 for early registration (online payment) up to April 11
$25 after April 11 or on day of race (A T-shirt is guaranteed for EARLY REGISTRANTS)
Kids Entry Fee: $15 and get a T-shirt or $5 without one.
The Ed Taylor Memorial is part of the NorthCoast Grand Prix Series sponsored by the Ashtabula County Medical Center.
Registration and packet pick up begins Friday April 25th 6-7PM and Saturday Morning at 6:30 AM at the Robert S. Morrison Health and Science Building on the west side of the Ashtabula Campus.
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For years, our fans have clamored for larger-scale figures than we normally produce, particularly our McFarlane's Sports Picks fans, who want to see their favorite players in 12-inch scale.
In 2003, McFarlane Toys came through, starting with a line of five NFL football players to be released in 12-inch form and hitting stores in mid-September. After seeing the positive reaction from both fans and retailers about this product, we knew we had to keep the momentum going.
And thus was born the National Hockey League 12-inch line.
This initial foray into 12-inch hockey figures contains:Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins center, No. 66Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche goalie, No. 33Roy will also be released in his Montreal Canadiens uniform for old-school fans.
This NHL 12-inch line will only be available at WalMart Canada. Look for it in stores in early November. These figures will also be offered in limited quantities through the Store at spawn.com for U.S. consumers.


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Greetings, and welcome to my photography site. My name is Wally Caddow and photography is one of my passions.
For me, there is a thrill in trying to capture that perfect moment in time and preserving it forever. That elusive moment when the action is at its absolute peak or that mysterious instant when someone's whimsical expression tells you volumes about them. Trying to get that shot is why I like making pictures.
And to someday get a shot in Sports Illustrated. There, I said it, for the whole world to hear. I long ago gave up the dream of being in SI as an athlete, so a nice two page spread in the 'Leading Off' section with a photo credit would be nice. Hey, a guy can dream.
So until SI is contracting me to cover the Super Bowl, I work on my craft in these pages. I hope you like them and I hope there is a good shot here of someone you know. Maybe your son or daughter in that perfect moment that speaks volumes about them.


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PRESTONSBURG — The 2013 Great Easter Egg Hunt is over.
Eddie Ratliff, of Prestonsburg, returned the prize egg to The Floyd County Times' office shortly after no0n, Wednesday. He found it hidden beside a tree and covered in leaves, along the closed portion of Ford's Gap Road, between Auxier and East Point.
This is the second time Ratliff has won the contest. He and his wife also won it in 2010, when it was hidden along the Garfield Trail, in Prestonsburg.
Being only the second two-time winner in the contest's 10-year history, Ratliff said success depends on being persistent, but not stubborn.
"You have to follow your instinct and trust your gut," Ratliff said. "Those clues, you can make them fit just about anywhere in the county, if you try."
While he certainly enjoys the $500 prize money, Ratliff said he most enjoys the challenge of game, in which an Easter egg is hidden and then clues to its location are revealed one at a time.
"I like puzzles and that a good one," Ratliff said. "It's tough."
Ratliff, who works at Big Sandy Two-Way Communications, said he keyed in on Ford's Gap Road early, after realizing the clues were pointing in the direction of a hill in District 1 near the county line and realizing there were not many places that fit that description. Still, it wasn't until after the all 13 of the scheduled clues were out and bonus 14th clue was printed that he was able to locate the egg.
Even when he found the egg, he did not think he had won.
"There was a lot of garbage in that hollow, and when I first picked up it, I thought, 'That's just an old, black ball,'" Ratliff said. "But then I looked closer."


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Earthquakes forward Marcus Tracy undergoes season-ending surgery
Tracy to miss remainder of 2013 season after undergoing knee surgery
September 17, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that forward Marcus Tracy will miss the remainder of the 2013 season after undergoing a meniscectomy on his right knee. The surgery was performed by Dr. Richard Steadman on Sept. 11 in Vail, Colo.
Tracy made five appearances for the Earthquakes' first team this season. He also played in four Reserve League games for San Jose, including three starts.


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Recap of The Vampire Diaries, Season 4, Episode 10: "After School Special" — The Truth-or-Dare Shall Set You Free
Newsflash: Bonnie's (Kat Graham) father, Rudy Hopkins, not gone the way of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh from Beverly Hills, 90210. (The original one. Look it up.) Papa Hopkins is back, and he's going to try to run Mystic Falls as the town council's seventh choice for interim mayor. Sound like a stupid move? Yeah we think so too. But, hey, there we go getting ahead of ourselves again…
Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 10, "After School Special" opens amidst a candlelight vigil for Mayor Lockwood. It's four days after her death and Sheriff Liz Forbes and the new mayor are forcing the school body of Mystic Falls High to mourn en masse. "How does a community stay strong after losing its leader?" the sheriff asks. Understandably upset, Tyler (Michael Trevino) walks out.
Elena (Nina Dobrev) watches him go. Then she thinks she spots Rebekah (Claire Holt). Could it be? To answer her question, Elena goes to investigate. She hears crying coming from the one of the halls, turns the corner to find her former babysitting client. "It's the whole mayor thing, it's bringing up stuff from my dad," April (Grace Phipps) says. "And I know you're a vampire." The last bit catches Elena off guard. Before she can ask, "Say what now?" Rebekah vamps in and breaks her neck. "Was that necessary?" April asks. Rebs smirks and replies, "No. But it was fun."
Meanwhile downtown at Mystic Grill, Stefan (Paul Wesley) is doing a little mourning of his own over the loss of his relationship. "Seriously, you decided to go on a Ripper bender now?" Caroline (Candice Accola) asks when she calls to chastise him for skipping out when Tyler needs him most. "My brother slept with Elena," Stefan replies. "It kind of puts a little bit of a damper on things." Yeah, it does. But, um, the Mayor died. We're just saying.
Speaking of the late Mayor, the Powers That Be cite an "accident" as her cause of death. Caroline hates that because it sounds like code for fell-over-drunk-and-drowned-in-the-town-square fountain. But we disagree. Everyone knows it's code for Klaus (Joseph Morgan) strikes again!
Sadly Stefan isn't the only one skipping the assembly. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and Matt (Zach Roerig) ditch too. Their excuse: They're vampire hunter training out at the Gilbert lake house with Damon (Ian Somerhalder). The training's coming along nicely. Jer's strong and fast but he's not as good as his ego thinks. Damon, who's busy repeatedly listening to please-don't-send-me-way voicemail messages from Elena, pauses to remind him of this. Minutes later Original Vampire Klaus stops by to remind Damon that he's supposed to be "growing Jeremy's mark." The OV asks how many vampires Jer has killed. When Damon answers zilch, zip, zero. Klaus does not like the answer. Damon is too preoccupied to care. Suddenly he decides to teach Jer the second lesson of the day. The sexy Salvatore quickly assembles the handgun and shoots the OV twice in the chest. "That was for Carol Lockwood," D says.
Back in town, Bonnie catches up with her dad. She's not amused that he's accept the Interim Mayor job. Still, she offers, as the super witch of Mystic Falls, to help. Having just learned that vamps killed both his predecessors, Rudy wants revenge. He basically tells his daughter that he's going to crack the rule whip around town and that he will protect her. We try not to laugh.
Meanwhile, back at school Elena wakes up in an empty classroom with a newly undaggered Rebekah. The Original sister has kidnapped her and she promptly uses E as bait. Stefan and Caroline bite. They launch a half-assed attempt to liberate Elena only to conveniently get schooled by Rebs who easily captures them, sits them down in a classroom and compels them to spill the beans about the vampire cure, the hunter's mark and loads of other stuff.
During a bout of awkward silence Caroline blurts out that Stefan and Elena broke up and this fuels Rebekah's vengeance fire. She commands Elena to tell Stefan three hurtful truths. The first was why she slept with his big brother. "I didn't sleep with Damon because of the sire-bond," Elena involuntarily confesses. "I slept with Damon because I'm in love with him." Ouch!
While Rebekah entertains herself by watching Elena's confessions break and re-break Stefan's heart, Bonnie heads out to Professor Shane's (David Alpay) office to bitch about her dad. "He hates my witch heritage. That's why he travels all the time," she whines. "He can't handle it." Shane replies by liberating her, telling her she doesn't need his help anymore. Then he gives her a graduation present. It's nothing big. Just a necklace with a human bone charm that the 2000-year-old witch Qetsiyah used to channel power. Shane then sends Bon-Bon home so he can grade papers.
As she leaves, Bon-Bon passes a flirty-cute guy in the hall. Does he look familiar? Or is he just hella hot? After she turns the corner, Bonnie realizes the stud is Original Brother Kol(Nathaniel Buzolic). She runs back to Shane's office to warn him. But she's too late. Chairs have been knocked over. The Professor's gone. Kol has kidnapped Shane for his sister.
Speaking of Sister OV, Rebs takes a break from the Stelena drama to use Caroline's phone to call Tyler. She catches him at home alone, mopey. "I heard my brother made a real mess of your life," she says. "Believe me, I can relate. You have my condolences." She invites him to come collect them by saving Caroline. "Maybe you have a better shot of saving her than you did at saving your mother," Rebs says. It's a low blow. Tyler, who's already guilt-ridden, rushes to the school.
Before he gets there, Kol arrives with Shane. Rebekah immediately tries to compel him to tell her about the cure. But the prof can't be compelled. So Bex leave Kol to beat the truth out of Shane. Or nibble it out. The Original sister doesn't care. She's too psyched to go back to her truth-or-more-truth game with Elena. Tyler arrives just before she starts the second round. Rebekah compels him just like she did the others. Then, for Ouch: No. 2 she makes Elena tell Stefan how she feels when she's with Damon (Answer: "Like I'm free.") versus how she feels when she's with him ("like a project to be fixed"). For the final truth bomb, Rebs commands Elena to tell Stef how what she feels for him. E's eyes fill with tears as she confesses that she still loves Stefan but she's not in love with him. This satisfies Rebs to the core. "Did that hurt, having someone you love drive a dagger through your heart?" she asks Stefan. "Welcome to the last 900 years of my life."
Meanwhile, Damon's sitting in the woods outside of the Gilbert lake house, whittling. Klaus vamps up. Surprisingly he's not mad that Damon shot him. He's more worried about Jer's hunter mark. He suggests they turn more townspeople so Jeremy can kill them and grow the mark. Damon hesitates and Klaus accuses him of trying to appease Elena by doing the right thing of not involving innocent civilians. Damon doesn't deny it. So Klaus tells him he's already started working on his idea. His first victim is the local pizza delivery girl. Earlier that evening he'd turned her then compelled her to go to Jeremy's house. While Klaus and Damon sit in the woods, Pizza Girl knocks on Jer's door, claiming car trouble. Too honest for his own good, Little Gilbert admits that he's about to hop in the shower then he invites her inside to wait for the mechanic. Oh, sweet, nice Jer...
Pizza girl attacks Matt faster than you can say "extra pepperoni , please." Jer hears the struggle, comes in and stakes her. Damon vamps in and together they all watch Jeremy's tattoo grow.
In the meantime, Bonnie walks into Mystic Falls High, looking for Professor Shane. She finds a supremely brainwashed April, who tells her that Rebs had already compelled the Scooby Gang to spill about the cure and was in the process of torturing the truth out of Shane. Bonnie quickly grabs some salt and a few vials to do a protection spell for her Ph.D buddy.
Not far away, Shane doesn't think he needs to be protected. The way he sees it, he and Rebekah are on the same side. They want the cure, he wants to resurrect the man who's buried with it. Shane announces he just wants to free Silas and Kol starts to drown him. Only Shane's lungs don't fill with water. April's do. And Shane keeps talking. He confesses to orchestrating the murders of dozens in order to raise Silas. He figures that killing a few won't really matter because "Once I raise Silas, Silas will raise the dead and he will bring back every last soul who died on his behalf."
Kol thinks Shane is bat poop crazy in the most dangerous of ways. He grabs a copper pipe and skewers Shane. This time the professor feels the pain. He starts bleeding and falls. In another room, April falls too. Only she's bleeding much worse than Shane. Bonnie full-on panics.
Rebekah thinks Kol has killed Shane and she is not happy. She needed him. The people she doesn't need are sitting in the other room. So she marches back into the library where she has stored Elena and co. and compels Tyler to change. She knows that he can't control himself in his wolf-vamp hybrid form and figures she can use him to buy time. While Tyler kills, and possibly eats, his friends, she and Kol can get a head start on finding the cure. She plans to force-feed it to Klaus then kill her brother where he stands.
Tyler tears apart the library in a failed attempt not to turn. Before he does Elena, Caroline and Stefan run. Car dashes off one way and the couple formerly known as Stelena tries to barricade themselves in a hallway. It doesn't really work. Beast Tyler bangs in the door. Then, just as he's about to break through he seems to give up and go away.
Elena and Stefan take this opportunity to run. They sprint down the hall where they find Bonnie with a dying April. She tells them what happened and they realize she's been duped into using Expression magic, which they think is the darkest of dark. But they don't have time to worry about that now. Stef feeds Elena's former charge his blood and warns Bon-Bon to take April and run — which she does.
The only problem is Bonnie heads straight for Shane's office. She finds him not at all repentant. She accuses him of tricking her into doing black magic. He tells her Expression is not black. "It's a way of doing magic that isn't monitored by nature or the spirits," Shane says. "It isn't good or bad. But it also has no limits. So how you use it is up to you." The nutty professor reiterates that he's there to help Bonnie because she's "the key to everything." We can't help but think: Oh, snap. Don't let Elena hear that!
Back at Mystic Falls High, Caroline finds Tyler lying naked in the gym in front of his mother's shrine. He's managed to reclaim his human form. When he sees her, he starts crying. Yes, he blames himself for his mother's death. "I should have saved her," he says.
Meanwhile Rebekah catches up with Elena and Stefan. For some reason we don't understand, she offers to help Elena out by erasing Stefan's memories of her. Elena looks appalled. But Stefan doesn't. He jumps at the chance and tells Rebekah to do it. That's when we realize why Rebs offered: She turns to Stefan with a look that can only be caused by years of heartache and betrayal. "I refuse to make you forget her the way Klaus made you forget me," she hisses. "Consider your eternity of pain my revenge, Stefan."
Talk about awkward. Now Elena knows that Stefan wishes it were all over, that he could forget her and move on. And he knows that for some reason she doesn't want him to, that she needs him to remember. Stefan turns and walks out. We think he leaves crying, but we can't be sure.
Later, out at the Gilbert lake house, Damon buries Pizza Girl. Elena calls to tell him that Stefan knows about them. Then she tells him what Bex's compulsion made her realize — that her love for him, and not his brother, is "the most real thing that I ever felt in my entire life." She waits a beat then adds, "I love you Damon. I love you."
Damon looks confused. Then he looks up at the sky like he's thanking God. He tells Elena that he's going to do a lot of dirt to find the cure for her. Then he says, "Get in your car, right now. And come to me."
Back at Casa Salvatore, Stefan meets with Rebekah to make a confession of his own. He tells her that Shane's not dead and that he wants to work with her to find the cure. He suggests they be Team I-Hate-My-Brother because "whoever finds the cure first gets to decide what to do with it."
Speaking of hated brothers, while all this was going down, Klaus was busy turning the entire populace of a honky-tonk bar into bloodsucking peeps. Accompanied by Damon, Jeremy walks in sees the carnage and freaks. "You said you were going to convince Klaus to do this another way!" He tells Damon. But Jeremy doesn't know what Elena has just told Damon. He doesn't understand that the vampire will do anything to have her human again. At least not until Damon opens his mouth. "Well, I thought about it," D says, "then I realized his idea is better." And behind him some poor guy who'd been drafted into vampirism wakes up dead.


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Sun., June 1 (POM)
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Wed., June 4
at Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
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Fri., June 6
at Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
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Sat., June 7*
at Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
6:00 p.m.
Tue., June 10* (PON)
vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
Allstate Arena
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Thu., June 12* (POP)
vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
Allstate Arena
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This marks the sixth time in 11 years the Wolves have reached the league Finals; Chicago has won the IHL's Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000 and the AHL's Calder Cup in 2002; the team also made appearances in the Finals in 2001 (IHL) and 2005 (AHL).
--- Jason Krog: Leads the AHL in assists (19) and points (28) and ranks third in goals (9) in 18 postseason contests, which includes five goals and six assists during the five-game Western Conference Final ... Notched a point in nine straight games, collecting nine goals and 17 points during that span ... Paced the league in goals (39), assists (73) and points (112), during the regular season, all career highs
--- Darren Haydar: Notched a point in eight straight games (2G, 12A), which includes two goals and eight assists during the Western Conference Final ... Tallied the conference final, series-clinching, goal in Game 5 last Friday, his 51st career Calder Cup Playoff marker, tied for the most in AHL history ... Ranks second in the league with 20 points and is tied for fourth with eight goals during the postseason
--- Joel Kwiatkowski: Potted a power-play goal in each of the last four games of the conference final and seven points (4G, 3A) overall during the series ... Leads AHL defensemen with seven goals - a postseason franchise record by a blueliner - and ranks second with 17 points, third-best on the squad
--- Ondrej Pavelec: Backstopped Chicago to all 12 of its postseason wins during his professional playoff debut, tied for the AHL lead ... Recorded a 2.17 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage during the postseason, which includes holding opponents to two or fewer goals in eight of his 18 contests
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--- The Wolves will host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Games 1 and 2 of the Calder Cup Finals, marking the fourth straight series the squad will have home ice advantage during the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs.
--- The Wolves and Penguins did not face off during the regular-season; the squads have matched up in four regular-season contests since Chicago joined the AHL in 2001, with the Wolves going winless (0-3-1-0-0).
--- Chicago has recorded an 8-2 mark on home ice during the postseason, which includes wins in four straight.
--- Linemates Darren Haydar and Jason Krog share the AHL lead with four game-winning goals apiece during the postseason, accounting for eight of the club's 12 winning markers.
--- Chicago has posted a perfect 10-0 mark during the playoffs when netting at least four goals, which includes last Thursday's Game 5 Western Conference Final clincher against Toronto.
--- Four Wolves have competed in a league Finals at the AHL or NHL level, which includes Darren Haydar, who captured the 2004 Calder Cup with the Milwaukee Admirals and Joe Motzko, who was a member of the Anaheim Ducks 2007 Stanley Cup Championship squad.
The Wolves have notched 27 of their 57 goals during the Calder Cup Playoffs on the power play, which includes 10 of 18 during the Western Conference Final. Chicago has registered an AHL-best 22.7 power-play efficency rating during the postseason (27 of 119).
Fri., May 23 (Game 5)
(at) Chicago 4, Toronto 2
--- Trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes, Chicago tied the contest with two second-period power-play tallies 16 seconds apart before netting a pair of third-period markers to capture the Western Conference Final, 4-games-to-1, with a 4-2 win over the Toronto Marlies at the Allstate Arena
--- Darren Haydar notched the game-winning goal and an assist, joining Jason Krog (2A) and Joel Kwiatkowski (G, A), who also tallied two points
--- Netminder Ondrej Pavelec recorded 23 saves on 25 shots
Wed., May 21 (Game 4)
(at) Toronto 6, Chicago 1
--- The Wolves trailed 2-0 4:40 into the contest and never caught up, as the Toronto Marlies exploded for a 6-1 win at Ricoh Coliseum to cut Chicago's Western Conference Final series lead to 3-games-to-1
--- Defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski netted the squad's only goal - a power-play tally - with assists from Darren Haydar and Jason Krog
--- Ondrej Pavelec (28 saves on 33 shots) and Robert Gherson (one save on two shots) split the goaltending duties
Tue., May 20 (Game 3)
(at) Chicago 4, Toronto 1
--- Chicago used four power-play goals to open up a 3-games-to-0 Western Conference Final lead over the Toronto Marlies with a 4-1 win in Game 3 of the series at Ricoh Coliseum
--- Right wing Darren Haydar tallied three assists while defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski poured in a goal and an assist
--- Netminder Ondrej Pavelec recorded 30 saves on 31 shots


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