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" Despite the fact that inner-city gun violence is the predominant cause of youth deaths and is perpetrated virtually 100% of the time WITHOUT "assault weapons" or "large capacity magazines", it is those items that our Malloy, Obama and the majority of Democrats want to ban! "
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The massacres can be done in seconds or over months. Either way we need to start to put a lid on the epidemic of gun violence killing off our fellow citizens. "
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
SNAP at the 2014 SBC annual meeting
SNAP was at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting June 11 in Baltimore, handing out flyers and urging Baptists to get serious about dealing with clergy sex abuse and cover-ups.
The evangelical "good-old-boys" network is just as effective at covering up clergy sex crimes as the Catholic hierarchy, said Pam Palmer, a SNAP member who spoke with the media there.
This problem is not going away, and the sooner Baptists start responsibly addressing it, the safer kids in Baptist churches will be.
Thank you to SNAP!
SNAP seeks independent review of abuse handling by prominent SBC churches, ABP News, 6/5/2014.
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To the person who wrote the May 16, 2014 comment on my "To the People of FBC-Orlando" post: Please email me.
Posted by Christa Brown at 12:03 PM
Thursday, January 23, 2014
$12.5 million verdict shows change is coming to Baptistland
Last Saturday in Florida, a unanimous jury awarded $12.5 million to a man who, as a child, was sexually abused by a Southern Baptist minister. Significantly, this verdict was assessed, not only against the local church, but against the Florida Baptist Convention.
To my best knowledge, this is the first time in history that a verdict has been handed down against a Baptist statewide denominational entity in a clergy sex abuse case. Attorney Ron Weil of Miami is the person who brought this "game-changer" of a lawsuit to fruition.
I'd like to imagine that Baptists will view this as a wake-up call to begin implementing the sorts of systematic safeguards that other major faith groups have. But Southern Baptists have shown themselves to be recalcitrant in this arena, and so I expect it will likely take still more lawsuits – and still more needlessly wounded kids – before that happens. For now, the Florida Baptist Convention is simply saying that it plans to appeal.
For twenty-five years, I practiced law as an appellate attorney in Texas. So I know a thing or two about what can happen in the appellate process and what the possibilities are. But whatever may happen next, this case has already brought a seismic shift in the terrain of Baptist clergy abuse litigation.
For far too long, Baptist denominational leaders have acted as though they believed that by doing nothing, they could protect denominational coffers against the risk of liability. In essence, they prioritized the safety of denominational dollars over the safety of kids. Now however, denominational leaders will have to consider that doing nothing also puts those dollars at risk.
This $12.5 million verdict will also garner the attention of other trial lawyers, who will now see that the Southern Baptist wall has been breached, and who will bring still more lawsuits in an effort to widen that breach.
No more will Baptist officials be able to brag that they always prevail on summary judgment. They likely had to incur much larger attorney fees in defending this case in a full trial, and it is likely that many more cases will go to full trial in the future. With trials, you get the public disclosure of many more facts – facts that denominational officials might prefer to keep hidden.
Because Southern Baptist officials have historically prioritized the protection of denominational dollars, cases such as this are what are needed if kids are to gain better protection against Baptist preacher-predators. When Baptist officials are forced to spend down enough of their denominational dollars, they may eventually see the sense in re-ordering their priorities for the protection of kids. It's a shame this is what it takes . . . but it does.
For far too long, preacher-predators have been able to easily church-hop through this porous denomination because Baptist leaders have pretended that their version of "local church autonomy" precludes any systematic denominational sharing of information about reported clergy child molesters. This religious rationalization has amounted to little more than a candy-coating on Baptist leaders' irresponsible inertia, and it has left a trail of destruction in the lives of countless kids. But Baptist leaders have been successful with this religious-sounding ruse . . . until now.
On the facts of this case, the Southern Baptist Convention's "local church autonomy" defense failed, and a jury found that a statewide denominational office bears responsibility. Some may argue that this case was unique or that other cases will be different. But while other cases may indeed bring other facts to the table, most Baptist ministers bear commonalities by virtue of their affiliation with the denomination. For example, it is common for Baptist ministers to be aided in job searches through denominational services and to be listed in denominational directories. In any event, there are always variables in particular cases, and this is the very essence of how tort law develops – i.e., case by case.
In the not-too-distant past, when a drunk driver caused harm, only the drunk driver bore responsibility. But as the carnage caused by drunk drivers became better documented, the law slowly changed, case by case and through legislation, so that those who sold alcohol to already-intoxicated people would also bear responsibility. Those who gave the drunk driver the weapon of harm could no longer throw up their hands and say "not my problem."
Similarly, I believe the law will eventually become more uniform in recognizing the relational responsibility that Baptist denominational entities should bear based on how they promote and facilitate the employment of Baptist ministers. This is, after all, a cooperatively functioning denomination that takes in over $500 million a year into centralized coffers. Abusive Baptist ministers are not lone-wolf rogues, but rather, they are affiliated with a denomination of enormous influence, and that affiliation aids in the public perception of ministers' authority.
To a very large degree, it is the denomination itself that places the mantle of trust onto the shoulders of Baptist ministers, and so the denomination should be held accountable when it irresponsibly allows that mantle of trust to become a weapon for child sex abuse.
For far too long, Southern Baptist officials have been distorting their "local church autonomy" doctrine to serve as what is, in reality, a legal strategy for trying to shield the denominational structures from the risk of liability. The doctrine has been functioning as a tactical construct and not a religious construct. Ultimately, however, the law must look to how Baptist denominational entities operate in the real world and not merely to the abstraction of what denominational officials say.
Thankfully, that is exactly what the jurors in this case did. They looked at reality.
Slow or fast, change is coming to Baptistland. It is inevitable. I rest my faith in the justice-making work of American trial lawyers and in the ordinary good sense of American people who serve on juries.
Thanks to ABP News for publishing this column!
See also:
SNAP leader terms $12.5 million verdict against Florida Baptist Convention historic, ABP, 1/23/14
SNAP asks Baptists not to appeal abuse verdict, ABP, 2/12/14
Thanks to ABP News for publishing this column!
See also:
SNAP leader terms $12.5 million verdict against Florida Baptist Convention historic, ABP, 1/23/14
SNAP asks Baptists not to appeal abuse verdict, ABP, 2/12/14
Posted by Christa Brown at 11:10 AM
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Be gentle with yourself
"When the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference, something in your heart goes cold."
-- Bruce Springsteen
Trauma experts confirm the critical importance of social context in determining how people process traumatic events. If traumatized people are supported by a caring community, they may often do quite well even after terrible events. But when traumas are inflicted on a child by someone who is supposed to take care of the child, and when the child experiences those traumas repeatedly, and when the child's community colludes to deny the reality, and when the child is not allowed to feel what he feels or give voice to what he knows, then the child's mind cannot process what has happened and the trauma embeds itself more deeply.
This truth about the importance of context manifests itself in the stories of clergy sex abuse survivors. These are people who, in childhood, experienced a terrible crime, but for whom the traumatic impact is typically derived from much more than the predatory acts of a single person. Rather, when the offender is a much-trusted minister, the degradation of childhood rape and molestation is often exponentially magnified by the community's long-continuing efforts to minimize, deny, and cover up – i.e., by the context. We have seen this pattern over and over again.
Thus, the context that surrounds clergy sex abuse makes it a classic context for giving rise to long-term trauma-related issues. For those who experience such traumas during the vulnerable developmental periods of childhood and adolescence, the impact is often more profound than is encompassed within the usual parameters of a post-traumatic-stress-disorder diagnosis. Generally, the diagnosis of PTSD was developed in connection with adults and does not take into account the ways in which chronic, repeated traumas affect a child's development.
So, researchers have coined the term "complex trauma" to refer to the more disruptive and all-pervasive constellation of problems – problems of mind, body and spirit – that derive from such traumas. They include such symptoms as hypervigilance, dissociation, chronic sleep disturbances, nightmares, persistent feelings of worthlessness, emotional numbing, feelings of shame and self-blame that generalize to daily life, an impaired ability to sustain close relationships, disconnection from others, and a rupture of one's most basic systems of meaning. These symptoms may persist long after the traumatic events.
Experts recognize that complex traumas can often be highly intractable and very difficult to treat. Complex trauma imprints itself in ways that are not connected to cognitive processes, and so we cannot reason ourselves free. The problem is not all "in our heads," but rather, complex trauma lodges itself in the body's physiological processes. The ACE study brought us staggering proof of this physiological correlation when serious traumas, such as sexual abuse, are experienced before the age of eighteen. Like some sort of mutant virus, complex trauma takes up residency within our bodies, always waiting for some moment of weakness when it can unleash its destructive force yet again.
The contextual impact often compounds itself in subsequent decades when a clergy abuse survivor attempts to speak out about what was done to them. The truth of our stories is deeply uncomfortable for many people, including not only religious leaders but often friends, family and community. Perhaps it is because they cannot bear to see their own complicity or perhaps it is simply because they prefer the familiar terrain of their self-told soft lies rather than the seismically-shifted terrain shaped by the hard truths of clergy sex abuse. Whatever the reason, the result, once again, is that the context complicates the traumatic impact. The devastation of clergy sex abuse continues to reverberate through the decades as church, community, and even family persist in sending messages of "what was done to you doesn't matter." It is a cruel message that gets communicated in a myriad of ways.
Often, the message is made even harsher by the suggestion that we should not only heal ourselves but should also take on the obligation to make everyone else feel better. We are essentially chastised for making others uncomfortable. And we are expected to shape our stories of clergy molestations and rapes into less ugly versions that will not upset the equanimity of the community.
When so many turn a blind eye, shame the victim further, and collude in cover-ups, it is easy to see why clergy abuse survivors often lose the most basic of trust in the shared bonds of a caring humanity. In the long litany of harm caused by clergy sex abuse, I often think this is perhaps the most pernicious damage of all.
In so many ways and with so many voices, we hear these sorts of messages so often – "Why don't you just get over it?" – that we ourselves sometimes wonder all the more about what is wrong with us. And when we find ourselves dealing yet again with the nightmare that we thought we had already dealt with, it is easy to get discouraged.
But for those of you who have experienced the trauma of clergy sex abuse, know this: What you feel is normal. And your long, circuitous path of healing is normal. Those who suggest otherwise are ignorant.
So when you feel yourself discouraged, my earnest plea is simply this: Be gentle with yourself.
What you are dealing with is incredibly difficult. Experts know this. Believe them, and ignore the ignorant.
My wish for you in 2014 is that you may feel many moments of respite from what you know of human evil. And may you have many days of peace, wonder and joy.
- Related post: "So much hate," 2/24/2010.
- Great article about the ACE study: "Can childhood trauma shorten your life?" Alternet.org, 12/24/2013.
Posted by Christa Brown at 3:19 AM
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Truth and Reconciliation Needed in Baptistland
In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, journalist Peter Beinart posed this piercing question: "Why, in recent days, has the American media focused so much more on Mandela's capacity for reconciliation than his demand for truth?"
Beinart, who is also an associate professor at City University of New York, presented a possible answer: "Perhaps," he said, "it's because, all too often, America wants reconciliation without truth itself."
I think Beinart may be on to something.
"Truth itself" can be terribly hard. It's way easier to skip straight to the reconciliation part.
Certainly, we have seen this pattern in Baptistland, where religious leaders are fast to preach on forgiveness but disinterested in the truth about clergy sex abuse and cover-ups.
Indeed, in America's largest Protestant faith group – the Southern Baptist Convention – religious leaders are so disinterested in – or afraid of – the truth about the extent of clergy sex abuse and cover-ups that there doesn't even exist the possibility of a denominational process for assessing clergy abuse reports. Nor does there exist any denominational process for keeping records on how many abuse reports a minister may have, for informing congregations about multi-accused ministers, or for disciplining those clergy who cover-up for the unspeakable crimes of their colleagues.
One of the best ways to protect children in the future is to hear the voices of those who are attempting to tell about abuse in the past. Those voices almost always carry ugly, hard truths – truths about not only the preacher-predators but also about the many others who turned a blind eye or who were complicit in covering up for clergy child molestations.
Baptists need their own sort of Truth and Reconciliation Commission to bring the truth of these voices into an arena where they can be heard.
Those who have been victimized by clergy sex abuse are in desperate need of a safe place where they can tell their stories and be heard with respect and compassion. Those who have known about abusive clergy or who had reason to suspect, those who have been complicit in cover-ups, those who have engaged in intimidation tactics for the silencing of victims, and those who have followed the direction of senior pastors to keep such things within the church family – all of these people – are in need of a safe place where they may now tell what they know, express their remorse, and do what is still possible for making kids safer in the future.
Those parents who sit in pews and wonder about how many of their leaders may have been complicit in covering up for clergy child molestations – those parents also are in need. They need a credible outside resource to illuminate the truth for them – or at least as much of the truth as can possibly be ascertained.
So long as Baptists persist in trying to deal with clergy sex abuse "without truth," kids in Baptist churches will not be made safer.
They will not be made safer by Baptists' all-talk-no-action resolutions, and they will not be made safer by hollow pronouncements on the preciousness of children.
Rather, if kids in Baptist churches are to be made safer against clergy sex abuse, then Baptists everywhere must engage a sacred commitment to shared truth.
A faith so feeble that it fears the truth is no faith at all.
Some of my remarks in this posting were previously quoted by journalist Peter Smith of the Louisville Courier-Journal in an article called "Evangelicals urged to confront sexual abuse."
Thanks to Frederick Clarkson for quoting extensively from this posting in his 12/10/2013 article titled "Child Sex Abuse Crisis of the Religious Right Grows."
Thanks to Frederick Clarkson for quoting extensively from this posting in his 12/10/2013 article titled "Child Sex Abuse Crisis of the Religious Right Grows."
Posted by Christa Brown at 7:10 PM
Monday, November 18, 2013
Baylor president writes letter of support for child molester
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Tucked away in a Washington Post article last month was the news that Baylor University's president Ken Starr wrote a letter of support on behalf of a child molesting school teacher.
Baylor is the largest Baptist university in the world, and Ken Starr is the man at the top. Formerly, Starr served as a federal judge, as the United States Solicitor General, and as a special prosecutor during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
The child molester who inspired Starr's letter is Christopher Kloman. For nearly 30 years, Kloman taught at the elite Potomac School in Virginia, which Starr's own daughter attended.
Faced with multiple accusations of having molested female students, Kloman pled guilty last summer to four counts of indecent liberties with a child younger than 14 and one count of abduction with intent to defile.
At Kloman's sentencing hearing in October, five victims provided what was described as "harrowing"accounts of the sexual abuse they suffered as kids and of the long-lasting impact it had on their lives. One woman testified that school officials had been informed about Kloman's conduct, but that they merely sent him for counseling.
"My sense of self-esteem had been crushed," she said. "No one thought what he did was bad enough to help me."
As reported by the Post, "some of the women testified that they had been through years of therapy after the abuse. For decades, most never revealed what had happened."
Despite the enormous harm that Kloman caused in so many lives, and despite Kloman's guilty plea, over 90 people wrote letters on Kloman's behalf in anticipation of his sentencing hearing.
Among those letters was one from Ken Starr, the president of Baylor University. According to the Wikipedia account, Ken Starr urged leniency for Kloman, and asked that the judge sentence Kloman to community service rather than jail time.
Thank goodness the judge on this case had a good deal more sense and sensibility than Ken Starr. Kloman was sentenced to 43 years.
Meanwhile, I'm wondering why anyone should believe that Baylor University officials learned any lesson at all from the horrific saga of murdering minister Matt Baker – a minister who got his start at Baylor where officials simply filed away a sexual assault report – when even today we see that Baylor's current president will write a letter in support of a child molester.
Why should parents of high-school students feel any trust in sending their kids off to a university whose president writes a letter urging leniency for a man who molested teens?
Thanks to Frederick Clarkson for quoting this posting in his 12/10/2013 article in the Daily Kos.
Thanks to Frederick Clarkson for quoting this posting in his 12/10/2013 article in the Daily Kos.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Kudos to Boulder law enforcement!
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Five grown men -- all of them leaders at the Vinelife Church -- and according to police, not one of them chose to do the right thing when one of their clergy colleagues was accused of child sex abuse. In fact, police point to evidence that the youth pastor had "repeatedly confessed" to the church officials, and investigators believe the five church officials "knew about the crime." Yet, they failed to report it.
Those church officials who now face charges are:
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• Robert Phillip ("Bob") Young, executive pastor
• Luke Michael Humbrecht, pastor
• Edward Charles Bennell, elder
• Warren Lloyd Williams, elder
• Luke Michael Humbrecht, pastor
• Edward Charles Bennell, elder
• Warren Lloyd Williams, elder
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Police say they will release the identity of the fifth church official at the time he receives the summons. However, 9-News reported that the accused youth pastor, who now faces six felony charges, is the son of one of the church's senior pastors. The accused youth pastor is named Jason Allen Roberson, and the church's website shows that its senior pastor is named Walt Roberson. A photo gallery of senior pastor Walt Roberson along with the rest of Vinelife's staff is here.
|Jason Allen Roberson
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According to news reports, the abuse began when the girl was fifteen. She is now 23. As reported by 9-News, when she reported the abuse to church officials, "the church launched their own investigation and made Roberson go through counseling before returning him to his position as youth pastor."
In other words, it's still another case of a church that tried to handle clergy abuse allegations internally without involving outsiders. It's a recipe for disaster that leaves kids at risk of terrible harm. As we've seen far too often, "without outsiders, you get cover-ups and cronyism."
Because it was apparent that the church was going to continue to allow Roberson to have access to kids, and because she feared the church was not taking the matter seriously, the victim finally went to police. Thank goodness she did.
And thank goodness for Boulder law enforcement. "Duty to report" laws are on the books all over the country, but they seldom get enforced. Kudos to Boulder police for going after, not only the accused perpetrator, but also the many other church officials who knew and kept quiet.
Posted by Christa Brown at 9:51 PM
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Why Paige Patterson's anti-outsider stance is wrong
|Paige Patterson
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson preaches that churches should resolve their conflicts internally and should not take them to "the world of unbelief."
This means, he explains, that when a person has been "offended…misused and abused" within the church, he should take his complaint to church elders and the congregation, and should not go to the courts or talk to the press. In the final prayer of his sermon, Patterson included even "the government" among those to whom church members should not take their troubles.
This insular sort of anti-outsider stance is dreadfully dangerous. Yet, for decades, it has been a common Baptist teaching, and tragically, it is now being inculcated into still another generation of Baptist pastors.
Outsiders are essential to any organizational system of accountability. They bring objectivity and detachment, and these ingredients are critical for the effectiveness and credibility of an accountability system. Without outsiders, you get cover-ups and cronyism.
Contrary to Patterson's instruction, whether the outsiders are "believers" or "unbelievers" is irrelevant so long as they are outsiders to the system in which the alleged wrongdoing occurred. In any event, since I don't credit Patterson or anyone else with mind-reading ability, I doubt that his believer/unbeliever distinction can be readily discerned. There are unbelievers in churches just as surely as there are believers who are not in churches.
As human beings, we are creatures with a natural tendency toward bias. When we already feel as though we know and trust someone, our minds naturally move toward wanting to confirm that trust rather than toward giving equal weight to a person whose dissonant story clashes with our pre-existing belief. Most organizational accountability structures now recognize this reality of human nature and incorporate safeguards against it. For example, nowadays, when a police officer is accused of abuse, his conduct is reviewed by an independent panel, not by his buddies in the same department.
In the context of clergy sex abuse, the human tendency toward bias means that, typically, when churches try to handle abuse reports internally, they accept the accused pastor's word and minimize the word of the person who brings such challenging information to the forefront.
When churches are confronted with clergy abuse allegations, not only should they go to outsiders, but they must go to outsiders. State laws require that information about allegations of child sex abuse – or even about suspicions of abuse – be reported to government officials such as the police or child protective services.
This does not mean that going to the cops is enough. While reporting abuse allegations to law enforcement is essential, the majority of child sex abuse cases cannot actually be criminally prosecuted. Typically, the reasons are procedural and have nothing to do with the merits of the allegations. In these cases in which criminal prosecution is impossible, alternative accountability systems are needed if kids are to be protected.
Alternative systems of accountability are nothing unusual; most other professions use such systems. For example, an attorney need not be convicted of a crime in order to have his conduct reviewed through a professional disciplinary process. That process carries the power to take away the attorney's mantle of trust and to make known the attorney's misdeeds.
Southern Baptist ministers need a similar accountability system – one that carries the power to assess a minister's conduct and to warn congregants about safety concerns. When it comes to protecting kids, the criminal justice system cannot do it all, and the Southern Baptist Convention abandons moral responsibility in declining any denominational system of accountability. Merely because a man cannot be put in prison does not mean that he should be allowed to continue in a position of high trust as a minister.
Most other major faith groups now have clergy accountability systems. With such systems, those who have been abused may at least have the possibility of reporting the clergy-perpetrator to a panel of people who are outside the minister's immediate circle of trust – i.e., who are outside the local church – and of seeking some process of review.
These denominational systems are far from perfect and often fail in actual practice. But for Southern Baptists, lacking even the bare existence of a denominational accountability system, failure of accountability is virtually assured. If a Southern Baptist pastor isn't literally sitting in prison, he can probably find a pulpit to stand in. The denomination has no alternative system for stopping him.
You might think the Darrell Gilyard saga would have taught Patterson the danger of what he preaches. An insular approach to multiple claims of abuse and assault is precisely what allowed pastor Gilyard to persist in predatory conduct for two decades. According to the Dallas Morning News, many of those claims were reported directly to Paige Patterson . . . but to no avail. By the time Gilyard was finally convicted on child sex charges in Florida, over forty young women and underage teens had made allegations against him – and that's just the ones we know about. Thank God a young Florida teen finally went outside Baptists' insular system and took her report to government officials.
And what about Patterson's insistence that his anti-outsider stance is somehow biblical? If Patterson needs a biblical basis for doing what's right, then he should look to the first thing listed by the prophet Micah. "And what does God require of you? To act justly . . . ." (Micah 6:8)
If churches are to "act justly" in dealing with clergy sex abuse reports, outsiders are essential._______________________
Thanks to ABP News for publishing this posting as a guest column and for linking to it in still another Baptist clergy abuse story the very next day, demonstrating yet again why Baptists so desperately need to adopt effective accountability systems.
Thanks also to Nonprofit Quarterly for quoting extensively from this published column in an 11/7/2013 article by Rick Cohen on "The Dangers of Keeping Organizational Secrets."
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I'm curious about that since I've seen a few champions with the exact same movement animations as others. Which, as a game dev myself, indicates that they reuse the base models to create new ones. The things they edit are the movement frames, particle timers, and, of course, the voices. So we just eliminated one of the largest issues with creating a new champion, the model. Next, are some of us who are beginning to add voices to our concepts using programs to help. Now while these aren't state of the art or anything they do provide a basic template in which to work on.
Next we consider icons. There are also a few of us who are creating/reusing icons on our posts which eliminate another headache for devs. Testing of the champion is, agreed, one of the longest processes of the creation process. However, with a seasoned designer the ideas for numbers and values should be fairly easy, and the possible issues can be solved with the PBE. There the players already test, sometimes for weeks, the balance and stress that a new concept has on the environment.
In the end the things that would be unique to the Riot designers would be; Texturing the model, Particle Timers, and a bit of quick balancing before beta release.
Granted the games I've produced in the past have all been 2d games, but the idea is extremely similar when you boil it down. You never create new what you can reuse, and use what resources you can. So, while I can acknowledge the legal issues, which is why I agree with Winds about the TOSA in the game download or profile creation. Companies do it all the time to protect their interests. Now, HOW they go about using concepts from these forums would be another matter.
Do I think they should? Yes. Do I think it's possible? Yes. Do I think it's easy? No, it never is.
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If Riot was allowed to use player-created concepts from this forum, but had to give credit to the creator, would they? The answer is no, because it would restrict their champion design more than it would help it. Before releasing a new champion, they would have to cross-check the forum to see if the design had been created already, so they could give credit to the designer. If they created a champion very similar to a concept without giving the designer credit, there would be a legal issue to resolve, because they may or may not have looked at the concept while skimming the forum.
If Riot did use fan-created content, the CCF would experience a massive increase in threads. However, good threads would become rarer, because the people who make the best champion designs make them because they enjoy the design process even knowing their design will never be used. The forum would become bogged up with half-baked champion concepts, and Riot would have a hard time finding anything worth using.
Another problem that would occur when Riot decided to use a fan made concept is how much input the designer gets on the final champion. Even the greatest champion concepts are not perfect, and Riot will likely have a few tweaks to make. As designers who have poured massive amounts of time into our near-perfect designs, we will likely not want these tweaks, as even a small balance change can alter the entire build and playstyle. Riot can always ignore the designer and release the champ the way they think it should be, but as a designer I would rather have Riot not make my champ at all than let them make small changes that completely throw off my intended goal for the champ. These design arguments will probably force the concept to be abandoned and leave wide swaths of design space unusable.
However, there is a solution to these problems. Riot could organize a champion design contest with required data, possibly including icons and models, that make sure only people who put in a lot of effort get their submissions into the contest. These submissions are reviewed tribunal-style by the community, ranking them based on how much we would want to see the champion in game and buy it, then the top concepts are reviewed by Rioters. The winning champion is already nearly complete, and Riot releases it as-is shortly afterwards, giving the designer credit. The hype from the contest gets people to buy it with RP, and everyone is happy. If there are balance issues they can be patched, and there can even be a design interview with the designer so the community can see how the champion was designed. Riot gets money and saves effort, community gets an awesome champ, tryhard designers get to see their champ reviewed by Riot.
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Can someone post the basic flax muffin recipe?
I can't seem to find just the basic one that uses oil, eggs, flax and cinnamon?
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Muffin in a Minute (suitable for Induction)
Serving Size: 1
1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda packet
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter
Put the dry ingredients in a coffee mug. Or a bowl for a different shape.
Then add the egg and the butter. Mix.
Microwave 1 minute (or more). Take out. slice, butter, eat. Set mug to soak immediately.
Cream cheese would go nicely, too.
Notes: 1.5 net carbs.
Per serving: 235 Calories; 18g Fat (63% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 9.5 g. fiber; 223mg Cholesterol; 284mg Sodium
Tia, this is the recipe I used (off the "Flax Muffin" thread from May 7th.) I only use 1/2 cup of chopped nuts, and I use maple flavoring instead of banana.
This makes 12 muffins, and I freeze them and eat anywhere between one-half to one a day:
Good one!
Here's one of the flaxmeal muffin recipes:
2 cups flaxmeal
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts preferred, but pecans will do as well)
1/2 cup granulated Splenda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 TB banana extract
1/2 cup DaVinci's vanilla (or banana) sugar-free syrup
1/3 cup oil (I prefer coconut oil, melted!)
4 eggs beaten
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Spoon mixture into muffin pans lined with cupcake papers. Bake for around 15 minutes.
I count this as about 2 netted carbs.
You can also make this yummy icing for the top of the muffins. I use it all of the time and love it!
Frosted Cinnamon Icing
1 TB Ground Cinnamon
1/3 cup Splenda
1/2 pk (4 oz) softened cream cheese
Mix ingredients by spoon until well mixed. Spread on top of flax muffins (works well with the many different varities). Enjoy!
I count this as 1 netted carb per muffin.
I tend to omit the splenda if I am using a Davinci SF syrup because it's sweet enough for me with the syrup alone.
Enjoy! They are yummy.
OMG, I just tried the one minute muffin and like it so much better than the baked ones. I did add more sweetener though. No more baking muffins for me. This is awesome.
wow!!!!..my night off and decided to try the one minute muffin and it is EXCELLENT and thanks so much for the recipe...have you tried walnuts or such in it?...think next time I will try that...again thanks for the wonderful recipe...
I put a little cocoa powder in mine the other day.. tasted like chocolate cake.
Has this been tried with pumpkin pie spice?
These are great for something quick but I really like spongebob bread. Anyone ever try to make a savory version of either?
I am a lurker! ..but have found a voice for this topic.
In my foods I miss the "little" things that say "You are Special"!
So, I took the basic recipe you all have entered, added 1 Tbsp EAS Protein powder and
1 Tbsp Heavy Cream.....after whipping all together...allow all to sit for 3 minutes, then
spoon by teaspoons into 12 tiny muffins (flexible non stick pan) which I have put 1/4 tea of olive oil.(that makes them litterally fall from the pan when they are done)
Bake 375 for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix 1 packet splenda into 1 Tbsp of cream cheese...
"Frost" the muffins while they are still warm....mmmmm! Delicate! Delightful! Delicious!
Now I will go back to lurker status! Thank you all for keeping me on line!
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Good for you, Galveston Gal.
Can't wait to try it:)
I dont know why but it tastes eggy/spongy to me... am I doing something wrong? Has anyone tried this with just egg whites? Would that help the sponginess?
I also find this spongy feeling with the Oopsie Rolls and am now putting a scoop of protein powder in the recipe to counter balance this. It's really a texture thing for me because the Oopsie recipe really ROCKS in taste!!! :clap:
BTW - what are oopsie rolls?
Thanks, I lost my recipe & was really craving this!
I mix it up with half flax and half almond meal/flour.
Oh ya, I used to love these back in the day lol. For the Splenda packet, how much Splenda granulated can I use to replace it?
EssBee, 2 teaspoons per packet.
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I just made this into pancakes by nuking it in a larger diameter bowl.
I made 2 and had a stack that way..I poured melted butter overall Very Good
I ate it with some breakfast egg & cheese muffins which were baked.
Took the left over pancake & crumbled it up w/ some cheddar nuked a bit & added parm cheese & just let it melt together.
Reminded me of Cheese Pizza!:jumpjoy: well it does take some imagination:love:
i also like to bake in a square ziploc container & after done nuking, cut in half horizontally & toast in the toaster.
Karen check this one out.
Thanks sjmiller
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RXi Pharmaceuticals Awarded $580,000 In NIH Grants To Advance RNAi Therapeutics
RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq: RXII), a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapies addressing major unmet medical needs using RNA-targeted and immunotherapy technologies, today announced that it was awarded two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ALS Research Support. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS/NIH) will provide funding for an ongoing collaboration between RXi Pharmaceuticals and Robert Brown, MD, DPhil, Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester that is focused on the preclinical development of novel RNAi therapeutics for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The project aims to generate an optimized self-delivering RNAi compound (sd-rxRNA™) for ALS that can be moved into clinical development as well as establish an optimized sd-rxRNA platform for spinal cord delivery. RXi was awarded $304,559 for Phase I of the project and may apply for additional Phase II funding to continue its research in this area.
RNAi Chemical Optimization Project. A grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will provide funding for a project seeking to improve the delivery of RNAi therapeutics through medicinal chemistry. More specifically, RXi will explore further chemical optimization of its sd-rxRNA compounds to improve in vivo potency and expand bio-distribution for clinical applications. RXi was awarded $273,824 for Phase I of the project and may apply for additional Phase II funding to continue its research in this area.
"We are pleased to have received support for our innovative research programs that could have a significant impact on our progress lead to powerful new approaches to therapy," said Anastasia Khvorova, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer of RXi Pharmaceuticals. "The funding of these grants reflects the strength of our scientific team, demonstrated progress, and our determination to successfully meet the delivery challenge of RNAi therapeutics with our unique sd-rxRNA technology."
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Deep Silver creative director, Guido Eickmeyer, teases the future of the 'Dead Island' game series – indicating that a 'Dead Island 3′ announcement might not be far away.
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After building excitement with a heart-wrenching announcement trailer, the team behind 'Dead Island' is back to try it again. Check out 'Dead Island: Riptide's new cinematic trailer now.
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Deep Silver has clarified that the recently announced 'Dead Island: Riptide' is a brand new game, despite its comparatively low $49.99 price point.
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PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö Scam season appears to be in full swing, as more victims in the Punxsutawney area have reported receiving letters asking them to send money.
Punxsutawney Borough Police Chief Tom Fedigan said his department has received reports of area residents whoŌĆÖve been scammed through the mail and via telephone.
Fedigan said thereŌĆÖs such a large variety of scams occurring that itŌĆÖs hard to identify any one in particular.
If someone receives a letter offering a chance to win money, that person should proceed with caution, he said.
Burton L. Mottern Sr., 83, Punxsutawney, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at his home.
He was born Feb. 28, 1928, in Dora, a son of the late Irvin M. and Dora (Geist) Mottern.
Mr. Mottern was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Air Force.
March 30, 1949, he married Betty (Vallies) Mottern, who survives, of Punxsutawney.
Mr. Mottern was a member of the Punxsutawney Eagles and the United Mine Workers Union.
Oliver H. Snyder Jr., 72, Punxsutawney, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at his home.
He was born March 1, 1939, in DuBois, a son of the late Oliver H. and Margaret M. (Mirandi) Snyder Sr.
He was married to Heidi (Scarletta) Snyder, who preceded him in death.
Mr. Snyder was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served as a private in the U.S. Army.
He was a truck driver for Krise Bus Company and a member of the National Rifle Association.
PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö Day Three of the Punxsutawney Elementary boys' basketball tournament had two closely contested contests, including two games decided by one possession Wednesday night.
Washington 12, Pitt 9
Brandon Matthews scored seven of his team's nine points, but Pitt was unable to prevent Washington (3-0) from moving to 3-0 in the first of three match-ups between fourth- and fifth-grade teams Wednesday.
PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö Punxsutawney Borough Council continues to discuss the possibility of appealing Judge John ForadoraŌĆÖs ruling regarding the reinstatement of terminated Punxsutawney Borough Police Officer Brian Andrekovich.
Last week in a written opinion, Foradora denied councilŌĆÖs appeal of the Punxsutawney Civil Service CommissionŌĆÖs order to rehire Andrekovich.
According to Brian Gabriel, of Campbell, Durrant, Beatty, Palombo & Miller, P.C., Pittsburgh, the law firm representing the borough in its appeal, no decision has been made whether or not to appeal ForadoraŌĆÖs opinion.
BROOKVILLE ŌĆö Jefferson County History Center Director Ken Burkett is duly excited, as Saturday, the first exhibit of ŌĆ£Drumbeat to WarŌĆØ begins in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A new exhibit will open every six months for the next five years. The exhibit opening Saturday focuses on the early recruitment of soldiers from the Jefferson County area.
The first exhibit will be on display for one year, and the second exhibit will open in a separate room this September.
BROOKVILLE ŌĆö This week, District Attorney Jeffrey D. Burkett welcomed Michelle Fusco as the new victim/witness coordinator, who works to protect the rights of victims of adult offenders.
Fusco moved here from Elk County, where she has more than 14 years experience in Victim Services. She has worked specifically with crime victims for the last 10 years.
She said cases are given to her by law enforcement, district judges and self-referrals.
NORTH MAHONING TOWNSHIP ŌĆö There were no injuries reported in a two-vehicle accident involving coal trucks around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday along Route 210, North Mahoning Township.
Both trucks, owned by Rosebud Trucking of Kittanning, were traveling, one in front of the other along Route 210, when both drivers lost control on the icy road.
The road conditions caused the one truck to travel into a ditch, while the other blew out tires and ruptured its fuel tank, causing a small diesel fuel spill.
PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö Tuesday, the Punxsy chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recognized PAHS senior Melissa Blose with its annual Good Citizenship Award, as well as 2010-11 essay winner Sadie Plyler, a student at the Punxsutawney Christian School.
ŌĆó At PAHS, Blose is involved in Spanish Club; Key Club, serving as vice-president this year; is a Special Olympics helper; an office helper; and served on the Middle States planning team.
BROOKVILLE ŌĆö Last week, the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority discussed possible contracts with private waste haulers that could balance the operating budget.
Despite that possibility, persuading the state legislature to reinstate administration fees is still the No. 1 priority for the authority.
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This pattern has many pieces I want to make yet, but I started with the long jacket and I now I wear this all the time! I decided to line my jacket because the cotton I used on the outside wasn't super heavy and I needed just a little more weight for the cool spring mornings. I had some adventures while lining this thing, but it all worked out great in the end! I tried adding pockets and they do exist… except they're TINY. I'm obsessed with pockets, so on my next jacket I will have to plan them out a little better. I've had requests on my blog for a sew along so I think I'll do that later this year… stay tuned!
This project turned out to be a fabric stash buster! The green sateen cotton was originally supposed to be for a dress that never got made and the pink lining was left over from some other project, too. I had a blog sponsor at the time and had left over money in my monthly shopping allowance so I purchased the abalone shell buttons — I am still in love with these buttons!!
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September 1, 2014
Taking "Labor" Day to a Whole New Level
We officially started demo today! And thanks to some wonderful friends (+ my father-in-law) we made HUGE progress!
Let's start again with the dreadful "Before" photo:
Here's what happened today. We only stopped because we ran out of dumpster space!
And some history revealed in layers of wallpaper:
Thanks to Steven, Danielle, Steve, Bri, Lee, Dave, and Jill!
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August 25, 2014
Planning My Own Kitchen Remodel
So, we're selling our beautiful home and moving into a "new" place, which is actually a 1950's home that is a bit of a dump:
The reason I'm not completely depressed about this is because it's allowing us, for the first time, to take on a large remodel of our own. I've been helping others with their remodels for years, and I've done plenty of smaller projects in the various homes I've owned, but never something of this scale.
I recently gave tips on Utah Style & Design for finding good deals on renovation materials (see the post
), and we've used every one of these to our advantage.
We've also been deep in the planning stages to make sure everything is done correctly. We've got floor plans approved by my structural engineer, so we're nearly ready to start demolition!
I'll post pics along the way, but here's a glimpse of our current plan:
Stay tuned for more! (And in the meantime, if you know of someone who wants to live in a charming old home in the Marmalade neighborhood, send them my way!)
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August 1, 2014
Design for a Difference Regional Winner!
I'm thrilled to announce that I'm a regional winner in the Design For A Difference design contest! This means we'll receive $2,000 to work with
Foremost Interiors
for a makeover of our chosen charity,
Bicycle Collective
. I'm so excited to be able to support this great cause!
The Bicycle Collective is a local non-profit, whose mission is to
promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households." The concept is a no-brainer: There are people who can really benefit from having a bike and being able to maintain it themselves, and the Bicycle Collective makes it happen, and has a whole lot of fun while doing so.
Aside from supporting the Bicycle Collective, as a regional winner I also get to travel to Kansas City, where all regional winners will spend time with Mark Brunetz (of HGTV fame) and other International Design Guild participants, working on the Grand Prize winner's chosen charity makeover.
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July 22, 2014
Sneak Peek: Living Room
Just a couple quick photos of a room in progress. We still need art and finishing touches, but the furniture and rug already make the room look fantastic!
3 typically traditional elements used in a modern way:
Tufted velvet sofa in a bold color
Extra-large nailhead trim on the chairs
Large scale pattern and contrast in the black & white damask rug
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June 16, 2014
Just a quick post, but I wanted to share. I was recently lucky enough to snag a painting by a friend of mine, one of my favorite people. She paints for fun, and I love her work. It just so happens that she had this piece, an "extra", and I got to claim it. It almost seems as if it were created with my master bath in mind.
I love a home full of art, but more importantly, I love having art that means something to me. Whether it's the content, or the story behind how I got it, or the person who created it... it's special. We don't have a lot of expensive art in our home, but we have pieces we love. And they're priceless to us.
I'm thrilled to now have this piece in our collection! So Cora, if you read this, thank you!
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May 29, 2014
Mentioned in Utah Style & Design Magazine!
I've been meaning to share this for a while. And don't think my lack of sharing means I'm any less excited about this. Enzy design is featured (again - see first feature
) in the Spring issue of Utah Style & Design! Where enzy was the sole designer involved in the first project, this one is something I'm equally proud of because of the collaboration that was involved, and the end results. Collaborating with other designers can be fun and refreshing, and a welcome change from handling every detail on a project by yourself.
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Interior Designer Cody Beal brought me in as a Kitchen & Bath Design expert to design & supply the cabinetry (using
Hallmark Custom Cabinets
). Cody firmly believes in the importance of a team.
He knows he'll look better if he relies on his team of experts to help pull the project together.
So Cody came to me with his grand scheme plans for the kitchen, bathroom, and master bedroom cabinetry, and once we selected finishes, he gave me free reign to tweak the layout and design the cabinetry details. This was smart for a few reasons:
It freed up his time so he was able to focus on fine-tuning all the other design details throughout the house.
Because Cody trusted me, it allowed me to fully use my expertise to provide the most functional, ergonomic, and aesthetically pleasing cabinetry for the clients.
By working directly with the clients, I was better able to understand their needs. We discussed everything from comfortable reaching heights to how many pairs of shoes they had. This much information would have been nearly impossible without direct contact with the clients.
Check out the whole issue while you still can!
And see more photos of this project on the
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May 2, 2014
Stunning White Kitchen Remodel - Before & After
Last week I wrote about a recent kitchen remodel over on the
Utah Style blog
. Today I wanted to present some before & after photos for comparison.
The "before" photos of a remodeling project are what makes remodeling so unique compared to new construction. They indicate the challenges involved in the job, as well as the dramatic difference good design can make, both in aesthetic and (just as important) function.
Let me give a little background on this project. The client was looking to update their oak kitchen so she called enzy design. During the course of our initial consultation I pointed out some of the inefficiencies of the kitchen layout, and we discussed potential changes. We explored these changes throughout the design phase - I presented a concept that combined the island and dining table, creating space for a casual sitting area in the kitchen. Fortunately the client was open to new ideas, and we went in this direction. Since photos speak louder than words, I'll stop writing and just post some photos:
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