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Corey Potter joined the Thomas University Athletic Department in the summer of 2012 as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for all 12 athletic teams.
Before coming to Thomas University, Potter served as a full time intern strength and conditioning coach at The University of Maryland working primarily with men's soccer, wrestling, men's golf, women's golf, women's water polo, softball, and track and field. During the 2012 season, the Maryland wrestling team won the ACC Championship and the Maryland men's soccer team advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA College Cup.
Prior to Maryland, Potter worked at The University of Alabama for 3 years as a volunteer assistant strength and conditioning coach. During his first year he worked primarily with women's basketball, women's golf, and softball. Potter spent his remaining two years at Alabama working as an intern strength and conditioning coach with the football team. He spent a majority of his time training the Crimson Tide's defensive players. Potter assisted the training of current NFL players such as; Dont'a Hightower (New England Patriots), Courtney Upshaw (Baltimore Ravens), Rolando McLain (Oakland Raiders), Brandon Deaderick (New England Patriots) and Terrance Cody (Baltimore Ravens). During both the 2009 and 2011 seasons, the Crimson Tide football team won the National Championship.
Potter is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He received his Master's degree in Sports Management in 2010 from The University of Alabama and his Bachelor's degree in Health and Exercise Science from Furman University in 2006.
Potter is the son of Mic and Kim Potter and the brother of Ryan Potter. He comes from a family with a strong coaching background, his father Mic is the head women's golf coach at The University of Alabama and his brother Ryan is the assistant men's golf coach at The Ohio State University. Corey is currently engaged to Amanda Lynd and resides in Thomasville.


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Justin Rattner, Intel CTO, Delivers MBA Commencement Address
Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management Commencement Speech
Delivered May 13, 2012 in Salem, Oregon
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Thank you, Dean Ringold, for that kind introduction. And, thank you students, faculty, family, and friends. It's an honor for me to speak to you today.
As Intel's Chief Technology Officer, it's my business to chart the technological future of the company. It's therefore not surprising that most people to think it's my job to predict the future or, at the very least, predict it well enough so that Intel develops the technologies and products it will need five or ten years from now.
Unfortunately, as fun as it sounds, predicting the future is very risky business, especially in this day and age where everything you say is captured on video and stored in the perpetual archives of the Worldwide Web.
And, it's not that the risk is newly discovered. An ancient Arab proverb actually warned, "He who predicts the future lies, even if he tells the truth." For me, predicting the future is best left to psychics and seers.
In my mind there are two fundamentally different views about the future and how it will come to pass.
One view is that the future is a given, set in stone by cosmic forces we have yet to comprehend. Michelangelo provided the perfect metaphor for this view of the future when he said, "Every block of stone has a statue inside of it. It's the task of the sculptor to discover it."
If you subscribe to this theory, the future is our block of stone, and we are a collection of stone carvers slowly chipping away at it, piece by piece, to ultimately reveal our predetermined future.
The other view of the future is almost the complete opposite. It says that nothing is cast in stone. That our future is whatever we want it to be, assuming we are willing to put in the blood, sweat, and tears to make it so.
My good friend and legendary computer scientist, Alan Kaye, who invented much of what today we call personal computing, captured this view perfectly back in the 70s.
Alan was being pressed by an eager reporter for his predictions about the future of information technology and finally said, largely out of frustration, that "the best way to predict the future is to invent it." Isn't that just perfect? You could not express this view of the future in any fewer words.
Needless to say, I am firmly in the Alan Kaye camp. I believe each of us has the power to invent the future, from our personal futures to the future of our planet.
The question then becomes: what futures do we want to invent and what futures would we be better off not inventing at all? At Intel Labs, the primary research arm of the company, we're using a variety of techniques to answer these questions.
One of them we call the Tomorrow Project. Lead by our resident futurist, Brian David Johnson, we hold regular conversations about the future with the leading thinkers and doers of our age from around the world. We record these conversations and share them on the Web. We also host structured dialogs about these possible futures in an interactive setting on the Web as well.
Another particularly compelling technique, which Brian has pioneered, is called science fiction prototyping. He and his team work with leading science fiction authors to create stories of how a particular technology might impact us, pro and con, as individuals and as a society. And, the idea is spreading. The UK's New Scientist, for example, has just launched a new digital magazine called Arc, which is a blend of science fact and science fiction, inspired in part by Brian's work in science fiction prototyping.
Personally, I am much more comfortable deciding what to and what not to invent than to be off looking into a crystal ball. In fact I find the prospect of evaluating a variety of possible futures and choosing a small number to make real to be truly exciting and one of the reasons I get up every morning and go to work. The future needs inventing, and I want to be a part of that invention. I hope you all come to feel that way about your own work.
Once you've identified a desirable future, the next challenge is to enlist and empower people to help you achieve that vision. Without them, your vision is only that, a vision. Making it a reality requires you, as a leader, to do a number of things, but time permits me to only mention two of them and even then only briefly.
The first thing you'll need is persistence. It is absolutely key to successfully building your vision of a desirable future. I believe it was Schopenhauer, the 18th century philosopher who said, "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
In my career at Intel, I've learned that when you truly believe in a future, you can't take no for an answer. The pattern of early rejection is so predictable, my team has recently taken to describing our version of Schopenhauer's observation as "you're stupid, you're stupid… you're late." It seems that by the time a future gets embraced by the greater company, they needed it yesterday.
To appreciate the critical need for persistence, look at any of the great innovators. They persisted and often against terrible odds. Remember, Apple Computer fired Steve Jobs, who went on to invest in Pixar, found Next, and eventually return to Apple as CEO to create the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad all the while fighting a battle with cancer, which he ultimately lost, but not until he had changed the world. You simply have to believe in what you are doing and ignore all the chatter.
The second thing you'll need is the ability to enlist others in your vision. It's not enough to simply argue facts and figures. The trick is to find a way to connect your vision for the future to what's meaningful to them at an emotional level.
Your vision cannot, therefore, simply be about a new product or service. It also has to represent a set of ideals. It has to capture people's hopes, dreams, and aspirations for something better – a better life, a better society, or a better planet.
By focusing on these ideals, your colleagues, managers, investors, and sponsors will follow you, fund you, and celebrate you, not simply because they think you've got a few good ideas, but because your vision brings out something more in them.
It lets them find their own meaning and purpose in your vision. And that meaning will sustain them through some very difficult times and reward them beyond their dreams with the advent of your success.
Well, my time is up. And, I certainly don't want to keep you from the honors and ceremonies to come. If you remember anything that I said today, just remember these three things:
- Invent your own future, in your work and in yourself. Nothing is written in stone.
- Be persistent and patient. Rejection is to be expected and overcome.
- Enlist others, not simply in your vision of the future, but in how it relates to the emotional ideals we all share as humans.
Thank you and good luck to all of you. I'll look forward to being a part of the futures that each of you is now certain to invent.

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For expectant mothers taking Depakote, spina bifida is a risk for your unborn child
If you are expecting a child and are taking Depakote, there is a serious risk of your child developing spina bifida. Depakote (Valproic acid,) in the form of divalproex sodium, is an active ingredient in the anti-epileptic drug Depakote, and valproic acid has been linked to serious birth defects. Of all of the potential birth defects, unborn children are at greatest risk of developing Spina bifida.
Depakote's known side effects include nausea, weight gain, hair loss and the potential for worsened seizures/ worsened depression. (1) Among the birth defects associated with valproic acid drugs (Depakote among them), spina bifida is the ailment unborn children are most likely to suffer, according to a 2010 study. (2)
There is a relationship between Depakote usage in the first trimester and the fetus' development of spina bifida, and the FDA has issued a warning to pregnant women and their healthcare providers informing them of this relationship. (3)
Weitz & Luxenberg have been helping patients and their families for over twenty years. Risk to a patient's health and life is unacceptable, and risk to unborn children is completely unacceptable. Read on to learn more about the risks pregnant Depakote users face, and more specifically, the risks their children face.
What is spina bifida?
Spina bifida means "cleft spine." The condition is "characterized by the incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or meninges (the protective covering around the brain and spinal cord). It is the most common neural tube defect in the United States - affecting 1,500 to 2,000 of the more than 4 million babies born in the country each year." (4)
There are four types of spina bifida, listed in order of severity: occulta, closed neural tube defects, meningocele, and myelomeningocele. Occulta is the mildest and most common form in which one or more vertebrae are malformed. The opening in the spine is covered by a layer of skin. Spina bifida occulta rarely causes disability or symptoms. (4)
A person suffering from closed neural tube defects can have one or more of a group of spinal defects in which the spinal cord has malformations made of fat, bone, or membranes. Some patients suffer few or no symptoms; in others the malformation causes incomplete paralysis with urinary and bowel dysfunction. (4)
When a person suffers from meningocele, their meninges protrude from the spinal opening, and the malformation may be covered by a layer of skin. Some patients have few or no symptoms; others may experience incomplete paralysis with urinary and bowel dysfunction. (4)
Myelomeningocele occurs when "the spinal cord is exposed through the opening in the spine, resulting in partial or complete paralysis of the parts of the body below the spinal opening. The paralysis may be so severe that the affected individual is unable to walk and may have urinary and bowel dysfunction." (4)
Studying valproic acid in Depakote: spina bifida is the greatest risk
Dr. Janneke Jentink and a team of fellow researchers published a paper in The New England Journal of Medicine in June of 2010 entitled "Valproic Acid Monotherapy in Pregnancy and Major Congenital Malformations." The doctors came to the conclusion that "the use of valproic acid in the first trimester was associated with significantly increased risks of several congenital malformations, as compared with no use of anti-epileptic drugs or with use of other anti-epileptic drugs." (2)
The team found "significant associations between exposure to valproic acid monotherapy in the first trimester (as compared with no exposure to antiepileptic drugs) and six of these conditions: spina bifida, atrial septal defect, cleft palate, hypospadias, polydactyly, and craniosynostosis. Risks for five of these conditions were 2 to 7 times as high for exposed fetuses, and the risk for the sixth condition, spina bifida, was 12 or 16 times as high." (2)
Took Depakote? Spina bifida affecting your child's life? There is legal help.
An anti-epileptic drug, anti-depressant, or anti-migraine medication should not endanger your life with liver and pancreatic damage, and it should not harm your child with congenital malformations like spina bifida. If you have been harmed by your usage of Depakote, there is legal help.
Contact Weitz & Luxenberg at 1-800-476-6070, or by filling out a form, for your free legal consultation.
- http://bipolar-disorder.emedtv.com/depakote/depakote-side-effects.html
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20558369
- http://www.medicinenet.com/spina_bifida_and_anencephaly/article.htm#tocc
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Was Depakote Recalled? Learn about the Depakote recall in 2006 and 2009, and other Depakote FDA news
the FDA did not recall Depakote, but it did issue a warning to avoid taking it during pregnancy due to the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida.
Birth Defects The FDA warned of Depakote birth defects in 2009
Depakote has been linked to birth defects including spina bifida. If you took Depakote while pregnant, and your child has a birth defect, we can help.
Depakote Have you or your child experienced Depakote side effects?
Depakote is associated with several side effects. However, if you took Depakote while pregnant, you child could be at risk for birth defects.


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I have around 400 DVDs dating back to 1980s stuff. Thanks iMore!
App Giveaway: Movies HD for iPad
Movies HD is an iPad app that provides you with a way to catalogue your movies. It will also look up data about your movies so that instead of just movie and TV series titles, you have access to all details. Additionally, if you lend a movie to a friend, this too can be catalogued so that you can easily keep track of who has your movies.
Movies HD is a movie and TV series catalog application with stunning graphics. It allows you to quickly add, find and view movies in your library (with the ability to add new movies by seeking by title using lots of data sources - so all movie details are filled in for you!). It also allows to lend movies to friends, so you can easily keep track of who you gave that copy of "Quantum of Solace" to.
- Shelf view or list view
- Custom genres
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- Add movies by barcode scanning (on iPad2)
- Supports major bluetooth barcode scanners to quickly add movies to your library (like the Opticon OPN-2002) (all iPad models)
- Quickfind (tm) your movies (based on director, author, title, location, ...)
- Filter movies by media, lend-to, genres, director and actors
- Email your movie list
- Random movie selection by shaking the iPad
- Fully customizable movie catalog
- Small labels to identify sorting details (based on sorting mode)
- Handles all modern media (DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD) as well as oldfashioned media (VHS, 35mm, 16mm) + ability to add custom media
- Movies are shown using their cover (and optionally their title)
- Movies can be lend to Contacts
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The gold folks at Netwalk have given us promo codes to give away to 5 lucky readers! For a chance to win, let us know how many movies you have in your home collection in the comments below!
Movies HD is available on the iPad for $4.99.
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With three kids under 4 years old i have tons of raw iPhone4 footage that I keep meaning to convert to viewable and shareable videos but like I said, I have three kids under 4 years old so it's not going well! I've been meaning to pick up iMovie for my new iPad2 and get to work in my spare time...when I have it!
These videos are exnraorditary! Oh my, what a treasure. Many thanks to all who have contributed photos and videos, and mostly to Lloyd for putting this together. You have given our families roots', and a history beyond our limited pictures at home. Blessings back to you a thousand fold. Judy Fels Rasmussen (Lorie's (or Jim Jr's.) wife., Andrew and Amy (Rasmussen) Buckley and family, Mike and Heather (Rasmussen) Kozup and family
Too many! I need this app to count them!
I have more movies in my collection than I can count. A lot are stored in boxes because we don't have enough space to put them out. I wouldn't be surprised if I have duplicates of movies because I bought it without knowing that I already have it because it's in a box somewhere.
iMore peeps: hope you're all having fun in Vegas enjoy CES. Keep all the updates coming!
Wow, and I thought I had a lot of movies! Some of these comments put me to shame. My current count is just a hair under 400 (NetWalk's iPhone app tells me 394). Love their iPhone version. Wish it were universal; guess I'll have to pick up Movies HD soon. Bet it looks great on the iPad.
I have about 500+ DVD/Blu-Ray movies. Out of those, around 300 are in my apartment, and the rest are still in boxes, since I have not been able to get around to organizing them. Not as many TV Series, but still plenty of them.
Well I only have about 5 or 6 I lost everything when I moved its been hard trying to recollect and manage a family and small online company
I have around 600 DVD's, and growing!!!!!! PLEASE!!
I have about 300 dvd + 80 Blu.
I have slightly over 1500.. I know, maddening.
I would LOVE this!
I have about 80 Blu-Ray discs and over 300 DVDs. I do loan them out for people to borrow (some of which I've YET to have returned).
Lookin at 200+ DVDs
I have all my movies locked up and hidden...every time a family member or friend comes over they want to borrow one...I tell them I'm not Redbox... LoL...but end up letting them "check" one out....it would definately help me keep track and at least know what I'm missing... :)
Around 850 dvds and blu rays at this point....and I do loan them out from time to time...
dorornstgam83 on October 27, 2008 I test drove the car. It has a lot of power. a smooth ride. I liked the cloth seats better than the leather. The 3.3L engine is smoother than the 3.8L. I wish they would put sunroofs in all their models though. I don't want 4 4, but I would have to get the LX 4 4 to get a sunroof with the 3.3L engine. The alpine gray is the best color in my opinion. The black interior is the best, also. The Borrego is NICE, but I just don't need all that power; it is worth a look. Kia and Hyundai are coming up.
454, I have the iCollect Movies Pro app on my iPhone and well, it kind of sucks!
- lol. the reason i know that number off hand is because i just started cataloging my dvd/blu-ray collection last week. i am resorting to a spread sheet, currently, and let me tell you... it is NO fun. haha. this would DEFINITELY make that task easier.
i'm not sure how that was converted to "1", but the number i entered is ACTUALLY "487". weird. here's to hoping the right number is inserted this time.
I figure I have over 500 movies, and could SO use this app! Thanks for the opportunity.
Hi, I have about 60. Thanks!
I have about 150 Blu-Ray's and 540 DVD's. Think it would take a lot of time to catalog all Films.
Probably only 75 DVD's
I'm around 250 movies on disk & another 200 on my drive.
I have over 100 DVD's in my home collection. Hope I win a promo code, as this sounds like a great app! :)
I have 23 movies, not too many but After I have seen a movie I give it to someone who has not...
I have a little over 1000 (1013) and it would be awesome to have the database on my iPad.
Hi! I have about 300 DVDs (TV series and movies) that I've had to rip and put onto a hard drive to bring with me to university. I loathe having to keep them with someone as I worry about them being damaged, but worse off, I hate not having access to them!
I would love to have this. Been looking for a way to inventory my collection for easy reference!
I'm not big on DVDs(PPV up in this), but of course, I have my favorite Christmas movie; Die Hard. I also have all the Harry Potter movies(in a special drawer with my Slytherin scarf, wand, and all the books). And who could forget my favorite movies of all time? Titanic and The Notebook! Thanks iMore, I love your site! :)
I have over 100 movies.
I've got about 400 movies. I've seen a friend's copy of this app and like the looks a lot. Seems like it would take a lot of work to catalog everything, but.....worth it?
Still one I'd love to own.
I have about 455 DVDs this would help me categorize them
Well I can't compare to some of the numbers people are posting here, but currently I have approximately 240 movies in my media center folder, and probably another 300 DVDs remaining that I haven't yet had time to convert over for the center.
I have 100s of movies from VHS, DVDs and even a few laser discs but I love watching on my iPad 2.
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In my humble opinion, for some reason, i guess that movies that i have never heard of have to be marvelous movies.


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The UK's smallest businesses could get up to £2,000 to spend on professional business advice from an ACCA Accountant (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), under a government initiative delivered by small business network Enterprise Nation.
The Growth Voucher project, which is being jointly run with the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Cabinet Office and other organisations, will see up to 15,000 small businesses receive a maximum contribution of £2,000 from the government in order to seek advice and professional support across five key areas: sales and marketing; management and leadership; access to finance; employment relations; and making the most of digital technologies.
Glenn Collins, head of technical advisory at ACCA UK, said: 'This initiative is aimed at businesses with less than 50 employees. Rather than simply throw money at them, the Growth Voucher project links funds to valuable advice from professionally qualified accountants that small businesses need as they look to grow, whether that be through accessing finance, exploiting the assets within the small business or through looking to export to new markets.
'ACCA has been working with BIS since the inception of the scheme and is one of the founding professional bodies populating a Growth Vouchers marketplace where the business receiving a voucher will be helped to find advisers with whom they can spend the voucher.'
True professionals
The Growth Voucher scheme has built in safeguards to ensure the advice and support small enterprises gain from the project comes from professionally qualified accountants.
Glenn Collins explains: 'Anyone can call themselves an accountant, so to guard against that the government has ensured that advice under the initiative comes from a professionally qualified accountant, such as a member of ACCA. What this means is that small businesses will feel safe in the knowledge that the accountant giving them business advice has passed a rigorous set of professional exams, has already attained experience as a practising accountant, is bound by a code of ethics and conduct, and is regulated by a professional body. They will also have professional indemnity insurance to guard against risk.
'This means a small business' trusted business advisor under the scheme will meet the highest global standards. There is a misconception that accountants simply handle the books within a business. However, they also provide services covering both legal and planning elements to help a business such as tax compliance and planning advice, recordkeeping and reporting, forecasting and looking for the right type and mix of finance, and employment and payroll support.
'Under the Growth Voucher scheme, businesses that qualify for it will have access to this kind of support.'
Find out more about the Growth Vouchers project and how to apply for it; plus general information about how ACCA accountants support businesses, via the 'Related Links' section, left of this article.
For more information, please contact
Steve Rudaini, ACCA Newsroom
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Notes to Editors
- ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.
- We support our 162,000 members and 428,000 students in 173 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills required by employers. We work through a network of over 89 offices and centres and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote appropriate regulation of accounting and conduct relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.
- Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development and seek to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We seek to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers, innovating our qualifications and delivery to meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.


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Apprentice Member
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The reason why most recent MMORPGs are boring is because they are just too convenient.
When you design an MMORPG that probably aiming to use a subscription model you need to create an environment where the player can delve into for long playing time feeling that they "belong". It is when developers started to turn the world into a "game" of convenience that players started to feel more of being in a "themepark" than being in a world. (and sandbox has nothing to do with it).
The key here is we're so spoiled that everything is made easy to the point that "getting there" feels pointless and effortless. You don't feel accomplishment at all because it's a fact no matter who you are, you WILL achieve everything eventually (which is usually within a few days).
If traveling is too easy, death is unimportant and leveling is very linear and fast.... then what's the point???
Adding such inconveniences to the "World" would give you enough design options to add player-intederependence skills that help overcome such inconveniences. Traveling is too slow? you give, say, 30% of the classes abilities to overcome such a thing (teleporting, speed boost...etc).
The old timers always ask "Why can't I even convince myself to login in?" part of this because there's no sense of "investment" in your character. Everything feels very generic and again too convenient.
If every 2 minutes you're going to loot a gear upgrade, I say tell me why would you feel excited about gear upgrade anymore? I think we need to balance the pace of a game. Traveling pace, combat, leveling and gear upgrade. I think if it takes you 5 days in order to get a minor upgrade would actually make the item a lot more exciting than the recent trivial/redundaness of itemization in the insta-gratification MMORPGs.
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Some folks are like Slinkies, totally useless but great fun to watch when pushed down stairs
Originally posted by LauraFrost
^ This
Made History
Joined: 7/11/11
Pink, it's like red but not quite.
Expansion from the premise a) we're lazy and spoiled to the final conclusion of b) we're lazy and spoiled is an entirely circular argument.
How many synonyms and repetitions for "convenient" can you pack into a single post?
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 12/24/04
There is a huge difference between challenging someone and just throwing up a series of pointless roadblocks. MMOs commonly put time sinks and other bizarre barriers in players way. They were never, and still aren't, challenging. I'm not sure they can ever be challenging because people would just cry a river until the nerf bats come out. As it is people still whine about gear checks in WoW. That's not exactly a hard game.
"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause" ~Victor Hugo
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Joined: 7/18/04
Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. -Lao Tzu
I agree that, in general, a game with a persistent world should incorporate some form of progression into its design. I don't need rewards every couple minutes to feel like I am making progress; I am willing to strike toward an objective that takes days to complete to receive a benefit.
One part of your post I disagree with is travel. A mantra I've had to learn when designing content is that travel does not equal gameplay. If a player is traveling from point A to point B in order to do thing C, getting to point B is generally a time sink as far as travel is involved, and can actually be a deterrent in wanting to complete C. Sometimes, a little travel is necessary if the location is specific and has features that are incorporated into the game's design for a specific purpose, otherwise I think games should try to keep travel to a minimum if at all possible. I'm not necessarily advocating quick travel, mounts, or teleportation; I think MMORPGs need to do a better job of localizing gameplay.
For example, if I have a choice between spawning a big mysterious entity for the player to investigate halfway across the map and telling the player to travel there, or present the player with a series of small opportunities based on their actions that lead toward other objectives like a chain of dominos that eventually build up to a confrontation with this big mysterious entity when the player is right on its doorstep, I'm going with the latter.
The exception to this is if the player is exploring an area for the sake of discovery. I don't mean like in WoW, where every time you walk into a new zone the game gives you a little drum roll and presents you with the name of the territory; I mean geographical features that present interesting environments that the player uncovers (WoW has these also; there was this one mountain that changed the time of day when you climbed to the top... pretty cool). In this case, travel is a good thing because the travel is the gameplay: exploration. I just felt it was important to make this distinction.
Otherwise I agree with your post, and I would be interested to hear what less recent games you think do a good job of presenting the player with a series of meaningful challenges. My pick would of course be Vendetta Online, not just because I have significantly contributed to its content (or not so significantly, depending on your perspective), but because it has a lot of progression built into its design. However, opposite to a game like WoW, the progression is only a way to gain access to new equipment and/or opportunities (not to increase imaginary stats that determine combat) and the new equipment is only marginally better than the old. Therefore, it does not take long at all before becoming a viable force in the galaxy. Mastery, on the other hand, is a matter of sounding incredible depth of strategy and playstyle. Progression is a matter of building alliegences with AI factions and/or other players, impacting the tapestry of the socio-political landscape across years. The following video may give you a brief idea of the kind of progression I am talking about:
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I don't see anyone wanting to play a game where your character is eating a bowl of soup and every spoonful is an ever more difficult quick time event. Its not inconvenience. Inconvenience is bad, when there's no point to it and many MMOs in the past had many of those.
Why modern games may feel boring is because they have little to nothing new to offer. I've said this a couple of times before: if you made an old-school game now, it wouldn't do any better than the rest. You're not looking for a new old-game, you're looking for an entirely new game.
And fast progression is hardly about convenience. Its about progression. I feel you are mixing things up in order to get to say "instant gratification". Another bashing thread, I see.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
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Logic, reason and fact do not supersede human nature. Ignorance reigns without justice.
*Sigh* I had a lot written, but it all got erased somehow.
Ultimately it boils down to profits and the like. Many aren't willing or don't have the patience to partake in a game that provides them with a set of challenges. The developers, I'm sure, know the who issue of a feeling of progression and how treadmills are going out of style. When you factor in that many probably already have MMO games that they're relatively locked into, being sold on a game where they have to spend months on end to do anything worth while when they already have a max level character, a guild and many friends on another game will be difficult.
Being someone who spent 9 months to get a Grand Master blacksmith on UO back in the day, in addition to playing FFXI for years when ot first came out... I know first hand how gratifying and lucrative such things can be. Heck, I even spent about a month to level each profession (one month for this, one month for that) on FFXIV before it shut down in preparation for the new version of the game. Though I am very much a part of the crowd that is usually busy, and leaving a game that has my friends in it just because it's inconvienent isn't going to sell me on playing the game. In fact, the pitch itself sounds like a horrible idea (not the core argument surrounding it).
The key therein would be to try and get their friends into that game, in addition to making it a rewarding experience. How one would accomplish this is the million subscriber question. In addition, it will have to be interesting in almost every way, with new ways to do things that reach the intended point. When it's a matter of patience (as we're talking about now), we also have to remind ourselves that today's generation may have a much lower tolerance for long endeavors and have been known for their short attention spans as a whole. This is a dangerous thing to do as it practically condemning your game to a niche crowd right off, unless you can market it in such a way to make it so there is absolutely no reason to stick with your current game or not to play this one.
If they attempt it without the above, and even more, it will almost certainly become F2P if they attempted to go P2P initially. Then it will eventually sell items to make it more convienent, which will make it all for nothing anyway.
When faced with strife or discontent, the true nature of a man is brought forth. It is then when we see the character of the individual. It is then we are able to tell if he is mature enough to grin and bare it, or subject his fellow man to his complaints and woes.
Made History
Joined: 7/11/11
Pink, it's like red but not quite.
Originally posted by Yaevindusk
I presume from the misty mystical "many", you're just making another unfocused "modern gamer" bash here?
Where their "modern gamer" properties are the ones you assign? And that's why us Old Tyme Gamers are Inherently Better?
(We get that one several dozen times every weekend, please don't bother.)
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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Joined: 11/01/11
also inconvenience can form communities and give sense and deep to the world. lets say player A have to cross a forest, player B is a druid and can teleport ppl trough trees. Player A interacts with Player B.
hell, EQ had that with corpse runs/ necro hire.
a simple thing that adds to immersion, economy, bonds..... the possibilities are endless.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 1/02/08
Let em put a slave ring thru u're nose u're prob not going to like where they're taking you. Think.
In all things there must be balance. To much inconvenience is not a good either.
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Joined: 7/17/11
And debating this with someone who doesnt understand the foundation of accomplishment is pointless.
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Joined: 7/18/04
Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. -Lao Tzu
I think the following comic strip aptly addresses the issue of inconvenience...
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Joined: 9/13/06
Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
The quote from Raph Koster in my sig sums it up best, one man's inconvenience is another person's challenge. How are developers to know which of them to cater to? There in lies the real heart of the debate. Generally speaking they try to cater to the largest audience to maximize revenues/profits.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Joined: 8/12/06
OP makes valid points. In fact, I agree with almost all of it. What's the point of once again saving the world when every single player who came before me already did it? In fact, there wasn't even any danger of the world being lost anyway. There's no cause and effect for the most part.
Rewards for quests are out of whack. Quest Giver: "Thank you for delivering me this bag of beans. Here... have a powerful magic sword." (Quest Giver turns to the next player). "Thank you for delivering me this bag of beans. Here..."
Now we ALL have magic swords! And how convenient that these swords are just powerful enough for the next challenge: "Kill 10 piglings who are eating all the crops" Don't worry... more will spawn, so there's no danger of them going extinct. There's no danger of them eating all the crops either. You'll never be rid of piglings OR crops!
Jeez... no wonder we log off and look for another game. Hope springs eternal. Maybe the NEXT MMO will get it right!
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A maze is all about the walls between you and your goal.
Not all mazes are fun for all people all of the time.
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Originally posted by Kyleran
I think the quote goes: "One man's inconvenience is another's game." There's a difference between challenge and inconvenience. One you want and one you want to avoid although players are the ones who determine which is which in the end.
A good rule of thumb would be: if you can't make it fun, don't do it.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
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Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Originally posted by Quirhid
Since quotes aren't always visible to everyone, "Every inconvenience is a challenge, and games are made of challenges. This means that every inconvenience in your design is potentially someone's game" Raph Koster
As to your rule of thumb, what you and I consider "fun" are definitely different, so the only way that is even useful is to design towards the largest audience that consider's a certain feature to be entertaining.
But knowing who those folks are and how many really like it is the mystery, and for the past 8 years most Dev's have just looked that the market leader and decided to center their design on that. Undertstandable why they choose to, even if it ends up with most new MMORPG's not being interesting to me.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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I've got the game design idea you want.
Instead of increasing your stats or getting more as you level. First you start out with everything and the longer you play the more is taken from you. Then your levels matter, then you show improvement on a personal level.
We'll call this game Erosion - Progressive loss never felt so good.
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Joined: 10/25/07
I'll have to (mostly) agree with the OP. I AM looking for more inconvenience in my MMO. I want to need light sources to delve deep into dark caves. I want to travel, though travel needs to be meaningful and not 45 minutes of waiting on a dock for a boat to arrive followed by 20 minutes of standing on the deck of the boat. I want upgrades to be fewer and much farther between.
That being said, I also believe that it is true that not all inconveniences are good inconveniences. Waiting 20 minutes for my mana bar to refill is NOT fun. Essentially, what I'm looking for are inconveniences that I can DO something about an not inconveniences that that I simply have to wait out. Acting is fun, waiting is not fun.
Someone posted previosly that old games wouldn't succeed in today's environment. I agree, but I think that it is because of the insurmountable inconvenices like hyper slow mana regen and a "hurry up and wait" style of travel. It is my sincere hope that we will see a few upcoming MMORPGs designed to run at a slower pace presenting worthwhile obstacles to overcome through effort, skill, and preparation rather than a few pigs to kill and a few kobold candles to steal and trade in for sword of everything killing +10 and a full set of armor.
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game is also real
make game too easy and you'll need to add content very often.
make mix of both? may be you gonna win.
I keep posting that IMO modern game need to have 2 lvl of challenge or easy play / hard play realms.
this way we can see who loves challenge (% of players) and can enjoy game style we like.
personally I still love large world to explore but not too hard, not too long (i hate when I need 5 min to kill 1 mob) and never boring grind (quests kill X, come back, kill Y etc).
I'm ok with idea of hard boss. =XD but I hope to have more content than kill said boss over and over.
I like housing, gardening and fishing as not fast activities. as it not combat I can spend more time on it.
I love games with lot of items, char customization (+ of creation) and good looking graphics (Aion, Tera, GW2, LotRO, Forsaken World, Runes of Magic, Rift and more I have not seen yet=D)
So may be someone need hard combat style raid and large groups of people to make huge war?
try before buy, even if it's a game to avoid bad surprises.


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Customer Generated Content - A Tale of Two Coffees
Posted by Scott Maxworthy in Twitter, SOHO, small business, SEO, quora, online social media, online retailing, myob, Marketing, internet strategy, internet marketing, hyperlocal, Google, Facebook, digital marketing, Competitve Advantage, coffee, Business Development, business
This is a Digital Media Strategy Beginners Article.
Local Search Results
One of the biggest failures of the web to date has been the generally poor results you get from a local search - particularly here in Australia where only around 30% of small businesses have a website. The poor performance is understandable when it's only logical that if your business doesn't have a website, then it's hard for Google to know you exist and for people to link to your site.
There have been many attempts over the years to address this gap, from the old, once dominant, Yellow Pages type paper advertising directories (which have finally migrated to online directories); Government and commercial initiatives like Google and MYOB (leading Australian Small Business accounting software); consumer comparison and ranking website portals; through to customer generated content - forums, bloggers; Facebook Places; Fourquare; Twitter; new Google+ and my new favourite service www.quora.com (founded last year by the ex CTO of Facebook).
From a business owners perspective it's a Catch 22 situation - if your immediate sales are not generated from the web then why as business do you need to invest the time, energy and money to develop new skills; keep information up to date; maintain the website; and also communicate through these online channels - "I sell coffee I'm not some computer nerd!" they cry.
The answer to that question is very simple - depending on what report you're reading then 50-90% of new customers will search online before purchasing - Online Retailing's SOBO "Search Online Buy Offline".
If you're not actively marketing and communicating online then there's a very high probability your competitors are or will be.
Opportunity and Competition Drives Innovation
Ten months ago, I wrote about a new coffee shop which opened in the local neighbourhood "Foodies Deli Cafe" which brought a refreshing new competitor to the local coffee drinking marketplace - back then as a test I asked how long would it be before they commented on my blog post.
Today, that moment arrived, Matt - one of the owners told me they'd launched a website a couple of months ago; that it wasn't ranking in Google and if I could take a quick look (contra coffee).
Sensing a potential mutual win relationship (and also content for my blog) once back in the office the first thing I did was a test search in Google -
Foodies Deli Cafe: burgers worth scrapping over
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Foodies Deli Cafe
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Foodies Deli, Cafe, Dolls Point Part I « Eat My Shots!
eatmyshots.com/?p=204 - Cached4 Nov 2010 – Foodies Deli, Cafe, Dolls Point
As Matt said the website http://www.foodiesdelicafe.com.au/ doesn't rank at all, so we take a look at source code. If you right-click on your website from your browser there is usually a "source code" option - it's gobbly gook stuff Google sees. Without going into finer details the website is not search engine optimised (SEO) and in its current form I doubt it will never rank in the top three search results. Yes, the web developers didn't mention that!
As mentioned there are many elements which influence search engine ranking but the most important is the "Search Engine Term" your potential customers will use.
Search Engine Term and Inbound Links
The key point to note is that most people will NOT search for the name of the coffee shop, they will search for "coffee shop Dolls Point" or "coffee shop Sans Souci" or maybe "best coffee shop in St George area". The most important element to SEO is the title of any external websites inbound link to your site.
The higher the Pagerank of the external website "referring" the more influence that will have on your page ranking and your subsequent search results listing. For example, A Sydney Morning Herald food guide review will have a greater link importance than my website blog (except when it is published in my Istrategy blog post).
Example - The top three results "Best Coffee Shop Sydney City" includes one of my favourites Vivo Cafe - Vivo has a SEO website plus Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare accounts - all roads lead to a destination.
Social Media is the New Search
We are increasingly using social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Youtube etc and applications like Trip Advisor to ask friends or other web users for their feedback. On top of the social media layer, services like Google+; Linkedin Q&A (think corporate Facebook) and the previously mentioned http://www.quora.com/ are facilitating question and answer and developing expert status.
Google is already indexing this high quality content (except where it has very recently been precluded - ie Twitter real time results and public Facebook Status) and you are beginning to see this data influence rankings.
Social Media Pureplay
Another local coffee shop I must mention is social media marketing pure play Montgomery St Cafe, headed up by the highly talented Internet Chef and Electrolux brand ambassador Bridget Davis and Twitterati Iconic88. They did an exceptional job at building awareness prior to opening through Facebook status updates, #mostreet and regular Youtube videos.
Increasing Competition
Last week another new local coffee shop opened - "Kiss the Barista" at Georges River 16ft Sailing Club; and another around the corner couple of weeks.
There are now three new coffee shops that have opened within a short (less than 500m) distance within the last 10 months making a total six.
As you can see even at the local coffee shop level it's a highly competitive online marketing but you know the most important thing? The customer experience they then share.
How do you rank on Google and what are your customers saying about you on social media?


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Sheriff Arpaio plans to put armed posse members at schools
PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to start putting armed members of his volunteer posse near schools in the wake of the mass shooting in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
Arpaio doesn't plan to put posse members inside schools but will have them posted around the perimeters.
"Why not utilize the posse into patrolling schools in our areas?" Arpaio asks.
With what he thinks is no reason not to, he'll start this new idea within the next week.
The specific schools are not yet known but volunteers will be spread throughout Arpaio's jurisdiction and he has identified certain areas.
The posse members are qualified for the job, according to Arpaio.
"Our posses are well trained with over 100 hours of how to use weapons [and] they have authority under the elected sheriff," Arpaio said. "I feel they'll be a great asset to schools around our area."
They would be armed with a side-arm and not a semi-automatic weapon.
Arpaio is known as one of the nation's most high-profile supporters of strict U.S.-Mexico border policy.
His plan announced Thursday comes after two other Arizona officials released ideas for boosting school security.
Attorney General Tom Horne proposed firearms training for one person in each school. And Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu proposed training multiple educators per school to carry guns.
"It doesn't matter what the reaction is," Arpaio said. "My main objective is to protect the public and do what we can to detour any of the massacres that have been happening around the country."
The sheriff and his posse just finished up patrolling local malls over the holiday season, something they have been doing since 1993.
Information from The Associated Press was used from this report.


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Wayne Allen
PDT Staff Writer
The local unions have been critical of the project to install a new roof on the Scioto County Courthouse since it began and the scrutiny continues even after the project's completion.
Fred Gee, Market Development Representative for the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, recently sent a letter to Mike Crabtree, Chairman of the Scioto County Commissioners voicing some of his concerns.
"As you are aware we were disappointed with the commissioners decision to select an Indiana company to replace the existing roof on the jewel of our community, and equally concerned with the suspect bidding process," Gee stated. "The circumstances surrounding the award of the roofing contract to Five Star Commercial Roofing of Hartford City, Indiana from this project are troublesome. It appeared suspicious to me and many others that O.R.C. (Ohio Revised Code) 307.86 (A)(1)-(2) was exercised thanks to a bid of $99,900. This allowed Scioto County to avoid bidding the project competitively, but just days later the contract was increased by $23,000.
Crabtree was critical of the letter responding, "When this (roof project) started we were going to replace the roof at a cost of $99,900. Nobody knew what was under that roof. It had two inches of stone on top of rubber, on top of insulation. Until the ballast was removed a couple of weeks later, they noticed that some of the insulation had deteriorated to point where it was like dirt. We were very disappointed when we had to spend an extra $23,000 (to replace the insulation). The reality was I had to go back to the finance commission and get that money approved, and it was not just days later."
In February the commissioners entered into a contract for $99,990 with Five Star Commercial Roofing, to replace the existing roof of the courthouse.
In March, a change order on the project was approved by the commissioners that called for an additional $23,000 to be spent on the project to replace a layer of insulation between the roof and the concrete that had become damaged over the years.
On March 18 the offices of Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Matt McFarland's offices became flooded as a result of a clogged downspout causing damage to most of his office.
As a result McFarland has moved out of the courthouse and into the courthouse annex across the street.
The county brought in Mike Asebrook of Asebrook & Co. Architects/Inspectors to examine the roof and make recommendations on how to prevent further flooding in the future.
A final inspection of the roof is expected to take place within a couple of weeks after it has cured for the necessary two months.
To help with the final inspection, Gee offered the services of Terry Phillips a professional roofer, free of charge.
"I believe having a skilled roofer that is a member of our community be a part of that inspection could help alleviate concerns of local residents. I hope you (Crabtree) take advantage of our offer. Please advise when we will be allowed to join the inspection of the Scioto County Courthouse Roofing Project," Gee wrote.
Crabtree said he was not interested in having Phillips join the inspection process.
"Mike Asebrook is very competent. He's been doing the permits and inspections for the state of Ohio for a long time on hundreds of projects. He's very competent and he doesn't need someone holding his hand."
In response to the overall letter Crabtree said, "I don't care what Fred Gee says. The reality is, we done what we had to do with the budget we had. To do anything less would have been irresponsible. His remarks, as far as I'm concerned are incompetent and ridiculous. We done what we had to do and we figured we were going to get by with spending less than $100,000. We discussed that with the prosecutor long before we done anything. He gave us his legal opinion and he said we could do this."
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The new skipper for the Green Wave baseball program knows he has a lot to work with.
Banks Faulkner has fulfilled his obligations to Lexington High School, where he served as a teacher and pitching coach this spring. With his focus now on Summerville, the new Green Wave head coach will spend the summer putting the pieces together for what he hopes will be a championship program.
This was a good fit for me, Faulkner said. I wasnt looking to bolt out of Lexington. That was home and I was happy there, but as a competitor this position appeals to me. Its not that I just wanted to be a head coach. I wanted to go somewhere that was a special situation and this is. I think this program is a sleeping giant. It has been successful but it is ready to be pushed to that next level. We want to play deeper into May.
Faulkner replaces Alan Bridges, who served as the Waves head baseball coach for only one season while a search for a coach was conducted. Prior to Bridges, the position had only seen one change since 1970 when in the mid-80s Burt Bazzle took the reigns from Pinky Guerard. Between them, those coaches led Summerville to four state championships but the last one came in 2003.
Faulkner only has one season under his belt as a head coach, one he spent at Wando. However, as an assistant/pitching coach, he helped both Lexington and Gilbert teams to state titles. He also coached at Walhalla and Blythewood high schools.
As an athlete, Faulkner helped Lexington claim a state championship his senior year (1999). From there he went to Erskine College where he played two seasons. After having Tommy John surgery he gave up playing and transferred to Clemson where he earned an education degree.
Some of the coaches who were already part of the Green Wave program will remain on staff, but Faulkner also plans to bring in some new faces.
It wouldnt feel like a new program if I were the only new coach, he said. I want to bring in some guys who Ive worked with before and some guys from the community.
The coach should have several starters back, including some highly recruited athletes and two of its top pitchers. Those expected to return include pitcher Sawyer Bridges, who has verbally committed to Clemson, and outfielder TJ Hopkins, who has verbally committed to South Carolina.
I think the challenge is going to be how quick can these kids get comfortable playing in a new system, Faulkner said. It will be different for them but Im excited because they are talented kids who have a lot of physical tools and they are blue-collar kids which are the type of athletes I enjoy coaching.
Bridges and Charlie Fessler should give the Wave a powerful one-two pitching punch next season. Faulkner says if some of the teams other pitchers continue to develop and Summerville plays solid defense the team should do well.
If you have two top-tier arms you can do well in the playoffs but really you need three or four reliable arms, Faulkner said. We have some guys who should be able to help us out but we have to find the right spots for them and help them develop. I think we also need to do a better job in the field because good pitching isnt enough.
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On October 27, the Elkin High School Cheerleading Squad sponsored its first ever Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and raised more than nine hundred dollars.
Kali Teague, varsity cheerleading coach, said that plans and preparation for the walk began at the beginning of October and lasted the whole month. Inspiration to host such an event hit very close to home for some of the cheerleaders.
"Many of the girls on our team have family members who have been touched by breast cancer, and we wanted to do something that would give back to our community as well as raise awareness for this disease," said Teague.
The Elkin High School cheerleaders worked from the ground up when it came to spreading the word about their walk, which included hanging pink ribbon posters around the school and hosting two "Pink Out" days, during which the whole student body was urged to wear as much pink as possible.
Clubs at Elkin High School were also involved, especially "Bucky's Club." Bucky's Club was created by senior student Houston Parks to encourage fellow students to recognize and appreciate the importance of good character and community service in today's society. Club dues were all donated to the breast cancer fund set up by the cheerleading team.
Registration for the walk began on October 27 at 9 a.m. at Elkin High School's Grissom Stadium, with the actual walk beginning around 10:30 a.m.
Booths were set up by the cheerleaders, offering pink ribbon-themed crafts, food, and face painting. Local businesses also lent a hand in the event, with food donated by Speedy Chef, Pepsi, and Dominos. Raffles were held with items donated by Diana's Bookstore, The Difference Salon, and La Fuente Mexican restaurant. Music was provided by the Elkin High School Band. By the end of the day, a total of $956.31 had been raised.
Later, a check was presented in that amount to Diana Parrish, Executive Director of the Susan G. Komen Triad Affiliate, which helps to fund mammograms and makes them more affordable for women in the Triad area.
Elkin High School junior and varsity cheerleader Kristen Kartes said that it was an amazing experience.
"It was just really cool to help raise money for such a great cause. When we took the money to Winston-Salem to donate to the Susan G. Komen foundation, it was great to see the facial expressions of all the workers there when they saw how much money we had raised. It really paid off because they told us how many people that it would help, even locally."
Coach Teague said she is proud of not only the unselfish service performed by the girls, but also by what they learned about their role in our society.
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I have never been a history buff, yet I find it fascinating how the military of our great country evolved into its current branches: the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.
The present structure is a result of the National Security Act of 1947. This is the same act that restructured the War Department into the Department of Defense. But it all began with the Continental Army, which was formed June 14, 1775, after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War and disbanded in 1783. The 1st and 2nd Regiments then became the Legion of the United States under Gen. Anthony Wayne, becoming the foundation of what is now the U.S. Army in 1796.
History is important because the men and women who serve today carry with them the sacrifices, commitment, strength and honor of all those who served before them. They leave their loved ones, the comforts of home, their friends, their jobs and their entire lives behind to stand side by side with their military brothers and sisters to protect the approximately 93 percent of us who have never served. It is a call of duty most of us will never experience. Yet we experience the great benefits bought by the 7 percent who have sacrificed beyond measure.
Though the demographics of the military, the enemies they fight and the warfare technology they use changed over the years, some facts remain the same. I don't believe anyone truly wants war, but it has been a part of our world from the beginning of time.
War is a thing. Military members are people. No matter your stance on war, we all need to stand up and support our military members and their families. When someone serves, their loved ones also serve. These heroes behind the heroes are often forgotten.
When a soldier, airman, sailor or Marine gets deployed, there is almost always a family left behind that needs the support of their community. Seek out these families and find a way to support them, which doesn't always mean spending money. A mother might need help with cutting the grass. A parent at your child's school might appreciate a little extra help. A mother whose child has gone off to war might be grateful to share a cup of coffee and the chance to talk about her concerns for her "baby," no matter the age of the military member.
When a service member doesn't make it home from war alive, there is a family who will never be the same. Again, listening without judgment, even when you feel you have no words to ease the pain, will be appreciated.
Today we have the highest survival rates for those who have been deployed to warzones. Modern medicine keeps alive many who might have perished in the past, but with physical and mental injuries not seen before in our returning military. The needs of our visibly and invisibly wounded veterans are growing and the responsibility is on each of us to do our part to ease their recoveries and reintegrations.
We can do more to help than we ever thought we could do. I know this because as a civilian and survivor of a severe traumatic brain injury, I thought once that I was not capable or knowledgeable enough to offer much assistance. Wow, was I proven wrong! You, too, can make a difference. Don't overthink it. The military does have a culture that the rest of us will never understand fully. But don't allow that to interfere with your ability as a human to have an impact on another human being.
It doesn't take a medical degree to be able to help. It only takes an open heart, ears that listen without judgment and a spirit of kindness to ensure our military and former military know they are cared about. Throwing a parade and waving a flag is great, but time spent getting to know them and their families and going to community events to support them and learn more about the path they have walked is even better.
Love and understanding can go a long way toward healing and can open doors to new opportunities — for them as well as for you; giving is receiving! Love and understanding can help us become a nation that shows its greatness not only in the power of its military, but in the power of its citizens to unite with the military, our veterans and their families to create communities that give and give back. That is some amazing history in the making that you can be a part of.
Pam Hays is president and founder of The Arms Forces, www.thearmsforces.org; (419) 891-2111.
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The board of directors of the Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce took a bold stand last week supporting responsible expansion of Medicaid.
The board did so by writing a letter, the message of which it hopes will ultimately find its way to state officials deciding about the Medicaid option presented in recent months. So far the General Assembly and Gov. Nikki Haley have opposed accepting $4.1 billion in federal assistance over three years.
The whole idea of expanding Medicaid funding to more South Carolinians comes as part of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care plan. Under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, states have the right to accept or reject the offer of federal aid that will pay for more health care for indigent and handicapped South Carolinians.
The action will be seen by many as supporting ObamaCare when in fact the board used sound business reasoning to support economic growth of the state.
Under the plan, South Carolina can receive the funding to help expand health services to indigent and handicapped people in the state. After three years the state would take on responsibility for matching a portion of the proceeds. By 2020 South Carolina, under the current plan would have to contribute 10 percent of the shared dollars to receive the federal portion.
Some leaders are concerned they don't know how much the final price tag will be for taxpayers in part because they don't know how many people will join Medicaid roles who are not currently receiving aid. Estimates range from 250,000 people to 600,000 people.
Despite the actual number — and we believe it will fall somewhere in between the two extremes – the federal government will pay the cost for three years, under the plan. Then the state will need to pay only 10 percent of the cost in and after 2020.
One could argue – and many have – that the federal government is in no position financially to take on such a burden. The federal budget deficit is far from acceptable, but we as a nation are paying much of the cost of indigent care anyway through cost shifting. If someone who can't pay for medical help goes to an emergency room, the rest of us you can pay do pay. The president's plan just owns up to this fact and looks for a way to pay responsibly and tell everyone where the costs are coming from.
The Medicaid expansion will provide dollars for people to be treated at clinics and doctor's offices accepting Medicaid. All those people getting health care will need someone to provide that health care. That means healthcare jobs for South Carolinians. Healthcare workers buy cars and houses and groceries and shoes, so people who sell those things should see advantage.
There are many what-ifs in this equation, many unknowns.
It is fairly easy to see, however, that if South Carolina ends up being the state that does not accept the federal aid, it will be the one paying more for health care per employee, per company. That is bad for business.
The Pickens Chamber took a bold and dangerous political step, but there is considerable reason to believe it is the right one for South Carolina.


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- New catalytic enantioselective carbon carbon bond formations in organic synthesis (2009)
- Enantioselective carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, particularly, using organocatalysts represent one of the most important areas in modern synthetic chemistry. New concepts and methods in organocatalysis are emerging continuously, allowing more selective, economically more appealing and environmentally friendlier transformations. Chiral Brønsted-acid catalysts have recently emerged as a new class of organocatalysts for a number of enantioselective carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The first part of this thesis focused on the new development of new Brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective Nazarov cyclizations. The Nazarov reaction belongs to the group of electrocyclic reactions and is one of the most versatile methods for the synthesis of five-membered rings, which are the key structural elements of numerous natural products. In general, the Nazarov cyclization can be catalyzed by Brønsted or Lewis acids. However, only a few asymmetric variations have been described, of which most require the use of large amounts of chiral metal complexes. The reactivities of Nazarov cyclizations are also depending on the substituents of the divinyl ketone substrates as described in the first chapter. The substrates to study Brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective Nazarov cyclization were prepared following the known procedures. The dihydropyran was treated with tBuLi in THF at –78 oC and then the α,β-unsaturated aldehydes 1 were added to the reaction mixture to afford the corresponding alcohols 2 in moderate to good yields. The alcohols 2 were oxidized to divinyl ketones 3 employing Dess-Martin periodinane/pyridine (DMP/py) in CH2Cl2 at room temperature to obtain the divinyl ketones 3 in moderate to good yields (Scheme 1). Scheme 1. Preparation of substrates in order to study Brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective Nazarov cyclization and subsequent transformations. At the starting point, an evaluation of suitable Brønsted acid catalysts for the enantioselective Nazarov cyclization of divinyl ketone 3a was performed. The initial reactions conducted with various BINOL-phosphoric acids 4a-4e in toluene at 60 oC provided the mixture of cis and trans cyclopentenones 5a with enantioselectivities of up to 82% ee (Table 1, entries 1-5). Eventually, improved reactivity could be achieved by using the corresponding N-triflylphosphoramides 4f and 4g, which even at 0 oC gave complete conversion after ten minutes. Additionally, it was shown that the use of these catalysts significantly enhanced both the diastereoselectivity (cis/trans ratio up to 7:1) and the enantioselectivity (up to 96% ee; Table 1, entries 6 and 7). Table 1. Evaluation of Brønsted acids 4a-4g in the enantioselective Nazarov cyclization. The scope of the Brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective Nazarov cyclization of various divinyl ketones 3 was explored under an optimized reaction condition (Scheme 2). Treatment of divinyl ketones 3 in CHCl3 in the presence of 2 mol% chiral BINOL-Ntriflylphosphoramide 4g at 0 oC for 1-6 h provided the corresponding cyclopentenone 5 in good yields (45-92%) with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 93% ee) (Scheme 2). Furthermore, the isomerization of cis-cyclopentenone under basic condition led to the corresponding trans-cyclopentenone without loss of enantiomeric purity. This efficient method introduced here was not only the first example of an organocatalytic electrocyclic reaction but also represented the first enantioselective activation of a carbonyl group catalyzed by a chiral BINOL phosphoric acid. Compared to the metal-catalyzed reaction, special features of this new Brønsted acid-catalyzed electrocyclization are the lower catalyst loadings (2 mol%), higher enantioselectivities, accessibility to all possible stereoisomers, as well as the mild conditions. ....
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A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising opening ceremony about fun and sports instead of terrorism, gay rights and coddling despots.
And that's just the way Russian President Vladimir Putin wants these Winter Games to be.
The world's premier athletes on ice and snow have more to worry about than geopolitics as they plunge into the biggest challenges of their lives on the mountain slopes of the Caucasus and in the wet-paint-fresh arenas on the shores of the Black Sea.


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