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Wanda Borges, Esq.
Wanda Borges is the principal member of Borges & Associates, LLC, a law firm based in Syosset, NY. For more than 29 years, Ms. Borges has concentrated her practice on commercial litigation and creditors' rights in bankruptcy matters, representing corporate clients and creditors' committees throughout the United States in Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court settlements, commercial transactions and preference litigation. She is the Immediate Past President of the Commercial Law League of America and has been an Attorney Member of its National Board of Governors, a Past Chair of the Bankruptcy Section and a past member of the executive council of its Eastern Region. Ms. Borges is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Turnaround Management Association, and is an associate member of the International Association of Commercial Collectors. She is a regular lecturer for NACM and its Affiliated Associations on commercial and corporate law (including ECOA, the Uniform Commercial Code and FCRA), insolvency matters, creditors' rights issues, antitrust law and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Ms. Borges has authored, edited and contributed to numerous publications including Thomson West's Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York, the NAB book Out of the Red and Into the Black, the BCCA's Credit & Collection Handbook, the CLLA Commercial Law Journal, Bulletin, Debt 3 and Bankruptcy Section newsletters—including her treatise "Hidden Liens, Who is Entitled to What?"—and NACM's Antitrust, Restraint of Trade and Unfair Competition: Myth Versus Reality, Manual of Credit and Collection Laws and Principles of Business Credit. She has co-authored The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 – An Overhaul of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, also published by NACM.
Susan Fee, M.Ed., L.P.C.
Susan Fee is a licensed clinical counselor practicing in Cleveland, OH. She speaks nationally on topics related to mental health, parenting, relationships, professional communication, and conflict resolution. Her advice has appeared in several publications including the Wall Street Journal, Dear Abby, Family Fun, Good Housekeeping and Real Simple.She is a frequent guest on Cleveland-area radio and TV as a relationship expert. She has presented for NACM'S Credit Congress, Grad School, and Tele-Seminar series. Ms. Fee is the author of Positive First Impressions, Dealing with Difficult People, Building Resiliency, and Secrets of Successful Presentations and the college survival guide, My Roommate is Driving Me Crazy!
Chris Kuehl, Ph.D.
Chris Kuehl is the co-founder and Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence. Chris is the Chief Economist for Fabricators and Manufacturers Association. He holds Masters Degrees in Soviet and East European Studies and East Asian Studies and a Ph.D. in Political Economics from the University of Kansas. He has been on the faculty of universities in the US, Hungary, Estonia, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan.
Whit Mitchell
Whit Mitchell is an Executive Coach, Team Dynamics expert, author and professional speaker. He is the founder and CEO of Working InSync International. Over the past 30 years, Whit has worked with a extensive variety of individuals and teams to discover and solve obstacles to success. Whit's clients include a broad range of executives from Fortune 500 and regional companies, start-ups, non-profits – and even professional athletes! Using a method called Inner Circle Coaching, Whit helps individuals and teams to work more effectively, develop a system for success, and discover ways to build better relationships both inside and outside their organizations.
In addition to his expertise in Executive Coaching and Team Dynamics, Whit has worked with top executive development programs at Tuck School of Business, Harvard University and Columbia University. His work with athletes and coaches includes the U.S. Olympic Rowing Teams, Dartmouth College, The United States Coast Guard Academy and The University of New Hampshire. Whit is also the author of "Working in Sync"; an accounting of Whit's coaching the '86 Dartmouth crew and how their rowing experience propelled them to professional success. Whit and his wife Judy live in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Charles Mulford, Ph.D., CPA
Chuck Mulford is Invesco Chair and Professor of Accounting in the DuPree College of Management at Georgia Tech. Since joining the faculty in 1983, he has been recognized 10 times as the Core Professor of the Year and twice as the Professor of the Year by graduate students in business administration. In 1999, graduate students voted to rename the Core Professor of the Year Award the "Charles W. Mulford Core Professor of the Year Award." Professor Mulford also received the university-wide W. Roane Beard Class of 1940 Outstanding Teacher Award in 2000. In addition to his work at Georgia Tech, Professor Mulford regularly consults with major domestic and international commercial banks and money management firms on issues related to credit and investment decision-making. Professor Mulford has a doctorate in accounting from Florida State University and is professionally qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Florida and Georgia. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, he practiced public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand.
Ron Price
Ron Price is an internationally recognized business advisor, speaker, and author. Known for his creative and systematic thinking, business versatility, and practical optimism, Ron has worked in 15 countries and served in almost every level of executive management over the past 35 years. As the former CEO of a multi-million dollar international company, Ron understands the challenges and risks of running a business and building a dynamic team. He works shoulder-to-shoulder with executive leadership teams to bring strategic clarity and transformational results to organizations--especially those dealing with turmoil and transition. In 2004, Ron started Price Associates, a leadership development firm that features the bright minds and innovative solutions of some of the world's top consultants in organizational development, process management, branding/marketing, and more.
Dr. Mohan Subramaniam
Dr. Mohan Subramaniam is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the Carroll School of Management in Boston College. He has a DBA in Management Policy from Boston University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore. Prior to his DBA, Dr. Subramaniam worked for several years in the Sales, Marketing and Engineering functions of multinational companies including Asea Brown Boveri and Sanyo.
Dr. Subramaniam's research focuses on global strategy and the strategic management of knowledge and innovation. He has published several studies on how multinational companies compete, collaborate, and transfer/deploy knowledge across borders for competitive advantage. His research also looks into different ways organizations leverage their knowledge and intellectual for innovative capabilities. His work has appeared, or is slotted to appear, in several leading journals such as The Academy of Management Journal, The Strategic Management Journal, The Journal of International Business Studies, The Journal of Management Studies, and The Journal of Management. His writings have also appeared as book chapters in Dynamic Strategic Resources, and The Handbook of Strategy and Management. His research has won awards from the Strategic Management Society, McKinsey Corporation, Academy of Management, Academy of International Business and The Decision Sciences Institute. Dr. Subramaniam's research has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Bosch Institute.
At the Carroll School, Dr. Subramaniam teaches courses on strategic management and managing global businesses. He has also taught in several executive programs around the world for companies such as Telekom Austria, General Motors, Nextel, Voestalpine and Hamilton Sunstrand.
Diane Swanson, Ph.D.
Diane Swanson is the Edgerley Family Chair in Business Administration at Kansas State University where she teaches undergraduate, graduate and continuing professional education courses in business and society, professional ethics, and accounting and business ethics. She is also the Founding Chair of KSU's Ethics Education Initiative, which has received international acclaim. Professor Swanson's record includes publishing widely on business ethics, corporate social responsibility, leadership and organizational dynamics; serving on editorial boards; holding governing positions in academic associations; and interviewing frequently with the media. She is also listed in several biographical indices, including Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in Business in Higher Education. Since spearheading a national campaign to improve business education in 2002, she has been invited to speak to several national audiences on the importance of business ethics. In 2004, she received the Best Ethics Educator Award from the Colleges of Business at Colorado State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Wyoming.
Judith White, Ph.D.
Judith White is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Her area of expertise is organizational behavior, and her current research topic areas include solo status in groups, negotiations, and organizational and social identity. Professor White has published numerous articles and working papers in these areas. She has been the recipient of many awards including the George W. Goethals Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard University. Dr. White holds a BA from Indiana University, a JD from Yale University and her Ph.D. from Harvard University.


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BOSTON - FEBRUARY 27: The Plan B pill, also known as the "morning after" pill, is displayed on a pharmacy shelf February 27, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. Many states may have to deal with legislation that would expand or restrict access to the drug since the federal government has not made a decision to make the pill available without a prescription. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Jerry Brown, the Democratic nominee for governor, is mocking the idea of putting out a plan for how he'll fix the state's fiscal troubles -- and his opponent, Meg Whitman, is blasting him for refusing to be more specific.
Here's some advice for voters: you can ignore this conversation about plans. Because Brown will eventually put out a plan -- a plan that you can ignore.
In fact, the Brown episode shows the two purposes of campaign plans.
1. Carping about their absence. Reporters love to demand that candidates produce a plan, since the non-production of the plan fills pages and blogs and is an easy issue to monitor. Candidates either have a plan or they don't, and reporters write about how they don't until they do.
2. Ignoring them once they're produced. That's right -- once plans come out, reporters can safely ignore them and not write about their substance, since so few voters will read the plans, much less care.
Look for Brown to bow to this reality and put out a plan that doesn't offer much in the way of policy but repeats various poll-tested phrases about the need to be frugal in budgeting and to create jobs. And then look for reporters to never write about the plans again. (If you need an example of this dynamic, look no further than the plan Brown already has put out -- a plan on renewable energy. Read any detailed appraisals of it yet).
Now, of course, if someone wanted to govern this state and fix the budget, he or she would put out a detailed, difficult plan and try to build public support. But that's way too high-risk for candidates, who see their first duty as winning.
So they choose avoidance. (Another take on the same subject is offered by the LA Times' Evan Halper here.)


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Ah, the sweet rainbow flavor of comeuppance. As the fascinating and part-tragic, part-inspiring saga of Chelsea Manning continues to unfold [1], at least one portion [2] of the struggle has reached a satisfying conclusion.
The disastrous move by this year's Pride Board to negate the election of Bradley Manning [3] as a community grand marshal in the parade -- locking out press and protestors [4], canceling meetings [5], and kicking up a general shitstorm [6] in the process -- only served to bring out three blocks' worth of marching supporters in the Bradley Manning Supprt Network Contingent this year. Now, that contingent has won the "Best Overall Pride Contingent Award," voted on by the public.
Sorry, Pride Board [7] :/
Here's the press release from Grand Marshal, Not Court Martial, a related group:
This past June 30, the Bradley Manning Support Network (BMSN) marched for its third consecutive year in San Francisco's Pride Parade.
The BMSN was the largest non-corporate contingent in this year's parade and was named by judges, along with four other groups, as an "Absolutely Fabulous Marching Contingent." In addition, at last night's SF Pride's Check Granting Party, it also won the award for "Absolutely Fabulous Overall Contingent."
The vote for the "Absolutely Fabulous Overall Contingent" was put out to the community on SF Pride's web site. BMSN was up against three other groups: Abada Capoeira, Bay Area Youth Summit, and Mormons for Marriage Equality.
The winning of these awards comes on the heels of a two-month debacle in which SF Pride rescinded the nomination of Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning as a Community Grand Marshal. Local LGBT and veteran activists held demonstrations and a teach-in (as well as a Community Meeting called by Pride at the urging of SF Supervisor David Campos) to try to get Manning reinstated.
The contingent featured former military strategist, 82 year old Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 leaked secret documents known as the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. Ellsberg, adorned with a pink boa around his neck, was accompanied in the parade by his wife, Patricia.
Manning was sentenced this past Wednesday to 35 years in prison for releasing thousands of classified documents including the infamous "Collateral Murder" video, which shows a U.S. Army helicopter gunning down Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists. This sentence will automatically be sent to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals. Manning's lawyer and numerous organizations are calling on President Obama to pardon Manning, who could be paroled after 10 years, three of which have already been served.
Following the sentencing, Manning issued a public statement declaring: "As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back."
[1] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/08/22/other-thing-chelsea-manning-said-and-more-updates
[2] http://www.sfbg.com/2013/05/21/meaning-manning
[3] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/06/07/pride-declines-reinstate-manning-grand-marshal
[4] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/05/08/pride-board-locks-out-press-protesters-public-comment-meeting
[5] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/05/15/campos-pride-city-funding-requires-transparency-meeting-about-manning-decision
[6] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/05/01/most-bitter-bradley-manning-pride-piece-yet
[7] http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=68909


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Rapid and Reliable Releases
Rolf Russell & Andy Duncan discuss how to have rapid and reliable releases from the perspective of build, release, and devops, considering the relationship between the teams involved, the metrics needed to measure the performance achieved, the required skills, and the need to remove waste and bottlenecks.
Code Leaders and Beautiful Teams
Roy Osherove discusses principles and practices that make teams more effective, successful and happy. Team topics covered: automating everything possible, buying/using/discarding tools, getting quick feedback, communicating without using meetings, building by feature not layer, code & tests reviewing. Lead topics: bottleneck ninja, integrity, removing obstacles.
Strategies for Effectively Managing Legacy Systems
In this ThoughtWorks Quarterly Technology Briefing, Amit Uttam and Derek Longmuir discuss what a legacy system is, the typical approaches to dealing with legacy systems, the cost of legacy systems, replacement strategies and techniques, technology asset portfolios, system health checks, executing a migration plan, "strangler" vs phased approaches, and continually evolving your system.
The Agile PMO: Real Time Governance
The PMO needs to be aware of how well each project is performing at any given time. Agile practices give transparency, with clear reporting of what's done, its cost, and how well constructed it is. Learn how you can create a real-time governance capability that anticipates challenges, makes timely course corrections, and seizes opportunities to maximize the business impact of IT investments.
Cultures Where Agile Emerges
Agile practices emerge in a collaborative environment. As the leader on several projects, Pollyanna used collaboration processes to create a culture that fostered the emergence of iterative development, test first, evolving functional specs, pair programming, minimal documentation, and customer involvement at every step of the way. Pollyanna presents the steps leaders for emerging agile methods.
The Dancing Agile Elephant: IBM Software Group's Transition to Agile and Lean Development
This session explores the approach and challenges to transforming multi-thousand person division to adopt new approaches to developing software. Questions about how to inspire and motivate change, identifying the change agents, the tooling to enable the masses will be discussed.
Three Years of Real-World Ruby
Martin Fowler talks about ThoughtWorks's experience with using Ruby on client projects for the past three years, and the creation of a Ruby-based product 'Mingle'.
Lean Concepts for IT Professionals
Durnall and Parkinson provide a thorough introduction to Lean principles, the idea of "Lean Thinking," and the application of those ideas to software development. IT is viewed as a system, a process, as well as a series of production steps and the presenters show how Lean ideas apply to and can improve each aspect.
Democratic Political Technology Revolution
The state of the art in political technology evolved radically 2004-2008. In 2004, software development in Democratic political campaigns consisted of a few rag-tag hackers taking shots in the dark and building applications. In 2008, political start-ups built innovative social applications that raised nearly 1/2 billion dollars, and elected a President.
Agile Methods and User Centered Design
In this presentation filmed during ThoughtWorks' Quarterly Technology Briefing, Dave Robertson and John Johnston explain what the Agile and User Centered Design's (UCD) common denominators are, common values being the most important one in their opinion.
BayAPLN Agile Expert Panel
During QCon San Francisco 2008, InfoQ and BayAPLN, a local group of Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), organized a panel comprised of Agile experts which answered questions from the audience. The panelists were: David Chilcott, Moderator, Polyanna Pixton, David Hussman, Sue Mckinney, Pat Reed.
Shaw and Fowler About Forging a New Alliance
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Buybacks, dividends, and strong growth prospects point to gains for this oil service supply company.
Oil service supplier Flowserve (FLS) is driving ahead of its peers with a strong balance sheet, stock buyback program and robust dividend growth. The company's long-term market growth potential is attractive and the stock's technical indicators are bullish.
In a nutshell, Flowserve develops, manufactures and sells precision-engineered flow control equipment. With pipeline companies seeking to build capacity in the U.S., demand has been strong for equipment from heavy-duty valve and pump makers like Flowserve.
Flowserve is broadly diversified over five distinct industries. It is well positioned in emerging markets; in 2011, 52% of capital spending was targeted to emerging markets.
Financially, Flowserve expects revenue growth of 8% to 10% from 2011 to 2016. The company reaffirmed its EPS for 2012 from $8 to $8.80 a share, up from its 2011 estimate of $7.45 to $7.85.
The total five-year shareholder return is 128%, compared to industry peer average of 26%. And dividends have grown 21% per year from 2007 to 2011.
Since the beginning of the year, FLS has outpaced the oil services sub-sector, the broader energy sector, and recently, the S&P 500.
Since mid-July, FLS has traded higher above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Immediate support is at $119.10 with longer-term support at its July 11 low of $109.05.
I like Flowserve's long-term growth prospects. The company is well-diversified across business sectors and geographically, it's not dependent on just the oil and gas sector, and it has a solid footprint in rapidly growing emerging markets.
Its focus on shareholder returns with robust stock buybacks and dividends provides a solid support to downside risk. The stock has performed exceptionally well and it near its 52-week high. Buy on pullbacks for the long-term.
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Send me your letters!
Just to reiterate.
If you have any questions, send your messages here or to the email. I really hope to get some letters in soon, I know a lot of you are handwriting them and with the Holidays around the corner anything mailed to me is going to take a little while.
So it's decided that this blog is going to remain active. This is Goodbye Drive A.
Yes, Drive A is over, but the guys are still moving on to new musical projects and this blog will be there to support and follow whatever they do. It doesn't have to be Drive A to still call the fanbase and friends made there the Alliance and the band doesn't have to be together to still enjoy their music.
The next thing this blog is undertaking is going to require every single one of you to help. I'm calling this Goodbye Drive A, and I want you to please submit all of your goodbye letters to me. I'm going to compile them all and send them to Jason, Bruno, Robert and Taylor. I want as many heartfelt letters as possible, I want Drive A to know that their music and them as people made a huge difference in people's lives. Please help me out Alliance and tell me what Drive A did for you, what the music meant to you, what the shows meant to you, did any of them ever say something that helped you out. I don't want the letters to be remorseful and sad that Drive A is gone, I want you guys to celebrate what Drive A was. I'm putting behind any grudges I had with anyone for this project. You don't like me, and I don't like you? Who cares, right now it's about the power of Drive A's music and ALL submissions will be included, no matter what personal feud we may have.
You can email your letters to <email@example.com>
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I want to post letters on this blog as well, so you'll also need to tell me if it's okay for me to post your goodbye letter here or not. I can also post them with the name remaining anonymous. I'd also like to thank Gee for inspiring this idea with Project Thank You, supporting the idea when I suggested it to her, and promising to help me out with this project.
Let's please show Drive A how much they are appreciated.
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The Fright of Your Life
Who is the scariest person in the world?
Many children would think about monsters, vampires and evil ghouls, but the Bible's answer is shockingly different. It's Jesus!
Jesus shocked, amazed and scared his followers by showing he had power over sickness, nature and even death. And every time Jesus met the devil or one of his demons, it was the evil spirit that ran away screaming!
This colourful evangelistic tract is designed for use with early teens (ages 11-14s), and aims to show that Jesus is the Lord of Heaven and Earth. It is Him we should truly fear. It is designed either to hand out at the door on Halloween, or as part of an 'alternative' Halloween party. It focuses on three passages from the Bible where people meet Jesus and are afraid.
How to give away a Halloween tract at the door:
1. Stock up on sweets, chocolates and tracts
2. Make sure you're at home on the 31st October
3. When children come trick or treating, simply hand them some sweets or chocolates along with a tract which 'explains a bit more about Halloween'
4. Pray!
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Mayor Kevin Johnson was born for this moment.
Though it could end unhappily for him and his hometown, Johnson's vow of assembling a group of billionaires to buy the Kings and keep them in Sacramento is gaining steam with the emergence of several potential buyers.
The Kings could still relocate to Seattle, where Chris Hansen a wealthy hedge-fund manager is said to be negotiating to buy the team.
But this challenge and the 10,000 ways it could implode is nonetheless tailor-made for Johnson's considerable skill set.
No one in Sacramento besides Johnson has the ability to befriend the filthy rich and talk them into committing their millions for his interests.
No one involved in the now annual ritual of deciding the Kings' future enjoys more respect from NBA Commissioner David Stern and the NBA owners who will ultimately decide if the Kings stay or go.
Johnson couldn't strengthen his powers as mayor because the many small interests in Sacramento feared him getting too big. But in this outsized endeavor to preserve Sacramento's only major sports franchise, Johnson doesn't have to curb his strutting. He doesn't have to dial down his "world class city" proclamations that drew eye rolls among his antagonists in Sacramento.
He's as comfortable and engaged among business and sports titans as he is uncomfortable on the City Hall dais, dying a little each time a bureaucrat drones on about parking easements or pension deficits.
Johnson can face off the Maloofs, who have wronged Sacramento for years as horrible owners, and Sacramentans will be with their mayor as opposed to how they recoiled when Johnson blew his stack after City Council enemies scuttled his strong-mayor proposals.
Get your popcorn ready. The stage is set. If not for Johnson, the Kings would have been gone already. But he was born for this fight.
He was born for many things, actually, but all the moments that might have been highlights for others were steppingstones for him: His rise above a difficult childhood in Oak Park to be one the greatest prep athletes in Sacramento history; becoming an elite NBA player; his desire to do more with his life than sit on beaches or bloviate about NBA basketball on national television.
He eschewed the big time for home. But his high-profile work in education and becoming the first African American mayor of his hometown have been anything but easy fits for Sacramento's most high-profile native son.
The mayor, you see, loves Sacramento and is of Sacramento but still is something of an alien presence in Sacramento.
In a town where everybody knows everybody, nobody really knows him. He aspires to be a kind of CEO in a labor stronghold suspicious of executives. He's a dazzling, tailored suit amid sensible ones strictly off the rack. He's bored by details in the detail capital of California. He keeps his own counsel in a political town fat with handlers.
To top if off, he's Mr. Charter School in the home office of teacher union power. And, good Lord, Johnson is married to the Antichrist of teacher unions Michelle Rhee, former superintendent of public instruction in Washington, D.C.
Until last week, the mayor was lost in his ill-fitting relationship with the city he loves in his own way. His two citywide elections, each won with relative ease, were proof of a bond with residents. But it has so far been unfulfilling for both.
Johnson seemed to have saved the Kings from leaving Sacramento until his plan to keep the team and revive downtown with a new arena was obliterated by the deal-breaking Maloof brothers.
After that, Johnson was AWOL from Sacramento as he spent the fall campaigning for President Barack Obama. He has been embarrassed by an aide accused of spending city money on trips, meals and shopping sprees. Last month, the state Fair Political Practices Commission fined Johnson $37,500 for failing to report millions in donations from nonprofits.
Then word broke last week that the Maloofs were close to a deal with Hansen.
What seemed like a death knell for the Kings is actually a great opportunity for Johnson and Sacramento.
A formal process of relocation to Seattle requires NBA approval and provides Johnson and Sacramento the opportunity to present an ownership group bent on keeping the team here.
If the NBA chooses Seattle, the villains will be the Maloofs and the NBA because there appears to be a growing list of rich people who want to keep the team here.
Of course, the Maloofs could always pull back again and continue as absentee owners doing the bare minimum, feeding garbage to the most loyal fans in the NBA.
Or Johnson could secure the Kings' future in Sacramento while ridding the region of slumlord owners despised from Stockton to the Oregon border. In the process, Johnson could also secure an appropriate place of harmony between him and his hometown.
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[-General-]Mini-Games: Making a Decent Mini-Game!, Covers what a mini-game is, what goes into one, and tips to consider.
Mar 18 2012, 04:58 PM
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Mini-Games: Oh what fun!
Admit it. Each one of us using these wonderful RPG creation tools has at one point felt the urge to design and implement the world's greatest most awesomest mini-game that kicks the snot out of past mini-games and punches future games of mini with a set of brass knuckles that says "Falcon PUNCH!" I know I have. Unfortunately, the world's greatest mini-game is moot, if there is no reason for the player to take part in this gaming mini-ness.
What is covered:
Definition of a Mini-Game.
Components to a Mini-Game. Includes an example.
Tips on making successful Mini-Games.
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How to make specific Mini-Games.
So what IS a mini-game?
Taken and quoted from Wikipedia:
"A minigame (also spelled mini-game or mini game and sometimes called a subgame) is a short video game often contained within another video game."
Simple, right? Essentially, it is a game within your game to give the player more options in terms of gameplay, story progression, time filling, and/or item acquisition, etc. etc. Breath of Fire III is a great example, with its use of the "fishing," mini-game. Players would be able to acquire various bait or lures, and fishing rods. They could then interact with numerous designated fishing spots in order to play the mini-game. They would be able to catch different fish, depending on the combination of bait/lure, rod, and spot. This was sometimes required for story progression, other times used to get rare items, unlock new content, and a great way to pass time.
So what MAKES a mini-game?
Again, I will use the Breath of Fire III fishing mini-game as an example, hereby dubbed "fishing game" for this tutorial. The fishing game can be broken down into components. Note, these are general, used only to get the point across. I'll try not to go into too much detail, so as the main topic of this tutorial can be still be applied. These include:
The purpose and/or goal(s) of the fishing game. Not to be confused with Rewards.
Gear, event, and/or circumstance related requirements to access the fishing game.
How the fishing game operates. How it is played/works.
Rewards for successful attempts or completion of the fishing game.
As you can see, there are some key ingredients to a mini-game dish.The objective is the main purpose of the mini-game. Also, this is where the goals are, often seemingly small, such as catching a fish. However, that seemingly small objective was the defining point of the mini-game. Had the goal been instead to bake muffins, the entire mini-game itself would have changed, and no longer been a fishing mini-game.
Objectives, requirements, mechanics, and rewards.
Each component is equally important, and depends on the others to create a fully functional and memorable mini-game.
The requirements are the limitations, such as requiring an item to activate, being at a certain area in the world, talking to the right person, etc. These requirements give the initial challenge of the mini-game, and can make great side-quest type material. They also are often used to prevent a player from accessing the mini-game too soon in the story.
The mechanics are how the mini-game works. They are the inner workings, the gears that turn. The process that forms the mini-game's start to finish actions. Everything from button presses and timing events, to how things are calculated.
Rewards. Here it is, the big kahuna, the final result of the mini-game, and usually perceived as the main reason for playing mini-games. These are usually in the form of rare or unique items, but can be anything from new party members to quests opening up. The rewards can be tricky, you don't want to give overly powerful items to the players to soon in the game, or give them weak items later in the game.
What makes a SUCCESSFUL Mini-Game?
So you have a grasp of what a mini-game is, the core components to making one, and have an idea for a mini-game in mind, great! Before you go building this epic addition to your game… stop. Ask yourself why? Why are you adding that mini-game to your project? How does it affect your game? How will the players view it? Does the overall objective of the game match the atmosphere of your main game? Does it blend well in terms of theme? For example, if your game is following a darker theme would it be natural to see a baking mini-game? Is it something the characters would do, as in is it feasible to see the battle-hardened, spell-wielding whirling death God of a main character frosting cupcakes? For the record, I have nothing against baking mini-games! They just seemed like a good example…
A good rule of thumb is, if the mini-game doesn't fit the world, the characters, or the overall theme of the game, then you might want to re-think it. You as the creator may think the mini-game is the bee's knees and everyone will absolutely love it, but if it doesn't fit right in the game, then the player will notice it immediately, and usually view it in a more negative tone. Just because you realized that your mini-game doesn't fit your game, doesn't mean you can't take some of those concepts and make a new one that does work!
Sometimes it's only a matter of changing way a player does something. Instead of a fishing pole, try dynamite! Sometimes it takes a little bit more than that. Instead of fishing, what about using guns for hunting and the rewards are the animal parts? Instead of baking, what about alchemy? Have an emo main character? Try implementing a poem writing mini-game based off collected snippets found throughout the world!
A mini-game should fit the characters, world, and theme like a puzzle piece, like something the PLAYER would naturally see in the environment, and something the PLAYER can see the characters doing. Mini-games are fun to make, and if done right can add loads of enjoyable playing time along with opportunities for gameplay development. If done wrong though, they can be a confusing and unsightly mess the player will likely not be coming back to for seconds.
Mar 20 2012, 08:21 PM
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Awesome tutorial. But you know what would make it even more awesome?
Teaching us how to make a fishing mini game! ;3
Does this work in flash?
For making games, I use:
RPG Maker VX (Quiet like it, need more experience.)
Unreal Engine 3
Unity 3d
Mar 21 2012, 02:05 AM
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Type: Artist
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Awesome tutorial. But you know what would make it even more awesome?
Teaching us how to make a fishing mini game! ;3
This isn't my topic, but I did make a sexy fishing event... it's best you have a sprite with a fishing rod, but works without:
All one event
Let all the branches end and put pic 2-4 after they've finished.
Hope it helps! I just drop that same basic event on all coasts of light blue water, and just change the prizes... notice the variable is called baitless fishing... I never added a bait event but all you would have to do is check for bait to be in the inventory at the beginning and just decrease the odds of the variable, making it easier to catch fish!
Also you only need to do direction checks and graphics changes if you have a sprite with fishing rod... if you don't disregard those parts. Also the guy above mentioned pessng a button to hook it... good luck with that, I've yet to figure out how to make the "Button "x" is being pressed" conditional branches to function so I don't know how tat would be achieved, this is a pokemon style event, minus the hooking. It's more of a luck/chance thing... still better than nothing.
Mar 23 2012, 12:03 AM
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Easy enough to switch sprites when the event is triggered.
Thanks for showing me the event Revival!
Does this work in flash?
For making games, I use:
RPG Maker VX (Quiet like it, need more experience.)
Unreal Engine 3
Unity 3d
Apr 5 2012, 11:55 AM
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Type: Designer
Alignment: True Neutral
Very nice tutorial Mr. Boom.
Sometimes it's only a matter of changing way a player does something. Instead of a fishing pole, try dynamite! Sometimes it takes a little bit more than that. Instead of fishing, what about using guns for hunting and the rewards are the animal parts?
You hit me on that line
The only problem now is developing the ideas and it need a lot creativity.
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With fall already here and winter on the way, it is a perfect time to consider a smarter thermostat for your home if you don't have one already. Programmable thermostats have been around for years, but the latest iterations of this everyday fixture has gotten quite a makeover, as you can see in the example above. Take a look at several heating control options allowing homeowners to control their HVAC systems remotely and with more control than ever...
The newest of the smart thermostats comes from ex-Apple employees via a company called Nest. Besides being wi-fi enabled to allow control from the web or mobile applications, this thermostat learns your patterns to develop an energy efficient schedule. By using sensors, it can even tell when you have left the house so that it can adjust the system appropriately. ($250)
As one of the first home integrated, wi-fi enabled thermostats to reach the market, Ecobee set the bar high in terms of features. Users are able to monitor the entire HVAC system from the thermostat itself as well as get local weather information. This unit also has accompanying mobile apps along with a web portal that allows control of your system from anywhere. Unfortunately, being that this was the first thermostat of its kind, the price is rather high. ($400)
The Filtrete wi-fi thermostat has the least frills of the connected units but it doesn't lose much ground on its more expensive cousins. Besides being the standard seven day programmable thermostat, it too has web portal and mobile app support (see a trend there?). It is the least attractive of the bunch in our opinion, and there isn't a color screen, but covering a dual zone home won't break the bank either. ($100)
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For me the problem with most of these is aesthetics. Price point doesn't really matter because it's not really about saving money for me. Simplicity, functionality and style matter more. This is where Nest comes in. Mobile app etc is just a gimmick to have 'features' to brag about. The device like this needs to do one task and do it well.
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I especially appreciate the simplicity (on the surface) of the Nest over the others. I currently have an old-school programmable thermostat that I've never learned to program. So we just mash buttons when we're hot or cold.
Looks like I could carry that sensibility to the Nest, and then it does all the dirty work of programming and scheduling for me. Or I could just keep cranking the dial up and down like I do now, and life would be no different.
Except that I'd love to see that little knob and display on the wall, as opposed to the "security-style" wall wart with all the buttons and flip-down door and incomprehensible LCD screen.
Save money? A bonus, if it happens. Good design? Well, it looks good anyway.
Personally I love the idea of a mobile app just for the fact I wouldn't have to leave my bed if it got too cold in my place. Aesthetically, the nest is perfect so as long as it does its job well, I'd be up for getting one.
I love the device.
I don't love the needless comparison to Apple. This isn't a "what if Apple designed X" situation. This is a real product not designed by apple. So don't say, "if apple . . ." when the truth is "Someone other than apple" has designed this product.
@adventrising funny thing is, it was designed by two ex-apple employees. So its kinda like that..
The Filtrete one doesn't look bad, but it requires power from HVAC to work on WiFi? How on earth do you do that? I'm a renter, and my programmable thermostat is battery powered.


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An ESPN.com report states that the Raptors have been involved in exploratory trade discussions with Chicago about a potential deal that would send Andrea Bargnani to the Bulls in exchange for power forward Carlos Boozer.
ESPN.com's sources stated that additional players would need to be moving in the deal to accommodate the salary cap obligations of both teams.
The deal would mark the second major transaction for the Raptors, who added significant salary by acquiring Rudy Gay from the Memphis Grizzlies last week in exchange for Jose Calderon and Ed Davis.
Adding Boozer would push the Raptors into luxury tax territory, as the 31-year-old is owed more than $32 million over the next two years, in addition to the remaining cash he is owed on this season's $15 million salary.
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The Raptors added more than $17 million to its 2013-14 payroll by acquiring Gay, who also carries a player option for 2014-15 worth over $19 million. The team's total salary obligations are $65.9 million for this season.
Boozer had been believed to be an amnesty candidate prior to this season, according to the ESPN.com report, but has elevated his play since the turn of the calendar, averaging 19.5 points and 10.1 rebounds in January.
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