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Exercise Specialist - Central, SC
Located at the university's main campus, SWU's Wellness Center will staff an Exercise Specialist who has expertise in cardiovascular disease and the application of secondary prevention principles and strategies. This position supports the establishment of a Wellness Center at SWU aligning the university with new strategic goals for promoting programs that improve the quality of life of our faculty, staff, students and community. Reporting directly to the Wellness Program Supervisor, the Exercise Specialist will provide individualized exercise and nutritional assessment, personalized exercise therapy, non-drug therapy for blood pressure management and therapeutic massage therapy by a licensed massage therapist to the SWU community. This position is available August 2014.
- Assesses clients' risk factors that are modifiable and offers support and strategies to aid patient in successful therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC).
- Communicates with clients in a respectful way that reflects our Christian faith, and communicates effectively with team members about individual client findings or concerns and about program improvement ideas.
- Leads in the supervision of individual and group exercise sessions.
- Reinforces concept of healthy lifestyle by words and actions.
- Strives toward proficiency in the core competencies related to an Exercise Specialist including, but not limited to: knowledge and skill in risk factor and health status identification; fitness appraisal; exercise prescription; and the ability to educate and/or counsel individuals regarding lifestyle modification.
- Reports pertinent information concerning clients to the Wellness Program Supervisor and other appropriate professional staff.
- Maintains strictest confidentiality concerning clients' and families' medical and personal information.
- Assists, as directed, in emergency situations.
- Attends all staff meetings. If unable to attend, obtains information from meeting minutes or another staff member.
- Develops a basic marketing strategy for faculty, staff, students and community members that alerts them to wellness opportunities available to them using a variety of electronic and print media including a dedicated wellness webpage.
- Other duties as capable and assigned by the professional staff (Wellness Program Supervisor, Counseling and Health Services staff, Vice President for Student Life). This includes, but is not limited to, taking blood pressures, assessing heart rates, conducting exercise risk assessments, providing therapeutic massage.
- Candidate will develop a system to report the number and type of wellness visits and report those monthly.
- Candidate must obtain CEUs to maintain certification and/or licensure.
- Requires a bachelor's degree in exercise science and licensure as a massage therapist (LMT).
- Requires current CPR certification.
- Demonstrates experience in or ability to perform identified skills and behaviors and responsibilities.
- Demonstrates ability to model and teach Christian principles as they relate to a healthy lifestyle.
- Requires experience with or ability to learn basic marketing principles and strategies for promoting SWU's Wellness Program.
- Candidate must be familiar with integrated database management systems, including reporting, and have a high comfort level with web-based, mobile and PC applications including but not limited to the use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Mission and Lifestyle Expectations. The university is a Christian liberal arts institution in the Wesleyan-Holiness theological tradition. In light of SWU's unapologetically Christ-centered mission, all employees are expected to embrace the university's Statement of Faith, respect its Wesleyan heritage, and adhere to its lifestyle expectations.
- Physical/Environmental Requirements. Visual acuity necessary to do editorial work, proof documents, and manage files. Candidate must have a health and fitness level that permits demonstration and instruction in exercise therapy.The position will, at times, require a flexible working schedule based on the needs and interest of the participants. Limited travel to local hospitals, physician offices or other health related institutions may be required.
- Pre-employment Screening. Employment is contingent on the completion a criminal background screening.
salary and benefits
This is a 10-month, part-time, non-exempt position; 27.5 hours/week, 5.5 hours/day, Monday-Friday. Salary - $17,975/year.


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Dark. That's the word, dark. A crack of light from the ceiling didn't help at all. Dark, wet, cold. There was another word for what she could sense. She was in the darkness, the floor was damp, and she was cold. What was the other word? She sat up. What was it?
The other word was pain. In her ribs, in her head, in general, all over. Okay, she could deal with this pain, it wasn't excruciating. She waved her hands around her. She didn't feel any walls. She crawled until she felt one and used it to stand up.
Some more words started to form in her mind. Fear. Panic. Claustrophobic. The wall was wet. It seemed to be sweating icy water. Was she buried underground? She took a few steps, the water splashed a bit around her feet. She patted the walls down looking for an exit. She had to have gotten in there somehow. The walls were made of equal size rock, she could feel the grooves where the cement was. The rock didn't lay flat and parts were jagged. She managed to cut her hand on one.
It didn't take long for her to decide she was in a tiny room. Or it had a lot of corners, she couldn't tell. She travelled the same path around the walls hoping she had missed the door. But everything was sweating rock, and the water seemed to be a bit higher than before.
She then decided to check the floor, a trap door perhaps. It dipped and varied as she wondered around it. She kicked around rocks and sticks. They felt smooth and different, lighter somehow, from the floor and walls. The water covered her hands and went to her wrists as she felt along the floor.
There wasn't any trap door or anything hinting at an exit. She sat down on the higher bit of floor that didn't have any water on it. She was cold, scared, and confused. She had no recollection of how she got there, or even why she would be in such a place. Her head hurt.
The water ebbed at her pants. Was it rising? What she thought were rocks were floating and bumping into her feet. She picked one up and felt it around. A skull. Likely human. She was going to die down here.
The sound of a stream met her ears. Maybe the sound was a figment of her imagination, but the water was definitely rising, now it was hitting her knees. She didn't even realize it, too panicked about the bones around her. The water picked up speed.
She had to stand back up, or else the water would've reached her stomach. As far as she could tell, she had found the highest place. Quickly, it reached her knees again, a good five inches higher than before. She couldn't stand still, her foot slipped. Thankfully, the water behind her was deeper and kept her from hitting the ground too hard. But now, she was disorientated again and didn't know where the rock she was sitting on was.
There, the water was at her hips. The bones floated up against her. Repetitively, she pushed them away. She went to find the walls again, maybe she could climb her way out. The dips in the rocks were too shallow to grip into. Warm tears started flowing down her cheeks.
It only took minutes for her to start floating in the water. Her body grew numb in the freezing water. Still, she continued to kick her legs to stay above the water. Stop kicking, stop living. She had to keep kicking.
The current pushed her to a different wall. She didn't care, as long as she kept afloat. It didn't take long for it to become difficult for her to be able to tell if she was still kicking or not.
Her head hit the ceiling. It too was made of rock. She put her hands up against it and felt a slope. She followed it to the higher spot, right next to the slim crack letting the little amount of light in. As the water started to slap her in the face, she poked her nose as close to it as possible, to stay breathing. Something tugged at her leg, pulling her away from the only bit of air she had.
Bubbles floated upwards and the girl reached to grab something, to stay higher, next to that crack. But what ever had her was too strong, she kept going down. It wasn't long before the lack of air became unbearable. Her lungs started to feel like they were on fire. She couldn't fight instinct any longer.
She breathed in.
The room was quiet. Everything was dry. There was nothing pulling her leg, there was no gash across her hand. She was in bed. She exhaled, relieved beyond belief.
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By Ryan ErmanniFox 2 NewsDETROIT (WJBK) -- Volkswagen has had much success competing in three classes in the U.S. -- the Jetta in compact, Passat in midsize and Tiguan in compact SUV. The brand now wants to jump in and compete in the popular midsize SUV class rolling out the Cross Blue SUV concept."This extremely fuel efficient model gives the realistic glimpse of how we at Volkswagen envision our future presence in the second most important passenger car segment in North America," says a Volkswagen representative.Volkswagen has to be feeling really good about themselves. 2012 was the group's best year since 1973 and having seven cars that get up to 40 miles per gallon has certainly helped.The Cross Blue Concept is a plug-in diesel hybrid that gets 89 miles per gallon. The six or seven seat, four wheel drive vehicle is how Volkswagen envisions their future.
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Rams Jets 1st Quarter Update
- Just like most games the Rams defense came out and laid an egg. The Jets drove 80 yards for a touchdown behind 53 yards rushing from Thomas Jones. The Rams have now allowed an opening TD drive in 4 of their 9 games. Where is the Haslett intensity we hear about?
- Will Witherspoon can't fight off blocks inside, why have we never even tried him on the outside, his natural position.
- Can Pisa Tinoisamoa make any tackles that are not 10 yards down field?
- What is Daryl "Moose" Johnson talking about. He says the St. Louis Rams D is not afraid of anyone. They may not be afraid but they sure give up points at a clip of 29+ per game.
- After a great 8 yard drive by the Rams the Jets came back with a nice 54 yard pass to Dustin Keller. Quinton Culberson was beaten by 15 yards on the play.
- Jets tack on another 3 and go up 10-0 early.
- Marc Bulger destroyed by Abram Elam forces a fumble and it is returned by Calvin Pace 50 yards for another jets touchdown. How can these players never see the oncoming blitz?
- Is this game really over at 12:30?
- Another fine quarter for Mark Bulger who was 2 for 5 for 21 yards and a fumble.
- The offensive line is simple offensive and already looks like they have thrown in the towel. Why do the same five guys keep starting if they are not getting better? Lets see the draft picks out there.
- Rams outgained 165 to 38 yards in the first quarter which mercifully ends 17-0 Jets.
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Today's the day we remember the founders of our country, honor the leaders of the free world, and buy a car.
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Canoe Camp
Nez Perce National Historical Park
These grounds have been inhabited for thousands of years by the Nez Perce people, but are best known as the place where the Lewis and Clark Corps Of Discovery worked with the Nez Perce to carve the canoes that took them to the Pacific Ocean in 1805.
The Corps was unable to find enough food along the Lolo Trail, so by the time they got here, they were starving. At their first meal with the Nez Perce, they ate so much of the rich salmon and camas root that they were sick for days. Even in their weakened state and slowed by hot weather, they still managed to carve five canoes in twelve days.
As the Corps left for their journey to the Pacific, they cached their saddles and gear and left their horses here in the care of the Nez Perce until their return in the spring.
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LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - The Salvation Army received some help from Wettstein's customers and employees today, in the form of turkey.
Owner Dan Wettstein personally delivered more than 200 turkeys to the Salvation Army's warehouse. The turkeys came from a promotion Wettstein's ran in November awarding a free turkey with a purchase. Customers who didn't want or need their turkey opted to donate it to the Salvation Army. The goal was one ton of turkey and they delivered more than 2,500 pounds of turkey in all.
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The BlackBerry brand continues to lose its luster and RIM is now relying on its BB10 platform, which it has developed from scratch, to regain consumer confidence in its brand. The success, or otherwise, of the first device powered by the new platform will determine RIM's future.
In developed markets, BlackBerry is no longer perceived as a premium brand and subscribers in these regions have deserted the platform in their masses due to the lack of attractive devices. In 2012, the company sold fewer than 14 million BlackBerry phones in Western Europe and North America combined. However, RIM could well win these users back if it can offer them a premium user experience in line with the quality of its services, notably its BBM messaging platform and its e-mail services. And this is exactly what RIM is trying to achieve with the introduction of the BB10 platform.
In emerging markets, the situation is different. The introduction of affordable BlackBerry devices such as the BlackBerry Curve has enabled RIM to attract a large audience in the region, mainly young professionals and students. The significant drop in BlackBerry's average selling price (ASP) from US$280 in 2010 to US$200 in 2012 has helped RIM to maintain a decent rate of growth in device sales in these regions. If RIM is to target the same audience in these emerging markets, the new device should not be priced higher than US$250, which is highly unlikely.
However, the challenge RIM faces is not so much related to the device's performance or its appeal but is more to do with how consumers will react to its brand new approach to the user experience.
No doubt it will be challenging for RIM to push the new device to consumers in retail stores. Sales representatives often prefer to sell as many phones as quickly as possible, preferably ones that don't require too much effort in educating the consumer. This happens each time a new platform is introduced to the market. For example, the shipments of iPhone, Android and Windows Phone devices did not exceed 1.1 million, 0.8 million and 0.9 million, respectively, in the first three months after they were launched.
So, given the very fast growing smartphone market, RIM should aim to sell at least 1 million units of the new device in the first quarter after its launch. Anything below this would call into question the company's ability to execute its marketing strategy while anything above 3 million units would be a spectacular performance, which will undoubtedly resurrect both the consumers' and the investors' confidence in the BlackBerry brand.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- A fundraiser for Steve Gleason was scheduled for Saturday before Pearl Jam's performance at the Spokane Arena.
The Wishlist Foundation planned to host a public fundraiser for the Team Gleason Foundation from 3-6 p.m. at the Arena.
Gleason introduced the popular band during a performance earlier this year.
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Steve Gleason was a two-time GSL Defensive MVP as a dominating Bullpup linebacker in the mid-90's and is a member of the Gonzaga Prep Hall of Fame. He went on to star at linebacker at WSU and played for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-2008 as a standout special teams player and safety.
Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, in January 2011. ALS is considered a terminal neuro-muscular disease. He has since dedicated his life to Team Gleason, an organization created by him, his friends and family that generates public awareness for ALS and raises funding to empower ALS patients.


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From odd prostate screenings to groundbreaking research, here are the five funniest newspaper headlines and ads in the history of this week.
5. They say you haven't experienced the true wonder of an eclipse until you've heard it on radio.
4. Wow, I thought prostate screenings were done a little different than this.
3. I'm so glad we're devoting our time to such groundbreaking research.
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1. "Hello, Kathy? How are you? Yes, this is Fitness by Phone. GET YOUR FAT ASS OFF THE COUCH!"


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Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary Art Auction: Mike KershnarJuxtapoz // Saturday, 05 Sep 2009
The Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary Art Auction, presented by Upper Playground to benefit Power House Project of Detroit, keeps moving forward. Continuing our coverage of participating artists, we now showcase Mike Kershnar.
Erin Dyer: What's been going on for you lately?
Mike Kershnar: It has been the best summer of my life. I started teaching a skateboard and graffiti arts program at Art and Science in the Woods in rural Illinois with my lady, Lyric. From there I got to go to Europe with my friends from Element. It was like a dream, I get off the plane and they hook me up with 30 cans of Montana and mops and I got to blast all over Europe and skate with my best homies. I developed some new processes out there that I am really excited about. After that I headed up to Kings Canyon for Wild Expression where I got to create a ton of art with some very inspirational people up 9,000 feet in the wilderness for an upcoming film project.
The summer has ended on an unexpected note, as my very good friend Erik Rimm passed away. I am currently in Florida celebrating his life and spirit with friends and heroes.
How have things been in preparing for this show?
I am very excited and honored to be a part of it. It feels wonderful to be embraced by the Juxtapoz community. For a lot of years I felt like an observer of the whole scene viewing from the sidelines and incredibly curious to meet and mix medicine with everyone I was so stoked on. I snuck into the Juxtapoz show at the Laguna Beach Museum a few years back and left so inspired. Talking art with Shepard and Saber, amongst Crumb, Grey, and Griffin originals—I felt so electrified I went home and did art all night long.
Did you create something entirely new or donate something you had?
I got the invite info a bit late so I didn't have time to create something brand new start to finish. Because this is a Juxtapoz show, I wanted to donate something that I put a lot of time and effort into, and that would exemplify my ritualistic approach to creating. Lady Coyote felt perfect.
What is the significance of your piece? What went into it for you?
The piece Lady Coyote has meant different things to me from the start of her until this moment. Essentially it was a meditation about the mysterious female and what I'm drawn to and seeking in a female lifetime companion. The colors were inspired by Tibetan and Navajo jewelry, with the turquoise, red, coral, and silver. She has mystical symboligies, heals, leads with love, and smiles with her tongue out hungry for life, and ready to speak and love with passion.
What do you see your contribution offering this specific cause and hope to see as an outcome of the benefit show?
I feel my whole vision in life is to leave a positive legacy through my works, art that inspires and connects the viewer to a relationship that is ancient and powerful within us. Everyone who has donated to this show is like a Tibetan Sand Painter, or a Paleo Shaman in a cave, creating something with intent, and scattering it into the wind for something larger than the self, for the well being of their extended tribe. I have a feeling this show will create a very positive, traceable concentric ring of creative output from Detroit into the world and beyond.
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Name: Michelle Lynn Fanslau
Hometown: Oak Ridge, NJ
Michelle was born March 30th, 1989, to Mark and Alice Fanslau, and sister Lauren. She attended Bloomsburg University in 2007 and graduated in 2011 with a degree in Secondary Education. Since graduation, she has lived a year in Philadelphia with her sister, and is now living in Millville, PA. She has just started her Master's program at Bloomsburg.
Groom's Info:
Name: Caleb James Swartz
Hometown: Central PA
Caleb was born on April 10th, 1989 to Clifton and Suzanne Swartz, and sisters Frances, Nadine and Melissa. He attended Bloomsburg University in 2007 and graduated in 2011 with a degree in Secondary Education. He earned his Masters degree in Counseling and Student Affairs in 2013 and is now employed as an Admissions Representative at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Wedding Party...
Maid of Honor:
Lauren Fanslau, sister of the bride
Jackie Hahn, friend of the bride
Melissa Mabus, sister of the groom
Gillian Stern, friend of the bride
Nadine Swartz, sister of the groom
Flora Yousefi, friend of the bride
Best Man:
Brent Aafjes, friend of the groom
Mike Cole, friend of the groom
Lance Mabus, brother-in-law of the groom
Steve Maurer, friend of the groom
Danny Montalvo, friend of the groom
Lance Yarish, friend of the groom
Andy Dzurko, friend of the groom
Registry Information:
Bed Bath and Beyond
How We Met...
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 - The first day of the spring semester at Bloomsburg University, we were both looking for our psychology class in a brand new building we had never been in before. We found each other, among other freshman, looking for the same class. We led a gaggle of freshman throughout the building looking for our classroom before our professor finally found us. We sat in separate seats, but definitely noticed each other. The next day, we were in a history class together, and we nonchalantly picked seats next to each other. Caleb introduced himself to Michelle, and needless to say, the next day in psych class, we sat together. We found out that we had three classes together that semester (and many semesters after that), and went on our first date on January 26th. We went to a fancy dinner (Dunkin Donuts) and went to the theater to see a romantic, first-date-appropriate movie (Rambo). The rest, as they say, is history! (pun intended)
The Engagement...
Saturday, May 19th, 2012 - We were on our way to Caleb's parents house for a graduation party for his sister, Melissa. They stopped at the family farm to "look for trail cameras" in the woods. After walking for a few minutes, Caleb turned around and got down on one knee and popped the question. Of course, Michelle said yes. Already being late for the party, they decided to celebrate later. As they pulled up to the house, Caleb's dad, Cliff, came outside and asked if we could help him move a table inside. As they are rushed inside, they walk to the door of the parlor, and to Michelle's surprise, she see's her sister, mom, and dad standing next to Caleb's family, smiling and clapping. Caleb had planned this whole day as an engagement party because he knew that Michelle wanted her family there for the most important (so far) day in her life. The two families celebrated on a beautiful spring day!
Wedding Rehearsal...
Rehearsal dinner will take place on Friday, September 6, 2013 at The Gem and Keystone Brewpub. Members of the bridal party are invited to celebrate with us!
Wedding Ceremony...
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2013
The ceremony will be held on the Grand Lawn at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort at 4:00 pm. In case of inclement weather the ceremony will take place on the North Veranda.
The cocktail party will be from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm in the River Sanctuary at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. In case of inclement weather the cocktail party will take place in the Delaware Room.
The reception will be held at 6:00 pm in the Worthington Ballroom, located on the first floor of The Shawnee Inn.
Additional Information...
Overnight accommodations for this event are available at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. We have a limited block of rooms reserved at a special discounted rate.
To reserve a room, call 1-800-SHAWNEE (742-9633) and mention the Fanslau/Swartz Wedding.


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By Tracy L Slater
Mark Williams Tells Boston Herald, "High-risk Finance Nothing to Bank On"
On September 18, the Boston Herald published the following opinion piece by Boston University School of Management's Mark Williams. Williams is an expert on risk management and a master lecturer in finance, as well as a former Federal Reserve examiner and author of the book Uncontrolled Risk: The Lessons of Lehman Brothers.
High-risk finance nothing to bank on
It has been four years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers yet we have not learned the lessons from this financial Armageddon.
An economy can only be as strong or weak as its banks. When bankers misbehave and take excessive risk, they put the economy at risk.
In the last three decades the share of banking assets to Gross Domestic Product has increased threefold. Today the top six banks represent more than 60 percent of U.S. GDP. As the economy becomes increasingly financialized, how bankers conduct their business matters.
"Excessive risk taking and unethical behavior on Wall Street remain strong."
Excessive risk taking and unethical behavior on Wall Street remain strong. In the last year, oversized risk taking and unethical practices caused the collapse of MF Global, $5 billion in trading losses at JP Morgan, LIBOR price fixing by Barclays and money laundering accommodation by HSBC and Standard Chartered. The common thread in each of these big bank misdeeds is oversized bonuses motivate bad banker behavior. Bankers gamble with shareholder, FDIC insured funds and the health of our economy because they can.
For bankers it was the bonus scheme that made them do it. When JP Morgan lost billions in a risky trading strategy this past spring, the same department had made billions in the three previous years. Executives raked in millions. JP Morgan decided it was willing to risk billions to make billions. This time the coin toss came up tails. Without overly generous incentive systems, the motivation to roll the dice is reduced.
"What policy makers and bank regulators need to understand is that excessive bonuses only motivate excessive risk taking."
Post Lehman, inappropriate incentive systems remain alive and well. This is not just a U.S. problem but a global problem. Last year, the average CEO salary for the 15 top U.S. and European banks increased by over 12 percent, topping $12 million. This is despite the fact that the economy has suffered the worst recession since the Great Depression. Ironically as CEO bonuses reach the stratosphere, worker wages as a percentage of the economy have hit record lows.
The Dodd-Frank Act passed in July 2010 has attempted to reduce excessive risk taking. Some of its features, including limiting leverage, and identifying and tracking systemically significant banks, are good first steps. However, neither Dodd-Frank nor banking regulators have addressed the risk of excessive bonus systems. What policy makers and bank regulators need to understand is that excessive bonuses only motivate excessive risk taking.
Until bonuses are dramatically downsized, bankers will continue to swing for the fence and put our economy at risk.
See this piece online at the Boston Herald.
New 2012 Faculty at the School of Management
Boston University School of Management is delighted to welcome 12 new full-time faculty members, starting September 2012.
New Associate and Assistant Professors
Leila Agah
Markets, Public Policy & Law, Assistant Professor
Agah earned her PhD and BS in economics from MIT. Most recently, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health and aging for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, she served as a Galbraith Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and conducted research at MIT and the World Bank in Indonesia. Agah's research interests include public economics, health economics, and the economics of technology and innovation. Her awards include serving as referee for several major journals, a Young Researcher Award at the Workshop on Health IT and Economics, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Andrea M. Buffa
Finance, Assistant Professor
Buffa earned his PhD and MRes in finance, plus his MSc in finance and economics, all from the London School of Business, his MSc in economics from Collegio Carlo Alberto (Italy), and his BA in economics from the University of Turin (Italy). His research interests include asset pricing with market imperfections, credit risk, delegated portfolio management, contract theory, and market microstructure. Among his awards are Western Finance Association Travel Grants and the ESRC Scholarship.
Susan Jung Grant
Marketing, Clinical Associate Professor
Grant earned her PhD and MBA in marketing from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and her BA in English literature from University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was assistant professor of marketing at University of Colorado Leeds School of Business. Her research interests include consumer information processing, persuasion, judgment and decision-making; influence of consumer goal states and motivation on cognition; new product evaluation and consumer acceptance of innovation, and psychology of financial decision-making. Her awards include Advertising Education Foundation Visiting Professor Program Award, MBA Educator of Distinction Award at University of Colorado and Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award Finalist.
Didem Kurt
Marketing, Assistant Professor
Kurt earned her PhD in 2012 in marketing from University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School, her MBA in finance from the University of Alabama, and her BS in political science and public administration from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Her research interests include social influence, in-store decision making and shopper marketing, and the marketing-finance interface. She has been awarded the AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, Haring Symposium Fellowship at Indiana University, and Mitsubishi Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh.
Lynn Li
Accounting, Assistant Professor
Li completed her PhD in accounting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012. Previously, she had studied graduate finance at Cornell University, and earned her BA in economics at Emory University. She has taught corporate and financial accounting and financial statement analysis at MIT, and managerial finance at Cornell. Li's research interests include accounting regulations and policies; banking; contracting innovation; and networks. Her awards include Sloan School of Management Doctoral Fellowship, AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Participant, and Jack and Lewis Greenhut Award.
Erin M. Reid
Organizational Behavior, Assistant Professor
Reid completed her PhD in organizational behavior and sociology from Harvard University in 2012. She earned an AM in sociology from Harvard, and MSc in organizational behavior from Queen's University, and a BComm from McMaster University. Her research and teaching interests include gender and identity dynamics in organizations and occupations. Among her awards are the Emerald Best Student Paper Award, GDO Division, Academy of Management; Harvard University Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship; INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition Finalist; and Outstanding Reviewer Award, GDO Division, Academy of Management.
Jesse Shore
Information Systems, Assistant Professor
Shore earned his PhD in economic development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, master's in urban planning at Harvard University, and BA in music at Bowdoin College. He recently completed post-doctoral studies at the School of Management after conducting research at Northeastern University's Lazer Lab and Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science. He also conducted research at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Institute for International Urban Development. His research interests include communication network structure, organization structure and problem-solving performance, structural holes and information overload, and evolution of inter-firm networks. Shore has also been a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Dylan Walker
Information Systems, Assistant Professor
Walker earned his PhD in theoretical physics in complex systems at Stony Brook University, a BS in physics from New York University, and a BA in electrical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He also did post-doctoral work at NYU Stern School of Business. His research focuses on the role of networks and networked systems in the diffusion of information, behaviors, and dynamic processes. Specifically, his scholarship aims to develop an empirical understanding of these dynamics, exploring how such an understanding can shape the formation of new policies and incentive structures that seek to promote or discourage behavioral and economic outcomes at the individual, community, and population level.
New Lecturers
Ralph Covino
Information Systems, Senior Lecturer
Covino earned his PhD in computer information systems from Nova Southeastern University, and his MBA and BSBA in business management from Suffolk University. After having taught at the School of Management for almost a decade, he now moves to full-time as a senior lecturer in the Information Systems department. He has also taught at Northeastern University and Cambridge College. Covino has held positions as department chair of information technology for an on-line MBA program, and director of information technology and security programs. His IT industry experience extends over two decades, with senior level positions in a variety of industries. He also serves as a project manager for Pfizer Global Operations. His research and teaching interests include internet filtering software used for access to various web sites, project management, information technology at all levels, e-commerce, and management issues.
Barry Kadets
Operations & Technology Management, Lecturer
Kadets earned his MS and ABD in operations research from New York University, and his BS in mathematics cum laude at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has been an adjunct professor at the School since 2008, now becoming a full-time lecturer in the operations and technology management department. Kadets has an extensive background in IT, and has been EVP, CIO, and cofounder Securitinet; CIO of The Gem Group; global CIO and VP of Bacou-Dalloz; and CIO of Encore Computer. He has taught at several colleges including University of Massachusetts (Boston) and Suffolk University. His teaching interests are operations management and statistics for both undergraduate and MBA programs. His research is in digital security in the healthcare industry. Kadets received a Computerworld "Premier 100 IT Leader Award" in 2001.
Yoo-Taek Lee
Operations & Technology Management, Senior Lecturer
Lee earned his DBA, MBA, and MS/MIS at Boston University School of Management and a BA at Hongik University (Korea). He has taught at Emmanuel College, Babson College, and Hult International Business School. His research interests include the supplier's capability of upgrading in global supply chains, the evolution of mid-sized firm's capability upgrading in supply chains, and the development of socially responsible supply chains.
Nelia Newell
Operations & Technology Management, Lecturer
Newell earned both her MBA with a concentration in finance and MSW at Columbia University, and her AB in English at Radcliffe College. She has been a lecturer at the School since 2009, joining this fall as a full-time lecturer. Her professional experience includes time as a commercial lending officer at Comerica Bank and various roles at BankBoston, where she helped manage and develop the curriculum for the credit officer training program. She has also served as chair of the Finance Committee for Wellesley College's Wellesley Centers for Women.
James Post's "Private Management and Public Policy" Named Stanford Business Classic
Seminal Text Re-Released for New Generation of Scholars, Practitioners
Stanford University Press has chosen Lee Preston and James Post's Private Management and Public Policy: The Principle of Public Responsibility for their Business Classics Series, devoted to bringing the management field's seminal texts to a new generation of leaders, researchers, and students.
Post is the John F. Smith, Jr. Professor in Management at Boston University and recipient of the Aspen Institute's 2010 Faculty Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Lee Preston, who passed away in 2011 after a long and distinguished career, was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Logistics, Business, and Public Policy at the University of Maryland, and a Fellow of the Academy of Management.
Describing this new edition of Preston and Post's book, which was originally published in 1975, Stanford University Press writes,
"Private Management and Public Policy is a landmark work at the intersection of business and society….The text develops the 'principle of public responsibility' as an alternative to the notion that firms have unlimited accountability…. Arguably, the book's major contribution is its broad outline of an alternative theory of the firm in society—one that offers the possibility of overcoming traditional public and private dichotomies."
Throughout, Preston and Post address three fundamental questions:
- What must business do to demonstrate responsiveness to social and political issues?
- What is the proper role of the corporation in the political arena?
- What are the limits of corporate responsibility in the modern world?
Of this third question, Post writes in a new introduction to the book,
"No firm can have unlimited responsibilities for everything, and yet no firm can reasonably expect society to hold it accountable for nothing."
"Corporate responsibility is a vital topic for twenty-first century companies and managers. No firm can have unlimited responsibilities for everything, and yet no firm can reasonably expect society to hold it accountable for nothing. The difficult part for managers and citizens alike is to define logical limits of demarcation –and practical guidelines– based on what the firm actually does and the impact it actually has on society. The principle of public responsibility, as it is called in this book, extends the firm's responsibility to its primary involvement (those things it chooses to do) and secondary involvement (those impacts that flow from its primary activities), but no further. The scope of responsibility may be great, depending on the size of the corporate footprint, but it is not unlimited."
Read more about Private Management and Public Policy.
Corporate Governance Expert Jim Post on Romney, Responsibility, and Bain
Boston's WCVB news channel recently sought insight from corporate governance expert James Post about the debate over Mitt Romney's responsibility for the business decisions his company, Bain Capital, made three years after he claims he ceded control.
Post is Boston University's John Smith Professor in Management in markets, public policy, and law, and he offered commentary about the Republican presidential candidate's contention that he remained chief executive and chairman of Bain Capital but had no involvement in the firm's activities, serving as leader in name only.
WCVB reports, "'It's possible, but it's not very likely that both are true,' [Post says]. Corporate governance experts like Post say that if there was a COO making all the decisions, the SEC should be asking questions."
INFORMS Podcast Series Features Chris Dellarocas on Double Marginalization in Performance-Based Advertising
"The Science of Better" Spotlights Dellarocas's Management Science Article
In his June 2012 Management Science article "Double Marginalization in Performance-based Advertising: Implications and Solutions," Chrysanthos Dellarocas explores an unexpected consequence of online pay-per-action systems (PPAs), such as the pay-per-click model—research that was recently highlighted by the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) podcast series "The Science of Better."
Dellarocas is Professor (effective September 2012) and Chair of Information Systems at Boston University School of Management. He is also a widely-cited expert in online reputation, social media, and information economics.
Although the pay-per-click model and other PPA systems in online markets were intended to reduce advertising costs and boost efficiency, Dellarocas reports in his Management Science paper that they "tempt firms to increase the prices of their goods so they generate fewer clicks/sales but make more profit per click and, most importantly, pay fewer commissions to pay-per-click publishers, such as Google." Such behavior reduces consumer surplus. It can also "reduce publisher revenues relative to pay-per-exposure methods," creating what the author calls "a form of double marginalization."
"It's possible to calculate a system that induces sellers to maintain product price at the levels that would maximize the profits if they bought advertising the traditional way. Ultimately this is to the benefit of the advertisers as well."
In the podcast posted by INFORMS spotlighting this research, Dellarocas discusses his findings, explaining the phenomenon of double marginalization and offering solutions to improve pricing equilibrium and consumer surplus, as well as to improve publishers' expected profits in PPA systems.
"One idea is a system of penalties and rewards on top of standard pay-per-clicks," Dellarocas suggests. "If you buy an ad but nobody clicks on it—because, for example, your price is too high—then the next time you buy an ad from the same place, your cost-per-click would be just a little higher."
Comparing this model to that of auto insurance premiums, Dellarocas explains, "The objective is to discourage sellers from increasing the prices of their products so they can receive fewer clicks (and, therefore, pay the publishers fewer times) but make more profits when they do."
This works, Dellarocas argues, because, as he shows in his Management Science paper, "It's possible to calculate a system that induces sellers to maintain product price at the level that would maximize the profits if they bought advertising the traditional way. Ultimately this is to the benefit of the advertisers as well."
Listen to the full podcast at the INFORMS site The Science of Better.
Michelle Barton Named Rep-at-Large for Academy of Management MOC Division
A Three-Year Term with the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division
Boston University School of Management's Michelle Barton, assistant professor of organizational behavior, has been elected Representative-at-Large for the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division (MOC) of the Academy of Management (AoM). The MOC is one of 24 divisions in the AoM, the nation's oldest and largest scholarly management association.
The MOC's domain is to research how members of organizations model reality to make sense of the world around them, and how such models interact with behaviors, affecting the way people organize and interact with one another. Study topics include attention, attribution, decision making, ideology, information processing, learning, memory, mental representations and images, perceptual and interpretive processes, social construction, and symbols.
Research Spotlight: Barton, M.A. & Sutcliffe, K., (2010). Learning when to stop momentum, MIT Sloan Management Review, 51 (3), 69-76. Academy of Management Finalist for Outstanding Practitioner-Oriented Publication in OB.
In addition to serving with the other officers to manage general MOC business, Barton will oversee the Cognition in the Rough Professional Development Workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management annual meeting. This workshop provides an opportunity for junior and senior scholars to discuss their early stage research papers in a roundtable setting, facilitated by experienced scholars—often editors of top journals—who give feedback and facilitate peer response, particularly on theoretical models and planned methodology.
Barton's own research considers how individuals and groups organize to manage uncertainty in real time. Drawing from a variety of empirical settings, including wildland fire-fighting and high tech entrepreneurship, Barton focuses on the social and cognitive processes that affect organizational members' awareness and interpretation of unfolding events and their capacity for flexible and adaptive response.
"PDW feedback has been instrumental in helping scholars further develop their research for publication in top academic journals." – Academy of Management
Her work bridges the domains of crisis management, organizational learning, and technology innovation, and has been published in a variety of outlets including Human Relations, MIT Sloan Management Review, the Best Paper Proceedings of Academy of Management, and several edited collections. She has been an active member of the MOC division for the past eight years, presenting her own work as well as organizing symposia and professional development workshops.
Barton earned her PhD in Management & Organizations from the University of Michigan.
Stephen Davidson in New York Times on Health Care, State Rights, and Divergent Costs
Widely-cited health care expert Stephen M. Davidson, a professor in Boston University School of Management's Markets, Public Policy & Law Department, has written in a letter to the New York Times about the debate over state rights and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Davidson is a frequent blogger on health care for the Huffington Post and author of the recent book Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Health Care System. His New York Times letter reads,
No Letup in the Health-Law Debate
To the Editor:
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, many Republicans are focusing their opposition on states' rights. They argue that rather than a "one size fits all" national plan, each state should be able to choose a policy that suits its own conditions. Mitt Romney defends his having championed a similar law in Massachusetts when he was governor in similar terms.
"Some citizens would be denied coverage that similar residents of other states would have—simply because of where they happened to live."
Let's not forget an important reality: many states, even if their governors wanted to enact health care reform to provide insurance to 98 percent of the population, as Massachusetts did, cannot afford to do so. And not just because of the recent recession. Some states are much poorer than others. Moreover, those states also tend to have larger numbers of people without insurance and would need to spend more to provide coverage for them.
One result of a state-based health care reform plan, therefore, would be that some citizens would be denied coverage that similar residents of other states would have — simply because of where they happened to live.
Boston, July 2, 2012
See this letter at the New York Times online.
N. Venkatraman on Why BlackBerry Could Rebound
For their blog Boston Daily, Boston Magazine interviewed the School of Management's N. Venkatraman of the Information Systems department about the five reasons you may still want to hold onto your BlackBerry. They write:
Research in Motion Lmtd. (RIM), the creator of the BlackBerry, has been making headlines with its plummet from its former place of preeminence in the smartphone market. Once the reigning king of cell phone mobile device stores nationwide, the one-app wonder that captured our hearts (and souls) with the BlackBerry Messenger app has been edged out by competitors Apple and Android. The firm's share of the U.S. smartphone market has plunged from 43 percent two years ago to just over 12 percent, according to reports from market research firm ComScore Inc.
"It would be foolish to predict the demise of any company," Venkatraman said. "Apple and IBM have been famously declared dead by many pundits who now are wondering about their predictions."
Last month, RIM announced that it had brought in analysts from J.P. Morgan Securities and RBC Capital Markets to review their financial performance and develop "strategic business model alternatives." As speculation continues to grow regarding the fate—and possible demise—of the BlackBerry, we spoke with Venkat N. Venkatraman, the David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in the information systems department at Boston University's School of Management.
His take? There may still be some battery life left in your BlackBerry.
Venkatraman's list of reasons for why the BlackBerry could make a rebound includes:
- It's not the first time speculators have (incorrectly) labeled a struggling tech company as a sinking ship.
- RIM hasn't given up the good fight.
- There's room for one more at the top of the smartphone pyramid.
- The firm, and ultimately, BlackBerry, may yet still be able to pull itself up by its bootstraps.
- A buyout could keep the BlackBerry afloat, too.
See the reasons Venkatraman gives behind each point on his list at the Boston Daily blog post "Your Blackberry Isn't Dead (Yet)."
Stephen Davidson in Huffington Post on "The Supreme Court and Health Care Reform"
The Huffington Post recently featured the opinion piece "The Supreme Court and Health Care Reform," by Boston University School of Management's Stephen M. Davidson, author of the recent book Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Health Care System.
Davidson writes,
Even close Supreme Court watchers are reluctant to predict what the justices will decide about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In this relative calm before the rhetoric inevitably escalates—no matter what the decision is—it might be useful to review the case.
First, no one disagrees that the health insurance market is interstate commerce. Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution says that "The Congress shall have Power… To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes… " The final provision of that section gives Congress the power "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers… "
So, since health insurance is interstate commerce, and Congress has the power not only to regulate it, but also to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" for executing its power, why isn't that the end of it?
Read the full piece on the Huffington Post.
Three Faculty Promoted to Full Professorships
The School of Management at Boston University is delighted to announce that three faculty members have been promoted to full Professor, effective September 1, 2012: Chrysanthos Dellarocas (Information Systems), Susan Fournier (Marketing), and Erol Peköz (Operations and Technology Management).
| Chris Dellarocas
Professor of Information Systems
Forthcoming Article
Chrysanthos (Chris) Dellarocas is one of the world's most cited scholars in the fields of online reputation and social media. His research interests also include collective intelligence, online advertising, and the economics of media industries. He has published articles in Management Science, Journal of Management Information Systems, Information Systems Research, Sloan Management Review, and other journals.
He is a senior editor of Information Systems Research and an associate editor of Management Science. Dellarocas is also the recipient of numerous teaching, funding, and merit awards, including the National Science Foundation's CAREER award. He holds 9 patents and is co-founder and advisor of a number of companies in the technology space.
Dellarocas holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Prior to Boston University, he taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at the University of Maryland's R. H. Smith School of Business. Before pursuing an academic career he was a management consultant with Accenture and McKinsey.
|Susan Fournier
Professor of Marketing
Forthcoming Book
Susan Fournier is credited with founding the brand relationships sub-field in marketing. Her research explores the creation and capture of value through branding and brand relationships. Current projects investigate the links between brand strategy and shareholder value, brand co-creation and consumer-generated advertising, the management of person-brands, the power and process of brand parodies, metrics for brand strength and brand community health measurement, attachment style effects on brand relationships, and the lived experiences of select brand relationships such as flings and adversaries.
Fournier has received six best article awards for her published work, including the Long-term Contribution Award in consumer research. She is also the author of many best-selling Harvard case studies on branding and a long-standing member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Relationship Marketing, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, Marketing Theory, and more recently, Journal of Marketing.
Fournier holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Florida, an M.S. in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Prior to joining Boston University, she served on the faculties of Harvard Business School and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She also held a Vice-President/Director position at Young & Rubicam Advertising and served in market research roles at Polaroid Corporation and Yankelovich Clancy Shulman.
| Erol Peköz
Professor of Operations and Technology Management
Recent Article
Working in the areas of applied probability and statistics, Erol Peköz studies stochastic problems in operations management and finance, include queuing models for congestion in operations, theory of rare events, Monte Carlo simulation, risk management, and statistical models for health care provider profiling.
His work has appeared in Annals of Probability, Bernoulli, Journal of Applied Probability, Medical Care, and Statistics in Medicine, among other journals. He has conducted research funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the Veterans Health Administration. He has also worked as a consultant for Pfizer and the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business.
Peköz holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. from Cornell University. He has taught on the faculty at Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he received an award for outstanding instruction. He was also honored with the Broderick Prize for Teaching at Boston University.


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Soul Night, Great Fantasy Adventure!!
Jun 15 2011, 06:40 PM
Post #1
Type: Coder
First of all, I am a brazilian maker, and this game will come out first in portuguese, but I will make a translation to english. Also the names of the Headlines are in portuguese, BUT all texts i translated for english, I just kept them there because even though it is in portuguese, it is self explanatory. I studied many years english as a second language, but of course I'm still brazilian and speak portuguese better, so if there are any english mistakes just tell me that I will correct them.
I hope you guys like my project, and I am open to sugestions and I hope to make a very good game.
Project Name: Soul Night
Type : Fantasy / Adventure
Engine: RPG Maker VX
Author: Raizen884
Started in: 09/01/2011
Released in: ?????
Author : Raizen
Mapper: Raizen , Paranoid
Designer: Designer4ever (Rafael Giovannini)
Programmer: Raizen
Pixel Artist: lilowpaloso, ndenoronha, Raizen
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This legend starts behind the Moon, not the moon tha is orbiting the earth, but a spiritual place, where all souls go. The souls depart this from world in a connection between the Earth and the Moon, made by the stones that are key in each of the four corners of the world. This link is a passage from this world to the so-called "After World", which actually was called, and eventually appointed as the Moon This name came precisely because many looked to the heavens and wondered, would there be that place ? This was the case for people who die after the departed soul in peace, but the story begins when these people do not want to go into the other world ...
The story revolves around the Lune Kishi, which are the "soldiers" of the cities, they are responsible for the safety and welfare of the country. The elite of those Lune Kishi are Lune Melrion, they are extremely skillful and strong. The reason there is such a special class of knights, is because there are mystical creatures called Gamis. The Gamis are not self-conscious, Legend says that Gamis were people that after death, stood in the way between the other world and that they would not leave.
When one of these Gamis is killed by a Lune Kishi, his spirit is free domain which had been placed in him when they were brought back to this world as Gamis. After they were freed, they are called Lunas and some choose to stay and help Lune Kishi, since because of this form they are now able to use elements (Humans can not use elements), and stay as spiritual support for the Lune Kishis.
As time passes there is a series of missions to be asked and help to reveal more mysteries of a myth or a legend that spins around the Lunas.
Besides the mystery never known about the existence of such creatures, some of Lune Melrion of four major countries are missing, it is known that there is a betrayal, and this is one reason that there is room for you to become one of them. The reason for the betrayal of those Lune Melrions is still unknown, some say they have betrayed their countries in search of truth, and that finding the truth, they have been corrupted by the great potential power in that place, of which arises from Gamis and [color = orange]Lunas[/color] have. Some say that the stones that are located below the three large countries on the earth that connects this with other world, making a connection between those who've left this world. others say they are the source of all elements on earth and that this power brings those back to life.
The search for truth brought many losses, thousands of people seeking the truth, most wanting to bring the person back who loved this world, these people have failed to discover and many lost their lives.
Lune Kishi
The most common class, with the power to make a connection to the Lunas, they train to handle numerous types of weapons and using the magic of Lunes they are the army of each country.
Lunes e Lunas
They are mystical creatures that gives support to the Lune Kishi, to stay in this world, and not go where the spirits are, they make a pact of life with the Lune Kishi, so they just leave if they are released or if the death occurs the Lune Kishi who made �€‹�€‹the deal.
These creatures are the what the Lune Kishis must hunt, they have no emotions in this way, acting on pure instinct and when they get killed his soul is free to leave, after this one can became a Luna if you and the Luna wish, and if the Lune Kishi has no connection with another Luna.
Lune Melrion
This is the class of upper Lune Kishi, only some can achieve this function, they are the elite soldiers. Among them are the most powerful warriors, all Lune Kishi have this dream to become a Lune Melrion someday. They are primarily responsible for organizing the country and its protection, and has the duty to accept the most dangerous missions in his country.
The 4 Great Countries.
The great country of water, the protagonist little knows about here at first, because it is located in a place far from Rubeon. Its stone is the sapphire, the stone of the sea which is found below sea level, considered one of the rarest.
The country with the most contact with Rubeon, his stone Diamond has connection with the Lightning and is considered the largest country among all. After many wars, Daimas made �€‹�€‹a deal with Rubeon and became great allies.
The country of emerald stone, which symbolizes the winds, the country lies above the sky with emerald stone, wind power keeps the country afloat. For this fact that he is above the sky, there was rarely conflicts between this and other countries.
The country of the stone of Ruby, the symbol of fire, this is the country where you begin your journey, you'll learn with practically all Melrions Lune of this place and go on missions to help your country. Its stone is located below the country where the temperature is extremely high.
The Masters Rubeon, each Lune Melrion receives a nomenclature that symbolizes one of the eight elements of forging. Other countries give the nomenclature of the way they prefer.
The eight elements forge 8 materials only represening the most rare,when the weapon is forged with any of these elements it becomes a very powerful weapon, 5 weapons give elemental properties and the other three are extremely rare. So Rubeon did the nomenclature of their Lune Melrions with each of these materials as they are very rare, symbolizing the strength of each one that is part of this elite. The stones from the big 4 contries as they are called, are only fragments that end up being spread by natural processes, such as earthquakes, pressure, heat and so on.
These stones and elements are of great importance especially for the forge, these materials are very rare and difficult to find, this is one reason why those who forge the weapon with such elements are stronger and more experienced knights.
The 8 forge materials and their masters.
Master - Rivera
The sapphire stone has the power to give the element of water when it embued with a weapon, and found mostly in the country Saphena. It is a symbol of Saphena.
Master - Julius
The Kauri is a very rare wood, with great resistance and lightness, it is distributed around the planet in the upper parts but not having very low temperatures. It is very special to bows and longed ranged weapons, but it can also be used for other types of weapons.
Master - Lude
The Ruby is the element that has the properties of fire, this extreme rarity is found several meters below the ground. It is the stone that symbolizes the country Rubeon, the country where the protagonist was born.
Master - Azimodo
The Diamond is one of the rarest stones in the world, it contains the properties of wind. The Master Rubeon receiving such nomenclature is Azimodo, the oldest of all Lune Melrions of Rubeon.
Master - Lilian
The pearl is found in the boundary of land and sea, it symbolizes the sky and are the few who can find such a rarity.
Master - Jackz
The Ore, from 8 stones the most common is the One, but despite but since it is the stone that gives earth properties to the weapon it is embued on, it participates as one of the most important.
Master - Lucio
The Beryl is an element like iron, for those who use edged weapons such as swords, spears and axes, beryl increases the hardness and it is extremely resistant.
Master - Fred
The emerald is the stone that symbolizes the wind and brings the properties of air in the weapon. Unlike other elemental stones that has is symbol to one of the major countries, the country is not in the principal coutries, not because of size, but because of its location.
In the game you have the option to choose the boy or girl.
Here are the main characters in the game.
Suno(15 years) ou Safira(16 years)
You start the game with a goal. to become someone important in the story becoming a Lune Melrion and to achieve this goal, you need a lot of work and effort. Your characteristics and emotions can influence many choices, but your curiosity will take you where you never even would have imagined.
Katy - Luna
This will be your great partner, you can at any time to talk to her, ask questions and discover many new things. She will always be by your side advising you what to do, listen well to what she says
Jackz (45 years) - Lune Melrion of Ore
One of the teachers who spend more time near his village, he treats you like his kid, be sure to listen to their advice, he will teach many things for you. He became Lune Melrion for some time now, and always seeks to help those who wish to follow the same path by telling stories and tales of Lunas and the warriors of the past
Rivera (21 anos) - Lune Melrion of Sapphire
She is one of the newest Lune Melrions, she had already entered with only 15, but all this attention on her to become someone arrogant. Despite a cold way, she defends the country with her life and is one of the principal characters that is behind the Lune Melrions who defected and fled the country.
Maike (27 anos) - Lune Melrion of Earth(Daimas)
He is from Daimas, the country whose stone that symbolizes the wind is the diamond. He is maybe the strongest Lune Melrion there, his main weapon is the sword and he is one of the key people behind the "deserters". Note: you can see how each country appoints Lune Melrion the way she'd like, in this case is according to the elements.
Lude (55 anos) - Lune Melrion of Ruby
This is Lude, former master Ruby of Rubeon, he fled and is probably the main lider behind the traitors because of his great skill in battle. Always very calm could not be another personality for someone planning so great to the point of betraing his own country.
Freedom System
In this system you can trace your own path, instead of being tied with one option.
Diferent Path System
In this system, there are diferent paths depending on the character you chose to play with.
Forge System
Under construction
In this system you will need a manual and materials to make your own weapons.
Conversation System
At any time you can talk to you Luna, she can just have a normal chat, or give important information through out the game.
Title Screen
Title programed by me .
Screens below
Menu programed by me.
Imagens Abaixo
Lune Action Battle System
This is the battle system programed by me, 100% evented..
Scripts being used
- Caterpillar
- Anti-Lag
- Fog System
- Woratana Correction scripts.
- Neo Face System
The videos sound is a little high, so i suggest putting the volume down a bit
Title Screen
Battle System
Boss 2 - Hyfro
Boss 3 - Gryphon
The link goes to 4 shared, where it is not necessary to download any file.
Boss Battle - Theme
Designer4Ever for all the design in the project..
Raizen884 for the development of the game.
Celianna for some of the graphics used on the game and tópic.
Enterbrain for the engine and some graphics used.
Woratana for some of the scripts being used.
Portraits Ripped from "Izuna Legend of the unemployed ninja"
Sorry if I forgot someone, you may remember me so I can credit him.
Support Bars
This post has been edited by Raizen.: Jun 30 2011, 06:00 PM
Jun 16 2011, 04:36 PM
Post #2
Type: Designer
Alignment: Neutral Good
No replys?
This looks really good.
Will this game be free or commercial?
My only complaint:
"Memory is more indelible than ink."
Jun 16 2011, 04:54 PM
Post #3
Type: Coder
yeah i just posted the game
There will be an english version latter, A full english version, thats why i posted here...
The names in portuguese in the topic, are more because, the designer wanted to do, and it looks so nice xD, that I thought to keep it even in an englishi community.
Thanks for the feedback, nah it will be free, probably coming out 1 month after the full portuguese version.
Jun 17 2011, 03:39 PM
Post #4
Type: Coder
Well there it is, I didnt know how to put videos in the topic, and aftar a little research I found how, so hope some people watch and tell me what they like about it
Jun 18 2011, 09:40 PM
Post #5
Type: Coder
Well there it is, I've added support bars for the project, added more info on the story, and the videos that had I had added before, hope you guys like it.
AND yes it will come in 2 languages, first in portuguese, and then there will be a full english translation for the game, so dont worry there will be a english game.
Jun 18 2011, 10:18 PM
Post #6
Type: Designer
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
The game is looking great so far. I found the prologue and classes very interesting.
I also like the concept and artwork of the forge materials. The character select screen looks good too.
The Gryphon boss fight seemed very intresting, you don't see many fights like this in a RM game.
Using the environment to damage the boss is a great feature and looks fun.
Anyway, looking forward to some more content... or maybe even a demo.
This post has been edited by ak47lol: Jun 18 2011, 10:19 PM
Jun 18 2011, 10:25 PM
Post #7
Type: Coder
Thanks man ^^, the only problem with de Demo, is that since the project is in portuguese... I would have to translate the Demo, so it might take a bit longer to have a english demo, but there will be xD, thx a lot man.
Jun 23 2011, 07:58 PM
Post #8
Type: Designer
So, Raizen884 bring Soul Night to overseas, Like i said too you in the brazilian forun, the best of your game is the boos batlle man, you put some good efforts in this. Then one more time, good luck!
Jun 26 2011, 09:30 AM
Post #9
*Insert something slightly wise and satirical*
Type: Writer
Alignment: True Neutral
Boy... You are showing plenty of promise, old bean! owo
I should probably read the rest of the prologue before I make a better analysis, but good job!
Hrmm. >w> I THINK, just to be safe, you should source your portraits, which are from Izuna. x3
Jun 26 2011, 09:41 PM
Post #10
Type: Coder
@GuiDl: not really sure by the nick who you are, but thanks for coming here in my project, in rpgmakervx.net ^^
@Cass: You are right, I'll need a little time though, to get all the names, but soon it will all be on the topic, thanks for reminding me.
Jul 8 2011, 02:41 PM
Post #11
Type: Musician
Alignment: Lawful Good
Gostei de sua idea! To animado para jogar em Portugues! Se precisar ajuda com a traducao, eu posso.
Jul 8 2011, 04:14 PM
Post #12
Type: Undisclosed
Hey ! Without indiscretion is how you do the battle system ?
how script ? because I find it super
This post has been edited by brandobscure001: Jul 9 2011, 08:21 AM
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