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If the words 'casual' and 'hardcore' ever had a useful role in determining the differences between players in World of Warcraft, and I am not convinced they ever did, they no longer do. A player who wants to have an alt of every single class at max level and makes that happen is not playing the game casually even if she never raids. A player who collects several hundred pets and levels many of them through pet battles, or has a similarly high number of mounts, or determines to go out and get every cooking recipe in the game (including Dirge's Kickin' Chimeraok Chops which you can't even get anymore but somehow he finds a way) is playing the game very seriously indeed.
Quite frankly, despite the fact that I raid a set schedule, I often feel like I'm significantly more 'casual' than many players who never raid at all. I know I play a lot less - I definitely do not log on every day, I don't run LFR unless I missed a boss in normal (because I want a shot at my Secrets of the Empire off of that boss) and I don't do pet battles, farm, or even do daily quests anymore. So with my roughly fifteen hours of WoW a week, 12 of it spent inside a raid and the other three futzing about older raids for transmog gear, am I casual or hardcore? And does it matter?
Ordinarily I'd explore the answer in the paragraphs to come. But frankly, the answer is no. It doesn't matter. It is so far from mattering that the light from it mattering won't reach us for fifty thousand years. What matters is finding out what players want to do with their time and letting them do it.
The useless distinction between casual and hardcore
I mention this because I was thinking about some observations I've made over the past few months and some of them were counterintuitive to me, since they did not match my own play experience or interests. But they seem fairly crucial to some players.
- Players with alts want to be able to progress these alts. All my alts are warriors, and once I get them to max level I tend to let them coast since I have that one warrior who raids and is usually very well geared in comparison to others. But people who put a lot of time and effort into getting alts to max level don't like feeling like that effort was wasted. It's not trivial to get several alts to max level. Players will accept some restriction in this area - they don't expect to be as well geared on their alts as a raiding main, for instance - but putting a repetitive rep grind that locks them out of being able to pick up gear as they hit max level irks them.
- Players with alts don't necessarily want to do the same rep grinds again. I admit, this one I got without much confusion. No one wants to do the same rep grind twice.
- Players want dungeons. Daily quests and scenarios are great content to give players a lot of options in terms of how to accumulate valor points and introduce story elements, but five man dungeons are the meat of the game for a lot of players. They want more of them, not less of them. If I had to list any error that was made in the development of Mists of Pandaria this would be my pick. I would go so far as to say no expansion should go without a second wave of five man dungeons, as it is plain that players absolutely enjoy getting a new forgotten bastion of antiquity on a regular basis.
- Raiding encounters have gotten too cluttered. This one is a personal observation. But when I feel like I'm studying for a test just to prepare for an encounter, and some of them are ludicrous even on raid finder difficulty (Hi, Durumu) then it's gotten out of hand. It's not that the fights are too hard, it's that explaining them to a player who has never seen them before is actually irritating. When my wife asked me to explain Durumu to her, I actually refused to do it because not only does the fight have a ridiculous amount of moving parts, but there are significant differences in how those moving parts work on LFR and I couldn't remember which mechanics changed.
- It's an aside to some, but the whole point of the game to others. There are players who play World of Warcraft mainly as a commerce simulator. Some players max out their gold, some players just like to control the supply of a certain product be it glyphs, flasks, potions or enchants. Still others use their legion of alts to supply themselves for raids and then dump the excess on the AH for a quick profit. This part of WoW is totally opaque to me, but it's real gameplay to them and they take it very seriously.
Whatever that means.
In the end, the distinction is worse than meaningless, it actually detracts from contemplating what's important to us as players. The raiding game is a small part of World of Warcraft. It's the part I happen to enjoy, so I'm willing to argue for its importance, but it has long since stopped being the arbiter of worthiness. In fact, it never was. The game's diversity of play options means that the player's devotion is all that matters.


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Facebook is dying.
"O, woe is me, to have seen what I have seen, see what I see."
... The prophets have spoken, the returns are in, turnover and profits are down and Facebook, my friend, is dying. At least that would be the future from extrapolated trends from the first public Facebook report showing a drop of $157 million from April to June. Trading last week showed a fall of more than 37% from initial listing price and the talk is of bursting bubbles and crows lining up to hover over the fragile remnants of this once gargantuan beast. What is clear is that social media or rather that those that talk about the potential of the business of social media have lost none of their flair for the dramatic and none of the want to embrace hubris in all its forms, even if they lead to tragedy as per Hamlet and cast.
Technology and Finance have always made uncomfortable bedfellows; from bean counters to propeller heads only a few select people have had a foot in each camp and for the most part that has only produced minor discord, it has never been important enough to cause major effect. The trouble is that technology, especially in the guise of social media is now capable of making waves rather than ripples on a scale that we haven't seen before. The term Information Economy of course has been bandied around for quite some time (although still not agreed on), but a name does not make the entity and even with the disruption that it can bring we are still in the early days of an information economy and there are many questions to be asked and more answers that we are waiting for.
What is Facebook worth?
I've chosen the term worth rather than value specifically, they are not dichotomously opposed, but neither are they interchangeable or the same; it is a differential that contains a valuable lesson. The value of Facebook can be determined by the reported balances, the hard facts and figures that hit the bottom line. The worth of Facebook is a separate consideration, neither you nor I factor our total worth as the size of our monthly pay cheque, the size of our houses or funds sequestered in various banks; we would be wrong to consider Facebook purely by these metrics. The worth of an entity is as unique as the qualities of that entity, worth and quality are tied as twins far more closely than worth and value. The question then morphs to what are the worthy qualities of Facebook, or those a few are:
- Reach
- Incentive
- Ubiquity
There are many more qualities and areas of worth that Facebook drops into, far too many to put in a simple post, but even considering just these three the carrion are a little premature.
The number of people that Facebook touches upon has become so routed in the consciousness of those that work in social media that it has almost waned in its ability to become newsworthy; is it one billion today, or 1.1 billion, the numbers are now so vast that they are no longer comprehendible as appreciations of scale as just a way to keep score – they are but grains of sand on a beach that is Facebook. The numbers apart from minor classification as to what constitutes a user are undeniable, when Pompey stated that: "I have only to stamp my foot and legions will spring up round me"
, could either he or his veterans appreciate the sheer monumental gulf in numerical disadvantage to those clients, consumers and ultimately people of vested interest that are open to Facebook? The reach into our lives, and the number of lives that are reached into maybe considered by some insidious, by wider audience thankfully not total, but it is formidable and undeniable.
The 'insidiousness' of Facebook is reflected in the incentive of the platform. Facebook is the catalyst behind so much of our interaction that it has become a portal into our social selves. Forget the business element of how we work with the platform, how do we use it socially? Without arguing across semantics for me I do not interact so much with Facebook as to use it to:
- Keep in touch with friends and family; my first sight of those newly born to the world is invariably now across Facebook – it strengthens existing relationships and those that I look forward to beginning
- Plan my time - Facebook is now my personal assistant, gone are birthday books, diaries to be synchronised and invitations to be sent I plan with my friends where my friends are best able to plan
- Remember the fun I've had; in pictures, posts, video and conversations I've had, are now part of Facebook record.
And those are only a snapshot. I / We do not live our lives through Facebook (thank goodness), but a good part of our lives still find our way onto Facebook. That is the incentive of the platform and of social, those that we connect with. As a statement of worth to deride Facebook now derides the social circles, actions and effects of our interaction with the platform; in short the engagement that we hunt for when we use the platform for business.
The third selected quality is ubiquity, Facebook is seamlessly everywhere. More impressive than the reach are the one billion daily open graph shares, being connected is one thing, being engaged is another altogether. Open graph and open technologies have moved Facebook from being a middle-man in our social world to being an enabler with our engagement with the digital world, with the growth and availability of connecting mobile technologies I cannot see this trend slowing and soon this will expand into our physical world. Ubiquity and utility have already been identified for longer term success (something that other platforms have failed to address), Facebook has broken through Maslow's self-actualisation with needs, passed amplification and is now seeks to establish itself in the lowest reaches of necessity: I need air, food, drink, shelter, sex and Facebook (and not necessarily in that order).
All hail our benevolent overlord
Tails of the demise of Facebook are premature, the bottom line value does not equate to the worth, or potential worth. Equally untrue are stories of the platforms immortality, as to Google in its paramount position there are Yahoo!, AltaVista, Bing as once and future kings, so Facebook has its MySpace and a plethora of challengers both historic and waiting to rise. The true models of value and worth in an information economy have yet to be established so before nay saying prophets make pronouncement from their crystal balls they should remember: Nothing is as certain in digital as change and the lack of true certainty beyond what has just passed and not really even then!
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Aug 7 Posted 4 years ago
Of the "worthy qualities of Facebook" I believe that reach is currently holding its audience captive more than incentive or ubiquity.
Aug 3 Posted 4 years ago
Facebook is not 'dying'. They earn too much money to not be able to think of new ways to keep their 900 million users active. 900 million is a big number to disappear over-night.
Aug 3 Posted 4 years ago
Those Social networking sites that does not add value to people will surely die sooner
Every time spent online by members needs to be value added or else people better go farming to produce organic and other environment friendly stuff for the crashing economy of this World.
Save the future of Children .. Save this World from dipping downwards.. There is still chance to wake up our ignorant people...
Aug 2 Posted 4 years ago
Interesting piece! Now there are hosts like http://capnix.com , http://capnix.net , etc., that are offering free hosting with one click social network install. Honestly folks are really moving away from Facebook. The timeline layout really drives most folks nuts.
Jul 30 Posted 4 years ago
LOL. wow so many social networks popping up these days. Good bye Facebook stock! Come on I mean there is even a social network for car enthusiasts called http://RpmCity.com… they are clones everywhere lol…
Jul 30 Posted 4 years ago
Thank you for your reply and interesting thoughts :-)
An intriguing point that you make is consumers of social media "telling all and having it used against them", I don't think that is quite the case yet, but it could go that way. I believe there is a case for growth in cross platform identification services that would obviate that worry, but we'll see what the market brings.
Jul 30 Posted 4 years ago
The combination of technology (especially communications technology) and bottom line financial management will always be an uneven and unpredictable mix. Social media has become a public obsession and the broadcast media emphasizes "tweets" from celebrities and public figures as regular elements of its entertainment agenda. Social media as a commercial product is immense because it puts fans in touch with their idols and makes it seem personal.
As a member of a social group that reputedly avoids most social media elements (over 50 male), I readily admit its critical place within an "information economy". I use social media for defined reasons: access to information about projects I'm working on, advertising and marketing, taking the pulse of what my affinity groups are thinking and will be thinking. My own Facebook page contains very little about me, I am sensitive to the unravelling of privacy, personal information and other data which can be readily accessed, analyzed and utlized by groups hostile to my ideals or opinions and beliefs, "1984" in 2012 is a reality.
At some point the public will tire of telling all, knowing all and having it used against them in some way. Also there will be a new technology that makes all this seem "dated". Thde consuming public loves new things and always will.
Last, every successful organization eventually over reaches its theoretical capabilities. Only if it has the resources to cover its failures (Google seems to be into everything right now), can any information-based business continue to prosper. Experimentation can be costly.
Facebook the product will see more failures, will Facebook the concept continue? That remains to be seen.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012Dr. Paula Briscoe is National Intelligence Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
President Obama's trip to Southeast Asia this week brings into sharp relief the challenges facing the administration: how to retain influence in the region and honor commitments to allies without provoking China or furthering suspicions of encirclement.
In numerous remarks and public statements President Obama's cabinet have been on message stressing the need for balance. On November 15, the day before the president departed on his five-day trip, the National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon, reiterated the importance that the United States places on getting this balance right: "The United States is a Pacific power whose interests are inextricably linked with Asia's economic, security, and political order. America's success in the twenty-first century is tied to the success of Asia." Read more »


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Star Ocean: The Second Story Fantasy Megamix really surprised me. After listening to the first arranged album, which was amazing, and hearing criticism that this wasn't quite as good, I was expecting a haphazard attempt by the publisher to have these pieces arranged once again in order to bring a few extra bucks. Thankfully, this was not the case. This time around Yoshihiro Ike has done the duty instead of Motoi Sakuraba, which I found to be an interesting change. With a fresh approach to the music, I felt it to be intriguing as well as a lot of fun. Unlike the first arranged album, Ike breaks away from the more orchestral base of the original compositions, and adds a lot of variety, making this album a "true" arrangement.
This CD is good, really good, no matter what genre of music you like. As the title states, it really IS a fantasy megamix. It's a little odd listening to so many styles mixed together on one album (rock, jazz, techno, orchestral, etc.), but I love it. What really hooked me on this CD were the guitars, though. Almost every track contains at least a few riffs, but "The Incarnation of Devil" absolutely rocks with its wailing guitars complementing the awesome techno bass melody.
I was really happy to see that some new pieces made their way onto the album. Even though "Silent the Universe" and "Resolution" get another arrangement, I was very pleased to hear "Field of Nede," "At the Crack of Dawn," and "A Feeling of Oppression." "The Venerable Forest" gets a Celtic-style arrangement that is quite pretty, but not overly dramatic as the original song tends to be. I especially like the combination of piano and flute that conveys a sense gentleness within the already beautiful piece. My favorite track on the album would have to be "Star Ocean Forever," arranged with a jazzy saxaphone noodling away at the core melody. Truthfully, I never thought these songs could sound this way. The only aspect I didn't care for was the opera-like vocals in "The Ultimate Terror." They just didn't flow well with the music, and were more of an annoyance than anything else, but that's about my only complaint.
The bottom line on Star Ocean: The Second Story Fantasy Megamix is...It's a great album with lots of variety. If you like rock/techno fusion, I'm sure you'll like this CD. True Sakuraba fans will want to pick this one up. You can find it at most online retailers for around $30.
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ForumsQuestionsQuick search is extremely slow in Chrome
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I use Toodledo with Firefox as my browser. When I enter a term in the quick search window, the list quickly shrinks to only those items which meet the search criteria. When I do the same thing in Chrome, here is what happens:
1. The first search I do is EXTREMELY SLOW. 2. From there on, the searches are as quick as on Firefox...unless I refresh the screen. 3. When I refresh the screen, the next search is extremely slow again. 4. I have tried the same thing on each computer I have (desktop running Windows 7, laptop running XP, and laptop running Windows 8), all with the same result. Can anyone tell me what is happening with the quick searches in Chrome? Thanks, Frank Buck |
Jake Toodledo Admin |
Different browsers have different quirks and this is one of Chrome's quirks. We have tried to speed this up for first time quick-search on Chrome, but haven't been able to find a away around Chrome's quirks. My recommendation is to try to switch to a view with fewer tasks displayed before doing the search. The fewer tasks you have on screen, the less work the browsers has to do to search through them.
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I just tried the same think I have tried before...doing a search on Toodledo using Chrome. Now, even the first search quick, just as quick as it is on Firefox.
Do you know if something has changed on Chrome or has there been an enhancement to Toodledo? Thanks, Frank |
Jake Toodledo Admin |
We fixed it :)
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Fantastic. With more and more good things about Chrome (and me being an Android user), moving to Chrome as my primary browser was seeming like a better and better idea. This one thing (the search now being as quick as on Firefox) is making my decision for me.
One related question, though. I have a personal homepage which includes the Toodledo widget (m.toodledo.com). It loads OK on Firefox but in Chrome gives a message "Loading Data" but never loads. Not a biggie, since I do my work straight from the Toodledo site, but wondering if there is an easy fix I am missing. Thanks, Frank |
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Not sure on that one. Try refreshing Chrome's cache and see if that helps. If not, please open a support ticket.
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DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — A moonshine distillery in Dawsonville City Hall has obtained the final approval it needs to offer samples of legal moonshine to visitors.
Proprietor Cheryl Wood says she received notice from the state licensing board that tastings can now be offered, a first for Georgia.
The Times of Gainesville reports (http://bit.ly/WLs1qs) that visitors can sample up to a half ounce of spirits per person, per day when touring the distillery.
State Rep. Rusty Kidd of Milledgeville introduced legislation to make the samples legal. He predicts there will be more legislation during the upcoming session that would allow the distillery to sell a single bottle of moonshine to visitors who want to take one home. Its moonshine is already sold in some stores, but current law only allows samples at the distillery itself.


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Older Adults Not at Increased Risk for Death Due to Being OverweightFirst, the good news. The link between body mass index and the risk of death among older people has been found to be weak. Body mass index, or BMI, is a number calculated from a person's weight and height that is a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people. It is used to screen for weight categories that may be precursors to health problems.
Because it had been known that young and middle-aged people who were overweight ran a higher risk for death, it was assumed that the same was true for older people. This turned out to be erroneous. It has been discovered that the risk of dying is higher only for those older people who are severely obese.So, congratulations to those older people who are overweight. Life will go on. But before you break out the party favors, you might want to know that although life will go on it may not go on in a business as usual way. It has also been pointed out that older people who are overweight have a markedly increased risk for problems with mobility and addressing the simple tasks of every day living. Although people are experiencing greater longevity, the benefits of those additional years are being impacted by a compromised quality of life.
Disability Among Older Adults Due to Obesity
When health data from 1988-1994 was compared to data from 1999-2004, it was discovered that functional impairment increased 43 percent among obese adults who were 60 years old or older. The functional impairment referred to effects the most basic of activities such as climbing ten steps or simply bending over.
In addition, obesity is related to medical conditions that are risk factors for disability such as osteoarthritis of weight-bearing joints or diabetes.
People are growing obese at younger ages but improved medical care has increased longevity. Therefore, people are obese for longer periods of time and increase the potential for disability.
Obesity is a Global Problem
Obesity is a global phenomenon and, as such, the patterns first detected in the West are now cropping up in points beyond the borders of the United States. Elderly people in Latin America and the Caribbean are now becoming more likely to suffer from obesity-related disabilities.A paper published by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston noted that data collected from six Latin American cities showed that obese seniors were now more likely to have significant problems with walking, bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting.
It is believed that the recent surge of obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean is due to people moving from rural to urban areas and changing their diets and other aspects of their lives to a more Western model. Should the trend continue, then the elderly in Latin American countries will begin to experience the chronic medical conditions associated with obesity such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.Living life well-fed,
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For the last week, thanks to one of those free-trial periods, I've been receiving 30 pay movie channels. And the really remarkable part is how often I've surfed through them without finding anything that I had even the most remote interest in watching.
Thus far, pay TV appears to have weathered the recession, perhaps in part because people are staying home more and thus hanging onto their entertainment options. Yet even with all those channels available — and strictly from a movie standpoint, I'd expand this to include Turner Classic Movies, AMC and other basic channels that air movies regularly with commercial interruptions, like FX and TNT — it's odd how much dreck there is out there.
TCM, in fact, has become a kind of default channel for me, the place I go most frequently between bouts of watching new-program DVDs to breathe in a few minutes of an old classic. The other night I found myself watching about half of "The Bridge on the River Kwai," for example. There are also recent movies that are easily consumed (or re-consumed) in 10-minute bits, so when HBO was running "300," say, I probably watched it two or three more times, albeit in non-linear increments. (Occasionally I'd flip to HBO and land smack dab in the middle of the same section of the movie I had just watched, a phenomenon that Variety editor Tim Gray once rather brilliantly referred to as "deja view.")
Obviously, this is extremely subjective, but beyond the fact that I already see a lot of movies, this strikes me as an indictment on the general quality of movie-making today and the way movie channels use library crap to augment the mediocre new titles in their scheduling rotations. At any rate, I'd be curious to hear others' thoughts and experiences in this regard — and whether anybody is rethinking or cutting back on the elective portions of their cable bill due to the recession.


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For more than two decades, the highly successful Land for Maine's Future (LMF) Program has provided critical funding to protect forestlands, shorelines, working farms and waterfronts, salt marshes, mountain summits and other treasures of Maine's natural heritage for generations to come. But now the program has no money for future land purchases.
A majority of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is recommending that the Legislature approve a bill (LD 852) providing $5 million in bond funding to the LMF Program. Two-thirds of the House and Senate must approve the bill in order for it to move forward.
The Legislature will reconvene Tuesday, May 15, and will vote on the bond proposals. We need your help in encouraging legislators to support LD 852.
LMF funds have protected land in each of Maine's 16 counties, where families can enjoy hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, snowmobiling, camping, skiing and other outdoor activities. This program has provided essential infrastructure that helps preserve Maine's unique character and supports our natural resource based economy. With all that LMF has done, it is no wonder why over 60% of Maine voters support this program.
Please contact your legislators and ask them to support LD 852. Let them know that LMF-funded projects have had significant positive impacts on areas important to you and your fellow Mainers. Also share with them that a recent Trust for Public Land study found that every $1 invested in land conservation through LMF returned $11 in natural goods and services to the Maine economy. Investing in LMF is a smart investment for Maine.
Without the LMF program, more of Maine's natural heritage would be lost to development. We need your help to ensure that this program stays funded so future generations can enjoy our natural heritage.
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BTW I miss video rental stores. They're all dead here. Is it the same in your city?
Yes. All red boxes outside grocery stores now. If that.
And I'm in the Capitol city of Ohio, with Ohio State Campus right ... there. No video stores at all.
Pain and Gain, 7.5/10
Turned out to be a much better movie than I expected. I quite like the character Dwayne Johnson plays in this movie.
Lol, except she was obviously the worst part of the film. Talk about showing up just for a paycheck...
Cos Natalie Portman is hawt...
I found this to be very entertaining, and the Rock really showed some range here, but then when I went to look up the story online (since it's based on true events), I sort of felt differently about it. All of a sudden it bothered me and I almost felt guilty enjoying it. Reading the accounts of how upset the family mbrs of the victims were that the events were sensationalized, it sort of turned me off to the film.
The Internship: 7/10
Very interesting premise. The execution could've been better, it sticks to a standard formula.
Its a fun watch if you can catch the geek references. Otherwise you won't laugh much.
The good thing is that its not an assault on your intelligence as it doesn't rely on too many cheap gags and jokes.
richard parker y du fuq u no look bak?!
Sanctum 3D.
6/10. Maybe to small movie for James Cameron he should do big heavy expensive stuff. Feels tired I don´t really like any of the characters. Watch the Descent instead.
Hana - 4/10
Possibly one of the most painfully boring and dull Samurai movies i've seen before. Some of the characters were interesting, but that's about it.
Too bad it's also directed by Hirokazu Koreeda who is one of my favorite directors. I gave "I Wish" a 10/10 and "Nobody Knows" would be close.
Watch "Love and Honor" or "Twilight Samurai" instead.
Pain and Gain: 8.5/10
A true story, but not sure how much of it is embellished. Is it a comedy? No, but it is very funny in parts. Easily the best movie ever directed by Michael Bay.
The Grandmaster - 7.5/10
This movie is a little different than the previous Ip Man movies in that isn't really a sequel to the last one. It take a more biographical story telling approach of Ip Man's life with philosophical quotes. The fighting scenes were well choreographed and the movie was beautifully filmed. Tony Leung Chi Wai does a decent job in playing Ip Man.
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The Pure Bali Retreat is a exploration of Balinese Hindu trance culture & the healing rituals and environments of Bali.
The Pure Bali Retreat schedule also affords lots of free time to relax, rejuvenate and absorb the many aspects of Balinese Hindu culture. There will be ample time to roam around Ubud and the many villages that surround Ubud. Bali is abundant with artists & craftsman so there will be many opportunities to explore, ask questions and encounter the day to day life of Balinese people.
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- Balinese music & dance performance.
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- Tour of north coast of Bali.
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Wilbert Alix is the faculty & staff director of this retreat. In addition there will be program staff from the USA and Europe, along with local Balinese healers and experts in Balinese culture, dance and art. Names and responsibilities of each additional faculty & staff person will be provided to you when you arrive in Bali.


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This course provides the Health Information Technology student with an understanding of the American legal system and the legal requirements concerning the compilation and maintenance of health information. Additional topics include how health information is used and when it can be disclosed, state and federal regulations and statutes, including the privacy and security rules resulting from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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Two things I am completely, madly in love with: engagement sessions and Labradoodles. Yep, those blissful soon-to-be-married moments captured for all eternity and the cutest puppies to ever grace the planet. I love them both. So, when I spotted these gorgeous images snapped up by Weddings To The People, I was just a tad bit excited. Because, guess what? They're not only some of the sweetest photos you'll ever lay your eyes upon (thank you, darling couple), but they also happen to feature an oh-so-adorable pup, a Labradoodle named Bella. Is this the best day ever or what?!? Click here for more.
From the Bride… We first met through mutual friends and started dating while we were still in undergrad at Boston College. While both of us were originally from the Boston area, we ventured out west after college and landed in San Francisco, the city we have called home for the past 5 years. One of our favorite spots in the city is down near the Embarcadero (the street that runs along the Bay), as the views of the water and the Bay Bridge are gorgeous at any time of day. It is actually where Matt proposed!
When we decided to do our engagement photos, we of course had to include our Labradoodle, Bella, as she is such an important part of our life. We were so happy with how the photos turned out and we have the amazing Sarah Deragon at Weddings To The People to thank for them!
Wedding Photography: Sarah Deragon from Weddings To The People / Location: San Francisco, California / Dress: ASOS


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Part XIII: The Bluetoothening
Misplaced your axe? Can't find your hockey mask? Wondering where those terrified campers fled off to? If you'd affixed these Bluetooth trackers to them, you'd be able to find them and get on practicing your hobby.
You can follow up to 20, uh, things at once on the free mobile app, with a Virtual Leash that tells you when your prey- er, stuff moves out of range. It's compatible with iOS and Android. And the trackers themselves buzz and light up, so you can find which tree they're hiding behind in a crowded forest, or bed they're cowering under in a darkened camp lodge. Um, your keys, we mean.
- Never lose your stuff again! Stick Bluetooth trackers to keys, luggage, electronics, pets, and more!
- Use the free Radar app to locate lost items with your smartphone
- Track up to 20 items at once within 150 foot range.
- Virtual Leash function alerts you if an object moves out of selected range.
- Find It alerts give you notifications if an object comes within a selected range.
- Stickers have a buzzer and light, so that you can find stuff in the dark.
- Trackers are about the size of a quarter, so you can stick them just about anywhere!
- Works with compatible iOS and Android™ smartphones and tablets
- Adhesive: 3M VHB - The Tracker Stickers will stick to almost anything
- Battery Life: Up to 1 Year - Because Tracker uses a standard watch battery it is easy to replace
Three Great Functions in One App
Track up to 20 items within 150 feet with your radar
Virtual Leash
Set an alarm for when your item goes out of range
Find It
Get alerts when your item comes in range
Shipping Note: Eligible for shipping to all 50 states
Warranty: 90 Day Battery; 1 Year Sticker - Tracker
- Compatible Devices:
- iOS: iPhone 5/5C/5S, iPhone 4S, iPad 3, 4, iPad mini, iPad Air, iPod touch 5th Gen
- Android: Smartphones running Android 4.3 and above & Bluetooth Smart (4.0)
- Bluetooth Version: v4.0
- Range: Up to 150 feet
- Battery Life: Up to 1 Year
- Battery: CR2016
- Dimensions: 0.98"(D) x 0.16"(H)
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- Tracker TRK-BLK-1PK Bluetooth Tracking Device - Black
- Key FOBS for Attaching to a Keychain
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Top 20 Reasons To Attend Exxxotica New Jersey This Weekend
The Nation's Largest Event Dedicated to Love & Sex, EXXXOTICA New Jersey, Returns to the NJ Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, This Weekend, October 4th through 6th
EXXXOTICA New Jersey is returning to the NJ Convention and Exposition Center in Edison this weekend for the sixth straight year, but the really big news is that it's also the 20th show overall for the nation's largest event dedicated to love and sex. In the spirit of this monumental occasion, here are 20 reasons why you need to make the trip to EXXXOTICA this weekend…
20. Meet Tan Mom. This NJ native made headlines around the country for allegedly dragging her young daughter to bronze herself alongside mommy dearest. Now she's making headlines making her first-ever appearance at EXXXOTICA. At the very least, who wouldn't want a Facebook profile pic alongside this pop culture icon?
19. Edison, NJ Is Where The Phonograph Was Invented. Thomas Edison came up with the phonograph here (along with a crapload of other inventions), and for the young folks out there, this was a device that played music before iPods. If you don't believe us, ask your parents. But next to visiting the city that houses the largest ball of twine (fun fact: it's in Cawker City, Kansas), this little city in NJ is a pretty historic place.
18. OnSpeed Dating. So if you're anything like us, your life is so busy, working hard, talking to porn stars, planning adult conventions and award shows over expensive dinners and drinks, having to go to clubs with VIP access and hobnobbing with the sexy and famous that you don't have any time to meet that someone special. Okay, maybe it's not that boring and you just don't know how to meet someone. Here's your chance with the return of speed dating sessions tailored to a variety of people attending EXXXOTICA and loaded with hot, like-minded singles. If you meet your soulmate here and want to eventually get hitched, we promise to host it at a future show. That's how nice we are!
17. EXXXOTICA's Dungeon Academy. For the first time ever, we're offering a seminar series dedicated specifically to the BDSM community. The seminars will be held in a separate, intimate seminar room off the show floor and is designed to educate newcomers all the way up to the most experienced BDSM enthusiast. This is in addition to the interactive dungeon held on our show floor in case you don't want to flog or get flogged or watch someone get flogged in front of others and just want to learn about it.
16. Miss Pole Champ New Jersey. SurvivaloftheStrippest.com presents Miss Pole Champ New Jersey 2013, which will feature up to 25 of the best pole dancers in the state! The 2013 Miss Pole Champ USA Best Tricks winner Vayda Kiss hosts the event! You think you saw a good pole dancer at the local go-go off of Route 17? Think again. Those chicks are tee-ballers compared these major league pole champs.
15. Stuff to get the ladies going. We're all about equal opportunity at EXXXOTICA, so in order to accommodate and entertain the HUGE number of women that attend the show, we've got lots of stuff for the gals. Women can meet the top male stars in the biz like Manuel Ferrara, Evan Stone, Ryan Driller, Seth Gamble, Brendon Miller and others. Hey, you can even meet the legendary Ron Jeremy. We also have seminars just for women, MEN – The Show on the main stage, and other stuff. Guys, we are doing you a favor here…
14. Giveaways Galore. You can score lots of free stuff at EXXXOTICA. We're constantly chucking stuff off of the stage, or running contests throughout the show. We'll be giving away tickets to the 2014 EXXXOTICA Fan Choice Awards in Atlantic City, DVDs, T-shirts, and if you catch us at a very week moment, naming rights to future children.
13. The EXXXOTICA Hotties. These aren't your run of the mill, sexy lingerie clad hot chicks. They are bona fide and certified, hand-picked EXXXOTICA Hotties. We hired the hottest of hotties our crack staff could find, (un)dressed them up in pink and black lace and less. Their job? To make your eyes pop out of your head as they pole dance, ride our version of see-saws, shake their bottoms in cages, and just make sure you have a damn fine time at EXXXOTICA.
12. The Interactive Dungeon. The one and only Mistress C and her minions know a thing or two about KINK. They know so much they can say "Who the f**k is Christian Grey?" He might have 50 shades, but they have 51! Come watch, learn or get your backside whipped in EXXXOTICA's Interactive Dungeon. Your partner will thank you (or maybe have you arrested).
11. After Parties Every Night. The night is just getting started when the doors to the convention center slam shut. A whole new world is out there and waiting for you to consume it. Did we mention they're FREE for our VIP attendees? Now we did! You won't want to miss the all-stars dancing over at Sapphire NY, or our 20th Birthday Bash at our official hotel hosted by (you guessed it) 20 of adult's biggest stars. Hey, porn stars need to party, too!
10. Reality Stars Farrah Abraham and Sydney Leathers. The infamous former TEEN reality TV star you just want to take home to MOM, Farrah Abraham, will be at EXXXOTICA with her Vivid Celeb sex tape in tow. We also have "Weinergate" sexpot, Sydney Leathers. These TMZ faves will both be making their EXXXOTICA New Jersey debuts, so visit them and pick up parenting or sexting tips, if you dare.
9. Lots of Sexy Seminars. EXXXOTICA has hours, and we're talking lots and lots and lots of them. So many "lots" that you're going to walk out of there being "the most interesting man (or woman) in the world." Hefner will come to YOU to learn how to be a playboy. Industry experts, stars and legends will be teaching and discussing everything even remotely related to s-e-x. Also, seminars are a good excuse to come. It's like buying one of those mags "for the articles."
8. AEBN Entertainment Stage. It's big, it's black, it's proud. No, it's not Mandingo. It's the AEBN Entertainment Stage at EXXXOTICA featuring a schedule that oozes sexy goodness like the Ms. EXXXOTICA Competition, performances from Stormy Daniels, Miss Pole Champ, Evan Stone doing his thing, Strip for Pain, daily all-star Q&A panels, MEN – The Show, Rubberdoll, contests, giveaways and much more. It's all hosted by our amazing ringleader emcee, Dan Diamond and the shy but talented DJ Geenius.
7. The Best Damn VIP Program On Earth. If you want to piss off your friends, here's a little practical joke you can play on them. Everyone buy some general admission tickets to EXXXOTICA, then when they're not looking either hit that little VIP button on the ticket purchase site (or you can upgrade at EXXXOTICA to VIP). They'll be going in and doing their thing, and then, ZOOM! You're gone! Ditch those cheap bastards, go get your custom backpack filled with a ton of free SWAG. You can also be a big shot and cruise right into our after parties for free and your cheap-ass friends have to wait in line to pay. Sure, you go to EXXXOTICA and have a good time with your general admission ticket, but who wants to just have a good time when you can have an F'N great time!
6. Ladies Are Half Price All Weekend. Guys, we're not discriminating here, but actually helping you (read the next entry on our list). To help celebrate our 20th show, we're letting the ladies in for just $20 all weekend long.
5. This Ain't A Sausage Party. Thanks to our marketing genius, with half price admission for women, targeted advertising, having lots of stuff to do for ladies at the show, and other scientific factors, the amazing amount of women attending EXXXOTICA is nothing short of amazing. Our last two events showed almost one girl for every two guys, and at times, women actually outnumbered men. You'd have to hit a scrapbooking convention to beat those odds. True story, bro. 4. Over 100 Incredible Exhibitors. The hottest products ranging from the mild to the wild will be on display at EXXXOTICA. Want to know where your girlfriend got that high tech pink toy that also washes dishes? Yeah. It was probably here. Seriously, anything and everything your horny little heart can desire will be at EXXXOTICA and ready for you to check it out.
3. Over 150 Of Adult's Biggest Stars. We're gonna name drop. Ron Jeremy. Tori Black. jessica drake. Kayden Kross. Lisa Ann. Asa Akira. Gianna Michaels. Lexi Belle. Stormy Daniels. Allie Haze. Evan Stone. Tasha Reign. Kaylani Lei. Tanya Tate. Misty Stone. Rubberdoll. Charmane Star. Riley Reid. Kendra Lust. Jayden James. Jynx Maze. Veronica Rodriguez. Sara Jay. We're just scratching the surface here with these names. The bottom line is there are XXX stars galore all over the place. They're like sprinkles on an ice cream cone.
2. Jenna F'n Jameson. We conveniently left off one name from the list on the previous entry, and that's because this legend deserves her own little paragraph. EXXXOTICA New Jersey not only marks the first time the most popular star in adult film history appears at the show, but it's also the first adult event since her retirement she has attended and we are honored it's for our 20th show. Jenna will be there Friday and Saturday, so make sure to come by and show your love.
1. It's The Biggest and Best EXXXOTICA Yet. Yes, we've said this before, but we've delivered each and every time. We have pulled out all of the stops to make this one the best yet. We have more seminars, stage acts and exhibitors than ever before. The roster of stars at this show is our biggest yet. Our after parties will be the stuff of legend. To sum it all up, this show will be EPIC. Hey, we like the sound of that… #EpicEXXXOTICA
Tickets and info is available at www.eXXXoticaExpo.com.


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Liquid Biopsy Has Proven Its Mettle in the Fight against NSCLC and May Soon Also Be Standard of Care in Other Cancers
Genomics Brings Heavy Lifting to Immuno-Oncology
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Study: Protein Secreted by Certain Fat Cells Can Trigger RA
Scientists have found that a particular type of fat tissue may hold the key to the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
A team led by investigators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine reports that synovial adipose tissue was the sole source of messenger RNA for the RA-associated protein profactor D (pro-FD) in its mouse model study.
Working in collaboration with researchers at Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine in Japan, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Colorado group found that cultured differentiated 3T3 adipocytes—which are a surrogate for the fat tissue in question—produced pro-FD but no mature factor D.
"Without factor D, mice cannot get rheumatoid arthritis," Colorado'st Nirmal Banda, Ph.D., associated professor of medicine, said in a statement.
"We know that fat is normally present around all organs of the body," he added. "But what we didn't know until now was that the fat is secreting this protein which actually triggers arthritis in the joints."
Based on his team's discovery of pro-factor D in mice with RA, Banda and his colleagues are now working to develop gene therapies to potentially eliminate the protein in localized areas. He added, though, that this work still must be extended into human studies.
"We are looking at vaccines, drugs or inhibitors to stop the local secretion of pro-factor D in the mouse," Banda said. "Our goal would be to stop the disease before it progresses and leads to joint destruction."
The study, "Roles of Adipocytes and Fibroblasts in Activation of the Alternative Pathway of Complement in Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice," appeared online in The Journal of Immunology on May 6.
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Mobile Lost & Found: Your Phone's Favorite Hiding Places
Today we're excited to announce Mobile Lost & Found, an interactive website that let's you see the top cities for phone loss, discover the places where people lose their phones the most, and understand the financial impact of lost phones around the globe. Have you ever lost your phone? Not a fun experience, is it? Losing your phone is more than just a hassle – it's expensive. If everyone who misplaced their phone didn't ever recover it, we estimate lost phones could cost U.S. consumers more than $30 billion in 2012! Last year alone, we helped 9 million people locate their phones worldwide – that's a phone every 3.5 seconds!
Since phone loss can have such a huge impact on our wallets and everyday lives, we got to thinking: what kinds of places are people losing their phones? Are there some cities around the world where you're more likely to lose a phone? How much could the phone loss problem cost people? To get some answers, we analyzed our 2011 lost phone data from Lookout's 15+ million users worldwide, and created the Mobile Lost & Found to let you explore what we uncovered. The Mobile Lost & Found is a part of our new Resources website, where there is a ton of information on how to get started with your smartphone and what you can do to keep it safe.
Here's a peek at what we found:
- In the U.S. people lose a smartphone about once a year.
- People in Manchester, England have the highest likelihood of losing their phone out of any other population in the world.
- Phones are more often lost at night. Two-thirds of phone loss happens between the hours of 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time. And one of the top places to lose your phone at is a bar or pub – we'll let you draw your own conclusion as to why!
- Coffee shops, offices, bars and restaurants top the list as the most common venues to lose your phone in the U.S.
- Unsurprisingly, more phones are lost during festivals and celebrations. During Christmas, more than $11 million dollars worth of phones were lost.
- During the week of Carnival (aka Mardi Gras), more phones were lost around the world than during your average parade-less, bead-less week. Party-goers in Cologne lost 30% more phones and in Paris, 72% more phones were lost.
- The top U.S. cities for phone loss include (Interestingly, many of the cities with highest rates of lost phones also were in the top ranks for the FBI's most recent crime stats):
To help you avoid the mental and financial burden of losing a phone, we recommend you set a passcode on your phone (that way if you lose your phone no one can steal your data), and download an app with a phone locator feature, like Lookout.
We hope you enjoy exploring Mobile Lost & Found! Let us know what you think in the comments below.


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JACKSONVILLE — Jim Skidmore is about to retire after 40 years of treating joints, muscles and souls as Jacksonville State's head athletic trainer, and oh, the things he could tell.
And it would be fun to hear what the man with a "No whining" sign over his office door would say.
Well, he can't tell all. Like so many athletic trainers, he treats his office as something akin to a Catholic confessional. Or Las Vegas. What goes on in there stays in there.
But his time has covered multiple eras of JSU sports and sports personalities. He also spans eras of his profession, from the days of salt tablets to today's heightened awareness of concussions.
Skidmore's last official day on the job comes in July, but he's accumulated vacation time. This week will be his final full week manning the head trainer's office on the lower level of the JSU Stadium field house. What a waste it would be not to let him spill what he will about people, his professional and his special take on JSU's Ohio Valley Conference rivalry with his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky.
Oh, and who knew Skidmore was part of history in the development of Gatorade. There are reasons it's not in the history books, but more on that later.
It's time to let the man who became JSU's first full-time athletic trainer in 1974 and was inducted in the Alabama Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2009 bid farewell after decades of Gamecocks hellos.
"I've been very blessed being at Jacksonville State," the 62-year-old Skidmore said. "I don't think there's any place else on the planet that would be better for me, and because of the people at Jacksonville State — the Burgesses, the Joneses, the Cases and the Abbotts, the McGinnises and all of the really great kids who have come through here, who just happened to be good players in their respective sports.
"My most favorite thing now, without a doubt, is when our kids come home, and the overwhelming majority of them have done really well in life. You've got to be proud of them."
Signs of the times
Skidmore said his line of work has "changed a lot," and he sees encouragement in today's heightened awareness of player safety. He's also been around long enough to believe what he sees.
"I hope all the people aren't just paying lip service to this and are serious about making this more student-athlete-health-friendly," he said. "I was talking to an old ball coach this past weekend. I don't know how we didn't kill folks back then."
He remembers well when head gear was "terrible" and he made the rounds at pregame meals, handing out salt tablets based on his sense of how many each player needed. Bigger players needed more.
When he was a student trainer at Eastern Kentucky, a football player whose mother was a nurse kept a bottle of Darvon pills in his locker. Teammates would come by and "self-medicate" on the pain medication, Skidmore said.
The maker Darvon pulled the drug off the market in 2010, because of pressure from public health officials who said it caused potentially deadly heart rhythms.
"Everybody at EKU wanted to take care of the kids," he said. "They just didn't know better. We've learned a few things along the way."
His position on lawsuits against the NFL over concussions and pain medication is evolving, but he understands why the heightened awareness about concussions.
"Bigger, faster, stronger makes bigger wrecks," he said.
No matter how bigger, faster and stronger athletes become, the human brain remains a floating life center, sloshing back and forth and slamming into the skull at sudden, violent momentum stoppages.
"I'm about to be to the point where a 14-year-old-and-under shouldn't play tackle football," he said.
But concussions are not just a football issue. Skidmore recalled a recent school year where concussions affected JSU athletes in every sport but women's tennis. Not all concussions were sports-related, but they happened up and down the JSU sports menu.
So heightened awareness is good, but Skidmore said fundamentals of concussions and treatment haven't changed. In fact, he had a protocol before there was ever a movement to put one in black and white.
He's not the biggest fan of scans. Such scans don't reveal the typically mild concussions he encounters, so the radiation involved amounts to "cooking their brains" for nothing.
"I feel the education of people, it's just about learning to take care of this," he said. "There are people talking about how they want to make this science of concussion really complex, but it's not that difficult. It's really simple. Just take care of the kids.
"These are the symptoms. When they have these symptoms, you know, honor those symptoms. You don't put them back into play until their symptoms have been gone for a period of time. The longer that you've had symptoms, the longer you have to wait."
Concussion victims go through extensive stress tests before the symptom-free clock begins and they're allowed back in competition. Most concussion-related issues mend with time.
The calculation is different, however, for players who have had multiple concussions.
"On average, it's been one in every two years where we've stopped a student-athlete from participating," Skidmore said. "Because when is enough enough? When do you have enough concussions?
"I don't want to be a part of, down the road, some kid coming back and saying, 'You let me have too many concussions. I'm having issues now.'"
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It's hard to imagine a Gamecock with a grievance against Skidmore.
"I bleed for the man," former JSU football great Keith Martin said in a recent interview.
Trainers don't just treat athletes at times of physical vulnerability. Because of the confessional approach to training offices, players and even coaches also bring them emotional vulnerabilities.
"Often time, they just want to come in and get it off of their chest," he said. "They're mad at a coach, mad at a teammate, mad at a teacher, mad at themselves. They come in here and unload.
"I think sometimes — and it's the same with our coaches — I'm the granny here, I guess. I've got that term."
It's put Skidmore in a position to get to know JSU sports personalities very well. How well?
Legendary JSU baseball coach Rudy Abbott once popped in through an unlocked door adjoining hotel rooms. Skidmore and his then-wife were in bed, but Abbott needed something.
"It was one of the years we went to the World Series," Skidmore said. "The whole time we had been there, he hadn't locked that door. Just wandered in and out.
"My wife and I are in bed, probably naked, and Rudy comes strolling through the door. 'How you all doing?' he said. 'You got any clean underwear left?' He got my last pair of clean underwear and left."
Skidmore once had his office directly under that of then-JSU athletics director Jerry Cole. From being downstairs, Skidmore learned to keep a wish list in his drawer.
"He had that parquet floor," Skidmore said. "When Jerry would start tap dancing, I'd run upstairs and ask him for something. When he was in a good mood, he's going to give it to you."
Yes, Skidmore knew them all. He's had sitdowns with every JSU president over his tenure. He and the current president, Dr. Bill Meehan, text each other.
Their conversations are candid because, if for no other reason, that's Skidmore's style.
"He told me a couple of times ago, when I was up there, 'You've never left here that I didn't know what you mean,'" Skidmore said. "Some people think that I'm a little gruff, but I let him know what I feel and my passion for this business."
Skidmore also has a passion for many people who have passed through JSU's athletics department.
Bill Burgess, the former football coach whose name is now on Burgess-Snow Field, "is one of the greatest coaches I've ever known, along with Rudy Abbott and (former men's basketball coach) Bill Jones," Skidmore said.
"The way they managed their players? The way they managed their programs? Intense. Bill Jones is probably the most competitive guy I've ever been around. Coach wanted to beat you, whether you were playing basketball, bowling or pitching pennies."
Then there's former JSU football coach Clarkie Mayfield, who was among 165 people killed in a fire in Northern Kentucky's Beverly Hills Supper Club on May 28, 1977. He escaped the fire but went back in to save others.
"We talk a lot about — I'm talking guys like me, (Jim) Fuller, Joe Kines, Rudy, all of the old heads — about how our lives might be different today if Clarkie hadn't gotten killed in that fire," Skidmore said. "Our lives would be remarkably different if he didn't go back in that supper club and try to help people and got killed.
"We talk about that with some frequency. I don't know."
Did you know?
We've all heard the story of how Gatorade was developed at the University of Florida, but Eastern Kentucky was also on the ground floor. Long-time Florida trainer J. Chris Patrick got his Master's degree from EKU and was a trainer there during 1961-63.
So Gatorade also got tested at EKU.
"They used to bring tractor-trailer loads of bottles of Gatorade to Richmond," Skidmore said.
At the time, the sports drink's taste wasn't as developed as its capacity for electrolyte replenishment. So, a certain freshman student trainer at EKU had a job.
"I don't know how many bottles of Gatorade we poured down a storm drain, because nobody would drink it," he said. "It tastes better now than it did then."
Despite Skidmore's history with EKU, he never answered momma's call. He grew up about two hours from the Richmond campus but liked life at JSU so much that he never pursued an opening at his alma mater.
His real momma didn't like it, either.
"I think she took that to her grave," he said.
When JSU joined the OVC, Skidmore stopped sending money to an EKU fund-raising group. The two schools had become conference rivals, so how could he continue to support the rival?
The president of the group didn't like it when Skidmore stopped sending money.
"He got really wise, and I got mad," Skidmore said. "I said, 'From now on, I'm going to do everything I can as an athletic trainer to beat your ass.'
"Last year, during the football game, I slipped off and went down and hid in that corner of that end zone. I felt like my heart was going to blow up. I was so excited during that game. I thought I was going to have a heart attack."
He'll be missed, miss a lot
It's hard to imagine JSU athletics without Jim Skidmore. It's hard for Jim Skidmore to imagine him without JSU athletics.
He isn't going anywhere. He plans to still live on his 22 acres about seven miles from campus. He'll attend games.
But after this week, he won't be a part of the day-to-day life of the JSU athletics department, and it won't be a part of his day-to-day life.
Skidmore said he'll miss occasions like the JSU baseball team's NCAA tournament selection show gathering Monday. He'll miss people like JSU's current baseball coach.
"I'm going to miss Jim Case," Skidmore said. "He's such a class guy. … I'm going to miss (JSU softball coach) Jana McGinnis. She's a special person. She really is. And the kids are. Most of our kids are special, and I'll miss the daily interaction.
"We've got about 20-25 student trainers, and some of them are like children or grandchildren to me. I'm going to miss them."
Many of those student trainers attended a function for Skidmore after the Southeast Missouri football game this past fall, and he said the occasion "touched my heart."
"A bug flew in my eye two or three times," he said. "They got me wet. I've enjoyed it here."