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Bennington man charged with human trafficking of a teenBy Patrick McArdle
STAFF WRITER | February 05,2013BENNINGTON — A local man is facing charges of aggravated human trafficking and repeated aggravated sexual assault on a child, a crime punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison, after police said he had sexual contact with a teenage boy between 2009 and 2012.
Peter A. Goewey, 60, of Bennington, was arraigned in April 2012 in Bennington criminal court on felony charges of repeated aggravated sexual assault on a child, possession of child pornography and attempting to lure a child into sexual exploitation.
On Tuesday, the state added the charges of aggravated human trafficking of a person younger than 18 and promoting the creation of a sexual photograph of a child. The first charge carries a mandatory minimum term of 20 years in prison.
Goewey pleaded innocent to the charges. He continued to be held without bail as he has been since April 27.
Daniel McManus, a Bennington attorney who represented Goewey, asked the court to review its decision to find probable cause for the human trafficking charge because he said he thought it was "clear the intent of the statute is not what is alleged here."
However, Judge Cortland Corsones said he reviewed the statute and found that it was "very broad." Corsones said he found it appropriate because the law says no person shall "recruit (or) entice (someone younger than 18) for the purpose of engag(ing) in a commercial sex act."
Goewey is accused of giving the teenager money for taking nude photographs of himself and sending them to Goewey.
In the original affidavit filed in the case, Detective Anthony Silvestro, of the Bennington Police Department, said he met with a teenager, who was 14 at the time, on April 25, 2012.
The teenager said he met Goewey at the Bennington Lanes Bowling Alley in 2011 and continued to have contact with him through January 2012.
Christina Rainville, chief deputy state's attorney for Bennington County, said on Tuesday that further investigation had shown the teenager and Goewey had contact starting in 2009. Phone records indicated that the teenager had sent Goewey pictures of himself in March 2012.
The teenager said he met Goewey while playing pool. After the first few pool games, he told police, Goewey started to touch him.
According to the teenager, on later visits to the bowling alley, which he described as "the worst," Goewey would ask the teenager to get something from his car. Then Goewey would follow the teenager out of the building, have him get in the car and pulled the car around to the back of the building where Goewey would touch the teenager.
The teenager said Goewey asked him to take nude photographs of himself with his cellular phone and send the to Goewey's phone. According to the affidavit, Goewey gave the teenager $40 for sending the photographs and offered him $50 not to tell anyone what had happened.
In a written statement, the teenager said he neither asked Gowey to touch him nor gave him permission.
The teenager said Goewey "showed up" at his school bus stop twice. After those incidents, the teenager said he stopped taking the bus to school.
Silvestro said Goewey declined to speak with him about the accusations.
In a subsequent affidavit, Silvestro said a detective from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force had retrieved a nude photograph, believed to be of the teenager, from a cellular phone seized from Goewey's home during a search on April 26.
According to Silvestro, Goewey was charged in 1995 with sexual assault and later pleaded guilty to an amended charge of prohibited sexual acts.
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PHOENIX -- A man has been released from prison after serving 37 years for two murders he said he didn't commit.
Bill Macumber, 77, was convicted in 1974 of the 1962 murders of Joyce Sterrenberg and Timothy McKillop in north Scottsdale. After years of legal wrangling, Macumber was able to plead no contest and was released from prison on Wednesday.
Macumber maintained his innocence on Thursday. His son Ron Macumber believes his mother framed his father.
"I made that statement [of innocence] when I was first questioned by the detectives in August 1974," Bill Macumber said while fighting tears. "I made that statement of innocence, I don't know, 10,000 times since. I'll take that statement to the grave."
Macumber said he doesn't remember where he was when the murders happened.
"I don't have the least idea where I was. Tell me where you were a month ago today at three o'clock. It's impossible. When you're looking 10 years, 12 years, 15 years back, how do you differentiate one time from another?"
Macumber was convicted in 1975 after his wife, Carol Kempfert, testified that he confessed to the crime. He successfully appealed that conviction but was retried in 1977. He was found guilty again and sentenced to two life terms.
Macumber's attorneys said the jury never heard evidence that a man named Ernie Valenzuela confessed to the crimes.
They said Valenzuela made the confession while in prison for another crime. The New York Times reported that because Valenzuela had died in a prison fight in 1973, the judge ruled that evidence of his confession was hearsay.
In 2009, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer denied a recommendation from the state clemency board that his life sentenced be reduced.
Macumber doesn't have a high opinion of Brewer.
"My brother and I were taught at a very young age, by my parents, that if you don't have something nice to say about a person, don't say anything at all," Macumber said. "So with your permission, I'll say nothing at all."
The Arizona Justice Project, an organization that works to free prisoners it believes could be innocent, has been assisting Macumber since 2003.
The group believes that Kempfert framed Macumber for the killings. With the project's help, Macumber petitioned the Maricopa County Superior Court for post-conviction relief last year.
He was granted an evidentiary hearing. Prosecutors told the court on Tuesday that without the necessary evidence, they would be unable to try the case for a third time.
Macumber was allowed to plead no contest in the case. He was sentenced to time already served and freed from prison.
Macumber won't say whether he thinks that Kempfert set him up. But his son thinks she did.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again, yes, I did." The 44-year-old would not elaborate.
Meanwhile, Bill Macumber said he spent his first night as a free man with his family, eating pizza and drinking his first beer in 38 years.
Ron is happy to have his dad back.
"It's awesome -- it's over. He's free. After all of this time, he's free to just do whatever I want with him now."
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What I don't know is why both contents are opposed. I learned about sandbox games watching some anime and tv series about virtual games that are like mmo. I was always tired of Wow about raids that were the only thing that you could do in high end, the thing that I liked more about wow was the pvp conflicts with campers and role play events that was so casual to see. The game didn't reward this kind of game, but wow had good points.
The possibility to play more cassually, doing some quests, and lvling was fun, it's not like you can have the time to live everyday a adventure of sandbox likes.
So I think,that a game that would have the both content would be more perfect, more theme park for the beginning of the game, but the high end content would be sand box, because sandbox lacks this early gameplay that keep you playing.
Even let the people to create their own mission with npc for the people, the management of the npc, for the newb people playing. Designers and players creating the world together. More problems about the the sandbox, is that the boring task are done too by the player like farming or having boring classes like merchant because it's the hardcore way of doing things, is realistic.
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Here is how I divide.
WoW no EQ style game is based on single player styled RPG played with a lot of people. The developer content is the focus. Nothing the player does effects anything outside of their own personal experience with few usually temporary exceptions. I don't know if I like these games being called themeparks. Because sandboxes games almost always themeparks which is why I don't think its a good term.
UO styled games are based on player and world interactions and tools being first and developer generated content is second. You have a themes and themeparks giving the players developer direction. But the community makes the game and defines it to a degree and unique content.
In UO styled games you tend to have real estate either freely placed, zone restricted or buying of limited pre-built, but they all have physical domain. Though some games don't have this which is pretty sad for a sandbox.
In EQ styled games most games live you as vagabonds or live in virtual space that's not tied to the main world.
Both style games tend to have the same style or at least can. The importance of UO styled games is allowing the building of community tools and content.
My biggest disappointment is the lack of top of the line sandbox games and the saturation of themepark only games. I always felt that the two genres would have merged giving us heavy developer content games that allow you to form comunnities, towns, cities or nations in the open space. SWG was a step in this directions but it last it's way and failed and pretty much killed the Sandbox.
Imagine a game with the content of wow where you could build own faction/racial cities in contested areas.
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Because the two are in opposition. A sandbox is about freedom, about trying to not limit the player as much as possible, to create basically a room full of toys which can then be assembled by the kids and form a unique toy room.
The Themepark is exactly the opposite: Limiting the player allows to generate content tailored to what the devs envisioned. Yes, the parents did most of the room, but hey, What a cool looking medieval themed toy room!
To create deep and involved storylines, you have to set the pieces yourself. The more storyline heavy your focus becomes, the more you chip away at the player's freedom, and the more you try to make the story modular, so you can plug it into an ever evolving world, the more you restrain your writers and their abilities.
Not one of those two is the "true awesomely good" approach to MMOs. But before we can merge them, we have a LONG way to go into the rabbit's hole, technologically speaking, to allow for a sort of scripted freedom. To allow your writers to wander off into the world and plant seeds of stories all over, that could dynamically evolve depending on the world's state, would be insanely awesome, but insanely hard to do.
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Comparing a themepark to a sandbox, is very allegorical. In a themepark you see the form of a house but you dont get to build it, you see a market economy but you don't quite get to experience it.
And once you step out of that cave, and see the objects as they are, not their shadow versions, you think to youself. Geez, why did I ever even bother with all that themepark junk.
Originally posted by Ghil
I think the way to get Sandboxes to feel more involved is to think outside the box.
The number one way I think is to have World Masters who can give quest and have tools to create quest large scale and small scale. Second the lose the fear of having unique and one time quest and make them be the seeds of communal quest. Thridly give players tools as well to be able to create create content and reason to do so. As well as compliment the World Masters role.
And example of a World Master Large Scale Quest. World Master takes over the role of a NPC and gives players area a quest to recover Sword of Whatever in recently uncovered area. Area is generated by World Master generated and populated with mobs according to the story arc. The player who recovers the sword find a sword with super good stats or ability. Upon picking the sword up he finds him/herself cursed with a disease that weakens him badly and disfigures them(ugly model). This disease is highly contagous and weakens other players in a radius which soon spreads to most locals and others world wide. World Master NPC quest giver turns out to be a monster of some sort of the monsters from the undiscoverd area and they launch attacks on weakend players and their towns. World Master plops war tents near cities and NPC's attack every so often or occupy them. A quest line around the world is created tto find answers on how to cure the disease. This would be an example of a main monthly story arc.
I think World Master concept could bridge the gap of content without forcing sandboxes to have toomany perm theme attractions slapped on a community builder.
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Originally posted by textron
After playing pen and paper D and D a couple of times in a group, I wasn't invited one day so I asked the dude, "Why wasn't I invited?" He said I was "min-maxing". I didn't know what that meant at the time so I was like, "Fine whatever."
"Min-Maxing" is the opposite of roleplaying. You do not want to turn the Game Master over to a bunch of non-roleplaying, meta-gaming, Chinese Gold buying, 5-account pay to win, favoratism hand-out Guild leaders.
About 5-10 years later I finally got around to reading my first fantasy book, which was based on D and D. It was called uhhhh the Dragonlance series. Fun books. In those books I'd say the Dungeon Master roleplayed Gods and Demigods while maintaining the game mechanics in the backround. I bet there could be a game devised where some players could roleplay Gods and Demigods, but there would have to be some significant game mechanics involved to properly impliment it. I have seen nothing of the sort anywhere.
In Dragonlance the fictional Gods got powerful by the number of worshippers, and the fictional Gods were constantly at odds with each other using their followers as their proxy wars; it's possible to simulate this in a video game but I doubt devs have the vision or talent. A sort of feedback loop. But if Godhood for any player becomes too attractive then everyone would want to be one, too many chiefs not enough Indians; or it would just be dominated by Guild Leaders who couldn't roleplay themselves out of a paper bag. So the trick would be to make Godhood more work and less rewarding then playing normal characters. The God would have to constantly supply their followers with phat lewt, while helping and guiding their followers to war with the followers of other Gods. Evil vs. Good, etc.
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MMO sandbox games are as exciting as watching paint dry.
Originally posted by jamigre
Well I guess you took the red pill then eh?
If I am paying a company to have an account, I want them to be the ones creating the content. Proffesionally created content rules over wanna-be developer content the far majority of the time.
Not saying that there isnt some modders out there with quality stuff....I am saying they are the exception, and not the rule. To make matters worse, the good modders will never have access to the same tools the actual Devs do.
In short...pizz on sandboxes.
Asking Devs to make AAA sandbox titles is like trying to get fine dining on a McDonalds dollar menu budget.
Originally posted by Moaky07
The problem is that developer content gets pissed through fast, lamer than what you get in single player games, and repetative and stagnant from game to game (Kill 200 wolves for 5 wolf pelts for you and all your characters)
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RIP City of Heroes!
Originally posted by textron
I agree with Moaky07 about the professional content. Too many people believe their own content is a pile of gold when it really is a pile of junk. I pay for professional quality content. If I have exhausted content, it's time to move on to something else.
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I enjoy both....it tends to be a mood thing. Sandbox MMO's are all about the community. I play EVE and love how deep the world is, how great my corp buddies are, and how everyday I go out to the market to sell my ice and ore it is different and there is always soemthing big (politically or battle) going on. Sandbox MMO's (when done right of course) are fantastic worlds where you can live a second life (no pun intended for that horrific game) and truly roleplay.
Someday's though, I just want to relax and get a shiny lol. I play RIFT atm and enjoy the guild I'm in. Its not a spectacular game, but its a done right Themepark MMO and a fine alternative to WoW, EQ2, or AoC. However, I think there is soon to be a trend breaker in the Themepark realm.
I see the last successul subscription based Themepark MMORPG being SWToR because its Bioware and Star Wars. It will have a nice big battle with WoW and they'll compete over those gamers that don't mind to shell out $15 a month. However, GW2 with its B2P method (if successful which at this point looks to be) will be the new way of Themeparks. People will buy this because they can play it at anytime without feeling the need to log in everyday for dailies because there is no subscription. When they get the mood to go and "loot a shiny" they'll hop on GW2 for a couple of hours. I see this becoming the new successful payment method for Themeparks because it makes sense when you understand the gameplay.
I only see single sharded Sandbox MMO's getting away with subscriptions in the future in all honesty. But this is my own opinion, to each his own.
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Wicked Witch of Single Player Games!
Actually, the opposite is true in terms of supply vs demand. If there's too many sell orders in EVE, watch the price tumble to parity with the buy orders in any trade hub. SWG had mudflation due to growing servers, which made pricing vary dramatically from server to server.
Originally posted by waynejr2
What I was talking about was profession content as well. Just coming from event set into motion by World Master style story tellers.
What do you consider profession content? Kill quest? Deliver quest? Find something on the ground quest? Those are pretty much the basis for all MMORPG quest. How many times do you skip reading what's said and figure out what you need to do? How often do you care about the quest or make a difference with your character or world?
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Sandbox is better imho BUT too many ppl think open pvp = sandbox.
For sandbox game to be good and interesting it has to be attractive and has professionaly developed content on few areas:
- very good crafting
- interesting housing
- good pve content
- interesting pvp system
- economy! (crafters have to make all or almost all of items, dungeons , etc should give you some ingridients not ready items + there has to be things to make economy going , like items losing durability and finally getting broken and/or losing some items when dying ,etc)
Sandbox imho have to be developed good on various levels as it is supposed to "emulate" complete world with certain rules.
I am not against themeparks I've played some f.e Lotro till I got tired on f2p item shop influencing game more and more.
Problem with themeparks is after you hit level cap they start to be boring very quickly unless you are into raiding or instanced pvp. They get boring even quicker if you go to anther themepark immedietaly after playing one before.
I think that one of the reasons (ofc among many others like bugs, etc) that many people stop playing many mmos after such short time as 2-3 months, etc . Because almost all of games follow same pattern : solo lvl to max lvl then raid or/and do instanced pvp.
Ppl get bored fast and switch games all the time, some try avoid boredom by playing few games at once (and that is one of the main reasons that many such ppl prefer f2p to avoid few subscriptions).
Good sandbox (like UO or Eve thou second one goes dangerous road lately) or "sandpark" (like f.e SWG) can give many players more ways of entertaiment than jsut grinding instances endlessly thus keeping you playing for much longer.
But sandbox or sandpark has to be good , some are jsut focused on one area like DFO only has pvp (pve , crafting ,etc are laugable) or are bugged and/or filled with bots to death (Vanguard).
Maybe it is impossible for sandbox game to reach subscription levels like WoW, but I am sure that good sandbox or with even more chance good "sandpark" can reach preety high levels of subscription. Eve has abut 400 k subscriptions and it is spaceship sf, I think professional and complete fantasy sandpark could easily reach 1 mln +.
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" economy! (crafters have to make all or almost all of items, dungeons , etc should give you some ingridients not ready items + there has to be things to make economy going , like items losing durability and finally getting broken and/or losing some items when dying ,etc)"
I have to disagree with this part here. I have played games where mobs did not drop ready items and just dopped ingredients. The result was very very few adventures - they have no reason to go to the dungeon. And with very few adventures, there is no one to buy the crafters items. So the crafters just end up making it for themselves.
Here is what happens - the adventurer goes to the dungeon, grabs ingredients, then waits. He needs to find a crafter which takes time, then he needs to wait for the crafter to actually make it which could be anywhere from 15-20 minutes to travel there, make it and travel to where he can use it, to days or weeks for the crafter to make it and meet up with him again. It ends up severely limiting the adventurers time and enjoyment.
I may not be a majority but I'm not alone, I won't play a game like that again.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
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Sandbox might not = open PVP but it certainly should not also = crafting/housing/economy just because its sandbox. If we take the literal meanings of them then I prefer a themepark but only just.
Sandbox = You are the player taking part in a world, there are no "levels, Zones or quests" just you and the world. You are still not able to just go anywhere you want without being brutally killed.
Themepark = You are the player taking part in a story. There are "levels zones and quests" You are not able to go anywhere you want without being brutally killed.
I hate the idea that player driven economies deep and engaging crafting systems and quests and dungeons are all mutually exclusive. Final Fantasy online had elements of them all in it and that worked fine. The day a studio comes up with a Sandbox mentality game, with the added content that a themepark brings, IE A truley open world with quests stories plots player driven economics, internedependant crafting, dungeons, solo and group play without the need to throw in FFA pvp and player looting then they will be on to a winner.
Hence why although I will be playing ToR for the story, I will be watching TSW and Archage for their worlds :)
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I basically distill the concept of themepark and sandbox to where a themepark is story-driven and follows a mostly linear progression path and a sandbox may or may not have stories but regardless of if they do characters will not be forced to follow the same path to progress.
This is why I'd classify Eve, even though it has missions (quests), as a sandbox.
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I think the best example of a sandbox is Minecraft.
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Originally posted by MMOExposed
You obvious don't know difference between Sandbox and Themepark.
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Definitions are different and fairly undefined for sandbox games as any or many rulesets can be used or even none need be applied depending on what the dev's own definition of sandbox is...
I think many gamers and devs alike have their own version of what a sandbox is and isnt, should and shouldnt be..
Sandboxes can range from simplistic niche pvp oriented full lootz litterboxes all the way to insanely complex full featured PvEvPvP sandboxes with player ran politics and completely player ran rulesets, player built universes and many things that have not even been thought of let alone implemented in any game yet..
Sandbox games are capable of going way beyond the pre-determined paths of todays themepark games and are the future of the mmo market including FPSMMOs, yet to many (myself included) there is something missing in all the current sandbox, mmofps and themepark offerings that could only be filled in by combining the three, but that would be unrealistically asking for a real true new gen mmo instead of getting the same regurgated bits and pieces being repackaged and called a new game...
Playing GW2..
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I prefer sandbox mmo's when pulled off well. When players create their own adventure and fun, then there is no worry about whether or not the developers can release tons of raid content/uber drops to keep the community satasfied. This also invalidates progress and changes the dynamic of how the game is played constantly.
Besides in themeparks, you can only make a robe look SO cool, then after that everything looks more or less the same, or worse. An ideal sandbox has a lot more potential for a rewarding investment than a themepark imo. And no, a sanbox doesn't HAVE to have a lot of grinding like so many people think.
The only people I know who don't like sandbox mmo's, hate them because either they haven't played one and have heard some negative things, or don't know where to go and what to do in the game. They prefer having set path's. I don't dislike a good themepark like the next guy, but I just cant believe how many people don't have any self sufficiency in games.
But really, My absolute favorite mmorpg is the sandpark type.


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The impact of the new federal health care law on small businesses was the subject of a March 1 meeting with a top official from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Kenneth Munson, Region V director for HHS, spoke to a group of about 20 people on the University of Toledo's Scott Park campus about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010 and has been dubbed "Obamacare" by its opponents. Region V includes Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Munson said cost is a key factor in preventing small businesses from offering health insurance to their employees, with 86 percent of the small businesses that don't provide it saying they can't afford the price. At the same time, he said, 72 percent of businesses that do offer coverage say paying for it is a struggle.
Some provisions already in effect
Munson said some of the health care law's provisions have already gone into effect, including a ban on insurance companies declining to cover children's pre-existing conditions and a prohibition against rescission, which refers to an insurance company canceling a member's policy, often because of a problem with the information that member provided when they initially took out the policy.
Munson said one woman was dropped by her insurance company after being diagnosed with breast cancer because she hadn't disclosed that she had once sought counseling for stress.
The rescission issue became a point of debate at the presentation.
"Weren't the majority of these rescissions for things related to fraud?" asked John McAvoy, state coordinator for The Ohio Project, which organized last year's Issue 3, a rejection of the health care bill's mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance.
Munson said fraud is still against the law. In an interview with Toledo Free Press after the forum, he said a consumer who is dropped because of alleged fraud would likely appeal to state regulators, or possibly to the court system, if they believed their policy was canceled illegally.
Business owners weigh in
One business owner in the audience said the health care bill has allowed her to become insured for the first time in eight years. Cathy Allen of Marblehead, who owns a consulting business called Creative Option C, said she has systemic lupus that's under control, but that prevented her from being able to buy a policy.
Allen said that changed when former Gov. Ted Strickland's administration took advantage of a pool of federal money that was created to let states create high-risk pools before the new rules creating state-level health insurance exchanges go into effect.
"Because of the creation of Ohio's high-risk pool, I've been able to purchase insurance," she said.
The individual mandate is a concern for Tom Elder, owner of Seagate Roofing in Toledo. Elder said he offers health insurance and pays more than half of the premiums, but some — mainly his younger employees — choose not to take the insurance. Once the individual mandate goes into effect, he said, even those employees who don't feel they need health insurance will be forced to purchase it.
Munson said those employees could buy insurance through the new health care exchange, but Elder said that's unlikely — since he pays most of the premium for his employees who do opt for health insurance, he said, those who are newly required to buy a policy are much more likely to go through him than the exchange.
"Why would they go there when they can go to me and I'll pay 70 percent?" he said.
Munson said later that although businesses that offer insurance may see more employees enrolling in their plans because of the individual mandate, there are other measures intended to reduce the overall cost. He said premium reductions should result from having a larger pool of people and from the bargaining power of a central exchange; in addition, he said, tax credits will be available for businesses that offer insurance.
"There are issues around your overall costs going up because more workers are coming in," acknowledged Kathleen Gmeiner of Universal Health Care Action Network Ohio. But also, she said, "there are some tools to get your costs under control and keep them predictable."
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A report commissioned by the state from Milliman Inc. and released in the fall projected steep premium increases for some consumers. Gmeiner acknowledged that report, but said the more dramatic increases result in part from Ohio currently having a large number of rate bands for determining premiums. The sharpest increases will be seen by a small number of people with the lowest rates, primarily healthy young men, she said.
Gmeiner said the law will result in people in that group paying more, but in more security as well.
The Milliman report projected that, before applying the tax credit intended to partially subsidize premiums, the average individual premium would increase by between 55 percent and 85 percent on top of regularly expected medical inflation, due partly to the estimated health status of individual premium payers and partly to the plans expanding to cover more services. The report also projected that small-group employer-sponsored premiums would increase by between 5 percent and 10 percent on top of inflation and that large-group employer-sponsored premiums would increase by between 3 percent and 5 percent on top of inflation.
The report estimated that after the changes, individual plans will cost between 8 percent and 12 percent more than small-group plans.
When the report was released, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor said it showed that "Obamacare will result in bigger government, unsustainable costs and, ultimately, less consumer choice." Supporters accused the administration of misrepresenting the report by cherry-picking data. The 159-page Milliman report can be downloaded at www.ohioexchange.ohio.gov/Documents/MillimanReport.pdf.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, considered a top-tier potential GOP contender for 2016, didn't make the cut for a speaking invite at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the much-anticipated March 14-16 event featuring a who's who in conservative politics. Here's a look at some of the featured speakers who did make the list for the upcoming gathering.
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BUFFALO, NY – Hilbert's Courtney Coots earned game-high scoring honors in the Hawks 61-53 road loss to D'Youville College January 17. Coots scored a season high 18 points, sinking three of six shots beyond the arc and hit all five free throws as Hilbert suffered an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference defeat to their cross-town rivals. Alexis Smith paced the Spartans (5-11, 4-5) with 15 points, 15 rebounds and three steals. Natalie Whitman chipped in 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds (7 offensive) and Jenah Labuski added 11 points for HIlbert.
The first twenty minutes played out as expected as neither team pulled away from the other to take command of the game. The score was tied four times, with Hilbert jumping on D'Youville twice early in the contest. The Spartans took a 23-19 half time lead by out-rebounding the Hawks 29-19.
Hilbert opened the second half on a quick 5-0 run, all netted by Labuski. Hilbert's shooting touch then went cold as they missed the next seven shots and watched D'Youville's Smith stretch their lead, 31-24. Both teams traded baskets for the next ten minutes until the Spartans held their largest lead (52-40) at 4:55; 11 of the host's 21 points were scored at the charity stripe during that crucial point in the game. While Hilbert was looking for jump shots to get back into the game, the Spartans continuously took "the walk" to the foul line, converting five of their last eight attempts in the final 63 seconds.
Hilbert finished the game shooting 25.8% from the floor, and 73.7% from the foul line. They were credited with 46 rebounds (18 offensive), 13 assists, 10 steals and a season-high eight block shots. D'Youville won the game at the foul line making 28 of 39 attempts with Hilbert hitting 14 of 19.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
So, Lance Armstrong lied about drugs, Manti T'eo lied about having a dead girlfriend and Subway lied about its foot-long subs. I don't know who to trust anymore. It's like Gregory House said, "Everybody lies."
Like most people, I can't stand a liar. If I can't trust you, we don't even need to share the same air. This probably dates back to the first great betrayal of my life, when my beloved brother T-Bob gave me a glass of water spiked with iodine and told me it was Tang.
I drank it and threw up, he became hysterical with remorse, and Mother beat him like a rented mule. It was epic. (Eventually I forgave T-Bob, but to this day I'm skeptical of any orange-tinged drink.)
Ever since, I've always been a little leery of the spoken word. When you have a choice of believing what someone says or what someone does, take the actions every time. That's where the truth lies. (Note: I tend to still believe the printed word over electronic media, if only because print media has more forgiving deadlines and thus more time to actually get it right. In comparison, a CNN reporter has, say, eight minutes to report, identify and explain another air strike in Afghanistan.)
Back to the latest lies.
Armstrong, meh. He always struck me as a self-righteous ass. Not surprised he turned out to be a nasty piece of work. But I do feel sorry for everyone he embarrassed by association, including the Livestrong staff and his kids. (I also believe it was his doping that gave him cancer in the first place, but that's just me.)
The Manti T'eo saga is like a bad movie featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. (I know he doesn't bill himself as "The Rock" any more, but I just love it.) How does a smart, tech-savvy college student date a beautiful woman for a year without Skype or Facetime coming up? I know someone who Skypes her DOG when she travels for business. For that matter, how does Teo's beloved girlfriend die and he DOESN"T ATTEND HER FUNERAL?!?
He's either shockingly stupid—by which I mean he could drown in a rainstorm, like baby turkeys—or a shrewd manipulator. I smell a scam that was milked for Heisman sympathy votes. If, and this is a stretch—IF he was truly duped, maybe Notre Dame should be investigated for academic fraud, because there's no way this guy is smart enough to be in college.
Speaking of smell, who doesn't love the aroma of fresh-baked bread? Which brings us to the Subway scandal. Turns out most of their foot-long subs are only 11 inches. The horror!!!
It all started Jan. 16 when a guy in Australia measured his foot-long at a disappointing 11 inches and posted the resulting image on Subway's Facebook page. Life as we know it imploded.
The "New York Post" actually ran an investigative piece (!!!) and found short foot-longs to be the norm. Four out of seven types of 12" Subway sandwiches measured only 11 or 11.5 inches. The mind reels!
So far, Subway has offered three explanations: 1) The bread is being improperly baked at some of its 38,000 locations worldwide. 2) Toasted bread shrinks. And 3) "With regards to the size of the bread and calling it a foot-long, "SUBWAY FOOTLONG" is a registered trademark as a descriptive name for the sub, and not intended to be a measurement of length."
If a foot-long doesn't actually mean 12 inches, then maybe their anemic, prefab sandwiches aren't actually food.
Makes perfect sense.
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LAS VEGAS - The New Mexico State softball team finished the
final day of the Eller Media Stadium Classic with two wins on the day. The
Aggies move to 13-7 on the season with a 1-0 win over Weber State and a 5-3 win
over host UNLV on Sunday afternoon.
Senior Amber Olive went 3-for-7 on the day with two runs and
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"I thought it was a good team effort," head coach Kathy
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In the Aggie half of the first, Amber Olive led off with a
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NM State allowed two Weber State hits, but kept the team off
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allowing just one Wildcat hit, but keeping them from crossing the plate.
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Game Two
The Aggies picked up five runs off 10 hits in game two of
the day with Alyssa Ruiz going 2-for-20 and Kelsey Dodd going 3-for-2 with an
RBI and a walk. Senior right-hand pitcher Alex Newman went the distance in the
circle with just one run allowed off five hits.
As the Aggies met the Rebels for the second time over the
weekend, the teams matched for runs in the first inning. The Aggies got on the
board first with a single RBI by Dodd. She went 3-for-6 on the day with an RBI.
The Rebels hit a single to right followed by an RBI double to match the Aggie
NM State extended the lead with a big second inning. Malena
Padilla got on base with a single to right to bring up Kaaihue who hit a
sacrifice bunt to move Padilla into scoring position. A hard liner up through
right center moved Padilla across the plate for a 2-1 lead. NM State didn't
stop there as freshman Emma Adams drove a hit up the right line for her fourth
hit of the weekend.
The third inning was scoreless, but with four hits for the Aggies,
Kaaihue picked up her fourth extra-base hit of the season with a double down
the left line. She was brought around the bases by Olive after hit a single to
right. The Aggies were victim of a double play to end that half of the inning.
The Aggies sat UNLV down in order in the home half of the
fourth, only to rack up two more runs off three hits in the top of the fifth.
After senior Teresa Conrad walked on base, Staci Rodriguez doubles to left to
score Conrad.
Rodriguez then picked up her 16th run scored of the season
off the bat of Padilla with her second hit of the game and Ruiz singled to
shortstop, but the bases were left loaded at the work of the UNLV defense.
UNLV came up with two runs in the final at bat of the night
to close the gap slightly, but a last inning rally was not enough to hold the
Aggies. NM State finished the weekend 4-2 by sweeping the final two days of the
NM State now looks to the Diamond Devil Invitational in
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Reindeer and fair isle pattern knitted pullover sweater. Lace-up ties at front of neckline. Exposed stitching at bottom sides of waist. Sleeve hems and neckline are ribbed.
*60% Nylon, 18% Angora, 12% Acrylic, 2% Alpaca Wool, 4% Lambs Wool, 1% Other
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Measurements for Size Small:
Length: 26"
Bust (all around): 37"
Bottom Opening (all around): 40"
Sleeve Length: 24 1/2"
*60% Nylon, 18% Angora, 12% Acrylic, 2% Alpaca Wool, 4% Lambs Wool, 1% Other
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Length: 26"
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Rated 3 out of 5Â by G-girl Runs big! I decided to try this cute sweater. I am a bit overweight and chunky and can wear some Size Large's even some Mediums depending on the item but usually wear an XL. I was surprised to find that the Large felt more like an XXL or plus sized sweater on me to me. I am pear shaped so I found that while the fit in my hips was okay, the shape of the sweater draping under my arm pits, its width in the shoulder/neck area and overall lack of shape was not flattering. I would exchange this for a Medium if there were any left, so now I'm debating whether i want to keep this. The sweater is truly soft and cute, just wish the shape was more flattering. 1.19.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by jacquijas love so soft and so cute 1.13.2013
Rated 2 out of 5Â by Krissy87 really big This sweater does not fit the way it fits the model pictured. I ordered it because it looked like a fitted, great Christmas sweater. I ordered my usual size small and it's huge... kind of reminds me of a poncho. I don't think an xs would be that much better because of the way it's cut, which is kind of boxy. I'll have to send it back. Material seems warm though and I like the design so too bad. 12.15.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Nitus Big! I ordered my regular size S, and it is too big and roomy. I just ordered an XS because the sweater is very pretty and soft. Nice colors, very well made. Can't wait to receive a size less. :-) 12.10.2012
Rated 1 out of 5Â by Kaywinnet HUGE! The sizing is way off. I ordered an XS and was swimming in it. It's really wide. Size down if you can. 12.8.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by deerheart roomy holiday warmth, measurements off:) fell in love with the look on the first original image with the scarf (now removed), worried that the pullover would be too snug based on the subsequent set of images and spent time deliberating if i should order up from my regular size XS (im 5'4'' 105lbs 32C) but decided in the end to order my regular size...most things i order fit big anyway...so glad i did not size up, it fits super roomy, not at all like the current images, it fits just as the image with the scarf-yay! its a tad itchy and fits only allright in the neckline if i push it back...so that makes me be on the fence with this one, its simply stunning, though:) Beware that the width (chest and bottom opening) measurements are wayyy off from the description, lager in XS than measured for S, i pasted the online measurements below mine for comparison. Keep this in mind and order your regular size or size down based on the sweater i received (labelled XS n tag and label:) My measurements for Size XS: Length: 24" Bust (all around): 46" Bottom Opening (all around): 44" Sleeve Length: 22" FP Measurements for Size Small: Length: 26" Bust (all around): 37" Bottom Opening (all around): 40" Sleeve Length: 24 1/2" 12.3.2012
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A local woman called police after noticing that there was a fraudulent bank draft on her account. At first she didn't think anything of it because it was only one, happened in another state and the bank took care of it.
But more charges began to come through from pharmacies across the Lowcountry and at a dry cleaner.
Her bank warned her that someone may have duplicated her credit card.
The lady called the dry cleaner to report the fraudulent charges and the clerk told the woman to contact police. According to the police report, the clerk said the charges happened just recently and she knew exactly who the couple was. She only knew the names they gave her when they dropped off and picked up the clothes, but she would recognize them again, she told police.
The clerk described the female who came in the dry cleaners many times over the last two months with some extremely expensive clothing. Her boyfriend also had an account with the dry cleaners and the clerk gave police his information.
The clerk told police that the most recent transaction was odd because the customer acted very nervous. She handed over the credit card and then asked the clerk if it was too late to cancel the transaction. The clerk told her it was not, and the customer said never mind, just run it.
Then the customer asked dhow many days before the transaction would show up and the clerk responded that it would be just a few days.
In addition, there was no name or bank listed on the transaction print out.
The clerk also told police the girl has clothes to pick up under a different name,. Police told the clerk to get as much information such as an ID, vehicle description or anything she can when she arrives to pick up her clothing.
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Basic two-tone mini dress with pleated detailing near waist. 3/4-length sleeves. Low scoop back. Sleeves are cuffed.
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*Machine Wash Cold
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Length: 32 1/2"
Bust (all around): 30"
Waist (all around): 33"
Sleeve Length: 15"
*100% Cotton
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Length: 32 1/2"
Bust (all around): 30"
Waist (all around): 33"
Sleeve Length: 15"
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Rated 1 out of 5Â by restock Super WIDE--think double-wide... This dress is adorable, but it is so very wide. I really want to caution everybody to make certain they want a dress that is twice as wide as it needs to be (and I know that some people may like that style; I personally don't.). I ordered the XS (5'1", petite, pear-shaped), and when I first put it on, I thought, "Maybe this can work with a long necklace to pull in the extra fabric." I realllllly wanted it to work because I like the sleeve detailing and length, and I adored the pockets. BUT...after trying the dress on multiple times (the last time I kept it on for about 30 minutes) it was SO STRETCHED OUT that even a big chunky necklace couldn't tether all the extra fabric. I looked ridiculous. To summarize: If you are petite, you might want to pass. I'm a small person and I looked plain silly in this dress after it stretched out to its "relaxed" state. Too bad... 9.25.2012
Rated 1 out of 5Â by knoll-m Beware if you don't want to look pregnant! From the photos I got that this dress will be a little big, but I didn't expect huge. The top is fitted, but the rest is just huge, it made me look pregnant and since I am very athletic and work out a lot, this is not what I want. It doesn't have to be skin tight, but this is just too much! If you want to cover something up, this is the dress for you. I thought about getting it altered, because the top part fits well, but it is just too much fabric to take away. Sadly I wasted my birthday discount on this. 8.19.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Sarahannfoto Cute, but more like a shirt. I read the reviews before purchasing this and ordered an xs. I'm 5'4" and 130lbs. It fits perfectly on the top but as most reviews stated, there is a lot of fabric from the high waist down. The skirt is full and flirty, which I love. It is very short and not appropriate for a 33 year old to wear without leggings or jeans. I bought it in light pink and love it. I do wish it were a bit longer, but that seems difficult to find in a dress these days. It's a keeper for me! 1.22.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by gnomelover cute and comfy I bought this today in the purple color. It is really pretty in person and I hate purple. I love the fit being tighter at the bust and then flowing out. I am very pleased with my purchase. This dress is on of those items that I had not looked twice at online, but loved in person. I wear an 8 and bought the medium. it fit very nicely. 1.19.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Debsie cute and comfy :) I like to wear my dresses loose...i orderd this in a large....it's really loose. wish i had ordered a medium..i would have sent it back to exchange for a smaller size but didn't want to chance the blue not being available in the medium by the time it got back to fp. i am very happy with this dress. since it's cold out now i am wearing the fiesta cuff thermal in ink with my dress and sweater leggings. i love the way it looks together! definitely size down if you don't want the dress overly loose. hope this review helps. 12.7.2012
Rated 1 out of 5Â by zabetski very unflattering i ordered this dress because it looks similar to another fp dress that i have and love. unfortunately, it looks awful on me. i am 5'4", 144lbs w/ dd cup bra. it is beyond frumpy on me...i can't imagine it working on anyone other than a total waif. i ordered several, in hopes it would be as wonderful as the one i own & love, but i can't keep them. waifs: stock up! 11.1.2012
Rated 2 out of 5Â by HaleyB Tried Multiple Sizes, Couldn't Make it Work I bought this in Medium and it seemed too big, then I exchanged for a Small and the bottom of the dress was sewn crooked, so I exchanged it again and then it was too short. I gave up after that!! But it was soft and cute in theory. I didn't think it made my hips look big like some others claimed. 10.8.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by janes1280 LOVE I love this dress! I opted to wear it with the same grey thigh highs but instead added black knee high boots. It is a little flowy, but to me thats what makes it so comfy. You can dress it down and hang out or go out dancing just the same. It is a bit short on me-- I'm 5'10. However, I feel comfortable wearing it because the socks come up and I dont feel so bare. I am small on top-- 34b and weigh 130 lbs. I ordered the small and its perfect! Read for fall weather! 9.12.2012
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Friday, November 8, 2013
Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary celebrates its official launch with free, interactive events for the public, culminating in an art show featuring artist Lisa Shimko.
The acupuncture clinic will unveil its new location and services while engaging friends and visitors in complimentary meditation, qi gong, ear acupuncture, Chinese massage, educational talks and a celebratory art show.
This full day event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary, located at 680A King Street in the Upper King Street Design District.
As holistic medicine practitioners, the owners of Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary see community, art and relationships with other providers as significant.
With this perspective, they have invited local artist Lisa Shimko to exhibit her art as part of their ribbon-cutting reception.
Her series of water-inspired paintings reflect an appreciation for the rhythms and landscape of the natural world that resonate with the philosophy of Chinese Medicine.
During the evening reception, holistic health coach Stephanie Burg will provide light hors d'oeuvres that reflect healthy eating for the season, and the Blue Heron practitioners will offer wine and Chinese medicinal teas. Participants are invited to enjoy a day of beauty, learning and connecting.
10 a.m. - Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness
11 a.m. - Six Healing Sounds Qi Gong
1 p.m. - Public Talk - Eating for Autumn: A Chinese Medical Approach to Health
2-3:30 p.m. - Ear Acupuncture and Chinese Massage Mini-Treatments
6-9 p.m. - Art Show and Reception
Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary is a Classical Chinese acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic. It is staffed by licensed acupuncturists who completed four-year Master's Degree programs that included two-year, 800-hour clinical internships.
They are nationally certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine and licensed to practice in South Carolina. Practitioners Lisa Abernathy and Lauren Becker take a holistic approach to treating a wide variety of conditions.
The clinic helps patients meet their health goals with acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional counseling, Chinese massage, essential oils and collaborations with other healthcare providers.
Gracing the realms of abstract and surrealist art, Lisa Shimko's newest paintings offer an intimate engagement with aquatic biomes.
They act as meditations upon tactile, visual and intellectual sensations that arise from immersion in the Lowcountry's waterways and terra.
Shimko's art is a reminder of the winding journey waters take as they meander and dip from high terrain to low on their journey to the sea. Feeding this body of work are many excursions on boats as well as the artist's ongoing gathering of information.
The grand opening reception and art show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 6 to 9 p.m. with additional free activities held earlier in the day.
The clinic's neighbor, cafe Twenty Six Divine, will also open its doors for the evening, inviting guests in to sample delectable fine foods.
Blue Heron Acupuncture and Apothecary is located at 680A King Street in downtown Charleston. Learn more about the clinic at www.blueheroncharleston.com and Lisa Shimko's art at www.shimkoart.com.
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