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I was extremely impressed with the level of customer service and knowledge throughout the entire purchasing process. Every question was answered in a timely manner, and Cheryl and AJ ensured that I had all the paperwork prepared and completed before they were needed. The team was able to make the buying process enjoyable, exciting, and rewarding as they got me into the perfect house for the perfect price!
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Cheryl is someone I call for advise on my personal dealings with municipalities, engineers etc on real estate matters. I consider her an expert at getting variances to build on non conforming lots as well as a formidable listing broker
Cheryl added a personal touch on a process that seems to have lost that. Like evey house buying experience, our was unique but Cheryl was so knowledgable on the process she reassured us every step of the way. In fact everyone in her office was able to assist us at some point and I was confident in every one of them.
We were determined to get a house that was a part of a short sale, it was just the houses we were interested in. Again Cheryl walked us though every step and was so well networked that when it came time to bring in other companies such as inspectors, she was on point with several recomendadtions.
Our process was a long one given the short sale nature but Cheryl and her team stood by us and reached out at every opportunity to move things along for us. There were times when the other realtor seemed to drop off the planet and we could gert nothing done. Recognizing this Cheryl reached out to the other realtors boss to figure out what weas going on. This was nice knowing we were not alone and there was someone fighting for us. In the end we got the house we wanted and simply said, not other team owuld have been able to get us in this house.
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Belton (September 12, 2012) -- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football player Darius Wilson has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for his performance in the Cru's 34-7 season-opening victory over Kean University last Saturday night.
Wilson, a senior running back from Cy-Springs High School, ran for 165 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries and he added four receptions for 40 yards and another score. The four total touchdowns tie a UMHB single-game record and Wilson had scoring runs of one, 65 and 73 yards and the touchdown reception covered 15 yards.
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- 1 medium mackerel, cleaned and deboned if possible
- 1/4 tsp ginger paste
- 1/4 tsp garlic paste
- salt, to taste
- 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 small onion, peeled and sliced
- 5 fresh curry leaves
- 2 tsp Goan red spice paste
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- lemon wedges, to serve
Wash and dry the inside of the fish. Make deep slashes across both sides of the fish. Stir together the ginger and garlic pastes, salt, 1 teaspoon of the oil and the lemon juice and rub all over and into the slits of the fish. Place in a nonmetallic dish, cover and marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat the remaining oil in a small nonstick saucepan and fry the onion until golden brown. Add the curry leaves and masala paste and cook over medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly. If you are concerned that the masala sauce may burn, add a sprinkling of water to the pan. Add the tomato and salt and cook briskly for 6-8 minutes, stirring often. The tomatoes will completely break down and you will be left with a spicy, thick masala sauce. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Rub a little of this stuffing mixture on the flesh and inside the slits and stuff the rest into the cavity. Put the fish back in the fridge for another 20 minutes, if you have time.
Preheat the grill and cover the grill pan with kitchen foil. Place the fish on top and cook for 6-7 minutes on each side, turning carefully, until the fish is golden brown and cooked through. Serve with lemon wedges and plain rice.
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I have just read a letter from Jan Collova in the Wednesday edition of the Aiken Standard and feel compelled to respond. I have checked the veracity of her many comments proving that there was massive voter fraud by Democrats in the recent presidential election. Rest assured, fellow voters, that none of her accusations are true.
The Standard will not allow me to cover the entirety of the report issued on the subject by Snopes.com. In response to the exact claims made in Collova's letter, Snopes issued a "False" on each and every claim. I would like to have included Snopes''s report in this letter, but the Standard allows me only 300 words and Snopes goes into detail in refuting each of the claims. I refer you to Snopes.com/politics/the ballot box for those details.
I would like to comment on Collova's statement that the fact that "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote." That, too, is called out as false and it stands to reason that such massive voter fraud would only be possible if voting machines were rigged or ballot counts were compromised. (As a matter of fact, South Carolina did not require photo ID in the 2012 election and President Obama did not win here.)
Little wonder that the major media, including the Standard, have avoided publishing the story.
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In this first lesson, we'll explore some tools you can use to navigate your divorce. If you've been struggling before, during, or after the divorce process, you're not alone. Today, we'll look at some things you can start doing immediately to make the process much smoother for you and everyone involved. We'll consider specific tools such as finding your desired horizon, making a map, and finding a companion for the journey. We'll also discuss the challenges of this process, including what we call cul-de-sacs, emotional places where you get stuck and can't move forward. We'll explore how to recognize these places and navigate your way out, keeping focused on positive steps you can take to move forward in your journey.
Today, we'll jump into some legal terminology and make it accessible and understandable. You'll explore the different types of divorce and what the steps are to move through the process. We'll also look at custody, support, and marital property so you can begin to feel comfortable with the terms and concepts.
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In this lesson, we'll tackle one of the most difficult emotions—anger. You'll explore the roots of anger, we'll do a bit of analyzing, and you'll see lots of examples. You'll also learn to avoid cul-de-sacs related to anger, and we'll discuss positive steps you can take to manage anger.
And now for the sad side of divorce: grief. Today, you'll explore the concept of attachment as well as the emotional and physical signs of grief. You'll also become familiar with the cul-de-sacs around grief, and we'll explore techniques for moving forward toward your desired horizon.
This is the first of three lessons focused on relationships. We'll look at how divorce impacts your connections with friends and colleagues, and you'll find tools for avoiding the cul-de-sacs of isolation and over-sharing. We'll also discuss how to keep your friendships healthy and positive.
Family dynamics and relationships with family members are never simple, and divorce impacts these relationships in significant ways. In this lesson, we'll look at how divorce can affect your relationships with your immediate family (parents, siblings) and extended family. You'll also consider the impact on relations with your in-laws. We'll talk about cul-de-sacs in this lesson, as well as healthy steps for moving forward.
How we respond to children's needs during the divorce process is critical to their emotional health. This is often a complicated process, but we can make it simpler if we first understand how the divorce is affecting them. In this lesson, we'll work to clarify the impact of divorce on children, and we'll explore potential cul-de-sacs around parenting during divorce. There are positive steps you can take to move into a happy, healthy future with your kids.
In this lesson, you'll explore how to get back into the dating scene. We'll consider some of the challenges as well as potential cul-de-sacs, and we'll discuss steps for moving forward plus some important reminders.
Divorce can change the way you look at life and other people. Today, we'll look at how divorce affects your worldview. We'll consider how these changes occur and what the results may be. We'll also examine cul-de-sacs as the marks of a healthy worldview.
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Check-in time is 2:00pm for campsites and 3:00pm for yurts, cabins and tipis's (local time).
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Ready to take a bite out of New York? Hope you've come hungry. In a city where creativity is expressed in many ways, the food scene takes center stage, with literally thousands of ways to get an authentic taste of what Gotham is all about. Whether they're lining up at street stands, gobbling down legendary deli and diner grub, or chasing a coveted reservation at the latest celebrity-chef venue,
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"My dream is to get the belt, but I believe Jon Jones will win," Teixeira said after Wednesday's event. "That's the way I see it, and I definitely prefer to fight him, in a certain manner because Jon Jones has a better name. He's been a champ for a long time, so whoever goes to face him has to be very focused, very well-trained."
Teixeira and Bader met in the main event of Wednesday's UFC Fight Night 28 event, which took place at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The card marked Teixeira's first UFC headlining slot, as well as his first professional fight in his home state.
The win didn't come easy, as Bader was able to rock him twice in the opening round but was unable to secure the finish. Instead, Teixeira picked himself up off the canvas and landed a thunderous two-punch combination that sent Bader crashing to the floor.
Teixeira quickly followed, earning a first-round TKO stoppage.
Afterward, Teixeira was visibly upset with his performance. He later explained he was simply disappointed to have allowed himself to be hit so cleanly.
"I was thinking a lot about the knockout, and I was waiting for that," Teixeira said. "I was waiting for him to punch me so I could counter him, but I was very close to him. That's where he got me. I remembered we always have to move, and we always have to be first. I have to do my strategy, which is always to move the head around and to go forward and to make those punches connect. I didn't move around, and that's where the problems started.
"I was a bit upset because despite Ryan Bader being a huge athlete and a great fighter, we always want to be the guy who goes in and dominates. I think the secret of the fight is for us to hit and not get hit, to punch and not get punched."
Despite the early struggles, Teixeira did earn the victory, giving him an incredible 20-fight winning streak. After the press conference, he admitted he may have been a little hard on himself and that legendary Brazilian slugger Pedro Rizzo had advised him to recognize the magnitude of his win.
Either way, it appears a title shot is in his future. And if Teixeira's prediction is correct, it will come against Jones, the man currently considered the world's best pound-for-pound and light-heavyweight fighter, according to the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA rankings.
Teixeira thinks he's got a plan to unseat the champ.
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NICEVILLE — The actors, the nobility, the lovers and the forest fairies leap from the pages of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and onto the Mattie Kelly Performing Arts Center Mainstage in the Northwest Florida Ballet's upcoming interpretation of the classic comedy.
With a cast of nearly 60 dancers, the local ballet company's March 9 and 10 productions are set to the sweeping music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, edited to accompany the 1876 ballet from his score for the play. Renowned choreographers Marius Petipa and, later, George Balanchine and Federick Ashton created the ballet.
Katia Garza, principal guest artist, choreographer and instructor with the compnay, choreographs the NWFB production.
"I have to say that I have choreographed before, but 'Midsummer' is the one I enjoy the most," Garza said. "It is a fun story with a lot of dancing and the audience will laugh and enjoy it.
"'Midsummer' is such a fun ballet to choreograph because it's always different and gives the dancers the freedom to interpret the roles in such a different way, so for me, it's always like a new ballet."
On the same program, the company will perform the neoclassical ballet "Afterglow," choreographed by Artistic Director Todd Eric Allen.
The ballet is set to "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. "Afterglow," choreographed for the Northwest Florida Ballet in 2001, "is an exploration of shapes and texture," according to a news release.
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The Northwest Florida Ballet's productions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the neoclassical ballet "Afterglow" will be performed 7 p.m. March 9 and 2:30 p.m. March 10 on the Mainstage of the Mattie Kelley Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. Tickets are $28 for adults and $14 for children 12 and under, and may be purchased at www.nfballet.org or by calling 664-7787.
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TickTock Games recently ported the PS3 game BurnZombieBurn to Nvidia Shield. In this article Arden Aspinall explains how they did it.
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Winner of 10 E3 awards, HAWKEN is a Free-to-Play online FPS developed by Adhesive. Built using the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), it features giant robots fighting in a ruined city. The video below shows a HAWKEN demo level that we showed at GDC 2013 and other events. We designed it from the ground up to be completely destructible and support multiplayer. We used APEX Destruction to create buildings with walls that crumble, leaving thousands of GPU rigid bodies strewn about the level. Here...
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Made available on August 29th, the latest NVIDIA SHIELD Software Update 59 adds support for Tegra developer tools, CPU sampling profiler (Tegra Profiler) and GPU analysis (PerfHUD ES), solidifying SHIELD's position as the premiere platform for Android gaming and graphics development. Future OTA updates to SHIELD will continue to improve support for these tools. Download and install the latest NVIDIA SHIELD software update by going to Settings -> About SHIELD -> System updates on...
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The NVIDIA Developer Tools team is proud to announce the final release of NVIDIA® Nsight™ Development Platform, Visual Studio Edition 3.0, an application development platform for heterogeneous systems. This new release officially supports OpenGL frame debugging and profiling, GLSL GPU shader debugging, local single GPU shader debugging, the new Kepler™ GK110 architecture found in Tesla® K20 & GeForce GTX TITAN, and CUDA® 5.0.


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The Aiken Department of Public Safety officers are offering residents a chance to chat over a cup of coffee on Thursday morning.
The inaugural Coffee with a Cop will be held at the York Street McDonald's.
Cpl. Jennifer Bickel said Public Safety plans to hold this event once a month in different parts of the City to connect with the community in an informal, neutral environment.
Coffee with a Cop is a nationwide initiative that's supported by the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, according to a press release.
Bickel said the program goes hand-in-hand with the City's Safer Communities Initiative.
Bickel said that, oftentimes, the interactions between the police and the public are during an emergency or other stressful situations. Coffee with a Cop is a chance for residents sit down with local officers to ask questions, discuss community issues and learn more about the Public Safety Department. The officers are available to answer questions, or to simply talk with the residents.
"We hope that community members will feel comfortable to ask questions, bring concerns, or simply get to know my fellow officers," Bickel stated in a press release. "These interactions are the foundation of community partnerships."
Bickel said these casual discussions over coffee can help establish stronger bonds between residents and those who serve to protect them on a daily basis.
Bickel added that any local cafes or restaurants that would like to host a Coffee with a Cop can contact her at 803-642-7620 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Coffee with a Cop will start at 8 a.m. on Thursday at the McDonald's located at 1157 York St.
Amy Banton is the County beat reporter for the Aiken Standard. Originally from Rustburg, Va., she graduated from Randolph Macon Woman's College and has been with the newspaper since 2010.
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Havent seen a thread started on this topic. I hope tebow rides the bench forever
Havent seen a thread started on this topic. I hope tebow rides the bench forever
This thread sucks. I hate hearing about Tebow constantly as much as the next guy, but why bash someone who has done everything right, and even won a playoff game during a season when no one gave him a chance?
tebow will be the new fullback/h-back in denver
This thread will be all lolz till Tebow is traded away to a team that was considering VY.
I can't wait for the first time Manning scrambles for a first down.
The correct title for this thread should've been Elway tells Tebow to GTFO
As soon as Elway is done signing the contracts w/ Manning he needs to be on the phones w/ Jacksonville & Miami & convince both of them that the other team called him to inquire about Tebow. Let those two perpetually $#@!ed up organizations get in a bidding war for Tebow. One of them will do something stupid like give up a 2nd round pick this year & additional picks in the the future for Timmy.
Too early for a "Who Ends Peyton's Career" Pool?
I'll take Derrick Johnson, Alex.
Traffic must be creaming his pants right now.
i lyk this thred
whenever people feel the need to jump in and defend tebow i can't help but think that they're like this...
An Interesting graphic on how often players are mentioned on ESPN.
The problem with trading Tebow, aside from the fact that some 6 yo girls have a better throwing motion, is that he has a huge following and one that will demand he be the starter. Anywhere in Florida is a bad spot, needs to be a backup somewhere with an established qb.
I don't understand what the risk is in keeping Tebow in at backup/certain packages role. I think everyone can agree that he needs to work on his quarterbacking skills, so why not sit back and learn from watching Peyton? He had success in Denver, but is not quite a starter, so why not try to develop him into one? Tebow is a cheap project -- 5 years less than $10mil?? What's the harm in keeping him? It can't be "media attention", he only gets that because his team wins despite his unorthodox play.
interesting thread
Tebow needs to go play h-back in Seattle where he'll get little-to-no national media coverage.
lol wut? are you on dope?
Miami would be PERFECT for this chump. Tebow would sell a butt ton of tix for the fins, they $#@!ing stuffed joe robbie to the gills when denver played there last season, and they had a UF/Tebow appreciation day. Plus, Davie where the fins are located is the most hicktified city in sofla, theys a super wall mart right outside joe robbie, and calder racecourse and casino is right next door to joe robbie + Hard Rock Hollywood resort and casino is 5 min from Davie and the stadium so it will be easy for tebow to indulge his proclivities of hookers and blow and playing the ponies AND there are like kazillions of jews so tebow can indulge his other proclivity, that of fondling and whacking little boy's wangers.
It will be a difficult decision for ross and ireland though, sign tebow and waste millions of dollars and maybe sell a few more season tix or draft tannehill and waste duh fins first round draft pick AND millions of dollars and put NO butts in seats.
I really don't understand all the hate that Tebow gets from so many people. Then again, I don't get all the love that he gets from so many people, either. He seems like a good guy who tried to do things the right way but he's a crappy quarterback who will never be able to lead a successful pro-style offense in the NFL.
But he also uses his platform to generally sound like an idiot. With all the suffering in the world he says the power of prayer helped his professional football team beat another professional football team. Good to know he keeps things in perspective because he touched little kids $#@!s in the Phillippines once.
if tebow was as great a teammate as he wants us to think, he will publicly volunteer to play fullback/TE/h-back while peyton is qb.
Has Peyton changed his name to Barabbas yet?
And yeah: clearly Manning hates Jesus.
Remember the Simms/Applewhite days at Texas? Both of those QBs were good and everyone picked sides. This is a little different because one qb is really good, the other is mediocre but has "heart". Good way to turn things into a $#@!show pretty quick.
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When you fill the first 13 page of GO! Magazine with a review of the year in music in Central Oregon, as we did today, you don't leave much room to talk about all the music that's happening in the area this week.
But that doesn't mean it's not worth talking about! Here's a roundup of what's happening … think of it as you regular music section in GO!, except you can't start a fire with it after you're done reading every word.
Floater returns for two nights
Oregon's indestructible rock trio, Floater, has been through Bend so many times, there's nothing else to say. I mean really. I have nothing to say.
Go read my April 2010 interview with frontman Rob Wynia here. Then click here and sample the band's sound, a throwback blend of prog, grunge, metal and funk that'll make you wonder where the past 15 years of your life went.
Floater (electric), with Jones Road; 8 tonight, doors open 7 p.m.; $15 advance, $18 at the door, ticket outlets here; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.randompresents.com.
Floater (acoustic); 9 p.m. Saturday, doors open 8 p.m.; $13 advance, $16 at the door, ticket outlets here; Domino Room, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.randompresents.com.
Briertone, Rural Demons at The Horned Hand
The solid, left-of-center roots music just keeps flowing through The Horned Hand in Bend. Saturday, the newish art space and music venue will host Briertone, a California band with DIY spirit and a gritty twang to their ominous "outlaw rock."
Opening will be a likeminded Bend band, Rural Demons, whose Western gothic doom-country sound is making serious noise on the local music scene. You can hear the Demons' excellent "Ghost Lights" album here.
Briertone, with Rural Demons; 9 p.m. Saturday; $5; The Horned Hand, 507 N.W. Colorado Ave., Bend; www.facebook.com/thehornedhand.
Larry and His Flask, Necktie Killer play benefit show
Uh … Larry and His Flask and Necktie Killer at Players Bar? Yes, please. It's gonna feel like 2007 in there.
Bonus: The show is a benefit for Johanna Olson, a friend of the bands who has undergone four surgeries on a brain tumor. Go, party, rock out. The cover is $5, but give more for Johanna.
Larry and his Flask, Necktie Killer: 8 p.m. Saturday; $5; Players Bar & Grill, 25 S.W. Century Drive, Bend; 541-389-2558.
Empty Space Orchestra residency continues
Local post-rock prodigies Empty Space Orchestra are making this a December to remember that doesn't involve a Lexus in the driveway with a giant bow on top. The band is playing four of five Saturday nights at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom this month, with a different set and a different opening act each time.
This weekend's opener is Water & Bodies, a fine Portland-based band that includes Beau Kuther, who grew up in Bend. In March, I described the quartet's "Light Year" album as a "tight, glossy collection of songs that blend the hooks of 1980s New Wave with the heft of 1990s emo/alternative, plus a healthy portion of spectacle that flies in the face of so many shoegazing indie rockers."
Empty Space Orchestra, with Water & Bodies: 9 p.m. Saturday; $5 plus fees advance here, $7 at the door; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.silvermoonbrewing.com.
Chicks With Picks benefits Saving Grace
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"These gals are playing for a good cause: Saving Grace, a Bend provider of services to survivors of domestic violence. Saturday's "Chicks with Picks" show at the Astro Lounge will feature four female-fronted bands showcasing the skills of local musicians such as Stacie Johnson and Lilli Worona of Broken Down Guitars, Jamie Houghton of The Dream Symphony, Stephanie Slade of Death of a Hitman and Hannah Costa of Tentareign."
Chicks With Picks: 7-11 p.m. Saturday; $5; The Astro Lounge, 939 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-388-0116.
Josh Gracin at Maverick's
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"Josh Gracin finished fourth on the second season of "American Idol" and now he sings country music. On Thursday, he'll play at Maverick's Country Bar and Grill in Bend as he tours behind his new album 'Redemption.'"
Josh Gracin: 9 p.m. Thursday; $25; Maverick's Country Bar and Grill, 20565 Brinson Blvd., Bend; www.maverickscountrybar.com.
Portland Cello Project at McMenamins
All hail the Portland Cello Project, a collective of adventurous cellists who play not only beautiful classical music, but also super-fun, YouTube-friendly covers of indie rock and pop hits by folks like ABBA, Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.
Helmed by Douglas Jenkins, PCP will return to Bend Wednesday to play a free show at McMenamins. Last time I saw the band there, the place was packed, so consider getting down there early and getting a seat. Maybe have some tater tots. You know … live a little.
Portland Cello Project: 7 p.m. Wednesday; free; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; www.mcmenamins.com.
Other highlights this week include Voodoo Highway at Silver Moon and Shade 13 at The Horned Hand tonight, the Holiday Brewgrass Jamboree Saturday in Sisters, reggae night with MC Mystic at The Astro Lounge on Wednesday, and Cadence at The Summit on Thursday. Find all the details and lots more in our online nightlife calendar.
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Friday, April 11, 2014
A fist fight on Pinewood Drive in Moncks Corner resulted in a lockdown at Berkeley High School around 11:15 a.m. on Friday, April 11.
According to Moncks Corner Police Dept. Captain Mark Murray, the call originally came in as a shooting, which resulted in the precautionary lockdown.
We always err on the side of caution, absolutely, Murray said. While the incident was initially reported as a shooting, we put the school on lockdown in the event the suspect did have a weapon and headed in the direction of the school.
Murray added that the situation has been contained and the suspect taken into custody.
It was actually a fist fight and assualt and the suspect was quickly taken into custody, Murray said.
The lockdown interrupted the Berkeley County Special Olympics competition at Bonner Stadium behind the school when the lockdown was announced. Students remained on lockdown until around 12:30 p.m.
This was the second such incident in Moncks Corner in as many days. On Thursday, April 10, there was a shooting reported to the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office on Kitfield Road just outside of Moncks Corner where one individual was wounded, according to reports.
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VAC preparing to help female offenders succeedBy Brent Curtis
Theres nothing coddling about the residential rehabilitation program that the Vermont Achievement Center and state Department of Corrections have planned.
The women who will be housed and treated at the VAC complex on Park Street are victims in some respects. Many come from abusive homes and nearly all have drug addictions.
But they are also convicted criminals approaching the end of their incarcerative sentences who would be eligible for release on furlough if not for their behavioral, mental health and substance abuse issues.
Many have lost their children, are poly-addicted and have only lethal relationships in their past including histories of abuse where theyre the victims, said Keith Tallon, manager of the state Probation and Parole office in Rutland. The operating word is trauma for the folks that well be dealing with here.
To prepare female offenders for life in the community which they are destined to return to at the end of their sentences Corrections officials are partnering with Dr. Cheryl MacKenzie, director of program development at VAC, to open a 10-bed residential and rehabilitation program.
Best known for its early education and day care services as well as family support services and the Mitchell Therapy Pool, the nonprofit organization will soon add the Mandala House a name that signifies a unified life in Indian Sanskrit to its list of services.
MacKenzie, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a licensed addiction counselor, has 30-years of experience working with people with similar issues. During that time, she said her efforts have had a success rate as high as 70 percent. That number is high compared to a recidivism rate that Corrections officials said was less than 50 percent for untreated offenders.
The women in the program will live in a house on the VAC grounds but much of their time will be spent in a wing of the main building thats under renovation, MacKenzie said, where they will learn life skills needed for independent living as well as job skills ranging from jewelry-making and woodworking to website building, accounting and marketing.
Counseling, therapy and treatment for drug addiction will be part of the rehabilitative process, but only a part, said David Peebles, the restorative and community justice executive for DOC.
Treatment and therapy are great for getting to the core of an issue but it doesnt give someone the skills to function in the real world, he said.
Therapy and treatment also only go so far in helping to build relationships, MacKenzie said.
Most of the women who will participate in the program have known only unhealthy relationships their entire lives, she said.
With the help of her 10-person staff, MacKenzie said she wants to provide a family environment that the women can build from.
We dont want it to be us and them, she said. The house will function as a we.
But it will also be a house where everyone is held accountable, she said staff members and herself included and everyone will be expected to pull their weight.
Residents will be subject to a number of conditions as well.
While neither the home nor the wing devoted to the program in the main building will be locked down, alarms will be put into place to alert staff if participants try to leave without authorization. Those who do leave will be reported to the police for violating furlough, Peebles and Tallon said. Participants will also be supervised 24 hours a day, seven days a week, MacKenzie said.
Beyond the security measures, the program will try to address behavioral issues and poor decision making through a phased strategy of earned independence.
The longer residents remain in the program, which Corrections officials anticipate will be no less than six months and on average as long as a year, the more independence they can earn by demonstrating responsibility through work, school and activities within the community.
Interacting with and giving back to the city they live in women from the city and Rutland County have first priority to participate in the program is a fundamental part of the program.
Every Saturday, the women will be expected to spend half their day engaged in activities that are community oriented whether its working in the citys community gardens, tending animals on a farm in Poultney or some other endeavor.
Two of the most important jobs MacKenzie said she and her staff have to succeed at will be keeping the women constantly busy and helping them to steer around poor decision-making processes that have contributed to the problems in their lives.
We need to make sure they dont have a single moment of free time, MacKenzie said. And they need someone between them and a bad choice. Were going to make sure theres a lot of us between them and that bad choice.
While their criminal records are a reflection of those bad choices, MacKenzie said she isnt worried about the close proximity of the womens program and the childrens services located in the main building.
Before setting forth with their plans, VAC checked with the citys police chief and mayor receiving the blessings of both and they notified the families of all the children they serve.
To date, only one woman has voiced a concern and that was in regard to a specific offender expected to be released soon.
With her own young daughter attending day care at VAC, MacKenzie said she has no fear about safety.
Its in my backyard. My child is here, she said. There are no sex offenders or predators in the program just women with multiple issues.
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
In green.
Come November EA will not reveal subscriptions at all. Instead they will state that they have X number of new accounts eagerly waiting for F2P, or something like that.
Subs reported in November (snapshot of Sept 30th, 2012 - closing quarter date) will be so below the break-even point of 500k subs that there is no way EA will detail this to investors. EA's rival, Activision-Blizzard has a clause that they include everyone who quit during the previous 30 days as subscribers .. but even if they rip Activision-Blizzard's policy I don't think this will even help SWTOR reach 500k. Investors WANT to hear MORE than 500k lol. They don't want to hear "near" or "less".
[the rest applies to other posters]
As pointed out in other posts 500k is the break-even point to cover day-to-day costs. 1 Million subscribers was what is needed to put money back into EA and show investors a few pennies on their dollars.
This game isn't making investors happy :-P EA might have suckered some in to their F2P model, but I'm not seeing it. Make a good game and people will play it, and it will generate some $$
... make an overall fair game, inferior in some areas, and great in others .. and well if you are lucky you will get your money back.
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Originally posted by Karteli
To be fair, that 500k goal was when they had there expectations high and before the many layoffs. We don't know how many subs is needed to be profitable now.
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Originally posted by Draron
To also be fair, that 500k goal might have already included an anticipated layoff of their personell. EA likely knew ahead of time who they would let go in order to make the game break even.
In a successful game, developers just don't lay off people. If the game is profitable you keep everyone around who made it possible .. and you use these same people to add more and more stuff.
Laying people off is a short sighted advantage. It will help short-term, but in the long term, it only decreases your companies value.
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Originally posted by Karteli
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I think it is a fair assumption that 500k to break even assumed "some size of team" smaller than on day 1 - so some downsizing built in - but larger than it is now. And my assumption is that EA will want the cost of the team to be covered from the subscription revenue - income from F2P would then go towards recovering the investment.
I think it is also a reasonable assumption that the population has continued to fall. There is simply no "buzz". The main forum activity, for example, is painfully slow. Sites have closed. Player surveys, Torstatus, XFire, further server mergers (May be wrong but I am assuming here that the mega server architecture, whatever that is, isn't active yet).
Older games with sub-250k subs made more of an impact. As Karteli suggets however I would not be surprised if we (edit) "do not " get a new number for subs from EA.
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Originally posted by Zecktorin
Do you really believe that statement? Did server hardware just drastically change in the last year and I miss the announcement? Oh wait, you want to think that EA/Bioware first used really old servers that were made back in 2000 for the game launch, and now they upgraded to the 2012 servers......Seriously? Obviously they used top-line servers at launch.
Yeah, you keep the faith that the game population hasn't dropped by at least 75%. That whole massive layoff thing at EA/Bioware, totally unrelated I'm sure.....laugh.
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by SuperXero89
There is more to it than that thinking with SWTOR. Even Blind Freddy can see that SWTOR is a failure!
SWTOR starts as a success and sells 2 million copies with people all understanding that it costs $15 monthly fee, and with the intent to play for years, yet they don't and now it is under 500K subs. There are mass layofff, then the game goes F2P from P2P. Then servers merge from about 200 to 20. Then the main guys behind the game then bail, including "The Doctors" who not only leaves Bioware but retire from game creation altogether. That is what makes it a failure.
The Secret World I consider neither a success or a failure. It started with average amount of players, and generally keeps people entertained, and not quitting on mass or foaming at the mouth with disappointment!
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by Draron
It is still 500K according to this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19077238 as posted on 1st Aug, following the F2P announcement and the layoffs
The President of EA Labels Frank Gibeau said the Star Wars game would still break even so long as it maintained 500,000 subscribers, but admitted that its current performance was "not good enough".
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Originally posted by superniceguy
As of the 31st of July it was "well above" 500k. It may not be now. And the reason for thinking this is how EA worded the sub numbers: between 500k and 1M. That is a huge margin probably because of the 6 month subscribers coming up for renewal in August / September. EA's projection must have been that many would decide not to - pushing the number towards 500k sometime post 31st July.
Either way the number wasn't good enough as mentioned. And as for "it will make a profit if it keeps 500k subs ..... in an absolute sense yes but not really. Frank Gibeau is assuming that they have reduced their costs below 500k subs (reasonable) and that they can hold onto 500k subs for a far longer period of time than originally planned - probably 5+ years - and that interest rates don't rise and that that many people want to pay a premium sub despite a F2P option and ...and..... and that EA/LA choose to renew the IP and .... He is, as the saying goes, pushing the boat out. Sure it is possible to row across the Atlantic.... survive a parachute jump in which the chute fails to open ... and as it stands SWTOR making a profit (i.e. recovering its development costs rather than day-to-day) is probably less likely.
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
? This is wrong information. I don't know what the cap is in the new situation, but the HERO engine and former cap was 4000-4500 players online on a server. Can't tell if they changed it, but concurrent player populations of 4000+ players were counted at FULL status in the early months. So that means that the current cap is either the same or higher.
I'm not sure btw that WoW's player cap is around the 8k. If so, then that must be a fairly recent thing, from what I recall, the cap was around 4-5k a couple of years back. As for other MMO's, iirc the player cap for Rift was 2k and GW2 seems to have the highest of them all (or maybe TSW too, don't know about their special tech): the highest capped MMO's don't surpass the 6k concurrent per server (except EVE with a different architecture), but GW2 managed to have at least a 10-12k concurrent per server.
Anyone remember this thread? http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/334472/page/1
I can't believe the people who predicted f2p in 1 year were correct. I can't believe the hype some bought into either.
If we base success or failure on what the fans expected the numbers to be like, I think it is safe to call it a failure. I don't know the SWTOR is a failure financially, but it is by no means the market-share beast that it was intended to be.
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
nobody knows whats the cap is. could be 3k , could be 30k. DCUO when lanched the f2p had 1mill active accs and had only 2 servers
I can say SWTOR is a failure in Bioware's expectations/financially. But entertainment wise, I'd say no.
Compared to a majority of the MMO's launched the past few years, even 10 months out it's held onto it's sub base better than WAR, FFXIV, AoC, Rift, etc. I'm not going to argue with anyone over why it's a good game or not as that's purely opinion, but there's reason for having 500k-1mil subs this far out.
The Star Wars setting may have helped, but it's not the sole reason. Look at SWG, after it received a specific update it's subs plummeted and was barely keeping up 50k subscriptions before it was shut down. Most people play games for there own merit, not setting.
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Originally posted by Draron
So you're saying that it has held it subs better then Rift? A game that is still P2P with no F2P even being discussed, and that has an expansion on the way.
SWTOR sold over 2 million copies and publicly stated they had over 1.7 million subs.
TOR at 10 months: http://www.swtor.com/free
Rift at most (if I'm remembering right claim 1.2 million copies sold.) Although, I can't find that number and they have never released sub numbers, either way these number are still far less than SWTOR.
Here was Rift at 10 months : http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCATRE80I19K20120119
So, again you're saying that a game that lost over a million subs in less than a year is doing a good job holding onto them?
I would also like to add that 500k-1mill subs at this point is being pretty generous.
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Dosen't matter how much you roll your 8-ball SWTOR is an epic fail.
Is it dead? no
Do people still play it? yes
The thing is, It's Star Wars, It's Bioware sure these two things should make an epic game, but sadly they took the cheesy fanboy route and made a game worth 10mill dollar but using 200 million dollars.
Just beacuse a game has players dosent make it a success.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
Originally posted by f0dell54
Rift lost there subs faster than SWTOR percentage wise. http://users.telenet.be/mmodata/Charts/Subs-2.png Going by that chart, Rift lost more than half of it's subsriptions 5 months in. SWTOR kept more than half that far after launch.
I won't make up anything to make SWTOR look better, I'm no fanboi. In fact I'd say I'm the opposite. I stayed away from the game for a good half year after it launched purely on the hate it was getting. After playing it a few months, I have to say a lot of it (not all) is just unfounded.
And Trion did hint at F2P. They were questioned on an alternate payment option since it's becoming prevelant in other games, and they replied with they're busy on the expansion and not to look forward to anything like that until they're well after the launch and hands are free.
Originally posted by Torgrim
Obviously if people play it they're having fun. I played GW2/WoW/FFXI/FFXIV/Rift/etc (still plan to play GW2 casually) but I see myself putting more time into SWTOR because I'm having more fun in it than other games. But I'm not calling those games fail or claiming they took the "cheesy fanboy route".
Originally posted by Draron
The problem is with investment versus return, I can't begin to speculate what either game spent in development, but we do know that costs on SWTOR were very high due to the tremendous amount of voice acting. I could develop a game and lose more than 80% of my customers and still be profitable if I make back more than my investment, and be highly profitiable if I can retain that 20% for a sustained period of time.
I don't know if SWTOR made back their initial investment, but I don't think they made the kind of profits they were expecting, and that's problematic in and of itself if that is the case.
Originally posted by Leoghan
Hence why I agreed earlier that SWTOR was a fail financially. I only linked sub numbers to prove it didn't lose it's players as fast as other big MMO's released the last few months/years, so obviously people are enjoying themselves to keep playing.
Originally posted by Draron
Oh I'm sure there are people still enjoying the game, I've enjoy some of my experiences with it. But that can be said for a number of games, SWG, Vanguard, STO.


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