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Hard Core Member
Joined: 12/17/10
There's solutions other then ads to handle the financial stuff for sites that provide interesting content for the users.
Micropayments via Flattr or PayPal, where users/subscribers, who don't want ads can pay a few cents every month is the way to go.
With 25 cents per user and posibly some 100k users willing to pay that little amount of money, we're allready looking at $25k per month. Some $1500 per employee and $10k for the servers and bandwith paid per month this way.
And I actually happen to know websites driven by a single person with a few hundred followers paying their costs by using the service of Flattr. So this is no science fiction really, but a system proven to be working.
The problem with subscriptions for websites arises only, if the people running them get greedy and demand a few dollars each month.
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Joined: 4/15/06
hatred enriches.life is a prison, death a release.
drawback to a subscription based system (a pure system anyway) is that not everyone will/can pay for the subscription. there are alot of sites that use a "premium model" while i like the freemode of mmorpg, i honestly dont know if i personally would pay a subscription to it. even at 0.01 cent a day it would depend on my personal views on that. and im sure many others would simply not bother. (which is why we have p2p/b2p/f2p games)
i guess it would depend on how its setup though. im just not sure if id personally pay X amount a month for a website. i dont buy a sub for gamespot for that very reason, i just dont know if ill use the products provided to feel i got my money's worth.
thats why i wouldnt mind seeing an ad section on the site that people can go to, to basicly click/view/pick their nose of the ad bars provided to mmorpg and there by generate increased income.
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Joined: 9/21/10
Originally posted by Admin
Wow, I wouldn't give a flying leap if you were the president of the entire flipping universe. You don't make insulting accusations towards your fan base. We don't buy anything here nor is anything requiring a subscription to view or reply too. We are in no way shape or form stealing any of your precious loots by having a adblocker on.
I've been using this site for a many many years for the forums. The articles are just there for looks to me. I refuse to turn off my adblocker because my last computer I had got face stomped by viruses from websites that I trusted. My computer's health is a billion times more important to me.
Since you are the god of this site and you can't fire yourself, well you could but I doubt you will, you should really think hard on what you are going to type to a person who frequents this site before you press SUBMIT.
shame on you craig
EDIT: oh and adblockers arent the thing that is going to ruin the free internetz, things like SOPA and the new TTP are going to kill the internetz.
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Joined: 9/27/12
The people in this thread are joking right? I've been running no ad blockers besides firefox basic & chrome with built in popup protection for years. No viruses, no mis-clicks, no hackers, no keyloggers, no problems. Total internet security does not require adblockers to run a squared away machine.
Honestly, I am amazed that the staff at MMORPG works so hard with such a uncooperative group of people. A group of people well known to many other communities to steer clear of. Props to MMORPG.com, you have more patience and business ethic than I do.
Then again, you can't expect people who do not understand advertising to be able to comprehend what you are asking of them without getting NWO responses.
I won't be blocking your ads or anything elses in the name of internet security & fears of "damage to my machine." I am just baffled at some of the ridiculousness I just read. I had to stop, I can only take so much fear & ignorance in a certain period of time from others.
Also, thanks for the beta key that I am not allowed to name.
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Joined: 9/16/07
Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it.
I have excluded my ad blocker from running and I even clicked an ad. At first I thought screw MMORPG.com I won't remove my ad blocker, but as often as I read this site I should generate some money for you all. Thank you for explaining the situation over the coarse of 13 pages. The initial posts had me upset, but I don't hold grudges. Thank you for all you do here.
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Joined: 3/19/11
Originally posted by Stizzled
Novice Member
Joined: 11/18/04
Heroes are about character - not gear.
So uh... on the mainpage befeore you login, there is an ad displayed above the Warplanes beta giveaway - to the right of hte games, guilds, etc block. After you login, it now displays part of the header info - trending games, your name, messages, etc - that bit.
After you logout on the mainpage, that ad area now displays the login as part of the headerblock that's displayed in that ad area...
...but that appears to be when the page loads as www.mmorpg.com/index.cfm as opposed to just www.mmorpg.com....
...it's dropping the networkbar inside where the ad would display on the index.cfm page.
A cursory compare does not display anything that would result in that difference. Of course, in the process of looking at that - there's an issue with one of the styles - netowrkbar instead of networkbar.
Still though, it's a curious thing. It's happening within the hepro div - well, inside the insidediv div inside hepro. That div's checked as part of the cAb function that slaps up the red banner at the top. You're basically checking that div height to see if it is 0, and if it is - it's because the ad's not being displayed and thus the red banner appears at the top.
So it's likely an issue with one of the programatically generated iframes that's working differently based off of whether it sees itself as www.mmorpg.com or www.mmorpg.com/index.cfm - with the index.cfm page not handling the code correctly and displaying the networkbar inside the hepro...
...and then it's the case that it's not that it's the networkbar it's replicating, but it's likely replicating the whole page within that insidediv and only that small portion is showing. Which could tie into some of the complaints about slowness on the site. It's loading the page at least twice. Who knows if it's calling itself again within that small broken div, eh?
Just a case that when on www.mmorpg.com, using the src="#" working fine for the function to display the ad and when it's on the www.mmorpg.com/index.cfm page - src="#" is actually pulling the page itself...index.cfm....
It's little things like this...which kind of eat away at overall confidence in a site. Course, I've seen far worse out there....
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
I use adblock (and yes, I just adblocked the banner you put up), and have no intention of whitelisting you guys right now. Here's why:
Your site design is too busy, even without ads. Enabling ads with your current layout, is just distracting. What makes it worse is that the ads you guys tend to show are animation-heavy, so there's all this extra movement jumping around the screen. In fact, even with the ads disabled, your site still looks like it's 80% advertisements anyway, which is just comical.
Fix your site design so that it's less obnoxious, and I won't mind the ads. If you want examples of good sites that I have whitelisted, here are a few fairly relevant examples:
Originally posted by Worstluck
Just adblock the bar element.
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Joined: 11/18/04
Heroes are about character - not gear.
Originally posted by asmkm22
I got a chuckle out of this - because what's the first thing you see on slashdot with adblock disabled? A pair of flashy WoW ads. Heck, even one of the ads that displays here at the bottom of forums displays as the header on slashdot.
Arstechnica has a flashy banner ad in their header and an annoying eBay animated huge square over to the right.
Penny-Arcade's sporting the GW2 ad from here in their header and has another animated skybox WoW ad in the right column.
So I can't see complaining about animation heavy ads when the three sites you listed are also displaying animation heavy ads (in two of the three cases, the same ads as here).
If you turn adblock off, it adds four ads to the main page. It adds five ads to the real time forum page. It adds four ads to the post page.
Turn it off on PA, it adds 5 ads on the front page. Ars adds at least 3 (it's hard to tell, because everything looks like an ad on that site). SD adds 5 ads on the front page.
So yeah, while I can understand not liking the full background image ad - I still had to get a chuckle out of the three sites you offered up as doing it better...
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
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Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
I been on this site for a good long time. I got to say I never used an add block software. Some of the adds I actually found interesting. However 15% of them I find offending, like all the soft core porn adds that look like half clothed teen girls for promoting a game, and then you got the adds that have so much flashing on them it is almost enough to set off a seizure.
Now that being said, I usually overlook the adds to get down to the meat and bones of this site and that is the forums. I learned that 90% of the columns and videos show so much bias to certain games it is not funny. I learned who I can trust for a review, and who I cant trust while watching a video. Some days wondering why some of these columnist even get paid as you can go to youtube and watch the reviews or facebook pages and get the same content they get paid for on this site for free, seams like one columnist got canned for doing the same thing in the past, but now its promoted that way.
Now I read down through what 13 pages of bull hockey, and I will call it that. I seen threats back and forth from user after user, but you know what I not see one person named user deleted yet on any of them. So to all those making threats not come here, go ahead and and delete your account, you might as well as you lost all credibility if you don't.
I will say this if I got to pay for this site, all bets are off. I hope they don't go that route as I come here on a daily basis. It would be a shame.
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Joined: 12/17/06
Well, I see this banner as well - but having slow PC at work means I do disable every ad everywhere, be it news site or mmorpg.com. Slow PC is slow PC, my Firefox freezes sometimes on innocent news article (ctrl-alt-del helps...).So, I should either ignore mmorpg.com at work or browse it without ads.
Staff may blame and curse me, but I choose a bit faster browsing without ads.
Slashdot is also a fairly streamlined site, and the ads are located in non-obtrusive parts of the page. Yes, they have animated ads, but they aren't overpowering the actual content of the site. Also, as a side note, they give you the option of disabling ads if you contribute to the site with comments and mod points and such, so most of the time I still don't see ads.
Ars Technica is arguably the worst of the sites I mentioned, especially after their last update a few months ago. That said, the ads are generally obvious, and not too cluttered. The page is pretty cluttered these days, but it's still much cleaner than this site's main page.
Penny-Arcade is an example of a site being able to have the flashy banners if the rest of the site is designed with simplicity in mind. The actual content is straight-forward, and the ads are always in two locations. Sometimes they are distracting, but not in a way that keeps me from wanting to visit.
On a side note, the full background ad they use here is completely blockable as well, so I only see it when they update it with an entirely new game, and in a new year, due to the image naming conventions they use. In all honestly, even the full page ad in the background never really bothered me much, and I only decided to block it after they pulled the big red banner trick today.
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Joined: 4/15/06
hatred enriches.life is a prison, death a release.
Originally posted by erictlewis
what does deleting a persons account have to do with them whitelisting or not whitelisting a url in their ad blocking software?
people dont have to disable their account to stop using the site, all you do is manually logout of the site, and delete it from any bookmarks or set it to be disallowed on your pc browser. not hard to do, or simply logout, delete the url from save and never visit it again. much like users do for games o-O
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Joined: 4/09/04
Originally posted by Admin
This is stupid. There are a myriad of reasons one run a AdBlocker. Most already mentioned here. Sure you can whitelist sites, but calling your visitors thief's is plain stupid. I went from pro- mmorpg to anti- in 1second. so. Good Bye! I ain't staying on a site that, was it the CEO?, accuses me of theft. If you are so desperate, find other ways of maintaining the site. But never ever accuse your visitors of being thief's.
"Those who say there's nothing like a nice cup of tea for calming the nerves
Hard Core Member
Joined: 4/03/12
Not to mention, why do any of us care if we lose credibility with him. WE lose credibility if we don't delete our accounts? That was a bit of a ridiculous thing to demand. He should set the example if that's how he feels.
Originally posted by Spaceflower
His comment definitely wasn't really well thought out, but I just chalked it up to a poor choice of words. The fact is, I don't come here because I care about their content anyway. Most of their writers are pretty bad, and obviously (hopefully) not actual journalist.
I come here for the community, such as it is sometimes.
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Joined: 9/05/09
Originally posted by Tardcore
You know if they don't do it they don't have a site.
Unless you'd like to make a donation instead bro.
(looks at the small flashy ads..omg the horror... [mod edit] 3 years on this site and never been hacked or lost account info...shut up security loop holes my arse)
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Joined: 2/03/12
Originally posted by Admin
I feel offended by your statement. In no way me visiting this site with adblock on or off is stealing your content, you do stand as a free site right ?
On another notice if you sell ads by impression and not clicks, how does the client determines if their ad will be a success on your website ? Dont they use statistics like, website visits per day, month ? or site activity, site members ? I think they (the customer) know the risks that some ppl use adblockers and their ads wont be seen but still, i bet they have statistics that it will still be worth it based on some other stats.
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Joined: 9/21/10
Originally posted by Angier2758
lol how do i adblock your signature?
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This is the first thing we overheard when we climbed the many steps from Scarborough's South Bay yesterday, up to the Spa Walkway bridge, to get a bird's-eye view of our handiwork.
I was very nervous when I woke up.
Would it work? Would we get it done in time? Would anyone from the Press even turn up?
Not once did I consider (in the midst of this 3 week heatwave we've been having) that there would not only be NO sunshine, but that a thick impenetrable fog would descend upon the beach to make photographing our efforts almost impossible!
Aaaarrgggh! What a roller coaster of a day!
It's been hot and sunny for.. well weeks really across the UK, and even on the drive over to Scarborough the sun was shining. As soon as we got within a hair's breadth of the seaside resort, however, the thick soup-like fog descendeth. You have got to be kidding! Not today!
We had:-
a) a digger and a tipper and two lovely drivers
b) four men/women with shovels and rakes
c) a flask of coffee
d) hope and faith that the sun would come out!
The fog was so thick at times that we could barely see each other, but we set about laying out a grid of 5 metre squares, using sticks and string, and taping off the beach so that the passers-by wouldn't be trampled by diggers in the pea-soup mist.
A test 'toe' dig proved successful – ie. you could see it from the bridge ok, so we cracked on, and on, and on.
It took us around 5 hours in total to complete the footprint, only stopping to explain to locals and tourists what on earth it was, and why!
Even digger tyre tracks had to be removed, for the perfect photograph.
We finished the dig at around 2pm, and the Press were due to arrive for some pictures. Fog, fog, fog. Then, just as all seemed lost, the sun managed to burn its way through the fog just enough for the photographers to do their work.
There is a god.
If he's listening, could he please send me a masseur? My back ain't arf sore today!!!
Ginormous footprint in the sand – easy. Now please sign up for my website…….?


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Go PHIL!!! LOL
Phil Schiller. Kicking @$$. On Autotune. [Fun video]
Ever wished you could hear Apple SVP, Phil Schiller on the WWDC 2011 stage, quoting All Things Digital's John Paczkowski saying "the Mac is kicking @$$"... run through autotune?
Us neither.
Then we watched it.
Check out the video after the break.
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Phil Schiller. Kicking @$$. On Autotune. [Fun video]
Users are starting to realize that buying tons of cheap products is more expensive then buying 1 product to last you several years. I was spending about $2,500 on laptops for my wife and I every 2 years. Mostly HP product that required some extended warranty. Our biggest issue was plastic panels popping off the laptops. I know Apple hardware is just a capable of failing (on my 3rd refurbished iPad) but the overall experience with Apple is like how our grandparents went to the same dealership for cars all those years. Pay a little more get a little more.
If I can get 3 or 4 years out of our new Macs then the little extra now is well worth the money spent. The best thing about this economy going to crap is that most people now remember the value of a dollar.
Phil, I wish I could share your dream that people "know the value of a dollar" today, but I'm afraid that's just a pipe dream. It's a good one to have, though.
But with that said, frankly I'd have to say that if you were spending $2,500 every other year to replace your and your wife's laptops, you don't take very good care of your gear. In addition to my Macbook Pro (October 2010), which is a decent, if underpowered and overpriced unit, I've also got an Acer 9" Netbook I use for performing network scans and diagnostics, which I bought 3 years ago and has been problem free (and that's just a cheap little $199 Acer, heh! :P). I've owned a number of brands of laptops over the years--Compaq, HP, Dell--and not once have I had issues of "plastic panels popping off," nor have I ever had one unilaterally die on me.
I've had a hard drive fail, but that's going to happen regardless of the brand you buy (note that aside from the motherboard and the case, Apple designs exactly nothing in their PC's--it's all stock PC parts. My MBP has CPU by Intel, GPU by nVidia (which OSX can't even use to its potential thanks to the lack of DirectX), hard drive by Hitachi, DVD Drive by Toshiba, Wireless by Broadcom, etc), and although it comes in a fancy case and runs pretty well (better under Win7 in Bootcamp, though), it's not going to last any longer than any other laptop I've owned or currently own (nearly forgot: I also own a late 2010 Gateway 11.6" laptop, though I don't use it much). Of course, perhaps it's simply because I've worked as a systems engineer for 15 years I actually understand the value of taking care of my equipment. Either way, let's be clear: Apple's computers will last no longer than an inexpensive computer as long as you don't abuse it :).
Anyway, the real point remains the same: there is no chance whatsoever that Apple's computers will ever become the dominant players in the world, simply because they are, in fact, too expensive, and most people can't afford them. Too, they'll never succeed in the Enterprise simply because they lack too many capabilities that Windows offers out of the box for integrating with a managed infrastructure. That's OK though--there's plenty of room for both to coexist :)
well the mac will be kicking ass when it'll be cheap and not at thic price
Oh gawd, again with the Apple bashing. Apple is at over 10% market share in the U.S. Prices have come down. Mac's keep getting upgrades and prices are left where they are or dropped. We'll see a rinse and repeat this or next week when the Air refreshes.
Speaking of pricing, the last two Windows versions were $200 upgrades while OS X 10.6 and 10.7 topped out at $29. Yea, I know there's a Home Edition you could buy for less but then half the shite is disabled and blahblahblah...(now be grateful that I even responded at all to your false statistics and excessive trolling)
Eeeyyyy, there's my main man Phil Schiller. Now, folks, it is HE who is kicking ass. If I were gay, I'd want Phil (and his stock options) at my side. How can you not fall in love with that cute smile and deep blue eyes? He is like a teddy bear waiting to be wrestled out in the jacuzzi. It was so brutal and adorable at the same time to watch the way he was nervous at WWDC. He was hyper and rushed through a few items a little too fast. He even started sweating a bit or is that my playful imagination at work? Anyway, that was hot. WAIT, I mean, IF I were gay, that is. (whew...glad I got that mentioned away...) har har


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In 2013, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will grant $1 million to support restoration and conservation projects in the Calumet region of Millennium Reserve. These funds will help plant 100,000 trees on 60 acres of park land, restore native habitat for migratory birds, and restore coastal wetlands.
Millennium Reserve is one of the AGO State Urban Projects that aims to connect urban residents to the outdoors and increase green spaces in and around cities. The 140,000-acre project brings together federal, state, and local officials along with community members to protect and restore the natural ecosystems, support healthy and prosperous communities and citizens, and stimulate diverse economic growth. As Illinois Governor Pat Quinn noted, "This important project will convert an industrial area into valuable open space that gives area families a place to gather, play and experience the great outdoors." Located in the heart of Chicago, Millennium Reserve is a key part in the mission to transform the Calumet region of the city into a one-of-a-kind public destination.
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iOS 6 roundup: Maps, Facebook integration, Passbook, Siri enhancements, and more
If you missed any of our WWDC 2012 coverage and what iOS 6 will bring with it this Fall, here's your chance to catch up on everything we've covered when it comes to Apple's next iteration of iOS.
Probably the biggest news was the addition of Apple's own Maps app which will be powered by TomTom. Maps will come stock with turn-by-turn navigation, traffic info, and a new feature called Flyover.
Siri additions and enhancements
Siri received quite a few updates under iOS 6 including iPad support, integration with many car manufacturers, and several new features. Here's what we know so far:
- Eyes Free will bring Siri integration to your car
- Siri for iPad, offers sports, movie, and restaurant information, and can launch apps
Passbook is a brand new way to store and save airline apps, boarding passes, and more all in one place. Many different services and Passbook apps are already available such as express check at hotels, Target cards, movie tickets, coupons, and more.
Photo Stream sharing
Photo Stream sharing will allow you to create separate streams (similar to how you'd create albums currently). You can then share those separate streams with whoever you'd like. Have one with family for vacation pics and one with mom and dad for baby pics. They'll also be given the ability to comment and like photos native in iOS.
Mail enhancements
Multiple e-mail signatures - Finally! If you want a different signature for your work, home, and other e-mails you can do so by adding signatures on a per-account basis.
VIP Mailbox allows you to add all the important people in your life to a VIP list and their messages will automatically be filtered into a new VIP mailbox that appears under your default inbox.
Apple has also made adding attachements and files easier in iOS 6. Just tap like you would to add rich text or highlight and you'll see an option to add an attachment.
Facebook integration
In iOS 5 we saw Apple integrate Twitter into iOS natively. This year the same will happen with Facebook. Post status, upload pictures, and more without needing a third party app.
Additions to Notification Center
Notification Center didn't receive a ton of attention during the keynote but two new features did make an appearance:
FaceTime over the cellular network
FaceTime has only ever been available for us on a Wi-Fi network since it's release in iOS 4. iOS 6 is about to change all that and you'll soon be able to FaceTime wherever you are, Wi-Fi or 3G/4G.
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As Michael Jacksone once sang " You are not alone..... "
You sir deserve a high ✋ (five) because I am truly disgruntled in the lack of features they are giving!!!! Really they give a quick post to Facebook and Twitter right in notification center but didn't even think to give us quick reply!!!!!
F#€£ing garbage apple!!! WTF is taking so long!!!!!!!!!!!
"Probably the biggest news was the addition of Apple's own Maps app which will be powered by TomTom. Maps will come stock with turn-by-turn navigation, traffic info, and a new feature called Flyover."
And the elimination of public transit, pedestrian and bicycle directions! Way to go, Apple; ditching Google Maps was clearly the way to go!
Google maps sold the iPhone back then. I am clearly not impressed with this. Now I will definitely buy another iphone. I will not buy it just so apple can make more money. All these new features they are introducing are laughable. I'm done with with iOS it's boring same thing. They just change a few things and call it a new phone. I won't fall in the trap again. I've bought 8 iPhones so far and will not buy another one. Nowadays there are a lot better choices out there. And even better hardware. Apple is getting too greedy. Their not getting my green.
That would be great!
Hmmmmmm, Nothing really interesting at all. Apple understandably dumping those Google rats but nothing special in iOS 6.
Also means no iPhone with a larger screen! Wouldn't developers need time to deal with such a major change and WWDC would be the perfect place.
AAPL stock is gonna drop like a rock now!
Actually i hope there isn't a larger screen, i don't think a phone needs a bigger one, i think the phones the perfect size and one of the reasons I'm ditching my android to get it.
however that doesn't mean the iphone5 won't have a larger screen, it can be done where nothing needs to be changed for developers. just wouldn't be optimized for the bigger screen.
Small Print: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios6/
- Siri will be available only on iPhone 4S and iPad (3rd generation) and requires Internet access. Siri may not be available in all languages or all areas, and features may vary by area. Cellular data charges may apply.
This feels more like a 5.5 than a 6.0. Photo Sharing is more of an update to the service than to the OS, Facebook another way to advertise, Facetime over cellular is the lifting of an artificial block, Mail.app is still several years behind Sparrow, and Passbook is just another app that we undoubtedly will not be able to remove from our home screens.
Maps is closer to a system update, since it is an app with system hooks; we will just have to wait and see how good it is. It seemed like there will be regressions in some features -- I did not see bike/pedestrian directions like Google Maps has, something which city dwellers appreciate, but it also has some badly needed new features.
The system level features are underwhelming. For notification center, a "Do Not Disturb" restores what was lost when Notification Center debuted, and there is nothing else to excite any consumer or developer on that front. The Siri hooks for sports and movies received just about the reception it deserved in Moscone -- nice, if really a detail, and really an improvement to Siri the service, not Siri on the device, and the crowd seemed to throw a collective so what? into the air. The ability for Siri to launch an app is overdue, but really not that earth shaking; certainly developers were hoping for much, much more.
I was thinking more of a 5.2, the only thing new is maps and PassPunt. I sincerely hope y'all find stuff in the beta that they are hiding for the new iPhone. If this is it, I am not spending my money on an iPhone 4S-S/4GS/4PeatsSake.
Isn't it global knowledge for [major revision].[minor revision].[bug revision]. This doesn't seem anywhere near [major revision]. Better be some good stuff hidden.
ios 6 really hmmm ok nothing here that i dont have all ready...guess for iphone users its great but people on android,dont think that many will be leaving android for this...ps not hating just was expecting more from ios 6. will say that siri with the new sports and movies feature seems cool and wouldnt mind that at all...
Really not too excited at all not even widgets same old ios i probably will be going android. Losing interest in Apple. :( am doing a lot of research and andriod ICS is looking better and better.
But all the newer devices worth a damn are coming with ICS preloaded anyway so now is a good a time as any if one were to decide to jump ship.
I prefer looks over features. Square icons. Bleh
It was really funny Apple comparing the adoption rate of Windows 7 with Mac OS X... Percentage wise the Mac might look better but they spoke to 23M vs 450M Win 7!!!! :)
Also they said that around 80% of iOS devices are on iOS 5, well, based on the fact that Microsoft shut the door to all devices that are not on WP 7.5 I can guarantee that almost 100% are on the latest OS.
On the "latest OS version" war Android are the big losers since the companies need to deploy a different build for each device... with iOS and Windows Phone work just like with Windows Update... it doesn't care about your hardware, if it is supported, you get it, period.
iCloud has a long way to go before it get near SkyDrive or Windows Live Mesh. I use both on 7 different machines, including folders shared with friends and family and all is always up-to-date without me even thinking about it. Not to mention the free 25GB of storage online.
The maps update... well WP 8 is expected to have the Nokia Maps service integrated for all phones, includes drive and WALK turn-by-turn navigation!
Even if not an Apple fan (I "only" have an iPod (4th gen - I will be able to get iOS 6)), I always watch the keynotes with interest and the only thing that made me think "this would be cool to have" was the Passbook app.
Other features I saw - Facebook integration - already there in WP 7.5 including Twitter, Gmail and LinkedIn integration with all details and profile pics going to the People hub... I had never before had so many of my contacts have a pic! Absolutely loved the experience of linking the accounts. And it actually did it itself for the people that it was able to match the emails!!!
Photo Stream Sharing - SkyDrive, period!
Siri - I do not know about you but for me, the idea of talking to the phone is when I do not want to look at it... so it is OK that it gives me all the nice results but come on... are you that lazy? And who cares who is taller? This for me is 90% marketing and 10% usefulness! And I think the reactions of the devs in the room shows they agree with me.
Multiple email signatures - Windows Phone supports this FOR Exchange accounts... I hope and guess that they will bring it for the POP and IMAP accounts as well.
VIP Sender - really?
Flagging of messages - again, available for Exchange accounts.
Facebook instegration - like I said before - waaaaaaay behind WP in this.
Notification center - this was another good feature (Do not Disturb), speacially with the scheduling possibilities. I wish they could separate the different sound levels for call ring, notifications and multimedia & games.
FaceTime - I can use Skype over cellular just fine... including video calls, even if in front of a mirror due to lack of front facing camera.
And of course... who can pass those "More features for China"? At least with the Korean language there were some "Yuu Hooos" in the room.
Anyway... the lack of Steve Jobs is starting to show... I though it would take 3 to 4 years but it is more 8 to 10 months.
Good luck everyone...
I can't believe that this is what Apple came up with in a years time. As someone posted earlier, this should have been a .5 updated and not a full version number. The only major announcement was the maps app and even that was not groundbreaking. If anything, they took away features to their existing map app. Passbook is a joke that no one will ever use and is gonna go right into my Apple folder with the rest of the useless apps I can not delete. Multiple email signatures, improvements to Siri, Facebook integration, photo sharing and Facetime over 3g/4g....really? That is all you have to compete with Android, Windows and RIM? Where is a fresh UI or something innovative to compete with widgets, live tiles and live cards. You are not going to update the original iPad? It's newer that the 3gS! How many of us early adopters are getting screwed? I can see why Apple stock took a tumble today after the keynote. They have lost their touch and people are getting fed up with these incremental updates that they are calling new and exciting and beautiful and amazing. All they have been doing is trying to play catch up and they are not even succeeding at that I don't care what the hardware looks like at this point. They can keep their LTE and 4' screen. The Razr HD looks very enticing at this point. They have just lost a long time customer.
We understand your bitterness. Apple just crushed the life out of Google on iOS.
Maps: Google can kiss that revenue stream goodbye.
Facebook integration: final nail in the Google+ coffin.
Passbook: first step in the destruction of Google Wallet.
Siri integration: best natural language AI in the business. Period.
So yeah, we expect to hear a lot more whining like yours at Google I/O. But from Google executives instead of astroturfers and naughty kiddies.
People still use Google+?!?!
I for one am happy to have a new map program, but I can understand why those who live in the city would be let down by the removal of mapping extras that were offered by Google.
I'm extremely disappointed to learn that my original iPad will not be updated. Really Apple? I have to wonder if the greed you're exhibiting isn't going to catch up with you as people start to realize that Apple isn't working with their loyal customers but against them. I like my iPad, but a forced upgrade will only lead me to jump off the Apple ship and find an alternative.
it's sad because they don't care. They have more money than god and they still try to nickel and dime you. It doesn't matter though because there will be lines outside the stores on launch day just like there is every year. It's like they have people brainwashed to buy their products just like in the movie Halloween III with the Silver Shamrock song. Instead, they use marketing triggers like amazing, absolutely beautiful, groundbreaking, etc.
Based on Palm and RIM, it may not be a long or slow trip. Apple needs to do something to restore faith quickly or they could be irrelevant in 3 years. People who don't think that could happen don't know their history. No company is unstoppable in the consumer technology business, it takes constant innovation and hard work to stay competitive. Once you fall behind it can be very difficult if not impossible to restore momentum, regardless of how good your product is.
Now the difference between Apple, RIM, and Palm is that Apple has a well entrenched ecosystem and more cash than they know what to do with. But that doesn't mean they can stagnate indefinately.
I don't know about all that. We murmur on sites like this but Apple still has the mindshare of the people. Still viewed as the premium product maker, still viewed as the best smartphone experience.
That won't happen until something better emerges.
Wow, I'm really surprised at all the hate. I think it will be a pretty good update. And those are just a few features out of 200. Ok, realistically about 100-150 new features the rest are just existing ones being brought to other countries. But I like what I saw. Only thing I didn't see is quick access toggled to wifi, Bluetooth, etc...
Apple robs us of Street View, a worldwide extensive database, street level coverage of nearly every MINOR city in the world. They give us back a gimmicky 3D view WITH NO REAL PURPOSE (go ahead, TELL ME what practical purpose this will have), a mapping provider that DOES NOT COVER ALL ITS MAJOR MARKETS, and then says WE should be HAPPY?!?
Last Apple product ever for me unless Google busts out the gates with a good native iPhone app, and Apple doesn't do what they ALWAYS do and reject anything that makes them look bad. I am SICK of Apple's crap. Enough... you burned your good will. Japanese users are getting SCREWED
3D buildings helps you orient yourself especially in areas where the compass is acting wonky
It is interesting to see Apple's mapping solution considering the fact that Google's move to offline maps and Nokia already has offline maps.
Gotta start somewhere...
Looks like it's the beginning of the end for the apple empire. Lot of these things introduced I was able to do on my windows phone since 2010.
Tell that to Windows Phone's 5.1% Marketshare. :)
I am day one iPhone owner and I just divorced the iPhone for android wife did also and we haven't looked back.. The features on android are great and the overall experience has leaped forward with the huge spec phones out there now. I waited to see what iOS 6 would would bring maybe it would pull me back but it just didn't deliver the goods.. I have a great phone now and looking at the iPhone compared to it they really need to increase screen size and need a full rework of the iOS people have a short attention span these day and bells and whistles are what everyone wants.. I know a lot of people will line up this year for the latest iPhone but I'm talking long term they will start to lose steam the options have grown and they need to understand some people want big phones just as they offer multiple MacBook options as far as sizes and iMac options they need to have multiple options in the phone world as well or they are just telling customers to either buy it or don't and how long can that last.. They have a nice Eco system in place but google is on their tail you even have windows coming looking beyond android so to basically have the same infrastructure of a phone that was very revolutionary in 2007 is looking a bit dated in 2012 - 2013 I love the iPhones simple interface and that it works but really just has a general simplistic feel to it that some like but others want more information at a glance weather updates and so on.. I like that one whole page of my home screen is a month view calendar that is as easy as sliding one page over to see weather widgets on my unlock screen live wallpapers are cool.. Just a lot that allows it to be yours.. I was all in with apples products but have started to drift away unfortunately from what I feel to be a lack of what made them the giant they are.. Innovation just my opinion on a sleepless night
Very nifty site idea. I was just wondering if it'd at all be possible to add a function where we can plug in our own build and search for its popularity directly? Perhaps by copying and pasting the address of it from the official or WoWHead talent calculators?
Not impressed with ios 6 at this point. Bite SMS style messaging included would have impressed me a lot more than this.
OMG!! Turn by turn!! So new and innovative. Multiple signatures? Dare to live on the edge. I think this company died along with Jobs. Just like the first time he left. Only problem is. This time he ain't coming back. The big fellas was smart to sell huge amounts of shares before this announcement.. I bet they are lining up to drop a bunch more now. " Siri, find me something to care about in this ios6."..... Silence..
Wow, so lame. So SIX versions and YEAARS after the original iPhone 1, and they STILL haven't figured out how to put the Bluetooth, WiFi, and 3G switches on its own easily accessible menu? You still have to bury into menus in different places to play around with these three? They are so rigid, turgid and arrogant I can no longer take it.
And still no fix to iTunes, the absolute worst and most frustrating part of owning IOS devices. Why do I have to still link to a main desktop PC at home to iTunes and then "Synch" entire folders when I want to just take a flash card or plug a hard drive outside the home and import a movie or picture or file. SO LAME. I want to just add and remove things from the iPad like any normal device can, no more synching. LAME.
Paradigm shift.
Apple once stood for cutting edge, innovation, wow-factor.
Now Apple stands for tweaks, minor 5.x upgrades, stale.
Where's the innovation and excitement?
They've become "incrementors" instead of innovators.
Meanwhile Android is creating more visually appealing UIs that have me (as a 5 year iPhone user) drooling.
I think nobody would have been overwhelmed with implementing a proper blacklist and whitelist in addition to this mediocre "do not disturb" feature. I mean regular expressions would have been perfect, but I totally understand that the majority of the users like simplified features
I'm not sure I like the arrogance. To say certain key features won't be ported back to first iPad, and only 4S phones, that's arrogant. If there are technical reasons, then ok, but I don't think so. I'm just to my upgrade time with an iPhone 4. I'm not going 4S since "something" new is going to be announced early fall. But I'm not sure I like the prospect of a larger screen either, so an iPhone 5 is not a given in my future.
It's a dumb move to not include certain features on the iPhone 4 considering they are still selling it around the world. Apple used to produce something outstanding that people would WANT. Now they are telling us we have to upgrade all the time. It's lame. This isn't the time to give the other players ammunition.
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--- The Wolves have notched at least one power-play marker in 13 of their 20 games this season, which includes bagging multiple man-advantage markers five times; Chicago ranks fourth in the league with a 21.4 conversion rate on the power play (18 of 84).
--- Chicago, which did not score more than two goals in a game during its seven-game losing streak, has tallied five markers in each of its last two outings; the Wolves have accrued a 4-0-0-0 mark when potting four or more markers in a game this season.
--- Center Ryan Garbutt has tallied three points (G, 2A) in his last three games, which includes his first career AHL goal to open scoring on Saturday; the 25-year-old forward has tallied three points (G, 2A) and 11 penalty minutes in seven contests since being signed by the Wolves on Nov. 10.
--- Chicago opened scoring in each of its last two contests after surrendering the first goal in the previous four contests; the Wolves have recorded a 3-2-1-0 mark when lighting the lamp first this season.
--- The Wolves have surrendered at least one power-play goal in 16 of their 20 outings overall this year, including nine of their last 10; Chicago ranks 30th in the AHL with a 70.0 efficiency rating on the penalty kill (70 of 100).
--- Right wing Darren Haydar potted his team-leading ninth goal of the year on Sunday, which shares ninth in the AHL; the 31-year-old forward has amassed 16 points in 20 games this season, which ranks third on the Wolves.
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--- Forwards Nigel Dawes, Ryan Garbutt, Jason Krog, Spencer Machacek and Jared Ross all dented the net
--- Goaltender Peter Mannino made 25 saves on 27 shots in the win
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If Pettis fights TJ Grant, I don't have a problem with Aldo getting the next shot. If he drops the FW belt.
But this was a bullshit thing for Dana White to say.
Coach: Anthony Pettis has 'good chance' to finish Jose Aldo
And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus
Could he please string together a few title defenses before we start the insanity?
Stupid thing for Dana to say. With Aldo's skills, record and what fighters like Anderson say about him (i.e., if Aldo was a middleweight, I would retire), he is a very easy fighter to market. Dana should be pushing him as a killer instead of BS like this.
But besides that I really do understand your point. Everything you said makes sense. I do feel though that we got robbed of Pettis being at the top with the Edgar/Maynard Draw and then the bogus Guida decision lost. It will be one hell of a fight with the p4p best vs a fighter with seemingly limitless potential.
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Dr. Dengting Boyanton is an assistant professor of educational psychology in the Curriculum & Instruction Department of the College of Education at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Dr. Boyanton received a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia. Her research interests lie in classroom teaching and learning, student-teacher relationships, engagement and motivation. Through her dissertation research, she developed a new theory of learning: the Mutual Value Theory. Dr. Boyanton has given national and international presentations and workshops on Mutual Value Theory.
A member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), she has been mentored by many nationally renowned education scholars including Dr. Richard Mayer, Dr. Margaret Eisenhart, Dr. Cynthia Dillard and Dr. Jeremy Price.
Dr. Boyanton is also very experienced in directing programs. She directed three programs, UVA Culturefest, UVA-in-Shanghai Chinese Language Program and UVA Summer Chinese Language Program, while at the University of Virginia. Dr. Boyanton also independently founded and directed three other programs including the Chinese Traditional Dance Team, Chinese Corner, and the Conference of Elementary-Secondary Teaching & Learning (CESTL).
She has earned many awards in her academic career including the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division C (Learning & Instruction) New Faculty Mentoring Fellowship, the Curry School of Education Fellowship, the A.L. Bennett Endowed Scholarship, the Virginia Governor's Education Fellowship, the Dupont Education Fellowship and the LIU Teaching & Learning Initiative (TLI) Instructional Innovation award, and also was nominated for the AERA Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Early Career Award.
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Syringe systems for mixing and delivery of particles into the body are disclosed. In some embodiments, a mixing and delivery medical syringe system can include a barrel including first and second detachable sections, and first and second compartments communicable through a conduit.
1. A mixing and delivery medical syringe system, comprising:
a syringe barrel including an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
wherein the upper compartment and the lower compartment are detachably connectable to each other;
a failure membrane disposed in the upper compartment;
wherein the failure membrane is planar and includes:
a first peripheral region having a first thickness,
a second region connected to the first peripheral region, the second region having a second thickness less than the first thickness,
a third region connected to the second region, the third region having a third thickness that is equal to the first thickness,
a fourth region connected to the third region, the fourth region having a fourth thickness that is less than the first thickness and that is greater than the second thickness, and
a fifth peripheral region connected to the fourth region, the fifth peripheral region having a fifth thickness that is equal to the first thickness;
a vial of embolic material disposed in the upper compartment;
a vial of contrast agent disposed in the lower compartment; and
a plunger having a base.
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This invention relates to mixing and delivery of therapeutic compositions.
Therapeutic vascular occlusions (embolizations) are induced by the introduction of various substances (embolic material, such as embolic particles) into a patient's circulatory system for the purpose of occluding vessels, either to arrest or to prevent hemorrhaging or to defunctionalize a structure or an organ. Typically, the components of an embolic composition-embolic particles in hydrating material (such as saline) and contrast agent (used for tracking the path of the embolic particles inside the body) are stored separately and mixed together at the time of injection into the body by the physician.
In one aspect the invention features a mixing and delivery medical syringe system. The medical syringe system includes a barrel including first and second detachable sections, and first and second compartments communicable through a conduit.
In another aspect the invention feature a mixing and delivery medical syringe system. The medical syringe system includes a barrel having first and second compartments arranged in parallel along the barrel, the compartments communicable through a pressure-activated conduit.
In another aspect, the invention features a kit for medicant mixing and delivery, including a syringe system, which includes a barrel assembled from multiple sections, including a first section having a first chamber, and a second section having a second chamber. The syringe system includes a conduit between the first and second chambers through which flow can be controlled. The kit further includes a first container containing a first composition, and a second container containing a second composition.
In another aspect, the invention features a method for delivering injectable polymer particles by providing a syringe. The syringe includes a first compartment and a second compartment. A first component including injectable particles is loaded into at least one compartment, and the syringe is actuated to deliver the particles.
Embodiments can include one or more of the following. The conduit can include a pressure-activated separator. The separator can include a failure membrane. The failure membrane can include a weakened region. The weakened region preferentially effects rupture about a central region of the membrane. The weakened region preferentially affects rupture such that an attachment portion is not ruptured. The pressure-activated conduit can include a valve.
The first and the second compartments can be arranged serially along the syringe barrel. The barrel can include a vent valve. The barrel can include a fluid outlet and the outlet can include a valve. The first section can include the first chamber and the second section can include the second chamber. The conduit can be in one of the first or second sections.
The first composition can include injectable polymer particles. The particles can be embolic particles. The second composition can be a contrast agent. Alternatively, the second composition can include an anticancer agent.
The syringe can include a conduit between the compartments. A first component including injectable particles is loaded into at least one compartment and a second component is loaded into the second compartment. The first component and the second component are mixed in the syringe by flowing at least one of the components through the conduit. The second component can include a contrast agent. The second component can include a drug.
The method can include loading a second composition in the second compartment. The second composition can include polymer particles. The first component and second component can be delivered sequentially.
The first component and the second component can include polymer particles of different sizes or alternatively, of different shapes. The first component can include particles that are substantially spherical.
Embodiments may include one or more advantages. For example, pre-mixing the components may be undesirable because the shelf life of the mixed composition may be reduced for e.g., due to chemical interactions between a contrast agent and embolic particles.
The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements.
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The compartments are divided by a central divider 45 with a pressure-activated two-way valve 46 at the end of the central divider 45, connecting the two compartments. The pressure-activated valve can include a polymer membrane 47 that can flex into either compartment based on the pressure differential between the compartments. A connector 48, at the bottom of the syringe assembly communicates with both compartments of the syringe and is fitted with a stopcock 49. The left compartment 41 contains the contrast solution 6, and the right compartment 43 contains a mixture of embolic particles 7 and saline solution 8.
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The arrangement allows delivery of two different sizes of embolic particles sequentially or simultaneously by sequential or simultaneous operation of the plungers. For example, smaller particles can be delivered first to travel to smaller diameter vessels, followed by larger particles to occlude vessels of larger diameter, upstream of the small diameter vessels. Alternatively, two different shapes of embolic particles can be delivered sequentially (or simultaneously). For example, spherical particles may be delivered first to aggregate and occlude distal regions and the irregular particles may be delivered second for more proximal aggregation.
In use, embolic particles in saline are disposed in the compartments from the top of the syringe, after removing the plungers. Contrast agent is drawn into each compartment from a supply in communication with the connector 48 by releasing the appropriate plunger lock and withdrawing the appropriate plunger. The syringe can be provided commercially as a kit with the compartments preloaded with the appropriate components. For injection into the body, the embolic composition with the desired embolic particle size and shape is injected into the body by release of the appropriate plunger lock, opening the stopcock 49, and depressing the appropriate plunger.
The mixing and delivery system discussed above can be used to deliver a number of compositions. Suitable embolic particles are polymer particles. Preferred particles are spherical particles formed of polyvinyl alcohol, as discussed in "Embolization", U.S. Ser. No. 10/215,594, filed Aug. 9, 2002, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference. A suitable contrast agent is Omnipaque 300 (Nycomed, Buckinghamshire, UK). (Omnipaque is an aqueous solution of iohexol, N.N.-Bis (2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-T-[N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-acetamide]-2,4,6-trilodo-isophthalamide; Omnipaque 300 contains 647 mg of iohexol equivalent to 300 mg of organic iodine per ml). The syringe system can be used to premix and deliver other agents. For example, the systems can be used for mixing of drug agents, such as anti-cancer agents, with polymer particles as described in U.S. Ser. No. 10/232,265, filed Aug. 30, 2002. The system can be used to premix compositions without particles. A valve, such as in
Still further embodiments are in the following claims.
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This series features excerpts from the newly released book Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?: Three Views on the Bible's Earliest Chapters, part of Zondervan's Counterpoints series in which top scholars present their cases and respond to each other's presentations.
Patheos blogger RJS completes long series of blogs reviewing the important book "Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters," and it's a must-read.
Companion series to the spring 2015 book club featuring "The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate" by John Walton.
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A summer internship allowed Kimberly Hursh to explore a career path while helping the community.
"My summer internship reaffirmed my belief that education and knowledge are the tools needed to break cycles of abuse and poverty. Because of this, I am more determined than ever that I want to be an educator. "
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Whether playing football or helping form a new club, Walter Robinson hones his leadership skills at Willamette.
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"Willamette places a lot of emphasis on getting students out of the classroom and helping them find real-world experience. My research and internship opportunities helped me see connections between what I read about in class and what actually happens in life."
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As a student, Alisa Alexander added curator to her résumé.
"My experiences with art at Willamette were transformative. I have the foundation for an exciting career thanks to my professors who challenged and encouraged me. Willamette helps you rise to the top of whatever you want to do."
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A 33-year-old Summerville man is in jail after he allegedly subjected his estranged girlfriend to severe abuse over several days.
According to a Dorchester County incident report, deputies responding to a call about 9:45 am. January 5 regarding a welfare check at a home on Forest Circle after a witness reported that a woman had come into a convenience store and asked that someone call 911 because a man had been abusing her. She had left with a male subject in a white pick up truck, according to the report.
While officers were at the residence, they spoke to the victim, who told them that she had been choked, restrained, and abused by the father of two of her children. The victim, whom deputies described as hysterical, showed the deputies visible injuries on her neck and hands and lowered her pants far enough to show a red handprint on her buttocks.
The victim told the deputies that the subject had come to her residence on January 3 and had threatened to harm himself and had refused to let her leave the house. Over the next couple of days he subjected her to physical abuse, at one point binding her with duct tape and physically abusing her, according to the report.
When he took her to a convenience store for coffee she asked people inside to call 911 and have law enforcement come to her residence.
Officers later found the subject with his truck at the El Cheapo Gas Station on Boonehill Road and when they attempted to detain him he resisted and the officers had to subdue him with a Taser, according to the report. He also attempted to harm himself several times, telling officers at one point that they should have shot him and he wanted to die, according to the report.
He was charged with violation of an order of protection and threatening the life of a police officer. The charges of threatening the life of a police officer were rescinded and replaced with charges of assault and battery, according to the report. He was transported to Summerville Medical Center, then later to Dorchester County Detention Center.
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The next time a cashier asks for your ID, don't think they're being belligerent or mean. It's their job. If they don't card you, they can be fined or arrested.
I'm glad we have a sequester that will prevent the House from spending money we don't have.
Kitchings library
Why can't they leave the Kitchings Mill Library where it is and set it up there? Aiken has a little too much. There is no need to spend the money to move a building like that.
Salary cut
Why doesn't the government cut some of these politicians' salaries instead of furloughing those who actually work?
Crosland Park
I've owned a home in Crosland Park since 1991 and nothing has been done on Sommers Street in the time I've lived here.
Foreign aid
Could someone tell me why the U.S. continues to give aid to foreign countries?
I was told when you turn 65 you have to go on Medicare and Social Security. How can people older than that keep their insurance without penalty?
The bypass doesn't need to be widened. It can only support maybe a third lane on the hill from route 1 near the old Blockbuster. Dougherty and Silver Bluff roads need to be dealt with first. The demand isn't there and isn't at capacity.
Middle East
The government is cutting $40 million from our military but is giving $60 million to the Middle East. How does this make sense?
Make 'em pay
Obama is doing what he told everyone he would do during his campaign. He would make the most wealthy pay their fair share and I don't think it's fair they get a higher interest rate because they have more money in the bank. They shouldn't be allowed to sit on money and not pay their fair share.
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