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NEW YORK (AP) - A famous image of Marilyn Monroe with her skirt billowing atop a New York City subway grate is on display in a picture-perfect spot: outside the Times Square subway station.
The supersized version of Sam Shaw's well-known picture is part of an exhibit. The exhibit also features eight of Shaw's other Monroe pictures, on view inside the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station on the B, D, F, M and 7 lines.
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WoW Insider's own Matt Rossi had a terrific post yesterday about the class balancing issues that we were seeing with patch 4.0.1. Casters like me were experiencing the thrill of god mode, with reports of mages being able to one-shot their opponents. And while we casters were getting sweet, delicious ponies, melee players got a big pile of pony excrement. Arms and fury DPS were down -- way down. So was retribution paladin and kitty DPS.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
2009 is the year of astronomy and Plus will be part of the celebrations!
In May 1609 Galileo Galilei received reports of "a spyglass by means of which visible objects, though very distant from the eye of the observer, were distinctly seen as if nearby." Intrigued, he set about building his own version of this curious device, and he succeeded: by the end of the year he had discovered mountains on the Moon, the moons of Jupiter and the make-up of the Milky Way. His observations revolutionised our understanding of the Universe, and his use of the telescope marked the birth of modern astronomy — which celebrates its 400th anniversary this year.
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January 23, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Darwin and the web of life
One hundred and fifty years after the publication of On the origin of species, it seems that one of Darwin's most fruitful ideas, that the course of evolution can be represented in the shape of a tree, is in need of updating. Evidence is mounting that what we should be thinking of instead is a web.
Reconstructing relationships between species from genetic information is a mathematical exercise, as well as a biological one. Darwin's tree of life, as a mathematical object, is an example of a graph, a collection of nodes connected by edges, with the special property that there's only one route between any two nodes. There are no circuits in the graph because it was assumed that genes can only be transferred between parents and offspring. But as Plus reported last year, there is evidence that genes can also be transferred between species horizontally, for example through hybridisation or swapping of genetic material between unrelated species. An article in this week's New Scientists brings together many strands of evidence for horizontal gene transfer. According to the article, the evidence doesn't just concern strange unicellular beasts, but also humans and other mammals: it is estimated that "40 to 50 per cent of the human genome consists of DNA imported horizontally by viruses"!
As a result, many scientists now think that a more general form of graph, a network, is what is needed to describe life. Given the potential complexity of networks, genetics may soon be in desperate need of mathematicians.
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January 23, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Shine a light on dodgy stats
This week both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail ran stories claiming that switching off street lights could significantly increase the number of road deaths. The stories were based on a paper published in the Cochrane Library, which considered three studies into the connection between road accidents and street lighting. However, it seems that the headlines are a typical example of misinterpretation of statistics.
As David Spiegelhalter, Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, writes on his website Understanding Uncertainty, the studies suffer from three major flaws: poor data, publication bias, and what's known as regression to the mean. Spiegelhalter points out that the three studies underlying the paper were poor and conducted decades ago, with one dating from as far back as 1948 — not a very good basis for drawing conclusions about today's traffic. The term publication bias refers to the fact that studies which show dramatic results are more likely to be published than those that don't. It's quite possible that there were other studies, which found no connection between street lights and accidents, but that no-one bothered to publish such boring results. Regression to the mean is a commonly observed effect, which results from random fluctuations. If street lights were installed on a certain road, then this is most likely because that road recently experienced a spade of accidents. Such a freak period can be purely down to chance, in which case one would expect the accident rate to return to normal after a while. Thus the improved accident rate after the installation of lights may be purely down to chance, rather than the improved lighting.
All this doesn't of course mean that street lights are useless. It simply means that the evidence is nowhere near as sound as the newspaper headlines claim. The Daily Mail, to its credit, did consult an expert, namely Spiegelhalter, but it's probably the headline, rather than his warning, that will stick in readers' minds.
If you're interested in matters of uncertainty and risk, then visit the Understanding Uncertainty website, or read Spiegelhalter's column in Plus.
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January 22, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
When it comes to describing natural phenomena, mathematics is amazingly — even unreasonably — effective. In this article Mario Livio looks at an example of strings and knots, taking us from the mysteries of physical matter to the most esoteric outpost of pure mathematics, and back again.
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January 22, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tweet tweet! Plus now on Twitter
What's that? Is it a bird, a plane? No, it's Plus, and it's new update service on Twitter!!
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January 16, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Leading European scientists have said that mathematical modelling is key to future breakthroughs in the treatment of diseases including cancer, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. In a science policy briefing published by the European Science Foundation, the scientists set out a detailed strategy for the application of an area called systems biology to medical research. The aim is to improve early diagnosis, develop new therapies and drugs, and to move to a more personalised style of medicine.
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Originally posted by Yakamomoto
You can log into any of the NA servers since the merge, and you have 100-250 people in fleet at prime time and at least 30+ people on almost every planet.
It's 2012, we no longer need a 1,000 player server capacity. The servers have merged, but they support a huge amount of concurrent players.
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Originally posted by Yakamomoto
The NA and EU servers appear to be capped at approx. 6,000 players.
(based on a comment by Andraya, if you know it to be different please do tell.))
There are 17 of these servers. (3 backwater APAC servers)
On SWTOR's busient day following the switch to FTP 15 of those got near full/full.
Doing the math, SWTOR on it's busiest post FTP day ever had was just shy of about 100,000 concurrent players, some subing, most FTP.
Since then the numbers have been ebbing down.
What this means revenue wise since the cash shop opened, I can't say.
(The general rule of thumb is that the peak concurrent player number is 10-20% of the total player base, although Andrayah will say it's 5-10%)
All of those numbers were based on SWTOR's busiest post FTP day.
That means that SWTOR's day of greatest appeal on relaunch was 500k-1 million people and now shrinking.
The majority of people, SWTOR enthusists included, seemed to miss on just how small the game population had become after attrition, GW2, and the second round of server merges. I guess it was easier to believe in super-servers and not be phased when EA opted not to announce subscription numbers in the October earnings report.
At this point it hardly matters. What matters now is how much the remaining subscribers will pay for gambiling boxes, cosmetic items, and whatever else is put in the cash shop such as charcter slots, Cathar, Life Day packs, Makeb, etc, etc. on top of their subscriptions.
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Originally posted by Masonic1
Well your post got me till the last highlighted part. I mean, EA execs aiming at at TSW + Eve? Honestly, if true I don't get it.
Not saying it would be bad, but I have a hard time with top execs in EA thinking that and selling it to their pairs.
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Originally posted by Masonic1
So you go from a thread yesterday, page 9, post 86 of "Lucas Arts knew TOR would bomb" saying something along the lines that "how much anyone wanna bet that disney is looking for a way to shut down the tortanic? i know i would be at this point, really the best thing disney can do is shut tortanic down and get into everyones good graces by getting a pre-cu swg going again. with raph koster at the helm.".. now you're at having definitive information a day later.... And then there's the fact that you have 7 posts, all in SWTOR threads, you've praised TSW saying you've heard that their subs are on the incline and will go over 500k soon.... I call bull shit.
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by tiefighter25
Also in August 2012 EA stated that they still need 500K subs (or the equivalent with cash shop added in that total) to break even. What happens if they do not get 500K subs? To me, that implies the game could shut down.
If they release a cheap game in 2013, like Minecraft, that costs virtualy nothing to operate, has millions of players, and generates billions of dollars, acquiring loads of jobs for people, then EA are not going to burden themselves with the heavy costs of SWTOR are they?
I do not want the game to die, but from what EA are doing and saying with SWTOR, it just might.
Both SWG and COH before they closed had more positivity about them staying active than SWTOR does, and they both shut down. COH changed F2P only last year and not just added F2P but overhauled the mission system, and still bringing in content with more planned that never happened, but after all that effort and money spent doing that they still shut the game down a year later.
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Originally posted by Masonic1
Sounds like a very likely scenario. I´m not surprised that things are turning out like that. Thanks for sharing that info.
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I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets and lies!
Do people Really believe when a guy says "my friend who works there says" that he is telling the truth? How many times have people used that on this website.
I won't debate anymore on how big the sub base is as none of us will really know how small or large the sub base is till they feel like releasing some numbers.
What I will say is that There are lots of people ingame that I know that spent $100 to $200 on cartel packs and items. and there were people on the swtor forums saying the same thing. I don't know how anyone could say that the ftp/cartel shop is a failure like the poster above.
I will now give you HATORZ a knock out punch.
Warhammer online is still running which I believe we can all agree has a smaller player base. Until that game is shutdown SWTOR is safe.
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Originally posted by Xirik
It works both way ;)
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Originally posted by Xirik
As to your knock out punch. Warhammer On Line is an IP under a multi-year license. If EA shuts it down, they still have to pay Games Workshop their fee. Also WAR is in utter maintence mode. There has been almost no new content since launch. The one thing that keeps its two remaining servers going is that unlike SWTOR, WAR's endgame is uder created content in the form of RvR. WAR also has a mini-proto cash shop. So long as the total revenue raised by the remaing subscriber base paying to battle each other in RvR is greater then the cost of the skelton (count on one hand) crew and keeping the servers open, the game will remain open till the license expires.
SWTOR's endgame is primarily not PVP They do not even have a functioning RvR zone (Ilum's dead).
Not really much of a knock-out punch, more of a dire warning for SWTOR.
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by Xirik
Whilst it may be doing well now, I doubt it will be doing well in a few months time, because there has not been added anything to it to keep people playing, History has proven that people do not want to play SWTOR long term, as there is not mch to do at max level. SWTORs game ends at max level, SWGs game started at max level. People on my friends list on Xfire, started playing SWTOR when it went F2P, now the amount of people playing is dropping and not logging in so much. The interest of SWTOR F2P is now declining.
F2P may not be a failure to you, but it no doubt is a failure to EA/Bioware. They probably were expecting billions dollars from it or way more than what you expect them to get for success.
Also Warhammer does not need 500K subs to break even, nor has a licence to deal with LA/Disney. It was not SOE who chose to shut down SWG, if they were the ones in total control, they would have kept it going, but LA were the ones who called the shots with SWG and Smedley said so, and the same would go for SWTOR - EA/Bioware are not in full control either , although things could be different with Disney, but to go by Warhammers survival is just plain naive, but chances are that as soon as the licence expires with SWTOR, it will probably be shut down. If SWTOR had a future, they would be bringing in content, left right and center.
To me maintenance mode is equal to game shutting down.
When you kill the point of the game you kill the game.
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Wait, I thought it was already dead... *scratches head*
Seriously though, an F2P MMO based on a very popular setting can potentially go on forever.
MMORPG genre is dead. Long live MMOCS (Massively Multiplayer Online Cash Shop).
Originally posted by wowfan1996
Vanguard is "going forever" and its pretty much dead (just example, there are boatloads more).
To me its like when you squis a bug (or something similar) and then fiiddle with te remains ;P
Problem with SWTOR is that maintenance (or even shut down) limit is way higher than other MMOs due to its enormous expenses. Thats why you cannot really compare it to other MMOs, SWTOR is catgory of its own.
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by tiefighter25
If Warhammer is under a license like SWTOR, and it is in maintenance mode then chances are that will be shut down when the license runs out.
Although SOE and LA did renew the license for SWG several times, even after the NGE, but apparently they waived the fee to do so, but SOE was doing a lot for SWG though, unlike SWTOR. SWG had more content put in during 2011, its final year. than SWTOR ever has had. SOE did not want to shut down SWG, that is what kept it going for as long as it did..
Then comes along SWTOR, and gets millions of peoples attention, and LA see $$$ signs, so then decide to start to charge for the IP again, and it was more than what SOE could afford. If EA were paying for the IP then SOE would need too as well.
If LA can be generous and waive the IP fee, then any company can, so it could be possible that Games Workshop may waive the fee to Warhammer too, if they want it to stay alive.
It is also possible that Disney will waive the fee too for SWTOR, but considering the deal was done with LA, they will probably want to start fresh, and only renew the licence if it was doing really well.
Also EA/Bioware have not been doing any effort into trying to keep the game alive, by bringing in all that content they said they had for it, which makes the game last ten years - what a joke!. SWG was failing too, but at least LA got on the case and tried to turn things around by doing the CU and the NGE, which as we all know backfired, and at this point LA gave up on SWG and SOE took over completely still bringing things to the game and actually making it better and enhancing it, sustaining a regular flow of players, before doing server merges 3 years later in 2009.
But with SWTOR, EA/Bioware have done nothing, they just went straight to merges within only 6 months and now F2P. They seem to have given up on the game themselves.
SWTOR could end up shutting down before WAR, it all depends on how long they have the IPs for. If WAR has the IP for 3 more years,, and SWTOR only has it for 1 more year, then SWTOR could shut down next year. With all the money they spent on SWTOR, chances are they probably would have gotten a minimal length contract for the IP, and then when it succeeded bought a longer deal, with all the profits they expected to get, but have not now.
There is no 100% clairity whether it will last or not, but the prognosis is not good, not good at all. EA/Bioware need to pull out all the stops over the next few months, if they want to make it seem like it is going to last a long time. Which does not include talking, SWTOR needs full on action from EA/Bioware, like SOE were doing. SOE only had a handful of devs (2 or so), Bioware has what 200 still? Yet SOE did more for SWG than EA/Bioware has done for SWTOR - total pathetic. Makeb is coming and a few other things, but all that should have been in game already.
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Originally posted by Xirik
EA Louse says hi.
I would like to see SWTOR get more content, such as Ilum, space etc. but personally, I wouldn't bet my money on SWTOR living to see 2014.
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"But it was so artistically done..." - Grand Admiral Thrawn's final words
Originally posted by Xirik
Masonic1 also sent me a private message accusing me for marketing for money for EA LOL.
In his opinion any positive comments about SWTOR comes from EA employee.
Yesterday on The Ebon Hawk at 2 AM at night EST there were still 2 fleet instances. Server is packed with people. Judging from general chat F2P enjoy the game. The only negative comments I saw were about F2P restrictions, not about quality of game. Not sure how many subs moved to F2P status, but not many. I am getting 800 CC every month and that is lowering my sub cost to 5 bucks a month. Why would I want to move to restricted F2P. Majority of people who sub are not even considering moving to F2P.
Like somebody said, the population that is right now in SWTOR are people who like/love the game and are going to continue to play.
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NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Those statments will only be true after a few months. Those who started with F2P, the shine has not wore off yet, it has only been a couple of weeks
If the game had just launched that would be a cocky thing for me to say, but considering that is exactly what happened a few months after launch, and nothing has been added to the game to keep players playing, then the same will happen again.
Although there may be more people playing but they will move to F2P. If they do not move to F2P then they will just simply quit. History has proven this to be the case.
F2P will only temporarily boost population, but plenty of new content will boost population long term, and it is not getting enough content.
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I don't Forum PVP. If you feel I've attacked you, it was probably by accident.
I'm playing the F2P and enjoying it well enough. It reminds me more of a SP RPG than anything else.
On the other side, I'm not finding any motivation to subscribe. Questing feels like it rides on rails, which isn't a selling point for me. Performance on my machine (out of date but adequate for most games on low settings) is poor, borderlining unplayable.
Will it last? Who knows. I'm figuring I'll play for a month or so, maybe even use the cash shop, but honestly it's more out of curiousity to see how it's built. I'm not intent on staying for a long time.
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Originally posted by superniceguySubs are up. There is no question about it. Just go to the SWTOR forum and look at skyrocket increase of troll threads comparing to before F2P. You can only post if you are subbed, and increase is like 20x maybe more.... I think it's the most reliable proof of increase in subs LMAO


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Happy New Year!
Having eaten my fair share of hog jowls, rice, black-eyed peas and collard greens on Jan. 1, 2008, I sat back and pondered the near future.
I wondered about the unfolding events in 2008. Will Tarmac America obtain a special exception to mine hundreds of millions of tons of limerock from the Gulf Hammock Area?
Will Ameris Health Systems obtain funding to build Tri-County Hospital in Chiefland?
Will State Attorney Bill Cervone prosecute alleged voter fraud cases in Levy County?
I wish I had money to buy gifts for all the people who touch my life in the course of a year.
But if I did, you would be calling me Oprah instead of Carolyn, because those people are legion.
Each year I write a Christmas letter to the family and friends I communicate with less than I should and this year as I thought of a summation, I knew what it had to be:
"Except for a few minor things, I am very, very happy."
And when I think about those minor things that trouble me, I realize how blessed I am.
It's no secret . . . I love Christmas. From crowded stores to decorations to kitchens redolent with the aromas of cinnamon and vanilla, it's all good to me.
Every year since I can remember, I've always vowed to get an earlier start, plan better, stretch out the chores and actually enjoy the holiday I love so much.
It's only a few days into December and I can already tell I am going to fail miserably at my goals.
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When I arrive home from the newspaper office, my wife Sharon occasionally tells me that I smell like ink.
This is not a bad thing. It's just a fact resulting from my close proximity to the giant press that cranks out tens of thousands of newspapers each week. About five thousand of those weekly newspapers are copies of the Chiefland Citizen.
The fragrance of ink permeates the building where I work and it follows me home every now and then. This odor serves as a reminder from being part of the local press corps.
It's becoming more apparent that soon I will be the last hold-out for sentimentality and tradition.
Starting with Thanksgiving dinner.
Dressing, to go with the turkey, is a necessity–whether you like it or not.
Ditto the pumpkin pie.
I had neither last week.
I was part of a group of people who decided a potluck dinner was the easiest solution.
Neither dressing nor pie was my responsibility.
I wish it had been.
It didn't feel like Thanksgiving without the two things that evoke childhood memories and make me all warm and fuzzy inside.
The Chiefland Citizen is very generous to its employees.
This year the company offered to not only pay for flu shots for the staff, but even had a nurse come on site to administer the vaccine in the middle of the workday so there could be no excuses about inability to get one.
The sign up sheet was posted for over a month and daily I watched name after name queue on it.
Mine was not added and a couple co-workers asked why I hadn't signed up.
I met their inquiries with a shrug and a quick change of subject and moved on.
I recently backed my 2006 Jeep Liberty into a Mitsubishi.
The little car was so close to my vehicle?s rear bumper that I did not see it when I looked in the rear or side view mirrors. From my perspective, it was invisible. I remind readers to look very, very carefully before backing up.
Now I will address other issues relevant to invisibility.
I went to a three-day United Methodist Men?s retreat in Leesburg from Oct. 19 through 21. There were 359 visible attendees from 44 churches, including the five men from First United Methodist Church of Chiefland.
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I bought a Helium (should have waited perhaps for the Air), and it has worked well, except for the headphone jack. The bottom plate is a *tiny* bit too tall compared to the fat part of the headphone cable, so that it is difficult to seat properly standard Apple earbuds firmly in the jack without removing the bottom of the Helium. It can be done, it is just a bit hit or miss, whereas if the bottom portion of the helium was perhaps a mm or two shorter, it would be goof-proof. Some third party headphones work better, because the fat part of the headphone cable is a few mm longer than on Apple's Earbuds.
Mophie Juice Pack Air arrives for the iPhone 5, offers up to 8 hours more talk time
Well known accessory manufacturer Mophie has announced its latest accessory for the iPhone 5. The Mophie Juice Pack Air is the second iPhone 5 accessory to offer prolonged usage by packing an additional battery into a small form case specifically for the iPhone 5.
The ideal case for the everyday 9-5er and for those whose day doesn't always end when they leave the office. Lighter and thinner than previous generations, but packed with more power to make sure your phone can keep up with your busy lifestyle. Up to 100% extra battery with the flip of a switch. Turn on the case when your battery runs low to stay fully charged through the late nights.
From the dawn patrollers to the parents rushing to get the kids off to school. From the busy day filled with meetings and presentations to the day off filled with errands and friends. The juice pack air ensures you have more than enough power packed into a streamlined, protective case so you're ready to take on the day.
The Mophie Juice Pack Air comes with a 1700mAh battery neatly hidden away in a very nice looking iPhone 5 case. It charges via the included micro USB cable which can be plugged into any computer or "Made for iPhone" power source
The case also comes with a pass-through 3.5mm audio jack so you can still plug in your headphones when the case is fitted to your iPhone 5. The Mophie Juice Pack Air also works as a virtual speaker box enhancing the sound of the iPhone 5's built in speaker. If you want to sync your device you can do it wirelessly but the case would need to be removed if you want to tether it to a Mac or PC.
The Mophie Juice Pack Air will cost $99.95 and will be available in white, black or red; with black available first on March 7. If you want to hold off for the red or white case then you will need some patience as they will not be available until March 22.
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Mophie Juice Pack Air arrives for the iPhone 5, offers up to 8 hours more talk time
i cancelled my order for the silver helium just now on mophies customer service and ordered a white mophie juice pack air... im willing to wait a month.... since they told me my helium wasnt shipping til end of march... so its not like im losing out much
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Project Jackson cleared another hurdle on Tuesday night.
Aiken County Council approved to continue its participation in the extension of the North Augusta Tax Increment Financing plan, or TIF, for 30 more years, which equals approximately $16.5 million in deferred property tax revenue of about 460 acres.
Those funds will go toward a proposed multi-sports stadium, conference center and parking structures, to be constructed on North Augusta's riverfront, which make up Project Jackson.
The final vote was six to three – Council members Kathy Rawls, Willar Hightower and Phil Napier opposed the motion. Council members Andrew Siders, LaWana McKenzie, Sandy Haskell, Scott Singer, Chuck Smith and Chairman Ronnie Young approved the intergovernmental agreement.
The discussion between Council members was short. Several amendments were suggested but failed.
The only amendment that passed was made by Singer, which was that if the financial model of Project Jackson exceeded its projected three percent growth, in the TIF district, the County would capture the first extra one percent. Those funds would be tacked onto a rebate of $349,744 that the County will receive annually for 30 years.
That rebate stems from the original North Augusta TIF established in 1996 in which the County deferred approximately $19.5 million in property tax revenue but will get $10.5 million back after the numbers were readjusted to reflect 2012 property tax rates.
The City of North Augusta would receive funds from any growth that exceeded four percent to pay off its bonds for the project. Once the bonds are paid, 100 percent of the growth goes to the County, Singer said.
The other part of Singer's amendment is that no matter the payoff schedule of the bonds, the County's deferred taxes of $8.8 million shown in the financial model for the original TIF will be capped.
Rawls attempted to cut the County's extended TIF participation of three decades to 15 years and to 25 acres rather than the full 460 acres of the TIF district, but both motions failed.
"Essentially, we'd get the same deal the school district got," Rawls said, referring to the Aiken County School Board's approval of its limited participation in the TIF about a month ago.
Smith said that making such amendments would disrupt the City of North Augusta's project plans.
Napier tried once more to table the item and have it go to the voters through a referendum.
That motion also failed.
North Augusta City Administrator Todd Glover said that the next step is to take the TIF to his City Council for approval, which will be an ordinance meaning there will be three readings and a public hearing.
Once that funding mechanism is in place, the issuing of the bonds and concept plan will also require an ordinance to be approved by North Augusta City Council.
"It's been a long process," Glover said after the meeting. "I think it was a good process but it's just another step, and we still have a lot of work to do."
If the stadium is constructed, it will be the new home of the Augusta GreenJackets. The team's president, Jeff Eiseman, said that he's extremely excited that Council agreed to continue its participation in the TIF. He stated that he's thrilled that his team may be part of "North Augusta's renaissance."
"We have confidence that this is a tremendous project," Eiseman said. "We believe this will become one of the premier destinations in the region for tourism and entertainment."
Eiseman said if the rest of the process runs smoothly, he hopes to see the GreenJackets playing ball in North Augusta by April 2015.
Amy Banton is the County reporter for the Aiken Standard and has been with the publication since May 2010. She is a native of Rustburg, Va. and a graduate of Randolph Macon Woman's College.
Staff Photo by Scott Rodgers North Augusta City Administrator Todd Glover briefly lets loose a smile of relief following the vote on Project Jackson.×
Staff Photo by Scott Rodgers Councilwoman Kathy Rawls, who offered vocal opposition of Project Jackson, looks on during the voting process.×
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This little quilt is so fun to make…not to mention a great scrap-buster. I figured I better come up with a better name than Coral + Triangles (naming is not my forte remember?)…but a little bit pink with some bright scrappy edges? Sweet n' Sassy it is.
Here is a quickie pattern if you want to make one. It finishes at 38" x 44".
Keep in mind that I don't leave room for squaring up these half square triangles…so if you like to square up your blocks (there's a good tutorial here), start with 4" squares instead.
Start with:
Print fabrics:
|40 squares 3-7/8" each. In my quilt I used 7 colors, and 6 squares of each color…repeating some of the same prints.
|Background fabric
(I used white + aqua):
|40 squares 3-7/8" each. Or use a 1/2 yard, and cut the 1/2 yard into 4 strips 3 -7/8", then sub-cut the strips each into 10 squares 3- 7/8" x 3 -7/8".
|Inner border fabric:
|1/4 yard. Cut into 4 strips 2" x width of fabric.
|Outer border fabric:
|3/4 yard. Cut 2 strips 4- 1/2", and 2 strips 7- 1/2".
|1 -1/2 yard, non-directional print.
|3/8 yard. Cut into 5 strips 2- 1/2" x width of fabric.
1. Draw a pencil line on the wrong side of each print square. Place a background and print square right side together, and sew a scant 1/4" from the line on each side. Trim along the pencil line. Press seams gently towards the print or open. I starch the heck out of mine while I press…you'll be glad later!
2. Trim off the seam corners with scissors or a rotary cutter. If your squares are un-even or not all of the same size, square them up to the same size (approx. 3- 1/2", but it's OK if you need to square them up smaller). Repeat until you've made 80 half square triangles.
3. Arrange the half square triangles in 10 rows of 8 blocks each, matching colors together as desired. Sew the blocks together into rows, press seams of row 1 to the right, row 2 to the left, row 3 to the right, and so on.
4. Sew the rows together, press seams in either direction or open.
5. Measure each side of the quilt center, take the average if the two numbers differ, and trim an inner border strip to that length. Pin and sew the inner border strip on each side, press out. Repeat with the top and bottom inner border.
6. Measure each side of the quilt and cut an outer border 4 -1/2" strip and a 7 -1/2" strip to that length. Sew the 4 -1/2" strip to the left and the 7 -1/2" strip to the right. Press out. Repeat with the top and bottom border, using the 4- 1/2" strip at the top.
7. Press out and done! If you need help finishing your quilt there is a PDF you can download here.
This quickie-pattern was a late night, too much soda, Netflix watching and writing at the same time kind of afterthought… so proceed with caution and happy quilting! ;)


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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Marylyn Fleming Easterling, 78, of Summerville, wife of William "Lee" Easterling, passed away on Friday, January 18, 2013 at Trident Medical Center.
Friends and family called at James A. Dyal Funeral Home on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 6 o'clock until 8 o'clock PM. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10 o'clock AM at Bethany United Methodist Church, 118 West 3rd Street, Summerville. Burial was held at Elmwood Cemetery, 501 Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29201. Flowers were accepted.
Marylyn was born on October 7, 1934 in Columbia, SC daughter of the late Astor B. Fleming and Estelle Howerton Fleming. Marylyn was a graduate of Dreher High School in Columbia, Class of 1952. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority at University of SC. She was a Docent for over 20 years at Middleton Plantation in Charleston and was a volunteer at Second Hand Thrift Shop. She was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church.
Surviving in addition to her husband Lee of 57 years are: One Son: William L. "Bill" Easterling, Jr. of Columbia, SC; One Brother: Astor "Rusty" B. Fleming (Catherine) of Brunswick, GA. She is predeceased by her daughter, Virginia "Anne" Easterling.
A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesadyal.com.
Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 S. Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 873-4040.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Winter Storm 2014 - Leon, as it is being called by The Weather Channel - turned out to be a mainly sleet and freezing rain event for Georgetown County and the Grand Strand.
The National Weather Service reported - as of 6 a.m. Wednesday - a quarter-of-an-inch of sleet had fallen over the Georgetown area.
Very little snow was reported along the coast of South Carolina.
Officials are saying the mainly-sleet event is good, in comparison to what had been predicted. The forecast was for as much as three-quarters-of-an-inch of freezing rain. That would likely have resulted in widespread power outages.
There were some power outages in the City of Georgetown Tuesday night in the Willowbank and Maryville areas. Crews worked to get that electricity restored in a timely manner.
Dangerous road conditions have been reported county-wide.
While none of the bridges in the county were closed to traffic, officials have been urging motorists to use extreme caution when driving.
The Georgetown Police Department reported two accidents occurred in less than an hour Tuesday night on the Maryville bridge. No one was seriously injured.
Icy conditions were also reported on the Waccamaw River bridges.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation had more than 1,200 workers on the job and on call overnight statewide to deal with the icy roads.
Anti-icing or deicing are the primary operations on priority routes and bridges, a DOT official reported.
The weather forced the closing of schools and government offices in Georgetown County for a second straight day Wednesday. A list of closings and cancellations can be found elsewhere on this website.
Georgetown County Emergency Management was placed under OPCON 3 Tuesday morning, a standby status in preparation for a likely or imminent emergency situation. The shift to OPCON 3 also triggered partial activation of the countys Emergency Operations Center.
Bitter cold continues
The precipitation is moving out today but the extreme cold is here to stay for a while.
Todays high will be near 31 degrees and tonights low - under cloudy skies - will be near 17. Thursdays high near 39.
If anyone needs a place to go to get out of the cold, Hemingway High School is being used as a warming shelter.
Midway Fire Rescue has compiled a list of cold weather safety tips:
Alternative heaters need their space. Keep anything that can catch fire at least three feet away.
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Make sure wood stoves are properly installed, and at least three feet away from anything that can catch fire. Ensure they have the proper floor support and adequate ventilation.
Use a glass or metal screen in front of your fireplace to prevent sparks from igniting nearby carpets, furniture or other items that can catch fire.
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HOLT — Many birthday boys and girls fixate on flashy gifts they'll receive.
Railey Conner of Holt has a different perspective.
She's rejecting gifts on Saturday, her 12th birthday, and requesting donations for senior citizens in nursing homes.
"I think it would be better to donate than to receive gifts," she said.
Railey won't miss the gifts, Angie Holland, her mother, said.
"It's not a big deal to her like it is to the adults that find out that what she is doing," she said.
This marks the second year of Railey's Birthday Project. Last year, she donated gift bags to residents at Carrington Manor in Crestview. This year, Railey also will give gifts to residents at Safe and Secure Respite Care LLC in Crestview.
The former has a special place in her heart.
It's been the home of her great grandmother, Roxie Buchanan, 84, for the past two years. She and her mother regularly visit Buchanan, who has Alzheimer's disease.
Those visits inspired Railey's wish to bring Christmas joy to the elderly.
"When I visit her and see the other people in the nursing home, I see how lonely they are," Railey said. "I think most people tend to think of needy children, which is great, but we forget about the elderly because they are not often seen out in public."
Slippers, nightclothes, lotions and crossword puzzles are among donations that fill a spare room in the family's home.
"(Recipients) really enjoy the puzzles because it helps them pass the time," Railey said. "They also like the new clothing we get them because it is something new to wear."
Some 60 nursing home residents should receive gifts come Christmas Eve, she said.
Local businesses, churches and organizations posted project fliers to aid the effort. First Baptist Church of Holt and Innerlight Surf and Skate locations in Fort Walton Beach and Destin set up donation drop boxes.
Area residents have donated about $600, which the mother-daughter duo will use to buy gift-bag items, Railey said. But donations — which far surpass the number of presents most 12-year-old girls receive — haven't met this year's goal.
"I think we are almost there, but not quite there yet," Railey said.
She has a plan if donations exceed expectations.
"Whatever we have left over, we will box up and donate them to other nursing homes in the area," she said.
"She's a great girl, very selfless," Patti Snow, Carrington Manor's administrator, said.
Railey doesn't just talk the talk; she walks the walk, meeting personally with dependent seniors, getting to know them.
"She actually knows a lot of the residents here, so she personally knows what each one of them want for Christmas," Snow said.
"The residents really enjoy what she does for them."
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She sends donations on Christmas Eve.
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As a Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractor that does insulating (as well as a lot of other things related to health, safety, energy efficiency and other building performance problems in homes and small businesses) I would like to respond to Carmen Barone's My View in the October 3 issue.
I would like to correct his perception of Efficiency Vermont (EVT), its role and its funding. EVT operates under contract to the state, as dictated by legislation. Its activities, funding and expenditures are carefully monitored by the Public Service Board and our Legislature. Go to the EVT website (www.efficiencyvermont.com) and click on the "About Us" tab. There you will find a lot of documentation about their funding, expenditures, achievements, accountability and oversight.
The surcharge on your electric bill is a significant part of EVT's funding and is why most of their dollars go to programs that save electricity, with much of that effort going toward commercial and business electrical energy use. The electricity saved in existing businesses and homes has more than offset the increased demand for electricity for new businesses and homes. Electric utilities have not had to build or buy additional generating capacity to keep up with growth, keeping our rates down and leaving more dollars for businesses and homeowners to spend locally.
The money that EVT spends on the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program (which saves heating fuel as well as electricity) in the form of advertising and incentives for energy audits and "weatherization" is only a very small part of EVT's program funding. EVT does not support "insulators" (who typically do not pay attention to building science) but does support Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Participating Contractors who install insulation but only after sealing air leaks and following guidelines based on industry standards and building science. EVT ads may imply that the energy audits and weatherization projects are done by EVT, but in fact they are done by independent contractors who have a contractual relationship with EVT.
Any contractor listed on the EVT website who installs insulation must follow standards set by the Building Performance Institute (www.bpi.org) with quality assurance oversight from EVT program staff. That contract stipulates that we (the contractors) must adhere to established standards and protocols, guarantee our work, allow EVT to inspect our work, help to educate and administer their efficiency programs with consumers, keep records, protect our clients' information, maintain required insurance and other program requirements.
The other issue that you voiced concern about is that new houses are going in without any exterior insulation on the foundation (some contractors are putting up only stud walls with fiberglass batts on the inside of the foundation, which does not work). Vermont has had an energy code for both residential and commercial buildings since 1996 (fully in effect in 1998), which has been updated in 2005 and again in 2011. The current VT RBEC (VT Residential Building Energy Code) can be found at http://publicservice.vermont.gov/topics/energy_efficiency/rbes or look on the EVT website for even more information.
Unfortunately, the responsibility for complying with the code lies with the contractor who built the home, and presently the only penalty is that the homeowner has a right to sue the contractor (six-year limit) for not complying (I don't think that has ever happened). The result is that most building and remodeling contractors do not comply with the code, and, unfortunately, that includes contractors who you believe are building energy efficient homes.
I know that because my company has had to fix many new homes that are experiencing energy related problems such as large ice dams that cause damage and high fuel bills, and local town clerks report very few RBEC certificates are filed by contractors, as required. I have discussed this issue with other Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractors, town clerks, legislators and Efficiency Vermont.
This is now a hot topic and several parties have been working with the state to find ways to improve compliance with the energy code. Since there are essentially no building codes in much of Vermont, enforcement can be difficult. Some municipalities are starting to make a completed RBEC Certificate a prerequisite for an occupancy/zoning permit. (Note that a homeowner acting as general contractor does not have to comply with the code but is still required to file a certificate.)
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We have had more activity, more socializing, more going on this past month than ever before. Or at least for a long time. Weekend in Brest, drive down to Albi to spend a couple of days with in-laws, visitors for this weekend from Paris, lunch out at JP's colleague's apartment, and the Giants came to town. We tend to spend our time alone, hanging out, cooking, watching films or dining out, strolling through town or walks with Marty in the vineyards or forests around Nantes. JP and I, as I have said in a recent post, have our own zip code, we live on our own private island, so 3 weeks packed with activities and friends throws us into such a spin that we get dizzy! But the friends are great, the food is great and you should've seen the Royale Deluxe Giants!
And then along came Carole. Carole has a wonderful, funny food blog called, appropriately Hey Mom, What's for Dinner Tonight? (Great food with a side of humor from a Lazy Home Cook). The photography is beautiful, the food great, the writing brilliant and she is just simply great to hang around with! And this month, Carole has sent me an award! Queen of ALLL Things award (Awe-Summm!!!) Me? The Queen of all things? Yay! I now have the award to prove it to all those Doubting Thomas's. I mean, haven't I been saying this all along?
Seriously, Carole, it is so thrilling to get this award from you, and I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart! I am so happy that there are people who enjoy my blog! Now, kindly bow down before your Queen…. Oops, no, didn't really mean it. I think it is just going to my head!
And now it is my turn to pass the Queen of ALLL Things Award to a deserving food blogger. This is so difficult for me as there are so many amazing, wonderful food bloggers out there, so many great blogs that I visit over and over again. I have decided to award this to 3 food bloggers who each in their own way have inspired me in my baking and have pushed me to overcome my fear of all things yeast through their challenges (Zorra's Bread Baking Day and Susan's Yeastspotting) and by their own bread and yeast creations. This Award goes to (drum roll please…)
Stand up and take a bow! You all 3 really do deserve this award for your Awe-Summm!!! blogs. And thank you for inspiring and motivating me to yeast it up!
This past weekend, Ruth, Guy and their daughter Esther (gentle, joyous and lovely like the Queen) hopped over from Paris to see us. A good time was had by all (except sons who had to give up their beds and spent 2 days grumbling). Sunday morning we went on our quest to find and follow the Giants, which were as astonishing as usual. And Ruth and Guy were so lovely as to offer me two cookbooks, The Desperate Housewives Cookbook (dubbed in French, as I say) and La Cuisine de la Diaspora (80 recettes autour des fêtes juives), The Cooking of the Diaspora (80 recipes from the Jewish holidays).
We wound up these few hectic weeks tired yet happy. Yesterday we drove to Carquefou where we picked up our packing cartons for the move.
Tonight I was inspired by the Jewish cookbook offered by Guy and Ruth to make harira and moufleta for dinner. Recipes and photos tomorrow.
14 comments:
- ~Carole said...
You're very welcome, Jamie. Put that sparkly tiara on, do a little happy dance and have a sip of champagne! I would. :-)
Did I just read that you live on your own private island? Can I come visit you? S'il vous plait?
Dontja just love the friends you make on the Internet? :-)
Thanks for the nice shout-out.
- June 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Mary said...
Congratulations on your award, Jamie. It is well deserved. Enjoy and have a wonderful day.
- June 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- girlichef said...
Congrats Queenie!! Those are some major floats!!
- June 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Queen of all things - my, what a title and you, of course, will look lovely in your tiara. Congratulations your highness. Be sure you remind your family from time to time of your title lest they forget.
Glad you had a nice trip to see your friends and are safely back home.
- June 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Congrats on the award! That food looks so good!
- June 9, 2009 at 11:36 PM
- Susan/Wild Yeast said...
Queen of All Things -- definitely you!
Thanks so much for passing it on to me, I am blushing. You and my good friends Zorra and Elra are royal company indeed!
- June 9, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
When it rains it pours! This is actually our first week in 3 weeks without either being out of town or having company in. So I totally feel ya girl! I love all the action, but I need a vacation after all that!
- June 10, 2009 at 3:33 AM
- zorra said...
Oh, thank you! I feel flattered and I'm very happy you did overcome your yeast-fear! Looking forward to see the recipes tomorrow!
hasta mañana!
- June 10, 2009 at 4:24 AM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
Thanks for visiting my blog :) and congrats on your award! Fab tiara daahling! Wear it with pride at the supermarket dear!
- June 10, 2009 at 5:05 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
Congrats Jamie!! Wear the tiara proudly:) You deserve it!
- June 10, 2009 at 5:29 AM
- Pink Little Cake said...
Hi, thank you for your comment on my bolg. What an interesting life you have!! You have lived all over the place, how lucky!!
- June 10, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- asiangrrl said...
Jamie, you deserve all the accolades that are showered upon you. The harira and moufleta look absolutely scrumptious.
- June 10, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- Sophie said...
Congrats on the award! Well deserved!! Congrats on the others too!
- June 11, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- Elra said...
Oh my Jaime,
I am truly honored. THank you so much for the award (blushed).
- June 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM


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Marineland Aquatic Plant LED Light System - 24 to 36 in.
Was $185.99
Starting at $185.99
E-120 Full Spectrum LED Strip Light - 48 in. - 60 in.
Was $313.45
Starting at $313.45
AquaticLife Edge LED Light Fixture - 48 in.
Was $199.99
Starting at $199.99
Aqualight Freshwater T5 Dual Fluorescent Light - 48 in.
Was $64.99
Starting at $64.99
Perfecto Recessed Fluorescent Hood - Black - 48 in. x 13 in.
Was $89.99
Starting at $89.99
Satellite Freshwater LED Strip Light - 48 in. - 60 in.
Was $141.39
Starting at $61.62
Marineland Color-Changing LED Bubble Wand - 20 in.
Was $38.79
Starting at $28.89
Orbit Marine LED Strip Light - 36 in. to 48 in.
EcoTech Radion XR30W Gen 3 Pro LED Light - 170W
Was $749.00
Starting at $749.00
Aqualight Saltwater T5 Dual Fluorescent Light - 48 in.
Was $59.99
Starting at $59.99
Orbit Marine LED Strip Light - 48 in. to 60 in.
Was $249.99
Starting at $249.99
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