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Hey Mr. Metz, still not used to your new role? How about some news? Or is it like I heard from the grape fine, that your game is really dead, but your trying to figure out how to tell this to your lifetime members?
I guess many would love to hear what you all have been up to since the last note, a few months ago.
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Funny that mr metz says the game is not dead and that they soon (tm) will have news. But havent we been hearing that for the last half a year that they will have something increadible new and something that will rock the mmo world. But as I have asked them before to prove it, they never did and I think thats because they cant. If they really were working on something great, you would think they would have shown it already. I just think they are looking for legal ways to get out of the lifetime subs. Because closing after 3 months would have made some peeps real angry, so I guess they will wait for a bit longer to do it. If im wrong, why dont they prove it?
To sad no news before the holidays and no holiday greetings from them either. Maybe they are so busy with their external stuff, to keep making money to keep the servers running. But still, they could have shown some compassion.
Well, everyone enjoy your days off and have fun with whatever you are doing!
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I have to agree with you there, you think with a game that had lifetime subs they would at least respect those people enough to take 5 mins and put up a message. What are they worried about, a negative reaction? How much worse can it get? Pretty much any players left have been hung out to dry while the team has abandoned them to work on phone apps.
I never get how a company expects customers to trust them after doing this to one of their product lines. It is a huge red flag that if anything you like from Heatwave doesn't do as expected, then know you will be abandoned as they strip the resourses away from it to work on their next cash grab.
I think they have gotten so bad Bill Roper calls them heartless.
Either talk to your players or put the game out of its misery and offer something at least to the people who stuck with you if you hope to keep any credibility with your company.
Originally posted by DashiDMV
Well said.
This must rank as the worst lifetime sub in MMO history.
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Associate Producer - Heatwave Interactive - Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising
I understand your frustration, however we are committed and continue to support Gods and Heroes. We are working internally to place Gods and Heroes in a position to move forward successfully in the new year. Many people worked extremely hard to bring the game to where it is now and every big decision requires a lot of thought and planning. When I have news to announce, you can be sure I will post it here, as well as on the forums, website and social networks. As always, you can reach me and firstname.lastname@example.com for more specific inquries or comments.
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Originally posted by Master_Metz
Well, thank you for the reaction, I did miss one on the official forums from you guys for the holidays, but you must have been too busy for your fans. I have to be honest Master Metz, we keep on hearing that when you have news we will hear it, but its been months since we heard any news. Thats in an mmo world the death sentence for a game. Then you say with all due respect that you understand the frustration of the gamers, but then tell us where the game stands now. If you fear anything you say may damage the process, well to be honest, the game cant sink any lower than people allready fear. You had some nice screenshots of how the game started to look like! How far are you guys on that? Have you indeed put time in the development or have you been busy with telephone apps to keep making money? See, people want answers not only to hear that when there is news, we will hear it, because we all get that part, but we wanna know where the game stands now and in the near future.
Have a nice day!
PS.: And what do you mean with continued support for the game? Do you mean to keep the servers up and running, but no new stuff or do you mean you are also still developing for the game?
Originally posted by jungleninja
My guess is free to play with a cash shop.
Your guess may be right. Free to play with a cash shop. But only problem is, that the game is still in alpha/early beta phase. Nothing really to do ingame. Unless they have something that is really cool, even that wont help the game. As I recall, they where busy with lvl 31-35 and the endgame is somewhere if I recall right, at level 40 or so. So, they need to get that done, the rehall of the graphics, which they where doing and the crafting, if I recall right, is something that would blow us all away. Well, gotta see that first to believe it to be honest.
But it would be great to see this game rocking, for I like the era. But as many people, im too busy at the moment with SWTOR and gonna get me GW2 when its out. So...I hope they come through, but I really dont believe they will, as they never proven it. Sad.
Yep, thats the whole fact why people are upset. They have so much potential in their hands and they let it slip away. Ashame actually. The whole theme is wonderfull for an mmo. Too bad the way it whent. But...who knows...maybe they hired some chineese or indian programmers to finish the things up. I know of other companies doing the same. Hiring others to finish it for a small fee, compared to what it would have cost them to do it on their own.
Well, as I said some time ago, only time will tell!
Originally posted by jungleninja
i suppose one can only hope..for the players.
So...to quote Master Metz on the official forums:
I can't say much more at the moment other than we are working internally from the business side to place Gods and Heroes in a position to be successful in 2012. We are exploring all options moving forward and planning and prioritizing according, we want to make decisions that have the greatest benefit to a large number of people. We are working with marketing on how to increase the player count in a way that is tantalizing to new and old customers that encourages people to return to the game. This might include compensating or incentivizing new and old users in different ways. Timing is also important, releasing news in the middle of the SWTOR launch would be lost in the wind, (That said we would like to congratulate our Austin MMO brethren on a successful launch). As it has been have mentioned in the past releasing new content for a small number of people doesn't benefit our players in the long term, hence why it has been delayed as we work to put together a more attractive package for our customers. We consider this a long term project and want to treat it that way.
So...lets see. They wont say anything because of the launch of SWTOR and meaning that it would be lost in the wind. I heard this one from another forum user who said this. So, thats copie of what another person said to use it in their companies benefit. I say, their own player base wouldnt see it as lost in the wind, but as a company serving its player base!
They cant say much more, because they are STILL exploring things. I mean 3 months later and they are still exploring. NOT developing, but exploring! So people....dont expect anything soon! Thats actually what hes saying, because believe me....if they had something to say...they would! No matter what!
Have a nice day!
Originally posted by jungleninja
personally the game should not have been released til everything was sorted..this game reminds me of vanguard release..really poor.i,m not saying that the team didnt work hard,but the game was'nt ready.secondly,if it ever gets ready it really should be at a f2p status..it cannot compete with the other games of today and the ones that are on the way.i does'nt really need to compete has such,it does have a loyal fan base.but when you mess peeps around .this is the end result.
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"Pablo Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth."
Woah woah woah....
Some people bought life time subscriptions to this game? REALLY? Dang....
Thats really wild. I mean, I wish it'd worked out for anyone who did it.. I just can't believe someone would.
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Well you kind to have to understand how everything built up. The dev team and HI members were very active and there was a lot of communication between them and the playerbase. Then they hired Danica and the lines were still pretty good.
The game was always touted as a work in progress and it was known but the understanding was that HI was going to be very dedicated to taking what Perpetuum had left them and keep trying to recode, debug and expand as much as they could. Players were involved almost every step of the way with polls, chats, forum use and other means of communication.
The reason people bought the lifetime subs was a long term investment for heatwave to fix up the game and give them some support from bringing the game back from the dead. You had the Rome setting, the minions, the god system, a lot of features that could really be nice with some expnasion.
Well we all know what happened after that. The game didn't meet their "numbers" as far as box sales went and they scattered like quail, talking about F2P not even 2 months after realease. Then it degraded into the absolute mess you see now where you have to pull teeth to get any kind of response.
The people who bought Lifetime subs may look like suckers now but I hope this gives a little insight of the possible reasons that motivated them. They belived they had a motivated team willing to put the time,effort, and resources in to make the game as good as they could and were willing to put up with the flaws and lack of content until then.
It's a sad story and probably made many new jaded gamers unwilling to trust and game comapny large or small going forward.
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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Sorry to hear. I did not play (nor have any ineterest in) this game but at least it looked like it was trying to do something different. Sad to see this is how it turned out. Looked like (at least at first) the dev team was really trying to resurrect this title...
I guess it turned into another Dark&Light.
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true...
from what i see when i check account status,they are still charging a sub for a game that realistically is in open beta stage.the lifers definately got a raw deal..i just hope they can come up with something to compensate those guys.also what makes this really bad is that the game is pretty damn good imo.i thoroughly enjoyed my time playing this game.i,m gonna keep an eye out on this to see where it goes.
dont know..maybe if they reduced the sub on it.might attract a few back like myself.thing is i like the small games like this that try something new.well we'll see.
Originally posted by kevjards
We have suggested this before, to make the payment lower. All they are doing is looking into it and in the meantime milking people out. 9,99 euros is way too much for a non finished game. They should be ashamed of themselves for even asking it.
Yes, I would sub if they whent to like 2 or 3 euros a month and then when the game is finished they can charge 5 euros for it. But not 10 euros when there are so many better games out there and with a free to play game like Guild Wars 2 coming.
The game has potential, but I think you need to have able devs to fix it and I think that theres the prob. No news in months, the game has been out for awhile now about 8 months or more and still no new stuff, really hardly any patches and in the last 4 or 5 months no patching. So.....count 1 plus 1 and you know where they go.


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Revitalizing blighted propertiesJune 27,2013Last week, a small crowd gathered in an industrial railyard at the southern end of Battery Street in Burlington. Gov. Peter Shumlin, Carol Tucker, New England brownfields director for the EPA, and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, along with representatives from Vermonts congressional delegation, joined Secretary Miller and me as we launched a new program that will advance the redevelopment of old industrial sites in Vermont. Under this new initiative, known as the Brownfield Economic Revitalization Alliance (BERA), we will help communities and developers across Vermont redevelop blighted properties in their towns.
Vermont towns are home to hundreds of former industrial sites that remain vacant because of past activities that resulted in pollution. The existing brownfields program helps to get these properties assessed, cleaned up and back into productive use. It can be a long and complicated process to navigate, and questions about liability can deter developers, banks and insurers from getting involved. BERA was created to address these concerns and to make it easier to move complex brownfield projects, like the railyard project in Burlington, toward redevelopment.
Under BERA, selected sites will receive priority funding from the state and coordinated and expedited permitting. BERA will bring together all of the state, local, regional and federal agencies involved in a particular project at the very start to help the developer identify potential issues and then navigate their resolution. With better communication between federal, state, regional and local officials, there will be less cost to the project developer and less time spent waiting for the necessary approvals. The overarching goal of this initiative is to get redevelopment projects completed faster, cheaper and easier so that communities that host these properties can take advantage of all of the benefits of a revitalized downtown center.
This is good news for Vermont towns and for Vermonts environment. Redeveloped brownfields almost always create jobs, first during the construction phase and then again as businesses, restaurants, health services and housing take the place of once abandoned and blighted space in the heart of the community. Reusing existing space and structures preserves open space and working landscapes, and redeveloping in central locations reduces emissions of greenhouse gases by limiting the miles that people need to travel to work, shop or recreate.
Not every potential brownfield redevelopment project is right for BERA. The program is designed for high profile sites within a community that have potentially complex pollution and legal issues, where there is local support for the redevelopment and a developer who has been identified or who is ready to proceed with the project. BERA projects must also yield positive benefits beyond cleanup that may include job creation and new housing, and potentially stimulate additional economic development.
BERA projects are selected by a team of public and private sector representatives who determine which projects will most benefit from the program. The first three projects have been selected: the former Fonda property in St. Albans; the Railyard Enterprise Project in Burlington and the 453 Pine St. parcel in Burlington.
These projects will have support from the following state programs: Agency of Natural Resources, Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Vermont Department of Health, attorney generals office, Agency of Transportation and Public Service Department. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has also committed to having dedicated staff to assist on each BERA project.
Redeveloped properties in downtowns are an excellent way to recover vibrant, beautiful and clean communities. By working together, state, local and federal partners can turn these underused industrial wastelands into community assets where people can work, live and play.
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A steady rain and temperatures in the 40s weren't enough to stop the party at the 47th renewal of the Aiken Spring Steeplechase on Saturday.
Steeplechase — the second jewel of Aiken's Triple Crown — is widely known for its elaborate tailgates which are similar to those seen at college football games, and this year was no exception.
Kathy Garrity of Akron, Ohio, and Kerry Kelty, of Pittsburgh, Pa., came to the Steeplechase with Karen Vijuk of Aiken.
"We've got our gloves, we've got our scarves and we've got our beverages," Garrity said holding up her Bloody Mary. In addition to Bloody Marys, their tailgate also had mimosas, wine, fried chicken and potato salad on the menu. And for dessert — a pink cake in the shape of a large, wide-brim hat, which women commonly wear at the Steeplechase.
"We're already working our way through it," Garrity said of the food about noon on Saturday. "What is there to do but drink and eat at this point?"
At the Aiken County Young Life tailgate, Daniel Peterson and Russell Maddrey were setting up a television to watch college basketball while waiting on the horse races to start.
"We've been coming out here many years, but this is our third year doing it more elaborate like this," Peterson said. "Young Life is an outreach to high school kids at Aiken and South Aiken. We set up a tailgate so that kids have a chance to come and hang out. We've got a bunch of food and invited a bunch of kids."
Many tailgates played music throughout the day, and some tailgaters even danced under the rain-soaked tents.
From Journey and The Who to Adele and Jay-Z, the sounds of Steeplechase tailgating were just as eclectic as the smells and tastes.
With Tim McGraw blaring in the background at their tailgate, Amber Wren, Alison Leonardi and Patrick Warrick prepared a "Lowcountry Boil," a concoction of corn on the cob, potatoes, sausage, onions and shrimp.
In addition to the boil, they also prepared salmon dip, taco dip, tortilla roll-ups, vegetable dip, barbecue and pigs-in-a-blanket.
Shortly after the first race at 1 p.m., the rain lightened up and eventually stopped. Applause could be heard around Ford Conger Field and some people even honked the horns in their vehicles when the sun made its first appearance of the day.
"Now, that the sun's out, I'm enjoying it," Amber Wren said. "But you know what, we have a good time no matter what, even if it's freezing cold and raining. You just change your wardrobe and you're with good people that you love. That's all that matters."
James Kennedy, of Augusta, has been coming to Steeplechase for three years. He described the event as "a well-dressed NASCAR race."
"Some friends invited me and said it'd be a good time. I didn't know what to expect," he said while holding his hands above a small fire under their tent. "They said to dress preppy, wear a nice shirt and all this. It's been a good time. It has."
Kevin Gibbons, of Aiken, has been coming to Steeplechase for at least seven years. He and Kennedy both said the best part of the event is the camaraderie among Steeplechase-goers.
"You get to walking around and everybody's friendly, versus in their normal lives where they're like, 'No, I'm not gonna do nothing with you,'" he said while popping the top on a can of beer. "But here, you can drink beer with anybody and everybody's gonna have a good time. That's what Steeplechase is about. You might see a horse."
The Aiken Triple Crown continues Saturday with Pacers & Polo.
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I've come in contact with so much ecstatic, almost hagiographical praise of early Lutheran theologian Martin Chemnitz (1522-1586) from Lutherans online (and urgings that I should interact with his work) that I have decided to fork out a few bucks to purchase his Examination of the Council of Trent, Vol. I. ($29; and that is about as low as these books get). I rarely spend that much for any book (apologetics not being a lucrative profession, and with four children to feed), but if he is "the man" in Lutheran circles, and this is what it takes to get into a substantive discussion of comparative theology with Lutherans, then I'm willing to do it, because I quite enjoy dialoguing with the more informed and congenial members of that denomination.
I'm also not nuts about taking hours of my increasingly limited time (having recently added on a second full-time job to my full-time apologetics work) typing up excerpts from a 16th-century tome in order to provide Catholic replies to it (seeing that many of Luther's works and almost all of Calvin's, including his Institutes are freely available online, along with most of the important Church Fathers' writings), but I'll make do citing as little as I can to make my point without being accused of warring with straw-men. Hopefully, some of these same Lutherans who keep telling me I gotta deal with Chemnitz, will be willing to counter-reply to my critiques. I'm following their advice; perhaps they will accept my friendly challenge in return.
Here is a sampling of the praise of Chemnitz from one admiring (almost fawning) Lutheran who is prominent in the Lutheran blogosphere: Josh Strodtbeck:
The way he just went for the whole theological pie was just...beautiful. It makes me weep.It's interesting to note how Josh treats a Catholic scholar and defender of the Catholic Church of great renown (somewhat analogous to Chemnitz's position within Lutheranism: the "great defender" status): Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (my own great intellectual hero, just as Chemnitz seems to be Josh's):
The beauty of Chemnitz's theological disputation style is that he leaves no stone unturned; he seems to have known everything relevant to theology that it was possible for a man of the 16th century to know. Reading Chemnitz will make anyone feel just plain lazy. I know he makes me feel like a complete idiot.
Well, I finally finished Volume I. This work is absolutely incredible. Not only did I learn a lot about Chemnitz's theology (and the Bible, and Lutheranism), but I also learned a whole lot about Trent. One of the great things about Chemnitz is that he doesn't build up straw men. He's extremely careful to present his opponents' positions accurately, and goes a step further by avoiding logomachy in favor of discussing the actual substance of the doctrine at hand.
. . . Because he takes seriously the doctrine that the Church is all believers in Christ, he himself as in the same Church as all believers before him, and the jurists at Trent as simply pretenders to the faith. Chemnitz did not write as a Lutheran as we understand the term today, a member of one Christian denomination among many, seeking to defend its particular theological viewpoints against viewpoints that are equally Christian, but happen to be incorrect to varying degrees. He mentions Luther exactly twice in 663 pages. Compare that to Pieper! He wrote as man of the Church, that one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, the only Church that ever was and ever will be. There is no Christian doctrine other than the apostolic doctrine, and Chemnitz, like the other early Lutherans, sought to defend no other.
I am gradually coming under the opinion that 90% of anything theological you will ever think has already been thought by Martin Chemnitz.
Decree From On HighShades of the constant Newman-bashing of Kevin Johnson, and the good ol' boys at the Reformed Catholic blog . . . You'll never see me treating Martin Chemnitz in this ridiculous fashion, calling him a "clown" or contending that he lacks "integrity" and so forth. I will accept him as an important and influential (Lutheran) theologian and thinker, within a framework of honest (even if very passionate and vigorous) disagreement. Josh apparently can't bring himself to accord any such respect towards those with whom he disagrees (no matter how eminent). How sad. This is the fruit of mere prejudice and sophomoric pomposity ("a little knowledge is a bad thing"), as far as I am concerned.
Newman is a clown. Don't seriously recommend his books on this site. If you wish to point someone to something or other to prove that scapulars and purgatory and whatnot are in fact the purest incarnation of the Church that Christ established, recommend something that I wouldn't classify with the Uncanny X-Men comic series. Seriously. Newman? Give me a real Catholic theologian, not someone who's constantly trying to preach down his inner Protestant and lacks the integrity to call a spade a spade.
Edit: I should add that there are three kinds of people who find Newman convincing. There are people who already agree with his conclusions, there are people who want to be Roman Catholics and are looking for any kind of intellectual validation to grasp at, and there are Protestants with a hopelessly naïve view of Christian history who get absolutely steamrolled intellectually when someone presents them with a grand metanarrative. What you always read is an anecdote by some Baptist or another who was absolutely awed by how Newman's metanarrative is just so much aesthetically nicer than what's proffered by other Baptists. You don't read about guys who know Chemnitz backward and forward being beaten down by Newman, the supremely unanswerable intellectual giant of the Christian faith. The 19th century was all about grand, fanciful tales of evolution and synthesis continually reaching onward and upward. The 19th century is over.
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I've read enough Newman. I can see why people took him seriously in 1895, sorta, but in 2006, the huge holes in his reasoning and revisionist approach to history are just artifacts of historical curiosity, not serious theology. I mean what do you have? Stacks of straw-men, repeatedly frontloading his assumptions with that which he wishes to prove, and accusations that anyone who offers a substantial argument against him suffers from pride and impiety. There's a reason nobody outside of the Catholic world cares about Newman. He's really just not that good. It's not that we don't know about him, it's that we're not impressed.
. . . It's Newman's constant appeals to circular logic that make him a real joker. . . . Liberal Jesuits wouldn't have been possible without Newman.
In nearly every argument, you will find that Newman simply assumes what he intends to prove and manipulates sources to fit his assumptions. And when his argument gets beaten, he appeals to the piety of submitting reason to the judgement of the Church and accuses his opponents of rationalism. So reason and historical argument are great until someone uses them against him, and then they're impious tools of the devil used to subvert the authority of the Church. It's a win-win situation.
On the other hand, such irrational vehemence in response does highly indicate (in my opinion) that someone is being made extremely uncomfortable by Newman's arguments (they're squirming): so much so that mockery and caricature are resorted to rather than objective, calm refutations. Again, you won't see that from me as I interact with Chemnitz's arguments, because my starting assumption is that a renowned thinker and theologian of the stature of Martin Chemnitz is neither a "clown" nor dishonest and lacking in integrity.
I start with the presumption of sincerity and desire for intellectual consistency and cogency on the part of the person I critique. In a word, I seek to approach theological opponents with charity, not a sneering cynicism, of the sort that we observe above, short of overwhelming and absolutely compelling evidence that a person is a dishonest liar and incompetent "clown." May God help me to always live by that goal.


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Located across U.S. Highway 98 from the Silver Sands Factory Stores, Mainsail attracts condo buyers despite its having been completed for two decades. Now in re-sale status, the interest and value has held in Mainsail despite the dips in the real estate market as a whole.
That isn't to say Mainsail has been immune to market fluctuations, said Greg Smith, general manager for the Mainsail Owners Association Inc.
"What our account has told us is that the older, established properties have fewer people in trouble as far as dues go," Smith added. "People have owned here a long time, and before the prices spiked."
The difference isn't a secure price point, but it does show that Mainsail owners recognize a well-run facility with an established record for quality.
"Mainsail has 700 feet of beach, which is very unusual," Smith said about one reason people find Mainsail appealing. "You rarely see a property on the Gulf Coast that has 700 feet."
In 1982, the first Mainsail building went up, and buildings two, three and four went up in the mid-'80s.
The land was first developed by Dewitt "Sparky" Lovelace. In addition to the condo high-rises, Mainsail includes 10 townhouse units and 21 single-family cottages. The cottages were developed after Lovelace completed his portion of Mainsail.
Mainsail's condos and townhouses share a homeowners association, while the cottages have a separate association along with fees paid for use of all the resort amenities.
The association, Smith said, takes seriously its duties, particularly the board members.
"The group of people involved, they never miss meetings, which means they care," Smith added.
Maintenance of Mainsail's exterior is part of the job for the homeowners association. Grounds, pools, tennis courts, outdoor cooking areas all fall under the association's jurisdiction.
"We have an engineering firm that inspects our property, inspects our roofs, inspects our siding, and lets us know what has to be done," Smith said, adding that the association board members "want this property to be the best that it could be."
Association fees vary depending upon the size of the unit, but range from $888 to $2,900 per quarter. Water and sewer is covered through the association fees as well as exterior insurance.
Mainsail's condos and townhouses offer 11 floor plans, with the smallest being a studio condo at 662 square feet and the largest at 2,028 square feet. Prices, although driven by the market, might begin around $300,000 but could reach $800,000.
"A lot has to do with the view and where they're located," Smith said
Location of Mainsail has always been a draw, but the proven draw of the condo development has been its family-oriented atmosphere. Most owners are second-home owners who are now passing the units to family members as part of their inheritance. Because the owners tend to hold on to their Mainsail property, Smith said, the development as a whole has had relatively few flippers and an overall low foreclosure rate.
Although the units do stay within the families as second homes, some residents choose to stay year round.
Susie Kirkland has made Mainsail her home since the first building was completed. As a Realtor, she has also had the opportunity to work with people who are buying and selling within Mainsail.
"I've sold most of these condos once. Some of them three or four times," said Kirkland, who is with Re/Max Southern Realty. She currently holds listings for condos and cottages within Mainsail. Rentals are also available in Mainsail, with Resort Quest as the largest recognized rental partner for the association.
For buyers, though, Kirkland says this is a great time to invest.
"The people that are buying are finding good bargains," she said. "The values have gone down, but if the people want to sell, we can get them sold."
Her own experiences within Mainsail serve as a primary bargaining tool. She said that the on-site maintenance crew works quickly and efficiently, and she appreciates the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week courtesy patrol, which is trained to work closely with Walton County's Sheriff's Office.
It's not just the amenities that keep Kirkland at Mainsail, who added that she could live anywhere along the beach. It is the 700 feet of gulf-front property that Mainsail overlooks, and it is a section of re-nourished beach, so the property is deep as well as wide.
The restored beach also leaves room for the Gulf Coast's first residents. Smith told Kirkland that someone had seen a tagged loggerhead turtle in the waters along Mainsail, and the two expressed a hope that they will soon have a turtle nest on the Mainsail property.
Mainsail's association has prepared for the possibility of such a nest.
"We're totally turtle light friendly," Smith said, adding that all of Mainsail's exterior has been outfitted with lights that won't disorient turtle hatchlings.
For information about Mainsail contact General Manager Greg Smith at 837-7894 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For purchasing information contact Realtor Susie Kirkland at Re/Max Southern Realty, 837-3115 or email@example.com.


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The expert clinicians of the Celiac Center are launching www.CeliacNow.org, a multi-leveled nutrition website for the management of celiac disease. It's full of concise, correct information that you need to maximize your health and well-being.
The new site will replace much of the information you have seen here for the past few years and it will continue to grow. You can still come here to read about the Celiac Center Team and general announcements.
Our new web site is now live at:
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The BIDMC Celiac Center is the only multidisciplinary center in New England specializing in the care of patients with celiac disease and other gluten sensitive disorders. Internationally recognized experts -gastroenterologists, nutritionists and experts in allergy, bone health and endocrinology - have extensive experience in managing all aspects of celiac disease including treatment of refractory sprue.
Specialists integrate diagnosis and treatment with nutritional counseling, and attention to bone health and other food allergies and intolerances, in a coordinated approach. The center excels at evaluating patients where the diagnosis of celiac disease is difficult to confirm. Staff include experienced gastrointestinal pathologists to aid in differential diagnosis.
Patients who show a poor response to treatment with a gluten-free diet represent a large proportion of patients referred to the center for expert evaluation and treatment. Physicians use enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy to evaluate patients with suspected complications of celiac disease.
Patients benefit from direct access to state-of-the-art knowledge on the latest advances in celiac disease research through the Celiac Center's leading researchers, with a focus on novel non-dietary treatments.
Join us for our 2012 informal "Round Table" Discussions on living with celiac disease and the gluten free diet hosted by the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. This event is open to our patients and the public.
Recently Domino's Pizza introduced a "gluten free" pizza to its consumers. While we appreciate the efforts of the restaurant industry to work to meet the needs of the gluten-free community, we do not recommend this pizza for our patients with gluten related disorders.
The risk of cross contamination (when gluten free food comes in contact with utensils, surfaces or foods that contain gluten) is too high in such products and can cause serious consequences for those who must follow the gluten free diet for medical reasons.
We respectfully request all food manufacturers to market products that meet the proposed FDA definition of gluten free (tested to below 20ppm gluten) and to uphold the strong efforts being made nationwide to protect this population.
To read a statement by the North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease, please visit this link:
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The Celiac Center is pleased to announce an important improvement in our in-house celiac disease tests. As of August 1, 2009, we will no longer offer the traditional IgA anti-gliadin antibody (AGA) test, a test commonly ordered in the recent past, but which has very limited accuracy.
Several years ago, BIDMC began offering, as its primary celiac serology test, IgA Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase (IgA-tTG), whose sensitivity and specificity (measures of accuracy) are excellent (~95%). Even so, there are occasional individuals whose IgA anti-tTG results may be misleading. In this case, we recommend using a newer test, anti-DGP (IgG and IgA antibodies to deamidated gliadin peptide), which will now be offered in house in place of AGA.
The current recommendations for use of these tests by physicians are:
Physicians will consider using anti-DGP in the following situations:
The anti-DGP, like all other celiac blood tests, normalizes on a gluten free diet. If your ttg is normal and you have been following a gluten free diet, the anti-DGP is likely to be normal, as well. You must be on a gluten containing diet in order for this test to be useful for diagnosis.
If you have any questions about this new lab test, please discuss it with your physician.
As of January 1, 2008, the East and West Campus cafeterias at BIDMC will carry several selections of gluten-free frozen meals, cookies and rice cakes for our visitors following the gluten-free diet. Please ask the server for them at the heated entrees section of the cafe. You will be given a sealed container which you can microwave yourself in the cafe.
For our inpatient guests, the Food Service Department is pleased to offer a varied selection of gluten free breads, muffins, soups, entrees and cookies to make the hospital stay more comfortable and enjoyable. Patients can order room service for all of their meals and can request to speak with a diet technician with any questions about the gluten free products on the menu.
As of December 1, 2007, individuals will be able to request gluten free rice cakes (and/or juice) following certain GI procedures in Farr 8 (west campus) and Stoneman 1 buildings (east campus). Be sure to identify yourself as following the gluten free diet to the nurse or staff member to ensure that you are offered a gluten free snack.
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I'm trying to figure things out so I'm not sure but it seems that you have to manually subscribe to each thread. Another board I belong to automatically subscribes you to any thread you post in which is very handy. You don't have to remember everywhere you have posted. You just check your user cp for any new posts.
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Well the place looks to plain why not add some color and some pics of SK or some characters.
just my thoughts
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That option is available here as well but the default setting is no notifications. To set it up to receive them, go to:
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Might not be such a great idea, but how's about a video game discussion board? There's plenty of horror-related stuff out there that SK fans might be into.
Been done and taken down before, or just a non-starter?
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Moderator's Reply: There are already threads started for that.
I thought a chat room would be a cool feature. I asked Jordan and he said that's what the social groups were for and that's all well and good but to be able to chat with members instantly at any given hour is a great way to get to know each other. It's also cool when you can't sleep or are really bored and you see others are in the same boat. Please think about it for a possible future addition? Thanks. Peace, CJ
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Would it be possible for the message board to notify you by email when your post has been added?
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Moderator's Reply: Most probably not, but I'll look into the idea.
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I think it's because there are so many chatting choices now that people don't need it on message boards.
If it wasn't already there, I don't think it would be worth it.
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Um, sorry if I'm in the wrong spot for this Jordan, or if it's already been addressed (my memory is terrible).
Over in the social group for the Long Road Home, it would be helpful to us if there was a sticky area or a place above the chat box where we could post the names of the recipients in different colors to indicate where the book has been and where it's going next so we don't have to keep trawling for the list or begging spideyman to re-type it.
Is it possible to adapt something like that without major headaches?
Thanks for any help, (and I also think the office is amazing. Thanks for making this place so exciting all the time. You too, Ms. Mod!)
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Moderator's Reply: This is the first I'm hearing of the request, but I won't be able to put that together for you in any kind of realistic time frame. Sorry about that.
The owner of the group, that is whomever set it up (JohnDaglish) could put the name(s) into the description of the group using the "Edit Group" link displayed to him at the bottom of the group itself. That would keep the list at the top of the group page.
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Thanks so much for the prompt attention - and I hope your holidays are happy and peas-ful, if you celebrate!
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I created this Photoshop Timer Panel based on an idea given by Chris Casey.
It is not as detailed and functional as he and I would have liked, but I still hope it is useful to track the time you spend on specific files.
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The primary goal of the electrophysiology (EP) lab is to provide specialized diagnostic and interventional treatment for all types of cardiac rhythm disorders. Approximately 1,500 EP cases per year are performed in the lab at CAMC.
EP procedures offered at CAMC include:
CAMC's EP program began in 1989. There were two dedicated registered nurses and one dedicated cardiovascular technologist (CVT) at that time. The lab itself functioned on a floor separate from other cardiac services until it was integrated into the Heart and Vascular Center in 2009. What is most unique about the EP lab at CAMC is that the pioneer staff - a physician and two nurses - has remained here since its inception.
Nurses cross train on monitoring and mapping systems and all staff can scrub in and assist on implants. The EP staff is required to be certified in both advanced cardiac and basic life support. There are two full-time EP labs, and one shared with cardiac catheterization. CAMC has four full-time electrophysiologists, two cardiologists who perform implant procedures, four dedicated EP nurses, three float nurses, five dedicated radiology technologists (RT) and one float RT.
Nationally, EP procedures continue to rise, and there is no exception locally.
CAMC continues to grow and has remained in the top 20 hospitals nationally in heart procedure volumes for many years. Since EP is labor intensive and demands expertise in training of ancillary personnel, CAMC continues the training of more technicians and nurses.
If you think you may have a cardiac condition or are at risk for cardiac disease, download this risk assessment and consult your primary care physician.


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We kicked off the season premiere of That Metal Show this weekend with Russell Allen and Mike Orlando of Adrenaline Mob, along with David Draiman of Disturbed fame, and rocked out with TMS veteran Mike Portnoy on drums.
In the Season 11 premiere episode, we debated the Top 5 Bass Riffs (not players) with signature lines in songs. You know, when you heard the first few seconds of a song and immediately start banging your head because you know exactly how to play it on air
guitar bass and you immediately get excited cause it's your favorite song or cause it just rocks that hard? Yeah, that.


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Google Browser Sync, the Firefox extension that synchronized your bookmarks, cookies, passwords and sessions across multiple computers, is about to be resurrected in Google Chrome.
Google works on a feature that will initially synchronize bookmarks, but it will be extended to additional data types.
"To make this sync infrastructure scale to millions of users, we decided to leverage existing XMPP-based Google Talk servers to give us "push" semantics, rather than only depending on periodically polling for updates. This means when a change occurs on one Google Chrome client, a part of the infrastructure effectively sends a tiny XMPP message, like a chat message, to other actively connected clients telling them to sync," mentions a Google document.
The feature will not be limited to Google's sync service. "When we fully land the sync code (hopefully in the coming few weeks), developers will certainly be able to pass in an alternate sync server address via a command line flag and use that to develop their own sync server," says Idan Avraham.
Ars Technica thinks that the sync service is related to Google's plans to release a browser-centric operating system, but I still find it intriguing that Google decided to discontinue Browser Sync, instead of improving it and making it available to other browsers. After all, not everyone will use Firefox, Google Chrome or Google Chrome OS and the seamless synchronization of browser data between all your computers and mobile phones will make you feel at home, no matter what computer you're using.
Synchronizing user data will certainly become a standard feature in all browsers, but it would be useful to build a service that synchronizes data between multiple browsers. Opera is the first major browser that added a sync service for both the desktop software and Opera Mini, while Mozilla Weave is a prototype of a future Firefox feature.
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July 28 & 29, 2015: Lunch at the Michigan Bar Exam
Hosted by: Office of Alumni Relations
The event will start on: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
And will end on: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Posted by: Denise Patricia Hickey
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The UDM Law Alumni Relations Office and members of the Rock the Bar faculty and administration mentorship team will provide complimentary boxed lunches for alumni taking the Michigan Bar Exam on July 28 and July 29. Look for us outside the Breslin Center near Gate C during your lunch break each day. You can sit and relax or grab and go - whichever you prefer.
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Add a shot of tribal to your look with this bebe print dress, featuring boxy layered action, hot racerback cut and eye-catching print. Team it with a pair of strappy sandals and layered bangles to maximize your look.
- 100% polyester.
- Center back to hem: 35" (89 cm).
- Hand wash.
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S.
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Primary school age books which look at different family relationships, with a focus on same-sex families.
ABC A Family Alphabet book
This book celebrates alternative families with children, moms, dads as it teaches young children the alphabet.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by Two Lives Publishing
Dad David, Baba Chris and ME
This brightly illustrated book for children aged 5-10 years old tells Ben's story about his ordinary life. Ben was adopted by his gay parents – Dad David and Baba Chris, and they live happily together in an ordinary house, on an ordinary street and do ordinary things. When Ben starts junior school his ordinary life is turned upside down because some children begin to tease him because he lives with two dads. Now Ben is worried that he is not so ordinary anymore. Baba Chris and Ben's school teacher Miss Patel help Ben to understand that children live in all kinds of families and that what matters most is that children are loved and cared for.
Age Range: Key Stage 1/2
Published by British Association for Adoption and Fostering ISBN: 978 1 905664 89 4
Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story
This is a delightful story of little girl with two mums as she learns how to be nice to her cat. Follow along as Emma gets in trouble trying to play with Meesha Kitty and cheer as she learns to treat him with care.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by TWOMOMBOOKS.com
Felicia's Favorite Story
It's bedtime and Felicia wants to hear her very favourite story - the story of how she was adopted. So Mama Linda and Mama Nessa tell Felicia how they flew off in a big silver airplane to meet her; how they loved her as soon as they saw her; and how they named her Felicia, a Spanish word that means "happy" because Felicia was such a happy baby and because having her in their family makes Mama Linda and Mama Nessa very, very happy.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by Two Lives Publishing
If I had a Hundred Mummies
A little girl imagines what it would be like to have 100 mummies, eventually deciding that she is happy with just the two she's got.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by Onlywomen Press Ltd
Josh and Jaz have three mums
Josh and Jess are five-year-old twins who have been adopted by a lesbian couple. They are anxious when their school teacher asks them to produce a family tree. With their mums they produce a family tree that wins the admiration of their classmates.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by British Association for Adoption and Fostering
King and King and Family
Newlyweds King Lee and King Bertie are on a journey into the noisy jungle. As they float down a river, wild animal families turn out to greet them but the royal travellers suspect something more significant awaits them in the trees. The illustrious pair soon discover that there is no adventure more wonderful than starting a family.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by Tricycle Press
My house
A story about a five-year-old girl, her pets and her home. She has two dogs, a cat, and two mums. A great book for all children, but especially important as an educational tool for same-sex families.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by Learn To Include
Daddy, Papa, and ME
This illustrated rhyming book shows a toddler spending the day with its two daddies. It demonstrates a child playing, living and laughing with its family.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by Tricycle Press
Mommy, Mama and ME
This illustrated rhyming book shows a toddler spending the day with its two mommies. It demonstrates how love can come in many ways through laughter, care and play.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by Tricycle Press
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads
Two children - one with blue dads and one from a more traditional family - compare notes in this light hearted, easy-to-read book about parents who are different. In the end, of course, they discover that blue dads aren't really that different from other dads. Except for one thing.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by Alyson Publications
Picnic in the Park
"Picnic in the Park" is a fully illustrated book for children which tells the story of Jason's birthday picnic and his guests. In so doing, it introduces children to a range of family structures, including two- and one-parent families; adoptive and foster families; gay and lesbian families; and step-families. It also shows a diverse range of adults and children. Using the device of a birthday picnic in the park, each page shows a new set of guests coming to the party Children can draw their own and friends' families on the pages at the back.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by British Association for Adoption & Fostering
Spacegirl Pukes
Young spacegirl is especially lucky to have two mothers and a very curious cat nearby when rocket troubles and nausea begin.
Age Range: Key Stage 1
Published by Onlywomen Press Ltd
The case of the stolen scarab
Nancy Garden
When the Tylor-Michaelson family - Nikki, Travis and their two moms - buy an old inn in Vermont, they don't expect their first visitor to be the local sheriff with news of a robbery - and their second to be a bedraggled hiker with amnesia! Soon Nikki and Travis find themselves trying to solve a mystery that steadily grows more complicated and perhaps dangerous as well. Age Range: Key Stage 2
Published by Two Lives
Everywhere Babies
This beautifully illustrated book is a celebration of babies everywhere, and of all the different families they come from.
Age Range: Early Years
Published by Harcourt Children's Books