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Fanfare-Colleges: A look at college and other news in brief
Duke women take charge at ACC
GREENSBORO — The No. 3 Duke women's golf team took a commanding 11-shot lead after 36 holes of the 54-hole ACC Championship at at the 6,210-yard, par 71 Sedgefield Country Club after a round of 8-over-par 292 Saturday.
Duke stands 17 over for the first two rounds at 585, 11 shots better than second-place N.C. State (596).
Rounding out the field are Virginia (600), Florida State (609), Wake Forest (614), North Carolina (617), Miami (618), Boston College (625) and Maryland (632).
UNC women's lacrosse sticks it to Vandy
NASHVILLE, TENN. — No. 2 North Carolina jumped out to a 12-0 first-half lead and cruised to a 20-5 win at Vanderbilt Saturday in the Tar Heels' regular season finale.
Carolina (13-2) will return to action on Friday at 3 p.m. in the second of two Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals that day at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. The tournament will include two first-round games on Thursday afternoon, two semifinals on Friday afternoon and the title game at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 28.
Duke women earn No. 4 tourney seed
DURHAM — Ninth-ranked Duke used a complete game effort to top Ohio State 15-9 in its regular-season women's lacrosse finale Saturday at Koskinen Stadium. The win lifted Duke to 11-4 (2-3 ACC).
Duke earns the No. 4 seed in this week's ACC Tournament in Chapel Hill and will face fifth-seeded Virginia in a 1 p.m. Thursday quarterfinal.
No. 5 UNC lacrosse routs High Point
CHAPEL HILL — Fifth-ranked North Carolina built a 16-1 lead and never looked back as the Tar Heels defeated High Point 20-8 Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field before a crowd of 1,942 fans.
UNC (10-3) returns to action on Friday when it hosts the 2013 ACC Tournament at Kenan Stadium. Maryland plays Virginia at 5 p.m. in the opening semifinal while Carolina takes on Duke at 7:30 p.m. in the second semifinal game.
Northern grad Peacock leads ASU receivers
BOONE — Senior receiver Andrew Peacock, a Northern High School alumnus, led the Gold team with five catches for 51 yards in a 13-3 loss to the Black team in Appalachian State's annual spring football game at Kidd Brewer Stadium Saturday.
Duke men lead at N.C. State invitational
RALEIGH — Senior Brinson Paolini fired a season-best 5-under-par 67 Saturday to help 10th-ranked Duke take the lead at the Wolfpack Spring Open with a 2-under 286.
The Blue Devils enter today's final round at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course with a three-shot advantage over host N.C. State.
Savannah State tops NCCU in twinbill
DURHAM — Savannah State swept an MEAC doubleheader from N.C. Central at historic Durham Athletic Park Saturday, taking the opener 7-1 and scoring twice in the 11th inning to win the nightcap 4-2.
Savannah State improved to 23-17, 10-5 MEAC, while NCCU fell to 23-20, 10-10 MEAC.
ECU eyes depth in spring football game
GREENVILLE — After surrendering touchdowns on two of the first three offensive possessions, the Pirate defense bounced back to produce a solid performance in East Carolina's annual spring football game Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Coach Ruffin McNeil was looking to add depth to a program that returns 16 of 22 starters and adjust his defense to new coordinator Rick Smith.
ECU's passing attack generated a 32-of-56, 316-yard and two-touchdown effort from quarterbacks Shane Carden, Cody Keith, Kurt Benkert and Ethan Long.
Morgan State eliminates NCCU women
RALEIGH — North Division top seed Morgan State defeated N.C. Central 4-2 at Millbrook Exchange Park Tennis Center Saturday to advance to the MEAC Tennis Championship finals today.
Duke lacrosse downs Rutgers in Jersey
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The No. 7 Duke men's lacrosse team (10-4) stopped Rutgers (2-12) 16-7 Saturday night on the road in its final regular-season match before heading to the ACC Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill.
The Blue Devils will face UNC Friday in the second of two semifinal matches.
Cydney Ross wins ACC 800-meter title
RALEIGH — Duke senior Cydney Ross, the ACC Indoor champion at 800 meters, won the ACC outdoor title in 2:06.10 at N.C. State on Saturday.
Freshman Anima Banks finished third in the event clocking a time of 2:07.44.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior Taylor Hall (New Tazewell, Tenn.) led six players in double figures Friday night at the McKenzie Arena in front of 3,633, the 10th largest attendance in Chattanooga women's basketball history. The crowd cheered UTC on to an 82-70 win over Alabama in the season opener for both teams and gave the Lady Mocs' their 27th consecutive win at the Roundhouse.
Hall matched her career-high of 24 points set in last year's season-opener against Tennessee. She was 9-of-19 from the field and drained all six of her free throw attempts. Senior Faith Dupree (Knoxville, Tenn.) was 5-of-8 off the bench and recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-best 13 rebounds. Sophomore Alicia Payne (Memphis, Tenn.) smashed her career-high scoring 11 points and was 5-of-6 from the charity striped while draining of Chattanooga's six 3-pointers early in the game.
Chattanooga never trailed in the game and would lead by as much as 26 points late in the first half. Alabama pulled to within one point, 12-11, at the 12:17 mark of the first half. Dupree hit a jumper with 11:42 to play in the first half, sparking a 14-4 run over the next 5:12 that was capped off by the first of two 3-pointers from Payne to make it 26-15 with 7:05 to go in the half.
The Lady Mocs continued to stymie the Alabama offense, allowing just six points over the remainder of the half and led 45-21 at intermission.
Chattanooga maintained its lead throughout most of the second half but the Tide rallied over the final 6:19 outscoring UTC 22-11 behind 10 points from Shafontaye Myers, more than half of her 19 points and Ashley Williams scored eight of her 10 points over the run as well.
Alabama outscored UTC 48-30 in the paint but the Lady Mocs held a 17-12 advantage off turnovers, forcing the Tide into 11 and had 14 second chance points on 11 offensive rebounds. Chattanooga's bench put up 24 points compared to Alabama's 12.
Junior Ka'Vonne Towns (Lilburn, Ga.) had 10 points and seven rebounds along with three assists and two steals while senior Meghan Downes (Newnan, Ga.) and sophomore Tatianna Jackson (Atlanta, Ga.) each put in 10 points and snared three boards.
Chattanooga was 29-of-60 (52.9%) from the field and 18-of-22 (81.8%) from the free throw line while Alabama went 30-of-64 from the field and shot 70% (7-of-10) from the charity stripe. UTC made 6-of-10 3-pointers in the first half as it pulled away from the Tide, but were 0-of-3 in the second half.
The last time six Chattanooga players scored in double figures was in January 2000 against Appalachian State.
Chattanooga will travel to Knoxville on Thursday next week to take on the Lady Vols. Last season UTC opened play at home against UTK and won its first game in 19 tries against Tennessee. The game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tickets are on sale through the McKenzie
Arena box office (423-266-6627) or online at GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 1-0: next up 11/14/13 at Tennessee
Alabama 0-1: next up 11/11/13 at Nebraska


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Washington, D.C. (Jan. 29, 2008)—The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) asked the federal banking agencies to quickly advance a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would allow community banks to adopt the Basel II Standardized Approach. ICBA made its request formally in a letter to the banking agencies.
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A fantastic brass cane with a handle designed to measure wheels of cheese and pull out small samples for tasting. This is done by inserting the small metal drawer located in the shaft into the wheel of cheese. When the drawer is removed, it takes the perfect cross section of cheese.
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Tweetbot 3.1 adds text resizing, quick actions, and more
Tweetbot 3.1 is out, adding some important features to Tweetbot, including using lists as timeline, quick actions, and independent text sizing. To use one of your lists as your timeline, first make sure that Tweetbot has loaded your lists at least once. Then, in the timeline view, tap and hold on the timline name at the top of the screen. Choose your desired list from the drop-down menu that appears.
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cool. the light theme is burning my eyes in the morning when I wake up ;)
I was waiting for a dark theme! Looks like we'll have to wait.
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Allows you to set just a country for trends again, too. If you picked United States it made you pick a city instead of just the trends of the United States in general.
According to this,Tweetbot 3 is a new app and not available as a free upgrade: http://tapbots.com/blog/tweetbot/tweetbot-3-for-iphone-is-here
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KidsPeace National Centers of Georgia is very lucky to employee a dedicated group of staff members who are committed to improving the lives of the children they serve. One associate was recognized by the community for her passionate work on behalf of Georgia's children -- LaShann Pruitt, Education Mobile Support Staff Member for the KidsPeace of Georgia school, received the "Spirit Award for Education" from Carroll County at a special award luncheon on October 15. She designed a program for the KidsPeace of Georgia students called "Work it Out ... Step it Up!" which offers children who attend the KidsPeace school incentives to exhibit appropriate behavior in a team environment. Classes earn points for having fewer "timeouts" than other classes, and each member of the class is rewarded for the group's good behavior. There are also rewards for good grades.
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Act with wisdom, but act.
Originally posted by TangentPoint
I'm just stating it how it is. You say you think it is unnecessary, well there is a fairly large mass who think differently. Whether or not it is needed, who knows, who cares. I know that I enjoy it and prefer it in a dungeon run. Does it gurantee success, no, but it greatly increases the chances and reduces the margin for error. Because you can shout DONT TOUCH THAT BUTTON instead of typing it out, and by that time the guy has already gone and done it and all hell has broken loose. and no one is putting words in your mouth and yes i've read your posts. Because I disagree i clearly must not have read them... And no one is being a victim. I just think it's stupid to discredit something that has made gaming and communicating information so much easier and stress free since its inception. I don't think anyone can deny that instantly being able to tell someone something is a plus. I mean look at us. We're on a forums. Though there is a delay, being the time between me posting and you reading, this is quite instant. I think this conversation would've died ages ago had we communicated by say, written letter.
"My good man,
I completely disagree and refuse to adhere any of your ideals and hereby discharge your facts as false! Should you wish to dispute my accusations you may challenge me to a duel of honor; Queensbury rules, of course.
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Originally posted by TangentPoint
So, you're complaining that there's no way in GW2 to make a name for yourself and establish and end-game reputation that "actually means something", then you're saying that the game caters to the "me, me, me" crowd? You might want to rethink that. The MMOG industry has been moving from servicing basically a hardcore, professional-quality game crowd to a more general population, casual customer base for years now. GW2 is the first game (IMO) designed from the ground up to appeal to that community directly, which is a broader, larger population.
Not everyone plays MMOGs to establish a name and a reputation for themselves in the game, nor do we require recognition and accolades for quietly contributing to our guild and keeping an eye out for our fellow players on the battlefield. Just because our community doesn't satisfy your need to "make a name for yourself" doesn't mean that our community isn't a "real" community, Mr. No True Scotsman. I suggest League of Legends or even GW2's sPvP if you have a need to be noticed and remembered in a game.
Originally posted by kadepsyson
Whether they chat or not, you still don't know what their motivations are. There's this thing called "lying" ....
Novice Member
Joined: 5/15/06
The doctors say his chances are 50/50...but there's only a 10% chance of that.
Originally posted by Meleagar
Which is pretty much similar to what I said.
El Psy Congroo
Actually, chat was one of the things I really disliked about other MMOGs. I mean, you know, a lot of players aren't .. well ... very "chatable". That's probably true of most people whether they are game players or not. I mean, they're good for "hi" and "man, it's hot today" .. but how many strangers do you talk to for more than a few minutes before they say something unsettling, crazy, or just flat-out stupid?
Then, putting those people in a game where anonymity and lack of possibility of physical confrontation frees up their inner crazy to say whatever they want, and also in a game where they can use their "crazy" to get negative attention, and use forced grouping and interaction game mechanics to inflict their crazy (or stupid) on other players.
In GW2, I don't have to put up with any of that,and I still get to participate in epic-style "raids", "end-game" content, and acquire top level gear. I don't have to wait 30 minutes to get into a group and then decide if I want to listen to some nimrod's racist ranting for the next hour, or put up with some other guy's constant harping about how I play my character, or going on and on about some other obsessive tripe I couldn't care less about. If you want to see the effect of forced grouping and game mechanic-dependent "community" on chat, log into League of Legends a few times and enjoy the chat.
For the most part, for most of the human race, IMO, less chat due to GW2-style game mechanics and more non-verbal (non-textual) interaction makes for a better community, because social misfits no longer have the power to inflict themselves on others via forced grouping/forced communication required to achieve top content.
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Joined: 5/01/06
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.
Originally posted by TheIronLegion
Not realy replying to your post. I finally gave in and googled Gangnam style because of your sig. Your not the person typing that in chat in all caps on Darkhaven are you?
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Joined: 9/06/12
Act with wisdom, but act.
Originally posted by Xzen
No lol. But I did think the This is gangnam style thing was pretty funny so I held onto it.
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Joined: 10/28/11
This is wrong. On my server there is chat. Every zone. People either communicate where help is required, or important bosses, or just ask about the map.
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Joined: 7/08/10
The strong are sometimes wrong but the weak are never free.
Originally posted by Leethe
It doesn't even have to be a bot. I found a nekkid sylvari standing next to a heart vendor in Gendarren Fields. She was just a bit off to the side. A spider kept spawning so I killed it a time or two. I came back later found her dead and instinctively started to rez her. Cant have a dead player symbol just sitting there on my mini map after all. Then I realized the reason she was nekkid was because people kept rezing and rezing and rezing her until her armor stopped showing for being broken.
Don't go AFK for a long time in a place where something might kill you. Because people WILL rez you and you will have to pay a bundle to repair your red broken armor.
All die, so die well.
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Joined: 3/19/04
I have made a habit of ignoring general chat for ten years now, but am always active in guild chat and on vent or mumbles. First thing I do with a new game is turn off general chat in my options
I miss DAoC
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Joined: 3/03/06
Join a STRUCTURED AND ORGANISED guild (random guilds are simply tags for some reason in GW2, no-one even talks in them) with voice comms, otherwise, yes, it's a social non-entity.
Expresso gave me a Hearthstone beta key.....I'm so happy :)
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Joined: 5/20/07
I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose.
The game is simply too overhelming and fast paced.
I love chat , but admit it. People only chat when they have nothing better to do
Hard Core Member
Joined: 1/18/07
Originally posted by kadepsyson
I'm sure if you don't start a thread about it and how it's a major flaw and setting the MMO genre back 200 years, someone else will. It will just be par for the course for GW2 forums as of lately.
"If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor
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Joined: 3/19/04
Originally posted by Lobotomist
that's is why God invented voice chat. No way I can type and fight even in the old school stand there and spam your ability bar games let alone this one
I miss DAoC
Apprentice Member
Joined: 1/09/05
This is something I have always worried about when it comes to this game. There simply is no reason to group up or interact with those around you other than to join them in zergs completing dynamic events. Communication is simply not required for 90% of the activities in game. I have long thought that this could lead to a virtually non-existant community.
Indeed this does seem to be happening already... I rarely ever see anyone talking in map chat unless they are talking smack to each other for fun or asking how to complete a POI or other map objective.
I have to say I find this rather troubling as an MMO with no real community will have very little lasting appeal to many players such as myself. There is little reason to play an MMORPG over a single player game if you don't socialize.
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Joined: 6/23/09
I have yet to talk to another player, and as other people mentioned, it is because there is no reason to.
I can run up and help in a DE without talking, and without them talking. The goals aren't tough and they don' t take teamwork. As long as I shoot the thing a few times I get credit (I'm not sure how little you have to do to not get a gold for participation in this game). If I see someone down I revive them for two reasons 1) It is a nice thing to do and 2) The game rewards you for it.
I've never had to stop and try to create or join an actual group for anything so I don't have to talk. Since I'm constantly killing, gathering, or randomly stomping mushrooms for a heart, there is also no point in stopping what I'm doing to chat about a random topic either.
One thing that created a lot of social interaction in older games was the downtime. You had to rest between fights to get your vitals back up. You had to wait for the boat to make the round trip to come back and get you. It took a while to run to places. Whatever the reason, the downtime made you talk about things, many times not game related, to kill time and it caused people to get to know one another.
With GW2 there is no down time, there is no need to form an actual group. So you just go into achievement mode and keep scratching the items off the list as more get piled on when you run around.
Why don't people in cities stop in the streets where hundreds of people are moving around them and start up a conversation? They're in the middle of going somewhere or doing something. People chat mostly when they aren't doing things. It isn't a crazy concept.
And yes. Some people will always be talking somewhere in GW2. I don't know why the counter argument to anything on the MMORPG forums is either "I just did that therefore your argument is wrong" or "I've never had that happen therefore your argument is wrong". That's like having 1 person exonerated from prison and saying "Well therefore all prisoners are not guilty". There is always an exception. In GW2 those who talk are the exception, not the rule.
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Joined: 10/24/10
Originally posted by StanlyStanko
Oh HELL NO. The past few days, all Ive been seeing are "ROMNEY IS THE !@#$" and "PEGANISM IS #1" no! no more religion or politics. Heck it got so bad that I decided to type out "I GOT A [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]" several times just to transform the chat into barrens chat.
Ive never had a problem with finding people to talk to though. Just a few nights ago, there was a great discussion about the pros and cons of getting a vasectomy! This was in Jade Quarry Queensdale! Or wait was it Gendarren Fields...Either of those!
Also you dont have to cancel your trip to Disneyland! I went to knotsberry farm alone and ended up hanging out with a bunch of people who I just met there for the whole day! Fun stuff! No not really fun...Those rollie coasters are !@#$ing scary -.-
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Joined: 4/25/06
I said thank you for getting rezzed. But in a game with so much to explore and things to kill, theres no time to sip a cup of tea and have a chat with smalltalk. If you want more than "Thanks for the rez!" or "Lets kill that mob!" then join a guild. Youll get your fill of usless spam in chatbox.
Edit: Also if you go to the maps with dungeons youll find lots of people spamming LFG. I have to wonder what server youre on or something.
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Joined: 10/01/07
I wonder if most of you are really playing this game there is so much chat going on in my server in most areas you cant get a word in at times and its mostly game stuff but from time to time you get the out of nowhere Wow joke or Chuck Norris joke some even used the old Leroy Jenkins joke when they throw themselves to there death. But I have seen crap chat in lowbie areas like Queensdale and the Asuran starter area.
The worst was day 2 after release and seen alot of gripping about the Asuran jumping quest sense then I seen a few grips about the game like how they hate how long some DE's take to restart or they cant find enough people to kill X boss or what have you. And I see lots of chat in towns about crafting and class stuff I turn off chat in town but only did that 2 times once in Divinty's and the other in LA after the WvW went down other then that its been ok not no major drama or gripping just people chatting.
I play on Aspenwood US server.
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From these forums, I've read about some over zealous banning on Anet's part.
As mentioned before, I am wondering if the lack of Map chat and silly bannings/reportings vary by server. I can definitely say on Tarnished Coast the map chat is alive and kicking complete with some topics that would make Ron Jeremy blush (at least in the Chaar areas), I'm no reporter but there were definitely a few things that got even me to consider hitting the report button.


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In a striking debut novel, a single father and his son discover what lies beneath the gilded façade of a tony Upper East Side private school: an endemic of over-medicated children.
Every afternoon Sean Benning picks up his son, Toby, on the marble steps that lead into the prestigious Bradley School. Everything at Bradley is accelerated—3rd graders read at the 6th grade level, they have labs and facilities to rival most universities, and the chess champions are the bullies. A single dad and struggling artist, Sean sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the power-soccer-mom cliques and ladies-who-lunch that congregate on the steps every afternoon. But at least Toby is thriving and getting the best education money can buy. Or is he?
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Let me be the first to admit-the book cover does not do the book justice! It is a little bland looking and doesn't scream, "read me!". I've had this book on my review list and I wasn't rushing to read it because it just wasn't enticing. Well, this is one of those books that holds the saying true, "don't just a book by it's cover".
This book covers so many issues that are relevant to today's times with families and children. Once I started reading the book, I couldn't stop. It was fast paced and asks parents the question, "is this really in the best interest of my child?". Sean is a single dad and helps Toby adjust to the fact that his mom just leaves them one day. Trying to bring some normalcy to the home, Sean works two jobs while being as present a father he can be. However, he is faced with the issue of being told by the school psychologist that Toby is exhibiting ADD tendencies. With secrets that go far beyond the walls of the Bradley School, Sean is thrust into a situation that can mean life/death for his son Toby. Uncovering these secrets can bring problems for Toby and Sean, and Sean has to decide what is truly best for his son. In addition to all of that, Sean is also having to deal with the issues of being a single parent, helping his son adjust to an absent mother, and help his son deal with the loss of a friend.
The book raises issues surrounding the generation of overmedicated children, over diagnosed children, and wanting our children to be successful. The rat race of finding the best schools, having our children in the best programs, setting them up for the best colleges….all of that can get overwhelming and very competitive…which this book addresses and the downside of what can happen. It's a book that I wish I could have other parents read, simply because our children are so stressed and pressured to succeed that parents can lose out on precious bonding moments with their children.
The author does a remarkable job of covering so many real life issues in a compact book. Overall, this is an excellent read and I have added this to my favorites list!
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i have the same problem but the thing is that somehow my subscription got changed from paper to digital without my consent, which im not bothered, but iam bothered that i cant log in to see my digital magazines anything you can do to steer me in the right direction or help me.
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I switched from print to digital about 2-3 days ago and I have not been able to access the digital issue. My email address matches but I still can't access it. I don't see any launch button when I go under "Read Current Issue." It takes me to an error screen saying that my email may not match? Any help?
The email you've set on GI.com isn't in the digital subscriber database. You should have gotten an email saying that you we don't have your email on file.
I never got an email saying that my email is not on file. I did get a confirmation email about switching to digital. I've also subscribed through gamestop originally.
I'm unable to read for about 2 months now, I got an email usual like before but now there's sign-in error.
Also few months ago I called Gamestop and they said they extended my subscription for about 1 year but it's just expired(what a liar) and recently ive just paid for my subscription(don't know how many time i've been paid for this) and it's still doesn't work.
I just signed up on the website using the email that I get the emails for the digital issue on, but when I click the link in the email it brings me to a page that gives me a sign in error. It says that my emails don't match, but even when I tried using the only other email it could possibly be it gives me the same error. I don't understand why it is not working.
hey the same thing happened to me .whats the solution ?
Set your email here to the one you used when you got your subscription.
The email on Setting>Email & Newsletter ?
It's the same email as always, I've been using this email before and one day it's suddenly can't sign-in anymore.
Your subscription ended in October.
Wow, that's shocking. I knew that and I already paid at gamestop and the guy even said I'll get my magazine which I didn't as always.
Before my subscription ended I called and tell them that I've never received my magazine and guy on the phone said he will extend my membership for another year.. so that was a lie? what a piece of sh*t, and even he said so I paid to resubscribe anyway(sorry, I'm try not to angry but the line has been crossed).
This is not the first time and I think I'm done. I know it wouldn't hurt you guys to lose just "one" customer and I don't think you even care(if you really care, this would not happen in the first place).
I've been searching the discussions for a while, but haven't found anything like my problem. When I click the "read PC/Mac" edition to read the new digital issue, it brings me to a blank, gray screen rather than the magazine itself. I recently renewed my membership with GameStop and had no problems before this, and I've tried refreshing, waiting on the page, signing out and back in, restarting my computer, re-installing flash, but none of it seems to work. Please help if you can, I'd like to read about Thief.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Cheesy Honey Mustard Chicken
This is SO easy and it is TO DIE FOR delicious! It is probably in my top 5 favorite chicken recipes. I was able to assemble this in the time it took for the oven to preheat. This could also be prepared ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator. I think that would only make the chicken taste better to sit in the honey mustard mixture all day! Make sure to spoon some of the sauce that is in the pan over the chicken when serving. You don't want to waste any of that goodness. Chicken Legs cleaned his plate in record time and requested to have this again the next night. It was that good! This is obviously going in our regular dinner rotation.
Cheesy Honey Mustard Chicken
serves 4
adapted from allrecipes.com
(Printable Recipe)
4 boneless chicken breast
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp paprika
lemon pepper to taste
4 Tbsp bacon, cooked and chopped (I used Oscar Meyer bacon bits in the yellow bag)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 375.
Season chicken breasts with lemon pepper. Place in 9x13 baking dish.
Combine honey, mustard, lemon juice and paprika. Pour over chicken. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Top each chicken breast with 1 Tablespoon of bacon and 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Continue to bake until cheese is starting to brown (about 10 minutes).
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I made the taco shells last night and they were SO yummy! I linked my blog today to your recipe! Have a blessed day and thanks so much for sharing your recipes! HUGS!ReplyDelete
Dear heavens above... I need to make this asap!ReplyDelete
Dear heavens above... I need to make this asap!ReplyDelete
This is exactly the kind of recipe I like - easy and tasty! Gonna whip it up this weekend!!ReplyDelete
Another great looking recipe.ReplyDelete
Have a good weekend.
I know what I'm making tonight! Think I'll let them sit in the honey goodness today and see how it tastes tonight. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
This does look good (and sounds good too). I make a wine chicken that my family always requests.ReplyDelete
This is in the oven right now! Just have to say that I always LOVE your recipes! Many of our favorites are Plain Chicken dishes - love knowing that anything you post will likely be a home run at our house! Thanks!!ReplyDelete
This sounds like Outback's Alice Springs Chicken! I will def make this one!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to try this! Sound so good!ReplyDelete
OK, now I'm hungry! Dinner time and you provided me w/the recipe just in time!ReplyDelete
This looks SO good!!ReplyDelete
Made something just like this before and it is so good. Thanks for posting. Putting it on my to do list.ReplyDelete
This was delicious! It reminded me of Alice Springs Chicken at Outback. We will definitely be making this again!!ReplyDelete
Does it matter if the chicken breasts are fresh or frozen when you start?ReplyDelete
Rachel - I have only made this with thawed chicken. If you use frozen, you will need to increase the cooking time by at least 10 minutes so the chicken can thaw. The time will depend on how thick your chicken is. You will just have to play with the time if you use frozen chicken. I usually just take my chicken out of the freezer and put it in the fridge the night before or the morning I plan on making this.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Stephanie! I'm making it tonight and I'm excited to try it!ReplyDelete
I made this for dinner tonight. It was amazing! My 5 year old loved it and exclaimed, "I want this for breakfast!"ReplyDelete
Sonya - sounds like a success!!ReplyDelete
Can I make this with honey mustard that I already have, rather than honey and dijon mustard?ReplyDelete
Made it a few weeks ago. I was not impressed.ReplyDelete
Made this twice. My husband and I love it!ReplyDelete
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Does it have a really strong mustardy flavor. I love honey mustard that does not have the strong mustard flavor to it. Is this something I should skip?ReplyDelete
calkari - this doesn't have a strong mustard flavor (I hate mustardy stuff too). The honey is the dominant flavor. I think this chicken is super delicious!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Stephanie:) I'll plan on trying this in the next couple days!!ReplyDelete
That looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
That looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
My husband is getting seriously tired of chicken (its the cheapest thing here in hawaii), so i've been looking for new ways to mix it up... i've been everywhere from panko to brown sugar, to attempting to make chickfila (be cause it doesn't exist here and we absolutely love it). i can say that i tried this recipe today (trial to see if my husband would actually eat it) and the chicken turned out absolutely amazing! unfortunately i didn't get the chance to try it with the lemon juice (didn't have any). this definitely will show him that there is a lot more left to chicken than just panko.ReplyDelete
thank you thank you thank you
I made this last Monday night for my Dad when he came through on his way back to Brasil (long story). I added mushrooms at the same time as the bacon bits, but otherwise didn't change a thing. This is absolutely delicious!!! It tastes very much like Alice Springs Chicken at Outback. I'm in love with this dish! My dad was highly impressed! The only thing I'll do differently next time is decrease the lemon juice just a tiny bit. Thank you so much for a fabulous recipe!ReplyDelete
Made it tonight. Pretty awesome stuff. Thanks for all the wonderful tasty receipes!!ReplyDelete
Hi Steph,ReplyDelete
Do you think you would do a post of your top 5 chicken recipes? I would love to read that....
I'm eating this right now. It is yummy. It has a nice flavor and it was easy to make. I did add some crushed red pepper to it, but I like a little spice. Thanks for the recipe!ReplyDelete
One of my personal favorite recipes. Can't go wrong with is for family dinners. Everyone loves it.ReplyDelete
This is really a great read for me. Thank you for publishing articles having a great insight stimulates me to check more often for new write ups. Keep posting!ReplyDelete
Just put this in the fridge now to marinate for dinner :) can't wait to try it... everything I make of yours is awesome.ReplyDelete
Cool blog you got here and thank you for the valuable information. This is truly a great read for me and definitely be back to read some more.ReplyDelete
Getting ready to take this outfof the oven but used regular mustard. I'll let you know how it turns outReplyDelete
I really dont like to read blogs. But when I found your post, I started to like it. I found it interesting and informative. Thank you for the effort in posting this kind of information.ReplyDelete


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Originally posted by idgarad
Excuse me? I can't disagree with what you wrote more. Pretty sad you can't make your point without a mod editing it.
If CCP can ever get WOD published it will be a hugh success. The secret world will also be a success, because it is not another theme park like SWTOR.
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^above: while I hope TSW is good too, there is no indication that it is anything other than a thempark also. On a sidenote to this sidenote: one of its locations is an actual themepark.
How can he know there hasn't been an attempt at a real horror mmorpg. Gore maybe but not horror, I don't see any Ravenloft games being produced and World Of Darkness has been abandoned by CCP, by abandoned I mean they will never make it. So were still at Zero then. But ask yourself this, are there any scary single player rpgs? Then you say well you cant make an mmo like a rpg, well that didn't stop Bioware did it? Seriously have someone actually produce a horror mmorpgs of any sort, and get back to me. But one things for certain, it wont be a themepark or a typical one, probably an iffy Sandbox at best, it couldnt be done in a traditional way. I could explain why but I dont have 3 pages.
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Why would a horror mmo have to have such generalized monsters. Its not like new ones cant be created. I mean you could have possessed people, serial killers, etc.
EDIT: Im not taking any sides its just i feel like automatically saying horror mmos wont work is to closed-minded.
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Great read!
Listen to what the man says: Its not the genre, its the people. A new mmorpg, be it a horror or HobbitsAndElves will be treated in the very same way by too many people. we want something new - but not too new. Many players are burnt out on themeparks and dont realise it, instead asking for the impossible - a fix that still thrills... So hop on the treadmill and see if the newest still can mesmerize you - it wont, btw.
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If we could get that browser based zombie mmorpg, "urbandead" 3d it would take off. I haven't played it in a year because busy life, but it was fun. You choose a "class," such as military (start with m16), nurse/doc (med kit) and you have a certain amount of energy to do tasks. Anyways, I like the thread. :)
Time to fix this genre.
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I am more than some of my parts
I don't think it's unreasonable to make a horror MMO, you just have to focus on what scares people. You make the character design very intricate and difficult. Let people spend hours upon hours creating there character. Only give them one character slot. Let them play till level 30 and then introduce permadeath. When a person has invested a few weeks or more into a character, and the prospect of having to reroll is on the line, they'll jump if a bug sneezes.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
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Of course a horror MMO could work. You won't be frightened by it possible not even immersed but it could definitely work. You may ask "Then what's the point?". The point would be to make an entertaining game. Lets face it not much scares you these days. That shouldn't stop people from making such a game
A zombie survival sandbox game, where you create your own community, with its own defenses and an AI that randomly throws mobs at the settlement you have to defend against, not to mention gather provisions from the world around you sounds pretty awesome to me. The asshats mentioned are part of any MMO and that doesn't stop those MMOs from being successful.
Buuuut if you want to go to the extremes, then you could always have preset dialogue options from drop down menus to use and buddy codes to open up chat between certain individuals, just like games like Wizard101 if you are afraid of Chuck Norris jokes to ruin your personal roleplay and immersion.
You are right about one thing Mr Coyote..The Walking Dead has indeed turned into an emo fest rather than a zombie apocalypse tv show
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this has by far been the worst column post I have seen on this site.
The problem is that the OP is thinking within the box, within the lines of themepark MMO's.. Ofcourse a themepark styled MMO would NOT work by a longshot in this modern MMO age. Howver, that does not mean that a Horror/Adventure MMO is doomed to fail from the start.
A horror themed MMO is in fact a great idea with great potential, if it would be in the hands of a capable producer/developer who is willing and capable to innovate. Look at Amnesia, one of the scariest games ever created. Now Imagine that game but an open dark world in which you cannot fight, only run and hide. A world like this has to be well designed, contain a limit on players and be non instanced to work... but the potential is there.
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Heh-heh. Likely more true than not.
A Horror MMO couldn't be built around the typical shoot-the-duck-at-the-carnival dynamic most mmo's use, with players running around mashing the SHOOT-EM key frantically. At anything that moves while staring glassy-eyed and drooling lipped wonder at a DPS meter, brain cells slowly collapsing by the dozens then winking out.
A horror based mmo would work for the right segment of the gaming community if it was based more on mystery, puzzle solving, tracking of clues and uncovering of things, intermixed with combat. "The Name of the Rose" kind of stuff.
Any rate, good read and probably accurate (in general) of the Human Condition nowadays.
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While I enjoyed reading this and I have to agree on many aspects of it, you are wrong about it would not work. Bit ago a game came out called requim bloodymare, it was a god aweful attempt to make a horror inspired fantasy mmorpg. However it had some unique aspects to the game that made it worth noting. One we all know that horror occures at night when was the last time you saw micheal Myers kill at night or Freddy go on a killing spree at noon. Or vampires and werewolves attack in broad daylight. It just doesnt happen. Requiem had monsters everywhere you went but at certain times you would enter night time and Special monsters would apear, they had better loot drops and were rather nasty to take out on your own...The same mechanic could be applied to another game with a far better story line.
Now story line. You will need one that is relevant and known. Only one I see being able to do this is is something in the Hp lovecraft mythos, or possibly a vampire hunter d based game...though I lean more to the cthulhu mythos as it provides a wide array of places to investigate battle and quest in.
When night comes things would come lurking out of the dark and the only sanctuary would be day light. Plus Im sure we could get some good voice acting by Dean Stockwell, For those that dont know Dean stockwell is one of the only actors to do two cthulhu based movies, and would be kinda a treat to the fans.
But the principle of a horror mmo could be done but you would have do it right....
Zombie survival mmo would not work as there would be no such things as boss raids,
vampire mmo could work but you would have to expand to other things that go bump in the night
A space base horror mmo could work as sci-fi can come up with alot of nasty creatures
serial killer mmo would not work as you cant kill the slasher over and over and over they always come back and it would be to much like the movies...
so yes there is a possibility for a horror mmo to work, however with out some developement done correctly with some fans assisting I dont think it could survive.
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Any MMO will work as long as its done well. Another run back and forth across the map, "guildie", grind till your hand hurts doing things other people are too intelligent to do, so you can have "gear" which gives you a complete advantage so you can prove your innate "skill" this has been done before 100 times and failed as many, game will not succeed no, regardless of meaningless theme.
I can see they are trying here, but they are trying all the wrong things, the corporate way. They are trying to give you what they want to give you based on their own inventory, as opposed to giving you something that is unique, that you, yourself would like to play. Some games are going to fail, but anyone that doesn't try soemthing new from here out, will not even stand a chance. Slapping a new theme on the same old crap serves no purpose other than wasting everyone's time and money.
The idea that "fans" are going to make a game is stupid. All you get is the same crowd demanding the same tired time sink theme, that I want to be a boss in the game because I cant succeed by myself so here what you have to give me or me and my ilk will troll the game to death formula which has ruined every game out there. What they need is someone who actually has some vision and knowledge of what can be done, before this whole industry is part of the past which seems where we are going anyway. Games 30 years ago had more creativity, now its all about recurring revenue, or, not suprisingly, the lack of. Everyone has the right to make a living, but you should stick with something you have talent and knowledge of, not something you think is going to make up for all the bad past decisions you made.
The day all the little game boutiques became corporate buyouts is the day the industry went from being enjoyable to being a complete ripoff. Not unlike so many other industries in the US.
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Joined: 5/27/11
With permanent death and cutting player interaction to its bare minimum a good horror mmo would be possible. Oh, and another thing, it needs to be unfair or truly difficult.
Kinda like "realms of the mad god" i guess, but horror instead of just adventure, an enfasis on surviving, not on killing.
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Joined: 11/15/11
what? Requiem? that's just a fail game, nothing in it, NOTHING that can be considered horror, in fact Requiem= Lineage 2 with grinding sesions anoyong from the blood poping from them when they dye.
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Any mmo would work if it was done right.
Total fail of an article. But i guess the little kids might like it.
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If a horror MMO is going to succeed, you have to control the ambience. One of the things you can do is control the chatting system. Make the chatting system relative to your location and not for the total area. Have it to where people within a specific radius is capable of hearing you, and not the entire server or faction. Also, the game needs to take a page from Guild Wars and make it zoned instanced. When you enter a safe area, you can meet up with additional players and plan out your next incursion back into the city. You can also set it up so that in these instanced areas, it's possible to meet up with additional players, but in a randomized variable so that you're never meeting up with the same people outside of your party. Or make it so that you can group with multiple people or even guild mates and only they are the ones that can come into your area outside of a city zone.
Also, you need to keep the grouping small. If you are doing a party, no more than 5 people total in the group. And make it to where you can hire NPC. Having a leveling system won't help as no matter what level you are, the areas just need to be horrific period. So randomizing the spawns would help add to the ambience. If you are going to use some sort of leveling system, you need to make it on a "use basis". Meaning, the more you use a shotgun, the more experienced you become in it. The more you have to repair weaponry, the higher skill you become, and the more likely you can affect the overall product you are working with. Ammunition does need to be finite, same with healing supplies, etc. But if you are using an instanced system like Guild Wars, this is easily controllable.
To truly be able to keep with the "WOW" (and not meaning World of WarcrafT) factor, you need to keep the size of the game relatively manageable. If you can interchange between city and country settings, then you have a chance of keeping things more random. The biggest hurdle you have to get over will be "How do you keep players playing?" The game would have to expand. Add more cities, newer monsters, or even more powerful monsters. Also, don't just limit yourself to a single area, but add to it by adding larger cities. So say the game starts off in New York, if you add cities through monthly or periodical updates like WoW, you add cities close to New York. Example: Add New Jersey or Albany or Buffalo and add small cities from there. With each city, you increase the difficulty. Instead of running around against mindless zombies, maybe the based zombie is more like the de-evolved humans from I AM LEGEND. You make it so that each city has a completely different monster group.
You also need to take into account what humans would have done to combat the infestation. Say North Korea has decided that with this infestation, it's now time to attack the United States so they have occupied the West Coast, and destroyed cities with Nuclear weaponry, but inadvertently caused the monsters to mutate into strong creatures.
So the idea from a Horror MMO is possible, and would be awesome if done right, but it would have to be an ever changing game. You don't NEED permadeath to add to the ambience, but it would help if you did have a server or two that were permadeath like Diablo 2's Hardcore play style.

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I think I've found my new favorite mmorpg columnist! Shine on, you crazy diamond, Coyote Sharptongue. I bow unto your witty repartee, o Liege Lord. I shall kill ten rats faster than I've ever done nao! ^_^
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Joined: 5/31/08
Who said the Secret World was supposed to be "scary" like survival horror? I don't think that was ever implied?
It's horror themed, and I'm sure there will no doubt be some very spooky moments throughout the game, but by no means is the whole game supposed to be like Silent Hill in 1999....
Flawed article, imo.
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Joined: 1/16/11
Requiem is a horror MMO. not a horror like silent hill, but its considered a horror mmo
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But I like Vampre Diaries...
Crap. I just admitted this in public.


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Bachelor 2013's Lindsay Yenter: 6 Things You Need To Know
Lindsay Yenter's a small town girl, living in a lonely world. Also, she took the midnight train to Sean Lowe's love nest. This brunette beauty is one of 24 ladies competing for Sean's heart during Bachelor 17, and we're already in love with her.
Check out 6 things you need to know about Lindsay — she and Sean have so much in common!
1. Her Family Lives In Missouri
Lindsay currently hails from the small town of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, but she's lived all around the world. We're sure Sean will appreciate her down-to-earth small town routes!
2. She's From a Military Family
Lindsay's dad is Fort Leonard Wood commander Maj. Gen. Mark Yenter, who works with the Army Engineer School, Military Police School, and CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) School — all that stuff, impressive. Major General Yenter's most recent overseas tour was in Afghanistan, where he commanded the Corps of Engineers!
3. She's Traveled the World!
Thanks to Papa Bear's military career, Lindsay has moved all over the country, and she's lived abroad in the Netherlands! Let's just say she's cultured, and we're sure she can teach Sean a lot about the ways of the world. And the ways of a woman's body, wink-wink!
4. She Brings the Party
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Like both her parents, Lindsay attended the University of Nevada in Reno. While her degree remains a mystery, we're sure this gal's smarts will keep Sean on his toes! Get ready for a meeting of the minds the likes of which we haven't seen since Chris Harrison met his own reflection for the first time.
6. She Loves Football
Apparently, Lindsay and her brother are big football fans (much like Seany), and root for the Washington Redskins. We would have more to say on this topic, but we've spiraled into fantasies about Sean in his football tights....
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Although the proliferation of public cloud computing technologies has encouraged a large portion of the business world to migrate resources to an off-site environment, many decision-makers believe managing their own assets can be more beneficial. For this reason, among others, enterprise executives often prefer to leverage a private cloud architecture that enables them to satisfy numerous goals that cannot be met while using only the public cloud.
Yet constructing a private cloud is not a simple one-and-done process. A recent InfoWorld report highlighted how constructing a private infrastructure is similar to building a data center, though it is distinct in several ways. For one, the management layer capabilities are different in a private cloud than they are in a premise-based virtualization architecture.
InfoWorld noted that private clouds, for the most part, will offer some level of self-service, which is important for organizations that need to manage various solutions throughout their life cycle. Unlike conventional data centers, however, these management capabilities must be available to business units, not just the IT department. This is because it is often too time-consuming to have business teams consult with IT every time servers must be commissioned or other processes need to happen.
By working with a trusted service provider, companies can be sure they implement private clouds with the appropriate management capabilities for the workforce as a whole.
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Local attorney defending NFL players in concussion lawsuitWritten by Bailey G. Dick | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Millions of viewers will tune into the Super Bowl this weekend, and watch as players tackle each other, take hard hits and perhaps even get injured.
The players' safety will undoubtedly be on the mind of area attorney Norman Abood, who is representing a number of former players in a multimillion-dollar concussion lawsuit against the NFL.
While Toledo isn't home to its own NFL team, Abood has represented a number of professional athletes in cases across the country. Abood said the NFL clients were referred to him after working with attorneys in other states.
Abood, who has a law practice in Downtown Toledo, is representing four athletes in the suit: Antwaan Randle El, a former receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins; cornerback Dante Wesley of the Carolina Panthers; and guard Jeremy Bridges and tight end Johnny McWilliams, who both played for the Arizona Cardinals.
The players are only a fraction of the more than 20,000 retired players who could potentially file claims and receive settlements from the NFL to help pay for care needed after sustaining head injuries.
Abood is one of six attorneys representing the players' interests in the $760 million suit, which is being heard in a federal court in Philadelphia. In August, the NFL and a representative of the attorneys and players announced a settlement, but Judge Anita Brody threw the settlement out when it was filed with the court two weeks ago.
However, Abood said the fact Brody sent negotiators back to the drawing room is actually a good thing for his clients.
"The judge felt she didn't have enough information about the economics of the settlement," Abood said. "She saw that it was going to be appealed by us, and it's a good sign we are going to get to the meat of the problem sooner rather than later, and that's in everyone's best interest.
"But there's all these financial variables you have to factor in to see if there's enough money to pay all of the potential claimants," Abood added.
Abood explained that players will potentially receive settlements that range from prescription coverage and medical monitoring to $3.5 million if they have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease or $5 million with a diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's Disease, or ALS. He said that additionally, a percentage of those settlements will be deducted if the player was active in the NFL for less that one or five years' time.
Abood noted that the complexity of the case was compounded by a gag order on the attorneys, meaning he is unable to discuss specifics of the settlement terms with the lead negotiators in the case.
Abood said there are some upsides to the case.
"The settlement is typically in the clients' best interest, particularly in this kind of case. One of the factors in the settlement is that each individual player won't have to show which specific blows to his head resulted in the current conditions," Abood said, noting that many of the claimants have been playing football and receiving blows to the head since grade school.
He also said that the NFL is used to cases with injured players, and have willingly given up some of their defenses in the case in exchange for a settlement.
"A prompt settlement that results in compensation, treatment, medicine and therapy sooner without years and years of appeals is certainly in everyone's best interest," Abood said. "Surprisingly, a lot of these guys don't have health insurance. You read their medical reports and they're a disaster."
He also noted that the case has one major misconception: why the players took the NFL to court in the first place.
"Everyone says, 'You know you're going to get hit in the head playing.' But the case is about the fact that early on, it was recognized that multiple blows to the head could or might result in early-onset dementia or Parkinson's. So the NFL stepped forward and did and sponsored research on this. They reported repeatedly and emphatically said there was no causal relationship, and the fact is they lied," Abood said. "This is a fraud case against the NFL. It's not a situation where the players were told they'd get hit in the head and that it would result in medical issues. They were told the opposite."
Abood said he doesn't anticipate the case to be resolved in the immediate future. He also noted that the NFL remained mum about the case through the football season.
"I don't think the NFL will want press about this during the season," Abood said. "I think there will be a big push to get this resolved before next season. In the legal world, that's an ambitious schedule, but I think there will be a big push by them."
Tags: Anita Brody, Antwaan Randle El, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Concussion, Dante Wesley, Head Injury, Jeremy Bridges, Johnny McWilliams, National Football League, NFL, Norman Abood, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins


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Google Music Player is a Google Desktop gadget that lets you search and play the music from your computer. Google Desktop indexes your music, but the browser is not the best place to play your music. This gadget is an easy way to build a playlist by repeatedly searching for your favorite songs, to listen an album or all the songs that match your query.
Although the player is a pretty nice exercise, Google didn't read my post from May.
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Interpretive Handbook
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Chlordiazepoxide, Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) is a benzodiazepine widely used in the treatment of anxiety. It is also used in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms, as a premedication for anesthesia, in obstetrics during labor, as a muscle relaxant, and as an anticonvulsant. Toxic manifestations can include confusion, ataxia, sedation, tachycardia, hyperreflexia, and hypertension. Fatalities resulting from overdose are rare.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Monitoring chlordiazepoxide therapy
Because chlordiazepoxide has a wide therapeutic index and dose-dependent toxicity, routine drug monitoring is not indicated in all patients
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A therapeutic dose will yield a serum concentration of 1 to 3 mcg/mL.
In the treatment of delirium tremens, concentrations up to 10 mcg/mL are typical.
Toxic concentration: > or =15 mcg/mL
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
The specimen must be protected from light.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Therapeutic concentration: 1.0-3.0 mcg/mL
Chronic use: 5.0-10.0 mcg/mL
Toxic concentration: > or =15.0 mcg/mL
The reference range cited (5.0-10.0 mcg/mL) relates to chronic therapy with chlordiazepoxide. Concentrations in the range of 1.0-3.0 mcg/mL are typical for occasional, non-chronic use. Concentrations as high as 80 mcg/mL may be observed in aggressive therapy with chlordiazepoxide for treatment of delirium tremens.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Judd LL: The therapeutic use of psychotropic medications: antianxiety or anxiolytic medications. In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 12th edition. Edited by JD Wilson, E Braunwald, KJ Isselbacher, et al. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1991, pp 2143-2144
2. Scharf MB, Khosla N, Brocker N, Goff P: Differential amnestic properties of short- and long-acting benzodiazepines. J Clin Psychiatry 1984;45:51-53


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The Rev. Dr. Ian Chapman told this story:
My daughter was looking for a particular phonograph record and was calling several record shops trying to find it. She called what she thought was a record shop, but a local plumber answered.
Not realizing her mistake she asked, "Do you have 'Ten Little Toes and Fingers in Arkansas'?" The plumber paused for a moment, not knowing how to respond, and said, "No, but I have a wife and 10 children in Mississippi."
My daughter asked, "Is that a record?" The plumber responded, "No, I don't think so, but I'm sure it's above average."
It happens.
Sometimes, the results are humorous. Sometimes the results are painful.
Have you ever had a conversation with someone and, while listening, found yourself suddenly filling with anger? It seems as though the other person said something that you found to be offensive, hurtful or untrue.
You reply with an angry response, letting the other person know just how uneducated or misinformed they are.
And the reaction of the other?
Often bewilderment and defensiveness.
If you are talking with someone, and something is said that doesn't seem quite right and you feel your anger flash, check it out.
Repeat to the other person what you thought you heard and ask if that is what they said. There is a good chance you heard incorrectly, or the person used words that could carry different meanings.
In the Bible — specifically James 1:19-20 — we read a very important message: "You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires."
Be quick to listen and slow to speak.
In other words, don't jump to conclusions.
Gather all the facts before giving an answer or offering an opinion. Jumping to conclusions perpetuates the miscommunication. It causes anger to flash and lash out. This does not produce the righteousness God desires.
Instead, listen carefully.
Examine why something upset you. Perhaps a greater good can come from a calm and gentle response.
For example, Alice Lee Humphreys, in her book "Angels in Pinafores," recalls her experiences as a first-grade teacher. She tells about one little girl who came to school one winter day wearing a beautiful white angora beret with white mittens and a matching muff. As she was coming through the door, a mischievous little boy grabbed the white muff and threw it in the mud.
After disciplining the little boy, the teacher sought to comfort the girl. Brushing the mud off her soiled muff, the little girl looked up at the teacher and said in a quiet and responsible manner, "Sometime I must take a day off and tell him about God."
Be quick to listen and slow to speak. This will have tremendous results for the kingdom of God.
The Rev. Mark Broadhead is pastor at Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church of Crestview.


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I was wondering if there is a pdf reader-writer-publisher-editor that can add text, highlight, shapes and general edit an existing pdf document.
Something like Nitro in windows.
I was wondering if there is a pdf reader-writer-publisher-editor that can add text, highlight, shapes and general edit an existing pdf document.
Something like Nitro in windows.
There are several FOSS options out there, none of which come close to the functionality of editors such as Foxit PDF Reader under Windows or commercial solutions under Linux. That's why I prefer to run Foxit via PlayOnLinux.
As far as native applications are concerned, Master PDF Editor is probably the most advanced free (as in beer) PDF editing suite available in Ubuntu right now. It's available from the Ubuntu Software Center but requires you to register an account with Ubuntu before installing.
A few months ago I stumbled on Quoppa PDF Studio, a commercial PDF editing solution that runs natively on Linux via Java. It comes with a very impressive featureset and is very close to Adobe Acrobat in terms of PDF editing functions. However, I have found PDF Studio to be a bit less stable than Adobe's solution when editing very large PDF files (≥ 500 pages).
Other than that I would say that PDF Studio is a very good, albeit expensive, piece of software and probably the best PDF editing suite out there on Linux right now.
You can download a free trial version here. It doesn't come with a time restriction. Instead, edited PDFs are automatically watermarked by the software to indicate that you're using the trial edition.
LibreOffice 4.0 opens PDF files in LibreOffice Draw where you can make all kinds of edits. I just used it to enlarge 80 images and move them around; it worked great!
If you are using Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, or 13.04 then you probably have version 3.5, which does not have this feature. As I did, you can now force Ubuntu to upgrade to version 4.0 by typing the following in a terminal (press enter after each line).
If you don't have LibreOffice installed for whatever reason, then instead of the last line, type this.


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