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A man who was reportedly involved in two accidents Monday remains in jail, charged with multiple offenses.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins said the suspect is identified as 32-year-old Jarod Dixon of Georgetown.
Georgetown Police Capt. Nelson Brown said Dixon was involved in a minor accident on Highmarket Street at about 3:30 p.m. Monday and fled from the scene.
An officer spotted Dixon's vehicle and attempted a traffic stop on South Fraser Street. Dixon did not pull over and a chase began that reached speeds of 60-65 mph, Brown said.
Collins said when the driver reached Industrial Drive, he lost control of his car and crossed the median. He then struck a utility pole.
Dixon was wearing a seat belt so he escaped with minor injuries.
He is charged with driving under the influence, having an open container, driving under suspension, failure to stop for a blue light and hit and run, according to jail records.
The jail records also indicate Dixon was out of jail on bond because of an Aug. 26 arrest in which he was charged with having and open container, reckless driving, having drug paraphernalia and other offenses.
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The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office has charged Marquis Latrell Washington, 19 years of age, of 198 Thompson Road in Hemingway with one (1) count each of Attempted Murder, Pointing and Presenting a Firearm, Malicious Injury to Personal Property, Failure to Stop for Blue Lights, Reckless Driving, Driving Under Suspension and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
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Palmetto Christian picked up wins in the boys and girls SCISA Class AA Region II tournament Monday, advancing both teams to Tuesday's championship round.
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The Palmetto Christian Lady Eagles got past No. 2 Holly Hill in a slight upset as the tournament's No. 3 seed. They'll meet No. 1 Thomas Sumter Tuesday for the girls region title. Palmetto Christian dropped both regular season games against Thomas Sumter but by a combined five points.
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Chris DeMarco scored a game-high 18 points, while Joe Siegwald, Will Tuchfarber and Sam Iriart each added nine in the Eagles win.
Calhoun stayed within five points of Palmetto Christian in the first half before the Eagles broke the game open with a 38-point second half.
Will Spires scored 16 for Calhoun but no other player was allowed more than five.
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Corey Caulder scored 22 points with eight rebounds, and Lizzie Wilson turned in 14 points, five rebounds as the Lady Eagles' eased by Holly Hill.
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Frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry held a grand re-opening on July 21 at a new Bowling Green State University location with what officials hope offers better visibility, higher traffic and increased ease-of-access.
The trendy franchise is a bit of a coup for BGSU, as it remains the only in Ohio, and was just the second-ever at a university when it originally opened at its former, more secluded campus spot in 2011.
"This is about being unique in the state of Ohio and being No. 1," said BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey. "We want to be known for what BGSU has and no one else has."
Pinkberry already has 225 stores after growing at Twitter-like speed since launching its first location in West Hollywood, California, in January 2005.
Although Angelenos had already been driving across town and standing in line for up to 30 minutes to enjoy its sweet treats, the original site owes a heap of gratitude to actress Lindsay Lohan. It was during its first year of opening when the famous celebrity stopped by, drawing hordes of paparazzi to photograph her holding a Pinkberry cup topped with Fruity Pebbles cereal.
The ensuing attention surged Pinkberry to stardom. That instant "it" factor and its largely fat-free healthful indulgence quickly led one Hollywood star after another to Pinkberry, which has enjoyed a cult and groupie-like following nearly from the start.
"We do have a huge celebrity following," said Daniel Guerrero, Pinkberry area manager. "Most recently, Cee Lo Green said it was his 'favorite obsession.'"
Groupies also helped the brand grow before the days of Facebook and Instagram, where fans used Internet forums to share their love of Pinkberry and discuss items only available to those "in the know," such as special flavors and toppings not necessarily made public.
A combination of its Hollywood roots, velvet rope-like long wait, chic furniture and overall "swirly goodness" – as Pinkberry calls it – has made fro-yo a thing again. The market enjoyed a surge in the 1980s, and there appears to be a renaissance with consumers looking for more healthy options nowadays, according to Guerrero.
Pinkberry offers six frozen yogurt flavors, 20 dry toppings and fresh fruit. Toppings are unlimited – at least, that is, as many as you can fit in the bowl.
Pinkberry and its BGSU operators believe the new location is a better fit, which already has a Dunkin' Donuts nearby, as well as free parking for those in the community.
"Sometimes people feel like you can't come to campus," said Robin Bruning, operations manager. "Dunkin' Donuts kind of paved the way for us. We're talking about doing some dual marketing together."
The only other Pinkberry in the area is in Ann Arbor, so Bruning hopes to draw consumers who need to satisfy their Pinkberry craving.
"I do expect some visitors," Bruning said.
Pinkberry is open seven days a week, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. When the university academic year starts Aug. 25, hours will expand to 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of those fake products that's purpose is to find the source of leaks. It just seems like a really unnecessary addition to the Nano. The quality would be bad, and it would b difficult to take picture/video without blocking the lens with your fingers due to its small size.
Camera-equipped iPod nano may still be in the works
Some fresh pictures of a camera-equipped iPod nano have slipped out, indicating that Apple's music player may be due for an update soon. Apple usually updates the iPod nano every fall, but this year the iPhone 4S hogged the spotlight at Apple's traditional event. The 2009 iPod nano had a cameAside from the camera, the overall design doesn't seem to have changed much from the previous generation.
As Georgia aptly points out, the iPod nano isn't really hurting for a camera; instead, the iPod nano really should start changing into a smartwatch accessory, complete with notifications pushed over Bluetooth, hosting lightweight apps, while still playing music. Motorola and Sony Ericsson have both taken a stab at this idea, but Apple will likely be able to pull this off in a way that really resonates with their fans.
Anybody out there own an iPod nano? Do you ever find it lacking in functions, or does it already do what you need it to? Is a camera really needed?
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My fiancee owns a 16GB 6th gen red nano and its perfect for what she needs. Its a gym ipod. I mean, they could definitely improve the fitness functions/apps but I don't think a camera is necessary or worth throwing in here.
The screen is WAAAAY too small for a camera and seeing the camera quality on the 4th/5th gen ipod touch I'm not sure I really think anything besides the iphone/ipad should get a camera at this point.
dumb idea...a camera? really? ipods aren't even good anymore since they made the touch. The only one worth getting anymore is the 160gb classic. I don't know about most people but 64gb is not enough. I'm on an older 80gb ipod and it's getting close to being full. Anyone who really loves music knows you need a lot of storage for mp3s.
let me guess. you pirate a lot of music and you don't care how awkwardly a device sits in your pocket.
kudos for being representative of every single person on the planet, i was unaware how one person could be so representative.
camera on nano .. sure, why not? these things are geared toward people who work out, or like to believe that they would work out if only they owned such a great device to work out with but who actually won't.
if you're on a run or bike and see something interesting, chances are that you only have your nano. so a camera on the device would let you take a photograph of it. simple as that. also don't underestimate the "a camera on a device that small!?" gee-whiz factor in selling product. Apple could brand it "the world's smallest camera" or something to that effect.
as for the smart watch thing, i think there is a limited market for that, but it also happens to be the iPod Nano market. while running and exercising, a watch is very helpful for timing and to know when to wrap up without carrying your phone around. problem is, with the device on your wrist if you want to listen to music the cable from your ears to your wrist would be very awkward. maybe combined with bluetooth ear buds it could work but otherwise?
What they need is a slightly bigger screen form factor and a front facing camera for FaceTime. Now that would be useful in some cases. If they could partner with some cell carriers for initial broadband coverage as part of the purchase price (like the 3G Kindle had) and make FaceTime cellular and free from the watch (think about it, the screen and camera are so small, they wouldn't need as much bandwidth for it as the iPhone one does to get the same picture quality out of it). Now that would sell like hotcakes!!! They would pretty much corner the watch market at that point as well. What's not to like? Win win!!!
Maybe Motorola and Sony Ericsson failed, but Apple will pull this off, I'm positive.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Its too early to put a dollar amount on damage to School District property from the most recent ice storm, according to a report given to the Georgetown County School Board last week.
Dr. Randy Dozier, superintendent of schools, said there would be pretty extensive cleanup costs.
One bright spot in the report, the district did not lose a lot of food at schools that went for an extended time without power, according to Lisa Johnson, the districts associate superintendent for Finance and Operations. School staff removed much of the food from schools without power and moved it to schools with power.
Johnson said the district would provide the board with overtime and cleanup costs.
The ice storm hit Feb. 12, and on Feb. 13, 11 schools were without power. By the afternoon of Feb. 14, most of the schools were back online.
Although the district made up one missed day on Feb. 18, officials are struggling to make up the days missed from two ice storms in two weeks.
Dozier said kids will be in school on March 21, which was scheduled to be a teachers work day. June 5 and 6 are being converted from half days to full days, although that does not help with making up instruction times.
My concern is that it really doesnt help academically, Dozier said.
School Board chairman Jim Dumm wondered if in the future, the district should consider keeping some schools open and only closing those affected by bad weather, or the loss of power after a storm. Horry County has done that in the past.
Dozier said there are lots of Georgetown County students who live in one area but choose to attend a different school, and school staff who live in a different area than where they work. It would very stressful for them to leave their homes that were affected by a storm, and go to a school in an area which was not.
Those days are not very productive, he said.
Dozier is meeting with principals this week to come up with alternate solutions. Suggestions include: school on Saturdays, extended school days, or doing away with assemblies or other programs in favor of more instruction time.
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Several of the districts elementary school principals gave program and personnel wish lists to the School Board.
More time from curriculum and technology coaches topped several wish lists.
The districts current technology coach splits his time between nine schools.
Maryville Elementary principal Stephanie Stuckey would like to see the coach come to her school more often to work with her teachers.
We need to make sure our teachers are prepared to prepare our students, she said.
Kensignton Elementary principal Fedrick Cohens also wants a person to train his teachers on new technology. Hed also like his own curriculum coach. Kensington currently shares one with Waccamaw Intermediate.
Pleasant Hill Elementary principal Teddy Graham would like his own full-time assistant administrator. He currently shares one with Plantersville Elementary.
I need some help, he told School Board members.
Plantersville Elementary principal Beverly Grate said she needs help with unruly students on one of schools bus routes. Its so bad she need a person to handle the paperwork and help deal with parents.
She said most of the kids who are causing problems on the bus do not cause problems when theyre in the school.
Something happens when children get on the bus in the afternoons, she said. When were not around kids do change.
The problems are occurring on the same bus route every year.
Dozier suggested not allowing kids who cause problems to ride the bus.
Dumm suggested more parental involvement.
Somewhere along the line we need to make the parents accountable, he said.
The next School Board meeting will be March 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Beck Administration and Education Center on Church Street in Georgetown.
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"While we looked to sell the franchise multiple times, we were unsuccessful in finding a suitable partner that we thought would support City of Heroes' fans in a manner they were accustomed to for years to come."
This statement from NCSoft completely invalidates my trust in anything they have to say. If anyone believes NCSoft refused to sell City of Heroes out of loyalty to their customers then I have a bridge I'd like to sell them or some nice land in Florida.
I don't care why NCSoft decided to shutdown City of Heroes. I do hope there is a way to convince them to sell it.
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I am a WoW player so I wasn't fired thanks for attempting to be civil though. Moving on to address your diatribe:
Boycotting doesn't only involve what choices you make but word of mouth (very big for the entertainment industry) spreads and you can create a stiuation where the potential consumers may not consider a product. I will tell everyone I know and conventions to avoid any game NCSOFT publishes because they simply are not interested all that much in the western market.
Lineage 1 North America wasn't putting them in th red, so when they chose to close it out many were surprised given it was fine in the Asian market. Bottom line, is that, their business practices are myopic and focused on the Asian market. If NCSOFT wants to be taken seriously as a global publisher they need to extend an olive branch to the western market not a knife to the back.
What they have done is a public relations firms big no no and that is the sow massive discontent with a very large demographic.
I don't play EA or SoE games because I choose to avoid them for the obvious reasons. I am old enough to remember when EA made quality games, but their business model shifted to churning out quanity over quality as they became much larger.
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As opposed to a company which has a history of spreading misinformation and telling half truths and has continued to do so. If anything we should doubt NCSoft's claims since they have far more to lose and a far greater interest in saving face.
Sorry, but that's just how it goes. If a game closes, find another one.
Just because you are incapable of having sentiment doesn't mean other people aren't. There were friendships in that game. Besides MMOs aren't interchangable. Non-fantasy games are a rarity and CoH was better than that. You may be able to go from one to the other sans loyalty and if you can, I feel sorry for you. But there were plenty of people who liked the game and are justifiably upset at how NCSoft treated us.
Boycotting their games may not hurt the company but it will save us money and will keep them from hurting us again.
What it comes down to is that NCSoft cannot be trusted. They have a history of lying and now the motivation to do so now to save face and implement some kind of damage control. Trust and loyalty and honesty have no meaning in the corporate world anymore.
All we know for sure is that they don't care about players in the western market and it would be in our best intrests not to play any game they control again or else the same thing will happen. We weren't customers to them, we were a product to be used, abused, then tossed aside when we became inconvenient.
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If it were me, I'd retool the game to work on Linux and release it with a modified engine on the Steambox (or whatever Valve is calling it) when that console comes out. Instead of being full on server MMO...just make it 6 man groups with user hosting and a lobby to meet players coupled with a CoD matchmaking system to get random groups going. Release the game again for 60$ as B2P and then start churning out DLC for 20$ a pop.
While Superhero MMO's have suffered...Superhero console games have done WELL and the game would do well in that market. I'd love it if they did it for the xbox, but it would take some time to remake that game in this way and they would need to think about future console trends, of which I'm going to put hard money that, should Valve seriously enter it...they will seriously WIN it.
I'd pay 60$ tonight to play CoH on my xbox. My friends would too. NCSoft would do well to consider it before selling the IP. Reworking it wouldn't even take all that long as the xbox language is a C derivative anyway. Well, it WOULD take a bit since you'd be changing a ton about how the game does its networking and all that. I don't mean to underplay what changing an MMO into a multiplayer lobby game really is. Hell they might have to make it new entirely, I've never even thought about what that sort of change entails. I Just know I'd pay for it.
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That would be major retooling and redisign. It wasn't unusual to see people with 6-8 trays of 10 clickable powers each. All those powers/items bound to chording key combinations. The game was really married to keyboard and mouse. 20 would be a low number for things you would need to be able to instantly activate.
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If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Originally posted by f0dell54
No grand conspiracy is required here... So, your attempt at belittlement isn't even 1/10 ^^ All thats required is to examine NCsofts past history, and behavior. That speaks for itself. Just one of many gems is this from Wiki. Which eventually ended up costing them $32 million.
Richard Garriott termination
Richard Garriott, lead developer of Tabula Rasa, sued NCsoft for US$47 million in damages concerning his termination from the company. Garriott asserted in his suit that he was forced out of the company and was made to sell his 400,000 shares in NCsoft's stock, losing him millions of dollars. In addition, he claimed that the company was guilty of fraud by forging his resignation announcement.[16] On July 30, 2010, a jury in a Texas federal court awarded him US$28 million in damages. NCsoft appealed the ruling.[17] Garriott again prevailed on appeal and NCsoft was required to pay an additional US$4 million, bringing the total damages awarded to Garriott to US$32 million.[18]
Couple questionable business practices, with the fact that they have now axed no less than five western games, and a western company would have to be ignorant and/or desperate to choose them as a publisher.
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Joined: 11/14/12
The biggest rumor was CoH was cancelled because they didn't care what the players wanted only what the investors cared about. And that was they wanted to invest all their money into Guild Wars II which I won't play after GW was a complete failure in my opinion and Aion which NCSoft lost millions on.
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Joined: 10/16/12
It could also be they shut it down to relaunch sometime in the future
with a different Dev studio at lower wages
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Joined: 8/24/10
Did no one else notice the interesting post above by AmmonJ? He gave out some very specific information about who he is and his credentials.
Since annonymity bothers some, then let's put it aside. My name is Ammon Johns, and I work as an Internet Marketing Consultant. I speak at International conferences, and my clients are predominently large national and multinationals, including banks, insurance companies, online stores, charities, and portals. I also work for small local and specialist businesses online. I've worked for many of the sites you probably know and use yourself. I don't specialise in the game development industry at all, but I work with every level of internet market. I am considered a world expert in marketing online.
I did a name search in google and this guy is not some unknown. There's a whole lot of sites detailing who he is and his business portfolio. He's apparently the real deal. This is not some pimply fan-boi in his mothers basement whining about a lost game. This is a professional offering his opinion based on his own business experience. And what I'm getting from what he's saying is that there's no way City of Heroes wasn't profitable, and that there's something really shady going on with NCSoft.
Go back up and read AmmonJ's post. Then go look up his credentials for yourself. Don't take my word for it.
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Joined: 10/01/07
I dont see what the big deal is here. Why is everyone so focused on whether the game was profitable or not. Theres no law or rule that says they cant shut a game down if its profitable. They have every right to shut it down, and they owe noone a reason. You agree to it every time you log in. They can make any changes they want, add servers, remove servers, or close them all down.
Honestly, MMOs close. This isnt the first, and it certainly wont be the last. Players cried when SWG shut down, and it accomplished nothing. They arent going to turn the servers back on just because a few players start crying over it. Find a new game and move on. How is this news?
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Joined: 6/11/08
I think with my heart and move with my head.-Kongos
I don't think anyone is saying the game couldn't have been profitable. But the game and the studio were one product. Eighty people to run one game with no additional products to show for it could very well be unprofitable or show zero future potential.
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Joined: 4/24/12
Unrelated to the current discussion topics.
Has anyone found another game worth thier time? WoW, SWTOR, LOTRO, DNDO, none of them can keep my attention, and the community sucks on all except LOTRO. I hate zombies, so TSW is out. This the 3rdtime NCsoft has axed a MMO for me, likely not gonna give them another shot at my online so called life. I am a six year vet of COH just so you know where I am coming from. Co and DCUO are wretched games in my opinion, tried and uninstalled.
So any good tips are welcome.
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Joined: 1/06/13
Originally posted by Volkanik
The city of heroes community was unable to accept reality as it came crashing down around their ears. The game had been in continuous decline for four years prior to the shutdown. The developers had taken to making false and misleading statements to the players, or have you all forgotten Mr. Miller's statement to the PvPers that "PvP was a priority for paragon studios and would be receiving regular updates ?" . They would stonewall with silence when they failed to deliver and even coopted heavy posters into shilling for them.
Personally I wouldn't believe anything anyone from paragon studios had to say, and find no shock at the fact, that people who bought their statements hook line and sinker can't let it go. Take a look
"this complies with to the notion that NCsoft tried to work with Paragon to make things work and keep the game alive, but the Q2 2012 Earnings Report seems to jive with our anonymous friend's claims. CoH seemed to, at least during that window, be bringing in around 3-4 million dollars a month in revenue."
PS was bringing in 3-4 million a quarter or roughly 12 million a year. Not per month. But if you want to believe why not call it 30 million. 30 million is completely plausible if you can believe that having to produce more content for the cash shop while receiving ever less revenue made you more profitable. Either way with a 5% loss rate/month for their customers paragon studios would have been in the red by now. That number is if anything very low. Prior to the announcement all but 3 or at most 4 of the servers were little more than ghost towns.
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Joined: 10/10/03
You do realise the MMO industry has turned from one which makes MMO's for long term profit to one which makes MMO's for short term profit? That MMO's are now expected to perform more like solo games than multiplayer games when it comes to return of investment and overall profit?
In light of this, why would any gaming company try to keep an old MMO going? If you are making a profit but only relatively a small one, and you think resources can be put to better use elsewhere why would you keep an old MMO running? Gaming companies are run by suits now, not gamers, wake up and smell the monetary coffee.
I expect more such closures in the next couple of years, if your old MMO is with a company making new MMO's it is definitely vulnerable.
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Joined: 8/24/10
Originally posted by Another_Fan
Another_Fan - Every time I see your posts recently, I keep thinking, "What particular axe is he grinding? Why does he feel the need to spin conspiracy tin-foil hat theories like this?" Well I think I've got the answer.
You were haunting the City of Heroes official forums for years doing this same thing. Though I didn't post much myself except at the end, I did lurk. And I remember your posts. I didn't catch the very beginning of what got you started down the path to your particular obsession. I only started noticing them last year. But you've very often been this vitriolic and you've always been a doom troll since I began noticing you. But the only intersection with your particular reality is that an end finally did come. You're just taking the opportunity to indulge in shadenfraude at this moment. It's un-earned, to say the least.
But more than that, you, like jtcgs, seem to have always been extremely angry about something specific. I still don't know for sure about him, but in your case, it appears to be the PVP changes of Issue 13 that you got obsessed with.
Issue 13 was released Tuesday, December 2, 2008. This was the issue in which Castle's (a dev on the COH team) PVP changes were implemented. And it's widely considered to be the cause of the exodus of most hardcore PVP players from City of Heroes.
So that's about 4 years back. And that's when you keep saying that City of Heroes has been declining from. Interesting timing, that. I double-checked on Massively where I remembered you posting because the above nudged a memory. And apparently I was correct. Here's a direct quote from you on a Massively article about COH:
I am sure you are familiar with the incidents surrounding I13 and I14 (Game speak for the 13th and 14th major updates).
When you have the developers of the game not just lie to a segment of the player base, but actually mislead them into putting effort into defining the future direction of the game. Effort you have no intention of ever actually using and all you are doing is stringing the people along. It isn't surprising that there should be a backlash.
For those of you that didn't play the game. With I13 the development staff went to the pvp community and asked for ways to improve pvp gameplay. They never had any intention of implementing what the pvpers wanted. Matter of fact they decided that the focus of all future PvP improvements should be aimed at attracting people that didn't want to PvP.
Yes, I do remember those times. And the anger and vitriol from the PVPers. Some of it deserved. I have to admit, I got into PVP somewhat. I wasn't "hardcore". But it was exhilerating. And then I13 happened, and even for a casual PVPer like myself, the changes were pretty onerous. Didn't care for them and the travel power suppression worked against me more than most, since movement with SS/SJ was what I did even before I got into PVP. So that was pretty frustrating. But you know what? I moved on.
Most City of Heroes players did. Because there was more than enough to do in the rest of the game. And PVP was the smallest part of it. (And in arena PVP you could even get rid of most of the I13 Nerfs and play at nearly Pre-I13 power levels!)
But apparently you couldn't let it go. Based on what I saw of you on the old boards and posts elsewhere like the above one from massively, you were a hardcore PVPer who couldn't or wouldn't move on and allowed your bitterness to take over to the point of obsession. You started making wild accusations about being "lied to" and accused others on the boards of conspiring against you when they wouldn't agree with you.
Seriously? Who calls for the head developer of a game studio to be fired over something like PVP changes that don't even affect the majority of COH players? You got banned at least once for flaming. You got banned AGAIN from the official boards a couple of weeks before the games close because of it. That last is quite an achievement considering moderators were a skeleton crew at that time just trying to "keep the lights on" till the end. Much of the board was "Barrens Chat" by that point. But you actually stood out enough from the rest to actually get banned.
And then you accuse people of conspiracy because you couldn't keep your temper in check? Please.
I know you want to believe that the I13 PVP changes are the direct cause of COH's demise. But that simply isn't the case.
Let's discuss some actual numbers here.
There was in fact a dip in relative sales in 2009. For about four years after the game first came out, the dollar weakened/KrW strengthened which depressed the sales earnings from the PoV of Korea. Now in 2008 the value of the KrW collapsed going from around 920 to a dollar to 1410 to a dollar a year or so later. That's a 50% difference. That's why the game's sales revenues in KrW surged in 2008. What followed was Korea's central bank stepping in to stabilize it by the end of 2009 to around the same level as it is today and back when the game first came out (1150 +/- 70).
COH had the usual incremental decline that all MMOs are subject to. Except that COH's "slope" was shallower than most MMOs. It was declining, yes. But not precipitously so. People might leave, but they almost always came BACK. (In fact, I would take a month break or two on occasion myself, then come back and re-activate my sub.) That's the "stick" calculation above. The games sales plateued at 30% of it's sales at launch. If you factor out the bump from GR, the sales were pretty steady for the last two 1/2 years (maybe a very slight decline). Who knows what the highly anticipated Issue 24 would have done for the sales?
PVP wasn't even in the game at launch, and the nerfing of it was not the cause of the game's death. PVP or lack of it didn't help or hinder the game. It was always more about the PVE. PVP existed, but it was never the main focus of the game. Some bitter PVPers with an axe to grind might be very disappointed to hear that. But it's simply the facts.
Here recently, you've focussed entirely on trying to "prove" that City of Heroes was a massive failure on every level in terms of business and finances. And you want to obscure your PVP bitterness as much as possible by focussing on any financial aspect that fits with your bias so as not to come off as a raving fanatic.
But you're really not very good at parsing the actual numbers, or in coming off like a rational person. Statements like the above where you accuse "heavy posters" (I suppose specific posters on the old boards with high post counts) of having been "co-opted" by Paragon to "Shill" for them simply make you look like a lunatic with an axe to grind.
Co-opted? With what, exactly? Are you going to accuse Paragon Studios of paying people real money or goods to post positive things and defend the game? Really? Do you not realize how obsessive and fanatical you sound? Where's your proof?
I'm actually asking that only half in jest. I'd really like to see what constitutes "proof" to you. I think it would be most interesting if you actually produced numbers, spreadsheets and check stubs. No really - if you've actually GOT something like that, please share! That'd be a bombshell!
But if your "proof" consists of "this person disagrees with me, therefore he must have been paid off!" Well, then you can be dismissed summarily as a crazy person.
Seriously, you should get help to overcome your obsession. 4 solid years of this is not healthy. You need to take your own advice and Let. It. Go.
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Joined: 7/09/04
If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Originally posted by Scot
Very, very true. We are bound to see more of this over the next few years. Suits have entirely different perspectives than Dev's and gamers do. Hell, I suspect many of them seldom if ever play their own games. Its just a job to them, andf if the numbers don't add up to their projections/expectations, they have no problem pulling the plug.
While that may be good for the projects ROI, it can become a toxic attitude over time. Look at the number of people who seriously dislike NCsoft, SOE, and other such. Thats like a corrosive DOT, and it can seriously damage a companies reputation, over time. I suspect we've just started to see some of the backlash in that regard.
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I think with my heart and move with my head.-Kongos
Except it doesn't. Outside of forums like these it doesn't seem to have touched GW2. EQNext's biggest issue on these forums is Smedley's design ability, not that SWG closed. Most of those posts seem to be cautiously optimistic.
There are two things working against closing old games becoming a huge backlash. One is that the old games getting closed are going to be on the way out anyway. They are going to have a dwindling player base so most of the players will have already moved on. Item two is that players are a fickle bunch and generally speaking if you can show them a new game, they'll be happy.
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- Phase I clinical study of the recombinant antibody toxin scFv(FRP5)-ETA specific for the ErbB2/HER2 receptor in patients with advanced solid malignomas (2005)
- Introduction: ScFv(FRP5)-ETA is a recombinant antibody toxin with binding specificity for ErbB2 (HER2). It consists of an N-terminal single-chain antibody fragment (scFv), genetically linked to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin A (ETA). Potent antitumoral activity of scFv(FRP5)-ETA against ErbB2-overexpressing tumor cells was previously demonstrated in vitro and in animal models. Here we report the first systemic application of scFv(FRP5)-ETA in human cancer patients. Methods: We have performed a phase I dose-finding study, with the objective to assess the maximum tolerated dose and the dose-limiting toxicity of intravenously injected scFv(FRP5)-ETA. Eighteen patients suffering from ErbB2-expressing metastatic breast cancers, prostate cancers, head and neck cancer, non small cell lung cancer, or transitional cell carcinoma were treated. Dose levels of 2, 4, 10, 12.5, and 20 μg/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA were administered as five daily infusions each for two consecutive weeks. Results: No hematologic, renal, and/or cardiovascular toxicities were noted in any of the patients treated. However, transient elevation of liver enzymes was observed, and considered dose limiting, in one of six patients at the maximum tolerated dose of 12.5 μg/kg, and in two of three patients at 20 μg/kg. Fifteen minutes after injection, peak concentrations of more than 100 ng/ml scFv(FRP5)-ETA were obtained at a dose of 10 μg/kg, indicating that predicted therapeutic levels of the recombinant protein can be applied without inducing toxic side effects. Induction of antibodies against scFv(FRP5)-ETA was observed 8 days after initiation of therapy in 13 patients investigated, but only in five of these patients could neutralizing activity be detected. Two patients showed stable disease and in three patients clinical signs of activity in terms of signs and symptoms were observed (all treated at doses ≥ 10 μg/kg). Disease progression occurred in 11 of the patients. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that systemic therapy with scFv(FRP5)-ETA can be safely administered up to a maximum tolerated dose of 12.5 μg/kg in patients with ErbB2-expressing tumors, justifying further clinical development.
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- Meeting Abstract : 27. Deutscher Krebskongress. Berlin, 22.-26.03.2006. Docetaxel, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide (TAC) is considered today as one treatment option for patients with node-positive primary breast cancer. However, treatment is associated with anaemia grade 1-4 (2-4) in up to 95% (36%) of patients. We prospectively investigated the use of a primary prophylaxis with Darbepoetin alfa once every 3 weeks in 35 patients receiving six to eight cycles of TAC as neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Darbepoetin treatment started on day 1 of a TAC cycle if haemoglobin (Hb) was ≤ 14.0 g/dl. Dosage was adapted to 9 µg/kg if Hb was ≤ 13.0 g/dl on day 21 of the previous cycle, to 4.5 µg/kg if Hb was between 13.0 and 14.0 g/dl and was discontinued if Hb increased to ≥ 14 g/dl. The primary aim was to prevent Hb levels ≤ 12 g/dl before surgery. During 112 (50.2%) and 93 (41.7%) of 223 cycles, 4.5 µg/kg and 9 µg/kg Darbepoetin were given, respectively. Dosage was decreased from 9 to 4.5 µg/kg in 21 (60%) patients and 28 (12.4%) cycles. Treatment was discontinued due to Hb > 14.0 g/dl in 12 (34.3%) patients and 13 (5.4%) cycles. Hb level on day 21 of the last cycle was ≤ 12.0 g/dl in 4 (11.4%) patients. Eighteen (51.4%) patients during 36 (16.1%) cycles showed Hb levels ≤ 12 g/dl throughout treatment. No NCI-CTC grade 2 to 4 anaemia was observed. Symptoms of fatigue (FACT-AN) decreased slightly throughout treatment. Anaemia during TAC chemotherapy can be avoided by a single injection of Darbepoetin alfa every 3 weeks.
- Correction: Phase I clinical study of the recombinant antibody-toxin scFv(FRP5)-ETA specific for the ErbB2/HER2 receptor in patients with advanced solid malignomas (2006)
- Following publication of the data presented by von Minckwitz and colleagues [1] it has been brought to our attention that some patients should be scored differently. Stable disease was seen in three of the eighteen patients instead of two of the eighteen patients: one patient with transitional cell carcinoma treated at 4 micro g/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA per day, and two breast cancer patients treated at 4 and 12.5 micro g/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA per day. Disease progression occured in 9 of the eighteen patients evaluated (see corrected Table 2 overleaf). This does not affect the conclusions of our study. In addition we would like to correct the following errors: patient IDs for patients U01 and U02 in the original Table 2 were interchanged. In addition, patient N03 had a grade 3 elevation of gamma-glutamyl transferase, and not grade 2 (see corrected Table 2 overleaf). http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2005/1156/
- Clinical feasibility of (neo)adjuvant taxane-based chemotherapy in older patients : analysis of >4,500 patients from four German randomized breast cancer trials (2008)
- Introduction: Despite the fact that people older than 65 years of age have the highest incidence of developing breast cancer, these patients are excluded from clinical trials in most cases. Furthermore, most physicians tend towards therapy regimens without the use of dose-dense, highly active taxane-based treatments because of a lack of data regarding toxicities of these compounds in older patients. Methods: Pooled side-effect data were analyzed from four prospective, randomized clinical trials in which patients of different age groups (< 60 years, between 60 and 64 years, and > 64 years) with primary breast cancer received taxane-based chemotherapy. Results: Dose delays, dose reductions, hospitalization, and therapy discontinuation increased with age. Hematologic toxicities and some nonhematologic toxicities were generally more common in older patients. Leucopenia increased from 55.3% in patients aged < 60 years to 65.5% in patients aged > 64 years (P < 0.001), and neutropenia increased from 46.9% to 57.4% (P < 0.001). There was no difference, however, in clinically more relevant febrile neutropenia between the different age groups. Thrombopenia shows a similar age-dependent increase, whereas there is no difference between the age groups concerning anemia. Hot flushes and elevated liver enzymes decreased with increasing age. Conclusions: The present pooled analysis of a substantial cohort of older primary breast cancer patients demonstrates that taxane-containing (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy is feasible in older patients and that toxicity can be reduced by sequential therapy regimens.
- Clinical response after two cycles compared to HER2, Ki-67, p53, and bcl-2 in independently predicting a pathological complete response after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with operable carcinoma of the breast (2008)
- Introduction To investigate the predictive value of clinical and biological markers for a pathological complete remission after a preoperative dose-dense regimen of doxorubicin and docetaxel, with or without tamoxifen, in primary operable breast cancer. Methods Patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of previously untreated, operable, and measurable primary breast cancer (tumour (T), nodes (N) and metastases (M) score: T2-3(>= 3 cm) N0-2 M0) were treated in a prospectively randomised trial with four cycles of dose-dense (bi-weekly) doxorubicin and docetaxel (ddAT) chemotherapy, with or without tamoxifen, prior to surgery. Clinical and pathological parameters (menopausal status, clinical tumour size and nodal status, grade, and clinical response after two cycles) and a panel of biomarkers (oestrogen and progesterone receptors, Ki-67, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), p53, bcl-2, all detected by immunohistochemistry) were correlated with the detection of a pathological complete response (pCR). Results A pCR was observed in 9.7% in 248 patients randomised in the study and in 8.6% in the subset of 196 patients with available tumour tissue. Clinically negative axillary lymph nodes, poor tumour differentiation, negative oestrogen receptor status, negative progesterone receptor status, and loss of bcl-2 were significantly predictive for a pCR in a univariate logistic regression model, whereas in a multivariate analysis only the clinical nodal status and hormonal receptor status provided significantly independent information. Backward stepwise logistic regression revealed a response after two cycles, with hormone receptor status and lymph-node status as significant predictors. Patients with a low percentage of cells stained positive for Ki-67 showed a better response when treated with tamoxifen, whereas patients with a high percentage of Ki-67 positive cells did not have an additional benefit when treated with tamoxifen. Tumours overexpressing HER2 showed a similar response to that in HER2-negative patients when treated without tamoxifen, but when HER2-positive tumours were treated with tamoxifen, no pCR was observed. Conclusion Reliable prediction of a pathological complete response after preoperative chemotherapy is not possible with clinical and biological factors routinely determined before start of treatment. The response after two cycles of chemotherapy is a strong but dependent predictor. The only independent factor in this subset of patients was bcl-2. Trial registration number NCT00543829
- Identification of biology-based breast cancer types with distinct predictive and prognostic features : role of steroid hormone and HER2 receptor expression in patients treated with neoadjuvant anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy (2009)
- Introduction: Reliable predictive and prognostic markers for routine diagnostic purposes are needed for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We evaluated protein biomarkers in a cohort of 116 participants of the GeparDuo study on anthracycline/taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer to test for associations with pathological complete response (pCR) and disease-free survival (DFS). Particularly, we evaluated if interactions between hormone receptor (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression might lead to a different clinical behavior of HR+/HER2+ coexpressing and HR+/HER2- tumors and whether subgroups of triple negative tumors might be identified by the help of Ki67 labeling index, cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6), as well as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) expression. Methods: Expression analysis was performed using immunohistochemistry and silver-enhanced in situ hybridization on tissue microarrays (TMAs) of pretherapeutic core biopsies. Results: pCR rates were significantly different between the biology-based tumor types (P = 0.044) with HR+/HER2+ and HR-/HER2- tumors having higher pCR rates than HR+/HER2-tumors. Ki67 labeling index, confirmed as significant predictor of pCR in the whole cohort (P = 0.001), identified HR-/HER- (triple negative) carcinomas with a higher chance for a pCR (P = 0.006). Biology-based tumor type (P = 0.046 for HR+/HER2+vs. HR+/HER2-), Ki67 labeling index (P = 0.028), and treatment arm (P = 0.036) were independent predictors of pCR in a multivariate model. DFS was different in the biology-based tumor types (P < 0.0001) with HR+/HER2- and HR+/HER2+ tumors having the best prognosis and HR-/HER2+ tumors showing the worst outcome. Biology-based tumor type was an independent prognostic factor for DFS in multivariate analysis (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that a biology-based breast cancer classification using estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), and HER2 bears independent predictive and prognostic potential. The HR+/HER2+ coexpressing carcinomas emerged as a group of tumors with a good response rate to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a favorable prognosis. HR+/HER2- tumors had a good prognosis irrespective of a pCR, whereas patients with HR-/HER- and HR-/HER+ tumors, especially if they had not achieved a pCR, had an unfavorable prognosis and are in need of additional treatment options. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00793377
- Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) predicts response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and clinical outcome in primary human breast cancer (2012)
- In our previous work we showed that NGAL, a protein involved in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation, is overexpressed in human breast cancer (BC) and predicts poor prognosis. In neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) pathological complete response (pCR) is a predictor for outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate NGAL as a predictor of response to NACT and to validate NGAL as a prognostic factor for clinical outcome in patients with primary BC. Immunohistochemistry was performed on tissue microarrays from 652 core biopsies from BC patients, who underwent NACT in the GeparTrio trial. NGAL expression and intensity was evaluated separately. NGAL was detected in 42.2% of the breast carcinomas in the cytoplasm. NGAL expression correlated with negative hormone receptor (HR) status, but not with other baseline parameters. NGAL expression did not correlate with pCR in the full population, however, NGAL expression and staining intensity were significantly associated with higher pCR rates in patients with positive HR status. In addition, strong NGAL expression correlated with higher pCR rates in node negative patients, patients with histological grade 1 or 2 tumors and a tumor size <40 mm. In univariate survival analysis, positive NGAL expression and strong staining intensity correlated with decreased disease-free survival (DFS) in the entire cohort and different subgroups, including HR positive patients. Similar correlations were found for intense staining and decreased overall survival (OS). In multivariate analysis, NGAL expression remained an independent prognostic factor for DFS. The results show that in low-risk subgroups, NGAL was found to be a predictive marker for pCR after NACT. Furthermore, NGAL could be validated as an independent prognostic factor for decreased DFS in primary human BC.
- HER2 and ESR1 mRNA expression levels and response to neoadjuvant trastuzumab plus chemotherapy in patients with primary breast cancer (2013)
- Introduction: Recent data suggest that benefit from trastuzumab and chemotherapy might be related to expression of HER2 and estrogen receptor (ESR1). Therefore, we investigated HER2 and ESR1 mRNA levels in core biopsies of HER2-positive breast carcinomas from patients treated within the neoadjuvant GeparQuattro trial. Methods: HER2 levels were centrally analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC), silver in-situ hybridization (SISH) and qRT-PCR in 217 pretherapeutic formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) core biopsies. All tumors had been HER2-positive by local pathology and had been treated with neoadjuvant trastuzumab/ chemotherapy in GeparQuattro. Results: Only 73% of the tumors (158 of 217) were centrally HER2-positive (cHER2-positive) by IHC/SISH, with cHER2-positive tumors showing a significantly higher pCR rate (46.8% vs. 20.3%, p<0.0005). HER2 status by qRT-PCR showed a concordance of 88.5% with the central IHC/SISH status, with a low pCR rate in those tumors that were HER2-negative by mRNA analysis (21.1% vs. 49.6%, p<0.0005). The level of HER2 mRNA expression was linked to response rate in ESR1-positive tumors, but not in ESR1-negative tumors. HER2 mRNA expression was significantly associated with pCR in the HER2-positive/ESR1-positive tumors (p=0.004), but not in HER2-positive/ESR1-negative tumors. Conclusions: Only patients with cHER2-positive tumors - irrespective of the method used - have an increased pCR rate with trastuzumab plus chemotherapy. In patients with cHER2-negative tumors the pCR rate is comparable to the pCR rate in the non-trastuzumab treated HER-negative population. Response to trastuzumab is correlated to HER2 mRNA levels only in ESR1-positive tumors. This study adds further evidence to the different biology of both subsets within the HER2-positive group.
- Prospective Validation of Immunological Infiltrate for Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer – A Substudy of the Neoadjuvant GeparQuinto Trial (2013)
- Introduction: We have recently described an increased lymphocytic infiltration rate in breast carcinoma tissue is a significant response predictor for anthracycline/taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). The aim of this study was to prospectively validate the tumor-associated lymphocyte infiltrate as predictive marker for response to anthracycline/taxane-based NACT. Patients and Methods: The immunological infiltrate was prospectively evaluated in a total of 313 core biopsies from HER2 negative patients of the multicenter PREDICT study, a substudy of the neoadjuvant GeparQuinto study. Intratumoral lymphocytes (iTuLy), stromal lymphocytes (strLy) as well as lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer (LPBC) were evaluated by histopathological assessment. Pathological complete response (pCR) rates were analyzed and compared between the defined subgroups using the exact test of Fisher. Results: Patients with lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer (LPBC) had a significantly increased pCR rate of 36.6%, compared to non-LPBC patients (14.3%, p<0.001). LPBC and stromal lymphocytes were significantly independent predictors for pCR in multivariate analysis (LPBC: OR 2.7, p = 0.003, strLy: OR 1.2, p = 0.01). The amount of intratumoral lymphocytes was significantly predictive for pCR in univariate (OR 1.2, p = 0.01) but not in multivariate logistic regression analysis (OR 1.2, p = 0.11). Conclusion: Confirming previous investigations of our group, we have prospectively validated in an independent cohort that an increased immunological infiltrate in breast tumor tissue is predictive for response to anthracycline/taxane-based NACT. Patients with LPBC and increased stromal lymphocyte infiltration have significantly increased pCR rates. The lymphocytic infiltrate is a promising additional parameter for histopathological evaluation of breast cancer core biopsies.


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I think $299 is the sweet spot. There is no reason for Apple to join the race to the bottom. I'm assuming from everything I've seen that it will essentially be an iPad 2 in a smaller form factor, able to do everything and run every app the 2 can. That, plus the fact that even the most casual consumer considers the iPad "the" tablet computer to own (no diss of Android - I'm just talking about the average person who doesn't read tech blog's perception) means that people will happily shell out an extra hundred bucks to own an actual iPad.
That $299 price also makes the most sense when looking at the whole iOS line. $200 Touch, $300 iPad Mini, $400 iPad full size and $500 iPad Retina. A very natural and defendable pricing structure.


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To make crust, follow directions for Pumpkin Pie crust. Preheat oven to 400. Roll pie dough out into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Place dough in the pie pan and refrigerate while you make the filling and topping.
To make filling, mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl. To make topping, mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. The topping mixture should clump when pressed together.
Add filling to cold pie crust and scatter topping all over the filling. Bake at 400 degrees until the juice in the center of the pie is bubbling, about 1 hour. If the crust or topping becomes too dark, cover the pie loosely with foil.
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Let's face it, we as humans have an uncanny ability for surival. And with that ability comes an dangerous sense of invincability. We have always felt this way even more so as Americans but hey thats what makes us Americans and thats pretty kick-ass. But the simple truth that noone wants to admit is that no matter how strong or civilizations get or how powerful our governments become any social order can and will fail. and when that time comes whether it be from total economic collapse or a strain of virus that reanimates the undead you will need to be prepared, because heed my words you will see it in your lifetime. So lets get started with 20 things you will need:
#1 water
Being an outdoorsman my whole life and having under 50 treks under my belt I know firsthand how important water will be. Now im not saying stockpile water or go to sam's club and pillage every pallet of water they carry, i'm just saying keep it readily available. Choosing your camp or shelter near water (but always on high ground) is a must. Without fluid you will not survive.
#2 Knife
The most primitive of tools that will always be a necessity for those on Earth. A knife can help you do everything from starting fires to defending yourself. A good survival knife has a blade from 4" to 8" inches and should be kept on you at all time. I wont sit here and tell you one brand is better than another but as long as its durable and sharpens easily you'll be fine.
#3 Food
Now food is always going to be on your mind especially as men we think with only two things one is our stomach and the other is not our brain. Now freezedried foods are an easy way out if you have the money and space but even that will eventually run out especially if you are forced from your home. my advice is either A learn how to fish or B learn how to hunt (if you can do both then you will not go hungry). Get to know the woods and waters around you and foraging will be a no brainer which leaves time for the other two things you think with.
#4 Protection
There's nothing more practical to defend yourself from zombies or feral humans than a firearm. Guns can put a great distance between you and your opponent and will settle an attackers rage faster than pepto bismol on an upset stomach. The only problem is when you run out of ammo a gun just because a really expensive club. My opinion on the matter .22 LR is a pretty reliable round as far as hunting for small game or busting a zombie skull plus they're small and skads of ammo can be brought with you plus for 14.95 for a 500 round box check and mate. But if you're like me and your ego is just too big for the ol' .22 caliber then a 12 guage or any military issued round would be great for keeping on hand (e.g. 9mm, 5.56mm, 7.62, .308, etc.). However if your like some and you want a weapon to get up close and personal with, just make sure it's either light and sharp or heavy and blunt whatever your choice may be just make sure it can be easily repaired and maintained and its not too heavy to run with.
#5 Warm Clothing
An old East Texas proverb my grandfather told my dad and my dad told me goes as follows, "You can always take off, but you cant always put on". Growing up in a deer stand ive found this to be true many many times. Pack warm and you'll stay warm. Sturdy footwear will be a definite also remember your feet always need to be protected and wash your socks and feet often.
#6 Axe
Not only can it be used as a formidable striking weapon but an axe can build shelter, chop through animal bones, fall trees, or smash glass to get into buildings. Wherever you may be an axe is a must have.
#7 companion
The old saying "trust noone" was probably said by someone who was surrounded by people. One thing that will keep you keeping on is hope and hope is built alot faster with two heads.
#8 compass
Navigation will be a definite must have ability for post apocalyptic times. whether it be to find a safe zone, refugee camp or just the nearest lake river or stream a compass will keep you from wondering in circles.
#9 firestarter
One of the most important things you will need in these times is an ignition source for fire matches and lighters are an easy out but remember these things are only temporary and should be used only sparingly. One match fires are easier said than done but it is something you should practice and eventually it will become second nature. Magnesium (flint and steel) fire starters would be my reccomendation they are a pain in the ass to get the hang of but having rubbed two sticks together for 5 hours to create a fire I can say without a doubt i would have given a finger for one. plus magnesium can last for decades before being depleted and to top it off they're waterproof.
#10 Bargaining Items
There may come a time while upon your journey that you may run into "friendlies", people in the same position you're in. Having something to barter with would be a great resource to secure whatever tool you may need. Salt in my opinion would probably be worth its weight in gold for people needing to preserve food or just remember what good salty transfat tastes like.
#11 Portable radio
Anything that can keep you in contact with the outside world will keep your spirits up, give you hope, and open up vital information to get you to safety. hand-cranked models can be found easily and are easy to repair and do not run off batteries, two birds with one stone.
#12 Backpack
You've got to put all this stuff somewhere right?
#13 First Aid
Maintaining your safety will be a definite must while on this exodus. Make sure whatever kind of kit you have antibiotic is present. Festering wounds can kill you just as easy as any zombie or hostile foe. Also fishing line and a needle or super glue makes for a great cheap way to close an open wound.
#14 Portable water container (pwc)
While even though you may always stay close to water always keep water with you getting lost is easier than you think and finding water while lost isnt any easier plus it can be boiled at that point to steralize.
#15 Rope
Rope isn't a must have it is however a very effective tool. Rope can be used to scale obstacles, set snares, make shelter, set traps, or fish. Rope is very useful and should definitley be considered to add to your bag of goodies.
#16 Toiletries
personal hygeine is very important while on the move. Your body is like a well made sportscar just as the oil should be changed every few thousand miles your teeth and your body should be cleaned at every opportunity. Failure to do so can result in anyhting from tooth decay to body rashes. Long story short wipe your ass.
#17 Light
Now light is more of a commodity than a necessity but we in civilized cultures have grown as attached to light as we have breathing. lights give off a sense of security and can be effective tools for hunting or night travel. Flashlights can be useful but batteries will eventually burn out. Solar powered lights or manually powered lights don't put off as much light as do our modern day LED's but they are however battery-less, which in my book goes a long way.
#18 Road maps
Americas highways are great for navigation but i strongly advixe staying as far away as possible from them. Many different people or zombies whichever scenario you prefer will be wandering these and most of the people or zombies for that matter you will not want to meet. But they can give you a quick route to the nearest safe zone.
#19 Cash Money
While paper money may not be of any financial vailue in the new apocalypse, it can still be useful. If you Can't use it to barter with it could still be used for fire tender or butt wipe either one is a pretty good thing in my book.
#20 Reading Material
While it's always good to be entertained a good book can keep your mind off things and your spirits up. Whether it be the Bible or Moby Dick they'll both keep you up in the clouds while you're reading. My advice, GO WITH THE BIBLE.
Now only you can make these things work for you in a survival situation your brain is the most important tool you will possess. The abilities to improvise and adapt will keep you well out of harms way. Stay pretentious and always be careful.
Forever with Christ,


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If you are what you eat (and you definitely are), today I am a big pile of refined white crap. And that's exactly what I feel like. Before last night's LLL meeting, the fam and I stopped off at the Cherry Alley in Lewisburg for sandwiches, only to find that they closed at 6. My… [read more]
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The Ashe County Sharing Center (ACSC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, thanking donors, volunteers and local churches who have helped the nonprofit feed and clothe Ashe's needy for three decades.
"We couldn't do any of this without community support," said ACSC Program Facilitator Michael Sexton. "Especially churches, we get major support from Ashe County's churches."
But ACSC also wants to take this occasion to issue a challenge to the community.
"It's called the '30 for 30 challenge,'" Sexton said. "We're asking all the citizens of Ashe County who can afford to do so to to give us $30, which represents one dollar for each year we've been in operation."
"To give you and idea of what we can do with $30, we can pay the shipment on 375 pounds of food from (Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem)," he said.
"Thirty dollars can also purchase 15 boxes of cereal, 112 pounds of frozen meat, 110 dozen eggs, or 375 cans of vegetables, " he said. "That's what one person giving $30 can accomplish."
"We'd like for everyone in Ashe to keep in mind that in October and November we were at our peak, and we gave out boxes for 515 families each month, which represented about 1,650 individuals," he said. "These same individuals come back every month."
"We gave out in excess of 100,000 pounds of food in 2012," he said.
Before ACSC opened in January, 1983, a sociological study was done by students at Appalachian State to assess the community need for the food pantry. It was found that among the initial client base of 495 cases:
- 69 percent were female
- 99.4 percent were white
- 44 percent reported $5,000 or less annual income
- 27 percent reported no annual income
- 52 percent were unskilled workers
- 12 percent were disabled
The ACSC opened with 12 volunteers and local cash donations sufficient to operate for six months. The first year, they received grants from the N.C. Department of Social Services and the National Emergency Food and Shelter Board totalling $14,375 — approximately $32,000 in 2012 dollars.
Today, the center has 80-90 volunteers, and continues to operate through donations, grants and the support of local churches.
Sexton said the center has seen a sharp increase in demand for food in recent years. In 2012, ACSC gave 4,350 boxes of groceries to a total 13, 212 clients , up from 2,003 boxes for 5,781 clients in 2011.
The "30 for 30 challenge" is issued to help ACSC meet this growing need going into 2013, he said.
New demographic data for ACSCs client base will be available in coming weeks, he said.
The Ashe County Sharing Center's physical address is 3 North Third Ave., West Jefferson, NC, 28694. The mailing address is P.O. Box 334 West Jefferson, NC, 28643. The phone number is 336-846-7019.
The center is open 20 hours per week, from 10-12 p.m. and again from 1-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. They are also open from 9-12 p.m. the first Saturday of every month.


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People will find a plethora of things up for auction at the Western Carolina State Fairgrounds this weekend, including over 50,000 square feet of flooring, electronics, power tools and a 1987 Camaro.
Licensed auction firm Myrtle Beach Auction is bringing five tractor trailer loads of materials to the fairgrounds, all of which the general public can bid on, according to Ed Hagins, who is with the auction firm. The auction starts Saturday at 10 a.m.
A preview of all the items will be offered Friday from 4 until 7 p.m.
"People can look around and see what's there, then go to Lowe's or Home Depot and compare prices," Hagins said.
Items include solid wood kitchen cabinet sets, prefinished hardwoods in various colors, styles and widths, interior Whirlpool tubs, granite countertops, ceiling fans, bathroom fixtures, flat-screen TVs, tablets, stainless steel flatware, cordless drills, trimmers and more.
Interested buyers can register on Saturday between 8 and 10 a.m. to receive a bidding card. The highest bidder wins.
Flooring is sold by the square foot with the high bidder taking as much or as little as needed.
Payment is accepted with either cash, a pre-approved check, debit or credit card. There is a 10 percent buyer's premium on cash and check transactions and a 13 percent buyer's premium on debit and credit card transactions.
The fairgrounds are located at 1566 Columbia Highway N.
For more information, visit www.myrtlebeachauction.com or call Hagins at (843) 828-4601.
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An Integrative Holistic Approach to Understanding and Managing Pain
Chronic pain is the number one cause of disability among adults in the United States, according to the American Chronic Pain Association. It affects over 50 million every day and cost society more than $100 billion each year. This conference will give participants new tools to use to manage pain more completely and effectively and with less medication.
Keynote Speaker:
Cassandra Schamber, MD, author of Handbook for Physical and Emotional Healing, owner of Schamber Healing, a pain clinic where she uses a multi-modal approach to managing pain and helps her patients bring their mind/body/emotion connection into healthy balance.
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Cost: CME Certification $110
All other professionals $90
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Chael Sonnen's recent failed drug test hasn't just led to him being pulled from UFC 175. It will also mark the end of his MMA career.
Sonnen announced his retirement from competition Wednesday on UFC Tonight, one day after news came out that he had tested positive for banned substances and would likely not be able to fight Vitor Belfort on July 6 in Las Vegas. Sonnen has competed in MMA for 17 years, including the last five with the UFC.
At the top of the show, Sonnen further explained why he was taking human chorionic gonadotropin, anastrozole and clomiphene. The latter two are anti-estrogen medications typically given to women. Sonnen, 37, has hypogonadism, an affliction that affects the output of testosterone. He was on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) before it was banned by the Nevada Athletic Commission in February. Once he came off that, Sonnen said doctors prescribed him anastrozole and clomiphene with the hope of stimulating natural testosterone production.
In some ways, it worked. Sonnen said he had fertility issues previously and now his wife Brittany is pregnant with their first child. He said he was putting his health and family first and would do the same thing again if given the choice.


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Northern California Section Meeting
Topic: Component Performance in Formulating Engine Oils
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Title: Component Performance in Formulating Engine Oils
Presenter: Don Smolenski, Evonik
This presentation will begin with a discussion of how engine oils are formulated from base oils and several types of additives. Relevant engine oil specifications (ILSAC, API and dexos), including engine and bench tests, to which these formulations will be qualified, will then be covered. Each of the tests will in turn be reviewed as to their appetite for additives and/or base oils. There will also be discussion of expected future needs, and how these will likely impact engine oil formulation.
Speaker Biography
Don Smolenski has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University. He is currently the OEM Liaison Manager – North America for Evonik Oil Additives, after retiring after 33 years with General Motors. Don has experience in engine oils, including engine and field tests and development of the GM Engine Oil Life System, as well as in industrial lubricants, used oil management and recycling and chemicals management.
Meeting Location:
Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto
1919 Fourth St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking
1:00-2:00 p.m. Presentation (no charge, but RSVP to reserve a seat)
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$30.00 per person (Member and Non-Member)
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Born on this day: March 31, 1935 - Musician and co-founder of A&M Records, Herb Alpert (born Herbert Alpert in Los Angeles, CA). Happy 79th Birthday, Herb!
On this day in music history: March 31, 1949 - RCA Victor Records releases the first commercially available 45 RPM record available for domestic sale. That first single is "Tekarkana Baby" by country music legend Eddy Arnold. Written by Fred Rose, Arnold's version of the song will top the Billboard Best Selling Retail Folk Records chart (existing prior to the Country & Western chart) for one week. The label will press the initial run of the single on clear green vinyl. RCA will develop the new format in response to Columbia Records introducing the 33 1/3 RPM long playing LP the previous year. Pressed on vinyl (or styrene, which is developed by Columbia) rather than the fragile shellac discs that 78's were manufactured from, the 7" discs will grow in popularity, eventually overtaking the 78 in sales by the mid 1950's and becoming the dominant physical single format until the end of the 1980's. Happy 65th Birthday to the 45!
On this day in music history: March 31, 1958 - "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry is released. Written by Chuck Berry in 1955, the semi autobiographical song will be partially inspired by his longtime piano player Johnnie Johnson, though pianist Lafayette Leake will play on the single and not Johnson. "Goode's" opening riff will be lifted from R&B pioneer Louis Jordan's 1946 hit "Ain't That Just Like A Woman." The track is recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago on January 6, 1958 and features Berry backed by musicians Willie Dixon (bass), Lafayette Leake (piano), and Fred Below (drums). Chuck Berry's version will peak at #2 on the Billboard R&B Best Sellers chart and #8 on the Pop Best Sellers chart in June of 1958. Regarded as one of the quintessential rock & roll songs, it will be covered numerous times over the years by dozens of artists. Berry's original version is included on the Voyager Golden Record (a gold plated titanium disc with messages and music recorded on it) attached to the Voyager spacecraft in 1977 representing rock & roll music. The song will also be featured in the film Back To The Future in 1985, where in a humorous plot twist Berry's fictional cousin Marvin Berry overhears the song being performed by actor Michael J. Fox (actually sung by Mark Campbell of Jack Mack & The Heart Attack) who calls his cousin to tell him he's just heard the "new sound" he's been looking for. The original single of "Johnny B. Goode" is backed with the Berry-penned "Around And Around," which will also become a rock & roll standard that is also widely covered, most notably by The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Animals, and David Bowie. Chuck Berry's original recording of "Johnny B. Goode" is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999.


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Unexpectedly glam and fiercely off-duty-chic, this pair of bebe jeans features the classic cut of a skinny, a medium weight stretch and splashes of metallic coating. Try it with a sequin top and strappy sandals Rise: 8"/20 cm. Inseam: 32"/81 cm. Leg opening: 10"/25 cm.
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