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Joined: 11/10/06
Originally posted by Nadia
True. But D3 will eventually get PvP. TL2's PvP is for lolz.
Also, in my opinion, TL2 will receive a very short cycle of development and there won't be as much developer support after the initial game. We might see an xpac but I don't think that likely. I think they will focus on their MMO. D3 has 2 expansions planned and Blizzard are quite committed to fix their game. Why? Because Diablo is one of their major IPs. It is worth a shitload and I think they would be stupid to let it all go to waste.
Anyways I am playing TL2 now and I am really enjoying. Also the price tag is crazy good. I know Runic want to make a TL MMO and I am quite happy for them and I really hope TL2 brings them enough money to make their MMO.
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Only downside in TL2 is the lack of battle.net type closed server system.
The game is more of a single-player/friends game instead of a full fledged MMO.
Which is a real shame ;(
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Joined: 1/04/05
Originally posted by GoldenArrow
D3 is not an MMO either.
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Joined: 11/21/11
I think Runic have shelved their plans for a mmo and started working on something else.
Read some article somewhere where they were on about mmo market being saturated and unless they get a very original mmo idea they won't bother.
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Joined: 6/20/10
I absolutely love this game: it has totally surpassed the expectations I had for it, and I had high ones coming off of TL1 which I love and still play. I am very very happy with TL2!
So far, I have not found one thing wrong with TL2, and I am pretty picky about my games. It is very close to being perfect in my eyes. Well done Runic!
So two great games now: GW2 and TL2, and soon MoP.
Not that D3 is horrible, I think it has the systems in place to make it even better than D2, but its current big downsides are just a bit too big for me atm (always online play, the AH system, item drops, several irritating aspects like hitching when I enter a new zone, account target for hackers, etc.).
The D3 ability/rune system was fun though I did like that, and the constant fear of getting ambushed, which really hurt in higher difficulties. The story-telling aspect is also interesting and the random events each time you load up a zone are fun.
That game does have its good sides, so I really hope that with future patches it will become less flawed and that I will play it soon again.
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Joined: 4/04/11
I think Diablo is ok but not brilliant, and I am interested in tl2, so this review interested me, but i could not make head nor tail of how good the game was due to the bias. E.g. The story in tl2 is a mess but it's ok because the Diablo story is worse?! As I said I'm no super Diablo fan, but my 5 year old daughter coul understand the story in Diablo.
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Joined: 1/27/10
Originally posted by Bladestrom
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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Joined: 11/03/08
Before i say what I plan on saying, you should know that I used to be a massive Blizzard fan boy, i grew up with the diablo and warcraft series, and i got bored after torchlight 1 in about half a hour and never touched it again.
Regardless, with the hype around TL2 i pre-ordered it, and i do not regret it a single bit.
This game is better then Diablo 3 in every freaking way, it feels smoother, doesn't force online play, doesn't have a stupid money auctionhouse, is cheap to purchase, and arguebly looks better depending on your preferences.
On top of that, you actually get to select your difficulty rather then go through the boring as HELL difficulties in D3 before getting to anything challenging.
Used to love blizzard, after SC2's battlenet and Diablo 3's utter failure, It'll be very hard for them to ever get me to buy one of their games again.
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Joined: 5/20/07
I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose.
D3 has superior gameply. But there is so much other wrong with it.
From being unable to choose difficulty to lack of real replayability - and not to mention that game feels like a wessel for RMAH so Blizzard could make more buck.
T3 is more modest game. That doesnt dare much. But its cheap and well crafted.
So where is the problem?
Problem is that D3 came out while there was no much to play. T2 is launching in same day as Borderlands 2 , GW2 is in its heights , and ARPG players allready put down 60$ for another arpg (D3)
I think that they lost 80% of potential customers by launching now and this late.
I am dont have time even to play free demo.
Byt the time I will have wish to play another ARPG , T2 will be 5$ at steam sale ...
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Joined: 1/17/12
Originally posted by Lobotomist
Yes. Far too modest for my personal taste so far, after about 6 hours of playing, the most positive thing i saw is the female berserkers starting attire (or the lack of it :) ).
I will continue to play a bit, but it has been much less appealing than the PoE beta, TL2 devs seem to got lost in the "free mmo" skill design, similar to "+1% chance to slow the enemy by 3%, next level 3.25%", and the dilemma of occasionally ALL of the stats being positive for a character does not help.
The combat is too chaotic at times, 5 things proccing and spamming the area, and mobs and the character seem to be teleporting trough obstacles (or hitting walls trying to hit a thing behind them) far too much for a release and offline mode, but those are details.
We will see.
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Joined: 7/26/03
Originally posted by ShakyMo
i read otherwise - in an interview they gave this week
So Runic, What's Next After Torchlight II?
"[An entirely new, non-Torchlight project] may actually be the thing we decide we want to do next, because we might be so tired of making Torchlight that we're kind of burned out. Maybe we want to cleanse the system a little bit before we go back to Torchlight. Because, I mean, we're gonna go back to the Torchlight franchise, obviously. But we may do something else in-between. That's on the list of things that sound kind of cool, and we have to evaluate down the line."
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Originally posted by Lobotomist
I disagree with you, TL2 has superior gameplay to D3... to me. I love the old ARPGs and TL2 fits them better than D3 does.
The only thing that D3 really does right in my view is the skill combo + rune set up. The environments in D3 are also pretty cool and I like the interactivity with so many objects in each area. Oh and of course all of the dramatic, spectacular cutscenes.
Everything else, TL2 does better, not just filling the holes in D3 you mentioned in your post, but also I prefer the combat of TL2 to D3. Runic really cleaned up their ability system and it seems like the classes have multiple builds they can try out that are really varied. There are no forced synergies, which means that the player has more options on what to use. Just like in TL1, you get to choose between many skills in three different trees, and 4 spell scroll slots. The selection is huge!
There is a huge amount of randomization, chance, and choice. There are trapped areas, secret rooms (how could Blizz forget about secret rooms in D3?), dungeons within dungeons (phase beasts), tons of interesting loot, gambling, transmutation, random enchanting... things that Blizz did not add to D3 even though quite a bit of this was in D2. Ok, crafting in D3 is a bit like transmutation, except that D3's system is unfun because of all of the limitations, costs, and associated grind.
Runic concentrated on gameplay over theatrics, one reason why this game is cheaper than D3. Even though TL2's story is rehashed blah, D3's story is really bad and is forced to the forefront of the game. I was so disappointed when Diablo finally revealed its nature.
I would take Runic's conservatism of the genre over Blizzard's risktaking, because it seems to me the thing that was forgotten in D3's case, one of the main things that players reproach Blizzard for, is that it has lost the Diablo feel and some of the Diablo soul. To me it is because they did forget some of the simple elements that existed in D1 and D2 but do exist in TL2.
It would be a shame for someone to say, "hey I am not going to get this game because I already have D3". They are really not that similar in what they offer other than monster bashing.
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Joined: 10/12/03
Read the article. Don't know much about D3. Played a Monk till level 7, and Wizard to level 2. Then uninstalled it. Just didn't enjoy the game. Found it boring to say the least. Better graphics then TL2? Yeah. Better looks? Maybe, Maybe not. Depends on preference. TL2's look really doesn't bother me. The textures are clean enough for my taste. TL2 has definitely held my interest though, it's actually competing with Borderlands 2 for my free time. Where as D3 I honestly haven't given a second thought about since uninstalling it. Probably never go back to it either.
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Joined: 8/31/12
If anyone could please tell me i read above there are no closed online servers?
So this means massive hacks ect for online play?
Im guessing this game is more about fun instead of trying to find an awesome end game item?
I loved diablo 2 and how end game was running bosses for sets ect.
Can you trade in this game?
Is there a lobby to find and join games?
I never played TL1 so if anyone could awnser these id appreciate it..
I only play online for the multiplayer but couldnt really get into d3 at the state it is in right now.
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Originally posted by firewater4176
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Originally posted by FrodoFragins
Ok thanks .
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No Real-Money Auction House
Diablo III: Want loot? Buy it! | Torchlight II: Want loot? Play the game!
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Joined: 1/28/06
Diablo 3 I think will finally start getting to where it needs to be in 1.05 it is a shame it took this long but whatever. I can't knock the game, it has been paying for my WoW subs, expansions, gw2 and TL2 4pack and 2 months of rent.
As for TL2, I like it and I prefer its art style to D3. My issue is, there are no closed servers. After I beat the game i'm done and thats it.
D3 has more to offer me as a player than TL2 does in the longterm. IN the short term TL2 is a great game.
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The Critical Hit Pretzel!
Very Biased article... but honeslty to me I prefered TL2 over D3. The only thing D3 has more of to me really is polish, it sacrifices a lot of the complexity of D2 in favor of trying to be more 'casual heavy'. Item wise its very iffy as well as the creators didn't seem to grasp the concept of itemization very well and seemed to think 'adding more' will make it better.
Really, its all up to the user if polish is there thing and if they are looking for a more casual geared experience or one thats less forgiving. In some ways you can take it like this.
Path of Exile > Torchlight 2 > Diablo 3
A pretty good link from most complex to the simplest. Not a list of what is 'better' as its really opinion. Some will like PoE and its much more complex system for skill tree and being a bit more 'planning' (granted skill refunds do change this, its not exactly the most user friendly to get). Torchlight 2 gives more choice in terms of stats and skills but its over-all an easier choice to make and more clear for the user once you figure out what each skill does. It does limit you in skill roll back but its not all that 'disasterous' either considering you can get a good idea of a skill and refund, and you can get a general idea how it will work relatively early on. Diablo 3 gives you all the glamor straight up with 'runes' to suppliment it, but it gives very little in terms of choice and customization. Its probably the least "Diablo 2" styled of the three despite having the name and familiar characters.
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Joined: 4/29/10
I decided to buy it yesterday and finished Act I on normal. I chose a berserker as it looked like he was closest to the destroyer from TL1 that I liked.
The combat is very solid but not quite up to D3 standards imo. It felt a bit less responsive to me and the attacks were much less interesting. The skill choice so far is actually more limited than D3's partly based on picking one of three "trees". Each tree seems very limiting so far, but discovered spells may be the solution to this. I've only found two spells and haven't activated them yet.
The story is non existent and completely non immersive. That's not a fun killer for this type of game but I always enjoyed the story aspect of D2.
The lobby system is mediocre. I sorted it by the average level of the players and then looked at the actual level of the players in the game before joining. This area of the game needs the MOST work. I wasn't sure how to port to a player in the game, but based on the fact that someone seemed to port to me, it appears that functionality is in the game.
The music is good. I had actually listened to the soundtrack they gave away before buying the game. It's not up to D2 standards but it's better than the D3 soundtrack.
The lack of full respecs would have prevented me from buying the game if it used closed BNET like servers. But since it will be easy to do with character editors it's not a huge deal. Schaefer is very closed minded on this part of the game and things rerolling is good because it adds a grind to keep players playing. That's a crappy design feature to be honest and only worked in D2 because of how easy it was to rush characters in that game. I sure as hell don't want to reroll just to try the other trees of a class. Stat allocation is the other area that will require rerolls or character editors.
The longevity of this game strikes me as very limited. The fact that it's so easy to hack items to be the best possible pretty much guarantees this. But I knew that when I bought it. Single player mods are of no interest to me. This is a good game to play in between other games and when your online games are offline.


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Why wasn't hoppa picked!
WHY wasnt john hopoate picked in the nsw team he has been the bext winger in the comp for the past 2 years but still the selectors don't pick him. if the they r still going on about the finger thing they should give up there job because he has turned his game around
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bomb blasts and other explosions tore through mainly Shiite districts around Baghdad during morning rush hour on Wednesday in a day of violence that killed at least 80, intensifying worries about Iraq's ability to tame the spiraling mayhem gripping the country.
It was the latest set of large-scale sectarian attacks to hit Iraq, even as the government went on "high alert" in case a possible Western strike in neighboring Syria increases Iraq's turmoil.
A relentless wave of killing has left thousands dead since April in the country's worst spate of bloodshed since 2008. The surge in violence raises fears that Iraq is hurtling back toward the widespread sectarian killing that peaked in 2006 and 2007, when the country was teetering on the edge of civil war.
Most of Wednesday's attacks happened in within minutes of each other as people headed to work or were out shopping early in the day. Insurgents unleashed explosives-laden cars, suicide bombers and other bombs that targeted parking lots, outdoor markets and restaurants in predominantly Shiite areas in and around Baghdad, officials said.
A military convoy was hit south of the capital.
Security forces sealed off the blast scenes as ambulances raced to pick up the wounded. The twisted wreckage of cars littered the pavement while cleaners and shop owners brushed away debris. At one restaurant, the floor was stained with blood and dishes were scattered on plastic tables.
"What sin have those innocent people committed?" asked Ahmed Jassim, who witnessed one of the explosions in Baghdad's Hurriyah neighborhood. "We hold the government responsible."
The northern neighborhood of Kazimiyah, home to a prominent Shiite shrine, was among the worst hit. Two bombs went off in a parking lot, followed by a suicide car bomber who struck onlookers who had gathered at the scene. Police said the attack killed 10 people and wounded 27.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of the Iraqi branch of al-Qaida, which operates in Iraq under the name the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The group frequently targets Shiites, which it considers heretics, and carries out coordinated bombings in an attempt to incite sectarian strife.
Charles Lister, an analyst at IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center, said the group is increasingly showing "huge confidence and military capability."
"Both the increasing frequency, and statistically, the increasing deadliness of (their) coordinated nationwide bombings in Iraq underlines the extent of their operational reach and the huge depth of their resources," he said.
In one particularly brutal attack, a Shiite family was shot dead at home in the largely Sunni town of Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad. Four children, ages eight to 16, were killed along with their parents and an uncle, police said. Authorities said they had previously fled the town after being threatened and had returned only three weeks ago.
Many of the day's blasts targeted morning shoppers. One parked car bomb in a commercial area in Baghdad's northern Shaab killed nine. Parked car bombs that went off in outdoor markets killed 19 in the sprawling slum of Sadr City, the northeastern neighborhood of Shula, the southeastern Jisr Diyala district and the eastern New Baghdad area.
Blasts also hit the neighborhoods of Bayaa, Jamila, Hurriyah and Saydiyah, killing 12. Yet another car bomb exploded in the evening in Baghdad's southwestern Amil neighborhood, killing four.
Outside the capital, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a restaurant in Mahmoudiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, killing five. And in Madain, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of Baghdad, a roadside bomb struck a passing military patrol, killing four soldiers.
While Shiite areas bore the brunt of the attacks, Sunni areas were targeted late in the day.
A parked car bomb exploded late Wednesday as worshipers left a mosque in Baghdad's western Yarmouk neighborhood, killing four. Several Sunni mosques have been attacked in recent months, raising the possibility that largely inactive Shiite militias are starting to carry out retaliatory attacks.
Later, police said a parked car bomb hit a coffee shop in the largely Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah, killing six.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures, which included more than 250 wounded. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
The deputy United Nations envoy to Iraq, Jacqueline Badcock, condemned the blasts and urged authorities to do more to protect the Iraqi people.
The violence follows months of protests by Iraq's Sunni minority against the Shiite-led government that began late last year. Attacks have been rising since a deadly crackdown by security forces on a Sunni protest in April. In response, clerics and other influential Shiite and Sunni leaders have called for restraint.
More than 510 people have been killed so far in August, according to an Associated Press count.
The sectarian tensions fueling Iraq's spiraling violence are being exacerbated by the civil war in Syria, where largely Sunni rebels are fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, who is backed by regional Shiite powerhouse Iran.
Iraq's government, which has bolstered ties with Iran in the years since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, has an officially neutral stance on the Syrian civil war. It has long called for a negotiated political settlement to the conflict.
Al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, said Wednesday that Iraqi security forces and other government institutions are on high alert to protect against any domestic consequences of a possible Western-led military action in Syria.
The prime minister did not elaborate, but Iraqi officials fear that Sunni extremists fighting in Syria could bring their fight to Baghdad if Assad is toppled. Further unrest in Syria also could send more refugees into Iraq. More than 44,000 have flooded into the north of the country just since Aug. 15.
"We have taken every necessary action to protect our country from any dangerous developments that may result from the Syrian crisis and from the possible strike," al-Maliki said in the televised address.
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Long-time Portsmouth football coach Curt Clifford exclusively confirmed to the Daily Times via text message early Saturday morning that he retired from his post as the boss of Portsmouth football Friday evening.
"No rumor. I retired last night. I informed Tom Walker, assistant superintendent and Ted Newsome, assistant head coach of my decision on Sept. 10," Clifford said.
Clifford began coaching at Portsmouth as an assistant in 1977 and was hired as the head coach in 1989. During his tenure as the Trojan boss, Portsmouth made seven playoff appearances.
The last winning season Portsmouth experienced under Clifford's guidance came in 2009 when the team finished 7-3, but missed a playoff appearance. In 2007, the Trojans made the playoffs, but finished 8-3 after a loss to Licking Heights in the first round of the playoffs.
In 2004 the Trojans made the playoffs, but lost to New Albany to finish 7-4.
Clifford's most successful season came in 2000, when the team went 13-1, reached the Final Four in the State Tournament and was voted state champions by the Associated Press.
The Trojans finshed 9-1 regular season record in 2002 and the Trojans defeated Waverly and Ironton in the playoffs, but lost to West to finish the season with an 11-2 mark.
Though southern Ohio's oldest rivalry's record between Portsmouth and Ironton remains very tight with a 56-54-8 Ironton advantage, Portsmouth has had trouble with the Fighting Tigers over the last decade. The Trojans have lost nine of the last 12 contests against their rival, despite defeating them twice in 2002.


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McFarlane Toys hosted a special event at the McFarlane Toys Store and Showroom in Tempe, Thursday, Feb. 17 from 6 to 10 a.m. in conjunction with the beginning of the NBA All-Star Jam in Denver. The event featured a special live broadcast with 910AM XTRA Sports jocks Dan Bickley and Mike Jurecki; McFarlane Toys founder Todd McFarlane was on-hand to sign and greet fans.
As part of the event, the McFarlane Toys Collector's Club offered our newest NBA exclusive figures -- Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony in the team's Hardwood Classics jersey and Minnesota Timberwolves guard/forward Latrell Sprewell -- to fans that day. The special exclusive figures were available in limited quantities for $10 each and the store was open early at 7 a.m. Both exclusive figures were also offered online at spawn.com at the same time for worldwide purchase.
Bick and MJ arrived just in time to start the show at 6 a.m. with the McFarlane faithful waiting in line to purchase the exclusive figures and hope that Todd might sign them.
At about 7, Todd arrived, grabbed the mike and started talking about some of the hot topics around the sports world, none more headlining than the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season. Also at 7, the doors of the Store opened and fans snagged the Anthony and Sprewell figures while making good use of the storewide sale on other merchandise during the radio broadcast.
During commercial breaks, Todd talked with fans and signed numerous items from toys to baseballs. Fans were able to listen firsthand to Todd talk to Bick and MJ about some of our new lines coming later this year as well as get some insight to the early stages of the development of the recently announced 30-minute program for the FOX network.
We also held a raffle and several locals scored cool prizes.
The Grand Prize winner -- the Marks family -- received a signed set of NBA 8.
Several runners-up each won a randomly selected figure from NBA 8. They are:John ValdesCarlos InsgnaresRobert CardozoMike WebelJay NelsonMo BazroukJose LopezBobby FarrellJeremy FrankeThe turnout for the event was great and we thank everyone who showed up. We had a very successful exclusive sale with the Carmelo Anthony figure nearing sellout as of Friday afternoon.


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the guy who ran those people down is wrong, yeah, but if youre gonna be a fucking asshole, prepare to deal with the fact that one day you might be an asshole to someone on the brink of bringing the pain. do i think he would have done the same if it was some roadworkers holding up proceedings in front of him? no. so your examples dont hold up. not the same scenario. of course people -shouldnt- let others control their emotions, but they do, so your point is kinda... pointless i feel.
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I've done a few CMs. What's this got to do with martial arts?
People have a right to protest whatever the **** they want and do it whatever the fucking way they can get away with. So far CM has not been able to be stopped despite arrests, fines, "police escorts" you name it.
I say more power to them.
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The terms "traffic' and exactly who is doing the obstructing are somewhat subjective.
In the pic i posted a cyclist in the back of that heap could argue that the cars are all doing the obstructing, after all the speed limit is 25 and they're just sitting there...
CM is an infrequent occurrence, and publicized.
If you cannot plan your day well and get angry because something you didn't account for comes up you have issues.
When i commuted, what i did see daily was a blatant disregard for the law by motorists in regards to the safety of cyclists.
I don't routinely put other people's lives at risk because i'm in a hurry.
Is that Honolulu? I wish I could control my body temperature well enough to live there. Once I broke a sweat on the bike ride to work I'd be dripping all day.
That's something that keeps me off a bike in mid-summer. Can I get a note about that from a doctor to show the massers if they obstruct me in the future?
It rarely hits 90 here.
I just try to avoid any and all construction, parades, demonstrations etc. when driving.
I would personally not run over a pile of naked hippies on bikes if they happened to obstruct me; if only for the reason my subsequent arrest and the explosion of patchouli/hippie pheromone that would permanently engulf the city would more than nullify the momentary glee i might have felt.


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Officials with the Ashe County Rescue Squad said it has "no plans" for the land on Clarence Lyall Road outside West Jefferson, property that also involves the Fleetwood Volunteer Fire Department and local business owner Steve Halsey.
"On behalf of the rescue squad, I would like to apologize to Steve (Halsey) for any miscommunication we've been involved in," said Captain of the Ashe County Rescue Squad Ricky Roark.
This apology is in response to a proposed land swap offered by the Ashe County government, which came to a boiling point during a commissioners meeting on Nov. 5 that Halsey and officers of the Fleetwood VFD attended.
"I feel like I've been pushed into it (the land swap), one way or another," said Halsey during the Nov. 5 meeting.
In July 2011, the Fleetwood VFD leased land adjacent to property owned by Halsey through 2099.
Against the advice of the county, the Fleetwood VFD spent more than $15,000 to install a underground water tank on the newly-leased property, only to discover the N.C. Department of Transportation currently owns that piece of property for the future widening of 221.
Because of this, members of the Fleetwood VFD are concerned the county could force them to move their tanks and then use the land for a building to house Ashe County Rescue Squad equipment, said Fleetwood VFD Chief Steve Craven.
"There were talks of using that land for a rescue squad building during the early stages of the land swap," said Ashe County Manager Dr. Pat Mitchell.
During the Nov. 5 meeting, Mitchell said as N.C. 221 widens, county officials asked "would it be smart to have rescue out there?"
Although the Rescue Squad did consider using the property for a building and equipment, the Rescue Squad ultimately decided the property was too small to use, said Roark.
While the rescue squad was still interested in the property, Roark, along with fellow rescue squad member Robert Poe and Emergency Management Coordinator Patty Gambill, surveyed the property.
"The survey showed the property was way too small for the rescue squad to utilize properly, and we were no longer interested," said Roark
"The size of the property wasn't that only problem," said Roark.
When Roark approached Halsey about purchasing the property, Roark decided the land was too expensive. "Halsey wanted more than the rescue squad was willing to spend," said Roark.
According to Roark, this meeting, to his knowledge, was the last time anyone representing the rescue squad met with Halsey to discuss the property.
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Mitchell also said the county wasn't counting on acquiring the land for the rescue squad for everything else in the land swap to "fall into place."
Roark said he's sorry Halsey felt he had been pressured, but the rescue squad never intended to pressure Halsey to agree to the land swap.
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For the first time, dining at any of the 26 restaurants participating in "Bethesda-Chevy Chase Summer Restaurant Week," which runs from July 29 to Aug. 4, will mean making a donation to the Yellow Ribbon Fund. The Bethesda-based nonprofit helps wounded veterans with housing, transportation and support programs once they have returned home.
Participating restaurants will offer two- and three-course lunches for $12 or $16 and dinners for $33. Restaurants will donate 10 percent of the week's proceeds to the Yellow Ribbon Fund and diners can contribute more if they like, said Laura Kimmel, spokeswoman for the Restaurant Association of Maryland. The association organizes the event along with the Bethesda Urban Partnership and the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce. For a complete list of sponsors, visit the Restaurant Week website.
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At the Republican state convention in Montana some fringe members constructed a small building, riddled it with fake bullet holes and hung a sign over the door which said, "Obama library." It was an outhouse. Inside were insults to the first lady, the Secretary of State and Nancy Pelosi.
Elsewhere, a malicious blog accused the A.C.L.U. of trying to make it against the law to use the word "Jesus" at Marine funerals or put a cross on their tombstones. This was a complete lie. We have a murdered abortion doctor and recently a lesbian couple in Texas was shot; one of them dead.
The president and governor Romney have both been heckled. Neither is acceptable. What do you think this is...the British Parliament? Take your anger out at the ballot box or in print, as I'm doing.
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Nothing we can't understand, but they somehow think it gives them plausible deniability. This does not include conservative Vermonters. They are (mostly) decent sorts. I will translate their code:
"Radical feminists," or, as the malignant Rush Limbaugh put it, "feminazis" = Women who demand equal rights and reproductive freedom. Remember, the social agenda of this current batch of Republicans (depending on which way Romney flips or flops) is straight out of the Dark Ages.
"Obama care" = Romney care
"Top down economics" = trickle-down economics...didn't work then, won't work now. Congressional Republicans blatantly continue to help widen the gaping gap between rich and poor as they serve their corporate overlords. That is their primary function. We 99 percent are tired of being trickled down on.
"Compromise" or "bipartisanship" = Do exactly as I say. My way or the highway. The know-nothing tea baggers have made that even worse. And when Democrats agree to a position held by Republicans months or even weeks before, more often than not Republicans take it off the table and move the goal line further to the right. What could be more telling?
"Unpatriotic people who hate America" = Anyone who disagrees with us. No one questions the patriotism of right wingers. But we must add another layer to that -- it's called jingoism.
Righties, you can keep on wrapping yourselves in the flag and wearing religion on your sleeves; you're only fooling each other.
"Liberal" = A dirty word. I proudly wear the mantle of Liberal
"Socialism" = An even dirtier word. We'll go into that another time, but for now, God bless Senator Bernie Sanders.
"New voter I.D. laws" = Voter suppression designed to rig an election; to keep hundreds of thousands of African Americans, Hispanics, senior citizens like myself, young people, Asians and disabled from voting.
Right wing Republicans! Get to a time machine and go back to your good old days with Joseph McCarthy and the John Birchers. There's no place for you here in the future. You have no more Lincolns or Teddy Roosevelts or Eisenhowers or Everett Dirksons. You are deservedly destined for the trash heap of history, unless, God forbid, you succeed in your unwitting drive to turn this country into a tyrannical theocratic serfdom.
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A bill in the S.C. Senate would allow concealed carry permit holders to carry their weapons in restaurants that sell alcohol, which is illegal under current state laws.
Currently, a concealed carry permit holder is not allowed to carry in a number of places, including schools, government buildings, detention centers or corrections facilities, day cares and businesses that serve alcohol for consumption.
Senate Bill 308 would allow concealed carry permit holders to carry their weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol for consumption unless a notice of prohibition is posted by the business owner. It would still be illegal for a permit holder to consume alcohol while they are carrying a weapon.
The bill, which was introduced by state Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Dorchester, has passed in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee and Committee and is on the Senate's contested calendar.
Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, a sponsor of the bill, said "responsible gun owners" in South Carolina need to be trusted.
"The people we're talking about here are those folks who have concealed weapons permits," he said. "That means they've undergone the background checks, they've been fingerprinted, they've had the training course, they've paid the fee necessary to register."
To obtain a concealed carry permit in South Carolina, a person must be at least 21 years old, complete a state-mandated eight-hour course, pay the $50 application fee to the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division, submit a set of finger prints and also consent to a background check conducted by SLED.
Massey said it's the "good guys" who go through the process of obtaining a concealed carry permit.
"These folks are not causing trouble anywhere, and if you talk to law enforcement personnel, they will tell you that they don't have trouble from the concealed weapon permit holders," he said.
Sen. Tom Young, R-Aiken, who holds a concealed carry permit, is familiar with the testing and background check required to obtain a permit.
"SLED provided testimony that there's been no case in 14 years since South Carolina started the concealed weapon permit program where a concealed weapon permit holder had engaged in an activity that injured another person by using a handgun wrongfully in a public place," Young said.
Violating the law is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 and up to two years in prison. Young said he also supports the bill because it allows business owners to prohibit the carry of weapons in their establishments.
He said he's received many emails from people in support of the bill, including a number of women who expressed interest in carrying a weapon, especially if they're meeting someone at a restaurant at night. The current law requires them to leave their weapon in their vehicle.
"If this legislation went into effect, they would be able to carry it with them as a form of protection between the vehicle and the establishment. Whereas currently, they don't have that option in a place that serves alcohol," Young said.
Bryan Mitchell, general manager of The Polo Tavern and the Cork & Bean at One Hundred Laurens, said he is against people carrying in the bars, which are both inside Hotel Aiken.
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Mitchell said if the legislation passed, they would post signs at the entrance prohibiting concealed weapons.
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"I think the people with the concealed permits are the people that are abiding by the law, so I don't think it accomplishes a lot to prevent them from entering the establishment," he said. "There's nothing to stop them from having a few beers at home and carrying out around town, which they're not going to do anyway because they're the good guys – the law-abiding citizens."
While the deli sells alcohol, it's not advertised with the glowing neon lights and signs that many bars use.
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A statewide test called Kindergarten Readiness Assessment – Literacy (KRA-L) is administered to kindergartners to show how much "intervention" or additional help they may need to learn to read. However, only one-third of kindergartners in the Toledo area pass this annual literacy test, according to the Ohio Department of Education's (ODE) 2011 report.
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"If you're not ready to learn to read by kindergarten then statistics say you won't catch up in time to be reading by third grade," said Nancy Eames, youth services coordinator for Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. "We want more children in Lucas County to be ready. If you can read you can do anything and if you can't then you will miss a lot of opportunities."
In September, the West Toledo branch of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library closed for an extensive remodeling project, which includes the addition of an elevator, updated basement facilities, dozens of new computers and an entirely new area of the library that will be dedicated to children's literature.
"The renovation will create a unique space for children to develop good literacy skills in Toledo," said Julie Bursten, manager at the West Toledo branch. "The library's an old and historic building that was constructed in 1930. They're doing a good job maintaining its character even while we're adding on a whole new section that's focused on helping children."
Bursten said the children's literature section of the library has no official name yet, but will sport a "Bookingham Forest theme" inspired by the library's mission to boost KRA-L scores and improve children's literacy in Toledo.
"We're excited about it. It's a well-done project," said Charlie Oswanski, facilities and operations superintendent for the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. "The architectural group has done a good job of managing challenges, maintaining and restoring the Tudor architecture of the building and creating a special place for kids."
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The fairytale section is a major part of the library renovation's overall $3.3 million budget, "half of which has been paid for by the state and half by a local levy," Oswanski said.
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"Around 7:30 a.m. the bulldozers start and the house shakes, which isn't very pleasant," Krall said. "But it's inevitable that you're going to have to pay a price if you want the expansion. Everyone's going to complain about the noise, but I'm still really glad they're doing the work. It will be great for kids."
In addition to the new children's literature addition, the library has invested in a "Ready to Read van" that visits at-risk areas around the city as part of its outreach services. The library's educational programming is based off a national initiative called Every Child Ready to Read.
"If we can change the behavior of parents and childcare providers by equipping them with information then we can raise those KRA-L scores," Eames said. "We adapt our training to the individual child's parents and then we follow up. Our hope is to stay in touch with them."
The library's Ready to Read van made its debut April 9 and has since trained about 180 parents and 25 childcare providers.
"Those critical preschool years before children start school are when many families may not be connected to quality child care," Eames said. "The library's here, it's free, and we've invested a lot in it so children can come here and learn. We want to help families get ready for kindergarten."
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I am going to Europe in three weeks. Is there a way to disconnect the edge network, while still having the iphone on? Or do I need to keep the iphone in the airplane mode, except when I want to make a call while in Europe to avoid the data billing issue
Beware of International Roaming Charges, Or You'll Be Sorry...and In The Poor House
Let this serve as a warning to all readers about the dangers of unexpected international roaming charges. Heric Silva shares his experience and illustrates why you need to keep an eye on your iPhone while traveling overseas.
I recently went to Europe for 9 days. I used my iPhone over there and it seemed to work very well. I received my bill the other day and it was over $1200, yes $1200. When I had my Treo I usually get a bill for about $400 to $500 when I was in Europe. Now the problem is that the iPhone does not have anyway of controlling the amount of data you receive, unlike the treo where you can limit the amount of email data you download and giving you the option to download the rest if you like and letting you know the size prior to downloading it so you can see if it is worth the money. When I used my iPhone and press any of the applications that require updating to retrieve stock, weather, email or whatever it needs...you get hit really hard on the $ per KB international roaming charges. Also the email client does not store the downloaded/viewed emails it always has to pull them down from the web so even if I already looked at it it would download it again and incur roaming data charge!
This is a major flaw that will cost users a bundle. Why do they bother to give you 8GB of memory if they don't even use it for email storage and downloaded files. The iPhone is essentially an iPod with a phone and the phone portion is very limited.
I called AT&T to complain and they said "sorry these are all legitimate charges, give Apple a call." I have called them but I was on hold for about 45 minutes so I gave up and will try again. I think they should pay my bill, their poor design causes the users to incur unnecessary data charges.
This flaw should be made public and they should re-reimburse all users that have incurred these massive charges.
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Beware of International Roaming Charges, Or You'll Be Sorry...and In The Poor House
I am going to Europe in three weeks. Is there a way to disconnect the edge network, while still having the iphone on? Or do I need to keep the iphone in the airplane mode, except when I want to make a call while in Europe to avoid the data billing issue
Actually, I've heard that even doing what Heric recommends won't keep it from connecting to the network. I have heard the suggestion that you call AT&T and put your data plan on hold or suspend it or whatever the wording would be while you're gone. Otherwise, get a cheap AT&T phone and put your SIM card in that. Good luck!
Heric & Amy,
Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know how it goes
Per Heric's recommendations, I put the e-mail in manual mode and did not use the other programs for a 14 hour period. there was no data usage during that timeframe. Thus, I do not beleive that there is "data leakage" on the iphone.
"unexpected international roaming charges". Why are they unexpected. I challenge a single person to produce a coverage map that highlights any other areas outside the domestic U.S. (AK, HI) or Puerto Rico. You can bet your sweet/dumb ass that Prague isn't listed. Also, if you "let 'er ride" and then complain then you deserve come what may.
Many others phones have the similar problem and especially blackberry or any device connecting to microsoft exchange....
For instance, I went to cambodia for two weeks with a french phone working on edge. It was not working in Cambodia since onbly GSM was supported....but every 30seconds, my phone was trying to download emails...
I received a bill of 3500€ (that is 5000$) for one month whereas I did not download anything ( but at every reach, 200kbites were charged)....
For the Blackberry, it is teh same.
You have two solutions:
-call your operator and ask for a foreign datas exchaneg service ( it will divide the bill by 1000 even if it is expensive)
-you desactivate the datas exchange (possible via your operator)
It is not specific to iphone. SOme phones have functions ti limit the datas downloaded but on the Iphone, it is quite useless since is was created for illimited datas.
Nevertheless, a little add-on on this model, easy to create, could be available in a short time.
UHURA! From Star Trek! I admire you greatly. Your the best actor. I wish you would reply to my comment on your problem with the 'roaming'. Let me tell you something. My iphone is so bad it doesn't even work in Europe! I called AT&T and they said they were fixing the network!!!! So, if I was in danger and had to call police or something............ At&T responded : 'oh well that's ur problem not ours. Lieutenant Uhura... you probably should like the video I am making on youtube.com about you. Please email me back or look at the video on YouTube and comment it that you saw it. Please promise me! So bye! PS My username for YouTube is Blucz1996 . Thanks From Tom!
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A 34-year-old Aiken man was detained for disorderly conduct on Wednesday after he was found laying by his vehicle. The man exhibited signs of intoxication. Officers found an open bottle of whisky inside.
A 46-year-old Aiken man was detained for disorderly conduct on Wednesday after police saw him fall off his bicycle on Fairfield Street. The man exhibited signs of intoxication.
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A burglary was reported at a store on University Parkway on Wednesday. The owner reported cash, cigarettes and cigars missing.
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An Augusta woman reported on Wednesday that her purse was stolen from her cart while she was shopping at a store on Jefferson Davis Highway in Langley.
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The Cal State Northridge women's track & field team, the five-time Big West defending champions, open their title defense this Friday and Saturday as the conference outdoor championships open with the multi-event competition at UC Irvine.
The Matador men, the two-time defending Big West champions, will not compete any athletes in the multi-events this weekend.
Seniors Sherrina Lofton and Desirae Gonder will lead a talented group of five Matador women into the multi-events which begin Friday at 2:30 p.m. with the 100 meter hurdles. Four events will be contested on Friday (100 hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200 meters) and three on Saturday (Long Jump, Javelin, 800 meters). Saturday's competition begins at 1 p.m. All events will be held at UC Irvine's Anteater Stadium.
"It's a very important event for us to get off to a good start", said associate head coach Avery Anderson. "The main thing we want to get out of the heptathlon is score as many points as possible and help the team get started toward another conference championship."
With defending heptathlon champion Barbara Nwaba of UC Santa Barbara redshirting this season, Lofton, the 2009 Big West champion, and Gonder, a two-time runner-up, head into the heptathlon as the favorites.
Lofton currently has the top point total in the conference this season scoring 5,366 points at the Texas Relays in April. Lofton's season-best also ranks 12th in the nation this season, but trails her lifetime-best by 54 points. She scored a career-best 5,420 points at the Northridge Invitational in 2009.
Gonder is also a contender for the title of the conference's best overall athlete as the two-time Big West runner-up comes in ranked second to Lofton with a season-best 5,294 points, which is also 20th nationally. Gonder, who finished fourth in the heptathlon as a freshman in 2007, finished second in both the 2008 and 2010 conference championships. Last season, she finished just 40 points behind Nwaba after scoring a lifetime-best 5,512 points. Gonder finished second to Sharon Day in 2008 after Day set the conference record in the event.
"I want Sherrina and Desirae to basically do what they have in the past," said Anderson. "I also want them to help bring along the others who are in their first heptathlon and pull them to good scores as well."
Junior Alisa Jenkins and freshmen Olympia Jewett and Jordan DuFault will each be making her debut in the conference championships on Friday with Jenkins and DuFault entering their first heptathlon competition. Jewett has one heptathlon under her belt as she finished with 4,369 points at the Northridge Invitational in March. Jenkins, one of the Matadors' top all-around athletes, has CSUN's second-best time (14.21) in the 100 meter hurdles this season. DuFault also competed in a range of events at South Salem High School in Salem, Ore., where was the state runner-up in the long jump.
Since joining the Big West Conference in 2002, the Matadors have won two heptathlon titles, La'Shana Verdon in 2006 and Lofton in 2009.
Sherrina Lofton CAREER HEPTATHLON COMPETITIONS
Texas Relays, 5,366 points (6th-place)
NCAA Championships, 4,531 points (22nd-place)
Big West Championships, 5,224 points (1st-place)
Northridge Invitational, 5,420 points (3rd-place)
Big West Championships, 4,325 points (8th-place)
Desirae Gonder CAREER HEPTATHLON COMPETITIONS
Texas Relays - 5,294 points (7th-place)
Northridge Invitational - 5,250 points (1st-place)
NCAA Championships - 5,170 points (17th-place)
Big West Championships - 5,512 points (2nd-place)
Texas Relays - 5,183 points (6th-place)
Northridge Invitational - 5,099 points (1st-place)
Big West Championships - 5,203 points (2nd-place)
Texas Relays - DNF
Big West Championships - 4,860 points (4th-place)


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Where I took issue is a photo of the woman's baby daughter. A chubby, cute, thriving little baby and underneath her, a caption that says, "When I wish... I wish for my mommy's arms to hold me." And right next to it, a big old red button that says DONATE. I'm not sure how to put into words how that made me feel. I mean, hey, babies can't talk, and it seems incredibly emotionally manipulative to put words in that little girl's mouth for the sake of donation shilling.
Maybe I am mistaken, but I feel like I am probably the dream demographic for such a fundraiser. I mean, who could possibly understand the pain of that family and the need for education better than my own, having lived through it ourselves? I always find the newsletters kind of bittersweet and tough to read, but I read them anyway because I CARE. I UNDERSTAND the need for education on this topic. But I really feel like someone stepped a toe over the line with this baby caption. It felt like you were capitalizing on the trauma of families like mine, and I felt betrayed, since I felt like this was a place I could go to for grief support if I ever wanted it. I'm sure anyone reading here in the grief board knows that the holidays are a special kind of misery when you lose someone who was very dear to you. Even expecting this, I have been shocked a lot of the time at just how flattened I feel most days this December, and well, I didn't need this, and probably neither did anyone else on your list who suffered a similar loss.
I hope that this org really takes the time to hear what I'm saying, and appreciate how their attempt at finding a donor actually served to alienate someone who needed them most, and adjusts their fundraising strategies appropriately. If nothing else, know that I am never very likely to send money when someone makes me feel depressed and full of grief about things - I prefer to donate in hope.


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Debora King Scherer (right) received a gift basket from Tina Zimmerman, the Chamber of Commerce tourism coordinator, Friday for winning the Sweet Tea Postcard contest. The contest was sponsored by The Chamber, the Visitor Center and Summerville DREAM. Postcards featuring her watercolor painting are now available for purchase at the Visitor Center.
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When we were discussing what to put on the cover of today's GO! Magazine, I mentioned tonight's Macklemore & Ryan Lewis show at Midtown Ballroom and told my coworkers this: We get a lot of has-beens and not-yets and never-will-bes in this town, but it's not that often we have an artist come through at the very same moment that they're the hottest story in music. Tonight is one of those times. Macklemore – aka Ben Haggerty from Seattle – is in his moment.
Tonight, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will rock a sold-out Midtown Ballroom. I wrote about their current wave of success and their new album "The Heist," but focused on the best, most important song on that album, "Same Love." Here's an excerpt.
In it, Haggerty tackles the topic head on, ignoring a long-held taboo in hip-hop. He lays out his own stereotypes about homosexuality, decries the casual use of "gay" as a synonym for "bad" in our culture, calls out his own genre for looking the other way and, along the way, weaves in commentary on politics and religion. Seattle vocalist Mary Lambert ably sings the beautiful hook: "I can't change/ Even if I wanted to," which is lifted from one of Lambert's own songs.
Haggerty closes his third verse this way:
"I might not be the same
But that's not important
No freedom till we're equal
Damn right I support it."
Whether or not you or I agree with Macklemore is not the point here, by the way. The point is to acknowledge the guy's forever-place in a watershed summer for the heretofore odd couple of hip-hop and homosexuality.
I enjoyed writing this, and I hope you'll read the whole thing.
Also tonight, the third Jazz at the Oxford series kicks off in Bend with a night of Portland blues. My colleague David Jasper spoke to iconic Oregon bluesman Curtis Salgado about his battles against cancer and how they've changed him as an artist.
"It's scary because the older I get, the older I want to get. It's scary because you don't want to know how you're going to die," said Salgado, who saw his mother die of cancer. "Cancer is the ultimate predator. Cancer's like a great white shark. It's dangerous and fascinating at the same time."
But, with no chemotherapy required, Salgado has been able to do what he's done for decades: get back out on the road, this time in promotion of "Soul Shot," his first all-soul album, which dropped April 10 on Alligator Records.
If there's any plus to cancer, Salgado said, "It just fine tunes you into life, and what's around you, and every moment. I used to want to fill a coliseum with people and win lots of Grammys and have a nice house on the McKenzie River, you know what I'm saying?"
Now, "I don't care anymore," he said. "I'm just very blessed to be here. I'm blessed to play my music with my friends, and play to people who are so nice to me. It's like, look, man, I owe the universe."
Read the whole thing and peruse the series' 2012-13 schedule here.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Though I certainly have not had the pleasure of knowing the senator from Williamsburg as long as most of you in Williamsburg County, I have had the honor of knowing Yancey McGill for close to a decade. Your community is very much like my home community, and in Columbia all of us little folk have to stick together to get our fair share brought back to places like Winnsboro and Kingstree.
Without a doubt, the people of South Carolinas 32nd Senate District could have never asked for a better spokesperson since 1988, than the one that you had (and will always have) in Yancey McGill. However, I will take that statement one step further, and I will say that the rural communities like mine, the outdoorsmen, the people who enjoy the natural assets of our great state could have never asked for a stronger advocate. Yancey McGills distinct voice on the floor of the Senate will be missed by all who cherish the natural heritage of the Palmetto State.
Now, I could start in on personal stories about riding in the car with Senator McGill and our friend, former Rep. Ken Kennedy, during a campaign visit to Kingstree in 2006 while I was working on Tommy Moores campaign for governor; however, I will refrain from doing that here to save the three of us from the potential embarrassment. Needless to say, to be privy to the conversation between Ken Kennedy and Yancey McGill was quality entertainment, plain and simple.
Yancey McGill is a good man, a respected voice, and the fact that he was elected across party lines to the office he now holds in Columbia is proof that his character is second to none in the often-divisive political times in which we live.
Those who know him understand that these strong character traits are rooted in his strong Christian morals, the type of morals that one can only get these days in places like our tight-knit home communities.
Senator McGills leadership in the Senate chamber is irreplaceable, but how fortunate are we to have had him pass our way. Personally, I thank Lieutenant Governor McGill for answering his states call to the office he now holds, and I thank the people of Williamsburg County and the McGill family for sharing him with the rest of us for all of these years. South Carolina and her future generations are certainly better off because of the work of the Honorable Yancey McGill.
Boyd Brown, of Winnsboro, is a former State Representative and a current member of the Democratic National Committee. He was nicknamed Chipmunk by then-Senator McGill and cites Coopers Store and Browns as the best two BBQ joints in the United States. His bird dog Sol also comes from some of the late Senator Lanue Floyds old stock!
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Hi, I have had three children and I didn't have HELLP syndrome until my third child. All three of my pregnancies were complicated by diabetes and nephrotic syndrome. So I was closely monitored due to already problematic blood pressure. My pregnancies were all managed through bed rest. The day my daughter was born I was feeling unwell and I was quite swollen and my protein counts were rising. The doctor was only concerned that I was going to suffer kidney failure and decided it was time to do the "preplanned c-section" There were many complications leading up to the birth. I was so swollen that they couldn't get the epidural in and by the time i was on the operating table it was no longer working but I was in shock and couldn't tell them anything. They put a hole through my spinal sac. So at some point I lost consciousness and vaguely recall waking up here and there over the next week. They had me on mag sulfate etc and i was in a coma.I felt these big "pops" in my head and suddenly my nose would bleed which I was told was some minor brain hemorrage. I had to have a spinal patch done to fix the hole they put in. I have had recurring headaches, I have breathing problems since. My blood pressure has actually dropped low over the years rather than running high. But i have been anemic since. I still get bad nosebleeds, which started that day. No one was willing to tell me at first what happened to me and I did not find out until later when I had to request my medical records from the hospital. Now no one will take me seriously that I am sure my long term symptoms of from HELLP and wonder if anyone else has had this? No one told me it was a risk. no one told me I had it and I had no clue what took place in the operating room. I just knew I was "going to die" that is all that was in my head. How was I not even diagnosed until I was in the operating room? Do you think it was just the way they worded it in my medical records? hmm... I often wonder.
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