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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA -- I bought a dining table from Drexel Heritage in Raleigh, NC. The sales person told me that it was solid wood. It turns out she was incorrect. At this point I had already ordered the table so I kept the order. I was also convinced by the salesperson that I should buy the Guardsman extra warranty for scratches and marks. Since it was an expensive dining table I figured I should buy it for $199.00 and get the insurance. The salesperson assured me it was worth it.
I was very careful with the table and used it rarely. After our first Thanksgiving meal on it I noticed some marks on table, so I called it in to Guardsman that following Monday. I then sent in all the paperwork including a sketch. The women informed me that a technician would be contacting me to schedule a visit. I never got a call, which is what I was expecting. I did get an e-mail asking for further follow up. Why? I'm not sure I provided them with all of the information they originally asked for. That e-mail also stated that if I did not reach them back by 5 days my claim was VOID. I was on vacation, so I did not see the e-mail until after the arbitrary date imposed on me.
I called the customer service number to see what I could do. But the agent informed me that there is nothing I could do. My claim was void, since I missed the date. I spoke to managers and sent letters, but to no avail. I even involved Drexel Heritage and the manager there told me that she could not help me. I was left very frustrated by this experience. I feel taken advantage of and vow never to buy from Drexel Heritage or buy insurance again. It's a SCAM!!!
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Back in late 2008 and 2009 I purchased several rooms of furniture between Carolina Furniture Concepts and Havertys, I also purchased a 5 yr Guardsman service agreement on all of the pieces. I was told and sold on this Guardsman Warranty as a Platinum Service Warranty. I have not used the service agreement until recently when I had a problem with a drawer in a upright chest, the extra deep drawer in particular, when the drawer quit functioning.
I had noticed that the plastic guide on the bottom rail had been split when installed initially at the factory and finally cracked into 2 pcs, now the drawer doesn't close or open. And one recliner footrest in a reclining sofa began to stick and hard to open while sitting in the recliner. Not sure if something is bent or what happened there. Anyway, I decided it was time to put in a claim to get these two what I consider minor issues resolved before my Warranty runs out in 2013-2014.
So, I first contacted the furniture stores which promptly told me to use the warranty. I was within 10-14 days from when damage occurred when we filled out the forms and mailed them in, only to receive a decline letter a month later stating that since the damage didn't occur within 7 days of the claim it was denied. It takes 7 days just to get the mail claim to them! So I decided to do the online version where I could take pictures and submit again with-in the 7 day window, only to be declined again because we're on an earlier claim and were denied based on "not within the 7 days". What a technicality! I could see within 30 or even 15 day, but 7?
After trying to explain to my worthless account manager and the rude manager, it became obvious that this is business as usual at Guardsman, they are good at shirking accountability and highlighting any technicality! This company is a joke! And Carolina Furniture Concepts and Havertys should be ashamed for pushing these worthless warranties! What a waste of time trying to submit a claim. I will never purchase another "Guardsman" anything and will tell everyone I know about this bad experience.
I contacted Guardsman in the summer with a claim. My kids had spilled a drink and the color completely was removed from the leather sofas. This is the second time this had happened. The first time they sent someone out and the woman did an amazing job. This time however, the first person I talked to told me to just send pictures and the claim since they had my invoices on file. I complied. A week and a half later some guy left me a voicemail letting me know they could not dispatch my claim until I sent the invoice. He then said he had no idea why the girl told me they had it on file, because they didn't.
Fast forward several months and I finally find the original receipt. Excited to get this addressed I called Guardsman again - the woman said she had no idea what I was talking about because she was looking at my invoice in her system. She transferred me to my claims representative I left a voicemail. She left a voicemail back stating it was not covered because cracking and pealing of the leather is not covered. I called back and they said the same thing. When I explained that this type of thing was handled a previous time and it was the same thing, the guy starts telling me "look I can submit it again, but there is no way you are going to get this covered. It isn't in the plan."
I argued stains and damage from them are covered. He said they aren't and back and forth we went. I think the plan price is a percentage of what you paid. We purchased high-end furniture and the plan for me was not cheap (upward of $500), but worth it considering I have two little kids. :) This time around they were just plain HORRIBLE. Save your money and buy some furniture covered. :) It saves you from feeling completely ripped off. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY GUARDSMAN!!!
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -- They denied claim because they say paper work was not submitted in a timely fashion. So they say they have no obligation to stand up to their warranty. Purchased Guardsman warranty from Gardner-White Furniture on 5/19/09. The framework in the chairs I purchased on 5/19/2009 began to break and crack. I called Gardner-White and the said to contact Guardsman Service Center. I contacted service center on 9/23/13 in which they promptly sent me a email to file claim. The email text body said you have two methods to complete form, electronically or by mail. The suggest in bold to complete electronically for fastest service.
I completed and returned form to their exact specification on 10/28/13 to exact specification. I heard nothing from them so I emails on 10/25/13 and never received return response. I called and spoke to representative and he informed me that a hard copy has to be mailed and submitted with electronic claim. The representative then sent me email a new set of forms on 12/23/13. I completed the forms on 12/25/13 and mailed to the Guardsman address in Grand Rapids Michigan. I received an email on 1/14/14 stating that they received my claim.
I received a call today from Montgomery stating that they would not be honoring warranty because it was not submitted in a timely fashion. When I asked to talk to a supervisor I talked to ** who also said claims were not submitted in a timely fashion and they would not honor their warranty. I said I had saved all emails documenting communication. She told me that did not matter because they did not have any record of them. No I am stuck with a warranty I paid for and a company that won't honor it. As a result I have 6 chairs that have broken frame work and are not usable.
Guess I'm another unfortunate victim of the scamming company. I purchased the protect-a-bed through Nebraska Furniture Mart, which then uses Guardsman, to carry out their warranty of the product. The damage occurred on the protect-a-bed in October of 2012, but I was pregnant with serious complications at the time, that I missed my 10 day window to return the service request form back to them to get it replaced. When I finally got settled back in at home after the very early and problematic birth of my son, I called Guardsman to make sure I could still submit the paperwork, to which they agreed I could.
Today, I received an email from them denying the request to replace the product due to the service request form not being turned in within the 10 day window of the original damage. So, I called them to explain to them why it took so long and they still said there was nothing they could do. So, I decided to call Nebraska Furniture Mart's furniture department to try to get it replaced or resolved with them. **, said NFM could and would not replace it, and also called Guardsman to try to have them resolve the issue with them directly, but they refused.
I paid for this service expecting that if I submit the necessary paperwork, that the product would be replaced. I paid for the 3 package of the protect-a-bed knowing that with a 20 year warranty on the bed itself, that I wanted to keep the mattress in tip top shape to prevent damage with life's events that could damage it. I didn't expect to be so poorly treated by NFM and Guardsman on this issue.
The day of the damage, I washed the protect-a-bed as directed but forgot to change the temp on the dryer from high heat to medium heat until minutes later. By then, the damage had been done. A hole was ripped in the fabric and the two layers of fabric came apart, making it no longer able to protect the mattress from stains, etc. When ** from NFM called Guardsman, they changed the reason they gave me for denying the replacement from missing the 10 day window to submit the service request form to "it improperly being dried." So, they said the warranty was then voided and I was "out of luck."
I never received any paperwork stating what was and was not covered for warranty claims either. I have since filed a BBB complaint on them.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -- Filed a claim following all protocol for such an action according to the steps deemed necessary by Guardian Furniture Protection Plan. Few days after sending in info on needed repairs I received an itinerary for having my recliner fixed. A repairman was sent to fix the footrest of my recliner but was unable to do it as the bar that operates the kick out feature was broken. Repairman said he had to take the part and the handle with him to have Guardian order the part to fix it. Few days later I got this email from Guardian:
"Rather than make a poor quality repair, your claim has been sent back to our administration center for review. We will receive a full report from the technician, including photographs of the damage, shortly. Once we review this report, which should happen over the next several days, we will determine the best course of action to resolve your claim. This may include ordering a replacement part from the manufacturer, or working with your retailer to identify a replacement. However, because parts and replacements are not always available, we may also explore other options with you."
A few more days go by then a representative from Guardsman calls to inform me that all of the sudden, the recliner is not covered. Read the email to him and he still said it was not covered. Spoke to manager and was told the same thing. If it was not covered, which it was, then I should not have received two correspondences telling me it should have been fixed. They were willing to fix it when they thought it was going to be cheap to do so.
Please tell everyone you know in the market for new furniture not to even consider this scam of a protection policy. They are just like health insurance in that they want their money right then and there and make you jump through hoops to file a claim, but then when it is their turn to reciprocate..... all of the sudden whatever you have/need is not covered.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -- The company says the plan cover damage by accidents but then they decide what is an accident, for their convenience. I buy the plan and no arranged nothing. Because they said it was not an accident.
I purchased a Guardsman furniture protection plan at Nebraska Furniture Mart when I bought my leather sectional about a year ago. When doing so I also received my service agreement from Guardsman. When I went to file a claim with them when my couch was cut by a box cutter it took them two weeks for a guy to come out and fix my couch. But instead of fixing it he just took pictures of it and left. Two weeks later I received a very vague email from the company that my claim was denied because the damage was from wear and tear. However, it is very obviously a cut.
When I tried to call the company regarding my denied claim they kept on avoiding letting me talk to a manager about it and when I finally did the manager said that the cut has to go all the way through into the stuffing of the couch in order for them to cover it. This is not stated on their service agreement at all. "What is covered: any puncture, cut, tear, or rip from a specific incident or caused by a defective furniture mechanism." That is quoted directly from their service agreement.
The company has absolutely no customer service and if you look up all of the complaints on the bbb they respond to all of them but never resolve a single one. The only reason the company is still accredited from the bbb is because they have been in business since 1915 and always respond to complaints. However then never resolve them. That is directly why the bbb has given them the grade they have and the bbb actually tells you that! Those are the only reasons they are still accredited! This business has been in the business of scamming people since 1915!
Just do me a favor google: "Guardsman reviews" and read the reviews from a site that is not the Guardsman site. This company is absolutely awful.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -- My claim was denied for reasons best known to them. When I called them to ask about why the claim was denied, their representative (**) told me that it is not covered under the "not covered part" of the contract. I read her the contract and pointed out that a tear is clearly covered in the "what is covered" part of the contract and that is precisely what the issue at hand was. At this point the representative ** started being rude and questioning if I knew how to read??? Great Customer Service... Did not know I was supposed to send my transcripts along with my claim?
Anyhow at this point not wanting to waste my breath and indulge a rude and belligerent person I asked her to please connect me to her supervisor or anyone else who can help me. She got ruder at this point and hung up the phone. So much for Customer Service if that's what they call it (go figure!)
I called again and this time did not want to waste my time and asked for a supervisor to talk to straight away and lo and behold was connected to her voice mail. So I left a message. Surprise I get a call a few days later at 8 am as I am driving to work. Seriously who calls you at 8 am???
Unfortunately, I could not get to the phone in time and this time get a message from Guardsman representative ** from the company saying that my claim has been denied and no reason given again. Surprise!!! Moral of the story, STAY AWAY FROM ALL THINGS GUARDSMAN. They may have gotten away with my money this time, but NEVER AGAIN. PS: Did I tell you they just lost a bigger order for my office/business which I am proud to say I cancelled with no hesitation. I do wish them all the best though, they will need it.
BRANDON, FLORIDA -- A complete scam! I purchased a policy for all my furniture and the one time I need to use it my claim gets denied. The leather is peeling as well as the finish on my table. After a month waiting for a reply, they told me peeling is not covered on the sofa, and the peeling on the table is also being denied because I didn't see it happen. It's obvious they deny every claim to avoid standing behind their pathetic scam of a policy!! From what I'm reading online, this is their common practice. Unfortunately, I trusted the furniture company and its recommendation of purchasing this policy. It's obvious both Ashley Furniture and Guardsman are in this scam together.


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Poor free throw shooting ended up being the difference as the Logan High School boys' basketball team was beaten 53-41 at home to Tug Valley on Tuesday night at Logan's Willie Akers Arena.
The Wildcats (5-7) were just 5-for-14 from the foul line for the game and had six misses from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter as Tug Valley (10-2) turned a 36-33 lead into the 12-point win.
Tug Valley, which won the Class AA state championship last year and dropped down to Single-A this season, won for the third straight time over Logan. The Panthers swept the Class AAA Wildcats last season.
"It's every game," Logan coach Mark Hatcher said about the lack of good free throw shooting. "We're shooting hundreds and hundreds of foul shots a week. We had six or seven days to prepare for this game and we've probably shot four thousand foul shots but then we end up 5-for-14."
The Panthers, on the other hand, were 14-for-21 from the free throw line and hit several down the stretch in the fourth quarter to seal Logan's fate.
"They did hit theirs," Hatcher said. "They made theirs down the stretch. It was a great game and I have a lot of respect for those guys. It was a good night and there was a good crowd here. But if we keep playing hard and we keep playing as a team good things are going to happen to us."
Logan only had one player reach double digits in scoring as sophomore guard Z. Minnick finished with 15 points. Worm Street and Chase Preston had eight each, C.J. Williams had five, A.J. Reynolds four and T.J. Tomblin one.
Tug Valley was led by Mikey Newsome, who poured in 22 points. Austin Brewer had nine, Aaron Muncy seven, Thomas Baisden six and Corey Dillon four. Hayden Sturgell had three and Austin Baisden two.
The Wildcats were able to keep the high-scoring Panthers in the low 50s and that worked in Logan's favor. The Cats, though, were just not able to make any key shots down the stretch.
"We played pretty well on them defensively and they only hit one three tonight," Hatcher said. "I think they only shot four or five all night long, so I thought that we did a really good job defending them. (Logan football) Coach (Gary) Mullins will tell you … you can scout and have all of their plays but you still have to make a play on offense and you still have to score. We've had a real hard time doing that."
Tug Valley coach Garland Thompson said anytime you win in the Logan field house it's a good one. A large contingency of Panther hands were on hand at the game and just about filled the upper deck scorer's table side of the gymnasium.
"It's a good win," Thompson said. "Anytime you come to Logan and play and get a win it's a good win. Logan had a little run there. Two or three guys hit some shots and got a two or three point lead on us. I was thinking, 'Oh Lord, here we go.' But luckily, we staved them off a little bit there and held them off. Mikey hit some big shots down the stretch at the free throw line. We also outrebounded them. We don't do that very often."
Ahead by just three points after three periods of play, the Panthers expanded the lead to 41-33 after a bucket by Baisden.
The Wildcats answered as Minnick hit a 19-footer with 4:46 left to make it 41-35.
Newsome, though, netted a 15-foot jumper and made four straight free throws to up the margin to 47-39 with 1:24 remaining.
Street missed two free throws with 1:12 left, opening the door for the Panthers to put Logan away.
They did just that.
Baisden split from the foul line with 58.8 seconds left to up the margin to 48-39. Muncy split with 41.5 ticks to go to make it a 49-41 ballgame. Brewer then put the win on ice with a bucket at the 25-second mark.
"We were 14-for-21 from the free throw line and we made a lot down the stretch," Thompson said. "I thought Corey Dillon came in there in the second quarter and gave us four points right there to give us a spark off the bench. Aaron scored a few points. They were ready for Austin tonight so the rest of them stepped up."
Tug Valley led 9-3 after one quarter and 20-16 at the half. The Wildcats outscored the Panthers 17-16 in the third to pull to within 36-33.
TVHS made it a sweep on Tuesday night as the Panthers also won the JV game over Logan, 55-54.
Both teams are scheduled to hit the hardwood again on Friday night on the same Logan floor in the Wildcats' annual King Coal Classic.
The Wildcats are scheduled to play Belfry (Ky.) at 7:30 p.m., following the 6 p.m. girls' contest between Logan and Class AAA No. 1 Greenbrier East.
The 9 p.m. nightcap has the Tug Valley boys taking on Class AAA unbeaten Greenbrier East.
"We've got Greenbrier East and we're looking forward to that one," Thompson said. "That team is coached by Jim Justice. I'm sure that they will be ready. We'll come up here and do our best and we'll see what we can do."
Tug Valley does not return to the King Coal Classic on Saturday.
Logan is set to play Greenbrier East in the tourney on Saturday in a 6 p.m. tip time. The preceding game is a WVIAC contest pitting Fairmont State University and Davis & Elkins College.
The day begins on Saturday with the Logan-Chapmanville JV boys' game at noon. Capital then takes on Tolsia at 2 p.m.


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In April, we started a blog series called the "GoGrid Cloud Survey Report" where we highlighted findings from over 500 IT professionals, developers and CTOs. This series covered the industry's perspective on everything from "What is Cloud Computing?" to "How do you use Cloud Computing?" and "What Operating Systems do you use in the Cloud?". Today's article marks the final installment to the GoGrid Cloud Survey Report, but we saved the most intriguing question for last…
What are the biggest barriers to deploying the cloud?
Yes, cloud computing has been one of the hottest technology trends in recent years, but it's also been met with controversy. Many companies have yet to make the switch to cloud computing, and we wanted to know what our 500 IT professionals thought were the biggest barriers to deploying infrastructure in the cloud.
And can we really call "cloud computing" a trend? Analysts say that the addressable market for Infrastructure as a Service is estimated to be $1.8 billion. And this is part of a Global IT Market of $2.5 trillion. But barriers aside, cloud infrastructure has proven potential to drive companies to success via a re-optimization of resources and re-allocation of IT spend.
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McFarlane Toys spent Super Bowl week in Detroit, bringing along an exclusive figure and "the boss" himself. Six months after our "Detroit debut" at last summer's MLB FanFest, the McFarlane Toys booth returned to COBO Hall for our fourth consecutive year attending the NFL Experience.
We brought a limited amount of Barry Sanders Exclusives -- there were only 3,000 produced and they sold for $15 dollars apiece. We knew there would be considerable demand for the figure, and took care to monitor our lines and mark hands to make sure our "one figure per person" limit was enforced. Even with the stringent policy, we managed to sell half our inventory on the show's first day (Wednesday, Feb. 1st), nearly half the next day, and the remaining 44 pieces first thing Friday afternoon. Our thanks to everyone who came by the booth -- meeting and talking with collectors is always a fun part of the show.
In addition to the Exclusive figure, we also brought Todd McFarlane to the show. Like Houston two years ago, Todd was an official autograph signer through the NFL, but he also spent hours at our booth greeting fans, signing autographs and even sketching, as time permitted.
We enjoyed our time in Detroit and want to thank the Motor City for their hospitality. The McFarlane Traveling Road Show will be in Miami for next year's Super Bowl but the next stop will be in Pittsburgh for the MLB FanFest this summer -- look for more info about that event in the weeks to come!
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It's time to announce the winners of our Super Bowl Barry Sanders giveaway. We wanted to have a little something for fans unable to attend the NFL Experience, and awarded five online winners their own Barry Sanders figure. Those winners are:Chad Baker, Bristol, VASharon Fernando, Aiea, HIBurton Lashua IV, New Ipswich, NHMike Trinh, Vienna, VAMachel Morton, Melbourne, FLBut as they say -- it ain't over till it's over. We've got five more Barry Sanders figures to give in a new online contest! For details, go here.


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NEW ELLENTON — A project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel is making good progress – despite being billions of dollars over its original projected price tag – but shrinking funding might mean fewer inspections, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said Wednesday.
"We will still come out and do inspections, but they may be stretched out over a longer period of time," Deb Seymour of the NRC said during a public meeting about the mixed-oxide fuel plant. "It'll just make a difference in how many of the specialist inspectors show up."
Seymour was answering a question about federal funding for the project, which is planned to eventually make a commercial nuclear fuel called MOX. The plant is part of a nonproliferation effort with the United States and Russia committed to disposing of at least 34 metric tons each of weapons-grade plutonium – an amount equivalent to enough material for about 17,000 nuclear warheads.
Construction at the site began in 2007. Earlier this year, the NRC gave good marks to progress on the project for the third year in a row. In a release heralding that report, Shaw Areva MOX Services – the company contracted to build the plant – also noted that the more than 2,000 people working on the project have logged more than 14 million consecutive work hours without a lost workday due to injury.
Criticism has swirled around the project, which has been slow to attract customers for the commercial reactor fuel it will produce. MOX Services has said negotiations are underway with several utility companies interested in buying the fuel, but none have officially signed on.
The General Accountability Office said the project is more than three years behind its 2016 completion deadline and is also now expected to cost $3 billion more than expected. The GAO said the project's price tag had ballooned to $7.7 billion, citing design problems and issues with U.S. Department of Energy oversight as reasons for the increase.
Steve Marr of MOX Services said at Wednesday's meeting that he would be watching the federal budget very carefully but intended to complete the structure, which he said now includes more than 180,000 cubic yards of concrete and more than 21,000 tons of rebar.
The Obama administration slowed down funding on the project, asking Congress last week for $320 million in its 2014 budget – down more than 25 percent from 2012. In its budget request, the administration wrote that its high costs "may make the project unaffordable" and pledged to look for different ways to dispose of plutonium.
"While we understand that there are decisions to be made in Washington, we are going to continue to proceed with construction at the MOX facility," Marr said. "We will continue building this important non-proliferation facility, with quality, safety and security as our top priorities."
NRC officials called Wednesday's public meeting near the Savannah River Site, where the massive concrete and steel structure is currently under construction. Inspectors spent more than 3,100 hours last year reviewing the project's progress. NRC official Bill Gloersen said inspectors studied the plant's air, fire and safety systems, in addition to its general construction progress, and found all to be up to par.
Online: www.moxproject.com
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According to the Deputy's testimony, he believed that the two cyclists were attempting to cut through the auto lot to get to the bridge and escape to West Virginia.
By now, Tony says he was doing his best to defuse a situation that was rapidly spiraling out of control, but as he explains, the Deputy just kept making the situation worse. Tony says that after the taser had failed to have its desired effect, the Deputy pulled out his telescoping baton, and began swinging at Tony. However, he wasn't having any more luck with his baton than he did with the taser; Tony says the baton failed to open fully, so the Deputy kept flailing away at Tony while trying to grab him and simultaneously attempting to hold up his pants-which were threatening to drop to the ground with each swing. The scene was both comical and deadly serious.
At this point, Tony says that he told the Deputy that he was out of control, and behaving unprofessionally, and that Tony was going to sue. According to Tony, the Deputy, "should have said 'get on the ground,' but he never gave me a chance," so Tony did the only thing he could to protect himself-he raised his bike to block the Deputy's blows, while telling him "You need to calm down." As Tony explains, he wanted to get down on the ground to defuse the situation, but doing so, "would have meant getting the hell beat out of me." Faced with a choice of defending himself or taking a beating, Tony says "the situation didn't call for me to get down."
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"I deployed my Tazer on Anthony Patrick and it had little effect. Both subjects stopped at this point and I gave commands for them to get on the ground. Both subjects did not. I attempted to grab Patrick and he pulled away. He then moved away from me and picked up his bike to try and throw at me or hit me. I pulled my Asp baton and ordered him to put the bike down. At this time he did."


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Region 6 Regional Prevention Coordinators partnered with the Oklahoma Alcohol Beverage Law Enforcement Agency and the Antlers Police Department in conducting a string of Alcohol Compliance Checks in Pushmataha County.
According to reports there were nine stores that were checked in the county, three of which were out of compliance; these stores included liquor stores and convenience stores.
February 1st our Bearcats traveled to Atoka to take on the Atoka Wampuscats, who we had already taken on and beat at home so they were looking for a bit of redemption on their home court. In the beginning it seemed Atoka was up to the challenge ending the first period four points ahead with a score of 11-15 Atoka. Sr. Guard Harlan House was the leader in stats for this game with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3steals and 2 assists in the first half alone.
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UFC's 155 pound king Anthony Pettis revealed today on Ariel Helwani's MMA Hour that he tapped out Ben Henderson at UFC164 while fighting with a separated shoulder. Here's what Pettis had to say:
"You know what, my knee was fine, but I actually separated my shoulder two weeks before the [Henderson] fight. So, going into the fight I had a separated right shoulder. My jitz coach [Daniel Wanderley] rolled a little too hard and he slammed me on my shoulder, and I separated my shoulder two weeks before the fight.
"The last two weeks before the camp all I could do was roll really light. I couldn't spar. For me it was just a mental thing. I've been through that before. It sucks that it happened two before the fight, but I wasn't backing out of that one.
"(I didn't consider pulling out of the fight) at all," he said. "I just told me coach I'm going to settle down the last two weeks. I mean, I had a super-long training camp. From February until August I was training and getting ready for title fights. So I was 100 percent ready, but things happen. Every fighter can tell you, you never go into a fight 100 percent healthy."
Anthony Pettis: Josh Thomson is getting knocked out in the first round of UFC on FOX 9 title fight
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will reportedly seek a fourth term in 2017, unnamed sources told German newspaper Der Spiegel. She's expected to officially announce her run in 2016, Politico reports.
Should Merkel win a fourth term, the first female chancellor would find herself right behind the longest-serving leaders in German history, Helmut Köhl and Otto von Bismarck.
There's no obvious successor in place and Merkel is popular in polls, so Politico reports her 2017 candidacy has been anticipated. Julie Kliegman
The NAACP kicked off a 40-day march through the U.S. South on Saturday meant to highlight issues of racial injustice in the country, Reuters reports. The Journey for Justice organizers started with a civil rights rally in Selma, Alabama, a city key to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The march was sparked by the many recent instances of police officers killing unarmed black men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
"We can continue to be serially outraged, or we can engage in an outrageously patriotic demonstration with a commitment to bringing about reform in this country," NAACP President Cornell William Brooks said.
Marchers will conduct teach-ins in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, as they make their way to Washington, D.C., for a final rally Sept. 16. Julie Kliegman
For years, scientists thought Africa's golden jackals to be the same as Eurasian golden jackals. Only one problem: the African ones turned out to not be jackals at all, The Huffington Post reports.
In a new DNA study published Thursday in Current Biology, researchers concluded that what they thought were jackals are actually African golden wolves, the first new species of canine found in Africa in 150 years, according to The Guardian.
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Consider the two species distant cousins. Julie Kliegman
The World Health Organization asked the International Olympic Committee to conduct tests for viruses on the water in Rio de Janeiro, the site of 2016's summer games, The Associated Press reports. The move comes days after an AP investigation found high levels of viruses and bacteria from sewage in the city's water, where open-water swimming and boating events will be held for 1,400 athletes.
The international Sailing Federation will also run independent tests for viruses in the water. One unique feature of Rio playing host to the Olympics is that the boating events are set to be contested unusually close to the rest of the action, offering good publicity to those sports and their athletes. But the venue could change if the waters are deemed unsafe. Julie Kliegman
Amazon employees aren't the only people aiming to ship things quickly via drone. Doctors are testing out the technology, too.
A study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One reports early findings that it might be possible for doctors to send blood samples to laboratories from remote clinics up to 30 miles away. They ran 56 blood samples from healthy patients through common tests doctors order and found that the drone samples were preserved just as well as the ones that hadn't been airborne, Pacific Standard reports.
The Johns Hopkins University researchers say the next step could be testing the practice in remote regions of Africa. They'll also need to ensure drone flights perform equally well with blood from sick patients. Julie Kliegman
Rite Aid and Food Lion don't want minors in their store learning "25 Ways to Kiss a Naked Man," apparently. That is, you guessed it, a run-of-the-mill Cosmopolitan headline. The pharmacy and grocery chains announced Wednesday they'll shield minors from the horrors of sexual content by putting blinders on the magazine's cover, The New York Times reports.
The blinders will hide the cover's headlines, but not the magazine title or model. So not to worry, your kid can still gaze at barely naked women — he just can't read about them.
The move comes in response to a campaign against Hearst by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, ironically started by William Randolph Hearst's own granddaughter, who does not have an official title at the company.
There's no word yet if other magazine-selling chain stores will follow suit. Meanwhile, the Times points out even racier covers routinely go unguarded. Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, anyone? Julie Kliegman
The 12 Pacific Rim countries working in Hawaii to establish the biggest free trade deal in history failed to reach an agreement Friday, the end of their latest round of talks. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would cover 40 percent of the global economy.
Negotiators say significant progress was made, according to CNN, but there's no date set yet for the next round of talks. An agreement would lower trade barriers between the nations and encourage economic growth.
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Are you ordering a new iPad mini, iPad 4, iMac, 13-inch Macbook Pro, or Mac mini?
I'm a little angry with both myself and Apple, i just bought the iPad 3 last thursday thinking it would be fine from upgrades till next year. So now my options are to just keep what i have or activate my 14 day returns and wait till mid november and get the iPad 4.
I have never had an iPad. I was really excited about the mini annoucement thinking that it might be a better idea for my uses than the larger one, but comparing it to my iPhone 5 it doesn't seem that much bigger or better. So I am going to get the iPad 4. But what size IDK. Or do I wait 6 more months and see what the next gen has in store?
I had my iPad 3 for 43 days and returned it Friday night. I figured they were going to go with the Lightning connectors and am very pleasantly surprised when I heard about the iPad 4. I was dancing around like Snoopy! I'll be getting a black 32GB iPad 4 as soon as it's available. Might even though in a Mac Mini or 27" iMac when it's released. Haven't decided on that yet.
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2012 is not the year for me in terms of luck in mobile devices...
May 2012 - Nokia Lumia 900 released in UK
September 2012 - Nokia Lumia 920 revealed and proposed release date of November
Practically made obsolete here in the space of 6 months!
April 2012 - iPad 3 Cellular 64GB purchased through work
June 2012 - received iPad 3
October 2012 - already made obsolete as superseded by better iPad 4th gen
Again made obsolete within the space of 6 months!
I fully understand that my iPad 3 will work fine however it just feels like a big, giant f*** you to all the early adopters of the iPad 3rd gen... It was generally accepted that apple have an annual product life cycle but 6 months?!?!? That's just piss poor if you ask me
Couple this with the current state of iTunes Match, it's not painting a very rosy picture for me...
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Ah, spring! The season that brings increasing daylight and warmer temperatures! A couple of weekends ago we were gifted with a little teaser of what it's like when the sun comes out. But now spring is actually here! March 20th signifies the beginning of spring and with it will come expectations, societal changes and an overwhelming need to fixate on the weather forecast more than normal.
Activities that people turned their noses up at a few weeks ago are now considered standard behaviour so jump on the spring bandwagon and indulge in the following...
After Christmas many people will have been putting in the hours down the gym precisely for this moment. It doesn't take much for the most vain individuals to decide the rest of the world simply must see their chiseled torso or toned legs and spring is the perfect showcase to show off your new physique. Summer dresses, brightly colored t-shirts, short shorts, flip-flops and vests will dominate wardrobes for the foreseeable future, while knitwear is discarded like a flyer for some new band you've never heard of.
Occasional sportspeople get to come out of the woodworks and dominate local football goals, tennis courts, or any available space for an ill-fated game of rounders.
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An Aiken man was detained on multiple charges Friday, including DUI and drug charges, after he was pulled over for a driving violation, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
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Ohio Northern University construction management majors proved they have what it takes after a grueling competition sponsored by the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC).
The ONU team placed sixth out of 12 teams in a preconstruction services competition that took place Oct. 16-19, 2013, in Downers Grove, Ill. ONU competed against teams from top universities across the Midwest, including Big 10 schools Ohio State University and Purdue University.
"I developed a great respect for what has been taught at ONU and learned I knew a lot more than I thought I did," says Sheena Marston, a construction management major from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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During the competition, ONU's team of six students had just 17 hours to put together a comprehensive, 90-page proposal for a new construction project for Walsh Construction. The proposal needed to encompass all aspects of preconstruction, including feasibility, safety, logistics, preliminary scheduling and estimates. ONU teammates then worked overnight to turn their proposal into a PowerPoint presentation that they delivered to Walsh executives the next day.
"They were put under fire and had to produce under that setting," says Rich Miller, instructor in ONU's technological studies department. "The competition really promotes teamwork and communication."
"The most fun part of the competition was the easy rapport between the members of our team," says Marston. "We learned more about each other and how we respond to immense pressure. Our ease in working together enabled us to perform as well as we did."
ONU's construction management major prepares students for careers in the commercial and residential construction industry. According to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, jobs in this field are expected to grow by 17 percent through 2020.
The ASC competition not only gives students a chance to apply their knowledge, but also provides opportunities for networking with construction company executives from across the U.S., according to Miller.
"I believe our team performed extremely well," says Marston. "We hung in there with the other teams despite that fact that they were seasoned veterans and this was only ONU's second year to participate in the competition."
ONU team members were Ryan Cambron, a senior construction management major from Lebanon, Ohio; Mike Dunson, a senior construction management major from Forest, Ohio; James Durst, a junior construction management major from Kirtland, Ohio; Blake Gilts, a senior construction management major from Findlay, Ohio; Marston; and Dylan Seaburn, a junior construction management major from Fostoria, Ohio. Instructors Doug Degen and Miller served as faculty advisors for the ASC competition.


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Boredom came because the game itself became boring... not because I ran out of content.
* If I had not been in the beta, I imagine I would've enjoyed the game for the first month... then probably quit during the second.
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Originally posted by kb056
1) A couple, maybe three or four months, because the personal story lines for characters are different enough I would play at least two on Empire and Republic and maybe more. Keep in mind that I will likely level one character to max quite quickly, then slowly work through the story of others while I gear that character. I will not be hardcore though, so that is factored into my time estimates.
2) Define "new content." There will likely be content patches a couple months after release. Are you talking an expansion here or what? I expect they will add new stuff very shortly after release... they saw what Rift did and saw how several months of WoW-Stagnation hurt it and while I doubt they can do it as quickly as Trion I am sure they realize the necessity of new content on a regular basis.
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without new content whatsoever i would be rerolling all the classes and playing full story so 1year :D , seing as that wont happen, because we are talking about Bioware, will be playing for a long time dont know if it will last as long as WOW did, it is up to them basicly
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Originally posted by kb056
Without new content? I'd say the game will hold my interest for at least 8 months to a year strictly because every class I've played is so much fun, the story line is great, and it is releasing with enough content to keep me busy for a while.
As far as what I've witnessed, Bioware has done a very good job of fixing bugs pretty quickly, and I have confidence they'll add content pretty quickly after launch. I'd say probably every 3 months or so, give or take?
Well, it really depends on how the community develops.
If I find a good RP-PVP community on the Imperial side.....then I'll be playing for years.
If not...about a year, probably. Maybe longer, depending on content and what-not.
I predict that Bioware will be adding little things on a constant basis, fleshing out the existing game, with a decent sized content addition in three months time.
They really seem committed to making a great game, and to being dedicated to the "long haul".
Gonna be fun to see what they deliver.
I actually think TOR will keep my attention for longer than any other MMO has, post launch, because I finally have a decent reason to reroll outside of simply having a different class.
I played Tortage in AoC at least once on every class just to see how it was different, heh.
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Originally posted by kb056
swtor is not swg, 2 entirely different beasts, that being said, swtor is actually fun to play, swg was just a tedious chore most of the time.
200 hours x8 = 1600 hours of story at release if you play 1 of each main story class, and some of the acs beg wanting one of each.
only 2 raids at launch so im sure theyll push more of those up fast as they can, and theres world pvp while you wait.
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Boo ....
Ok, so the guy over at "Darth Hater", who has been in beta for a while now, says he can go from level 1 to level 50 in a week and two days. That is with hitting the space bar constantly to skip all the dialog and putting in some hours. I don't know why someone would want to do that.
I was able to go from 1 to 10-12 taking my time and listening to all the dialog in less than 8 hours. That was doing all the quests I was able to and included breaks. They excluded the several heroic quests along the way as you needed to group for them. Based on that information you can get an idea of how long each class will entertain you. I'm thinking a typical player can get at at least a month out of each class. Thats someone that works and has something resembling a life.
A pet peave of mine is the Empire/Republic quests. They are the same for each side in the Star Wars universe. One set of quests for the Empire and one set of quests for the republic. I have heard that if you level a character doing only the class quests you can only get up to level 15-20. As a result you are forced to do the side quests along the way. No biggie, they are all voiced over and are remotely entertaining the first time through. These consist of (kill 20 rats and fed ex) type quests. However, these quests are the same for every class on each side.
So, during the beta weekends I leveled a Bounty Hunter up to 15 or so, an Imperial Agent up to 10 and a Sith Warrior up to 12 I think. Each class had their own class quest line, but, they all shared a lot of Imperial quests. The repetition really got to me. The first time through was fine, the second time was a little too familiar and the third time through was ruining the class quests. I just wanted to get through them as fast as possible to get back to the class quests. This is a big issue for myself at least. It limits the replay ability of the game.
As far as updates go ....
Bioware had better get moving if they want to keep people. I think that unless they have major updates every three to six months or so, people are going to leave .... it's that simple.
I don't know how you *could* level a character doing just the class quests. The quests are meant to be done with toher quests in the zone.
If you do choose to skip them, you would likely need to do a decent amount of flashpoints and PvP to make up the difference? Not sure.
I played through the Empire story line 3 times to 20ish, and the first two times I didn't mind at all and the class quests kept me interested. The third time I was skipping most of the dialogue unrelated to class quests, though since I changed my race each time I got some different dialogue and responses, which caused me to exit a few conversations and actually listen to them.
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Originally posted by kb056
You don't read here either lol. It's all cut-scenes with profesional voice actors for every single quest.
Current game content is 17 planets most of which are the equivalent in open playable space to about 1.5-2 WOW zones. Each planet has tons of solo and group (some for 2 and some for 4 players) content as well as lots of places to explore and where you may find permanent +stat boost relics known as datacrons.
Currently there are 6 flashpoints (aka dungeons) with fully scripted and voice acted interesting stories. There are tricky bosses with special abilities you need to avoid from pretty well the first flashpoint on.
There are 2 raid areas (known as Operations) to start. One an 8 man and one a 16-man raid.
Add PVP warzones, crafting, resource gathering and space combat (not my favorite) and you have a whole lot to do at launch.
All I can say is that it's too bad you didn't take the opportunity to see it for free.
And btw, I am also an impatient quest text skipper in all my previous MMOs... not a chance here: the quality of the cut-scenes and acting is superb... this s**t you won't want to miss.
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I think it was justin that said it would take a week to level while hitting the space bar. Reason was that he works for a fan site and wants to get to end game content as soon as possible so he can talk about end game content for Darth hater.
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It really depends on the overall quality of the individual class stories, and on how long it actually takes to reach the end of the story. I purposefully only played the earliest content, with the exception of one class which I still only took a few planets in. I will definitely play each class at least once, the whole way through. Depending on which estimates are accurate, that will mean somewhere between 800 and 1600 hours worth of play. So certainly more than 6 months, possibly more than a year. Any class with a story on par with KotOR or ME2 I will play more than once, so without even factoring in expansion content, I expect a long, long time before I get bored.
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Played 2 betas and played bounty hunter story twice. I was not bored second time around at all. I did dark side and light side . If the rest of the stories are as good I can see myself playing this game for at least a year.
For the Devs I am not sure. The first major content patch will be a real test when the servers are live. It also depends on success of the game. If it does well I am would expect to see a very active dev team if not we all know how that goes. I think Bioware will be on top of things patching and releasing content quickly if the game does well.
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Originally posted by neorandomOriginally posted by kb056
No... EA lied.
The game doesn't have "1600 hours of story", 90% of the quests for every alt of the same faction are shared.
It's more like 190 hours of shared content and 4 different class story quests of 10 hours for each faction.
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I have been in the closed beta for a long while now and here is my oppinion.
This game, while the side quests are the same, has a very entertaining personal class story line for each and every class. I enjoyed the story lines that I played, and the voice acting and quest system kind of makes you want to sit there and listen to them talk about it - it adds an extra layer of immersion and emotion. To be honest by the time I play through all 8 classes (which I intend to do purley for the stories of each class) It will likley be 6 months, in which case I'm sure there will be new endgame content. This is of course assuming I dont play till the end, play the endgame content then whine cause I'm bored, the seperate story lines are more than enough to keep you busy.
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Originally posted by kb056
1) I'm not sure. Minimum however long it takes me to play through the Sith Inquisitor, Imperial Agent and Bounty Hunter stories. I may tackle Sith Warrior story as well just to make a clean sweep of the Imperial side. I have zero interest to play the Republic side. As it is a reported 200 hours of Gameplay per class, I'd say 600 to 800 hours.
2) I'd guesstimate in the 4 to 5 month range. Maybe 6 months the first time while the live team gets their process of delivering it down, but on the lower side once they get the motions down.
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Originally posted by Hairysun
I think Bioware would agree with you, Hairysun. Check this portion of an interview with TOR associate lead designer Emmanuel Lusinchi at Gamescom in August. I think it's fairly relevant to this discussion, though he is also referencing the unique challenge BW has with TOR because of voice over:
There's nothing specific about timeframe, but I think Lusinchi is acknowleging the pressing importance of delivering new content in a timely fashion.