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Amazon wants to dominate a lot of different industries, from e-commerce to cloud services, and the company is now getting serious about video games.» Read More
The video game's sales, which equate to roughly 9 million copies sold, were even higher than most analysts had forecast.
CNBC's Josh Lipton reports Mojang, the developer behind blockbuster game MineCraft, may be bought up by Microsoft.
Discussing the potential deal between Microsoft and Minecraft developer Mojang, with Dan Ives, FBR Capital Markets. "Nadella needs to go aggressive," he says.
The company that made the Master Chief a household name is introducing a new game, and they hope it will become the next billion-dollar franchise.
The pro football season is preparing to kick off, but one Las Vegas bookmaker has already picked the winner of Super Bowl XLIX.
Jo Twist, CEO of UKIE, and Claire Enders, CEO of Enders Analysis, discuss the appeal of esports and how it could be lucrative for many companies.
Finland's Rovio has hired Pekka Rantala from beverage maker Hartwall to take over as its new chief executive by the beginning of next year.
Amazon's deal for Twitch shows the e-commerce and media giant's "aspirations to be in live entertainment," the largest investor in Twitch tells CNBC.
Electronic Arts' latest version of its hit "Madden" football video game launches Tuesday, and it's breaking records for views of its promotional video.
Sony's PlayStation network was taken offline by hackers. The "Squawk Alley" team and Jon Steinberg, Daily Mail North America CEO, discuss the severity of the hack and if it will impact revenues.
EA is counting on its "Madden" football franchise to help it launch the company's boldest digital push to date.
The Vietnamese developer behind the viral hit has a new hit game in stores—and it might be even more addictive than his first.
Few know why the PlayStation 4 has won the recent console war, but a Nielsen study suggests that gamers aren't very brand loyal. Re/code reports.
GameStop said Chief Executive Paul Raines underwent an unexpected surgery last week for a small cancerous brain tumor.
An Activision Blizzard executive said the company's upcoming "Destiny" game has set a video game industry record as the most pre-ordered new title.
Sony has sold over 10 million PlayStation 4 (PS4) devices, the company said on Tuesday, landing a major blow to rival Microsoft's Xbox One.
King Digital Entertainment reported quarterly earnings of 59 cents per share on $594 million in revenue on Tuesday.
Videogame streaming site Twitch can no longer fly under the legal radar, as evidenced by the announcement that videos in its archives with unlicensed music will be flagged muted.
Back by unpopular demand, it's Flappy Bird. Re/Code reports.
Artist Juli Adams has accused pet supply company Hartz Mountain Company of illegally selling her 'Angry Birds' designs.
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Expect upside in tech for the second half of the year, says Venky Ganesan, managing director at Menlo Ventures.
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"All of this is your fault! Gettin' swallowed by Sin! Not being able to go back to Zanarkand -- everything, everything!"
"Hey, you! Don't just stand there!"
Auron turned to accept Tidus's ineffectual assault, fists and voice clenched alike. Auron stepped back calmly. At least the boy wasn't crying.
"All of this is your fault!"
He gave Tidus a glazed look. It'd been ten years since, as a young guardian, Auron had first voiced his protest against the doomed ritual of the summoner pilgrimage, his heart knotted and heavy as he ultimately failed to articulate anything beyond a selfish desperation. Why could they not see--
"Gettin' swallowed by Sin! Not being able to go back to Zanarkand -- everything, everything!"
As an unsent, Auron no longer believed in fate. But he always trusted his friends, even if they'd uproot islands and destroy costal villages in lieu of a simple "please". Very well, Jecht. Auron was tired, but his work was not over. A second pilgrimage, then. A second chance.
"I'm telling you, it's all your fault!"
The boy was snarling, pup-like. The flailing blows were easily rendered forceless by the armor. Auron tucked his face deep into his cowl. As for the words, there was really nothing else to do but laugh.

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Technote (FAQ)
How to change ITM communication protocols
Most of the following material was incorporated into the ITM 623 Installation and Setup Guide here
Tivoli Monitoring protocol usage and protocol modifiers
ITM basic services communications are defined by the KDE_TRANSPORT environmental variable, and after this paragraph that will be the only variable mentioned. At an earlier stage of ITM development, KDC_FAMILIES was used, but KDE_TRANSPORT is intended to be the successor. At this moment, the two variables are processed identically. However many agent installers are only aware of the earlier variable. In practice` examine the agent installation and adopt whatever is being used.
ITM uses other communication protocols such as 1) Portal client to Portal server uses CORBA IIOP after startup, 2) TEPS/WPA/SPA can use ODBC or JDBC to communicate with the warehouse database, and 3) several other cases. Most of ITM to ITM communications uses TCP/IP or SNA [z/OS only] protocols. This technote ignores the SNA case.
Modifiers to the protocols are of the form 'attribute:value'. If they occur first, then they are global in effect if meaningful. If they occur after a protocol and before the next protocol, then the effect is only on that protocol. The protocol names and modifiers are case insensitive although they are presented in upper-case here.
In the Appendix there are references on how to implement the needed changes depending on platform.
KDE_TRANSPORT Structure
KDE_TRANSPORT is a string which lists protocols and modifiers. All protocols are assumed present. A protocol will be activated only if an interface is available for use.
The USE modifier activates a specific protocol if Y is specified, otherwise it deactivates it. The scanning starts with an implicit global USE:Y, meaning that all protocols are assumed to be activated by default. For example:
means that IP.PIPE will be available but IP.SPIPE will not. In addition all the unnamed protocols listed later are activated.
If a modifier is specified before any protocol, it generally applies globally. For example, a pool setting first will apply to all protocols.
KDE_TRANSPORT Transmission Control Protocol
TCP is a connection oriented protocol. Connection is made via a port number, which can be 0-65535. The connection continues until the application(s) tear it down.
Here are the protocol names:
IP.PIPE - tcp
IP.SPIPE - secure tcp
IP6.PIPE - ipv6 tcp
IP6.SPIPE - ipv6 secure tcp
The secure protocols are implemented with the Global Secure Toolkit (GSKIT) component.
Here are the tcp protocol modifiers:
PORT defaults to 1918 for tcp and 3660 for secure tcp. These numbers are registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers.
PORT defines the base port number. For a TEMS, the base number is used as the listening port, and is the port that Agents connect to. For agents, ITM processing attempts to open a listening port at number base+N*4096, where N is 1 to 15. If one is already in use, it tries the next higher iteration. If no TEMS is present. the base port is reserved in case a TEMS gets started later.
For an Agent, the listening port is used for two main purposes: 1) TEMS requesting real-time data from the agent and 2) Agent receiving notifications from the TEMS, such as awareness of a WPA [Warehouse Proxy Agent] re-registration at a new IP address or port number.
Example: IP.PIPE PORT:1918 USE:Y
Note that in this mode of definition, there are a maximum of 15 agents on a server. If this is an issue see the EPHEMERAL modifier section further below.
SKIP and COUNT
SKIP and COUNT modifiers are used to control the port search algorithm. Default search is for baseport+N*4096 with N from 1 to 15. The SKIP modifier forces it to start with N equal to the SKIP value in the above calculation. The COUNT modifier means to only try that number of times, not all the way to 15.
The following is often used with Warehouse Proxy Agent:
It means that the only port checked will be 1918+15*4096 or 63358. This is useful because it means that Warehouse Proxy Agent (WPA) will have a fixed address even though a TEMS and other agents may be starting up. Having a fixed port number is vital if firewall rules are used. At some future ITM maintenance level, the WPA port will likely be fixed to a high port number and configuration will not be required,
This modifier has three different values.
A value of Y means that the connection to the TEMS listening port will be used for all communications. The agent will not need a listening port. The advantage can be important in cases where firewall rules are used, since fewer ports are used. It is also a way to avoid the 15 agent limitation. The negative is that if historical data collection is being done, then historical data must either be stored at the TEMS, or there must be a WPA process running on the same server as the TEMS the agent reports to if the historical data is being stored at the Agent.
A value of OUTBOUND means the same thing as Y.
A value of INBOUND can be used at a TEMS and it means that every agent connecting to it is configured to ephemeral mode.
ITM processes use ports for communication within the server, never seen on the outside network. The temporary ports that are used can be controlled with this option.
Note that each pool modifier can specify a maximum of 1024, but you can have multiple such specifications.
Any pool range must fit within the local system defined ranges. On AIX the "no -a" will display current ranges. See this URL for a general overview:
KDE_TRANSPORT User Datagram protocol
For ITM, this protocol is not usually best overall. The advantage is a somewhat lower storage requirement. The negatives are 1) less reliability since applications are responsible for error recovery, 2) higher CPU resources are required, and 3) it cannot be used where firewall rules are in place.
Here are the protocol names:
IP.UDP - User Datagram Protocol
IP - Synonym for IP.UDP
IP6.UDP - IP V6 version of IP.UDP
The POOL and PORT modifiers can be used for this case The other modifiers are connection oriented.
KDE_TRANSPORT Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Each ITM process has an internal web server. These define what protocols are used to access the internal web server. The web server gives access to the ITM service console, the portal client, the SOAP server tryout page, and [starting with ITM 6.2.2] the Agent Service Index pages.
Here are the protocol names:
ip.tcp.http - http communications
ip.ssl.https - secure http communications
ip6.tcp.http - ipv6 http communications
ip6.ssl.https - ipv6 secure http communications
Here are the protocol modifiers
Defaults to Y. If set to N then the internal web server is not started.
Defaults to Y. If set to N then the ITM service console is not started.
Defaults to 1920. If set to 0, port number is set to a temporary or ephemeral number. That number will be will be controlled by the ip.tcp POOL number if present.
Defaults to 3661 . If set to 0, port number is set to a temporary or ephemeral number. That number will be will be controlled by the ip.ssl POOL number if present.
The HTTP protocol also uses temporary ports and the usage is controlled by separate pool control settings. These are not protocols, but are required for the POOL setting:
ip.tcp - pool control for the ip.tcp.http protocol
ip.ssl - pool control for the ip.ssl.https protocol
ip6.tcp - pool control for the ip6.tcp.http protocol
ip6.ssl - pool control for the ip6.ssl.https protocol
It would be easier to have leading pool setting(s) which would apply to all protocols.
Interactions with other environment variables
KDEB_INTERFACELIST and KDEB_INTERFACELIST_IPV6
The dash "-" option is used alone, these environment variables do not scan any of the related interfaces. In that case a protocol might go unused even though it is specified in KDE_TRANSPORT. You could also eliminate all the interfaces by name to achieve the same result.
This technote explains how to understand and change the KDE_TRANSPORT environment variable which controls ITM communications.
See further discussion here
For additional Technotes search on "IBM ITM ITM6 Technote"
Search: ITM ITM6 Technote KDC_FAMILIES KDE_TRANSPORT protocol sbs
Appendix: A Guide to Changing the KDE_TRANSPORT settings
Most of this technote is a reference guide to constructing a KDE_TRANSPORT [or KDC_FAMILIES]. In practice what you do is highly platform dependent.
If you decide to change KDE_TRANSPORT, make sure to change the settings on all ITM tasks when appropriate. For example, if you decide to turn off the ITM internal web server using the HTTP_SERVER:N modifier, you must make the same change for all ITM tasks. The task actually running the internal web server can switch depending on which one is up first and on ITM task recycles, so all ITM processes must have the same setting.
That is not true for agent specific operations such as using SKIP/COUNT to force a specific port number to be used.
At ITM 623 and above, the tacmd setconnection function allows many such changes to be introduced. It does not however handle the HTTP_SERVER:N type of change. Thus most of the following concerns ITM 622 and earlier, but the KDE_TRANSPORT global changes must be handled as before.
Linux/Unix Agents
Here is a good example on how to change the communications string:
Updating Linux/Unix agent KDC_FAMILIES configuration
Here is another technote concerning making mass changes:
Mass Configuration Change for Windows/Linux/Unix agents
Linux/Unix – TEMS
This environment is much like Linux/Unix Agents. The difference is that the config file generation is only performed during a
itmcmd config –S –t <temsname>
So make the same sort of change and then run the itmcmd config cli. The same procedure is needed for instance based agents.
Windows Agents
There are Windows examples in this technote:
Mass Configuration Change for Windows/Linux/Unix agents
Windows TEMS
This must be manual changes from the MTEMS GUI.
The environment variable is manually changed in
In z/OS these values are kept in the RKANPARU(KDSENV) member. for TEMS and in RKANPARU(KppENV) for Agents. Configuration changes here are manual.


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4 Stocks in the Sweet Spot of the Software Industry
Chad is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
The software industry is cutthroat and difficult to establish a foothold in. However, once a company reaches a certain scale, it's usually about duplicating successes rather than fighting for survival. I won't pretend that I can spot someone running the next Microsoft or Google, but the mid-cap section of the market seems like the sweet spot for software companies. These companies are established enough that you don't have to worry about them disappearing, but they are still small enough that they show good growth potential.
With this in mind, I recently ran a screen on the Fool.com CAPS Screener looking for mid-cap software companies that had at least 10% revenue growth and 20% EPS growth over the last three years. There were several companies to consider, but the following four were the most attractive: TIBCO Software (NASDAQ: TIBX), Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), and MSCI (NYSE: MSCI).
TIBCO Software:
According to Yahoo! Finance, TIBCO offers middleware that helps companies with business optimization, process automation, and collaboration. In plain English, TIBCO is in the business of making businesses more efficient. The company is pretty darn good at its job too, based on its results. Not only has the company grown earnings by 20% over the last three years, but analysts expect 16.54% EPS growth over the next few years as well.
In addition, it's very possible that the company will beat these expectations, since in the last year the company has beaten earnings estimates by an average of 9.5%. What is truly impressive is that in the last few years the company's net income and operating cash flow have grown in lock step by a total of over 80%. If there is a knock on the company, it is that its debt-to-equity ratio is a bit high at 0.71. The stock is neither cheap nor ridiculously expensive at about 23 times forward estimates.
Rackspace Hosting:
Rackspace's stock has been flying along on the back of the company's cloud computing solutions. While there have been some bumps in the road, the stock has jumped from under $40 a year ago to nearly $70 today. As more and more companies realize the efficiency and ease of upgrading offered by cloud solutions, Rackspace should continue to benefit.
The market certainly has taken notice of the company, and with the stock selling for near 90 times earnings projections this one is not for the faint of heart. However, with analysts calling for almost 34% earnings growth, this multiple could compress quickly. The company also shows a very strong balance sheet, with a debt-to-equity ratio of just 0.11. If there is a big worry about Rackspace beyond its high in the clouds P/E ratio, it has to be the company's cash flow. In the last three years, the company's free cash flow has actually dropped a total of 8%.
That being said, most of this drop has been from huge increases in capital expenditures as the company builds its business. In theory, as the company reaches better scale this expenditure growth will slow, leading to better cash flow growth.
F5 Networks:
F5 Networks is in the business of making the servers and storage facilities better for its customers. With huge growth in not only cloud computing, but also data storage growing at a fast clip, F5 is riding the wave of both of these trends. With analysts calling for earnings growth of about 17.6% over the next few years, the stock is surprisingly attractive at about 22 times forward estimates.
If you look at the company's financials, the hits just keep on coming. F5 spends very little money on capital expenditures, with just 5% of operating cash flow used on capex last quarter. In addition, the company has generated over $100 million in free cash flow in each of the last four quarters, and has repurchased at least $25 million worth of shares. With over $1.1 billion in cash and investments, and no long-term debt, 14% of the company's market cap is just the cash and investments on the balance sheet. I would suggest investors check out this fast growing company today.
If you are an investor, you have to love MSCI. The company provides financial research, risk management, and more to the financial industry. Though the company isn't expected to quite match the growth of its competitors above, the numbers are still impressive. With the stock selling for just 13 times estimates, and expected to grow at about 12%, MSCI appears fairly valued. However, the company has beaten expectations in three of the last four quarters, so it could do better than the projected growth rate.
The one big risk with MSCI is that they are still digesting their acquisition of RiskMetrics. This over $1 billion acquisition added debt to the balance sheet, but management is putting a large chunk of free cash flow toward paying this down. In fact, long-term debt (which was over $1.1 billion a year ago) is down 24.5% to about $833 million in the quarter ended June 2012. The company generates significant free cash flow, and as this long-term debt is pared even further results should improve.
You can see there is a lot to like about mid-cap software companies. They offer better stability than a small-cap company, and better growth than most large-caps. Of the four we have looked at, F5 Networks seems to offer the best combination of growth and cash flow. However, each of the companies offers attractive traits. Whether you like one company here or all four companies, I would suggest adding them to your personalized Watchlist to keep up with further developments.
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Billy Joel DLC Coming to Rock Band Starting in DecemberGood news for budding artists out there looking to tickle the ivories to the tunes of The Piano Man himself; Billy Joel is coming to Rock Band.
With tracks beginning to roll out on December 14, Rock Band 3 will welcome the "most-loved songs" found in the famed artists catalog, in both standard keyboard and "Pro Key" difficulties.
Originally against the inclusion of his work in a video game, Joel decided to join the ranks of the army of artists included in Harmonix' franchise after an Entertainment Weekly critic took jabs at him, the artisit told USA Today [via Plastic Axe].
I've never allowed my music to be used in a game before," but an Entertainment Weekly review of NBC's The Office changed his mind. Alluding to an episode in which characters mention a Rock Band featuring Billy Joel, "the critic wrote something like, 'God forbid that ever should happen.' So I called my people and said, 'Get me (on) that Rock Band game.' Then I wrote the critic, saying that every time I get a check, I'll give him a little nod.
No word on pricing, and the fact that Harmonix states Joel's tracks will "begin to roll out" on December 14 implies that the 10-included tracks may not be available in a single pack. Shacknews has contacted MTV Games for clarification.
- Upcoming Billy Joel DLC
- Piano Man
- Big Shot
- Captain Jack
- It's Still Rock N Roll to Me
- Movin' Out
- Only the Good Die Young
- Pressure
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- The Entertainer
- The Stranger
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Rochdale manager Keith Hill: "It was a difficult, tense game and I think the tension showed in the performance. There looked as if there was a little bit of a crisis of confidence for the players and it didn't get any better for us from the first mistakes onwards.
"It's disappointing but you have to collect your positive energy and make sure you move on to the next available opportunity. We have three more opportunities but we can't afford to perform with those type of nerves and make those kind of mistakes and expect to get where we want to get to.
"It's OK wanting to achieve but you have to have the bravery and commitment and if you have that it turns you into a better person and a better team.
"Really, the two goals in the first half and the one just after half time were evidently mistakes from our players. We didn't show a lot of great intent because there wasn't a lot of composure in our football and we played in a different style than I expect.
"But this is no time to throw in the towel or spit the dummy out."
Southend United assistant manager Dave Penney: "We've done really well against the top few teams this season and we reminded the players of that before the game. We've been to places like Burton, Oxford and Chesterfield and won and it seems to suit us when the other team also want to play a bit of football. We were confident coming here and fully expected to get something from the game.
"We gave Jacob Murphy his first start and he was fantastic for that hour. He has blinding pace and was also very cool in front in goal. Not many people would've passed that ball like he did for Barry Corr to score and then he showed good energy to score himself. He has blinding pace but hasn't played too much so he's fitness is lagging behind a little bit and that's why he had to come off.
"We're pleased with him and the third goal really killed it off after that. It's set us up nicely for the Easter period and now we need to go and get something in our game against Accrington on Monday."
Match report now online
Rochdale 0, Blues 3
Four minutes of stoppage time to be played.
Attendance 3, 884 with 421 from Blues
He replaces Kevan Hurst, no lucky head-band though!
Luke Prosser about to come on
Loza on for Corr
Think Jamal Loza could be on soon
Anthony Straker on for Jacob Murphy
Ryan Leonard sends a long range shot against the crossbar.
Looks like Anthony Straker could be about to come on.
Rochdale have the ball in the net but it's ruled out for offside.
Kevan Hurst booked for a foul
Leeds manager Brian McDermott is at the game today.
Kevan Hurst made the goal as his left wing cross picked out Michael Timlin who volleyed in to the bottom right hand corner of the net from 10 yards.
Rochdale 0, Blues 3. Michael Timlin
Double change at the break for Rochdale. Jamie Allen on for Peter Cavanagh & Peter Vincenti on for Michael Rose
Rochdale 0, Blues 2
Four minutes of stoppage time to be played
Great play from Will Atkinson for the goal. He played in Ryan Leonard. His shot was heading wide but Jacob Murphy volleyed it home at the far post.
Rochdale 0, Blues 2. Jacob Murphy
Rochdale's fans starting to get on the back of their players.
Jacob Murphy looking very bright for Blues so far.
Big blow for Rochdale as their top goalscorer Scott Hogan limps off injured. He's replaced by George Donnelly.
Certainly plenty going on at the moment.
Michael Timlin intercepts a weak backpass. He rounds the keeper but his effort is cleared off the line by Oliver Lancashire.
Still laughing at the Easter Bunney gag to be honest!
Hogan didn't look happy there. Sulk Hogan. Couldn't resist, sorry.
Another big chance for Rochdale. Matt Lund charges through but Scott Hogan gets in his way and he fires over.
WOW. Stunning long range shot from Henderson smashes against the underside of the crossbar.
It's been a fiery start. Challenges are flying in from both sides and the fans are making themselves heard.
Rochdale almost equalise as Matt Done's low, left footed shot flies just inches wide of the right post.
Very unselfish play from Jacob Murphy. He was clean through and squared ball to Barry Corr who tapped home in to an empty net.
Rochdale 0, Southend 1. Barry Corr on target
With a name like Bunney he should probably be on form at Easter. Imagine the headlines.
Big chance for Rochdale's Joe Bunney but he slices a left footed shot well wide of the left post.
Personally very pleased the game has started. Means the loudest pre-match music I think I've ever heard has come to an end. Headache central!
The game is underway
Rochdale: Lillis, Rafferty, Cavanagh, Lancashire, Hogan, Lund, Done, O'Connell, Rose, Bunney, Henderson
Subs: Thomson, Bennett, Eastham, Vincenti, Donnelly, Hery & Allen
Blues boss Phil Brown has made two changes to his starting line-up for this afternoon's game at Rochdale with Barry Corr and Jacob Murphy both coming in to the side.
The duo replace Lee Barnard and Jamar Loza who have been selected among the substitutes as the Shrimpers switch back to a 4-3-3 formation.
Southend United: Bentley, White, Egan, Sokolik, Coker, Leonard, Atkinson, Timlin, Hurst, Corr, Murphy
Substitutes: Chambers, Laird, Prosser, Eastwood, Loza, Straker & Barnard


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Republicans are dropping their requests for additional spending cuts and will hold a House vote on whether to give final congressional approval to the Senate-approved compromise averting "fiscal cliff" tax increases and spending cuts.
The House vote was expected Tuesday evening.
A decision by the Republican-run House to amend the Senate-passed bill would have complicated prospects for final congressional passage of the measure. Senate Democratic aides have said the Democratic-led Senate, which overwhelmingly approved the compromise early Tuesday, would not return to vote on an amended version of the measure.
The measure would allow tax increases on the highest-earning Americans, but retain decade-old income tax cuts for everyone else. (AP)
Statement from the President:Leaders from both parties in the Senate came together to reach an agreement that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support today that protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small business owners from a middle class tax hike. While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country and the House should pass it without delay.This agreement will also grow the economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way – by investing in our middle class, and by asking the wealthy to pay a little more.What's more, today's agreement builds on previous efforts to reduce our deficits. Last year, I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut spending by more than $1 trillion. Tonight's agreement does even more by asking millionaires and billionaires to begin to pay their fair share for the first time in twenty years. As promised, that increase will be immediate, and it will be permanent.There's more work to do to reduce our deficits, and I'm willing to do it. But tonight's agreement ensures that, going forward, we will continue to reduce the deficit through a combination of new spending cuts and new revenues from the wealthiest Americans. And as we address our ongoing fiscal challenges, I will continue to fight every day on behalf of the middle class and all those fighting to get into the middle class to forge an economy that grows from the middle out, not from the top down. (AP)--
U.S. Senator Dean Heller issued the following statement:
"Congress has had nearly a year and a half to work out a deal, but the Senate has waited until the final hours to vote on a proposal. This entire process has been an embarrassment, and I hope that Washington finally realizes that running the clock on last-minute, high-drama crises is no way to run a country. Moving forward, Democrats and Republicans must commit to working together so that Congress can better serve the American people.
"Times are tough, especially for the Silver State, and ultimately the Senate did the right thing today by providing certainty for Nevada's families and businesses. Today the Senate came to an agreement on a pro-growth solution that will allow Nevadans to keep more of the money they earned in their pockets. While I did not get everything that I wanted, this bipartisan compromise will allow businesses to start planning for the future and ensure that unemployment benefits are extended at a time when so many Nevadans are looking for employment," said Senator Dean Heller.
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Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced Monday that one year after the implementation of the NYPD's "Operation Crew Cut," crime statistics show that homicides among young people ages 13 to 21 – those who are most at risk of retaliatory street violence such as that which Operation Crew Cut is designed to suppress – have fallen 50.6%, from 87 to 43 through November 24. Commissioner Kelly was joined at One Police Plaza by Chief of Department Philip Banks III, Chief of Patrol James P. Hall; Assistant Chief Gerald Nelson, the commander of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North; Deputy Inspector Joseph Gulotta, the commanding officer of the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville; Lance Ogiste, Counsel to the Kings County District Attorney; and Chief of the Kings County District Attorney Gangs Bureau, Edward J. Carroll.
"Strategic enforcement and proactive policing combined with strong prosecutorial partnerships, including attention to the new battleground of social media, have resulted in lives being saved in New York City, mostly young minority men." Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said. "Additionally, shootings and homicides citywide, regardless of victim age, are down 21% on top of 2012's record lows."
Commissioner Kelly said that since the establishment of Operation Crew Cut last October, police and prosecutors have conducted 25 investigations throughout the five boroughs resulting in more than 400 crew members indicted for crimes including murder, robberies, assault, and weapons possession. Twenty subjects responsible for violence in Brownsville's 73rd Precinct have been identified in indictments being unsealed in Brooklyn today. The charges include the August 2012 shooting homicide of a 14-year-old "ATC - Addicted to Cash" crew member, Ronald Wallace.
In 2011, about one-third of shootings in New York City were committed by young people motivated by geographic turf or other street crew rivalry. In response, the Department increased the number of detectives in its Gang Division and shifted investigative attention to loosely organized crews, as well as partnered NYPD attorneys with Gang Division investigators and their counterparts in the five District Attorneys' offices. A Juvenile Justice Division was established within the Community Affairs Bureau and its members have, along with helping to enhance investigations with insight gleaned from open-source social media, held 'youth summits' to educate parents and guardians, school personnel and other adults on signs of crew involvement or violent criminal behavior, and ways to mitigate that.
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Cynthia Lahti: I am working on several ideas right now: people wearing disguises, busts of elegant women, and male/ female couples. These are all subjects that have always interested me but that I have never fully explored.
I am also continuing to use some of the broken piece from my discarded sculptures that I have saved. This idea started in 2010 with he creation of the sculpture Vault Alarm that was composed of broken sculptures. In my current exploration of this idea, I am experimenting with combining the broken pieces together to form a new figure. This idea came from realizing that when I destroying unsuccessful sculptures, body pieces that remained were often extremely interesting to me and I could not discard them. I am finally inspired to see how they look combined together and I have been very excited by the results.
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My art is influenced by human artifacts from ancient times to the present, as well as by my personal experiences and emotions. Like the varied objects and images I draw on for inspiration - from 1940s knitting catalogs and outsider art, to Native American cedar carvings and Degas' sculptures of dancers—my artworks force an explanation of reality and compel viewers to connect to a larger human experience. Currently I am focusing on ceramic sculpture based on expressive images of the figure I find in a variety of source materials.
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The New York City Health Department is urging anyone who ate at or ordered food from New Hawaii Sea Restaurant in the Bronx between September 7 and September 19 to get a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible after five confirmed cases of the illness were linked to the eatery.
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UVM receives record number of applicationsThe Associated Press | May 12,2013BURLINGTON The University of Vermont says it received a record number of undergraduate applications 22,378 for fall enrollment this year.
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UVM administrators have said they want the percentage to drop to about 60 percent over the next few years, increasing the schools selectivity.
We have just embarked on our strategy to increase selectivity so we didnt expect any real difference this year, said Christopher Lucier, vice president for enrollment management at UVM.
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The states most selective school, Middlebury College, has accepted 19.5 percent of its 8,913 applicants.
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Book Description:A mother's worst nightmare is to lose a child. In 1996, Judy Corcoran's son was killed in a work-related accident. What followed the tragedy was five years of her trying to cope, understand, and process why her oldest son was taken from her. As a registered nurse, Judy was accustomed to caring for the elderly and offering solace to the loved ones they left behind at the end of their lives. Although a grieving process occurred, most were comforted by the fact that a long, full life had been lived. Witnessing death was something she experienced throughout her career yet she had always believed in that "somewhere else" where we went after life on Earth ended. But her son's passing caused her to lose faith in that belief. She was terrified and questioned life after death. She lost all hope until something happened that caused a magnificent and resilient spiritual awakening: Her son brought her answers. She experienced "contact" from her son and she received the answers she needed in order to believe again, not from his death, but from him. This moving journal is a beautiful narration of a mother's experience that will give comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one. Life can begin again and the ones we love live on forever. Author Judy Corcoran is a registered nurse at a rehabilitation facility. She has written an anthology of poetry and is currently writing a fiction novel. She lives in Australia. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says the young heart patient at Seattle Children's hospital who made him a Seahawks wallet out of duct tape has made a special connection with him.
Allison Christensen, 11, made the blue and green wallet for Wilson, who visits the hospital every Tuesday, and presented it to him last week. The next day, she received a heart transplant.
The story of the wallet got a lot of attention when Wilson showed it off at last week's press conference.
Since then, Wilson returned to the hospital and visited with Christensen and her family again, tweeting this photo.
Allison found a new heart!!! What a blessing! @seattlechildren pic.twitter.com/YJVaUuz0lC— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) October 1, 2013
On Thursday, Wilson was asked about the experience.
"The smile on her face was just off the charts. She's such a sweet girl. Being around her is something really special," said Wilson.
Wilson said football means a lot to him, but stories like Christensen's puts things in perspective.
"There's nothing more special than a life, especially when you're only 11 years old and so when you think about that and you share those moments, you can make a connection with a young girl like that," said Wilson. "She'll forever be in my heart. I'll always care about her, just like all the other patients I see, too, as well. She's a really special girl.
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As we head to the weekend a number of observations.....
Jabari Parker will be a very good pick for the Bucks...and their other picks could be good too.
Don't say the Brewers are a fluke anymore. They are for real and have a chance for the most victories in club history.
The Woodchucks are a resiliant group. they fell behind before tying the game with 5 in the bottom of the ninth...lost the lead in the 10th...tied it again...and won it in the 15th inning. Up way past my bed time.
Stop dissing the World Cup. If you don't like soccer you don't have to trumpet it to everyone you meet. Just don't watch...no one is making you.
A minimum of three tough games this weekend for the Wausau Post 10 Bulldogs. We take on Appleton tonight and Sun Prairie & Kimberly tomorrow at Sunset Park in Kimberly. Depending on how we do we could play on Sunday as well.
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There's a lot you can do with walls - paint color, murals, decals and graphics, but one idea we've been seeing more and more of is adding texture with decorative 3-D objects. The most popular are inspired by nature - birds, butterflies and flowers - and they can be made very cheaply with simple materials.Here are ten examples to inspire you. Some were purchased, but many were made with paper, inexpensive plastic flowers or, in one case, branches.
- Reese's Nursery by Linde Browning Design
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After constantly reading comments like the one above on all apartment therapy threads that showcase nurseries I have decided that when I have a chil, I am going to lay a mat on the floor of a padded room. Maybe I'll just have the floor padded too.
I too am not a fan of things hanging over the crib that could be pulled down on the baby - my houdini climbed out of the crib (mattress was at the lowest setting) at 9 months. He wasn't hurt but it scared the hell out of me. The next day he did it again and we decided to take down the crib and have him sleep on the mattress on the floor. From then on we had to consider the entire room his crib and make sure it was entirely child proofed. He was walking a week later and off to the races - with us running after him! Good news - he survived and is 22 now, graduated from college and I have no idea what bed he sleeps in at night ;) but he does call home to chat.
awww..I hope your son reads this comment and appreciate what a great mom he has.
I like the idea of 3-D wall art; I think it could be incorporated into a lot of rooms; not just a nursery.
Just put it higher up on the walls in a nursery, and don't put any furniture underneath it.
What adorable rooms and great ideas! I added mulberry tissue blossoms to a tree wall decal in my daughter's room and love how it turned out. It was easy, inexpensive, and adding a third dimension to the wall really made the space pop! If you are interested in seeing my project, you can find it here:
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University of Alabama President Dr. Judy Bonner has named longtime UA faculty member Dr. Joe Benson as interim provost.
Bonner previously served in that position and Benson has served as vice provost and vice president for research since 2009.
"Dr. Benson is a respected member of the faculty and an academic leader," Bonner said in a press release. "He has been the president of the UA Faculty Senate, chair of the department of geology, and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to his current position."
Bonner will announce search committees for the provost and vice president of research positions in the next few weeks. Benson will continue to serve as VP of research as well as provost until his planned retirement next summer.
Benson joined the UA faculty in 1978 as an assistant professor of geology. Since that time, he has served as associate professor, professor, chair of the department of geological sciences from 1990-1998, and as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1998-2001.
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Charlotte – Mark Fox has received and deserves much credit for lifting the Georgia Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament in his second season. When Fox arrived from Nevada in the spring of 2009, this was a program with little credibility and no real reason to believe anything would get any better soon. But as we prepare to watch the Bulldogs work against Washington on Friday night, it seems the appropriate time to reconsider …
Dennis Felton?
Dennis Felton was fired by then-athletic director Damon Evans on Jan. 29, 2009 — 10 1/2 months after Felton saved his job by leading Georgia to the bolt-from-the-blue SEC tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance. The knocks on Felton were many: He hadn't won big, he hadn't connected with fans and (this above all) he hadn't recruited well enough in a state where basketball recruits are plentiful.
But when we look on Fox's second Georgia team, we see his predecessor's recruits. Only one of the top six Bulldogs — guard Gerald Robinson Jr., a transfer — arrived on Fox's watch. Big men Jeremy Price and Chris Barnes were signed in 2007. Felton's 2008 recruiting class was his best, although it didn't seem nearly as good as it does now.
Trey Thompkins, Travis Leslie and Dustin Ware were the key figures in a group rated the nation's 28th-best by Rivals. When it became clear that Felton's job was no longer secure in 2008, he would point to those incoming recruits as cause for hope. Evans didn't really buy it; had Georgia lost at any point in the 2008 SEC tournament, he'd have fired Felton then. When Georgia won the relocated event on the weekend of the tornado, the AD tabled the matter and let the coach stay.
By January 2009, the new recruits hadn't made an imprint. A 23-point home loss to the worst Kentucky team of the past 20 years prompted this correspondent to write that Felton had to go, and 10 days later Georgia lost at Florida by 26 to fall to 9-11 and 0-5 in SEC play. Evans fired Felton the next morning.
Three years later, the freshmen of 2008-2009 are rather different. Thompkins and Leslie will surely become the first and last of Felton's recruited Bulldogs to be drafted by an NBA team. (Rashad Wright was the final player picked in 2004, but he signed under Jim Harrick.) Thompkins arrived as a four-star recruit; Leslie and Ware as three-star prospects.
Felton inherited Harrick's mess and couldn't quite sweep it away. His highest-rated signee, Louis Williams of South Gwinnett, chose the NBA draft. The gifted Mike Mercer hurt his knee in 2007 and then got kicked off the team. Through Felton's 5 1/2 seasons the Bulldogs' roster was in constant flux — players left so fast you'd forget they were ever there — but the worst part was that the highest-rated players this state produced didn't land in Athens. It was no coincidence Felton got fired two weeks after Derrick Favors of South Atlanta chose Georgia Tech.
Time, however, can do funny things, and time has made us rethink Dennis Felton. Not so much as a coach — he'd had long enough, and he simply hadn't won enough — but as the assembler of the recruiting class that has afforded Fox a flying start. Ware has been a solid player, but Thompkins and Leslie have risen far above their recruiting rankings. And all three are from Georgia.
Would they have developed under Felton the way they have under Fox? Probably not. Felton had no flair for designing an offense. But was Fox a lucky man for landing with a new team that had so much raw talent? Absolutely. Fox has turned Thompkins and Leslie into fine collegiate players, but Felton brought them to Athens. If nothing else, he got that part right.
By Mark Bradley
March 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
Thanks, Coach Felton!
March 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
Not Again!!
March 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
Guess Not!!
March 18th, 2011
2:46 pm
Michigan 75, Tennessee 45.
March 18th, 2011
2:51 pm
The heck with 1st, 2nd or 3rd…. I'm 15 for 18!
March 18th, 2011
2:55 pm
Although 4th ain't too bad.
March 18th, 2011
2:57 pm
Also, Daniel Miller, Tech's starting center had signed a letter of intent with UGA before the Felton dismissal. Another big body could have been available.
March 18th, 2011
3:06 pm
meh…if recruiting were all that mattered, Jim Donnan would still be our football coach. Felton sucked. Good riddance.
March 18th, 2011
3:06 pm
Felton came into the lowest point in Georgia basketball. Harrick's last team was so talented, so dynamic, expectations were growing strong for that postseason. The sudden revelations and cancelling the postseason was devastating.
Felton was a solid coach, he knew how to manage a game, but ultimately things just got out of his control. Certainly wish him the best.
March 18th, 2011
3:10 pm
Kudo Bars to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2011
3:12 pm
um no. Mr. Felton was paid well during his tenure. He did a very nice job trying to run a clean program that performed academically. He was thanked for that.
The Basketball played at UGA under his tenure was not good…. not only that… it was boring.
March 18th, 2011
3:13 pm
Where is Felton now?
March 18th, 2011
3:14 pm
The Akron rubbers (do they still make tires there?) are giving ND trouble
March 18th, 2011
3:15 pm
Is this anything like:
Georgia Tech won the 2009 ACC Football Championship, and Chan Gailey deserves a big thank you!!
Nope….. The Techies are convinced Paul Johnson is the "genius" behind that. They don't get logical thinking.
March 18th, 2011
3:17 pm
Felton lost far too many leads in the second half…. kind of like this group did this year.
Seemed like everytime they played Tennessee the Dawgs would be up in the second half, then they would brick 48 3pt attempts while playing no defense…. no timeouts were called for 10 minutes… then loss.
Felton is gone, because Felton did not produce enough wins.
March 18th, 2011
3:18 pm
What are we going to start thanking Hewitt… becuase he had a few good recruits?
March 18th, 2011
3:33 pm
As I predicted yesterday, two down, one to go…Vandy, UT, who is next to go down in the first round? UGA
March 18th, 2011
3:42 pm
Sundiata Gaines played in the NBA and was recruited by Felton. Not that I care, because I hates Felton as a coach.
March 18th, 2011
3:43 pm
Now that UT got HAMMERED by the Wolverines and sent home in the first round, do you think Pearl will be shown the door? I suspect that a large number of UT fans will change their mind about keeping him after that meltdown, don't you?
March 18th, 2011
3:55 pm
ND beats Akron 69-56. I'm 16-3 now!
March 18th, 2011
3:57 pm
True, but give me six great food ingredients, and I still can cook a good meal with them……..The guy couldn't coach in the Big Time…..
March 18th, 2011
3:59 pm
Dawg fans don't think much of Donnan for one reason: Losing three straight to Tech.
Gailey started four straight wins over the Canes with three of them, beat a ranked NC State and beat Auburn twice, one time after Buck picked Auburn as the lock of the week.
That call probably lost some betting Dawg fans some coin.
But zero for five in the arch rival game?
Had Donnan done that, you'd have tarred and feathered him.
Get real.
March 18th, 2011
4:02 pm
I always thought that Felton did damn fine job. He performed as well as anybody could under the circumstances that he entered the UGA program with. People tend to forget that we are lucky that ANYBODY took that job with what Harrick and Adams did to it. Also we now know what lack of guidance the AD gave him while he was here. And don't think that that doesn't make a big difference, it does.
Our program was so low to the ground that top recruits were hard to find. Felton has to be proud of what his kids are doing this year. He had to be run down and burned out from the process of building the program back up. Who could blame him? I will always see him as good coach given an impossible task to complete. As you said he left Fox with a load of talent and Fox has been able to take this team a little higher up the slope of respectability.
March 18th, 2011
4:16 pm
Beast, for the record I have you guys going to the final four in one of my brackets.
March 18th, 2011
4:18 pm
Villanova leading George Mason by 6 with < 4minutes to go.
March 18th, 2011
4:20 pm
I have the Gators winning it all! I know there is a small probablility that it will happen but I just couldn't bring myself to pick it any other way. I guess you could call me delusional, as I'm just another "homer" in SEC country.
Hope your Dawgs come out firing tonight. I'll be pulling for them.
March 18th, 2011
4:27 pm
I too was at that UK vs UGA game in Athens. That game was played on MLK weekend and there was no more than 500 UGA fans in attendance. I'm a baptist minister and we are known for inflating the attendance counts (LOL) and I given UGA the benefit of the doubt when I say UGA had 500 fans. Stegman Coliseum was a sea of blue that day. It was the worst home college basketball atmosphere I have ever seen. What made matters worse was that UGA came out of the locker room first and then UK came out later and the arena exploded. I too emailed Damon Evans and told him that was the worst college basketball atmosphere I have ever seen and no big time recruit would go there. Stegman coliseum needed a major overhaul. I really thought Felton was a great choice based upon his success at Western Kentucky but things just didn't jell for him.
March 18th, 2011
4:39 pm
Dang. George Mason pulls out a 61-57 win over Villanova. Dang! Shoulda picked Mason.
Now I'm 16 – 4 so far.
March 18th, 2011
4:44 pm
So if the Reverend Richt is fired as Georgia football coach and the next coach has a winning season does Richt get credit?…………..NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's like Curry trying to take credit from Gene Stallings at Bama when he won a National Championship………….AGAIN NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fox get ALL the credit!
March 18th, 2011
5:06 pm
Thanks Coach Felton. If he had recruited Tanner Smith and Andre Young instead of Ebukah Anyaorah and Drazen Zloravic, think how good UGA would be this year. Tanner Smith was BEGGING for a UGA offer and Felton simply would not do it. Anyone who saw Wesleyan's championship game that year saw Tanner Smith DOMINATE without Thompkins on the court.
For every positive thing Felton did, there were about 3 negatives to accompany it.
March 18th, 2011
5:31 pm
Rickster, I can easily say you are getting it done….I have missed 5 and twisted on George Mason….Zona outlasts Memphis….keeps me close…for now.
Gonna be an exciting end to Day 3 of the tourney.
MarkB, yes, Felton does get some credit and Fox hasn't stepped into a no-talent team. But he has helped himself with his own players and looks to be stablizing the Dogs…something they haven't had in a long time. Fox wins tonight, someone better up the ante on his salary to keep the wolves at bay.
I see Washington though..they are a 7 seed and should have been a 4 or 5…ask Louisville and Vandy.
March 18th, 2011
5:40 pm
Coach Felton was an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, inside a conundrum. How could he recruit so well against the bigger schools in Kentucky and win big, consistently at WKY, and be such a dud at UGA?
March 18th, 2011
5:56 pm
Felton could recruit better than he could coach. In addition to his mediocre coaching, for whatever reason, he also couldn't keep a team together..every year there was way too much turnover. Discipline, academics, transfers due to his strict atmosphere..players would come and go. Winning that 2008 tourney just set back UGA another year IMO. Even tho it was a great run
March 18th, 2011
5:57 pm
Re bracket 11-11 thru 22 games ..hanging my head in shame now
March 18th, 2011
6:09 pm
Memphis just got jobbed as Arizona gets half a dozen favorable calls in the last two minutes….
March 18th, 2011
6:11 pm
Felton was a good guy….a poor stepbrother to Paul Hewitt, who was paid much less and fired much more quickly, but was of equally dubious ability at a major school.
March 18th, 2011
6:13 pm
A priest, a rabbi, a UGA fan, and an AJC columnist walk into a bar….
March 18th, 2011
6:14 pm
I just checked the brackets – only 3 lower seeded teams (Gonzaga, Richmond and Morehead State) have won out of 22 games played. FSU could make it 4 out of 23
March 18th, 2011
6:15 pm
Not doing much better at 13-9 in my bracket. No matter……it's just fun to play.
March 18th, 2011
6:16 pm
I started to just go with all the higher seeds to see how I would fare, but I ended up going with my gut. Lesson learned.
March 18th, 2011
6:30 pm
I am 14-9 with FSU's win. I never go with all the top seeds – I figure you need a couple of good lower seeded bracket busters to have a chance to win. Unfortunately I flamed out on all of them – Belmont, Oakland, Wofford.
March 18th, 2011
6:40 pm
So you're saying that a new coach came in and early on took the prior coach's players to a higher level? Gee, what a rarity. In other news, the sky is blue. C'mon man, you can do better than that. This column makes your fiasco bracket look good.
March 18th, 2011
7:35 pm
Felton was a good man and coach. There was just something about him and the program that didn't click. Hope he gets another shot as a head coach somewhere.
March 18th, 2011
9:13 pm
Mark, I ran into Dennis at the Dome right before the Tennessee-Ark game. We talked about 5 minutes, and he seemed very happy. I thought he said he was scouting for the Spurs but may have said Suns. I thanked him for the recruits and wished him the best. He seemed uncomfortable when I asked if had seen the arena remake. He has not been back to Athens.
March 19th, 2011
12:25 am
So if Felton recruited all these star NBA caliber players, why didn't he produce wins?
March 19th, 2011
12:34 am
Okay. Point taken. So now we'll give Coach Donnan credit for Coach Richt's first SEC title in '02.
To be a good coach in college you have to recruit AND coach. Felton maybe recruited one good class, but without catching lightning in a bottle at the tornado impacted tourney, he's just another Ron Jirsa.
March 19th, 2011
12:45 am
Well, that was a quick exit! UGA will lose 4 of it's top 6 guys and struggle next year. Fox should head over to NCST! UGA has 2 1st round picks and couldn't win an NCAA game. At least hewitt won a game before losing to a legit top 10 program in Ohio state. I can't believe anyone really thought UGA was going to do anything when this program is nothing in college hoops. They won't make the NIT next year! BANK ON IT!
March 19th, 2011
4:57 am
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Of course Borderlands wouldn't be complete without a cast of quirky and eclectic characters, ranging from the still hilarious Claptrap, the pretentious Sir Hammerlock and the absolutely insane Tiny Tina. The writing is definitely out there, but for a game that's so self aware, it simply fits.
Borderlands 2 didn't come without a few disappointments however. The game does tout four all new classes, and that's just plain wrong. Aside from Maya and her kick ass new Siren skill, we've seen these classes before. Zer0 is basically a reskinned Lilith with a sword, Axton is almost identical to Roland and Salvador is essentially Brick, except instead of relying on his fists, he can wield a weapon in each hand. This is a shame since instead of relying on completely new character archetypes, we're pretty much treated to the same ones we've seen in the first game.
One of the new hilarious NPCs you'll come across very early on
Another big problem I have is both with world size and world traversal. Pandora, while much diverse as I previously stated, is just too big for its own good. I'm usually one for "bigger is always better" but in this case, it just seems to function as filler, to extend playtime. Just give us the ability to fast travel no matter where we are on the map. The fast travel stations are located too far from each other, and leading me to the end of a given map, only to have to run back to the other side of the map in order to teleport back to Sanctuary and complete my quest is a pain.
However world traversal could have been made more fun. A wider assortment of cars would have been a great start. If you're going to include vehicles in your FPS, at least add a bit more variety. The Bandit Technical is far from an upgrade to the Runner. I still want the ability to fly the Buzzard! The original Halo had more vehicle variety!
Arguably the worst thing about Borderlands 2 is its incessant nature of forcing co-op on players. I get that the game is meant to be played with multiple players, it just shouldn't be necessary. I can't tell you how many times I've died on standard enemies swarming me from every side, let alone bosses. A slight scale down of difficulty would have been appreciated.
It's always more fun taking on the wilderness as a team
Now I know it may sound like I've had quite a few problems with the game, but I can't deny the amount of fun the game is when playing with other players. It's an absolute blast when all the chaos ensues, you find yourself amidst a plethora of enemies, fighting for your life, ressurecting your friends, and watching those damage numbers fly across the screen. Gearbox knows the formula to ensure you're glued to your controller for hours without wanting to stop.
Since the game is bursting with replayability with multiple playthroughs, classes, and the amount of crazy guns you can acquire, Borderlands 2 will easily occupy your system for a while. That's not even counting the already announced four expansion packs that will be released throughout June 2013, and the fifth class, the Mechromancer, coming out in October. Who am I kidding, if you loved the first, you're already playing the second. However if you were on the fence about jumping into this crazy loot-fest, you can rest assured you won't regret taking on the job of a Vault Hunter on the insane planet of Pandora.
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