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EMC Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Donald J. Carty
Mr. Carty, age 69, has been a director of EMC since January 2015. Mr. Carty served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dell Inc. from January 2007 to June 2008, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AMR Corporation and American Airlines from May 1998 to April 2003. Mr. Carty is also Chairman of Virgin America Airlines, Inc. (where he is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee), and is a director of VMware, Inc. (where he is a member of the Audit Committee) and Canadian National Railway Company (where he is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Environment, Safety and Security Committee, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee). Mr. Carty holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics and Honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Carty is a seasoned executive who brings to the Board significant financial acumen, industry insight and strategic planning experience gained from his previous leadership positions. In addition, Mr. Carty's service on other public company boards provides him with valuable experience.
Randolph L. Cowen
Mr. Cowen, age 65, has been a director of EMC since January 2009. From October 2007 until his retirement in November 2008, Mr. Cowen served as co-Chief Administrative Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global investment, banking, securities and investment management firm. From September 2004 to November 2008, he was Global Head of Technology and Operations of Goldman Sachs, and from October 2001 to October 2007, he was Chief Information Officer of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Cowen joined Goldman Sachs in 1982. Mr. Cowen holds a bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Mathematics from Michigan State University.
With over 30 years of experience managing IT and making the technology infrastructure purchasing decisions at a global financial services firm, Mr. Cowen brings to the Board extensive knowledge about technology, the IT industry, and defining and implementing an effective IT strategy. In addition, through various senior management positions, Mr. Cowen has demonstrated leadership skills and gained significant business operations experience, including developing and managing top talent.
James S. DiStasio
Mr. DiStasio, age 68, has been a director of EMC since March 2010. From January 2003 until his retirement in January 2007, Mr. DiStasio served as Senior Vice Chairman and Americas Chief Operating Officer of Ernst & Young LLP, a professional services organization. He spent over 38 years at Ernst & Young in various management positions, having been elected as a partner in 1977. Mr. DiStasio is a member of the Board of Trustees of Eversource Energy (where he is Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee). Mr. DiStasio holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois.
Mr. DiStasio brings to the Board extensive financial, accounting and consulting expertise, including a deep understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations, acquired over the course of his 38-year career at one of the world's leading assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services firms. He has significant experience overseeing, from an independent auditor's perspective, the financial reporting processes of large public companies in a variety of industries with a global presence. Through his leadership roles at E&Y, including as COO of the Americas, Mr. DiStasio gained substantial management and operational experience. In addition, Mr. DiStasio's service on another public company board provides him with valuable experience.
John R. Egan
Mr. Egan, age 58, has been a director of EMC since May 1992. Mr. Egan has been a managing partner and general partner in Egan-Managed Capital, a venture capital firm, since October 1998. From May 1997 to September 1998, he served as Executive Vice President, Products and Offerings of EMC. From January 1992 to June 1996, he served as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of EMC. From October 1986 to January 1992, he served in a number of executive positions with EMC, including Executive Vice President, Operations and Executive Vice President, International Sales. Mr. Egan resigned as an executive officer of EMC in September 1998 and as an employee of EMC in July 2002. Mr. Egan is also a director of VMware, Inc. (where he is Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee), NetScout Systems, Inc. (where he is Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee), Progress Software Corporation (where he is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee), and Verint Systems Inc. (where he is Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee). Mr. Egan holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Computer Science from Boston College.
Mr. Egan has spent his entire career in the IT industry. His broad experience ranges from venture capital investments in early-stage technology companies to extensive sales and marketing experience, to executive leadership and management roles. Mr. Egan brings to the Board business acumen, substantial operational experience, and expertise in corporate strategy development, as well as a deep understanding of EMC's people and products acquired over many years of involvement with the Company. In addition, Mr. Egan's service on other public company boards provides him with valuable experience.
William D. Green
Mr. Green, age 62, has been a director of EMC since July 2013 and Lead Director since February 2015. From August 2006 until his retirement in February 2013, Mr. Green served as Chairman of Accenture plc, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. From September 2004 through December 2010, he served as Accenture's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Green joined Accenture in 1977 and became a partner in 1986. He is also a director of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (where he is a member of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee). Mr. Green attended Dean College and is a member of its Board of Trustees. He received a bachelor of science degree in economics and a master of business administration from Babson College, as well as an honorary doctor of laws.
As the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accenture, Mr. Green is an experienced and seasoned leader with outstanding management experience, operating experience, a deep understanding of the information technology industry and broad international business expertise. In addition, Mr. Green's service on another public company board provides him with valuable experience.
Jami Miscik
Ms. Miscik, age 57, has been a director of EMC since August 2012. She has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm, since May 2015 and Vice Chairman since January 2009. She served as President of Kissinger Associates from January 2009 to May 2015. From June 2005 to September 2008, Ms. Miscik was Global Head of Sovereign Risk at Lehman Brothers; and served in various positions at the United States Central Intelligence Agency from 1983 to 2005, including Deputy Director for Intelligence. In December 2009, Ms. Miscik was appointed to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, where she serves as Co-Chairman. She is also a director of Morgan Stanley (where she is a member of the Operations and Technology Committee and the Risk Committee). Ms. Miscik holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in International Studies from the University of Denver.
Ms. Miscik has had a long and distinguished career in the intelligence field. While at the CIA, Ms. Miscik led the analytic directorate producing the President's daily intelligence briefings and in-depth intelligence assessments, managed a global workforce and large budgets. Combined with her current operational experience leading an elite international consulting enterprise with clients operating around the world, Ms. Miscik has demonstrated leadership skills, global perspective, and strategic insight. She brings to the Board a unique perspective on international and government affairs, and expertise in risk analysis and geopolitics. In addition, Ms. Miscik's service on another public company board provides her with valuable experience.
Paul Sagan
Mr. Sagan, age 57, has been a director of EMC since December 2007. He has been an executive in residence (XIR) at General Catalyst Partners, a venture capital firm, since January 2014. Previously, Mr. Sagan was CEO of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of services for accelerating the delivery of content and applications over the Internet, from 2005 until 2013. In addition, he was President from May 1999 to September 2010 and October 2011 to January 2013. Mr. Sagan joined Akamai in October 1998 as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In December 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Mr. Sagan as a member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Mr. Sagan is also currently a director of VMware, Inc. (where he is Lead Director, Chair of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee) and Akamai (where he was Vice Chairman from January 2013 until May 2015). Mr. Sagan is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
As the former President and CEO of a fast-growing, industry-leading S&P 500 company, Mr. Sagan has significant experience leading a complex, international technology enterprise, extensive knowledge of internet-based technologies and business acumen. During his career, Mr. Sagan has led visionary technology and media companies and consulted with the World Economic Forum. In addition, Mr. Sagan's service on other public company boards provides him with valuable experience.
Laura J. Sen
Ms. Sen, age 59, has been a director of EMC since September 2015. She has served as Non-Executive Chairman of BJ's Wholesale Club, a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs in the eastern United States, since February 2016, and was Chief Executive Officer from February 2009 to February 2016. Prior to her current role at BJ's, she spent more than 20 years at BJ's in a broad range of senior management roles, including President from January 2008 to September 2015, Chief Operating Officer from January 2008 to February 2009 and Executive Vice President of Merchandising and Logistics from January 2007 to January 2008. Ms. Sen holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College.
Ms. Sen has played key roles in growing BJ's from an early stage business to a Fortune 500 company. With nearly 30 years of experience in the retail industry, Ms. Sen brings to the EMC Board an exceptional leadership record, deep operating experience and financial expertise.
Joseph M. Tucci
Mr. Tucci, age 68, has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of EMC since January 2006 and has been Chief Executive Officer and a director since January 2001. He has been President since February 2014, having previously served as President from January 2000 to July 2012. He also served as Chief Operating Officer from January 2000 to January 2001. Prior to joining EMC, Mr. Tucci served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Getronics N.V., an information technology services company, from June 1999 through December 1999 and as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wang Global, an information technology services company, from December 1993 to June 1999. Mr. Tucci is also a director of VMware, Inc. (where he is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee), and Paychex, Inc. (where he is Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Governance and Compensation Committee). Mr. Tucci holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Manhattan College and a master's degree in Business Policy from Columbia University.
During his tenure at EMC, Mr. Tucci has led EMC through a period of dramatic transformation, revitalization and sustained growth. Mr. Tucci has spent more than 40 years in the technology industry in senior roles at large, complex and global technology companies. Mr. Tucci's deep knowledge of all aspects of our business, combined with his drive for innovation and excellence, position him well to serve as our Chairman and CEO. In addition, Mr. Tucci's service on other public company boards provides him with valuable experience.
Thomas J. Dougherty – Secretary
Thomas J. Dougherty has been a partner in the Litigation Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's Boston office since 1984. Mr. Dougherty has been active in many of the major control contests and other court and SEC challenges to company disclosures and officer/director conduct in the past 20 years. He is the author of The Directors' Handbook. Mr. Dougherty became Secretary of EMC in June 1997. He received a B.A. from Holy Cross College in 1970, a B. Phil. in Economics from Oxford University in 1973, and a J.D. from Harvard University in 1976.
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The temperatures in DC have been all over the place lately – 68 degrees one day followed by 45 the next. I've been holding off on making my favorite risotto recipe until it was really cold outside. When I woke up this morning to the first snow of the season, I knew it was finally time to bust out the Le Cruset, open my favorite Pinot Noir and make this red wine and goat chez risotto. It's such a cozy recipe for a chilly Sunday night. Enjoy!
Red Wine & Goat Cheese Risotto with Caramelized Onions
serves 4
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
1 1/4 cups arborio rice
1 cup of your favorite red wine
3-4 cups low-sodium chicken stock
6 ounces goat cheese
3 cups sliced mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
fresh basil for topping
In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoons of butter and olive oil over low heat, then add mushrooms. Let cook for 15-20 minutes (or more), stirring occasionally until mushrooms are juicy and caramelized.
While mushrooms are cooking, in a large saucepan heat 1 tablespoon each of butter and olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add rice, tossing to coat in the butter and oil, then toast while stirring occasionally for 3-4 minutes.
Add in wine, stirring every few minutes until absorbed. Once absorbed, add in 1 cup stock, stirring until absorbed like you did with the wine. Repeat 2-3 more times, until all stock has been added and absorbed. This takes a while, maybe 20 minutes or longer – I do not stir constantly, but actually just keep an eye on it and stir every few minutes.
Taste rice and determine if it's cooked to your liking (if not, add in 1 more cup of stock and stir). I prefer mine a little less soupy than most people, so I tend to only use 3 cups of stock and let it almost completely absorb.
Reduce the heat to low and add in salt, pepper, goat cheese and mushrooms, then stir. Serve with a sprinkling of fresh basil on top.


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The visitation and funeral information for Ole Miss walk-on and former East Central Community College football player Park Stevens has been released. Stevens was killed in a car accident Wednesday when his pickup truck struck the back of an 18-wheeler on Highway 45 near Egypt, MS.
According to the twitter account of Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze, the visitation will be held July 6th at Mt. Vernon Church in Columbus, MS from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The funeral will be at the same location at 1:30.
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What I did on my website is creating two distinctive parts : one for a podcast, the other for a blog. I've used custom post types for the podcast part, but what I would like to do now is about the search.
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Entropy 2013, 15(10), 4319-4333; doi:10.3390/e15104319
The Phase Space Elementary Cell in Classical and Generalized Statistics
1 DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino I-10129, Italy 2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato I-09042, Italy
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AbstractIn the past, the phase-space elementary cell of a non-quantized system was set equal to the third power of the Planck constant; in fact, it is not a necessary assumption. We discuss how the phase space volume, the number of states and the elementary-cell volume of a system of non-interacting N particles, changes when an interaction is switched on and the system becomes or evolves to a system of correlated non-Boltzmann particles and derives the appropriate expressions. Even if we assume that nowadays the volume of the elementary cell is equal to the cube of the Planck constant, h3, at least for quantum systems, we show that there is a correspondence between different values of h in the past, with important and, in principle, measurable cosmological and astrophysical consequences, and systems with an effective smaller (or even larger) phase-space volume described by non-extensive generalized statistics.
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Delta is following the lead of United and its SkyTeam partner KLM by introducing an "economy with more legroom" premium area of its economy cabin, called Economy Comfort.
It's not a premium economy seat or level of service like transpacific competitors Qantas or V Australia. Economy Comfort passengers get the same seats and meals as those in regular Economy (or, perhaps, "Economy Discomfort") but with four extra inches of legroom and 50% more recline.
Also thrown into the deal is early boarding, in-seat power (using the standard American 110v outlets currently available in the first ten rows of Economy on Delta's 777s flying to Sydney) and free spirits.
The extended legroom is like to be a big draw on Delta's long flights from Sydney to Los Angeles. Delta says that the changes will be made on "all long-haul international flights in summer 2011" -- obviously, that's northern hemisphere summer.
The extra legroom will cost you US$80-160 (that's the same in Australian dollars these days) depending on flight length, although it's free for full-fare economy tickets and for Delta's Diamond and Platinum Medallion tier frequent flyers. Delta's Gold and Silver Medallion members will get 50% and 25% off the cost, respectively.
It'll pay to know someone with high-tier Delta status: the free Economy Comfort access is extended to up to eight "companions" travelling with a Diamond or Platinum Medallion member.
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Not has the airline announced its policy on how this will affect upgrading using frequent flyer miles either. SkyTeam alliance cohort (and transatlantic Joint Venture partner) KLM has doubled the price of upgrades for Delta frequent flyers from regular economy to business, by insisting on one upgrade from economy to economy-with-more-legroom, and then another to business class.
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In this installment of Drawing Vector Graphics, Von Glitschka demystifies the pattern design process, explaining tessellations (mathematical tiles that lie at the heart of patterns) and visiting the various methods of creating new patterns. He shows how to build repeating patterns with Illustrator's pattern tools and pattern brushes, and incorporate patterns into your design. The course also features patterns from some of the industry's most inspiring designers.
- Establishing the bounding box for your tile
- Drawing your design
- Creating a pattern swatch
- Refining art with the Pattern tool
- Saving your design
- Creating a pattern brush
- Using your pattern in designs
Skill Level Intermediate
It's time to take a look at Illustrator's pattern tool. The best way to learn and understand how to use this new tool, which will aid in your creation of a repeat pattern, is by demonstrating its use. Before we jump into making a unique repeat pattern using this tool, we need to understand some basics regarding the settings that control it, knowing these basics will help you create and adjust your designs with greater ease. So let's take a look at a few of these controls now.
>> As with all of my patterns in this course, they all started off in analogue. In a previous movie you saw me working on the rough sketch of this and refining it into the final form you see now. I scanned it in. And I'll just simply select it, change the opacity to 20, and lock that layer. From this, I'm going to build all of my base vector shapes. I'm going to zoom in just a little so you can see this better. And turn those on.
And this is everything I need to create not only a stand alone pattern tile, but also, I'll be able to create a free floating pattern, using the same artwork. And that's the benefit, of creating a pattern from scratch. Because there are certain usages where you absolutely need a stand-alone pattern tile in order to use your design, and other usages where the pattern tool in Illustrator is going to help you use it.
And I'm going to show you both in this movie. So this is the base art, and the areas that replicate, meaning the areas that get copied and repeated are showing here, in blue. But all we need to create everything in this, has been created in this form and we're going to go ahead and walk through some of that right now. So, our non trimmed artwork looks like this. It's the exact same artwork as showing in our base art, here.
All we've done is filled it with the final color we're going to use in this pattern theme. This is like an ocean theme with a bunch of underwater creatures and nautical theme content so we're going with blue. In this case we're using a dark blue and a light blue. To start creating immediately, we're going to create a pattern using the pattern tool in Illustrator and using non-trimmed artwork. So our non-trimmed artwork is made up of everything shown here and that's all we need in order to create the specific tile we're going to do now.
We also have created what are called throwaway shapes. And that's what these yellow items are. That's going to assist us in registering our artwork. Once we have these selected, you can drag this into the swatches pallet but in this case, we are going to go from the menu at the top, Object, go down to Pattern and go to Make and click on that. And this immediately brings us into, what's called pattern definition mode. And once we're in pattern definition mode you can see the pattern options over here and this is what we'll use to control our pattern design with.
Now I'm going to zoom out of this design so you can see it a little easier in terms of how it's replicating. Right now you see this gap of white around the whole design. That's because we haven't adjusted our specific tiling for this design. Now, when I work on a pattern like this, I'd say about 98% of the time, I only deal with what's called a grid tile type. Now in another movie, we're going to go over each of these specifically.
But, for almost every design I create, I can get away with creating a, using a grid tile type because, once again, I've spent the time creating my design based off of a pre-existing drawing, and I've drawn out the bounding box so I know how it's going to repeat. But, for this specific design, we're going to use a tool within the pattern tool. Now this is where it can get a little confusing because it's called the pattern tool. When you're inside the pattern tool the pallet to control it is called pattern options and the tool within that palette is called the pattern tile tool.
So you know you're going to trip over your tongue trying to say all those things but it can get confusing. So don't let that hold you back or intimidate you just watch this movie a few times and I think you'll understand the very basics of how it works. So, once we've brought our pattern, these base floating elements into the pattern tool, we're going to click right here on the Pattern Options palette, the tile tool, and that brings up this. If we click on the background deselect, we can't click on this.
It's not clickable with a cursor. So the only way to get access to it to manipulate and control how are pattern is going to tile, you have to go to the pattern options palette and click this tile tool button. So we'll click that. Gives us this. Now we're going to use this and we're going to snap it to these throw away shapes. So from this side on the right we're going to drag this in and snap it until it's snaps to the corner of this throw away shape on the yellow.
And you can see how that brings our pattern in. And we're going to take the bottom part of the tile and we'll snap that in to, I believe it's that corner. Nope, I think it goes up just a little bit, so we'll snap it to the other corner and that works good. So you can see how adjusting your pattern is relatively easy in the pattern tool using the tile tool, it's just that you do need to kind of pre-plan it in order to facilitate the registration with throwaway shapes like this.
And it always helps to have smart guides turned on so when you snap it, it's an obvious registration. You know it's going to be in the exact location it needs to be. If this wasn't here, then all you're doing is kind of eyeballing it. Where you just go like this and move it in until you have it just right. And so, it just makes it faster and more precise if you figure out that kind of spacing and registration before you go into the pattern tool, and that's easy to do when you build it from scratch and you already know how the bounding box is associating with your core artwork.
So that's how that works. Now, in terms of these other tile types, I'll just show you one because we will cover this in our movie. If I go to brick by row you can see how it shifts it. So grid, break by row, and there are usages for this but for like I said, 98% of the time I get away with using the grid method. So, once we have that established we're going to go ahead and click out back to our art board and we're going to go to a vector rectangle shape like this and we're going to go ahead and we're going to fill this with our pattern fill and you can see what that looks like.
And I've also added another pattern. Much like the texture pattern I created in the previous movie, this is nothing more than a wavy form to give the illusion of water. And that's how that came out. I adjusted it, because I thought the overall sizing, once again, was too big. So I wanted it a little smaller in order for it to look better as an overall pattern. Now, that's how you can use a standalone artwork, with the pattern tool to replicate it.
And once again, all it takes is to have your artwork figured out in association once again with your bounding box so that once you have that figured out you know by beta testing it before you even get to the pattern tool, that it's going to repeat. So that's important. So that's how a non-trim piece of artwork works in association with the bounding box and using the pattern tool. Now, if you create your pattern from scratch, you're going to be able to create what's called a stand alone pattern tile.
And that's what we have here. Everything needed to create a pattern fill is here, and this is even easier once you have this, you just drag it to your Swatches palette and then you can go to any shape and fill it with that pattern and it goes very quickly. So if you build from scratch you're able to do either type of pattern design, whether it's a free floating one, that is non trimmed artwork, or it's a pattern tile, stand alone pattern tile, and it's trimmed artwork, you're able to create a pattern and replicate it using the pattern tool in Adobe Illustrator.
We're going to go over other settings for how to use the pattern tool and what it does in other movies in this course. But hopefully that demystifies a little bit about it. One thing I should point out is even though we drug this tile artwork over to the Swatches palette here. If we go the swatch it created, you can see that it automatically creates the repeat tiling because you figured it all out. And a couple other settings in regards to the pattern tool here is this at the bottom where it says Copies.
This is just the preview of the repeat it shows in the backgrounds, so if we go to one on one, it's not going to show you anything. It just showing you the tile. Three on three, it repeats it out a little bit. And, you can go all the way up to nine by nine and that pretty much fills the whole screen. So you get a good idea of how your pattern fills going to work. When you have a pattern that is a free floating pattern, that's where the overlap comes in. And we're going to cover that when we get into the specific tile types later in this course.
But for now, that's how the general settings for the pattern tool in Adobe Illustrator works to create, whether it's a trimmed piece of artwork, or a non trimmed piece of artwork to create a pattern cell. So, I hope that helps. The pattern tool has a lot of variables in terms of its settings and controls and the best way to learn those, is to experiment with them. Once you see how it responds to your artwork, that's going to give you really clear idea of, of the methodology that's going to work with the pattern you're creating.
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I got the package a week later &it was not at all what they had informed me it would be; instead, it was a vacation package that would cost $149.00. I called the day after recieving it, but they were closed; I called the next day & was told that the charge would go through that day [only two days after recieving it when I was told I had a week]. The customer service representative told me that although it was scheduled to be charged that day, it hadnt yet gone through so he could still cancel it for me.
A few days later I got a statement from my bank informing me that $149.00 had been withdrawn. I called the company multiple times &they kept reiterating that it was shown as cancelled &they hadnt gotten the money out of my account so there was nothing they could to about it. I was being bounced back &forth from the bank to the travel agency, each one blaming the other for the charge. Needless to say, I believed the bank much more than the travel agency.
Finally today I went into my bank to see what I could do. They guy helping me looked up the name of the company &informed me that they have been accused of fraudulent charges by hundreds of people &that I was scammed as well - they basically stole my money. I proceeded to call the travel agency AGAIN, &it took me using a few [maybe more than a few] very unladylike words &phrases for the lady whom I was speaking with to use a civil tone with me &tell me what I needed to do in order to get my money back.
Still, I have a feeling that I'm never seeing that money again, especially because of the numerous reports I've read on the web about the company. I was told by the bank that if I want to help put an end to these kinds of scams, I need to write a letter to the attorney general of Florida explaining exactly what happened along with the bank statement showing the withdrawal. I plan on getting started on that tonight &I encourage anyone else who has been scammed by them to do the same so that they stop taking people's money without consent.
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Time to London: 35 minutes (by train)
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rating: 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
|The second pitch is named The Bird is the Word and is rated 5.10d, just like Melting Into Madness; however, it is still best to be linked as one long pitch.
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|Nice climb -- business is getting past the hump above the dihedral. Felt a bit easier than .10d, though I didn't do the second pitch.
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|As Ryan said, really nice as one long pitch. A 70m gets you down no problem.
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|There is now another route sharing the start to this route and going right at the 4th bolt. Nice route, maybe 10c?
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|There definitely is a route to the right. Climbed it thinking it was Repeat and Offend and thought it was a bit harder than 10b. I'd say upper end of 10c however it might be a 10d if going off the same rating system that Melting Into Madness was judged off of.


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I was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. My family immigrated into the U.S. when I was six years old. I grew up in Eagle Pass, a small, border town in South Texas. Eagle Pass is the setting of my debut novel in verse, UNDER THE MESQUITE, from Lee & Low Books. After high school, I went off to Alpine in West Texas to study to become a teacher. I have a BA in Theatre Arts and English from Sul Ross State University. In Alpine, I met and fell in love with my husband, Jim. We have 3 sons, a dog, and a cat. We moved to Somerset many years ago. We love living the simple life in the country, where I get to be close to what I love, nature.
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Current Poet Laureate of the city of San Antonio and recently appointed Poet Laureate of the state of Texas for 2016, Laurie Ann Guerrero is the author of three poetry collections, Babies under the Skin, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, and A Crown for Gumecindo. Guerrero's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry, Indiana Review, Huizache, Texas Monthly, Bellevue Review, Women's Studies Quarterly, Feminist Studies, and others. She is the Writer-in-Residence & Literary Arts Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio and Director of the Macondo Writers' Workshop, founded by Sandra Cisneros. She holds a BA in English from Smith College and an MFA in poetry from Drew University.


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Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others
Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others
Nancy Cartwright
Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others
Yeardley Smith
Lisa Simpson
Hank Azaria
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others
Marcia Wallace
Edna Krabappel
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Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others
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Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others
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The cake that Lisa eats says "Happy Labor Day Lenny" on it.
Bart's "100" test sheet has only 12 states, but 13 state capitals. Arkansas is missing.
Marge: It'll be B.L.A.M.! Bart, Lisa, and Mom! Hmmm?
Bart: Mom, when I want lame and needy, I'll call Milhouse.
Bart: I win! P-A-R-T! Party!
Mrs. Muntz: I play Lady Macbeth. I don't have to take my top off. But I do anyway!
Nelson: A doctor for your teeth? What's next, a lawyer for your hair?
Nelson: I call top bunk!
Bart: But it's a single bed.
Nelson: I said top bunk!
Nelson: Hot dogs are awesome!
Marge: You've never had one?
Nelson: No, but I saw them in a catalogue once.
(About Bart and Lisa to Marge)
Principal Skinner: They're just asserting their independence. If a child doesn't do it now, it may never happen.
Agnes Skinner: Seymour! Do you want your vitamin in apple sauce or are you gonna take it like a big boy?
Principal Skinner: (quietly) Apple sauce.
Homer: Come on Lisa, say everything's fine. (in a squeaky girly voice) Everything's fine.
Lisa: That was you!
Homer: Prove it!
Mrs. Krabappel: Bart did get 100. I gave a test on state capitals, but I forgot to roll up the map. Everyone got 100.
Nelson: (to a zoo animal) Ha ha, you're nocturnal!
Nelson: (About his dad) He went out for a pack of cigarettes and didn't come back. He said, "Smell ya later," but he never smelled me again!
Groundskeeper Willie: (Scolding the girls who were teasing Lisa for having a "big butt") Shut up you! Stop teasing the big bottom lass! She's just as God made her; plump as a Christmas goose.
Ralph: Bart's my bestest boyfriend!
Marge: Bart, have you ever eaten a Tootsie Pop? You know, there's a tough, crunchy shell. But if you lick it there's a delicious sweetness inside. Be nice to Nelson and I'll give you a Tootsie Pop.
Nelson: He who ha-has last, ha-has best.
Lisa: I don't want you to see any of my wobbly bits.
Marge: Go home to your son, Mrs. Muntz. AND TRY NOT TO HAVE INTERCOURSE ON THE WAY!
Ralph: Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck ...
(Fast forward to hours later, where everyone clearly frustrated and/or asleep.)
Ralph: Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck--
Bart: Say goose, you stupid freak!
(Ralph runs out of the room crying.)
Millhouse: (On speaker phone) Hello? Hello? I had to leave because my French bread pizza dinged. Hello?
Ralph: (Returning to the now-vacant living room and patting the furniture, as though the items were people) Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck...
Nelson: So my mom works at Hooters but her dream is to go to Vegas and work in a real strip club.
Nelson: Ha-ha! I'm starting to let down my guard… ha-ha!
Homer: (While drawing himself) And for some reason, my hair and ear form an M and a G.
Lisa's obsession with her weight was based on Yeardley Smith's (the voice of Lisa) former weight obsession.
Here we are introduced to the "Simpson butt", the third inheritable genetic malady that plagues Homer's side of the family. The other two are stubbiness (which Lisa has) and the stupidity gene (which Bart has).
Homer's artwork of himself also echoes a fox promo Matt Groening filmed a few years ago in which he showed audiences how to draw Homer. He drew with a pen on the camera glass, so it appeared he was drawing on screen, and when he drew the hair and ear he said it formed an "MG" because those were his initials.
Homer describes the "Simpson Butt" to Lisa, creating a self portrait of himself that mimics the technique many cartoonists use when drawing their characters, using multiple circles.
Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: The family enters the living room to find the couch is not there. Suddenly from overhead the couch drops on top of them.
Happy Days
Nelson calling Marge "Mrs. S" is a reference to The Cunninghams being called "Mr. C" and "Mrs. C" on Happy Days. This form of address actually goes back to The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis where Maynard calls Dobie's parents "Mr. G" and "Mrs. G".
Episode Title: The title is taken from the punchline to an old joke, "The war of the sexes is the only one in which we're sleeping with the enemy."
Nelson: Papa, can you hear me?
Nelson copies Barbra Streisand's main song in the 1983 film Yentl by lighting a candle on the window seat and singing "Papa, Can You Hear Me."
Lisa: I don't want you to see any of my wobbly bits.
That line is also in the new 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, where Bridget is dressing underneath a blanket.
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Grade, a clothing store marketing adult fashions to children, parodies Saks Fifth Avenue.
Ringing In The Sheaves
The clerk at the Saks Fifth Grade store makes up new lyrics to the gospel hymn, "Ringing in the Sheaves."
Kids: (singing) Sherri smells, Terri smells. Stinky all the way. Stink, stink, stink, stink, stink, stink, one-horse open sleigh!
Another schoolyard adaptation to the Christmas carol "Jingle Bells"; this time, when Terri and Sherri finally get their comeuppance.
Skinner: (on test watermark) Only you can prevent test fraud.
A couple of references here:
• Skinner's comment is a play on Smokey Bear's famous "Only you can prevent forest fires" tagline.
• The watermark itself (and Homer checking for one to prove the test is authentic) is much like the federal treasury's efforts to place watermarks in $20 and larger dollar bills to foil counterfeiters.
The Elephant Man
Nelson's father's flashback scene is a clear reference to David Lynch's 1980 film version of The Elephant Man.
Sleeping With the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy is the name of a movie starring Julia Roberts that was released in 1991, where Julia's character deals with an abusive husband.
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A completely new computing platform is on the horizon. They're called Microservers by some, ARM Servers by others, and sometimes even ARM-based Servers. No matter what you call them, Microservers will have a huge impact on the data center and on server computing in general.
What Is a Microserver...and What Isn't
Although few people are familiar with Microservers today, their impact will be felt very soon. This is a new category of computing platform that is available today and is predicted to have triple-digit growth rates for some years to come - growing to over 20% of the server market by 2016 according to Oppenheimer ("Cloudy With A Chance of ARM" Oppenheimer Equity Research Industry Report).
According to Chris Piedmonte, CEO of Suvola Corporation - a software and services company focused on creating preconfigured and scalable Microserver appliances for deploying large-scale enterprise applications, "the Microserver market is poised to grow by leaps and bounds - because companies can leverage this kind of technology to deploy systems that offer 400% better cost-performance at half the total cost of ownership. These organizations will also benefit from the superior reliability, reduced space and power requirements, and lower cost of entry provided by Microserver platforms".
This technology might be poised to grown, but today, these Microservers aren't mainstream at all - having well under 1% of the server market. Few people know about them. And there is a fair amount of confusion in the marketplace. There isn't even agreement on what to call them: different people call them different things - Microserver, ARM Server, ARM-based Server and who knows what else.
To further confuse the issue, there are a number of products out there in the market that are called "Microservers" that aren't Microservers at all - for example the HP ProLiant MicroServer or the HP Moonshoot chassis. These products are smaller and use less power than traditional servers, but they are just a slightly different flavor of standard Intel/AMD server that we are all familiar with. Useful, but not at all revolutionary - and with a name that causes unfortunate confusion in the marketplace.
Specifically, a Microserver is a server that is based on "system-on-a-chip" (SoC) technology - where the CPU, memory and system I/O and such are all one single chip - not multiple components on a system board (or even multiple boards).
What Makes ARM Servers Revolutionary?
ARM Servers are an entirely new generation of server computing - and they will make serious inroads into the enterprise in the next few years. A serious innovation - revolutionary, not evolutionary.
These new ARM Server computing platforms are an entire system - multiple CPU cores, memory controllers, input/output controllers for SATA, USB, PCIe and others, high-speed network interconnect switches, etc. - all on a SINGLE chip measuring only one square inch. This is hyperscale integration technology at work.
To help put this into context, you can fit 72 quad-core ARM Servers into the space used by a single traditional server board.
Today's traditional server racks are typically packed with boards based on Intel XEON or AMD Opteron chips and are made up of a myriad of discrete components. They're expensive, powerful, power-hungry, use up a considerable amount of space, and can quickly heat up a room to the point where you might think you're in a sauna.
In contrast, the ARM Servers with their SoC design are small, very energy efficient, reliable, scalable - and incredibly well-suited for a wide variety of mainstream computing tasks dealing with large numbers of users, data and applications (like Web services, data crunching, media streaming, etc.). The SoC approach of putting an entire system on a chip, results in a computer that can operate on as little as 1.5 watts of power.
Add in memory and a solid-state "disk drive" and you could have an entire server that runs on under 10 watts of power. For example, Calxeda's ECX-1000 quad-core ARM Server node with built-in Ethernet and SATA controllers, and 4GB of memory uses 5 watts at full power. In comparison, my iPhone charger is 7 watts and the power supply for the PC on my desk is 650 watts (perhaps that explains the $428 electric bill I got last month).
Realistically, these ARM Servers use about 1/10th the power, and occupy considerably less than 1/10th the space of traditional rack-mounted servers (for systems of equivalent computing power). And at an acquisition price of about half of what a traditional system costs.
And they are designed to scale - the Calxeda ECX-1000 ARM Servers are packaged up into "Energy Cards" - composed of four quad-core chips and 16 SATA ports. They are designed with scalability in mind - they embed an 80 gigabit per second interconnect switch, which allows you to easily connect potentially thousands of nodes without all the cabling inherent in traditional rack-mounted systems (a large Intel-based system could have upwards of 2,000 cables). This also provides for extreme performance - node to node communication occurs on the order of 200 nanoseconds.
You can have four complete ARM Servers on a board that is only ten inches long and uses only about 20 watts of power at full speed - that's revolutionary.
How Do ARM Servers Translate into Business Benefits?
When you account for reduced computing center operations costs, lower acquisition costs, increased reliability due to simpler construction / fewer parts, and less administrative cost as a result of fewer cables and components, we're talking about systems that could easily cost 70% less to own and operate.
If you toss in the cost to actually BUILD the computing center and not just "operate it", then the cost advantage is even larger. That's compelling - especially to larger companies that spend millions of dollars a year building and operating computing centers. Facebook, for example, has been spending about half a billion (yes, with a "b") dollars a year lately building and equipping their computing centers. Mobile devices are driving massive spending in this area - and in many cases, these are applications which are ideal for ARM Server architectures.
Why Don't I See More ARM Servers?
So - if all this is true, why do Microservers have such a negligible market share of the Server market?
My enthusiasm for ARM Servers is in their potential. This is still an early-stage technology and Microserver hardware really has only been available since the last half of 2012. I doubt any companies are going to trade in all their traditional rack servers for Microservers this month. The "eco-system" for ARM Servers isn't fully developed yet. And ARM Servers aren't the answer to every computing problem - the hardware has some limitations (it's 32 bit, at least for now). And it's a platform better suited for some classes of computing than others. Oh, and although it runs various flavors of Linux, it doesn't run Windows - whether that is a disadvantage depends on your individual perspective.
Microservers in Your Future?
Irrespective of these temporary shortcomings, make no mistake - this is a revolutionary shift in the way that server systems will be (and should be) designed. Although you personally may never own one of these systems, within the next couple of years, you will make use of ARM Servers all the time - as they have the potential to shrink the cost of Cloud Computing, "Big Data", media streaming and any kind of Web computing services to a fraction of the cost of what they are today.
Keep your eye on this little technology - it's going to be big.
Note: The author of this article works for Dell. The opinions stated are his own personal opinions vs. those of his employer.
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Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse
201 Superior Avenue E.
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The Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse opened in 1910 as home to the U.S. Post Office, District Court, and Circuit Court. The building, originally known as the Old Federal Building and Post Office, was renamed in honor of former U.S. Senator Howard Morton Metzenbaum on May 27, 1998.
View this video link for highlights of the courthouse's construction history and artwork.
Property Manager: Megan Gannon
Public Hours: 7 a.m.– 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (except federal holidays)
For more building information or service calls, contact the Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse Service Desk at top right. For general federal government information, call 1-800-FED-INFO.
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The main entrance is located on Superior Avenue. All visitors must submit to security screening and present a valid ID when entering the building.
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There are multiple public parking options in close proximity to the Metzenbaum Courthouse, and the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority provides public transportation throughout Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs. Bus stops are located just outside the courthouse on Superior and Rockwell avenues. Train stations are located a few blocks south of the courthouse at the Tower City Center.
Key Tenants
Current tenants include the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Commerce, General Services Administration, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and Trustees. In the latest (2015) Tenant Satisfaction Survey, 86% rated the building and GSA services a four or five on a five-point scale.
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The Courthouse Conference Room on the fifth floor accommodates up to 25 people. For reservations, contact the Metzenbaum Service Desk at top right. A vending area is located on the sixth floor.
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The Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse was the first building erected under Cleveland's 1903 Group Plan and serves as a southwest corner anchor for Cleveland's Civic Mall. New York architect Arnold W. Brunner designed the original Federal Building under the direction of James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department. The building was constructed in the Neo-Classical style, which is exemplified by the 42-foot-tall Corinthian columns on all four facades.
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- Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) - 360 Performance Designation for excellence in building operations and maintenance, March 2011
- BOMA - Regional & International The Office Building of the Year (TOBY) Award - Government Building Category, 2010
- Greater Cleveland BOMA - Local TOBY Award - Government Building Category, 2008-2010
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - ENERGY STAR®, 2008
- American Institute of Architects (AIA) - Ohio Design Award - Honor Award, Interior Design, 2007
- Contract Magazine - Interiors Restoration Award, 2007
- U.S. Green Building Council - LEED® certification, New Construction (Renovation), 2007
- AIA Cleveland Historic Resources Committee - Preservation Award, 2006
- AIA Ohio Design Award - Renovation and Restoration, Merit Award, 2006
- Cleveland Restoration Society - Preservation Award, Trustees Award for Preservation Achievement, 2006
- AIA Cleveland - Design Honor Award, 2005
- Builders Exchange - Award for Craftsmanship, 2005
- Ohio Historic Preservation Office - Preservation Merit Award, 2005
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Calling all folks in need of color. While browsing Google Play, I came across an icon pack from Stealthychief, a well known designer in the Android community. The pack is called Fresh, and honestly, it's a darn good descriptor for what this pack offers to those who apply it. Coming from the stock TouchWiz icons on the Galaxy Note 5, Fresh is just what I needed to get me back into using Nova Launcher and custom icon packs. It's a breath of fresh air. (more…)
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At this time, Glif is still very much a work-in-progress. After an update that was issued last week, the pack is closing in on 400 icons, so we are obviously a long way from the 3,000+ that other packs contain. Still, the designer (onyxdev) seems to be incredibly focused on getting out as many icons as he can and is openly accepting submissions for icons you need themed. (more…)
These Icon Packs are Hot: Polycon and Elun
What do you say we start off the week with a couple of icon packs to freshen up your home screens? After taking a mini break from icons that we consider hot, we get the feeling that a number of you missed this little ongoing feature of ours. So, we'll try to be better about sharing the best in Android customization.
To kick things up again, we have two icon packs that are well worth the effort of installing. The first is called Polycon, a Material Design-heavy icon pack that brings a new flavor to the abundance of Material packs. After that, we wanted to draw some attention to an old favorite called Elun. We first showed you Elun almost a year ago, but it deserves a second look today, if anything, just to support the developer. Remember that icon pack we featured last week? As it turns out, the icon designs there may have been completely lifted from Elun, only sporting a new color scheme. That's not exactly something we like to see, especially when it comes to the icon world, where your original designs and hours of hard work are what help you stand out. So if you feel like spending a buck to support the cause, give Elun another look. You can read all about the back story here.
Here we go! (more…)
This Icon Pack is Hot: Slou (Updated)
Update 2: The Slou dev has responded and stands by his work. As we mentioned, we aren't the icon police, so I'll let you make your own decisions after reading his rebuttal.
Update 1: After featuring this icon pack, the origin of it was brought into question. We are not the icon police, so I'll let you read the accusation and make your own judgement. The Play store link to this pack has been removed.
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Paris Hilton. Today, we bring it all back with a 3-pack. Yes, these icons are hot.
We were only slightly busy over the last two months covering a couple of devices you may have heard of, the Galaxy S6 (review), S6 Edge (review), and HTC One M9. With two of the three out of the way, we needed a break for a minute, which is code for – we needed to freshin' them up with an icon pack or two. You see, when we do reviews, we almost always review a phone without a third party launcher, so that we can give you our thoughts on the stock experience a manufacturer intended. Now that reviews for the new Galaxys are out of the way, Nova is on and so are some icon packs.
Here are the three I am currently juggling. (more…)


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Analysis: Allusions
When poets refer to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- "Cinderella" (the Grimms' Fairy Tales version) (22-109)
- The Bobbsey Twins (108)
Historical References
- Bonwit Teller (20)
Pop Culture References
- Al Jolson (32)
- Christian Dior (9)


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I'm all in with this game right now and I think it's fantastic. I have played the game almost entirely in groups (pairs most often, but also in regular groups of three and four) but I've recently started on a solo adventure as well, just to see what it's like.
I know there has been some criticism that the mobs become too bullet-spongy as you add players to your game, but honestly we haven't found it to be much of an issue. Sure, we get downed from time to time, but that's an expected aspect of gameplay.
My 'main' character (if you could call it that) is level 50 now. We spent out True Vault Hunter playthru skipping all non-story quests that had a blue reward or better and so now we are working our way through those quests for some nice level 50 rewards. Most aren't upgrades to what we had, but it's always fun having level 50 versions of the really interesting guns/items.
That character is a Commando. I wasn't sure if I would find the class dull or not, but it really grew on me. I've got loads of grenades, a high powered turret, large and fast charging shields and I can pretty much use any gun that strikes my fancy without feeling like I'm squandering away any talents.
I also have a level 40 Siren (all out elemental SMGs, plus one rocket launcher for reviving quickly) and I've completed the first playthru on the other three classes. This is quite typical for me in multi-class games, but I enjoy all five of them fairly equally. There is just something to really enjoy about all of them.
Overall I've found the story and quests engaging and clever. Sure, there is a bit of immature humour in there, but it's all in the spirit of fun. Some great characters to be found as well. I love the way Jack's character evolves with the story and some of my other favourites include Tiny Tina (naturally), Face McShooty and Crank. And Claptrap, of course.
If you are on the fence about it, I would definitely recommend it. I've poured about four hundred hours into it already and I haven't even touched the three DLCs yet. I have it on PC and have no complaints about the port. Okay, just a small one. The inventory menu goes wonky from time to time, but it's easy to fix.
I put together a video of some fun multiplayer moments recently and uploaded it. I'll link to it at the end in case anyone is interested in checking it out. It features Grimey and I, with a couple of our friends. I have another one in the works and I'm working on a single player LP which will start going up shortly. Playing the Gunzerker for that one.
Anyhow, thanks for stopping by! I think I might just keep up this blogging thing. It's fun to write about games again.


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After I gave birth to my son I had a lot of damage to my cervix. My family doctor noted it when she did a pap smear and told me I might want to bring it up to an ob/gyn in case I was thinking about more children. When I went to have my IUD taken out I asked my ob/gyn and he seemed to think it was not an issue at all. Even though he told me things should be fine I still worry about it. I guess it's something I need to bring up with him at my first appointment (which is on August 29th and seems like a lifetime away ). Does anyone else here have experience with this?
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I had this too after my first, and my current obgyn says 'theres no such thing" as a 'damaged cervix'...and that the cervix heals itself up like any other bodypart. Must be true because ive had two other kids since then! I wouldnt worry at all.
K&A = 3 princesses; expecting #4 Audrina Skye, PPROM@ 30 weeks
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Thanks so much! I needed to hear that. I am just a worry wart this time around. I think being 8 years older than the last go around has made me think about such different things than the first time and makes me worry a lot more.
I did--had scar tissue on my cervix from a prior procedure, and I was 'stuck' from progressing in labor. Dr. had to 'pop' (can you say ouch!?) me open. I found one really great, well researched article after that happened (I was concerned that the scar was going to get even bigger, and I may not be able to get preg again) on the internet that said that your cervix heals differently than other skin and parts of your body--doesn't scar over again. It said once you have that initial scar opens, that it heals just fine. I would just be mindful that if your labor is not progressing, make sure they check to see if they can 'pop' you open, too, if your scar tissue is keeping you closed. I was almost sent home, because they weren't sure why I wasn't progressing...3 different nurses missed the scar tissue thing.
I know that's not exactly what you asked, but I had scar tissue, too, and wanted to let you know about the during birth and after things to think about with it...you should be just fine, though.


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First Fall
Allison Aileen Masters
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Copyright 2012 Allison Aileen Masters
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