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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Dec 1st 2010 10:55am
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davebarnes (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:15am
Epic Data Recovery Labshttp://www.yelp.com/biz/epic-data-recovery-labs-new-york
I have never seen a business with this low a rating on Yelp and spend way too much time on Yelp.
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:Lobo Santo (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:16am
Hell,I always have trouble trusting a seller/merchant/company who's reviews are 100% good. Means something's not quite right with them, there's something they're hiding, or something bad is going to happen to said entity when their "secret" jumps out of the closet and commits arson...
Just saying, a couple bad reviews just means you've been around long enough to piss off somebody. Good for you! (Who cares?) Keep doing what you're doing as long as people are willing to pay you for it.
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ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:24am
Streisand HD RepairWe won't fix your drive, and we'll sue you if you complain about it. We're 2.0, bitch!
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:Lobo Santo (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:25am
Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsAfter having read the yelp reviews, I must put an addendum to my previous statement:
If you're pissing off everybody, stop doing what you're doing.
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Alethea, 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:33amI swear, basic common sense in the scarcest commodity on the planet.
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Chronno S. Trigger (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 11:46am
Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsThat's epic alright. I love the letter that company sent the one guy saying he was a druggy. That's true libel.
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John Duncan Yoyo, 1 Dec 2010 @ 12:11pmI wonder if this is another case of the sunglasses guy using bad reviews to get google juice.
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ComputerAddict (profile), 1 Dec 2010 @ 12:39pm
Re: Hell,Well there a difference between "100% good" and 95% bad reviews... The only good reviews were by the first 3 people, all gave 5 stars, around christmas 2009, and all have reviewed no more than 10 other businesses to date. kinda suspicious...
Also this whole thing is barely post-worthy since it was just a guy emailing a threat.. there was no actual filing, and the actual email looks like it was copy and pasted from a 16 year old and edited by an 8 year old.
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Anonymous Coward, 2 Dec 2010 @ 6:35amSummary:
- Owner refuses to respond to customer
- Owner is withholding customer's property
- Owner is threatening to sue for negative Yelp reviews
- Supposed contract states "and/or Anything other than a positive basic Review (anywhere in any form)"
- Owner appears to be posting fake positive Yelp reviews
- Website links to Digg and looks like it was made on Geocities. Epic indeed.
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Yelp Yelp!, 14 Apr 2011 @ 6:02am
Lawsuit anyone?There seems to be more to it then everyone thinks. You might want to reconsider as to who is the villain and who is the victim. Merchants beware of the extortionist and saboteurs on Yelp.com. Its called Astro-turfing and Extortion.
I think a few of the posters on this Page might be the same guy. If you look at them pointing out and doubting the 5 stars yet you don't doubt or mention the fact that all the Negative reviews are posted on the same day. Isn't that fishee? What many people don;t know is that Astro-turfing is illegal theses days. And extortion can land you in jail other than posting false reviews about your competitor on websites. The whole world is being effected by these fake Profiles. If I owned a sight I would have the Members verify themselves with a credit card to keep out multiple false Profiles from being made and catching the criminal if they commit something. Its just too easy to launch a web attack these days... If the company was crooked they be out of business or in jail by now. I shouldn't have to say that, you shouldn't believe everything you read.
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Yelp Yelp!, 14 Apr 2011 @ 6:48am
Re: Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsWho posted the comment? The owner or the reviewer? Is the druggy statement true? why do you assume or suggest that it's false? If the owner posted the comment on the review site and it's a fact, then it's not libel.
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Shadi, 20 Sep 2012 @ 11:09amHave you seen the pictures on Yelp's listing on Yelp? Just saw a few, pictures of employees you can tell they were hand picked, I don't think normal good people would want to work for Yelp! There is one picture of this "Yelps Rules" wrote in the sands! This alone shows the mind set of these inhuman people! They believe they have they are ruling our lives! They are aware of destroying lives and they are proud of it! Hoe creepy is that!
People in over seas pull down dictators by putting their lives on the line, why can't we have an organized demonstration to bring light and attention to this?
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Anonymous Coward 2, 6 May 2013 @ 7:00pm
Re: Got Scammed also, please helpSame thing is happening to me right now.
I just want my harddrive back at this point.
But he's not responding.
What can I do?
Please help.
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Den, 26 Sep 2013 @ 7:56am
Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsOn the 6th April 2013 Epic Data Recovery Labs purchased a radiation dosimeter and am EMF meter from us. The total cost was $668.
After they received the abovementioned items, they contacted us stating some functions missing, which however are not even listed in the data-sheet of the goods.
Which is to say that the good description was probably not read before buying it.
They also resented the fact that the goods cost they had paid is lower in Russia and claimed for the price differential to be refunded :)
Epic Data Recovery Labs addressed a complaint to their bank about goods not meeting its characteristics and claimed for the money back.
Inspite of all the documents we provided, the bank refunded the money.
Still Epic Data Recovery never send the goods back. Our numerous demands to send them back met not a single response.
Thus they received their goods and kept its cost ($668).
While contacting Epic Data Recovery we spoke with a certain John.
We have never had such a nervous and insane buyer!
I absolutely advise everyone to keep from dealing this unreliable client! I would say real crooks!
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Jake Vaughn, 3 Oct 2013 @ 9:42am
Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsIt looks like these guys have somehow succeeded in getting negative reviews wiped from their Yelp page. I can confirm: Epic is as sleazy as they come and should be avoided at all costs.
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Toya | The Limerick Lane, 2 Nov 2013 @ 7:39pm
Epic Data Recovery Sucks! Do Not Take Your Goods There!Boy! I wish I would have found this article BEFORE I took my hard drive to Epic Data Recovery to get it recovered. I found the company on Yelp and it had great reviews (so I thought). I was unaware of 'filtered' reviews. This is where all of the REAL reviews live. To make a long story short. I took my hard drive to John Kasdaglis (Yes, I'm putting his government name on blast since I had to find his real name in order to sue him. He only signs the contracts with Jon.) He initially told me he needed to order another part for the hard drive. Instead of ordering anther part, I gave him another hard drive that I didn't use for parts. From September 2012 to January 2013 he gave me the run around on when he was going to complete the recovery. I told him if he could not fix it just let me know. I understood that I would have had to pay $90 for him looking at it. No big deal. But instead my emails and phone calls went unanswered until I left a negative Yelp review. In which he emailed me a cease and desist letter stating that I owed him $100,000K per each day the negative review was left on Yelp. Sir? He wouldn't answer my calls, emails or texts but he sends me that. So I ended up suing him in court and winning the maximum amount allowed. I don't have my money. Which I'm working on finding someone to put it on his credit report. I want this incident to be a reminder every time he tries to apply for credit. If you know anyone that can help, please reach out. Nor do I have my irreplaceable photos of my 99 year old grandmother or my nieces. It totally sucks, but I wanted to leave this comment to prevent anyone else from dealing with this crappy business. Also note, that I have had several people reach out to me via Yelp who have experienced the same problem. None of them has gone as far as to sue him like I did.
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KMS, 6 Dec 2013 @ 6:22am
Do not even think about doing business at EDRLIf only I had spent a bit more time researching this company...ah, so much frustration could have been avoided. Please do not get involved in any way shape of form with this shady company.
I had my Mac picked up and the work quoted. It was too much so I immediately said to send it back. I will pay the nominal fee. Then he went down in price (not sure how you can just cut off 50%). I thought about it some more and told him I need to know how much data will be coming off for this arbitrary price. There was latency in the communication and things didn't feel right so I told him to send it back. He then told me (verbatim) "If you do not pay for services rendered within 2 days, I will call the Police (for but not limited to, your acts of:
Coercion; Theft of Service; Larceny (d): By false promise and (e): by extortion; Harassment, etc)." That was somewhat entertaining esp. the extortion part. I've been in business a long time and this isn't exactly retaining or satisfying your customer.
I again clearly told him I would pay the fees and shipping back to me. We went totally off script from there. He accused me of being part of the competition and told me to expect the police. That of course was absurd but since we was no longer lucid and would not communicate, I had to get my lawyer involved.
So if any of this sounds familiar, I feel for ya. Hopefully you will do a better job than I did in my research - and if by reading this you have decided not to deal with this character - chalk it up as a win.
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Epic Data Recovery Labs (profile), 19 Dec 2013 @ 7:28am
ALL the Negative reviews on this thread are FAKE Reviews posted by Lying Extortionist and Corp. Sabotage Terrorists, via Sockpuppet Accounts.ALL the Negative reviews on this thread are FAKE Reviews posted by Lying/Double-talking Extortionist and Corp. Sabotage Terrorists, via Sockpuppet accounts.
The initial Post was posted by a rogue competitor in Brooklyn New York, then fueled by this webpage's author and Sockpuppet accounts in order to create Defamatory Propaganda against EDRL.
The recent posts and comments posted this year (2013) have been posted by co-conspiring Criminal psychopaths.
"Toya" has posted an arsenal of Illegal and Defamatory false reviews all over the internet. The Websites Admins that can keep up with her attack have repeatedly removed her arsenal of malicious fake reviews.
This is to alert every one that this poster and her accomplices are all Criminals and should not be trusted.
They are compulsive/pathological lying manipulative terrorists who try to extort services/money from you, other than attempt to destroy your reputation out of sheer malice and retaliation for not complying with their illegal/psychotic demands.
The "Toya" review poster's past contact details:
Toya Menzie;
237 west 115th street, Apt 2B; New York, NY 10026
Phone number: 248.872.8374
Email: email@example.com
We suspect that some of the reviewers are part of a group that has been trying to extort money from us by means of a modern-day Protection-Racket. Other than attempt to destroy our reputation in order to divert business to rogue Competitors.
If she was a true customer and in her right-mind she would know the real names of our Owner or Representatives. She clearly doesn't have a clue.
Yelp has repeatedly removed an arsenal of her (and her accomplices') rabid/idiotic reviews. So she is now trying to use this and any other website instead.
These reviews clearly violate several parts of this website's "Terms of Service"; yet it still remains posted.
It is clear to us that the persistence of your Operations Department and appearance company Author have acted with sheer malice. We will investigate any relationship you may have with the initial Perpetrator, and if we confirm that you have conspired with him in any way we will come after you legally (Civilly and Criminal).
In short: This Website is aiding and abetting Criminals and their acts of: Extortion, Coercion, Racketeering (Protection Racket), Aggravated Harassment, Larceny, Menacing, Stalking, etc, (in part).
We demand that this and any other fake comments be archived for legal use and be REMOVED from your website IMMEDIATELY.
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Epic Data Recovery Lab (profile), 19 Dec 2013 @ 10:22am
BTW: Pardon the typos in the previous Post.I meant to say:
It is clear that the persistence of Techdirt.com's Operations Department and apparent (Techdirt.com) Author have acted with sheer malice. We will investigate any relationship Techdirt.com may have/had with the initial perpetrator, and if we confirm that Techdirt.com had conspired with him in any way, we will press any applicable Criminal Charges against all involved Parties other than seek restitution for damages.
We have been forced to post this response, since Techdirt.com has allowed these defamatory and illegal comments to remain. We never told any of our Customers that we wished to discuss anything online nor gave any waiver to allow them to engage in this form of communication.
As for the comment from �Den�:
That is false defamatory-propaganda posted by an Extortionist who is trying to destroy EDRL�s reputation and integrity in retaliation for not complying with their criminal demands.
I hope that the readers can appreciate the level of stupidity this man and his company possess.
Where he has the audacity to go as far as to publicly reveal his wrong-doing. Where our Bank had determined that we were at Right to demand a refund and they justifiably reversed the payment because what he (and his company) did was wrong.
Just so you know, ".. not meeting its characteristics .." translated in English means the $500 dollar Fisher-Price wannabee tool, randomly erases critical stored data, other than flat-out and solely displaying "ERROR".....
We finally got instructions from the MFG on how to reset it (no thanks to him) only to find out that it deletes everything stored. -- After the 3rd reset, it detects nothing (when before it did). This thing is not even fit as a movie-prop or kids toy.
As for the other Item, it's gives you a bunch of random stupid false-Positives. A make-pretend Tool (if you will). A tool for 8 year-old children to impress Techie friends.
We sent numerous requests and offers to return the faulty-Items to him; but instead he flat out ignored our requests.
Only later when he realized that our US Bank would not tolerate his Mail-Fraud, he emails us admitting that he ignored our grounded-requests and demands that we (pay to) now send him the defective items back!;
OR ELSE HE WILL ATTACK OUR COMPANY via this defamatory propaganda attack (here and any other website) online, via Disinformation / Blacklisting, etc..
In sum:
Denis Bogdanov (from Dosimeter4you.com) (a.k.a.: "Den") who posted this false disinformative comment, is an Extortionist Criminal, pulling Bate-and-Switch/Protection Racket schemes, by selling faulty electronics.
If anyone is interested in knowing what garbage he is selling and what he sold us, I would be more than happy to post a video on YouTube as proof.
He is trying to retaliate by attempting to sabotage and defame us online for reporting him to our BANK and the Attorney General's office.
He has been hitting us with an arsenal of prank/harassing phone calls and emails.
He is violating several US Consumer Privacy Rights other than committing several criminal acts including, but not limited to: Extortion, Conspiracy, Coercion, False advertising, Mail fraud, Racketeering, Aggravated Harassment, Stalking, Industrial Sabotage, etc.
We have contacted the Police, FTC, Attorney General's Office and we are taking him, his Scam-Company and all related Henchmen to Court.
His Comment OBVIOUSLY violates TechDirt.com�s Terms of Service, yet somehow it remains posted. His comment should not have been approved, nor should it remain posted.
For anyone interested, here is this idiot�s information:
(Supposed US Location which seems to be a false-front):
Mr. Denis Bogdanov
Russian Dosimeters, Inc.
30 Panas Road Suite #EB687269
Foxboro, MA 02035-1072
(Russian Location):
Sokolova, 80
Rostov. obl. 344000
Denis Bogdanov (at Dosimeter4you) is a Scam-Artist with no regard for the Law or for what he sells. He is truly delusional and "insane".
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Epic Data Recovery Lab (profile), 19 Dec 2013 @ 10:27am
Re: Do not even think about doing business at EDRLThis person is lying. He is just trying to destroy our Company's reputation. Other than harass and annoy us.
Don't listen to him.
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Epic Data Recovery Lab (profile), 19 Dec 2013 @ 11:03am
Re: Epic Data Recovery Sucks! Do Not Take Your Goods There!This is a flat-out outcast/thug from Detroit.
A perfect example why Detroit's economy went downhill.
She is a pathological lying psychopath/stalker that has no regard for integrity or the Law. Nor does she posses any common sense.
Using the word "She" to refer to this thug is an insult Women. Therefore, It is an inhuman Terrorist that will lie to anyone, and say whatever double-talk it takes in order to manipulate people or attack someone's integrity.
Please refer to our response below for more info about this vagabond criminal troll.
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Epic Data Recovery Lab (profile), 19 Dec 2013 @ 11:07am
Re: Re: Got Scammed also, please helpThis person is lying. He is just trying to destroy our Company's reputation. Other than harass and annoy us.
Don't listen to him.
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KMS, 22 Dec 2013 @ 12:02pm
Re: Re: Re: Got Scammed also, please helpThe simple fact that you are this defensive gives users doubt. Your language and odd way of handling complaints also points to something else entirely.
The reviews are not fake. Given a bit of research, you can clearly see that everyone has jobs and in no way works for your "rogue competitors". We simply don't like your business practices and are voicing our concerns online. I personally vetted a few complaints and even made contact with them.
WARNING: vet this company carefully. I wish I would have done that a bit more. Alas...
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Epic Data Recovery Lab (profile), 26 Dec 2013 @ 9:05am
For the sake of the Readers and defending this Company's reputation/Integrity, you force us to have to respond to your continued idiotic/defamatory comments.Another perfect example of the level of stupidity you possess ... for you to think that people reading this are "so-stupid"
that you will be able to manipulate their perception/common-sense with your idiotic double-talk debate/rebuttal.
For the sake of the Readers and helping you virtually hang-yourself (reputation-wise) by exposing your true-self,
I will address your idiotic, defamatory, and disinformation propaganda which you posted in your response (above):
"Odd way in handling complaints"?
When a Criminal (like you) makes an attempt to Rob a Bank and he is on-the-run, the Police are not going to engage in
an online debate as to why you were ("innocently") holding a gun to the Teller's head, and entertain your delusional
false-sense of power in manipulation. Nor is the Bank going to consider reading and responding to your publiclly
posted online-survey of how you think the Bank Staff treated you when you tried to Rob their Bank.
(e.g. They shouted too loudly when you pointed a gun to them; or they didn't give crisp Hundreds, etc.
You are the epitome of a Thug. A FLAT-OUT PATHOLOGICAL LYING Idiot/Extortionist, and we can prove it.
You are so stupid that you knowingly engage in this criminal behavior while being a "representative" of some sort
of online-marketing Company. Now either they are oblivious to your double-thug-life and malisious intent;
or perhaps that is your business model. We here couldn't care less.
In regards to your attack against our integrity: It takes one to know one.
For you to suggest that these obviously fake sock-puppet defamatory-propaganda reviews are real and factual,
shows your true-colors and malicious intent.
Just because someone claims they work for a unrelated Company (e.g. Acme Paper. Inc.), doesn't mean that they actually do;
and even if they do (in some way) work for that (non-relative) Company, that doesn't mean that they cannot have friends,
friends of friends, or coworker's in the IT/Data Recovery Industry who would have an interest in annoying and sabotaging
the business of a competitor out of Jealousy, or some sick/twisted form of entertainment... (e.g. Pranks).
Others than the sheer malicious intent of an Extortionist retaliating against their victim for not complying with their criminal demands.
Almost everyone knows that Data Recovery is not cheap (as Brain Surgery isn't either).
AND DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS to try to get the lowest possible price for the Data Recovery.
Most of the time they try to Haggle as if they are buying a fake designer Bag in China-town; and if that doesn't work
people (like you) try to Coerce/Extort the Service as a last resort.
Yet, you rather play this stupid Extortion-Racket scheme when you claim you got a "50%" discount? Really?
Doesn't that "point to something else entirely". I shouldn't have to point out that your posts virtually SCREAM "Rogue-Competitor".
Either what you did was a Calculated Conspiracy to maliciously attack this Company's Integrity;
and/or this is simply your retaliation since your attempts of Extortion and Coercion didn't fly the way
your pin-head brain thought it would. This isn't our first Rodeo.
At the moment dealing with REAL/Genuine Customer Cases and trying to help them is our First Priority,
other than having Bigger-Rogue Fish-To-Fry. Rest assured that we will address all Criminal intent
in their respected time and priority.
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Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryI am the 'thug' that Epic Data Recovery is referencing. Not sure why he has labeled a college educated (go Spartans!) female from the suburbs of Detroit who now works for a major publication a thug. Any who�I'm not from an extortionist group trying to conspire to get money from him. All I want are my hard drives back that he has stolen. I have sued John Kasdaglis in civil court and will proceed to sue him in criminal court for theft of property. I have text messages, court documents and phone records as proof. I'm not here to go tit for tat with this horrible company. I just wanted others not to have experienced what I went to and lose years of important pictures, data and personal info.
And I guess I'm supposed to be offended that he put my email and mailing address online. I'm going to need him to make up his mind. Am I a thug from Detroit or do I live in NYC. If you are going to lie on someone's character�please stick with the same one.
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Anonymous Coward, 15 Jan 2014 @ 11:26am
Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryTo
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Anonymous Coward, 15 Jan 2014 @ 11:47am
Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryI am the latest victim of epic data recovery. My dell laptop, my wife's MacBook and my sony video camera. I met with him on January 9th and haven't been able to contact him since. No replies through email, his voicemail is full, and no answer at his physical address. I'm sure everyone here feels the same way when I say that it's not the monetary value but the irreplaceable photos and videos. The memories that have been stolen and all for what? I don't understand how yelp can have this kind of activity fly under the radar. I only used epic and have john a chance because of yelps credibility. Simply horrible, I have already started to take legal action in this situation , we just combine forces and take this guy down !
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Richard Huang, 18 Jan 2014 @ 8:26am
The reply above is not my description of what happenedModerator, please remove the reply above. The case description is my own account edited, manipulated and taken out of context. I am an online entrepreneur and I would not like to be bad mouthed the way that epic data recovery is on this site. I don't know if this is a reputable site but it seems like a lot of angry consumers against this one individual. Unfortunately the reality with dealing with thousands of people online, you just can't meet everyone's expectations and make everyone happy. Again, moderator please remove above comments and reply because it is not an honest account of what took place.
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Richard Huang, 19 Jan 2014 @ 6:52am
Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryThe above mentioned description is not an accurate account of what happened. I am the individual described above but I have been in contact with John and I am not that type of person to come onto a public or Internet forum and bad mouth someone I only know professionally. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but unfortunately this particular link seems hell bent on bashing one individual. Moderator please remove above comments because they are not accurate and they are not an honest account of what happened.
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Anonymous Coward, 19 Jan 2014 @ 7:11am
Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryI have not had success posting on this forum
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Rich Huang, 19 Jan 2014 @ 7:21am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryThe above description is not an accurate one. I cannot voice my opinion for some reason my posts do not show up
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Anonymous Coward, 19 Jan 2014 @ 12:22pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryI've had a hard time posting on this site, I don't know why and all I'm trying to do is clarify that the above mentioned comments are not represented accurately and have been edited, manipulated, and taken out of context. I have been in contact with John and there has been no problems. As an online entrepreneur myself I understand the frustration and problems that arise with many different customers. I for one would never vent my problems on a public or Internet forum. I would rather handle my problems privately. Moderator I've tried to email you many times, please remove the above comments because they are a misrepresentation of my interactions with John.
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Anonymous Coward, 19 Jan 2014 @ 12:26pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoverySince I have not been able to contact the moderator, if there are any individuals that come across the negative comments above, please allow me to clarify by contacting me @email@example.com, thank you. I am no way associated with John or Epic Data Recovery Lab, I am just a concerned consumer that doesn't want there accounts to be slanted or in any way taken offensively to any group.
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Anonymous Coward, 24 Jan 2014 @ 7:21am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryThis guy is a total con artist
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Feb 2014 @ 6:01am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Do NOT do business with Epic Data RecoveryI wish I found this site earlier I got scammed to, attempting to go to small claims court and let the judicial system handle this guy, what a loser, he gives other entrepreneurs a bad name, I even tried to contact tmobile and file a complaint to let them know a fake company is using their 1800 number to scam people
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Peter L., 14 Apr 2014 @ 12:29pm
Epic Data Recovery LabsHello to all Epic Data Recovery victims,
After reading through all the posts I decided to add my two cents to the equation. I have gone through pretty much the exact same nightmare as those who have posted negative albeit accurate accounts of their dealings with this particular outfit. As the sufferer of a damaged hard drive with the need to have it repaired and/or recovered in terms of data, I sought out the services of EDRL on the basis of the few rave reviews I saw posted, along with the seemingly reasonable cost for their service as compared to other data recovery firms. Lo and behold to my great dismay I found out too late that I walked into the "lion's den". What followed was an endless barrage on ignored emails, phone calls, etc. On the rare occasion that an email was answered with the date or time when I should expect a call from John, who is the name of the person I had to deal with throughout this ordeal, it was never adhered to. I have been raised to understand a person is only as good as his/her word. In any case after 7 months of this and finding out that basically very little progress was achieved, I decided to end the onslaught, sacrifice the $150 initial fee and chalk it up to experience. I also decided to report my experience to the Better Business Bureau at which point the threatening emails began. I was accused of being a con man, sociopath, extortionist, etc. who had committed a breach of contract. The facts I submitted with the BBB were said to be Exaggerated, Ungrounded, Conspired, Constructed, Malicious, Manipulative, Twisted Propaganda. Here is a portion of his response:
Let me (sarcastically) get this straight:
> 1. We designed the Hard Drive and Laptop.
> 2. We dropped or mishandled it after we bought it.
> 3. We need to be at your Beck-and-Call and respond to every
> Exaggerated, Ungrounded, Conspired, Constructed, Malicious, Manipulative,
> Twisted Propaganda Email stab you or anyone sends us.
> 4. We as a Company need to respond to every FRIVOLOUS (TALKING OUT OF YOUR
> A$$) email we receive.
> 5. We as a Company should allow Customer's to pull CON GAMES/Extortion
> Schemes
> (TO GET FREE / EXPEDITED SERVICES / ETC) on us
> and humor their Frivolous/False accusations by playing the villain they
> try to make us out to be.
> -
> But seriously, at what point did I tell you that I am an idiot?
> When I initially met you, you did not tell me that you suffer from a
> mental deficit or ailment.
> You seemed normal to me, yet you now say my emails are
> "... suggesting you are doing me a favor".
> Did you actually pay us for the Months of effort and labor we put into
> your Case?
> Did we ask you to pay us for the labor spent (if we were not successful)?
> You call that rude? You call your demands and accusations nice?
> You are the one who is Condescending and Rude.
> +Pretentious with a false/twisted sense of reality.
> Your behavior would be better described as one of a self-serving
> Conning/Manipulative/Delusional Sociopath with a Grandiose Sense of Self.
> Check your self before you start pointing fingers;
> You should respect those who are courteous and who give you the time of
> day (or Months) as a FAVOR!
> Let me ask you a question, do you shoot your Doctor if he cannot cure you
> of Cancer or bring someone out of a Coma? Is that how your Logic works?
> -
> By you sending your Defamatory / Propaganda email to the BBB you have
> violated our Service Agreement, Non-Disclosure Agreement in part, and our
> Contact.
> Which is, but not limited to, a Breach of Contract.
> --
> Consider this as a Preliminary CEASE AND DESIST NOTICE/DEMAND.
> We demand that you take a step back, consider what you are accusing us
> of, Correct your report to the BBB and withdraw your FALSE Complaint with
> them.
> Per our Contract, IF ANY OUR COMMUNICATION/AGREEMENT IS MADE PUBLIC BY YOU
> OR THIRD PARTY and/or (in part) you engage in making Defamatory/Propaganda
> statements about us to anyone, in ANY form of communication (Verbal,
> Written, etc..), we have the right to file a Lawsuit against you, other
> than contacting the Police to investigate any relative/applicable Criminal
> charges that can be brought up against you (e.g. Extortion/Abuse).
> I would strongly suggest you contact an attorney (in private) to clarify
> the Contracts that you have agreed to.
> Please Note: ("Ignorantia juris non excusat")
> Ignorance of a Law is not a valid or acceptable excuse in a Court of Law.
> You can't make-pretend you didn't read the Contract that you signed or
> claim you couldn't reference it all these months.
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> For now we will investigate and calculate any applicable damages.
> We will respond within 30 days.
My response:
My conscience is clear and I have absolutely no regrets for stating the facts. I've been through too much and seen
too much injustice to let the likes of you scare me.
If you want to open up a can of worms rather than to simply
> return my hard drive, than go ahead. I will fight you tooth and nail. I
> welcome the opportunity to make it public, and expose you.
In any case, to all persons considering the services of EDRL I must reiterate and sum it up with one statement. CAVEAT EMPTOR
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Toya (profile), 14 Apr 2014 @ 12:35pm
Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsI'm so sorry he has claimed another victim. I wish we could all get together and sue him, report him or report him to the police for theft. I have already sued him in court and won. Just waiting for it to show on his credit report. If I can be of any assistance, please reach out.
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Re: Re: Got Scammed also, please helpWe are going to put this man out of business for good. Please email me at toya at thelimericklane dot com. There are power in numbers and we need your story.
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Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsCan I chat with you about your experience? Please email me via the link.
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KMS, 25 May 2014 @ 7:52am
Finally some justiceLooks like "John Kasdaglis" is finally getting investigated. A detective has issued a warrant in Queens for this person. Hopefully my laptop will be arriving back home shortly.
If you feel you have been scammed by this person like me, please reach out. I can forward your name to the detective.
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Daniel Schwartz (profile), 30 May 2014 @ 1:54am
Re: Finally some justiceOh my god....finally something is being done about this criminal. I too have been accused of being a terrorist/sociopath/cockroach/vagabond/druggie/etc. for posting a bad yelp review. He made all sorts of BS claims, the most ridiculous of which was that a "secret department in Russia" could fix my hard drive.....I too paid a lot of money to this guy and got nothing. COUNTLESS lies and deceptions, ll of which I believed out of desperation - as like many of you I went through a tough time when my hard drive went down. Please forward my name to the detective. I will be happy to assist with the taking down of this sick criminal.
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Daniel Schwartz (profile), 30 May 2014 @ 1:57am
Re: Re: Epic Data Recovery LabsSee my below comments about my experience with John. And YES there is power in numbers. We ABSOLUTELY should get together and sue this criminal etc. As his latest victim, I wholeheartedly agree with the previous comments about John.
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Although the 4-6 Gators are going through their worst season in decades, Georgia Southern coach Jeff Monken still views facing them Saturday in The Swamp as a tall task for his players.
Georgia Southern coach Jeff Monken laughs at the notion of Florida having a bad team.
Although the 4-6 Gators are going through their worst season in decades, he still views facing them Saturday in The Swamp as a tall task for his players.
"I think coach (Will) Muschamp does a great job," Monken said. "They've got a talented, good football team. They're really good on defense. They run the ball. They're tough. They've had a lot of things not go their way, starting with the injuries.
"The (four) turnovers against Vandy, that hurts you. When you give up 183 yards, you ought to win. They lost just the week before to Georgia by three points. Those things take their toll. They do a lot of things really well and have come up on the short end. They're not getting blown out or their tails whipped."
UF coaches and players have talked this week about the difficulty of defending Georgia Southern's triple-option attack. The Eagles (6-4) rank first in the Southern Conference in scoring offense, total offense, rushing offense and pass efficiency.
As well as they've performed this season, Monken recognizes that upsetting UF will require an even higher level of play.
"It's a great challenge for our kids who play at the FCS level," he said. "Since they've been putting pads on as a little kid, this is where they wanted to be — in the biggest stadiums against the best teams.
"When we're sitting here with a football team that's not as big, not as fast, not as athletic as them, you're looking for an advantage. Where can we have success against these guys? ... If we're going to have a chance to win Saturday, we're going to have to play the best football game we've played all year."
With the status of Tyler Murphy (shoulder) up in the air, the Gators could end up starting redshirt freshman quarterback Skyler Mornhinweg for the second straight week.
Monken doesn't feel like Mornhinweg's inexperience will help his defense have success.
"That's one guy, and he's protected by a bunch of really good players that are playing around him. So it will take more than just us finding what we think is a weak spot because a guy hasn't played very much," Monken said.
"We don't have a three-star guy here. You could add up our whole defense, and I don't know if we'd get to three stars. We're going to get blocked. They're going to be bigger than us. I hope we can get off some blocks and make some plays. I hope maybe we can get a turnover, get a break ... something to go our way. Those things have to happen when Georgia Southern plays Florida — when a team at our level plays a team of that caliber."

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BAMAKO, Mali Radical Islamists held on to a city in central Mali on Friday after sending the Malian military reeling in retreat. With the militants showing the capability to press even further into government-held territory, international aid organizations began evacuating staff from the narrow central belt of the country.
French President Francois Hollande said France, which used to rule Mali as a colony, is ready to help to the stop the Islamist extremists. He did not specify what assistance it is prepared to offer. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian wrote on his Twitter account Friday: "On the phone with [U.S. Defense Secretary] Leon Panetta about the Malian crisis. This afternoon with my European counterparts."
Residents who live near an airport about 30 miles from the captured town on Konna reported hearing planes arrive throughout the night. Who, or what, the planes were bringing could not be immediately determined.
The United Nations Security Council condemned the capture of Konna and called on U.N. member states to provide assistance to Mali "in order to reduce the threat posed by terrorist organizations and associated groups."
A regional military intervention to take back northern Mali from the Islamists was not likely before September, though the advance by the al-Qaida linked forces in the desert nation in northwest Africa creates pressure for earlier military intervention.
"France, like its African partners and the entire international community, cannot accept that," Hollande said in a speech to France's diplomatic corps, referring to the Islamists' advances.
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TNA Lockdown PPV Results 4/15/12
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The 2012 TNA Lockdown pay-per-view opens up with a video package for the World Heavyweight Title Match.
– Mike Tenay and Taz welcome us to Nashville for Lockdown. We go to the ring for tonight's opener.
Lethal Lockdown: Team Eric vs. Team Garett
We go to the ring and out comes Garett Bischoff. His opponent Gunner is out next. They will wrestle for 3 minutes before the next wrestlers come in from Team Eric.
They go at it to start. Gunner takes control but Garett comes back with two dropkicks. Gunner blocks him and overpowers him. Garett comes back again with a dropkick from the top. Gunner comes right back with a big clothesline and a series of right hands. Garett keeps control until it's time for Bully Ray to come out.
Ray comes in the ring and the double teaming on Garett begins. Garett gets beat down back and forth until the movie hits and out comes X Division Champion Austin Aries for Team Garett. Aries comes in and goes at it with Ray. Aries gets beat down but comes back. Aries ends up top and hits a big missile dropkick on Ray. The next man out for Team Eric is Kazarian sporting a bald head and getting no reaction from the crowd.
Kazarian puts Team Eric back on top until AJ Styles comes out. AJ cleans house until things settle down and we've got 3 on 3. AJ goes at it with Ray and hits a dropkick on him. Aries goes to Ray as AJ works on Gunner in the corner. Ray makes the save for Gunner and fights off Aries as the timer goes off. The next man out for Team Eric is Daniels.
Daniels comes in and Team Eric takes back control. Mr. Anderson is the next man out for Team Garett. Anderson hits the cage and takes out Daniels and Gunner. Kazarian and Daniels double team AJ now. The timer goes off again and the final man out for Team Eric is none other than Eric Bischoff. Eric comes in and holds his son while Ray slaps him. Kazarian joins in as does Gunner. Garett goes down and they celebrate.
The numbers game continues until Rob Van Dam is the last man out. RVD comes in with clotheslines and kicks, cleaning house. RVD hits Rolling Thunder on Ray and we see Eric Bischoff hiding. The top of the steel cage begins to drop down and it's loaded with weapons.
The weapons drop and Anderson hits a bunch of trash can lid shots. RVD comes off the ropes with a trash can shot to Daniels. Eric Bischoff is still hiding down behind a turnbuckle as chaos breaks loose with the weapons. AJ and Aries finally grab Eric and bring him into the action. Aries slams Bischoff and skids on his face. RVD goes to the top for a frog splash on Bischoff but Gunner makes the save. Aries takes out Gunner but gets slammed from high by Ray. Team Eric starts to make a comeback now.
AJ and Kazarian battle on the top rope holding the cage. They walk the ropes and Kazarian climbs out to the center of the ring, hanging from the top of the cage. AJ follows him and kicks Kazarian down to the mat. AJ drops down with a big elbow. RVD comes down off the top with a frog splash on Kazarian. Ray gets up and runs over AJ with a boot. Ray grabs a chair but RVD kicks it into his face. Daniels with the double underhook on RVD. Daniels grabs Garett but Garett tackles him and covers for 2. Eric breaks the pin up with kendo stick shots to his son's back.
Eric repeatedly hits Garett with the kendo stick while yelling at him. The crowd chants for Hulk Hogan. Garett's back is covered in welts. Bischoff shows off as the crowd boos him. Eric goes back to hitting his son with the kendo stick. Garett gets up and hits his father with a guitar shot to get the pin and the win.
Winner: Team Garett Bischoff
– Tenay and Taz talk about Eric Buschoff being gone from TNA and not able to use the Bischoff name.
TNA Tag Team Title Match: The Motor City Machineguns vs. Samoa Joe and Magnus
We go to the ring and out first comes Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Out next are the TNA Tag Team Champions Magnus and Samoa Joe in the cage.
Shelley starts things out with Magnus and they do some back and forth. Shelley starts working on the leg. Sabin tags in and they double team Magnus with kicks. 1 count for Sabin. Joe gets the tag and goes at it with Sabin. Shelley gets the tag and comes in off the top. Joe drops Shelley and in comes Magnus again. The Guns double team Magnus. Magnus throws Shelley into Sabin and Joe gets the tag again.
More tags and back and forth action. Sabin ends up powerbombing Joe from the corner. Shelley and Magnus fight up on the top rope. Shelley sends Magnus to the mat and hits a double stomp from the top for 2. MCMG ram Joe's head into the corner and double team Magnus with kicks. Another 2 count. More back and forth action. Shelley hits Sliced Bread on Magnus but Joe breaks the pin. The champs miss their double team move and Magnus gets rolled up for a close 2 count. Magnus blocks Sliced Bread and slams Shelley. Joe tosses Sabin onto Shelley. Joe and Magnus hit the snap-mare elbow this time for the win.
Winners: Magnus and Samoa Joe
– Backstage with Jeremy Borash monitoring our tweets. Robbie E and Rob Terry come in. Robbie runs down Brother Devon and guarantees he will get back the TV Title tonight.
TNA Television Title Match: Robbie E vs. Brother Devon
Robbie E is out first with Rob Terry. The TNA TV Champion Brother Devon is out next.
Terry won't leave the cage so Devon takes it into his own hands. This allows Robbie to take advantage and attack. Robbie works Devon over to start the match and taunts him. Devon fights back with right hands and chops in the corner. Devon charges but gets caught with a big boot and a clothesline. Robbie off the ropes with an elbow drop for a 2 count.
Robbie with more offense and another pin attempt. Robbie climbs to the top rope but Devon hits the rope and Robbie falls to the mat. Devon makes a comeback and hits a big shoulder followed by a clothesline. Devon kicks Robbie in the gut and hits a neckbreaker. Devon with a big splash in the corner and a spinebuster for the win.
Winner: Brother Devon
– After the match, Rob Terry comes inside the cage and attacks Devon from behind. Terry lays Devon out and helps Robbie up. Terry with a big powerslam. Robbie smacks Devon as his music hits. Robbie goes back to hitting Devon while he's down before leaving the cage.
– JB is backstage still looking at tweets. He asks a Twitter question for Matt Morgan – what's more important, ending Crimson's streak or getting revenge on him tonight. Morgan says he's going into this match for revenge. Morgan says he's going to make Crimson his red headed bitch tonight.
TNA Knockouts Title Match: Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim
We go to the cage and out first comes the challenger Velvet Sky. The TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim is out next with Madison Rayne right behind her. Gail attacks before the bell rings and starts beating Velvet around the cage.
Velvet rolls Gail up out of nowhere for 2 and takes control of the match. Gail turns it back around with a kick to the head. Velvet tries to come back. Gail goes to climb out of the cage but Velvet interrupts her. Gail comes off the top with a missile dropkick and a 2 count on Velvet. Gail with a backbreaker submission now. Gail wraps Velvet's leg around her head now. Gail continues to control the match as the crowd roots for Velvet.
Velvet manages a jawbreaker but Gail takes her to the corner and keeps control. Gail taunts Velvet and shows off for the crowd now. Velvet moves as Gail charges in the corner and she hits the ring post. Velvet finally makes a comeback and hits a bunch of moves but Gail kicks her off and climbs the cage. Velvet stops her and they fight up top. Velvet ends up powerbombing Gail from the top. Velvet covers but Gail grabs the rope and breaks the pin.
Velvet goes over and argues with Madison as the cage door is opened. Gail tries to leave but Velvet stops her. They tangle and Gail turns it into a pin for the win.
Winner: Gail Kim
– Ric Flair's music hits and out he comes for a surprise, according to Taz.
Flair asks the fans if they have any idea who just walked into the ring. Flair singles out a "fat boy" in the front row and someone with no teeth. Flair puts himself over and says he's a special type of cat. Flair says he's pissed off and when he's pissed off, it's not good for who he's pissed off at. Flair says Hulk Hogan just won't leave him alone and tonight, Eric Bischoff's career was ended. Flair singles out another fat boy at ringside and rips into him. Hogan's music hits and out he comes.
Hogan approaches the cage but doesn't enter. Hogan says Flair is the greatest wrestler of all-time and asks the fans if they agree. Hogan asks if he can enter Flair's ring. Flair wants him to come in so they can talk real quick. Flair tells SoCal Val to get her ass up and open the rope for Hogan. Hogan says if Flair has a problem with the way he works as General Manager, express it now. Flair says he's had a problem with Hogan for 30 years and he doesn't like the way he's running TNA. Flair says he should have been in Lethal Lockdown, not Bischoff. Flair says he works for Hogan now but the day he gets too pissed off, he will just kick Hogan's ass.
Hogan says they're at Lockdown and everything is fair game. He talks about how Bischoff is gone. Hogan says everyone knows if he and Flair go at it right now, they will tear the roof off the building. Hogan says if Flair has a problem, he better do something about it right now. Flair says Hogan just pissed him off and goes to take his jacket off. Hogan drops him with a right hand to the head. Hogan mocks Flair and leaves the ring. Flair gets up and tells Hogan to come back. Flair is ready to fight. He starts throwing his shoes and drops an elbow on the empty ring. Flair goes nuts on the mic but Hogan leaves. Flair turns his attention to Mike Tenay and says he will kick his ass. Flair starts yelling at fans again before they end it.
– We get a promo video for Matt Morgan vs. Crimson.
Matt Morgan vs. Crimson
We go to the ring and out first comes Crimson followed by his former partner Matt Morgan. Crimson tries to escape early on but Morgan stops him. Morgan mounts an offense and hits a big sideslam. Crimson tries to leave out of the cage door but Morgan pulls him back in. Morgan slams Crimson head first into the cage and he goes down. Morgan teases walking out of the cage and has the chance to. Morgan stops and comes back into the ring to continue the attack.
Morgan goes for a chokeslam but Crimson cuts him off and comes back with a big clothesline. Crimson with a 2 count. Crimson with the knees to the head and an elbow. Crimson runs and hits a low dropkick for another 2 count. Crimson keeps in control of Morgan until he runs into a big boot. Morgan comes back but gets caught with a spinebuster for 2. Crimson charges but Morgan hits him with the spinning clothesline. Morgan with right hands and more clotheslines. Morgan with a big boot to the face. Morgan drops Crimson's face in the corner and back suplexes him.
Morgan with a splash in the corner and a splash on the side of the cage. Crimson ducks the big boot in the corner and Morgan gets hung up. Crimson climbs the cage and makes it to the top as Morgan grabs his leg. They fight on the top rope now but Morgan falls and the ropes hit between his legs. Morgan falls to the mat with his leg hung up on the rope. Crimson motions to Morgan and climbs over the cage to get the win and remain undefeated.
Winner: Crimson
– We get a promo video for Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy.
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy
We go back to the cage and out first comes Kurt Angle. Jeff Hardy is out next and here we go.
Angle takes control of the match early on and backs Hardy into the corner. Hardy makes a comeback and hits the low dropkick in the corner. Hardy with right hands. They run the ropes and Angle throws him head first into the cage wall. Angle takes back control and rubs Hardy's face into the cage.
Angle continues to use the cage on Hardy and he's busted open now. Hardy finally comes back and hits a clothesline. Hardy with a forearm off the ropes and offense in the corner. Hardy catches Angle with an elbow and hits Whisper in the Wind. Hardy with a 2 count. Hardy with more offense and a stunner.
Hardy climbs up the cage but Angle stops him. Angle suplexes Hardy back to the mat from up high on the cage and covers but only gets a 2 count. More back and forth action as the crowd gets into it. Hardy goes to leave the door but Angle pulls him back and applies the ankle lock. Hardy turns it around and has the ankle lock applied on Kurt now. Angle breaks free but Hardy hits Twist of Fate. Hardy hits a Swanton from up high now. He climbs back to the top rope and hits a second Swanton but Angle kicks out at 2.
Angle tries to call for time but gets a cheap shot in. Angle hits the Angle Slam but Hardy kicks out at 2. Angle drops his straps but Hardy blocks the slam this time. Hardy hits an Angle Slam on Angle and goes to the top rope. Hardy decides to keep climbing and goes up to the top of the cage. Hardy hits a Swanton from up high and covers Angle for the win.
Winner: Jeff Hardy
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title Match: Rosita and Sarita vs. Eric Young and ODB
We go to the ring and out comes the team of Rosita and Sarita. Out next come the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions ODB and Eric Young. ODB starts out by flooring Sarita in the corner. She tells Young to get out of the ring and goes back to work on Sarita. Rosita jumps on her back. Sarita accidentally clotheslines Rosita in the corner. ODB splashes them both and keeps in control of them both as EY looks on. Comedy from Eric Young when he thinks he's the referee.
Sarita and Rosita turn it around on ODB now and keep control of her. Young comes in as ODB gets double teamed. They try to put the moves on EY but ODB gets up. She drinks some whiskey and goes to work on the challengers. ODB finally gets the win for her team.
Winners: ODB and Eric Young
– JB is backstage with World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode. Roode talks about how he will beat James Storm tonight in his hometown of Nashville and says he is the impact of professional wrestling.
– We get a promo video for tonight's main event.
TNA World Heavyweight Title Match: James Storm vs. Bobby Roode
James Storm comes driving his pick-up truck into the arena and makes his way to the cage. Out next comes the TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode. Roode walks around the ring and Storm attacks from behind. Storm beats Roode up on the floor and brings the steel steps into play. Storm slams Roode's head into the steps. Storm leaps off the table and hits an elbow to the head. Earl Hebner tries to get them in the cage but Storm keeps the fight outside.
Roode blocks Storm and turns it around on the floor. Storm counters and whips Roode hard into the fan barrier. Storm continues the assault outside of the ring. Storm charges with a chair but Roode moves and pushes Storm into the cage wall. Roode grabs a beer and drinks some. We see that Storm is busted open from the cage now. Roode with right hands and we're still not in the cage yet.
We see country star Montgomery Gentry and Storm's wife looking on from ringside. Finally Roode brings Storm in the cage and the bell rings. Roode keeps control as Storm bleeds. Roode with a suplex and a knee drop to the head. Roode with another 2 count. Roode hits right hands but it doesn't phase Storm. Storm comes back with right hands but Roode takes back control. Roode continues beating Storm bloody.
Storm makes a comeback finally and catapults Roode into the cage. Storm keeps control for the most part but Roode goes back and forth. The door is open and Roode starts to crawl out. Storm grabs his leg and pulls him. Roode turns that around and applies the crossface. They end up in the corner and Roode goes for a superplex. Storm blocks it and they fight in the corner. Roode crawls up to leave the cage but Storm tries to stop him. Storm gets knocked to the mat but crawls back up. He brings Roode back over and they fight on top of the rope. More back and forth and close calls. Storm hits the big superkick but nails the referee with it. Hebner opens the door as Roode steps to the apron. Roode tells Hebner to give him a beer bottle and he does.
Roode smashes Storm with the bottle but Storm still kicks out at 2. Storm finally connects with the super kick but it doesn't do the job. Storm hits another super kick but it knocks Roode out of the cage door and to the floor to end the match.
Winner: Bobby Roode
– Lockdown goes off the air with Storm in the ring looking disappointed.
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali says five Chadian peacekeepers were injured when their car hit a land mine in the country's north.
Olivier Salgado said the peacekeepers were on patrol Monday about 30 kilometers north of the city of Kidal. He said the peacekeepers were slightly injured and had been transferred to Kidal for treatment.
Security remains tenuous in the region, as al-Qaida-linked militants remain active even after a French-led military operation to oust them from power last year.
Tuareg rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad are also present in the area.
Three Chadian soldiers were wounded by gunmen in the same region earlier this month as they were pursuing suspects in an attack on a military camp.


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Stephen Arkell, R.I.P.: Husband, father, officerEDITORIAL
May 13. 2014 11:48PM
Another New Hampshire law enforcement officer has died protecting the people of his community. Like so many others before him, Officer Stephen Arkell left behind a wife and children. All of New Hampshire grieves with them now.
Arkell was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call. Many officers tell us they dread that call. The raw emotions involved can make domestic disturbances the most dangerous situations for officers to enter. Yet they go through that door anyway. If they don't, who will?
The murder of Officer Arkell, who worked for the Brentwood Police Department part time and coached youth sports in Exeter, is a dark reminder that all who pin on the badge do so with the knowledge that they might not come home at the end of their shift. We marvel at the bravery they show when they chase criminals or walk through a door knowing that danger hides on the other side. But the bravest thing they do is take the oath to protect and serve. There is no adrenaline making their bodies overrule their misgivings when they take that oath. It is a conscious act. They are fully aware of the risks. And they do it anyway.
Those who volunteer for front-line duty know that someone has to walk that thin, blue line between the bad guys and everyone else. Someone has to push the line outward every day. Every single day.
To all who serve on our domestic front lines, thank you. To Officer Arkell, thank you, and rest in peace. Your service will not be forgotten.


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Chem3x11 Lecture 8
Being constructed Sat May 19
This lecture is about how things add to alkenes, using bromine as an example.
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Key concepts
- The stereochemical outcome of a reaction gives clues to the mechanism of that reaction
- The addition of bromine to double bonds is via a cyclic bromonium ion that is formed in a concerted process
The Addition of Bromine to a Double Bond
Alkenes are important because they occur naturally in great quantity and we can use the reactive double bond to make more interesting molecules. The formation of epoxides is one example we have seen of how alkenes can be transformed into other molecules. The addition of bromine is another widely-used reaction. The jargon for this reaction is an electrophilic 1,2-addition. The bromine adds such that one bromine is added to one carbon and one to the other (a 1,2-addition) and the reagent we add (bromine) is seeking out the electrons of the double bond, meaning we refer to this as an electrophilic addition (unlike when a nucleophile adds to a carbonyl group, which is a nucleophilic addition).
Some Mechanistic Possibilities
How might this reaction be occurring? Perhaps a concerted mechanism like this:
...or a stepwise polar mechanism like this:
...or maybe something exotic like a stepwise radical mechanism like this:
On paper there is no easy way to say which is right, so we need to go to the lab, do the reaction carefully and see what happens. If you remember back to when we looked at the opening of epoxides, we found that we learned a lot about the reaction mechanism by using Z- and E- isomers of an alkene. Let's try that trick again.
Stereochemical Clues to the Addition Mechanism
Imagine we have some double bond with things on the end (R1 and R2). Let's start with the Z-isomer, and let's add some reagent Y2 to the double bond and let's say for the moment that the addition does not go via some carbocation or radical intermediate and think about what happens if the addition is cis or trans (i.e., if both atoms of Y2 add to the same face or to opposite faces.)
This rather complex diagram just shows that the outcomes from the different starting material isomers will be different for either cis or trans mechanisms, so we ought to be able to work out what's happened when we do the experiment. To make it simpler, imagine we go in the lab and pick the two isomers of stilbene, meaning that R1 and R2 are both phenyl groups and X = H. We do the reaction, and discover the following:
...which implies trans addition without a doubt. The question is, how? We'd need to measure more things about this reaction. We look at the same reaction in a cyclohexenyl system, and we observe selective formation of trans-diaxial products:
...which is reminiscient of what we've seen before in epoxide openings. Could it be a similar mechanism - the formation of an epoxide-like intermediate, with rear-face attack? When we measure the kinetics of the reaction we find it's first order in both alkene and bromine. We also change the alkene structure a little and find that the reaction is accelerated when there are electron-donating substituents on either carbon, and significant rate enhancements when both carbons have electron-donating substituents attached. Then you see that someone has tried the reaction with a very sterically crowded alkene shown below and trapped an intermediate bromonium ion (which was later crystallized) where one bromine is bridging the two carbons that used to form the double bond. How cool is that?
(in this case the bromonium ion, which usually reacts with bromide to give the final product, is so sterically hindered that it can't)
All this, and other bits of evidence (See Anslyn and Dougherty section 10.5.3), suggest this bromonium ion is the intermediate formed (that we do not normally see) and that it's on the productive reaction pathway (and not something irrelevant). Its existence is the reason the electrophilic addition of bromine to alkenes proceeds to give the product with trans stereochemistry.
How Do We Draw The Mechanism for Formation of the Bromonium Ion?
The reaction to give the bromonium ion involves the formation of two bonds, so our mechanism needs to show that. We can do such a thing in one step if electrons come from the bromine and add to the alkene, and at the same time come from the alkene and add to the bromine. Thus the HOMO and LUMO of each interact with each other in this way:
Though this drawing may at first site be rather odd, the lobes of the MOs match up perfectly for this to take place. Clearly in most cases the HOMOs and LUMOs are close in energy here and can interact productively. The reaction is exothermic. The curly arrows depict one of the bromines adding to one of the carbons, and the double bond adding "back" to the same bromine, with concerted cleavage of the Br-Br bond. The end result is a single bromine atom bridging the two carbons.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld notes that the debate over the U.S. response to events in Iran has focused exclusively on President Obama's words regarding the protesters and the regime. In a better world, Schoenfeld argues, Obama would be focused on toppling the regime. And not just through words, but also through covert action of the type that Obama has been at pains to apologize for:
Today, as a breaking point in the Islamic Republic appears to recede from view as a result of brutal violence, the U.S. appears utterly powerless to influence the course of events. Yet how much better off both Iran and the world would be if the CIA, operating covertly through local friendly forces, could have helped, say, to spark a general strike to topple the ruthless regime of the ayatollahs.
Unfortunately, Obama could not employ the CIA in this fashion even if he wanted to. That agency's capacity to subvert hostile regimes was dismantled by liberal moralists beginning in the 1970s.
Obama may believe that he is taking the high moral ground by merely "bearing witness" to the brutal repression by our arch-enemies of those who had the audacity to hope for change. But he would occupy higher moral ground if he began to rebuild our capacity to interfere in the affairs of our enemies when moral considerations and our national interest both clearly militate in favor of doing so.


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Married - 20th of Oct 2012
Hi Julie
We are home after having the amazing and unforgettable time in Rarotonga.
Thank you so much for making our wedding everything we dreamed it would be - and more! All of your organization made sure every detail was thought of and the whole event went so smoothly -we were thrilled with everything. You even coordinated the weather fantastically! Our friends and family had a wonderful time and are all planning their next trip back!
I was pretty nervous about how a group of 40 - lots of whom didn't know each other- would all fit in and get all over several days, but the edgewater resort is such a lovely relaxed and friendly environment they soon all connected and loved their time. Thank you for organizing the night at the spaghetti house and night life tour - we all had such fun and was a great lead up to the wedding day. We will be recommending this to everyone we know wanting to have a very special celebration in a wonderful place.
Please pass on a special thank you to all the friendly wonderful staff at the resort - they were so lovely to be among and so accommodating of our big group. Big groups of people and especially ones with small children can be a bit difficult - but your staff were really caring and helpful. It was lovely to come back on the fri night before we flew home and have them come up to us and chat :) Atutaki was as lovely as you described - but really it is the warmth of the cook island people that make Rarotonga and the cook islands such a special place. We will definitely be back - and back to the Edgewater.
Was lovely to have shared time and worked with you - hope we meet up again:)
NZ is chilly and rainy - a reality check !!
Kindest regards
Jill and Dave Tyler
Married - 22nd of Sept 2012
Jamie and myself would like to thank you, our hair dresser, photographers, the waiter, our celebrant and the rest of the team at The Edge ...Water for helping make our big day the most stress free and perfect! We are so grateful for everything you did for us. Everything was just such a breeze and so beautiful. I will defiantly be recommending your resort and beautiful island to anyone who is wanting to get married overseas. The photos were simply beautiful and we will never forget the amazing experience we had.
Jamie & Anita Ward
Married - 21st of Sept 2012
Thank you Edgewater for putting on our beautiful wedding!! It was such an awesome day and you were so accommodating - special thanks to Julz!! You were awesome and you made our day so easy and care free!! Would love to come back and visit again, wish we were still there.
Jacinta and Luke Wooldridge
Married - 14th Sept 2012
Callum and I would l like to thank and acknowledge Julz and Heather our wedding planners , our celebrant Ani, Jenna our photographer, the hairdresser and the rest of the team at Edgewater Resort for the fantastic job at making every aspect of our wedding perfect! Words can't describe how much we appreciate what a fantastic job you all did and how our wedding day was relaxed and most of all stress ...free. Not only was our week at Edgewater Resort, with our family and guests, the most memorable holiday of our lives but our Big Day was special in so many ways; from the amazing location, the beautiful flowers, the reception, the photography, our hair and makeup and most of all the amazing service and friendly staff. Thank you for all being a part of our amazing day
Teresa Marie & Callum Chambers
Married - 31st of August
Hey Julz, thank you and all the staff at the Edgewater (Mal's bar in particular) for making our wedding week AMAZEBALLS!!!! Everyone had a blast xoxoxoxox
Bailey & Rex Hapimana
Married - 30th of August
Hey Julz, You helped to make our day sooo perfect.
Lots of love
Rachel & Brennan Ratana
Married – 10th of March 2012
Hi Julz,
Just wanted to flick you a quick email to say thank you so much for making our wedding day as amazing as it was, we were both really impressed with how easy things went and how wonderful you and your staff were.
From the bottom of our hearts we say thanks, things couldn't have gone any better.
Gina and Vaughan Kohi
Married – 9th December 2011
Dear Edgewater Resort & Spa Rarotonga.
On behalf of my family and I, I would like to say thank you for the awesome hospitality and professionalism you displayed to myself my wife and son during our stay with yours. We were in room 2001 and were impressed with the whole operation of the resort. All the staff we encountered were friendly and helpful if we were unsure of anything. A big shout out to Julz who arranged our wedding she was awesome and we fell right at ease on our wedding day knowing she was there. The cooks and bar staff (Save) and waitresses especially Api and Ana were awesome. Thank you once again for having us and I will be sure to recommend anyone to stay with you in the future and when we come back to Raro we'll be staying at the Edgewater. All the best and have a Happy Christmas.
Shaun & Alexandra Taramai
Married 25th November 2011
Hi Julz
I just wanted to contact you to say thank you so much for being such a huge help in the coordination of our wedding! We had such a fantastic time and would definately recommend anyone to have a destination wedding! We are slowly getting photos in from friends and family and are so stoked with them!
Once again thank you so much for all your efforts and I hope you enjoyed the wine!
Kate and Lewis Atkenson
Married 12th August 2011
Hi Julz,
I really wanted to catch up with you before we left beautiful Rarotonga to tell you how much we appreciated all your hard work and attention to make our wedding day amazing! It was everything we wanted and more! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!
It was great knowing such a lovely person was taking good care of us.
Our stay at the Edgewater was great and by far the best service we have received at any resort we have stayed at previously in Rarotonga.
The staff were all so friendly and smiling. My kids loved the kids club and wanted to go everyday, they had so much fun. The head security guy/resort manager also gave us a free late checkout which was awesome and much appreciated. Please pass on my thanks to all the staff. I will definitely recommend the Edgewater to family and friends. Ani was awesome and so lovely as was Jo our photographer.
Wish we were back in Raro as all our wedding party wish! NZ is freezing and our plane was delayed to Napier due to snow! It even snowed in Auckland and Wellington! I am sitting in front of our fireplace as we speak!
Good luck with all your future wedding planning, I know you'll make more incredible weddings and dreams come true! Best wishes to you and your family.
Lots of love,
Justine and Deon Savage!
Married 8th August 2011
Hi Guys
Back to reality and down to earth with a thud. We arrived home to the coldest weather for 80 odd years. Snow on the ranges in Northland!!!! It's freezing. Luckily we bought the sun with us so although cold beautiful clear days. It is very hard to get back into things and I can't wait to come back soon. We loved Raro the first time we visited and we had such a fantastic time this time around!
Thank you both so much for all of your help. It was a wonderful day and made so easy by all of your hard work. I was determined to have a nice casual laid back day with no dramas and that's what we got. All of our friends and family had a wonderful time and we are already talking about the anniversary party asap! Sunil in the Spa was also fantastic, very helpful and accommodating and good fun so please pass on my thanks to him as well. Can you send me the email address for the resort manager as I would like to drop a quick note of thanks and gold stars for you all
Thanks once again and we will see you again soon.
Emma Johns
Married 21st July 2011
Hi Julie & Heather,
John and I would like to say thank you so much for organising the most perfect day for us. You did a fantastic job. You took care of everything. You are a wonderful person.
When we are next in Raro, we will visit you and if you come to NZ, send us an email.
All the best to you and your family.
Kristina & John A'Costa
Married 15th July 2001
Hi Julz - how are you?
I can't believe it has been nearly a month since we were over in Raro getting married! The time has gone SO quickly - and the weather has just been a complete change! It has snowed twice in Wellington since we got back which was very weird - and the snow we had yesterday/overnight was intense - it hung around long enough (and there was enough of it) for people to be making snow men and having snow fights down our street!
Anyway, the reason I am emailing is that I thought you might be interested to see the story about our tropical wedding that is up on Stuff.co.nz as their Wedding of The Week. We had to answer some questions and submit some photos and got chosen to appear on the website which was pretty exciting!
Here is the link - http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/weddings/weddings-of-the-week/5431008/Introducing-Rachel-and-Michael
Thanks again for all your help and for making our wedding so wonderful - we will definitely be coming back to visit (soon hopefully) and I have decided that I would love to have your job!!
Rach & Mike xx
Married 15th March 2011
Dearest Heather, Julz, Junior-masters and The Edgewater resort
Yes its been 2weeks since we've been back in New Zealand and only starting to settle down and back in our jobs with family still visiting from South Africa.
But today I'm making special time to email to you guys before its too late.
Anton and I had one awesome week in Rarotonga, and I miss the warm weather, relaxing life, beautiful blue waters and fish a' chips across the road so much, you have no idea!!
We feel blessed to have met you guys in the 'wedding planning department' - You, Heather made us feel so welcome and at ease with everything, it was more wonderful than we ever expected, and we just love the way you laugh!!.....
We were equally impressed with Jewel's work as we are proud to be her "first" wedding couple she did an amazing job! well done Jewels.
And last but not least - the very awesome Junior", our photographer.... what more can I say, he was just amazing from the start, and with his great humor he made the whole photo shoot so much fun, we are still laughing every time we see him on the video...and all you hear is "hey Bro"...... so cool!
We can never thank you guys enough for making the most important time in our life's so much more special and easy, with no hassles and disappointments - I will recommended a wedding on the Cook Islands and especially at Edgewater in Rarotonga to anyone!
From the bottom of out hearts, thank you very much!
With love,
Anton and Marelize van der Merwe
Married 4 October, 2008
We had the most magnificent stay. Everybody was wonderful and we really enjoyed the sense of humour and warmth of your staff. Our wedding day was perfect, more than we ever hoped for. The ladies who organised our day, especially Lani, knew what they were doing and it was incredibly stress free. Being pampered at the beauty salon was a real treat and the gentleman that did my hair and makeup was a true professional. The food at our reception was superb and a big thank you goes out to Aneil and his staff. The photos taken by Nior were incredible and everyone was impressed with his creativity, relaxed manner and sense of humour. All of our whanau felt incredibly blessed to have been treated to such a special experience and we will treasure this forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Kia orana
Collins Whanau, New Zealand
Married 12 September, 2008
Firstly, I just returned home from my beautiful wedding / holiday from The Edgewater Resort & Spa and OMG what an awesome experience! We loved everything about the wedding and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Wedding co-coordinators were absolutely fantastic. Tangi, Lani & Elena. Thank you…
Overall, our experience at the Edgewater, was absolutely fab…
Kia Manuia
Nigel, Kath & Boston Krone
New Zealand
Married 20 June, 2008
Every day we are ranting to someone how amazing the whole experience was. You and your team made our wedding truly breathtaking and you will always be a part of the hundreds of happy memories we have, not only of our day but also of Rarotonga. I can't believe on our wedding morning we went snorkelling and then shopped in the afternoon. I wish we could go back and do it all over again. Please can you thank all involved from the catering staff (wedding cake rocked!) make up / hairdresser, flower arrangements, celebrant and the local band which was amazing…thank you from the bottom of our hearts for a magnificent experience.
Arohanui, Mel & Steve Bridgeman
New Plymouth, New Zealand


text: Student Profiles Matt Spooner '05 Matt Spooner '05 Hometown: Rochester, New York Major: History and Philosophy Why did you come to Bowdoin? There wasn't any real method, to be honest. I didn't know much about colleges when I was applying. I had gone to a small high school, and I knew that I wanted to go to a small liberal arts college because I really liked the community. When I visited Bowdoin, I had a great tour guide, and I loved all the people and the fact that they basically let you into a random freshman dorm. I was [also] struck by openness of the professors and the community, and of course the fact that it's in Maine. So I ended up coming here and it's worked out pretty well. How did you decide on your major? Well, I thought when I came that I was going to be an English major. I liked history a lot in high school but I never thought it would be something I'd major in. But second semester freshman year, I took [Associate Professor] Patrick Rael's History 142, which was called War and Society, and I loved it. I took English classes and I liked them a lot, too, but that [history class] just really struck me. A similar thing happened first semester with Professor Scott Sehon's Philosophy of Religion class. With both classes, I truly enjoyed doing the work. Freshman year I made an effort to take different classes in different subjects, and these are the two that [made a particular impression]. What has been your favorite class at Bowdoin? Well, those two, obviously - the Philosophy of Religion and War and Society. I also took a really, really, really great class with [Associate Professor of History] Paul Friedland sophomore year called Modernity and Its Critics. It was one of those classes with a ton of work, very hard reading - having to read a book of Foucault in a day, or something like that. I think it was the only time when a professor assigned a heinous amount of work and I enjoyed doing it. It was a great group of kids in the class, and it was definitely a class that challenged perceptions. It changed my thinking about everything. I also loved Professor Scott Sehon's senior seminar, which I took last year, called the Philosophy of Science and God. It was basically me and four or five other majors and a couple of auditors sitting around a table at night discussing whether or not God exists. Have you done any independent studies? I did an independent study my sophomore year on the Civil War with Professor Rael. Then this year I did an honors project on the American Colonization Society, which is this group [that was] actually around until about 1910, but was really strong in the early antebellum years. I looked at [the years between] 1816-1838 both to try to reinterpret a historical understanding of colonization and to reexamine the relationship between the Colonization Society and radical abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Theodore Weld. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Do you have an on campus job? I've got a couple of on-campus jobs. I work at the Information Desk, and I'm a Writing Assistant for the Writing Project. I've always really enjoyed writing, it's something I've worked very hard at, and there's something very satisfying about helping other people. Especially with the ESL [English as a Second Language] students, there's something very gratifying about helping them learn something that I think is so important - not only in college but throughout your entire life. If you do a good job, and I generally try to, it's nice to get the sense that you've actually made some sort of small difference. As far as extracurriculars go, I've been involved, since freshman year, with WBOR [the College radio station]. I've had a show for a long time, even during the summer. It's a really good way to discover new music and meet new people. I've also been involved in debate and I write a column for [the student newspaper], the Orient. And I've been involved in bringing various speakers [to campus]. The last two summers I've worked with Professor Rael to create a GIS database of historical census data. We have access to census data from about 1790 to 1880. What we did was take a lot of the data and manipulate it, so using geographical information software, you can put in a query. For example, you can examine the relationship between voting for the Democratic Party and land value to see if particularly land-wealthy counties tended to vote Democratic or Republican. It allows you to look at history in a new way and also to visualize raw numbers. When you're faced with a trend visually, certain things will pop out at you that you wouldn't otherwise [see]. Have you studied abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I spent six months at Cambridge University in England. It was pretty cool. The way classes are structured, instead of having one big class, you meet one-on-one with a professor, so you do just one subject in-depth. I took a class on political philosophy and one on perceptions of death, which was amazing. Being able to go with a tutor to the Cambridge University archives and look at 1,200-1,400 year-old documents from the very early middle ages - the entire Cambridge University experience was marked by having a tactile sense of history. Definitely for a history geek like me, it was a very cool experience. What is your best Bowdoin memory? Freshman year, my roommates and I and my friend Ashley Cusick ['05] went down to Boston for the day. We were supposedly participating in this scavenger hunt, but after about five seconds, we realized we didn't really want to do the scavenger hunt - we just wanted an excuse to go down to Boston. So we drove down for the day and hung out in the city. We had these special scavenger hunt bracelets, so we went to all these different stores and parks and [we'd say], "We really need to do this for the scavenger hunt." Matt wanted to play a Steinway piano, [so] we went to the factory store [even though it was closed] and we banged on the window: "We have these scavenger hunt bracelets, we're on a scavenger hunt, we need to take a picture of him playing a Steinway piano." [And] it was just beautiful, hanging out on the Boston Common. It was a really random and wonderful day. What are your plans after graduation? I'm going to be a research analyst for McKinsey and Company in Boston. I don't know how long that will last. It's a chance to keep my brain engaged in lots of dynamic work. The coolest thing about the job is that they have - I'm working at this thing called a Knowledge Center - and they have Knowledge Centers all around the world, and if you want, it's very easy to spend a couple of weeks or a month at various knowledge centers, be it in New Delhi or Belgium or Shanghai. So there's a lot of opportunity for travel and to explore different areas. Eventually, you specialize. Hopefully, I'll get to do a lot of non-profit and public sector work, but for the first six months, you really do everything until you and they get a feel for what you enjoy doing. Then after two years, if I want, I can move up into consulting, which I might do; but more likely, I'll go to grad school. I definitely need to take a couple of years off to pay off loans and reenergize my brain. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first year about the Bowdoin experience? I would just say, come in with a very open mind. Don't come in like I did, set on a particular major. The distribution requirements [allow] you the freedom to explore various things. For your first semester or first year, take a lot of different classes in a lot of different fields [and] try a ton of different activities. Don't stick with all of them, but Bowdoin's a place where you really have the opportunity to get involved in an incredible variety of things - don't waste the opportunity. Story posted on August 22, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Justin Bieber Celebrates His YouTube Anniversary
It's almost impossible to imagine the pop culture landscape without its reigning prince, Justin Bieber. His rise to fame was so meteoric that it's easy to forget how he got here — through YouTube. It was five years ago today (Jan. 15) that the 'Baby' singing superstar created the video account that would change his life — and that of teenage girls everywhere — forever.
Bieber honored the date via — what else? — Twitter. Reaching out to his 16+ million followers, the Biebs wrote, "5 years ago today i started this youtube channel and you all changed my life. thank you. #AlwaysKidrauhl – youtube.com/kidrauhl"
Bieber's original YouTube account was a tribute to his dad. Bieber's father's YouTube alias was "LordRauhl," after a character from 'The Sword of Truth' series.
Following Scooter Braun's discovery and Usher's subsequent mentoring of the teen phenom, the Biebs went on to become the first and only true superstar to emerge from YouTube. (Though the site has certainly helped to launch careers of other artists like Karmin, no one else has come close to Bieber's level of success yet.)
Since his first video, posted five years ago, Bieber has gone on to go multiplatinum, sell out arenas across the globe, perform with legends like Stevie Wonder and Carlos Santana, have one the most influential haircuts of all time, date Selena Gomez and be the most famous minor on the planet.
Phew! Not too shabby for a kid from Canada who started out singing Ne-Yo covers at talent shows! In honor of Bieber's YouTube-iversary, check out his very first video.
Watch Justin Bieber Sing Ne-Yo's 'So Sick' in His First YouTube Video


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West Shore Chamber president/CEO resigns
The West Shore Chamber of Commerce said today its president and CEO, Kathleen Fey, has resigned from her position, according to a statement from the Cumberland County group.
Fey had been at the helm of the Hampden Township-based West Shore Chamber since December 2009, after the retirement of its longtime leader Ed Messner. Fey was Kathleen Mangan until her marriage last year. Her last day at the chamber will be July 19.
In the past two-and-a-half years, Fey accomplished several noteworthy changes for the West Shore Chamber, including:
• Guiding the creation of Chamber Advantage, a for-profit subsidiary of the chamber to offer health insurance and other services to its members.
• Helping establish the West Shore Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Junior Leadership Central PA program it supports.
• Strengthened partnerships with other Cumberland County chambers, Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp. and the World Trade Center of Central PA.
"She did a good job, she really did," said Gary Scicchitano, the chamber's board chairman and vice president of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central PA Inc.
Fey is leaving for other opportunities, Scicchitano said, but declined to go into detail. Fey said this afternoon that she was not at liberty to discuss her future plans.
The chamber has formed a search committee to find a new president and CEO, and could make an appointment soon, Scicchitano said.
Editor's note: This story has been modified from a previous version to correct the date Fey began as president/CEO.


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Alienware X51 Desktop -- Console Sized PC, $700 and up.
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Systems | January 18, 2012 - 07:25 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: GTX 555, GT 545, dell, alienware
Alienware has been long known for two things: having interesting case designs, and being prohibitively expensive. For the last five years or so, Alienware has been a subsidiary of Dell to displace their gaming XPS product line into a non-gaming higher-end line. They have recently announced their X51 product line as Jeremy noted earlier, but what does that mean for someone interested in PC Gaming?
Like how it looks? Dude, you're getting a Dell!
Jeremy's post went through the range of base models and their associated prices. The main product page listed the features of the higher-end base unit along with two other points: the chassis can be vertically or horizontally mounted; and you can upgrade your core components easily. While the latter statement is great to make, it should also be noted that with a maximum 330W power supply, your upgrade options -- while potentially easy -- are quite limited.
The choice in video cards is split between the GeForce GT 545 and the GeForce GTX 555: these are both OEM-only GPUs and thus benchmarks are at this time difficult to find. The GT 545 contains 144 CUDA cores clocked at 870/1740 MHz with the memory clocked at 1998 MHz. Should you opt for the higher-end GTX 555, your GPU contains exactly twice the CUDA cores (288) clocked slightly slower at 776/1553 MHz and a slightly lower memory clock of 1914 MHz.
Dude, you regretting a Dell?
In terms of Alienware-specific perks, Alienware has developed the "Alienware Command Center"; this application allows you to customize the lighting on your chassis as well as control programs and tweak your system. While a nice value-addition, it is obviously more gimmicky than practical; but really, isn't that a large portion of why you are purchasing an Alienware computer? At least they look to be decent gimmicks. The price also does not appear to be too high compared to what you are getting from what I can tell. You would obviously be in a better position to assemble a desktop yourself and probably even commission your local small business computer store to do it for you, but the Alienware's price does not appear to be in a distant galaxy.
So what do you think?
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