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Listen to Reel Deal Songs by using the audio player aboveThe Reel Deal Band is Britain's professional celebrity wedding & corporate party band. Made up of the nations top musicians and singers who have the raw talent and expertise to put on a high level of performance, entertaining clients all over the world.
They keep a dance floor full all night, giving clients and their guests incredible and fun memories for years to come, regardless of age and musical taste.
Collectively the members of Reel Deal Band have recorded or are currently performing with successful international artists such as Lionel Ritchie, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Robbie Williams, Beyonce, Basement Jaxx to name but a few, in arenas and stadiums the world over.
Their love of playing 100% live with top artists led them to form their own party band, playing all time classics the way they should be played, unlike many run of the mill bands for hire, so you can rest assured you are hiring Œtop notch entertainment.
Reel Deal Band perform in the UK and abroad for:
- Many private weddings
- VIP & celebrity parties
- Charity events & Balls
- Corporate events
- Sporting events
- New years eve party
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Live Wedding Music – Just the way you want
Dean Mark, Musical Director of Reel Deal Band explains exactly how his band deliver to the exact requirements of wedding couples.
Funk with Reel Deal Band
Celebrity Party Band - Reel Deal are busy taking wedding and event bookings.
And if you are loving the hottest chart funk track right now by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, then you can rest assure that Reel Deal will give you the complete low-down on the Funk. We're very well known for our Funk and know how to keep the dance floor in the groove.
Book Reel Deal now for some Super Reel Deal Funk. Funk styles ranging from James Brown, Cool & the Gang, Prince, The Time, Zapp, The Fatback Band, Gap Band, Cameo and many more.
Your Wedding 2015
Celebrity Party Band – Reel Deal are busy taking wedding and event bookings for next year.┬áFor enquires, for your own wedding 2015 or if you are working on client events, please contact
email@example.com or call our Musical Director direct on 07921 429 316 to discuss your exact musical requirements for the big day.
We provide you with:
1. A bespoke musical wedding service
2. Music from the start of the reception to curfew end time
3. Live First Dance
4. Not forgetting – Ultimate top performance by UK's top musicians/vocalists and a very funky musical experience.
In action James Brown/P-Funk gig
Reel Deal Band recently produced a live musical funk battle covering the tunes of the 2 biggest funk legends – James Brown V's Parliament Funkadelic┬áat London's Jazz Caf├ę.
See this video for a little snippet of the very funky evening!
Wedding Bands London A Reel Deal Wedding this Summer
Couples are busy booking wedding band for hire – Reel Deal for their summer weddings. We are very excited to perform at a series of stunning venues across England and in Europe this summer.
If you haven't already booked our band for your private event, please do get in contact to check availability.
We'd love to hear from you and give you a real funky live experience for your evening reception.
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Luxury Partners – Harrods
See what our Luxury Partner 'Harrods' has been saying about us.
"Reel Deal are consummate professionals and can be totally relied on to get any party on it's feet'".
Top 5 Tips on how to keep your wedding guests on the dance floor!
Follow these crucial top 5 tips below to maximise the live musical impact at your event!
1.  Kickstart your evening reception by having the wedding band play your first dance and then invite your guests to join you on the dance floor. Let the wedding band keep them moving on the dance floor as they play an up tempo party set.
2. Ensure your bar is located close to where the wedding band is performing.  Keep it all in one space. e.g A mobile bar such as an Ice Bar so that guests can grab a drink quickly and remain where the music is rather than go in and out of separate areas.
3. Ask the vocalists in the wedding band to interact with your guests. Coming off the stage and dancing with the guests will engage them and make the evening memorable for them.
4. Get your wedding band to play a range of songs – old, new and classics too. This will ensure that all guests tastes and age groups are catered for.
5. Keep it simple. Don't have your wedding band perform too many sets. Stick to a couple of longer sets with no more than a 30 min break. This will keep the momentum of the night with the guests.
To book the premier wedding band and ensure yours guests are on the dance floor.  Secure Reel Deal for your wedding
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Reel Deal Prince Night – Super Funky Show
Overwhelming response to the recent 'Reel Deal' Prince Night at the Jazz Cafe.
Check out this link for the highlights of this super funky show.
Prince Night Highlights
Musical Luxury in Capri
Reel Deal Band had the pleasure of performing with world class classical artist – Andrea Bocelli this past weekend in the beautiful luxurious island of Capri!
Reel Deal were booked by a wonderful couple from Switzerland, who wanted the ultimate in live music. Having the best musicians and singers at their wedding was top of the agenda.
Reel Deal delivered this and more with our ultimate 16 piece band. We had so many wonderful comments from the couple and the wedding guests on how much they loved the bands performance.
Reel Deal Bulgarian Romance
Bulgarian Weddings
Read all about premier celebrity party band - Reel Deal's romantic adventure to Bulgaria this summer.
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Max Factor Make Up selects Reel Deal's Vocalist
International Cosmetics company Max Factor feature the beautiful vocals of Reel Deal Band's Cecelia Stalin for their latest make up advert. So proud to share the video below.
Celebrity Clients
Some of the Celebrity Clients and VIP's which Reel Deal Band have had the pleasure of playing for.
Prince of Brunei, Eva Longoria and Lulu
Reel Deal Band Public Performance
Reel Deal Public Performance. Not to be missed on Friday 4 May at Fontwell Park Racecourse.
Holly Glover, General Manager at Fontwell Park, says ÔÇśWe wanted to bring real, live music to Fontwell for our music nights of 2012, by way of some quality artists. WeÔÇÖre sure weÔÇÖve found that with Reel Deal ÔÇô they have promised us a night not to forget and weÔÇÖre getting ready for a big show!
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Wedding Band – A great title to have as many couples are saying ' I DO' with Reel Deal. ┬á
The Reel Deal diary is full of wedding bookings for summer 2012. Popular wedding destinations and venues for our couples are beautiful and luxury hotels in London and stunning castles in Scotland as well as luxury private houses in the South of France.
To check availability and book Reel Deal for your wedding contact email@example.com
You and Your Wedding
The Jan/Feb edition of You and Your Wedding is out now.
And in this issue Reel Deal Band exclusively answer brides real wedding dilemas, concerning wedding etiquette around booking a live band.
Something to Shout about with Lulu!
Reel Deal Band, Musical Director – Dean Mark was recently featured in Lulu's TV Show 'Something to Shout About' on BBC 2.
In this show Lulu opens the doors to her life – looking back across five decades at her remarkable career. This is also very much the story of Lulu now, following her into the studio with her band rehearsing for shows. As well as exclusive access as Lulu prepares for a huge concert on the banks of the River Clyde, in her old home town of Glasgow, where her bass player and Reel Deal Musical Director Dean Mark also performed alongside her.
Brides Top Wedding Band is the Reel Deal
UK's best selling Weddings Magazine 'Brides' have recently featured 'Reel Deal Band' as a top choice for Weddings
Luxury Day with Reel Deal Band
Whether you are planning a wedding, private or corporate event and looking for live music performed by the UK's best musicians and vocalists, then don't hesitate to contact us.
Dean Mark, Musical Director of Reel Deal Band will personally speak with you about your musical requirements and provide you with a good insight of how the band will give you a high impact performance, to ensure all of your guests are kept dancing all night long, no matter what their age is.
Below is a picture of one of our lovely wedding clients from 2010.
'Reel Deal were absolutely fabulous, they got everyone up and dancing and the atmosphere was brilliant! Everyone is still talking about how good they were. They also sang our first dance song beautifully'
Yianna & Ossie – wedding Dec '10, Banqueting House, London
Wedding Bands in London
When youÔÇÖre starting the search for wedding bands in London. The Capital city of London offers a huge variety of professionals and amateurs who would be delighted to be booked for your event party. There is certainly no shortage of options, but there is definitely a shortage of high quality professional musicians you can depend on to make your day more memorable and ensure your guests talk about the evening from years from now saying how awesome the band was.
With Londons top wedding band, Reel Deal, the musicians are highly professional and will relieve stress, not add to the confusion and tension of your day. The only way to ensure youÔÇÖre working with the best wedding bands in London is to contact the best in the business who are not only professional in their approach but extremely talented musically too.
Click to see Reel Deal Bands popular First Dance Songs as chosen by our clients.
Reel Deal Band at The Dorchester
Reel Deal Band  were recently booked to perform at a recent Jewish Wedding at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London.
Please click here to read all about it.
Reel Deal Band gets the Royal seal of approval!
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England Cricket team Captain Kevin Pieterson selects Reel Deal to play at his wedding
England Cricket team Captain ÔÇśKevin PietersonÔÇÖ hired the Reel Deal Band exclusively to play at his wedding to former Liberity X star Jessica Taylor. 'Thank you so much. Everyone was blown away by the amount of talent on stage and we had so many people coming up to us and saying how amazing they thought the band were. Reel Deal are a complete class act. You did an incredible job!' Jessica & Kevin Pieterson |
World-Class Event Company Selects Reel Deal for their VIP Clients
Reel Deal are proud to be associated with Quintessentially Events, sister business of the world's leading private concierge company, serving their main client base of high-net worth individuals | |||||
Dean Dances on Ice
So happy to report to you all that Reel Deal Band Musical Director – Dean Mark appeared on Sunday nights Dancing on Ice Results Show with UK's hottest new Vocal Harmony Group -'The Overtones'.
Dean has been chosen by the group to be their new bass player playing his new instrument  - an electric Upright Double Bass.
To see Dean's performance on Dancing on Ice, click the following link:  http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=221847
Also check out Dean on tour with 'The Overtones' over the next few weeks. They will be performing all over the UK and Ireland. Click www.theovertones.tv for more information and dates.
Reel Deal with Lulu and Kiki Dee
Musical Director of Reel Deal with Lulu and Kiki Dee at their recent performance on the Queen Elizabeth Ocean Liner in Madeira.
Lemar's Greatest Hits Tour with Reel Deal
Reel Deal's Angelo Starr and Kevin Sutherland support superstar Lemar on his current Greatest Hits Album Promotional Tour.
As well as performing private bookings, Reel Deal have also been busy touring with him as he releases a collection of his all time hit songs.
Reel Deal Band collectively have been the backbone of LemarÔÇÖs band since early 2004. Lemar trusts the band to musically take his live shows up a notch on every tour they perform. |
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When youÔÇÖre starting the search for wedding bands in London. The Capital city of London offers a huge variety of professionals and amateurs who would be delighted to be booked for your event party. There is certainly no shortage of options, but there is definitely a shortage of high quality professional musicians you can depend on to make your day more memorable and ensure your guests talk about the evening from years from now saying how awesome the band was.
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Don't pretend pay gap is about gender
PUBLISHED: 21 Nov 2011 00:05:38 | UPDATED: 21 Nov 2011 08:00:29PUBLISHED: 17 Nov 2011 PRINT EDITION: 21 Nov 2011Deborah Cobb-Clark
The Prime Minister recently announced that the government was prepared to spend $2 billion to deliver pay rises to almost 150,000 workers in the social and community services sector if the case before Fair Work Australia is approved later this month. These workers – the vast majority of whom are women – are on the front line delivering valuable services to those who are marginalised and doing it tough.
Their work is vital, and we can all agree that they should be paid more. But are we prepared to live with the broader economic and social fallout of making this case about gender equity and equal pay rather than industrial relations and unequal bargaining power?
To be sure, it looks like this is about equal pay for women. In announcing the government's decision, Julia Gillard said that social and community services workers had "waited long enough to get equal pay". Sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said the agreement would contribute to equal pay for more than 150,000 community sector workers across the country. The test case put to Fair Work Australia by the Australian Services Union on behalf of social and community services workers rests on the argument that they are underpaid relative to others doing work of "comparable value".
This makes sense as Fair Work Australia has the power to make an equal remuneration order to ensure that workers receive "equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value" if – and this is a big if – workers are being undervalued because of their gender.
This then raises two questions. How do we know if social and community services workers are undervalued? And, how do we know if gender is to blame?
Usually we answer such questions by comparing the pay of men and women doing similar jobs. In reaching its initial decision, however, Fair Work Australia compared the wages of social and community services workers in private and public sector jobs – all of whom are women.
So what is being spun as an issue of gender equity is really all about the sector of the labour market in which social and community services workers are employed.
Those finding work in private sector jobs are paid less than their public sector counterparts – also women – because they have not received the benefits of public sector wage bargaining and because their services are funded through contracts with government agencies.
Government can be very effective in using its monopoly power to keep its own costs – read wages in the social and community services sector – low.
So what? Do we really care why there is now a move to increase the pay of social and community services workers? Isn't it enough that it is heading in the right direction? The problem is that if the equal-pay horse bolts it may be hard to turn it back. The door would be open for Fair Work Australia to make equal remuneration orders in many other female-dominated industries, say nursing or teaching.
Some of these industries might also have a history of unequal bargaining relationships and monopoly power – others would not.
The economic reality is that state governments also contribute heavily to bankrolling the social and community services sector.
Unless they agree to come up with more money – as the Prime Minister is urging them to do – increasing the labour costs of these agencies only stretches their limited budgets further, putting them under pressure to sack workers and cut services.
Finally, it is not clear that we would be getting any closer to our goal of achieving gender equity in the Australian labour market.
For one thing, there simply aren't enough social and community services workers for a favourable decision from Fair Work Australia to narrow the overall pay gap between Australian men and women. It would remain stuck at about 15 per cent. And while social and community services workers would certainly feel better off, it's by no means clear that they would attribute this to improvements in gender equity.
It turns out that women's own views about whether they have experienced gender discrimination on the job are not as closely tied to their pay as we might think. Only 2.9 per cent of women employed as community and personal services workers believe their employers have discriminated against them because they are women, compared with 3.6 per cent among Australian women as a whole.
The purposes of gender equity are not well served by allowing the government and Fair Work Australia to label pay gaps as gender-related when they are not.
Deborah Cobb-Clark is director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
The Australian Financial Review
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By Fred Kirby
The letter from Hauser or Coos Bay resident Jon Barton that was published in the World newspaper 14 March appears to be a thinly veiled endorsement of the County Commissioner candidacy of his friend and political appointee Fred Messerle. The letter also appears to be an intentional insult foisted upon the educated liberals of Coos County with Barton's derogatory "chattering class" comment. Spiro Agnew with nattering nabobs of negativity Barton isn't! As a whole, county Structure Committee chairman Barton's letter brings us more unsubstantiated Structure Committee assertions. Barton argues unsuccessfully that it's time to cut our county solid waste department losses. What losses? If only Barton and his two friends on the Structure Committee whose findings have been challenged by fellow committee members and by a cross section of the county citizens would offer to us fact, not opinion, perhaps we would be listening and such letters would be unnecessary.
Of course most would believe that Barton is wrong – the solid waste department is not an"egregious example of what is wrong with government". All government? But, if Barton is correct, and he and his pals back peddled after they implied that the solid waste department workers were a bunch of druggies, the solid waste department manager should be gone long before this letter is published. The department head apparently disagrees with Barton's assertions and has the facts to prove Barton wrong. I'm listening. Barton's letter begs the questions; if the organization has been losing money for years, where has Messerle, Parry and Main been? Why hasn't the solid waste department head, or department employees, or budget committee members, or commissioners, long ago informed the people – their employers – of this significant many year loss? What specifically is wrong with the facility? What qualifies Barton to make his assertions? What equipment is in a "terribly sad state"? Whose estimate is the "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to repair – the outside engineer hasn't started his assessment yet? Where's the beef?
As in the case of the Barton recommended county manager and staff at perhaps $400,000 annually – or more based on his Jackson County example – it's time to provide substantiation and support for his arguments to the citizens of Coos County.
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May 5, 2012 – 11:23 amFred – just wondering if you want to retract any of this?
Al says, peeking from behind Fred's skirt.
Fred – just wondering if you want to retract any of this?
Fred: With all due disrespect, the county's financials are a matter of public record. If, with your alleged years of international economic development experience, you are unable to follow the red ink on the county's solid waste incineration, I scarcely think anyone can help you. There is no Bartonian conspiracy here, just a county with declining solvency subsidizing an operation incapable of breaking even. Fred, for all your dogma, we respectfully request again for you to provide a actual resume of your work history that includes company names, dates of employment, job titles and a supervisor's names and phone number. You consistently avoided providing this during your mayoral campaigns. Institutions don't count. And in the future, please provide your real name, or we will. The truth matters to most of us. Until then, we're still waiting…
If you didn't think Sanne was a threat, why would you spend so much time looking for a two month old post, just to tell us how unimportant it is.
The boys be lookin behind 'em now. That's a very good thing.
Like these feeble attempts to discredit a working class candidate are going to sway anyone's vote. We know who works, and who sells us down the river.
Mr. Sanne has no chance of rebuilding some of the claims of Barton. Some are true, some are not. Mr Sanne was most of the problem at the Solid Waste.
Thank God he's finally out of there. -
Speaking of Jon Barton, I just stumbled upon this tidbit. Anyone out there know how a struggling clinic, serving the poorest among us, bought a $50,000.00 satellite chaser from Jon Barton?
Don't miss the lonely one comment.
Hey Mary, "deceptions" Al Pettit just gave you a shout out on the The World's article "Time to cut our solid waste losses". Kudos, they are really squirming now!
Yes,Jon Barton and his lemmings and wanna-be's are lecturing us all about "business does this, and business does that", shut the hell up boys, let the men and women who WORK at solid waste make these decisions, not some fat-ass business dork sitting "at the table" making these decisions. I trust our work force, not Jon Barton At The Trough.
Its certain Jon Barton is the coach to this group that's privatizing tax dollars for SCDC members. That many connections and deals for accessing tax dollars must be worth a fortune. If Jon focuses on a target he will LIE, and oh yea he will LIE some more to accomplish his goals. He has his own pose working the comments at the world, their job is to build-up or tear down, depending on what SCDC needs to accomplish, and very soon we can expect to see his pose of letter writers going to work to cement their candidates for BOC.
I certainly hope that Mr. Sanne can rebut the Barton claims. Let there be no doubt that the "Chattering Class" remark was directed at MGX. Consider it an honor. Barton could have checked with Wikipedia or Ask or Google before using that one. Perhaps he feels like a brother to Messerle having been appointed to the Port, having been aappointed to the airport, and losing when he ran for reelection, and kicked off the port commission by the gov.


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On this day in music history: June 10, 1972 - "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr. hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, also topping the Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks on May 20th. Written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, it is the biggest hit for the Harlem, NY-born singer, actor, and entertainer. The song is originally written for the film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory in 1971. The original version of the song is sung by actor Aubrey Woods in the film. Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. will record "The Candy Man" shortly after the release of Willy Wonka and is included on his album Sammy Davis Jr. Now! The track is produced by MGM Records president Mike Curb, legendary producer/arranger Don Costa, and Michael Viner (Incredible Bongo Band). It also features background vocals by the Mike Curb Congregation who had previously recorded it before Davis, but failed to chart with it. Entering the Hot 100 at #97 on March 11, 1972, it will climb to the top of the chart thirteen weeks later. "The Candy Man" will be certified Gold in the US by the RIAA, selling over two million copies in the US.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Sendero.
Interview DetailsResume collected at university career fair. Email notification of interview offer. One round of two back-to-back 15-minute interviews on campus with two employees at the manager level or above. Mostly behavioral questions with some specific references to previous work or leadership experiences. Written offer emailed several weeks following the interviews.
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Sixth iPod nano lawsuit filed; Apple seeks to consolidate
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple over the iPod nano's proneness to scratching. Plaintiffs have now filed a total of six similar iPod nano lawsuits in California, New York and New Jersey.
"Apple marketed the nano—because it's small and streamlined—to be used in outdoor activities and athletic activities," said the woman's lawyer, Philip Bohrer. "But these devices are not designed to withstand even routine use. There's a flaw in the design that needs to be changed."
In a memorandum seeking to consolidate all six federal class-action lawsuits and transfer them to the Northern District of California, Apple lawyer Penelope Preovolos said the company "denies that the iPod nano scratches excessively absent user abuse. The iPod nano is an extraordinarily popular and successful product and is free of defects."
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Ipod Cases have been part of the equation since before the 3g. An ipod becomes unsightly in ten minutes from just finger prints, much less scratches. If you spend the 200-400 on the player, then a $20 case isn't out of your price range. But yes a case (and screen protector) is required if you don't want your ipod scratched.
It is funny that things have gotten worse, not better as the new generations pass. It's much easier to scratch a nano than the 3g ipod. Why would apple design newer generations to show scratches better?
Posted by __redruM in Gaithersburg, MD on December 28, 2005 at 12:06 PM (CST)
INVISABLE SHIELD PEOPLE!!! I put one on my nano and now totaly free of scratches and no more using a darn bulky case!!! Order it and slap it on!
Posted by CH on December 28, 2005 at 1:30 PM (CST)
Hey Mr. Objective Thinking, all this stuff about it scratching didn't stop you from buying one. The paint on my house has a scratch and now I can't live in it. Sure there is better stuff out there to make these things out of. You mean to tell me that a company is trying to maximize their profit. No frekin' way?! At least they don't crash like the new Xbox. For the record my 4g 20 color is scratched to hell, but it still works. I guess I am a sheep then because at the time I got the most memory for my money, which was my real concern. Plus an extra 10% off ecause I am a student. All these people complaining are going to be in for a real shock when they get older, I should have been a plastic surgeon. Nothing last anymore, thats the world we live in.
Posted by rebel_519 on December 28, 2005 at 5:43 PM (CST)
Instead of bending over and taking in the rear, which is *exactly* what you suggest the rest of the world should do since, you know, that's just the way it is, people are, instead using the tools put in place by society to allow the little guy to bring grievances against corporations when they go too far. Whether Apple did or not is NOT for people like you to decide, but the courts, and that's exactly what's going to happen.
It's so wonderful that we live in a country where corporations are excused from quite literally anything and anyone who thinks that maybe, just maybe, they shouldn't be able to do anything they want is ridiculed by, yes, sheep.
Posted by CodeMonkey on December 28, 2005 at 6:51 PM (CST)
Wheather they scratch or not, Apple is still smiling all the way to the bank….
Lawsuits are not going to hurt Apple. Declining sales will.
Posted by iSlunk on December 28, 2005 at 8:20 PM (CST)
I have a 3G. Stopped caring about scratches, and it is still in great condition. I say, slap a screen protector/invisble shield or whatever on it and call it good. Or be very cheap (like me) and use a microfiber cloth bag as a case. Yep. Innovation. This whole sheep thing, using resources available to use…yadda blah stuff is stupid. These lawsuits are almost…...ALMOST as stupid as the "coffee too hot, sue for not saying (caution: hot)" or "McDonalds made me fat, why didn't they tell me this?". The thing that doesn't make it as stupid is it is NOT common sense that a $250 object will scratch more easily than its predecessors. I'm guessing that is their only argument. Okay DONE.
Okay maybe not. Solve the problem WITH A STICKER OR A CASE!
Posted by Jegero on December 28, 2005 at 9:31 PM (CST)
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Posted by Hej on December 29, 2005 at 2:03 AM (CST)
And lests have the little guy pay the court fees, which is what will happen. This is going to cost the little guymre in the long run. Should better materials be used. Yes. Will that happen though the courts. Your dreaming. It start with the idiots back in 2000 and is now in place for a long time. The little guy is toast. I guess we will have to keep this up on sites like these. So put down whatever plant that you have and come back to the real word.
Posted by rebel_519 on December 29, 2005 at 6:43 AM (CST)
hey guys..it's this simple,
if you don't like it, DONT BUY IT!
I hav a g5, and b/c of the high price i wasnt really expecting to throw it down or attack, blow up, cut in half, shoot, launch, bake, run over, step on, incinerate, or use as a weapon against the black knight.
with ne electronics these days you never buy in haste, you wait and hear about the flaws.
it has great features and a very nice display, yes it will scratch easily along with cars, guitars, CD's, movies, jewelry, cell phones, lenses, cameras, mags, and nething else new and shiny.
i wonder if these people are greedy, too tight for a 20$ case, or just want publicity.
Posted by wake up on December 29, 2005 at 11:00 AM (CST)
All these frivolous lawsuits could have been avoided with a simple common sense—-by getting a case.
My 3G; Mini & iPod Video all have cases (the older 2 still look pristine when taken out of their cases, as will the iPod Video later on).
Posted by lateapexer on December 29, 2005 at 12:25 PM (CST)
Man! Apple is alsome! cant people just buy a case and enjoy the desine if somthing so great?
Posted by LawnBoy on December 29, 2005 at 4:59 PM (CST)
i have to say that ive had the bleck 2gig ipod nano for about a month now. And the first day i owned it it got scratched just from putting it in my pocket (no there was nothing else in my pocket) but honestly i could care less. as cool as the nano looks, i bought it for the size and functionality not because i wanted a hardcore mp3 player that could withstand WW3 without getting banged up. The fact of the matter is that no matter how many scratches your nano has…. it still plays the music you want.
Posted by jake on December 29, 2005 at 5:28 PM (CST)
I think all this mess just proves that apple made a great player. Out of all the things in the world to complain about people have been in an uproar about something as petty as scratches on a portable device. People just need something to complain about. I just find it funny how people take a stand against something like a cosmetic flaw and yet and still don't stand up for bigger issues. It's all about greed. Nothing more than that petty greed. I'm not some sheep I just think there are better ways and better reasons to take a stand.
Posted by Glorrybox3737 on December 30, 2005 at 12:13 AM (CST)
The case that comes with the ipod is the one that scratches it, but at least it's better than not having any at all…
Posted by hoho on December 30, 2005 at 10:17 AM (CST)
I have the white ipod Nano. I didnt know it scratched so easily and now I can bearly see through my window. I'm glad they are being sued. To spend 300.00 on anything, the company should at least put a durable plastic over the viewing window. Tsk Tsk
Posted by Elke on December 30, 2005 at 1:06 PM (CST)
I just got an iPod video for my christmas and i have taken a lot of care of it (keping it in a seperate pocket from my other shrapnel, keeping it in the case that came with it) i have not droped it . i have still got a few scratches near the click wheel because of bit os dust. the video is made of the same stuff as the nano. I dont ming the scatches as long as they r not on the screen. It still plays music aand videos great!!!
ps. sorry about the long post
Posted by rocksinger on January 1, 2006 at 5:17 PM (CST)
The ipod is durable, but it does scratch ridiculously easy. Nobody is saying Apple should stop selling ipods, stop making them durable or stop selling cases for them. They are saying put a coating on it that isn't easily scratchable. You can't name another modern small portable $xxx electronics device that scatches as easily.
Trust me, if your car scratched as easily as a Nano, you'd be onboard with a lawsuit and you'd be seeing a recall. Of course, you'd also see the hardcore "apple can do no wrong" people on that board posting that you shouldve bought a massive plastic 'sleeve' for it…. or recommend that you leave it in a garage or museum.
Posted by MarvinK on January 2, 2006 at 12:13 PM (CST)
I think that all the people complaining about scratchs should wrap their ipod in duct tape or something because i've never heard of people bitching about tape being scratched
Posted by mediocregoodguy on January 2, 2006 at 10:57 PM (CST)
I bought a case with screen protection and removed the protective plastic and my nano already has small scratches, even though it's always inside the case.
The scratching problem gets worse with the color iPods, as scratches distort the picture; they also make the iPod look ugly, and just make you feel frustrated
I think it just isn't worth the effort! It feels sh., never being able touch it or wipe it with a normal cloth, or put it in my pocket without protection, when I just want to pick it up, feel it and admire it! Isn't this the main reason of Apple's sucess, the *design*?
Cause I can just buy a Zen, or a Walkman; They look worse than an iPod, but at least you don't have to treat them like an egg or a DVD! And the covers make the nano bulky and ugly, and some scratch as easily as the iPod, or worst, scratch *it*.
I think it's stupid to "sue the bastards" - the american way of solving problems - but something should be done, even if it just involves getting Apple to make a new nano with another material, or giving up the "shiny look". They're so good, I bet they'd come up with something great.
I just wish they had stuck with the beautiful anodized metal of the mini, it was almost invulnerable.
Posted by belard on January 3, 2006 at 1:42 PM (CST)
Just one thing to say to everyone, yes the NANO is a great product, but the NANO scratches far too easily, I wonder if APPLE offered a full refund for any unhappy customers with scratches how many people will take theirs back, I would because it is a defective product, and I would wait for a NANO that does not scratch,
Posted by Z on January 3, 2006 at 7:10 PM (CST)
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To some, age can be a factor of concern when considering marriage, yet for those who believe they are with the right person, respect others and are responsible enough to deal with daily life situations, there shouldn't be any problem. I'm 22 and my husband is 28. However, I often hear that I am very mature for my age because of how I act and carry myself. And of course, we are happily married. We have been together for five years.


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Generally referred to as 'the best matchtype ever created' by perverts around the globe, the Bra and Panties Match was included in WWE SmackDown!: Here Comes The Pain and WWE SmackDown! vs RAW before pretty much being replaced by Fulfill Your Fantasy. The aim of the match, is to remove your opponents clothing... It was a simple case of pinning would equate to clothing being potentially removed, similar to the style of an I Quit match.
However, in Smackdown vs. Raw there was also a mini-game especially for this match up. A diva could enter a "spanking" mini-game using the same meter which is featured in the chop battle mini game. Only rather than chop.. you spank! If the player lands three successful spanks on the booty, a cut scene of the two female wrestlers kissing is played... you filthy perverts...


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Mostiko Records is a division of international record label CNR Records.
10 years ago Mostiko started out as a dance label. But now the label has expanded their musical repertoire by also signing and developing Pop and R&B artists.
Over the past years Mostiko delivered several successes with a.o. Junkie XL, Moloko, REGI, Housetrap and Jessy.
But the label also managed to get several top 10 hit singles such as 'Prison Break Anthem' by Kaye Styles, 'Ayo Technology' (n° 1 charts in Poland) and 'Shut Your Mouth' both by Katerine and Nutcracka by Lunaman just to name a few.
As in the past Mostiko keeps to be a leading independent label but with major airplay and sales successes.
As the music evolves, so does the label.
For instance by licensing international superstars such as Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Ginuwine, Chris Willis, Tim Berg (n° 1 chart success with 'Bromance'), Akon ('Hold on tight') and recently Michel Télo and Gusttavo Lima who have been the biggest No 1 Hits of the year.
3M8S are going international.
Not only the Belgian and Asian people are getting wild of these 3 guys, but now also the South African people will be enjoying their superb music as they are signed now to David Gresham's label!
Follow every step they make on their Facebook page...
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Any Golfers in Thailand
Hi everybody, any other golfers from Thailand in here? Do you have many golfers from Asia in here?
Even if you're not from Thailand please feel free to connect with me as I like to meet golfers from all over the world.
Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/TigerWoodsWorld
Reply : Fri 19th Jun 2009 14:30
Why can't they follow you on here Kim????
Reply : Fri 19th Jun 2009 14:33
Kim, do you happen to work for Twitter? I noticed another post of yours with loads of links to it. Hmmmm the mind boggles
Reply : Fri 19th Jun 2009 21:21
I didn't realise you can be followed in here - just let me know how or point me to a link where I can get more info
Jamie, no I don't work for Twitter, I just thought Twitter seems to be very "hot" right now and a lot of people seem to be using it, and many people who are on golf networking and community sites are using it. The "loads of links" you mention were all to pro golfers on Twitter, which I thought would be of interest to any golfers on Twitter, and as mentioned, I didn't even make the list, just copied it as I thought, obviously wrongly, that it might be of some use to members.
Feel free to delete the two posts I made, or the links within them, or cancel my account if I have broken any of your sites rules.
Reply : Fri 19th Jun 2009 22:52
Plus you obviously linked to your own twitter page to try and get traffic to your site. Most people just see this as a form of spam.
Will leave this post in place so that people can see the new level of sophistication of spam links etc in forum.
And to clarify you also want your account canceling because no one wants spam posts on the forums which were pointed out and I guess which you wanted to do ?
Reply : Sat 20th Jun 2009 08:56
As Jamie mentioned, the mind certainly does boggle.
I belong to almost every major golf and non-golf social networking site on the web, almost all of which my Twitter URL is either in my signature, or been posted somewhere, and never have I had such a negative condescending response from either members or forum moderators. The post with about 20 Twitter golf pro URL's, which I have already stated was copied from another site, had received a lot of replies on the other site, thanking the person (not me), for posting the links, so again, I simply thought this would be something of use to members rather than promotin my own site.
I run about 20 golf sites, most of which rank on the first page of google under their associated key words, and there are certainly much more effective ways to generate traffic to the sites then posting in forums. In addition, the site posted on my Twitter account is essentially a non-profit fan-site, which is why other sites have never had a problem.
Surely a much better way to handle this would simply be to delete the links with a short message. The reason I requested the account cancellation was as I mentioned, I have plenty of accounts on other sites and this is the first time I have had any form of negative feedback and really have better things to do then get in pointless discussions such as this. If I wanted to promote my sites on here and spam the forums, my 20 or so URL's would have been posted in every forum, a blog would have been set up with posts linking to the site, and I would have requested contacts with every member.
I respect this is "your" site and can run ithow you see fit, so you can cancel the account, or leave the post here as an example to other members. I won't be logging on again so you can have the last word for your members to see.
Best of luck with the site in the future.
Reply : Sat 20th Jun 2009 09:09
A A I don't know why your commenting like you are, after all when this post was first done you were Kim inglis which is why I mentioned your name now your A A, what do your expect to get from people when your changing your name and continue to direct us to other sites.
I'm happy your 20 sites on the front page of google, stick to them
Reply : Thu 12th Jul 2012 02:29
I'm living in Bangkok Thailand. If you have any questions about golf here you can let me know and I would be happy to do my best to answer.
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Don't miss the chance to venture a few miles away from Paris to see the magnificent town of Versailles. The chateau is one of the most magnificent places you will ever see. Go in early spring, when the flowers are blooming and the grass is green. The crowds are fewer as well! After watching Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dundst, I realized that this is exactly what I saw in the movie. The colors, the magic! Nothing is to be missed, I suggest sitting along the benches and admiring the to die for view during lunch time. Never in my life have I experienced as much beauty as I did during my visit to Versailles. report a problem


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by Dan Obermaier
T he Chicago area boasts some of the finest 20th Century architecture anywhere, with luminaries including Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe living and working there. But when it comes to single-family residences, no one put more Midwesterners into genuinely modern, affordable and livable homes than Keck & Keck, the brothers George Fred and William. |
The Kecks grew up northwest of Milwaukee. The elder, George Fred, studied engineering and architecture at state schools in Wisconsin and Illinois. Settling in Chicago in 1921, he worked as a draftsman at several offices before striking out on his own. During these early years, Fred made a point of seeking out the modernist works then emerging, mostly in Europe. By 1927 Keck and his partner Vale Faro, an avowed modernist, had designed their first frankly modern residence. The unbuilt house, a flat-roofed stucco cube with bands of casement windows, had elements of early, yet-unnamed International Style as well as Wright's organic style -- elements which would appear again and again throughout Keck's 46-year career.
After Faro and Keck parted ways, Keck's modernist footing broadened through his contact with the Chicago Workshops, a group of artists modeled upon the Austrian Werkbund and founded by former members. This contact ultimately led to his role in the New Bauhaus, which had broad impact on design in Chicago.
In 1937, an industrial arts school broke away from the Art Institute of Chicago with the goal of training designers using Bauhaus methods. This group, with help from Keck, brought Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Chicago as its new director. This New Bauhaus had the "old'' Bauhaus' director, Walter Gropius (by that time at Princeton), as its mentor/sponsor. And it boasted as teachers and lecturers important figures including Gropius, Alvar Alto, R. Buckminster Fuller, Henry-Russel Hitchcock, Richard Neutra and Man Ray. Keck served as architecture department head and part-time teacher at the New Bauhaus for five years while continuing his practice.
Also in 1937, Mies van der Rohe arrived in Chicago as head of architecture at the Armour Institute (later Illinois Institute of Technology). Keck witnessed the transformation of the IIT campus by the master of the International Style, whose work he had long admired. Unfortunately, this admiration was not mutual and throughout his decades in Chicago, Mies consistently snubbed Keck. According to one colleague, Mies threatened to leave Armour Institute unless Keck played no role there after it absorbed the Chicago Bauhaus, which had collapsed under wartime economic pressures. Keck apparently never knew the reason for Mies' behavior, but was hurt by it.
Among Keck's most important early commissions were the Miralogo Ballroom (1929, Wilmette, on the present site of Plaza Del Lago shopping center) and two houses for Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair, the House of Tomorrow (1933) and the Crystal House (1934). The Miralago was one of the earliest Midwestern buildings in the European modern style. Its structure and lines were International Style, while its interior applied ornament was Art Deco. The fair houses, built of steel framing and glass exterior walls using Chicago skyscraper construction methods, were structurally and stylistically far in advance of other homes of the period, including other concept houses displayed at the fair. The Crystal House, in particular, with its exterior truss frame, was as stunning and elegant as more celebrated steel houses designed decades later. Both houses were furnished using metal and leather pieces, including items from Heywood-Wakefield's Lloyd division and some pieces designed by Keck and fabricated in Chicago. The fair houses exposed hundreds of thousands of visitors to an entirely new kind of living, and doubtless made converts of many.
During the '40s, Keck developed successful pre-fabricated houses, including the Green's Ready-Builts. A subdivision of these homes went up in Rockford in 1945. Although quick and simple to build, they offered some of the best elements of high-style modern design to families of modest means.
Fred Keck's brother William, whose studies included classes at the Chicago Bauhaus, joined his brother's practice as a partner in 1946. William's presence as manager of the office enabled Fred to spend more time with clients, interviewing them, visiting them in their homes and learning about how they live. While some modernists focused on their own personal vision, the Kecks focused on modern solutions that best served their clients' needs.
In the '50s and '60s, Keck returned to a more International Style aesthetic, although frequently he continued to use cedar and, like Wright, concrete block. He also continued to use crescent-shaped floor plans, especially for large, expensive houses with a view. And Keck continued to innovate, such as the motorized retractable dome over the central courtyard swimming pool of the Weinrib House in Highland Park (1961). The commissions during this period came faster than ever before, with postwar affluence and greater market demand for modern design.
The Kecks created hundreds of elegant, livable houses in the Chicago area and elsewhere. Unlike more famous contemporaries, who talked about bringing fine architecture to the masses but failed to do much about it, the Kecks created houses that were affordable and came in on budget. Their mark on the public's consciousness is such that today, three decades after the firm was dissolved, North Shore real estate agents listing these houses routinely use the phrase "Keck house'' at the top of their newspaper ads.
Sources: "Keck & Keck," Robert Boyce, Princeton Architectural Press, 1993. Video "Keck + Keck Architects," produced, written, and directed by Edward S. Hall in cooperation with the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, 1993. "The American House Today," by Katherine Morrow Ford and Thomas H. Creighton, Reinhold publishing, 1951. "82 Distinctive Houses from Architectural Record," edited by the magazine's editors, F.W. Dodge, 1952. Interview with Peter Beltemacchi, associate professor of city planning, IIT, 1999.
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Choosing the right type of training exercises
Depending on your job and degree of responsibility, you may have a say in the choice of training exercises for your staff.
To help you identify the right one(s) for your situation, here's a quick list of the main types of exercises:
- Icebreakers
These help get training sessions off to a good start. Think of them as stretching before a run or walk. People may simply be asked to introduce themselves, or perhaps answer a specific question about themselves, for example.
- Climate setting
These exercises come early in the session and are topic-specific. If you were doing training on being observant, you might choose an exercise where a variety of items are shown for a short time, and participants are asked to describe as many as they can.
- Perception
You may want to show employees how there can be many legitimate – even contradictory – viewpoints on the same issue. One popular type of perception exercise uses a visual aid that can be interpreted in several ways.
- Team building
Typically participants are broken into small groups and given tasks to perform in a set amount of time. They help each member determine where he or she fits comfortably in a team. These can be combined with problem-solving exercises (next).
- Problem solving
The problem may be of a kind the business is facing or will face. The exercise allows participants to practice a specific problem-solving method, in teams or individually.
- Leadership
These exercises can demonstrate specific leadership techniques, or show how the lack of these can create problems.
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it was really nothing short of horrible 3d artist work. even with my limited experiance in 3D i could tell that they have not used a great deal of time on that cinematic
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I just assumed he looked so awful because his skin has been transformed to leather from too much tanning. That's what it looked like to me. He is a husk of a man on the outside, but it's what's on the inside that counts guys.
He should got rid of that anime haircut. Seriously it makes him look like (even bigger) moron.
I thought they looked nice... Not like Garrosh but nice.
Maybe he shouldn't be such a wimp then. Because Thrall was a gladiator for much of his childhood and he doesn't have any scars. And Thrall was purposely beaten to near death and healed again to inflict as much pain as possible, so he probably got his face cut open numerous times.
Anyway, yeah Varian's model is older than Thrall's or Garrosh'. But I wouldn't say Varian or Jaina look bad though, they still look pretty good compared to some of the old models. Just look at Baine or Genn, they still use the old and outdated character models.
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Thrall looks like Aggra kicked him out of the house with a frying pan to the face so....
You don't create "justice" by destroying. That includes buildings, cars, or the careers of the people you want "justice" for.
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I thought he looked awesome.
In fact, I was annoyed, because I was actually liking Varian during that cinematic. :p
You don't create "justice" by destroying. That includes buildings, cars, or the careers of the people you want "justice" for.
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I thought Varian looked fine, especially considering the age of his model. Vol'jin looked like the Joker to me, but I can't say he looked crap.
There's only one in the Alliance cinematic that made me go "wtf!" and that was Anduin. He looks like a muppet.
Coincidence?....or clever foreshadowing?!?!?!
*mind blown*
Onyxia is coming back, again again again, for the last time, next time, as a zombie ghost dragon again. One last time. She is Anduin's true master.
Yeah...her VA is awful. I think the only thing that would make it less tolerable is replacing it with wailing babies.


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