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Electronic Bill Payer Questions
1. What is Electronic
BillPayer ?
Electronic BillPayer lets you schedule
and make payments online through Internet Banking. You can pay
anyone, anytime, anywhere in the United States, from your mortgage
lender to your newspaper carrier. You can also set up repeating
payments, such as a car payment or rent and you can also schedule
payments in advance.
2. How does BillPayer
work ?
There are two basic steps involved in
using Internet Banking BillPayer to make payments:
When you first begin using the service,
add the payees to whom you want to make payments. You only need to
set up each payee once. Each time you make a payment, you just
choose a payee from your payee list and enter the payment
information. Please allow a minimum of 5 to 7 business days from the
payment date for the payment to be received by the payee. You must
allow some time for the Bank to process the payment and some time
for delivery of the payment to the payee.
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bill payment and personal information ?
Internet Banking BillPayer uses several
methods to ensure that your information is secure.
4. Who can I pay using
my BillPayer service ?
You can pay anyone in the United States
that you would normally pay by check or automated debit, with the
following exceptions:
State and Federal tax payments
Court-ordered payments
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5. Which of my accounts
can I use to pay my bills ?
You may use any consumer checking account
to pay your bills. When you enter your payment information, you can
select the specific checking account you want to use.
6. How long does it
take before a payee receives my payment ?
Scheduling pay dates sufficiently in
advance of the due date allows enough time for the payee to receive
and post the payment to your account. Although most payments will
reach a payee within seven days, some payees may take longer to post
the payment. Whether the payment is electronic or sent by mail,
payees sometimes need a minimum of two days to credit your account
after receipt of the payment. As you become more familiar with an
individual payee's posting habits, you can adjust your bill payment
dates accordingly. It is important to note that the date you
schedule a payment to be made is the date your account is debited
and NOT the date the payee will receive the payment.
** For first-time payee payments – you
may want to allow 7 to 10 business days. After checking your next
month's billing statement, you will have a better feel for how many
days in advance to schedule your future payments.
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payments have been made ?
Once a payment has been made, it will be
clearly itemized on your checking account statement. You can view
this activity online with Internet Banking.
8. When is the money
drawn from my account ?
The funds for the payments are drawn from
your account on the scheduled pay dates. Keep in mind that you
should always have funds available to cover the payment on the
scheduled pay date.
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payment and wish to stop the payment from being processed
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date in order to change your scheduled payment. Once the payment is
made, you will need to discuss the matter with the payee. To change
a scheduled payment, click the "payments" button and then click on
the specific payment you wish to change. Make appropriate changes
and then click the "Update Payment Information" button. You can
modify the payment amount, date, frequency and all other individual
payment information. To stop/delete a scheduled payment, simply
change the amount of the payment to $0.00 (using this option, the
scheduled payment will remain on your list of scheduled payments but
will not be activated) or contact the Bank to have the payment
deleted from your list of scheduled payments.
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set up a payment but do not have funds in my account ?
Unless your BillPayer checking account
has sufficient funds or credit availability to pay the bill on the
payment date, we will not be obligated to make a payment. Your
payment will not be processed until funds are available in your
11. How do I change
payment amounts ?
You may change you payment up to 3:30 PM
on the day your payment is scheduled to be sent. Click on your
payment, change the amount, then click "Update Payment Information".
12. How do I pay my
accounts at Primebank using BillPayer ?
You do not need to use the BillPayer
service to transfer money to another Primebank account, instead you
can use the transfer option. Just input the account number of the
checking, savings, installment loan, mortgage loan, etc. that you
want the funds to go to.
13. How am I billed
for the Internet Banking BillPayer service ?
You will receive 2 full months of
BillPayer service free. The BillPayer service charge will begin the
third month following your application. Fees are automatically
withdrawn from the primary checking account associated with your
BillPayer service on the 1st of the month.
14. How long does it
take for a bill payment to be made ?
Bill Payments originated before 3:30 PM
CST on a business day (Monday through Friday) will be mailed on the
following business day. Bill payments originated after 3:30 PM CST
on a business day or on any non-business day (weekend or holiday)
will be processed on the next business day and mailed one business
day after being processed.
15. Will I get a
confirmation of my transactions and bill payments ?
On a transfer, a confirmation number will
be displayed on your screen once you have submitted the transaction.
Bill payment confirmations can be viewed on your payee list.
16. Should the payment
date I give be the date the payment is actually due ?
No. You need to schedule the
payment a minimum of 5 to 7 business days before it is due. It takes
us 2 to 3 business days to process and send the payment and may take
3 or more days for the payment to reach the payee. Keep in mind that
payments are only initiated on business days, although you can
schedule them any time.
17. What information
do I need to set up a payee ?
You need the name, address, and your
account number with that merchant. If you are paying a bill that
does not require an account number (i.e., your day-care provider or
your mother) you can fill in the spaces with a memo to yourself.
18. How do I pay bills
that change amounts each month ?
You will have to set those payees up as
one-time payments. Each month, you will need to initiate that
payment and change the amount. You also could set these payments up
as recurring payments and remember to change the payment
amount each month.
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Instead of basking in the glow of their victory at the Golden Dome, Pitt players spent the week answering questions about why home is where the heartbreak is and how to avoid another stunning setback.
They only have themselves to blame, after losing twice this season at Heinz Field when nationally ranked against both Bowling Green (4-5) and Rutgers (3-5) this season. Now, they get another chance when Louisville (5-3, 1-2) visits Saturday.
"I think the best thing about this game is it's a conference game," Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt said. "We know the importance of getting a conference win. They do some things on offense and defense that were similar to what Notre Dame did."
If this was a season about lost opportunities – like the one we endured in 2007 – then we would be talking about how the Panthers should be 7-1 and ranked in the top 15 or 8-0 and ranked in the top 10. We would be talking about LeSean McCoy as a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate instead of a dark horse.
Instead, Pitt is 6-2 overall, 2-1 in the Big East and ranked No. 25 nationally. The Panthers are in the race for the conference championship – the Cincinnati-West Virginia game should help clear up the picture – and in control of their own fate. They are bowl eligible, needing one victory for their first bowl berth under Wannstedt.
Which makes beating Louisville, which owns seven consecutive victories over Pitt, all that more important. The Cardinals are a riddle: They beat South Florida one week, lose at Syracuse the next. Louisville still has a high-powered attack, ranking third in the Big East in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense.
"If you look at the statistics, they're playing as good of football as anybody in our conference," Wannstedt said. "I know they had a tough one last week, but they have five wins. We've had difficulty with them the last couple years. It's a conference game, so we have to go out and play a lot better than we've played the last couple of weeks to win this game."
The concerns are with the Cardinals' defense. They are allowing 23.9 points (sixth), 224.9 passing yards (eighth) and 316.5 total yards (fourth) this season. Then again, Pitt isn't far behind. The Panthers are allowing 27.0 points (seventh), 197.6 passing yards (fourth) and 318.8 total yards (fifth).
Numbers also are misleading. Louisville ranks second against the run, allowing only 91.6 yards, but gave up 207 to Syracuse last week. The Panthers are fifth in the conference in rushing offense, at 164.6 yards, but LeSean McCoy is running like the best back in the country right now.
"Nobody has really lined up and tried to run the football at us, to power up and run it down our throat," Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe said earlier this week. "UConn was the only team that tried to do that. Kansas State, I think they ran it 10 or 11 times with the tailback. South Florida ran it 12 times with the tailback. Nobody had really lined up and tried to do that, to try and pound us. I didn't think we tackled as well as we needed to, obviously. A function of that is Brinkley's a good back and he breaks tackles, but we've got to get that guy on the ground – I don't care who's carrying it."
If there is one other area Louisville appears susceptible, it's against the pass. The reasons teams aren't running is because they're able to throw. That works against Pitt, where Bill Stull is returning from a concussion and Pat Bostick is coming off a three-interception game.
Kragthorpe knows that Pitt offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh will play to Pitt's strengths, which the Louisville coach expects to be running with tailbacks McCoy and LaRod Stephens-Howling, no matter who's taking the snaps from center.
"We know we're going to see very similar offensive schemes, whether Pat's in there or Stull's in there at quarterback," Kragthorpe said. "They're going to line up and pound the ball at us with both of their tailbacks – the two-headed monster – and we've got to find a way to be able to defend that."
It says here that stopping the "two-headed monster" is Louisville's only hope.
* Stull shared his story after only the second concussion of his career, and said he was "just scared out of my mind."
With good reason.
Pitt has a daily reminder walking around its practice facility and sidelines in a neck brace, so the Panthers are well aware how quickly football can be taken away. When Stull came to, he immediately wondered if he was the next Adam Gunn
Stull said he was "still thinking that I could finish this game" until he saw his father, Bill Sr., on the field. Then, he became "emotional, upset, ticked off" all at once.
Stull saw a replay of the collision with McCoy on television from his room at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital that night. "I was told the back of his heel hit the back of my head," Stull said. "Honestly, it felt like someone said, 'Bill, keep your head right there and still and I'm going to kick you as hard as I can.'"
Stull said the first Pitt player to visit him in the hospital was none other than Pat Bostick, his backup. Shows you what kind of kid Bostick is.
"We were a little bit scared that he wasn't moving," Bostick said after the Rutgers loss. "It sombers things a little bit, but we tried to rally around the fact that we were going to win one for Bill. It didn't work out that way, though."
Stull was touched by the response of his teammates.
"I feel great that coach has confidence in me, that my teammates have confidence. …. Linemen calling and waking me up, how are you doing? Not even, are you playing? That means a lot to me, to know that my teammates care."
What really upset Stull was not being able to play against Notre Dame. It's every kid's dream to play in South Bend, Ind., especially for a quarterback. Stull played against Irish safety Kyle McCarthy in pee-wee football, and his father still has videos of Stull throwing a touchdown against McCarthy's team.
But Stull was suffering from blurred vision, headaches and nausea most of the week, and knew as soon as he tried to take three- and five-step drops in practice that something was wrong. After taking a redshirt last season with a thumb injury, watching was hard.
"I knew it wasn't happening. I didn't talk to anybody the rest of practice," Stull said. "It brought back the memory of last year, not being able to play."
Normally, Wannstedt said, a player has until Friday to pass concussion tests. But it's different for a quarterback, because of how much information needs to be processed on the practice field to prepare for the upcoming defense he will face.
"We were optimistic and knew that it would get better as time went on," Wannstedt said. "If you're a defensive lineman and you've been a starter and you feel better on Friday, then you probably can line up and play 15-20 plays, but not at quarterback. They pressured about 60-65 percent of the time, so it was not an easy defense to diagnose. You had to spend time in it and get practice in it to go out and attack it."
Safe to say, Stull can't wait to play again.
But, more than anything, he's thankful to be healthy.
"I'm actually upset with myself, being out for a week," Stull said. "I just want to play. Anything I can do to play. I'm not going to keep that type of stuff in my head. In the long run, it was good that I didn't play last week, and risk another injury."
* Speaking of quarterbacks, the seldom-seen Greg Cross has been a mystery to many.
Wannstedt and Cavanaugh addressed Cross' status this week, noting that it's not their intention to use him in the Wildcat package because it would take the ball out of McCoy's hands and that Cross wasn't ready to unseat Stull as the starter.
"Greg's a great kid and he brings something different to the table," Wannstedt said. "The way LeSean has come on, we had hoped he was going to be this much of a dominant player but the way he's come on it really bothers me when he's not getting the football when he has opportunities to get the football."
Can't blame Pitt coaches there. They get criticized enough as it is for not giving the ball to McCoy more, even though he's averaging 26.5 touches per game this season. And giving it to McCoy out of the Wildcat gives him four cuts to make instead of one.
"That's taken away from it a little bit," Wannstedt said, "but the intent, when we brought Greg in, we weren't sure if Billy was going to come back off his thumb (injury), we weren't sure if Pat would progress or where he and Kevan (Smith) would be, and we weren't counting on a freshman (Tino Sunseri).
"If Billy wasn't here, we would be running with Greg Cross a lot more than as a quarterback with a bit more of the option game. It's a different offense."
All of that is understandable. What doesn't make sense is why Pitt coaches, with Stull out and Bostick struggling, insert Smith after a turnover that gives the Panthers a first-and-10 at the Notre Dame 27 last week. Why not use Cross there?
And what's the harm in using a package that puts Cross, McCoy, Stephens-Howling, Aundre Wright and T.J. Porter – along with Dorin Dickerson – for short-yardage and red-zone situations? That's one I'd personally like to see sometime this season.
Line up Cross, McCoy and LaRod next to each other and let the defense guess who's getting the ball and react in time to stop that runner. Good luck with that.
But I'm just a sportswriter.
* From the department of why-aren't-they-playing comes a story about two guys – Elijah Fields and Andrew Taglianetti — who made big impacts on defense and special teams when given the opportunity to play against Notre Dame.
Where Taglianetti, a cornerback in high school, is happy to play anywhere, Fields appears set on playing one position even if Pitt coaches are using him in multiple.
"I'm going to play anywhere they need me," Fields said. "Anywhere I can help the team, that's where I'll play. But I'm a safety. Don't get it wrong: I'm a safety."
Interesting how these two were intertwined, considering that Taglianetti's development could cause Fields to move to another position. Fields, no matter what he wants, could end up starting at weak-side linebacker next season.
"I could grow into a linebacker, but I'm going to work hard this off-season and try to drop to 215," Fields insisted. "I can play linebacker, though. I can do it."
Then again, he's already balked at playing cornerback, even though he's used there in the "bandit" package, which features six defensive backs. And Fields plays outside linebacker in the nickel and "buck" packages, the latter of which features a three-man front. Not that Fields is complaining about it, even after not playing at all against Navy and in a limited role against Rutgers.
"I just like being out there," Fields said. "Every opportunity I get to get on the field, I'm happy with it. It's pretty tough but I just keep my head up and keep working hard because you know I'm going to get opportunity to play. You've just got to make the best of it."
That's quite a difference from two years ago, when he sulked.
"My freshman year, I wasn't focused," Fields said. "I probably would have packed it up and wanted to leave. Now, since I'm maturing, I've got to stick it out."
Fields credited three people with his development on the field and off: his mother, Lisa Butler; his high school basketball coach at Duquesne, Montel Staples; and Pitt secondary coach Jeff Hafley, who is working closely with Fields.
"I talked to coach Montel Staples a lot, and he told me to hang in there and keep my head up and keep working hard," Fields said. "My mom, she helped me out a lot. I talked to her every night. She said to keep working hard and something good will come out of it. I just keep working it."
Although he's not receiving any consideration for punt returns, Fields would be a viable candidate to handle the role, even if, at 225 pounds, he'd be an oversized target. He was spectacular on punt returns in high school, not only in judging the ball but in making the first defender miss and letting the rest bounce off him.
"I don't know. They've got to deal with the size issue but I've still got the ability to do it," Fields said. "I guess they recruit guys like Aundre Wright and Cameron Saddler for that. I still feel pretty fast. I feel like I'm getting faster, actually."
As for Taglianetti, he already has made a major impact on special teams by blocking a pair of punts this season. He's also on the kick-block units for PATs and field goals, along with Greg Romeus and, now, Jonathan Baldwin.
"I think it's more just effort," Taglianetti explained. "Coach Wannstedt and the staff have been putting in a good game-plan to block these kicks. I'm just going full-speed and I'm lucky enough for them to put me in that position to get there for the block. I guess I have a feel for what I have to do to get there."
Don't be so modest, Tags.
Wannstedt said it takes a special player to block kicks regularly.
"You have to have players that can do it," Wannstedt said. "You can have the greatest schemes in the world but if guys aren't fast enough and don't have a knack for getting their hands on the ball, you're not going to have much success. We've got some guys who have a natural knack of doing it. Taglianetti blocked a lot of kicks in high school. As a coach, you try to come up with schemes that give him a chance to.
"I've been around some great athletes that would close their eyes and just didn't have a knack for getting their hand on the ball. There's a lot of variables that go into it but the most important would be great effort and having the ability to do it."
Then again, sometimes scheme does have something to do with it.
"Actually, the block last week was designed for Aaron Berry to block it coming off the corner. Friday, we told Taglianetti, 'That guy just may turn out on Taglianetti. If he does, you might be free.' It wasn't designed for him to be the block guy," Wannstedt said. "But we get in the game, sure enough the guy turned to get Aaron Berry and Taglianetti blocked it."
Taglianetti also forced Notre Dame's punter to adjust on another kick, shanking it 18 yards. So, even if the stat sheet doesn't give credit, his impact is even greater.
Yet there's always that concern…
"Roughing the kicker is always a worry," Taglianetti said. "I was getting blocked. As I was running down, I said, "Man, I might not get there.' Then I looked up and the kicker was right there and I just laid out for it. I felt where I was even if I laid out, I would have gotten the ball. I rolled off right after I got it just in case I didn't get (the ball). I rushed up, I didn't think I was that close. He might have been a little razzled from the first time. He shanked it a little bit. But I don't think I really forced the issue."
It was the highlight of a long week for Taglianetti and other Central Catholic graduates – my late father, Paul (Ace) Gorman, is a '52 grad – after the sudden death of Vikings junior running back Kyle Wilson. What better way to pay tribute.
"He was an awesome kid," Taglianetti said of Wilson, his teammate on Central's 2007 WPIAL and PIAA Class AAAA champions. "He was a sophomore, but we always had a good relationship, both playing running back there and also returning kicks.
"I drove him home one time and he was an awesome kid to be around. He had a great laugh, a great smile. He had a good personality, and a good attitude. It was sad to see a kid like that pass. He was a good kid."
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I'm usually suspicious of the "slippery slope"—that logical fallacy in which the arguer suggests that things just keep getting worse and worse. Most of the time, it's used as fear tactic to keep genuinely good things from happening.That's why I was, at first, mildly encouraged by the news that "hookup culture" is evidently a myth. That's right—according to a paper presented at the American Sociological Association by sociology professor Martin A. Monto, there is "no evidence of substantial ch … [Read more...]
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As AMC's hit series Breaking Bad builds toward its conclusion, the hype builds right along with it. Fans and critics alike are lighting up the internet with all manner of adulation and, of course, goofy fandom. In fact it's difficult to find negative reactions to Breaking Bad anywhere right now, as the show rides a wave of almost universal acclaim.In the elevated tradition of critical thought, then, Stephen Bowie over at AV Club has put together "The Case Against Breaking Bad", and it's worth … [Read more...]
'Top Chef: Masters' Celebrates The Communal Nature Of Art
After Project Runway bolted to Lifetime in 2009, Top Chef became Bravo's signature reality competition series. As such, the network has sought to capitalize on the show's popularity by creating various spinoffs, such as the sweet-tooth confection Top Chef: Just Desserts or the recent Life After Top Chef. Arguably the noblest entry in this cavalcade of successors, however, is Top Chef: Masters, which follows a format similar to the original show but features contestants who are already well- … [Read more...]
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If you don't pay much attention to politics, if October every four years is when you start to get interested, you don't see that Joe Biden on MSNBC, CBS, NBC, CNN, you don't see it. You don't see it reflected in the New York Times or the Washington Post. But Joe Biden was the Democrat Party that we're all dealing with for the past 12 years. Maybe not Obama in terms of personality and character, but governance, dealing with Republicans. Biden was no different than an SEIU official beating up a black conservative at a town hall meeting in St. Louis. It was no different than that. I mean, he didn't hit anybody with his fists last night, but he was rude, overbearing.
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FROM Penn State to Miramonte Elementary School, there's a pattern to the recent child molestation stories: Revelation of charges. Further revelation that the suspicions aren't new. Public outrage at the failure of people in power to act on the original suspicions. Emergence of details that sort of explain the reluctance of people in power to act on the suspicions. No less public outrage.
Authorities had better get the message: Just as society has no tolerance for child sex abuse, it also has no tolerance for the toleration of this horrible mistreatment of the most vulnerable.
The challenge now is to imbue individuals with the same courage to speak out that crowds feel after the fact.
At Penn State, it was discovered in November that university and football-team leaders covered up the allegations that led to 42 counts of child molestation against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Their connivance led to the resignation of university president Graham Spanier and the firing of football coach Joe Paterno.
At Miramonte Elementary in Los Angeles, it was revealed last week that one of two teachers arrested on sex-abuse charges had faced complaints as long as two decades ago but was allowed to keep working. Parents are angry that they learned of the truly disgusting allegations against now former third-grade teacher Mark Berndt only through news reports after he was charged with committing lewd acts with 23 kids between 2005 and 2010.
In each case, it appeared that people who could have done something were either unable or unwilling to believe the allegations. Sandusky seemed to be a well-liked man of charity, and his connection to this most shameful of crimes would have shattered the image of Paterno's football program. Berndt sounds as if he was an admired teacher with, as far as most people knew, a few entertaining and harmless quirks.
As the Catholic church's sex-abuse scandals have demonstrated, it's not easy for molestation's young victims to make charges against adults. It's not easy for other adults to believe the worst about colleagues. And it's not easy to follow through with firings and prosecutions.
One result of the recent spate of child-abuse cases might be greater willingness for accusers to come forward. The Berndt arrest led to accusations about fellow Miramonte teacher Martin Springer, as well as further complaints about Berndt. And Monday, a janitor at Germain Elementary School in Granada Hills was arrested after the mother of a pupil told police the man had touched her daughter inappropriately.
Another result must be a reconsideration of the ways that education and law-enforcement officials handle hints of abuse.
At Penn State, Sandusky was not even barred from campus after an assistant coach told Paterno he had seen the then-58-year-old rape a 10-year-old boy. At Miramonte, Berndt continued to teach after allegations of lewd behavior in class dating back to 1990, and even while he was being investigated for allegedly subjecting students to a sick "tasting game."
Such charges can be so ruinous to the individuals and institutions. Nobody wants to make them lightly. Those old enough can never forget the 1980s McMartin Preschool case, in which lurid abuse charges against the family that ran a Manhattan Beach school produced a long criminal trial but no convictions.
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So, to start off, my workplace has been receiving somewhere between 2 and 10 calls from the same place every day for the last two weeks. Anytime we ask to be removed from the list, they hang up on us. This has happened roughly 6x at this point. The last time they called, I just roared into the phone as loud as I could.
How do the other men here deal with them? Do you feel they should be treated nicer, as they're just doing a job, or like me do you treat them with polite refusals: to a point? It's getting incredibly irritating, and I'm wondering if anyone had any good suggestions.
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The only telemarketers that I have encountered who don't take you off of their list are the ones running a scam. Next time, answer the phone play like your interested and get some info on whomever is calling you. If they seem reputable, but they just have some bad people on the phone, do what my dad always does and keep asking for a supervisor until you can't get higher. Then tell the supervisor to take you off the list. If they don't seem reputable report them to the Better Business Bureau.
To answer your question above, if you were polite and asked to be removed nicely more than twice, then you now have every right to be upset. I wouldn't blame you for being angry and yelling. I wouldn't yell, but that's not because I think you're be wrong to; it's because I think i have chance of stopping the calls by remaining calm and finding out more about them.
You know what, if the reasonable approach I suggested above doesn't work, get a recording of nails on a chalk board or something really awful, and play it into the receiver whenever they call. But fake being interested ( "huh...What... Wait I'm having a hard time hearing you... Could you repeat that"), and then start an office competition on who can keep them on the line the longest with an awful noise playing in their ear. At least then you could have some fun with it.
I used to be a phone solicitor (part time)--so allow me to let you in on a little secret---you're on the other end of a VERY long phone line. If you lose your temper and explode into the phone, the guy on the other end will probably be entertained by it. There is practically NOTHING you can say that will intimidate or really "get to" them---they're used to it. Even clever attempts to be sarcastic or get smart with them are going to seem routine---they've heard it all before. Getting nasty with them is only going to egg some of them on.
Here's what I'd do---interrupt with "I'm sorry to cut you off, but I'm really not interested, and I don't want to waste any more of your time. But thank you for calling---and have a blessed day!"--then just hang up. Fifteen seconds, tops. Trust me, if they're doing it to be ornery, it is SO HARD to be irritating to someone who is trying to be nice to you. And if they ARE just calling because you're on their list, they'll appreciate not having to go through the whole spiel with you.
If you keep getting called, then immediately ask to speak to their supervisor---if they're some scummy outfit, they'll pass you off to the guy in the next cubicle who will pretend to be a supervisor, so get a name and ask for a title---THEN ask for the name of the manager and the address and number of the home office, AND (this is key) ask this question, "Who receives process service for your company?" The guy will probably say "what?"---so repeat the question, then explain, "since we've already asked you several times to stop calling this number and you're refusing, we have no other choice than to have you served with papers and initiate a lawsuit---so I need to know where my lawyer should have the papers served. Furthermore, we're contacting the sheriff's department to initiate action for ignoring the "do not call list". That'll get their attention.
Todd mentioned interrupting their spiel and them appreciating you not taking up your time. When I get a typical junk call I just hang up and it saves them and myself time. If the same people keep calling then you need to do the exact opposite. Listen to the entire introduction. Then ask questions and have them explain everything. Tell them you are cautious and have concerns. Ask about all different options or whatever else takes more of their time. They have the ability to remove you from their calling list but have chose not to do so. If you take up as much of their time as possible and they get nothing out of it they will not want to call you again. They most likely have metrics to measure how they are doing and those probably include sales and minutes spent per call. Keeping them on the phone and not giving them any money will kill their metrics.
Thank you gentlemen! I should probably explain though, that when I say "roared into the phone" I mean that as literally as possible. Just an immensely loud, nonsensical bellow directly into their ear. They haven't called in 4 days. :D
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) Christi Layne was terrified of her husband, court records and her attorney say. After she moved out, she got a restraining order against him and had an alarm system installed.
But none of that mattered Thursday morning when he marched into a Catholic school, fired a gun and then stabbed her — right in front of her class of fifth-graders.
Officers later found William Michael Layne, 56, dead in his home from an apparent self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, authorities said.
Another woman police say Layne attacked was being treated at a Columbus hospital. Stephanie Loop, 22, was stabbed about five blocks away from the school in an alley behind her home, authorities said.
Loop's cousin, Chrissy Shepherd, said Layne considered Loop to be his girlfriend.
"I don't know if he feared she was abandoning him or what," she told the Portsmouth Daily Times.
Christi Layne, 53, was taken to a hospital in Huntington, W.Va., where she underwent surgery and "should be fine," her lawyer told The Columbus Dispatch.
The teacher and her husband, who went by Mike, separated in the summer, said neighbor Jack Freeland, who noted that the husband had a temper.
"If he didn't like something, he'd tell you straight up how it was," Freeland said.
Christi Layne asked for a civil protection order last month, saying her husband had threatened her and her son on Dec. 26.
"He said I better enjoy myself because it will be soon," she wrote in a restraining order request. "I am afraid that he will hurt me or my son when he is mad."
A judge on Jan. 15 ordered Michael Layne to stay at least 100 yards from her.
But on Thursday, police say, he entered Notre Dame Elementary School shortly after 9 a.m., walked into her third-floor classroom and stabbed her in front of 17 students.
Minutes before heading to the school, he attacked Loop, authorities said. Police later found Layne's body in his garage after a three-hour standoff at his home.
At least one shot apparently fired by Layne hit the living room wall of a neighboring home, police Chief Charles Horner told The Dispatch.
Hospital officials would not release any information about the women Thursday night.
Christi Layne had filed for divorce on Jan 25. Police had been involved in a domestic dispute between the Laynes around that time, Horner said, without elaborating.
"She was terrified something like this would happen," said Rebecca Bennett, Christi Layne's attorney. "I spoke with her actually a couple of days ago and she was still extremely worried."
Jim Arnzen, who lives in the apartment next to Christi Layne's, said she had a security system installed before moving in about two months ago.
Besides stabbing his wife, Michael Layne fired at least one shot from a gun, authorities said. Horner said it was unclear whether the bullet hit Christi Layne.
Student Emmaly Baker said she hid in the classroom's coatroom when Michael Layne walked in.
"We heard gunshots, and we heard her yelling. I was scared," Baker told WSAZ-TV. "The police officer came and got us, and she was still laying there and she was hurt really bad."
Krista Gohmann, the parent of a sixth-grader, was in the school when the gunfire erupted.
"The children ran down the steps. They ran into the office," she said. "They were screaming and said their teacher had been shot."
Police said they were reviewing surveillance video from the school to determine how Michael Layne entered the building, which has locked doors.
Classes were canceled Friday, said Deacon Tom Berg, vice chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star hotel near Church of Santa Maria Assunta
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Situated by the sea, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Positano Town Hall and Church of Santa Maria Assunta. Spiaggia Grande and Piazza dei Mulini are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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What differentiates you in the marketplace? What value does your business bring?
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'"We had a conversation," McCormick said. "He was happy with how the playoffs went in Rochester. Going forward, what I like to think is I'm here to try out for a spot on the Sabres, and that's as much as I know right now."'
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Rapper Aztek Escobar
Joins Roc La Familia
6/23/05 - LatinRapper.com exclusive interview
A buzz has been growing
about the latest addition to Roc La Familia, a Houston
rapper by the name of Aztek who not only gained attention
from a collaboration from Jay-Z, but was signed by Hova
himself. Not much was known outside of Texas
about the rapper, who has invested a great deal of faith
in his upcoming album "Colombian Necktie."
LatinRapper spoke with Aztek about hopping on board the Roc,
his debut album, and what the future holds for him.
LatinRapper.com: Many
people, myself included, don't really know anything about you.
How long have you been rhyming, and where did you come up?
I grew up rhyming off five years, I'm from all over Houston. I
aint representing Northside, East Side, West Side, South Side.
I lived all over there, I just represent Houston.
Would you say you're well known in Houston?
Yeah, definitely, I had big buzz in Houston before any of
this. To the point where the DJs were playing my freestyles
during their mixshow on the radio. They were doing that for no
other artist.
Most people assume you're Mexican from your pseudonym, but
you're Colombian, correct?
Yeah, I'm Colombian . I got the name Aztek because I been real
strong with Mexican people, and a lot of Mexicans in Houston.
An OG Mexican had given me the name because he said I was a
warrior. And Aztec, an old tribe, they used some guerilla
tactics, I was always fighting so he called me Little Aztek.
When he passed away, I took that name as a real personal
thing. But I always had a real strong bond with the Mexican
What artists do you listen to when driving through H-Town?
I listen to, believe it or not, Grupo Niche, a Colombian
group. But as far as hip hop, I listen to a lot of Jay-Z,
Eminem, I listen to all kinds of music, man.
Big Question: How does an up and coming MC from Houston end up
getting signed by Jay Z to the Roc?
Well, I cant speak for all the artist in Houston, but as far
as me, I never took no for an answer. I never doubted myself,
I knew who I was. I hustled, any means necessary, I did what I
had to do to get where I'm at. A lot of Houston people in
general have that hustler spirit in them, it's no surprise
that Houston is blowing up the way it is, its about time its
So you've done at least one track with Jay-Z, what are some of
the other collaborations you've been involved with so far?
I aint really done no collaboration with anyone yet, to tell
the truth. I could do no collaborations the rest of my life,
the song with Jay-Z, I'd be completely satisfied [having done
only that]. There are a lot of artists id like to work with
Like Who?
Eminem. I want to something with Don Omar, Slim Thug. Anybody
who's considered a great, considered successful, I'd like to
work with.
What is your response to critics who say Hov only signed a
Latin rapper to appeal to Latino consumers?
I would say that's crazy.
Are you presently working on an album?
Yeah, we got a couple tracks done for the album.
Who can we expect as guest features, and who are some of the
producers handling beats for you?
Right now we still, as far as major producers, in the works on
that. Who we wanna work with, what direction to take the
And the guest features?
We haven't decided that yet.
Unless I heard wrong, you supposedly made a claim that you
would sell a million albums in the first week you drop?
I'm gonna do real well, my first week album sales. Gonna do
great, the first week album sales. I'mma shock the world with
the first week album sales.
What kind numbers are we talking?
I don't wanna be specific about that, but you can kinda come
to a conclusion on that.
Is there added pressure from being a Latino with Jay-Z's
blessing, in other words, feeling like you have to work harder
to make sure Latinos get respect in the rap game?
I love my people, man, and every line and bar I say is for my
people. I don't see that as pressure, I see that as
motivation. I know who I am, I know what I am, what I'm
capable of. In my life I've never been pressured to do
anything, if I do this its out of the love for my people and
the love for the music.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Let the world know that we here, man. Hip hop is about to see
a new chapter now. I just wanna make good music that people
can identify with, and maybe speak for the people who don't
have a voice.
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Tarpaper shacks with rusted cars out front. Dilapidated trailers. Coal mines. Such images still come to many people's minds when they think of Appalachian Ohio. These things do still exist. But an increasingly modern region that boasts natural beauty, thriving organic farms, creative entrepreneurs and a vibrant arts community is fighting for attention every day.
Athens County is home to an abundance of cultural resources: the Ohio University College of Fine Arts and its affiliated galleries and Kennedy Museum of Art; The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center; Passion Works Studio; Foothills School of American Crafts; and an exciting new venture, Eclipse Village. And they're no longer the well-kept secret they may have been.
Author John Villani listed Athens in the 1998 and 2001 editions of his book "The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America." When USA Today pinned him down in December for his personal favorites, he ranked Athens among the top 10.
"As I traveled around the country, it became clear to me that many important, influential and highly successful artists live in rural America," Villani says. "I love Athens. It's a great arts town."
Such compliments are no fluke. They result from the dogged determination of the people leading the region's arts organizations. These individuals, many of whom are Ohio University graduates, are committed to putting southeastern Ohio on the leading edge of a national grassroots movement that is reaching critical mass: arts as an industry for economic development. That this is industry sans smokestacks makes it popular among Athenians.
"People who come to Ohio University for their education fall in love with Athens and want to stay," says Patty Mitchell, BFA '87 and MFA '91, Passion Works' founding director and artist-in-residence. "An extraordinary collection of artists with a strong sense of community live in Athens County."
Mitchell is among the many graduates who have stayed. She is working with fellow alumni and like minded community members to build on a rich Appalachian heritage and the creative endeavors of craftsmen, artisans and professional artists who find inspiration in the hills of southeastern Ohio.
Kari Gunter-Seymour, BFA '94, who was born and raised near Athens in Amesville, is driven to preserve the land, culture and ambience of Appalachian Ohio and to make Athens County an arts destination. She thinks the best way to achieve this is through a unified effort on the part of regional arts organizations.
"We are all trying to make an industry out of the arts, an industry that doesn't pollute or change the landscape," she says. "The goal is to promote healthy change."
She and local artist Paul MacFarland, AA '81, are part of a small group of dedicated volunteers drafting a business plan to create a regional arts center that draws on the strengths of Appalachian Ohio.
So, what is it about Athens?
Relaxed. Comfortable. Affordable. Beautiful. Rich in artistic tradition. These words slip with ease off the tongues of Mitchell and her peers. It is, she says, a place where "you can just be."
"I love living in Athens; it's easy to put ideas into play," Mitchell says. "Comfortable living means excitement and energy come from within. There is a spirit of cooperation here. Everyone wants to do well."
That spirit quickly became apparent to Raymond Tymas-Jones when he arrived in Athens four years ago to become dean of the University's College of Fine Arts.
"The very, very strong community of creative people who live in this area are passionate about art and art-making," he says. "They have an altruistic attitude that reaches out with intense focus."
It's an attitude that fits perfectly with the college's own mission and makes it easy for the University to be a good neighbor. Many of the college's 900 undergraduates and 250 graduate students are deeply involved in regional arts organizations, as are its faculty and staff.
Former School of Art Director Power Booth offered Seigfred Hall's gallery to the Athens Area Arts Alliance for its holiday gift shop and summer exhibit. Visiting ceramics instructor Pam Pemberton and students recently made more than 350 clay soup bowls for a community fundraiser. And Interim School of Art Director Bob Lazuka is working with Mitchell to create a student internship program at Passion Works, a studio dedicated to providing artistic and collaborative opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.
Mitchell founded Passion Works in 1998 to "inspire and liberate the human spirit through the arts." A lofty goal to be sure, but Mitchell is constantly rewarded. "Every day," she says, "I find someone with a gift." What sets Passion Works apart from other arts programs involving developmentally disabled individuals is that it is not therapy based; it is dedicated to the creation of fine art.
More than 1,000 Ohio University and Hocking College students, faculty and staff have volunteered at Passion Works, helping with everything from sorting beads for Passion Jewelry to partnering with the artists to write poetry.
"When you come through the Passion Works door, you are among working artists," Mitchell says. The bar to create quality work is high, and Passion Works artists do it every day. Their pieces are genuine, intimate and as deliberate as they are spontaneous.
The studio is best known for its Passion Flowers, brightly painted sculptural metal flowers of varying sizes. Inspired by Passion Works artist Carolyn Williams' flower drawings, they are painted by a corps of artists and then cut and assembled by members of the community. Every step of the process provides employment opportunities. They are so prolific in the community that Mayor Ric Abel in October declared them the official flower of Athens. They are profitable, too, generating $30,000 of Passion Works' $60,000 in sales last year. The studio also sells paintings, quilts, ceramics and sculpture.
Several Passion Works artists have achieved almost cult status thanks to their highly sought-after work. Among them are Williams, who also is known for her quilts, illustrator David Dewey and painters Harry Grimm and Nancy Dick. Their work has found its way to greeting cards, rubber stamps, decorative tiles and sterling silver charms used in Passion Jewelry.
Athens businessman and restaurateur Ed Fisher displays and sells Passion Works art in his restaurants, Purple Chop Stix and Starving Wolf Caf. The latter, located in the fledgling Eclipse Village, is named for a David Dewey drawing.
The land and buildings that comprise the village, located off the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway in The Plains, were purchased from owners of the defunct Eclipse Mine five years ago by local entrepreneurs and artists. The venture is a true experiment in the arts as a vehicle for economic development.
"What this project is all about," says Fisher, "is economic development, human resource reclamation and product resource reclamation."
In addition to Fisher's restaurant, the tiny woodframe miners' homes house The Bone Gallery and Frame Shop, the medical office of Dr. John Coppinger, a Buckeye Forest Council office, On The Path Wholistic Healing Center and the Eclipse Textile and Fabric Collective. The remaining buildings still are in need of restoration.
At the end of the lane, within a stone's throw of the 17-mile bike path that runs from Athens to Nelsonville, is The Company Store. It once served the needs of the mining town of 1,200 residents who lived and worked in the Eclipse Mine. The mine was abandoned at the end of World War II, and the company store has remained closed save for a brief occupation by the VFW.
"We reopened the store in 2001," Fisher explains, "but now we are mining art."
Fisher's involvement began nearly two years ago when Mitchell decided to expand Passion Works by adding a second studio and gallery space at The Company Store. Together they are working to raise money to make the relocation a reality.
For now, The Company Store's two floors and basement are filled with installation pieces and artwork by School of Art faculty and students, local high school students and community members. Many of the pieces are made from materials found in and around the building that, while structurally sound, is in disrepair. A recent exhibition titled "Found About and Rounded Up" consisted of art entirely made from items found on the grounds. One installation features slate shingles taken from the roofs of the original cottages. They are streaked by decades of rain, creating images that one first assumes to be the work of an artist.
The ground floor serves as a combination gallery and gathering place. Musical performances are held in a stage area every Friday. Fisher says The Company Store eventually will house gallery, studio and production space; a stage for performances; and banquet seating. A juice bar is planned for the second floor.
Paul MacFarland runs The Bone Gallery and Frame Shop, which features the work of local artists in shows that rotate every two weeks. When the gallery is open, a wooden bone hangs on the front porch from two lengths of chain.
"We are selling a valuable product, art produced here in Appalachian Ohio," MacFarland says. "The shows represent the best of Appalachian modern art."
MacFarland's passion for -- and deep roots in -- Appalachia is shared by Gunter-Seymour, president of the board of Foothills School of American Crafts in Nelsonville. As a longtime basket maker, she has experienced firsthand the challenges of preserving tradition, culture and an endangered craft while trying to maintain a self-sufficient lifestyle.
"I struggled to make a living for years, and it was clear to me that other artisans and craftsmen were struggling as well," says Gunter-Seymour, who works as a graphic designer for the University. "We needed help."
Foothills School is one source of assistance. Incorporated in 1989 as a nonprofit educational agency, Foothills was established by craftsman David Baird, educators and civic leaders who saw the need for a supportive environment for regional artisans. In addition to teaching design and fabrication, the school equips students with general and craft-specific business skills and is committed to preserving endangered regional crafts.
"Foothills is all about promoting the overall welfare of the Appalachian region by supporting and encouraging the artistic community," Gunter-Seymour says. "We feel strongly about creating programs and facilities that contribute to the development of economic activity."
In partnership with Hocking College, Foothills offers four five-week classes in Appalachian art for college credit: Native American flint-knapping, copper enameling and jewelry making, ceramics and sculpture, and stained glass. The courses, taught at Foothills, count toward either a humanities requirement or an elective. A weeklong Appalachian Arts Camp will take place at Foothills this summer to acquaint prospective students and their parents with the new art programs at Hocking College. The collaboration is the first step toward an accredited associate degree program in Appalachian arts and marketing.
Located in a restored century-old building on Nelsonville's Public Square, Foothills houses the Baird Gallery and an artist resource center that accommodates six G-4 Macintosh computers, a color laser printer, a scanner, a digital camera and a research library -- everything struggling artists need to market their work. The second floor houses workshops for students whose art incorporates metals, sewing or stained glass. Individual studio space also is available for rent, and an auditorium on the third floor is undergoing renovation.
With Foothills School and Stuart's Opera House as anchors, the square in Nelsonville, Gunter-Seymour says, is the perfect location for a regional arts operation that could accommodate hundreds of artists -- performing, visual and culinary -- in an area ripe for economic development. (In recent years, plant closings or relocations have meant the loss of nearly 750 area residents' jobs.)
"I'm not thinking about creating a shopping destination, but about creating an artistic experience," she says.
"I envision a place where visitors can spend time working with artists and craftsmen to truly learn how the work is created."
The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, the oldest and most independent of the area arts organizations, also is mulling over the benefits of a unified effort to promote the arts. Housed in an old dairy barn, the organization offers juried exhibitions, including Bead International and Quilt National, art classes for children and workshops for emerging artists needing advice on the business side of art. Director Crista Campbell says there have been discussions among board members about forming a consortium of local arts organizations, but there are some reservations.
"I'm not sure we want to add another level of administration. There is a very strong feeling of free spiritedness in Athens County," Campbell says. "It would have to be a consortium rather than an arts council that would serve the community, and it would have to go beyond Athens County to include southeastern Ohio."
Historically, partnership and collaboration have not been front and center among Athens' arts organizations. While it's true the players want one another to succeed, they are cautious about who should assume a leadership role to move the arts forward. The hesitation, says Campbell, is based on a fear that individual organizations could lose their unique identities.
Yet there is one point on which everyone agrees: A more cohesive arts community has the potential to create a healthy economic base in one of the poorest counties of southeastern Ohio. If that happens, perhaps tarpaper shacks, dilapidated trailers and coal mines won't be the first images that come to mind when people think of Appalachian Ohio.
Susan Green is a media specialist for University Communications and Marketing.


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Tue. January 28, 2014 | Mary Kenney
Mitchell is keeping its football coaching position in the family.
Andy Schmitz — son of former Mustang coach Scott Schmitz — was offered the job Monday afternoon.
"This, honestly, is where I've always wanted to be," Andy Schmitz said. "This is where I started, when I first graduated from college."
Mitchell first hired Schmitz in 2003 as a history teacher, and he worked as an assistant football coach under his father. He became the school's basketball coach the following year.
During his three-season tenure as basketball coach, the Mustangs made the playoffs twice and won a district championship.
Schmitz left the school in 2010 to become Hudson's athletic director. He quickly realized it wasn't the role he wanted, and he returned to Mitchell as a social studies teacher in 2011.
Now, he said, his goal for the Mustangs is simple.
"We really only have one goal — that's to win a district championship," Schmitz said. "We've never done that. Players, coaches, administration …everyone thinks that's something we should be competing for every year."
The Mustangs compete in Class 6A, District 6. They were ranked fourth in district play in 2013 after going 6-4 overall and 1-3 against district opponents.
Scott Schmitz retired in November after a 36-year coaching career. He started the Mustangs' football program in 2000 and was the longest-tenured coach in Pasco County.


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RIO GRANDE - Unless you've been to the circus, you may not appreciate the art of the hibachi chef. In place of juggling balls, there are assorted knives, spatulas and forks that float through the air, while it's food that works the high-wire act in the four center rings.
The smiling ringleaders - in the guise of hibachi chefs -perform their schtick. The music is supplied by the moans of the crowds. In lieu of wild animals, the choices here are farm raised. And, just as with the circus, the more the merrier for adults and children alike.
A once-lonely stretch of Route 47 is now a bustling center of business enterprises. Businesses require eateries of all sorts, and family restaurants like Momiji Japanese Hibachi & Sushi Bar help fill the void.
Momiji was packed the night of our review. That translates into a loud scene that moves around the room as the black- or red-hatted chefs perform their magic act on the hibachi. Whole eggs spin on the grill, fly through the air and disappear into a hat or a shirt pocket, only to appear again later as part of each dish.
A series of flames, fires, smoke and steam keeps kids and adults alike with their eyes glued on the entertaining chefs. The faces of the kids reflect awe, amusement and, at times, fear as the chefs substitute squeeze bottles with strings for the kids in place of the sake-filled ones used on the adults.
Either way, they each get a jolt. Children have a special menu at the hibachi table, but the best part is when the chef goes around the table flinging chunks of chicken into the air and allows the customers to catch their meal with their mouths. Playing with your food has never been so much fun.
Although you may spot couples from time to time, the bulk of the customers are families of varying numbers. While teens mostly survive by grinning and bearing, it is the faces of the younger kids that make the whole experience worthwhile - watching them experience the show seated around the hibachi grills. Better still is to sit at a table away from the four hibachi set-ups in order to follow the action as it goes around the room. There is something for every age during this greatest show on earth.
Tuna tataki ($9.95) is a rectangular cut of tuna, rolled in sesame seeds then pan seared and served over a crunchy seaweed-and-cucumber salad. We used our best chopstick etiquette to apply equal parts of tuna, seaweed and sauce to our palates in one attempt.
Shumai ($4.75) are the steamed seafood dumplings, appearing as tiny, disk-shaped pasta filled with a mild, unnamed seafood mixture, a soy dipping sauce and a hand-carved carrot blossom for good measure. Some entrees come complete with an iceberg, tomato and cucumber salad covered with a carrot-ginger puree and a bowl of miso soup with seaweed and tofu dice.
Shrimp tempura ($13.95) was long pieces of tail-on shrimp, batter dipped and rolled in panko-style crumbs then deep fried to crisp. We don't know how the shrimp were made to appear so long, but we couldn't argue with the technique. The crisp shrimp paired well with another soy dipping sauce.
Sushi can be ordered as single rolls or in assorted combinations for one, two or more diners. We sampled the Cape May roll ($6.50) with shrimp, crabmeat, cucumber, avocado and asparagus; the crunchy spicy-tuna roll ($6.25), which is spicy tuna with tempura flakes; and the sweet-potato roll ($4.50). All were served with Japanese green wasabi and gari - pink pickled ginger - for clearing the palate between tastes. We also sampled two scoops ($2.75) of green-tea ice cream that had the texture of Play-Doh without all the flavor.
The abandoned takeout window revealed the building as a fast-food chain in a previous life. Inside, wood had been used to transform the dining room. The behemoth stainless-steel venting systems that are a necessary evil over the hibachi grills have been cleverly disguised by wood trim all around.
(C.C. Hoyt is the pseudonym of a southern New Jersey food writer. Write to Hoyt c/o Food Editor James Clark at firstname.lastname@example.com. Restaurant-ratings guide: 4 stars, extraordinary; 3 stars, excellent; 2 stars, good; 1 star, fair; 0 stars, poor.)
Japanese Hibachi
& Sushi Bar
1302 Route 47 south
Rio Grande
Phone: 609-886-8888
Hours: Dinners Monday to Thursday, 4:30 to 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 4:30 to 11 p.m., Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.
Liquor license: BYO
Credit cards: Most major
Disabled access: Yes
Price range: Appetizers, $4.25 to $9.95, entrees, $10.95 to $35.95
Our bill for two: $52 plus tip


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