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Epson Stylus SX535WD
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Following the pattern established by the previous Epson Stylus multifunction units I have looked, the Epson Stylus SX535WD is a box shaped unit with rounded corners to give it just a touch of style. Predominately black in colour, combining matte and areas of reflective black that tend not to show up finger smears (do I hear a shout of "hurray"), this model has dimensions of 445 x 367 x 169mm making it slightly smaller than the BX635FWD that I looked at recently. The SX535WD offers print, copy and scan capabilities with a choice of USB, Ethernet or wireless connectivity.
Once you have removed the various strips of blue tape from around the unit, you can lift up a control panel positioned on the front of this multifunction device. This panel can lock into place at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Taking up a central position on this control panel is a 2 x 1.5-inch colour LCD providing feedback information. To the left of this screen are LEDs for power and wireless network status plus on/off, Home and a Photo buttons. A nine option navigation pad plus Start and End buttons are arranged on the right,
Also located on the front is a memory card slot with support for xD, SD/SDHC, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick Duo formats. Completing the furniture on the front is the paper output opening with an extendible support to stop your documents being scattered over the floor and the input paper tray with a capacity of 120 A4 sheets. I often struggled to replace this paper tray after refilling it. I found it far easier to refill the tray while it was still partially inserted although this method did not help when I needed to adjust the paper guides for different sizes of paper.
The SX535WD, like other recent Epson inkjet models, makes use of four ink cartridges. These cartridges are for Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. You need to slot them into a holder unit located within the body of the printer. Once the cartridges have been inserted, the SX535WD will run a maintenance checking routine which takes around four minutes. At this point you will need to install the supplied software before connecting this multifunction device to your computer system.
The Epson software includes drivers, utilities, photo print application and a copy of ABBYY FineReader Sprint for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) work. At the appropriate point during the installation, you will be advised when to select your chosen method of connectivity. In some cases you might need to attach a USB lead in order for a wireless connection to be established. The USB lead can be removed once the wireless connection has been completed.
Mounted on top of this multifunction device is an A4 flatbed scanner. With a resolution of 2400dpi resolution, this scanner can direct its documents to the printer as it acts in photocopy mode or to a computer. However the SX535WD would not accept my wireless connection when I asked it to send a scan to my computer. However if the request came from my computer using the supplied scan interface, documents could be scanned to my computer via the same wireless connection that was previously ignored. Scanning and printing an A4 full colour photocopy took 24 seconds to produce good quality output.
The Epson print driver that comes with this product offers five quality setting levels. These settings are identified as Fast, Economy,Normal, Fine and Quality. Print speeds for each of these settings when producing a 102-word document with a 35 x 50mm full colour image produced the results in the following table.
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The print driver also supports duplex printing. To test this feature I printed a 3000-word document covering six pages. I selected theNormalprint setting and timed the process as the SX535WD printed one side of the paper and then automatically pulled the page back into the printer to produce the reverse side. The process took 70 seconds.
Various tests were run to test the quality and print speeds for full colour photos. Tests were carried out using the supplied Easy Photo Print utility and printing direct from the memory card slot. Printing borderless 10 x 15cm full colour photos averaged out at 67 seconds while borderless A4 prints required 3 minutes 6 seconds. Image quality was of a reasonable standard.
As with other Epson multifunction models, the SX535WD unit supports the Epson Connect Printer Service facility. This feature allows you to set up a password protected account enabling you to send documents to a specified email address which is linked to the printer. You can thus send documents from a remote location for printing on the SX535WD.
Originally released with a price tag of £149.99, the Epson Stylus 535WD is currently being advertised on the Epson website at £74.99. Individual replacement cartridges are priced at £11.99 with a multipack consists of the four cartridges available at £45.83.
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Once again Memphis kept it close in the first half and lost it in the second half.
It's a recurring theme this year that the Tigers come out and play a close game in the first half and then completely lose it in the second. SMU started the game with the ball and the Tiger defense held them to a three and out.
The Tiger offense looked to be on the move with a couple quick passes to Keiwone Malone but then Memphis reverted back to the run, run, pass, that's been so predictable all season.
On the Mustangs second possession they started to pick up some rhythm and managed a 9-play, 66-yard drive. The Tiger defense held them at the end and SMU settled for a 39-yard field goal.
When Memphis got the ball for their second possession they continued with their run, run, pass, mentality. The result? A three and out of course.
Memphis Punter Tom Hornsey booted a nice 52-yard punt. The only problem was SMU returned it for 59 yards to the Memphis 5 yard line. One play later SMU had a 10-0 lead.
So on the third possession for Memphis you'd think they'd try a different approach than the run, run, pass. But you thought wrong.
Jai Steib rushed for 3 on first down. Insert Eric Mathews at quarterback on 2nd down and if you've watched any game film you would know Mathews runs 99% of the time. Mathews rushed for 2 but fumbled the ball and SMU recovered.
Four plays later SMU took a 13-0 lead.
The Tigers got on the board in the 2nd on a 4 play 64-yard drive. On this drive the play calling was pass, rush, pass, and rush.
SMU added a field goal before the end of the half and the Tigers were down 16-10 at the half.
Coming out in the 2nd half the Tigers had the opportunity to take a lead with a touchdown.
They started moving the ball on the 13 play 53-yard drive that resulted in a field goal but during that drive they had 2 consecutive run on 1st, run on 2nd, and pass on 3rd plays.
The score was 16-13 SMU. The Mustangs woke up and reeled off 28 straight points to finish the game. Memphis managed 64 yards of total offense in the 2nd half, 6 yards in the 4th quarter.
The Tigers (1-7) will regroup and travel to Marshall (3-5) next week.
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Hot Springs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,812, making it the second-least populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Thermopolis. The county is named for the hot springs located in Hot Springs State Park.
Hot Springs County was created on February 21, 1911 with land detached from Big Horn County, Fremont County, and Park County.
Hot Springs County was named for the hot springs located in the county seat of Thermopolis.
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Notes: Abreu searching for groove
Notes: Abreu searching for groove
DENVER -- Since making Comerica Park in Detroit look small by hitting 41 homers in the Home Run Derby on July 11, Bobby Abreu has yet to go deep in the second half of the year. The homerless span actually extends to six games prior to the All-Star break, for a total of 20. And it's not just the home runs that are missing -- Abreu is slumping in general, batting 3-for-17 (.167) in the first four games of Philadelphia's road trip. "He's in a funk," said manager Charlie Manuel. "He's close, needs his timing -- looks like he strides too quick."
Abreu has insisted the Derby did not affect his swing, saying he's been pulling and jumping to the ball. "I need to stay back and let the ball travel more," Abreu said. Despite batting .224 in July, Abreu has reached base in 21 of the team's 23 games entering Friday. He has drawn 16 walks over that span, tied for fifth-best in the National League, and owns a respectable .340 on-base percentage for the month. Abreu went 1-for-5 Thursday with a strikeout. Abreu has played in 103 of the team's 104 games, and received his first day off last week. Manuel said Abreu needed a mental break, and that he believes his slugger is close to regaining his time and rhythm. The 41 home runs, a record in the Derby, were 10 more than Abreu's single-season best, which he set in 2001. He crushed a record 24 home runs in the first round of the Derby. An All-Star in each of the past two seasons, Abreu is two home runs shy from becoming the third player in Major League history with seven straight 20 homer/20 stolen base seasons. The other two are Barry and Bobby Bonds. Speedsters sore: Both Jimmy Rollins and Kenny Lofton were in the lineup Friday, but dealing with minor pains. Rollins tweaked his right ankle running out an infield single Monday, and Lofton has been dealing with lingering hamstring issues. Manuel said Rollins told him the ankle was all right. Friday marked Lofton's 49th game since returning from the disabled list, after straining his right hamstring. However, Lofton left the game with acute inflammation of the left patella, and is considered day-to-day. Rollins leads the team with 24 stolen bases, while Lofton is third best with 11 swipes. Rollins was picked off first base in Thursday's series opener by Colorado catcher Danny Ardoin. Lofton went 1-for-3 Thursday with a walk, two runs and two RBIs. He knocked a two-out single up the middle in the fifth to put the Phillies ahead. Rollins went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Adams retires: Reliever Terry Adams, who started the season with the Phillies, cleaned out his locker and told Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre manager Gene Lemont he was retiring immediately for personal reasons on Thursday. Adams allowed three runs in the eighth inning, and was the losing pitcher. Lamont told reporters he did not plan on Adams coming back. In 16 games with the Phillies, Adams went 0-2 with a 12.63 ERA before being designated for assignment. He went 1-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 14 appearances for Scranton. Adams, who has been in the Majors since 1995, also spent the 2002-03 seasons with the Phillies. Coming up: The Phillies send Cory Lidle (8-9, 4.63 ERA) to the mound Saturday. The right-hander, who is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, is 0-1 against the Rockies this season. Colorado starts Aaron Cook, who will be making his first appearance since last Aug. 7, when he suffered blood clots in both his lungs.
Michael Gluskin is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The New Year has been kind to the Yonkers Bulldogs.
After starting off the season 0-7, Yonkers won its fourth straight game on Thursday, defeating Palisade Prep, 47-15, in the semifinal of the Yonkers City Tournament at Saunders High School. The Bulldogs (4-7) will face Saunders in the championship game Saturday at 3 p.m. at Saunders.
"I think the key (to the win) was our teamwork," Yonkers junior Dyamond Morris said. "We all worked together, we all made shots and we all went out there and played our game. It just shows our hard work is finally paying off as a team."
Morris scored a game-high 11 points with seven of them coming in the second half. Angelina Miele and Sha'Quasia Watford each added eight points in the win.
"I think our passing and our teamwork were better compared to other games," Miele said. "(Playing in this tournament) is good. It gives us better competition for the season."
Palisade Prep (6-5) played without starting point guard Taijah Pink, who will be out another two weeks with an injury. Lourdes Bohorquez and Kayla Cortinas each had five points. Palisade Prep will play Riverside in the consolation game Saturday at 11 a.m.
"Being a small school, when you don't have that many players, losing one gives the trickle-down effect," said Palisade Prep coach Mike Denman. "But we scrimmaged against Riverside earlier this year. It should be a competitive game."
Yonkers will play Saunders in the championship game. Saunders beat Yonkers earlier in the season, but Yonkers coach Meagan Fitzpatrick said the Bulldogs are excited for a rematch.
"Playing all of the Yonkers teams is great," said Fitzpatrick, who is in her sixth year as head coach. "It's always a very competitive game with Saunders. It should be fun."
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After appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show," they were soon singing for President Kennedy himself.
They recorded more than 50 best-selling albums. Singing songs of Irish rebellion and songs from Irish pubs, brothers Liam, Paddy, and Tom Clancy, along with their friend Tommy Makem, filled concert halls across the country for decades.
"The crowds got so wild," recalls Liam. "And they would hoist crates of beer up onto the stage and demand that we drink them. It was a wild and wonderful time."
With his brothers Tom and Paddy now dead, and Tommy Makem in retirement, Liam Clancy has just written his story in a memoir called "The Mountain of the Woman."
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The town is Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary. Eleven children were raised in the music-filled house of Robert Joseph Clancy and Joanna Clancy. Liam's older brother, Bobby, still lives there.
Liam Clancy left Ireland in 1956 for New York's Greenwich Village, where his two older brothers were already living. It's a chapter in his life he remembers well.
He says, "Greenwich Village was an island for people escaped from repressed backgrounds, who had swallowed the directive to be inferior, to know your place, to kowtow to royalty, to hierarchy, and all the other nonsense."
In the back of the White Horse Tavern and other clubs, they sang and drank and sang again. A young musician named Bob Dylan remembered being star-struck by Liam Clancy.
"For me, I never heard a singer as good as Liam," Dylan says. "He was just the best ballad singer I ever heard in my life. Still is, probably. I can't think of anyone who is a better ballad singer than Liam."
Before the Clancys, much of Irish music in America did not come from Ireland at all. It was written in New York.
Explains Liam, "Tin Pan Alley was a factory for turning out music. It was written for a specific purpose: to sell sheet music. And schmaltz was very popular, very salable, but it certainly didn't represent the authentic Irish music, which came out of the history. It came out of the hardships, it came out of the joys and loves of the people themselves."
The group did more than revolutionize Irish music. There were the sweaters, too.
"My mother felt sorry for us," says Liam. "She got three sweaters made to send out to us as Christmas present -- to her sons, so that they wouldn't get cold. And then she thought, 'Poor Tommy Makem is going to be cold as well.' So she got a fourth one made."
Their manager saw something else in the sweaters: a signature look.
"He said, 'That's it.' He said, 'That's it. We got it.' I said, 'Marty, we're going to die in the heat.' He said, 'Die then. It'll keep your weight down. This is perfect.'"
After living in the United States and Canada, Liam Clancy and his wife now live in the town of Ring, along Ireland's Southeast Coast. Gaelic is still spoken there.
"It's like the salmon coming back up the river to the place where it was spawned," he says. "You have to come back to the place you came from."
A few years back, on his birthday, Clancy caught pneumonia. In the hospital, he thought of a line from writer Nico Kazantzakis, who wrote "Zorba the Greek:" "When a man dies, that particular vision of life which is his and his alone dies with him. It behooves every man to tell his story."
So, at 66, he is off on a book tour to tell his story. And Sony Records has just issued a new CD: "The Best of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem."
Liam now sings with his nephew, Robbie O'Connell. The rich voice ends each concert, just as it did in the old days. The song: "The Parting Glass":
I spent it in good company."
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Tomas Overtoom and Liza Koifman are the founders and creative team of clothing label OntFront (ontfront.com).
How would you characterise your style?
We put together this concept with hip-hop in our minds. When we started five and a half years ago, the things you could buy in stores were t-shirts and jeans or business suits. We decided to launch items for men that are exactly in between casual streetwear and more tailored, quality garments.
In terms of fashion, what stores or brands really stand out?
Of course Patta shoes are what Amsterdam is famous for. Filling Pieces, which we have in our store, is an Amsterdam shoe brand that does really well. Tenue de Nîmes on Elandsgracht has Japanese denim and denim-inspired looks. They're young and really good at what they do. In the south, there's 1, which takes the purity and practicality of the heritage style and makes it fresh. They have classic English hunting jackets, which are bought by kids who listen to hip-hop.
Where can you go to hear new music?
Normally we go to the Sugar Factory, Bitterzoet, Studio 80, Club Up, and places like that. Chicago Social Club is a new club night held in Boom Chicago. In terms of music, it's similar to Bitterzoet. It has everything from new soul to experimental, so the feel of it really depends on the line-up. For hip-hop, Cafe Struik on Rozengracht also has nice music playing. It's a small cafe that kind of resembles Cafe De Duivel [ed: now closed], which was more hardcore, but this is more soft and easy-going.
Where do you go to grab a good drink?
Door 74 is an intimate a cocktail bar. It has a living-room atmosphere with private tables. The girls who work there are amazing mixologists. Vesper is another bar that's really good with cocktails. It can get quite crowded on Fridays and Saturdays. Go when it's not too busy, because they don't have many places to sit.
Any places for fashionable people-watching in Amsterdam?
The thing about Amsterdam is that it's small, so every subculture mixes together here. You've got Toko MC at the MC Theatre. It's a restaurant but they also do some club nights. Their food is fusion Surinamese that's much more refined than anything you can get from a take-away place. The theatre does a lot of multicultural exhibitions and performances with artists from Suriname or Aruba. On Monday mornings you can go to Noordermarkt. You can have coffee on the square and watch the people. It's a vintage market, so everyone that comes there is usually well-dressed or creative.
Where do you go to find artistic inspiration in Amsterdam?
Usually we go to openings, not to big galleries or museums. There's a really cool shop called Precinct Five, run by a DJ called Mr. Wix. It's in an old police station across from the flower market. We also go to Foam a lot for photography.


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This could be a testing time for relationships but it could also be a time when one particular relationship becomes deeper and stronger. Remember: true love is not about having what you want but about wanting what you have, because then you have it all.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
You would be the first to admit there have been times when you worked far too hard. Now your priority must be to respect your limits and, where possible, get some rest so you can rebuild your strength. Slow down as from today.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):
You were born with some remarkable talents but have you been making the most of them? If you are honest you will admit you could have done more but that's okay because you will always get another chance – and here comes one now!
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):
Don't keep your feelings bottled up inside you. Let them out so they can be dealt with. Gemini may be one of the zodiac's more rational signs but you have an irrational side too. It's okay to shout and scream a bit – occasionally.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23):
Cosmic activity in the communications area of your chart will make it easy for you to find the right words – but will you use them the right way? Words can hurt as well as heal, so say only what you know will inspire those around you.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):
You need to cut through the fog of misinformation and get to the root of whatever problem it is that is bothering you. Most likely you will find it is no problem at all, just something that requires a slightly off-centre solution.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):
The sun and Mercury in your sign will concentrate your mind and help you focus on what is truly important. But attitude is important, too. Whatever decisions you make over the next few days, you must believe they can and will work out for the best.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):
You need to make a decision of some kind, and it is the kind of decision you have to reach on your own. Not everyone will approve, of course, but that's irrelevant. What matters is that you can make it and live with yourself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):
Try to find common ground with a group of people you have not always seen eye-to-eye with in the past. You actually share many things in common and if you can overcome your more obvious differences you can do great things together.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):
The Sun in the career area of your chart will boost your professional standing in some way over the next few weeks. If a new job offer comes along you must give it serious consideration. It may be a risky move – but, then, life is an adventure.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):
Do you have the courage to take a different course between now and the end of the year? According to the planets there will be rewards aplenty if you do but your conservative nature could hold you back. Go on, you know you want to!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):
Cosmic activity in the area of your chart that governs joint financial matters indicates that you could be on the receiving end of a windfall over the next few days. There are no certainties, of course, but if you do win you'll no doubt win big.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):
Let family and friends know how much you care for them. With the sun, moon and Mercury in the relationship area of your chart you will find it easy to say the things that bring smiles to their faces, and that's always good to see.
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The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Hot Dogs
For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had hefty competition from other Houston bars and restaurants.
Listen, you guys. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.
I don't give a shit what anyone says. The best hot dogs in the city, for my money, are at Costco. I don't have a Gold Star Membership that I split with my hetero-life-mate for the bulk socks or vats of hummus. I have it so I can get cheap eyeglasses and $1.50 Kosher, all-beef, foot-long hot dogs. For your $1.50, you also get a super-size cup of soda (with free refills!), but I'm just here for the hot dogs.
The original $1.50 price of the combo hasn't changed at all since its inception in 1985. Now, I realize that IKEA, down the road on the Katy Freeway, offers a hot dog combo of its own for $2 that's pretty damn good: two hot dogs, a bag of chips and another soda with free refills. But the Costco dog is better.
Granted, they're no longer using the Hebrew National all-beef dogs anymore, but Costco has developed its own in-house brand (Kirkland's, like you didn't know) that tastes identical. And that's all I care about. That and a drizzle of mustard on top.
But since the Houston Press doesn't have restaurant listings for home furnishings stores, this week's Top 10 list will have to focus on restaurant hot dogs only. And here they are.
Photo by John Suh
10. Happy Fatz
This adorable Heights eatery is located in an old house, which only adds to the homespun charm of the place. Happy Fatz specializes in two things: baked goods and hot dogs, meaning that no meal here is complete without a mini cupcake to go. The all-beef dogs, served in Slow Dough buns, come covered with plenty of fresh and inventive toppings such as the breakfast-for-lunch-style Clucker topped with hashbrowns and a fried egg.Next Page
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Mosque by Le Corbusier
Published: August 9, 1987
To the Editor:
The illustration accompanying Michael Grant's review of Le Corbusier's ''Journey to the East'' (July 12) is mislabeled. The drawing in question is the cross section of the Mosque of Mohammed I in Bursa, Turkey, and not the ''cross section of a small Byzantine church.''
I am aware that the mistake was initiated by Ivan Zaknic, the editor of Le Corbusier's papers and drawings. It is a serious error, because the Mosque of Mohammed I is one of the best-known examples of the early Ottoman style and Le Corbusier's annotated drawings depict in particular those elements that clearly differentiate it from any superficial resemblance to late Byzantine churches - namely, the ''Turkish'' triangles below the domes, the pointed arches, the ''Bursa'' arch, the fountain in the covered courtyard, etc. ZEYNEP CELIK New York


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The summer, as it does every year, brings along more than its fair share of music to get hungover to, or, as the cool kids phrase it, "turn up." That much is a given. Yet, to create a semblance of balance and provide some sort of brief moment of tranquility for your liver, there's music in the vein of "Indy" by Santana and Miguel.
Perhaps you and the special someone have an anniversary on the horizon. Or perhaps work has gotten in the way lately and the both of you've grown a part in certain ways. Or perhaps you messed up and a quality soundtrack is needed to play in the background while reciting word-for-word Larenz Tate's "Blues For Nina" from Love Jones.
Whatever the case, "Indy" stands drunk on replay value and, thanks to guitar strings plucked straight from the heavens themselves, a welcomed change of pace from the lack of sensuality evident in the vast majority of mainstream R&B. Coincidentally, the song is also a reminder Miguel never followed through on the next three installments of his Art Dealer Chic series he vowed nearly a year ago.
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Veloster, Veloster. Wasn't that the eye-watering octane boost we poured into your old road-roach Impala, the stuff that made the pipes smoke even with the engine off?
Or, wait, wait. Veloster might be one of those silver doo-dads used to mix martinis when you're hosting visitors from England, a frequent social occasion in my neighborhood.
"Get me some vodka and the Veloster, Mamie, and stand back, old girl."
Whatever Veloster is, it ended up tacked to the back of Hyundai's newest coupe, a three-door, slightly asymmetrical hatchback richly deserving of its odd, inscrutable name.
When I first walked around the white 2012 Veloster I had recently, I thought it looked like the fantasy cars I drew in seventh grade study hall, and maybe Hyundai owed me some residuals.
But it's far better — and probably stranger — than anything I could conceive.
I have to admit I really like its edgy, ultra-contemporary styling, and I'm about as modern as column shifters and Lucite steering-wheel balls.
Style-wise, the Veloster is sort of a cross between a lunar exploration vehicle and a full-on, forest-wrecking rally racer.
Unfortunately, it's also a bit of an empty envelope, promising much more than it can deliver — but we'll revisit that in a second.
In general, I like Hyundai design these days, and the Veloster certainly represents the, uh, far end of the scale.
In fact, it kind of looks as if it might have been dipped in the same bubbling gene pool as the new Ford Focus and maybe Elvis Costello.
Huge, rather fierce headlamps squint straight ahead, floating above a blocky front fascia.
A short hood and overhangs accentuate the car's long wheelbase, which on mine stretched between good-looking 18-inch alloy wheels shod with 215/40 tires.
The first time you wash the car, you may be in for a surprise. On the left side, a conventional long coupe door flows into a muscular, slightly bulging back fender.
On the right, however, a slightly shorter front door butts up against a third door that opens like any conventional car portal but doesn't have an exterior handle.
So what you have is kind of like a reversible tie or belt — a coupe on one side and sort of a sedan in drag on the other. But, hey, it's functional.
Touch of drama
The most dramatic aspect of the car is its long sloping top, whose shape seems to have been inspired by a ramp and tacked into place by some wacky California custom builders.
Even better, the top on mine was formed of tinted glass panels that made the interior come alive with light.
The Veloster arrived at The Daily Planet without a window sticker, but the car I had was laden with options, pushing its $18,000 base price up to about $23,000.
But when you see the interior, you'll think the Veloster's price could easily bump up against 30 large.
Nice flat-toned black plastic with an expensive-looking Audi-esque pattern in it covered the swoopy dashboard.
Piano-black trim graced the center stack, and big silver grab-handles connected the console to the center stack.
I wondered, in fact, how Hyundai designers managed to get many of the Veloster's interior elements past the corporate bean counters.
The dash, for instance, had several levels of curves in it as it tumbled down to the glove compartment.
Most of the interior in mine was a soft shade of gray with stitched semi-leather seats that featured patterned cloth centers.
The black carpet floor mats were ribbed, which I admired every time I slid behind the wheel.
Moreover, the rear seat — despite the Veloster's low top — had pretty decent leg- and headroom, particularly for those of us who didn't get a full serving of height.
In short, so to speak, the front-wheel-drive Veloster just screams "hot hatch," right up until you start its 1.6-liter, 138-horsepower four.
Short on thrills
Although fitted with relatively expensive direct fuel injection, the engine is just not up to the task of hauling the Veloster in style.
The car weighs more than 2,700 pounds, which means the little engine is lugging an excessive 19.5 pounds per horsepower.
In addition, in mine, the motor was bolted to a new six-speed, dual-clutch automatic that could benefit from some more refinement. (A six-speed manual is also available, thankfully.)
Too quick to upshift and slow to downshift, the transmission just accentuates the engine's struggles.
Slam the accelerator to the floor, and the Veloster barely jumps, accelerating to 60 mph in a truck-like 8.5 seconds, according to Car and Driver.
Under hard acceleration, the transmission sometimes felt confused, slurring gear changes and just not feeling very happy about being pushed to 6,500 rpm.
Granted, the Veloster is supposed to be basically a head-turning, souped-up econobox, rated at 29 miles per gallon in the city and 38 on the highway.
But Hyundai did choose to give the car decent steering and handling. The ride is small-car firm and can be fidgety over bumps.
But the Veloster zigs and zags crisply and holds a respectably tight line in most moderate-speed curves, showing decent grip and balance for a front-driver.
Like too many Hyundais and Kias, the steering was fuzzy and road-feel vague. But at least it was quick and fairly responsive, and the brakes seemed stout.
The Veloster is about three-fourths there. In January, Hyundai is expected to announce a turbocharged version of the car.
Maybe then, we'll say Veloster and think velocity.
AT A GLANCE: 2012 Hyundai Veloster
Type of vehicle: Four-passenger, front-wheel-drive, three-door hatchback
Price as tested: An estimated $23,000
Fuel economy: 29 miles per gallon city, 38 highway
Weight: About 2,700 pounds
Engine: 1.6-liter four-cylinder with 138 horsepower and 123 pound-feet of torque
Transmission: Six-speed, dual-clutch automatic
Performance: 0 to 60 mph in 8.5 seconds
Safety rating: Unrated
SOURCES: Car and Driver; Hyundai Motor America


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WASHINGTON (Jun. 11)
The Bush administration welcomed the Palestine Liberation Organization's condemnation Monday of "military" acts against civilians, but left unclear whether it went far enough to preserve the U.S. dialogue with the PLO.
Both Vice President Dan Quayle and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the 31st annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Monday that President Bush had not yet made a decision on whether to suspend the dialogue in the aftermath of a foiled terrorist attack against Israel last month by a PLO constituent group.
The two officials indicated the decision could come this week.
The PLO issued a statement Monday from its headquarters in Tunis and Amman, declaring, "We remain against any military action which targets civilians, regardless of the nature of such action, and we condemn it."
But there was no specific mention by the PLO of the attempted attack by the Palestine Liberation Front on Tel Aviv beaches May 30, during the Shavuot holiday.
"Just as we saw their original disavowal of the Tel Aviv raid, we are pleased to see that they (the PLO) are denouncing military action against civilians," State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said.
"But we are disappointed that they have not explicitly condemned the Tel Aviv raid and refrained from any public comment on Abul Abbas." Abbas, whose given first name is Mohammed, heads the Palestine Liberation Front and is a member of the PLO executive committee.
Many of the 1,500 persons attending the AIPAC conference had clearly anticipated that Quayle would announce a suspension of the PLO dialogue, if not a complete break.
Although the vice president was frequently applauded and received a standing ovation at the end of his speech, there was an audible gasp of disappointment when he said that Bush had not yet made a decision.
But they did applaud when Quayle said, "President Bush will make the right decision."
Thomas Dine, AIPAC's executive director, called for the administration to end the dialogue in his address to the conference Sunday night.
"The dialogue has failed," he said. "And the administration has no choice but to suspend it."
He called on the AIPAC members to support resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives urging the administration to end the dialogue unless the PLO condemns the May 30 terrorist attempt and expels Abbas from the PLO executive committee.
In Indianapolis, the executive committee of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council urged the administration Monday to discontinue the dialogue, saying the PLO had not kept the promises it made when the talks with the United States began in December 1988.
In a letter to Bush, NJCRAC Chairman Arden Shenker said neither the PLO nor its chairman, Yasir Arafat, had carried out its commitment that it would publicly condemn and discipline any PLO member that committed an act of terrorism.
Likewise, the chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Seymour Reich, called on the United States last Friday to terminate the talks with the PLO, which have been conducted by the U.S. ambassador in Tunis, Robert Pelletreau.
Secretary of State James Baker is expected to face tough questioning on this when he appears before committees in the Senate on Tuesday and in the House on Wednesday.
In his appearance before AIPAC, Quayle sought to explain why the administration is trying so hard to maintain the U.S.-PLO dialogue.
"The Bush administration has continued the dialogue, because we believe that in the absence of such dialogue, Palestinians in the occupied territories would be less likely to participate in the peace process," he said.
He stressed that the United States wants to continue working with the new government in Israel on the peace initiative proposed by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir a year ago.
"We hope that a new Israeli government will give its full support to a Palestinian-Israeli dialogue," Quayle said. "And we intend to work with that government to move forward in the peace process."
In an effort to calm the fears Shamir has expressed about the U.S. position, Quayle said the United States "will never press Israel to negotiate with the PLO.
"We never sought to bring the PLO into the peace process through the back door," he added.
The vice president also reaffirmed that the Bush administration does not support a Palestinian state and believes that Jerusalem must remain united.
Both Quayle and Cheney stressed that the U.S.-Israel relationship remains strong despite occasional differences. "Show me a marriage in which there have never been disagreements, and I'll show you a couple with no personality," Cheney said.


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Succubus Servant is a type of servant in the Chronicles of Blood Facebook game. The game setting is described as the player being a newly-turned vampire who awakens in Club Noir, a local goth club that is also a secret base for vampires.
The game takes inspiration from modern horror themes and contains creatures from horror movies and other sources such as X-Files, Resident Evil, Aliens and World of Warcraft. There are references to magical creatures, the gothic and steampunk movements, graphic novels and fantasy.
The Succubus Servant servant can be acquired by accumulating 20 Words of command and turning them in to Vilevere in the Infernal planes.
- Type: Servant
- Bloodlust Used: 2
- Interception chance: 15%
- Passive Attack Chance: 25%
- Damage Type: Shadow
- Benefits: The Succubus Servant increases the proc chance of your nightfall by 3%.
- Procs: The Succubus Servant has the following procs associated with it:
- Nightward: The nightward proc is a defensive buff that always reduces the amount of shadow damage inflicted by an opponent. Nightward is a level 4 proc for succubus servant.
- Damage: At level 51 the Succubus Servant servant can inflict between 25 and 29 shadow damage on an opponent.
Battle Statistics
- The Succubus Servant uses 2 units of bloodlust per attack.
- The Succubus Servant has a 15% chance of intercepting an opponent's attack on you.
- The Succubus Servant has a 25% chance of making a passive attack on an attacker during PvP.


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Writer: Rick Vietch
Artist: Gary Erskine
Publisher: Image Comics
Ten years ago the Twin Towers fell at the hands of terrorist extremists via hijacked commercial airline jet-planes. Many lives were lost in this tragedy and at that point in time, it seemed we had all the evidence we needed to ignite a second war in the Middle East against Iraq. But did we really? Was there more to this attack than we suspect, and if so, should some of the blame fall on our own elected officials? Writer Rick Veitch and artist Gary Erskine clearly express their First Amendment rights within the comics medium as they try to answer some of those questions in this collaboration from Image Comics.
So here's the set-up: the widow of a businessman killed during the 9/11 strike on the Twin Towers helps to develop a time-travel mechanism which sends her back to the morning of September 11, 2001. She then attempts to warn her husband and all the execs he is having a business meeting with about their impending doom before it is too late. Only, these aren't any execs—these are film producers who are trying to work out the budget for the next mega-budget Hollywood film. (The names "Stephen" and "Lucas" are mentioned repeatedly.) Since the special effects which they must achieve include the destruction of a skyscraper for the film's finale, when the irate widow shows up with her evidence of the 9/11 attack on an iPad, they think somebody is pranking them. The body of the comic consists of hopeless back-and-forth dialogue, as the woman struggles to persuade them not only that the attack is going to happen, but that it is some giant conspiracy manufactured by the U.S. Government!
No matter which side of the political spectrum you might find yourself on, this comic deliberately challenges the reader to ask some rather uncomfortable questions about 9/11. It is clearly making out the Bush Administration to be "The Big Bad" and presents a good heft of information at the back of the book that you can look into if you so choose. But personally, as interesting as some of the arguments are, I find the whole thing a bit too preachy for my tastes, steamrolling over some common sense questions in favor of sensationalism. I'll admit I'm not the most well-versed person when it comes to politics and White House affairs, but I also consider myself a fair judge of character for the most part. (I'll readily admit that Bush wasn't the greatest President, but neither is our current one—and I give them both the benefit of the doubt.) Therefore, I find any "entertainment" that hits me over the head with one agenda or another (despite how it might align with my own views) to be artistically inferior. Had creators Veitch and Erskine created a different vehicle for these arguments that held up better as a narrative, I might have better favored their plight. Bottom line: Getting preached at ain't all that much fun.
The timing of this book also couldn't be more controversial, coming out the same week as the 10th Anniversary of 9/11… I mean, I can't think of a more inappropriate way to honor the lives of those lost in one of our country's biggest tragedies than by pointing the blame directly at the U.S. Government, can you? How patriotic!
To sum it all up, "The Big Lie" fails to impress as an engaging story but offers some interesting and thought-provoking fodder for any die-hard conspiracy theorist. Again, I do appreciate what the creators are trying to pull off here, but unfortunately they decided not to stay objective and presented some inconsistencies as "fact." That, to me, is the biggest lie here…
Grade: C+


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But unlike most things in the complex world of mergers and acquisitions, lawyers say "merger of equals" is not defined in the Corporations Act, has not been explored by the courts and has not been debated at the Takeovers Panel.
So what does it mean? While companies and their advisers continue to use the phrase, its meaning is wide open for interpretation.
Senior advisers tell Financial Review DealBook the term generally represents one of two things.
The first is that it refers to a nil premium takeover. Neither the acquirer nor target should gain from the actual takeover bid but would benefit from the merged entity's greater scale. While the two companies do not have to be exactly the same size, there is some expectation they should be in the same ball park.
Based on Whitehaven's closing price on Friday, the offer valued Aston at $10.05 a share – a slim 3 per cent premium to Aston's actual closing price of $9.76.
While 3 per cent is still a premium, it's a far cry from the standard 30 per cent for a full takeover, and it could be argued the premium is justified given the sharp fall in Aston's share price last month.
The second – and more cynical – response is that the term "merger of equals" is a marketing tool to get the support of the smaller company's shareholders. In this case, Aston is the smaller party. Aston shareholders are also the ones who have to approve the deal at the scheme meeting to be held next March.
But Whitehaven's investors are not left out altogether. They are offered a 50¢-a-share special dividend and will vote on the deal's third leg: the acquisition of Boardwalk Resources.
Boardwalk is a privately held, early-stage coal company that had been talked about as a potential initial public offer early in the new year.
The 50¢ a share sweetner would give shareholders an opportunity to take some money off the table and would bring Whitehaven closer in size to the other combined value of Aston and Boardwalk.
Advisers say one speed bump on the road to a merger of equals could be board composition and the delegation of responsibilities.
Whitehaven and Aston say the new entity's board would be split in line with its new ownership. Existing Whitehaven shareholders will own 51.1 per cent; Aston 40 per cent; and Boardwalk 8.9 per cent.
Whitehaven will contribute four directors; Aston three; Tinkler Group one; and there will be one more independent director.
The chairman is to be Aston's Mark Vaile (a former deputy prime minister), while Whitehaven's current chair John Conde would be vice chairman. Aston said its biggest shareholder, Tinkler Group, would vote in favour of the scheme, while Whitehaven said investors representing 42.9 per cent of shares on issue would vote in favour of the Boardwalk acquisition.
Mergers of equals are relatively rare in Australia. The Whitehaven- Aston deal is only the 10th worth more than $US50 million in the past 15 years, according to Dealogic. It is also the second largest, behind Oxiana and Zinifex's tie-up in 2008. On that occasion, Oxiana issued 3.2 Oxiana shares for each Zinifex share which valued Zinifex shares at $12.68 each, or a 14 per cent premium to Zinifex's last trading price, according to Capital IQ. The merged entity was owned 50/50 by shareholders of the two companies.
Mergers of equals last hit the headlines during Singapore Exchange's attempt to take over the ASX, which was knocked back by Treasurer
UBS, Credit Suisse and Freehills advised Aston, while Goldman Sachs, Grant Samuel, Corrs Chamber and McCullough Robertson advised Whitehaven. Boardwalk retained Morgan Stanley and Golbert + Tobin.
Once again, the Treasurer is looking to tweak the process to encourage a few more companies to use the retail bond market as a source of senior corporate debt financing. But while interest rates on term deposits remain elevated near 6 per cent, the reforms will have a muted impact.
Bank deposits offer a risk-adjusted return that is second to none. When one considers that retail term deposits are in effect guaranteed by the federal government, retail investors are earning double the interest on an Australian government bond for a similar risk (a three-year bond pays about 3 per cent).
For companies, issuing retail bonds at a competitive cost of funds while also providing a return to investors above what is available from investing in cash is all but impossible.
The interest from retail investors in corporate debt is certainly there. But until deposit rates come down, good quality companies will not be accessing the retail bond market.
The Australian Financial Review


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Pack Track
Barry and Harms garner CoSIDA distinct academic honors
Chris Barry, a junior defensive lineman for the Wolf Pack football team, and Christine Harms, a sophomore outside hitter for the Wolf Pack volleyball team, were named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VIII team recently.
Barry, a two-time selection, was named to the first team of football players from the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Barry, from Tacoma, Wash., carries a 3.61 grade point average in education.
Harms, who also competes on Nevada's track and field team, was named to District VIII's second team. The Placerville, Calif., native carries a 4.00 GPA in civil engineering. She had been named to the Cal Golden Bear All-Tournament team earlier in the year.
— John Trent
WAC Champs!
Women's cross country team notches school's second title
All season long, Coach Kay Ulrich stressed that her women's cross country team was on a mission.
"We put ourselves on a mission," says the Pack's coach, in her seventh season, "and all of them pulled together so well."
Indeed they did. Consider it "mission accomplished," as the Wolf Pack women surged to the team title at the Western Athletic Conference Championships on Nov. 1 at Belmont, Calif. Nevada's 43 points topped runner-up UTEP, which totaled 63 points. And for good measure, Nevada had the women's individual champion — senior Abigail McAllister took first place with a time of 17 minutes and 7 seconds. McAllister, a two-time All-American in nordic skiing for the Wolf Pack, was named WAC Athlete of the Year for her performance.
"Neither Abby or I were expecting her to win at all, and that was amazing," Ulrich says. "She led almost the entire race." Adds women's track coach Curt Kraft, who made history when he led Nevada to its first-ever WAC title in any sport last winter in indoor track: "I could not be any more proud of these athletes than I am right now. The team knew what they wanted and they went after it."
— John Trent
High-scoring Snyder
The sky is the limit for Pack's talented junior forward
From his first appearance as a Wolf Pack basketball player two seasons ago, Kirk Snyder has almost drawn the kind of attention from defenders that Las Vegas receives in pop culture and the national media. Let's just say that opponents know who he is.
Starting with his 15-point, nine-rebound performance in a 22-minute Pack debut Dec. 27, 2001, at San Jose State, the 6-foot-6 junior guard has worn out many opponents through 50 games in a Nevada uniform. Entering the 2003-04 season, he had scored at least 20 points and collected no fewer than 10 rebounds in six different games.
However, the primary target of Pack foes, a not-so-coincidental No. 1 in the game program, is not through refining his game. He's working to be the kind of athlete deserving of preseason Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors.
"I'm still learning how to be that player," says Snyder, a 20-year-old Upland, Calif., resident. "I want to get after it."
The Wolf Pack lost guard Jerry Petty, a defensive stalwart and steals leader, from last season's 18-14 team. Snyder believes he can play a valuable role this year to overcome such a loss by being a strong and agile defender.
"That's going to have a lot to do with me," last year's team-leading rebounder and shot-blocker says. "I have to step up a little bit. I can put the ball in the hoop, but I've got to be able to defend now."
Nevada head coach Trent Johnson says Snyder is learning the importance of setting a good example for his younger teammates on the court.
"Blue collar is what it is about to me," Johnson said. "He's understanding the little things that need to go into your preparation every day.
"From a skill level, there is nothing he can't do," Johnson continues. "When you're blessed, the common denominator that will separate you from other talented players is how hard you work."
Snyder says a key part of his being a leader for the Wolf Pack is helping the team play at a high level throughout each game. WAC media and coaches selected the team in preseason polls to improve on last season's third-place finish and win the conference this year.
"We have to win some close games," he says, referring to the Pack's 2-8 record last season in games decided by five or fewer points. "That has to be a bad feeling for the fans."
The first-team All-WAC selection says he appreciates the way area fans have come out to cheer both himself and the Pack during his two-plus years in northern Nevada. The Wolf Pack, which finished the season as WAC tournament runner-up and as a National Invitation Tournament qualifier, drew an average of 6,805 spectators to 14 Lawlor Events Center games last season, about an 11 percent increase from Snyder's first year.
"I really enjoy the people here in Reno, and the support I get from the people in town," says Snyder, who traveled to the Bahamas this summer for exhibition games with fellow collegiate players on the NIT All-Star team. "I'd like to say, 'Thank you.'"
Considering the kind of performance Snyder expects from himself this season, he should be able to let his actions do that kind of talking. If all goes according to plan, look for some loud Las Vegas Strip-style results.
By Pat McDonnell
Intense Bankston looks to spur defense
There is an obvious intensity to Wolf Pack women's basketball player April Bankston that splashes to the surface whether she is standing over an opponent on the Lawlor Events Center court or sitting silently while waiting for questions during an interview in a Legacy Hall conference room.
Bankston, the top returning player from Nevada's 10-19 team last season, acknowledges that she is a real quiet person who, nevertheless, has to struggle "to be a good girl sometimes." The 20-year-old can be bad for opposing offenses, as she has compiled 47 blocked shots in her two-year Wolf Pack career.
University Relations writer Pat McDonnell chatted with Bankston in late October at Legacy Hall.
Q: What's your pet peeve on the court?
"When I have to watch myself, and I can't yell at a certain player. Like you just want to scream at somebody, (she smiles in remembrance of just this situation), but you're like, 'Ahhh (Bankston exhales deeply), I can't do it. OK. 'And then you just calm down (laughs)."
Q: Who do you consider to be your role model?
"My mentor was always my cousin, Carla (a Bakersfield, Calif., resident in her mid-20s who lost a brother to an untimely death last year)."
Q: Tell me a little bit about Carla.
"She was always there for me, giving me support. We're there for each other. Like last year, I lost my cousin. We're just very close to one another."
Q: How are you meshing with the new coach (Kim Gervasoni, who was hired by Nevada from Arizona State in April)?
"I think I'm meshing pretty well. She's already feeling comfortable enough to tell me where I should be. She's not afraid to critique me in any way, you know (she laughs)?"
Q: What does it take to make a good shot-blocker and a person who anticipates as well, evidently, as you do?
"You have to have good reflexes. You have to be able to react and, obviously, be athletic to recover. Right now, I'm getting a lot better with using my feet a lot more than my upper body."
About April Bankston
- 6-foot-1 junior forward
- Mathematics major with an art minor (originally pursued engineering)
- Led the Wolf Pack and was sixth among Western Athletic Conference players in blocked shots last year with 31. Entering this season, she ranked seventh on Nevada's all-time blocks list.
- Achieved two "double-doubles" during her sophomore season, accumulating at least 10 points and 10 rebounds in games against St. Mary's (Dec. 15) and versus Southern Methodist (March 11) in the WAC tournament.
- Don't mess with April on the court. She has earned a black belt in Tae kwon do. The sport helps her "stay low" and have quick reactions defensively.
Story by Pat McDonnell
Gervasoni brings winning mentality to Nevada
Kim Gervasoni, the new women's basketball coach, has never had a losing season — not as a player at Fresno State, not in her two years as assistant coach at Pac-10 champion Arizona State, and not in her eight years as head coach at Solano Community College.
This year, she brings that exceptional record to Nevada.
"I've never been a part of a losing program," Gervasoni says. "I bring that winning mentality, that aggressive, 'go get 'em' mentality."
Winning at Nevada, she says, is going to require building a foundation of team unity and elevating the intensity.
"Our number one goal is team chemistry," she says. "When you get in tight situations, you want to rely on each other and trust each other and care about each other."
And for upping the intensity, her husband and assistant coach, Mike Gervasoni, will be pushing the offense to a new level of aggressiveness.
We like to play up tempo — we want a full-court press," she says. "We want to keep the pace up and use the altitude to our advantage. We want to run people out of the gym."
However, with a young team — only one senior and four juniors — much work lies ahead.
"We're teaching them basketball," she says. "We don't want to limit them. We want to help them reach their potential. Our focus is to improve every day."
Running Phil Jackson's "triangle offense," Gervasoni plans to tap the talent of her standout players, namely sophomore point guard Jocelyn Mancebo and junior forward April Bankston.
"April really brings the most experience," Gervasoni says. "Her game has improved so much [from last year]. Fans are really going to be excited to watch her play."
Mancebo, a transfer from Delta College scoring 14 points per game last season, will bring a fresh mind to the game.
"Jocelyn is amazing because she reads other players really well," Gervasoni says. "She can pull up and shoot the three on a dime, she can shoot a jump shot, she can take it all the way to the hole. She's a playmaker."
The Pack will find its biggest test Jan. 8 and Feb. 7 against Louisiana Tech, Nevada's top opponent according to Gervasoni.
By Brandon Stewart
Triplett wins on home turf
Kirk Triplett's visits to Reno since he graduated from the university in 1985 with a degree in engineering have been few and far between. But that's just life on the PGA Tour — other than living out of a suitcase and spending countless hours on the world's most challenging golf courses, there are few other certainties.
So it was altogether fitting that Triplett, the former Wolf Pack golfer who for the past decade has ranked among the PGA Tour's most consistent players, earned the championship of August's Reno-Tahoe Open at Montreux Golf and Country Club. Triplett, 41, stormed into the lead with a final-round 63 (tying the course record). He finished with a 17-under-par total of 271, three strokes ahead of Tim Herron.
Triplett was overjoyed to win in front of many of his former teammates and friends from college.
"I had tremendous support from all the folks in the gallery out there hollering," says Triplett, whose career earnings eclipsed the $10 million mark with his $540,000 first-place payday. "Every couple of holes I could see someone I knew. It was just very comfortable for me out there."
— John Trent


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I had a split skin thickness graft to a venous ulcer on my lower leg which was later diagnosed as squamous cell, so I had the graft, went well, but it seems that a small piece of graft did not take. There is a definite ugly raw hole there and of course the colour of my skin is bad. (purple in that spot) It has filled in nicely, but not sure if that little hole is ever going to close?
Split skin thickness graft lower leg 2 yrs ago not completely healed?
Doctor Answers 3
Skin Graft Healing Process
It will ultimately fill in with new skin from the sides of the wound. When a portion of a graft does not take but most of it does (as it sounds in your case), there will generally be a good end outcome, and even the location where it failed will re-epithelialize over about a 6-8 week period. Keep the area moisturized with either Vaseline or Aquaphor, and this should heal well over time. Typically however, wounds on the legs take longer to heal than in locations higher up on the body, as there is some swelling in the lower parts of the body over the course of walking during the day, and circulation is generally not as good in the lower legs.
Graft not closing two years later
If you have a skin graft that isn't closing at 2 years out, you need an in-person exam. The skin edges have healed at this point so there is no way for it to close unless a re-excision is done and it's sutured. The color concerns me as well because you may not be getting good blood flow there. Please make an appointment to see your dermatologist or surgeon.
"This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."
Skin graft healing for venous ulcer/squamous cell cancer
Did you have the squamous cell cancer treated? A graft is not a treatment for a skin cancer, which often requires surgical removal. Grafts can be done following surgical treatment. I would make sure you had the skin cancer treated first. A nonhealing area can be a sign of persisting cancer or just poor circulation so you really should followup with a dermatologist.
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TS Assembly: Opposition MLAs suspended for disruption - Tv9
Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 08:32 PM
The opposition parties leaders of Congress, TDP and BJP who disrupted the Telangana Assembly sessions are suspended today. Especially the TDP and Congress members have demanded for a clarity on farm loan waiver and they went to the speaker podium and appealed Speaker along with CM KCR to support the running of the house properly. Watch the video for more details of this news . . . . . . .


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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Scotland on Sunday reviews: Simon Munnery, Glenn Wool, Caroline Rhea, John Gordillo, Will Franken and Hannah Gadsby, reviewed by Kate Copstick
I RARELY feel sympathy for comics who blame the audience for something not working, but in the case of Simon Munnery, one of the most creative intelligences that the comedy world has, he deserves much better than he got in Australia where a run of his brilliant show Fylm – in which what is on stage is not Simon himself but a projection of him from where he is sitting in the audience – left our Antipodean chums more puzzled than a colour-blind man with a Rubik's Cube.
So this year he comes out at the top of the show and explains the concept before taking his place on camera. It is an awkward moment. It is another wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful show during which, luckily, Munnery composes his own review. At least he did the day I was there. I would not presume to do better than tell you what Simon Says. "Funny, very, very, very, funny, literally rib-shattering, deeply profound, seemingly inane and overwhelmingly pink." I am sure if you go along to the show you will see exactly what he means.
In a Fringe where the main venue prices mean that gambling on getting laughs for your money is a serious and expensive business, an hour with Glenn Wool is pretty much a sure thing. As advised by Kipling, when Glenn meets with triumph and disaster (which he seems to do on a regular basis) he treats those two imposters just the same: he turns them into great comedy and we get a laugh-packed show. Kicking off with a nice warm-up mini-set covering the royal baby, Yewtree and dead horses, Glenn suddenly surprises the room by taking his comedy to a place it has never been. It came at the end of a moving section on equine emancipation.
Suddenly, without warning, there it was. A ridiculous pun. And then another. By the end of the hour, Glenn had slapped us about with a load of them. Watch out Tim Vine. Puns aside, this is a warm Woolly hour featuring overly confident children, internet reviews, a gig in New Jersey to an elderly Jewish club from Brooklyn, bilingual people and molestation. FYI, I found his thoughts about uses for the sex offenders register to be, literally, drink-spillingly funny. And his closing rant involving his grandfather was gloriously Glenn. He even gives us a name, at last; we who are longtime fans. Woolaholics. Not looking for a 12-step programme any time soon.
Fellow Canadian Caroline Rhea (she of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch fame) is a friendly performer. She gets the house lights up to distribute After Eights to the crowd, chats up a good-looking guy called Mark and rewards niceness with chocolate. She is warm and confident on stage, chatting us through experiences with fans before getting into some properly funny stories about her last relationship break-up, her emergency C-section, her daughter and her parents. This is a personal show – be prepared for a lot of family photographs, but sit back and enjoy the stories and the chocolate, and a lovely comfortable hour whips by.
John Gordillo is one of the smartest men in comedy. For too long he was the power behind the comedy thrones of Reginald D Hunter and Eddie Izzard, but returned to doing stand-up himself in 2006. This year his show is a brilliant combination and examination of the fake personal and the real personal. Gordillo has an adopted 18-year-old daughter whom he loves. Much in the show concerns their relationship. This is extraordinarily frank Gordillo. Elsewhere in this typically intelligent Gordilloan hour he lambasts the ubiquity of the online review – pausing only momentarily to swipe at the proliferation of online Edinburgh reviews – the "smooshing together" of the great with the crap on TV.
His rant about Dionne Warwick on Loose Women is a delight. Especially for Warwick fans. The main thrust of the show skewers the ludicrous anthropomorphism that big corporations utilise now in communication with customers, offering (apparently) not just electricity or broadband, but a loving relationship. This is a great hour. Not all hilarious. But quality, brain-food comedy.
Will Franken is never going to be a comic for everyone. His stuff is dark and complicated. A Franken show is labyrinthine and you have to follow him through, trusting that when you get to the middle it will all make sense and you can relax a bit on the way back. His characters are rarely pleasant and always odd. He is reminiscent of a much darker Pajama Men – but with only one man and no pyjamas. This year's show is more "bitty" than last year's, but go with Franken, for there is comedy treasure here. He takes on the little-discussed problem of global rounding, introduces us to Roger and his twin brother Roger's Twin Brother, sheds new light on the BBC's woes and reveals his bitter envy of the disabled.
We are hearing a lot about feminism at this Fringe. If feminism is about empowered and empowering women then great. But banging on about rape jokes and "undercurrents of misogyny" does little to help. Should you feel like a real blast of empowered and empowering female comedy (with Spanx-destroying laughs included) watch Hannah Gadsby's Happiness Is A Bedside Table or Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It (reviewed on this page last week). Awesome stuff. Free of cant and full of can.
All acts until 26 August unless otherwise stated. Simon Munnery, The Stand Comedy Club; Glenn Wool, Assembly George Square, except tomorrow; Caroline Rhea, Gilded Balloon Teviot; John Gordillo, Assembly Rooms, until 25 August; Will Franken, Pleasance Dome; Hannah Gadsby, Assembly Checkpoint, Friday until 25 August
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In the final minute of fielding postgame questions, Charles Carmouche pulled back the curtain on the engineering project that has resulted from picking up nuts, bolts, washers, sprockets and a host of other parts strewn about after LSU lost its first four Southeastern Conference games.
The Tigers were fresh from dispatching Arkansas, which moved them to 8-7 in the SEC and into a potential No. 7 seed for the conference tournament. The question was whether the victory made it possible to address whether snaring an NIT bid was a reasonable goal.
"We don't want to settle for the NIT," Carmouche said. "We want to go to the NCAA tournament."
Now, dear reader, you'll need to bear with me over the next 400 words because Carmouche's proclamation isn't completely unhinged.
On Thursday, LSU jumped 13 spots to No. 79 in the RPI, according to CollegeRPI.com, and has seemingly declared a vendetta against the SEC's bubble teams. It took three overtimes, but the Tigers dispatched Alabama, which sits ahead of them at No. 65. Arkansas, which slid to No. 88, effectively had its hopes nuked.
Saturday, the Tigers trek to Missouri, which seems reasonably assured of a bid with a No. 38 RPI and No. 63 strength of schedule. After that comes a trip to Texas A&M and the finale against Ole Miss, which has tumbled from a 6-0 SEC start to a precarious 9-5 mark, a No. 51 RPI with a weak No. 135 strength of schedule.
I'll be very blunt: The Tigers are not on the at-large bubble.
The larger point, though, is the crop of SEC squads conferred that status really aren't that indistinguishable from those who aren't so fortunate. No. 11 Florida is the SEC's only sure entity, and the Gators have key injuries to reserve guard Michael Frazier II and forward Will Yeguete. There's plenty of parity after the Gators, meaning the Tigers or any of their peers could get enough kinetic energy to make a run over four days.
Aside from Tennessee, which has won six in a row, no SEC team is hotter than LSU — a facet that boosts Carmouche's confidence.
"We are growing and showing that we are a tournament-caliber type of team," he said. "We want to be one of those teams that are talked about to get in the tournament."
The sentiment was aptly addressed by coach Johnny Jones, who noted the "buzz" surrounding the stakes for Arkansas' NCAA tournament chances. Laying their résumés side by side, the profile is comparable. For example, LSU is 4-6 against RPI top-100 opponents, and Arkansas is 4-8.
"Our guys look at that and read into it and figure, 'What do we have to do to get somebody mentioning us about that?' " Jones said. "They understand that their play will have to speak for itself. That's the only thing they can do."
It's also about as far as Jones is willing to stray into speculating about NIT or NCAA tournament speculation.
"You guys really should do that," he said.


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Hoax Museum Blog: Entertainment
Best of the Forum – 8th June 07 —
Man blames health drink for unwanted erection
(Bebelicious) New Yorker Christopher Woods underwent surgery in 2004 for severe priapism – an erection that would not subside.
Now he's suing
pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, claiming that their nutritional drink, Boost Plus, was the cause of his condition.
Can't remember the name of a song? Try tapping it on your keyboard!
(DJ_Canada) This programme allows you to
tap the melody of a song using your space bar
to try to identify it.…
Fri Jun 08, 2007
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Flip This House Fake —
My wife is a big fan of all the home-design shows that are on TV, so I end up watching a lot of them also, including "Flip This House" on A&E. The show follows people who buy homes, remodel them, and then try to sell them for a higher price. It can be entertaining, but I wasn't surprised to read that at least one of the house flippers featured on the show, Atlanta businessman Sam Leccima,
was a fake
: McGee and others say Leccima's episodes of Flip This House, A&E's most popular show,…
Thu Jun 07, 2007
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Best of the Forum – 1st June 07 —
Botched Fax Prompts "Terrorism" Scare
(MadCarlotta) Police shut down a strip mall in Boston on Wednesday after a branch of Bank of America
received a faulty fax
. The fax, which had been sent out by the bank's corporate office, had left off some of the text, leaving some dubious clip art. The plaza was evacuated for around three hours.
Roswell Theme Park
(Madmouse) Roswell city officials plan a
UFO-themed amusement park
that could open as early as 2010. Local shopkeepers base a large…
Fri Jun 01, 2007
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Pop Band For Sale —
A Swedish pop band called Rednex is
up for sale on eBay
for $1.5 million. An accompanying website,
, details what you get when you buy the band: The Music - the Trademark - the Band The Tour - the Record Deals - the Web Site The Record Releases - the Plans - the Contacts The Contracts - the Styling - the Catalogue (all previous hits and recordings) And of course… ... the opportunities… ... the future... At first I wondered whether this was even a real band, never…
Tue May 22, 2007
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Colour-Changing Card Trick —
This trick is quite an interesting little demonstration of misdirection. I shan't say more, so as to not give it away, but keep your eyes peeled - there is more to this than just one trick. (Thanks, Nettie and David B.)
Thu May 10, 2007
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Quick Links: Save Boston, etc. —
Save Boston
A little game based on the
Boston bomb scare
Children's TV Presenter Accused of Obscenity in Sign Language
Mr Tumble, a presenter on the children's BBC programme
Something Special
has been greeting the viewers with controversial signing. The BBC claim that the misunderstanding was due to their use of Makaton sign language, as opposed to British sign language. (Thanks, Madmouse.)
Man Banned From Pub for Farting
Since Scotland's smoking ban came into force, an Edinburgh…
Tue Mar 27, 2007
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Bruce Lee Theme Park Patrolled by Mannequin Robots —
word of a Bruce Lee theme park being built
in China. Nothing particularly weird about that, and no reason not to believe it's true. Here's
the weird part
: According to local reports, the park will be patrolled by Bruce Lee "mannequin robots", radio-controlled from within a giant statue of the late star. Also, there's going to be a rollercoaster "that emits the martial arts actor's signature grunts and screams on high-speed bends." Sounds kind of cool. I'm guessing that the part…
Tue Nov 28, 2006
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Quick Links: Giant Pawprints Puzzle Couple, etc. —
Giant Pawprints Puzzle Couple
Mr and Mrs May, of Ipswich, are mystified by a set of large pawprints, seemingly of an animal with claws or toes, which have appeared in their garden. Maybe it's
Drivers Buy Fake Emblems
Increasing numbers of car owners are going to dealers, or to eBay, to buy emblems to make their cars look like more expensive versions.
Fake Breastfeeding Picture of ABC Anchor
Elizabeth Vargas was disappointed that the magazine
Marie Claire
photoshopped her…
Mon Nov 20, 2006
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Cardiff Giant: The Musical —
Des Moines Register reports
that a new musical about the
Cardiff Giant hoax
has debuted in Iowa:It's an unlikely recipe for a musical: an odd 19th-century hoax set to the music of Iowa composer Karl King. But a group of creative minds in Fort Dodge, led by Deann Haden-Luke, managed to pull it together with a financial boost from the Iowa Arts Council. "Cardiff," presented by Comedia Musica Players, premieres tonight in Fort Dodge and plays through Sunday. I usually think of the…
Fri Nov 17, 2006
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Quick Links: Man Dives 50 Feet for 20 Dollars, etc. —
Man Dives 50 Feet for 20 Dollars
$20 blew out of Mark Giorgio's hand when he was crossing a bridge. So he followed it.
Prisoners Train as Crocodile Handlers
Five prisoners from Darwin Correction Centre in Northern Australia are currently involved in an 11-week rehabilitation pilot scheme.
Mosquito Dance Track
anti-teenager device has theoretically already been
used as a ring tone
. Now it's being made into a dance track - 'Buzzin' - which mixes two tracks, one normal, and…
Mon Oct 02, 2006
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Quick Links: Itsy Bitsy Imposter, etc. —
Itsy Bitsy Imposter
Paul Vance, co-writer of the song 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' was slightly startled to read his own obituary - the result of an imposter.
Robot Art Goes On Display
A Portugese artist has devised a robot that creates its own paintings.
Teddy Bear Causes 2,500 Trout Deaths
A teddy bear that fell into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain, and suffocated a large number of trout in New Hampshire. A written…
Thu Sep 28, 2006
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Quick Links: Pregnant Man, etc. —
Beijing Fake Smile Campaign
Beijing residents are being urged to practice their best fake smiles, in preparation for the 2008 Olympics:
"We hope Beijing residents will join in the smile campaign to turn the city into a city of smile," Liu Jian, one of the committee members, was quoted as saying on Monday.
What happens to those who refuse to smile?
Clown Crushed To Death, Audience Applauds
No reason to doubt this story isn't true, but it does seem like a real-life version of the
Wed Aug 30, 2006
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Quick Links: Stupid Criminals, etc. —
Do you want to be a gigolo?
Malaysian men promised that, for a fee, they can become well-paid gigolos. It's the old
dream job scam
. One sucker
"was told to meet a client at a city hotel. He waited for hours until he spotted a Western women who seemed to be searching for someone. 'I thought she was my client so I approached her and introduced myself. To my surprise, instead of receiving words of welcome, I got cursed and insulted,' he told the daily."
Dumb Robber #1
Forgets to bring bag…
Mon Aug 28, 2006
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Snakes In A Theater —
A story
got out on the news wires
claiming that a prankster had released two diamondback rattlesnakes in a theater during a showing of
Snakes On A Plane
. The source of the story appears to have been AMC spokeswoman Melanie Bell, which gave the story some credibility. But now the
police are saying
that the report isn't true: There is some shred of truth to the story, Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter said. A 10-inch-long rattlesnake was found Friday in a hallway at AMC Desert Ridge 18,…
Wed Aug 23, 2006
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Quick Links: Bonsai Contortionist, etc. —
Bonsai Contortionist
Hugo Zamoratte is known as 'The Bottle Man' and has the ability to dislocate almost every bone in his body.
Playing Astronauts
The Haughton Mars Project's research and development of ways to survive in space seem like a dream come true for big kids.
Cardboard Office
Mike, a keen prankster, pushed his co-workers too far. It was probably a mistake to then take a few days away from the office.
Lobster Pinches Wallet
A man who lost his wallet during a late-night…
Mon Aug 14, 2006
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Hanging Munchkin set for Stage Debut —
The well-known and much maligned
Wizard of Oz urban legend
– that of a scene in the film where one can 'see' one of the munchkins hanging himself at the back of the set – is the centre theme of a show opening in Dublin this week. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has focused the play, depicting the lives of the actors who portrayed the munchkins, around the premise that the legend is true. The
BBC quotes him
as saying: "It's a persistent myth - the point about myths is they don't have…
Wed Aug 09, 2006
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Professional Staredown Contests —
Status: Fictional
Unflinching Triumph
, a recently released movie, explores the little-known subculture of Professional Staredown contests (aka Staring Contests). You can view the movie in its entirety online (free and legal!), or view the
at YouTube. If you believe the movie, there really is such a thing as professional staredown contests. This illusion is strengthened by the website of the
National Association of Staredown Professionals
(NASP) and the website of
Sun Jul 16, 2006
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The Vegetable Orchestra —
Status: Strange, but true Vienna boasts the world's only
vegetable orchestra
. Members of this orchestra play only instruments made out of vegetables. Among their instruments: the cuke-o-phon, the radish-marimba, and the carrot-flute. (A few kitchen utensils such as knives and mixers are also used, on occasion.) And I love this part of the concept: "the instruments are subsequently made into a soup so that the audience can then enjoy them a second time" In their FAQ, the vegetable…
Thu Jul 13, 2006
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Hope Against Hope —
Status: Fake Band A new band called
Hope Against Hope
managed to cultivate an enthusiastic online fanbase, and leveraged this popularity into an invitation from Alan McGee (a music industry exec famous for discovering Oasis) to play at the trendy Death Disco club. What neither Hope Against Hope's fans nor Alan McGee knew was that the band was fake. It didn't exist. So how did they all get fooled? Simple. Because although the band wasn't real, it did have a myspace profile.
Fri Jun 23, 2006
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Fake Happy Families Sell Homes —
Status: Strange, but true California realtors have devised
a new way to sell homes
. They're hiring actors to play "happy families" during open houses: Attractive film and stage actors are cast in the roles of cheerful-looking parents and their angelic children, recreating scenes of domestic bliss that they hope will impress prospective buyers... With Hollywood just down the road, there is no shortage of photogenic and unemployed actors, for whom the alternatives are normally bit parts…
Tue Jun 06, 2006
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