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hdental needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Holistic Dental Centers
We are a small dental practice, focused on holistic dentistry and mercury removal.
Our audience is dental patients.
We need our homepage designed (uncoded), with a basic logo. Looking for a clean, professional design, with a horizontal navigation bar underneath the header. Please design for a resolution of 1024 x 768. Colors should reflect health, wellness and trust.
Please use a colored webpage background – either a solid color, or a gradient. The content area (where the text will be placed) should be white. For example, both of these sites have a white background for the content area: http://www.drbhollander.com/ http://www.nsendo.com/
The header graphic should contain the business name and phone number. Please insert the phone number in the right corner of header. Use (123) 456-7890. There will be 9 links in the navigation bar.
Please see http://holisticdentalcenters.com/hdc.zip for further details.
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Please do not use extremely tall header graphics (height) that push the homepage content "below the fold." The visitor shouldn't have to scroll to begin reading the text.
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http://www.nsendo.com/ The colors are warm and welcoming. The navigation bar is decent. The large Flash graphic is very tall and pushes the content further down the page. Would prefer for the graphic to be shorter (in height) than the one shown here.
http://www.drbhollander.com/ I like the blue gradient background, and the rounded boxes (at the bottom of the page) on dental implants and periodontal disease.
See attached website image (example3.png inside the zipped file) – I like the navigation bar, and footer gradient of this website. The colors are attractive, and the brown background looks nice when paired with the green Nav. Bar and footer.


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Review: Spritz Burger
3819 N. Broadway 773-868-9866
Rating: 3 (out of 4)
I, the Great Burgerelli, do believe that the hottest circles of hell should be reserved for charlatans such as Guy Fieri. I thoroughly appreciate those who can communicate their passion for food on television without acting like gross caricatures, and this is why I have long since been an admirer of Steve McDonagh and Dan Smith, also known as The Hearty Boys. Unlike that peroxide-spill victim Fieri, Chicago's own unambiguously gay duo of Dan and Steve showed America that you can be successful in food by being funny, smart and most importantly, sincere. Along the way, I have enjoyed their restaurants, their catering company and their cookbooks ("Talk With Your Mouth Full," "The New Old Bar"). Now that they were joining forces with pastry chef Gale Gand (Tru), another genuine TV veteran ("Sweet Dreams" on Food Network) to open Spritz Burger, a burger-focused reincarnation of their old restaurant space Hearty, my pure beef heart went all a flutter. I expected this trio would produce the burger of my dreams. Would they? Read on to find out.
The burger: The patties at Spritz Burger are made from grass-fed beef provided by a small New Zealand farmers' cooperative. "It's pre-ground, but the grind was really important to us when we researched our meat purveyors," McDonagh said. "We needed to find a grind that has texture, not finely ground so that when we packed the burger we wouldn't get tight patties. We do next to nothing to the beef other than salt and pepper." Since I was hand-fed my very first burger by my nonna as a bambino, I have believed that more local the beef and the fresher the grind, the better the burger. And yet, the Spritz Burger—an ultra-thick patty that even a hungry Chicago Bears linebacker might cut in half before taking the first bite—has shaken my faith. For, though it has been pre-ground and it comes from a land down under, the Spritz Burger has a loose pack and a bursting juiciness like few burgers I've eaten in the last few years.
The bun: There are a few bread options at Spritz Burger—-including rye toast for the patty melt ($10)—but the basic brioche-style bun has a deep brown crust and a golden chewy interior with just the right softness and richness that I desire in a burger bun. Most surprising to me was the savory bread pudding bun used for the open-faced Madron burger ($14). The custard-larded square had a touch of sweetness and a thick heartiness that stood up to the onslaught of red pepper hollandaise sauce ladled over the burger. The bun tasted like dinner and dessert at the same time. Delightful!
The fixings: Speaking of the Madron, it was a glorious mess featuring that thick, juicy beef patty topped with a jammy thicket of caramelized onion, a drippy sunny-side-up cage-free egg, an oozing slice of havarti and crispy Spam. Though I always keep a ration of prosciutto di parma on hand, you will never, ever find Spam in The Great Burgerelli's pantry. And yet, this salty and crispy shingle of ham was quite glorious as a crunchy counterpoint to the gooey sauces and that luscious burger. As such, I now doff my hat to Hormel Foods Corporation for creating such a versatile processed pork product. Let me also compliment the Amish farmers of Cambria, Wis. for their Smokehaus Blue cheese, which encrusts the Spritz Burger known as the Amish B&B; ($13). The smoky cheese offers a creamy contrast to the thick candied planks of bacon topping this burger. And notably, though I did not have the sufficient appetite to try it, there is also a curious-sounding poutine burger ($13) topped with fries, cheese curds and sage country gravy.
The spritz: Spritz Burger has an extensive menu of housemade spritzes, aka sodas served with and without alcohol. Drinks are mixed at the bar and then topped off with carbonated water at one's table, courtesy of a soda siphon-equipped server. The flavors of these drinks are quite magnificent. I especially appreciated the mingle of sharp citrus, soft honey-like agave syrup and bright green herbs de Provence flavoring the Mandarin Orange spritz ($3). The bright cherry, bitter coffee and chocolate notes in the Dark Cherry ($3) reminded me of a sophisticated Cherry Coke. One sip of the Salted Caramel Egg Cream ($9) filled with dulce de leche, weizenbock (a strong unfiltered German wheat beer) and a generous pinch of vanilla salt conjured images of neon signs, stainless steel trim and soda jerks. Despite the creative flavors, every drink except for the egg cream tasted disappointingly flat and watered down. The siphons were not charged enough and the amount of water discharged was far too much relative to the flavorings, throwing off the balance of ingredients.
The sides: Since my palate had experienced the glory of Spam, which I once thought a pedestrian ingredient, I forged outside of my comfort zone and tried a dish called Mac & Cheeto ($3 as a side, $11 as an entree). This turned out to be a great folly, as the crumbled crust of Cheetos was slightly burnt and the bland cheese sauce had a dry, pasty flour-like finish. On the other hand, Spritz Burger's French fries were well-salted, hot and featured a nice puffy potato center (included in price of burger or as a side dish for $4, or $5 with truffle oil). The tater tots, which you may order showered with parmesan and black pepper or truffle oil, would make Napoleon Dynamite weep. McDonagh said, "We tried that [making homemade tots] at HB, but now we figure housemade tots are, as Gale puts it, 'too fancy-pants' for us …" Chef Gand is a keen cook, as I can not imagine how a tater tot would taste much better than the ones I consumed.
The sweets: Perhaps the most surprising fact about Spritz Burger is that the desserts undermine Gand's reputation as an elite pastry chef. I appreciated the option to order a trio of tasting portions of any of the six desserts on offer for only $9. But, of the three I tried, only the velvety butterscotch pudding topped with a cloud-like dollop of cream and spicy peanuts was something I could imagine returning for. The chocolate devil dogs—a peanut-shaped whoopie pie filled with marshmallow stuffing—featured a dry cake crumb, and the blueberry-ginger hand pie possessed a heavy crust and not enough filling.
Bottom line: Until the servers ascertain how to properly work their soda siphons and the kitchen executes Gand's recipes consistently, I would warn you to stay away from the spritz and sweets. For the moment, focus entirely on the thick, juicy grass-fed beef burgers topped with inventive and delicious toppings.
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Throughout the 1990s, Sisqo, born Mark Andrews, gained popularity as a member of the Baltimore-based R&B group Dru Hill. The group's biggest hit was "Tell Me" from its self-titled debut album.
Sisqo released his debut solo album in 1999. The R&B artist is best known for his hits "Thong Song" and "Incomplete" -- and his wild hair and flashy outfits.


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I'm currently participating in an online sewing competition called Project Sewn. The theme for week 3 was 1980s fashion, and this is the outfit I made. Kelly Kapowski from the show Saved by the Bell was my inspiration and I decided to make a denim jacket and a slim & colorful zip-fly skirt. The top is a baggy kimono sleeve tee made from a funky jersey print.
The jacket pattern is a Burda "cropped denim jacket" PDF. For the skirt I used Grainline Studio Moss Mini skirt pattern, lengthened four inches. The tee has no pattern.
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MASON CITY — The Roanoke-Benson boys basketball team had waited 19 years for another regional plaque. No longer.
The Rockets used a 41-point second quarter to knock off top-seeded Peoria Heights 52-38 on Friday night to claim the Class 1A Mason City Regional title, the program's first since 1995.
"Those guys weren't even alive then," R-B coach Abe Zeller said of his players. "To be able to see the excitement on those guys' faces is well worth it, and a coach's dream. We'll really enjoy this for a weekend, and then get ready for our sectional."
The Rockets (22-9) trailed 22-11 early in the third quarter, but closed the frame on an 18-9 run that got them back within two points heading into the fourth.
Twice R-B tied the game early in the final quarter, and a long 3-pointer from the left wing from junior Kyle Kolb gave the Rockets their first lead since a 5-4 advantage early, 36-33 with 4:51 remaining. They closed the game on a 16-5 run.
"Basketball is a game of runs. You're never out of it, at least to a point," Zeller said. "We got good looks in the first half, and coming out in the second half we knew we were going to get a run. We knew those shots would start falling."
Kolb and senior forward Michael Doss, who each finished with a game-high 14 points, were the lightning rods for R-B's offense, scoring 20 of their combined 28 in the second half.
"It's so exhilarating," Doss said with a freshly cut net draped around his neck. "It's just overwhelming. Since 1995, I wasn't even born yet."
Peoria Heights (21-7) didn't shoot often in the first half but the Patriots were efficient offensively, hitting on 60 percent (9-for-15) of their shots in the first half. Senior Ron Willis had seven of his team-high 12 points in the first 16 minutes of play.
The second half was another story, as the Heights was outscored 41-18, while shooting just 22 percent (6-for-27) from the floor.
"They suffocated us in the man-to-man (defense) and we couldn't get good shots," Peoria Heights coach Mike Persich said. "Coach Zeller was gutsy to stay in it, but he believed in his man-to-man, and his man-to-man was the difference.
"I didn't have an answer for stops. We couldn't get stops. I didn't have the answer, not them. Obviously the zone wasn't working, and I wish I wouldn't have stayed in the zone as much as I did."
Doss finished with a double-double, adding 10 rebounds to his point total, while junior Klay Nafziger grabbed seven of his game-high 13 boards in the fourth quarter. The Rockets finished with a 36-22 advantage on the glass.
"Both of those guys go to the boards hard, and they take pride in it," Zeller said. "You need to get a lot of one-and-dones this time of year, and we got a lot of them that second half."
Josh Herman can be reached at 686-3214 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @JoshHermanPJS.
Roanoke-Benson wins first regional since '95 with 52-38 win over Heights
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The park system's current management responsibilities include 21 natural area sites, 11 of which are currently open for full public access, and four regional parks that are also nature centers - Anne Kolb, Fern Forest, Long Key, and Secret Woods. Each one is unique and has its own particular management challenges. It is Broward County Parks responsibility to manage natural areas through best management practices by preserving ecological integrity while providing public access to natural areas via trails, boardwalks, and other amenities where appropriate. We strive to preserve the ecological balance of the system's natural areas through Resource Management Plans and diligent management efforts. We also offer environmental education for all ages and abilities, including nature classes, trail walks and hikes, lecture programs, and special events.
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New York City- Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for
Life, issued the following statement today in response to a press release
from Catholics for a Free Choice.
"The agenda of Catholics for a Free Choice is an agenda of confusion.
Once again, Frances Kissling has asserted that Catholics don't have to adhere to
Catholic teaching.
"Our response is simple. Nobody is forced to be a Catholic, but if you
don't subscribe to Catholic teaching, have the honesty and integrity to say that
you are no longer Catholic. But don't try to have it both ways. That's a game
children play, not adults.
"Because Kissling has played this game for many years, the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops has had to publicly state more than once
that Catholics for a Free Choice is not a Catholic organization and does not in
any way represent the Church."
"Another problem with her press release is that it suggests that
abortion can be justified. Here we don't even have to enter the question of
Catholic Faith. We just have to read the descriptions of the procedure and look
at the pictures. It is an act of killing. Neither a private citizen nor a
Supreme Court nominee can justify this act of violence. Those who claim that
killing children has any place under our Constitution, or in any civilized
society, have more than a problem with Catholic Faith. They have a problem with
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Sony MDR-NC500D "review"
The MDR-NC500D retailed for $350 CAD. As a long-time customer of the local Sony Style, I obtained these headphones, brand new and all, for $150. I will try to review these headphones from a $150 point of view. Just food for thought.
Just about nobody talks about noise-canceling headphones when it comes to "serious listening". This is absolutely not without reason as the circuitry in these headphones almost always mess with the sounds in all kinds of interesting ways. I once proposed a multi-driver design - one for the music and one for the anti-phase signal - but as I am not an acoustic engineer, that design is likely to never see the light of day.
People usually choose IEMs for noise-isolating purposes. My personal experience with IEMs is enough for me to summarize the following points, aka. why IEMs don't work for me:
Noise canceling headphones to the rescue!
I was always fascinated by noise-canceling technology. I find it amazing how we can take a signal, flip the phase, feed it back out and just let physics take over. My first pair of noise-canceling headphones are the Sony MDR-NC60, which I managed to salvage from a room downstairs. After prolonged abuse by some other people, the drivers finally failed. So I was more or less stuck with IEMs for about 2 years.
Sony must have been clearing these out in preparation for the new MDR-1RNC headphones. Because they actually used to retail for $500 when they just came out. There were other choices, of course, such as the BOSE QC15, but since I "knew" the local Sony salesmen, why not?
If you buy one in Canada, yours may or may not come with an Air Canada Maple Lounge pass. Mine did not.
Sony claims "generous use of lightweight metal alloys" in their product brochure. These headphones might as well be all plastic because I cannot see any metal on these, apart from a few screws. One of my connections also uses these headphones and he claims that the metal parts are all inside and concealed. I really wonder why because I believe having some metal parts really accentuates the build quality. The MDR-NC60 feels better built in every way: The earcups are almost entirely metal (on the outside anyway) and the telescopic headband is visibly metal. Most importantly, the buttons on the NC60 are not loose! If you move your head around while wearing the NC500D you will hear the buttons rattling in their sockets.
So basically, no, this level of build is not worth $350. But hey, when both BOSE and Sennheiser use silver-painted plastic on their flagship headphones (yes, I handled the HD800 back in B&H) and Sony actually doesn't, maybe I should shut up.
Also can some call Immigration to check on Grado's "factory"?
Sony does one thing well. Angled drivers. Doing this makes sure nothing inside the earcup touches your ear without adding earcup depth or thickness.
Sony did this better on the NC60. I don't know whether the lining material in the NC500D is fluffier, but my ear lobes itch when wearing the NC500D while the NC60 did none of this to me. This usually isn't that serious as I just have to wiggle the ears a bit, but it is an added distraction.
The earpads are deceptively thin. It's actually made of two parts: The "external" part, which touches your skin, is made of a leather-like material. It feels much better than the paper-like "urethane leatherette" found on so many other headphones that flake off after a while. The "internal" part, or the part that sits between this external part and the earcup structure, is a ring of dense and firm foam. This is actually a spectacular design as the while earpad molds around your ear almost perfectly. I wear glasses and the added protrusions don't seem to lessen the isolation one bit.
They don't get hot at all, perhaps thanks to the backside of the "external" pad being made of vented mesh. Which reminds me of how so many luxury cars don't have vented leather seats for some reason.
The headband is thin, but it doesn't cut into your skull. NC60's headband did. It might also use the two-stage pad structure. It is much thinner yet somehow more comfortable than MDR-7509HD's headband.
Source: SanDisk Sansa Clip+, Rockbox 3.7 (I believe)
Subjective comparison: Bose QC15 (very limited)
One important thing to note is that I don't (never) listen to real vocals out of portable sources. It is my personal, purely subjective belief that portable sources are not deserving of rendering real vocals and instruments.
So I listen to Vocaloid.
Vocaloid is synthetic music. Purely synthetic music. It might have acoustically recorded passages of guitar and drums, but most of the music is composed by something like Fruity Loops and the "vocals" are provided by Yamaha's Vocaloid technology. Hence the name "Vocaloid": It only somewhat resembles vocals. Most Vocaloid songs are in Japanese, of which I understand none. Here's an English Vocaloid song, if you want to hear for yourself:
I should start giving people medals for actually tolerating throughout the entire performance.
All in all, when it comes to Vocaloid, you can't talk about dynamic range. You can't talk about stereo separation because often there is none. You can't talk about recording and mastering. What you can talk about is clipping and distortion. Lots of them. I've listened to Vocaloid versions of Ave Maris Stella (Guillaume Dufay) and it's a clipfest. Throw whatever piece of Vocaloid music into Audacity and see for yourself - yet some people are still bashing Death Magnetic.
You need equipment that actively masks sonic details. The MDR-NC500D excels at doing just that.
Kurousa-P's Senbonzakura is unlistenable on the MDR-EX1000 nor the XBA-4. It is, as I just called it, a clipfest. This is no longer the case with the MDR-NC500D. Sony agrees and even boasts that the NC500D does an extra AD-DA stage to the music and applies "equalization" to it. I don't know how this is supposed to work (it involves the TI AIC23B and a bunch of other chips) but it makes Vocaloid sound so much better by just outright destroying so much of it. All I hear is a smooth background melody with the "vocals". No details, no clipping. Maybe the distortion is so bad that the resulting sound is appreciable - much like thermionic valves.
The MDR-NC500D renders bass with just enough "fatness" to feel a bit of impact. No, it has no depth, but it's not the flabby resonating one-note fart that comes out of BOSE Acoustimess systems either. And that is good enough. For the rest of the frequency range, all I can say is that the NC500D is very inoffensive.
Now, for you real music listeners (Classic strings, symphonies, Sarah McLachlan and the like), the "qualities" of the NC500D might as well be very offensive to you. But the thing is, when I started to listen to Vocaloid, I wanted something that can deliver an enjoyable experience. The EX1000 and the XBA-4, with their advanced this-and-that, are too good for their own good. For once, noise-canceling headphones do something right to music.
Good headphones should not sound like anything. What the NC500D sound like is much like if you install sixteen inches of drywall in front of the Martin Logan CLX-Art and then perforate the drywall just right. It's an intricate balance; and for Vocaloid music, the NC500D is right on the money.
That said, for folk, blues, jazz, country and Punch Brothers listeners, for the love of God please stay away from the NC500D.
Noise-canceling performance
Sony claims "AI noise-canceling". What it actually is is just three preset modes, each with a different effective frequency band. Whenever you press the AI button, the circuitry "listens to" surrounding noise, Fourier out the most intense frequencies and apply a resembling profile.
The best part is, these profiles work. I have mostly used the NC500D in buses and in "offices" and while I don't know whether the correct mode is applied, the noise-canceling always leaves me stunned. With IEMs, there is always a background low-frequency droning, be it an engine or a centrifuge, or some background chattering: With the NC500D, there is none of this. I can say that IEMs leave me in a sea of darkness while the NC500D leaves me in the Void, where there isn't even darkness.
It even suppresses unruly infants and loud arguments of whether to use iso-octanol in the HPLC. Something that neither IEMs nor the BOSE QC15 can do. Digital noise-canceling really isn't just for show. I cannot wait to see hear how well the 1RNC performs.
Other thoughts
The internal battery, fully charged, can easily last 10 hours. I haven't tried that external battery case.
The removable cable is rather thin. I guess this is for its own good so it doesn't disconnect itself from the socket (as this is not the Ultrasone-type screw-in cable).
There isn't much else to say. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing. I do believe that most of what I said are self-tapping and require no previous hole drilling.
Well that's a load off my mind. Moving on and thanks for reading!
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LAWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Blake Bell fired a pair of touchdown passes Saturday and No. 18 Oklahoma got back on the winning track with a 34-19 triumph over Kansas.
Bell went 15-of-25 through the air 131 yards and an interception for the Sooners (6-1, 3-1 Big 12), who shook off last week's loss to Texas.
Damien Williams picked up 56 rushing yards on 15 carries and Sterling Shepard made seven catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns for Oklahoma, which improved to 21-0 since 2004 in games following a regular-season loss.
The Jayhawks (2-4, 0-3) dropped a third straight. Jake Heaps was held to just 5-of-13 passing for 16 yards and a touchdown.
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Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance almost 40 years ago has been the stuff of urban legend, prompting numerous theories about what happened to the former Teamsters leader.
The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again this week break out the digging equipment to search for the remains in an Oakland Township field, about 25 miles north of Detroit.
The feisty Hoffa was last seen about 20 miles away on July 30, 1975, outside a restaurant where he was supposed to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia captain.
Hoffa is presumed dead. His body has never been found — but not for a lack of trying.
Previous tips about Hoffa's remains have led police and the FBI to search unsuccessfully in at least six other sites from Michigan to New Jersey:
— In September 1975, shortly after Hoffa was reported missing, Michigan State police and local authorities used a backhoe to look for him on property in Waterford Township.
— In December 1975, the search moved from Michigan to a rubble field in Jersey City, N.J.
— In July 2003, authorities dug beneath an underground pool at a home in Hampton Township, Mich., for a briefcase an informant said contained a syringe and evidence that Hoffa might have been injected with drugs or poison. No briefcase was found.
— In May 2004, police ripped up floor boards from a Detroit house where one-time Hoffa ally Frank Sheeran claimed to have killed him. The FBI crime lab ultimately concluded that blood found on the floorboards was not Hoffa's.
— In May 2006, the FBI called in agents, archaeologists, anthropologists and cadaver-sniffing dogs to search for Hoffa's body at Hidden Dreams Farm in Milford Township. The two-week search at the mid-Michigan horse farm cost about $250,000. It was one of the most extensive searches for Hoffa, with a demolition crew taking apart a barn.
— In September 2012, authorities drilled for soil samples in the floor of a shed in the Detroit suburb of Roseville after police were told by a source that Hoffa was buried beneath the driveway. Tests showed nothing.
Other theories have emerged over the years, including:
— In 1982, self-described mafia murderer Charles Allen, who served prison time with Hoffa and participated in the federal witness-protection program, told a U.S. Senate committee that Hoffa was killed and his body was "ground up in little pieces, shipped to Florida and thrown into a swamp."
— In 1989, self-described hit man Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos claimed Hoffa was buried under Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The FBI found no evidence to support the claim.
— In 2006: New Jersey mob hit man Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski, who died earlier that year, claimed in a book that he killed Hoffa and put his body in a car that was sold as scrap metal. Kuklinski's book, "The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer," contended he received $40,000 for the slaying.
Still another theory has it that Hoffa was obliterated in a mob-owned fat-rendering plant that later burned down.
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Rob Fetters is a Sylvania native and Cincinnati guitarist who also works as a commercial music composer.
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Sylvania-native Rob Fetters' third solo album is a trenchant, ambitious exploration of what it means to be human, the joy of watching "God chase his own tail," and the nature of grace and beauty in a mostly messy existence that ends with us all dying.
Heavy stuff? I suppose. But it's also empathetic, warm, subversive, intensely melodic, and the sort of thing that anyone who came of age listening to the Beatles, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, and Todd Rundgren should buy as soon as they finish reading this review.
"Saint Ain't" is Fetters' strongest work, a collection of 11 songs with zero fat and nothing self-consciously experimental to bog things down. Much like Rundgren, Fetters — who played in The Raisins and is a member of the Psychodots (with fellow Sylvanians Chris Arduser and Bob Nyswonger), as well as being a busy producer and musician in Cincinnati — uses the recording studio as if it were an instrument.
But he also is an inventive guitarist and intelligent lyricist, qualities that give the album a high musical IQ while never wandering into self-absorption or pretense. And the disc's last three songs — "Play Your Guitar," "Life & Death Boogie," and "Walking Out" — feature some of the most explosive guitar playing he's ever put on record, taking the instrument to the same frontier that only Beck, Adrian Belew, and a few others dare to explore anymore in mainstream music.
"Life & Death Boogie" subverts the guitar hero ethos with a bizarro Frank Zappa meets John Lee Hooker in a Detroit funk bar vibe. And the closer "Walking Out" provides the perfect release for an album of big questions, with doo-wopping vocals, a gonzo guitar solo and the surprisingly uplifting chorus: "I'm walking out, gonna help myself/And then I'm gonna tear through the chains and free somebody else."
Considering that the first song on the disc starts lyrically with "If you live, you're gonna suffer," and "Walking Out" is the ideal bookend. This is how Fetters elbows his way into his own creative niche with a wildly disparate set of influences that include literature, power pop, Jimi Hendrix, and Robert Fripp.
For those looking for northwest Ohio connections, the cover art is a sculpture by Toledo artist Steven J. Athanas and Arduser and Nyswonger show up for several songs.
"Saint Ain't" is available at cdbaby.com.
Mark Winkler and Cheryl Bentyne (Summit Records)
The late Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck likely would be awestruck by this duo's flattering and forward-thinking rendition of "Take Five," the jazz classic that saxophonist Desmond wrote in unorthodox 5/4 time and, with help from pianist Brubeck and others, made into one of the most enduring, career-defining songs of any genre.
This disc is a great studio production of a recent collaboration inspired by West Coast Jazz. Veteran Los Angeles singer-lyricist Mark Winkler and The Manhattan Transfer's lead singer, the multi-Grammy-winning artist Cheryl Bentyne, teamed up for live club shows starting in 2010, mostly across California.
The two do an incredible job of recreating sounds from that sub-category of jazz from the '50s and '60s known for its smoother, mellower, yet sophisticated and laid back style. Their delightful version of "Take Five" is worth the disc itself, but the two also do a great job playing homage to the music of such iconic figures of the era as trumpeter Chet Baker and singer Nat King Cole.
It's a beautiful reinterpretation and tribute to one of the most important eras, when West Coast Jazz was the hip sound and rivaled emerging rock and roll.
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I grew up in Los Angeles in two opposed worlds. I was the son of an evangelical minister who led a mega-church of 12,000 members. I was also the child of my time and place, the counter-culture of the late 1960s. The drive from our church in the San Fernando Valley to Sunset Boulevard and rock clubs like the Troubadour and the Whiskey crossed… READ MORE >
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Bearing the Silence of God: The image of Christ in the persecuted church
"…The greatest glory Jesus brought to God was not when he walked on the water or prayed for long hours, but when he cried in agony in the garden of Gethsemane and still continued to follow God's will, even though it meant isolation, darkness, and the silence of God. Thus, we know that when everything around us fails, when we are destroyed and abandoned, our tears, blood, and dead corpses are the greatest worship songs we have ever sung. The dead body is not the end of the story. The one who sacrificed his life is also the one who has been glorified: 'because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence' (2 Cor. 4:14)." READ MORE >
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Coptic priest Zakaria Botros fights fire with fire
"The very public conversion of high-profile Italian journalist Magdi Allam — who was baptized by Pope Benedict in Rome on Saturday — is only the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, Islamic cleric Ahmad al-Qatani stated on al-Jazeera TV a while back that some six million Muslims convert to Christianity annually, many of them persuaded by Botros's public ministry… Many Western critics fail to appreciate that, to disempower radical Islam, something theocentric and spiritually satisfying — not secularism, democracy, capitalism, materialism, feminism, etc. — must be offered in its place. The truths of one religion can only be challenged and supplanted by the truths of another. And so Father Zakaria Botros has been fighting fire with fire." READ MORE >
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Some students come to Hebrew College right after college, others enroll after working in the Jewish professions for several years and still others study here to prepare for a second career in midlife. In addition to those with professional aspirations, some of our students enjoy coursework for the pure love of learning and Jewish personal enrichment.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market edged higher Thursday as some encouraging news on the economy outweighed investors' concerns that interest rates may start to rise sooner than they had anticipated. Guess slumped after the apparel maker reported lower quarterly income and predicted a loss for the current quarter.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,865 as of 12:15 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 60 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,282. The Nasdaq composite climbed six points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,314.
GREEN SHOOTS: A measure of the U.S. economy's health rose in February by the largest amount in three months, suggesting growth will accelerate following a severe winter. The Conference Board said Thursday its index of leading indicators increased 0.5 percent following a slight 0.1 percent rise in January and a 0.1 percent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased.
THE YELLEN EFFECT: Stocks opened lower as investors mulled comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen Wednesday that set the stage for a possible interest rate hike by the middle of next year. The Fed also backed away from its previous stance tying interest rates to falling unemployment, which is still hovering at 6.7 percent.
TASTY EARNINGS: ConAgra Foods rose 13 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $29.72 after the company said its fiscal third-quarter net income nearly doubled as it continues to benefit from the acquisition of private-label food maker Ralcorp.
JOBS PICTURE: The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 5,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, The Labor Department said. That's close to pre-recession levels and suggests a stable job market.
GUESS-TIMATE: Guess fell $1.42, or 4.9 percent, to $29.72 after the company forecast it would make a loss for the current quarter.
RISING RATES, STRENGTHENING ECONOMY: Higher interest rates could also be seen as a positive, if taken in the context of an improving economy, said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. "The good news is that if interest rates go up, that means that the economy is getting stronger and that favors Corporate America in terms of earnings growth," Cardillo said.
TREASURYS AND COMMODITIES: Bond prices were little changed a day after the Fed announced it would make further reductions to its bond-buying program. The yield on the 10-year government was unchanged from Wednesday at 2.77 percent. The price of crude oil fell 87 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $98.29 a barrel. Gold dropped $10, or 0.8 percent, to $1,331.20 an ounce.


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GREENWICH, Conn. — Hope Hicks, a 2006 graduate of Greenwich High school and a close confidante of President Donald Trump, is now officially the new communications director at the White House, according to USA Today.
No official announcement has been made on the 28-year-old, who has been serving on an interim basis in the role since mid-August.
She took over the interim job in August after the tumultuous tenure of Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired after just 10 days on the job.
Hicks had previously been strategic communications director at the White House.
In her new role, Hicks will work closely with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Related story: National Spotlight Finds Greenwich Native Working As Trump Spokeswoman
Hicks, 28, has been in the spotlight since serving as Trump's press secretary during the presidential campaign.
A former teen model for Ralph Lauren, Hicks has garnered much attention, with profiles in the New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Town and Country and a host of other national publications.
She was co-captain of the lacrosse team at Greenwich High and played lacrosse all four years at the club level at Southern Methodist University.
Related story: Greenwich's Hope Hicks Named Interim Communications Director At White House
After college, Hicks worked at Hiltzik Strategies, a big public relations firm that represents Hollywood clients and corporate executives. She then went to work for Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, and her luxury jewelry lines and Trump's real estate holdings. She was asked to join the campaign staff in early 2015.
Her father and grandfather also worked in public relations. Paul B. Hicks III was the right-hand man of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and also worked as the CEO for Ogilvy Public Relations as their U.S. lead. Her late grandfather, Paul Hicks, was a vice president and general manager of public relations for Texaco.
Trump's previous communications directors were Sean Spicer, Mike Dubke, then Spicer again in an "acting" role and then Scaramucci.
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Historic letter comes home to Alamo
SAN ANTONIO - With all the pageantry worthy of a priceless document, William Barret Travis' enduring "victory or death" letter returned Friday to the Alamo, for the first time since it was written by the desperate young commander in 1836.
A color guard of re-enactors in period Texian dress led four Alamo Rangers who carried a fine arts shipping crate. They carted the letter along a red carpet and into the shrine, where it will be on daily exhibition for 13 days, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Pride, ceremony
The doors of the shrine swung open as Denton County Sheriff Will Travis finished reading the text of the famous letter, written by his fifth-great uncle.
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff led a ceremony welcoming the letter back to the shrine, for the 177th anniversary of a siege and battle in which 189 defenders gave their lives "so that we can live a better life."
"Each year, we come to commemorate what they stood for," Wolff said, thanking Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson for temporarily bringing the letter back to its place of origin.
Patterson credited his staff, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, which owns the letter, and said every Texan should be able to see it at least once.
"The hair on my back is standing up right now," Patterson said.
The letter, carried out of the Alamo on Feb. 24, 1836, by mounted courier Albert Martin, arrived Friday in a blue, specially equipped truck.
Employees of the Land Office and Alamo have blocked off windows of the shrine and installed temporary air conditioning units to protect the fragile document from sunlight and variations in temperature and humidity. It has been placed in a custom-built display case that allows visitors to see both sides of the letter.
'Reunion of two icons'
Michael Waters, archives commission chairman, said the commission was proud to be part of the "reunion of two icons of Texas history" - the Alamo and the stirring dispatch, considered one of the most famous letters ever written.
"You don't have to tell Texans what 'the letter' is," Waters said.
In his public appeal for help, Travis wrote, "Then, I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch."
Among about 1,000 people at the ceremony were three women from Gonzales, where the Texas Revolution began on Oct. 2, 1835.
The Gonzales factor
One of them, Charlie Gray, held a large "Come and Take It" flag, which shows a silhouette of the cannon townspeople defended against Mexican officials. Ultimately, 32 men from Gonzales who answered Travis' plea would die at the Alamo, leaving family members at home to grieve.
"We just wanted to make the Gonzales presence known here," Gray said. "That letter is a big part of our history."
This is at least the 11th time the letter has been publicly displayed since 1892, and the fourth time exhibited outside of Austin, where it is kept at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building.
The Land Office, Alamo custodian, privately raised more than $100,000 for security, transport and other costs of the exhibition, which also will include a razor, cat's-eye ring, childhood poetry book and other item belonging to Travis.


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July 08. 2014 7:25PM
Kuster visit relocated after Salem selectmen deem stop as political event
By ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
— On July 1, Congresswoman Ann Kuster was scheduled to visit the Salem Fire Department to announce a new bill on carbon monoxide poisoning prevention.
However, that visit was relocated after two selectmen, Stephen Campbell and Everett McBride, expressed concerns about a political candidate using town property for what they characterized as a political event.
Town Manager Keith Hickey stated to another media outlet that he felt pressured to cancel the event at the fire station after being contacted by Campbell.
At Monday night's selectmen's meeting, Hickey stood by that comment while Campbell said he was not pressuring Hickey, but expressed his concerns about Kuster using town property for a political event.
Hickey said he did not believe there was anything threatening or illegal about an email Campbell sent him prior to Kuster's scheduled event, "but in my opinion, I was pressured into an attempt to eliminate the event at the Salem Fire Department."
The reason the event was scheduled for the fire station, Hickey said, was because of the death of a Salem resident several years ago from carbon monoxide poisoning followed by the deaths earlier this year of three Plaistow residents.
"This issue has affected Salem in a negative way," Hickey said. "Everything that goes on with politicians is political, but in my opinion, this would benefit the community if the legislation were approved in the future. This was not a candidate standing on a milk crate saying please vote for me later this year."
Campbell noted that his email to Hickey was not an official board action demanding that the event be canceled, rather the thoughts of one selectman voicing his concerns. Campbell read the full text of the email at Monday night's meeting.
"I would be very careful attending events like this that could be considered a political event, given the fact that Representative Kuster and Senator Shaheen are running for reelection," stated Campbell in the email. "I would also be careful about politicians using town facilities for photo ops unless the staff also attended events for their opponents."
Campbell objected to Hickey using the media to state that he felt he had been pressured by two selectmen to cancel the event. Campbell noted that there have been other instances where he has been criticized in the press by the town manager.
Selectmen Chairman Pat Hargreaves asked Campbell to keep his comments to the issue at hand. Campbell requested that selectmen take up the larger issue of the criticisms at a future non-public session.
Selectman Michael Lyons said he believed Hickey had the authority to allow Kuster's event at the fire station.
Hargreaves said he understood where both Hickey and Campbell and McBride were coming from on the issue.
"As the chairman of the board, I have to weigh both sides," he said. "Let's move on, and if the board has to make a policy of not allowing these types of events happening at town buildings, then the board can come up with a policy."


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This November 2nd Tama county voters will be voting for county Recorder. Deb Kupka has been Tama county's Recorder for the past 5 years, and is running for re-election to that position. Deb Kupka is clearly the candidate in the race with the job experience worthy of our vote.
Deb brings 34 years of bookkeeping and accounting experience to the office of Recorder, including her 5 years on the job as Recorder. During that time Deb has launched on-site Passport picture taking in the office, bringing $17,000 of additional revenue to the office as well as the convenience it provides to Tama county residents. Also, Deb has kept her department under budget all 5 years, returning over $23,000 of budgeted money back to the Tama county General Fund. That is the kind of fiscally responsible leadership that Tama county needs. Deb has also served in a statewide capacity as president of the Iowa District 1 Recorders Association, a position that enhances her ability to share ideas with other county Recorders for Tama county's benefit.
Deb was born and raised in Tama county, graduating from South Tama County High with Honors. Deb and her husband Steve make their home in the Clutier area and raised their 3 daughters there. Deb has been very active in the Tama county community, as a member and secretary for the Clutier First Responders, Treasurer for the Vining Events Committee, member of the Tama County Fair Queen Committee, volunteer at the Tama County Fair, 12 years as a 4-H leader for the Clutier Cowboys and Cowgirls, Co-founder and past board member of the Clutier Public Library, and former board member of the Pied Piper pre-school and daycare. For more details on Deb's experience, see her Facebook page "Kupka for Recorder".
Tama county needs a county Recorder that has technical knowledge and experience in managing the Land documents and Vital records that are critical to our county government and our personal lives, experience in managing personnel, experience in dealing with the public, and is dedicated to serving the community with a strong work ethic. Deb has a strong work record in all those areas, and that's why I support Deb Kupka for county Recorder. Experience matters. I'm confident Deb will continue to serve Tama county extremely well in the Recorders position. I hope you'll join me in voting for Deb Kupka for Tama County Recorder.
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Splices and Terminations of Conductors
They may seem like just the finishing touches, but splices and terminations are critical components of any electrical system.
The Code requires you to follow manufacturer's instructions when installing electrical equipment (110.3), and this applies to terminal devices. For example, if the labeling on a terminal device states "Suitable for 18-2 AWG Stranded," you can use only stranded conductors with that device. If it states "Suitable for 18-2 AWG Solid," you can use only solid conductors with it. If it states "Suitable for 18-2 AWG," you can use either solid or stranded conductors with the terminating device. Let's look at some other considerations.
Terminal conductor material.
In 404.14(C) and 406.2(C), the Code requires you to use terminals and splicing devices identified for use with the conductor material. Terminals and splicing devices suitable only for aluminum must be marked AL. Terminals listed for aluminum typically have an antioxidant to reduce aluminum oxide, which reduces the conductor/terminal contact resistance. Split-bolt lugs listed for aluminum-to-aluminum come with detailed instructions that vary among lug designs. All aluminum conductors require wire-brushing immediately prior to assembly.
Copper and aluminum conductors must not make contact with each other in a terminal or splicing device not specifically listed and identified for the purpose. Terminals and splicing devices suitable for both copper and aluminum must be marked as CU/AL or CO/ALR.
Tightening torques.
Terminals must ensure good connections without damaging the conductors. To get good connections, follow the manufacturer's torque specifications, which are often included with the equipment instructions. Generic torque tables do not account for all the variables that affect developing a torque value for a connection. Contrary to a popular myth, contact resistance rises dramatically with over-torque. If you have the device but not the torque value, contact the manufacturer.
There are several ways to damage a torque wrench, from storing it with the spring compressed to failing to exercise the spring, both of which can yield meaningless readings. Fortunately, these tools come with instructions that tell you how to get the right reading every time.
Terminal actions.
Follow the one-wire-per-terminal rule. Terminals listed for more than one wire must be identified for this purpose in the equipment instructions or on the terminal.
Be sure to match wire size and terminal ratings. What if your wire is too large for the terminal? The designer should order equipment with terminals that accommodate the larger wire. But if you are at the installation stage of the project, you have three choices for fixing the problem:
Contact the manufacturer or dealer and request the proper terminals, bolts, washers, and nuts.
Order a terminal device that crimps on the end of the conductor and terminates on the terminal.
Install a short lead wire on the terminal and splice it to the circuit conductors.
Splice right.
It's critical that you use the right splicing devices. If you don't use a listed splicing device, weld your connections exothermically. Special applications, such as underground burial, require splicing devices listed for those applications. But no matter what the application, you cannot use a u-bolt fitting designed to splice non-electrical cables.
Manufacturers of insulated twist-on wire connectors suggest you not hand-twist the wires together before applying the connector. The wires will bond properly if inserted straight, but you risk making a poor connection if you pre-twist. You must cover splices and the free ends of all conductors — used or not — with insulation at least equal to that of the conductor. Use twist-on wire connectors where necessary.
Placement of the splices is important, as well. Conductors must be continuous between all points of the system. You must install a box or conduit body at each conductor splice connection point, outlet, switch, junction, or pull point, with exceptions in these sections:
312.8 — Cabinet or Cutout Boxes
725.3 — Class 2 and 3 Control and Signaling
314.16 — Conduit Bodies
770.3 — Fiber Optical Cable
410.31 — Luminaires
640.3 — Sound Systems
352.7 — Surface Raceways
800.52 — Telecommunications
110.14(B) and 300.5(E) — Underground
376.56 — Wireways
Sec. 314.5 doesn't allow splices in short radius conduit bodies. For other conduit bodies, observe the limitations on the number of splices in a given enclosure per 314.16(C).
Sec. 300.14 requires you to leave at least 6 in. of free conductor — measured from the point where the conductors enter the box — at each outlet, junction, and switch point for splices or terminations of luminaires or devices. Enclosures with openings less than 8 in. must have at least 3 in. of free conductor outside the opening, and no less than 6 in. of free conductor. Enclosures with an opening of 8 in. or more must have at least 6 in. of free conductor. However, conductors that pass through an enclosure and are not used for splices or termination do not require 6 in. of free conductor.
Incorrect pigtailing can cause problems. The removal of a wiring device, such as a receptacle, must not interrupt continuity for the grounded (neutral) conductor of a multiwire branch circuit. Thus at devices such as receptacles, you must splice the grounded (neutral) conductors together and provide a pigtail (separate lead wire) for device terminations. See 250.148(A) for the pigtailing requirements for equipment grounding conductors. On the other hand, opening the hot or grounded (neutral) conductor of a two-wire circuit during the replacement of a device doesn't cause a safety hazard, so you don't have to pigtail these conductors. Conductors need not be pigtailed to GFCI receptacles.
Proper terminations and splices are critical for system performance and safe operation. There are a lot of details to remember, but you'll be OK if you use the right equipment, follow the manufacturers' installation instructions, and observe the rules of splice locations. A large share of electrical failures arises from improper terminations and splices. Make sure your work isn't part of the problem.
Are you still confused by the Code? For additional information on Code-related topics please visit www.mikeholt.com or send an e-mail directly to the author at [email protected].


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are edging higher after a four-day sell-off that shaved more than 300 points off the Dow Jones industrial average.
U.S. markets are bucking global indexes, which continued to be hammered Tuesday by the prospect of a retreat by the Federal Reserve from aggressive monetary policies that have flooded markets with cash.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 20 points to 15,022. S&P futures have added 2.8 points to 1,647.70. Nasdaq futures are up 5.5 points to 3,076.
The Fed's bond-buying program has kept interest rates low and lured investors to developing markets in Asia and elsewhere. It is those markets taking a hit in recent days.
U.S. futures are getting a lift from retailers Tuesday. Home Depot and Best Buy topped Wall Street expectations before the opening bell.


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July 17. 2013 11:26PM
Grantham golfer leads NE Amateur Golf Championship
Seven New Hampshire golfers including overall leader Evan Russell of Grantham made the cut Wednesday to play in the final round of the 84th New England Amateur Championship at the Green Mountain National Golf Course in Killington, Vt.
Russell, who plays out of the Country Club of Vermont and collegiately for the University of Hartford, carded a five-under 66 round Wednesday. Russell leads the 54-hole tournament by two strokes over Billy Walthouse of Longmeadow, Mass. and eight shots in front of Damon Salo of Bretwood. Salo fired a two-under 69, giving him a two-day 73-69-142 score, good for a ninth place tie.
Ryan Kohler (67-76-143) of Hooper Golf Club in Walpole, who was tied for second after the first round, slid to a 12th place tie with Joseph Toland (75-68-143) of Hanover CC.
Chris Houston of Laconia CC (69-75-144), Joe Leavitt (77-74-151) of Atkinson and Ryan Tombs (77-75-152) of Manchester CC each made the cut.
AJGA Juniors
Three-time New Hampshire Women's Golf Association junior champion Lauren Thibodeau of Hampstead is 11th in a field of 24 golfers after two rounds in the AJGA Junior Tournament at Tedesco in Marblehead, Mass.
The 13-year-old standout fashioned a 10-over-par 80 on Wednesday, four strokes higher than her first round on Tuesday. Her 156 score is 11 strokes behind leader Chloe Corriveau of Pebble Beach, Calif.On the boys' side, newly-crowned New Hampshire Golf Association junior champion Tom Hixon (76-80-156) of Rye is tied for 56th spot in a field of 72. Hixon struggled with eight bogeys (five on the front nine) and two double bogeys. He registered two birdies.
USGA Amateur
Bedford's Will McLaughlin of Concord CC qualified for the United States Amateur Tournament to be held Aug. 12-18 at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. The regional qualifier was held at Weston (Mass.) Golf Club on Monday.
McLaughlin fashioned a 73-75-148 total. He totaled 22 pars, six birdies, six bogeys and two double bogeys.


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Id just like to thank staff , mods and everyone else on Urban rivals.
As you know i recently sold a kiki cr on the market for 1.3 million instead of 13 million, and tried to contact the player with no luck.
I then contacted CS and they have been very very very helpful, gave me my kiki cr and took the clintz that i sold it for. This is what makes this game so great, the staff are exceptional
Cheers Guys!
DeepEnd Guru Limit Break Saturday 17/11/2012, 11:43
And, let the kids in this thread have their button that has label "Press this button to gain 100% collection".
They obiviously need it.
UM_AaaBattery Moderator URBAN MADNESS Saturday 17/11/2012, 13:33
The staff will try to help you and take a look at the miss sale if you contact support using the green ?. The staff who sort out thing like this don't usally check the forums or events e.c.t because they are sorting out other things. This also stops the forums being spammed.
T0P_LoA Titan Legends of America Sunday 18/11/2012, 21:41
I sold a Macro Cr for only 11k back in 2009. When he went cr and his price shot up I realized my mistake and asked the player to give me back the card or the clintz he owes. He outright refused, lied and claimed that he didn't do anything wrong and even went a far to put me on his ignore list after I had repeatedly messaged him all day.
The staff never helped. I'm still waiting for them to make things right.
All reports about error in sales such as above are handled by http://www.urban-rivals.com/en/staff/contactus.php
Contacting Forum Operators, Mods and admins won't really help with the problem, we will just redirect you to CSS.
@T0P GUN: reading your problem, I'd say the player who bought your Marco CR back in 2009 really didn't do anything wrong. He obviously bought your Marco fair and square in the market. He is not, in any way, responsible for your mistake. Unfortunately, we all do mistakes like this and sell cards only to realize they'll become CR after awhile, we can't expect the technical staff to return all cards sold prior to them becoming CR. That's not how it goes.
On the other hand, if it was an error such as selling your card for 10k instead of 100k the staff will do their best to help with this as it's obvious the extra "0" was just overloooked. Although in saying this, people who does this sort of thing often may find themselves in a bit of a hassle when it comes to trying to get the CSS to act on the problem, as it is each person's responsibility to double check their sales before proceeding afterall.
0_4DPaladin Veteran Monday 19/11/2012, 00:02
Top gun, not to be rude or anything, but he doesn't owe you anything, definately not the staff's fault there.
LB_Abnormal Titan Monday 19/11/2012, 01:57
Top gun is obviously using a technique called sarcasm >.
Six Nations Titan Open Casket Monday 19/11/2012, 07:42
So every time people make a mistake THEMSELVES you can contact the staff and get it sorted? Probably not, because the staff will probably ignore many of the requests.
Infiniti Moderator Open Casket Monday 19/11/2012, 18:12
Yup my friend got his jackie back by asking them, its worth a shot!


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The Will Rogers Follies
Name: The Will Rogers Follies
Date: May 18, 2018
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM EDT
Website: https://goo.gl/H5N3en
Event Description:
Shake hands with the heartwarming humorist who spun a rope, poked fun at headlines and never met a man he didn't like. The rags-to-riches story of America's beloved stage, screen and radio star bursts to life as a Ziegfeld Follies-style extravaganza. Family, fame and fate are center stage in Will's rise from obscurity to stardom. Along the way he's arm-in-arm with vivacious showgirls and a slew of cowboys. Curtain up on the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that captures the American spirit at its up-tempo best. April 13 – June 21


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Sunday, 05 May 2013 07:49 PM
TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus LLC are exploring a sale or public offering of Neiman Marcus Group Inc. eight years after acquiring the luxury retailer, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The private-equity firms, which bought Dallas-based Neiman Marcus in 2005 for $5.1 billion, have interviewed banks and are close to hiring Credit Suisse Group AG to run the dual-track process, said the people, who asked not to be named because the process is private. The owners may seek about $8 billion for the company, which has about 40 namesake department stores and owns Bergdorf Goodman's two stores in New York.
The firms, which have held their investment 60 percent longer than is typical in the industry, are considering exit options after the chain increased in-store and online sales. Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Officer Karen Katz has been working to recapture the sales volume the luxury retailer enjoyed before the U.S. recession while carrying the debt the chain assumed when it was taken private in 2005.
Neiman Marcus's owners are in the early stages of exploring their options, the people said. If TPG and Warburg don't find a buyer and demand for an IPO is weak, they may consider a dividend recapitalization, one of the people said.
Fund Returns
Ed Trissel, a spokesman for Warburg, and Owen Blicksilver, a spokesman for TPG, declined to comment on the sale process. Jack Grone, a spokesman for Credit Suisse in New York, declined to comment, and Ginger Reeder, a spokeswoman for Neiman Marcus, didn't return an e-mail seeking comment outside of normal business hours.
TPG and Warburg Pincus bought Neiman Marcus shortly before the 2007-2009 financial crisis sapped retail sales. The median time for buyout funds to sell holdings is about five years, according to Seattle-based research firm PitchBook Data Inc. Holding investments longer hurts the rate of fund returns, a key metric the firms use to market new funds to potential investors.
Warburg Pincus is currently seeking $12 billion for a new buyout fund and had closed on $7 billion as of January, a person familiar with the process said at the time. The New York-based firm's current pool, which gathered $15 billion in 2008, was generating a 1.15-times multiple on invested capital and a 5.5 percent net internal rate of return as of Sept. 30, according to performance data by Oregon Public Employees' Retirement Fund, an investor in the fund.
Wealth Effect
Luxury retailers like Neiman Marcus, Saks Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. have fared better during the economic recovery than lower-priced retailers like Target Corp. Surging stock markets give the wealthy the confidence to shop, Saks CEO Stephen Sadove said at an investor conference last week.
Katz has been trying to lure a younger customer by adding Cusp departments into the main stores. The Cusp name -- meant to evoke emerging, cutting-edge fashion trends -- was applied to the company's contemporary women's departments to better serve customers in their 30s to 50s who shop at the boutiques where the brand started.
Neiman Marcus first introduced the Cusp boutique concept in 2006. That chain, which has its own website, sells brands such as Theory, Rag & Bone and Alice + Olivia.
In its first international foray, Neiman Marcus also developed a new namesake e-commerce website with Hong Kong-based Glamour Sales Holding. Neiman Marcus debuted the site last year.
The company hasn't recovered all of the sales volume it lost during the U.S. economic slump because so-called aspirational shoppers have been slow to return to the store. The retailer reported revenue of $4.35 billion in its most recent full fiscal year, which ended in July, down from its peak of $4.6 billion four years earlier.
Neiman Marcus's fiscal second-quarter net income gained 0.9 percent to $40.4 million as sales advanced 6.5 percent to $1.36 billion. The company is carrying debt of $2.71 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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The world's largest economies - the U.S., China and Japan - are behind other nations when it comes to maximizing the long-term economic potential of their labor forces, according to a new report.
The first-ever World Economic Forum's (WEF) Human Capital Index, which measures countries on their success at developing and employing healthy, educated workers, ranked Switzerland as the best country for developing human capital, followed by Finland and Singapore.
The U.S., China and Japan failed to make the top ten, although Germany placed sixth, and the U.K. came in eighth.
The report evaluated nations in four areas: education, health and wellness, workforce and employment, and enabling environment.
(Read more: Labor outlook: 'It's just a very tough job market')
According to the WEF, the productive skills and capacities of each nation is a hugely important determinant of long-term economic success.
"The key for the future of any country and any institution lies in the skills and talent of its people," said Klaus Schwab, WEF's executive chairman. "In the future, human capital will be the most important kind of capital. Investing in people is not just a nice to have; it is imperative for growth, prosperity and progress."
(Read more: Blue-collar cities change colors as workforce shifts gears)
Japan and the U.S. came in fifteenth and sixteenth in the rankings respectively, while China was the highest-ranking of the BRICS economies, at number 43. In all, the WEF evaluated 122 countries.
Countries at the bottom of the rankings included Egypt (111), Pakistan (112), Nigeria (114) and Yemen, which came in last place.
While the U.S. is praised for its capacity to attract talent and the high proportion of its university-educated workforce, it ranked lower because of non-communicable diseases during prime working ages and low levels of mental well-being.
These health factors highlighted by the WEF come at a time when the U.S. Congress is engaged in a huge standoff over "Obamacare," which has led to a government shutdown.
(Read more: Americans hate their jobs, even with office perks)
Japan's performance was held back by the quality of education which "remains a persistent issue", according to the WEF. China was criticized for its health measures, the quality of its legal framework and the low levels of tertiary education.
In Europe, while the northern nations of the U.K. and Germany make the top ten, those in the south and the east fare poorly. France (21) and Spain (29) were both praised for their health and wellness scores, while Italy (37), Greece (55) and Serbia (85) are further down the list.
Commenting on the differing labor landscape across the world, Saadia Zahidi, head of the WEF's Human Capital project, said, "Some countries face an aged or ageing population, others face youth bulges, a few even face both. For some, this means confronting a major upcoming talent crunch, while for others it means developing mechanisms that allow it to realize their population's potential rather than letting it develop into a burden."


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OXM reports that Realtime Worlds will set up a beta for its forthcoming title APB once its Facebook group hits 500 members.
Its 'Register Your Interest' page will let you sign up for email updates on but more importantly, will also allow you to register for an APB beta.
However, Realtime Worlds Community Manager Chris Dye explains the page won't go live until its APB Facebook group hits 500 members, so it knows the interest is there.
I know its on OXM but does it mean its for the xbox too? ill sign up once i know that..
NO, no..
Facebook?? It's all wrong. Facebook is wrong. Doing anything on facebook is wrong.
It already has over 600 "friends" so I wont bother joining but this si a lame way to do a beta


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Why Investors Care
The inflation expectations of firms are a critical component of the inflation outlook and provide guidance on the potential path of inflation. If firms expect that prices will increase at a given rate, their purchasing, pricing, and/or wage decisions will reflect this expectation, making the increase more likely to be realized. Also important is the risk that firms attach to their inflation expectations. The methods the Atlanta Fed uses to compute firms' inflation expectations provide a direct measure of the subjective probabilities that firms assign to various inflation outcomes. The FOMC judges that inflation at the rate of 2 percent, as measured by the annual change in the price index for personal consumption expenditures, is most consistent over the longer run with the Federal Reserve's statutory mandate. Accurately gauging inflation expectations and uncertainties regarding these expectations are a key component of achieving this 2 percent target.Other measures of inflation expectations are gleaned from consumer opinions, financial market instruments, and select industry groups (such as professional forecasters and purchasing managers), but there are no alternative measures of firms' inflation expectations. When business expectations for inflation deviate from the FOMC's 2 percent target for inflation over the medium term (higher or lower than target), or when uncertainty about inflation runs higher than normal, it could be an early signal that the Federal Reserve is at risk of missing its price stability mandate. The inflation mandate is balanced against a goal of sustainable long-term employment growth.
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