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January 4th, 2011

The wireless industry has been speculating for weeks about a new phone from HTC, rumored to be called the “EVO Shift.” Today, the HTC EVO Shift is formally unveiled to the public, and Wirefly had a chance to compare the new EVO Shift with its older sibling, the EVO 4G. Both phones are on Sprint’s speedy 4G WiMax network, both are solidly built by HTC and both run the Android 2.2 operating system, but the two phones diverge significantly from that point. Which one claims the title of “fastest”? And which is the right EVO for you? Click on the video to the right to see a Wirefly Schmackdown pitting EVO vs. EVO.

Both versions of the HTC EVO are available from Wirefly. If the big screen, front-facing camera and blazing Internet speed of the HTC EVO 4G are to your liking, you can’t be blamed for thinking bigger is better. On the other hand, if you need a physical keyboard and the same speedy Internet connection in a compact package, the HTC EVO Shift is the natural choice. Either way, the latest evolution of the EVO product line is a worthy addition to Sprint’s family of Android phones.

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41 Responses to “HTC EVO Shift vs. EVO 4G Schmackdown!”

  • Jenna Hughes
    May 27, 2012

    Does the evo 4g have a slide out keyboard

    • Hi Jenna,
      The EVO 4G does not have a slide out keyboard. Let me know if you have any other questions about these phones.
      -Scott at Wirefly

  • I got the iphone 4s and my mom wanted the same phone because instead of typing a text you could speak it. My dad ordered her the htc evo shift because it was free with a 2 year plan so I was wondering can you speak to text on that phone as well?

    • Nikki, yes, most Android phones (including the EVO Shift) will do voice-to-text, which you can use to dial phone numbers, do Internet searches and write texts and notes. When you are in texting mode, look for a little microphone symbol at the bottom of the onscreen keyboard. Touch that symbol and speak what you want to be in the text. It’s pretty easy, actually.

      If you can’t figure it out, take your phone to a Sprint store and have someone there show you the technique.

      Bob at Wirefly.

  • Geoff_K
    August 31, 2011

    Thank you for the comparison.

  • how many times are people gonna ask about the shift and the front facing camera… 2 different gentlemen spoke that the shift does not have a front facing camera….read all posts before you ask questions.

  • damian
    July 24, 2011

    yes the evo shift supports flash, also the evo does to….shift has onscreen keyboard which you can turn landscape and portrait,….shift does not have front facing camera , evo does…the shift does have flash on the camera and also the evo does to…but overall if your looking just to text alot the shift is for you ,,but if your much of a calling want style widescreen texting and gr8 internet then the evo is the one for u

  • i decided and got the evo

  • hondaman26
    May 26, 2011

    I had the evo 4g was happy as hell with it butt when runing gps wow battery trains like hell or being on internet, whare evo 4g swift didnt which i liked and also took my 8gb from evo 4g transfer it to evo swift runs even faster then before and also like the feel on the key pad very sleek and smooth , pared to evo 4g whare touch screen key pad can be froster rating specialing typing random texts while in your pocket. Smaller screen butt so what less charging my cell phone and dont hafe to worry about it fallin out of my pocket good phone in my book.

  • Nick Anthony
    May 9, 2011

    hey which one is easier to text on? shift or evo? like with the phones that have the physical pull out text keyboard i can practically text without looking. but wouldthat be possibel orwhich one would be easier to text without looking? cuzright now i have the rant for sprint. and am debating on whether i should get the evo or the shift. so please help me and shoot me and email cuz i need to know. and only got until june 14ish to make up my mind.

    • I think the EVO Shift would be easier to text on, but you should visit a Sprint store and try it. Both are nice phones!

      Bob at Wirefly

  • Scott Gartner
    April 29, 2011

    I’m confused about his statement regarding the memory. Though the shift comes with a smaller micro SD card (2GB versus 8GB) according to the specs that I read it has double the permanent memory (2GB for the shift and only 1GB for the original EVO). Which is right?

    • The shift has the 2gb with out the memory card andcan hold up 2 the
      32gb memory card and the evo only has the 1gb phone memory but
      comes with an 8gb memory card

  • battery life cannot reliably get you through the day. since getting the shift I have stocked my car and backpack with chargers. But they are cheap on Amazon.

  • Evo shift takes way better pictures than the Evo. But even the better shift takes only mediocre cell phone type pictures. Sound quality is better on the Evo.

    Texting is easier on the Evo, despite the physical keyboard on the shift.

    The Evo is quicker when flipping through programs and menu’s.

    I don’t have a comparison, but the sound quality on the Shift, when using it as a mp3 player with headphones is crap. You can upgrade with MixZing, but still nothing like an ipod or a computer as far as sound quality. I haven’t tried an Evo on this front. The iphone takes great pics and sounds just like an ipod.

  • Is it official that the Evo Shift 4G does not have a front facing camera? We Know you made an annotation, but some other reviews have said the opposite. So yes or no?

  • which one u think is better

  • Does the evo 4g have a touch keyboard

    • Both these phones have on-screen keyboards. The HTC EVO Shift also has a physical sliding keyboard. Does that answer your question?

      • Hey i currently have the HTC evo shift and i was wondering how you get the light on the keybo
        ard to turn on. Thanks

        • Alex, I no longer have an HTC EVO Shift to check on the keyboard backlighting, so I recommend that you ask on HTC’s support forum for the EVO Shift. You can get to that forum by clicking here. Good luck!

          Bob at Wirefly

  • Nice video, but I think the reviewer did a disservice by failing to state simply that the Shift has a second generation (ie, more efficient) Snapdragon processor, which is why the performance is faster at a lower clock speed. Would avoid confusing non-techies.

    He also fails to mention, even in passing, something very critical to Android users: a battery life comparison.

  • By Adobe flash doee that mean the original evo doesn’t show flash websites and the shift does? I’m confused as to what this feature allows you to do.

    • Natasha, both phones can show Adobe Flash content. Do we say somewhere that one of the phones doesn’t show Adobe Flash? If so, it’d be great if you can point that out.

      Bob at Wirefly

  • Is the battery life the same in both phones?
    How can I make the battery last longer?

  • Okay, I watched this video, and it still didn’t help me decide. I saw that the shift ran a little slower then the evo. But you didn’t talk about the texting on the evo enough. Is it easy to text on it? What about the camera’s? And apps, etc.

  • Actually, the evo 4g has a faster cpu, look at the Bogo MIPS scores in the video, the Evo 4G gets 662, and the Shift get 520, The difference is the Evo 4g has the Adreno 200 GPU, and the shift has a Adreno 205 gpu. Both phones are fast as hell though.

  • Why is there a 10 degree difference in temperature on the two phones? lol

  • Does the shift have both a touch keyboard as well as the slideout or just the slideout?

    • Jeff Gregory
      January 31, 2011

      The Shift comes with both a touchscreen keyboard and a slide-out keyboard.

      Jeff Gregory

  • that is not mini hdmi. its a smaller port (micro maybe?)

  • Why does the icom on the Evo Shift look like it was in WIFI or 4G and the EVO was in 3G, would that make a difference in the speed test?

    • Yes, one phone was on WiFi and the other was on the carrier’s network. However, the test does not use the network at all and only tests the phone’s internal components. However, thank you for being som observant!

      Bob at Wirefly

  • doesnt the shift have flash? how much should that play into my descision?

    • The EVO Shift can play Adobe Flash content. As to how important that is to you, only you can decide that.

  • charles
    January 8, 2011

    So all this makes me wonder is when does the true replacement for the Evo 4g come out? I can’t imagine not having a true keyboard but the Evo 4g still seems like the one to get. I just don’t want to get it and 2 months later have the real replacement come out. I’ve been in that position of feeling stuck before.

    • We don’t know when there will be a replacement for the HTC EVO 4G… we like to know those things, too. As of this moment, we are not aware of any replacement for the EVO 4G.

  • Kenneth
    January 6, 2011

    I asked a Sprint rep last night about the evo shift having a front facing camera. They said it does not have one.

  • you didn’t talk enough about the cameras, does the shift have a front facing camera?

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Like millions of American households, the Mortgage Bankers Association found itself stuck with real estate whose market value has plunged far below the amount it owed its lenders.

But the trade group for mortgage lenders is refusing to provide the terms of a deal it made with creditors to escape from that predicament.

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Many homeowners who are "under water" on their houses, owing more than the current market value, have found that banks generally decline to reduce the loan balance, particularly when the borrowers have the financial ability to keep paying. In an interview late last year, Mr. Courson said he believed under-water mortgage borrowers should keep paying their loans even if that no longer seemed to be in their economic interest. He said paying off a mortgage isn't only a matter of personal interest. Defaults hurt neighborhoods by lowering property values, Mr. Courson said. "What about the message they will send to their family and their kids and their friends?" he asked.

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Now the MBA is again seeking to rent office space in Washington. The spokeswoman said new space hasn't been found yet.

When the MBA announced the purchase of the building in early 2007, the trade group's president at the time, Jonathan Kempner, said: "We have come to the inescapable conclusion that owning our own building was the smartest long-term investment for the association." In October 2009, however, the MBA informed its members that it had put the building up for sale. At that time, the MBA said that continued ownership of the building, which was financed with $75 million of variable-rate debt, would be "economically imprudent."

In July 2008, Mr. Kempner announced his resignation. Though the MBA by then was having trouble finding tenants for unoccupied space in the building, Mr. Kempner said Sunday that the building purchase had "absolutely nothing" to do with his decision to depart, which he said was for "personal reasons."

The MBA spokeswoman said some members have said the trade group shouldn't be in the business of owning real estate.

The MBA uses about 40% of the building's 169,000 square feet and tenants occupy about 10%, the spokeswoman said.

Falling membership and heavy debt costs related to the building have squeezed the MBA's finances in recent years. The MBA's membership totals about 2,400, down from a peak of 3,000 several years ago, but has increased recently, the spokeswoman said, and the organization expects to show a small surplus in its accounts for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. The MBA's staff has dropped to 107 from a peak of more than 150, she said.

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Early Development Risk and Disability is an Australian text for students of early childhood and allied disciplines who provide eduational or support services to young children with a difference or a disability, and their families. Focusing on developmental difference, it equips students and professionals with the knowledge to work effectively in inclusive settings.
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Ayu Guna Inn

Jalan Melasti 10, Pecatu, 80361, ID

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Ayu Guna Inn

About the Hotel

Property Location
Located in Pecatu (Uluwatu), Ayu Guna Inn is convenient to Padang Padang Beach and Bingin Beach. This resort is within close proximity of New Kuta Beach and Padang Padang Beach.

Make yourself at home in one of the 60 guestrooms. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided.

Pamper yourself with onsite massages and body treatments. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).

Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Ayu Guna Inn. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.

Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage.

Hotel Facilities

  • Garden
  • Airport transportation
  • Concierge services
  • Bar/lounge
  • Barbecue grill(s)
  • Outdoor pool
  • Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Restaurant
  • Business center
  • Total number of rooms - 60
  • One meeting room
  • Free WiFi
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tours/ticket assistance
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  • Balcony
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Embassy Suites Little Rock

11301 Financial Centre Pkwy, Little Rock, 72211, US

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Embassy Suites Little Rock

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Property Location
Located in Little Rock, Embassy Suites Little Rock is in the business district and minutes from Arkansas Skatium and Arkansas Heart Hospital. This hotel is within close proximity of Baptist Health and Professor Bowl West.

Make yourself at home in one of the 251 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming are provided for your entertainment, with wired and wireless Internet access available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers.

Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. This hotel also features wireless Internet access (surcharge), gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.

Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Embassy Suites Little Rock. Mingle with other guests at a complimentary reception, held daily. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.

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Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and express check-in. Planning an event in Little Rock? This hotel has 14000 square feet (1301 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.

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  • Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
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  • Conference space size (meters) - 1301
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Grapefruit Carpaccio with Spicy Ponzu Vinaigrette

Eliza Adam

Serving Size: Serves 4

A slight variation of sunomono, a Japanese-style vinegared salad which has a refreshing taste. Here, the grapefruit juice is used to create ponzu vinaigrette and the degree of spiciness can be made mild or hot, depending on your taste.

  • 4 T mirin (sweet rice wine)
  • ¼ C or 2 T rice vinegar, depending on taste
  • ¼ C or 2 T soy sauce, depending on taste
  • ¼ C grapefruit juice
  • ½ T grapefruit zest
  • Pinch of salt

  • ½ lb. shelled fresh cooked crab meat
  • ½-1 t. Asian chili oil
  • ½-1 t. Sriracha chili sauce
  • 1 T canola oil
  • 4-5 grapefruits
  • ½ cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1 C radish sprouts
  • Sesame seeds, for sprinkling

  1. Make ponzu vinaigrette: combine mirin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, grapefruit juice, zest, and salt. Whisk in the oil, set aside. In a medium bowl, mix crab with 2 T of the dressing to blend.
  2. Add chili oil, Sriracha, and vegetable oil to the rest of the vinaigrette and whisk until combined.
  3. Peel and remove the white pith from grapefruits and cut into segments.
  4. Arrange sliced cucumbers onto plates, layer with the grapefruit segments, top with crab meat and radish sprouts. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and sprinkle with sesame seeds.


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Inauguration of Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance

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23 March, 2014 – One of the key pillars of economic development and a clear indication of a healthy economy is corporate governance, which is why the financial crisis has increased the focus on effective governance frameworks across many countries including those in the Middle East. This is evidenced by the continuous enhancement of the existing corporate governance codes in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and the introduction of such codes for banks and capital markets such as the Capital Market Authority in Kuwait.

To address the growing regulations surrounding corporate governance, Deloitte recently held an inauguration ceremony in Dubai to launch the Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance, in the presence of key government officials and business leaders.

The Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance will support organizations to manage the stringent global and regional regulations that require them to adopt corporate governance processes.

The event also coincided with the launch of the first Deloitte “Anti-Corruption Academy” in the Middle East where Nina Gross, Director, Deloitte Financial Services LLP, provided insights around Anti-corruption practices globally, and recent trends impacting the region.

Deloitte developed the Anti-Corruption Academy to promote unfettered dialogue about challenges faced by multi-national corporations operating in markets at risk for corrupt business behavior. The Academy seeks to provide a forum for collective action in addressing both the “supply” and “demand” side of corruption and money laundering.

Fadi Sidani, Enterprise Risk Services leader at Deloitte Middle East, commented: “The Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance offers resources for executives, directors, and other stakeholders who are active in governance, to help assess an organization’s governance processes, including benchmarking them against best practices, and ensuring they meet the needs of the business”.

“Proper governance frameworks strengthen accountability mechanisms and open channels of communication within and across the various market players,” said Rami Wadie, partner and corporate governance leader at Deloitte Middle East. “As such, it is essential for companies and organizations in the region to have a proper understanding of sound governance practices and frameworks.”

“The benefits of effective governance for any organization are obvious: from protecting the organization’s reputation, to enhancing market value, creating effective risk management processes and increasing awareness of all the developments in the firm,” concluded Wadie.

Dan Konigsburg, Managing Director, Corporate Governance & Public Policy, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, visited the region on the occasion of the launch of the Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance, and presented on recent global corporate governance trends.

The event included a specialist panel of experts who considered the imperatives for ethical business and the development of the anticorruption movement to the region. The panel was moderated by Humphry Hatton, CEO of Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited in the Middle East, who said: “It is critically important for Boards to understand what is being done to ensure that companies do not engage in corrupt activity. The very lively and interactive panel discussion we held shows the widespread interest in this area and acknowledgment of its importance, as well as the competitive advantage to be obtained from being an ethical business”.

To learn more about the Deloitte Middle East Center for Corporate Governance, go to:

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Nadine El Hassan
Middle East Public Relations
Deloitte & Touche (M.E.)
Tel: +961 (0) 1 748444
Fax: +961 (0) 1 748999

About Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities.  DTTL (also referred to as “Deloitte Global”) does not provide services to clients.  Please see About Deloitte for a more detailed description of DTTL and its member firms.

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte’s more than 200,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence.

About Deloitte & Touche (M.E.)

Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) is a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) and is the first Arab professional services firm established in the Middle East region with uninterrupted presence since 1926.

Deloitte is among the region’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through 26 offices in 15 countries with more than 3,000 partners, directors and staff. It is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC region since 2010 (according to the International Tax Review World Tax Rankings). It has received numerous awards in the last few years which include Best Employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

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"Go to first unread" Problem

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting and Problems' started by daveo82, May 21, 2011.

  1. daveo82

    daveo82 Member

    Sometimes when I click on a multi page thread that I have never read from the homepage, after clicking the "Go to first Unread" link it will only take me to the top of the last page. I've had a couple of complaints from members with the same thing happening to them.

    Is there anyway I can modify the links to automatically take you to the last unread post as it does when you click them from within each board?
  2. Mike

    Mike XenForo Developer Staff Member

    If you click from the forum list, it takes you to the last post in the thread. That automatically marks the previous pages read, so the first unread post is the first post on the page.

    I don't believe it's possible to workaround/change that behavior currently.

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Image upload: Resize image on the *user's machine* see link.

Discussion in 'Closed Suggestions' started by Tigratrus, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. Tigratrus

    Tigratrus Well-Known Member

    VERY nice tool, and they license it for developers to use in their product for only about $110 CHEAP!

    I can't tell you how much trouble/bandwidth it would save to have images automatically resized BEFORE uploading to the server. A lot of users have no clue how to resize an image and get frustrated that their 7 MB image takes forever to upload or is refused. ;)
  2. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

    It has some serious limitations. It only supports JPEG/PNG resizing using Flash, Google Gears, HTML 5, Silverlight, or BrowserPlus. All of those are plugins (yuck!) except HTML 5, and if you read the footnote for HTML5:
    So honestly I don't think it's that great of a solution, compared to bulletproof resizing on the server. :)
  3. Enigma

    Enigma Well-Known Member

    Interesting. Think of all the bandwidth that could be saved!
  4. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

    If they were to implement this they would have to use Flash... Personally I don't think it's worth it. Stay away from Flash. :)
  5. Tigratrus

    Tigratrus Well-Known Member

    So just add a user_agent check and fallback to a regular upload if it's not feasible on the user's browser. When it's available it works fantastically well, and is:

    1. A MUCH better user experience
    2. Greatly reduces the bandwidth and user frustration.

    Did you play with it at all? You can specify a sequence in which it will try the various possible uploaders, it's highly configurable. And it's very well maintained.
    And there's always the resizing on the server to fall back on, but this way is soooooo much better when the user agent supports it. Drag and drop can be a real plus too.

    Real world: There are still quite a few people with slow connections out there, esp on the upbound leg. For them, this is a lifesaver, as they often have EXTREME trouble uploading images, and many of them lack the knowledge/tools to resize it themselves.
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    It does indeed look very nice. I am half-sold... It's just that the benevolent web developer in me that says "no plugins!" is fighting the part of me that says "this looks really nice..."

    There's just always the concern about stuff becoming bloated, though. Especially when plugins get involved. :)
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    It's also worth noting that plupload is by moxicode, the same folks that put out tinymce, so you know the support/development is likely to be very good. :)

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The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 1

The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 1

Less obnoxious than the self-righteous and occasionally grating "Thrift Shop," but no less catchy or exhilerating, the second single off Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' unexpectedly massive The Heist is again given a big assist by a smooth soul hook on the chorus, this time courtesy of former tennis instructor Ray Dalton. Already a top 20 hit, "Can't Hold Us" seems well on its way to being Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' second mega-smash of 2013.

Last year's "Wanted" proved that 21-year-old Hunter Hayes - a baby by male country star standards - could do ballads as well as anyone in the pop world, but "Somebody's Heartbreak" proves he can go toe-to-toe with some heavy hitters in the rock world as well, with some impressive guitar noodling that demonstrates that he's more John Mayer than Justin Bieber. When Brad Paisley is inviting you to join him on guitar at the ACM Awards, chances are you're doing something right.

One of the better diva-led EDM anthems of recent days, "Clarity" proves it's more than just a nice "HEYYYYY-EYYYY" chant with a big build-up-and-drop with its beat-less acoustic version, which is pretty enough to get airplay on its own. They've taken to playing it in promos for the MSG Network, and if it's good enough for the New York Knicks in the midst of their 12-game winning streak, it's certainly good enough for us.

One of our favorite songs from last year's Take Me Home, we were thrilled when One Direction tabbed the effervescent, impossibly likeable "Kiss You" as the album's third single, with an old-school "Trying on Different Costumes and Getups While Horsing Around" video to boot. We still get that same kind of ru-uh-ush every time we listen to it.

To be honest, we were never totally sold on the original version of "Cruise," but it turns out that it was always just a Nelly verse away from irresistibility. The St. Lunatic's finest Nashville (or Florida-Georgia, as it were) crossover moment since the historically underrated Tim McGraw collaboration "Over and Over," by the time Nelly starts singing the chorus himself, you've pretty much got no choice but to ride with him. (Eyyyyyyy, must be the country!)

35. KATE NASH, "3 AM"

A combination of two time-honored lyrical traditions - late-night breakup-induced insomnia, and staring at the phone wondering should-I-or-shoudln't-I? - given new energy with the catchy nerviness of the song's frenetic bass-and-drum-led groove, and held together with Nash's deeply felt (and beautifully double-tracked) singing on the chorus. You'll probably be able to relate to some part of it, but if even if you can't, you'll enjoy dancing to it just the same.

A classic country lament about being the other woman from young old soul Ashley Monroe, from her excellent Like a Rose album. Monroe's ballad is obviously meant to be more Tammy than Taylor, but she packs it with enough self-awareness ("So the man is gone / What a damn cliche") and guilty-but-gleeful indiscretion ("I know the Bible says / That you're supposed to wait¡") to make it something far more fun than just a Grand Ole Opry throwback.

An ecstatic club track with Christina Aguilera singing the song's chorus and a hook lifted from a-ha's '80s pop classic "Take On Me"? As always with Pitbull, it's so ridiculous that it just might work, and dammit, "Feel This Moment" does, a worthy successor to Mr. 305¡äs "Give Me Everything" when it comes to party anthems that insist on enjoying right now as much as humanly possible, at all costs.

"Slang a bunch of narcotics / Pull up in the new ¡®Rarri." Doesn't sound like the stuff that great pop hooks are made of, but delivered in Future's syncopated and auto-tune-drowned staccato and served over a juggernaut of a Metro Boomin beat, it's inexplicably addictive - even a typically disinterested Lil Wayne verse sounds kind of awesome on it. By the time the last chorus rolls around, you can't help screaming "MICHAEL JACKSON BILLIE JEAN!" and making goofy karate sounds yourself.

After a near-half-decade hiatus, Fall Out Boy announced their return - the second-most-unexpected of 2013 thusfar - with the rip-roaring "My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up)." A chest-pounding, stadium ready singalong that proves the group is capable of keeping up with the times without sounding like bandwagon-jumpers, "My Songs" is destined to be the stuff of a thousand movie trailers and other promotional montages by year's end, so enjoy it while you can.

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The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 2

The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 2

Like us, you probably first heard Mikky Ekko as the guest vocalist on Rihanna's hit torch song "Stay," but it was his own "Pull Me Down," to be released on his still-upcoming debut LP, that really convinced us of his considerable singing and songwriting talent. A mid-tempo ballad with an incredibly seductive undercurrent, "Pull Me Down" packs a song's worth of feeling and sensuality in just the first two lines of its chorus: "Pull me down if you want to / And I hope that you want to."

One of the more welcome surprise hits of early 2013 has been Scottish singer Emeli Sande's lush, soulful ode to her man (or possibly her lord - interpretation differs), "Next to Me." Comparisons to Adele and/or Amy Winehouse will be inevitable for obvious reasons, but Sande seems unique and talented enough to make her own lane in pop music, and no less an authority than Simon Cowell agrees.

Certainly one of the more appropriately titled songs of the year, "Beam Me Up" achieves lift-off like few EDM songs of the year have thusfar, with a slamming beat and a rapturous ocean of static-y synths triggered by the titular undeniable directive. You can bet the producers of Project X were pissed the first time they heard this song that it came out too late for them to use in the movie.

No, it wasn't the big comeback single many were hoping for, and no, they didn't even end up playing it at the Super Bowl. Still, months later, "Nuclear" remains an indelible moment for Destiny's Child (as well as producer Pharrell), an intimate, quite lovely little love song throwback to the days of Shai and PM Dawn, the kind of song you imagine the girls grew up loving. It wouldn't have sounded great performed for 100 million people, but listening on your own (or with a special someone), it sounds just fine to us.

We like Drake when he's angry, and he sounds as incensed on "5 AM in Toronto" as any song he's been on in ages, going in over a spooky, Kraftwerk-meets-Hit-Boy beat(courtesy of the underrated Boi-1da), not even pausing for a hook or a chorus as he rants "A lot of niggas PR stuntin' like that's the movement / And I'm the only nigga still known for the music." Oh, and "That's why every song sound like Drake featuring Drake" is one of the best (and truest) hip-hop boasts in years.

The most moving song Bieber's been involved with in some time, "Yellow Raincoat" (the best new track from Bieber's Believe Acoustic collection) sees the teen megastar attempting to turn a blind eye to all the drama and gossip he's been very publicly involved with over the last year or so, hoping in vain that his slicker can keep him protected from the downpour. As much as you can feel bad for a rich and famous 19-year-old with the world at his feet, you really can't help but feel for The Bieb on this one, as he warbles with audible vulnerability over plaintive dueling acoustics.

Hook man Future and producer Mike Will Made It have proven the most indefatigable one-two punch of early 2013, nowhere moreso than on "Bugatti," in which Future mysteriously yelps about waking up in the recently acquired titular automobile while Will's zooming synths make that sound like the most dramatic occurrence in hip-hop history. Oh yeah, Ace Hood is on the track somewhere too, but you're not all that likely to notice or care that much.

You could very easily forgive Mariah Carey for hearing Ariana Grande's low, breathy singing on the chorus to her debut single and wonder if she herself had recorded the song and just forgot about it. But fact is that Ariana does mid-'90s Mariah far better than 21st-century Mariah has recently, and her Mac Miller-featuring, Big Pun-interpolating pop/R&B jam is so sweet and so much fun that you can easily forgive her the imitaiton. Hey Mariah, don't hate the player, hate the game.

Few of us saw a multi-part, rampage-aggressive, voice-screwed comeback single coming from Beyonce this year, but the Queen has become predictably unpredictable in recent years, and we wouldn't have it any other way. The list of performers who could demand the royal treatment from all listening, then turn themselves into Spring Breakers James Franco bragging about their "gold ass chain," then end things with H-Town parking-lot recollections of listening to UGK and appearing in Willie D videos - all in under four minutes - and not only get away with it, but sound awesome doing it¡well, it's not a long one, anyway.

The four-member California outfit - three sisters, one not - has become a deserved underground sensation for their bubbly, sunny sort of dreamy pop-funk, as influenced by the Pretenders as by Fleetwood Mac. "Falling" is probably the best of their handful of singles released to date, a shout-along chorus with a whirring guitar part and a twinkling xylophone hook that combine to make it sound like the greatest lost pop hit of 1986.

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The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 3

The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 3

Finding the halfway point between Linkin Park's "Burning It Down" and Alex Clare's "Too Close," Imagine Dragons' attention-demanding, stadium-ready second single upped the ante from breakthrough single "It's Time" and announced that the group was officially ready to become the fun. of crossover rock/pop for 2013. With a massive chorus and screamingly cinematic production, expect to hear this song in bars and in movie previews for the rest of the decade.

It's weird to think of a natural rabble-rouser Tyler, the Creator releasing anything like a "mature second album," but his Wolf album is actually pretty close to that - nowhere moreso than on "Answer," a nakedly emotional retelling of his complicated relationship with his father, also touching on the passing of his grandmother and (if you believe his spoken-word outro) a soured relationship with his girlfriend. Built around a surprisingly stately slow-picked guitar riff and shuffling drums, the song never gets overwrought, and shows how much more there is to Tyler as a songwriter than Bruno Mars death threats and "Bitch Suck Dick."

Paramore's new self-titled album, released today, shows that the group is capable of both sharp pop songcraft and epic rock scope, in ways we never would have expected. Before that, though, the band got back to basics with the absolutely blistering lead single "Now," its searing guitar, crashing drums and anthemic shout-along vocals showing that after a three-year absence which saw the group shed nearly half its lineup, Paramore has only gotten tighter and stronger in the interim.

Synth-pop trio Chvrches built buzz in 2012 with their singles "Lies" and "The Mother We Share," but they should officially bubble over with the release this year of their excellent Recover EP. The title track, a typically sparkling and lurching jam, also features the group's best-yet lyric, about a pivotal moment in a relationship, with a devastating two-part chorus keyed around the instantly unforgettable titular question: "And if I recover / Will you be my comfort?"

Perhaps the biggest credit to Bruno Mars and his dominance over pop radio in this decade is that when he follows up a funky, Police-aping rave-up like "Locked Out of Heaven" with a stark, piano-only torch song, neither sounds all that out of place, even though nothing else in the Top 40 sounds remotely like either. That's largely because as undeniable as "Heaven" was a party starter, so is "Your Man" as a heartbreak ballad, sounding relatable and timeless and immaculate and containing at least one note - you know the one - of absolute pop transcendence.

A much less broad heartbreak ballad than "When I Was Your Man," but one arguably more affecting in its bleary-eyed, late-night confessional vibe. The song's hook is jarringly raw and strained for a lead single, Cole bleating "She got me up all night / Constant drinking and love songs" as if it was both written and recorded at the end of one of those insomniac benders. J.'s rapping about his unrequited "longest crush ever" is affecting enough, but it's the chorus - contrasted with the always-smooth Miguel's "Would you believe me if I said I'm in love?" crooning - that keeps you coming back to it.

It didn't carry with it the shock of the new that Justin's first two lead singles did, and it doesn't care nearly as much about pushing the envelope as it does pushing you out on the dance floor. If you can get over that, you can still feel free to enjoy one of the catchiest songs JT has ever put out, and a jam that kind of makes you want to get married just to have an excuse to shimmy to it in the titular garments (and preferably while also in the swing of love). Even Jay-Z's much-maligned guest verse is growing on us a little. "They ain't lose a daughter, got a son / I show you how to do this, huh!"

Hard to imagine how an 87-second a capella cover of a YouTube sensation by a non-professional singer based on an overnight camp cafeteria trick could possibly comprise one of the most likeable pop songs of the year, but those are indeed the circumstances with Anna Kendrick's "Cups," taken from her audition scene in Pitch Perfect. Cute, catchy and inexplicably compelling, "Cups" may not end up as the launching pad for a long and fruitful career for Anna Kendrick in pop music, but it will be a brilliant inclusion on any future mix attempting to feed '10s nostalgia.

There have been few safer bets in alternative pop/rock over the last decade than the lead single from a Phoenix album, and "Entertainment" is no exception, riding in on a roaring guitar riff and an obviously Eastern-influenced synth riff and eventually exploding into one of the band's typically enigmatic choruses ("Entertainment / Show them what you do to me"). It was mixed on the same console that MJ used for Thriller, and while it may not exactly be the equal of "Beat It" or "PYT," it does provie one of the biggest and best pop head rushes of early 2013.

At the height of the recent wave of boy bands, here come the not-so-New Kids to show the young'ns how it's done. Except "Remix" isn't like NKOTB, or any other boy band, has ever done it - a muscular, soulful workout that's far more Bruno Mars than One Direction, with one of the year's most clever pop lyrics and a video that might cause inappropriate dancing outbreaks nationwide. If this is New Kids on the Block 2.0 - maybe more like 4 or 5.0  - then we gotta say that we like the remix pretty OK ourselves.

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The Best Songs Of 2013 -part 4

You can hear the cranks of the factory machinations when listening to a lot of K-pop, but that's certainly not the case with Girls' Generation's hyperactive, multi-part pop opus, "I Got a Boy." Probably the only K-pop song ever to be compared to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with any fairness, anyway), the alternately coy, strutting and gleeful "I Got a Boy" is guaranteed to leave you dizzy with its rush of disparate but cleverly connected pop thrills, but you'll want to keep listening to it until you can wrap your head around it. Good luck with that, by the way.

Kendrick's blissed-out, laid-back "Vibe" was a gem from the first time we heard it on good kid, m.A.A.d city, but the song's official remix takes the song even further into the clouds, with guest rapper Jay-Z a far more logical older-generation complement to Kendrick than real-life mentor Dr. Dre ever was. Jay sounds as relaxed as he ever has since his Blueprint days trading verses with Kendrick, dropping couplets like "No, I don't ¡®member you, I don't intend to empty my memory bank / It's a million dollars in it, baby, Hilary Swank," while Kendrick raises his own game to keep up with the legend, invoking everything from Trinidad James to Black Swan to show how sweet it is to be K dot right now. Delivered over that easy-like-sunday-morning beat, we don't need all that much convincing.

It's finally starting to bubble under in the U.S. mainstream, but we wish it would just go ahead and burst already. "Wings" has grown on us as one of the most undeniable pop singles of the decade, slapping you in the face with its booming horn intro, stomping beat and allk singalong chorus¨Cif you turn away for even a second while the video's on, you feel like the Little Mix ladies might jump off the screen and jerk your head back around. Not only do they have songs worthy of the Spice Girls, they have the swagger as well, and if they can't help bring back the girl group to Top 40 prominence, it's hard to imagine who will.

The song that gave A$AP Rocky his long-overdue mainstream breakthrough, "Fuckin' Problems" is the kind of pop-leaning radio smash (but no so pop-leaning as to result in Flo Rida) that hip-hop has been so badly missing in recent years, with just a catchy chorus, a memorable beat, and generally positive vibes from all involved. (When your "Fuckin' Problem" is your all-consuming love of bad bitches, it's really not that much of a mood-killer.) Not to mention that if you needed one time-capsule song to represent what mainstream rap was like in 2013, you could do a lot worse than a jam in which Rocky, Drake and Kendrick Lamar do some friendly sparring for Hottest Rapper in the Game honors with their respective verses, while 2 Chainz comes off the bench to sing-rap the hook. Throw in a "Mike Will Made It!" vocal ID and you've pretty much got the best of it right there.

As Kacey Musgraves' debut single, defeated small-town tale "Merry Go ¡®Round" announced the introduction of a fresh new voice to country music, one which didn't celebrate unreservedly all that the culture had to offer, and had the guts to call out some of the hypocrisies and prejudices that can make the genre's oft-celebrated small-town life so stifling. But Musgraves' anti-establishment tendencies wouldn't resonate nearly so much in "Merry Go ¡®Round" if they weren't delivered with such detail and sensitivity by the singer/songwriter Kacey, who sings like somebody who's really been there¨Cpossibly still is¨Cand has no idea how to break the cycle. To call it "refreshing" would be an understatement, to call it "promising" would be an even bigger one.

A gorgeous ballad courtesy of two of popular music's best current vocalists, we're kind of mad with ourselves that we didn't see "Just Give Me a Reason" coming as the third single off Pink's excellent The Truth About Love, and probably her biggest hit off the album yet. The chemistry between the two singers is excellent, their voices seemingly pushing each other to greater heights as the song progresses, and though the Jeff Bhasker-produced track has more in common with "We Are Young" than "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)," the subject matter¨Ca couple basically begging each other to provide an excuse for them to stay together¨Cis as Pink as it comes. The result is an instantly classing-sounding duet that marks a worthy addition to both artists' increasingly impressive back catalogues.

Like Take Care advance single "Headlines," "Started From the Bottom" wasn't an immediate grabber¨Cthere's no big hook to speak of, the chorus is a little one-note and repetitive, and the song's short run time came and went without making a huge impression. But as was also the case with "Headlines," "Bottom" was a creeper, burrowing its way under your skin with its swirling, piano-led beat and snare-heavy shuffle, and its mantra-like hook, which quickly turned into a classic hip-hop catchphrase with its matter-of-fact simplicity. It's more intriguing than it is catchy, but it's also more intriguing than anything else on the radio, and most of all, it does what all lead singles should do¨Cleaves you chomping at the bit to hear the new album.

You feel short of breath just listening to "Heart Attack," so committed is Demi's vocal to expressing just how nutty this romance is making her that she seems to completely forget about respiration. "Attack" is as addictive as last year's "Give Your Heart a Break," but goes in the complete other direction lyrically, her hyperactive wail sounding even more suited for bemoaning just how much she REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE DAMMIT NO than how much she wants a guy to let her try a little tenderness, especially as the drum machine goes nuts and the violins scrape faster, faster underneath her. Few songs about stubbornly not falling in love will ever be this much fun.

OK, this song had already been out a little while, but we didn't totally fall for it until it started getting a little further exposure with increased play on VH1 and in commercials, and especially once its parent album Heartthrob came out, still our favorite pure pop record of the year to date. Always a duo with razor-sharp pop instincts, even when they were more of an indie proposition, Tegan & Sara go for the jugular on "Closer," as shimmering, hooky and undeniable a pop song as you're likely to hear in 2013 from the first "All I want to get is¡a little bit clo-seee-errrr." By the time the night sky changes over and the the chorus kicks in full throttle ("IT'S! NOT! JUST ALL PHYSICAL!"), you wonder why it took nearly a decade from them to get from "Walking With the Ghost" to this, and you're willing to slug anyone who even thinks of calling them sell-outs.

Regardless of your thoughts about "Suit & Tie," about The 20/20 Experience, about the whole JT Mach III story that dominated pop music in the first three months of 2013, you had to give it up for one thing: You'd never heard anything like "Mirrors" before. An eight-minute, metaphor-heavy ode to a soulmate with a crowd-pleasing (and crowd-participation-demanding) chorus, a beatbox-and-string-heavy beat led by an echoing guitar riff, and a three-minute outro that sounds like the original song melting into a puddle of love¨Cwe'd come a long way since "Senorita," certainly. It's totally bizarre, and it totally works¨Cmoving, captivating, stirring in the way that precious few pop songs a year truly are. It's the kind of song where it frustrates you how many words there are to remember in the chorus, because you want to be able to sing along to it as soon as possible. If this was all you had left us with from your second comeback, Justin, it would have been enough.

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The Rolling Stones Tune “Gimme Shelter” Meets The Internet…

  What if they got folks from all around the world to record a rendition of Mick & Keith’s Gimme Shelter via the web? How cool would that be? The folks at Playing For Change thought it would be cool. … Continue reading

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The Little Sisters Of The Poor Take Their Case To SCOTUS

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Bishop Richard Stika’s Statement On The Loss Of The Marines Killed In Chattanooga

Requiescat in pace, Marines. Let us pray,

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The Definition Of A Gentlemen (A Few Words For Wednesday)

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Some of you would have seen the new look of your gmail inbox. I am also one of them. At the onset, it seems useful. This is because it is addressing the main pain-point of dealing with email overload. In my case too, the primary overload came from social, promotions.

Recently, I have used the gmail feature of reporting spam, which also lets you send unsubscribe mail to the promotion originator in single click. That was a good feature. I had used the unsubscribe link in most cases. In one case, the promotional mail was not showing the unsubscribe link but this gmail option seem to do some magic underneath and came as a savior.

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Karim Boubker – Risk Everything

If you really know what you want in life, then it shouldn’t even be considered a risk.

My entire life has been a big series of risks.

When I first decided to study ‘film’ at college, most of my friends laughed at me. They said that being a filmmaker won’t get me anywhere in life, and that I’d be much better off if I studied something along the lines of business, medicine, or accounting.

And today I can confidently say that my ability to make awesome films has been the most valuable asset in my skill set in terms of building a brand and doing business in the online world. I would be nowhere near where I am today if I couldn’t make films.

A few years after college when I decided skip getting a job and instead to learn as much as I can about online marketing and learning all of the boring technical details that come with setting up an online business, everyone said I was insane!

They said that a job was NECESSARY and if I didn’t get one I’d be broke for life. Today, these skills are the solid foundation upon which I build each and every single one of my businesses… without these skills I’d never even be able to get started.

When I decided to get married at the age of twenty four, once again… everyone told me that it was a mistake to get married at such a young age… that I was ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ and that I should ‘enjoy life’ and not settle down with one person just yet.

Being married to my wife has been the greatest blessing I could have ever asked for, and all of the good fortune that has come out of it is honestly too much to count.

What’s sad is that a big majority of the people who had once decided to give me their unwelcome advice are now mostly living lonely lives working at a dead end job (in business or accounting) with very little meaning or sense of purpose in what they do.

And because of that, I am so damn happy that I never listened to them.

That I took the risks necessary to live the life that I wanted to live.

Because here’s the thing.

If you really know what you want in life, then it shouldn’t even be considered a risk.

Sure it will be hard at first and you’ll have many doubts along the way (I doubt myself daily) but as long as you choose the path that is true to YOU and you stick with it long enough, become the best at it and learn everything there is to learn about your field… then it will all pay off in the end.

And better yet, the opportunities will come to you in ways and forms and shapes and sizes you never even thought possible… and all of the dots will connect in the end.

When your heart calls out for it, don’t be afraid to take the risk.

Embrace it with everything you’ve got, work hard and have faith that things will work out just fine in the end. Risk everything if you have to.

Because at the end of the day, a life that is lived for the sake of everyone else… a life with no meaning, well… that’s not a life worth living anyways.

Risk everything if you have to.

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Sauk Centre Public Schools have a mess on their hands as one of their bus drivers was arrested Monday, shortly after completing his afternoon bus route. Turns out 63-year-old Thomas Bromen had more than a couple drinks before he began, and he blew a .16 breath-alcohol reading after he'd been reported missing a few stops, while even forgetting to drop off children at several daycare providers along his route. At one point, the bus was seen running a red light.

According to the story on GO MN News, Police reported Bromen having "bloodshot and watery eyes" and an "overwhelming odor of alcohol." He's facing three charges including alcohol-related school bus driving.

I don't know how I would have reacted if I found out my kid was aboard that bus. It's my hope he gets the help he needs so this never happens again!

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Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Fed’s Secret Loans

Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Fed’s Secret Loans

Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits.

By 2008, the housing market’s collapse forced those companies to take more than six times as much, $669 billion, in emergency loans from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The loans dwarfed the $160 billion in public bailouts the top 10 got from the U.S. Treasury, yet until now the full amounts have remained secret.

“These are all whopping numbers,” said Robert Litan, a former Justice Department official who in the 1990s served on a commission probing the causes of the savings and loan crisis. “You’re talking about the aristocracy of American finance going down the tubes without the federal money.”

Foreign Borrowers

It wasn’t just American finance. Almost half of the Fed’s top 30 borrowers, measured by peak balances, were European firms. They included Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, which took $84.5 billion, the most of any non-U.S. lender, and Zurich-based UBS AG (UBSN), which got $77.2 billion. Germany’s Hypo Real Estate Holding AG borrowed $28.7 billion, an average of $21 million for each of its 1,366 employees.

The $1.2 trillion peak on Dec. 5, 2008 -- the combined outstanding balance under the seven programs tallied by Bloomberg -- was almost three times the size of the U.S. federal budget deficit that year and more than the total earnings of all federally insured banks in the U.S. for the decade through 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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The balance was more than 25 times the Fed’s pre-crisis lending peak of $46 billion on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. Denominated in $1 bills, the $1.2 trillion would fill 539 Olympic-size swimming pools.

The Fed has said it had “no credit losses” on any of the emergency programs, and a report by Federal Reserve Bank of New York staffers in February said the central bank netted $13 billion in interest and fee income from the programs from August 2007 through December 2009.

“We designed our broad-based emergency programs to both effectively stem the crisis and minimize the financial risks to the U.S. taxpayer,” said James Clouse, deputy director of the Fed’s division of monetary affairs in Washington. “Nearly all of our emergency-lending programs have been closed. We have incurred no losses and expect no losses.”

While the 18-month U.S. recession that ended in June 2009 after a 5.1 percent contraction in gross domestic product was nowhere near the four-year, 27 percent decline between August 1929 and March 1933, banks and the economy remain stressed.

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June 25, 2014 |

Mini Titans take to the field

FERMIGNANO, Italy – It’s a cloudless Saturday morning, wet dew still covering the grass. Organizers are quickly setting up various sports equipment within the Sports Center of Ca’Vanzino to get ready for a daylong … Read More


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Auto Glass & Windshield Repair

The windshield is one of the most important components of your vehicle as it allows you to see the road, traffic, pedestrians, as well as any oncoming hazards which could pose a risk to you and your passengers. A cracked windshield can impair your vision no matter how large or small the crack may be…leading to accidents, which is why it is essential that you replace or repair your windshield as soon as any damage has been identified.

At 20/20 Auto Glass, we are determined to provide you with the best service possible. Your safety deserves the best, as there is no room for compromise.  If you have a car, truck, or even an RV, we can service your vehicle and replace or repair its windshield with our quality glass.

As an ICBC approved vendor, we adhere to the strictest of industry standards for automotive glass services.  We provide a lifetime warranty on all of our auto glass installations so you can have confidence that our services are done right. We stand behind our customers even after they’ve left our shop.

If you have a broken windshield or other window on your Car, Truck or SUV you can count on 20/20 Auto Glass for professional results. Together with our lifetime warranty on auto glass installations, it means you can count on us for flawless results every time. Contact us today for more information!


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