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Watching Deliverance now, it's still incredible.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
my friend went to see it over the weekend and he loved it.
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
I want to go see it too after his recommendation
Tend to avoid 3D now because it gives me a headache.
As for the movie itself, I did think it was a bit long but I didn't mind the length too much. My favorite scenes were definitely the ones with Gollum. I haven't read the book, but I wish the story had more of a focus on him. He's gold. Looking forward to watching the second part...in 2D.
Edit: Owen Glieberman explains the problems with filming the movie in 48fps technology much more eloquently than I.
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I watched The Hobbit in IMAX 3D just so I could watch the 9 minute Star Trek Into The Darkness preview. LOVED IT. I can't wait until the movie releases.
Not much of a Star Trek fan tbh, but the trailer does look good and Benedict Cumberbatch is an excellent actor.
Cumberbatch annoys me. He's the main reason why I've not watched any of Sherlock. Doesn't help he was the worst of a bad bunch in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." - Ambrose Bierce
Langeveldt: I of course blame their parents.. and unchecked immigration!
GingerFurball: He's Austrian, they tend to produce the odd ****ed up individual
Burgey: Be careful dealing with neighbours whose cars don't have wheels but whose houses do.
Uppercut: Maybe I just need better strippers
cumberbatch is gun.
do you think people will be allowed to make violins?
who's going to make the violins?
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The Government of Fiji has officially announced its decision to join IUCN by adhering to the IUCN Statutes. The Department of Environment has been designated by the Government of Fiji as its liaison with the IUCN Secretariat.
IUCN extends its warmest welcome to Fiji, a country which enjoys a rich and unique biological diversity. Being a central Pacific archipelago, its physiographic, geological and climatic characteristics have facilitated the establishment and evolution of various known ecosystems, as well as a remarkable plant and animal species diversity. The diversity of Fiji's natural resources, its history, its cultural diversity and its social and economic conditions make us proud to welcome this country as a State Member of our organization.
The Government of Fiji is a signatory to key environmental conventions, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
In addition to the State member, Fiji is home to two IUCN NGO members. The IUCN Regional Programme Office for Oceania has operated in Suva, Fiji, since 2007 and actively supports governments and civil society in the region in various nature conservation fields, such as protected areas, species monitoring and conservation, , public-private partnerships and international cooperation.
"We look forward to working with the people of Fiji in keeping their environment, and incredible heritage, healthy for future generations," says Taholo Kami, Director for IUCN's Regional Office for Oceania.
Contact person: Helen Pippard, Membership Focal Point, IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, Tel: +679 3319-084, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com, www.iucn.org/oceania

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Due to the exuberant participation of our #Passions Book Journal giveaway, we decided that we can't just let Book enthusiasts have all the fun (no offense to the bookworm army). So we are going to open the contest to include an opportunity to win one of each of the #Passions Journals: Wine, Recipe, Film, Music and Wellness.
The details for those who skimmed over the last post 😉
And don't forget about the corporate site (shameless plug)
Then be creative and tell us what will be your first entry into the #Passions Journal you hope to win.
You can do so by commenting on this post , or commenting on our Facebook wall or by tweeting it, example "@moleskine my first entry into my Wine #Passions Journal will be the delicious Malbec I just had at dinner". Just pick YOUR Passion.
Make sure you use the # symbol for your tweets or updates so we can track it (#Moleskine #Passions)
Good Luck !
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2 winners per #Passions Journal
The contest is GLOBAL (if you have a post office, we will mail it) and will run until Sunday, February 7th
You can enter as many times as you want
Excludes the Book Journal, those winners will be announced Thursday, February 4th
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A latent class analysis of injury patterns among rear-seated, seat-belted children." J Trauma. 2006;61(5):1244-8."
Lower extremity injuries in children seated in forward facing child restraint systems." Traffic Inj Prev. 2007;8(2):171-9."


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Do you "check in" to shows while you're watching them? Does that make your TV watching experience social enough for ya? Well, sorry to disappoint, but that thing you're doing whenever you watch TV and check in to a show is going to have to be called something else, because social TV is quickly evolving to a different type of activity altogether, more fitting of that name.
Social TV, right now, is simply a name for sharing with your connections across social media networks what you're watching. That's cool, but the social elements of it are kind of scarce – you tell people and you might get a sticker or badge for the effort. That's not a two-way street, like social platforms should be. Discussing your TV viewing experience is mostly like Foursquare for TV shows.
So what really is social TV? Let's stick with the Foursquare metaphor for a bit. Think about a location-based service that, instead of telling other people where you are, creates places for you to be according to what your social connections share. That pub you just walked into is inspired by a tweet your friend made and the bartender just happens to be Ryan Gosling(because you like him on Facebook), the music playing is a song your boyfriend posted on your wall, and almost all the people there are your social connections.
While that would be awesome, there isn't a location based service that does this yet. However, there is a social TV platform that does the same for all these check-in based wannabe social television platforms. I'm talking about a social TV platform that instead of helping you tell everyone what you're watching, creates a television station you can watch completely made out of your social graph, tailored for you by your friends and connections, created by your social feeds and broadcast right to your browser.
Stevie TV: Content related to your friends' top topics
This social TV station is called Stevie, and it has all you need in a station. The Stevie TV schedule is made up of various shows, each composed of content related to a specific topic from your friends and connections and popular among users across the Web. The shows run in a loop, and there are six of them, each more fun than the next.
The schedule starts with "Top Stories," which shows you several top posts from your connections. "Fresh Picks" shows you new and exciting content and videos from friends and hot events coming up. "The Comedy Strip" is like a comedy central featuring friends and funny tweeps around the Web. "New Albums" features a photo album recently added by a friend. "Music Non Stop" features music you like, music your friends like and music your friends posted. Celeb TV is a gossip show that covers only the celebrities you like. Most of the shows also feature a real-time crawl of the latest and greatest general posts from your social network, and you can use "Stevie on Demand" to watch whatever show you want when you want it.
Most of the shows feature a news channel-style layout, in which you see a video in the middle (according to the theme of the show), a crawl at the bottom usually featuring content from connections and power users and a box on the side featuring what's next or interesting information about your friends. For example, in "Music Non Stop" you see musicians your friends like.
So what does this mean for the future of social TV, or of any specialized social market? When will we see services create new experiences out of social graphs rather than amplify existing ones? Though hologram and robotics technology is still a ways away from being able to create my vision of the "Foursquare of the future," services already exist that create radio and music stations according to your social profiles. Stevie is just the next step to a custom-made world.
Now to just get this Ryan Gosling shaped bartending robot and my life will be complete.


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Cat's Eye Nebula [1]
It's often the case that an artist's work isn't fully appreciated until after the artist dies. And the same thing is true in the stars. We appreciate a star's beauty as it twinkles through the night sky, but its greatest glory -- a masterpiece of color and form -- is also its final creation.
An example is the Cat's Eye Nebula, in the faint constellation Draco, the dragon.
Photographs show swirls and loops of green and red -- more reminiscent of a flower than a cat's eye. But the nebula's real beauty is not as a photograph, but as a sculpture. It consists of an elongated bubble of hot gas attached to two bigger bubbles. Jets of gas shoot into space from the tops of the bubbles.
The process that sculpted the Cat's Eye is the death of its central star, which originally was several times as massive as the Sun.
Thousands of years ago, it began throwing big rings of gas and dust off of its surface. And about a thousand years ago, it began ejecting its outer layers of gas into space -- a process that eventually will leave nothing but its hot, dense core. Ultraviolet energy from the core lights up the expanding bubbles of gas, making them glow brightly. And the nebula's shape may be sculpted by the gravity of a small companion star.
The Cat's Eye Nebula is expanding at tens of thousands of miles per hour. Eventually, it'll spread so thinly that it will fade from sight -- and a work of cosmic art will die with its artist.
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Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition 289
ThinSkin writes "Intel let ExtremeTech.com sneak behind the curtain of its anticipated Dual-Core Pentium Extreme Edition processor for a full performance preview with benchmarks. Bundled with essentially two Prescott cores on one die, the Extreme Edition 840 processor clocks at 3.2GHz and contains a beefed-up power management system to keep the CPUs running cool during use. Expect Intel's dual-core line to hit the streets sometime this quarter. No word on pricing yet." Update: 04/04 17:26 GMT by T : Timmus points out FiringSquad's preview, too, writing "The benchmark results are mixed, with a few applications taking advantage of the new CPU, and some that don't." And Kez writes in reference to this article to say: "Our article on HEXUS.net, covering the P4 EE in detail, states the price as £650 (that's what we're looking at in the UK anyway, not sure about the U.S.)."


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Student Author Releases Second Book
By Miriam G. Mazliach
May 7, 2013
In 2010, TCV interviewed student Tiffany Cheung upon the publication of her first book, Checkmate! At the time, she was attending Logan High School in Union City. Fast forward a few years and today Cheung is an 18-year-old freshman at San Francisco State University, marking the release of her newest book, Knight.
Published in December 2012, this second book in a planned series, recounts the continuing adventures surrounding an amazing chess school on the fantastical planet Zee. The first book focused on the characters first year at the chess school. Knight follows the storyline into the summertime.
Cheung explains that her first book did very well in sales. I received a lot of support and love, not just friends, but people who were very interested and curious about the novel and wanted to support a young author and the arts. Even strangers would write reviews on Amazon and Google ebook sites with positive comments and uplifting words, she adds.
Writing the sequel took a year. I didnt have any help with the writing, but Shawn Handran, Ph.D., a friend and writer helped me edit my draft, says Cheung.
The plot of Knight revolves around the main characters, Keladry Lebrasca and Damien Ayer, inhabitants of the planet Zee, who have just been ranked as knights on the chessboard. Cheung explains, They both find themselves in a web of secrets fabricated by the evil mastermind, Van Wyck and have to uncover clues that lead to the solving of the mystery in the novel.
She enjoys the writing process and explains that when ideas or conversations pop into her mind, she writes the notes down first on her iPhone, and later sits down at her laptop to flesh out the story. The writing comes to me and thoughts flow as I am typing, says Cheung. I check my notes to reference ideas. I write a few chapters and sometimes re-read and edit as I go along, making minor corrections. I review chapter by chapter by myself, and then I have a writer friend from my church help look it over. Once Dorrance Publishing Company receives it, they will usually send it back several times to have me review or make suggested revisions.
Asked how she feels about the accomplishment of having two books published Cheung states, I feel absolutely great about it. I am so excited to have finished this second novel and there will be more to come in the future. And, true to her word, she is now almost halfway through with the writing of her third book, continuing the saga of planet Zee.
Both Knight and Checkmate! are sold on Amazon.com or on Tiffany Cheungs online website: http://www.bluebreakseries.com
Cheungs official Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/bluebreakseries
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New York, NY (PRWEB) January 03, 2013
Noting that "more needs to be done" to tackle the escalating incidence of Alzheimer's disease, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today released a report that includes more than three dozen recommendations to build upon the current goals of the federal government's historic national Alzheimer's plan and take the initiative to the next level.
"Our nation has the opportunity to dig even deeper to fill remaining gaps," said Eric J. Hall, AFA's president and CEO, and the report's author. "Further action on the plan's initial strategies and additional goals and strategies can produce a more defined response to this crisis and make a greater difference in people's lives."
Hall said the recommendations "are not overly ambitious; rather, they are unquestionably necessary at this juncture."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first "National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease" in May 2012, and is charged with updating the plan annually. The plan's overarching initial goals call for preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's disease by 2025, and expanding support for people with Alzheimer's disease and their families.
The public-private Advisory Council on Research, Care and Services, of which Hall is a member, will be meeting January 14 to suggest changes to the plan. HHS is expected to release the amended version in April.
AFA's new report, entitled "Time to Build," measures the national plan's progress to date as well as offers additional recommendations related to its three areas of focus: research, clinical care and long-term services and supports.
It notes that the inaugural plan "provides solid stepping stones toward substantial change" and that implementation to date of existing action steps is "impressive." It cites, for example, greater intergovernmental agency cooperation, a new comprehensive government Web site on the disease, and the initial development of training materials.
"A firm foundation has been laid to help move the needle toward better research discoveries, better care practices and better public awareness of Alzheimer's disease," Hall said. "But if we want to effectively combat this looming epidemic, we need more. Now is the time to build. And given the enormity of this disease state, the federal government must lead the charge."
Alzheimer's disease results in loss of memory and other intellectual functions, and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Currently, most informal caregivers are unpaid and untrained, and provide more than 80 percent of long-term services.
Chief among AFA's recommendations related to the enormous cost borne by families, AFA urges the expansion of publicly-funded "participant-directed" programs that would allow participants to hire family members, including spouses, children and teens, as paid caregivers. In addition, the organization suggests federal tax credits for primary family caregivers; income tax deductions for out-of-pocket costs for long-term care services; greater access to government-funded home- and community-based care services such as adult day programs and diagnostic and care planning services; incentives for employers to adopt family-friendly workplace policies; and qualifying all people with Alzheimer's disease, regardless of age, for Medicare benefits and Administration on Aging programs.
AFA also calls on the federal government to strengthen efforts to build a high-quality dementia care workforce by offering federal student loan forgiveness for professionals in geriatrics and gerontology, establishing a 24-hour call center for dementia healthcare professionals, and requiring licensure and/or accreditation of facilities that care for people with dementia.
And in an effort to address the housing needs for this vulnerable population, AFA is encouraging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other stakeholders to develop new, cost-effective transitional housing as a viable alternative to institutionalization.
To further promote timely and accurate diagnosis, AFA calls for initiating an awareness campaign for physicians—similar to the new campaign for the public; promoting the cognitive detection aspect of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit; utilizing federal and state health facilities as memory screening sites; replacing older memory assessment tools currently suggested by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services with newer, more efficient models; and encouraging federal support of genetic counseling for at-risk family members.
AFA's research recommendations include establishing large-scale patient registries to facilitate clinical trial recruitment, utilizing uniform data standards to facilitate data share and FDA review of new drugs, and setting up international fund to collect revenues to support research.
"To remain relevant and responsive," Hall said, "the national plan needs to adapt to the changing landscape in research, clinical and caregiving trends, and it must pay equal attention to quantifiable and quality care and research."
The "Time to Build" report is posted on http://www.alzfdn.org.
Alzheimer's disease currently affects more than 5.1 million Americans. The prevalence of the brain disorder is expected to escalate in line with the nation's aging population; advanced age is its greatest known factor.
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America, based in New York, is a national nonprofit organization that unites more than 1,600 member organizations nationwide with the goal of providing optimal care and services to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families. Its services include counseling and referrals by licensed social workers via a toll-free hot line, e-mail, Skype and live chat; educational materials; a free quarterly magazine for caregivers; and professional training. For more information about AFA, call toll-free 866-232-8484 or visit http://www.alzfdn.org.


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Publisher Sega just sent over the first batch of screenshots from the Wii edition of The Incredible Hulk, highlighting the fuzzy textures, low-res character models, and lack of draw distance in the open world title.
Developed by Edge of Reality, The Incredible Hulk arrives on PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii alongside the new film this June. A DS edition, handled by Amaze, is also slated to hit in June.


text: A SPECIAL VISITOR to the Vacation Bible School at Gilmer's First United Methodist Church, George Sibo, the llama, and his handler, Karen Bonds, visit with one of the classes at the VBS. From left are Ben Fenlaw, Caylee Pritchett and Soccora Molinero, and behind her, sister Veronia Molinero, Reese Couture, Tessa Betterton and Jaydeen Owens. The Methodists hope to raise $150 to send to Heifer International, so a family in Bolivia or Peru can have their own llama to use as a beast of burden and a source for fibers for blankets, rugs, sweaters, and other items to use in the high mountains where llamas thrive.


text: So I setup a sports streaming website. What I want to do is automate it so it automatically pulls the streams from other sites, iframes it and places it on my website for all the games.. How would I go about doing this? Which language would this have to be made in? If anyone has any experience in doing something like this I need help. I appreciate it.


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BLET National President Dennis Pierce welcomed the new Illinois Railway workers and thanked them for voting BLET. He also said contract negotiations with rail management would begin as quickly as possible.
Illinois Railway members will hold membership in BLET Division 682 (Hammond, Ind.) and will belong to the BLET's Indiana Harbor Belt General Committee of Adjustment. The railroad is comprised of four track segments aggregating 113 miles of track located just west of the Chicago suburbs.


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The Tower of Basel: Secretive Plans for the Issuing of a Global Currency
The Tower of Basel: Secretive Plans for the Issuing of a Global Currency
Do we really want the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issuing our global currency
by Ellen Brown
Global Research, April 18, 2009
In an April 7 article in The London Telegraph titled The G20 Moves the World a Step Closer to a Global Currency, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wrote:
A single clause in Point 19 of the communiqué issued by the G20 leaders amounts to revolution in the global financial order.
We have agreed to support a general SDR allocation which will inject $250bn (£170bn) into the world economy and increase global liquidity, it said. SDRs are Special Drawing Rights, a synthetic paper currency issued by the International Monetary Fund that has lain dormant for half a century.
In effect, the G20 leaders have activated the IMFs power to create money and begin global quantitative easing. In doing so, they are putting a de facto world currency into play. It is outside the control of any sovereign body. Conspiracy theorists will love it.
Indeed they will. The article is subtitled, The world is a step closer to a global currency, backed by a global central bank, running monetary policy for all humanity. Which naturally raises the question, who or what will serve as this global central bank, cloaked with the power to issue the global currency and police monetary policy for all humanity? When the worlds central bankers met in Washington last September, they discussed what body might be in a position to serve in that awesome and fearful role. A former governor of the Bank of England stated:
[T]he answer might already be staring us in the face, in the form of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).... The IMF tends to couch its warnings about economic problems in very diplomatic language, but the BIS is more independent and much better placed to deal with this if it is given the power to do so.1
And if that vision doesnt alarm conspiracy theorists, it should. The BIS has been called the most exclusive, secretive, and powerful supranational club in the world. Founded in Basel, Switzerland, in 1930, it has been scandal-ridden from its beginnings. According to Charles Higham in his book Trading with the Enemy, by the late 1930s the BIS had assumed an openly pro-Nazi bias. This was corroborated years later in a BBC Timewatch film titled Banking with Hitler, broadcast in 1998.2 In 1944, the American government backed a resolution at the Bretton-Woods Conference calling for the liquidation of the BIS, following Czech accusations that it was laundering gold stolen by the Nazis from occupied Europe; but the central bankers succeeded in quietly snuffing out the American resolution.3
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Keizer Offers Insights into "Leading in a Complex World"
Henry Keizer, Deputy Chair and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG LLP, U.S., spoke about "Leading in a Complex World" on March 7 in the College of Business's Deloitte Auditorium. Keizer, who earned his bachelor's degree in accountancy from Montclair State University in New Jersey, said this was his first visit to the University of Illinois.
"Let me say, you have one impressive institution," he told the audience of students and faculty.
Before he began his talk, Keizer also took a moment to recognize the approaching departure of Professor Ira Solomon, head of the department and R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business. Keizer noted his many contributions as a teacher, researcher and his contributions to the wider world of accountancy.
"Thank you for everything you've done here and for the strong relationship that has been built with KPMG. We wish you all the best as you move to Tulane," he said, as the audience applauded.
Keizer has worked his entire career for KPMG, including leading the global audit practice and leadership roles in risk management and industry market development. He noted that KPMG is the kind of firm that continually offers challenges and growth opportunities to its professionals.
Keizer told the audience that 30 years ago, when he started at KPMG the nature of complexity was different. Never mind email, Google and Facebook; fax machines did not yet exist. When someone had to send a document to a client overseas the only option was a telex, which required going to an office and finding someone who knew how to operate the machine.
"That was complexity," he said, grinning.
Of course, today the world is not only more complex but also changes far more rapidly than three decades ago, which adds another layer of challenge. In a recent survey, Keizer said, 1400 executives identified complexity as the biggest thing on their mind, in part because of the regulatory environment, globalization, new technology and the speed of change.
"That complexity presents both tremendous opportunities but also tremendous challenges," he said.
He urged students in the audience to examine the culture of a company they might join, which includes how they are adapting to change and other challenges. Some companies, like Blockbuster, which is filing for bankruptcy, didn't rise to the challenge. They didn't worry about Netflix or on-demand access to something they had in their stores. But then there are companies like Apple, which has an absolute desire to innovate, to create and maintain a loyal following, and to respond to customer demand. Company culture might make the difference between a Blockbuster experience and an Apple one.
In his experience, Keizer has observed three key attributes that help predict a company's success or failure in this environment of growing complexity and rapid change. The three most important attributes or competencies a company should have are a focus on growth, innovation and transformation.
Keizer called revenue growth the "life blood" of a company; the way to reward people and to create funds to invest and grow more. With growing complexity, many people struggle to find solutions, which create demand for services like those offered by KPMG. Nevertheless, growth requires constantly looking at the horizon for new business opportunities. For instance, at any one time 10 percent of services in KPMG's advisory practice become obsolete. This requires the advisory practice to constantly look on the horizon for new business trends such as the emergence of cloud computing. Keizer also said that, while the field of accountancy itself might not have enormous growth rates, tax and advisory services have the potential for "double-digit growth."
Revenue growth is something every individual in a company should focus on and know how it is driven.
"You don't want to be in an organization that can't answer the question, how do you drive growth? Everyone in an organization has to focus on that," he said.
KPMG embraces growth; it's part of their DNA, said Keizer. Sometimes that involves acquiring from outside, sometimes it's a matter of tapping the talent inside the company to identify new client needs and solving clients' problems.
The second area is innovation: How do you create new products and services? For KPMG, a company that provides audit, tax and advisory services, that also means understanding how to innovate within a regulated business.
"That might mean we move slowly in some areas, but we still have the ability to innovate," said Keizer.
The third key area, says Keizer, is transformation.
"Saying, 'that's the way we've always done it' sounds a lot like Blockbuster," he said.
But how, in an industry like accountancy, with a 150-year history, do you transform? His example involved the realization that clients expected auditors to become more efficient and to achieve efficiency through the use of technology. When Keizer led the global audit practice, he initiated the shift over to eAudIT, an electronic tool that KPMG uses to conduct audits. KPMG deployed the system in numerous languages to 60,000 professionals and trained them in the use of the software over the course of three years.
"It transformed how we perform audits because that's what the market demanded," he said.
In addition to these core competencies — driving growth, innovation and transformation — Keizer identified guideposts for leadership. The three he values the most are integrity, passion around what you do, and the ability to build relationships.
He spoke in ringing tones about integrity and the importance of keeping your word and doing what you say you will do.
"Always remember how important it is guard your integrity. Will you bend the rules? You are playing with fire. Don't go into accounting if you are a rule bender," he said. "You must guard your integrity."
The second guidepost is "Like what you do." Keizer said, in all the years he has worked, he's never heard the alarm go off in the morning and groaned about having to go to work. Keizer urged students to have a passion for their chosen work.
The final guidepost Keizer offered the audience was the importance of relationships. When he started in accountancy, Keizer focused on the numbers and the analytical side of the field. However, he soon understood that "you cannot succeed if you don't build strong relationships based on trust and confidence with those you work with and for. Focus on those relationships if you want to be an absolute, true leader," he said.
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Favorite dirt-cheap meals! Why you must quit being an idiot! Tastiest low-budget beers! Lessons learned from spiking your hair into a mohawk! And more.
4 debt-fighting tricks. The term "trick" is used fairly loosely, because the advice is blunt, practical, and straightforward, along the lines of this:
Quit being an idiot. I'm serious. You can't make stupid money decisions and expect to make progress. No, buying that $30,000 Prius to save a few bucks at the pump is not a smart move. No, you shouldn't gamble on "just one more hand" of blackjack to win all your money back. And just because something is "on sale" doesn't mean you have to buy it. I love when people say "I saved $20 on this pair of shoes." When I'm thinking to myself, "Umm, no. You spent $80 to get them, stupid-face."
5 things my mohawk taught me about money. Who knew there was such financial wisdom to be gleaned from a punk rock 'do? But here's the truth when it comes to personal appearance, and personal finance:
If something makes you happy, do it. You can't just stop because other people aren't cool with it. The same goes for saving up your dollars and looking like the village tightwad. Yeah it might be smart for your wallet, but you better believe you'll get laughed at every now and then. But you know what? Who cares.
5 cheap and tasty beers for football season. Another instance of a term ("tasty") being used loosely. Regardless, the beverage endorsements include:
Simpler Times: My brother introduced me to this beer. Simpler Times, in a cheery yellow can, is brewed for Trader Joe's. If you have a Trader Joe's near you, you've probably seen it. It's light-bodied, sweet, and made for easy drinking. Average six pack: $3.99 to $4.99
5 Tools You Really Need to Maintain Your Home. A hammer, obviously, for one, but not just any hammer:
Do yourself a favor and buy a hammer with a hickory or ash handle, since wood absorbs shock instead of delivering it straight to your bones. It'll look beautiful when you hand it off to your grown child, and your arm will be in much better shape to present your gift.
6 things I learned from refinancing with Bank of America. After a less-than-stellar customer service, here's the main takeaway:
I'll never do business with Bank of America again. Period.
Also, this:
Always, always stand up for yourself. It's your money, it's your life. If you let people walk all over you and your finances, you deserve it.
6 steps to affordable appliance repair. Starting with:
Contact the Manufacturer. Even if you are absolutely, 100% positive that it is no longer covered under any kind of service warranty, call the company who made it anyway… Often, a company can use a serial number or "made on" date to determine the age of your appliance, and if you are anywhere close to the end of your warranty period, they have been known to extend some kindness and fix the issue.
6 steps to selling an engagement ring. Not something you want to have to do. But if you must, deal with the complications first, like that the ring may not actually be yours to sell:
Some states say that whoever walks away from the relationship forfeits their claim to the ring that symbolized the commitment. Others say a gift's a gift, so you need to know the rules of the playing field before you make your move. And if you were actually married? The ring may be considered communal property, which means the ring will be included in the division of property during your divorce.
6 ways to find cheap, fun family activities. Bringing the gang to the pawn shop to hawk an engagement ring did not make the list. But this did:
Bank Credit/Debit Cards – Many banks offer discounts and free days at local museums and attractions (like the aquarium and zoo). Check with your bank to see what's offered.
8 great songs about personal finance. What, no Elizabeth Warren rap? Instead, the selections include this wise ditty about consumption, desires, personal responsibility, and ultimate happiness:
"Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need
9 top ways we waste money. Energy drinks, for instance, which one WalletPop reader ranted about thusly:
"Rockstar, Red Bull, Monster … and so many more. Maybe if people would get off the Internet, stop text messaging incessantly, and go to bed at a decent time of the night, they wouldn't need energy drinks every day to keep them going, which then end up keeping them awake late into the night yet again and causing a vicious cycle."
10 mixed-up money messes we need to simplify. So many mixed-up messes to choose from! Including:
Taxes. I read a lot of articles and books about retirement planning. A jaw-dropping amount of advice is about tax strategies. Are the contributions and earnings on this or that account taxable? If so, when and at what rates? Compare income-tax versus capital gains tax rates. Are there estate tax considerations? If I claim Social Security before reaching my full retirement age, how will any outside earnings be taxed?
10 more essential skills you didn't learn in college. What, you didn't take a class in college on "Public Discourse 101: How to discuss issues without resorting to name-calling"? Actually, it seems like lots of people didn't learn this during or after college. But here's what you should know:
The public arena is filled with incredible viciousness, with people on both sides hurling such hateful terminology at people who merely disagree with them on an issue or two. Discussion and public policy can't move forward in that state. If more people adopted a more sensible form of public discourse, we could find middle grounds that allow society to move forward. Share the positives of your ideas, not the negatives of other ideas.
10 things that determine happiness. Including the always-important "having a short memory," and also by defining success in realistic terms:
There's a saying that no matter how talented or successful you think you are, there's always someone who's got a leg up on you. People who compare themselves against those people will always come out the loser, even when the comparison is neither appropriate nor consequential.
14 hottest deal of the day online stores. They're so hot I've never heard of nearly all of them, including this one, given the #1 spot:
Humanitarian shopping sites are a blossoming breed and Roozt delivers social responsibility to the chic shopping masses. Although they deal solely with ethical and eco-friendly businesses, you won't be limited to hemp clothing or recycled knick-knacks. Past deals include half-off a $50 gift card to Autonomie Project, a sweatshop-free clothing and footwear company, and 50-percent off a variety of designer handbags from "eco-fashion" outfit Make Love Not Trash.
20 favorite dirt cheap meals. Thrif-delicious meals like:
Can of refried beans, leftover meat (best is a leftover chicken sausage), chicken stock, greens thrown in a pot (shared by Barrie) reminds me of our children's favorite meal, which is literally just leftover taco ingredients mixed together in a bowl and sometimes moistened with whatever stock we have on hand. It's really tasty.


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'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' activity has been severely limited because of the rain and the summertime absence of members. During the season we are relegated to large tables for our informal happy hour meetings because there are so many attendees. This summer we have been able to sit at the bar most of the times in some of our hangouts.
Up close and personal with the people who serve us face to face, there is still a revolving door for employees in some places but many of our favorites have settled on personnel. Just the other day we were at one of our favorite waterfront places, 'The Pukin' Pelican,' and we met a new employee who was relieving another new employee and she was very nice. As we were paying our bill I noticed that there were several miss-charges.
Luckily, the 'old' new bartender was sitting at the other end of the bar so I figured it was an easy fix. As I was trying to point out the minor discrepancy, the new 'new' bartender shouted down the bar, "How much are french fries?" The 'old' new bartender tried to wave her over but she wasn't having any. "Well, how much?" When she got the right answer she hurried off without asking if that was all.
When she came back with what she thought was the corrected bill I should have bit my lip but I was a bit angry so I said, "If you would have waited I would have continued with the rest of the faux pax."
"Maxine, did you charge blah, blah, blah & blah?" They shouted back and forth until the bill was correct but it was extremely embarrassing. They didn't know us, but everyone else in the bar did. I could just hear them thinking, 'Boy those 'DECYC' guys are really cheap.'
It reminded us of the movie 'Mr. Mom' when Michael Keaton was checking out at the supermarket and cashier kept calling for a price check over the loud speaker, "Can someone get me a price check for the super size feminine hygiene packs." I always thought it was a very funny moment because Keaton squirmed so well. In our circumstance, we were the ones squirming and the humor was absent.
"I was never so glad to get out of a place in my life," Boston Bob said as we rounded the corner of the marina, "I wish you'd just paid the bill."
"Principal, simply principal," I said but I really meant pigheadedness. I never expected them to respond in such a manner. To them it was the efficient way to resolve the problem but I was vowing to have a heart to heart with the owner of the place.
We are regulars and infamous beach residents, one would at least expect some courtesy when addressing a minor problem with the bill but it didn't happen at the 'Pukin' Pelican that day. I mean how hard was it to walk 15 feet to inquire about the bill. Some one was having a bad day and we were on the receiving end of it.
Neither one of these 'new' employees had been on the receiving end of our lavish tips so they didn't know we were special people. And they probably never will. Most of the 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club' members try to stay above the 25-percent tip range at least, because we are usually at happy hour and the stuff is so inexpensive, especially at the Bayside Bar and Grill. The 'Pukin' Pelican' is a regular beach place and I really liked it until they took the PBR off tap.
Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon but I'd liked to be treated with a small bit of respect but sometimes we don't have time to treat each other with respect. "That was nothing," said 'Big Chicago', "the same thing happened to me and my wife recently. When I lost my job I got six months benefits. My wife and I were rushin' to get as many tests and procedures finished before we were running out."
"Smart move but how does that correspond with visit to the Pelican," asked 'Way Out Wally' as we sat down at another watering hole.
"So here me and my wife are standing at the Doctor's office counter discussing our predicament wit' these nice ladies who we've known for many years because both of us go to the same group. They're trying to help us but they are yelling back and forth like Maxine was. This wasn't about any stinkin' seven dollars," said Chicago. "This was my life. They were banterin' back and forth about our situation. How many days we had left on our coverage and how they could get us on what doctor's schedule. I was so embarrassed that I had to leave several times to get fresh air."
""Damn," said Boston Bob. "Why did they have to do it that way?"
"What did the Doctor say," I asked 'BC' but he didn't have an answer. He had a head shaking embarrassed way about him. Women handle this better than men. I don't know why, but they have a more realistic view of the world. 'Big Chicago's' wife may have never noticed the insult that he felt but it was real for him and for us and many others. It's not just your job, okay!
Boatguy Ed is an American manufacture of marine products, namely Super Shipbottom Antifouling Bottom Paint which is a made in Fort Myers product. He is also an avid boater, television producer and past Commodore of the 'Dead End Canal Yacht Club.'


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Republican voters in the newly aligned 2nd Congressional District chose state Sen. Kevin Lundberg as their candidate to square off against incumbent Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat, this November.
"We're optimistic about what we see," Lundberg said shortly before 10 p.m., with 83 percent of the vote counted and a 7-point margin over his primary opponent Boulder entrepreneur Eric Weissmann.
Assuming a victory Tuesday night, Lundberg looked ahead to November's contest against Polis.
"The incumbent has a lot of money, and I'm sure he's going to use it," he said.
Lundberg said he's used to being outspent in elections, and his strategy will continue to be to go directly to people.
"It's going to be a race of issues and ideas," he said.
"I don't do ugly, negative attacks. I stick to the facts and don't try to twist them."
He said the redrawn 2nd District no longer should be considered "the Boulder district," but rather "the Front Range district."
"It's a new day, and Larimer County is the largest part of the district," Lundberg said.
"I think this is an open, competitive race that can go either way."
Lundberg -- who held his watch party at a Fort Collins park on Tuesday evening -- said his legislative experience set him apart from his Republican rival.
"The 10 years experience I have in the statehouse and Senate has prepared me to understand the issues," he said.
Balancing the federal budget will be a cornerstone of his campaign in the general election, he said.
"We need to live within our means," Lundberg said. "That's something that households understand but hasn't translated into federal policies for a long time."
John Straayer, a political science professor at Colorado State University, said he thinks Weissmann was considered the stronger candidate to take on Polis because Lundberg is known for his strong social conservative views on issues such as civil unions and abortion.
Weissmann's camp was stationed at the Walnut Brewery in downtown Boulder and had not yet conceded at press time.
"We're currently down, but we want to see what the rest of the voters in CD 2 have to say before we make a call," said Brett Moore, campaign manager.
Early in the evening, Weissmann had said that if he won the primary, he wanted to appeal to independent voters -- especially those who were fed up with partisan politics in Washington, D.C.
The 2nd Congressional District changed geographically and politically, thanks to redistricting last year.
Larimer County, which didn't use to be in the 2nd CD, now accounts for the majority of voters. Two years ago, that distinction went to Boulder County, which had almost 40 percent of the voters in CD 2, with Adams County close behind. Now, Adams County is no longer in the district, and Boulder is running second to Larimer with 28.5 percent of the voters.
Reporter-Herald Staff Writer Craig Young, The Denver Post and Camera Staff Writer Cory Lamz contributed to this report.


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Hugh Pickens writes: "PC Magazine reports that RapidShare, named as a contributor to digital piracy by a MarkMonitor report, has threatened to sue for defamation. "This defamation of RapidShare as a digital piracy site is absurd and we reserve the right to take legal action against MarkMonitor," says RapidShare in a statement. "RapidShare is a legitimate company that offers its customers fast, simple and secure storage and management of large amounts of data via our servers." MarkMonitor, a Web site that specializes in "enterprise brand protection," says in their study that the most-trafficked domains engaged in digital piracy included three sites — rapidshare.com, megavideo.com, and megaupload.com — that combined yielded 21 billion pageviews per year. RapidShare acknowledged that copyrighted files do get uploaded to its site, however "these users are in the absolute minority compared with those who use our services to pursue perfectly legitimate interests." RapidShare says that it does not open and view the files of its users, and contains no search function so that other users may look for content."


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The following is a list of starships known to have participated in the Dominion War. This included starships operated by Starfleet, as well as the Cardassian, Klingon and Romulan Empires.
Unnamed Federation starships from the Akira-class, Defiant-class, Excelsior-class, Galaxy-class, Miranda-class, Nebula-class, Saber-class, and Steamrunner-class were also seen involved in the war.
Many of these unnamed vessels were seen as part of the Second Fleet or participants of large on-screen battles of Operation Return, First Battle of Chin'toka, and Battle of Cardassia.
Sisko's attack ship was also utilized during the war.
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Some are 'add-on' domains, some are root (primary account) domains.
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Brutii wrote: Advertised a totally different game, and than turning it into a pile of crap. Why not expect people to shell out more cash for a stupid reason?
Hell I even bought the Creation Editor, thinking it was more advanced and had more parts than the in-game editor. Guess what? I had to un-install it once I installed the game, and the in-game editor is the exact same thing. Same part, same everything.
I shelled money on something I got when buying the game? Yay, I can either create things directly from Spore or my bought Creation Editor. Two options for the same effect is so worth the money I shelled out for both of them.
Spore is the biggest rip off, piece of crap I have ever seen. Maxis lost my trust, seriously. Probally because EA got involved with them. EA is always trying to be money grabbing whores.
Unless I get the game advertised before (The original reason I even bought this game, because of the false advertisement). I am not buying anymore Maxis Games, I don't care how good they look and I am definetly not paying for something like this. Biggest ripoff I have ever seen in my life. I wish I could travel through time so I could shoot myself for ever getting involved in this, or better yet just tell myself not to buy it.
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3rdType wrote:Uh, hi. Where can we talk positively about the expansions? Because for every lone "Hi I like Spore and I want expansion" there's 5 pages of "I HATE SPORE RAGE RAGE RAGE."
ghadis wrote:Maybe this will turn out into a usable product in the end.
mightymushroom wrote:I think the system is buggy, or at least very odd.
MinionJoe wrote:116. The Popemobile isn't really a religious vehicle because there's not a big pipe organ sticking out the back.
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3rdType wrote:Uh, hi. Where can we talk positively about the expansions? Because for every lone "Hi I like Spore and I want expansion" there's 5 pages of "I HATE SPORE RAGE RAGE RAGE."
but there's still 4 pages of "I HATE SPORE RAGE RAGE RAGE." due for that last "I just love this parts pack" post.
or if you really need a positive post
"I'm positive this pack is exceptionally overpriced"
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Killer Carebears? Isn't that the Grox?
72 new body parts - 12 per pallet (mouth, eyes, antennae, legs, body & Details)
2 new backgrounds for the spore creature creator - 1 x creepy & 1 x cute
36 new scripts (12 bases, 12 paints & 12 Details)
12 new painting motifs
24 new test-animations - 12 x creepy & 12 cute
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Commemorating the 24th anniversary of the death of Karen Carpenter...
Karen Anne Carpenter
(March 2, 1950 - February 4, 1983)
"And when my life is over,
Remember when we were together -
We were alone and I was singing this song for you."
~ From "A Song For You"
"Iced tea was the hardest drink she consumed, and the only needles she used were for needlepoint. Her weirdest stash was a collection of Mickey Mouse memorabilia. The flagrant comet tail of self-indulgence so familiar in plummeting stars like Elvis Presley and John Belushi did not mark Karen Carpenter's life-or her death of heart failure on February 4 at the age of 32. Yet for all the soothing middle-of-the-road appeal she and her composer-arranger brother, Richard, 37, brought to 41 Carpenters records-which have sold 80 million copies and won three Grammy Awards-she had led a long, lonely struggle against another form of self-destruction, anorexia nervosa.
"She collapsed at about 9 a.m. in the wardrobe closet of the room her parents have always kept for her at the family home is suburban Downey, Ca., about 30 minutes from Los Angeles. Downey firemen entered the closet to find Karen slumped nude of the floor, her nightgown draping her body. She had apparently just begun to dress for the day. at the request of the rescue workers, Karen's grief-stricken mother, Agnes, was escorted from the room by husband Harold.
"The rescuers at first detected a faint pulse in Karen's neck that made them think, says paramedic Bob Gillis, that "she had a good chance to survive." But then she went into cardiac arrest. Racing over from his house a few minutes away, Richard Carpenter arrived just before the paramedics carried his sister out to the ambulance. Despite continuous efforts to resuscitate her, Karen was pronounced dead at Downey Community Hospital at 9:51 a.m."
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Written by ERIC LEVIN, reported by
BUCHALTER and JOSEPH PILCHER
February 21, 1983
"The Carpenters' contribution to popular music will stand forever. Great love songs never go out of style, and Karen and Richard's work surely strikes a chord in all who cherish beautifully honed compositions set amid rich melodies and lush arrangements. And there will always be that stunning voice. Unique and instantly recognizable, the finest female singer in her genre provided the Carpenters with the bedrock of music that will always transcend trends and fads. Its beauty is its simplicity, directness, and melodic power. Richard always made sure that every sonic detail was just to his liking. The combination of Richard's extraordinary abilities to recognize or write a great song, arrange the material, produce the records, and Karen's magical God-given voice, gave the world a sound that will always be remembered."
From: The CARPENTERS, The Untold Story" (c)1994, Ray Coleman
"When she really comes alive is when she sings; she changes completely. Joking or talking one moment, she becomes a different person the very next, as soon as she opens her mouth. Out comes that unique and wonderful voice, exactly as on record, expressing fascinating contrasts: chilling perfection with much warmth; youth with wisdom. Then she seems to be someone who knows something of life. She must be aware of the transformation she brings about, yet when asked to describe what happens at such a moment, all she will guardedly say is, I dont know what you mean. Im not thinking of anything in particular. Im just trying to get it right."
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Nestled on the beach, this Nadi resort is within a 15-minute walk of Denarau Golf and Racquet Club and Port Denarau. Port Denarau Marina is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) away.
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Spend the day relaxing at The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji's private white sand beach, practicing your swing on the golf course, or pampering yourself at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 2 restaurants.
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Step outside to unwind on the white sand beach. Summer fun is a breeze at The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji, where you can play a round of golf at the golf course, cool off in one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools, and enjoy a treatment at the full-service spa.
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The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji has designated areas for smoking.
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- Number of outdoor pools - 2
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- Limo or Town Car service available
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- Luggage storage
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Conference center
- Shopping on site
- Designated smoking areas
- Pool umbrellas
- Outdoor tennis courts - 10
- Total number of rooms - 246
- Number of floors - 2
- Golf course on site
- Full-service spa
- Beach umbrellas
- Conference space
- Billiards or pool table
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms 7
- Year Built 1975
- Coffee shop or café
- Free WiFi
- Pool sun loungers
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Spa services on site
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Laundry facilities
- Beach towels
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
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- Chinese
Free self parking
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- Furnished balcony or patio
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
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- Coffee/tea maker
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- Designer toiletries
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- Pillow menu
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Ocean Terrace - This poolside restaurant serves breakfast only.
The Kitchen at Westin - This beachfront steakhouse serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Bakery - This coffee shop serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and light fare.
Zing Restaurant - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including a private beach and outdoor tennis courts. 2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the health club or fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Volleyball on site
- Kayaking on site
- Skydiving nearby
- Motor boating on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Playground on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
Spa Services
Westin Heavenly Spa has 8 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
- Number of treatment rooms 8
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for FJD 70 per day.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee
- Spa access
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: FJD 47.5 for adults and FJD 18.75 for children (approximately)
- Early check-in fee: FJD 70.00
- Rollaway bed fee: FJD 70 per day
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
- A fee will be charged for use of certain facilities
Hotel Name
- Westin Denarau Island Resort Fiji
- Westin Resort Fiji
- Westin Fiji
- Westin Denarau Island Fiji
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Spa Offer
Book a stay in a Spa Studio, Spa Studio Suite, Spa Studio with Plunge Pool, or Ocean Front Suite and receive the following:
- 1 45-minute Spa Ritual treatment per person, per stay


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Townsquare's Toms River Headquarters Officially Opens [VIDEO]
It was an exciting night here at 8 Robbins Street in the heart of Downtown Toms River Wednesday, as hundreds gathered for the official grand opening of Townsquare Media's Shore Headquarters.
Although we have been broadcasting in the building since February and many of the sales and corporate staffers have been here since last summer, you could feel the energy from all of the employees and the community as we marked a major milestone.
For the first time ever, four of our radio stations - WOBM-FM, WOBM-AM, WJLK-FM and WCHR-FM - are all housed under one roof - as is the shore bureau of the Townsquare News Network. The building had been vacant for many years and was once home to the former Ocean County Observer newspaper.
During the last several months, our fantastic engineering team have been setting it up with state-of-the-art equipment and new facilities we had never seen before. Being in Bayville for many years, things were very tight - now we have three out of four floors to call our own.
Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher was out last night for the ceremonies and the ribbon cutting. He says "this is wonderful. I am so happy to be here on this very special occasion. For years, the building was an utter empty eyesore in need of a facelift. Townsquare has a great relationship with us down here and we feel this is a great shot in the arm for the Downtown area."
Townsquare's Don Dalesio, who serves as the General Sales Manager for the Monmouth-Ocean market says "this is a very exciting time for our company. We are happy everyone was able to come out to this event. This is more than just a building - this is what this company is all about. What better way to keep the Townsquare brand by putting ourselves in the Town Square."


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Ciscoking wrote:Vegas again..August 14, 1970 MS..Hello... I`m Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues / I Walk The Line (Las Vegas, August 14, 1970 MS)
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Harty wrote:Guess "If I can dream" was especially written for the 68 special, it was a so called message song as a reference to the speech of Martin Luther King "I have a dream". Or is this still a legend ?
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James27 wrote:I also think that Elvis considered this something he didn't want to exploit, the message of this song. Or want to be percepted as possibly exploiting. Also, "If I Can Dream" was vocally very demanding to do on stage. He lip-synched it during the stand-up performances, which to me was a let-down when I first saw it, but understandable.
It's no wonder why he didn't sing In The Ghetto too much anymore either after August, 1970 (if at all?). But better only two social awareness songs that have become well-known classics and highlights in his career, and then move on, then to base a whole career on this type of song. They have stood the test of time better than many of the late 60s explicit "message songs".
I see In The Ghetto more as a sensitive song about awareness of poverty and crime in a ghetto, than as a protest or message song. It doesn't take a stance against the US government, it doesn't polarize, it talks about issues, just like If I Can Dream, that are timeless and that not too many people can be against. Except maybe rich racists.
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Ciscoking wrote:exact date please....
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ekenee wrote:may 1976 has a one liner of For the heart.
Ciscoking wrote:exact date please....
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The founder of Rainbows for All Children, whose mission 30 years ago to help children struggling with divorce or the death of a parent grew into a worldwide movement, has died.
Suzy Yehl Marta passed away on Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. The Palatine resident was 67.
"Suzy's life work was helping families as they faced some of their toughest challenges, such as death of a parent, divorce or deployment," said David Christian II, Rainbows' governing board chair. "Rainbows will continue its mission to help and heal more children who are grieving."
Marta came to form the organization, now based in Itasca, when she was going through a divorce, and she noticed her sons were hurting as much as she was.
Her youngest son, Tim, remembers his mother attending a support group for divorced Catholics, and the positive effect it had on her.
"Coming back from that weekend, I saw she had a little more in her step than I had seen in a long while," Tim Yehl says.
But when she went searching for a similar support group or retreat for her children, she found nothing was offered. Empowered by her own experience, Marta took it upon herself to form a retreat program for children.
"She wrote the curriculum in the den of our Des Plaines house and cut and pasted the first workbook mock-ups on our dining room table," her son says.
Starting in 1983, Marta pulled in other parent volunteers and launched weekend retreats for grieving youths through her local church and the Chicago Archdiocese. In the first three years, they drew more than 800 children.
Marta named the program, Rainbows, to reflect the promise of life after one comes through the storm of hurt and grief, says Laurie Olbrisch, Rainbows' chief operating officer and a colleague of Marta's for all 30 years.
"She knew that the children of loss were grieving and she wanted to educate society on ways to reach out and help them," Olbrisch said. "Her enthusiasm touched everyone she met and she encouraged thousands to reach out in their own communities to heal children who were hurting."
Nearly 30 years since those weekend retreats, Rainbows now is in all 50 states and 18 countries. All told, Rainbows has helped more than 2.7 million children grieve and grow after loss, organization officials say.
There also is Silver Linings, a crisis response program designed by Marta and Rainbows staff members for teachers and youth group leaders following community or large-scale disasters.
More than 600 editions of the program were distributed nationwide following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and thousands after Hurricane Katrina. They also were translated, Olbrisch adds, to assist the survivors of the tsunami in Japan.
Besides her son, Marta is survived by her husband, Martin, and children Michael Yehl, Thomas (Donna) Yehl, Timothy (Katherine) Yehl, Peter (Nihal) Marta, David Marta and Kathryn Marta; as well as eight grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. Thursday at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie, before a 10 a.m. Mass on Friday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1775 Grove St. in Glenview.


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"American Idol" Recap: 28 Men Remain After More Hollywood Round Eliminations
On Thursday's episode of American Idol, the men who survived Hollywood week's group round performed solo for the judges. By the end of the night, only 28 guys were left standing.
The panel -- Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban -- announced eliminations after every eight contestants they saw.
First up was Paul Jolley, who was so nervous and so hesitant to begin his performance that he seemed to test Mariah's patience. Eventually, he belted out the Carrie Underwood single "Blown Away." Afterward, Nicki chastised him for his on-stage demeanor, saying she was immediately turned off by his minor anxiety attack.
Lazaro Arbos, who suffers from a stuttering problem, offered his take on Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory."
Curtis Finch, Jr. sang Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts," which turned out to be the most popular tune of the night. Mariah expressed her admiration for Finch.
All three advanced.
Devin Velez was the first man in the second group of contestants. He put an R&B spin on "What a Wonderful World."
Gurpreet Singh Sarin brought his acoustic guitar along for a rendition of "Georgia on My Mind."
Cortez Shaw covered "Sunny," a 1960s song originally recorded by Bobby Hebb.
Matheus Fernandes delivered an off-key, rough version of the Kelly Clarkson hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." Mariah said it wasn't "connected." Nicki focused more on Matheus' personality, criticizing him for repeatedly referring to his small stature.
Matheus was eliminated, while Devin, Gurpreet and Cortez were among those whom the judges passed through.
The next group of performances began with Nicholas Mathis, who tackled Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven." Keith was down on the song choice. Nicholas asked for a second chance, but the judges simply told him to wait for them to make a decision on his Idol future.
Nicki didn't hide her disgust for Papa Peachez's performance of the Lady Gaga song "You and I." She told him, "I'm so disappointed. I don't know why you would choose that song." She was so upset that she cursed after he walked off the stage.
Jimmy Smith performed the Fleetwood Mac classic "Landslide."
A visibly-disappointed Nicholas was sent packing, along with Papa. Jimmy, Vincent Powell and Johnny Keyser were among those in the group who remain alive in the competition.
In the next group, Nick Boddington sang Grace Potter & The Nocturnals' "Stars."
Socially-awkward Charlie Askew, wearing a shiny brown suit as well as blue shoes that didn't match the rest of his outfit, stood out with Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know." Nicki gushed over his quirkiness and told him to never change.
Nick, Charlie, JDA and Matthenee Treco all advanced.
Burnell Taylor and Marvin Calderon both moved on with separate performances of Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts."
Micah Johnson, the final contestant shown in the episode, chose Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So" and failed to make the cut.
Nate Tao was among the other guys whose performances were not televised and who are now gone from the competition.
Next week, eight of the 28 remaining men will have to leave. In addition, it will be the women's turn to perform during Idol's Hollywood round.
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Criminal Justice
At Bluffton, criminal justice is an academically rigorous program developed to produce leaders in the academic field, corrections, law enforcement, mediation and community organizing who embrace the philosophy of restorative justice.
Restorative justice emphasizes the restoration of healthy communities, the inclusion of victims and their needs and a deeper commitment to holding offenders accountable for the harms that they have caused while at the same time supporting the reintegration of offenders back into the community.
Restorative justice fits within the ideals of the Anabaptist vision of the college and is a philosophy that is increasingly accepted by both public and private criminal justice services around the world.


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Is Al-Qaeda Resurgent In Africa? Militant Islamist Groups Join Forces In The Sahel
Two militant Islamist groups based in the African Sahel have joined forces, marking yet another organizational reboot for al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in one of the world's most lawless regions.
The Sahel has become a new focal point for global counterinsurgency efforts. Roving bands of extremists have long inhabited the region, which runs along the southern border of the Sahara Desert, but the situation kicked into high gear in 2012 when those militants took control of northern Mali, an area roughly the size of Texas.
That effort involved multiple groups of varying backgrounds. It began with the Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, which was made up not of ardent Islamists, but rather of ethnic Tuaregs, who have for decades sought greater sovereignty from regional governments. The Tuaregs were strengthened by a spillover of weapons from Libya's 2011 revolution -- but so were Islamist militants who stole the show within months. By mid-2012, Mali had become a base for extremists linked to al-Qaeda. The insurgents were eventually routed from their Malian strongholds by French troops in early 2013, but they still pose a serious threat to stability in the Sahel.
Even when they controlled Mali, these extremist groups did not comprise a united front. Some claimed allegiance to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, which has operated in Algeria for years. Others counted themselves as members of locally-focused groups, such as Ansar Dine, which included many Tuaregs; the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, known as Mujao, which had a higher number of formerly AQIM-allied fighters; and Those Who Sign With Blood, which perpetrated the attack on an Algerian natural gas facility that cost the lives of 38 hostages this January.
Those Who Sign With Blood was founded by the one-eyed jihadist and on-again-off-again al-Qaeda affiliate Mokhtar Belmokhtar. According to a Thursday statement from the militants, Belmokhtar -- who is once again loyal to the al-Qaeda allied group he used to command, called Al-Mulathameen or The Veiled Brigade -- and his fighters are joining forces with Mujao.
"Your brothers in Mujao and Al-Mulathameen announce their union and fusion in one movement called al-Murabitoun to unify the ranks of Muslims around the same goal, from the Nile to the Atlantic," said the statement, according to Agence France Presse.
Belmokhtar and Mujao leader Ahmed Ould Amer are both said to have signed the statement, which notes that neither man will lead the new brigade.
Mujao and al-Mulathameen had already forged a working relationship; Thursday's announcement just makes it official. But al-Murabitoun's goals appear to have taken on an expanded scope, as compared to the smaller-scale battles the two groups have been waging over the past two years. The militants promise to "confront the Zionist campaign against Islam and Muslims," which would involve targeting French forces for their role in Mali and even going as far as Egypt to help the Islamists there.
But can the new jihadist group fulfill its ambitions? Mali is no longer the central hub it used to be. It recently held a peaceful election to choose its new President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and although 3,000 French troops have initiated their withdrawal, 12,600 U.N. troops are moving in to fill the security vacuum.
Still, vulnerabilities exist all across the Sahel, which is sparsely populated and prone to poverty, food insecurity and estrangement from regional governments. Furthermore, the militant groups now joining forces have gained reputations for evading capture and continuing to launch attacks despite security forces' concentrated efforts to stop them.
The real question is whether the official union changes anything -- and given the long history of al-Qaeda-linked forces making and breaking alliances, some analysts doubt that al-Murabitoun can bring anything new to the table.
"This could be another one of these reorganizations to try to strengthen the group and give it better direction," Andrew Lebovich, an independent analyst focused on extremist groups the Sahel, said to the Associated Press. He added that Thursday statement could be read as a "call to arms."
If that's the case, the formation of al-Murabitoun is not a cause for immediate alarm; it is rather a reminder that the al-Qaeda-linked extremists in Africa's Sahel remain just as determined as ever, despite ongoing efforts to quash the terrorist threat in one of Africa's most hard-to-reach places.