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Rated 4 out of 5 by 838 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5 by DGif Excellent Treatment The team in HI was fantastic and absolutely excelled in service to our party of over 200. July 14, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by sfvino Great times in Poipu! The Sheraton staff was amazing! From the bartenders & servers to the check in desk and concierge staff, everyone was very accommodating and prompt. Execution on all of our events - meetings and dinners - was spot on. Thank you for being prepared and making every detail a priority. Plus, the room was clean and the bed very comfortable. Great times in Poipu! I'll be back. July 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by PattyJFW Beautiful Location Beautiful Location, nice property and wonderful staff July 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lenwh00 Like Disney The property and staff exceeded my expectations. The location was perfect with a beach that offered a variety of activities, the grounds were immaculate, the staff was friendly and available. The Hawaiian culture of hospitality and beautiful surroundings was fully present. This was felt as you saw attention to detail in the grounds and when you crossed paths with any employee. They greeted you warmly and with sincerity. July 12, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mrhawk Valet needs improvement Two issues need improvement: 1).Before 6 am, everyday, the Valets used the key alarm to repeatedly honk a cars horn to locate the car in the lot next to our room. Do you think you could number the parking stalls so they don't have to use the car horn to find the car??! 2)Front desk committed to applying our SPG discount to our bill at check out; so far to date, that has not occured. July 7, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by bigmack Our stay at the dump We were put across the streein last rooms next to trash bin dark walk ways vary old rooms rooms out of the 1960s made are reservations 7 months in advance asked for rooms next to rest of family were told no problem on arivel sorry can not do it they were also put on back roe in the dark I would like my points back July 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by csg1 Nice stay stayed here while on business travel. The rooms are decent and the nearby restaurants are excel t, if a bit pricey. The hotel is very quiet at night. this is not the pace to go i you are looking for wild night life, which suits most business travelers just right. July 6, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Nancy pleasant surprise as a Platinum member we were given a room with a beautiful view as our suite upgrade was not available. The room was spacious and the view spectacular. While there was no happy hour there was a small wine tasting that night however the sip of each wine we were allowed was a little punk. We had a drink at the bar and then walked over to a small shopping center that had several restaurants where we had a great meal. The staff was delightful and for the one night we stayed at this hotel we enjoyed it a lot. July 6, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by NSullivan1027 We had an amazing honeymoon Thank you so much to the Sheraton for allowing us to have an amazing, relaxing honeymoon. The plumeria suite was breathtaking! July 2, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Franz07 Honey moon We stayed in Sheraton Kauai Resort 3 nights for our honey moon. The hotel is nice with a great ocean view. We had dinner in both restaurants and we can afferm that everything was very good. We had had a problem with some guests the first night (they thought of staying in a disco rather than in a hotel), sometimes happens. We would really like to thank Peter(Manager) for his kindness and the professionalism with which he has solved every problem. July 2, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Angela64 Staff was the best! The front desk staff (Sissy, in particular) was stellar. The valet staff, servers (Ashley at Rum Fire in particular), housekeeping, every person we met really, performed at the highest level with a smile. I am from Las Vegas, and I have very high standards for service. The service in Hawaii is usually poor in comparison. Not at this property. I was pleasantly surprised. July 1, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Danny113 Good place for a relaxing vacation All that you hear is the waves of the Ocean which will put you to sleep. Good bar location with great service - another relaxing place. June 30, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by lelder Bed requests are that, not a guarantee The room was lovely, clean and comfortable, BUT, I had "requested" a king size bed. On checkin, they only had a room with two double beds. I pointed out the discrepancy and it was met with a quick reminder that I had only requested a king bed, but that does not mean you'll get one. This was from a reservation made many months ago. You think planning would have been in place to meet a "request" that was made many months beofore my arrival. I was also unhappy that my room was across the street from the beach. I did not see that called out on your website and it was another source of discontent. I will let others know who plan to make a reservation of this finding. June 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by DrJaneM Hotel is our favorite for family vacation The Sheraton Kauai Resort has become a yearly trip for our family. Our room is always immaculate and very clean. The staff at the breakfast buffet are wonderful and very inviting people. Food is wonderful too. Very responsive management and staff. We are planning to spend more time later this year at this Sheraton because we feel so at home here. Beautiful place and wonderful and caring employees. June 29, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by anniversary300 A mixed bag Our room was not ready on check in and then late in the afternoon we got a call and were taken to a room with two double beds instead of a king. We had to wait until the next day and be available for them to move us which basically wasted a day. The staff was good about trying to help once the error was discovered. Asked for a cabana since we had to stay on property until we moved but they were sold out. I forgot something in my car. the valet was rude rude rude rude he made me walk out to my car at least a block away without any guidance and then was rude when I asked for help. I complained to the manager who sent wine and strawberries to me. The beach if calm is good for swimming if not calm go to Poipou short drive away. The food was good but a bit pricey. Overall the service was excellent from most of the folks there. Once we got into our fourth floor room with king bed with beach view we were more than happy. The pool made my skin break out it has a lot of chemicals which was too bad since the beach was so rough. It is a good hotel but nothing compared to the Maui Sheraton June 29, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Bruce1234 Adequate hotel on Kauai stayed at this hotel 2 weeks ago- we had 3 rooms- the rooms were adequate, although the air conditioning couldn't completely keep up with the heat and humidity and so the rooms were a bit warm and smelled of mildew- however rooms were clean and beds comfortable- we had 2 maintenance issues that were promptly addressed- the restaurant food was adequate but quite expensive for the quality (we paid $25 a person for breakfast which was just adequate)- there was a good breakfast place a few blocks away that we went to subsequently- the beach was good for Kauai and not very crowded- the pool was well maintained June 29, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Flake Awsome Hotel This hotel was more than we expected, it was quiet and the staff was very professional and friendly and always willing to assist. Very clean and easy to get to. Right along the beach. June 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ralph43 Great Resort on Poipu Our ocean front room was very nice and the view was excellent. Very attentive and courteous staff at all levels. Cabanas on the beach are a nice touch. We enjoyed our stay very much. Only complaint was some of the food on the breakfast buffet (eggs, sausage) was not very warm. Menu orders were fine. June 27, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by 2Eudys Exceeded Expectations! We were staying on the north end of the island, but had traveled to the south end for a day of hiking in Waimea Canyon. Rather than driving all the way back, we used points to spend the night at the Sheraton. WOW!! Had we known it was such a nice facility, we would have stayed more nights! Next trip to Kauai, we will plan to spend extra days at this hotel! June 27, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by DebSue37 Sheraton Kauai experience was incredible! We just arrived home from our SECOND stay at the Sheraton in Kauai. Things started out rough as our reservation somehow had been cancelled in April, 8 weeks earlier!!! Needless to say, things were iffy at first but the staff and Manager, Peter, got us an off-the-beach room for the night (which in and of itself was amazing!) and got us an even better beach front room that our reservation had originally been. They gave us valet parking free for the week, a bungalo one day, delivered a gorgeous cheese/cracker platter & a bottle of wine on our anniversary. We would run into staff that would ask how we were, stand there and visit and ask if we needed directions anywhere or anything at all! It was almost ALL the staff. We were amazed and pleased. There was a staff person named Laura who stayed in tough with us our entire stay. On the last day, we got a call that there was a gift at the front desk. Laura had purchased a beautiful book called Ohana ("family" in Hawaiian) for us. We can't say enough about Peter and Laura especially! Our experience at the Princess Sheraton in Honolulu was NOT good, however. It is old, dirty, sweaty feeling, small and staff were NOT friendly at all. This review is for Sheraton at Poipu in Kauai. June 27, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by RogerWilco Be sure to book an ocean-view Be sure to book an ocean-view room! It's breathtaking (we were in 12xx) and cannot be compared to the rooms on the other side of the street. We had one for a few hours for our late check-out so can compare. Staff is nice - use the concierge desk and the activities desk. They really helped us to make the most of our stay June 26, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Stephia Great staff really took care of our needs This was a wonderful hotel experience with clean and comfortable rooms with terrific service. Beautiful ocean and property views and fine dining at Rumfire. The beach at the hotel was great for swimming. Loved our stay! June 25, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Adam44 Nice property. Needs some updates. Rooms near the ocean are updated, larger, and nicer. Rooms across the street need HELP. Definite discrepancy in quality. Very pleased in overall experience. Grounds were clean and enjoyable. Location perfect. Staff friendly. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by sjupton21 Sheraton kauai Perfect for our Honeymoon. June 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by spgreviewer Overall really good, but bathroom could be updated The hotel is great for the most part. The bathrooms could use some updating. Also, the single light in the bathroom was very dim. The bed was comfortable, but one of the pillows was much harder than the other 3 provided (I didn't realize this until the next morning), and I woke up with very bad neck and back pain. The next few nights I used the other pillows without a problem. Also, I liked that we had Starbucks coffee provided in each room. Overall, we enjoyed our stay and we would stay here again. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by BillandVal Quality property - in premier location Poipu beach is definitely our preferred area on Kauai - and the Sheraton could not be situated any better. great rooms, great pool area, great service and as good a resort beach as you could ask for. June 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Countrygirl72 Expensive but offered a relaxing vacation spot Booking the hotel 4 months prior to the trip through our travel agent, I did receive a pretty good rate on two rooms. One room for my husband and myself the other for our two kids (age 18 and 14) After checking in I discovered I would be charged a $30 daily fee per room. 8 days, 2 rooms is a bit of an additional charge. In our kids' room, the TV did not work which wasn't a big deal since we were not there to watch TV but still having to pay the $30 daily fee for that room seemed a bit extreme. Food was very expensive at all the eateries on the Sheraton resort . Resort was nice but definitely overpriced in every area they could over price you in! June 20, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by richross Great Property Room View was superb. Food at Rum Fire was five star Fitness Room was perfect Please consider more drawers for clothing in the room. There was plenty of space for more, however we only had 3 drawers, not adequate. I also want to mention my suggestion for all hotels (and several have complied) that your typical customer is at least 2 people, so why only one luggage rack in each room when there will be at least 2 suitcases? I believe most people would be appreciative of 2 luggage racks in their room. June 20, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tomorourke Great stay as always My thanks to Elaine Leung, manager. As always her help made my stay the experience we all want. Staff was super and weather held up. I will be back in October, 2014 for more. Tom O'Rourke June 19, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by KristenH The worst sleep of my life! The hotel is located in a great place. The grounds are maintained beautifully. The check-in was quick and easy. The young lady at the desk was very pleasant and helpful. The room looked good. Parking was included in the resort fee (which was a great bonus). Overall, everything was wonderful until I went to sleep. I had the worst sleep I have ever had anywhere. I woke up in pain at about 130 in the morning. My back was killing me from the nonexistent support of a mattress that probably should have been replaced long ago. I woke up several more time throughout the night feeling absolutely miserable. June 18, 2014


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Personal/Professional Learning Networks, are virtual communities where educators can connect with other educators. Share tips, resources and materials, collaboratively create materials and learning opportunities, and essentially create a network to support your professional practice. In addition, your PLN can help you connect your classroom to the world! Students can also develop their learning community. Where can they go to get information and resources, and share with others? Can such a network have educational value? Absolutely! The tools below are for teachers and for students.
Experience a collaborative backchannel discussion
Join today's conversation at http://ckendall.ietherpad.com/1
- Be professional- Be thoughtful
- Everything is recorded (even when deleted)
Use this venue to exchange ideas, share websites, ask each other questions.
Lucy Gray has a wonderful blog post about PLN
Will Richardson's book, Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, guides readers to consider the power of a PLN and how to create PLNs.
Will Richardson on PLNs:
Why Create a PLN?From A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal:
- Teachers become more aware - of new research, new strategies, new educators, and new ideas that can enhance and impact their teaching and learning
- Teachers become connected- they develop learning networks as they meet teachers with similar interests and issues
- Teachers become empowered - as they take control and responsibility of their own professional growth.
- Teachers become model - With first hand experience on how to operate in a 21st century learning environment, teachers become equipped to demonstrate and model learning behaviors and strategies for their students
- Teachers become confident-Teachers feel appreciated and respected for their contributions and knowledge and become confident and more competent in their own teaching practice
- Teachers become a connected community - teachers who share, learn, and connect become leaders inside and outside of their classrooms
- Teachers become Learners - the most important requirement to being a 21st Century educator - don't you think?
Stages of Personal Learning Networks AdoptionJeff Utecht wrote a terrific blog post, Stages of PLN Adoption, overviewing stages that may be experienced when creating, establishing, and cultivating a PLN.
Stage 1 Immersion: Immerse yourself into networks. Create any and all networks you can find where there are people and ideas to connect to. Collaboration and connections take off.
Stage 2 Evaluation: Evaluate your networks and start to focus in on which networks you really want to focus your time on. You begin feeling a sense of urgency and try to figure out a way to "Know it all."
Stage 3 Know it all: Find that you are spending many hours trying to learn everything you can. Realize there is much you do not know and feel like you can't disconnect. This usually comes with spending every waking minute trying to be connected to the point that you give up sleep and contact with others around you to be connected to your networks of knowledge.
Stage 4 Perspective: Start to put your life into perspective. Usually comes when you are forced to leave the network for awhile and spend time with family and friends who are not connected (a vacation to a hotel that does not offer a wireless connection, or visiting friends or family who do not have an Internet connection).
Stage 5 Balance: Try and find that balance between learning and living. Understanding that you can not know it all, and begin to understand that you can rely on your network to learn and store knowledge for you. A sense of calm begins as you understand that you can learn when you need to learn and you do not need to know it all right now.
Tips for Getting Started
1. Use the same username/ID across your online presences if possible.
2. It truly is a conversation - give and take, interact and share!
3. Start slowly and build your network!
What mediums can I use to build a PLN? The quick list
- Manage your Twitter with Lists or a utility such as HootSuite or Tweetdeck
- Use Google Reader, Bloglines, **iGoogle**, or PageFlakes to manage RSS feeds
- Online Communities: Ning
- Share your resources with social bookmarking at delicious and diigo
- Communicate via IP on Skype
- Collaborate over time and space in a productivity environment on Google Docs
Visit each of the following pages on this wiki for more information about the environments below.
Social bookmarking with delicious and diigo
Connecting in a multimedia-rich virtual community at Ning
RSS: Leverage the power of blogs and RSS feeds
Want a refresher on what the above services offer? Check out the Common Craft videos for explanations on these and other technology-related topics. They even have the videos in different languages!


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I came across this passage on page 47 of Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al.:
The number of anonymous functions in an expression is understood to be equal to the number of times the asymptotic notation appearrs. For example in the expression:
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there is only a single anonymous function (a function of i). This expression is not the same as O(1) + O(2) + ... + O(n), which doesn't really have a clean interpretation.
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CBR News spoke to "Who Is Jake Ellis?" and "The Activity" writer Nathan Edmondson about "Dancer," his new Image series about a retired assassin and his dancer girlfriend with Nic Klein.
CBR News presents a conversation between the writer of "Jersey Gods" and the scribe behind "Olympus" about their individual creative processes, the influences of mythology, family and literature upon their works and much more.
Courtesy of Image, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale this week including new issues of âDead@17: Afterbirth,â âDead Space,â âDescendant,â âElephantmenâ and more.
Courtesy of Image, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale this week including "The Walking Dead" #63, "Dead@17: Afterbirth" #2 and an exclusive preview of "Olympus" #3.
With Image Comics' new miniseries "Olympus" #3 on sale today, co-creator Nathan Edmonson provides commentary on each of the series' many variant covers and pinups -- eighteen in all!
Writer Nathan Edmonson talks to CBR about his and artist Christian Ward's "Olympus," bringing the trials of Castor & Pollux into the future with covers by Tommy Lee Edwards, Frank Quitely, Paul Pope, and Tony Harris.
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Haunted Manor 2 - The Horror behind the Mystery
This game is a one of a kind! Haunted Manor 2 has the best horror and frightening cinematic-like game experience ever created on the iPhone.
* A Great Horror Story
Happy Halloween!
From the developers of Haunted Manor - The Secret of the Lost Soul, the new incredible adventure firmed by redBit games is out.
"There are many stories but one common theme... stay away from the Haunted Manor".
How brave are you young adventurer?
We shall see!
You are about to enter a land where anything and everything could happen. The house will test your heart, body and soul. If you can keep your composure, your mind open and your wits together, you may succeed in taming the house.
"Haunted Manor 2" is an adventure game that will test your mental abilities and observation skills. You will have to explore the house and solve numerous, at times dark, often humorous but always challenging riddles in order to progress through the game. If you succeed, you will finally discover and maybe solve the mysterious secret behind the house...
Using all of your logic and nerves will be the only way to get to the end of this fantastic horror themed adventure.
This game is a one of a kind! Haunted Manor 2 has the best horror and frightening cinematic-like game experience ever created on the iPhone.
Its graphics were created using the best 3D modeling techniques, film camera composition and high dynamic range photography techniques.
The incredible graphics are complemented by carefully crafted 3D sounds effects and a gloomy horror theme that will accompany you through the game.
These features, it's incredible story and its cleverly crafted challenges make "Haunted Manor 2" the best horror and frightening puzzle game ever presented on the iPhone.
* A Great Horror Story
* Classic and intuitive point and tap gameplay.
* Amazingly funny and clever puzzles.
* Many different environments to discover & explore.
* 3D Sounds e HDR photography techniques
* Hidden Object game
* Film camera composition
* An interactive original & unique storyline.
* Superb game design.
* High-resolution graphics optimized for retina display.
* Multiple languages, AutoSave and much more...
Happy Halloween!
Haunted Manor 2 is firmed by redBit games
Nah Far too short, puzzles weren't very fun or challenging, not for me.
Nice effort but no directions, no hints , no skip option, no map, basically left with no choice but to give up after a while
I thought it was free!! I finished the last puzzle in the basement and then it said i need to buy the full version. So i lost interest! The game was good but its not free so i will uninstall it and wait until the full version became free... It is really a shame.... Email me if it became free :)
Excellent game but a little vague I honestly love this game, and the fact that it was much longer than the first. It was not an easy one to crack. It can be a little vague in some places. Needed the walkthrough quite a bit. Still, cant wait for the third one!
A bit too hard The beginning of the game I need to get the bar out of the gate but no matter what I try it won't come out
What's New
Christmas is coming… Update the game to the latest version to have access to all new content. Some major bug fixes.
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CCMP Exploring $1.2B Sale of Medpace
November 15, 2013 | Medpace, a CRO offering therapeutically specialized clinical development, is on the auction block according to Reuters. Private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors owns the company and has hired an investment bank to run an auction. Medpace has top line annual earnings of close to $100 million, and CCMP believes they could earn twelve times that--$1.2 billion--in a sale. Reuters
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This Python package can be used to automate initialization and setup process for Cloud HSM appliances (Safenet's Luna's SA) and arrays of Luna's.
It includes a library and a binary - luna_mech, which can be run from a Luna's client machine to perform three major tasks: configuring a stand alone Luna appliance, configuring an array of Luna appliances or registering Luna's physical servers and creating an virtual HA group on a client.
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Released: Apr 01st, 2005
Running Time: 104
Director: Becko Donteli
Company: Phoenix Releasing
Cast: Penelope, Lenardo Martins, Rebeca Lins, Wallace, Dino Miranda, William Carioca, Raquel Brandao, Milla
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: All-Sex
Stock in your Brazil section.
The girls of Brazil have a wide variety of different color skin pigmentations, and that variety is well represented in All the Colors of Brazil. One girl is a redhead. One is a blonde. One has dark brown skin. Another is plump and tattooed. But the one thing they all share in common is that in this flick they get cock stuffed in their butts.
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Coach: Chris Homer is 75-42 (.641) in his tenth season, since 2002.
Playoff record, eighth appearance: 14-7 (.667).
Finals record: 0-3.
Desert Hills Quick Facts
Opened 2008, fourth season. Finals record: first appearance. Playoff record (fourth appearance): 4-3 (.571).
Current winning streak: 3.
Coach: Jake Nelson is 22-11 at DH in three seasons, since 2009, and is 57-42 (.576) in nine years overall, including 35-31 at Dixie from 2002-07.
He's coaching his 100th career contest (and 34th at DH).
Playoff record at DH, third appearance: 4-2. Overall, ninth appearance: 9-8 (.529) including 5-6 at Dixie.
Finals record: first appearance (made semifinals in 2004 and 2006 at Dixie).
Extra Point 1: Hurricane makes its fourth consecutive championship. Only five other schools have more: Skyline, 9 (1995-2003, won five titles); Kanab, 8 (1981-88, won four); and three with 5, Beaver (1969-73, won three), East (1919-23, won five), and Judge (1969-73, won three).
Other recent schools with four straight finals: Timpview (2006-09, won 4) and Kanab (2005-08, won two).
Extra Point 2: Hurricane has matched its best ever start (2005) and tied its most ever wins (2008, 2008 and 2010). The Tigers have never had an undefeated season.
Extra Point 3: Hurricane has 47 wins from 2008-11. Only Juan Diego has more – 49 – during those four seasons.
Extra Point 4: Last week Hurricane became the third school to win three playoff games at least four years in a row. Skyline won three tournament games over a nine-year span (1995-2003) and Timpview won three over four seasons (2006-09).
Extra Point 5: Only five schools have played more seasons of football than Hurricane without winning a state football title (Park City, North Sanpete, Spanish Fork, Wasatch and Cedar).
Extra Point 6: Desert Hills enjoys its most season wins with nine. The previous high was seven in 2010.
Extra Point 7: The Thunder are trying to become just the second team to prevent a top-seed from claiming the state crown over the past five years. In all five classifications, only region champions have won state titles from 2007 on, except for Highland, which captured the 4A title as a No. 2 seed last year.
Extra Point 8: DH is also trying to become first team to win state championship in its first ever appearance since North Sevier in 2008.
Extra Point 9: Desert Hills is the youngest school to reach the championship game since Juan Diego advanced to the 2003 finals in its third season and won the 2A title.
Extra Point 10: Only 26 of the previous 269 state champions have endured three or more losses. DH is trying to become the 27th.
Undefeateds Beware
East, Fremont and Desert Hills will try to upset their unbeaten opponents Friday and join 52 other teams that have spoiled a perfect season in a championship game. The last to do that was Timpview beating Cottonwood in 2008, but the T-birds were also undefeated. The last team with losses to play spoiler was in 2005: Grand entered the 2A title bout at 8-2, but upended 11-0 San Juan.
If Logan, Lone Peak and Hurricane come through unscathed, they'll join Duchesne and make 2011 the first year that four teams have celebrated undefeated championship seasons. There have been three unbeaten teams three times before, most recently in 2001 when Millard, Monticello and Northridge pulled off the feat.
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Howard Broad, a 35-year police veteran who started his career
in Dunedin and ended it as police commissioner, now holds the
role of deputy chief executive security and intelligence in
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).
''It's one person providing national security
co-ordination,'' he said last night.
Since his retirement as commissioner in 2010, he had been
doing voluntary and consulting work.
It was during a teaching stint with the security sector he
heard of a new role being created in the DPMC, which oversees
national security and civil defence.
''Slipping into this was such an interesting challenge and
fairly attractive.''
Mr Broad, who was born and educated in Dunedin and spent his
first 10 years as a policeman in the city, started the new
job in January.
He reports to DPMC's chief executive, Andrew Kibblewhite, who
in turn reports to the Prime Minister.
Mr Broad is responsible for the DPMC's intelligence roles,
including the National Assessments Bureau, Security and Risk
Group, Intelligence Co-ordination Group and National Cyber
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Trichet 'Held Hostage' as Market Pressure Mounts
The last time Jean-Claude Trichet refused to bow to market pressure, he was forced into a U-turn. This time the stakes may be even higher.
With the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis now threatening to engulf Spain, its fourth-largest economy, investors are again looking for the President of the European Central Bank to do something to stop it, such as delaying the withdrawal of unlimited liquidity support for banks and significantly ramping up its bond purchases. The risk is that the ECB becomes a bail-out tool for politicians -- damaging its independence -- the very scenario Trichet wanted to avoid when he was pressed into the unprecedented step of buying government debt in May.
"To some extent the ECB is being held hostage by financial markets," said Juergen Michels, chief euro-region economist at Citigroup Inc. in London. "As the existing measures are unlikely to be sufficient to solve the problems in the periphery, the ECB probably will be forced to increase its programs substantially."
On May 6, as Greece's budget crisis was fueling investor concerns about the fiscal health of other euro-area nations, Trichet resisted pressure to employ new measures, saying it was up to governments to lead the way. That lack of action triggered a bond-market selloff, forcing the ECB to tear up its rule book and provoking a split on its Governing Council.
Trichet finds himself in a similar position today after the European Union-led rescue package for Ireland failed to convince investors that policy makers have the tools required, or the resolve needed, to contain the crisis, prompting them to dump Irish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish and Belgian assets.
ECB policy makers meeting in Frankfurt today will keep the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1 percent, according to all 52 economists in a Bloomberg survey. That decision is due at 1:45 p.m. and Trichet holds a press conference 45 minutes later.
Bonds, stocks and the euro rallied yesterday as markets interpreted a comment from Trichet as a signal policy makers may step up their response. Trichet told the European Parliament late on Nov. 30 that some investors are underestimating governments' determination to defend financial stability in the currency bloc.
The euro rebounded above $1.31 to trade at $1.3191 at 12:22 in Frankfurt today. Spanish 10-year government bonds snapped an 11-day drop, sending the yield down to 5.20 percent from 5.50 percent on Nov. 30. That's still 238 basis points more than the yield on comparable German bunds and close to a euro-era high of 283 basis points.
Political Pressure
It would be "more than reasonable" for the ECB to buy Spanish government bonds, Efe newswire quoted Spanish Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian as saying yesterday. He said purchasing debt was "within the orthodoxy" of central banks and the Bank of England and Federal Reserve are following such a policy, Efe reported from Moscow.
Increasing its bond purchases, or resorting to outright quantitative easing by failing to sterilize them, would see the ECB take more risk onto its balance sheet and open itself to the charge it's financing profligate nations.
Such steps may be resisted by a group on the ECB's 22- member Governing Council led by Bundesbank President Axel Weber, the leading contender to replace Trichet at the bank's helm next year.
Weber opposed the bond program when it was announced on May 10 and has since called for it to be cancelled, saying it involves "stability risks" and there's no evidence it works.
'A Job For Politicians'
"The risk associated with bond purchases is that the credit risk does not disappear," said Holger Sandte, chief European economist at WestLB Equity Markets in Dusseldorf. "If the worst comes to the worst, the ECB has all these risks on its balance sheet. It's really a job for politicians to rescue sovereigns."
Weber and policy makers such as ECB Executive Board member Juergen Stark are also pushing for the bank to resume its withdrawal of cheap loans to banks as the economy improves. The phasing out of the liquidity measures "will continue" after the end of the year, Stark said on Nov. 16.
The ECB publishes its latest projections today. They may show the euro area's recovery continuing next year as Germany, the region's largest economy, prospers from export demand and rising household spending.
Next Exit Step
The ECB currently offers banks as much cash as they need at its benchmark rate for periods of one week, one month and three months. Last month, Trichet said the ECB will announce further steps in its exit from unconventional measures in December due to concerns that banks are becoming "addicted" to the abundant liquidity.
The next likely step in the exit would be announcing a return to an auction procedure for the three-month loans, said Klaus Baader, co-chief euro-area economist at Societe Generale in London. That could limit the amount banks are able to borrow and result in a higher interest rate.
"The ECB is dead set on unwinding measures" so a discontinuation of the full allotment in its three-month refinancing operations "is still likely, although a close call," said Baader. "They could give a clear date so the decision is taken, but not implemented immediately. That's a compromise that would be beneficial to all."
Still, even a move in that direction risks further unnerving investors and exacerbating market tensions, said Ken Wattret, chief euro-area economist at BNP Paribas in London. "If the ECB really goes ahead with the exit or even just signals it will proceed with the exit, it will add to alarm."
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Morgan Stanley economists Joachim Fels and Elga Bartsch said in a research note that there's a "good chance" the ECB will reverse its exit and reintroduce unlimited 12-month loans to banks.
Saying it will buy more government debt would also calm markets, said Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Joh Berenberg Gossler & Co. in London.
The ECB has already stepped up its activity, last week buying the most bonds in two months. Yesterday it bought Irish government bonds in bigger amounts than it typically does, according to two people with knowledge of the transactions.
Overall purchases so far total 67 billion euros ($88 billion), well below the amounts bought by the Bank of England and the Fed.
"To avoid the risk of a market panic the ECB can do more and should buy more government bonds," said Schmieding. "If the patient is in danger of a heart attack, a medicine with side effects is justified."


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Ben was born four months premature, and the early birth and scar tissue from subsequent surgeries is gradually robbing him of his eyesight, his mother, Heidi Pierce, said.
Ben's parents encouraged him start a "bucket list" of places he would like to see and Ben says Albuquerque made the list because he likes the song of the same name performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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Monzoom is now available at this site: http://www.monzoom.de.vu/ "Tutorials" links to some tutorials, mostly in German, though a few links are broken. See http://www.geoxis.de/monzoom/tutorials/tutorials.htm Feel free to add these links if you feel they're appropriate. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
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Skip to comments.Bill O'Reilly Predicts Liberal Media Will Give Obama 'About 3% or 4%' in November
Posted on 08/09/2012 4:34:16 PM PDT by chessplayer
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America has had four years to get a clue on this slime slug pig faced criminal. If they need the MSM to NOW tell them the details, they don't need to vote, just head down to the gulag.
He is correct. I said this when it was clear the elite wanted Romney. Politics aside, he is utterly unlikable and incompetent. And I'll say yet again . . you think it's bad now? JUST wait til after Labor Day.
I can understand why reporters are often the first to get whacked during revolutions.
"Lemme plug 'em, Boss...I love rubbing out reporters."
-Ward Bond in "Rackets USA"
Im beginning to agree with you. Romney is becoming a disaster. I would rather have Ann run
The major media is not biased toward the DNC, they are DNC.
The shock is not that the DNC media favors the DNC, but that decade after decade Repubs still look to DNC's media to get their message out and then feel betrayed when, again, DNC's media make monkeys of them. Again.
The real danger is all the votes Obama bought with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, bailouts and other largess. The recipients are dependent and can't/won't give it up. Eventually all of this will crash but not before Obama has taken full advantage politically.
The real sad part is, Lil Barry will not need that 3% or 4%. 48% of the American public on the dole translates to 48% of the electorate voting to keep those checks coming. All I know is keep loading, because it is going to get real rough in the next few years.
3-4% is too much. Bill needs a math class.
If I had access to some C4, I'd sabotage every bit of drive-by-media infrastructure I could.
Way more than that. They only need to ask one or two questions and keep asking them and OBama's whole house of cards would crumble. If they really did their job and treated Obama anywhere near the way the treated Bush, it would be worth 20% easily.
Bill is off. From most political polls, we know that 30% are liberal nutcakes. The media delivers 8%. Dead bodies deliver another 5%. Illegal immigrants deliver another 5%. Winning requires another 3% through ballot tampering.
It has been said that "you can't fix stupid". Stupid is exactly what those who have emersed themselves in MSM "reality" have become.
When stupid becomes the majority, America is done. It looks like that scenario just might be closer than we think.
Oh come on, O'Reilly may be a pompous buffoon and a laughable blowhard, but you're being a little bit hard on him, aren't you?
I am told Sean Hannity wanted to play this video on his show but was pressured in not doing so....
How did someone "utterly unlikable and incompetent" start a major hedge fund, buy up companies, revive many of them and make more than $300 million dollars? Are you worth even ONE MILLION dollars? Did you save an olympic games venue that was mired in corruption? Which state were you governor of? I didn't want Mitt Romney to be our candidate, but get real! Compared to Barack Obama, he's a dynamo, Henry Ford meets Bill Gates!! When did Mr. Obama ever meet a payroll? When did he manage so much as a small department at Dollar General or a hot dog stand?
Get use to it, "O" will get another 4 years.
I talked with 4 coworkers yesterday (these are educated folks mind you: engineers, high tech maintenance people) and they parroted the State run Media's talking points the whole time. They are not too thrilled with Obama, but will vote for him because Mittens through people out of work, killed that guy's wife, pays no taxes, etc.... that is what they believe and there is no use trying to tell them otherwise.
With a substantial financial advantage, Romney should be able to win comfortably, even the youth vote.
Sample ad:
Obama will give all you young people free contraception, among many madates inflicted on employers. But don't count on a job anytime soon.
Mitt Romney would rather get you a good-paying job so that you can purchase your own contraception with your own paycheck. And your employer can hire more people.
So which would you rather have: contraception from Obama, or a job from Romney?
I remember when these same lamestream media gave Carter a 10 point lead in October of that year. Then when election time came, it was over by 9 o'clock that evening, with Reagan winning 49 states. Then what did we get from same media? All kinds of excuses on why they called it wrong. So, I will let all of these so called "NEWS PUNDITS" read their tea leaves and ponder their belly buttons. I'll wait until the election is over. In the mean while I'll fight like hell to get OBAMA thrown out
I remember when these same lamestream media gave Carter a 10 point lead in October of that year. Then when election time came, it was over by 9 o'clock that evening, with Reagan winning 49 states. Then what did we get from same media? All kinds of excuses on why they called it wrong. So, I will let all of these so called "NEWS PUNDITS" read their tea leaves and ponder their belly buttons. I'll wait until the election is over. In the mean while I'll fight like hell to get OBAMA thrown out
O'Reilly is complicit in the media's bias due to his continual kissing of 0bama's ass hoping to land another interview.
You think likeability and competence have ANYTHING to do with making money? You have got to be kidding. Let's talk Paris Hilton, among a GAZILLION others. And saying that someone else is worse (even if it IS Hussein) has absolutely nothing to do with how bad "our" guy is.
It did for him.
I've got a bucket full of things I don't like about Mitt. But I do not have a single thing I like about Obama or the Democrat party and if my small company is to survive Obama must go. We gave to Perry, Gingrich & Santoruum but like you said "Mitt won".
Don't like it but we'll give to a superpac that is fighting a dirty war to remove the scumbag muzzy Obama. I'll not give a dime to the RNC or Mitt but will give all I can to Tea Party groups and pacs that understand exactly what we're fighting for.
Mitt will win by default and had better do as promised and gut this government, throw out Obamacare and change our tax code. Then he'll not only get my vote for 2016 but will also get my donations.
For now he only has my vote and that is by "Default".
"I remember when these same lamestream media gave Carter a 10 point lead in October of that year. Then when election time came, it was over by 9 oclock that evening, with Reagan winning 49 states. Then what did we get from same media? All kinds of excuses on why they called it wrong."
I sure hope that's what happens, but Romney is no Reagan and that may significantly change the outcome. Romney is wooden on the stump and is usually in hiding rather than running.
Are your coworkers by any chance freepers?
You are describing a lot of Obama's fans here.
Paris Hilton never started a company or met a payroll. She is an heiress of the Hilton hotel chain and made a sex tape. Why would you compare anyone to her? Mitt Romney somehow won the Republican presidential nomination, deal with reality, not what could have been.
I try not to waste my time on these bitter, drivel driven comments, but sometimes I can't resist.
Again, my belief is that people of your sullen ilk are major controllers of those around you. You didn't get your way in the primaries (neither did I) and you can't function and would run out in traffic to let people know of your displeasure if you thought you would not get hurt.
You are thrashing around, lashing out over something you can't control. I pity people like you and those around you whose lives you make equally miserable.
Larry Sabato agreed with OReilly that there is a lot of bias in the media, but said he was exaggerating the impact on undecided voters.
If I recall correctly Sabato said it's more like 1%.
"The real danger is all the votes Obama bought with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, bailouts and other largess."
He has already locked-up the black, Hispanic, female and now the gay vote.
Romney is not a shoe-in...not by a long shot.
Expect Democrat turn out to be very low this year. The youth vote will not turn out for the Kenyan this time. It will probably be more like 2010 again.
Maybe it's just that you're surrounded by a lot of educated liberal fools.
Personally, I haven't talked to anyone who is voting for him, and that includes some foolish relatives that fell for it hook, line, and sinker 4 years ago.
My sentiments as well. I firmly believe he can be "gotten to" and the GOP has some highly talented people, that if given half a chance could lite his fuse. However, in the tradition of the GOP candidates no personal attacks will take place and if anyone should offend the jug eared mulatto, a prompt apology and request for forgiveness will be issued. They will bow to Obama as Obama did to the King of Saudi Arabia!!
"Mitt will win by default and had better do as promised and gut this government, throw out Obamacare and change our tax code."
Freebies have never been repealed. Newt was able to roll them back in the 90s but freebies have NEVER been repealed.
Romney is a totally unprincipled scalawag who wets his finger, sticks in the air and goes with the flow. Don't expect too much from him if, by chance, he happens to win.
I predict that the real onslaught is being held back until after the convention. Love him or hate him Romney is no idiot. They have a plan and it's being executed on their timeline not ours. Be patient.
Amen to that. Romney is simply waiting in the weeds to pounce.
Larry is a Dem and he HID the fact he was working for Sen Webb when he ran around to all the network playing pollster for the VA senate race.
He was finally outed but he did alot of damage by all he was trashing of Sen Allen with that phony Macca scam.
Larry is dirt.
Even better then because the lefty said Democrat turn out will be low and the youth will not turn out for the Kenyan.
Thanks for the info. I've seen him on FOX a few times lately so it's good to know these things.
O`Reilly is exactly right. Obama has no greater force multiplier than the immense, free support he gets from the "media." The power of propaganda is golden for the candidate who benefits from it. American voters, not a particularly bright bunch on the whole, will take at face value the loudest messages they hear. They can`t be counted on think critically or conduct research into complex issues. That`s the distinctive advantage of a friendly "media."
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McPake describes Celtic as "frightening" at their best and is well aware Hibs' top form is required for them to have any hope of improving on the 2-2 draw at Parkhead earlier this season.
McPake said: "Celtic are the best team in the country, no doubt about that. On their day they can be frightening.
"We proved when we went to Celtic Park that we can be a match for them.
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Video: Mr. Green - "Live From the Streets" Episode 1
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"This is the first episode of the show Sam Lipman-Sternand I have been working on. Basically, we've been hittingthe streets and searching for people to film playing music.Then we've been taking the footage back to the studio andmaking beats out of it. We've already made some truly specialvideos /music and we haven't even left Philadelphia. Ultimately,the goal is to travel the globe searching for people and sounds tomake beats out of… all the while documenting the process on video."
MP3: A.Dd+ - "Can't Come Down"
Courtesy Audible Treats.
One-Half Of A.Dd+, Slim Gravy Goes For Dolo On This Latest Non-Album TrackThe Song:With their debut album, When Pigs Fly, still drawing accolades, Dallas duo A.Dd+ continues to stay busy - and that busyness continues to provide an onslaught of quality music for all. No different here, even as Paris Pershun sits this one out, with Slim Gravy going at it alone with the brand new, non-album cut "Can't Come Down."The song, based on a true story ("Shout out to Aegis Communications," says Slim), tells the tale of young man battling his need for employment with his love for weed. "Let me be straight up: I need a job, homie/ A nine-to-five, homie/ I ain't even got five on it," begins Slim, deciding to indulge in a little "Captain Kush for breakfast" before heading out on his way.The washed out, hazy beat plays off Slim's behind-the-beat drawl perfectly, and, to hear Slim tell it, the pairing of beat and concept was a match right from jump. "My homie Brain Gang X'Zavier produced the track," explains the A.Dd+ rapper. "He needed a good weed-smoking story to go along with the beat, so I immediately thought of my last job experience."Having finally earned gainful employment, the song's second verse places Slim in training, fighting boredom, and "wondering when the first break is/ 'Cause I swear that I'm blazing." With a blunt pre-rolled and ready to spark, Slim realizes, albeit too late, that he's been caught on the company's security cameras. "Don't smoke weed before or during work," quips Slim Gravy. "'Cause you might get fired."Download A.Dd+'s "Can't Come Down" here: http://media.audibletreats.com/A.Dd-Cant_Come_Down.mp3 or http://addplus.bandcamp.com/track/cant-come-down .
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Released: Jun 01st, 2005
Running Time: 120
Director: Zora Banx
Company: Smash Pictures
Cast: Gloria (I), Anett, Beka, Vanessa (I), Vanda (I), Betty (I), Honey (I), Evelin (I), Kitty (I), Lilit, Johanna, Kathy (I), Lotti, Angelinia, Claudia (I), Others
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Interestingly, the b-t-s reveals Frank Thring on camera, so you may want to mention this fact to his fans.
Amazingly, of the 15 hummers in this Euro-import, not a single location is recycled - and each sequence plays out a min-scenario (nurse, farm girl, etc.) before the sucking begins. That's pretty impressive even if the oral action is perfunctory. Despite a complete lack of POV shots, the vid looks swell, but only a few of the girls actually appear to be genuinely immersed in their work.
In other words, DYT4 is just like its previous incarnations. Nevertheless, there are enough pretty whores on the business end of a knob job to expect good sales.


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Released: Sep 01st, 2005
Running Time: 75
Company: Bacchus Releasing
Cast: Javier (I), Koby Bird, Infinity, Winston Love, Mello, Dennis Lincoln, Lil Blunt, Unique Lee, Lance Kincade, Bandit
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Gay and Bi
Ethnic shelf. Five good all-black younger/older fucks in suburban settings.
Younger/older, suburban-black sex, all-action. Under the credits, a mature man and a tall younger one on a back porch with a washer and dryer are already undressing and clearing a patio table to flip-fuck on while neighbors' dogs bark. In a chic gym, a very light youth matter-of-factly fucks a darker, much more excited man who reaches back to make him fuck harder. It gets gushy. In beds, one man sucks a youth up, then turns over to get fucked by him doggy-style, after which another pays long, loving finger-attention to a youth's hole while blowing him until the youth begs for cock. In a park, a big man buggers a tight-bodied youth against a boulder.


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Wanamaker Elementary held its annual "Learning in the Outdoors" day. Students took to the woods for hands-on experiences and interactions with living things, including the bugs and frogs they came across during their hike. Students also enjoyed their lunch in the great outdoors.
Teachers say seeing living things in their environments help the students learn more than what they might get from a book.
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I voted yes only because it's a step in the right direction but only a small one. Until we switch to a single payer not for profit health plan we will continue to be ripped off by insurance companies.
You see a lot of baseless hysterical comments like the ones in posts 2 &3 on this thread. You see them from the GOP, Fox News, teabaggers and the insurance industry propaganda machine via commercials.
I would rather list some rational reasons with information to back them up.
First of all when America sets their mind to it they do anything as well or better than any other country.
You can use France as an example. It might seem like a silly example, for centuries France made the best wine on the planet. Then only a few decades ago wine makers in the Napa Valley California started growing the same grapes and making the same wines and now they are the the award winners and the best in the world.
The same thing can happen with health care. If we started by just copying what France does our health care quality would rise and the cost would drop.
France is ranked #1 in the world by "The World Health Organization". We are ranked #37.
Franc is ranked #1 in "Preventable Deaths". We are ranked #14.
France is ranked #3 in "Healthy Life Expectancy". We are ranked #24.
France is ranked #4 in "Health Performance". We are ranked #72.
No French citizens file for bankruptcy as a result of medical bills. More than 60% of Americans that file for bankruptcy do so as a result of medical bills and many of those had health insurance but couldn't cover their co pays or payment was denied by their insurer.
France spends 10% of their GDP on health care and it is included in what they pay in taxes. We spend 17% of our GDP for health care in addition to what we pay in taxes.
If we started a not for profit single payer system exactly like what France has we would pay only 10% of our GDP for health care and it would be added to what we pay in taxes. No matter how you cut it, it's better health care for less money.
This is not a step in the right direction. The government has never made a profit in anything they get involved with. It has only cost us the taxpayers more money. Worry about getting us more jobs and the rest will take of itself.
There are 36 countries in the world who have health care rated better than America's. The reason I used France as a model to copy is because they are ranked number one. If another country was ranked number one I would have used that country as the model.
Rudy....The taxes you refer too in France have nothing to do with what the French pay for health care. They pay 10% of their GDP and we pay 17%. See if you can figure out which is more.
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How can anyone indorse a plan that will cost the taxpayers money and that the congress won't even use? There is no government plan that has made a profit. This not the way to go and you should be upset enough to do what I did and call your state representative. The Representatives that do vote for this might as well pack their briefcases because if they are up for election in november they will most likely be gone.
Regardless of your position on healthcare, and I think everyone is in favor of improving it, we need to examine how this bill was passed.
It turns my stomach that legislators use their vote for special favor districts. I know politics is a rotten game, but the way this bill was passed, the way the votes were obtained just stinks.
But hope springs eternal, and it is spelled November.
You're an asset to the nation and a gem hailing from the area.
This measure makes more than mere good impact for the things it enforces even in compromised form.
See we have to realize the intent of those bought and paid for shills in legislative seats tried to obstruct everything.
So in a gradual manner of not settling in an all or nothing manner. The only reason the public option isn't implemented right now is because of the power of the financial grasp. That health care brokers have on an array of shill members in legislative branch.
Rest assure that too is going to be implemented just as soon as the democrats shed the Dixiecrat's whom presented internal obstruction.
Which like the childish party of No republicans those Dixiecats have been identified and will surely be voted out of office at earliest electoral opportunity.
You surely has these whatnot's in knots with their inability to counter a thing you've told them.
They're even developing a " Go to France " talking point and they have no idea what they're stammering about,.. they're HILARIOUS !!!
Stay true, stay smarter and I'm honored having you as my fellow American.
The only step was in a cow pie because this is a lose lose situation that will cost us for generations to come. It not only reaches into our wallets but is one more step towards Socialism.
This is why online polls are no good I am able to come back and vote as many times as I want.
@USA1 The only poll I would say would be accurate would be a paper one with moderation.
The destructive forces of socialism have defeated the freedomophiles and liberty-mongers amongst us....for now.
Nonetheless, the liberal lies such as the infamous WHO rankings must be corrected.
From the attached WSJ link:
"Philip Musgrove, the editor-in-chief of the WHO report that accompanied the rankings, calls the figures that resulted from this step "so many made-up numbers," and the result a "nonsense ranking." Dr. Musgrove, an economist who is now deputy editor of the journal Health Affairs, says he was hired to edit the report's text but didn't fully understand the methodology until after the report was released. After he left the WHO, he wrote an article in 2003 for the medical journal Lancet criticizing the rankings as "meaningless."


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I am creating an app which supports independent video and audio conferencing. For Audio conferencing I need a service that can provide an API, through which I can integrate monitoring functionality into my web app. Looking for a service which can provide
- Support for approx 80 users in "one" conference call
- A conference manager should be able to monitor user who have joined and be able to mute/ unmute/ disconnect the user
- All users will be provided a unique pin number (we will email or provide on our web app), which needs to be entered before joining a call. Through the PINs we will identify the users.
- Conference manager should be able to redirect users from one conference to another on the fly
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Remember the smiley face? That lip, those eyes, that oppressive feeling of perkiness? Woodbury remembers, lovingly. A San Franciscan who acquired his first grinning gewgaw—an alarm clock—when he was 9, Woodbury now owns nearly 600 of the adamantly cheerful visages. They make him smile.
Someone somewhere might own more, but it would be hard to outsmile the curious range of Woodbury's collection. He has a smiley pencil sharpener and smiley car floor mats. There's a string of grinning, blinking patio lights and an irrepressible "Fly the DC-10" smiley button. There are neckties and coffee cups, happy socks and a smiley halter dress. Woodbury wears the socks but not the dress. "It's a bit small for me," he says, smiling.
An auto parts salesman, Woodbury got the urge to start collecting a few years ago while hanging out with a pack of Mods, a motor-scooter-riding sub-cultural group with roots in Britain. In Mod lingo, a "face" is someone cool. "I think that triggered a latent fondness for the things," he says. "But basically, I just really like 'em." Woodbury scours thrift shops, garage sales and supermarket gum machines to fortify his trove, which occupies most of his upstairs room in an apartment he shares with a roommate. "As collections go, it's pretty inexpensive," says the man of 600 faces, who rarely pays more than a dollar per. "But it's very labor-intensive. You could go to three dozen garage sales and find just one new face."
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Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Thursday as data showing Chinese manufacturing picking up strongly in March was offset by profit taking, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, dropped 18 cents to $93.32 a barrel while Brent North Sea crude for May delivery was up a cent to $108.73 in late morning trade.
"Oil is readjusting back to its downtrend on profit-taking," said Ker Chung Yang, senior investment analyst at Phillip Futures in Singapore.
Prices had rallied in New York on Wednesday after official data showed an unexpected decline in US oil inventories.
Oil inventories fell by 1.3 million barrels in the week ending March 15, the US Department of Energy reported. Analysts had forecast a rise of 1.7 million barrels.
Manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, improved this month after expanding at its slowest pace in four months in February, HSBC said Thursday, lifting hopes for a pick-up in the world's number two economy.
The British banking giant's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI), a widely watched barometer of the health of the economy, came in at 51.7 for the month from 50.4 in February.
A reading above 50 points to growth while anything below indicates contraction.
"It's not a spectacular number, but we may see prices ticking up slightly. The fact that we are seeing a continued expansion is a good sign of China's economic progress," said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management at IG Markets Singapore.


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I'm trying to launch Enthought Canopy's ipython from a Terminal in Mac OS 10.8.3 using the following command:
but I'm receiving the following error:
/Applications/Canopy.app/appdata/canopy-184.108.40.2060.macosx-x86_64/Canopy.app/Contents/bin/ipython: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.1/Resources/Python.app/Content: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
This (7.1) framework was previously installed but was removed long ago, so I can't quite figure out where Canopy's IPython is getting this link from. I've checked my ./ipython/profile_default directory as well but this didn't help.
Any idea how I might be able to launch ipython from a Terminal?


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets put their playoff hopes in Mark Sanchez's hands against the Giants' porous pass defense.
The maligned quarterback couldn't deliver. Just like most of his teammates.
Sanchez threw a career-high 59 passes, completing 30 of them, but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble inside the 5-yard line in the Jets' 29-14 loss that was a devastating blow to their playoff hopes.
"We had a good opportunity to control our own destiny," Sanchez said. "It's completely our fault."
This was supposed to be the season the New York Jets got back to the Super Bowl and walked away with the Lombardi Trophy. Remember, Rex Ryan guaranteed it.
Well guess what? The Jets (8-7) had everything in place to make the boast come true and they gave it away over the past two weeks with a dreadful loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last week and this embarrassing setback in which Ryan's team didn't step up after a week of bragging about how good they are.
To get to the playoffs, the Jets have to beat Miami next weekend and get help, and lots of it. They have to hope for Cincinnati and Tennessee to lose, and either have Oakland or Denver lose next week to make the playoffs.
"I mean, we don't deserve to control our own destiny," linebacker Bart Scott said. "We haven't played good enough football to do that. We need to try to finish strong, but if you don't make it to the playoffs, you've got nobody to blame but yourself."
The loss to the Giants was stunning, especially after the Jets bragged they were the better team because they went to the AFC title game the past two years.
They didn't play like a title contender. After scoring on their first possession, they did nothing on offense. Sanchez turned the ball over three times, and the offense was 4 of 21 on third down and the line allowed five sacks. Defensively, the secondary missed a couple of tackles on Victor Cruz's record 99-yard go-ahead touchdown catch for the Giants and they saw Ahmad Bradshaw run over them on touchdown runs of 14 and 19 yards.
"This was a big game for us and in big games, you can't make mistakes," said cornerback Darrelle Revis, who was outstanding in defeat. "As well as we did play on defense, there were a couple of plays that we gave to them. It's real sad right now. We needed this win. We made some mistakes and they outplayed us."
Neither the Giants nor Jets looked much like playoff material, but the Giants can now win the NFC East with a victory over Dallas here next Sunday.
"To be honest with you, we need to put this one aside as fast as we can and go to work on Dallas with the same attitude we had last week," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "Basically, I just walked into the team meeting Tuesday and said, 'if we win two, then we are in. I am not going to focus on last week's game at all, everything that we are going to do is in front of us.'
Cruz, who had three catches for 164 yards, broke Amani Toomer's single-season mark for yards receiving — and the team's record for longest touchdown reception, a 99-yarder that gave the Giants the lead for good in the second quarter.
Ryan set the tone early in the week, saying he believed his club was the better team in the area. Tom Coughlin responded by saying, "Talk is cheap. Play the game."
It was the Giants who did.
"They were the better team today, and they're the better team this year," Ryan said. "Clearly, I was wrong."
The back-and-forth continued even before the game, when Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes and running back Brandon Jacobs both removed black curtains placed by the Jets over the Giants' Super Bowl logos. The Jets said it was simply their standard practice to cover those logos for every one of the team's home games, regardless of opponent, because it is the players' entrance.
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