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Seven nights in Portugal7 nights with the Infante Don Henrique
Seven nights in Portugal7 nights with the Infante Don Henrique
Beautiful Voyage of Portugal7 nights with the Infante Don Henrique
Beautiful Voyage of Portugal7 nights with the Infante Don Henrique
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The cabins of the Infante Don Henrique completed in 2003, are especially stylish and comfortably furnished. Sized 12 to 13 m 2 you will find a cosy Double bed that can be separated on request and all you need for a relaxing comfortable atmosphere. Each of the cabins are located on the outside and offer a unique view of the coastal landscapes.
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Come aboard the Infante Don Henrique to enjoy culinary delights of European cuisine with local specialties. In the morning you can help yourself to a hearty buffet breakfast, while for lunch and in the evening delicious 3-course meals are served. In addition to the main meal a beverage choice of water, beer, and different wines are served. For the evening, we recommend a visit to the bar in the viewing lounge, to end the day of traveling in relaxation.
Entertainment and ActivitiesDuring your stay on board in the viewing lounge, dance evenings and occasional events will take place. Alternatively peace seekers can find relaxation in the ship's library. There is also the opportunity to take advantage of the on-board shop in order to purchase small gifts for those back home.
Sports and WellnessThe partially covered sun deck of the Infante Don Henrique invites you to relax and unwind on its comfortable seating areas and sun loungers. You will also find a small swimming pool to refresh during your relaxation in the Sun.
Dress CodeDuring your stay on the Infante Don it is recommended to wear sporty, smart casual clothes in which you are comfortable. For festive occasions, such as the gala dinner with the captain, we recommend a slightly more elegant wardrobe.
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Over the past few months I have repeatedly made weak apologies for the fact that things have been quiet on the blog, and today I'm glad to be sharing one of the reasons why that has been the case. For a while now my reading time has been largely consumed by this epic tale of alternative dystopian reality and its huge cast of characters, each with their own intricate back story. It's been completely immersive and has left me with little time or inclination to read much else, and now that it's finished I'm left trying to pick apart its many facets to try and explain coherently everything I loved about it. Where to start?
The plot is in equal parts absurd and chillingly plausible; the fallout from the economic crisis has well and truly shaken up the global political landscape, the dollar has completely collapsed, and it's a case of every country for himself. Japan is suffering a steep decline, effectively abandoned by former allies such as the USA. The country finds homelessness and unemployment on the rise, with vast expanses of land turned into shanty towns of citizens with nowhere else to go. Seeing an opportunity to profit from their neighbour's vulnerability, North Korea launches an invasion - initially a small band of highly trained officers take over Fukuoka baseball stadium, but before long troops have arrived in their thousands. There are small undercurrents of resistance among the local residents, but how can they stand a chance against the full weight of the North Korean army?
This is an incredibly complex book. Murakami has thoroughly explored the minutiae of this alarming situation from every aspect. We see the Japanese government as they bumble and panic to try and decide on a response to the situation that is neither too weak nor too offensive. We learn about the effects that the invasion has on small businesses, on healthcare provision, on the local media. I was amazed to realise how easy it might be for a bunch of crooks to take advantage of social security numbers and information held in goverment records to completely take over a community.
Perhaps the most interesting for me was to read about the attitudes and experiences of the North Korean soldiers on arriving in this alien environment. It was fascinating to consider how things we take for granted in a Westernised society might seem totally bizarre to an outsider. For example, a complementary packet of tissues given away to customers of a taxi company is seen as unbelievably decadent to the occupying troops, as are the mass-produced white t-shirts and jeans that line the shelves of the Fukuoka shops. I found myself reading about the harsh upbringings that these soldiers had endured and feeling quite sympathetic towards them despite the brutality they unleash on the defenceless Japanese community. I'm not sure how realistic a picture Murakami has painted of life in North Korea - how much can we truly be sure lies behind the facade that they present to the rest of the world? - but it definitely made me pause for thought.
I really hope this doesn't make it sound like a dry political analysis because it most definitely isn't! One of the things I loved most about it was this feisty, punkish spirit behind the narrative. It's odd to describe it this way, because the premise is so disturbingly convincing and really just plain scary, but it is a fun book and Murakami's attention to quirky details repeatedly put a smile on my face. It is as fast-paced as a bestselling thriller in places, but precise and thoughtful in others. It has been a long time since I've read such an intelligent novel. I feel it's really shaken me out of a bit of a reading slump and put me in the mood to seek out more fresh, innovative stories.

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Myers PowerBack™ Unveils PBM-ITS Series – A New Advanced UPS For Traffic Applications
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA, February 17, 2003 – Myers PowerBack™, a division of Myers Power Products, Inc., has unveiled its new PBM-ITS Series Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for traffic applications. As part of a complete battery backup system for traffic signal intersections, this unit provides greater features and versatility including advanced logging/programming capability, real-time status reporting, fully programmable dry contacts, and the ability to upgrade the power output in the field. According to Dave Rosen, Executive Vice President of Myers Power Products, "With this unit, traffic engineers will have more programming options and more incoming, real-time data whether they are in the field or working from a central office. The PBM-ITS Series truly sets a new benchmark for UPS in traffic applications." The PBM-ITS Series will operate traffic signals in either normal or "flash" mode for up to 24-hours, depending on the traffic signal load and configuration of batteries. Complete systems are available for installation into NEMA, 170/332, Myers MEUG, or custom designed cabinets. he Myers PowerBack UPS is currently in use in many cities throughout the United States.
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Day 247 -- Roadie
When: Sunday, May 5th, 2013
Where: Here and There with my parents and Alex
It was a strangely overcast a gloomy day, so I decided to bust out my leather-look waxed jeans for probably the last time of the season. This tent shape shirt is the perfect antedote to the ultra sexy leather pants, and I love the animal print! It should be noted that I'm not one for traditional animal prints like leopard, zebra, etc... But I love anything with shapes of animals printed on it. Get it?
We spent most of the day killing time looking in cute little shops in Larchmont before heading out to one of Alex's gigs. He was recording a really impressive baroque choral group, and I played roadie for the night. Turns out, these are awesome roadie pants, too!
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AstraZeneca said Monday that its patent, which covers a proton pump inhibitor used in drugs like Nexium and Losec, will now be valid in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia until 2015.
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Distinguished Alumni & Honorary Alumni Awards
Distinguished Graduate
Each year, the Law School honors an outstanding alumnus whose achievements in their profession and their community brings distinction to Lewis & Clark. These alumni are people who value and serve the law school and represent the values of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, its faculty, students and alumni.
Past recipients include judges, legislators, community advocates and attorneys of excellence. Recipients are selected by the Alumni Board of Directors, based on nominations from faculty and alumni. Nominate.
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Intel recently repositioned themselves from 'High Quality Technology Products' to a 'Leader in Technology Breakthroughs'. I imagined it meant the end of the old 'Intel Inside' tag line. And then Barcelona FC announce it's partnering with Intel and displaying the 'Intel Inside' – inside the shirt!
A sponsor's name inside a shirt – now that's a new approach! But when you add the old tag line and suddenly the lines become blurred – is the major strategic shift blurring and ultimately falling apart as they drift back towards the old 'Intel Inside' approach?
No, not so. Intel's (ground-breaking) technology is designed to "elevate FC Barcelona into one of the most technologically advanced soccer clubs in the world and to launch an ambitious slate of educational initiatives" says Deborah Conrad, Intel CMO, who went on to say "This is more than a sponsorship to Intel".
Intel Literally Inside FC Barcelona
As highlighted by Karl's Football Lounge, the initiatives unveiled yesterday include:
· Providing the latest Intel-based technology to the students at the famous La Masia academy to enable and foster a culture of creativity.
· Supplying FC Barcelona players and coaches with the latest Intel-based 2 in 1 devices, while working with the club to improve its research, training and performance via the most up-to-date technology.
· Working to improve the fan experience through new technology at Camp Nou.
· Delivering the latest technology to the education network FC Barcelona has built across the globe. [Source: Intel.com]
Intel's new strategy repositions themselves from 'High Quality Technology Products' to a 'Leader in Technology Breakthroughs' targeting Generation Y by associating Intel with innovation in music, art & lifestyle'. I guess this 'sponsorship' is broad enough to consider Barca as lifestyle.
Remember Barca is the club that pays a charity for sponsoring its shirts i.e.it forfeits potential shirt sponsorship revenues and pays UNESCO children's charity £2m pa to wear its brand on the back of the Barca shirts. Barca is also a club owned and run by its members who vote in their club's president.


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According to Britain's Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, Adele has reportedly given birth to a baby boy, her first child. The 24-year-old singer and her boyfriend, 38 year-old charity CEO Simon Konecki, are said to have welcomed a son on Friday (Oct. 19).Read more →
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Adele's latest album 21 moved another 28k copies within the last week bringing the total to RIAA diamond certification status–surpassing 10 million in sales.Read more →
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Rihanna will perform her newest No. 1 smash hit "We Found Love" on The X Factor results show.Read more →
Fantasia Barrino is a mother for the second time. The "American Idol" winner gave birth to a son on Tuesday in North Carolina.
The boy, named Dallas Xavier Barrino, weighed in at 7 lbs., 9 oz. and measured 21 inches long, tellsthe singer's rep.Read more →
Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" becomes the first album ever to generate seven No. 1s on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs Chart. Katy Perry has just now accomplished this as her new single "The One That Got Away" jumps to Number 1 on Billboard.
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Usher has announced the dates for his upcoming Euphoria European tour in support of his 7th studio album Looking 4 Myself. The tour kicks off in Amsterdam on January 18th, 2013 and the initial 21 dates include shows in France, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.Read more →


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Hey Tiger Woods — Did You Know One Of Your Alleged Mistresses, Theresa Rogers, Tried To Have Your Baby?
Can you imagine if Tiger Woods had a love child?
According to a shocking new report, one of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses tried to have his baby without him knowing. A friend of Theresa Rogers tells Radar Online that Theresa gave birth to a baby girl between late 2003 and early 2004 and has yet to perform a DNA test to determine the child's father! "You just never know," the friend says, "because [Theresa] did not have any kids with her third husband, and her final husband Wayne Rogers was in his late sixties when they married."
The friend says it's still a possibility the baby could belong to Tiger. Theresa was allegedly also carrying on an affair with a Serbian basketball player at the time of her reported affair with Tiger, but until a DNA test is performed, no one can say for sure.
"The Theresa Rogers I knew was funny, smart and very controlling, and she would do whatever was necessary to get exactly what she wanted," the friend says, adding that Theresa has expensive tastes, works out obsessively and even had plastic surgery.
Hm… sounds like Tiger's type to us!
Get the more on the Tiger scandal:
- Tiger Woods, Did You Really Sleep With Jamie Junger The Night Your Dad Passed Away?
- Tiger Woods' Caddie Admits: "Tiger Has Got A Problem"
- BREAKING NEWS! Tiger Woods Admits He's A Cheater, Taking "Indefinite Break" from Golf!
- Hey, Tiger Woods: Use This Statement To Apologize To The World!
- How Tiger Hid His Alleged Affairs from Elin — An NYC Security Expert Tells Us How!
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Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Blockchain News, Director of the Hackitarians Foundation and global expert on innovation, Kastelein is an award winning publisher & entrepreneur. He has guest lectured at MIT Media Lab, Oxford University, & the University of Koln – sat on media convergence panel @ 2nd EU Digital Assembly in Brussels & worked with global media companies such as the BBC, ABC, CBC, NPO, RTL (DE and NL), Eurosport, NBCU, C4, ITV, Liberty Global, Seven & others on media convergence strategies.
In April 2016, he was ranked one of 150 Best Fintech Journalists You Should Follow by Fintech Ranking for his work at Blockchain News. In August 2015, he was tagged in the Top Ten Top Influencers in Consumer Technology for his writings on TV by Traackr.
Kastelein has judged hundreds of startups for the European Commission Horizon 2020 and UK Technology Board funding programmes.
He's a Fellow of the UK Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and UK Royal Television Society (RTS) member.
Kastelein has spoken (keynotes & panels) on Media Tech & Blockchain in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Brussels, Brighton, Copenhagen, Cannes, Cologne, Curacao, Frankfurt, Hollywood, Hilversum, Gdansk, Geneva, Groningen, London, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Madrid, Melbourne, NYC, Oxford, Rio de Janeiro, Sheffield, San Francisco, San Jose, Sydney, Tallinn, Vienna, Zurich and been on advisory boards of TEDx Istanbul, SMWF UK, & Apps World. Judged @ AIB awards, Social TV Awards Hollywood, Banff Rockies, TV Connect & IPTV Awards.
He was the 2010 Winner of the Deloitte Technology, Media & Telcom (TMT) Predictions for Entrepreneurs in Holland for futurist views on Social TV and Media Convergence (Tech Visionary). In 2011 he won a Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation for www.atlanticfreepress.com and most recently was a finalist for IBC's ConnectedWorld. TV Personality of the Year 2011 for work at Appmarket.tv – where he lost to Marc Zuckerberg from Facebook.
Former publisher of TV App Market and founder of The Hackfest acquired in 2013.
A Creative Technologist & Canadian (Dutch/Irish/English/Métis) his career ranged from the Canadian Native Press (Arctic) to the Caribbean and Europe. He's written occasionally for Wired Insights, Guardian & Virgin & his work and ideas have been translated into Dutch, Greek, Polish, German & French.
His TV format Walk The Plank was optioned by Sony Pictures in 2012, but dropped.
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Finalist at IBC&'s ConnectedWorld.TV Personality of the Year 2011 for work at Appmarket.tv - lost to Marc Zuckerberg from Facebook. In association with the IBC Connected World, the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards celebrate the exciting developments in television and video consumption at the intersection of broadcast and broadband. The awards are presented to the pioneers in the business of "content everywhere" and Creative broadcasters and independent producers as well as innovative technology companies and consumer electronics manufacturers.
Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation - 2011
June 2011
My five year atlanticfreepress.com project and Free Press Group were honored in the Innovation category which recognizes organizations for the design and development of new technologies and/or the application of an existing technology in a new and unique way to advance overall human health, security or well-being. Category co-winners included NASA and Duke University. Established in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. Laureates' achievements are recognized publicly at the Computerworld Honors Laureate Ceremony and Awards Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. where honorees are presented with a medallion inscribed with the Program's mission, "A Search for New Heroes." See here.
Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Visionary 2010
March 2010
Winner of 2010 Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions for Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands for futurist views on Social TV and Media Convergence. The 2011 Deloitte TMT Predictions provide an in-depth look at the emerging issues that will impact the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors for the next 12-18 months.
We are a Dutch Foundation that design, build and run extraordinary Hackathons! Our mission is to drive innovation by running the best hackathons on the planet – we are a registered stichting (foundation) in the netherlands.
We believe that hackers are the alchemists of our time… the masters of the binary evolution.
We believe that hacking can help solve the world's problems.
We believe we can not only help run a brilliant hackathon but we also believe we can teach you how to build the best hackathons.
We are not out to shelter our methodology and knowhow. No. It's our goal to teach more people who can teach more people to run hackathons.
We have a huge rolodex and network of some of the top hackers and innovators on the planet.
It's very simple. We love what we do. We want to change the world. And most importantly…
We drive innovation.
—Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) - Devices, Sensors, Connected World
—Health Applications and emerging technologies
—Green Applications and emerging technologies
—Innovation - Driving new models around hackathons and open innovation
—Consumer Electronics - Hardware, Software, Content, Brands
—Social Media - Enterprise, Viral, Marketing, Strategy
—Government Funding in Europe for Innovation
At Expathos Netherlands, I focus more broadly on future technology and publisher Blockchain news, the leading online news portal for the emerging Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology worlds.
Expathos is a Netherlands-based media company that specialises in events, publishing on and offline, market intelligence, marketing and more... The award-winning company has been trading since 2005 and it's triumphs include Blockchain News, TV App Market online (acquired in 2013), The Hackfest event (acquired in 2013), Atlantic Free Press (Computer World Laureate 2012), and more.
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"I have worked for and advised numerous media companies and venture capital firms on both sides of the Atlantic on emerging technologies and potential acquisitions. As an assessor and expert for both the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme (delivering €80 billion to innovators) and the UK Technology Strategy Board, I have played Shark Tank and Dragon's Den to hundreds of Europe's most innovative startups."
Conceptualising Ideas
"As a Creative Technologist and conceptor, I have the ability to merge creative with technology in a rare manner - and can talk shop with writers and coders, designers and information architects, artists and user experience specialists. Whether you want to design an event or a product or service, there's a lot I can bring to the table."
Prototype, MVP
"With scores of business plans under my belt, and having read hundreds more, I have the ability to write and consult on how to bring ideas into layman's terms and help shape propositions. Whether you want to build a new event, product or service, I am able to take concept to paper and sell it on."
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"Creating is one thing, Designing is another... and there's lots of brilliant ideas that deserve to make it. But they don't. Bringing to market takes a blend of timing, luck, network, and dissemination. As someone who has exited one business and worked on exits with others, I have the gravitas and skills to help tease ideas in the right direction. "
Book Richard Kastelein to speak at your for next event:
Specialities including Blockchain 101, The Best of Blockchain Startups, Future of Television, Future of Media, Future of Entertainment, IoT, M2M, Green Tech, Healthcare (including IBM Watson), Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, Ethical Hacking, and Leadership (from my history and the angle of an offshore sailing skipper).
Keynote Speaker: Richard speaks on topics such as Blockchain, media convergence – and the impact of the Internet on major entertainment verticals such as TV, Print and Music.
Open innovation is also a topic Kastelein has spoken on due to his experience running some of the world's largest hackathons in London and SF and his starting of www.the-hackfest.com and it's subsequent acquisition.
He has also talked about his experiences as a political publisher during the Bush administration building up an award winning portal for progressive opinion with over 200 writers and publishing over 10,000 articles – as well as some of his hacktivism experiences which were covered by CNN, NYTs and other mainstream media.
Other topics include: Blockchain, Future of Television, Future of Media, Future of Entertainment, IoT, M2M, Green Tech, Healthcare (including IBM Watson), Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, Ethical Hacking, and Leadership (from my history and the angle of an offshore sailing skipper).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kastelein
Host/Moderator: With his background in working across many verticals (assessing startups and running hackathons) from IoT to TV, Health to Green and more – Kastelein has a bird's eye view on numerous technologies and can moderate or MC events.
Panelist: He can also present views on a variety of subjects as a panelist with his varied experience judging 100s of startups for the European Commission and the UK Technology Strategy Board – from Blockchain Technology, Future of Television, Future of Media, Future of Entertainment, IoT, M2M, Green Tech, Healthcare (including IBM Watson), Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, Ethical Hacking, and Leadership (from my history and the angle of an offshore sailing skipper).
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Richard Babcock, an executive with A. Walsh Imaging, Pompton Plains, launched his first bid to become a Republican councilman in Morristown from the outdoor garden of the Dublin Pub on Monday. He is unopposed in the June 2 primary.
Morristown council candidate Richard Babcock told fellow Republicans yesterday that he wants "more transparency" in town government, and more study of burgeoning development and its impact on traffic and other quality-of-life issues. Babcock is the first of three Republican council candidates to hold meet-and-greets. Both Frank Vitolo, an attorney with the Morristown-based Riker, Danzig law firm, and Ed France, a local Weichert realtor and Hope House volunteer, promised events of their own, as did Republican mayoral candidate Jim Gervasio, owner of Morristown T-Shirt on Cattano Avenue. The slots are uncontested in the June 2 primary. In November, they will face a full slate of Democrats that may include incumbent Democratic Mayor Donald Cresitello. "We're going to take Morristown this year. The Democrats are really going to kill each other this year and we're going to win," predicted Morris County Republican Chairman John Sette, who lives in Morris Township. Babcock, an executive with A. Walsh Imaging in Pompton Lakes, concurred with Democrat mayoral challenger Tim Dougherty that "there seems to be a definite need for a diversity of opinion. There doesn't seem to be an open ear on the council." When asked what issues he was referring to, Babcock said the issues "were across the board" and yes, they include development. Morristown has several major projects under construction or in the planning stages. Babcock said he wanted to ensure there are future ratables. But he added: "You reach a threshold where more development has a detrimental effect on the town. It's really about volume." Babcock cited a "finite infrastructure," and choked traffic on narrow streets where it "takes you 15 minutes to get across town in rush hour for a mile and a half."
One project that has raised skepticism in Republicans and from Dougherty is the proposed six-story, 151-unit mixed used development across from the Morris County courthouse on Washington Street. The council awarded the project in March to Hugh DeFazio and Texas-based Criterion Development Partners. The vote was taken six minutes into a special redevelopment meeting where three council people Republican Alison Deeb; Democrat Michelle Harris-King, who seeks re-election; and Independent Rebecca Feldman -were not present. The hasty vote raised eyebrows on both sides. "We were late," Feldman at the Babcock event. Ultimately, she supported the project on a related vote, even though she noted that usually there would be some time for public debate.
Mayor Cresitello has said that all development projects have had to go through the planning board, where Dougherty's wife, Mary, is the chair. Council president John Cryan, who is up for re-election, said the first March 11 vote was taken to move council matters quickly, because Morristown is meeting-happy and meets more often than any other Morris County body. Another hot issue is a proposed merger with Morris Township, which Cresitello has called inevitable. His swagger on the issue has brought pushback from Morris Township Mayor H. Scott Rosenbush and others who have criticized his style. "I don't think we're there yet," Babcock said of a merger. "It's something that needs to be mutual." He also warned that Morristown has "unfortunately seen a rise of drugs, guns and gangs," but he did not provide statistics. Babcock welcomed supporters behind the Dublin Pub on a warm, sunny afternoon. John Sette, the county GOP chairman, was joined by state committeewoman Cindy Ramirez of Morristown and her husband, Ed, the Morristown Republican chairman. Morris County Sheriff Ed Rochford was there, too, along with Freeholders John Murphy and Margaret Nordstrom; state Sen. Anthony Bucco Sr. and his son, Anthony Jr., a Republican primary candidate for the 25th district assembly seat. Well wishers also included Morris Township Mayor H. Scott Rosenbush, Morristown council members Alison Deeb and Rebecca Feldman, Republican council candidates Frank Vitolo and Ed France, and Republican mayoral candidate Jim Gervasio. Although it was not a fundraiser, said Babcock, "checks were coming in."


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who see themselves primarily as members of a larger group
for example, people in East Asian cultures tend
to pay more attention to ads suggesting a product will help
them avoid a negative fate.
the United States, we tend to focus on self-enhancement,
notes Lee, who investigates the impact of cultural differences
on consumer behavior. We want to better ourselves.
in China and other East Asian countries, people tend to see
themselves as part of a larger group. It is a more self-critical
culture, and people focus more on responsibilities, obligations
and security.
For the
Chinese and others with this interdependent self-view,
membership in the group takes precedence over individual achievement.
Therefore, they will respond most strongly to threats to their
ability to interact with the group.
They are
also more risk-averse, Lee notes, and more influenced by ads
that focus on avoiding undesirable outcomes. Ads with a prevention
focus those that promise to spare the customer
from negative consequences such as disease or danger
appeal more strongly, in general, to those with this view.
Lee says
marketers can increase their effectiveness by ensuring that
ads appeal to their desired audiences self-view.
pay more attention to what is relevant to us, says Lee,
who published her findings with co-researcher Jennifer L.
Aaker of Stanford University in a June 2001 article in the
Journal of Consumer Research.
A North
American audience in Lees study, for example, responded
more favorably to sample ads for a tennis racket when these
ads stressed the glory of winning a tournament. A Chinese
audience, meanwhile, was more persuaded by messages stressing
the importance of not losing the tournament.
But self-view
can be manipulated, Lee adds, through priming
the practice of exposing customers to stimuli that
lead them to think about themselves or others in a certain
In Lees
study, for example, the Chinese audiences were read a statement
encouraging them to think of their individual interests. They
were told they were about to play a championship tennis match
and had the chance to bring home a large trophy for themselves.
The North
American study subjects, meanwhile, were told their teams
hopes rested on their performance in the match, thus priming
them to think in a more interdependent way.
the typical Chinese response to the tennis-racket ad reflected
a desire to seek a positive outcome, while the North American
subjects responded more warmly to advertising that played
to their desire to avoid a negative result.
notion that people with an independent self-view seek out
pleasures while those with an interdependent self view avoid
pains helps explain why different people adopt different strategies
to achieve their goals, Lee says.
makes it even more interesting is the fact that the way we
look at ourselves is not fixed. We are very adaptive and can
project ourselves in a different light as the situation changes.


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Format Text Dialog Box -- Font Options in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Learn about various Font options available within Format Text dialog box in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: Microsoft PowerPoint 2011
OS: Mac OS X
We have already explored how you can format font styles to make your text bold, italicized, underlined, etc. Beyond these basic offerings, PowerPoint 2010's Font dialog box offers some advanced format options for selected text. Other than these options, you will also find the other font options like font type, font size, color, etc. within the Format Text dialog box. In this tutorial, you will learn how to summon the Format Text dialog, and how you can work with the font formatting options within this dialog box. Read further to learn more:
- Open any presentation and select text you want to format, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Text selected on the slide
- Right-click (or Command+Click) the selected text to bring up a contextual menu and select the Font option from contextual menu, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Font option selected
- This summons the Format Text dialog box, along with the Font option selected in the sidebar (highlighted in green within Figure 3). There are two tabs in this dialog box, Font and Character Spacing -- make sure that the Font tab is selected (refer to Figure 3 again). We explore options within the Character Spacing tab in our Character Spacing in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac tutorial.
Figure 3: Font options within Format Text dialog box
- All the options within the Font dialog box are explained below, as marked in Figure 3:
- Font: Click the downward pointing arrow to bring up a list of installed fonts, as shown in Figure 4. Note that the top two fonts (Calibri (Theme Headings) and Calibri (Theme Body) for the presentation we used) are from the active Theme Fonts set. In your presentation, the Theme Headings and Theme Body fonts may be different.
Figure 4: Font list
Choose any font typeface available within Font list. Alternatively, you can directly type the name of the font within the Font box -- typing the first few alphabets of your font name should work.
- Font style: This option also brings up a drop-down list from where you can choose a font style such as Bold, Italic, etc. for your selected text (see Figure 5).
Figure 5: Font style drop-down list
- Font size: Use the up or down arrows to increase or decrease the font size. Also you can directly type in the font size value within the Font size box.
- Font color: Changes color of selected text.
- Underline style: PowerPoint offers 16 underline styles for text, such as: single line, wavy line, etc. (see Figure 6).
Figure 6: Underline style drop-down list
- Underline color: Here you can select a color for the underline. Note that this option will be only active when underline style has been applied to the selected text.
- Basic Effects: This section provides seven effects for selected text. Select any of the Basic Effects check-box to apply to the selected text. Figure 7 shows the results of applying all these effects.
Figure 7: Basic Effects
- Font: Click the downward pointing arrow to bring up a list of installed fonts, as shown in Figure 4. Note that the top two fonts (Calibri (Theme Headings) and Calibri (Theme Body) for the presentation we used) are from the active Theme Fonts set. In your presentation, the Theme Headings and Theme Body fonts may be different.
- Once you have chosen some options, click the OK button within the Format Text dialog box.
- This will apply the changes to the text within the slide, as shown in Figure 8 (compare Figures 1 and 8).
Figure 8: Text formatting changed
- Save your presentation often.
See Also:
Font Dialog Box in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Font Dialog Box in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Font Dialog Box in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Font Dialog Box in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
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When I call Pioneer, the representatives act as if my situation is normal and acceptable. Their attitude is somewhere between disinterested and rude. My experiences with Pioneer have been extremely aggravating and frustrating. I hope by communicating this it will help others avoid a similar problem.
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British teenager dies on Tanzania school trip
A British schoolboy has died on a field trip in Tanzania after suffering a severe allergic reaction, an expedition company has said.
Jack Burden, 18, from Harton Technology College in South Shields, Tyneside, received first aid but could not be resuscitated, True Adventure said.
The Foreign Office confirmed he died in Tanzania on Tuesday.
The firm could not confirm what the source of the allergy was, but said the group had been in a "remote location".
The company said it had organised for an ambulance to take the team away.
It is understood the group was completing a 28-day charity expedition.
Sir Ken Gibson, head teacher of Harton Technology College, said the school was "devastated" and that he had been in touch with Mr Burden's family.
Counselling offered
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, and with the students and staff who are still in Tanzania," he said.
He said the school hoped the rest of the students still in Tanzania would be flying home soon and professional support would be in place for them on their return.
A spokeswoman for South Tyneside Council said: "Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends at this very sad time.
"We will be offering counselling and any other support that we can to those affected by this tragic incident."
True Adventure said in a statement: "The thoughts and condolences of all at True Adventure are with [the teenager's] family and friends and the organisation's efforts are fully focused on ensuring they are supported in any way possible."


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Why $2 Gas Is Amazing
Three reasons it should be cheaper.
Gasoline is now selling at more than $2 a gallon, which, after inflation, is higher than it's been since 1981. But that's not the amazing part. Actually, there are three amazing parts.
Amazing Part No. 1 is that this is happening during the first time in history when the United States belongs to the international cartel that controls gas prices. A rarely discussed benefit of invading Iraq was that, since Iraq is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the United States, which controls Iraq, became a de facto member of OPEC. Since cartels violate U.S. law, Chatterbox figured that the American occupation of Iraq would create legal problems for the Coalition Provisional Authority. (See "Is Bremer a Price Fixer?" and "Has the U.S. Joined OPEC?") But it turned out the United States was too busy violating the Geneva Conventions to give much thought to whatever lesser legal arrangements it might be ignoring. So, until June 30, the date when we turn Iraq over to some sort of sovereign government, we get to belong to OPEC. Why aren't we mau-mauing from within to boost production or, better yet, to dismantle the cartel altogether? Well, there's the fact that President Bush, who is from Texas and formerly worked in the oil bidness, is a bit of an OPEC-o-phile. (Paul Krugman wrote a forehead-slapping column about this three years ago after Bush told a reporter that it was important for the oil market to be "stable and predictable," even if that meant higher prices.) Another complication is that our interests diverge from those of the future sovereign state of Iraq when it comes to the price of oil; Iraq wants it high, while we want it low. Apparently the interests of the future sovereign state of Iraq won out. Clearly, this empire business isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Amazing Part No. 2 is that this temporary colony of ours sits atop an estimated 115 billion barrels of oil, which, depending on who you ask, constitute the world's second- or third-largest oil reserves. Chatterbox knows, of course, that this war was not fought for oil. Still, securing greater control over world oil markets was certainly an anticipated fringe benefit. The oil ministry, you'll recall, was famously the only Baghdad government office guarded by coalition troops to keep out looting mobs during the early days of the liberation. The Bush administration anticipated a short-term spike in the price of oil, but by now it was thought Iraq's oil would flow so plentifully that the post-Saddam reconstruction might pay for itself. Instead, Iraq is struggling to produce as much oil as it did before the U.S. invasion, when the Treasury Department described its production as "erratic." Although Iraq will surely boost production substantially over the long term, its outdated oil technology, which is subject to frequent sabotage, makes quick recovery impossible.
Amazing Part No. 3 is that, before the war began, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the debonair Saudi ambassador, assured President Bush that "the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004," according to Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack. "What was key, Bandar knew, were the economic conditions before a presidential election. … " On the April 19 edition of CNN's Larry King Live, Bandard clarified that "this was nothing unusual." He had fielded similar requests from Bill Clinton in 2000 and Jimmy Carter in 1979. "We always want any president who is in office to be re-elected," Bandar explained. Presidential challengers are hereby placed on notice.
Unfortunately, as Alan Murray pointed out in a May 18 Wall Street Journal column, "Prince Bandar's ability to keep oil prices below $30 a barrel is shot. … The Saudi government has indicated it will boost production, but the market has shrugged off those assurances." Murray quoted oil expert Daniel Yergin explaining why: Much of the price run-up is caused by the anxiety over the turmoil in Iraq. To put it in terms that supporters of the three Bush tax cuts can understand: Poor planning for the postwar occupation of Iraq is costing you money at the gas pump.


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I visited Kampala, Uganda recently and on one of the slow journeys down a typical narrow road in crawling traffic that reminded me too much of Lagos, it hit me – Kampala resembled an older Lagos. A calm, efficient Lagos before the glass and chrome and people and noise and chaos. Kampala reminded me of the faded photos of vintage Lagos in all their sepia, black & white andrunning colour glory.
Now, I didn't live in this Lagos I've described. All my knowledge is from the images the internet (and my parents' albums) have shown me. But they've left enough of an impression on me that I feel an irrational nostalgia for this time with the bicycles and neat roads and Brazilian/colonial architecture and carefree (seeming) Nigerians. And so this post was born.
From Broad Street to Carter Bridge to Bar Beach, here is Lagos before we knew it:


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Inglourious Basterds Promises to Reverse Trend of 'Downbeat' Holocaust Films
It's about time!
Did you make your way through every option that Vulture outlined for you on our entire Holocaust-movie flowchart only to find yourself feeling less than satisfied? Then boy oh boy, the New York Post has just the movie for you! In today's "Page Six" column, the paper gleefully trumpets Quentin Tarantino's "strangely spelled" (their words) Inglourious Basterds as "the blood-spattered antidote for anyone who's depressed by the recent torrent of Holocaust movies" and promises that it is a "big change from all the downbeat Holocaust films over the holidays." So did someone at "Page Six" actually get to see some footage?
Well, you see, not exactly. In addition to quoting the always impartial fanboy icon Harry Knowles, the column also paraphrases an interview that Tarantino did with Empire, in which he promises that this film will have a scene that resembles "Reservoir Dogs but with Nazis and in German." We know that QT made his mark by
stealing borrowing ideas from little-seen films (see: City On Fire), but the news that he's taken to recycling ideas from his own canon is just as concerning to us as our reactions to the film's strangely lifeless teaser trailer (which, for posterity's sake, we have included below — no more Mark Steines voice-over!). That said, just three more months til Cannes!


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By Cecil Willis
The fundamental fact upon which the church of Christ was built, and upon which it yet rests is, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. In Matt. 16:16, Peter confessed, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Then Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build my church." The rock upon which the church was built was not the apostle Peter, but the confession which the apostle Peter made, namely that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. How do I know this? In the first place, both the context and the language of Matt. 16 say as much. Not only this, but in 1 Cor. 3:11, the apostle Paul says, "For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." The Sonship of Christ is the foundation and support of the church of Christ.
Univocal Usage of Language
I want us first to see what is meant by the expression "deity of Christ," and then proceed to see some of the reasons why we believe Jesus to be the divine Son of God. There are many who apparently pay tribute to the Son of God by speaking of the deity of Christ, who actually, upon investigation into what they mean by "the deity of Christ," are not honoring Him at all. Rather they are blaspheming the Son of God. I mean by that, that there are many who use the language of orthodoxy but certainly do not attach to the language the meaning ordinarily attached to it. That great warrior against liberalism, J. Gresham Machen, said the church "is being lulled to sleep by the use of orthodox terminology which has unorthodox beliefs behind it." Later, the same writer depicts the problem of a common usage of language like this. "The willingness of unbelievers to use the terms in their sense coupled with a proneness of Christians to understand them in theirs, is causing the great issue between Christianity and unbelief to be obscured" (Machen, Christian Faith in the Modern World, p. 133). To the liberalist, "this use of traditional terminology seems like a stained glass in an old cathedral. It puts everything in a sort of dim religious light; it seems to impart a solemn glow of sanctity to what would appear to be bold unbelief if it were revealed in the true light of day" (Machen, Op. Cit, p. 136).
So, we must be sure that when those about us speak of the deity of Christ, they mean the same thing by it that the Bible means when it declares his divine Sonship. Sometime ago, I heard a denominational preacher say that modernism is as dead as dodo. However, that man just indicated that he is not cognizant of all the modernism that yet really does exist. Certain phases of the liberalistic movement may be waning, but myriads more arise to take their places. I heard that same man speak of what a good Christian Ghandi was; Ghandi was a Hindu, not a Christian. And on another occasion, he said that he was just as prepared to differ with the apostle Paul as he was with me. Modernism will not be dead as long as men like this are yet alive. They speak of the Bible as being the revelation, but they do not mean that the Bible is a supernaturally revealed and recorded revelation. They mean that the Bible is a very fallible, human account of revelation. that it is a very fallible, human account of revelation. When they speak of sin, they do not mean transgression of God's law but that which is injurious to the body, or an antiquated mental attitude or an imperfect attitude. Modernism yet lives!
As I said, when some preachers speak of the deity of Christ, they do not mean the same thing by it as one who really believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. For example, under questioning, one who pays lip service to the Son of God may tell you that he means that Jesus is the Son of God in the same sense that every other human being is the Son of God, or in the same sense that every Christian is the Son of God. But this definitely is not what the Bible means when it calls Jesus the only begotten Son of God. They speak of Him as a very influential and morally upright, religious reformer. It is true that he was a great religious teacher but one cannot stop here in his estimation of Christ "You may take Him as very God, or else you must reject Him as a miserable, deluded enthusiast. There is really no middle ground. Jesus refuses to be pressed into the mold of a mere religious teacher" (Machen, op. cit., p. 180).
Others who think themselves perfectly orthodox in their attitude toward Christ will speak of Him as the Son of God. But what do you mean when you say that Jesus is the Son of God? Do you mean that He had but one earthly parent and was begotten by the Holy Spirit? Do you mean that He was born of a virgin? They very quickly reply, "Of course, not. We mean that Jesus is the Son of God, in the church's living experience." Their doctrine of the Sonship of Christ is simply a part of the historical formulation of the church's doctrine of Christ. Of course by now, they tell us, we have outgrown those outmoded concepts of him, which include the miraculous. "They will not say that Jesus was born of a virgin. They will not say that He worked miracles. They will not say that the things He said were always true; they will not say that He died as our substitute on the cross; they will not say that He rose from the tomb on the third day; yet, they say, He was God" (Machen, op. cit., p. 134).
What we mean when we say that Jesus is the Son of God is that which those words so obviously mean. In Matt. 3:17, God said of Christ, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." In Mark 9:7, at the transfiguration, God once again said, "This is my beloved Son." Jesus was the Son of God in a sense in which no other human being has ever been the Son of God. In 2 Cor. 5:19, Paul says, "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself." God was incarnate: in human flesh. To say that Jesus was God is to assert the preexistence of Christ, which, of course, the Bible does. In John 1:14, we read "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth." As John speaks of the Word, he speaks of the Word which became flesh, Jesus. Of that Word he says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Christ was God (Deity) and existed before He took upon Himself the form and the likeness of a man. In Philippians 2:5-8, Paul says, "Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross." Christ existed before he took on Himself the form of a man. By the deity of Christ, then, is meant that the man Jesus was God. In the first epistle of John, we find we have three first century false doctrines confuted. There were some that admitted the deity' of Christ but denied his humanity. There were others who said that Jesus was but a human being, thus, not divine. There were others who said that Jesus was but an illusion. But John said that "whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him and he in God" (1 John 4:15). In I John 5:1, he said, "whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God." The statement, "Jesus is the Christ, " refuted the three false doctrines with which John was dealing. When one said "Jesus" he asserted the humanity of Christ; when one said is, " he asserted the reality of Christ; and when one said Jesus is "the Christ, " he asserted the divinity. By saying that Jesus is the Son of God, then, is meant that humanity really was Deity in Christ, and that Deity really was humanity when the eternal Christ became incarnate in the flesh.
Proofs of the Deity of Christ
After having seen what is meant by the deity of Christ, let us point out some of the reasons we believe in His deity. First of all, I would like to notice with you that Jesus never considered Himself the Son of God in the same sense as the disciples were sons of God. Of course, it is true that Christians are sons. In 2 Cor. 6:17-18, Paul said, "Wherefore come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." But Jesus never classified Himself as being but a man. In all four of the gospel accounts, never once did He speak of "our Father" so as to include Himself in the group. Often He spoke of "My Father," and frequently "your Father," but never "Our Father." In Luke 2:48-49, we read about the occasion when Jesus was separated from His parents, when together they had gone to Jerusalem. When the despondent parents finally found Him, his mother said unto him, "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold thy father and I sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? know ye not that I must be in my Father's house?" Note, He did not say, "Our Father," but "My Father's house." In Matt. 7:21, he said "not everyone that sayeth unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven." But someone says, "what about the Lord's prayer; did not Jesus pray `Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name' (Matt. 6:9)?" Yes, it is true that such a prayer is recorded, but for one to say this prayer is the Lord's prayer is really a misnomer. This was not a prayer in which Jesus joined with His disciples. As Luke tells us about this prayer, he says, "One of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John taught his disciples to pray, And he said unto them, when ye pray, say . . ." and then follows what is commonly called the Lord's prayer. This prayer should more properly be called "The Disciples Prayer." It is a prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray. So the first proof we offer for the Deity of Christ is the fact that He never spoke of Himself and His disciples being equally related to God. He never prayed "Our Father who art in heaven," but spoke of "My Father" and "your Father."
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THE VILLAGES, Florida — As he crisscrosses the state of Florida campaigning for president, Sen. Marco Rubio is warning against the political revolution sparked by Donald Trump that is changing the political landscape across the nation.
Rubio spoke to a crowd of mostly retirees and seniors at the established Florida retirement community here on Sunday and addressed what many of the attendees had been watching on the news over the weekend.
"We are now seeing images on television that we haven't seen in this country since the 1960s — images that make us look like a Third World country," he said, referring to the widely covered Chicago Donald Trump rally that was canceled after it was accosted by protesters.
Many in the crowd nodded in agreement as he continued criticizing the tone of Trump's campaign. He alluded to the disastrous dictatorships in Latin America, based on leaders who campaigned as a "strong man."
"Every country in the world, you go to Latin America you go to the Third World they are bedeviled by leaders that stand up and say, 'I am going to be a strong leader. I am going to solve all your problems. Give me power and I will make your life better,'" he said. "And it always ends in disaster. Always."
It's a theme that Rubio has repeatedly returned to during his campaign stops this weekend in Florida.
The concern that Trump's rhetoric was directly correlated to the violence at his political rallies was brought to the forefront by CNN's Jake Tapper during the debate on Thursday. The debate was widely praised for raising the the political discussion out of the gutter that had already taken its toll on Rubio's campaign. But after the dramatic Trump rally in Chicago which was canceled, the three remaining Republicans in the presidential race all stepped up with a response calling for a better politics.
Early Saturday morning, Rubio held a press gaggle prior to a rally in Largo to speak at length about the chaos that Trump was bringing to the political debate in America.
His tone was one of sadness, rather than the combative persona he assumed after the last debate in a failed attempt to take on Trump and go blow for blow on insults weeks earlier.
"We are being ripped apart at the seams now, the divisions are becoming along class and in some instances it appears race and other elements and it's disturbing, but I'm also — I'm sad. I'm sad for this country," he said during the press conference.
He returned to his campaign bus and made a dramatic entrance in front of a crowd of only about 250 people in the parking lot of Beckwith Electric Company.
Rubio explained to the crowd that his biggest concern about the Trump revolution is that it would define the future of conservatism. He cited Ronald Reagan's optimism and conservative values that every Republican presidential hopeful since his presidency has tried to emulate.
"Is there anything about Donald Trump that reminds you of Ronald Reagan?" he asked.
"No!" the crowd shouted, as one woman shouted, "He reminds me of Chavez!"
"That's a whole different story," Rubio replied. He pointed to the new tone of American politics that had changed significantly since the election of President Obama.
"Who wants to live in a country where everyone hates each other? Who wants to live in a country where everyone is at each other's throat over everything?" he said, signalling discouragement. "You know how tired I am of constantly fighting against my fellow Americans about everything?"
The solution, he argued, was one of intelligent discussion of policies that would actually help solve problems in America. Tax rates, Obamacare, Social Security, and the importance of a balanced budget, he explained, were issues that could be resolved through civil discourse and responsible rhetoric and not the dramatic bombast of the the current Republican presidential frontrunner.
He noted ruefully that he had campaigned for 10 months and 28 days on ideas and policy before moving to attack Trump. Rubio complained that the media largely ignored his campaign and only began broadcasting his rallies live when he started attacking the controversial billionaire.
Yet he appeared to acknowledge that Trump would remain in the forefront of media coverage, so he would spend the remainder of his time on the campaign trail offering an alternative.
Rubio's basic stump speech which was heavy on policy was dramatically revised to include a discussion of what an ideal president — and a presidential candidate — should be.
Trump, he argued, had the mentality of an online troll that was sucking up all of the attention. That kind of attention seeking, he insisted, was not suitable for the presidency.
"If you want to be a professional Twitter troll, stay on Twitter," Rubio said, alluding to Trump's social media activity. "If you want to be one of these people that say crazy things, get a talk show."
Later in the morning, he traveled to Ron's Barbecue in Pasco county where the local Sheriff, Chris Nocco, stood up to introduce the senator.
I'm here for security, but I'm here to support my friend because I can tell you, he's a genuine person," he said. "Marco's a great person, a great human being."
Rocco worked for Rubio in the Florida legislature as a staff director and a deputy chief of staff for four years before he became the Sheriff of Pasco Country. He employed an armored tactical vehicle and over a dozen law enforcement officers to secure the rally.
But Rubio's event had none of the struggles of a rally in a major city with tens of thousands of people filling the street. Roughly a hundred people packed into the local restaurant to order lunch and listen to their senator who was facing tough odds in his campaign for president.
Outside the restaurant a couple of Trump supporters raised signs, effectively trolling the event.
One man named Henry said he felt like it was important to prove to the country that Trump supporters were not just angry people looking for a fight.
"I felt it was important to support Trump, and all the cars that pass by I get more honks than anybody else," he said proudly. "As you can see this is a peaceful group."
He blamed the media for hyping the violence at the canceled rally in Chicago and trying to pin the blame on Trump.
"News media thrives on it," he said. "They make their money on it, and they'll keep doing it and when the elections are over they'll find something else to cause discord."
While he was speaking to Breitbart News, one woman, Charlene Burch, approached with a Marco Rubio sign.
"See I'm out here with these Trump supporters and I'm all right," she said, as she stood next to him.
She pointed out that since they were in America, they could demonstrate their support for their preferred candidate without getting violent.
"I just decided that I needed to come out and join him, because this is America and we need to stand together," she said. "They believe in Trump, I believe in Rubio."
Rubio then traveled back to Tampa for a meet-and-greet with supporters at the Oxford Exchange, a indoor European style coffeeshop space with a bookstore and gift shop.
Speaking to a much younger audience, Rubio only offered a quick speech, urging them to vote.
"I promise you no one will ever work harder than we will work this week so that I can win Florida," he said, speaking on a staircase with photographs of Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy behind him. "And I can be your nominee and we can take our party and our country, and we can leave America better than it's ever been."
He then waded into the crowd willingly taking hundreds of selfies with the crowds of young supporters, eager for a second of screen time with their senator.
Rubio's day wasn't finished. From there he traveled to an event at Lakeland, FL and on to a rally in Pensacola with another crowd of about 250 at the Palafox Wharf.
"I'll never give up, because if my parents gave up I wouldn't be standing here today," he said.
During the rally in front of over 350 people in The Villages, Rubio was joined by George Patton Waters — the grandson of General George Patton. He brought a pair of the famous general's boots to the stage and set them on the stool next to Rubio's glass of water.
"I brought these boots to sort of spur him on, maybe he'll take them to Washington and change some people's directions," he said, as he introduced Rubio. "But these boots are a reminder of my grandfather General Patton … when it comes to America we have to keep marching forward."
The audience was filled with veterans from all branches of the Armed Forces, particularly behind Rubio as he spoke earnestly to the group. He focused on the theme of leadership, describing Trump's campaign as "a new brand of leadership which is no leadership at all."
"It says to people, 'Yes get angry. Get even angrier. And lets take it out on these people. Let's do this and it's everybody else's fault that things are going wrong in our country,'" he said, paraphrasing Trump's message. "And the result is we are now a nation of people hating each other. We are now a nation where we are no longer apparently capable of debating serious public policy, without immediately concluding the person that disagrees with you is evil."
He pointed out that the Founding Fathers of the United States knew better, creating a system of limited government because they didn't trust people with absolute power. He asserted that he was not interested in getting that kind of power.
"I always get uncomfortable when people come to me and say 'We put all our faith in you,'" he said. "I'm a man, you cut me, I'll bleed, you hurt me, I'll feel pain."
As his political future hangs in the balance in his home state, the candidate once ridiculed as a robot is making that clearer than ever.


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