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Why Stephen Curry Will Be the Next Point Guard to Win NBA MVP
If there is a player other than Kevin Durant or LeBron James who wins the MVP during the next few years, it will be a point guard, specifically Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors.
The qualifier "if a player other than Durant or James" shouldn't be ignored. They are clearly the two best players in the world, and something would have to happen for one of them not to win, but it's possible.
Now that he has an award, Durant could have votes taken from him by superstar teammate Russell Westbrook in the future. Or, voter fatigue could hit him as it hit James if he wins again. If James switches teams again, the ring-chaser critics will hurt him. If he stays with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade's diminishing abilities could limit the team's success.
Surprise winners have come in the past. Derrick Rose won in 2010-11 when he wasn't even on the map heading into the season. The right combination of personal accomplishments, team success and outward circumstances coalesced, and it was enough to give Rose the award. A similar situation could occur with Curry.
Personal Succes
The truth of the matter is that Curry is already much closer than Rose was in the summer of 2010. In fact, his numbers from last season are arguably better than those of any point guard who has been named the MVP in recent years. (Allen Iverson is included here, although he played both shooting guard and point guard his MVP season.)
Stephen Curry vs. Point Guard MVPs since 2000 | |||||||||||
Season | Player | Tm | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | WS | WS/48 | PER |
2013-14 | Stephen Curry | GSW | 24.0 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.471 | 13.4 | 0.225 | 24.1 |
2010-11 | Derrick Rose | CHI | 25.0 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.445 | 13.1 | 0.208 | 23.5 |
2005-06 | Steve Nash | PHO | 18.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.512 | 12.4 | 0.212 | 22.3 |
2004-05 | Steve Nash | PHO | 15.5 | 3.3 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.502 | 10.9 | 0.203 | 22.0 |
2000-01 | Allen Iverson | PHI | 31.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.42 | 11.8 | 0.19 | 24.0 |
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Curry had more win shares, more win shares per 48 minutes and a higher player efficiency rating than any of his counterparts. He outscored Steve Nash in his two wins and had more dimes than either Allen Iverson or Derrick Rose when they won theirs.
When you factor in points generated off assists (which includes three-point makes on assisted shots), Curry actually produces more points per game than any of the past award winners at his position. He even beats James in the 2011-12 season and isn't far off him from his 2012-13 season or even from Durant this year.
Points Produced by Perimter MVPs since 2000 | |||||
Season | Player | Tm | PTS/G | PGA/G | PC/G |
2009-10 | LeBron James | CLE | 29.7 | 19.7 | 49.4 |
2008-09 | LeBron James | CLE | 28.4 | 17.4 | 45.8 |
2013-14 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 32 | 12.4 | 44.4 |
2012-13 | LeBron James | MIA | 26.8 | 17.1 | 43.9 |
2013-14 | Stephen Curry | GSW | 24.0 | 19.0 | 43.0 |
2005-06 | Steve Nash | PHO | 18.8 | 23.7 | 42.5 |
2010-11 | Derrick Rose | CHI | 25.0 | 17.4 | 42.4 |
2004-05 | Steve Nash | PHO | 15.5 | 26.2 | 41.7 |
2011-12 | LeBron James | MIA | 27.1 | 14.1 | 41.2 |
2000-01 | Allen Iverson | PHI | 31.1 | 9.8 | 40.9 |
2007-08 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 28.3 | 12.4 | 40.7 |
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Team Success
A kind of folklore has grown around Rose's win. The new narrative is he just won based on "narrative." While that certainly played into it—no one really believed he was the best player in the league—the deciding factor was actually the Chicago Bulls' success.
They won 62 games that season, more than anyone in the NBA. They did so in spite of the fact that they had their starting five together for only 29 games. Rose was the biggest reason they were the league's best regular-season team.
Dwight Howard finished second in the voting. Statistically, he may have been better, but his Orlando Magic had 10 fewer wins. James had a better supporting cast with the Heat, but his team won four fewer games, which included an 0-3 record against the Bulls.
If either team had won more games than Chicago, Rose probably would not have won the MVP, even with the edge in narrative.
Team success matters in the MVP award. Per John Schuman from NBA.com, of the last 26 MVP winners, 20 played on the No. 1 seed, and six played on the No. 2 seed (adding Durant into his numbers).
This year, Golden State won eight fewer games than Oklahoma City. Curry accounted for 1.4 fewer points than Durant. That's how much ground is between them. The distance is not that great.
Exit Mark Jackson. Enter Steve Kerr and, perhaps, David Blatt.
Per Aridan Wojnarowski of Yahoo!:
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is pursuing a powerful coaching partnership with one of the world's best offensive minds, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach David Blatt, league sources told Yahoo Sports. …
As one major college coach who has studied Blatt's offense this spring told Yahoo Sports recently, "I am not sure there is anyone in the U.S. with the kind of creative efficiency or ability to change constantly like David Blatt has. He utilizes what his players do as well as anyone I've ever watched."
If you're a Warriors fan, the phrase "one of the world's best offensive minds" has to give you goose bumps. Reading "utilizes what his players do as well as anyone I've ever watched" or "creative efficiency" should make you burp out little laugh-sobs as your body tries to giggle and weep tears of joy simultaneously.
Contrast that with Grantland's Zach Lowe's assessment of Jackson's offense:
The offense had some hiccups, and any team with this level of passing and shooting should rank better than 12th in points per possession. This team didn't quite reach its ceiling, and the team concluded Jackson wasn't the right guy to push that ceiling higher.
The Dubs were sometimes careless with the ball, though they cleaned that up as the season went on. Their offense lacked continuity; opposing defenses that snuffed out the first option could count on the Warriors devolving into a vapid isolation play over the last 12 seconds of the shot clock. The team chased mismatches on the block like an addict, chucking the ball to so-so post-up players and asking them to back down into uncomfortable fadeaway shots.
Going from an offense that lacked imagination and failed to utilize talent to one that is engineered by one of the world's most creative minds bodes well for Curry, particularly considering how much the talent around him was wasted under Jackson.
Certainly, it's easy to see him generating 1.4 more points per game in a new system.
If the Warriors can land Blatt and maintain their defense, it's not impossible to see them moving up in the standings during the next couple of years, even in the tough Western Conference.
The Right Circumstances
Finally, the right circumstances are necessary to win the award. Often, the award goes to the player with the most optimal situation, not the best player. Players who might be argued to be better than Curry have challenges Curry doesn't face.
Durant and James have already been discussed in the opening.
Rose has already won an award. Coming back from injuries that have kept him out the bulk of the last three seasons won't help. If the Bulls add Carmelo Anthony or Kevin Love, that will take votes away from him.
Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers is going to split votes with fellow superstar Blake Griffin, who finished third in voting this year. Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge of the Portland Trail Blazers should also share attention.
Westbrook won't ever be considered the most valuable player on his team with Durant there. Too many will continue to obtusely (don't get me started!) see him as an impediment to Durant's success.
Among players at other positions, James Harden's defensive woes will prevent him from winning. (While Curry is no defensive monster, he's not the turnstile Harden is.) Paul George will always be no better than third-best at his position. Joakim Noah will be pressed to duplicate last year's performance. Howard is on the downside of his career and will split votes with Harden.
After Durant and James, Curry is in the unique position to win. He has the collective help to be on a team that finishes top-two in the West, but there is no one who can rival him for the best player on the team. (If the Warriors land Kevin Love in a trade, as Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle reports they are trying to do, that could change, though.)
Additionally, it's easy to see Curry getting the "narrative" votes. He's a nice guy. He's overcome some injury issues. He has lineage.
And he's crazy clutch. Per NBA.com/stats, when the score was within five with five minutes left, he averaged 37.0 points per 48 minutes. When it was three minutes or less, that number rose to 42.1. With one minute, it was 68.4. With 30 seconds left, it was 80.4. With 10 seconds left, it was 130.4. The tighter things got, the brighter he shone. That's narrative.
Stephen Curry is closer to winning the MVP than you might realize. His numbers are already on that level, and with the potential for an actual designed offense to run, they could get even better. And, if the offense gets better, his team should move from very good to elite.
With the right set of circumstances, which is pretty easily foreseeable, the Warriors' star could get the award within the next few years. Perhaps, if the planets align right, maybe even next year.
All stats for this article are courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com and NBA.com/STATS.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (Nasdaq:MTXX - News) ("Matrixx" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by investment funds managed by H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, affiliates of H.I.G. will commence a tender offer to purchase for cash all of the outstanding shares of Matrixx common stock, and the associated preferred stock purchase rights, at a price of $8.00 per share, which represents a 56.3% premium to the Company's closing stock price on December 13, 2010, the last full trading day before today's announcement, for a total value of approximately $75.2 million.
The tender offer is expected to commence on December 22, 2010 and to expire on the 20th business day following and including the commencement date, unless extended in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the tender offer is successfully completed, the parties will complete a second-step merger in which any remaining shares of Matrixx would be converted into the right to receive the same price per share paid in the tender offer.
Completion of the transaction is subject to, among other things, the satisfaction of the minimum tender condition of at least the majority of the Company's outstanding common shares on a fully diluted basis, expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and other customary closing conditions, but is not subject to any financing condition.
The Board of Directors of Matrixx has unanimously approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and has resolved to recommend that the Matrixx stockholders tender their shares in connection with the tender offer contemplated by the merger agreement.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Matrixx may solicit acquisition proposals from third parties for a period from execution of the merger agreement until 11:59 p.m. on January 22, 2011. The Company's financial advisor, Sawaya Segalas LLC, will assist the Company's Board of Directors in connection with the solicitation. It is not anticipated that any developments will be disclosed with regard to this process unless the Company's Board of Directors makes a decision with respect to a potential superior proposal. There are no guarantees that this process will result in a superior proposal.
Sawaya Segalas & Co., LLC is acting as financial advisor to Matrixx. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Snell & Wilmer LLP are acting as legal counsel to Matrixx. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as legal counsel to H.I.G.
About Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. is an over-the-counter healthcare company that develops and markets Zicam® products. Zicam, LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, markets and sells Zicam® products in the cough and cold category. The Company markets Zicam brand pharmaceuticals, including Zicam Cold Remedy in multiple oral delivery forms; Zicam Allergy and Congestion Relief products; as well as Zicam Cough and Zicam Multi-Symptom relief items. For more information regarding Matrixx products, go to www.Zicam.com. To find out more about Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (Nasdaq:MTXX - News), visit our website at www.matrixxinc.com. For additional information, contact William Hemelt, President and Chief Executive Officer, 602-385-8888, or Bill Barba, Vice President of Finance & Accounting, 602-385-8881. Matrixx is located at 8515 E. Anderson Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255.
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H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the middle market. It has a broad and flexible capital base and more than $7.5 billion of equity capital under management. Based in Miami, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, New York and San Francisco in the U.S., as well as affiliate offices in London, Hamburg and Paris in Europe, H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and medium-sized companies with attractive growth potential. Since its founding, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide. The firm's current portfolio includes companies with combined revenues in excess of $7 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.higcapital.com.
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Follower of a number of Christian penitent sects who would ritually flagellate themselves.
The first flagellants were a sect in Perugia around 1260 and, inspired by the plague sweeping Europe in the mid-14th century, again in 1348 who would go on processions lashing themselves and calling upon bystanders to repent and join them, typically for a period of 33 and a half days. By the time the king of Naples decided that there were too many of them and that they represented a political force capable of inciting civil unrest, the practice had spread well beyond Italy. Flagellants started out as a very pious movement but later became involved in attacks on Jews in northern Europe, They were declared heretics by pope Clement VI in 1349 after the second emergence which garnered a popular following that was perceived to be a threat to the Vatican's authority.
German Flagellant sects in the late 14th century rejected church doctrine and became ascetic chiliasts. Despite their condemnation by the Council of Constance in 1417, they would persist until the end of the 15th century.
Flagellant sects would survive in Spain and emerged again in the New World, the last reported ones being among christianised Native Americans, Los Hermanos Penitentes, in New Mexico as late as the end of the 19th century. The practice today is now sporadic and confined to individual expressions of penitence.
Flag"el*lant (?), n. [L. flagellans, p.p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] Eccl. Hist.
One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.
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Wild and scenic Sweetwater Creek State Park is looking a little more native these days, in part due to the efforts by park officials and two local companies teaming up to help restore native grasses onto the park's rolling hilltops. At two separate events, volunteers from Federal Home Loan Bank and Alcoa's Building & Construction Systems (BCS) business, which included employees from the Kawneer Service Center in Austell and the BCS/Kawneer headquarters location in Norcross, gathered at Sweetwater to volunteer, have a picnic and tour the historic New Manchester Mill ruins.
The native grass program, started this spring by gathering and planting native grass seeds found at Sprewell Bluff State Park in the hills above the Flint River, is designed to help restore and replenish grasslands that support native species of birds, insects, mammals and reptiles. Sweetwater Creek State Park, the birthplace of the Georgia Conservancy, has miles of creekside trails and beautiful hills that will be positively impacted by this work.
For the two companies – Federal Home Loan Bank and Alcoa – this was not their first time helping to support the mission of the Georgia Conservancy. Federal Home Loan Bank provides fantastic in-kind printing service for the Georgia Conservancy on 100% recycled paper, and Kawneer is a major funder for the most recent Blueprints for Successful Communities project in Lithonia.
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Stanley is an excellent cat. Fosterdad Patrick says "He spends most of his time on the couch with us, but he does retreat to his bed for alone time every now and then. Unlike some cats, he prefers open spaces to hiding beneath furniture fixtures. He is always thrilled to see us upon coming home- walking through the door provokes an enthusiastic meow and several rounds of amicable head-butting. He is fascinated by all things human; computers, the sink, curry, and shoes (among other things) excite him. Stan loves to play- both with us and on his own. He is easily entranced by a dangling string and enjoys solo games of ping pong ball soccer.
His behavior is flawless. He is potty-trained, he does not scratch the furniture, and he waits until we wake up to demand we feed him. He is as friendly and easy going as a cat can be, and he responds favorably to new people. He boasts social skills superior to those of a typical University of Chicago student. Social as he may be, he rarely becomes a nuisance, and when he does it is simply too cute to truly be annoying."
Stanley was a colony cat who made his way to us, but he must have been somebody's pet at some point. Write to email@example.com to apply to bring this handsome and fab man home.
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I always love reading your fiction short stories. They are all great and it's fun to read them. Could you imagine writing a complete fiction novel some day?
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Just a few of questions. I have been in the Army for 17 years and I am stationed in Germany. How do I find info on joining while overseas? And second, I am currently in Iraq until on or about Summer 2009. Is there anything that can be done while deployed or is it strictly in garrison? And finally, is 35 years old to old to go through? I appreciate any info you may be able to provide. Thanks in advance. Jason
I'm really not sure if there are any Lodges in Iraq , if Cemb4y drops in he can answer that question for you seeing how he is over there now . I know there are lodges in Germany though . No , 35 is not too old . You will see quit a few petition a lodge in their 40's and 50's because some wait till they are retired to join the Fraternity . We have Initiated men in there 60's .
Thank you for the quick response Ashlar521. I will look forward to hearing from any one for guidance. I have dwelled on this idea for about 14 years and I think I am at the point in my life where my family life is great, work is great and now I am looking into a Brotherhood to help me continue to grow. Thanks again.
SFC S, To answer your questions, yes there are several lodges in Iraq, for the most part to the best of my knowledge they are Prince Hall Lodges though. Depending on where you are in Iraq I know for sure that Texas and Oklahoma Jurisdictions have a strong presence there. Also, where exactly are you stationed in Germany? I can tell you from experience that no matter what instillation that you are on there are Masons there. Stay safe and keep your head down. SSG Jackson Junior Warden Right Step Military Lodge #636 Bamberg, Germany MWPHGLoTX
SSG Jackson, Thanks for the reply. I am stationed in Baumholder, but currently in Baghdad. And I wish I could be back in Baumholder right now if you could believe that. Thanks again for the post.
SFC, I waited until I was 46. It's never to late to start your journey. Your experience and leadership skills will be a plus. Thanks for your service, keep your powder dry, and get home safe.
Mr. Liotta, Thanks for the kind words. And roger on trying to get home safely. Have a great day and thanks also for the advice. vr Jason
There is most definetly masonry in Iraq. See www.cemab4y.blogspot.com Land Seaand Air Masonic Lodge1 IRAQ also Freemasons In The Military - Forum Powered by eve community We have a military masonic discussion forum. Also please feel free to email me directly firstname.lastname@example.com I will be more than glad to assist you in becoming a Freemason.
SSG Jackson question for you I am trying to get some more information on a lunge and membership opportunites here in Germany. I am currently stationed in schweinfurt. I can give you my cell number or e-mail of you need it. Thanks, PFC Jurgersen
You're never too old. I am turning 38 very soon and working on my Fellowcraft. I petitioned my lodge, was voted in, and then had to deploy to Tallil, Iraq for 5 months. After my return, I was initiated, and am now studying with my instructor, working on my degrees. Being in the military, you and I already know about brotherhood, fraternity etc. This is really the next step in that journey. You will not be disappointed.


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Slowly cooked quince are sweet and delicious. Inedible raw, once baked (as above), they are similar in taste to a baked pear, only more beautiful in colour.
6 quince
350ml/12fl oz verjus or a sweet white wine
170g/6oz caster sugar
2 vanilla pods, split in half lengthwise
3 fresh bay leaves
The whole rind of one unwaxed lemon
Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas3, then, taking a clean dish cloth, wipe the quince well all over to remove any fluff. Using a sharp knife, slice in quarters lengthwise (it is not necessary to peel and core them).
Lay them, skin-side down, in a sturdy baking tray. Pour over the verjus or wine, sprinkle over the sugar and scatter over the vanilla pods, bay leaves and lemon rind.
Cover securely with foil and place on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for one hour then remove and turn the quince gently over.
Cover again with foil and return to the oven for a further 11/2 hours. By this stage the quince will be a beautiful deep orange colour, sweet and soft.
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If you had free health care available, and it was "good", and you had paid health care available, that is also "good," what would you do?
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
"People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. "I don't believe that was the intent of the program."
So, how many people are surprised? My main criticism of this government provided health care has always been, when the money gets tight, the health care provided will get worse.


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Well, yes and no. The movie did cost $94 million dollars, in terms of a production budget, but you're right in bringing up that article that points out that merchandising, tax breaks (Uwe Boll is famous for exploiting the German tax break on his films, although, for all the crap he produces, he ironically is one of the few using the law in the spirit that it was created for), selling television rights, and selling overseas rights helped to cover most of that cost before production began. It's no surprise to me that studo lawyers obfuscated this information in order to reduce the ammount of money they'd have to pay people for its success.
I wonder if some of these movie budgets would withstand a full-scale IRS audit. I supsect lots of them are exercises in somewhat creative accounting.
No disrespect intended but since I would say "Wall-E" is AT LEAST 6 times better than the awful TMNT movie, I would say it's money well spent. You pay peanuts, you get little Korean drones working in cubicles making films like that.
Whereas they seemed to take their sweet time on TMNT. The script is copyrighted 2005. The movie came out in 2007.
Animated movies and VFX in live action movies are two entirely different things. The former takes much longer to produce (because it's, you know, a whole movie not just some shots) and the latter tends to be done by several different studios in a much shorter time frame. There seems to be some confusion in this thread in who's talking about what...
Somewhat uncalled for, but I do understand what you're trying to say. I'm not oblivious to the difference in quality, both technically and artistically between Wall-E and TMNT, I know why one costs more than the other, I'm just remarking about how incredible the difference is.
Totally agree I still love my explosions, my scifi, my action and my blcokbusters...but I just wish they could scale back with the over-spending I still have a hunger for blockbusters IRONMAN for me was a real winner, because even though the movie had top actors and explosions it delivered great bang for its pretty modest budget of $140 million production. SupermanReturns was a failure, the movie was over the top and dull, its second weekend only totaled $20 million but it managed to claw back some of the loss with healthy dvd sales. Look at the cost of making movies Waterworld ( $230 Mil adj inflation ) SupermanReturns ($300 Mil), KingKong ($210 Mil) and despite the huge sums of money spent these movies were extremely boring or complete flops.
How anyone can say King Kong was a flop needs there head checking last time I check...$550 million off a $207 million budget is good buissness and not too mention the movie was outstanding. yeh big failure there. Superman Returns may of only made $100 million profit or so but thats far from a failure. Who the hell gives any movie a budget that big anyway.
King Kong wasn't a flop, but it did not perform to expectations based on the director's previous work. Superman Returns budget was inflated because it incorportated all the previous non-starts, Burton's, Ratner's etc.
Where did I say Kong Flopped? I would hate to have you guys sign contracts because you really need to read more carefully I said and the big CGI monkey in KingKong was a complete snorefest, it was self-indulgent monkey business, needed an hour edited from it. KingKong was a really expensive and boring B-movie and the actors really didn't amount to much ie "extremely boring" Jackson's Kong = KingDonkeyKong To give credit to Jackson he did create a very marketable movie and the movie made lots of money for the studio. However once an audience as been "had", tricked into watching a snorefest it usually leaves a bitter taste in the audiences mouth. So Kong might have been when Peter Jackson finally jumped the shark. Other movies like Waterworld etc are different stories, they blow their budget. They are marketed badly, word gets out the movies sucks and suddenly every critic in town wants to trash it. Then "Voilà" you have the perfect ingredients for a Mega-Flop
I wasn't refering to you but ever since that movie out so many people have called it a flop which I cannot understand because LOTR's are rare so I don't see how it underperformed and the critical reception along with it was wonderful as well.


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Outlook Add in for Room Booking Resources Solution for SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Online, and Azure - repost
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Project Description
We want to let develop from scratch in .NET for SharePoint a solution for resource booking. Meeting Room Scheduling Solution.
The solution to be developed has the following features and functionality
make a reservation for a resource like a room, equipment, cars, parking or any other object
Each object like a room has (tags) tags are for example the "capacity" (10 people) of the room, or the "Room Type", like "VIP Room" "Training Room" and so on. When scheduling a meeting, the "Tags" are used to filter by given date and time the available room across sites and locations for an enterprise.
After filtering by "tags" there is just a rest of available rooms shown which matches the tag criteria,
User can now book, the free room, with the equipment needed, and catering, as well inviting the attendees
Outlook Meeting Requests are send from the solution to the attendees
The respond of the attendees is saved back in the Events List as "denied", "accepted" "tentative" the same way used in Outlook.
The event is saved in the Clients Personal Calendar in Outlook
Modules needed:
Module Outlook Add-in (and Outlook Add-in) for the outlook clients 2010/2013 must be developed for deployment in the enterprise to communicate with the SharePoint Solution: Users make an Meeting Request from Outlook (not from the SP Solution, this time) and the room reservation is made.
Module Mobile Access
The Solution site must be accessible by Smartphones, Room Searching and booking must be supported, with all the features like on the web site
Mobile App:
An separate Mobile App for resource booking must be developed
Module Lync Integration:
Make a reservation directly from Microsoft Lync
1. Milestone: Write the Solution Design with the specification and the architecture for the solution (5%) of the Awarded Sum
2. Milestone: Mock up of the solution, showing all the components (5%) of the Awarded Sum
3. Beta Version of the Solution, with the Outlook-Add In and the Mobile App (10 % of the awarded Sum)
4. Final Version of the Solution with all the Components and Features, with the Outlook Add in and the Mobile App, and Mobile View (20% of the awarded Sum)
5. Delivery of the solution with the deployment instruction and "Source CODE" after User Acceptance Test.(60% of the Awarded Sum)
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Very true. And a well thought out response. I don't want to see PM get cluttered as hell either but honestly when I post a question that I'm dying for an answer to, and all I get is a couple of --'s without even one explination it doesn't help me learn anything. I've got no problem losing XP, it's not important to me whatsoever, what is important is peoples input. A lot of times I do get really good input from initiates all the way up to the saints, and I love that, it works great. But I'd rather be told what is wrong with my code/post than save XP. Guess you can't have them all, can you? And I certainly don't want to clutter up the site, with excess garbage.
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He embezzled $825,000, but gets no prison time
But another who stole $557,000 gets 33 months
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Wednesday, March 7 Pussycat Dolls Present:The Search for the Next Doll WB 9:00 p.m. I feel like a wounded combat soldier. I want the team to triumph in victory, and I know I'll be dragging the platoon down because I have no legs. I lay here, blood mingling with tears on my cheek. I can only say, "Finish me. Finish me, Sarge. Make it quick. Make the hurting stop." And out of compassion he sticks two more morphine shots in my leg. "The suffering'll be over soon, son. The suffering'll be over soon."
Thursday, March 8 Dr. Christiane Northrup: Menopause and Beyond -- New Wisdom for Women PBS 8:00 p.m. You can't see me, but I've collapsed to the floor. I've pulled my computer down, and I'm pecking this out with the last finger I can still move. I can't bear it. I can't bear the thought of it. It's too much. PBS. Old women. Talking about menopause. Maybe, if I gouge my eyes out now, I can end this horrific image in my mind. Excuse me. I'll end this article politely. I have to crawl to the kitchen for my corkscrews and grapefruit spoons.


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But, syke! It's a coffee mug! The cool thing is, it's modeled after a lens I have and shoot with regularly; my 24-105mm lens
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The following article was published as an op-ed piece on p31 of yesterday's Daily News. It describes the difficulties faced by challengers who try to compete with incumbent state legislators. The News' headline accurately sums up the situation:
Why the Bums Stay:
In Albany, Politics Is Rigged
To Protect the Incumbents
By Henry J. Stern
April 6, 2009
If we have any hope of taking back Albany and getting things done, we need to stop allowing politicians to get into office and stay forever.
For the last week, the Daily News has been thundering about the waste, greed, corruption and ignorance shown by the members of the state Legislature. With good reason: Decisions are made based on political and labor union pressures, there is rarely any worthwhile public input on a whole range of critical decisions, and whatever mild reforms originated under Eliot Spitzer have been rolled back.
Substantive objections to the budget, which increases spending at a rate far beyond inflation and imposes dozens of new taxes and fees, are particularly strong. There are no givebacks by unions; the ever-growing $16 billion deficit is being financed almost entirely by the taxpayers, much of it by borrowing, which will increase the burden of debt service for years to come. Tellingly, one item untouched by the Legislature is $170 million in pork for individual member items.
A natural reaction to this blizzard of stories would be to say that the legislators are elected by the people, and if we don't like what they are doing, we can vote them out of office.
In reality, although this is a theoretical possibility, it hardly ever happens. Here's why: Incumbents are protected by multiple safety nets, political and financial, that guard their tenure and disable potential challengers.
The first is gerrymandering. The boundaries of existing districts have been carefully drawn to include areas where the incumbent is popular and exclude areas where potential opponents may reside. The Legislature has repeatedly rejected efforts to provide nonpartisan districting, because the current system gives incumbents districts that have been made-to-order for their political convenience. There's no sign of this changing anytime soon.
The second major advantage office-holders enjoy is free mailing privileges. For most of the year, incumbents send out illustrated brochures, styled as reports to constituents, but largely consisting of self-serving prose about the incumbent's accomplishments and photographs of himself, alone, with children or with grateful senior citizens.
Although these "reports" may not be mailed for a sixty day period before an election, the incumbent will have been sending these advertisements for the preceding year and ten months of his two-year term.
When you factor in that most incumbents have served for many terms - the average tenure exceeds 10 years - the public gains familiarity with the incumbent, even if they have no clear idea of who he is or exactly what he does.
Third, New York State 's ballot access rules are extremely rigorous. In order to run for the state Senate, one needs 1,000 valid signatures on a nominating petition. For the Assembly, the requirement is 500. These are not, however, mere names that can be collected easily by volunteers.
Petition signers must be registered members of the political party of the candidate and must sign their legal name and address, which must be within the political district. Any error in spelling or the style of the name can result in the invalidation of the voter's signature.
There is no end of traps for the neophyte candidate. It takes specialists in election law to bind the petitions into special books and to scrutinize them for legal sufficiency. A mistake in binding can cause all the signatures in the book to be invalidated. In some areas, the county political organization provides free election lawyers to assist incumbents in petition disputes. Challengers must hire their own lawyers. The time and money spent in defending a challenger's petitions detract from the resources he can use in his campaign.
Fourth, for years upon years, incumbents have been voting to appropriate to themselves millions of dollars in pork -- taxpayer funds they dole out to projects and organizations within their district. The beneficiaries of this largesse can usually be counted on to contribute to, support and campaign for the candidate who has been supplying them with tax funds. The same applies to labor unions, business organizations and other groups that hire lobbyists or attend legislators' fund-raising events. The rule is simple: Those that give, get. Those that get, give.
A final factor assisting incumbents is the size of the media market in New York City. It is so large that individual races (in Assembly districts averaging 128,000 in population) rarely receive much press coverage. Assembly members' names appear at the bottom of the ballot, and public attention naturally focuses on national, state or citywide contests. Again, advantage: incumbents. For a local candidate, reaching out to a city-wide audience is prohibitively expensive.
For these reasons, year after year the members of the Legislature, like Old Man River, remain essentially the same. It is true that the people get the government they elect. But under existing law it is almost impossible for them to elect a government they might pefer.
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Hello there. It's good to see a friendly face. Almost took you for a raider, I did. Name's Malcolm. Malcolm Holmes.
"Malcolm Holmes is a retired trader living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.
Malcolm Holmes was a collector of star bottle caps to get the treasure that's hidden in the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters building. He claims to have retired from collecting the caps, but if you pickpocket him (or kill him), you can find as many as 6 star bottle caps in his inventory.
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- The Legend of the Star: Sometime after the player has picked up their first star bottle cap, they will encounter a man who claims he has been following them. Holmes is a retired trader who noticed you had the same interest in the bottle caps that he collected long ago. He also mentions that if enough caps are collected, the treasure can be claimed from someone named Festus.
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- Malcolm Holmes also mentions that there are people willing to kill for the blue star caps, including someone called Allen Marks.
Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
Roving trader outfit Roving trader hat |
- | .308 round x24 Bottle cap x54 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap x6 |
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- After speaking with the player, Malcolm Holmes will walk directly to the Mojave Outpost. He will disappear from the game once he arrives there. Since he has 6 star caps on him, one should try pickpocketing or killing him after the conversation ends.
- Malcolm is carrying the roving trader hat and roving trader outfit; both of which are valuable for players to increase their trade profit and pass Barter checks at the lower levels where one is likely to encounter Holmes.
- Malcolm seems to follow the player after a set amount time after you obtain your first Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap.
- He will appear on the Scavenger platform if you wait long enough. After talking to you he swims directly off, no matter if the water has been cleared of lakelurks or not.
- If attacked but not killed, he will pursue the player for a considerable amount of time, occasionally going as far as Primm before being killed by the Powder Gangers there.
- If you run the Nellis Air Force Base artillery gauntlet shortly after obtaining your first Star cap, be sure to comb the artillery field after making peace with the Boomers, as he may have been killed trying to reach you during the bombardment.
- Even after he has been spoken to, most people and creatures will ignore his presence.
- If you trade with Malcolm Holmes, the caps dropped after killing him will not increase.
- Sometimes, Holmes will get killed by hostile enemies before he can reach the Courier.
- Sometimes while at Primm, and after a short amount of time the Courier gets his first Star bottlecap. Malcolm Holmes will go through the minefield between the town and the NCR outpost and get killed. This can be fixed by just waiting then walking around.
Notable quotesEdit
- "Hello there. It's good to see a friendly face. Almost took you for a raider, I did. Name's Malcolm. Malcolm Holmes."
- "Nah, I gave it up years ago. Too dangerous. And even if I did still collect them, I'd tell you the same. There's people out there so mad with the idea of treasure that they'll attack strangers just on the suspicion that they have some of those caps."
- "There's an old wasteland legend that says somewhere out there is a fabulous treasure from before the war. Those caps with the blue star on them, the tale goes, are the key to that treasure. They're called Sunset Sarsaparilla Stars."
Malcolm Holmes appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
- Malcolm's chest will sometime be invisible when he initially approaches you. Simply loading from the last save fixes this.


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State College's Andrew Pierce picked a good time to match a career high in strikeouts while turning in his longest professional start.
"I would say this was my best one," said the 22-year-old-right-hander. "Tonight, with the series on the line and all the pressure, this was my best."
The Cardinals prospect struck out seven without walking a batter while scattering four hits over seven innings Sunday in short-season State College's 6-0 win over Jamestown in Game 3 of the New York-Penn League Semifinals. The victory netted the Spikes their first trip to the Championship Series, which will start Tuesday at Tri-City.
"This kid did an unbelievable job. He wanted the ball," manager Oliver Marmol said of his starter. "When we told him he was going to start Game 3, he was very excited. He gave us seven strong innings and kept the ball down, got a lot of ground balls."
State College dropped Game 1 of the best-of-3 series on the road, but picked up a 12-4 win Saturday at home, where the team went 30-8 in the regular season.
"We've had a very good home record. Our guys felt comfortable coming home after that first game," said Marmol. "We knew we were not going to lose in front of these home fans who've supported us all year."
"I know losing [at Jamestown] gave them momentum, but we knew we're good at home," added Pierce. "Yesterday was a big win, and it helped us to come back out and win tonight."
The eighth-round pick from this year's Draft already had a record of success against the Jammers, throwing 18 scoreless frames against them over the course of the season.
"Me throwing against them worked out on our side -- they don't really hit offspeed pitches that well," he said. "They have a lot of lefties and my changeup and slider worked really well."
Pierce, who'd previously fanned seven in a July 24 relief appearance, worked around a leadoff single in the second. After giving up back-to-back singles to start the fourth, he struck out the next batter and got a double-play ball to end the inning.
"That was huge. It kept my pitch count down and I was able to go deeper into the game because of it," said Pierce. He kept a cool head with runners on. "I'm a more laid-back guy. I don't let that get in the way or bother me. Me being laid-back is what helped me the most."
After that, no Jammers hitter reached second base. Pierce induced another double play in the fifth and was perfect in the sixth and seventh, striking out three in that span.
"I had the fastball working good, which enabled us to throw a lot of offspeed stuff," the University of Southern Mississippi product said.
Mitch Harris completed the shutout with a pair of hitless innings. After playing the second-longest nine-inning game in Medlar Field at 3:40, the Spikes took 2:08 to wrap up the series Sunday.
State College's David Washington hit a two-run homer in the first, and he singled in another run in the bottom of the eighth.
"Always when your team scores early, it helps to set the bar," Pierce said. "You can go back out there and relax on the mound. I got a lead and I was able to pitch to that lead."
Marmol said the Spikes will be fully prepared for their date with the ValleyCats.
"We're going to give these guys tomorrow off and let them relax a little bit," he said. "They'll be ready Tuesday. They know what's at stake."
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The following schools will be closed or delayed on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 (unless otherwise noted):
- Banks County schools
- Brenau University will delay opening two hours. All classes at 10 a.m. or earlier are canceled. Student convocation at 12:30 p.m. is on as scheduled.
- Challenged Child and Friends
- Forsyth County schools
- Gainesville City Schools will operate on a two-hour delay.
- Gainesville State College will delay opening until 10 a.m. (includes Gainesville and Oconee campuses)
- Hall County schools (12-month staff do not report; All activities including the World Language Academy morning and evening informational meetings are canceled.)
- Lakeview Academy
- Lanier Technical College (all day and evening classes)
- Lumpkin County schools
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- North Georgia Technical College (all campuses)
- Southern Catholic College, Dawsonville (all classes and activities)
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Judge rules former Microsoft executive Lee can recruit for Google
The Associated Press
A judge ruled today that a former Microsoft executive can perform most of the tasks rival Google hired him to do, superseding a temporary restraining order imposed by the judge this summer.
King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez is still barring Kai-Fu Lee from doing work on products, services or projects he worked on at Microsoft, including computer search technology. But while the judge said that a noncompete agreement Lee signed with Microsoft is valid, he said recruiting and staffing a Google center in China would not violate that agreement.
Lee cannot set budget or compensation levels or define the research that Google will do in China, but he can hire people to work there, the judge said.
Lee had worked at Microsoft since 2000, but left in July to lead Google's expansion into China.
Microsoft sued Lee and Google soon after, contending that Lee's job at Google would violate the terms of a noncompete agreement, which prohibits him from doing similar work for a rival for a year. Microsoft also accused Lee of using insider information to get his job at Mountain View, Calif.-based Google.
The case has illuminated the behind-the-scenes bitterness between Microsoft and Google, which is emerging as a formidable competitor to the Redmond software giant.
Google said it hired Lee to have him create an engineering office in China, but Lee is also an expert in computer recognition of language — an important field for search engines such as Google.
In a hearing last week, Microsoft asked Gonzalez to restrict the work Lee could do for Google until its lawsuit goes to trial in January. Gonzalez said in his ruling that the trial would more fully define the rights of both companies under the noncompete agreement.
Google wants Lee to help pick a site for the China facility and begin using his connections there to recruit students and software engineers. In China, companies recruit students in the fall to begin work the following summer. Had Lee been barred from recruiting this fall, he would miss the recruiting season and have to wait until next fall, Google said.
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Mu Kappa Omega has a Successful 25th Scholarship LuncheonMu Kappa Omega awarded 10 new, and 11 continuing scholarships at the annual luncheon held at Sweetwater Country Club on May 21st. This year's Mistress of Ceremony was Paula Harris, president of the Houston ISD School Board. Guests were entertained by the Imani School Jazz Band. A truly moving tribute to Julia F. Thompson was given, and a 25 year presentation was made by Reshonda Tate Billingsley. Congratulation to this year's recipients. 2011 Scholarship RecipientsOluwafemi Adubarin, Chelseyah Bolden, Brianna Clark, T'Keyah Dixon, Brianna Evans, Taylar Lewis, Tirhaka Love, Erika Oldan, Bra'Nay Robinson, Taylor Turner. 2011 Continuing Scholarship RecipientsFlorence, Adewale, Joyce Chou, Erica Collins, Adriane Joseph, Jacobe Kemp, Danielle Lockhart, Marissa Minter, Chelsea Norcom, Erica Oliver, Ashlee Sherman, Lucretia Stanfield. |


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Input a list of Youtube e-mail addresses and password. Then input a list of Youtube Videos. Input a Username to UpVote on those Youtube Videos. Input box will be needed for 1st Group of Spintax Comments that will be used on all those Youtube Videos that we have inputted. Another 2nd Group of SpinTax Comments will be needed for the Random short videos the Bot will view and post to. The bot will then…
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Views Random Short Videos, and either Likes, Comments, or UpVotes a random comment. Can do some or all of the three actions randomly, or chosen by the user. Comments should be taken from 2nd Group of SpinTax Comments.
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Things the program should also Support: Proxies, Death-by-Captcha, Licences, Spintax; also known as spin syntax ( it's the ability to spin different comments )
Should be able to do this with Multiple Accounts at the same time so Proxy Support and the ability for the program to Login with different proxies for different accounts is important. i.e The same Account should not use the same proxies that another Account has already used (User should be given the choice)
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I haven't yet but I've looked at them and read about them a bit. I also contacted their support people to make sure my current system would work and they were very prompt and very helpful, providing both written instruction and pictures.
I like the concept and believe that it would save you money over the long haul, just how long is the only question. It's not excessively expensive and firmware/software updates are free I believe.


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Poppytalk's photostream (on flickr) is a world of inspiration. I love sifting through their albums of beautifully photographed imagery dreaming about recreating all their rad projects. One such project I'm quite fond of this framed pinback button heart:
What a sweet idea! I love how bright and colourful it is and what a great conversation piece it could be! I know all my buttons have little stories (much like amy browne's magnets) and you could be pleasantly reminded of all those good memories each time you passed this piece in the hall! The only problem for me would be deciding which buttons to use from my massive collection (believe me - I've been collecting pinback buttons forever). It also conveniently provides yet another use for my scientific culture pinback buttons! Hooray! Now to wait for a micheal's coupon to arrive so I can frugally buy a white shadow box frame...
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The take-away sushi is awesome. Favourites are the tempura and the crunchy rainbow maki. You can also dine there.
Can a vegetarian person get a good meal at this restaurant?
Can a gluten free person get a good meal at this restaurant?
Does this restaurant offer outdoor seating?
Does this restaurant offer highchairs for toddlers?
Is this restaurant romantic?
Is this restaurant good for business meetings?
Is this restaurant wheelchair accessible?
Is this restaurant good for brunch?
Are the prices at this restaurant mid-range / moderate?
Is this restaurant good for lunch?
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Share another experience before you go.The take-away sushi is awesome. Favourites are the tempura and the crunchy rainbow maki. You can also dine there.
We came to visit some friends in Stavanger and wanted some sushi. They told us about sabi sushi and what a meal :) The fish is awesome and the sushi is very good. Highly recommend this restaurant. It is a little off the center but totally worth it :)
It's hard to find a nice place to eat in this area of the city and there for I'm glad I find this place :) ok price (for Norway) and very good sushi.
Thank you for your kind feedback More
I love sabi sushi. Cozy place, delicious assorted maki, tempura salad, sjøgress salad and nigiri. A little bit high in price but still ok.
Hey Loui, Thank you so much for your positive review. It makes us more motivated to work even harder :) We hope to see you again very soon! Best regards, Haijo Le Restaurant manager More
Sabi is a good place to eat but, just like everything else in Norway, it is pricey. Whale meat sushi sounds far more fascinating than it tastes, trust me on this one. ;)
Hey Lauciah, I would like to thank you for your review on behalf of the sabi forus team. Regarding the price level, it may be a bit pricey yes. But that is because we only serve top quality ingredients, plus the effort of our chefs and staff. Our " sweat, blood and tears" if I may say :) We hope... More
Always fresh and good food. Good service with friendly personnel. Delivery on time, never long waiting time.
Hey Lizzy, On behalf of Sabi Forus team, I would like to thank you for your positive review. We will always do our best to keep you happy! We hope to see you again very soon :) Best regards, Haijo Le Restaurant manager More
Have dined many times at Sabi Sushi, and they are all top notch quality in ingredients, also reflected in a slightly mid to high range price level. The restaurant is located in the middle of not too charming industrial area Forus, a place you only go to for work and shopping. This quiet little place is great if you need... More
Hey Happydaydreamer, On behalf of Sabi Forus team, I would like to thank you for the nice review. Our location is indeed in the middle of "no where", but as you mentioned above, we make it up by providing top notch food and service. And we have that little "private" feeling. :) We hope to see you again very soon!... More
Excellent sushi, informal atmosphere and pleasant staff. The food is always fresh and nice. Prices are very good for the quality you get.
Hey Audwon, Thank you for the pleasant review. We are happy that you enjoy our food and service. We hope to see you again very soon! Best regards, Haijo Le Restaurant manager More
Good service and food, the price for the food was okay compared with the restaurant prices in the area, So all in all good to super
Hey Jean J, On behalf of the Sabi Forus team, I would like to thank you for your positive review. It makes us very happy that you enjoyed our food and service. Thank you for motivating us to work even harder in the future! Best regards, Haijo Le Restaurant More
I have eaten at Sabi Sushi all over the Stavanger and Sandnes region and this one is the best! The service is as excellent as the food. A special shout out to Monika who goes out of her way to make your visit special and is great with children.
Hi Allison M. Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback/review. We are very happy to hear that you certify the quality of our sushi and service, which we strive on a daily basis to accomplish and maintain through hard work and talented staff members, just like Monica! Please be assured that your feedback already... More
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Travel reviews by Ms P & Mr D on honeymoon
My Aug 2009 trip
On this trip, I visited Namibia between 10-Aug-2009 and 24-Aug-2009 and I travelled with 1 other person.
As a whole and forgetting Doro Nawas it was superb and one of the best if not the best holiday's I've ever had.
I stayed at and have reviewed:
Place | Overall rating |
Okonjima Plains Camp, Namibia 11-Aug-2009 review: Okonjima Main Camp review |
Excellent |
Halali Camp, Namibia 13-Aug-2009 review: Halali Camp review |
Average |
Anderssons Camp, Namibia 14-Aug-2009 review: Anderssons Camp review |
Excellent |
Etendeka Mountain Camp, Namibia 16-Aug-2009 review: Etendeka Mountain Camp review |
Excellent |
Doro Nawas, Namibia 18-Aug-2009 review: Doro Nawas review |
Poor |
Brigadoon, Namibia 20-Aug-2009 review: Brigadoon review |
Excellent |
Rostock Ritz, Namibia 22-Aug-2009 review: Rostock Ritz review |
Excellent |


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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, wants to put Republicans on record about whether the powerful panel should hold hearings on climate change.
Waxman, over the last two years, has publicly asked the committee's GOP leadership to hold hearings on extreme weather, major scientific reports about climate change, temperature data and related topics, but to no avail.
On Wednesday, Waxman hopes to put members to a vote when the committee considers its oversight plan for the 113th Congress, he told The Washington Post in a wider interview on climate policy and political strategy.
"Rep. Rush and I will propose amendments to their plan for the coming Congress to require hearings on these issues. We may be defeated, but to vote against even having hearings? Imagine having that on your record," Waxman said of his plans with Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a top lieutenant.
The committee, under GOP control, has been active on climate change, although not in the way Waxman would prefer.
In the last Congress, the panel – and the full House – approved legislation that would nullify the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, but it did not advance in the Senate.
The GOP-crafted oversight plan for the new Congress calls for fresh attention to EPA regulations that many Republicans and some centrist Democrats contend will be economically harmful.
"The committee will continue to monitor international negotiations on efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions in connection with concerns about global climate change. In addition, the committee will examine the EPA's efforts to regulate domestic greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act based on its endangerment finding. The committee will consider whether such agreements and regulatory efforts are scientifically well grounded," the Oversight plan states.
"The committee will also review the activities undertaken in this area by the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other agencies within the committee's jurisdiction, including efforts to prepare for and respond to weather events and natural disasters in the future," it states.