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This school is a piece of heaven on earth. Great principal, great teachers, and most of all a nurturing environment that allows students to grow academically, socially, and spiritually. Highly recommend to parents that are tired of overcrowded and insensitive schools and want their children to be challenged academically. Both my kids (prek 3 and 4th grade) love going to this school every day.
Kings Christian takes the McKay Scholarship but discriminates faints autistic children. I had a teacher tell me the staff is not trained for autistic children. Flash NEWS neither are Dade County school teachers. After talking to this teacher and principal I realized they have a great deal of misconception towards Autistic children. The principal made it a point to tell me how a former Autistic child would go into tantrums. It was obvious she did not want my high functioning autistic child. Administration and teacher did a fantastic job of STEREOTYPING. A+ for you. I will make it a point to report them to McKay with a possible case of discrimination with a special education lawyer.
I do not like to disagree with the other reviewers but our experience at this school was not very good. The PK3 teacher was not impressive and actually had a detrimental affect ion my child which lasted for several months after we had left the school. Although I do believe their intentions were good I cannot recommend this school for younger children.
Our daughter went to this school for kinder and for first grade. We were ecstatic to find such a wonderful school. The principal, office staff, and teachers are phenomenal. Moreover, the parents are actively involved in this school, which has a lot to do with the fact that they are not only financially invested in their children's lives and future, but they truly desire for their children to reach their potential academically and spiritually. We are very impressed with how well our daughter did academically and on the SAT, but how she grew spiritually. We HIGHLY recommend this school! You should definitely give them a try. You will be very happy with what they have to offer.
I've been to this school for 3 1/2years and have truly loved the Christian atmosphere. this school truly emphasizes a great christian environment. This school is also very great academic wise and has a great staff I highly recommend this school.!!
Me, my wife and both of my daughters love this school, a Real Christian School, family enviroment, excellent theachers and the principal its really engaged to the daily face to face with parents and Kids. I strongly recomend this School.
I'm so glad that God directed me to find this school to my kids. I really love everything in this school. A+++++
A haven for Christian children. The best teachers, great principal, and family atmosphere . It is a jewel !!
I attended KCS from K-3 to 8th grade. I loved all of my teachers and have nothing but wonderful memories. They made learning fun. I hope that when I have children they can attend this school.
I have both my children at KCS. My kids are doing excellently in academics . This is a small school environment and the principal is very involved. I pulled my kids out of Florida Christian to place them here. The environment is outstanding and the education brilliant. My daughter has only 13 children in her 4th grade class. My son has 21 kids in his 8th grade class. The Christian teaching is unbeatable.
I am a former student of KCS. I must say overall, it is an AWESOME A+ school. It offers quality Chrisitan education to their students. I attended KCS's Middle School from 6-8 grade. It trained me well academically and spiritually. People are very friendly, teachers teach well and are also very kind and helpful. I definitely recommend Kings Christian School to all parents and kids from Pk-8. Go KCS Lions forever!
Our oldest graduated from 8th grade at KCS and went on to succeed in a competitive high school where he plays on the varsity basketball team. Our two youngest children are still at KCS. They love their friends and teachers. The school seems to get better every year. Many extra classes are offered in response to students' interests. This year they have a one-on-one program for special needs children. The best thing about this school is its size. The small classes make it difficult for a child to 'slip through the cracks.' The A Beka academic program is excellent. Computer, Spanish, chorus, drama, art, guitar, after school sports and daycare are offered. Students learn in a non-threatening, loving atmosphere. The school supports traditional family values, and it prepares students for the rigorous challenges found in larger, less personal, more competitive schools. This school is a 'well kept secret' worth sharing.
My son has stayed home with me since he was born, he never went to day care or stayed with a babysitter. Therefore choosing the perfect school was very important to me. I went to interviews at the best schools, looking for very specific qualities. A family member recommended me KCS and it has been the best thing to happen to my family. The school has a close family feel to it, as all the teachers including the principal know the child and parent by name. They allow and encourage you to help and volunteer in activities. Their communication level with parents is excellent as they are always informing you of everything going on in the school. The curriculum is very advanced and very effective, you could definitely see the results. If you are looking for a well rounded Christian school KCS is definitely the best option.
This is my son's first year at KCS, and I am very happy with the curriculum and the strong emphasis on the Christian faith being taught in the school. My son is not only being taught how to succeed in academics, but also how to respect others. By the end of his K-3 year he will be able to recognize all his letters, and be able to write his name. It is great to see the excitement and growth in my son. I would recommend KCS to anyone who is looking for a school that really cares about the success of each child academically, and the and growth of character development in each child.
I was recommend to Kings by a family member and a neighbor which he went to Kings and his nephews and daughter also attended. Let me tell you Kings Christian has been a blessing for my two boys. The understanding and the one to one care that we receive is exceptional they all treat each other in the school like a big family I think that it is very important when it comes to the learning and development of a child. My boys even ask me to take them there during summer vacation. I recomend Kings to my friends and family all the time.
Not only am I a parent of two children attending KCS, I am also a proud alumni. The faculty and staff will love your kid and help him/her to develop their full potential. Their curriculum is superior to many schools. When my oldest daughter was in pre-k4, she was already reading and writing in cursive! There is a family atmosphere, as the classes are small, and everyone knows each other. Parent involvement is not only allowed, but strongly encouraged! If you are looking for small class size, loving teachers, Christian values, and a place for you child to be able to grow spiritually and academically, KCS is great! I have nothing but great memories from there, and I'm sure it will be the same for my kids.
I am truly dissapointed with this school. This is not a christian org. that is willing to work with families during their down time.
I am not a parent but I did attend King's 3 years ago and I must say that it was the most informational school I'd ever been to. I was extensively educated in all classes and it's just something about the school that makes everything possible. That special something is in fact the strong roots in a Christian background and there is hope for everyone. Even what one would consider a 'lost case'.
This is a very good elementary school. My kid learned to read by the end of K4. They follow the phonics beka program. Students get very high Elementary SAT scores. PTA parents are very involved. Great christian education.
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The rooms are nice, roomy, very clean, comfortable bed & furniture. Restaurant is pretty with good food. The service was better in the evening than the morning.The kitchen has fridge, MW, sink, coffee maker, but no utensils of any kind. (Kind of tough to open the bottle of wine or beer in the mini fridge) This is our 2nd stay. It is convenient to Cedars-Sinai, and the shopping/dining district in Beverly Hills.Parking is valet only, with nightly fee. I would return/recommend this hotel.
we were in town for medical reasons(surgery) so it was It It was unfortunate that our room was located immediately over the front door and on the floor immediately under the dining room. I am a sound sleeper, but we could hear chairs/tables being dragged across the floor above us.We were there for such a short time after surgery that it wasn't worth requesting a different room.
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The A/C unit for the suite is a wall unit, and the sleeping area is on the opposite end of the suite. If you pull the curtains to make the sleeping area private, then you won't get much air. This is probably a problem only when the weather is really hot. We landed on such a weekend. Also, parking is pretty expensive - about $40 per day for valet or self park. Street parking has limited hours, and it is all meter - so lots if feeding. Also,there are lots of neighborhood restrictions as to where you can park without a permit.
We loved the feel of a small exclusive hotel. Rooms we're clean and the staff was very accommodating. The room service food was very good and not overpriced. This hotel is located in a family neighborhood but after a little exploring found the location to be ideal.
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Hotel is filthy, overpriced, outdated, and staff was not friendly.
Great venue and spacious rooms
The pool area is quite small and it feels like a water amusement park with kids roaming and screaming. Would never book this place, if I didn't come here with kids. Though the upscale pricing and venue, the hotel is a bit run down in many areas.
The front desk staff were so very friendly, polite and helpful. It was very convenient to have a nice restaurant upstairs especially for people arriving in from the airport and you didn't have to wonder about a location of where to eat.
I loved this apartment style hotel. The sun terrace on the roof and the tennis court also was a bonus. The laundry facilities were very useful as was the fitness centre. The use of the garage was a brilliant addition to this fantastic hotel.
I didn't like the fact I left a message asking for crockery for the room and it never turned up. That was the only negative thing I could say about this wonderful place.
Like the hotel as a whole, very comfortable place off the beaten path.
This price should not be so high especially for a place that is so family friendly.
Great location and comfortable neighborhood feel. Staff was great and very helpful.
The location was excellent, close to good restaurants and shopping. Wifi was really good, same password for all devices and complimentary. Parking was convenient. Rooms were spacious and clean. Complimentary coffee was served in the mornings in the lobby, as well as newspapers. Once we requested a taxi to a restaurant very close, the staff took us there with the hotel car. We enjoyed our stay.
Hotel had lost our reservation in their IT renewal but handled it pretty well. Valet parking was slow as only one person taking care of it. Housekeeping did not save the towels even though they were not on the floor, not environmental friendly. The daily hassle with the cutlery request took time as we seldom got those items we requested from the Guest Services. Pool water could be a bit colder to be refreshing.
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Staff were incredibly friendly, remembered my name when I returned to reception, they were very helpful. Room was cleean and had everything I needed. ipod dock was a bonus.
Nice room big size
Just weekend days I couldn't sleep because of the people going upstairs to the pool they were like stepping over my head and a little expensive.
Centralized location. Lots of nice famous restaurants close by. Peaceful hotel environment. Spacious suite.
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Can be noisy depending on which side your room is (front street is noisier).
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A bit expensive for parking.
Where the Hotel was located was excellent and close to everything. The staff were great and polite. Fantastic Pool area.
The room had a Funny smell of Mold and old building which was unbearable. They sprayed something in the room to make it better but after the spray wore off, it was back to the smell.
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DIFF presents awards to Morgan Freeman, Adel Imam, Yash Chopra and the late Mustafa Akkad
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Dubai, December 15, 2005: Hollywood legend Morgan Freeman, Egyptian superstar Adel Imam, Indian cinema doyen Yash Chopra and the late Mustafa Akkad were honoured and presented with awards at a ceremony today during the 2nd Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Welcoming the guests, Neil Stephenson, CEO and Festival Director, said: "In the Spotlight this year, we are honouring film making giants and legends for their impact on world cinema. This is our way of paying tribute to legends from Arab cinema, Indian cinema and Hollywood for their contribution to the movie industry. We think it is fitting that Dubai hosts such a festival using its multi-cultural background and its position at the crossroads of the east and west. We aim to promote a better understanding between the Arab and non-Arab world, the Islamic and non-Islamic world. Our festival has proven that Dubai is an excellent destination for world cinema and that films serve as a medium to cross international cultural bridges."
Neil then invited Raouf Tewfik, the co-programmer of the Festival's In The Spotlight section in Arabic, to present the DIFF award to Egyptian superstar Adel Imam. Tewfik felt proud as an Egyptian, a producer and as a writer to present the award to legendary star Adel Imam. He introduced Imam as the "hugely popular artist amongst Arabs, the only one who can easily claim a place in the hearts of his millions of fans. The king of comedy for over 30 years, Imam has also fought injustice and corruption in movies, aligned himself to social and political issues and remained a true intellectual."
Imam took the stage after a resounding, five-minute applause that reflected his popularity in the Arab world. He said, "In school, I topped the class through elementary school, secondary school and the college of agriculture. My acting used to give my father a lot of problems. He would not give me the keys of the house and every night when I would return late he would have to open the door. One day he asked me why I would come late. I asked him if he ever read the papers and knew how popular his son was. Today I wish my father was here to see that I am in the company of such greats as Morgan Freeman and Yash Chopra. He would have been so proud of me. I thank god for making me an artist, a creator."
"Today terrorism is clouding the world but it is festivals such as these with their international message that can help us reach people. We will continue on our path of creativity to make the world a better place," Adel Imam added.
Hannah Fisher, DIFF Programmer for the Asian section was called upon to honour Indian cinema doyen Yash Chopra. She said, "When DIFF invited me to honour Yash Chopra, I was very thrilled since I have been his great fan and follower. It gives me great pleasure to publicly express what a colossus Chopra is, in India and abroad. His is a producer, writer, director, in short the man who can do everything. His latest achievement is the setting up of his own post production house. He is also the man behind creating the 'angry young man' portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan."
"Chopra is part of the old world charm, the world of love, passion and beauty. His touch is seen in the lush landscapes, beautiful strong women in flowing sarees and the riotious fields of flowers in his films. He does not make movies with a calculator but he believes in making films from the heart. Who would not fall in love with a man who can write, direct and produce such a magnificent film like Veer Zaara?" Fisher presented Chopra with the award to a rousing applause.
He said: "I began as an apprentice almost 54 years ago. I believe in making films on human relations, on love. Because love can never go out of fashion. At this very moment there must be millions of people saying I love you. I always dreamt of having my own studio because I was not satisfied with the environment. Now I have my own studio and it is a dream coming true. I truly believe cinema is the only art today. Anyone can follow a good film; there is no need to know the language. The slogan 'Bridging Cultures, Meeting Minds' is so appropriate for cinema. I want to thank DIFF for the affection I have received here and if there is anything that they need me for, they can count on me to provide support."
Festival director Stephenson said it would take forever to introduce a star with the stature of Morgan Freeman. Three-time Oscar nominee, Freeman received his Best Supporting Actor Academy Award earlier this year for the film Million Dollar Baby. His latest film Edison, starring Kevin Spacey, is part of DIFF's gala selection.
Waiting for the applause to die down, Freeman said: "I would like to thank the Dubai International Film Festival for inviting me and helping me widen my horizons beyond my own reach. This Festival has been such a wonderful opportunity for me and my colleagues in Hollywood to join hands with the east and bridge minds and cultures. I don't have any words and just want to say a heartfelt thank you." The late Mustafa Akkad's son received the Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of his father. He said, "My father would have been very proud to receive this award. With his work and life, he helped create bridges between cultures. He would have been so happy to see himself amongst friends like Adel Imam and distinguished people like Morgan Freeman and Yash Chopra."


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Bruno Mars wasn't even alive in 1974 for the "Rumble in the Jungle," a legendary heavyweight boxing match that took place Africa and pitted Muhammad Ali against then-undefeated world heavyweight champ George Foreman . Even so, the singer's been tapped to help mark the 40th anniversary of that historic fight.
Bruno is the first artist announced for the celebration, called CONGO 14, which will take place simultaneously in Africa and the U.S. and include Congolese, African and international stars performing. It's being organized by the Muhammad Ali Center.
In a statement, the boxing great said, "Forty years later, even though I now have a quieter rumble, I still have great passion for what the fight and its build-up meant to the world. I am proud to have the Muhammad Ali Center be involved in CONGO14 in ways that support growth and harmony for the Congolese people."
Interestingly, a music festival called "Zaire '74" was also held at the same time as the original fight 40 years ago. That event included stars like the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown , "Lean on Me" singer Bill Withers , and the top '70s soul group The Spinners .
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State calls for cleanup of harbor property
Local Blaine marine service business Westman Marine has been added to the state's list of hazardous sites by the state department of ecology (DOE) and given top priority for cleanup.
DOE representative Caitlin Cormier said the business was added to the list in October after soil and water testing, focusing on the marine railway and the boatyard, found heavy metals, petroleum products and solvents at the site. The site was ranked one out of a possible five, the highest priority ranking for cleanup, because of the potential for the pollutants to affect people. "We look at the route it would take to harm someone," she said. "A number one ranking should not be totally alarming, but there is a potential."
The state uses the rankings to prioritize how staff resources are spread over the state's hazardous sites. "The owner is responsible for cleanup but we are here to assist them," Cormier said. "It takes time to get things cleaned up. Remember, it sometimes takes decades to become the mess they are."
Westman Marine owner Bob Gudmundson first heard his business was on the list when he got a call from The Northern Light this week asking about his plans for cleanup. He said he had been told to expect a report in two to three weeks when technicians came to take samples in autumn, 2003, and he hasn't heard anything since. "We knew there was a problem there, but we didn't know what," he said.
When Gudmundson inquired of the DOE why he had not been notified of the ranking, he was told the property owner had received the notification. The property owner is the Port of Bellingham.
Port environmental director Mike Stoner said the port had been testing at the site for several years and had notified DOE that marine sediment was likely contaminated with heavy metals from decades of scraping toxic bottom paint from boats. "If you have a boatyard operating for 50 years you have a good possibility."
Other Blaine properties on the list include a lot owned by planning commissioner Brad O'Neill on the waterfront side of Peace Portal Drive across from the Tesoro station now closed to repair a leaking tank. Petroleum products were found in the soil and it is currently ranked a three, with a ranking of five posing the lowest threat. Also ranked a three is another business at the marina, Blaine Marina Inc. where there has been ongoing efforts to clean up diesel spills since 1990. In Custer, Beacon Battery is ranked a five and is awaiting cleanup.


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The Fed Then And Now – Remembering William McChesney Martin, Jr.Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/21/2014 - 10:32
These days, central banks have become so intertwined with the economy and capital markets that every word uttered by just about any senior Federal Reserve official is endlessly scrutinized to gauge what their next step might be. But it wasn't always like this. There were times when the Fed actively defended the strict independence of monetary policy, as well as the role of free markets in creating prosperity and even preserving civil liberties. And those were the days of William McChesney Martin, Jr.
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Military Plant In East Ukraine Devastated By Massive Explosion; Kiev Accuses Russia Of Using Tactial NukeSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/21/2014 - 09:40
Last night's headlines crowed in bright red flashing text that Russia and Ukraine had (once again) agreed a cease-fire and terms over the borders between the two nations. Perhaps not surprisingly, mere hours later, Ukraine is claiming that Russia has broken the truce... with the use of a tactical nuclear weapon at Luhansk airport. This comes on the heels of claims by the pro-Russia separatists that Kiev forces destroyed a massive military plant in Donetsk. Russia's defense ministry flatly denies the 'nuclear strikes' adding that "no reasonable person will take them seriously." This truce-breaking action has once again raised calls among Ukrainians for the nation to get its nuclear status back; something Russia is clearly strongly against.
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The Big Picture For Gold And SilverSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 22:32
With precious metals back at 4-year lows against a backdrop of gold migration from west to east, paper vs physical divergences, 'disappearing' Comex positions, dark pools in London, collateral grabs, and massive monetary policy extremist actions; we thought the following two presentations worth considering. Tocqueville's John Hathaway delves into the darker corners of today's gold markets while Mike Maloney reminds us of the big picture behind gold and silver as wealth insurance. The failure of a monetary system is never a smooth road - it is rocky and undulating, with twists and turns that don't appear on any map. But the destination is always without question, despite suppression efforts: Gold will inevitably respond to an expanding fiat currency supply. That simple.
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Russia FinMin Calls For Shift Away From US Treasurys Into BRIC Bonds, Settlement In Non-Dollar CurrenciesSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 21:43
it was Russia's finance minister Anton Siluanov who was the designated "bad guy", and as the WSJ reported, Russia is considering diversifying its debt portfolio away from countries that have imposed sanctions on Moscow and into the papers of its BRICS partners. Speaking on the sidelines of an annual investment forum in the Black Sea town of Sochi, Mr. Siluanov said the Finance Ministry wants to diversify its investment basket, and is looking for higher yields without too much risks. He said the ministry will consider buying papers issued by Brazil, India, China and South Africa, which along with Russia are known collectively as the Brics countries. "[We would like to] walk away from investing in papers of the countries that impose sanctions against us," Mr. Siluanov said, adding that the reshuffle would be carried out gradually. He didn't elaborate on when the first purchases of Brics debt may take place.
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Saturday Humor: iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S5Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 20:44
As untold millions unwrap their shiny new iPhone 6's this weekend, we thought the following would be useful for some context...
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The Decline Of America's Economic Model In 1 Simple ChartSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 20:17
"You can't eat GDP, and you can't live in a rising stock market" is the striking phrase from NY Times' Neil Irwin as he offers the most damning chart of the decline of America's Economic Model (and dream). As we have explained vociferously, the most important thing to understand about today's economy is: Around 1999, growth in the United States economy stopped translating to growth in middle-class incomes. The choice, by Greenspan and carried on by his followers, was to enable the financialization of the US economy for the benefit of the few, at the cost of the many. As Irwin concludes, and we explained previously, Americans feel disappointed by the economy; the new data show that they have good reason.
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Summarizing Obama's ISIS Strategy Endgame (In 1 Cartoon)Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 19:28
Presented with liitle comment aside to ask "who could have seen 'that' coming?"
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Greenspan's "Irrational Exuberance" Warning In ContextSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 18:33
As the marginal investing bot continues to invest his marginal leveraged dollar-on-the-sideline on an equity market that, as Janet Yellen has explained to the poor, will create a "wealth effect" to sustain everyone through rainy days and retirement, we thought some context worthwhile. On December 5th 1996, Alan Greenspan - upon the recognition that equity market capitalization has bubbled to over 100% of nominal GDP - opined that investors had succumbed to "irrational exuberance." Since then, that 'exuberance' has become increasingly rational as the Fed pulls all its monetary-base expanding, deficit-funding, asset-purchases to keep the American Dream alive for a select (and shrinking) few...
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Meanwhile, Here's What The "Super-Rich" Are Rushing To BuySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 17:44
If you said shares of BABA, you'd be wrong. According to the Telegraph, the exodus out of paper wealth and into hard assets is reaching a fever pitch as the "super-rich are looking to protect their wealth through buying record numbers of "Italian job" style gold bars, according to bullion experts." The numbers cited by the paper are impressive: the number of 12.5kg gold bars being bought by wealthy customers has increased 243% so far this year, when compared to the same period last year, said Rob Halliday-Stein founder of BullionByPost. "These gold bars are usually stored in the vaults of central banks and are the same ones you see in the film 'The Italian Job'," added David Cousins, bullion executive from London based ATS Bullion.
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GDP Watch: Summer 2014 Was World's Warmest EverSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 17:01
Since weather has become the most crucial factor in forecasting economic growth, we thought it crucial to the future of central bank policy to note that Summer 2014 was officially the hottest one ever, according to NOAA. This of course means there is "pent-up" cold weather, which may explain the collapse in global growth expectations. However, this chatter about heat may surprise Americans (aside from those that live in the Western States) as the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. were running cooler than normal (thus concerns about growth). According to NOAA's records, this is the 38th consecutive August and 354th consecutive month with a global average temperature above the 20th century average.
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AP Reveals 8 Ways Obama's "Most Transparent Administration Ever" Blocks InformationSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 16:08
"We have put in place the toughest ethics and transparency laws of any administration in history," President Obama proclaimed four short years ago... However, as AP Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee said recently, the fight for access to public information has never been harder, and in fact, the problem extends across the entire federal government and is now trickling down to state and local governments. Here is Buzbee's list of eight ways Obama's "most transparent" administration is making it hard for journalists to find information and cover the news...
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Fear And Loathing In Scotland – Why The "NO"s Won & Lessons Learned From The VoteSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 15:23
8 in 10 "Yes" voters said they were motivated more by 'hope' than 'fear'. 6 in 10 "No" voters said they were motivated by 'fear' of independence and the "No" vote was almost entirely secured by overwhelming support from those aged above 55. So in a nutshell, old people filled with fear blocked independence. Going forward, the older generation problem will naturally resolve itself. So we know that the youth will be deciding the future. Thus, the real question becomes, what will influence the youth?
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Shocking Anti-Islam Ad Campaign Coming To New York City Buses And SubwaysSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 14:32
In a move that is certain to further escalate already stretched racial tensions in America's most cosmopolitan city, some 100 New York City buses will soon carry jarring anti-Islamic posters which feature photos of an ISIS beheading victim, his alleged executioner, Adolf Hitler, declare "Yesterday's moderate [Muslim] is today's headline" and proclaim "It's not Islamophobia, it's Islamorealism" as part of an "educational campaign." According to the NY Daily News, the ads, paid for by flame-throwing blogger Pamela Geller, at a cost of $100,000, are intended as an "education campaign" to warn of the "problem with jihad" and Islamic sharia law, Geller said.
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France Releases Video Of Its First Airstrike Against ISISSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 13:45
In order to do prove its undying commitment to the US, moments ago the French Defense Ministry took a page right out of the Pentagon/CNN playbook, and released footage of French warplanes striking targets belonging to the Islamic State after taking off from an airbase. Paris announced earlier this week it was taking part in military air strikes against the militant group in Iraq. The video shows a pilot inspecting his aircraft, a French Rafale, before takeoff. The footage also shows several craft being refueled in mid-flight as well as infrared shots of the targets being bombed.
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1 In 4 Americans Want Their State To Secede From The USSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2014 - 11:15
With all eyes firmly fixed on Europe's secessionist movements (most notably Scotland and Catalan), the growing tensions in America took a back seat for a moment. But, as Reuters reports, a recent poll found one-in-four Americans want their state to secede from The US with men more secessionist than women and the Southwest most aggrieved. By the evidence of the poll data as well as these anecdotal conversations, the sense of aggrievement is comprehensive, bipartisan, somewhat incoherent, but deeply felt. As Martin Armstrong warns, "Civil unrest is coming to America sooner than you think. This will ignite old feelings of discontent across both religion and race in America."
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One heck of a drive is an under statement. I had my tickets to the American Carnage Tour in Nashville (Jan 31, 2010) and the concert was cancelled. I had in my hand a ticket to see my two favorite bands, Slayer and Megadeth. I live about 3 hours from Phoenix now and I think Im going to make another attempt at seeing them.. have been to a show in about 20 years.


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Jim Innis of Argo High School in Summit, IL was named the Chicago Bears High School "Coach of the Week" for Week 5.
Innis led Argo to a 36-28 win over Thornton Fractional North High School last Friday, September 27, improving the Argonauts record to 5-0 on the year. One more victory will guarantee Argo its first state playoff appearance since 2001, and its third in school history. Argo's current record assures the team a winning season in 2013, marking just the fifth time since 1974 that the school has finished above .500. Innis is in his 26th season as head coach of the Argonauts.
Coach Innis will be invited to the Bears vs. Packers game on Sunday, December 29 and will be recognized during an on-field ceremony. He will also receive a framed certificate and attend a Bears practice and "chalk-talk" at Halas Hall with his fellow 2013 "Coach of the Week" honorees.
The Chicago Bears "Coach of the Week" program is in its 18th season. The program honors outstanding Illinois high school coaches who develop players' football skills and knowledge, character, leadership, discipline and teamwork abilities. Other criteria considered include unique coaching methodology, school and community support, volunteerism and, most importantly, contributions to players' long-term success on and off the field.
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A Taxing System for Foreign Accounts
Voices, October 12, 2010
Financial firms probably were hoping the Internal Revenue Service would make it easy for them to comply with new legislation on disclosing and withholding tax on U.S. customers buying foreign securities.
They didn't get their wish.
There may be a way to solve the problem, through serious, comprehensive tracking systems. But you had better get started now, to get ready. This is the timeline.
In August, the IRS came out with initial guidelines for complying with the newly enacted Foreign Tax Compliance Act. Securities firms have until November 1 to comment on how to implement FATCA.
That's the legislation that emerged after thousands of offshore accounts were shut down by some banks under pressure from the U.S. Treasury. In August, the US finally dropped legal action against investment bank UBS now that Swiss authorities have turned over more than 2,000 names of Americans who kept secret offshore accounts with it.
The IRS' guidelines are still pretty incomplete, say legal experts. They don't change anything in the legislation so clients should get their operations and technology ducks in a row. The legislation takes effect January 1, 2013. Now's the time to start putting in budget requests and getting ready.
Here is FATCA in a nutshell: Financial firms need to sign an agreement with the IRS and be officially designed "foreign financial institutions" to be able to serve Americans abroad.
Such an "FFI" must annually disclose the identities of direct and indirect US investors in foreign assets and consent to external auditing. The banks likely have not stored all of this information, and if they have, it is in multiple databases which don't communicate with each other. Current U.S. tax laws require the U.S. investor to disclose any accounts in foreign assets or voluntarily report any income earned on such accounts. Naturally, that does not always happen.
If the foreign institution agrees to be a participating FFI, then its investors will be subject to current domestic tax withholding obligations. However, the FFI must identify all U.S. investors it serves. If the foreign financial institution doesn't agree to be a participating FFI, it will be subject to a blanket 30 percent FATCA withholding tax on dividend and interest payments as well as gross proceeds when shares are sold.
Left unanswered is what firms are on the list of institutions which will be exempt from the legislation. Also unknown is how tax withholding agents such as custodian banks should determine which foreign banks or institutions have approved status as a foreign financial institution.
What should banks, brokerage firms and hedge funds do in the meantime? Here are steps experts recommend:
Get organized. Create a working group of operations, technology, tax and compliance experts to determine FATCA's impact on major business functions such as recordkeeping, tax accounting, customer "on-boarding" and overall staffing.
Get clear. Review tax withholding systems to determine if they can be modified to withhold a 30 percent FATCA tax on income and gross proceeds for banks which don't sign up with the IRS to become FFIs.
Identify customers. Review core customer data systems to determine how U.S. account holders will be identified. Financial intermediaries will be required to track down and report information on direct and indirect U.S. investors in all of their branch offices which typically keep records in separate databases.
Identify assets. These databases are divided by type of investment such as equities or fixed-income products or by country. On average, a global bank could have at least a dozen or so repositories holding information about their customers and the information may be inconsistent and even incorrect, .says Cyrus Daftary, a partner in the law firm of Burt Staples & Maner
Identify potential legal issues. Do bank secrecy laws prohibit disclosure of U.S. accounts? Does local law allow the foreign bank to shut down an investor's account, if it doesn't obtain a waiver from the customer to disclose its identity to the IRS?
Communicate with customers. Determine how to explain the provisions of the legislation to existing and new U.S. customers.
Communicate with suppliers. For fund administrators and transfer agent banks, determine how to communicate the provisions of the legislation to any hedge funds or investment funds serviced and find out if these funds will become participating FFIs. For foreign banks servicing corporate accounts, this means finding out whether the corporation has U.S. shareholders owning more than a 10 percent stake, says Mike Wade, director of capital markets technology for Deloitte & Touche in Richmond, Virginia.
The pricetag: Wade says his clients estimate they will need to spend anywhere from $100 million to $500 million upfront to change withholding tax systems, customer data systems and create data aggregation platforms to collect information from multiple applications.
The cost will depend on just how many different business lines the firm has. "The larger global banks with investment banking, asset servicing and trading desks will have the highest costs in collecting information from multiple units and databases," says Wade.
There is some technological relief at hand. Markit, a New York- and London-based firm specializing in financial information and post-trade processing, and Compliance Technologies International in Boston say they are enhancing an electronic system created in 2008. This system allows fund managers to share tax information about U.S. and non-U.S. investors to withholding agents in an automated fashion. That Web service, called Document Exchange, will allow the underlying beneficial owners of the funds to provide their information electronically. This negates the need to collect the necessary tax forms in paper.
"Fund managers will only have to provide one set of documents for their investors instead of, say, 20. And banks could look up the information in a single location," says Lansing Gatrell, director of Markit's Document Exchange in New York. He expects the IRS by year-end to approve Markit's request for a memorandum of understanding for its electronic system, which will be upgraded to comply with FATCA after the final IRS guidance is released.
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RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Home sales were up slightly in November for the Northern part of the state.according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. That bucks the trend for the rest of the state.which saw an overall dip in sales for November.
Marquette University economist David Clark says median price increases were also high, at over 8 percent in the north. "It may well be that your typical home as appreciated in value. But it also may mean that the types of homes that sold this year compared to November of last year are somehow qualitatively different. Maybe they're in more desirable locations, maybe they're bigger homes.
The year-to-date picture is slightly less rosy.northern home sales and median prices are still up from the year before, but are lagging behind the state as a whole. "Our growth rate wasn't quite as high for the first 11 months compared to the state. And the median prices, while they were still up, didn't go up quite as much as the statewide total." Median prices are up 2.6 percent for the northern region.compared to 2012. Sales volume is up almost seven percent.
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Two people involved in a deadly multi-vehicle wreck last week filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the teen driver police say caused the wreck, and the teen's father.
The crash happened last Tuesday at the intersection of Bailey Cove and Weatherly Road in South Huntsville.
Police say 18-year-old Gunner Scarano hit a van and caused a chain reaction.
According to the suit, the van hit the vehicle Amy Creech and Bailey Douglas were in. It also claims Scarano's truck then hit Creech's vehicle on the passenger side.
"Everybody is listening to this story, the folks that were
involved that witnessed it and everybody wants to know what happened," said
Jeremiah Hodges, he is representing Creech and Douglas. "Everybody wants to know what was going on
with this young man and filing suit is one way to try and get that information.
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The plaintiffs claim Scarano was driving at a high rate of
speed and failed to slow down.
"If the 18-year-old was negligent then there is a claim to
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alcohol or a medical condition or whatever the facts may be that's his issue."
According to court documents, Creech and Douglas suffered
severe personal injuries.
The plaintiffs name Scarano's father, Richard, in the suit,
claiming he negligently entrusted his son with the vehicle.
"The negligent entrustment part of the case that's filed
against who we believe to be the father, that's really more of an issue if the
18-year-old shouldn't have been allowed or shouldn't have been placed in a
position where he was negligent where he was driving," said Hodges.
They're seeking compensation for medical bills and property
"In every civil action where there is an accident involved
the plaintiff's lawyer will sue for compensatory damages: their out of pocket
expenses, medical bills, pain and suffering but they generally also sue for
punitive damages," said Attorney Mark McDaniel.
"Those are damages awarded by a jury to punish to send a message to the
No charges have been filed against Gunner at this time.
Police did take Scarano's blood for testing. They are still waiting on the results.
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Develop healthy skepticism toward search traffic statistics, and be ready to dig deeper to get a more comprehensive picture.
A popular speaker, pressed for time, asked her assistant for a quick statistical rundown of her audience for an upcoming presentation. She uses this data to help shape her speeches to appeal to the average attendee.
She asked for the average age, income, and educational level of audience members, which her assistant (who was also overworked) promptly provided.
The average age of the attendees was about 36. Average income was about $30,000, much less than she expected and much less than the typical audience for her speeches. The educational level was also lower expected, with the average attendee having slightly lower than a high school diploma.
So she worked diligently to retool her speech to accommodate this audience. When the day came, she was horrified to read the fine print: she would be speaking to a group of retired CEOs and their young grandchildren.
The retirees, many of whom had advanced degrees, were mostly living on investments and nest eggs. Most of their grandchildren were in the second or third grade.
The moral isn't hard to grasp. Be wary of search traffic statistics, and be ready to dig deeper to get a more comprehensive picture. The time spent adjusting to data you believe to be true is sometimes better spent confirming or disproving your instincts. And nowhere is this more important than in Web analytics.
Be Wary of Averages
As the anecdote above suggests, don't assume averages tell the whole story. Search traffic data is tricky; some data charts (e.g., search engine referrals vs. time of day) appear as a traditional bell curve, while others (such as frequency of referring keyword) have a large head and long tail. On some sites I've worked on, length of referring keyword phrase appears as a U-shaped valley, in others as a Bactrian camel hump.
In two of these three cases, you'd be foolish to assume the average value speaks for a majority of data points. In general, your time is well spent plotting some data before you assume you know how the data behave.
Will the Real Referrer Please Stand Up?
Because each Web analytics package measures traffic differently, some suites are good at discerning between the various services offered by major engines and some aren't. Most packages can divide organic and PPC (define) traffic, but within the organic referrals you'll sometimes see a mishmash of traffic from Google, Yahoo, and MSN services like these:
At a minimum, read through your analytics suite's documentation to ensure search traffic numbers are assigned to the correct campaign.
Living and Dying by the Page View
It's no one's fault, but site owners are conditioned to rely on certain Web metrics as an indicator of search campaigns' success or failure.
Ultimately, conversion tracking is the single most important metric in your analytics suite. But along the conversion path, we watch other numbers as well. Page views have long been one of the Web's most reliable measurements. But because of technologies like AJAX (define), Flash, and RSS, a site can perform at engines better than ever and users can spend as much (or more) time on your site than ever before, but the page view count won't reflect it. Page views rely on Web 1.0's click-and-wait model. In last fall's "Pageviews are Obsolete," Evan Williams articulated it perfectly:So what's a better measurement? Good question. Like many good questions, the answer is "it depends." If you're talking about what's important to pay attention to on your own site, you have to determine what your primary success criteria are and measure that as best you can. For some sites, that could be subscribers, or paying users, or revenue, or widgets deployed, or files uploaded, or what have you. It may even be pageviews.
Sites with an income model that relies on excellent search engine positioning and subsequent page views must be especially diligent in showing potential advertisers a true picture of the site's user experience. Whether it's shifting the influence of time spent on a site, adding script-based click tracking to internal AJAX applications, or something entirely different, a multifaceted approach to Web measurement is becoming more and more important for Web monetization.
Exit Points and Bounce Rates
Whether you choose to believe it or not, your site has a 100 percent bounce rate. Eventually, every user who visits -- whether from organic search, PPC, or even a "Favorites" folder -- will leave it. So when you view an exit page report and see large numbers next to various URLs, don't despair right away. The numbers must add up to 100 percent!
Important questions to ask are:
If different types of referrers tend to send traffic that leaves the site at different points, contrast what the organic visitor sees with what the PPC and e-mail visitor see. Though most of us are getting used to plotting the conversion rates of organic, PPC, and other types of traffic, few people are accustomed to watching exit points by referral type.
If too many visitors leave from a page that's only halfway through your ideal conversion funnel, it's time to explore why that happened and change it. But if their exit page answered the question posed by their search query string, chances are they left satisfied. The remaining question is whether you're satisfied with them leaving so soon. Depending on your revenue model, you may be completely satisfied.
Film director Billy Wilder had this to say about evaluating feedback: "An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark -- that is critical genius."
I'm not advocating you consider your site's users to be imbecilic. But Wilder's observation has some application to Web site analysis. When the audience laughed, did everyone really think it was funny, or was it just two really loud guys at opposite ends of the auditorium?
Sometimes those things sound the same, but they're not.
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