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This is a write up from bracket predcitions from the TAMU vs FSU game...FSU won 57-50 in a defensive game
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The Aggies won't wow you with their offensive attack, as sophomore Khris Middleton (14.4 ppg) and junior David Loubeau (11.6 ppg) are the only two players who average double figures. While Middleton has shown the ability to be a difference maker, the Aggies are at their best when they move the ball around to get good shots.
Defensively, the Aggies were a strong unit, allowing just 61 points per game this season. They play a physical man-to-man defense that gets the job done, but they lack a true dominant defender in the paint.
Texas A&M finished with an overall record of 24-8 and were 10-6 in Big 12 play. The Aggies beat Missouri twice and Kansas State once, but failed in three attempts against the top teams in Texas and Kansas, including a 70-58 loss to Texas in the Big 12 Tournament.
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Pray Big for Your Child helps parents unleash the power of praying Scripture for their children. It opens the door for bold, audacious prayers that change lives. This book includes a powerful thirty-one-day prayer guide and twelve around-the-clock reminders to help parents pray for their children throughout the day. Pray Big for Your Child teaches parents how to confidently use the most effective parenting resource available--prayer.
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I would recommend Gackt.
He has very good songs i.e "Junigatsu ai no uta" or in English "December Love Song"
Gackt-junigatsu ai no uta
Though he is Jpop,he is also Jrock aswell.
...Don't FALL for his face,he's made of plastic D:<
Mika Nakashima is a good artist. She plays Nana in the movie adaptation of Ai Yazawa's manga, Nana.
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I would recommend Gackt.
He has very good songs i.e "Junigatsu ai no uta" or in English "December Love Song"
Gackt-junigatsu ai no uta
Though he is Jpop,he is also Jrock aswell.
...Don't FALL for his face,he's made of plastic D:<
Become a wind, unfathomable distress. I'll hold back your loneliness.
My god!! Can you be less specific!? Theres just so many great artists out there!!
As for what I can recommend:
-L'Arc-en-Ciel: You might know them from "Full Metal Alchemist"s 2nd OP, "READY STEADY GO!!"
-Gackt: I only know them thanx to SquareEnix's "FFVll:AC -Dirge of Cerberus". Somethimes you find a great artist(s) through unexpected places.
-JAM Project: OK, if you love anime than you should've atleast heard one of their songs.
-High and Mighty Color
-Orange Range: Heard some questionable rumors about them recently...not sure whats going on. ^^;
-Asian Kung-fu Generation
...and the list goes on.
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I am a big fan of Kotoko's work. She has a lot of songs for anime op. and end. themes.
You might want to try Re-sublimity and Suppuration Core.
'Cause you give me something / That makes me scared, alright / This could be nothing / But I'm willing to give it a try / Please give me something
'Cause someday I might call you from my heart
well i dont really care what i listen to just as sounds good....im not to picky about it.
Tanks zyta
i really must repeat myself and reccomend Gackt and T.M. Revolution.
"You will only have eyes for Me!"
i used to say that when i started to listening music that I didnt understand, but it turned myself into someone who want to learn more languages as possible...
anyway.. if you dont know any thing about Jpop, I mean only JPOP, you have to start to pain antention to the OPs and ENDINGs of all anime that you have been watching coz you will find a lot of Jpop artists otherwise, you just have to go to YouTube and write "Jpop"
but I'll give u my little list
KAT-TUN- YouTube
Orange Range- YouTube
Namie Amuro- YouTube
YUI- YouTube
Rie- FuYouTube
These are my favs
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A: Murky and sunny golden in color. Creamy white head settles to a thin cape wispy lacing.
S: A striking tropical medley greets the nose. Pineapple and juicy peach, apricot, kiwi, tangerine and clementine. It's hard to tell where the hops end and the esters begin. Slight doughy yeast and a whiff of black pepper. Faint brush of alcohol. Sweet and honeyed malt.
T: The same juicy tropical melange leads the way. Pineapple, peach, apricot, tangerine, mango, clementine. Tea-like herbal bitterness as well. Leafy and earthy hop dimension builds underneath the tropical flavors. Malt base is sweet and honeyed. Earthy Belgian yeast. Peppery. Spicy alcohol counters the sweetness. Bitter, oily hops pick it up on the quickly drying finish and bring the balance full-circle.
M: Medium bodied with a slick malty feel. Biting carbonation lifts it off the palate for an airy texture. Lightly grating hop astringency. Robust warming alcohol sensation.
O: There's a great balance of flavors here, with malt, hops, yeast, and alcohol all contributing. Vibrant and juicy tropical notes brought by both big esters and hops provide the focal point. Spicy and peppery yeast and alcohol add a lot of depth and complexity. It ends up being more of a sipper with the big alcohol warmth slowing things down, but this one is both fun and contemplative at the same time.
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S: Obvious Belgian yeast, not much else
T: The Belgian is here, but I am not sure about the IPA, there are obviously hops here, a nice bitterness, but not as much flavor/aroma hops as I would prefer. The malts are awesome, makes me think of a nice pils base with a little bit of light caramel malt. The yeast has produced a lot of spiciness, very Belgian.
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Bowen seizes his enemy's keep, unprepared for the brooding and reclusive woman who captures his heart. He's enchanted by her fierce determination, her unusual beauty, and her quiet, unfailing strength. But wooing her will take more than a seasoned seducer's skill. For loving Genevieve, he discovers, means giving her back the freedom that was stolen from her—even if it means losing her forever.
In book 1 we read about Ian McHugh. He was, in three words or less, a "big ole bastard". Seriously, that man was demented. Now that he's gone the Armstrong and Montgomery families have now banded together and 4 of their sons have descended upon the McHugh Keep and have found it in desperate straights. Patrick McHugh, Ian's father and the true laird, has deserted his clan in fear and has taken most of their stores with them. The remaining McHugh's are fearful but also belligerent to the new laird, who is Bowen Montgomery.
When they first arrive they meet Genevieve McInnes. They just know her as Genevieve and that she was Ian's whore. She was however, kidnapped and kept as Ian's prisoner. He raped her repeatedly and even cut her face so that no one else would want her. To say that Genevieve has emotional issues is to put it mildly. Bowen, however, sees a woman who is strong for having put up with not only the horrors of Ian but also the extreme disdain and hatred from the rest of the clan. When the keep is attacked and Genevieve becomes fierce in battle she's thought of even less. Again Bowen comes to her defense.
On top of those issues then there's the part she played in the kidnapping of Eveline in book one that Bowen may come to terms with, but Eveline's husband, Graeme, isn't too about. The decision for Bowen, after he falls in love with Genevieve, is to keep her and make himself happy or send her home and make her happy. Not an easy decision.
This was a very emotional read. Reading about Genevieve's experiences was quite hard and pretty heartbreaking. There was yet another incident in the story that Genevieve had to deal with and that was pretty scary as well. I really liked Genevieve and the strength she showed throughout the story.
Bowen was a man with a huge heart. He saw the good in Genevieve almost from minute one and I loved that about him. He didn't judge, he just opened himself up to listening and for a medieval man to do that was awesome. He even ended up thinking of Genevieve's feelings before his own and that made me love him even more.
Overall it was a good book and I enjoyed reading it. I didn't like it quite as much as book one but that would have been pretty hard to top. :) I can't wait to for the next book to see who's paired up next. I'm really enjoying this series!
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Good news for women in politics: Most Americans are unlikely to discount your expertise regarding national security simply because you're female.
Abstract gender stereotypes do not impact people's decision to vote for female candidates "in any meaningful way," according to research published this month in Political Research Quarterly.
"Beyond the interplay between political party and stereotypes in shaping evaluations of women candidates, these data provide little evidence that people take any traditional gender stereotypes they may hold and translate them directly into a decision to vote for or against a woman candidate," Kathleen Dolan of the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee explained in her study.
Previous research has found that voters tend to believe men are experts on crime, economic, national security, and immigration policy, while women are experts on education, child care, health care, and abortion issues. Male politicians are also stereotyped as being divisive and assertive, while female politicians are stereotyped as being compassionate and consensus-builders.
But whether these traditional gender stereotypes affected the evaluation of individual real-life candidates remained unclear.
For her study, Dolan surveyed 3,150 adults in the run up to the 2010 elections, when a record number of women ran for office.
She found gender stereotypes had no significant impact on the evaluations of individual female candidates, with one exception. Those who held traditional gender stereotypes evaluated female Democratic House candidates as less competent regarding stereotypical "men's issues." Female Republican House candidates, on the other hand, were seen as just as competent as their male opponents regarding stereotypical "men's issues." The fact that Republicans are typically perceived as strong on national security and crime likely blunted the effect of female stereotypes.
Along with examining the relationship between gender stereotypes and candidate evaluations, Dolan also examined whether stereotypes influenced vote choice. But again, she found little evidence that gender stereotypes had a significant impact on who people decided to vote for. The candidate's political affiliation, however, was consistently the most important factor.
Like any study, Dolan's research is limited in scope. In her study, she warned against interpreting the findings too broadly. Though gender stereotypes don't appear to be a major influence on people in the voting booth, it possible that stereotypes "exert an influence on other stages of the electoral process," Dolan wrote in her study.
"While it is clear that the analysis presented here suggests a need for more nuanced thinking about the potential power of abstract gender stereotypes in American politics, nothing about this project seeks to make the claim that gender no longer matters to the fate of women candidates," she explained.
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This is a great route that tests a lot of alpine skills. I believe the route changes drastically depending on snow coverage. The traverse can obviously be done from the North Brother to the South, or vice versa. There is a lot of information out there on the south-north route, I did the north-south and am pretty convinced it's the way to go.
Either way you are traversing, the approach is identical to that for the South Brother. Hike on the very friendly trail past Lena Lake, and continue on toward the Brothers. Where the trail reaches some flat campsites around 6 miles in, cross the creek and head west. Here several trails split and then rejoin back together. Navigate a slide meadow and a burn scar as you head north and uphill. Continue up the wide gulley until about 5500 feet, then decide which direction you're going.
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Pavilions And Pools - Villa 121 is a private, peaceful and picturesque villa that awaits you and your loved ones here on the East End of beautiful St. Thomas, VI . Take a private leisurely swim, enjoy the ocean view or head out to one of our world famous beaches just minutes away. Enjoy the abundance of nature right outside your door while you reconnect and...
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With a stay at Magens Point Resort in St. Thomas, you'll be on the beach and convenient to Magens Bay and Blackbeard's Castle. This beach resort is within close proximity of Mahogany Run Golf Course and Drake Seat. Make yourself at home in one of the 52 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have private lanais...
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With a stay at Mafolie Hotel in St. Thomas (Mafolie), you'll be minutes from Blackbeard's Castle and Emancipation Garden. This hotel is within close proximity of Haagensen House and Beracha Veshalom Vegimulth Hasidim Synagogue. Make yourself at home in one of the 22 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Satellite television is pro...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 167 reviews
Excellent 9.0
The view from our room over the harbor was outstanding. We loved our stay. The staff was extremely helpful for checking in late to suggesting the right ferry to get. I definitely recommend this hotel.
Good 8.0
Superb view of Charlotte Amalie and the harbour. Very clean and well maintained. Staff helpful and engaging.
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Overall Rating - Good - 991 reviews
Good 8.0
The customer service was amazing
NoClean friendly hotel w a beautiful view
Excellent 10.0
The atmosphere & friendly people made our stay inviting at the Marriott.
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A stay at Tropic Leisure Club at Magens Point Resort places you in the heart of St. Thomas, convenient to Magens Bay and Blackbeard's Castle. This beach condominium resort is within close proximity of Mahogany Run Golf Course and Drake Seat. Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Ro...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 3 reviews
Excellent 10.0
I just returned home from a seven day stay at this resort --It was a fabulous vacation--the closeness of the beach (Megans Bay walking distance) the cleanliness of the resort --the staff --day trips--the spa--the pool-- all top notch I will definately be a return guest. The little general store there just opened on Friday and I was impressed with the owner and the stock --I found member services helpful, accessable, and friendly the front desk crew was also top notch as was the housekeeping staff. They have a spa on site which has just about everything you could want from a spa. The tennis courts were open and the pool was absolutely grand! I would reccomend this resort to anyone who loves the water and all the activities it offers.
Good 8.0
Very nice resort friendly staff.Close to magans bay with a breath taking view.Great happy hour for drinks and snacks.
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Our St. Thomas beachfront resort has everything you need for a relaxing vacation in the tropics, including a great location and competitive rates. US Virgin Islands hotels are situated in paradise, and our Emerald Beach Resort is designed to make your vacation memorable. Hotels near St. Thomas Airport allow for easily catching flights, and we understand tha...
Overall Rating - Good - 71 reviews
Good 8.0
Convenience to Airport and right on the beach
Late check in time and concierge opens late. Also food prices a little expensive and not compatible for kids.Good experience
Good 8.0
It is on emerald beach, doesnt get better! Right next to the airport but the noise (Didn't happen often) is worth the view in this paradise!
Beware of taxi drivers, some like to over charge. 5-10 $ per person is the most we paid, depends where you are going.
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With a stay at Bunker Hill Hotel in St. Thomas (Charlotte Amalie), you'll be minutes from Haagensen House and Emancipation Garden. This property is within close proximity of Beracha Veshalom Vegimulth Hasidim Synagogue and St. Thomas Synagogue. Make yourself at home in one of the 15 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you...
Overall Rating - Good - 99 reviews
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Overall Rating - Excellent - 193 reviews
Excellent 10.0
The service and beauty of the resort
LocationIt was a beautiful hotel with well maintained gardens. The location is not ideal as one must have a rental car or taxi to go anywhere off the property.
Excellent 10.0
The additional amenities, fitness classes, staff, beachfront.
Mandatory $55 resort fee each night when we were essentially only there 1 day - the resort fee was $55 each night + an additional $14 on the day we left (at 7am). We were never able to access the shops at all because of their business hours.
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With a stay at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort in St. Thomas, you'll be close to Bluebeards Beach and Fort Christian. This all-inclusive resort is within close proximity of Mangrove Lagoon and Morningstar Beach. Make yourself at home in one of the 62 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Rooms have private patios. Satellite television is provided for your...
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Excellent 9.0
proximity to the beach... as in, right on the beach. The available amenities (the dive shop crew were great and the bar staff definitely took care of you). 3 great restaurants on the property.
bring bug spray... internet speeds not the best, but you're not going to get great speeds anywhere on the island, unless you pay for it.
Excellent 10.0
The easy access to the beach
The walls were thinIIt was a good location with easy access to a pool,restaurants and beach activities
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The BEST WESTERN Carib Beach Resort is ideal for vacationers and business guests alike. A St. Thomas landmark, our resort is just a quick five minute walk to the airport, or Lindbergh Bay Beach. Duty-free shopping and downtown St. Thomas are a short two and a half miles away. With sweeping views of the Caribbean Sea and scenic Lindbergh Bay, our resort of...
Overall Rating - Good - 59 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Hotel was excellent!!!
Booked this through here which directed me to Priceline who held my $$ on a "credit hold" & I had to pay at hotel again upon check out. Guess Priceline has been doing this. I have since paid twice for this hotel and still waiting on Priceline to settle this. BTW the price with Priceline was much higher than what I paid directly on hotel lobby. SMH Shame on you Priceline.
Poor 1.0
Walking distance from airport
No real beach; it was man made about 5 sq. ft. no free breakfast; but free parking; poor food options for delivery; hotel restaurant 1 star.paid for hotel for Sunday - Thursday; left early on Tuesday. Housekeeping was selfish and rude when we asked for extra towels, like they were rationing them out. Husband needed refrigerator for medication and we were given a Styrofoam cooler with holes in the bottom of it.
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With a stay at Sugar Bay Resort & Spa in St. Thomas (Frydendal), you'll be minutes from Coki Beach and Coral World Ocean Park. This all-inclusive resort is within close proximity of Lindquist Beach and Sapphire Beach. Make yourself at home in one of the 294 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Rooms have private balconies. Cable programming and vid...
Overall Rating - Good - 1047 reviews
Excellent 8.6
It was absolutely beautiful resort inputs and outside!
We had requested two beds in a room we only got one king bed. We also met many couples who had the same issue and some vice versa they got asked for a king bed and got two doubles. also the bed was not very comfortable it was kind of firm!
Good 8.0
Rooms are large and doors are raised off the floor to help keep crawling bugs out. The lady in charge of activities at the pool had a lot of energy.
The music at the pool and in the late night restaurant was a little too loud at times. I like to be able to hear and talk with my friends when hanging out.
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With a stay at Sunset Gardens in St. Thomas (Charlotte Amalie), you'll be convenient to University of Virgin Islands and Emancipation Garden. This hotel is within close proximity of St. Peter Greathouse Estate & Gardens and Brewer's Beach. Make yourself at home in one of the 17 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerato...
Overall Rating - Good - 14 reviews
Good 8.0
The Hospitality and friendliness of the people and the staff.
The rooms were clean, but not enough items for like coffee, or making coffee , they had coffee makers, but no filters, or coffee packets in the rooms.The site is a bit off the main roads, but the view was very nice. Office hours were 9 to 12am, however, to get assistance in the mornings sometimes not available. The motel says continental breakfast, the office where it was suppose to me I only seen it open for breakfast once. Pool was dirty and the walkways where tile and slippery you have to be careful going down to the lower rooms. You could get hurt if you are not careful.
Poor 2.0
Basically hotel was less than anticipated. We know what a 2 star hotel is but this shouldn't be rated that high.
photos are very misleading. In poor general condition, in definite need of repair. No bedding for 2nd bed. (shouldn't have to call for bedding)Basically we knew the availability in Charlotte Amalie was tight do to Carnival and it drives prices up. However, this xxx room should never exceed xxx, even in the Caribbean.
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Overall Rating - Excellent - 28 reviews
Good 8.0
I'm an owner and spent my 3rd week here at the end of October. The rooms are very nice. We have a 2 bedroom, both of which are roomy with adjacent bathrooms and balconies. The Living Room/Dining Room/Kitchen are in the middle of the unit, providing additional privacy between the bedrooms if needed. I do recommend renting a car. I had no problem with driving on the left side (just remember to stay close to the left side of the road). The steering wheel is situated as in mainland US. There are plenty of taxis to get you where you want to go, but a car may be more economical. We paid $80 in taxi fees for 4 people to go out to dinner. We only did it so we didn't have to be concerned if we drank. The beach at the Cove is nice, but you need to be careful of sea urchins. To the right of the dock, there are rocks near the beach that you need to get over to get to where it's sandy under the water. This is where I had an encounter with a sea urchin. It's sandier on the left side of the dock. ...
Good 8.0
Stayed in Nov of 2009.The setting is beautiful and the villas are exceptional. Well equiped and spacious. Food is very expensive but with the kitchenette we were able to fix some meals in the room. The location is secluded and private but that can also be a problem with transportation. Suggest renting a car but be prepared to drive on the left side. With it being still under construction going back and forth to the hotel will be more converient in days to come. There will be carts to transport guests. In some of the eateries the menus were very limited but the portions were huge and very tasty. We will definitely go back.
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Location The colorful red-roofed resort located on 15 secluded acres of prime Caribbean beachfront real estate welcomes visitors of all ages to enjoy its white sandy beaches comfortable lodgings and exciting activities. General Year after year thousands flock to picturesque St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to enjoy its pristine beaches gently rolli...
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With a stay at Windward Passage Hotel in St. Thomas (Charlotte Amalie), you'll be minutes from Magic Ice Gallery and close to Fort Christian. This family-friendly hotel is within close proximity of St. Thomas Synagogue and Beracha Veshalom Vegimulth Hasidim Synagogue. Make yourself at home in one of the 151 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Sate...
Overall Rating - Good - 37 reviews
Good 8.0
Perfect location. Walking distance from Downtown.
A/C system was not working properly (room 317). At the middle of the night the A/C shutdown.Last time I was in that hotel was after Hurricane Hugo (1989) and no mayor changes since then.
Good 8.0
The staff was very friendly and I loved that they allowed us to have a 1pm checkout. It made the world of a difference!


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i think in its a good school except my son keeps getting beatten up on the school bus i called several times reguarding this issue and all they can say is my son needs to tell the bus driver which he dosent cuz he is scared to.. i keeps getting kicked in his private area.. called this week son still came home crying 1 time after calling the school.. he is being switched to evening shade school which in all is the same school district but its smaller so maybe the bus driver can make sure hes not being hurt on the bus..
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Dismayed by the extent of the government's post-Sept. 11 surveillance activities, which many of them had previously voted to authorize, House lawmakers Thursday approved new restrictions on the National Security Agency that amount to the most sweeping curbs on domestic intelligence-gathering in a generation.
Even supporters of the legislation conceded that it may not fully end the dragnet-style government surveillance of Americans that generated public outcry after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began disclosing the agency's operations a year ago.
Nonetheless, passage of the NSA reform bill capped a remarkable evolution in Congress, which handed the intelligence community broad surveillance authority after the 2001 terrorist attacks and has now begun, haltingly, to rein it in.
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The legislation imposes important new limits on the bulk collection of telephone records, one of the most controversial aspects of the government's heightened data-collection efforts, and requires warrants for individual collection of records.
Critics of the bill say last-minute changes requested by the White House had watered down its privacy protections. But the vote by an overwhelming 303 lawmakers from both parties, Congress' first legislative response to the Snowden revelations, still marked a sharp rebuke of the NSA.
Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the Republican who shepherded the 2001 USA Patriot Act that was used to broaden NSA surveillance activities, said the restrictions approved Thursday were an attempt to close loopholes and impose limits after government intelligence agencies misused the powers granted by Congress.
"The NSA might still be watching us," the 18-term lawmaker said after the vote. "But now we can watch them."
In the future, he said, "if the NSA goes too far, Congress will be able to stop it and the American public will be able to know what the NSA is doing."
Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the shift in lawmakers' attitudes toward the NSA shouldn't come as a surprise in light of the agency's actions. "They used [the Patriot Act] for purposes different than what I believe Congress intended, and the vote here reflects that," he said.
Supporters of the bill called it the most significant rollback of government surveillance since reforms enacted in 1978 after the Watergate scandal.
Even privacy advocates who withdrew their support for the bill in recent days because they said the White House had weakened some provisions were calling it an important first step.
"The ship is turning," said Gabe Rottman, a policy advisor in the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington legislative office. "What you got was a clear statement today that bulk collection has to end."
As the legislation, called the USA Freedom Act, heads to the Senate, critics — and even the bill's sponsors — are vowing to add language they say is needed to prevent the NSA from continuing bulk collection tactics.
The issue has drawn together an unusual alliance of conservative libertarians and liberals, who Thursday mustered 121 House members to vote against the measure, mostly because they believed it did not go far enough to rein in the spy agency.
Last year, in the immediate aftermath of the Snowden disclosures, the alliance nearly won a vote to cut funds to the NSA's surveillance program.
At its core, the legislation seeks to end the bulk collection of metadata, the term the intelligence agencies use to refer to phone call times, durations and numbers dialed. The NSA has been collecting metadata, but not actual conversations, on a significant percentage of U.S. phone calls. The extent of the NSA's snooping disclosed by Snowden blindsided even privacy advocates who had long warned of the government's reach.
Under the bill, the NSA may seek access to such metadata from telephone companies and others, but only in response to a court order. That provision tracks a proposal from President Obama this year.
The bill requires the government to limit what it is looking for to a "specific selection" search. Those searches must be approved by courts established under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, except in emergency situations, when searches would be allowed for up to seven days.
Lawmakers heralded new transparency provisions that remove some of the secrecy from FISA court proceedings. The government must disclose, within one day to Congress and 45 days to the public, any deviation from the specific selection practice that might permit bulk collections of data. Private companies can also now disclose their dealings with the government, a right that was of keen interest to companies in the technology industry.
"Had this disclosure provision been in the Patriot Act, we would not be here at this time and Mr. Snowden would not have become a worldwide figure," Sensenbrenner said.


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... but apparently more beautiful west side. From where the bus dropped us off we had to get another bus to the entrance of the trail which took another half an hour.
We set off on the walk from the bottom at about 9am, when they said it was difficult, it was really difficult; the route we took was around 8km of steps, where we also decided to take the way to the peak of the mountain. All in all it took around 4 � hours to get to the top and it ...
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... closest to us. We did encounter masses of Chinese tourists groups blocking parts of the paths and Kit did get attacked by a monkey on the way down, but other than that there was nothing really interesting. And of course it rained again at the foot of the mountain...
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... sold for the "soft seat" cars and there was also plenty of leg room and even a couple shared power outlets. After the "hard seat" from the other day, it felt like traveling first class and I slept well. I arrived in Shanghai at 9am and headed to a coffee shop in Pudong where I hung out for a while reading and waiting til I thought it would be late enough to check into my hostel. Once I checked into my hostel, I took a long overdue shower, got some laundry done, and worked out whether ...
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Our guide recommended Shilin over Paiyonlou as we are told the rooms are larger and cleaner. Shilin was a comfortable stay on the mountain. The double room was very small so you might consider opting for the twin room which is slightly larger and has a small balcony.
Zero English. Meals were OK but nothing special.
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For all those involved in the African mining industry, the annual Indaba Mining conference is the place to be seen. In Cape Town's conference centre at the 2012 event this week, Australian accents rose above the South African ones in the hubbub of networking.
"We've just taken over," PCF Capital Group managing director Liam Twigger tells the Weekend Financial Review in Cape Town. "There are certainly some Canadians around but no one has the presence that Australia does."
Deloitte's head of Africa-Australia services group Jacques Van Rhyn agrees that the African mining industry is thriving.
"The Indaba in my view is a good barometer for gauging the health of the African mining industry" he says. "Look outside – there's a queue going out the door. What more confirmation do you need that it's healthy?"
Australian investment in the continent has jumped from $20 billion three years ago to $50 billion now and projected, says the Australian high commissioner to South Africa, Ann Harrap.
There are 240 companies and 650 projects in Africa that the Australian authorities are aware of she says, conceding the real number could be even higher. The reason why there are not even more than that is financing.
Africa is now the largest overseas destination for Australian mining investment. But miners are still being forced to look outside Australia to fund exploration and development of projects.
Senior trade commissioner at Austrade Greg Hull admits investors back home are still wary of Africa.
"It's hard to raise capital in Australia," he says, adding that more money is coming from Malaysia, China and Asia as well as the traditional equity markets of London and Toronto, where investor understanding of African risk is greater.
In Australia, the investment bar is set much higher. "If you're a grassroots explorer or early stage you have no hope," Twigger says. "There's no money around for grassroots or early stage.
"The only money that's out there is if you're a new producer or an advanced explorer with resources."
He says this needs to change as more investment houses in Australia come to realise the region's potential and the quality of some of the Australian companies on the ground. Otherwise they risk getting left behind in a continent that is rising in importance as a feeder of resources into Asia's industrialisation.
"People need to realise the gravitational pull of money and capital has shifted from the West to the East," he says. "It's coming out of Asia and China and the conduit to that capital is through Australia and Australian companies."
One company that is exciting the market with its Burkina Faso gold projects is Ampella Mining and managing director Paul Kitto says that having 100 years of African experience on the company's board sets the operation apart from opportunistic exploration vehicles.
"We're noticing that there's a lot more money in the market this year," Kitto says. "The North American market in particular is just starting to move and there's an appetite now for investment.
"We've had a lot of interest from fund managers this year, whereas last year was not exactly quiet but it was conservative. But now the appetite is back and growing."
Continental Coal executive director Jason Brewer says debt funding is available on good terms to producers looking to fund a second project. The South Africa focused coalminer secured $US35 million in project financing from ABSA Capital at a total cost of about 5 per cent.
"From a historical perspective, that's just fantastic," Brewer says.
"I think over the past three months the interest has increased not just from your traditional sources like the banks but also from the non-traditional sources like the trading companies looking to support you for offtake."
Investors are more certain about investing in South Africa, says Brewer, now that the government has expressed a clear stance on nationalising its resources.
But elsewhere on the continent, perceptions of sovereign risk – taxes, regulatory changes or even fear of outright takeover – continue to weigh heavily on potential investors in the continent.
"If anyone talks nationalisation, it's just a disaster," Twigger says.
"One of the biggest challenges that you have is with countries that don't have a long history of mining. With those countries, they don't understand how much investment it takes and how long it takes to get a return.
"So as soon as such countries see the commencement of mining they expect to be earning royalties and to get taxes and so there's disappointment and politicians have to be held accountable by their people."
Most Australian companies take the initiative in addressing the challenges of building wealth in the poorest countries on earth, such as many African nations, and they agree that doing so is in their own interests.
Volta Mining chief executive David Sumich has been on the ground in Africa in various capacities since 2001 and says training a local workforce is one of the best ways to build a licence to operate. "We have mining engineers at Volta who we've had with us for a decade at our other companies," he says.
While Australia-focused miners continue to worry about the local shortage of skilled labour, power supplier Aggreko's head of African business development Andy Walker says in Africa he finds there are always people willing to work.
"We've taken on guys in Angola who didn't have jobs," he says. "They were jobless and we've taken them on, trained them up and they have a purpose now."
Creating jobs and opportunities are the first steps towards building good relationships with governments, Twigger says. Such a strategy helps to prevent the possibility of knee-jerk calls for more taxes or equity in projects.
"In the short term, we'd hope there'd be jobs and training opportunities, and then there'd be infrastructure and royalties and income," he says. "But if you get it round the wrong way, you're on a hiding to nothing."
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The Obama administration institutes new rules in the Affordable Care Act that make it easier to get so-called catastrophic health-insurance plans, but in Washington state that option may not necessarily be an affordable deal.
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• If you live in one of the 21 counties where a catastrophic plan is offered, you can now buy such a plan even if you're over 30, or go without insurance without a penalty.
• To do either, you must fill out a hardship exemption form and provide documentation showing your plan was discontinued.
• If you signed up for a plan through Washington Healthplanfinder and have made your first payment, you can switch or cancel your plan until midnight Dec. 23. Your payment will be refunded if you cancel.
• If you signed up for a plan through an insurance company or broker, contact them to change or cancel your plan and get a refund.
• If you had a plan outside the exchange and want to move to a catastrophic plan, in addition to filling out a hardship exemption, you must also enroll with the exchange to buy the plan.
• Or, if you've selected a plan you like, keep it.
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Just days before a key deadline for health-insurance coverage, federal authorities changed the rules once again.
The latest change potentially affects more than 227,000 Washington residents whose insurance plans were discontinued because coverage didn't comply with rules in the Affordable Care Act.
The new rules allow anyone whose health-insurance plan has been discontinued to buy so-called "catastrophic" plans or skip insurance altogether, along with the penalty for not having health insurance by March 31, 2014.
Previously, catastrophic plans were available only to those under 30 or experiencing a hardship.
The change comes as the Obama administration continues its attempts to quell discontent among people whose policies were discontinued — after being assured they could keep them.
The administration earlier asked insurance regulators to allow a yearlong grace period for the discontinued policies. But Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, like his counterparts in several other states, turned down the request, saying such an action could skew the market economics for the new plans because healthy people could be more likely to keep their old plans.
People who have already signed up for a plan through the Washington Healthplanfinder exchange and have made the first payment can switch or cancel a plan until midnight Dec. 23, with the payment to be refunded. Those who bought their plans directly through a broker or an insurer should contact them directly.
But the chance to move to a catastrophic plan might not be the affordable deal some folks are hoping for. By law, today's catastrophic plans bear little resemblance to the stripped down, high-deductible catastrophic plans of the past.
There are only two catastrophic plans offered in Washington, one through Group Health Cooperative and another through Kaiser Permanente, and they are not available everywhere in the state.
Group Health's catastrophic plan is available in 19 counties, while Kaiser's is available only in Clark and Cowlitz counties.
While they're sold only through the Washington Healthplanfinder, the state's health-insurance exchange, catastrophic plans are the only exchange plans that are not eligible for a tax break.
That means if you qualify for a tax break to reduce the cost of your insurance, chances are good that a bronze — or maybe even a more deluxe plan — with a subsidy would be cheaper than paying the full cost of a catastrophic plan. Without a subsidy, the catastrophic plans are hardly a screaming deal because premiums, in most cases, closely track with those for unsubsidized bronze plans.
"If you were hoping just to move to a catastrophic plan, there's not going to be much of a difference for you," said Eric Earling, spokesman for Premera Blue Cross, which does not offer a catastrophic plan.
Like nearly all insurance policies, catastrophic plans must cap out-of-pocket expenses, including the deductible, at $6,350 per person. They must also cover the 10 essential benefits, which include provisions such as free preventive services, maternity care and prescription-drug coverage.
In King County, for example, there is a bronze plan from Coordinated Care that's cheaper than the Group Health catastrophic plan, and there are bronze plans from Premera Blue Cross and LifeWise Health Plan of Washington that are only a few dollars more per month.
Group Health's own "Core Bronze" plan available on the Healthplanfinder exchange site is less expensive than its "Core Basic plus Catastrophic" plan.
But the catastrophic plan, whose deductible equals the out-of-pocket cap of $6,350, covers the first three primary-care visits for no cost.
Melinda Hews, Group Health's executive director of health-insurance exchanges, said very few people have signed up for the catastrophic plan so far.
"This plan was really designed for people who truly wanted a catastrophic plan," she said. Some people may decide they likely would need two or three doctor visits a year, she noted, which are covered in full.
"We wanted to make sure people had an option," she said. "Our hope is that people will take the opportunity to look at all the options available to them."
Rachelle Cunningham, spokeswoman for Regence BlueShield, said: "These changes are coming quickly, and this is causing confusion and can be disruptive. All we can do is help people understand it and make the right choices."
The doctors and hospitals covered and the out-of-pocket costs vary among the plans, but strictly looking at cost, a catastrophic plan won't necessarily pencil out, most observers agreed.
"What is important for folks to know is that there are currently two catastrophic plans available in the exchange, and the price of these plans are coming in higher than the bronze plans," said Michael Marchand, spokesman for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange.
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Another fan of the Gentleman Collection, John Legend, wore yellow gold white diamond button cufflinks and yellow gold white diamond lapel button hole both from the Gentleman Collection.
Legend also worked on the soundtrack for the Oscar nominated film 12 Years a Slave.
Great looks guys, and congrats to the winners! ~vK
Director Tyler Perry made dapper appearance at this year's NAACP Image Awards wearing a dark blue and black suit finished with a set of black diamond tuxedo studs from the GENTLEMAN Collection by David Thomas and Jason of Beverly Hills.
Perry here posing with the beautiful Tika Sumpter who stars on his hit show "The Have and The Have Not's".
Check more red carpet looks from the evening HERE. ~vK


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