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Adjacent to our Main Dining Room, this space, lined with sultry, red toned mirrors, has an identity all its own and provides intimacy and elegance without being enclosed in a private room.
The Jalousie Room offers an intimate setting for smaller groups. Elegant sliding wooden shutters lined with glass provide privacy making this a perfect spot for discreet business meetings or personal entertaining.
Also adjacent to our Main Dining Room, this seductive space is lined with plush banquettes and elegantly stenciled walls. As in the Mirror Room, you'll enjoy privacy without being enclosed in a completely private space.
The Verdure Room, located on our upper level, is ideal for larger gatherings. An adjacent central reception and bar area makes for a seamless experience from welcome cocktails to dinner and dessert.
db Bistro Moderne's Wine Tower truly stands apart as a privileged setting in Downtown Miami. Immediately adjacent to our Bar and Lounge, this semi-private room with soaring 18 foot ceilings and walls lined with our wine collection is a connoisseurs dream come true. You'll be well placed for an evening in the care of our Sommelier and a special themed tasting created just for you and your guests.


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(Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambore, Agra)
An entrancing mix of temples, tigers, and the Taj Mahal! Shop your way through busy markets, indulge in exotic curries, and tour some of India's most important sites with your expert private guide.
Enjoy a personalized vacation that best suits your needs, developed by one of our experienced destination experts. Relax during your trip with our 24/7 support and expert local guidance.
PLEASE NOTE: Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is closed from July 1 - September 30 due to the monsoon season.
Relax and enjoy an airport transfer in a private vehicle, with driver, and English-speaking assistant.
Spend the day on a privately guided full day tour of Old and New Delhi which boasts spectacular monuments and holy sites. The city of New Delhi was designed in the typically British colonial style, with tree-lined avenues and colonial bungalows. This tour takes you to the Laxminarayan Temple, a modern Hindu temple, and the famous Gate of India, which is a 42-meter high War Memorial Arch. On route you drive past the Parliament House, the secretariat buildings and the Vice Regal Palace that is now the official residence of the President of India. Visit the Red Fort which was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, when he moved his capital from Agra to bring prestige to his reign. Its wall is 1.5 miles long, and varies in height from 60 to 110 feet. At 72.5 meters, the Qutab Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world. Surrounding the building are many fine examples of Indian artwork dating back to 1193. Afterwards view the Humayun's tomb, which is a complex of buildings of Mughal architecture dating to the Slave Dynasty (1268-1287 AD). The complex is a World Heritage Site and the first example of this type of Mughal architecture in India. This style of mausoleum is similar to the Taj Mahal in Agra.
Meet your driver for a private transfer to Jaipur. The drive takes approximately 5 and half hours.
From its creation in 1727, the royal families and nobles of Jaipur patronized the craftsmen and artisans of the city. These traditions continue to this day and as a result modern day Jaipur is considered by many as the craft capital of India. Traditional methods are still used to produce many valuable and highly prized items. Using skills passed down through generations, artisans and master craftsmen can be seen in the areas of Ghat Darwaza and Vishveshwar ji. On this fascinating evening walk mingle and talk with the locals whilst sampling some of the region's culinary delights; try pakoras, aloo tiki, samosa and ladoo from some of the city's most popular street food vendors. Observe local artisans in their workshops; jewelers and silversmiths, gold painters and tie dying experts. The iconic Hawa Mahal also called the Palace of the Winds is the meeting point at which this two and a half hour walk begins.
Spend the day today in the company of a knowledgeable English speaking guide as you tour the Amber Fort and City Palace of Jaipur, the iconic Observatory and the Hawa Mahal. The magnificent Amber Fort was established in 1592, and remained the citadel of the Kachhawaha rulers right until they moved their capital to Jaipur in 1727. Maharaja Man Singh I created this imposing monument on the remains of an ancient 11th century fort. Since the first half of the 18th century, the City Palace has been the abode to the rulers of Jaipur. The sprawling expanse of the breathtaking palace is a superb harmony of Rajput and Mughal architecture. Part of the palace has been converted into a museum, open to the public, while a section - Chandra Mahal - still remains the home of today's maharaja. The Observatory of Jaipur is inscribed on the World Heritage List as "an expression of the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period". Within it, the Jantar Mantar is a collection of massive astronomical instruments, built of local stone and marble. Each instrument carries an astronomical scale marked on the marble inner lining, and bronze tablets were also employed. Built in 1799, the whimsical Hawa Mahal - Palace of Winds - which adjoins the Palace has become quite the city icon, with its ornate facade in pale pink, tiered baroque like build, projecting 'jharokha' windows and balconies with perforated screens. These were designed so that the mysterious veiled ladies of the harem could look down upon the colourful and bustling bazaars below, remaining hidden themselves. Overlooking busy streets, it offers great views of the city. We feel the Amber Fort is best reached by car, but an optional elephant ride is available should you prefer (cost not included).
Meet your driver for a private transfer to Ranthambore. The drive takes approximately 3 hours.
Join a Tiger Tracking Safari to Rajasthan's first Project Tiger reserve, spread over 392 square kilometers. The park is named after the 1,000 year old fort which stands within the reserve. Game viewing for tigers is often successful. The park is also home to sambhars, cheetahs, wild boars, leopards, sloth bears, jackals, and hyenas among others.
The 13th century Ranthambore Fort is in the midst of the jungle, and features the palaces of Toran Dwar, Mahadeo Chhatri and Sameton KiHaveli. Within the fort you will also find the 32-pillar Chhatri, a mosque and the Ganesh Temple.
Meet your driver for a private transfer to Agra. The drive takes approximately 6 hours.
Today your guide will pick you up from your hotel for a private tour of Taj Mahal, the most beautiful monument built by the Mughals, the Muslim rulers of India. Taj Mahal is built entirely of white marble. Its stunning architectural beauty is beyond adequate description, particularly at dawn and sunset. It was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his dear wife and queen Mumtaz Mahal. Also visit Agra Fort, built of red sandstone and marble. This great monument of red sandstone dominating a bend in the river Yamuna, two kilometers northwest of Taj Mahal was constructed by the Mughals during 1565-1571.
Meet your driver for a private transfer to Delhi. The drive takes approximately 4 hours.
The Claridges, New Delhi is a seamless blend of old-world charm and modern day amenities. The flagship property of The Claridges Hotels and Resorts, located in Lutyen's Delhi offers its guests close proximity to the business districts and entertainment hubs of the city. The Claridges is situated near the New Delhi Train Station, domestic airport and the international airport. Gracious Indian hospitality enwrapped in traditional values graces discerning travelers from around the world at The Claridges, New Delhi. Dine in elegance at any of the onsite restaurants, serving a variety of delicious dishes. The bar provides the ideal setting for you to relax with a refreshing cocktail. Leisure facilities include a health club, swimming pool, tennis court and shopping arcade.
The Shahpura House is built in traditional Rajput style featuring a mixture of Mughal and Indian architecture creating a facade with domes and frescoes. The Shahpura House is a fine example of Shekhawati design. The family portraits add to the charm of this family hotel where tradition still runs strong. Like many historic houses, Shahpura House is a curious mixture of the old and the new. The hotel was once the place for the Shekhawat clan of Rajput who lived here but now it has become a popular accommodation for the tourists.
Located amidst 12 acres of lush gardens, Vivanta by Taj - Sawai Madhopur Lodge, a 70-year-old hunting lodge exudes a rustic, earthy charm and an air of history. The lodge is a 20-minute drive from the Ranthambore National Park, which is famous for its tiger population. All guestrooms and suites embody rustic style and comfort. From casual, all-day eateries to formal, fine dining, guests can look forward to a wide selection of delectable dishes and refreshing drinks. Take part in the resort's various recreational activities for fun, adventure, knowledge and relaxation.
Positioned within walking distance of the Taj Mahal, the Radisson Blu Hotel Agra boasts an ideal location for travelers. The hotel is 35 minutes from Kheria Airport, 15 minutes from the railway station and three hours from New Delhi, making it easy to explore all that this beautiful area has to offer. Guests enjoy everything from flat-screen televisions to complimentary high-speed, wireless internet access at the hotel. With on-site dining and leisure services such as an on-site spa, the Radisson Blu Hotel Agra has everything you need for an unforgettable stay.
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Rain delay at PGA Championship came just in time for Tiger Woods
Saturday's rain delay came just in time for Tiger Woods. Now after a poor start, Woods has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to catch co-leaders Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh. Peter Kessler, David Dusek and Gary Van Sickle preview a big Sunday ahead at the PGA.


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February 17, 2013
Science advisors to government are an embattled lot. Remember the l'Aquila earthquake debacle or David Nutt's stance on drugs that cost him his job. Bridging the gap between politics and science isn't easy. Politicians like clear messages but science, and the reality it tries to describe, is rarely clear-cut.
Full marks for Obama.
So how do you advise a politician about science, its uncertainties and about risk? What better person to ask than John P. Holdren, Assistant to President Obama for Science and Technology. As he told a packed auditorium at the annual AAAS meeting in Boston, Holdren is actually quite happy with his own boss. Obama, he says, always wants to know the level of confidence scientists have in a specific result. And Holdren's first memo for Obama, which stuck to the traditional two pages, came back with "where's the rest?" scrawled over it. That's reassuring! Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, on the other hand, has come across leading European politicians who prefer to do without science advisors altogether, since "scientists never agree".
Glover says that it's important to emphasise consent rather than disagreement. Scientists may be unsure or disagree about the details of something, say the exact relationship between CO2 emissions and global climate, but they may be certain about the big picture — that climate change is happening. Holdren points out that it's important to know where uncertainties are coming from — can they be sorted out with a bit more time and effort, or are they down to deeper gaps in or understanding or to processes we just can't pin down with better accuracy. Advisors should make sure uncertainties aren't exaggerated or understated, or simply ignored because they are too difficult to deal with.
Both Glover and Holdren agree that it's important to speak plainly to politicians. Advisors should use examples and visualisations of uncertainties (see this Plus article for some ideas) and when there's a range of possible outcomes of something, say an epidemic, use scenarios to examine the possibilities. Holdren advises to look for a policy that remains robust in the face of all of them. It's important to be prudent, since new evidence may always come along. But when there is a large, coherent and consistent body of evidence, as there is with climate change, it's safe to talk in terms of certainty.
For more on risk and uncertainty see our understanding uncertainty section.
February 16, 2013
Sequences of numbers can have limits. For example, the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ... has the limit 0 and the sequence 0, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, ... has the limit 1.
But not all number sequences behave so nicely. For example, the sequence 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 4/5, ... keeps jumping up and down, rather than getting closer and closer to one particular number. We can, however, discern some sort of limiting behaviour as we move along the sequence: the numbers never become larger than 1 or smaller than 0. And what's more, moving far enough along the sequence, you can find numbers that get as close as you like to both 1 and 0. So both 0 and 1 have some right to be considered limits of the sequence — and indeed they are: 1 is the limit superior and 0 is the limit inferior, so-called for obvious reasons.
But can you define these limits superior and inferior for a general sequence , for example the one shown in the picture? Here's how to do it for the limit superior. First look at the whole sequence and find its least upper bound: that's the smallest number that's bigger than all the numbers in the sequence. Then chop off the first number in the sequence, and again find the least upper bound for the new sequence. This might be smaller than the previous least upper bound (if that was equal to ), but not bigger. Then chop off the first two numbers and again find the least upper bound.
Keep going, chopping off the first three, four, five, etc numbers, to get a sequence of least upper bounds (indicated by the red curve in the picture). In this sequence every number is either equal to or smaller than the number before. The limit superior is defined to be the limit of these least upper bounds. It always exists: since the sequence of least upper bounds is either constant or decreasing, it will either approach minus infinity or some other finite limit. The limit superior could also be equal to plus infinity, if there are numbers in the sequence that get arbitrarily large.
The limit inferior is defined in a similar way, only that you look at the sequence of greatest lower bounds and then take the limit of that.
You can read more about the limits inferior and superior in the Plus article The Abel Prize 2012.
February 13, 2013
An infinite set is called countable if you can count it. In other words, it's called countable if you can put its members into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, ... . For example, a bag with infinitely many apples would be a countable infinity because (given an infinite amount of time) you can label the apples 1, 2, 3, etc.
Two countably infinite sets A and B are considered to have the same "size" (or cardinality) because you can pair each element in A with one and only one element in B so that no elements in either set are left over. This idea seems to make sense, but it has some funny consequences. For example, the even numbers are a countable infinity because you can link the number 2 to the number 1, the number 4 to 2, the number 6 to 3 and so on. So if you consider the totality of even numbers (not just a finite collection) then there are just as many of them as natural numbers, even though intuitively you'd think there should only be half as many.
Something similar goes for the rational numbers (all the numbers you can write as fractions). You can list them as follows: first write down all the fractions whose denominator and numerator add up to 2, then list all the ones where the sum comes to 3, then 4, etc. This is an unfailing recipe to list all the rationals, and once they are listed you can label them by the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, ... . So there are just as many rationals as natural numbers, which again seems a bit odd because you'd think that there should be a lot more of them.
It was Galileo who first noticed these funny results and they put him off thinking about infinity. Later on the mathematician Georg Cantor revisited the idea. In fact, Cantor came up with a whole hierarchy of infinities, one "bigger" than the other, of which the countable infinity is the smallest. His ideas were controversial at first, but have now become an accepted part of pure mathematics.
You can find out more about all this in our collection of articles on infinity.
February 11, 2013
A buckyball in Madison Square.
Yesterday we opened the Plus New York office, amidst snow covered streets at the foot of the Empire State Building!
The day started with a trip to MoMath, the recently opened maths museum in central New York. It was filled with a fascinating array of interactive exhibits demonstrating the beauty and playfulness of mathematics. And as one of the volunteers told us, playfulness is what it's all about. There were musical spheres demonstrating the maths of music, a fractal machine with cameras creating fractals from their surroundings, and a chance to discover the paths of mathematical rolling stones. It was full of children and the young at heart discovering the joy of maths for themselves.
We also discovered an illuminated buckyball in the park just across from our hotel and the arithmetic of relationships in the High Line park. Maths is everywhere in NYC!
The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Today we had a very early start, taking the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton to visit the Institute for Advanced Studies. We were very lucky to speak with Freeman Dyson and Edward Witten about quantum field theory (QFT), the mathematical framework that has made much of the advancements in physics possible in the last century. This is the main reason for our trip to the States and we are looking forward to more interviews this week with other luminaries of theoretical physics to continue our series telling the story of QFT. You can read our first articles here. We'd like to thank Jeremy Butterfield and Nazim Boutta, our gurus in QFT for all their help in preparing for the trip!
After a Manhattan or two tonight we're heading to Boston tomorrow to continue our quantum adventure!
The arithmetic of relationships on the High Line.
February 7, 2013
On 14 March at 1.59pm GMT, Marcus du Sautoy will host Pi Day Live, an interactive exploration of the number which has fascinated mathematicians throughout the ages. He wants to rediscover pi using ancient and intriguing techniques, and he needs your help!
Get a slice of the action... (Image from www.freeimages.co.uk)
Everyone at Pi Day Live will be using marbles, pins, maps and other household items to discover pi using methods that range from 3500 to around 250 years old. It's not all low-tech, though, as they will be using the web to gather everyone's results live, combining them to find out if they can collectively calculate a more accurate approximation of pi. Will it be possible to derive pi to one, two, three or more, decimal places? Can we do better than the ancient Greeks or have we lost the ability to rediscover this amazing number without using computers?
Mathematicians (and the American House of Representatives) have christened 14 March Pi Day because the date, when written in the US date format, is 3.14. Add the 1.59pm time of the Pi Day Live experiment and you get 3.14159, or pi at around the accuracy Archimedes calculated it over 2000 years ago using simple geometry.
Pi has obsessed generations of mathematicians for millennia because it is integral to one of the most important and elegant geometric objects in nature, the circle. Attempting to calculate an accurate value for this never-ending transcendental number has been one of the big themes running throughout the history of mathematics.
Even though you only need to know pi to 39 decimal places to calculate a circumference the size of the observable universe to the precision comparable to the size of a hydrogen atom, mathematicians have pushed the limits of computing technology to calculate the number to over one trillion digits. How close can Pi Day Live get to this accuracy using ancient techniques?
You can connect with Marcus and Pi Day Live via an Online Lecture Theatre or by watching online on the 'Big Screen'. If your computer can run YouTube videos then you have what you need to get involved. The event will be recorded and will be available on YouTube afterwards for anyone who can't take part on the day. Just go to Pi Day Live website to find out more. And you can get live updates and all the pi facts you could ever want on Twitter at and Facebook.
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February 5, 2013
How would you go about adding up all the integers from 1 to 100? Tap them into a calculator? Write a little computer code? Or look up the general formula for summing integers?
Legend has it that the task of summing those numbers was given to the young Carl Friedrich Gauss by his teacher at primary school, as a punishment for misbehaving. Gauss didn't have a calculator or computer, no one did at that time, but he came up with the correct answer within seconds. Here's how he did it.
Notice that you can sum the numbers in pairs, starting at either end. First you add 1 and 100 to get 101. Next it's 2 and 99, giving 101 again. The same for 3 and 98. Continuing like this, the last pair you get is 50 and 51 and they give 101 again. Altogether there are 50 pairs all adding to 101, so the answer is 50 x 101 = 5050. Easy — if you're Gauss.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - John Leopold's resignation as Anne Arundel county executive isn't the end of his legal troubles.
Leopold is still facing civil discrimination lawsuits from two former county employees who say they were wrongfully fired.
A judge last week found Leopold guilty of misconduct in office for using his security detail to perform political campaign activities while on the job and for making staffers empty his urine catheter bag. Leopold resigned after the verdict.
One of the former employees says she was fired after she complained that Leopold grabbed her, and another says she was fired in part because she didn't support Leopold's re-election campaign.
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- MOMS: Midwives and others with midwifery skills
- The midwife shortage
- What midwives do
- Giving midwives more responsibility
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In all countries that have achieved dramatic improvements in maternal mortality, professionally trained midwives have been a key to success. They play an essential role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Yet today, the training of midwives is inconsistent and the profession of midwifery often garners little recognition, meager income, and limited career opportunities. These factors contribute to the acute shortage of these valuable health workers.
The midwife shortage
Maternal mortality and morbidity cannot be reduced without midwives and others with midwifery skills. Yet the numbers of these skilled providers have not significantly increased, and have even started to decline in some countries, because of migration, deaths from AIDS-related illnesses, and dissatisfaction with pay and working conditions.
Midwives, who are overwhelmingly women, typically endure low status, poor pay and a lack of support despite the enormous responsibility they bear. Those who work within communities at the primary care level, where they are needed most, often receive the least respect and support from the health system. Gender biases frequently contribute to the problems facing midwives.
When they are properly trained, empowered and supported, midwives in the community offer the most cost-effective and high-quality path to universal access to maternal health care. Yet midwives are in short supply in many developing countries – WHO estimates some 350,000 are urgently needed worldwide. In particular, countries with high rates of maternal mortality need assistance to recruit, train and support professional midwives.
In 2011, UNFPA and 30 partners published the State of the World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives. The report, the first of its kind, surveyed 58 developing countries that together account for 91 per cent of the world's maternal deaths. The State of the World's Midwifery Report found that up to 3.6 million lives could be saved each year in 38 of the countries surveyed, if an additional 112,000 more health workers with midwifery skills were practicing in communities and backed up by a functioning health system. More than half of those skilled health workers are needed in the eight countries that contribute 56 per cent of all maternal deaths.
What midwives do
Pregnancy, whether planned or unintended, is often a key entry-point into the health system, and midwives can provide a welcoming gateway. They often introduce women to the health system and ensure that women and their babies receive a continuum of skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the important days and weeks after birth.
The basic services midwives routinely provide to protect the health of the mother and baby include:
- Caring for women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period
- Treating complications due to miscarriages and/or unsafe abortions
- Providing newborn care
- Providing pre-pregnancy advice and health education
- Recognizing and addressing problems in the woman and newborn before, during and after childbirth
- Offering general health information, including reproductive health care and family planning
- Assisting women to successfully breastfeed
- Referring women and newborns for higher level care when complications arise during pregnancy and childbirth
- Providing additional health services in communities such as immunizations and treatment of common illnesses
Giving midwives more responsibility and protection
In some cases, basic emergency life-saving functions, such as vacuum extraction, manual removal of placenta, or manual vacuum aspiration of retained products could effectively be delegated to midwives or specially trained nurses if adequate facilities were available and relevant policies were in place, including support and protection for the providers.
In Mozambique, senior nurses trained to perform Caesarean sections have achieved outcomes as good as those performed by specialist obstetricians. The training was part of an effort to make emergency obstetric care available at the lowest levels of the health system possible, particularly in rural areas where distance may be a significant barrier to care.
However, this is occurring in very few places, even though experienced midwives argue that they have the requisite skills and would not hesitate to take on greater responsibility if they were so authorized.
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Silly Bandz 2 of 50Multi-colored rubber bracelets shaped like…anything and everything? What's not to like about entertaining your kids for only $2.99-ish?
Bakugan 3 of 50Let's get this straight — a zillion-dollar franchise built around small round plastic magnets that unfurl to reveal "monsters" on metal surfaces? Remind us to return as Japanese inventors in our next life!
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Skip-It 5 of 50If you are even remotely coordinated, this rotatable, plastic ankle ball can give you one heck of a workout!
Furbies 6 of 50This owly-looking Zhu Zhu predecessor forecasted more than $300M in sales back in 1999 and spoke "Furbish" plus 40 — count 'em — 40 other languages!
Giga Pets/Tamagotchi 7 of 50A handheld "egg" that eats, plays, "poops" and even dies, providing kids with a digital spin on the circle of life.
Barbie 8 of 50So what if she's not even remotely anatomically correct? The original blonde plastic icon and her spiffy entourage have helped little girls play big for over 50 years.
Pokemon 9 of 50The endless array of cards, video games and accessories can ignite a young kid's imagination for hours upon hours. And seriously, how much fun would it be to sit around conjuring names like Pikachu, Koffing and Weezing all day?
Colorforms 10 of 50See a laminated board. Stick vinyl shapes, forms and figures on that laminated board where you can make them do all kinds of things. So simple, yet oh-so entertaining.
Magic 8 Ball 11 of 50An eight ball that tells your fortune through the arbitrary positioning of a floating octagon? Talk about a profound lesson in synchronicity!
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Tech Dech 17 of 50An early lesson in cool, these cute mini-skateboard replicas are designed to encourage your mini-Tony Hawk to scale mini-skate ramps with their ever-so dexterous mini-fingers.
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Meet the spartans or other funny movies! well i cld watch dem a couple of times but after many times ill get bored with any movie
Mr Bean (all movies)
Shawshank redemption
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jim carry
bruce lee
super heroes like superman,spiderman,avengers,etc.
Sexy Comedy movies
all movie having trilogy or more sequels
Not another teen movie
Scary movie 1 & 2
yugioh the abridged movie (it that counts)
Finding Nemo (Mine!?)
The blade trilogy and the james bond movies.
batman trilogy
bad boys 1 & 2
american pie 1, 2, 3 and the last(nostalgy)
scary movie 1 &2
harry potter movies
I can't stand to watch a single movie or tv episode more than once. Even if I haven't seen it for years, I just can't watch it again.
The Hot Chick.
Twilight FTW! :D Just kidding
LOTR trilogy has to be extended edition
original star wars trilogy
Ip man (donnie yen)
36th chamber of shaolin :D
Clare and Francis
paul and hot fuzz
The Sandlot
Talladega Knights, the Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Horrible movie. I love it so much.
NARC (2002) Ray Liotta & Jason Patric. Written & Directed by Joe Carnahan.
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A new movie I've recently watched and I seem to watch in again, and again which is:
Seven aka Se7en, good movie.
Hell Yea! SE7EN is the shit!
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Rush Hour 1
paranormal 4
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(original)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Breakfast Club
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BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) -- Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has "opened a new page in its history." The country's president fled the capital, while extra French troops moved to secure the airport, officials said.
The rebels' invasion of the capital came just two months after they had signed a peace agreement that would have let President Francois Bozize serve until 2016. That deal unraveled in recent days, prompting the insurgents' advance into Bangui and Bozize's departure to a still unpublicized location.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the unconstitutional seizure of power and called for the swift restoration of constitutional order, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
The U.N. chief appealed for calm and reiterated that the January peace agreements "remain the most viable framework to ensure durable peace and stability in the country," Nesirky said. Ban also expressed deep concern at reports of serious human rights violations.
Witnesses and an adviser to Bozize said rebel trucks were traveling throughout the town on Sunday hours after the palace was seized. Former colonial power France confirmed the developments, issuing a statement that said French President Francois Hollande "has taken note of the departure of President Francois Bozize."
"Central African Republic has just opened a new page in its history," said a communique signed by Justin Kombo Moustapha, secretary-general of the alliance of rebel groups known as Seleka.
"The political committee of the Seleka coalition, made up of Central Africans of all kinds, calls on the population to remain calm and to prepare to welcome the revolutionary forces of Seleka," it said.
Central African Republic, a nation of 4.5 million, has long been wracked by rebellions and power grabs. Bozize himself took power in 2003 following a rebellion, and his tenure has been marked by conflict with myriad armed groups.
The rebels reached the outskirts of Bangui late Saturday. Heavy gunfire echoed through the city Sunday as the fighters made their way to the presidential palace, though the president was not there at the time.
"Bozize left the city this morning," said Maximin Olouamat, a Bozize adviser. He declined to say where the president had gone.
The last public news of Bozize's whereabouts came Friday, when state radio announced he had returned from a visit to South Africa.
Coverseas Worldwide Assistance, a Swiss-based crisis management firm that has contacts on the ground, said it believed Bozize was headed toward neighboring Congo. Bangui is located along the Oubangui River that separates the two countries.
Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende, however, said he had no knowledge of Bozize crossing into Congo.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement Sunday that the United States was "deeply concerned about a serious deterioration in the security situation" in Central African Republic.
"We urgently call on the Seleka leadership which has taken control of Bangui to establish law and order in the city and to restore basic services of electricity and water," the statement said.
Rebels from several armed groups that have long opposed Bozize joined forces in December and began seizing towns across the sparsely populated north. They threatened at the time to march on Bangui, but ultimately halted their advance and agreed to engage in peace talks in Libreville, the capital of Gabon.
A deal was signed Jan. 11 that allowed Bozize to finish his term, which expires in 2016, but the rebels soon began accusing the president of failing to fulfill promises made.
They demanded Bozize send home South African forces who were helping bolster the country's military. They also sought to integrate some 2,000 rebel fighters into Central African Republic's armed forces.
Earlier this month, the rebels again took control of two towns and threatening to advance on the capital.
Late Saturday, Bangui was plunged into darkness after fighters cut power to much of the city. State radio went dead, and fearful residents cowered in their homes.
An unspecified number of French citizens have taken refuge in the French Embassy, a French diplomat said on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to be publicly named according to Foreign Ministry policy. The diplomat said extra French troops were brought in to secure the Bangui airport.
Hundreds of French soldiers already were in the country, some of whom were sent in to protect French interests in the former colony. Bozize had appealed to Hollande for help, but the French president said he would not be protecting the government. Other French soldiers have been providing technical support and helping to train the local army, according to the French defense ministry.


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Funding AMI directly could enable a large fraction of customers to be price responsive and enable increased DR participation in both energy and capacity markets. With AMI in place, state commissions could further promote price responsiveness by making dynamic retail rates the default rate structure and allowing customers to opt out. Dynamic rates have an advantage over fixed rates with DR opportunities: They avoid having to define a hypothetical customer baseline load. Customer baselines potentially can indicate some false reductions since they are based on customers' past volatile consumption patterns and can't provide a perfect forecast of future consumption that would occur absent DR. Baseline definition has been controversial in all RTOs that have relied on them, and they likely would become more controversial if a large fraction of customers were relying on them for settlement purposes. 16
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Let me first say that I LOVE the look of this floor! I was beyond happy after intalling this floor. We had no trouble intalling the floor. It is harder to keep clean as the black shows EVERYTHING but I use a swiffer with a dust cloth and go over the floor several times a day and it stays clean. I thought I had found the flooring that I wanted for the entire house UNTIL 1 day my mini Chihuahua had an "accident" and peed on the floor. As I stated she is a "mini" she weighs less than 1 pound so she did not pee much at all. I immediately cleaned it up but noticed within an hour later the boards she had peed on, she peed right in the middle of where 2 boards meet, both boards swoll up and looked horrible! Of course she did this in the very middle of the floor and there is absolutely no way of removing the boards to replace them without moving the entire floor. SOOOO disappointing, as I had asked the man at the store if it would hold up againt pets in regards to scratches or "accidents" and I was assured it would, but that is NOT the case. If you have no pets and never have a drink or anything spill on the floor then this floor is simply beautiful. If you have pets or kids that sometimes have accidents and spill drinks or etc. I would NOT recommend this flooring at all! I was able to place my bed in my bedroom over the bad boards but I now have to stress about the pets and kids being in my room on the floor at all times afraid they might spill something or a pet have an accident and more boards will swell and look bad. REALLY wish the floor did not do this as I would had put this throughout my entire home.
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We used this laminate in the foyer, hallway, living room, sunroom, and loved it so much bought more for dinning room. A little tricky in all the doorways but for the first time laying this type of flooring, looks great. The click/lock and floating part of this made it fast and easier. The price was right.
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I wasn't sure about the quality of this floor because of it's price. It looks better than I thought it would, was pretty easy to install and so far wearing well. We managed to bang up a couple joints with our makeshift joiner. Finally went to get the official kit and it was MUCH better but you still have to be careful. All in all, We got it done.
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This floor looks great. I was considering similar looking engineered products from several different places. All where twice the price or more. In the end this one won because of the price, gloss, and beveled edges. I installed this in my living room (850 square feet) and bed room (500 square feet). Technically I exceeded the 27 foot length limit so we will see how that goes but I've had to do that before in another house and never had a problem with Dream Home products. The 30 year warranty is great but I probably voided that by installing over 27ft especially since I just admitted to it in writing. I better stop now before I admit to other nefarious deeds.
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A:Outside dimensions are; 87.5" long x 10.5" wide x 3.25 high. Thank you for your inquiry.
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A:27 ft. in either direction will require a T-molding. Thank you for your inquiry.
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A:This is a legitimate concern, You can try to place the legs away from the floor seams and place large coasters underneath each table leg.
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A:Our wood floors are manufactured for maximum durability, easy maintenance and finished with a high quality aluminum oxide water base urethane UV cured finish. This step protects the wood and helps keep the flooring looking beautiful longer. While highly durable, the finish is NOT considered indestructible. However, by observing a few precautions like setting up a regular cleaning routine and simple maintenance program to protect the finish, you can expect years of performance and beauty from your wood floor. All wood floors can show signs of wear over time. There are many factors that can affect the amount of wear. These include the size and lifestyle of your family and product location.
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A:No glue and no nails needed
Q:whats the best way to clean the flooring? i used MR clean and its very streaky.
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A:We can only recommend our Bellawood Floor Cleaner, or cleaners that are safe for water based urethane finishes. Never use any polish, wax, oil soaps or cleaners that add shine to the floor. In addition, we do not recommend using steamers or wet-jet cleaning systems for hardwood because spraying can collect moisture in between board edges. The use of these products is at your own risk.
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200 million office workers gagging for a... Microsoft Surface?
Microsoft Surface tablets are top of office workers' wish lists, research from Forrester has found, in a surprising discovery from its yearly survey of global information workers. That means 200 million people want their employers to get them a Surface this year, states Forrester in the report 2013 Mobile Workforce Adoption …
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I don't even get a '0' in that area where the number of comments is displayed, on both Chrome and IE... once some has left a comment, I can join in, but I can't be the first. I've slowly looked over the page, looking for the comment link, but can't see it. I've tried clicking on the empty space where the number of comments is displayed, but it doesn't work. Something is broken, and there wasn't a Reg post promoting this strange change.
Exactly... Nothing displays until someone makes a comment. I only got here to make it by figuring out the URL.
One of today's other articles had an apologetic comment from a member of staff to start it off.
Re: Nothing displays until someone makes a comment
They've taken away the "Start" button? Where the hell did they get that bright idea from??
Arrrrgh this is a bad change
Dull black and white colours, and "top rated comments" shown below the article?
What use are they they are a reply to a comment that doesn't make the list.
Additionally, these comments appear on all pages of a multi-page article, so you could see "top rated comments" referring to a piece of the article you haven't even read yet.
The comments are FINE on their own page. In fact, better than fine. I'm not one of these old fogies who hates any sort of change, but this change is awful :(
Re: Arrrrgh this is a bad change
I agree. It's a METRO-tier change.
Re: Arrrrgh this is a bad change
"El Reg 8" ?
I don't suppose there's an article talking about the changes, so we can complain somewhere where we might be heard?
Quit while you're ahead
Just shut up before they innovate and give us a comment ribbon.
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Next week: you can only comment via a touch interface.
Forrester surveyed 9,766 information workers globally to compile this research between September and October 2012.
Before anyone knew what was coming and gave up?
Wish List
I want my employer to give me twice, no ten times the salary, three times the holidays, a penthouse flat on top of the office building, a chauffeur driven limo for work travel, and something a little more sporty for my personal use...
Since when did the wish list for the rank and file influence business buying decisions?
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Since when did the wish list for the rank and file influence business buying decisions?
Indeed. And while it'd be nice if IT procurement included user research and tried to meet user desires within the constraints of business needs, it shouldn't be controlled by what users say they want. I wouldn't want my employer to start handing out hardware that wasn't justified by a solid business reason - spend that capital on something useful.
(By the same token, I'm happier not working for one of those hip Bay Area companies that all waste money on the same "cool" crap. Come to work to work. And don't think I'm giving you your ball back if it lands in my yard. Goddamned kids.)
So they all want this expensive tablet/ultrabook/mobile-PC/doorwedge as long as someone else is paying for it? Given that it's main drawback is its cost, somehow this is hardly earthshattering news with the hardware itself (ignoring the price) being quite good.
I'm sure if they surveyed what company car the employees would like their employers to pay for, many would happily ask for a Veyron...
If there are 200 million people who want a surface tablet, how come sales of these tablets are at an all time low?
Perhaps they want the pro version, which they can't have yet? This seems especially likely since this survey was done in a work context.
ever heard the comment "Want in one hand and shit in the other, see which one fills up first"
That's exactly the case in point here. I'm not saying I agree with the numbers, or how they come about to determine such a thing, but anybody wanting anything right now just isn't happening. Companies aren't looking to spending money on things they already have that won't generate money. So, people are stuck with what they have for a while.
> "If there are 200 million people who want a surface tablet, how come sales of these tablets are at an all time low?"
Because they want the pro version - they want to run all their Win programs. I would take one if somebody wanted to buy me one. Certainly about a thousand times more useful to me than an iToy.
Because the survey was before people knew what it was like, when they still thought it would be a status symbol. Office workers are the ones who want Office Pro even if they only type letters and look at simple spreadsheets.
Simple - "want" does not imply "are willing to pay for". These people wouldn't object to their emplyers buying them a Microsoft tablet, but they sure as hell aren't about to spend their own money on one.
Maybe what Forrester meant to say; 200 million DON'T want a surface.
Enjoy your two hour battery life.
"If there are 200 million people who want a surface tablet...."
It's because the report is done by "Pro Microsoft" consultants, using TOOA or "Talking Out Of Arse" speak.
In other words - the report is bullshit.
Satan - "Feed them shit, make them buy."
Because they don't want to buy one, they want to be given one by their employers to replace the ancient XP machines they have on thier desks. Even I'd consider that, and I hate W8 even more than all the previous versions, and use Unix type systems whenever possible.
whos buying?
wonder if its because of the cost, they don't want to spend their cash on one, but would take one off the employer.
The other numbers are even funnier
If 32%=200M then obviously 12% equals 75M and 8% equals 50M.
Or in other words, allegedly there are 75M iPads used at work. That seems very high for a consumer consumption device.
And what the fuck are those 50M non-iPad/Android/Windows tablets used at work? Puleaze, we want to know which trend the whole IT-news sites missed.
Re: The other numbers are even funnier
> And what the fuck are those 50M non-iPad/Android/Windows tablets used at work?
200 million office workers gagging for a...
...Microsoft SURFACE?
You guys sure that "gagging" is really the right word?
Re: 200 million office workers gagging for a...
I think they mean the users will gag when they find what it's like!
Sccm, packaging and deployment on a tablet?
No thanks!
Just give me bigger bloody had drives for all the VMs I have to run!
Only tablet I want for work is labled Valium.
surveyed 9,766 information workers
Of course by register standards that means that for 200 million office drones Windows tablet is most desired???
Beyond stretching less the 10 thousand to 200 milliion, the articles authoress has also made a MSFT tablet the cube prole's most desired wish.
And here I thought these peoples fondest wish was not to be made redundant.
LOL, anyone actually believe this?
Quite clearly part of the surface hype train with the "research" undertaken for Microsoft with a pre-engineered outcome.
Nowhere does it clarify which planet this survey was conducted on.
It clearly wasn't planet earth....
What is and what is not
We the population who are already speaking our opinion of Windows 8 and the Surface with our wallets, we are the office workers. Like Windows 8 and the Surface, dear Forrester we're not buying it.
Want or would take?
What was the question? "Do you want a Surface work tablet" or "Would you use a Surface tablet if supplied free by work". I suspect the later.
Who lit the Crack pipe again?
The claim 200M office workers is a pipe dream. Just like the 450M office workers who wanted Sharepoint?
I'll smoke some of what they're smoking please !!!!!!!
What's a "Surface"?
I've heard of an iPad. I've used an iPhone. I've seen Android. But I ain't never seen me one of them thar Surface thingies.
Where the feck does this bunch of PR shills find 10,000 "normal" people who've heard of a Surface, let alone have any desire to use one.
I bet the "interview" went something like this:
Q: Would you use a Surface if your company gave you one?
A: What's that?
Q: It's just like an iPad
A: If my company gave me one, yes.
Re: What's a "Surface"?
probably because of the way the question was worded :)
Q Would you like a surface to work on?
A Hell yes don't steal my desk!
Re: What's a "Surface"?
Given the advertising for the RT, probably most of them think it's a follow-up sequel to Glee or High School Musical.
We spend a lot of money on research. Gartner take a pile, Forrester a decent slice too. When our strategy meetings finish and we spill out to the bar - having presented various ideas supported by slides of guff from these windbags - we often discuss what a sham of an industry it is. Think financial analysts are bent? Heck, at least they have rules, regulations and regulators.
Still, this gives me hope. I'm guessing I won't need to buy anymore Forrester reports after this crap.
Was there a butterfly ballot? Something is very, very wrong here.
Plenty of office workers want a proper desktop experience, know windows fairly well and don't want to learn a new OS. If it wasn't for the crappy battery life the surface pro would be a home run because the idea of a mobile computer/tablet with 8 hrs battery, running office and satisfying IT security needs is a winner. For business people anyway.
Plenty of office workers want a proper desktop experience, know windows fairly well and don't want to learn a new OS. If it wasn't for the crappy battery life the surface pro would be a home run because the idea of a mobile computer/tablet with 8 hrs battery, running office and satisfying IT security needs is a winner. For business people anyway.
Yeah so lets upgrade them from Windows XP to Windows 8 great logic.... If Windows 8 isn't a new OS then why bother upgrading in the first place?
very dubious figures
So they claim that 21% of workers currently use a tablet - where?
My company, among other things, produces software for tablets yet still less than 21% have a tablet.
Re: very dubious figures
At home
Its obvious why they would want MS - but can MS actually deliver?
Office workers use MS products and largely they work together - although the IT dept will have played a big part in making this happen (and keeping things working). Hence there will be an expectation that Microsoft phone, tablet, laptop/desktop will be able to work together in a way that they've learnt from direct experience their ipad doesn't (with Windows).
Certainly at the present time MS are probably the only vendor with the position and wealth to deliver a fully integrated experience across all office devices; however, the big question is whether MS is actually capable of delivering what the Enterprise needs and its users are expecting - from the recent releases of Windows I'm not so sure ...
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