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Jack Kingston, the 59-year-old Savannah-based congressman, emerged as the likely number two soon after the Broun and Gingrey flameouts. His 11 terms in the House have helped him raise a considerable amount of cash, and behind Perdue, he was certainly the best-funded candidate. But all those years in Congress have also given Kingston a record that, while well within the conservative mainstream, left him open to attacks from the right, particularly on spending. Kingston's rural district in south Georgia relies primarily on agriculture, and he has been criticized for supporting pork-laden farm bills and earmark spending that's unpopular up north in the Atlanta suburbs. Kingston responded with a sharp right turn in the latest session of Congress, joining Broun, Gingrey, and a handful of conservative House members in opposing spending deals and procedural moves supported by John Boehner. Kingston even voted against the Paul Ryan-authored budget, despite having voted for it previously, because its spending cuts did not go far enough.
The question is, did anyone in Atlanta notice? Kingston has polled consistently in second place but has only seen a small surge in support in the last month. He's expected to lock down his base in South Georgia, but the GOP primary vote is in the Atlanta media market, where Kingston suffered from a lack of name recognition. He and his supporters (like the Chamber of Commerce) have spent plenty of money trying to boost him with TV and radio ads, and endorsements from Sean Hannity and former WSB radio host Neal Boortz have likely helped, too.
Kingston's TV ads have had two themes. One is conservative Georgia values, depicted with Kingston driving his beat-up, wood-paneled station wagon through Spanish-moss covered groves of live oaks. They evoke an older Georgia, though one that may not be relevant to folks in metro Atlanta, many of whom aren't native Georgians and may only drive south of Macon on their way to Florida. The second theme is that Kingston is a spendthrift, with ads featuring his four grown children reminiscing about how cheap their father is. It's an important message for a candidate with a spending problem in the House, and the ads are certainly memorable. Kingston needs to get second place in the majority of metro Atlanta's 20 or so counties if he hopes to get to the runoff.
That brings us to Karen Handel, the wild card in the race. The 52-year-old Handel is a former Fulton County (Atlanta) commissioner and was elected Georgia's secretary of state in 2006. In 2010, she came in first in a crowded GOP primary for governor, but lost an exceedingly close runoff (around 2500 votes) against the eventual governor, Nathan Deal. Deal had succeeded in painting his opponent as a relative liberal on social issues, despite her stated pro-life position. Handel was later a vice president at the Susan G. Komen cancer foundation, where she was caught up in a controversy over the charity's funding of Planned Parenthood. Komen had decided to cut off its funding, a move Handel supported and defended, only to reverse its decision and restore the funding amid outcry from pro-abortion groups. Handel resigned after the reversal.
The Komen episode earned Handel conservative credibility on social issues, but she began her race for the Senate far behind the others in both the polls and in money. It wasn't until late March that Handel received a big break in the form of an endorsement from Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee who has become something of a primary kingmaker. On the heels of the Palin endorsement came the discovery of the video featuring David Perdue referring to Handel as a high-school graduate. Both episodes, one after the other, gave Handel plenty of free local and national media time, as well as a boost in fundraising. Enough money came in to produce a TV ad calling her congressmen opponents "career politicians" and Perdue an "out-of-touch millionaire elitist."
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(%) 2 Resident Wages in 2013 ($) 1,391,381 New Hires 27 Unemployment Insurance Claimants 17 Local Labor Market Info URL http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/alari/index.cfm?r=5&b=21&p=213&goplace=go Economy - Fisheries Participation and Earnings CDQ Participant No CQE Eligible Yes CQE Participant No Count of Seafood Processors 0 All Fisheries, Permit Holders 2 All Fisheries, Permits Issued 4 All Fisheries, Permit Holders that Fished 2 All Fisheries, Est. Earnings ($) 0 All Fisheries, Total (Lbs.) 0 All Fisheries, Note Community has permit holders in this fishery but data is suppressed; three or fewer permit holders participated in one or more of the fisheries. Crab, Permit Holders 0 Crab, Permits Issued 0 Crab, Permit holders that fished 0 Crab, Est. Earnings ($) 0 Crab, Total (Lbs.) 0 Halibut, Permit Holders 0 Halibut, Permits Issued 0 Halibut, Permit holders that fished 0 Halibut, Est. 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Earnings ($) 0 Salmon, Total (Lbs.) 0 Salmon, Note Community has permit holders in this fishery but data is suppressed; three or fewer permit holders participated in one or more of the fisheries. Economy - Fuel Prices Election, Recording, and Judicial Districts Senate District R Senator Bert Stedman (R) House District 35 Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) Judicial District 1 Recording District Ketchikan Facilities and Amenities Broadband Internet Available Yes Broadband Cell Phone Services Yes Cell Phone Service Available Yes Max Upload Speed Available 3 Mbps to 6 Mbps Max Download Speed Available 10 Mbps to 25 Mbps Geography and Climate Location Naukati Bay is located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Community Map Available Yes Map URL http://commerce.alaska.gov/dnn/dcra/PlanningLandManagement/CommunityProfileMaps.aspx Latitude 55.8808 Longitude -133.1950 Sq Mi Land 0.00 Sq Mi Water 0.00 Climate Naukati Bay falls within the southeast maritime climate zone, characterized by cool summers, mild winters and heavy rain throughout the year. Max. Daily Precipitation (Inches) 0.0 Total Precipitation (Inches) 0.0 Max. Measured Snow Depth (Inches) 0 Total Snowfall (Inches) 0 Max. Daily Temperature (°F) 0 Min. Daily Temperature (°F) 0 History and Culture History Named "Naukatee Bay" in 1904 by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, who recorded it as the local Indian name. It was a logging camp at one time but was later settled as a Department of Natural Resources land disposal site. Culture Naukati residents are logging families and homesteaders. Two community non-profit associations have been organized for planning and local issue purposes. 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In March 2015, Lama Zopa Rinpoche dictated this letter to the students of Maitreya School, Root Institute's free school benefiting local impoverished children in Bodhgaya, India. Rinpoche wrote the letter after the school master explained that the main problem the children faced was parents drinking and fighting. Rinpoche asked that this letter be translated into Hindi, framed, put on the wall, and read and explained often to the students.
My most dear, precious, kind, wish-fulfilling children,
I understand the so-much suffering and problems at home: parents that drink so much alcohol without control and then fight all the time. That makes you all so sad. It can be also very, very scary. And it is not just one time, two times, three times; it is often. It might be like that for you.
Their problem is not only that they don't have external, outside-world, general-world education, but that they don't have inner education. The Sanskrit word for this is "Dharma." And not just understanding Dharma, but practice and attainment, especially the attainments of patience, contentment, compassion and so forth. They do not have these qualities. They didn't get to achieve these qualities and that's because they never learned, because nobody explained.
We can see with the eyes their life problems – so much suffering and no happiness. This is a very good example for us. As you are young, you have to grow up in a positive way, not a negative way. It is so much suffering for them, but for you, seeing their life – the unbelievable suffering, fear and chaos – is great education. For you, it is great inspiration not to live your life like them. If you live life like them, soon you will grow up and will have to have a family; you will have children and so your life will be unbelievable suffering – fighting like them and drinking alcohol. Having a family is supposed to be a happiness, but with life so uncontrolled, there's much fighting, sadness, fear, and so many other negative things. There are even things couples don't have to fight about, but because of drinking, even if there is not so much reason to fight, they find small reasons to fight about and harm each other. All this happens every day. Not only you the wife or you the husband suffer, but it also bring so much suffering to your family, your children. Your life will become like this or worse.
Therefore, your life is in your hands; it's up to your mind. If you develop compassion for others and wisdom, especially Dharma wisdom – inner wisdom, inner education – then as much as you develop those, you will have so much happiness. Even though your parents suffered so much, you will grow up with so much happiness. When you have a family and children, you will all have so much happiness. You won't bring suffering to your family. By developing compassion to others and wisdom, this inner wisdom, you will bring so much happiness to yourself, your husband, your wife, your children. Then, your children will become a great example to their children. They will know what brings suffering, so they will not bring suffering to their children; they will bring happiness. Each generation becomes a great example of how to bring peace and happiness.
I want Maitreya School to help to bring peace and happiness, to bring wisdom light to life, not bring darkness, but to bring the sun – wisdom light – and as a result, bring peace and happiness. That is my real aim for the school. It is not just school. Even in the Western world there are kindergartens, colleges, universities where you can learn so many things, but the mind never changes. The mind, which produces happiness and suffering, never changes; and the mind is used only to produce suffering, not to produce happiness. That happens because developing compassion, the good heart and wisdom is limited.
Even though you are children, it is so important to practice kindness day and night, not to harm others, and on top of that, to benefit others. Even if you can't benefit, at least pray and dedicate your merits for others to have happiness, harmony and the success of their wishes according to Dharma. This way, nothing becomes negative karma, negative action, but instead it becomes the cause of peerless happiness, total cessation of obscurations, and the completion of realizations.
Try, beginning in childhood, to practice the good heart, to be kind to others – and not only to people, but even to insects and animals. This way, you become a good human being by not harming others and only bringing greater and greater peace and happiness not only to yourself, but also to your family, society, country, and world. And you bring the same to the six types of living beings – hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, human beings, suras, asuras – and intermediate state beings. Not only do you bring temporary happiness, but you bring ultimate happiness, like the sun shining. Show respect; treat others like yourself or more important than yourself. Of course, you need compassion and wisdom, otherwise, even if others have eyes, you make them blind – in other words, you cause suffering to others.
Thank you very much, with much love and prayer.
My sincere advice is to pray to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is Buddha in an ordinary human form that appears to us. Pray from the heart that your parents have peace, harmony, and no more fighting. Pray that they get Dharma happiness, the peerless happiness, cessation of obscurations, and the completion of all the realizations. Even praying sincerely to His Holiness can help. Don't just pray only one time, no, pray every day. You need to pray all the time.
Transcribed by Ven. Sarah Thresher, Root Institute, March 2015. Edited by Mandala for inclusion on FPMT.org
Learn more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), and Rinpoche's vision for a better world. Sign up to receive news and updates.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a teaching to the young children, teachers and parents of students at the Maitreya School, which is a project of Root Institute. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche's assistant, shared that Rinpoche said to the children that we don't want suffering, we want happiness, so then, we should not give harm to others; this is the very, very basic education! This is the basic principle of the education in this school.
Rinpoche also said that the Maitreya School is special because it has additional education showing how suffering and happiness do not come from outside, but from inside – from one's own mind. After the talk, Rinpoche offered rucksacks to all of the children at the Maitreya School.
Currently, the Maitreya School is looking for teachers fluent in English and Hindi for the new school year which starts very soon.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an organization dedicated to preserving Mahayana Buddhism through offering the Buddha's authentic teachings and to facilitating reflection, meditation, practice and the opportunity to actualize and directly experience the Buddha's teachings. Sign up to receive news and updates.
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His Holiness the Karmapa visited Maitreya School and Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, on January 31. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was also at Root Institute and welcomed His Holiness.
The Maitreya School is a project of Root Institute and offers children a well rounded education that includes instruction in compassion, honesty and loving-kindness as emphasized by the 16 Guidelines, a Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom program.
While visiting the school, His Holiness the Karmapa gave a talk to more than 100 Maitreya School students and teachers and offered the children gifts. His Holiness also gave a talk at Root Institute.
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Helping Children in Bodhgaya
Root Institute, the FPMT center in Bodhgaya, India, helps offer care and education to children through Shakyamuni Buddha Community Health Care Centre, Maitreya School for Universal Education and the Tara Children's Project (TCP), which takes care of HIV-affected children and orphans. Tara Children's Project kids and Maitreya School students are benefiting from receiving a new bus to take them to and from school.
The Shakyamuni Buddha Health Care Centre is a free health care clinic that began in 1991. Dr. Sanjay works at the health care center and has been the main doctor for the children of TCP, visiting every week and overseeing the care for the physical and emotional health of each child.
Juhi Pandey, from an organization called Tara Trust, spent five days collaborating with the TCP staff in engaging the children in activities that cultivate positive states of mind such as love and compassion. They engaged in many activities including listening to stories about companionship and the benefits of working together. To end the week, the children painted the letters of words of the six essential guidelines recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, spiritual director of FPMT, offered 26 life-size statues of Maitreya Buddha to FPMT centers, services and projects. In just one month, many centers have already received their Maitreya statue. Mandala is celebrating this with the Maitreya Statue Photo Gallery, featuring photos of Maitreya statues situated in FPMT centers, projects and services around the world!
Last week, we shared news of the new statue at Thubten Shedrub Ling in Australia. This week, we are featuring the Maitreya statue that is at the new Maitreya School, a project of Root Institute for Wisdom Culture in Bodhgaya. The Maitreya watched over the proceedings as the school held its grand opening in April. Maitreya School will provide education to children of poor families following the government curricula while also incorporating key Buddhist principles in the context of Indian culture.
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"What's the best time of the day?" I asked Langbert.
"In the morning when they wake up and you can see that first smile on their face, when you pick 'em up out of the crib and they're happy to see you," he said.
At 9 a.m., he takes the family's two dogs and heads to work as an entrepreneur. Garcia, an artist, is a stay-at-home dad who spends all his time raising the triplets, with a little help from an aunt.
He always dresses the triplets in the same colors: Tosca in yellow, Chaucer in pink, and Carter in either green or blue. This makes it easier to tell the babies apart.
Each day, he goes through two-dozen diapers, washes five loads of laundry, runs six loads of dishes, cleans the apartment, and even finds time to be a handyman.
Just getting the triplets ready to go out for a walk takes almost half an hour.
Wherever they go, Garcia is asked about the triplets. And then, inevitably, he's asked where their mother is.
"I'm the daddy and the mama," Garcia usually answers.
The two dads don't know which one is the biological father — and have no plans to test the triplets' DNA.
Garcia usually feeds the kids. "I shuttle the food back and forth," said Langbert, "and make the oatmeal and prepare the bottles."
When dinner is over, it's bath time.
"We have an assembly line set up," said Langbert. "James goes and gets the tub ready and lays out all their clothing and the supplies you need. James bathes one, dries them, takes them out to me. And if things stay in balance, I can finish feeding one kid just as the next one comes out of the bath."
By 9 p.m., the day is finally winding down. The lights are turned off. The television is turned on. And the two men reflect on their lives as they get the triplets ready for bed.
A Different — And Loving — Family
"What will you say to your children when they get old enough to ask questions?" I asked.
"There are a lot of different types of families out there, and yours has two very loving fathers," answered Langbert.
Still, they know their family looks different than most.
"When you dress them all up, and you're taking a photo, that's when it hits you, that your family looks very different than many other photos that you see out there," Langbert said.
"We believe that they're the most precious babies in the entire world, and if anybody begs to differ, that's what we think," said Garcia.
"And I have the pictures to prove it!" added his partner.
One of the babies is walking, another is crawling, and the third is sitting up. And all three are learning to say "Dada."


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The harbour is completely sheltered from SW winds, so much so that it was flat calm when we arrived, coincidentally parking next to the same boat that was next to us in Kalmar, crewed by some very pleasant young German lads. Nothing much happened for the rest of the evening, including the non-arrival of the harbourmaster and his non-answering of his ...
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... are also many boaters, like the other countries we have visited. The city is very lovely and has distinctive Baroque architecture that has been well-preserved and is a World Heritage Site. We took a bus to the Naval Shipyard where we had a short tour. Then we had a rope-making demonstration that was very interesting. We went to the beautiful town square where we had free time to tour. ...
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For the evening, team members and their host families attended a "farewell Karlskrona" party at the home of Peter and Elisabet Althini in Fagelmara Strand. The home is located on the Baltic Sea, which can result in some wind (as experienced that night). Fortunately, the home also had ...


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Don Pancho is perfectly positioned near a great selection of bars, restaurants and shops, features high quality amenities, and offers all the friendly, professional services expected in a fine, luxury hotel.
Furthermore, through its outstanding reputation for excellent quality and service, Don Pancho earned the honourable "Q" award from the esteemed Tourist Quality assessment scheme.
Hotel Services and Facilities
DiningSatisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar.
Hotel facilities
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Nightclub
- Sauna
- Concierge services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Shopping on site
- Hair salon
- Library
- Multilingual staff
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Conference space
- Outdoor pool
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- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 10 per week (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 10 per week (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 11 per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
How to bookMaking your reservation in Hotel Don Pancho is easy and secure. Simply select your dates of stay and click on the "Check Rates" button to submit the form.
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After you fill out all of the needed information, press the "Complete reservation" button. To ensure your security, we use a secure commerce server, which encrypts the credit card number and encodes it into a non-usable form.
Area informationDistances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.
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Benidorm Palace - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
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Mediterranean Balcony - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
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Memphis, TN – Kacky Walton talks with playwright and director Ekundayo Bandele about Hattiloo Theatre's upcoming production of his musical If Scrooge was a Brother, playing December 2nd through 26th.
It's Christmas Eve and Eb Scroo is seeking to snuff out the season's cheer by demanding that all debts owed him be paid before nightfall. Facing imprisonment or a Christmas without presents and a feast, the residents are desperate.
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Miss Leon's Serves Some of St. Louis' Best Comfort Food
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Nearby Eleven Eleven Mississippi and SqWires are great and chic, but they're still restaurants at heart. What Lafayette Square has always lacked -- and now has -- is a swank, stay-up-late nightspot with an apropos array of nibbles and a massive choice of boozy concoctions.
Brokaw's Chocolate Bar -- like his two other erstwhile see-and-be scenes, the vegetarian nosh spot Tangerine and the sake club Lo -- asserted a certain in-the-know sexiness. New proprietor David Bailey's take on the dessert café (he bought the space, not the business) throws the seductiveness into overdrive. Compared to the new Chocolate Bar, the old Chocolate Bar would rank about as come-hither as a nine-year-old who snuck into her mother's makeup drawer.
1915 Park Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104
Category: Bars and Clubs
Region: St. Louis - Lafayette Square
314-241-8100. Hours: 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Tue.-Sat.
Gone are the bakery-style display cases and the shelves of retail chocolate treats up front, making room instead for that handsome bar and a smattering of high tables and chairs across from it. Gone are the purple tones and the cutesy, curlicued scripts on the signage. Bailey's Chocolate Bar is red, red, red -- not just red walls, but red upholstered chairs, red bathroom doors and floors, fresh red roses on the tables -- and so sleek that sleek should be spelled with only one "e." Parisian café-style posters and a cluster of candles behind an ornate fireplace grill in the back room give off a whiff of worldly romance. With candles flickering in the bathrooms, Bailey's Chocolate Bar is officially cozier and more idyllic than my apartment (yours too). It's the money shot in an issue of Dwell magazine.
The two menus -- one drink, one food -- carry through that visual slickness, designed with fonts that can only be described as cutting edge. But while the form may be streamlined, the content is sprawling. The edibles start with a page of plated desserts (cakes, tarts and such), move on to ice cream desserts, truffles and cheeses, then hairpin turn to a "Savory" page of five pizzettas and "Other," which means baked Brie, a nut bowl, and a surprising, delectable "salad chocolat": mixed greens, dried cherries, toasted nuts, Amish blue cheese and white chocolate medallions, with a Champagne vinaigrette. Potables run rampant, from chocolate martinis to "liquid dessert" martinis to wine -- white, red and rosé by the glass, then a combined by-the-bottle section. "Sparklers" (effervescents by the glass and bottle), "Stickies" (sweet varietals) and ports come separately, and then there are beers on tap, bottled beers, flavored beers (Ace Honey Cider, Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale), more liquid desserts (shakes, floats and hot chocolates, all but one of them non-alcoholic), coffee drinks, then Scotch, tequila and rum.
I think I counted 218 items, solid and liquid, all told.
The good news: The martinis are strong and well calibrated, with flavorful aftertastes like raspberry or hazelnut. Bailey's gives the libations at Absolutli Goosed a run for their money. Pizzettas play sweet-salty combinations well: pears, arugula and Stilton on the Park pizzetta; poached fig, Brie, walnuts and honey on the Lafayette; sweet potatoes, black pepper and fontina on the Eighteenth. (A small setback on the Mississippi: Red onion would match better than white with the smoked salmon, capers and crème fraîche.)
But back to that menu: Taking it all in and figuring out a course of action can trigger a premature sugar crash. For a full meal, should it go pizzettas, cheese, dessert? And if so, shouldn't Savory come before Cheeses on the menu? How many people can reasonably share one serving of cheese? Does "Bailey's ice cream" mean that it's flavored with Baileys liqueur, or is it a signature house concoction? What exactly constitutes the difference between a chocolate martini and a liquid dessert martini? Does the latter come with a bobbing scoop of ice cream, as the cinnamon and stout beer float does -- an item hidden at the back of the drinks menu, the lone potent entry under the other liquid desserts listings?
In spite of its breadth, Bailey's menu is one of few words. This does not help. The list of fifteen chocolate martinis provides no hint of ingredients, only cryptic, one-adjective descriptions: a "clear" chocolate martini is "refreshing," an orange one is "sophisticated," the fuzzy is "perfect." Same goes for some of the ten liquid dessert martinis ("orange ginger" equals "a little kick"), while the rest of them -- plus the subsequent four pages of wine and beer -- carry no explanatory text whatsoever.
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To use the Daikatana cheat codes, start the game with the command line parameter as +set console 1
When in the game, press ~ to bring up the console and type in your desired code.
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7 Beginner Yoga Poses That Increase Flexibility
This is a guest post from Sam Negrin | creator and EIC of AllGoodHealth.net and editorial manager of LEAFtv
The practice of yoga has so many incredible healing benefits to both our mind and body. The word Yoga in Sanskrit actually means, to yoke or bind, to unite [mind, body and spirit]. Far too often I hear people say that they aren't flexible enough to go to a yoga class. If that's you – this stops now! Yoga is a life-long practice that has no goals or expectations, that's the beauty of it. In addition to strength and endurance, flexibility is an essential component to leading a healthy, fit life as we grow older. In the words of K. Pattahbi Jois (founder of ashtanga yoga), "Whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it's not your history but your presence on your mat that counts."
These are 7 beginner yoga poses that you can do at home everyday to increase flexibility. Here are some free, short at-home yoga videos you can watch too.
1. Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend): Contrary to what it looks like, this pose is not just flopping forward over your legs. Stand evenly on both feet hip-distance apart, micro-bend your knees to avoid hyper-extension and hinge over your legs from your hip joint (not your upper back). Engage the quadriceps and hamstrings so vigorously that you feel yourself finding more extension in your back and folding deeper. Keep tucking your lower belly in to avoid too much rounding in the low-back. Inhale, find length in the back and exhale, fold deeper.
2. Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose): This is a great intro to deeper backbends. Lie on the floor with the tops of your feet, thighs and pubis bone pressing firmly into the mat. Place your palms underneath your shoulders and on an inhale, lift the sternum. Draw your shoulder blades down the back to create space in the neck. Work on pressing your palms into the mat as you find length in the upper back, possibly straighten your arms–but be careful not to compress the lower back (this might mean you keep your arms bent, as pictured). Stay for 10-15 breaths.
3. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog): This is an incredible stretch for your entire body. Start on your hands and knees with your hands 4-5 inches in front of your shoulders and your knees underneath your hips. Inhale, and on your exhale begin to lift the hips and straighten the legs. Press firmly into all 10 fingers, especially the index fingers and thumbs. Gaze at your belly or in-between your thighs. Read more on alignment for this pose here.read more


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Hostel Suites DF is a small, cosy, design hostel located within a walking distance of Mexico City's downtown and just 400 metres away from Hidalgo Metro Station which connects guests to Mexico City International Airport in less than an hour.
The hostel has beds both in shared dorms and private rooms, all of which have bright and very pleasant feel, offering free towels and bed linen. Travellers can also enjoy free Wi-Fi and free breakfast which can be served in dining room or on the terrace while enjoying a fresh air.
The perfect location of the hostel enables easy access to various tourist sites and if you are not sure where to go, staff at the 24-hour reception can provide information on a number of city tours and Mexico City's attractions.
What travellers think
Loved the breakfast, the ladies who greeted us every morning were lovely! The terraces are a great place to hang out. The beds were a bit hard for us and we found our room really hot with no air con or fans. We had to keep our window shut to aboid mosquitoes, would be great if some sort of netting could be put over to prevent them. Loved our stay overall though so thank you! Xx
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I have shoes ( I think) well they were there try again
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Got My Stuff, then Photos, then Avatars. Who knows if it'll work or not. I tried to change mine and couldn't. GOod luck!
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Meant to say Go to, not got.
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i want to change my picture in my profile & can't figure it out....it gives me thr option of adding an avatar but thats not what I want...WAAAHHHHH wish I didn't have kids so late tonight, I'd play around more so I could help answer some questions. =)


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May trip to Chocolate Bayou, June trips to South Llano and Skimmer saltwater trip
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4.0 out of 5 stars solid nail biting suspense flick with above average action sequences (3.5/5)
i had watched Executive Decision maybe 5 years ago and i remember
enjoying it then.however,i was more impressed this time.Kurt Russel
does a good job as on of the heroes of the piece.a great supporting
cast surrounds Russel.Halle Berry is very convincing in her role.
Steven Seagal makes an appearance,giving another one of his usual
Published on Nov. 3 2007 by falcon
3.0 out of 5 stars and cut !!!!
executive decision was a very fine movie.i saw it in the theater three times. so i remember every thing and every scene. especialy the one's with halle barry. oh what a woman but!!!!.
wait a minute isn't the director supposed to say cut when the movies being filmed not when it's already been shown in theaters all around america. this is the most chopped up film i've...
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4.0 out of 5 stars solid nail biting suspense flick with above average action sequences (3.5/5),
falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
i had watched Executive Decision maybe 5 years ago and i remember
enjoying it then.however,i was more impressed this time.Kurt Russel
does a good job as on of the heroes of the piece.a great supporting
cast surrounds Russel.Halle Berry is very convincing in her role.
Steven Seagal makes an appearance,giving another one of his usual
wooden performances.thankfully he is not the star of the movie.there
are some great action sequences,but the film's focal point is more one
of dramatic suspense.and there are some nail biting moments.these are
handled very well by both the director and the actors.The bad guys are
well represented,all giving fine performances.The main villain is
played by brilliant actor David Suchet,who really inhabits his
character.you really hate this guy.There is not a lot of character
development,but that does not detract from the quality of the film.the
script is very tightly written,which helps to overcome the very
unlikelihood of the plot.the only other minor complaint i have is that
in some of the flying scenes,it is apparent that the scenes are
simulated.but this is a minor issue.overall an above average
suspense/action flick 3.5/5.
4.0 out of 5 stars Excecutive Decision (1996),
The Tweeder "tweeder16" (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, Len Cariou, B.D. Wong, Marla Maples Trump.
Running Time: 135 minutes.
Rated R for violence and language.
Although it is a formula that has been used time and time again, "Excecutive Decision" succeeds just as well, if not better, than the "hostage-takes-over-plane-so-action-hero-has-to-come-to-rescue" genre predecessors because of wonderful performances, an in-depth and enjoyable script, and top-tier direction from rookie Baird. Very simliar to 1992's "Passenger 57" staring Wesley Snipes, but with more emphasis on the supporting cast instead of one central star.
Kurt Russell stars as a United States government expert on Middle East terrorism who finds himself out of his office and on a die-or-die mission with gung ho commando Steven Seagal and Co. when an American airliner is taken hostage while in midair. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), Seagal is killed about a half an hour into the film, allowing Russell to take full command of the film. With the help from gorgeous flight attendant Halle Berry, Russell is able to learn about the situation and guide his great supporting players John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, and Joe Morton as to how they need to approach the dangerous situation.
If there is one major drawback of the film, it is that "Executive Decision" is fairly fairfetched and predictable at the same time--the anti-terrorist crew actually gets onto the plane while it is in the air and without the terrorists knowing--come on! But despite some of its logical fallouts, it is a film that makes up for it with a superb lead role, fine performances from Platt as a brainiac and Leguizamo as a rough-and-tough go-getter, and a gut-wrenching, thrill-ride (literally) of a finale. A nice directorial debut. One of the better action films of the mid 1990's and is on par with other plane thrillers such as "Con Air".
4.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling Battle against Satanic Palestinian terrorist Nazis,
Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews
There are few topics more relevant today than that of Islamic terrorism, as the free world fights back against this demonic evil. And this film was made 5 years before the 911 massacre.
Palestinian terrorists hijack a Flight 747 en route from Athens and Washington D.C, and it is discovered that they are carrying on the plane, a deadly nerve toxin, in quantities that can destroy half of the USA.
Kurt Russell plays a US Intelligence whiz kid who discovers the whole evil plot, and Steven Seagal, the air force colonel, in charge of the operation.
David Suchet plays the terrorist killer, who leads the band of vicious skyjackers.
And the gorgeous Halle Berry plays the heroic airhostess, who helps to foil the plan by the terrorists.
The sexy Marla Maples Trump plays a cameo role as another airhostess.
The tension and fear is palpable, and the difficulty, which the anti-terror team pulls off the operation against the terrorists, is shown in its full realism and difficulty, in contrast to the surrealistic ease of a 007.
It is always good to steal ourselves for the titanic fight ahead of us between the free world and the Satanic Islamic/Palestinian terror network.
5.0 out of 5 stars Best answer to winning the war on terrorism!!!!,
Christopher Dalton (Louisville, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
Even though Executive Decision today would remind the viewing audience of the tragic, if not cowardly attacks made by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001 AD, it is still an entertaining and enjoyable action/suspensful/political thriller. I mean, if any film has Steven Segal killed off within the first 40 minutes of the picture (mirroring Roy Thinnes's demise in Airport 1975) and British actor David Suchet playing an excellent heavy, then it has to be worth watching.
Released in 1996 by Warner Brothers, Executive Decision was the directorial debut of British film editor Stuart Baird (Superman - The Movie and Outland). With the material he had been given by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas, Baird does an excellent, if not remarkable job in film direction. Especially when it comes to the staging and filming of the action sequences.
The plot of the storyline centers around a group of Islamic Terrorists from the Middle East who hijack a 747 en route from Athens to Washington DC. The Islamic extremists main plan is to force the release of a known terrorist leader, who had been captured and imprisoned by British and American military forces.
Unknown to some of the terrorists, their leader has smuggled a Soviet nerve toxin gas left over from the Cold War. A nerve gas hooked up to a bomb, which is controlled by an al-Queida sleeper agent. The real purpose of the terrorist leader is soon revealed. His plans are to use the 747 as a weapon and detonate the nerve agent over Washington, killing all citizens there and those living along most of the East Coast.
Enter into the picture a group of U.S. Army anti-terrorist commadoes, along with a intelligence analyst/field operative from the Pentagon and an aircraft designer. Their mission is to transfer from a U.S. Air Force stealth fighter onto the 747 in mid-air, locate the nerve toxin, deactivate the bomb, kill all of the terrorists and sleeper agents with extreme prejudice, re-take the plane, and ensure the safety of the passengers and flight crew. Easier said than done. With the help of a courageous flight attendant/stewardess and a U.S. Sky Marshal, it becomes a fight to the death five miles above the Earth, with the fate of the U.S. Capitol and the eastern seaboard hanging in the balance.
Better than Air Force One, The Delta Force, The Die Hard Trilogy, and the Under Siege films, Executive Decision pulls all the punches and the stops when it comes to high flying action and high octane political thrillers. With a cast that consists of Kurt Russell, David Suchet (in a non-Hercule Poirot role), Halle Berry, Whip Hubley, Oliver Platt, B.D.Wong, Joe Morton, John Leguizamo, Andreas Katsulas, the late Charles Hallahan and J.T. Walsh, it is an ultimate winner in explosive action and political thrillers. Even the soundtrack by veteran composer Jerry Goldsmith is explosive and excellent. One of his best soundtracks since the 1968 version of Planet Of the Apes.
If you enjoy films that deal with politics, the U.S. Government's policy of not negotiating with terrorists, and the right-winged, if not the best way, to eliminate Middle Eastern terrorism, then Executive Decision is the film for you. Civilian, veteran, any patriotic citizen who wants to stop terrorism dead in its tracks!
5.0 out of 5 stars The best airborne action film since Airport,
Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
I don't watch a lot of "contemporary action" flicks, but this one is really good. To me, its scenario of a jetliner being used as a weapon of terror has an eerie prescience that lends a touch of horror and plausibility that its makers, back in 1996, probably didn't anticipate. Kurt Russell plays Dr. Donald Grant, a think-tanker who, through a series of plot twists, finds himself, along with a technical engineer (Oliver Platt) and a special-forces team (John Leguizamo, Joe Morton, B. D. Wong, Whip Hubley), secretly boarding a 747 that has been hijacked by a fanatic Islamic terrorist (David Suchet) and his band--most of whom don't have a clue about his secret agenda, a nerve-gas bomb whose presence Grant has deduced from his studies of the perp. Their mission: find and disarm the bomb and take down the terrorists before they can slaughter the entire East Coast. With the help of a stewardess (Halle Berry) and a plainclothes air marshal (Richard Riehle), they do both, only to find that the pilots have been killed and Grant, who's never flown anything bigger than a single-engine Cessna, must get the damaged liner down safely. The tension keeps ratcheting up steadily as complications are tossed into the Americans' path: the loss of their leader (Steven Seagal) and much of their equipment, an injured team member (who happens to be its bomb expert), the discovery of failsafes on the bomb and a sleeper agent aboard who can set it off manually, and a flight of combat jets prepared to shoot the plane down. Even after you've viewed it once, you'll still find yourself jamming your foot on the brake in the last few minutes as the crippled liner makes a long terrifying slide through ranks of parked small craft and into an earthen berm. A wild ride and one that any lover of nonstop action should enjoy.
3.0 out of 5 stars and cut !!!!,
michael a goff (clarkston ,mi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
executive decision was a very fine movie.i saw it in the theater three times. so i remember every thing and every scene. especialy the one's with halle barry. oh what a woman but!!!!.
wait a minute isn't the director supposed to say cut when the movies being filmed not when it's already been shown in theaters all around america. this is the most chopped up film i've ever seen! it's a shame. there are about five key scenes cut out of this movie shortening it's lenth by about 12 to 16 minutes.they are very important ones.like when they setup the infrared lighting system. that's cut. or when they have to move the leader of the team "joe morton' after his back is injured and they have to carry him on a strecher through the plane to get to the device they cut the part out where they actually move him. all of the sudden he's at the device.there are too many cut's in this film to justify a purchase but if they do come out with a full lenth version of this film i will for sure be inline to get my dvd.
5.0 out of 5 stars Did real life terrorists get some ideas from this film?,
David Thomson "Second Rate Eric Hoffer Imitator" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
It is ironic that after 9/11 Hollywood shies away from directly dealing with Islamic terrorism. So much so, that the very recently released The Sum of All Fears based on Tom Clancy's novel changes the identity of the evil doers from fervent Islamicists to ultra right-wing Nazis. The earlier Executive Decision was filmed in 1996. It addresses forthrightly, without fear of politically correct reprisals, the menace of Islamic radicalism. A few scenes even have the terrorists speaking Arabic to each other. In many ways, Executive Decision, warned us about the possibility of the attacks of 9/11. The actor who primarily makes this film work is David Suchet who portrays the diabolical Nagi Hassan, a dedicated Islamicist who hates the United States with an unrelenting passion. He ultimately plans to use a hijacked airplane as something of a heavy duty bomb to murder millions of American citizens. This fiendish individual is committed to sacrifice his own life, but hides the final aspect of the scheme from his fellow terrorists. The latter believe that they are merely participating in a plot to free a fellow Islamic radical. Hassan fails to inform them that they are on a suicidal mission. Does this not remind one of the hijackers of 9/11? Osama bin Ladin also did not tell most of those 19 hijackers that they were going to die on that fateful day.
What about Kurt Russell, Steven Segal, Halle Barry, and the other very fine performers? I will be blunt: the primary focus should be on the Nagi Hassan character. It is a very accurate depiction of the extremist Islamic terrorist mindset. Did the fast paced action thriller Executive Decision unwittingly provide a few ideas to those Islamic radicals who almost certainly viewed this film? The answer must be a reluctant yes. Should anyone therefore involved in the production of Executive Decision feel guilty? Not in the least. Artists usually cannot be blamed if the malevolent inclined interpret their work in a manner not to their liking. This is a must see movie. The Nagi Hassans are not merely the figment of a creative writer's imagination, but real live threats to our American values and freedoms. Executive Decision earns five stars.
4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun if you don't take it too seriously,
A group of fanatic middle east terrorists hijacks a US-bound airliner, holding its crew and passengers hostage and demanding the release of their leader - a fearless mastermind of terror brazenly seized by US special forces in a daylight raid. We soon learn, from a brilliant civilian analyst named Grant (Kurt Russel) that the hostage bid is actually a clever smokescreen - that the airliner is actually loaded with a highly potent nerve gas, perhaps enough to end life as we know it on America's east coast. Without any proof, the US government has the choice blasting the plane into oblivion to end a threat it could never prove, or allowing the plane to reach US airspace, where it will disperse its deadly cargo. Instead, a tricky plan is chosen - use a stealth transport with a special airlock to insert a team of special forces onto the plane, to retake it and disarm the bomb.
Up until then, "ED" is content to be a generic, enjoyable yet eventually forgettable action movie involving airplanes and "reel bad arabs" (Hey, I didn't make that up - some guy wrote a book about stereotyping arabs, and somebody else recommended that instead of this flick, as if the audience of one and the other's readership overlap that much). This flick came out in March - not quite the time when people are lining up at the box office. Though not a bad movie, it somehow manages to approach what we all love as the "so bad, we love it" category. Something funny happens midway through though - you realize that you're watching a parody (probably unintentional, but why spoil the fun?) with plenty of violence, but still one that isn't quite right enough to take seriously. Steven Seagal plays the intrepid head of the special forces, but he's dispatched early on, leaving his team to shoulder the task of ending the flying seige. You really know something's wrong when, while describing the plan, Seagal suddenly but calmly tells the military brass and the political heads involved that what he really wants is Kurt Russel's character (tuxedo and all) to come along for the trip. The script suggests he's laughing inside at Russell who'll have to face these bloodthirsty terrorists alone, but he's more likely laughing at us. The flick lards it up further in its choice of miscasting - adding BD Wong and John Leguizamo in as footsoldiers in Seagal's crack outfit. Finally, in what may be a nod to all of those "Airport" flicks of the 70's (okay, so there were only 3 of them), the flick climaxes in the single least-convincing airplane crash-landing ever depicted on the modern screen. (This is perhaps the strongest proof that the flick was intentionally parodying action movies: years earlier, a cosmetically altered 707 was used to brilliantly and chillingly simulate a crash landing 747 in "White Nights"; another 707 was dispatched in speed - certainly they could have done more than used models ala something by Sid and Marty Croft) I'm conservative, but ED hadn't had me scamper around frothing about "arab terrorists", nor did I look at this flick in a new light because of September 11. (I've seen far worse arabs in other films, while this one hints that most of the hijackers were out of the loop about the plan to dump nerva gas on the east coast.) Instead, it's a welcome diversion from more self-conciously serious action movies, even if you'll forget most of it (even Donald Trump's ex, Marla Maples as a flight attendant, or the late JD Walsh as a senator) the next day.
3.0 out of 5 stars Blend of top entertainment with poor quality DVD,
Jim K. (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Executive Decision (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
First of all, there is absolutely no question about the entertainment value of this movie. When I received it, I watched it twice two days in-a-row! It is an excellent action movie if you like hostage/terrorism themes.
Although there have been complaints about Seagal's early demise, I am neutral about it. He played a great part and his role/performance was effective.
Mostly, I review the quality of the DVD so here we go:
"Widescreen review" must be crazy with their 5.0/picture, 5.0/sound, or I didn't receive the same DVD. The picture is pretty bad for a 1996 film (released on DVD approx. two years ago). The picture is grainy with various spots and blurs. At times, there are blue lines around the actors' faces, and it's not from anything glowing, either. It is just poor quality. The DVD starts right away without going to the menu.
The best sound comes at the beginning of the movie with some cheesy words typing across the screen and the effect follows the typing from left to right. Was that necessary?
My picture rating: 1.5 at times, 3.0 maximum in the best shots.
Sound: 3.0 overall
I hope that they remaster this movie in the near future. Clearly, this film was slopped to DVD just to make hasty sales. If you don't mind the [bad] picture, by all means purchase this DVD and enjoy! But I would wait another year or so. It doesn't look like it has a lot of sales so a new release may never happen.
Oh, entertainment rating on a scale of 5: my vote = 6.0!
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
Exec Dec Fan (South Toms River, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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When one thinks of great movies there are a few that come to mind: Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Godfather, and so on. What never fails to amaze me is that Executive Decision is usually left out of this list. What it lacks in plot it heavily makes up for in cast and character development. Joseph Caanen and Orson Wells step aside; Kurt Russel and Steven Seagal are on the move. If you want to talk about true chemistry amongst actors then I suggest you look no further than the "WERE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!" "YOU ARE!" scene. Lets just say that the ageold craft of theatre just got a tune up. NINJA STYLE! I don't like to judge others, but if your heart isnt racing faster than you love life itself by the last scene then you probably have little left to live for cause this movie is A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I am still in the process of appealing the Academys 1996 decision [pun not unintentional] to give Best Picture to the English Patient. And trust me you, we will not be that patient with them. Regardless, if you are looking for a classic then reach for the nearest DVD copy of Executive Decision!
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SolarWorld AG CEO Frank Asbeck told reporters in Germany Friday that the solar panel manufacturer will need to cut more jobs as it enters into what could become lengthy discussions with creditors over debt restructuring.
"Talks could take weeks and months," Asbeck said in a Reuters report Friday morning.
The job cuts, which would follow 250 announced last year, are nothing new to the company's North American headquarters in Hillsboro.
A facility that once employed more than 1,000 ended 2012 with around 750 workers, said spokesman Ben Santarris.
The company initially laid off 37 in November, and since then cut another 50 jobs — half of them temporary workers — while continuing to shrink through attrition, Santarris said Friday.
Asbeck's statement follows an announcement Thursday that the company would seek to restructure its debt, with a particular focus on its bonds and bank loans. It would be the second restructuring by SolarWorld within the last few months. The company in July said it restructured 375 million euros worth of loan agreements with its lenders.
The company's shares fell more than 32 percent in Europe's Xetra exchange Friday, closing at 1.03 Euros ($1.38 U.S.). Meanwhile, its bonds due in 2017 fell 43 percent, according to a Bloomberg report.
Erkan Aycicek, an analyst in Germany with Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, told Bloomberg that the steep decline of the bond price shows that the "market is pricing in a high probability that SolarWorld won't be able to continue its operating business."
Yet because the company is the flagship of Germany's solar panel industry, Aycicek said he expects creditors to be open to a debt restructuring. "If they decide against it, all their money is lost," he told Bloomberg.
SolarWorld's issues aren't happening in isolation. The market globally is struggling with rapidly falling prices, of which SolarWorld has placed much of the blame on producers in China. The company last summer argued that the Chinese government is providing improper subsidies to its domestic producers and then flooding the market with low-cost panels to undercut its competitors. The company last year succeeded in convincing the U.S. government to impose tariffs on imported Chinese panels.
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Even a wave of failures — Bloomberg reports more than a dozen solar companies last year filed for bankruptcy — did little to dent the over supply of production capacity.
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