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Hawaii's had its share of big screen blockbusters throughout the years. From "Jurassic Park" to the filming of the new "Hunger Games," it seems there's always some production crew filming in our islands.
Our partners at Pacific Business News say that's a trend that certainly looks like it will continue.
Hawaii is known as a prime location for filming movies, but according to the Hawaii Film Office, "Hawaii-wood" faces some tough competition from around the world.
It's all about cash, in the form of production tax credits.
"More than 40 states offer aggressive incentive programs," said Donne Dawson, State Film Commissioner.
Since 2006, Hawaii's film tax credit sat at 15 percent for the island of Oahu and 20 percent for neighboring islands. That's less than at least 25 other states. California offers up to 25 percent credit.
"We have continued to see Hawaii struggle in competition with other countries and other states," said Dawson.
A vote of confidence from Hawaii lawmakers may change that. Our partners at Pacific Business news say our state is boosting Hawaii's film tax credit by 5 percent and extending it into 2019.
"This enhancement of our credit is going to send a very strong message to Hollywood, to the industry that Hawaii is in this," said Dawson.
Dean Des Jarlais co-owns Hawaii Media Incorporated. His production and rental company has 10 full-time employees.
"The producers are very akamai, they know where the best deals are and that's where they take their shows, so by us increasing it, it makes Hawaii that more attractive," said Des Jarlais.
Local experts believe Hawaii's film industry is about to get busy. PBN reports movies already looking to film in Hawaii include "Jurassic Park 4," "Godzilla," "Pirates of the Caribbean 5," and an upcoming movie featuring Angelina Jolie.
"Our business can be seasonal, you can have highs and lows, but now it looks like the work will be more continuous through the year."
Des Jarlais says he expects productions to pick up over the next two to three years. Hawaii's film industry created 2,500 jobs last year.


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Top 10 Hottest Movies of 2013
Top 10 Hottest Movies of 2013 including sequels, debuts & 'replacements'...
1. Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
The Vishal Bharadwaj film, a comedy-drama that stars Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma and Pankaj Kapur, is based on the rustic surroundings of Haryana. The film is expected to release on 11 January.
2. Race 2
This John Abraham, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Jacqueline Fernandes starrer film is a sequel to 2008 hit Race. Race 2 is scheduled to release on 25 January.
3. Kamasutra 3D
Kamasutra 3D stars Sherlyn Chopra in the lead role. This is the first major role for Sherlyn, who has done cameos in films like Dil Bole Hadippa and Raqeeb. Movie releases May 16.
4. Ragini MMS 2
Sunny Leone will appear in Ekta Kapoor's sequel of the 2011 crossover horror movie Ragini MMS. This movie will release on 11 October.
5. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani stars ex-lovers Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in their second film together. The film is said to be a tribute to the cinema of Nasir Hussain, who directed classics such as Dil Deke Dekho. YJHD will release on May 31.
6. Dhoom 3
Aamir Khan joins the team of Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra in Dhoom 3. Aamir plays villain while Katrina Kaif is his love interest. The film is expected to release on Christmas.
7. Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2
Akshay Kumar replaces Emraan Hashmi as Shoaib Khan (Dawood Ibrahim) in the sequel of Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai - OUATIM 2. Imran Khan is playing the second male lead. Sonakshi Sinha and Sonali Bendre complete the star cast. OUATIM 2 is scheduled to release on Eid.
8. Murder 3
The sequel to Murder 2 (2011) stars Randeep Hooda, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sara Loren. The movie will release on February 15.
9. Krissh 3
Krissh 3 is a sequel to Krissh that released in 2006. Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra play the lead while Kangana Ranaut plays a meaty negative role. The film will be released during Diwali.
10. Shootout at Wadala
Sequel to 2007 film Shootout at Lokhandwala, Shootout at Wadala will dramatise the first-ever registered encounter by Mumbai police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. The film stars John Abraham in the lead. Release date: May 1.


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Diaspora Experiences in Multicultural VS Melting Pot Societies: Lessons from the Indian Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada
We examine the experiences of the Indian diaspora in the U.S. and Canada and explain how acculturation policy differences could have led to differing outcomes for diaspora activities in host countries. Using the different acculturation frameworks in these two countries as the basis for our historical analysis, we derive some lessons as to how differences in host country acculturation policies can lead to differences in integration outcomes for the diasporas and the host countries themselves.
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Hi. I'm new here. I have an almost 5 week old little boy who was 3 1/2 weeks early. He had some trouble gaining weight initially (born at 6lb 8 oz, left the hospital at 6 lbs). He didn't reach birth weight until 2 weeks, 3 days so I had to nurse every 2 hours during day and every 3 hours at night while pumping to increase supply. This worked well, until I decided to cut back to nursing every 3 hours during the day when I developed mastitis and was put on Keflex. During this time, his jaundice seemed to be getting worse and he was becoming harder to wake for and during feedings. He had only gained 2 oz in 2 weeks!!! My ped wanted me to stop breastfeeding and start formula feeding, but I didn't want to give up so quickly. I saw an LC who advised supplemental nursing system with a tube while nursing, pumping 3x/day, and offer bottle if tube system wasn't working.
This seems to be working well as he has gained about an oz/day since then and his bilirubin is coming down (was 16, now 10).
My issues are is that I have trouble pumping, not getting let-downs with the pump, and I feel like my supply has diminished since all of this started. I am taking Fenugreek 3 tabs 3x/day.
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Since the company began, uncompromising integrity and professionalism have been the cornerstones of Intel's business. In all that we do, Intel supports and upholds a set of core values and principles. Our future growth depends on each of us understanding these values and principles and continuously demonstrating the uncompromising integrity that is the foundation of our company. The Code of Conduct sets the standard for how we work together to develop and deliver product, how we protect the value of Intel, and how we work with customers, suppliers and others. All of us at Intel must abide by the Code when conducting Intel-related business. The Code affirms Intel's five principles of conduct:
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my daughter is a month and a half old.
three days ago, she vomited in the morning. we thought it was because i'm breastfeeding exclusively and my husband gave her formula because i'm sick....and he didn't want to wake me up.
however, this morning, after eating, she vomited again, but hasn't done so since.
both she and i have colds, and she doesn't have a fever, only a stuffy nose.


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Believe it or not... There are also a bunch of tablets made just for kids.
Consumer Reports just sized up four and that's today's On Your Side..
To test tablet computers made just for kids, Consumer Reports brought in the "experts." More than a dozen young testers played with tablets from Fisher-Price … LeapFrog … VTech, and this one from Vinci, which most resembles an adult tablet. The kids read books … "Rufus and his family." Joe "Say, 'Cheese.'" … took pictures … … and played with the tablets for several days. "They do mimic tablet computers, but they don't have nearly as many features. And they also don't have access to the Internet.
Now, that's a good thing because they're for such young children. But that means parents will have to help with downloading content." Back in the lab, testers got serious with their evaluation. They used this device to make the tablets stay on in order to measure battery life. They also evaluated display quality and how easy a tablet is to use. The Vinci - for ages four and younger - has the best display … touch-screen interface … and the largest hard drive at eight gigabytes. But that's not the only reason it stood out.
Carol Mangis "The Vinci has a large screen, and it did well in our tests. But our model cost 480 dollars! That's a lot of money to spend on a device for a toddler!" For far less, testers recommend the 80-dollar InnoTab by V-Tech for ages four to nine. It has a smaller screen and hard drive, but it's loaded with features like an art studio … e-Reader … and M-P-3 player. Joe "Whoa!" The crowd pleaser with the children turned out to be the 100-dollar LeapPad Explorer … also for ages four to nine. Its camera, photo-editing feature, and art studio had kids beaming. The fourth tablet tested, the 80-dollar Fisher-Price i-X-L Learning System, didn't have as many fans, but one aspect of it was a standout.
Consumer Reports says it had an especially long battery life - 13 hours.
That's longer than even most tablets for adults.
The battery life for the other three kids' tablets was three to seven hours.
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La La Land
This is a beautiful film about love and dreams, and how the two impact each other.
This is a beautiful film about love and dreams, and how the two impact each other.
There are two movies in "Jackie." One of these movies is just OK. The other is exceptional. The first one keeps undermining the second.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
A recap of the 2016 Whistler Film Festival, which ran from November 30 through December 4.
A table of contents featuring all of Jana Monji's coverage from this year's AFI FEST.
Peet Gelderblom has a new video essay comparing Brian DePalma and Alfred Hitchcock, shot by shot and moment by moment.
For the 36th installment in his video essay series about maligned masterworks, Scout Tafoya examines Ken Russell's "Lisztomania."
A review of the new documentary, "Magicians: Life in the Impossible."
FFC Pablo Villaça explores the themes at the heart of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi film "Arrival."
Jessica Ritchey on the personal power of Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth."
An interview with writer/director Damien Chazelle and actress Rosemarie DeWitt about their new musical "La La Land," dreams, artistic competition, rejection and more.
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Q. The Hulk never knows when he'll be angry enough to metamorphose into a giant of extra proportions; yet whenever he does metamorphose, he always has his shorts on. I'm a science fiction fanatic but I've never come across the explanation as to how Hulk is not running around totally naked. (Her Lao, Saint Paul MN)


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Major publications and news organizations around the world have been following the United States' 2012 election, some following even the most minute details. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
News analysis
Updated at 8:22 a.m. ET on Nov. 5: Barack Obama's election to the White House in 2008 captured the world's imagination.
His victory was heralded with a front-page headline proclaiming "The Day America Became a Little Bit Cool Again" in the U.K's Metro newspaper, Kenya declared a national holiday and even usually adversarial Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez hailed the "historic" event.
As part of our The World is Watching series, NBC News journalists around the world set out to see whether four years had dampened that initial enthusiasm and examined what people in other countries think a Mitt Romney administration might mean for their daily lives.
Read on to learn what we discovered from people in nations including Iran, Pakistan, Britain, Cuba, Israel and beyond.
In the first foreign policy speech of his presidency, Barack Obama told the audience at Cairo University to "seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world." He promised to support democracy, economic development and a Palestinian state, and stated his opposition to extremism.
Nov. 5: From dancing in the streets to Cold War echoes - ITN's Lindsey Hilsum reports on the world's reaction to Barack Obama's election.
Today, many in Egypt – arguably the Arab world's most influential country and its largest in terms of population – feel that hopes raised during the speech have been dashed.
Their disappointment hasn't necessarily translated into immediate support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
"I don't prefer either (Obama or Romney)," accountant Nasr Said, 31, said. "America has one policy. It doesn't matter who is elected."
Cairo University political science professor Horeya Megahid said that many people expected too much of Obama and now feel deceived. In the wake of the Arab Spring, she feels that he is supporting the Muslim Brotherhood at the expense of liberal parties and movements.
June 4: President Obama delivers an address to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt.
"But we don't expect Romney to be any better," she said. "I hope that if Obama wins, he can make some changes in his policy and towards his understanding of what is going on in the Middle East."
In Egypt's elections, politics is a new family affair
Dr. Amr Darag, a Muslim Brotherhood member and former parliamentary candidate, favors Obama's campaign promises but doubts they will be kept.
"Obama would be more understanding of the changes that have taken place in the Middle East," he said.
Darag said he doubted that Romney would change policies by offering more aid to the armed Syrian opposition or support to Israel if it attacked Iran.
"War is no game," he said. "During campaigning, one might talk loudly about this but in reality, policy is made by experts and advisers, not by one man."
Iranians inside and out of the country have learned over the decades that American decisions can have big repercussions on their country.
The Allied powers occupied Iran during World War II, forcing Reza Shah to abdicate in favor of his son. In 1952, President Harry Truman did not agree to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. But in 1953, the CIA under Dwight D. Eisenhower helped oust the democratically elected prime minister and reinstate the Shah, arguably helping give rise to Shiite fundamentalism.
Now, what was once an important U.S. client state is a staunchly anti-Western Islamic Republic that refers to America as the "Great Satan." Fearful of Iran's supposedly peaceful nuclear program, the West has slapped sanctions on the country. Israel, meanwhile, has threatened to strike Iran's nuclear installations.
'Our money is becoming more and more worthless every day'
Elmira, 26, knows the name of every U.S president since Richard Nixon and can recite each one's policy towards Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil producer.
"I think that Romney might attack Iran and that would be terrible," the student said. "It is true that the sanctions have hurt us but war would be much more painful."
Further afield the diaspora also holds strong opinions.
The regime does not represent the Iranian people, said one expatriate Iranian who asked that his name not be used.
"(Romney) will take a stronger position on Iran, maybe he will attack and get rid of the regime once and for all," he said.
The Iranian economy is in free fall, with its currency, the rial hitting a record low. NBC's Ali Arouzi reports.
However, Mohsen Rezaee, the former head of the Revolutionary Guard and presidential candidate during Iran's 2009 elections, told NBC News that U.S policy towards Iran was set in stone and the only difference was the path each candidate would take to get to the same goal.
It's unlikely that any Latin American country tracks U.S. politics more closely than the socialist island of Cuba.
"The elections are important to us," Havana University Professor Esteban Morales said. "Almost as important as baseball," Cuba's national pastime, he jokingly added.
Also in this series: Despite bloodshed, Mexico is ignored during White House race
Indeed, American presidential elections are a spectator sport for many. From the moment Fidel Castro took power and immediately locked horns with Washington more than 50 years ago, the average Cuban learned to keep one eye trained north. The official position from the government has been to blame the U.S. trade embargo for much of the island's economic hardship.
"Of course I'm paying attention to the U.S. elections," said Havana cabbie Omar Martin, 46. "The outcome will have an impact here."
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Havana cabbie Omar Martin
While not living up to every promise he made, Obama has made good on a pledge that restored the right of Cuban Americans to travel to see family and to transfer money to the island.
Miriam Leiva, a member of the political opposition, believes Obama has gained popularity because of the "bridges he built with the Cuban people."
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Mirian Leiva
"People believe Obama promotes contact between the two countries," Leiva said. "Romney would revert to a policy of confrontation with the Cuban government."
Most Israeli Jews would be reassured if Romney won the U.S. presidential election – one recent survey showed most preferred the Republican to Obama by almost a three-to-one margin – feeling they had an unquestioning friend rather than a dispassionate critic in the White House.
"I hope that Obama doesn't win because he is not good for Israelis," said Daniel Sullam, a resident of Jerusalem. "Romney is better since he sits and talks to (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and listens to him."
"If we don't attack Iran before they attack us they will attack us with an atomic bomb, and this is not a joke and … will affect the whole world and not only the Israelis," Sullam added.
Also in this series: Israel, Iran name checks illustrate America's twin obsessions
Obama has been accused of trying to browbeat Israel into making concessions to the Palestinians, particularly in his efforts to halt settlement-building in the occupied West Bank, and of refusing to impose red lines on Iran's atomic project.
However, the U.S. and Israel are too joined at the hip on fundamental challenges for the head to make that much difference, some experts say. Any change would probably be a question of style over substance, they say, with a Republican administration expected to follow the path already laid out by Obama.
"There is a great deal of continuity in foreign policy," said Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States and member of the ruling conservative Likud party. "Things don't change overnight if a new president takes power."
Palestinians tend to have a different take on the American presidential race, saying that the United States reflexively supports the Israel and disregards legitimate Palestinian interests.
Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which Israel captured in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. But after years of talks failed to secure one many believe there is little difference between the two U.S. candidates.
"People know that the system in the U.S. doesn't give much leeway to the candidate given the strong Israeli lobby," said Mazin Qumsiyeh, biology professor at Bethlehem and Birzeit universities. "Candidates have to grovel at Israel's feet to prove their candidacy."
President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney discuss foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate.
The American passport holder said he would not vote for either Romney or Obama.
Palestinians say that growing Israeli settlements deny them a viable contiguous state, while Israel cites historical and Biblical links to the West Bank and Jerusalem and says the future of settlements should be decided in peace talks.
While the next U.S. president will not be able to buck the U.S.'s anti-Palestinian bias, Talat Batato said he admired Obama.
"I like Obama because he defied discrimination and repression by being the first black president," said Batato, who works at an NGO in Gaza. "But I don't think Americans are mature enough to keep in him for longer."
In season one of the "West Wing," fictional British diplomat Lord John Marbury arrives in the Oval Office to advise the president. His approach toward the most powerful man in the world summed up thus: "You may have the power, but you need us British because we understand the world better than you do."
It's a good stereotype and it's half-true. London continues to be a diplomatic center. And as one of America's closest allies, the British provide an important link between the United States and the world.
Full coverage: NBCNews.com's The World is Watching series
But the reality is that Britain needs America more than the reverse. The U.S. invests more money in Britain that Europe does. And British foreign policy has been in lockstep with the U.S. for a decade. That's why the British government is so cautious not to take sides in the general election: It knows it must work with whomever is elected.
"Insofar as U.S. elections tell us anything, it is more about the character of the next administration rather than the substance," Michael Clarke, director general of the Royal United Services Institute think tank, told NBC News.
From 2008: Londoners celebrate Obama's inauguration
While Obama appears to have no sentimental affection for the U.K., he might see Britain as useful in a more internationally focused second term.
"I think Obama might value more what the U.K. has to offer on the world stage, in a very hard-nosed way," Clarke said.
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Barack Obama have a personal bond that helps define their working relationship. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
So while on both sides of the Atlantic politicians and diplomats like to talk of the "special relationship," a term invented by Winston Churchill, such a relationship is more important to prime ministers than presidents. Presidents tend to choose to use it when it's in their interests and ignore it when it isn't. In this special relationship Britain is very much the junior partner, and she knows it.
Afghanistan has been heavily dependent on the United States since U.S.-backed forces toppled the Taliban in 2001, so who wins Tuesday's election matters here.
One of the world's poorest and least-developed countries whose economy relies heavily on foreign aid and where violence against women is increasing, it is under huge pressure to gain control of its own security before the deadline for foreign troop withdrawal.
"The people who are aware, who are educated, care about the election," said Fayazulhaq Hotak, a government worker. "They know the importance of this election and the consequences of what will happen to Afghanistan. Maybe the new president will withdraw the troops earlier."
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More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.
Most of the people NBC News spoke to in a crowded market in Kabul had not heard of Mitt Romney, although everyone knew who Barack Obama was.
A key concern for many Afghans, with so many insider attacks and the constant threat faced by local police and Afghan military, is whether Afghanistan will be secure after the 2014 withdrawal deadline.
"I think Obama is better for Afghanistan than Romney would be," IT specialist Azim Fakrhi said. His biggest fear is the withdrawal of NATO troops.
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Only a government worker, Fayazulhaq Hotaq, had clear-cut views on Romney.
"We are afraid that he will suddenly withdraw troops from Afghanistan," Hotaq said.
However, most people are too poor and preoccupied to care about the elections, said Sayed Zaman.
"They are busy earning their daily bread for their own families," he added.
There is huge support in the world's largest Muslim country for Obama, who lived in Jakarta as a child. Indonesians are also keenly interested in foreign policy issues, with many distrustful of the U.S. and its treatment of Muslims around the world.
"I do follow the race closely," said Indonesian Ayu Hakim who spent more than a decade in the United States. "One thing for sure, Obama has made everything much more transparent by putting his plans, visions, goals, etc. on his website."
Controversial Obama statue back in public view
Romney, on the other hand has not been as transparent, which reflects badly on him, Hakim said.
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel talks with Rachel Maddow about the news made in the third presidential debate, including President Obama's remarks on leaving Pakistan in the dark on plans to get Osama bin Laden.
Benny Handoko, on the other hand, hasn't paid as much attention to this race.
"The previous one is the most exciting U.S. election in my living memory since it's a breakthrough, a historic achievement in terms of the U.S. having the first Black president," he said.
"Whoever is elected won't change American international policy drastically because I think they have to deal with domestic issues more. And American isn't as important," he added.
Oil-rich Venezuela is run by self-styled socialist Hugo Chavez, Latin America's principal anti-U.S. agitator. While Chavez's populist largesse has won him elections, critics complain about the country's rundown infrastructure, food shortages and violent crime.
When asked about the U.S. election, Patricia Paredes, 63, said she was worried that Obama was too liberal.
"He changed all of his views on homosexuality and abortion just to get votes," the Caracas resident said. "Romney will have a stronger hand."
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Jorge Pérez Valery, 24, a journalist with Globovisión, does not agree that Romney would be a better candidate but he also doesn't pin his hopes on Obama.
"If Mitt Romney wins, I think that Republicans would have a (stricter) policy towards Caracas," he said. "I'm afraid that this attitude would just affect the people, but not the Hugo Chávez's regime."
"(But) if Barack Obama wins, I sincerely think that there will be no change," he added.
For many in the world's second-largest Muslim country, the third presidential debate covered two existentially important areas of foreign policy: the hugely unpopular use of drones to target alleged militants and whether Pakistan and the United States should "divorce."
Whether either candidate represented a real change was up-for-discussion, however.
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Whoever occupies the Oval Office has little room move independently on Pakistan or any other foreign policy issue, said Ahsan Iqbal, a member of parliament for the Pakistan Muslim League.
"American foreign policies are made in places like the Pentagon where the institutional memory has little to do with who the president is," he said. "Be it Romney or Obama, nobody is going to rock the boat."
In Pakistan's largest city, 'Old Glory' is flammable and profitable
Still, Mohammad Waseem, a 40-year-old handyman from the capital Islamabad, said he hoped the election would bring a change from Obama, even though he did not even know the name of the GOP challenger.
"Obama hasn't been good for Pakistan. As we are Muslims, America wants to enslave us," he said.
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Billions in foreign aid that have gone to Pakistan have done little to help regular people, Waseem said.
"The dollars they send here only go to the rulers," he said. "Help us fight inflation. Help us find jobs."
"Mr. Romney lacks 'shomin kankaku'," said businessman Choei Yamaoka in Tokyo's Shimbashi, a mecca for Japan's middle-class salarymen. "And for continuity's sake, it's probably better for Japan to have Mr. Obama remain President."
"Shomin kankaku" is a popular term in Japanese politics that means "commoner's sensibilities," and acts as a barometer for politicians' strength or public approval.
But it isn't just commoner's sensibilities that are on the minds of Japanese people. Two decades of economic stagnation have forced Japan to relinquish its position as the world's second largest economy to China.
"Not only does Mr. Romney lack shomin kankaku, he seems too hostile towards China," housewife Shizuko Otani told NBC News. "We need to work with China."
Also in this series: Suspicion of US rife as Obama, Romney jab China
Still, Romney has some supporters.
"Looking back at the last four years, I have to say I support Romney," taxi driver Akio Hiraide said. "Past American presidents have all been more supportive of Japan. I just don't get that feeling from Mr. Obama."
If the U.S. presidential election were held in Germany, Obama would win by a landslide. In a recent poll by public broadcaster ZDF, 89 percent of respondents said they would vote for Obama if they could.
ZDF Political Director Theo Koll called the result "astonishing" and said Germans were impressed with Obama's introduction of universal health care.
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In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.
"The fact that Americans had no health system in a way Europeans would define a health system, that millions were without insurance, was quite strange," he said.
From 2010: Europe 'dismayed' as midterms highlight Obama's struggles
One Obama fan is Simon Rossbach, a 26-year-old student in Mainz.
"I've liked Obama since he appeared on the political stage because of his personality," he said while reading 'The Hunger Games' at the local Starbucks. "Romney's demeanor and message make him appear unappealing."
Indeed, Romney seems to be such a turnoff to some Germans that they cancelled their contracts with Allianz after a report that employees at the American branch of the insurance giant had donated to the Romney campaign.
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Experts said Romney has a much harder stance, because he never visited Germany as a presidential candidate, while Obama drew a 200,000-strong crowd at his 2008 Berlin speech.
"Romney is just less known here," Klaus Scharioth, a former German ambassador in Washington, D.C., told NBC News. "Obama has proven himself to Germans with his foreign policy efforts."
Scharioth said many Germans feel that the Obama government is willing to include other nations in its handling of developments in the Middle East, Afghanistan or Russia.
Several hundred people are expected to converge in the dusty streets near the edge of the mighty Lake Victoria in Western Kenya where they hope they will see Obama re-elected.
"We will slaughter a number of bulls around here. People will drink and celebrate, they will sing and dance," said Peter Okath, 33, who owns shops and a clothing business.
When Obama became president, Kogelo, described as Obama's Kenyan home, erupted in celebration. The jubilation ran through the country as many locals hoped that the election of an African-American president would lead to the promotion of issues affecting Kenya.
Nov. 5: Barack Obama's last living grandparent, 86-year-old Miss Sarah, invited any and everyone into the tiny village where she lives in Kenya in what became a national celebration. NBC's Ron Mott reports.
But those high expectations have largely not been met: A survey conducted for BBC found that Kenya was the most pro-Romney of the 21 countries where research was carried out. Some observers explain this by saying that like many African leaders, Kenyans are frustrated that the Obama White House hasn't spent more in the region.
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Posted on 01/26/2010 6:33:44 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Serious question: was Keith Olbermann this upset over Umar Mutallab's attempt to kill everyone aboard NWA 253?
Olbermann predictably led this evening's Countdown with the James O'Keefe storythe arrest in connection with the apparent attempted interference with Sen. Mary Landrieu's phone system of the young man who exposed ACORN.
Faith-based readers should actually be encouraged, because Olbermann appears to have gotten religion. Keith is clearly prayingferventlythat this will turn out to be, as the Countdown graphic suggests, "Watergate Jr.," with Republican officials revealed to be behind O'Keefe's latest venture.
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Olbermann orgasmic over O'Keefe arrest ping to Today show list.
Someone ought to tell Speshul Keef that pride goeth before the fall—including his.
Worried Acorn isn't going to work for Obama's re-election?
as a retired phreaker, if you don't know how to tap a landline from c. 1 mile away, you're an idiot! (google green box)
Olbermann is like a fart in church, ignore it and eventually it will go away. ;-)
Let him be orgasmic, I suspect he'll be the one with egg on his face before this is over.
Olberman is such a reliable shill.
lol, and how the rules have changed in the last 10 years. he'd be better off bugging her car.
Funny thing is, I bet Olbermann has referenced the Acorn scandal more in the last day than he did in the month after the scandals!
Will someone please tell me how you can get the keys to a phone closet in a federal building these days.....really would like to know..who is in charge....please.. would really like to know...and heh Scary Mary, do you really need a land line to do you're corruption calls?
in all seriousness, i hope that there is more to this story.
Remember this little puke who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account?
And about Sandy Burglar....
One of the early threads today contained a link to the FBI affidavit. It doesn't quite mesh with what the media is saying. (And many here are repeating)
O'Keefe didn't gain access to the building under false pretenses. The staffers knew he was there and who he was. He wasn't dressed as a phone company employee.
O'Keefe never touched any of the phones and didn't go with the impostors when they were seeking access to the "phone closet". The phone closet was on a different floor from O'Keefe. The affidavit didn't mention any equipment having been found that could be used to tap the phones. O'Keefe did know the others involved but it sounds like they were very recent acquaintances.
The media is running with this and spinning it hard because O'Keefe and Giles embarrassed them badly.
When ever you shake the foundation of the establishment like O'Keefe did, you better have your house in order. From what I have seen, these people were pretty brazen and stupid in their actions. It is really a shame that O'Keefe may have spoiled what could have been a great career. I wonder if he was desperate for another big story?
Like I said, the affidavit doesn't match what many here are saying.
Here is the affidavit if anyone is interested. (pdf file)
I'm sure the Olberdork is more upset about this this than about 9/11 and the mass-murdering terrorists
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the dhimmis - with plenty more promised to come. It's natural (or as natural as that bunch of degenerates can get) to seize upon any scrap they can find...
...was Keith Olbermann this upset over Umar Mutallab's attempt to kill everyone aboard NWA 253?Thanks governsleastgovernsbest.
In a conspiracy,all are equally guilty.
Gordon Liddy Jr. will soon find this out.
Olby would get orgasmic over viewing a dog licking his b****.
OKeefe didnt gain access to the building under false pretenses. The staffers knew he was there and who he was. He wasnt dressed as a phone company employee.
OKeefe never touched any of the phones and didnt go with the impostors when they were seeking access to the phone closet. The phone closet was on a different floor from OKeefe. The affidavit didnt mention any equipment having been found that could be used to tap the phones. OKeefe did know the others involved but it sounds like they were very recent acquaintances.
The media is running with this and spinning it hard because OKeefe and Giles embarrassed them badly.
Interesting info, cripplecreek... thanks.
Thanks for the ping!
the funny thing is the people who watch the MSM won't even know who O'Keefe is being that they never reported the ACORN Sting
I don't know...no matter how I read it, it still sounds bad.
The problem for Olbermann is, O'Keefe doesn't matter. His videos speak for themselves. The ACORN pukes they show have to somehow refute or explain what the videos show them saying. They can't. All Herr Olbermann accomplishes by ranting about what a reprobate O'Keefe is is to bring the videos to the attention of more awakening sheeple.
G. Gordon Liddy is a great American.
Good point. I hadn't thought of that added benefit.
Became obvious to me when a car ran over our green box a half mile away, and after it was fixed I began getting someone else's calls. I could call out, but in reality it wasn't my phone number.
As to the capitol or any other government building, I'm betting someone would have a difficult time finding a green box. I would think all the phone service would go through hardened, and tightly controlled locations, at least until it got to a trunk.
All Herr Olbermann accomplishes by ranting about what a reprobate OKeefe is is to bring the videos to the attention of more awakening sheeple.
The above is impossible, because no one watches keeth oberman. sp on porpoise.
I think alot of people are in denial. It looks like the kid did a really stupid thing and now he's lost all the promising career he just launched so splendidly.
Olberman, as always, is an idiot, imagining some far-reaching Republican tentacles all over this thing.
With his ACORN work, O'Keefe had an outrageous idea and ran with it with spectacular results. But it now looks like it was a lucky shot in the dark. Apprarently, his idea for a follow up was boneheaded in the extreme. My guess is he'll wind up with probation and a record.
And the left can try and try, but his latest escapade does absolutely nothing to diminsh the crimes he exposed from ACORN. They're still a criminal outfit.
"The problem for Olbermann is, OKeefe doesnt matter. His videos speak for themselves."
most assuredly, the lines are underground. beneath a manhole with a telco logo on it.
if o'keefe was trying to social engineer his way in to plant a wiretap, given his high profile, he is an idiot/crazy. imho.
While what he did was extremely stupid, could it have been a set up? Do we know anything about the other three people involved?
Flanigan is the son of a local US attorney.
I saw some video of O'Keefe this morning and he seemed quite please with himself. It makes me wonder if he didn't get himself arrested on purpose.
It sounds like entrapment to me. The AG's son was probably the operative trying to sting O'Keefe for ACORN. That's what I think. What are AG's ties to ACORN????
he's a great pitchman for gold!
The media is running with this and spinning it hard because OKeefe and Giles embarrassed them badly.
Of course.
Do we know anything about the other 2. Could it have been a set-up of O'Keefe?
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Opera Review: The Techs are Stars of the Opera
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The overwhelming stars of Madison Opera's performance of Handel's Acis and Galatea are the technicians, the scenic designer – Alan C. Edwards – the costume designer – Karen Brown Larimore – the lighting designer – Johnn Frautschy, well, you get the picture.
Add in stage director David Lefkowich, production stage manager Jill Krynicki, and wig and makeup designer Jan Ross and you've got a pretty full complement.
The singing? Yeah, it was good. But we have come to expect high quality music in Madison. We'll get back to them.
Here's the story: This opera, which has very little action, and is performed in a relatively small theater, the Overture Center's Playhouse, is a little hard to make interesting.
For one thing, Handel's music is beautiful – but if you shut your eyes and just listen you can be forgiven for thinking you are at a performance of the "Messiah."
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It involves a water nymph – right, a water nymph named Galatea (sung by Angela Mortellaro) who is in love with a warrior named Acis, sung by Daniel Shirley. Everyone is happy, happy, happy – that's what the singers proclaim (the script is a bit uninspired), especially when Acis shows up.
The problem is there is a monster giant Cyclops, Polyphemus, who is also in love with Galatea.
When he sees her embracing Acis, he goes a bit berserk.
So, we have a problem: Polyphemus, sung by Jeffrey Beruan, is, in real life, not a Cyclops and not particularly larger than the other characters.
The opera got around this by using a two-level stage. When Polyphemus is on stage with other singers, he is on the top level. When he wants to wreck havoc, he reaches into a shadow box and picks up little characters – in the meanwhile, the real singers are on the lower level mimicking what Polyphemus does to the toys. It works.
Polyphemus kills Acis, which makes Galatea quite unhappy. So she turns Acis into a fountain.
Problem two: The Playhouse stage does not have the makings of a fountain. What the Opera crew did was to take an incredibly long bolt of blue cloth, have Madison's Kanopy Dance crew unfurl it across the stage and the orchestra seats, and convince us that it is a fountain.
In the meantime, of course, Acis dies. He is surrounded by other cast members and he seems to sink into the earth. Actually, he does sink into the earth because there is a hidden trap door that we don't know about until Acis sinks into it. This works, too. Everything works, which certainly wouldn't be a given when you consider the complexity of all this.
Now, the singers. Beruan has a wonderful deep voice and is remarkably believable in his role as a sensitive monster. Mortellaro and Shirley sing well together. The ensemble, which includes John Arnold, Jennifer DeMain, Jeni Houser and Josh Sanders, and Jessica Lee Timman, make a nice quintet and J. Adam Shelton is enjoyable in the role of Damon – but I haven't quite figured out what Damon's role is.
And, since we've named everyone else in the cast, the dancers, Emma Carlisle, Olive Earley, Flora Hayes and Zoe Koenig, actually add to the understanding of the performance, which isn't always true of ballet in the opera.
So, it's a nice performance. The technical crew are the stars but, when you think about it, the real star is General Manager Kathryn Smith, who had the foresight to hire all these people and help them work as a team.
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i thing cause
i don't want him died
he's my 3rd favorite bleach character after Toshiro and ichigo
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how do u know that everyone knows hes dead use spoilers and i hope so he is one of my favs to
at least someone finnaly dies in that anime i hope he isnt revived that would be stupid
Originally Posted by kakashi isboss
at least someone finnaly dies in that anime i hope he isnt revived that would be stupid
no if they don't revive him that whould be stupid
Originally Posted by ~Kirito~
no if they don't revive him that whould be stupid
maybe he will be the show runs on dbz logic so he might be
hes not dead. jus hurt real real bad lol. whats more important is zaraki, was he smoked by juha bachs imitator or the real one. and is he going to die or go bankai? i hope the latter of both question incase anyones wondring
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I dunno, he is a cool character but like Naruto, Bleach has been lacking deaths. Kenpachi better not have died by some copycat.
Originally Posted by yondaime4
hes not dead. jus hurt real real bad lol. whats more important is zaraki, was he smoked by juha bachs imitator or the real one. and is he going to die or go bankai? i hope the latter of both question incase anyones wondring
The Thousand-Year Blood War arc
Byakuya and Renji attend the official funeral of Lieutenant Chōjirō Sasakibe. While waiting for the cremation to begin, Byakuya tells Renji of Chōjirō's abilities and loyalty to Yamamoto.[132] He later attends a captain meeting where he is informed about Vandenreich's infiltration, and is ordered to prepare for war alongside other captains.[133] When the Vandenreich attack Seireitei again, Byakuya is seated in front of a group of Shinigami as they notice the assault.[134] He then later arrives to assist Renji in his fight against Äs Nödt and an unnamed Quincy, promptly disposing of the unnamed Quincy and preparing to activate his Bankai in an attempt to discover what seal the Vandenreich use to suppress them. However, upon activating Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, it is immediately stolen by Äs using an unknown device.[135] Byakuya then stops Renji from using his Bankai, warning him that he must not lose it as well.[136]
Byakuya is later notified via transmitter swords along with the other captains and lieutenants by Rin Tsubokura that Ichigo is currently heading to Soul Society.[137]
Byakuya is attacked with his own power.
As Byakuya is attacked by Äs Nödt's arrows, he relays to a worried Renji that they would be foolish to attack together and that he should stand back and watch the fight so that he can have information on how to take down the enemy. Äs Nödt asks Byakuya if he realizes that he is experiencing fear, which is what is making it hard for him to mount an effective attack or defense against him. He further details that this fear is a result of a unique ability that is administered by his Heliel Phiel. Äs Nödt goes into a speech detailing the nature of fear and how commendable he is for being able to resist as long as he has against it. Byakuya attempts to strike the Quincy but he dodges the attack and counters grievously wounding Byakuya by impaling his hand through his chest. The Quincy also explains that this fear is real and not based on reason and therefore it is not something one can overcome. Byakuya moves to strike him but Äs Nödt moves out the way and activates his medallion, which brings forth a ring of multiple blades from "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" floating about the Quincy, who uses the blades to attack Byakuya shredding the captain with his own power.[138]
Byakuya Kuchiki dies.
Äs Nödt comments to Byakuya that there is nothing he can do as there is no way he can win against his own bankai using his shikai. Renji attempts to intervene using his own shikai.[139] While Renji attacks Byakuya attempts to use his shikai against the Quincy who counters with a storm of "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" the storm of blades are so powerful that they send Byakuya crashing into a nearby wall.[140] Byakuya asks that Renji and Rukia forgive him as his Zanpakutō breaks into pieces and he apparently dies from his wounds.[141]link
i think so
Don't think so or else they would have to bring back Izaru to.
lol ok maybes hes dead. but until they show his funeral and the others morning his death, he can still bw saved imo
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A worker hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. State data show that 1 billion barrels of oil have been produced from the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Data show that North Dakota has tallied 852 million barrels of Bakken crude, and Montana has produced about 151 million barrels.
BISMARCK, N.D. Oil drillers targeting the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana have produced 1 billion barrels of crude, data from the two states show.
Drillers first targeted the Bakken in Montana in 2000 and moved into North Dakota about five years later using advanced horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to recover oil trapped in a thin layer of dense rock nearly two miles beneath the surface.
North Dakota has generated 852 million barrels of Bakken crude, and Montana has produced about 151 million barrels through the first quarter of 2014, data show.
Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc., one the oldest and biggest operators in the Bakken, said two-thirds of the production has come in the past three years.
This milestone validates the immense potential of the Bakken field, and development is just beginning, the company said in a statement.
Experts had known for decades that the Bakken held millions of barrels of crude, but it wasnt until oil prices reached record levels that the technology was developed to the point of being able to exploit the formation.
The Bakken encompasses some 25,000 square miles in North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. About two-thirds of the acreage is in western North Dakota.
Unlocking the once-perplexing formation has propelled North Dakota from the nations ninth-largest oil producer in 2006 to No. 2, behind Texas.
The Bakken and the Three Forks formation directly below it account for about 94 percent of North Dakotas current oil production, which is nearing 1 million barrels a day, said Alison Ritter, a North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources spokeswoman. Three Forks production is counted toward Bakken production.
Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, said the milestone of a billion barrels of oil is less important than the Bakkens economic impact on the region.
Barrels are just barrels, said Ness, whose group represents more than 500 companies working in North Dakotas oil patch. Its that long-term investment thats important. The Bakken has been a huge asset to the state, the region and the nation.
North Dakota began producing oil in 1951, when crude was struck on a wheat farm near Tioga in the northwest part of the state. The state tallied its 1 billionth barrel of oil in 1989 and the 2 billionth barrel in 2011. The state is on track to tally its 3 billionth barrel of oil this year or next, Ritter said.
Jim Halvorson, a petroleum geologist with the Montana Board of Oil and Gas, said his state has produced 1.8 billion barrels of oil since 1916.
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Home List of Titles The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe
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- The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe
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- Hawkins, Edward; Maddox, Stephen J.; Cole, Shaun; Lahav, Ofer; Madgwick, Darren; Norberg, Peder; Peacock, John A.; Baldry, Ivan K.; Baugh, Carlton; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry J.; Cannon, Russell D.; Colless, Matthew; Collins, Chris A.; Couch, Warrick J.; Dalton, Gavin B.; De Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon P.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, C. A.; Jones, Bryn; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Percival, Will J.; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
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- We present a detailed analysis of the two-point correlation function, ξ(σ, π) , from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). The large size of the catalogue, which contains ∼220 000 redshifts, allows us to make high-precision measurements of various properties of the galaxy clustering pattern. The effective redshift at which our estimates are made is zs≈ 0.15 , and similarly the effective luminosity, Ls≈ 1.4L* . We estimate the redshift-space correlation function, ξ(s) , from which we measure the redshift-space clustering length, s0= 6.82 ± 0.28 h−1 Mpc . We also estimate the projected correlation function, Ξ(σ) , and the real-space correlation function, ξ(r) , which can be fit by a power law (r/r0)−γr , with r0= 5.05 ± 0.26 h−1 Mpc, γr= 1.67 ± 0.03 . For r≳ 20 h−1 Mpc, ξ drops below a power law as, for instance, is expected in the popular Λ cold dark matter model. The ratio of amplitudes of the real- and redshift-space correlation functions on scales of 8– 30 h−1 Mpc gives an estimate of the redshift-space distortion parameter β. The quadrupole moment of ξ(σ, π) on scales 30– 40 h−1 Mpc provides another estimate of β. We also estimate the distribution function of pairwise peculiar velocities, f(v), including rigorously the significant effect due to the infall velocities, and we find that the distribution is well fit by an exponential form. The accuracy of our ξ(σ, π) measurement is sufficient to constrain a model, which simultaneously fits the shape and amplitude of ξ(r) and the two redshift-space distortion effects parametrized by β and velocity dispersion, a. We find β= 0.49 ± 0.09 and a= 506 ± 52 km s−1 , although the best-fitting values are strongly correlated. We measure the variation of the peculiar velocity dispersion with projected separation, a(σ), and find that the shape is consistent with models and simulations. This is the first time that β and f(v) have been estimated from a self-consistent model of galaxy velocities. Using the constraints on bias from recent estimates, and taking account of redshift evolution, we conclude that β (L=L*, z= 0) = 0.47 ± 0.08 , and that the present-day matter density of the Universe, Ωm≈ 0.3 , consistent with other 2dFGRS estimates and independent analyses.
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 346, no. 1 (Nov 2003), pp. 78-96
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- 2003
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- Angular-correlation function; Cold dark-matter; Constraints; Correlation-function; Cosmological parameters; Dependence; Digital sky survey; Distances; Galaxies; Iras; Large-scale structure; Luminosity; Power spectrum; Real-space; Redshifts; Spatial; Statistics; Surveys; Universe
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This halo was once attached to the back of a deity's head, most likely that of a Buddha. At the apex of the halo is a figure of the god Hevajra, who has eight heads, four legs and sixteen arms and dances upon a solar disk. Hevajra tramples the four demons of illusion and is therefore an appropriate emblem for a halo.
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Home List of Titles Empowering entrepreneurship through foresight and innovation : developing a theoretical framework for empowerment in enterprise programs
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- Empowering entrepreneurship through foresight and innovation : developing a theoretical framework for empowerment in enterprise programs
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- This study explores how education and development in the skills and knowledge of foresight, innovation and enterprise (FI and E) relate to the empowerment of young individuals with respect to creating a new venture. In 2003, three groups of young persons aged between 13 and 18 years participated in a program designed for empowerment. An evaluation was conducted nine months later that provided useful insight into the impact of the education design, content and delivery. This research provides deeper insight into the way FI and E education can be used to create empowerment through the derivation of a framework that addresses entry, process and agency factors.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship
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- Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 11, no. 3 (2006), p. 207-231
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- 2006
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June 19, 2013 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — The fields, track and golf greens are quiet now, but the memories of this spring's sports heroics and the accolades and awards merited by such were the focus of the Sullivan West spring sports awards on June 17. In addition, the meritorious performance of seniors elicited its own words of praise and a series of special awards.
After welcoming words from high school principal Scott Haberli, athletic director Dave Franskevicz lauded the boys track team for its NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete status predicated on 21 athletes who helped meet the standard, far more than the 12 normally required. Reed Scott and Hannah Feinman were Section IX Scholar Athletes. Franskevicz introduced the coaches who offered words of praise summing up their teams' seasons before presenting their awards. Details of individual accomplishments can be found in a forthcoming blog on www.sportsinsights.ny.com [1].
Award winners were as follows: softball (Coach Mike Ellmauer) Katie Slater Most Valuable Infielder, Marianne Durkin Most Valuable Outfielder; baseball (Coach Jim O'Connor): Sawyer Erlwein Coaches Award, Brad Hemmer Rookie of the Year; girls golf (Coach Patrick Donovan): Nour Goodfriend Most Improved Golfer, Daphne Muzuruk Most Valuable Golfer; boys golf (Coach Bob Fife): Ryan Graham Most Improved Golfer, Drew Billard Most Valuable Golfer; boys track and field (Coach Ron Bauer): Reed Scott Most Valuable Track Athlete, Mitch Paciga Most Valuable Field Athlete; girls track and field (Coach Joe Seidl): Courtney Meyerer Most Valuable Track Athlete, Hannah Feinman Most Valuable Field Athlete.
Next on the program was the announcement of the coveted senior awards. The recipients of this year's Coaches Awards were Hannah Feinman and Drew Billard. The Milt Gaebel Award Winners were Dani Myers and Reed Scott. Candidates for this year's Most Valuable Senior Male Athletes, also known as the Select Seniors, were Jonah Bauer, Tyler Bernitt, Drew Billard, Matthew Cardona, Sawyer Erlwein, Eric Haberli, Brad Hemmer, Adam Murphy, Blain Reddish, Reed Scott, Andrew Siegel and Gregory Stevenson. The 2013 Most Valuable Senior Male Athlete was Sawyer Erlwein. Female Select Seniors were: Hannah Feinman, Olivia Grady, Dani Myers, Cassidy Sauer, Kaitlin Slater and Kaitlyn Taylor. The 2013 Most Valuable Senior Female Athlete was Cassidy Sauer.
Joe Curreri talked about the attributes of his dearly departed brother David in whose name the David Curreri Memorial Scholarship was created. This year's recipients were as follows: Hannah Feinman ($1500 dollars), Richard Lander ($1000 dollars), Drew Billard ($500 dollars) and Adam Murphy ($500 dollars).
Megan Mullally Gorr described the remarkable and memorable attributes of her departed brother Len Miret in whose name the Len Miret Memorial Scholarship was created. This year's winner was Cassidy Sauer. Finally, Brent Rosenberger presented the Billy Moran Scholarship Award of $3000 dollars to Hannah Feinman.
The evening concluded with some closing remarks by this writer and a musical slideshow that chronicled spring sports and the achievements of the award-winning seniors. For albums of photos, including the Sullivan West spring awards night, visit www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com [2].


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif., has agreed to pay a $987,500 civil penalty. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission in a 3-0 vote.
In addition to paying a monetary penalty, Williams-Sonoma has agreed to implement and maintain a compliance program designed to ensure compliance with the safety statutes and regulations enforced by the Commission. Williams-Sonoma has also agreed to maintain and enforce a system of internal controls and procedures designed to ensure that:
Williams-Sonoma further agreed to provide written documentation of such improvements, processes, and controls, upon request of CPSC staff; to cooperate fully and truthfully with CPSC staff; and to make available all information, materials, and personnel deemed necessary to staff to evaluate the company's compliance with the terms of the agreement.
The settlement resolves CPSC staff's charges that the firm knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, a defect involving Pottery Barn wooden hammock stands. Williams-Sonoma imported the wooden hammock stands between March 2003 and July 2008, and distributed them exclusively through Pottery Barn and PBteen catalogs and websites, and Pottery Barn Outlet stores. The hammock stands were sold nationwide for approximately $300.
CPSC staff alleged that when used outdoors, the wood in the hammock stands can deteriorate over time and break. Because the deterioration was occurring inside the metal bracket and was hidden from view, there was sometimes no outward indication to consumers that the wood was rotting until a consumer sat in the hammock and the beams broke. This posed fall and laceration hazards to consumers.
Williams-Sonoma did not file its full report with CPSC until September 11, 2008. On October 1, 2008, Williams-Sonoma and CPSC announced the recall of 30,000 wooden hammock stands. By that time, Williams-Sonoma was aware of 45 incidents involving the hammocks, including 12 reports of injuries requiring medical attention for lacerations, neck and back pain, bruising, and one incident involving fractured ribs.
Federal law requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to report to CPSC immediately (within 24 hours) after obtaining information reasonably supporting the conclusion that a product contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard, creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, or fails to comply with any consumer product safety rule or any other rule, regulation, standard, or ban enforced by CPSC.
In agreeing to the settlement, Williams-Sonoma neither admits, nor denies CPSC staff's allegations that its hammock stands contained a defect which could create a substantial product hazard or created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, or that it failed to notify the Commission in a timely manner, in accordance with the reporting requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
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