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EFG cusotmer service represntatives treated myself and the dealership trying to fix my car awful. The mechanic said he had never been treated so horribly by any company in his 25 years in the car business.
I was told "too bad" when I wanted to file a complaint and the customer service representative, Robin refused to transfer me to a supervisor. She lied and said she was a supervisor but come to find out when I called back they said no one by the name of "Robin" works here.
They refused to discuss the issue or give me a copy of my contract. I requested a copy of the contract 3 x in one day. All of the employees said they were not allowed to send copies of contracts out. I still have no idea what is covered and what is not convered.
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It's quite clear that pitching is the main issue for the Cubs thus far. After all, when your Opening Day starter's ERA is higher than the largest earthquake on record (9.58 ERA vs. 9.5 magnitude), you have a problem. But today, I want to take a look at a specific problem on the offensive side: power.
As John Arguello pointed out over at Cubs Den, Cub hitters aren't drawing enough walks and their OBP isn't getting it done. As Rudy Jaramillo's Rangers teams showed, some teams can get around this problem by hitting the ball over the fence consistently. But thus far in 2011, there's been a power outage on the North Side.
Here are all of the Cubs home runs this year:
Soriano: 11
Soto: 2
Colvin: 2
Ramirez: 1
Castro: 1
Barney: 1
Baker: 1
Johnson: 1
Zambrano: 1
Hill: 1
Alfonso Soriano is nearly half of the way to his 2010 total of 24 home runs, and has half of the team's home runs this season. But other than that, the Cubs are exhibiting no pop whatsoever. Where the hell is Pena on that list? Ramirez is on pace for about six home runs this season. Byrd's not a huge power guy, but he's hit at least 10 each of the last four years. Soto hit 23 as a rookie and 17 last year--what's with his lack of jacks this year?
Overall, the Cubs rank 11th in the National League in home runs. It's revealing that Quade has started to toy with Castro--who may develop power over time but is a singles hitter for now--in the three hole. Castro very well may be the Cubs' best pure hitter, and in a few years he might be a phenomenal three hitter. But one would hope that with sluggers like Ramirez, Soto and Pena--this guy has hit more than 20 home runs in a season five times, right?--that Castro could be more of a table-setter than a base-clearer.
Some teams can get by with peskiness, base-running savvy and walks. Other teams make do with pure power. The Cubs are built more for the latter, but the big bats in their lineup have failed to make noise through the season's first month.
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Modern Mathematical Tools and Techniques in Capturing Complexity
Part of the series Understanding Complex Systems pp 485-494
Multiple Comparison of Change Trends in Cancer Mortality/Incidence Rates Taking with Overlapping Regions and Time-Periods
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- , Yi LiAffiliated withDept. Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public HealthDep. Biostatistics & Computational Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
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When analyzing trends in cancer rates, it is common to rely on the so-called Annual Percent Change (APC). For dealing with such a measure of trend, directly age-adjusted rates are usually considered. Classical methods such as pooled t-tests are often applied for comparing APCs of two groups of individuals in a simple way under independence assumption. In practice, it is quite common to find groups of interest for which the independence assumption fails because their regions or periods of time overlap. No one of the papers that deal this problem consider the case where more than two APCs are compared. In this work we propose a Wald-type test-statistic which is not difficult to compute once we provide the estimators of two or more APCs to be compared. These estimators are the minimum power divergence estimators that cover as special case those obtained by maximum likelihood.
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The complete ninth season of the American fantasy drama about two brothers who battle supernatural forces. Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) were raised to fight the paranormal by their father after their mother was killed by a malevolent demon. Bound together by blood and tragedy, the brothers spend their lives battling a host of spirits, demons and other dark forces. The episodes are: 'I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here', 'Devil May Care', 'I'm No Angel', 'Slumber Party', 'Dog Dean Afternoon', 'Heaven Can't Wait', 'Bad Boys', 'Rock and a Hard Place', 'Holy Terror', 'Road Trip', 'First Born', 'Sharp Teeth', 'The Purge', 'Captives', 'Thinman', 'Blade Runners', 'Mother's Little Helper', 'Meta Fiction', 'Alex Annie Alexis Ann', 'Bloodlines', 'King of the Damned', 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Do You Believe in Miracles?'.
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MANLY doctors have identified new damage to Anthony Watmoughs right knee as a result of Friday nights leg twist from Jeff Lima.
While Lima accepted a one-match ban in record time on Monday, Watmough could be sidelined for even longer thanks to the dramatic incident that contributed to Manly coach Geoff Toovey's extraordinary post-match tirade against referees.
The NRL fined Manly $10,000 for Toovey's outburst, labelling it "excessive" and "emotional".
But Sea Eagles officials feel they have grounds to fight the sanction, given Toovey's anger was inspired by a foul act that could cost Manly the services of Watmough for several weeks.
Manly boss David Perry last night said club medicos had concluded that a new injury - suffered as a result of Lima's act - forced Watmough off the pitch in the second half.
The second rower took the field following a miracle recovery from a posterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered in the previous week's win over New Zealand, only for Lima to twist the same leg just 10 minutes into the game.
Watmough was still limping yesterday and remains in doubt for Sunday's clash against Canberra.
Sources close to Watmough have also confirmed that he was furious upon learning that Lima only received a one-week ban for the twist.
Facing a fortnight out if he unsuccessfully fought the dangerous contact charge, the Rabbitohs prop pleaded guilty within minutes of the NRL charge sheet being released to media.
The NRL waited several more hours to announce the fine against Manly, who are preparing to thrash-out the particulars with league bosses over the coming days.
"We'll review the breach notice and wait for the referee's report, before we decide what we are going to do," Perry said.
The impending stoush shapes as a baptism of fire for new NRL head of football Todd Greenberg, who became a despised figure at Brookvale after engineering Canterbury's heist of Des Hasler two years ago.
Perry and Greenberg were in preliminary talks about the fine yesterday, with Manly challenging the NRL to prove how Toovey's comments were any worse than other coaches this season.
There's a suspicion at Manly that Toovey was punished for his manner of expression, rather than actual criticisms, which did not call into question the integrity of any match officials.
"I accept that emotion is a big part of our game but that is not an excuse for making unwarranted attacks on match officials," Greenberg said.
"There needs to be a balance between coach's expressing their opinions and their emotions and showing respect for the game and the match officials in that process."
In addition to Lima's twist, Toovey also blew-up about a controversial no-try to Steve Matai and the lop-sided 10-5 penalty count.
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"The only thing that you shouldn't be able to do is come out and call a referee a cheat," Sterling said on Triple M.
"Otherwise, and if this is what you want, the parameters what coaches can now say will make for very boring, not much being said.
"In fact, if I'm Geoff toovey next time . . . I will send somebody else to go and speak for me because I know if I'm going to sit in that seat and someone asks me, I'm not going to be able to bit my tongue and give an antiseptic answer when I am feeling that way.
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Bradley Walsh hosts as four celebrities try to pit their knowledge against one of the countries finest quiz brains. But, have actor Nigel Havers, TV Presenter Melinda Messenger, actress Michelle Hardwick and comedian Dave Gorman got what it takes?
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A rainbow of Penguins: Publisher Allen Lane wanted a logo that was "dignified but flippant," so the penguin brand was born. At sixpence, anyone who loved to read good stories could buy a paperback for the same cost as a pack of cigarettes. Lane's brainchild was born after he had visited Agatha Christie: he stood waiting for a train, realizing there was nothing but magazines and bad novels to choose from.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has proposed a $2.5 billion redevelopment plan for Coney Island. The proposal, unveiled last week, calls for the transformation of an 11-block stretch of beachfront. But perhaps Bloomberg should consider offering Coney Island in a bid, in conjunction
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His best pal by his side
But the rats had gnawed off
His face and his eyes.
Slumped down in the sludge,
Rotting feet and fingers,
Bodies used as floorboards
The stench of flesh lingers.
The trench was well hidden,
The enemy were blind
But the next charge looming
A mere matter of time.
'It's you're turn Booth, you must
Fix that wire.' Major had cried
When a whizz-banger hit,
Shrapnel shot through his eye.
So up the ladder he went,
One last glance at his friend,
'I'll see you soon, my old man.'
No more time to pretend.
Over the top laid flat,
He crawled through bloody earth
Using old mate's faces
As support for his girth.
He got to the wire
And pulled a dead weight
Slung him to the ashes
Down to his burial place.
But this man seemed to choke,
And he rolled on his side.
Booth grabbed his blackened face
'Don't worry mate, you'll be fine.'
But then he heard the Others,
The Bosch in their harsh tongue
And bullets began to rain
Upon the two English sons
The half-dead soldier gasped,
As he was pulled upon
The other's back who crawled
Back towards the trench
He got to the edge and
Pushed the other in,
Out of the gunfire
'Don't worry mate, the medic will-'
A bullet hit his back,
His leg,
Then his arm,
A final through the cheek,
Which did the most harm?
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Returned to the ground
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This page chronicles the history of the Matrix Universe and the events that took place in it.
20th, 21st and 22nd centuriesEdit
Circa 1980–2025 Edit
- Mankind at the peak of human civilization
- Technology is advanced at a rapid pace
Early 21st centuryEdit
- Mankind is united in celebration as it develops the first Artificial Intelligence
- The single AI spawns an entire race of Machines
- Construction of the Pequod
- Construction of the Nebuchadnezzar
- Construction of the Osiris
- Start of the Second Renaissance
- Construction of the Logos
- Construction of the Vigilant
- Construction of the Mjolnir
- B1-66ER kills its master Gerrard E. Krause
- B1-66ER is put on trial and found guilty of murder
- B1-66ER is sentanced to death and is destroyed
- Machines and humans start to riot in protest of each other's actions
- The Machines are exiled from human society
- The Machine City of "01" is established in Mesopotamia
- Machine technology and AI becomes more advanced
- 01's economy competes fiercely with the rest of the world
- Blockades are formed around 01 in an attempt to disrupt its economy
- The Machines send ambassadors to the United Nations Organisation with a proposal of Peace
- End of the Second Renaissance
- The United Nations launch a nuclear attack on 01, starting the Machine War but doing very little permanent damage to the Machines
- Operation Dark Storm begins to cut off the Machines from the sun, the sky is permanently darkened
- The Machines modify themselves to become war machines
- The war continues and the Machines overwhelm the humans
- The Machines are victorious over the humans; The Machine War comes to an end
- The United Nations form an Instrument of Surrender. The human bodies are taken by the Machines for use as Batteries. A thermonuclear device is detonated inside the United Nations Headquarters, destroying New York City
- Nuclear winter sets in
- Humans are captured by the Machines and used for experiment
- The Machines develop a way to extract energy from humans and combine it with fusion power
23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th centuriesEdit
Note : The Following Dates are based on Speculation
- In order to pacify the humans, The Architect designs the Paradise Matrix as a perfect Utopian paradise
- The Paradise Matrix fails because of its perfection and lack of choice
- The Merovingian is set to be deleted, but refuses and returns to the Matrix to go into exile
- Persephone is exiled along with the Merovingian and is bound to him as his wife
- The Architect redesigns the Matrix as a grotesque, hellish nightmare
- The Nightmare Matrix fails because of its excessive suffering and lack of choice
- The Oracle solves the problem of choice
23rd CenturyEdit
- The Matrix is redesigned as a late 20th Century Mega City
- The cycle of the One is developed and implemented
- The Architect begins numbering the Matrixes from the emergence of the One, with this being labelled the "First Matrix"
- A human is born inside the Matrix with the ability to change what he wanted, to remake the Matrix as he sees fit
- 99% of the humans accept the Matrix
- The One self substantiates and begins freeing other humans
- The free humans hide from the Machines in an underground city that they name Zion
- The One dies; The Oracle prophesies his return
- The Matrix continues for approximately one hundred years
- A professional athlete Dan Davis breaks a world record and attempts to self-substantiate
- The Agents ensure that the professional athlete stays in the Matrix
- Glitches occur within the Matrix and are eliminated
- Humans begin experimenting with turning Machines into allies
- The experiments with the Machines result in disaster
- The second One appears, follows his intended path and meets The Architect
- The One makes the logical choice to save humanity
- Zion is destroyed
- The One chooses 23 individuals from the Matrix to build a second Zion
- Other programs deviate from their parameters or are no longer necessary due to the One cycle
- Deviant and useless programs set for deletion choose to hide with The Merovingian
24th centuryEdit
- The Matrix is rebooted for the third time
- The Second Matrix is designed
- The One dies; The Oracle prophesies his return
- The Matrix and Zion continue for approximately one hundred years
- The third One appears, follows his intended path and meets The Architect
- The One makes the logical choice to save humanity
- Zion is destroyed for the second time
- The One chooses 23 individuals from the Matrix to build a third Zion
25th centuryEdit
- The Matrix is rebooted for the fourth time
- The Third Matrix is designed
- The One dies; The Oracle prophesies his return
- The Matrix and Zion continue for approximately one hundred years
- The fourth One appears, follows his intended path and meets The Architect
- The One makes the logical choice to save humanity
- Zion is destroyed for the third time
- The One chooses 23 individuals from the Matrix to build a fourth Zion
26th centuryEdit
- The Matrix is rebooted for the fifth time
- The Fourth Matrix is designed
- The One dies; The Oracle prophesies his return
- The Matrix and Zion continue for approximately one hundred years
- The fifth One appears, follows his intended path and meets The Architect
- The One makes the logical choice to save humanity
- Zion is destroyed for the fourth time, after a seventy two hour defense
- The One chooses 23 individuals from the Matrix to build a fifth Zion
27th and 28th centuriesEdit
- The Matrix is rebooted for the sixth time
- The Fifth Matrix is designed
- The One dies; The Oracle prophesies his return
- The Matrix and Zion continue for approximately one hundred years
- A man named Geoffrey leads a team of five people to find wheat in the Real World
- Geoffrey's team finds an abandoned university town and discovers a seed depository
- Geoffrey's team is attacked and slaughtered, though Geoffrey survives
- Geoffrey returns to Zion and presents several baked goods to the people of Zion
- A group of Zionites creates a massive wheat field on the surface using UV lights powered by the Machines' power lines
- The machines slaughter the Zionites operating the field
- Grain taken from Zion's stockpile is used twice a year for a Bread Feast
- Morpheus is freed from the Matrix
- Morpheus learns of Geoffrey's story at the Bread Feast
- Morpheus visits the Oracle who tells him that he will find The One
- Trinity hacks into the IRS database
- Morpheus becomes Captain of the Hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar and frees Trinity from the Matrix
- Ghost is freed from the Matrix on the same day as Trinity
- Ghost and Trinity develop a close, brother-sister relationship
- Trinity becomes First Mate of the Nebuchadnezzar and other crewmembers join
- Trinity visits the Oracle who tells her that she will fall in love with The One
- Private Investigator Mr. Ash is hired by the Machines to track down Trinity
- Trinity kills Mr. Ash on board a train as he begins to turn into an Agent
- Morpheus finds someone who he believes could be the One
- The man Morpheus believes to be the One fights an Agent and is killed
- Morpheus finds four more people who he believes could be the One
- Each potential One fights an Agent and is killed
- Cypher begins doubting the prophecy of The One
- Morpheus gains notoriety as an international terrorist
- A hacker named Thomas A. Anderson, aka Neo, begins searching the Internet for Morpheus
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar begins monitoring Neo as a sixth potential One
- Cypher expresses his lack of faith in Neo to Trinity
- Trinity takes a shift monitoring Thomas Anderson from the Heart o' the City Hotel
- Cypher betrays Trinity's location to Agents Smith, Jones, and Brown
- Trinity escapes from the Heart o' the City Hotel
- The Agents begin their search for Neo
- Neo sells an illegal disk to his friend Choi, who invites him to a rave
- Neo and Trinity meet for the first time
- Neo goes to work at MetaCortex where Agents Smith, Jones, and Brown catch up to him
- Neo is contacted by Morpheus who tries to help him out of the building
- Neo is captured and interrogated by Agent Smith
- A tracking bug is placed inside Neo's navel, and he wakes up in bed
- Neo is contacted by Morpheus again
- The bug is extracted from Neo's navel
- Neo meets Morpheus for the first time at the Hotel Lafayette
- Neo chooses the Red Pill over the Blue Pill and is extracted from the Matrix
- The Nebuchadnezzar recovers Neo from the sewer and begins the recuperation process
- Neo sees the Matrix for what it really is and is told of the Prophecy of The One
- Neo's training begins
- Cypher meets with Agent Smith to negotiate his betrayal
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar takes Neo to see the Oracle
- Cypher betrays the location of the Hotel Lafayette to the Agents
- Neo meets Spoon Boy
- Neo meets the Oracle and interprets her response to mean that he isn't the One
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar is attacked at the Hotel Lafayette and Mouse is killed
- Cypher is captured by the police
- Morpheus is captured by Agent Smith
- Cypher's paddy wagon crashes, he escapes and exits the Matrix
- Cypher critically wounds Tank and kills Dozer
- Cypher kills Apoc and Switch
- Tank recovers from the attack and kills Cypher
- The Agents begin attempting to extract the Zion access codes from Morpheus' mind
- Neo and Trinity enter the Matrix to save Morpheus
- Neo and Trinity demolish the lobby of the Government Building
- Using a B-212 helicopter, Neo and Trinity ambush the Agents and rescue Morpheus
- Morpheus, Trinity, and Neo safely land on a rooftop as the helicopter crashes into a nearby building
- Morpheus and Trinity exit the Matrix, but Neo is trapped by Agent Smith
- Neo defeats Agent Smith, but he quickly returns
- Sentinels close in on the Nebuchadnezzar
- Neo runs to the Heart o' the City hotel
- Neo is killed by Agent Smith outside of Room 303
- Trinity confesses her love to Neo
- Neo is brought back to life due to the imbalanced equation of the Matrix
- Neo destroys Agent Smith
- Neo declares his intentions to the Machines
- Smith is faced with deletion or exile, and he chooses exile
- Tank dies and his brother-in-law Link volunteers to take his place on board the Nebuchadnezzar
- The Keymaker is faced with deletion or exile, and he chooses exile
- The Keymaker is imprisoned by The Merovingian
- Sati is designed by Rama-Kandra and Kamala
- Spoon Boy is freed from the Matrix
- Simulations to guage betrayal among Zionites are implemented throughout the Zion crews
- Michael Popper begins questioning reality
- The crew of the Nebuchadnezzar begins monitoring Michael Popper
- Michael Popper is cornered by Agents
- Michael Popper self-substantiates by committing suicide off the roof of his high school
- Neo refers to Michael Popper as Kid, which becomes his handle
- The Machines begin mustering sentinels for the invasion of Zion
- The Machines begin digging towards Zion
- The crew of the Osiris is chased by a group of Sentinels to the surface where they find the army
- The crew of the Osiris is pursued by the army back into the Tunnels of the Real
- Thadeus records the last transmission of the Osiris
- Jue mails the transmission to P.O. box 731222 inside the Matrix
- The Osiris is destroyed by the sentinels
- The crew of the Logos is sent to retrieve the last transmission of the Osiris
- Ghost infiltrates the post office and recovers the transmission
- Ghost and Niobe are pursued by Agents Johnson and Jackson
- Ghost and Niobe escape from the Matrix and transmit the last transmission of the Osiris to Zion
- Commander Lock orders an immediate full recall
- Ghost and Niobe go to the airport to call the captains of the fleet
- Axel is captured by Agents Johnson, Jackson, and Thompson
- The crew of the Vigilant goes to the Airport to rescue him
- Ghost and Niobe agree to help the crew of the Vigilant to rescue Axel
- Niobe infiltrates the hangars and attempts to rescue Axel
- Ghost shoots the front tire off the Gulfstream that Axel is aboard as it takes off
- Ghost shoots down a helicopter piloted by an Agent
- Niobe attempts to rescue Axel as he is transferred to a cargo plane
- Niobe steals the Agents' car and drives it into the back of the plane as it takes off
- Niobe crushes the Agent against a pile of cargo boxes
- An Agent takes over the pilot's body as Niobe gives Axel a parachute
- The Agent tries to close the cargo door, but Axel manages to jump out in time
- Niobe and the Agent fight
- Niobe opens the door again and kicks the Agent out
- Ghost recovers Axel and picks up Niobe after she parachutes out of the plane
- Axel and Ghost exit the Matrix through a hardline in a subway station
- The Trainman warns Niobe that Zion only lasted 72 hours "last time"
- Neo begins having prophetic dreams about Trinity
- Bane (posessed by Smith), fires the EMP; instantaneously taking down 5 ships
- Bane is descovered by the crew of Mjolnir
- Bane kills Maggie
- Neo leaves for 01 with Trinity in the Logos
- Bane tries to kill Neo and Trinity, but is killed by a blinded Neo
- The assault on Zion Begins
- Most of the APU's fall against The Sentinels
- Niobe pilots the Mjolnir to Zion through the Mechanical Line
- Mjolnir enters Zion and fires the EMP destroying all the Sentinels in the Dock
- The Logos reaches the Machine City
- Neo and Trinity soar above the nanobots in an attempt to save themselves from the large number of Sentinels
- The Logos is disabled by the electrical disturbances in the clouds
- The Logos crashes into the Machine City
- The Logos crashes into a tower in 01
- Trinity says her final goodbye to Neo
- Zion is breached by Digger 2
- Neo makes a deal with Deus Ex Machina, demading peace among the Machines and the Humans in exchange for the destruction of the rogue Agent Smith
- Deus Ex Machina accepts the terms and orders the sentinels to stand down
- Neo and Smith battle in the Matrix
- The whole population of the Matrix is assimilated by Smith
- Neo is assimilated by Smith
- Smith is deleted
- Neo's body appears to be killed
- Deus Ex Machina accepts the truce
- The sentinels leave Zion
- The Sentinels retreat from Zion; The Machine War comes to an End
- The Matrix is restored from the damage caused by Smith
- The Matrix is reset as the Sixth Matrix
- The humans still in the Matrix who were infected by Smith are all restored and returned to their beds
- The Assassin tries to recycle Trinity's body as part of his function
- Other Machines prevent the Assassin from recycling Trinity's body because they are working on her cranial jack
- The Architect meets with the Oracle in a park to discuss the truce
- The Architect agrees to let the humans that want to leave the Matrix do so without harassment
- Sati creates the best sunrise the Matrix has ever seen
- The MMORPG "The Matrix Online" continues the narrative, starting in 2005 (plus beta testing in 2004)
- The citizens of the Mega City assess the damage caused by the rainstorm and by the fight between Neo and Smith
- Hundreds of obsolete and beligerant programs are exiled and form gangs within the Mega City
- The Machines declare the Richland district open and unrestricted for all redpills
- The Agents begin hunting down the Exiles to delete them from the Matrix
- The Exiles discover ways to hack into the access nodes placed throughout the city
- The Assassin is set to be deleted for his disobedience regarding the recycling of Trinity's body
- The Assassin flees to the Matrix with the help of The Merovingian
- Morpheus demands that the Machines return the body of Neo to Zion, but they refuse
- Morpheus is considered to be deceased by the citizens of the Mega City
- The framework of the HvCFT Novalis is salvaged and repaired
- Sawayaka becomes the captain of the HvCFT Novalis II
- Glitches caused by Agent Smith begin appearing in the Matrix
- Leaks in the code of the Matrix begin to appear, redpills begin to tap these data nodes for information
- Humans within the Matrix are extracted at the highest rate ever
- Massive hoverbarges are provided to house all of the new redpills
- Due to a lack of adequate training disks, redpills start trading valuable information for new abilities
- The Machines try to fix the glitches caused by Smith
- Hundreds of redpills experience déjà vu
- Thousands of humans are freed from the Matrix in a single day
- The Machines start losing power
- The Machines attempt to optimize their systems to compensate
- Morpheus encourages all redpills to strain the system so that the Machines will be inclined to return Neo's body
- The Machines consider Morpheus' actions to be in violation of the Truce
- The Machines contact Lock to request that Morpheus be stopped
- Commander Lock orders all Zionite redpills to apprehend Morpheus on sight
- The Merovingian's lieutenants begin to shadow Morpheus
- The Matrix Online shuts down in 2009, after five years of online narrative.


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Allen & Overy has published its Global Litigation Survey, which assesses 10 key indicators of the litigation process in 137 legal systems. The areas rated and evaluated include the treatment of governing law clauses and clauses specifying a jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes, whether a pre-judgment order freezing a party's assets will be granted, the stringency of local disclosure/discovery rules in litigation, the viability of class actions and the enforcement of foreign court judgments in local courts.
Given the relative stagnation of traditional markets, commercial parties are increasingly seeking out new opportunities in emerging markets, often with relatively undeveloped legal and judicial systems.
This shift in emphasis gives rise to pressures on those commercial parties to ensure their legal due diligence (often involving complex conflict-of-laws issues) is thorough and accurate. A full understanding of legal risk, as well as economic and political risk, is likely to be central to a business's investment decisions in relatively untested jurisdictions.
The Global Litigation Survey uses the technique (devised by Philip Wood QC [Hon]) of rating legal issues, allowing complex legal data to be synthesised and distilled. According to Allen & Overy, the aim of the ratings system is to promote a quick strategic snapshot of the key aspects of litigation process in each of the 137 jurisdictions covered.
There has been much debate about the opportunities offered by the MINT economies. Investors in MINT countries, or those dealing with MINT domiciled counterparties, may wish to assess litigation risk in such jurisdictions. For example, will Mexican courts generally respect a jurisdiction or choice of court clause in the event a dispute arises? Can you enforce a foreign court judgment in Indonesia? Is a waiver of state immunity effective in Nigeria? Or will the courts uphold absolute immunity? Is Turkey broadly litigation risk free? Or may the courts show reluctance in enforcing a foreign court judgment? Allen & Overy's survey is intended to address such issues.
The Global Litigation Survey was completed by lawyers in the firm's litigation department, together with Allen & Overy's Global Law Intelligence Unit, and includes contributions from law firms in more than 100 jurisdictions across the world.


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In recent columns, we have discussed two of the four constitutional amendments that voters will see on their ballots Nov. 8.
Amendment 1, as it is numbered on the ballot, would authorize the creation of an "Opportunity School District," Gov. Nathan Deal's proposal for the state to take over the operation of under-performing schools.
Nearly three dozen local school boards have passed resolutions opposing this amendment. The state Board of Education, whose members are all appointed by the governor, supports passage.
A heartfelt thank you for all the community support Columbia County Cares received for our 19th annual Spaghetti Supper. A special thank you to all our corporate sponsors, to all the volunteers and to St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, and the Knights of Columbus Council 8495 for hosting the event. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this fundraising event will go toward providing a Thanksgiving meal to all client families and providing food and health & comfort items during this holiday season.
Thank you and God Bless You.
It's been a rough summer for health care. Sixteen of the 23 federally funded, not-for-profit Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (co-ops) have now failed. Humana reduced its Georgia coverage area and Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and Aetna have completely pulled out of Georgia's federally managed insurance exchange. Most premium rate increase requests for 2017 are in the double digits – the weighted average increase is 27 percent. We got ours in the mail last week: 16 percent.
There are roughly 2,000 judges in Georgia, serving at every level of the judicial system from the state Supreme Court all the way down to local magistrate judges.
The great majority of these men and women are honorable people who try to do a decent job of making sure justice is served in their courtrooms. But there are occasionally dishonest or emotionally disturbed people who have to be removed from their judgeships for the good of the community.
"The combat deepens. On ye brave,
Who rush to glory or the grave!"
– Thomas Campbell
No matter who wins what many are calling "the most frustrating, unpleasant presidential election in American history," I'm sure more than one person has wondered why the two major candidates don't just duel it out and be done with it – or hand said weapons to their campaign managers or surrogates and let one side finish the other off.
It's happened before.
If you want to see how badly politicians can mess up a state, look no further than our neighbor North Carolina.
On March 23, the North Carolina legislature met in special session to pass the now-infamous HB2, a bill that restricted transgender people to using only government and school bathrooms that corresponded to the sex listed on their birth certificate. The bill also killed an anti-discrimination ordinance passed by Charlotte to protect the civil rights of gays.
Older brothers will ultimately take over the world. They will take control of our minds, our thoughts, and our toys. They will change life as we know it one head game at a time. It will happen so gradually, no one will notice until it's too late.
My older brother, so deep in the conspiracy himself that it hardly seems a surreptitious movement to him anymore, tries to convince me that robots are humanity's greatest threat. He sends me links to articles titled Rise of the Machines and Intelligent Robots Will Overtake Humans by 2100.
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From Mrs Rosemary StevensSir, — I must take issue with
Katherine Mezzacappa's letter (
Letters, 9 September) condemning the venue of Lincoln Cathedral for filming
part of The Da Vinci Code.
Unlike Mrs Mezzacappa, I didn't find the book "tosh". I found it
fascinating, thought-provoking, and a really good read.
I have been to Lincoln Cathedral, and look forward to seeing its appearance
in the film. When Lincoln Cathedral was built, ordinary people like Mrs
Mezzacappa would have supported it financially, in a way that people don't now
do; so if the Dean can help his fabric fund in this way, good luck to him.
ROSEMARY STEVENS48 Thurlstone RoadRuislip, Middlesex HA4 0BT
From the Revd Patrick Morrow
Sir, — It is sad that Mrs Mezzacappa and family couldn't get into Lincoln
Cathedral when The Da Vinci Code was being filmed, and experienced
such rudeness.
She might like to know, though, that the filming sparked a lot of debate
among those of us who live in Lincoln, on matters of faith and history. For
example, the cathedral joined with the university to offer a well-attended day
conference, to discuss Da Vinci, conspiracy . . . and redemption. Yes,
I am sure Mrs Mezzacappa is right, and most readers of the book will not go
on to read the Gospels. But if (say) a tenth do? I am glad the cathedral has
played its part in taking on and counteracting the book's "tosh".
PATRICK MORROW69 Western CrescentLincoln LN6 7TA
From Mr Leonard Franchi
Sir, — As a Roman Catholic subscriber, I look forward every week to your
eclectic mix of articles and letters on all many topics.
Nevertheless, I was perplexed at Katherine Mezzacappa's references to Opus
Dei as "sinister". My long experience of Opus Dei in the Catholic Church is one
of seeing people from all walks of life who are devoted to Christ. Attendance
at daily mass and the use of the scriptures in prayer, study, and spiritual
reading are components of the life of its members, as well as participation in
numerous social projects throughout the world which are offered to people of
all creeds and none.
Mrs Mezzacappa may not wish to be a member of Opus Dei herself; but please
show Christian understanding and charity towards your brothers and sisters in
Christ who are doing what they can to build the Kingdom of God on this earth.
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Lengthy Author's Note: This piece was written in response to the "I Never" challenge over at the Sober Universe forum at . The concept behind this challenge is to write a piece in a genre that you would never, ever write, and then post it where the aficionados of that genre would have the opportunity to offer critique, if they so chose. I generally write comedy pieces centering on the NextGen kids, with ScoRose as my main pairing. So, naturally I was given James/Sirius. If you'd like an un-cut version, it may be found at my livejournal. The link for that is on my profile page. I hope you enjoy.
When the Greek philosophers first wrote of the ideal of youth and beauty, it was undoubtedly Sirius Black they pictured. At least as far as he was concerned, to watch the way he strutted his way through my suite after borrowing my shower. Long, dark brown hair which positively flowed onto his shoulders, cheekbones that may have been chiseled into his face, a lean, sinewy frame with muscles lain one on another by hand and stretched taut, from his arms, to his torso, to his -
"Get a good look, Potter. You're going to miss this once we're out of here, you know."
"Oh for fuck's sake, Black," I answered, flipping him a rather rude hand gesture, "Put something on, will you? We all know you're hung like a hippogriff; you really needn't strut around here dripping on the floor like that."
Sirius toweled off as he continued the floor show. "How you wound up the straight one is beyond me, Jamie - "
"Right, Jamie," he retorted, transfiguring the book I'd chucked at his head into a Frisbee. "That's it, precisely. The ponciest fruit ever to spring from the hallowed branches of Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, and yet you fall for a pair of green doe-eyes and a ginger fanny. How does this happen?"
"Are you going to put some clothes on, Sirius? I'm trying to concentrate here." I was starting to get annoyed. The written portion of our Transfiguration N.E.W.T. was in less that 18 hours, and I was starting to feel like a firstie wondering which way to point his wand. Sirius feigned a pout.
"Oh, and here I thought you'd fancy a go, staring at me like you were."
"I was not!" I objected. "Besides, Moony would walk in here looking for you and have us both trussed-up like a Christmas goose in ten seconds flat. Then he'd get Lily to help."
"Get Lily to help what?" Sirius did finally start getting dressed.
"Padfoot, I was on her bad side for four years. Trust me here, you wouldn't want to piss her off." There was a pause in the banter as Sirius fastened his trousers.
"Hung like a hippogriff you say? Huh. Never picked you for a size queen, Prongs. Must be all that Norman still in our blood. Mummy would actually screech at me in French, you know. The Normans were a particularly well-hung people, you see. It's how we rogered the hell out of Harold at Hastings."
"Are you quite done, Sirius? Merlin's balls, but I'm afraid you're going to break into song any moment now. And for fuck's sake, put on a shirt already!"
"It's really not fair, James. You get this delicious Head Boy shower all to yourself," Sirius whined as he sat down on my bed, hair still dripping.
"I do let you use it."
"But I'm all alone in there. Just me and the water. Me, the water, and my big Norman cock."
I buried my reddening face in my palm. Always the showman, that's our Padfoot.
"Merlin, Prongs, you're blushing."
"I'm just hoping Lily knows a good disinfecting spell. Lord knows what you've gotten up to in there."
"You come in there with me, and I reckon I could get up a lot more."
"You're a pig," I answered.
"And you want me." Sirius was smiling now - big, shit-eating grin on his face.
"You're hallucinating," I retorted. And then it happened. In one swift maneuver, Sirius had knocked away my Transfiguration notes, spun me onto my back, straddled my torso and forced his lips onto mine. He was rough and insistent. He tasted of tobacco, smelt of bay rum and felt like sandpaper. And after about 30 seconds of his assault on my face, I was harder than Honors Arithmancy. So I did what anyone would do in that situation; pushed him straight off of me.
"Fuck, Prongs. If I'd known you were that good, I'd've jumped you much earlier."
"Padfoot - Sirius. We can't. Really, really can't."
"And why not? Give me three good reasons."
"Lily's one. Remus is another."
"Ha! They'd both jump at the chance to join in. What's your third?"
"I'm not gay." At this, Sirius couldn't be bothered to hold in a chuckle.
"Prongsie, you were pulling my hair, mate. And what about that?" he asked, pointing at my crotch.
"A simple biological reaction. It means nothing."
"It means that while the big head may have been wondering what was going on, the little head had already sprung into action. I think you liked it."
"Sirius, I think you should go."
"What? Are you just going to leave me like this?" he asked, while grabbing my hand and rubbing it against the outline of his erection. I laughed.
"You're kidding, right? I invented that line. Got me center hoop with Linda Frobscottle last year, actually. That little Ravenclaw minx could suck the wood off a wand, lick her lips and go for seconds." Sirius got a scarily mischevious look in his eye.
"Could she, now?" I nodded in response, grinning, remembering that evening. Sirius leaned into my neck, where he placed soft bites from the nape to the jawline. Then he whispered breathily into my ear. "So could I."
I couldn't help myself. I grabbed the back of his head and slammed his face into mine. We were a tangle of tongues, lips, and fingers in hair falling backwards onto my bed, wrestling for control. He won, of course, and began to rub my once-again hardening cock outside my trousers as I arched my back in compliance. I traced my hands up and down his naked torso, raking my fingers along his lean musculature. He tilted his head back, letting go a throaty moan, which was my cue to aim for the button on his trousers.
"Don't start something you're not going to be able to finish, James," he growled, just as I was developing an appreciation for Lily's dexterity for disrobing a man from the opposite side. Lily. Fuck.
I stopped what I was doing and collapsed my arms on the bed next to me.
"What's wrong?" Sirius asked, rather touchingly concerned.
"Lily. I can't, Sirius. Look, mate, it took so long and I'd just be bollocksing it up. Sirius, I - "
He looked at me; a mixture of amazement and condescension, rather like one would give a kitten taking its first steps. Then he placed a hand along the side of my face and planted a tender sandpaper kiss on my lips.
"You let me know when, Prongs," he said, grabbing his tunic and heading out, leaving me with my thoughts, a guilty conscience, and a libido like a caged Chinese Fireball.
So there I sat, on my bed, rather in the same predicament Sirius had been complaining of. The words on the pages of my Transfiguration text may as well have been Norse runes for all the sense they made. The roughness of Sirius's five-o'clock shadow still stung on my mouth, and my heartbeat was racing nearly as quickly as my mind.
By the time Lily walked in a half-hour later, I was no better off, but had at least managed to un-ruffle my robes enough to look presentable. Merlin, but she looked good. The thing about Lily is that she had a way of making that bookworm look just work. Spectacles she only used for reading, ginger hair half done-up in a bun, robes that hugged her just right, and that crème-colored brassiere she had on underneath - or at least I hoped she did - they were doing things to me that were probably illegal in several jurisdictions.
"James," she asked after a moment or two. "Why are you staring at me like that?" I hadn't realized I'd been staring, so I got up off the bed and walked over to her.
"James? James, you look like you're about to have me for dessert," she said in a nervous giggle. I pulled my wand out of my robes and banished hers across the room, leaving her clad only in that hoped-for crème brassiere, matching knickers, stockings and pumps.
"Damn it James, it's cold in here! What are you playing at?" I grabbed her hair at the back of her head and kissed her roughly; as roughly as Sirius had kissed me earlier, feeling her resolve give way almost immediately. One quick snap between fingers and thumb and I had unhooked her brassiere at the back, and she let it slink off her arms and onto the floor. I began tugging on her nipples with my fingers, hearing her let that high-pitched moan I'd come to know and love escape, which spurred me on to suckle and bite on the taut nubs. She arched her back and tossed her head back as I placed small bites on the nape of her neck, then picked her up in my arms, placing her on my bed. Satisfied I was to hear no more protestations, I tugged on the waistband of her knickers.
"James, no. James!"
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"I just can't right now, James."
"Seems like you were doing just fine," I muttered, and tried to salvage my efforts by concentrating on that sensitive spot right behind her earlobe.
"James!" she scolded, sitting up. "Honestly, love. I really can't."
"And why is that?"
"Do you really want to know?" I wasn't sure I did, but she didn't wait for an answer. "Because I'm bleeding like hell, and I don't want your bedclothes to look like a murder scene for the house-elves to find in the morning. Which is probably why I snapped at poor..." She went on for a good five minutes along that theme, while I nodded sympathetically at all the right places. I was just about done congratulating myself on once again successfully tuning her out when
"What time are you going, then?"
"Going? Going where?"
"To meet Remus. We were just talking about the full moon - did you not listen to a word I said?" Lily began to gather her robes from around the room, and my face fell visibly. "Honestly, James. Sometimes I think you're not a good listener at all. I'm going next door - there's an Arithmancy practical tomorrow I need to revise for."
"You're just going to leave me here, like this?" I asked, pouting and doing my best impression of doe eyes.
"Potter, please. Try that line on some fifth-year who doesn't know better. I've heard far too many lines from you for one lifetime, thank you very much."
I grinned. "Oh, you mean like that Muggle-born Ravenclaw in Black's brother's year?"
"Do it and I'll hex your bollocks off, love." She planted a kiss on my cheek. "What's gotten into you, anyway? You're usually so calculating when you want to bed me. Don't get me wrong; I adore the passion, but I've never seen you like this."
"Can't a fellow just be happy to see his best girl?"
"That wasn't happy, darling, that was ravenous."
"Reckon I'm just a bit nervous about the Transfiguration N.E.W.T. tomorrow." Lily looked unconvinced, and I thought I was going to have to dance further.
"Transfiguration N.E.W.T.? A boy who'd successfully mastered an Animagus transformation before he'd taken his first O.W.L.? Oh, darling, you'll be brilliant. Now I really must go. See you at supper, then?"
Supper was an unmitigated disaster. I was certain Lily and Sirius hadn't meant to gang up on me, but as distracted as I was, I suppose I must have presented an easy target. One on either side, first making snide comments about my lack of appetite, then I managed to dip my sleeve into the gravy, and that was the topic for what seemed like eons. And right before pudding - I swear on Godric's grave - Sirius began talking about baby pictures Mum had shown him shortly after he'd arrived on our doorstep.
"Honestly, Sirius. We take you in, and this is what you give in return? Baby pictures?" Lily was doing her level-best to cheer him on, of course.
"Oh, stuff it, James. I want to hear this. I bet you were just darling. Was he, Sirius?" And on it continued. At one point a nervous sixth-year asked if this was to be expected before N.E.W.T.s. I shook my head, sighed, and proceeded to wolf down my apple tart with vanilla sauce before dashing outside to clear my head with that fresh Highlands air and a quick fag.
Trying to hit the books again was a mistake. Images of that afternoon with Sirius were successful in pushing out combinations of wand movements and incantations. What was he playing at? He saw me chase after Lily forever; I knew he knew what end of the broomstick I prefer. Right. If he had seen me attack her the way I did that afternoon, there would have been no confusion. None whatsoever.
By 8 o'clock that evening I was brooded out, and if I was to get any revising accomplished at all, I was going to have to sort things out with Black, and quickly.
Sirius and Peter were chatting amiably when I swooped in to the 7th Year Gryffindor room. I dismissed Peter, telling him that Remus was already at the Shack, and might appreciate some company. I turned to face Sirius rather dramatically, but he seemed to be expecting that, leaning rakishly on the footboard of his bed with that damnable smirk etched on his face.
"James," he began gently, in that condescending drawl he affected anytime he wanted to diffuse a conversation. "You do care. How sweet of you to come visit."
"Stuff it, Black," I snapped back. "What in the nine Hells are you playing at? You know, the more I think about this afternoon, the more I think -"
"That you want me so bad you're aching?" I zapped him with a stinging hex.
"Prongsie, if I'd known you were in to the kinky stuff, I'd have brought my leathers with me to your mum's place." His quip did nothing to staunch my growing anger.
"No, you filthy pouf, you fucking attacked me in there. What gave you the right, Black? Honestly! How am I supposed to let you keep staying in my house if you're liable to do - that - again? Merlin, Sirius. We've been friends for seven years now, and you pull this shite?"
There were any number of reactions I expected. Maybe he'd try to make nice and swear he'd never meant to do anything like that again. Maybe he'd fly off the handle, exclaiming (quite rightly, of course) that I'd kissed him back, and that a simple bit of snogging was hardly assault. But I didn't expect him to laugh. Yet that's what he did. Loudly and boisterously.
"Aw. Is ickle Jamie a bit confused? Did a wittle kissy-poo turn our Prongsie all queer?"
"Fuck you, Black!"
"Reckoned that was why you came up here," he continued to snark, sending me straight over the edge. I walked right up to him, toe-to-toe, rather intent on wiping the floor with that smirk of his.
Why I kissed him instead, I'll probably never know.
But kiss him I did; frantically and fervently. All fingers in his hair, tongue dancing with his in his mouth. I don't think he was expecting that reaction from me - hell, I wasn't expecting that reaction from me - because it took him a good moment to get his head together before he began to reciprocate. But when he did, wow.
My robes came off straightaway; Sirius not being gentleman enough to ask me if I was okay with it, and me not being man enough to tell him either way. But, in for a Knut, in for a Galleon, and Merlin did he know what to do with his hands. Even something as pedestrian as running his fingertips down my spine became a luxurious exercise in back-arching toe-curling bliss.
Sirius laid me down on my back on his bed, stripped my y-fronts off of me, and with a flick of his wand, banished my boots and socks. He stared at me as if I were pudding, and he hadn't had a meal in a week. He growled something underneath his breath and laid down next to me.
"I've wanted to fuck you for ages now, Potter," he whispered, and began nibbling on the ear into which he'd spoken. He started to bite and suck on the nape of my neck, and ran a lazy finger around and around my left nipple, sending tendrils of pleasure straight into my stiffening cock. As he tongued and lightly bit the right one, I made a mental note as I ran my fingers through his dark locks: I'd have to make sure Lily knows to do that.
"Fuck, Sirius, who taught you that one?"
"Not a pretty story, ducks. Let's leave it at that." And we did.
We lay there a bit afterwards; Sirius with a broad smirk on his face, and me feigning exhaustion. Oh, to be sure, I was spent. And my thighs were aching, and my arse still felt as though it was on fire. But mostly my head was racing; thinking whether Sirius would expect this often, and what would happen when word of this got out. Thinking about how I was going to explain it to Lily if it did, and if this meant I was as bent as Padfoot and Moony. And that was really all a bit much to think about, so I decided to cuddle up to Sirius instead.
"Not bad for a straight boy, I'll give you that," he quipped and ruffled my damp hair a bit. "But come on then, James, I'm not some bird who's going to be expecting pillow talk afterwards. Besides, we should get cleaned up and head over to the Shack. It's getting late.
Any illusions I had that Remus couldn't tell what we'd been up to were quickly put to bed the next day. He was surly as a rule the morning after his transformation, so I paid little attention to his cool demeanor at breakfast, but after lunch he pulled me aside on our way to the Transfiguration N.E.W.T.
"Why'd you do it, James?" he asked in a hushed whisper.
"Why'd I do what?"
"Oh come on, Prongs. We've been friends too long for this shite. You fucked Sirius. You fucked my boyfriend, Prongs, why?"
"I'm sorry, Moony. It just happened. Honestly. It's not something either of us set out to do. It just - really, it just sort of happened like that."
"But you have Lily. Merlin's balls, man, you worked so hard to get her and now you're pulling this?"
"You're not going to tell her, are you?"
"No. Although I really ought to. Good luck on the test." Remus was a man of his word, but those were the last words Moony and Prongs shared as Hogwarts students.
Padfoot and Moony had split by the time we were inducted into the Order. According to Sirius, Remus was 'cramping my style,' and Sirius just wasn't ready to be 'hitched up as tight as you and Lily.' According to Remus, the split had been amicable, but we began to see less and less of him. Sure, he was at Lily and my wedding, but Sirius was the best man, so Remus felt a little out of place. He would make hasty exits whenever we tried to get the old gang back together at our cottage in Godric's Hollow. We started to wonder where we would get off to.
Which is probably why when Sirius said that he was too predictable a choice for Secret Keeper, we went with Peter.


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(CNSNews.com) – Most Americans are not certain whether Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama or GOP presidential candidate John McCain are using public financing to fund their campaigns, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.
When informed that McCain is using public financing while Obama is not, the majority of those polled say it does not affect their opinion of the candidates.
Those that say it affects their opinions say they view McCain's decision in a more positive light than Obama's. Fifteen percent feel more favorably about McCain compared to six percent who feel less favorably, while eight percent say it makes them feel more favorably about Obama and 18 percent less favorably.
Obama opted out of the public financing system because he was able to raise money well beyond the federal spending limit of $84 million and used a large portion of his money to buy airtime on several major TV networks Wednesday night to show a 30-minute campaign ad, Gallup pointed out.
McCain, meanwhile, agreed to rely on public financing, but it is unclear whether he would have made the same decision had he been able to raise the same large sums of money as Obama, Gallup noted.
The poll was conducted Oct. 28 from a sample of 1,010 national adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.


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- Separate bedroom
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the condominium resort include a health club and a spa tub.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Basketball on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Playground on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Ski equipment rentals on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the condominium resort's full-service spa, Elevation Spa. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, and reflexology.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Massages
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Property Policies
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 3 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property 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.
24-hour check-in
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Property Name
- Ridge View Condo Stateline
- Ridge View Stateline
We should mention
Up to 2 children 3 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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