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->''"Jewish women are very hot, love to experiment, and always please their man."''
A character (male or female) possesses {{in-universe}} extraordinary prowess in both scoring and then giving physical sexual pleasure to his/her partner(s). A soft caress on the cheek from such a person can leave the subject a flustered bundle of sexual excitement, a body massage under their hands would be a heavenly experience, while the luckier ones who get to bed this character would most probably be in for the most intensely multi-orgasmic night they've ever had in their lives.
The reasons behind said prowess varies. Sometimes it's simply due to knowing "how to touch them right", sometimes it's through special sex techniques, sometimes it's by knowing how to make the best out of [[BiggerIsBetterInBed a larger than average tool]], sometimes it's stamina and sometimes it might be actual {{magic}}. The PowerPerversionPotential for this ability should be very obvious, assuming that it isn't itself a result of PowerPerversionPotential. This an almost mandatory part of a HornyDevil's inventory of abilities. Many pornographic works tend to depict their male characters as this; for live-action ones, this would be an InformedAbility, given that they don't actually do anything "special" on-screen.
'''Note:''' This trope is [[UnisexTrope neither tied to a specific gender]] nor tied to a specific sexual orientation. Also, being able to do one or two "tricks" to get one's partner to hit the O-zone '''does not qualify''' for this trope. The character is supposed to be (hailed as) a veritable ''expert'' in carnal delights, not a "one-trick pony".
May serve as a justification for the attractiveness behind the ChickMagnet[=/=]HelloNurse, the [[ThePornomancer Pornomancer]], or the KavorkaMan.
'''Not to be confused with an ''actual'' [[LoveGoddess deity of sexual activity]]''', though due to their particular domain, they often ''are'' Sex Gods by necessity.
Compare with TheCasanova, who has high prowess/skill in ''seduction'' rather than ''sexual pleasure''; of course, being a ''consistently successful'' TheCasanova would usually require being a Sex God, too.
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Because he's a demon disguised in the form his master ordered him to (a polite butler), Sebastian interrogates a cult member... ''very'' convincingly.
-->'''Woman:''' I can see the Gates of Heaven!\\
'''Sebastian:''' (unamused) Oh I ''highly'' doubt that.
* [[TheBeautifulElite Iason]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Mink]] of the futuristic ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' is an ArtificialHuman with better prowess than that of a SexBot as evidenced by his human SexSlave's musings. His abilities to prove BiggerIsBetterInBed at will (and any size he so chooses) and find a person's most sensitive erogenous zones within seconds only reinforces this status.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' gives us Panty, a LovableSexManiac to the nth degree. She is a real master in these activities, and it shows from the lucky men's highly positive comments about her sex techniques. One even thought she was more a [[HornyDevils devil than an angel.]]
* [[TheCharmer Vincent Nightray]] of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' ''really'' gets around with the noblewomen despite ([[ManipulativeBastard or possibly]] ''[[{{Sadist}} because of]]'') the fact that [[HeManWomanHater he can't stand them]].
-->'''Vincent''': [[TheChessmaster "All I have to do is utter a few soft words and share their bed to have them wound around my little finger."]]
* ''Manga/MakenKi'' has three between its [[BigBad main antagonist]], Love Espada, and a living teddy bear.
** Old age has done nothing to quell [[BadassGrandpa Ouken Yamato's]] [[ReallyGetsAround libido.]] The opening scene in chapter 32 had him bang one of his concubines so hard, that the guardian statue [[SexyDiscretionShot outside the bedchamber]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/32/4/ toppled over.]] The following page shows him being dressed by two more, while several others are shown passed out on the floor around him and the one he finished shagging is seen collapsed in her bed. His secretary, Miyabi, had been watching and was so aroused by it, that she [[spoiler: started dripping]].
** In chapter 76, Himegami explains that Espada is said to have seduced over 100 girls, during the school's previous Himekagura Festival. Said while she and Usui are eavesdropping on her as she's having sex with Kyoki [[SexyDiscretionShot in one of the school's club rooms.]] The next page shows Kyoki's been stripped out of her disciplinary committee uniform and made to wear a swimsuit with cat ears and a matching collar (complete with a miniature bell). And is seen drooling with [[WingdingEyes heart shaped pupils]] and fully erect nipples, having become the newest of Espada's {{Sex Slave}}s.
*** Three chapters later, Espada has her way with another group of girls off-panel and leaves them trembling at her feet, in orgasm.
** Rudolf is a living teddy bear, who's able to make women collapse from pleasure by simply fondling their breasts. The shopkeeper Himegami bought him from confessed to having been one of his lovers, until she found him cheating on her [[ReallyGetsAround with three other women.]] She took him back, but eventually put him up for sale to keep from being tempted by him again. Later, Himegami tries to get rid of Rudolf by summoning Nozuchi, but [[TemptingFate makes the mistake of leaving her alone with him.]] By the time she returns, Rudolf has banged Nozuchi and is seen having a cigar.
* Rito in ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. Despite being a generally innocent boy without perverted intentions, Rito appears to have sexual talents which he himself is not entirely aware of. Nemesis complimented his "technique" on pleasuring women when she ordered him to massage her shoulders. Momo believes the same thing about him when he fondles her in his sleep, which she greatly enjoys, and has made it a goal of hers to bring out his "inner harem king". Other times, whenever Rito trips and falls into a girl, some of the ways he manages to accidentally touch them seem to overtake them with an overwhelming sense of aroused euphoria before they notice what's just happened.
* ''Manga/UchiNoMusumeNiTeODasuNa'': To say Clara's a virgin, she definitely knows how to satisfy other women.
** Such as when she thoroughly ravished the entire staff at N.U.D.E. HQ; including her three best friends and Sister Velocity[[note]]Clara was possessed by a phallic parasite, which she used as a strap-on[[/note]]:
-->'''Sister Velocity:''' ''([[PervertedDrooling drooling]])'' "God, please forgive me... My sinful body is drowning in pleasure...."
-->''(Velocity's eyes roll back as she experiences orgasm and faints)''
** Clara follows up by creating physical copes of herself to gangbang [[spoiler: [[ParentalIncest her own mother]], [[HotGod Athena]]]], by filling every orifice simultaneously. She gives [[InSeriesNickname the MILF of Steel]] the mother of all orgasms, causing both of them to pass out from it[[note]]The parasite doesn't survive, having been [[OutWithABang reduced to a withered husk]] by the release of their combined energy[[/note]].
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/{{X 23}} spent time as a child prostitute in New York at some point after escaping the Facility. She's outright called [[{{Wolverine}} the best at what she does]] by her clients while her pimp remarks on how lucrative she is.
* Amora, The Enchantress from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''. Even without resorting to magic, Amora is a lover with few, if any equals. Thus far, absolutely no one is on record as having come away... unsatisfied.
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Many, if not all, {{Ethical Slut}}s, {{Chivalrous Pervert}}s and {{Good Bad Girl}}s are likely to have this trope applied to them, often despite {{canon}} evidence to the contrary; even MsFanservice-type and [[TheLadette Ladette]]-type who exhibit none of the aforementioned tropes are still vulnerable to this via {{flanderization}}. And for DracosInLeatherPants and {{Mary Sue}}s (especially {{Marty Stu}}s) that have their sexual skills mentioned {{in-universe}}, it's seen as a nigh-mandatory requirement.
* Shinji in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is one in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8984362/1/Alpha-and-Omega Alpha and Omega]]'' due to his mother uploading all of her knowledge into his brain, including tantric massage. It helps that several of the women he's slept with as "The Shadow Consort" are Asari and he studied everything he could find on them, particularly physiology.
* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-16231-5/Dragonhulk+The+List.htm The List]]'' apparently once [[NoodleIncident put a Succubus into a coma]]. Buffy gets very annoyed when he starts calling himself "The Sexual Slayer".
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', Lieutenant Ilia is a Deltan, who must register an Oath of Celibacy upon coming aboard the ''Enterprise''.
* Chevy Chase's character in ''Film/ModernProblems'' was able to give his girlfriend sexual pleasure via telekinesis.
* Jim Carrey's character in ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' has all of God's powers, and in a rather literal example, one of the first things that Bruce does with his powers is to have hot sex with his girlfriend. And what does this involve? Making his girlfriend have the most intense orgasms of her (and probably everyone else's) life, simply by saying the words "pleasure" and "pleasurable" to her, followed my some off screen screams of pleasure as they "get busy". Bruce even lampshades the trope name in the morning when he describes the experience as "heavenly".
* Spoofed, along with BlackIsBetterInBed and SexFaceTurn, in ''Film/BlazingSaddles''.
* In ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'', Steve Carell's character finally breaks his duck with an as-expected three-thrust wonder. The action then cuts to some time later after his second performance and it's clear he's astonished his more experienced new wife with "natural talent".
* Bond. Franchise/JamesBond.
* Dr. Frank N. Furter of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
* In ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' the protagonist uses his mind-reading powers while having sex to find out what she finds most pleasurable, giving her the best sex of her life.
* {{Satan}} from ''Film/EndOfDays''. All of the women he encounters are powerless against him. When he first arrives on Earth he french kisses a woman and fondles her breast in a crowded restaurant and she seems thrilled by it. Then he has a threesome with a mother and her daughter. Even Christine, who ''knows'' that Satan wants to impregnate her with the Antichrist, feels strangely powerless to resist him.
* Like the example above, {{Satan}} is this again in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''. He brags to Kevin about how he completely wore a woman out to the point that she believed an entire football team had their way with her and is shock to see that it's just unassuming him. He charms Kevin's wife Mary-Ann [[spoiler: and later violently rapes her. It's heavily implied that he has sex with his own daughter who is Kevin's half-sister. And one scene shows a woman giving him head while Kevin watches.]]
* In ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' literary series Remo Williams can use his knowledge of pressure points to bring any woman to orgasm. This is PlayedWith in the FilmOfTheBook and TV series pilot.
** In the film Chiun claims to know the pressure points to bring a woman to Nirvana. When Remo asks him what they are, he shows Remo how to tap his wrist with a regular beat. Remo asks if that's the first point, Chiun says "No, that is how you know when the rice is done." and removes the rice that had been cooking off the burner.
** In another scene, the female lead is rambling on about something; Chiun takes her hand and taps an intricate pattern onto it. She gasps, slumps down, and stares into space dazed.
** In the TV pilot, Remo tries the wrist-tapping on a woman and asks her if it does anything for her. It doesn't.
* In the 2005 film ''Casanova'' there appears to be an entire order of nuns willing to add another notch to Casanova's bedpost. When admonished for risking (or perhaps earning, in the eyes of the inquisitor), eternal damnation for a single night with Casanova, the response is "seems fair."
* Jerin in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' is portrayed like this. His being a society where men marry all the sisters in a family, his father and grandfather considered it advisable to give him tips on how to keep all his wives happy. [[spoiler: His wives, who are not at all inexperienced, are indeed very happy with his skills.]]
* In the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series, Jondalar is portrayed like this, due in no small part to his [[BiggerIsBetterInBed hardware]] and how well it and Ayla's own fit together.
* ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' series. In one of the books it's noted that Remo can use his knowledge of Sinanju to bring any woman to orgasm by touching her pressure points in a specific order.
* Candance "Cannie" Shapiro", the female protagonist of the [[ChickLit Jennifer Weiner]] novel titled, er, ''{{Literature/Good In Bed}}.'' However, it's a more depressing example, as their experiences are used for several articles by her ex without her consent, and later [[spoiler:as an attempt to save face after he finally gets word about impregnating her]].
* Any courtesan in ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'', where the nation of Terre D'Ange reveres prostitution as a sacred act, but especially the protagonist, Phedre.
* As a CanonSue, Creator/RobertAHeinlein's Lazarus Long is one.
* The main character and his mistress in Trevanian's ''Literature/{{Shibumi}}'' are [[RankInflation level 4]] [[AllThereInTheManual sexual]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext adepts]]. The main character's favorite variant is where they sit/kneel at opposite walls of an empty room and try to make the other person orgasm first through sheer concentration. He later abandons it because of the lack of affection involved.
* ''Literature/AnansiBoys'': "He was part animal, part god, part unstoppable sex machine," referring to Spider who likes to party with the mortals.
* In ''The Wise Man's Fear'', the Fae Felurian is considered a sex goddess, leaving men as empty husks who soon die after she leaves them because they will never experience anything like it again. [[CanonSue Kvothe]] [[spoiler: turns out to be so good in bed even she is impressed, learns some new tricks from her, and becomes a SexGod, too. Oh, and manages to escape her without going crazy.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''
** Probably every Bene Geserit would be this by default given that they can control their bodies at the cellular level, manipulate emotions, etc.
** In ''Literature/HereticsOfDune'' and ''Literature/ChapterhouseDune'', the "Honored Matres" who came back from the Scattering make this almost literal: their sexual skills are such that men who have sex with them [[MoreThanMindControl have an unbreakable compulsion to obey them]]. [[spoiler:Well, almost unbreakable. The ''ghola'' of Duncan Idaho manages it.]]
* Daemon Sadi in the ''Literature/BlackJewels'' series, who was kept as a sex slave for several centuries despite his magical power and his incredibly lethal temper. He learned to weaponize his sexual allure and skills (e.g., pleasuring to the point of pain) so well that people began calling him [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "the Sadist"]], but that didn't prevent people [[TooDumbToLive from trying to bed him]].
* ''Literature/HowToBeASuperhero'' informs wanna-be superheroes to make their [[RobotMe robot doubles]] be ''almost'' exact duplicates, except where necessary to avoid this trope:
-->'''Girlfriend:''' "God, you were ''fabulous'' last night!"\\
'''Superhero:''' "What? IN BED?"\\
'''Girlfriend:''' "In bed... on the floor in front of the fire... in the bathtub... on the stairs... on top of the breakfast bar... behind the couch... in the attic... on the porch... in the rocking chair... inside the closet... under the bed... what a night! Whooo!"
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
** Thomas is one, but it's justified because that's exactly how he feeds--by giving them mindblowing sex and absorbing their emotions. Harry is more than a little jealous of his exploits, despite knowing it's a trade off being a predator.
** Amusingly enough, Harry isn't half-bad in the sack either, if Susan's sex scene and Luccio's vigorous approval of their physical relationship are any indication. Plus, there's always the [[spoiler: EroticDream in ''Literature/SkinGame'' where we find out Harry quite likes to, er, eat out, to Dream!Murphy's utter delight.]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* An episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' has a plot revolving around George and Puddy employing one of Jerry's "moves" for their girlfriends because it works so well.
* Joey from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' is sometimes portrayed as an extremely satisfying lover; so is Chandler after some coaching from Monica and Rachel when he dates one of Joey's exes.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** VampiresAreSexGods, right? Well Spike raves about how superhuman Buffy is in the sack, including going for five hours and ''bite marks.'' High praise indeed.
** Xander Harris, for that matter, is apparently "a real Viking in the sack!" At least according to Anya, and she would know, seeing as she was a real Viking once upon a time.
* The inventor of the "[[ComicSutra Venus butterfly]]" on ''Series/LALaw''.
* The cryptically named "The Immortal" from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' is ''the'' sex god, on top of being an absolute badass. At one point in their history, he wiped the floor with both Spike and Angel, then tortured them and proceeded to "violate" Darla and Drusilla...[[AThreesomeIsHot at the same time]], ''with consent''. Sometime after, he wrote a truly life-changing self-help book, [[{{Troll}} landed Spike in jail]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for tax evasion]], then wooed Buffy - [[spoiler:though that last part was seemingly made up by Andrew...probably]]. There's a ''very'' good reason both Angel and Spike hate the guy.
* In the final episode of ''Series/WeirdScience'', Gary shows up with an alien girlfriend. Considering she looks the same as the rest of the weird-looking {{humanoid alien}}s of the species, nothing like a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe or CuteMonsterGirl, Wyatt wonders what exactly he sees in her -- until he finds out just touching her hand feels so good that it causes him to do an ecstatic JimCarrey / JerryLewis imitation. Apparently it's a feature of the species.
* Captain [[ExtremeOmnisexual Jack]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Harkness]] of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.
* ''Series/MadMen'' gives us Don Draper, whom [[spoiler:Bobbie Barret]] confirms that his skills are remarkable.
* In an episode of the 1st season of ''Series/{{ER}}'', Doug's current girlfriend casually mentions to Carol, that "he's (Doug) ''great'' in bed". Carol's flustered reaction implies that she's fully aware of this (as she should be, given that they used to date). Another episode has Carol confiding to someone that within minutes of him arriving at her house to pick her up for their first date, they were having sex on her kitchen floor.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Tyrion gifts his squire Podrick (who is a virgin, mind you) with 3 prostitutes. Podrick returns, and gives back the money that Tyrion gave him to pay the prostitutes. Apparently, Pod was so good that they did it for free. Bronn and Tyrion ask him for details ... copious details. In a later episode, some ladies of the court loudly swoon over him as he walks by them.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' Barney, who could be considered a SexGod himself, tries to bed Professor Lewis aka The Cougar. She manages to amaze him with her sexual prowess and his efforts to give her the same satisfaction ends with him dislocating his hip. She still only gave him a B+.
* Both the main protagonist and her partner are this in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lVpQrwxHxE Lovin' All Night]]" by Patty Loveless.
* The song "Rock Me" by Music/{{ABBA}} implies this. Every night they're at it in the bedroom and enjoy every second of it.
[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* Most, if not all, {{Love Goddess}}es (or [[SpearCounterpart Love Gods]]) have been portrayed as this in at least one interpretation of their myths.
[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In the ''[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Roleplaying Game]]'' there is the temptress class. At high levels the tempress gains the ability to have such energetic and exhausting sex with a willing partner that afterward the partner will fall into a deep slumber where they can only be awakened by attacking them (or dumping a bucket of water on them). She is also so skilled at seduction that she can easily manipulate men into doing her bidding.
[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Isabela claims to be so good in bed, she can turn even the straightest woman lesbian/bisexual.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' has the "Kama Sutra Master" perk. Given that there is '''one''' occasion where your "score" for sex has an effect, and only if {{Dump Stat}}ed physical attributes ''and'' charisma (an extremely unorthodox method of play), which prevent you from qualifying for it anyways, its a UselessItem.
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* El Chupacabra in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' possesses legendary skills to please any woman (and practically every woman) he ever faces. The action itself is never shown, but the immediate aftermath, quite a lot. Generally the ladies are barely able to walk from all the fun their nerves had.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has two contrasting figures:
** Zii is an enthusiastic bisexual seductress who gets a lot of practice, and her ''psychological'' effects are intense (one of her ex-lovers said that she made him feel like the most desirable person in the world). Her abilities aren't actually supernatural, but sleeping with Amber in ''high school'' was enough to make her choose a porn career purely to get more sex.
** [=DiDi,=] on the other hand, has virtually supernatural attractiveness, to the point that her male partners tend to suffer from premature ejaculation and experienced bisexual women can be quite intimidated by the idea of sex with her. But it doesn't seem like she's actually especially good at sex, technically speaking; she's never had to be, and she lacks the empathy that she really needs for the purpose.
* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'': There's a subversion with a guy who manages to score a lot because he's renowned for his sexual prowess among the girls in town. In fact, he asked for a spell that makes the women he's been with incapable of ''saying'' anything other than praise of his performance; he's actually pretty lousy in bed.
** Another man had the infamous [[JackassGenie wish dolly]] enchant his penis to make women orgasm instantly. Unfortunately, he discovers that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor no one can last enough to reciprocate...]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Ned Flanders. He has sex once with a movie star who is in town to shoot a film. He tells her that the first one's free, but if she wants any more she'll have to marry him. She almost does.
* Skwisgaar Skwigelf of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''.
* ''Reverend Putty'' of all people turns out to be in ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'', if his recounting of his first night is accurate.
* Of all the characters, [[FatGirl Pam Poovey]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. She gave Archer (who has slept with countless women all over the globe) the best sex of his life.


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Mr. KERRY. Madam President, the Senate is on the verge of passing the Small Business Jobs Act which has been many months in the making and has been debated on the Senate floor for numerous weeks. I commend Senators REID, BAUCUS, and LANDRIEU for their tenaciousness in pursuing this legislation. It is essential we help small businesses attain the investment and capital necessary to create jobs and grow our economy.
Small business growth is critical to restoring our economy. Over the past 15 years, small businesses have created two-thirds of all new jobs. Unfortunately, small businesses have been hit hard by the recession--losing more than 6 million jobs since December 2007. The Small Business Jobs Act provides the long overdue assistance to small businesses that will help create as many as 500,000 new jobs.
To assist small business owners and their employees, the Small Business Jobs Act will create jobs through a combination of much-needed tax credits, enhancements to Small Business Administration, SBA, lending programs, and the development of new community bank lending facilities.
I am very pleased this legislation will extend the successful loan enhancement provisions that Senator Schumer and I successfully included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill extends the provisions in the economic stimulus to increase the SBA guarantee rate to 90 percent and reduces fees on small business 7(a) and 504 loans obtained through the SBA. These provisions have supported more than $30 billion in lending to small businesses across the country and helped create or retain more than 710,000 jobs. SBA lending in Massachusetts has nearly doubled in the past year as a result of this program.
As the former chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I have been a long time advocate of small businesses and appreciate the role they play in our economy. The Small Business Jobs Act includes provisions that I have worked on for several years.
The loan increases included in the bill build upon my legislation from last Congress. With 7(a) loan limits increased from $2 million to $5 million and 504 loans from $1.5 million to $5.5 million, small businesses will be better able to expand and meet their financial needs for sustainability and growth.
The Small Business Jobs Acts expands upon the small business capital gains provision included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill temporarily increases the small business capital gains exclusion from 75 percent to 100 percent and eliminates the AMT preference.
Back in 1993, I worked with Senator Bumpers to enact legislation to exclude half of capital gains from the sale of small business stock that is held for 5 years. The bill before us expands on this provision.
I have also worked with Senator Ensign on a provision included in this legislation that would remove cell phones and other similar devises from the definition of listed property so their cost can be deducted or depreciated like other business property, without onerous recordkeeping requirements.
In 1989, Congress passed a law which added cell phones to the definition of listed property under the Internal Revenue Code. Back in 1989, cell phone technology was an expensive technology worthy of detailed log sheets. Only a few top executives had cell phones. At that time, it was difficult to envision cell phones that could be placed in a pocket or handbag. Congress was skeptical about the daily business use of cell phones.
With technology changing rapidly and many people owning a cell phone and a blackberry, a strict substantiation requirement to determine personal use is burdensome, inefficient, and administratively impracticable given their frequent use in a fast-paced global environment. The Tax Code should keep pace with technological advances. There is no longer a reason that cell phones and mobile communication devices should be treated differently than office phones or computers.
Investing in small businesses is essential to turning around the economy. Not only will investment in small business spur job creation, it will lead to new technological breakthroughs. This bill is long overdue and I am pleased that it is close to becoming a reality. I urge all my colleagues to support this critical legislation for our economy.
Source: http://thomas.loc.gov

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I can understand why Garmin have done this, but it seems so silly to buy a piece of kit like this which is so proprietary. Garmin should have open sourced it!
I'm not a professional driver, and I find that a combination of google navigation and pocketgpsworld (for speed camera warnings) works fine for me. The former is free; the latter costs £20 per year, and my Android phone has no problem running both at the same time. An HUD which works with these apps would be cool, and I would be willing to pay for it, but I'm never going to buy something which ties me into only ever using Garmin's more expensive apps.
Does anyone know of any other solution which would work for me?
Unfortunately, Garmin hasn't looked beyond the end of its nose here. There is a very real risk that a vehicle will be broken into to steal it. So making it virtually a permanent fixture is not a good idea at all.
Theres LOTS of HUD programs on the smartphones app stores (Android and iphone)
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Dr Emma Street
Lecturer in Real Estate and Planning
Dr Emma Street
|Director of Undergraduate Programmes
|Research Committee - Outreach
|Real Estate & Planning
|HBS 214, Whiteknights Campus
|+44 (0)118 378 7346
|External website link
Emma Street's research interests cut across the following themes: (i) urban governance, business and politics; (ii) sustainable community building, urban policy and planning; and (iii) architecture, urban design and the built environment. Her work on the first theme is focused on the ways in which urban regeneration strategy is authored, implemented and managed, with a particular focus on the interplay between local government, communities and the private sector in localised decision-making and delivery. A second, and closely related, area of her research critically considers current and past urban policy and planning initiatives, including the sustainable communities and localism agendas. Finally, Emma has an interest in the urban design process, and in particular the ways in which the built environment can be conceived of as co-produced by the regulations, rules and codes that seek to order social life.
- PhD, King's College London. Thesis: '(Re)shaping the South Bank: The (post) politics of sustainable place-making' (ESRC/CASE, 2007-2011)
- MSc Public Policy, University of Bristol
- BSc (Hons) Geography, University of Southampton
- Secretary, Planning and Environment Research Group (RGS-IBG Research Group)
- Member, Royal Geographical Society with IBG
- Associate, Walker Institute
Urban policy, planning and governance; Built environment; Urban design and architecture.
Selected Research Grants
Co-investigator, EPSRC (Design for Wellbeing: Ageing and Mobility in the Built Environment), 'Cycle Boom' (EP/K037242/1), October 2013-October 2016, £1.2 million.
View a full list of Dr Emma Street's Publications
Key Publications
Street, E. (in press), 'Sustainable governance and planning in austerity London', in Imrie,R. and Lees, L. (Eds.) Sustainable London? The future of a global city (Policy Press: Bristol).
Parker, G. and Street, E. (in press), 'Planning at the neighbourhood scale: localism, dialogic politics and the modulation of community action', Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy.
Imrie, R. and Street, E. (2011), Architectural Design and Regulation, Blackwell-Wiley, Oxford.
Imrie, R. and Street, E. (2009), 'Risk, regulation and the practices of architects', Urban Studies 46 (12), p.2555-2576.


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Homeless Man Needs Bail
Posted in the Binghamton Forum
1 - 20 of 25 Comments Last updated Nov 17, 2012
#1 Oct 23, 2012
A homeless man is accused on questionable charges of stealing a play station. If anyone is in Norwich and has a couple of hundred that would buy his freedom.
#2 Oct 23, 2012
Why don't you bail him out? You know, help pay your fair share and all.... after all he is less fortunate than you and you have a computer and internet so why not sell those and bail this poor soul out yourself.
#3 Oct 23, 2012
Leave him there. At least he has a room and three meals a day while he ponders the rights and wrongs of stealing.
#4 Oct 23, 2012
Good point, Jerry. At least now he's not homeless!
#5 Oct 23, 2012
Kerry the dumb syphlitic skank can't even help herself, much less anyone else.
I have to wonder what kind of losers her parents must be......
#6 Oct 23, 2012
Their only crime was not having a place to live. Everybody deserves a second chance. It could be any one of us.
#7 Oct 23, 2012
So I guess stealing a playstation and jewelry doesn't constitute a crime in your moral relativistic code of conduct. Why don't you invite these two lost souls to live within your commune?
So far, your only crime is monumental stupidity. However with your "ends justifies the means" mentality its only a matter of time until your mug shot graces the pages of the PSB.
Tyrone...do you want to set up a Topix pool as to when KG gets arrested?
I'm placing the over under at 32 days.
#8 Oct 24, 2012
She'll probably get arrested for vagrancy, if anything. She's such a dumb cow ....
#9 Oct 24, 2012
I agree with Jack. Kerri is too stupid to realize what he did was wrong. To that end I say, Kerri, you shouldn't be allowed to have children and if stupidity were a crime you would be sitting right next to your criminal friend.
#10 Oct 24, 2012
And in response to Kerri's answer....no it could not be any of us. Most of us would never steal anything.
#11 Oct 24, 2012
You are not in their situation. Do not be judgmental.
#12 Oct 24, 2012
And we never will be in their situation. We've made and will continue to make the right choices. You can come from nothing and still make something of yourself. All you have to do is try.
#13 Oct 25, 2012
why is everyone saying mean things to kerri ????
there is no reason to refer to her as a stupid cow or to say she will end up in jail herself.
as for the aticle, i read it. and i think the man is probably a career criminal. the girl on the other hand, is ten years younger then him and looks like she was crying, my guess would be she didnt know he was going to do what he did and maybe she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. or maybe she was just with him because she was homeless and scared and loking for someone ro watch out for her. sad indeed. hopefully this will teach her not to trust everyone she meets so she doesnt end up in this situation again.
the good thing is having ben arrested doors will maybe open for them into programs to turn their lives around.
#14 Oct 25, 2012
It's not being judgemental. The man was arrested for doing something we would not do. Res ipsa loquitur. This means it speaks for itself. Kerri you are a piece of shit. So we get the point. You would do whatever it takes to live your miserable life and that would include stealing other people's things. You have also shown what what an imoral low life you are by trying to get people to send you money for your alleged babies. You are what is wrong with this country.
#15 Oct 28, 2012
Their only crime was not having a place to live........well that AND thinking that they wre ENTITLED to take things from people who have made something with their lives.
#16 Oct 28, 2012
Yeah...no woman (or man) EVERY cres when they get arrested! So she must not have known she was stealing!
#17 Oct 31, 2012
i didnt mean it THAT way. i meant it in the sense that to me it appeared this was a young runway caught up with the wrong person who may have promised to take care of her and maybe that was the extent of her involvement.
im sure she knew when it was happening what was going on, but maybe that was not her idea, maybe he planned it and she kinda just went along.
Not excusing her, just thinking there may be more to look at.
thats why there are different degrees to crimes, so the punishment fits the crime.
#18 Nov 14, 2012
Oh Bullsh*t...When you get down riding your high horse, Be thankful you're not wearing his shoes and don't even think of giving me the BS you'd never do that, you have no idea what tommorow brings..Besides if I were a betting man I'd put a million bucks on the fact that you're not perfect.... wanna bet ???
#19 Nov 14, 2012
Look in the mirror...
#20 Nov 14, 2012
Never claimed to be perfect, Parm. Regardless of what lot in life I was handed, I'd never lower myself to thievery. There are so many social programs out there to help people, there's no need for anyone to steal from others. You may think it's ok, but I do not.
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DB2 tools
DB2 comes equipped with a set of tools that enable you to access, query, operate, and manage your DB2 database environment, either locally or remotely. Many of these tools are stand-alone with graphical user interfaces (like Data Studio and Replication Center) while others are command line tools; we'll look at both types in more detail in this section.
DB2 Command Line Processor (CLP)
The Command Line Processor (CLP) is a command-line interface that can be used to interact with DB2 instances and databases. You'll find it with every DB2 edition, as well as with each DB2 client (but not with driver packages).
The DB2 CLP can be run in interactive mode (by executing the command db2 once) or in non-interactive mode (by prefixing commands run from a system command prompt with the keyword "db2").
For example, in interactive mode, a DB2 command would be executed like this:
db2 => list applications
In non-interactive mode, however, the same command would be executed like this:
db2 list applications
When using non-interactive mode, you can execute operating system's commands whenever you want. But if you need to execute an operating system command while running in interactive mode, you must prefix the command with an exclaimation mark (!). For example:
db2 => !dir
On Windows, to enable use of DB2 CLP in interactive and non-interactive modes, you must click on the DB2 Command Window icon or run the db2cmd command. When the db2cmd command is invoked from another command terminal, Windows will create a new window for DB2 CLP non-interactive use. Figure 6 illustrates how the DB2 CLP is run in interactive mode.
Figure 6. Running the DB2 CLP in interactive mode
You must also use a Command Window to run CLP in interactive mode. When DB2 is installed on a Windows server, a menu item named "DB2 Command Line Processor" is created and when selected, this menu item launches CLP in interactive mode. Figure 7 shows the menu item used to launch the CLP in interactive mode.
Figure 7. The menu item used to start the DB2 Command Line Processor
On Linux and UNIX, you have to "source" the DB2 profile before you can use CLP. Sourcing the DB2 profile is done automatically when you log on with the DB2 instance owner user-id. If you are not an instance owner, you must do the following before you will be allowed to use the DB2 CLP:
- Locate the home directory for the instance owner user (also called instance-home).
- Within the instance home directory, you'll find a subdirectory called sqllib. Inside that subdirectory you will find a file named db2profile.
- Execute the commands in the db2profile file as follows: (assuming the DB2 instance home directory is /home/db2inst1)
$ . /home/db2inst1/sqllib/db2profile
Don't forget the space between the point and the file location — otherwise the command won't work. The execution won't return any outputs and right after executing it, you will be in DB2 CLP non-interactive mode. Try it! You can add that command to the user's profile (usually a hidden file called .profile or .bashrc within your user's home directory) so that it will be executed automatically whenever you log on.
Now that you know how to access DB2 CLP, let's look at some of its basic functionality. I'll be showing commands using non-interactive mode, but you can use DB2 CLP in interactive or non-interactive mode as you wish. Want to switch from non-interactive mode to interactive mode? Just issue the command db2 at the command prompt. To get help at any time, enter db2 "?" (non-interactive mode) or ? (interactive mode). Figure 8 shows the output that is generated when help is invoked.
Figure 8. The DB2 ? command
To get more help on a specific command, run the command "
? <DB2_Command>". For example:
db2 "? list utilities"
You may have noticed that the DB2 command provided in this example is enclosed in double quotes.
On UNIX platforms, you must enclose DB2 commands and SQL statements in double quotes
any time they contain special characters —
* ( ) \ & | < > ? ! — if you want to execute those commands/statements using DB2 CLP in non-interactive mode.
That's because way in which the UNIX operating system interprets such characters can produce unexpected results.
The DB2 CLP uses DB2's directory files to establish database connectivity, which means that if you want to work with a remote database, its server has to be catalogued locally as a node, and the database itself must be catalogued in the system database directory. (You'll learn more about DB2's directory files in the third tutorial in this series: Working with Databases and Database Objects). Local databases are catalogued automatically, so you can easily access them through CLP.
It's possible to issue any SQL query against a DB2 database using CLP. However, when updating data or changing the definition of objects in a database, CLP will automatically commit the changes after each statement is executed, by default. This behavior, as well as several other default behaviors of CLP can be changed. To check what options can be changed in CLP, run the following command:
$ db2 list command options
When this command is executed, you should see output that looks like this:
Listing 1. Command options
$ db2 list command options Command Line Processor Option Settings Backend process wait time (seconds) (DB2BQTIME) = 1 No. of retries to connect to backend (DB2BQTRY) = 60 Request queue wait time (seconds) (DB2RQTIME) = 5 Input queue wait time (seconds) (DB2IQTIME) = 5 Command options (DB2OPTIONS) = Option Description Current Setting ------ ---------------------------------------- --------------- -a Display SQLCA OFF -c Auto-Commit ON -d Retrieve and display XML declarations OFF -e Display SQLCODE/SQLSTATE OFF -f Read from input file OFF -i Display XML data with indentation OFF -l Log commands in history file OFF -m Display the number of rows affected OFF -n Remove new line character OFF -o Display output ON -p Display interactive input prompt ON -q Preserve whitespaces & linefeeds OFF -r Save output to report file OFF -s Stop execution on command error OFF -t Set statement termination character OFF -v Echo current command OFF -w Display FETCH/SELECT warning messages ON -x Suppress printing of column headings OFF -z Save all output to output file OFF
You can change any of the options available for each command you execute in non-interactive mode. In interactive mode, changing an option affects all subsequent commands executed in the CLP session.
The plus (+) and minus (-) characters can be used to turn an option ON or OFF. For instance, with the auto-commit option:
-c switches auto-commit to ON (which is the default) while +c or -c- (both do the same) do the opposite, that is, they switch the auto-commit option to OFF.
The following example shows several statements in which CLP options are modified as part of the statement execution.
To issue administrative commands like db2start (instance start) or db2stop (instance stop) on a Windows server, you have to open a DB2 Command Window in administrative mode (refer to Figure 6).
Listing 2. CLP options modified as part of statement execution
$ db2 "select sum(salary) from employee" 1 --------------------------------- 2686777.50 1 record(s) selected. $ db2 +c "update employee set salary = salary*1.5" DB20000I The SQL command completed successfully. $ db2 +c "select sum(salary) from employee" 1 --------------------------------- 4030166.25 1 record(s) selected. $ db2 rollback DB20000I The SQL command completed successfully. $ db2 "select sum(salary) from employee" 1 --------------------------------- 2686777.50 1 record(s) selected.
To issue administrative commands like db2start (instance start) or db2stop (instance stop) on a Windows server, you have to open a DB2 Command Window in administrative mode (refer to Figure 6).
Like DB2 CLP, CLPPlus is a lightweight command line processor that is present on DB2 Data Server Driver packages and Clients. CLPPlus extends some features of DB2 CLP by adding the following functionality:
- Support for connection to databases given only the database name, port, user ID and password (no DB2 directory files needed)
- A text buffer that stores scripts, script fragments, SQL statements, SQL PL statements and PL/SQL statements
- Multiple options for formatting the output of scripts and queries
CLPPlus also provides a customizable way of showing query results — data is presented in a more friendly fashion on query executions and the way it is presented can be customized. It is possible, for example, to format numeric results, change column headers, and so on.
CLPPlus is also a great way to welcome users coming from other database management products. With CLPPlus, most of the options and functionality individuals coming from other RDMS products are used to remains available — coupled with the power of IBM DB2.
You can access CLPPlus from the operating system menu, or by typing the command clpplus in the command line terminal. It's also possible to specify a database connection when invoking CLPPlus from a command line terminal by entering a command that looks like this:
$ clpplus userid@hostname:port_number/dbname
For example, if you know you can access a database named SAMPLE through port 50005 and your user ID is idngf01, you can start CLPPlus and establish a connection to the SAMPLE database by executing a command that looks like this:
$ clpplus idngf01@localhost:50005/sample
Figure 9 shows the type of output that is generated if a database connection is successfully established when CLPPlus is invoked.
Figure 9. Starting CLPPlus with database connection information
Once CLPPlus has been started, you can use the following command to get an index of help topics that are available:
SQL> help index
Figure 10 shows the output that is generated when the help index is displayed.
Figure 10. Output from the CLPPlus HELP INDEX command
To get specific help on any of the commands available, simply type HELP, followed by the command.
For example:
SQL> help set
By changing parameters with the SET command, it is possible to change the way in which data is displayed when queries are executed. It is also possible to edit your commands prior to executing them (or after receiving an error message) through the EDIT command. After the EDIT command is called, a default editor is opened (Notepad on Windows, vi on Linux) and you are expected to create and save a script. After the script is edited and saved, an the editor is closed, you can run the edited command through the CLPPlus RUN command.
Commands can have multiple lines — the forward-slash symbol ("/") provides a completion indicator to the editor — and thanks to the CLPPlus buffer, you can navigate through all of the commands that have been entered (since CLPPlus was started), by pressing the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard.
db2pd — Monitor and troubleshoot tool
The DB2 Problem Determination Tool (or db2pd) is a powerful tool with a command-line interface that can help you monitor and troubleshoot your databases with very little system interaction. (db2pd attaches directly to DB2 shared memory sets to retrieve system and event monitor information; consequently, it does not acquiring latches or consume system resources.) The db2pd tool can be run in either interactive or non-interactive mode.
Figure 11 shows the use of db2pd to retrieve information about DB2 memory usage in interactive mode.
Figure 11. Running db2pd in interactive mode
To run db2pd non-interactive mode, just issue the command db2pd, followed by the appropriate option.
For example:
db2pd -dbptnmem
DB2 provides two different solutions you can use to replicate data to and from relational databases (including some non-IBM databases): SQL replication and Q Replication. Both solutions can be configured and maintained by both the Replication Center (a stand-alone GUI for replication setup and maintenance) and the replication configuration command-line processor (ASNCLP). Such tools are not available on DB2 10 Express-C and Express editions.
While SQL replication is a bit simpler to configure and doesn't depend on additional products for homogeneous replication, Q replication tends to be used most often when big portions of a database need to be replicated, or when significant amounts of data need to be transferred to data marts/data warehouses. Q replication requires installation of InfoSphere Replication server as well as WebSphere® MQ (both are priced separately). As it divides a workload across these two products, Q Replication is able to replicate large volumes of data with a low level of latency.
Other useful tools that can be found with almost any DB2 product edition are:
- Visual Explain — Provides a visual depiction of the access plan that was chosen for a quey (either SQL or XQuery), thereby helping you solve query performance issues more easily. Visual Explain is part of IBM Data Studio — which will be covered a little later. Two additional tools that can be used to format and display Explain data are db2expln and db2explnfmt.
- db2look — Use this tool to generate DDL statements for an entire database, for specific schemas, or for a list of tables. db2look is a command-line tool; however, its functionality is also present with IBM Data Studio, through the option "Generate DDL", which is available for most objects that can be accessed in with this tool.
- db2level — Use this tool to display information related to the current level (version and release) of the DB2 product you have installed.
- db2licm — Use this tool to determine whether to apply a license or to display licensing information for your installed products.
- db2cfexp / db2cfimp — With these utilities, you can export and import connectivity information as well as configuration information for databases, database manager instances, and servers, all in one shot.
- db2advis — With this extremely useful utility, you can improve performance, by having DB2 advise you on which indexes and MQTs to create (or drop).
- db2top — Use this tool to monitor your database in real-time (not available in GUI / Windows).
- db2diag — Use this diagnostics tool to understand what's happening right now with your DB2 environment.
There are many other tools that you can learn and take advantage of. I encourage you to learn more about them from the Information Center for DB2 10.1.


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Fox News finds some ad men who predictably miss the point of Smart Power
Stephen Clark of Fox News went on a little fishing expedition to ask the smartest guys in the room — marketing professionals — what they thought of Hillary Clinton's use of the phrase "smart power" to define the administration's new foreign policy paradigm.
Clinton, who was sworn in as secretary of state on Wednesday, defined "smart power" at her Senate confirmation hearing as using the full range of tools available to the United States, including diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal and cultural tools.
According to Clark's Ad Men, that's not nearly good enough.
Essentially, 'smart power' is just more evidence of how bad the communication coaching Hillary Clinton gets and probably cost her the (presidential) campaign," said Rob Frankel, a branding expert and author of "The Revenge of Brand X."
Frankel praised the concept but slammed the execution. "The execution is where Hillary traditionally falls on her face," he said. "And whoever is advising her should be soundly whipped."
The execution? What does that even mean? The next Ad Man can't do any better.
Alan Siegel, founder and head of Siegel + Gale, a brand consultancy, described "Smart Power" as an "unfortunate choice of words."
"I don't think it's good to say you're smart," he said. "I think it's smarmy." He said Clinton should have used words like "intelligent" or "sensitive" instead.
So this guy thinks we should call American's new foreign policy "sensitive power" instead? Isn't that a Gilette ad already?
Clark, unlike the mindless idiots he chose to interview, does seemingly realize that the phrase "smart power" was coined by Harvard's Joe Nye and Richard Armitage, President George W. Bush's former deputy secretary of state. Another Harvard man tells Clark:
I think it captures the integration of hard power and soft power," said John A. Quelch, a Harvard professor who studies global marketing and branding in emerging and developed markets.
Wow, so it's not necessarily just branding but an actual school of thought in international relations? And Hillary Clinton not only heard of it, but agreed that utilizing all the tools at our nation's disposal in a "smart" way is a good thing? Yeah, how awful. Get her some communications people, stat.


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Angeles City - Philippines
Angeles City draws strength from its pioneer heritage. The city's pioneers braved the elements in 1796 and established what was then known as Culiat.
From the rough and tumble of life as the years went on, the people of Angeles rose from the hardships of pioneer life to establish one of the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines.
Angeles City is otherwise known as Luzon Island's entertainment capital. It is one of the popular destinations in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. The city offers a lot of business opportunities with the induction of the Clark Freeport Zone. This zone also houses an international airport making the city easily accessible.
This huge thrust in economic development was the result of the city's concerted effort to rise above the ashes of Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991. Other than this natural devastation, the city's economy was largely affected by the pullout of US army personnel from what was once Clark Airbase. The city's economy was once dependent on the said air base.
Angeles Sights and Scenes
The title of being the entertainment capital of North Luzon is due to the active nightlife in Angeles. Its entertainment district comes alive as the sun sets in the west. This area is lined with bars and clubs where one can spend the night partying. The place has been described as asleep during the day and awake at night on more than one occasion - even though there are plenty of great fun and shopping spots around the city as well..
Other than partying every night, there are other destinations and things to do in Angeles and around in Pampanga. for people who are interested in trekking there are nature trails and campsites in key locations on Mount Pinatubo, which is now dormant. Get to see the attractions of the Philippines in Nayong Filipino, which is an outdoor museum that houses miniatures of the country's tourist destinations.
Historic sights also abound here which includes the Old Pamintuan Residence, which was the seat of the country's first republic under the leadership of the Philippine's first president Emilio Aguinaldo. The old post office building is also a historic site in itself, which was constructed in 1899. The Bale Herencia, constructed in 1860, is currently a banquet hall.
Now, if you want to relax in resorts, play golf, or challenge lady luck in casinos then just go to the Clark Special Economic Zone. The place also houses duty free shops and a host of local and foreign companies, including business process outsourcing companies. This is also the place in Angeles City to find high-class hotels.
For those who are a bit adventurous, they may try the off-road driving challenge from the city's Four Wheelers Club. Going a bit extreme, you may also try skydiving and parachuting offered by the Tropical Asia Parachute Center. If that is too much then another fun yet thrilling thing to try is ultra-light flying. Just contact the city's Flying Club to get details.
Taste Bud Adventures in Angeles
There are a lot of places to eat in Angeles City. You can opt for the usual mundane fast food or you may try exotic or fine dining. The many restaurants and bars in the city serve a wide variety of dishes from international and local cuisine. The cost of meals will vary depending on the restaurant or bar you choose. Some meals will cost less than $10 while others will make you dig out more cash for an insanely delicious meal.
You will, of course, find a lot of restaurants and establishments that offer great food for a reasonable price. Note worthy places to eat in Angeles City include C'Italian Dining , Mequini's, Rodizio's, Bretto's, Armando's Pizza, Bale Dutung, Ikabud, Bistro Vincafe, Bambino's, and Northern Brew among many others. There are many wonderful options in Angeles whether you're just out for a snack or planning a romantic dinner under the stars.
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Angeles City Hotels and Inns
There are many hotels to choose from in Angeles City. You can choose to stay in a luxurious fully furnished hotel or you may go for a decent but not so classy inn if the budget is a bit tight. Two places to look are within the compounds of the Freeport Zone and along Perimeter Road. The Holiday Inn, Angeles Beach Club, Oasis Hotel, Pacific Breeze, and the Swiss Chalet are a few options among the many places you can check out.
General Information about Angeles City
The people of Angeles City may have exceeded far beyond what their pioneer fathers had envisioned, but they haven't forgotten their roots. The city now enjoys economic growth in spite of the many challenges that have come its way.
Known as the most urbanized city in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, Angeles City is visited by foreigners year round. This city is not just an industrialized city but it is also considered as a first class or high-class city in the country. Based on the census done in 2000, this attractive city has 267,788 residents.
Angeles City is made up of 33 barangays which include Pandan, Santo Rosario, Santo Domingo and Sapang Bato. Formerly known as Clark Air Base, Clark Freeport Zone is the place where the city's airport named as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport is located. Because it is one of the few cities in the Philippines with an airport, many people like to visit the place because it is very accessible to them. Hence, improvements in the economy of the city was said to have been triggered by the establishment of one of the United States Air Force bases in the 1990s.
The city has encountered problems in past years. Two of the major challenges that were faced by the residents in Angeles City were the removal of the United States Air Force base as well as Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991. All of these challenges have been surpassed by the people in the city when its economy continued to boom. Because of the rapid development of the economy of the city and due to the creation of entertainment infrastructure in Angeles, it is later on named as the Entertainment Capital of Central Luzon.
For people who want to appreciate the beauty of this city, they are encouraged to have a look at the historical sites and tourist attractions in Angeles. Old Pamintuan Residence which is formerly the headquarter of Major General Arthur MacArthur Jr. is one of the attractions in the city. On the other hand, Lily Hall which today houses Lily Hill Duty Free Store is visited by many tourists because it is where some of the remains of the aircrafts of Japanese soldiers are found when the war ended.
Aside from the tourist destinations, the city is also visited by many people for its outstanding colleges and universities. Many students in the different regions of the Philippines go to the city just to study in the premier universities which include University of the Philippines, Republic Central Colleges, Clark Institute of Aviation and Mother of Perpetual Help Institute. With the tourist, economic and education infrastructure, Angeles City is definitely one of the luring cities in the Philippines. Thus, if you are looking for a city where you can relax, enjoy and have fun, Angeles is the best city to visit.


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A lesbian in a man's bodyon December 5, 2012 at 12:01 am
Every girl you like is a lesbian? That's about as far away as you can get from the lesbian experience, can I get an amen?
We've seen Russ before. I don't intend for him to become a regular, but boy I have fun watching him frustrate Saffron and if you're not torturing your characters, what are you doing?
I was gonna have this be one page but the art was tiny and squished so I gave it some breathing room and I'm sure glad I did!


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Re:what mathematical formula can generate a mobius strip?
VIKTORA6 at aol.com asked the following question:
"what mathematical formula can generate a mobius strip?"
If you only want to plot it, use
<< Graphics`Shapes`
Show[Graphics3D[MoebiusStrip[2, 1, 80]]]
If you want to play more, and have control over the parameters, use
r1 = 5; r2 = 2.5; theta0 = 6*Pi/2.;
ParametricPlot3D[{(r1 - r2*u*Sin[(theta - theta0)/2])*Cos[theta],
(r1 - r2*u*Sin[(theta - theta0)/2])*Sin[theta],
r2*u*Cos[(theta - theta0)/2]}, {theta, 0, 2*Pi}, {u, -1, 1}]
With the given values of r1, r2 and theta0, you get almost the same curve as
the curve from MoebiusStrip, but you can also experiment with other values.
If you only want the outer edge, use
r1 = 5; r2 = 2.5; theta0 = 6*Pi/2.;
ParametricPlot3D[{(r1 - r2*Sin[(theta - theta0)/2])*Cos[theta],
(r1 - r2*Sin[(theta - theta0)/2])*Sin[theta],
r2*Cos[(theta - theta0)/2]}, {theta, 0, 4*Pi}]
Ingolf Dahl
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What kind of plastic is the PD? And what's the weight?
i have a first run champion ape for the orion ls and the pro starfire or i will do both meliniems for the ape
Isaac i will do starfire and orion for ape text me if you can 3193508240
paul its s-line plastic
pm me bro on dgs k i will send a pic to you
I've got a 172g yellow/green champ. ape for the PD. Whats the weight?
170g i believe and i would do that trade
hey what astra blue and stringray blue weight??
stingray 150 astra 174
u prefer only trade for astra or cash??
prefer trade
Star Aviar 170 for the Gateway SSS Magic?
no thanks
How bout a DX Roc 170?
is that orion a .5
champion beast signture barry schumtz 2x world champion speed: 10 color:light green
for astra
um no thanks i dont throw beasts
what you want?
buzzz force or eagle


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State of Emergency 2 Credits
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Dean F. Asks:
The other day I had a box pop-up on my screen that said my computer was infected (it didn't say with what) and that I needed to do an immediate scan with their online scanner and then purchase the program to get rid of it. I thought it was from Microsoft, but I didn't click on it because I have my own anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. I ran scans after that and had no infections, but this makes me uneasy. Was the warning right and caught infections that I have that my programs didn't?
Congratulations, Dean! You were so right in not having any part of that "warning"! What you experienced is a (pop up) hit by a rogue anti-spyware program, commonly referred to as rogueware. And in case you're wondering: most pop-up blockers cannot block rogueware attacks. Not yet, anyway.
A rogueware program claims to be an anti-spyware program and it's not; in fact, it's just the opposite. These programs are the ones that pop up and say, "Warning! Your computer may be infected with spyware! Click for a free scan.". Well, you may not have an infected computer when you got this pop-up, but let's just say that if you clicked for a free scan from that program, you do now. Actually I stand (or sit) corrected: Most rogueware programs of today infect your computer the minute that their pop-up appears. The fact that you ran scans and your programs found nothing indicates to me that you were lucky and only got one that wanted your credit card, not one that wants to hijack your computer and get your credit card.
Some basic facts:
Rogue software (also called scareware and extortionware) is now the largest and most prevalent form of online fraud. The amount of money that rogue software is raking in is astounding. A Panda Security Analysis estimates that some 35 million computers are infected each month, and that last year's revenue from rogue software was in excess of $400 million dollars. While normal (normal?) spyware comes in and takes your information without being asked, it still has to find ways to make money by using that information. Rogue software, however, does not. Rogue software make their money by preying on the panicked computer user (Warning! Your computer might be infected!)– and tricking them into paying for the fake anti-virus/malware program because they felt they needed to. Now the bad guys have not only your $49.95 (sometimes more, sometimes less) that you paid for the program, they are now in possession of your credit card, address, etc. – and you gave it to them! Knowingly! And here's more great news: These people first make money off of you, and then they resell the data they have acquired – from you – to other companies that will find other ways to use it to make more money. Online fraud is spiraling out of control, and it doesn't look to get much better.
The types of rogueware programs I mentioned that actually hijack your computer are labeled "super" rogueware, and are the ones that look more or less identical to other anti-virus/anti-spyware programs. These are the ones where you don't have to click on anything to infect your computer, the pop up is enough to do it for you. After your computer is hijacked, it takes over all security features that you have installed and won't let you install anything else. Trying to run scans are a joke; rogueware won't let any spyware removal tools work at all. My all-time personal fave (since it took me almost two hours to get rid of it and I had to use a second computer to do it) is Anti-Virus XP 2010; it looks a lot like Windows Security Center. Let's compare the two:
Here's a screenshot of Windows XP Security Center:
And here's one of Anti-Virus XP 2010:
They might not be identical, but they look close enough to me to cause a bit of a panic.
Is it live or it is Memorex? How can you tell?
First off, Microsoft (or any reputable company) will not send you a pop-up when you are infected; that's what your anti-spyware and anti-virus programs are there for.
Second, no reputable company whose software that you did not install – will charge you up front to get rid of any infections.
Third, if you look (really look) at the name and it is not your program, there you go.
Enough already. How do we stop the madness!?
Awareness is the key to being one step ahead, and you have that one nailed. Aside of that, there are things you can do that you may or may not have thought of to not ever contact this stuff. Click here to read about what you can do to prevent spyware in general. One important tip advises you to not click – never click! – on anything – everything! – when you don't know what it is. Even if it looks like you need to, you really want to, you know it's safe – don't click!
That's one basic step. With this rogueware stuff, I would just adhere to one specific rule:
Make sure you have up-to-date security software installed.
That's it. Then when you get infected, your program will provide the pop up alerting you – not some bogus piece of rogue software. In addition, if you have up-to-date security software installed, you can ignore any pop ups that do come your way –safely – and with peace of mind.
Scary stuff, huh? It's just another type of ware to make sure and protect ourselves from.
Thanks for the question, Dean.
Click here for an extensive listing of rogue software.
~Lori Cline


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You have my permission too! (Thanks in advance! )
Yeah, sure!
When sometimes ago I asked support, I got the answer I can have as many accounts as I want! I don't think that's a problem at all…
Giving the opportunity, maybe it's time to consider to:
1. Add category filtering to authors portfolio pages (and in portfolio search results)
2. Display top authors of the month in popular files based on the corresponding categories too (Stock footage top authors in stock footage popular files – Apple motion top authors in apple motion top files etc…)
I guess this will help authors and buyers too
Indeed the contest was a great motivation for unique projects! I hope it would revive sometime…
Well deserved!
I think you are referring to this one: http://videohive.net/item/dramatic-motivational-opener-vertical-world/1745615
It could be because of the Easter celebration in some countries, especially Eastern Europe…
I feel relieved an unfairness is restored. Claudio, welcome back!