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We splurged with a trip to Cleveland for our anniversary and decided on Double Tree as they offered a package with tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Free Breakfast and Parking. The experience was just disappointing.
Our first room had a very dirty tub with lines of something brown running down it and a pile of goo where there obviously had been a bar of soap. It just wasn't clean. The refrigerator was broken and we couldn't open the door without it falling out of the cabinet it was in. I need a handicapped room and the bathroom didn't offer a shower seat. I just expected so much more for what the cost was. We had stayed at a smaller hotel the night before for less than half of what we paid for this and it was a beautiful remodeled handicapped room. This room was just old and not clean. We called and they sent us to a new room that was ice cold we had to turn on the heat and it never turned off and was cold the entire time we were there. There were no towels in the room either. We had also upgraded to the executive package and none of those upgrades were included in this new room. We called down again and we were told that they would bring those things up. After an hour we were heading out to dinner and still had not received anything so on our way out the front desk said it would be taken care of when we got back. Upon arriving back to our room, on the desk was 4 bath towels and a bathrobe. I guess we didn't get them put away for us or any hand towels or washcloths. It was just weird. Not good service at all. But it was after 11 so we just decided to let it go and went to bed. The bed was very comfy and so were the pillows.
A huge plus I must say though is their shuttle! Coop the driver will take you any where you want to go! He dropped us off at the restaurant but never told us we had to call before 10:30 to get a ride back. We called at 11 and were told that it was not available. The cab ride back was inexpensive but being told there was a time would have been nice.
The breakfast was a simple buffet like you find at a much smaller hotel. The eggs were cold and there was no bacon left and they never refilled it while we were there. There is a starbucks on site, so that was a nice addition to our breakfast.
Upon checking out we had such a nice gentleman I just couldn't bring myself to tell him our experience was less than good. He was so sweet and helpful. Maybe its just the evening shift that doesn't really care.
I was just so underwhelmed by this place. I will definitely choose a different hotel the next time!
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Re: Bailouts
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In Ubuntu 12.04, due to an apparently large number of unsupported systems, the Hibernate option was removed, both from the System menu and the system's Shut Down dialog window.
What this means is that although the feature is still present in Ubuntu (if you know the Terminal command, you can still hibernate your system), it's not easily accessible via the standard menus or the shut down dialog, as shown below.
Instead, users need to either completely shut down their systems, or use the Suspend option instead. For some people, this is fine, but for others, it won't be sufficient. This is because of the differences between Hibernating and Suspending.
Hibernate saves the state of a user's system, saves it and completely turns off the computer, so it uses no power while hibernating. Turn the system back on, and the computer should be in exactly the same state as before hibernating (the same programs will be open). Suspending the system, on the other hand, does the same thing, except the computer never really shuts down. The state of the system is saved to RAM, then the computer "goes to sleep" for lack of a better term; in this state, however, it continues to use a small bit of power, so a laptop in Suspend mode, for instance, would eventually drain the battery.
As mentioned, while the Hibernate option isn't shown in the System menu, it is possible to get it back. First, however, you'll want to see if your system supports the Hibernate feature. To check it, first open up the Terminal.
Now type sudo pm-hibernate to attempt to hibernate your system.
If everything goes according to plan, the state of your open documents and programs will be saved, and the computer effectively shut down. When you start it back up again, your computer will boot up, returning you to the same point, including documents and websites, the same as before you hibernated. If this works as expected, it's safe enough to continue with the rest of the procedure. Obviously you don't want to test your system's hibernate support with critical information unsaved in your documents, on the chance it doesn't work as hoped.
Now that you've tested the hibernate feature, here's how to add the option back to the System Menu.
In the Terminal, type sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla to open (as root) a file called com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla, using "nano," a Terminal-based text editor.
Now type (or copy and paste) the following four lines into the empty document:
[Re-enable hibernate by default]
This tells your system to activate the hibernate feature for all users. You could specify a particular user in the second line, but this way the option will be available for everyone. Once you've pasted or typed this in, hit the Ctrl-x keyboard combination to quit nano, then hit the "y" key to save changes, and finally "Enter" to save the changes using the original file name.
Now go ahead and either log out and back in, or restart your system completely.
You'll notice that the above window already has the Hibernate option in it; this change is immediate, but logging out or restarting is necessary for the option to show up in the System Menu, as shown below.
As mentioned, this fix won't work for everyone. Rather, the fix will work, but since the feature itself doesn't work for every system, the fix will be worthless for some people. However, if you're one of those people who have a system that supports the Hibernate option, this is a good trick to know.


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Dedicate to become best F2P player
Also aim to become Malaysian highest rank player
GohanDesu JP since 10th April 2015
GohanDesu EN since 11th March 2015
Main JP goal :
① Reach rank 400 before August 2017
② Full Team of UR
③ Collect every possible Pana and You card
Main EN goal:
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JP Achievement:
① Rank 200 after 10 months of gameplay
② Rank 300 after 1 year and 6 months of gameplay
JP acc start aiming for Tier1 since Rin Track and Field Club event, always aim more than 160k/50k. Scout honor box with scouting ticket most of the time cause i need love gem for event, duh :v . But i still slowly farm love gem on my present box however, include unread SR and N side story. Prefer to scout on Printemps/1st year box for muse and CYaRon/2nd year box for Aqours.
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It Runs In The Family (16 Of 20) by Jerry Vines
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Jerry Vines
The salvation experience is described in a
variety of ways. It is like walking into a room.
Jesus said, "I am the door, by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved." The salvation experience is
compared to taking a drink of water. "Whosoever will
let him take of the water of life freely." Being
saved is as simple as taking a drink of water. Then,
being saved is like going to a banquet. Jesus told
about a man who prepared a banquet and the invitation
went out, "Come for all things are now ready." Aren't
you glad the Lord Jesus described salvation as a feast
and not as a funeral. Saved people know what it is to
sit down at the banquet of the Lord. Salvation is
also compared to a gift. The Bible says, "The gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
If you have ever been given a gift, if you have ever
received that gift, that's how very simple it is to
become a child of God.
I guess the most familiar illustration in the
Bible of what salvation is - is comparing salvation to
a birth. Jesus talked to Nicodemas about being born.
He said to him, "You must be born again." Two ways
the Bible talks about being born. There is the
physical birth and there is also the spiritual birth.
Jesus, talking about John the Baptist one time says,
"Of men born of women there is not one greater than
John the Baptist." Born of women -- that's the
physical birth. All of us here tonight have
experienced a physical birth and we are in the family
of our physical family on earth because we have been
born of women.
Now, the Bible talks about being born of God. A
spiritual birth. Being born again. You are born the
first time in your physical birth. You are born the
second time when you are born of God and become a
member of the family of God.
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We're always getting questions here at The Washington Post Real Estate section about the Washington area housing market, and sometimes, we don't have the answers. Fortunately for us, we know who to call.
Since many of you have the same questions, we thought it might be useful to pose a question from a reader to an expert and print the response here. If you have a question you'd like answered, please e-mail us at email@example.com.
This week, we have a reader who has a problem with mold in his condominium.
There is severe mold in my condominium. In a period of three days it destroyed my kitchen and bathroom. The mold is white, red, blue and black.
The property manager brought a "mold inspector" to evaluate the situation. He took no samples for evaluation. He said it was just rust.
The severity of the mold began when the unit above me had the bath and kitchen remodeled.
They have demolished two buildings here. I talked to the property manager. He told me it was due to water damage because the roof was built incorrectly. And he is correct. Water gets inside the walls. That is where the mold grows.
I understand HVAC. I'm an engineer. There is no separation on the ventilation between units. So the mold spreads like wildfire.
I've called the city, county, state and the EPA. Nobody would do an inspection. Fairfax County said they did mold inspection but they stopped three years ago.
I love blue cheese. It's full of mold. I don't like it when mold destroys my home because of a bad roof.
We asked our columnist Harvey Jacobs, a real estate lawyer in the Rockville office of Joseph, Greenwald and Laake who has written about mold in the past, to suggest some options for our homeowner:
The "mold" inspection" you described as having been conducted by your property manager does not appear to have been anything of the sort. Mold inspections always require the sampling of mold spores as well as air quality testing. The samples need to be sent out to a lab for analysis and take a week or two to be conclusive.
In Virginia, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation recently de-regulated home improvement contractors who conduct mold inspections and remediation and thus will be of no help whatsoever. Their Web site, www.dopr.virginia.com, merely provides links to the federal EPA information guide on how renters can clean up residential mold problems. They suggest that if the moldy area is less than about 10 square feet, in most cases, the EPA advises you can handle the job yourself by following these guidelines.
There are about half a dozen industry groups that regulate, certify and accredit mold remediation businesses. One organization is the American Council for Accredited Certification, formerly known as the American Indoor Air Quality Association. It certifies mold remediation specialists and maintains a nationwide database of certificants. The Indoor Air Quality Association sets industry standards for mold and other environmental remediation. These organizations should be the starting point for anyone in need of a mold remediation contractor.
If your results turn out to be mold, send those results to property manager and all members of the condo board. Request that this issue be brought before the board at its next regular meeting or even call a special emergency meeting for sole purpose of addressing the mold problem.
Document all communications to and from all parties. Insist that condo board contract with accredited mold remediation company to remedy the moisture and then mold issues. It is also prudent to have all ductwork professionally cleaned as well. It's a good idea to notify all condo owners to attend this meeting whether they are directly impacted or not.
You also may want to insist that the condo board notify its insurance carrier to file a claim to pay for the damages and remediation. A public adjuster is likely a good idea as well if there is any "pushback" from the property manager or condo board. If reports do show mold at unhealthy levels and board refuses to act, you may need to sue the board, property manager and insurance carrier to get their attention.


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Sudowoodo and The Flagpole is a Friturtoons episode.
Sudowoodo fears Ash Ketchum will use his favourite tree for a new flagpole, due him accidentally causing the one which was going to be used to be destroyed. Sudowoodo can't bare the thought of losing something so precious to him, so sets out to find an alternative replacement.
- US Narrator: Michael Brandon.
- UK Narrator: Michael Angelis.
- Pikachu
- Gligar (mentioned)
- Sudowoodo
- Chimchar
- Buneary (cameo)
- Ludicolo
- Tauros
- Tropius (does not speak)
- Ash Ketchum
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April 22, 2011 (Smosh)
Views (Approximate):
Characters Featured:
Anthony Padilla (as Ash), Ian Hecox (as Metrosexual Hipster), An Old Man, Pikachu, Magikarp, 7 other unnamed trainers
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POKEMON IN REAL LIFE! is a Smosh video uploaded on April 22, 2011. This is the first installment in the Pokemon in Real Life Series.
Brief Synopsis: A video depicting how Pokemon battles would be in real life.
Ash (Anthony) is on his way to catch some Pokemon, thinking about how he's gonna catch 'em all, and nothing's gonna stand in his way. Suddenly, Metrosexual Hipster, another trainer, (Ian) appears, just standing there and staring straight ahead. Ash asks an nearby old man (also Ian) what the hell Hipster is doing, and the old man tells him that the he's waiting for a person to walk past him and engage him in battle. Ash says he doesn't want to fight, but the old man tells him if he wants to get past him, he has to. He then leaves while calling Ash a "stupid jackass."
First, before walking by, Ash attempts to get the Metrosexual Hipster's attention by poking his face and shouting at him. However, he just stands still, unaffected by Ash's actions. Ash then tries to sneak past the Metrosexual Hipster, but fails, and engages in a battle. Ash explains that he doesn't want to fight, but instead just wants to capture Pokemon. The Hipster gets angry that Ash doesn't want to fight, and tells him that he's been waiting for 5 weeks straight waiting for someone to walk in front of him. Ash has no choice, so he agrees to fight.
The Battle
Ash summons Pikachu (Curtis Lepore) and the Metrosexual Hipster summons Magikarp (Lee Eisenhower). The Metrosexual Hipster tells Magikarp to use a Splash attack, however, the move doesn't affect Pikachu. So Ash tells Pikachu to use Scratch against Magikarp, dealing him massive damage putting Magikarp's heath to the red zone. Ash starts to tell Pikachu to use ThunderShock, but the Metrosexual Hipster interrupts him, saying that you can't go twice in a row and that it was his turn. However, the Metrosexual Hipster does not have any other options; he could not capture an enemy's Pokemon with a PokeBall or run away from the battle and mumbles to himself "son of a bitch", so he tells Magikarp to use a Splash attack again. Of course, the attack still doesn't affect Pikachu. Ash then orders Pikachu to attack Magikarp with ThunderShock, which reduces it to a pile of ashes and ends the fight.
After the Battle
The Metrosexual Hipster tells Ash that he got lucky, and also gives him 20 "PokeDollars" as a reward for beating him. Ash finally believes that he can capture Pokemon, however, after turning around, he sees 7 other Pokemon trainers, waiting for someone to walk past them so they could fight. The video ends with Ash saying "FUUUUU-".
- Pikachu is played by the man who plays Peter Peter.
- The old man who appeared in the beginning of video also appears at the end as a Pokemon trainer.
- The "Thanks For Subscribing" voice says that he has a Nostalgia B0ner, this happens in every ending of the POKEMON IN REAL LIFE! series, and with each subsequent video, his Nostalgia B0ner problem seems to be getting worse.
- If you look closely at the trainers at the end, you can see there were 4 (5 if you count the old man) Ians.
- This is the first classic Smosh video (as in any video prior to REJECTED TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES!) to be dubbed in Spanish and uploaded to the El Smosh channel. It is also the second video overall.
- Pikachu used Scratch in the battle against the Metrosexual Hipster. However, Pikachu is unable to learn Scratch in any Pokémon game, however Pikachu can use scratch on some Pikachu cards from the trading card game.
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|Quick! Use Subscribe Attack by clicking the yellow button! Ah yes, this music brings back fond memories of my childhood. I have a nostalgia boner right now.
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Cat Soup / Boxman's Girlfriend / Left Handed / There Will Be Pokemon / Smosh Sued for $20 Million (April Fools) / Beef 'n Go / Batman's Cool Internet Video / Teleporting Fat Guy / Food Battle 2008 / Going to the Mountains / Life as Ghosts / Boxman for President / Sex Ed Rocks / Smosh Snatchers / A Merry Gangsta Christmas
Breaking the Habit / Hardcore Max 2 / Ian's First Girlfriend / That Damn Prison Break / Unitarded / LeVar Burton Buys Smosh (April Fools) / Anthony's Death / Anthony's Resurrection / Anthony is Mexican / Grammar Police / I Heart Burgers / A Hairy Situation w/ Billy Mays / A Very Hairy Situation w/ Billy Mays / Washington's First Video Blog / Food Battle 2009 / The Ultimate Shoedown / Bigfoot is Gay / If Movies Were Real / Four Years Foreplay / Twilight: New Moon Deleted Scenes / Mighty Smoshin POWER RANGERS / Kid Craps Himself in Drift Car! / Pizza Zombies! / X-Mas: PORN on Santa's Computer / X-Mas: Osama's First Christmas / X-Mas: Santa Gets Down / Best of Smosh 2009
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Santa Anita Handicap, Triple Bend, Frank E. Kilroe Mile, San Felipe, Tampa Bay Derby, Hillsborough, Sant Ana, Tom Fool Handicap, Florida Oaks, Honeybee, Newmarket Handicap, Australian Cup, Cymbidium Handicap and more.
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Shaman Ghost, trainer Jimmy Jerkens, and jockey Javier Castellano swept into town and swept up the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) March 11.
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Quality Road gelding was on a roll in 2016, but missed the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) with a quarter crack.
On the West Coast at The Great Race Place, the 80th running of the Santa Anita Handicap Presented by San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino (G1) anchors a five-stakes program
All it took was a couple starts on dirt for Midnight Storm to go from gutsy turf miler to highweight in the premier handicap race on the West Coast.
Five-time grade I winner will stand for $3,500 at Acadiana Equine@Copper Crowne.
King and His Court, under a ground saving trip by Gary Boulanger, zipped up the rail to defeat stablemate State of Honor in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine.
The Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) will see its purse drop from $1 million in 2016 to $750,000 in 2017, Joe Morris, senior vice president of West Coast operations for The Stronach Group, said Oct. 31.
Trainer John Baird secured the 2,000th victory of his career Oct. 24 at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort when Monba Number Five posted a front-running win in the first race.
WinStar Farm homebred Colonel John, a multiple grade I-winning millionaire and sire of currently racing graded stakes-winning colts Airoforce, Cocked and Loaded, and Dalmore, has been purchased by the Korea Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Up against a trio of older grade I winners in the Pacific Classic (gr. I), jockey Kent Desormeaux called Dalmore's fifth-place run in the 1 1/4-mile Del Mar summer feature a "learning experience."
Dalmore continued his rapid improvement on the Southern California circuit July 2 with an upset of odds-on favorite Danzing Candy in the $100,000 Affirmed Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Park.
An Into Mischief colt posted the fastest quarter-mile time of : 20 4/5 when the first of six under tack workout sessions for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age was conducted June 5.
Mark Casse signed on behalf of EastWest Stable for a filly by Colonel John for $375,000 during the April 22 final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s April spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
Seemingly nothing went right for Jerry and Ann Moss' Ziconic in the second start of his career March 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Tarabilla Farms' Melatonin provided a 16-1 shocker in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), taking the field of nine gate-to-wire to score by 4 1/4 lengths March 12.
With the likes of California Chrome and Hoppertunity heading overseas for the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) March 12 appears primed for East Coast invaders looking to take advantage.
Tri-Bone Stables' Effinex, the probable favorite for the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) March 12, arrived at Santa Anita Park safely from Florida early the evening of March 3.
Though early indications are John Oxley's Airoforce came out of his 10th-place finish in the Risen Star (gr. II) in good health, trainer Mark Casse said the Colonel John colt is likely off the Triple Crown trail.
John C Oxley's Airoforce has done little wrong in his career.
Marquee Miss edged 1-2 favorite Nickname in the $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park, acing her graded debut for trainer Ingrid Mason.
The unpredictable nature of this business is illustrated by Colonel John, a top-class runner whose fee dropped to $7,500 for 2016 and suddenly has a pair of colts on the Derby Trail.
California Chrome returns in the San Pasqual and more inside the January 16, 2016 issue of Blood-Horse Magazine.
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Thank you for your responses!! They have really helped me to get things into perspective and have given me something to ponder. I really appreciate your help.
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Thank you for your responses!! They have really helped me to get things into perspective and have given me something to ponder. I really appreciate your help.
Thank you for the responses.
They attempted a liver resection but were unsuccessful. I speak to her frequently and she had all of her staples removed 2 weeks post-op. She is continuing to get better every day. I am finding it to be difficult to live in Illinois when my Mom lives in Nebraska. I wish I could be there for her every day but with work it is impossible to be there more frequently. I have already begun to use some FMLA days and can't afford to take too much time off. I work with adults with mental illness and find it difficult to care too much about their problems when I have my own. I have been struggling with depression since I was 20 and have been doing very well the last 2 years but this has thrown me for a loop. My husband and I just got married in April and I was planning to go back to school to be a nurse (following in Mom's footsteps) but find myself really wanting to have a baby so that Mom can be there. It is a very difficult decision because I know I want her to be there but my husband isn't quite ready and if I want to go back to school, we should wait. I guess I'm glad that Norm has a definite opinion because I'm not the type to push him to have kids until he is ready and we would like to get out of debt first. I don't know...I guess we'll have to discuss it again in a while. I'm not sure if I want feedback on this dilemma or not but I wanted to tell someone about what I'm feeling.
My name is Becky and my Mom was diagnosed with CC right before Christmas last year. Things have been up and down for our family and we are still trying to stay positive. I have two older brothers each with 3 children and I just got married in April (we got engaged at Christmas).
My Mom is still doing fairly well and is in good health with the exception of her CC. She had surgery two weeks ago to try to remove her tumor but it is too large and has invaded her portal vein. She is recovering from the surgery (76 staples) and is looking forward to finding out the next step for treatment. We are all concerned (of course) about what the future holds but we are trying to stay positive. My Mom is the one who is staying the most positive even though we have read all the information and know the statistics. She is a Nurse Practitioner and understands all of the articles which is both good and bad, although she is able to speak on a higher level with her practitioners.
I have read a lot of the discussion boards and have found them to be very useful.
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Alnoor Holdings Qatar launched $200 million film fund
Alnoor Holdings, a Qatari media group, yesterday launched a $200 million fund to finance and produce up to 15 features for the international market in the next five years.
The Fund intends to take advantage of the challenging conditions in the capital markets and the film industry to invest in high quality film projects involving Hollywood talent generating the best potential returns. Alnoor Holdings will invest $40 million into the fund directly, with the remaining coming from private investors across the Gulf region - Variety is reporting.
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Alnoor Holdings (Alnoor), the Qatari media group, launches formally with the aim of taking advantage of the growing economic importance of audio-visual entertainment and becoming the most dominant international media and entertainment player.
Qatar: Saturday, October 31 - 2009
Alnoor Holdings was set up in 2009 on the initiative of a group of prominent businessmen in Qatar to provide inspirational, responsible and commercially successful entertainment on a global scale.
Alnoor has three main business lines: international production, Arabic production, and animation.
A business plan geared towards rapid growth has been developed through a series of partnerships with prominent industry organisations. Formal relationships with the Financial Times and South East Media Network (UK) have been inked.
A number of prominent figures from the US, UK and Arab film worlds have flown in to Doha to attend the launch. Among those present are Colin Brown, British Film Commissioner; Ivan Dunleavy, CEO of Pinewood Shepperton studios, and representatives from the Aramid Film Fund.
The Alnoor Fund has been established as part of the international production division and will have an initial capitalisation of $200m.
The Fund intends to take advantage of the challenging conditions in the capital markets and the film industry generally to invest in high quality film projects generating the best potential returns involving Hollywood talent.
"Alnoor Holdings has positioned itself as an all-encompassing global media organization to effectively penetrate local, regional and international markets with content that is highly appealing and inspirational to the respective audiences. We have made significant commitments in terms of investment, acquisition of media content and human resources to move forward rapidly and are fully confident that we will satisfy a sizeable audience in a very short timeframe,"
said Mr Ahmed A. Al-Hashemi, Chairman of Alnoor Holdings, commenting on the launch.
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About Alnoor Holdings:
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International Productions.
This line of business will concentrate on the production of English language films or other content of high international quality which will be undertaken by ourselves or through co-production or other methods. Alnoor has adopted international best practice in establishing the Alnoor Fund which will give it an easily recognized mechanism to invest in major international productions.
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Modern tiki bars are serving stellar versions of kitschy drinks. Here, the best tropical-themed tiki bars and lounges in the U.S.
Smuggler's Cove; San Francisco
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Saint House; Tucson, AZ
Both the food and cocktails are influenced by the Caribbean islands and other rum-producing regions at this latest project from local restaurateurs Travis Reese and Nicole Flowers. 256 E. Congress St., Tucson; no phone
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Three Dots & a Dash; Chicago
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Hogo; Washington, DC
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Lucky Joe's Tiki Room; Milwaukee, WI
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Civilian Toll in Iraq At 'Higher Levels'
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
UNITED NATIONS, June 11 -- Despite the recent U.S. military buildup in Baghdad, insurgent and militia attacks persist and "civilian casualties continue to mount" in Iraq as a whole, according to a report released Monday by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
The 15-page report, which tracks events in Iraq over the past three months, said U.S.-led efforts to restore calm in Baghdad have progressed "slower than had been hoped for" and that violence has spread to other parts of the country.
The dire security situation has forced the United Nations to scale back its operations in Iraq and to relocate some staff at its headquarters in the U.S.-controlled Green Zone to temporary, reinforced quarters elsewhere within the zone. Citing an increase in rocket fire, Ban has asked the U.N. Security Council for money to construct a costly new headquarters in the walled-off Green Zone, where the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government are housed.
The U.N. needs "a hardened integrated compound, with the necessary structural integrity to withstand impacts from high-calibre ordnance," Ban wrote. The new facility "will make the difference between the U.N. mission being able to operate effectively in the future or having to wind down operations due to unacceptable security risks."
Ban agreed with U.S. statements that the number of civilian casualties in Baghdad has declined in recent months, but said that the total number of attacks against civilians in Iraq has not. Iraqi and international forces, meanwhile, have "suffered higher levels of casualties."
"Despite the initial success of stepped-up security measures in recent months, the situation in Iraq remains precarious," Ban wrote. "Insurgent attacks persist and civilian casualties continue to mount" in Iraq as a whole.
The implementation of the U.S.-sponsored buildup has "forced some insurgent activity" out of Baghdad, Ban's report said. At the same time, insurgent activities have increased in Diyala, Salahuddin and Tamim provinces.
U.N. officials said the Iraqi government has stopped giving them full access to statistics on civilian deaths, impeding U.N. efforts to maintain accurate tallies of civilian casualties.
The report said that Iraq has agreed to allow U.N. personnel access to all the country's detention facilities. The visits will begin in June. U.S. and Iraqi security operations have led to a steep increase in the number of detainees in Iraqi prisons, which the report says raises fresh concerns about human rights.
In other developments Monday, Iraq's parliament voted to oust its speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a day after one of his bodyguards allegedly roughed up another lawmaker, legislators said.
The parliament voted 113 to 55, with 107 members absent, to remove Mashhadani, a Sunni Arab, from his post, said an adviser to the deputy speaker, Khalid al-Attiyah. The resolution placed Mashhadani on leave and opens the way for the selection of a replacement who some legislators hope will be a less polarizing and combative presence in the fractious 275-seat legislature.
Attiyah, who is Shiite, will act as interim speaker until a successor to Mashhadani is chosen, said the adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. The permanent successor would come from within Mashhadani's leading Sunni bloc in parliament.