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Florida Primary News: Mitt Romney's Only Hope to Be President – The Papa Bear Strategy January 27, 2012Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru, Market Commentary.
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Mitt Romney's Only Hope to Be President – The Papa Bear Strategy
By Dan Mangru
Another debate is in the can. As voters watched last night's GOP Presidential debate in Jacksonville, they saw a different kind of Mitt Romney. They saw a Mitt Romney on the attack, and a candidate who would not back down. But is that enough?
Think of Mitt Romney. Tell me what comes to mind.
For some, an image of a successful executive comes to mind. Mitt Romney has helped numerous companies turn around including Staples, Brookstone, Domino's Pizza, Sports Authority, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Romney also led an effective conservative government in the most liberal state in America, Massachusetts.
For others, a political flip-flopper comes into view. Rudy Giuliani recently said on MSNBC that he ran against Romney and didn't know what he truly believes. To date, Romney has changed views on abortion, health care, labor, and gay marriage amongst other issues.
But here's one image that probably won't come into your mind that should: Papa Bear.
Behind the exterior of the cold, hard, shiny CEO, lies a man who loves being with his kids and grandkids. He loves being out in nature, and horsing around with the little ones like any good granddad would.
Just look at Mitt's Christmas card. He's got the grandkids on his arm, just enjoying being outdoors and spending time with his family. Wouldn't you want that guy to be your granddad, your 'Papa Bear'?
When Sears introduced their advertising slogan, "Come see the softer side of Sears", their sales shot up 30 percent. That's nothing to sneeze at.
Do you think Mitt Romney could use a 30 percent boost in the polls?
Absolutely. Mitt Romney has been largely aloof in an overexposed GOP primary. He has even shied away from interviews with conservatives like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.
The only Romney that we know is that guy in the suit at the debates, making the speeches, collecting the campaign contribution from wealthy donors.
But there is more to that than what meets the eye. Mitt Romney has kept his private life private and his public life public. Now is the time for him to let America into his private life. Here is a man who loves his wife, has a beautiful family, and who seems to be an all-around great guy.
Romney's campaign has always said that Republican voters have been dating candidates like Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich but in the end they will marry Romney. If Romney wants to be the candidate conservatives marry, they need to see him as a real person and not someone who is cold, hard, shiny, and plastic.
When George W. Bush was elected president, people felt like he was a guy you could go bowling with and have a beer. When Barack Obama was elected president, people felt that he was a family man who was in tune with popular culture. Through popular culture, Americans began to relate to Barack Obama.
Part of the appeal of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is that he's made mistakes, and has asked for forgiveness. We've all made mistakes and can identify with that. Part of the Mitt Romney image is that he's figuratively never made any mistakes or done anything that a working class Floridian or American can identify with, for the most part.
America has not related to Mitt Romney, at least not yet. Still some 60-75 percent of voters (depending on which poll you read) believe that another candidate not named Mitt Romney is best to lead this nation. After five years of campaigning, that should speak volumes.
During his tenure as Massachusetts governor, Romney turned around a state that was heavily in debt so much that by the end of his term as governor, he had amassed a rainy day fund of over $2billion. That's the record that Romney brings to the table.
Voters know that this election counts. President Obama has driven America off the cliff with over $15 trillion in debt. The economy is showing signs of a double dip recession. Unemployment still remains around 9 percent (although the last figures came in at 8.6 percent for November).
There is a lot on the line for this election, and after 19 debates the GOP still hasn't decided who their flag bearer will be.
Mitt still has a chance. As quick as they rise is as fast as they fall. Mitt can make a major move literally overnight with just one simple strategy: Papa Bear. Give us a glimpse into Mitt Romney the man, the husband, the granddad, the human being, and America just might give you a glimpse into the Oval Office.
Larry Kudlow Says Don't Panic – Dan Mangru Market Commentary August 28, 2011Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru, Market Commentary.
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Larry Kudlow says don't panic
Posted: August 10, 2011
8:19 pm Eastern
People are losing their retirements, their savings, their nest egg. Investors are now starting to realize that the U.S. is built on a deck of debt cards and they are starting to fall.
The United States has a current debt-to-GDP ratio of 100 percent just like the other Third World nations out there. It also has future liabilities in excess of $110 trillion (an amount that no other country can even fathom).
All the while, the U.S. dollar is losing strength and the cost of living and feeding a family continues to go up.
But Larry Kudlow says don't worry.
While Kudlow points out that lower commodity prices should spur economic development, he misses out on several key factors that are needed to properly evaluate the market.
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First, this isn't a short-term pullback, this is a market correction. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) went down to 6547.05 on March 9, 2009, we were supposed to retrace the low to roughly 50 percent. What this means is that our stock market should have faced some major resistance to move beyond the 9750 mark on the Dow. Instead by 2010 we had blown by it, and with the slight exception of the May 2010 flash crash, we never looked back.
Make no mistake, speculation fueled the market. Case in point, look where we are now. When QE2 (Quantitative Easing 2) was implemented by the Fed last December, the Dow was hovering around 11,000. During April the Dow surged to 12,928. Everything seemed great.
Except it wasn't.
With continual Federal Reserve (Fed) stimulus (low interest rates, and QE2), traders, black box traders in particular, were given cart-blanche to trade financial markets knowing that they would be flush with cheap Fed cash.
Since the cash was always there, traders didn't care what the economic news was for the day. They were concerned with liquidity and how they could exploit liquidity to make a profit.
That's why things such as a high debt to GDP ratio, poor housing numbers, and high deficit spending didn't seem to register on Wall Street's radar.
However, once the Fed pulled out their cash and ended QE2, traders started to run for the hills. They began to start dumping stocks. In fact, even sophisticated hedge fund managers such as Carl Icahn and George Soros proclaimed that they were disbanding their hedge funds, returning money to investors, and leaving the market at professional managers.
That should tell you something.
Between the top money guys leaving and the Fed pulling out cash, the fix was in. We were all fed the line that once we did the debt deal that financial markets would rally. And they did … for about an hour.
But that's when reality hit.
Since then financial markets are starting to realize that the United States has no real end in sight to its flagrant spending ways, and astronomical long-term debt. Without Fed easy money to spur buying, investors are treating the U.S. economy for what it currently is … a sell.
Second, Kudlow points to rising corporate profits as being an indicator that the U.S. economy is still healthy. What Kudlow fails to recognize is that corporate profit guidance is being lowered for the second half of this year. Even Goldman Sachs lowered their guidance for the second half of this year.
Large corporations will see that margins are going down and that after enduring a major stock market correction, consumers are not running around the store waving their credit cards dying to spend. Consumers will not consume as much.
Savings rates are going up. The most recent data from the St. Louis Fed shows the U.S. personal savings rate is at 5.4 percent. Compare that with our April 2005 rate of 1 percent, and you can see that Americans are worried that the economy will fall and they will need their money.
That translates to economic slowdown. When individuals do not spend and start to save more, that slows down production and consumption, which in turn slows down the entire economy.
Third, Kudlow believes that there is a big overreaction going on to the problems in Europe. Keep in mind, Kudlow, along with fellow CNBCer Jim Cramer, thought Lehman Brothers was a good buy before it went bankrupt and wiped out investors.
The easiest way to understand the Europe problem is to think of economies of scale. Greece, which in relative terms is very small country, cost over $1 trillion to bail out.
One small country took all of the financial might and muscle of Europe's top banks and governments to bail out.
Now think of Italy, the newest country on the brink. Italy's debt crisis is 10 times the size of Greece. I'll put it to you this way, the European Union cannot afford $10 trillion.
The entire GDP of the European Union is $16 trillion, so $10 trillion is too big to bail out. An additional problem with Italy is that a huge chunk of its debt is due within the next two years. So this isn't a problem that can be shoved under the rug.
Combine this with a sluggish Euro and a European Union that is dealing with a global economic slowdown and the recipe is not good. With all of the weakness in Europe, the EU's stronger countries (Germany and France) should start to see some of their strength erode as they are continually forced to bail out smaller players. By the EU charter, the EU guarantees all of the debt of its member nations. Hence, Germany and France will end up paying the bill for Greece, Italy, Spain, and all of the other countries who have overspent and are nearing bankruptcy.
Finally, Kudlow fails to point out several key ticking time bombs in the United States. First is the real estate market. With shadow inventories and foreclosures, home inventories should skyrocket to all-time high levels in the United States.
Second, student debt in America is at an all-time high. Fueled by government loans, universities have been charging students higher rates every year, regardless of what the stock market or the economy is doing. Current student debt in this country is estimated at $1 trillion. Just so you know, that was the amount of money that was needed to bail out our banks.
Third, municipal debt is a major issue. If cities and states start to go bankrupt, all hell could break loose. Remember, less than a year ago, California (the world's 9th largest economy) could have gone under. The effects of a default of that size would cripple the domestic and global financial economy.
So Mr. Kudlow, in times like these, while panic may not be the right feeling, all is not well. Investors should be very concerned. They should be safeguarding their assets against a major stock market drop and planning for the future.
But then again, maybe that message isn't one that the talking heads want to hear or give.
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A Billion Here And a Billion There! January 10, 2011Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru.
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Originally Published December 17, 2010
By Dan Mangru
One key premise of negotiation is to frame the deal within the context that everyone wins. Everyone wants to feel that they got what they wanted. Nobody wants to be a loser.
Well, today in Washington, D.C., there are no losers, just politicians.
You see, Republicans wanted to extend the 2001/2003 tax cuts for all Americans. They believe that lower taxes are key to running an economically viable nation.
That's not altogether a bad idea.
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Democrats feel that increased spending and lower/middle class tax rebates are the way to get our struggling economy back on track.
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That's debatable, but there are some good uses for government spending. The sad thing is that those cases are few and far between.
For instance, cyber security and space exploration are examples of good government spending. Having our national databases hacked by the Chinese and relying on the Russians or the Chinese for a ride up to the space station … not such good ideas.
But I digress. I mean why have things like cyber security and a space program (which is being phased out by the Obama administration) when you have so many other important things to spend on in a new stimulus … err, I mean…Tax Cut Bill.
You see, like Rahm Emanuel says, you never should let a good crisis go to waste. Here America was in crisis facing a massive tax hike in the middle of a recession. Congress literally had to act now as the holidays were approaching and the tax hikes ready to rear their ugly head come January 1.
This was an opportunity. Sure, Congress could have just passed an extension of the tax cuts. But that would have been too easy.
Congress also could have followed the law and passed a dollar in spending cuts for every dollar in tax cuts per the Reagan-era PAYGO law. But that would have been too responsible.
So what did our friends in Congress decide to do? They decided to pass a win-win deal for Democrats and Republicans.
The Republicans wanted an extension of the tax cuts no matter what. The Democrats were happy to give that to them at a price.
In the end, an extension of some tax cuts ended up being a $990 billion debacle.
Yep, that's right, $990 billion (although I presume that it was strategically valued at $990 billion so that it wouldn't be over the magic $1 trillion mark, but then again has there ever been a government budget figure that wasn't underestimated?). This bill is even larger than the $787 billion Obama porkulus bill.
So what's exactly in this $990 billion bill? Necessary items for the growth of our nation, of course.
Some of the goodies in our beloved tax cut bill are the railroad track maintenance credit, a 7-year recovery period for NASCAR raceways, accelerated depreciation for business property on an Indian reservation, tax credits for mine rescue training, tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia, and special tax breaks and subsidies for the rum industry.
What's really been ailing our economy is that rum prices are just too high. Why should we pay $20 for a bottle of Capitan Morgan? That's ridiculous.
Well, good thing that the new tax cut bill addressed that with a $235 million subsidy for rum makers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Whew! Crisis averted.
Yet, our friends in Congress didn't stop there.
It turns out that the ethanol lobby didn't feel like they were getting their fair share, so they got $6 billion.
Technology companies such as Microsoft and Boeing wanted in on the action, so they got $6 billion too.
All in all about $55 billion of goodies handed out to friends. Ah, the change that we can believe in. Apparently, the only thing that really changes is which party to blame this time.
It gets even worse. Had Congress just passed the income tax cuts ($359 billion), Alternative Minimum Tax Indexing ($140 billion) and the Estate Tax Changes ($68 billion), the total cost of the bill would have been $568 billion as opposed to $990 billion.
So how does the bill almost double in size?
Well, throw in about $56 billion in unemployment payments for people who have been out of work for up to 99 weeks, add in $120 billion of a payroll tax holiday, $21 billion of refundable tax credits, with a $146 billion dash of business expensing writeoffs, and a sprinkle of $80 billion so-called business tax extenders (i.e. major government subsidies for green technology), and you can start to see how the bill becomes so big.
Now for the $64,000 question: how do we pay for it?
Well some of you might suggest that we cut existing spending to pay for new spending.
While that might seem logical, you must remember this is Washington, D.C., that we're dealing with.
Why do things like cut spending, and balance the budget, and pay down the national debt, when we can crank up the old printing press?
You guessed it, Obama is just going to put in a call to his buddy at the Federal Reserve Mr. Bernanke, and tell him to oil up the machines because he needs a fresh trillion dollars printed up ASAP.
Don't you just wish that you could fire up your HP printer at home and just start printing money? When the power bill comes every month, don't worry about it. Just make sure that there is ink and paper in the printer and you'll be just fine.
While that seems preposterous to you and me, this is the real power that our president has, and he's teaming up with Congress to put our country further in debt.
Keep in mind, because Obama "compromised" by extending the Bush tax cuts, he's going to expect the Republicans to "compromise" by extending the debt ceiling.
Currently, the U.S. is only legally authorized to have $14.3 trillion of debt. However, that can be changed by an act of Congress. And when President Obama reminds the Republicans that their tax cut bill was the trillion dollars that put them over the edge, the Republicans will cave in to his demands to allow the nation to go trillions more in debt.
How high can the ceiling go?
It just depends how high Obama is willing to ask. Maybe he'll go for just another trillion. If he's daring maybe he can push the debt ceiling to $17 trillion maybe, even $19 trillion. After all, he is the Compromiser-in-Chief.
So in the end every political party got what they wanted, a win-win deal. Republicans got tax cuts and Democrats got more spending.
Yes America, only in Washington, D.C., can we make a deal that not only increases spending but decreases tax revenue. Simply put, we have to pay for more with less.
Hopefully, when the new class of representatives and senators comes into office next year, we will have a change for the better. Maybe the threat of the Tea Party can keep newly elected politicians honest.
For our sake, I hope so.
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A Tribute To Our Veterans… By Dan Mangru November 11, 2010Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru.
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For some today is just another federal holiday. It's a day where you don't get your mail and your local bank is closed for business. Maybe you might have off from work.
But for a day that comes around every year comes a meaning that is truly different and unique every single time.
Many tributes to our brave men and women who serve and have served in the armed forces will focus on their courage, dedication, and service to America and the causes of freedom, justice, and liberty… and rightfully so.
For over 230 years brave soldiers have entered the field of combat fighting for causes that they believed to be much higher than themselves: God, country, family, freedom, justice, & each other.
It is the idea that the next day will be a better day than the last and the next generation will be better than ours that motivates our service men and women to do everything in their power to preserve the freedom that so many gave their lives for. It is the idea that there is something uniquely brilliant about America that like a Phoenix she can rise from the ashes and become a shining beacon of hope and freedom.
Yet for so many of us it is easy to allow the sacrifices of our military to be taken in vain.
Many times we seek to blame others for our shortcomings. Many times we believe that we are entitled to things which we have not earned. Many times we take the very freedom that we live in for granted.
The easiest way to take freedom for granted is to waste the myriad of opportunities that we have in America. Our land is one of the few in the world where you can rise to any level of success regardless of where you were born, the color of your skin, or what socioeconomic background you have. That is so easy to forget in a land where it has always been that way for so many of us.
While the people of America are not perfect, we must all remember that the ideals and values of America are, and it is those perfect values that we try and implement into our lives and our country everyday.
So the best tribute we can give to our troops and those who serve us is to do something. Make your life worthwhile. Raise your children to have values and to respect America. Give back to your community.
It is not lost that these are tough times that we live in. Many are out of work and struggling to make ends meet.
While this environment has been tough for many Americans, let us not forget that we have the freedom of opportunity to rise above our current circumstances.
If you don't have a job you can freely seek one in any field and any company you'd like. If there's not a job match for you amongst existing companies, then make your own company and employ yourself.
America has always been a land of innovators, creators, and visionaries. It is that heritage that has always kept us on the cutting edge of technology and has propelled us to be the greatest nation on God's good green earth.
The men and women who fight for us everyday want to know that we are also fighting. They want to know that we plan on doing something special with our lives. They want to know that by preserving the freedom of America, that our generations will be able to achieve the feats both great and small to advance the monumental odyssey that is progress.
They want to know that there is an American out there who will find a cure for infectious diseases. They want to know that there is an American out there who will create technology to help people stay in touch. They want to know that there is an American out there who makes an honest living, and values family.
We can all pay tribute to those put their lives on the line for us in our own special way, but no matter how we do it, let us show it with the quality of our lives and with our actions. Let us always make good use of the freedoms and opportunities that we enjoy as Americans. We must show them America and it's principles are worth fighting for, worth dying for, because we all fighting home and broad for the United States of America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. And don't you ever forget it.
God Bless America,
Dan Mangru
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 51, District 7
Election Wrap Up – Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, LTC(R) Allen West, Peter Schiff & More November 4, 2010Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru, Interviews.
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With the election results finally winding down, it's time to look back at some of our favorite candidate interviews and how they fared in the 2010 elections.
Marco Rubio – Candidate for U.S. Senate – Florida (Won)
Carly Fiorina – Candidate for U.S. Senate – California (Lost)
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Allen West – Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida (Won)
Peter Schiff – Candidate for U.S. Senate – Connecticut (Lost in Primary)
Joseph Abruzzo – Candidate for Florida House of Representatives – (Won)
Rep. Carl Domino – Candidate for Florida Senate – (Lost in Primary)
Interview with Edward Gonzalez – Candidate for U.S. Congress November 3, 2010Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru, Interviews.
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Update: Edward Gonzalez made a strong showing as a libertarian candidate with 7% in his district.
*** Edward Gonzalez is a candidate for U.S. Congress in California's 16th District.
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The Mangru Moment on China Currency Manipulation – The Mangru Report Episode 21 October 27, 2010Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru.
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While Congress passes a new resolution to label China as a currency manipulator, Dan Mangru evaluates whether this is just political posturing or real policy. China recently unpegged its currency (the yuan) from the U.S. dollar but has seen more pressure from the U.S. to allow it's currency to appreciate so that U.S. manufactured goods would be cheaper to Chinese consumers.
During this Mangru Moment, Mangru also takes a hard look at whether the U.S. should fight it's battles with China via the media, whether the U.S. should be focused on growing the Chinese market, and what's ultimately best for America.
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The Mangru Moment on No Money Down Homes…AGAIN – Episode 14 – The Mangru Report October 6, 2010Posted by Admin in Dan Mangru, News.
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Just when you thought that finally the government had learned it's lesson, you hear about stuff like this and remember why you have so little faith in Washington D.C.
Watch Dan Mangru from Episode 14 of The Mangru Report discuss the federal government giving away no money down loans again in the midst of the biggest subprime financial crisis in history and how our friends at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are making it all happen.


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Winter Classic
December 31, 2010 by staff
Winter Classic, (AP) – There was no stick unprecedented Sidney Crosby during his round of 25 matches ended with a game short of the Winter Classic. For Crosby, the series was good while it lasted, but he never had any expectations of threatening Wayne Gretzky's record 51-run Thurs
"It would have been nice to keep it going," Crosby said after the loss to Pittsburgh 2-1 in a shootout against the Islanders on Wednesday night.
Whether the end of the series has been met to issue a neutral tone in NHL's executive offices is another matter.
The NHL is the sale of Saturday-Capitals game Penguins outdoors at Heinz Field as a return to the roots of the sport, a rare opportunity to attend a professional hockey game where the elements may play a role in the outcome. The NFL and play outside and inside the MLB, NHL but usually played indoors only.
This is a competitive clash between two rivals and the stars that represent them.
But all this is called the Winter Classic; it might as well be the classic Crosby.
There is no attempt to conceal this: The NHL is marketing Crosby, it's easy to recognize the skills, personality easily comparable data, image of a boy, a bit like the league Gretzky once hyped. Crosby is not only the face of the NHL, he has one of the few faces and names of casual sports fan can identify at a time when the NHL often highlights only take a few minutes of air time every night on ESPN.
No, the NHL did not invite the Penguins to play in the window of his New Year's Day – one of the leagues compares to the Daytona 500 in terms of impact – because Pittsburgh is a huge media market that will provide huge ratings. Or because the Penguins win the Stanley Cup two seasons ago.
It is because of Sid.
Crosby jersey is by far the No. 1 national bestseller, and has pushed sales of winter classic at their highest level in four years. His face fills the Reebok ads that proclaim "Let's Take This open air. His name is on the top of the list of the NHL in points and scoring goals. His leadership has been the No. 1 ranking the Penguins in the NHL. His scoring sequence began to attract media attention. His accomplishments have made him, at age 23, The Canadian Press National Athlete of the Year for the third time.
It is no coincidence that the Winter Classic took off after Crosby, following the script perfectly, scored the decisive goal in the shootout as the Penguins beat the Sabres 2-1 in a storm snow near Buffalo three years ago.
"I think this game sets up to be potentially the greatest of all," NHL Chief Operating Officer John Collins said Thursday.
Only a small part of 1230 in the NHL, but it is more important in terms of the league to expand its audience base, to obtain a regular season game in the living rooms of families who generally ignore the sport. And showing a friendly star who, after a year in which scandals are everywhere in sports, has not been touched by a hint of everything during his first six seasons.
During a period in which some of the most recognizable names in the NFL deals with issues affecting the image injurious behavior (Ben Roethlisberger, Brett Favre) or tried to reconstruct their previous misdeeds following images (Michael Vick), think League wants his No. 1 star was as healthy as Crosby?
No wonder Crosby No. 87 will be as visible as the NBC peacck logo at the television for three hours.
The Winter Classic was originally scheduled to highlight the Crosby vs. Ovechkin rivalry but there is little evidence this season that the player is better. Go to Thursday's games, Crosby had a 13-point lead over Tampa Bay, Steven Stamkos in the scoring race after getting 32 goals and 33 assists in his first 39 games. Ovechkin was No. 8. In scoring a goal, Crosby and Ovechkin were initially 25.
Like his former teammate Bill Guerin said earlier this month while announcing his retirement, "Sid is not a child any more. He is a man."
So if you play this game in the Crosby necessary to waive any late night celebrating the New Year, so be it.
"I think we all feel very fortunate to be in the game," Crosby said. "For some of us who played in one already, it's another opportunity to be part of an event rather unique. The fact that we have in Pittsburgh, against a rival, and it became a big event, we all have the chance to take part. "
The next challenge for the NHL is to find a way to keep participating with Crosby.
"Only a few teams the opportunity to do this every year," Crosby said. "To be at home and feel that excitement, there will be lots of fun."
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cut or grow.....
Aw such soft colors and face, very graceful image.
Beautyfull art...And Haircut!
loving the hairrrrrrr and.. everthing
i luv his style...
I like his hair style
Omg the hair is SO well done!! D:
very cool...remind me of ryuichi from w inds
beautiful. so cute.
grooooooow!!! >o<
beautiful *___*
so cool
i'm one of those fans who often finds your subjects... hot. if only you could draw me a man to life.
i want my hair look like the back of his head xD!!! and my personal preference is none! cause i'm always somewhere in the midle lol
Love how silky you made the hair look!!
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grow em out...i love long hair
grow em out...i love long hair
leave as is! I love the shading work in your hair
cut ! snip snip
Shave off half. And let the other side grow. You can have your cake, and eat it too!
Also, you can look like Toshiya from Dir en grey. XD
btw, I really love this! :]
Also, you can look like Toshiya from Dir en grey. XD
btw, I really love this! :]
the disheveled look is pretty sexy!!!
very metro!!!
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Sorry, I'm in love with this one *___*
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Such a problem... I don't like to cut my hair, unless of course it becomes hazardous
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Love the color you used! Hmmm... I like it like that! ^^
haha I have this indecision all the time XD
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And with hair like that, he shouldn't cut it... forever. //shot
And with hair like that, he shouldn't cut it... forever. //shot
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I was like that a week ago!! but I decided to cut... I think, personally, that my face is more fit for a bang than for a seperation.
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The nature of cyberspace, government policies, and international laws and treaties make it very difficult to determine the origin of a cyberspace attack. The ability to hide the source of an attack makes it difficult to connect an attack with an attacker within the cyberspace domain. The design of the Internet lends itself to anonymity.
Anonymity is maintained both by the massive volume of information flowing through the networks, and by features that allow users to cloak their identity and activities. Nations can do little to combat the anonymity their adversaries exploit in cyberspace; however, the same features used by terrorists, hackers, and criminals, strengthen state surveillance and law enforcement capability, in modified form. Actions of anonymous or unidentified actors are akin to an arms race. Illicit actors continually amaze those in global law enforcement with the speed at which they stay one step ahead in the technology race. Nevertheless, nations have the advantage of law and the ability to modify the technological environment by regulation.
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|Silent with English intertitles and music.
|Features newly composed scores for the silent British films by Neil Thomas.
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Yep, they have been with us since the beginning of Modern Call of Duty games. UAV Jammer, Camouflage, Cold-Blooded, Ghost and Assassin have all been there, their effects barely changing from game to game.
Nobody complained about the UAV perks in 4 or WaW, I'm not sure about MW2, but ever since Ghost and Black Ops it has suddenly became the most b*tched about perk type in the series.
I admit that Ghost is very powerful, as are most of the other perks in Black Ops. It grants immunity to UAV, grants you the ability to be undetected by Chopper Gunner/Gunship/Helicopter and no red name appears above your head. However, people don't seem to realise that of those four killstreaks that Ghost Pro grants invisibility from, only one of those killstreaks is unable to kill a person using Ghost Pro, and that's the Helicopter. Let's face it, Gunships and Chopper Gunners will kill everybody on the map unless they are in a building. Ghost Pro is just an immunity to 2 killstreaks.
However Ghost isn't even the most powerful Tier 1 perk. The winner to that prize is Flak Jacket (and Flak Jacket Pro). It grants you immunity to the China Lake, M72 LAW, Semtex, Claymore, RPG, a killstreak (the Valkyrie Rockets), Grenades and heck even the mighty Grenade Launcher can't score a 1 shot kill on Flak Jacket users (and contrary to popular belief, Black Ops launchers are powerful enough to kill in 1 shot).
With the Pro version (whilst hard to obtain), you get everything Flak Jacket gives you, with the added benefit of "reduced" fire damage. This essentially makes you immune to another killstreak (Napalm Strike) and the Flamethrower attachment.
So let's count numbers then.
Ghost Pro at full health
No. of Perks it counters: 0.
No. of killstreaks it counters: 4 (2 completely immune), Chopper Gunner, Sentry Gun, Gunship and Helicopter.
No. of weapons/attachments it counters: 1, the Thermal Scope
Flak Jacket Pro at full health
No. of Perks it counters: 0.
No. of killstreaks it counters: 3 (all completely immune), Napalm Strike, RC-XD and Valkyrie Rockets.
No. of weapons/attachments it counters: 8 (China Lake, M72 LAW, Semtex, Claymore, RPG, Grenades, Grenade Launcher, Flamethrower Attachment)
Flak Jacket is far too powerful, it's CoD 4, WaW, MW2 and MW3 equivilants are far weaker compared to it. So why do people complain about the UAV perk? Because it isn't used as much? Maybe. But I feel that hatred for Ghost/Assassin (it may have spread to the previous ones after Ghost/Assassin), is unjust when there are more powerful perks, even in the same group!
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'Children are vulnerable, and news in recent weeks has been an awful
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but FAILS to name shamed star
- Sir Terry Wogan made the reference as they led into a film about different forms of abuse
- Although he failed to name Savile he said recent news had been an 'awful reminder' about sexual abuse
Children in Need: Sir Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton shortly before he made reference to 'recent news' while taking about sexual abuse
Children in Need presenter Sir Terry Wogan failed to mention Jimmy Savile on tonight's show as he made reference to the 'awful reminder' the disgraced presenter's scandal has had on the abuse of youngsters.
Following a performance from One Direction Sir Terry Wogan talked about the 'news in recent weeks' before leading into a film about victims of different forms abuse.
He said: 'We know that children are vulnerable and news in recent weeks has been an awful reminder of how terrible that can be.
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sexual abuse. We hope you can help us to continue that support.'
It had been anticipated that the BBC would use this year's Children in Need to address the Jimmy Savile scandal - and it will come as no surprise that the disgraced presenter was not mentioned by name.
BBC executives will be keeping a close eye on the public response to its flagship annual charity fundraising programme as it continues to air throughout the night.
The appeal is likely to be seen as a test of support for the corporation in light of the successive scandals that have rocked it over the past six weeks.
Sir Terry Wogan is once again presenting the show, which last year raised a record £46million.
The Savile revelations and the fallout from the shelved Newsnight report about the late Jim'll Fix It star will inevitably cast a shadow over this year's six-hour fundraiser on BBC1 and BBC2.
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Heyday: Radio 1 DJ's Jimmy Savile far left and Terry Wogan far right alongside other radio stars Ed Stewart, Dave Lee Travis, Emperor Rosko, Alan Freeman, Annie Nightingale, John Peel , Johnnie Walker, David Hamilton, Noel Edmonds and Tony Blackburn
Charity: Tess Daley and Sir Terry Wogan with Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud live on stage during BBC Children In Need
Pudsey party: Sir Terry Wogan will hopefully be going make-up free too for the televised show
The BBC said the programme would be 'even bigger and better than ever' with guests including Girls Aloud, One Direction, Olympics and Paralympics stars and Sir Alan Sugar, who will appear in a special edition of EastEnders.
Prior to its airing BBC sources told The Guardian the programme would make reference to 'recent events that have been covered in the press' but that it was not expected to specifically mention Savile.
'There will be some kind of reference to recent events that have been covered in the Press quite extensively,' said a BBC insider. 'It will also say that Children in Need does and always has supported children who were the victims of abuse and will continue to support the amazing work that these charities do.
VIDEO: Was this a deliberately guarded comment off Sir Terry?
Scandal: Savile appeared on the telethon in 1984, 1987 and 1989
Last year the charity fundraising event chalked up a record £46million
Wogan (left) was joined by BBC presenters Fearne Cotton, Tess Daly (right) and new Radio 1 breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw for tonight's show
'There will be a film to reflect that, and there was one on the same subject last year.'
Sir Roger Jones, the former chairman of Children in Need, revealed last month that Savile was secretly banned from the Children in Need appeal for being 'creepy'.
Though still revered elsewhere at the corporation, the presenter was kept away from the annual fundraiser because of 'rumours' of his interest in young girls.
Savile appeared on the telethon in 1984, 1987 and 1989, before Sir Roger became chairman. A member of the board of governors between 1996 and 2002, Sir Roger said he would have stepped down from his charity role if Savile had become involved.
The BBC has also suffered a slump in trust among licence-fee payers as a result of the Savile scandal and the ensuing crisis over an inaccurate Newsnight report about an alleged child abuser, which led to the resignation of director general George Entwistle on Saturday.
The former judge who is leading a BBC inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal has launched an appeal for witnesses.
Janet Smith, who is reviewing the corporation's practices during the
Savile years, has called on potential victims, witnesses, people who
worked with the TV presenter and senior staff at the time to assist with
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to the inquiry's website, the review also wants to hear from people
'who were familiar with the culture or practices of the BBC' in terms of
'preventing or enabling the sexual abuse of children, young people or
Savile became hugely famous during the 1960s and 1970s as a BBC Radio 1 DJ and presenter of Jim'll Fix It on BBC1.
He worked for the BBC between 1964 and approximately 2007, according to the review's website.
Savile, who died last year at the age of 84, is now believed to have
been one of the UK's most prolific abusers, with hundreds of possible
A YouGov poll published on Tuesday found that for the first time since it began tracking support for British institutions in 2003, more respondents distrust BBC journalists (47 per cent) than trust them (44 per cent).
YouGov reported a slump of 13 percentage points in trust in BBC journalism the past fortnight – suggesting the corporation's reputation has been harmed more by the inaccurate Newsnight report and Entwistle's resignation than by earlier revelations about Savile.
BBC insiders said Savile would be the 'elephant in the room' during this year's appeal, but people working on the show stressed that it would be 'business as usual to make the very best programme we can make so the viewers really enjoy it'.
A former chairman of Children In Need, Sir Roger Jones, said last month that the charity had made a decision to keep Savile away from the event because he had suspicions about the Top of the Pops presenter.
Jones, a former BBC governor for Wales, said he always felt Savile was a 'pretty creepy sort of character … we took the decision that we didn't want him anywhere near the charity and we just stepped up our child protection policies ,which again would have put him at risk if he tried anything'.
Wogan has been joined by BBC presenters Fearne Cotton, Tess Daly and new Radio 1 breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw. This year's appeal will be executive produced by Clare Pizey.
A BBC spokesman said: 'Our aim this year, like every year, is to raise as much money as possible and we are on track to raise millions to help change lives of disadvantaged children across the UK.
'BBC Children in Need has a strong track record of funding projects with a specific focus on supporting children and young people who are at risk of, or have experienced, some form of sexual abuse.
'On Friday night, the show will feature a number of films based on the work we fund to help disadvantaged children and young people in the UK, this will include some of our work helping the victims of sexual abuse, as was the case last year.'
Last year's Children in Need, featuring bandaged mascot Pudsey Bear, raised £46million, taking to more than £650million the amount of money it has generated since its first broadcast in 1980.
Girls Aloud have recorded this year's Children In Need single, Something New. Friday night's programme will also feature special editions of Strictly Come Dancing, Top Gear and Doctor Who, and Pudsey the dog, winner of ITV1's Britain's Got Talent, meeting his Children In Need namesake.
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|Bystanders, including young children, watch a public hanging on Jan. 8, 2016
Northwestern Iran: as a crowd including young children watch, a young man is hanged in public by Iranian authorities.
Iran Human Rights (JAN 8 2016): Late morning on Thursday January 7, a prisoner was hanged in public on murder charges.
According to Iran state run media Tabnak, a 25-year-old prisoner was hanged in public at a city square in Shabestar (located in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan).
The report does not mention the name of the prisoner.
Unofficial reports identify the prisoner as Reza Jalili Alishahi.
According to photos IHR retrieved from Alishahi's execution, young children were present among the crowd who showed up to watch the hanging.
Source: Iran Human Rights, January 8, 2016
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Summer Fun! There is an extensive programme of activities running in Haringey for children and young people during the summer holidays.
Starting Secondary School in 2017
Secondary school admission 2017
Secondary school outcomes will be sent by email via the PAN London eAdmissions system during the evening of 1 March 2017.
Please be aware that in the past the Pan London eAdmissions system has experienced problems with certain email providers (Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail and BTinternet) delivering emails. To avoid this happening to you, there is an alternative way that you can receive your outcome:
- Download the ParentComms app to a mobile device, to receive push notifications from the eAdmissions website. Go to your app store and register your eAdmissions username and password:
- For further information about using the ParentComms app, please visit the eAdmissions guidance page (external link)
If you have not yet applied - Late Applications
If you live in Haringey and your child was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006 you will need to apply for a secondary school place for September 2017.
If you live in Haringey, you must apply through us for a school place, even if the school is located in another borough.
If you live outside Haringey you can still apply for schools in Haringey but you must list them on the form of your own local authority.
We strongly recommend that you apply online for a school place (external website). You can access the internet for free at any Haringey library and you can change your application at any point up until the closing date.
Haringey residents should follow the steps below to apply for a secondary school
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Read the information about secondary schools here on our website
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Digital Product Manager
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Job; Digital Product Manager - Sheffield This government agency is looking for the services of a Product Manager for a 6-24 month contract starting in November '16. Role details; Responsibility for delivery, ongoing success and continuous improvement of digital products, Leadership of multidisciplinary agile teams delivering excellent new products/iterations to existing products to meet user needs. Supporting business/service improvement through digital capability development. Conducting customer/product discovery to define an ecosystem, understand/redesign user journeys, develop user personas and creating product visions based on findings. Role includes active involvement within their wider organisation, performing as key interface between their team and stakeholders in their business, and focusing on engaging with stakeholders who are unfamiliar with agile. Essentials; Strong understanding of the ways of working detailed in the 'Government Digital Service' service manual Experience as a product manager in principles and application of agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban and Lean Start-up. Strong visual and verbal communication skills, tailored to needs of audiences. An ability to passionately pursue a vision and articulate it to a wide audience, from team members to Director General level and to facilitate collaborative and engaging sessions with staff from all levels of seniority. Manage people dynamics effectively when working across departmental and other boundaries. An ability to evaluate and solve problems creatively and laterally when needed, using appropriate evidence and data over instinct wherever possible to inform product decisions. Experience working with user researchers to discover and understand needs of users, and to gain a wider perspective of the landscape surrounding activities and policies. An ability to identify warning signs quickly and to provide decisive responses to emerging significant delivery challenges. Demonstrable experience in developing and communicating a coherent product roadmap and strategy. Have curiosity and ability to learn new skills quickly; able and willing to challenge status quo, and to encourage teams and stakeholders to challenge to you Ability to define, test and validate problems Nice to have's; Having worked to drive through change and/or deliver transactional services in big, complex organisations like the public sector, banking, travel, IT or similar. An understanding of complex transactional services and re-engineering or redesigning legacy systems and services. A good appreciation for, and ideally practical experience of, service design, user research, UX, design, data and development principles, and how each contribute to creation of successful products. Experience with a range of product and team maturities Other Stuff; £'s; fully D.O.E up to approx. £550/day (direct contract between your Ltd company & the client), Contract length; 6 months minimum, up to 24 months , Location; Sheffield, Interested? Please send CV (preferably as a Word doc as opposed to PDF), Not for you but you know someone suitable? – Profile 29 can pay a referral fee, Profile 29 recruitment keywords; digital product manager online web agile scrum Kanban Sheffield government Yorkshire user journey journeys user experience UX This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/66877369


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Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I rise today to express tremendous concern about the latest news regarding the Medicare trust fund and the solvency of the trust fund. We are now hearing that Medicare, in fact, will become insolvent 7 years sooner than we had been told last year.
During the time between last year and this year, there has been a Medicare bill passed by the Senate. I believe there is a direct correlation between what was passed, which I have deep concerns about, and the new number we are hearing about Medicare being jeopardized and becoming insolvent 7 years sooner.
We know that in the bill that was passed last year, there were payments for the first time to private plans so they could compete with traditional Medicare. We know that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it in fact has cost 13.2 percent more for the private sector through Medi care+Choice to provide the very same services as traditional Medicare. Rather than saying we should go, then, with the most cost-effective way to provide health care services for seniors and use traditional Medicare, the response, unfortunately, from the Congress and the President was to subsidize private insurance companies and HMOs so they could compete more favorably.
Originally, it was $14 billion taken away from providing prescription drug coverage for seniors, helping to pay for their medicine, taking those dollars away from other preventive services that could be paid for, other direct services that could be given to our seniors, and it was put into providing subsidies for the private sector.
Now we see in the new numbers how all of this has changed with the revelation of the tremendous increase in the cost of the Medicare bill which we were told after it passed. We are now told the first estimate of $14 billion being diverted is now really $46 billion being diverted-$46 billion not going to pay for our seniors receiving help with their medicine, to afford their medicine through Medicare, but being diverted to essentially privatize or help private plans be able to compete because it costs more to provide Medicare coverage and prescription drug coverage under private plans. We see greater costs there.
Then right at the time we need to be doing everything possible to leverage and lower our costs, we know this Medicare prescription drug bill actually says in the middle of the bill that Medicare is not allowed to group purchase, to get bulk discounts, which is astounding. Every time I say that to a group of people at home in Michigan, they look at me in bewilderment: What in the world were you thinking that you would not try to get the best possible price through a bulk discount? Yet we know that one of the reasons there is increased costs in this bill is because they are not doing bulk purchasing.
Why are they not doing bulk purchasing? Because the pharmaceutical industry does not want that to be done. They do not want us to get lower prices. They want us to pay the highest possible prices. So, unfortunately, this bill says that, which is another reason why I opposed the passage of the Medicare bill.
Over and over we are seeing situations unravel that cause me great concern, not only about the new dollar amount, the new substance in this bill, but also about the process that brought us to the passage of the Medicare bill. I will speak now to some of what we have been hearing and reading in recent days and weeks.
The Government's top expert on Medicare costs was warned he would be fired if he told key lawmakers about a series of Bush administration cost estimates that could have torpedoed congressional passage of the White House-backed Medicare prescription drug plan. This was written on March 12 of this year, just last week, in the Miami Herald. We know there were new estimates, new actual costs that were identified, and we were not told about them before the passage of this bill.
We know that between November 20 and 24 of last year, administration officials repeatedly stated without qualification that the prescription drug bill "will not cost more than $400 billion over 10 years." In making these representations, administration officials relied on CBO estimates without citing the conflicting estimates from their own analysts. This comes from a special report Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson gave at the time, as well as other news reports.
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We then found out after the new year on January 29-not November, now we move up to January 29-the administration announced the Medicare drug bill would cost at least $534 billion over 10 years-$139 billion more, just as we find the new subsidies for private plans, insurance companies, and HMOs have gone up, and certainly there is no cost containment in this bill.
On January 30, the President indicated he learned of the new estimates only 2 weeks earlier, but yet we find on February 12 Secretary Thompson testified to the House Ways and Means Committee that they were given the final higher drug cost on Christmas Eve of 2003, which contradicts the President's earlier statements.
Then on top of having conflicting information about the cost and when the administration knew about the cost, we also hear from a colleague of mine in Michigan, Representative Nick Smith, who said last fall unknown GOP colleagues had tried to bribe him into voting for the contentious prescription drug bill on November 22 by promising campaign help to his son who is running to replace his retiring father. This was reported in the Washington Post on March 15 of this year.
We now know there is an ethics investigation going on in the House of Representatives regarding this process. We know when this bill first came up in the House, they did not have the votes for it and kept the board open an unprecedented 3 hours plus to change votes, to get the votes for this Medicare bill.
Republican colleagues have said that if they had known the true cost at that time, they would not have voted for it. The cost was hidden. We did not find out what the true costs are, and then we see tremendous pressure on colleagues to vote for this bill, and now the Ethics Committee is looking into what happened in at least one circumstance.
Then we move to another area of great concern to me, and that is the advertising of this particular legislation, this new Medicare bill. According to the New York Times on March 16:
The administration then attempted to rally support and take political credit for the prescription drug plan with Government-produced TV ads masquerading as news reports. Actors were hired by the Department of Health and Human Services to pose as television journalists purveying facts, upbeat "news" segments about the expanded Medicare coverage.
I also have concerns because in that particular taxpayer-funded advertising, we have found, as a result of a GAO report and a request for investigation that we asked to have done on March 10, the GAO concluded that the Bush administration's Medicare advertisements contain notable omissions and other weaknesses. While they indicate they are not unlawful, they have notable omissions and other weaknesses.
One of my concerns about all of this is that we are seeing a lack of truthfulness regarding the cost of this bill. Many of us had great concerns about this bill in the beginning. We had colleagues being told one thing and then finding out another, saying if they had known, they would not have supported the bill; high pressure tactics going on and an ethics investigation now related to what was done in the House; and then we see taxpayers' dollars being used to put forward less than accurate information.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator's time has expired.
Ms. STABENOW. I ask for an additional 1 minute.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair has no authority to allocate additional time. It has already been allocated.
Ms. STABENOW. Without objection, I ask for an additional 1 minute.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair is compelled to object. The time has been allocated.
Ms. STABENOW. I will simply indicate then I have deep concerns about this whole process, and now we find it affects the bottom line.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator's time has expired.
Ms. STABENOW. I urge colleagues to relook at this Medicare bill and what is in the best interest of seniors.


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Los Angeles: A bevy of Hollywood stars including Gerard Butler, Michael Keaton and Reese Witherspoon will appear in the Eye's inaugural Hollywood Film Awards, scheduled to take place Nov 14.
CBS has unveiled the first batch of stars which also include big names like Robert Duvall, Julianne Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum, Jean-Marc Vallée and Shailene Woodley. The live telecast will be hosted by Queen Latifah, reports variety.com.
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Lost for Words | 2013
When a former US Marine and a dancer from mainland China fall in love in Hong Kong, they face cultural and religious pressure.
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Amid the sweeping cityscape of cosmopolitan Hong Kong, a newly arrived ex-US Marine falls in love with a young dancer from mainland China. Against mounting cultural and religious pressure, the two star-crossed lovers risk it all in pursuit of true love.