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Get an overview of this hotelIn heart of Honolulu near Ala Moana Center
Popular property highlights
A stay at Pagoda Hotel places you in the heart of Honolulu, minutes from Ala Moana Center and close to University of Hawaii at Manoa.
This hotel is within close proximity of Hawaii Convention Center and Magic Island.
Make yourself at home in one of the 359 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wired Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include complimentary weekday newspapers and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a hair salon.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Pagoda Hotel. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Planning an event in Honolulu? This hotel has facilities measuring 12,000 square feet (1 square meters), including a meeting room. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Pagoda Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A longtime Honolulu Favorite, Pagoda Hotel is located within a natural setting that includes a Japanese-inspired water garden with waterfalls, a koi pond, and saltwater pond with a variety of other fish. A little piece of paradise in the center of the city, Pagoda Hotel features a buffet-style restaurant, bar/lounge and an updated outdoor pool with a sundeck. Shuttle service from Waikiki to Ala Moana is included.
Also on site are a beauty salon, sundry store, and laundry facilities. Event space measures 12,000 sq-feet and includes a conference/meeting room, a ballroom, exhibit space, and banquet facilities. Ample onsite self parking is available (surcharge). Free WiFi is available in public areas.
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Hair salon
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 359
- Number of floors - 12
- Elevator/lift
- Bar/lounge
- Free WiFi
- Designated smoking areas
- One meeting room
- Shopping on site
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 12,000
- Conference space size (meters) - 1
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
- Garden
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Refrigerator
- Free weekday newspaper
- Pay movies
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Free wired Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Pagoda Floating Restaurant - Surrounded by koi ponds and waterfalls, this family-friendly restaurant serves a buffet-style selection of Asian, Western, and Hawaiian cuisine and includes an indoor room and 3 private outdoor teahouses. Breakfast is served starting at 7 AM. Lunch is served until 1:30 PM Tuesday-Saturday, and a dinner buffet is offered Friday-Sunday until 9:00 PM. Sunday brunch is served from 10 AM until 1:30 PM. Please note that this restaurant is closed on Mondays.
Breakfast, featuring eggs or oatmeal with coffee, is served from 7 AM-9 AM (surcharge).
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 30 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 35 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of USD 100 per stay
- Dogs only
- 1 per room (up to 30 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 15.00 per accommodation, per night
- Shuttle service
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Phone calls
- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- Lending library access
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 10 per day
- Pet deposit: USD 100 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 35 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 30 per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Pagoda
- Pagoda
- Pagoda Honolulu
- Pagoda Hotel
- Pagoda Hotel Honolulu
- Pagoda Hotel Hawaii/Honolulu
- Pagoda Hotel Oahu
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Facebook virus could steal your bank info from your computer
The NSA data collection could certainly put the brakes on Identity Theft. That might be another reason why they want to do it…
"When a user logs on to a banking website, Zeus moves into action, capturing the bank account's username, password and routing information, and any other personal financial information it can locate," NBC News reports.
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Australia's pre-eminent cancer hospital was advised by a state government department not to proceed with a deal that included a $250,000 payment to Kathy Jackson's Health Services Union.
It comes after The Sunday Age revealed that the board of the Peter MacCallum cancer hospital had been separately warned in 2003 not to make the $250,000 payment to settle a back-pay dispute or risk serious criminal sanction under the Crimes Act for paying a secret commission, or bribe.
The letter from the Department of Human Services in August 2003, to Peter MacCallum, details the measures that the hospital was proposing to settle the dispute with the HSU No.3 branch including a new workplace agreement and the $250,000 payment.
The letter from a senior executive in the department, Lance Wallace, said it ''cannot support the original proposal'' from the hospital.
Mr Wallace's ''confidential and urgent'' letter, released to the royal commission into union corruption, said it believes it would be in Peter MacCallum's ''best interest'' to achieve an outcome ''that secures its financial and legal exposure to pay back payment recovery action.''
The department's detailed reasons for the advice are not spelt out in the letter released to the royal commission with much of the content redacted. The same document, released under freedom of information laws to The Age, has been even more heavily redacted.
Despite the departmental advice, the hospital agreed to make the $250,000 payment to the HSU as part of a deal that resulted in research scientists at Peter MacCallum not receiving $3.16 million in back-pay owed to them.
The scientists had been told they could lose their jobs if they did not give up their rights to back-pay.
The $250,000 payment to the HSU was later used as seed money for a bank account personally controlled by Ms Jackson. From this account she spent thousands of it on herself including at JB-Hi Fi, David Jones, fashion boutiques and also later gave $50,000 to her former husband.
She has said she had authorisation from her committee of management to spend that money, but no records exist.
While being quizzed extensively at a recent royal commission hearing about her dealings with the hospital, Ms Jackson claimed she had been ambushed and asked for legal representation. As a result the hearing was suspended until later this month.
Crucial to the question of whether a secret commission was paid by the hospital to the union was the intent behind the payment and whether it was disclosed to the scientists, lawyers said.
Ms Jackson at one point in the hearing, confirmed the $250,000 was - as stated in a document - for legal, staff and future costs. But she also claimed it was ''packaged up'' to appease the hospital board who, she said, did not want to admit paying the union a fine.
Ms Jackson said at the hearing, staff had been told of the $250,000 payment although she conceded that a document they signed – to give up their back-pay rights – makes no mention of the payment to the union.
It is unclear if the $250,000 was disclosed and several research scientists have said they had no recollection of being told of the payment.
The Peter MacCallum hospital has threatened a Supreme Court injunction to prevent The Age from reporting legal advice given to the board in 2003 saying it was legally privileged. The Age, which has obtained a copy of the advice, has had to give an undertaking not to report from it.


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Fairfax County Declares State of Emergency
Fairfax County has declared a state of local emergency in anticipation of the damaging effects of Hurricane Isabel. County Executive Tony Griffin signed the local emergency declaration at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, which is effective today and continues until the emergency situation is over.
The declaration officially activates the county's emergency action procedures and empowers the Director of Emergency Management with "powers, functions and duties" as prescribed by state law and the ordinances, resolutions and approved plans of the County of Fairfax in order to mitigate the expected results of the hurricane.
The Director of Emergency Management will activate the county's emergency operations center at 1 p.m. today to coordinate local government action to prevent or alleviate the damage, loss, hardship or suffering threatened by the impending hurricane.
At 2 p.m. today, the county will open temporary shelters in four public
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• Edison High School, 5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria
• Marshall High School, 7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church
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Truckee chef nominated for major 'Food & Wine' award
March 19, 2013
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Jacob Burton, executive chef of Stella and The Cedar House Sport Hotel in Truckee, has been nominated for The People's Best New Chef award by FOOD & WINE. Restaurant devotees and the voting public will determine the winner through an online vote that lasts through 2 p.m. on March 18.
"The Cedar House has become a hub for culinary adventures within Tahoe Truckee's mushrooming foodie scene. We're so enthused that Food & Wine has recognized chef Jacob's incredible talent, creativity and professionalism," said Patty Baird, owner of The Cedar House Sport Hotel and Stella.
Featuring unique meals and an open kitchen, Stella also boasts StellaCulinary.com, an incredibly active and free online culinary school produced by Burton.
Burton graduated from the California Culinary Academy and worked in fine dining restaurants in San Francisco and the North Tahoe region before joining Stella in March 2010. He is passionate about creating memorable dishes and sharing his knowledge.
"I was lucky enough to realize my dream of living and working in Tahoe after graduating from culinary school and working in fine dining in San Francisco," shares chef Jacob Burton. "I'm honored to be nominated for The People's Best New Chef award."
Learn more about Burton at https://www.stellaculinary.com/chef-jacob-burton.
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FOOD & WINE encourages dining and food enthusiasts to vote for The People's Best New Chef, an award that honors talented up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for five or fewer years. Visit http://www.foodandwine.com/the-peoples-bnc to vote for Burton. More information is provided at http://www.foodandwine.com/peoples-best-new-chef/california.
The award is an extension of the FOOD & WINE Best New Chefs program. The field of 100 nominees for The People's Best New Chef award includes 10 chefs in 10 regions across America. The chef with the most votes in each region will be named a finalist and the finalist with the most votes overall will be named The People's Best New Chef. The People's Best New Chef finalists and winner will be revealed on March 19 online at http://www.foodandwine.com. The winner will be featured in the July 2013 issue of FOOD & WINE.
"Over the past two years we have seen an overwhelming enthusiasm from loyal followers campaigning for their favorite chefs to become The People's Best New Chef," said Food & Wine editor in chief Dana Cowin. "I am ecstatic to continue this program and see these chefs receive this much deserved recognition from their patrons."
Opened in 2009, Stella is the avant-garde restaurant located steps from the main entrance of the award-winning Cedar House Sport Hotel in Truckee (10918 Brockway Road). Visit http://www.stella.cedarhousesporthotel.com to view this week's menu. Reservations can be made online or by calling 530-582-5655.


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Landry to GSW
they are gonna be really good next year my dark horse team imo.
@ESPNSteinLine: Carl Landry gets two-year deal worth $8 million from Warriors with a player option in Year 2
http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba2-what-...l-morey-doing/Princeton Offense For the Lakers?
Last season the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching staff was anything but a cohesive unit, and the fact that they were trying to install an entirely new offense on the fly didn't help matters. Lakers head coach Mike Brown's efforts to teach his team a new offensive game plan was hindered by the lockout-shortened season, and it was threatened to be hindered even further by the departures of assistants Ettore Messina and Quin Snyder, who received coaching offers from CSKA Moscow that were too lucrative to pass on.
According to reports, Brown has found a solution to his offensive problem, as the Lakers will soon add former Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers head coach Eddie Jordan to his staff.
Jordan is a disciple of the Princeton offense, which was developed and perfected at Princeton University by coach Pete Carril. Carril was a long-time assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings and helped Rick Adelman translate the offense to the NBA.
The Princeton offense revolves around constant motion, passing and backdoor cuts, all of which should be familiar to fans of the Kings, Houston Rockets, and now the Minnesota Timberwolves, as Adelman has enjoyed a great deal of success with the offense. Eddie Jordan had less success, though that was due largely to the unreasonable number of injuries he had to deal with as a head coach. Mike Brown believes Jordan is the perfect person to help him implement the same offense in Los Angeles.
HOOPSWORLD's Eric Pincus says the Lakers have already put a lot of time and thought into how they can go about implementing the Princeton offense, and adding Jordan to the coaching staff may be the final piece to that puzzle.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
Looks like Rush is re-signing with Golden State as well.
Also, Nate Robinson to Chicago and Willie Green to the Clippers today as well.
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Fascinated by the Princeton offense news. Should work well with Nash, no?
By the end of the season, the Lakers are going to be just like always. schizophrenic offensively, with one offense for Kobe and another for everyone else.
idk, it seems like a stupid offense to run with Nash and Bynum.
Kobe would need to adjust, but it seems like the bigger adjustment will be for those other two.
Nash will be a major upgrade no matter what they run. He will shoot, he'll recognize weaknesses and penetrate, pass. He'll be a fine Princeton player. But this is overkill. They ought to just let Nash run the offense. It seems like they'll be going out of their way to take the ball out of Steve's hands.
Not sure how Bynum fits in.
I suppose it may be just some elements, not like Adelman's offense.
it would be awesome for Gasol though. he could be their best player, if they really go in that direction.
Been reading that Howard could be traded by end of week. http://tracking.si.com/2012/07/29/dw...sct=nba_t2_a10
We can only hope.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
Sam Amick: Agent Mark Bartelstein announces Brandon Rush will re- sign w/ Golden State. Deal is for two years, $8 million with player option in 2nd
Read more: http://hoopshype.com/twitter/media.html#ixzz22DzsQZFb
How many free agents received that are 1 year deals with Player options? It would seem that there are a lot of 1 or 2 year deals for this years crop of free agents. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing that has been a result of the new NBA. A lot of Players are signing at very reasonable shot term contracts.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
The Warriors were able to sign 2 quality Role Players that are 6th to 8th rotational players at a decent but not at an IMHO overpaid price.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
More beef, I like it. The Pacers are building in a much different way than alot of the Eastern Conference teams.
Probably the only NBA player that has a higher no step vertical (30.0) than his Max vertical (29.5).
This guy draws good amounts of fouls in the paint, but actually also has a high FG% conversion rate.
When Hansbrough's midrange game is off (as it seemed to be all of last year), these guys are more similar than it would seem.


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Have been working on an interesting text by Sakya Pandita on the history of Cakrasamvara.
According to this history, the first human being to receive Cakrasamvara was Saraha I, the teacher of the tantric siddha, Nāgārjuna. In terms of when Saraha lived, he does not really say, apart from asserting that Saraha is present at Shri Parvata (Sri Sailam in modern India) in Andhra Pradesha as a sambhogakāya.
Luhipa was the disciple of Saraha II aka Shavaripa. Sapan definitely situates him during the reign of the famed Buddhist king of Bengal, Shri Dharmapala, whose reign extended circa 775 to 810 CE.
Luihipa was a scribe in the court of Dharmapāla until he met Savaripa. We do not know when Luhipa was active during this 35 year period, but since his retreat was 9-12 years, and since legend holds that Dharmapāla became a disciple of Luhipa, we assume a later date for Luhipa and put his encounter with Dharmapāla around 810. Supposedly Dharmapāla left his kingdom and took a job as a pounder of rice in what is now known as Orrisa becoming known as the siddha Demgipa.
From Demgipa on, a significant feature of Cakrasamvara practice is the requirement that high cast practitioners take low caste occupations under low cast woman.
In any event, we have a fairly firm range to date the Cakrasamvara tantra from -- given this we can presume that the Cakrasamvara must date to the early 8th century CE. Since it mentions the Guhyasamaja and a number of other tantras, we can date those, as well as Saraha I, the first Siddha, to the late 7th century CE.
Also Situ Panchen asserts that Lohipa revealed the Yoginisamcarya tantra, which details the process of the sadhana practice.
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Anyone else watchin' the King's broadcast enjoy watching Brad Miller 4 wheeling as much as me?
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Anyone else watchin' the King's broadcast enjoy watching Brad Miller 4 wheeling as much as me?
The Kings brodcasters haven't annoyed me much tonight. I watched one game earlier this season when they played New Orleans, and all they did was complain about the refs and say that the Kings were only losing because they had a long tiresome flight.
They have had nothing but praise to say about us tonight.
Peck did you get to see it? If not I will get the clip to you tomorrow.
I could not beleive it when one of the two (either the color guy or the play by play guy) called the Lakers the Los Angeles Kobes. It is true but for a commentator to say that on TV, was pushing the envelope.
The feature on Brad and his Kendalville buddies was awesome. He is such a down to earth guy, he makes you cry. Usually, rich people do not have real friends but what I saw there was just pure.
A friend of mine commented that he really "fits" in Indiana, and I think that that is true..I would hope that if I was an All-Star and rich I would be like that too (only without the skeet shooting and ATVing,haha)! It just sucks that he went to Purdue...why not go to a real school, ya know?Originally Posted by pacerwaalaThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
LOL The LA Kobes - that's friggin' brilliant.
No Linking to your own site if it sells something.
The Kings TV color analyst Jerry Reynolds is from French Lick , Indiana so he usually has some good anecdotes about Indiana. Besides that they usually give a impartial broadcast. I really have alot of respect for the Kings organization and their fans it's too bad they are struggling right now.
I saw Brad this summer at Best Buy in Fort Wayne. I didn't get to talk to him (mostly because it took me a while to figure out it was him) but I did talk to the sales guy who helped him. He said he sold Brad 4 Plasma TV's the week before and some other stuff. Brad said I want "that one, that one and two of those." He said Brad was really down to earth. I was impressed the guy was at Best Buy buying his stuff and not at one of the higher end stores. He could have just had a company come in and outfit him with the best made, but he's down to earth. My brother in law knows him from High School and Purdue and he said he's a great guy. His Mom is a nurse in Kendallville and my mother in law had her as a nurse 4 years ago when Brad was with the Pacers and Isiah was coach. My wife was there and she told Brad's mom that I said Isiah was a horrible coach and should be fired and she just laughed and shook her head yes. Funny stuff.
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Creative Layering
These images should help to show how basic wardrobe staples can be given new life through the development of your layering technique. By now, we've all reached into the depths of our wardrobes, hunting for knitwear, coats and accessories. Despite this seasonal habit, sometimes we still fail to recognise that the cold weather brings an opportunity to try layering!
Like most things, it takes practise and bit of knowledge. There are rules and guidelines to be considered, but you also have to know when it's acceptable to throw the rulebook out the window and take a looser approach to these guidelines.
It really doesn't take much to create a warm, practical, stylish outfit. Simplicity, as with so many aspects of fashion, is the best way forward; simple textures, refined and correct cuts and the odd splash of individuality is all you really need, especially when you consider that more often than not, everything will be covered up by your coat!
Picking your materials carefully is one of the fundamentals of layering. Natural fibres are warmer than synthetics and they are the sign of a decent quality piece; investment is a good idea. If you look at the big trends this season you will notice that most make good use of wool and its variants, such as tweed and corduroy – all traditionally winter based fabrics and guaranteed to keep you toasty.
Think outside the box with your outerwear. Wear sporty outerwear over more traditional woollen coats. Try a cotton gilet over a wool overcoat or chunky cardigans over blazers and waistcoats with thick chunky scarves. I have selected some simple pieces from our current White Stuff collection to wear as a whole layered outfit.
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I believe melody is hardwired into human's brains in a way different than hearing just sounds. We remember notes as they hum up and down scales. Every time I leave The Gap I end up singing whatever song was playing over and over in my head for hours. So I always say piano lessons beat a new Apogee interface for making your tunes better. I really like helper applications like Harmony Navigator or even something like Microsoft SongSmith. Harmony Improvisator is a new plug-in from Germany in the same vain. The cochleor website says videos and a demo download are coming soon. It's Mac/PC VST for 99 EUR.
Improvisator is a programmable chorder and sequencer VST plugin which outputs chords as MIDI data or sound from an internal synthesizer. It can be controlled via MIDI input or by clicking the harmonic functions of the graphical user interface. The first thing in the process of working with Improvisator is to click chords with the mouse which you hear immediately. – www.cochleor.de
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CLEARANCE - Starting Out - Sicilian SchveningenProduct Code: B0021EM
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Author: Craig Pritchett
Year of Publication: 2006
Pages: 192
Notation Type: Algebraic (AN)
Book DescriptionThe Scheveningen is an uncompromising and flexible variation of Black's most popular defence to 1 e4, the Sicilian. It's a firm favourite of the world's greatest ever chess player, Garry Kasparov, who used it many times in crucial games, including his world championship matches against Anatoly Karpov and Vishy Anand. His success rate against Karpov was so good that the former world champion was forced to abandon his normal first move to avoid it! Black's play in the Scheveningen is based around a solid and resilient pawn structure, a well-defended king and guaranteed counterplay against every white set-up.
In Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen Craig Pritchett takes a fresh look at this famous opening. The early moves and ideas are introduced and care is taken to explain the reasoning behind them - something that is often neglected or taken for granted. As with previous works in the popular Everyman Chess Starting Out series, the reader is helped throughout with a plethora of notes, tips and warnings highlighting the vital characteristics of the Sicilian Scheveningen and of opening play in general.
* Written by a renowned Scheveningen expert
* All the main lines are covered
* Ideal for the improving player
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New Western Managers For North Korea's 'Pyramid Monster' Hotel
It's really just your standard, run-of-the-mill 105-story "pyramid monster" tower overlooking the capital of the most totalitarian state on earth, but aside from that, Pyongyang's Ryugyong Hotel seems like a terrific opportunity for an international hotel operator to capture an early-mover position in an untapped emerging market.
So lucky for them, German luxury hotel operator Kempinski has seized that opportunity. Kempinski's chief executive, Reto Wittwer, told a travel conference today that his company will start managing the property after it opens in mid-2013. Obviously sensitive to the delicate politics of being the first big Western hotel business to enter North Korea, Mr Wittwer was careful in his remarks, as reported by Bloomberg:
"This pyramid monster hotel will monopolize all the business in the city," Wittwer said. "I said to myself, we have to get this hotel if there is ever a chance, because this will become a money-printing machine if North Korea opens up."
While the exterior of the Ryugyong has loomed over the capital for much of the past two decades, it remained unfinished for unknown reasons for almost all that time, until Egypt's Orascom Telecom picked up a contract to finish the job. In late 2008, Orascom launched the country's first mobile network, which has since boomed to over a million users (subscribers cannot make international calls or access the internet).
This WSJ slide show has some more images of the tower, looming from various angles and at various stages of completion. Whether Kempinski will be able to offer restaurants that meet the famed and exacting standards of the North Korean elite remains to be seen.


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#1-Some mathematicians are philosophers.
#2-Immortals are ignorant of philosophy
#3-No poet practices mathematics.
#4-All mortals are poets.
AnswerStart with the statement #2. If immortals are ignorant of philosophy, philosophers must be mortals, otherwise they would be ignorant of philosophy. Since statement #4 says all mortals are poets, philosophers must be poets. Since statement #3 says no poet practices mathematics, no philosopher does either. So, a mathematician cannot be a philosopher, which makes statement #1 inconsistent with the other 3 statements.
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Genre is the designation to distinguish different types of movies. movie may be fictional (made-up) or a true story or a mixture of both. Although hundreds of films made each year but only a few films using only one genre most combine two or more genres.
Action - This movie shows the astounding effects and scenes like car chases or shooting involving a stuntman. This genre usually tell the good against evil, so war and criminals are ordinary subjects. Action movies usually only requires a small business to watch, because the groove is usually simple. For example, the movie The World's End where there is a group of terrorists who took over skyscrapers and demanded a ransom for the sandra. However a hero to save them all. Action films usually do not make people cry, but if this genre of drama mixed with the emotion will be involved.
Adventure - usually tells the main character who travels to save the world or close.
Animation - Movies that use cartoon characters as characters. The picture itself to be drawn by hand but is now more likely to use a computer.
Friendship - Involve two figures, in which one must rescue the other and both had to overcome the problems facing. Film friendship sometimes sicampur comedy, but there is also a bit of emotion, because of the friendship between both.
Comedy - funny movie about stupid people who do strange things or being stupid and silly things involved that make the audience laugh.
Documentary - Film about (or claimed to be about) a person's real life and real events. The genre is almost always serious and may involve strong emotions, sample movie Last Note In reclaiming.
Drama - Film serious and sometimes about people who fall in love or need to make decisions in their lives. Genre is about relationships between people. This genre usually follow a basic groove in which one or two characters have to overcome a hurdle to get what they want.
The tragedy - tragedy similar to the drama, about the people who are having trouble. For example, a husband and wife who divorced and each one must memuktikan to the court that they are the best for their child care. Emotion (feeling) is the largest part of this filim and the audience may be confused and even cry.
Film Noir - detective drama film era of the 1940s about crime and violence.
Family - Movies made well for all the family. The genre is mostly made for kids but sometimes also entertaining for adults. Disney is famous for their friendly movie.
Horror - Film that uses fear to attract an audience. Music, lighting and setting, all added to add taste.
Romantic - Comedy Romantic love stories are usually about two people from different worlds, who must pass obstacles to be together.
Science Fiction - Set in the future, or outer space. Usually there are aliens or robots that become supporting cast.
Thriller - Usually about mysteries, strange events, or crime to be solved. Spectators will keep guessing until the end of the film, when there is usually a final twist (surprisingly).
Western - tells the story of a cowboy in the west (USA 1800). This genre may or may not involve the Indians (Native Americans).
Suspense - The film that keeps you sitting in your chair. This genre usually with more than one twist that might confuse the audience.
Fantasy - The fantasy film involving magic and the impossible can not be done real human.Full Movie The World's End with all languages The World's End
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Eso fue fácilmente la mejor parte de esa película.
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F*** !! Ne najdem priljubljenih film
Kvalita filmu byla výborná s volným účtu, ale líbí se mi to !. Ideální pro vás, kteří sbírají filmy nebo produktové řady s HD kvalitě.
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I can't wait to see them iterate this, because this is a really ugly logo treatment.
As always thank you, you guys are the best and the movie was great, perfect!
I remember reading somewhere that the film and TV shows share a continuity, but are now spearheaded by different teams within the company, and they don't really get along.
I don't think the same, although this is not my favorite movie!
Maybe they have so much money and have gotten so successful that they don't feel like they need to address these limitations.
I watched this movie 3 times,
How do I watch it ?????
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did u ever read the instructions ???
Jeg ærlig har ingen anelse om hvorfor folk hater denne filmen så mye. Det er ikke enestående, men det var greit. Flott kvalitet btw.
This just ruined the franchise for me.
Bu nihoyat katta ekranda ko'rish ajoyib. Men, ayniqsa, biror narsa talon istamayman, lekin bu har bir imkoniyat berish kerak, deb bir film
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Los personajes son geniales, son interesantes, son divertidos, te harán reír. Confía en mí, en un punto en que esta película te golpeará donde vives.
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Эта песня не чувствует, как остальная часть музыки фильма ко мне, но это совершенно нормально!
Да! Apple TV правила!
Je me souviens il ya environ 16 ans, les gens parlent de la façon dont les nouveaux téléviseurs à écran plat pourraient épeler la mort pour les cinémas
Юношество е сред един от най-лошите филми, които съм гледал. За един филм, който е трябвало да обрисуват посредствеността на живот е изключително невероятно.
dëst war wierklech de beschte Film deen ech jee gesinn hunn!
Jo, well wéi mer all d'Komplott vun engem Film wëssen ass déi eenzeg Manéier Original ze ginn. Vergiesst Sound Design, waaren, Kameraféirung, Kostümer ...
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Volte una domanda stupida, ma che sono in cima?
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I watched it yesterday.
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Francisco Montaño joined the Department of Languages and Literatures in 2009 as a Lecturer in French and serves as the Language Coordinator for the French, Italian, and Spanish language programs. He received his A.B. (Romance Languages & Literatures) from Princeton University in 2003, his M.A. in French Linguistics from Indiana University in 2006, and is working on his doctoral dissertation for a dual Ph.D. at Indiana University in French Linguistics and General Linguistics. His current research focuses on historical French phonology, Romance linguistics, syllable-sensitive phonological change, language contact, and foreign language pedagogy.
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ATLANTA — Cuties brand California clementines and mandarins should be available nationwide starting this season.
The fruit is set to arrive in stores on the East Coast (and all of the U.S.) starting in mid-November, Scott Owens, vice president of sales and marketing for Paramount Citrus Association, said during Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit 2011.
Expansion markets include New York, Atlanta, Boston and Philadelphia, among others, and represent a 15% to 20% increase in the Cuties crop this year, he said.
A $20 million "Cuties are made for Kids" marketing campaign will support the effort, which includes a television and print advertising as well as retail displays.
The campaign will debut on Dec. 5, Owen said. It will feature four 15-second spots that will run in conjunction with shows such as "The Biggest Loser," "Community," "Grey's Anatomy," "How I Met Your Mother" and "Amazing Race" among others, he said.
They will feature children peeling Cuties and will highlight the fruits appeal to kids: sweet taste, easy to peel, small size and no seeds.
The campaign will offer three FSIs and a two-page advertising spread in People magazine.
The TV ads will run again in February and March, Owens said.
Delano-based Paramount is part of the California Cutie Cooperative (along with Sun Pacific and Fowler Packing) that grows, packs and markets the fruit.
Paramount also is entering the lime market, Owens said, farming and packing from 5,000 acres in Mexico's Tabasco region.
The company also has 2,000 combined acres of lime and lemon production near Victoria, Mexico, he said. The limes will be available throughout the U.S. and Canada, entering the U.S. through Paramount's 50,000-square-foot McAllen, Texas, cooling facility, which the company acquired from Border Cold Storage in last summer.


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San Bernardino >> After a year of construction, a decade of planning and $197.1 million, Omnitrans rolled out its 16-mile rapid transit bus line on Tuesday.
Although the line officially opens to the public on Monday, dignitaries and transit officials celebrated the grand opening of sBX, a new dedicated bus line that runs from north San Bernardino to Loma Linda, Tuesday morning in downtown San Bernardino.
The celebrants rode the line from Cal State San Bernardino, through downtown San Bernardino to Loma Linda University.
The route is a first-of-its-kind project that transportation officials tout as a model for future projects across San Bernardino County.
"For Omnitrans, it was a great day for us to celebrate a project that has been 10 years in the making," Omnitrans spokeswoman Wendy Williams said. "I think what was important for many of us there today, who were there 10 years ago, is that it was very fulfilling to see things talked about around a table 10 years ago actually come to life."
Although the project has been cited as a potential boon for the regional economy, critics say its implementation has hurt some businesses. The sBX line has led to the loss of some storefront parking and eliminated left-hand turns in front of some businesses and strip malls.
Some businesses just gave up and left, according to business leaders.
And other critics say the line's fuel storage facility poses a danger to residents of downtown San Bernardino.
"It's a great project, but the company didn't think about the community," said Kingman Street resident Susane Negrete, one of about two dozen protestors ringing cowbells and chanting beside the sBX kickoff event.
"We're here to oppose the 60,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas right here in our community," said Teresa Flores-Lopez, a Fourth Street resident and the president of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, a local activist group. "It's a potential bomb."
Downtown residents have been fighting Omnitrans' refueling station on the 1700 block of West Fifth Street, through which 500,000 gallons of natural gas passes through each month, the group says, for more than 10 years.
"We have been fighting this for a long time, but they keep ignoring us," Negrete said. "Explosions can happen any time."
The proximity to Alessandro Elementary School, the Ruben Campos Community Center and Nunez Park across the street is "ridiculous," she said.
"This is not right," Negrete said. "It's not right."
In March, the concerns raised about the two 30,000-gallon liquefied natural gas tanks, and smaller quantities of compressed gas, prompted Omnitrans to hire a consultant to study the danger the tanks pose to residents.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the agency said the tanks are housed in a steel-reinforced cement block vault equipped with methane sensors and foam fire suppression system and has passed review of several agencies, including the California Department of Health Services and the San Bernardino City Fire Department. Omnitrans staffers reportedly visually inspect the tanks for leaks every day.
The agency has previously said the storage facility complies with all applicable codes, and that none of its 100 natural gas tanks at various facilities have ever had an accident.
So, for now, the fueling station remains where it is: in the midst of a residential neighborhood.
"It's like they're laughing at us," Negrete said. "What's wrong with them?"
And sbX officials went on with their day, celebrating the grand opening of the new sBX rapid transit line, a 15.7-mile route.


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Yeah, someone up in Indy showed me that once. Pretty gruesome. He was trying to pull a prank and hit the guy with the door, or something, right?
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I am so very glad we didn't have those little portable video cameras when I was that young and dumb. Like the time I fell from a bridge into the St. Joe River in South Bend, or the times my friends and I would throw cans of Aquanet hairspray into bonfires. And on and on and on.
No video = no proof that I was once a much bigger idiot than I am now.
HEre's what I could find about the idiot:
"In this case, "Mullet" (as his friends call him), survived after a month in the hospital. When this video was actually new, there was a forum up where he came on to answer any questions about the accident... but when the thread was avalanched with slams towards Mullet for being such a ing dumbass, they eventually closed it.
There is still this thread where a moderator had the chance to talk to the kid that taped the whole thing.... you can find it here: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho...16&page=1&pp=25"
"Here are some of the highlights from the chat logs with the one guy who filmed the video:
Question: you should submit that tape to Max X or one of those shows
Answer: here is what really happend
Question: it'd be the GREATEST ONE EVER
Answer: i was the one who filmed it, me and my friends make videos, that day we were bored, and the person that fell out, named matt, nicknamed mullet. Say one of the kids, that he knew, and what he liked to do as a joke was smack them in the back of the head, they always do it to each other. So i thought it would be funny to film it, he rolled down the window and was gonna reach out and smack him, but since the new cars windows only go half way down, he couldent reach. So he opened the door, and was hanging onto the door, but..the kid on the bike swerved in closer, and mullet lost his balence after the door hit the back of his bike seat, and fell off. He dident die
Question: haha
Answer: hes still alive and well thank god
Question: was it ever in the papers or anything?
Answer: he was in teh hospital for almost a month having lots of surgery
Answer: no
Question: haha why not
Answer: the only thing that was recorded
Question: seems like something the media would cover
Answer: was teh police report
Answer: because of the insurance info
Answer: because his door hit the other car
Answer: which is why it shut so fast
Answer: we got off lucky thank god
Question: haha yeah
antipop59: You and your friends are Internet Celebrities!
pv8man999: i still have the original clip
pv8man999: full DV quality,non-rendered. also footage of mullet.
antipop59: Is the one on the net edited in any way?
pv8man999: no
pv8man999: i serisouly thought he was dead
antipop59: you must have been traumatized
pv8man999: i got so scared
pv8man999: yes
pv8man999: very
pv8man999: to this day me and my friends dont like to talk about it
antipop59: were you guys smoking weed? Someoen thought they spotted a cigarette or a joint in the passenger's hand I think
pv8man999: cigg
pv8man999: when i came up to him
pv8man999: he was still breathing
antipop59: was he just mangled?
pv8man999: but imagine every bone from your nose down broke
pv8man999: and 5 missing whole teeth on the street
pv8man999: no blood on the teeth
pv8man999: they ripped clean out
pv8man999: he was not consious
pv8man999: so i had to keep him on his side so he wouldent choke
pv8man999: the ****ign ambulance took 30 minutes to get tehre and the hospital wasn't far either.
antipop59: what about the bike kid/kids? One of them looked like he got a first-hand look at the impact
pv8man999: yeah he was pretty freaked out
pv8man999: also
pv8man999: yes
pv8man999: this really wasent ment to happen
pv8man999: it was justa freak accident
antipop59: lol I think that goes without saying
pv8man999: and for the rest of the people that say things like .."im glad hes dead he deserved what he got"...with out any facts...those people can go to hell
antipop59: well let's clarify one thing. The people who saw the video and made that kind of comment were under the [wrongful] suspicion that Mullet was attacking a random kid. If this had been the case, what would you think. I'm curious
pv8man999: well if that were the case if i were a random person and i KNEW thats what they were doing...i might have said something similar
antipop59: heh ok
antipop59: how does he look post-surgery?
pv8man999: he looks kinda the same exept fake teeth
Question: Do you have any pics of what it was like afterwards?
Question: Hospital, stiches, etc?
Answer: mullet has them
Answer: no damage was dont to the rest of his boddy
Answer: just his head
Answer: yeah i saw
Question: No ****?
Answer: wanna know something else that was amazing
Question: Whats that?
Answer: he had his glasses on
Answer: and they werent broken
Question: Were there people in the car that his head impacted with?
Answer: no
Answer: it was parked
Question: What kinda surgery did he need?
Answer: what do you mean what kind?
Question: Did he need skin grafts or anything?
Question: That had to mess up at least his lips or something
Answer: but a big chunk of his upper lip was missing
Question: Kinda like a cleft lip?
Answer: yeah
Answer: basically
Question: What vendetta did you have against the kid in the red shirt?
Answer: its just now we havea camersa
Answer: i dont have anything against him
Question: Did your friends have a grudge?
Answer: he knows us for our movie
Answer: and friends with mullet
Answer: no
Question: Why did mullet hang on to the door?
Question: He could have let go, and he would have been fine
Question: Man....that sucks
Answer: you know what, i asked him alot of times
Answer: to this day he doesent know
Answer: he still cant remember much
Ah, thank you. Now I can delete my 2nd post and again.
I know what you mean.... I managed to crack both of my wrists once.... but I ain't telling the story.Originally Posted by Los AngelesThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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For the third year in a row, Rolls-Royce saw record sales, with 3575 vehicles sold last year – the most in the automaker's 108-year history. The high sales keep the British automaker above its peers in the ultra-luxury market with selling prices above $265,000 (about 200,000 euros).
Each major global region saw sales increase in 2012 from the previous year, and Rolls-Royce says bespoke personalization is at its highest level ever. In the Middle East, Rolls-Royce sales increased 26 percent with sales in Saudi Arabia up 63 percent; mainland European sales rose 21 percent with German sales up 15 percent; and in the Asia-Pacific region sales were up 18 percent. China and the U.S. continue to be the automaker's two largest markets with U.S. sales surpassing China to regain the top spot. With an expansion into new markets in 2012, including Latin America, Rolls-Royce vehicles are now sold in more than 40 countries.
"I am delighted to announce our sales for 2012 and to celebrate our 10th anniversary with an historic record result," said Torsten Muller-Otvos, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in a release. "We had an outstanding year in spite of the challenges we faced, and Rolls-Royce now leads the ultra-luxury market by some considerable margin."
Rolls-Royce opened thirty new or refurbished dealerships last year, bringing the number up to more than 100 worldwide for the first time. Earlier this month, the automaker celebrated 10 years at its Goodwood manufacturing plant where all Rolls-Royce models are built including Phantom, Phantom Extended Wheelbase, Phantom Drophead Coupe, and Phantom Coupe as well as the smaller Ghost and Ghost Extended Wheelbase models.
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Heritage Bikes
Riding and restoring old bicycles attracts cycling enthusiasts with a particular interest in history, or who just get a kick out of being different. The most iconic heritage bike is of course the ordinary or high bicycle, more commonly known as a penny farthing. It is a truly great experience to ride up there, one really does feel like a king of the road and appreciates the literal truth in the saying that the higher they are, the harder they fall!
But the days when interesting old bikes could be found abandoned and forgotten or bought for a song, are long gone. So great is the demand for a taste of history, that one can now also buy rideable replicas of the bikes our great grandfathers rode. One of the best sources of reproduction cycles is the Czech firm Mesicek.
CTC can help with the practical problems of getting an old bike back on the road, but authentic restoration is a more specialised matter, for which you should seek the advice of fellow collectors in the Veteran Cycle Club. The club organises regular cycle jumbles where sellers sell both vintage and collectible machines, as well as many spare parts for them along with a wide range of memorabilia and accessories.


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Cinderella Ball
This page contains information which may be out-of-date or no longer relevant. It is kept here for archive purposes only.
Thursday 5 December 2013
Northern Ballet's Cinderella Ball is the perfect way to celebrate the festive season with friends, family and colleagues as well as with dancers from the Company. The Ball, held in our award-winning dance studios in Leeds, starts at 7pm with a drinks reception followed by a delicious three course dinner with wine and coffee.
Throughout the evening you will be treated to exclusive preview excerpts from our new ballet Cinderella performed by our exceptional dancers. The evening culminates with after dinner dancing when you will have the opportunity to dance with members of the Company.
The Cinderella Ball will be an extra special start to the season. Join us for this magical evening.
|Table of 10 £1200 inc VAT
Individual £120 inc VAT
|Friends of Northern Ballet £96 inc VAT
(Each Friend is entitled to two tickets at the reduced rate)
|Dress Code
Black Tie
Why not become a Friend of Northern Ballet to take advantage of the generous discounted rate?
Email Janet Myers or telephone her on 0113 220 8000.


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Dell seeks
to reassure
Dell seeks
to reassure
Dell is trying to soothe shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its founder, saying managers considered a number of options before agreeing to the buyout. Dell's statement comes three days after a major shareholder ridiculed the plan as a rotten deal that undervalues the computer giant.
Dominos offers
'pizza theater'
A pair of mustachioed pizza makers - visible from behind a glass display at a new Domino's store in Seattle - tossed dough into the air as corporate executives looked on. The chain calls the concept "pizza theater," because customers can watch their orders being made. The new look is part of a four-year-long effort to boost carryout business.
Germany: Natural
gas fracking not
likely soon
Germany's environment minister says he doesn't expect natural gas "fracking" to start any time soon in Europe's biggest economy. Shale gas is located underground across Europe, but environmental concerns are widespread. "Fracking" frees natural gas by injecting wells with chemically treated water and sand. Critics say it can pollute groundwater.
SBA director
Karen Mills
steps down
Karen Mills, who led the Small Business Administration as it focused on helping small companies recover from the Great Recession, is leaving the post she's held for four years. Mills, a former investment banker, won high marks for her efforts to increase lending to small businesses.
AOL posts first
sales growth
in eight years
AOL Inc., the Web publisher that owns the Huffington Post, reported its first sales gain in eight years. Fourth-quarter sales rose 3.9 percent from a year ago to $599.5 million. The growth came from AOL's third-party ad sales business, which helps Web publishers sell ad space.


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Broadcom: What if They Exited Wireless Entirely? Asks Bernstein
Bernstein Research's Stacy Rasgon today reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of chip maker Broadcom (BRCM), and a $36 price target, writing that "Lack of traction in Broadcom's "baseband" business is at the core of the investment controversy around the stock today," referring to the company's attempt to break into the wireless chip business that is the bread and butter of Qualcomm (QCOM).
"Despite several billion dollars of investments, Broadcom's baseband efforts have failed to deliver the goods so far."
Rasgon thinks exiting baseband is not necessarily a viable option, given that in some ways it can serve to protect the company's long-standing business of selling WiFi chips, the "connectivity" franchise, as it's called.
But he does offer some thoughts on other strategies that would involve winding down investments in both baseband and connectivity:
[Scenario #1] While we believe maintaining a strong connectivity franchise will require a successful baseband business, new opportunities arise were Broadcom to be willing to consider exiting Wireless entirely. In such a move, the loss-making baseband business could be shuttered, and the Connectivity franchise sold (Intel as a potential purchaser comes to mind, among others). Based on comps, and Broadcom's positioning, we believe the Connectivity business could be worth as much a $10 / share in a sale to the right buyer [Scenario #2] Similar to actions Texas Instruments took when their wireless business came under pressure, Broadcom could consider something similar should it become clear that structural headwinds in connectivity are in fact real, and unavoidable. In such a scenario Broadcom would de-invest, and run the business for cash. In such a scenario, we believe the NPV of these cash flows could be worth $3-7 or more per share.
Rasgon observes that doing these things would likely produce "a smaller company, but one that would likely be granted a higher multiple as many of the secular headwinds would abate, and the company would be left with a substantial amount of excess cash that could be used to return to
"While contemplating a complete wireless exit may seem drastic, as a "thought experiment" we believe our analysis has substantial merit;
in our opinion if Broadcom's board is not yet considering all options on the table, they really ought to be."
Either such restructuring, or eventual success in baseband, could push the stock above $40, he thinks.
Broadcom shares today fell 5 cents to close at $26.40.


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The Daily Caller asked me which federal department or agency I would most like to see eliminated. If I actually had the power to eliminate one department or agency, I would choose the Department of Health & Human Services, which houses two key pillars of the federal welfare state (Medicare and Medicaid). However, I decided to choose the Community Development Block Grant program for the purpose of bringing attention to the desirability of eliminating federal subsidies to state and local government:
Downsizing Blog
Lobbying Wolves on the Prowl
The other day I noted that the budget cuts agreed to last week contained lots of familiar faces. Many of the agencies and programs getting a trim were also cut in 1995 in a rescissions package put together by Gingrich Republicans. In the fifteen intervening years, federal spending exploded across the board, which means that an occasional trim job doesn't accomplish much if the goal is to limit government.
Air Traffic Control: Too Important for Feds
The government's air traffic controllers have been sleeping on the job, watching movies rather than guiding planes, and misdirecting the First Lady's plane over Washington. There have been soaring numbers of airplane near misses caused by ATC errors over the last year.
Budget Cuts Look Familiar
What do these federal agencies and programs have in common?
Dollar-Store New Deal?
In 1960 Sen. Barry Goldwater called the policies of the Eisenhower administration "a dime store New Deal"—a promise to deliver to the voters everything the Democrats promised, but at a discount. And that has been a fundamental dividing line in the Republican party ever since: Should the GOP challenge the Democrats' fundamental commitment to an ever-bigger federal government, or only promise to deliver services more efficiently and at lower cost to taxpayers?
Cato Video on Minuscule Budget Cuts
A new video produced by Cato's Caleb Brown and Austin Bragg does an excellent job of visualizing the minuscule spending cuts Republicans and Democrats agreed to this week. As the video shows, overall federal spending will actually increase this year despite the cuts.
Federal Spending Trend
My colleague, Tad DeHaven, showed us yesterday that even with the roughly $40 billion spending cut, total outlays will still rise substantially this year, fiscal 2011.
A Sure Way to Lose Re-Election
President Obama says that he supports a "balanced" plan of tax increases and spending cuts to tackle the government's huge debt. The problem is that the fiscal mess in Washington is far from balanced.
Despite GOP Cuts, Spending Increases
Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed to cut federal funding by $38 billion this year (versus fiscal 2010). What does that mean for the overall spending picture?
Farm Subsidies to be Cut?
It's shaping up to being another good year for farm incomes. As a result, policymakers looking for spending cuts are finally turning an eye toward farm subsidies. An emerging target is the $5 billion in annual payments made to farmers…for basically just being farmers.


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Probably going to be a quick one tonight guys.
I came home & watched the replay a little bit ago & I have to ask a question.
Did I hear Quinn Buckner right? Did he say that Jermaine was not handling the Pacers winning & new style very well emotionally? Alberts did a quick cover by saying that J.O. would work perfectly into this new system but by that time the cat was out of the bag.
Am I the only person who heard that? It was in the first quarter for those of you that still have it on tape. I've already deleted mine but you can go back & hear it for yourself.
What I took from that was that Jermaine was not mad or anything he was just hurt by the apperance that the team does better without him. At least that's what I hope he is thinking. That is human, that is understandable & that makes sense to me. I sure as heck don't want to think the guy is mad because they are winning without him.
I'm not going to dwell on this because I don't want all of the replies to just be about that. J.O. looked a lot more involved on the bench from what I could see & on TV he looked like he was supporting the team.
I just hope he tells Rick that he wants to be part of this.
Let's move on.
The bench was rotten to the core during this one. Not a single player came off of that bench & played worth a d@mn IMO.
They're entitled to a stinker just like any other player is, but God let's just hope they don't do this as a group again. One player being off is fine we can even tolerate two but all five????? That's hard to overcome.
But overcome it we did thanks to deadeye shooting from our backcourt & our starting three.
A.J. was 10-14 Peja was 9-16 & Jax was 8-10 from the floor & very few of these shots were dunks.
Now we are not going to shoot like that every night, in fact I doubt if we shoot that good many more games. But for this game it was all that was needed.
In fact if you look at almost every stat across the board the Warriors beat us.
They outrebounded us by 45-43 they had more fast break points than us & had more points in the paint. We did go to the line more often & we each turned the ball over the exact same amount of time.
Due to foul troubles we went with a small lineup on several occasions which did not work out very well for us, but in this case I understand why Rick had to do this.
Let's do the good the bad & the ugly for a change.
The good.
Anthony Johnson. He was the engine that made the car run. There is no better way to put this that I can think of. Whenever A.J. went to the bench we were in trouble. Whenever he was in the game he held the team together & he was the one thing you can not teach, practice or become. You either are or you are not & in this game he was. Clutch.
He still looks like Beetlejuice from Howard Stern so that might make him in the ugly catagory. But his game sure as heck wasn't ugly.
Peja. What can I say other than to admit over & over & over again to everybody. I was wrong.
I didn't want him on our team, I thought that from a talent standpoint this was a horrid trade & that while I would have taken a bag of chips for Nutball I thought Peja was worse than a bag of chips.
I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried. This guy is better at everything than I thought he would be. He is even a better shooter than I though & I always thought he was a good shooter. He is a superstar shooter. We have been blessed with some great pure shooters over the years here. Reggie, Eddie Johnson, Chris Mullin, Dale Davis (I kid, I kid) but Peja is better than all of them with maybe the exception of Reggie. Maybe. He hasn't hit the big time big game shots yet so let's see what he can do there.
Caveat: Chris Mullin was a player at the end of his career when he was here so in fact as a young player Mullin was a better shooter but he had lost his quick release when he was here especially in year 3. But he could still deadeye shoot, just not under pressure anymore.
Back to Peja. He is far more physical than I would have ever dreamed & his rebounding makes me drool. He had 8 boards in this game. Now Granger is going to out do him in the reboudning department eventually but that is no shame because I think evenatually Granger is going to outdo everybody in the rebounding departement on our team.
Stephen Jackson. In one 30 second time frame Jackson took was was a wonderfull, joyous, spectular game. Wadded it up & pitched it in the trash can. Then he came back & redeemed himself (but only to a point)
What am I talking about? Well, simple. He had played out of his mind good both on defense & offense. Then he got his 5th foul & Carlisle took him out of the game. First he waved Rick off, then after it was clear that Granger was going to come in he sighed & hung his head & stood there for a few seconds while Rick is waving for him to come out. He did go out but then stood there & yapped at Carlisle from his seat.
I'm putting Jax's game into the good catagory. His game on the floor was great, probably the best game he has ever played overall here as a Pacer. He was a willing passer for a change, he held his own on defense, he didn't overdribble but on two occasions & he attempted to help on the boards. So I was very very pleased with his on court production.
But this crap of yapping @ Rick everytime he comes off of the floor has got to stop. Obviously he has no respect for the coach because if he did he would not do this in front of his team, the fans & for God's sake the uppermanagement.
I think it's time for TPTB to bring Jax into the office & lay it on the line with him. He does this again, it's a fine. He does it again after that & he loses his starting job for a game. Again he loses his starters spot for three games & after that he gets suspended for conduct detrimental to the team.
Is this tough? Yes, yes it is. But by allowing him to do this crap it just shows other players that they can do it as well. Think A.J. leaving the floor slowly & getting that "T" I said that very night why shouldn't he be able to do it because Jax does this all of the time. What happens to Carlisle if Harrison or Pollard or Foster or Jones or pick any other Pacer starts doing this whenever. What happens when Jax refuses to come out of a game at all?
It's time for the upper guys to step in & back up the coach on this.
I hate to even do this because Jax played a heck of a game, but as we all know from the past three years. Just playing the game well isn't enough.
Jeff Foster. 5-8 from the freethrow line. I'm more happy that he got to the line 8 times than I was with him hitting 5 times. Well I'm happy he hit them as well . He shut Diogu out, period. Ike looked small & insignificant compared to Jeff & there was a reason for that. He was. Foster as the Power Forward thrills me to death. The combo of Foster & Pollard makes me even more happy. I don't know what to do about Austin when he comes back. Well in a game like last night I think it would have been very helpfull to have him in there because of foul trouble. But I really like the tone that Pollard & Foster set out there.
Scot Pollard. Hulk Hogan has nothing on him. He was legitimately p!ssed about blowing that play. Man I hate to see that. I mean nothing upsets me more than a guy caring about his job. Ok, that was sarcasm for those who could not detect it. Isn't it nice to see a guy be mad at himself for a change & not be mad at a ref? No honestly isn't that refreshing? In all honesty he was to hard on himself, even though he didn't grab all that many boards he sure as heck set the tone. He attacked the rim every chance he got & he was setting some bone crunching picks out there.
The bad.
Our bench.
I'm not even going to point them out individually. Our entire bench stunk up the joint & yes that includes Granger who for whatever reason just could not get it going.
Harrison was back in foul trouble, Jones couldn't hit the ocean from the deck of a ship & Saras was useless.
It's best to just pretend these guys didn't play in this game & just move on.
The ugly.
I cold live the rest of my life without seeing this motion from this guy.
Overall, this was another great win. Now we have the world champs coming to town on Sunday so I say let's give it to them & get # 5.
BTW, I am not a believer yet. But I think I'm starting to lean that way.
Now is the time on Odd toughts when we dance. Join me.


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KEVAN Hurst is chasing victory against Leyton Orient tonight in a bid to right his Wembley wrongs.
The Southend United winger has mixed memories of visiting the world famous home of English football.
And the 27-year-old is keen to improve that record by helping Blues win the Johnstone's Paint Trophy this season.
"Things haven't always gone that well for me at Wembley so it would great to get back there and try and even things up a little bit," said Hurst.
"I played in the final of the JPT with Scunthorpe in 2009 but we lost to Luton and then I missed the play-off final that same season because of injury.
"A year later Carlisle got to the final but I didn't play when they beaten by Southampton and they got there 12 months after that as well but I was on loan at Morecambe.
"So I'd love to now get there with Southend and have happy memories of playing there myself."
But, having also experienced playing in the final of the JPT, Hurst is fully aware of the excitement it can bring to the town.
And he is certain the same would happen to Southend, if Paul Sturrock's team can work their way past Leyton Orient at Roots Hall tonight.
"Southend has a great fanbase so I'm sure plenty of fans would go and it would be a great day," said Hurst.
"However, for that to happen we need them right behind us again tonight.
"They were quality in the first leg at Orient and if they can create that kind of buzz then I'm sure the lads will all respond to that."
That includes Hurst who is now close to being fully fit again after being hit by a virus last week and not being 100 per cent right against Northampton Town on Saturday.
"I felt awful last Wednesday and Thursday but took some antibiotics and was OK to play," said Hurst.
"I didn't feel great and I do still feel a bit ropey but by the time the game starts I'm sure I'll be 100 per cent fit.
"And if we get the result we want then I'm sure I won't be feeling at all ill any more!"


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The Deli Bar, 117 Charterhouse Street Lunchtime is always a sort of nightmare. I do not always have the time nor the will to prepare myself something the night before, Pret is not really my cake and eating out gets expensive in the city. Then I found the perfect place. The secret is good ingredients, simple preparations, affordable pricing. It is called The Deli Bar and it is deli shop, cafe, restaurant all in one. Let's start. In the morning it is a cafe with real coffee (Illy) and croissants from Patisserie Valerie. Just perfect for breakfast. It is at lunchtime when it gets busy.You can either buy a takeaway from the deli downstairs or sit at the restaurant. The menu consists of soups, salads, sandwiches, pasta and meat plates. Sandwiches are made from true Italian bread. Huge and filled with cheeses, meats or salads from the deli. Not the usual fare. Pasta is fresh (try the salmon ravioli with nuts sauce). A choice of 2 or 3, the special of the day is not always the best. Salads are quite traditional but it is one of the few places where I eat a nicoise or a Caesar salad. As in everything in the menu, ingredients make the difference. Meat plates are a enormous selection of cuts from downstairs. For a good appetite! The service is smart, fast and friendly. If you are lucky you will get served in less than 10 min ( but sometimes the kitchen gets too busy) I'll recomend going a bit early or late: between 1 to 1:30 is full and it is difficult to find a table unless you have booked. Bill time, after lunch, drinks and coffee it is less than a tenner, cheaper, of course, if you go for the takeaway. Coming to the evening, the menu changes and becomes a kind of tapas-bar with Spanish-Mexican food. So you can find tortilla or chorizo but also guacamole or even cactus! The list is very long and as before the food is really good (but a bit more irregular)
Some of the tapas are small for the price but the value for money is still better than in your average place. And it is not the usual Tex-Mex lot. I will say, go for it, give it a try. I really recomend it to everyone.
Yup, have to say I'm with Pehchiong on this one. Wong Kei's (affectionately known as Wonky's) has to have THE rudest waiting staff in town..... but god it's HILARIOUS! The place is ENORMOUS, something like 5 floors of it, and even if the tables are all full (it happens on Friday and Saturday nights) they sandwich you in somewhere, usually on the end of someone else's table! So it's great for the social life. Once I got put on a table with a load of people and we had loads of weird coincidences! Some of us had been to the same Uni, some of had lived in the same places.... the list goes on! Anyway, importantly, despite the service Wong Kei's is one of the busiest places around, so why? Well it's PHENOMENALLY cheap, they pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap. The food is good, considering the price, not the best, but good. If you're around China-town and have a spare few quid drop by Wong Kei's. Put it this way, you'll save even more money on the tip!
Very central which is always as bonus as it means you havent got far to stagger once you are full and hammered ( a lovely combination!!) Book a table( especially at the weekend) as it gets really busy. Tends to be full of fantastically goodlokoking people which is always good andisn't half as expensive as you think. About £3 -5 for starters and £6 - 12 for mains - but the food tastes fab!! Great atmosphere (as it is like a big conservatory) and really nice to sit with wine and chill afterwards too. Service can be brask though!!
The Gourmet Pizza Company is located on Gabriels Wharf on the South Bank, just by the National Theatre. It is a fantastic location, right on the river and you can even sit outside in the summer and watch the world go by. This is a great place to eat on a warm summers evening. The food, Pizza and Pasta (mainly) is very good and very reasonably priced. Everyone I have been there with has always been impressed. The staff are friendly and the house wine good. If you are going on a summers weekend, it can get very busy and you may have to queue. I'm not sure if you can book, but it's worth a try - book a table with a river view! If it's full, why not try Studio 6, still in Gabriels wharf, but without the river view (but you can sit outside). Food is modern British and quite reasonable. Again though, this place is heaving in the summer.


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IN JUNE 2011, the United States Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration launched a nationwide initiative to increase shellfish populations in the nation's coastal waters.
According to NOAA, the environmental benefits include providing habitat for endangered and threatened species; species recovery; cleaner water and nutrient removal; and shoreline protection.
The states serving as partners in expanding opportunities for shellfish farming and restoration include Washington and California, which are members of the Seattle-based Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, as well as Maryland, Louisiana, and Alabama.
NOAA singles out the Washington state shellfish initiative as an example of a "comprehensive federal, state, and industry partnership that promotes new economic opportunities, restoration and improved water quality, as well as science on the impacts of ocean acidification on local oysters."
The Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower's Association, as well as local Tomales Bay growers, strongly supports the continuation of shellfish cultivation in Drakes Estero.
Recently Washington Congressman Doc Hastings announced an investigation into the science used to evaluate the environmental impacts of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.He said, "The National Park Service has for years been dogged by allegations that the science used to estimate harbor seal disturbances and more recently impacts on the national seashore's soundscape do not justify closure of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co., which has provided a sustainable source of shellfish in northern California. ... It is imperative that the department's decision be based on sound science . ..."
Despite the millions of dollars spent on National Park Service science found lacking in studies by the National Academy of Sciences, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Department of the Interior Inspector General and the department's Solicitor General's Office, there have been no studies on the potential impact on Drakes Estero of removing the shellfish, in particular the oysters.
This is particularly short sighted at a time when millions of dollars are being spent to restore oysters because of their environmental benefits.
As water and climate scientist Peter Gleick has said, "Good science is not Democratic or Republican. Scientific integrity, logic, reason, and the scientific method are core to the strength of our nation. We may disagree among ourselves about matters of opinion and policy, but we (and our elected representatives) must not misuse, hide or misrepresent science and fact in service of our political wars."
The legal issues raised by Interior Secretary's Kenneth Salazar's denying DBOC an upland permit, including the state's right to lease the Drakes Estero water bottoms for shellfish cultivation, are in the hands of the courts.
In California, the Fish and Game Commission has reasserted its continuing right to harvest oysters in the estuary. But whatever the outcome in the courts, the public, particularly the community that is impacted by National Park Service actions, has an interest in understanding the process that led to Secretary Salazar's decision.
Congress, not the judicial system, is best equipped to investigate and make transparent that process. Congressman Hasting inquiry could be a helpful first step.
Congressman Jared Huffman has an outstanding record in support of the environment over the years, both as an attorney for the National Resources Defense Council and during his tenure in the state Assembly. His district includes all the shellfish growing areas along the coast north of San Francisco.
I urge all environmentalists, whether they support sustainable agriculture or advocate for wilderness protections, to join in asking Congressman Huffman to demonstrate the courage of his convictions as an environmentalist and seize the opportunity to turn the House Committee on Natural Resources investigation into a bipartisan effort to ensure that the best science available is used in making decisions that affect the future of Drakes Estero and other shellfish producing areas around the country.
Longtime Marin architect Sim Van der Ryn is a former state architect and has served as a professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley.


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Just wanted to let you know how much I LOVE THE PINK MOSCATO. I bought my first bottle today and what a real treet. I have been drinking the Moscato for a long time and love it also but the pink is perfect. Will definately purchase more and by the way THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR THE SCREW CAP.
Blush Wines
Keeping with our pink theme this month here's a little Wine 101 about Blush Wines:
- There is a difference between blush and rosé wines: blush are sweeter and a lighter pink, while rosé are dry and a deeper pink.
- If you're planning a trip to Europe and can't live without your blush wine, don't be surprised if you get a blank stare when you order it. Countries in Europe refer to all pink wine as rosé.
- You can try to make your own! This isn't how the professionals do it, but you can create blush wine by adding red and white wine together. It might be fun to serve it alongside actual blush wine and see if anyone can tell the difference!
- Food to pair blush wine with: poultry, pork, seafood or any spicy cuisine.
- Interested?! Try these blush wines from Sutter Home: White Zinfandel, White Merlot, and Pink Moscato!
And don't forget, you can order wine from our online store One Stop Wine Shop straight to your door! *Some states not eligible due to state laws (so find it in a store near you!)
I have to say that I bought my first bottle of Pink Moscato at Sam's Club and I love it. I called my friend about it and told her that I was going to buy her a bottle and now she can't wait. I hope that the Pink Moscato stays. I agree with Sandy on this. I will be buying more.
I bought my first bottle of wine for my birthday and this was so good . I love it , and the color please continue to make more of this . This made my first wine experience very enjoyable and will buy again .


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By dedicating resources to care management and focusing on data reporting and quality measurement, Aetna and NovaHealth were able to reduce inpatient hospital days by 50%, admissions by 45%, and readmissions by 56% in a group of 750 Medicare Advantage enrollees, compared to statewide Medicare fee-for-service averages.
Even though Aetna provided an additional management fee per patient to NovaHealth providers, total monthly costs of caring for the 750 people in the test group were 16.5% to 33% lower than other Medicare enrollees in Maine, according to the study, and clinical quality metrics for diabetes, ischemic vascular disease, annual physician office visits, and post-discharge care were "consistently high."
[ Is it time to re-engineer your Clinical Decision Support system? See 10 Innovative Clinical Decision Support Programs. ]
Most of the patient contact in that study was via nurse practitioners, but now Aetna subsidiary Accountable Care Solutions (ACS)--formerly known as Aligned Care Solutions--is working to automate some of its ACO efforts, according to Aetna ACS CEO Dr. Charles Kennedy, notably as part of a partnership with Banner Health in Arizona. "We will start to use technology to replace people," said Kennedy, who had been VP of health IT at rival WellPoint prior to joining Aetna in July 2011.
"Our goal is to reengineer how healthcare is provided, and the basic premise of that is population medicine," Kennedy told InformationWeek Healthcare. "We've had some very good results," he added, noting that the NovaHealth program produced the best outcomes ACS has seen among its Medicare Advantage members.
Last week, independently run Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, offering disease management and other health management services, announced that it would integrate its myActiveHealth personal health record (PHR) with another Aetna property, the mobile iTriage app. The integration allows myActiveHealth users to carry their health information with them to medical appointments and access data from their mobile phones, and it also streamlines the process of delivering personalized messages to patients in ACS programs.
iTriage, a service Aetna acquired last year, also offers a symptom-checking service, a healthcare provider finder, and estimated wait times for some hospital emergency departments via a website and a mobile app for Apple and Android devices. The mobile version often is more convenient for patients, Kennedy noted.
"One of the biggest challenges with an ACO is that the patient can go anywhere for their care," said Bruce Henderson, head of integrated solutions for Aetna's Emerging Businesses division. But despite the challenges, there is an upside. Referring to care management itself, Henderson pointed out: "This creates stickiness."
Kennedy said he believes current electronic health records (EHR) technology is "of limited value to ACOs" in that EHRs tend to be more focused on capturing billing codes to maximize reimbursement than on assuring better outcomes. Quality metrics need to be presented at the point of care, in real time, something that Kennedy believes Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use EHR incentive program do not encourage much of.
"Stage 3 is hopefully going to be more in that direction," Kennedy said.
The ACO model is meant to empower consumers. "The majority of the cost of care in any population is in chronic diseases," Kennedy noted. Chronic conditions need to be managed primarily in the home and generally away from traditional healthcare settings. "You have to extend the doctor-patient relationship into the home through technology," he said.
As a bonus, technology helps patients remember and understand instructions from their doctors that often get forgotten when given verbally in a clinical setting, according to Kennedy.