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I would be glad to see Sanford enter the fray again, he's a lot more like DeMint than Tim Scott. Perhaps he can hang around long enough to run against Lindsey Graham but I'm sure that will never happen. He's not perfect by any stretch but he's much better than most any other choice we have.
Mat catastrophe - Maybe your not understanding or maybe your just ignoring the points that have been made. The roads were paid for already. To indicate that I still owe something for them would mean I would pay for them twice. When I am hired, perform the work, and am paid, my client owes me nothing more. Under your logic, if I inherited a house from my parents, I would owe the builder and not my parents who actually paid for it. The government works for us, not the other way around. Once we have paid for the services or products, the deal is over. Nobody owes anyone anymore. The regulation imposed on me, is mostly counter productive, and it drives up costs. Anytime someone like me complains and wants it scaled back or eliminated, people start screaming about safety and quality control. As if they're involvement had a significant effect on those concerns anyway. They mostly create an illusion of safety and security. What we have to put up with in return is not worth it, most people would rather take the risks, since it is an illusion anyway. Just ask anyone who has had to file workers comp if they were protected, the government requires me to carry it, and as a result, the comp companies do not have to operate in the free market for my business, they also can drag out claims for years, all the while, offering a smaller and smaller settlement to the worker who has been hurt. There is nothing I can do about this because I am required by law to carry it. Their most basic policy actually covers nothing, you heard that right, nothing. They collect their premium and are liable for not one thing but atleast I have a government approved certificate that proves I'm concerned about safety right? As I said, it is an illusion of security, atleast if the worker got hurt and didn't have any protection, he would know about it, he would be aware of the risks he's taking. This is the same philosophy that supports seat belt laws and it is ridiculous. Under our current system, government involvement is a negative, not a positive. The passive infastructure is good and is needed and my business benefits from it. It also has already been paid for by my predecessors and I owe nothing on them except for maintenance which comes out of my taxes anyway. To insinuate that business owners who actually do operate in the free market and have to deal with regulation still owe the government something is insulting in the extreme for many of us, that's why Mr. Hunter wrote this article. As for Romney, like I said, he and Obama are pretty similar anyway, you guys who have so much faith in government should be happy because once again, we really don't have a choice.
Mat Catastrophe - If you think that government intrusion into small business is about safety for myself, my clients, or my employees, then I have a multi level marketing package that I would love to show you some time. You are speaking of something you know nothing about. And no, I haven't ever accepted a government contract or a small business loan, nor have I applied for one. If you want to talk about how small businesses benefit from passive government action then we should also talk about their effect on small businesses as a whole. If I benefit from passive action such as roads, infrastructure, schools, this doesn't mean I owe the government anything, as many have already said, taxes paid for those projects. The regulation I deal with is forced on me, I'm expected to pay for it in addition to a host of other taxes/fees, and their claims of safety standards and such are a crock. Their involvement in my business and in most everything else they involve themselves in have two basic effects, increased cost and decreased efficiency. To claim that their involvement in my business has been helpful in any way is absolutely ludicrous. Most business owners will tell you a similar story. I'm not a Romney supporter, there is no meaningful difference between him and Obama anyway.
So many comments on here from people who apparently don't understand freedom. I have had a small business since 2003 and let me tell you, the only thing the government does is get in the way. Have you ever had to deal with OSHA before? It's a joke, and it's not even about safety. Have you ever had to pull building permits? Every time I do business I have some kind of hurdle to jump over to accommodate the government. There's a word for this, it's called oppression. If so many people like Socialism there are a bunch of places you can go, let America be for the risk takers. Freedom, like life comes with inherent risks.


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In this small tutorial i will show you a simple windows trick. Basically you can not make folder with no name on windows. This trick will allow you to make folder without any name. This trick works on any windows operating system.
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Before attempting this trick, try to make a folder with no name and you will fail to do so. This is what this trick will let you do. Below is screenshot of folder before and after doing this interesting trick.
- Make a Newfolder on desktop or where ever you want.
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- Erase the text showing "New Folder".
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Unanswered: autoexpand property in textbox
I'm trying to get a control that has the look of a textbox (no arrow and no drop down list) but has the property of a combobox (the property I'm interested is the autoexpand).
Does someone know if this is (im)possible?
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On click or ongotfocus you could make a hidden list control appear and get focus. on exit of the list box you could hide it again. If both the list box and the textbox are bound to the same column, then it should work without any extra coding.
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mmm.... well, maybe I wasn't clear: the aim is a textbox with autoexpand capacity (autoexpand property is the one that while you are writing it will suggest you how to continue by adding the rest of the word/sentence; like in excel). This property exist in comboboxex but not in textboxes, so I was thinking to get a combo and make it look like a textbox, that means without dropdown list and without arrow.
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i have understood and fully internalised what you want.
the why (...& how) is still absent
tell us how you think it should operate.
your not-combo or arrowless-combo or textbox-with-rowsource has the following (deliberately not sorted in my example) data behind it:
and you type "sm"
...what are you waiting to see happen at this stage?
...also, (assuming whatever-is-the-arrowless-combo-equivalent-of no additions or confine to list is set), what do you expect to happen when you type "smz"
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in other words he wants an autocomplete txtbox that draws upon a field but wants the user to typr a few letters...Like on this and another forum I have auto complete on. So when I type Rg, "rguy84" automatically pops up then my password pops in that box. But if I type Rh nothing happens.
Davide- like izy said what do you want to happen when Rh is typed?Ryan
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I get P2138 (throttle positioning sensor) and P2127 (low voltage E) I have replaced the throttle body/positioning sensor .Car will go for about 3 days and get both check engine lights and power loss. Sometimes when I fill the tank they both go out. If I open and shut the gas cap the loss of power light will go off. I don't know what voltage output the two O2 sensors are supposed to do but #1 modulates quite a bit and #2 modulates but not as big a swing as #1. Driving me nuts.
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It seems like such an unusual combination of foods. Why is chicken and waffles such a big hit in the south?
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I never heard of that in all of my life until I saw Oprah visit Aretha Franklin's restaurant last year. Maybe it was popular in some other states but Texas, which has some great southern food, never had it as a "trend." Chicken and biscuits, though? Oh yeah! :)
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I had not heard of it either, until lately. I've been watching a lot of Food Network for the past month and seeing restauranteurs in the south serving it up. There was one restaurant in Louisiana that only served chicken and waffles with side dishes.
I have to say as a "girl raised in the south", I've never had the pleasure of having chicken and waffles together. I do, however, put honey on my spicy chicken biscuits, so my guess is that we (and many non-Southerners) like the combination of sweet (waffles) and savory (chicken). Otherwise, my guess is as good as anyone else's. Hope you find your best answer soon :)
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I have heard of chicken and biscuits together. And, I have put honey on my biscuits. It all makes sense. Now I can see how waffles would make an alternate paring with chicken.


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Can cardiomyopathy be prevented?
Cardiomyopathy is a term that describes the end result of many diseases and illnesses. The type of heart muscle damage that occurs and the subsequent decrease in the pumping capability of the heart depends upon the injury, the amount of damage to the heart, and the potential for recovery.
Some cardiomyopathies are completely preventable, for example alcoholic cardiomyopathy due to long-term excessive alcohol consumption. Others are unavoidable such as cardiomyopathy due to a viral infection.
Living a healthy lifestyle will help minimize the risk of developing some cardiomyopathies. This includes maintaining a healthy, balanced diet and pursuing a routine exercise regimen, For ischemic cardiomyopathy, risk reduction includes life-long control of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
In patients who are at risk for genetic cardiomyopathy such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, screening echocardiograms may be advisable to prevent sudden cardiac death.
What is the outlook for a person with cardiomyopathy?
Cardiomyopathy is a prevalent disease. In the United States, up to a half million people develop a dilated cardiomyopathy every year. Ischemic cardiomyopathy may be present in up to 1% of the population. Because cardiomyopathy tends to be progressive, mortality depends upon the amount of heart pumping function loss; and one goal of therapy is to slow the rate of this loss.
Research on new medical and surgical treatments continues, ranging from new medications, stem cell research, and innovative types of implantable heart assist devices. Ongoing clinical trials for patients with cardiomyopathies are being conducted by the National Institutes of Health.
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Couple married for 67 years die two hours apart
AN ELDERLY couple who spent almost everyday together for 67 years have died of natural causes within two hours of one another.
Devoted Hugh Nees, 94 and wife Joan, 92, always said they did not want to live in a world without each other.
Sadly, that nightmare came reality when Mr Nees died of cancer at his rest home earlier this week.
Yet just two hours later, Mrs Nees also tragically passed away after she suffered a stroke.
The two long-term lovers had recently moved into the rest home in Wellington, New Zealand together after spending almost seven decades together.
Their devastated son, Robert, described their departure as "sad but happy".
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He told a local newspaper: "Life wasn't easy for the last little while and that's over, that's all good.
"They were strong Christians and therefore they knew where they were going, and they had no problem about going there."
Their daughter Joy said the timing of their deaths was a "miracle".
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So you ask yourself whats the Motswako Republic Album? Well HHP is working on a project that will feature the original cabinet and future of Motswako. I tried to get more detail and this is the answer Jabba gave me.
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IT'S the sort of off-hand comment that would have the Ari Gold sweating blood. Don't pay A-list talent millions of dollars, they're not worth it.
But when Brad Pitt told the BBC that actors could no longer command multi-million-dollar salaries, he was voicing something box office analysts have long realised.
Blockbusters are no longer star-driven. In fact, Hollywood's biggest grossing movies, the ones that have crossed the billion dollar mark, feature few if any A-List stars on their cast list.
Pitt, who regularly features on Forbes list of highest paid actors, was promoting his latest film, Killing Them Softly, when asked if stars could still expect $10 million pay cheques.
"Yeah, that thing died. That arithmetic doesn't really work right now. That deal's not flying these days.
"A lot of the studios have been challenged because of the economic downturn as well so they've been betting on bigger, more tent pole kinds of things.
"At the same time that opens up a vacuum for really interesting new filmmakers to come in."
Pitt made $25 million last year, according to Forbes, while the biggest earning star of 2011 was Tom Cruise, who banked a spectacular $75 million.
However, Cruise's name failed to draw the crowds to his latest film Rock of Ages, which bombed at the box office, earning just $50 million.
Cruise's biggest film to date, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, made $693 million, which while impressive is quite a bit behind the likes of The Avengers and Avatar.
Other big names who failed to attract the crowds this year include Johnny Depp; whose $150 million horror comedy Dark Shadows made only $237 million worldwide, and Adam Sandler, whose comedy That's My Boy ended up with just $49 million.
Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn also flopped in The Watch, which is heading towards box office oblivion, staggering considering the talent involved.
The fact that movies starring Cruise, Sandler and Stiller made less together than Magic Mike, a low-budget film about strippers, confirms the star system is well and truly over.
The only A-lister whose movies have broken the billion-dollar mark is Johnny Depp. However, audiences seem to like his Pirates of the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow, not the actor himself, as the poor box office of his last two movies, Dark Shadows and The Rum Diary, suggests.
A-List actors can still sell movies, especially in countries like China. South Korea and Russia where a recognisable name can attract audiences, but the days when a star's name alone could open a movie are over.
Audiences are reacting to spectacle and franchises. That's why movies like The Avengers, Spider-man and Avatar break box office records.
What's interesting about Pitt's comment is that a decade ago he would be talking about $20 million, not $10 million salaries, which suggests Hollywood has already fallen out of love with its stars.
What makes money for Hollywood these days: All-Time Worldwide Box office
1 Avatar - $2.781 billion
2 Titanic - $2.185 billion
3 The Avengers - $1.507 billion
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - $1.327 billion
5 Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1.123 billion
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $1.119 billion
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $1.065 billion
8 Toy Story 3 - $1.062 billion
9 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $1.041 billion
10 The Dark Knight Rises - 1.040 billion
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I'm speechless when it comes to this Tesoro Coral Teapot ($600) from Bergdorf Goodman. This teapot, which has hand-applied 14-karat gold accents and white-tipped coral covering it, is part of L'Objet, a collection combining "unexpected elements and textures to create luxurious tableware and elegant home decor."
To begin, I would never buy a teapot; I just use regular ole pots to heat up de l'eau. And if I did buy a teapot, I wouldn't spend six hundred smackers on it. But if, for some reason, this Tesoro coral teapot landed in my kitchen cupboard, I still can't imagine serving my tea party attendees jasmine in it. I'm just plain baffled.


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Introducing Non-Duality
Watch a five minute video of Rupert Spira's introduction to the perennial non-dual understanding
The Nature of Consciousness
Rupert's new paperback The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter. Foreword by Deepak Chopra.
Transparent Body,
Luminous World
Rupert Spira's new box set featuring six mp3 CDs with over 30 hours of guided yoga meditations, a 248-page paperback book of transcripts of the spoken meditations, and a slipcase
Live Webinar - 23 November
The Webinars begin with a meditation led by Rupert, after which there is an open question and answer session.
Evening Meeting in Hampstead - 24 November
The meeting starts with a guided meditation followed by a question & answer session
Seven Day Retreat at Buckland Hall - December 2017
Meetings start with a Meditation followed by a Question and Answer session.
Weekend in Amsterdam - 16 to 18 March 2018
Meetings start with a meditation, followed by a discussion.
The Light of Pure Knowing
Rupert Spira's box set featuring thirty meditations. Includes six mp3 CDs with 18 hours of audio; a book of transcriptions of the spoken meditations; and a slipcase.
The Ashes of Love
Paperback edition of The Ashes of Love. The book features 280 sayings on non-duality by Rupert Spira, taken from conversations with friends.


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I cannot wait until Top Chef Season 8 (December 1st). All of the chefs in the competition are extremely talented. No chefs cannot cook this time, everyone has tons of skill. I am excited to see how Marcel does. He was Michael Voltaggio's sous chef at The Bazaar after his Season 2 performance. I have a feeling that Marcel is much more talented now then when he was on Season 2.
I think the top competitors will be Richard, Jennifer, Angelo, and Tiffani Faison. They are my pick for the top four. Richard and Angelo should have won their season, but choked in the finally.
The All Stars are great, but some of the best chefs in Top Chef were left out (Kevin Gillespie, Bryan Voltaggio, Stefan, and Kenny) :(
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: On Thursday, Mike Leach's attorney released statements from Texas Tech's trainer and team physician that seemed to support, or at least minimize Leach's actions in regards to Adam James. On Saturday, the university provided affidavits that appear to contradict the coach's account.
Now that Mike Leach has put out his side of the events that led to his eventual dismissal at Texas Tech and internal e-mails have been released relating to the contentious contract negotiations from the end of last season, a juicy controversy has erupted into a full-blown civil war, with players, staff, coaches, alumni, fans, and pundits choosing sides.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Sandra Stillwell Goes to New Orleans, Pt. 5
We've now made it to Saturday, with only 24 hours left at Sandra's Convention. Let's savor it while we can! Breakfast was titled French Connections, and featured the doll above, Entre-nous, as the centerpiece.
Attendees received Ca C'est Bon, pictured posing here inside that incredible diorama. I want it!
Once again, Patsy had outdone herself with these miniature magazines/posters:
Some of the other fashions for sale included Mon Cher:
Since I usually go for black and white, I changed it up this time and pre-ordered the coral version:
My Years & Seasons in blue could possibly be my favorite outfit from the Convention:
A highlight of the Convention was meeting Kathy Johnson (left), hair-stylist supreme of the doll world. Just as nice in person as she is to work with. On the right is Aretha McCrary-Tennessee.
Designer George Sarofeen spoke on French Connections:
Jacques Fath:
See the connection?
Hubert Givenchy:
He helped make Audrey Hepburn a fashion icon:
and last but not least, Jacques Griffe:
What happens between meals behind the scenes? Feverish last minute detailing in the work room, as shown by Helen:
And then before you know it, it's time for lunch, titled New Orleans Style. And stylish it was! Bed of Roses was the centerpiece:
I had to get The Magic Season:
If you recall from the previous post, I had seen its real-life inspiration in the archives of the History Museum:
The vintage magazine where it made its society debut:
Frou-Frou and Southern Comfort were a hit; Trent really looked like he belonged on the plantation with a mint julep!
If Canal Street Clientele looks familiar...
its because its inspiration was also at the archives. Again...gorgeous detailing!
Those who stayed for the Pat Boone movie "Mardi Gras" were able to see Trent in Dance with a Movie Star:
It really was a cute movie! And of course, Patsy pulled through again:
Hang on - just one more installment to come!
See more Sandra Stillwell Belle of New Orleans Convention photos at my website.
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Now-go get one As Soon As Possible- ASAP-. A tetnus booster is needed about every 8 years. You can scratch yourself on wood or steel and get tetnus. Tetnus is carried by horses, cows, and other animals. It's in the dirt and wood. When I was around horses and cows, my doctors had me get one almost every year. The last day of May 2011, I was walking my dogs. 2 big dogs jumped on my female and knocked her down. I was trying to hold my dogs, and my arm was very bloody from being scraped back and forth on the sidewalk. My doctors were very happy that my last tetnus shot was 3 years ago. Tetnus shots are to help keep you well during an accident. get your shot- and good luck-Tetnus is a painful and horrible way to die.
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Angle 1: Slowing Down, Enjoying the Ride
In yesterday's blog post I shared some thoughts about encouraging our students to spend more time with their writing topics by writing about the same topic in multiple ways. I challenged you to model this for your students. I also promised that I would help you get started by demonstrating this for you. Below you can read a narrative about one of my recent experiences. Tomorrow I'll share another angle.
Slowing Down, Enjoying the Ride
I had just finished presenting an in-service on the traits of writing at a school in Ogdensburg, NJ. It was 12:30 pm and my flight didn't leave until 4:25 pm, so I had plenty of time to make the 1 1/2 hour drive to the airport in Allentown, PA. Or so I thought. Not far into my trip, traffic came to a crawl and then a dead stop. Several cars in front of me turned off the road, allowing me a good view of the culprit:
a line painting truck (technical term)
Every so often the truck would pull off the side of the road—to let the traffic pass, I thought. But no traffic was allowed through. ??? Great, I thought. I was planning on getting to the airport early and using that time to get some work done. This slow-down was eating into my work time. But as we crawled along at 5 mph, I began to look around and notice the vibrant fall colors and the beautiful New Jersey countryside.
Prior to this trip the only areas of New Jersey I had seen were the urban parts of Cherry Hill, Newark, and New Brunswick. I didn't even know New Jersey had landscapes like this. After the traffic finally picked up, I found myself wanting to linger a little longer just to enjoy the gorgeous colors and rural landscapes. I even took a couple of purposeful detours down some side roads and got out to take some photos. (After all, I did have a few hours to kill).
As I drove and enjoyed the view, I thought about our lives as teachers. By now you are well into the school year and moving at a pretty fast clip, I suspect. Depending on where you teach, you may be doing progress reports, completing report cards, or preparing for parent-teacher conferences. Life is moving quickly. Are you enjoying the ride? How about the view? When is the last time you slowed down to take a breath—either in the classroom or out? If you haven't done so lately, go outside and take a long walk or read a book just for fun. Do something you enjoy. I promise, you will be a better teacher for it.


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Does It Pay To Be Productive? The Case Of Age Groups
Using longitudinal matched employer-employee data for the period 1999-2006, the authors investigate the relationship between age, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, they examine how changes in the proportions of young (16-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm heterogeneity, endogeneity and state dependence) suggest that workers older than 49 are significantly less productive than prime age and young workers.
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If he planned to end abruptly like that with no conclusion apart from the Hifumi problem (and it didnt even because of axing), he kind of signal his own death note as an author.. Peoples will remember what he did with this series and be reluctant to follow in fear of similar ending.
Of course, I havent read past the scanlated stuff.. but we will see how it is by then.
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This ending does look pretty rushed.
Normally when a manga ends, the publisher will announce the end of the manga an issue or several issues before in the magazine. There was no such announcement in the magazine that contained Chapter 58. The end of Change 123 must've been the mangaka's idea. We can only speculate as to why the mangaka would want to end it so abruptly (maybe the mangaka couldn't keep coming up with interesting ideas to keep the story going aside from introducing more girls like Sora, etc?).
Personally, I would've liked to see more of HiFuMi's school life and watch the relationship develop a lot more between Teruharu and Motoko (at the rate it was going it would've taken decades for them to do anything more than kiss) but I can understand why the mangaka would end it rather than continue to drag the story on. I'm hoping the mangaka will release more Change 123 material in the future in the form of omakes or gaiden stories.
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This is horrible...horrible...horrible news. However, with the number of chapters that have yet to be scanlated and their length, it is feasible to come to some sort of conclusion. Of course, if it didn't end some things probably would have been drawn out and expanded.
This would have made an awesome anime, even though it ran the risk of having the fan service rule it, ruining the plot like R+V & OH.
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Actually, I was expecting that ending, just not so soon. Everyone knew Motoko would have to deal with her personaility issue and her past.
I was just hoping that Kosukegawa would grow a pair first and save Motoko by going toe to toe against Zero in a fight...
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since who knows how long this will take to see the light of day, if ever, someone just spoil the ending for me. There was nothing going on that was so amazing that i have to see it myself(such as Kosuke fighting or something). Last chapter I read was 55 i think, where, at the end, a wild kamen raider zero? appeared.
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AWIU Board of Directors
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Carol Robertson Lopez
Carol is currently serving as the Executive Director of the New Mexico Children's Foundation. She has been a member of the Board of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market since its creation. Carol is the President of the American Women for International Understanding and recently returned from an AWIU delegation to Ethiopia. She also serves as the Chair of the Santa Fe Sister Cities Committee and the Bukhara/Santa Fe Sisters Cities. She is the immediate Past President of the International Women's Forum-New Mexico. She is on the Honorary Board of Sister Cities International based in Washington, DC and serves as State Coordinator.
Carol served two terms on the Santa Fe City Council and six as Mayor ProTempore. In addition to Chairing Public Works, Finance and Public Safety, a major accomplishment was the securing the funds for the building of the Southside Library. She served as State President of the New Mexico Municipal League and traveled extensively throughout New Mexico in her positions. Carol served a long career in various administrative positions in state government including: the New Mexico Department of Transportation, the Office of the Attorney General in Santa Fe, the State Personnel Office, and the State Planning Division. She received the 2004 Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women.
Her passion is travel and learning about the world with her husband Jeff, a Peace Corp Volunteer. She gardens, swims and is an avid reader.[/team_member]
Maria Emmi Schory
First Vice President
Maria is currently serving on the AWIU Board of Directors, is co-chair of the New York State Chapter and is a member of the 50th Anniversary Committee and the Internationalism Award Committee. She co-chaired the Board Meeting events in Buffalo in October, 2016.
Maria is the Vice-President of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo Preservation Foundation and was President of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo, the second oldest private women's club in the country. She served as President of Young Audiences-Western New York for three years and was on the Board of Directors of the Junior League of Buffalo. She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Council of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. Maria holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in School Administration and an MS. Ed. In Speech Pathology from State University College at Buffalo, and a B.A. in Communication Disorders from State University of NY at Buffalo. She retired from the Buffalo Public School System as a Special Education Coordinator.[/team_member]
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AWIU Vice President; Chicago Chapter. AWIU Delegate to Burma. AWIU Delegation Committee, Co-Chair. Leader, Chiapas Delegation. AWIU Nominating Committee, 2016. High School English Teacher, Chicago Board of Education. Software, United Airlines. Mentor, Leukemia/ Lymphoma Society. Chicago Greeter, Tourism Office. Docent, Chicago Architecture Foundation. [/team_member]
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As AWIU Vice President, Louise Simon Schoene is a citizen diplomat and community advocate who volunteers her time to projects and organizations that are working for change.
She serves as Trustee of Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School, a Member of the Advisory Council at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center and New York State Coordinator for Sister Cities International. In 2010 she was appointed an Honorary AmeriCorps member.She currently is preparing for a three generational Burchfield art show that will be held at The Kenan Center in Lockport, New York from April 30 to June 16, 2017, featuring highlights of her Burchfield collection. The Burchfield generational collection features over six hundred pieces of art of Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967), Martha Burchfield Richter (1924-1977), Catherine Burchfield Parker (1926-2012) and Peggy Richter Haug (1948-). She completed a B.S. in Transportation, Travel, and Tourism from Niagara University and is working towards a Masters of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies (Public Relations) at SUNY Buffalo State.
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Debra L. Beck, Orange County Chapter, joins the AWIU Board in 2015 for a 2-year term. She will serve on the Executive Committee as Board Secretary.
Debra's prior AWIU positions have included Chairman of the Nominating Committee and member of the By-laws Committee, International Women of Courage Celebration Committee, International Women of Courage Internationalism Award Committee and National Board Member. She values her membership and encourages others to join AWIU for the opportunity to promote citizen diplomacy through delegation trips, to support the awarding of grants to women in other countries and to increase awareness and understanding of vital international issues.
Active in politics, public affairs and civic education, Debra has served on civic boards that include the World Affairs Council of Orange County, the World Affairs Council of the Desert, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge (Orange County Chapter) and California State University, Fullerton Non-profit Professionals Alumni Association. International travels have included serving on a political party delegation to Germany and a World Affairs Councils of America delegation to Jordan. International studies have been at The Hague Academy of International Law in The Hague, Netherlands, at the United Nations International Leadership Academy in Amman, Jordan and in Beijing, China through the Western State University, College of Law International Program.
Debra earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton and a Juris Doctor Degree from Western State University, College of Law in San Diego, California.
Jo Ann Troha
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Following the report of the death of Xaverian missionary Fr Giuseppe Mauri, in a road accident last week, Fr Joao Bortoloci, head of Xaverian Missionaries in Mozambique has issued more details. on the Xaverian website. He writes that Fr Giuseppe, 51, was killed at about 8am on 15 April when the car in which he was travelling to Maputo crashed head on with a truck. The missionary was working in Mozambique at the Chibututuine mission. Fr Giuseppe 'Beppe' Mauri, was born at Ronco Briantino, Milan. He entered the Xaverian Seminary in 1963 and was ordained in 1980. From 1982 to 1989 he worked in the Democratic Congo ; after that he worked in Xaverian communities in Great Britain where he also served as Superior. For some years he had been in Mozambique where he was involved in teaching and missionary animation. In one of his recent letters Fr Mauri wrote: "I have not written for so long that I have almost forgotten how to write. The reason I have not written is not that I don't want to or that I have nothing to say. The reason is that I have no time. School keeps me very busy. I have to prepare the lessons, write my reports, correct homework, take part in class meetings. "In recent months I have also devoted myself to helping terminally ill patients with AIDS through the last weeks of their life. I take them to hospital for medical examinations and tests and visit them at home. It is sad to see long lines of people waiting to be seen. I often wonder if its worth it. But then I realize that a visit to the doctor gives them new courage to keep on living; at least they do not so feel so abandoned..." "Besides helping AIDS patients I also do missionary animation. We organized a formation course for catechists, or rather for people who want to become catechists. The course lasted a week and about 30 came: 4 adults and 26 young people between 16 and 22. There was also Lucia, an exceptional girl, only 12 years old but intelligent and enthusiastic: she wants to be a catechist. Imagine, for two years now every Wednesday afternoon Lucia goes to another community, a half an hour's walk away, to teach hymns and read the Gospel to people who cannot read..." "It is moving and exciting to meet young people like these who cling to the Lord with all their strength. They are adolescents like all the others, with all the problems of the age group; what is more that are poor and alone. They have no one to help them. But they find the strength to work for the Lord with an enthusiasm of which only they are capable. It is true that the Lord is in them and that he helps them." Source: Xaverian News Service


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The Penn Spinfisher Surf Spinning rods are constructed with powerful lightweight graphite tubular blanks. The guides are aluminum-oxide for increased casting distance. These rods have EVA grips and graphite reel seats.
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By GTJeff
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June 24, 2016
Penn Spinfisher Surf Rod a great Value!
A few years ago, I bought into the Penn Spinfisher line of graphite/comp Surf rods. I started off with the 10' length and then settled in to getting the 9' models. The rod is incredibly light when compared to other Surf rods of the same type. The rod blank has lots of backbone to handle most any fish that you encounter. One overlooked item with this rod is that Penn used big guides all the way to the large tiptop.You willcast farther with this rod than any other rod that you own. Yes, the rod guides mounted are NOT Braid friendly however, If you fish monofilament lines, there will be no problems. Although it comes with Hypalon foam grips, I find that a non-issue and best of all, it is priced affordable where you can buy spares.In my 3yrs of plugging and bait casting with these Penn Spinrisher rods, I have -0- complaints.
ProsLightweight, large guides for casting distance, ex fast taper, built well and affordable
Consno hook clip.
By pete
near harrisburg, pa.
June 26, 2014
Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking
awesome rod for the money. I bought 2, 9 footers about 5 years ago and cast mullet rigs, striper rigs, flounder rigs into inlet, bay and surf. Hose them off, still look and function like they are new. this spring I bought 4 more 2 (9') and 2 (10') . at the sale price, this is a GREAT deal.
Prossturdy, strong, lightweight, casts far, and dependable....it's a shame Penn is closing this model out ! I think it's better than the Prevail. COMPOSITE materials makes this more forgiving and stronger than an 'all' graphite surf rod. Penn, why are you going to stop making the Spinfisher ! A Great Surf Rod !!!!
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Hello Aleemmohammed. The maximum test braided line you can use on this rod is 100 pound.
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We are a family of 5 trying to decide where to stay. Can 5 stay at POR or POFQ?
POR has rooms with 2 doubles and a small trundle - therefore you could sleep 5. I originally booked this - we have 3 adults, 1 teen and 1 child. But they wanted to charge me extra for my 22 year old daughter (3rd adult) plus an extra $15.00/night for trundle.
We changed to 2 rooms at ASMo for same price - now have 2 rooms, 2 bathrooms, and I feel more space.
I see, so the POR charges extra for the trundle bed? That is something to consider. Thx.
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It had been thought the tough-tackling Oranje star would sign a long-term deal with Barcelona, however the Catalan giants have not been able to agree terms.
Davids is out of contract once his loan deal with Barca ends, after joining in the January transfer window from Juventus.
The Nerazzurri are reportedly set to offer the Dutch star around é¼3.5 million a year to join the club, although the Camp Nou side still hope to complete a deal.
Inter finished fourth in Serie A this season, and see the midfield as an area to strengthen after being linked with Chelsea's Juan Sebastian Veron.
It is expected more clues as to where Davids will play his football will be known after the final matches of the Liga season on Sunday.


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The Program in Jewish Studies, University Libraries, and cosponsors are pleased to present the second biannual Embodied Judaism Symposium, Freedom Seder: American Judaism and Social Justice.
Embodied Judaism Symposium
Freedom Seder: American Judaism and Social Justice
Thursday, November 12, 2015 @ 4:30PM - 6:30PM
British Studies Room in Norlin Library, CU-Boulder campus
Free and open to the public.
Space is limited. RSVPs required to email@example.com.
In April 1969, on the first anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jewish and African-American activists came together in Washington, D.C. to share a meal in solidarity, an event which came to be known as the Freedom Seder. Based on a text written by Arthur Waskow, this event would exert a long-lasting influence on American life, generating considerable controversy while also sparking new forms of political activism and religious practice across the ideological spectrum. The content, context, and legacy of this event will form the focus of this Embodied Judaism symposium.
The symposium will feature leading scholars and practitioners from across North America. Each will present on a different aspect of the Freedom Seder and its legacy and then lead the audience in an embodied experience. We are excited to welcome this year's presenters: Rabbi Arthur Waskow, one of the central figures behind the original Freedom Seder and the current director of the Shalom Center; Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, co-chair of the board of directors of ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal and writer of the popular blog Velveteen Rabbi; Adam Bradley, Associate Professor of English and Founding Director of the Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture at CU-Boulder; and Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and the 2015 Jim and Diane Shneer Fellow in Post-Holocaust American Judaism.
In addition to the symposium, there will be a walk-through wall exhibit that explores the Freedom Seder and its legacy, along with the storied career of Rabbi Waskow. The exhibit will be located on the 2nd floor of Norlin Library on the CU-Boulder campus. It opens to the public in early November and will be formally launched at the symposium. It is available for viewing during regular library hours, which can be found at ucblibraries.colorado.edu/hours/index.cfm.
The symposium and exhibit engage materials housed in the Post-Holocaust American Judaism Archive, a collaborative project between the Libraries and CU-Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies.
For more information about this event, please visit Colorado.edu/JewishStudies or call 303.492.7143.
The symposium is presented by the University of Colorado Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies and University Libraries. This event is generously cosponsored by CU-Boulder's Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of Ethnic Studies, Department of History, Department of Religious Studies, and Department of Women and Gender Studies. Special thank you to the Bender Family Foundation, the Jim and Diane Shneer Endowed Fellowship Fund, which supported Riv-Ellen Prell's visit, and all donors to the Program in Jewish Studies for their support.


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Easter Lies: Sparky to replace Villa's O'Neill as Irishman eyes Benitez job at Liverpool, Barca want Evans & £50 Cesc, United target Benzema, Spurs linked to Dzeko, Rooney aims for Bayern return, Zlatan out & Chelsea have the EPL in sight
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Quote of the day: "That's twice we've been beaten by refereeing decisions, it happened at Stamford Bridge as well. The linesman is right in front of Drogba and he gets it wrong. It was a poor, poor performance from the officials in a game of this magnitude. The quality of the officials has cost us, though I must admit we looked leggy in the first half and Chelsea were by far the better team. They have got to be favourites now, Chelsea are in the driving seat. We can win all our remaining five games and we still won't win the title if Chelsea win theirs." – Sir Alex Ferguson.
Runner-up: "We are not favourites. We are top of the league but nothing is decided yet. There are still five matches to play and we have to stay focused." – Carlo Ancelotti.
Today's overview: It's Sunday, which means that all the nonsense rumours which have been circling the gutter press over the last few days congeal together to produce a ridiculously long-list of never-gonna-happen stories.
The tabloid trash: As always the News of the World set the tone, with their big story today being that "Mark Hughes will be the man Aston Villa turn to if Martin O'Neill walks out in the summer… O'Neill has a clause in his contract which gives him a 'window of opportunity' at the end of the season to talk to any clubs interested in luring him away. Liverpool would certainly be keen as they look for a successor to Rafa Benitez."
Rob Shepherd tries to inject some opinion into the O'Neill-Aston Villa story. "Villa fans should be grateful and recognise that, with Manchester City now in the mix, the task is getting even tougher given the sensible ceiling on the club's finances. O'Neill is just the right manager for such challenges. Yet they are pushing him towards the door… O'Neill has never been a quitter. And if he does leave it will be with his head held high. And if Liverpool don't snap him up then O'Neill would be the right man to solve West Ham's problems."
Staying with the managerial-merry-go-round, Paul Smith spews up a read-it-all-before piece detailing that "Gianfranco Zola has no long-term future at West Ham… Waiting in the wings are Slaven Bilic and Steve ÂMcClaren."
One manager not moving on any-time-soon is Arsene Wenger. Rob Draper writes "Arsene Wenger will meet with Arsenal director Danny Fiszman, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and club chairman Peter Hill Wood this summer to discuss extending his contract at the club which ends in the summer of 2011. And Wenger, who has long ben a target of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, is likely to commit to another three years at the club even if they fail in their quest to win a trophy this season."
Last weekend Hamburg defender Jerome Boateng was linked with a handful of clubs, and today the NOTW claim Manchester City are in pole position for the 21-year-old, although Manchester United and Arsenal are also circling. The NOTW also add that brother Kevin Prince Boateng is a target for Newcastle.
Alex Crook surveys the fire-sale at Portsmouth. "Kanu is set to quit Fratton Park to make a mega-money move to UAE side Al-Ahli… Belhadj is subject of interest from Roma and CSKA Moscow, Boateng wants to return to Germany and Wilson is a £3m target for Sunderland." The Mirror add that "John Utaka is set to be the next player to exit Fratton Park. Sochaux head a quartet of French clubs bidding to sign the 28-year-old."
Turning to The People, the two major stories are Steve Bates' report that "Barcelona and Real Madrid are waiting in the wings with big wage offers – if Jonny Evans fails to agree a new deal with Manchester United," and Alan Nixon's lie that "Manchester City are heading the chase for unsettled Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli."
According to the Mirror, "Manchester United hopes of landing long-term target Karim Benzema have been boosted by claims Real Madrid are ready to let the Frenchman leave the Bernabeu on loan next season… AC Milan have already made an enquiry and were told to revisit the situation in the summer."
Elsewhere in the Sunday Mirror we learn that Bolton are eying Stuttgart forward Cacau who is available on a free transfer this summer. Greg Stobart wastes his time claiming Spurs are tracking £25million-rated Wolfsburg star Edin Dzeko while also barking "ÂRedknapp is looking to Âoffload forwards Robbie Keane and Roman ÂPavlyuchenko in the Âsummer." While the most unexciting transfer story of the day links Benfica with Liverpool reserve keeper Diego Cavalieri. Lastly the Mirror link West Ham midfielder Valon Behrami with Palermo.
The Observer's Paul Hayward links Joe Cole with Manchester United. "Cole's high wage demands could cause his departure this summer and Old Trafford is a possible destination, assuming United are willing to pay more in wages than Chelsea seem inclined to."
And then we arrive to the Daily Mail's headline-grabbing article, provocatively titled "Cesc Fabregas may never play for Arsenal again as Barcelona prepare £50m bid." Bob Cass then explains "although Barca manager Pep Guardiola is more focused on recruiting a replacement for Thierry Henry, with Franck Ribery and David Silva the targets, the coup of securing Fabregas at the start of Rosell's presidency will drive the bid."
Consolidation: According to Chris Bascombe, Everton are still trying to pen teenager Jack Rodwell to a new £5 million deal to stay at Goodison. Following on, Steve Millar adds that "Everton boss Moyes has Ârevealed that both [Steven] Pienaar and Rodwell are in new contract talks to tie up their long-term futures."
Manchester United's policy of keeping hold of what they got continues this Sunday, Neil Ashton scribbling that "Nemanja Vidic is prepared to have a dramatic change of heart and stay at Manchester United if they catapult him to the top of the pay league… [He] could yet stay if they make him an offer in excess of £100,000 a week." Harry Pratt fleshes out the story writing "Nemanja Vidic has Âended all talk of a Âsummer transfer – vowing to stay at Manchester United Â'until 2012 at least.'"
Money, money, money: The coffers on Merseyside are set to swell considerably according to Chris Bascombe, who, hurling the cart miles in front of the horse, reports "Liverpool will hit the £150million jackpot in a mega new shirt manufacturers' deal with adidas… adidas are convinced investment is on its way to Anfield and a new board will soon be in place following the £110m debt reduction from the Rhone Group… Liverpool will be looking to better Chelsea's 10-year deal with adidas which was worth £100m in 2005. They will want a minimum of £15m a year."
The good news for Liverpool fans continues in the Mail on Sunday, Daniel King raising Scouse hopes chugging "Liverpool are on course to secure fresh investment or even completely new owners before the end of the season. New York's Rhone Group are the only party whose interest in injecting £100 million to bring down the club's debt in return for a stake of up to 40 per cent has been made public. But it is understood that there are other potential bidders, including consortia and individuals with the resources to buy Tom Hicks and George Gillett out entirely."
World Cup: The Mirror's Justin Penrose sets about spreading rumours of mismanagement and disoraganisation surrounding the 2010 World Cup. "The World Cup faces the Âembarrassing prospect of Âalmost-empty Âstadiums at Âdozens of games – with over a million unwanted tickets. With under 10 weeks to go until football's showpiece kicks off, sponsors have returned 378,000 tickets. It comes after 650,000 tickets were handed back by football associations – and it means almost a third of the 3.7million available seats remain unsold… Meanwhile, to add to South Africa's woes, thousands of paramedics and firefighters are Âthreatening to go on strike during the World Cup, Âshutting down South Africa's emergency services."
Champions League: Not only is he England's saviour, but now Wayne Rooney is also an Easter miracle!
Steve Millar in The Star splashes with news that "Wayne Rooney will beg Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson to let him loose on Bayern Munich on Wednesday night… There is a real chance that he could be drafted onto the bench with the star forward desperate to get on the pitch to add to his 34 goals this season." Steve Stammers adds his weight behind the story too in the Mirror, farting "Wayne Rooney believes he has a chance of playing in Manchester United's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Wednesday."
Flipping to Barcelona-Arsenal, Gary Lineker warns the Gunners that their Champions League campaign will likely end this week. "Barcelona are the best team on the planet and red-hot favourites to win the Champions League, although the match at Arsenal proved you can never be certain about things in knockout football. Even if Arsenal were able to go to the Camp Nou with their strongest team on Tuesday, I would still expect Barca to progress to the semi-finals. But without Cesc Fabregas, Andrey Arshavin and William Gallas, I'd find it very hard to make a case for Arsene Wenger's side."
That said, there is some good news for Gunners' fans with the Mail on Sunday revealing "Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Arsenal through injury, the Catalan club have announced on their website."
Also looking to weaken the aura around Barca, Paul Hayward believes the Catalans have an inherent problem. "While we luxuriate in this majesty it is also necessary to say the European champions have a weakness. It can be seen in the rhetoric of artistic endeavour – of entertaining the Catalan masses – which even presidential candidates at Camp Nou are reciting to the mirror to prove their cred… However strong the urge to perform cartwheels in gratitude for Barca's gift to us all there is also a voice that urges them to kill teams off and not just enchant in bursts."
The op-eds: Toff twat Piers Morgan today embarrasses himself as an uneducated football pundit using his column to reveal such gems as "I genuinely had no idea Harry Redknapp had built such an overwhelmingly home-grown factory at White Hart Lane… When my mind drifts towards candidates for 'world's most irritating footballer', the name Teddy Sheringham is never far from my lips… [and] I don't know what One Show beauty Christine Bleakley is doing to Frank Lampard."
Rod Liddle chastises West Ham for complaining against Fulham's side that lost to Hull. "The world has not forgotten how West Ham secured their Premier League survival in 2007, partly through a patently corrupt arrangement by which they acquired the services of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano… I quite like the irony of West Ham complaining that Fulham had rested a certain Bobby Zamora for the game against Hull. When Zamora was at Upton Park the fans seemed to wish he would be rested for every game, if not permanently rested."
The Premier League title race: We end with a review from Saturday's mammoth day in the Premier League, with Manchester United's title hope in tatters after Chelsea's 2-1 away win.
Patrick Collins denied United the refuge of using Didier Drogba's offside goal as a reason to feel wronged. "United's problems run far deeper. A side which started the day on top of the heap should not have to resort to spent forces like Neville, whose performance yesterday decisively buried any notion that England might use him in South Africa. Likewise Paul Scholes, still capable of the odd, sublime pass, yet still convinced that he is morally entitled to at least one malevolent lunge in every match… [By contrast] Chelsea are durable, disciplined, blessed with serious performers in crucial positions and led by a coach whose record tells us how well he knows his business."
Paul Wilson poked holes at Dimitar Berbatov's performance. "Dimitar Berbatov was short of support and apart from a couple of optimistic penalty shouts the home side rarely threatened. Berbatov failed to make a convincing case for himself, either as Rooney's deputy or a presence capable of leading the attack on his own. Too much of the game passed him by and too often he was easily knocked off the ball. Neither of those charges can normally be levelled at Rooney."
Also jumping on Berba's back was Mike Norrish. "United didn't look remotely capable of beating Chelsea without him. And on that evidence, they won't beat Bayern Munich either. Sir Alex Ferguson said last week that 80 per cent of United fans are behind Berbatov. Not sure quite where he got that figure from, but it's safe to say the Berba-backers will have reduced in number since this morning. And rightly so."
Kevin McCarra cited fatigue as United's downfall on Saturday. "The effort was great after the interval, but Chelsea had the benefit of freshness. It was their opponents who struggled with the after-effects of last week's Champions League match. There comes a moment when willpower is asked to take over from flair or strategy. United had none of their normal verve and even basic proficiency wavered."
Switching analysis, Duncan Castles purrs over Joe Cole's goal at Old Trafford. "If this does not jog Fabio Capello's memory, nothing will. The slow-motion moment, replayed again and again as we sought to pinpoint the delicacy of touch that deceived his marker and angled the ball across Manchester United's six-yard box and left it nestling in the corner of the net. This was the Joe Cole everyone remembers — the English midfielder with the inventiveness to change games and the destiny of titles."
Henry Winter makes the case that Chelsea would be deserving champions. "If Malouda and company do progress to the title, none of their rivals can complain. If they prevail at Anfield, Chelsea will have taken all 18 points from Liverpool, Arsenal and United. In the heavyweight division, and Manchester knew all about that on Saturday, particularly with David Haye marching across the pitch before kick-off, Chelsea reign supreme."
After seeing Arsenal pull the rabbit out the hat against Wolves, Andrew Longmore believes the Gunners can win the title. "After leaving their winner until stoppage time in three of their last six games and scoring in the last 10 minutes in their last nine, no one will count out Arsenal until the mathematics decree it. To the technical skill and fluent passing add dogged spirit and never-say-die persistence."


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Maldives Yes - Dream Voyager No
Paul, UK
I spent a great deal of money to charter this boat for a cruise during 2014 - the standard shown on their marketing is mis-representing what you will get. I would advise anyone thinking of chartering this vessel to look elsewhere. Amongst many issues we encountered our main problem was the lack of effort by Aquasun to try and sort anything out. The captain would continually phone the office but the office failed to speak to me, the guest, to discuss matters. The serious issues were: - an inadequate Dive dhoni with broken equipment, an engine that failed on several occasions meaning we missed dives, stinking exhaust fumes that are particularly dangerous pre- and post-dive and also meant the compressor could not run whilst the Dhoni was sailing, further wasting dive time as tanks were not ready - A Dhoni captain who was incompetent; on one occasion he reversed into a group of us divers on the surface with a spinning propeller - you can imagine the risk of serious injury - ignore all the pictures of sailing; we had good weather for sailing but despite asking, sails were never raised. We doubted the crew were able to sail the boat. - although Dream Voyager is a good sized boat and appears fine in the photos, there are a lot of basic maintenance issues; the main control panel tripped out many times with an annoying alarm (this was for main pumps); the captain spent 3 hours one day attending to the engine, delaying cruising time and diving. Air con and general maintenance and cleanliness were poor. Such a shame, this boat could be lovely. - our holiday included a beach bar-be-que to celebrate a birthday. This wasn't provided yet we were charged (see below). - staff were not on the boat when we arrived; our waiter came at the end of the first day, the Dhoni captain on day 3 (although as he was a danger we were insistent that the main captain took over). - the bar was inadequately stocked. Our waiter/bar man was trained to make cocktails but there was nothing on board to make any. The boat only has a beer tap and a few very old over priced bottles of wine. We gave a list of what we would like for our party; nothing was purchased for us. One night we gave up and had to pay to go to a resort island. Finally, despite many attempts to talk to the office to discuss matters, they ignored us. On the final day when we had to settle the bills we were not allowed to leave to go to the airport until everything was paid - including the things like the bar-be-que which we didn't receive. In short, blackmail. I wrote of course to the company and even asked to meet them as I was staying in the Maldives for another week. They ignored this offer and since the holiday have stopped replying to emails. I notice they are not on Tripadvisor (no surprise). The points I have made are honest - I have holidayed in the Maldives many times and chartered a yacht before. I would recommend a cruise in this glorious place - but avoid at all costs Aquasun and Dream Voyager. If you are booked - cancel now and get your deposit back. I could supply photos to justify my comments.
The best thing about my stay was...Maldives is gorgeous
04 November 2014
Too far below acceptable value or standard
David, United Kingdom
7 of us chartered this boat from 4 July 2014 for a 12 night diving holiday. The photographs do this yacht far more justice than it deserves. It is generally poorly maintained with decking that caused us injuries, frequent generator and air-conditioning problems and the bedrooms were dirty. One bathroom didn't even have a toilet seat!! Their dive dhoni is a disgrace and shouldn't even be on the water. As divers we were breathing in toxic diesel fumes from the engine before and after diving. A danger to health and diving safety….and it broke down on more than one occasion, the first occasion being on the day we arrived! The company knew 7 westerners were chartering the yacht for 12 nights and made little provision for alcohol – wine etc. There was only beer. This didn't impress the ladies much. Despite repeated requests it just appeared to be too much trouble for them to provide it. The TV in the cabin didn't work and there were no DVDs available. An end of cruise BBQ had been paid for within the price but we never got this, despite asking, just an excuse that the island had workmen on it. They should have found somewhere else. We got no recompense for this despite asking and were threatened with the police and basically held hostage on the yacht until we paid the disputed, overpriced bill on our day of departure. This was caused in no small part by the owner refusing to speak to us and discuss the situation. The Captain was clearly in touch with the owner but the owner made himself 'unavailable' whenever we wanted to speak with him. A long and detailed email was sent to the company when we got home and the reply showed clearly the company was in 'complete denial' on all the aspects raised both whilst we were on board and once we were home. We were accused of trying to get a holiday for free. All we wanted was fair recompense for the numerous failings on the part of the owner/operator. All the above will be denied by the owner/operator as it was when we first made our representations. Many aspects concerning our bill are really an issue for lawyers but the owner/operator knows this would be very difficult for us not now being in the country so we have been effectively stonewalled. The holiday cost us tens of thousands of dollars and was not good value. WE WILL NEVER USE THIS YACHT OR AQUA SUN HOLIDAYS AGAIN. This review is written honestly and as a warning to anyone considering chartering this Yacht, whether nationally or internationally.
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