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This thread is NOT about beeing Intel/AMD fanboy !! So I have recently made a shift from a FX-8150 BE to an i5-3570K. The AMD mobo was a ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2 The Intel mobo is a ASUS Maximus V Gene. The FX-8150 OC = 4.4 GHz (24/7) The i5-3570K OC = 4.6 GHz (24/7) All other stuff is the same (see System Specs) One of the reasons I made the shift was: I got the stuff really cheap! Second - I thougt the Intel thing was overall faster. And here is the question: In allmost all synthetic benchmarks I made myself, the Intel CPU is faster - BUT in real life use is seems to be slower - why?? I know the FX-8150 has 8 cores and the i5 has 4 (no hyperthreading) - is that the reason?? System boot times and general use (Office/picture viewing/mail etc etc) no noticeable diff. I crunch (WCG) - there the diff. is huge (due to 4 more cores) In Freemake Videoconverter the diff. is huge - the FX-8150 is 30% faster. In games (BF3/FarCry3/Metro2033/Skyrim/Dishonored) I can´t see/feal any diff. In 3DMark benchmarks the i5 is faster - no doubt. In a total system scan (with Kaspersky Internet Security) the FX is 10 minutes faster (total scan time is 1 hour and 21 minuts with FX) So my conclusion is: The i5-3570K cost around 220 $ and the FX-8150 around 180$ There is no way I can justify to buy and Intel CPU over an AMD. (If I do benchmarks all the time the answar is YES - but who does that?) I don´t know if it is right to compare those two CPU´s - if i am totally wrong please slap me
I don't quite get your question *** And here is the question: In allmost all synthetic benchmarks I made myself, the Intel CPU is faster - And since when did life become real? Just asking...
I see what he's saying, he did mention this before. I think real life refers to daily usage. eg. tasks you perform day to day in the real world. Not virtual synthetic benchmark scoring. synthetic benchmarks like 3dmark etc? where the intel does perform better than amd. id say youre noticing the difference between the core difference and multi threaded applications etc. and youre are right the price difference between a four core and an 8 core, while the 8 is cheaper, definitely the price/core ratio is the main point.
Do not do both Do this instead. i7-3770K Z77A-GD65 IF U WANT choose one in this two. i5 Reason: AMD for gaming? GO I3 INSTEAD!
your old amd chip is up against hte i7 in perf but as they lose there they are priced against intels next perf range, the i5 where they win at things which can use the extra cores. on the other hand things which dont make much of those extra cores and require more getting done per cycle (most games, less system heavy stuff) will be faster on intels cpu even with 4 less threads.
I have both 3570k and the 8350, both have been overclocked with a H100. I see no real world performance difference between either of them. I will remain neutral with AMD/Intel because both of these chips are good and fully capable at high end gaming with no noticable difference. Synthetics are an entirely different matter.
Thanx all .... hmmm Clarification: Synthetic benchmarks = Futuremarks hole range, SuperPI, etc etc - you name it. Real life = Every day tasks, Office Suite, mail, video editing, games etc etc I am happy with my i5 - no question, just thought I would see a greater performance diff. in everyday use - as all reviews I have found tells that the i5 is faster than the 8150. Could I conclude that both are good - yes I wish that more applications/games would use the full potential of every core in a CPU - regardless witch brand it may be!
The AMD would pull ahead of the i5 greatly. As you said. AMD with it´s 8 cores is much better suited for Multimedia because of the parallelization in all of those programs (most). Intel has better single core to Mhz performance that is why in games the i5 pulls ahead for example SC2 only uses 2 cores even an i3 beats the fx 8350.
Both are good platforms, I own an FX based computer and an Intel as well. Sounds like you are seeing the gains in multithreaded apps, where the extra 4 cores will make a difference. And with the PS4 using AMD FX cpus, we may finally move into the real next-gen of gaming with decent multithreading. That being said, I can't wait for Intel to drop a 6 or 8 core i5 cpu, that will be my next upgrade on the Intel side.
OP I have the same experience as you. I went from a stock 8350/890FX to an i7 950 4GHz/X58 and the AMD setup was definitely much more responsive however slower at benchmarks. The rest was identical, same SSD/RAM/etc The AMD setup also benefits greatly from Windows 8, or the scheduler and sleep fixes for Windows 7.
What? You went from a modern AMD cores, to a 2+ generations older (SB, IB) system. You forego all the advanced instruction sets, better DDR3 handling, and other benefits. You do all of this, and then wonder why CPU based testing gives you better results on Intel but whole system testing gives you better results on AMD. I don't believe this was a well designed comparison. Also, nobody's come out to say this. 8 AMD cores =/= 8 Intel cores in this generation. AMD shares some resources among core pairs, so they have a higher number of cores without having performance equal to that core count. In the real world, AMD offers an 8 core chip for the price of a 4 core Intel. You lose some of the single threaded performance, but single threaded programming has its days numbered. Intel chips are more power efficient, but AMD is significantly better on the initial pricing. I don't see appreciable differences between an APU and a 3930k in most usage scenarios. That said, I'm encoding video on my 3930 and surfing on my APU. Flawed initial assumptions generally make "testing" results flawed....
This is very true. I have seen that intel CPUs are only better in synthetic benchmarks. The reason is, that they are indeed only synthetic. and generally built around intel processors. also dont know if its true or not, someone once told me that intel uses TTL logic where as AMD uses NMOS logic. As usual, you can switch a mosfet on and off faster than you can do that with a transistor. I would also like to add that, comparing efficiency is not really possible, because as far as i know, amd and intel measure their TDP in different ways. Again, recently i have seen a lot of intel processors getting rma'ed. specially since the sandy bridge came out. Seems like they have lost the reliability front, because i have never once seen an AMD cpu go broke. i have seen some noobish amateurs push 2.1V through their FX 4100s and still those live to tell the tale. i still have the screenie XD
i3 are pathetic. so is hyper threading. good luck finding anything useful to do with an i3 other than running synthetic benchmarks. two cores in 2013. hahah
I have a high end Intel build, as well as a better than average AMD FX8350 build, and I can honestly say that in everyday usage, like vid encoding and gaming, the FX hold its own. I use either my FX rig, or my 3rd rig (Intel X9650) for surfing and other daily use......the FX is fast and responsive as any Intel. I had built this FX rig to see what the hysteria was over the FX CPU (originally had an FX410, upped to an FX8120 to my present FX8350). Mind you, the FX4100 & 8120 were good......I'd decided I want the best AMD could offer, to commensurate with the Asus mobo I had originally gotten.
Everything's true but not the voltage part. I know the guy you are talking about. And actually his voltage was around 1.5V. But the reading was wrong he told me. As for the reliability part, both AMD and Intel are equally reliable. I overclocked my Intel Pentium 4 at 4 GHz feeding it 1.7 V on stock cooling on a sub $50 Foxconn motherboard with DDR2 667 MHz value RAM. Still it was rock solid. And one thing, I am a fanboy of no brand. But I personally think Intel's overclocking potential is under stated especially in recent times. The Sandy Bridge K series processors are very good overclockable and can do 5 GHz easily on a good air cooled system. I wonder why Intel does not do the overclocking part as well as AMD i.e. using extreme cooling and have the OC market. And also one thing's for sure, current AMD CPUs consume much more power than current Intels. Not talking about the TDP. But a CPU's power usage can be calculated by the amount of heat it generates. No doubt, if you use a same cooler in both AMD and Intel CPUs of the same time, you will see the temps of the Intel will be lower than that of the AMD. Again I don't know another thing, AMD has the potential to lower their VCore on their CPUs for less TDP. I ran my 955 BE at 3.7 GHz at reduced voltage of 1.375V(Default 1.4V). Still it was rock solid stable and temps were less than it would have been at stock. Weird. Correct me if I am wrong.
he checked the reading on both aida and speedfan. they cant both be incorrect. how did you know it was 1.5V? i dont think you measured it with a multimeter! just because it was set as 1.5V doesnt mean it will stay that way. a lot of bioses will bump up the voltage automatically to keep it stable. thats not the matter. the matter is that the CPU still survived about being pumped with over 2V.
i'm not a fanboy of any company here. but i can that my rig run games like cyrsis 3, mohw, skryim with very nice frame rates ... 35-43 on ultra high resolution and all at max with msaa on 4 and filtering on 16 so its very nice cpu
I heard AMD still has better memory latency which makes it quick and snappy. I think that's still true since Intel added an IMC. Even if AMD isn't as powerful, it'll still feel fast. A bit like a little car versus a truck. You can tow a mountain up another mountain with the truck (synthetic bench), but if all you're doing is nipping out for some groceries, the quick and agile car will feel faster.
I think he did it wrong. If you monitor voltages with two or more different voltage monitoring apps at a time, they will read wrong readings because it conflicts with the SMBus signal generated by the SuperIO chip. I think Asus PC Probe was running in the background. And yes for the information, I just called him. His BIOS does not even allow to up the voltage above 1.7 V. I was kinda surprised when I saw this cuz my 120$ mobo doesn't allow >1.9. His motherboard being a sub entry micro ATX board could not allow greater than that. So its wrong info. Any CPU at normal cooler would be fried at that much voltage. And if you research, you will find that no entry level FX board shows correct voltage with FX CPUs due to change in design in power section. Even the fan control does not work efficiently. And no BIOS ever sets the CPU voltage automatically after you define it to be controlled manually. If you undervolt, it will undervolt. If you overvolt, it will overvolt.
Same voltage all the time? Not saving power? Is there an offset mode for controlling core voltage on entry FX boards?
^ lol. obviously your views are pretty rigid. there is a thing called load line caliberation. that will increase/deccrease you volts. also on my motherboard, which has a digital VRM, it continuously monitors the stability and voltage of my cpu at a couple of thousand times a second. It will increase the volts if it finds necessary, until and unless i turn LLC off. same goes for the Digi VRM having asus mobos, the 970 evo etc. infact for some reason (probably due to poor designing by asus), the VRM rated voltage was always .2V more ,during load testing, than what i applied.
Yeah same voltage without cool and quiet(VDroop will occur as normal). If you enable cool and quiet, voltage will drop but that's a different thing. Its cool and quiet and not voltage selection. And yes, every motherboard has offsets for every CPU model it supports upto a limit.


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We do need fresh voices. Just a thought, what about Gov. Romney? He has half the country´s support, the country knows he´s an astute businessman and he is not an incendiary personality. His calming influence could keep making Obama look like the petty and mean person that he truly is.
Problem is the Reps will put in a RINO, somebody that will "Work" with the President !!!We NEED someone that will FIGHT with the President !!
Best possible House spokesman for Republicans would be retiring Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier of California. Intelligent, articulate, photogenic, affable, diplomatic, conservative.
Unfortunately Romney was not good at articulating the reasons for his economic beliefs well. Need someone that is strong and who can communicate. Not many candidates. But would really like to see Boehner gone. He´s hopeless. And he´s distroying our side.
Ooo. I liked that article. Of course it´s just a dream.
It´s a problem all republicans have, and that´s they try to explain things as they pronounce the idea.Democrats never try to explain the policy goal - they just state it and move on.Boehner´s letter to Obama is classic example. Hannity was reading it the other day, and while I understood the context, my eyes glazed over quickly as it was just too long, too detailed, and helped Dems.
I think he giving Boehner too much credit. Boehner has a history of leading from behind and doing what is in his best interest.
I nominate Sarah the baracuda.
Cruz and Rubio would be great. Instead of having Rubio off fundraising right now, USE him in the forefront of the battle. No on Dreier, remember him real cozy with media and when they´ve been around like he has, he won´t stand up strong to wimpy GOP leaders. Romney? He won´t do it, no how, no way. FRESH NEW faces with fresh creative straight talk.
I sent Mr. Boehner a message at his http://www.speaker.gov/ contact site, reminding him that someone recently said that "the private sector is doing fine."I wish he would remind the obysmal won of that.And take to the House floor like the idiot pigosi does. The LSM pays attantion to her.And I doubt Rush would take the job of speaker. It would be too big a pay cut.
Sarah Palin or Newt Gingrich
Boehner is a dope.
Ted Cruz would stand head and shoulders higher than anyone else and has proven himself when he was Solicitor General for the State of Texas. He knows his subject matter and explains it well. Reid could not bully him. There would be no mumble-jumble or beating around the bush with him. Straight forward speaker.
We need a wartime consiglieri. Right now, even Fredo would be an upgrade.
Johnny "Bourbon Breath" Boehner is a co-opted, bought and paid for stooge for whoever is controlling Obama. They´ve undoubtedly dug up some very disturbing skeletons and Bourbon Johnny is going to dance to their tune.
#15 sees it right.
John Boehner is a good man in a hard place.... ???! That line lost me.He offers $800 Billion in higher taxes. He supports obamacare. He is removing conservatives from committees just because they won´t knell before him. He is in secret talks with a criminal named obama.That is not a conservative. That is a back stabbing RINO!
Great advice, #15. Always listen to Grandpa!
Boehner is a conservative? No, if he raises taxes, he should be replaced and pronto. Here is why. BO will NEVER agree to any spending cuts now or in the future. People need to get this through their heads.Therefore, a message needs to be sent that firing Boehner was directly related to him and BO rasing taxes. Draw clear lines for 2014. In 2014, the American people must know that the economy is still tanking and raising taxes, even on people earning 250K plus was just a ruse. Republicans must make it clear that the next tax group to be targeted is the middle class and they are not for raising ANYONE´S taxes as Boehner agreed to do with BO in 2012.Taxes up, he goes.
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I agree with the general consensus that Boehner has been a disappointment and for the overall good should be replaced. The fact that it doesn´t have to be an elected representative is interesting. I did not know that. My suggestions: Newt, Sarah, Rush, allen.
The spectacle of watching Boehner cut a deal with the devil, a deal which any kindergardener can see will be used to further demonize the Republican brand, especially after the knockout punch of Nov. 6, is driving many of us to a third party position. It´s just too much, the humiliation of being outmaneuvered by a gang of openly dishonest, nitwit socialists, time after time after time after time, learning nothing in the process. Topped off by a seeming willingness to let the GOP be decimated by its enemies in the "media". Too little, too late, whatever Boehner comes up with at this point.
Newt. I´d love to see him and Obama debating a balanced budget. They have to replace a lot more than just Boehner.
#22 - I didn´t know that either. I thought the speaker of the house had to be an elected House member. If something should happen to the Prez and VP, the Speaker would be the Prez. And that could be Rush, Sarah or an unelected individual? I´m scratching my head on that one!!
I vote for West!Someone needs to inform the public Obozo´s $1.4 trillion is going to New Spending.. not saving us from the cliff.
I must disagree with #15. It is perfectly understandable to shoot a leader who is losing the battle. We played this little game during the primaries and during the last half dozen or so elections; being cajoled into supporting bad to prevent getting worse.That has been a losing strategy. Even when we win we still get bad.Why not try a different, uniquely untried strategy? Why dont we throw out bad and get good instead?
I think Newt would be perfect. He knows the job and would do a good job on Obama.
What has Boehner done that makes anyone think he is competent? Has everyone forgotten the cave-ins he manufactured over the last several years. Where are the cuts he was promised? Where are the decreases in the amount of increased spending that was promised? What did he accomplish that has helped the USA? They are nowhere, due to him being an inept Speaker that will roll over at the end of the day and accept anything the anti-American socialists throw at him.We need Ted Poe as Speaker. He has an abundance of common sense and he is a long-time fighter for normal people. Look up his light bulb youtube video, if you do not know who he is.
Anyone not infected by the washington disease of nospineitis would be better. change them every week and give the press a plethura of real conservatives to attack. bring in the best inspirational conservative speakers on a rotating basis. nothing is getting done but cave ins anyway. why not have a little fun and get some confusion going for the propaganda press ? Dreaming can be fun.


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`Will Make the GOP a Majority Party`. Not sure if that is supposed to be a good thing....
The problem is that the GOP caves in with the Dems all the time. Since they can´t stand their grounds, they won´t be a Majority Party anytime soon or ever.
Some of those shrilling for universal heath care with a substantial income from either one of two contributing were actually believing they would get FREE heath care and be able to eliminate health care from their personal budget. Some of these bragged about their college degrees. Like Gen. Honoree said, "Stuck on Stupid".
Let the Dims loose on the American public. They voted for it and they deserve it.
YUP #1The only difference between the Republican Party and the Democrats is that when the Republicans run the country the decline is a steep downward slope.When Democrats are in control the country is in free fall.Under Bush, the NATIONAL DEBT increased by $5Trillion in 8 years. Under Obama, the NATIONAL DEBT increased $6Trilion in 4 years.They are both just politicians.
Some of you don´t believe that the loss of 800,000 jobs will convince voters that there is a difference between Democrats and Republicans? Want to bet? I think that will convince even you.
Let ´em own it !Let´s get out of the way and just let ´em do it.Let´s not get blamed for the whole failure for holding out on the last 2%.They must have NO CHANCE to blame the coming crash on us.Make ´em smoke the whole damn pack.Vote "Present".
If you are already feeding at the trough why would you care if 800,000 jobs are lost? One of the stupid women picketing Hostess said she was glad they were going out of business, you can´t talk to someone that ignorant & get anything accomplished.Until the hyperinflation hits & a trailer load of Obama money won´t buy a nail wrap or pack of cigarettes, you´re not going to get the masses to pay attention. And the masses are at "tipping" point of 50%....!! Scary.... & very very sad!!
#6 I Do not think so. A dumbed down electorate that easily responded to slick liberal campaign marketing, during a disastorous presidency, will still not notice the devastation. Even if they did, the Dems will successfully blame republicans.
Won´t happen. The GOP hasn´t got the spine to stop democrat voter fraud. Civil war is the only option, and it´s up to us.
#5, I respect president george w. bush alot, and believe the historians, a few decades out, will rate him highly.But he did spend too much money, with no child left behind, and with rx coverage in medicare. both of those were passed with the best of intentions. Neither should have been passed in the form each took.But 9/11/01 put incredible burdens on the president, who had to put protecting Americans at the top of his ´to do´ list. And in the process of protecting us, spending went kind of crazy. But he protected us.
The more ObamaCare fails, the more Obama and Dems will blame the health care insurers, physicians and employers who provide coverage for their employees. Assuming that Obama does not ignore Constitution, he will have Michelle run in order to complete his illusionary plan to provide every American coverage, "We can´t let the wealthy get the good care. We gotta make sure that the poor black kid in Harlem gets the same care as those fat cats on Wall Street." He & she will call for nationalizing health insurers and putting all doctors in federal civil service. The two grifters will advocate making things worse in order to presumably make it better.In 2015-16, Michelle and Hillary will be locked in a vicious Democratic primary battle centered on who can best provide nationalized health, dental and long-term care. The GOP will hopefully have a candidate who can counter this madness, but at the moment, I do not know who.
The "Takers" won´t even notice if 800,000 workers get laid off. The "Takers" will still get all their Freebies. It won´t affect their lifestyle at all. Until the Free Phones, Food Stamps, Rent Subsidies, Free heat, and whatever else the government is giving out these days, stops...and we all know that won´t happen because Democrats do not want to upset their BASE...UNTIL it stops...nothing will upset the "Takers". They are growing by the day and by 2016, they will once again grow in numbers and they WILL VOTE to protect their FREEBIES! I don´t see how Republicans will EVER be able to fight their way back to being the Majority unless they come up with Bus loads of Illegals from some foreign country who would agree to vote Republican on election day because we provided them each with a $100 Bill after they vote!
The reason liberalism has continued so long in this country is they more or less left the golden goose alone while they found ways to nickle and dime it while thriving themselves. Then along comes Obama intent on destroying the golden goose,blowing $800 billion in stimulus and passing health that will cost $500 billion a year in totality with no way to pay for it.People have conditioned themselves to survive without a job the past 4 years which is incredible in itself. I can´t think of a way to survive without a job,what´s the secret?Obamacare is a disincentive to work if you can get free healthcare while doing nothing.If you file taxes,you´ll be paying a fine or premium you can´t afford. This means people will stop filing tax returns.If you have a $600 refund coming and the fine is $1200,then why file and fork out an additional $600?
They may get their majority. What will they do with it? If the past is any indication (and it always is), they will do nothing useful with it. They will appease their good friends across the aisle, they will shudder in fear at threatened but never carried out filibusters, and they will continue our decline.Fool me once.
"We can´t let the wealthy get the good care. We gotta make sure that the poor black kid in Harlem gets the same care as those fat cats on Wall Street." He & she will call for nationalizing health insurers and putting all doctors in federal civil service.If this happens, how does this part of Obamacare pertain? Are we to assume those poor Congressman are not wealthy? If they weren´t when they got to Washington I would imagine most of them are by the time they leave, that is if they ever do leave. Then they can become a lobbyist.......!!!> "Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to members> of Congress."
Sometimes, when I´m sittin round doin nuthin, just doin nuthin while sittin round, I sometimes ponder....we killed communist in Korea. We killed communist in Vietnam. We killed communist in Bosnia.Why do those same Rules of Engagement not apply here? Just wonderin.Maybe we should make THEM wonder about that.
If Obama and the Democrats thought ObamaCare would benefit the economy and make everyone happy, they wouldn´t have postponed its implementation until after the 2012 election.And if they had thought raising taxes on the rich would also help the economy, they could have done so when the Democrats had a majority in Congress during Obama´s first two years in office.So it isn´t only Republicans who believe ObamaCare and the repeal of the Bush tax cuts will hurt the economy, the Democrats have shown that they believe it, too.In order to win the presidency and then re-election, Obama had to energize the Democrats´ liberal base with promises of free universal health care, etc., while stirring up class-warfare anger with promises of taxing the rich.That´s why ObamaCare and the repeal of the Bush tax cuts will soon be upon us -- NOT because Obama and the Democrats thought they would be good for the country.
The GOP fools itself if it believes people will turn back to them just because of problems with Obamacare. Those who voted for Obama want to see some sort of coverage for those who can´t afford any type of insurance and those who have pre-existing conditions and have thus been forced out of the insurance market.Medical pricing is horribly distorted by the current medical insurance system in the US. Those with good insurance get discount pricing because the insurance companies have negotiated large-scale discounts. The most expensive medical care is reserved for those who have no choice but to pay 100% out-of-pocket without access to those discounts. That causes people to avoid medical services until the situation is dire, at which time ER´s and hospitals are forced to care for much sicker individuals.
Thanks to obamacare I will be losing my health insurance on Jan, 1. My premiums were to double which would have been a third of my salary. One third going to taxes and another third going to taxes doesn´t leave much when you really don´t have a big paycheck to begin with. No raises for the past two years and probably none in the future.
The people that voted for Obama DON´T WANT JOBS. They want free stuff from the government because the world owes them.No amount of job loss will do any good. I repeat, they don´t want jobs. They want to live in the projects having baby after baby and getting Obamaphones and groceries and healthcare from Uncle Sam OR living in their boomer parent´s basement forever playing games and watching TV and having mommy and daddy buy them everything from underwear to iPhones. They have no motivation, no incentive, no need to improve, no nothing. They are a generation of perpetual adolescent nothings hell bent on staying nothing and they see nothing wrong with being nothing. THESE nothings are the empty suit´s constituency and he is more than happy to drain us all dry to support these nothings for their votes until they and we die.
Why is there no court challenge to the Obamacare "waivers"?What happened to Equal Protection Under the Law?
Unless the current GOP cleans up or is forced to do so, I am not interested in it becoming the majority party anymore. the #1 clean up issue is to get leadership that is totally loyal to the Constitution and is in resonance with the conservative grassroots and their ideology. Currently I don´t see anyone but Sarah.
The majority of the people out there who re-elected Obama believe that he is going to provide them with "free" health care and a lot of other taxpayer provided benefits and services.As long as Obama tells them that he is doing "the best that he can" in the face of Republican intransigence, those people will come out again and vote for an Obama clone, or whoever Obama directs them to vote for in 2014-2016.
If these masses wanted more and more babies we wouldn´t be facing free abortions for all and more for the 47.5%.They want to revisit the free love for all era and no responsibility as taught them by the originals of the 60´s generation.perhaps when that group has passed on sanity may be back in style.
Just another 800,000 on Food Stamps and playing with their ØDumbø phones. We aren´t going to get back to majority party until only taxpayers are allowed to vote. And that could only happen with a revolution.
Is this a joke?
The comments under the original post are very interesting and educational.
Yeah, right. And the leftist media has no power. We´ll get ´em next time.I´m sick of it. We saw blatant fraud this time along with outrageous bias in the media and in the debate system. Has anyone in the GOP done a thing to combat it? Nope.So, yeah, this is the thing that´s going to wake the Obama electorate up. Are you kidding? They´re stupid. They´re thralls to the Democrat party. They believe the Republicans brought up contraception and abortion and such in the election.Until we get serious about exposing and combating/shaming fraud, we will never win another election they don´t want us to win.
Mr. Moran is disingenuous at best. When we gave the GOP the people to defund ObamaCare Moran was describing us as dirty fingernailed hicks who would never be accepted by GOP establishment. Moran is just filler between so-called elections.
Back during hillarycare, Phil Graham said if it got implemented people would be hunting dimocrats with dogs.It may still be the case. While it seems nothing matters to the electorate, if it turns out teleprompter care inconveniences them then they will hate it.Death of an ambassador, no big deal. Inconvenienced or charged $2.00 for an ATM transaction, moral outrage!!
I expect ObamaCare will be as effective as gun control and drug control and border control. And the thousand entitlement programs at every level, city, county, state, and federal.And like the millions of shovel ready jobs the stimulus has produced.And the tremendous benefits we have enjoyed from wind power and solar and electric cars because our government subsidized them with billions of dollars, trillions over the years.And our public schools, the most expensive on Earth, whose graduates amaze us all.Government does not run things well. Being government means they don´t have too.
#21 is right. My son sees that attitude in his middle school students. No ambition.
Obamacare was a perjorative against the law. Now BO and the dems have stolen the term which is clearly out of context from what it was intended to mean. Does he care? It is obamaNOcare.Besides, I want to read more on the portion of the law that includes RFID. No RFID, no care. See the kid in Texas going at it alone. But the sheep will allow RFID for a free bandaid.Scientist no doubt will design and program chips to permanently turn off the expensive eaters and looters. Either that or tax all at 90% to cover costs.
The Death Bill will cost 800,000 jobs and $2+ trillion. These things are always, always underestimated. The numbers should be doubled or quadrupled.
implementation of Obamacare will hurt the Democrats, I agree but that isn´t the exact same thing as helping the Republicans. First, the Republicans will have to denounce Obamacare but with it becoming an entitlement, they won´t. And that leads me to Second, you can´t beat something with nothing. If the Republicans are not for Obamacare, what are they for?
I´m just so sick in my heart of reading and wanting to believe predictions that voters are capable of smartening up and changing the political direction of this country.If Toby Harden´s piece in correct and GOP luminaries are stabbing Romney in the back, then the GOP is as rotten a political party as anything coming from the left. Gingrich and Santorium did an enormous amount of damage to Romney during the GOP primaries. There comes a point where a contender needs to put country before self and step aside. Too many GOP candidates don´t have the sense to do that. Todd Atkins was another one ...Anyway, the point is that Obamacare was never meant to be a permanent system -- it is a segue to single-payer. The plan was always for a huge part of the population to pay nothing for "free" health care. For the remainder who pay taxes, a sizable percentage are poised to be dropped from their employers´ coverage. That will throw more people into the exchange system, thereby overwhelming it. Its pure Cloward-Pliven. With less employer-participation, independent employer health insurance systems will not be able to survive. As more people get thrown into the exchanges, the exchange system cannot provide the necessary volume of care. Before you know it, the only remedy is for single-payer. Mission accomplished.The Congress has already foreseen this and made sure that they will never need to compete with the masses for their healthcare. The Congress also made exempt all federal judges and the upper echelon of the Executive branch.Some words and phrases can best be defined by giving an example. The Yiddish word chutzpah is one -- what the Congress did in exempting itself and other blessed ones is the definition of "insult to injury."
Have faith everyone....Somewhere there´s a clever attorney. He/she will read the whoooooooole bill and find one little option out for each citizen....Trust me -- I feel it happening -- just as the conservatives opted out from busing in Chicago and dropped the public school system here to last place.....The conservatives left and saved the private school system overnight.WE opted out of that goooooberment debacle -- WE´ll opt out of this mess.Just wait and see....LZK
It´s time for a new party! I say call it The Free Party. The people who are for liberty will think it stands for freedom and the people who want free stuff will think it is for free stuff. Can´t lose!!
Before the next four years are out, we will witness the manifestation of two laws, Stein's and Thatcher's.Stein's: (paraphrased) "Things that can't go on forever won't."Thatcher's (paraphrased) "Socialists eventually run out of other people's money."Obama is soon going to demonstrate both of the above.
The bottom line is mass confusion. Please read Rules for Radicals and read the Port Huron Statement. Confusion is not the bottom line, it´s the goal and it worked beautifully November 6th. The GOP will remain blithering idiots about it even in 2014. The GOP will be blameless in this fiasco.andIt's hard to see how the elections of 2014-16 won't severely damage the Democrats and make them a minority party for the foreseeable future. Really? It´s hard to see? Do you really think the blue electoral districts will be smarter with facts then than they were between 2008 and 2012? The GOP couldn´t open a bag of reality dust if it was opened for them, and it has been opened for them. Google Penn and Teller, cups and balls trick with clear cups and you have the American voter in a "nutshell" who will pick the empty clear cup knowing and seeing the ball in the other cup. Yes, they´re that stupid and they´ll willingly only get worse.
Don´t count on it. The liberals always come up with some crazy reason that its not their fault. They may just go back to blaming it on Bush. Hell, they fell for it before.The Dems will just throw something out there, the MSM will get the high sign and start pounding it into the ignorant and gullible. The comedians will start making fun of the Rrpublicans for blaming the Dems and academia will be brainwashing the kids who cast their blind vote. Before its all over the jobless, the takers and the gullible will be convinced that another vote for the Dems will be in their best interests.
What is that sound I hear? Ah yes, tis the whistling in the dark.
The real question is: who is our A team? Rubio? Rand Paul? Guiliani? Palin? Gingrich? Santorum? Will they tear each other apart? will competition force the best to rise to the top?And what about the fact that the people in power are already using our tax dollars to promote What Your Country Can do for You to the 47%.
We got rid of slavery.We WILL get rid of Obamacare.
A third party is more likely going to be the next majority party. The GOP has lost so much support after this past election from their base and everyone they disinter mediated in ensuring Romney was their candidate, and are unlikely to regain it.If it votes like a Dem, we might as well elect a Dem.
RNC, please wake up. If 17 states don´t show for the electoral voting, the House can elect Romney. Am I the only one in this country who knows constitutional law?
Doctor-to-patient prescription prior to January 1, 2013:"Take two aspirin and call me in the morning!"Doctor-to-patient prescription on or after January 1, 2013:"Take two cyanide pills! Wait! I think I'll join you."
FTA: "The Democrats will be forced to defend a law that caused a recession, significantly increased insurance costs to families, and brought many businesses to their knees. It's hard to see how the elections of 2014-16 won't severely damage the Democrats and make them a minority party for the foreseeable future."Yeah? How did that work for pinning the housing/banking crisis on the Dems, who were by far responsible for it? How did that work in defeating Dem senators this month who voted in favor of Obamacare as well as keeping their own Cadillac plan?
Bwa-hahahahahaMoran is smoking some fine chronic if he actually believes thisWow
People that voted for Obama in 2012 because they still blamed W for the economy are too stupid to connect the failure of Obamacare to the dems.
The history of all such massive government programs is that once they are in, they never go away. They just get bigger and more expensive. Think Social Security. Think Medicare. Now Obamacare.Politicians come and go, but bureaucracies go on forever...until, that is, they ultimately consume their host.
Right. And for the last 3 years we also heard how the looming threat of Obamacare´s implementation would make the GOP a majority party this year. How did that work out again ?I´m tired of all these pontificating pundit types who claim to see the future. They can go pound sand.
That is a question I have been asking too #22. Why did Congress exempt itself an all federal workers from Ocare? How is that equal protection under the 14th Amendment? Also, I believe one day when the full effects of Ocare begin to show themselves, a case can be made that Ocare is unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment`s `cruel and unusual punishment` clause.
Need we remind ourselves that Republican nominee this year promised to keep key parts of Obamacare intact, including the individual mandate and the prohibition of pre-existing condition denials? Or that his political career embraced big govt policies including massive bailouts and gun control?The article describes the Republican strategy: retaining power through perpetual opposition to another perpetual govt program.That´s how the two parties (actually a single great two-winged party) maintain hegemony.
As for the Constitutional analyses, don´tcha know? The Constitution doesn´t mean what it says; it means what the last Republican President´s Chief Justice says it says.Or did we all forget the role Republicans played in passing and affirming this law?Pull the scales from your eyes.
Far from certain as long as the liberal media continues to control the narrative. If the Dems mobilize in off year elections like they do during presidential elections...Listen to the liberal media and:- The economy will be the result of the Republicans.- The Republicans are too conservative.- The Republicans are too moderate.- The Republicans don´t care about black rights, hispanic rights, women´s rights, and gay rights.- The Republicans will take away your free stuff.Also add in the number of moderates that won´t vote conservative and vice versa.
For obvious copyright reasons I have to summarize what I read today in a forum which is basically run and populated by a number of Duke University faculty and staff who live in a neighborhood not far from the school.One said Blue Cross/Blue Shield is about to raise their rates by 30%. Wanted to know if anyone in the group knew of an alternative with cheaper rates.Another one basically said ditto and that those with BC/BS would have an expensive year until things change in 2014 when AFCA takes effect.Seems they´re under the impression that Obamacare is going to be "free"or at least less expensive than BC/BS. These are definitely the well-paid liberal elites we know and loathe so well. If they all think this way--and I believe they do--then they´re in for a huge surprise. I don´t see them voting for anyone but another Democrat, though. They´re hard-core.
# 6 If 23 million un and underemployed ( plus the promise of the creation of 12 million new jobs ) couldn´t convince the Moron -Americans to vote Republican ,the loss of another 800, 000 jobs won´t mean a thing.
Wait until they turn all the VA hospitals into ´community health care centers´ ...... all those old vets (and their families) will get off their duffs and vote.Take a look at the nearest VA hospital to you ...... see all the recent renovations?Better to serve the public than vets.I expect it´ll happen in about 18 months.Mark my words.
Moran overestimates the intelligence of the average low-information Obama voter. They won´t make any connection between who they voted for and their skyrocketing health care costs. It doesn´t compute.


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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Screenplay : Todd Solondz
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 1996
Stars : Heather Matarazzo (Dawn Wiener), Brendan Sexton Jr. (Brandon McCarthy), Matthew Faber (Mark Wiener), Daria Kalinina (Missy Wiener), Angela Pietropinto (Mrs. Wiener), Bill Buell (Mr. Wiener), Eric Mabius (Steve Rodgers)
Welcome to junior high hell, courtesy of Todd Solondz's black comedy "Welcome to the Dollhouse." If junior high were this bad, I must've blocked it out. But then again, I think very few of us had it as bad as Dawn Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), Solondz's gawky, bespectacled heroine.
First of all, she's saddled with a last name like Wiener, which makes her an easy target for names such as "Wiener Dog" which her schoolmates have scrawled all over her locker. She has a crush on a local high school stud (Eric Mabius) who doesn't know she exists, and the one boy who potentially likes her is Brandon (Brendan Sexton, Jr.), a cruel misfit who hides his insecurities by threatening to rape her after class. Plus, Dawn is caught between her brainy older brother Mark (Matthew Faber), who views every situation as an opportunity to put another line on his college resume, and her much fawned over younger sister Missy (Daria Kalinina), who spends much of her time in a ballet tutu, showing off how cute she is.
Dawn doesn't have a single person on her side. Her parents think she's weird because she doesn't have any friends, and her mother doesn't shy away from showing favoritism toward Missy. Her teachers don't like her, the principle doesn't trust her, and whenever she tries to ingratiate herself with the other kids, she gets it spit back in her face. Early in the film she saves a younger boy from being beat up by some older kids, and when she asks him if he's okay, he pushes her off him, saying, "Get away from me, wiener dog!"
In "Welcome to the Dollhouse," first time writer director Solondz has done a remarkable thing æ he has created an utterly honest and realistic portrait of the ugliness inherent in middle school kids. Solondz exaggerates everything just a bit, achieving two purposes. First, he gives the film a blackish, almost satirical edge that takes away some of the pain of reality. And secondly, it gives the film a junior high viewpoint because kids think the smallest things are the end of the world. What hurts as an adult is absolutely devastating when you're thirteen, whether that be losing your first boyfriend or trying to find a place to sit in a crowed lunchroom.
But the real strength of the film is Solondz's keen understanding of his characters and why they act the way they do. He understands the pecking orders in junior high society, and how kids are mean to those under them to increase their own power. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is insecure and awkward at twelve and thirteen, and the ones that seem more adjusted are the ones that have managed to rise to the top by stepping on others' heads.
Solondz doesn't shy away from showing Dawn, who is quite possibly the lowest of the low, striking out at other kids she deems below her. He never wallows in sentimentality or tries to force us to sympathize with Dawn. He shows how debasement travels down the chain of childhood society, with Dawn being one of the links despite her outsider status.
In one scene, a group of cheerleaders ask Dawn if she's a lesbian, and then in the next scene, we see Dawn and her sister fighting over the TV, and Dawn calls her a lesbo. Of course, when the cheerleaders did it, they got laughs from all the other kids, but when Dawn tries to strike out in such a manner, she only succeeds in alienating herself further. Herein lies the key to the pecking order: the ones who can insult and profit by it are powerful, and those like Dawn who try to insult and only end up hurting themselves are the weak.
So much of the film hinges on Matarazzo's shoulders. As Dawn, she is given the vexing task of portraying a weak and often frustrating character who the audience must sympathize with. She does a marvelous job, balancing Dawn's insecurities with a spark of rebellion and a generally good nature that is constantly twisted by those around her. We forgive her faults and some of her stupid choices because we realize we'd probably do the same thing if we were stuck in her shoes.
"Welcome to the Dollhouse" is a startling debut film from an obviously talented writer/director. By cutting through all the shallow feelings displayed in so many teenage films, Solondz got down to the heart of the matter. There's nothing simple about being a kid, a fact too many adults have chosen to forget.
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Guests can enjoy an open-air wagon ride through The Flower Fields via an antique tractor. The ride includes an audio commentary of the history of The Flower Fields for our visitors' enjoyment.
Visit our cymbidium orchid greenhouse and view an abundace of beautiful cymbidium orchids which are available for sale at the Armstrong Garden Center.
Imagine a favorite painting transposed into a colorful garden using flowers as an art medium. The displays of spring flowers are as instructive as they are beautiful. Each illustrates how color can be used and enjoyed in gardens at home.
Our brilliantly-hued American flag waves in the wind. Red, white and blue petunias strategically planted on a 300 by 170 foot hillside pay tribute to the United States.
Find the solution to this one of a kind living maze! Immerse yourself in this living maze of fragrant and colorful "old fashion" sweet pea blossoms.
Children and adults will delight in the Santa's Playground, the new home to the whimsical play houses and gigantic mushrooms that were part of Santa's Village in Lake Arrowhead years ago. Come see the 'Guard Shack', 'Doll House', 'Crooked Treehouse' and huge colorful mushrooms that so many of us remember from our very own childhood!
Our sluice mining activity. Find your polished gem stones using the miner's old method of sifting sand in water!
Stroll through memory lane, a 1,500 square foot greenhouse filled with the world famous Ecke poinsettias. Enjoy hundreds of exciting poinsettias in over twenty rare , and unusual varieties. Learn the history of the world's best selling potted plant - The Poinsettia.
Sculpture: "Blow, Wind, Blow" by Fritzie Urquhart - A 12 ft. sculpture with bells attached to red ventilators that resonates with beautiful sound throught the Fields!
The University of California Cooperative Extension, San Diego County showcases Water Wise Farming: We invite you to visit our water quality awareness model. This educational model demonstrates more than 20 management practices that help farmers protect our water resources. Learn how many of these same practices into your own yards and gardens.


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I'm in a movie. I'm a chef in Rouen, France. Actually, I'm in my own kitchen. Dinner is over. I'm finished cleaning up. Tonight for the dozen-th or so time, I re-created a recipe from the movie Julie and Julia. The restaurant scene when Julia Child first tastes French food on French soil. That was in Rouen. You couldn't drag me back there. It may have been nice in the 1950s, but now, the post-war haze has lifted and it's just tacky and rundown. Forget the cathedral and Joan of Arc. I hightailed it out of there for Giverny as soon as I could.
Back to the food. The fish fillet presented to Julia, all gloriously browned that I made for dinner tonight. All I needed: fish fillets, flour, butter, olive oil, and lemon juice.
The first thing I found is that the cook needs to find the right piece of fish. And,yes, I did skip the boning and had the fish market do it for me. My best choice was flounder. Not inexpensive. But, then, no fish is cheap these days.
Anyway, I seasoned some flour with a little salt and fresh ground pepper. ( You can't tell the difference if you use gluten-free flour.) I dip the fish fillets into the flour, covering them evenly, then I shake off excess so the finished dish doesn't turn out glue-y.
In a good heavy skillet, I melt unsalted butter (the cook should control the salt, not a manufacturer) and olive oil, enough to coat the bottom of the pan well so that the fish doesn't stick. When the butter starts to bubble, I add the fillets. If there are too many to fit the pan, I do it in batches. When the fillets start to turn golden, I take them out of the skillet, put them on a warm plate, and set it aside. Then I pour all the fat from the pan, wipe it dry, and put it back on the burner adding about half a stick of butter to the pan.
The trick here is to brown the butter without burning it. So I pay close attention; I do not leave the pan for an instant. First the butter melts, then it bubbles, then it starts to brown. When it is a nice golden brown, I squirt in some fresh lemon juice. How much? I start with about 2 tablespoons (that's half a lemon worth), then taste it. If the butter is lightly tangy, then it is ready. I pour this over the fish, and I have a meal fit for culinary royalty.
Sometimes I sprinkle some finely chopped parsley over it.
Oh, yes, you can play with it. Use lime juice instead of lemon, canola oil instead of olive, or cilantro instead of parsley. But make sure you taste the original first. There are certain classics you don't want to screw around with.
Author and culinary school teacher Linda Bassett provides recipes for and tips on the season's freshest ingredients. She is the author of "From Apple Pie to Pad Thai: Neighborhood Cooking North of Boston." Reach her by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Download Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye for Linux Version 1.1
Download from here: Download Instructions If you have never used the Linux terminal (command line) before: A terminal allows you to type-in and run commands. Nearly every Linux distribution gives you a way to access the terminal, but every distribution is different. Here are some general tips for how to find the terminal. Try looking on your desktop or system menu for an item with the words "Linux terminal", "Linux console", or similar. If you are using a KDE desktop, try looking for an item named "Konsole". Alternatively, try looking for an icon on the desktop or system menu that looks like a computer screen with a ">" on it. If you can't find it, then open the help documents for your Linux distribution and search for "terminal". The Dirk Dashing installer and program are both 32-bit. The 64-bit versions of some distributions, like Ubuntu (Edgy Eft and Feisty Fawn), do not come with the 32-bit libraries installed by default. If the installer will not start for you, then you should make sure the 32-bit libraries are installed. In the case of Ubuntu, this means installing the ia32-libs package. One player also reported that the game would seg fault on his OpenSUSE 11.2 64-bit machine. However, removing the SDL and ogg-vorbis libraries that come bundled with the game solved it for him. That is, the game ran fine with the 32-bit libs that come with his OS.


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Tigers Drop to 0-2 Following Loss at Wabash
November 22, 2008
November 22, 2008, Crawfordsville, Ind. - DePauw trimmed Wabash's 12-point lead to two in the closing minutes, but the Little Giants held on for a 57-52 win. DePauw dropped to 0-2 with the loss, while Wabash improved to 1-1.
The Tigers jumped out to an early six-point lead before the Little Giants used a 12-2 run to take a 23-19 advantage. DePauw closed the gap back to one, but Wabash scored the final eight points over the last four minutes of the half to take a 31-22 lead at the break.
That margin reached as many as 12 on a couple of occasions early in the half with the last coming at 39-27 with just over 14 minutes remaining. DePauw whittled the lead down to single digits and got as close as 47-45 on Ryan Sever's three-point play with 4:01 left which came just seconds after Sever took a charge on the other end.
Andrew Gillman hit two free throws, while Wes Smith added a bucket and Chase Haltom hit a pair of free throws to make it 53-45 with 1:11 left. Sever hit delivered another three-point play and Mike Moore (pictured above, left) added a layup with 37.9 seconds left to close the Wabash lead to 53-50.
Dominique Thomas hit two free throws with 34.8 seconds left and DePauw's Tom Callen (pictured above right) nailed a pair with 22.1 seconds remaining to make it 55-52. Wabash's Aaron Brock connected on one of two free throws with 11.9 seconds left and Callen's three wouldn't go down. Thomas added a free throw with just over two seconds left for the game's final point.
Callen and Moore each scored 14 to lead the Tigers, while Callen added 12 rebounds for the double-double and a spot on the all-tournament team. With his basket with 15:40 left, Moore became the 23rd player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
Smith led Wabash with 21 and scored the Little Giants' first 10 points. Brock and Haltom each added 11 with Brock grabbing 12 boards for a double-double. Thomas followed with 10 points.
The Tigers hit just 34.6 percent from the floor, while Wabash connected on 39.2 percent. Each team grabbed 35 rebounds, but DePauw committed 20 turnovers.
DePauw hosts Earlham on Saturday, November 29 at 6 p.m. in the opening game of the Tigers' Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge. Defiance and Ohio Northern square off in the 8 p.m. game. Sunday's games are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m.


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THREE OF A KIND - Nicky Bomba
18/06/2012 , 4:37 PM by Fiona Poole
Aussie muso Nicky Bomba joined us on Afternoons and programmed the music. It was a reggae infused afternoon. We loved it.
His track selections:
1) Nicky Bomba and Bustmento - Livin' the Dream
2) Milly Small - My Boy Lollipop
3) The Specials - A Message to you Rudy
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Ocean Terrace in Nuevo Vallarta
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,200 - $ 1,500 / week
$ 3,000 - $ 4,500 / month
vacation rental description
Beautiful beach front 2000 sq ft condo built in 2008 is complete with modern appliances and decorated in Tommy Bahama tropical theme. You will fall in love with the beach and sunsets of Nuevo Vallarta. The quality of the building finishings, condo furnishings, owners and guests is unsurpassed in NV. Our ten story building "Ocean Terrace" is a 15-20 cab ride from the airport and was coveted in 2008. It is on the ocean, facing west, with an unobstructed view of the beach and ocean. ..the sound of the waves is ever present! Our 2.5 bedroom condo is centrally located in the building on the 8th floor which provides maximum privacy and optimum enjoyment of the ocean view and dramatic sunsets.
property availability
Last modified on 01-25-2013 at 1:14 PM.
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Allen Booth 604 530 2771
condo rental amenities
The master bedroom includes a king size bed, large ensuite, complete with jacquzi bath. The second bedroom has two double beds and an adjoining bathroom. The living room furnishings include Shaw Direct TV with DVD. The kitchen is fully appointed and adjoins the dining room which has a beautiful white onyx dining room table and chandelier which creates a warm and comfortable setting for intimate dining.
vacation rental rates
May to September......$1200 per week
October to April...........$1500 per week
Special weeks: Christmas, New Year's, Easter/Spring Break......$1500 per week
To book: 50% & $200 security, balance 45 days prior to arrival.
Allen Booth 604 530 2771
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.
Learn more in our Security CenterTop things to do in Nuevo Vallarta
- Water and beach activities
- Long walks on the beach
- Dining
- Golf, fishing, tennis
- Whale and dolphin watching
Top things to do on a budget
- Reading
- Water and beach activities
- BBQ on the deck
- Sun tanning
- Bus tours of local sights
Top things to do with a family
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- Dining
- Exploring local towns
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