Notable among the AFPP experts is former CIA counterterrorism expert Philip Giraldi On November 14, 2007, Giraldi appeared on a panel co-hosted by the American Conservative Defense Alliance (ACDA, about which more will be said in a moment) and the Nixon Center with the theme of finding alternatives, any alternatives, to threats of U.S. military action against Iran.

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In July Steiner launched its largest-ever oceangoing operation, the 25, 000-square-foot Asian-theme Samsara Spa, with a fitness center, on the Concordia, run by Costa Cruises, a division of Carnival.

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The Bay Area's status as a technology center will also be a major theme for the 49ers as they submit a bid to the National Football League to host the Super Bowl in 2016 or 2017, says Daniel Lurie, CEO of the official bid committee.

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They've been making the rounds together from one event to the next in the convention center, which houses both the NFL Experience theme park and work stations for several thousand international media.

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The flagship center, located on Maoming Road in Shanghai, China, has seven theme rooms: Snow White, Lion King, Cars, Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Winnie The Pooh and Toy Story.

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The theme of the speech, as many pundits have pointed out, was a move toward the center and a pledge to work with Republicans, while guiding the nation.

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But Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, an expert who tracks U.S.-Mexican relations for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, doesn't expect NAFTA to be a dominant theme today.

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