The latest Washington Post poll shows he is 14 percentage points ahead among registered voters and 11 points ahead amongst those likely to vote.

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The irony of this whole situation is that the registered investment advisors so fervently taking offense to the post are not the types of brokers we were talking about in the article.

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According to a blog post accompanying the announcement, the company currently has 5, 000 registered teachers across the country and more students than the University of California college system.

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Users can connect directly to a wireless network from their camera to upload photos and videos to the Canon iMAGE GATEWAY, an online service that lets registered users store images to an online album, and then post their content to social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

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In the three force areas where just two candidates are standing - Dyfed-Powys, North Yorkshire and Staffordshire - registered voters will be presented with a familiar "first past the post" ballot paper.

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The company, whose apps also let people post their snaps onto Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, already boasts over 30m registered users and is growing like Topsy: its Android app was downloaded more than a million times in just 24 hours after its launch on April 3rd.

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