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The Mercure Shakespeare Hotel is a beautiful 4 star hotel situated in the heart of the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The hotel is a short stroll away from Shakespeare's Birthplace, Schoolrooms, New Place, the RSC theatres and various local shops. Marco's New York Italian is open for lunch and dinner, and delicious afternoon teas can be enjoyed in our Lounge. The Cabinet Room is ideal for meetings up to 16 people. Car parking is chargeable and the entrance is at 6 Sheep Street CV37 6EF.
Shakespeare's houses, the Butterfly Farm, Holy Trinity Church, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham NEC.
Larger rooms with sofa-beds are suitable for up to one extra child, whilst connecting rooms are a suitable option for larger families. Lunch or dinner reservations in Marco's New York Italian can be made by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Chapel Street
Tel: (+44)2477/092802
Fax: (+44)1789/415411
The hotel offers 78 individually named bedrooms including doubles, twins and junior suites with either a four-poster or king-size bed.
For just a little bit extra, treat yourself to a fabulous traditional suite. Why not ask for a room with a canopy four poster bed. Indulge yourself with extra luxury toiletries, bathrobes and slippers.
Enhanced comfort with double or twin bed, deluxe toiletries, robe and slippers, complimentary soft drinks, Nespresso machine, preferred Check-in/Check-out time. Enjoy Privilege Perks evening drinks and canapés, 100 bonus Le Club points and a gift
Each room has its own character. Rooms include a double bed, TV, telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, bath, shower and a range of complimentary toiletries.
Each room has its own character. Rooms include a double bed, TV, telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, bath, shower and a range of complimentary toiletries.
Adjacent to the Hotel is a New York Italian restaurant by celebrity chef, Marco Pierre White. Marco's New York Italian is the perfect setting for lunch or dinner; with a large bar and terrace it's ideal for sitting back and relaxing with drinks.
Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea, with delicious homemade scones and clotted cream or freshly cut sandwiches and delicious cakes and in the evening it is the ideal location to meet friends for cocktails or choose a glass of wine.
Marco's Bar has a contemporary atmosphere and a great selection of cocktails. It is the perfect location for a relaxing drink with friends.
Reviews collected from customers who booked on AccorHotels.com
The only issue we have is the bar. Please reopen the quill bar. The one at Marco's is tacky and uncomfortable. Completely out of character with the rest of the hotel and since this has opened we have not used the hotel bar whereas we used to enjoy the quill bar, as did many others. I can appreciate you need a separate one for Marco's but the hotel guests deserve to have their old one back!
Dear Trish B Thank you for your comments and also for returning so often... it's appreciated. The good news is I'm planning to re-open the Quill Bar in the next few weeks - so it should be open next time you visit. I look forward to welcoming you back Regards James Lys
You cannot get a better location in Stratford than The Shakespeare. The hotel has olde worlde charm with its beautiful black and white façade and its quirky uneven floors and small corridors. We stayed in junior suite which consisted of a good size bedroom and lounge area with the bonus of having a tv in both rooms....Would definitely stay there again.
Thanks for the great review, alisonjgar, and I love your Olde English! Yes, definitely worth upgrading to a suite, and no arguments about channel choice! We look forward to welcoming you back. Best wishes James Lys/General Manager
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TravelPod Member ReviewsHotel Cortina Rome
Left Sydney, Australia at 6am and arrived in Rome at 8:30pm, then transferred to the Hotel Cortina
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Nice little Hotel.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Hotel Cortina Rome
Great stay -- perfect location!
The staff at Hotel Cortina were extremely helpful and polite. Signore Angelo Milana was especially friendly and sincere. The rooms are clean and the bathroom a pleasant surprise for European standards. The breakfast buffet was more than expected both in quality and quantity. The location was an easy walk to most of the sites in Rome and also to the metro. It is an exceptional value.
Nice little Hotel
Hotel Cortina was a perfect location for us. It was clean and the staff were very warm and helpfull. Rooms are nice with a remarkable nice bathroom.
We would recommend it and when we return we will rebook this hotel again.
Good Value, Excellent Loction
Excellent service, very helpfull staff, great location for the main sites.
Family room for 4 people at �77/night, excellent value.
Incredible City, Nice Hotel
My wife and I had our first trip to Rome January 2005. We are pleased that we stayed at Hotel Cortina. Our room was an adequate size; it was tastefully decorated and the bed was confortable. The bathroom was nice and very clean. We also appreciated the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff. The location of this Hotel is excellent within walking distance to Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Venice Square, Roman Forum and more. We will return to the beautifull and incredible Rome, and plan to stay again at Hotel Cortina.
Excellent place to stay
We stayed at the Cortina in December and found it to be perfectly charming. The staff were very attentive and informative. The location is excellent in that is within walking distance of a lot of sites of interest but it is also very quiet. The room was very well furnished. Breakfast was pretty standard for a Continental Hotel it was not the hearty English Breakfast that you might expect in the UK but still consistent. i would definitely recommend a stay at the Cortina.
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Third time in Rome and first at the Cortina Hotel which was recommend by friends. Very convinient location in the central Via Nazionale. We had a Room overlooking courtyard and it was very quiet. Rooms are spacious and very clean, our bathroom was brand new, bright and very clean. Nice breakfast, excellent service that make us feel like at home. I'll came back and will recommend to our friends.
We traveled in March/2004 to Rome via train from Paris. We welcomed the Cortina and it's simplicity and found the hotel to be well worth the moderate pricing. I cannot complain about finding the hotel because like a genius I misplaced the address and my taxi driver was a gem and he made a few calls to locate the hotel. Granted we paid him 50Euro to take us around the block from the train station, but it was worth it because we would have wasted time trying to find it on our own. It's not like our cellphones worked in Europe.
The elevator is a bit antiquated and small, but if you are patient and ride up in pairs then everything is perfect. The staff is gracious and the rooms were just like the picture. The bathroom was very modern and extremely clean. We had a view of the street, and our space was better than our LeMeridien Montparnasse quad room in Paris (sucky hotel, nice staff). At the Cortina we split into pairs and both rooms were spacious and very clean. I loved the hardwood flooring and the bed was quite comfortable. The TV had CNN, and we arrived a day before the Madrid bombing.
The staff was very helpful. They made sure to put our postcards in the mail, and also helped me understand the postal system when I emailed for assistance once I returned to the States.
I would recommend it and would stay again if I return to Rome.
I am returning to Europe in December and I base my experience at the Cortina on how I choose my lodgings when researching locations.
Spot on
We found Hotel Cortina to be very different to the previous review. Staff were very friendly and courteous, there is a bloody big sign on the footpath out front clearly showing Hotel Cortina (1st Floor).
Rooms although not huge were all we needed with all the necessary convienences (plenty of hot water, well stocked mini bar fridge, bed (2 singles pushed together...ok.), Air Conditioning). We stayed there when we 1st arrived in Rome for 3 nights. We had a room overlooking the back laneway. Great view of the old church next door. Breakfasts are plentyful (coffee is great). There were renovations going on, but we didn't hear a thing. We spent 3 weeks touring around Italy and re-booked Cortina on our return to Rome to fly out. This time we had a room overlooking the Busy (noisy Via Nazionale). HOWEVER, with great soundproofing glass, we could could hardly hear a thing from the Street...AMAZING!
Again, staff were great (they even rang our airline for us to confirm our flights as our Italian wasn't great!). Overall, a great hotel, great location (close to train station and a walk to all monuments), friendly helpful staff. We thought it was spot on.
We didn't stay the second night...
We had selected the Hotel Cortina from the information provided on thier web site. The actual hotel seems to be something quite different. It does not say on the web site the hotel is on the second floor of a building with little or nos ignage so you can find it. The room we were provided with in no way resembles the pictures on the site, in that it was difficult to walk around the bed it was so small. There was no natural light, our window faced out onto a walkway covered in a tarp. There was no air conditioning, no well stocked fridge, no safety deposit box and in the morning there was no hot water. The last straw was being charged between 25 and 50 Euro's per night for car parking, or as the manager suggested to us in a very off handed manner, "well park it in the street.
This experience has certainly highlighted the fact that you do NOT trust pictures or descriptions on web sites. All together a very disappointing experience.
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Vincci Granada
Avenida de la Constitución, 18, 18012 Granada, Spain
Vincci Granada
Granada, 1.1 km from the city centre. Avenida de la Constitución, 18 see on map
The Vincci Granada is a superb city hotel, housed in a modern building, which enjoys a very convenient location right in the centre of...
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Plaza del Lino, 1, 18002 Granada, Spain
Granada, 401 m from the city centre. Plaza del Lino, 1 see on map
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Reino de Granada
Recogidas, 53, 18005 Granada, Spain
Reino de Granada
Granada, 933 m from the city centre. Recogidas, 53 see on map
Business hotel in the centre of Granada. Reino de Granada Hotel is a central establishment ideal for holidays, as well as for business...
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Casa de Federico
Horno Marina, 13, 18001 Granada, Spain
Casa de Federico
Granada, 258 m from the city centre. Horno Marina, 13 see on map
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Granada Centro
Navarrete, 7, 18001 Granada, Spain
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Granada, 466 m from the city centre. Navarrete, 7 see on map
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Villa Oniria
San Anton, 28, 18005 Granada, Spain
Villa Oniria
Granada, 704 m from the city centre. San Anton, 28 see on map
Villa oniria hotel is a palace house from the 19th century, located in the center of the city. It has been restored following the...
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Senator Granada Spa Hotel
Paseo del Violón s/n, 18006 Granada, Spain
Senator Granada Spa Hotel
Granada, 1.3 km from the city centre. Paseo del Violón s/n see on map
Hotel Spa Senator Granada is a modern hotel with spa located next to the Granada Exhibition and Congress Centre and close to the Old...
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Happy New Year. We're kicking things off here this January by taking a quick look at how same-sex marriage affected life in New York in 2011, and how it's shaping up primary politics in Iowa in advance of tomorrow's caucuses.
Gay marriage, of course, just became official in New York last year. As a result, the number of marriage licenses was up 14% in the city last year over the latter half of 2010. Stopping this kind of marriage surge must be the kind of thing thrice married adulterer Newt Gingrich wants to put in an end to in his campaign to "save" the institution.
Meanwhile in Iowa, where the economy is relatively strong and unemployment is shockingly low compared to the national average, the Republican candidates for president have often put same-sex marriage front and center in their pitch to the caucus goers. Every candidate except for Ron Paul has signed NOM's anti-gay marriage pledge. Michele Bachmann sparred with a high school student on the subject, exhorting that "every American citizen has the right to avail themselves to marriage but they have to follow what the laws are...the laws are you marry a person of the opposite sex," conveniently ignoring the fact that Iowans have held the right to marry a person of either sex since April of 2009. After nearly three years, you'd think a state's right to determine its own marriage laws would not be a point of contention for Republican politicians seeking federal office.
But the most ridiculous way same-sex marriage has penetrated Iowa politics in the 2012 cycle has been in the last minute "surge" by Rick Santorum. As Roy Edroso pointed out, Santorum's identity is so staked on his being anti-gay that the most popular definition of the word Santorum (according to Google anyway) means "the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."
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Peter, S.E., Dastbaz, M. and Bacon, E. (2008) Personalised e-learning, semantic web and learning ontologies. Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008. Ed/ITLib Digital Library, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Chesapeake, VA, USA, pp. 1818-1825.Full text not available from this repository.
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To gearheads a hot good-looking girl or an ugly unattractive girl, depending on your car preference. The positive or negitive use of the term also determines the meaning of "Ford" as its opposite. The positive or negative meaning is linked to the speaker's view of the better carmaker.
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The only cars/trucks worth buying, shits on fords
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An obscure British rock band working out of Birmingham around 1980-4.
Chevy's only album was 'The Taker', released on Avatar records in 1981
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English slang for "face."
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The Jefferson County Historical Society, founded in 1886, is the primary organization in Jefferson County, New York that collects artifacts, books, and documents that reflect the entire history of the county, including every geographical area and every chronological period. We preserve the history that makes Jefferson County a special place to live, work, and visit. Originally housed in the Flower Memorial Library, today the Society is located in the beautiful 19th century Paddock Mansion.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service (TAEX) "helps people improve their lives through an educational process which uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs". Much of TAEX's mission involves information transfer to the people of the State of Texas. Like many government agencies tasked with providing better service with a shrinking resource base, TAEX has long been interested in innovative approaches to better serving the public without the barriers of time and distance.
TAEX began experimenting with electronic information distribution in 1984 with dial-in bulletin boards. In 1992, we rescued an aging Compaq DeskPro 286 from the auction block. We transformed it into an experimental Gopher/PopMail/FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server. The surprising response to this soon filled the 40MB drive. We began an exhaustive search for a better platform.
The best server software ran on Unix platforms, but they were prohibitively expensive. We were already using some Unix platforms for mail and networking applications. We tried to use one as a gopher server, but the response time was inadequate. We realized that additional duty as an information server would require significant system upgrades. We would need to increase main memory, add more mass storage, upgrade the operating system, and obtain the separately marketed "software development system" (basically a C compiler, awk, and yacc). Unfortunately, any one of these items cost more than an entire high-end Intel-based PC! When we tried to get price quotes, we discovered that the TCP/IP networking package for the upgraded SVR4 operating system was "not yet available". Coincidentally, our agency also received another decrease in funding levels.
About that same time, a Finnish college student added networking to his free "Linux" operating system. This free Unix clone ran on readily available Intel 80386/486 processors with inexpensive drives. Initial experimentation on an 80386-based box showed that it actually worked quite well! TCP/IP networking was thoughtfully included, as was a superb C compiler system. Linux was like no other Unix system we had ever used, as it combined some BSD features with some SVR4 features, while maintaining some POSIX compliance. Our initial confusion changed to the delightful perception that Linux provided a most sensible mix of desirable features.
We obtained a low-end 80486 machine, fitted with a network card, and installed Linux. Both UMNs gopherd server and NWU's GN combination Gopher/WWW server compiled easily, and "Leviathan" was born. From a user's viewpoint, Leviathan seemed to operate faster, and we hoped that it would be able to handle a bigger user load than the Compaq. We transplanted the information tree from the Compaq to Leviathan, and both machines ran side by side, tangible proof that simple (and obsolete) computers could still be useful.
The initial information served via gopher included the "Master Gardener" files, the TAEX personnel directory, and abstracts of all Extension bulletins and leaflets. Wherever possible, we also provided the full text of these publications. We put the TAEX Agricultural Software Catalog on line. The 200MB drive soon filled, and a 300MB drive was added. Leviathan began performing as a bootp and PopMail server as "extra duty". We scanned several clip-art collections and made them accessible. Usage grew steadily. Soon, users from all over the world were logging in round the clock. The March 1994 access logs showed that 2,245 sites obtained almost 100MB of mostly clip-art at a rate of more than 500 accesses daily. Then, Mosaic happened.
We had been experimenting with the Mosaic WWW browser since December 1993, but it was under Linux and X-Windows that I first experienced an implementation of Mosaic that really impressed me. Mosaic under Linux was stable, flashy, and very useful. This caused me to review Mosaic for DOS/Windows platforms. While not as stable and full-featured as the Unix versions, we evaluated it as tolerable. The World Wide Web concept seemed tremendously important, so we began demonstrating Mosaic throughout the Agency in February 1994. Newer versions of GN had added the ability to serve a new protocol, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (http), which was used to tie together a "World Wide Web" (WWW) of networked information servers. In May 1994, text pages were marked up for Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), and GN began responding to http requests as well as gopher users. Leviathan broke the 1,000 accesses/10MB per day mark that month with 31,427 requests, 3,406 of which were from http (Mosaic) clients.
We added anonymous FTP access in August 1994 at the request of many users. Leviathan began distributing the National 4-H Enrollment Management software via gopher, http, and ftp access. In September, Leviathan also became TAEX's departmental CCSO qi/ph maintenance client. The 2,000 accesses per day watermark occurred in October 1994, when GN served 28,345 files (510MB) in 63,000 accesses, of which 60% (36,000) went to gopher clients. Access rates increased by approximately 10,000 per month in both November (72,300) and December (83,801). December 15th's 4,570 accesses broke the previous record of 4,370 accesses established the day before. December's average access rates were about 2,700 per day, with 20.6MB of files retrieved daily. Gopher type accesses still accounted for 51% of the accesses (42,371), but http accesses increased more than gopher accesses from the previous month.
Cumulatively, between February and the end of December, Leviathan served 188,672 files (3.71 gigabytes) to 33,542 unique machines in 434,025 separate transactions, of which 295,330 went to gopher users. During the same time, another 4,844 files (151MB) were retrieved via anonymous ftp. Leviathan was still serving as a bootp and PopMail server in its spare time, while accepting logins for maintenance of our part of the University-wide CCSO "ph" directory services database system. All this activity took place on an inexpensive 80486/33 computer sitting under a table, with neither monitor nor keyboard attached.
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The SETC Teachers Institute is an all-day seminar that is designed for teachers and directors of theatre arts, teachers who use or integrate theatre techniques into their classroom teaching experience, and students studying to be theatre educators. In-Service, Continuing Education Credits and/or Professional Development documentation is offered. Contact email@example.com for more information.
The 12th annual Teachers Institute will take place Wed., March 1, 2017, to kick off the 68th annual SETC Convention in Lexington, KY.
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We are hard-wired to tell stories through objects. Beginning with the earliest humans using sticks, stones, shadows and articulated skulls to overcome barriers of language, and continuing through today with artists and educators using thoughtfully designed and carefully constructed figures and masks, we all have it in us to be successful puppeteers! Kermit the Frog, Yoda, Joey (the War Horse), Kate Monster (and the other residents of Avenue Q), Howdy Doody and scores of other unique puppets that spring from our own imaginations can help us share the stories of the worlds inside and around us in creative and meaningful ways.
Aretta's day-long seminar engaged participants in understanding puppetry's history and purpose, in learning how to craft puppets and use them effectively, and in discovering the transformative power of puppet play.
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Darren Barker Feels Ready For Anyone With Recent Win
Darren Barker stopped Italian Simone Rotolo after four rounds at Wembley to claim the IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title. Rotolo was unable to continue after the fourth due to a hand injury, although the 37-year-old looked to have probably had enough after enduring four torrid rounds.
An overhand right staggered Rotolo in the first round and a body shot put him to the canvas. At that point a very early night looked in prospect, but the Italian managed to re-gather himself and get a toehold in the contest.
But the 30-year-old Barker continued to dominate and Rotolo did well to stay on his feet after being caught with a flurry of punches in the fourth. It was no great surprise when he retired on his stool, citing a hand injury.
Barker, who took his record to 25-1 with the victory, told Sky Sports: "I have been training really hard. I think I have been believing in my strength a bit more lately and calling on my experience.
"He was quite an awkward opponent. No disrespect, he didn't look a million dollars but he knew his way around the ring. It was just a case of me closing up the space, not letting him get his shots off - which he did early on to be honest - and I knew my strength would overpower him in the end.
"I felt really strong. I felt a weight above him to be honest. I feel I am ready to push on now.
"There are the obvious domestic fights and world title fights out there but this is an exciting time for me and the rest of the guys in the middleweight division. We are part of a great division, domestically and internationally.
"I am game, I will fight anyone. It could be rematches, trilogies, the lot. So it's exciting times."
Here's a video of Darren Barker's fight from yesterday: [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy30y1_2013-03-09-darren-barker-vs-simone-rotolo_sport?start=2#.UTyxUByG2t8[/url]Comment by TGD on 03-10-2013
Would like to see him fight Qullin or Macklin next.Comment by Jloro on 03-10-2013
lol when he took off the towel was weird. But hows he the best at MW when he got ko'ed by martinez already..?Comment by chiguy91 on 03-10-2013
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A marriage broker can''''t resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
Middle-aged New Yorker Mae Swasey is dedicated to her "Contacts and Contracts" business, through which she arranges marriages for lonely, shy and sometimes unattractive people. One afternoon, Mae consults with new client Hazel Gingras; Swedish bumbler Hjalmer Johannson; and optician George Wixted, to whom she wants to introduce Hazel. Mae then discovers that wealthy client Ina Kuschner has become engaged to handsome x-ray technician Matt Hornbeck, although Matt is unaware that Mae arranged their romance. When Mae leaves Matt's office, she accidentally is given the purse of model Christina "Kitty" Bennett, and cannot resist reading a letter to Kitty from her married boyfriend, who promises to treat her better. When Kitty reclaims her purse, Mae gently advises her to end the relationship, and Kitty storms off. Later, Ina's snobbish mother refuses to pay Mae's commission, but is quick to blame Mae when Matt jilts Ina at the altar. Mae finds Matt soon after, and he explains that he could not bear to tie himself down, even though Ina's father had promised to fund his x-ray clinic. Mae reveals that she is a marriage broker and had set him up with Ina, but her humor and pragmatism overcome his brief fit of anger. On Sunday, the day when Mae fixes up couples at her home, she successfully introduces Wixted and Hazel, and Johannson and another client, Delia Seaton. Kitty also visits Mae to apologize for her rude behavior, and informs Mae that her boyfriend has proposed. Mae subtly questions Kitty about her boyfriend's wife, and makes her understand that she cannot find happiness by breaking the heart of another woman. Mae's sympathy encourages Kitty to end the relationship, and she stays the night at Mae's apartment. The next morning, remembering a story told to her by a client, Mae pretends that she has lost an earring and that Kitty has swallowed it, in order to take her to meet Matt. Matt x-rays Kitty and does not find the earring, but is attracted to her when Mae insists that she is not trying to set them up. Mae and Kitty become good friends, although Kitty is still unaware of what Mae does for a living. Mae's secretary Alice is confused when Mae turns away a prospective client, also named Mrs. Swasey, for business has not been good and Mae is behind in her bills. Mae refuses to explain her reaction and instead helps two children who want to find happiness for their widowed father. That evening, Kitty goes out with Matt, and the couple quickly fall in love. Mae plots to make Matt jealous by sending flowers to Kitty, and her scheme works as the two spend more time together. Mae assures Matt that she has had nothing to do with his romance with Kitty, and taunts him about his declarations that he would never get married. Soon after, Hazel, who is engaged to Wixted, is selecting her trousseau at Kitty's shop, when her sister-in-law unwittingly informs Kitty about Mae's profession. Infuriated that Mae has meddled in her life, Kitty confronts her and calls her business despicable. Mae is heartbroken by Kitty's rejection, as is Matt, whom Kitty refuses to see. Feeling like a failure, Mae decides to take a vacation, but her departure is interrupted by the re-appearance of the other Mrs. Swasey, Emmy. Mae is cold toward Emmy, for twenty years earlier, Emmy had stolen Mae's husband Frank. Emmy confides in Mae that since Frank's death, she has been terribly lonely, and because she is no longer young and cute, she needs help finding another man. Mae is comforted by Emmy's confession but refuses to help her, then leaves for a health resort called Sharon Springs. As the weeks pass, Kitty begins to regret her harsh words to Mae and goes to find her at her her office. There, Mae's longtime friend, newspaper advertising executive Doberman, informs Kitty how badly she hurt Mae, who performs a much-needed service by helping socially inept people find happiness. Hoping to atone, Kitty arranges for fishing fleet owner Dan Chancellor to meet Mae at Sharon Springs, and a romance between the two blossoms. Kitty also reconciles with Matt, who proposes, and they share their good news with Mae upon her return. Matt inadvertently reveals that Kitty arranged Mae's romance, however, and Mae realizes that the staid Dan is not right for her. Mae fixes Emmy up with Dan, however, and happily returns to her office, where Doberman reveals that he is romantically interested in her himself.
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The Downer Ave. business district on Milwaukee's east side is buzzing with new investment, including the newly reopened Pizza Man restaurant and major renovations to Sendik's grocery.
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Our little town of 7,000 people has almost 70 different places to eat. We have fine-dining places with celebrity chefs from the Michael Bauer Top 100 lists. There are places with killer views of the Bay and the San Francisco skyline. There are also secret little gems where most customers are local folks, and we'll tell you about every single one of them.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Hotel Bartolomeo Venice
Nice Hotel
My husband and I spent 3 nights, May 8, 9, 10 at the Hotel Bartolomeo in Venice. The staff was friendly and helpful and the location near Rialto Bridge was convenient and easy to find. We took the water taxi #82 from the Termini station and got off at the Rialto station. Once we got off, we asked a few locals and were able to find the hotel, no problems. The hotel actually has two buildings; the main one that you arrive at and they've also secured another building (Annex building), which is where we stayed. The rooms were newly renovated and quite nice. There was no real advantage of canal view. The building is so low that you literally see people on the bridge standing and talking away. If only I spoke Italian I could probably even carry a conversation with them J The breakfast was quite good and although the croissants were packaged they were yummy - had a marmalade filling, writing this review now I'm craving it.
I would recommend this hotel to anybody.
Good, clean hotel with an excellent location
We stayed at the Bartolomeo for 3 nights (Apr 21-24) and found it to be very good value for money, booked through an online website, no problems.
The reception staff were friendly and helpful, the room was very clean and a fair size. Breakfast was adequate to fill you up until lunchtime.
Location couldn't have been better, practically next to the Rialto, a short walk to a supermarket and various eateries. For a first visit to venice it was perfect. The stairs were a killer though, as we were on the fourth floor in room 36.
Overall, we would definitely stay here again on a return trip toVenice. We came with no expectations at all and were very impressed with the hotel, pleased that we'd made a good choice!
Bartolomeo Hotel
We spent four nights in the Bartolomeo Hotel, in room #24.
The hotel is hidden in a typical Venetian alleyway only a short distance (100 m) from Rialto bridge and the vaporetto stop. The hotel appears to comprise several adjacent buildings joined together internally and recently refurbished.
The reception desk was manned 24/7 and the staff spoke excellent English (and French, German etc.) and were very helpful.
There is no lift (elevator) in the hotel so access to the higher floors may be a problem if you are less than moderately fit. Breakfast is served in a somewhat cramped area on the second floor and was adequate but not exceptional (coffee/tea/chocolate + selection of buns/pre-packed croissants, no fruit juice).
Our room was quite large and was newly refurbished. The bed was comfortable and the room was kept spotlessly clean. A new and large a/c unit was in evidence. There was no view to speak of from the windows of our room.
Overall it represented a good value for the price and we would recommend it.
My husband and I spent 3 nights, Oct. 2,3,4, at the Hotel Bartolomeo in Venice. Although the staff was friendly and helpful and the location near Rialto was convenient and easy to find, we would not stay here again. The bed was way too soft for our tastes. The water pressure on floor 3 1/2 was very low. The walls were thin. The shower had only a curtain and no lip so that water got all over the floor of the bathroom and even into the bedroom. There was no elevator. Finally, the room was warm and stuffy because we had to keep the window closed due to the mosquitos that were eating me alive.
A 5 night stay near the Rialto Bridge Venice
I stayed at the Bartolmeo Hotel right near the Rialto Bridge from 1st to 5th March this year.I got the booking for the Hotel & the flight on-line. It was an excellent small clean & friendly Hotel.The two guys on reception both spoke very good English & helped in every way they could. I was alone but felt very safe & comfortable there. Basic but clean & very convenient position. It was only 40 euros a night but costs vary according to time of the year & how busy they are.To contact:***********.name is Sheila smith. Enneo & Gabriel on recept will remember me.
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Travel Blogs from Venice
Lots of walking!
After breakfast we set off to explore Venice. We walk for almost seven miles and enjoy some beautiful sights and interesting buildings. The sun shines continually. For lunch it's pizza and wine, followed by an afternoon snooze! Late afternoon we enjoy another fairly long walk to visit an Environmental Exhibition that Jenna had recommended. It …
A return visit to Venice
.....and the sun is still shining! We leave the Novotel about 08:45 and head to the airport to park the car. All goes smoothly and we are soon on the Alilugano and heading to Rialto Bridge. We disembark and follow the map to the hotel....after making one mistake, we get there and leave our bags. We head off for a wander around and then return to …
Anchors Away
One more day in Venice. It started with a 2 hour boat tour of the Venice coastline and one more time we got to visit St. Mark's Square before going back to the ship. We went inside St. Mark's Basilica which was absolutely beautiful. Even though it was undergoing major reconstruction, you could see the beauty of what had survived and know that it would look so good when finished. The line was long to ...
... Gigetta to arrive from Cordenons - one hour (90km) away. Had a wonderful meal at lunch time with a fresh veal lasagne that simply melted in your mouth, veal cutlets, beans, peas and salad. Wine of course plus we toasted with a nice Prosecco . Beautiful desert and lots or reminiscing and laughter. Zio Gigetti now has two cell phones. His old one and a new smart phone. He is a whiz on it and we were amazed. We did show him how to take selfies and he was forever ...
Day 11 - Venice & Gondolas
... went crazy within the square. Walking down the narrow cobbled streets, she shared how in the future Venice will become a city museum, as it's becoming to expensive to live there. Once the tour was over, Zo and I did some tourist shopping and then met up with Kellee, Lesley, Connor and Maddie for some seafood dinner. We had a delicious Frutti De Mer pasta and a scampi risotto, however the waitress was possibly the rudest person we have ...


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Daniel Jacobs Serves As Guest Analyst For 4/19 SHO Card
Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs is trading in his gloves for a microphone, at least for one night.
The inspirational cancer survivor will serve as guest analyst for this Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
Jacobs will step in for critically acclaimed analyst Paulie Malignaggi, who will challenge IBF Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter in the co-feature of the world championship tripleheader.
"It's an honor to have this opportunity on such a historic boxing event," Jacobs said. "I'm excited to be the guy on the outside that will provide the viewers with the type of insight only a fighter can provide. I also look forward to the opportunity to see the sport in a different perspective and gain more of an appreciation for the craft.
"I know I'll be in good hands alongside Al Bernstein, Mauro Ranallo and the rest of the SHOWTIME crew giving the viewers and fans a great night of boxing."
In the main event, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins will face WBA World Champ Beibut Shumenov in a highly anticipated world championship unification while WBO Middleweight World Champ Peter Quillin will risk his title againstLukas Konecny in the opening bout of the telecast.
Saturday's telecast will air live immediately following the premiere of Episode 1 of ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Maidana, the most recent installment of the Emmy® Award-nominated SHOWTIME Sports® series that chronicles the dramatic and often unpredictable lives of the world's best prizefighters.
The 27-year-old Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs), of Brooklyn, N.Y., is coming off a first-round TKO of Milton Nunez on March 15 on the SHOWTIME EXTREME® undercard of the Danny Garcia-Mauricio Herrera event in Puerto Rico. The victory was Jacob's fifth straight win in as many fights since returning to the ring after a courageous 19-month battle against cancer and partial paralysis.
The 6'1" Jacobs, who is the 5th ranked middleweight contender by the IBF and sixth by the WBC, WBA and WBO, has won seven in a row by knockout.
Jacobs would destroy the NyQuillin bum. I'd love to see it. :DComment by havocman on 04-16-2014
Fliggity jiggittyComment by Jloro on 04-16-2014
Damn I guess they really want us to See Quillin KO a cancer survivorComment by SnakeVen0m on 04-16-2014
Jacobs should start talking shiet on Quillin. That would be awesome :DComment by Hougigo on 04-16-2014
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Fitch Parking
As most of you know, Cubs pitchers and catchers have reported to Fitch Park, and a number of infielders and outfielders are also in camp.
The pitchers are presently working in four groups, with the four groups rotating periodically from the batting cage, to the ten pac (pitch and catch), to Field #2 for PFP (Pitchers Fielding Practice), and to Field #3 for pick-off drills. A loud blaring horn alerts the pitchers when it's time to move to another location.
Andrew Cashner
Ryan Dempster
John Gaub
Tom Gorzelanny
Sean Marshall
Carlos Silva
Carlos Zambrano
Mitch Atkins
Casey Coleman
J. R. Mathes
Mike Parisi
David Patton
Jeff Stevens
Justin Berg
Esmailin Caridad
Rafael Dolis
John Grabow
Carlos Marmol
Jeff Samardzija
Randy Wells
Thomas Diamond
Jeff Kennard
Marcos Mateo
Blake Parker
Vince Perkins
James Russell
Jeff Gray (strained groin), Angel Guzman (knee surgery rehab), and Ted Lilly (shoulder surgery rehab and a sore knee) did not participate in drills today.
And Carlos Silva is hopelessly out of shape, barely able to move, although he is participating in PFP & pick-off drills. I suspect Silva might end up spending much of the next two seasons on the 60-day DL.
The seven catchers in camp (Geovany Soto, Welington Castillo, Koyie Hill, Robinson Chirinos, Steve Clevenger, Blake Lalli, and Chris Robinson) spend most of their morning catching pitchers throwing in the ten pac pit (six or seven pitchers throw simultaneously), and then after the pitchers have completed their work, the catchers break up into two groups and take BP (with coaches throwing) on Field #3 (Soto, K. Hill, W. Castillo, and Chirinos) and Field #2 (Clevenger Lalli, and Robinson). So far, Geovany Soto has been the Star of Camp, hitting a number of balls out onto 8th Street in BP. He also has lost a lot of weight and looks to be in great shape
Meanwhile, the non-catcher position players who have arrived take BP and fielding practice on Field #1. Non-Roster Invitee 1B-OF Bryan Lahair (ex-SEA) has been wowing Fitch Park onlookers with prodigious BP power demonstrations, and NRI 1B-3B Chad Tracy (ex-AZ) looks to finally be 100% healthy after battling knee problems (including microfracture surgery) the last couple of years. Tracy has been taking lots of grounders at both 1B and 3B and shows good mobility. (Tracy is also one of the best pinch-hitters in baseball). New hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo has been spending a lot of time working with "pet project" Andres Blanco.
In addition to the big league coaching staff in camp, a number of minor league managers and coaches and Spring Training instructors are also present, including Special Instructor Billy Williams, Special Instructor Greg Maddux, Minor League Field Coordinator Dave Bialas, Latin American Field Coordinator Carmelo Martinez, Minor League Hitting Coordinator Dave Keller, Minor League Pitching Coordinator Mark Riggins, Minor League Infield & Bunting Instructor Franklin Font, Minor League Outfield & Baserunning Instructor Bobby Dernier, Minor League Catching Instructor Marty Pevey, Iowa Manager Ryne Sandberg, Iowa Pitching Coach Mike Mason, Iowa Hitting Coach Von Joshua, Tennessee Manager Bill Dancy, Tennessee Pitching Coach Dennis Lewallyn, Tennessee hitting coach Tom Beyers, and Fitch Park Rehab Pitching Coach Brad Kelley.
And veteran SK Wyverns (KBO - South Korea) reliever Woong-Chun Cho is a Special Guest Spring Training Instructor at Fitch Park. (The Cubs might be checking him out to see if they want to hire him as a full-time minor league coach, since the Cubs have signed a lot of the best young players out of South Korea the past couple of years).
Also, note that there has been one late Spring Training number change, as NRI 1B-OF Kevin Millar has been assigned #15, bumping Bobby Scales to #19. Otherwise the Spring Training numbers remain the same as they have been for the past few weeks (see right side-bar).
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awesome as always Phil, thanks for the detail.
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Excellent. Has Maddux taken on any "pet projects", AZPhil?
Quotes from Lou today
extra roster spot come playoffs...
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Interesting idea about Riggins. Welcome to the Dump-LR club, Cousin, at any rate.
I just don't think Maddux will want to go near the minor leagues. He's no Sandberg. He may just want to get in line ahead of Randy Bush.
Quotes from Lou today
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So Lou is a huge Kevin Millar fan. Wonderful. *eye roll*
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milton bradley bad...carlos silva and kevin millar good.
2010 offseason here we come.
SEA gets a LF who can play RF in a pinch (i think ichiro's got that job down, imo)...we get a DL roster spot holder and a couple million in payroll flexibility over the next 2 years.
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You have to take some liberties to distill the Milton Bradley experience down to:
SEA gets a LF who can play RF in a pinch
.... love you, crunch.
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well, they do got a guy in RF named ichiro. that's what LF is about...nothing's changed about his arm this offseason.
they got a .350+ ob% guy with pop who can play both corners in milton.
we got one of the worst pitchers in the game and 2m bucks extra to spend on a 140m roster.
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...which we quickly throw away on a fourth outfielder.
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We also get a rest from all the whining about Bradley.
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You must mean "about Bradley".
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Dynamite post...Phil...thanks
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So happy to be getting on-the-scene reports from Arizona Phil again!
I have to say I like the possibility of Tracy as a lefty off the bench. Of course, that assumes that the last two years were an aberration rather than a trend. But we're allowed to think like that in Februrary, right?
Batting Cages?
on the video at cubs.com it showed what looked like some covered batting cages...did you notice if they built them as was rumored earlier in the offseason? or have these been there for awhile?
(around 1:35-2:00 on the video if it works for you)...
10 odd baseball injuries
Dr. Hecht did one awhile back for us...
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umpire ed motague retires...damn. 34 years.
accompanying Silva photo
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warning to other readers that you probably don't want to click on that...
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I'll be the number 2 to say that.
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*high five*
That was nasty... damm...
Seriously, though, about Silva... what a waste of a human being.
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for future reference feel free to delete stuff like that if it crosses a line you don't want crossed...or add a warning like you did.
i'll try to be less shitty in the future and a lot more clear about what i'm posting.
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I wasn't going to click on it until you warned me not too.
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and that's why you're too cool for school.
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incredible texture to that photo
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Carlos Silva was endorsed by Carl's Jr. in the offseason.
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Breakdown on Zambrano's pitches with a focus on the cutter.
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This is good stuff TRN.
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Yeah it is, but I mistrust the spotting of the pitches. If you count arm slots, Z probably throws 20 different pitches.
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made my head spin...
also don't necessarily trust Pitch F/x on some of their pitch identities...but assuming all that is accurate.
the charts from the catcher's point of view? doesn't the cutter move inside on lefties, so what's the point of reference on the vertical line? release point? middle of the plate?
wouldn't it have been easier to break out the slash lines against each pitch and swing and miss rates than whatever rv100 and rv100e? I'm sure the math is all wonderful and I read the explanation, but it sure would have made it a lot easier to understand.
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To go with his new attitude, Zambrano said he plans to ditch the cut fastball from his repertoire. He hasn't displayed enough control of it to keep throwing it regularly so he decided to go back to what made him successful in the past.
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Now if you told me Joe West was retiring, I would throw a party.
Don't get me started on "umpires".
AZ PHIL on Soto?
Hi AZ PHIL:
Thanks again, sir!
So, can we expect to see Soto attempting stolen bases this year, PHIL? lol
Seriously, can you notice better footwork or more zip on his throws due to the weight loss?
And, do you still feel that Castillo still has the "arm" edge on Gio?
On Lou past 2010
Chad Tracy finally 100%
Sounds like terrible news for Micah Hoffpauir, especially with LaHair showing off power too.
Jaramillo spending time on Blanco's hitting lends a little more credence (along with AZ Phil's comments in the previous thread) to the theory that Blanco still has some offensive upside beyond being a .250/.300/.320 guy. What OBP would he have to manage to equal Theriot's overall value? .330? .340? (Guess that depends a bit on what Theriot hits.)
Too early to start believing that Soto will return to his .280/.360 20+ HR form?
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cj wilson (TEX) is being a little outspoken this spring...
"It's no secret I don't think I should be limited to the set-up role. I have too many weapons," said Wilson. "Here is the reality. It is real simple. There are not very many guys that have the stuff that I do that would be willing to sign here if they were free agents. There is no experienced pitcher that has my stuff that would sign here, historically."
...way to say you really really really really want to be that 5th starter, dude.
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theriot lost arb. case
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I guess the Keystone Cops baserunning video did the trick.
Now, lets see if that $800K burns a hole in Hendry's pocket for a difference maker like Chan Ho Park.
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his agent's stupid fault...
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J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.