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Michael Russo has covered the National Hockey League since 1995. He has covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005, after 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. He uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN (100.3 FM) radio and seen weekly on Fox Sports North.
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I love playing poker, particularly Texas Holdem. I love playing craps, too.
Don't get the wrong idea. I don't have a gambling problem. But when I go to Vegas or someplace like that, I partake and enjoy it.
Well, sometimes. Sometimes I absolutely hate it.
The amazing thing about poker and craps is when you're winning, poker and craps seem like the easiest games in the world. Like there's just no way you'll ever lose again. You need an inside straight? The card comes. You get pocket 10s, trips is coming on the flop.
You throw some money on a couple come bets, the dice always hit and you rake in the chips over and over again.
But when you're losing, poker and craps seem like the most impossible, frustrated games, like, 'How did I ever, ever, EVER, win in the past?' You never can pull that flush card or the full house, the person tossing the dice always throws three numbers and out.
You lose and lose and lose and you don't even remember how you won.
What the heck am I talking about?
When I was walking around the locker room after the Wild's latest road loss tonight and when I watched this game against the Rangers from the press box, I was thinking about how hockey looks so easy when you're winning and looks so impossible when you're losing.
The Wild's in one of those awful, hard-to-get-out-of funks right now, (the type that plagued Todd Richards here and Mike Yeo's first two years here) where it's so hard to even remember what they did when they were winning routinely in November.
The players are frustrated. The coach is frustrated. Nobody seems to have any answers, which is scary when this Wild team is set to fall right back out of the top-8 again, maybe as soon as Monday if Phoenix wins in Buffalo and the Wild loses in Philly.
The words, "I don't know," came out of everybody's mouth I talked to in the locker room tonight, from Zach Parise to Mikko Koivu.
Koivu knows how to play hockey well. He hasn't played hockey well the past two games. He was minus-3 in Pittsburgh. Tonight at times it seemed like he was single-handedly trying to do everything, well, other than shoot the puck. He tried to force passes, turned some pucks over, and then he uttered a quote that again reminded me of my awful poker/craps comparison above.
"When things are going good, you're feeling good and the game's kind of easy," Koivu said. "When you're struggling, you're not doing the right plays even if you're trying your butt off.
"You just have to find it. There's no other way. You just have to go through it and start playing, I don't know, smarter or better, whatever it is, to find it again."
Koivu was minus-1. Zach Parise, after being minus-3 in Pittsburgh, was minus-2. He, too, wasn't a threat and is getting more and more frustrated.
This team is mentally frustrated right now. Any in-game adversity saps everything.
Tonight, they played well the first 10 minutes, scored the first goal on the road for the first time in 11 games, and then started turning pucks over. One Jonas Brodin one led to Koivu's penalty. One Koivu one led to Keith Ballard's penalty. That one led to a tying power-play goal by Benoit Pouliot, part of Wild folklore as one of five consecutive years of first-round busts.
"When things aren't going well, when you put yourself in a hole, it's hard to get out of it when goals have been tough to come by and just overall not feeling good about the way we've been playing," Parise said.
The Wild has scored eight goals in a 1-6-1 road slide. It has 23 goals in the past 15 games and ranks 29th in goals per game (2.16) and 29th in goals per game on the road (1.68). The only team behind the Wild in both is lowly Buffalo.
Asked how the Wild get out of this, Parise said, "I don't know. I don't know. Shoot more? I don't know. It's just been a frustrating stretch for us. We haven't played great. I don't know. We have to find a way to score. That's the bottom line. We're not scoring. We're not giving ourselves a chance. We're not scoring goals."
If it were simple, the Wild wouldn't struggle so unbelievably, painfully at scoring goals. So, like the players and the coach, I don't know the answer.
I do know one thing. This season is on dangerous footing right now. This team is lacking confidence, absolutely stink on the road, and if they continue to absolutely stink on the road, there is no chance they'll make the playoffs.
The pressure's on now.
Yeo better start figuring out some of these answers. Mikael Granlund's back. He looked good tonight, making some great passes and helped set up Jason Pominville on their second shift reunited.
The Parise-Koivu tagteam is leading the Wild nowhere right now. With Granlund back, Yeo may want to get innovative and experiment a Parise-Granlund-Pominville line and a Nino Niederreiter-Koivu-Charlie Coyle line.
He's got nothing to lose because the Wild CANNOT score.
The Wild is on a train heading to Philly as we speak. I assume Niklas Backstrom will make his second straight start Monday. I don't think the Wild feels Johan Gustafsson is ready. He's 21, has been inconsistent in Iowa during his rookie year and looks like he's trying to find his way in Wild practices.
Other than the Chris Kreider goal in the third that Backstrom will have to see over and over again for the rest of his days, Backstrom played well tonight. He swallowed pucks and controlled his rebound. It's up to the Wild to score for him, too. I don't know too many goalies who can win with five goals in their past six starts, eight in their past eight full ones.
Jared Spurgeon got banged up tonight and Clayton Stoner was lost with a lower-body injury, meaning Nate Prosser may be dusted off after 13 games as a scratch.
Onto Philly. Talk Monday.
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The first Dan Salter knew about the debts of his two teenage children was when his 18-year-old son admitted he had been refused credit.
'Rick said that he'd been refused a loan, and when we checked with a credit reference agency our address was listed as a risk. It turned out that both he and my 19-year-old stepdaughter were heavily in debt.'
Dan applied for a notice of disassociation, but that didn't stop his kids spending. 'My stepdaughter started borrowing from us to pay other debts such as her mobile phone bills. It was £500 here, £1,000 there, and it soon mounted up. She was borrowing elsewhere and then she needed a car for work but couldn't afford it. We bought her one and paid her insurance to stop her going into debt with other people.'
Dan's real worry, though, is his son, who ran up debts of almost £20,000, including the purchase of two cars, which his mother eventually covered by remortgaging her house.
'Rick's only earning £14,000 a year but a finance company gave him a self-certification mortgage for £225,000,' says Dan. 'No one checked whether he could afford to keep up the repayments. How can that be legal and where will he turn if it all goes wrong?'
Not to Dan, it would seem, as he's now told his family that he won't be helping them out any more. 'I haven't worked hard all my life just to end up bailing out my kids.'

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ameriware cooking pots non-stick coating similar to tefal
It is NOT as healthy as they advertise.
I just bought an Ameriware set from Costco for CND$479 as we were in the market for healthier cookware. I hadn't heard of Ameriware so I thought I'd buy it (it was their last day at Costco), do the research then open the boxes. I am so glad I did. Their pans contain well known carcinogenic chemicals... I found this information at Prevent Disease.com.
I'm taking the set I purchased back tomorrow. It's sad that Ameriware puts their profits before their customers' health.
Your emotional reaction to your fear of carcinogens is not in line with the facts. Prevent Disease.com does not present you will all of the facts.
Ameriware cookware has earned the NSF seal of approval. This cookware (which is made by Vollrath) has been tested and meets an internationally recognized independent testing agency's criteria for consumer safety. There are no carcinogens in this product and no carcinogens are produced when this product is used as directed.
Below is a link which explains the NSF certification process. As you will see, they have used Ameriware cookware as an example. As explained in the link, it is much cheaper to buy this cookware from a restaurant supply store than it is to buy it from Costco....same cookware but at a much better price.
Here is a link that might be useful: NSF Certification


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"Great location, nice room"
I like this part of London to stay. The room was very nice(number 15). The included breakfast was very nice. Would recommend to anyone.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great Location"
This was our second stay at the Ashburn Hotel. It's in a wonderful location, about one block from the tube. The neighborhood is quiet. Very good restaurants are nearby. The staff at this hotel is very helpful and pleasant. Nice Continental breakfast. Would definitely stay again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Star Rating "2""
I was very impressed with the hotel's location but not it's star rating. I think it deserves a 3 and 2 star rating. The staff were somewhat rude and annoyed with our questions of recommendation of places to eat and sites to see. They spoke English with a heavy accent so that if we asked them to repeat; they seemed annoyed except a couple to say the […] least that seemed helpful. The hotel rooms looked somewhat shaggy and were not well maintained ( AC and bathroom vents were not functioning properly) and even when staff had been notified; no follow through was attempted. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great local neighborhood."
Second time we've stayed there..close to Glouster Rd. tube stop.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great Location, near Clouster Rd Tube"
The hotel s nicely situated, the hotel staff are good. The Buffet Breakfast in rather lean on variety.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Excellent Place to Stay!"
Best boutique hotel I've ever stayed at. Quality amenities in the room, excellent breakfast included, great concierge service, and friendly and helpful staff. Thank you.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellent hotel very close to Central London"
Excellent non-chain hotel close to Central London. Just a block away from some of the very best (and free!) museums (Natural History and V&A). Less than 5 minute walk from the Tube station (Gloucester road station). You can save a bunch on airport transportation by taking the Piccadilly line from Heathrow (all terminals). Room was quite nice - they […] gave us a free upgrade to a superior deluxe room which was bigger. Room amenities were about right for the price - nothing too fancy but nothing too shabby either. Their daily breakfast buffet was pretty decent. Love the English tea. Overall, highly recommend staying here if you want to be close to Central London and want a lovely "English" experience :) Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Hotel was very quaint"
We had a wonderful time in London and staying at the Ashburn. Hotel was very quaint and staff was friendly and helpful. Room was small but worked for us.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Beautiful, close to everything and wonderful staff"
My daughter was on her study abroad and I came for a mid summer visit. I knew she would be tired of dorm life and wanted to book some place "special". It was perfect. Great rooms. Spotlessly clean and lovely breakfast. White linen tablecloths. PerfectGenuine Expedia guest review
We arrived and had been given a room at the rear 'with air con', but we opted for a front facing room with broken air con, but with portable air con unit. This was good until the traffic noise kept us awake. It was to be fixed the next day. This didn't happen, and floors 2 and 3 remained 'very warm'. The air con unit leaked onto the carpet, which we […] told the staff about, but to no avail. It was like Fawlty towers with the staff sometimes, but they were efficient and polite to guests. The hotel is in a great position, even got to see the royals going to visit the new arrival. In all, the hotel was very pleasant and the continental breakfast was very very nice, better than the cooked breakfast. Due to the air con break down, all those guests received free drinks in the bar, very nice touch. Thank you Ashburn hotel. Nearest tube, Gloucester Road, 100 yards away. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Very nice hotel"
This hotel was close to the underground and walking distances to many areas. I would highly recommend staying here. The hotel was very quite. The room was large and well maintained.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Love the Ashburn"
Our third stay at the Ashburn and we will keep coming back. The location is fantastic and the rooms are very comfortable.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great Location"
The Ashburn Hotel is in a very good location to the tubes, restaurants and local shopping. We arrived later in the night and we were put in a hotel room without functioning air conditioning--did I read about Room 202 before I booked this post? Any way next day we were moved to another room with air conditioning and a larger room (upgraded)..Genuine Expedia guest review
"Lovely small British Hotel."
Our room was clean and quiet with a comfortable bed. The shower was great as were the thick towels.The complementary glass of champagne was a nice touch.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Good Location"
Nice hotel. Close to all the sites. Room sizes vary widely so be cautious. Our room was very small. Clean and fairly typical of this type of hotel. Staff was helpful.Genuine Expedia guest review
We enjoyed our stay very muchGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Pros and Cons"
The hotel has some nice aspects, and some that are not great. The room we stayed in was in the basement, and in the hall way, there was a slight odor of mold/mildew -- but our room was fine. The room had an air conditioning unit that was VERY loud and ran continuously, perhaps to prevent mold. The carpeting/tile was kind of odd, but the room decore […] was great. The rates were decent, and all in all it was okay. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"A great room close to the Tube"
Very comfortable room in a great location for the activities I had planned. I was very happy with both the room and the service.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"near to all tube lines for optimum travel"
The hotel desk receptionist on duty during our entire stay, Timea, was GREAT. Also the concierge, Steve, was very helpful. Would return there without doubt. Good value in a very nice B&B hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"good service"
hotel was very consumer oriented, and service was very good.amenities were good, and glass of champagne every evening was a plus. concierge was very helpful.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Charming hotel"
Stayed here for three nights (5/30-6/2/2013). Hotel is very convenient to Underground. The staff were all very helpful.......the reception was flawless with Expedia reservations. The concierge recommended excellent restaurants in the area and aided with tour bookings and taxi rides to airport. The evening champagne in the drawing room was charming and […] the bartender was always willing to try to accomodate other drink requests. The rooms are well appointed with upscale soaps,shampoos, etc. The breakfast buffet is held in a lovely room downstairs and the waitstaff were always cheerful and efficient. The neighborhood is upscale and safe with variety of eating establishments and grocery store nearby. The young woman at reception went above the call to assist with boarding passes for us even going to an adjoining property to print what I needed. Internet is free to all guests as well which is a bonus. Would recommend this hotel to anyone. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"A very comfortable hotel in a great location"
Just a short distance from Gloucester Road underground station and the Piccadilly line with direct connections to St. Pancras station (for Eurostar) and Heathrow airport, this hotel is in a great location. It has a very pleasant interior and helpful staff. There are good restaurants in the area. The continental breakfast was good.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Nice hotel in Kensington"
Close to the underground, convenient nice neighborhood. Staff a bit cold.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Loved it here"
My daughter and I stayed here for four days and were very satisfied with our stay. It is just around the corner from the Gloucester Rd tube station and the Hop on, Hop off bus tour. We found the staff pleasant and helpful. We had a small problem with the heat in our room, which was promptly and creatively handled. Breakfast was included with our room, […] and was more than adequate: fruit, juices, cheese, meats, pastries, toast and coffee served in French press coffee makers. There are many pubs and restaurants within easy walking distance (including Burger King and KFC if you need a fast food fix). I would definitely stay at The Ashburn again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Quality Boutique Hotel in Kensington"
This is a enjoyable boutique hotel (38 rooms) in a fine location which feels almost like a home away from home. We had a spacious corner room on the top floor (6th) with a good view of the V&A in the distance. And it was one block from the tube and walking distance to Herrods.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Pleasing Hotel"
Staff was helpful and friendly. Good breakfast. Close to the Underground and shops. Only real improvement needed is new carpeting.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Very convenient Location to underground and sights"
We will definitely come back to stay and recommend the hotel to others.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Personalized stay"
The rooms were small, but nice. My daughter and I had asked for 2 twin beds away from the elevator which we received. The climate controls worked well. The beds were a little hard for us, but that was a personal preference.Our view was wonderful. We arrived at 9 AM and the staff was glad to store our luggage and had it delivered to the room when it […] was ready so we could begin our vacation. Since we booked early, we received a complimentary breakfast daily. It was very good. We had many tourist type questions which were answered on a daily basis by the concierge. He gave us directions for tube stations, rail stations, and tourist attractions. He was a blessing! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good all-around"
This is not a cheap hotel, but London is not cheap, and you get what you pay for. Not quite as fancy as I might have expected for the price, but no problems. A little road noise, but perfectly acceptable.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good choice for London"
This is a great little boutique hotel which is focused on customer service and quality. Pleasant change from the huge places I normally stay.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Charming small hotel in great location"
We stayed here on two separate occasions during a recent trip to London. The first time we had a fairly large room overlooking the street. On the second stay, we had a very small room - it was hard to find a place to put our things. Both rooms were pleasant and had many amenities. There were many choices for the continental breakfast which was included […] in the room price. The hotel staff were friendly, helpful and efficient. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Nice Place in Kensington"
Nice service. Clean, comfortable room, friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Close to Gloucester train stop. Close to both nice local and fast food restaurants chance. Neighborhood is fine but not as active in the evening as other parts of the city. Overall, I would stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good night stay"
Very nice room but the breakfast was lacking in varietyGenuine Expedia guest review
"Convenient, accessible, and affordable"
A very nice hotel and convenient to Kensington and to the Gloucester Road tube station. I would personally stay again and for longer.Genuine Expedia guest review
"A great choice for your London stay"
The hotel and its staff were wonderful.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
GOOD PLACE I LIKED THE COMPLEMENTARY DRINK EVERY DAY ROOMS ARE CLEAN BUT SMALL AS MOST OF CENTRAL LONDON HOTELS I DO NOT LIKE THE TV ( only 20 channels ) GOOD BREAKFAST AND HOTEL GAVE ME AN OPTION TO HAVE COMPLEMENTARY EGG DISH SINCE THEY DO NOT OFFER HALAL MEAT. overall it was good choise and I will sure book againGenuine Expedia guest review
nice hotel for the money - Beds could be more comfortable but very clean and nice locationGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Perfect location"
I have stayed at this hotel a number of times. You cannot beat its location both for access to Heathrow (tube station is 5 mins away) and the Knightsbridge area/rest of London. There are plenty of bars and restaurants close by but just far enough away that you don't have to deal with the noise. The staff are exceptionally helpful and very knowledgeable. […] I love the rooms as well as they have character rather than that cookie-cutter feel you get in many hotels. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"A fantastic value in London"
Great rooms. Excellent Service. Free Wi-Fi, Free Breakfast and Queen Beds all at a reasonable price! The hotel is very close to the Piccadilly Line station, bus stops and the hop-on, hop-off tour buses. There are many restaurants around, and even a small supermarket. It is within walking distance to Kensington Gardens and a few other attractions, other […] things are a quick hop on the tube to central London. Getting there from Heathrow airport was an easy 30 minute ride on the tube (no transfers needed). The concierge was very helpful with theater reservations and other tickets. The only thing I would change is the shower door. It was very hard to move and never closed quite completely so there was some splashing. I would definitely recommend this hotel and will stay there again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Third Year in a Row at the Ashburn"
This was the 3rd year in a row I stayed at the Ashburn. This hotel is perfect for me. It's close to the Tube (Gloucester Road station, Picadilly Line goes to/from Heathrow), very comfortable and attractive, and they serve breakfast on site. There are restaurants, supermarkets, and novelty shops all within easy walking distance. Knightsbridge (Harrod's!) […] , Kensington Gardens, and the Victoria & Albert and Natural History Museums also are within walking distance. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great hotel!"
We upgraded to the "king" room, which only implies that the room it's self is larger and has a bathtub. I understand that all beds are the same size, only room size differs with the descriptions; "queen" room is smaller and only has a shower. Breakfast offerings were delicious, served promptly and reasonably priced; staff was very helpful and friendly. […] The bar/lounge was a nice respite after a busy day. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"plugs near a mirror!!!!!!"
Your service is second to none and we would stay again in a heartbeat! I just didn't get why you had no plugs for hairdryers near a mirror? I get why they aren't in the bathroom, for safety, but I am severely nearsighted and had to look clear across the room and do my hair using the mirrors on the closet doors. It was very frustrating. Please know that […] we were happy with everything else. Thank you so much for a wonderful stay! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great hotel with a great location"
We loved the Ashburn hotel. The room was surprisingly large (a twin room) and spotlessly clean. The amenities were as described, e.g. robes, slippers, breakfast, small refrigerator in the room, etc. The hotel was very close to the tube - about 1 1/2 blocks and we felt very safe walking around the area. Next to the tube were a grocery store, and a Boots […] pharmacy. We very much appreciated the services of the two concierges who were very helpful and the young lady who served as receptionist. And, of course, who doesn't love a glass of champagne at night! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"no wifi"
no wifi for 2 nights in a row of out 5 nights staying there. previous comments also complaint about this issue. It seems this happens constantly. the hotel failed to fix it. we wouldn't choose a hotel without wifi service. It was frustrating not having internet. what was even more frustrating was that the staff insisted wifi worked well, and that something […] must be wrong with our computer Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Internet service required a new password each day and was interupted at times. Convienent to trains,nice neightborhood, quality amenities, rooms was a bit small with limited closet space but were comfortable. Staff was helpful.Continental breakfast was OK, limited bar menu.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Really- this place was superb!"
I had an amazing experience at this hotel. I was lucky enough to be upgraded to a King size room. The view was of the city road and was really breathtaking for someone new to the city. I loved the setup of the room and though that the bathroom was great. I had lots of room. I was able to walk to the Underground system in about 5 minutes. There is a […] lovely grocery store nearby on the way to the Underground. The area is great. There are some restaurants, a souvenir shop with a post office, and a charity shop nearby with amazing finds (called Zara). The hotel's concierge was amazing. I was able to catch a show for half price while I was in town. I also though that the breakfast was amazingly good. One night I ordered a light meal off the room service menu. The food came quickly and was really tasty. I would love to stay here again next time. Really- this place was superb! Worth every penny (or pence ;) ) Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
A lovely hotel...small and perfectly located between two tube stops and loads of charming, small restaurants. It is just a 9 block walk to the V & A and natural history museum. The staff were friendly and helpful...and the amenities included in the price were amazing...a full breakfast in the lovely breakfast room, free wi fi and a glass of good champagne […] each evening. Would definitely make the Ashburn my hotel next time in London. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"A faux boutique hotel, beware!"
This hotel appears to be an upscale boutique hotel but it is anything but! We booked this hotel based on the the reviews written here and were very disappointed. While the rooms are tastefully decorated and the bathroom is done quite well, the mattress and bedding is more like a Hotel 1, Cheap and very uncomfortable. We asked at the receiption for a […] room with a better mattress and was told that this is the mattress that is in every room. The food was horrible. For a boutique hotel the food is on the level of a one star US hotel. The soup was, I believe, canned and the bread resembled that of spongy wonder bread. The morning continental breakfast consisted of packaged baked goods, wonder bread for toast and boxes of cereal. The carpeting in the hallway and in the stairwell was old and dirty. At the end of a long day of sight seeing this hotel is very cold and unfriendly and the bed will leave you in ruins! My recommendation is to save your money, go to a hotel that is a 2 star and you would get the same level of service or get a good recommendation for a real four star hotel. There did not appear to be many people staying at this establishment. When we left the gentleman who was checking us out never said I hoped you enjoyed your stay with us, or how did you enjoy your stay with us. He said you are paid up. No have a nice day or anything. Very unhappy people. Beware! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Location & Helpful Staff"
Access to the Tube, museums, a Waitrose grocery, and parks was excellent. Staff members were helpful; the internet connection was always robust; and the continental breakfast was good, varied, and ample. Having a paper at the door each morning was a plus as were the Gilchrist & Soames bath products. Our room was smaller than other reviews seemed to […] suggest, fairly typical of British and European rooms. We would only stay there again if we could book one of the larger rooms. In an attempt to include a desk, small table, comfy chair, etc., the room was too crowded with furniture --- even for us with only carry-on luggage. Other than that, a pleasant hotel in a nice area. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Hotel"
I can't say enough good things about this hotel. The location was great. The staff were so friendly and helpful. The glass of prosecco every night was much enjoyed, as were the little gifts you get every day.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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Wish we could have sticks like that. Mom says no way Jose cause we try to swallow them whole
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I ordered this from the library just to look at the pictures, but also enjoyed many of the essays as well. Beautiful images of our wonderful planet.
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Removing old ceramic towel rod holders...
One LAST tile question (I hope!) -- we've made great progress on our mini renovation (leaving our 1959 aqua bath tile but successfully drilling FIVE new openings in our rock-solid mid-century mud job for spiffy new Grohe fixtures) and things are really looking SO much better ... BUT... I still need to get rid of the old ceramic towel bar that's positioned right over the tub. It intrudes into the already-narrow tub area and now with the new shower, Grohe handshower, etc., it really feels essential to get it out. It clearly broke at one time and was repaired, and I'm sure it's just a matter of time before someone uses it as a grab bar and it breaks again. (See pics below.)
I've read up a bit online and it sounds as if it is probably mounted by means of a post of some kind through the tile itself, but that doesn't mean it can't be removed. However, it might ALSO be surface mounted. One online forum poster suggested using a hair dryer or heat gun to warm the caulk/grout/whatever is there and then try to slide a blade underneath to try to see what's there. Would that work? If it's mounted via a post through the tile job, could I just (gently) whack it with a hammer and break it off?
I don't need to save the tile -- I already have to patch another area with glass mosaic tiles. But I'm getting the sense from tile guys that they don't think it's wise to mess around with this, that I'll be tempting fate and might end up having to replace much of the wall. I'm game to experiment a bit myself to try to see what's what -- but am I opening a HUGE can of worms?? Will I regret poking around behind those mounting posts and/or trying to knock them off?
What would you do? Go for it or leave sleeping towel bars lie? (The towel bar is not only ugly, but I really need that elbow room!)
The first pic is the end that clearly broke at some time (there's a crack that's been glued and it is mounted a bit askew and with a lot of extra whatever-it-is, grout or caulk, around it).
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How a humble little temple became a beacon of tolerance
It was quite a year, 1964. The Beatles launched the British Invasion on the Ed Sullivan show, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law and Michelle Obama, the future first lady, was born. I turned two, unaware of any of this. And that same year, far from the national stage, Temple Sinai was […] [Read More]
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There are few things sadder, perhaps, than discarded deer hide. The tossed out scraps of skin speak of wasted lives, animals shot down by hunters, forgotten. The indignity is doubled when Torah makers – who use animal hide to create parchment for the sacred scrolls – reject the skins because of flaws and holes due […] [Read More]
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Education reform has taken many forms over the years, starting (in recent history) with the original reforms in Prussia oriented toward a regimented caste-like industrial worker-farm system, spreading to America with its industrial-education complex, and eventually culminating in the current contorted and corrupt system of intertwined governmental, political, corporate, and (incidentally) educatee interests, most parasitic and incidental to the enormous trough of money that is modern Schooling (schooling as distinct from Education).
This system has spread and enlarged itself neatly within Hayek's paradigm for expanding governmental reach as well as being predicted by any reasonable model of bureaucratic behavior. It has engulfed formative-years schooling through attendance and curriculum mandates, teacher licensure and unions, and endless initiatives only tangentially related to actual education. It has expanded through post-secondary education as well, aided by grade inflation and credentialism unintentionally (we hope) inflicted on the US by misguided politically correct notions of jurisprudence.
So today we have an entrenched and ever-enlarging system with negative (or at the very least, rapidly diminishing) returns.
How can this be really reformed?
Most reforms center around superficial measures:
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– Funding
– Alternate school structures: Virtual, charter, private, etc
– Technology. iPads. DVDs. Etc.
– Curriculum. Common core comes to mind.
– etc. No Child Left Behind was a sort of omnibus collection of the above.
Peter Thiel, for instance, with his 20-under-20 initiative, is actively encouraging and offering an alternative to college for truly talented youngsters. Yet even that does not address in any real or meaningful way school reform. None of the above listed measures do anything to address the system; they merely address implementation details.
I humbly suggest that real reform would take the following forms which would address structural components to our current education mess and not merely superficial symptoms of the rot:
- Eliminate the mandatory or forced schooling requirement. Let people learn or let their families teach them. Don't force them to incur 12 years of experience opportunity cost during their formative years. Offer but don't mandate it. Better yet, sell all the current public school system to private equity funds, use the proceeds and savings to offer annual funds/vouchers to parents who send their kids to those schools, pending verification of attendance. Or best yet, just get out of education altogether.
- Eliminate or greatly curtail child labor restrictions. Allow people to get meaningful and valuable life experience before age 18. Offer an alternative to sitting in Mrs Weebly's 5th grade classroom for 9 months.
- Repeal / roll back Griggs vs Duke Power Company to puncture the credential bubble, excise all the hidden employment cost of using education as a screening mechanism, and get rid of all the post-secondary hangers-on in the college business… and oh yeah, allow companies to make their own hiring decisions.
- Get the government out of school loans, out of the messy and immoral business of putting citizens in debt to pursue goals of questionable value at an impressionable and inexperienced age, and out of market distortions.
- Eliminate the bureaucratic sinkhole of the Department of Education. The idea that the central gov't is responsible at all for education is a corruption of its responsibilities, which chiefly include enforcing freedoms, contracts, and providing for national defense.
- Dissolve teachers unions. This argument is not necessarily education-specific and applies generally to public-sector unions. Why should public servants get to bargain against the taxpayer in a setting riddled with agency problems? Teachers have absolutely 0 incentive and 0 agency – as a group – to actually improve a school. It's like unionized workers in a shop; management and the workers are oriented against each other, and not toward improving the business for the customer.
Any one of these would be a major victory for education and general liberty, which is why they will never happen. The entrenched status quo is currently too strong to allow them to happen. A massive economic event would be needed to remove the government from education, which, though conceivably on the horizon, cannot be necessarily planned or implemented deliberately. Private industrial forces could make it happen, but it would be a difficult, long-term project against many well-aligned (& self-serving) powerful interests.


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Beyonce has been making headlines because people are trying to dissect and assess whether or not she lip-synched singing the national anthem at President Obama's inauguration. We're now reading reports that say that Beyonce did use a backing track while singing and "she didn't think there was anything wrong with it," a source from Us Weekly explained. "Pavarotti has done it! It was freezing out, and if she messed up just one note, that would have been the story." Other factors supporting using the back track have also been thrown into the discussion such as temperature affecting the throat of a singer, as Aretha Franklin told ABC, "the weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather."
Can we just drop it people? Let's see you sing the national anthem in front of an audience that is estimated at a million attendees, not to mention the millions at home in the United States, and all over the world. Personally, that's a lot of pressure, even for the Queen Bey. Let's cut her some slack, shall we? What's the alternative? Beyonce screwing up and she becoming an international laughing stock? Beyonce's paid her dues! It was a grand performance and she has had many live performances to prove herself worthy to sing for the president. Let's leave it at that and remind ourselves that at least we don't look like this guy.
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Challenges: Rollout for 50 PC seminar rooms with 132 desktops each at 8 hotel locations. Deployment of business-critical applications and software from a wide range of environments. Increasing demands on IT in provisioning the technical infrastructure. High security requirements. Observance of corporate compliance policies. Reduction in time, personnel and hardware costs. Increase flexibility for IT staff. Solution: Desktop virtualization with VMware View. Fat client desktops will be replaced with zero clients by June 30, 2012. VPN infrastructure will remain intact. Results: Time required for desktop deployment reduced by 84 percent. Installation time per seminar cut from 90 minutes to 10. Application and software rollout centralized and simplified. Standardized desktop environment.
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Student Loan Direct is an easy-to-use, user-friendly portal that also provides help and information functions. It enables users to create correct and properly completed documents required for the loan process. They can complete their loan applications and data update forms, view their loan agreements, balances, and repayment history, exchange messages with the Student Loan Center, and communicate using this channel instead of postal mail. The launch of the Student Loan Direct is a success story: 50 percent of all new loan applications already arrived through the portal started in September 2011. Since the virtualization of Student Loan Center, there were no unplanned server downtimes, and the server room requires less cooling and energy. The fault tolerance of the VMware-based environment, tested before implementing the Student Loan Direct portal, showed that operation continuity can be ensured if combined with regular data backups. The introduction of 7x24 service availability requires setting up a backup data center that Student Loan Center will implement using VMware's disaster recovery solution.
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VMware virtualization enabled Digiweb to ensure business continuity and recovery across its own infrastructure and virtualize customer environments so operations could continue following the earthquakes in Christchurch.
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Desktop virtualization with VMware View eases deployment of new software at Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette. Virtualization enables cost-conscious Diocese to support 500 end users with just two IT staffers.
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VMware virtualization enables the organization to cut management overheads and reduce the time and effort required to customize the SAP system to meet specific business requirements.
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Dreher used VMware ESX 3.5 to virtualize its server environment, and now upgrades it to vSphere 4.1 Version The benefits from the flexibility of the VMware environment have a noticeable effect on the performance of every day operation tasks: for example, using vMotion they can easily reshuffle the virtual machines between the hosts, and literally the business department does not even notice if any of the physical machines is shut down for maintenance. With VMware tools, 70 to 80 percent of the operation tasks can be managed in-house, with unchanged staff numbers, which leads to significant cost savings. Since 2009 Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. switched to 24-hour operation, for which the continuous availability too was easier to maintain by using a VMware based server environment.
"Compared to our former costs of operation, the total cost of our virtualization project including the price of the new hardware and the license fees, was recovered in 18 months.".
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VMware vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and maximizes IT efficiency while VMware Site Recover Manager improves business continuity. VMware vCloud Director enables the creation of secure private clouds
"Our plant produces 10% of the power in the Irish National Grid and it is therefore of utmost importance that we have a highly available IT infrastructure in place. Thanks to VMware we have now built a scalable, highly available and easy to manage IT environment that will stand the test of time and meet our business SLAs. Having used VMware vCloud Director to build our private cloud, we're confident we are set to integrate public cloud services in the future and realise all the benefits the hybrid cloud model has to offer."
In this extended edition of their introduction video during the VMware 2011 keynote presentation in Copenhagen, Ducati provides additional description on how levering VMware technology has helped their IT out-perform their larger competitors.
"VMware has never failed us. We have grown in terms of demands and requirements, and VMware has grown in capabilities and ability to support us."
Ducati describes how levering VMware technology has helped their IT out-perform their larger competitors. Video from the 10/20/2011 Keynote at VMworld in Copenhagen.
"VMware has never failed us. We have grown in terms of demands and requirements, and VMware has grown in capabilities and ability to support us."
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Dunkel GmbH is the fi rst vCloud Powered Service Provider in Germany to draw on the full power of VMware vCloud to provide high-availability virtual data centers.
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"In the six years since we started running our applications on VMware Infrastructure, we've never had an application problem that has been related to virtualization. We're running over 300 virtual machines now and there's enormous momentum for virtualization in our company."
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Environmentally-friendly Organization Achieves 90% Reduction In Power Usage With VMware
" We required a data centre that was scalable, could give performance and energy efficiency that was in line with the Earth Rangers' goal to become completely energy neutral, and would support our interactive, global scale business model that is data- and graphics-intensive. Meeting all these goals, plus a 90% reduction in power and cooling demands, is a huge success."
EDS Turns to VMware Server Virtualization to Support Australian Customers
"The increasing maturity of virtualization and the growing support from independent software vendors is helping fuel deployment of VMware virtualization across production environments. This means more businesses are redeploying or disposing of inefficient hardware and consolidating their data center infrastructure onto multiple virtual server environments, thus contributing to a reduction in power consumption."
Targets set with regard to virtualisation • establishing the central infrastructure • all virtualised applications shall be installed on this infrastructure • catastrophy-proof operational safety • cost eff ective operations Results achieved with VMware's solution • agressive virtualisation (e.g. 170 virtual machines running on the 3 blade servers of the Microsoft cluster) • in general 40-50 virtual machines running on the other clusters on each physical host • resource utilization of more than 50 percent in general (70-80 percent on certain clusters) • more than 500 virtualised systems • the performance of the SAP company management system increased from twice 2000 SAPS to 12000 SAPS • more than 10 million Forints savings yearly in energy consumption • 15-20 percent reduction of licence costs • serving business demand in 1 week instead of 4-6 weeks • catastrophy-proof operational safety by means of the virtualised systems to be moved between host servers of each site
"Due to the virtualised and centralised infrastructure, we save more than ten million forints yearly on energy costs."
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Very disappointing
Stayed at the Gore between Christmas and New Year for one night. As it was part of a surprise for my partner I paid for an upgrade to the Dame Nellie Room. Although the room was original and unusual, it was a lot smaller than the website indicates and very hot. The bathroom was also a bit tatty and yes, they are stingy with toiletries and I didn't feel that it was worth paying the extra for. The restaurant was nice and the food and the service good, although not exceptional. However, the biggest gripe must be that the bar closed at 10.15pm "because they weren't busy". I have to say that I was absolutely furious. When I insisted that they stay open until at least regular closing time, they grudgingly and I mean grudgingly, agreed to stay open until 11pm. On paying the bill the next day I complained and they removed the cost of the drinks from the bill.
The Gore is a little bit different and the old newspapers and pictures etc, are great, but I would not pay the exorbitant prices for what really was only mediocre service and not such a great room.
Nice, but not that Nice.
Stayed at the Gore for four or five days in January 2004 and their service could not have been nicer. However, there are some problems that should be addressed for the price paid. The excellent restaurant should lighten up on the salt used by the kitchen. Everything was too oversalted, but very original cuisine. While the hotel was once an embassy, it does need a facelift in the rooms which seem alittle worn. Small TV set is rediculous and the cable or satellite was not working, so only 8 stations were accessible and no movie stations. The building is historic with some lovely features and my room was high ceilings, high Victorian/Edwardian bed, and lumpy loveseat. The small closet was fine, but minibar stuffed in closet made my dresses unable to hang. Good bathroom, very light and well arranged, but stingy with the bathroom amenities. Excellent and fast room service and staff were very helpful with most all my odd requests since I could not get around due to injury. The street is used by horseback riders going to the park and it's a nice sound to hear hooves clopping down the street. Nice neighborhood, very residential. Great housekeeping staff! Overpriced on things like food and wines, but atmosphere is good.
Third, and last, trip to the Gore
Over the past 4 years, we have stayed at the Gore 3 times, for 6 nights each, so we have some substantial experience at the place. We enjoyed our stay the first time, except for some of my wife's cigarettes being taken from a suitcase under the bed. The second trip was delightful: we had one of the largest rooms. We have just returned from our third trip, and have decided to stay elsewhere in South Kensington next time. Why? The $400 a night room was smallish, and had three problems: a missing bedside lamp, a burned out light bulb in the ceiling, and a screaming bathroom fan (sounded like metal on metal). The room faced Queen's Gate, which was okay except with the windows open, which was necessary because of the excessive heat otherwise. I can tell you that LOTS of emergency vehicles use Queen's Gate all night long. The hotel fixed the above-mentioned problems, but there were other issues. The toilet only flushed if the lever was pushed so hard that the top of the tank moved off center a few inches. The second bathrobe (reduced quality from our previous visits) disappeared, and didn't reappear. But the real reason I am writing this is the rogue taxi. We asked for a taxi to Heathrow, and got an unmarked van, i.e. a rogue taxi. Of course, we didn't HAVE to use the van, but we didn't expect to be ripped off at the Gore. Unsurprisingly, the rogue van cost 55 pounds, whereas the metered taxi to the Gore from Heathrow cost 33 pounds. So did the Gore staffperson get a kickback? You decide. The Gore has nice statuary and paintings and furniture, but that doesn't mitigate the shortcomings. You would do a lot better at No. 16 on Sumer Place!
Beautiful Hotel but has some issues!!!!!
The hotel is lovely. It is beautifully decorated, and has a great atmosphere. The staff was friendly. However, it has it's issues.
1. Our original room had NO SHOWER. The only option was to take a bath. I have not attempted to take a bath and wash my hair in a bathtub since I was 5 years old. If they even had a shower head you could hold, that would have been OK, but there was nothing. You would have had to lay flat in the tub and stick your head under a faucet that was only probably a foot and a half from the bottom of the tub.
2. Our original room was on the top floor. The elevator ends, and you have to climb steps to get there. Plus there was a set up in the room. We can handle this, but if you are elderly, it would be a nightmare
3. If you take the subway, it is about a 15 min walk to the closest tube. We would recommend a Hotel closer and more convenient.
The good news about the original room, is that they said there was no way to move us, but after 2 complaints from us, the did move us. The room they moved us to again was decorated beautifully, but the bed was really hard and uncomfortable.
Based on the uncomfortable bed and the location, I would not stay in this Hotel again.
I booked a night at this Hotel because of its proximity to the Royal Albert Hall. In this respect it is excellent, but in other respects I felt it to be a let-down.
I had a very small single room which was quite dark. There was no bedside lamp (i.e. had to turn the light off before getting into bed) the TV was a very small one with appalling reception and if one wanted to use the in-room safe one would need either to be 7 ft. tall or carry a portable stepladder. In addition there were no in-room tea or coffee making facilities - especially important when you are travelling alone and generally expected in Hotels in the UK nowadays - especially at the price charged. The Continental Breakfast was very limited and extra items very highly priced.
On the plus side the Hotel decor is interesting and my room was very clean. However, overall I think it was poor value for money and I would not use the hotel again.
Not impressed
The Gore Hotel was just 'OK' in my opinion - certainly nothing to rave about. If you are visiting the Royal Albert Hall then the location is fabulous, just a 1 minute walk away.
However the hotel is overpriced for what it is. The room was very small (I know rooms in London are not spacious, but this was small!) and for the money they are charging, does not offer even the basic room facilities you would expect.
The staff were helpful and friendly.
I wouldn't bother staying at the Gore Hotel again.
The Gore: acceptable, but four stars?
I just returned from a 7-night stay (Boxing Day to New Year's) at The Gore. My review and comments are closely tied to the Gore's claim to four stars. Having traveled professionally more in Italy, Germany and Switzerland than in England (though having lived in London for most of 1982), I found the Gore did not live up to what I would expect, in those three countries, for four stars. (And I never stay at modern, cookie-cutter hotels, but at older, 'romantic' ones). The room was smallish, but about the size I expected, and the ground floor common rooms were charming. One of the best features is the hotel's restaurant, where I ate breakfast each morning: the food (waffles, fruit, eggs Benedict, fresh-squeezed juices, etc.) was excellent, fresh flowers sat on each table, and the service was prompt and friendly.
Note that we had obtained a great rate of 139 pounds/night for two, including all taxes, through the web. That sum also included anything on the breakfast menu; for two, the full breakfast would amount to about 35 pounds per day, or about $60 at the current exchange rate! The walls are covered with old prints and you'll enjoy the old news clippings in the tiny lift. The bathroom in our room was small but the shower was nice, with copious hot water. The bed linens were lovely.On the down side: most things looked tired or frayed and in need of paint (in the case of the rug, of cleaning). Every single slat of the bed in our room was loose, making a sleep-jarring racket every time one so much as stretched a limb (the handyman finally screwed every slat into the frame, fixing the problem). The English tradition of a separate tap for hot and cold water in the sink is still honored. There was no facial tissue, clock or radio; complimentary toiletries are limited to shampoo and bath gel. There was one bathrobe in a room for two.The service at the front desk varied widely, depending on who was working.
Service was always polite but ranged from useless (conflicting answers about nearby restaurants open on Boxing Day) to helpful (making reservations when we provided a business card for the establishment in question). As we left and headed to Victoria Station, we asked that the concierge call a cab; what arrived was a shady, apparently non-licensed cab, whose driver tried to charge us 25 pounds for what had been a 9-pound ride when we took a legitimate cab upon our arrival. I bargained down to 15, but certainly learned the lesson not to accept such 'service' again.These shortcomings in a hotel claiming 4 stars, coupled with a location relatively far from the nearest tube (the hotel is about equidistant from the Kensington High St., Knightsbridge, and South Kensington stops; it's much more convenient to take a bus, which stops very near) mean I would probably look elsewhere next time. It was not that The Gore was bad. For the price we paid, very off-season, it was acceptable. But, in my experience, it did not live up to the rave reviews on this website, nor to its claimed star rating.
It was wonderful!
We have just returned from Christmas in London. We stayed at the Gore in the Tudor Suite and it was great. The location is perfect for walking in Kennsington Gardens. Someone said it was too far from the metro stations, but I disagree. It was a 15 minute walk along some lovely streets. Even with the cold winter weather the walk made us feel part of London. The only problem we had was the desk staff. They were inexperienced when it came to helping us with resturant information, but they did try. So many things were closed on 12/25 and 26. Overall however it was great and we would stay there again.
Nothing wrong, but nothing right either.
I booked this hotel on the basis of existing TripAdvisor reviews, and found myself thinking that maybe I hadn't stayed in the same hotel! I found the staff to be young, untrained, and singularly unhelpful. My single room (I had booked "run of the house") was tiny beyond belief.
My biggest problem was that the room was just not comfortable. The tiny desk was impossible to work at, and I had to stand on my head to plug the computer into the -- very slow -- data port. The light was so terrible there was no way to read - and what little light there was from the bedside lamp was blocked by the stupid half-teastor, while the dark green walls absorbed what little light did emerge. There was no place to sit in the room other than on the bed. My ordered newspaper showed up after I had already read the free copy in the breakfast room.
The breakfast buffet was bleak. The location is good for everything, wonderful for nothing - about equidistant from three tube stops and a long walk from all of them. But, there wasn't exactly anything wrong with the hotel either. Just nothing special - you can do much better for the price.
Understated and Classy in Kensington
This is NOT a grand hotel or a ritzy place or a palace. It is, however, a converted 19th-century embassy with beautiful rooms and a lovely staff. You will find no pool or fitness center, but a charming parlor and antiques all over the place. The breakfast (not included) is great. This hotel made my visit to London extra-special, and I highly recommend it.
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