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Welcome to the city of the Tsars! Arrival transfer to your hotel.
Today we take you on a city walking tour that takes us to the main sights. See colourful Nevsky Prospekt, the main avenue of St Pete's from which most main attractions can be easily reached. We will visit St Isaac's Cathedral, Peter and Paul's fortress and the Hermitage Museum.
Free day to explore the city and surrounds. Most of the inner city sights are located on and just off the main thoroughfare Nevsky Prospekt, that stretches for around 4 km from near the Winter Palace Embankment to Alexander Nevsky Monastery, so St Pete's is good for walkers! Tonight - an included transfer to the rail station for overnight train to Moscow, which departs at 23:00
Arriving into Moscow station our local team are on hand to meet you and transfer you to the hotel. This afternoon we will take you on a walking tour. Moscow, the city that kept Bond busy for so long. Having been an endless source of espionage movies and books, the west's cold war nemesis and heart of communist Russia has plenty of sights to behold. From iconic Red Square, brightly coloured St Basil's Cathedral, the ritzy GUM department as well as Lenin still lying in state.
Free day.
Enjoy the morning at your leisure to explore. Our driver will collect you and take you to the station to catch the 16:20 train number 016, destination Yekaterinburg.
Enjoy the splendid scenery that you pass today as the train plies its route. Arriving into Yekaterinburg at 20:11 meet up with our local driver who will take you to your hotel (Hotel Centralniy)
Today your included city with our expert guide, takes in the new monastery that marks the site of the Romanov family's execution in 1918 and Ganina Yama - a beautiful monastic complex built on the site where their bodies were discarded and later found. The tour also takes you to the Europe/Asia border where you can stand with a foot in each continent!
This morning is free, to take in the sights of Yekaterinburg. We will transfer you to the train station for the 17:44 train number 002, destination Irkutsk.
Spend today settled into life aboard the Trans-Siberian Express as it winds its way east passing spectacular scenery.
Late today you will arrive into Irkutsk where we will meet you and transfer you through to to Listvyanka (homestay).
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06:25 AM arrival into Ulan Ude and our local driver will be there to take you to your homestay. Thanks to its proximity to Mongolia and China, the indigenous people of the region, the Buryats, clung on to their Tibetan-Buddhist faith through the Communist era. Your guided city tour later today visits Ivolginsky Datsan - a centre of Buddhist culture and the open air Ethnographic Museum dedicated to the lives of local people and architecture through the ages.
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That's more than double the number most analysts were predicting, and nearly a fourfold increase from the 2.4 million Kindles Amazon managed to unload in 2009, BusinessWeek says while citing an anonymous source "aware of the company's sales projections."
This all assumes those numbers are accurate, as Amazon has remained tight lipped when it comes to Kindle sales figures. However, the e-tailer couldn't help but brag that the Kindle 3 is its fastest-selling Kindle of all time, and that's saying something, even without figures to back it up.
None of this is particularly hard to believe. It certainly helps that a semi-recent price war broke out on the eReader battlefields, and for those looking primarily to read electronic books, it makes a lot more sense to invest as little as $139 in a Wi-Fi Kindle 3 than a $499 iPad or take a chance on one of the handful of other tablets sporting pre-3.0 releases of Android.
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Amazon pushed the HELL out of Kindle. The wifi version with free 3G is also a very attractive device for a heck of a lot cheaper than an Ipad
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Coldsnap brought us a plethora of new creature types including some forgotten and underused ones like Yeti, Slug and Sphinx. More importantly, Coldsnap brings us two new Lords: Darien, King of Kjeldor and Lovisa Coldeyes. Both of these cards have some interesting, cool and powerful 'lord' abilities. Today I'm going to take a close look at King Darien. But first, let's take a general look at Lords in Magic: the Gathering.
Did you know that there are only twenty Lords in Magic? There are well over 8000 different Magic cards, of which around half are creatures. Then, considering there are almost 400 different creature types, you would think there should be more Lords. The most recognizable lords, all from Alpha, include cards like Goblin King, Lord of Atlantis and Zombie Master. Each of these three Lords gave benefits to other creatures of their type like +1/+1, swampwalk, islandwalk, mountainwalk, and/or regeneration.
Lords are typically used as a means to beef up and strengthen your army of creatures. Giving all of your merfolk +1/+1 and islandwalk with Lord of Atlantis can turn a blue weenie deck into a powerhouse-unblockable beatdown deck if you have a Phantasmal Terrain or two. Goblin King is like the opposite of Lord of Atlantis giving his goblin friends +1/+1 and mountainwalk. Blood Moon anyone?
However, Lords of late haven't been following suit with the Lords of old. Look at Lords from the Ravnica block: Chorus of the Conclave and Ghost Council of Orzhov. Neither of these two cards really do anything to beef up and strengthen your creatures of a given type. Ghost Council just flickers and sacrifices a lot; the Dryad lords of the Conclave just give +1/+1 counters to newly cast creature cards for a cost. What happened to traditional 'all 'creature-type' creatures get +1/+1' and things like landwalk? Has that been completely forgotten? Or maybe that's just too powerful now…
I want to see more Lords and more traditional Lords like the original guys from Alpha. Maybe even a Crocodile Lord! You could make it a blue-green-black legendary guy that gives all of your crocs islandwalk, swampwalk and first strike. That would be cool. Or maybe a Wraith lord that replaces the original ballooning ability on most wraiths with something like: "1: This creatures gets +1/+1 until end of turn" and gives them +1/+2.
Thinking up new lords isn't what this is all about. While Lovisa fits more into my conception of a Lord mold, I decided King Darien would be a good start to this possible article series. I'm willing to put my views of what a Lord should be aside for a moment so I can present to you two decks using Darien.
King Darien Found in a Flame Rift.
As mentioned, King Darien isn't exactly your typical Lord. Sure, he's a king and all, but he doesn't give all of your Soldiers +1/+1 and first strike. No, instead silly WotC gave that ability to Field Marshal (who I personally think should have been a Lord). But then again, I can understand their reasoning for doing so. Lords have to have some prominence, respect and prestige in the current life of Magic. Any king really is a lord, and a Field Marshal isn't. Although, couldn't they just have switched abilities for me? No, they couldn't do that… make the casual player happier. Not that I'm unhappy. It's just that I would have been happier had Field Marshal been given King Darien's ability and vice versa. But I guess that doesn't make much sense either. Oh well.
In the meantime, King Darien has a VERY interesting ability. Every time you're dealt damage, King Darien puts that many 1/1 white Soldier tokens into play. Did I read that right? Is there really no restriction on where the damage can come from? It doesn't say 'combat' damage. Hmmm. So basically, damage can come from anywhere: your opponent, your own creature with a drawback, even your own spells and enchantments. Even painlands!
With that in mind, I can already see a deck forming using red and white. Possibly Orcish Artillery, Darien and Soul Warden…
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8 Plains
4 Battlefield Forge
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Auriok Champion
4 Darien, King of Kjeldor
4 Field Marshal
4 Orcish Artillery
4 Soul Warden
4 Fireslinger
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4 Flame Rift
4 Sensei's Diving Top
Finally, that's a deck that uses Orcish Artillery effectively! Well, really, Orcish Artillery could just be Soul Link-ed and that would be easier than setting up a three card combo deck. However, that doesn't include King Darien and that's no fun.
With Darien in play, a Soul Warden and Orcish Artillery, tap your Artillery to deal two damage to either your opponent or a creature they control. Then, Artillery does three damage to you. Darien's ability nets you three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens and Soul Warden nets you three life. In summary, you did no damage to yourself, two damage to your opponent or one of his creatures, and you gained three more creatures. That's spiffy.
To help out the cause, I've includes a play set each of Char, Fireslinger and Flame Rift. All three of these cards serve the same purpose as the Artillery – dealing damage to either an opponent or opponent's creature and dealing damage to you. As long as you have a Soul Warden and Darien in play you will gain back the life you lost and still get all of the creatures. Also included in the decklist is Soul Warden's on-another-world-distant cousin: Auriok Champion.
Sensei's Diving Top helps to round the deck out by giving you some library management options. Remember that you goal is to get all of the pieces on the board as quickly as possible so you can start amassing that army of Darien's soldiers. I even included a play set of Battlefield Forge. When you tap the forge for a white or red mana, it will deal damage to you. This will activate King Darien and put a creature token into play.
Just to help our your new Soldier tokens, I included Field Marshal. Despite my gripe with WotC for not switching around the abilities of King and Marshall, I still think those tokens deserve a boost and first strike. It only makes sense.
There are other card options for this deck. One card you could easily work into this deck is Goblin Bombardment. With the possibility to amass many Soldier tokens, you can break a stalemate by catapulting the tokens at your opponent's head. Or you could include some more burn. It doesn't have to be burn like Flame Rift, Char or Orcish Artillery. Fireball, Ghitu Fire, Demonfire. All of those will help you control the board while you set up your combo. You may even consider Disenchant or its kin for this deck if your casual group likes to play lots of enchantments and artifacts. Either way, this deck isn't set in stone – make it your own!
Focusing on Soldiers
After making a red-white deck using Darien, I felt the need to make something a little more close to home: all white. Making an all-white deck means focusing more on the Soldier side of things. This is mainly because white doesn't have many means to deal damage to you. Of course, I could always focus on Icatian Moneychanger… but that seems bland. With this kind of a deck, you need to invite your opponent to deal damage to you and yet still be able to stay alive. I think what we need here is a tribal Soldier deck featuring Darien and a little painful artifact from Tempest.
Unfortunately, this following deck uses some of the same strategy as the first – namely Soul Warden. Soul Warden is the best way to keep your life total sane. We don't want a white suicide deck. We have black for that. Soul Warden will gain you the life you need while Darien is in play. This life will keep you at a stable level to continue the crazy Soldier token generating your deck will do. Let's have a looksy:
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2 Ancient Tomb
1 Daru Encampment
3 Nomad Stadium
17 Plains
2 Catapult Squad
3 Darien, King of Kjeldor
4 Deftblade Elite
3 Field Marshal
4 Noble Templar
1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
4 Soul Warden
4 Whipcorder
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3 Disenchant
2 Glorious Anthem
2 Privileged Position
2 Slate of Ancestry
3 Jinxed Idol
The obvious card of choice: Jinxed Idol. Who would think to include this card in a deck full of Soldiers? I would, of course. I think I have reigned as the supreme crazy-deck builder on Magic Deck Vortex and why would I stop here! Oh wait! This is MTG Salvation. Well, I'm sure I'm still a crazy deck builder here. Moving along…
Jinxed Idol serves one major purpose – dealing damage to you while Darien is in play. Mind you, it will only deal damage to you during your upkeep. But who cares when you have Darien and a Soul Warden? Like the first deck, when something deals damage to you, you will produce that many creatures and that much life back thanks to the Darien-Warden duo. While Jinxed Idol would normally make you want to sacrifice a creature to make an opponent gain control of it, this deck would prefer you keep it to generate two Soldier tokens during each of your upkeeps.
In the early game, you can still use Jinxed Idol as a means for either creature control on your opponent's side or damage to your opponent. Jinxed Idol really doesn't shine until you have both Darien and Warden in play. So while you're waiting to either find or cast Darien, use the Idol to sneak in some damage against your opponent. Otherwise, Jinxed Idol is almost like casting Diabolic Edict on your opponent every turn so long as you can afford to sacrifice one of your own creatures to give it back to your opponent.
Jinxed Idol aside, the deck performs like a tribal Soldier deck should – with lots of Soldiers. Catapult Squad, Deftblade Elite and Whipcorder are all efficient Soldier drops that give you a little control in the early game. They are still efficient in the late game too. Consider this, it's mid game and you have about 20 Soldiers thanks to King Darien. Should one of your opponent's creatures attack or block, just tap out a bunch of Soldiers to deal lethal damage to that creature with Catapult Squad.
Because of the higher number of Soldiers in the deck that are actually cards, Field Marshal has a more important role than the last deck. Combined with a few copies of Glorious Anthem, your deck should perform like a white weenie deck in the beginning while you're waiting to drop King Darien. And with Darien in play, the Field Marshal will still give your tokens a boost to turn this deck into a mean beatdown deck. Does white have an Overrun?
A little note about Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker: she doesn't combo with anything in the deck. She does, however, have some nice synergy. A deck with King Darien wants your opponent to attack you or at the very least, throw some direct damage your way. The ultimate goal, after all, is bringing your opponent down to zero life or less. With Michiko in play, you get a double-edged sword. King Darien will generate some tokens AND Michiko will make your opponent sacrifice a permanent. Let's hope they aren't playing some WG token deck. I thought she was a cool inclusion in the deck, but remember that this is just my concept. Replace her with another Field Marshal if you like.
Some other cards in the deck, like Privileged Position, offer some protection against your opponent's removals spells. In the case of Slate of Ancestry, this card can provide some card drawing/advantage while you have lots of Soldiers in play. I originally played around with the inclusion of Raise the Alarm, but decided that Disenchant was needed with all of the new cool and exciting artifacts and enchantments running amok in casual Magic.
Lastly, the mana base is interesting. I have 18 basic Plains, two Ancient Tombs, some Nomad Stadiums and a lone Daru Encampment. Both the Nomad Stadium and the Ancient Tomb provide some synergy with Darien. Also, the Ancient Tombs can help power out a quick Privileged Position or even a quick Darien! I even have Noble Templar in the main decklist to help search out your Plains in case you're experiencing either a mana screw or lack of lands to cast a Darien. Noble Templar also makes for an efficient blocker and a worthy attacker with vigilance.
I had considered some other Soldiers for the deck like Soltari Emissary, Aven Farseer, Longbow Archer and Daru Warchief. Soltari Emissary would have been nice with his gift of shadow walking, but I ended up using Catapult Squad in his place. Longbow Archer would have also been nice with his ability to block fliers but I was trying to stay away from Soldiers that already had first strike since Field Marshal grants it while in play. Daru Warchief would have also been a great inclusion but I already had Field Marshal in the deck and most of the cards in this deck don't cost a whole lot. I would encourage you to try some other Soldiers out to fit this deck to your liking.
This deck, while not perfect, should give you a good idea of how Darien performs in a tribal Soldier deck. While I encourage you to try this deck out, I also encourage you to make this deck list your own with any additions you think are better.
Time for the King to Eat Dinner
Well, it's time for King Darien to eat some Auroch Stroganoff and Roasted Ronom Hulk. That's about all for today's look into one of the Lords of Coldsnap. I plan to do another feature on Lovisa Coldeyes next time around. I may even feature some of the non-Lords of Coldsnap that sure act like Lords (or at least my concept of them).
Whatever you do, do it casual. At least, do it casual once in a while. There's more to Magic than the hum-drum of tournament play and chase rares.
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I have a question. Says the world will end on the 21st. But what timezone? i'm in aus so does that mean it will be the 22nd ?


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President Barack Obama claimed a stronger hand on the world stage on Friday despite electoral defeats at home, failure to get a free—trade agreement with South Korea and lacklustre international support for his get—tough policy with China on trade and currency disputes.
"It wasn't any easier to talk about currency when I was first elected and my poll numbers were at 65 percent," Mr. Obama argued at the close of the Group of 20 summit in South Korea, after bluntly accusing Beijing of undervaluing its currency.
The president flew to Japan for an Asia—Pacific Economic Cooperation summit without the coveted trade pact with South Korea or a united front with other countries against China's currency policy. He also endured a gusher of criticism from other countries about a decision by the U.S. central bank to pump $600 billion into the U.S. economy, something China, Germany and others believe could weaken the dollar and lead to inflation.
'Standing with world leaders not diminished'
After the APEC talks which begin on Saturday, Mr. Obama will return to the U.S. to confront Republicans empowered by their gains in this month's midterm elections.
Even so, the president contended that his standing with world leaders is not diminished.
"When I came into office people might have been interested in more photo—ops," the president said, because of the "hoopla surrounding my election."
But he contended he has now developed genuine friendships with leaders including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Korean President Lee Myung—bak and even Chinese President Hu Jintao.
"That doesn't mean there aren't going to be differences," the president added.
Those were on stark display throughout the G—20 summit, which resulted in a final document in which leaders agreed on various measures to achieve economic stability, none of them enforceable or specific.
Admits U.S. place in world has changed
Mr. Obama contended this constituted victory nonetheless, even as he acknowledged that America's place in the world has changed and even if he wouldn't say his had.
Whereas the U.S. had been the dominant superpower, "We are now seeing a situation where a whole host of other countries are doing well and coming into their own and naturally they're going to be more assertive ... and that's a healthy thing," the president said.
End unfair trade practices
Mr. Obama told a news conference that progress was made in stabilizing and strengthening the global economy, saying it is now back on "the path to recovery." But he also said that nations "risk slipping back" into peril if they don't work harder to foster sustained growth, end unfair trade practices and currency manipulation, and argued that "countries with large surpluses must shift away from unhealthy dependency on exports" and that exchange rates "must reflect economic realities."
Mr. Obama said China's currency "is undervalued." He added that Beijing "spends enormous amounts of money" to keep the yuan in that condition and said it's critical for China, "in a gradual fashion," to let markets set the currency's value.
But Mr. Obama's summit partners declined to endorse his position, issuing a watered—down statement saying only they agreed to refrain from "competitive devaluation" of currencies. Using a slightly different wording favoured by the U.S. "competitive undervaluation" would have shown the G—20 taking a stronger stance on China's currency policy.
'Bonds purchase designed to grow the economy'
Of criticism from Germany and other quarters that the Federal Reserve Board engaged in what amounts to currency manipulation by purchasing $600 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, the president said the move "was not designed to have an impact on the currency, the dollar. It was designed to grow the economy."
Of the global economy generally, Mr. Obama said that while improvements have been made in a number of areas, he and other leaders recognize "progress hasn't come quickly enough," particularly in the area of job creation.
"We have a recovery," he said when asked about lingering high joblessness in America.
"It needs to be speeded up. Government cannot hire back the eight million people that lost jobs," he said. "That needs to be done by the private sector."
Mr. Obama started this Asian trip in the wake of a political battering at home, as Republicans recaptured the House and significantly curbed the Democratic majority margin in the Senate.
Confidence-building agreements
Although he had some deja vu moments in visiting Indonesia, where he spent four years growing up, and announced a series of confidence—building agreements with both India and Indonesia, the president struck out in his attempt to close a long—sought free—trade pact with South Korea.
It was an embarrassing setback for a president who stressed that the top objective of this trip was to cement agreements that would help create jobs at home, particularly through new trade opportunities with fast—growing economies like China, India and Indonesia.
Mr. Obama reiterated his intent to finalize the trade agreement with South Korea. A major sticking point remains access to the South Korean market for U.S. autos, but the president expressed confidence that the deal will get done.
"I think that we can find a sweet spot that works both for Korea and the United States," he said, adding that he was not interested in a trade agreement for the sake of having one.
Mr. Obama will confront the same vexing trade and currency issues at the APEC summit, which is expected to move on creation of a Pacific—wide free trade zone that would encompass more than half the world's economic output.
He sought to deflect talk of missed opportunities.
Stabilizing the world economy
"The work that we do here is not going to seem dramatic. It is not always going to be world—changing. But step to step, what we're doing is building stronger international mechanisms and institutions" that will help stabilize the world economy "and reduce tensions" among nations," Mr. Obama said.
"The easiest thing for us to do would be to take a passive role and just let things drift," the president said. He acknowledged that "some countries push back" in response to his suggestions about global economic strategy, but said he will continue to push "to bring about changes."
Keywords: APEC summit, free trade zone, Obama, Seoul setback


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These days, Kennedy is co-owner of BlueMile, a specialty running shop with locations in Indiana and Kentucky. He's an articulate ambassador for running, still in demand more than 15 years after becoming the first American to break 13:00 for 5,000m.
"When I speak to high school runners, I think I make the coaches upset," he says, "because I always say, 'You're in charge. Use the knowledge of your coaches and the experience of your coaches, but understand why you're doing what you're doing.'" Kennedy learned that from Bell, who told his runners, "Always ask why. If it doesn't make sense, ask."
To illustrate why the "why" matters, Kennedy tells high-schoolers this tale:
"I used to run a standard threshold workout, 10 by a thousand meters, to a heart rate, usually around 2:55, 3:00, 45 seconds recovery, 60 seconds recovery max. One day I set out on the first thousand. I was pressing, pressing, and I couldn't get my heart rate up into my zone. Second one, same thing–I was running 2:58, 3:00, but I couldn't get my heart rate high enough and it didn't feel right. Third one, same thing.
"So I stopped. And the reason I stopped was because I wasn't accomplishing what that workout was supposed to physiologically accomplish. If I can't run in that heart rate zone, then it's a waste of time. Either I was sick or I was over-trained; something was going on. The next day I was fine, could have done the workout 100 percent, no problem. If I didn't know why I was supposed to do 10 by a thousand, I would have kept pressing and got my 10 by a thousand done, but created more damage that could have affected me for who knows how long."
That's one of the best explanations you're going to hear for why it's important to understand the purpose of every workout. Should Kennedy be coaching instead of selling shoes?
"I'm not sure I would be a great coach," Kennedy says. "I don't have the patience. I think I would get frustrated with some athletes–just do it! If they're not like I was, then I would get frustrated, and that's not a good coach." Hodge says, "I coached the women at University of Lowell for four years and I was terrible."
There are few world-class runners who became great coaches. "It's tough for the people who were super-talented and super-good because the things that worked for them won't work for the majority of athletes," says Holman.
"The majority of good coaches don't quite reach the level they're going for" as runners, says Lucas. "There's still the desire, they still have something else to do. They weren't satisfied with their own careers. I've had four coaches in my career and that's been true of every one of them." Lucas used to be part of the Mammoth Track Club, coached by Terrence Mahon, a 2:13 marathoner at his best–good but not great. Brad Hudson was also a 2:13 marathoner. Benson competed as Juli Henner, and made the 1996 Olympic 1500m team, but with a 4:06 PR in the event she wasn't a world-beater.
Almost all world-class runners have an intense self-focus that, superficially, can look like egotism. It's hard to convert that trait into the other-directedness that great coaches have. "Coaching takes a special type of person," Hodge says. "It's like teaching." Indeed, many great coaches have also been teachers, including O'Connell and Hodge's Greater Boston coach, Bill Squires.
"Alberto [Salazar], he's been coaching [Galen] Rupp since he was in high school," Hodge says. "I look at Rupp and I think that Galen Rupp looks like the kid next door. There have to be a lot more runners with that ability out there. Why aren't we finding them? Alberto's spent almost every day with this kid since he was in high school. Look how dedicated he is to doing it. It takes that kind of commitment. You're putting your whole being into being a coach. Squires did that for a long time. Not that many people can give that much of themselves to it."


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Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - Morrow
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Hotel Guest Rating: 5.1/10
1348 Southlake Plaza Drive
Morrow, GA 30260
Welcome to the Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - Morrow
Featuring rooms with high-speed internet access and a location with convenient access to I-75, the Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - Morrow offers affordable digs to Priceline guests on a budget.
Hotel Features
The two-story hotel features 109 rooms with cable TV and high-speed internet access. Rooms with microwaves and refrigerators may be requested, and non-smoking rooms are also available. A free newspaper is offered for catching up on the daily news. Fax services are available, parking is free and pets are welcome with some restrictions.
Hotel Location
The hotel is off I-75, five minutes from the Southlake Mall, where there are lots of popular restaurants and shops. The hotel is 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta and popular attractions like Underground Atlanta, Georgia Tech and Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. Clayton State University is less than two miles from the hotel. The fast-paced NASCAR action at Atlanta Motor Speedway is 15 miles away. Treat the family to a day of thrills and spills at Six Flags Over Georgia, 25 miles away, or visit the wild animals at Zoo Atlanta, 15 miles away. The hotel is 12 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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The Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - Morrow is ideal for value-conscious Priceline guests who need basic amenities like high-speed internet access and a place that accepts their furry, four-legged friends.
Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - Morrow Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- 24-hour room service
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Accessible room
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
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- Cable television
- Children welcome
- CNN available
- Color television
- Complimentary coffee in lobby
- Connecting rooms
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Direct dial telephone
- Early check-in
- Fire safety compliant
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- Front desk
- Full service housekeeping
- Hairdryer
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- Heated guest rooms
- High speed internet access fee
- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
- Housekeeping - daily
- Iron
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- Lobby coffee service
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-Site parking
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Pets allowed
- Photocopy center
- Private bath or shower
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
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- Security
- Telephone
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- Voice mail
- Wakeup service
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Red Roof Inn Atlanta South - MorrowOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
November 26, 2014
Business Traveler
June 10, 2014
Solo Traveler
not happy with it
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April 24, 2014
I will never stay here every again!
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May 16, 2013
Pros was price but cons was cleanliness and bathroom not the best.
April 30, 2013
Family Traveling with Young Children
The overall experience was ok but the room could have been better and more accommodating and welcoming. Bathrooms, towels, could have been better and stocked more efficient
April 12, 2013
Solo Traveler
Red Roof Inn in Morrow, Georgia, is conveniently located off of I-75, about 20 minutes south of Atlanta. Prices are reasonable. Staff is professional. Rooms are clean and comfortable. It has little in the way of amenities, but that isn't a problem when you consider the combination of comfort and affordability. The hotel is near a Cracker Barrel and an IHOP, which is perfect for those on a dining budget. (By the way, within easy walking distance is a tiny Vietnamese restaurant, VN Pho. If you like inexpensive but quality southeast Asian food, be sure to visit them.) More dining options are about one exit north. ...
February 20, 2013
This was a vary nice motel for our trip south. Vary close to I-75. Vary pet friendly motel. Will stop here again.
October 13, 2010
Solo Traveler
This is the first Red roof we have ever stayed in that did not have a continental breakfast.Only had coffee machine. Only 2 towels and washcloths. No table. One chair. Bath door broken. Older room.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The NHL fined Dallas Stars forward Ryan Garbutt $1,474.36 on Saturday for spearing Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks during a playoff game.
The incident occurred in the first period of Anaheim's 6-2 victory Friday night.
Garbutt was assessed a major penalty for spearing and game misconduct.
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The disclosure relates to an improved latch for releasably latching the hinged spare tire carrier to the tailgate or rear door of a vehicle, such latch being characterized by a mounting bracket attached to the carrier and movable therewith that carries a tapered guide pin projecting therefrom which cooperates with an annular cam surface bordering an opening sized to receive same provided in the latch plate fastened to the door or tailgate so as to move the interlocking elements of the latch into properly aligned relation for latched engagement. The guide pin also functions as a pivot for a release lever that carries one of the interlocking elements and which is in the form of a latch pin paralleling the guide pin offset to one side thereof. This latch pin has a tapered head sized and positioned to engage the narrower notch at the base of a keyway-shaped slot in the latch plate and cooperate therewith to cam the release lever upwardly into a position where this head can enter and pass through the enlarged circular portion of the keyway preparatory to dropping down into the narrower notched portion thereof in latched position where an annular shoulder behind the head locks into place.
1. In a latch mechanism: an apertured plate having a first aperture therein shaped to define a first pin-receiving section at the top and a relatively narrower upwardly-opening notched section at the bottom, a second plate mountable for movement into face-to-face relation behind said apertured plate, an enlongate rigid arm pivotally attached to said second plate, and a latch pin mounted for movement with said second plate and movable relative thereto on said arm spaced to one side of its axis of pivotal movement between an upper and a lower position, said upper position placing said pin in alignment with the pin-receiving section of said first aperture when said plates lie in face-to-face relation, and said lower position placing said pin in alignment with the relatively narrower notched section of said first aperture when said plates are face-to-face, said latch pin having at least a first head on the front end thereof sized to pass through the pin-receiving section of said first aperture onto the front of said apertured plate upon forward movement of said second plate with said pin in its upper position, said pin also having at least a first necked-down section behind said first head sized to seat within said relatively narrower notched section of said first aperture upon movement of said pin from its upper to its lower position with said first head thereof extended onto the front of said aperture plate, and said pin further having at least a first rearwardly-facing abutment located between said first head and said first necked-down section effective with the latter seated in the relatively narrower notched section of said first aperture to engage a portion of said apertured plate bordering same and thereby prevent retraction of said latch pin upon the application of a force in a direction to separate said plates.
2. The latch mechanism as set forth in claim 1 wherein: a mutually interengageable guide pin and a second aperture for receiving same are arranged in opposed relation in the apertured plate and said second plate, said guide pin being tapered and the area of said plate containing said second aperture and bordering same being shaped to define a cam surface operative to cooperate with the taper on said guide pin upon movement of said plates toward one another into face-to-face relation to realign said latch pin with the relatively narrower section of said first aperture in the lower position of said latch pin under conditions where a misalignment therebetween exists; and wherein said elongate rigid arm is pivotally attached to said guide pin, the latch pin is mounted on said arm in spaced relation to its axis of pivotal movement for movement therewith relative to said second plate between said upper and lower latch pin positions.
3. The latch mechanism as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said latch pin has a head and said head is forwardly tapered to define a cam surface operative in said lower pin position to engage said notched section of the first aperture and cooperate therewith upon relative movement of said plates toward one another to raise said latch pin into its upper position for passage toward said pin-receiving section.
4. The latch mechanism as set forth in claim 1 wherein: spring means connected between said second plate and said arm normally bias the latter and the latch pin carried thereby into the lower positions thereof.
5. The latch mechanism as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said rigid arm includes a portion projecting beyond said latch pin and accessible alongside said second plate for manually raising the latter into its unlatched position.
6. The latch mechanism as set forth in claim 2 wherein: said guide pin is forwardly tapered and carried by said second plate and said second aperture is located in said apertured plate alongside said first aperture therein.
Many of the present-day automobiles, especially those designed for off-road use, are equipped with a hinged tailgate or door which needs to be opened to gain access to the rear storage area behind the seat. Since space is at a premium in such vehicles and they rarely have a trunk for storage of the spare tire, it is often carried on the tailgate or rear door outside the vehicle. When attached to the type of tailgate that is hinged along the bottom, for example, the gate becomes extremely heavy and awkward to raise and lower with a heavy tire and wheel mounted thereon. It is somewhat less of a problem in a side-hinged door-style gate but, nevertheless, awkward.
For these and other reasons it has become a rather common practice to detach the spare tire and wheel from the tailgate or door and remount same upon a hinged carrier that permits the spare to be swung out of the way so as to not interfere with ready access to the rear storage area of the vehicle. In most instances, the hinge is mounted to the body of the vehicle alongside the gate or door with a hinged frame depending therefrom that swings closed into position behind the door once the latter is shut. Obviously, some type of latch mechanism is needed to latch the hinged carrier to the gate or door in closed position so that it will not swing free.
The prior art latches used for this purpose have, for the most part, been of the same general type used on fence gates to releasably latch the edge remote from the hinges to a fencepost. As such, they differ in both construction and operation from the cam-pin type developed by applicant. Others before applicant have used tapered pins, slotted pins and step-cut pins as one of the latching elements in a two-part latching assembly which, while not specifically designed for a spare tire carrier latch, would function for this purpose. Representative of such locks and latches are U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,063,434; 4,058,992; 4,136,539; 4,252,006; and 4,236,395; however, none of them utilizes the cooperative action between a tapered head on the pin and a keyway-shaped slot to raise one end of a pivoted release lever and thus enable the head to pass through the large opening in the keyway and gravitate down into latched position behind the small upwardly opening notch in the latter.
Applicant's latch pin differs from those of the prior art latches as represented by the above-mentioned patents in another important respect in that it has two tapered heads located in coaxial spaced relation one behind the other, either of which is capable of latching the carrier closed. Only the trailing head of the two is operative to latch the carrier fully closed while the leading one latches it just slightly open or, more properly, "loosely" closed. By properly selecting the spacing between the leading and trailing heads, the aforementioned lossely closed position will produce a highly audible "rattle" that will alert the driver or other occupant of the vehicle that the carrier is not fully closed.
The spare tire carrier latch of the present invention is also noteworthy and distinguishable over the prior art known to applicant by reason of the inclusion of a novel guide mechanism which corrects minor, primarily vertical, misalignments between the interlocking parts in advance of their actual engagement.
It is therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved spare tire carrier latch.
A second objective is the provision of a device of the character described which latches automatically but requires that it be released manually.
An additional object is to provide such a latch with two latched positions one fully or tightly latched and a second loosely latched.
Another object is the provision of a loosely latched condition wherein the assembly rattles and warns the occupants that it is not fully latched.
Still another object is to equip a latch mechanism of the pin and keyslot-type with prealignment mechanism automatically operative to correct minor misalignemnts between the mating parts and place them in position to interengage in latched relation.
Further objects are to provide a latch for hinged spare tire carriers that is simple, lightweight, compact, easy to operate and install, versatile, rugged and even somewhat decorative.
Other objects will be in part apparent and in part pointed out specifically hereinafter in connection with the description of the drawings that follows, and in which:
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the carrier latch showing in full and phantom lines the operative relationship between the mating parts, portions of the release liner having been broken away to conserve space;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the carrier latch in loosely latched position with portions broken away and shown in section to more clearly reveal the interior construction;
FIG. 3 is a front elevation thereof, portions of the latch pin having been broken away to better show the shape of the keyslot;
FIG. 4 is a left side elevation of the latch in tightly latched position with portions of the mounting bracket broken away as well as portions of the guide pin subassembly; and;
FIG. 5 is a right side elevation showing in full and phantom lines the cammed latching action that occurs just before the assembly reaches both its loosely and tightly latched position, portions once again having been broken away and shown in section so as to more clearly reveal the hidden parts.
Referring next to the drawings for a detailed description of the latch mechanism which has been broadly designated by reference numeral 10, it will be seen to include what for lack of a more appropriate term will be denominated a cam plate 12 having two openings therein, the first a guide pin opening 14 and the second a keyslot opening 16. Both of these openings exert a camming action on tapered pins 18 and 20 in a manner which will be more fully described presently.
In most installations, cam plate 12 will be fixed to some support such as the tailgate, rear door or bumper of a vehicle which is equipped with a hinged swing-out type spare tire carrier having any one of several different conventional constructions, none of which has been illustrated. Regardless of the support to which cam plate 12 is mounted, enough space must be left on the front face thereof to allow both pins 18 and 20 to pass through the openings 14 and 16, respectively, therein. In the case of a rear bumper, this may mean cutting out an appropriately-shaped opening and welding the cam plate therein. At other locations, spacers (not shown) would be needed to hold it in spaced relation behind the mounting surface regardless of how it is attached thereto if one wished to maintain such surface intact and not put pin-receiving holes therein.
Bracket 22 carries all the remaining elements of the latch mechanism and it can be seen in the particular form shown to have a generally channel-shaped configuration with a web portion 24 bounded on both ends by rearwardly-extending left and right flanges 26 and 28, respectively, as the latter would be viewed looking rearwardly from the vehicle. The rear margins 30 of both of these rear turned flanges are shown provided with a semicircular cut-out 32 adapted to receive a horizontally-extending pipe or tube (not shown) commonly found as a part of the carrier frame. Since this bracket and the associated parts carried thereby move with the carrier frame relative to cam plate 12 in most installations, a permanent connection can be made therebetween such as by welding the pipe into the semicircular cut-outs. Obviously, this is but one way of fastening bracket 22 to the carrier frame and it is intended as being merely representative of many such mounting arrangements common in the art.
Web 24 of bracket 22 contains a total of three openings. The first one, 34, housing and retaining a rubber bumper 36 of conventional design that engages the rear face of cam plate 12 and keeps the assembly from rattling when in the fully-latched position of FIGS. 4 and 5. In the loosely-latched position shown in FIG. 2, on the other hand, bumper 34 is out of contact with the cam plate and the assembly rattles a good deal whenever the vehicle is moving thus providing the occupants with a clearly audible indication that the spare carrier is not tightly latched.
A second opening 38 is axially-aligned in the closed positions of the latch with guide pin opening 14 in the cam plate 12 as is most clearly revealed in FIG. 4. Opening 38 is sized to accept the reduced diameter smooth cylindrical shank 40 of alignment pin 18 as shown. A further reduced threaded section 42 receives a nut 44 and cup washer 46 that hold release lever 48 for limited pivotal movement on the portion of shank 40 that projects behind the rear face of web 24. Separating shank 40 and the main cylindrical section 50 of pin 18 is an annular rearwardly-facing shoulder 52 that engages the front face of web 24 and provides an abutment therebetween. A similar shoulder 54 (FIG. 4) separates the threaded and cylindrical sections 42 and 40, respectively, in the reduced area of the shank defining an abutment for washer 46 that cooperates with the rear face of the web to loosely pivot the release lever.
FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 5 show guide pin 18 to have a frustoconically-tapered tip 56 which defines a cam surface effective upon engagement with the rearwardly-flared entryway 58 leading into guide pin opening 14 to align the guide pin 18 coaxially with the latter thus placing latch pin 20 in position to coact with keyslot opening 16 to raise the release lever in a manner shortly to be described. Carriers of this type carrying a heavy spare tire and wheel oftentimes get sprung slightly and thus require a fraction of an inch realignment in order to place the latch pin 20 in proper registry with the keyslot. Such a condition can also arise temporarily from springing the frame due to off center loading or parking the vehicle on uneven terrain. Regardless of the cause, proper cam action of the release lever demands rather precise alignment of the latch pin with respect to keyslot 16 and this is accomplished by means of tapered guide pin 18 and the rearwardly-flared entryway 58 leading into guide pin opening 14 which cooperate with one another as the latch pin approaches the first of its two latched positions to raise or lower the hinged carrier frame by whatever fractional amount is needed, if any, to produce the proper registry.
The third of the three openings in the web 24 of bracket 22 is a more or less kidney-shaped arcuate slot 60 curved about the axis of pivotal movement of the release lever as defined by shank 40 of the guide pin. The cylindrical shank 62 of latch pin 20 moves within this slot 60 as the latter and the release lever 48 from which it depends move between the latched position shown in full lines in FIGS. 3 and 5 and the unlatched or released position shown in phantom lines. The latch pin has a threaded shank section 64 separated from cylindrical section 62 thereof by an annular shoulder 66 that abuts the forwardly-facing surface of the release lever in which position it is retained by nut 68. The juxtaposed faces of web 24 and release lever 48 parallel one another as shown while the axes of pins 18 and 20 are perpendicular thereto and thus in parallelism with one another.
In FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, it can be seen that in the preferred embodiment shown, a spring 70 having a coiled section 72 wrapped around cup washer 46 and with one of its ends 74 abutted against the inside of bracket flange 26 has its other end 76 hooked over the top of the release lever thus biasing the latter along with the latch pin carried thereby down into the full line latched position in the bottom of slot 60 shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. Release lever 48 will gravitate into this latched position by its own weight and that of the latch pin mounted thereon, however, biasing it into latched position with spring 70 is preferred since bouncing around over rough terrain could conceivably release the latch if gravity alone were relied upon to keep it latched. Flange 28 on the right end of the bracket 22 is vertically slotted as shown at 78 to accept the projecting end of the release lever as revealed most clearly in FIG. 1. The extent of this slot is, of course, such as to permit full pivotal movement of the release lever between its latched and released positions.
Latch pin 20 has a frustoconically-tapered head 80 on its front end similar in its more general aspects to the tapered end 56 of the guide pin. Keyslot 16 in the cam plate has an upper circular entry way section 82 sized to pass the head 80 freely and a somewhat smaller upwardly opening slotted section 84 at the bottom which is substantially smaller than the maximum diameter of head 80 yet wide enough to receive either of two cylindrical sections of reduced diameter 86 and 88 located therebehind. Slot 84 is semicircular at its lower extremity and sized to define a saddle within which one of these reduced diameter cylindrical sections 86 and 88 rest when the latch pin is latched in either its loosely or tightly latched positions. Head 80 is separated from the forwardmost of the two reduced sections 86 by an annular rearwardly-facing shoulder 90 that seats behind the portion of cam plate 12 which borders slot 84 when the latch pin is seated in loosely latched position as shown in FIG. 2.
A second frustoconically-tapered head 92 lies in axially spaced relation behind the first (80) and is separated therefrom by the forwardmost reduced section 86. Behind this second or rear head 92 lies the rear reduced section 88 as shown most clearly in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.
Both the frustoconically-tapered heads 80 and 92 of the latch pin are shaped substantially alike and adapted to define cam surfaces operative upon engagement with the relatively narrower section 84 in the keyslot 16 to raise the release lever into the phantom line disengaged position of FIGS. 1 and 3 as the latch pin moves forwardly relative to the cam plate. As soon as the tapered head 80 on the front head is cammed arcuately upward to where it can pass through the circular section 82 of the keyslot 16, it does so and passes into position behind the cam plate where, once reduced section 86 is reached, it becomes free to move down into its loosely latched position either under the influence of gravity alone or, if spring assisted, under the bias of both the spring and gravitational forces. At this point the guide pin 18 has already assumed or been cammed into the centered coxial relation within guide pin opening 14 with or without the help of rearwardly-flared entryway 58. At this point, bumper 36 has yet to contact the rear face of web 24 and the entire assembly will rattle noticeably when traversing rough terrain thus providing a clearly audible indication that the carriage is not tightly latched. Nevertheless, it is just as securely latched in the loosely latched position of FIG. 2 as it is in the tightly latched position of FIGS. 4 and 5.
Further relative forward movement of the latch pin through the cam plate will, once again, cause the release lever 48 to elevate into its phantom line released position as the second of the two tapered latch pin heads 92 strikes the notched section 84 of the keyslot and is cammed thereby up into position to pass through the circular section 82 thereof preparatory to dropping down, once again, into latched position behind the cam plate. In so doing, the rear reduced section 88 will be seated in notched section 84 of the keyslot and annular shoulder 94 behind the second head will bear against the front face of the cam plate bordering said notch. The difference, of course, will be that the assembly will now be in the tightly latched position of FIGS. 4 and 5, not the loosely latched one of FIG. 2. Also, bumper 36 will be brought up snug against the rear face of the cam plate where little, if any, significant rattling can take place. Merely swinging the spare tire carrier shut will, in most instances, be enough to move the latch into tightly latched position but, if not, it will almost certainly engage in loosely latched condition.
Finally, when the time comes to release the latch and swing the spare tire out of the way on its hinged carrier, the operator need only lift the release lever into the top of its slot 78 to align the latch pin with the circular section 82 of the keyslot 16, whereupon the carriage is free to swing open. This same manual release action is operative to release the carriage and unlock the latch regardless of whether it is in loosely or tightly latched position. The alignment action of the guide pin insures the proper cooperative coaction between the latch pin and keyslot provided, of course, any misaligned condition is not beyond the limit of what the guide pin and flared entryway to its opening 14 can accommodate.
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How did all this begin? Well in fact all the women of Gokuldham Society get a chance to play the detective in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. This all started when Madhvi Bhide informed the ladies that their women group has managed to save more than one lakh and fifty thousand rupees in this year.
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I spent the afternoon walking along this canal capturing as much as I could of the opposite bank. Hue is situated approximately half way up the coast of Viet Nam. A beautiful place with even more beautiful people.
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A South Korea court on Friday delivered a split decision in its piece of the global legal battle between Apple and Samsung Electronics over mobile computing patents. A three-judge panel in Seoul Central District Court said Apple infringed two Samsung technology patents, while Samsung violated one of Apple's patents. The court awarded small damages to both companies and said they must halt sales of the infringing products in South Korea. None of the banned products are the latest models of Samsung or Apple devices. Read the rest of this post on the original site »
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