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Genre/Form: | Feature films Gangster films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film noir Fiction films Film adaptations Drama |
Named Person: | James Hadley Chase; James Hadley Chase |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
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St John Legh Clowes; Hugh McDermott; Linden Travers; Walter Crisham; Lesley Bradley; Zoë Gail; Jack Durant; George Melachrino; James Hadley Chase; Renown Pictures Corporation.; DD Home Entertainment. |
OCLC Number: | 298478593 |
Language Note: | Dialogue in English. |
Notes: | Based on the book by James Hadley Chase. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Special features: scene selection ; interactive menus. |
Credits: | Editor, Manuel del Campo ; music, George Melachrino. |
Cast: | Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham, Leslie Bradley, Zoë Gail, Jack Durant. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD; [PAL]; Region 2; Dolby digital mono; Full-screen presentation: 4x3. |
Other Titles: | No orchids for Miss Blandish (Motion picture) |
Responsibility: | Renown Pictures Corporation Ltd. presents ; a St. John L. Clowes production ; written and directed by St. John L. Clowes. |
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- American Express is down $10 a share from our entry price. Nevertheless we are staying the course and holding this stock long term.
- We will not be shorting stocks in our 1% portfolio. There are many more "long" millionaires than "short."
- Our new position, BND, is performing well. It will be a good anchor for our portfolio as its volatility seems to be very low.
- AXP reported results on Wednesday night and disappointed investors.
- The company announced 4,000 layoffs in a surprise move and took a huge build against future credit losses.
- I still like AXP as the stock is very cheap despite the negatives from the quarter.
- American Express has produced a negative stock return of 3% over the last twelve months.
- My long-term investment thesis from last year revolved around two themes: Strong revenue/billed business growth and a low valuation.
- American Express' fourth-quarter results confirm my investment thesis, even though the stock has underperformed my expectations.
- Looking forward, the potential for revenue and valuation growth remains attractive.
- American Express recently released its 4th quarter earnings.
- The company grew EPS 14% for full fiscal 2014, thanks in part to the Concur Technologies gain.
- American Express is offering investors a total return going forward of between 8% and 11% a year.
- Q4 2014 earnings were released on January 21.
- Earnings per share and revenue beat expectations.
- Card Member spending increased 6%.
- The stock has responded by falling about 2%.
- The whisper number is $1.39, one cent ahead of the analysts' estimate.
- Amex has a 51% positive surprise history (having topped the whisper in 20 of the 39 earnings reports for which we have data).
- The overall average post earnings price move is 'positive' (beat the whisper number and see strength, miss and see strength) when the company reports earnings.
- AXP's customer base continues to spend freely.
- AXP's earnings base is growing strongly each year and industry tailwinds are aiding as well.
- The company's cheap relative and absolute valuations make it a buy.
- American Express is having a difficult time adapting to new realities in the world of payment processing.
- Costco's decision to drop Amex in Canada shows how inflexible and old fashioned the credit card can be.
- American Express's inability to develop a mass market card may drive Costco to switch to Capital One.
- American Express is now a niche player in the credit card industry, and that niche could shrink.
- Costco could drop American Express because it needs the middle class customers Amex does not serve.
- This article investigates American Express based on its fundamental attributes and expected earnings growth to create a 12-month target price for its shares.
- Neither the firm's dividend policy nor its balance sheet is particularly impressive, and analysts anticipate annual earnings growth will decline into the single digits over the next five years.
- As a result, American Express shares look to be significantly overvalued at their current price and although Warren Buffett still thinks highly of the company, this model does not agree.
- AXP is suitable for the Enterprising Investor but not the Defensive Investor, following the ModernGraham approach.
- According to the ModernGraham valuation model, the company is undervalued at the present time.
- The market is implying 5.15% earnings growth over the next 7-10 years, which is significantly less than the rate the company has seen in recent years.
- American Express deserves a premium for its global brand name and solid balance sheet.
- However, organic growth has stalled and EPS is being goosed by expense cuts and buybacks.
- The current price feels like investors are buying American Express as a "safe" stock without examining valuation.
- Investors should dump American Express and look elsewhere.
American Express: Direct Beneficiary Of Growth In The Credit Card IndustryBalanced Investing • Oct. 28, 2014
- American Express reported a growth of 5% in its top line in the most recent quarter and clocked in absolute revenue net of interest expense of $8,329 million.
- The company has increased its net profit margin to 17.73% in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2014, an improvement of 127 basis points.
- On a per share basis, the EPS is projected to go up by $0.49 due to the growth in the credit card industry in 2014.
- With the addition of American Express to provide Apple Pay service, this is expected to provide an additional source of top line growth for the company in upcoming quarters.
- The company's improved financial and credit performance coupled with the forthcoming industry growth where American Express has a significant market share, the stock provides a good opportunity for investment.
- American Express posted mixed results.
- There was modest growth in revenues and net income.
- The share price is nearing a compelling valuation.
- The stock beat on earnings expectations but missed on revenue.
- The stock appears to be inexpensively valued on 2015 earnings estimates.
- I will more than likely be buying the stock when starting up the new IRA account.
- The whisper number is $1.38, two cents ahead of the analysts' estimate.
- Amex has a 50% positive surprise history (having topped the whisper in 19 of the 38 earnings reports for which we have data).
- The overall average post earnings price move is "opposite" (beat the whisper number and see weakness, miss and see strength) when the company reports earnings.
- A number of one time/special gains are coming to an end.
- Expectations are for accelerated growth but more likely to see deceleration.
- With shares trading at a full multiple the downside move could be brisk.
- American Express has strategically placed itself as the top player in 'future' card services.
- We are forecasting 4.5% growth but can see that accelerating with the new 'truly mobile' push.
- The business is currently trading at our fair value, but is one to watch - especially when the market turns.
- Apple Pay has the ability to drive massive growth at American Express, especially if Serve functionality is available.
American Express Stock AnalysisDividend Diplomats • Sep. 23, 2014
- American Express's profits correlate strongly to trends in both economic growth and consumer credit.
- With the Federal Reserve looking to raise rates over the next year, consumer spending could begin to decline.
- With a falling dividend payment, investors may find little reason to hold the company's stock if its share price begins to decline.
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- American Express (NYSE:AXP) is lower by 3.3% after the company last night said it would eliminate 4K jobs (about 6% of the U.S. workforce). The company has been able to meet or beat bottom-line earnings estimates by controlling expenses, but has been falling short of its long-term revenue growth target of 8%.
- "Headwinds present a challenging environment for American Express," says Jefferies' John Hecht, noting the discount rate - what AmEx collects on each transactions from merchants - edged lower in Q4.
- As for costs last quarter, they rose 6% when adjusted for forex impacts, and though layoff announcements have neared 12K over the past two years, the overall headcount has remained relatively steady at between 61K and 63.5K since 2010.
- Previously: AmEx beats, reportedly planning thousands of job cuts (Jan. 21)
Wed, Jan. 21, 4:15 PM
- Q4 net income of $1.447B or $1.39 per share vs. $1.308B and $1.21 one year ago. Share count fell 4% Y/Y. ROE of 29.1% vs. 27.8%.
- U.S. Card Services net income of $665M down 23% Y/Y on revenue of $4.6B up 5%, with cardmember spending up 8%. Loss provisions of $399M up 25% thanks to a reserve build this year vs. a reserve release last year. Expenses of $3.1B up 13%.
- International Card Services net income of $33M down 68% Y/Y on revenue of $1.4B down 3% (FX adjusted). Expenses of $1.3B up 10% (FX adjusted).
- Global Commercial Services net income of $594M up from $182M a year ago.
- Global Network & Merchant Services net income of $417M up 5% Y/Y.
- Conference call at 5 ET. The company is reportedly planning thousands of job cuts this year - it took a $313M charge this quarter "to improve operating efficiencies."
- Previously: American Express beats by $0.01, beats on revenue (Jan. 21)
- AXP -1.4% after hours
Wed, Jan. 21, 4:10 PM
- American Express (NYSE:AXP): Q4 EPS of $1.39 beats by $0.01.
- Revenue of $9.1B (+6.4% Y/Y) beats by $570M.
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- "I can cut a lot of expenses and we can look pretty good for a year or two, but then our business goes away," said American Express (AXP +1.5%) CEO Ken Chenault recently. His comments speak to the fine line the company must walk to please both customers and its owners, some of who may be noticing AmEx common stock has lagged its main card-processing competitors Visa and MasterCard over the last one, three, and five years, writes Spencer Jakab in the WSJ.
- Wednesday's Q4 results (after the bell) are expected to show progress on the cost front and the benefit of a strong holiday season, with analysts expected EPS of $1.28, up from $1.21 a year earlier.
- The company's main profit center is still the U.S., with less than half of its cards in 2013, but generating a far higher proportion of so-called discount revenue from merchants that year.
- "Convenience and quality don't come cheap - and still may not trump ubiquity," concludes Jakab.
Wed, Jan. 7, 7:35 AM
- Upgrading American Express (NYSE:AXP) to a Buy with $102 price target, analyst Ryan Nash says an improving macro should drive revenue upside. He also notes increased customer acquisition, share gains in lending, growth from a number of key long-term initiatives, and operating expense containment.
- His numbers are 2% higher than the Street for 2014, and 3% higher this year, and shares trade at 13.1x 2016 estimates vs. 15.3x for peers.
- The stock's higher by 1% premarket.
Dec. 18, 2014, 10:09 AM
- "We believe that American Express' (AXP +2%) recent broader inclusion initiatives are likely to take some time to develop and that top-line growth is likely to be constrained in the near term," says Jefferies, initiating coverage with a Hold and $95 price target.
- Initiatives like OptBlue and Serve look good over the longer-term, but come at a short-term cost which is likely to weigh on results in coming quarters. The $95 price target equates to about 15x the firm's 2016 EPS estimate - a warranted discount to peers thanks to AmEx's smaller scale and lower merchant acceptance, as well as credit risk exposure.
- Previously: AmEx initiated with Overweight rating at Morgan Stanley (Dec. 17, 2014)
Dec. 17, 2014, 9:52 AM
- Analyst Cheryl Pate expects accelerated U.S. card spend driven by 1) Ramping consumer spending, and 2) Higher merchant penetration through OptBlue. American Express (AXP +0.5%), she says, is highly leveraged to an improving economy and a higher stock market thanks to its "more affluent" client base.
- Opt Blue, she adds, offers a "meaningful value proposition" to small merchants which could result in AmEx narrowing the merchant gap with competitors.
- Alongside the Overweight rating is a $110 price target.
Dec. 10, 2014, 2:31 PM
- American Express (AXP -0.2%) CEO Ken Chenault is pleased with spending trends this season, and says Cyber Monday was the single largest billings day in company history.
- Presenting at the Goldman Sachs financial services conference, Chenault also gives the thumbs up to AmEx's participation thus far with Apple Pay. "Our cardmembers have a great affinity for Apple products and service. They are power users and, as you can expect, they are already highly engaged with Apple Pay."
- Presentation slides
Dec. 2, 2014, 2:59 PM
- American Express (NYSE:AXP) declares $0.26/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
- Forward yield 1.12%
- Payable Feb. 10; for shareholders of record Jan 9; ex-div Jan 7.
Nov. 26, 2014, 3:16 PM
- The partnership with Costco is particularly important for American Express' (NYSE:AXP) B2B franchise, says the team at Susquehanna, noting 75% of Costco spending is from its Executive Members, i.e. small business owners. AmEx's strength in small business cards thus owes a lot to the tie-up with Costco, according to the team, especially as AmEx tries to boost merchant "acceptance" (it currently ranks below Visa, MC, and Discover on that front).
- Previously: Costco ditches AmEx in Canada
Nov. 13, 2014, 9:49 AM
- Capital One (COF +0.8%) in an outlier to the upside in the credit card names in early action after Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on the stock with a Buy and $92 price target. American Express (AXP -0.2%) is started at Hold.
- Deutsche cuts Discover FInancial (DFS -0.4%) to Hold from Buy, citing valuation and high expectations for loan growth which the company could find tough to meet. CapOne, says Deutsche, offers a better risk/reward.
Nov. 10, 2014, 3:39 PM
- The lucrative prepaid card business may already getting less so thanks to the entrance of gorillas like JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and American Express (NYSE:AXP) into the industry, but alongside that threat is the CFPB.
- Unable to cap fees, the fast-expanding D.C. agency is set this week to propose new rules mandating clearer disclosure of fees, and to make it easier for consumers to compare across cards.
- "We're generally in compliance with what we expect the regulation to be," says Meta Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) President Brad Hanson, and he believes the better disclosure "helps legitimize the industry."
- Around 8% of U.S. households use prepaid cards, but that rises to 22% when just looking at those without bank accounts. Less than a $20B business six years ago, the amount put on prepaid cards should near $100B this year.
Nov. 5, 2014, 12:02 PM
- "We want to become the company that will put us out of business," says American Express (AXP +0.6%) chief Ken Chenault, speaking about the importance of competition and innovation at the Money 2020 conference in Las Vegas.
- "You have to have this spirit of reinvention, and that is what we have in the DNA of the company, ... if you don't innovate, you die. You have to constantly innovate, you have to constantly challenge the status quo."
- On whether Apple might one day do an end run around card processors: "Does Apple want to be involved in credit and all that goes with that ... I don't think so."
- On the pending launch of Current C - a mobile app connecting to a rival network (Merchant Customer Exchange) created by a group of major retailers: "We still don't know what Current C will consist of," he says, reminding that what merchants really want is to grow sales and will Current C provide shoppers with the right incentives to do so.
Oct. 31, 2014, 8:35 AM
- American Express (NYSE:AXP) looks set to escape the full force of the new measures, reports Bloomberg, as it would only have to comply with the fee caps when it works with other companies to issue cards.
- The proposal being circulated would cap interchange fees on cross-border debit-card payments at 0.2% and credit-cards at 0.3%. For domestic debit-card payments, the plan gives nations the options of calculating the 0.2% cap against the value of individual transactions, or against the "annual average transaction value."
- According to the proposal, AmEx and other three-party systems would be affected only when they have licensing agreements with other providers - a model accounting for about 9% of the firm's business, according to EU data.
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ShoreTel will expand its mobile UC portfolio and gain access to more Fortune 1000 companies with its $11.4 million acquisition of Agito Networks.
ShoreTel is expanding its unified communications capability by buying Agito Networks and creating a product that lets users communicate anywhere, from any device and on any network. ShoreTel officials, who announced Oct. 21 that the company is buying Agito for $11.4 million, said the deal also will enable ShoreTel to reduce mobile and long-distance call costs, and let businesspeople use their smartphones as PBX phones.
ShoreTel offers UC capabilities with its line of IP business phones, including voice, video data and mobile communications. Officials say the company's open and distributed IP architecture helps drive the cost of its offerings below those of competitors such as Cisco Systems and Avaya.
Agito's products will expand what ShoreTel can offer in the mobile space, where Agito was helping businesses extend their UC capabilities and voice onto smartphones. Agito's RoamAnywhere Mobility Router is designed to create a fixed mobile convergence platform that brings together WLANs, carrier cell networks, IP telephony and location technologies, enabling customers to use their mobile phones as they would their desktop devices. Using mobile phones as PBX extensions is becoming increasingly important as more workers become mobile and use cell phones as their primary phones, according to ShoreTel officials.
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Vintage Pulp | Dec 20 2014 |
Most 1970s tabloids espouse the idea of easy sexual availability of women for men, but Midnight, more than others, made that its reason for existence. You've seen the covers here before—a wild and willing Nobu McCarthy, the girl that seduces an entire town, mail-order love slaves, et al. In this issue published today in 1965, cover star Raquel Welch tells readers she thinks married men should be free to roam. She explains: "Most adulterous men get that way because their wives don't know how—or simply don't give a damn—on satisfying them emotionally. Adultery serves to get rid of tensions and restore a man's faith in his desirability." Music to Midnight's male readers' ears, we're sure, but did Welch ever say that? The article sounds more like a bad high school essay than an interview. It even ends with this bit: "That's why I claim that adultery can very easily save a marriage!" Which is more like the summation after a debate rebuttal than anything from a real interview. It's like—"Tah dah! Thank you. Thank you very much." So we're thinking this all came from the typewriter of a really bad Midnight assistant editor. But we love the cover.
Vintage Pulp | Nov 5 2014 |
If you're thinking this West German poster for Sophia Loren's 1954 drama Die Frau vom Fluss, aka La donna del fiume, aka The River Girl looks a bit like this promo for Riso Amaro, you're right—and the actual films are quite similar too. During the 1950s Italian filmmakers produced at least a few movies with identical blueprints—i.e. improbably hot peasant girls performing hard labor somewhere in the Po Valley while wearing bodyhugging clothing. Generally, the girls dream of better circumstances but possess little means to achieve such an end—until into their lives tumble dudes with big plans.
Sounds like light fare, but sultry summer settings and sexy attire notwithstanding, these were serious films—usually tragedies. Where the staple food in Riso Amaro (and Elsa Martinelli's 1956 drama La risaia) was rice, here it's eels. Loren works in an eel cannery by day, dances a mean mambo during her spare hours and, like Silvana Mangano in Riso Amaro, finds herself torn between a decent bore and a thrilling criminal. The choice she makes opens up a whole different can of eels and she spends the rest of the film having to manage the consequences. That's about all we'll say, except that we watched the flick last night and more or less enjoyed it. As for Loren, she's 100% more and 0% less, a big personality whose stardom was a matter of destiny. The movie is worth seeing just because of her.
Vintage Pulp | Oct 31 2014 |
On the opposite end of the tabloid spectrum from yesterday's Top Secret, we have an issue of National Informer Reader published today in 1971. You may remember our previous entries on National Informer Weekly Reader. What you see above is simply the earlier, monthly iteration of the same rag. You wanna be scared on Halloween? Just peel back the cover on this baby.
We have a few scans below, about fifteen issues of National Informer and National Informer Weekly Reader we've already shared (we'll get you started in the archives here, here, here, and here), and we have nine more issues we hope to get through eventually. If that prospect doesn't scare you nothing will.
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Below are the covers of some promotional brochures made by Illustrierte Film-Bühne for movies released in West Germany during the 1950s and 1960s. The examples here, some of which have killer designs, feature Elizabeth Taylor, Marisa Mell, Cary Grant, Virna Lisi, Sophia Loren, Doris Day, Tony Curtis, et.al. IFB was founded in 1946 in Munich by Paul Franke, and over the years produced thousands of these pamphlets. We'll share more later.
Vintage Pulp | Jan 9 2013 |
Above, the cover and some interior scans from the Dutch cinema magazine Cheerio! #117, featuring an eclectic selection of international stars, 1956.
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This issue of The Lowdown from September 1957 has three stories of particular note, we think. First, readers learn about Diana Barrymore's fast, out-of-control life, which she had shared with the world earlier that year in an autobiography entitled Too Much, Too Soon. She had just gotten out of a long stint in rehab, and the book was a sort of catharsis, as well as an attempt to let the show business world know that she was cleaned up and ready to work again. But the revelations in the book were of a sort that had never before been encountered by the American public in an autobiography, and the controversy never really faded. Even Mike Wallace asked Barrymore in a televised interview if, like the title of her book, it all wasn't a bit much. Three years later, at age 38, Barrymore died from an oh-so-familiar lethal Hollywood combo of booze and sleeping pills.
And finally Lowdown takes Life magazine to task for not having the guts to publish racy photos of Sophia Loren from her 1957 romance Boy on a Dolphin, about a woman in the Greek Isles who while diving for sponges discovers a potentially valuable, ancient gold statue of a boy on a dolphin. We're talking Sophia Loren in wet clothes. And really, that brings us to the entire reason we're featuring Lowdown today—so we have an excuse to publish one of the photos in question. There it is below, and now your Friday has gotten that much brighter, right? More from Lowdown soon.
Update: a great color photo from the film just showed up online. We've added that at bottom.
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We're showing you this August 1966 Continental Film Review for one reason—Raquel Welch. She appears in both the front and back of the magazine, and the latter photo was made while she was in the Canary Islands filming One Million Years B.C. That photo session featuring a blonde, windblown Welch was incredibly fruitful, at least if we're to judge by the many different places we've seen frames from the shoot, including here, here, here and especially here. There had not been a sex symbol quite like Welch before, and in 1966 she had reached the apex of her allure, where she'd stay for quite a while.
On the cover of the magazine are Christina Schollin and Jarl Kulle, pictured during a tender moment from the Swedish romantic comedy Änglar, finns dom? aka Love Mates. Inside you get features on the Berlin and San Sebastian film festivals, Sophia Loren, Nieves Navarro, Anita Ekberg, and more. CFR had launched in 1952, and now, fourteen years later, was one of Britain's leading publications on foreign film. It was also a leading publication in showing nude actresses, and in fact by the 1970s was probably more noteworthy for its nudity than its journalism. The move probably undermined its credibility, but most magazines—whether fashion, film, or erotic—began showing more in the 1970s. CFR was simply following the trend, and reached its raciest level around 1973, as in the issue here. Fifteen scans below.
Vintage Pulp | Aug 3 2012 |
Above, an issue of Midnight published today 1964, with cover star Sophia Loren. The text references her famed topless appearance in Era lui… si! si! However, despite the splash she made with that role, and despite what Midnight editors wished, Loren never actually went fully nude onscreen.
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Book Club Update: Choose Your Book!
What emerged when we talked about the book club earlier this month was a split between those who want to use the book club to motivate them to read a hard book (as we did with Moby-Dick) and those who want to use the book club to motivate them to read a popular/zeitgeist-y book (as we did with Twilight). There are lots of ways to go, so I'm going to offer you five choices, and we'll see where we wind up. (Please, seriously — even if you get around the arrangement and discover you can vote more than once, don't do it. Stuffing the ballot box in this particular context would not be anything to be proud of.)
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Jaimy Gordon, Lord Of Misrule. This is a late addition, because it won the National Book Award for fiction last night, and it was a serious dark horse. Our own Rachel Syme describes it as a "weird, magical tale about a dusty West Virginia town and its downtrodden racetrack [that] follows the lives of jockeys, loan sharks, metal smiths and other outcasts over the course of a year and four horse races."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. Hey, you know what this is. Want to read it? Want to read it again? Then this is the one that should get your vote. As you know if you listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour, I stopped at the dwarf tea-party on my first attempt and then the copy of the book I was reading got pinched, but I will absolutely make another try.
James Joyce, Ulysses. You're supposed to, but maybe you haven't. Or else you have, but you want to do so socially.
Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code. Vastly popular! Has a dodgy reputation! Sparkly vampires! No, wait, that was the other one!
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love In The Time Of Cholera. I am convinced this may be the book owned and not read by the largest number of people, after A Brief History Of Time.
A graphic novel chosen in consultation with NPR comics guru Glen Weldon. We didn't really settle on a specific proposal, but some folks were definitely into it. Very different from some of the other suggestions, and something that lots of folks have genuinely never tried before. Don't worry; we're going to give you enough time to track it down if you're not used to finding these for yourself.
So here's your poll. I know we didn't take every suggestion, and please remember that if you don't get your way this time, you might get your way next time — for instance, if there's strong interest in more than one, we'll try to file that away for future rounds.
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Why Richard Dawkins Doesn't Do Debates
The other day, I mentioned a planned boycott at an event where Richard Dawkins was going to speak. Now, groups are calling on Dawkins to take part in a debate on God's existence and Dawkins isn't taking the (de)bait. He explains why: … in their shoes, perhaps I would be clamouring for debates as well. [Read More...]
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Daddy blogger Nick Shell thinks it's a good idea for everybody to take their children to church, "not from a religious perspective, but from more of a scientific one." Because, you know, surveys show churches are good for your well-being. This is for the agnostics who are curious about taking their kids to church, as [Read More...]


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Excellent service, clean, quiet and comfortable. Staff was very accommodating. Great free breakfast. Will be staying there again on my return trip.
July 25, 2011
Business Traveler
The hotel has a good location off the main road into town. The free breakfast was decent. The rooms were clean. Something about the lighting in the room bothered me - it seemed pretty dark during the early evening, but other than that the room was spacious and the bed was super comfortable.
November 27, 2009
Family Traveling with Young Children
Staff was on duty and friendly. Room was quiet, we slept very comfy, and for longer stays place for snacks. Although, the review on the internet made it sound like a restaurant was in the hotel, there wasn't one. Just a breakfast bar, which was very tasty.
June 13, 2009
Location was close to shopping and so easy to pick up anything needed. Hotel interior and exterior were very attractive. Service from staff was above average and room was very nice.
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Maybe a very few of you haven't seen my posts lately. more or less something has really been bothering me.
you see i hae a bit of a personal quirk. someone makes a slight comment (maybe it wasn't meant to be negative at all) and I take it the wrong way. been a problem, especially when i deal with my parents. and don't get me wrong i love them, but i am always hesitant when i'm in their company.
Now i do not come from a family, where you leave the house at 18. you see i'm 22. going on 23. i'm about to graduate from college, perhaps maybe looking for marriage. see i'm getting to that age where i start getting asked to drop old habits. gotta dress in prep clothes, gotta quit playing video games, gotta wear contacts, gotta start speaking in Arabic, gotta be more religious, gotta stop reading those sci-fi/comic books, the list goes on.
I guess what bothers me, is more of a personal problem, parent's trying to change everything about me just as i'm about to go into the real world. now's the time to worry.
In fact my parents take the idea that it was video games were the root for my social awkwardness. my brothers have all been in sports, the 'acceptable' thing a kid can do. ugh... I simply don't fit into their perfect little image of what they want their son to be. I'm smart as hell, i'm worldly, i am the most obedient of their sons, i'm into politics both national (of US and Saudi) and world politics. I'm a history buff. I'm into Sci-Fi, some Fantasy, some Anime. Into traveling the world, and yes i'm an avid video gamer, and movie goer. I don't drink, don't do drugs, and i don't party.
I've been raised playing video games, just as much as i've been raised reading encyclopedia's (yeah you better believe it.. i was given both on some birthdays). I can't imagine video games ever going away as my entertainment. but i do see it taking less of an impact just as i have other responsibilities come on.
This goes out to the gamers out there, that are in the mid 20's, and up. How do you take it when people tell you video games are for children. That you should grow out of it and leave it behind?
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Good hotel with very good gym and facilities. Free WiFi. Restaurant menu has improved since my last visit, good selection of non-meat options. 2.00GBO charge for VISA Card dropped
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Excellent gym. Nice food in restaurant and friendly staff.
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Hotel is an ideal base in the Coventry area. Leisure facilities are excellent perfect for a family break. Breakfast good quality and excellent service.
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Enjoyed our stay and would stay there again.
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BRead fast was nice buffet with lots of varieties.
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Good size room, comfy bed, good location, good sized car park.
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The pool area, staffs were very friendly, breakfast.
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The gym and free wifi are great.
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Good location, straightforward check-in. Excellent breakfast, good service in dining room. Very pleasant stay.
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Village Urban Resort Coventry has a wide range of recreational facilities, including a pool, a gym and a health and beauty studio. There are two dining options and an on-site Starbucks.
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The NEC is 9 miles away with easy access from the nearby Cranley Train Station, which stops outside the NEC. Coventry Airport is 6 miles away.
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Leisure facilities. Controllable heating and comfortable bed.
Good hotel with very good gym and facilities. Free WiFi. Restaurant menu has improved since my last visit, good selection of non-meat options. 2.00GBO charge for VISA Card dropped
Price varies a lot dependent on demand.
Excellent gym. Nice food in restaurant and friendly staff.
Room was getting a bit dated. In need of inprovement.
Had my party in Vibe Suite. Venue, food and Disco all good. Staff friendly and helpful.
going up then down in lifts for one journey...confusing. Maps next to lifts would be helpful.
Really lovely staff, Lovely room and really good pleasant trip all round
Bar was shut on a Saturday night at 12, would have expected it to be open a little longer, ( maybe not bad for everyone I just wasn't ready for bed)
Hotel is an ideal base in the Coventry area. Leisure facilities are excellent perfect for a family break. Breakfast good quality and excellent service.
Enjoyed our stay and would stay there again.
Would like the pool to have been open longer for children. We didn't arrive until just after 6 and children had to be out of the pool by 7.
BRead fast was nice buffet with lots of varieties.
I booked twould nights b&b with a dinner first night. We had very limited selection from the menu.they gave us a separate menu which we had to pay for apart from the dinner that they said is included in our room rate. Well the bill came at £49 with some points then we had to pay the difference which was £19 with some points. Supprisingly on the day we signed out we were given a bill of £1.79 to pay which we didn't have any clue. It took them about 15minutes to sort that hence we missed our train. This was very embracing. The staff were not organized. Thanks for the lady who came later to sort this out for us. I'm a regular customer at village hotels for two years now. Never been to this Coventry one before this trip. I think the staff need to use common sense in some situations like this. I paid by card.how comes I cold miss paying £1.70something pence?
Good size room, comfy bed, good location, good sized car park.
Decor tired and outdated, bit shabby but clean enough.
The pool area, staffs were very friendly, breakfast.
It was Christmas and of course we can't expect nothing to be open to eat at other restaurant so we do need to use the restaurant and the pub services of the hotel. Firstly the staff in the pub called Sarah said that she could not serve food to us because it was only for the families that have pre booked but I said we were guests then she said we could order but it would take around 45 minutes to get ready, of course I accepted as there was no other option. After 40 minutes waiting one of the staff, maybe a manager, said they did not have the food that I have ordered, but why they took so long to tell me that? They offered one of the dishes served to the pre booked customers and said would refund my payment in full however they have not refunded our payment.
Beds comfy
Poo in toilet pan .guests running along corridor like a herd of elephants at lam
The gym and free wifi are great.
Food is a bit pricey for what you get. Also the £2.50 'credit card fee' doesn't sit well with me. The other hotels I use don't charge this so what's different about The Village?
Staff in the restaurant for breakfast and evening meal for friendly, efficient and helpful. The temperature in the room was good and controllable. All areas were clean.
I did not appreciate being woken at 10.30pm to be told that the Debit Card I had left at Reception could not be used in the restaurant for the meal I had eaten that night and I had to provide the details of the card again. Though I now understand the situation with the card I think it essential that this is explained on check in. The single bed took a trip across the floor each time I sat up in bed and leaned back against the wall.
Good location, straightforward check-in. Excellent breakfast, good service in dining room. Very pleasant stay.
Service charge of £3 for a pizza- wasn't explained there was a charge !!!
Convenient location for my visit. Quick check in system. Comfortable clean rooms, good breakfast selection.
Did not enjoy eating in a noisy crowded bar.
Bedroom ok - warm despite very cold outside.
Object to the credit card surcharge. Inability to give me a company related rate - why was one night £89 and the next night £134. Receptionist unhelpful.
from the moment i checked in to the moment i checked out the staff were always curtious with a very friendly and helpful attitude.The facilities even though i didn't make use of them were of e very high standard, so overall i enjoyed my stay and would stay again.
The hotel had atmosphere great value for money!
Proximity to town centre and transport links, Spacious room, clean, good overall facilities
On my visit jacuzzi was out of order, otherwise no complaints.
Good choice of food at reasonable prices.
Nobody at reception when I arrived at 3pm, waited for 5 minutes to be seen. Went to run a bath at 10pm, just a trickle of water, same with the shower. I complained at checkout only to be asked if everything else was ok so I repeated my complaint. It was suggested the next time I book to phone the hotel and they will check the bath is working! No offer of recompense or better terms on a future booking. I felt ignored and a nuisance. Simply not good enough.
Staff are very good, kayleigh was particularly helpful in sorting out a breakfast to-go! Both bar and restaurant are excellent, and the leisure facilties are first class.
Being charged for using a credit card?? Yikes! What century are we in?? What an unnecessary own goal that one is. And it's news you find out as you check out so your last memory of the hotel is a negative one. Laughably short sighted. And the staff excuses for this were just as woeful; "we're just being upfront most hotels bury the cost in their rate" (if that's true, which I doubt as hotels give you the room rate before they know how you will pay, then Village Urban would do well to follow suit). "there are notices / signs up around advising you we charge for credit card use" (oh thats ok then because I often walk around a hotel on arrival looking at all the small print on the signs and notices!) If it's fundamental to your business model (which I very much doubt) how about a 2.5% discount for using a debit card??
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Wow, Greece, Norway. To me, exotic places that I've always wanted to visit. Especially Norway (or Sweden) where a good quarter of my family tree is from, though I hear Norway is the more beautiful of the two with the fjords. And Greece with its fascinating history. I'd say you guys are lucky, but had I been born there I might not have had the chance to tour the American Southwest which in many parts is equally interesting, at least as far as landscapes and animal life. I guess I have a case of the grass is always greener. I'd like to check out a new part of the globe someday soon though, or show someone new around this part.
Me too, unless they're venomous. Or I should say dangerously venomous, the common garter snake has a very week venom.
A few pics from AT. Here's our camp site, complete with some Montenegrans scoping the place out Here's a machine gun range we lit on fire Here's an Apache Here's a machine gun round that got stuck in a steel silhouette
I've always wanted to post here but I keep forgetting. Here's some traveloguey stuff: Taipei Naples Florence Tokyo
This is always the case. You can never have everything in once place and you should visit as much as you can, while you can. For one, I'd like to see your landscapes from up close. There's so much diversity and interesting views. To keep things moving, here's a flower picture.
When are those fans from? There's a ventilation fan in my bathroom that is from between 1912-1950 (I found the company that made the fan and they're still in business) that still runs and POWERFULLY strong. The model of fan is still in production though I have an inkling that the new ones don't last as long. I dunno if you can imagine ANY motorized part of a house lasting 100-60 years and still going strong but my my didn't they used to know how to build things back then?
A giant phalus lighthouse on the Outer Banks: We decided not to climb it after a bunch of Mennonites cut in line. ****ers. A beer apparently dedicated to me: The Wright Brothers memorial:
I tried to use the makro-function on my camera the other day... Nice distinct layering in this sandstone Norwegian army setting up for a live fire exercise the next day
I remember when I was a kid there were signs around the local airport (which is basically a civilian airport and a small one at that) that said "no pictures!". There's a small outpost with military personnel and that's about it for the sake of "secrecy". It was so silly because anyone could take pictures, it's in fact in a residential area. Nevertheless, I wouldn't take pictures of real army. It's stupid to get in trouble for something like that (and I've been in the army, there's nothing interesting) Another photo, a crop obviously:
I'm inspired now, though. My new goal is to take pictures of something I'm not supposed to take pictures of.
I've seen that same butterfly Clam around the San Diego area. Wonder if it migrates or is just all over?
Yeah, but all the butterflies are disappearing. You can't poison randomly because everything will die. At some point it becomes Darwinism again, albeit a hand forced by man. Kind of like the way I feel about the English Sparrow. Invasive plants are another story altogether, as they can be selectively removed without harming the environment.
I didn't say anything about poisoning them, I just try and smash them whenever I can but they're so fast it rarely happens.
That's too bad, you'll have to grow extra flowers and caterpillar host plants and maybe buy/make a mason bee house or 2, hang up a hummingbird feeder and see if you can make things a little bit better in your neighborhood. In my backyard I see humingbirds, 5 different kinds of bumble bees, honey bees, mason bees, skippers, cabage butterflies, about 4 kinds of hover flies, and 3 or 4 different little wild bees, and the occasional swallowtail butterfly. not all at once they show up at different times of the year.
I don't know, I wouldn't really consider a butterfly a "pest". I found this particular one on the mountains and I am unsure what it would be pestering. It's in part a national park supposedly getting dozens of different species. I went into a common fly killing spree when I was around 10, but that's about as much as I interfere with those things. Here's another picture. A hovering kestrel. I actually made a mosaic of 9 such shots for my mom (going to print it tomorrow) with different postures while hovering.
I really like the docks picture, Clam. Very good composition. Also I cannot read the protester's sign on the back: Who wants to penalize social secutiry? I can't read the word.
Actually that one isn't, too many spots. And you just try and grow some cabbages or broccoli with the intention of eating it, and see if you still like them.
This is a male Grey Wagtail, ready to consume a dragonfly. This is exactly the situation bird guides describe Grey Wagtails in. On a rock, in a fast moving stream or river.
I posted these shots before Planet Diablo was closed. I think I should share them here as well. They are from the nekromanteion near the river Acheron (property of Hades, Inc.) - basically an oracle for the dead that ancient people used. What we call necromancers stayed there and in fact they were priests that made money from their own... let's say... scam. People went there with the intention of seeing the spirits of their deceased family members and friends, and consult them on various topics. They stayed a few days before actually "seeing" them, preparing themselves through fasting while eating what might have been slight hallucinogen substances. And then of course, the priests put on a show for them... This is the entrance to the inner court The rather steep stairs leading to the actual chamber where people saw their dead And this the chamber itself, underground. This is a shot of around 4 seconds exposure. I just put my camera bag on the floor, placed the camera on top and activated the shutter with a cable. I was all alone... The site is around 1 and 1/2 hours from home, though I suppose it could be even less (I usually don't pay attention to the time when driving stress-free)
Do Not Enter In fact, just as I was leaving some crackhead-type guy came out of the center, unmarked door wearing only shorts and stood in the middle of the street staring me down.
Public. Just a particularly dicey part of town. The danger I place myself in for you guys. I've yet to work up the nerve to go into the Scorpion for a drink.
Rasta, you took that moon shot? Do you have one of those telescopes with a camera? or just a crazy high mm zoom lens and mad skills?


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Twenty years after their debut on the NES, mountain climbers Popo and Nana return to scale the heights as part of the NES Classic Series for the Game Boy Advance. As Popo (player two plays as Nana), you must use your trusty mallet to work your way up the mountain by chipping away at the blocks overhead and then jumping through the resulting hole. Your mallet is also useful for eliminating pesky enemies, including polar bears, seals, and mountain men.
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Chinese Tech Giant Lenovo Extends Its Reach In U.S.
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In January, Lenovo struck deals with two American companies. In a span of one week, the company spent roughly $5 billion to purchase both IBM's low-end server business and Google's Motorola mobile phone business. The moves help establish Lenovo as a global player.


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Reviewed Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake
Jan 14, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Although this was an easy and quick recipe to follow I (and my family) were extremely disappointed with this cake! It did not have the texture that I have come to associate with pound cakes. It was very dry and "powdery" tasting. Would not make again."""


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Sought after by many an eligible bachelor, Jonet Maxwell becomes a pawn in a deadly game of vengeance and desire when dashing spy Alexander Hepburn kidnaps her in order to exact revenge on her uncle.
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Title: Without Honor Author(s): Elizabeth Stuart ISBN: 0312951671 / 9780312951672 (USA edition) Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
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