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Re: Do YOU own a Cal 2-29?(Headroom question)
Yes, I figured it was likely less than 6'3" (my height), as are I would assume, most boats under 30'. I'm just trying to ascertain how much under 6'3" it really is. A little stoop is OK for a weekender, and it seems like pretty much every single boat is a compromise of something... I'd just like to have an idea of exactly what the headroom is, so I can get an idea of how much I'll be bent over, and then decide whether I'm willing to live with that.
Everything else I've read about the Cal 2-29 (and 29) seems like it's a pretty decent boat, and would be something that would otherwise suit us perfectly (until the next boat, right?...
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Townhouse | 4 bedrooms | sleeps 8
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Wisteria Cottage is a set just to the east of Chichester city centre and is within about a 20 minute walk of the wonderful selection of shops, cafes, bars and restaurants the city has to offer. The location is also very convenient for transport links, so the house makes a great base from which to explore the south coast of England, with Chichester also having a rail link direct to London. The Goodwood Estate, now famous for its horse racing and motor events, is just a few minutes' drive away.
Wisteria Cottage is a beautifully renovated Chichester town-house which has just been completed in May 2012. It has a small south facing front garden and large secluded walled garden behind the house with garden furniture in a sunny corner in the afternoons.
The house has a bright and spacious south facing sitting room at the front of the house. The kitchen/breakfast room has a feature L-shaped bench seat made from an old church pew in the dining area. There is a full range of kitchen units equipped with a toaster, kettle, electric cooker with oven and hob, microwave, washing machine, deep freeze and all the kitchen utensils you should need.
On the ground floor the "Garden Room" is an en suite bedroom (4 ft. double bed) with wardrobe. This opens to a lovely garden sitting room with sliding doors leading to the mature and peaceful back garden. En suite shower room with shower, hand-basin and wc.
On the first floor there are 3 bedrooms and a family bathroom which has a shower over the bath, wc and hand-basin. There is a larger double bedroom with 4' 6" double bed and large wardrobe. This is a very light room with 2 south facing Victorian type sash windows. The side bedroom is south facing with a 4' double bed. The rear bedroom overlooks the garden and also has a 4' double bed.
Size | Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | West Wittering 15 km |
Will consider | Long term lets (over 1 month) |
Access | Car not necessary |
Nearest Amenities | 1 km |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Southampton 55 km, Nearest railway: Chichester 2.3 km |
Family friendly | Great for children of all ages |
Notes | No pets allowed, No smoking at this property |
Features and Facilities
Luxuries | DVD player |
General | Central heating, TV |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron |
Utilities | Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
Rooms | 4 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 En suites |
Furniture | Double beds (3), Dining seats for 8, Lounge seats for 6 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair |
Outdoors | Private garden |
Access | Parking |
Further details indoors | High Chair must be requested if you need it. |
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The West Sussex region
This area enjoys some of the best levels of sunshine in Southern England. It also boasts numerous historical places of interest, such as the Roman Palace at Fishhbourne, & the Weald & Downland Open Air Musueum. Goodwood House and Stansted Park are also fascinating places to visit, as is Arundel Castle. Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth has some of the best panoramic views in the south.
Chichester is an historic cathedral city with strong Roman connections and has an enormous array of things to do and places to visit. These attractions include the internationally renowned Chichester Festival Theatre, attracting actors and visitors from all over the world, the beautiful cathedral in West Street and various museums. The city is blessed with a variety of beautiful architecture with great care having been taken to preserve its character. The ancient walls surround the city centre and one can walk along them through various scenic parks, well stocked with pretty flowers. There is a thriving tennis and squash club, along with various fitness and health clubs and there is an interesting selection of shops and restaurants, the latter offering excellent choices for the most varied culinary tastes.
Just to the north are the stunning South Downs, with lovely rolling countryside and as well as several Downland villages, there is the world famous Goodwood horse racing track to visit, along with the motor sports events held annually. Golf and polo are played at Cowdray, near Midhurst. The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum offers a wonderful family day out with lots of ancient crafts displayed and just a few miles to the south of the city there are some superb beaches, including the sandy beach at West Wittering. There is excellent sailing at both Itchenor and Bosham, as well as windsurfing at the Witterings and Bracklesham Bay.
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24 volts are better than 12 volts because...
24 volt is better than 12 volts, because the wiring is cheaper and you don't spend as much money heating wires. These engines have onboard computers and electronic injection. The engines use 12 volts to run, and won't run without it. I consider this the simplest approach, actually. I would make the whole boat 24 volt, if only the engines came with a 24 volt option.
And, I am having no trouble finding 24volt gear, except for 2 or 3 low draw electronic items, which I will power with a DC to DC converter, which costs about $85.
As far as I am concerned, 12 volt systems are an obsolete relic of the days when boats had much, much less electrical gear. Just price the cables to run a big electric anchor windlass with 12 volts versus 24 volts, and you will see my point. I'd go with manual, but this is a 65' boat we are talking about, and it will operate in coral waters, where a rope-chain rode isn't a practical option.
And, if it so common to do this, why can't I find one lousy wiring diagram for the idea?
I am designing my own boat, as I have been an amateur designer since the days of planimeters, splines, and French curves. I had a bad experience in 1971 sailing from Hawaii to Seattle, and decided to learn yacht design in self-defense. The construction method will be modified Kelsall, with a radius chine design. The radius chine will have a 2' diameter throughout, hand laid up, with the rest of the boat made by resin infusion on a flat table.
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If you are interested in helping out, getting to know farmers/vendors, appreciate a little great urban-outdoors and not afraid of a little physical work, then this is for you. It's a rewarding experience and our vendors (farming is back breaking work) truly appreciate the hand.
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Thank you to all that submitted to our first ever postcard design contest! A special jury selected the top three designs. These will go on to be posted to our facebook page for public 'weigh in' - aiming for March sometime, we'll send out notice. The facebook 'like' results will be considered by the jury (different from top 3 jury) in selecting the winner. Fun stuff. Stay tuned people.
Extended deadline! Nov, 30th, 2014 at 7pm
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Selected design will be used for promo/distribution throughout the 2015 market season as a postcard and possibly other modes of promo. Winner will receive $75 in TBFM vouchers to use with any vendor for the 2015 season, the glory and a credit line on the back. Wow, you say! The top 4 designs will be selected over the winter and next May they will be on display at the market for patrons to weigh in. The results from that will be considered in the final adjudication by a panel of judges (all distinguished community members I might add ;-) who will make the final decision. Plans are to announce the winner by the end of May 2015. Then they'll be printed and shared with the world!
- Text for both sides is on the back of this sheet and must be adhered to.
- Clear and legible design that stands out in a crowd.
- Capture the essence of our unique community-based market.
- Brand colour is a vibrant "goldenrod", re: our sandwich boards.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- San Francisco right-hander Tim Lincecum went all out during his bullpen session Thursday and reported that he felt just fine.
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Lincecum threw off flat ground on Wednesday and was on target Thursday throwing to Chris Stewart.
"A couple of days ago I felt something in my back and figured why press it," Lincecum said. "I don't have to get ready for another month and a half so I just let my body readjust itself. I threw today and felt great."
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The good folks of Microsoft Tag prepared a neat infographic to illustrate the world of mobile marketing and why this (mobile) channel is so important. Here are the highlights:
And here's how all this comes together in an infographic:
Thanks, CARDOLL (Jamie Lynne)!
Love the infographic, Joe!!
Check out my latest post. This will be the first in a series that is focused on the behavior of the automotive mobile user: https://plus.google.com/u/0/101970849849656844274/posts/d5YzA2rNaqK
Please +1 the post and share it if you find it useful. You can of course also add the page to your own circle to receive updates.
Michelle, agreed, it should be as automotive oriented as possible. However, that's not always possible. What Joe is doing is showing an infograph from Microsoft Tag on Mobile Marketing, just in general. There are times when you have to take that data and use it to the best of your ability, but I agree, if possible this specific site should always have an automotive slant. These are big picture statistics.
Hi Michael. Well, you came to the right place. Here are two sites I manage where you will find some automotive-specific mobile marketing data.
Please G+1 them if you find them useful. And follow my Scoops at: http://www.scoop.it/t/automotive-mobile-marketing
I promise you that if you follow my Scoops and G+ page, you will soon see a wealth of automotive-specific mobile marketing data.
This is great data, but I am left with this question: Where is automotive mentioned? Now before you pounce on me, go back and look. (Go ahead and look.) The term automotive is in the title and the tags...
Thanks Joe. I agree with the premise with which I believe you posted: Automotive mobile marketing IS SO IMPORTANT because as we can all read/see/live 'mobile is everywhere'. I only wish the infographic contained some hard AUTOMOTIVE MOBILE MARKETING DATA. (How many ups are pulled back into the dealership with SMS? What is the average ROI experienced by a dealership using an app, a mobile website or SMS? What is the ROI dealer's promotion when use of a mobile marketing combo of SMS/QR Code + direct mail? I really want some AUTOMOTIVE meat and potatoes, here...here...and here.
Again, overall, these are great points to know and as Michael Goldstein said, "This helps dealerships...".
Yes Michael. A BDC + a good CRM and qualified individuals to maintain them, with foresight and a vision of the future.
This is good info. This helps dealerships (who don't already) start looking at other metrics, other than the archaic (phone calls and emails), to gauge their overall results, ROI, traffic, leads, etc. Mobile is a tidal wave of changing consumer behavior that dealers need to really start looking at. Companies as well, need to quickly find a way to put a value to mobile traffic and pinpoint that traffic to ROI for the dealerships. It is not all on the dealerships to make this data work
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NC State upsets FSU 7-0 in ACC tourney openerDURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Matt Bergquist hit a two-run home run and two North Carolina State pitchers combined on a four-hitter to lead the Wolfpack past Florida State 7-0 on Wednesday night in their Atlantic Coast Conference tournament opener. Bergquist's blast in the seventh inning put seventh-seeded N.C. State (34-23) up 6-0, and Cory Mazzoni and D.J. Thomas shut down the second-seeded Seminoles in a rematch of last year's ACC championship game. Mazzoni struck out nine in seven innings before giving way to Thomas, who retired six of the seven hitters he faced. Losing pitcher Robert Benincasa allowed one run on three hits in 3 1-3 innings. Reliever Mack Waugh gave up two earned runs in 1 1-3 innings for the Atlantic Division champion Seminoles (41-15), the reigning ACC champs. Most Popular |
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For his next release, the Boom Bap & Blues crooner teams up with !llmind for "Ferris Bueller." Check out the official video above.
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Good song & video. Nice beat Illmind
in this video it looks like a bunch of kids who look like a bunch of rappers i saw mac miller justin timberfake action bronson kendrick and its always the same videos with ricky please lets get more creative . great song
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The title is self explanatory. We failed miserably last time.
Just looking and laughing.
And some of us never learn.
Learn what?
I didn't get to 29,000 posts by NOT posting in this thread.
I'll keep you posted next time I intend to post here.
To Boldly Go Where No MiceChatter Has Gone Before!
Do I have to beat you all, all over again to keep you out of here?
Where the hell is here?
To Boldly Go Where No MiceChatter Has Gone Before!
Is this all there is, to a thread?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing. Let's break out the booze and have a ball, if that's all there is.
-- Barry
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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1998 Atlanta Linux Showcase
The 1998 Atlanta Linux Showcase was held October 23 and 24 in downtown Atlanta, GA. Thanks to Greg Hankins and the rest of the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts, it turned out to be yet another tremendously successful Linux gathering.
One of the most notable aspects of this year's show was the variety of attendees, over 2000 in all. Visitors spanned the gamut from faithful Linux geeks to the merely curious. Coupled with the wide variety of exhibitors and speakers, these guests made the 1998 ALS one of the most diverse crowds ever for a Linux show.
Among the 60 participating vendors were most of the usual suspects, such as Red Hat Software, Caldera, Debian, S.u.S.E. and SpellCaster. Adding to the excitement of the show was the presence of a few noteworthy newcomers. Oracle gave Linux users a sampler CD-ROM of their database system, and Informix also presented their database applications. Corel showed off both the NetWinder and WordPerfect 8 word processor for Linux. San Mehat, NetWinder developer, even showed off his pet project—a ten-processor Beowulf cluster that he carried around in one hand. Even Schlumberger had a booth where they talked about their smart card embedded with the Linux OS (see "Muscle Flexes Smart Cards into Linux" by David Corcoran, Linux Journal, August 1998).
The show was tied together with a one-gigabyte backbone set up by Cabletron. Registration was run on Linux-based PCs. In fact, one Microsoft employee we talked to felt very much in the minority. Hopefully, he ordered a Cobalt Qube or NetWinder to take home.
Other exhibitors included Jeff Bates and Rob Malda of slashdot.org. The GNOME team was out in force, showing us the fruits of their labors. Miguel de Icaza gave a talk on the GNOME project. Several retailers were represented, such as Linux Mall, Linux Central and the Linux General Store.
Many leaders of the GNU/Linux revolution were on hand. Eric S. Raymond was there making his always-brilliant philosophical observations about the power and importance of Open Source software. Also present was Richard M. Stallman: the man who can be said to have started it all.
As expected, a few important announcements were made, in particular by keynote speakers. Allen Miner, Vice President of Strategic Business Development at Oracle Corporation, gave the first keynote speech. Mr. Miner reasserted Oracle's commitment to Linux and announced several key partnerships with other Linux vendors. Look for Linux to figure more prominently in Oracle's future.
Dr. Michael Cowpland of Corel talked about the future of his company's relationship with Linux. He also announced that Word Perfect 8 for Linux would be available as a free download for personal use in the near future. The rest of Corel's productivity applications should be available on Linux by early 1999. Corel also recently announced plans to team with Red Hat to port more software to their NetWinder.
The surprise hit of the show was the caffeinated Penguin Peppermints handed out by LJ representatives, including yours truly. Folks lined up three rows deep at the booth to pick up these treats.
To no one's surprise, this year's Atlanta Linux Showcase was yet another testament of Linux's growth towards complete world domination. As the list of independent software vendors, value-added resellers and retailers supporting Linux grows each day, the outlook for the future of Linux is quite optimistic.
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(My grandmother calls me from her room.) Grandmother: What are you doing? Me: Watching television in your room. Grandmother: You never walk into a lady's room because you might find her toys. Me: I hate you.
(Talking with my grandmother about how hard it was raising kids in the 60's) Me: Gramma? If it was so hard raising the first three, why did you keep having kids? Gramma: Well, Joel... Me and your grandfather liked to have sex. Me: ... (Image hasn't left my head to this day)
(I had wrapped a bottle of wine to give to my grandfather as a Christmas Present) Me: Merry Christmas, Grandad! Grandad: (without opening it) Oh, lovely! A jumbo size pack of condoms! Just what I needed! Grandmother: That's an oddly shaped box of condoms... Grandad: (pointing to his crotch) Hey, they haven't seen the shape of this yet!
(My 70-something year old grandparents were telling me of a time that they were stalked by a mountain lion during a family campout.) Grandma: So there we were just strolling through the forest whe- Grandpa: No, YOU were strolling, I was walking like a MAN!
(Going to visit my grandma, my little sister just walks in her house) Me:(to my sister) Hey, learn to knock. What if grandma isn't dressed or has company? Grandma: Yeah! What if I have company and we're naked?!
(17 yr old daughter on phone to Grandmother with me in same room.) Daughter: Nana, do you have any AAA Batteries? Me (yelling to be heard on phone): It's for her vibrator! Nana (which daughter repeats to me): You need D size. Me (which daughter repeats over phone): Speaking from experience? Daughter: Ewww, must be true, Nana isn't saying anything!
(In the living room about 15 minutes before Thanksgiving Dinner with 20 family members and Grandma.) Gram: I think somebody farted. Younger Brother: You know what they say Gram, they who smelled it, dealt it. Gram: (laughs) That's true. (*Pause*) Gram; No, I was wrong, somebody's crapped themselves.
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I know, I'm early, but I just wanted to post it now. I just drew their characters, Alex and Ezeke again. They're so cute together.. in a non-romantic way of course! The one with orange hair is Ezeke and the one with auburn hair is Alex. Lol I should be more original, huh?
Happy birthday, I hope you both have a wonderful time, lovely ladies. We all miss you so much!


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Act II - Part 7: Loyalties
Trying her best not to cower in the presence of such a powerful display of savagery, Rainbow Dash wracked her mind for an explanation, any alternative to accepting that the griffin before her was her old friend.
Maybe it was just someone else who looked like Gilda. That was excusable, was it? There weren't many griffins in Equestria; nopony could fault her for getting two of them mixed up. A tad racist, perhaps, but plausible.
Except that Rainbow knew this wasn't true. The way she limped slightly on her left back leg when she walked, the result of a childhood accident she had refused to explain, and the familiar patterns on her wings, subtle but obvious to anypony who knew her well enough, were both signs told Rainbow that this was Gilda who was standing before them now, caked in Zecora's blood. And even if Rainbow Dash had been blind, she would have recognized the voice: gruff, with a hint of irritability, even when she was happy, and that small bit of genuine empathy that nopony but Rainbow ever seemed to notice.
Rainbow Dash wanted to deny it, but she had been close enough to Gilda to recognize her. And now she was faced with a different dilemma.
This wasn't her Gilda. The Gilda on this side led an entirely different life. For all Rainbow Dash knew, they had never met before. She looked into the griffin's eyes for a sign of recognition, but they were focused on the two Twilights now, switching back and forth between them.
"What's this?" Gilda asked sarcastically. "Twilight Sparkle has friends? I did not see this one coming. Seriously." The voice, although familiar to Rainbow Dash, was so completely wrong. Gilda had always had a mean streak, but she was never this cruel. She was never brutal. She wasn't a killer.
Gilda began a long circle around the ponies, looking over each one for a few seconds. "I'll admit, the Twilight clone is a bit freaky. What is she, your sister? Not that it's too important. I'll just kill you both, for good measure. The rest of you can go, actually; I don't care, and I'm not too hungry. You got ten seconds to make up your mind."
The ten seconds were excruciating for Rainbow Dash, frozen with indecision. Too much of her mind was preoccupied with making sense of her surroundings. Whatever Gilda was doing, she only seemed to care about the Twilights. Twilight was on her stomach near the center of the room, Moonlight close beside her. If Rainbow Dash moved quickly enough, she might be able to pick up Twilight and get her out of the cave before Gilda could respond. Moonlight and the others would have to fight their way out, but the odds would be stacked, five to one.
Four to one, Rainbow Dash corrected herself, choosing to not count Fluttershy. Maybe three to one, if Fluttershy was more of a liability than an asset. It was still a battle the ponies could likely win, but not without injuries. Besides, Rainbow didn't want to hurt Gilda either, not while nopony had any idea what was going on. The small part of Rainbow Dash hoping for a peaceful way out refused to let her move.
The other ponies must have had similar thoughts, Rainbow Dash realized, because none of them made any move to escape.
"We're not leaving," said Rarity, deciding that she should speak if the Element of Loyalty wasn't going to. "Twilight is our friend, and we won't abandon her."
"'Friend'?" echoed Gilda as she walked. "That's really the word you dweebs are going to use? Twilight Sparkle doesn't have friends. She's a solitary creature. A poor, pathetic loser who spends all her time playing with toys so she doesn't have to admit she screwed up. I don't know what's worse, the things she's done or the fact that you're standing up for her. And now time's up. Pity. You don't all look like bad ponies." As she finished speaking, she completed her semicircle and maneuvered in front of the entrance to the cave. Moonlight grimaced as she realized too late what Gilda had planned. The griffin's show of theatricality was a distraction while she blocked off their only means of escape.
Fluttershy, literally rigid with fear, backed herself against the cavern wall and squeezed her eyes shut tightly. Twilight looked up weakly from the floor, trying to focus her eyes on Gilda. Moonlight swallowed, berating herself. She shouldn't have come back here. She should have known the creature would still be here, waiting for her.
Pinkie Pie had stopped bouncing and was glancing around the room nervously, trying to find anything that could help them. Her eyes settled on a small circle in the ceiling, about a foot in diameter, from which light was shining into the room, and her face lit up, an idea forming.
"You meany-pants!" she shouted at Gilda. "What's the big idea, threatening to hurt my friends?"
"Excuse me?" said Gilda incredulously. "That's your defense? Your elegant, sophisticated, intelligent response is to call me a meany-pants?"
"But you are a meany-pants! What did Moonlight ever do to you? You just want to boss her around to make yourself feel better, and you're nothing but a bully, just like last time. You haven't changed a bit. Who would have guessed you'd be a grumpy party pooper in both worlds!"
Gilda's jaw quivered as she tried to process Pinkie's rant. "Moonlight? Last time? Both Worlds?"
Pinkie continued, undeterred. "Well guess what, missus meany mc-bully fun-sucker murder queen? I'm not going to let you hurt my friends. I'm going to save every last one of them, just like I know they would for me."
Gilda smirked, intrigued. "Really? And just how do you plan on doing that?"
Instead of answering, Pinkie turned her head to address Moonlight. "Get ready to move when the opportunity comes."
"What opportunity?" asked Moonlight. She was inspired by Pinkie Pie's courage, but she had no idea what the pink pony could possibly be planning.
"Oh, you'll recognize it when it happens," answered Pinkie. "But I want to keep it a surprise for Gilda."
"Well?" demanded Gilda. "Don't keep me waiting. I can't wait to watch you fail. But I'll give you an A for the effort and eat you last. That way you can the watch your friends as they get torn to pieces. So go ahead. What's your brilliant plan to stop me from eating all your friends?"
"Five taps," answered Pinkie Pie.
"What?" Gilda scowled but then froze as another part of Pinkie's speech registered in her brain. "You called me Gilda," she muttered softly.
"I'm sorry, Gilda. I'd love to stay and try to turn that frown into something happier, but my friends need me." She beat her right forehoof on the ground twice. Moonlight and Rainbow Dash smiled, realizing what Pinkie Pie was planning. Rainbow stretched her wings, preparing to launch. "Goodbye, Gilda," Pinkie announced before she stuck her hoof against the stone three more times in rapid succession.
The lights went out.
Fluttershy squealed and pressed herself even more tightly against the wall. All she could see was Gilda's silhouette blocking the perpetual moonlight from outside. A shadow passed in front of her vision, blocking out all the remaining light, and Fluttershy fell, trying to make herself as small a target as possible as Rainbow Dash rocketed past.
The rainbow-maned pegasus raced toward where she remembered Twilight to be, trying to reach her friend before Gilda got the same idea. She looped her forelegs around Twilight's, fumbling awkwardly in the dark, and a vicious, unnatural scream echoed through the cave.
"Wrong move, ponies!" snarled Gilda as Rainbow Dash secured her grip on Twilight. Rainbow heard a rush of air from Gilda's wings as the griffin took off, launching toward them.
"Hold on," Rainbow whispered to Twilight. "This is gonna get messy."
Twilight's neck snapped back as Rainbow Dash threw herself toward the cave entrance.
Rainbow let her hind legs dangle so she could measure her distance to the cave floor. She needed to be as close to the ground as possible, as she wasn't going to get much clearance. She thought she could hear Twilight's belly scraping the ground, but she ignored it and pressed onward. Injury was better than death, she thought as she tried to fit in the gap between Gilda and the floor.
The painful sensation of claws digging into her back and becoming ensnared in her wings told Rainbow she had made the squeeze, if only barely. After a second of intense pain, she was free. Gilda could only turn and watch, beak agape, as Rainbow Dash extended her wings fully and carried Twilight through the cave opening and out into open air. Angrier than ever, the griffin flexed her wings and took off in pursuit.
"Everypony into the tunnels," Moonlight commanded, seizing control as soon as Gilda was gone.
Fluttershy, too overcome with fear to put up a fight, obediently bounded to Moonlight's side. "What h-happened?" she asked. "I thought she wanted to, um, you know, kind of kill you?"
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Pinkie Pie. "She went after Twilight because she got them mixed up. She wanted Moonlight and went after the wrong pony."
"Hold up a minute," added Applejack. "How would Gilda do that? They're two of the same pony."
"Nope!" Pinkie Pie drew her hoof down Moonlight's face, mimicking the gash on Twilight's face. "Because Gilda marked her prey."
"Fine. But instead of talking, shouldn't we be, ya know, running away from the slaughterhouse, and not cornering ourselves into it?" asked Applejack.
"There's a back exit," explained Moonlight hastily, "a series of natural tunnels beneath the lab. Naturally formed and here before me. We can use them to put more distance between us and Gilda. Rainbow Dash can meet up with us later; she'll find a way." She started toward the leftmost tunnel, and the other ponies followed behind her. "Plus," she added, "there's something I need to pick up. The other reason I came back here."
The path sloped down, and Moonlight had to dig her hooves into the tunnel to keep from slipping. She really wished she had taken the time to build stairs when she had been given the chance. When the path leveled out, she turned at the first opportunity into a new room, much smaller than the first and filled with various scrolls and magical components organized neatly on shelves. A few bookcases in, she pulled from a shelf a small circular metal object, slightly smaller than a pie plate.
Rarity leaned in and read the name off the side of the device. "Columbus?" She looked up. "What does this do?"
"A last resort," answered Moonlight. "It will bring us to safety." She lowered it to the ground and stomped on it. A crack sounded, and Rarity worried Moonlight had broken it, but it was still in one piece when she lifted her hoof, and a series of green lights were now flashing on the machine's perimeter.
"Good. It's transmitting. Now we just to get where she can find us."
"Shouldn't we be helping Dashie?" asked Pinkie Pie. "I mean, I told Gilda I was going to save all of us. Letting her chase after Dashie while we escape isn't exactly all of us."
Moonlight sighed and furrowed her brow. "And how do you suppose we do that? Rainbow Dash and the griffin are locked in their own aerial battle right now, and you can't fly. Out of all of us, Fluttershy's the only one that could even reach them, and frankly, I really don't want to put her in any more danger than we're already in. So, basically, unless any of you know how to sprout wings, the best thing any of us can do is get as far away from Gilda as we can."
"Perhaps we can't grow wings," said Rarity from behind her, "but what if we were to wear them instead?" Moonlight turned to see Rarity lifting a metal harness above her head. From each side of the harness a segmented metal sheet extended, strongly resembling a pegasus wing. "Tell me, Twilight," she continued. "Did you not mention this remarkable piece of engineering because you forgot, or was it because you knew we'd insist on using it?"
Moonlight used her telekinetic grasp to pull the artificial limbs away from Rarity. "Because it's dangerous. The Daedalus Mark II is a project Madam Orange and I abandoned long ago. It was, well, unethical."
Rarity raised an eyebrow. "Unethical?"
"The Daedalus binds to the user's nervous system. The integration is painful, crippling, even. And there are side effects."
Rarity's voice instantly dropped. "And what," she growled, "makes you think I wouldn't do anything to keep my friends safe?"
"I'll do it!" shouted Pinkie. "Ooh! Let me! Flying sounds like loads of fun!"
"Thank you for the offer, Pinkie, but I should be the one to do it," said Rarity. "I've had experience flying before."
Now it was Moonlight's turn to be surprised. "You have?" she asked skeptically. She remembered dreaming about something like that, but she had decided it was merely that. A dream. She'd had crazy dreams all her life, like the one where she was trapped in a never-ending snowstorm, or the one where she murdered Celestia.
"Indeed. At the Best Young Flyers competition in Cloudsdale. I had the most beautiful set of gossamer wings I'd ever laid eyes on."
"Even I thought so," added Applejack. "And that ain't easy."
"And therein lies the problem," said Moonlight. "You're used to flying slow and gracefully. That won't work with the Daedalus. It's heavy, so you'll need to maintain a minimum speed to keep aloft."
"I still have more experience than anypony else. If anypony's going to get in that thing, it's me."
"Exactly. If anypony uses it, it'll be you. But nopony's using it, so it's a moot point."
"This is not up for discussion. Now answer me truthfully. Will wearing that thing allow me to help Rainbow Dash and the other you?"
Moonlight paused, trying to come up with any alternative answer. "Yes," she finally admitted.
"Then put it on me."
Moonlight placed the Daedalus snugly over Rarity's body. "Do you even understand what you're about to do?" she asked, her last attempt to get Rarity to change her mind.
"Not at all," admitted Rarity. "Nor do I care."
"Very well."
The device activated with a soft hiss. Rarity gritted her teeth and screamed.
Pinkie Pie started to move toward her, but she raised her head at growled, keeping the pink pony at a distance.
"Stay back," Rarity warned. "Don't try to stop this." The wings extended involuntarily to their full length, an impressive span of almost ten feet. A grinding noise began from within the Deadalus, and Rarity's cries increased in volume.
Rainbow Dash struggled to keep herself aloft. Her injured wings weren't responding properly, and she had to grit her teeth with each beating. She hoped they were only bruised and not torn. Either way, she knew she was going to have to land soon.
Could she take Gilda in a fight? The two had fought before, when they were friends, but it had always been playful. Neither of them were actively trying to kill the other. And for all Rainbow Dash knew, this Gilda was much more skilled.
Rainbow tumbled out of the sky, spinning in the air at the last moment so that she would be the one to take the impact instead of Twilight, who remained safe cradled in her forelegs.
She felt the impact as Gilda touched down a dozen yards away. Rainbow quickly set Twilight on the ground and turned to face her former friend. "I don't want to fight you," she said as calmly as she could, although she knew her voice was shaking.
"Then why are you defending her?" Gilda asked. It took Rainbow a moment to realize it was a serious question. Gilda didn't want to fight either.
"She's my friend, like Rarity said. I don't know what she's done to you, and I bet it's something bad, but she doesn't deserve this. I have to believe there's a better way than killing."
"What she's done to me?" echoed Gilda, surprised to hear the comment. "She hasn't done anything to me. Not personally. But that's just the way it is sometimes."
Twilight raised her head and tried her best to look Gilda in the eye. "You're an assassin," she surmised.
For a moment, Rainbow Dash thought she saw Gilda's impenetrable image break, the beginnings of a sympathetic smile forming. "Sorry, sister," said Gilda, regaining her composure. "This wasn't my plan. I always thought you were pretty cool, personally."
"Who hired you?" demanded Rainbow Dash, but she was too late; Gilda's defenses were up again, her professionalism overriding any empathy. Instead, the griffin shook her head.
"This is just the way it is," she repeated as she turned her back to Rainbow Dash and spread her wings for takeoff.
Rainbow dared to believe Gilda was leaving. As Gilda took off, Rainbow sighed in relief, and then watched in shock as Gilda looped around in a circle, descending in a straight line toward the helpless Twilight. Rainbow let her instincts take over.
Before Gilda could reach Twilight, she was intercepted by a rainbow blur that knocked her off target and send the pair of fliers rolling down the rocky slope. Luckily for Rainbow Dash, the pair stopped with the pegasus on top.
"If you won't do this for Twilight, do this for me," she begged.
"You?" Gilda's intonation was impossible to read.
"It's me," said Rainbow, taking a gamble. "It's me. Rainbow Dash."
"You," repeated Gilda flatly. Then, with rage, she screamed, "You!"
Rainbow Dash had never felt as much force behind the griffin as she did then, as Gilda kicked off of the ground, carrying Rainbow Dash aloft with her.
"Why in the world would I do anything for you after what you did for me? I don't owe you any favors, Rainbow Dash!" She dropped Rainbow Dash in midair and kicked her in the jaw as she fell. Rainbow Dash barely managed to right herself and achieve flight before hitting the ground. She quickly ascended to keep up with Gilda.
"I'm really sorry," she said, trying to figure out the best way to phrase the question and wondering what the other her could possibly have done. "But what exactly did I do, specifically, to make you mad like this?"
Gilda stopped flying and hovered in midair. "You don't know," she said dryly. "You really don't know. How did you think I would react after hearing about what happened at Buraq? Every pony I asked told me you were dead!"
Rainbow Dash almost forgot to keep flapping her wings. "But I'm not dead," she protested before the full implications of the statement hit her. A coldness began creeping up her back, making her wings stiff and impairing her flight. It reminded her strongly of how she had felt during the Best Young Flyer's competition. Was this what it felt like to go into shock? she wondered.
She was dead.
"Gosh," she said softly, still trying to come to terms with the revaluation. She saw things from Gilda's perspective now. She was a ghost, a memory, and she had just walked right back into the land of the living. "Gilda, I'm so sorry..."
Her words did nothing to calm Gilda. "I knew there had to be a mistake," she continued to scream. "I hoped that you'd found a way to survive. But then, why would you have never attempted to find me? Or even let me know that you were alright? I finally accepted it, that you were dead and gone, when you show up like nothing had ever happened, and you're trying to protect, of all ponies, her!"
Gilda was acting hysterical, Rainbow thought. This wasn't like her at all. She was supposed to always be in control of the situation. Gilda was the queen of cool, and what was happening was completely uncool. Gilda shot toward Rainbow Dash, and Rainbow, still trying to come to terms with the revelation, didn't have time to defend herself. The pair plummeted, crashing to the earth and knocking the air from Rainbow's lungs.
In the distance, through blurry vision, Rainbow Dash spotted a shape rapidly approaching their location. "Gilda?" she asked weakly?
"Buck you, Rainbow Dash!" cried Gilda. "So no. I will not do you any favors. I will not spare the life of your girlfriend. You haven't changed a bit, you know that? You're still pretending to be a hero. You're still just a stupid loser who likes to go and get herself killed, and you're still asking for sympathy. Well, guess what, Rainbow? Killers like us don't deserve any sympathy."
If Gilda was about to say something else, she was cut off by a streak of silver that cut into her side as it passed. The griffin hissed and turned to face the new foe, but it had already moved beyond her and was out of reach. Rainbow Dash, taking advantage of Gilda's distraction, took to the skies again and chased after the blur. She saw now its purple mane and tail flowing behind it, obscuring the white flank and revealing it only in flashes. With a bit of difficulty, Rainbow Dash managed to catch up.
Rarity raised an eyebrow. "Glad to see me?" she asked smugly. Rainbow watched as she attempted a smile, struggling against an invisible strain. Giving up, Rarity returned her gaze to the land in front of her, narrowly avoiding a boulder.
"You're flying," said Rainbow Dash, unable to do anything but state the obvious. "Again."
"I can't stop," Rarity told her, not moving her eyes. "You need to keep her away from Twilight. Keep her distracted until I can do another pass."
Rainbow nodded and broke away, turning back to Gilda, who was examining the new gash in her side. "The hell..." muttered the griffin, as she clutched the wound with one claw and looked up just in time to see Rainbow Dash barrel into her and pin her to the ground.
"Ready to give up?" Rainbow taunted. A look of rage was glaring back at her.
Rainbow Dash knew that this was her moment to attack, to cause as much damage as she could, to bite or stamp or claw, anything that would leave a permanent mark on Gilda. But she couldn't. Even to protect her best friend, she couldn't bring herself to hurt Gilda.
The moment of hesitation was all Gilda needed to throw her off and send her tumbling. As soon as Rainbow recovered, she charged again. She had to keep Gilda focused on her, and keep her from noticing Rarity, or going after Twilight. Gilda, ready for Rainbow, knocked her aside with a sweep of a claw as soon as she was in range.
Rainbow Dash struggled to her feet, snarling at Gilda like a bull. It was no longer about creating a distraction or bargaining for peace. Gilda was making a foal out of her. Nobody made a foal out of Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow saw Rarity level off behind Gilda and speed toward them, the sharp metal wings reflecting the moonlight. Rainbow had already seen the damage a glancing blow could do, and she didn't want to think about the damage that could be caused with a direct hit.
Gilda, noticing the change in Rainbow's eyes, turned to face Rarity, and her eyes narrowed. She had no intention of letting that vermin get another attack in. She flexed her wings and raised her claws, and she was trying to figure out the best way to take on Rarity's attack when Rainbow Dash tackled her from behind again.
Rainbow Dash caught Gilda by surprise, but by the time the griffin hit the ground, she was already planning her next move. Rainbow Dash couldn't stay on top of her for long without forcing Rarity to give up her attack. After all, unless Rainbow Dash moved, Rarity wouldn't be able to get a clear shot and risked hitting her friend instead.
Rainbow Dash counted the seconds in her head as Rarity approached for her second pass. Everything would have to be timed perfectly. It began to occur to Rainbow what she was doing. They were going to seriously hurt Gilda, maybe even kill her. Rainbow's breath came to her fits and starts. She didn't want to be a killer. This was never supposed to have happened. But it was too late to stop. Everything was in place, and all Rainbow Dash could do was escape and save her own skin. "Why are you doing this?" she begged of Gilda. "Don't make me do this." She looked into Gilda's eyes, trying to find that small glimmer of compassion, the sliver of kindness she had always seen but was invisible to everypony else. She thought she had seen it in this Gilda, back in the cave, but now she wasn't sure. Was this Gilda really so far removed from the griffin Rainbow knew that she would kill a long-lost friend to finish her mission? "You were my best friend," continued Rainbow, "my hero. Why did you have to go and become," she paused and made a broad gesture with one of her hooves, "this? Don't you care about anything?"
Gilda, for the first time in the battle, was at a complete loss. She imagined that Rainbow Dash was offering her hoof, showing her a way out. But the rational part of her knew better. There was no way out of this world. There never would be. "I did," she confessed. "I used to care about something. A lot. Then she died." She felt Rainbow loosen her grip, and she seized the moment, kicking hard and throwing Rainbow Dash off of her, straight into the path of Rarity.
Rainbow Dash didn't feel what happened next, but she heard it. The blunt, almost hollow sound of the collision and the sickening wet squelch that followed. Rainbow Dash fell, her weight bringing Rarity down and throwing her off course. One of her metal wings dragged into the ground, and Rainbow heard the metal being torn from the joints. Half of the wing, separated from the rest of invention, skittered along the mountainside at high velocity, narrowly missing Gilda. Rarity, now off balance and unable to steer, but still moving at only a slightly reduced speed, found herself carried by her momentum for a hundred more yards, her one remaining functional wing slowing her descent, before she touched down again and tumbled along the ground, over a steep embankment, and out of sight.
Rainbow Dash didn't know how to react. Rarity had vanished, as quickly as she had appeared. The battle was back to Rainbow and Gilda. Rainbow tried to stand again when she realized she couldn't feel one of her forehooves. Slowly, and with intense trepidation, she looked down to examine the damage.
She was honestly surprised the hoof was still attached. A deep gouge cut almost halfway into her leg, and the hoof at the end of it wasn't responding to her commands. She felt multiple other scrapes and cuts along her body, but none of them seemed to be as bad as this. She looked at Gilda to see the griffin's reaction.
Slowly both sets of eyes turned to Twilight, neither combatant forgetting what was at stake. They ran, Rainbow to protect her friend, and Gilda to finish the job she'd started. Rainbow was much closer, but she hobbled, avoiding her butchered hoof, and she reached Twilight only seconds ahead of Gilda. She threw herself on top of Twilight, using her own body as a shield. It was the only thing she could think of, and she was much too tired to continue fighting.
Gilda seemed fatigued as well, and now she became frustrated. "Step aside, Rainbow Dash," she demanded, her voice rising.
Rainbow Dash hugged Twilight tighter, trying to cover as much of the unicorn's body as she could.
"I said, step aside, Rainbow Dash."
Rainbow Dash cradled Twilight's head in between her hooves, pushing the purple mane from the unicorn's eyes. Twilight's eyelids fluttered, but in her state of injury and exhaustion, she only seemed acutely aware of what was going on around her. "I'm sorry," Rainbow Dash whispered. "I'm so, so, sorry. But it's the only way. I can't kill her, and I can't let her kill you. I'll protect both of you, and this is the only way to do it." She closed her eyes and waited for Gilda's claws to strike her. She waited for Gilda to beat her legs against her defenseless flank, to rake her side and watch her bleed out. She tightened her grip around Twilight. No matter what happened, no matter what she was forced to endure, she wouldn't let go. She would protect Twilight, even up to her last breath. And even then, she would wish Gilda the best of luck prying her lifeless body from the pony she cared so much about.
"Damn you, Rainbow Dash," she heard a voice say. It sounded like Gilda. It had to be Gilda. Rainbow Dash didn't care. Nothing mattered except keeping Twilight safe.
Seconds passed. The seconds stretched into a minute. Finally, Rainbow Dash dared to open her eyes.
Gilda was gone.
It took another minute for Rainbow's breathing to return to normal. She sat on her rump, holding Twilight gently and watching her breathe. She had kept her promise; she had kept Twilight safe.
But not without cost. Rarity was gone. Not dead, Rainbow prayed, but gone nonetheless. But Rarity was strong. She'd been in worse situations before. Even though she didn't like to get her hooves dirty, she would, if the situation required it. And Rarity was smart. Rainbow had faith that she would survive until they could rescue her.
Rainbow turned her attention her injured hoof. It was bleeding rather freely, staining her coat and Twilight's. She knew she needed to get back to the others. Fluttershy would likely know how to treat it.
"Rainbow Dash?" asked Twilight, who was once again coherent. "What happened? Is she gone?"
"Don't worry about anything. You're safe. Just hang in there, and everything's going to be okay."
Rainbow Dash pushed her head underneath Twilight's body and lifted her onto her back. Fortunately, neither of her wings had been broken or damaged to the point of inoperability. They hurt, worse than Dash could ever remember, but she could still fly with them.
"Everything's going to be okay," she said again, straining as they rose slowly into the air. "This never should have happened," she added to herself.
As for Twilight's questions, Rainbow Dash didn't have any answers. She scanned the sky and the ground, looking for any sign of Gilda, but it really did seem that the griffin was gone.
Her thoughts turned to what Gilda had told her. The her from this world was dead. Rainbow Dash wondered if this was really true, and if so, how she had died. The fact didn't seem to bother her as much as she thought it would. What was the place Gilda had mentioned, the place where it happened? Berrick? It sounded vaguely familiar. Still, Rainbow Dash felt like she was taking the news of her demise rather well. It was something else Gilda had said that terrified her.
"Killers like us don't deserve any sympathy."


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Stevenage 0-3 Rotherham: Match Report
Stevenage 0-3 Rotherham: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game as it happened.
O'Connor ices Millers' cake
Rotherham recorded a comfortable 3-0 victory at Stevenage for their first win in five league games with Michael O'Connor scoring the pick of their goals.
It could have been more for the Millers as Stevenage posed no threat until the visitors eased off with the three points already in the bag.
Rotherham opened the scoring in the 14th minute when an Alex Revell flick-on reached Kieran Agard, whose header was kept out by Chris Day only for Ben Pringle to put away the rebound.
Day kept his side in it as the Millers controlled the rest of the first half with the pick of his saves coming when he kept out Craig Morgan's header from O'Connor's free-kick.
However, his replacement Steve Arnold was at fault for Rotherham's second as he came flying out to meet Pringle's free-kick only to be beaten to it by Claude Davis.
And the excellent O'Connor put the result beyond doubt after 66 minutes when he fired home from 25 yards to round off a superb counter-attack.
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Fourth Grade Mrs. James: Jaci Gaines, Hayley Hosey*, Zach Jones, Michael Newland, Travis Newton, Chandley Norton*, Allison Perry*, Kierstin Prentice, Halle Rankin, Max Smith*, Abby Stangle*, Bates Webster, Bryce Wilson*, and Kaitlyn Woosley. Mrs. Rison: Megan Abney*, Dawson Allen, Caitlin Beutel, Bill Corley*, Kaylee Fitzgerald, Kayla Harmon, Chase Harp, Miguel Jeminez, Allison Johnson, Winston Matthews, Derek Miller, Hannah Miracle, Caroline Morgan, Jaden Noel*, Lori Porter*, Christian Raisor and Todd Sharp.
Pictured above are the February students of the month for Eminence Elementary School: Andrew Goodlett, Aubree Robinson, Christian Garduno, Katlynn Tingle, Emily Heightchew, Blake Dockter, Hannah White, Juan Armenta, Gracie Moore, Jackson Bean and Matthew Hamilton.
Lauren is in the 5th grade.
Principal Mark Johnson said Lauren is a little bit shy, but more outgoing than her sisters.
"She represents everything good that Campbellsburg Elementary is," he said. "She is kind, nice and cares about other people."
Hannah is in Carrie Cox's 4th grade class. Her noted accomplishment is that she reads at a 9th grade level.
Hannah is on the academic team and is an avid reader. "She always has her little nose in a book," Principal Sharon Bright said.
Hannah is 9.
Senior Ricky Spreitzer was chosen for his hard work to pull together a Veteran's Day ceremony and luncheon. Ms. Puckett nominated him: "Ricky is the type of student all young men should aspire to become. He is conscientious, not only about choices that affect his own life, but with concern for others." Ricky is a member of Senior Beta Club and plays varsity football and baseball. He also helps out in the office and at his church. Ricky plans to enter the military when he graduates and serve his country.
Junior Cassie Emily was nominated by Curtis Moss: "Cassie has been a great student-leader in my humanities class. She has participated and made good arguments in class discussions etc..." Cassie is a member of Senior Beta, the Academic Team, the Henry County Youth Coalition, and Varsity Softball. She plans to attend WKU for Pre-med and then attend UL for medical school to become a Cardiovascular Surgeon.
Sophomore Trey Paris was nominated by Ms. Puckett. "Trey is an excellent student who has the drive to succeed. Trey starred in a performance at the Kentucky Center for The Arts for Christmas." In addition to his professional acting responsibilities, Trey is also involved in Beta Club, drama club, pep-club, and is Sophomore Class Vice President. He plans to get a masters in dramatic arts and pursue an acting career, hopefully on Broadway some day.
Freshman Abigail Zinser was nominated by Kim James: "Abigail always gives 110 percent on every assignment. She is very responsible, focused on learning and a great student with great character." Abigail is a member of Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Cross Country Track Team. She plans to attend college and pursue a medical degree.
On Saturday, Jan. 22, Henry County Middle School hosted the Governor's Cup Districts. It was a great day for the HCMS Academic Team as they came away with the first place trophy. The Future Problem Solving team tied for first and the quick recall team placed third. In written assessments the following students placed: Nick James was 3rd in math. Josh Logsdon placed 1st in both social studies and science. Austin Howard placed 5th in math and 3rd in science. Dalton Lewellen placed 4th in language arts. Danielle Toy placed 4th in written composition.
Mrs. Cobb's 4th Grade All A's: Courtney Jennings, Abby Lyons, and Nikki Perkinson A's/B's: Vesta Dennis, Samantha Gonzalez, Matthew Janik, Steven Jones, Andrew Landers, Jonathan Porter and Gavin Robinson
Mrs. Maddox 5th Grade Gabe Adams*, Rachel Bush, Donna Curtsinger, Lucas Gaddis, Isaac Heady, Kayleigh Holmes, Bryanna Imel, Bailey Ingram, Hallie Potts, Devinn Seranno, Chris Wheeler, Caeleigh Woods, Logan Yount * denotes all A's


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Hotel description Mini Central
This hotel is conveniently situated within Hong Kong's business and financial district, only 5 minutes' drive from the International Financial Centre. Shopping lovers can enjoy the hotel's proximity to the shopping malls situated only a stone throw away. Many of the area's important transportation hubs are also located nearby, including the Airport Express Hong Kong Station which provides access to Hong Kong International Airport. The property redefines the concept of the economic hotel with its down-to-earth accommodation that is excellent value for money. Each room is tastefully decorated with attention to detail, and the hotel's reliable and enthusiastic staff is friendly and highly motivated to ensure a carefree and unforgettable stay.
Description Mini Central
- • Single rooms: 23
- • Year of most recent renovation: 2012
- • Number of floors (main building): 13
- • Total number of rooms: 183
Hotel type
- • Hotel
Methods of payment
- • American Express
- • Diners Club
- • MasterCard
- • Visa
Room facilities (Standard room)
- • 220V power supply
- • Balcony
- • Bathrobes
- • Bathroom
- • Cable TV
- • Carpeted floors
- • Centrally regulated air conditioning
- • Desk
- • Direct dial telephone
- • Double bed
- • Extra beds on demand
- • Hairdryer
- • Individually adjustable air conditioning
- • Internet access
- • King-size bed
- • Make-up mirror
- • Queen-size bed
- • Safe
- • Satellite TV
- • Shower
- • Slippers
- • Tea and coffee making facilities
- • Toiletries
- • Washing machine
- • Wi-fi
Disability-friendly bathroom
Smoking rooms
- • 24-hour reception
- • Air conditioning in public areas
- • Café
- • Hotel safe
- • Laundry service
- • Lift access
- • Newspaper stand
- • Room service
- • Wi-fi
- • Wired Internet
Car park
Large pets allowed (over 5 kg)
Small pets allowed (under 5 kg)
- • Breakfast
- • Buffet dinner
- • Buffet lunch
- • Set menu dinner
- • Set menu lunch
- • À la carte dinner
- • À la carte lunch
Distances (in meters)
- • Airport: 24.80 mi
- • City centre: 0.06 mi
- • Nearest Bus / Metro Stop: 0.31 mi
- • Bus/Train station: 0.31 mi
- • Entertainment Area: 0.06 mi
Interest points
- • Lan Kwai Fong: 0.31 mi
- • Peak Tram: 0.93 mi
- • HKCEC: 0.81 mi
- • Time Square: 1.24 mi
- • International Finance Centre: 0.50 mi
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Bishop Lei International House
Sharing the quiet environment of Robinson Road, Mid-Levels, and the hotel offers a superb retreat from the hustle and bustle of the commercial centre, yet it is just 5 minutes away by car. Standing majestically next to the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with its green tinted full-size windows overlooking the spectacular Hong Kong harbour, it is an excellent hub for all visitor of the city. Its 25-storey building offers 219 well furnished, cosy guest rooms that open to mesmerizing views of the city skyline. To sip a morning tea at the open terrace of the cosy onsite restaurant and feel the calming soft breeze is feeling that can hardly be duplicated. Inside the restaurant, guests can savour the international cuisine meticulously prepared by the hotel's team of master-chefs.
Customer reviews4.7/5of 1 OpinionsFrom$103.00
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The upscale business hotel City Garden enjoys a central setting in the city close to the main offices of leading companies and the Convention Centre. Hong Kong Stadium is just 15 minutes away and a 5-minute walk from the hotel guests will find Fortress Hill Station. Guests can take advantage of the shuttle service to Causeway Beach, Wanchai and to the centre of the city. An oasis of laid-back luxury the hotel boasts an attentive and personal service to ensure that the needs of each and every guest are catered for to the highest degree of excellence. The elegantly decorated guest rooms offer ergonomically formed work spaces and luxurious fittings. The Michelin first star award-winning restaurant offers the ultimate in fine dining with sumptuous delights that are sure to tempt even the most discerning palate.
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Combining the exotic elegance of Orient with a contemporary and chic design, the hotel is superbly located at the highly convenient Central district, the city's financial and administrative epicentre and only a 5-minute walk from the Central MTR Station. The hotel offers a great variety of entertainment and culture as it is on the doorstep of the fashion boutique shops in IFC mall. Guests will be able to explore the antique shops and art galleries on Hollywood Road, enjoy the bars and restaurants in Soho and Lan Kwai Fong. Other nearby tourist attractions include the Man Mo Temple and Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail. Guestrooms are elegantly appointed, with antique-style furniture and equipped with modern amenities to ensure a comfortable stay. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi and a lobby corner where guests can make use of the iMac computers.
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Quote of the day.
"When I say 2.5 million people have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, jaws drop. I know which lines are going to get gasps, and that's one of them. I don't think they appreciate how many people have served, and particularly the number who have had repeated deployments." Paul Rieckhoff, chief executive officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
(McClatchy News [6])
1. Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak.
Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks, and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest, and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
(Associated Press [7])
2. Struggling day laborers await immigration reform.
Millions of illegal immigrants are at the sharp end of a daily battle for survival as President Barack Obama pushes for immigration reform in Washington, months after Hispanic voters turned out to give the Democrat a second term.
(Reuters [8])
3. Assault weapons ban loses steam.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month.
(Politico [9])
4. Congress works on budget for both 2013 and future.
Congress is finally cleaning up its unfinished budget business for the 2013 budget year with a bipartisan government-wide funding bill. But even as that measure heads toward approval, the House and Senate are gearing up for divisive votes that will underscore sharp differences on a bigger problem: how to fix the nation's long-term deficit woes.
(Associated Press [10])
5. Have political parties lost their purpose?
Democrats and Republicans may be worlds apart on most things, but at their headquarters just two blocks away from each other on Capitol Hill, each is confronting the same question: Have political parties lost their purpose?
(Washington Post [11])
6. When cold cases stay cold.
In 2006, the F.B.I. began a cold-case initiative that it described as a comprehensive effort to investigate racially motivated murders from the civil rights era. That effort became a mandate two years later when Congress passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.
(New York Times [12])
7. Iraq rocked by wave of explosions.
Baghdad was convulsed by a deadly wave of explosions as terrorists detonated up to nine explosions in the course of a few hours on Tuesday morning on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.
(Guardian [13])
8. A goal for Obama in Israel: finding some overlap on Iran.
If President Obama's most obvious goal on his trip to Israel this week is to forge a connection with the Israeli people, his challenge behind closed doors is to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he can rely on the United States to take care of Iran.
(New York Times [14])
9. U.N. chief urges approval of arms trade treaty.
U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged the world's nations to agree on a strong international treaty to regulate the multi-billion-dollar global arms trade in the next two weeks, saying it will save lives and make it more difficult for warlords and organized criminals to obtain weapons.
(Al Jazeera [15])
10. In effort to try dictator, Guatemala shows new judicial might.
Guatemala's justice system has begun a transformation. In a show of political will, prosecutors are taking long-dormant human rights cases to court, armed with evidence that victims and their advocates have painstakingly compiled over more than a decade — as much to bear witness as to bring judgment.
(New York Times [16])
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[3] http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/03/19/top-10-stories-March-19-2013#comment-covenant
[4] http://sojo.net/letter-to-web-editor?post=The%20Top%2010%20Stories%20of%20March%2019%2C%202013
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[6] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/14/185880/millions-went-to-war-in-iraq-afghanistan.html
[7] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_POPE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-19-08-00-16
[8] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/19/us-usa-immigration-daylaborers-idUSBRE92I03V20130319
[9] http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/assault-weapon-ban-for-gun-control-loses-steam-89046.html
[10] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUDGET_BATTLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-19-07-21-34
[11] http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/have-political-parties-lost-their-purpose/2013/03/18/2486608e-8d9f-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html
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Urgot then shows up and swaps Rengar back in!
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Teemo gets wombo combos by ziggs, ashe, ezreal, draven, gangplank, but his zhonyas is off cooldown so he does it at the right time, another wombo combo comes with amumu, galio, katarna, talon, orianna and nunu, he gets hit by all of them but the dead soraka uses revive and ults to save him by 30hp, then a wild karma appears and tries to burst him down but its not enough, then a darius comes and is 1cm away from ult range. Edit: and stacked move speed items
Jayce knocks Darius away. Suddenly, Phreak comes in with a Trinity Force to deal tons of damage to Teemo!
Ur nan jumps in to take the hits
Caitlyn gets ready to shoot teemo with Ace in the Hole
Out of nowhere, the shot hits an afk Evelynn! Corki then shows up and valkyrie's ontop of Teemo's face and unloads a ton of missles!
Friendly Teemos fed so he 1/2 healths enemy teemo with his blind then kills him As Teemo goes through mid lane, a wild 31-4-26 fiddlesticks ults in and combos him with his fear+drain.
A WIld Kayle ulti appears and saves him. the fiddlsticks chases teemo with his e and hits baron while teemo is in the pit!


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Swindon Town sign up striker Raffaele De Vita
Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio has signed striker Italian striker Raffaele De Vita.The 23-year-old recently left Scottish Division Two champions Livingston after three years there. He has played for Livi in Divisions One, Two and Three and scored 21 goals in 67 appearances, including 11 in 31 last term. De Vita has also been on the books of Blackburn Rovers but failed to break into the first-team at Ewood Park. He becomes Di Canio's third signing since taking over at the County Ground.... read more
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