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The concept of data integration is one of the oldest studies which came into being since the conception of database management system. Basically data integration can be defined as the problem of combining of data from heterogeneous sources to one unified structure, so that user is able to view it as a single entity irrespective of the origination or it's data type. In today's highly competitive market scenario every business decision must be made on strong and reliable data foundation. These data must contain historical, current and sometimes even real time values from different & most likely from heterogeneous sources.
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Painted pumpkins
Look at these painted pumpkins! We could do that, couldn't we? This site has lots of neat things for the holidays, so you might want to browse around a bit. Luvs
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These are really cute luvs. I think we can figure out how to do some of those and at a much discounted price!! Yikes.
They have the fake ones at Michaels in all sizes. They had a big bin of them at the one by my house and some examples to show how you can paint on them. Or you can just do real pumpkins if you don't mind throwing them out after all your hard work. ha We painted some last year. I want to do some of those black cat ones that Oddie posted over on Holidays this year too.
Thanks luvs.
I was looking at that site a little more. I like how they put the pumpkins on the pedestals too. Did you see the hurricane globes with the candy corn in them to hold the candles? I think I'm gonna try that this year. Back to peruse some more. Good site, TFS. ~Anj
I stopped by Walmart today. They had pumpkins in three sizes, but the sections were very prominent and curved, could still be painted but not as easily as a smoother one. Cost was $7.00. I'm going to look at Michaels next, or maybe at Joanne's. Did see some pretty metal candleholders at Walmart. Not as nice as the ones on the site, but still nice. Luvs

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How The Second Screen Will Finally Come Of Age
Mike Bloxham
, March 20, 2014, 8:00 AM
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By now, most of us have heard at least something about the various electronic wallets that are intended to change the ways we transact and – more recently – about Apple's iBeacon, the indoor positioning and messaging system.
To date, almost all of the discussion around the application of these technologies has focused on retail environments of one sort or another, but it seems to me they also have massive implications for the world of TV — both programming and advertising.
Breaking it down into its simplest form, iBeacon is basically a tiny radio transmitter that leverages Bluetooth Low Energy to identify where you are and your proximity to the iBeacon itself. This technology is compatible with every iOS device since the iPhone4S and every Android phone that supports Bluetooth 4.0 or later and Android 4.3 or later. In other words, a very large number of phones.
The case that it typically given as an example is when the consumer is in or approaching a store. The retailers iBeacon will automatically send a promotional message. ("This hour only – 25% off your next coffee" etc.)
The really interesting wrinkle is that Apple has already developed the technology. In line with how the iPad is becoming a feature of more retail environments from restaurants to Apple stores, every Apple device sold since the iPhone 4S is capable of effectively becoming an iBeacon itself. We'll come back to this point.
The iWallet is effectively the flip side of the equation. With iTunes, Apple has amassed transactional data on well over half a billion customers. Since the rollout of iCloud Keychain last year and with more loyalty cards and similar information being stored within Passbook, Apple has basically been downloading the content of our wallets onto our devices.
With the launch of the iPhone 5S, we were introduced to touchID, the fingerprinting security technology. As it becomes more widespread, it will result in your iWallet being infinitely more secure that your physical wallet.
Combined, the iBeacon, the iWallet and the touchID system mean that Apple effectively competes directly with everything but cash. Even that last point is debatable, as your phone potentially becomes capable of of receiving money, too.
What's all this got to do with TV and advertising? Let's go back to that point about all those iOS devices being able to broadcast iBeacon information — the promotional and marketing messages.
Now walk away from retail and think about the home. What kind of capability do you think we're going to see built into AppleTVs in the future? iBeacon is already compatible with any other iOS device, so the idea of AppleTVs being excluded from the family is almost nonsensical. After all, it will be what identifies the programming and advertising the viewer is exposed to.
As for the other essential component, it's already in place – as we know from the reams of articles and research about second-screen media usage via tablets or smartphones.
TV and brand marketers still need to drive downloads of their apps — or maybe its about being integrated into the apps of other relevant parties (think sponsorship). But as iBeacon can talk to apps at any time, the potential is there for media owners to promote shows and drive tune in, provide additional back-story info and incentives to interact with shows online etc., promote related show merchandise and so on.
For advertisers and their agencies, the opportunity could be directly linked to the nature of the advertising proposition — money off, test drives, chance to win, brand positioning experiences, etc. The creative opportunities to those behind the ads are as broad and varied as the advertisers themselves.
None of this will happen overnight or — in any significant way — for the next couple of years. But it will happen. TV is becoming more interactive and more transactional; it isn't necessarily the legacy players that will lead that charge — though the broadcasters and content owners will undoubtedly benefit from it.
But while this might sound like some version of heaven for TV marketers and advertisers, if not approached properly and with care, it could easily become a version of TV hell for viewers. Too much messaging, repetitive messaging or inappropriate and irrelevant messaging will undermine the potential that exists.
Our cell phones are our most personal media, and we love our tablets, too. Perhaps most importantly, the passion with which we follow our favorite shows is such that an overly intrusive or clumsy intrusion into the world of "my programs" will be met with a harsh reaction.
While the upside of the iBeacon, iWallet, AppleTV trifecta is potentially huge, the downside could be disastrous for brands and programmers alike. It will be in the interest of all concerned to tread lightly.
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about "How The Second Screen Will Finally Come Of Age".
Sam S
, March 21, 2014 at 4:03 a.m.
Wonder why, there wasn't any built in communication channel between two apples, like bluetooth. Apple did not wanted two device to communicate like other does in a bluetooth pairing. And why would they, as they only want all of them to communicate with iBeacon only. Seems like they already had this future requirement making & product strategy in place years back for iBeacon. Hats Off !! to Apple.
Chris Nowakiwsky
, March 21, 2014 at 10:21 a.m.
The article points out that "every Apple device sold since the iPhone 4S is capable of effectively becoming an iBeacon itself," but never came back to that point. Is this something that businesses can tap into? If so, what kind of consumer side effects/fallout could there be?
Mike Bloxham
Frank N. Magid Associates
, March 21, 2014 at 10:36 a.m.
Hi Chris - The basic point of the phones and other devices already being iBeacon-compatible is that it provides a seamless and ready installed consumer-side user base. While iBeacon is mostly oriented toward retail experiences right now (something like 250 stores have been equipped as a kind of proof of concept), when AppleTV features the iBeacon functionality we'll see advertisers and broadcasters able to message consumers via downloaded apps in the same way retailers are starting to do now. All this is a way off and will require a sufficiently large installed user base, but that's not beyond imagining. We may also see the capability in non-Apple devices as iBeacon is already compatible with Android. As for the negative side effects, think about how unlimited and heavy-handed use of this technology would irritate you if all you were trying to do was relax and watch TV and you felt bombarded by unwanted and irrelevant sales messages. It will be contingent upon media owners to safeguard the viewer experience - and therefore their audience base - and for marketers to enhance customer experience and goodwill rather than erode it.
Chris Nowakiwsky
, March 21, 2014 at 10:58 a.m.
Thanks Mike, all interesting points. I completely agree with you that media owners will need to tow a delicate line to avoid bombarding consumers and creating a bad experience. Do you know if all the communication and push messaging is dependent on the BLE beacons or can phones talk to other phones to push the messages?
Mike Bloxham
Frank N. Magid Associates
, March 21, 2014 at 11:12 a.m.
Chris - I don't believe we'll see phones talking to phone in the normal course of events, but the technology is device-neutral (at least within the Apple universe). I believe Apple is already using iPads in-store in this way, but haven't experienced it myself. Of course, while this article is about TV, we shouldn't overlook the fact there is likely to be real opportunity at scale before TV in the place-based arena.
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where is like button ? Sry my mistake I want said awesome :D
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In my opinion that previous is better but this is good too :D
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yes sry for my bad english
I don't like racing but this is awesome :D
******* good idea tracking :D
hmmm nice but what's new ?
c'mon this is so cool :D
looks cool
but in age 2 they are looking different
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sounds good
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WHOOOAAH nice to hear about NEW aoe 2 modfication :D
wooooooooooooow bunkers from bf 1942. Weird sounds from first gun, but second pistols sounds and looks cool.
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how many races are playable ?
good mod but weapons in second beta are too much powerful
very interesting :D Tracking
that's aks 74u is so cool
this special ops guys had MP5 or what ?
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As I see russian brother will be base of this game :)
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Israeli PM Netanyahu's dismissal of the two-state solution in the last days of the election campaign in Israel is having a huge and beneficial effect on the discussion of the conflict inside the United States. President Obama has taken Netanyahu at his word and says there will be no two-state solution for "several years." He seems to be doing what many on the US left are doing: preparing Americans to think about what one state looks like.
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American Jews are taking back their power from Israel
In 1967, American Jews fell in love with Israel and made a solemn promise to protect the country through thick and thin. Nearly fifty years later the same community is reconsidering that vow. What we are seeing is a transfer of power from the Israeli Jewish community to the Diaspora Jewish community that Benjamin Netanyahu failed to anticipate even as he precipitated it.
I want my country back
Jodi Rudoren's recent piece from Jerusalem titled "Rebukes From White House Risk Buoying Netanyahu" is a full-on assault on President Obama for taking on Netanyahu over his repudiation of the two-state solution and his election day racism, and it is disingenuous from start to finish, beginning with the headline. The aim of the piece is to buoy Netanyahu and submarine Obama. Phil Weiss writes he has never seen anything like this before: the top space of the newspaper turned over to a war- and fear-mongering foreign leader to undermine the US president.
Sanitizing the Nakba, in 'The New York Times Book Review'
'NYT' and 'J Street' address power of Jewish donors behind Hillary and Hillel
Big Jewish donors who support the settlement project in Israel have influenced the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and major Jewish organizations– surprisingly frank comments by the New York Times and young leaders at J Street's conference.
Apartheid is no longer verboten word for Israel in 'NYT' and 'CNN'
Jimmy Carter got exiled for calling Israel an apartheid state 9 years ago. Today Yousef Munayyer, Rula Jebreal and Jim Besser all call Israel that, in the 'NYT' and 'CNN' and 'Haaretz', and there is little resistance. Thanks to Netanyahu
'Do US Jews need a Jewish state for our safety?' debate begins in wake of Netanyahu victory
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank writes an important piece saying that Israel needs to exist because his daughter might some day need to be hidden from Nazis in the U.S. This belief, at the core of US Zionism, needs to be debated.
New York Times published piece about Netanyahu's racism, then rewrote all of it
On March 17, the day of the 2015 Israel election, Prime Minister Netanyahu warned Jewish Israelis that Arabs were voting "in droves." The New York Times published an article about the incident—and more generally about Netanyahu's bigoted, jingoistic, far-right tactics to attract more votes—titled "Netanyahu Expresses Alarm That Arab Voter Turnout Could Help Unseat Him." Several hours later, the NYT published a rewrite of the article—a rewrite not just of parts of it, but of all of it. According the the website NewsDiffs, between 5:13 pm and 9:08 pm 100% of the article was re-written to mostly erase the focus on Netanyahu's racism.
Big front-page NYT article on 'settlements' does not quote one single Palestinian
Newspapers are supposed to cover both sides of a dispute, but a NYTimes article on settlements could not find a single Palestinian to interview.
Barney Frank says Israel and AIPAC lobbied Congress to support Iraq war
Netanyahu's effort to get the US in a war with Iran has caused infighting in the Israel lobby. Barney Frank said that Israel and AIPAC had lobbied members of Congress a decade ago to support the disastrous war in Iraq.
Cotton's rise was fueled by pro-Israel money– but 'NYT' and Matthews won't tell you so
A New York Times profile on the meteroric Senator Tom Cotton repeatedly refers to his connections to Bill Kristol but never mentions Kristol is head of the Emergency Committee for Israel and speaks at the Israel lobby group AIPAC.
By busting up peace efforts, AIPAC may have burst its own bubble
If we are to stop a catastrophic war with Iran or finally solve the Israel/Palestine conflict, an essential element is breaking AIPAC's grip on U.S. policy. That may well be happening right now.
Neocon meteor Sen. Cotton is funded by Abrams, Adelson and Kristol and loves war a little too much
Israel's Foreign Minister calls for beheading Arab citizens and it's not anywhere in the New York Times
Racism disguised as liberal anguish
Three of four letters to the NYT on Gaza say that the blockade is a good thing. Israel can do whatever it wants and they will be sad but support Israel. It's a clever way of trying to be liberal while being racist. MLK saw the attitude in his letter from a Birmingham jail.
Senator who spearheaded letter to Iran got $1 million from Kristol's 'Emergency C'tee for Israel'
Who wrote the 47 Republican senators' awful letter to Iran? Not Tom Cotton of Arkansas. J Street speculates Bill Kristol. A former AIPAC staffer says, AIPAC. The media have an obligation to turn a harsh light on the Israel lobby groups who are supporting the letter
Bearing witness in Gaza, Kristof can't see the bigger picture
Times columnist Nick Kristof describes Gaza as an "open-air prison" under "siege" by Israel, but he also rationalizes Israel's collective punishment and treats Palestinians as a backward other.
Netanyahu's accomplishment: Consolidating support for negotiations with Iran
The great news about Netanyahu's speech to Congress is that it has shored up support for Obama's Iran negotiations. The president says he is "confident" he has the American people's support and he blasts 47 senators who signed a letter to Iranian hardliners seeking to undermine the deal. An AIPAC staffer says the letter has AIPAC's fingerprints
'NYT"s Bruni pulls more punches than he delivers in Netanyahu column
Frank Bruni fails to mention all the Democratic politicians who fawned to Netanyahu on Capitol Hill in a column on Republican support for the prime minister. And oh, no mention of Palestinian human rights either.
'NYT' reports 'surge of hostile sentiment against Jews' nationwide — on what basis?
Netanyahu speech was 'very dark day for American democracy' — Matthews
Chris Matthews of MSNBC is shocked by the effort to "displace" Obama with Netanyahu as leader of our foreign policy. Netanyahu was "behind" the U.S. war in Iraq and he "treats us like rubes" on Iran.
Media are stunned by Congress's 'loyalty' to Netanyahu (but refuse to explain it)
The New York Times reports that Netanyahu's speech is giving Democrats the "awkward, painful choice between the president of their country and their loyalty to the Jewish state." Huh? Loyalty to Israel? The cat is out of the bag, but the media can't explain it.
Pelosi blasts Netanyahu speech as 'insult to intelligence of U.S.', Amanpour calls it 'dark, Strangelovian'
Amid overwhelming praise for the Netanyahu speech from cable analysts, some sanity is breaking through. Marc Ginsberg said Netanyahu was likening Obama to a Nazi appeaser, Nancy Pelosi said she was in tear from the insult to the intelligence of the U.S. and Christiane Ahmanpour called it "dark, Strangelovian."
Warren's out, as list of skippers surges, and White House offers Selma for Iran
The number of Democrats who will skip the speech doubled in the last few days, to 57, though Robert Menendez says he will walk Benjamin Netanyahu down the aisle
Rightwing rabbi seeks to pit Power against Rice on Iran ahead of AIPAC speeches
In a hysterical ad in the New York Times, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach uses his friend Samantha Power, the UN ambassador, against Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, when he accuses Rice of condoning genocide against Jews


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Original Post by Who ever: Petey the beloved Pit Bull - dog from the Little Rascals Edit by Keely W.: Petey was actually an American Bulldog! American Bulldogs are a Mastiff breed while Pits are a Terrier. I love pit bulls, but as a former ABD owner, it really grinds my gears when people lump them in the same category, whether it's positive or negative. Get your breeds and history straight.
Petey the beloved Pit Bull - dog from the Little Rascals. I wish people didn't forget these things... and to add another movie dog to the mix, Chance from Homeward Bound...
Petey the beloved Pit Bull dog from the Little Rascals TV show. #dogs #pets #Pitbulls facebook.comsodoggonefunny
Petey the beloved Pit Bull - dog from the Little Rascals . Pitbulls are wonderful animals <3
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Pit bulls are a breed who have unfortunately gotton a bad reputation for being mean and aggressive. I believe all dogs need obedience training right from the start. When confined as a pup any breed will grow up to be unsociable. All dogs are good, and need our love and respect . If unwilling to put the time and effort into your pet, best advice is not to purchase one.
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Clowney: Once-In-A-Decade Prospect
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South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney would have been the first overall pick in this year's NFL draft if he had been eligible to be drafted. Next year, when he'll finally be the requisite three years out of high school, he's expected to go first overall. But Clowney is more than just the best prospect to come out in the last couple years.
Clowney is the best defensive prospect to come out of college football in at least the last 10 years, according to a survey of NFL personnel people conducted by Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com. Jeremiah asked five executives, each with more than 10 years of experience, if Clowney is the best defensive draft prospect in the last 10 years, and all five said he was. The only differences of opinion were about how big the margin between Clowney and everyone else is, and who was the second-best prospect of the last 10 years.Clowney: Once-In-A-Decade Prospect by Blake Bass
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AJ Madison / $500 credit for $250 on Living Social
There's a current Living Social deal for AJ Madison; AJMadison.com has a deal on Living Social that you can get $500 in credit for only $250. Use the SHARE5 code to save $5 more. I just bought it. Hope someone else can use.
With this living social deal, if you get 3 people to buy through your link, yours is free.
If anyone is interested, I'd appreciate it tremendously. If I get three, I'll remove the link and hopefully someone else can benefit.
Here is a link that might be useful: Living Social Link to AJ Madison $500 for $250
I'll never buy from Living Social again.
They had a $20 local pizza coupon for $10. I signed up, gave them a credit card, and received by coupon. I couldn't get the coupon until the next day, but no problem. I got it.
Over the course of the next several months they sent me email daily with various deals and specials. They were beyond pathetic. None interested me. Eventually, I decided to close my account and end the emails.
I logged into my account and deleted my credit card info. I looked and looked and looked for an option to close my account. None.
I called their customer service and reached a very nice young woman. When I told her I wanted to close my account, SHE SAID I COULDN'T CLOSE MY ACCOUNT. She was very nice. She said I could change my name. I could change my email address to anything I wanted. I could delete my credit card info (already done), but I couldn't close the account.
Her reasoning was that I may want to open it again and I'd want my purchase history intact. No, I don't. Any she was polite but very firm. I could not close my account.
After much protesting, I eventually hung up and changed my name and email address on the account. It bothers me they wouldn't let me close it.
I assume they are promising prospective paying clients some huge number of accounts their deals will reach. I believe their numbers are fraudulent based on the inability of anyone who has ever opened an account to close it, even if the email is pointed to random junk and unused.
I will never sign up with businesses that practice that kind of shady behavior.
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awesome deal
Here is a link that might be useful: Referral link for $500
I purchased a Blanco kitchen faucet from them. When I later needed service under warranty, Blanco declined the service saying that AJ Madison was not an authorized dealer and buying from an unauthorized reseller invalidates their warranty.
AJ Madison would also not honor anything, so I was stuck with a non-working faucet that AJ Madison would not stand behind, because they are an "unauthorized reseller", and Blanco would not stand behind their warranty because of where I purchased the item.
So never again will I buy anything from AJ Madison. EVER.


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Being content: A real blessing mother
On this year's Mother's Day, I called my mother in China to wish her "Happy Mother's Day."
While picking up the phone and dialing the number, many thoughts and emotions ran though my mind.
I was concerned about my mother. She has diabetes and bradycardia (slow heartbeat). Lately she's had swollen feet.
I was feeling sorry and guilty. I couldn't be with my mother to help her or just spend time with her.


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TravelPod Member ReviewsLe St Barnabe Hotel & Spa Murbach
We stayed just for one night, the room was big, clean and comfortable.
The breakfast was good for USA standards.
The location was excellent if you wanna go to Busch Gardens.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Le St Barnabe Hotel & Spa Murbach
Loved this place!!
I have not one bad thing to say about this hotel!! We had the nicest experience here and will never stay at any other hotel. The staff was wonderful and the rooms were spotless. Not to mention the free made to order breakfast and manager's reception with free coctails and snacks were all what a weary traveling family of five needed!! We really felt pampered and taken care of!!!!!!
This is an excellent hotel. We stayed for 4 nights and wished we could stay longer. The rooms all have new carpeting, and are very large. 6 of us stayed in one room very comfortably. The made to order breakfast and free cocktail hour were awesome. The shuttle service to and from Busch Gardens and Adventure Island was prompt with courteous drivers. Never had to wait more than 5 minutes for them. The hotel is very beautiful, elegant and worth every penny. It is the most I ever paid, but will definetely stay there again and again. All 6 of us loved it. The pool and spa as well as the workout room and sauna were fabulous as well. Not a single complaint.
Highly recommend
What a wonderful hotel!! The evening reception and made to order breakfast won us over. The room was great for 2 adults and 3 kids. We will be loking for Embassy Suites wherever we travel .
Excellent hotel
I just stayed at the Embassy Suites Tampa Busch Gardens with my family for ten days. We had an excellent time and really enjoyed our stay at the Embassy Suites. The hotel is very nice and kept clean. The rooms are also kept very clean. Each room is a suite so there is a small kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave. There is also two televisions in the room which helps if you have children. The staff is friendly and helpful. The breakfast was excellent. They had quite a variety of things to choose from to eat. Each evening there was a managers reception which was nice. There is no limit on the number of drinks which is generous by most hotel standards. A few more snacks would have been nice at the reception but you really could not complain because you are allowed to bring your own snacks or food if you were that hungry or you could order food from the bar and/or restaurant. The hotel has a very nice exercise room with a sauna. There is also a game room for the kids and a computer room. The pool is very nice and the hotel provides towels. The hotel is convenient to many restaurants and stores. It is only a mile from Busch Gardens and Adventure Island. I would recommend if you plan to do both parks to buy the two day pass. We saved a lot of money doing that plus if you wanted to return to the water park for a second day they offer a big discount at the water park. I think an extra day was around $10. The water park is really worth it. Overall I would give the Embassy Suites Tampa Busch Gardens an excellent rating and would stay there again.
Excellent Stay
I stayed here with my wife and kids for three nights for the Outback Bowl. The hotel is nice and clean, and the rooms are large which is perfect when travelling with young children as there is two separate rooms. The breakfast was delicious, and the manager's reception was not bad at all. The free transportation to Busch Gardens was great, and was easy to coordinate.
The suite was clean and comfortable and the staff very friendly, but unfamiliar with the local area restaurants and geography. They steer people to nearby chains that are reliable but uninspiring.
Five moderate annoyances:
1. The phone system was difficult to use - with the preset message retrieval button linking to a wrong extension.
2. Bathroom air vent blew cigarette smoke from another floor into my (nonsmoking) suite.
3. No towels at the swimming pool.
4. "Bread" available for toasting at breakfast buffet had the consistency (and possibly the taste) of cardboard.
5. "Howl-o-Scream" revelers let the air out of a tire on a colleague's rental car. If you're not going to Busch Gardens when the Howl-o-Scream festivities are happening, be prepared to get caught up in its mayhem anyway.
Just what we wanted
Just the perfect place to stay when going to Busch Gardens. This was our first Embassy Suites and couldn't have been more surprised. I'm convinced that your stay is only as good as your room is and our room was lovely. It was on the upper floor, away from the elevator. The Happy Hour was lots of fun and the complimentay breakfast was just right. The room was clean and neat an we only have one complaint.....why have they installed automatic A/C thermostats that rise in temperature when they don't sense movement in the room? I want my room cool when I enter it, not an hour after I return from a hot day at Busch Gardens. Plant ops was unable to override this feature, but we managed to fool it. Other than that, this is a great hotel.
Spacious, yet rooms need some TLC
The eight story hotel is interior corrider, all rooms opening to atrium overlooking courtyard style tables for manager's reception, and breakfast, and restaurants. Three nice glass elevators allow view of atrium area. Downside, the living room was so very dark, and if you opened the drapes, people could see in your room from the hallway. The bedroom windows were the view outdoors. We had to keep the lights on to see always. We asked for a non smoking room, but upon entry, commented to the bellman that the room smelled like smoke, he agreed. I called front desk, and they said it was a smoking room one and a half years ago. There were burn marks all over the carpeting, and even on the sheer curtains. The sofa was very uncomfortable. The furniture so flimsy that my four year old pulled out the drawer, and the lamp, and table toppled over onto him. The view was great at night. The pool and jacuzzi was very nice, but close to parking lot, and anyone could go in it. I saw people driving up in cars, and going to pool, that were not staying at hotel. Having stayed in Scottsdale, AZ at an ES prior, the manager's reception was poor. Three bowls, chips, pretzels, and tortilla chips and salsa. Hardly hor dourves as written. Breakfast was very good. I paid 125.10, and felt it was too much. Will not stay again.
Very Nice Roomy Suite
We stayed 3 nights in January, for a family visit. The rooms are very nice, roomy with all the necessary amenities - coffee maker, fridge, microwave, etc. The beds were good, as was the pull-out bed in the living room. When the "Menu" didn't work on the TV, they sent an engineer up within two minutes, and even credited me a free movie for the trouble! The included breakfast was good, and the ''cocktail party" a nice extra. Also, the restaurant was reasonably priced and their food was good. The pool looked very nice, even though it was too cool to swim. There was a business center with two computers, which came in handy since my teenage daughter had to write a paper for homework! Oh - I almost forgot - the front desk staff even gave me a 3:30 p.m. check-out when I told them I had a late flight home - unheard of! I was very impressed! If you need to be in the Busch Gardens area, this is the place!
Not as good as expected
Embassy Suites are generally very nice hotels. This one was nice, but the housekeeping service was unacceptable! Our family stayed for 5 days the week before Christmas 2003. The bedroom had a card to be placed on your pillow if you wanted your sheets changed. Their standard was to change sheets after 3 days regardless. I placed the card on my pillow on the 3rd morning (after a sandy day at the beach the 2nd day there) and the bed was just made - not changed. I just figured they were waiting to change them after 3 days, but they NEVER did change them throughout our entire stay! When you pay $159.00/day for a room and you want clean sheets, you should get them - totally unacceptable!! They never vacuumed our room either during our stay. We will try another hotel chain our next vist to Tampa.
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Walker to miss start of season
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August 15, 2012
Nikki Walker will miss the start of the new season © Getty Images
Worcester Warriors will start the new season of Aviva Premiership rugby without new arrival Nikki Walker.
The Scotland international opted to join the Warriors from the Ospreys at the end of last season but has suffered a shoulder injury. Walker will be out for a month and will therefore miss their season opener against Bath at Sixways on September 1.
Worcester head coach Richard Hill commented on Walker's injury saying: "Nikki popped his acromioclavicular joint at the top of his shoulder last week and will be out till October. He did it in a training session which wasn't even full contact so it's disappointing for him and a big blow for us.
"I would have liked to see Nikki play against Bath but his injury means other players will be able to prove how good they are. There is always someone ready to slot in for an injured player and people will be fighting to take his place."
Worcester lost their two first-choice wingers at the end of last season with Miles Benjamin opting to move to Leicester and Marcel Garvey journeying to France. They have recruited David Lemi in the close-season and may also draft in Josh Drauniniu for the season start.
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