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Dear Friend of the UNC School of Dentistry:
Greetings from Chapel Hill, where the excitement for graduation events continues growing by the minute. This evening our school will hold its 61st commencement ceremony! We're proud of all the members of the Class of 2014, and look forward to their contributions to the dental profession.
THANK YOU to all of you who joined us for our spring events this year! April is always busy with the UNC School of Dentistry Golf Tournament, the Best of Dentistry Gala and the D.D.S. Class Reunions, and we appreciate that so many of you come back to Chapel Hill for these events. Both the golf tournament and the Best of Dentistry Weekend events raise money to benefit student scholarships, the UNC Craniofacial center and fourth-year clinic upgrades. In total, we raised approximately $23,000 to benefit these groups. Your generosity and participation mean that many groups within the school will benefit - so, again, THANK YOU.
It's likely you got to meet our new team member during Best of Dentistry Weekend, but if you didn't, it's my pleasure to share that Nicole Quallen has joined our team as our new assistant director of development and executive director of the UNCDAA. She's taking over for Sarah Huppert, who you may recall was promoted to regional director of development in late 2013. We're thrilled to have Nicole in the office and hope that many of you will get to meet her next week at the North Carolina Dental Society Annual Session!
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I have not read the print version but I loved the audio and the readers accent was beautiful!
The author's descriptions and charater development. I felt like I could "see" everything and her descriptions felt so "real". I dislike predicitable stories and this was far from that!! I really enjoyed that I was often wrong in my assumption of what was going to happen or how a certain charater would react.
The way of the English. She just sounded so proper and demure. Her voice sounded like butter and I really enjoyed it! She did such a fantastic job that I added other books she has narrated to my wish list. Good job Elizabeth!!
Ohhh yeeesss!
This book is not for the faint of heart. This is not a "romantic" story in fact it has much more to offer in the ways of spankings, beatings, and slave training than actual sexual encounters or mind blowing orgasims. It is worth the money and was a good listen if you are open minded to this genre. I wish her other books were available and read by Elizabeth Jasicki.
"Be Careful What You Wish For"
I liked the book. It was a different from what I'm used to. Not a love story at all more of an be careful for what you wish for book. The story has some interesting people from odd walks of life. But to hear how they over come there problems to become a better slave is great. There is no topping from the bottom here. This is what I feel a Marketplace to be like. Please put the other books up I would love to hear the next few stories.
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intro kind of slow but the book was pretty good I can't wait to read the rest of them
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It seem more for the gay male reader into leather
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I wouldn't change it, just not my type of book
Nurse, mom, loved to read....but now I love to listen. When I retire I hope to hear waves crashing in 1 ear and audible in the other!
"I would give it a 5 but...."
It is really hard to give a story so explicit and so inhumane a 5, but if you enjoy listening to the training of sex slaves it is a 5. I felt guilty for enjoying this story. The character's stories are interesting, the ending a bit vague and the narration wonderful. The final 2 hours is an epilogue of sorts and really heinous...pure S&M. Not for innocent ears!
I'm Audible's first Editor-at-Large, the host of In Bed with Susie Bright -- and a longtime author, editor, journo, and bookworm. I listen to audio when I'm cooking, playing cards, knitting, going to bed, waking up, driving, and putting other people's kids to bed! My favorite audiobooks, ever, are: "True Grit" and "The Dog of the South."
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Back in the 90s— a time when S/M was still "too hot too handle in the downtown bookstore"— Laura Antoniou's The Marketplace was THE Story of O for the smart-girl BDSM set.
Don't even try to compare it to 50 Shades of Blah-- this is the real thing, both writing-wise and sexwise. A pony-girl classic!
Marketplace stands out for its characters' depth and believability— and its feminist approach to sexual submission. (Isn't it so much better that way?)
You'll follow the trials of four ambitious "slaves" as they undergo training in order to be accepted into the secret underground society of masters and slaves (and ponies).
Audiobook narrated by the drool-worthy British voice of Elizabeth Jasicki.
"Excellent interpretation of a perfect book"
Fan of Laura Antoniou's books, I rediscover from another perspective the first book of this serie.
I hope sincerely next books will be available soon. They deserve it!
"Want more!!!!"
The narrator was amazing!!!
Love the erotic content
Please get the rest of the series with this narrator!!!!
The Marketplace is such an amazing story to begin with and the Audible version of it made it even more so. I have read the book multiple times and listened to the audio book twice already. I will listen to it again and look forward to other Laura Antoniou books on Audible.
Chris Parker, of course, he is such a complex character and has yet to fully reveal himself to the readers.
The accent Elizabeth used when reading the book enhanced it and made it very pleasurable to listen to. Her different character voices helped to give each character even more of an identity. I hope she is chosen to read any other Marketplace books Audible chooses to record.
Laura Antoniou is one of my favorite authors and I have never been disappointed by her works. I truly hope that Audible continues to record her books (like they did THE KILLER WORE LEATHER - my next purchase).
I love all genres of books. However, when I listen to audio books as I clean, garden, drive they are better with a lot of heat!
"Interesting Story - So So Erotica"
I bought this book because of the ratings and was a bit dissapointed with the book.
This book is about four people who want to be trained to be sold in "The Marketplace"
Obviously a fantasy, but...could be kind of a hot idea! The problem, I guess, was that this book tries to be very realistic while delving into a realm that is pure sexual fantasy, and I'm not sure it could make up it's mind which one it was. It was interesting enough as a story, and I liked it enough to continue. But as erotica and as a sexual fantasy, I felt like it lacked heat. So, this one was really just so-so for me. There so many scenes that were just skimmed over. If there were half stars, I would give it 3.5; because the sex part was what was sub-par for me, and also was what I bought it for--I rounded down.
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The Department of Health and Human Services released $5.4 million today to the Mexican government to enhance biological incident early warning systems with the four U.S. states that share the border with the country.
The money is to be used for a variety of areas, including disease detection and reporting and information technology, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced at the annual meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission in Saltillo, Mexico.
Six Mexican and four U.S. states make up the commission, which will distribute the money jointly with HHS and Mexico's Secretariat of Health. The states -- California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas -- received supplemental money earlier this year to enhance their systems through the bioterrorism preparedness cooperative agreements of the agency's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Early warning surveillance and prompt sharing of findings is a public health and national security imperative for both of our nations," Thompson said at the meeting.
The enhancements will be put in place over a three-year period, and will be used to address both potential bioterrorism and naturally occurring infectious diseases. Education and training are also priority areas for funding.
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For those who missed Zoe Saldana's recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, they can now watch it online.
Saldana's appearance on the show included a new clip from Star Trek into Darkness.
With the opening of Star Trek into Darkness, the actors will be guests on quite a few shows in the next two weeks.
First up will be tonight, on MTV, where J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Benedict Cumberbatch will appear on MTV in "MTV First: Star Trek into Darkness."
Last night, Star Trek into Darkness premiered in Mexico City, Mexico, and pictures from the event have emerged.
In attendance at the screening were J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, and Alice Eve.
In a new interview, Zachary Quinto explains what it's like working with two of his co-stars, Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana, and he also describes the Spock-Uhura relationship in Star Trek into Darkness.
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Zoe Saldana explains what will happen to the Spock-Uhura relationship in Star Trek into Darkness.
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For Zoë Saldana, Star Trek into Darkness met her expectations and that of her co-stars in the movie.
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Today is the premiere of Star Trek into Darkness in Germany, and some of the Star Trek actors took part in a photocall yesterday in Berlin ahead of the event.
The actors in attendance at the China Club in Berlin included Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoë Saldana and Alice Eve.
Like many of the fans who will see her next month in Star Trek into Darkness, Zoë Saldana is a fan of science fiction.
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Star Trek's Zoë Saldana is in talks to play the female lead in a new science fiction movie.
The movie is Guardians of the Galaxy, and Saldana would take on the role of alien Gamora.
Three Star Trek actors will be presenting awards at this year's MTV Movie Awards.
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Zoë Saldana spoke briefly recently about Uhura and Spock's relationship in Star Trek into Darkness.
Since the destruction of Vulcan in Star Trek (2009), fans have wondered how that would affect the relationship between the two characters, but according to Saldana, there are other things happening that impact the couple.
In attendance at last night's Oscars ceremony were some familiar Star Trek faces.
In addition to William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, and Zoë Saldana were photographed at the event.
A short featurette has been released promoting Star Trek into Darkness, with comments by J.J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine and Zoë Saldana.
Abrams explained what he wanted to accomplish with the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. "The goal for this movie was definitely to up the ante as much as we could," he said. "There are a lot of characters that people are anticipating seeing. Kirk and Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhura, Chekov, and Sulu."
Zoë Saldana is to be one of the presenters at this month's 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The Spirit Awards "celebrates artist-driven filmmaking and recognizes the finest achievements of today's independent filmmakers."
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Category archive: France
Spent day doing other things, so quota photo time, but from the archives:
Taken in June 2005. I don't understand mobile phones, but presumably things have changed since the above arrangements were advertised.
But how about that war that either Britain, or Europe, had with France? I don't remember that. Seriously, I wonder what on earth that was about.
Following on from yesterday's ruminations, in among lots of stuff that doesn't fascinate me, including one posting about shit, is a report about Paris' tallest building in over 40 years.
Presumably "Paris" doesn't include La Défense, which is out on the edge of Paris. Those Big Things are very big indeed. What they're talking about here is building Big Things in the centre of Paris.
And the thing is, this Thing not very tall at all:
In London, this sort of thing would hardly be noticed.
But the fact that this new Thing is not that big is deliberate.
"This project is not a high-rise, but embodies a shift in attitude, and this gradual increase marks a willingness to reconsider the potential of height and will change the city landscape little by little," said the architects.
They know that if they are to get any new truly Big Things anywhere near the centre of Paris, the first step is to make some things that are not Big, but just a tiny bit bigger. First you get the opposition to concede the principle, with something that doesn't arouse huge opposition. Then you gradually increase the heights, until finally you get your Big Things, and the opposition unites too late. And by then it's too small, because lots of people actually like the new Big Things. This is how politics is done. And this is politics.
The last, and so far only new and truly Big Thing anywhere near the middle of Paris (other than the Eiffel Tower) is the Montparnasse Tower, which was completed in 1973. Compared to almost everything else in central Paris, before or since, the Montparnasse Tower is very tall indeed. It aroused a lot of opposition by embodying such an abrupt, even contemptuous, change of Paris skyscraper policy, and judging by what happened for the next forty years, that opposition was very successful. This time around, those who want Big Parisian Things are going about it more carefully, as the above quote shows.
Speaking of politics, who is that geezer in the picture, in the picture? A politician, I'll bet.
In an earlier posting I mentioned that I had ordered Marc Morris's book about The Norman Conquest, and I have now started reading this. (Although for some reason the version of it that I have seems to be the American one.)
Morris takes the Bayeux Tapestry as his starting point (as already discussed here in this and (because of its elongated shape) in this).
The events depicted in the Tapestry are of course highly dramatic, but as Morris relates, so too was the subsequent history of the Tapestry:
By any law of averages, the Tapestry ought not to exist. We know that such elaborate wall-hangings, while hardly commonplace in the eleventh century, were popular enough with the elite that could afford them, because we have descriptions in contemporary documents. What we don't have are other surviving examples: all that comes down to us in other cases are a few sorry-looking scraps. That the Tapestry is still with us almost I ,000 years after it was sewn is astonishing, especially when one considers its later history. It first appears in the written record four centuries after its creation, in 1476, when it is described in an inventory of the treasury at Bayeux Cathedral, from which we learn that the clergy were in the habit of hanging it around the nave every year during the first week of July (an annual airing that would have aided its conservation). Its survival through those four medieval centuries, escaping the major hazards of war, fire and flood, as well as the more mundane menaces of rodents, insects and damp, is wondrous enough; that it successfully avoided destruction during the modern era is nothing short of miraculous. When the cathedral's treasury was looted during the French Revolution, the Tapestry came within a hair's breadth of being cut up and used to cover military wagons. Carted to Paris for exhibition by Napoleon, it was eventually returned to Bayeux, where for several years during the early nineteenth century it was indifferently stored in the town hall on a giant spindle, so that curious visitors could unroll it (and occasionally cut bits off). During the Second World War it had yet more adventures: taken again to Paris by the Nazis, it narrowly escaped being sent to Berlin, and somehow managed to emerge unscathed from the flames and the bombs. The Tapestry's post-medieval history is a book in itself - one which, happily, has already been written.
What next for it, I wonder?
Yes, they aren't playing any squash today. It's been rugby rugby rugby all the way.
First Wales knocked up a cricket score against Italy in Rome, and took the lead in the three-way race for the Six Nations. Then Ireland thrashed Scotland and took pole position. Now England and France are playing a mad game at Twickenham. At the moment it's England 48 France 35. How mad is that? It probably won't be enough, but England are giving it a right old go. England need about two more tries, I think, and since France are also scoring tries every so often, even that might not be enough. But. Five minutes to go, and England have just scored another try. 53-35. Bloody hell. This conversion has to go over. Then they have to score another try and convert that. Conversion over. 55-35. It's on. It all has the air of been too frantic and unreal to work. But, maybe.
Trouble is, I've got a terrible headache and bunged-up face, and am in almost no state at all to enjoy it all. Maybe too much Parma ham at Christian Michel's last night? That or the cheap white wine. But, I have most of it on video.
Game nearly over. England need one more try off, basically, the last play of the match.
No. England attacking but France hold out. Whistle. 55-35. Epic fail. But epic in a good way.
Wales were favourites after their big win in Rome, but they now have to make do with the bronze. Ireland win it. England second. A great day.
Incoming from 6k, with apologies for taking so long to post it:
Re your Bayeux Tapestry post, please find attached a 500x18px copy of that very wide/long (9917px) version on the site you linked to.
Would a photo thinned to 18px in height be a record for BrianMicklethwaitDotCom?
For some idiot reason, when I first came across the big image, sideways scrollable, at that site liked to above, I couldn't seem to manage to download the image, and gave up, hence my request. All I got was the entire page. Just now I tried it again, and succeeded at once. That kind of thing often happens with me. 6K mentioned a resizing site. But of course, resizing images is something I do all the time, with my regular photoshop-clone. My problem was not having the image file in the first place. (I now realise that I did download the image, several times. I just didn't realise where it had gone. That also happens to me a lot.)
6k also mentions another Bayeux Tapestry sighting he recently made, of bits of it redone with Lego.
One of the many pleasures of visiting my friends in Quimper, i.e. Goddaughter 2 and her family, is their cat, who is called Caesar. Is? Alas: was. When I said goodbye to Caesar before coming back home last January, I feared that I'd not be seeing him again, and so it has proved, all too quickly. A few days ago his faltering liver finally gave out completely, and to spare him more grief and pain he was put to sleep.
I took no photos of Caesar when I visited for the New Year, but took several last August, when I last visited. Here is one of those pictures:
I took that at the same time I took the two photos of Caesar in this earlier posting. If you try, you can imagine from that picture that Caesar has only two legs and is standing upright. Not that you'd want to.
He is and will continue to be much missed.
Last night, seeking to illustrate a point made in the previous posting about how things on the ground look like toys, when viewed from an airplane, I failed to find any pictures of my own to illustrate the point, but I did come across this:
Triple Chess!!! I did not know that such a thing existed, as a serious thing, until last night.
I took this photo in 2008, but it was one of those photos that I took and then instantly forgot about. Then, later, when looking through the photos I took, I skipped straight over this one and concentrated on others taken at the same time, so I did not actually learn of the existence of Triple Chess, in 2008, when I photoed it, even though I had just photoed it.
Also in this photo is another strange contrivance: the Four Wheeled Pedal Board. How the hell does that work? Judging by the absence of any feedback at the other end of that link, the Four Wheeled Pedal Board never caught on. Perhaps because nobody else could see how it worked either. And perhaps also because it actually did not work? "How far", asks the box, "can you go without falling off?" I'm guessing that for most the answer was: not very far at all.
Despite the instructions for the Four Wheeled Pedal Board being in English, this photo of stuff in a shop window was taken in France, in Quimper, a city which regulars here will know that I often visit.
And look, there is a website. Does the fact that this Four Wheeled Pedal Board seems to be an Anglo invention reflect the continuing interest of Anglo culture in pointless gadgets, in mucking about instead of doing serious things? Because in Angloland we think that mucking about can lead to serious things? Perhaps.
Some might seize on all this as illustrating the fact that photography is a substitute for really looking at things. I photoed it, but I didn't actually look at it! But, I am looking at it now. And, do people who do not take photos look carefully at everything that they see? Of course not. The real problem with photography (as I recall mentioning in this talk I recently gave about photography) is not that you don't look at things, but that you are liable to spend your entire life looking at things and never doing anything else.
Note also the red, white and blue accordion, bottom right. Confirmation of the Anglophile inclinations of this shop? Well, no, because the French are also big on red, white and blueness, aren't they?
Adverts can be very revealing:
I spotted this advert at a bus stop in Quimper, Brittany, on January 2nd.
The point is, this is not Paris. Quimper is a provincial French city rather than a big French city. So this really got my attention.
More fun being had with the Union Jack there.
At that demo a week ago today, there were, of course, and abundance of smartphones being used to soak up snaps:
And there were tablets being used as well:
But more intriguingly, and this was a first for me, I saw smartphones …:
… and tablets …:
… being used actually to demonstrate. And as you can see, I wasn't the only one who was interested.
I'm not sure what this means. I simply note that it was happening.
Here, as promised, is a big clutch of photos of signs that I took at the Trafalgar Square demo yesterday. If you want to, click on a square to get the original photo. The squares have, in quite a few cases been fiddled out with to make them a bit clearer, but the originals you'll get to with clicking are exactly as taken.
There were, of course, lots of signs (including many mobile phones and at least one tablet) saying "I AM CHARLIE", in fact you can see quite a few such if you do some clicking. But, here are all the signs I photographed that said something else as well, or instead:
Of all of these, my two favourites are "Team Civilization", and "Down With The Tyranny of The Offended" (in French). But demos are at least as much about quantity as quality, and I trust the sheer number of signs shown here (there were plenty more that I didn't get to photo) makes the bigger point. There were a lot of people turning out to denounce these horrible attacks.
Even the rather or almost completely illegible signs are an encouragement, I think, because what these signs tell us is that quite a few people were present, and feeling strongly enough about it to want to wave a sign, who had never been anywhere near such a demo ever before.
Feel free to reproduce any of these images at will, with or without attribution. If you'd like bigger versions of any of the pictures, my email can be found here, top left, where it says "Contact".
Spent the middle of the day at the demo, taking my usual excessive number of pictures, and then the evening trying to divide them up into clumps to show here, or somewhere.
My main impression was that this was a real demo, rather than some faked up exercise in pretending to be angry about some bit of bad economic or political news that some bunch of people have just been hit by, but not very hard, with lots of identical signs all printed out by the same dubious Marxist agitprop organisation, and then afterwards lots of moaning about how the evil Mass Media paid no attention. There were a lot of people there:
Not surprisingly, there were a lot of French people present, what with London now containing so many French people. Also not surprisingly, the average age of those present was young, what with there being so many young French people in London.
My thanks to Goddaughter 2, now back in London, who told me that she and a friend were going to attend. Had she not done this, I would only have twigged that it was happening when it started happening and I saw it on the telly.
I have in mind, Real Soon Now, to be posting a clump of pictures of the signs and pictures that people were holding up, along the lines of these photos, that I took of a much smaller demo in London a while back, including the one above, and also including this one, which I especially like:
My immediate reaction to the Paris brouhaha was not: "I am Charlie Hebdo!" It was to take another crack at reading the Quran, to check if it really is as obnoxious as I remember it being the first time around. So far, it is, even more than I remember.
My thanks to Tony, for his and his family's hospitality during the last week and more, and for this photo, which he took in Quimper recently, and kindly emailed to me a few days ago. I couldn't then pay attention to it, but it was waiting for me when I got home:
What this shows is how Quimper Cathedral looked before they put two big(ger) spikes on the top of it, in the nineteenth century, thus making it look how it looks now.
I can find nothing about this transformation on the internet, let alone any repro of this actual map. Odd. Odd, that is, unless it is all there and I merely couldn't find it. That would not be odd at all.
The error messages have continued, so all I will do this evening is post this. Back home tomorrow evening, and I hope things work better there. The temptation to attempt another picture posting is huge, but I will resist.
No I won't. That went so well, I'll give it a go:
I only got this far so you'll just have to click on this.
Like I said, see you tomorrow.
I love to photo things in shops, because that way you can enjoy them indefinitely, yet never buy them.
Cats, for instance:
Uploading all of those took an age. I keep getting messages saying things like this:
PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 01BEA37F
Very informative. But if I just keep trying, eventually it works.
If it isn't one stupid thing, it's another stupid thing. It will bear repeating again and again that no two computers in the entire world are exactly alike. Get used to one, and you ideally want to keep using that one, always. Switch to another, and life just becomes relentlessly more difficult and annoying.
The message of all the cat stuff I do here is that blogging is fun and that if you are a blogger you should never forget it. Sadly, this evening, blogging has not been fun.
In Quimper, as opposed to the world, the Twin Towers still stand, in the shape of the two identical spires of Quimper Cathedral.
When out and about in Quimper, and in among photoing roof clutter, I also made a point of trudging up the shady, frigid side of the long hill that overlooks the river valley that is Quimper, to try to photo Quimper and its Cathedral from there.
I have tried this before, but have only previously been here in the summer, when the trees are all smothered in foliage. I had been thinking about this since before I came here this time around. This time around, I thought, I might be able to really see Quimper and its Cathedral properly, with branches and twigs intervening somewhat and rather decoratively, but with no leaves to spoil the view. I earlier photographed the Cathedral in gaps between the leaves, but this time I wanted to get both the Cathedral, and its place in the entirety of Quimper.
And I got it:
Branches and twigs intervening decoratively, but no foliage to spoil the wider view.
I didn't want you people thinking that the only thing that interests me about foreign places is foreign roof clutter.
Also: see this piece about all the speakers I had at my Last Fridays, last year. I had to step on it a bit yesterday, because you have to do end-of-year pieces like this before the year ends, even if nobody besides Paul Marks reads them until several days later. It's the rule. But despite all that, and actually somewhat because of it, I have had a very Happy New Year so far, and I hope you are having one also, and that your happiness continues.


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7/5/2015 | Gutsy Royals earn a hard-fought series split
Ordinarily, splitting a four-game series at home would not be cause for rejoicing. But the Royals' weekend split with the Twins was not an ordinary case.
7/5/2015 | First-place Royals match up with Rays in KC
With the All-Star break fast approaching, the four-game series between the first-place Royals and the Rays provides an opportunity for Kansas City to keep up the momentum, while Tampa Bay will try to get on a roll after snapping its seven-game losing streak with a win Sunday against the Yanks.
7/5/2015 | Gordon good as Gold with catches against Twins
Royals left fielder Alex Gordon, a four-time American League Gold Glove Award winner and the Platinum Glove winner last year, once again wowed observers with a did-you-see-that catch in the fourth inning of a 3-2 walk-off win against the Twins on Sunday.
7/5/2015 | Cain, Escobar, Gordon, Perez tabbed All-Stars
The Royals won't have eight starters for this year's All-Star Game, as they once were projected to in the voting, but they did set a franchise record with four starters selected by the fans.
7/5/2015 | Ventura may take Blanton's turn on Thursday
Asked on Sunday if right-hander Joe Blanton would still make his next scheduled start on Thursday, Royals manager Ned Yost shrugged his shoulders.
7/5/2015 | Hosmer's double gives Royals 2nd walk-off win
Slumping first baseman Eric Hosmer ripped an RBI double into the right-field corner with none out in the ninth, giving the Royals a 3-2 walk-off win over the Twins on Sunday afternoon.
7/4/2015 | Blanton's rotation spot in question after loss
Royals right-hander Joe Blanton, who had another shaky start in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Twins at home, is listed as the Royals' probable starter on Thursday. And right-hander Yordano Ventura is scheduled for another Triple-A rehab start on Monday. But those plans could be altered.
7/4/2015 | Santana makes return to KC with Twins
As Twins right-hander Ervin Santana takes a big league mound for the first time on Sunday since his 80-game suspension for his use of a performance-enhancing drug, it will at least be in familiar surroundings. Santana returns to Kauffman Stadium, where he pitched well for the Royals in 2013 and where he has pitched well throughout his career (7-6, 3.68 ERA).
7/4/2015 | Santana set for Twins debut vs. Duffy, Royals
Former teammates Danny Duffy and Ervin Santana will go head to head in the series finale between the Royals and Twins at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday afternoon at 1:10 p.m. CT.
7/4/2015 | Plouffe, Mauer power Twins over Royals
Joe Mauer ripped a two-run homer and the Twins' bullpen tossed five scoreless innings to bail out starter Mike Pelfrey as Minnesota topped the Royals, 5-3, on Saturday in front 37,917 fans at Kauffman Stadium.
7/4/2015 | Royals Minor League Report: July 3
An update on the Kansas City Royal Minor League teams.
7/4/2015 | Royals find way to keep rolling with punches
The Royals are getting every other team's best game, best shot, best effort. So the Royals have to dig deep for victories, just as they did Friday night in a 3-2 walk-off win over the Twins at Kauffman Stadium.
7/4/2015 | Cain soaks in sweet taste of walk-off success
Looking to quench their thirst amid a four-game losing drought, the Royals needed look no further than Lorenzo Cain, who scored the decisive run in a 3-2 walk-off win over the Twins on Friday night.
7/3/2015 | Guthrie gives Royals big reason to celebrate
Long before Jarrod Dyson and Lorenzo Cain's heroics in the 10th inning lifted the Royals to a 3-2 walk-off win, starter Jeremy Guthrie kept it close on Friday night.
7/3/2015 | Royals option Colon, add Coleman from Omaha
Christian Colon, 26, was optioned to Triple-A Omaha while the club selected the contract of infielder Dusty Coleman, who played collegiately at Wichita State and spent the last seven years in the Oakland organization before signing this offseason with the Royals.
7/3/2015 | Blanton, Royals look to keep rolling against Twins
Twins right-hander Mike Pelfrey is set to face Royals righty Joe Blanton as the American League Central rivals continue their four-game set on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.
7/3/2015 | Royals Minor League Report: July 2
An update on the Kansas City Royal Minor League teams.
7/2/2015 | Royals still baffled by Gibson's two-seamer
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7/2/2015 | Ventura expected to make another rehab start
Right-hander Yordano Ventura likely will need one more start in the Minors before returning to the Royals, manager Ned Yost said on Thursday.
7/2/2015 | Hosmer grieving for young Royals fan's death
The words came hard for Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, as he stood in front of reporters on Thursday and tried to make meaning of the death of his 7-year-old friend, Noah Wilson, from Olathe, Kan.
7/2/2015 | Twins looking to trim gap in AL Central showdown
Royals right-hander Jeremy Guthrie will square off against Twins lefty Tommy Milone when the American League Central rivals meet in the second of a four-game series on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.
7/2/2015 | Royals super fan Wilson dies at age 7
Noah Wilson, whose fight against cancer and devotion to the Royals was chronicled during last year's World Series, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 7.
7/2/2015 | Herrera can't hold serve in decisive 7th frame
On Wednesday night, flame-throwing righty Kelvin Herrera looked mighty mortal for a second game in a row. Herrera took the loss, allowing the decisive run in the seventh inning of a 6-5 loss to the Astros, who swept the three-game set.
7/2/2015 | Volquez sidetracked by nightmare fifth inning
Royals starter Edinson Volquez looked the part for 3 2/3 innings against the Astros on Wednesday night, but it all came undone as he labored in a four-run fifth inning that was ultimately his final frame in the 6-5 loss at Minute Maid Park.
7/1/2015 | Lamb, Coleman selected as PCL All-Stars
The Pacific Coast League All-Star teams were announced on Wednesday, and the Royals' Triple-A Omaha affiliate landed a pair of pitchers on the roster.
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The price was excellent, but the only room left when we booked had four twin size beds. We moved two of them together to make a bigger bed, but that was a little awkward. It would be great for a family with kids.
Quite surprised with the room we booked. It was very nice...large ..with a wonderful glass enclosed balcony. The bathroom was clean Towels were thick and fluffy. Paint on walls was fresh...BUT...we could not SLEEP in COMFORT......
We had a double room with large queen size beds. Enough for 4 people which we paid for, however the mattress on one of the beds had a sink hole in it as large as a bike tire. One night on this and our kids had to leave. The hotel was booked no other room or bed to give. my husband went outside on beach lounge and slept with the lizards. Thanks Marriott for your comfort beds you speak so highly of, not in this expensive suite! Told mgr and he said well you already prepaid....can't do a thing!!!!!!
The view of the canal, activities and restaurants within walking distance, plenty of parking, kitchen with dish washer, good air conditioning and ceiling fans
The actual cost after tax recovery charges and other fees add about another $25.00 per day than is advertised. The refrigerator didn't work properly and ruined food. The overall condition was old and in disrepair.
The view of the canal
The general condition of our room was poor and unclean There were exposed wires hanging from the overhang in fron of the door. The front door when latched showed a large air gap. The living room furniture looked so unclean that we used bath towels on the seats and back. The carpet was so dirty that my white sicks were filthy on the bottom after only one day. Upstairs we found mouse droopings under the vanity. The interior of the oven was disgusting. Need I say more!!! Spend a little more and get a clean room!!
Marina Del Mar was absolutely fantastic! Situated right in the heart of the dive and fishing charters, within walking distance to numerous eateries, this place is awesome!!!!!!!
Everything was great!
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Small beds, outdated, poor quality rooms.
Location was okay and pool was decent.
Bed was one of the most uncomfortable and the air conditioner was really loud. I expected more than this from a Marriott brand. If a franchise this hotel needs to be looked at and forced to comply with Marriotts standards.
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Hotel is directly across the channel from a Tiki Bar that has its music blasting throughout the evening and night.
Simple, clean, accessible. Nice staff. Nice pools area to end the day after your other outdoor activities. One of the best things about Holiday Inn Key Largo is Doc's Diner, across the street. We dined there for breakfast and lunch 4 times. We also dined at Mrs. Mac's and the Conch House nearby, but they didn't live up to Doc's. I had mahi mahi fish-and-ships for breakfast twice, and it was awesome!!! My family loved Doc's and it was the best $value as well.
The shower's retractable clothes line did not work, which is a necessity when you're going in and out to various outdoor aquatic activities. We were in unit 149, which was nice, but not as nice as the poolside units.
The people are nice. All was cleaned , changed , made up when we came back for the day.
We like the pool landscape.
The bed had groves (gutters) where people have slept many times before.
The carpet was dirty. We would take my shoes off walk around the room. When it was time to take a shower are feet would leave black feet prints on the tub.
Fix those thing and the place would be a grate place to stay.
Nice staff, kind, friendly and willing to help. Great location,
The room was dirty, I couldn't walk on the floors because of the dirt (not sand). Also, you couldn't see in the pool, murky. Family's were in it though. I couldn't smell any chlorine in it. Also, their beach was dirty, I didn't dare step in it.
There was a woman at the front desk that was so rude! In fact they all were. They charged me for extra keys, even though I slipped on dirty water and had to wear crutches the remainder of the stay. The pictures of the room via what we got was not even close, however if those woman were not so rude we could have enjoyed ourselves. They also ran out of bagels in the morning before 8 am!
Snooks next door and the Sushi place..
The staff was great. The surroundings at this hotel just made things nice. I wish I would have stayed longer here. The locatin is just great. The motels night settings are just perfect.
The rooms are A little small. If you need big rooms look someplace else.
Our room had an excellent view of the bay. We had a kitchenette and plenty of outdoor seats to enjoy. The room was adequate, but the loud A.C. was a little annoying.
The only thing that were a little strange was the arrangement of the hotel room. The placement of the TV over the kitchenette and on the same wall as the A.C. unit was bizarre. In the morning the office ran out of pastries.
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