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Monday, July 27, 2015, 9:35am
Based on recent conversations with those inside the Bengals organization, one fact rings true: The Bengals really like WR A.J. Green. They want him to stay in stripes for a very long time, and they believe he will ultimately do that.
None of that should come as a surprise. After all, Green has been to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons. In those same seasons, he has been one of two NFL receivers to end each year with 1,000 yards receiving and five touchdowns, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The other is Calvin Johnson, the league's highest-paid wide out.
What we do know, the story went on to say, is that Green isn't too concerned about the immediacy of his new deal. Earlier this month, during his football camp for kids around Cincinnati, he said he had no problem waiting until after this season to talk to the team about locking him up long term. Those comments came about a week before Bryant and Thomas got their deals that helped set the market for top-end receiver value. This past weekend, Green echoed his previous sentiments to one of his home state television stations, but he added that he knows his "time is coming." At least the way things stand now, it looks like this won't be too messy of a situation when the time comes to get a deal done and Green will remain a Bengal.
Sunday, July 26, 2015, 11:13am
The Lions return all five of their receivers from the end of last season — Calvin Johnson, Golden Tate, Jeremy Ross, Corey Fuller and Ryan Broyles — plus add TJ Jones (back from IR) and Lance Moore (free agent) to the mix. This competition will be fierce, and someone notable is guaranteed not to have a job at the end of camp.
The numbers are there, and so is the production from the two-headed monster of Johnson and Tate. But Detroit got little out of its third receivers last season (primarily Ross) and is looking for someone to step up as a complement this season.
Moore would seem to be the favorite, as the most experienced of all the candidates for the job, both in years in the league and years in this offense. He grabbed 346 passes for 4,281 yards in eights seasons with the Saints, seven of which occurred with current Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi on staff.
The Lions third WR could have some fantasy value in their passing offense. Detroit touted that experience when signing Moore, and quarterback Matthew Stafford has gone on and on about how Moore sees things in this offense that other receivers don't. Competency in the offense, and reliable route-running, were issues last year, the story said. The piece also added the staff still likes Fuller a lot, because his size and top-end speed allow him to stretch a defense the way Detroit's other No. 3 possibilities cannot. Broyles and Jones are both smaller receivers who do their best work underneath, and it's hard to see a situation where both make the team.
Cowboys, Dez Bryant reach 5-year dealWednesday, July 15, 2015, 3:34pm
The Dallas Cowboys and their franchised-tagged star wideout Dez Bryant have hammered out a long-term contract ahead of Wednesday's 4 p.m. ET deadline. Bryant agreed in principle to a five-year, $70 million deal with $45 million guaranteed, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported. While nowhere close to the $16 million per year earned by Detroit's Calvin Johnson, Bryant's $14 million average per season exceeds the $12.82 million he would have made in 2015 by signing his franchise tag. The new pact puts to bed a summer-long drama that saw negotiations flatline between Dallas and Bryant.
Bryant is coming off a monster campaign that saw him set a career mark with 16 touchdowns, and he rolls into September as the heart and soul of a Cowboys offense, especially now with RB DeMarco Murray leaving for the Eagles. Bryant has emerged over five seasons as a top-five NFL wideout, both in real life and the fantasy world. We rank Bryant fourth on our WR list, but he's getting drafted as a top-three fantasy WR, and in the first round. Owners and potential owners can now rest easy because Bryant had threatened to miss camp and games if no long-term deal was reached. He should be poised for another big season as the center point of the Dallas offense, especially with the questions surrounding the running game.
Lions again expected to pass more than runTuesday, July 14, 2015, 1:57pm
Detroit has thrown the ball more than it has rushed it every season since 2001 according to ESPN Stats & Information. The closest the Detroit Lions have come to "balance" was in 2004, when Detroit ran the ball 407 times and attempted 505 passes.
In Detroit's more successful seasons, the Lions have trended much heavier toward the pass. In 2011, one of the two seasons Detroit made the playoffs this century, the Lions rushed the ball 356 times and had 666 passing attempts, completing 423 of them.
Last season, Detroit ran the ball 396 times and threw it 604 times, completing 365 passes. So while the Lions appeared to focus their draft on improving a run game that had its worst yards per carry since 2003, don't expect to see a massive play-call shift.
"It's all quarterbacking," former NFL QB Elvis Grbac said. "I got in a league where Drew Bledsoe was starting to come in and just in the last 10 years, retired since 2001, so it's been some time. But just the league in general, it's quarterback-driven. If you don't have a quarterback, you're screwed."
The story went on to say: A 50-50 split hasn't been typical for Jim Caldwell historically. In his three seasons as head coach in Indianapolis, the Colts never rushed more than 393 times in a season. They never threw less than 534 times in a year, and that was in 2011 when Peyton Manning was injured. The only sample size in which a team coordinated or led by Caldwell has had more runs than passes came during the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl run in 2012, when Caldwell took over leading into Week 15. Through the final three weeks of the regular season and the playoffs, the Ravens ran the ball 249 times and passed it 235 times. The following season was more in line with what happened in Indianapolis, where Baltimore had 423 rushes to 619 passes.
Much of the same is expected this year, and the story mentioned how Grbac thinks QB Matthew Stafford has progressed nicely in the offense. The team lost pass-catching RB Reggie Bush, but seems to have a more than capable replacement in Ameer Abdullah, who looks like he's going to hurt the value of Theo Riddick. Both Joique Bell and Abdullah crack our top-31 backs, with Abdullah having top-25 potential in PPR leagues. Stafford is just 13th on our QB list, but if WR Calvin Johnson can stay healthy Stafford could crack the top-10 and be a nice value at QB with an ADP of the ninth round.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 6:51pm
The Broncos placed their $12.82 million franchise tag on Demaryius Thomas in March and have until 2 p.m. on July 15 to secure a long-term deal. If not, Thomas can sign the one-year contract and play on the guaranteed tag this season. Elway sits two-for-two in these situations, having worked out deals with kicker Matt Prater and left tackle Ryan Clady. Going three-for-three represents a challenge even for a former top Major League Baseball prospect like Elway. The sides began discussing an extension a year ago but have been unable to bridge the gap. Thomas ranks among the game's elite. The Broncos have said they want to sign him long term. However, they would like it at a fair cost that represents a compromise by both sides.
The author says: the Broncos are attempting, it appears, to find a balance between respect and restraint. They know Thomas is a playmaker. The also know Thomas is better than Mike Wallace, the game's second-highest paid receiver with $30 million guaranteed on his contract. They also realize that the entire industry views the contract of top-paid wideout Calvin Johnson, whom Thomas has said he believes he's better than, as an outlier. It has tangled the web with Dez Bryant's talks with the Cowboys; he's in the same franchise-tag situation as Thomas. Thomas is third on our WR list but his ADP shows he's been the fourth WR off the board at the position. We project him for 106 catches and over 1,500 yards.
Saturday, July 4, 2015, 10:20am
Second-year tight end Eric Ebron has expressed interest in joining QB Matthew Stafford in Atlanta at some point over the next month, and it wouldn't be surprising if other guys find their way down there too.
"This team is a hard-working team and when we go away, we come back in great shape," Stafford said. "But there's no substitute for running routes for a receiver and catching the ball from the guy you're going to be catching the ball from during the season."
Stafford will hook up with WR Calvin Johnson but hopes others, like Ebron, make it a point to be there, too. The offense is expected to run much smoother in year two of Joe Lombardi's system. Stafford has already talked about being much more comfortable with it. The story went on to say Ebron is expected to play a big role this season, and continuing to work with some of the other guys – like a Jeremy Ross or veteran Lance Moore – over the next month will only help Stafford and this offense be able to hit the ground running for the start of training camp.
Former coach calls Titans WR Dorial Green-Beckham a 'nightmare matchup'Thursday, July 2, 2015, 11:30am
Dorial Green-Beckham spent weeks sidelined by a hamstring injury. That aside, his former college coach believes the Titans have landed the equivalent of a "nightmare matchup for any cornerback at any level."
"I was with the Colts with Jim Mora when he had Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, I was with the Raiders when they had Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, Jerry Porter and some other guys on the Super Bowl team," University of Texas receivers coach Jay Norvell told the Tennessean.
Norvell spent last season coaching the red-shirted Green-Beckham in practice at Oklahoma, saying: "When you go through the history of the draft and look at the guys with size and speed and all that, he is just unique. Calvin Johnson is probably one of the closest comparisons physically because of his size."
Armed with 4.49 speed and a 6-foot-5, 237-pound frame, Green-Beckham drew pre-draft comparisons from NFL Media's Charles Davis to Falcons star Julio Jones and former NFL wideout Plaxico Burress.
"He's not a finished product, but most players aren't," Norvell said. "So he's going to have to learn the pro game and that's a completely different game from college. But he's got some natural gifts that will help him in that game, and in some ways, the NFL is probably a better game for him than college football, just because of the bump rules and (less) contact and all of that. So there are some advantages he has. ... That's why they picked him."
If Green-Beckham picks up things quickly and proves he's not as raw as his detractors say — one offensive coordinator said he was "completely lost" at the whiteboard in a pre-draft interview — he could certainly start early in the season opposite Kendall Wright, since it seems that Justin Hunter is on the outs with the current coaching staff. If he sees starter's snaps, he should be fantasy relevant as a rookie, though he'll have to prove he's ready for the mental side of the game. Long-term, he has a chance to flourish if both he and Marcus Mariota are the real deal.
Monday, June 29, 2015, 8:25am
While league rules have carved into the amount of offseason practice time — which some have called unnecessary — others are looking for more.
According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford wants to bring receiver Calvin Johnson and the rest of his targets together for some pre-camp work of their own.
Such camps aren't new, as Peyton Manning has been taking his receivers to Duke every spring, and others do the same. But Stafford said he thought it would help.
"I think it's big," Stafford said. "I'm obviously in Atlanta quite a bit, so Calvin's right there, throw with him some. But try to find a way to get together with some of the other guys as well. . . ."
Stafford went on to say there's no substitute for running routes for a receiver and catching the ball from the guy you're going to be catching the ball from during the season. The Lions got good numbers out of Johnson and Golden Tate last year, but the rest of the offense struggled at times. They were 22nd in the league in scoring offense, and no other non-Johnson or Tate receiver had more than 322 receiving yards, the story said.
Lions expect 'an improvement' in QB Matthew Stafford's accuracy in 2015Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 3:22pm
Inaccuracy has been Matthew Stafford's calling card his whole career, completing under 60 percent of his passes in four of his six seasons. Of the top 10 passing quarterbacks in 2014, Stafford had the lowest completion percentage (60.3) while attempting the fifth-most passes in the league (602).
However, news out of Lions minicamp is that Stafford has turned things around and is impressing coach Jim Caldwell. "He's improved," Caldwell told MLive.com on Tuesday. "He has a better feel for the system. You can see our timing's better, receivers have a better sense of the routes that they're running. All around I think we've made some improvement."
"I mean, it's obviously always a work in progress," Stafford offered. "But there's no question we've taken strides forward this spring." Caldwell went on to say that, concerning Stafford's completion percentage, he expects "an improvement from where he was last year."
Stafford finished as the #17 QB last season, but in the three previous seasons, he didn't finish outside the top 10. Stafford tends to struggle when Calvin Johnson isn't fully healthy, as was the case last year. He should improve his numbers in his second season in Joe Lombardi's offense, especially with a healthy Johnson back in the fold.
Jaguars Beat: Allen Robinson is 'by far' team's top receiverFriday, June 19, 2015, 3:56pm
Allen Robinson is by far the Jaguars' No. 1 receiver.
A quick canvas of the league revealed 10 No. 1-caliber receivers: Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, Alshon Jeffrey, A.J. Green, Dez Bryant, DeMaryius Thomas, Jordy Nelson, T.Y. Hilton, Odell Beckham and Antonio Brown.
Robinson, the Jaguars' second-year receiver, is below that level, but on this team at this moment, he's the best.
Robinson averaged 5.2 catches for 61 yards and 0.22 TD from Week 2 to Week 10, which extrapolates to an 84-974-3.6 over the course of a full 16-game season. He posted fringe WR2-type numbers before suffering a stress fracture in his foot. The Jacksonville receiving corps should feature Robinson, Marqise Lee and Allen Hurns. If QB Blake Bortles can progress, this could be a dangerous passing game, and Robinson would be the primary beneficiary.
Lions QB Matthew Stafford should throw deep more often in 2015Friday, June 12, 2015, 2:06pm
One area Lions QB Matthew Stafford significantly altered was his willingness to attack opposing defenses downfield. In 2014, he attempted just 63 passes that traveled 20 yards or more beyond the line of scrimmage. At just 10.5 percent of his total pass attempts, it was the lowest rate of deep shots in his six-year career.
A number of factors contributed to Stafford holstering his cannon more often than not last season. It starts with the conscientious effort to reduce turnovers. Then there was the decreased time in the pocket due to inferior pass protection. And you can't discount the injury issues which hampered top downfield weapon Calvin Johnson much of the season.
The Lions made a serious effort to improve the blocking up front this offseason, using the team's first-round draft pick on guard Laken Tomlinson. Detroit also parted ways with long-time center Dominic Raiola -- an average pass-blocker last season -- making way for last year's third-round pick, Travis Swanson, to take over at that spot.
In addition to the investment in the offensive line, Johnson should be back at 100 percent to start the season. In the first three games last year, before the star receiver first injured his ankle, Stafford attempted five deep passes per game. That dropped to 3.6 attempts the final 13 weeks.
Stafford finished as the #17 QB last season, but in the three previous seasons he didn't finish outside the top 10. Stafford tends to struggle when Calvin Johnson isn't fully healthy, as was the case last year. Stafford is a serious threat to finish with QB1 numbers, though we have more confidence in the passers ranked ahead of him.
Tate: TE Eric Ebron is 'going to be a huge player' for the Lions in 2015Thursday, June 11, 2015, 12:56pm
In the two previous OTA practices open to the media, Ebron struggled with drops, which has further fueled his critics. To his credit, the young tight end has responded in a promising way this current week of practice. During Wednesday's session, he didn't let a pass touch the ground.
"This week specifically, he's been phenomenal catching the ball and after the catch," Tate said. "The linebackers are having a tough time covering him and even the safeties."
In April, offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi noted it's common for tight ends to experience tremendous growth in their second season. He also stated the Lions are counting on Ebron to be the team's third receiving option behind Tate and Calvin Johnson. Tate echoed his coordinator's optimism.
"He's improved a whole lot," Tate said. "We're excited for him this year. I think he's going to be a huge player for us this year."
Ebron turned 3.8 targets into 1.9 catches for 19 yards and 0.08 TD as a rookie. He played half the snaps, so his lack of production is somewhat alarming. Tight end is a tough position to learn as a rookie, so there is some reason for optimism given Ebron's skill set and the investment (a first round pick) the Lions have made in him.
Lions WR Calvin Johnson 'feels young' and has a 'high' comfort level in offenseWednesday, June 10, 2015, 11:56am
Lions WR Calvin Johnson has had a healthy offseason, he says he feels young and his comfort level in Joe Lombardi's offense is high heading into the second year of the scheme. He sees a lot of great things ahead for this offense and plans to play a big role in 2015.
For the first time in five seasons, Johnson finished outside the top 6 in wide receiver scoring, thanks to a nagging ankle injury. He finished in the top 10 on a points per game basis. He has also had knee problems throughout his career, but as long as he's healthy, he's very likely to post WR1 numbers. His fantasy stock hasn't been this "low" since his rookie season.
Monday, April 6, 2015, 10:39am
WR Ryan Broyles led the Lions with 11 catches for 144 yards during the preseason, but was a nonfactor in the regular season. He was active for just five games, when Calvin Johnson was dealing with a high ankle sprain, and caught two passes for 25 yards.
But HC Jim Caldwell says he saw growth from Broyles during practices, and is hopeful he'll play himself into the picture at receiver now that he's finally gone a year without suffering a major injury.
"I think he's a guy you have a lot of respect for because he's had three major injuries, and he's fought his way back from them, and I think that's hard to do," offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi said last week. "Listen, when the guy's been in there, he's been productive. And we're excited to see where he is now after a full season of not coming back from an injury. He's had a full year to be healthy, and we're excited to see what he does here in the offseason and heading into camp."
The story went on to say now that Broyles is healthy and freed from the perpetual rehab process, Detroit is hopeful he can turn his focus to improving his game. But it's not that simple for Broyles. Even when he was healthy last year, he was not a factor because he filled a virtually identical role in the offense as Golden Tate. And Tate is the much better player. So it stands to reason Broyles could be healthier this year, and better this year, and still not be a part of the offense's plans.
Friday, January 2, 2015, 5:04pm
Lions WR Calvin Johnson (ankle, probable) took full practice reps again Friday and is probable for Week 18. Megatron will be fine for what should be a high-scoring game against Dallas.
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The tragic events in Cairo and Benghazi should remove doubt that the foreign policy of the current administration is the most destructive since that of Jimmy Carter.
The only question at this point is whether that policy is, as with Carter, the result of incompetence and naivete — or something more disturbing.
In other words, it may be time to ask whether the setbacks in Arab North Africa and elsewhere have been so numerous and unremitting that, rather than failures, they may be seen as consistent with the view of a president who thinks America is too rich and strong for the world's good.
How else do you explain the apologies issued to the fanatics who killed our ambassador and burned our embassy, apologies that evoke those offered in a 2009 speech in Cairo by a just-seated president who blamed the hatred some in the Mideast have for the West on "colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims"?
How else do you to explain the forsaking of a 30-year ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for a Muslim Brotherhood billed as moderate but now shown to be potentially as fanatical as any government in the region?
And how to explain the rejection of Israel, our only truly democratic ally in the region, which faces nuclear annihilation by Iran, but whose prime minister can't get an audience with the president because he's booked on the David Letterman show?
The list of policy failures in the Mideast over the past four years is a long one:
Iran's continued development of nuclear weapons capability, as detailed recently by the International Atomic Energy Agency, as we do nothing.
Continued funding of Egypt to the tune of $1.5 billion in aid a year, along with generous support given to the terrorist-supporting Palestinian government on the West Bank and the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.
The retreats from still-unstable Afghanistan, pulling 23,000 troops out of the country even as its political situation deteriorates and despite saying in 2008 that Afghanistan "has to be ... the central front on our battle against terrorism."
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Love me Tinder: the dating app spreading through London like wildfire
Tinder is the fastest-growing free dating app, spreading through twentysomething London like wildfire. Susannah Butter looks at why it's managing to push everyone's love buttons
Published: 20 September 2013
Updated: 12:49, 20 September 2013
Expensive, humiliating and horribly time-consuming" — Kate used to dread dating but last month the 26-year-old time-poor solicitor discovered a speedy way to meet prospective suitors without even leaving her sofa. Within three days of using the Tinder app she had seven dates set up. "I'd never used internet dating before but it was so efficient. I was looking at it all the time, even during meetings." It was love at first swipe.
Real-time dating is overrated. If you're hanging around by the bar getting frustrated that no one is chatting you up, it's because they've realised it's easier to woo by app — and you're not limited to just choosing from those in the same room. Forget staying up all night to get lucky, because Tinder has got London burning.
Launched last September in America, the app is online dating made simple, with added GPS — think a sort of sex satnav. Select how far you're willing to travel, whether you're looking for men, women or both, ideal age range, and a whole world will open up.
There's no need to go through the faff of creating a profile, sharing your interests and declaring a GSOH. It cuts to the chase, scanning who is in the area and, using your Facebook information, shows if you have mutual friends with potential matches. Ding dong.
You scroll through pictures of fellow users, swiping to the right if you are keen and left if not. If they like you back, you can take it to the next level and chat. It's like dating top trumps, or 100mph speed dating with none of the awkward shuffling around or looming competition. Sound familiar? It's close to the original Facebook concept, Face Mash, where Harvard students were presented with two people and had to choose the most attractive.
There's no need to pour your wallet into a subscription either, it's all free. Even celebrities have found it handy, although now Russell Brand is potentially taken the only ones that have been found are Calum Best and male cast members of Made in Chelsea, many of whom have, ahem, girlfriends.
Clearly the Tinder formula is working. The company won't divulge the number of users, or profits, but there have been more than 50 million matches — making it the fastest-growing free dating app. Its British audience is growing by 25 per cent each week.
Tinder's delightfully surnamed co-founder, Sean Rad, 27, met his girlfriend on the app. "Tinder works because it's the way people tell us they see the world," he says. "They walk around, they see girls and they say in their heads, 'yes, no, yes, no'. People can use it for whatever they want. We've had hook-ups, short relationships, long relationships and lucrative business relationships."
The average Tinderer checks the app 11 times a day for seven minutes at a time and it's so addictive that checking it has been banned at their HQ.
With a staff of 11, Tinder may seem like a start-up but in fact it's already owned by a large corporation. It was born in a new business idea lab run by American media tycoon Barry Diller, who now has a stake in it. They're keeping its value under wraps but Rad says "monetisation in the dating industry tends to be very easy". The online dating industry is worth more than £2 billion globally.
"Another reason Tinder works is because it has managed to destigmatise online dating," says Doug Haines, of the London School of Attraction. "People say they've just got it for a laugh with their mates and then happened to meet someone. The way it works, with messages like 'keep playing, or chat?' means it's the gamification of online dating. But then again it's very businesslike. You can meet a huge number of people at a time."
London has the highest percentage of single people in the UK — around half the population between 20 and 59 are without a partner. Single-person homes are increasing at a rate of 166,000 a year, according to a government report. The average age of a Tinderella or Tinderman is 27.
But the course of true love never did run smooth. One virtual Casanova thought it was a cunning way to meet new people who didn't know his ex-girlfriend. But within 48 hours there was an unfortunate Tindervention. His profile had been spotted by his ex, who followed it up with a text message: "Already on Tinder?" He hasn't dared to go back.
A female fan says she goes on it to boost her self-esteem. "I never used internet dating because it's complicated and there's a certain embarrassment. It felt like giving up on real life. But Tinder is less scary because you don't invest as much. And there's a great rush when someone 'likes' you. Sometimes I flick through for hours in the evening. It's like the Hailo cab app — instant gratification." The GPS aspect means she stumbled across a man who lives in her building on Tinder but he's yet to ask her out.
Just like in the real world, you can't escape the mavericks. Some take a Russian roulette approach, swiping to the right with wild abandon, without a thought for all those whose hopes they are raising. Others enjoy how it can be turned into an oddball magnet. There's a Tumblr site where a girl called Emily conducts increasingly manic flirtations with unwitting males to see how long it takes them to bail on her. In most cases, quite long.
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Hold fire for the first Tinder baby.
As in real life, it's customary to introduce yourself before asking "Wanna f***?" First impressions count.
Emoticons are rarely acceptable, or sexy.
The same goes for selfies. It just looks vain.
Don't, as a surprising number of men have done, start conversations with "you're winning".
Although you might think your dog/cat/baby/grandparents are totes adorable, perhaps wait until at least the third date before sharing pictures of them.
Don't get soppy straight away. Opening conversation with "you'd be beautiful by candlelight, sunlight or moonlight" is not the way to win hearts.
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Don't put excessive letters into words, especially "Heyyyyyyy". It just looks like you can't spell.
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Kata Beach Resort Rooms & Accommodation
- Free WiFi in lobby and free parking
Main amenities
- 271 guestrooms
- On the beach
- 3 restaurants
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- 2 meeting rooms
- Childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
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- On the beach
- Kata Porpeang Market (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Dino Park Mini Golf (1 mi / 1.6 km)
- Kok Chang Safari Elephant Trekking (1.3 mi / 2 km)
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- Premier Deluxe Seaview
- Grand Room, Pool Access
- Deluxe Room
- Superior Room
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- This hotel has 271 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- WiFi in rooms *
- Free self parking
Other information
- Resort fee included
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In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 3 restaurants
- 2 coffee shops/cafés
- Bar/lounge
- Swim-up bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Outdoor pool
- Swim-up bar
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Sauna
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
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- Elevator/lift
- Garden
- Picnic area
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- Cable TV channels
- Desk
- WiFi (surcharge)
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- Refrigerator
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Kanda Spa has 3 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
DiningAtrium Terrace - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Peppino - Overlooking the pool, this fine-dining restaurant serves dinner only.
At Beach Restaurant - Overlooking the ocean and pool, this restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
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The charges below are included in the total price displayed:
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Rollaway beds are available for THB 1100 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 550 per person (approximately)
WiFi is available in guestrooms for THB 300 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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One of the more difficult issues facing you will be making sure you compare apples 'n apples while understanding the differences between apples 'n oranges.
Some things common to all:
How far from your (water) meter pit to the home?
Do you know what sort of water pressure you have?
Those two questions sortta drive the rest. How many sprinklers you have is a piece of the puzzle but it is lower on the issues list than how much water pressure and gallons per minute of flow (gpm) you have. Knowing the water pressure and gpm coming to the house is important because it is the info divided by the flow rate of the heads to tell you how many you can run at a time.
That, plus the number of heads it takes to cover your yard will let them decide on how many zones to cut the yard into (each zone is X number of heads that run at the same time).
Will the different estimates be for systems that are all parts from a single manufaturer or will it be a collection of brands? Some will tell you that the parts (controller, back-flow, heads and even specific heads) are better from different manufacturers while others will tell you that all from a single manufacturer will give you an optimized system.
And, are the contractors equally certified? Not only education and experience but certifications from the various manufacturers who's parts they want to use. And, will their installations be the same? Will they open trenches all around your yard and be a week getting the stuff layed, connected and back-filled? Or, will they pull the flexible pipe and be in 'n out in one day with water flowing to cover their intrussion before they leave that day?
Will your system need to be blown out with pressurized air at the end of the season to avoid winter freeze and bursts or will it drain automagically?
I know, I took your simple question and made it hard.
When I bought my system about 9 years ago, I had a variety of estimates and the differences sortta fell into the mess I listed above. The low estimate was a person who seemed to be from the "get it in the ground and fix it later" school.
The highest estimate was from someone who seemed more concerned about my yard and the final result than I was. The low person was using parts 'n pieces from a variety of manufacturers. The high person was certified by the company that made all the parts he was wanting to use and he carried a fairly high rating from them for his past performance.. He would vary for me if I wanted but he had sound reasons from the controller to each of the heads as to why he preferred his "brand".
It doesn't look like you are a member of Angie's List. Given the size of the investment you are looking at, this might be a great time to join and see how others in your community have rated the contractors you are considering or if there is one you should add to your list.
My yard is between 12 and 15,000 square feet less the house, deck, two mini-barns and it is interrupted with a number of blocking (blocks the stream of water) evergreens and planting beds.
The low estimate I had was about $2,500 and would take three days to put in from the time they began to trench. I don't recall how many heads he wanted to put in but if it was off, he'd be able to put another anyplace and tie it to the nearest zone to give me good coverage. Uh, this was the get it in the ground 'n adjust later person.
The high estimate I had was around $4,500. This proposal was for seven active zones each having 5 to 7 heads. There was enough capacity (extra zone controllers and space within the system controller) built in to add drip irrigation at a later date for the planting beds without having to replace anything. He drew the entire yard and gave me a copy with the heads marked showing the "throw" of each and the overlap he built in to avoid any missed areas. And, they wanted to arrive in the morning and leave that evening with the system watering to cover their tracks throughout the yard. One day and they would not leave until it was working as advertised!
I took the high estimate. I have a neighbor who bought from the other folks. Both of us are happy. He is really happy because each time he calls his company for adjustments or corrections (yep, they got it in the ground and are still putzing with it) they are out within the week, they are really easy to do business with and their service calls' costs haven't gone up a whole bunch.
Sorry, you can't look at the price and divide by X number of heads and have a fair comparison.
1) IF you are talking the root crown - the portion where it is not one solid truck or "bole", but still a solid or near-solid mass of roots coming off the base of the trunk, then that has to come out on way or another. Typically, once you get beyond about a 3 foot circle then you are in the radial portion of the roots where they spread out laterally, and are a foot or more apart, and new roots can grow in that area fro the new tree OK. Of course, be prepared to have to trim some volunteers so the old tree can't come back, and be sure to fertilize the new tree per recommendations because the old roots will still be trying to extract water and food from the soil to support the tree that they do not yet realize is gone. Do NOT put stump killer or poison in the old tree - will kill new one too.
2) The proper commercial way to do this is to have the entire root crown and larger roots removed with a stump grinder - looks like this -
You need a tree service that can grind down at least two feet below ground level and remove the root crown and larger root segments. If you hve large roots running laterally quite a ways, he can grind them up too - ditto to "trippers" sticking up above ground. Just be sure to have it clear (spray painted) upfront how far he is going for what he quoted - typically about $150 for tree up to 1-2 feet in diameter, up to $500 for a massive sycamore or walnut or cottonwood or redwood with 6 foot diameter crown. While you can rent stump grinders at tooll rental places, I REALLY do not recommend it - the rental ones you can afford to rent for one use are pretty light duty, and they can chew a person up in no time flat if you lose control when it snags in the wood or hits a rock.
3) Another way is to go out to where the massive roots taper off to something you can reasonable cut - say 4-6 inches in diameter, and cut them all in a circle around the stump, then with a come-along or CAREFULLY (not more than a few hundred pounds) with a vehicle with a trailer hitch, put a steady pull on a good rope or strap or chain in a shallow notch cut around the top of the stump (so it does not pop off easy), then while it is being rotated up out of the ground walk around and cut any root you see still attached or trying to lift out of the ground. This works much better if the stump is left about 4-6 feet high so you get some real leverage on it with the pull, but if already cut down short run chain or strap over the top of it and around a large root on the far side of the stump. I use a Sawzall with foot long coarse tooth wood cutting blade for this - goes through roots really fast, and blade is only $1 or so apiece so ruining one or two hitting rocks is no big thing, and also reaches in under the stump better and safer than an axe. I helped a neighbor take out a back yard full of birches this way - took us about half a day to remove about 15 trees with about 6 foot diameter circle of crown and roots, leaving holes about 1-2 feet deep where each tree was. Remember this - whichever way you use to take it out, you will need maybe 1-5 wheelbarrow loads of good growth medium to replace the divot.
4) Cheaper route - cut off flush with ground level (or leave some stickup as a planter or stool or feeder base or whatever), and plant new tree at least 4 feet away from old crown, in a spot between the old roots.
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Our property has a slope down to the road and requires a drainage pipe under the end of the driveway to channel water down the rest of the hill. It had been 30 years since the channel was originally dug, so the pipe was higher than the current flow of water in the ditch- which ended up just pooling (the mosquitoes loved it) after every storm. Mr.
We also needed to replace the original yard light, which had collapsed, and the mailbox post that was heavily leaning. Neither had proper concrete footings, so Mr.
All of this was done while we were on vacation. He said that we would be pleased, and we were (unlike 8/10 of the contractors we have used in the last 4 years). I think he has an artistic vision and works diligently to see that vision come to fruition. Most of the folks we have hired have used the "it's good enough" metric- which ends up looking amateurish but at a premium price. This cost of this job wasn't cheap, but it was fair. We were truly delighted with the end result.
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Anyway, I called them on the phone and they lady asked for my address and when I told it to her she said "Wow, you have a big yard"… and I guess because of that we had to set up an appt. for someone to come out and just look at my yard and give me an estimate. 1/3 acre is not huge when a majority of it is concrete and a casita… Tiny area of grass about 10' X 20' and a bunch of rock and some tree's & shrubs… Oh well.
Well, just to get someone out here took them 6 days. When the gentleman showed up to the house he spoke with my wife, who told him what we were looking at having done. Basic yard clean up of leaves and some very light pruning. He said he would make notes of everything and have someone in the office get back to us.!
I got home late last night and did not talk with my wife about the landscape quote until today. I was flabbergasted when she told me that he did NOT give her any type of quote at all..!! He was here as a representative of the company, sent by the company and could NOT give an estimate. Doesn't look good when a someone who comes out to give you a quote, can't or won't give you a quote. Unbelievable..
Nobody from
Just a completely unprofessional experience with this company. Because of this, of course, I will not be using them.
I called another landscaping company from Angie's list TODAY and they were out here to give me a quote "on the spot" within 1 hour..!! They gave me a great price and they will be out to do the work, the first of the week.
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But when you listen to Hot Chelle Rae's music it isn't frothy saccharine pop. This is pop - and rock - with grit and a surprising edge. It's also reinforced in the band's videos, including the one for the hit I Like It Like That.
It shows Hot Chelle Rae behind the scenes, signing autographs for adoring fans, who are wearing homemade band T-shirts, while Ryan Follese, brother drummer Jamie, lead guitarist Nash Overstreet and bass player Ian Keaggy clearly are having a great time on the road.
As I put to lead singer Follese, the video makes you think: ''I wish I was in that band.''
''That's the only video of ours that I watch, to this day,'' says Follese. ''We shot it impromptu. Most of the footage is from the night we got the very first mix back of I Like It Like That. We were actually in New York in a parking lot on a day off and we were so excited about it. [The video's director] was, like, 'You guys keep doing what you're doing and I'll just film you'.
''He filmed us and we were like, 'Wow! Holy crap - he's got all this footage. Let's make this a video. Let's make people see how we actually are'.''
The involvement of hip-hop act New Boyz in the song wasn't an afterthought or a record company suggestion, says Follese, 25. Before writing I Like It Like That, they had met New Boyz when they were playing at a radio event together.
''We ended up hanging out with them super-late one night at this local bar. We just clicked with those guys. And when we wrote I Like It Like That we were like, 'Oh, my gosh - they are perfect for this song. They're young. They're like the rap version of us'. We sent them the song and they texted us back: 'The song bangs'. We didn't know what it meant at the time, but they meant it was basically on fire.
''We wanted that collaboration to be very organic. We didn't want it to sound like a record label guy sat around and said [Follese deliberately deepens his voice] 'Hey, I think this rapper would be great for this song'. We wanted it to be friends of ours.''
A clue to the band being determined to fashion its own sound and image is its pedigree.
The Folleses are the sons of Grammy-nominated songwriter and record label founder Keith Follese. Follese has written for the likes of popular country singer Faith Hill. In 2001 he was named the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Songwriter of the Year. Overstreet is the son of country singer and songwriter Paul Overstreet, who has written No 1 songs for several artists including Randy Travis. Nash Overstreet's brother, Chord, has a successful acting career, propelled by playing the character Sam Evans on Glee.
Keaggy's father is musician Phil Keaggy, who has a had a long career and, while best known in Christian rock circles, has been held in high regard throughout the music industry as a virtuoso guitarist.
So did that mean a music career was a foregone conclusion for Hot Chelle Rae's members? ''People do assume that, but they are not unjust in their assumption,'' says Follese.
''I was in the room when my dad wrote several of the hits that he wrote. I remember when he wrote [in 1999] Something Like That for Tim McGraw [which became a No 1 country hit]. I remember walking in and he said, 'Hey - listen to this song I just wrote' and he played it for me. Even at that age I thought, 'This song is a little bit different from the other ones. This one's a little bit special'. That is an education that you cannot go to school for.
''But we were never pushed into music. It's just in our blood. Our mom is a singer and my dad a songwriter and he wasn't successful until he was 42 years old. So as far as the work ethic goes, it kind of made sense. It's not like I wanted it that way, it's just ... here we are.''
The band was founded in 2005 after Follese met Overstreet - who had been friends with Keaggy since childhood. But it took until I Like It Like That last year for the band to really hit the big time.
''We started playing together and writing together and then thought 'You know what, let's start a band'. The one thing I will never understand, no matter how far we get in this band, is why no-one ever asks why we weren't making it in the beginning. We were mindlessly perservering and every time somebody said it wasn't right or we weren't good enough we kind of disregarded it or just continued on.
''Obviously it takes the right song at the right moment and timing is everything. But diligence and dedication is just as important.''
Hot Chelle Rae play Wellington Town Hall tonight with support from British pop star Cher Lloyd.
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