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Longtime Gibbes Museum of Art employee Angela Mack has been named executive director of the historic institution, effective Thursday .
Mack, who has worked in various capacities at the Gibbes for more than 20 years, will be the third person in five years to assume the top post at the financially beleaguered museum. She currently serves as deputy director and chief curator.
The announcement was made by museum board Chairman Tom White on Monday, one month after former Executive Director Todd Smith resigned after having served two years. Smith predecessor, Betsy Fleming, left in the fall of 2005 after three years to become president of Converse College.
"We are very fortunate to have someone of Angela's experience and expertise, who has seen the Gibbes evolve over two decades," White said. He said that in the past, Mack had been approached informally about applying for executive director but that she had always declined. This time, however, Mack approached the board about the position.
"I told the board that I wanted the job because I felt that this was the right time to do more work with the city of Charleston and to truly reach out more to the community on various levels," said Mack, 55, a Spartanburg native whose parents emigrated from Greece. A graduate of Vanderbilt University with a degree in art history, Mack did graduate work in fine arts at New York University, Tulane University and the University of Virginia.
Hired as an assistant curator at the Gibbes in 1981, she has served in a number of capacities and has organized or provided curatorial oversight for more than 300 exhibits. She also has been published in dozens of magazines. She co-authored the book "In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860" with University of Virginia professor Maurie McInnis.
Her latest project has been to curate the upcoming exhibition "Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art," recently on view at the University of Virginia. Mack said the exhibit, which opens here May 9, deals with South Carolina's large slave population. "It is the first step in reaching out to a variety of people, as this (work) has so many vantage points," she said.
As of 2006, Mack's salary was $50,230. But White declined to say what Mack will make in her new position. Smith's salary was $155,000.
Eric Friberg, first vice president of the museum board, said that although the Gibbes' attendance has remained stable over the past several years, the museum has been in "great financial difficulty over the past five years."
According to the Gibbes' federal tax documents obtained by The Post and Courier, the museum has finished in the red over three of the past five years, collectively posting a $618,331 loss. Earlier, Smith said the budget for the last fiscal year was $2.2 million and for the current fiscal year is $1.8 million.
Mack said she will try to turn those numbers around by promoting the museum's greatest asset, the 10,000-piece collection of artwork valued at more than $40 million.


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Region 4 News Release ATL: 02-219
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Truss Manufacturer Fined $70,000 For Safety Hazards At Jacksonville Plant
North Charleston, S.C. -- The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today cited Manning Building Supplies, Inc., and fined the company $70,200 for safety violations that led to an accident involving an amputation.
OSHA began an inspection of the company's Jacksonville, Fla., truss manufacturing plant following a June 6 accident that occurred when an employee's arm was caught in a finish press with an unguarded ingoing roller. The worker was unable to free the captured arm because a safety bar, which should have stopped the machine in an emergency, failed to work properly. As a result of the accident, the employee lost two fingers and the dexterity of his left hand.
"This company showed a disregard for worker safety by failing to guard moving machine parts and to fix the safety bar on the finish press even after employees and outside maintenance companies called attention to the need for repair," said James Borders, OSHA's Jacksonville area director. "Employers must take immediate action once they are aware of serious safety hazards that can cause injury or death."
Manning Building Supplies was cited for one willful violation for failure to guard the finish press. A willful citation implies an intentional disregard for, or plain indifference to, safety regulations and requirements.
OSHA also cited the plant for serious violations for failing to guard a saw; have a lock-out/tag-out program, which would render machinery inoperable during servicing and maintenance; ensure that forklift operators were properly trained and evaluated, and have in place an adequate hazard communication or right-to-know program for hazardous chemicals used at the facility.
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In my opinion this is a very fun, and entertaining book to read. I really like the writing of the book, as she uses a lot of figurative language but makes it easy for the readers to grasp the underlying meaning. For example, in one scene, the worker at the fish market instructed Amelia to "ice and scale the fish". Instead of tail the scales off the fish and putting the fish in ice, Amelia put all the fish in a scale, and then proceeded to ice them with chocolate icing. I found myself laughing throughout the book. Another thing I liked was the plot. There is a rising action, when Amelia begins to prepare for the surprise party, and the reader starts to notice that all day Amelia has been doing everything wrong. There is a nice climax, when Amelia sprays the guest with the water hose because she thought that's what a surprise shower meant, and a falling action and resolution when they all sit around the party table laughing about how funny the day has been. The main message off this story is, if something does not go as planned, you can always find a silver lining to the situation and if nothing else, you can laugh about it.
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Hungry for high-profile international deals? This US heavyweight dishes out a toothsome training contract, with globetrotting guaranteed.
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This Big Apple-born behemoth guarantees an overseas seat to every trainee. Unsurprisingly, the ones we spoke with declared this opportunity "a massive draw" rather than a bit of a drag. "At other firms you'd be fighting to get a seat abroad; here it's very hard to get out of it. You'd have to have a very good reason not to go." Tokyo, Singapore, New York and Paris are popular destinations; Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow and Prague are also on the menu.
These offices make up just a fraction of W&C's global spread. The firm's got 39 branches total, from Miami and Helsinki to Istanbul and Riyadh. The London base, established in 1971, is its second biggest, and is among the very bulkiest and brawniest of all the American shops in the City. In 2014 the firm's global revenue stood at a giant £1.5 billion.
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Finance, energy and projects are the firm's core global strengths, and London scoops up Chambers UK rankings in all three areas, plus a few dozen others besides, with top marks awarded for restructuring and construction. Big work highlights of late include joining forces with the Paris team to advise the Gabonese Republic on the issue of bonds worth $500 million, and helping European private equity giant CVC and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek acquire a controlling stake in a US-based pharma company.
W&C takes on 50 new recruits each year. Trainees tend to go overseas for their second, third or fourth seats, and the destination is decided at the beginning of the training contract (read are feature on White & Case's international seats for more detail). "You have a meeting with HR, and they ask you to go away and think about it for a while, and then everybody discusses it among themselves." Some intakes draw up a spreadsheet to keep track of people's choices and identify where there might be competition. In the end, HR considers everybody's preferences against business need, and oversubscribed destinations are "drawn out of a hat. It's all done fairly." Back in London, trainees get to put forward preferences for each seat before rotation. "Inevitably, the more senior trainees are prioritised."
Printers, projects and paper-pushing
Capital markets has several sub-teams trainees can join: trusts, structured finance, equity capital markets, high-yield debt and regulatory. They aren't always restricted to their assigned area, though. "I sat in high-yield debt but did quite a lot of work outside of that," reported one, explaining that "high-yield work is very up and down – sometimes it's extremely busy and other times really quiet, which was when associates would grab me and get me involved in more general work." Visiting the financial printers is a common task in the high-yield group. "The offering memos are printed there, and I'd be waiting to review them as soon as they came off the printers, even if that was at 7am!" Between them, the teams handle rights issues, private placings, IPOs, restructurings, private equity deals, leveraged finance transactions and more. The firm recently advised Helios Towers Nigeria on its $250 million bond issuance, which the company will use to purchase telecoms towers; it also represented HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in connection with Mexican state-owned oil group Pemex's sale of shares in a Spanish oil company. Trainees across the department told us "there's quite a bit of admin" to be done, like "adding in comments from clients and the other side as they come in, and checking documents against precedents and standard forms." Many spoke of emailing clients, listening in on calls, attending meetings and reviewing legal opinions too. And we're told "it's pretty common to get to take a stab at drafting ancillary documents like resolutions and then, as you get more comfortable, first drafts of bigger ones."
A seat in EIPAF (energy, infrastructure, projects and asset finance) is likely to see trainees come up against some mega deals spanning multiple jurisdictions. Joint ventures, acquisitions and restructurings in the oil and gas sector are frequent here, as are infrastructure deals, like the Slovakian government's recent €1.5 billion financing of a major motorway. Other recent ongoings include advising on the $5 billion Tahrir petrochemical project in Egypt, and acting for Qatar Petroleum and Shell on the multibillion-dollar Al-Karaana petrochemical project in Qatar. Such projects "are very complex and protracted, so it's possible you won't see the whole deal in one seat," warned a trainee. "I spent my six months working on a couple of different transactions that were all at various stages." Asset finance work, however, tends to gets wrapped up more quickly. Most matters on this end concern the financing of planes, satellites and rolling stock, though shipping finance work is on the rise. Whatever the matter, EIPAF trainees can usually expect to take on bibling, proofreading and general document management, as well as legal research and communication with the other side. One who'd primarily worked on asset finance noted that "with simpler aeroplane transactions you can run with the documents yourself and get hands-on experience drafting letters to regulatory bodies like Eurocontrol."
Over in the bank finance team, lawyers work for lenders, borrowers and sponsors on financings, refinancings and restructurings. On the lender side, lawyers recently represented JP Morgan and Nomura on the £725 million senior financing for Bestway Group's acquisition of the Co-op Pharmacy. Other clients of late include Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs. Our interviewees here recalled handling generous helpings of doc review and document management, "including managing the CP checklist. You're not just a paper pusher, though; there's the chance to mark up the incoming forms and negotiate these pretty independently." Drafting ancillary documents is also part of the trainee remit, as is "acting as the point of contact between the client and the firm, keeping the client updated and requesting information as and when."
Like its finance work, W&C's disputes caseload is pretty much entirely international in scope. Lawyers here recently represented Turkish conglomerate Cukurova in a long-running $2 billion dispute with Russian investment group Alfa over a controlling stake in Turkey's largest mobile phone company; they also acted for a major construction consortium and its shareholders in a $1.8 billion dispute with the Panama Canal Authority over the waterway's expansion project. It's common for trainees to get involved in both arbitration and litigation during their disputes seat. Rookies typically get stuck into proofreading, attending court sessions, and drafting witness statements or particulars of claim. Our sources had positive reviews of their time here, though they mentioned "there's a lot of drudgery associated with high-value arbitrations – doc review, bundling, preparation of documents to be filed at court..."
The long haul
Trainees don't have to fret about the logistics of their sojourns overseas. "Everything is organised – you're picked up at the airport and accommodation is all sorted. You just have to turn up." A bit of social support is provided too: "In most places you're put on a mailing list with other trainees from London firms working in the city." Interviewees agreed that "you get a bit more exposure to meaty tasks like drafting in the overseas offices. You're treated more like an associate. It's a good stepping stone towards the independence you'll have after qualification." One in the Middle East noted that "UK regulatory requirements aren't relevant here, so no two deals are ever the same. It teaches you to think very commercially."
Both at home and abroad, like with any major City firm, "you have to be prepared for long hours," cautioned insiders. "Sometimes they're incredibly tough." Indeed, several spoke of being "staffed on massive deals and not leaving before 10pm or 11pm for several weeks in a row." Luckily, hard graft doesn't go unnoticed. "If you work until 5am, they'll give you half a day off. The idea isn't to completely destroy you." Also, "when you're working late, everyone else is as well, so that makes you feel better. It sounds cheesy, but everyone really is in it together." During quiet times, trainees tend to skip out of the door by 6.30pm or 7pm.
Night at the museum
Our sources told us the working environment at W&C "differs quite a bit between departments." The capital markets team, for example, "contains a lot of New York lawyers who are insanely friendly and prone to banter, so it's quite loud and chatty and fun." Meanwhile, other departments, like bank finance, "are a bit more buttoned-up," and we even heard a few teams described as "aggressive," though interviewees were split on this. "I had heard disputes was mean before joining the team, but actually they're all really nice," said one. "The trainee grapevine is very strong – if someone has a bad experience, word gets around." One thing our sources did agree on is that "it's a very diverse office" made up of lawyers from all over the world, and as a result, "it doesn't feel particularly English or American; it's much more international." A good number of trainees with language skills and/or an international background pitch up each year. Neither is a prerequisite, although "it would be rare for the firm to take on Joe Bloggs who only speaks English and who's never shown an interest in going abroad." (Read more on Using your languages in the law.)
There's a lot going on socially. The firm organises an annual football and volleyball World Cup, to which every office sends teams. (In 2015 the sporting jamboree took place in Prague.) That said, it's the big office-wide summer and Christmas parties that form "the peak of the social calendar." The 2015 summer bash took place on a City rooftop garden, while the most recent Christmas ball was held at the Natural History Museum. Individual departments fill the months between these events with "bonding activities" such as skiing trips or countryside retreats. Also on the calendar is a trainee-only weekend away that takes place in a different destination each year (Budapest in 2015). More informally, there's a Friday drinks trolley that does the rounds in the capital markets department, and "there are always eager trainees sending around emails asking who's up for a drink or dinner."
Around three months before qualification, the firm releases a job list that "shows which departments have vacancies but not the number of spots. The understanding is that if a department likes you, they'll find space for you." Trainees send three preferences and an updated CV to HR, who liaise with the teams in question. "There aren't any formal interviews; generally there's a feeling that if you want to stay at the firm and haven't messed up, then you can. Usually retention is high, and the people who don't stay are the people who don't want to." In 2015, all 27 of the firm's NQs stayed on.
In 2015 W&C raised its NQ salary to £90,000. "It's quid pro quo. They're paying us a lot of money, and they expect a lot in return. There are high expectations and long hours here."
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How to get a White & Case training contract
Vacation scheme deadline: 31 January 2016
Training contract deadline: 31 July 2016
Open days
In 2015 White & Case representatives attended law fairs at 19 universities: Edinburgh, St Andrews, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Nottingham, Kings College London, Cambridge, Queen Mary, London School of Economics, Leeds, Bristol, Oxford, Birmingham, Newcastle, UCL, Manchester, Exeter, Southampton and Durham.
The firm holds three open days per year, with 30 spaces available on each. The first two take place in November and January and are for penultimate-year students, finalists, and graduates. The day is designed for those with a specific interest in White & Case, and involves a business-related exercise, plus talks on how to apply for a vacation scheme or training contract at the firm.
The third open day is held in May, and is reserved for first year students. This day offers a more general insight into what law firms do with the aim of helping to confirm whether law and life as a trainee is the right path to take.
Students apply with an online form, a condensed version of the one used for training contract and vacation applications.
The application process
Aspiring trainees need a high 2:1 degree, and are usually expected to have straight As in their A levels and GCSEs.
Applicants are asked to provide details of extracurricular activities and work experience on their application. Both are important for demonstrating you're well rounded. Open day and vac scheme applicants can get away with general commercial work experience, though training contract applicants need to demonstrate specific legal experience. As graduate resourcing and development manager Christina Churchman explains: "If we haven't already had the opportunity to meet an applicant on one of our vacation schemes, then we expect to see evidence that they have taken steps to find out what it is like to work in a law firm. This can be demonstrated by work experience or vacation schemes undertaken at either similar firms or with an in-house legal team at a large corporate or financial institution."
Recruiters pay a lot of attention to the accompanying cover letter, which should "detail why applicants want to work at White & Case, and highlight the specific characteristics of the firm that attracted them to us such as our training programme, our clients, or the type of work that we do," Churchman says. "It's an opportunity for them to show they've done their research and understand where we sit in the market."
White & Case receives 1,300 applications for its vac schemes each year, and a similar number for training contracts. The firm recently introduced an online video-interview assessment to pre-screen candidates. Those who impress on the application form are asked to respond to a few questions and record their responses on video. "We're excited about it," says Churchman, "as it gives candidates an opportunity to bring their application to life and show us more of their personality."
The interview process for training contracts
Following the video interview, successful applicants are invited to have a telephone interview with a member of the graduate recruitment team. Following this, the firm makes vac scheme offers; meanwhile training contract applicants who impress go on to attend an assessment day at the firm involving a first round interview. The first round takes place with Churchman and two associates. "We're looking to challenge applicants," says Churchman, "so we'll ask questions that gauge whether they understand what type of firm White & Case is and what the trainee role involves. We'll also be asking them about their application form and their commercial interests."
Around 50% of candidates then make it through to a second interview, which takes place with a graduate recruitment partner and another partner. Churchman tells us candidates should expect to be "challenged a little more in this interview and questioned on a broader scope of areas, especially when it comes to gauging their commercial knowledge and interest in White & Case."
The firm offers up to 50 training contracts each year. Trainees start in either March or September.
Vacation schemes
It's worth bearing in mind that between 70% and 80% of each trainee cohort completes a vac scheme with the firm before starting as trainees. W&C runs two two-week vacation schemes over the summer, plus another over Easter. Each has space for up to 30 students. We're told all vac schemers can submit departmental preferences before arriving.
During their placement vac schemers sit with an associate or a partner. "They can take on as much as they are willing to," says Churchman, adding: "We are looking for participants to be proactive and to seek out work from as many people as possible so that they have the best chance of understanding the work we do and integrating themselves within the team." She goes on to tell us that W&C is "looking for people who have a deep understanding of the firm – it's impressive when a vac schemer already has an idea of the type of work the department does and the deals it's working on."
On the social side are welcome drinks, a vac scheme social and the firm's summer party, which in 2015 was held on the roof terrace of the National Theatre, complete with a string quartet and a barbecue.
White & Case's guaranteed overseas seat
Dig out your passport and grab that suitcase because White & Case trainees are guaranteed a seat abroad.
"If you want to operate as a truly global law firm, why not start with your trainees?" White & Case's graduate resourcing and development manager Christina Churchman asks. "It can only be of benefit for trainees and the firm if you start building a global network from as early as six months into your time here." That's the rationale behind White & Case's guarantee to send all its trainees abroad for six months to one of the firm's international offices. "Going abroad is a brilliant experience to have," trainees enthused, with one adding: "You'd never get the chance to work abroad so early on in your career in another industry."
Thirty nine offices make up the firm's international network. Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Singapore, Tokyo and the current destinations which trainees can head to. Rookies usually jet off in their third or fourth seat although the decision where to go is made somewhat earlier on. "We discuss with HR where we'd like to go and if there are any clashes they pull names out of a hat to decide who goes where," said a trainee. "It's the fairest way to do it."
Our sponsored feature on White & Case's international seats
Using your languages in the law
Speaking loud and slow might be all the rage among oiled-up holidaymakers but if you want to get ahead in the legal world then knowing the local lingo could make all the difference.
The deal's going south. The clients aren't happy with something but their business English isn't good enough to properly explain. The lead partner tries saving the situation with his limited Russian but now the clients are looking aghast, and are starting to walk out the door. 'Captain!' – you assail your surprised supervisor, channelling your best impression of Zoe Saldana's Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek about to face off with the Klingons: 'You brought me here because I speak Russian, then let me speak Russian.' All it takes is a few questions and the misunderstanding is resolved. The deal is back on and you come home a hero.
While it's unlikely you'll ever find yourself outnumbered and facing the Klingons, it's a good bet that if you're bilingual or multilingual, at some point in your legal career languages are going to work to your advantage. White & Case's graduate recruitment partner Gareth Eagles points out: "Language skills help our lawyers a lot – when deals happen to involve people from the relevant places, they can speak to them in their local language, potentially saving time and cutting to the chase on a given point, or helping them form useful relationships." Those are probably the most obvious use of languages in an increasingly international legal profession but there are certainly a raft of other benefits to knowing the local lingo.
Our feature sponsored by White & Case on using your languages in the law
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Website www.whitecase.com
- Partners 82
- Assistant solicitors 253
- Total trainees 70
- Contact Christina Churchman
- Email firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website www.whitecasetrainee.com
- Method of application Online application via firm website
- Selection procedure Interview
- Closing date for August 2018/ February 2019 31 July 2016
- Training contracts p.a. 50
- Applications p.a. 1,500
- Required degree grade 2:1
- Training salary
- 1st year £44,000
- 2nd year £48,000
- Holiday entitlement 25 days
- All trainees are guaranteed to spend a seat overseas
- Post-qualification salary £90,000
- Overseas offices Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Ankara, Astana, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Prague, Riyadh, São Paulo, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Shanghai, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington DC
Firm profile
Our clients are predominantly multinational and include companies and financial institutions; additionally we also act for governments and state-owned entities.
We are proud to represent some of the world's longest established and most respected names alongside many start-up visionaries. Our clients face complex challenges, and the innovative approach our lawyers take means that we consistently deliver the results that our clients need.
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Trainee profile
Training environment
Trainees work in small, focused teams, so their colleagues trust them to perform tasks accurately and efficiently. We actively encourage our trainees to take early responsibility and there is a strong emphasis on practical training, with plenty of support and feedback. Alongside the training contract, our trainees are encouraged to get involved in all aspects of our globally-renowned pro bono programme, often working directly with clients and even managing small matters. White & Case recruits and develops trainee solicitors with the aim of retaining them on qualification.
Vacation placements
Throughout the scheme, you'll receive continued support and feedback from your supervisor and the graduate resourcing team. The social side of office life is important too and you'll have plenty of opportunities to network at social events, such as sushi-making classes, dragon boat racing and go-karting.
Remuneration: £350 per week
Closing date: 31 January 2016
Dates: spring: 4th to 15th April 2016; summer 1: 20th June to 1st July 2016; summer 2: 11th to 22nd July 2016
Open days
During our open days in November and January (targeted at penultimate-year students, finalists and graduates) there will be an introduction to our business and an opportunity to hear about the role of a trainee from some of our current intake. Participants will be able to chat with members of the firm over lunch before receiving practical tips on applications and interviews, and having the opportunity to put their decision-making skills to the test in an interactive business game. The day will finish will another opportunity to speak with a variety of people about life at White & Case over drinks.
In May we hold an open day specifically for first-year students. The day is designed to help introduce participants to the many areas of law, the different types of firms and help confirm or dispel any myths associated with becoming a lawyer. Participants will also receive useful guidance on ways in which they can begin to strengthen their future applications and have the opportunity to meet different members of the firm informally over lunch and drinks.
Dates: 26th November (9th November deadline), 14th January (12th December deadline) and 19th May (31st March deadline).


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Breaking the Blade
Go to Salma District and enter the tavern to talk to Thackeray. He explains that Pete will send his goons to kill you, while waiting nearby. If you keep defeating them, he will show up to finish the job himself. There is no timer, you have to fight 3 waves of 3 enemies inside the tavern. If you need to get out of combat to switch skills or weapons at the end of one wave, you can go stand at the end of the room, by the big round table.
Logan will hide until Two-Blade Pete arrives, leaving you and Quinn (if he is alive) to fight the gang. Either Doc Howler or Crusher Dan will be among your opponents (on the 3rd wave), whichever one you didn't fight in the previous mission.
Poison and bleeding are used a lot, especially by Doc Howler, who also has a lot of health (this fight may be more difficult due to that than the next one). Make sure you have a skill or two to remove conditions, and bringing evasion skills or skills that cause blindness will greatly increase your odds as well.
Once the enemies are defeated, Two-Blade Pete will arrive and Thackeray will join the fight, however do not count on them to help you, only Thackeray will last and he does not keep aggro well. Pete's ranged attack hits very hard and he uses it often, so i recommend bringing skills that block or let you evade his attacks. Blind is less effective for this fight, because Pete is a Champion. Defeat Pete to end the mission.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsRialto Hotel Barcelona
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Historical Traveler Reviews Rialto Hotel Barcelona
Ideal location
We stayed at the Rialto for a long weekend, 3 nights in all. We had read all the comments from previous vistors so was prepared for the hot water situation. When we arrived we was given our key our room was on the first floor, we took the lift to our floor then hunted around all the corridors for our room. When we found our room we was surprised how clean and tidy it was, but very dark! The window in our room was tiny and looked out onto the backs of other buildings so there was no natural daylight. It was a quiet room, but then again we was only using it to sleep in, as there was so much to do in Barcelona. We then tried to have showers after been travelling for so long, then it happened no hot water!! We went to tell the reception and they were so shocked as if it was the first time this had happened. They told us someone was loking at the system as we spoke. So we gave them the benefit of the doubt. Next morning the water was tepid but the shower was really hot so we filled the sink up from the shower head. Breakfast was very good, plenty of choice and lots of it. The hotel was an ideal base for seeing all the sights close to them all, we done lots of walking but enjoyed every minute of it.
A good time had by all!
I have just returned with my wife and two sons, twelve and nine, from five day stay at the Rialto.What we liked was how central the hotel is. Its located just off the Ramblas the main tourist street, and near to the harbour. The building (and rooms) are clean and tidy, and the staff friendly.Room furniture a little 'tired' but clean and adequate for our short stay. We were on the 3rd floor but had hot water! Maybe the hotel management had read some of the other reviews. A pipe burst put the cold water off for a couple of hours, but this was quickly sorted and to be honest I think most guests would have been out in the sunshine and not noticed (it was a hot week).Breakfast/dinning room vey impressive, breakfast buffet good but dinners a little too 'fishy' for me. Also with youngish kids less exotic dishes would have been wellcome. Not a big problem as wide range of eateries from fast food to haut quisine on the doorstep.Earlier contributer commented on the 'warren like' layout and potential problems if a fire but there was ceratinly a smoke alarm in our room and alarms and sprinklers evident in the dinning room. I got the impression that there appears to be improvement going on.Only problem was noise from street cafe at 3 am each morning putting their tables/chairs away only to repeat the performance in reverse at 7 am.Overall I would go back again and would have no fears about recommending it to others.
Depends on the room you get
First night we were given a room overlooking the street. This room was incredibly noisy. When we asked to change we were told this was not possible until the next day - so we tried to put up with it. But what with traffic, people's voices, music etc it was impossible to get a moments peace so at 3.30 am we complained more forecefully and were given another room at the back of the hotel. The difference was unbelievable - virtually silent. After that, everything was great. Reasonable rates, fantastic location..
Brilliant Break - Excellent Value
We stayed for 3 nights in February. We noticed a distinct difference between the public areas of the hotel, which have brand new decor, furnishings and fittings - and the bedrooms, which are much less smart. Ours was clean, but somewhat jaded and worn The bathroom could definitely do with some updating. We too encountered a shortage of hot water on one particular evening - we kept the bath tap running for about 30 mins before any hot water came through! We had a twin room overlooking the street and although we did notice some noise (which errupted at intervals during the night), we felt it was part of the local atmosphere and weren't troubled by it. We had a thoroughly brilliant time, inspite of some serious rain and have vowed to return before long. We felt that our room (which included an excellent breakfast) was good value at thirty UK pounds per person per night - compared with others in the heart of the City and would happily stay there again.
Issues with hot water!!
we got this hotel as part of a package which was cheaper than seperate flights and accomodation. now i kinda wish i had paid the extra. ok, the hotel is in an excellent location and is clean, also, the breakfast choice would set you up for the day! but...there is a problem with the hot water as is said in other reviews on this site. we arrived, were given a great room, but the beds were twin instead of double - no biggie, then, we discovered no hot water.. when i told hotel they straight away gave me another room on 1st floor...it was kind of like they expected it. off we went and.....walked into the smallest room in the world! it was in middle of hotel so window looked out onto some kinda flat roof. the ensuite was sort of plonked at the end of the bed?? weird..saying all that, it is v.v.v.v. handy location wise, and the staff were nice...just be on the look out for the water thing and maybe specify type of room you want..
Loved it
stayed here for four nights with my sister,excellent hotel for short break in Barcelona. great location for all museums, metro, buses. food in restaurant top quality, staff helpful and friendly. i will stay here again
Take my advice and stay away !
we too stayed at the rialto for 3 days and had no hot water on the third floor - in fact we tried a room on the 5th floor - no hot water there either. other guests we spoke to had the same bad experience. front desk pretended (1) not to understand the problem - the old 'no-comprende' trick. (2) then pretended not to be aware of the problem (3) then told us how to turn the tap left for cold or right for hot (4) gave several different evasive excuses (5) we still had no hot water for the 3 days! and no apology. the hotel is a confusing warren of twists and turns (so like the staff!) on the serious side we would hate to have to find a way out in a fire situation. definitely one to be avoided - don't believe some of the guides which tell you otherwise !
Not if you like hot water
The hotel is in a great location and serves a good breakfast. The only problem was that I was with a group of friends and none of the three rooms we occupied had hot water. Perhaps it was because we were on the top floor but nevertheless we were charged full price.
So unless you love cold showers I would look elsewhere, shame.
Great location
The Rialto is perfectly located for seeing all of the sights of Barcelona, especially if you like to explore the city attractions on foot (except Montjuic area and Parc Guell which are better served by the metro or bus turistic which acn be caught in the plaza catalunya and takes you to all the city and outlying sites fro only 15 euros for a one day ticket or 19 for a 2 day ticket).At night the location really comes into its' own by being in an area that is close to some good restaraunt of all tastes, but , especially the restaraunts located in the Plaza Real which is only 75 metres away as you turn left from outside the hotel.
The Hotel itself is very clean throughout. Our room was on the first floor and fronted on to the main street Carrer de Ferran. The bed linen was changed daily and was clean and crisp. The towels in the bathroom and the accesories i.e. Shampoos etc. were also changed daily.There was noise from the street which was obvious but not intrusive. if you had an interior room the noise would be non existent. The noise is generated only because the street otside and throughout the Gothic Quarter are very narrow and the buildings reasonably tall (for the period). The breakfast is ample with unlimted amounts of both hot and cold selections. The restaraunt looks very stylish. We didn't eat at the restaraunt which has a more Catalan menu as my wife is not as adventurous with food as myself, but , obviously this is only personal preference.
All the staff in the hotel are extremely helpful and friendly, and the majority speak excellent English.
Highly recommended hotel
We almost thought we were given the wrong room upon walking into our room at the Rialto. Having booked the room online, and it being our first European vacation, we were not sure what to expect, but the hotel's accommadations and location and prices far surpassed any expectations we had. For approx. $85 a night, we had a huge, air conditioned sitting room with modern art deco-style furnishings(sofa, 2 armchairs, oak desk, coffee tables, side tables, huge armoire), television, stereo, cool paintings, and floor to ceiling windows that opened onto the very old courtyard below. A similarly styled bedroom adjoining the living area through curtained glass french doors supplied two, comfortable single beds, (push them together if you please) and the same courtyard view as before. Another television, a mini bar and a cool antique pants press were all I needed for this room to rate well in my book. Then, there was a very good sized changing area with another armoire for hanging hangy things in which led to a huge spartan bathroom complete with a tub for two (jacuzzi feature didn't work though), huge mirror, two sinks, toilet and bidet, of course, and plenty of health and beauty aids you don't normally find in American hotels for this rate. I forgot to mention the entire floor of the hotel room was done in cool, large tiles, the ceiling was hand painted, and there were cool lamps throughout. The location was right in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona and was surrounded by tons of cafes, restaurants, bars and shops and markets as well as popular tourist destinations. A Metro (subway) stop was also nearby on the Rambles which was only 4 blocks away, therefore it was quieter than other hotels which are right on one of the busier streets or overlooking a busy town square. The suite accommadations that we chanced upon were great, and i'm sure the smaller rooms would be just as nice and more economical. When booking, if you can get a similar price as we had for such a room, go for it!! It is definitely wo
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American Athletic Club! Yanks Dominate First Day of PGA Championship
[Editor's Note: Cybergolf's Jay Flemma is reporting from Atlanta Athletic Club during this week's PGA Championship. This is Jay's take on what happened in the opening round.]
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high! Americans covered the leaderboard on Day 1 of the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club with an avalanche of Stars and Stripes, including a record-tying performance by the PGA Tour's uber-nice guy, Steve Stricker.
The affable Stricker, Wisconsin's favorite son who's loved by all in the golf world, scorched the Highlands Course with a blazing bogey-free, 7-under 63 - the 25th such score in the history of major golf championships - to take a two-shot lead over fellow Badger Jerry Kelly. The 2003 PGA Championship winner Shaun Micheel was third after a 4-under 66.
Starting on the 10th hole, Stricker birdied the first three holes of the day, Nos. 10-11-12, without even breaking stride. "I started driver and sand wedge to 15 feet at 10; 3-wood and 9-iron to 5 feet at 11; and 12 was driver-rescue club into the right bunker and made the 4-foot putt," he explained later.
Then Stricker made an even bigger move, he birdied the two toughest tests on the course, the long and watery, par-3 15th and the par-4 18th, holes that played to stroke averages of 3.7 and 4.8, respectively, on Thursday.
"I stole three or four shots from the field there," he admitted candidly. "That's a tough stretch there. That set up the whole round."
Indeed it did. Tiger Woods, who plummeted to a 7-over 77 after opening with three birdies in his first five holes, calls 15-18 "the toughest finishing stretch of any major championship" in which he's competed. After carding three double-bogeys in one round for only the second time in his professional career, Woods was tied for 129th at the end of the opening session.
The finishing stretch decimated more scorecards than just Tiger's. Jason Day, Australia's young rising star who is in the mix seemingly every week and was a favorite coming into this week, was 3-under before arriving on the 15th tee, yet finished 1-over.
"It's certainly tough," said Day, shaking his head in disbelief. "I don't know, just 15 certainly is a tough hole and then obviously 16, 17 and 18 are very tough, as well. I'm just a little heated right now, but I can't do anything about it. It's in the past, so I've just got to look forward to tomorrow. I was playing really, really nicely, and then just the last four holes got me, so hopefully I can just have a better round tomorrow."
Stricker, on the other hand, was the one who looked Tiger-esque. He hit nine of 14 fairways, 13 of 18 greens, and needed only 26 putts. He was even three for three in sand saves.
Although Atlanta bears the name of a famous Greek mythological figure known for winning races with overwhelming speed, in Atlanta, Ga., this week the race may go not to the swift but the sturdy. Stricker is not the greatest front-runner despite being the only PGA Tour player to win multiple times in the last three years.
"He blew a huge lead at Colonial and at the John Deere this year, and there were too many times when he was in the mix to win and didn't," said one commentator who asked for anonymity. "He needs to be a better closer. Fans bite their nails every time because he hits scary-bad shots all over the park late on Sunday."
"He's as nerve-wracking as Mickelson!" fumed golf fan Susan Awalip, who came all the way from Wisconsin to root for Stricker. "But he's a great role model for the kids because he's super-nice. Just please, Steve, don't give me a coronary come Sunday."
Should Stricker make fans reach for the antacids and beta-blockers, plenty of Yanks are also in the mix. Despite Americans not winning the past six majors, nine of the top 13 players on the Round 1 leaderboard are from the United States. Texan Scott Verplank posted a 3-under 67, 1997 PGA Championship winner Davis Love III stands at 2-under (along with fellow Americans Bill Haas and Brandt Jobe), while 2009 British Open champion Stew Cink is at 1-under with five other Americans.
The first international flags on the leaderboard appear at 2-under - tied for fifth - and include Denmark's Anders Hansen, England's Simon Dyson, South Africa's Brandon De Jonge, Italy's Matteo Manassero and Australia's John Senden. World Nos. 1 and 2 Luke Donald and Lee Westwood (who seemingly do everything except win majors) stand at level par and 1-over, respectively.
Some pros were outspoken about the difficulty of the finishing stretch, particularly the normally positive Phil Mickelson, who rarely gives an inflammatory quote. "If you look at the four par-3s here, it's a perfect example of how modern architecture is killing the game, because those holes are unplayable for the members," said Lefty.
"You have water in front of you and a bunker behind and the player has no avenue to run a shot up," he noted laconically. "It's a good reason why the number of rounds on this golf course are down among the members and it's a great example of how modern architecture is killing the participation of the sport because the average guy just can't play it."
As an aside, that's the difference between Pete Dye, a strategic architect whose difficult test at Sawgrass still draws much praise since players can - except for 17 - steer away from trouble, and Rees Jones, whose flavorless, penal architecture style underwhelms everyone except New Yorkers and Medinah members who like bragging about how much their courses make people's heads ache. But I digress . . .
A club pro (who also requested anonymity) had pointed words about the course design after carding a round that didn't begin with a "7."
"It's absolutely ridiculous. 15 is a minimum 260 yards, all carry over water. You have no chance to hold the green unless you're a Tour pro with a really high ball flight, it's just stupid, just put a double on your card," he fumed. "And 18 is what? A par 4.9? Thanks for a miserable day. This tournament will come down to who makes the fewest bogeys on those holes, and that's not golf," he finished acidly before storming off.
Or as world-renowned writer John Huggan put it, "Can you hit the ball between goal posts" is not golf.
So although the popular Stricker is in the lead, he is 44 years of age and, as Dan Jenkins might say, is at the point where winning a major is slim and none. Few men win majors at 44 and up - only seven, in fact. Yet eight of the top 12 on the leaderboard are in their 40s. If it weren't for the 18-year-old Manassero, the average age of the top-12 would be in the 40s.
Additionally, only one person who shot a 63 to open the PGA Championship has lost. Michael Bradley had that score in 1995 at Riviera, where Steve Elkington won in a playoff. And as we all know, Thursday is just "getting to know you." The race with this Atlanta (as opposed to the ancient Greek counterpart) will not go to the swift, but to the sturdy and the unflappable, especially with the "Gator Pit" that lurks starting at the 15th tee.
Nevertheless, it's the American boys who are on top for the moment, with two Cheeseheads leading the way. In a way, they are a year late; what a celebration there would have been at Whistling Straits had Stricker and Kelly jumped out to the lead. But hey, it's better late than never.
Tiger Can You Beat Me Shirt
(Photo by Ryan Ballengee)
News, Notes & Quotes
The PGA Championship leads the majors in scores of 63s with 11. There have only been two 63s at the Masters, four in the U.S. Open and eight at the British Open. Two reasons include the PGA of America's penchant for reasonably fair course set-ups and tournament venues more akin to what U.S. PGA Tour pros see on a week-to-week basis.
Make Mine a Double
The only other time Tiger had three doubles in a round (other than perhaps at the Blue Martini bar in Orlando) was in 2007 during the final round at Bay Hill.
Scoops & Scuttlebutts
Sources I personally rate as extremely reliable opine that Bethpage may become a PGA of America venue and get a PGA Championship, perhaps as early as 2020, or a Ryder Cup. That explains the Oakland Hills 2016 U.S. Amateur and the 2020 U.S. Open bid. "The math works, doesn't it?" said a second extremely reliable source. Expect further word later today, and remember that Cybergolf said it first. Hat tip to my source coming soon . . .
Roaring (Rorying) in Pain
The post-round MRI showed Rory McIlroy with a strained tendon in his arm. He is taped up and headed out on the course as we go to press. Ten years from now, he might have broken his arm. "You gotta play hurt?" Well also "You gotta be careful!"
Can You Beat Tiger
Look at this Tiger shirt pic!!!! Someone will be getting a nasty-gram from Orlando or Ponte Vedra if they ever get find out who made them . . .
Why Golf Fans Hate Golf on TV Volume XXL
How could live television not show Stricker's putt for 62???!!! And Tiger wasn't even on the course so they can't use that as an excuse??!!
You Do the Math
Here are some interesting comparisons from the first round of the 2011 PGA Championship versus the 2001 PGA Championship, also played at Atlanta Athletic Club.
22 -- Rounds under par in the first round in 2011
55 -- Rounds under par in the first round in 2001
35 -- Rounds at par or better in the first round in 2011
69 -- Rounds at par or better in the first round in 2001
73.11 -- Scoring average in the first round in 2011
71.28 -- Scoring average in the first round in 2001
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma 's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 420 nationally ranked public golf courses in 40 different states, and covered seven U.S. Opens and six PGA Championships, along with one trip to the Masters. A four-time award-winning sportswriter, Jay was called the best sports poet alive by both Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports writers and broadcasters. Jay has played about 3 million yards of golf - or close to 2,000 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf, PGA.com, Golf Magazine and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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