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Located in Near North Side, The Whitehall Hotel is adjacent to John Hancock Center and within a 5-minute walk of other popular sights like Chicago Water Tower. This 4-star hotel has 222 rooms and welcomes guests with 2 restaurants, free in-room WiFi, and a fitness center. It's in central Chicago and also close to Millennium Park and Art Institute of Chicago.
Enjoy dining at Meis Corner, one of 2 onsite restaurants. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or make new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge. Start your day off with breakfast, available for a fee.
All of The Whitehall Hotel's 222 air-conditioned rooms provide minibars, free local calls, and safes. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and wired Internet, plus flat-screen TVs with cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries, and beds are dressed in Egyptian cotton sheets. Ironing boards and desks are other standard amenities.
At The Whitehall Hotel, guests have access to a fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and a meeting room. Valet parking is offered for USD 65.00 per night. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this boutique hotel include a business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a computer station.
Property features
- Walking distance to John Hancock Center and Chicago Water Tower
- Free WiFi and wired Internet in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Fitness center
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Whitehall Hotel is less than 2 blocks from Rush Street and Michigan Avenue. A restaurant and lounge, a wine shop, and a fitness center are on site. The business center provides computers, printing, faxing, copying, and electronic shredding services (surcharge).
Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout public areas. Guestrooms offer complimentary WiFi. The hotel offers room service (limited hours).
The Whitehall Hotel is a smoke-free property. Valet parking is only offered for standard-size vehicles with a clearance of less than 6.5 feet. Oversize vehicles, taller vehicles, vehicles with bike racks or luggage carriers and motorcycles must be self-parked at guest's expense.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 222
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of floors - 21
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Year Built 1927
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
The Whitehall Hotel offers 222 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Room service (limited hours)
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Designer toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Fornetto Mei Restaurant - Sophisticated bistro serves Italian and Formosan-Taiwanese cuisine in an elegant room warmed by a wood-burning oven. Seating is available in an indoor light-filled atrium area. Specialties include thin-crust pizzas and handmade dumplings. Lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
Whitehall Place Lounge - Renowned gathering spot for Chicago's movers and shakers, the original Whitehall Club was among the first to serve alcohol after the repeal of Prohibition. Bar features 200 specialty martinis, 40 different wines by the glass, and a selection of single malt whiskies, port, Madeira, and sherry.
Fornetto Mei Little Wine Shoppe - A tiny wine shop in the restaurant offers a selection of wines for purchase.
Mei's Corner - Mei means beautiful in Mandarin and sets the tone for this unique Asian dining experience. Using only the freshest and finest ingredients, Mei's Corner delivers authentic Mandarin, Szechuan and Taiwanese delicacies that are all made to order.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel has a fitness room with an array of treadmills, ellipticals, stairmasters, and other cardiov machines. The fitness room also offers free weights, water, towels, and TVs.
The Whitehall is 3.5 blocks from a path along Lake Michigan which is popular for running, biking, and skating. The Marovitz public golf course, four miles from the hotel, offers a challenging and scenic golf experience overlooking the lake.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Sailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 30 per pet, per day, plus a deposit of USD 30.00 per day
- Up to 20 lb
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 16 and USD 99 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 65 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 65.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet deposit: USD 30.00 per day
- Pet fee: USD 30 per pet, per day
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Whitehall
- Whitehall Chicago
- Whitehall Hotel
- Whitehall Hotel Chicago
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Lyscio was formerly a classroom teacher and counselor, and he spent 16 years at Franklin Junior High School in Brainerd. He also spent part of his career as high school principal at Staples-Motley. He's worked as an activities director and community education director in Brainerd, and was the director of the National Joint Powers Alliance in Staples, an education service agency.
He lives in Brainerd, where his wife, Connie, teaches physical education. They have two sons, Tom and Michael.
Lyscio succeeds Tami Martin, former CCS superintendent who resigned to take a position at a district in southern Minnesota.
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"With smaller class sizes, we have the ability to personalize education in a way that general schools have trouble doing because of size," he said.
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Today, we are using raspberries and blueberries and apples. Now I also added some turbinado sugar, which is a good choice. Some people find that they're able to use less of it because it has some more interesting flavors. And we're also going to use some fresh cinnamon. And I like to grate my cinnamon as close to the time as I'm going to eat it as possible because it tastes so much better. The flavors are much more intense, and I retain some of those essential oils from the cinnamon.
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^Er, I wasn't trying to hijack the thread with religious discussion.
Rather, simply pointing out that people who have no problem beliving in one unlikely story can still have problem accepting equally ridiculous tale.
Hence, "having Giants and Devil Fruits and whatnot as reality doesn't necessary mean they believe in Dragons".
|2012-02-10, 09:39
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^I'm fairly certain philip72 was just having a good natured go at paradox.
Whatever the case, yes believing in giants is not the same as believing in dragons (and vice versa depending on where you are in the One Piece universe), so of course the suspicion on the part of the Strawhats is justified. (Truthfully, I was unclear as to why they didn't first think of dinosaurs, considering they have actually seen, fought, and eaten dinosaurs in the past. After the whole 'breathing-fire-thing' though, dragon was a justifiable guess, but dinosaur would have worked just as well previous to that.)
|2012-02-10, 11:17
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^Well, to be fair, the usual depiction of dragons (both eastern and western kinds) have pretty distinctive differences from dinosaurs. Like how dragons tend to be shown with long horns when carnivorous dinosaurs had rather short ones (if they had any at all). And not to mention that they tend to have batlike wings (when in reality avian reptiles had more birdlike wings, seeing as they're even distantly related). So yeah, I see no reason why Luffy and co. wouldn't automatically assume that they encountered a dragon......
|2012-02-10, 11:34
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^But, if you actually encountered a large lizard like creature, I seriously doubt your immediate description would be dragon, it would be of a creature you already know exists (and if you have the required experience, something you've already encountered). Or at least that is my thought process.
To put it in to (my) perspective, when the Strawhats encountered the talking legs (or talking penis with legs?), they immediately assumed the legs were a zombie of some sort, because they had the required experience to recognize that what they were seeing was similar to a zombie. Their immediate reaction wasn't "Is that a Blemmye/Acephali?" (Obviously Oda wouldn't be using African mythology, but I am not well versed in Japanese/Chinese mythology to create an adequate comparison.)
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|2012-02-10, 11:48
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Ah, but there's a difference in that dragons have been universally-known mythical creatures since ancient times. I mean, even in real life people have known about dragons since childhood through storybooks or cartoons/movies/etc. It's nothing like the examples you used with the talking legs, since those are much more specific/obscure mythical creatures than dragons, which EVERYONE would know about. So again, I see no reason why Luffy and co. wouldn't see a giant winged lizard and immediately come to the conclusion that it was a dragon.
|2012-02-10, 11:56
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^While I definitely agree that Dragons are more universally known, that wasn't quite my point. I was more alluding to the idea that their initial description should be based on experiences they've already had or evidence they already poses. So, upon seeing a giant lizard approach them, their first thought (imo) should have been dinosaur. Then, once it breathed fire, they could switch their stance to the mythological.
(btw, I'm fully aware of just how silly this discussion is .)
As an afterhtought, I've decided that due to the size of Big Mom (and to a lesser extent, Whitebeard), I seriously hope Kaidou is a dwarf. Something about one of the Yonkou being less than a meter tall just seems indescribably cool to me...
|2012-02-10, 12:10
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Hmm.... Checking the last page of the 655, it was already breathing fire it approached (when it was first shown).
|2012-02-10, 12:12
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Personally, I think it would be cooler if there were an emperor who were an actual giant, mainly because most of the giants we've seen in the series so far in the series ended up being glorified fodder. For once, we could use a giant who's actually the monster he was meant to be, instead of mostly dealing with the typical human monsters all the time. So yeah, here's to hoping that Kaidou is a titan from Elbaf.
We've got Smoker and Shichibukai involvement and you're seriously still saying that!? Geez, some people are hard to please....
|2012-02-10, 12:13
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|2012-02-10, 22:10
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When those masked guys said "M" maybe they were referring to "Big Mam/Mom", of course it's probably still too early for her. Still I wonder what the legman's deal is, it looked like Robin was saying he was actually quite tall and invisible? Still I hope they recruit someone else for the final crew member if only to balance out the sexes.
|2012-02-11, 01:25
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btw I really like how ODa made the contrast in reactions. esp the last 2 panels at the bottom of page 17 where luffy/Ussop had thier mouth open while Zoro and Robin in the background were just calmly frowning.
|2012-02-11, 11:17
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The "M" stood for "Master". Pretty sure that if they were referring to Charlotte they'd refer to her as "mama" instead (y'know, like we saw some of her own crew did a few chapters back).
BTW, I missed this earlier:
|2012-02-15, 02:18
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How do i tell if my hive is being robbed. I can sit within a foot of the entrance without protection and watch the entrance, but I have no idea what I am mlooking at. What does a robbing bee look like vs. one who is just doing his chores?
How do i tell if my hive is being robbed. I can sit within a foot of the entrance without protection and watch the entrance, but I have no idea what I am mlooking at. What does a robbing bee look like vs. one who is just doing his chores?
If the hive is strong enough they won't let them in.
You will see the guard bees tackle some of them mid air and some if they get passed you will see them sometimes two at a time dragging a live bee out of the hive.
A bee that is part of the hive will be greeted at the entrance and let in by the guards.
Don't laugh it's paid for. -- Manure draws more flies than honey.
Sitting a foot by the entrance is rather dangerous. Someone here got stung on the eyelid, face, neck, etc. I even stare into the hive within 6 inches to see what's at the bottom of the hive. But only after they settle down just before the sunset. Still dangerous though. Sometimes I am thinking to wear a goggle. Accident might happen when we are least expected. Now I sat 4 feet away on a high chair out of the busy bee route to watch them. A bit safer this way.
When you watch them you will see the normal flight path where they come and go without any restriction. This is the normal operation of the bees. The guard bee meets these foragers at the entrance kinda like bumping head and ease off into the hive. This is a very natural state they do this. Come and go at will! Just the low pitch smooth flying by buzzing before the landing. Once they landed the buzzing noise is no more. You will hear this noise when close to the hive entrance.
But during a robbing there will be many entropy either at the outside entrance or inside the hive. You will see they are biting each others. Tugging and dragging each others around and to the outside of the hive. If you ever see a live bee carrying the dead bee out off the entrance then they will roll around on the ground trying to free each other off. Also if you ever seen the mad bees with their wings up and buzzing loud noise, a robbing will increase this noise and buzzing level 10 times. It is like the whole hive is on guard maybe of the different smell of the foreign bees. So in a robbing situation fighting and rolling will increase while they tangled up with each others still alive. The noise level is fast and higher in buzzing sound like a stressful noise. Trying to kill each others is more like it. The next time you see a worker bee accident fly into a hive that is not hers, she will quickly buzzed out to avoid the guard beesr. Zip in and out really fast! Almost like lightning fast. When you see the many restless bees outside the hive then something is wrong here. I am trying to upload a vid of a queenless hive now. The restlessness increased 15 times at the entrance versus a normal calm hive with a queen in there. A robbing will increase this level to 25+ times more outside.
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I've also found that the noise in front of the hive may be an indicator of robbing. It may be an individual thing but, to me a hive being robbed sounds more intense (ticked-off) than the noises that I associate with a colony that is just really busy.
-Phil Domeier
Watch to see if anyone is bringing in pollen. A hive being robbed is dead or about to be and is't having pollen delivered. Look for bits of wax on the landing board but the dead give away is the light sticky brown paste left on the entrance. It from the robber bees tracking honey on their feet.
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I got a lot of pollen coming in, about 25% of the bees entering have pollen loads. But there is a lot of bees that seem to fly around the entrance without landing. Like it's not a direct fly in. There is usually 10-20 kinda darting about in front of the hive. I have not noticed the combat ya'll have mentioned. I will take better notice if it warms today. I have an entrance feeder and there are always 3-5 around the entrance feeder trying to stick their tongue between the crack where the jar lid joins the feeder body.
Entrance feeders are noted for starting Robbing.
Sounds like you're looking at orientation flights, especially if +/-25% of the bee's have pollen loads. Orientation flights are where young bees exit the hive and fly back and forth around the hive as they set their version of GPS. If they come out in mass it can look like robbing but there's no fighting at the entrance.
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I agree...orientation flights. I had a huge cloud in front of my hives this weekend. My hives are busting at the seams and still growing. Split time this weekend!
I have a really hard time distinguishing between orientation flights and robbing. The main difference I see is that once robbing gets going it goes as long as it is daylight, where orientation flgihts tend to occur only in the early to mid-afternoon and orientation activity last for only an hour or two. Also each hive seems to have its own preferred time of day for orientation flights, and its entrance activity is relatively quiet during other times of the day.
(6th year, 15 hives, Zone 5b, 5500')
Bees are coming to the hive and leaving. Should be the other way round.
My brother's deadout got robbed out last spring, and this is what I observed vs orientation flights:
Bees flying around the hive investigating crack, under the telescoping cover, and behind the hive. Orienting bees are all in front.
Bees landing on the sides or front of the hive and walking around to find the entrance. Bees know where the entrance to their own hive is and fly straight in when "loaded" with pollen or nectar, sometimes landing short but going right in. Bees searching for the entrance are not from that hive.
Bees having trouble getting airborne when leaving, sometimes sliding down the landing board. During orientation, it's normal for bees to climb up the front of the hive to leave since there are so many bees flying directly into the entrance. This is the opposite of robbing, when bees fly slowly away and quickly in, landing on the front and walking down into the entrance.
A live hive will fight the robbers, but if they get overwhelmed you may not see much fighting, just heavy bees leaving. Probably a goner by that time.
the robbing bees clump together around entrances and any cracks and have this crazed movement to them. Sometime you'll see them clustered in a frenzy around a tiny crack that isn't an actual entrance looking for a way into the hive. If you block the entrance of a hive that is getting robbed and open it later, it's like a jail break mass exodus when the entrance is reopened.
Sorry to revive an old thread, but this seems like an important one. I recently started 3 bee colonies two days ago, and have labeled them with numbers and meticulously kept records of things I have noticed that seem important. I have Hive I,Hive II, and Hive III(I like Roman numerals). As we had to pick up our bee packages 2 days late due to incompetency of one of the workers, noticeable amounts of dead bees were dead on the bottom. So I recorded which strongest colonies went into which hives. Hive I had the strongest colony, Hive II had the weaker colony, and Hive III was a little weaker than Hive II.
Now to the point, I am seeing large clusters of bees around the entrance of Hive I, and bees going between hive 1 and II, and Hive III and II. I am feeding them with feeder bottles on top of the inner cover, covered by another super with a lid. I figured this would well hinder robbing. Also, no bees are carrying pollen or noticeably foraging at all. I figure this is normal since these hives are new and their queens aren't released yet? Anyways, I plugged the man made hole in the single brood box of Hive II with duct tape, as it "seems" to be the weakest colony. Am I too late? Also, the entrance reducers i got were about 3/4" too short, so there are 3 entrances on the other hives than Hive II
Is it robbing? --- six week old hive--been doing great, everything seeming to be happy and satisfied. Been feeding about a quart of syrup about every 3-4 days. This week with no warning at all the syrup went to a quart a day. I do have a quite a bunch ofnew baby girls, but they didn't just happen in one day as did the syrup increase. Have looked for signs of leakage in the feeding tray, etc., but nothing. There have been large numbers of bees all over the entrance and many flying around the front of the hive when the food got low. Haven't seen any of what I would think would be fighting, but they seem to calm when I put in a fresh jar of syrup. Does this sound like robbing or of anything else I might look at?
Thanks Guys. Have a great weekend.
Chico Neyrey
Charleston, SC
Chico, I am right up the road from you and the nectar sources are drying up fast this year. It would not be unlikely for them to partake of that amount per day. Last year I had new nucs/hives and they were taking a quart a day or more about this time. Keep feeding and build the comb out. When they are being robbed, it is chaos and fighting in the front.
Thanks, Possum. That makes me feel a helluva lot better. When I pick up the feeder jar, the lid is covered ass deep in bees feeding and I just hadn't seen them feed like this. You can literally sit and watch a bubble come up about every 30 seconds and you can see tongues in every pinhole. Thinkin it might be robbing, I put the entrance reducer back in this morning to see if I saw any heavier defense indications and to help defense a little easier, but I still didn't see any signs of a war goin in----actually only seemed to piss them off. I'll go take it back out now.
If you don't mind, Man--since you're up the road I wonder if I could trouble you with some questions from time to time. I really do enjoy my bees and am learning form them daily, so in turn, I'd like to do the best for them that I can.
Thanks again, Man. Have a great day and enjoy this pretty weather.


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House passes bill to permit gun possession on college campuses
MISSOULA, Mont. - House Bill 240 would allow anybody from the public to walk onto a university campus in Montana with a firearm.
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The Montana University Board of Regents opposed the bill in the house, saying it was a double standard.
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MIAMI -- So this is what it looks like when the Clippers are at full strength.
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Three months into the season, they finally played a game with their complete roster Friday.
But full strength doesn't necessarily mean full efficiency, and as the Clippers showed Friday in a 111-89 loss to the Heat, they have a ways to go before they can successfully marry the two concepts.
Chris Paul looked every bit like someone who sat out eight straight games and 12 overall with a bruised kneecap. And while he was well enough to play, it might be a while before he's functioning again like the MVP candidate he was before getting hurt.
Paul played just 20 minutes Friday, partly due to the nature of the game but also because the Clippers will keep a close eye on him as he eases himself back into the flow. He scored just three points and had only two assists, the only real bright spot being the fact he got through the evening in one piece.
"The game was what it was," Paul said. "You never want to lose, but I'm actually excited just to be out there and have all our guys back. It's just going to take some time, but we'll be OK."
Blake Griffin, whose foundation is athleticism and explosion, definitely wasn't at full strength with 13 points in 24 minutes.
Chauncey Billups, as expected, played like someone who has missed all but three games this year. Jamal Crawford's crossover and jump shot aren't nearly as sharp when his right shoulder still feels the effect of the injury it sustained seven days ago.
And collectively, the Clippers looked exactly like a team that was incorporating four players back into the fold.
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Rotating and communicating defensively on some possessions, then leaving LeBron James open for two 3-pointers on successive plays as the Heat blew it open.
"I don't think there was a sense of urgency on our closeout," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. "From a trust factor, it just wasn't here."
No surprise, there. Considering the circumstances, it's to be expected.
The Clippers weren't just going to throw their squad together after all this time, simply flick a switch and expect everything to run perfectly smooth.
That isn't realistic even under the most ideal circumstances. Let alone on the road against the defending champion, a team with LeBron James playing as well as anyone has in the history of the NBA.
It didn't matter the Heat were playing without Chris Bosh and Ray Allen, both sick with the flu. Or that Dwyane Wade was dealing with the same flu bug and James was feeling some effects as well.
Even with those handicaps, the Heat are a high-functioning team. Completely healthy, they are the best team in the league, no matter what the records show.
Little surprise, then, that the Clippers would struggle against them on the first night they could open the box and find all the parts inside.
And while the parts are finally all there, it's going to take time to assemble them.
"A lot of things you have to do on the fly," Clippers forward Lamar Odom said. "And one of them is to adjust.
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It's going to take a sustained period, fortunate health, some players accepting new roles and others elevating their games back to previous levels.
The bad news is they got off on an unfortunate foot against the Heat.
James, in particular, was brilliant.
It took him just 11 shots to reach 30 points by the end of the third quarter, his remarkable efficiency seemingly knowing no bounds.
James didn't even play the fourth quarter. He didn't have to because he dominated the Clippers sofiercely over the first three that the Heat had a93-68 lead.
If they had an MVP for the first half of the season, James would win in a landslide.
Provided he stays healthy, he'll easily walk away with his fourth MVP trophy this summer.
"He had that feeling," Billups said. "And he's the last guy you want to start feeling it."
The Clippers would have been hard-pressed to deal with James in Miami on the back end of a long trip even functioning at a high level.
They had no chance on the night they were trying to put the pieces back together.
The good news is they still have plenty of time to get back on track, Friday simply being the first step in that journey.
"It's just going to take time," Paul said.
And health, of course.
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The best films in the Alien series, Ridley Scott's original and James Cameron's pluralized follow-up, didn't bother much with pondering the meaning of it all. The only film that did so, Alien 3, is the worst. But in the first two the characters were too occupied with escaping unthinkable terror to stop and discuss the things that really bother a guy, like, why is this happening? Still, deep within, these films harbored the urge to probe ultimate questions. What they really wanted to be was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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In Scott's monumental and busy return to the franchise, he tries to do both: make us have deep thoughts even as he scares us shitless. The title, for example, refers to the myth of the Titan who stole fire from the gods, gave it to humans, and lived to regret it. It could also allude to The Modern Prometheus, the subtitle of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the archetypal horror story in which the creature is driven to find out why his creator made him in the first place. Even if, as the scientist Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) suggests here, it was simply "because he could."
But first, let's start with the dawn of man, as a giant guy who looks like a ripped version of Marvel's the Watcher drinks something nasty. Next, we're in a cave on the island of Skye in 2089, where Dr. Shaw (Noomi Rapace), beating Werner Herzog to the punch, has discovered a cave painting 35,000 years old. Turns out it's just one of many such scattered about the earth, each with a diagram of a star system. And so, instructed by a hologram of the late Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce ), founder of the infamous Weyland Corporation, Shaw and Holloway, her colleague and boyfriend, ride the title star ship to the planet on the ancient maps. Their mission: unravel the mystery of life.
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Like Microsoft and IBM before it, Google clearly looms large over a technological domain--in this case, the Web. The question many in government are now asking is, does it have too much power?
Regulatory scrutiny alone is a test for GoogleTrustbusters are ratcheting up the pressure on Google, and the Web giant may be challenged to pursue as aggressive a corporate strategy as it historically has.
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FTC, Senate ratchet up Google antitrust probesThe Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Senate appear to be stepping up their antitrust investigations of Google, a development that follows more formal investigations already under way in Europe.
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Has Google learned Microsoft's antitrust lessons?While the Internet giant and trustbusters prepare for a year of hearings and court battles, some legal experts are struck by the similarities of what Microsoft faced a decade ago and Google faces today.
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Jake is a 2 ½ year old Labrador Retriever/Newfoundland mix. He's been called a "goofy newfie" on more than one occasion. He enjoys the pursuit of tennis balls and proudly demonstrates his ability to catch balls mid-air. This seventy pound dog is also very affectionate and loving; after a good bout of exercise, Jake adores getting tummy rubs and ear scratches. Jake will undoubtedly bring great joy into someone's life.
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The billions of dollars that the US sends to Middle Eastern countries to import is a choice. This has led Amory Lovins to state that there's more oil in Detroit than in Saudi Arabia. There's actually no oil in Detroit, but the reluctance of auto executives to pursue higher fuel efficiency standards, imposes billions of dollars of cost on North American companies and car owners.


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New Day In Washington after Inauguration
It's a new day in Washington: President Obama's beginning a new term, there's a new Congress,
But old issues remain. Now that the inauguration now over, some wonder if Washington will heed the President's call for unity.
The President and Vice President kick off this new term with a prayer service at the National Cathedral this morning, then it's back to work - topping the agenda here on capitol hill - dealing with America's debt.
It was a big party - but now it's over. The President's been sworn in.
He called for unity, and sent congress a message to act quickly." Decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay," said President Barack Obama
Decisions like raising the debt ceiling and borrowing more money to pay America's bills. House Republicans backed off their threat.
They've scheduled a vote tomorrow to borrow more without budget cuts. "I recognize there are profound differences in this room," said President Barack Obama.
Differences that could still play out as Congress tries to prevent automatic budget cuts in March.
Tomorrow's vote would withhold pay if lawmakers can't get it done. "Yes you can extend the debt ceiling, yes we'll do that for three months, let's get out of a crisis mode but let's get a budget document in place and let's have a penalty if you don't pass a budget," said Rep. Greg Walden, (R) Oregon.
United around another historic inauguration, Americans are hopeful. "Hopefully it's kicking off a great second term and a new direction for the country," said Anshu Choudhri, Chicago, IL.
It's a new day, but will President Obama and congress turn things around in this second term? "There's a magical MOMENT, in a second term, that begins TODAY and it's elusive, and it moves fast," said Historian Jon Meacham.
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The first night they got in, they were our lucky charms, because we hit it big in the casino on the top floor of the Holiday Inn. Oddly enough, it was "Cowboy Night" with bales of hay lying on the floor and all the dealers in cowboy hats and plaid - they were lacking chaps though. We lost all our money at the craps table and were finishing our drinks to go home, when the raffle lady called out Eric's free raffle ticket number and he won $10. With that money, we proceeded to win $110 at the craps table - Natalie being the lucky high roller. With much restraint, we finally walked away with $50 up
We spent the week in the Manuel Antonio area right on the beach and with the jungle looming right behind. If you close your eyes and picture paradise, you'll have a pretty good image of where we were. Or, if your imagination is frozen from the Indiana cold, just pop in the movie, "Jurassic Park." It was filmed in Costa Rica and a lot of the shots of beaches with cliffs towering above crystal blue water and soft, sandy beaches with some palm trees here and there, pretty much pays it justice. We did not see any Tyranisaurus Rex or other flesh eating dinosaurs, but we did spot some pretty big lizards.
We stayed at a Villa with huge balconies, from where we spotted lizard and monkeys and hung around in the hammock, where cabana-boy Eric mixed up fresh margaritas. The cabana restaurant was right below as well, and we never ceased to be entertained by Don Luis and his family forever chopping away at veggies and freshly caught lobsters (the lobsters were more of a hacking than a chopping) for dinner each night. The chopping usually took about a good two hours, but the lobster nachos were well worth the wait. Luckily, the drinks didn't take quite as long.
Manuel Antonio is a pretty popular tourist destination and there are NO shortage of adventure/pleasure tours to take part in. We wasted no time and signed up for the TinkerBell and TinkerBob tour, where you go flying through the rainforest on zip lines, repel from 85 ft. platforms in freakishly tall trees, and swing like Tarzan (Eric being the only one who actually made the Tarzan call). Let me just say, I have a new found respect for my parents and now have placed them in the "Bad-ass" category.
There were 18 zip lines that took you flying through the canopy trees, some of which you were able to hang upside-down, without hands, or in any crazy position you wanted. The guides were all crazy cool locals who would, after safely securing you to the line, push you off one platform and another was there to catch you on the next and keep you from slamming into the tree. The repelling was definitely the scariest part. Our knees were shaking as we stood on a platform way high above the floor, and watched one by one as people leaned off the platform and began their long descent. I don't care what anyone ever tells you to do, but don't look down in this situation. Your heart may actually freeze up in your chest.
Eric and Natalie dropped as fast as gravity and the guide would allow - looking like pros
We also took a more tranquil sunset sailing tour out on an old wooden sailboat one night. We knew it was going to be a good trip when we got on and they offered us "Happy Juice." We sailed around the coves, looking for dolphins, drinking and eating, and at one point stopped off to do some snorkeling near some rocks. The water wasn't as clear as on the Caribbean side, but there was no shortage of fish. Our guide gave us a package of crushed saltines that we released underwater, and were attacked by schools and schools of fish. Think, Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" just underwater, and with fins. On the boat, we did spot some dolphins and the flying fish they scared out of the water that were then eaten up by the diving booby birds (that's what the guide called them - very official term). The sunset over the ocean was gorgeous and looked better than any post cards we've seen.
Natalie, Eric and I all took surfing lessons our last day at the beach. We are now officially tubular surfer dudes and dudettes, and are allowed to say things like, "Hang Ten" "Narley" and "Killer Wave." Surfing isn't as hard as one would first imagine, but then again, not as easy as it looks. Jorge, our teacher, said in the two years he's been running the school, without a doubt, the girls always do better than the guys
The rest of the time, we laid around the beach, drank Margaritas and ate delicious food. Pretty much the recipe for a perfect vacation. One restaurant we went to was called, "El Avion" (The airplane) where we watched another sunset over rounds of beers. The restaurant was built around the original C-123 cargo plane that was used during the Iran-Contra scandals in Nicaragua. One of the planes crashed, and the other never left the Managua airport. Some guy bought the plane and moved it to Costa Rica, part by part, where he reassembled it into a restaurant. You can check it out at www.elavion.net
Eric also ran into an old high school friend, Abby Harlan, at ladies night at the Lounge
The last night in paradise, we did some more quality eating and drinking, and danced the night away to a Latin band at a nearby restaurant called Bambu Jam. The padres went home and then we all headed out to the disco on the beach to continue the dancing fever. Margaritas and sun can make you pretty darn tired, so it was back to bed by midnight.
Our last day we squeezed in last minute beach time, and one last order of chicken wings from the only bar that sold them, and then got on the bus to head back to the Villas and prepare to leave. The cosmos were in alignment and sent us signs that my family should not leave. The bus back got a completely deflated tire, and Natalie, Eric and I had to get off in our bathing suits and start walking down the road. After about 10 minutes of watching occupied taxis pass us by, a local guy picked us up and said he'd drop us all near the hotel. About 5 minutes later, he pulls over and tells us we have to get out, because the traffic police were out and checking all taxis for their licenses, which obviously he didn't have. So then we had to walk the rest of the way back to the hotel to a very preoccupied mom and suitcases that needed to be packed in 15 minutes. I still stand by the fact these were "signs" that they shouldn't leave.
But, since the shuttle was already booked to head back to the city, off we went. There was a big music festival in San Jose, in the park right outside of the Holiday Inn, with a mix of styles ranging from hip-hop and break dancing, to Irish step music. Our last meal together we spent WAY TOO LONG recapping the entire week - of course the pitchers of Sangria might have had something to do with that.
Now its Sunday morning and the fam has gone. We had SUCH A GREAT TIME!!!!! It was the absolute perfect vacation. It was very sad to say goodbye, but maybe we'll be seeing them real soon. I'm still sitting here hoping they decided to not take the flight back, and come running through the door at any minute. But seeing as how they have no idea what Internet cafe we are sitting at, and Natalie has an important cool new job, there is quality golf to be had back in the states, and a house to prepare for Spring, the odds aren't in our favor. We need some of that high roller, beginners luck from Natalie again. But she's gone too. Sniff Sniff. We love you guys a lot and can't wait to see you again! THANK YOU THANK YOU for everything!


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Anyne watch this guy. He hs great length 6'7 but only 235 pounds. He has great speed off the edge.He looks like a pure pass rush specialist or 3-4 LB right now..Lots of OLB/pass rusher types in this draft, Not many 4-3 DE's though
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UTSA business students in Brazil course
COB students participate in Brazilian immersion course
By Wendy Frost
Director of Communications, College of Business
(Aug. 31, 2006)--This summer, six undergraduate students and two faculty members in the UTSA College of Business participated in a business immersion course that included a 10-day field experience in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Student participants in the inaugural class were Geoff DeLaune, Ariel de la Cruz, Mitchell Feichtinger, Paul Rafael, Marvin Smith and Alberto Sotelo.
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During the experience, the students were trained in Brazilian business practices and introduced to top-level corporate executives. Executives included the vice president of marketing for Globo Television, the strategic planning director of Whirlpool Brazil and the president of Embratel.
The course, Brazilian Business Dynamics, was taught by Victoria Jones, associate professor of marketing and director of the Business Studies for the Americas Program. Mark Suazo, assistant professor of management, also participated in the trip.
"This course gives students an introduction to the challenges of doing business internationally by comparing U.S. practices with those of Brazil," said Jones, who previously served as associate dean for international relations at Brazil's top business school. "My goal was for students to become familiar with the issues and complexities that affect international markets and to learn how to adapt management activities to the Brazilian market situation."
Prior to the immersion experience, students were presented with a two-day introduction to the history, culture and socio-economic conditions of the region. The students then participated in the immersion program in Brazil, which consisted of corporate visits, academic presentations by Brazilian scholars and cultural activities. After returning to San Antonio, the students did additional coursework that culminated in a business adaptation group project and an individual reflective essay.
"This trip was an opportunity of a lifetime for me," said Ariel de la Cruz, a finance major who also has completed a study abroad experience in England. "Brazilian businesses are known for exceptional customer service and adaptability. It opened my mind to the global market and allowed me to learn about Brazilian business culture."
The Business Studies for the Americas Program gives strategic focus to the UTSA College of Business for its Latin American activities. The program develops the academic and professional skills of students and executives and enhances faculty research.


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Mumford & Sons have a lot going for them. Their rise to fame fits in nicely with the commonly loved tale of an underdog finding success. For though their rousing, triumphant debut Sigh No More reached No. 1 in New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, and No. 2 in Britain and America, that popularity was slow-burning and hard-won.
They know how to write a catchy folk song, got producer Markus Dravs (who's worked with Arcade Fire and Coldplay) on board, and they've built their fan base via acclaimed live performances where they come off as the kind of guys it'd be fun to share a beer with.
So perhaps it's not surprising, that though their fans are not hyperventilating tweenagers, their second album looks set to be one of the biggest-selling releases of 2012.
And Babel is pretty much what fans would reasonably expect from their modern folk heroes. Strong vocal harmonies, rootsy strumming, intricate bluegrass phrases, large-scale sweeping melodies, interspersed with the occasional intimate musing.
There's minimal drumming or electric guitar this time around, but plenty of banjo and mandolin, a touch more piano, and every now and then, in an especially emotional peak, you can just hear a Coldplay-esque synth or organ.
Literary influences also continue, along with some allegorical styling, and vague references to faith and salvation - though these are always in relation to humanity, rather than specific religion. It's all quite poetic, and there's no denying their talents.
But it's not an especially personal album. It feels like Marcus Mumford is mostly keeping the audience at arm's length, lyrically speaking, wearing his heart under his hat rather than on his sleeve. And unlike the folk heroes of old, there's no politics, no protest, no deep heartbreak, no obvious storytelling.
This isn't an unusual path for modern pop musicians, but Mumford & Sons' particular brand of indie folk needs nuance and fragility, and it's only when they make the most of their dynamic range and remember to dial back the banjos before they turn them up again that the songs connect. Like when they contrast soft vocal refrains on tracks such as I Will Wait and Holland Road, with their loud, frenetic strumming.
And in the tradition of their first hit single Little Lion Man, they're at their strongest on tracks which verge on despair and have a certain rocking abandon to them, like Hopeless Wanderer, which has moments of a sort of folk-psychedelia; and Broken Crown which is full of quiet anger, and yet has a prayer-like pleading to it.
When they let their guard down and find some genuine vulnerability, this quartet prove why they've rallied such a dedicated and large fanbase of adults - they just need to step up the somewhat paint-by-numbers folk pop that can emerge in between the hits.
Verdict: Folk-stars' second album shines when they loosen up, but occasionally feels a little bland.
Stars: 3/5
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Patrol car crashes into local business
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An officer crashed his patrol car into The Grow Store on Colorado Ave. Saturday morning.
Kyle Brown, an employee at the store, said he received a call from the store owner's wife telling him he needed to get to the store because an officer may have fallen asleep and crashed into it.
Police have not confirmed the cause of the crash though. They said there were no injuries in the crash, and the investigation is ongoing.


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Shane Lechler is going home, while at the same time finding it hard to leave home.
The seven-time Pro Bowl punter agreed to terms Friday with the Houston Texans, and said in a phone interview he will sign the contract Saturday. His departure, at age 36 and with a team looking to cut costs, is not a surprise.
"When I had zero contract talks throughout the year, or to this date -- to now -- yeah, I figured it was done,'' Lechler said.
ESPN reported Lechler would receive a $1 million bonus and a maximum of $5.5 million over three seasons _ dramatically more than the Raiders plan on paying Marquette King, who was retained on injured reserve last season when it became clear they were going in a different direction in 2013.
When Lechler was last up for free agency following the 2008 season, the Texans were poised to strike, only to be foiled when late owner Al Davis kept Lechler on the Raiders with a four-year, $16 million contract _ the most ever paid to a punter.
Four years later, it was clear the Raiders were moving in a different direction, and so was Lechler.
"It was somewhere I've wanted to play. This is home for me. I don't have to move my kids back and forth to school, and they're at an age where it affects them a little bit,'' Lechler said. "My family is here. My wife's family is here. I've got both sets of grandparents still alive and they can come to games.
"It wasn't the easiest thing leaving Oakland. Having been there 13 years, it's hard to walk away from, especially with the friends I've made. It's just time, I think.''
Lechler is forever indebted to Al Davis for making him a fifth-round draft pick the same year he took place kicker Sebastian Janikowski, making him essentially the heir to the throne of Ray Guy as an all-time great punter for both the Raiders and the NFL.
At the same time, Lechler didn't shy away form criticism when he disagreed with the direction of the franchise _ something he said he learned from Davis.
"I think it was my second year in the league. I asked him a question and I made the mistake of telling him what I thought he wanted to hear and he said, `Shane, as long as we have a relationship, and it's a good one, do not tell me what you think I want to hear. Tell me what you think.,'' Lechler said.
"We had our differences about coaches, differences about special teams coaches. But he let me speak my mind and yet he did what he was going to do. I could only honor that and appreciate that from him.''
Lechler said he came to respect Davis' inclination to operate as he pleased, without being influenced by outside opinion.
The repeated "tuck rule'' references from the ruling this week that erases the rule that doomed the Raiders in 2001 against the Patriots will never be forgotten.
"That was a moment in time where you think, `God, the NFL hates us,' '' Lechler said.
As far as the future of the franchise, Lechler will leave the details to general manager Reggie McKenzie but admits to some reservations.
"I can see where a lot of good parts got out of there,'' Lechler said. "Somebody that flourished in the last year-and-a-half like (tight end) Brandon Myers, to let him get away, is kind of a shock to me. But I guess Reggie has a plan to build this team the way he wants and I wish him the best of luck.''


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WarGames 2: The Dead Key
On a class trip to Europe Cory Carpenter, a teenage computer whiz, goes on the lam from the authorities, who have mistakenly pegged him as a cyber terrorist. While the technological infrastructure of the entire civilized world is apparently melting down, Cory, his beautiful classmate Anne Deville, and his nerdy best buddy Dale Darrow, manage to stay one step ahead of the authorities. However, Cory is later horrified to learn that his long time internet pal, Jay Forrell, is actually a government computer that has run amok and is about to hail nuclear disaster down on an unsuspecting planet.
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I met amazing peoples, Gunter and Karin. I'm enjoyd Their hospitality. They made more I expected. DANKE SCHON !!!
We had an amazing experience with this people, making us feeling like at home...
Thank you Günter & Karin
People very good and helpful, they made us feel at home! Very nice and clean
Persone molto brave e disponibili, ci hanno fatto sentire a casa nostra!! Casa molto bella e pulita
This was our first experience using Wimdu and we were very pleased with everything! Gunter and Karin were very kind, hospitable and helpful. The room is quiet, clean and comfortable. I was a bit concerned that it was a little far from the city center, but the S-Bahn station is very close and it was only about 15- 20 minutes to the city center. The S-Bahn is covered by a Eurail pass, so the first day we had already used a pass day to arrive in Munchen and then we just traveled by S-Bahn throughout the city and did not need to buy any other transit tickets. Also, the Perlach station near Gunter and Karin's house is in the inner ring, so it is covered in the basic level all day transit pass as well.
Thanks again Gunter and Karin for welcoming us into your city and home!
Hallööchen with two Öchen :)
We were very satisfied. Gunter and Karin are very hospitable. Room and bathroom are absolutely clean and well maintained. The location is perfect, as the commuter train is just around the corner.
We did it just like and we can recommend it to anyone :)
Lisa love greetings and Juliane
Hallööchen mit zwei Öchen :)
Wir waren super zufrieden. Günter und Karin sind sehr gastfreundlich. Zimmer und Bad sind absolut sauber und gepflegt. Die Lage ist perfekt, da die s-Bahn gleich um die ecke ist.
Uns hat es einfach gefallen und wir können es nur jedem empfehlen :)
Liebe grüße lisa und Juliane
great staying, optimal position....the best to visit Munich and have a trip in Theresewiese stands! Thanks Gunther!
A really nice room with very nice hosts. They were very concerned about our well-being and even bicycles for the landlord has not made room in the garage. Only be recommended if no one puts increased emphasis on town center!
Ein wirklich schönes Zimmer bei ausgesprochen netten Gastgebern. Man war sehr um unser Wohl besorgt und sogar für die Fahrräder hat der Hausherr in der Garage noch Platz geschaffen. Nur weiterzuempfehlen, wenn man keinen gesteigerten Wert auf Zentrumsnähe legt!
For us it was the first time that we have booked through this site. But what have we got to know on the spot to host, we did not believe it. We were surprised by the hosts who welcomed us very nice and helped us with any questions. We thank Günter from Flensburg and Karin very much for their hospitality Creates and we hope that next year bye :)
Für uns war es das erste mal, dass wir über diese Seite gebucht haben.
Aber was wir vor Ort an Gastgeber kennen gelernt haben glaubten wir es nicht.
Wir waren Überrascht von den Gastgebern die uns sehr nett empfangen und uns bei jeder Fragen geholfen haben.
Wir aus Flensburg danken Günter und Karin sehr für ihre Gastfreundschafft und hoffen das wir uns nächstes Jahr Wiedersehen :)
cozy room in a familiar environment. Karin and Gunter are a very hospitable couple, thank you for breakfast on Sunday.
gemütliches Zimmer in familärer Umgebung.
Karin und Günter sind ein sehr gastfreundliches Ehepaar,
danke für das Frühstück am Sonntag.
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- Secure payment via SSL encryption