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The Holland America cruise brand is one of the oldest in the world, but the Volendam is an eloquent mix of this tradition and the luxuries and comforts of modern cruise ships. The Volendam cruise ship is one of four in her class, the R Class, and was the second to join this group after the Rotterdam.
Harking back to the company's origins and her city namesake in north Holland, the theme of the ship is flowers, which is evident throughout the vessel in everything from the soft furnishings to the blooming arrangements in vases on board.
After a refurbishment in 2006 to bring her in line with Holland America's 'Signature of Excellence' upgrades, and another in 2011 for more contemporary upgrades, the Volendam interior is a beautifully furnished, traditional yet modern vessel in which to enjoy a holiday at sea.
Originally launched in 1999, the Volendam is more than 15 years old, but remains up to date with regular refurbishments. When she was built, she had the largest passenger capacity of any Holland America ship with space for 1,432 guests and 615 crew members. She weighs 61,214 tonnes, can travel up to 23 knots and measures 781 feet in length.
The Volendam crosses the pacific regularly, stopping at ports all over Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region such as Bali, Singapore, Fiji, and New Zealand before heading back to ports around Canada's west coast such as Vancouver, and up to Alaska. You'll never spend a dull day on land with Volendam excursions such as central city tours, wine tastings, farmers' markets, night-time safaris, riverboat rides and more.
Flowers remain the principal theme of the Volendam cruise ship, with a beautiful recurring floral motif in each of the staterooms and public rooms. With each port stop, crew refresh the vases of tropical bouquets for fresh arrangements throughout the voyage.
Another of Holland America's specialities is its dedication to fine art. Put together, the entire fleet's collection of exquisite artworks is valued at tens of millions of dollars. Public areas onboard the Volendam are decorated with these works, with a medley of styles, eras, and artists. A standout piece is a tulip painting by Tim Maguire, and you'll also find pre-Colombian works such as an earthenware female figure that dates back to approximately 100 BC. You can enjoy all of these works on a self-guided art tour. Download the tour to your iPod or MP3, and follow the directions to each piece as you listen to a history of the work with interviews with the artists and more interesting facts and information.
The Volendam food and drinks are similar in quality to anything you would find in a leading restaurant on land. The main eating area is the Rotterdam Dining Room, which is a beautiful two-storey venue with twinkling lights like stars in up above. The room is open seating for breakfast and lunch, and offers both traditional set times and set seats for scheduled meals, and 'As You Wish' dining for people who prefer to sit anywhere they like and dine at any time they like.
Aside from the Rotterdam, there is also the Pinnacle Grill, the Lido buffet restaurant, Canaletto, and the one night only per cruise Le Cirque.
Volendam bars are known for their delicious cocktails and evening entertainment, so you'll be spoilt for choice with the Piano Bar, Explorer's Lounge, and Crow's Nest Lounge.
Holland America's cabins are known for their spacious interiors and some of the nicest bathrooms at sea.
The interior Volendam rooms are the most affordable and offer luxuries such as Euro-Top mattresses, 100 percent Egyptian cotton towels, a flat-panel TV with DVD player, deluxe bathrobes and complimentary fresh fruit on request. The ocean view rooms offer all these same features, but with a window so you can watch the world go by.
The next cabin category up is the Lanai Rooms, which are largely similar to the interior and ocean view rooms, but have a sliding door with access to the lower promenade deck, so you get both a view out the window and direct access for walking in the fresh air.
Some of the more luxurious of the Volendam rooms are the Vista Suites, which offer a separate sitting area, a private verandah, a mini-bar and refrigerator, a whirlpool bathtub, floor-to-ceiling windows, fresh flowers, personalised stationery and access to a complimentary DVD library.
The most luxurious Volendam suite is the Neptune Suite. It has all the features of the Vista Suites, plus your own dressing room, endless complimentary services such as laundry, bottled water, and sparkling wine in the Neptune Lounge on embarkation. You will also enjoy priority dining, seating and boarding, a high tea service on request, a cocktail party with the ship's officers and a personal concierge service.
Whether you prefer casual dining, exotic menus, or hearty home-style meals, you'll find what you're after in the extensive range of food options on board the Volendam.
Complimentary meals as part of your Volendam tickets are available at:
Specialty dining (meals not included in your fare)
The Volendam schedule is packed full of events and activities so you'll be just as busy on board as you are on the shore – unless, of course, you prefer to spend the entire time relaxing by the Volendam's pools.
Your Volendam photos will be full of snapshots from each day's activities. You can spend time in the pool or whirlpool, in the fitness centre, on the tennis or basketball courts on the sports deck, in the sauna or aerobics area, relaxing in the Greenhouse Spa and Salon, in the beauty salon or even on a massage table.
You can take a course at the Microsoft Digital Program to learn about using computers to create blogs, enhance photos, put videos on DVDs and more. There are shops to peruse, art tours to admire, and hours to be spent strolling the promenades.
By night, Volendam shows and activities offer as many engagements as any city.
The Wajang Theatre screens movies and the two-tiered Frans Hals Lounge hosts regular shows as well as the line's Dancing with the Stars: At Sea program, which teaches passengers dances before a grand performance on the final evening of the cruise.
An onboard casino lets you chance the roll of the die, and the Volendam bars such as the Piano Bar and Explorer Lounge add a touch of live music to the evening's entertainment.
Families with children are always welcome on board the Volendam, but please note that babies must be at least 6 months of age to travel, and any voyage that crosses the Pacific or Atlantic cannot have babies younger than 12 months on board.
Babysitting is available for children over the age of three, and there are a number of kids clubs designed for the young ones. The Loft is set out for 13-17 year olds, and there are separate clubs for those aged 8-12 and 3-7.
The staff on the ship were exceptional. The food was good and the choices were adequate. The entertainment was a bit average. The main problem was the cabin noise. We had a balcony cabin on deck 7 and directly overhead was the Lido buffet dining room which also has outside dining areas. There was
constant noise of furniture being moved around and across the deck, people walking around, trolleys being rolled across - it was extremely noisy and went on from 5am till around midnight every day. We were travelling in a group of 34 and all of the group on this deck suffered the same noise problem. After reporting it to customer service they stated that they would remind the crew to be quiet but it wasn't always the crew making the noise. It was impossible to relax in the cabin during the day and interrupted our sleep overnight. After a number of complaints from many people the cruise line line gave us a $200 credit on our bill. This was appreciated but didn't make up for the discomfort caused during the entire trip.
If travelling on this ship I would highly recommend deck 6 as the passengers in our group on this deck all had quiet cabins. A disappointing problem on an otherwise great cruise.
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We recently cruised for the first time with HAL on the Volendam. It was a 28 day cruise from Singapore through Asia ending in Hong Kong.
Our cabin was nice and comfortable and our steward very helpful and pleasant. The food was good but service not as good as we have experienced on our previous cruises and at times we had to wait for other diners to arrive in the dining room before we could be allocated a table.The food and service at the Pinnacle grill was excellent. There was a Gastro outbreak on board which the crew managed admirably taking all precautions needed to prevent it spreading further.
The biggest disappointment on this cruise was the lack of entertainment during sea days. There was nothing fun to do or join in with and mainly consisted of seminars on various subjects related to the spa on board. Bridge lessons and bridge sessions and how to use digital camera and catologue photos , how to use Microsoft applications etc. There were none of the fun activities that we have experienced on previous cruises and we spent a lot of time in our cabin watching movies due to lack of entertainment on the ship. if i could have viewed the on board daily activities programme before booking we would not have booked with HAL but chosen another cruise line with more fun activities to offer.
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I have sailed with a number of friends, who in their mature years, need special considerations. My friend, who is ceiliac needs gluten free meals, could not believe the care and attention getting her special toast each morning and a dishful of cookies for afternoon tea. Another friend loves to
start with lemon juice; before the trip had ended, freshly squeezed lemon juice awaited her as she walked up to breakfast. Two friends, who are single, felt that more could have been organised for the singles set, but enjoyed the trivia quiz sessions. I enjoyed the most informative talks given pre-berthing[ note the 'e'], and although the HAL tours were well organised, I enjoyed negotiating the local bus services, where possible.
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While the Volendam is an older ship it still remains an elegant ship.The service from all the crew made me feel like a VIP. We required a disabled cabin which was set out for easy access to both bed and bathroom. Every night we received an animal made from a towel and two chocolates each. The buffet
food in the casual dining area was excellent with different menus every night. The other restaurants also had fantastic food. There were different shows every night,each being of high quality. Lots of games and demonstrations throughout the day for those at sea and shows in the evenings. 2 for the price of one cocktails and deliciuos hors'dourves. Going ashore at every town provided heaps of entertainment, with trips to see wildlife,culture,local towns and shopping. This sounds like a glowing review, well the Volendam is
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anything that involoves listening to music, being outdoors, dancing
IMAX & Martinis (Fernbank), Braves games, Tin Lizzy's....we don't really have a place we're "locals" at but usually get out all over the city/metro area - any place with a great atmosphere where we can be ourselves and have a great time.
to meet friends that share our interests....while we go out all the time we haven't really met a lot of good people that we've built lasting friendships with.
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I got my hands on some BMW Bi-LED X6 Fog Lights. I'm now trying to find a connector for them and if possible a wiring diagram (though I could figure that out if I need to once I get a connector).
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It appears that the next-generation Audi S8 is alive, well and testing in the United States according to the latest spy photos we've found at SpyShots.nl. Outwardly this looks like new-generation A8 riding on some fairly boring wheels but the quad tailpipes and test car status suggest it's an S8 mule.
We expect the new S8 will make use of the upcoming 4.0T FSI turbocharged V8 that
AlVolante.it has published a set of photos of what is believed to be an Audi S7 test mule running laps at the Nurburgring. Why an S7? Note the quad exhaust tips at the rear and a mechanical spoiler on the rear decklid. Both are great indicators. AlVolante has a whole set of photos that are worth checking out.
As published before, the S7 is believed to
Somehow we missed this round of spy photos last week but two readers independently sent us links to sites publishing them including Spyshots.nl and Car & Driver. We already know quite a bit about the new A6, that it will be based on a version of the Audi MLB architecture and is close in size to the A7. Interestingly though, this near undisguised shot shows more of a rounded A4-ish nose than the A8 or


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Fights broke out.
We ended as losers not winners.
I no longer have you to dry my eyes.
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Instead of me you got him.
You told him every last secret about me.
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Why Am I At The Chasm? What Does God Want From Me? The answer may just kill ya!
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"What Does God Want From Me?"
M. B. Fields, Jr.
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This is the latest in a continuing series of essays. Reading the previous essays is recommend, but not required.
I have Cancer. That is a pretty stark statement, isn't it?
I will probably—within the foreseeable future—leave this world because of Cancer.
For those of you who are learning this truth for the first time, I have a little blog about this journey. You are invited to join me as I walk along the valley--with a host of friends. Although it is a walk through the valley, it is a journey filled with life, and living.
You can find us at http://www.writing.com/authors/kybudman/blog
As luck would have it, this is not the first time I have had the privilege of making this statement. The first time I was permitted to say these words was on June 26th, 1976. I had recently been diagnosed with a particularly humorless form of Cancer while serving as an Instructor at the United States Army Medical Institute at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The diagnosis was confirmed. My prognosis was to live, if I chose all possible forms of treatment, about six months.
For lack of an option, I requested (and was granted) to have a second diagnosis at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, in Denver, Colorado. There were two distinct reasons for this.
The first reason was that I knew someone there who had been working on a new and very aggressive treatment therapy for the particular family of Cancers that mine fell within. I needed some hope. I was, at not quite 21, just beginning the second career of my life. I was not ready to throw in the towel. Giving up my career was important enough to request the move. The idea of losing my life barely made contact with my conscience.
The second reason for my request was that if I was going to die, I wanted to do it in a place I loved. Denver was, is, and will always be a place that I dearly love. To me, it is one of the most beautiful places on this planet. I've seen most of the places on this planet. Denver strikes me (behind perhaps Salt Lake City, Utah) as the very best. FAMC was in Denver—I win twice.
I was granted permission to travel to FAMC for the second diagnosis, but I was also transferred there for the purpose (I was told later) of being medically retired from the active duty military. How's that for a life-changing trip?
Shortly after my arrival at Fitz, the tests began. I was holding forth in the very room that President Eisenhower used so many times. I would spend a lot of time out on "The Eisenhower Porch". It was a rooftop—actually the roof of the entrance to the facility. I had a lot on my mind. This special place provided the very best view anywhere in the city of the city, and the Rocky Mountains behind it to the West. It provided me with a bit of private--and personal--space to do some serious thinking.
Life had, in almost 21 years, been good overall. Yes, there had been a lot of difficulty and tragedy to spice it up a bit. I had been one very lucky little boy. A successful music career, a successful (if survival was the measure) military career, and a pretty decent life were all in the rear-view. If this one difficult thing was the equalizer, I had no complaints.
I had a very strong faith. It had been developed through years of happy times, and not-so-happy times. God was even then my "Dad". My "Abba" (Father, or more loosely translated "Daddy"--as close as Hebrew can get to the idea) was just crazy stupid nuts in love with this kid--His kid. We were "tight".
One morning, I finished with breakfast and the daily necessities, anticipating the morning sun of Denver out on the porch.
I wound up at The Chasm.
Things tend to happen at the speed of life. There's no way around it. This morning, I began a journey that continues to this very moment.
I had been a good boy. I wasn't scared. There was this overwhelming sense of the need to "wait". I heard it over and over again. When I got to The Chasm, I did those things one does upon arrival. I looked around. I smelled the stench. I noticed other people hanging around. I saw meteors flyin' into The Chasm. I even went over, lay down on my belly, and looked over to see what was IN The Chasm.
It was strangely, eerily quiet there. I didn't know where I was, or why I was there. In truth I thought maybe I had died, and was headed to a most surprising conclusion! That just didn't make sense to me. I really had been a good boy.
I began walkin' around the property in my head and in my heart. I wasn't sure why I was there, but I knew instinctively that I had been brought there. I also knew that I had been brought there fora specific reason. Regardless of what was going on TO me, The Chasm "experience" was going on within me.
People around the hospital noticed and became concerned for my health. Perhaps they thought I was beginning "the transition" into the active process of dying. I remember this so very well. I thought it was funny. What was wrong with these people? Why did they keep looking at me? Why were they acting like I was a sick person?
The Chaplains had visited a few times, and made themselves available to me should I desire to speak with them. I desired to speak with them every time they showed up. What I wished to speak about, they had no knowledge of—or at least so it seemed.
One Chaplain, however, did know. Chaplain (Maj) Donald Schmidt was a good ole Southern Baptist-cum-Methodist Chaplain from the south and we hit it off. Actually, we got kind of close.
One day, Chaplain Schmidt sat and observed me for a couple of hours. He didn't say much, and neither did I. Finally, he asked me to tell him what was going on. Being the hillbilly who actually thought that people asked questions they wanted answers to, I told him. I told him where I was, in my head. I explained it, described it to a perfect "T", and even made a running commentary for him about what was going on with me there.
I asked him one question:
"What Does God Want From Me?"
If you stop to think about it, I could have asked that man at least 10 million different questions. Somehow, I knew that this had something really important to do with Dad. I was at The Chasm because HE initiated the action. There was some reason for my being there. Dad wasn't saying anything. He hadn't felt the necessity to inform me of the first thing. I wasn't scared or angry; I was not even disappointed. If Dad wanted to talk, I was willing to listen. Why change now!
Do you know what that crazy preacher man said to me?
"I don't know. Ask God. I'll bet He knows. If you really, really, REALLY want to know, God will tell you Himself!"
For three days, I did nothing but that. Don Schmidt stayed with me almost non-stop for those three days. He would eat meals with me. He would go to tests with me. He got in major (can you say, PUN!??) trouble because of me. The one thing Don Schmidt NEVER did during those days, was to leave me. This guy knew something in those day that wouldn't even be written about for the first time until 25 years later. This Kentucky boy was about to "experience God"! He might get singed in the process, but Don Schmidt wasn't gonna miss this show!
At some point during the third day, out on the porch just before sunset I heard a voice. It wasn't vocal, but it was a voice to be sure. It was a male voice, and sounded very much like my own. It modulated about the same way, and was in about the same register. But, it had a power, and a quiet authority like I have never heard either before, or since.
"Do You Love Me?"
I immediately answered, "Yes, Lord!"
Three times, I got the question. Three times, I answered the question the same way.
"What Do You Want From Me, Lord?"
"Everything, Bud."
"Okay, Lord. You've got it. No matter what!"
Man, you shoulda heard THAT neck pop!
"No Matter What? We'll see about that."
I suddenly felt a peace that I'll never get you to understand--until we move to Heaven. Luckily, the second you get there you will understand it, and I won't have to try.
We spent a lot of time talking there by The Chasm. At one point, Dad asked me to tell Him what I thought my perfect life would be like.
I'm a visual person. Like SMs says, "If you want me to understand what you are saying, draw me a picture!"
So, that's what I did. In that place I drew Dad a picture of what I thought my perfect life would look like. I remembered to include the White bucket seats for the red convertible. I remembered all the commas at the bottom of the bank statement. I drew myself as a very old man, in a tux holding a Conductor's baton. Man, I got it all! Nothing was left out! I was really proud of that picture. I mean, if it was good, and I wanted it—into the picture it went. This was my one shot, and I was gonna take it! I didn't miss a thing! I got the house, and the beach, and the little funky drinks with the Umbrellas—the whole shebang!
Dad had told me that, when I was sure I got everything I wanted for my perfect life in the drawing, to pass it on up to Him to look at. He would see what He could do for me.
I was thinking that this was some pretty cool stuff! Ten, twenty times I checked out this picture on this huge canvas. It was COVERED, I tell ya!
So, I'm all ready to be passin' MY picture up to Dad. Mail order just doesn't work any better, friend.
I told Dad I had included it all. He inquired, several times, if I was certain that every wish in my perfect life was in the picture. I assured Him that it was. (I should've known, right?)
So I'm passed the picture up to Dad. I can clearly see His hand reaching down to grasp the picture, even today.
"Are you sure this is the way you want your life to be?" I froze in my tracks, literally!
I didn't much care for His tone. Yeah, He's God and all, but that didn't sound too friendly.
"Is there something I missed?" I mean, He's God, right? My Dad knows my heart before I do. He would know if there was something I missed, right?
The reason I was at The Chasm is the very same reason that you are, or will be there friend. God has been about His business for a very long time. God has been alive, working even since before there was time. Somewhere along the way, God uses His position as Creator of the Universe to exercise His initiative, concerning you. It's all about Him. It's His game, His ball, and His rules. It is also His plan. Somewhere in His plan, you are. When, in His time, He sees the opportunity, He will invite you to come to where He is working.
That is usually when you will find yourself at The Chasm. It can happen a lot more than one time, believe me.
God takes the initiative. He desires relationship with His kids. He invites us to that moment and to that place where He is working—where we can help. It is really important to understand this part. This is the only way to get it right.
God has a plan. His plan includes us. God's plan is not to approve OUR plan. God's plan is for us to help Him with His Plan! How many people have you known, or have you heard talking about what they have prayed for, to God? It could be something material, like a car (including specific details like engine size, color, and interior components). It could be a job ("I'll dedicate this job that I really want to you, Dad!"). It could be a spouse, a mate, or a life partner. We bring our stuff to God. We ask Him to stop what He is doing to put His seal of approval all over our plan.
No wonder it so very seldom happens. We go about our lives, creating our picture of what perfect is. Then, we go hunting for God to get His stamp on it, and call it Faith. Things are not like that at The Chasm, friend.
When Dad desires to get our attention, things happen at a certain time, in a certain way, for a very particular reason. As I would very soon find out, God doesn't much feel like changing His Plan to suit me.
Even while I debated which color (Kelly, or Hunter?) green to color the money in my "perfect" picture, Dad was quietly waiting.
May I ask you a question?
Do you really believe that God does not know the innermost desires of your heart? Do you really believe that Dad asked me to paint him a picture of my perfect world because He needed to see it?
I would challenge you to draw your picture. Use whatever sized canvas you think you need. Use every color you can. Get it precisely right. Put everything in it that would make your world perfect. Create it as if you know Dad will supply you with all the parts of your perfect life that you create in that picture. Don't slow down until you spend enough time with your picture to KNOW that it is complete.
Don't read on in this little series until you have the picture ready to deliver to Dad. Create it knowing that Dad will surely look at your picture. Here's your chance to win the Lottery! Make your picture the perfect representation of how you want your life to be. Bring it with you the next time you pass by this way.
I will probably be here. If not, I will leave you a message under the stone. It's been really nice talking with you today, friend. I hope to see you really soon. I cannot wait to see the results of your handiwork. Bring your picture with you next time, and we can talk about it. We can hand it, together, up to Dad and see what He thinks of it. Okay?
In the meantime, may you be richly blessed, indeed!
In His Care,


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Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by twg76, Mar 4, 2007.
Welker is critical to the team's sucess this season. And to lose him to NE ?! WTF are they thinking ?
we all hate to see Welker go, but at some point all the man-love has to stop. we're getting a second-rounder for Wes. do you honestly think we could have gotten a second for him if he were under contract and we traded him straight up? sure not. the contract sheet turns out to be a blessing in disguise IMO.
i hate to see him go, just like everyone on here, but he's a good WR and an average special teamer. he's not worth that type of contract and he's NOT the core of this team either. for our offense, that would be Ronnie Brown, Vernon Carey and Rex Hadnot. these are the young guys we have to build around. maybe Culpepper if he's healthy, we don't know that.
ironically, you're right that we're probably going to be a "freaking stop along the way in an NFL career" this season. i think we'll bring in a few lower-priced free agents to hold down the fort until we get our own guys.
I know man. I just can't deny how disappointed I am. It seems like Dolphins fans are just too into the "one guy take us all the way" mentality. They look at individual players too much. Super Bowl teams are usually teams made up of mostly average players that have a couple stars. It takes an entire team doing their individual parts to win.
Welker is a guy that you just want on your team. You don't compare him to T.O. or Randy Moss. Welker is simply a critical part of a winning team. And now the Patriots, a team that has won MANY Super Bowls, is getting a key player to any team.
Remember Brady to Troy Brown? Well, this year, and in the coming 7 years, we can look forward to BRADY TO WELKER. ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, but who cares if he's the "heart of this team?" This team SUCKED the last few seasons, particularly on offense. Yes, Welker is a gutsy, hard-working player, but his presence or absence won't affect our chances at making the playoffs again one bit.
Let's remember this when BRADY TO WELKER becomes a curse to every Dolphin fan.
"It's 3rd and 5 at the 50 yard line. NE down by one. They need the first down to get in field goal range. Brady drops back... COMPLETE TO WES WELKER FOR THE FIRST DOWN!!!" :fire:
so be it. i'll stand by what i said. a second for Welker is like a related christmas present.
Wes will bring us a big #2 pick. We will be fine. And Tom Brady's *** will still get kicked in! Laron Landry, here we come!
Let him go. I'll take the 2nd round draft pick in a heart beat. If noone hasn't realized yet, Miami is a TRUE REBUILDING MODE. Deal with it!!!
That could happen but its over with no reason getting upset over it. I loved welker but randy and cam is trying to give this whole team a makeover and that means out with the old in with the new so to say. This coming year we may not be much but the year after with this youth infusion I see up building a long standing team and no more quick fixes.
Exactly. Everyone loved him because he was an over-achiever amidst a bunch of under-achievers. McMike and CC made him look better than he really was. I appreciate his effort, but he's not worth a second round pick by any stretch of the imagination. He's not a great return guy. He's not a #1 WR, or even a #2. Let NE start patching their roster with 2nd and 3rd tier guys now. I'm sick of it.
Now I'm going to feel the same way about Welker that I used to feel about Wayne Chrebet. This sucks.
Well, the second round draft pick is nice in theory. What if that guy is a bust? You never know how draft picks will work out. I know things will move on in Miami without Welker, but that guy was one of the brightest spots on Miami during this run of bad years (2003 - 2006). He will be missed for sure!
Just out of curiosity, can Welker turn the deal down? Maybe he is talking with Cameron about getting a solid deal. He could turn down the offer, and then take something a little lower in Miami. I know that is dreaming, but can it be done legally?
I see it as it being 3rd and 5 at the 50 yard line. NE down by one. They need the first down to get into field goal range. Brady drops back.....Sacked by the 2nd round stud of a DE or ILB...or maybe INT by the first rnd CB or just maybe Welker catches the ball and then BAM!!!!! Fumble as he is smothered by Jason Allen.
well, the offer sheet is like a regular contract, just under restrictions. Welker could opt not to sign it, but since he already did it's a moot point. we either match that deal or let him go. no re-negotiations
We're losing the core of a losing team? How ridiculous do you sound? It's sad, Welker embodies a professional athlete, but we need picks, we need cheap contracts to fill all of the holes and we need to get young. We have a new coach, a GM who can now do as he sees fit and we are making huge moves so far. I'm excited.
a 2nd round draft pick is great value! dude:
I love Wes like the rest of you but seriously....this is a very speilman-esq move by the patsies...How pissed would you be if we gave up a second round pick for the third WR in a very average group of WRs ??? yes he was good for us but thank goodness Randy had the second round tender on him we signed him as a FA and three years later we get a second for him.. its not THAT bad...Relax.
he is a punt returner and third reciever, he is not jerry rice
Wes Welker isn't worth $38 million for one.
Wes Welker isn't worth a 2nd-round draft choice for two.
Now, $38 million + giving up a 2nd-rounder (NE)?
Jeez, ridiculous! :rolleyes2
I keep reading all the "save Wes Welker" threads and wonder if any one of these people have seen the contract that he SIGNED. The Pats didnt just offer a contract/sheet, he signed it, so if we dont match he goes for that. Specifically though I wonder if anybody has seen the numbers. 40M for WES WELKER? Guys, Wes is a fine player and has huge heart but he has 1 receiving touchdown in his career. He isn't Chad Johnson. There are maybe 5 WRs I would have 40M to cough up for and Wes isn't even near that. I would offer him 5 years 14-5M at best and I'm being generous.
He's a #3 WR, decent punt returner, and below average kick returner.
Giving up $38 million + 2nd-rounder for that is EMBARRASSING......
Are you serious??? Welker was our 4th WR at best, sucked as a KR, and we get an extra 2nd round pick to give us some ammo come draft day and you are pissed?
Well freakin said :boohoo:
the contract he signed is only 10.5 million guaranteed.
wes welker is worth more to us than the 60th pick in an average draft. i've said it all in the other wes welker threads, its really weird how ppl keep making threads when there are a bunch already. i hate saying the same thing in different threads.
welker is our devin hester and our clutch slot wideout. he is worth every penny that the patsies offer sheet says. remember bellichek is the one with 3 super bowl rings in 4 years, so i think he knows a stud named wesley when he sees one.
its like this is a bad dream and spielman is our gm again, letting welker go is the dumbest decision so far this off-season besides not cutting joey yet.
People need to move past the money. It's not a $38 million contract as Welker will never see the end of it. That's how contracts are structured these days.
I'm guessing it's also got a poison pill in it, meaning the actual value of the contract is much lower than what's being reported.
It's Welker for a 2nd round pick. Personally, I think the Patriots will utilize him very effectively. He's a younger, quicker Troy Brown.
Are you kidding me??? Our Hester?
Welker sucks on kick returns. Dude, you need to start watching the games instead of merely playing Madden and then coming on the forum and making unrealistic statements.
You really have got to be kidding me with this Welker thing. Are you a female? You sound like if you seem to have more than a little bit for this guy...
Reality is that MIA was going to look for a speedy WR that can start opposite Chambers. Welker was our #4 WR.
How in the world is the fact that we are getting an extra 2nd round pick for an undrafted free agent who is too short and too slow for our scheme and absolutely sucks on kick returns not having you singing Hallelujah ???
10.5M guaranteed is still too much for Wes Welker. Obviosuly he wont see the end of that contract, but still that would be our problem in a few years and even now he would be making more than Marty Booker who makes too much as it is. This draft class is DEEP in WRs, there are more than half a dozen that grade out in the 1st round, several will be available by our 2nd pick and maybe even by the NE pick we'll get. Robert Meachem or Sidney Rice > Wes Welker.
Welker was 1st on the team in receptions, and 2nd in yards last season.
How that spells out #4 WR to you is beyond comprehension.
exactly WTF? .. sigh* the pats too...
Dudes, we all love Wes, but are you really gonna pay him 5+ Mill per year?
Are you really gonna turn down a second rounder in order to pay him 5+ mill?
This is a no brainer!
Hey chicken little, the sky is not falling. Breath.....
What freaking success would THAT be? ???
This is very uncharacteristic of NE. He will fill a hole there but he isn't worth a second round pick to me. I'm surprised to see NE be this aggressive...almost too agressive and wasting value.
Welker is a far from awesome. He's an average return guy at best and no more than a #3 WR. He was a fan favorite cause he plays hard. 2nd round pick for him is a no brainer.
I hate the thought of losing Welker.
New England is not stupid! They've won 3 SB's with these kind of moves. They already have improved their defense and now they will likely have that ideal type reliable player who just makes clutch plays. They don't have the big stars, generally speaking (other than Brady, but even he does not put up spectacular stats), they just have a lot of playmakers.
They look for playmakers - not much else - and that's why they are SB champs and why the Dolphins have been realing the past several years.
Welker is a very good punt returner, average kick returner, and although undersized; he's a decent WR. I love Welker's heart and tenacity but I would love to have the Pat's second round pick as compensation.
The Pat's seem to be in the "win now" mode, they are being overly aggressive on this Welker deal and we should capitalize off it. Let them play checkers for once, while we play chess.
I say pay Welker the 5 mil. Miami hasn't done a single thing in FA worth talking about so far. I'm certain Miami could restructure a few contracts to pay Welker the 5 mil a year. Start with restructuring Chambers and McMichael. Then let Booker go.
Welker plays his heart out every game, NE doesnt have a solid KR/PR so they need one, but if Miami wants success on this team, IMO its starts with Wes Welker
2nd round picks are not guaranteed success stories. That is not to say you won't draft a stud player there, but I would hold off on "the 2nd round pick is better than Welker" talk until you see who it is, and how they perform.
I have zero idea how it will all turn out. I guess we'll all wait and see.
In addition, we have 2 first round picks this year, so trading a 2nd away isn't the worst thing in the world. Re-signing those 3 three players would have been a nightmare for us.
Could be a win-win.
Wow, your suggesting our #3 WR and KR/PR be the cornerstone of the team? Thats a bit of a stretch IMO.
KFFL reports:
Patriots | Welker update
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:29:38 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/4">Dan Pires, of The Standard-Times, reports the offer sheet the New England Patriots signed restricted free agent WR Wes Welker (Dolphins) is a seven-year, $38 million offer, according to sources close to the situation. The Patriots would have to give up a second-round draft pick to the Miami Dolphins should the Dolphins decline to match the offer.
It appears that it is now pretty official. Welker's gone.
Bye-Bye Wes.
Hello Dwayne Bowe, Anthony Gonzalez, Andrae Allison, Jason Hill, Steve Smith, or whoever else is theree in the 2nd with either of our picks.
Very nice quote. Guys, think of it this way, we are given a 2nd round pick for a #3/4 WR and you want to cry? Yes he plays hard, yes he did a lot for the team but that doesn't mean we can't find someone better in the draft who can play so much better. Sidney Rice is great, Meachem and if we want a KR/PR we get Jason Hill from Washington who runs a 4.32. It's annoying when people start whining about things they can't control. I cheer the second round pick.
I don't like to lose Welker but if you think about it now we can put Chambers back as our slot reciever that he excelled in two years ago. Welker was alright on special teams but not great, it will be interesting who is back on the return game this year
No problem. We could get Kelly Washington to replace him. After all Washington has a whole 12 receptions for 200yds over the last two years.:sidelol: Then we trade McMike and replace him with this David Martin guy who has done practically nothing. But we have extra draft picks.
seriously.! ill take a #2 for welker all day long, but the way some of you are justifying it is absurd. i agree with the pats fan that it will probably be a win-win. but seriously mr. ed where do you come up with 1/2 of the crap you spout off. welker sucks as a kick returner 4th best receiver my guess is that belichek and the rest of his pats staff (and my grandma for that matter) are a little better at judging talent than yourself. again, ill take a 2nd for welker but your assesment of him is completely absurd.
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The Magnolia Tree
Stella was perched rather precariously on the cold metal rails of the balcony of her second story bedroom. She dangled her feet over the edge and swayed ever so slightly as she drifted into one of her daydreams. The breeze blew into her bright blonde curls and she smiled at the moon. Curious, she thought, what a diffident wind we have this midnight, isn't it?
Her silent musings were abruptly interrupted by the slamming of a door. "Stella Marine, get away from that ledge! Honestly, where has your head been?" her father chided her and she replied by stepping back to the ground.
"Only the most wonderful of places, father." She smiled brightly at him and he only sighed. He never was as amused by her wandering mind as she had been. "I was thinking on the wind, whether it could burst into impetuous passion if so inspired. It was far too reserved tonight."
"Silly girl," he retorted, "the wind cannot feel. It's time you've learned to control your conjectures."
"What if I explode? That would be one awful mess to clean..." Stella's voice trailed off and she looked away into her mind, envisioning something greater than her father's disapproval before her.
"I will not entertain such ludicrous notions! Where is your sense of propriety?" His voice became more stern and it shook Stella from her fuzzy fantasy.
"Where is your sense of enigma?" She snapped back at him in a way she never had before. They both stood in silence, looking at each other over and over until someone could break the deafening stillness.
"You will stay here until you learn your place," he said lowly. Turning on his heel, Stella's father walked quickly out of her room and shut the door with a resounding slam. She stood for a second, considering what had just happened. The wind blew and tousled her hair once more with the same conciliatory encouragement it had given her before. She walked forward and laid on her bed, stretching out on her bright comforter. Stella closed her eyes for just a moment...
Something was tickling her nose. A large, puffy, soft something. Stella sleepily brushed at her face and opened her eyes. A forest like no other she had ever been in before surrounded her. There were great trees unlike any she'd ever seen before; these were large and bent into unnatural positions. They were variegated with large blotches of every color combination in the rainbow and Stella could have sworn she'd noticed a face in one of them when she'd been distracted by a rustling in the bushes. She looked over to the large bush with little bells for berries and heard the distinct ringing of something moving the branches. Stella crawled over to the shrub to investigate and noticed something rather odd. There was a little door handle on one of the leaves. She tried to pull it, but it wouldn't move.
"You have to hit the doorbell." A voice that emanated from what seemed like nowhere made Stella leap ten feet in the air. She looked about the odd forest and couldn't find the speaker. She turned back to the bush cautiously. "It's the one with the red bell." Stella whipped her head around again and noticed a purple and yellow tree coming to life before her eyes. The large knots she had once overlooked were now transforming into two probing eyes. A hollow twisted into a crooked mouth that almost seemed to smile at her. "Yes, the red one will do it." Stella looked back to the bush and saw a little red bell berry that had been slightly dented. She touched it and it sang. The door handle shifted and a little doorway appeared. Stella turned back to the tree which now was quite still. She stared at the purple and yellow knots and decided that they had just been knots after all, maybe she had just imagined it.
When she turned back to the bush, the doorway was much smaller than it had been not twenty seconds before. Stella was taken aback by the change and her mind whirred with how she would get through the playing card sized hole. "Try the yellow bell." Another deep voice rang from behind her, yet Stella didn't turn around. She pushed her finger against the yellow bell berry and she felt her body begin to contort. Soon, she was no more than three inches high and was able to walk through the door.
Stella entered the room. The walls were lined with more than half a dozen bookshelves that carried dozens and dozens of dusty stories waiting to be read. The old library of sorts had peeling yellow wallpaper and an ancient fireplace complete with a roaring flame. She took each step carefully, soaking in every detail. For a reason she couldn't explain, a sense of warmth pervaded her being and she was quite fond of the sensation. Suddenly, there was a clattering noise followed by an exclamation.
"Dag nabbit!" A raspy voice shouted. It was a shabby old man standing in the middle of a flurry of papers that were still falling around him. He clearly hadn't noticed Stella, and he bent down to collect his papers.
"Excuse me? Can I help you with that?" Stella called sweetly. So violently startled by her voice, the old man dropped the papers he had already collected. He stood in awe for a second, looking her over, before approaching her.
"Ah, who are you?" he questioned.
"I'm Stella Marine."
The old man just smiled at her. "Of course you are. What has brought you to my abode?"
Stella pondered for a moment before replying. What had brought her here? She certainly hadn't asked for this, and from what she had ascertained from the place so far, she wasn't that big of a fan of it either. "I'm not sure. The last thing I remember is that my father and I were fighting over my habits to let myself wander. Then I was in the forest with something touching me and then I was talking to a tree and being shrunk and now I am here."
"You wander?"
"Yes, I frequently have daydreams. He finds them repugnant. He's just so.... what's the word?" She thought for a bit of time in order to find the correct word to describe her father. "He's so..."
"Pedantic!" the man exploded, " P-E-D-A-N-T-I-C! He's a pedant! The definition of a pedant is 'a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.' I learned that from the dictionary, I did!" Stella looked at him with shock in her eyes, the man had startled her with his outburst. "He loves to follow all the rules in a book, he does, he does. I read all the books myself and I guess I'm a pedant too! Don't you think that dogmatism is so.... alluring?"
By the time Stella had begun to ponder whether dogmatism was even a word (she wouldn't be surprised if it weren't), the old man had disappeared. She was all alone in the strange little library and utterly confused at the sequence of events she had endured. She turned to leave, but first saw there had been a book left out on a desk. She went over to it and opened it up. The minute her skin graced the cover, the book split open and began to read itself aloud. Stella jumped back and stared at the talking fiction and watched as it grew silent after a page had been finished. This place had been profusely terrifying, yet she had never been more intrigued. So Stella walked away from the library and back towards the forest.
Once she stepped back onto the lush orange grass, she grew to be full sized again. She wandered cautiously through the trees and eyed them as she passed. None of them moved even slightly, Stella shook her head and continued walking until she happened upon a garden. She noticed that the garden was flagrant in vivid purple color and invitingly warm, so she walked through the white picket gate.
The roses that circled the imperial fountain seemed to be quite sick. They heaved and they coughed and they sighed against the earth beneath them. Stella went towards the beautiful violets that had drawn her to flowerbed. "Excuse me, but what is wrong with all of the red roses?" Stella inquired.
"Oh, it's terrible," a violet answered with an airy voice, "there's an awful contagion that's killing off all of the beautiful sisters." The violet's voice was quite sedate and seemed to accentuate the hacking coughs of the roses. "It's such a shame. This sickness isn't like the other floral diseases, it doesn't appear to be very ephemeral. No, our exquisite friends seem to be terminal. Oh, I wish there was something I could do about it!" The violet sighed sadly and looked longingly at the roses.
The old man ran through the gates and exclaimed "Try this for size!" He swung a large bag from off of his shoulder and poured its contents onto the gasping roses. A pile of white grainy substance formed on top of the petals and the roses began to sag even more.
"Why, what are you doing?" cried the violet. "You're hurting my ravishing rose sisters!"
"It's sugar, it'll do them good!" the old man laughed. He vacillated on the spot with pride as he watched the roses struggle beneath the pile. The mountain of white vanished before Stella's eyes and the roses' pale petals began to flush a deep crimson. One of the roses lifted itself from the ground and looked up towards the man.
"Thank you, kind sir, for saving our race!" the rose eagerly spoke with a light voice. The rest of the roses in the bed began to rise from the earth and smile towards the old man. The violets cheered with glee and Stella felt a true sense of rapture in that moment. The old man bowed a low bow and looked back to Stella.
"Come," he said simply, "I must tell you something." Stella waved goodbye to her alluring flower friends and left the garden with the curious old man. They walked for a while in silence, Stella waiting for him to explain what he'd wanted to tell her. "Stella, do you know where you are?" Stella shook her head. "Do you know why you are?" Again, Stella didn't know. "Well, what do you know?"
Stella thought on that. "Well. I do know that I am somewhere where things don't make sense. I can't see the logic behind anything that's happened to me so far! It's utterly absurd."
The old man smiled at her. "Exactly. This is where I leave you now. Good bye." For the second time that day, the old man had left Stella completely alone and confused. Looking around, Stella noticed the purple and yellow tree once more. She stood before it and stared deep into it's bark.
"I know you're there. You told me to ring the bell. Only, you couldn't have because you're a tree. But I know you spoke to me. I'm sure of it. And if there's anything I believe right now, it's that you have been one of the most abstruse concepts in this whole blasted forest. You're the only thing that has remained hidden from me and I want to know why." Stella spoke calmly, yet sternly. The tree didn't waver. "You're so vexing. You're vexing me. I hope you realize that you are absolutely, profoundly frustrating. I know I saw you, why won't you admit it?" Once again, the tree stood silent. Stella crossed her arms and stared at the tree, both still.
Then, something happened. The tree groaned to life. A twisted mouth formed but was no longer smiling at the girl before it. "I am a magnolia tree. That is all I am. You are a silly girl. How is life as an enigma worked out for you?" It spoke slowly and with each sagacious syllable, Stella felt smaller. "You believe in a distant place where you can distract yourself from your present. You create an alternate universe where things can be just as you wish. You are a silly girl. I am a magnolia tree. Has it gone just as you've planned?" Stella swallowed hard. She looked at the knotted eyes in the bark of the tree and took a step towards it. She lifted her hands slowly and took deliberate steps towards the great tree. Stella touched her fingers to the bark of the tree and found that it was utterly intangible much like the images of a hologram. She thrust her body forwards into space where the tree was and she found herself falling further and further into a hole, surrounded by pure darkness.
Stella opened her eyes. She was instantly blinded by the sun that was halfway in the sky. She stood and walked over to her little garden on her balcony. She stopped to smell every rose. She had just been gazing into the open sky when her father burst into the room. She turned to him and smiled. Running towards him, she threw her arms out and hugged him with all of the strength she could muster. He patted her long blonde curls and waited for her to let go.
"Have you thought on what I said?" he asked coldly.
"I have indeed." Stella replied.
"And what was your conclusion?"
"A sense of propriety can be far more advantageous than a sense of farce. I do apologize for my lack of sobriety." It caused a somewhat painful throb in her heart to say it, but it was completely necessary.
"And what lead you to this belief? A particularly verbose chipmunk?"
Stella half smiled. "A crazy old man and a magnolia tree, actually." Her father sighed and shook his head. Stella took his hand. "Come on. Let's go down to breakfast." And so they did.


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Let's get started understanding what these two terms mean:
Baking, in general, is the act of pre-computing something in order to speed up some other process later down the line. Rendering from scratch takes a lot of time depending on the options you choose. Therefore, Blender allows you to "bake" some parts of the render ahead of time, for select objects. Then, when you press Render, the entire scene is rendered much faster, since the colors of those objects do not have to be recomputed. [cit. Blender.org Docs]
Ambient occlusion is a shading method used in 3D computer graphics which helps add realism to local reflection models by taking into account attenuation of light due to occlusion. Ambient occlusion attempts to approximate the way light radiates in real life, especially off what are normally considered non-reflective surfaces. [cit. Wikipedia]
On KatsBits.com has been published a very useful tutorial for Blender 2.5 about these processes.
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Now you can listen to radio stations from all over the world on the internet. But why would you want to?
Will internet users be interested in a service that allows them to do a search 40,000 radio stations throughout the world? One entrepreneur thinks so.
The Wall Street Journal reported today about RadioSearchEngine.com, a website that will behave like Spotify, but instead of streaming from a catalog of song, it will find the song playing on one of 40,000.
It's a bizarre idea, that left me wondering "who would want this?" It's sort of like Aereo, except you can't find out what songs will be playing from a TV guide, and instead of having a catalog of 20 million songs like Spotify, it'll be able to stream about 20,000 songs at any given time.
Still, the creator, Michael Robertson believes that 20,000 songs is good enough for your average music listener. From the article: "If it's any popular song, you'll absolutely be able to play it," he said, adding that the service tracks niche, Internet-based stations as well as terrestrial broadcasters. "We're indexing the entire world of radio, in real time."
To be honest, the only way I can imagine myself wanting to use this is to search for things that aren't music. Terrestrial radio generally reflects the flavor of wherever it's broadcast, and if I could listen to local news, talk radio, or even commercials from a radio station, I think that would be much more interesting to me than hearing the listening to Pitbull on a Vietnamese top 40 station.
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Chris Brown is gonna sing on Rihanna's new record? I'm sure it's gonna be a hit.
Adam Rifkin stashed this in @rihanna
Stashed in: Women, Celebrities, Young Americans
What's upsetting for those of us who admire Rihanna's talent and boldness — and for me as a feminist — is that she has clearly not taken up the narrative of women's enlightenment and self-liberation. Quite the opposite — the story she wants to tell is the one in which the endangered woman doesn't get out, or leaves for a while but comes back, or at best does leave, but can't resolve the mixed feelings she has about her choice. ~Ann Powers, NPR
This is dumb. Rihanna is a person and an adult and can do whatever she wants; not all broken relationships should be permanently ended, as opposed to repaired.
I admire Rihanna for working on a *professional* basis with another talented musician.
Chris Brown made mistakes; but we'd have to be stupid to believe that Rihanna did not make any mistakes in the relationship as well.
Let's just stay out of their business and let them do their thing.
Shutup and listen to -- or don't listen to -- the music.
Chris Brown's "mistake" was a violent crime against a woman.
I think that's what makes this more delicate than "let them do their thing".
What's worse is that many teenagers blame Rihanna for Chris Brown's violence.
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Form of denial
So do you believe they should never be allowed to work together or date because of his history?
She could work with anyone in the world. She's got plenty of dating options.
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After thousands of passengers were left stranded when the company cancelled all services over the weekend, Eurostar said trains would not be operating at all on Monday, leaving the travel plans of many in chaos.
It did not say when services would resume, after its chief executive, Richard Brown, admitted he did not know when trains would be running again.
After a weekend of confusion, passengers were told they the company would "cover the cost of out-of-pocket expenses" for anyone who had been "unable to travel over the last few days".
With five days until Christmas, it is a peak time for travel on Eurostar, with 20,000 people due to cross back and forth underneath the Channel each day.
Engineers from both Eurostar and Eurotunnel spent the weekend investigating the rolling stock and the track to work out why five trains broke down on Friday night.
A Eurostar spokesman said screens and shields fitted to the trains to stop snow getting into the electrics had failed and needed to be improved after the "acute" wintry conditions in northern France caused snow to build up underneath the trains.
"We have already started making the modifications and to ensure that these new protection measures work effectively we are conducting a further series of test runs (on Monday).
"Our priority is ensuring that when we resume services we provide our customers with a robust and reliable operation.
"We sincerely regret having to take this decision and we understand how frustrated and disappointed travellers will be, particularly those who have been waiting to travel for the last two days."
More than 2,000 passengers were trapped for up to 16 hours, many without food, water or light.
The company "strongly advised" passengers whose travel was considered "non-essential" to change their booking to a later date or claim a refund on their tickets.
When the trains entered the tunnel – which at 77 Fahrenheit (25C) is significantly warmer than outside – the melted snow and condensation worked its way into the electrics and caused a fault.
Three trains operated to try and clear the backlog on Saturday also struggled with the extremes in temperatures.
Richard Brown, chief executive of Eurostar, was unable to give assurance over when trains would run.
"I can't guarantee our service will be working because we have suspended the service again until we get to the bottom of what happened on Friday night," he said.
"We will not start services again until we are sure we can get them through safely."
He conceded that trying to clear the backlog of passengers trying to use Eurostar was likely to last over the festive period.
"When we resume service it's going to be very busy, we're not going to be able to carry everyone who's booked during this week.
"We will give a full refund, of course, to anybody who decides not to travel, until the service is returned fully to normal and we have carried the backlog of passengers, so certainly up until Christmas."
While Eurostar insisted the incident was unprecedented, it appeared to shift the blame for the poor handling of the stranded passengers onto Eurotunnel.
Scores of passengers told how they were left for hours without being told what was happening.
Mr Brown said Eurostar could not communicate with its trains while they were inside the tunnel.
"It is actually Eurotunnel who are the tunnel operator, who are in charge of everything in the tunnel – of the infrastructure in the tunnel, who arrange the evacuation
"They are the operators of the infrastructure. All of the communications systems are through Eurotunnel."
Although he said he was not trying to blame Eurotunnel, Mr Brown said: "We will be having a very, very thorough and at times pretty rigorous review – together with Eurotunnel – as to where the standard procedure didn't work."
Eurostar said it had made emergency arrangements for 500 of its "most vulnerable" passengers – elderly and children – caught up in the chaos to travel to Dover and onto France by ferry.
It added that said no arrangements had been made to transport Britons stuck in France.
Ferry operator P&O said it was helping passengers affected by the cancellation of Eurostar services by laying on a fleet of coaches to get them across the Channel and on to Paris or Brussels.
"Passengers who haven't been able to use Eurostar have been coming to Dover under their own steam by domestic rail services," spokesman Chris Laming said: .
"To avoid them having to spend a night at terminals in either Calais or Dover, we're putting on these coaches to enable them to get across the Channel and get on with what they want to do.
"At one point we had 500 Eurostar passengers at Dover and at Calais. We've spoken to Eurostar about this arrangement and they've agreed to pick up the tab and we'll certainly send them the bill."
With Eurostar in disarray, Eurotunnel continued to operate its car service – Le Shuttle – as normal.
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Three And Out: May 20, 2012
As we count down the days until the start of the preseason, let's take a look at some of the more interesting stories surrounding the Chargers this past week.
PHILIP RIVERS RANKED 61st IN NFL's TOP 100 LIST
Philip Rivers made his debut in the NFL.com's Top 100 Players of 2012 list, tumbling from his 26th overall ranking in 2011 down to 61st in 2012 - a fall of 35 spots. With the Chargers missing the playoffs each of the past two years, and with Rivers turning the ball over more in '11 than in any other year in his professional career (20 Interceptions + 5 lost fumbles), one could see why his raising star may have sunk just a bit.
The Top 100 list is comprised of votes from current players, and in a league that asks "what have you done for me lately?" Rivers will have to throw less interceptions, do less trash-talking, and win more games if he is to reclaim a spot in the top 30.
So is Rivers underrated or overrated? Is his trash-talking going too far, especially considering he is a quarterback? Will this ranking light a fire under Rivers and do you expect big things from him?
Source: NFL.com & NFL.com
The Chargers simply couldn't afford to keep their immensely talented Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson, who signed a five-year, $55.55 million free-agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the off season. Jackson's departure leaves a big hole in the Chargers' passing game as a guy who has the potential to go for 1000 yards with 10 touchdowns every year. Rivers is now without his favorite deep-threat and match-up nightmare.
The Chargers hope to replace Jackson with a combination wide receivers now on the roster. Robert Meachem, Eddie Royal, Roscoe Parrish and Michael Spurlock were added in free agency, and Vincent Brown and Malcom Floyd are proven complimentary pieces. The team also signed a load of college free agents to camp, and will take a look for those guys to compete with Richard Goodman as the team's 5th receiver.
What is your take on the Chargers new-look receiving corp? Do you think the team will have enough time to prepare together and gel? Who do you expect to emerge from this group and cement themselves as the number one guy?
Big news for Chargers fans; it looks like #85 is fully healthy again after finally getting enough time away from the game to heal his foot injuries.
"Gates looks great, he's back. Physically, he's back to where we want him to be. I think, like anybody, going through this off season program helps you get better. (It's) the combination of conditioning, the combination of getting better in the areas you can improve, and being out there with your teammates."
If Antonio Gates can reclaim his Pro Bowl form, he'll be an invaluable contributor to what the Chargers do on offense, with or without the ball. His presence alone will help Ryan Mathews and Robert Meachem avoid double teams and being spied by linebackers and safeties.
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May 20, 2012at 8:28 AM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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Rivers success is dependent on the health of his line. When the line is healthy and giving Rivers time to throw, the Chargers will average over 30 points a game. A half a second makes a huge difference. Also, a healthy Gates will also help with opposing defenses not bringing the gauntlet on passing downs. Although VJ is a top receiver in the league, Rivers can make any receiver sucessful as long as he is given time to read the coverages. That was evident during VJ's contract dispute. Side note- Norv Turner is one of the best offensive minds in the game. At times he can be overly conservative and routine. He needs to open up that play book to keep the defense's guessing. How many runs up the middle on first down went for less than two yards leaving 2nd and long. Things that make you go hmmm....
- Pete Spinning said... May 22, 2012, 9:54:00 PM
Rivers should talk even more trash! He is overrated only by the East Coast pole-smokers at the NFL Network, who are too busy blowing smoke up the asses of anything that makes a quick buck, and seems like a safe viewpoint. Philip's stats aren't overrated, that's for sure. Doesn't he have the 5th highest QB rating of all time (better than Peyton I believe)? Still.. the NFL network suggested Rivers is the 2nd best QB in the AFC West now. I guess Manning (who hasn't played in a year, has a completely new system to learn, is coming off of a severe injury, and is 36) simply has to show up to be #1. Rivers has his number, and we all know it.The East Coast Example: The Chargers are underachievers who don't have a super bowl ring, and are soft. But, the EAGLES are a team on the verge of greatness, who have had a string of bad luck, and who's excellent coaching staff deserve more praise than their 8-8 record reflects. (same record as the Chargers... eh-hem... and no ring either). I guess it all depends on what coast you grew up on. Which most of these NFL analysts & hosts (who are usually retired meat-head players and coaches.. from the East Coast teams) spend the entire season telling us anything except how the Chargers are doing.The new receiving corp looks a little different, but we shouldn't be afraid of change. Jackson left a big hole... but, he was already leaving a big hole while he was here.. with contract disputes, disgruntled relationships, and hold outs. Not going to miss him, honestly.. even if we finish dead last in his absence. He just wasn't a Charger, in my opinion. Sorry.So let the NFL network report the same 4 stories over & over, until your eyes roll back in your head, and blood trickles out of your nose... let them RG3, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, and Tim Tebow you to death.. because Michael Lombardi is an idiot, and the only one I like, and have respect for... Jason La Camfora... is leaving for CBS, anyway. It's a joke, and Philip Rivers is gonna teach them a lesson this year... at which point, they will all say "I told you Philip Rivers was elite!", after bashing him, and the Chargers endlessly.And that's all I have to say. Deuces!
Freak Yeah my homeboy!!!!!!!! Tell it loud - tell it proud!!! You are soooo on point here bro....my wife is from Philly...she knows they are crap but talks the freaking talk...and I remind her every year just how well they suck, then and yet the peeps from the East are all about woulda coulda not their fault BS
VJ...uhhh mark our words, we will be saying VJ who in the West soon enough. PR with even more players to throw to...are you freaking kidding me - watch this year! And Manning,,,,come on, he will have a fair year (if he survives) but it will be the year of others and PR will be one of them rising to the top. Thank goodness for Dungee and Gruden...they understand the Bolts and always talk the good and bad of any game but they see the potential and are not East coast wanna be old time ex-player haters. And that Mr. Spinning....is That!
Praises to both of you... great comments and posts! I get sick of the East Coast bias. And they report the same crap endlessly! This is baseball season and I watch Sports Center every morning while getting ready for work. I am a Cardinal fan at heart, but will always root for the home team Padres. Every morning I see Red Sox and Yankee highlights without fail. Notice, they are a bit longer than other highlights as well. Both of those teams are bringing up the rear in their division. Every year... same thing. You don't even get a whiff of a Padre highlight unless they are playing someone significant. And the Tim Tebo thing... please!!! Give me a break! Tired, old, repetitive.
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