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The normal registration (called matriculation in Switzerland) requirements for the Master of Science in International Management programme encompass
- a bachelor's degree (Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Economics, Finance, Marketing; International Business Management; International Management, Facility Management*, ICT*; Tourism Management*, Psychology*, Applied Psychology*) or a bachelor's degree in a similar programme with a good or very good overall grade (A or B, equalling a recognised first or upper second class honours degree in the United Kingdom)
- very good or excellent linguistic abilities in English (minimum requirement equivalent to CAE/BEC Higher)
- one year of relevant work experience
The transcript of records (modules completed) of bachelor's degrees which are marked with * will be checked in detail. Required modules that are missing can be studied in a Pre-Master-Programme (covering five weeks, prior to the Master programme).
Each student providing evidence of meeting the registration requirements will be invited for an interview. The number of places for this programme is limited.


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Fate worse than debt
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Noreena Hertz ... Third World debt is an "incredible story of geopolitical interests, ideological dogmatism, and corporate interests". Photo: Julian Andrews
The hard heads and cold hearts that perpetuate Third World poverty face a passionate foe in Noreena Hertz, writes Valerie Lawson.
Noreena Hertz loves being photographed. Nothing to do with her glamorous looks, but the stillness of the moment. "It's very Zen," she says. "It's one of the few times I can just be, and be quiet."
There is little quietness in a day in the life of Hertz, pin-up woman of the anti-globalisation movement, author, speechmaker, adviser, academic. On this day she has written a policy paper for Tony Blair's Africa Commission, done three interviews before 3pm and "got an invitation from Prince Hassan of Jordan asking me to give the keynote speech at the Club of Rome and speak specifically about debt".
If she wasn't so pleasant and smiley, Hertz would be annoyingly perfect. She is a fellow at the University of Cambridge, the author of the bestseller The Silent Takeover, is regularly described as gorgeous, is about to appear in a fashion feature for British Vogue wearing clothes the magazine chose for her, has been invited to No. 10 Downing Street as part of a British delegation meeting the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, and numbers among her friends are the musicians and activists, Bono and Bob Geldof.
It's been only a couple of weeks since her new book on Third World debt was published. She drinks decaf tea, wears a Top Shop dress, and sits opposite a row of art deco profiles of women's heads on the mantelpiece, and alongside a crate of Sopranos videos.
She is too smart - much too smart - to indulge in a habit and light up a cigar, especially for the camera.
"It's not a good example for young women," she says.
Hertz thinks of everything. Her new book, IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It, took 18 months, every day, "from the moment I woke up until I went to sleep".
"It was that intense. You wake up in the middle of the night and think about it," she says.
"It takes over one's life, especially when you know the issues you're writing about are matters of life and death for some people. I was like a woman obsessed."
[For relaxation, she watched videos of The Sopranos and The Secret Life of Us, and practised meditation most days.]
Described by one critic as "a pamphlet disguised as a book", it has been praised by others as "much more than liberal breast-beating". Hertz's book reads like an impassioned speech in which she implores the listener to take up arms against the injustice of Third World debt.
Aimed at the public, not an academic audience, her first chapter is scattered with such phrases as "spinning his Rolodex" and "enter the Terminator", as she tries to engage the reader in a dry subject. Hertz is more measured when she tackles the history of Third World debt, from the days when the World Bank was created following the meeting at Bretton Woods in 1944, through to the Cold War, during which some Asian countries were perceived by the US as "red threats". She is convincing on the way debt can be seen as a tool of subjugation, in which "countries are kept in debt specifically to keep the weak weak, the poor poor, the powerless powerless, not only to maintain pre-existing social and economic hierarchies, but also to strengthen and reinforce them."
All this will be familiar turf to many, but Hertz goes much further into the subject, with chilling, yet sometimes entertaining chapters on the parasites that feed on debt, the "pushers and junkies, traders and vultures", as she calls them, and she examines how Third World debt affects the health, welfare and education of those who live in the poorest countries.
Each book sold in Britain has a postcard inside it; the reader is asked to fill it out and send it to MPs, and when the book is launched in the US in January, readers will be asked to go to a website where they can "send an ecard to whoever is president at the moment, to their local senator, and congressperson", says Hertz. The direct response idea was hers, not that of her publisher, HarperCollins.
"Once they finish my book, I want readerS to do something, to be heard and raise their voice in a quite easy way."
A chance meeting early last year with a Rwandan government official sparked the idea for the book. Describing the devastation in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, he told Hertz: "We had just got into power. It was 1994. The streets of Kigali were littered with dead bodies. The previous regime had looted the coffers. There wasn't a single stapler or a typewriter left in ministerial offices. And so we went to the World Bank, that first week, and we said, 'We desperately need some help'. And do you know what the World Bank said to us? 'Not until you have paid the $3 million interest on your outstanding debt.' "
"It was that story that summed it up," Hertz says. "The international financial institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, had become so detached from any notion of poverty alleviation and aiding countries that were so suffering, or visibly in dire straits, that they could allow this response to such a tragic situation. It made me think about my own experience with the World Bank and why I decided to stop working as a consultant to them."
When she was 23, Hertz was part of a World Bank team that advised the Russian government on its privatisation program.
"Being more junior, I was the person sent to Russia to live in the factories and feed back information to the bank. I spent months in the factories. In one, I slept in an empty ward in the sanatorium. I realised very quickly that the master plan of privatising Russian industry overnight was going to impose huge costs on hundreds of thousands of people. These factories were producing goods that once they were launched, no one would want in a too competitive market. They would have to slash tens of thousands of jobs. But also, these factories provided schools, hospitals, health care and retirement - cradle to grave. I raised these concerns in Washington, to say there weren't any safety nets in place. It became clear to me that it was really a political play, that they wanted to take assets out of the state's hands, so the Communist Party wouldn't come back.
"The clear political sway of the institution I was working for, coupled with this awful story about Rwanda - I thought there is a much bigger story here to debt that one initially thinks. It's this incredible story of geopolitical interests, ideological dogmatism, and corporate interests."
The magnitude of her story meant she needed help; she was lucky enough to have access to 16 research assistants at the University of Cambridge. But she is also a dogged researcher, as evidenced by her London home stashed with dozens of milk crates full of material she had gathered to write the book.
Hertz has a knack of retaining in her memory a patchwork quilt of statistical information, such as the amount of subsidy for each cow in the EU, and she can tell you that when the World Bank lent tens of millions of dollars to the Soeharto regime in Indonesia, "the legacy is that Indonesia now pays 10 per cent of its GDP on debt serving, 1.3 per cent only on health and 1.6 per cent on education and this in a country where unemployment is running about 10 per cent a year and growing steadily".
"There are serious terrorist concerns there, right now, but Indonesia is servicing its debt. It doesn't have the money to invest in major security. I see that in a whole lot of countries - weak states, or states unable to deliver to the people. That creates an opportunity for extremist organisations to gain serious footholds and popular legitimacy.
"Increasingly in this global age ... the have-nots have become really angry. They can see what life is like for the haves. The recruiting grounds for foot soldiers for terrorist organisations are among the most poor, the most disenfranchised and the unemployed."
Hertz acknowledges how lucky she is to be born "within a nice London existence and not into some village" but her crusading zeal was there at the start, learned at the knee of her mother, Leah, a feminist activist as well as a fashion designer with a label that was trendy in the heydays of Carnaby Street and Biba.
Leah died of cancer when Hertz was 20, a year after Hertz attained her first degree.
"I come from an arch feminist home. My mother championed women's causes, She was a pretty cool woman," Hertz says.
The same could be said of Hertz. But does she ever worry about how much publicity she might get in years to come, when the media might not describe her as "a beautiful mind" or "brainy and gorgeous".
"I do believe that if the only way you can get stories is this glam pastiche, while it still has currency, so be it."
IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It (HarperCollins, $29.95) will be published on October 27.

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The very uncertainty of a bottle rocket is what makes it the best kind of fireworks. Will it fizz menacingly and simply sputter out on the ground, or will it fulfill its mission, shooting skyward, exploding with a glorious pop and raining down bits of charred paper?
Such unpredictability makes the Bottle Rockets a fitting name for the best new American roots rock band I've heard. This quartet from Independence, Mo., can spin a quiet tale of beautiful desperation that will make you cry, and in the next track have you perched on the coffee table rubbernecking to a riff copped from ZZ Top.
On their third album, 24 Hours a Day, frontman Brian Henneman's nasal, Midwestern twang wraps around country numbers like "Smokin' 100's Alone," and when things turn ugly, as on "Waiting on a Train," the menace and bitterness are plain as the lyrics he spits out: "I'm so tired of being lonesome/ I'm so tired of being blue."
Reprobates, jilted lovers and small-town boneheads populate the songs, and Henneman tells their stories without pretension. It's up to you to decide if they are losers or heroes. Henneman's songwriting finds both humor and pathos, sometimes mixing them brilliantly.
Like the best writers, he mixes broad strokes with occasional-yet-obsessive attention to the details, leaving it to the listener to fill in the voids. His ability to create a mood with a few stark lines and a simple musical figure give the songs an honesty and a visceral punch that most practitioners of so-called Americana can only aspire to. (Take one listen to "Kerosene" off their first album, and you'll never use the term "trailer trash" again.)
The centerpiece of 24 Hours a Day is "Indianapolis," a high stepper about a guy stuck in "this loser town." He can't get sympathy from his girl, his stranded bandmates, the tow truck driver or anyone in the dive bar where he's drinking beer and waiting for his van ("I'll puke if that jukebox plays John Cougar one more time").
The hard-rocking title track is the poorest representation of their sound. Just like last year's "Radar Gun" -- damn funny song, with the post-grunge guitars and Big Drums necessary to make it a single -- "24 Hours a Day" is the least Bottle Rockets-like song on the disc. So don't judge this band by what you hear on the radio. Literate, evocative songs await on 24 Hours a Day. They'll burn hot and bright into your consciousness like a Roman candle on a dark summer night. Ednor Therriualt
Strangers Almanac
Upon first listen, Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac sounds like an album Wilco might have made if their frontman Jeff Tweedy had left his creative spark in his other jeans. It's got that alternative country sound -- twanging guitars, fiddles, and beer-soaked vocals -- but not much jumps out except the similarity between chief songwriter Ryan Adams' voice and Tweedy's.
So why, I wondered as I first spun Strangers Almanac, are critics raving about Adams and his crew's second release? Why is the second album by this North Carolina band being so highly praised? What the hell am I missing? I kept listening.
And what I heard were fairly sophisticated country sensibilities blended into subtly-yet-catchy tunes. While none of the album's phrases or hooks are likely to grab you, they do have a way of getting under your skin.
A perfect example is the subdued "Houses on the Hill," which combines Adams' keen sense of melody with a smattering of lyrics most critics love. In it, Adams sings: "There were stars in the sky. There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills that were easy to buy, keeping her warm from the oncoming storm."
Apparently, it was a conscious decision on the part of the band to feature their mellower side on Strangers Almanac. The band recorded about three dozen of Adams' compositions, and several of the more raucous are not among the 13 that made the final cut.
That's not to say that the raw sound that Whiskeytown is known for in their live shows doesn't make its presence felt. The album's second song, "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight," is upbeat, and "Waiting to Derail" is downright rockin'.
Although it's hard to call Ryan Adams an incredible songwriter, Strangers Almanac establishes Whiskeytown as a band that deserves a listen. Sure, Adams is smart and sensitive, yet his songs aren't as interesting as those being written by Wilco's Tweedy. Nor are they as sophisticated as those of Son Volt's Jay Farrar, or as catchy as anything the Jayhawks have done in either of their incarnations. Rick Stern


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The Brian Lehrer Show
Coast Check; Hate Crimes; War on Terror; NY Aquarium
6 segments
WNYC's Janet Babin has been making her way from Cape May to Montauk checking in on the coast before of the Memorial Day weekend. She joins us from the road to report back on the post-Sandy coastline. Plus: Colorlines' Kai Wright discusses the recent hate crimes in New York; a fighter jet pilot discusses modern warfare; analysis of President Obama's speech yesterday about counter-terrorism and national security; and an update from the New York Aquarium.


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A Place of Quiet RestFINDING INTIMACY WITH GOD THROUGH A DAILY DEVOTIONAL LIFE
By Nancy Leigh DeMoss
MOODY PRESSCopyright © 2000 Nancy Leigh Demoss
All right reserved.
Chapter One
Some time ago, I asked the women who were attending a weekend conference where I was speaking to write on a three-by-five-inch card why they had come and what it was they were hoping God would do in their lives through the weekend. "Where does God find you as we start this weekend?" I asked.
Later, as I read the responses to my question, I was amazed at how many of them sounded alike. Here is a sampling of what those women expressed:
"I feel I'm out of control sometimes with so many pressures."
"I face too much stress and responsibility."
"I need God to show me how to cope with the stresses at this moment."
"I feel like I'm torn in all directions. I want God to show me how to manage my different 'hats' of teacher, mother, wife, and daughter successfully, and still have time for church work and 'me.'"
"I need to stop worrying about everything. I try not to and I know I shouldn't, but my worries that I conjure up even disturb my sleep and dreams."
"I've given myself up to service for about twenty-four months, and I feel a need to slow myself down and renew myself, but life gets real hectic."
"With a new baby I need to find the Lord's peace and rest-physically and emotionally."
"I often get overly busy and find my day gone without having done the things I most wanted to do."
"I am a single person by divorce, and I really am tired."
"I've left a whirlwind at home, and need a renewed spirit to face all that these coming weeks will hold."
"I want to slow down. I feel as if I'm on a speeding treadmill, and if I try to jump off I will stumble and fall."
"I need help with my frazzled, frenzied state."
"My busyness has robbed me of my joy."
Do you find yourself relating to any of these feelings? I find these kinds of responses are increasingly common among the women I meet. Why do we live such hectic, harried lives? Is this what God intended for us? And can we actually get off that speeding treadmill without hurting ourselves (and others) in the process?
The first chapter of the gospel of Mark gives us a glimpse into a day in the life of the Lord Jesus. In some respects, this particular day was not unlike many of the days that you and I experience.
We pick up the account in verse 21:
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. (MARK 1:21-22)
If you've ever taught a Sunday school class, led a small group, or taught a Bible study, you know there's a lot more behind these words than what appears on the surface.
You know that you don't just get up before a group and teach the Word of God with power and effectiveness apart from a lot of time spent in preparation-not just preparation of the notes and the material, but preparation of your heart and life.
I love teaching the Scripture; to me there is nothing quite like seeing the Word of God penetrate and transform lives. But the process of preparing to speak is an intense one for me.
I agonize to determine what it is that the Lord wants me to teach; I wrestle with the passages involved, seeking to understand what the Scripture really means; I labor to put the material together in a form that is understandable and meaningful to the listener.
Throughout the process, I ask the Holy Spirit to search my own heart, to shine the light of His Word into every nook and cranny of my life, and to show me where I don't measure up to the truth I am about to proclaim. Before opening my mouth to speak, I spend time in prayer, pleading with God for a fresh anointing of His Spirit on my life and my lips, and interceding for those who will hear the message. I feel like a runner about to run an important race-every muscle taut, totally concentrated on the race ahead.
Then, while I'm actually teaching, there is more energy expended-physically mentally' emotionally' and spiritually I am intensely focused, never letting up from my goal-I want the truth to penetrate every heart; I want every individual to say yes to God about any issue He is addressing in her life.
When I have finished speaking, the battle is still not over-that is when the Enemy often seeks to discourage me with feelings of inadequacy or to tempt me with seeking the praise of men for my ministry. By the time it's all over, I am generally depleted and in need of restoration.
So when I read that Jesus began this particular day by teaching in the synagogue, I know this was not just a casual effort on His part. The people listened attentively to Him because they could tell this was not your normal, run-of-the-mill Sabbath message. Unlike the preachers they were accustomed to hearing, Jesus spoke with authority and power. We know that in order for this to be possible, He had spent concentrated time with His heavenly Father in preparation. As He ministered, He was being expended on behalf of others.
The apostle Paul said, "I will very gladly spend and be spent for you" (2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV). That's part of what is involved in ministering to others, whether in a synagogue, a Sunday school class, or a house full of little ones.
This was just the beginning of Jesus' day-His work was not nearly over. Before He even had a chance to finish His message, there was an interruption in the service. Let's continue reading in Mark 1:
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-the Holy One of God!"
"Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!" The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching-and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him." (MARK 1:23-27)
Here we see Jesus engaged in a battle between heaven and hell. Everywhere Jesus went during His years of earthly ministry, the demons of hell were stirred up because He lived and spoke and ministered in the power and the authority of God.
Obviously this was not some casual, relaxed encounter with the Enemy This was all-out warfare.
Now, I have never exorcised a demon. And in the course of an average day, you and I are not likely to have audible or visible encounters with demons. But God's Word teaches that we are in the midst of a battle against "principalities and powers"-that at this very moment there is a cosmic warfare being waged between heaven and hell. And sometimes, God sends us right into the front lines of that battle. Many of the people we encounter and deal with on a daily basis are in the midst of an intense spiritual battle for their souls, and sometimes we get caught in the cross fire.
In the course of being a wife, a mother, a daughter, a friend, an employee, you will find yourself in the midst of difficult, strenuous, demanding situations where you have to be alert to the schemes of Satan and skilled in using the sword of the Spirit to fight off his attacks. There is a natural drain that is a part of being God's servant in these situations. Jesus experienced those moments of intense confrontation with the powers of darkness.
As a result of this encounter with the demonized man, the Scripture tells us that "news about [Jesus] spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee" (v. 28). Try to imagine how that must have complicated Jesus' life. All of a sudden, people all over the area wanted Him to come speak at their synagogues and banquets, wanted to interview Him for their publications, wanted Him to heal their sick and cast out their demons. They all wanted a piece of Him. Later in this passage we learn that the time finally came when Jesus couldn't even stay in the cities but had to find quiet, remote places where the crowds couldn't find Him, in order to get time alone with His Father.
Perhaps you have had the experience of ministering to someone in need-lending a listening ear to a discouraged young mother, helping out in your child's classroom, preparing a meal for a family in a crisis, being a youth sponsor on a mission trip, ministering to a friend's troubled teenager, or offering biblical counsel to a woman in a shaky marriage. Then the word spreads that you are available to help people in need-and all of a sudden, your phone is ringing off the hook with people wanting your time and help.
Well, the service at the synagogue is finally over, and we feel a sense of relief when we read the next verse: 'As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew" (v. 29).
Whew! Jesus has spent hours giving out and expending Himself for others. Finally He has a chance to get away with His friends, away from all the needy people. He gets to go home, kick up His feet, open up a good book, and relax-maybe even take a nap. Right? Wrong!
Read on: "Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her" (v. 30). Jesus is finally out of the public eye, back in the safe haven of a friend's home, and even there, someone needs Him.
Do you relate to any of this as a woman? Do you ever feel that there is no time, no place where you can totally escape the demands of other people? If it's not the people at work, it's your husband; if it's not your husband, it's your children; if it's not your children, it's the neighbor's children; if it's not someone else's children, it's your mother-in-law; if it's not your mother-in-law, it's ...
But as we would expect, the serving heart of Jesus comes out and He makes Himself available to meet the need: "So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them" (v. 31).
Finally Jesus can close the door and settle in for a nice quiet evening alone with his friends ... "Martha, go see who's knocking at the door!"
That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door. (MARK 1:32-55)
I don't know how many people came to see Jesus that evening, but it sounds like a lot to me! Remember, this is still the same day-He started early that morning, teaching, casting out demons, and healing the sick, and now the whole city is lined up at His door wanting help.
Do you ever feel as if the whole town is gathered at your door? Maybe it's your bathroom door, and you're just trying to get three minutes alone without having to answer any questions-but somebody's knocking on the door, the doorbell is ringing, the phone is ringing, the oven timer is buzzing, your three children seem like thirty-three, you feel as if half the world is sick, and everybody needs you-all at the same time. You panic: "There's just not enough of me to go around!"
And Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons. (MARK 1:34)
You wonder, How did He do it? How did He stay sane? How did He keep His sense of equilibrium? How did He keep meeting the needs of so many people without falling apart Himself?
We know Jesus was God. But He was also a man-He got tired; He got hungry; He knew what it was to have crowds pressing around Him all the time; He knew what it was to have His privacy invaded. But He kept right on letting the crowds into His life. He kept on teaching, healing, confronting the powers of hell-and never a cross or impatient word. How did He do it?
Besides, He was only given three years on this earth to accomplish the whole eternal plan of redemption. Talk about a long "to do" list! Yet He never seemed hurried, harried, or overwhelmed with all there was to do in a day. Why not? How did He handle all the stress, strain, and responsibility without "losing it"?
I believe verse 35 gives us the key-not only to Jesus' life but also to your life and mine, whatever our specific responsibilities and circumstances may be. That verse begins, "Very early in the morning ..."
I don't know about you-but when I've had a long, draining day like the one we just read about, I know exactly what I want to do very early the next morning. Nothing-except sleep!
Now, there's nothing wrong with sleeping when our bodies need it. But Jesus knew there was something He needed that next morning even more desperately than His body needed sleep. He had poured Himself out for countless needy individuals, and His spirit needed to be replenished. He knew it would never happen once the crowd woke up, so what did He do?
"Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up ..." He got up! The Scripture says that Jesus was tempted in every point as we are, so I have no doubt that Jesus was tempted to sleep in. But He made a choice to say no to His body and yes to His Father. He got up. Then He "left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed" (v. 35).
And He did so none too soon. For it wasn't long before "Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: 'Everyone is looking for you!'" (vv. 36-37).
However, having just been in touch with His heavenly Father, Jesus knew exactly how He was to respond to the demands of the new day: "Jesus replied, 'Let us go somewhere else-to the nearby villages-so I can preach there also. That is why I have come'" (v. 38).
Why was this morning appointment with His Father so crucial to Jesus' earthly ministry among us?
Jesus knew that any power or ability He had to minister to others was due to the fact that He was "one with the Father." He knew it was essential for Him to stay connected to His Father, for that was His Source of life, joy, power, peace, and fruitfulness. He knew He had to walk in union and communion with His Father if He was to know and do His Father's will. He had no other purpose for being on this earth than to do the will of His Father. So He had no higher priority than to abide in intimate, unbroken fellowship with His Father, so that He might fulfill His Father's will.
For Jesus, time alone with God was not an option. It was not something He tacked on to an overcrowded schedule. It was His lifeline to the Father. It was not something He could do without.
Excerpted from A Place of Quiet Rest by Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copyright © 2000 by Nancy Leigh Demoss
Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.


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A Treasure Trove of Style on Cherry Street in Tulsa
Take your pick from this niche shopper's enclave with boutiques devoted to denim, shoes, and emerging designer finds.
1. Rope
Discover emerging labels, such as Brazilian print-loving brand Maria Bonita Extra and Euro-cool Iro from France. Rope's owner, Laura Scott, has a knack for spotting the next great designers and carries small quantities of each item, so you'll find pieces no one else will have. "It's all about being different and standing out," Laura says. 1508 East 15th Street; ropetulsa.com
2. The Nest
Owner Allan Suzor describes his year-old shop as "urban farmhouse chic" with its mix of rustic home goods and modern accessories. It's the perfect place to stock up on shower and wedding gifts such as a candle from in-house line Twig (citrus-and-teak and fir are the most popular scents) and accoutrements such as dopp kits ($45) and metal flasks. 1515 East 15th Street; 918/530-5580
3. Style Lab
Opened in 2012, Style Lab serves as a resource for trend-seeking gentlemen with classic-yet-edgy styles from labels such as WeWood ($135), Nudie Jeans ($179), and Over Under from Jacksonville, Florida. Once a month, Style Lab hosts fun benefits like cocktail parties and concerts for local nonprofits. 1338 East 15th Street; stylelabtulsa.com
4. T.A. Lorton
The shop's ability to mix new (think Heather B. Moore jewelry) with classic (Juliska dinnerware) has kept it a mainstay in Tulsa for more than 27 years. Find large furniture, jewelry, and tabletops arranged in ever-changing, inspiring vignettes. "You'll find a different store every week," says manager Martha Grimmer. 1343 East 15th Street; talorton.com
5. Blue Jean Baby
You won't have to dig through the artfully stacked Citizens of Humanity, Hudson, and AG Jeans to find your true blues. Staffers here are pros at helping shoppers comb through the extensive selection. The gratis punch and fresh baked goods are the cherry on top at this homey spot. 1602 East 15th Street; bluejeanbabytulsa.com
Shopping Break
Try the crispy quail legs ($12) and bacon-jam bruschetta ($9) for starters, but save room for the goat cheese gnocchi with Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes ($16) at swanky Smoke on Cherry Street restaurant. smoketulsa.com
If you're around for brunch, try the Almond Griddle Cakes ($8) or French Toast Sandwich ($10) with ham at Lucky's Restaurant. luckysrestauranttulsa.com


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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
No, Doc Rivers was not on auto-pilot. He tried steering the Celtics to victory (I think), and played all his starters for a good amount of minutes. In fact, three of them (Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce) played over 30 minutes…so how does that explain the 10-point loss to the Wizards (and 21-point halftime deficit) on Friday night at the Garden? Well, it kind of does explain it.
All members of the not-so-Big Three were ice cold, and if that happens against good teams in the playoffs, then the Celtics have no chance of advancing. Kevin Garnett finished with eight points on 3-12 shooting, Paul Pierce continued his cold streak with a 9-point (4-12) performance, and Ray Allen didn't fair much better with his 10 -point (4-11) effort. Add in Andray Blatche's 31 points and 11 rebounds, and the Wizards earned an easy 106-96 win.
Nate Robinson made it interesting, however, late in the fourth after hitting three consecutive three-pointers to make it a six-point game with just over a minute to go. After hitting a layup to make it 99-93 with less than a minute to go, Robinson missed three more threes and the Wizards survived another furious comeback attempt. Earlier this season on March 7, the Celtics rallied for an 86-83 win over Washington after trailing for most of the game.
OK, bad play on words, but you get the point. If you don't remember Shaun Livingston's story, Livingston was the fourth overall pick out of high school in 2004 and was destined for big things in the pros…until he completely tore his ACL in one of the most disgusting injuries you'll ever see.
Livingston has survived two 10-day contracts and has since been signed for the rest of the season with Washington. On Friday against the Celts, you would never know he was ever injured, as he finished with 25 points, six rebounds, and seven assists.
The Celtics can learn from him. Livingston is playing his heart out for a new contract and beginning. When's the last time you felt the Celtics tried their hardest to win a game? To me, it seems like they're just coasting down the hill to the playoffs.
"I don't think we really played with any toughness against this Washington Wizards team that has been struggling all year long," said Paul Pierce.
Exactly, Paul. Speaking of Pierce…
No, this isn't hockey we're talking about. A growing trend in the NBA is to take a look at a player's time spent on the court, and how his team fared versus the opponent. The Celtic with worst rating was none other than Paul Pierce, our favorite ice cold superstar. With Pierce (-15) on the floor, the Celtics were outscored by 15 points!
On the other end, the Celtics had only one player in double digits on the positive side of the stat: Shelden Williams (+15). Yes, the player Doc refused to play for five months leads the team in this category. Now, I'll also acknowledge that most of his +/- rating was compiled when he was in garbage time when the C's scored 42 points in the fourth quarter alone.
With the loss, the Celtics sit at 49-30, and could realistically finish below 50 wins. After winning 66 two years ago and 62 last year, who saw that drop in the win column coming? This group got old.
Next up for the C's is a date with the Bogut-less Bucks on Saturday night in a possible first round playoff preview.
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Position: Right-handed Pitcher
Height: 6-3
Weight: 205
Born: 2/21/1986
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Sorensen is a local boy, born in Northville, Michigan. He is the son of former big league pitcher Lary Sorensen who pitched parts of eleven seasons in the big leagues with Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cleveland, Oakland, Chicago (N), Montreal, and San Francisco. Unlike his father who was a graduate of the University of Michigan, Mark is a Michigan State product.
The Tigers picked Mark in the 32nd round of the 2008 draft and assigned him to Oneonta of the New York-Penn League to make his professional debut. In 13 games (12 starts), Sorensen posted a 3.66 ERA and 1.52 WHIP for the O-Tigers.
Promoted to West Michigan to start the 2009 season, Sorensen got off to a great start. Through 14 starts prior to his promotion, he posted an 8-2 mark with a 2.44 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. He squeezed one complete game into that stretch, and fanned 52 in 92 1/3 innings of work.
Once promoted to Lakeland for the latter portion of the 2009 season, Sorensen's luck ran out a bit, as he was knocked around for a 6.88 ERA in seven starts, and gave up 57 hits in just 34 innings.
The Tigers sent Sorensen back to Lakeland for the 2010 season, and he was markedly better, finishing with a 10-12 record to lead the team in both wins and losses. He was a work horse on the High-A pitching staff, logging 147 1/3 innings with a 4.03 ERA and 113 strikeouts against only 29 walks.
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There isn't a lot of flash or high-end tools in Sorensen's game, but there's enough there to envision a place on a big league roster. Though his ceiling is only a fifth starter, he could find a role on a Major League club, similar to that of former Tigers pitcher Eddie Bonine.
As one would expect of a player with a big league pitcher for a father, Sorensen has an excellent feel for his craft. He throws strikes and mixes his pitches well, demonstrating good poise on the mound and an ability to work out of tough situations.
Sorensen is primarily a sinker-slider guy that induces ground balls and can miss some bats as well. His fastball generally sits at 90-91 with plus sink, but some scouts have reported seeing him up to 93 in shorter stints, while maintaining the dive on his ball. He can throw his sinker to both sides of the plate, and has been working to elevate his four seamer more in an effort to change the hitter's eye level.
Though his slider lacks the consistency to be a true plus pitch, it will flash at that level at times, and is generally a solid-average to above-average offering. He has begun to use it as a chase pitch more, throwing it away from right-handers and on the back foot of left-handers with greater frequency.
Though he does have a change-up, it is a below-average pitch that is merely in his arsenal to be used as a show-me pitch. If he were to move to the bullpen full time, the change-up would likely be scrapped.
Sorenen's mechanics are better than they were coming out of college, and his consistency has improved as a result. He is a good athlete that gets off the mound well and knows all the intricacies of his craft, having spent so much time around the game throughout his life.
Performance Level Team W-L ERA G GS SV SO BB IP AVG A+
Health Record
Sorensen has had no arm trouble at this point in his career, and he looks like a pitcher capable of logging innings as he moves up the ladder. If he is tried in a relief role, it will be interesting to see how he handles the more frequent workload versus the longer outings..
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Sorensen is ready to face the Eastern League, but the rotation may be a bit crowded. If the Tigers are determined to keep him starting for now, he could start the year back in Lakeland and be the first promoted to Double-A when the need arises. In an ideal world he will be in the Erie rotation from Opening Day.
Though Sorensen has big league stuff and makeup, he's not going to be a guy that has a highly anticipated arrival in the big leagues. If he continues on his current path, he could likely be one of those guys you just look up one day and he's pitching in the big leagues in some sort of swingman type role.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats demanded answers from the Bush administration Thursday about a report that the government secretly collected records of ordinary Americans' phone calls to build a database of every call made within the country.
"It is our government, it's not one party's government. It's America's government. Those entrusted with great power have a duty to answer to Americans what they are doing," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth telephone companies began turning over records of tens of millions of their customers' phone calls to the National Security Agency program shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, USA Today reported, citing anonymous sources it said had direct knowledge of the arrangement.
The telephone companies on Thursday declined to comment on national security matters, and would say only that they are assisting government agencies in accordance with the law.
"We have been in full compliance with the law and we are committed to our customers' privacy," said Bob Varettoni, a spokesman for Verizon.
The White House defended its overall eavesdropping program and said no domestic surveillance is conducted without court approval.
"The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks," said Dana Perino, the deputy White House press secretary, who added that appropriate members of Congress have been briefed on intelligence activities.
On Capitol Hill, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would call the phone companies to appear before the panel "to find out exactly what is going on."
Before the latest report, Specter said the committee "has been unable to perform our constitutional oversight responsibilities to determine the constitutionality of the program."
Leahy sounded incredulous about the latest report and railed against what he called a lack of congressional oversight. He argued that the media was doing the job of Congress.
"Are you telling me that tens of millions of Americans are involved with al Qaeda?" Leahy asked. "These are tens of millions of Americans who are not suspected of anything ... Where does it stop?"
The Democrat, who at one point held up a copy of the newspaper, added: "Somebody ought to tell the truth and answer questions. They haven't. The press has done our work for us and we should be ashamed. Shame on us for being so far behind and being so willing to rubber stamp anything this administration does. We ought to fold our tents."
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, said bringing the telephone companies before the Judiciary Committee is an important step.
"We need more. We need to take this seriously, more seriously than some other matters that might come before the committee because our privacy as American citizens is at stake," Durbin said.
The program does not involve listening to or taping the calls. Instead it documents who talks to whom in personal and business calls, whether local or long distance, by tracking which numbers are called, the newspaper said.
The NSA and the Office of National Intelligence Director did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
NSA is the same spy agency that conducts the controversial domestic eavesdropping program that has been acknowledged by President Bush. The president said last year that he authorized the NSA to listen, without warrants, to international phone calls involving Americans suspected of terrorist links.
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Reflections from Senior Women Academics
Fredericks, Bronwyn & White, Nereda (2011) Reflections from Senior Women Academics. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 14(1), pp. 97-100.
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The Tiddas Showin' Up, Talkin' Up and Puttin' Up: Indigenous Women and Educational Leadership project was led by Flinders University in partnership with the Australian Catholic University through the Indigenous Higher Education Centres located in Adelaide (Yunggorendi First Nations Centre) and Brisbane (Weemala Indigenous Unit) (Bunda and White 2009).
At the beginning of the project, two levels of governance were established: a Circle of Senior Indigenous Women from the higher education sector, and a Steering Committee of Senior Executive Women from partner universities.
The Circle of Senior Indigenous Women included experts in the fields of learning and teaching, scholarship, administration and management, and community engagement. The Circle's members were:
• Professor Wendy Brady, Charles Darwin University
• Dr Jackie Huggins, University of Queensland
• Ms Angela Leitch, Education Queensland
• Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Queensland
University of Technology • Dr Bronwyn Fredericks, Queensland University of Technology and Monash University
The Steering Committee members were: • Professor Gabrielle McMullen, Australian Catholic University • Professor Marie Emmit, Australian Catholic University • Professor Faith Trent, Flinders University • Dr Jane Robbins, Flinders University
The two levels of governance provided advice to the project leaders throughout the project. Three of these women share their reflections in this paper.
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"It was impossible to identify the cause of Yoo Byung-eon's death as his body was badly decomposed," Xinhua quoted Seo Joong-seok, director of the National Forensic Service as saying.
The body, which was found on June 12 in the country's southern city of Suncheon, matched that of Yoo, but the death cause was not identified, the director said.
Police on Tuesday said that the body which was discovered 40 days ago in a plum field in Suncheon, around 415 km south of Seoul, was confirmed as that of Yoo through DNA testing and fingerprinting.
The police in Suncheon first believed it was the body of a homeless person due to its shabby appearance.
According to the toxicology test and autopsy conducted by the agency, no drugs and toxins were found on Yoo's body, which was also tested negative for alcohol infusion.
No signs were detected for being beaten or stabbed to death.
Whether he had been strangled to death could not be determined due to the deterioration of the body, the agency said.
Yoo, 73, owned Chonghaejin Marine, the operator of ferry Seowl which capsized and sank off the southwestern coast on April 16.
South Korea's deadliest maritime disaster left more than 300 people, mostly high school students, dead or missing.
Yoo and his family have been suspected of committing a host of illegal acts such as embezzlement, dereliction of duty and tax evasion, which led to lack of funds in the ferry operator and caused lax safety practices such as the inveterate overloading.
A massive manhunt was launched after the ferry disaster as Yoo and his family dismissed prosecutors' summons several times and ran away.
Arrest warrants were issued for Yoo's second son and eldest daughter, who are staying abroad, and Yoo and his eldest son were placed on the most wanted list.


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The company today revealed a batch of 40 new apps for the Xbox 360 console. Most of these are specific to certain regions, but one is available in all Xbox Live regions - SkyDrive.
As with the existing SkyDrive smartphone app and the original web-based service, the new app allows you to view pictures and videos stored in the cloud. This time, however, they'll be beamed to your living room TV.
As well as allowing you to view these files on your television set, Microsoft has also focused on what it's calling 'Snap and see.' This ties in with its Windows Phone OS and allows owners of devices like the Nokia Lumia 820 and HTC Windows Phone 8X to instantly see freshly snapped photos appear on the SkyDrive app's camera roll.
Of course, there are also SkyDrive apps for iOS and Android, so the core image and photo sharing functionality is available regardless of your smartphone preference.
Microsoft also focused on an element it calls 'Party slide show,' which means that you can quickly set-up a looping photo presentation to put on during parties. The SkyDrive Xbox 360 app also comes with full voice and gesture support for use with the Kinect add-on.
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architectural aspects of lobby and room. Location, location, location.
Liked all except conference facility. Hotel was great. Meeting room was bad. Seats may have been most uncomfortable seats I have ever sat in at a conference.
Location, facilities & service outstandingn Nothing
The personel was very courteous. I like the complimentary bar from 5:30 to 7:30 and the choice and freshness of the breakfast Was awaken by a fire alarm at 4:00 am
Beautiful hotel. Excellent service. Dramatic building and interior. Clunky internet sign on. Limited to 2 devices per room.
Loved the big huge rooms for NYC.
We found the staff at The Embassy very polite and helpful. The room was very comfortable and clean. Excellent having access to the internet in the business centre. Given the price of the suite we felt the bathroom, whilst clean, was rather shabby.
Spacious rooms. Great products. Awesome shower. Wish there was a coffee shop or starbucks in lobby
The rooms are very nice and comfortable. The staff was extremely helpful and professional. The breakfast was top notch. I would have loved to stay longer.
Good location, close to public transportation and nearby shopping, easy to get into uptown. Pretty quiet location. Breakfast is nothing extra, could focus on something else than, bacon, egg and bagels. Continental breakfast. Lack of information on what services are provided in the hotel e.g roomservice menu missing in room.
Loved our deluxe suite room that had sliding doors which kept each room very quiet even when watching tv with the volume turned up in one room. The push button controls were really cool for the lights and privacy settings. Enjoyed the free breakfast at Atrio and the friendly service from everyone there especially the host. The front desk staff were extremely friendly and were able to accommodate a late checkout of 2pm for us. Appreciated the unique designs and architecture of the hotel. Liked that it was located right next to the World Trade Center, and of course Shake Shack. Liked using the exercise room and business center which were very clean and well maintained. Overall it was a very relaxing and pleasant stay. Nothing really except that there was no swimming pool or entertainment room with a pool table or table tennis.
Been close to a park to enjoy calm after being in the heart of New-York.
great staff
Lovely comfortable rooms great staff brilliant location Having to pay for wifi
The staff was friendly and accommodating. The room wa awesome and comfortable.
beautifully done and quiet
Design,location,quiet,great service
Modern features like iPod dock, latest tv, modern stylish bathroom, large windows
Very nice hotel, plenty of room, nice bathroom with nice translucent shower -- you typically don't get this much space in New York. Staff was friendly and I enjoyed the 1960's metal robots behind the lobby checkin desk. It's located in a good neighborhood, if not a bit generic. There are also a lot of nearby restaurant options, and it's a short walk to other areas with even more options. Bed was very comfortable. Lower floors can be loud with little insulation from traffic, including car stereos. I would request a high floor. Breakfast in the hotel was ruled not very good by both folks in our party, and it was rather expensive, so I'd probably eat elsewhere. However you don't pick a hotel for the restaurant and everything else was otherwise great.
I asked if the hotel had any rooms with a bathtub. They made sure to give me the one room that had one. The staff and door men were really nice and helpful. The hotel lobby was under construction. While I didn't mind not being able to have a working restaurant or bar in my hotel, I did mind that the construction began at 7 am. The pounding and jack-hammering woke me up. They should at the very least wait until 9 am. It made me rush out the door rather than relax before starting my day. On my last day (after being woken up by the construction noise ) I threw on my clothes and just left. I requested to the staff I should be compensated. My phone didn't work very well in the hotel. I found myself going up and down the elevator to go outside to use it. Why charge $15 a day for Wifi? I also had trouble using the elevator cards. 5 and 6 times before the little green light came on so I could push my floor button.
The proximity to our friends 10 minutes away and the easy walk to Chinatown, great restaurants as well as the subway.I liked the modern decor and the ability to open the windows as well. We were offered a 50% discount to stay over on Sunday night. We were not there long enough!
A trendy, new hotel with very helpful staff. Great room with nice amenities (HDTV, well-stocked mini bar, etc.) and a large bathroom with Kiehl toiletries. We especially liked the area as it was quiet at night with no loud bars or nightclubs either on the property or adjacent to it. It is just a few blocks from restaurants like Nobu and Tribeca Grill. The property sits directly above the Chambers St. Red Line (1, 2, 3 train) so you can get uptown quickly (Time Sq/Theather Dist and Columbus Circle). SoHo is one mile north/northeast and the Meat Packing Dist is two miles north/northwest of the hotel. The hotel guests we met appeared to be well-educated professionals who were quiet during the evening hours. We'll definitely stay here again. The room door was set to close and did so very forcefully. It should be adjusted so that the weight of the door does not close so quickly and forcefully. It was difficult to bring in/take out luggage. Also, the thermostat/room temp control was difficult to operate. However, the large comforter was warm enough that the room temperature issue did not present a problem in getting a good night's rest. Plus, I'm confident that had I/we found these problems to be more annoying that the helpful staff at the Smyth would have addressed them quickly; we were too busy enjoying NYC to be phoning in complaint calls to the front desk.
the location was key. the rooms were decorated well and loved the tub in the bathroom. there was a problem with the temp of the room. it was 81 degrees and we couldn't set the thermostat. we asked for the front desk to check in at 8:30 and when we got home at 2:30- it was 79 degrees. it took time for someone to come up and fix and by that time- it was 3am.
Attentiveness and responsiveness of staff, the room, which was a joy to in which to spend time, and the quality of service throughout the stay. I'm always anxious at Smyth about having a room with sufficient peace and quiet that I can enjoy my stay, but this time I had a room on Floor 8 that was not close to the lift - very relaxing.
They easily accommodated all of my requests and the staff was delightful in all of their interactions. Beyond that, the hotels looks nice, has clean facilities and has a great location next to the One World Trade Center/Freedom Tower, as well as connections to a variety of subway lines. Very convenient.
Loved everything from staff to the fresh new high class bed sheets 55 dollars a day to park, moved 1 bottle of champagne in the fridge and was charged 20 dollars for it, due to the sensors on the bottles, called front desk and they removed it from the bill with no issue though.
Location was what we liked and felt vary safe at all times. The staff was friendly and the room was clean and comfortably. The parking was a great convenince but seamed pricey when you add it to the room cost. Maby price it per visit vs per night.
Beautiful hotel. The room was clean, nice and had an amazing view of the Freedom tower! Well worth the money
Baggage check & location
The price dropped significantly, and I was refused a prove match refund through the company I booked with via kayak. I will never book through them again.
Great view, clean rooms, very attentive bellhop and staff. An air conditioning unit that was never able to reach the desired temp and a rattle from the unit itself all night long.
We had a good experience at the hotel. Staff was nice and rooms were very clean. Only minor negatives: Room service food, particularly breakfast, isn't really that good, which forced us to start going out for breakfast ( 3 out of 5 stars). However no worries because it's NYC so there is plenty of food around. Location isn't the greatest, but it's close enough ( 4 out of 5 starts). The 9/11 memorial is right across the street, which is convenient, but other than that, you'll generally be taxiing or ubering everywhere. My boyfriend forgot his keys and didn't realize until we were back in DC. The great news is that the housekeeper did turn in the keys, but the guy in the list and find area was being a dick, asking him the most ridiculous questions... We still haven't received the keys either. Hopefully they actually send them.
Clean, beautiful view, attentive staff 20min cab ride to uptown
The rate was great for NY. Room was clean and the bellman are always helpful. The bathrooms in the lobby are disgusting. If you're having a drink down there you have to constantly go up to your room to use the restroom since the others are so dirty and smell like urine. The concierge was not helpful. When asking for recommendations to restaurants, he would only direct us to their restaurant in the 3rd floor. Also asked him about the Book of Mormon show, he called and tickets were over 325 ea. We had to talk to other a couple others in the hotel who gave us recommendations and we got tickets for a little over 130 ea. Seems lazy or completely unaware - probably shouldn't be the concierge.
fast elevators, clean rooms, super quiet, great pool, big windows, nice/spacious lobby, subway entrance out front to ACE and R. Comfortable beds/pillows/linens
The location, the amenities, the staff, and the rate ... everything about this hotel was spectacular. I suggest everyone at least take a look at the restaurant that overlooks the 9/11 memorial and the rooftop deck. The staff at 10pm and at 10am were bubbly and personable but most importantly, they were extremely helpful. I can't say enough nice things about this property. The only negative that I could possibly mention is the water pressure wasn't as strong as I like. Other than that, everything was wonderful.
Ice cold filtered water and plastic bottles to fill, free of charge, on every floor - a lovely amenity in NYC in July. Room was luxe and comfortable, affordable by NYC standards, but there are signs that maintenance is being deferred - poorly patched ceilings and window seals, sluggish drains, housekeeping giving the once-over instead of a real cleaning. This was our second stay, but it was nicer last year. I hope it will be back on the upswing again next year! Better housekeeping and maintenance required - it's far from filthy and broken-down, but as an experienced traveler, I can see signs that things are being given a lick and a promise instead of the required cleaning and maintenance. My son's white socks were BLACK on the soles from walking around the carpeted room.
Location and value were superb! Nothing
clean well appointed room with great view and great price
that we had to leave
Great price and good view from the 17th floor
Overall, our stay was short but sweet- the view from the restaurant is amazing, which can only be beat by the sun terrace! Absolutely breathtaking
Great view of the World Trade Center. Restaurant food was good. Breakfast options were limited and exactly the same everyday
Style and cleanliness of hotel good. Room is small, but not unreasonably so. Construction around the site made access less trhan ideal.
I liked the value of this hotel, as finding a decent hotel at an affordable rate is difficult in Manhattan. The room was small but efficiently laid out. On the 20th floor in the restaurant, one can get a great view of the 9/11 Memorial from atop. Breakfast is not included in stay, so beware as the breakfast buffet and a cup of tea came out to $24. Since New York is full of great restaurants and places to grab brunch, I always prefer to grab a tasty bite elsewhere.
The convenient location next to 911 Memorial Museum and great view from rootop. Old and outdated, worn out pillows, sheets, and ammenitis.
Clean rooms, the staff was incredibly helpful and very friendly (gave us an upgrade, too!), great price, rooftop restaurant/bar had great views and a nice happy hour. There is a lot of construction near Ground Zero which can make it a little noisy during weekdays, but obviously that's not their fault and it really wasn't anything terrible. And over the weekend there was no noise at all.
Clean nice hotel near ground zero. Subway sations near as well as some restaurants. A suite was not very large, but comfortable for four people. A special price was very resonable for quality of hotel and service. Construction noise may disturb in some rooms, not a problem for us. A suite was booked for four people, but towels etc. only for three. After complaint an extra was gotten, but same problem next day.
Modern and clean. Very secure.
The location was great. The room was adorable. The staff was very freindly and courteous
Location was best for business. Location
The hotel was clean , the room was just the right size. The services provided are very good (free internet access, with yourown pc in your bedroom, or in the pc room, where you can print out your check-in on-line; free water provided; gym facilities).The hotel is in the Financial district, very close to the subway station, so in 15 minutes you can be at Time Square). The staff was helpful. I found a little hole in the bed-sheet, but I believe that was just something that can happen once in a while. Compared to many other hotels in NY the World Center had a reasonable price, but still I found it quite expensive...250 Dollars for just one night (it was the night of the Marathon though, so prices were quite high everywhere)! I guess that's just NY!
The hotel restaurant was brilliant. The location for Downtown exploration was amazing. Fantastic value for money. The was no pan for the hob in the room.
Quiet environment like being at home with excellent service. Close to business excellent positioning Nothing
subway closed price
It was convenient in Manhattan, and the staff was very helpful. A little noisy with the construction nearby of the new Freedom Tower
We picked the hotel because of its price and location. Very nice design, clever use of space. We had a handicap accessible room and it worked great.
Hotel was good but service not what was expected delay in releasing car from valet parking Bad customer service
Considering it was the marathon weekend we were able to get a room here. Very clean. Beds were small and not that comfortable. But for NYC it was bigger than I have seen
awesome location, convenient restaurant downstairs, and a great staff. i didn't like my corner room. It was very hard to get into. Also the tv would stop working every 15 minutes and took a while to fix everytime. Then the thermostat would reset itself to 72 every couple of hours
Everyone was helpful, and gave great suggesstions. The room was large enough for the 4 of us, not always the case in NYC, clean and comfortable. We were very happy with the location and the BLT restaurant was very good.
Was easy to get there, since it was a weekend we parked on the street without a problem and as we marked in the preferences we wanted a room with a view they gave us a a room looking at the Hudson River.
Not much You pay additional for everything except a basic bed. The staff has a negative attitude that borders on rude. The elevator service is very slow.
Nice bathrooms. Room small but adequate.
Soap Feels like walking thru a discoteque during daytime, sad vibe.
Nothing ,,,tuelly nothing in this hotel ,,,,its dirty ,old , not well located im sorry nothing i liked I had bed bugs at W downtown , i had to go to the doctor , i was red hittchy and full of spots . When i complaigned to the manager he told me i was wrong they have no bed buggs , they did a pedt control . So my doctor asked for a biopsy that came positive . Shame and they did not want to refund my 3 night this place is terrible , and i had a terrible stay .
Only the beds. Small bathroom. Small room. Low beds. Small TV. No proper lobby. Had reserved and paid for a King size bed but upon checkin was told there only two full sized beds left. Almost no apology. No trying to make up for it with a credit or free movie etc. Very matter of fact. Wasn't expecting that from W brand.
Has a nice boutique-ish vibe. Good music on the 5th floor lobby. Great location. Excellent staff. The rooms were large, clean and quite modern. No on-premise restaurant but not a biggie - plenty of good restaurants around.
Location, lication, location...and price for NYC. Good bed and a clean washroom with nice soaps and shampoo. Big stain on carpet, noisy window air con unit.
It's modern, clean, great location!!! If you are a family of 4 or less is great! We are a family of 5. The room is too small, we didn't have space for an extra bed so one of us had to sleep on the floor... And there's no space for bags, luggage or anything extra...
it was close to everywhere in the city the staff is very friendly and helpful the hotel small and cozy
the location was perfect for my needs The staff was way too rude..particularly the maintenance guy. BTW who ever needed a maintenance person in a hotel. Those rooms are supposed to be already perfect. At first, they sent me to a room in which I had to use stairs to get to my bed and my head would bump against the ceiling when I reached the top. Since the AC was located at the bottom of the room and fan not directly on top of the bed, it felt really hot upstairs. When I complained that this room didn't look anywhere close to what I saw in the pictures, at first they said all rooms are booked. Then, they finally relented after I pushed more. The other room was small in size but once again was hot and I had to deal with the same maintenance guy. All night, the place was very noisy with people going in and out, the doors seemed to be clanging all night.
Location, location, location. Room was small, but average sized for the area; good value. Bathroom could use a remodel.
We were hosting a conference at a nearby bank, which was only four blocks from the hotel. Therefore, it was very convenient business-wise.
The hotel was really clean and met the basic points which was a big plus (especially after hearing that other hotels in the city contain cockroaches...). Also, the location was decent and close to the subway so it was really easy to get around in the city. The staff was also friendly and I liked how there were computers in the lobby that the guests could use. The rooms are tiny! I felt like I was back in the college dorm rooms. For the rate of the room, I was expecting bigger rooms. Personally, I thought the value of the room wasn't there for what we paid but the rooms were decent and if you're in the City, I suppose all the rooms are going to be smaller and more expensive.
We loved staying here. It's undergoing renovations and it looks like it's going to be beautiful. No problems with construction ongoing!
Air conditioner undersized and loud.
The location was wonderful, right next to the A and C and 1, 2, 3 lines. All less than a block from the hotel. The rooms were cozy w/ great room temperature control. The staff were very friendly and helpful too. Starbucks right next to hotel, which was great because they didn't have coffee or fridges in the rooms. The hotel was doing construction on the floors below us and they started hammering, drilling, and sawing very early, so sleeping in on vacation was impossible. What really annoyed me was while checking out the guy ahead of me who was also checking out made a big stink about the noise and he was comped a night. I complained and only got any apology. Perhaps, if I was not a young Hispanic woman, but a rich looking white dude I would have gotten comped too. The water temperature was hard to control as it was either frigid or scalding.
Clean, convenient, quiet Interior, reasonable price for the location. Tiny room, tiny bathroom, antique elevator, long hallway with turns and stairs, loud 4 a.m. garbage trucks.


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With the success of "Milkshake," it's fitting that the Le Cordon Bleu-certified chef and saucier finds success with cuisine-themed tunes, as she intertwines her love for food and music. Entirely produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, "Food" is her most mature album to date.


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First Bites: Delia's Kitchen
This place shows promise, and I'm not damning with faint praise, though I do have some suggestions
Delia's Kitchen opened in the latter half of 2010, and I just got around to going there a few days ago (so little time, so many places to eat).
I had read negative criticisms and passionate defenses of Delia's on Yelp!
One of the negative criticism regarded service, and on that note, I have to say: the service at Delia's is excellent, and that's critically important. Like George's (145 S. Oak Park) and a few other local places, Delia's comes very close to being a commodity, competing with similar restaurants based on price and availability. Service is a critical differentiator, and at Delia's, service was very friendly and attentive. The crew here is sincerely customer-oriented.
Opting for the Amish Greek Chicken, I was pleased to wait a little for it to be cooked – the menu claims, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, that the food here is cooked from scratch. When the chicken arrived, it was quite juicy and very clearly had not been pre-cooked and left to sit, waiting to be ordered. Amish chickens seem to be a little plumper than standard corporate farm birds, and my half-chicken was big, too much to actually eat at one sitting (no worries: I brought the breast home).
Though well cooked, the chicken was seasoned somewhat ham-fistedly with Greek spices and a fair quantity of salt in it. Now, I like liberally seasoned food and I'm a salt fiend, sprinkling the stuff on just about anything, from watermelon to pizza. But even I thought that areas of the dish were way too salty; others, not salty enough.
I was glad to see that Delia's is using fresh vegetables (like broccoli and carrots), nothing seemed frozen, and it's cool that they're featuring balsamic vinegar and olive oil from Olive & Well (133 N. Oak Park).
For my first bites here, I was impressed with the effort but lukewarm about the execution of my Amish chicken. Delia's Kitchen, however, deserves another visit, and I think they're trying to serve a better grade of chow than one might expect; applause for that. I am particularly interested in the buckwheat cakes, an item that has been banished from menus everywhere (even International House of Pancakes!) – I love these moist, dark flapjacks and would return to Delia's if only for those.
One final thought: it is crazy for a restaurant, no matter how small, not to have a website with their menu posted. It costs very little and it's very convenient for customers. Fortunately, one of my fellow food fanatics on LTHForum.com had posted his pictures of the Delia's Kitchen menu, so that helped me do a little research before I went.
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Black bread mold
|It has been suggested that Rhizopus nigricans be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since June 2017.
|Black bread mold
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|R. stolonifer
|Binomial name
|Rhizopus stolonifer
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Ascophora mucedo
Black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer) is a widely distributed thread-like mucoralean mold. Commonly found on bread surfaces, it takes food and nutrients from the bread and causes damage to the surface where it lives.
Asexual spores are formed within pinhead-like sporangia, which break to release the spores when mature. Germination of these spores forms the haploid hyphae of a new mycelium. R. stolonifer grows rapidly at temperatures between 15 and 30°C.[1]
R. stolonifer is a heterothallic species,[2] in that sexual reproduction happens only when opposite mating types (designated + and -) come in contact. Successful mating results in the formation of durable zygospores at the point of contact. Subsequently, the zygospore germinates and forms a sporangiophore whose sporangium contains both + and - haploid spores. The two varieties are: R. stolonifer var. stolonifer,which produces straight, erect sporangiophores, and those of R. stolonifer var. lyococcos are curved.[1] A closely related species, Rhizopus sexualis, differs primarily in being homothallic (self-compatible).
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Black bread mold has a cosmopolitan distribution. It is capable of causing opportunistic infections of humans (zygomycosis). It also causes Rhizopus soft rot in white potatoes.
External links[edit]
- Time lapse video of Rhizopus stolonifer attacking strawberries at the Cornell Mushroom Blog.
- An Informative, Heart-Warming Tale about Black Bread Mold General information, diagrams, growth video.