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The Walking Dead broke its own ratings benchmark on Sunday in the US to confirm its status as the top drama in America in key demographics.
Among the advertiser-friendly audience of adults aged 18-49, the episode is the highest rating telecast in "basic" cable history. It continues the extraordinary season three series average, which out-performs free-to-air shows such as Modern Family, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, despite the fact that it only plays on cable channel AMC.
But why? For the blunt truth, there is no one better to ask than Norman Reedus, aka Daryl Dixon, who is likely to skewer the answer with a crossbow bolt from 100 paces.
The charming, relaxed and confident individual sipping a soy latte opposite me in an opulent hotel lobby is both literally, and in every conceivable way metaphorically, a world away from the character we last saw in a post-zombie apocalypse arena, challenged by a newly one-eyed Governor to fight his brother Merle to the death.
Daryl famously once sported a necklace of zombie ears (if you want one, there's a YouTube video that shows you how). Reedus, on the other hand, talks graciously about the personalised chopsticks he and his son were presented with in Japan.
Daryl is beloved by fans of The Walking Dead, and Norman loves them, which is lucky, because he couldn't escape them if he wanted to.
''They show up!'' he says, with a smile. ''I filmed one thing, with me and Lauren Cohan, and we're breaking into a school looking for formula for the baby. And I looked over and there were 30 faces peeking out between the trees and the bushes. It's really surreal. You'd sit down and there are 30 more over here. They'll find you. Plus, with Twitter and everything you can't really hide.''
Hiding will only get harder as the number of fans swells by significant numbers. Where most shows expect dips in ratings as seasons progress, with 12.3 million viewers for its 9pm premiere on Sunday, swelling to 16.6 million for the night after two encore showings, The Walking Dead smashed its record audience of 10.9 million viewers which was previously held by the season three premiere on October 14, 2012.
Sometimes that fan love can be confronting. In Australia, Reedus wasn't presented with chopsticks; instead, ''I've got a lot of stuffed animals and drawings - really nice drawings since I've been here''. One of those drawings, which Reedus shared via Twitter, was by a 10-year-old, and displays a detailed knowledge of his character and a show that casts questions over our classification system. This is nothing new for the actor, though: ''You'd be surprised. There's little kids that come dressed as Daryl with the ears around their neck.''
For Reedus, who has had to navigate his own son through the work his father does, it all comes down to parental supervision. ''I would tell him what scary thing's about to happen before it happens and how they did it, and he got into the movie magic of it and less of the shock thing. He became accustomed to scary things and knows that they're not real.''
Thankfully, the show isn't real, yet the team behind it takes it incredibly seriously, much more so than many other projects Reedus has worked on.
''Usually on big-budget films, we can sit around and have a coffee while everyone's working on stuff and we talk about it forever,'' he says. ''On lower-budget films, you're drinking a coffee as you're talking or walking to the set, you put it down and 'Action'. On our show we do all that before we start filming. Once we start filming, its bang, bang, bang, bang - everybody's on point. It's always been the case because everybody likes this job so much.
''We got very lucky, in that everyone's very gracious and respectful of each other. I welcome Steven Yeun saying, 'You should try this,' and I tell all the other actors before we shoot, 'If you have an idea, throw it to me,' and they say the same to me. We bounce off each other. I think that's really rare. I've done films where you work opposite an actor and they're literally looking over your shoulder saying, 'Can I get another coffee?' as you're doing a scene!''
On set and off, The Walking Dead cast are a tight-knit unit.
''We all hang out. We're sort of one big happy family down there,'' Reedus says, but working in a zombie universe has inherent dangers. No character is safe, as demonstrated by the shock death of Sarah Wayne Callies's Lori Grimes in the fifth episode of the current season. It makes for a unique tension on set.
''Every time we get a script, we race through to the end and make sure we're still alive. I think all of us do that. We used to have this joke that if you get the email '1800-ZombieSchool go to this link', then you're pretty much screwed. We all are sweating bullets all the time.''
That email is a joke, but the zombie school isn't.
''There's a little zombie school in Georgia,'' says Reedus, who is clearly full of admiration for the work their undead do. ''I see what some of these day players bring as zombies. Some of them are returning zombies because they're so good. But they really get into it.''
It's not just professional actors who get into it, either. A number of celebrities have pulled strings in order to get a walk-on, or rather shuffle-on, part in the show.
Reedus laughs about the phenomenon. ''Hines! Did you see [The Dark Knight Rises]? You remember the football player that's running across the field [the one who survives, Hines Ward.] He's a huge football player. He was a zombie. We've had politicians. People are always trying to use clout to be zombies.''
While Reedus hasn't had to play a zombie, at least not yet, the role of Daryl was originally far less, ahem, fleshed out.
"It was originally written as more of a one note character to be honest. It was written very 'F you, f you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you'," he recalls.
"There were original scripts that had me taking Merle's drugs and saying some things I didn't want to say. I explained my reasons and they worked with me and made him a better character. It's not the writers or me, we work together. I think that's pretty rare in television."
That special relationship between the actors and the writing team extends to a regular dialogue. "Every season they allow the actors to come in and generally ask questions and they sort of veer us in certain areas. If I'm like 'Daryl hates T-Dog' they keep it in mind when they write stuff. We sort of get a feeling where we're going.
Is that an admission of guilt given T-Dog was killed earlier this season? "Oh no!" he laughs. "That had nothing to do with me at all! [The hate was] just as a character."
So what can Reedus tell us about coming episodes? Nothing, of course. Though there's a certain assumption as to Daryl's survival that can be taken from his presence in Australia. ''Or it could mean this is my last hurrah!'' he says.
Another nugget comes from his phone as he acknowledges he is required on set for season four. ''Andy [Lincoln] just now emailed me,'' he laughs. ''We're not supposed to cut our hair 'til we go back, so I'm growing my hair down to my butt. He just told me he cut his hair, so I'm like, 'You owe me $5!' We had a $5 bet who's going to break first, I guess I won.''
And so, it seems, have the fans of Daryl, who would mourn his loss. Don't tell him where you heard that, because Reedus is proud of his ability not to spoil. ''I do [interviews] all the time. You'd be surprised how much I do this. I mean when I'm working I do this. On my weekends, I do this. I'm pretty good at saying things.
''And then I have a whole assassin squad that if you write something that doesn't work, just like laser dots will be all over you.''
The Walking Dead
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Ruud van Nistelrooy is a Dutch footballer born on July 1, 1976 in Oss, North Brabant. Ruud is a nickname, and his full name is Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij. He played his first professional season in 1993-94 for Den Bosch and retired with Málaga after the 2011-12 season at the age of 35. Ruud's 19-season career was very productive and included numerous accolades.
Ruud finished his career with 249 goals scored professionally and 35 goals scored for the Netherlands national team. He is the second-highest goal scorer in Champions League history and led the league in goals during three separate seasons. He was also a top scorer in a season for three different European domestic leagues.
Ruud began his career in the Dutch leagues. He started with Den Bosch at age 17 in 1993 and played for the club for four years scoring 17 goals. He then moved to Heerenveen where he scored 13 goals in just one season. At this point, Ruud was maturing physically and as a student of the game, and he transferred to Philips Sport Vereniging (PSV). He played three seasons at PSV Eindhoven, scoring 62 goals overall and building a name that would attract the attention of Manchester United.
A deal with Manchester was initially in place in 2000 but prevented by injuries that Ruud had sustained while the negotiations were ongoing. The teams eventually finalized the deal in 2001, and after clearing a medical, Ruud signed a five-year contract worth £19 million, which, at the time, was a British record. With that contract came a great deal of pressure, but Ruud's first season was a rousing success. He scored 23 goals in 32 games and earned Player of the Year honors. During five seasons at Old Trafford, Ruud compiled 95 goals in 150 appearances and became the club's all-time European goal scorer.
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Conviction For San Diego Triple Killing Overturned
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction and death penalty of a man for three San Diego murders, saying he was denied a chance to argue the trial was tainted by racial prejudice.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ordered Hector Ayala freed unless prosecutors plan to retry him in a reasonable amount of time.
The killings occurred during a 1985 robbery. At trial, the prosecution excused all seven black and Hispanic jurors who might have served.
Ayala's counsel challenged those rejections but the judge found they were based on "race-neutral" reasons.
The appeals court said some of the prosecution's reasons seemed implausible but Ayala's lawyer wasn't allowed to hear them until after trial. It said Ayala was thus denied a chance to argue racial bias.


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Axford gets the Axe!
Relief pitcher John Axford has been traded to St. Louis in exchange for a player to be named later.
Axford, 30, is 6-7 with a 4.45 ERA in 62 relief appearances this season. Though he did not produce a save for the Brewers in 2013, he ranks second on the all-time franchise list in that category (106), trailing only Dan Plesac (133). Axford went 21-19 with a 3.35 ERA and 106 saves in 268 relief appearances with the Brewers from 2009-13. His 46 saves in 2011 set a franchise record. He is eligible for arbitration.
"John has been a big contributor to the Brewers, and we do not go to the playoffs in 2011 without his outstanding performance," said G.M. Doug Melvin.
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What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times.
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Amazon Significant Seven, January 2008: Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in In Defense of Food is a series of wonderfully clear and thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield that's come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient "healthy" alternatives to whole foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health has a nation has only deteriorated since we started exiling carbs, fats--even fruits--from our daily meals. His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a la Humpty Dumpty) put our food back together again and reconsider what it means to eat well. In a season filled with rallying cries to lose weight and be healthy, Pollan's call to action—"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."--is a program I actually want to follow. --Anne Bartholomew
Michael Pollan is the author of five books: Second Nature, A Place of My Own, The Botany of Desire, which received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best nonfiction work of 2001 and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon, and the national bestellers, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and In Defense of Food.
A longtime contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.
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Strong desert sun drives design of the building's most prominent feature.
LOS ANGELES -- The latest project from the Los Angeles office of global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will recently broke ground: the new Visual Arts Building at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif. The project will be an anchor for a re-conceived Arts District and will tie in the arts facility with the rest of the academic community. The plan includes indoor and outdoor classrooms and labs, a multipurpose room for interdisciplinary classes, lectures, and exhibits as well as dedicated exhibit space.
This Visual Arts Building project has already earned a 2012 Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Inland California Chapter in the un-built category. The recognition from the AIA for this 13,948 square foot Visual Arts facility attests to the project's design excellence. The new facility is located at the transition between the campus's arts district and the core campus. This juxtaposition will facilitate the college's wishes of integrating the arts program with core curriculum studies.
"The new Visual Arts Building was conceived as a celebratory representation of the newly defined arts district, and will provide a portal into the art making process," says Darren Adkisson, senior project designer for Perkins+Will Los Angeles.
The strong desert sun drove the design of the building's most prominent feature. An aluminum perforated screen will wrap around the edge of the projecting roof creating a canopy that provides shade on four sides. As a passive cooling measure, it will greatly increase the building's energy performance. While the canopy maximizes shading to the south and west exposures, the rooftop skylights take advantage of the softer northern light which floods classrooms with natural daylight.
The concrete and stucco exterior facade underneath the screen will provide a color palette that compliments the desert and fits into the natural landscape of this 1960s campus. The color that will be used in the interior is deliberately neutral, which is intended to emphasize and showcase the artwork on display from students. In addition to these elements, designers wanted to create a sense of connection, both within the facility itself as well as with the rest of the campus. To that end, the multi-purpose room and main building will have entrances directly across from one another, allowing easy access to various spaces within the facility and campus. All of these thoughtful design elements are intended to establish a strong sense of place among the entire College of the Desert campus.
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WATCH: Kelly Clarkson reveals wedding-themed video 'Tie You Up'
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(Yahoo!) - Kelly Clarkson's wedding video is a little different than yours and mine. While ours might capture the magic of a special day with all of our friends and family, Clarkson's is a two-minute-and 49-second music video for her new single, "Tie It Up."
While the title of the track might sound like something out of 50 Shades of Grey, it's actually fairly tame stuff, including footage and still photos from some real-life weddings, a groovy banjo solo, and Clarkson giving it her all, barefoot in a cute white lace dress, performing in a barn. To top it all off, she catches the bouquet at the end of the clip and gives us a sly wink.


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Fox's New Scapegoat For Gas Prices: The EPA
Fox News is calling for President Obama to somehow require a single national blend of gasoline instead of the multiple blends tailored for seasonal and local pollution conditions in accordance with the Clean Air Act Amendments and state regulations. But doing so would lead to increased pollution or increased gas prices and disrupt what a Bush administration task force called a "cost-effective" approach to cleaner air.
Gas Blends Provide A Cost-Effective Way To Reduce Smog
Gasoline Blends Are Part Of Clean Air Act Amendments Passed Under George H. W. Bush. A 2006 report from the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency explained the history and rationale of gasoline blends, which result from both federal and state air pollution controls:
Prior to the CAAA of 1990, types of gasoline differed primarily by octane grade. Gasoline grades were generally the same nationwide and through the seasons with only gasoline volatility differing by region and by season.
During the late 1980s and the 1990s, Congress, EPA, states and other stakeholders realized the strong impact certain motor vehicle fuel properties have on air pollution. Furthermore, controlling various fuel properties was considered a very cost-effective way to reduce vehicle emissions that contribute to air pollution, while providing widespread and immediate benefits. In response to the serious air quality problems, which were occurring across the U.S., Congress, EPA, and many states took a number of actions, which have both resulted in large emission reductions as well as an increase in the number of distinct motor fuels.
The gradual increase in the number of unique fuel types first began in the late 1980s, with the emergence of both new federal and state standards. Beyond the phasing down of lead in gasoline, which began in the mid 1970s, quality controls on gasoline at the federal level remained constant until new volatility controls were first implemented beginning in 1989. In addition, some states began to require oxygenated gasoline in the winter months to reduce carbon monoxide (CO) pollution.
Congress included new federal and state programs in the CAAA of 1990 specifically designed to address our nation's serious air quality issues and the contribution from the mobile source sector. EPA was tasked with developing and implementing new gasoline and diesel programs that would provide significant air quality benefits and support progress in attaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Over a 5-year period from 1990 to 1995, in accordance with the directives in the CAAA, EPA set standards for diesel fuel and gasoline including a requirement for states to introduce wintertime oxygenated fuel in 1992 in certain areas exceeding the CO standards.
In 1993, the nationwide low sulfur (500 parts per million) highway diesel fuel program began, which was designed to reduce the emissions from the on-highway sector of the heavy-duty diesel truck and bus fleet. In 1995, phase 1 of the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program went into effect, which was designed to reduce ozone-forming emissions and control harmful air toxics in the nine worst ozone non-attainment areas.
States, with support of stakeholders including the oil industry, began to investigate and consider controls on fuels as a way to support attainment of the NAAQS. States began to evaluate both the existing menu of fuels, including federal RFG, and other potential fuel options. While the CAAA allowed states having ozone non-attainment areas that were not required to use RFG to opt-in to the program, many states selected their own cleaner-burning fuels tailored to meet their emission reduction targets, with most selecting low Reid vapor pressure (RVP) gasoline standards, stopping short of requiring cleaner burning Federal RFG. These are the so-called boutique fuels. [EPA, December 2006 [1]]
Reformulated Gasoline Reduces Smog, Which Contributes To Heart Problems, Asthma Attacks, And Premature Deaths. Reformulated gasoline (RFG) is designed to reduce nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emissions, which form ozone smog when they come in contact with both heat and sunlight. Ozone causes "increased risk of premature death," "asthma attacks," and "increased susceptibility" to heart- and lung-related problems. [American Lung Association, 2011 [2]]
CRS: Changing Standards "May Require An Amendment To The Clean Air Act." From a March 1 Congressional Research Service report:
Producing gasoline that meets federal summer blend requirements and state and federal requirements for certain areas with poor air quality is more difficult than conventional winter blend gasoline. Meeting these standards may limit what components may be used to make gasoline. Some European refiners that can make winter blend U.S. gasoline may not be able to make summer blend gasoline, potentially limiting imports. Some have suggested that relaxing these standards may reduce gasoline costs. This was done briefly in 2005 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which forced closure of refineries and pipelines. Relaxing these standards long-term may require states that use special blends as part of their plan to meet NAAQS [National Ambient Air Quality Standards] to come up with alternative--potentially more commercially costly--means to meet air quality targets. Or, NAAQS requirements themselves could be relaxed, but this would result in greater smog and impose public costs. Either of these actions may require an amendement to the Clean Air Act. [Congressional Research Service, 3/1/12 [3]]
Even Without Pollution Regulations, There Would Still Be More Than One Blend Produced. A Task Force convened by the Bush administration to study boutique fuels, composed of Governors or their representatives, the EPA, and the Departments of Energy and Agriculture stated:
Gasoline RVP [Reid Vapor Pressure] is permitted to be relatively high during colder months because the colder temperatures reduce the tendency of gasoline to evaporate and produce emissions of volatile vapors. Also, higher volatility gasoline is generally necessary to support proper cold weather operation of vehicles. Conversely, lower RVP in gasoline is beneficial because warmer weather has the tendency to cause gasoline to evaporate more easily, releasing volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere. It is important to note that industry will make this seasonal transition to support vehicle performance and operational issues, regardless of whether any environmental regulations are in place. [Task Force on Boutique Fuels, June 2006 [4], emphasis added]
AP: Bush Task Force Draft Study Found That Boutique Blends "Are Not A Factor" In Price Increases. On June 23, 2006, the Associated Press reported:
"Boutique" gasoline blends to help states meet clean air rules are not a factor in higher prices as President Bush has suggested, says a draft of a study ordered by the White House.
Although often cited as a reason for volatile gasoline prices, so-called "boutique fuels" have not caused unusual distribution problems or contributed to price increases, the report concludes.
The review was conducted by a task force headed by the Environmental Protection Agency and involving representatives from the 50 states as well as the Energy and Agriculture departments. [Associated Press, 6/22/06 [5], via MSNBC.com]
Task Force: Boutique Fuels Provide "Significant Reduction In Targeted Emissions At Very Low Cost." The Task Force convened by the Bush administration to study boutique fuels concluded:
It is clear that state fuel programs have provided significant, cost-effective air quality improvements. Any actions to modify the slate of existing boutique fuels or limit a state's ability to adopt fuel specifications should be done in a manner that at least maintains these air quality gains and avoids unnecessarily restricting state authority.
Historically, implementing a localized fuel quality control strategy can generally occur in a shorter period of time, as compared to other control strategies, and provide immediate environmental benefits. These programs have proven to be very successful in providing significant reductions in targeted emissions at very low cost. State controls on RVP [Reid Vapor Pressure] have been estimated to cost as little as 0.3 cents per gallon to about 3 cents per gallon. [Task Force, June 2006 [4]]
CRS: Requiring One Fuel "Might Lead To Higher Pump Prices" In Some Areas, Or More Pollution In Others. A 2006 Congressional Research Service report stated:
Why Not Simply Require One Fuel Across the Country? The existing system has evolved in response to various federal air quality standards, and resulting state standards, local refiner decisions and consumer choices. Further, many of the state formulations were designed to mitigate moderate air quality problems without requiring more stringent and, presumably, more expensive measures. An attempt to group states under one regional or national standard, referred to as "harmonization," might lead to higher pump prices for areas with less severe ozone problems, or higher emissions in areas with more severe problems. Further, refiners may have made considerable investments in tooling facilities to meet specific local requirements.
Harmonizing Standards Would Be a Complex Process. Competing goals will make harmonizing standards a complex process. Gasoline distribution would likely be more uniform under regional or national standards. But refining costs and consumer price could increase under new standards. Further, air quality could be improved or diminished depending on how standards are combined. Any changes in the U.S. gasoline system will need to take all of these factors into account. [Congressional Research Service, 5/10/06 [6]]
President Of Refiners Association Said Limiting Gas Blends "May Be Counter-Productive." In May 2006, in response to a proposal by the Bush administration to waive EPA regulations on gasoline blends, the president of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Bob Slaughter, testified against changing existing regional fuel specifications that lead to "boutique" fuels because they allow regions to have "more cost-effective" fuels:
Current calls for the reduction of "boutique fuels," for example, may not provide the supply-relief that many advocates think. NPRA believes that any attempt to limit the number of viable fuels in regions or nation-wide may be counter-productive, and certainly no such change would have a positive impact now or during this summer.
Boutique fuels programs in many cases represent a local area's attempt to address its own air quality needs in a more cost- effective way than with RFG [Reformulated Gasoline]. While boutique fuels are often blamed for episodic price variations during limited supply disruptions in specific regions, their overall impact on local economics is a net positive when compared to a constant requirement for RFG. [CQ Congressional Testimony, 5/11/06, via Nexis]
Study: Regional Differences Allow Certain Areas To Require "Less Costly" Standards. Fox suggested that a study by Harvard University's Erich Muehlegger supported the argument for one blend. That study [7] recommended that regulators "consolidate" blend requirements where possible. But it also found that "Regional heterogeneity allows areas with air emission problems to substantially abate air emissions through strict requirements while allowing areas without air emission problems to use gasoline meeting less stringent (and less costly) standards." When asked about the Bolling's remarks, Muehlegger explained that if the "prices of all the different blends of gasoline are high, simply removing the regulations will do little to lower gasoline prices":
My study found that when refineries experience production problems (due to fires or other unforeseen events), the price of gasoline in areas with special blends often rises substantially. This is because gasoline cannot be imported from nearby areas unless those areas also use the special blend. Thus, it is possible to have a localized supply shortage that drives up prices for a short period of time. In fact, in certain cases, the EPA has waived the environmental requirements for local areas experiencing these supply shortages to help lower the price of gasoline.
This tends to be a very local problem, though - high prices due to these regulations are only mitigated if gasoline not meeting the specifications is available elsewhere at a substantially lower price. If the prices of all the different blends of gasoline are high, simply removing the regulations will do little to lower gasoline prices.
On average, these environmental regulations are relatively low cost - my study found that the cost of the regulations to be on the order of 5-10 cents per gallon. [Email to Media Matters, 3/7/12]
Yet Fox Pushes "One Blend" Campaign
Bolling Claimed "One National Blend" Would Be A "Magic Bullet To Bring Gas Prices Down." From Fox & Friends:
ERIC BOLLING: I have a magic bullet. Jay Carney has said in the past there is no magic bullet to bring gas prices down - but there is. There's an easy one. Here's a Harvard study, you know, you can go through this. Did you know--
BRIAN KILMEADE: Jeremy Lin's?
BOLLING: Not Jeremy Lin's. No, this is Erich -- a professor at Harvard -- Erich Muehlegger. He outlines the different blends of gasoline: there's a winter blend, there's a summer blend, there's an oxygenated, there's a Reid Vapor Pressure, there's a California blend, a Midwest blend, there's an ethanol blend, too much ethanol, too little ethanol. There are literally hundreds of different blends. If you did this, honestly President Obama can do it overnight, sign it, it has to do with the Clean Air Act, but if he signed it and said one national blend for gasoline - you can use it in Chicago, you can use it in San Diego or you can use it in New York City - the price of gasoline would be a dollar lower. One blend, one buck lower. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/23/12]
- Bolling has advocated for one blend at least 6 other times on Fox. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/21/12] [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 2/21/12] [Fox News, America Live, 2/23/12] [Fox News, The Five, 2/23/12] [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 3/1/12] [Fox News, Your World With Neil Cavuto, 3/1/12]
Fox's Carlson: A "Gas Expert Told Us This Morning" That Obama Could "Just Have One Kind Of Blend Of Gas." After noting that the Obama administration has said there is no "magic bullet" for high gas prices, Gretchen Carlson said:
CARLSON: Could [Obama] have passed the Keystone pipeline?
STUART VARNEY: Would that make a difference to gas prices?
CARLSON: Maybe not imminently, but could it in the future? Could he have done something -- which another gas expert told us this morning on Fox & Friends -- could they just have one kind of blend of gas instead of all these boutique blends. Would that bring the price down? That's something that maybe he could do imminently. [Fox Business, Varney & Company, 2/23/12 [8]]
Fox's MacCallum: "Some People Want To See Them Do Away With Those Blends Altogether And Feel That" Would Lower Gas Prices. Fox "straight news" anchor Martha MacCallum stated, "some people want to see them do away with those blends altogether and feel that that make a big difference in terms of gas prices." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 2/27/12 [9]]
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+0 votes Edan Badajos › August 25, 2011
+0 votes Ron Pannesi › October 13, 2011
Great addition to the awesome Cali scene.
+0 votes Armando Lopez › November 10, 2011
Difficult championship level course. Commands you to be long and accurate off the tee as well as testing your putting. Have plenty of water and food as it's a long trek. Plenty of variety with a few par 4's and one giant par 5. The course makes you pay when you leave the fairway. This is definitely not a beginner course.
+0 votes Chris Edwards › March 13, 2012
+0 votes Patrick Mcnett › March 26, 2012
Good course great setting with the lake. Some very challenging but not very creative holes. Half of the round is set in a great big open field which to me is not fun golf. Yes it is challenging I will certainly give it that but the OB lines everywhere are the only reason it is challenging. I like the course and want to play more if I can convince anyone that it is worth the drive out there.
+1 votes Brody Cannon › September 10, 2012
Awesome and really tough course! Super tight OBs. Lots of poison oak everywhere.
+0 votes Brandon Ammon › February 6, 2013
Great course! Has a variety of holes. Some holes are shorter and you have to navigate through trees while others are really long-open holes where you have to throw your disk as far as you can.
+0 votes Mitch Booher › June 2, 2013
Poison Oak is plentiful, never busy, watch for joggers and people walking, bring a few cheap discs and use them, dont lose your good plastic here, discs dont get returned often.
+0 votes colin mchenry › June 22, 2013
I think this course is awesome. This course has every shot on it and on some holes you are forced to use those shots you only mess around with once and a while. I can understand why this was one of the pro worlds courses, it is now one of my top 10.
+0 votes Maci I › February 19, 2014
+0 votes Doug O'Dell › June 23, 2014
+0 votes Joe Hewlett › September 15, 2015
Very challenging addition to the Santa Cruz collection. Beautiful location. Some long and extra long holes. Some very challenging too. Holes on the grassy plateau become repetitive.


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Opponents of a natural gas plant near the Sevier County town of Sigurd say the Utah Division of Air Quality made mistakes in its decision to grant the Sevier Power Co. a permit to build a 540-megawatt plant.
Sevier Citizens for Clean Air & Water is challenging the permit in what is believed to be the first case under a new system enacted by the Utah Legislature earlier this year.
"The challenge was initiated because UDAQ has failed to follow its own rules in determining the actual air quality in Sevier Valley prior to issuing the permit," said Dick Cumiskey, president of the group.
Having successfully defeated the company's previous plan for a coal-fired power plant at the site, Sevier Citizens said air-quality officials made a variety of errors in their decision-making this time, including ignoring key points during the public-comment period earlier this year. Now the group wants Department of Environmental Quality Director Amanda Smith to take a fresh look at the case and reverse the permit.
The case is one of the first two reviewed under the new administrative-review process established with SB11 in the 2012 Legislature. And like the challenge filed to the air-quality office's decision to allow the Tesoro refinery to expand, this case will be decided by the department's executive director rather than by the air-quality board, which used to handle appeals.
"Just because our county is not along the Wasatch Front does not mean that our air is, by default, clean," Cumiskey said.
The group has argued that a power plant does not belong in the area because of inversions that trap pollution in the valley. And, although the air is cleaner in the area than other parts of the state, the new power plant permit will boost pollution toward federal limits.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourth paragraph under the subheading "Improvement of the National Forests" under the heading "Forest Service" of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve" (36 Stat. 1253, 43 U. S. C. 961) is amended to read as follows:
"That the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to grant an easement for rights-of-way, for a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of the issuance of such grant, over, across, and upon the public lands, national forests, and reservations of the United States for electrical poles and lines for the transmission and distribution of electrical power, and for poles and lines for communication purposes, and for radio, television, and other forms of communication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities, to the extent of two hundred feet on each side of the center line of such lines and poles and not to exceed four hundred feet by four hundred feet for radio, television, and other forms of communication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities, to any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States, where it is
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extremely good location
Ideal location, nice staff, amazing view from the 7th floor. Room was spotless, spacious,... Really nice But, really bad noise insulation. This is a 3* criteria! A shame for a 5* hotel. You can hear doors closing in the corridor and toilets flushing from neighboring rooms.
The breakfast at the last floor of the hotel, with a direct view to the Gugenheim was wonderful. I was welcomed by a nice woman, talking at least 3 different languages: spanish, english and french! Price of the breakfast was a bit high for the quality.
Found the garage and before we climbed out of our van your cheerful bellman was greeting us in English. He made a great first impression. He was there when we left and we left him 2 bottles of wine to say thanks for his help. We needed a van cab for our luggage and he was quite helpful in arranging it for us. Clerks at counter were very helpful in finding places, showing you on maps, making suggestions. Loved the look of the hotel, fountains, decor, etc. Great place!
Location, generosity of staff (postcards, newspapers) Not able to get a la carte breakfast in dining room.
good location, clean modern facilities and friendly staff
Hotel is good and clean. The big artistic column(?) made of gravels is very impressive. The staffs in front desk are not very professional. They charged me twice because they didn't check that they charged on my credit card when I booked using booking.com. So, I'm arguing rightnow. Be careful, everybody!!!
The location with respect to the Guggenheim was perfect and the eating facilities, breakfast buffet. bar, and restaurant were excellent The actual room was awkwardly shaped such that there was a pillar that severely limited the seating at the bench. The television had to be on this bench but was too far away from the bed to allow the ticker on the news screens to be read. The WiFi required a new password every day
The hotel was excellent - helpful staff and beautiful décor. The location was also superb. No.
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Its location was excellent, as the Old Town, shopping area, bus and train stations were so easily accessible. Also liked the location along the river.Our room was located at the back of the hotel, and was very quiet.
Rooms, Location, Breakfast, Hotel staff Too much people; problems with internet connection; the internet is not free of charge.
Clean room, easy access, you can walk almost to every city's corner. Price of breakfast
Good reasonably priced food, clean comfortable room, nice bar area and also met some nice people. NA
La amplitud de las habitaciones y la tranquilidad que se respiraba El trato recibido y la atención del personal fue correcta pero sin gran amabilidad, la habitación emitía un cierto olor a humedad y había bastante polvo debajo de la cama. La decoración era de dudoso gusto. Hacía un excesivo calor en unos pasillos kilométricos (sensación de estar en un hospital) y la atención de la cafetería era bastante mejorable (por no hablar de la calidad del menú que ofrecían, hacía tiempo que no comía tan mal).
Two female travelers: Comfortable beds, safe, clean room. Just across the cool foot bridge to everything downtown. Good location -- walkable to the Gugg. Very welcoming of foreigners and most of the staff speaks English very well and were able to communicate complicated transit directions to me (like how to get to the bus that takes you to the airport) despite my limited Spanish. We were even able to borrow an adapter for our phones. It's not "the perfect" central location, but good price relative to hotels that are right at the city center. If you want the air conditioning to cool you room down, leave a key in the placard when you leave for the day, otherwise it turns off to save energy. Room smelled clean and fresh. We were fine with the size of the bathroom area. The lobby sitting area needs a good dusting/cleaning and maybe new carpet in the hallways.
Close to Guggenheim museum The smallest single room I have ever had. No accesible plugs for working in the room's desk, I had to bend beneath the desk and unplug the refrigerator. Wifi working very poorly. Not good conditions for a business hotel.
Central location Internet isn´t free
the location and neighborhood are good, it's comfortable to take a walk there. we booked a double bed room in advance, but they gave us a twin bed room and didn't explain anything to us
Huge room, super comfortable bed, 5 min walk to tram stop and -10min journey to Guggenheim
Large, comfortable room. Great variety of food at breakfast. Handy for motorway and old part of city. Parking available under the hotel.
staff was okay breakfast poor , but okay for Spanish ( Basc ) Standards
Fabulous hotel. Huge modern bedroom and bathroom. Super buffet breakfast in wonderful breakfast room. I can't speak highly enough. Thr price was absurd, 52 euros for the room, 20 euros for two breakfasts and 11 euros to park in the basement. Obviously these prices reflect the current Spanish economy and tourism, as otherwise my 83 euro stay would have been three times the price. It's a five minute walk to lightrailway station which takes you to the Gug. We walked back to the hotel from the Gug - it took about half an hour including a walk through the old town. Absolutely no complaints at all.
The room was very big and clean, the big shower was fantastic I would like to have the same in my house. We could sleep well even if all the city was celebrating a festival. Last but not least the parking was really huge for our van Everything was fantastic
Spacious hotel Restaurant was very basic
The breakfast is great and even it is relatively far from the city center, it is very easy to reach public transportation from it. No charges is invoiced in case of no-show when you book with "free cancelation" condition.
Facilities as they stand we're terrific. Clean, contemporary. Business luxury. Staff– a bit disorganized and not super helpful. Individually, they were polite and kind. But I expected more from a 4* hotel. Looked at me like I had three heads every time I asked for a restaurant number or a taxi. Their answer to everything was giving me a map. LOCATION. This is BARELY in Bilbao in my opinion. The hotel is literally located on the exit ramp leaving the city. It barely fit on the map of center city. If you're going for business, it's perfect. But if you plan on exploring the city, get ready to walk, take trains, take buses, etc. I would highly recommend that tourists DO NOT stay in this hotel. It's at least a 45 minute walk from the Guggenheim & most of the tourist attractions. It is KIND OF close to the Old Part, but still a 15 minute walk.
okay , staff spoke some English
The room was very spacious and comfortable. The choice of food at breakfast was very comprhensive and the staff very helpfull. The waste bin in the bathroom was very small and hadnt been emptied. There was no other receptacle for waste.Travelling to the hotel by car from the City centre was a real nightmare.
The staff was friendly, room was clean and spacious. An article of clothing was left behind and we contacted the hotel an hour after check out with the specific location of the garment, and they were not able to recover it. (No lost and found ect.)
new hotel, clean and modern.
good value for money.very centrally located.
Hotel staff Rooms design
Perfect location and the great room The spa wasn't that fabulous
Central location, updated decor, helpful staff, good value Some upgrades, like the floor, were cheaply done - squeaky laminate
The room was too small
no umbrella when outside raining;
Compared to other Spanish cities, Bilbao & this hotel (with its huge room) in particular offers excellent value for money. David Australia
The location is great. We liked the modern design of the furniture, the lighting and the bathroom features. By the way, the shower was fabulous. We would prefer a room with a better view, Ours was into some courtyard
A good, comfortable, pleasant hotel in a good location. Staff were responsive to requests and helpful.
Rooms are big, with big nice bathrooms. Very comfortable! There is WIFI available at the rooms but you have to pay per hour or day. I would prefer it to be included in the price, even if it is a little more expensive
Relaxed and quiet staff very good and helpful No
An extremely elegant Hotel in an excellent location for shopping, restaurants or just lazily sitting in the beautiful Plaza opposite, with first-class Hotel staff, food and comfort.
The renovated rooms are comfortable All public areas need to be redone.
Excellent facilities, very friendly staff and superb breakfast and central location
Great hotel, superb location, half way between the Googenheim, and the old town.
A nice Hotel in downtown Bilbao It might need some renovation in a year or so - the restaurant is just ok
Beautiful rooms
Nice location, in city centre; the room is quite big, comfortable, you may find a pillow list, they provide several styles of pillow, fantastic; The parking service is really nice, and you should drive a nice car getting in:) The TV is really small, few channels
Excellent location, very friendly and helpful staff. We had a very quick stay and did not have the full experience of staying at the Carlton. The concierge was very friendly offered to hold our bags while we explored the city after check out
The service was superb
the location was excellent. the hotel was beautiful. the room was spacious and beautifully decorated. the bathroom was luxurious. The staff was not very friendly.
Location and breakfast. The latter is expensive but the quality and quantity is great. The breakfast is expensive compared to the room. The TV is small and wrongly placed.
Closeness to the shops and bus station. Breakfast buffet
Location was excellent! Near Plaza Moyua and shopping. We had a triple room on the 2nd floor in the newer wing and that one was great but we also had a double room in the older wing on 4th floor and this room was in need of an update. Carpet and decor were worn and paint was chipping.
efficient service, free internet in the lobby, central location
I liked very much the hotel staff, their behavior.
Location, free wifi.
buffet breakfast reception not quite as as atttentive on arrival as one would have hoped
Central location
The hotel was well-located (10 min walk to the Guggenheim and short walk to metro). The suite was large (we were four people) and comfortable. We were very happy with the room. Reception was friendly and helpful. We had requested a baby cot at the time of booking and it wasn't there when we arrived. However, reception was very helpful and provided one after we asked. Getting into the parking garage was a little scary!
The hotel was comfortable and in an ideal location. The reception staff were not very friendly or helpful.
Nice staff, good breakfast, nice room There was only a socket for plugging in electric devices. Thus, it was not possible to plug in the laptop while the TV was on!
We enjoy the fact that the Hotel was so close to downtown Bilbao and close to so many atractions. The Hotel staff was very friendly and spoke many laguages ( Spanish, French, english etc.)
The position of hotel with the coloured glass windows overlooking the river - superb spot to sit in the room and just view the river and only 5 mins walk to Guggenheim Musuem. The restaurant was lovely and also had a very good bar with tapas - excellent. Bathroom decor glamourous.
Hotel is in a good location, overlooking the river, 10 min walk to Guggenheim, 15 min walk to old town. Hotel is clean, good facilities (bar, restaurant), rooms are well-appointed and bathrooms have a decent bath and shower. Breakfast is expensive if not included in price.
close to Guggenheim and tram stop to old town
Very modern and stylish hotel
High tech design and decor + close to Guggenheim and casco viejo Should have had free internet access not just WiFi for those with laptops
Everything about this hotel is 5 star - staff, service, quality and location. except the price through booking.com is only 3 star! Brilliant place.
Great food in Bilbao and Fabulous Gugenheim Museum. Lighting in room was minimal and it was difficult to see in the room, especially over the bench where suitcases were placed and there was no overhead lighting.
Excellent & convenient location, very helpful and pleasant staff. View on the river from our room was beautiful. Room was spacious. The room was always very clean, but so much chlorine bleach was used in the laundering of bed linen and towels the whole room smelled enough to make us ill! The water also seems to be very chlorinated. Our pajamas smelled like bleach and there is simply no excuse for this as non-smelling bleachs do exist!
Rooms are spacious, clean and modern. Also very quiet. I had a really enjoyable stay there.
A very luxurious hotel that may have seen better days - but for the price an irresistible offer. Located very central. The double-rooms are very spacious, the bathroom huge and well equipped. The Bar/Cafeteria is typical, friendly and fast. Though nothing is dirty or broken, you notice that many people before you have been staying in the rooms.
Friendly and helpful staff how processed my check in and out quickly. Nice room which was comfortable and clean
The position, the hotel staffs. It is a good hotel, but not at the level of other NH I have been, especially for the room.
A very well located, comfortable and clean hotel with friendly and helpful staff
clean and lots of space charging for internet access
Very modern and good looking hotel, friendly and helpful staff, clean rooms and shinny shared spaces. Very good value for money. Location, altough very good (10 minute walking from shopping areas, 20 minutes from old town), it not exactly at downtown, but on the other hand, it´s very close to Guggenheim museum.
Staff were pleasant and helpful. Very good breakfast. Had delicious evening meal in hotel restaurant on last evening of stay. Would definitely recommend this hotel.
Staff efficiency. Early coffee was offered for guests taking flights before normal breakfsat times. This turned out to be almost a complete breakfast - a very welcome surprise. Nothing at all
spacious and clean
We know this hotel for over 20 years and enjoy the comfort of the beds, the space in the rooms and the general decoration and furnishing. The location is ideal for shopping and visiting the town. The staff are efficient polite and helpful. The best breakfast selection of all the hotels you booked for us. We stayed in room 508, the only false note was the shower control which is near to falling off. I did not report this due to the crowded front desk situation.
Always a great experience!! None
Excellent Architecture , well located and he fabulous breakfast Parking in front of hotel could be a improved while checking in.
location, room comfort, the staff at the reception desk Wi-Fi didn't work in the rooms.
silence.location cafetaria
Great hotel and location as the tram stop is right next to the hotel and takes you into the old part of the town were all the shops and restaurants are. The cost of the tram is just1 euro.
The location was brilliant. Food really good. When our TV wasn't working, prompt service. When it still didn't work, they swaps rooms for us. Excellent. One of the waiters was a bit unattentive. Rest of staff were excellent.
excellent experience
The warmth and comfort In common with many other Spanish hotels there was no lavatory brush in the bathroom. This is something which should be corrected !
Quiet location - in the park. Not enough closet space The eggs and 'hot' food was cold.
just a stay overnight quality of food
good location
Good hotel in excellent location
Smart, clean hotel in great location. Immaculate rooms. music through PA in corridors all night can be heard in room..
The room is luxurious The food is awful - pretentious, way overpriced, duck was undercooked and rice dish was swimming in chicken fat; there was nothing extra on the "main dish" plate except one item - duck for the duck plate, rice for the rice plate. Stay out of the restaurant!!!
restaurant, design of rooms, location smoky bar
Conveniently located, within walking distance of Old City, the main bus station, and Guggenheim.
The comfort of the hotel at a very good price
Good sized bathroom well appointed and hotel served an excellent breakfast. No access to movies on TV and the room wasn't cleaned and the beds were not made up for our second night. The hotel was difficult to find as it's mostly signed as Indautxu but called Silken Indautxu on line.
Large comfortable room. Free WiFi. Close to city centre and metro station. Very good breakfast.
The bar area was very cosy and the service excellent.The bedrooms were good and the staff very helpful. The plastic underlays on the beds were extremely uncomfortable.One tends to sweat and i believe in the year 2010 the hotel should resort to something else.
We chose this hotel because it had excellent reviews, was near the old town to the east, the Guggenheim Museum to the west, and the river on three sides, and we were not disappointed. It is modern, clean, with excellent helpful staff and is ideally situated. As we arrived late evening (from the Santander ferry), the hotel car park was full (we were warned this might be the case); however the receptionist directed us to the public car park which is almost opposite and we left our car there for the stay which was not a problem - plenty of space and good security. Bilbao is a lovely town, especially the old quarter and the gardens. While tapas is available all day, the restaurants only open for dinner at 9pm, which is too late for us. Fortunately we stumbled across the bar/restaurant Berton at 11 Calle Jardines in the old town which serves meals throughout the day and evening; we had an excellent meal there. The Guggenheim is an interesting building with unique architecture. We visited all the galleries but must confess to not getting much out of it. 16 slightly different obscure paintings of Lenin and Stalin hanging upside down in dresses is not for me, however the pretentious commentary from the audio unit does provide some amusement. Two disappointments with the hotel – the aircon didn't cool (the maid opened the window for us on the second day), and the breakfast was nothing special but expensive (€15) and there was no normal tea for some reason on both mornings.
No hangers in closet No place to unpack suitcase Outrageously priced breakfast
Fab location. Spacious comfortable rooms and great value for money. We stayed here with our two kids for one night before getting ferry back to Portsmouth. Highly recommended.
Location Floors are noisy
Location Purple decor
Pets allowed and location, fully restored No parking
The location was great, very central. The room was very nice and great value for money.
The breakfasts Smelly drains in the bathroom
Very nice hotel, great location, easy walking distance for all the sights. No hotel parking but underground car park only 1 block away.
Location atmosphere decor
we had 2 single rooms well furnished and clean lots of choice at breakfast and very sympathetically refurbished as always would like to see cheaper single rooms than doubles
Comfortable room, spacious for european standards. Bed was amazing. Very clean. Hotel smells delicious. Friendly staff. You can hear the noise from the hallways and contiguous rooms.
good situation for the old part of the city and access to the Guttenheim museum
I have apprecciated the central location of the hotel. Parking nearby is expensive and not easy. I have not enjoyed the noise in the early morning.
Good position with benefit of garage. Good buffet breakfast. Helpful and smiling staff- we would definitely return and recommend it.
I liked the location. quite room like I asked in my booking, breakfast, clean room. Bed litle bit hard and bedclothes coud be modern and better quality.
Location. Internet access. The wireless device from the floor my room was located always was unaccessible, I had to connect the device from another floor, giving me worse connection.
very central the views
good parking facilities and a good rate, excellent location paper thin walls, could hear too much from next room.
location,excellent bathroom Dark room no natural light
location good but extremely noisy. Bins collected each morning at 5.30 am. little atsmophere. possibly the most uncomortable bed I have ever slept in.
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Great location A little pricey for the stay
The location of the hotel is excellent for shopping in Bilbao. The hotel staff were very helpful when needed. No, everything was very good.
Personal and historical outlooks of the hotel. Polite service. Close to the meeting place. Wireless internet access in the rooms was not available free as it was stated in the internet pages. That was a big disappointment because that is why we chose the 5 star hotel.
This is the best small luxury hotel of Bilbao at a veru reasonable price.
Beautiful hotel, good location, friendly and helpful staff, good breakfast
Everything. Good location, pleasant,efficient and helpful staff and service
Comfortable rooms in good location
Excellent central position. Friendly staff
As a so called "5 Star" hotel there was no possibility to change days unless pay for one day. Very poor. We will not recommend this hotel and we do both work in travel agent industry.
Staff is amazing. Location is perfect. Rooms are large and comfortable.
Great location, friendly staff. Smoke from bar on ground floor spreading to all floors of the hotel. Noisy street (although not the hotel's fault)
small, personal, quaint
The hospitality of the hotel staff, and the cleanliness of our room. None
Easy to find; easy parking (not free though); v.friendly staff; child friendly; free child bed; restaurant for dinner = too expensive and not very suitable for families. But great places to eat nearby
Not being able to order a meal before 18.30 after travelling all day to reach Bilbao.
The room was very nice and modern and looked much better than the pictures. The staff was friendly We scratched our car in the parking which is crowded and tight, It was a long walk to the center of the city
Easy to reach, quite close to Guggenheim museum and metro. Nice kingsized beds. Excellent breakfasts. free wireless in rooms.
locationwise the hotel was great The bedspread was stained, ringmarks on the lockers, mildew in the grout between tiles in bathroom, overall the room looked tired and shabby definately not to 4 star standard
Staff was extremely helpful & kind. Location! If you don't come by car - not easy to reach. Complicated by bus!
We enjoyed the meals in the restaurant and the service in the hotel was excellent. We felt that the surrounding area detracted from the hotel, as it ws opposite the construction site from the new Bilbao FC stadium. However, the noise from the site was not excessive.
No positive points to make. Not 4*hotel, room more than tired looking. Breakfast 2*
Room was very comfortable and quiet. Hotel was in a good location for seeing the city of Bilbao. Thought ther could have been a wider choice at breakfast.
This hotel represented good value for money at the time of purchase. A clean, spacious hotel in a great location - a 10 minute walk from the Old Town or the Guggenheim.
Good position and pleasant room with good facilities. The breakfast was of relatively poor quality and expensive compared with similar hotels.
Breakfast Hotel difficult to find. Air conditioning in bedroom not functioning.
The location is ideal for exploring a wonderful city without needing a car. Unintrusive 24 hour reception with nice sweets and good English (thanks for that, my Spanish is very limited). Good restaurants with a range of (affordable) prices very nearby. The Spa is excellent (with reservations mentioned elsewhere). If you like to cycle the hotel rents bikes :-). Mosquitoes. Dirty room which didn't get any cleaner; bathroom sink not cleaned at all during our 3 night stay. Furniture and textiles have seen better days. Spa not included!! It's a separate business and located without private entrance for hotel guests, ie. no privacy. The website lacked relevant information to enable visitors to bring the equipment required for entry to the Spa.
The staff spoke excellent English and were very helpful telling us how to get into the hotel car park and then up to reception to check in. We were very disappointed that on our return stay in this hotel, there were no tea/coffee making facilities.
Great value for money
Good location and general standard of room etc. Staff did not explain fully some queries - e.g. they led us to understand bus to Vitoria airport would go all way to airport and it didn't!!
location was relatively good reception staff were both unhelpfull and unfriendly and not at all in keeping with what one would expect from a four star hotel.
Near the center of the City. Easy to move around directly from the Hotel to main tourist attractions. Not very comfortable. Old rooms and uncomfortable bed mattresses.
Free parking, Rooms are quite silent and very clean. Difficult to connect internet via-wifi :(
Modern, comfortable, very clean rooms. Good breakfast, Excellent parking and free shuttle to and from the airport. The staff spoke excellent English.
Ease of booking. Straightforward room key availability with no delay at the hotel check in desk. Problems with towels and air conditioning sorted out immediately by English speaking staff (I unfortunately do not speak any Spanish). The breakfast arrangement was very good, with plenty of space and there was a good food selection for a continental breakfast. The hotel location made our return travel arrangements very easy and it was also easy to get to Bilbao by train (10km) where parking is quite difficult. No complaints
Close to the airport, shuttle bus, helpful staff, bar,reasonable breaafast and wifi The room was rather hot and it was not possible to open the window very far or operate the air-con
Excellent hotel, perfect cleanliness, comfort at the highest level. Near the airport, but quiet, cozy. Highly recommended.
Just usual hotel near airport - clean & comfort. Very bad navigation in the surroundings...
Conveniently near the airport, large rooms, nice and efficient staff It's a hotel that is ideal for one night before taking an early flight at Bilbao airport. No charm and in the middle of a business/industry zone. No retaurant, but you can order food from a restaurant nearby.
The only reason I stayed in this hotel is because it is 3 min. from the airport and I had a very early flight to catch. The people at the reception always seemed to be in a hurry. Eventhough nobody was waiting at the counter. When I asked questions they were very short. They didn't even made eye contact. or stoped doing whatever they were doing in the computer. Rood.
Internet was not functioning when we were there. The waiter in the hotel restaurant was great; helpful, knowledgeable and witty. Some other staff were helpful and courteous but somewhat distracted and got one or two things wrong. I think they were genuine mistakes.
We found the hotel staff friendly and helpful. We very much enjoyed the modern style of the hotel and our room. Dinner in the restaurant was truly excellent with a very pleasant and helpful waiter who spoke excellent English. As with other reviewers we left after an excellent breakfast. The free Internet access in a room was also a plus point. No
Services were good, the hotel was very clean and well maintained. Breakfast and breakfast times were excellent. The room was lovely and well stocked. No
nice and quiet and good location staff were slightly surly
The location of the hotel is ideal. The rooms are OK, although the windows could be larger. A triple room for a family was quite crowded with the beds and there was almost no space to move.
Perfect room
The location,cleanliness of the room and the parking area Restaurant
Everything was very good visiting the guggenheim is a must . lovely food plenty of tapas. the hotel was in a good location for restaurants and bars.
Friendliness of staff, comfortable room, location near bus station and good restaurants, value for money.
Great location and a really nice room.
The friendly welcome and helpful staff. The glass partition between sleeping area and bathroom. I prefer more privacy.
The fact that you have to pay 6 euros for wireless access !!!
i like the hotel the print machine was tree days broked
Having to pay 30 euros for the use of the spa, not nearly enough space to hang my clothes, no tea/coffe making facilities in the room. You don't always want to go straight downstairs to the restaurant in the morning.
relaxation and luxury
Excellent pool and bar Unusual see through shower?!
The BIO1 room is fantastic. The buffet breakfast was very good. The BIO2 rooms look too clinical.
The Hotel was clean airy and gave the impression that as a guest you were important to them. There did not appear to be a vegitarian option on the daily special menu, I may be wrong but I do notthink so theday we were there.
Superb bed, spotless room and bathroom, very helpful and polite staff, really close to metro station. 50 euros for a hotel like this is a real bargain!
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(TMZ) - Aspiring rap star Amanda Bynes doesn't need street cred, 'cause she's got something way more powerful - DISNEY CRED ... this according to her new hip hop partner Waka Flocka Flame, reports TMZ.
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November 27, 2012
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Wall Street Journal editorial misled readers about state of the economy
In an October 11 editorial titled "Missing Jobs Found," The Wall Street Journal misled its readers about the content and implications of the October 8 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly report on jobs in the economy by inflating the significance of an annual revision in the jobs data, even though the upward revision was below the historical average. The editorial also claimed that the BLS household survey of employment is more accurate than the BLS establishment survey because it counts an increase in the number of self-employed people, even though the household survey is widely considered by experts, including Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, to be a less reliable indicator.
The editorial claimed: "The figure of 96,000 jobs created in September was below the expectations of many economists, but it remains a perfectly respectable showing." It is unclear how the Journal defines "respectable," but the 96,000 number cited is below the 135,000 to 150,000 [1] new jobs that economists generally believe is necessary to keep up with the monthly growth in the working-age population of the United States.
The editorial continued:
Moreover, Friday's jobs data brought some new information that is far more interesting than the headline figure. The Bureau of Labor Statistics finally confirmed what we and others believed all along, that its "establishment survey" underestimated the number of jobs created from March 2003 to April 2004. The government bean-counters offered a preliminary upward revision of 236,000, and some believe the final correction early next year will be between 300,000 and 400,000 jobs.
The editorial attached significance to this upward revision that is not warranted. The BLS releases this preliminary revision of its employment data estimates every October, and there has never been a negative revision. In fact, this upward revision of 236,000, a 0.2 percent increase, is a smaller revision than the historical average [2] of 0.3 percent, according to the BLS.
The editorial also suggested that the household survey is the more accurate survey, and therefore it is accurate to claim that two million new jobs have been created since before the 2001 recession:
But when a higher ratio of people make their livelihood as independent consultants to their old company, or as power sellers on eBay, they don't show up in the establishment survey that provides the most widely used employment figures -- at least not until the benchmark figures are revised long after the fact.
These jobs do, however, show up right away in the "household survey." The government collects this data from workers rather than companies, and while it is more volatile month-to-month due to the smaller sample size (60,000 households), over the past three years it consistently told us that something unusual is happening. If you believe the payroll figures, the U.S. still has to create 700,000 more new jobs before it will return to the peak pre-recession level of 2001. But according to what individual Americans are saying, we've already surpassed that level by two million jobs.
The household survey -- which showed that the number of jobs fell by 201,000 [3] between August and September -- is considered to be less accurate than the establishment survey, which is derived from payroll data, for the purposes of measuring job growth. As New York Times reporter Edward L. Andrews wrote in a February 22 article [4]:
''I wish I could say the household survey were the more accurate,'' Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, said in his testimony at a House hearing on Feb. 11. ''Everything we've looked at suggests that it's the payroll data which are the series which you have to follow.''
The Fed's conclusion was that the household survey's results have been inflated by overestimates of population growth.
Contrary to the Journal's assertions, the difference between the numbers found in the household and establishment surveys is not accounted for by an increase in self-employed workers, whose numbers grew by only 278,000 between February 2001, before the recession began, and September 2004, according to the survey [5] the editorial promoted.
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