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A Grand Design
The Marquess of Tregaron returns to London after eight years of self imposed exile. His unfaithful wife was killed when she fell from the balcony of his London house and it was whispered that he had pushed her. To get rid of the memories of that bad marriage and to prepare for a new wife, Tregaron employs the firm of Buchanan and Buchanan, relatively unknown Scottish architects, to completely remake the house. Tregaron finds himself fascinated with ...
Best Laid Schemes
The practical, fastidious Rome Tarquin has finally decided that it's time to get married. By careful process of elimination, he has narrowed the field to three beautiful women, who are invited to his house party for the final decision. However, Tarquin's fun-loving mother has invited her long-time friend Lady Leverham, and her niece, Sibyl, as well. In keeping with her family tradition, Sibyl tried desperately to be fanciful and romantic, in contras...
Nathan Paget, Marquess of Oriel, left the wars against Napoleon after he was badly injured in an explosion which killed his best friend. He has remained a recluse on his estates and there are whispers that he is mad. But the spy master who employed him wants Nathan to go to London to figure out who is killing an elite group of English spies. Isobel MacLeod's father had been working as Nathan's secretary until, in a moment of weakness, he stole a bag...
Gabriel Louden, Earl of Rievaulx, is sent to reveal the person living on the Isle of Skye in Scotland who is spying for Napoleon. He agrees to go because he needs to redeem himself after allowing vital information to be stolen by a prostitute who distracted him during a tryst. His best friend's wife is from Skye and he uses a visit to her family as cover for his own investigations. His host's daughter is Margaret MacLeod, who is not only beautiful...
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Ivy, Jan 2002, 6.99 ISBN: 0804119562 Viscount Trevor Robard, grew up abused by a nasty father who not only left the man with physical and mental scars, he wasted the family estate so that the St. Wulfson heritage is one of decay and depradation. Trevor relishes his seedy reputation among the Ton as �Sin� though he also performs the dirty deeds for his country including assassination. The Widow Nell Nolan, former mistress to the late L...


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"Faculty Practice Groups" Expand Career Development and Focus for AUWCL Students
Since last fall, the faculty at American University Washington College of Law has taken a more active role than ever in students' career development. The faculty formed 11 specialized "faculty practice groups" to help students develop the skills required to succeed in specific legal fields, think strategically about their career paths, and connect with practitioners and employers.
"The landscape for finding a job after law school has changed, and our faculty members are making an admirable and extraordinary commitment of time, creativity, and effort to assist our students through the development of unique initiatives," said Claudio Grossman, dean of American University Washington College of Law.
In response to changes in the legal industry, Grossman appointed a Faculty Committee on Career Development prior to the 2013-14 academic year. The Committee, chaired by Professors Jamin Raskin (fall) and Angela Davis (spring), formed the "practice groups" to empower students with more subject matter-specific and practice-specific career information and counseling. These groups, which have nearly 800 student members, supplement the work of the Office of Career and Professional Development by offering AUWCL students strategic career advice, practice area insights, networking ideas and connections, and academic planning. Each group offers at least one major event in the fall and the spring semesters, and seeks to connect students with full-time faculty members, as well as alumni and adjunct professors on a continuing basis. Many of these events are focused on providing resources to upper-level students with a demonstrated interest in the field and helping them secure jobs post-graduation.
"There is a real commitment to this project among our faculty," said Davis, who noted that there is nearly universal faculty participation in the practice groups. "I don't know of any other law school that has faculty coordinating and engaging with students about specific career paths on this level. Many of us have been advising students informally for years, and now we are doing it in a deliberate way, working together as a team. I'm really pleased with our progress and the impact it's having on students' career development."
Dozens of adjunct faculty members have been involved in the work of the faculty practice groups, and more than a hundred alumni have already participated in advising current students or recent graduates through practice group career coaching and networking events or mentoring initiatives. One outcome of the practice group initiative has been enhanced connections between and among faculty, students, and alumni.
"Faculty and alumni have no idea before they walk in how meaningful it is to students to get even 20 minutes with a professor or lawyer and to receive their undivided attention and career brainstorming advice," said Raskin. "The sessions not only jar the students into action and help them orient themselves in the professional world, but also give them concrete career job search strategies, connections, and networking advice. In the future, law professors at AUWCL will understand that the traditional functions of professors—scholarship, teaching, and service—have been enlarged to include career strategizing with our students."
Spring Programs Focus on Mentorship, Graduating 3Ls
The practice groups are organizing a variety of one-on-one career counseling, resume review, and networking sessions as well as externship fairs, career panels, and programs to match students with mentors in the field.
For instance, the International Law group held an international law career counseling session in February that matched more than 40 students with 17 practitioners and faculty for one-on-one counseling in their chosen areas, from international trade to human rights to international arbitration. Participating practitioners included Elizabeth Anderson, executive director of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), Bradford Ward, director, Interagency Trade Enforcement Center, United States Trade Representative, and Eckhard Hellbeck and Charles Rosenberg, both partners at White & Case.
"I brought a resume, and the main focus of our conversation was how to effectively network with practitioners in the area," said 3L Diana Navas, one of five students paired with Anderson. "She had a lot of very creative ideas."
Kay Marshall '10, an alumna and lawyer with experience in international law and development, helped students such as 3L Chelsea Kay Zimmerman gain perspective on how to better market themselves for an international career.
"I remember when I was finishing law school it was a stressful time because I was pursuing a non-traditional path," said Marshall. "It would have been really helpful to talk to someone in a setting like this – someone who has 'been there and done that.' Hopefully I can give these students advice based on my experiences."
The practice groups have also focused on assisting graduating 3Ls and 4Ls who are still looking for jobs. For example, the Career Development Committee hosted a networking and career advising event for 3Ls and 4Ls still seeking employment. Ten faculty members participated and over 30 students attended. Students brought their resumes and received one-on-one counseling and specific career advice.
Engaging Adjunct Faculty
The faculty practice groups have also enabled a stronger connection to the law school's adjunct faculty who have practices and connections in the D.C.-area and beyond. The school has engaged approximately 50 adjuncts in active mentoring arrangements with 3Ls and recent graduates, and more than 50 adjuncts are participating in various practice group activities.
"Our group is connecting with adjuncts and alumni in the field as we look to take advantage of their ideas on program development and mentoring," said Professor Amanda Leiter, who is coordinating the Environmental Law Group.
In March, the students in this group had the opportunity to be paired with alumni for career advice and resume/cover letter feedback, participate in a networking happy hour to meet other alums and adjuncts, and attend a formal one-on-one counseling event aimed at cultivating longer-term mentoring relationships.
Focus on Fellowships
"Many of the jobs available for first or second year attorneys in the fields of women's rights or LGBT advocacy require external funding in the form of fellowships, such as the Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, and the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowships," said Professor Daniela Kraiem, co-coordinator of the Gender Law and LGBT Advocacy Group. "We are focusing on preparing our students to apply for these prestigious and competitive programs."
This spring, in addition to supporting the more general fellowship events help by the Office of Public Interest and Office of Career and Professional Development, the group is holding a special session on "Writing A Successful Fellowship Application in Gender and Law," with a focus on developing a project and cultivating a relationship with a non-profit organization for purposes of applying for the Skadden and EJF programs next fall. Members of the faculty practice group—many with beginnings in these fellowship programs—will mentor small groups of these students as they navigate their way through the process.
Online "Pathways" Tool
The faculty, under the leadership of Professor Susan Carle, have also worked to add a technology component to their practice group initiative—the "Pathways" project. "Pathways" is a new website that features an "online trail map" for students' intellectual and professional law school journey.
On the site, students can access general, faculty-written introductions to more than two dozen areas of law, lists of current courses and electives offered in these areas, and suggested experiential opportunities to pursue. A list of faculty members teaching in each area is also available for those students seeking more specific guidance in planning their course schedules and career paths.
Additional Practice Group Updates
Judicial Clerkships – "The Judicial Clerkship Group hopes to provide students with a helpful overview of the values of clerking – whether at the state or federal level, and in a trial or appellate court – and also to show them how successful our alums have been at obtaining clerkships in all of these areas," said Steve Vladeck, associate dean for scholarship and co-coordinator of the Judicial Clerkship Group.
The Group planned three big events for spring, the first of which was a Feb. 18 lunchtime discussion with four recent alumni who are currently clerking: Andrew Kim '12, the D.C. Circuit; Chimnomnso Kalu '10, U.S. District Court for D.C.; Allison Vissichelli '13, Baltimore City Circuit Court; and Kira Hettinger '13 as the pro se / habeas clerk for the Eastern District of Virginia. Around 30 students –mostly first and second year students—attended the session and heard a helpful overview of the value of clerking and pointers about the application and interview process.
Health Law, Food and Drug, Life Sciences – "Our practice group developed a 'Jumpstart Guide' for finding an internship, externship, summer job, or permanent job in the Health Law/Food and Drug Law/Life Sciences Law area," said Professor Lewis Grossman.
The professors in the group received training from Office of Career and Professional Development to better prepare them to advise students on job searches, are building a database of AUWCL alumni who work in this field, and are recruiting alumni both to participate in formal job-related events and to provide informal mentoring to AUWCL students.
On March 19, the Health Law group held a student-alumni "speed networking" event and reception. This event provided students with an opportunity to meet alumni working in the health law/food and drug law fields one-on-one, to learn about the wide variety of opportunities in these areas, and to receive advice about how to pursue employment.
Criminal Law – The Criminal Law Group held several events in the fall semester, including a resume review/career advising session with faculty and alumni and a Criminal Law Externship Fair. This semester, the Group hosted events for 1Ls and 3Ls and launched the Criminal Justice Alumni Map – a digital tool which allows students to contact participating alumni in various parts of the country to receive career advice and counseling.
Intellectual Property – The Intellectual Property Group is now holding a "Bi-Annual Information Law Career Coaching Event," with the spring semester event taking place Jan. 31. "The January event was a huge success," said Professor Sean Flynn, co-coordinator of the IP group and associate director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). "We had 41 students meet with 18 alumni and faculty advisors. We were extremely pleased to have such a great turnout by our alumni, including Susan Mann '85, senior director for intellectual property policy at Microsoft, who is both an alumna and the mother of a current first year law student at AUWCL."
Other alumni participants included Jonathan Stroud '13, Finnegan, and Michael Vasquez '12, National Telecommunications and Information Association.
PIJIP faculty and the Office of Career and Professional Development worked closely with each student on their resumes prior to the event. They plan to hold the event four weeks into each semester going forward.
Public Law and Government – The Public Law and Government Group organized an event in March called "Attorney Hiring in the Federal Government," which featured a keynote speaker, Judy Kaleta, deputy general counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, and an expert panel of government lawyers, many of whom are AUWCL alumni or adjunct professors. The panel was followed by a networking event allowing students time to learn about specific tactics for entering the fields of government and administrative law.


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Dunno why this is in troll hole. Johnnyboy makes a valid point and the ending of days in 2012 is a topic on a lot of peoples lips. I don't think it'll be the end of the world though, it'll be more of the next stage in evolution of humans (apparently).
cheers govner so in 2012 am i gonna tarn into some creture pal? swer mate bettar still be able to ruck
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johny-Boy/215858055149963?ref=ts wbc world champ 19-0
I think the next stage in human evolution will involve a spiritual explosion where humans learn to empathize and co-exist peacefully with each other and nature...so yeah I can't see much ruckin' in the future mate. That is unless the US forces a war with Iran and has us all blown off the face of the earth with a world war.
yeh pal theres to much argamants an fights around mate i only ruck when someone tries it pal an try an keep it in ring but sometimes mugs need a ko govner
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johny-Boy/215858055149963?ref=ts wbc world champ 19-0
Keep it in the ring, too right mate. If countries got a problem with each other they should stop using weapons and get in the ring or cage n duke it out. "Nukes down, fists up" thats what i say.


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A9 TV, 21 May 2012
In an article written in 2006, Gerald Weissman, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, said, "Teach evolution…: we're [USA] ahead of Turkey, but behind Iran."
There is a vast Darwinist education in Iran. The Left is in power, though they portray it as a sharia state.
So there is something lacking in an unattractive woman or an unattractive man. Allah has created even insects and flowers to be attractive. For someone to be attractive shows that they are healthy and normal. In contrast, not being attractive is repellent. No Muslim can be repellent. So they are therefore attractive. They have a divine attractiveness.
Surat az-Zumar, 45
"When Allah is mentioned on His own, the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter shrink back shuddering, but when others apart from Him are mentioned, they jump for joy."
The unbelievers are horrified when Allah is remembered. But they rejoice when empty matters are mentioned. "Say: 'O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the Earth, Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, You will judge between Your slaves regarding what they differed about'." In other words, Allah tells us to obey His commandments. Do not just follow your own ideas, He says. "If those who did wrong owned everything on Earth, and another Earth alongside it , they would offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the evil of the punishment on the Day of Rising. What confronts them from Allah will be something they did not reckon with."
For example, they fail to take the system of the Mahdi into account. They fail to take into account the fact that Darwinism will be defeated. They do not imagine that materialism will be overthrown, insha'Allah. "What confronts them will be the evil actions which they earned and what they used to mock at will engulf them."
They used to mock creationism. But now it is all around them.
Be determined and steadfast. Allah creates. If you act out of a concern over, "What will become of us?" if you act out of weakness and despair, you will lose. But if you have a powerful optimism, Allah will make you victorious. That is the law of Allah, insha'Allah.
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Scribner, March 2005, 23.00, 288 pp. ISBN 0743242750 Private investigation Regan Reilly is ready to leave California and spend the weekend in New York with her fianc� Jack. She's also supposed to go over wedding plans with her mother, a bestselling author. A terrible blizzard closes down the airports in the East so when Megan's best friend Kit calls her from Hawaii to invite her to stay with her for a long weekend at the Waikiki Waters Playgrou...
Scribner, Oct 2001, 22.00, 265 pp. ISBN 0743205812 Los Angeles private investigator Regan Reilly is in New York City for several reasons. She's going to visit her parents and also attend the crime convention her mother has put together. She looks forward to seeing her significant other Jack Reilly, the head of the Big Apple's Major Case Squad. Unfortunately Megan has little time to visit with anyone because her friend Thomas Pilsner needs ...
The latest installment of the Regan Reilly Mystery series has Regan finally marrying her boyfriend, New York City Police Department Captian Jack Reilly. in preperation for her special day she goes to pick up her wedding dress from Alfred and Charisse's Coutures in Little Italy. While there she finds the husband-and-wife designers bound and gagged. They were robbed of twenty thousand dollars in cash and several wedding gowns. The only clue left behind is ...
Regan is a private investigator. She was hired to find a family member who is needed to attend a wedding that takes place in just three days. This family is under the impression that they will receive their long overdo inheritance from the bride as long as everyone is at the wedding. Regan is at the bed and breakfast that the family now owns and runs when Freshness, the missing relative, comes walking in. However, Freshness ends up missing again the foll...
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Scribner, Oct 2003, 23.00, 266 pp. ISBN 0743249372 The owner of Hot Air Cable Roscoe Parker has two television shows competing against each other for a slot on his network. Bubbles Ferndale is producing and starring in a sitcom she hopes to get on the air while her competition Danny Madley is trying to get his reality show on Rosco's network. Danny has three married couples competing to see which one should renew their vows in a hot air balloon...
This book is part of a mystery series by Carol Higgins Clark, featuring private investigator Regan Reilly. This time, Regan is called to the Hamptons in New York, to serve as a body guard to Irish fiddling sensation Brigid O'Neill. Brigid's success is due to a magical fiddle, brought from Ireland, said to have a curse on it for anyone who takes it out of the country. The curse seems to be coming true, as a number of mishaps occur for Brigid and her fr...


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So I'm two hours in. A little late I guess for first impressions since it's been out about a month, but if anyone cares to discuss:
I really like the combat, nothing to complain about at all besides accidentally rolling into walls while trying to interact with stuff. What I don't like though is that there have been zero hacking opportunities so far that I've caught and there are barely any places where I can choose my dialogue. It's odd just watching Shepard be all angry and snarky when normally there's an option to be a little more civil or cooperative, or even an option to be angrier and more of a badass. I'm used to there being more people to talk to in an area or having one or two reputation dialogue trees mixed with 4 or more dialogue wheels per conversation. This time I'm just watching.
Is it going to be like this for most of the game? Or do conversations get more Mass Effect-y later?


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Nene Leakes talks wedding weight loss strategy
Nene Leakes has been showing off a slimmed-down figure for a few months and now she's finally revealing her weight loss secrets.
In a recent interview with Life & Style, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star reveals that the 20-pound weight loss wasn't completely intentional.
"I only wanted to lose five or 10 pounds," she said "I like being a curvy girl."
She wanted to look fierce in her high-priced wedding gown, but didn't cut calories or deprive herself from her desires.
"I'm not trying to starve myself. I love food! I didn't count calories or carbs," she said. "Counting doesn't get me anywhere. I do portion control when trying to lose weight. Eat less, move more."
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Sherab Rigdrol wrote:I mention Vajrayana because of the inherent power of these practices to transform affliction. Obviously the specific Inner and Outer Tantras would in no way be suitable for anyone with dehabilitating PTSD. But maybe some Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha, or Green Tara practices? Also, Yantra Yoga seems like a great resource to release trauma from the body. All of these practice of course would be through the guidance of a Lama.
What do you think?
Green Tara, specifically, is not limited to Buddhists, and doesn't require a lama's guidance (unless of course practicing a specific restricted sadhana). Of course, without refuge and bodhicitta, it is not a Buddhist practice, but she can still help. I have a psychologist friend whose lama told her she can teach Green Tara practice to her clients. I think this is a great idea!


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RA's Will Lynch travels to an "imaginary republic" in the Ukraine where, if you're looking a bit too uptight, you're liable to have a jellyfish thrown at you.
Jonny Coleman tackles the multi-farious scene in one of America's biggest cities.
The owners of one of New York's best record stores hate just about everything to do with modern music. And most of what Resident Advisor stands for as well. So why do we love them so much anyway?
One of techno's most fascinating producers (and frustrating interviewees) takes time out from staring at a wall to talk to RA's Todd L. Burns.
Canada's biggest city has seen an explosion of new talent emerge in the past few years. RA's Andrew Ryce profiles the wave coming up behind Art Department, Basic Soul Unit and the like.


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'But there are a lot of people who don't realize that there is a loophole in the Sabres contract with HSBC Arena. If the hockey franchise declares bankruptcy, they could walk away from Buffalo and the arena, either selling or folding the franchise. If you don't think something like that could happen, just ask hockey fans in Hartford, Winnipeg and Quebec City.'
The Sabres Report - April 8, 2002


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On March 8th Lloyd Clarkson was supposed to weigh in for his fight with Mike Ling on Shock n Awe.
1 hour before the weigh ins I recieved a text from him saying he was struggling to make weight and that he was sorry.
He turned off his phone and 13 days later posts a Facebook message apolagising to his friends for not making weight.
The facts are this.
He did not turn up to the weigh ins.
He turned his phone off and disappeared for 13 days.
He has still given neither me or Mike Ling an explanation.
He pulled out of his previous scheduled fight (UCMMA) to this one on the day.
He messed me about for 6 weeks regards tickets, telling me he was getting names ect but ultimalely didn`t sell 1 ticket before this debacle.
He told his coach he was being cornered by someone else so he wouldn`t be needed, I spoke to this person and he knew nothing about it.
He has missed weigh 4 times.
These are all facts.
I just though fighters or promoters might want to know this in the event of ever being offered him as an opponent ect.


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Johnson & Johnson
Up first is health care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). This $217 billion health stock is one of the mega-cap names that's been leading the push to new highs in 2013, with shares up close to 14% since the first trading session of the new year. Johnson & Johnson's positioning as the prototypical blue-chip stock gives it some extra shimmer in this market environment; the firm's 3% dividend yield is an attractive bonus while interest rates remain near historic lows.
Johnson & Johnson is best known for is consumer health care products, with items such as Band-Aid brand bandages and Tylenol in its product portfolio. But the firm's bread and butter comes from less consumer-driven pharmaceuticals and medical device sales, which generate a combined 78% of sales. That product diversification provides a huge advantage for JNJ, especially as investors remain anxious about the economic recovery.
Financially, Johnson & Johnson boasts a strong balance sheet with more than $5 billion in net cash (the number was higher before the acquisition of Synthes, a Swiss medical device maker that JNJ finalized last summer for almost $20 billion). With rising analyst sentiment adding onto JNJ's 2013 rally, we're betting on shares this week.
American Express
The financial sector has enjoyed some stellar performance of late, and American Express (AXP) has been no exception. Shares of the $73 billion payment network have rallied 15% already this year. American Express is the biggest of the vertically integrated payment networks; the firm has a hand in everything from retail and commercial banking to network operation to card issuing. That makes Amex stand apart from peers such as Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA), which only run payment networks.
American Express boasts impressive brand positioning. The firm's flagship charge card products feature faster turnover than typical revolving credit lines, and they attract a more affluent consumer. That's why even though Amex has fewer customers than Visa or MasterCard, Amex's cardholders spend more money. That translates into higher revenues for American Express. And because AXP charges merchants dramatically higher rates to accept payments than other card networks, Amex sports thick net margins.
A rising tide of electronic payment adoption should benefit all payment network firms over the next few years -- there's no shortage of customers for this market. That said, Amex's market positioning courting more affluent (and spend-centric) consumers should ensure that the firm continues to grab the cream of the cardholder crop. To be sure, issuing cards does add significant risk to AXP's balance sheet -- but with a better handle on risks now, the firm also stands to earn much more for its trouble.
VMWare (VMW) is the league leader in computer virtualization, the software that enables a single physical computer into multiple virtual machines. The real-world uses of the firm's technology range from making data centers more cost efficient to operate to enabling employees remote access to their work PCs. Virtualization is big business because it's complex and it's hugely cost effective -- it makes far more financial sense for a data center to license VMW's software than it does to buy additional high-cost servers and rent more space to install them. The rising tide of data in the cloud bodes well for VMW in 2013.
The datacenter infrastructure business has largely been VMware's bread and butter since the firm's founding, but desktop solutions have become an attractive (if competitive) market for the firm. A robust customer Rolodex gives VMW plenty of corporate doors to knock on for the desktop business, and much like the credit card business, it's likely that a rising tide in virtualization will lift all ships in the near-term.
The victories that VMW earns right now are going to matter a lot down the line. That's because datacenters have huge switching costs if they decide to go with a different virtualization vendor, so customers aren't likely to jump ship unless they've got a good reason. International sales should continue to be a big growth opportunity for VMWare over the next few years.
Food manufacturer Kellogg (K) is more than just its portfolio of breakfast cereals -- the firm also owns convenience food brands such as Keebler, Pringles and Morningstar Farms. That product diversification offers Kellogg some distinct advantages, particularly because it enables firm to avoid concentrating risk in a single product line but it still lets the firm consolidate its distribution efforts to cut costs.
Like most food manufacturers, the biggest headwind for Kellogg in recent years has been input cost inflation. As agricultural commodities like corn and wheat uptick in price, K has to make the difficult decision of eating costs and ceding net margins or hiking prices and potentially ceding its market share. While margins haven't been as robust in recent years as a result, Kellogg has been doing a decent job of managing those risks.
An emphasis on marketing has been a big benefit for Kellogg -- the firm has consistently spent more than many peers on advertising, particularly on advertising new products. That's helped to keep consumers throwing dollars at Kellogg's offerings in grocery stores around the world. Today, international sales only account for around a third of the firm's total sales, a mix that leaves considerable room for overseas expansion. The addition of internationally popular brands like Pringles to the firm's operations should help achieve that.
Car parts retailer AutoZone (AZO) has been enjoying a multi-year rally fueled by an aging national car fleet, economic uncertainty, and the largest store network in the industry. At last count, AZO sported more than 4,700 U.S. stores as well as 320 locations in Mexico and one location in Brazil. The decision to focus international growth efforts on Latin America makes sense, particularly because the region's aging car fleet gives it more upside than the newer automobile trends in other emerging economies.
For AutoZone, it's not all about retail -- the firm also runs a lucrative commercial business, which provides parts to repair shops and service stations. While the margins aren't as deep for the commercial part supply business, the volumes are, and they enable AZO to take advantage of repair trends that extend beyond the do-it-yourselfers who stroll into one of the firm's stores. After all, the average car on the road in the U.S. today is older than it's ever been, and as a result, those cars are costing more to keep on the road.
New cars also cost more -- and buyers are looking to spread the costs of such large purchases over longer time horizons than ever before. That means that even as new car sales continue to power on, AZO shouldn't expect to see its core market dry up. Analyst sentiment has been surging lately in shares of this stock, so we're betting on shares this week.
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-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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I recently acquired a BT4 live DVD. I have checked the md5sums for the files on the disk and they are all correct. It boots correctly on a separate laptop and a desktop and I have previously booted two seperate linux distributions on my laptop (a PacardBell EasyNote) however, when I boot from the BT4 DVD I am shown a message starting along the lines of 'Minimal BASH like editing supported....' and then a prompt reading 'grub>'. There have been a few previously reported cases of this which I have found in the archives but none of them seem to have any ways to fix the problem.
I have been trying to manually boot using the menu.lst file on the dvd as a guide, first selecting a root partition then trying to boot the kernel image, with or without the parameters suggested. My original plan was that after loading the kernel I would then use a command along the lines of 'initrd /boot/inidrd.gz' and then boot, however, I have not been able to successfully load the kernel image. Whenever I try to use a command starting with kernel the laptop freezes or enters some kind of infinite loop which I can only stop by manually rebooting the system. I have also tried to access the cd drive via an Ubuntu 9.10 partion using /media/cdrom(0) and /cdrom but these had no further visible success.
Any help or suggestions as to commands I should be trying are welcome.
Menu.lst file on the DVD is listed below.
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GAFFNEY, S.C.-The Brevard College baseball team split a doubleheader with Limestone College on Tuesday, shutting out the Saints 1-0 in the opener before dropping a 7-3 decision in the second game.
Game 1: Brevard 1, Limestone 0
Five Brevard College hurlers combined to shutout Limestone in the opener, limiting the Saints to five hits in the seven-inning game.
BC starter James Phillips tossed three scoreless innings before giving way to JD Chaplain (W, 1-1) for the 4th. Kevin Hamilton and Zac Joyce breezed through the 5th and 6th before Dustin Haithcox (S, 1) retired the side in order in the 7th.
The Tornados scored what turned out to be the game-winning run on a squeeze play in the top of the 2nd. Brock Helton doubled to right center to start the inning, moved to third on John Slade's bunt single and scored on a bunt single by Chad Fisher.
Game 2: Limestone 7, Brevard 3
The Tornados couldn't hold a 3-0 lead in game two as the Saints scored seven unanswered runs over their final three at-bats to avoid the sweep.
The Saints managed to score four runs with two outs against righty Tyler Konzen (L, 1-2) in the 4th to take the lead, and added three insurance runs in the 6th against Hunter McBride.
BC started the game with three straight singles on their way to a pair of runs in the top of the 1st. Brock Helton singled though the right side to start the game and moved to second on Chip Helton's single to center.
Brock Helton scored on Kody Spencer's RBI single through the right side, and Chip Helton came in on a Hunter Donaldson sacrifice fly. BC made it 3-0 in the 3rd on an Alex McGee double to center that scored Brock Helton.
The Tornados are back in action tomorrow as they play a nonconference game at Lenoir-Rhyne. First pitch from Bears Field is slated for 4 p.m.


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* In Grand Theft Auto IV, the default radio station in the Vigero is [[Liberty Rock Radio 97.8]].
* In Grand Theft Auto IV, the default radio station in the Vigero is [[Liberty Rock Radio 97.8]].
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The Declasse Vigero is a two-door muscle car in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Vigero essentially resembles a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro with a rear seemingly inspired by a 1970 or 1971 Plymouth Barracuda. It looks like a 1969 Camaro because of the front bumper, wheel arch shapes, and boxier rear - as opposed to 1967/1968 Camaros - but it lacks the heavily creased lines with softer lines and a less pointed grille like the '67/'68 Camaros; the double headlight design may be derived from numerous cars or may just be invented, but it seems to emulate a 1967 or '68 Pontiac Firebird because of the chassis' similarity to a Camaro. All Vigeros bear cowl induction hoods and "Super Sport" upholstery with badging on the sides, which is further evidence the car is based on a Camaro.
The Vigero may also appear "beater" form, which have a ratty looking ripped up interior, broken windows, faded or rusting exterior sometimes with different colored quarter panels, missing or dented quarter panels and dented doors, damaged rusty bumpers (that sometimes would be already dangling by one connector), duct tape around the rear windows, and backfires. The "rusty" Vigero also has only two functioning headlights (which sometimes would be sagging out of its fittings due to age), the other two are broken (giving it a more Camaro-like look). The beater variants also feature interior designs copied from that of the Dukes (with Imponte writings on seats), as oppose to the regular Vigero's own design.
All Vigeros, including the beater versions come with horn alarms, but the beater ones are more beeping sounded. The beater version also doesn't have windows, so the alarm will trigger when the doors are opened.
Like any other muscle car, its engine is very powerful. Unfortunately, the Vigero's skinny rear tires and stiff suspension don't help when launching the car, such as when you need to get away in a hurry. However, the Vigero stays much flatter through the corners than the Sabre GT and Dukes, due to its smaller size, and is less prone to understeer than the Sabre GT. Like other beaters in the game, the beater variants of the Vigero suffer from degraded performance and handling, having a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), while the standard Vigero can reach 145 km/H (90 mph).
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the default radio station in the Vigero is Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
- Standard Vigero
- Spawn around Middle Park, Algonquin
- Spawn around Star Junction and The Triangle, Algonquin
- Spawn around Chinatown, Algonquin
- Spawn around Hove Beach, Broker
- Spawn around Alderney City, Alderney
- Spawn in traffic in Multiplayer
- Beater Vigero
- Near an abandoned warehouse with abandoned boxcars near the sunken boat on Red Wing Ave, Acter Industrial Park, Alderney, can be spotted with old rusted out chassis's and frames from vehicles resembling Voodoos. This is the only spot it spawns at in multiplayer.
- Spawn all around Bohan
- Spawn around Acter, Alderney
- Rarely spawns in Hove Beach (Broker), Beechwood City, Firefly Projects, BOABO


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Is there a way to exclude h1s which have class="postttitle" from the ruleset below?
.entry h1, .entry h2,.entry h3,.entry h4,.entry h5,.entry h6 {font-size:100%;margin:0 -.5em 0 0;padding:0;display:inline;}

Don't include this h1 in the ruleset

Content goes here

Do include this h1 in the ruleset

More Content goes here

Do include this h1 in the ruleset

More Content goes here

Hi, you can do something like this :).
It selects all
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Hope thath elps (I hope you do realize it isn't fully supported everywhere :))
Thanks Ryan! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Moderator: Please edit my post to change ".entry h" to ".entry h1"
Glad I was able to help you out :). I reported your post to the mods so they should change it very soon. I n oticed that originally but I knew where you were going with it :).
Oh well...<shrugs>
The appearance of the :not() filter appears to completely trip up IE < 8 from applying any of the rules. I don't expect them to recognize the not(), but I was also :not expecting its appearance to invalidate the rules it understands.
If a browser does not understand the pseudo element/class then it is required to drop out of the rule block completely. If you have comma separated rules then they will all be lost to the browser. You should therefore keep your advanced selectors separate from normal rules. Browsers do vary on how they handle this though.
What's wrong with this?
h1.posttitle {font-size:inherit;margin:inherit;padding:inherit;display:inherit;}
Ah, very good to know. That helps!
That code doesn't say anything. Inheritance is already part of CSS. Well, except in IE, where things like fonts and colours I don't think understand "inherit".
"inherit" doesn't override new styles coming along who also hit h1.posttitle anyway. I'm not even sure if "inherit" is a valid value for some of those properties.
I don't believe the padding:inherit is a valid value. Though the others I do believe it is valid :).
My question would be what values do you NOT want set on .posttitle, or what values would be different; as rather than screwing around with fancy selectors I'd just override the values back to what they are supposed to be.
Sounds like your CSS code order and/or your element specificity is wrong... thought that too can go hand-in-hand with HTML 5's new nonsensical structural rules leading to broken/nonsensical use of heading tags and extra tags for nothing -- making inheritance and element targeting a total mess.
Which is why before worrying about that I'd ditch the HTML 5 garbage...
You can apply [inherit to any property. Only some properties automatically inherit though and you can find out which [URL="http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/inheritvalue"]in the reference](http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#value-def-inherit) (ie6 and 7 don't understand the value inherit at all except for visibility and direction).
I figured I hadn't seen "inherit" in all the "Value: <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit" lines, maybe it was the more recent stuff like linear-gradient...


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As part of the Global Cities Initiative, a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council president and CEO Barry Broome, will join various business and elected leaders for a discussion on the development of a metropolitan export strategy.
"The mayors and business leaders from the region have led in the transformation of our economy" said Broome. "Developing a metropolitan export strategy through the Global Cities Initiative is a critical step toward ensuring our economic future."
The forum, Going Global: Boosting Greater Phoenix's Economic Future, taking place today at ASU Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will feature many speakers, including Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce William M. Daly, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program co-directors Bruce Katz and Amy Liu, and Chase market manager for Arizona and Nevada Curtis Reed, Jr.
The half-day event will center on preliminary market assessment findings on how the Greater Phoenix region can better position its global competitiveness. The city of Phoenix is part of a network of regions across the nation participating in the Global Cities Initiative's Exchange to help develop global engagement strategies
Closing out the forum, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will join the program via satellite to make an announcement regarding the National Export Initiative.
The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 12:15 p.m.


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"By connecting communities and cultures we believe that change only happens with a change of perception and the power of voice. Giving women and children a voice creates a much more powerful ripple than a handout, and empowering them to use their voice can change their lives, their communities, and their countries from within. Organically and sustainability creating change with the individual which acts as a catalytic spark through the entire global community at large."
Osprey Ambassador Shannon Galpin is the founder of Mountain2Mountain, an organization that works to empower women & girls in conflict zones. The following is reposted from the Mountain2Mountain blog.
Strength in Numbers Global Solidarity Ride
August 30th, 2014
Bikers around the world join to pedal a revolution on two wheels for women's rights!
This Saturday, August 30th, we will pedal a revolution! Bikers, cyclists, commuters, and striders will take to their wheels in solidarity with the Afghan women who dare to ride, and in remembrance of the women that dared to ride before and in doing so, paved the way for independent mobility and freedom for women around the world. Create your own ride and join us.
Inspired? Get involved this Saturday, August 30th as part of the Global Solidarity Ride. Over 60 bike rides in 13 countries creates a global movement on two wheels in support of the Afghan women who dare to ride. You can join one of the existing rides listed here, create your own, or simply dedicate your bike ride on Saturday to the Afghan girls. Send us photos, tell us where you rode, and instagram or tweet with #solidarityride2014. You can join the conversation on Facebook here. You can support this work and donate at www.mountain2mountain.org/donate
Thanks to our incredible partners at Liv/giant we have been continuing to support the Afghan Women's National Cycling Team with bikes, gear, clothing, and I have been working to help with training and coaching over the past few trips to Afghanistan. In a country that has never allowed its women to ride bikes, a group of Afghan women have been quietly making history. The women have been steadily improving, and they have an invitation to race at the Asian Games in South Korea this September. This ride will directly support their efforts in its inaugural year to show the world what Afghan women are capable of.
The Global Solidarity Ride is based off our original Panjshir Tour which we started in 2010 as a way to engage cycling communities in support of our projects in Afghanistan that benefited women and girls. I was the first woman to mountain bike in Afghanistan, and those first rides took place in the Panjshir Valley. I asked men all over the country in rural and urban areas, can women ride bikes? Would you allow your wife, daughter, sister to ride a bike? The answer was always no. So I created the Panjshir Tour as a way to use the bike as a vehicle to raise awareness and funding for our projects in Afghanistan. Now that we have seen Afghan women riding bikes, making history, and pedaling a revolution, the Solidarity Ride seemed like an incredible way to unite communities around the world on two wheels and show the Afghan women that they are not alone, the world sees what they are doing and supports them.
The Afghan women will be riding too, so that on August 30th no matter where you are the in world, men and women will be spinning their wheels on concrete and in dirt, united in the freedom of a bike!
For more information, visit the Global Solidarity Ride Facebook page, Mountain2Mountain & Afghan Cycles.


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By Eric Stevick and Christian Zerbel Herald Writers
EVERETT — A former Everett Community College regional cross-country champion was arrested Thursday for investigation of kidnapping a college student last week and forcing her to act as a getaway driver in a bank holdup.
Detectives with the Everett Police Department's Major Crimes Unit investigated the incident and were able to identify Bereket M. Piatt, 20, as the suspect and developed probable cause to arrest him, officials said.
Piatt graduated from Port Townsend High School before enrolling at Everett Community College, the college's vice president of advancement John Olson said. He was arrested Thursday in Tacoma.
In November 2011, Piatt won a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges cross-country championship and helped EvCC claim the team title. He attended EvCC for one more quarter, but didn't enroll this fall.
Several people, including a former teammate and coaches, identified Piatt from video images gleaned from bank surveillance cameras, according to a search warrant. The images appeared in The Herald and in broadcast media reports.
The kidnapping victim, whose identity and age were not released, is under 18 and attends college courses. She told police that she was approached by the suspect as she was leaving the college on Jan. 23. He pointed a handgun at her and told her to get into her car, court papers said.
He directed her into an alley in north Everett and ordered her to stop. He briefly left the car, but not before threatening to kill her if she left him there, court papers said.
She "was in fear for her life" and did as she was told, according to court papers.
The man made her drive to another location and returned with a white envelope before telling her to drive away.
The suspect eventually asked the teen her age. She told him and he apologized for getting her involved and told her to stop the car near Providence Regional Medical Center Everett on Colby Avenue. That's when he got out and left.
The student was not hurt, Everett police officer Aaron Snell said.
The next day, she drove to the police station to report what had happened, the search warrant said.
The bank robber wore a dark-blue beanie-style cap, a dark denim jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes. He spoke with an accent described as possibly French or African.
Detectives interviewed Piatt's roommate after the robbery. He said Piatt had packed some belongings and told him "I got into a little bit of trouble" and "I might not be back."
Piatt is from Ethiopia, and was adopted by a Port Townsend family, according to a 2010 story in the Kitsap Sun that recounted his running prowess. There is a 2009 videotaped interview on the Web and on it, Piatt does not speak with an accent.
Piatt is accused of robbing the Wells Fargo Bank at 1801 Broadway as well as kidnapping
At the bank, he allegedly passed a clerk a note demanding $9,000 and making threats. The clerk handed more than $8,000 in $100 bills, court papers said.
Tacoma police caught up with the robbery suspect around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Acting on an Everett police bulletin, they located a 2002 gold Volvo that matched a description of a vehicle they believed the suspect would be driving, Tacoma police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said.
The car was parked and its engine was running, but no one was inside.
Eventually, two people got into the car, including the suspect, who was in the driver's seat.
"He was ordered out of the vehicle at gunpoint," Cool said.
Members of the EvCC cross country and track programs were dismayed at news of the arrest Thursday afternoon.
"If it was him, I am highly surprised," EvCC track captain Gary Davis said.
"Cool guy," he added. "A good kid."
Davis said he believed Piatt was trying to get back into school.
"He seemed like a pretty good guy," track teammate Luke Helm said.
It was 14 months ago when EvCC coach Matt Koenigs got to watch Piatt win the regional cross-country championship.
On Thursday, the news of his arrest was hard to take.
"I'm really grateful that nobody was hurt," Koenigs said.
Rich Myhre contributed to this story.
Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446, email@example.com.


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Located in Blackpool Town Center, this guesthouse is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Higgitt's Las Vegas Amusements and 1.8 mi (3 km) from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Happy Dayz Amusement Centre and Madame Tussauds Waxworks are also within 10 minutes.
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The Marker Waterfront Resort Key West
200 William Street, Key West, FL
0.2 mi from
The Marker is a new build hotel in historic downtown Key West. It has a clean, modern feel with colors of white and blue. Landscaping everywhere makes you feel removed from the downtown craziness. My room was quiet, cool (too cool, I had to adjust the thermostat), and comfortable. I could have moved in I loved it so much, and the staff was very helpful. The salt water pools are great for light swimming, soaking, and day drinking. I cannot think of anything!
Room Too expensivee
Loved the location. Near the marina. Near Duval Street. Resturant hours during the summer were limited. Nobody cares. Restaurants are everywhere.
Very new hotel. As such they have not worked the kinks out of the system yet. When the toilet was broken and we had to switch rooms it took hours of them running around and me talking to people to do so. Then when I talked to management the next day they would only give my a pittance of a discount on the next nights stay. We missed our dinner... I was upset. It should be a comped night no questions asked for what we went through.
The hotel was amazing, very clean, quiet, friendly staff, great location, wonderful landscaping, clean salt pools. We really enjoyed our stay. This was the best place we have stayed in key west so far. We will return. My only suggestion is to watch for those extra fees (resort fee, parking fee, room amenities...). It was a bit much on top of the already expensive cost per night.
The location is very convenient to the waterfront and west end of Duval. Nice pools with a fully stocked bar and restaurant next to the pools. Price wise a far bit on the high side, but its KW.
The staff was very welcoming and helpful. Extremely relaxing and beautiful place. It was brand new, clean, and luxurious! Nothing
Very professional Small bathroom
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The amenities and staff were outstanding. The location to all the hot spots in Key West was so convenient. We couldn't have asked more more. It made our wedding getaway that much more pleasurable. There was nothing that we didn't lik .
the location was in the center of duval st. that is really all the good i have to say... I did not like that we had to walk through old, nasty water puddle to get to the pool from our location, I did not like the extremely high prices in the restaurant, and when we looked for breakfast the next morn, we were told it was a $16. buffet. I thought we were promised breakfast with our reservation, so we ate somewhere else, only to ask later about it and the front desk clerk looked at me like I was stupid, then reluctantly gave me a pass for the next day? Room way overpriced for not having a ceiling fan or a functional air conditioner, it was set for what the hotel obviously wanted the temp at...
not much very tiny, tiny bathroom. window was to look out at Duval street. impossible. rooms to small. stayed with because was a Crowne Plaza. was the worst one ever because of size and no BKF included. only friendly staff was the valet, probably for the tip. no thank-you, have a good day from from desk when checked out
The hotel is very centrally located, and has a nice lobby and bar, and the pool area looked good for families The room had no window and was extremely dark. Light bulbs were burned out and the bedspreads were very dingy and dirty looking. For the money I paid, this was extremely disappointing.
The location is excellent. The room was very quiet and comfortable. One of the main reasons I booked here was because there was a pool at the site. It was very disappointing to find out upon arrival that the pool was not in service. The hotel should have given reserved customers advanced warning so that other arrangements could have been made.
Rooms are small, over priced, front desk made us stay in lobby for an hour before checking in, (from 3:00 until 4:00) we were booked 2 weeks in advance.
The best is the location. You don't need to use the car. It's clean. No charm. It's impersonal. It fright me when I find ear plug in the room and your wine come in a plastic cup!
Our room was charming and tastefully decorated--very Key West. Extremely quiet. Nice rooftop pool.
Great location, high standard and reasonable price. And parking which was rare in that neighborhood.
Very good location; own parking lot; roof-top bar; fresh fruits for breakfast
Comfortable room with couch (instead of the usual table & chairs), nice decor (shutters instead of blinds, marble bathroom vanity). A short walk to Mallory Square and many good restaurants. Construction was in progress on facade, so had to use side & back entrances, but noise wasn't an issue.
The hotel has its own beach. Lanai view was parking lot with plants taller than patio.
Room very nice, loved the beach. Always enjoy the jazz in the evening, location excellent.
I liked the view from our room, and the restaurant attached to the hotel had great food. the town itself was excellent and beutiful. very over priced tho. the price was very high for what you get. The staff were only alright. the front desk staff were great, but the servers in the restaurant were very unpleasant and dident seem to care. although the food was great, the servers were not.
The spa was terrific (we went back for seconds) and the live music at the pool-side restaurant was lovely. This hotel was a bit pricey, considering the level of service.
We had a problem with are air conditioner. They dispatched an in house maintenance person. He explained that the unit was frozen an they would get a HVAC specialist asap. The unit was up an running the next morning. This all happened Sunday eve around 7pm. We were compensated for our troubles. .
Absolute perfect location to experience all of Key West! Big bonus having the option to enjoy the beach/ocean and the pool. Will stay here again.
Location is great. Close to everything but the way property is set up quiet at nite and exclusive during day. Also gives you access to Southern Most area via their B and B. Staff at beach were wonderful and very courteous and hardworking. Kyack asked would I prefer a room with better view or more space and extra towels I received none of the above. Room service cleaning was very late in day. There were days I did not think they would show at all.
Room was spacious and clean. Our room had no view; we were practically on a parking lot with cars parked a few feet away. We had asked for a quiet room with a view and we were supposed to get a "view of the Old Town". "Island view" means looking out on a car park! The room had a connecting door to another room and we could hear all from next door (and they from us). Front desk staff quite rude: if you book with Booking.com, you'll automatically get the worst rooms, this is what you get if you go for their low rates..., we were told. There is no beach, just a small pool. However, we were able to leave after 2 nights.
Attentive and responsive staff. The 4:00 am rooster, friendly bird but took his wake up service very seriously. Being located at Mallory , the 5:30 am dumpster collection finished any further attempts to remain in the comfortable bed. Great facility, noisy location.
Customer service and staff was excellent. The view of the Golf of Mexico was paradise.
the location is perfect, right in the heart of everything. The decorating is whimsical masking the garage. the pool area is comfortable and friendly.We were able to rent great bicycles right there.
The location was great - right near the pier and overlooking the ocean. Our room was large (we were in a 1 bedroom suite), but everything was dated in the room. Plus, I found some leftover trash from what I imagine was the previous occupant in the bedroom so seems like housekeeping was not very thorough. Staff at the front desk was ok, but not incredibly helpful, just average.
Wonderful view from the room of sunset island and sunsets, awesome pool with great drinks and bartenders that'll bring them to you in the pool, great staff, very helpful and knowledgeable, loved every minute of staying here!!! Leaving
The location was great, staff at front desk were friendly, the pool area and the rooms were all good and comfortable, bathrooms were nice. Overall very good experience The cupboards in the rooms under tv (518 and 520) were very tatty - chipped etc not good for the image and price we were paying
Pool is awesome. Nice rooms. Location is also great. A little difficult to navigate hotel.
The location, decor, and service were excellent, and the amenities were most pleasant.
Best location for Key West. Every thing is close by, Not cheap but worth it.Would stay there again Restaurant was closed on the last day of our stay. No idea why.
My visit was due to a wedding I attended at the resort. Location was beautiful. Overall the staff were helpful, kind and considerate. The room housekeeper did not understand English and I was unable to get items requested of her.
The location of the resort is better then most, the one LCD/Plasma TV in the room was nice, and the bedding was comfortable. They failed to notify us that the hotel would be under going various construction activities during our stay (water pipe repairs/changes, elevator nearest room didn't function, etc... or that we would be forced to endure daily the excruciating noise of rigs pounding in 100'+ metal beams immediately adjacent to the pool as part of pier repairs. The concierge's changed daily and apparently make a considerable amount of money from referral fees/commissions paid directly to them by vendors providing any and every type of service (boat outings, dinner reservations, car rentals, etc...) to the tourists. This resulted in Concierge B on Monday providing us completely different recommendations then Concierge A had on Saturday. This was so extreme it would have been comical had it not left me with absolutely no faith that any of them were actually interested in meeting my/our needs which is really the heart of what I did not like about this hotel and did not feel was properly represented in the comments shown on Bookings website. This was merely one stop in a lengthy vacation my wife and I took for our 15 year anniversary, but it was supposed to be the highlight as we were there for 10 days and willing to pay for the best of the best throughout. In all reality it was clear that if we had just drove up for the weekend we would have received a better rate and room.
It was a beautiful hotel with really stunning landscaping and great pools. Pricey, but worth it in my opinion
A very nice and charming place to stay. A great value and perfect for couples. The staff are wonderful! We will definitely be back. If you decide not to pay the $25/day to park in their spaces it can get a bit tricky to find parking.
everything is perfect! excellent place for stay! love this hotel!
The resort is broken up into small pool areas. We were given a street facing room which had road construction going on all week, making the balcony unusable and preventing sleep at night. The VACANCY sign was posted at the office. We feel they should have been sensitive to this situation and given us another room.
Old style hotel pleasant change from motels.Walking distance to most things of interest
Great staff, great location. Took care of our needs and special requests. Very nice atmosphere. Our "economy" room left much to be desired. Almost impossible for two people to be comfortable in the room. Bed could not be correctly made due to tight fit against side wall. Next time we'll stay in a larger room at Westwinds.
quite comfortable and clean. Facilities were good but not excellent. Nevertheless every hotel in the area is as expensive as this one. Poor breakfast.
Close to Key West Bight....great continental breakfast Shower was tight...
good room and effective air conditioning Broken hair dryer
Great friendly and helpful staff. Great location in the heart of Key West.
the bed was very comfortable, the location was perfect, the grounds were nice and relaxing the shower was less than ideal and there was no reading light or chair
Location The rooms are well overpriced and in dire need of modernisation. Not even up to two star standard at four star prices.
pleasant houses old-style, beautiful gardens, with library, neat places, dining in- and outside, 2 pools: a place to find peace and relax! the economy-room war quite little, but also neat
Comfortable room, friendly staff, good location. Minimal parking (applies to whole town though).
I liked the kindness of the staff during all our stay. Not at all.
Very close to attractions , clean , friendly staff Parking was limited
Cleanliness Location...when I left, there was no one available for check out
Great pool, no children,quiet. We can even manage the roosters for no kids and a real pool. :)
The staff were super polite! The room was not the cleanest! Hair all over bathroom. Seemed over priced as well.
Location was excellent! Continental breakfast and happy hour of wine and cheese was very well done. Three flights of stairs to carry bags up and down without assistance offered. Had to pay for bike rentals from the hotel. Many places have them as a complimentary service. The tv was small and didn't rotate properly to be seen adequately from the bed.
Very clean. None
The staff were all pleasant and informative. Amenities just as they said. I love bananas you can add them to the free breakfast. All in all it was a very pleasant stay. I have already recomended The Cabana Inn to my son.
An amazing hotel, especially the staff does a great job! Worth the price! Ask for the receptionist, he did an outstanding great job...Without him our stay wouldn't have been so great in Key West! Thank you!
Quiet location,very helpful staff. Room was very nice. No parking nearby, as is everywhere in key west, alittle far from Duval Street, it said walking distance but you need to be in good shape to walk there spend the day then walk back.
Front desk was very curious and accommodating.
Room was clean and comfortable. Great location! The continental breakfast was great! The pool temperature was HOT. Why would you heat a pool in July?
We had excellent help at the desk. Keshian was always very pleasant and very helpful.
The staff was very friendly and responsive. The breakfast was really good. I didn't think the linens were really up to the standards of an expensive hotel. There was a plastic like cover on the mattress which I couldn't stand. The staff gave me an extra comforter to cover it which made it a lot better. The pillows were hard. We had one bar of soap to share between the shower and 2 sinks. The window blinds were cheap and didn't cover the window adequately, and so much light came through from the security light that we couldn't sleep. We covered it with paper after the first night. It looked like they never cleaned behind the bathroom door.
- General location - Pillows very hard. Mattress uncomfortable. - The weather outside was so nice that leaving windows open would be great, but with no screens on windows, choice between AC and flying insects. - I wish the site had made it clear that hotel had two set of buildings, one by the hotel office, the other across a very busy street (Eaton). Checking in and then bringing luggage back over was a little scary. Same with crossing street for breakfast.
Nice rooms, relaxing pool, good breakfast and close to Ferry terminal. distance from Duval street, little far for walking every day
Location, clean, and friendly PARKING! On street parking only, not very fun.
It's gorgeous old town manor with flair nice ambiente and beautiful garden The room size and we missed the funiture for our closes
The staff was nothing short of professional. The room was super cute and included all the usual amenities. Little things like bottled water and large bathroom towels were very appreciated. We loved going out on the front balcony to relax and people watch. Location was great, centrally located to Duval St. We had an excellent time.
Location was great. Clean room and facilities. Staff was very friendly and they are also pet friendly! AC took some time to cool.
We have stayed here many times, and it is always amazing. Heron House is beautifully maintained, the rooms are spacious, and the staff are wonderful. We can't wait to come back again. Having to leave!
Heron House was a lovely vacation spot. The staff were friendly and polite. The bed was like sleeping on a cloud. It was spacious and so relaxing. It was nice to sit out by the pool and enjoy breakfast. They create an environment of guests to mingle, if they so choose. I was grateful we choose this beautiful spot to spend our vacation after my 165 mile bike ride. The could improve the shower curtain placement.
We have stayed here in the past and decided to return for our anniversary. The gentleman at the front desk was amazing. Very kind and helpful. The room was wonderful and the beds very comfortable. The whole property is beautiful and very relaxing. Although you are just a block from busy Duval street, you feel like you are in your own secluded retreat.
Friendly and helpful staff, nice facility, and a great location.
Staff was wonderful, location was perfect, room was comfortable and clean, guests were quiet, beautiful setting, way better than staying at a normal hotel The bathroom got a little warm with no vent or fan.
The room was very spacious, clean, and comfortable. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Great location right around the corner from all the action on duval. Very pleased overall!!!
Perfect place for us to stay. It was close to Duval sr so could walk every where Staff was very accommodating & nice breakfast included! Def will go back!
Lovely setting and location No or little hot water and water pressure. Limited WiFi
If you are looking for a place with Very helpful staff great location and romantic Key West Charm then you found it here
We were greeted in the office by Scott and Dennis, both of whom were very welcoming and friendly. They answered our questions, showed us around the property, and were more than helpful in getting us situated. The location is tough to beat -- it's a block off Duvall St. and walking distance to the waterfront (and if you're planning a trip on the Dry Tortugas ferry, it's a stones throw from the marina). There's no parking on site, but they offer a reduced rate at a garage a few blocks away. The property is beautifully maintained with modern conveniences. The bed was comfortable and the adjoining porch was enjoyable in the evening. Keep in mind this is a block from Duvall Street and no amount of sound proofing can remove all of the noise drifting by on the street. It was also a bit on the pricey side, though not out of character for that neighborhood.
I have stayed at the Cypress House a couple times now. Staff is always friendly and accommodating. The room I stayed in was very comfortable and clean. Also, the location is great being a couple blocks from the best bars on Duval Street. Nothing


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