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IMPORTANT: This discussion of fever pertains to children over 3 months of age. Parents of infants 3 months old or younger who have fever of 100.4oF or higher are advised to immediately seek medical attention. Newborns have weak immune systems and fever at this age can be a sign of serious illness.
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What is Fever?
The human body does a fairly good job of regulating its temperature, usually in the range of 96-100o Fahrenheit. If you check your own temperature throughout the day, you will find that it varies by several degrees in a normal, healthy state; usually you will be coolest in the morning and warmest in the evening. There is also normal variation between people. There is nothing magical about 98.6o! We consider the body temperature to be a fever when it is equal to or over 100.4 oF.
Fever occurs in response to illness, or rarely other factors, when white blood cells release a chemical which resets the brain's "thermostat" to a higher setting. This, in effect, causes the body's "furnace" to turn on, and the temperature begins to rise. Symptoms of this "furnace" working include shivering, goosebumps, and a sensation of feeling cold. Collectively, these symptoms are called "chills". Chills occur when the fever is rising.
When the brain's thermostat is reset back to normal (as when a child receives acetaminophen or ibuprofen, or when the illness subsides), the body turns on the "air conditioning" and the temperature begins to decline. Symptoms of this "air conditioning" working include sweating, red, flushed skin, and a sensation of feeling hot. These symptoms are referred to as "sweats". Sweats occur when the fever is breaking.
The body's temperature can rise for reasons other than fever. For example, runners will raise their temperature when they run on a hot day. This is not called fever, the term for this is hyperthermia. In hyperthermia, the body thermostat remains set at "normal".
The Truth About Fever
Reasons to Treat Fever
There are a few reasons to consider treating your child's fever. The best reason is comfort. Temperatures higher than 102 oF are often associated with discomfort. If there is fever associated with discomfort, it is reasonable to treat it. Also, high fever will often cause a child to act or appear more ill than he or she really is. If reducing the fever causes the child to look, act, and drink more normally, this should help assure the parent that the illness is probably not serious. Persistent fever will increase the child's fluid losses and thus increase the need for supplemental fluids.
Reasons to Avoid Treating Fever
As discussed above, most fears about fever in children are unjustified. There is evidence that fever helps the body combat common illnesses. While fever does cause some discomfort, so may fever therapy, especially if it is over-zealous.
The most serious concern over aggressive fever therapy involves the focus of a parent's attention. Too often, parents become so focused on monitoring and treating a child's fever that they neglect to observe other more worrisome signs and symptoms. A decrease in the child's alertness and activity, less responsiveness to a parent's comforting, and refusal to take liquids are all of more concern than the number on the thermometer.
In Summary...
When your child is ill, you should pay attention to all of the symptoms, but especially those less tangible behavioral symptoms described above. If you check the temperature, do not fall prey to the knee-jerk reaction of treating fever just because it is there. Remember that fever occurs for a reason, and it is doing no harm. If the fever is causing your child discomfort, it is reasonable to treat with a dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol®) or ibuprofen (Motrin®). The goal of this treatment should be to improve comfort – do not be concerned if the medicine does not produce a significant drop in the temperature.
Consult your child's doctor for fever lasting over 2 days without an obvious cause, or fever with listlessness and refusal to drink fluids.


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The High Court has delivered a significant win for employers over what trade unions can bargain for and what can be certified in enterprise agreements. Arising from an evaluation of union bargaining fees, proposed for an agreement at Electrolux, the court has clarified that unions cannot take industrial action against employers over matters unrelated to their working relationship. Importantly, the court has also ruled that the Australian Industrial Relations Commission cannot certify agreements that include matters outside that direct employment relationship.
Specifically, the court was asked to assess a union demand that Electrolux deduct $500 a year from the wages of non-unionists as a fee for bargaining on their behalf. The court found the demand fell outside the employer-employee relationship as defined by workplace law. The fees aspect of the decision was almost moot, however, because the Federal Government has now outlawed bargaining fees. But the broad thrust of the court's ruling has serious implications for workplace stability.
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Eight ways Times management's proposed contract would hurt
The contract proposal, made two weeks ago by representatives of Times Chairman and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and CEO Janet Robinson, lays out distinct changes to the current Guild contract that would allow management to take more control over your personal schedule, pay you less for more work and sharply curtail benefits such as health care and pension. The combined effects of the company's proposals would reduce your income and erode your quality of life.
We have summarized eight proposals that, if enacted as Times executives want, would change the lives of Guild members for the worse. Here's how:
1. Freeze the pension plan: Top management wants to reduce funding employees' pensions and force members to retire on whatever pension benefit they've accrued so far. That means pension plan participants would not receive credit for future service. So, for instance, a 35-year-old employee with 10 years of service might have now earned a $500 monthly pension benefit. But, because the plan is frozen, he or she could never earn more, no matter how many additional years of service are given to The Times.
2. Eliminate the Guild health care plan: Times management wants to eliminate members' jointly-trusteed health care plan and move members over to the plan run solely by the company. That change would certainly mean members would pay more and get less each year. For example, the current management plan does not offer 100 percent coverage even if you stay in network, while the Guild plan does. The Times's proposal also means that management would have unchecked control over benefits, the terms of coverage, reimbursement levels for both in and out of network health care coverage and how much each employee must pay for health care. This unilateral control would almost certainly lead to lower quality health care and at a higher price.
3. Freeze wages for the life of the proposed two-year contract: Management doesn't care if the prices you pay for groceries, heating fuel, college tuition, commuting and property taxes all continue rising. A two-year wage freeze would be, in effect, another form of a wage cut and greatly erode our ability to make ends meet.
4. Increase the work week: Times managers want to increase the work week to 40 hours and, as a result, cut Guild members' pay on an hourly basis. That's because there were would be no extra compensation of any kind for the extra 5 hours of work. In addition, because each department would have more employee-hours to work with, The Times might be able to lay off some staff members.
5. Eliminate daily overtime pay: Management wants to pay employees at the straight-time rate no matter how many hours are worked in a day, and to pay overtime only after employees have worked 40 hours in a week. That means, you could work 12 hours on Monday and be told to work only four hours another day so your manager can keep you under 40 hours for the week and avoid paying overtime. What's more, holidays, sick days and vacation days would not count toward the 40-hour work week. So, in a week when there's one paid holiday, or if you're sick, you must make up those additional hours on regular work days in order to reach your 40-hour limit to qualify for overtime. Also, increasing the work week to 40 hours means the first 5 hours of overtime could not be saved as comp time to be taken in the future.
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8. Eliminate employment security protections: Management wants the right to lay off any employee for any reason and to stop the Guild from filing grievances or arbitrating on employees' behalf. While the current job security language does not give any employee 100 percent protection from layoff, it does require Times managers to follow a protocol and justify their decision in the event layoffs are necessary.
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Subject: Re: [DNA] YSNP testing, hobby scientist forces, convergence, andback mutation issues -- to YSNP or not to YSNP
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:39:38 -0500
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All on this YSNP thread:
In furtherance to the resolving power issue and traditional genealogy
merits of YSNP testing, here is what Dr. Butler of the NIST,
Gaithersburg MD, USA, has to say about YSNP markers and tests in one of
his scientific papers in regards to paternal lineage determination using
an analogy.
"Biallelic markers, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
.......... provide a low-resolution view of a paternal lineage much like
a satellite picture of a continent instead of an image taken by a
low-flying aircraft that is capable of picking up higher resolution
See page 100, right column, "A. Available Markers" of this report for
the source details and the full paragraph I "partially snipped":-) and I
am quoting from above. In regards to YSNP markers, and YSTR markers,
while this paper is a bit old in this fast moving field as to the list
of available YSNP and YSTR markers, this is a good paper to read to get
a better grasp of the differences between YSNP and YSTR markers and
their uses:
As you know I like analogies too. :-)
Charles Kerchner, P.E.
charles wrote:
> Bill:
> John Chandlers salient advice you refer to applies even more so with YSNPs.
> With the current resolution of YSNP testing, and for the foreseeable
> future in my opinion, YSNPs can only be used to prove who is NOT related
> to and cannot be used to prove any genealogically recent kinship (the
> last 500-1000 years) whatsoever for a genetic genealogy surname project.
> People who share the same "haplogroup" and YSNP test results at this
> point are typically in a group of people shared by many millions.
> High resolution genetic genealogy YSTR tests, 37/43 markers, and other
> traditional genealogy evidence are needed to prove kinship in a
> traditional genealogy sense. I know that and I think most people who
> have run a surname project for the last few years know that too.
> Right now its plain and simple. If you want to learn about your "Deep
> Ancestry / Anthrogenealogy" take a Y-SNP test. If you want to learn much
> greater details about your recent traditional genealogy kinship, take a
> 37/43 marker Y-STR test and combine it with your traditional evidence in
> a surname project.
> The differences in the uses of these two tests are like apples and
> oranges because the two tests are as different as apples and oranges,
> both scientifically and in resolving power.
> Newbies need to be told the differences and what information is gleaned
> from each type of test and who is benefiting the most by taking such
> tests. With full disclosure of these test purposes to newbies and
> surname project participants, I am all for more Y-SNP test to further
> our scientific knowledge. I even started a Y-SNP database to put the
> results in:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-ANTHROGENEALOGY/database
> But we don't want to confuse newbies and have them think that a Y-SNP
> test can definitely prove kinship, either. It cannot. And it is even
> less effective at that than any typical modern YSTR test is.
> Charles Kerchner
> http://www.kerchner.com/kerchdna.htm
> Lowe DNA wrote:
>> I always remember John Chandler's salient advice to me... STRS can NOT
>> determine kinship, however the can determine who is NOT related.
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TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank took all steps available and deemed necessary at its Thursday policy meeting to achieve its new 2 percent inflation target in two years.
At Kuroda's first meeting as governor, the central bank surprised markets with a radical overhaul of its policymaking, adopting a new balance sheet target and pledging to double its government bond holdings in two years.
The following are highlights of Kuroda's comments at a news conference after the policy meeting:
"The previous approach of incremental easing wasn't enough to pull Japan out of deflation and achieve 2 percent inflation in two years.
"This time, we took all necessary steps to achieve the target."
"As the economy and financial markets are living things, we will not hesitate to adjust policy as needed. But at present we decided on all necessary steps that are needed to achieve the 2 percent price stability target in two years."
"We can achieve economic expansion and price hikes towards 2 percent so we concluded that there's no need to scrap interest paid to excess reserves parked at the BOJ."
"I realise that we are embarking on a huge purchase of government debt. Based on what we've decided today, our monthly purchases of government debt will total about 70 percent of newly issued debt.
"Communicating with market participants will be more important than ever to ensure that we can buy all this debt smoothly.
"The BOJ's easing is aimed at achieving our 2 percent inflation target with operations in the JGB market, which is a very deep and liquid market. I have no intention to monetise government debt.
"According to the joint statement that the BOJ and the government issued, the government needs to maintain trust in fiscal policy, so I strongly expect the government to take steps to maintain trust in fiscal policy."
"I am not worried about a spike in long-term yields or an asset price bubble. The chance of this happening is actually very small.
"I don't think there is a bubble in the government bond market.
"I don't anticipate big side-effects from the policies we've decided.
"I don't expect our JGB purchases to distort the market. What we're doing is expanding our purchases to encompass all zones of the yield curve, and I don't expect we'll have any difficulty doing this.
"When it's time to exit our policy, we will be holding a lot of JGBs, but I don't expect this to immediately lead to portfolio losses.
"At this time, there is a risk that yields could rise, but I don't expect this to lead to losses on the BOJ's balance sheet."
"The BOJ as central bank is always looking at potential side effects and other impacts (from monetary easing). But at this point, we have no such concerns as a spike in long-term interest rates and mounting asset bubble.
"We will proceed (with monetary easing) taking into account risks and side effects, but at the moment we see no severe drawback emerging immediately."
"As the central bank, it is beyond our remit to make specific comments about currencies.
"However, I can say that, in general, when a country eases monetary policy aggressively, their currency tends to weaken.
"ETFs are backed by shares so in a sense it has a potentially huge market. Considering the current situation, there's more room to narrow risk premium, so we decided to double ETF purchases."
"We will continue to debate the BOJ semi-annual economic and price outlook report at the policy board as before."
"From the standpoint of economics, monetary base is the easiest target to understand ... Monetary base is the most academically established gauge of the central bank's fund supply."


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Jetan, also known as Martian Chess, is a chess variant with unclear rules. It was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a game played on Barsoom, his fictional version of Mars. The game was introduced in The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in the Barsoom series. Its rules are described in Chapter 2 and in the Appendix of the book.
Game description[edit]
Board and pieces[edit]
Jetan is played on a black and orange checkered board of 10 rows by 10 columns, with orange pieces on the "north" side and black pieces on the "south".
Each player has the following playing pieces: one Chief, one Princess, two Fliers; two Dwars (Captains); two Padwars (Lieutenants); two Warriors; two Thoats (Mounted Warriors); and eight Panthans (Mercenaries). The Chief, Princess, Fliers, Dwars, Padwars and Warriors are positioned along the row closest to the player with the Chief at left center, the Princess at right center, and the Fliers, Dwars, Padwars and Warriors arranged to flank each, with the Fliers innermost and the Warriors outermost. The Thoats and Panthans are positioned along the next row out from the player with the Thoats flanking the Panthans. The complete arrangement of each side follows:
T p p p p p p p p T W P D F C P F D P W
Throughout the Internet there is seemingly much confusion regarding the play of this chess variant. The sole existing authority on Jetan being Edgar Rice Burroughs, with the finalized version of the rules presented in the Appendix of The Chessmen of Mars. This article attempts to match it.
Panthans are limited to one step per move: forward, diagonally forward and sideways. Other pieces take two or three. These may change their direction of movement at each step in the course of a move, so long as this is in a direction permitted for that piece. Each must take the full number of steps specified for it. No piece can cross the same square of the board twice during the course of a move. The Princess and the Flier (Odwar), may jump over a piece that is in their path.
A capture is made when a piece lands on a square occupied by an opposing piece with its final step or jump; the Princess may not make such a move.
The pieces move as follows:
- Chief: three steps in any direction or combination of directions.[1]
- This is equivalent to three moves of a chess king, except that it cannot double back and may only capture at the third step.
- Princess: three steps in any direction or combination of directions; it may jump over other pieces but cannot capture.
- It may make one ten space "escape" at any time during gameplay, jumping to any unoccupied space on the board.
- Flier: three steps diagonally; it may jump over other pieces.
- Per Burroughs, in an older version of Jetan these pieces were called Odwars.
- Dwar: three steps orthogonally.[1]
- Padwar: two steps diagonally in any direction, or combination.
If it must, then an opposing piece in a [.] square would block the Padwar (at [O], which could not move to an [X] square in that direction. If not, then the Padwar could capture a piece at [.]. Presumably it may only capture once per turn.
- Warrior: takes two steps in any direction or diagonally.[2]
- Thoat: two steps, of which one is orthogonal and the other diagonal;"2 spaces, one straight and one diagonal in any direction")
- Panthan: one step in any direction except backwards or diagonally backward.[3]
In Burroughs's description, Jetan is won when either a Chief captures the opposing Chief, or when any piece captures the opposing Princess. The game is drawn if each player is reduced to three or fewer pieces of equal value and it is not won within the next ten moves, or if a Chief is taken by any piece other than a Chief.
These rules result in too many draws for the tastes of most players so a number of variants have been proposed to address this issue, the simplest being that the capture of a Chief by a piece other than a Chief merely retires the Chief without drawing or ending the game.
Jetan in Burroughs's novels[edit]
According to The Chessmen of Mars, Jetan was said to represent an ancient war between the Yellow and Black races of Barsoom. This explains why the orange pieces begin on the "north" side and black pieces on the "south", because Barsoom's Yellow and Black races inhabit its north and south polar regions, respectively.
The second half of The Chessmen of Mars takes place in the city of Manator, where the most popular civil event involves human beings fighting to the death in a life-sized Jetan game viewed by hundreds of spectators. The "board" is large enough that some of the pieces are mounted on Thoats and yet still fit in a single "square". However, this life-and-death version departs from the rules of Jetan in one very significant way: When one piece lands on a square occupied by another, the first does not automatically replace the second. Rather, the two pieces fight to the death, and the winner of the sword fight wins the square. The lone exception involves the Princess: if one side's piece lands on a square occupied by the other side's Princess, no battle occurs, and the first side wins the game.
Similar games in other fiction[edit]
Burroughs's Jetan may have inspired[citation needed] authors of later planetary romances to invent similar extraterrestrial versions of chess fought with human beings. Instances of such homage include:
- Lin Carter's Darza, from Renegade of Callisto, eighth volume in his Callisto series
- Kenneth Bulmer's Jikaida, from A Life for Kregen, 19th volume in his Dray Prescot series
- John Norman's Kaissa, mentioned many times in his Gor series, although never fully described
- S. M. Stirling's Atanj, from In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, his own Burroughs-influenced novel of an alternate Mars, also not fully described
- ^ a b To complete.
- ^ Warrior: The meaning of this move is opaque. The text says "straight in any direction, or diagonally, two spaces", whereas the Appendix says "2 spaces straight in any direction or combination". It is unclear whether this means that the piece may move two squares or must move two squares. From the text, this might mean moving like a chess king, but with twice the range; the text does not say whether the two steps must be in the same direction. From the Appendix, the result would be a pattern like this if two steps are required:
The piece (at [O]) may only move to a square [X] if the space at [.] is not occupied. If the Warrior may take two steps, no more no less-then it may also move to the [.] squares. Presumably it may only capture once per turn.
- ^ Edgar Rice Burroughs finalized rules to Jetan in the Appendix to The Chessmen of Mars.
- Gollon, John (1968). "§28 Jetan (Martian Chess)". Chess Variations • Ancient, Regional, and Modern. Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. pp. 209–13. LCCN 06811975.
- Handscomb, Kerry (Summer 2001). "Martian Chess". Abstract Games. Carpe Diem Publishing (6): 6–9. ISSN 1492-0492.
- Pritchard, D. B. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. pp. 155–56. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.
- Pritchard, D. B. (2007). Beasley, John, ed. The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.
External links[edit]
- Jetan by Jean-Louis Cazaux, The Chess Variant Pages
- Jetan at BoardGameGeek


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Derrel Thomas
Derrel Osborn Thomas
- Bats Both, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.
- High School: Dorsey High School
- Debut September 14, 1971
- Final Game October 5, 1985
- Born January 14, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA USA
Biographical Information[edit]
In fifteen seasons in the majors, Derrel Thomas played every position but pitcher. His most common position was second base, but he was also in over 1,000 games where he appeared at other positions.
Derrel played most of his major league career in California with the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels.
He managed in the minors in 1987.
In 1989, Thomas played for the Gold Coast Suns of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. He hit .303 and stole 9 bases for the club. In 1990, he was with the San Bernardino Pride of the SPBA. He played in 13 games and batted .268 before the league folded.
Thomas, who attended Dorsey High School, became the baseball coach there after his playing days.
Notable Achievement[edit]
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There is a certain amount of irony that Colin Montgomerie, one of Europe's greatest all-time players, will be making his Champions Tour debut at Fox Chapel Golf Club.
He won't be far from Oakmont Country Club, scene of one of his many disappointments in major championships.
For all of his grand achievements -- a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, 31 European Tour victories, a World Golf Hall of Fame induction -- Montgomerie is sometimes best known as a player who never won a major title. He has finished second five times in major tournaments and has nearly as many U.S. Open heartaches as Phil Mickelson.
What's more, despite once being the No. 2-ranked player in the world, he has never won a tournament on the PGA Tour or on North American soil, and has often been the target of derisive comments by American galleries.
Montgomerie is hoping all that will change when he plays in the 30th Constellation Senior Players Championship that begins Thursday at Fox Chapel, especially the part about winning a major title. Montgomerie turned 50 today.
"You know, right now I'm playing against guys that are well under half my age," Montgomerie said. "I've got children older than them, and it doesn't seem fair. So at least when I get to America on Monday, into Pittsburgh, I feel that I'm on more of a level playing field. I really look forward to it."
Montgomerie's presence at Fox Chapel will add to a field that includes such former major champions as Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Mark O'Meara and Mark Calcavecchia, among others.
And, even though Montgomerie has a bag full of disappointments in the majors, he is considered one of the greatest Ryder Cup players of all time. Monty is undefeated in singles (8-0), holds a record of 20--9--7 and his 231/2 total points are second to the all-time record held by Nick Faldo.
Still, when he gets to Fox Chapel, he will feel very much the role of rookie.
"I don't know Fox Chapel, so I would be on the range and feeling a [like] new boy, very much so," said Montgomerie, who is still a card-carrying member of the European Tour. "I never joined the PGA Tour full time and this is the first time that I've actually joined a tour in America, and I really look forward to it, I really do.
"And what I've heard from people over in America, especially last week when I was over at the U.S. Open, was super. You know, people seem to be looking forward to me competing in America as I am coming over and trying to compete. So it's a fantastic opportunity for me to come over and try and play."
And Montgomerie even thinks his one-time contentious relationship with American galleries will change, too.
"I think over the years I was a threat, I suppose, when I got to No. 2 in the world to Greg Norman, and, of course, I was quite a threat. If there was a target, I suppose I was it. And over the last eight years maybe since I've been coming over to America playing in Tiger's event ... the crowd reaction has been very supportive and I think they respect what I've achieved more and I have played the part and have witnessed a differing view toward me.
"So I look forward to that continuing on the Champions Tour and really, really look forward to playing a role with the crowd, getting involved with the crowd and involving them in the game. I think that my personality will show through on that stage as opposed to the intensity of trying to win a major on the so-called proper tour, on the PGA Tour."
Close calls
An argument could be made that Montgomerie is the best player in the history of golf to never win a major. But he has had a number of excellent chances, one of which came at Oakmont in the 1994 U.S. Open.
There were others:
• In the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, it looked as if Montgomerie was headed for his first major when he shot 70 on a wind-blow day to jump over 25 players. Even Jack Nicklaus, serving as a commentator in the television tower, prematurely congratulated Montgomerie as the winner. But Tom Kite, who was still on the golf course when Montgomerie finished, won by two shots.
• At the 1995 PGA Championship at Riviera, Montgomerie birdied the final three holes in the final round, to tie Steve Elkington at 17 under, a record-low score in a major championship. Montgomerie lost on the first sudden-death playoff hole when Elkington holed a birdie putt of 35 feet to claim the title.
• Three years after his playoff loss to Els at Oakmont, Montgomerie lost to the South African again at the 1997 U.S. Open at Congressional when he bogeyed the 71st hole to drop one shot behind Els, who parred the final hole to win.
• In the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, a tournament remembered for Mickelson's epic collapse at the final hole, people forget that Montgomerie made double bogey from the middle of the fairway at the 72nd hole, missing the green with a 7-iron. Montgomerie had just made an improbable 50-foot birdie putt at the previous hole to tie Mickelson for the lead. He ended up finishing second to Geoff Oglivy. Afterward, Montgomerie said wryly, "I look forward to coming back here again next year and trying another U.S. Open disaster."
"You know, I had a great career, a great normal career, if you like, and I would get to No. 2 in the world and now being inducted into the Hall of Fame is a great honor," Montgomerie said. "But, of course, there's always an omission, isn't there, when you talk about me. There's a lack of a major championship.
"All I can do now, from now on, is hopefully add a major championship to the resume already in place and I look forward to trying to achieve that."
Then he added, "There are more golfers over 50 in the world than there are under and it would be fantastic to try and achieve the dream of winning a major championship finally, whether it be normal tour or senior tour, I do look forward to it."
Monty had a great chance at Oakmont in the 1994 U.S. Open.
He shot 65 in the second round to take a two-shot lead on three players, including Hale Irwin. He was tied for third, two shots behind Els, after shooting 73 in the third round. But he shot 70 in the final round to finish tied with Loren Roberts (70) and Els (73), creating the first three-way playoff at a U.S. Open in 31 years.
Curiously, Roberts had a chance to win outright at the 72nd hole, but he missed a 4 1/2-foot par putt at No. 18. Unaware that Roberts had missed and needing only a par at the final hole to win, Els snapped his tee shot at No. 18 in the left rough, played out short of the green and made bogey.
On Monday, in the stifling heat, Montgomerie stood out because he was dressed in all-black. But it wasn't by design. The black shirt was the only clean shirt Montgomerie had left in his suitcase.
Monty played as if he was wilting in the heat. He made double bogeys at Nos. 2 and 3 and again at No. 11 and shot 78.
Els, who began the playoff with a bogey at No. 1 and a triple bogey at No. 2, shot 74 and was tied with Roberts at the end of the regulation playoff. Now into sudden death, Els won on the second extra hole when he two-putted for par at No. 11.
"I do hope it's not going to be as warm as that. That was boiling, so let's hope it's not quite as warm as 1994," Montgomerie said about his return to Western Pennsylvania. "And let's hope for a better result than finishing second.
"But, at the same time, you know, it means a lot to me coming back to Pittsburgh. It's strange that the only course I played in Pittsburgh is Oakmont and I look forward to seeing the nuances of Fox Chapel. I hear the course is in excellent condition and one of the best conditioned courses that you have on the Champions Tour, so I look forward to competing."
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/golf/colin-montgomerie-knows-of-major-heartache-692782/#ixzz2XEOPE3Mu


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By Sam Dykstra / Special to MLB.com | April 19, 2012 7:31 PM ET
They were drafted together -- Sanchez in the first round, Nicolino in the second round -- in 2010. They spent the 2011-'12 offseason living together. They currently room in their new Michigan home together.
And now for Class A Lansing, they pitch together, and they pitch together well.
Nicolino and Sanchez combined to allow only two hits over six shutout innings in the Lugnuts' 2-0 win over Burlington on Thursday. The pair struck out three Bees hitters apiece in three innings of work. A walk issued by Sanchez (2-0), who relieved the starting Nicolino in the fourth, was the only statistic that differentiated the two hurlers' lines.
Thursday marked the third occasion in three outings this season that the two pitchers had worked as a starter-reliever tandem -- Nicolino now has two starts to Sanchez's one -- and subsequently the third time neither had surrendered a run in their combined six innings.
"We pick each other's brains a lot, try to talk about our different pitches," said Nicolino, the Blue Jays' No. 6 prospect. "Whether he's starting or I'm starting, it doesn't matter. He's a power guy, so if he's starts, he establishes the game and it's my job to feed off it. We both have to set the tone for the other."
The two power pitchers stand just an inch apart from each other. But the lefty-righty combo of the 6-foot-3 Nicolino and 6-foot-4 Sanchez may be more daunting to the opposition.
"I'm not a hitter," said Sanchez, Toronto's No. 8 prospect. "But seeing two big arms coming at you from both sides of the mound like we do, I'm sure that's not a fun matchup."
Depending on the stats one uses, an argument could be made either way for who has been the better pitcher after three appearances this season. Nicolino leads his partner in strikeouts (11-10), thanks to a new and improved curveball grip that he says "stays in the fastball lane," strikeout-to-walk ratio (11-2) and WHIP (0.56-0.78), but Sanchez owns a better opponents' batting average (.100-.182).
Neither Lugnut expects to increase his workload and break up the pitching pair any time soon.
"The organization has a plan," Nicolino said. "We know whether we're cruising through our innings, whether we have a low pitch count or whatever, we know we're coming out after three. So that just leaves you asking, 'Why not give it our all for those three innings?'"
"Whenever we do get stretched out, we're going to be pleased," said Sanchez. "But for right now, we're going to keep going pitch after pitch and keep what's working, working."
Brandon Berl struck out four batters over two frames, and Ajay Meyer earned his Midwest League-leading sixth save of the early season with a perfect ninth. The Lugnuts now own a 1.73 team ERA, the lowest in the Midwest.
Lansing center fielder Kenny Wilson went 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and run scored.
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Homecoming Weekend
Age: 19
Year: Sophomore
From: Woodbridge, VA
Major: Undecided
Hobbies? Acting, singing, making movies, comedy.
What's your favorite class/professor? My favorite class this year is Old Testament with Prof. Peter Dunstan Brown. He gets everyone fired up about scripture with all the insight he brings to the classroom.
Do you play any sports? I love playing all sports, but haven't played any intercollegiate ones here. I have really enjoyed the intramurals. My favorite sport is definitely soccer, which I played in high school.
Do you participate in any drama or music related activities? I was in a lot of musicals in high school, and am interested in doing drama here at Christendom. I am looking forward to getting involved with the Mystery Dinner Theater this year.
What is your favorite thing about Christendom? My favorite part about Christendom is the common Catholic values of everybody here. It makes the professors and administration approachable and you can relate to every student.
Why did you choose Christendom? Based on the recommendation of my older siblings and friends who came to Christendom. I saw the wonderful types of people that they grew to be through the formation they received here.
Plans after graduation? I don't have any plans for after graduation yet. It will definitely be somewhere where I can have a big impact on the culture.
"I had a great time during Spirit Week!" Freshman Kelsey Ingold said. "Twin day was my favorite day. The whole week was a really great opportunity to show off the school's spirit and bring everyone together in a fun and entertaining way."
On Monday, each grade wore a different color representing their class. Freshmen wore pink.
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Peter Pan and his Shadow was a runner up.
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Thursday was Christendom Spirit Day and everyone wore their school apparel.
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Last Tuesday, Associate Chaplain Fr. William Fitzgerald began a three part lecture series on the new English translation of the Mass. In his first talk, he discussed the development of the Roman Mass. He explained how the traditions of the Church progressed from the first Christians through to modern day. Everything from the early Church buildings to the idea of genuflection was covered.
"Fr. William's talk was interesting because it gave so much history on the Mass and specifically the missal," said Freshman Allie Crafton. "I'll be coming back next week to learn more about the history and see how the new translation will affect me."
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Organized by Athletic Director Chris Vander Woude, the golf tournament was a tremendous success. Sponsored by National Vendor Management Services, Inc.(Manassas, VA), along with K&B Underwriters, Inc,. Paladin Financial Group, Renaissance Montessori School, and many others, the tournament raised money to benefit a scholarship which will be given to an athlete-scholar each year. Freshman Mary Barbale was this year's first recipient of the award.
The scholarship is named for the late Thomas Vander Woude, former Athletic Director at Christendom, who died in 2008 saving the life of his son, Joseph. Thomas' widow, Mary Ellen, and 6 of their seven sons (including Joseph), were at the tournament. More pictures can be seen here.
They didn't win the tournament, but they sure did look good: alumni Chris "Beef" Smith, Denny Pregent, Sebastien Jansen, and Mike Freeman.
Chris Vander Woude announces freshman Mary Barbale as the first recipient of the Thomas S. Vander Woude Athlete-Scholar Award.
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Mrs. Vander Woude, and the son whom Tom Vander Woude died saving - Joseph, enjoyed spending time at the awards banquet.
On Friday students and alumni packed into Crusader Gymnasium for the annual Alumni vs. Students Basketball games. In both the women's and the men's games the students were victorious. The alumni put up a great fight though; in both games the alumni dominated the first half.
Following the game students and alumni enjoyed a reception at St. Kilian's Café.
Alumna Nancy Lee ('96) still had the height advantage.
The Alumnae Crusaders.
Sophomore Brian Fox sneaks past alumni Scott Haliski ('00) and Ben McMahon ('04).
Sophomore David Townsend looks for a way around alumnus Victor Alcantara ('04).
The Alumni Crusaders.
Student band Nick Freeman and the Texas Heat played at the reception and accepted donations for the Senior Class Gift.
"What a great event," said Senior Nick Lowry. "Good food, a moon bounce, face painting, and volleyball all made for a fun afternoon. We go all out for the alumni picnic!"
Sophomore Emi Funai painted many rainbows and fun animals on the cheeks of the children.
All the kids loved the moon bounce.
Students also made string bracelets and anklets for the children.
"I loved how the majority of the dance has live music, for it makes it one of the most exciting and enjoyable dances of the year," Junior Stephen Tomlinson said. "Having all the alumni back was great also."
The Homecoming Dance is always one of the highlights of the year, for students are fully back in the swing of things and ready to relieve the stress of school through dancing and just enjoying a fun night with friends. This year was no exception, as both current students and many alumni thoroughly enjoyed the dancing, music, semi-formal atmosphere, and amazing company. Feeling fully re-energized, everyone is now ready to tackle a week full of mid-terms before Fall Break.
Freshman Jason Sparks gives Freshman Marilyn Charba a twirl.
Junior Katie Francis dances with Junior Rob Fetsko.
From Frank to Dean and Dorsey to Miller — they played it all.
The Orchestra loves playing at Christendom — they never encounter such energy and great dancing.
More pictures from Homecoming 2010 can be viewed here on the Picasa Web Album.
On Columbus Day Monday, Christendom's Admissions Office welcomed over 30 high school seniors and their families to campus for the annual Senior Visit Day, held each year on Columbus Day.
"It was a great day, in fact, it was our largest and most successful Visit Day ever," said Mike Schmitt. "I am glad that so many people took advantage of this opportunity to visit Christendom and see what we are all about for themselves."
The Admissions Office will hold a special Junior Visit Day in the spring, on President's Day. Additionally, juniors are encouraged to think about coming to one of the College's summer programs.
Admissions Director Tom McFadden led one of the campus tours.
Students had the opportunity to sit in on classes. A number chose to attend Professor McGuire's history class.
Visitors had the chance to eat lunch with faculty and current students.
Fr. Planty outlined the details of the spiritual life at Christendom.
Athletic Director Chris Vander Woude summarized the sports program for the students.
Associate Director of Admissions Mike Schmitt was in charge of the day, acting as Emcee and host.
College President O'Donnell spoke to the students about the importance of a Christendom College liberal arts education.
The visitors heard from a student panel and could ask them questions about student life.
What a Week!
There are quiet weeks in Rome, which are calm and fairly uneventful, yet enjoyable and lovely in their sheer simplicity.
This was not one of those weeks!
Where to begin?! I don't even know how to begin to express the opportunities, emotions, and experiences I had in this one week of my Rome pilgrimage. It's incredible.
Being there, as Christendom students, cheering, and yelling when the College was announced, and the Pope smiling at us and blessing us, was incredible. The Pope drove in his Pope-mobile right in front of us! We were just feet away from him! It was incredible.
And that was only Wednesday!
On Saturday we had the wonderful opportunity to go on a tour of the Scavi: the third level underneath St. Peter's Basilica, which contains the tomb of St. Peter with his bones. The tour guide was great, and did an amazing job of telling not only the history of the discovery of St. Peter's bones, but also just expressing the Divine Providence of their finding. While we were on our tour below, above us three bishops were being ordained by Pope Benedict. It was so unbelievably breathtaking, to be in the place of St. Peter, the first Pope, to whom Christ said, "You are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my Church." You can't help but cry; or least, I couldn't.
And then Sunday!
It was rather, again, providential, because, as I put it, I had been "craving" a Latin Mass. Not that I dislike Italian Masses, but when you are in Italy, you begin to truly realize the beauty of Latin as the universal language of the Church. So Melanie Bright, Eryn Landry, and I decided to go to the 10:30 Mass at St. Peter's. As we were waiting to get through security, on the really huge TV screen they were showing a Mass. We all assumed it was from the Episcopal Ordination yesterday, which we thought was neat that they were showing it again. I mused about how much I missed Christendom's Masses, and the choir, and the litany they were currently saying was just reminding me more of that. So, we go in, and I randomly mentioned how once, when my sister, Alumna Katherine Scott, was in Rome, it was neat, because she sort of just stumbled upon a Papal Mass when she was going to Mass at St. Peter's. Little did I know...
I leaned over the divider to see who was saying Mass. I saw several Cardinals and bishops, then, on the altar, a little man, with a white zucchetto.
"Is that the Pope?" I wondered to myself, not wanting to say anything out loud yet, and excite the girls, thinking I'd wait until he spoke to know for sure. Then he spoke.
"Oh my gosh! That is the Pope saying Mass," I said. Soon Melanie, Eryn and I had all gotten seats and were participating in the glorious Papal Mass.
It was super awesome though, because not only was it a Papal Mass, it was the opening Papal Mass of a Synod! It was the Middle East Bishop's Synod.
The choir was great, and because of the nature of the Synod, they also had middle eastern choirs singing, with organum—a personal favorite. Also, they said the prayers of the faithful in several different middle eastern languages. It was so neat. I mean, how can one not just be in awe of God's providence and the beauty of everything! Needless to say, I forgot about how much I was missing Christendom campus at that particular moment—though I still love it!
The Pope is so wonderful. So happy and peaceful and full of joy and love. Again, just when you think you've experienced it all, the Papal audience on Wednesday, and then the Scavi tour yesterday, something new happens. It blows my mind. I mean, aside from just how happy I was that the Mass was the Latin Novus Ordo, and they used the same Chant Mass as Christendom—which was awesome—the Pope was saying the Mass. How cool is that?! Oh gosh. It's just awesome. I am so blessed.
It has been such an amazing, providential week, that I will never forget. We are so blessed to be here, and to be able to have the opportunities to have these experiences!
Who knows what is just around the corner?
Waiting for the Pope.
Bishops stand as the Pope approaches.
Liz snapped this photo of Benedict XVI as he passed by.
Students for Life
This week the Chronicler got to catch up with the campus pro-life group, Students for Life, which focuses on the activity of the pro-life movement. The club is made up of about 15 members who attend meetings around every two weeks or before a big project. This group of dedicated students works to support the local pregnancy center and to get those pro-life leaders elected who are able to make a difference in legislation regarding abortion. Simply stated, they make themselves available to any pro-life effort which needs their help.
|Students for Life President Kelsey McCrum.
This year, Students for Life has three major projects planned, although they are ready to help with any additional projects that pop up. Their first big project was the voter-registration and absentee ballot request forms, and they had about 60 people register and request absentee ballots during lunches one week.
A number of Students for Life members participated in the local Walk for Life in town this past weekend. In addition, Christendom recently hosted Chris Slattery, who came to interview students for the opportunity to work as an intern at a crisis pregnancy center in New York.
Students for Life will do the lit-drops prior to Election Day, and these help to encourage a pro-life audience vote for the candidate that is truly pro-life. They take charge as well by putting literature on cars that compares and contrasts the pro-life versus pro-abortion candidate. Finally, they hope to have a diaper drive this year as a final project, in which they will collect supplies that the pregnancy center desperately needs.
Students for Life, Fall 2010.
The Game of the Year: East vs. West
The difference in the game ended up being the offensive and defensive lines of the West which consistently opened up holes for the West running backs and spent most of their time in the East's backfield pulling at quarterback Pat Stein's flags. The game resembled a heavyweight or middleweight boxing fight where both boxers continually assail the opponent's body with no attempt to go for the knockout punch. Midway through the second half, Peter McNeely dropped back for the West and through a pass which sophomore Nick Blank read the whole time, stepping in front for the interception and returning it 40 yards for the East's first touchdown.
The final score: 14-6. West wins again...for the seventh time in a row. More pictures can be seen on Christendom's Facebook Page or the Picasa Web Album.
East Quarterback Junior Pat Stein on the move.
Sophomore Tim Beer flies down the field.
Sophomore Robbie Hambleton dives for an attempted completion.
Stein tries to find his open man despite the efforts of Sophomore Mark Hepler.
Senior Francis Aul gets his hand on the ball making it wobble out of the hands of Sophomore Brendan Krebs.
Junior Paddy Norton finds the holes in the East defense.
They fought hard this year and are ready to taste victory next year.
The West wins for the seventh year in a row.
I wanted to take this opportunity to let you read part of an application essay that was sent in by a prospective student. Personally, I believe it to be one of the best written application essays I have read in my 6 years as Director of Admissions:
Once friends and family hear of my desire to attend Christendom College, I encounter typical reactions. Such as, "Where is that? I've never heard of it." "Well, it's a quaint school." "What will you do with that degree?" "How will you get a job from a school like that?" These condescending quips are echoed by my guidance counselors and teachers.
The resistance and concern grows as I explain how Jesus is at the conscious center of everything Christendom does. I have learned to confidently look people in the eye and smile, when I am put on the spot to explain Christendom College and what my reasons are for attending it. The conclusion I have arrived at is these individuals mean well, but are firmly rooted in the secular world. They see with the eyes of this world, nothing eternal is in their vision at all. They live in the here and now. The orientation of their life choices are based on the risks and rewards this world has to offer. Their perspectives on life indicate their total belief in the power of man, which leaves little or no room at all for God to work His miracles.
I currently attend an Archdiocesan high school, and the secular notions and agenda has even crept into my curriculum. Most of my teachers are younger and recently graduated from colleges and universities and it is clear they have not been taught the Faith. For example, I have been told/taught to disregard the Creation story in Genesis as nothing more than a folktale, because evolution is science. Another "truth" I have been taught is that man made global warming is fact. I most strenuously do not agree with either of these notions.
Secular progressivism despises people, especially young people that can think for themselves and not be so easily led like docile sheep to the slaughter. It rejects such old fashioned and provincial ideas of thinking critically and reasoning logically. But were not these the skill set and the basis for every great achievement mankind has made? The answer is yes. Of course, being the civilized and highly educated people we are now, those very skills have been replaced by our advanced technology. This is the mindset that secularism purports. The majority of people today believe that a true liberal arts education will get me nowhere in my future business pursuits. However, I strongly disagree. Christendom teaches students how to analyze situations and to think critically, all the while with Jesus at the center of everything. These are the assets that I wish to attain, regardless of what field of work I plan to enter upon graduation. I truly believe these skills are invaluable today, contrary to popular belief. As long as I have a solid education, everything else I can learn on the fly. What modern thinking suggests is that unless I attend school for a particular major to be specifically trained for a job I will not be successful. That statement could not be more false. People today try to reduce everything to a planned out recipe or method. Universities and colleges today train you based on what another person concluded and to follow their method. They do not foster individual thinking. Modern thought for the purpose of education today is to only know specific things that will help us to control the world in an improved manner. However, that is not what I believe a university's purpose is. It seems to me all they, the majority of colleges/universities, do is to teach one to read and to follow a recipe. Well, a well trained student in all matters of the mind should be able to replace or to adjust the recipe accordingly to a particular circumstance or to a certain situation. They should prepare students in more than just how to read a recipe. The schools I have visited seem to have forgotten their purpose, to teach the Truth in every aspect of their curriculum. Fortunately, Christendom College is not like those other secular or quasi Catholic institutions that train one to be a mere puppet.
For me, to be able to attend Christendom, a place where young men and women are living the life Jesus calls every human being to, would be amazing. I am so tired of going to "Catholic in-name-only" schools; I am yearning for the Truth that Christendom College teaches and instills in their students. Christendom College is nothing short of a miracle in today's world. I cannot overstate this miracle. My own experience in an Archdiocesan school system has been jarring to my beliefs and to my Faith. (Thanks be to God, that He has provided me with a strong family to counter this culture.) It is a place that offers a solid liberal arts education based in truth, and proudly acknowledges that nothing can be done without God. Christendom embraces the Catholic faith and lives it out fully, despite our popular culture. Jesus is at the center of everything at Christendom! I have witnessed that first hand.
I would consider it a complete honor to be given the opportunity to attend Christendom College. It is a school that defies society's standards - mediocrity. For my part, I would certainly be fully engaged in all of the activities offered at Christendom. I know that I look forward to the opportunity to share my experiences and insights, to lend my opinion, and to provide my leadership skills to my fellow classmates and with my professors as well. I relish the idea of becoming a well trained defender of my beliefs and my Faith. I sometimes find myself stumbling as I defend my reasons for wanting to attend Christendom College. Basically, I bring the best I have to offer academically, spiritually, and emotionally to Christendom. Jesus did not come to earth and die on the cross, just so that we would shy away and blend into the crowd. All of us have been given special gifts and talents, but without a true relationship with God, we cannot utilize them properly as God intends us to in alignment with His plan. Saint Catherine of Sienna said, "If you are what you should be you will set the world on fire." How true that quote is. God is calling me, a Catholic young woman, to something greater than this world has to offer. He has a destiny for me greater than I could have ever imagined. Christendom College, in my humble estimation, is one of only a few institutions in the country that understands this. By my attending Christendom, it would supply me with the necessary tools to combat the culture of death and to witness to and for the culture of life. I would use these skills I seek to acquire and to hone at Christendom in my daily life, in any capacity that serves God's end, such as a wife and a mother, as an employee, as a parishioner, as a Catholic.
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Great location near the motorway, easy to find and park. Overall very good but the decor is getting a bit tired.
Convenient location everything was old and in poor condition
Ease of use and location, good staff and restrauant
Ease of parking Generally not welcoming.
Good location near the motorway and easy to find and park. Generally very good but decor in this particular Campanile is a bit tired.
tranquility non-smoking rooms
Visited my Father's grave in Saint-Doulchard
Good location, easy to find, comfortable rooms good value for money
It was an overnight stop whilst on holiday
It was very close to the motorway
Excellent welcome and efficient presentation of bill when requested. Very close to a péage station, and opposite a supermarket for last-minute purchases. Rooms facing the back extremely quiet, clean and everything worked. Found the quality of food in the restaurant did not match the service, and would not choose to eat there again..
Food was excellent; the furnishings were a bit old and 'tired'; easy to find I thought the furnishings in the bedroom were jaded and could have been renewed - but for the price I would not complain
Perfectly adequate - just what we needed
Th location was good near the motorway for a overnight stopover. The room was in a poor state of repair and could do with a thorough clean. Would not reccommend this hotel.After seeing the condition of the room we decided to eat elsewhere.
Friendly staff, food portions a bit small. Hotel is a bit grubby and needs repainting and upgrading.
Very convenient for an overnight spot. Hotel staff were very helpful and friendly. Room was small but adequate. Parking available within the hotel grounds. Excellent and reasonably priced set meal at the hotel's restaurant.
staff were very helpful and friendly. Although the hotel infra structure is in need of refurbishment Nothing
Very friendly fqmily atmosphere
Fairly quiet location, nice gardens. Staff friendly and helpful, offered water for my dog. Good evening meal and large choice for breakfast buffet.
How did you find the booking process when you made your reservation on the internet? * Cela veut dire quoi??? J'ai répondu exprés n'importe quoi Pourquoi? Ecrivez toutes vos questions en Français y compris suivant, merci.
room good, food good, bed great, good stop off when visiting the area or traveling south.
Quite nice hotel, the dinner at the restaurant was a good surprise with very tasty local food.
Central location and easy to find. Spacious free underground car park. Restaurant attached to the hotel.
Just a nice hotel, friendly personnel
Very clean efficiently run hotel, excellent for an overnight stay. Very overpriced restaurant with very ordinary food.
We really appreciated the hospitality and kindness of the personnel. The hotel is very quiet with a very nice decoration devoted to movies actors
Gret location if you are travelling south. The restuarant was brilliant with suprisingly good food and reasonably priced. The previous ocupants of our room were obviously heavy smokers.
Decent hotel,good value None really
easy access,friendly staff,comfortable room ,quiet environment no wake up call available
Nice clean room, private toilet and shower room. Welcoming staff, easy to book online, just wanted a place to stopover during a long journey across France and it fitted the bill very well. Very reasonable price for the room, which could have slept three persons - this would have been very economical indeed. Nice to have wifi too. Despite the notices, someone had been smoking in the shower room. Walls are a bit thin - next door was a family with a noisy child but this wasn't a problem when I wanted to sleep, and in any case I travel with earplugs!
Ideal no frills overnighting. Breakfast available.
Very convenient for our onward journey back to the UK (having been in the South of France). Having a young child, would have preferred a safer ground floor room (or some way of ensuring that our 4 year old could not open the door of the room from the inside).
Conveniently located as an overnight stop on a long journey Very basic
The hotel is perfect when travelling from England to Brive. It is close to the motorway and nicely placed between the two destinations. Although the room is basic, it fulfils all needs for an overnight stay. There is another hotel close by for evening meal, and the breakfast offered is adequate. It would be nice to have an english channel on the TV as being a single traveller I didnt go out for dinner and being in the room all evening was a bit boring. It would have been nice to catch up on news during that time.
we were in vierzon for a cycle race and used the hotel just to sleep in. it was perfect for this.
Convenient stopover for travellers to the south of France from the UK Smell of cigarette smoke came through bathroom vent
Polite, clean, cheap The room had not enough space.The bathroom was inconvenient even though it was clean
Very good value for stop-overs en route. Clean and comfortable bed. Lack of restaurant at the Campanile next door due to renovation but Buffalo Grill is just three minutes walk away.
good beds and good sanitair (douche en toilet), hot water, I missed a bar for drinking something before dinnertime
Third time; little this time. Very noisy and cleaning service not very respectful of don't disturb sign on door. We were promised by phone a groundfloor room in the back; we were given a first floor (sandwiched) in the back.
As my wife is disabled we were given a large ground floor room which had a courtesy tray (not usual in France!) and an extremely comfortable bed. The large bathroom had a bath which was disability friendly. The room was clean and the decor functional rather than lavish. The high spot was the superb evening meal - one of the best we have had in France and very reasonably priced. Breakfast was also excellent, but although this should have been included in the price quoted when we booked, we had to pay extra for it. The additional charge for breakfast, which should have been included. This happened at several other hotels in spite of our booking information clearly stating that breakfast was included, so perhaps this needs to be clarified.
Easy to find restaurant attached Door to room difficult to open
The room was clean and the facilities were very good. The food, particularly the breakfast were also very good. Its location. it was out of town and we overlooked a builders yard.
Its easy-to-find location on a roundabout. The in-room tea making capability. The weather was unseasonably cold and there was no heat. Also, I thought it was slightly overpriced, but this is true of most motel chains in France with convenient locations.
This is a member of chain hotel group but run by individual owners. Quality of service and facilities was found much better than the other chain hotels. I ate dinner at the adjoining restaurant. Variety of wines but quality of the food was not as high as I expected. Breakfast was also too expensive.
The Hotel was very good but it was difficult to appreciate from the infromation that it was located on an industrial estate (not typically French). However this should not detract one from staying there. We only had one night en route and it setved us well
Easy to find, staff extremely nice and competent
The location and the superb restaurant attached to the hotel where we had a wonderful evening dinner. The breakfast was not good. It was served in a tiny room and there was not much choice. Also our bedroom was damp smelling.
Everything about our stay in this beutiful location was first class, The standard of our room was way beyond our expectations and we were made to feel like very important guests, We will be telling our friends about this site for as long as people will listen.


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How the FUCK is Wikipedia's article funnier? TRY HARDER TO BE RIDICULOUS (because my humor sucks) -- Herp. Derp. Imandreas did this. 01:48, April 25, 2011 (UTC)
- This article is not very funny: I have not been able to find a single external article claiming Luke Perry belongs to scientology (except two morons on ask.com who may have read it here), so the joke is that it was started in 90210 b.c. which the author also just made up in order to be able to make a connection to Luke Perry. Possibly there is a connection to him being in a crappy sci-fi movie almost as implausible as scientology. I must admit I have not seen that film, but the plot of the article is more like The Da Vinci code, also with no connection to Luke Perry. I propose that someone rewrite it entirely.
- There is loads of celebrities that DO have an affiliation Jaygo (talk) 19:51, July 20, 2013 (UTC)
- Not only is invoking Luke Perry (or Oscar Wilde) (or Adolf Hitler) (or Chuck Norris) not a good idea in the absence of a real-world connection, "90210 b.c." is what we (in How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid) refer to as a "nonsense date": a trite way to attempt humor, and a great way to keep Uncyclopedia from superficially looking like an encyclopedia. However, inviting "someone" to rewrite it is painless and probably ineffective. At the least, jump in and substitute for these problems. PS--There would also be an article on Scientology. Spıke Ѧ 20:12 20-Jul-13
- Oh, I am more than happy to do so myself, but I understood that it is bad style to do a complete rewrite without some sort of warning, giving others the possibilty to object that it is in fact hilarious and I just dont get it. Sure I will give it a shot ( starting in my own space).
PS no there is not. Scientology redirects to the same page, (unless that was your point that there ought to be two separate pages) Jaygo (talk) 20:32, July 20, 2013 (UTC)


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Most of my indie-rock-lovin' friends are either a) having kids; or b) kids at heart. So when I saw The Indie Rock Coloring Book from the Yellow Bird Project (Chronicle Books, $9.95), I knew I'd found the perfect gift idea ... and, of course, I'd need a copy for myself.
The adorable activity book contains illustrations inspired by Devendra Banhart, Rilo Kiley, The Shins, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many more of your favorite indie artists.
One page asks you to find "all the birds hidden in Devendra's beard." Ha! There's a cute "connect-the-stars" puzzle inspired by the band Stars.
The great thing about this book is 100% of the royalties go to the Yellow Bird Project's charity fund. I've written about the organization before; over at the official site, you can buy cool T-shirts designed by your favorite bands. Sales benefit charitable organizations.
Peruse a couple cute pages from the book below. The illustrations are done by Andy J. Miller:
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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