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Xiaomi passes Apple to become the 2nd biggest smartphone company in China
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1. Totse2k15 (Posts: 470; Member since: 11 Feb 2014)
Congrats! Gl being #1.
3. Bondurant (Posts: 573; Member since: 04 Jun 2014)
I agr. Xi r d bst.
21. techperson211 (Posts: 1280; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)
Pricing and limitation to iOS that's the main culprit to apples downfall.
16. jdoee100 (Posts: 334; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
Like most of Micheal H's articles, there are so many things wrong with this article, I don't know where to start. First of all, this article was not based on any shipments or sales, it's based on "research panel of 15,000 individuals." I doubt 15,000 out of billion people represents the whole country.
Second, Micheal H. stated that "Most of those who switched came from Samsung." This is only partly true, because referenced article stated, "new Xiaomi customers switched over mainly from Samsung AND OTHER LOCAL smartphone brands(Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Coolpad, Oppo)."
And, I doubt Xiaomi has ~20% of the Chinese market, because I don't think they even have the capacity to produce that many phones.
Translation: don't trust everything you read, especially PA articles.
28. xoatomxo (Posts: 57; Member since: 26 Apr 2011)
I completely agree. But that's his job. He takes an article from a website then rework it to be more interesting to read. Even it means exaggeration.
2. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Xiaomi def does it right when they try to tap into the big market in China.
4. cezarepc (Posts: 718; Member since: 23 Nov 2012)
Good Job Hugo.
5. Neo_Huang (Posts: 1067; Member since: 06 Dec 2013)
Go Xiaomi!
Hope you make a high end phablet.
6. gehrig (Posts: 374; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)
Nice for them.
7. gaara6775 (Posts: 738; Member since: 20 May 2014)
They will surely surpass Sammy as mi4 is available now. They deserve it.
8. madmikepr (Posts: 138; Member since: 09 Aug 2011)
Hope things like this happen to HTC :) They Deserve Better Too :)
9. naittosan (Posts: 234; Member since: 28 Jun 2014)
I personally don't trust China Spyware phones.
10. SellPhones82 (Posts: 569; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
No kidding, this article followed up by one noting Xiaomi Redmi Note is sending photos and text to Chinese servers! NSA already has enough of my data on their services so I'd rather not supply another country.
20. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Its already been explained. XiaoMi has their own MiCloud service that backup contact, sms, photo..etc. It also support their own version of Find my phone. These service is optional and is by default disable, during the phone setup page user can opt to skip the creation of Mi Account. Even after MiCloud account there are individual setting to enable/disable each types of backup.
MiCloud service offered 10GB of storage space to their user. Their servers are at China so if you are uncomfortable just don't sign up for the account.
I have sign up MiCloud services and i put the same amount of trust on XiaoMi and Google services which is zero.
24. TheGenius (Posts: 339; Member since: 06 Mar 2014)
Stop being stupid please?
Article about spying clearly stated that even if you turn of micloud , backups continue to happen and also on a different secret server.
Moreover even if you install a custon rom backup continue. So it means that spying mechanism is installed deep within the phone and you cannot do sh!t about it
25. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Stupid for a person that claim to know everything without owning an actual Redmi Note.
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26. TheGenius (Posts: 339; Member since: 06 Mar 2014)
So a bunch of idiots are more knowledgeable now?
Or maybe .. stupidest of the stupids are always considered smart in your world.
Read the FEATURED COMMENT.
27. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
I disagree with you and therefore i am considered stupid. If you are afraid of data snooping don't use the internet period.
No platform is safe from data snooping. I give the same level of trust to China, US, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung.
I use data encryption on my sensitive data and are savvy enough to adapt to new threat.
XiaoMi products are sold out in seconds and personally i will continue to use them.
31. TheGenius (Posts: 339; Member since: 06 Mar 2014)
Lol .. I am afraid of data snooping so I shouldn't use Internet.
Thanks but no thanks for your suggestion. I wouls rather choose a real branded phone from a company who respects the privacy of users.
I agree that android being open ..has many threats towards it.. bit that doesnt mean phone oems have to help.. I would prefer using Samsung sony or htc who respect their customers than this cheap chinese fcuk
30. AlikMalix (unregistered)
I was reading about the same thing 20 minutes ago. Good catch.
11. azzak (Posts: 26; Member since: 15 May 2014)
i hope when xiaomi become no.1 soon, they not increasing their devices price like the samsung did..
12. shamatuu (Posts: 159; Member since: 02 Nov 2011)
No surprise there . Comparing their phones to Apple its an easy call. That's what i'e been saying and yet people don't believe me when sales speaks for themselves. Like i said don't hate the player hate the game. I'm just repeating what the article is saying. I would love to try their phones if only they sell their phones and have it optimized for T-mobile network. Xiaomi actually can compete against other OEMS unlike Apple. Can't compete to save their sorry ass for a company. Having a bigger phone won't save them. You are only having more icons just like the tablets versions. Bland boring and not innovating. Only thinking about themselves.
13. Ninetysix (Posts: 2671; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
Strong hate :) I'm wondering if you can post this again once Apple anounces their 10M iPhone 6 sales during its opening weekend.
14. quakan (Posts: 1398; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
You have to admit his rant was pretty funny though. We both knew someone would eventually leave a comment like that.
17. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
. Although iPhone is the only Apple product they use, they give long lectures on how all Apple products are superior.
2. Treat other huge brands like Samsung and Nokia like they are fake Chinese brands.
3. Every time there's a discussion on phones they parrot the line 'If you don't have an iPhone then you don't have iPhone.'
4. Cover up the iPhone with such tacky looking covers that even Steve Jobs wouldn't be able to recognize it.
5. They look down upon Android users as though they have some contractible disease.
6. They go on and on about the amazing productivity of an iPhone but in reality only use it play Candy Crush.
7. Even if the topic of conversation is 'global warming' or 'terrorism', they bring it back to how cool their iPhone is.
8. Their selfie-habit becomes even more out of control once they have an iPhone.
9.They automatically form a cosmic bond with fellow iPhone users around them.
10. Anytime a non-iPhone user asks if they have a normal phone charger, they respond with a condescending "Uh-hello. I have an iPhone".
19. quakan (Posts: 1398; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
23. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
No its not, it relates to post 13
18. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
We've all heard it before: that Apple users are mindless iZomies incapable of thinking for themselves. That they'll buy any polished turd because it has an Apple logo on it. That they're slavishly devoted to the brand. Apple as cult is an outmoded concept, a worn-out trope and a really lazy way to understand the company's appeal. And I'd really like to see that description of Apple stop.
That's why Apple iPhones sells well. Broski.
29. gehrig (Posts: 374; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)
Not everyone, but there are definitely iZombies out there. Some people would by a $50 watch for $400 if it had an Apple logo on it.
15. GreekGeek (Posts: 1276; Member since: 22 Mar 2014)
Razor and blades business model means ......... ''but there's a catch"


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I was under the impression that music was supposed to warrant feelings. Be it loathing or loving. In the former, making you curse the day you ever heard that loathsome band's name – and the latter compelling you to get excited and dance around like an escapee of an asylum, or whatever it is you do to express your excitement. I'll concede that most albums lie in the less extreme, liking or disliking being the general sentiment. With a small space being reserved for ambivalence, which is where Picturebox comes in, playing their self proclaimed blend of lo-fi pop. However lo-fi, surely their debut album 'Beans & Bones' was not supposed to feel like a session band playing in the pub. An above average session band, but still, the over-all sense is of inoffensive background music.
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and living with her decomposing corpse in his one-bedroom apartment for two months has been arrested and charged with second degree murder, police said.
Erik C. Grumpelt, 35, was arrested on Monday, the Mesa Police Department said in a news release.
Police said he told them he had repeatedly struck his girlfriend, identified as Malinda Raya, 39, in the lower abdomen after she said she had cheated on him.
Officers discovered the dead woman in an advanced state of decomposition on the bedroom floor of the apartment, covered in several sheets.
There were several room fresheners found in the bedroom, and powder, believed to be carpet freshener, was sprinkled on the area around where the victim lay.
Grumpelt told investigators he assaulted Raya on the morning of May 19, striking her several times in the lower abdominal area while laying on their bed. He left for a short period of time and when he returned, she was unresponsive.
Grumpelt said he was angry because Raya had told him she had cheated on him with other men in his bed.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Jerry Norton)


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Verizon CEO promises cable TV on smartphones for the Holidays, if SpectrumCo deal passes
0. phoneArena posted on 30 Mar 2012, 04:04
If Verizon's spectrum deal with cable providers headed by Comcast passes, mobile subscribers could have cable TV on their smartphones these Holidays…
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1. Borrie69 (Posts: 23; Member since: 14 Jan 2012)
I am hoping that it gets arroved. if it does get approved then verizon will, hopefully, lower it's prices on mobile data. It will also add to the features and abilities one can do with their mobile device. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will all complain, of course, but the fact of the matter is that Verizon is currently the biggest and best company. In terms of coverage and the ration between price per coverage. If you want to get the best sometimes you will have to fork out more. Granted it would be wonderful to pay less for great coverage. But that is not the case as the world we live in everything is so competitive. So hopefully the added spectrum will lower the price of data for now, at least for a few years, and make the great 4G even better.
I know you trolls will all gang up on this trying to find fault with my reply. Looking for things that will descredit my comment. Just know that I am currently deployed, working 14-16 hrs a day, so my spelling and the wording of things will not be the best.
2. JBz007 (Posts: 63; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Trolls will be trolls...
3. JunitoNH (Posts: 1934; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
Yeah.........just want I wanted, the ability to watch TV on a 4.5" screen. Back in the day, people used to complain due to the share size of their TV screens, 19". Now seems folks are regressing, and are willing to pay more, for a smaller screen viewing.
4. arcq12 (Posts: 733; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
Go to Japan. Most of their gadgets have TV capabilities.
5. PhoneCritic (Posts: 923; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
I doubt this will happen since the DOJ stopped AT&T from purchashing T-Mobile They will have to deny Verizon as well or else face the risk of so many valid legal challenges. This would with no doubt give Verizon a Monopoly.
6. kabukijoe (Posts: 102; Member since: 06 Mar 2010)
Yeah and it'll be a feature that'll cost $30 a month and if you actually use it you'll hit your data cap in a matter of days LOL!!!
7. Beholder88 (Posts: 85; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
IF this gets approved, there is no way any of the other feature charges will go down. This is just another way for Verizon to make money. It will probably cost an outrageous amount of money just to watch one channel, and there has to be some kind of limit there, or else where are they going to make their money? Just another confusing thing to add to the bill as well, TV overages anyone?
8. deviantirish79 (Posts: 26; Member since: 23 Jan 2012)
Just another faster way to get you to hit your Data allowance so they can get paid on overages.
Its a shame all the carriers are pushing all this new media and put an allowance on the data so no one can utilize it unless you're grandfathered in on an unlimited plan.
9. shadowcell (Posts: 300; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
I'm one of the few that actually dropped cable a while back. It was kind of pointless since I never used it. The only way I'll be interested in this idea is if we only pay for the channels we want but never the channels we don't use.
10. medicci37 (Posts: 1335; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
The article said that the data streamed for cable content could be separate from data caps, so it doesn't count against your monthly data plan. I think battery life would limit the usefulness of this service more than any data restraints.
11. robinakilt (Posts: 10; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
Hey Verizon Wireless why don't you work on improving your customer service to the levels it used to be at and also finish getting 4G here in South Central PA before you working on tv on the phone. I have had my 4G phone now for more than 6 months and there is no sign of 4G yet!
12. matthewtylerhickman (Posts: 11; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
Stop putting money in verizon's pocket people... Contracted CDMA phones are outdated. Unlocked GSM phones should be world standard.
15. sumdude (Posts: 50; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
They are the world standard because gsm is so archaic.
13. ankrul2004 (Posts: 16; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)
7 out of 10 phones Verizon sells isn't a CDMA device but an LTE device, which is based on a GSM standard.
14. sumdude (Posts: 50; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Seems to me if this happens. Big Red would immediately axe the grandfathered unlimited data for tiered plans in a heartbeat. They will bleed all their subscribers dry.
16. bruindog (Posts: 32; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
Man TV would sure be nice on the Verizon G-Note hint hint!
17. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Would be weird if this gets approved as AT&T was denied their deal. Would not make any sense, but then again, we are talking about the government, which is inadequate in its handling of the spectrum issue as well as other issues such as how the U.S. is losing the war on hackers and piracy. Oh well, back to piratebay.org for some more fun!!


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Mr GRAY (Brand—Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity) (09:58): I move:
That this bill be now read a second time.
I am pleased to present a bill to amend the Electoral Act and the Referendum Act which will substantially improve the interactions that Australians have with elections and referendums.
The bill implements the government's response to three of the recommendations made by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) in its Report into the 2010 federal election, specifically, recommendations 12, 31 and 32. I note that the opposition members of the committee did not oppose these recommendations in their dissenting report.
Schedule 1 to the bill will modernise the postal voting provisions to facilitate the use of technology to improve the way in which postal vote applications are made and processed.
One hundred and ten years ago the first Commonwealth Electoral Act provided for postal voting in much the same way as the current act. The current act provides that applications are made to a divisional returning officer who processes the applications and dispatches the postal vote packages. The postal votes are then returned to a divisional returning officer, processed again and counted. This was fine, in earlier times, when there were few postal vote applications.
At the 2010 election, however, the Electoral Commission processed over a million postal votes, which was a 17.8 per cent increase in the number processed at the 2007 election.
Schedule 1 to the bill will simplify the postal vote arrangements by directing all applications to either the electoral commissioner or an assistant returning officer.
Assistant returning officers, who may receive postal vote applications from overseas voters, will be located outside of Australia at such places as Australian high commissions and embassies or certain Australian Defence Force operations.
Upon receiving an application, the electoral commissioner or an assistant returning officer will then send, or arrange for the sending, of postal vote packages to the applicant.
Directing the majority of postal vote applications to the electoral commissioner will enable the centralised processing by computers and the centralised dispatch of postal vote packages.
As technology changes over time, the electoral commissioner will be able to take advantage of new efficiencies to process the applications.
The amendments do not fundamentally change the existing policy underpinning the current arrangements for postal voting, with two small exceptions.
The first policy change is that a 'person' rather than an 'elector' may make an application for a postal vote. This means that the electoral commissioner can issue the postal vote package in a timely way without assessing the applicant's entitlement to vote at the issuing stage.
This change does not necessarily mean that the person's vote will be counted. Once the completed postal vote certificate is returned to the electoral commissioner the person's eligibility to vote will be ascertained before including the ballot papers in the count in the weeks following polling day.
The new arrangements will continue to ensure that only postal votes by 'electors' will be counted, thus maintaining the integrity of the postal voting process.
The second small policy change is the repeal of a ground upon which a person may base a claim to be a general postal voter.
The repeal is merely a tidy up following amendments made in 2010 to the mobile polling provisions. The ground that is repealed is that a person may be a general postal voter if they live more than 20 kilometres from a place that will be visited by a mobile polling team.
As mobile polling teams are no longer limited to remote divisions, and the places that they visit are not confirmed until the writs for an election are issued, it is impractical to maintain such a ground upon which to base an application to be a general postal voter.
Schedule 1 to the bill implements the government's response to recommendation 12 made by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters in its report into the 2010 federal election.
The amendments made by schedule 2 to the bill seek to address concerns arising from the increasingly large number of Senate groups contesting elections. They are proposed as a means of discouraging candidates who are not seriously in contention for election and thereby would reduce the number of candidates on ballot papers.
The Senate election in New South Wales in 2010 provides some context for these amendments.
In this election there were 84 candidates distributed across 33 columns.
Of the 84 candidates, 42 candidates received fewer than 200 first preference votes. The total of the formal votes polled by these 42 candidates was 2,697 or 0.06 per cent of the total formal vote.
None of them came from a group which had a candidate elected and all lost their nomination deposits.
The increasingly large number of Senate groups contesting elections has an impact on formality due to a ballot paper that is growing in complexity in a voting system that requires every box to be numbered below the line if the elector chooses that voting option.
There are also practical issues associated with printing of such a ballot paper. The Senate ballot paper for New South Wales is already the maximum size that can be printed in Australia—1,020 millimetres—using currently available print technologies, and it is quite unwieldy. If more Senate groups contest the next election than in 2010, the font of the ballot paper must be further reduced in size. Reducing the font size significantly affects readability and therefore risks increased informal voting, thus affecting ballot outcomes.
Schedule 2 to the bill will increase the nomination deposit that must be paid by or on behalf of a candidate from $1,000 to $2,000 for all Senate candidates.
It will increase the nomination deposit that must be paid by or on behalf of all candidates for the House of Representatives from $500 to $1,000.
The last time that the deposits were increased was in 2006.
The increases were recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters in recommendations 31 and 32 and are supported by the government.
Schedule 2 to the bill will also increase the number of electors required to nominate an unendorsed candidate from 50 to 100 electors. Unendorsed candidates are candidates who either are not endorsed by a registered political party or are not a sitting Independent candidate.
Further, for unendorsed Senate candidates who have made a request to be grouped, each candidate will require 100 unique electors to nominate them. For example, if two Senate candidates have made a request to be grouped, the group will need 200 unique nominator electors.
There is no change to the number of nominators required for endorsed candidates of registered political parties or sitting Independent candidates as defined in the act.
The amendments to increase the required nomination deposit and to increase the number of nominators required for unendorsed candidates seek to strike the right balance between providing the opportunity for all eligible citizens to stand for parliament while at the same time putting in place some reasonable thresholds that candidates must meet; thresholds that will contribute to ensuring the effectiveness of the electoral process.
There are also a number of minor and technical amendments to both acts.
One of these amendments makes a change to the law relating to who may be enrolled and may vote at elections. Even before Federation there was a longstanding prohibition on people who were described as being 'of unsound mind' so that they are 'incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting'.
The amendments in this bill replace the outdated reference to 'unsound mind' with a non-judgemental requirement to obtain a letter or certificate from a 'qualified person' with respect to a person's capacity to vote. The amendments now provide a disqualification from enrolment if in the opinion of a qualified person the potential elector does not understand the nature and significance of enrolment and voting.
The inclusion of the words 'unsound mind' in the Commonwealth Electoral Act generates considerable concern in the community. General practitioners advise that they are not qualified to say whether somebody is or is not of 'unsound mind'. Such inappropriate language is both unhelpful and misleading.
The definition of 'qualified person' is adopted from the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and includes medical practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers.
There is no change of policy behind these amendments.
These amendments, by modernising these references, will help address the concerns on this issue of family members, carers and carers of people who have a substantial illness or enduring disability.
I commend the bill to the House.
Debate adjourned.


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32-year-old Bradley Wiggins recently became the first British Tour de France champion at the end of a race marked with the colours of Team Sky, which also propelled Christopher Froome to second place. The yellow jersey of the 2012 Tour and winner of the Besançon and Chartres time trials managed to transcend his image as a pursuit cyclist limited to the race against the clock and metamorphosed into a strong leader on all terrains.
32-year-old Bradley Wiggins recently became the first British Tour de France champion at the end of a race marked with the colours of Team Sky, which also propelled Christopher Froome to second place. The yellow jersey of the 2012 Tour and winner of the Besançon and Chartres time trials managed to transcend his image as a pursuit cyclist limited to the race against the clock and metamorphosed into a strong leader on all terrains.
Another caterpillar emerges from its cocoon as a butterfly! Pushing the pedals in a velodrome is probably not where you would have expected to find a young boy in the afternoon in early 1990s England. But Bradley Wiggins' love affair with track cycling started at the age of 12 thanks to his father Gary's long career as a six-day racer. He did not learn much from his absent father, but the genes he inherited from him are partly responsible for his great talent. In fact, his precocity and the determination with which he pursued his ambition to become a pro cyclist are the signs a one-of-a-kind personality. Surrounded by books, pictures and results of all sorts of races from a very early age, Bradley's teenage years revolved around cycling to an extent only matched by his tenacity in practising the sport.
A fixated Bradley first focused on the track in pursuit of his Olympic dreams, seizing his chance by crossing the Channel to sign his first professional contract with FDJ. His first experience at the Olympics ended on a sour note after a fall in the penultimate lap of the Madison cost him a second medal in Sydney to go with the bronze medal won in the team pursuit. His frustration only served to stoke his fire and push him towards finding a way of achieving his goals. In the run-up to the 2004 Olympics he even decided to leave his comfortable place at FDJ in order to leave some breathing space between him and Bradley McGee, his arch-rival in the 4 km pursuit race. As the pundits predicted, it all came down to a duel in the Athens velodrome, where Wiggins prevailed to claim the gold medal. His preparation for Beijing went even more smoothly and the Briton with the big engine ruled the pursuit race with an iron fist, taking gold in both the team and the individual efforts.
the track cyclist of Beijing sheds eight kilos
On the road too, a series of triggers and revelations transformed a time trialist limited to shining a few days every season into a strong all-rounder capable of keeping up with the best climbers despite lacking the explosiveness of the likes of Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. Following his stints at Crédit Agricole and Cofidis, Wiggins' victorious Chinese campaign demolished his mental blocks and heralded the rise of a whole new rider. First came his physical metamorphosis, as the track cyclist of Beijing burned eight kilos and went on to claim fourth place in the 2009 Tour de France for Garmin, a feat that was reported and celebrated but not always recognised for its true value. But Wiggins understood that he was now playing in a whole new league and became aware of his newly-found potential. His time came with the creation of Team Sky, which was willing to put the necessary means, ideas and actions on the table to turn the lanky redhead into a fully-fledged leader. Into a lean, mean, winning machine.
His 2010 season, in which his decision to start the Giro d'Italia before having another go at the Tour might have hurt his prospects, tantalised the Englishman and taught him patience. Wiggins' motivation only grew after crashing out of the 2011 Tour with a broken collarbone. He built confidence and set his sights on the 2012 edition, oozing determination and emboldening his entire team. The story of Wiggo's triumph is to be read as a collective work with elements of a long-running saga whose beginning can be found all the way back in Paris-Nice. The first major race of the season was also Wiggins' first real test, following the unveiling of a course tailored to riders with big engines, and boosted his credentials as a serious contender. The Tour de Romandie and the Critérium du Dauphiné further showcased the firepower and depth of Team Sky: Wiggins' lieutenants in his many victories are as strong as they are loyal and devoted to the cause. Bradley took on the leader's mantle thanks to his crushing domination of time trials. Sky's winning formula had passed its one-week tests with flying colours and was ready to be applied to the Tour with the same determination... with an added element of endurance.
At the front of the race from the prologue in Liège, Wiggins and his men never shirked their duties. After taking yellow on La Planche des Belles Filles, the favourite never succumbed to the temptation of passing on the jersey temporarily to a rider in another team to take the weight of the race off his teammates' shoulders, even when the buffer he opened in the time trial over an ever-dwindling number of rivals served as a safeguard against unpleasant surprises. The guitar collector remained focused and on the lookout until the end of the stage to Peyragudes, when the magnitude of his feat started to sink in after passing the Col de Peyresourde. Two days later he grabbed a second stage win in the Chartres time trial, in which he killed two birds with one stone by putting to rest the speculation on the supposed superiority of his teammate and closest chaser, Chris Froome, and by sealing his victory in a general classification that never went beyond his control.
Wiggins punched the air with delight as he crossed the line. The yellow butterfly had taken to the air.


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These days, cookies, not to mention crackers and snacks, need to present a healthier profile to attract -- and keep -- retailer and consumer interest.
With more people than ever trying to get or stay in shape, the introduction of better-for-you cookies, crackers, and snacks would seem to be a no-brainer for enterprising manufacturers and retailers. But can such products really keep America munching?
Data from ACNielsen's LabelTrends suggests that they can. Movement data on cookies, crackers, and snacks sold in U.S. supermarkets and featuring labels with fat, gluten, sugar, or salt content claims for the 52 weeks ending Dec. 2, 2006 showed healthy sales dollar increases. For example, low-fat cookies were up 17.7 percent, low-salt or -sodium graham crackers 29.8 percent, and sugar-free flavored snack crackers 40.6 percent.
These better-for you segments are shaping up as a business of some girth, even in the larger context of total snacks. According to ACNielsen, in crackers, for example, total dollar sales (in U.S. supermarkets) were roughly $2.9 billion in 2006. Of that, $917 million was accounted for by crackers with some kind of fat claim (low, reduced, or fat free) on the packaging. Cookies addressing the fat content issue constituted a $198 million business, while gluten-free cookie sales grew from a $1.3 million chunk in 2002, to a $5.5 million piece of business in 2006.
Gluten-free items, which the industry certainly appears to have pursued with some conviction in recent years, have performed especially well: Cookies, crackers, and snacks in the segment logged 30.2 percent, 178.6 percent, and 43.9 percent sales dollar surges, respectively.
Resourceful retailers have helped spur greater awareness of gluten intolerance, and thus more sales of gluten-free items.
"We're very involved with the local celiac support groups, and have dedicated space in all stores for gluten-free products," says Robb Pretasky, specialty foods director at Onalaska, Wis.-based Skogen's Festival Foods, a family-owned company that operates one Skogen's Market and nine Festival Foods stores in the state. "We have gluten-free lists available for our guests to make their shopping experience easier."
More generally, the retailer has sharpened its better-for-you snack assortment. "We've been selling some healthy snack alternatives for years, but it's only been in the last three years that we've really focused on the category," notes Pretasky. "We have dedicated 16 feet to 20 feet for natural/organic chips, as well as eight feet for cookies. These sections are located in the first aisle and are highly visible."
Pretasky defines healthier snacks as those containing "low fat and sodium content, zero trans fats, no artificial preservatives and colors, no chemical additives, no artificial flavors/sweeteners, no hydrogenated oils, and no GMOs," as well as "allergen-free alternatives."
Promotion of such products is a high priority for Skogen's Festival Foods. "We're working with our vendors to promote more items in weekly ads, dedicating more end caps for displays, and looking for secondary placements such as chip racks to promote the products and increase sales," says Pretasky. "We're always looking at expanding our selection and section sizes, to accommodate the demand for new items as this category grows. We're also running an aggressive allowance program with the support of vendors."
Niche markets gain prominence
While the efforts of big manufacturers such as Kraft and Kellogg Co. to offer portion-controlled products and reduce fat and sugar content in their cookies, crackers, and snack foods have been well publicized, some smaller companies are making their presence felt by focusing on more specialized health-and-wellness markets, among them consumers with the aforementioned conditions of gluten intolerance and food allergies.
"I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1994, and needed to find products that I could eat and would want to eat," recounts Mary Waldner, principal of namesake company Mary's Gone Crackers, based in Gridley, Calif. "I developed these crackers so I would have something to take to parties and restaurants, when others were eating bread and wheat crackers." Today the crackers are available in Original, Caraway, Black Pepper, Herb, and Onion flavors.
For the future, she adds, "our crackers will be in individual snack bags for sale by March. We have another whole grain snack coming out by the spring. Cookies will come later on."
When it comes to cookies, Pamela's Products, which specializes in the gluten-free variety, is certainly on a roll. "In the general category, cookies have been on a decline, but we are experiencing double-digit growth," notes Stephanie Torlakson, who handles marketing and community relations for the Ukiah, Calif.-based company. (The other companies contacted for this article reported similarly spectacular sales.)
A large part of Pamela's current success comes from its promotions strategy. "Pamela's Products has a long history of working directly with the retailer on in-store promotions that allow us to service the consumer in very personal promotions," notes Torlakson. "We supply samples and information as well as fun giveaway items for events that bring consumers to a store, and that allow the consumer to feel connected to their stores. We also provide shelf talkers, coupons, and tailor-made POS materials. All have been very helpful in bringing customers to Pamela's Products in the store."
"Food allergies are increasing in frequency and severity," notes Jill Robbins, president of Windham, N.H.-based Gak's Snacks, as well as the mother of a son with food allergies. "According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, one in 17 children under the age of 3, and more than 2 million school-age children, have food allergies....I designed products I would want to feed my own child -- they're organic, whole grain, and contain no fat or cholesterol. All our products are baked in a dedicated facility free of peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, and dairy."
Gak's Snacks began as a primarily Internet-based concern, but according to Robbins, "Customers are so eager to be able to purchase our products in their local stores," that the company is preparing to widely distribute items in six-ounce boxes she considers "perfect for retail." There will also be an addition to its cookie line: An oatmeal variety is expected to roll out this month, along with the new-size packaging.
Sometimes, identification as a better-for-you snack is determined by market demand, as was the case with The Kitchen Table Bakers, a Syossset, N.Y.-based company that produces All Parmesan Gourmet Wafer Crisps.
Says v.p. Seth Hayden Novick: "We started out as a low-carb product because my dad (and boss) was on a low-carb diet....Because of the quality of our wafers, the company went from low-carb to 'gourmet with healthy lifestyle benefits.' We then were 'rediscovered' by the wheat-/gluten-free, sugar-free, rich-in-calcium, and naturally-low-in-carbs markets, without changing anything, because we were always all-natural [and] have multiple market outlets."
Unlike some other comparable products, the company, which recently rolled out a flaxseed-flavored crisp and is currently working on single-serve "Grab 'N Gourmet" packaging containing three Aged Parmesan flavored crisps, prefers to be carried in the specialty/cheese department. The reason for this, according to Novick, is "because they typically sample products. [I]f we are put in the cracker section, we are often thought of as 'just another flour cracker,' and at the premium we are forced to sell a package for because of the cost of quality cheese, in many instances we get passed over unless we are sampled."
The placement challenge
Skogen's Festival Foods takes a hybrid approach to the problem of placement in either the mainstream aisle or a dedicated section.
"The majority of our healthy snacks are located in our natural food section," says Prestasky. "However, we do have some products integrated, as well as some secondary display locations. For the most part, I think our guests would prefer the items together; however major brand-name products can sometimes get lost if they're not integrated."
On the manufacturer side, some specialty companies take a diametrically opposed tack. "If we were in the mainstream cracker section, I'm afraid our product would get lost on the shelves," opines Waldner of Mary's Gone Crackers, who adds, "Awareness and desire for healthful food is certainly on the rise, but we are not yet in the same league as Nabisco."
Others see the advantages of mainstream placement. "The Annie's brand appeals to a broad range of consumers, including those who shop the mainstream aisle, so there are benefits of being placed in both locations," notes Sarah Bird, v.p. of marketing for Napa, Calif.-based Annie's Homegrown, which, among other products, offers a line of baked snack crackers made with organic wheat flour and cane syrup, and featuring no artificial ingredients, preservatives, hydrogenated oils, or trans fats.
In 2006 Annie's introduced three new snack cracker varieties: White Cheddar Bunnies, Sour Cream & Onion Bunnies, and Chocolate Chip Bunny Grahams. This year the company is considering the rollout of a Bunny Grahams multipack "to complement the success of [our] existing Cheddar Bunnies multipack of one-ounce pouches," says Bird.
The manufacturer's focus isn't just on making better-for-you foods for kids and their parents, though. "Annie's commitment to healthier products also extends to the way in which we do business," observes Bird. "Our foods are produced in a sustainable way for the health of families and the environment. We source our ingredients from small family farms whenever possible, use recycled 100 percent paper for our packaging, and support local communities through donations and special programs."
Healthier options present other challenges beyond placement, though. "Our snacks are built healthier than the majority of options out there, but we're certainly not selling carrots and celery here," notes Michael Sands, c.e.o. and founder of Tuckahoe, N.Y.-based LesserEvil, which produces a line of gourmet popcorn snacks and has recently introduced a baked potato snack, Krinkle Sticks. "The majority of healthier-positioned snacks lead with a 'health' message, giving consumers the impression they're going to have to sacrifice taste. We instead lead with deliciousness."
When asked to consider the near future regarding the better-for-you snack segment, Skogen's Festival Foods' Prestasky replies: "We will continue to increase our selection of healthier alternative chips, cookies, and crackers. There's a flood of new items, and customers are looking for us to meet their shopping needs. I see the cost of such products decreasing as the vendor/manufacturer competition heightens. We will continue to promote healthy snacks both in our ads and in-store specials. The future for healthy snacks is bright."


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For the last few weeks, the president has been criss-crossing the country appealing for support for his tax cut package that is now making its way through the Congress.
In the past few weeks, Mr Bush has visited military plants in California, Ohio, and Missouri, and met with small business leaders in Arkansas, Nebraska, and Indiana, arguing for a big tax cut to help jump-start the economy.
But for the president and his political team, the issue is not so much the size of the tax cut package as the way it will play in the next election.
Wooing the 'investor class'
Many economists, and many Democrats, have questioned the wisdom of the dividend tax cuts, which will not take effect soon enough to influence the economy this side of an election, and will disproportionately benefit the rich.
But for Mr Bush, reviving the stock market is crucial in bolstering his appeal to the "investor class" - those Americans (now more than half the population) who own stocks.
According to his political advisor Karl Rove, people who own stock are increasingly likely to vote Republican, with an extra margin of 10% across all social and ethnic groups.
The confidence of US investors was badly damaged by the dramatic drop in stock market prices that began in April 2000.
The hope is that the dividend tax cut, by making stocks more valuable, could help boost the value of those investments - and increase investor loyalty to the Republican Party.
Targeting wavering Senators
But to get his tax cut through Congress with a wafer-thin majority, Mr Bush also has to win over a few moderate Democrats, in order to neutralise the moderate Republicans like Maine's Olympia Snowe who are worried about the size of the deficit.
It is no accident that one of the first of Mr Bush's trips after the war in Iraq was ending took him to Ohio, the home of another moderate Republican, George Voinovich.
Mr Bush's trip to Arkansas last week seemed to have influenced first-term Senator Blanche Lincoln, a moderate Democrat whose vote was crucial in sending the tax cut proposal to the Senate floor.
This week's travel's take him to the home of two other moderate Democrats, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Evan Bayh of Indiana, both of whom face election fights in 2004.
Mr Bush is betting that Democrats up for re-election will be reluctant to take on the small business lobby he has been mobilising.
They point to the lessons of neighbouring Missouri, where the one-term Senator Jean Carnahan, lost a close race in 2002 after massive negative campaigning against her by small business groups.
Discomforting the Democrats
If Mr Bush is hoping to make life difficult for Democratic Senators, he is causing even more difficulty for those nine Democrats who are seeking to run against him for President.
By accelerating his earlier tax cuts, the president is forcing his rivals to say they will raise taxes in order to realise their more ambitious social objectives - something that only Representative Dick Gephardt, who called for repeal of the 2001 tax package to fund universal health care, has done so far.
And Mr Bush, in an attempt to avoid the mistakes made by his father, is positioning himself as a "compassionate conservative" on the economy - but not someone who raises taxes.
If his tax package is cut back, he can blame the Democrats for not doing enough to help the unemployed and revive the economy.
And if the economy does revive, he can claim credit for the tax cut package whatever its size.
With the Democrats too divided to come up with a clear alternative, polls show that the president's "jobs and growth plan" is gaining in popularity.


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The Top 10 Best Looking Dining Rooms in Dallas
Pairing upscale design with fine dining is as natural as having a little sushi with your sake. But there are many ways to describe the handsome restaurants in the city, from ornate and ostentatious to clever and contemporary--and here we've included far more of the latter. (Think more Tom Brady, less Prince William.) That said, City of Ate presents our take on Dallas designs well done, those that enhance the dining experience without getting in its way, those that bring out the concept the restaurateurs are going for, and perhaps in their own way, make the taste of the food, and even its price, go down a little better.
Uptown Dallas' Kens and Barbies flock to this nautical-themed oasis in the middle of landlocked Travis Walk. Organic cuisine, like its Fennel Crusted Sea Scallops and Lasagna Bolognese made with Wagyu beef, is paired with the oceanic atmosphere, dark woods, crisp whites and deep blues. In the summer, the breezy patio is reminiscent of an alfresco afternoon on the Amalfi Coast.
Architects Bentel and Bentel spared no luxury in this multi-textured beauty. A two-story steel framed wine cabinet sits stark against walnut tables, and overhead, a chandelier of filament bulbs burns brightly. The food is served family-style, presented on large platters in the middle of the table, which cuts any bit of stuffiness some may feel upon entering the dining room, situated in the chic W Hotel in Victory Park.
If you have a lofty love of Asian artwork and can appreciate dining outside of downtown, this venue is for you. The panoramic view alone puts it on the list, but add to that the multi-million dollar gallery-worthy collection of vases, statues and paintings. The food is as rich as the scenery, and Chef Anthony Bombaci's minimalist plating techniques are a perfect pairing to the room's clean lines.
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The new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 4.3.0 includes new remarkable features of writing updated Resource data back to MPP file & Writing updated data to MS Project 2007 MPP file. Moreover this release also allows writing updated outline codes definitions and values back to MPP files as well as Writing updated extended attributes definitions and values back to MPP file Below is the complete lists of new features and important bug fixes included in this release.
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Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.
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42 U.S. Code § 3712h - Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management
There is established within the Office an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. In carrying out the functions of the Office, the Director shall be subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Attorney General. Such authority, direction, and control may be delegated only to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelegation.
The purpose of the Office shall be to carry out and coordinate program assessments of, take actions to ensure compliance with the terms of, and manage information with respect to, grants under programs covered by subsection (b). The Director shall take special conditions of the grant into account and consult with the office that issued those conditions to ensure appropriate compliance.
The Office shall be the exclusive element of the Department of Justice, other than the Inspector General, performing functions and activities for the purpose specified in paragraph (2). There are hereby transferred to the Office all functions and activities, other than functions and activities of the Inspector General, for such purpose performed immediately before January 5, 2006, by any other element of the Department.
The Director shall select grants awarded under the programs covered by subsection (b) and carry out program assessments on such grants. In selecting such grants, the Director shall ensure that the aggregate amount awarded under the grants so selected represent not less than 10 percent of the aggregate amount of money awarded under all such grant programs.
This subsection does not affect the authority or duty of the Director of the National Institute of Justice to carry out overall evaluations of programs covered by subsection (b), except that such Director shall consult with the Director of the Office in carrying out such evaluations.
The Director shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the terms of a grant as the Director considers appropriate with respect to each grant that the Director determines (in consultation with the head of the element of the Department of Justice concerned), through a program assessment under subsection (a) or other means, is not in compliance with such terms. In the case of a misuse of more than 1 percent of the grant amount concerned, the Director shall, in addition to any other action to ensure compliance that the Director considers appropriate, ensure that the entity responsible for such misuse ceases to receive any funds under any program covered by subsection (b) until such entity repays to the Attorney General an amount equal to the amounts misused. The Director may, in unusual circumstances, grant relief from this requirement to ensure that an innocent party is not punished.
The Director shall establish and maintain, in consultation with the chief information officer of the Office, a modern, automated system for managing all information relating to the grants made under the programs covered by subsection (b).
Not to exceed 3 percent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the programs covered by subsection (b) shall be reserved for the Office of Audit, Assessment and Management for the activities authorized by this section.
January 5, 2006, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), was in the original "the date of the enactment of this Act" and was translated as meaning the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–162, which enacted this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Section was formerly classified to section 3712d of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 109–271.
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Yes, all Broncos fans remember it. How could we forget about it?
Divisional Round of the playoffs last year in Foxboro. The Broncos were riding high following their 31-25 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Demaryius Thomas' 80 yard touchdown reception to open up the overtime period. The Broncos had entered that game as 10 point underdogs, and came out as victors in one of the biggest playoff upsets in recent memory.
Flash forward to a week later. The Broncos travel to Foxboro to take on the AFC-best New England Patriots. Just three weeks prior, the Broncos had played the Patriots in Denver, and had actually gotten out to a quick first quarter start. After the first quarter had ended, the Broncos were up 16-7. Of course, as everyone knows, the wheels quickly fell off, as the Broncos and Tim Tebow uncharacteristically turned the ball over, and Tom Brady and company capitalized before finishing the Broncos off 41-23.
In that Week 16 matchup, Brady was simply unstoppable. He frequently ran the offense in a shotgun formation, with multiple receiver sets, and utilized the no-huddle offense to further offset the Denver defense. He went 23-34 for two touchdowns, one rushing touchdown and more importantly, no interceptions.
You would have thought that Denver would come out a little bit motivated against the Patriots three weeks later in Foxboro in the second round of the playoffs, right?
The Broncos played even worse. They were done from the onset. Brady threw six touchdowns – with 28 minutes still remaining in the game. It got so bad, that by the end of the game, Brady was pooch punting it instead of Zoltan Mesko. Brady went 26-34 for 363 yards, six touchdowns and just one interception.
The Broncos' defense have had a penchant of being unable to deter elite quarterbacks. They had a problem doing it against Brady and Aaron Rodgers last year, they had problems doing it when they were up against Peyton Manning when he was with the Colts for numerous years, and they've had problems with Matt Ryan and Matt Schaub thus far this year.
So the question begs, what should we expect from the Patriots' offense in this game?
Expect the same thing that you saw in last year's games from the Patriots. It doesn't get any more simple than that. The Patriots will run a little bit more of a variety of runs with Brandon Bolden and Stevan Ridley, as the Pats rank in the top 10 in rushing this season. The Patriots had no run game last year, but now, with the threat of a running game, the Pats' offense is even more of a threat than they were last year.
The Pats will often line up in the shotgun, and utilize the no-huddle offense to keep the Broncos off-balance. The interesting matchup here is with Denver's blitz on Brady. Brady has the highest completion rate of any quarterback in the NFL on the blitz. Denver blitzes at one of the highest rates in the NFL, and actually has held opponents to the second-lowest completion rate of any blitzing team in the league at 47.6%.
And folks, this is where the game will be won or lost – whether Denver's blitz can effectively rattle Brady. The Broncos came at Brady hard last year in both games, but they were unable to rattle Brady, largely because they simply couldn't get to Brady.
With a new defensive coordinator this year in Jack Del Rio, the Broncos are a blitz-heavy team. This game will likely be dictated by whether or not the Broncos can knock Brady off of his comfort factor, as teams such as the Jets, Ravens and Giants have been able to do in recent years.
If the Broncos pressure Brady, the Broncos likely win this game.
If the Broncos can't pressure Brady, the Broncos will likely lose this game – even if Manning can contest Brady in a shootout game.
This game comes down to Denver's front seven matchup with Tom Brady.
It will dictate who the winner and loser is of this game.Tags: Denver, Denver Broncos, Football, Jack Del Rio, NFL, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady


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288/18 Surawongse Road Si Praya, Bangrak
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O'Nidra House is situated on Surawongse Road (parallel to the Silom), ideally located in the most historical and central area of Bangkok, within walking distance to nightlife interesting spots of the city and major attractions along the Chaophraya River , with the superb transport network BTS sky train , Bus, Public Boat and Central Train Station.
Nidrā means sleeping which is a state of conscious deep sleep for extreme relaxation and subtler spiritual exploration. Therefore, we designed all rooms to reach the best state of your sleeping in Thai modern style based on color therapy decorating with natural material form to show how Thais form their living.It becomes a local art mixed design. But we care about sanitary should be comforted so luxury sanitary are provided. Variety room Type selection dormitory, Single and Double Bed, are equipped with 100% cotton bedding set.
The facilities include separate bathrooms from bed area and shower rooms on roof top, open air garden , a 24 hours reception, common space for dining room, cable TV area, and free use of the pantry. Our features include free herbal shower gel&shampoo, free Wi-Fi, facilities and free satellite TV.
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Urban House is close to all the tourist site and is a short walking distance from the Central Station. The hostel is clean and very modern. Travelers arriving early has no option to check in early. Check in time is 3pm. The hostel has lockers to place your bags if you want to see the city before the 3pm check in. Additionally, breakfast is extra fee.
Location -- everyone thinks it's excellent, it's not particularly great given other options. *Invisible staff? *Lockers downstairs simply didn't work *Shower was broken in my room *Crowded around the hotel *Hot *Smells terrible
Urban House is close to all the tourist site and is a short walking distance from the Central Station. The hostel is clean and very modern. Travelers arriving early has no option to check in early. Check in time is 3pm. The hostel has lockers to place your bags if you want to see the city before the 3pm check in. Additionally, breakfast is extra fee.
Location -- everyone thinks it's excellent, it's not particularly great given other options. *Invisible staff? *Lockers downstairs simply didn't work *Shower was broken in my room *Crowded around the hotel *Hot *Smells terrible
The rooms are spacious and extremely clean. The late check out. The staff is awesome! Close to everything. N/A
The staff was extremely friendly. Close to the train station and shopping. The kitchen was a great way to meet new friends. The movie room was very nice. Sometimes it was a little loud outside, but mostly it wasn't.
good mixture of people this is not a hostel; the prices are outrageous and no place that calls itself a hostel should be doing this.
Era fácil para fazer o check-in e check-out Nada de mais
A estes preços FICAR EM UM HOTEL. Muito melhor
Da localização do hostel. Sim. A higiene dos banheiros que eram compartilhados e o conforto do quarto.
Gostei da localização, e da simpatia do pessoal, não obstante na primeira noite nos terem dado um quardo diferente do contratado, mas rectificado nos seguintes, Para cidadão do Sul da Europa não é normal não estar incluido no preço os lençois e as toalhas.
Da rectificação feita no segundo dia relativamente ao tratamento impertinente da recepção na chegada, que não reconheceu a existência válida da reserva efectuada, exigindo um pagamento superior e antecipado. Remeto para a resposta à questão anterior.
A proximidade do centro da cidade A limpeza das casas de banho
gostei apenas da localização os funcionários eram grossos, o quarto mínimo, o banheiro imundo e horrível, tudo péssimo, além de surpresas como ter que pagar a mais por não ser sócio de um clube de hostels, e ter que pagar mais 7 euros para ter lençois!
acho que deviam colocar os preços correctos na internet. Quando cheguei ao hotel tinha uma reserva de 1684Dkk. mas tive que pagar mais lençois, toalhas e cartao de danhostel passei a pagar 2200dkk.muito mau deviam colocar isso no momento do booking.
Localização, funcionalidade, preço. Não
Bom quarto, perto do centro, boa relação preço/qualidade
Fica perto de tudo. Tive que pagar uma taxa de 200 coroas a mais para ficar. Sendo que já havia perguntado para a booking.com se haveria taxa extra e me disseram que nao.
Da visita ao museu do Masken, do passeio à cidade de Christiania, e dos passeios de metrô. A gurizada que chegava tarde da noite era muito esporrenta e acordava a gente.
Preço acessivel maior limpeza das instalaçoes (que sao vergonhosas, nao limpam WC nem despejam lixo!), assim como tentarem ser mais compreensivos a alguns pedidos dos clientes
Gostei da qualidade do serviço do hostel, bem como a sua excelente localização. A falta de internet wi-fi no hostel.
De ser muito internacional e termos a possibilidade de conhecermos pessoas de todo o mundo
Localizaçao Tive que pagar uma taxa de 200 coroas a mais para ficar. Sendo que já havia perguntado para a booking.com se haveria taxa extra e me disseram que nao.
kitchen and utensils provided. spacious with large common area, as well as playground for children. inconvenient location with 15 mins walk from metro. far away from the city centre. no free wifi. if you are not international hostel member, nd to pay for extra 35DKK per night.
Decent distance to metro and airport. 10min walking and 20min train/metro to airport. Many showers. Too expensive for a hostel that's not in the center of things. Extra $7 for linens (no towel) is a bit excessive. Not enough electric outlets in room/next to beds, where you can charge your phone
I liked stay at the Danhostel Copenhagen Amager becouse it is pretty cheap and nor far from Copenhagen Airport Kastrup.
the room was dreadfully smelly
It was clean Even though it was cheap, it was still too expensive for what it was. I got annoyed when I got there and was informed that they sent me an email ( I never recieved) where it said I had to pay extra for bedsheets and for a card to allow me to stay there. Further more, it was a place for poor homeless people in denmark and I did not feel comfortable staying there.
I was in a conference near to the hotel. The location was excellent for this. Poor service, bad value for money
Personal was very nice and kind, I was feeling like a home.
The rooms and restroom was clean. The place was not crowded and so there was no queuing up for the restrooms! probably because it was winter time and there were not many travellers to copenhagen at that time. It was very close to a metro stop(bella centre) and hence we were well connected to the rest of the city. There were no shops nearby and it was in a kind of isolated area. So better to stock yourselves up with food and groceries before you reach the place. Of course the hostel had some stuff like noodles, bread and other eatables and a decent kitchen, but new travellers may not adjust to it immediately.
Good rooms, excellent breakfast! Many additional taxes... Real price increases on 10-15 euro.
I had a roof on my head! I had to pay everything "extra", even a plastic teaspoon. The room was too little. they take 2% extra price when you pay with credit card.
Located directly across the street from Copenhagen Central Station, as well as other central activities like Tivoli and walking distance from The Round Tower, Church of Our Savior, Museum of Denmark, etc. Charming commons room with friendly and knowledgeable staff. Free WIFI & plenty of charge ports. Cleanliness was not good.
nice for wash no
after booking they told us to pay extra for each person i.e Guest card has to be purchased..which was not mentioned while booking the Hostel, this is really unfair..
BE AWARE! This hostel will charge extra for guest card (DKK 35) and there is no free wireless internet, as advertised. Also it got a little bit noisy at night.
It's a good hostel: don't expect the service of an hotel, but the service of an hostel. But the price is very good, if you compare it to danish hotels
The personal could speak English. Unfortunately, the hostel does not provide hospitality. Its entire strategy is to rip of customers with in transparent practices. Additional fees are everywhere: i.e. guest card for non-memberships of Danhostel (DKK. 35.00 per person, per night), bed-linen (DKK. 50.00 per set) and credit card payment (3.75%). Even alcoholic drinks are not permitted if not bought at the hostel. In total, our stay was way to expensive compared to what you get offered: very basic room with shared bathroom facilities. I wonder how this place is rated with 3 stars on booking.com. The service is unfriendly and only interested in your money not in the quality of your stay. We will NEVER stay in this location again!
Friendly staff, delicious breakfast, in the near of the central station The double bed room was very uncomfortable, you can not lock the room, its like the cellar room: The waste pipe of the upper room is in this room over the bed and when it is used very noisy!! The bed is very uncomfortable.
Location, price Very, very basic accommodation
friendly and helpful staff. First time in Europe and they helped me get around. Its like a cafe/hostel. Has a cafe/bar and little performing stage. You can also come in and out at any hours as you please. It is convenient to EVERYTHING in copenhagen. shower smelled a little funky. it was coming from the drain. and i had to go to the 3rd floor for kitchen. nothing to reduce the rating though, maybe just picky on my part.


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Moon superintendent starts rugby program
After talking to Curt Baker for a few minutes, it's clear how passionate he is about rugby.
"No other sport gives you such an intense sense of selflessness and unified purpose," Baker said. "I believe this is why rugby players all over the world feel such a passion for the game and such a feeling of brotherhood."
It's from that passion that the Moon superintendent will start a rugby program at the school and serve as head coach.
"I think the core reason to coaching a team sport goes to a broader concept. I think it's really significant and really important that the superintendent not lose touch with his students," Baker added. "For me personally, this is as great a vehicle that exits to be able to remain close to students within the school system."
In 2003, Baker started a rugby program at Unionville High School, just outside of Philadelphia, and molded it in to one of the best in the state. En route to winning the 2013 Rugby Pennsylvania state championship last spring, Baker defeated another rugby power — Burrell — in the semifinals.
"They were huge last year," Burrell coach Ron Zanella said. "He did a good job. He got them ready."
Baker said during his time as Unionville's coach, he saw tremendous growth within the athletes he had, many of whom went on to play during college, and that's what he hopes to bring to Moon.
"I think it's been warmly received," Baker said. "I think that at the end of the day our job is to provide a great learning experience to our students. If this adds to that process I think that's warmly embraced."
While at a varsity basketball game last week, Baker described an incident where a student came up to him and expressed how excited he was for the rugby team, and that'd he helped recruit as many people as he could.
"That's about as good as news as I could hear," Baker said.
Often labeled as "football without pads" by those unfamiliar with the sport, rugby tends to resemble the wide-open play of soccer more than anything.
As a lifelong rugger, Barker played collegiality at the University of Southern California, Tufts University and the London School of Economics before playing several more years of club rugby. Both of his sons played for Penn State University. As a testament to the camaraderie and self-discipline taught through playing rugby, Baker shares an excerpt from Nando Parrado's book "Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home." The passage explains the bond Parrado formed with his teammates.
"To the Christian Brothers (rugby club), rugby was more than a game, it was sport raised to the level of a moral discipline," Parrodo wrote. "At its heart was the ironclad belief that no other sport taught so devoutly the importance of striving, suffering and sacrificing in the pursuit of a common goal."
The rugby program will be school affiliated, but not school sponsored since it isn't PIAA sport. The team will participate in Rugby Pennsylvania, which is the state ordinance of USA Rugby. Signups and a general information meeting will be on Jan. 7. The season will run from March through May with scrimmages starting in late February.
Justin Criado is a freelance writer.