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It should be only a matter of time now before the Los Angeles Clippers announce their new coach. And no matter how many twists and turns have been involved in this saga, that coach should soon be Doc Rivers.
We're well past the one-week mark since the talks between the Clippers and Boston Celtics began in earnest, with the original discussions centering on Rivers and Kevin Garnett heading to Los Angeles for DeAndre Jordan, draft picks and — if the Celtics had gotten their way — guard Eric Bledsoe.
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In the meantime, there have been two stoppages of talks altogether, multiple declarations on the death of the deal, almost as many assertions that something was close and, of course, interference from the league, which gently reminded the Celtics and Clippers that coaches could not be traded for players.
Now, though, the Rivers aspect of the deal has come to a head. After rejecting an offer that would have allowed Rivers to coach the Clippers for second-round picks, the Celtics and Clippers agreed to a deal that will send an unprotected first-round pick in the 2015 draft to Boston. The pick would be compensation for releasing Rivers from the final three years of his Celtics contract.
Some evidence as to the impending departure of Rivers—who probably won't be back with the Celtics even if the Clippers situation falls apart again—came over the weekend, as one of Rivers' top assistants, Mike Longabardi, was hired away from the Celtics to join the Suns staff.
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As for Rivers-to-the-Clippers, all that remains to be seen is whether the NBA would move to block such a deal. While coaches can't be included in player swaps, picks can be given up to compensate teams allowing coaches to break their contracts.
What will be more interesting to watch from there is whether the Celtics and Clippers are able to resuscitate the player part of the deal, which would center on a swap of Jordan and Garnett. Commissioner David Stern has made it clear that, because of the public nature of the negotiations, he would veto any deal that had the appearance of being influenced by the Rivers hiring. At this point, it is almost impossible to complete the Rivers deal without raising league suspicions on a Garnett-Jordan deal.
The league's immediate concern would be that the Clippers are giving up a talented 24-year-old center for Garnett, a 37-year-old. But whether the league can justify blocking a swap of the two is a concern in itself—despite the age gap, Jordan is a career underachiever, while Garnett averaged 14.8 points and 7.8 rebounds last year, earning an All-Star spot.
The Celtics, meanwhile, are also looking at deals involving Paul Pierce, who could join Rivers and Garnett in LA should Boston buy out the final year of his contract before June 30, at $5 million. The Celtics have had, according to one source, "three or four legitimate offers," that would allow them to trade Pierce without taking back a player, which would leave the Celtics with a trade exception that they could use elsewhere—in a sign-and-trade for Atlanta's Josh Smith, for example.
Thus, as the Rivers situation gets closer to a resolution, it could take a while to sort out what happens with Pierce and Garnett. In other words, this will be only the beginning of a dramatic summer for the Celtics.


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DETROIT—So much for the Detroit Lions finally providing a watchable Thanksgiving Day game. They imploded on the national stage, losing 27-15 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
The Lions turned the ball over three times, leading to 17 Packers points. Worse, they committed 10 penalties for 77 yards. And one cost them their highest-profile player. Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was ejected after he attempted to stomp on Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith.
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Green Bay extended its perfect season to 11-0. As bad as the Lions were, the Packers were equally good, at least in the second half.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was 22-of-32 passing for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Of those yards, 242 came in the clinic he put on in the second half.
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Suh was ejected near the end of the Packers' first drive of the second half. Result: The Packers scored 17 points on their next nine plays.
Suh, who was voted the dirtiest player in the NFL in a recent poll of players by Sporting News, was kicked out of the game after he was flagged for unnecessary roughness after attempting to stomp on Dietrich-Smith, who was on the ground. The penalty came after a third-and-goal play for the Packers. It gave them a new set of downs inside the five, and they subsequently scored a touchdown to extend their lead to 14-0.
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Matthew Stafford threw an interception on the Lions' next drive, and the Packers needed one play to go 65 yards for the touchdown. On the next drive, Stafford threw an interception on the second play, and the Packers kicked a field goal.
Green Bay won its 17th consecutive game, including the playoffs, and bolstered their lead over the Lions in the rugged NFC North. They are 11-0 for the first time.
Down 24-0, the Lions got their first points with 13:11 left in the game on a six-yard run by Keiland Williams, followed by a two-point conversion on a Stafford pass to Titus Young.
Williams took over early in the game when featured back Kevin Smith went down with a leg injury.
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Getting closer, but still needing some help?! (:
Okay, so maybe a month ago, I had this big "crisis" in that I had too many "Sections" to fit into my Navigation Tabs for each page.
After kicking things around over the last few weeks, I think I have come up with a pretty good "Information Architecture", however, I could use a little help and advice finishing it off so it is a winner!!
To fix things, first I decided that instead of trying to cram 15-20 topics into my Navigation Bar, I would just create maybe 4-5 broad "Categories".
They are...[INDENT]
- Finance
- Legal
- Management
- Operation
- Marketing
Then I kept all of the groups I originally had, and called them "Sub-Categories".
The trick to making things complete and yet flexible, was to create a grouping of Sub-Categories called "Dimensions"...
What this allows me to do is "mix-n-match" different concepts (e.g. Target Audience or Business Structure) under one larger topic (e.g. Legal).
So here is where I could use some advice...
For purposes of a good End-User Experience, should I just have a "Category" and "Sub-Category" in the URL like this....
Or would it be better to add in the concept of a "Dimension" in the URL like this...
Obviously the second example is clearer to the end-user, and probably helps them follow how the zillions of topics on my website are organized.
However, the downside is that the second approach would make my mod_rewrite a little trickier, and would definitely add more complexity - although not tons - to my PHP and MySQL that I use to sanitize the URL and serve up the page...
[ot]I like my concept of "Dimension", because it allows me to avoid having a grossly complex, and NESTED, architecture playing out every combination, for example...
So instead of trying to come up with every combination, I just list articles which relate to a "Dimension" and then I can always cross-reference the same article in another "Dimension" like this...
Any thoughts on this??
Largely it doesn't matter, but I'd make them as pretty as possible and easiest to type or copy & pasteFor individual pages I'd remove the directories:/how-to-balance-a-physical-and-online-business
I'd make the high level grouping url's work too though:/finance/legal/management/operation/marketing
You lost me here, Mark?!
You are saying make my URL's pretty, but then remove directories? :-/
What is wrong with something like either of these...
If you really meant what you said, then all I would have is...
...and that defeats the entire purpose of "Pretty URLs"?!
Already have done that.
Either way would work, but if you make it too long, then it will become less likely for your customers to use them. Keep them simple. I know the pretty URL will get you some seo link juice, but not enough to make it difficult for your customers to remember/use. Personally, I'd drop the url down to the simplest form for your site and use a breadcrumb to show the structure. Something like: www.mysite.com/article/how-to-balance-a-physical-and-online-business
This allows you to use a pretty URL but isn't too overwhelming for joe and jane webuser. Look at the SP urls for the main site (you can't look at the forum URLs - that's vBulletin **** links with a seo plugin added on). There's no categorization or anything - just the article/blog post name.
Here's an interesting read that is kind of related to this subject: http://www.not-implemented.com/urls-are-for-people-not-computers/
So how long is too long?
On the back-end I'd like to keep this new structure that I'm working on, which is...
Category > Dimension > Sub-Category > Article
But what if I back things off a notch, and take out "Dimension" from the URL? Then my URL's would look like this...
Don't those URL's seem informative and yet not too long??
Keep them simple. I know the pretty URL will get you some seo link juice, but not enough to make it difficult for your customers to remember/use. Personally, I'd drop the url down to the simplest form for your site and use a breadcrumb to show the structure. Something like: www.mysite.com/article/how-to-balance-a-physical-and-online-business
Well, currently I have something like this...
...but all I am really doing is swapping out the generic articles/ with a more descriptive Sub-Category like accounting/
So that really doesn't add anything on to the length.
I can see how your URL has some merits, but Breadcrumbs can be a real nightmare programming-wise, and I'm just not ready to take that leap with my code.
I see what you are saying, but considering that I have over 60 Sub-Categories, it seems that just lumping everything together in 4-5 broad Categories offers too little organization, you know?
My hope by at least adding a "Sub-Category" to the URL - if not the "Dimension" too - is to help people see...
1.) How my website is structured
2.) How Articles are cross-referenced across different "Dimensions"
Follow me?
Too long.
It's too long if the chances of typos gets annoying.
Back-end has nothing to do with URL structure. You can keep the back-end however you want it, but still use a usable URL.
Personally, those are way too long for me.
Put it this way - the site I used to run for my barbershop chorus had a long main URL - our members found the URL too long, not to mention the public, so we ended up getting one much shorter which forwards over to our original....
But it doesn't really add value...just my opinion though.
Not sure I understand this at all - you should have the basic framework of this navigation process in your sitemap page (you do have one of those for the search engines, don't you?). Start with the article, find it's sub-category and keep looping up through the parents until you get the root.
If your database is structured right, this should be a REALLY simple step.
Again, URLs have NOTHING to do with site structure. They are a means to an end, and that end is to get the customer to the content, and the harder you make it for people to get to the content, the fewer customers you are going to have.
Yup, but honestly, I wouldn't care. And if I'm a developer, and I don't care, then joe and jane webuser are going to care less. Most people don't try to decode URLs to guess where your content is - they'd rather have the breadcrumbs or a decent menu structure. Then a sitemap, and then finally, they might go to the URL. But if they get to that point, you've probably lost them.....
**First let me put in the disclaimer that I like you and value your opinions in general, but your responses below have me scratching my head! :scratch: :lol:
Why would any normal user ever be typing in the Address Bar?! (Except maybe to chop off the ending of a URL to go up to the parent directory?)
Well, in the past, when I load an Article, I check the URL as part of the "sanitizing and validation" process. (Although since an Article Slug is unique, technically I wouldn't need to do that.)
How is this too long...
(That is almost exactly what you would see if you landed on my Home Page...)
Love you, but I think you're way out in Left Field on this one.
You are saying you want Breadcrumbs and yet you want the URL to be almost non-existent?!
Last month I had a similar conversation, and the consensus seemed to be... "If you have clean URL's and a clean site structure, Breadcrumbs don't really provide much extra value unless you are building an e-commerce site." (That is the same conclusion I came to.)
I don't understand why you want a shortened URL like this...
...but then you want a Breadcrumb spelling things out like this...
Legal > Tax-Law > Make Sure You Are Charging Sales Tax
"Six of one, a half-a-dozen of the other..."
Not sure I understand this at all - you should have the basic framework of this navigation process in your sitemap page (you do have one of those for the search engines, don't you?).
Now he is going to nail me... :rolleyes:
If I understand what you are saying, "No, I don't have a 'Site Map'"
Does my website have easy Navigation? Yes!!!!
And in the past did I go to some 3rd-party website and generate a "Search Engine Site Map" for Google, "Yes!"
But I don't think my website has what you are referring to. (So maybe you can help "edumacate" me...) :lol:
Start with the article, find it's sub-category and keep looping up through the parents until you get the root.
If you go to this other thread, you can see my proposed Table Structure here...
Assuming my ERD meets your approval, can you please help me figure out - at least conceptually - how I'd build a Breadcrumb from that??
Well, this is where we seem to disagree.
I can't image - if given the choice - why anyone wouldn't want a "Pretty URL" that shows where each webpage logically fits into the "Information Architecture" of the website?! :eek:
I see the URL the same as when I am looking at the Directory Path for a file on my computer.
Now, I agree that the way I have things organized on the back-end is quite different from the URL, however, in my mind the URL should match up exactly with the Logical Structure of my website, and if it doesn't then it is a detractor...
I have a section called "Legal", and if you click on that navigation tab, you are taken to a "Legal landing page" which includes sub-sections including "Tax-Law", which in turn has links to related articles including "Make Sure You are Charging Sales Tax Online".
So as you navigate my website physically, things are set up like this...
More so, logically that is also how things are structured.
So - in my mind - if I can make the URL reflect the Physical-Layout and the Logical "Information Architecture", then it further reinforces things...
Could I also add a Breadcrumb? Sure, but with the URL's I hoped to use, there wouldn't be much need...
I'll wait for your response...
this is my vote...
Make it simple and compartmentalized for you, the user, and google.
It happens more than you think.....especially if they would get something in print (emails printed, etc) - which happens a LOT more than is expected, especially with the older generations.
That's not. But I would argue that www.mysite.com/management/business-structure/hybrid/how-to-balance-a-physical-and-online-business is. My point was that if people were having problems typing in the site URL (which was fixed obviously), then having a long structure to deal with allows for a lot of typos (missed slashes, reversed letters, etc.)
No, it's not. Personally, having multiple ways to get to the same article
All pointing to the same article. Number one, you've got the potential of getting hurt by the search engines for duplicate content (note - this might be an old issue, but it used to be a serious one). Number two, someone coming in from the cold is going to be wondering what the difference is between these different articles when in reality it's the same.
As soon as you've got all these ways to get to the same article, your "clean structure" just went out the window. It may be well-organized as there are logical reasons for the articles to be where they are, but it's not clean.
So, every time you add a new category, sub-category, article, etc., you're going to go that third party website and create a new search engine site map? Seems like an awful lot of work to me, and one more thing to forget to do.
Here's a quick & dirty (and bit ugly tbh) example I found on a quick search. It gives you the basic idea on what needs to be done: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018919/how-to-create-a-sitemap-using-php-mysql
Honestly, I don't see the complete ERD there, so I can't comment on it. I think I can see where you're going, and I think it's a bit overly complex for my taste. A category, sub-category and dimension are all the same, so I don't see why they need to be in separate tables. One table (Category - ID, Name, ParentCategoryID) meets the need, and ParentCategoryID would be null for the root category.
You could then have a crossover table which ties articles to category. (ex: ArticleCategory -ArticleID, CategoryID)
[ot]Pseudocode for breadcrumbs and sitemaps using my quick & dirty structure
Both of these could be done easily using stored procedures. Just keep calling the stored procedure until the value is empty, the recursive calls will then build the structures you want. You could return the html or (more properly) arrays which contain the data which can be parsed into html[/ot]
Have you looked at the URLs for twitter and/or facebook? The twitter url is twitter.com/username. Facebook is the same. There's no hint of information architecture there.....
And how do these links show an information architecture for a site?
If you keep it to a level or two, sure. But as soon as you start using three and four "folder" structures, it loses all effectiveness. Even the site you've used as an example before, bloomberg.com, doesn't go more than a level or two deep.
And here's something else you need to consider - not all people think like you do. Especially small business owners (which I think is your target audience?). Small business owners, unless they're accountants or lawyers or something similar where their profession is "logical" and black and white, are going to be more the creative types, or else people like my wife who just want to get where they want easily, and changing the URL is not easy to her (especially on tablets - she hates typing on a tablet).
As for the breadcrumbs, the more "deep" you make your site, the more critical an easy navigation is going to be. Don't make me have to change the URL to get to another portion of your site (using your examples, should I go back to hybrid? Or the level above? Or all the way to management?). Same with having to use a big menu structure....those concepts are so 90's.
Just my opinion who has a "logical" mind but deal with enough creative types
If my PR was 9 or 10 getting a few billion hits a day then I would make my URL's pretty too. But for the normal site that is fighting tooth and nail just to show up somewhere in the top 100 then pretty is out as far as I go.
Yes, but she's specifically talking about pretty URLs.
Fair enough.
That was an earlier example. I agree that one is too intense.
We agree, but my point was that - as I see it - the way you read a "Pretty URL" is nearly the same as how you read a Breadcrumb.
Your stance seems to be, "People like and can easily read Breadcrumbs, but they tend to shy away from reading Pretty URL's..."
You may be right, but to me, a "Pretty URL" and a Breadcrumb are nearly identical from how you read them. That is what I was "Six of one, a half-a-dozen of another" ing about!
Well, several months ago I consulted with people here on SitePoint about this topic, and the consensus was, "It is a good thing to cross-reference the Same Article in Different Sections of your website. Users will appreciate this because they won't have to search for things - it will be in the Section they care about. And Search Engines shouldn't care either, as long as you aren't doing this 10 times for every Article?!"
So I'm sticking with that game plan.
More importantly, though, you unintentionally are taking what I said out-of-context...
The URL's above are examples of what I was trying to AVOID...
I was saying earlier in this thread that I wanted to avoid DEEP threads because - like you - I think that having numerous levels would confuse things. (And be a maintenance nightmare.)
Lemme do a deeper dive into what I was trying to say...
If I took a traditional approach to my website, and I had 2 competing concepts like Business Structure (e.g. Sole Prop, S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC) and Business Presence (e.g. Brick & Mortar, Online, Hybrid) which BOTH applied to an Article, then I might "AND" things and create - you're a techy so you'll get this - a "Cartesian Product". (I was trying to show that above with the BAD URL's...)
So the "brilliant" idea I had a few days ago was to introduce the concept of "Dimension" to my website.
Instead of seeing "Business Structure" and "Business Type" as things which need to be NESTED, I decided to "level the playing field" and treat them as EQUAL.
So "Business Structure" is a "Dimension". And "Business Type" is another "Dimension".
They are siblings, not Parent-Child, because it would be a "Chicken and Egg" syndrome?! :eek:
But there is still the issue that some Articles apply to both "Dimensions".
No big deal.
Instead of trying to cram disparate concepts (e.g. LLC and Brick & Mortar Business) together, I just place the Article in each Section.
Then, people who care about S-Corps will come across this related Article. And people who are debating about whether to have a Brick & Mortar Store or an Online Store will also come across it.
So instead of doing this...
I do this...
(These are contrived examples...)
I don't think so.
First of all, one is under Legal > Business Structures > S-Corps, and the other under Management > Business Types > Hybrids.
If someone is so eager about my website that they come across the same Article twice, I believe they will be perceptive enough to "get" that it is just the same Article being cross-referenced...
But again, you were referring to the "bad" URL's.
With what I just re-explained above, I only have TWO LEVELS. (That shouldn't be overly burdensome to most people.)
You got me on that one, David!!
But considering that my website is more than just Articles, and even if I could write a PHP script to iterate through my Category>Sub-Category>Article structure, I'd still have the issue of how to handle all of the other webpages and different structures for my website?!
So, I'd say I'll just have to do things the manual way for now. (Which shouldn't be a big issue, because it is not like I am the NY Times and have 100 new Articles every day?!)
Right. I only outlined the few tables which pertain to Articles and the organization of them...
Possibly. I think r937 had a similar feeling/idea as you, however, it was just too much for me to wrap my head around for this build.
I'll have to play around with this.
If I go with the tables I showed you in the link above, I guess it might not be as hard as I thought to build Breadcrumbs, but we'll have to see...
It is also FaceBook!!!! (Known for it's horrible architectural decisions - or lack thereof?!)
They don't. But my site does...
We agree!
(I think the confusion over what I was saying was a "good" and "bad" example above may have caused some undo confusion...)
Thanks for your 2-cents so far!!!
I look forward to see what your responses are to my replies...
I think the one is liable to keep in mind that while getting the people attract towards your website URLs you are suppose to structure the same in such a way that it looks clear to the user, so that he can grab a good amount of knowledgeable aspects from the same.


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OAKLAND -- When the Athletics sent pitcher Pedro Figueroa to Triple-A Sacramento to open the season, it was for a specific reason.
The A's are looking to convert Figueroa back into a starter. He was sent to the bullpen after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2010.
Figueroa had a great year as a reliever last season, sporting a 2.62 ERA in 32 appearances. He also appeared in 19 games with the A's.
"He pitched an inning in a game and then went to the bullpen to throw more pitches," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We want to stretch him out to throw more innings as a starter for us."
Figueroa was signed as a starting pitcher in 2003. Last year was the only season he spent in the bullpen.
"He's a talented kid," Melvin said. "I have no doubt he'll be instrumental for us this year."
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Spiny O'Norman wrote:Viscid wrote:rowyourboat wrote:I think as long as we avoid creating conceited 'teacher' roles for ourselves and just help people out with kindness, to the best of the abilities that we posses, then there is nothing wrong in that. It is easy to become attached to being a 'teacher' or 'attained' to this stage or other - leave all that behind - they are just more self-views (sakkaya ditti) caused by not properly recognising the five aggregates within.
There needs to be an internal evaluation of one's desires for teaching: Is it because you want to be respected by others, or because you want to help them selflessly? Though I'd imagine if one is particularly deluded, they'd just convince themselves that they're being selfless..
My experience has been that people who lead classes or groups are constantly questioning their own motivation and ability, and rightly so.
That may be true of some people, more so in the real world, but you do not need to go far to find people on the internet who neither deserve the title nor the attention of their students.


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Recurrence of Kidney Cancer?
Nine years ago my father was diagnosed with stage one kidney cancer. Thankfully, surgery was performed and he`s been cancer free. He recently went in for his now yearly checkups. The physician that performed the ultrasound on his kidney went to his left kidney, then the right kidney and back to the left kidney again. My father said they have never done that before. Is this normal? Also, what is the risk of recurrence of kidney cancer after nine years? Thanks for your time.
It would be best to wait for the report. You may just have a thorough technician. The cancer can come back in the other kidney but it would be unlikely.
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Rui wrote:yeah, i understand you Fiver but sometimes a good advice coming from a friend can just help you to see better what you are really feeling, like translate your feelings to words i just think that sometimes we are so deeply concerned with problems that we are not able to see how easy they could be to solve if somebody wont tell us
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British Columbia: A Colourful Past
British Columbia has a fascinating and colourful history, and a rich and diverse heritage. Increasingly, people have expressed an interest in knowing more of the elements of our past, the origins of our traditions, how we have lived in years gone by.
Sadly, one of this province's most important historians, Dr. Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby passed away on November 2, 1996, at her home near Vernon, BC. She was 87 years of age. Undoubtedly, the legacy of her contributions will continue to inspire us and to broaden our knowledge about British Columbia's past.
To encourage the study, promotion and understanding of British Columbia's history, The Society for the Promotion of B.C. History and The Margaret Ormsby Scholarship Executive Committee, together with a committee of historians, invite you to help establish an awards program honouring one of British Columbia's prominent historians and increasing our understanding of British Columbia.
The Margaret Ormsby Doctoral Scholarship in British Columbia History will be awarded annually to a promising scholar commencing a doctorate in any aspect of British Columbia history including: the histories of aboriginal people, immigrants and women; art history, historical geography, historical sociology; and the history of education. [currently the Ormsby Doctoral Scholarships are unavailable]
To encourage a broader understanding of our history, the Margaret Ormsby Prize for the Best Essay in British Columbia Historyare available to students at the University of the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island University, the University of British Columbia-Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University.
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Margaret Ormsby occupies a unique position as British Columbia's historian of record. Author of British Columbia: A History, she served as Professor of History at the University of British Columbia for more than 30 years, as Chair of the Department for a decade, and as President of both the Canadian and British Columbia Historical Associations.
She served on the B.C. Heritage Advisory Board, the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and published, edited and encouraged the advancement of B.C. history in countless ways.
In honour of her contributions to the understanding of British Columbia and its place in Canada, she was the recipient of the Order of Canada, the Order of British Columbia, the Centennial Medal, and five honorary doctorates from Canadian universities.
In 1993, a group of graduate students, assisted by the British Columbia Heritage Trust and other historically minded supporters, created the Margaret Ormsby Scholarship project. A fund for donations was established in support of scholarships which celebrate and recognize Dr. Ormsby's contributions, ensuring that the work she pioneered continues. To this end, in 1997 the group officially established the charitable organization called The Society for the Promotion of B.C. History. Today the scholarships' fund is adminstered by the Vancouver Foundation on behalf of the Executive Committee of this Society, and is joined by a growing number of committed volunteers in raising an endowment sufficient to annually fund the Margaret Ormsby Scholarship Program. Contributions are tax deductible.
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Roughly 50 days remain in 2012, and they're packed with enough movies to make a cinematic feast. I can vouch for many that I've seen at festivals and advance screenings. Others I wouldn't touch with a jumbo popcorn bag.
Which will be the big awards season players? What will make 'em laugh? Who might slip under the radar? Here are our five burning questions to get you in the mood for Hollywood's holiday excess.
Which holiday movies look like major Oscar contenders? A few already look like shoo-ins for best-picture nominations. Les Miserables (opening Dec. 25) has spectacle, a beloved story and the pedigree of an Oscar-winning director (Tom Hooper, The King's Speech). Lincoln (Friday) has Abraham Lincoln playing Daniel Day-Lewis. Wait, that should be the other way around. Silver Linings Playbook (Nov. 21) has mental illness, always an Oscar favorite, and winning underdog performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. And The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dec. 14)? All Peter Jackson did the last time he danced with Tolkien was go 11 for 11 with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Which performances look like early Christmas gifts? Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts bring high intensity to the unorthodox French love story Rust and Bone (Dec. 21). Day-Lewis is aided by a couple of first-rate performances from Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field in Lincoln. And it's hard to think Anthony Hopkins won't do wonders with Hitchcock (Nov. 30). Just after the holidays, Naomi Watts excels as a mother and wife fighting to be reunited with her family after the 2004 tsunami in The Impossible (Jan. 4).
OK, enough with all the gourmet stuff. How about some junk food? But of course. What are the holidays without empty calories? The Twilight Saga finally comes to a close with Breaking Dawn — Part 2 (Friday). Speaking of dawn, for some reason they decided to revamp the Cold War cheese fest Red Dawn (Nov. 21). Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren get reacquainted in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (Nov. 30). Too macho? Try The Guilt Trip (Dec. 19), in which inventor Seth Rogen goes on a road trip with his mom, the one and only Barbra Streisand.
That last one sounds kind of funny. Any other comedies? In This Is 40 (Dec. 21), Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann revisit their Knocked Up characters as they enter midlife crises. Parental Guidance (Dec. 25) finds Billy Crystal getting cantankerous as a baby-sitting grandpa. In Hyde Park on Hudson (Dec. 14), Bill Murray's FDR plays host to the same king and queen from The King's Speech. And the kiddos should get a kick out of Rise of the Guardians (Nov. 21), an animated farce in which the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and other mythical cuties get together to save Santa (Alec Baldwin) from the Boogeyman.
What's one guilty pleasure to watch for? It's hard to feel guilty about any big Quentin Tarantino movie, but Django Unchained (Dec. 25) looks like all the right kinds of wrong. Jamie Foxx plays a former slave looking for the big payback and the freedom of his wife. Christoph Waltz, who played the big Nazi in Inglourious Basterds, lends a hand as a bounty hunter. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the evil master. A Q.T. blaxploitation revenge spaghetti Western? I'm so there.
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POLICE are appealing to the public to assist in locating a 'high-risk' prisoner with a history of violence who has gone missing.
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He is described as a white male, with short cropped dark hair. He is of average build, 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall, and speaks with a Northern Irish accent. He also has tattoos - a tiger head on his left arm and a saint symbol on his right arm.
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text: In Short: Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2014 By Staff reports January 29, 2014 Story Share Jason Isbell ticketsTickets go on sale Friday for a March 27 concert by Jason Isbell and Cory Branan at The V Club in Huntington. They're $20. Visit www.vclublive.com.'Twelve Angry Men'Huntington's Arts Resources for the Tri-State opens the classic courtroom drama "Twelve Angry Men" this weekend at its theater in the old Huntington High School, 900 8th St. Performances are Friday, Saturday and Feb. 7-8 at 8 p.m.Audience members will enter through the jury room door to witness the juror's deliberations. The show is staged with arena style seating, and the audience will be on both sides of the arguments.Tickets for the performance only are $15. Tickets for dinner and a show are $30, with reservations required by calling 304-733-2787. Saturday's dinner is sold out.Visit www.artstristate.org. Winter music festivalThe second annual Greenbrier Valley Winter Music Festival runs 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at various Lewisburg locations. Tickets are $20.Music at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre starts at 5 p.m. and features Lorie Evans, Groovus Phaticus, Gary Roper, Rush Run Philharmonic, Jim Snyder, The Spanglers, Treble 'n Bass and the West Virginia Jazz Orchestra.The Irish Pub acts start at 6 p.m. and include the Half Bad Bluegrass Band, Richard Hefner & the Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys, The Jar Movers, Corey Lee McQuade and Paul Johnson, Patrick O'Flaherty and the Susanna Robinson-Kenga Trio with Don Drummer. Harmony Creek Junction, Marguerite and the Possum Holler Glee Club are at The Wild Bean beginning at 7 p.m., and both The Lewis Theatre and The Sweet Shoppe start their music at 8 p.m. The Lewis has Lawless Brown, the Rivertown Gypsies, Vital Shock and The Weight; The Sweet Shoppe has Jeannie Hoffman, Kilroy, Majestic 12 and Butch White & the Whitewalls.Call 304-645-3838.Autograph signingWVU football player Pat Eger, a member of the 2012 Orange Bowl Championship Team, will sign autographs at Rio Grande in Nitro from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and then again during the Super Bowl for those who come to the Mexican restaurant to watch the game. One lucky fan will win a dinner with Eger that evening and get to watch the first half of the Super Bowl with him. Autographs are free with the purchase of an item to be signed ($10 for photos and programs or $30 for footballs and mini helmets) or $10 if you bring your own item.The event, which also includes door prizes and food specials, is presented by Collectibles Etc. Rio Grande is at 503 1st Ave. S. Call 304-776-0020.'Godspell' castThe Charleston Light Opera Guild has announced the cast for its production of "Godspell," to be staged Feb. 7-9 and 14-16 at the Guild Theater on the West Side.The ensemble cast features Cameron Vance as Jesus and Stephen Hayward as John the Baptist/Judas, as well as Steve Brannon, Cassia King, Katlin Kouns, Lauren Meyer, Lily Odekirk, Katherine Shaver, Carl Simpkins, Clayton Strohmenger, Carly Thaw and Austin A. Thomas.Nina Denton Pasinetti is the director and choreographer, Bobby Hodges Jr. is the musical director and orchestra conductor, Mary Ellen Logsdon is the pianist and Thomas P. Pasinetti is the technical director. Tickets for opening night are $50 and include the performance, plus a celebration and reception honoring Kathy Mattea. All other performances are $15 with general admission seating. Call 304-342-9312 or visit www.charlestonlightoperaguild.org. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 3 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 4 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis This is the dawning of the return of the Age of Aquarius Previous Story 'RFC MINI SHOW' features N.C. band Next Story


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New mums are often very concerned when they find a red rash on their baby's bottom. Not to worry, it's probably nappy rash. While a few lucky babies never get nappy rash, most babies will experience it at one time or another. Some babies seem to get nappy rash no matter what mum does to prevent it.
Many babies can get nappy rash when they've had their nappy on too long. Urine and poo can irritate baby's sensitive skin and cause a rash. Other things that can cause nappy rash include:
Nappy rash is rarely serious and goes away with home treatment. Sometimes your child might have a more serious infection, like thrush, which may need additional treatment.
Some babies seem to always have a red bottom no matter what mum does. But, for the most part, nappy rash can be prevented by taking a few simple precautions:
As you might assume, nappy rash can be very uncomfortable for baby. She can cry when wee gets on the rash. Kids with nappy rash have red, irritated skin in the nappy area. The skin might also blister or ulcer. If your baby has nappy rash, their nappy can rub against it and irritate it.
Nappy rash is usually easily treated at home. Try a nappy rash barrier cream to soothe and protect baby's bottom until the rash goes away. Change them as soon as their nappy is dirty to keep the rash from getting worse. Let the rash get fresh air on the skin by leaving your baby's nappy off regularly throughout the day.
Some mums also recommend corn starch baby powder as a great way to heal nappy rash, as this powder takes moisture away from the skin and allows the rash to stay drier, which helps speed up healing.
If you've been trying to treat your child's nappy rash at home with no luck, see your doctor. Sometimes when the rash spreads or gets worse, it can mean that your baby has a skin infection that needs medical treatment.
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This is a really good article from April, 2008. It has a lot of good information about cc.
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This is a really good article from April, 2008. It has a lot of good information about cc.
Perhaps this should be linked to in the main section for those recently diagnosed?
It does seem like a very good article...but the statistics given certainly didn't cheer up my evening! It says that in 2007 there will be an estimated 5510 cases of intrahepatic CC in woman with a mortality of 5500. I have never read such poor statistics for survival. I know it includes those who are unable to have resection (I think that was 90%), but VERY depressing numbers!!!
Jean.....I don't put much value in to the statistics. Also, it is the application of a probability theory to specific data. In other words: "It calculates the probability." It had been explained to us: This is your cancer and you have your own response and not that of another person.
Marion....that does make me feel better. Very hard numbers to read though, but I think you're right. We are each of us unique and not a number.
Thanks so much!
This is a great article!
One thing to remember about statistics is that when you read them they are already out of date. Ex. 5 year survival rates. By the time you read these numbers they are five years old. With new technologies occuring every day in medicine these are merely guidelines.
God made eveyone of us unique and the way everyone reacts to this disease is unique.
Keep the faith!
Cherbourg...thanks for your comments. I very much appreciate them as well as Marions. I just found myself getting so depressed over these numbers and I'm not a person who usually gets depressed. I took the dogs for a long walk tonight in the rain (I do live in Seattle!) and just kept thinking about this. Kept going over those numbers, then I found myself getting really angry at this disease that has taken the lives of and continues to take the lives of so many. All of the people here that I have come to know and care about and respect so much and that leaves such grief behind. I decided that I just REFUSE to let this take ANY joy from my life...I just will not let it take that from me. Numbers are just numbers and, as you said, we are each unique...and I am not a number! I do like LuLu's signature about her husband "I will not let cancer take him"...and I will not let it take me. My hope, no my plan, is to be a long term survivor of this...to let others know that there IS hope.
Thanks for being there! Wishing the best to everyone here in this fight that we all share.
This may not be of very much interest to many, but I did go back to the original statistics from the American Cancer Society which was sited as the source of these numbers. As this article states as well as the ACS site, these statistics apply to "liver and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma". The article is on "Cholangiocarcinoma" but they did combine primary liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma being the most common, with cholangiocarcinoma when giving the statistics. I just found it very interesting that CC statistics were not given separately.
The ACS site says: "People are not statistics. Every person is different, and every person will have his/her own experience with cancer and its treatment. And the statistics are calculated from data that may be 5 or 10 years old..." Cherbourg commented on that earlier and I think it's very true.
I just needed to clarify/understand these numbers for myself and anyone who might be reading them and felt the same as I about them!
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South Africa is home to an enormous blind population and has a severe shortage of ophthalmologists to adequately serve them. In all of South Africa, there are only 324 ophthalmologists, most of who work in populous cities. The remaining few ophthalmologists that work in rural areas are serving the majority of the population. Countrywide, there are merely a few fully qualified pediatric ophthalmologists.
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- We've partnered with the Ophthalmology Department at the University of Cape Town, the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and other thought leaders to develop a specialist pediatric fellowship program for African doctors
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To combat this lack of available eye care, we established an office in Cape Town to develop specialized services for children's eye health and lead the way for a sustainable, comprehensive model for pediatric eye care that is accessible, high quality and affordable.
We supported the opening of a pediatric eye care center in KwaZulu-Natal, one of the poorest and most populous provinces and home to 28 percent of the country's blind children.
We've also partnered with South Africa's Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to survey one million households within the poorest communities and explore the link between poverty and vision loss.
And we're initiating an extensive public awareness campaign in the mainstream and community press highlighting childhood blindness and steps the public can take to avoid unnecessarily blindness.
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- In 2011, we opened our state-of-the-art Pediatric Eye care Center in KwaZulu-Natal, one of South Africa's poorest and most populous provinces, and home to 28 percent of the country's blind children
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Did you know that 80% of the planet's native forests are already gone? In Costa Rica the last 50 years has brought about a transformation of the Pacific coast from a lush wild jungle to an alien landscape of non native crops like bananas, rice and African oil palms. Cattle pastures and modern resorts occupy much of the remaining landscape. In the midst of all this deforestation, the tiny Mono Titi monkey who previously ranged freely from Panama through Costa Rica has now become trapped on two small habitat areas of inhospitable landscape with no biological corridor to connect them to their native habitat, and no hope for survival without substantial intervention.
It is believed only 1700 of the monkeys remain.
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Does anyone have any dealings with Samhain Publishing? They say their contract is negotiable...is it? Need information as soon as possible. Thank you.
They're an ebook publisher. What terms of their contract did you want to negotiate? Since "negotiable" doesn't equal "we'll give you anything you want", be sure you understand what rights you're willing to part with, etc., and don't be afraid to decline a deal you don't feel comfortable with.
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They are also planning to go into print. What does grants to the publisher and its licensees "for the full term of the copyright available.... the following Primary and Secondary rights" mean?
It means it would be a good idea to have a reputable agent or a lawyer familiar with publishing look over the contract. An inexperienced layperson is probably better off not trying to negotiate alone. Google Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and find your local chapter's info.Originally Posted by edorothyb
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What Aconite said, because that might translate to "life of author plus 70 years". Make very sure your counsel is familiar with publishing contracts in particular, because many "contract lawyers" aren't.Originally Posted by edorothyb
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It means you're granting the rights specified in the contract for the full term of copyright, which is the life of the author plus 70 years. Primary rights usually means book rights--printing and distributing the book in various parts of the world. Secondary rights, also known as subsidiary rights, might include book club, dramatic, audio, film, serial, translation, and others.Originally Posted by edorothyb
Before you get alarmed about "life plus 70", this is standard publishing contract language (though not optimal for an electronic or digital publisher--more on that below). However, it MUST be balanced by a clear and unambiguous termination/out of print clause, which specifies exactly how and under what circumstances a book will be declared out of print, and what steps you can then take to get the rights returned to you. Many small POD-based publishers, which are often run by people without publishing experience, have poor or unclear termination clauses, or may even omit a termination clause entirely.
As I noted above, "life plus 70" isn't ideal for a digital or electronic publisher. This is true for a variety of reasons--their books typically sell in small quantities and for a short period of time, they often go bust after only a few years in business, and their lack of business expertise often makes for all kinds of problems, from nonpayment of royalties to nonproduction of books. Also, things in the digital universe change fast, and if there's a better option you want to be able to jump on it. All of this means that you don't want to be tied to an e- or digital publisher for too long. Either a time-limited contract (1-3 years) or a contract that allows you to terminate at will with adequate notice is far preferable to "life plus 70".
Another issue: smaller publishers often aren't capable of marketing secondary or subsidary rights (many of them are aren't capable of marketing their books, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms). A publisher shouldn't demand rights it isn't able to sell. Yet many small publishers want a whole smorgasbord of subrights, and often aren't willing to negotiate this.
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I have been going over this contract for days now wondering whether I want to be associated with a publisher that wants my baby before it's even a twinkle in my eye. But I sent it off to a lawyer friend of mine who may be able to help. If not, whether she can or not, I am going to check out the "Volunteers for the Arts" for help. Thanks again,
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Hi all - has anyone heard of Samhain Publishing? I went to the website and it looks like a ebook pub. I'm asking because I just got a solitation from them. An editor I had from another publisher is now working there and said she liked my book that she edited so much, she wanted to me send her whatever I have. She did say she couldn't guarantee publication. I won't even bother if it's strictly ebook, but she did say they do paperbacks and distribute through Ingram to Borders, Waldenbooks to name a few. I checked Preditors & Editors but they don't have anything. I'm just curious as I don't have a finished manuscript right now.
From their site [under 'Submissions']:
Samhain is a royalty paying ebook company that offers 40% of the cover price (as set by Samhain Publishing, Ltd) for a single-author ebook.
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Samhain was started by Chrissy Brashear, one of the Ellora's Cave co-founders. I don't think there are any plans at this stage to take their titles into print.
Actually, there are plans to go to print, as far as I know. Their contract stipulates print rights, not just e-rights, and Christine has discussed it on the author loop as well. She specifically mentioned everything over a certain word or page count would be elgible for print. (I paid attention to that bit because it looks like my book with them will be my first officially printed and not just published online).
I haven't seen any indication that her plans have changed.
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The first three Samhain titles (the launch books) are already in print and on the shelves at Borders! As things stand now, there's only a 3-month window between e-release and print release, and that---along with Borders real estate---is pretty awesome for a new company.
Hmmm, perhaps something to consider???
I saw a couple of their books in the romance section of Borders today (along with the other trade paperbacks), but I'm pretty sure this was the first time I'd seen them. As far as I could tell, there were only two Samhain books there, one copy of two different titles. So even if they are showing up in stores, they probably won't turn up in mall stores, etc.Originally Posted by veinglory
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I even registered to post for the first time on this topic of Samhain. They are very new, and I have 7 books contracted with them. I'm not entirely new to epublishing, with books at four companies over the last two years. Samhain has been the most writer-friendly to date. As Veinglory points out, the books do automatically go to trade size into Borders and Waldens 3 months after release (if length qualifies them). Plan in the works for good sellers to go to mass market. C. Brashear and co. have moved very, very quickly. Who knows? All these start-ups have the potential to go belly-up (or to get very icky) at any time, but this company has been professional, communicative, supportive--all the warm and fuzzies along with the solid business stuff. Hope that helps.
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***Note this is no longer a Thistle hotel and hasn't been for a number of years, it is a Guoman hotel now***
I booked the Tower Hotel in London via www.lastminute.com at a price of £150 for one night room only. This was a discounted price; they normally charge around £100 - £120 for a night standard room, but prices have been increased due to the Olympics which is why £150 was a discount price.
but bearing in mind the location of right next to tower bridge and it was the Olympics I felt it was fair. I have to admit thought I have never paid this much for a room before my usual limit is about £80 so I was expecting it to be excellent and considering it was a four start hotel - again something I have never stayed at before.
The Tower Hotel is right next to the Tower Bridge in St Katherine's way and so if you get off the underground at Tower Gate it is literally a couple of minutes walk around the side of the Tower of London and over the road. It is also very close to the skipper boat rides up and down the Thames.
The hotel is fairly noticeable from the road as the name is written on the side and it has quite distinctive oblong windows. The actual outside is not hugely attractive but then there is not much that can be done about that in built up London. What is nice is the dolphin fountain out the front and the view of Tower Bridge, especially as it has the Olympic rings at the moment.
An electronic door with a concierge to greet you and show you to the desk, this is a nice touch although not really needed as the desk is right in front of you, you can't miss it, but the personal greeting is pleasant.
Checking in took me about five minutes by a lovely lady called Auroa who managed to find us a double room as I had booked a twin/double without realising. My details were quickly obtained and I just had to sign a form and was given a credit card type room key and was offered two if I wished which would be nice if you were a family staying. Directions were given to our room and off we went.
We were on the first floor and so went up in the lift and found our room relatively easily but it is quite compact and nicely decorated in deep blue but this does make it fairly dark in the corridors. After a couple of stops to look at room number indicators we found ours right in the corner of the of a small corridor, which turned out to be an actual cover of the main building.
Easy access with the card as you go in there is a few light switches for all/bathroom/bedroom etc and a nice idea which is a switch to let staff know whether you wish to be disturbed or not. You press the switch and it lights up do not disturb or please clean on a screen outside the room. No more accidental awakenings when someone has moved your door tag or its fallen off!
To the right as you go in is the bathroom. Lovely black and white marble sink unit with a small bin underneath and a large mirror plus a shaving/makeup mirror to the side. Bath is a standard bath with a shower above and a curtain. Plenty of white towels provided which are neatly placed on a shelf above the toilet area. My only issue with the bathroom is there id a telephone by the toilet rolls! I have no idea why you would want a phone there exactly especially as there is one next to the bed and if they feel it is needed, they should ensure it is cleaned properly. Lots of dust on cables and top of it, which I am not a neat freak but this is right in you eye view if you are on the loo!!
Moving on.... cabinet space to the left where there is a wardrobe, trouser press, iron and a safe for your personal possessions should you wish to use it.
Carrying on along the left is a large desk with a mirror which has numerous drawers where you will also find the tea/coffee a couple of biscuits and the kettle. The room service folder and information leaflets are also located here.
Television is an LCD one with freesat which is great but we only really used for the news whilst getting ready to go out.
The bed - white pillows and duvet - fantastic best night sleep in ages! firm mattress and oh so soft duvets pillows bouncy what more can I say! Bedside lamps and cabinets.
A table and chairs is situated by the window so you can sit and look out and the tower bridge and a large lamp if you wish to sit and read etc.
The decoration is older English in style the units wood which does in places look like it has seen better days with a few knocks and scrapes, but I guess when units are fitted this is difficult to rectify and it is terrible by any means.
The windows are small and oblong about waist to head height, only one was able to open which was only a few inches which I assume is a safety feature as one window was directly above the water way.
I personally found the room a little smaller than I was expecting but was pleasantly decorated and furnished in a way that I don't think would offend anyone. The room was absolutely fine for the two of us for one night and would be ok for a weekend but any longer than that and I think I might start to feel a little clostraphobic.
I did however have a fantastic nights sleep and heard no noise what so ever from neighbouring rooms or outside traffic.
On entering the hotel I was excited it is light bright and full of cream and black marble
We did visit the bar on returning to the hotel late in the evening and it is nicely presented with a mixture of size tables with chairs around so you can sit in groups or couples or stand at the bar. Views over the Thames are nice to sit and relax having a drink or you can watch a large LCD tv in the opposite corner. The prices are as you would expect and higher than your average bar
We never used the restaurant but we were offered to add on our breakfast which would be of the reduced rate of £12 instead of £20 as neither of us are big breakfast eaters we declined but for the price I would want a very nice big breakfast!
Lifts were lovely and clean with mirrors which give them a bigger perspective. We did use the stairs once as they seemed to be taking a while when we came in once. We were only up one floor so I think it was four flights, the stairs were ok but reminded me of multi storey car park ones, they could have been better with a lick of paint. Saying that there are several large lifts so unless you don't like lifts it's not an issue.
On the ground floor there is a extra wide stair case which takes you to the first floor where the bar and eating areas are, which is lovely and gives a grand appeal to the entrance.
Lovely little brassiere to the left of the entrance which enables you to sit outside also so you can have a lovely evening drink with the view of the tower bridge. Meals are served here and the prices are around £15 - £20 per main meal. The menus and prices can be found on the website and you can per book a table via the internet also which I feel is a nice touch in this modern age.
The hotel caters for business - having a vast amount of suites available in a variety of dimensions and set outs.
Weddings are catered for.
For more details please see website www.guoman.com
This is a nice hotel with a great location on the river thames and perfect for both drivers and non drivers due to the locality of the undergrounds.
This review maybe posted on other review sites.
Have recently returned from a 3 night stay at the rebranded Guoman Tower Hotel in London. We booked through Guoman's own website getting a 3 nights for the price of 2 deal which was able to undercut all of the last minute website prices (less than £90 a night).
The whole hotel is undergoing extensive rennovations and modernisation meaning that the classes of rooms available currently seem fairly muddled.
We paid for a standard room yet were placed on a club suite floor which gave a larger, albeit non-modernised room. Other Guests paying for standard rooms had been placed on lower floors (although these seemed to be guests who had booked through a third-party website) and small upgrade fees of between £20 and £30 per room per night gave room options including penthouses and junior suites.
The floors can seem like a maze at first but the layout is such that all rooms offer views of either Tower Bridge, St Katherine's Dock or Butler's Wharf.
Our room was large, massive by London standards, and well equipped with a modern television, ample drawer and wardrobe space and a powerful shower. The decoration was a little tired and the bathroom smaller than others I have used but everywhere was spotless and a turndown service was offered daily.
Front-desk staff were friendly and very competent, handling our check-in efficiently and providing all relevant information regarding dining times and room options.
Breakfast was well managed with a large, hot, selection of goods, no queues and well-spaced seating, although we did breakfast early, normally prior to 7:00.
The concierge service was also well run with the staff able to book tickets for a variety of shows as well as the aforementioned Open Top Bus Tours.
We did not make use of the restaurants or bars wihtin the hotel as there was ample selection nearby but prices seemed reasonable and there was good variety to the menu.
The hotel is literally next door to Tower Bridge and by walking under the bridge itself you reach the Tower of London, by the Thames.
We were initially concerned that the hotel is located at the very edge of central London but, as a result of being placed within 60 seconds of a World Heritage site, the transport links into London as well as local bars and restaurants are excellent.
Within a 5 minute walk is Tower station with links via both tube and DLR and, even closer, are stops for both modern and traditional routemaster heritage buses as well as the famous London Open Top Bus Tours with many routes running past midnight. Also availble are a number of clipper services running to Greenwich and the Houses of Parliament throughout the day.
St Katherine's dock is a 2 minute walk away and has a number of bars and retaurants as does the area ppposite the Tower of London and Butler's Wharf a short walk away on the other side of the Thames.
It is also possible to take a stroll into London via the Thames Pathway which is well lit right into the evening and provides opportunities to break off and have a look at many of the well signposted landmarks.
This review is also published on Tripadvisor.com
This isn't a Thistle hotel any more, it's now known as the Guoman Tower.
I've stayed a couple of times at this hotel, both times on business, prior to an exhibition in the hotel the following day. I paid under a hundred pounds for the most basic room offered, so you can imagine i had definite qualms about what I'd get...in my previous experience, paying less than a hundred quid for a london hotel room is a recipe for cockroaches and dubious stain central.
The hotel is very well located with St Katharine's Dock on one side (lovely place to spend an evening, and a good selection of reasonably priced restaurants), and Tower Hill on the other. 5 minutes walk to Tower Hill tube. They also have secure underground parking for a reasonable rate (i paid £20) and if you're coming in from the East, the hotel is outside the congestion charge zone - just - the border is on Tower bridge itself. From the outside, it's a monstrosity, no doubt about it - a huge, 60s style thing that dominates the surrounding area. Best place to be is on the inside!
First, checkin staff were delightful - i asked about a quiet room and was offered either a bridge or marina view room - went with the latter as they advised that there are fewer people passing under the window etc. I was offered an upgrade to a deluxe room for £40, this would've included complimentary car parking which i was paying £20 for anyway, so i think a very good deal. Our expenses policy wouldn't agree, so i had to decline!
I was on the first floor, and was told that all the rooms at my rate were. The corridor looked way more promising than expected when i got out of the lift, very recently decorated and good quality finishing. The room itself was absolutely perfect for a business stay; understated decor, comfortable bed with nice white linens, clean and well fitted bathroom with a decent shower. There was a large widescreen plasma TV on the desk area opposite the bed, plus a minibar (not stocked but could be on request) and tea/coffee making facilities - i didn't check these out but my work colleague noted that there was a cafetiere and filter coffee, not the usual sachet of nescafe. Ice machines available on alternate floors, and an ice bucket provided.
My only tiny gripe was that it was officially a nonsmoking room and corridor, but there was a definite "old smoke" smell in the room. They'd probably have moved me if i'd asked, but for me it wasn't worth the bother - not bad enough to make my clothes smell or anything.
I had a pretty view over the marina and a totally peaceful night's sleep.
Breakfast next morning was also excellent, no queues seen at any time, options of fruit/yoghurt/cereal/ cold meat & cheese / wide range of cooked stuff, done buffet style.
Overall, i have NEVER stayed in a london hotel under £200 where the experience has been tolerable, let alone enjoyable. This place is the mutt's nuts, IF i can keep finding special offers on the web. i think the going "rack rate" for basic rooms is about £200, and it doesn't look such great value at that level.
Oh, and did i mention the fabulous views over Tower Bridge from the bar? Spectacular at night, and thrown in for free...
We did the proud parents thing recently and went to an awards ceremony in London.Neither of us are familiar with the city itself,we have been to shows and taken the day odd sightseeing but we both knew that an A-Z would be needed.
We knew we were going to have to have an overnight stay,we wanted to be able to celebrate the day without worrying about having to drive home.Plus we both wanted to revisit Chinatown,on a previous trip we had really enjoyed an excellent evening meal there.
We left the hotel booking to our son,he knew The Thistle Tower Hotel on the north bank of the River Thames was just a stones throw away from the Tate Modern,a gallery we very much wanted to visit and a ten minute taxi drive away from the ceremony in the West end.
The hotel is very little to look at from the outside,a fairly drab 70s exterior and just ten minutes walk from the Tower Hill tube station,overlooking the unique St Katherine's dock on one side.
The saving grace was the close proximity to the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London and when night fell and the bridge was lit up it was a sight to behold!
The hotel has 24 hour access and when you enter the reception area you instantly forget about the dreary 70s style building!
Reception is elegant,stylish and clean.
We had no problem at all checking in,polite and friendly staff many who were from other countries.We had a room on the fifth floor which managed to give us a spectacular view of Tower bridge.
Like most hotels The Tower is just a maze of narrow dimly lit corridors,lifts and stairs.We only had the one night stay at the cost of £120 for the double room, so the only concern we had was to find our room and the way back down to the bar!
The Thistle Tower has just over 800 rooms,all with integrated entertainment systems,plasma screens and one of the must haves for many people wireless Internet access.(Internet access is charged for)The hotel has its own fitness centre.
The restaurants include The Brasserie where its possible to enjoy a mix of European food.
Light snacks and coffee are available in The Gallery and The Carvery serves our personal all time favourites,roast meals,salads and light lunches,with an extensive dessert menu.
The XI Bar is very contemporary yet comfortable,it looks out over the water and at night when the water is lit up it is beautiful.Of course the bar serves a very wide range of drinks,and they are more than happy to mix you any cocktail you should wish for.
Our air conditioned room was reasonably spacious all things considered,the large bed was dressed fashionably with cushions,the bed linen was fresh and well pressed.The flat screen television was lined up perfectly for bedtime viewing.But oddly enough neither of the lamps could be accessed from the bed.A comfortable occasional chair was sat beside a small set of drawers.
We had little in the way of luggage with us,but the robes were perfectly adequate for a short term stay. A trouser press sat in the corner next to the mini bar.I hadn't taken my hairdryer but luckily there was one in the room.
An outside telephone line was available,though we had no need to use it.Tea and coffee making facilities were in the room and had been well stocked up.Room service was available at all times but again we had no real need to use it.
A classic and modern bathroom,clean lines and shiny tiles,with a large luxurious heated towel rail,soft white towels and plenty of complimentary shower gels,soaps .The bathroom had two thick white bathrobes which was a nice touch.The shower water was hot and the facilities were spotless.It was obvious that the Hotel Housekeeper had very high standards!
We thoroughly enjoyed our meal in Chinatown,followed by a few drinks in the XI Bar much later.
We slept well even if the bed was a touch firmer than our own at home!
When we went downstairs for breakfast the queue was a little off putting,so we plumped for coffee and croissants in The Gallery.
Again the staff were smiling and friendly when we checked out,and it was a pleasant end to a very special occasion.
When we return to London again we would be more than happy to have another stay at The Thistle Tower Hotel.
Other facilities include:
Tourist information.
Conference facilities.
In room movies.
Family rooms.
Wake up services.
Check in is 14.00-Check out is 12.00
Parking is available but will be charged for per day.


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