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" Address: Broadway Plaza / 220 Ladywood Middleway / Birmingham / B16 8LP "
If you have read any of my travel reviews you may have noticed I like to stay in "nicer" hotels and Mr Lools and I tend to choose a 4 or 5* hotel when it comes to city breaks as a couple, mainly as we dine and spend more time in the hotel. When we go for city breaks or weekends away with a group of friends we tend to be a lot less fussy and look for more basic accommodation that is cheaper and very central as we usually spend time enjoying the nightlife. We have visited Birmingham a number of times over the last few years and have stayed at the Birmingham Central Travelodge.
***The Hotel***
The Birmingham Central Travelodge is located on Broad Street in Birmingham City Centre. As part of the Travelodge chain the hotel offers budget hotel rooms with basic yet modern facilities.
The Birmingham Central Travelodge is not the prettiest of hotels and on approaching the 136 room hotel it is apparent it looks very much like a concrete tower set over 9 floors. The hotel offers basic non-smoking double or family rooms in a central Birmingham location.
The Birmingham Central Travelodge is located in the heart of Broad Street directly in the centre of the nightlife and bars, the hotel is also 0.7 miles away from the Birmingham NIA and 1.5 miles away from the Birmingham Bullring for shopping.
230 Broad Street
West Midlands
United Kingdom
Tel: 0871 984 6064 *
Fax: 0121 644 5251
***Getting there***
On both occasions we have stayed at the hotel we have driven to the hotel. The hotel states that it has car parking however I would say this is very limited. When we arrived at the hotel on both occasions before 4pm, all of the spaces in the 2 story approximately 15 space car park were full. It costs £5.50 per £24 hours to park in the Travelodge Car Park. For a 136 room hotel the amount of spaces is very poor. I would also say these car parking spaces are tiny and very tight. We have a medium sized hatchback and both Mr Lools and I are very confident with parking and would have struggled to park in some of the spaces.
There is on street and street car parking spaces directly behind the hotel but personally the area is a little secluded looking and I would personally not feel my car was secure. Less than a 2 minute walk away from the hotel is a secure Euro multi-storey car park which offers a lot of spaces for £6.50 for 24 hours. I think this is very reasonable and convenient considering an NCP would cost in the region of £13+ for 24 hours.
Birmingham Central Travelodge is 1 mile away from Birmingham New Street train station and 11 miles away from Birmingham International Airport.
On both occasions we have stayed in the Birmingham Central Travelodge we have booked a room via the Travelodge website. Prices vary depending on how far advance you book and on what night of the week you want to book. We have found with Travel Lodge hotels, Saturday nights tend to be the most expensive night to book a room and are typically around £10 more expensive than any other night of the week. Booking a room at quite short notice a week in advance for this hotel you are looking to pay around £35-£45 for a double room and maybe £50 for a family room. On both occasions we have booked a room when there has been a special offer running and we have booked at least a month in advance. Booking a family room for 3 people (July 2009) we paid £29 a room and when we booked 2 double rooms for 4 people (August 2011) we paid £21 per room. This is extremely cheap and the next cheapest hotels in the City Centre were in the region of £50 per room or £40 per night but at least 2 miles away from the city centre.
The Travelodge website was very clear and easy to navigate book and the confirmation number and details were sent directly to my email.
You can also telephone the hotel directly to book a room. A number of travel websites offer rooms for this Travelodge. The prices tend to be a few £'s more expensive than the actual Travelodge website if you are booking in advance as we checked this option out first. If you are looking for a last minute deal you may find these websites offer a cheaper or more competitive price.
***Staying there***
When we first arrived at the hotel first impressions were mixed. Driving down Broad Street we could see the hotel was in the centre of the nightlife and surrounded by bars and restaurants so this meant we didn't have the expense of taxis or a lot of walking to do. However the hotel was pretty ugly; a tall concrete tower and judging by the congregations of groups (dressed in fancy dress) we soon figured out that this was a base for many stag and hen parties therefore expected it to be quite rowdy.
The hotel reception was quite small and had a small reception desk; very small for quite a large hotel therefore the area was very crowded when we arrived on both occasions as there were a number of groups attempting to check in.
On the second occasion we visited there were 3 self-service check in booths which dispensed key cards. On this occasion we had booked only two rooms so I only had to put my card in the machine (which I had used at time of booking) and from this my booking was recognised, although the room is not charged for until the day after you check out. People who were using these booths who had booked as a large group of 4+ rooms seemed to be having issues so the reception area could only be described as chaos as there was one lady on the check in desk and another assisting people at the booths.
The reception area also has a number of vending machines selling food and chilled drinks. The items in these machines are priced a lot higher than if you were to buy them in the shop and if you are hungry, there is a Sainsbury's local opposite the hotel which is open until 10pm and from 7am so you can stock up on food and drink.
The public areas of the hotel are clean and the corridors are decorated plain but modern. The lift areas do get busy as there are 2 small lifts serving 9 floors and obviously the option of stairs with a suitcase is not appealing to most guests.
On the first occasion we stayed at the hotel we had booked as a group of 3 and opted for a family room. At £29 for the room, therefore costing less than £10 per person we were not expecting much from the room but I was pleasantly surprised. The hotel was basic by all means but it was clean, modern and in a good condition. The room was also extremely large as it was located on the end of the corridor. The room had a living area where there was a large sofa bed (for the third guest). This area had plenty of storage and a huge amount of floor space you probably could have fit 3 double beds in the space. There was also a large TV in this area. There was a mirror a desk to get ready at and access to the bathroom. To the side of this area was a bedroom area. There was no door to this area but instead you went through an archway so the area felt enclosed and like a separate room. This area had a large double bed, plenty of space around the bed and a desk and dressing table to get ready at with a chair. The room was in no way lavish but perfectly functional and clean. The room also had a chargeable Wi-fi connection.
The bathroom was also satisfactory. This was a white suite with a shower bath and sink unit. The bathroom was clean and although there were a few cracked tiles the bathroom was better than expected for the price of the room. The only criticism is that the shower did not stay at a constant temperature so all three members of our room spent our time in the shower alternating between being showered in freezing water or boiling water.
The room was perfect to get ready in and as somewhere to rest for the night but this is not a hotel to stay in if you want a good, comfortable night's sleep. On the hotel website, Travel Lodge actual state as the hotel is located on a busy street there may be some "street noise" especially at weekends. On the first occasion we stayed at this hotel we were actually overlooking the main street and it was very noisy. We came in from a nightclub at 3am and we could still hear a lot of street noise including shouting, music and sirens. Obviously after a fair amount of alcohol this was not too much of an issue but for light sleepers this would be a problem.
On the second occasion we stayed at this hotel we found our room was a lot quieter and because it was facing the back of the hotel we did not encounter much noise. The double room we booked on this occasion was almost identical to the larger family room, only smaller and without a sofa bed and separate living area. The décor and facilities were the same (plain walls and carpet) TV, dressing area, basic bathroom but again the room was clean. I would say the room was not in as good state of repair as the room on our first visit. There were quite a few cracked tiles in the bathroom, a lot of large dents in the walls and a few loose sockets. Not the worst hotel room I have stayed in by any means but would have benefited from being redecorating. In both rooms extra towels and bedding was provided as was tea and coffee making facilities. The hotel does have irons, ironing boards and hairdryers free to guests but these are not in the rooms and you have to go to reception to collect if necessary.
I did find that because on the first visit we were in a room at the end of a corridor we did not hear a great deal of noise from the corridors. However on the second visit we did hear quite a lot of noise from the corridor of people passing as we in the middle of a corridor. This was not as bad as it could have been but if we had been unfortunate enough to have been located next to some of the VERY rowdy stag do groups that we encountered on check in it may have been an issue.
The room rate is for room only and no breakfast is included with your stay. There are vending machines in reception for snacks but the hotel does not have a restaurant. This is not an issue as the hotel is surrounded by restaurants and food stores which you can pick up food from. On check in there was the option to have a continental breakfast delivered to your food in the morning. This included toast, cereal and yoghurt and cost a staggering £7 per person! We declined this option but less than a 30 second walk from the hotel reception is a large Wetherspoons which is open from 7am and serves breakfast until 12pm. A full English costs £2.99.
Check out was a simple case of handing the key card back to the reception desk which was very quick. As a result we did not have much interaction with hotel staff but what we did encounter they did seem helpful and pleasant.
The Birmingham Central Travelodge is by no way the best hotel I have stayed in but it is definitely not the worst and considering we paid only £27 for a double room and £6.50 for parking this is definitely one of the best value hotels I have stayed in. The central location is definitely the biggest plus point for me. Usually I do not mind spending slightly more on a hotel in the city centre if we are going to sample the nightlife if it will save money in the long run an minimise the need for taxis but with this hotel there was no compromise. On our night out we were never no more than a 5 minute walk from the hotel as there were so many bars and restaurants in the direct area.
The hotel was cheap, clean and the basic facilities suited our needs perfectly for the night and although the hotel is slightly tatty it is clean. The hotel is noisy on a weekend therefore if you are looking for a hotel where you will be guaranteed an early night and a good night's sleep then this is not for you. But for those looking to sample the nightlife I would definitely recommend the Birmingham Central Travelodge.
I stayed at the Birmingham Travelodge this December just for one night as I was going to a concert at the NEC and thought it would be nice to go to some pubs/clubs afterwards.
I booked threw www.lastminute.com at a price of just £22 for a two person room for one night. Prices will vary depending on how many stay, when and where you book and how far in advance.
The hotel is situated in central Birmingham on Broad street and it is right on the street! It is a large high rise building and is easily visible by its Travelodge sign on the side of the building as you drive towards it.
There is no parking with this hotel and they do clearly state that on the website. Saying that there are several car park options near buy and we chose euro park multi story which was just £6.40 for 24hours. This was probably a couple of minutes walk to the hotel.
When walking from your car park to the hotel, keep your eyes open for it! The entrance is very small and situated tightly next to a food place and you can easily walk straight past if not careful.
Inside the door is a very small entrance area and desk with a receptionist. We made our way to the receptionist but she efficiently asked if we had booked online (which we had) and showed us to some machines which look like cash machines and said we could activate our booking on there. I have never encountered this before so followed the instructions intensely! But I have to say it was very simple just type in your name and it finds your booking which you confirm and out pops a key card and receipt with your room number. The pessimist in me suggests this is probably a ploy to employ less staff! However it works very well and I would think at busy times would be fantastic. To note though there is a receptionist available 24hours. To remember too, the main door is locked at night but handy key card will let you in!
After receiving my pop up key card we went to our room. You need your key card to access threw to the rooms where you can chose the stairs or one of two lifts. A little annoying was the lifts had no floor levels so you had to work out by your room number which floor you were, this did not take a minute though.
The room was larger than I expected with a double bed and large sofa, desk cupboard for clothes and bathroom with bath and shower over and a slim line television.
I have to say I am not a person who is easily offended when it comes to hotels and I can withstand pretty basic rooms. The rooms are basic but adequately furnished and the bed was very comfortable and was well heated (we went when it was icy weather). There is a large window which for safety reasons can only be opened so far but gave us a view of the backs of pubs and so persons apartment!
The place could do with a lick of paint as it is a bit shabby around the edges but nothing horrendous.
There are no other facilities either, such as food, drinks etc but all can be easily and cheaply obtained on the street.
The hotel as said is right on the street. The website does clearly warn you of this fact and that it might be noisy especially at weekends.
You are in the heart of Birmingham's club area and so it is busy at night until the early hours and in the day there is the hustle and bustle of business.
This said we had a room to the left of the front of the building and I did not find it very noisy or difficult to sleep. I was awoke once at 0400 ish by party revellers making there way home and then at 0630 by the pub delivery barrel man. Considering I live in a very quite countryside area, this is not bad I feel!
Overall this hotel is basic and efficient place to get your head down for one or two nights. Very easy access to NEC etc and sea life centre only a few minutes walk and the canals. Would I go again? Defiantly at this price for an overnight stay.
Review maybe posted on dooyoo and caio under the same username
Travelodge Birmingham Central is a perfect location, situated in the middle of Broad Street (Birmingham's main nightlife) it is great for a night out or for business needs. As you can expect from any City is it in a noisey area, however I found that in the hotel you could not hear any of the outside noise at all. Due to its location its perfect for a night out, and very easy to stumble home. The location is also great if you are visting the NIA or Hippodrome, and also great for business customers.
As with all Travelodge's they are basic standard hotels, and depending on what kind of thing you are looking for depends on how satisfied you will be with the hotel. There are no toiletries provided which keeps the cost of the hotel down, however there is a vending machine in the hotel which supplies toothpaste, toothbrushes etc, and also a Sainsburys and Tesco are on Broad street if you do forget anything you need! The room itself is pretty decent, with a medium sized flatscreen TV, towels are provided and the rooms are air conditioned, the beds are comfy, and a really generous size. Check in is quick and simple, and staff are very friendly and helpful.
The cost of a room at the travelodge starts from £19.00 if you can get a bargain on the website, however they can go up to over £100.00. Its definatly worth trying to book a room in advance to get the best rate, however it does make it non refundable.
A few months ago my company sent me on some training in Birmingham and placed me in this hotel. It's cheap and cheerful with the bear necessities to hand. There's no restaurant and any snacks you need are in vending Machines which also sell toothpase and disposable razors. I've never been used to somewhere to stay like this and I can see the upsides and downsides for both.
This hotel is placed in a fantastic location. It's situated just off of Broad Street which is right in the heart of the city centre and the main street for social activities in Birmingham. For convenience you can't really find a fault. I travelled by train and it's a short walk from Birmingham New Street station and easy to find. I could imagine that if I had travelled by car then this would have been a lot more complex a journey as parking in the area looked severely limited and any that I did see had a highly inflated price.
The rooms itself are pretty nice. As I said in the previous paragraph, this Travelodge is on the main party street of Birmingham but they've obviously taken this into consideration with the design as I could nearly hear any loud music or noise during my stay. I had a basic double bed that was clean and comfortable with a sofa and a TV for entertainent. There were also tea and coffee making facilities along with an ample sized bathroom and fresh towels. I found this all to be pretty satisfactory and I enjoyed my stay there. I think I used it for what their philosophy intends it to be: a basic overnight stay in a room that's just for sleeping in and not for leisure.
There is a far less friendlier aspect to this hotel which I touched upon in my introduction. Customer service is pretty much non existent and any purchases are done through vending machines. There is no one behind the desk in evening hours and you have to use your room key to unlock the main door to get into the building. I personally could live with this so I had no issues at all but I can easily see how it can be lonely and frosty and it makes me think that sometimes I take the person behind the hotel desk for granted. Then again although I didn't pay for this room I've seen the prices and although they vary I've seen them advertised in mailshots to me for as little as £25 and you have to wonder that if they didn't save on all of these things that make it a lonely atmosphere, then you wouldn't be able to pick up a room for so cheap right in the middle of a major city centre.
Overall though I think it's fair to say that what it takes with one hand it gives back with another and where it saves on maintainence costs it gives back in cheap room costs for a well maintained room.
Personally when i'm in the UK and staying away I seldom use a hotel room for leisure and more for a bad to sleep in. This suits me down to the ground and I would happily reccomend it for someone that uses it the same way that I do.
I am a bit into reviewing Travelodges at present, due to my horrible experience on Thurs 2nd July - read my review on Travelodge Wembley. Anyway in order not to destroy the view that anyone may hold that Travelodges are awful, I thought I would share my experience of this particular Travelodge.
Travelodge Birmingham Central is located on Broadway Plaza/ Broad Street, Birmingham, and is as its title suggest, in the centre of Birmingham.
There is loads to do locally, The Sea Life Centre, National Indoor Arena, Symphony Hall, Thinktank Centre, Bullring Shopping Centre and Jewellery Quarter.
When staying here I got the impression it was mainly used by the late night revellers who knew they wouldn't be done drinking by the time the last train departs! And that is exactly why I was here. Well, I tell I lie, I went to see Jimmy Carr live at the Symphony Hall and we had all decided to make a night of it in Birmingham afterwards and booked a Travelodge to 'get our heads' down before driving home the next day.
We had booked online about 3-4 weeks in advance at a rate of around £29 if I remember rightly. We headed to the Travelodge the book in and get ready there before heading off to see the performance and checked in at around 5.45 ish. I recall the male reception staff being very polite and it was reallysimply to check in as payment had already been taken online. When we arrived at our room it was clean and well-aired, with no odd smells lurking! There was hanging space for our clothes and a shower, bath and toilet in the small bathroom. We had a quick cuppa while we were getting reading, so I know that there was a kettle and complimetary hot drinks sachets and milk and sugar.
I remember the male reception staff wishing us a good evening at the JImmy Carr gig as we left.
I don't remember an awfully huge amount about when we returned to the room at some 3am! I do know I got crisps from a vending machine in the reception area and we watched some crap on the TV in our room. I didn't sleep well, as I often don't when I am not in my own bed, but mostly because of the noise, mostly caused by the said late night revellers. The bed was quite comfy so that wasn't an issue
There was no iron or hairdryer in our room, but I have come to expect this from Travelodge and always take my own.
Overall it was exactly as I expected from a Travelodge; minimal facilities, but the price reflects this. The noise was quite bad; if I hadn't have been one of the ones making the noise half an hour earlier I would probably have been quite upset.
I would stay here again but only as somewhere to rest my drunken head, not if I seriously needed sleep.
Also published on ciao July 2009 - theshinyone
I stayed at your travelodge Birmingham Central Broadway Plaza on the 10th and 12th of April 2009During both nights I was constantly woken by loud music, doors banging and people shouting, this went on untill 5am.On the nights I stayed this travelodge was more akin to a youth hostel with a rave party .
Birmingham central
Date of stay: 12th February 2009
Number of nights: 1
Number of guests: 2
Cost: £29.50
Reason for stay:
A friends birthday in Birmingham we needed somewhere to crash for the night.
We paid £29.50 for the room only no breakfast, it was cheaper because we pre paid when booking a month before.
The booking system on the website was a bit of a nightmare when booking this one as it kept crashing! But once it was working it was fine and we recieved email confirmation straight away.
The hotel is situated on the main road in Birmingham for all of the night clubs and pubs, Broad Street. We know the road well but have never stayed at this hotel before. Its in a great location for walking to the main shops and has wetherspoons right next door for dinner and breakfast!
Oh what a nightmare!! The parking is around the back of the hotel there is limited spaces available. There is some underground parking (it was full) and some up a small ramp! There was one space left luckily and it was so tight we could barely get out! My advice "arrive early"! We arrived at 7.30pm! We were so tired because we had been to a funeral that day we were hungry, ratty and wanted a drink! We had been told the parking was £6, usually you pay reception but instead there was a parking meter! It was £6 for 24 hours (bargain for shopping the next day) but we only had £5.60! It took coins only! No notes or cards (nightmare)! But you could pay by text message (hooray) nope that didn't work either! It replied saying the system was down! So i had to literally search the entire car for coins! we were still 10p short so i asked very nicely one of the work men that had just come back to his car and he gave it to me! (NIGHTMARE)!
We were greeted by some friendly but flustered people, who took our details and then gave us our room key.
When we made it up to 1st floor our key card wouldn't work.
So my partner went all the way back down to what was now a very busy reception and left me stood outside the room with bags. They said they hadn't swiped it properly.
So he came back and luckily it worked.
The room:
Well what can i say! A bit of a dump really!
Bed had springs sticking out of it and only one pillow each which were rock hard.
One of the towels had blood on it so i went and had it changed.
No TV remote.
Huge hole in the bathroom door so you could see people doing their business in there.
Shower curtain was covered in crusty dirt and tiles were mouldy!
All in all it was awful!
Check out:
No one was even around, oh no forgetful me there was a receptionist around she was over nattering to her friends drinking coffee and told us to leave the key card on the reception desk! (charming)
My opinion:
If you want somewhere nice to stay in Birmingham try the Apollo hotel or the premier travel inn its worth the extra money! The hotel was awful and it seems they have a lot of youngsters in who wreck the hotel and then they don't bother getting things fixed!
A few days after our stay we emailed to complain about our room, we were given a full refund for the cost of our stay and also contacted by the manager and received a full apology.
This hasn't put us off staying at travelodge hotels because some are very nice! Just a shame one of the biggest city locations had to let the chain down!
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He died while trying to protect his girlfriend. He was gunned down by cowards and lowlifes.
There will be a memorial Wed 6/17 at 8PM by hole #1 at Aquatic Park Berkeley Ca. All Disc golfers are welcome Kenny would have liked it. Please come play the weekly before starting around 4:30PM.
Kenny also was part of the greater Raleigh NC disc golf scene. I am sure there will be an upcoming memorial out that way too. Please keep posted. If this is new bad news I am sorry.
I will be looking forward to meeting some of his NC DG community as I will be coming out for the memorial out there.
I met Kenny and Stephanie a year ago at AP. We became INSTANT friends. They were my favorite new friends, he was my buddy, he was a great boyfriend to his love Stephanie. He was an incredibly talented disc golfer and talented guy in general.
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Two mathematicians, who are old friends, meet in the street.
Alan: Hi, Bill. I hear you just adopted three boys. How old are they?
Bill: If you multiply their ages together you get 36.
Alan: I can't work it out from that.
Bill: Well, if you add their ages together, you get the number of the house you used to live in when you lived in Salisbury.
Alan: Hmm, I still can't work it out.
Bill: Well, the eldest boy plays the harpsichord.
Alan: Ah! Now I know.
How did Alan work out the ages of the three boys, and what are their ages?
HintLook at all the combinations of ages that give 36 when multiplied together - there's not as many as you might think.
Even though WE don't know the number of Bill's old house, presumably he and Alan do.
AnswerTheir ages are 9, 2 and 2.
There are eight possible combinations that have a product of 36. Each combination has a unique sum, except for two; 6,6 and 1, and 9, 2 and 2. They both add up to 13. Since Alan still couldn't solve the problem even after being effectively told what the sum was, we must assume the number of the house was indeed 13.
Being told the ELDEST plays the harpsichord tells us there IS an eldest, so the combination must be 9, 2 and 2.
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There is a lot about the Jonathan Martin-Richie Incognito situation that intrigues me. As I write, the full details regarding Martin's allegations about his tenure as an offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins have yet to be disclosed. However, by abruptly leaving his team and filing a formal complaint, Martin has been criticized by his former teammates and other NFL players for not standing up for himself and airing locker room dirty laundry in public.
Support for Martin has surfaced, too. People have questioned hazing rituals that really amount to nothing more than sanctioned extortion and abuse, in addition to criticizing Incognito's use of the N-word in a text message to Martin.
I wasn't surprised to learn that African-American players on the team found nothing offensive about Incognito's message. It seems that Americans in general have been spoon-fed enough rap music that the N-word is OK in certain locales (locker rooms) with certain people (Caucasians like Incognito who are conferred "honorary" black status) and under certain conditions (when demeaning language is used to "toughen" someone up or even convey warmth and camaraderie).
However, I was shocked to hear reports that Martin – a Stanford University graduate with Harvard-educated parents – was considered "less black" than Incognito, whose thuggish behavior has been documented since his college career. It reminds me of complaints I've heard from African-Americans who say that their own community will accuse them of acting "too white" if they are educated and/or well spoken. Whether or not those misaligned values played a role with the players who lined up to defend Incognito's behavior is unproven, but something smells weird to me.
The NFL investigation into the Miami Dolphins workplace environment will take some time because it's not only a complicated situation, it's also a chaotic hot mess. But I'm fascinated by several arguments already being made in the court of public opinion.
First, there's the one regarding Martin's manhood. When that particular assessment is at play, I can almost predict that the definition of said manhood is going to be extremely narrow, rigid and backward thinking, rather than broad, open and current. I wonder how long men will continue putting themselves through that lifetime gauntlet.
Second, there's the argument that things are routinely said and done in any garden-variety locker room that are unacceptable in other workplaces. That's called exceptionalism: Organization A is exempt from a normal code of conduct for X and Y reasons. OK, but explain how X and Y serve the common or team good, thereby qualifying Organization A for special dispensation – and "It's always been that way" doesn't count as a good reason.
Finally, there's the admonishment that Martin should have kept things in-house regardless. A situation may merit attention and scrutiny, but it must be done out of public view. I've heard that old chestnut invoked under circumstances ranging from safeguarding personal privacy to covering up crimes like child molestation. So unless the Miami Dolphins locker room is a matter of national security, I think transparency regarding organizational practices is a good thing.
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RYAN Mason and Jay McEveley will be assessed by Swindon Town's medical staff today as they try to ascertain the extent of injuries picked up by the pair during Saturday's 3-1 victory over Shrewsbury Town.
Mason was forced off with a muscle spasm in his side after 17 minutes of the clash at the County Ground, while McEveley had to be substituted within two minutes of the start of the second half after his knee locked.
Both players have been plagued by injuries this term, with Mason having already spent time on the sidelines with calf and ankle problems and McEveley having recovered from knee surgery 15 months ago.
"Ryan Mason made a run into the box and was brought down and he got a kick on his muscle in his side, which went into spasm. He couldn't continue," said Swindon manager Mark Cooper.
"Jay McEveley was a doubt – he had a fitness test this morning with a different injury, which is why we signed Jamie Reckord this morning at about quarter to 12.
"I know people have been saying we need a defender and we've brought one in.
"Jay's knee locked and was in a bad state and he had to come off."
Cooper was pleased with the performance of Reckord, signed on an emergency 93-day loan from Wolves over the weekend.
Reckord produced a composed display for his new side despite hardly knowing any of his new teammates' names, and Cooper said: "He would have played if Jay hadn't have passed the fitness test.
"He's another one that's been on our list.
"He fits our credentials of what we're after.
"He's another young one, he's a good footballer, he can play left centre-back or he can play left-back and he's good with the football. I thought he did quite well when he came on. He's played the part in us getting three points. As lucky as we were, we still got three points."


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I'm building a new home. Do I need to insure it while it's under construction? If so, how can I do this?
You should definitely insure your new home during its construction. If you don't, you're exposing yourself to a great deal of risk if fire, theft, or another event damages or destroys your partially completed home.
One way to cover your new home during construction is by purchasing a standard homeowners policy. This will cover you for any damage to the building as it's being built and may provide some coverage for theft of building supplies (although the contractor's insurance should also cover this). A homeowners policy also provides liability coverage, which may come in handy if one of your friends trips during a tour of your dream house and decides to sue you. However, the policy will not cover your personal property until the building is secure or lockable. After construction reaches this point, you can add on coverage for your personal property.
Another option is to purchase a dwelling and fire policy. This type of policy covers damage to the physical structure but provides no theft coverage. A dwelling and fire policy may be an appropriate choice if you are living in your old house during construction, because the homeowners policy on that house would cover theft of items from the construction site. Dwelling and fire policies also provide liability coverage, just like a standard homeowners policy.
When the building is complete, you should re-evaluate your coverage. If you opted for dwelling and fire coverage, you'll need to purchase a full homeowners policy. If you bought standard homeowners insurance, make sure you have purchased an adequate amount, especially if you've made alterations to the original building plans by adding on a room or upgrading the building.


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Maru looks like the kind of cat who appreciates a good cheeseburger, so it's not surprising that when a bed that looks like two plush burger buns was brought into his domain, a battle for ownership of it with housemate Hana ensued.
Take a look at all of the tail swishing and paw swatting in the video below:
Technically, the bed, (available on Amazon Japan), is a macaron, not a burger. But close enough, right?
Check out Maru's website for the full story behind the bed (and all sorts of adorable photos).
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PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- The Christmas holiday season has left a whole lot of gifts at the movie industry's doorstep in recent years, but a Christmas movie hasn't been the biggest present under the tree in a long time.
According to the folks at BoxOfficeMojo, the holiday season that runs from the first Friday in November to the end of New Year's weekend or week has generated more than $2 billion in box office receipts since 2000. That's also the last year a full-on holiday movie was the top-grossing film during that stretch, with Jim Carrey's The Grinch taking in $260 million over that span.
Since then, it's been a whole lot of Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings and Twilight, with the occasional blockbuster exception of 2009's Avatar (still the holiday champ with nearly $750 million in ticket sales during that period alone) and last year's James Bond installment Skyfall (a $304 million beast). In fact, since 1982, only one other Christmas-specific movie has been the big-money film of the holiday season: Tim Allen's 1994 hit The Santa Clause. There's an argument to be made for 1985's Rocky IV -- which features Sylvester Stallone enduring a concussive Cold War bruising from Dolph Lundgren's Ivan Drago on Christmas night -- and an even stronger case for 1990's heavily Christmas-themed Home Alone, but BoxOfficeMojo doesn't consider the first a Christmas movie and relegates the latter to its Christmas -- Setting Only category.
We're going to get into that Setting Only group later this holiday season -- especially since it includes holiday favorites Gremlins, Trading Places, Love Actually and the Die Hard series. But for now we're going to play along with BoxOfficeMojo's wishes and delve into its Christmas canon.
We've culled the Top 10 highest-grossing holiday films of all time and noticed that it lacks a whole lot of holiday favorites. The big lesson to be learned here is that, where Christmas movies are concerned, the initial box office numbers don't mean a whole lot. The world knows It's A Wonderful Life only because it was a moviehouse failure that didn't even cover its production costs. The $3.2 million it made during its original release in 1946 would be roughly $38 million today -- making it less successful than 2011's Arthur Christmas and its $46 million take -- and briefly relegated its images to the public domain. That allowed local TV affiliates to air it with only minimal royalty fees in the late '70s and early '80s, making it nearly ubiquitous for impressionable Generation X kids.
A Christmas Story, meanwhile, made only $20.6 million when it was released in 1983 and never played in more than 950 theaters. That's $48 million in current dollars and firmly in Arthur Christmas territory, but that kept the price of the rights just low enough for Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner and their various networks to use A Christmas Story as cheap, inoffensive holiday filler and give a whole bunch of their staff the holiday off as it aired on repeat. Both TBS and TNT have been airing 24-hour marathons of the film since 1997, and the ratings for its Christmas Eve and Christmas morning showings just keep rising.
While studio executives would probably like a Christmas film that fills their stockings as soon as it's released, history and the following 10 movies make clear that it's better to present audiences with a holiday gift that keeps on giving:


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WEST Country beef and lamb have joined the ranks of some of the UK's most famous foods such as Stilton cheese and Melton Mowbray pies by securing protected status.
The meat, from stock born, raised and finished in Wiltshire, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire or Dorset, has been awarded European Union protected food name status, which guarantees their authenticity and origin and prevents imitation products from using their name.
The latest awards bring the total of UK products which are protected to more than 60, including Cornish clotted cream, Whitstable oysters and Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese.
Protected food products in the UK contribute an estimated GBP900 million to the European economy, and the Government is keen to encourage more applications for protected status.
Farming minister George Eustice said: "Exceeding the 60th registration is an achievement to be proud of. Legal protection of the quality, provenance and reputation of British food will help small businesses make a valuable economic contribution both locally and nationally.
"We now want to help many more UK food producers who are thinking about making an application for protected name status to get their quality produce fully recognised."
Peter Baber, chairman of Meat South West, said: "We are delighted to be awarded PGI status for West Country beef and lamb.
"We look forward to working with farmers and processors in the south west region to market top quality beef and lamb under the West Country PGI banner."


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Real farmers and ranchers will be telling their stories in the weeks ahead to help Americans learn more about how food is grown and raised. The effort includes documentary-style videos that will begin airing across the Discovery Communications' networks (TLC, Discovery, Discovery Science, Discovery Fit & Health, Identification Discovery, Planet Green and Animal Planet).
The videos will run from Nov. 14 through Dec. 25, under a partnership between U.S. Farmers &Ranchers Alliance and Discovery Networks. The project will include three, 60-second videos and one long-format video, which will run from 4 to 7 minutes. The program will be promoted through a targeted online banner ad campaign on Discovery Communications' online properties as well.
Along with real-world farmers and ranchers, the videos will feature U.S. consumers – not actors– to talk about how food is grown and raised. Discovery identified and secured the consumers. "These individuals are real consumers, who have real questions and make real decisions about the healthy choices they make for themselves and their family every day," say USFRA officials.
The conversations within the videos will center on the agricultural community's commitment to making continuous improvements, as well as the role farmers and ranchers play in providing healthy food choices for everyone.
The farmers and ranchers who will participate in the videos include:
- Shana Beattie, livestock and grain farmer, Sumner, Neb.
- Jeff Fowle, farmer/rancher, Etna, Calif.
- Ken Oneto, crop and produce farmer, Elk Grove, Calif.
- Dino Giacomazzi, dairy farmer, Hanford, Calif.
- Scott Long, pork producer, Manteca, Calif.
- Jill Benson, egg producer, San Joaquin Valley, Calif.
"The videos reinforce farmers' and ranchers' commitments to having a conversation with consumers and answering questions about food production," according to USFRA. The over-arching goal is to provide more transparency and build trust with consumers who have little to no contact with farms and ranches or the people who run them.
"USFRA is creating a 'big table,' inviting everyone who cares about the future of food and how farmers and ranchers provide healthy choices for people everywhere," USFRA officials add. "As in every business, farmers and ranchers are ultimately accountable to what consumers decide they want to eat. We need to continue to take concrete steps to make sure we are operating in ways that consumers support."
You also can view the videos online.


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The Caravan 029: Carnival Of Delights
There are some moments that are so beautiful that every time you close your eyes, a memory snapshot is taken. Saturday I was honored to take part in the celebration of Cynthia von Buhler's birthday. The event took place in a gorgeous midtown penthouse, creating a gorgeously surreal "Freaks" themed birthday party.
Cynthia has long been one of my favorite artists. Her mixed media and sculptural pieces were some of the first works I saw upon moving to NYC. I fell in love instantly. One of my favorite pieces sat right by me as I read tarot for the other guests.
How can you not love a painting with that sings to you with so many secrets?
I read from Cynthia's Shakespearean deck which she had so graciously given to me so many months ago. A few pieces from my own tarot deck graced the walls as well.
Molly Crabapple and Cynthia collaborated on an installation of dead mermaids from the BP oil spill, Sxip Shirey, Jason Webely, Amanda Palmer, and Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, rocked the evening. Later we raised our glasses in a toast to Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer's engagement. There was love all around.
I think Molly said it best: "The night faded out as me and Katelan whirled on a rooftop carosel, the lights of the Empire State Building shining through a haze of bubbles."
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Cynthia von Buhler is not merely a woman, she is a living Goddess.
A special thank you to my awesome designer Julie Schworm for creating this magical corset and skirt for me. The hat is by milliner extraordinaire Christine A. Moore.
All photos with exception of carousel and full body shot are by Justin Moore. Carousel and body shot by courtesy Julie Schworm.


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NEWPORT BEACH >> Two services are scheduled Sunday for a former Rancho Cucamonga resident Ben Carlson, a Newport Beach lifeguard who drowned last weekend attempting to save a swimmer.
A memorial paddle out will be held at 9 a.m. at the Newport Beach Pier. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the beach at Orange Street in Newport Beach. Casual or "aloha" attire is requested by organizers.
Carlson was in a lifeguard boat away from shore Sunday afternoon when a bodysurfer found himself in trouble with a rip current. Carlson dived from the boat to save the bodysurfer when a large wave came over them.
"Ben jumped in the water to assist that person and during the rescue a large wave came in and pushed him down and that was when he was lost," said Rob Williams, chief lifeguard for the Newport Beach Fire Department.
The bodysurfer survived. Carlson's body was found about three hours later nearly three-quarters of a mile away, Williams said.
"He's a hero," Williams said. "He sacrificed his life to save somebody else's life — that's the true sense of a hero in my opinion. He was a positive guy — a true waterman. He was a mentor to other guards, his peers, and younger lifeguards. We used him frequently to coach and give tips to younger lifeguards to enhance their skills. He basically has worked in almost every capacity. It was a passion to him. He continued to come back year after year, even with other job offers on the market."
Ben's father Chris said his son found a calling, working in a place he loved — the ocean. Ben was a surfer and traveled the world in search of great surf spots. He had attended Etiwanda High School where he played on the water polo team, before graduating and attending Riverside Community College and UC Irvine, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.
He became a lifeguard for Newport Beach in 1999.
"He loved the ocean," said Chris Carlson, of Rancho Cucamonga. "We took him to the beach as a child and taught him how to surf and at a fairly young age, he loved it. There was not a place he'd rather be than the beach."
The Newport Beach Ocean Lifeguards Association (NBOLA) has begun a scholarship in Carlson's name, at the request of the Carlson family. Donations can be sent to Newport Beach Fire Department, ATTN: NBOLA, P.O. Box 1768, Newport Beach , CA 92658-8915.
Donors are advised to write "Ben Carlson Scholarship Fund" in the memo line of a check. The association is a 501(c)3. Donations are tax-deductible.
"It's a tragic loss for us," Williams said. "We're definitely grieving. We have a resilient lifeguard family. Right now, we're honoring, grieving, and respecting Ben, and our lifeguards are also doing their job. This is what Ben's life was all about — being in the water and helping people."
Ben is survived by his father Chris, his mother Teri Carlson, and his younger sister Stephanie Janz, of Corona Del Mar.
Information: newportbeachca.gov, 949-644-3662.


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This afternoon, between 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm CDT, Sally Jacobs – The Practical Archivist – hosted a web chat entitled Help for the Accidental Archivist over at her Practical Archivist blog. It was a huge success and I wanted to post some information concerning the process and the technology used.
- I was honored to serve as Sally's "wingman" as it were. More like an Ed McMahon to her Janey Carson. Basically, Sally needed someone to capture all the questions from the participants, moderate them to make sure they were appropriate and on point, and then feed them to her one at a time so she could provide answers.
- The platform used was Cover It Live which has some unique features including chat, polls and video. Many genealogy bloggers are familiar with Cover It Live if you've ever participated in Scanfest produced by Miriam Robbins Midkiff at AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors.
- Cover It Live has two type of users – paneltists/producers and participants. The panelists/producers are allowed to comment and add content while the comments of participants are moderated and approved by a producer.
- Both Sally and Miriam utilize the free version of Cover It Live which does have limitations on the number of participants and panelists/producers. The limit is 25 panelists/producers who can have full access and up to 25 participants using the Always Allow feature to publish comments.
- Cover It Live has a premium version with no such limits, but you must either purchase a subscription or you can use the free premium version but must allow Cover It Live to display advertising on the console used by panelists/producers and participants.
- As a facilitator, my job was to note the questions, place them in the "holding queue" and then privately message the person asking the question letting them know that their question was in the queue. Also, I had to keep tabs on Sally answering questions so I could then "approve" the next question for her to answer and for the other participants to see.
- You can see the entire transcript of the 90 minute chat by visiting Sally' blog post about the chat here. I also copied the entire content and pasted it into a Word document for Sally to use. Most likely she will produce a PDF with some live links to resources. Look for it soon at her blog.
Overall, this was a great event and a great example of an information professional (genealogist, librarian, historian, archivist) leveraging new technology in order to give back to the genealogy community.
As co-chair of the Virtual Presentation Committee of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, Sally afforded me a unique opportunity to use the Cover It Live platform. I'll be adding my notes and insights to the GSG benchmark documents to be released in early 2011. If you are a genealogist interested in learning more about virtual presentations, I urge you to join GSG – we are working hard to develop a set of best practices and recommendations on presentation platforms for genealogy speakers to use.
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Price: $399
At just 2 pounds 3 ounces, this sleeping bag is light enough to take on your next camping trip, even if you are camping at the top of a mountain in winter. The outer material is made from a 15-denier Pertex fabric that repels water. Inside, the 850-fill goose down material has a unique nanopolymer insulator that also repels water. (The bag is so high-tech it actually floats.) There's an interior pocket for your gear, and the foot forms into a tight (and warm) pocket.
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Using technology invented by NASA in 1964 to use in a space blanket, the Zonafied shell jacket uses an interior lined with tiny aluminum dots that reflect and trap the heat your body generates. The jacket is also water- and wind-repellent. There's a slight contour in the back and venting to make sure the humidity inside can escape. The Zonafied weighs just 23 ounces.
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Jones returns to Mariners; Ramirez optioned
SEATTLE -- The Mariners optioned pitcher Erasmo Ramirez to Triple-A Tacoma on Friday and recalled outfielder James Jones.
Ramirez, 24, allowed 10 runs and lasted just three innings Wednesday against the Rangers after being recalled for a spot start, as the Mariners fell, 12-4. In six stints with Seattle this season, Ramirez went 1-6 with a 5.21 ERA in 14 starts.
Jones is being recalled to the big leagues for the fourth time in 2014. In 83 games with the Mariners, he is hitting .256 with eight doubles, four triples and 20 stolen bases in 21 attempts. In 37 games with Tacoma, he hit .282 with six doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs.
"He'll be in a supporting role. There's an opportunity for him to get the job done," said Mariners interim manager Trent Jewett. "You know him. Great energy. Great student. He'll be a nice addition to the ball club."
Adam Lewis is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Q & A — January 2003
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
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just stepped up to a bigger preowned boat that has a VacuFlush system
and are unfamiliar with its care and maintenance. What is the proper procedure?
L.W., via e-mail
The major problem you'll probably face is clogging. To avoid this, use rapidly dissolving toilet paper designed especially for marine septic systems and always inform guests how the system works.
Should you get a clog, step on the lever, and you'll see a small opening in the flush ball. If the blockage is here, you can either pull it out or push it through; I've used a wire hanger to do this. Once that hole is open, the clog should go through, as the pump can handle material--plastic and metal included--up to one-half inch in diameter.
If water leaks down and out of the bowl, it's usually caused by debris caught between the flush ball and the surrounding seal. Cleaning under this seal will usually solve the problem.
Other maintenance tips include shutting off the toilet breaker when you leave the boat and avoiding the use of drain openers, alcohol, and solvents. Annual maintenance includes changing the in-line vent filter, tightening all clamps (including the base clamp), checking all wire connections, and cleaning and tightening the water-valve mounting screws.
There is a three- to four-year maintenance cycle for the vacuum pump, depending on the frequency of use--weekend outings compared to long-distance cruises. Contact a SeaLand dealer for this service. Visit www.sealandtechnologies.com to locate one.
is the recommended procedure for prepping my boat's previously coated
fiberglass bottom? K.T., via e-mail
A thorough powerwashing is a good way to start. After letting the bottom dry, inspect the entire surface for loose or flaking areas, grease spots, and blisters, which must be repaired before painting. If the surface is in good shape--no cracking, peeling, or flaking--sand it with 80-grit paper, which will not only prepare the surface for new paint, but also remove any residual contaminants.
Wipe down the bottom using clean rags moistened with the appropriate thinner. If you are using a new paint system, test a small area to make sure the paint is compatible with what's already on your boat. Finally, carefully follow the manufacturer's recommendations for applying the kind of paint you are using.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Rob Wedin, vice president of sales and marketing at Calavo Growers Inc., will mark his 40th anniversary with the company in February.
When the University of Iowa graduate arrived in California, the first job he could get was as a shipping clerk for Calavo. He went on to his first management job at 26.
"I didn't even know what avocados were," said Wedin, 63. "I've been with them ever since."
At the time, avocado consumption in the U.S. was about a half pound per person annually. It has increased about tenfold since. Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo has been a big player in that growth, and Wedin one of the contributors.
He has primary responsibility for profit and loss on Calavo Growers' avocado business — the bulk of it sourced in the U.S. and Mexico — and develops corporate sales strategy from his office at Limoneira Ranch in Santa Paula. Calavo has a sales staff of about a dozen. Limoneira is California's largest avocado grower, Wedin said, and each company is a part owner in the other.
"The industry when he started is totally different from what it is today," said Jan DeLyser, vice president of marketing at the California Avocado Commission. "Rob has been able to transform and play a key role in the analysis of fruit flow. He's exceptional at working with the California and import volumes, the timing of it all."
Wedin was on the commission's board for 10 years and continues to serve on its marketing advisory committee.
"We were the original avocado company," he said. "Calavo led to the beginning of the California Avocado Commission, which in the old days was the California Avocado Advisory Board. While I was on the commission, we passed the hass avocado promotional order."
That order assessed 2.5 cents a pound so that as production grew, so did the budget for promotion and advertising in countries of origin. That's fed a demand Wedin says shows no sign of leveling off.
"Consumption of avocados in Mexico is close to four times what it is here — about 5 pounds per capita — so that gives you an idea where it could go," he said. "The opportunity for consumption to be much higher in the near future is exciting stuff."
Though demand is pulling avocado growth, the category remains one that requires pushing, according to Wedin.
"A lot of what we do is encourage customers to get on that bandwagon and make a go of it," he said. "The primary way is by helping them display ripe avocados at retail and have multiple displays, including consumer bags. We ripen close to a third of the fruit we sell, and we pack more than 1.5 million consumer bags a month."
Wedin has climbed onto that bandwagon himself. He eats two to three avocados daily — with every breakfast and lunch, and sometimes with dinner.
"I'm not sick of them," he said. "It helps that we have access to the best every week of the year."
Those eating habits are part of a healthy lifestyle he's pursued more vigorously in the last two years. He cut his work day to 10 hours to accommodate a 4-mile walk, which he also takes on days off.
"I turned a big corner on my personal health and don't eat the high-calorie foods anymore," he said. "When we raise a family, some of us lose focus on our own lives. When the kids go away and come back with grandchildren, the light starts to go on. What about yourself? I got organized and a lot more healthy."
Wedin is one of several key supporters of two Calavo programs, ProRipe and VIP, that reshaped the company's business in the last seven to 10 years. VIP verifies internal pressure and fruit firmness using acoustic sound waves. ProRipe combines sensing capability with ripening rooms and logistics. Besides Santa Paula, ProRipe is run out of Garland, Texas, and Swedesboro, N.J.
"The upgrade to our capability is night and day," he said. "We move a lot of fruit on our own trucks. The f.o.b. business is by far a smaller portion of our business than it was."
"He doesn't let history get in the way," said Mike Browne, vice president of fresh operations at Calavo. "Change used to be every four or five years, but now it's constant and Rob thrives on that."


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Saturday December 10, 2011
What a lousy day it turned out to be.
I actually had a weekend day where I had no outside responsibility. What a day, because I could go deer hunting with my bro-in-law. Um, no he can't go due to a rear brake drum locking up on his truck and a $200 tow to the repair shop.
So OK, I'll call my son and go with him....he's always off and willing to go deer hunting on a weekend. But no, he's got to get a roof put on before bad weather comes in.
So here I am FINALLY having a day off and nobody to go hunting with.
But that''s the best news for the day....it gets worse.
So I dutifully staed home to do chores around the house while anxiously waiting on the IU game. Finally the game comes on and I'm blissfully watching the first half as the wife is locked away writing final exams. Thats an all day high intense session for her. As it happend, she came out of the office just as the 2nd half was starting and asked if she could sit with me, watch a tv show we had recorded, and have some dinner.
Showing compassion for her loneliness, I agreed and set the game to record on the DVR figuring on watching the game when she was rested.
Disturbing my quiet impatience, Geezer Jr. called all excited to share with me the glorious news of IU's victory (mind you, I DO NOT like to be told the outcome early). I could only laugh about the situation because he was soooo happy. It's ok I thought I'll watch it anyway and enjoy the glory of it all. Anticipating the end of our show and the return of my tv, Mrs Geezer decided she was in no hurry to get back to work. Not wanting to be a jerk...afterall I already knew the outcome...we ended up watching nearly 3 hrs of shows we normally watch together throughout the week. In the meantime, Geezer Jr's older brother text me to say how nuts Bloomington was and how it was all over the TV.
FINALLY FINALLY I told the wife that I wanted to watch the game and she sheepishly slunk off to her office to finish writing exams.
Somewhat anti-climatically I turned on the game and watched. Even tho I knew what was coming I was set to enjoy the celebration anyway. The DVR quit recording with 2 minutes to go in the game.


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Rethink Sample System Automation
Rethink Sample System Automation -- NeSSI Provides New Tools to Tackle the Challenges and Improve Performance
This article was originally published in our sister publication Chemical Processing.
By Robert N. Dubois, consulting analytical specialist
"When men got structural steel, they did not use it to build steel copies of wooden bridges," wrote Ayn Rand in her book "Atlas Shrugged." Today process sampling systems can benefit from advances due to the New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI) — so, we should ponder whether we're really taking advantage of these innovations or just building steel copies of wooden bridges.
The Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) at the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2000 launched NeSSI. This ambitious undertaking aimed to address reliability problems (and, yes, bad reputation) of process analytical systems. Many people associate NeSSI exclusively with the miniature mechanical footprint, adopted from an International Society of Automation (ISA) SP76 committee standard. That's Generation I, which already is well established. Today there's much more. Generation II, now under a full head of steam, automates the sample system — and sets the stage for Generation III, widespread adoption of microanalytical devices (Figure 1).
Automating a sample system always has been a struggle. The first continuous analyzers and their "evil" accessory, the sample system, appeared in pre-World War II Germany. Today the analyzers themselves have become modern marvels of automation. However little has changed with the sampling system. We still rely on spring and diaphragm regulators, on/off thermostats, manually adjustable needle valves and visual indicators for monitoring and control. We invariably need to do routine field checks and adjustments. Indeed, it's not unusual for analyzer technicians to make daily rounds. Process analytical has never caught up with the automation used by our instrumentation and distributed control system (DCS) associates. Sampling systems are one of the last bastions of manual operation left in a modern processing facility. Why does process analytical remain an anachronism in a sea of automation?
Figure 1. Development Roadmap: The ultimate
In one company where I worked, some process automation folks called analyzers "the technology of last resort." But these folks also were part of the problem because they didn't want to handle the multiple diagnostic inputs needed to adequately monitor performance of an extensive process analytical system. Typical analyzer-to-DCS connections include component concentration signals and an analyzer fault contact (and sometimes a flow switch in parallel) to give the ubiquitous "analyzer trouble" alarm. However the majority of diagnostic elements such as sample take-off pressures, sample disposal pressures, sample flow quantities, heat-tracing temperatures used to maintain sample dew points, filter performance, calibration system check flows, analyzer shelter environmental alarms and analyzer utilities that contribute to overall analytical system reliability typically aren't monitored. We generally remain analyzer-centric in predicting or reporting a failure to the process operator. This impacts reliability because an analyzer is only a small part (and in many cases maybe the most reliable one) of a multi-element system. To make things worse, the signals sent usually are discrete, don't predict the problem and only give an alarm when it's too late to do anything — by that time the plant may be down. When we attempt to become system-centric and send multiple signals to/from the control room, the cost of sensors, actuators, wiring and additional input/output (I/O) automation points (especially for conventional 4–20-mA signals) becomes very steep.
To make matters worse, doing closed-loop control and adding logic functions (e.g., stream switching routines) using the DCS for sample system control invokes another layer of automation that's perceived as overkill by the process automation folks. Although many sampling system automation tasks (or applets) could be standardized across the process analytical discipline, we as an industry have yet to come up with an open modular solution. So even if we get our input (and output) signals serially to the DCS, programming costs tend to ramp up because of the need for custom programming.
An Ugly Secret
Many sampling systems handle hazardous fluids (such as hydrocarbons and hydrogen) and are packaged enclosures. Yet the electrical engineer going out to map the plot plan for electrical hazardous area ratings doesn't classify the inside of an enclosure as a Division 1/Zone 1 environment — but that's what it is. We've learned to design and package our sample systems using a potpourri of protective methods and wiring techniques to allow at least some degree of automation — e.g., explosion-proof enclosures, air and inert purging, hydrocarbon gas detector interlocks, equipment encapsulation, intrinsic safety, filled conduit seals, rigid conduit and armored cables. Having to meet exacting requirements of various global electrical certification agencies intensifies the problem. It's difficult and expensive to automate a sample system to meet requirements of a Division 1/Zone 1 area.
There are instances where we have used 4–20-mA analog signals to send pressure, temperature and flow signals from our sample systems to the DCS. (In NeSSI-speak, we call this generation 1.5). However this requires extensive wiring in a confined space; significant cost and effort need to go into design of cabling, intrinsically safe barriers, wiring and conduit to meet the electrical classification. In some cases as many as 30 I/O may be required to adequately monitor and control a system.
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Note: Word Online was formerly known as Word Web App.
Need a sneak peek? Here's a 30-second trailer. Go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series.
What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar
- Co-authoring a document with several people
- Setting up OneNote for classes
- Discounts on software and hardware
- A free online graphic calculator
References for this webinar
- Get started with OneNote (video)
- Earlier webinar on sharing with OneNote
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- Login to OneDrive to use Web Apps
- OneNote for mobile devices
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- More discounts for students and teachers
- Math 4.0: a free graphics calculator
- Office 365 University Discount version of Office for students & faculty members
- Office 365 Education (for schools)
- Microsoft Education blog
- College advice: Keep your feet on the ground and your documents in the cloud (blog post)
- Learn about Bing for schools, a kind of Box Tops for education 2.0
- Visit Facebook.com/Office for a chance to win a year's subscription to Office 365 Home Premium or a Surface Pro
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A COUPLE had the shock of their lives when they tucked into a Friday night supper only to discover a dead bird in their salad.
James and Jasmine Watson, from Brimsham Park, Yate, made the grisly find in a bag of Tesco babyleaf and rocket salad.
Mr Watson, 32, a sales director for an international company, said: "We could not believe it.
"We literally stood there in utter amazement for at least two minutes."
The five inch bird, which Tesco later identified as a blackcap European warbler, was inside the bag of salad which Mrs Watson, 30, had ordered from tesco.com on Wednesday, January 30.
"We had the food delivery a couple of days before and then had gone out for a few drinks on the Friday evening," said Mr Watson. "We came back and were preparing dinner in the kitchen, my wife was cooking some scallops and steak and I prepared the salad.
"I opened the bag, tipped it into a salad bowl and cut up some other salad bits and put them on top. Then I served the salad on some plates."
He added: "We sat down at the breakfast bar and only had a few low lights on so we were effectively eating by candlelight.
"I took three mouthfuls and then saw it. My first reaction was why have I got a soggy fishcake on my plate? But this was a full size dead bird."
Unable to contact Tesco's customer services and so horrified by the find, the couple went to the Tesco Extra store in Yate that evening.
The store manager promised to visit their home the following day and came to take the food away.
Since then, the firm, which has already this year had to withdraw several products after horsemeat was discovered in its own brand bolognaise, has apologised to Mr Watson and offered a £200 gift card by way of compensation.
A Tesco spokesman said: "We were concerned to learn of this issue and have investigated thoroughly with our supplier. Both we and our suppliers have robust measures in place to prevent incidents such as this, and our salad leaves go through complex filtering and washing systems.
"We have been in contact with our customer to reassure them how seriously we have taken this matter, and offered them a gesture of goodwill."
But Mr Watson said he had not been offered any explanation as to how the dead bird got into the salad bag.
"I want to know how it happened," he said. "I would really like someone from Tesco to sit down and explain me how an animal so large got into a bag of salad not so large.
"If it was a maggot or something I could almost understand it but how a whole bird was not picked it, I have just been gobsmacked by the whole thing."
"The magnitude of this was disgraceful and I find the offer of compensation a bit of an insult."


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You would probably be interested in the converse: code as contracts -
Composing contracts: an adventure in financial engineering [microsoft.com]
Production systems based on this work (or at least this line of thought) are in use on Wall Street, except using OCaml instead of Haskell.
I know someone who has code in use on Wall St using that line of thought that is written in SQL-CLR! (You didn't know that SQL Server has a functional language embedded in it? You're not alone!)


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Stepping up to help special-needs adults
On Oct. 31, the Olive Garden generously provided a delicious pasta lunch for the Special Needs Adults at Fremont Adult and Continuing Education. I am writing this on behalf of our students to say thank you.
Sarah, team trainer, delivered spaghetti, salad, breadsticks, and tiramisu for approximately 50 students in attendance that day.
Christine, manager of the Fremont Olive Garden, made the arrangements for this treat. We cannot thank them enough for their generosity.
Our program has been providing excellent life-skills training for special-needs adults in our community for more than 30 years. In recent years, there have been drastic cuts to the program, including the cancellation of our summer program. We recently partnered with the Fremont Education Foundation to raise funds to restore our summer program.
We are very thankful for community merchants such as the Olive Garden who help support and raise awareness of our program.
Michele Sullivan
Instructor Adults with Special Needs Fremont Adult and Continuing Education Fremont
Kids have the right to not be pawns
The author of a Nov. 22 stated that Palestinians have rights, too. I want to add to his argument:
Palestinians in Gaza have the right to live in peace without a terrorist government that stores and fires rockets from their schools, neighborhoods, hospitals and mosques.
They have a right to shelters, and to not being used as human shields. They have a right to a government that imports food to help feed them, not rockets and explosives to kill Jewish children.
And they have a right to a government that recognizes Israel's right to exist in peace so the borders can be opened.
Larry Feinstein
San Carlos
Israel has right to defend itself
The Nov. 22 letter, "Palestinian people have rights as well," distorts the truth beyond limits of any reasonable discourse, including the following:
"They (Palestinians) have the right to resist Israel's oppression and colonial occupation."
In 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza, thus giving the Palestinians a chance to run their own affairs. By overwhelming majority they elected to be governed by Hamas. The rest is history.
"For the past five years, Israel has imposed an illegal blockade on Gaza." The blockade has been in force after Hamas came to power. It is totally legal since Hamas, in its charter, openly proclaims the goal of eradicating Israel.
"In 2008-2009, Israel invaded Gaza." Israel undertook military actions to stop incessant bombardments of its southern cities from Gaza.
"You and I pay for every bullet, rocket, tank and F-16 that the Israeli army uses." American aid constitutes less than 20 percent of Israeli military budget. The lion's share of this aid is directed toward high-tech development, like Iron Dome, which eventually may serve interests of both countries.
Vladimir Kaplan
San Mateo
Nov. 6 is the day bell began tolling for us
I'm a 87-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps from World War II, a student of history and economics, and a political centrist who believes that capitalism is in the best interests of our country.
It is capitalism that for more than 100 years developed our county into the world leader in economic well-being of its citizens willing to work, succeed and prosper without government interference.
On Nov. 6, the majority of voters in our country supported a major change to our economic future, favoring European government entitlement spending, which after 65 years, has finally crushed their economic future.
I feel that with proper government support and cooperation, our country could return to manufacturing greatness through huge demand for goods and services in the world marketplace. The progressives now controlling the Democratic Party are headed in a different direction, one of absolute government control of finance, manufacturing and distribution.
I believer our future is dim and historians will point to Nov. 6 with the question: For whom the bells toll?
Emil Raffetto
Nudes are typically not very interesting
Hurrah for Dorothy Miller for a good opinion and one I can contribute to.
Rather than the word treated to public nudity, how about "Treated to a fun horror show"?
In my view, often the public nudes have little to show except possibly goose pimples.
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Walnut Creek


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Hey guys.
Just joined this forum. I read some tutorials here, as well as watched some on youtube as to how to dye.
Just thought I'd post my technique and success story. This is my first dye, but it went well, and my technique is a combo of a few things I've seen. I dyed an Innova Champion Groove.
Supplies (all are cheap, <=$5):
Champion disc
Liquid Rit dye
Contact paper
Acetone - not nail polish remover, it's usually really diluted and won't work. Adhesive remover is fine, usually the main ingredient is acetone. I recommend using gloves for acetone, it's cancer-causing. And try not to breathe it - use it outside or something.
Rubbing alcohol.
A cup and a brush. And a sink, with running water. Rit dye WILL STAIN plastic and worn sinks. Stainless steel doesn't stain. You can always just rinse it off outside.
1: Printed out my symbol i made, then smoothly taped it to some contact paper. You might note the outline I made, which I found quite helpful. The inner circle of a disc is roughly 6in, so I would keep your design 5.5in or smaller.
Then I taped the contact paper to a cutting board. Then I carefully cut it. I learned that with an ex-acto knife (or similar design knife), the pressure you apply to the knife will not change its direction, but only turning it will.
2: Removed the stamp. Of course, acetone is the best. I had "goo off", which worked fine. Pure acetone is better. Just rubbed it with a rag after applying acetone. I recommend using gloves for acetone, it's cancer-causing. And try not to breathe it - use it outside or something.
3: Mixed liquid Rit dye (black in this case) with rubbing alcohol. I've seen a dye:alcohol ratio of 2:1 everywhere. I found it to bee too runny. My ratio was more of a 2:3 or 1:1. The more rubbing alcohol you use, the stickier the dye will be.
4: To apply the stencil, I removed the backing on the contact paper. Then I laid it sticky-side-up, and set my disc face-down directly in the middle. I liked this technique since it prevents wrinkles.
I wrapped the contact paper all around my disc, then pressed out any bubbles around the open areas of the paper.
5: Using a paintbrush, I painted on the Rit dye. For a solid black, you want to wait about 15 minutes, then simply rinse it off. Be careful not to let it spill onto the back of the disc. Dry it, then remove the contact paper.
All done! With transparent discs, the black will be purplish when held in front of a light, but it looks like a nice solid black from most angles.


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Lisa Robin Kelly of 'That '70s Show' Dead at Age 43
Lisa Robin Kelly, the former co-star of "That '70s Show," has passed away at the age of 43. The cause of death has not been disclosed. According to the Associated Press, the actress died on Wednesday after going to an addiction treatment center. Kelly, who played Laurie Forman on the nostalgic TV sitcom, landed only a few roles after the popular series ended. "That '70s Show" made stars out of other actors, including Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace. Kelly reportedly battled addiction over the years, and was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of drunk driving. The actress had entered rehab earlier this week.


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I think I speak for all Americans when I say I would be willing to pay more on a local and state level to ensure that innocent lives will be protected from the senseless acts of the few. Let this be our lesson, if we do this for anyone, do it for the 26 victims.
First, let's kick bureaucratic red tape aside. There isn't any time for windbags to save a few bucks. If this was put in place when we had our first school shooting, we would not be doing this today.
What we are dealing with are not only sick individuals, but people with nothing but pure evil in their hearts, and also copycats, the likelihood of more to come, according to leading psychologists, increases.
I call on the mayor of our great city to move forward this week to start making sure we have an allotment of funds so we can protect our greatest resource, our children.
I have a good idea for what we can do with the light lease money: Protect our next leaders of this great state as well as the rest of the country. For less than $2,000, each school in the area can have the protection needed to thwart another deadly attack.
So, Gov.-elect Pence, I ask you on your first day as the governor to set aside funds so we can have young ones that will be able to see their next birthday. But it's time to stop the debate and put your money where your mouth is. You just might save that little boy or girl that you know, a choice that 20 parents never had today. Vote with your conscience. Let's put these legislators to work for the people they say they serve.
Charles A. SizemoreNumerous media outlets, friends and family: Yes, the shootings in Connecticut were horrific; my sincere sympathies to all persons affected!
That being said, here go the media again (written, TV, online, et al); 90 percent of recent coverage has been about the shootings, rehashing the same things over and over with the same "talking head" experts, psychologists, sociologists and, I dare say, ideologists (gun-control disciples).
Here's the rub: We're nearing a fiscal disaster, and no one seems to be paying attention! Certainly not President Obama. He'll go to Connecticut (making sure the cameras are rolling) but won't cross the street to talk some serious business about how our spending is out of control.
By the way, most all economists, even those on the left, agree that spending has to be reined in. However, since the Democrats are controlled by the likes of Howard Dean, spending/entitlement cuts of any significance are off the table "for now." And we all know why: Any cuts to entitlements would cause a backlash from those getting the freebies, i.e., the Democrats' base.
Why doesn't someone have the guts to call it like it is?! This country is being "Europeanized" (we know how that's working out), and I think in all honestly that the Obamaites would love to have one ruling party for the next generation so as to accomplish their primary goal: The dismantling of capitalism/free markets to be replaced with a state-(as in federal)-run centralized planning economy a la communist China. Someone start speaking out, and let's get our arms around this mess before we're totally screwed.
Rich Polk


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Topic: Shrinkage!!!
After the first session of Sorafenib ( one month , 4 pills every day ) there is a shrinkage !!!. My father-in-low is doing very very well , is very active , still working . After the termoembolization near the portal vein there was reccurance - but we are in the programme of researching sorafenib's influence on cholangio
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Don't bargain yourself down before you get to the table. --Carol Frohlinger
While Friday's tragic school shooting in Connecticut is the main focus of the news this morning, it is still the fiscal cliff issue that will determine how the market acts this week. Speaker Boehner is said to have agreed to increased taxes for those who earn over $1 million per year, which is a sign that the parties are working toward a compromise; however, there are still plenty of issues to be hammered out.
The market still is acting optimistic that a deal will get done, but the timing is going to be problematic. If we don't have a deal by this weekend, the market is going to be very concerned that there won't be one before the end of the year, and that will cause some uncertainty and some worry.
It really would be nice to focus on something other than this fiscal cliff issue, but it is the only thing that really matters as far as market direction in the near term. We still have plenty of problems out there that could weigh on the market -- even if the fiscal cliff was not an issue -- but we won't even be able to contend with them from a market standpoint until this issue is at least partially off the table.
Many market players are simply going to shut down until next year if this issue continues to drag on. There just is no edge to trading when we jump around to each new news headline. The market is likely to be even more sensitive to each news story now as the real negotiations begin and the deadline gets closer.
A good example of what this issue is doing to traders comes from Scott O'Neill of Investor's Business Daily. He states "If it's not the super committee, it's Greece, then it's something else ... You back away and just sit on the sidelines".
Unfortunately, many traders are doing just that and it is making for some very slow trading. There are always a few pockets of trading action but they are very limited. Typically during the holidays we see better speculative action in a small group of stocks as traders look for action and we have a better mood in general. We still may see that "holiday" trading but it is likely to be narrower and we will need to be much more selective.
My game plan is to try to avoid being jerked around by the headlines and the best way to do that is to stick with individual stocks that are moving on their individual merits. I want to go where the hot action is but have to be cognizant that any news headline is going to impact everything.
The best thing this market has going for it is the fear of being left out if a fiscal cliff deal is made. That is what is putting a bid under this market, even when Apple (AAPL) is stumbling about and drives down the Nasdaq.
The market has a slightly positive start this morning but the uncertainty is likely to keep it pinned down. Focus on the individual trades but stay vigilant and be ready to move if the macro news flow starts to clarify.


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Guys, I have found the perfect answer to our problem.
Artest and Bender to NewOrleans For P.J Brown and Desmond Mason.
Those who want to see Artest punished, consider your wish granted.
Those who wanted a defensive specialist consider your wish granted.
Those who wants to thank Bender for his loyal and productive service to the Pacers and wnat to see him return home with honour, consider your wish granted.
jokes aside I honestly feel this is a good trade. We get an exciting player with good defence and a veteren Bigman who is still productive.
P.S: sorry for posting one more trade artest thread, but there is nothing else to talk about.