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Room in APT close to Times Square (C)
Maksimum Konuk Sayısı2
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Boyut100 ft²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Mutfak
- Klima
- Çamaşır makinesi / Kurutma makinesi
- Binada asansör
- Kilitlenebilir oda
- İnternet/Kablosuz ağ
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|Lockhart Rd Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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This room is within the apartment so you will share the living room, kitchen and bathroom with others staying in the other room.
The apartment is located in Causeway Bay, SOGO Department Store, near Times Square.
Causeway is the center tourist spot in Hong Kong where you can eat, shop, and enjoy sightseeing in the crowded streets and stylish shopping malls. Apart from that, there are many characteristic small stores and you can seek recommendation from us!
This apartment is fully Furnished and equipped with wireless Internet access, cable TV, kitchen utilities which you can use to cook your own dishes.
Convenient transportation: 5 minutes walk from the Causeway MTR station, three minutes walk from bus, tram downstairs
Eat: well known for the Bridge Spicy Crab gourmet restaurant! Sichuan restaurant, Chinese restaurant...
Ev kurallarıSecurity deposit: HK$500
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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I had a very comfortable stay in the apartment.
As stated, the apartments are totally renovated, and in good taste.
Since the other apartments were vacant, I was able to see each of them
Apartment #2 is quite small, but totally sufficient for my needs. Plenty of storage drawer and shelf space.
Apartment is a bit bigger, and the feel of it is much more comfortable that #2.
Apartment 3 and 4 each have a large window, and are vert bright and sunny.
In the future, I would suggest paying a bit more, to be able to rent 3 or 4.
Location is terrific. It is a ten minute walk to the Admiralty MTR station.
From there, you can access all of HK.
I would stay there again, without hesitation.
Stayed for 12 nights, room is exactly as listed, clean good bed/shower/toilet what more do you want. Did not meet Wendy but Yani was pleasant and friendly.
I have stayed in other apartments in this building before and recommend its location.
Only thing I would like changed is the room use's keys which you have to take everywhere with you where a combination lock would remove the worry of coming back at 4am with a skin full and find you lost your keys haha
The place is pretty decent, good for a short stay around popular places over Hong Kong! I've got my room cleaned on a daily base, the price is good as well! Wendy is nice! xxx
Wendy has a number of properties in the Wanchai/Causeway Bay area and sent her maids to the bus stop when we arrived to carry our luggage. Her maid Yani and another one are very helpful and friendly. Wendy herself came to greet us in the flat. I had gone to Hong Kong with my grown up son and daughter for visiting family and tourism. Our stay was very comfortable and in fact for part of the tenure we were given a flat in Wanchai overlooking a sports ground with beautiful view of the buildings and hills in the background. Because of good nature of Wendy and Yani it felt as if we were living with family or friends. We will surely stay with Wendy in future. One minor suggestion that I have for Wendy is that if she could arrange regular toilet rolls in the toilets instead of the slim toilet rolls which run out pretty quickly and also make sure soap / handwash liquid etc. are available for the wash basin. These minor things did not bother us much as we did not expect five star service and were more than happy to have a family experience. Regards, Tanveer Ahmed, London
Wendy nous a propose un autre logement la veille de notre arrivee. c'etait tres bien, encore mieux situe, et plus grand.
Accueil agreable, aucun souci. On reviendra.
Just as described. Nice and clean and helpful staff. Thanks, will use again.
Great location. The internet is a bit temperamental and the water to the toilet was shut off for 4 days during my stay which was inconvenient. I never met Wendy but Yani her staff member was lovely, friendly and helpful. Towels and bedding could been changed more frequently.
OK, where do I start with this review? My husband and I were already in Hong Kong Mongkok area, and wanted stay on HK island for the last couple of nights. We booked this place the day before we were due to stay there. Our offer was accepted, hence payment would have been made automatically with my card details, but the host messaged me AFTER to say that she could offer me a private room for 700HK dollars. We assumed she wanted extra if we decided to go for a private bathroom. However, sharing an apartment and bathroom with other travellers didn't bother us. I emailed the host to say we're happy with the room we booked.
She then explained that in the apartment, there were already about 12 people staying there and we'd have to share the bathroom and living room etc., hence her suggestion to give us a private bathroom and I quote "pay 300hk. Extra money to me". She then sent another msg to ask if I'm coming with my boyfriend or friend (Right at the start I'd told her we were a married couple!!) and that the only thing she had left was two separate beds with a private bathroom. Again I told her we don't mind sharing the bathroom!!!!
On the day of arrival, I made sure I had the address, my MTR route planned out, with luggage in tow. Before getting on the MTR, I called the host in advance to let her know we were on our way. She didn't direct us to the address wimdu had given us, instead she told us to get off at the MTR stop and walk to a different address. Luckily the address was on one of the main roads so we weren't completely lost! At the location, one of the host's employees showed us our room – a double room with a private bathroom. We explained to the employee that this was not what we had reserved online and if the host wanted extra payment, we weren't giving it. She called her boss who tried to get us to pay an extra 100hk instead of the 300 she originally asked for!! (actually she originally asked for 700!)
We refused and told her to give us the original room, that it was unfair to accept the payment online, then tell us AFTER that they gave our room to someone else, and then for them to ask us for extra payment?! Really?! The employee left us with the key to the room and said she'd speak to her boss, if there were any problems she'd call us.
Despite there being a private bathroom, the stay was awful, it was freezing cold, there was no heating, no TV, no hairdryer nor Internet – oh wait, these amenities were at the apartment with the shared bathroom!! And for a lot less money! To top it off, there was an awful bloodstain in the bedsheets – which was hidden and tucked down the side of the bed.
We were very disappointed with the stay, and hopefully this review will help and alert others.
Hello. I had a disapponting experience.
I booked 9 nights room 13d4 with two months advance. When i arrived the cleaning girl told me that my room had a problem in the water heating. They moved me to room 4c. Much older, dirty, noisy room. No towels, bed sheets not changed, tv did not work, the table broken. After 5 nights they changed me to room 4g. The room was better but it had cockroaches. (not one. a few)
7 days later they repared room 13d4 and i was there two nights.
This room is fine, worth its price. Clean and silent. Wendy returned me 60% of one night price for the inconvenience.
My trip to Hong Kong happened in excellent condition thanks to Wendy who ensured that everything was perfect for my stay.
The apartments are functional and clean, ideally located in the district of Wan Chai where you can find different types of restaurants and commerce, with several transportation options nearby (tram, mtr, bus).
Wendy was great hospitality, answering all my questions about the city and suggesting me the best transportation options possible. For my next trip to Hong Kong I know where I will stay :)
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ITASCA, Ill. — Jewel-Osco announced that it is celebrating Black History Month this February with the company's 14th annual "A Taste of Black History" program.
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The kickoff event will feature live music by Chicago band Zzaje' and an appearance by celebrity chef Josh Marks, who was the runner-up on the third season of the FOX reality cooking show "MasterChef."
In addition, the retailer will donate a total of $10,000 to three community organizations, including Chicago's St. Felicitas Church Food Pantry and Grant A Wish Food Pantry, which were chosen for their commitment to hunger relief.
"'A Taste of Black History' gives us an opportunity to thank our African-American vendors for everything they do for our company and our customers," said Jewel-Osco president Brian Huff. "This outstanding group of business men and women plays an important role in our success, and we hope consumers realize that when they purchase African-American vendor products they are supporting these wonderful entrepreneurs."


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If you are an Indian male, are you automatically held in suspicion as a potential rapist? If you go by the rationale of a professor in a German university, all Indian men are rapists-in-the-making.
The professor, Dr Annette G Beck-Sickinger, head of the biochemistry department in Leipzig University, refused an internship to an Indian student saying, "I don't accept any Indian male students for internships. We hear a lot about the rape problem in India … I have many female students in my group, so I think this attitude is something I cannot support."
Beck-Sickinger's comments on why she refused internship to the student provoked widespread outrage, and not only in India. The German ambassador to India, Michael Steiner, sent a strong-worded reprimand to Beck-Sickinger: "Your oversimplifying and discriminating generalisation is an offence to furthering women empowerment in India, and it is an offence to millions of law-abiding, tolerant, open-minded and hard-working Indians. Let's be clear: India is not a country of rapists."
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The U.S. Air Force's much delayed and troubled attempts to procure a new-generation tanker hit an embarrassing snag in November, when the evaluating office inadvertently sent out technical assessments of each proposal to the opposing bidders. The documents in question were the Integrated Fleet Aerial Refueling Assessments (IFARA) that model tanker operations in various scenarios. In the current incarnation of the KC-X competition the IFARA is seen as the single biggest risk factor.
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(CBS News) Author Judy Blume, famous for her young adult novels "Forever," "Blubber" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," announced on her blog that she underwent a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Blume shared her story in a post titled "!@#$% Happens" on Wednesday, one month after she underwent surgery for the disease.
The author explained that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer on June 12 after a routine ultrasound of her dense breast tissue suggested the need for a core biopsy. She admitted initially that she was planning on putting off the biopsy because she was supposed to go on a 5-week vacation in Italy, but the doctor convinced her that she should have the procedure done. A few days later, the biopsy report came back.
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"As I've told my friends who've also been treated for breast cancer, I've joined The Club - not one I wanted to join or even thought I would ever be joining - but here I am," she said. "I'm part of this Sisterhood of the Traveling Breast Cells (apologies to Ann Brashares). Medical diagnoses can leave you feeling alone and scared. When it comes to breast cancer you're not alone, and scary though it is, there's a network of amazing women to help you through it."


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Infante, Escobar yet to play in same game
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Now that Omar Infante is back at second base, it's shortstop Alcides Escobar who has a stiff throwing shoulder.
As a result, the Royals still haven't gotten their middle-infield combination together in a Cactus League game. Escobar was scratched from Tuesday's game against the Dodgers because of "minor soreness" in his right shoulder, the club announced.
Infante was at second base for the second straight day after not playing in the field for 10 days because of a stiff right shoulder.
Neither is scheduled to play on Wednesday against Oakland. Infante will get a planned day off, and Escobar will rest his shoulder.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have not laid them out in the above photo properly but it won't be difficult to see what you are looking for. I can send more pics or details if you want - just pm me.
D Archangel - purple - 9/10 because there is a bit of ink on the back. Otherwise 10. (not sure g). $6
Pro Classic Roc - tye dye - 7/10 (not sure g). $6 SOLD
D Valkyrie - red - 9/10 (not sure g). $4
12x Champion Firebird - orange - 9/10 only because a little ink (170g). $10 SOLD
Star TeeRex - mint - 10/10 (171g). $7
Pro Wraith - red - 10/10 (171g). $6
D Valkyrie - yellow - 9/10 (173g). Small scuff on the rim. $4
Pro Wraith - baby blue - 8/10 (167g). $5
5x Champion Valkyrie - red - 9/10 because there is a bit of ink on the back. Otherwise 10. (150g). $6
11x Champion TeeBird - pink - 10/10 (174g). Signed by Carrie Berlogar, Joy Williams, Val Jenkins, Des Reading and Leslie 'Demark.' $12SOLD
ESP First Run Wasp - baby blue - 8/10 (177g). Some ink on the back BUT it is signed by Ken Climo (yes, a Discraft Disc signed by Ken). $12
Z Predator - blue - 9/10 (173g). Only a 9 because of a small amount of ink, otherwise 10. $7 SOLD
Z Crush - purple - 9/10 (173g). $6
ProD Drone - white - 8/10 (175g). No ink. $5
ESP FLX Surge - mint - 10/10 (168g). $6
ProD Hawk - white - 7/10 (165g). $5
SNAP Whitler - yellow - don't know the weight - 7/10 for colour wear but the plastic is indestructable. Signed by Glen Whitlock himself.
I can get the missing weights if you want. Just PM.
I have lots of other discs (Buzz, Valks, Arch Angels, Wraiths, Skeeters and more from that era). Just ask.
All my Buzz's SOLD
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There are two main objections to scrapping the payroll tax. The first is the theoretical idea that payroll taxes are a dedicated revenue stream for Social Security. In practice, it just isn't true. All government expenditures ultimately come from the same place. Payroll taxes help subsidize other government functions, and the government will use other tax revenue and borrowing to pay for Social Security when revenues are short.
The other objection is the massive revenue hit to the federal government. In 2010 (the last year before the recent payroll tax holiday), social insurance taxes raised $865 billion in revenue, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But there are a number of ways to recoup that revenue. As stated above, eliminating the payroll tax would make it easier to get rid of a lot of credits, loopholes and deductions. Also, if lower-income Americans aren't paying payroll taxes, they can pay a bit more in income taxes. This would also deal with a conservative complaint that the income tax system needs to be reformed so everybody has at least some skin in the game. Furthermore, if businesses react as expected to the tax changes by raising salaries and hiring more workers, it would expand the tax base.


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Mansions nearby
This business-traveler hotel 13 blocks north of Merida's historical central square and cathedral, and faces fashionable Paseo Montejo boulevard and its colonial-style mansions. Gran Museo Maya is 3.6 miles (5.8 kilometers) away.
Sunbathing, swimming
A third-story sundeck and pool offer daytime leisure, a street-level air-conditioned mall under the hotel provides shopping, and Los Almendros restaurant features Yucatecán specialties.
City or pool views
Guestrooms provide a contemporary adaptation of colonial design, with furnished lanais overlooking the city or swimming pool. Rooms come with 24-inch TVs and Internet access.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Including a 25-person spa tub in a glass-wall pavilion, a complimentary fitness center also includes women's and men's locker rooms with saunas and steam rooms and a workout room with cardio machines, Universal gym, and free weights. Massage, facials, aromatherapy and body treatments (surcharges) are offered in the onsite spa that is open daily. A supervised children's club provides complimentary activities in summer and on weekends. Complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access is available in public areas and near the swimming pool. A business center contains computers with high-speed Internet access (surcharge) and there are 14 meeting/conference rooms. Additional onsite amenities include concierge services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities.
A shopping center is located on the ground floor of the hotel and has a variety of shops including currency exchange, pharmacy and beauty salon. There is also a bus stop and car rental agencies onsite.
- Outdoor pool
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- Total number of rooms - 350
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- Number of floors - 6
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Free valet parking
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- Number of restaurants - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 13
- Free self parking
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- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Los Almendros - Offers an elegant atmosphere with music. Fine regional Yucatecan cuisine is served for lunch and dinner. Private parties are accommodated with a reservation. Hours are 1 PM - 10:30 PM.
El Restaurante Montejo - Open 6:30 AM - 11 PM for buffet breakfast, lunch, and à la carte dinner. Menu features selections of the best regional and international cuisine.
Bar La Hach - Live sporting events are broadcast on Friday and Saturday and music is played any night of the week. Open every day from 5 PM - 1 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
A third-story sundeck contains an irregularly shaped 14-by-12-meter (45-by-40-ft) pool with a shallow children's section. Adjacent to the pool is an artificial-grass tennis court (complimentary).
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40th Anniversary 3-in-1 Bag
For John's 40th Anniversary, we made 40 near-indestructible limited edition bags, designed by John and produced by the same company that specializes in tough saddlebags, that will carry us another 40 years down the path of awesomeness. An adjustable over the shoulder bag that also converts to a backpack, this 40th Anniversary Bag is handmade in Mexico using high quality, tough, raw 4-5 ounce full grain American leathers. The bag uses an industrial UV resistant, marine grade thread commonly found in sails, which results in almost seamless strength. Tanned with high grade oils and preservatives to protect it from both dryness and moisture, and made with sturdy unbreakable hardware, this bag will ensure you get every penny's worth for at least another 40 years.
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COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State defense was the hot topic on Monday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
That's not much of a surprise. After the Buckeyes' defense was blown up for 481 yards and needed to recover a late onside kick to preserve a 52-49 win over host Indiana on Saturday, it's safe to assume plenty of attention will be given to shoring up the defense prior to this Saturday's game against Purdue.
"Coach (Mike Vrabel) says they used to say at the Patriots, 'If you don't learn from a win, you're eventually going to learn from a loss,'" OSU co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell said on Monday.
There's plenty to learn from in the days leading to a game with 3-3 Purdue, which historically has given the Buckeyes problems.
The Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0 in the Big Ten) nearly let a 17-point fourth-quarter lead evaporate into defeat after two late touchdown passes from Indiana backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld brought the Hoosiers within three points.
It wasn't until Corey "Philly" Brown pounced on an onside kick that the Buckeyes could finally kneel out the remaining time and escape with the win.
Indiana threw for 352 yards, ran for 129 and exploited OSU's defense with big plays.
"The defense, we're really, really mad right now," linebacker Ryan Shazier said. "Words can't really describe how we feel. We're disgusted with how we played. We had a horrible game."
Measures have already been taken to correct what went wrong in Bloomington.
Coach Urban Meyer said he is going to take a more active role on the defensive side of the ball, though he gave a vote of confidence to the defensive players and coaches and said it would "be a mistake" for him to take too much of a role.
Meyer said three points of emphasis will be accentuated -- eliminating big plays, tackling better and improving leverage on the ball.
Four of Indiana's touchdowns came on plays of 12 yards or longer, including a 59-yard run and a 75-yard pass. Throw in a 60-yard kickoff return that set up a field goal, and there was a lot to grouse about.
"Eliminate (them)," Meyer said. "I mean, it's been absurd how many big plays we give up."
Meyer said continuing the mantra of 4-to-6 seconds -- getting from Point A to Point B as fast as possible -- and tackling better would solve some problems. So would being in proper position, ie leveraging the ball.
"Every one of those big plays, we had very poor leverage on the ball," Meyer said. "The cutback one (Indiana's last TD, a 25-yard pass to Stephen Houston), just very poor leverage on the ball."
Don't expect a ton of personnel changes, if for no other reason than the Buckeyes already have their best options on the field as it is. Meyer said Zach Boren's move from fullback to linebacker, necessitated by injuries and slower-than-expected development of freshmen, is "temporarily permanent."
He also said plans are in the works to get John Simon, Nathan Williams and Noah Spence -- all defensive ends -- on the field at the same time. Though Meyer didn't say so, that set could mean Williams seeing some time at linebacker.
Meyer and Fickell agree in that execution is the biggest bugaboo of the Ohio state defense. It's not just a one-game thing, either.
Through seven games, Ohio State is giving up 400 yards per game, 69th in the nation's FBS rankings, and 24.57 points per game, 53rd in the nation.
Tantrums and excuses aren't part of Meyer's plan.
"I'm not a big believer in screaming and yelling and throwing Gatorade bottles against the wall," Meyer said. "Sometimes you have to do that. However, you fix what the problem is."
Historically speaking, teams coached by Meyer have been offensive juggernauts, and this Ohio State team is developing that trait quickly by averaging 40.4 points and 452 yards per game.
But Meyer quickly pointed out the Buckeyes aren't going to turn into an all-offense, no-defense team because of his arrival.
"That's not going to happen," he said. "Ohio State is going to be a defensive school. Our teams are going to be defensive, no question about it."
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More Living Dead Dolls, stylized figures and Mez Itz coming in 2010...
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MEZCO revealed several upcoming toys for 2010 and have also acquired the license for Kick ***, Little Big Planet, Watchmen and Green Hornet. Several licenses will be getting The MEZCO treatment this year in terms of Mez-Itz, stylized figures and 6" action figures.
Aside from the 6" and 12" figures which have already been released, there will also be a 6" Mez-Itz figure and a very cool stylized Wolfman figure released in August. This awesome new figure follows in the tradition of all the previous stylized figures such as Jason, Freddy and Leatherface and will be a welcome addition to anyone's horror or monster collection.
Family Guy
Mezco is re-releasing past action figures to fans that missed them the first time or are new to the hilarious show. When asked, Mezco revealed that new character figures are a possibility down the road; they didn't want to relaunch with second tier characters as to not confuse new Family Guy fans.
There are several new items planned for Michael Myers in 2010 including a Stylized Plush (August), Stylized Rotocast (September) and new 6" and 12" scale figures based on the look of the H2 film. These products are sure to please all Halloween fans young and old.
The iconic Billy the Puppet will be released in the form of a Living Dead Doll and 6" Mez-Itz figure. The Living Dead Doll version of Billy will be available in September and the Mez-Itz will be released later in 2010.
Doctor Manhattan and Rorschach ill release this June as Mez-Itz. Other characters from the movie are planned to join the series.
Nightmare on Elm Street
MEZCO will be releasing several toys based on the new look of Freddy from the new film. There will be a Living Dead Doll version of the new Freddy in April and an original Freddy sometime in 2010. There will also be a 6" Mez-Itz in April and a mini Mez-Itz figure later in 2010.
There will be a shirtless version of Hellboy and Johann Kraus will make up Series 2 of the 6" Mez-Itz assortment.
There was also several new Living Dead Dolls on display including Series 19 'Children of the Night', Beetlejuice and others.
There will also be several items produced for the film Kick *** and the Green Hornet classic TV series.
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A discussion with the president of Villazon & Co., makers of Hoyo de Monterrey and Punch.
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Like many cigarmakers of his generation, Llaneza lived through several cycles of boom and bust. His reputation, however, surpasses that of many of his peers. He could easily be called the godfather of Honduran cigars, although he swears that the industry there was under development when he first visited in 1960, two years before the trade embargo on Cuba was imposed. And, there's the story about how he and his former partner, Danny Blumenthal, snapped up Cuban tobacco by the thousands of bales immediately before the embargo, and afterwards from companies that were jettisoning their Cuban stocks in favor of tobacco from other places. They bought enough to keep blending Cuban tobacco into their cigars well past 1965. Now, in his late 70s, Llaneza is making the transition to being a member of a big corporation. While he admits to not being used to the paperwork, he is excited by plans to launch some new brands as well as build on the marketing of his current stable of brands, which include Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey.
In a recent wide-ranging conversation with Gordon Mott, managing editor of Cigar Aficionado, Llaneza discussed his 60 years in the cigar business and his take on the future of the industry.
CA: Tell us how you got started in the cigar industry.
Llaneza: I started fairly young, at about the age of 15. I was still in high school and my father was superintendent of Schwab Davis, which was one of the big factories here in Tampa. He also had an interest in Villazon & Co., where he was partners with Mr. José Villazon and Mr. José Arango, and two or three other people. He would work on Sundays there. I used to go after school to Schwab Davis and work in the packing room, punching holes in the heads of cigars, and just being in the factory.
When I graduated from Tampa Jesuit High School, I managed to get a partial scholarship to Georgetown University. But that was during the Depression. There were doctors working in shoe stores. Architects had menial jobs. My father talked to José Suarez, who at that time was one of the key tobacco processors in Cuba. My father asked him to take me to Cuba to learn about the growing and the fermentation of tobacco and everything having to do with tobacco, so that I could maybe come in and run Villazon. That was in his mind. I didn't want to do it. I wanted to go to school. But I took my father's advice and I went into Villazon.
CA: What year did you go to Cuba?
Llaneza: That was about 1939. I kept going back and forth. I was in Cuba when Fidel Castro came down from the mountains into Havana. But we traveled to Cuba because we were making cigars out of Cuban leaf. That's what most of the factories in Tampa did at the time.
CA: What did you first do when you joined Villazon?
Llaneza: Well, I worked there; I had no financial participation in Villazon other than being the son of one of the partners. But I went to Cuba to learn from Mr. Suarez how to be a selector. My dad wanted me to have two years as an apprentice selector, to learn that trade.
CA: Selecting tobacco leaves?
Llaneza: Selecting wrappers. Selecting wrappers in a barrel. At that time we used to take the tobacco and select the leaves for the various sizes, based mostly on color. It was one of the key positions in the factory, and usually the selectors became foremen over the cigarmakers. I went from the selecting to working with a foreman around the factory. I learned about tobacco blends in cigars.
CA: How many rollers were in the Tampa factory at the time?
Llaneza: We used to maybe have 45, 50. Basically we made cigars for Faber, Coe & Gregg in New York and for the private clubs in the city, like the New York Athletic Club, and clubs in other cities.
CA: Were they private-label or were they brands?
Llaneza: Private-label. They were sold in their boxes. The biggest club we had was the Detroit Athletic Club, which supplied General Motors and all the other big industry that was around Detroit. I remember that the members would give Christmas gift orders that totaled three or four hundred thousand handmade cigars.
CA: Were they long filler?
Llaneza: Yes, they were all long filler, handmade cigars. From that modest start we kept growing. We got the Villa de Cuba brand and we also were making a few Villazon brand cigars. Then, the war came along and I spent four and a half years outside the factory in the service. When I came back from the service, I went right back into the factory, and that was when I really took charge of running it. Right away, I invested my savings into the factory and took a share in the company. It ended up that it was my father, my brother and myself. My brother ran the front office and I ran the factory. My father's trade was being a picker and packer in the packing room. He'd come in Saturday and Sunday and work for free, selecting and packing most of the production. He could do it by himself because he was very fast.
The company just kept on growing. Things were a little distressed after the war, and I started making some cheap cigars from scrap because the machines that we had ordered during the war, when we had a lot of business, came in after the war, when we had no business. So I started making a cheap cigar. It became fairly popular and from that I got into the bigger sizes. Other factories started faltering, and thanks to my father's good credit rating and good judgment, we were able to take over a lot of other brands, too. Jose Arango & Co. was one of the first ones we took over and then, Bustillo and Diaz. Then, we took over Preferred Havana and we took over the Cuesta factory of the Antonio Co. And then we were able through Danny Blumenthal, who was very friendly with the Palicios [owners of a major cigar factory in Havana before the revolution], to get their brands after they were unable to do business with Cuba. But those brands didn't come into our company until the 1960s.
CA: Were those cigars that you made in the 1940s all clear Havanas [cigars made outside of Cuba with all-Cuban tobacco]?
Llaneza: Yes, we made two blends. We made clear Havana cigars and we made the Villazon and the Villa de Cuba brands, which were Havana filler, Wisconsin binder and Connecticut-shade wrapper.
CA: Were these all candela [green] wrappers?
Llaneza: No, these were all-natural. All-natural cigars. Joseph Cullman, Edgar's father, used to come in to sell us a few bales of Connecticut-shade wrapper for those cigars.
CA: How often did you go to Cuba during that period?
Llaneza: I might make three or four trips to Cuba in a year.
CA: Were you buying tobacco?
Llaneza: Yes, we were mostly visiting the people who grew the tobacco. At the time there were good-sized farms in the Vuelta Abajo. We had a degree of friendliness with the farmers there. We visited them frequently. In fact, I was on one of the farms once with my wife, and some small planes flew over. There were a lot of Fidel Castro's people [at the farm], and they thought they were being attacked. I will never forget that.
CA: Were you buying the tobacco directly from the farms?
Llaneza: No, we weren't. But we went to the farm and saw the tobacco. We weren't big enough to buy the production directly. Angel Oliva bought the tobacco and he had stripping plants and processing plants in Cuba. He would set aside what we figured we needed. And then we bought from other leaf people, too.
CA: Were you buying specific production?
Llaneza: Well, most of the major manufacturers, like Corral and Perfecto Garcia, bought the tobacco directly and warehoused it. But we had limited resources so we bought the tobacco through Mr. Oliva, and we told him what we could use and he would hold it for us. He helped us an awful lot.
CA: You're talking about Angel Oliva Sr., whose sons run the Oliva Tobacco company today?
Llaneza: Yes, he was my teacher, my mentor.
CA: Yours and a lot of other people's.
Llaneza: Yes. He helped a lot of people in the cigar business, because he was a fellow who started from scratch. But we kept working with him as other factories in Tampa began to slow down their production. We were able to keep increasing our production.
CA: How large was your production in the early 1950s?
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Mike Bossy
The New York Islanders dynasty in the early 1980's ranks among the greatest teams of all time. Mike Bossy, often playing on one of the most feared lines in hockey history along with Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies, was a key component of the success enjoyed on Long Island.
Hindsight is 20/20, but it seems hard to believe the Islanders were able to snatch up "Boss" with the 15th overall pick in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft. How could 14 other teams over look a guy who average 77 goals a year in a brilliant 4 year junior career?! At the time the QMJHL was notorious for developing the small snipers who didn't know how to play defensively or physically, and despite their knack for scoring goals NHL teams feared taking a chance on a boom or bust situation.
The Islanders were happily surprised to snatch up Bossy at number 15, and he would quickly prove that he would be no bust. Bossy is considered by many to be the best pure sniper in the history of hockey - even better than a Brett Hull or Ilya Kovalchuk for modern fans. And Bossy worked very hard at becoming a well rounded player. He openly admitted to not playing any defense in his junior days, but he became a very reliable back checker with the Isles.
He carried his goal scoring ways right into the NHL, scoring a then-rookie record of an unheard of 53 goals and earning the Calder trophy as top rookie. Bossy, always a very confident person, even had predicted to team general manager Bill Torrey that he would score 50 goals in his first NHL season - something never before seen in the NHL.
He would go on to score 50 goals in every single season he played in, except his final campaign which was plagued with back problems. He also scored 50 goals in as many games during the 1981 season. It was only the second time a player had accomplished that milestone that Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard made so famous in 1945.
Mike Bossy's brilliant career included: 573 goal along with 553 assists for 1,126 points; In playoff action, Bossy tallied 85 goals and 160 points in 129 games; At least 60 goals on five occasions, and seven 100 plus points seasons; Four Stanley Cup rings; he scored the series winning goal in both the 1982 and 1983 Stanley Cup finals making him the only player in NHL history to record Cup winning goals in consecutive seasons; the 1982 recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy awarded to the playoffs' Most Valuable Player; awarded the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly play three times; A first team All-Star five times and a second team All-Star three times; And his 573 goals also put him high on the NHL's all-time list.
Bossy was also a member of Team Canada in the 1981 and 1984 Canada Cup Tournaments. It was his overtime goal in the 1984 sudden death semi-final that eliminated the Soviets and sent Team Canada to the final and eventually to their second Canada Cup championship.
Bossy was and remains outspoken about violence in hockey. As one of the most gifted and talented players ever to grace the game, he was often the target of thugs. However Bossy took great pride in never stooping to retaliation. The three time Lady Byng Trophy winner who accumulated only 210 PIM in his career, Bossy was often criticized for not fighting back. Critics passed him off as not tough enough. Bossy's sweet revenge would however often come in the following 2 minutes after the cowardly attacks. Bossy - perhaps the greatest power play weapon in the game's history - would score on the man advantage, and that would only upset the other team even more. Of Bossy's 573 career goals, 181 were scored on the power play.
A chronic bad back forced Bossy to retire prematurely. Oddly enough, the back injuries that still haunt him to this day were caused by the constant abuse he had to take on the ice. In his final season he tallied 38 goals, the only season in which he did not record at least 50 goals. Bossy termed the "failure" to score 50 goals as his biggest disappointment. In actuality he probably shouldn't have played that year either, as his back was just that bad. Bossy's love of the game outweighed doctors advice. But by doing so Bossy forever silenced his critics. He played through immense pain and showed the hockey world just how tough he really was.
It is an absolute shame Mike Bossy had to call it quits so soon. He is perhaps the greatest goal scorer the game has ever seen. But he also took great pride in working on his all around game, and became a very dependable defensive player and underrated playmaker.
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Bossy is the greatest goal scorer of all time and no player will match his consistency over an entire career. Some may be better players overall such as Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr but not as pure goal scorers.
Bossy scored 51 playoff goals in three straight Stanley Cup years, a feat unmatched by anybody, and in the five straight to the finals he scored 69 goals. In the regular season, he averaged .762 per game -- more than anybody ever in NHL history, and .659 in the playoffs, second only to Lemieux. Only he and Gretzky scored 50 goals in nine seasons, and only he and Gretkzy scored 60 goals in five seasons. Finally, Bossy is the only player to ever score 50 goals in nine consecutive seasons. If you consider these numbers and then take into account that Bossy only played ten seasons -- he is clearly the greatest pure goal scorer of all-time.
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Bossy is the best goal scoring WINGER to ever play the game. Both Gretzky and Lemieux were better player and scorers. Even with the changes in todays game to add to the offense, no player will ever equal Gretzkys 92 goals nor will anyone approach the 200 point mark for a season.
Actually, Mario had the highest career goals-per-game average on his first retirement. Think it was at something like .801 or .802. (also had the highest ppg average of 2.01 or so at that point too)... Mario only lowered it by attempting a few more unpeak seasons when he came back older and clearly out of his prime, the last season was limited to just 25 games and "only" 24 pts, 9 goals, due to an ailing heart that pushed him into retirement for good...
As an Islander fan living on Long Island in my teens, I had the pleasure of watching him and seeing in person. He was a lethal threat every time he stepped on the ice.
I have many memories of him but the one that sticks out was his playoff goal against Vancouver when he was upended and went flying in mid air. Some how he managed to shot and score. Truly remarkable.
Above all, he was a class act on and off the ice.
Not only as pure a sniper as can be.... he could take that puck and put it exactly where he needed to. Class act on and off the ice. Always both feet on the ground despite being a superstar... that made him a very likable character.
I hated Mike Bossy and his team mates for beating Montreal out of those many playoff years.
As for all dynasty,comes an end and Mike's started with the end of Montreal domination in the 70's.
Mike Bossy had a too short,but brilliant career.I will always remember his historic goal,as he was tripped and still managed, "God knows how", to hit top corner to win the game,glory and honor.
He had the heart,the talent and the courage that Montreal's scout failed to see.Shame on them...
My best to you Mr.Bossy and all you're family.
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Agree that Bossy was the best goal scorer. Hard to compare Gretzky, who played in the wide open West, with lots of weaker teams, and Lemieux,who played in an era when there was more expansion and more wide open as well. Bossy also is the only player to score 50-plus goals in each of his first 9 years, and would have done it in his 10th year as well but for his back injuries. No other player ever had the quick release that he had, and his goal in 1982 Finals against Vancouver where he was in mid-air shooting a backhander may be one of the greates goals ever, but testimony to his ability as a scorer.
Without Trottier setting him up, Bossy would have been a bust!
True Trottier made a lot of those goals possible but Gretzky had some good people around him as well. You cannot compare the two because they both could put the puck in the net with ease.
- Paul Marcotte said...
Bossy had 27 goals in 36 games halfway through his last season but his back just worse as the year went on. I think he said he wanted to play 10 years and score 50 goals each year. He almost pulled it off.


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UNBEATEN centurions Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have turned Yorkshire's LV= County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road on its head after a disastrous start saw them bowled out for 136 in their first innings.
Lyth and Lees shared an unbroken opening partnership of 237 in 77 overs to help the visitors grab the contest by the throat during the second day after conceding a first-innings lead of 115.
Lyth will resume on 116 not out with fellow left-hander Lees for company on 105 as the pair aim to build on a lead which currently stands at 122.
They have shared the highest opening partnership anywhere in the country this summer, and it is only the third double century opening stand for Yorkshire in matches against Northants. The last was in 1948.
After 17 wickets fell on Saturday's first day following Northants' decision to bowl first, only three fell yesterday as they advanced from 191-7 to 251 all out before lunch in reply.
"In an ideal world, we'd have liked to have got them out a bit quicker, but they batted well," said Lyth, who celebrated his ton with extra enthusiasm.
"Obviously me and Alex kicked on. We got beyond the new ball and put on a good partnership. But that's only a little part of it. We needed to kick on tomorrow and make it a big one.
"Hopefully we can get 150 for the pair of us and over 300 partnership for the team. That would be fantastic."
Aaron Finch top-scored in the first innings with 34 from number six in the order before Jack Brooks continued his excellent start to the season with 4-78 from 17 overs at his former home.
Brooks is now the joint leading wicket-taker in division one with Middlesex's Steven Finn on 30.
Adil Rashid took two of the three Northants wickets to fall on Sunday, including Ben Duckett bowled with his first ball for 51 as he reverse swept.
Conditions were not easy for batting on Saturday, although far from impossible. There was a bit of nibble in the pitch and swing on offer, but there were a number of rash shots played from batsmen on both sides.
Yorkshire's second innings was in complete contrast as batting conditions eased - there is still some extra bounce for the seamers from just short of a length from the Pavilion End, something which will excite Brooks, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson.
There were very few obvious chances given by the pair, although Lees was dropped at mid-wicket by Rob Newton on 78 off Matt Spriegel's off-spin.
While this was Lees' first Championship hundred of the summer, brought up off 222 balls, Lyth had recorded his second off 194 beforehand.
After reaching his fifty off 68 balls, Lyth had to be patient as Northants resorted to some negative bowling to try and force a mistake. He spent more than 50 balls in the 90s having already notched 500 runs for the season in this competition.
"That's my third hundred this year (in all first-class cricket), and I should have had a few more," he added.
"That was why the celebration was a bit over the top, but I knew I needed to get to a hundred. Although I'm in my great form at the minute, I'm taking nothing for granted. I'll keep working hard on my game.
"The pre-season tour in Sri Lanka helped me because I got runs over there and carried it on in the University game. I'm in a great place at the moment."
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Total (61 overs) 251
Fall: 1-44 2-60 3-84 4-90 5-129 6-138 7-173 8-200 9-242.
Bowling: Bresnan 19-2-67-2, Brooks 17-1-78-4, Patterson 15-5-42-1, Plunkett 8-0-55-1, A U Rashid 2-1-1-2.
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Total 0 wkts (77 overs) 237
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As long as it's on a cheap contract, it's a low risk high reward move. Again, this is still speculation.
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When it came time for Reka Keller, BA elementary education '16, to pick her work- study at AU, she chose to be a part of the Jumpstart program. "I wanted to make a bigger impact than a desk job might," she says. "I was happy to see so many programs that took place outside of school." Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community AmeriCorps members to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods.
Keller initially declared a broadcast journalism major, but once she joined Jumpstart, she saw the kind of change she could make in the classroom. "I got to go into the classroom with Jumpstart and get a hands-on experience with teaching," she says. She changed her major to elementary education soon after. "I knew I wanted to do something where I could make a difference. I think that's why a lot of people come to AU."
When Keller went into the classroom on her first day with Jumpstart, she was nervous but prepared. "Jumpstart created curriculum that took eight years to develop," she says. "Going into the classroom with teachers that knew the curriculum and supported it made me feel extremely comfortable."
It wasn't all easy, though—she had a big group of students depending on her. "I walked into the classroom with the other Jumpstart participants and realized there were 20 three- year-olds starting at us expecting us to do something," Keller says. "We were expected to know exactly what was going on. It was a big adjustment."
Keller was assigned to a low-income preschool in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. When she told her friends at AU that she would be working in Southeast, D.C., some of them were taken aback. "They looked at me wide-eyed," she says. "But now I know these kids. I know these families. These kids are the same three-year-olds that you see playing on playgrounds in upper Northwest."
It didn't come as a surprise to those who knew her when she made the switch to focus on education. "During high school, I worked in a children's library, and I was the first non- voting student member of the Board of Education," says Keller. "I can't believe it didn't occur to me before to choose education, but eventually I came around."
Stacia Jackson, Jumpstart's senior site manager at AU, recognizes Keller's value to both AU and Jumpstart. "Reka is an extremely passionate, poised, and dedicated student," she says. "She has been able to really reach children and help them get ready to succeed in kindergarten. Reka is a true asset to our program and a wonderful reflection on American University."
Keller's participation in Jumpstart led her to be nominated to attend the NBC News Education Nation Summit, a three-day summit on the future of education, which took place October 6–8 at the New York Public Library. She was invited to take part on the What It Takes: A Great Start panel, which included the governor of Delaware, the executive director of the Office of Early Learning in Delaware, the vice president of the Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs, and the director of preschool services in Salt Lake City's Granite School District.
She also got to attend the larger town halls, both student- and teacher-focused. While she's been exposed to students from low-income schools, the experience of a group of students in Newark, New Jersey, still surprised her. "The students were talking about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and about how at their own school, they go through metal detectors and have security guards," Keller says. "The kids said that school is the only place they feel safe. I hadn't thought of that—I came from such a small town. For them, school is a way out."
The gathering of students, educators, and policymakers, even those in the tech field, inspired Keller to want to do more. "It was inspiring to see how many people really care about education," she says. "The corporate world, school systems, private schools, and technology companies all have the same end goal, but a different view on how they can affect and achieve it."
While Keller's not sure of the next step after graduating in a few years, she knows she wants to be part of the education conversation. "Whether it's helping shape policy or being in the classroom, I just want to be there making a difference," she says.


text: Is it sort of time for a slight Knicks alert now? They played the 3 Texas teams very well on the road, beating 2 and losing a close game against Houston, and Shumpert is looking decent now. They got a long ways to go (not that long in the east) but they could sneak in and be a pain. Last time I thought they may have turned a corner though, they lost to the Celtics by 40 at home.


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LIVERMORE — Officials are searching for two suspects involved in a high-speed chase on westbound Interstate 580 Thursday afternoon that reached speeds of 110 mph, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The chase began at 12:41 p.m. when CHP officers tried to pull over a white Porsche on eastbound Interstate 580 near Airway Boulevard in Livermore, Officer Kevin Bartlett said. The car took off at high speed, leaving the freeway at Isabel Avenue and getting back on heading westbound.
Two to three CHP vehicles pursued the car, which had two people inside, for about 19 miles before losing the vehicle near the Castro Valley Boulevard exit, Bartlett said.
The CHP broadcast an alert to the Alameda County Sheriff's office to be on the lookout for the suspects in the Castro Valley area. The vehicle's license plate number is not known.
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