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Travel Leaders Corporate: Clients Are Booking Farther Out
The number of business travelers who book domestic airline tickets 14 to 20 days in advance rose 10 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according data released by Travel Leaders Corporate on its clients' annual business travel bookings.
On average, clients saw domestic prices that were 19 percent lower than tickets booked less than seven days in advance.
The data also showed that the average total cost of an international business trip had reached a four-year low. Clients paid an average of $2,461 last year compared to $2,508 in 2012.
One caveat: Travel Leaders Corporate said that there's been a formidable shift away from booking 21 days or more in advance, possibly to avoid an airline's domestic change fee and to also obtain lower fares offered 14 days or more in advance.
"In 2013, we saw a 10 percent increase with business travelers booking airfares in the 14 to 20 day range. During the same period, the number of transactions where the client booked more than 21 days out decreased by 11 percent," said David Holyoke, Travel Leaders Corporate president. "Business travelers are cognizant of the cost incurred when changing an airline ticket, which in some cases can be as much as $200." (Travel Pulse, Feb. 4)
32.8 Million Americans Have Booked Travel on a Mobile Device
Hotwire.com unveiled intriguing results about mobile bookings from its third annual American Travel Behavior Survey, which was conducted online in October 2013 on behalf of Hotwire by Harris Interactive among over 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. The survey found that 18 percent of American adults who have ever booked travel, have done so using a mobile device. Additionally, the results revealed younger adults are significantly more likely to book travel on mobile devices—37 percent of adults ages 18-34 and 25 percent of adults ages 35-44.
A further breakdown of how the adults who have ever booked travel using a mobile device have done so:
- 12% have booked travel on a smartphone (10% have booked travel on a smartphone via a web browser; 7% have booked travel on a smartphone via an app)
- 10% have booked travel on a tablet device (8% have booked travel on a tablet device via a web browser; 3% have booked travel on a tablet device via an app)
"Mobile purchasing has become an increasingly large trend in travel, given that more than half of Americans now own smartphones*," said Henrik Kjellberg, president of the Hotwire Group. "So, I see the 18 percent as the tip of the iceberg in terms of mobile travel booking, considering players in the space are continuing to optimize their sites and products for the mobile booker."
Hotwire experienced a 60 percent year-over-year increase in mobile bookings for the first nine months of 2013. Currently, nearly 20 percent of Hotwire transactions occur on a mobile device.
Interestingly, the survey also found that 48 percent of adults report being more comfortable with eleventh hour booking (i.e., within 7 days of check-in) than they were five years ago. Moreover, 80 percent of Hotwire's bookings on a mobile phone and 70 percent on a tablet are made at the last minute (the day before or day of arrival).
"Mobile is ideal for last-minute travel bookings as many providers offer incredible discounts through easy-to-use travel apps like Hotwire's, especially on bookings made the day of arrival," Kjellberg continued. "We expect the number of mobile bookings to grow exponentially, outpacing desktop bookings in the next year or two, as more people of all ages become comfortable booking through their mobile device and making last-minute purchases."
Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Hotwire from October 8-10, 2013 among 2,020 adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com (Travel Industry Wire, Feb. 18)
Economy Hotels Lead January Results
Economy hotels reported the largest gains in occupancy and revenue-per-available-room in January, according to data from STR, parent company of Hotel News Now.
The segment's occupancy rose 4% to 45.4%; its RevPAR increased 7.5% to $23.08; and its average daily rate was up 3.3% to $50.81.
Overall, in year-over-year results, the U.S. hotel industry's occupancy was up 2.3% to 52.2%. Its ADR rose 2.9% to $109.24, and RevPAR increased 5.3% to $57.02.
Among the chain-scale segments, the luxury segment posted the largest ADR increase, up 5.6% to $295.65, followed by the independent segment (+3.5% to $108.11).
Among the top 25 markets, Denver reported the largest occupancy increase, rising 11.4% to 64.8%. Philadelphia followed with an 11.1% increase to 57% in occupancy. Washington, D.C. (-6.6% to 49.2%) and New York (-4% to 71.4%) experienced the largest occupancy decreases for the month.
San Francisco/San Mateo was the only market to report a double-digit ADR increase, rising 11.9% to $187.21.
Four markets experienced RevPAR increases of more than 15%: San Francisco/San Mateo (+19.3% to $133.55); Philadelphia (+17.9% to $65.72); Denver (+16.5% to $64.93); and Los Angeles/Long Beach (+15.2% to $107.53).
Washington, D.C., reported the largest decrease in both ADR (-17.6% to $125.08) and RevPAR (-23% to $61.59). (Hotel News Now, Feb. 20)
U.S., Canada, Mexico to Develop 'Trusted Traveler' Program
Frequent travelers into and out of the United States, Canada and Mexico might soon find it easier and quicker to do so.
The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Canadian Airports Council (CAC) today announced that the United States, Canada and Mexico will develop a North America-wide trusted traveler program, similar to the joint U.S.-Canada Nexus program and other trusted traveler programs in North America and around the world.
Trusted traveler programs provide pre-registered and qualified passengers with an improved border experience while enhancing security. According to the joint statement, the North American program will be established in 2014 and start with mutual recognition of the three countries' NEXUS, Global Entry, SENTRI and Viajero Confiable programs.
The announcement was made during the North American Leaders' Summit in Toluca, Mexico, between President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto.
"North America's airports commend President Obama, Prime Minister Harper and President Peña Nieto for this landmark agreement," ACI-NA President and CEO Kevin M. Burke said in a release. "A North American trusted traveler program is an important next step in strengthening the commitment to free trade and cultural exchange among the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and streamlining entry for participating passengers will help position air travel as a competitive, attractive option for tourists in all three countries."
Trade discussions were at the top of the agenda, including talk on how to further the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes a dozen countries in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific Rim.
The summit coincidentally also comes during the 20-year anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among the three countries.
"North America's airports have long supported the use of technology and innovative programs to improve both security and the passenger experience," said CAC President Daniel-Robert Gooch. "A North America-wide trusted traveler program can dramatically improve the flow of frequent travelers between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico by focusing border resources where they can be most effective." (Travel Pulse, Feb. 21)


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By Luke Vargas
From sub-prime mortgages to credit default swaps and MF Global, the major financial scandals of the past few years have introduced the American public to a series of new institutions and complex transactions. The most recent acronym for non-economists to grapple with is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a benchmark exchange rate compiled by English banks estimated to support than $350 trillion in derivative assets, much of that within the United States.
The scandal centers around revelations that the rate was regularly manipulated by multiple banks in order to secure beneficial financial leverage, instead of functioning in its intended role of an independent metric to gauge the health of the banking sector. Although the extent of the harm wrought on American investments from LIBOR rigging is unknown, the Treasury Department's knowledge of and actions related to LIBOR manipulation took center stage Wednesday when Secretary Timothy Geithner made a routine appearance before the House Financial Services Committee.
Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) used his allotted time to construct a timeframe of Geithner's awareness of the LIBOR issue, including steps he took during the close of the Bush Administration while serving as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as well as during the opening months of the Obama Administration.
In his testimony, Geithner recounted personally raising his concerns over LIBOR rigging with the governor of the Bank of England, as well as participating in briefings for the president's financial markets working group beginning in spring of 2008. Geithner seemed confident that media accounts of rate manipulation coupled with repeated contact with British regulators were more than adequate measures for American officials to take.
"We thought the combination of the concerns in the public domain and the efforts we took directly with them provided more than enough basis for actions not just to reform the structure of the [LIBOR] rate, but to pursue the behavior that was obviously so consequential," Geithner said.
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) chose to direct his criticism at Geithner's continued use of the LIBOR as a benchmark for Treasury Department actions even after Geithner had expressed concerns to British officials. "It appears you treated it almost as a curiosity or something akin to jaywalking, as opposed to highway robbery," Hensarling said. "There are other interest rate indexes out there, how can a number that you know has been manipulated, how can that possibly be the best choice?"
The most stinging interrogation of the nearly three-hour-long hearing came from Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), who wondered how Geithner could acknowledge the gravity of LIBOR manipulation now without ever mentioning it during his previous testimony at the House.
"You have been before this committee countless numbers of times since 2008," Garrett said, "and if this is the crime of the century, as so many people are reporting it to be, never once did you ever come and mention it as being a problem. Never once did you come here and say this is what you're going to do about it. Never once did you say these are the new regulations that you would propose for Congress to take."
Coming to Geithner's defense, California Democrat Rep. Brad Sherman sought to paint the Treasury Secretary's actions in a much different light, calling out House Republicans for framing Geithner as the culprit in a complex operation occurring abroad and out of his direct control.
"British banks lied to the British Banking Association. The Bank of England and other British regulators screwed up and didn't catch them, even though they got extraordinary outside help from an ocean away," Sherman said, referring to the efforts of Geithner and others to reach out to English officials. "And since some British bankers lied and some British regulators screwed up, the solution is obvious: we've got to blame America. In particular, we've got to find some American we can blame, preferably one of the opposite political party."
While Geithner may have made his final regularly-scheduled appearance on Capitol Hill today before his resignation at the end of President Obama's first term, he may well find himself back on the bench to testify again as lawmakers continue drilling deeper into the LIBOR scandal, with some suggesting that lawsuits against the British institutions involved in rate manipulation

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I was sitting in a Jiffy Lube waiting for my van to get serviced. Another customer walks in wearing shades and he immediately looks my way and stares. I couldn't see his eyes but he was definitely mad dogging me. Then he says I've got the wrong guy and I should call off the cops! He begins to tell me that he had just moved into town and that cops think he and his girlfriend are dealing drugs out of his house. The lady I was sitting next to looks at me and shrugs like, wtf? I tell him HE's got the wrong guy.
He then gets up and starts pacing and ranting. I think to myself, I've been working out, can I take this guy if he goes nuts on me? The guy is a plumber, so says the logo on his truck, and he looks fit. But if he's a druggie, I might have a leg up. Then again, I have the soft hands of a pencil pusher. The last time I got in a fight was when I was taking martial arts class at 16 y/o and got my ass kicked in a match. That was 25 years ago and I don't remember the first thing about Kung Fu or Kung Pao anymore.
Thankfully, his truck was done and he split muttering and staring at me as he leaves. Good thing because I was gonna go all Stan Lee on him.
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Frequent emails, phone call interruptions affecting worker productivity
PEORIA, Jan 25, 2013 (Journal Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Technology is keeping us all connected these days, but there are concerns that all that incoming data may be cutting into productivity.
Recent research indicates that workers are interrupted, usually by an email or phone call, about 11 times an hour.
There are also study results that show workers spend as much as 23 percent of office time on emails alone.
Those kinds of facts are leading companies to set up online policies, said Donna Greer, director of information systems technology at Midstate College.
"Different businesses already have rules on what you can and cannot do that might affect cellphone use or checking Facebook pages," she said.
"We've heard reports that when companies hold staff meetings, younger staffers bring their smartphones to the meeting. That can lead to distraction problems," said Greer.
Time management has been a concern of business for a long time, predating computer use, she said. "Now you have technology put on top of everything else," said Greer.
While multitasking has become the buzzword of the day, Greer questions how many jobs are really undertaken at once. "You're really only doing one thing at a time," she said.
To avoid being distracted, a worker must judge the importance of the job at hand, said Greer. "It comes down to focusing and prioritizing. Whatever the technology, a company still needs to get tasks done," she said.
Gloria Mark, a professor in the department of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, has made a study of how technology is used, specifically looking at work interruptions.
"What we found is that the average amount of time that people spent on any single event before being interrupted or before switching was about three minutes. Actually, three minutes and five seconds, on average," Mark stated in an interview with the Gallup Business Journal.
Not all interruptions are the same, she said. "People interrupted themselves as much as they were interrupted by external sources -- about 44 percent of the time. The rest of the interruptions were from external sources," noted Mark.
As to getting back on track after being interrupted, Mark said research indicated there was good news and bad news.
"The good news is that most interrupted work was resumed on the same day -- 81.9 percent of the time -- and it was resumed, on average, in 23 minutes and 15 seconds, which I guess is not so long," she said.
"The bad news is, when you're interrupted, you don't immediately go back to the task you were doing before you were interrupted," stated Mark.
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CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- All three crew members aboard a Navy EA-6B Prowler jet assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 129 (VAQ-129) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., were killed when the aircraft crashed Monday morning in an unpopulated area approximately 50 miles west of Spokane, Wash.
It is Department of Defense policy to withhold release of the names of service members killed until 24 hours after their families are notified. That notification was completed Monday. The Navy personnel killed in the crash are:
-Lieutenant Junior Grade Valerie Cappelaere Delaney; Naval Aviator; 26; from Ellicott City, Md.
-Lieutenant Junior Grade William Brown McIlvaine III; Naval Flight Officer; 24; from El Paso, Texas
-Lieutenant Commander Alan A. Patterson; Naval Flight Officer; 34; from Tullahoma, Tenn.
The aircraft was conducting a routine training flight prior to the crash.
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The seventh season of "Mad Men" his its midway point, and its last episode until 2015, with a song in its heart -- specifically, "The Best Things in Life Are Free," which Bert Cooper returned from the grave to croon to a teary-eyed Don Draper. It was a surprising move, to say the least, and one not without its detractors -- my own take on that, and the rest of the episode, is here -- but there's no question it left us with a strong image to contemplate over the long break until the show's finale seven episodes.
In its final season, "Mad Men" has knocked off characters and finalized stories with greater aplomb than any show since "The Wire": They'll be done with every one of them in seven hours, so why not give Ginsberg a psychotic break, or send Bert Cooper off to the great agency in the sky? But "Waterloo" also ended with a heavy note of uncertainty beneath its moment of triumph. Don Draper has kept his job, and made himself and SC&P's other partners millionaires in the process, but is that what he wants? And if not, what does he want? In the language of Peggy Olson's Burger Chef pitch, a rival and a deliberate bookend to Don's iconic carousel speech, what's he starving for? We'll have to wait until 2015 to find that out, as well as to find out whether Don's appetite will, or can, ever be satisfied.
Reviews of "Mad Men's" "Waterloo"
Tim Goodman, Hollywood Reporter
Blunt, well-told, beautifully written and superbly acted -- everything we expect in a "Mad Men" episode, and, if you're looking at the structure as a whole, a wonderful place for a pause. I suspect that the seven hours that remain will focus on Don deciding what's important in his life -- how to take the omnipresent unhappiness of his life and find a way to make it work as 1970 rapidly approaches. There's no need guessing at that.
Alan Sepinwall, HitFix
What gave the proceedings that added kick was how so much of it felt like a summation of the previous six-plus seasons. Roger Sterling, who coasted through life after inheriting his half of the business from his father, proves Cooper wrong while living up to his mentor's ideals and fighting to keep the business together. Don, who has so often not been a team player, hurting others in his quest for self-preservation, seems to realize he's run out of chances when Roger tells him about Bert's death (and Jim Cutler's power play), and decides to sacrifice for the sake of the team he's leaving behind.
Sonia Saraiya, A.V. Club
In this episode, our characters become the last people left standing up, and they start to put things into place for the future. Don yields his pitch to Peggy; Sterling Cooper & Partners yields its company to McCann. Roger realizes there's no one left to be more adult than him; he's got to be responsible for himself. Megan and Don let go of each other, and Cutler lets go of his dream of the future. And Bert yields to death, because that, and the moon, is the only thing that belongs to all of us.
Maureen Ryan, Huffington Post
What is true connection but an ability to see someone else's point of view? What is connection but a desire to put someone else's needs or a larger goal first? Don didn't need to let Peggy land the account. He could have gone out on top and garnered the Burger Chef account as a final "screw you" to everyone on Team Cutler. But he didn't do that. In one of his darkest hours, he didn't fall down a rabbit hole of self-absorption and pain. He didn't crawl into a bottle and drown in narcissistic angst. On his way out the door -- which is where he thought he was headed -- he tried to help his protegee attain a meaningful achievement. He got nothing from that, aside from a powerful rush of pride.
Sean T. Collins, Wired
With all this focus on Mad Men's women, you might not even notice how little Don actually does in this "mid-season finale." Megan ends his marriage. Jim Cutler attempts to end his career. Roger cuts the deal to save it. Pete showers him with much-needed praise. Peggy pulls off the big creative masterstroke. Cutler even neuters Don's would-be replacement Lou Avery. All that's left for Don to do is persuade a burned-out Ted Chaough to avoid the underemployed purgatory he himself endured, a task that takes all of one minute to accomplish. For the rest of it, Don's just a viewer, no more of a participant than he is in the moon landing he watches in an Indianapolis hotel room.
Libby Hill, RogerEbert.com
"Mad Men" has always been a show about duality, as evidenced most obviously with Don Draper and Dick Whitman. What "Mad Men" understands perhaps better than any show in history is how lives are privy to split; paths dividing at a fork and a single choice changing the entire landscape of one's life. There will always be another fork in the road, another separation to navigate. And if that's all life is -- a singular path to be walked, the choices unmade left in the shadows -- it would be difficult enough. But "Mad Men" also knows that though there are splits; there's never really a divide. Those other selves haunt us always.
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture
Don's decision to give the Burger Chef pitch back to Peggy after Pete stole it away from her in "The Strategy" was mainly a tactical maneuver, but it was also subtly symbolic, as "Mad Men" gestures often are. It was of a piece with this season's many explicit nods to the idea of society changing and moving on -- giving up on old and useless power constructs, either by force or voluntarily. His continued tendency to barge into meetings notwithstanding, he's gotten a lot better about not needing to be the star of every moment of his waking life.
Ben Travers, Indiewire
Even with Don's new respectful attitude, it was Peggy's solo moments that stood out. She excelled in her role as point pitch woman, bringing home the deal with a personal touch all her own (and making a clearly uncomfortable Pete look like he was going to lose his lunch). But it was her scene with Julio that provided the episode its heart, reaching all the way back to the early days of "Mad Men" and reminding us of when Peggy had to choose between her profession and her child. As she told her intruding neighbor his mother loves him and "that's why she's moving," Peggy teared up, remembering her similar decision oh so many years ago.
Allison Keene, Collider
At the end of "The Strategy" and through "Waterloo," it also became clear more than ever before just how much of a family Don's dysfunctional work comrades were and are to him. But Don is nothing if not a man on the run, so while his desperation propelled him into this deal with McCann in order to secure his future under Roger at SC&P, it also tied him to a contract (which he's never had) and to a company he has done everything to run from during his career. Bert's ghostly musical number reminded Don that he's cemented now in a way he never has been before. And it rattled him to the bone.
What's more important is that Robert Morse got the "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" sendoff the show creators felt this song and dance man deserved. As we said above, it was wildly off model for the show (even though the series had more than its share of musical moments), but it was so full of genuine love and respect for the actor that we can't complain. It was utterly charming, if utterly unexpected. After all, Bert's final interactions in the story were decidedly negative, telling Roger he wasn't a leader and essentially suggesting to Don that he kill himself and save the agency a lot of bother. But here he was, happily singing and dancing his way to heaven, reminding Don that the best things in life are free. Why? Because his work is done. Don finally understands loyalty and Roger is finally a leader. He's raised his boys.
Julia Turner, Slate
One note of concern: This is the end of the first half of the final season. Everyone we like is up. Everyone we don't like is down. Does that mean we're due for dire reversals when the next mini-season airs? Will the series finale -- once it arrives in 2015 -- now inevitably end in misery? Now that I've seen how well Weiner does hope, I hope not.
Logan Hill, New York Times
This season began and ended with a countdown. "Do you have time to improve your life?" Freddy Rumsen asked in the premiere. Like that Apollo countdown and Freddy's Accutron watch, Don's clock is ticking down. Seven more hours of television, then he's gone.
Scott Meslow, the Week
With just seven episodes left, "Mad Men" could take its story almost anywhere. The series could pick up one week after "Waterloo," or six months, or five years, or 20. But wherever we rejoin the narrative, there's one central question left to be answered: whether or not Don Draper can ever be redeemed. "No man has ever come back from leave," says Cooper, ominously. "Even Napoleon." It's a dark prophecy -- but it's also a prophecy that he personally disproves at the end of the episode, when he marks the multimillion deal by returning from the grave and reminding Don that the best things in life are free.
Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times
For fans of "Mad Men" and other "prestige" TV, the Burger Chef pitch can almost be read as a meta-commentary on the state of the medium in 2014. Despite the myriad distractions and alternative viewing options available to us, millions of us still like to tune in live (or close to it), usually on Sunday nights, to a handful of essential shows like "Mad Men." While nowhere near as miraculous as a moon landing, this routine is wonderfully comforting, which is why it's sad this series has just seven episodes left.
Noah Feeney, Time
Don is far from taking part in a 12-step program here, but Sunday's episode almost felt like a mission to make amends. It's hard not to imagine "Mad Men" ending with Don trying to right his wrongs before the world simply moves on without him
Jace Lacob, BuzzFeed
Perhaps it's the sight of a man walking on the moon -- or the death of "giant" Bert Cooper -- that snaps both men out of their respective reveries, but Don and Roger both prove that they might just have the right stuff to steer the agency headlong into the future. After all, the telescope that appears throughout "Waterloo" (Bobby's initially still in its box, Megan's on plain view on her balcony, and elsewhere) points toward the stars, toward the future, toward the unknown, toward the bright and burning possibilities of what comes next.
Katey Rich, Vanity Fair
There are only five months left in the 60s following the July 20 moon landing; how much story is left to unspool? How are we, TV viewers like Don Draper in that we're never satisfied with what we get, going to feel when it's all over? If the end of "Mad Men" is really trying to convince us that Bert is right, and the best things in life are free, then the final episodes have a lot of work to do. But I think it's right, Don's tear-filled eyes be damned, to be a little skeptical. It is, after all, just another idea that some smart man in a suit is trying to sell us.


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Today, David Beckham popped by Air Studios in London to sign digital copies of his self-titled book, which chronicles the football player's 20-year career.
Wearing a Remembrance Day Poppy on his lapel, Beckham recalled his very last game as a professional player.
"I knew it was going to be tough to get through for myself and for my family," Beckham said, according to HELLO!
Towards the end of the game, the dad of four had "a real struggle controlling" his emotions.
"I broke down, it wasn't something that I wanted to do but I couldn't control it.
"It's tough talking about it now [...] but I got to spend it with my boys."
Still, getting to spend it with his family was something Beckham is grateful for.
"There's a photo of Victoria and Romeo at that game and they're looking really emotional. But to be able to have lived for it with my children is great, I'm proud to have been able to have my boys with me every time I lifted the trophy."
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John and Frank Craighead — identical twins and famed researchers of wild Grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park — were instrumental in the protection of thousands of miles of rivers around the country. They helped envision and write the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which passed in 1968 and now protects 203 rivers nationwide. In 1998, the Audubon Society named the twins among the top 100 figures in conservation of the 20th century.
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The apartment has FREE unlimited Wifi, TV, DVD player, CD player, dishwasher and dryer, and cookery facilities so that you can explore your culinary skills while in London.
Tasteful bed linen and towels are included. Cots for children available. The service includes a weekly maid service. The closest supermarket to the townhouse is a Tesco Metro located on Dean Street, just around the corner from the property.
When you have completed your booking, your point of contact before arrival Marcela will contact you with a booking form for you to complete so that we can arrange your arrival. After that we will monitor your arrival details and Marcela or Indre will await you at the property that you have booked with keys and a warm welcome. There is a full set of maps and sightseeing pamphlets at the property but upon your arrival we will be more than happy to assist you with any transport questions or give you recommendations of great restaurants and attractions. If you have any questions do not hesitate to call or e-mail Marcela and she will get back to you as soon as possible.
We offer a complimentary taxi from any London airport or railway station to a property booking with 7 nights or more.
The house, a beautiful townhouse is bang in the heart of Soho - derived from the days when the Royal Court would go hunting. It is hard to image today, but back then Soho was a forested are where games and hunting parties would take place. Today, Oxford Street and Regents Street lined with wonderful shops is on your doorstep, as are world famous restaurants, jazz bars, theatres, and clubs that will keep you entertained throughout your stay and beyond!
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Fantastic location in soho! Very friendly reception on arrival! Comfortable beds! Close to great restaurants, shopping, and all events! Of course rekomdera. =)
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Nära till fantastiska resturanger,shopping, och alla evenemang!! Klart att rekomdera.
Comfortable apartment and friendly, efficient, concierge. Location very good in the heart of Soho
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Is Kim Kardashian Siphoning Money From Her eBay Auctions Into Kris Jenner's Church?
Kim Kardashian has long been accused of being 75% silicone, but now some sources are claiming that it's her good deeds that are fake.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, who has a lengthy history of offering up her gently-used clothing and accessories to the highest bidder on eBay for the benefit of various charities, is reportedly doing more to pad her own family members' pockets than help those in need.
In one of her most recent auctions, Kim announced that she would be donating part of the proceeds from the sale of her stuff to Life Change Community Church.
While that sounds like a noble enough thing to do, especially when she could easily keep the cash for herself, it turns out that only 10% of the profits from the auction actually made it to the charity.
Kim attempted to explain where the other 90% of the profits go, telling fans, "When the eBay numbers get broken down, the auction management agency that posts for me gets a percentage for all their hard work, then, eBay listing fees, end of auction fees, eBay Store fees, Paypal fees, etc, all add up to about half the sale. Then I give 10% to charity."
While that 10% may seem better than nothing, there's one more little issue that Kim has carefully omitted. That church she's giving cash to? RadarOnline.com reports that it was founded by none other than her very own momager, Kris Jenner.
Giving to charity may generally be a very noble thing, but it definitely seems infinitely less so when your own family is on the payroll.
Do you think Kim should be more open about where the money from these auctions is going?
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Currently in rehearsal for Romeo & Juliet, which opens on Valentine's Day, Cincinnati Ballet Company corps member Sirui Liu spends most of her days — from about 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. — dancing.
In fact, she's been dancing for more than a decade. When she was just 10 years old she decided she wanted to enroll in professional ballet school in Shanghai, China. "I saw ballet when I was younger," she says. "It was so light. It was like flying. It's so pretty and I said I want to do that."
And while a dancer's schedule and lifestyle are grueling, as soon as she gets into the studio, there's nothing else she'd rather do.
"My parents told me a story," she says. "When I was younger, they let me go to drawing class, then when they came to pick me up, I disappeared because I went to dance class."
Her passion for dance has won her many awards, including a gold medal in a recent national ballet competition in China and a coveted spot with the Cincinnati Ballet Company.
"The program has a really nice history and the ballet is so cool," Liu says of the Cincinnati Ballet.
"I felt if I came here I could learn more stuff than if I stayed in China."
So Liu sent an audition video of herself dancing to the Cincinnati Ballet and was accepted into the company. She left the Shanghai Dance Academy — and her family — for the U.S. in 2011.
Do you have a specific memory of when you knew that this is what you wanted to do?
I like to dance because I want to be on stage. I think that's what makes me happy. I want to be the focus of all people's attention. I feel right on stage. I really want to show myself.
It's Friday night after a long week. Where would you love to be?
I would like to go to a Chinese restaurant. I like Red Pepper because I like spicy food. My friends found another place called Bon Chinese. I've only been once but it's still really good.
What do you love about Cincinnati?
It's so different [than] China. In my city, Shanghai, it's a big city, so there are a lot of people around. And it's a lot of noise and it's not clean. … In Shanghai every morning people are walking so fast, but here everyone is so calm. Also, here, I think it's a little bit of a country style, and I've never seen that. Even [Cincinnati] has traffic, but it's less crowded than Shanghai.
Name someone that you love: role model, best friend, inspiration, etc. And tell us why.
Well, I have a boyfriend. His name is Rodrigo Almarales. Right now, he's really helping me in my class and in rehearsal. He's a soloist in our company, so when he tells me stuff it makes me better. And Victoria Morgan. She is our artistic director and CEO. She's taken care of me a lot. She introduced me to some Chinese people because she doesn't want me feel alone. It makes me feel warm. I thank her so much.
What's the best lesson life has taught you about love?
I think my parents. … My father is special because when I was younger he always brought me to the dance school. My father said, 'I have to bring you every week.' They give me a lot of love. They support me a lot.
Do you think you'll do ballet forever?
We can only dance until we're 35. When you're getting older, you will feel it. A lot of ballet dancers have pain in their feet, ankles, knees, maybe their back because your body gets too tired. If you have a lot of pain, you don't want to dance anymore. Ballet always looks so beautiful, and if you can't do it like this, you don't want to do it.
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The lush forests of the WMNF are also great for skiing, both downhill and cross-country. Additionally, a popular activity in the White Mountains is peak-bagging, which is a slang term for mountain-climbing and hill-walking enthusiasts who attempt to reach the summit of a collection of peaks. In the WMNF there are 48 "four-thousand-footers" which are normally the goal of all peak-baggers to conquer. The tallest of these is Mt. Washington, the tallest mountain in the northeast United States at 6,288 feet.
Other popular getaway locations in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Ski Getaways
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- Balsams Wilderness
- Black Mountain
- Bretton Woods
- Cannon Mountain
- Cranmore Mountain
- Crotched Mountain
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The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is trying to crack a cold case.
The cases may be old but not forgotten. That's why THV 11 has partnered with Little Rock police to try and solve them.
CBS affiliate KFSM reports Fayetteville Police have arrested a Springdale man in connection with a 2006 cold case.
It's been 19 years since Willie Burks was stabbed to death in Little Rock. Burks was found unresponsive in his cab. He was a 24 year veteran driver for the Black and White Cab Company.
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White County deputies need your help solving a 15-year-old murder. Of their six cold cases, they say the death of Marty Bradley is one of their weakest cases. Evidence is very slim.
In Wednesday's Arkansas Cold Case, Today's THV takes a look back at the unsolved murder of Will Price. The Pulaski County man was gunned down on in January 2000.
Huey Cox was found murdered in his Little Rock apartment in March 1991. Nine months later, his co-worker Derrick Carlock was arrested and charged with capital murder. Carlock was later acquitted.
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Nearly 30 years ago, a DeWitt woman was found naked and beaten to death, but there's never been an arrest.
A Saline County woman is pleading for the public's help. Amy Whitcomb's father has been missing for 34 years. She was just an infant when he disappeared from Benton in 1976.
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Wednesday on the "THV 10:00 Difference," we bring you the story of a decade long unsolved murder. The victim was a recent college grad. Police have interviewed nearly 700 people in the Amanda Tusing case and still no arrests.
Gone without a trace. It's been 24 years since Darla Harper was last seen. Detectives believe the young mother was murdered. It's Pulaski County's oldest unsolved missing person's case.
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It's a dog eat dog race to the finish for Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both are continuing their campaign for the democratic nomination. Clinton is looking ahead to Oregon and Kentucky's primaries on Tuesday, Obama has moved ahead to beating John McCain.
But some analysts think this long, heated campaign might hurt the parties chances of a win in November.
They're questioning whether democratic voters on each side are willing to trade their vote to the presumptive nominee in November.
So we asked local Clinton and Obama supporters would their change their vote if their candidate didn't win.
"I'm supporting Obama and if he didn't win i don't think I'll vote"
says Carolina Cooper.
Alan Peaden says, "I voted for Clinton in the primary if she lose i'll probably vote for McCain"
"I'm definitely going to vote democrat no matter what" says Rania Issa.
"I'm supporting Barack Obama for president, if for some reason Hillary gets the nomination i will actively support her and campaign on her behalf" says Nathon Lean.
Political Science Professor Jody Baumgartner says he feels supporters who are refusing to vote for the presumptive nominee might end up not voting at all, saying this refusal is sparked from a letdown.
"The sense of betrayal really, right. The candidate they've been supporting all along that activated them and motivated them, so I'm going to wash my hands, clean them and stay home" says Baumgartner.
A recent Gallup poll shows that 28 percent of Senator Clinton's supporters will vote for McCain if Obama wins the nomination... 19 percent of Obama backers say they'll vote for McCain if Clinton wins the nomination.
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Date: Saturday, June 9
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
(Rain Date Sunday, June 10)
Grand Door Prize: Head Tennis Racquet
Bring your Family! Bring your Friends! Bring your Team!
Summer Tennis Tournaments:
Jack Dorsey Memorial Senior Open
Tournament date: June 13-17, 2012
Registration deadline: June 06
Oglebay Junior Classic
Tournament date: June 22-24, 2012
Registration deadline: June 15
WV Open
Tournament date: July 25-29, 2012
Registration deadline: July 20
Junior Summer CampsThe Oglebay Junior Tennis Summer Fun Camps are designed for Elementary, Middle and High School ages of all skill levels. Each camp will run Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily.
The summer camps will feature on-court professional instructions in a fun environment under the direction of USPTA and PTR Professional Marc White. Each participant will learn the fundamentals of tennis, with game base drills and modern day stroke production, along with exciting, new USTA tennis games. Each camp will also include the Director's Tip of the Day. All this helps participants improve fast and have fun, to provide a tennis experience of a lifetime! Sportsmanship, tennis etiquette and teamwork will also be emphasized in all camps.
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Pick up a summer camp registration at the Oglebay Tennis Center or get one online. For more information, please contact Jeremy McClelland directly at 304-243-4039.
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Be sure to check all of the exciting tennis events that we have designed for you and your entire family. Make this summer an experience of tennis that is fun, educational and healthy, and watch as we take your game to new heights.
Keep the positive energy flowing and see you on the Courts!
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A Luzerne man charged with possessing child pornography and molesting an 11-year-old boy told investigators he was involved in a "sick fantasy" and was acting like a "full-blooded pedophile," according to court documents.
Michael John Shaw, 38, of 234 Bennett St., is charged with five counts each of possessing child porn and criminal use of a communication facility, as well as one count each of unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of minors.
According to a police affidavit, Tagged.com reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a user named "Brett S" had been having inappropriate conversations with another user who was 10 years old.
Luzerne County Detective Chaz Balogh got the tip May 9 and traced the username to Shaw's home. Confronted about the account on Wednesday, Shaw asked to speak with investigators privately and was taken to Luzerne police headquarters, the affidavit says.
Police say Shaw admitted he was posing as a 15-year-old when he asked the 10-year-old for nude pictures. He also told police he wanted to "hook up" with the boy, saying he was involved in a "sick fantasy," according to the affidavit.
"I'm 100 percent guilty," the affidavit quotes Shaw as saying. "I need help. I'm sick."
Police also say Shaw admitted to possessing about 100 child porn images on his laptop computer. He added that he only downloads such images when he is drunk and that he makes bad decisions while under the influence, the affidavit says.
Shaw denied having inappropriate contact with any children, but when police searched his computer they found pictures of Shaw kissing an 11-year-old boy on the neck, according to the affidavit.
Confronted with the pictures, Shaw admitted to kissing the boy and to having fantasies about the contact with him, the affidavit says. Shaw told police he would "neck" with the boy and rub up against him on a couch repeatedly between January 2012 and January 2013, police said.
Magisterial District Judge David A. Barilla arrainged Shaw this morning and set his bail at $50,000. Shaw was being held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing set for 9:30 a.m. June 20.
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New Conferences to Address Unique Needs of Young Women with Breast Cancer
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Young Survival Coalition Announces New Conferences to Address Unique Needs of Young Women with Breast Cancer
New York, N.Y. (May 29, 2014) — To expand their efforts of supporting young women diagnosed with breast cancer, Young Survival Coalition (YSC), the premier nonprofit organization that supports young women with breast cancer, is excited to announce its new #YSC2015 Conferences – the national YSC Summit and Regional Symposiums.
Although breast cancer is less common in younger women, there are more than 250,000 women living in the U.S. who were diagnosed before their 41st birthday; and more than 13,000 more will be diagnosed during the next year. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women ages 15 to 44. The emotional and medical concerns of young breast cancer survivors are different than those of women over age 40. YSC has been at the forefront of proving support for this unique population by working with survivors, caregivers and the medical, research, advocacy and legislative communities to increase the quality and length of life for young women diagnosed with breast cancer ages 40 and younger.
After co-hosting the Conference for Young Woman Affected by Breast Cancer (C4YW) for the past 13 years, YSC understands the importance of reaching, and connecting, young women diagnosed with breast cancer and their co-survivors (husbands, partners, siblings, parents, friends―anyone who supports them) with others. "As a young breast cancer survivor diagnosed at age 36, my first desire was to meet other young women who would understand what I was going through," says Jennifer Merschdorf, Chief Executive Officer of Young Survival Coalition. "Over the last 16 years, YSC created a sisterhood of young breast cancer survivors nationwide that is strong, powerful, and needed."
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We stayed in a comfortable room in the quiet end of the boardwalk. Checked in early and even stayed a bit late.
Rikki Dolor
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I love staying at the Henlopen! I stay multiple times every year, and Laura (desk) is wonderful to speak with. Within walking distance to the beach, shoppes, eateries, and entertainment. I love that they have showers for after the beach! Book your room early is its summer! This is a must stay!
Frederick, MD
All in all the Henlopen is our first choice for an economical stay in Rehoboth. A great staff is always helpful. This is an older property but well kept. Can't beat the location on the boardwalk and like the hotel quiet hours policy.
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Rehoboth Beach, DE
If you're looking for great service and a customer friendly experience while staying in a beautiful, comfortable, clean room right on the beach, this is the place to stay. I can't say enough good things about the friendly staff, the excellent location, the attentiveness to accommodate my needs, it was an all around EXCELLENT experience staying at this hotel.
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Olyphant PA
My son had his wedding there and we couldn't be happier with the excellent staff and helpfulness of everyone at the Henlopen Hotel. Everyone from the desk clerks to the cleaning staff were very accommodating . I would definetly recommend this hotel to anyone going to the beach!
CITYPEEK Patti
I needed a place to stay pronto as the apartment I was given was suddenly not available. Jennifer and Jeff checked me in with great ease and I received a wonderful suite.
This morning I was lucky enough to meet Laura who told me about the complementary breakfast room. I highly recommend the Henlopen Hotel.
This morning I was lucky enough to meet Laura who told me about the complementary breakfast room. I highly recommend the Henlopen Hotel.
I'm usually an "off-season" beach goer, so the Henlopen is not available when I come down. This time, I was lucky. I happened to be in Easton and it started to pour down rain. I immediately thought "let's go to the beach!". I called, the Henlopen had a wonderful oceanfront room for me (sunrise the next AM) and I'm absolutely delighted to be here. Staff are fantastic! Room is great!
The hotel is right on the beach!! We were there for 4 nights for a 12u baseball tournament at Sports on the beach... I was not expecting the ritz or the Marriott! I was expecting just what we received.. A family friendly place to sleep... on the beach!! Great customer service, great location, my kids had the time of their lives! The only draw back was no laundry facilities but we dealt with it! A great place to stay & although we won't return bkz it's too far from CT for us.. If you are in town for a baseball tourney then you should stay here. We had a fantastic time!
Wilmington DE
Stayed July 9-11th 2013. Oceanfront suite on 7th floor. We felt right at home. View from the balcony was awesome. So convenient to leave your car in their garage and not have to find or spend on parking. Only negative issue was no free wifi. Will stay there again....
Washington, DC
LOVE the Henlopen Hotel! Right on the Boardwalk, great view of the ocean and the staff is very friendly. Also, you're far enough up the Boardwalk to not be in the thick of the crowd. Highly recommend if you're staying in Rehoboth Beach!
New Jersey
Perfect location for a beach vacation. Easy access to all that Rehoboth has to offer. Room was modern, clean and service/staff was spot on. We will definitely return next year for a longer stay.
What a great location!!!! Perfect views of the ocean! The staff was friendly, prompt, and courteous. The hotel was perfectly located on the boardwalk with a beautiful view. Thank you again Henlopen Hotel for making our stay a memorable one. We are looking forward to staying with you again on our next visit.
Williamsport PA
We stayed at the Henlopen Hotel for the first time the weekend of April 21 - 23, 2013. We were invited to Rehoboth Beach for an event at the Rehoboth Ale House. Our friends and wonderfully gifted musicians, Take 147, played there on Saturday night. We were in need of a hotel stay and were recommended to stay here. we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Henlopen. We had a very clean room, excellent rates and the staff was friendly, prompt, and courteous. The hotel was perfectly located on the boardwalk with a beautiful view. Thank you again Henlopen Hotel for making our stay a memorable one. We are looking forward to staying with you again on our next visit.
State College, Pa.
We would highly recommend! We attended a wedding July 27th and stayed an extra night to enjoy the beach and town. Very clean rooms! Beds comfortable, maid services tops. Plus when we got there we had a problem with the balcony railing being lose, by the time we got our luggage back to the room it was fixed. Yes, it is older but it's maintained nicely. Many complained about the noise of the air cond. but we liked it as it allowed us NOT to hear outside sounds, but we sleep with a fan year round so the fan noise was welcomed on our part. The reception was 5 stars the food was AMAZING and the view was breath taking! The beach is FREE, retails for umbrella $10 and beach chairs $5 was worth it for comfort, the "beachboy" sets it up and comes back at the end of day to pick them up, you do nothing :) OH best pizza was GROTTO but very disappointed with Jake's Steak and Sea food don't eat there its very expensive for the quality. We will try one on the board walk next time they all looked good as you can see the food walking by.
Kurt and Geoffrey
Ohio and Indiana
The staff at the front desk were wonderful, did extras for us without us even asking. Thank you!!!!!!!
Judy and Ed
New York
Great stay at the Henlopen Hotel, our first time to Rehoboth Beach at the quiet time of the spring, we enjoyed walking on the boardwalk and the beautiful oceanview room with great rates and of course views, would love to come back again some day. The staff at the check in desk were great and very helpful. the hotel location was perfect
We just spent 2 days at this hotel and really liked it. The room was very nice and clean. The oceanview was beautiful. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Rehoboth Beach. Thank you to the staff for everything.
R Plum
This was the second summer vacation we have took our vacation at Rehoboth and the second stay at the Henolpen. We love it. Its a nice & clean, staff friendly hotel. Plus its on the quiet end of the boardwalk. If we ever come back to Deleware we will use this hotel again would def. recomend this hotel to all friends and family.
My Mom and I stayed at the Henlopen Hotel during our recent trip to Rehoboth Beach. We truly enjoyed our stay. The staff was great. Our balcony door was very noisy when we first arrived and they fixed it immediately. They also had to reprorgam our tv remote and did that promptly as well. I would highly recommend the Henlopen to anyone with out a doubt. Just view of the ocean as well.
James and Arlita
Harford Co, MD
We decided to go to Rehobeth Beach for a day at the beach and went online to find a hotel with an ocean view. We found a couple of hotels however when we read the reviews on them the remarks were horrible. My husband came across Henlophen and read the reviews and they were all good. We booked a reservation and when we arrived we were first impressed with the professionalism and courteous staff. The gentleman who checked us found us a nice room with an ocean view. The hotel and room were very clean and comfortable. We were allowed to leave our car parked in the garage after we checked out while we enjoyed the beach a little while longer and when we were finished on the beach we were allowed to shower in the hotel's shower/restroom areas which were very clean and equipped with fresh clean towel and showers before we left for home. I also forget and left an outfit hanging in the ladies room and when I called the hotel to inform them of this the clerk found my clothes and is mailing them to me at no cost to me. I love this hotel and we will definitely return and soon.
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Submitted by athena1 on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 4:30pm
Amazing! The whole thing really is as silly as it seems.
I really want to read Roofs or Ceilings now.
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Tall, witty, self-assured, Stigler strode in to a huge class in price theory, and proceeded to confound the assorted leftists by devoting his first two lectures to an attack on rent control, and to a refutation of minimum wage laws. As Stigler left the classroom, he would be surrounded by moving circles of amazed and bewildered students, arguing with his point of view that seemed to them to be deposited all of a sudden from the Neanderthal Age. I was of course delighted; here at last was a free-market viewpoint of intellectual substance, and not simply couched in the lurid and confused tones of the Hearst Press! Professor Stigler referred us to a pamphlet (now long out of print, and still one of the few studies of rent control) jointly written by himself and another young free-market economist, Milton Friedman, "Roofs or Ceilings?" and published by an outfit called the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Stigler explained that he and Friedman had published the pamphlet with this obscure outfit because "nobody else would publish it." Enchanted, I wrote away for the pamphlet, and for information about the organization; and by that act I had unwittingly "entered" the libertarian movement.


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My Favourite Villan: Matchday host Andy Congrave on Alan McInally
I would recommend any Villa supporter to check out the clip on YouTube.
Alan McInally's second goal against Millwall in a 1988 League Cup-tie surely ranks as one of the best ever scored at Villa Park.
Collecting the ball in his own half, the Scottish striker turned sharply and embarked on a powerful run, brushing aside three challenges before firing low past the advancing keeper.
No wonder they called him Rambo.
In that sort of mood he was unstoppable. And shrugging off three opponents was no big deal.
I once saw him hold off a couple of hundred!
That was also at Villa Park, during an open day just before the start of the season.
Alan got the ball on the half-way line, and even though around 200 young fans were trying to get the ball from him as he ran towards the North Stand, they simply couldn't dispossess him!
Those are my two enduring memories of the Scottish striker who served us so well during two seasons in claret and blue.
Dribbling was his main asset; when he was on the ball, opponents always found it difficult to knock him off it.
He was strong in the air, as well, and although he was here for only a short period, and made a relatively modest 71 league and cup appearances, his scoring record was impressive.
Rambo, to be fair, didn't have the most impressive of debut seasons.
Signed from Celtic for £225,000 he was injured during a pre-season trip to Sweden, missed the first 10 games and contributed only four goals to our Second Division promotion campaign.
But his all-action, wholehearted approach made him a firm favourite with the fans - and he was amazing in his second season, when he hit a total of 22 goals, including 14 in the league.
You could argue that his scoring prowess kept Villa in the top flight.
Most of his league goals came before Christmas and they almost always secured important points which ultimately helped Villa dropping straight back into the Second Division.
Two of them were in an early-season 2-2 draw at West Ham.
I will never forget him standing with his arms raised in the air at Upton Park, waiting for his team-mates to celebrate with him.
Another two came in a 3-3 against Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park in December, then there was another brace in a 2-1 home win over Queens Park Rangers on Boxing Day - and all the time his reputation was soaring.
While he was immensely popular with the Villa faithful, though, his scoring achievements didn't go unnoticed elsewhere.
When Bayern Munich came in with a £1.1m offer - four times what we had paid for him - it was simply too good for the club to turn down.
But even though he was only here for a short time, he clearly has an affinity for Aston Villa.
I frequently see Alan when he is covering our games for Sky TV.
Obviously he has to cover other matches too, but I think I can safely say that when you see him on your TV screen reporting from another game, you can bet he would rather be at Villa Park!
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His armour design is inspired from Iron Man armour, colour scheme is black with red subs and got a Avengers logo on both shoulder pads and helmet and another version got a shield symbol on it.
It's also inspired by Kamen Rider / Masked Rider: like 555 and Kabuto he uses Speed up like Clock up and Start up Axel form, Uses the item to transform.
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After reading all the Spider-Verse comics and Watch the USM (Dinsey) cartoon version. I decided to put my Spider-Man (Earth-54321) in it as my fan fiction version.
At first he was recruited by Spider-UK along with some Spider-Men to get to the Safety Zone Earth-13 and teamed up with all Spider-Toems from lots of realities.
'He's with other Spider-Men to search and chose any Spider-Toem from any dimensions to team up' and stop the Inheritors and Morlun before they kill anyone of them.
I think my Spider-Man from Earth-54321 can team up with any Spider-Toem members like Petra Parker from Earth-TRN454, Spyder-Knight from Earth-TRN458 and others. I already plained which Spider-Army can come into the battle.
Peter Parker of Earth-92131 from 1990s X-Men and Spider-Man cartoons
Peter Parker of Earth-26496 from The Spectacular Spider-Man (Animated Series).
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Another idea. PLANET OF THE CLONES!!!! - in another reality all heroes and some villains being cloned by their creators and they being challenged into a new battlefield. In Marvel wiki-Category for the clones created By any creator.
Example- Noman and Miles Warren Jackal- After Miles found out that the Norman aka the Green Goblin killed Gwen he decided to clone Gwen and somehow used the Carnage symbiote to bond with her to kill Green Goblin.
But Miles blames Spider-Man for not saving Gwen so he decided to clone him and put him out of his misery.
But another Clone creator created another clone of Spider-Man killed a evil clone who wanted Spidey alive. It's been kept from the Laboratory of Doctor Octopus.
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I can make another Alternate reaility fan fiction of all Marvel Heroes and Villains (as British version). But I can't choose which Earth title like Earth-TRN???. I'm a British Marvel fan and I choose England and the city of London as location.Loading editor
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This would be awesome, I hope you make this. Reminds me of a project I saw my friend try, it looked pretty great. Just make up a real number that isn't taken, you don't need TRN's!!! Any number you want!Loading editor
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This would be awesome, I hope you make this. Reminds me of a project I saw my friend try, it looked pretty great. Just make up a real number that isn't taken, you don't need TRN's!!! Any number you want!
THANK YOU!! Yep. Already planed it and I'm listing some of the Characters are different and some are the same like their Earth-616 counterparts. I already researched and see the lists of British characters and Earth Realities numbers and Temporary Reality Numbers. I tried making up numbers that is not taken.
But I like the title Earth-TRN because it's a cool.
As TRN- Earth-TRN002, Earth-TRN003, Earth-TRN004 (Temporary Reality Numbers there's Earth-TRN001 next to Earth-TRN005 because some Earth numbers got skiped.
Or as Realities - Earth-190876, Earth-22789, Earth-44567, Earth-09876, Earth-54321
On the Realities lists some are renamed.
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Ah, OK. Whatever floats your boat.
You could make any of those numbers a TRN, but I especially like 22789 and 54321.
Floats my boat? Hahaha
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Personally, I'm quite fond of your fanfiction, I can't wait to see some more. Also, you inspired me to someday do an Offspringaverse based on the one with the Insect Squad.Loading editor
Thank Marvel for giving me ideas because I'm a fan. Thank these people in this website as well. Insect Squad? U mean the ones from Earth-71166? I like that team.Loading editor
I mean the one from your fan Earth with Spider-Kid and the Kid Wasp. 98-something.Loading editor
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I should clarify this. My issue is not with the images' presence on your page, it's the fact that so many are being uploaded to just be on your page.Loading editor
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Just in case you didn't check the old thread, I wanted to make sure you saw it. Also, I want you to know I can find pictures for articles lacking them, and help in other assorted ways, as well as help develop new work should you want or need it.Loading editor
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Thanks. I do need help. Oh thank you the the Birthday message.......I'm 29 now. Old thread?Loading editor
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Let me know how I can help, and I'll try. I saw it in your page.
I really need your big help. I try uploading images into the templates - character, team and gallery. It's not working properly.Loading editor
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I'll do my best, what's going on?
I try using Photobucket of copying and paste any image by Share Links -Direct, IMG and IMG Thumb but messed up. I noticed you fixed my character templates. Thanks. Please teach me.Loading editor
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You have to save the image to your computer and upload it. That's the only way I've ever added images.
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I'm building up a 58 cm LHT frame into what will be my tourer and long commuter, but I'm struggling to decide on which components to use.
After extensive searching of the internet and these forums I still can't find any conclusive answers to the question of component choice. It seems that everyone has a different take on it without any real solid reasons or their reasons are limited by commercial interests.
I don't want to start a Shimano v Campagnolo war here, I have no preference for one over the other. In terms of spare parts both are equally available in big cities as both are equally unavailable in small towns here. After talking to a friend who has done several successfull builds, I'm leaning towards a Campag Centaur triple chainring 10 speed groupset but with Record bottom bracket and Record 36 spoke wheel hubs (he will be building the wheels for me). In terms of gearing I'm looking at a 30-42-52 chainring set with options on the smaller chainring to go down as low as a 24 if needed, and 13-29 casette.
The big questions on my mind are 1 - Are these gearing choices OK for loaded touring? 2 - Is the component choice OK? i.e. am I headed down the wrong road here? 3 - Will it work on this frame, as a long commuter bike and tourer? 4 - Am I even starting with the right frame for my intended use?
If it helps, I commute maybe 150 - 200 miles a week and plan on doing loaded touring trips which will be mostly 3 or 4 day long weekends with the ocassional 2 to 3 week major trip. Not planning on touring overseas for now.


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I've installed ZCS 5.0.5 yesterday on our new dedicated host from my computer at home (ssh connection). The logged into the zimbra administration console on port 7071 (also from home). Everything worked fine. Now I'm sitting here in the office and try to access this port again. But I cannot get a connection.
When I tunnel the port 7071 trough a ssh login directly to the dedicated host, I can normaly login to the admin console. (https://localhost:7071) -> Tunnel -> Dedicated host -> localhost:7071
The Firewall is completely disabled and also selinux.
It seems to me, that zimbra internally restricts the access to the zimbra port to the ip address it was accessed in the first.
I noticed that problem also at previous installation on ZCS 4.5.x but there wasn't it a problem. But here we have mostly windows people who has no idea about linux , ssh and tunneling so I need this to get working soon.
Roland Käser