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" Includes single parent family insurance as well as sports, annual and once-off trips for singles and families "
This company has the worst claim service I have ever come across. I took insurance out with this company because they seemed to have good coverage for ski Holidays. Our holiday was cancelled due to illness. There were two parties on the trip: my family and my in-laws. On phoning their claims line it was clear from the start it was a bad service and because of this I decided to claim on annual travel insurance, via directline, for my family. It had less excess anyway. This claim went through with no problems at all and they were very helpful.
Clubdirect were a different matter. Firstly you are passed over to another company called CSA. They are completely disorganised, unfriendly, and have no common sense at all. There was only one person there "Terrie Nation" that actually made sense but I cannot get hold of her anymore. Probably moved on to a better company. They are repeatedly refusing to pay the full amount of my inlaws share of the holiday because a cancellation letter splits the overall fee by 6 even though the detailed invoice shows the true split and this has also been confirmed by the travel company. They are also refusing to pay for credit card handling fees for the holiday even though there is no mention of this in any policy documents. The other insurance company paid it for my family without any hassles.
This company may seem a good option especially with their on line acceptance of medical conditions, but it is a front, their claim service is bad. Avoid at all costs.
Having travelled to Turkey in September I experienced a regretable episode where I experienced a temporary loss of both speech and movement . Fellow travellers were concerned at my condition and called an ambulance to the hotel. Having lost the power of speech events were taken out of my hands and I was examined at the hospital without any cardiac or neurological tests being undertaken. My credit card was taken from my wallet and a bill ensued for approx. £300. At this point I regained speech and movement and was sent home in a taxi with a written diagnosis of this being an anxiety attack, though no tests had been run to rule out any physical cause. As I have not experienced these symptoms previously I have no medical evidence to identify the cause of my temporary loss of speech and movement and am unable to secure any diagnosis back in England unless i am unfortunate enough to experience these symptoms again. regrettably the insurers are using the clause stating that anxiety is not covered under the terms of the policy and are not prepared to accept that the diagnosis was an arbitary one based on no medical testing. I should add that the administration of my claim has been a bureucratic nightmare characterised by delays and inefficiency so that I have waited 3 months to be told that my claim has been rejected.
You may think this an inappropriate time of the year to be engaging on any holiday topic, but following my recent experiences over the New Year period; this review may well prove helpfully timely! Additionally I am well aware that in this day and age many of us take holidays at all times of the year, the two week summer vacation, whilst obviously popular is increasingly being supplemented or replaced by year round, slightly more exotic holidays.
Ours was a far from exotic holiday as you will discover by reading on ..
OK, holidays are not specifically the topic concerned here travel insurance is. As with any form of insurance, you pay your dues each year (or trip in the case of a holiday perhaps) and hope never to have to call on it. If you are anything like us, you probably do an internet search, maybe even check a broker or two for prices and then make some kind of compromise decision based on a balance of price / cover.
What you will probably never actually do is read ALL of the fine-print, which is vital to the policy and how you will be processed should you be in the unfortunate position of having to actually make a claim.
You will never be able to sample or road test a travel insurance policy either, your first experience of calling upon such a policy / service will be for real.
Well (certainly I have to say on this occasion, NOT in your interest!), I have road tested, comprehensively, this particular service for you I hope never to have any other similar experience to compare it to, so I beg your forgiveness for, what I hope you will understand to be, a lack of comparative data!
Let us return to first principals briefly and consider what kind of travel insurance you need to carry. Firstly, dont try to skimp on it. If you are going to the Alps skiing dont merely take out a European cover expecting it to cover you for winter sports it will not. You will requite more specific cover for that. Likewise, European cover, by definition will be useless elsewhere in the world where hospital bills tend to be much higher.
Most I think will probably take out one trip cover. It makes sense if you have one foreign holiday a year, it costs less and more likely than not will be destination specific. However, for us, and for many of you, who from the reviews that I read, travel far more often than once a year, an annual multi-trip insurance policy makes much better sense for several reasons.
# It will work out MUCH less expensive than paying for travel insurance each time that you go.
# It will save you all the trouble of organising it (sometimes at short notice) several times a year.
# It will cover you for long weekends etc in this country that you probably would not even think about taking insurance out for, or for those hops across the Channel for a weekend perhaps.
# It will even cover you for business travel here and abroad, again I hope never to put it to the test, but for someone travelling all over the country on business, as I do, it is reassuring to have there in the glove-box.
There are probably many other reasons why multi-trip insurance is a good idea that I have not as yet come up with after all we all have different reasons, desires and destinations when we travel.
You may have noticed that I am using the word travel rather than holiday insurance, this is quite deliberate, as we regard the policy in rather wider terms than mere holiday cover it covers our many travels wherever they may be, that not always being a holiday!
OK, that takes care of the principals let me explain our particular travel insurance needs.
My wife, as many of you know, is Polish her family live in a small village near to the town of Mielec in the far south east of Poland almost as far east as you can currently travel in the EEC. They are wonderful people and I enjoy visiting Poland, we drive there twice a year, in the summer and for Christmas and the New Year.
Our multi-trip European travel insurance covers Poland neither of us ski (the area is as flat as East Anglia!) or partake in any form of dangerous sports. We take out each year a fairly basic Europe only multi-trip insurance cover but it does include cover for all of the points that I listed above.
We made the mistake four years ago of falling for an HSBC promotion, when they sold us the mortgage we were entitled to a special (now defunct) bank account which offered us Privileged holiday insurance. It was worldwide and very expensive, it was easy to take up, but seeing the cost at over £120 the second year, we decided to search the net.
Thanks partly to Martin Lewis Money Saver Site, we found MoneySupermarket.com with whom we cut the cost of our annual travel insurance by over 50% and got the exact cover we required, nothing more, nothing less.
What this site actually does is to search out the best deal, you having entered your travel insurance requirements. In our case it recommended that we sign up with Club Direct, a company set up in 1995 and owned by the Collinson group, specialising solely in the travel insurance business.
In July last year, we renewed our policy through Money Supermarket Travel Insurance with Club Direct for £49.95, little knowing that on 2nd January 2006 we would be calling on their services.
From here on I will be referring to the insurers as Club Direct.
When your travel insurance policy turns into a vital service:
Having celebrated Christmas in Poland with my in-laws, on the late afternoon of New Years Day, we drove out into the country in order to say goodbye to my wifes grandparents. Since we had been in Poland, this was the first day that the temperature had been above freezing point. There had been plenty of snow, which had been packed down to ice, that was starting to melt, additionally it was raining that rain falling onto the icy ground.
Walking less than ten paces from the car to the front door of my grandparents-in-laws house I slipped on the ice, falling onto my side. Due to my wearing stout walking boots, regrettably my left foot and ankle stayed standing up when I fell down.
I did not hear the break, but the pain was immediate and excruciating I was laying on the icy garden, screaming in pain and for help the family were all indoors. Fortunately my father-in-law and an uncle were rapidly on the scene to carry me indoors, an aunt who is a nurse lost no time in diagnosing a broken ankle it had swollen far too fast to be anything else she remarked.
OK Im thirty minutes from the general hospital in Mielec, my car is sitting outside and we are due to drive home in two days time I was due back at work on Thursday, today was Sunday.
Bravely, uncle took his first drive in a right hand drive car (mine!) in order to get me to the hospital. It was dark, 6.45pm, the roads were covered in wet ice and it was now starting to re-freeze. The nurse had tightly bandaged my agonisingly painful ankle which got me to the hospital without actually passing out.
The details of my admission and the ensuing two and a quarter hour operation the following morning are hardly relevant here so I will spare you the (fortunately not so) painful details.
I will say here and now though that my treatment in a Polish NHS equivalent hospital was absolutely second to none! From the surgeon right down to the cleaners, I could have not enjoyed better care had I paid a fortune in a private hospital in this country.
The afternoon after the operation, having woken up to the reality that I was going to be hospitalised until the end of the week it turned out to be rather longer than that even, 9 days in all it dawned on me that we would not be driving away from here tomorrow, staying in our favourite Dresden hotel, nor honouring the Calais Dover ferry booking!
My next train of thought was towards the holiday insurance, hospital bills being my main and immediate worry. My wife returned to her parents flat to contact the travel insurance company, it is a condition of the insurance that you let them know as soon as you are admitted to a hospital abroad. We and, in turn, they were in luck, it is another condition of the policy that you have and carry an English E111 medical card. It was in my wallet.
If any of you travel in Europe and do not have one of these, then for your own sake please take my advice go to the post office and apply for one NOW! It will save you a fortune in hospital bills and / or complicated negotiations through an English Consulate at a time you really do not have the strength for it. An E111 card gives you reciprocal medical rights under the NHS systems of other European countries.
My wife made contact with Club Direct Travel Insurance, based in Chichester, West Sussex and the operator who handled her initial call Doriana, handled my whole case until we flew out of Poland on Thursday 19th January, over two weeks later than we had anticipated leaving in the car.
They kept in touch each day in order to keep track of my progress in hospital and to make sure that my medical needs were fully taken care of which they very much were.
Their priority, not ours actually, was to get us back home to the UK as soon as possible thats our policy Doriana told me. I assured her that, with us staying with my wifes parents, there were no hotel bills accumulating, and that I would rather make the journey home in a weeks time when I felt rather stronger, physically and emotionally, than on the day I finally left hospital. We have flown before to Poland and I knew that the road journey on the Polish side would be arduous to say the least of it exacerbated at that time by the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.
They were in touch with the hospital in order to assess my travel requirements. One of the younger English speaking doctors came to my room (a two bed ward) one afternoon to say that he had received a call from England, and told the insurance company that I would require three seats on the aeroplane in order to keep my leg elevated in transit.
Being Poland, there remains a certain amount of old world Communist bureaucracy in place, there was a hitch. Three days after being released from hospital I returned to have the stitches taken out of my wounds and a new plaster applied to my leg. Doriana had requested that I obtain from the surgeon a Fitness to Fly certificate, without it, no carrier would fly me apparently. The surgeon and the hospital had never heard of such a thing and were not, initially, prepared to take responsibility for signing such a document.
They were incidentally quite happy to sign me a Certificate not to Drive required by the AA in order to ship my car back home another review, another day!
ENTER CLUB DIRECTs POLISH AGENT ON THE SCENE!
Up to this point I had had great confidence in Doriana and her companys service in general. She informed me that their agent in Poznan, many miles away, would arrange for a private doctor to visit me, probably the following day. We were instructed to be ready to fly once she had a copy of the certificate, if possible, she would fly us out the same day! That was on the Thursday.
We were also told that, at the airports, there would be both wheelchair assistance laid on for me and luggage assistance for my wife, who otherwise would have to struggle with our four cases and various paraphernalia. One of the reasons we travel to Poland by car is that we never travel light!
On Monday (four days later) having heard nothing at all, I called Doriana to ask what was going on. She had no more idea than I, and said that her Polish agent would contact me. Little did we know that rather than doing what he had been paid to do i.e. arranging for a doctor to come to see me he merely piled enough pressure on the hospital to do it for nothing, this took a further day.
On Tuesday I had a three way conversation between Doriana and the agent, he was insisting that I went in person to the hospital and collect the certificate. Doriana laughed out loud at him this man has a broken ankle all we require is a fax copy! She called back later in the day to say that the flight had been booked on Thursday morning on Ryanair from Rzeszow to Stanstead and assured my wife that transport would be laid on.
We got on with the packing in blissful ignorance on Wednesday, it had been snowing hard all day, the night time temperature falling to -16degC, from a daytime one of around -3. At 4.30pm, Doriana called to say that the Polish agent had failed to provide transport to the airport and that my wife would now, at the eleventh hour have to find a taxi, suitably commodious to take me on the hour and a half journey to the airport with my leg elevated! I was furious! The flight was at 11.35am, we would have to leave at 7.00am to get there and the driving conditions were going to be atrocious there was already about six inches of snow on the ground. Remember too that I had only a pair of crutches to aid my movements terrifying to use on snow and ice, just in case you were wondering.
Within an hour, my wife had achieved what the agent had failed manifestly to do call a Rzeszow taxi company and locate a big people carrier there were none available in Mielec.
The journey through the snow to the airport and the flight went like clockwork. The airport and Ryanair staff, both on the ground in Poland and on the flight were superb. This may be a low cost airline, but in my hours of need they really took care of me!
At Stanstead the assistance was slow to arrive and inadequate a man with a wheelchair did arrive eventually. Although Doriana had pre-arranged this, it took two calls from the Ryanair captain to get someone out to the plane. There was no assistance whatsoever for our luggage, my wife, who is not large of frame, is still aching a week later from struggling for miles through the airport with that.
Much to our relief, as promised, there was a driver waiting for us in the arrivals hall. He had been told by Doriana that a big car with plenty of room was required, he was driving a converted, albeit fairly plush, Ford Transit Van!
We arrived home safely at 4.15pm, having been travelling since 6.00a.m English time. For both of us it had been a truly exhausting experience.
Doriana and Club Directs role ends when you take off the ground in the foreign country. The case is then handed over to a third party Claims Settlement Agencies Ltd, who go on to handle any outstanding money claims. Upon our arrival home there was a claim form, dated 9th January (the day I left hospital) waiting for us.
I am currently awaiting a receipt to be sent for the plastic leg plaster (not covered by the Polish NHS) and special orthopaedic shoe, approximately £30, from the hospital in Mielec. This along with the 396PLN (zloty, equivalent to £72.00) taxi fare, has to be claimed back these sums having the policy excess of £50.00 deducted from them. There is also a payment of £25.00 for each 24 hour period that you have spent in hospital. This is to cover incidental expenses, such as mobile phone calls etc, whilst you are hospitalised.
Fortunately for the insurance company there are no hotel bills to settle, had we been in a hotel at the time, the on-going costs, on a bed and breakfast basis, would have been met on behalf of both myself and my wife.
All the travel costs were taken care of for us, and apart from the aforementioned slip up with the Polish taxi had my wife not been Polish speaking this would have been a disaster all the necessary arrangements made successfully on our behalf.
Our £49.95 travel insurance turned out to be a really wise investment, I estimate that had we been travelling without insurance, this already painful experience would have been a good deal more traumatic, not to mention leaving us poorer to the tune of well over £1000.
As I said at the start, I have no comparisons to make, Club Direct served us as well as it could. Their Polish agent let them down badly indeed he is no longer I believe their Polish agent, Doriana having refused to speak to him again.


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Born in Los Angeles, California in 1946, grandson of artist Dudley Saltonstall Carpenter and step-son of architect Robert Evans Alexander, Edward Starbuck Carpenter specializes in large-scale public installations ranging from architectural sculpture to infrastructure design. Educated at the University of California, Santa Barbara 1965-1966, and Berkeley 1968-1971, he studied architectural glass art under artists in England and Germany during the early 1970's. He now (2006) lives with his wife and two children in the Coast Range mountains west of Portland.Since 1973 he has completed scores of projects for public, corpora
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Shin-Soo Choo, Prince Fielder not enough? Analyst ranks Rangers No. 3 in off-season rankings
Following the Rangers' signing of Shin-Soo Choo many proclaimed that Texas had indeed won baseball's off-season. Hardball Talk's Bill Baer disagrees.
Baer ranked the Rangers No. 3 in a list of which organization have had the best off-seasons so far, behind the Cardinals and the Rays.
"There is no doubt the Rangers got better, but the question is at what cost?" Baer wrote. "Acquiring Prince Fielder cost them Ian Kinsler. While they certainly had the depth to afford to do that, they also had to take on Fielder's gargantuan contract. The Rangers also committed $130 million to Shin-Soo Choo, who may be a platoon outfielder at best."
Baer said the Rays are didn't have the quiet the same cost, while the Cardinals addressed their one need — a shortstop who could hit — by signing Jhonny Peralta.


text: Sorry if there's a thread about this already but I didn't see an obvious one. Recently whenever someone sends me a photo through mms, I cannot download it. When I click to download, it just tells me the download was unsuccessful and to try again later. This happens on the stock messaging app and on go sms pro, which is when I normally use. I keep finding in other places that maybe it's something to do with connectivity settings or setting up a VPN or something but I'm not sure exactly how to do that... Help please??


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Santa Monica, CA
Ralph Mechur Architects was established in 1992 as a full service architectural firm with a focus on affordable housing and social service projects. We have extensive experience working with community groups and government agencies. We have successfully presented projects to numerous neighborhood groups and public agencies. We welcome the opportunity to work with agency staff, consultants and the community in the design process.
Ralph Mechur has served on the Santa Monica Planning Commission of the City of Santa Monica during which time he worked closely with staff and the community on the Third Street Promenade Specific Plan, the Santa Monica Pier Expansion Plan, the Civic Center Specific Plan, and the Ocean Park Design Guidelines. Additionally, Mr. Mechur was a member of the Oversight Committee of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District monitoring over $400 million in facilities improvements. He currently sits on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education.
Ralph Mechur Architects's goals are to design buildings that accommodate the client's program and financial resources, and that respect a community scale and neighborhood. The buildings are successful when they become part of the daily life of the community
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G vs. the Black Mountain
So, after a rest day and some more training, my test run last week, from the bottom of Rhus Ridge to the top of Black Mountain improved to 1:14. I knocked 5 minutes off my time! I think doing weights helps, and here's the thing. It's not so much that a fit runner doing weights would see so much benefit, but someone going from not quite so fit to fit again, there's where the benefit is. Another challenge when you get back into training after little to no training is the potential for injury. Don and I were both struggling with various trouble spots, so the gym work to balance out the muscle strength was a big help to work through it.
This week, we ran the Black Mountain trial (trail trial) again, and I got it down to 1:12. I felt like throwing up at the top, but recovered quickly to run fast all the way down. So now that we're feeling good, the only things to worry about are heat training and organizing gear, crew, pacer and all that. And Sunny the cat-sitter. Heat training can mostly be taken care of by sauna time. It's quite effective to get in the sauna, add extra clothes (non-breathable waterproof jackets are a plus), drink water and electrolytes and take it from there. Heat adaptation can take place in as little as two weeks–conveniently about the same time as a good taper.
Here's another thing I've been trying to sort out. What shoes to wear? My favorites right now are the Sportiva Crosslite and the New Balance WT840. But, the Crosslite is so firm, it's hard to iimagine it going the distance and the 840 is kind of shapeless like a sausage, it's hard to imagine my feet loving it for that long. I think if I have two pairs of each I can switch off as needed. For sure I know I will be in the Crosslite for the first 30 miles. They will be great in the snow (as tested on the training run), and give me the confidence boost that I need for that part of the course. From there I'm not so sure.
Another shoe note, for Badwater I'm really unsure. I have always run in Asics shoes on the roads, but their latest versions of my favorite models don't work as well for my feet. I need some more road time to figure this stuff out. Oh yeah, and I also need another crew member… Who's up for a super hot vacation in Death Valley in July?


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Paramount Pictures
94 min., dir. by Jason Reitman, with Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, and Patrick Wilson
With only four movies under his belt, director Jason Reitman has made a solid reputation for himself. If you didn't know and I told you he is the son of the man who directed Stripes and Ghostbusters I and II, you'd call me a liar. Setting himself apart from his father Ivan with a series of films that ride the line between drama and black comedy, Jason Reitman teams up for the second time with screenwriter Diablo Cody (first breaking out on the scene together with Juno) for yet another ride into the life of a damaged teenager (though this one's in her 30s).
Alcoholic teen drama writer Mavis Gary is caught up in the over-dramatized world that the media likes to call reality. Next to postponing her duty of writing the final installment to her once popular young adult literature series, her favorite activity is to sleep with a random computer date-site hookup and pass out drunk, watching trashy reality television.
During her most recent hungover stupor, she comes across an email announcing a baby shower for the newborn of her high school sweetheart. Taking the invite as some twisted message that the man of her teenage dreams wants to get back together, Mavis packs some bags and her dog, grabs that classic '90s mix tape the boy made for her back when mix tapes were an invitation to bed, and leaves the big city for her downtrodden hometown. No one is going to stand in her way when it comes to getting Buddy Slade back in the sack — not Buddy's wife, Mavis's parents, nor Matt Freehauf, Mavis's out-of-the-blue best friend who was beaten within and inch of his life when they were in school because some jocks thought he was gay.
It's commendable that both Reitman and Cody try to showcase broken people who can't be fixed, but it's getting old and annoying. Diablo Cody is exhibiting a pattern of unbreakable teen angst on par with bands like Korn. High school is over; I understand if you want to use your newfound fame to poke and prod at those that hurt you when you were younger, but eventually you have to move on. It's near impossible to connect on any level to any character in Young Adult. Pain and anger was all I could feel as the credits began to roll.
Having your film carry a somber message where no one changes isn't a bad thing. The issue with Young Adult is it presents itself in such a manner that makes you feel that you are rooting for something to happen. Yet Young Adult is a film where no one learns anything. The film does explore the damaging nature of reality television and the world it sells to people who buy into it as reality. However, basing too much emphasis on the characters and their bottomless pit of lost dreams drains so much out of the viewer that everything apart from their pathetic portrayals is deemed unimportant.
Credit should be handed to the actors, as Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, and Patrick Wilson portray characters who are all despicable and sad in their own ways. The utter despair I felt watching their lives unfold is a credit to their talent. If I walk out of a movie filled with loathsome hate for a character, you know the actor was doing something right, even if their character is what made me dislike the movie as a whole.
The pile of forced witty dialogue and petty teenage drama peddled by Diablo Cody has reached its limit. It's something I was never impressed with in the first place, but it has now overstayed its welcome. Reality TV has a home on MTV and E! Entertainment; I don't need to sit through a dramatized version of it in a theater.
Matthew Schuchman is the founder and film critic of Movie Reviews From Gene Shalit's Moustache(http://shalitsstache.com) and also the contributing film writer for IPaintMyMind (http://ipaintmymind.org).


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Firefox has moved to encrypt all Google searches while using the browser.
Mozilla, the company that makes Firefox, said the move was to protect data from prying eyes, particularly when using public or shared WiFi networks.
In a blog post reported by PC World, the company said that the measure would "protect your data from potentially prying eyes, like network administrators when you use public or shared WiFi networks."
In tech speak, the browser will conduct Google searches with an SSL encrypted HTTPS connection.
More from GlobalPost: Has Israel dodged the regional crisis?
According to Tech Crunch, the new encryption will only be for Google searches so far but the company says that it will add additional search engines in the future.
The browser also makes it more clear as to the security features on each website to allow users to be more aware of where they are browsing.
The new browser also now supports Mac OSX Lion full screen viewing, said Slash Gear.
Late last year, Google said that it would encrypt all its searches for those signed in to its web browser Chrome.


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Reviews - Hotel Celebrity3
47 Gervis Road Bournemouth, Bournemouth, BH1 3DD
Customer Reviews
Our reviews are from genuine LateRooms.com customers. We verify that the customer has stayed before leaving a review.
Very Good
82% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
Hotel Celebrity
Great escape with a celeb twist.
great value for money
On my arrival I was made to feel welcome by the gentleman on reception who was both friendly and efficient.
the room was clean and comfortable and my overall experience was an enjoyable one. I hope to return again in the future.
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Faded but quirky
We stayed one night as part of the trip home and stayed in the Mike Myers room which was pretty poor to be fair.
The bathroom floor was lumpy and really uneven with water clearly having got under the flooring. The bath and sink were dirty and the loo was insecure. Neither of us slept as it is simply the noisiest hotel we have ever stayed in with raucous guests partying throughout the night. It wasn't helped by a really odd and poorly fitting door to the room. Staff were pleasant and the breakfast was pretty good. It's a great idea for a hotel but needs completely refurbishing.
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Fantastically quirky!
Stayed for one night.
Lovely quiet road and quiet hotel. Stayed in standard room, very clean, but tired and creaky floorboards. Superior room viewed and looked lovely. Place filled with memorabilia so quite interesting. Like stepping back in time. Nice lounge and other bar area. Would return. Staff very friendly.
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Hotel Celebrity
Very limited parking on site, not helpful with young children
Enjoyable stay
The hotel has a unique celebrity theme which added amusement to the enjoyable experience of a comfortable room and breakfast.
The staff were polite and are to be commended for their attitude.
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Quirky. Great place and great price.
Really enjoyed our one night stay.
Quirky interesting and very good value for money. If we stay in Bournemouth again we shall stay here again.
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Good economic late deal. Interesting hotel well located for Bournemouth centre. Good bus service.
Staff very efficient and smart.
Room cleaned daily and towels replaced. Nothing was too much trouble. Perhaps the bar lacked atmosphere and was occasionally unattended but not enough to deter us as most nights we went out anyway. overall it was a very pleasant trouble free stay.
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good hotel, fair price
good horel for our budget, breakfast very good, parking could be better with a somewhat bigger car park, left happy and contented.
Not a good stay
The single room had not been decorated for many a year, wallpaper was marked and peeling, cobwebs and a spider in one corner, bed was rock hard, no phone, but sign explaining room service, toilet was clean and tidy, carpet had Sen better days, outside of building desperate in need of updating, overall not the best of nights sleep, reception staff, although not rude, were not friendly or welcoming.
And I had to interrupt there conversation to get my room key.
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Superfund Site: AIR FORCE PLANT PJKS
Superfund Site Profile
The Air Force Plant Peter J. Kiewit and Sons (PJKS) site is owned and operated by Lockheed Martin Astronautics Operation. The plant is located 25 miles southwest of Denver, near Waterton Canyon, Colorado. PJKS consists of 464 acres, and is surrounded by another 4,700 acres of Lockheed Martin land. Company operations at PJKS include testing Titan rockets, as well as designing, developing, testing and manufacturing advanced technical systems for space and defense. Historical operations contaminated soil and groundwater with hazardous chemicals. Following cleanup, operation and maintenance activities are ongoing.


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Tracks (2013), a handsome adaptation by John Curran starring a terrific Mia Wasikowska. Davidson - then 27 years old - walked the half the island's length from Alice Springs across 1,700 miles of desert to the Indian Ocean, accompanied solely by three wild camels and her dog, Diggity. As much an attempt at personal emancipation as physical endurance, it was captured by National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan, whose parched photos of her trek made Davidson a cover star and story a sensation.
Davidson, head bowed next to her camel as if communicating with it silently, was said to be the most popular National Geographic cover for a decade. Along the way her journey invites originals, who dub her the 'camel lady', hordes of beastly tourists who want a capture a glimpse of her journey, and of course the 45-degree heat and harshness of the Australian outback. This is the locale so terrifyingly realised in Ted Kotcheff's recently rereleased Wake in Fright, but Curran treats his adopted desert homeland (the director hails from New York) as a place of spiritual wonder.
Curran and his cinematographer Mandy Walker make the film beautiful to look at as Davidson parades her camels through dunes and onto a fabled ocean you wonder will ever come. Comparisons with Nicolas Roeg's 1971 classic Walkabout are nigh on unavoidable, not just as a portrait of a young woman in the outback, but in its perception of rolling desert as a place of mystical adventure, and its portrayal of aboriginals as inextricably linked to the skin and bones of Australian civilisation. At one stage Davidson is chaperoned through a sacred part of the outback by giddy tribal elder Eddy, delivered in a fine performance by Rolley Mintuma, and it's these short encounters that add a little more motion and effect, even if it means Tracks does at times feel more like a conventional mainstream road movie.
As a portrait of personal adventure, the better comparison is actually Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007), but while Christopher McCandless' journey is steeped in counter-cultural significance, it's never entirely clear why Wasikowska goes on this trip - and that's a good thing. Curran's biggest error is to steep her motives in her personal history, relying on flashbacks to her mother's suicide and, most curiously, to her dog's death as if to give her trip some sentimental import. Sure, Davidson's trip surely came about from a rebellion against a patriarchal society, a flash of feminist integrity amongst the macho world of the Australian outback, but flashbacks to her childhood make her expedition seem far more solipsititc than it ever actually was.
It's in Wasikowska's confident performance alone that it's more gratifying to acknowledge any motives. The Australian actress appears to come of age in by far her most assured role, every bit believable as a tough but introverted city girl making her way in her country's outback. There may have been times when it looked like Alice's Adventures in the Outback, but Wasikowska herself gives a performance of stature in Davidson's battered shoes. Her occasional photographer and on-off lover Rick Smolan is played ably by Adam Driver (rumoured to appear as a villain in next year's Star Wars: Episode VII) - and it's with his photos that Tracks closes, a charming link between this physical feat and a cameraman's artistic endeavour.
Ed Frankl
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Here's Miley Cyrus 'Rapping' in Mike Will Made It's '23'
Anyway, here it is, the reason why Miley was spotted on Monday in a desecrated Michael Jordan jersey: Mike Will Made It's new basketball-themed song "23," featuring Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, and, yes, Miley Cyrus rapping the hook.
She's so trill, you guys.
(Also, just to be honest: She's still pretty hot without the tongue out and Cynthia doll hair, huh?)
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I'm thinking of doing a custom build:
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ATI graphics card (no idea what yet)
Reasonable 4GB kingston RAM
gigabyte p55-usb3
2 500GB sata HDDs, might add in SSD (3.5") later
I am wondering what kind of case I would need (I plan to Overclock)
It comes down to (I need a gamers case to OC, not to game):
Antec 200 ($61)
This one is cheap, but only has a top 140mm and rear 120mm
Antec 600 ($104)
This one has a 200mm on the top and a 120 on the back
Antec 902 ($121)
This is the same as before, except it also has 2 front 120mm adjustable speed HDD fans.
I was wondering:
a) how much would the front HDD fans affect the CPU temperature?
b) how much would a bigger top fan affect the CPU temperature?
And obviously, what would you buy in my position and why
Also, what are "tricool" and "twocool" fans?
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Armed police have arrested three men in their 20s after finding firearms and drugs at a property in Staithe Road, Burgh St Peter.
Police were called to the address at 6.30am on Sunday after a previous altercation in Park Road, Lowestoft, which allegedly involved the trio.
All three from London, a 20-year-old, a 21-year-old and a 22-year-old were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
The 20-year-old and 21-year-old were also arrested on suspicion of possessing a class A drug, with intent to supply.
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text: Carr After Fourth Daytona ST Win | March 4, 2005 The following information is from AMA Pro Racing: The AMA Grand National Series kicks off 2005 with a new sponsor in Ford. While the series will run under a new banner Chris Carr is the one constant as he begins his mission to become a seven-time AMA Grand National Champion and first four-time winner at Daytona Beach, Florida's Municipal Stadium on Thursday evening, March 10. Round one of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship gets its traditional start on the white crushed limestone surface of the Municipal Stadium Short Track. The riders will give the fans a preview of the Grand National with the Hot Shoe event on Wednesday night. The attention then turns to the national on Thursday and the one thing you can nearly always count on at Daytona is the unexpected. Last year JR Schnabel broke through to win his first Daytona Short Track on a Yamaha. Schnabel will be one of the favorites this year, but many look to defending and six-time AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr as the rider to beat. Carr, the all-time wins leader among active riders from Fleetwood, Pa., will bring his fleet of No. 1 plate Quality Checked Certified Pre-owned Ford Racing machines to Daytona in hopes of becoming the first four-time winner of the prestigious kick-off race. "We've been working hard this year as we do every year to get ready for Daytona," Carr said minutes after getting off a practice track in South Carolina. "The team has been dialing in our KTMs to my preferences in hopes of racing those at Municipal Stadium. If they don't work out we have the Rotax bikes to fall back on. Nothing's really changed at Daytona. You've got to be ready to go as soon as practice starts and carry that on to qualifying. If you do well in qualifying it makes the rest of the evening a lot easier." Another rider to watch for at Daytona is Johnny Murphree on the Coziahr Harley-Davidson sponsored No. 20. The Paso Robles, Calif., native has scored podium finishes in each of the last two Grand Nationals at Municipal Stadium. "When it comes down to it, we need to beat Chris at our big races," said Murphree of trying to wrestle away the No. 1 plate from the champ. "Daytona, Springfield – the TT, the Short Track and of course the Mile and we need to beat him in Peoria. Those are the key races." Joe Kopp has shown speed at Daytona, finishing runner-up twice in the last five years. He'll ride the Latus Harley-Davidson/Jones Powersports No. 3 entry and try to break through to win his first at Daytona. Kenny Coolbeth finished a career-matching best third in last year's title standings. Coolbeth rides the Mid-American Harley-Davidson/Jones Powersports No. 31 and he too feels championship hopes begin and end with Carr. "He is the one to watch at every race. He doesn't appear to have weakness in his program." Daytona will mark the final race for 46-year-old veteran and fan favorite Terry Poovey, of Euless, Texas. A two-time Daytona winner, Poovey is hoping to go out on a winning note riding his Pro Honda Oils-sponsored Hondas. On Saturday, March 12, viewers will get to see taped coverage of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship opener on SPEED Channel. For additional information on this year's Bike Week races contact Daytona International Speedway at (386) 253-7223 or visit www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com.By Scott Rousseau Comments


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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE and MADISON, NJ--(Marketwire - January 29, 2013) -
Bausch + Lomb Initiates Phase 3 Program for Glaucoma Drug Candidate
from Nicox
Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, and Nicox S.A.
(EURONEXT PARIS: COX) today announced that Bausch + Lomb has
initiated its Phase 3
clinical program of latanoprostene bunod (previously known as
BOL-303259-X and
NCX 116) for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients
glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Latanoprostene bunod is a nitric
prostaglandin F2-alpha analog licensed by Nicox to Bausch + Lomb.
This pivotal Phase 3 program includes two separate randomized,
double-masked, parallel-group clinical studies, APOLLO and LUNAR,
designed to
compare the efficacy and safety of latanoprostene bunod administered once
(QD) with timolol maleate 0.5% administered twice daily (BID) in lowering
IOP in
patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The primary
of both studies, which will include a combined total of approximately
patients, is the reduction in mean IOP measured at specified time points
three months of treatment. The Phase 3 studies are pivotal for U.S.
and will be conducted in North America and Europe. Additional information
the studies can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
"There is a need for more effective, safer and better tolerated
therapies to
lower IOP," said Robert N. Weinreb, M.D., chairman & distinguished
professor of
Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego and director,
Shiley Eye
Center and Hamilton Glaucoma Center. "The Phase 2b results for
bunod were promising, so it is exciting that this potential new
therapy is
now in pivotal trials."
Bausch + Lomb's decision to proceed with a pivotal Phase 3 program
positive results with latanoprostene bunod in a Phase 2b trial in 413
with elevated IOP due to glaucoma and ocular hypertension. This study
that latanoprostene bunod consistently lowered IOP in a dose-dependent
All four doses tested in the Phase 2b trial showed greater IOP
compared with Xalatan® 0.005%, with the differences for two of the
four doses
reaching more than 1mmHg (statistical significance: p < 0.01).
"Bausch + Lomb believes that latanoprostene bunod has the potential to
become an
important new treatment option for people suffering from elevated IOP
due to
glaucoma and ocular hypertension," said Cal Roberts, M.D. executive
president and chief medical officer, Bausch + Lomb. "We look
forward to
completing this pivotal research program, and hope to develop an
effective new
treatment option to benefit physicians and the patients they serve."
"Latanoprostene bunod is a nitric oxide-donating compound which was
in our Research Laboratories in Milan and is the first Nicox program
licensed to
a partner to enter into Phase 3," said Michele Garufi, chairman and
CEO of
Nicox. "We are pleased with Bausch + Lomb's commitment to pursuing this
in an area of significant therapeutic need. The whole Nicox team has
to this important milestone which underlines the potential of our
platform in the ophthalmic field."
Nicox and Bausch + Lomb Worldwide Licensing Agreement
In March 2010, Bausch + Lomb signed a worldwide licensing agreement with
for latanoprostene bunod, and made an initial license payment of $10
million. In
light of the positive results of the Phase 2b study completed in 2011,
Bausch +
Lomb made an additional $10 million milestone payment in April 2012
their decision to pursue further development of latanoprostene bunod. If
regulatory, commercialization and sales milestones for latanoprostene
bunod are
met, Nicox stands to receive from Bausch + Lomb additional potential
which, over time, could total $162.5 million. Nicox will also receive
double-digit royalties on the sales of latanoprostene bunod and has the
to co-promote the product in the United States.
About Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which can lead to the loss of
vision and eventually total blindness. Glaucoma is frequently
linked to
abnormally high pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure, IOP), due to
or malfunction of the eye's drainage system. Abnormally high IOP does not
any symptoms itself, however it can lead to optic nerve damage and vision
if left untreated. Drug therapy is used to reduce IOP and therefore
further vision loss, typically through increasing the drainage of
fluid by relaxing certain muscles in the eye. Several large trials
demonstrated that reducing IOP can prevent the progression of glaucoma in
early and late stages of the disease. A significant proportion of patients
elevated IOP require more than one medication to maintain their IOP
target levels, highlighting the need for more effective treatments.
About Bausch + Lomb
Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare
in the world. Its core businesses include contact lenses and lens care
ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments, and ophthalmic
Founded in 1853, the company is headquartered in Rochester, NY, and
roughly 11,000 people worldwide. Its products are available in more than
countries. More information is available at www.bausch.com.
About Nicox
Nicox (Bloomberg: COX:FP, Reuters: NCOX.PA) is creating a new
international player in the ophthalmic market by building a
portfolio of innovative therapies and diagnostic tools. With a
heritage of
scientific, business development and commercial expertise, the Nicox
team is
focused on developing and marketing novel pharmaceuticals and diagnostic
that can help people to enhance their sight. In the United States, Nicox
AdenoPlus™, a test for the differential diagnosis of acute
in-licensed from RPS®.
The Company's pipeline includes latanoprostene bunod, a novel
based on Nicox's proprietary nitric oxide (NO)-donating R&D platform,
in collaboration with Bausch + Lomb for the potential treatment of
glaucoma and
ocular hypertension. Further NO-donating compounds are under development in
non-ophthalmic indications, notably through partners, including Merck
(known as MSD
outside the United States and Canada) and Ferrer.
Nicox S.A. is headquartered in France and is listed on Euronext Paris
(Compartment B: Small Caps). For more information please visit
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements.
Although the
Company believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions,
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated in
the forward-looking statements.
Risks factors which are likely to have a material effect on Nicox's
business are
presented in the 4th chapter of the « Document de
référence, rapport financier
annuel et rapport de gestion 2011 » filed with the French
Autorité des Marchés
Financiers (AMF) on February 29, 2012 and available on Nicox's
(www.nicox.com) and on the AMF's website www.amf-france.org).
Bausch + Lomb - Nicox: Phase 3 Program Initiation:
This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of
Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that:
(i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and
other applicable laws; and
(ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and
originality of the information contained therein.
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Eurocopter's presence in China goes back more than 40 years to the first sale of an Alouette III helicopter in the country in 1967. But since then, the European manufacturer has set down much deeper roots in China and the new twin-engine EC175 (or Z15, as the Chinese version is known) represents the latest stage in a wide-ranging cooperation with China's Avicopter (see box) through the Shanghai-based joint venture Eurocopter China.
First deliveries of the 16,500-pound EC175 are set for the fourth quarter of this year, which will result in a delay of almost 12 months. According to Eurocopter, one factor behind the delay is that development work has resulted in the new model having better speed and range than expected, requiring the manufacturer to revisit some aspects of certification. Supplier delays on the Helionix avionics have also contributed to the slippage in the certification timetable.
Eurocopter had already emphasized last year that, "with Helionix, the EC175 is the first helicopter in Europe to adopt the latest international avionics standards [RTCA DO-297 and SAEARP 4754], following their introduction on the Airbus A380." These standards call for more thorough testing of system architecture, functions, software and hardware to "provide a more mature and reliable product" at entry into service. As a result of these tests, Eurocopter decided to add "two full software versions" to ensure system maturity at delivery but is adding time to the certification process.
Last month, Bristow Helicopters, the largest global helicopter service provider, confirmed that it has become the U.S. launch customer for the not-yet-certified EC175. It will use the aircraft to support oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico, which could fuel hopes of similar applications in China's growing energy sector.
According to Eurocopter, the EC175 will be able to fly an unrefueled round trip of 195 nm (361 km) with 12 passengers and 105 nm (194 km) with a full load of 18 passengers. Maximum fuel load is about 4,600 pounds. The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67Es on the EC175 are rated at 1,300 shp each.
More New Eurocopters
At last month's Heli-Expo show in Las Vegas, Eurocopter introduced a new model intended to help maintain its market position: the EC135T3/P3. The new light twin-engine model offers improvements, including optimized Fadec software, longer rotor blades and a change in the location of the air intake. These changes yield a 66-pound increase in maximum takeoff weight, and improved hot/high performance (an additional 440 pounds of payload at 1,500 meters, ISA +20). The updated model also features extended range with external auxiliary fuel tanks, a new interior design, Bluetooth headsets and new life raft system.
Also in development at Eurocopter is the high-speed compound helicopter concept known as X3 ("X cubed"). Eurocopter plans to adapt the technology in the X3 platform to create a new helicopter "significantly different in terms of size," said former Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling, though he declined to provide a certification date, launch customer or other details. The company has indicated the aircraft would be intended for oil and gas operators, as well as public services, law enforcement, emergency medical and VIP transportation.
At next year's Heli-Expo show, Eurocopter intends to display its X4 medium twin, which will represent the new generation of its Dauphin family. The X4, which will include straked rotor blades and a fly-by-wire system, will be offered with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW210 or Turbomeca TM800 turboshaft engine. First flight is scheduled for 2016, with certification planned for 2017.
Meanwhile, however, Bertling said that after safety, Eurocopter's immediate major priority is addressing the problems with the EC225 Super Puma. The global fleet has been flying under restricted service as the result of the ditching of two EC225s in the North Sea last fall, losses attributed to cracks in the main gearbox bevel gear shafts.
Revenues Up
Eurocopter managed to boost revenue last year despite sagging deliveries, in part on the strength of its service activities. The France-based manufacturer plans to ramp up production this year, with the aim of delivering 15 percent more aircraft than it handed over last year.
In 2012, revenue amounted to €6.3 billion ($8.4 billion). This represents a 15-percent increase over the previous year and the second consecutive year of double-digit growth.
Meanwhile, deliveries have been on the decline since 2008. Last year, Eurocopter delivered 475 helicopters and–based on these deliveries–claims a market share of 44 percent of civil and parapublic helicopters with an mtow of more than 2,200 pounds. The company attributes the rise in revenue despite fewer deliveries to the higher price because of the larger size of the helicopters handed over.
Meanwhile, Eurocopter's service business grew to 42 percent of total revenue last year, up from 38 percent in 2011, with the value of service activity surpassing production. The growth in service business is due largely to the acquisition of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist Vector Aerospace in 2011. Last year marked the first full year of consolidation of Vector's results into Eurocopter's balance sheet.
In 2012, Eurocopter received net orders for 469 civil and military aircraft, worth $7 billion, a stronger increase in value than in units. These sales break down to nine EC120s, 249 Ecureuil/AStars, 63 EC135s, 81 EC145s, 11 Dauphins, 19 EC175s and 37 Super Pumas.
A priority this year is to improve production efficiency as output levels increase. The company is endeavoring to support its suppliers' efforts to achieve on-time delivery objectives, which will enable Eurocopter to increase its production by 15 percent.
"It would be great if the order intake could grow by a double-digit percentage as well," Bertling concluded. This would bring both deliveries and orders to more than 500 helicopters.


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Registration is open for the 7-day World Mission Conference (WMC) sponsored by American Baptist International Ministries (IM) May 18-25, 2012 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, WI.
The 2012 conference, which will include a 3-day call retreat weekend (May 18-20), focuses on discerning God's call to Christian service and how to make that call a reality. The theme is 2012: Hear the Call. For more information go to www.internationalministries.org/Events. To register, call the Green Lake Conference Center at (920) 294-3323.
"We're excited about kicking off IM's 200th anniversary by bringing together IM's global servants and international guests who are deeply and personally involved in the work of God globally," commented Dr. Reid Trulson, IM executive director. "They will share personal stories and experiences that will inspire and challenge us to listen for and respond to our own calls."
Nearly 30 IM missionaries will be on hand to lead workshops and talk one-on-one with participants. In addition, a diverse, talented group of leaders will lead various educational tracks including:
Bible Study Leader May 18 – 20
Dr. A.K. Lama, General Secretary, Council of Baptist Churches, North East India
Call Retreat Tracks May 18 – 20:
Missional Involvement in Your Community
Rev. Glynis LaBarre, Transformational Strategist for ABHMS
Pastoral Ministry
Dr. Joe Kutter, Executive Director, Ministers Council
Dr. Jeff Savage, President, Ministers Council
Cross-Cultural Global Mission Service
Rev. Jim Bell, Recruitment Director, IM
Sunday Sermon, May 20
Dr. Leslie Braxton, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, Renton, WA
Bible Study Leader May 21 – 24
Dr. Ken Fong, Evergreen Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the Judsons going to Burma in 1812, there will be international guests and Baptist leaders from Burma (Myanmar) and other countries including China, Haiti, India, Poland and Nepal.
"This event is a unique opportunity to interact with more than two dozen missionaries, development workers and global consultants who are coming from all over the world, including Mexico, Thailand, Italy, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, South Sudan, Bolivia, Laos, the Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Cuba," commented Karen Mason, conference coordinator.
The "Call Retreat" weekend portion of the WMC (May 18-20) is designed to help individuals consider and discern God's call to ministry in an international and cross-cultural setting, or right here in the U.S. in pastoral leadership of a local church, or missional engagement in local church communities.
"International Ministries is moving into an era of renewed, proactive efforts to cultivate missionary candidates and match them with the invitations and opportunities from our international partners," notes IM director of recruitment, Rev. Jim Bell. "We are looking forward to meeting and interacting with persons whom God might be calling to step out in faith into new ventures of service."
The conference will conclude on Thursday, May 24 with keynote speaker Dr. Tony Campolo, Professor emeritus of sociology, Eastern University; Founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, and a concert by the popular Christian band, Jars of Clay.
To register and reserve housing, contact the Green Lake Conference Center at (920) 294-3323.
Registration fees:
$79 per person for The Call Retreat - May 18 – 20;
$99 per person for the Call Globally - May 21 – 24;
$149 per person for The Call Experience (the whole week):
$15 per person for The Call Celebration - May 24 ONLY with Tony Campolo and evening concert by Jars of Clay.For more information, go to www.internationalministries.org/Events.


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New York, NY, December 23, 2013—Booz & Company's global partners have voted overwhelmingly to approve a combination with PwC. The two organizations announced October 30th they had signed a conditional merger agreement. Following the required regulatory approvals and assuming the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions, the deal is expected to conclude in the first quarter of 2014.
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New York, NY, October 30, 2013—PwC and Booz & Company are pleased to announce that they have signed a conditional merger agreement. The proposed transaction is conditional on approval by Booz & Company partners, receipt of required regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.
Booz & Company Announce Its Ninth Annual Global Innovation 1000 Study: China National Petroleum Corporation and ZTE enter Top 100
Beijing, October 28, 2013—Yearly R&D spending among the world's 1,000 largest public corporate R&D spenders has hit a record high of US$638 billion, according to global management consulting firm Booz & Company in its ninth annual Global Innovation 1000 study. However, despite the sustained overall increase in R&D budgets over the last decade, this year's findings show once again that higher spending doesn't guarantee bigger payoffs. Indeed, the 10 most innovative companies our study identified this year financially outperformed the world's top 10 spenders, despite actually spending significantly less on R&D. Additionally, the study shows that companies are spending 8.1 percent of their R&D budgets on digital tools to enable their innovation process—either to boost productivity or to improve their ability to gain better insight into customer needs.
2013 China Innovation Survey: Alibaba Ranks 1st in Top 10 Innovative Local Companies in China while Ma Yun named the Most Popular Innovation Leader of the Year
Shanghai, September 24, 2013—China Innovation Forum 2013, co-organized by the leading global management consulting firm Booz & Company and Chinese top tier business media 21st Century Business Review, was held in Shanghai.
Shanghai, August 21, 2013—AmCham Shanghai and Booz & Company survey finds Chinese consumers increasingly seek higher quality products and shop online, two key trends driving company strategies.
Global Innovation Index 2013: Hong Kong (China) Ranks 7th, Local Dynamics Key to Overcoming Global Innovation Divide
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HYDERABAD, Aug 16: Two separate cases have been registered at Tando Mohammad Khan and Bulri Shah Karim police stations against hundreds of PPP leaders and workers for taking out a procession on the Independence Day.
Those nominated in the FIRs include the deputy leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Naveed Qamar, former provincial minister Syed Mohsin Shah Bukhari, Tando Mohammad Khan PPP president Mohammad Amin Lakho and MPA Abdul Qadir Soomro. The cases have been registered under sections 188, 153, 147 and 141, PPC.
The PPP had taken out the procession from Tando Mohammad Khan to Bulri Shah Karim in violation of section 144, Cr.PC.
Mr Lakho, PPP information secretary Abdul Aziz Halepoto, Mohammad Amin Sathio and other leaders have condemned the registration of cases against the PPP leaders and workers.
Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Tuesday, Mr Lakho said that the procession taken out by the PPP to celebrate the Independence Day was peaceful. He added that the registration of cases against 450 workers for celebrating the Independence Day was a shameful act. He said when the ruling parties could bring out processions to celebrate the Independence Day, the PPP could not be denied this right. He said the PPP workers had every right to celebrate the Independence Day like other countrymen.
He said the mala fide intention of the rulers could be gauged from the fact that names of 60 people had been mentioned in the FIR which indicated that a list of PPP activists had been provided to police. He said it had been stated in the FIR that 390 accused could not be identified. He claimed that it was clear that police had left their options open to arrest anyone at a later stage.
He appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of the excesses against the PPP to ensure impartiality and transparency of the local body elections.
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With the NBA trading deadline mere weeks away, teams such as the Cavs and Rockets are among those aggressively pursuing ways to make roster upgrades midseason, writes Sam Amico of FOXSportsOhio.com. Let's catch up around the league on the latest whispers, rumors and news…
- Thunder veteran Kevin Martin sees himself returning to Oklahoma City next season as he hits free agency this summer, writes Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports. "I love playing with this group of guys. The organization is great to me. The community has been great to me. It's the happiest I have been during my NBA career."
- Former NBA star Kenyon Martin's looking for a new home, specifically with the Knicks, but roster space and salary demands remain issues unless injured Rasheed Wallace decides to call it a season, says Jared Zwerling of ESPNNewYork.com (via Twitter).
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Hi. I also had what looked like a pimple appear on my breast years after my lumpectomy. It was not a pimple but a nodule, it was biopsied and the cancer had returned. When the cancer returned the last time again one of the first signs was the nodule had returned in exactly the same place. Both those recurrances however showed other signs as well but I would get it checked out soon as you can just to be sure. Hope it turns out to be just a pimple in your case. All the best.


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Kenilworth has welcomed its latest mayor back to take up the chains and represent the town for a second time after almost three decades.
Cllr John Cooke was sworn in as town mayor at an official council ceremony in May.
He said he is already looking to seeing what has changed since he last had the honour 28 years ago.
"I am honoured and privileged to once again have been chosen as town mayor," he said. "I genuinely believe that Kenilworth is a very special place and I will do my best to try and keep it that way."
The 57-year-old photographer got involved with local politics at the age of 21 and since that time has sat on Kenilworth Town Council and been elected to Warwick district and Warwickshire county councils where he served as chairman of the planning and social services committees.
He said he is now looking forward to returning to a more locally based role - and eager to see what changes have been made since he last wore the chains in 1986.
But as well as chairing meetings and getting to know local groups and organisations, the town councillor said there are some big issues to be tackled over the next 12 months.
"The town council will have to give a formal response on the district's local plan shortly as well as keeping a close watching brief on the many developments it proposes," he said.
"I hope to play a full part in both of these serious issues for Kenilworth and will support the continued fight against HS2."
Cllr Cooke explained that after a break of more than 20 years, he feels ready to once again devote time to work for the community and use his knowledge to take an active interest in development.
He hopes that his political experience will be of use in the "challenging times ahead" and that he can put his planning background to good use in fighting HS2 and securing the best for Kenilworth under the Local Plan.
During his mayoral role, Cllr Cooke will meet with town organisations, charities and youth services - drawing on his experience as a former Kenilworth School governor.
He still serves on the district council standards committee and hopes to take an active interest in small businesses and trade starting at the town business and retail fair in June.
Outgoing mayor, Felicity Bunker thanked everyone for their support over the past 12 months and wished Cllr Cooke all the best in his new role.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- California designated hitter Vince Bruno hadn't hit a home run in a game since his days at Los Medanos College. On Tuesday, both Bruno and senior center fielder Chad Bunting went yard for a pair of two-run jobs as the Bears took down San Francisco 4-3 at Dante Benedetti Diamond.
"Let's see, it had to be freshman year of junior college," Bruno smiled. "Last year, I hit the fence capping, which is kind of anti-climactic, but it's good to get that one out of the way."
"He's hit one in practice before, but not more than one, I don't think," smiled head coach David Esquer. "Few and far between."
After a scare in the bottom of the first, when a line drive off the bat of Dons first baseman Nick Balog brought Jason Mahood chugging around third, only for Mahood to miss the plate and get tagged out by a diving Chadd Krist, Bruno tagged San Francisco starter Andrew Pulido for a two-run bomb with two outs in the top of the third to give the Bears (12-7) a 2-0 lead.
"I was just trying to stay back," Bruno said. "I just wanted to get my swing off; that's one thing that I really wanted to do. It's something that I didn't do last weekend -- I didn't really get my full swing off. Once I got the bat head on it, it felt really good."
The Dons (10-12) struck back in the bottom of the frame, when a double and a stolen base by center fielder Justin Maffei were cashed in by a line-drive double into the left center field gap by Mahood to cut the lead to 2-1. Balog then delivered a sinking liner into right center for an RBI double to plate Mahood and knot the score at 2-2.
Krist led off the top of the fourth with a five-pitch walk from reliever Jordan Remer, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by third baseman Mitch Delfino. Bunting then delivered a mammoth shot to left for his team-leading fourth longball of the season.
Bunting has been on a tear over the past two games, going 3-for-9 with three runs, three RBI and two home runs.
"Chad's been driving in runs all year for us," Esquer said. "His average doesn't show it, but what he is, is clutch, and he's dangerous. He's dangerous with runners in scoring position, and quite honestly, he's got the confidence to get those types of hits in big situations off of good people. Not everyone's doing that."
An RBI groundout by shortstop Aritz Garcia in the bottom of the fourth proved to be all the Dons could muster for the rest of the day, as starter Michael Theofanopoulos went 6.0 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five and showing much better command of his fastball and breaking pitches. Theofanopoulos threw 102 pitches on the day.
"The reality is, how to manage when there is a bump, when there is a leadoff walk -- how do you manage that? How do you not make it a complete disaster? Hey, he bounced back," Esquer said. "We get two then they get two, and that's not great, but he was stronger at the end, which was good. It was a step forward."
After Theofanopoulos exited, true freshman Keaton Siomkin threw two scoreless innings, walking one and striking out two to lower his ERA to 1.80 on the season.
"His command is similar to the role Kevin Miller played for us as a freshman," said Esquer, referring to last season's team MVP. "Now, he didn't go on a 42-inning scoreless start like Miller did, but it's just really big to have someone reliable in there who's going to throw strikes. If it comes down to something, we're going to get beat by achievement, not by ourselves."
Closer Logan Scott bounced back from his rough outing on Sunday against Oregon State by keeping the ball low and finding his change up, pitching a 1-2-3 ninth inning with a strikeout for his third save of the season.
The Bears now go on the road against Arizona State for a three-game set this weekend, before heading out to the Lone Star State for a four-game series against fellow 2011 College World Series participant Texas in Round Rock, before returning for three games in Los Angeles against USC.
"I think it's important that we did win a close game, because it showed that if we don't make errors, and if we pitch well, we can hang with anybody," Bruno said. "If we don't play the sound baseball that we're known for playing, it's going to be tough on us, so we can take this into the weekend, not make errors, pitch well and get the timely hits when we need it."


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Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> writes: > Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes: >> This works well enough for regular DML statements, but it falls down for >> EXPLAIN which is a utility statement, because *parse analysis of utility >> statements doesn't do anything*. EXPLAIN actually does the parse >> analysis of its contained statement at the beginning of execution. >> And that is too late, in the scenario Pavel exhibited. Why is it too >> late? Because SPI_cursor_open_internal() intentionally "freezes" the >> ParamListInfo struct after doing initial parsing: what it copies into >> the cursor portal is just a static list of data values without the >> parser hooks (see copyParamList). > Would it make any sense for this function to get to call the hook in the > case a utility statement is being processed? Well, the point of the hook is to change the results of parse transformation, so just calling it doesn't do much --- you have to apply the whole parse analysis process, *and keep the resulting tree*. regards, tom lane
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Vivian Anne Odom Lowery, 66 of Lonoke passed away on March 1, 2013.
Preceding her in death are parents, Rev. Wilburn and Tressie Morgan Odom, husband Jim Lowery, son Jeff Carpenter, siblings Larry Odom and Carolyn Reeves.
She is survived by children Les Carpenter of Lonoke, Kenny Hesse of Lee Summit, Mo., Kelli Henderson of Conway; brothers, Jerry Odom and Darrel Odom, 11 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.
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OSLO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Global offshore drilling rig rates will remain at lossmaking levels as the market continues to suffer from overcapacity, Norway's Fred. Olsen Energy predicted on Tuesday after posting a bigger than expected fourth-quarter deficit.
Oil firms have sharply cut their investments in the wake of a 70 percent drop in the price of crude since mid-2014, and only six of Fred. Olsen's 10 rigs and drillships currently have work, while three are mothballed and one is seeking employment.
The diminished demand has forced some owners to accept loss-making contracts to avoid having to scrap or idle them.
"I think there is a period now where you will see this types of contracts, just to get through. It's a waiting game. We have seen it in the market for ultra deep-water rigs and in the mid-water segment," Chief Executive Officer Ivar Brandvold told Reuters on the sidelines of Fred. Olsen's earnings presentation.
The comments echoed recent reports from competitors Seadrill and Maersk.
Brandvold said he did not expect an increase in market activity until oil companies had planned their budgets for 2018.
"I think you'll see that budgets for 2018 will change so that there's a gradual activity increase trough 2017. I think it's fair to say that, but it will be cautious ... I think the industry will make a gradual comeback in 2017 and 2018," he added.
Fred. Olsen has only signed one new contract in the past three years, surviving instead on contracts signed earlier.
"We are not alone on this. Our focus now is to compete for the jobs that exist," Brandvold said.
Shares in Fred. Olsen Energy, down 15 percent for the day at 1157 GMT, have fallen by about 83 percent over the past two years, compared to a drop of 2.5 percent for the Oslo benchmark index.
The firm swung to an operating loss in the fourth quarter due to an impairment of $158 million related to a rig cancellations.
Its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) fell to a loss of $103 million in the fourth quarter, against expectations for a profit of $21 million seen in a Reuters poll of analysts, down from a profit of $70.5 million at the same time a year ago.
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Can James Starks Please the Green Bay Packers in 2012?July 8, 2012
With 4,643 passing yards and 45 touchdown throws, Aaron Rodgers earned the right to be mentioned as the game's elite quarterback. With a 15-1 record in 2011, the Packers proved that they are a force to be reckoned with.
But over the course of the season, something was lacking.
The rushing attack just wasn't there last season, plain and simple. Ryan Grant rushed for 559 yards but only found the end zone twice on the ground. The Pack washed their hands of Grant heading into 2012, making the job James Starks' to lose.
Starks came up huge for Green Bay in their Super Bowl run in 2010. His athleticism and maturity for a rookie led to greater expectations in 2011. However, Starks managed 578 yards on the ground and crossed the goal line once.
The Packers have seen flashes from Starks and want him to reach his potential in 2012. When he has stayed healthy, he has been a very productive player. Starks is in position to be the starting running back, but he must first prove his worth. Alex Green and Brandon Saine will be waiting for their opportunity to shine, and if history repeats itself, Starks will give them a chance.
The problem with Starks is his durability. As a rookie in 2010, he missed 13 games. Last season, Starks missed three games as well. While at Buffalo, an injury cost Starks his senior year and allowed him to slip to Green Bay in the sixth round.
Injuries are inevitable in football. But teams have depth, and players ready to step in and contribute. If Starks gets sidelined again, perhaps Green or Saine can take advantage of the opportunity like Starks did in the 2010 playoffs. His glimpses of brilliance have been overshadowed by stretches of injuries and inconsistency.
Starks remains a mystery heading into 2012. He has the playmaking opportunity and the right situation for a breakout season. He also has a chance to prove doubters right if he gets sidelined again.
But all that matters for Starks is that he stays on the field. If he's on the field, he produces. If he produces, the defense becomes vulnerable to Rodgers' monster arm and the Packers' monster aerial threat. And if that happens, the Pack will be nearly impossible to contain in 2012.


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The board still feature's Intel's Atom 330 1.6GHz dual core processor and Nvidia's ION GPU, meaning it is still easily capable of outputting high definition content through it's onboard HDMI and DVI outputs. As Berger says, none of the existing features have been lost, still supports up to 4GB of DDR2 800Mhz RAM, 3 SATA ports, an eSATA port, 10 USB ports, 6 Channel audio and integrated 802.11n WiFi.
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Buyers in the hotly-contested entry level market are set to become even more spoiled for choice in December when Honda launches its Brio hatchback.
While Honda hasn't officially announced the pricing or specification levels, we recently came across a dealer advert showing the base price and after making an enquiry, we can now tell you what it costs and what it has to offer.
1.2 Comfort manual - R119 800
1.2 Comfort automatic - R129 800
Prices include a two-year/30 000km service plan and a decent array of standard features. These include air conditioning, remote central locking, electric windows and mirrors and a USB/Aux audio system linked to controls on the height-adjustable steering wheel. On the safety front dual front airbags and ABS brakes are fitted.
Considering the car's size, performance should be rather decent as the Brio is fitted with a 1.2-litre 16-valve i-VTEC engine credited with 65kW at 6000rpm and 109Nm at 4500rpm.
The Brio is imported from India and will arrive in local showrooms in early December.
Hyundai i10 1.25 Fluid - R116 900
Kia Picanto 1.2 EX - R124 995
Chevrolet Spark 1.2 L - R109 100
Nissan Micra 1.2 Visia+ - R124 775
Toyota Aygo 1.0 Fresh - R118 100