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Inspired by the Savage Rifts kickstarter, I've decided to dust off some of my old RPG reviews from back when I ran a gaming website. Rifts is my favorite RPG setting ever, and this is a review of it I wrote about thirteen years ago.
Also check out my Big Massive Guide to Rifts
Most roleplayers have heard of Rifts before, though what they've heard about it is different in almost every case. Some say that it's full of imagination, while others say it's wild and unfocused. Some say that it's gritty horror, while others say it's a swashbuckling adventure. Some say it's the coolest game ever made, while others say it's a powergaming munchkinfest. At some level or other, they're all right.
Rifts was first published over 13 years ago by Palladium Books, an RPG publisher that had already seen a lot of success with their previous games: homegrown stuff like Palladium Fantasy and Beyond the Supernatural, and licensed titles like Robotech and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They used the same rule system for every game, and one of their big selling points was that you could combine the different games together. In many ways, Rifts is a direct result of this attitude: what possible explanation could there be for combining magic, elves, demons, superheroes, dinosaurs, ninjas, mutant animals, giant robots, psychic powers, bionic warriors, and alien invaders into a single game? Rifts gave people an opportunity to do just that, and did it without falling into a generic and flavorless rut. Rifts has more possibilities, and more background information, than almost any other game you'll ever play.
The premise is simple: Earth used to be a very magical place, but the ley lines (circuits of magic energy) grew weak and thin, and magic all but disappeared. Technology grew and civilization advanced, until one day a small nuclear exchange in South America started a chain reaction. You see, each living thing contains a certain amount of magical energy, which is released—and doubled, which is key—at the point of death. When the bombs went off, localized though they may have been, an enormous amount of people all died at once and thus released an unprecedented surge of magical energy. The ley lines were re-ignited, magic rushed back in, and the face and fabric of the planet were changed forever. When the apocalypse finally subsided mankind was all but wiped out, and Earth had become a dimensional nexus linking innumerable worlds and realities—the most powerful such nexus in millennia, and therefore the most valuable resource in the "megaverse." Demons and aliens and entities from all over the megaverse staked their claims on the new Earth, and the battle for ultimate control began in earnest. The story starts a few hundred years later, as man is struggling to win back a homeworld bursting with both magic and technology.
(A portal between dimensions, by the way, is called a rift. Hence the name of the game.)
Though the backstory is epic and immense, your adventures on Rifts Earth can take place at almost any level. You can play homeless wanderers in the Chi-Town Burbs, a vast shanty town plagued by violent gangs, supernatural predators, and oppressive military peacekeepers. You can play inside of Chi-Town itself, or any number of similarly high-tech human cities, full of cyberpunk hacking and espionage. You can venture into the wilds of North America and spend your time saving villages, searching for relics, fighting in massive wars, or delving into political intrigue—the typical D&D stuff, really, except that your elven wizard might be teamed up with a cyborg, an alien, and a psychic mutant dog.
And that's just North America. There are sourcebooks with supplementary material, conversion books that help you bring in elements from other palladium games, guidebooks that help you create and run adventures, and a plethora of World Books detailing other areas of Rifts Earth—82 books in total. You can go to Europe and fight with the New German Republic in its war against a massive army of gargoyles, or you can go to the risen continent of Atlantis where alien intelligences rule a society of monsters, and literally everything (including sentient life) is for sale. Russia is a constant battle of bionic warmachines and political intrigue, while Mexico is under the diabolical fist of the vampire kingdoms. Australia is a wasteland dotted with enclosed and exclusionary paradises, and the oceans are home to a number of seaborne civilizations both human and monstrous.
And that's just Earth. There are Dimension Books that explore other areas of the megaverse, from the gothic horror of Wormwood to the vast space opera of Phase World and the Three Galaxies (a remarkable setting in its own right that can be played without ever visiting Rifts Earth). Beyond that, there's a handful of adventure books and even a six-part series detailing the characters and processes of a major North American war.
As you might be able to guess from these descriptions, Rifts' biggest downfall is its sheer size and variety—there's simply too much for a lot of people to deal with. When each player grabs their favorite race or class from one of the more than eighty available books, it can be hellish for a GM to try to fit them all together into a cohesive group with a comprehensible motivation and story. Rifts' background is expansive and its storyline is very rich, but trying to use too much of it at once causes an overload that has killed more than one of my campaigns. It's usually best to sit your players down beforehand and discuss what and where you intend to play: are you going to travel all over the planet or stay in one place? Do you want to fight cybernetic outlaws in the New West or mystical oni in New Japan? Are any of the player races allowed (and there's tons of them), or should you restrict it? Rifts will literally allow you to play just about anything in any setting, but on the down side an unwary GM can very easily find himself with more than he bargained for.
Regarding the system itself, well, it's Palladium—most people already know it, and they either hate it or tolerate it (I know very few people who love it). It's a stat-oriented RPG system that allows for a lot of mixing and matching during character creation, but virtually no big changes during character advancement—no multiclassing and no new abilities, though your starting abilities continue to get stronger. Combat is more detailed than that of d20, which makes it a little deeper and a lot slower, but there's a lot of ambiguity in certain areas that can call for (or allow, depending on your outlook) a certain amount of house rules. I've often heard Rifts described as "The best game to steal ideas from," and ideas are definitely it's strongest suit. (Editor's note for 2016: The Savage Rifts Kickstarter is designed to target this exact problem, by transporting the phenomenal story and setting into the far more playable ruleset of Savage Worlds. Everything I've read for it looks amazing.)
The sheer quantity of books in the line can be daunting, so also check out my Big Massive Guide To Rifts: what you absolutely need and what you might want to steer away from.


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I am currently staying at your Travelodge in Loveland Colorado for the wedding of my nephew. I left at 8:30 am on Thursday morning to help set up the venue and when I returned my dress for the occasion was gone. When I reported it to the staff they immediately stated that there was no way no one of their staff could have taken it... I asked them to please bring the maid back on premises and their reply was, "I can't get a hold of her... I'm not god!!!" Not proper!!!! When I asked what Travelodge was going to do for me they said nothing... not their problem... I haven't felt safe my entire visit here. Needless to say my whole family's stay here had been ruined.
The owner of Travelodge in Battle Creek, Mi. came into my room while I was in bed. Did not knock or announce his self. He did not have my permission to enter. I asked him to please wait outside while I get dressed. He refused to do so. He stated I had to leave now because I was smoking cigarettes and which I was sleeping so how could that be. I didn't even have my cigarettes with me. They were in my truck. So the police were called and I left.
I just want the public to know how foul this owner is. I was also told that he does this often, he is trying to extort money from people who stay there and says they have been smoking in the room. I am not even close to being done with this issue at all. I am seeking legal matters about this. He also is know for prostitution. He lets woman/men do sexual things with him for free stays. This I know is for sure. So people who have to stay at a motel in Battle Creek should definitely not consider staying at the Travelodge.
Booked 2 nights with Travelodge and needed to extend our stay, morning of check out I reserve 2 more nights with reservations dept. and applied a promotional code that I had with no problem. The confusion with coupon as it states to use at check out, customer service informs me to speak with front desk to apply promotional code for the first 2 nights. At front desk inform him of new reservation and tells me I still check out and pay for the first stay and that is I mention the promotional code and proceeds to tell me he has no clue about a code and that he cannot or will not apply it.
I now try to go further into my conversation with customer service as he continues to repeat himself, I said, "Ok so it's an issue with reservations line?" He then says, "I cancel your reservation. I will not let you stay here. You go now!" Then radios in my room number. So at this point and time husband has no clue what's going on. Maid walks in as husband is changing. Person assisting me and kicking me out is the owner of the Travelodge, and as an owner did not handle this appropriately or treat me as a paying customer. I was kicked out and banned over a coupon and he has every right to deny service and cancel my continuing reservation yet if I had canceled reservation myself I would have been penalized because reservation was made at a point when we can no longer cancel. This was humiliating.
The hotel in Bath has the most unfriendly staff we have ever encountered. They never responded to our complaints. There is virtually no wifi even in these days?
Travel Lodge 3651 W Blue Heron Blvd Rivera Beach Florida - I am a travel agent. Owned a business for 30 years. Have stayed in nice hotels. This time this weekend all the hotels were sold out and it was a last minute getaway. We checked in two rooms with my family. I have never seen a hotel room so filthy and dirty. Had mosquitoes in the room. Chair had a bloody stain. Very thin comforters with smoke holes in them and their showers had mold and stained.
We complained for both the rooms to their night duty person and the day person. We had to check out in the morning and got another expensive hotel. Paid $350.00 a night each room. Staff was very rude except night lady on duty that we both complained to them for both the rooms. I will never recommend this hotel to anyone. Their family cleans the rooms. I don't think they have professional cleaning service. After arguing with day staff he gave one room 20 percent discount and second room they did not.
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Horrible staff, who knows if they're even legal. This place paints over mold and steals your deposit. If I could I would leave a deposit on every pillow so no one would stay. Is creepy as hell, and had a rotten smell. They should do themselves a favor and stick to the Pennysaver. Stay at the Hilton next door. It's better. While you're here don't get shot either.
My complaint towards The Travelodge in North Richland Hills, Texas concerns a very over the top Lead Maintenance Man. I passed on the opportunity to go to Las Vegas, just to simply stay close to home, and also bring some Less Fortunate people that I know in the area clothes, personal items, just a few things that I could spare. My whole intention is to just get some well deserved REST. As the people of the motel staff are doing what they get paid to do, I can for me personally hear this EMPLOYEE, standing right outside the window to my room saying, "Why is this guy still here, He has to be doing something in there", I am, Taking some time OFF. His next comment refers to Management taking in STRAYS. Me being the stray. I will just comment that I live in a $420 Thousand Home, I still may be a stray, But in this instance, I am A Paying Customer, At a $75 a night charge.
Now I went ahead and came to ConsumerAffairs to post this. The matter will be taken up with Management, and/or Ownership by me personally upon my scheduled checkout. I do not understand why a consumer spending his hard earned money, who is just trying to relax, have to listen to Accusations of Improprieties from a maintenance person. I guess I will have to spend more in privacy next time. The Travelodge that I decided to take time off at is not where you want to be anywhere near. After reporting the incident, It has become clearer that the person is possibly connected to someone in the Housekeeping area, The name Mike came up when The head of Maintenance was asked about any connection to them.
So as a Guest, I was harassed by as I see it, A boyfriend or Husband or just some random person who has an association to an employee of this particular Travelodge. This kind of business practice is unacceptable so I will find other avenues of which to have my voice heard in this matter. If this is either an isolated incident or widespread in the industry, something has to be done. I was basically dismissed by the representative of The motel, based on language barriers of the current staff in both departments, although as I have stated there is a connection to a female employee that allows this person to be around this place of business, Which is built on serving the customer.
Travelodge East Gate Orange, Kissimmee, FL - Check in on Halloween, staying for 3 weeks. First night started getting itchy, complained and room was checked. Mattress and box spring flip and found DEAD BEDBUGS. Also room was just passed a damp rag and LEFT THE TOILET BOWL WITH POOP ON THE SIDE. When complained was ask to check out... Never again.
The Travelodge Inn at 2500 University Drive, Albuquerque, New Mexico was reserved by me for two rooms on the dates 21-25 Aug 2017. It was reserved through Expedia.Com using my credit card. When we arrived, my daughter and I were shown two separate rooms on the third floor. As she, her two kids and I entered the elevator to go from the ground floor to the third floor, the elevator doors open and shut, open and shut, shuddered, open and shut, and then open. We got off the elevator as we didn't want to get stuck and we took the stairs to the 3rd floor rooms allocated to us.
When we opened the rooms' doors, the rooms were smelly like they hadn't been aired out for a long time. In the room allocated to my daughter and her kids, she pulled back the bed cover and discovered the mattress padding was upside down. When she looked closer, we discovered the padding had several yellow and brown stains. Plus she found out that two of the electrical outlets were not working properly. Both outlets' top outlets were not working and in order to charge her cell phone and the kids' Kindles, she had to unplug the room's lamp.
As for my room which was two rooms down from her, the bathtub was moldy, dirty and grimy. The bed sheets were not clean and I firmly believe those bed sheets had not see bleach nor were they washed properly - if at all. And the bed cover had some questionable stains on it. The smoke detector was missing from the ceiling of my room (which is against the law) and the room smelled dank and moldy.
We went down to the front desk; complained and stated we wanted our money back. I even said I was willing to pay for one night as long as my money for the two rooms was refunded. We were prepared to go to another motel. The desk clerk said she couldn't refund my money as the reservation was through Expedia.Com and there was nothing she could do. I told her that it was unacceptable and the rooms were unacceptable. The manager then stated she would give us better rooms which were on the second floor, #265 and #269. We checked the beds and showers in those rooms and decided we had no choice but to take the so-called "upgraded" rooms.
My room, #269, was barely adequate. There was a broken drawer front that was in the corner of the room. It was like that before I entered the room. The bathroom toilet pump was not working properly as water kept running. Again, the room's electrical outlets did not work properly as 1/2 of each outlet was working. I had to plug in the nightstand light switch and doing so, had to move the nightstand from the wall. Seeing the carpet behind the beds and nightstand, those rooms have not been thoroughly vacuumed in a very long time. Debris and dust was behind the beds and nightstands. And if I needed to charge my cell phone, something had to be unplugged.
Same with Room 265 where my daughter and her kids stayed. The window screens had holes in them and there was a good sized vomit stain in the carpet of her room. Also, the ironing board which was to be provided in each room, was missing from my room. The hallways and stairways throughout the hotel were absolutely smelly and filthy. You can tell the hallway carpeting was extremely dirty due to the lattice pattern of the carpet next to the baseboards was white while the center walkway of the same carpet was brown, black and stained. It was that obvious.
There was several broken and cracked ceiling tiles throughout the hallways. One of the side entrances to the hotel was broken and anyone could walk in from the street and there was no security on that side. None of the ice machines by the stairwells were working and the flooring around the machines was so dirty. The soda vending machine by the lobby was inoperable. Also, there were several questionable stains in the ground floor carpet next to the lobby.
We had no choice but to stay in those revolting rooms as they were already paid for and the hotel would not refund my money. Also, when we were checking out on 25 Aug, there was a lady ahead of us who was also checking out. She stayed only one night and she had a lot of complaints. Her shower didn't work, none of the outlets worked so she couldn't charge her cell phone, her bed sheets were dirty and stained, the TV in her room didn't work, etc.
That hotel was the worst hotel I have ever been in and I am not a happy, I repeat not a happy customer. Staying at that hotel was extremely stressful to us and there is absolutely no reason for any hotel to provide horrible and unsanitary conditions and services. Do not make reservations to stay at any Travelodge Hotel. I have already sent emails to New Mexico BBB, Travelodge Corp Hqs, Expedia, and my credit card company. I have stayed in hotels/motels, B&Bs, and military quarters throughout the USA and Europe; they all surpassed Travelodge. I will never stay in a Travelodge ever again.
Booked a stay on 7-24-2017 for a single night stay 8-6 to 8-7-2017 in a single queen bed, non-smoking room. I arrived, checked in, paid, and was given a keycard. When I went to the room, I found that the room was not at all as described. There were only about 12-18 inches of space on either side of the queen bed. The Travelodge Website and Expedia both displayed the same pictures of the room that I had booked. I have attached pictures of the room as advertised. I returned to the front desk and made this complaint. I was told that "Many guests complain that the pictures are wrong but that a guest should know that pictures don't mean anything."
I asked for another room. I was given a new key to another room. But the new room was no better. I asked the desk to please cancel my reservation and refund me. They refused. They said that I would have to call the manager. I asked THEM to call the manager. They refused. They also charged me $5 for parking. I asked for them to refund that. They refused. I left my number for the manager but I was told that the manager would not call me back because "He is Indian. You know them. They don't care. And he is NOT going to call you back." I can't even begin to tell you all the reasons I hated that reply. They are numerous.
I booked a hotel at the Hilton. This hotel cost me about $100 more than the Travelodge. But there were plenty of options available to me at the time I made my booking that would have been comparable. But on short notice, this was the best I could do. I have called the hotel several times since then and left my information. However, the manager has yet to return my call. I have a degree of claustrophobia and I would have never booked such a room. I believe that it is the responsibility of the hotel to ensure that sites that they authorize to resell for them are provided the correct pictures. This was booked on 7-24-2017 for 8-6-2017 check-in to 8-7-2017 check out.
Room was disgusting. I've never stayed in a room in such disrepair - the walls are flaking. The shower curtain has mold and mildew. No hair dryer - there was a mount on the wall but no dryer. No glasses in the bathroom. Room smelled. No bedspread on the bed. Overall, I was extremely displeased. On the internet the website stated "only four rooms remain" so we thought we'd better get it rather than try elsewhere; when we arrived there were fewer than four cars in the parking lot. Seems like they are selling their rooms using deceptive tactics. From other comments I've read and from my own experience, I'd say that Travelodge is just one step above a flop house.
Lack of maintenance, needs major remodel, A/C DID not work on an extremely hot day, broken lighting, telephone did not work, dirty bedding, stinky odor to room, neighborhood was extremely seedy, very few people staying.
My stay at your hotel in Blackpool Saturday night - My room was awful. We were tired and all you had left was handicapped. There was no soap in the sink dispenser, no glasses to take meds, and the bed smelled so bad I couldn't sleep under the covers. The internet was 30 mins. free and by the time we got into it there was not enough time to use it. We picked it as well as there was a casino across the road but when I got there it was all boarded up. Yours was the most expensive room we have got so far and it was not even worth the weekly rate much less Saturday night rate. I would really like my money back. I called to book, it was 97.50, plus 16 for breakfast.
Travelodge Fort Myers is literally the worst hotel I have ever stayed at. The non smoking room smelled like a month old (if not year old) rotting garbage can. The a/c was barely functional. The shower was rotted and rusted all around the tub edges. The shower head appeared to be spouting out algae. There were roaches running out as I grabbed for the face towels by the sink. But wait, that wasn't the worst part! The "Manager" on duty Delphine ** could not have been more insulting and unprofessional. She screamed and threatened me a paying customer in front of my children who are traumatized by her treatment. I cannot be more shocked that this establishment has someone so unprofessional representing them. She laughed at me as I wrote her name down and made sure to tell me she was the "Manager" as if any concern I might express would not be heard.
I was willing to look passed the horrendous accommodations due to the low price but I cannot accept the abusive treatment she gave to me and my children all the while being proud of it. She needs to be trained on customer service as she clearly and fundamentally lacks in this regard. She left me and my kids in tears as we were forced to make the decision to leave. She was even smiling as we went back up to our room to pack our belongings. She made our trip an absolute nightmare and one I won't forget.
I urge the owners of Travelodge to investigate the manner in which Mrs. ** handled this situation and hope that you will allocate some time and effort to train this individual whose behavior I hope is not representative of your brand. I'm sorry that I had to write such a negative review but this is feedback that you need so that no one has to experience the abuse me and my family did. Thank you for your attention to this serious matter. No one should ever have to endure this treatment during their paid stay at your hotel.
At 10 PM, night before 8 AM conference, I had to move two of my staffers from their Travelodge Virginia Beach by the Bay room to another hotel because of bed bug (Cimex spp.) infestation. As it happens, they had an exterminator on the premises. I remain uncertain as to whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. When I finally got into my bed at 11 PM I found I had no top sheet on my bed. Electronic keys repeatedly failed, a problem of which the clerks were well aware. I hate having to run out into a cold, hard rain to go to a hotel office to have my key reactivated and, when it still doesn't work, I become irritable. As to ranking Customer Service, Value, and Amenities, giving even low marks suggests that the motel provided service, value, and amenities. Staff sympathetic, but clueless and unprofessional. Easily my worst hotel experience.
Stayed at Edmonds Travelodge, both of us got bit up bad by bedbugs, complained to front desk, denied any problem, rude and said it was my dog's fault (fleas) lol. They are liars, and don't have bedbugs. Contacted local health dept, and corporate, (they did nothing) as expected. Stay clear of this place.
After spending the first night in the room, my mother was experiencing rashes after sleeping in the bed and after inspecting the blankets on the bed she noticed that they had been torn up as though they had been bitten through. There were also dirt marks as if they had been stepped on or stained and her blanket had a hot sauce stain.
Just for clarification, my parents did NOT order room service so this stain could not have been from them because they already had plans to eat outside of their hotel. Also upon further inspection of the room she found pieces of hair over the bed that did not belong to her and dust over every single surface throughout the entire room. My mother wanted to approach the situation without causing a scene so she went downstairs to speak with the front desk about the issue to see if they could at least give her clean bed sheets since the ones in her room were obviously used without being washed.
The man at the front desk who was described to me as being an Indian male (my parents unfortunately did not get his name because they said he wasn't wearing a name tag and they were too shaken up to think to ask for his name), refused to give my mother new sheets for her bed even after telling him she had gotten a rash. The man then went on to explain that all of the house keeping maids had already gone home so she would have to wait until 8:30pm for one to return. My mother was confused because it made no sense that there were no bed sheets that any employee could access so she asked to speak with a manager about the situation.
The man responded by saying that he was the manager and rejected her request to speak with higher management. At this point my mother agreed to wait because she was unable to sleep in the bed due to the rashes, but the man continued to give attitude towards my mother saying how it was impossible that the room was "that dirty" because he personally inspected the rooms after each maid cleaned them.
At this point my mother was frustrated mainly because he was dismissing her and that he refused to believe out of his own arrogance that the rooms were not as thoroughly clean as he claimed. All she wanted out of the situation were some new bed sheets to be sent to her room, but the man continued to claim that there were no clean bed sheets available – even in storage.
My mother and father have lived in the United States as legal citizens for over 30 years now, but they still have broken English. As a result, many people mistake them as being foreigners that have no knowledge of how businesses work in America. My mother is extremely shy when it comes to people that are fluent in English, but tried her hardest to convey how she feels especially in situations where it feels like she is being discriminated against. The manager told my mother, "You people are always like this." My mother was EXTREMELY upset that she was being spoken to such a discriminating manner, so she went upstairs and told my father what had happened to which he promptly went downstairs to discuss the situation with the same man that had talked to my mother.
My father calmly told the same man, that my mother was near tears because she was upset. He then asked again if it was really true how there were no extra bed sheets available anywhere in the hotel. The man at the front desk repeated the same information to my father about how someone would be here at 8:30pm. My father then explained how he was visiting for his 60th birthday back to the same Travelodge because last time they had a pleasant experience staying at the same location. He then continued to ask the man at the front desk if it was really true that there were no extra bed sheets and if this is how their customers are normally treated. The man's response to my father was "Sir, this is a franchise. This is just how things are."
My father was shocked at his response and in his mind felt like this Travelodge manager did not care about the level of customer satisfaction because he had already received payment for the room. My parents both felt helpless, so my father went outside to call my brother-in-law about the situation. My brother-in-law is extremely docile so he attempted to comfort my dad about how he was being treated by the hotel manager.
During the time of this phone conversation the hotel manager was watching my father on the phone from inside the hotel lobby. The moment my father came back into the lobby, the manager completely changed his tone and did a 180 with his attitude. He walked a short distance away from the front desk and took out new bed sheets to give my mother who at this point had come down from the room. My mother was in a complete state of shock and told him, "You are a liar." The manager then completely changed his demeanor to my mother and apologized to her.
I'm not sure how this type of business behavior is allowed when your company is supposed to be a reputable franchise. I feel embarrassed for my parents that they wanted to stay at this location because they had such good things to say about their prior experience. I beg you to please look into this situation and figure out who this manager at your Mammoth location is, because he is wrongfully discriminating towards some of your guests. In Korean culture your 60th birthday is supposed to be an extremely important year of celebrations, but my father was completely devastated after returning home from this trip. Due to his lack of English writing skills, he asked me to forward the story to your corporate location.
I call the hotel clerk @ the Travelodge Inn and Suites on 120 Bypass Rd in Williamsburg, VA, looking for a hotel. I asked her do they have flat screen HDTV & cable, she said yes. I looked @ 4 different rooms, including 2 disabled, accessible room that I didn't asked for, only a king or double bed room, for single adult. All 4 rooms had these old, bulky TV that only had 3 to 4 sports channels, also none of the phones in these hotel's rooms wasn't working. Finally, the 1st room I looked at, the hotel room door was open.
I reported every complaints that I had, to both of the hotel clerk, they act like they didn't know what was going on. The cost of the room on Saturday night was $65.88. I demanded a refund, with no problem at all. I checked in the hotel right across the street @ Econo Lodge on 119 Bypass Rd @ Williamsburg, VA. Also they had everything I wanted including a flat screen HGTV with so many channels. Also the Econo Lodge had a decent microwave & nice, little upgrade fridge, & 2 separate sinks. They gave me 2 full-size bed. Econo Lodge hotel Sat. night was $75.64. Sun. night was $64.88. Well worth it for me, on the weekend of 10-22-16.
I'm giving good, sound advice to consumers who's open-minded & to used good common sense as a consumer. You have many hotels like the Travelodge Inn, with no suites rooms, but junk rooms. The Travelodge @ 120 Bypass Rd need to be shut down, also with those cunning, deceitful hotel clerk & owner. Don't even waste your time going @ the Travelodge Inn, Williamsburg, VA, @ 120 Bypass Rd. Just keep it movin' & get your money worth elsewhere.
My husband and I checked into the Travelodge in Albuquerque NM. Our stay was for 3 nights. When we got there was told we needed to wait 40 mins to check in or we could pay $25 extra and could check in early. We agreed, got our room, walked in. It was filthy, on the window sill it had fingernails clippings, carpet nasty. Went to front desk. Requested another room. By then it was past check in time and we still didn't have a room. Got to the other room. We just drop our stuff and left to start our vacation. We return after 6 pm tired to find out that TV didn't work, coffee maker was not working, no towels. I started calling other hotel. Due to the balloon fest everyone was booked. Next day left for the day about 9 am. Return just to change. Outside doors didn't worked with the card. Got to the room. Bed's still not made, trash cans not empty.
Went to talk to the manager Ana **. After telling her everything wrong with the room all I got in a sarcastic tone was "Anything else?" Third day once more left for the day. When we got back no towels. Once more went to front desk and this time talked to Tara who instead of hearing us out all we got was her complaining on how she work 14 hrs shift and this (**) place didn't care for their employees (her own words). Never got our towels. Next day my husband had to once more go downstairs and get some towels.
My husband and I checked into the Travelodge in Colorado Springs. We were in town for the Annual Veterans Rally. The pictures on the internet of the hotel rooms is not what you receive. First room... Filthy sheets. The bed was made with the old sheets someone slept and... let your mind imagine. The security door lock broken. Manager takes us to a new room. Refrigerator does not work, screen hanging off window, carpet not vacuumed, coffee maker not working, toilet seat not tight. My husband lifted a refrigerator out of another room. The breakfast area over ripe fruit, fixtures broken. For the 3 day stay our room was never made. Had to ask for towels too. We would of went to another hotel but no availability anywhere because of the Veterans Event. Manager said he would adjust bill and nothing was done. Called our credit card company and now disputing this charge. Please... Do Not Stay Here!
My husband and I booked a room online with Travelodge in downtown Portland, Oregon for Aug. 1, 2016 and received an e-mail with a confirmation # quoting $79 per night. When we arrived it was obvious that the pictures of the rooms on the website are not pictures taken of the actual rooms in this hotel. The website pictures show much nicer rooms than what these rooms are really like.
Our room was a dive! Smelly, musty, dark and dreary. People had carved their initials on the window frames, the flooring was buckled around the tub in the bathroom from water damage. We had to wrap a towel around the fixture on the sink because when we turned the water on the water sprayed out around the sides of the fixture. There was drywall tape hanging from the ceiling over the bed. The floor squeaked so loudly that we heard it when people in the adjoining room walked around. Worst of all, after going to bed I felt something on my leg. When I pulled the covers back there was a bug crawling on my leg, which my husband quickly smashed!
When we got home and we're looking at our invoice. We saw we were overcharged for our room. We were charged $99 instead of the original quote of $79. My husband called and talked to the manager and even though he was the one who sent the quote to us, he said it was a mistake because that is their winter rate. He refused to refund us the $20 we were overcharged. The whole experience was a nightmare!
My nephew and his 18-months-old daughter was here and needed a place to stay so called the motel and made reservations. Asked if it was clean and bug-free and she said yes. My nephew pulled in around 9:30 or 10 there and the place was absolutely filthy, something growing by the walls, filthy towels and filthy rugs have pictures. He left not wanting to wake me, spent the night riding around with an 18-month-old child because he was by now short on cash. I had put the motel room on my charge account. The clerk told him she would reimburse me my money now the manager said they won't. Also looks like mold in corners. If you go on their site you can see the terrible reviews. Wish I had looked first. Here are some pics. Just want my money back.
I just recently sold my house so my new house that my family and I are moving into, is not ready for us to move into it yet, so my family and I needed to live somewhere until July 1, 2016. Anyway, on May 14, 2016 I went online to the Travelodge website and found that we could stay at the Travelodge on a weekly basis. I found one in Torrance, California (near where I am moving from and moving to) that stated that it had all of these wonderful amenities like 2 pools, a conference room, a gym and that is was "pet-friendly". I reserved the suite for 1 week. Well, once my family and I got there, it was NOTHING like it stated on its website, no pools at all, no conference room, no gym, NO NOTHING!!! A week later when it was time for me to pay again, we were told that they did not accept pets and that we must move. I was LIVID!!! First they lied about what they had, and now they lied about NO PETS!!!
Do you know the staff at the Travelodge made us move immediately, even though we did not have anywhere else to go? That Travelodge stated that "they have a no pet policy." I showed them the Pet Policy on their very own websites, but they did not care!!! I had to go online immediately and reserve a suite at Extended Stay for much more money. I called Extended Stay to confirm that they did in fact have all the amenities that their website stated they had, and that they DID IN FACT, ACCEPT PETS. They confirmed yes, to all. So, since May 22, 2016 we have been living at the Extended Stay without any problems and without the misrepresentation and lies that Travelodge advertises on their websites. I will never again stay at another Travelodge because they misrepresent and lie about their suites just to get your money!!!
This place should be shut down! Our room had towels that have stains and holes in them, we went to the local Walmart for clean towels. Shower is dirty and needs to be replaced. Huge gross stain on the floor, we never removed our shoes because carpet is filthy. Pillow case has yellow stains all over it along with two skinny pillows shoved inside. Alarm clock needs to be thrown away along with a lamp that you either need to unplug or unscrew the bulb to turn off. The people who run this place either don't speak English or can barely speak English. Breakfast was a joke, 5 of us went down and asked the front desk to replenish the waffle mix, she brought 3... guess it meant we had to share. Hallways stink and are dirty.
The pictures on their website is false advertisement because the rooms look clean and nice in those pictures. We have a total of 5 rooms and they are all dirty, we met other people guests and they said their rooms were also very dirty and towel and showers were gross. They charge $10.50 for a cot and you have to pay cash... seems fishy to me. I hope that the state or whoever shuts this place down until it is cleaned up and managed correctly. I'd like my $ back but can't talk to the front desk because they don't speak English and can't understand them.
You have the WORST EMPLOYEE working in LA MESA California. His name is David. I called the Travelodge on 5/15/16 to see where was my refund and he hung up in my face for no reason. That is not how you do business. My reservation was canceled for no reason on 5/8/16 when I went into the office and asked if I can check in the man said, "No." I said, "What is the check in time? I just came from out of town." He said, "You need to leave the property" with no explanation. My son said, "Mom, what happen?" I said, "I don't know." The man said I had to leave so my son tried to talk to the man and he lock the door. This is mad ** crazy. Excuse my mouth but for real who does that.
I asked for my refund. He said they have refunded the money that same day. I'm still waiting on my refund and I will dispute this and thinking about putting a lawsuit on Travelodge. Maybe this will open their eyes on who they make their employee. Don't try calling the 1888 number because they put you on hold for over 20 min and don't pick up to respond to any of the issues! THIS IS HORRIBLE. DON'T STAY. I WILL DEFINITELY SPREAD THE WORD.
Their booking reservation department has very little understanding when you call. Requested somewhere locally, Queen Size bed and they booked and charged me for a farther location that I did not want. As for the one I wanted based on location, ended up being a full size bed available. Requested a refund for the hotel that I never booked, upon obtaining approval for the refund. I was told to wait 3 weeks for a check that never actually arrived. It's been 2 months and nothing! Called to complain and I still have to wait another month for a check to be reissued! This is ridiculous. I have to wait for my refund for something I never authorized in the first place!!!
We check in on April 8, 2016. The property was filthy. Trash was everywhere and the trash cans was running over with trash. Then we enter the room. The smell was horrible. We left to visit family members in Tallahassee but when we return it was late. In the room crawling on the stand where the tv and the wall was German roaches. My son is allergic to roaches. Immediately he started have reactions. His eyes started to swell. He couldn't hardly breath so I killed a roach and took it to the front office to show the manager. She moved us to another room. Well that room didn't have roaches but it wasn't cleaned. The floor hadn't been vacuumed. There was a sofa bed. When we pulled it out I found a cigarette lighter and a half of marijuana where it had been smoked.
The next morning when I talked with my mother she said she woke up through the night to get a drink of water. Roaches were everywhere so I reported that to the front office. Therefore I check her out of her room and she stay in the room with me and my son because there was no more rooms available. But with that being said I have never ever experience a situation at a hotel like that. It was a nightmare.
I spoke with one of the guests. He was not pleased with his stay as well. My family ask where we was staying. I said Travelodge. They replied the ** hotel. That's where prostitutes go to turn tricks. I witnessed firsthand. I was very displeased with the services and unhappy. Even though the rooms was cheap but that shouldn't have made a difference. You want your customers happy so they'll wanna come back and refer other family members and friends to stay there cause word of mouth is the best advertising. The staff was courteous but the hotel ain't fit for no human being to live there.
Stayed at South San Francisco Travelodge one night on our way to Maui. Disgusting substandard room. Curtains looked like an angry cat got a hold of them, couch was torn & filthy, carpet was dirty & oily, bathroom was scary dirty with many broken and stained titles. We were afraid to brush our teeth let alone take a shower. We checked the bed for bed bugs. Didn't see any but decided to sleep in our clothes anyway. We have traveled to many 3rd world countries and have never encountered this kind of filth. Save your $$$. I would have rather slept in my car @ a rest stop. Totally unacceptable to be this grossed out at a place to stay.
I'm so displeased with the service you provided me at your establishment. I'm in disbelief you're in the hospitality industry. Please get out of it, you have no idea how to be hospitable. My 2 request were for a working refrigerator and remote. Simple, right? No. You made it difficult because you suggested to me to "bring my food to the refrigerator at the front desk", when clearly there were empty rooms available you could've taken from or switched my room. No, I had to suggest to you to take a refrigerator from a unoccupied room. That was baffling to me and quite upsetting. A guest should never be in the position to tell you how to run your business. I didn't complain about the piping issue, the non running water at certain times of day and night because you told me and your employees told me that was being fixed.
Ok, I gave the benefit of the doubt with a smile. I didn't complain about the shower curtain, the stained towels, nor the stained blue tub. I just told your housekeeper to keep them and I will purchase my own. And, I just vigorously cleaned the tub because that's all it really needed and it was fine. I just wanted a warm place to lay my head as I complete my nursing travel assignment which wouldn't been for another 10 weeks at your establishment which comes to $2500, that would've help toward getting a working remote, money toward piping issues, and better cosmetic renovations done. I pray you didn't treat me like cow dung because I'm black because newsflash, you have melanin too and my money is green 100 dollar bills.
You've missed out on it. PLEASE, PLEASE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BECAUSE HOSPITALITY ISN'T YOUR CALLING. Your employees were great, housekeeper gave me a warm welcome and even a hug. Your employees tried their best but told me they just were hired within the week and didn't know policy of how to conduct their duties. You need a better plan. Happy to be checking out in the morning 2/6/2016. PS. A continental breakfast isn't cereal, milk, and coffee. That's not breakfast for a champion. UNHAPPY WITH STAY.
We arrived at the Travelodge in College Park Georgia with a confirmed reservation that was guaranteed. We also had called ahead of time and explained that we would be arriving late due to traveling 6 hours. When we arrived at the hotel, the Front Desk clerk informed us that the hotel was booked up and that our room was taken due to having an arrival of 100 guests. When the hotel was contacted, the manager stated that there were rooms available and that our room was cancelled on the following morning at 5 am. We feel this is very disappointing and was frustrated that we had to secure another room at such a late hour.
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Residents and businesses in Breckland are being invited to have their say on shaping the future growth and development in the district.
In December Breckland Council put forward its preferred option for the level of growth over the next 20 years, and how this will be distributed throughout the district.
Its second Local Plan consultation - which launched last week and will run until February 22 - outlines what sites have been submitted for potential housing, retail or employment development, and draft development policies.
The majority of new housing (68 per cent) is planned for Thetford and Attleborough which are well served by public transport, have good facilities and are adjacent to the A11 trunk road, while a further 18 per cent of growth is suggested across Dereham, Swaffham and Watton.
A number of larger villages are designated as Local Service Centres and will also see some new land allocated for development, while there will be opportunities for further growth in some villages and rural areas too.
Once adopted in early 2017, the Local Plan will identify a five year supply of housing land which will give the council more control of the location of new housing and will reduce the likelihood of ad-hoc development.
Breckland says the Local Plan process has allowed it to set its own housing targets, tailored to the district's assessed local need.
The draft housing target for the Breckland area, outlined in the consultation documents, is 597 homes per annum over the life of the Local Plan (2011-2036).
Urging everyone to take part in the consultation, Cllr Charles Carter, Breckland's executive member for growth, said: "Nothing has been decided yet - we need to hear the views of local people so these can be considered and taken into account when the next stage of our Local Plan is developed."
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Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
I was craving meatloaf & mashed potatoes. Unfortunately, I had no loaf pan and no recipe. So, I decided to wing it. I used my 8x8 glass baking dish, which was a great idea! Because it was not as thick as baking it in a loaf pan, it only took 35 minutes to bake! I threw in an egg, salt & pepper, season salt, oatmeal, diced onion, and chopped garlic. Topped it with ketchup and threw it in a 375 degree oven. Needed a little more seasoning, but it was nice and moist. I boiled the potatoes with 2 smashed garlic cloves and YUMMY!!
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I would say you missed that special privilege that comes with being lactose tolerant. I saw a report a few weeks back that said Europe got an edge a long time ago because Europeans could use milk products for nutrition and thus had more time for other activities.

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As newly appointed ambassador for Helping a Hero, Grammy Award winner Lee Greenwood joined Stillwater Ranch, Chesmar Homes and Helping a Hero to give a wounded Marine a new home. Greenwood sang his own anthem, "God Bless the USA," at the July 2nd ceremony. Wheelock Communities, the developer of Stillwater Ranch, donated the land and Chesmar Homes built a beautiful home to meet special needs.
Cpl. (Ret.) Michael Egan, USMC, enjoyed a hero's procession to his new home at 7907 Cimarron Ranch. A crowd of cheering Stillwater Ranch neighbors, residents, friends, veterans from all military branches, Daughters of the Republic and local media greeted him. Kids waved signs that read "Welcome Home Marine" and "Thank You for Your Service."
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A United Nations court has ordered Ghana to release an Argentine naval vessel, dealing a blow to Elliott Associates' bid to collect on the defaulted Argentine bonds it owns.
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea sided with Argentina and told Ghana to release the ARA Libertad. The ship has been stuck in Tema, Ghana, for more than two months after a Ghanian court impounded it; Elliott's NML Capital convinced a judge that it had the right to seize the vessel unless Argentina paid it, as ordered by U.S. courts.
Argentina argued that military vessels are not subject to seizure, and the Hamburg, Germany-based U.N. court agreed. The court also ordered both sides to pay their own costs, ruling that "Argentina should not [pay any] bail, bond or security" to get its boat back.
NML was, predictably, unhappy, calling it "completely inappropriate" for the U.N. court to have intervened.
"Nothing changes the fact that Argentina has the capacity to honor its contractual obligations, but refuses to do so," the hedge fund said in a statement. For its part, Argentina said it would "keep defending itself from the financial pirates."
The Libertad is due to return to Buenos Aires by Jan. 9.
NML and Aurelius Capital Management are among a small number of bondholders who refused to accept a restructuring of debt on which Argentina defaulted a decade ago. The U.N. court ruling is the latest reversal for the holdouts after a string of legal victories. Most recently, a federal appeals court stayed a lower-court ruling that it had just upheld that could have forced Argentina to default on its new bonds.
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Colombian coach Jose Pekerman avoids Luis Suarez questions
Suarez will not play in Saturday's match between Uruguay and Colombia due to suspension
Colombia coach Jose Pekerman avoided questions about Luis Suarez, ducked any assessment of the striker's punishment and didn't mention his name ahead of Saturday's World Cup second-round match against Uruguay.
Pekerman, an Argentine who coached Argentina at the 2006 World Cup, repeated several times on Friday that Uruguay is a "top-notch opponent" — steering the focus away from Suarez and the Uruguayan forward's lengthy ban from football.
"Listen, at this time this is a very delicate issue," Pekerman responded when asked about Suarez. "But our concern is Uruguay as a team and we are working in order to play against them tomorrow. That's all there is to say."
Suarez was banned on Thursday from all football activities for four months, suspended from Uruguay's next nine internationals and fined for biting Giorgio Chiellini in a 1-0 victory over Italy which sealed the South Americans' place in the last 16.
Essentially, Pekerman said his team has had its own problems.
It is missing four injured players — led by striker Radamel Falcao — who should have been in the 23-man World Cup squad. The other three are midfielders Aldo Ramirez, Edwin Valencia and defender Amaranto Perea.
"Uruguay is a very experienced team with a lot of ability and a wonderful coach," Pekerman said. "It was going to be a difficult opponent in any case. Really, I am very busy with Colombia dealing with all the problems we have had with injuries."
Colombia is suddenly among the favorites at the tournament, and officials back home are imposing bans on alcohol and curfews for minors in many major cities to discourage chaos and vandalism spinning off from the match.
A key player is forward James Rodriguez, who has three goals and two assists and was among the top players in the first half of the tournament.
"This makes us happy and motivates us," said goalkeeper David Ospina, whose sister Daniela is married to Rodriguez. "But this also has to do with the fact we all play as a team."
And they don't talk about Luis Suarez
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Pet Food Recall Category: Pets and Animals
Most of the people in the US have heard of the pet food recall by now that is associated with kidney/renal failure and affects many brands. Please refer to these sites for more information:
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Crossposting requested.I'm a contributing editor at Universal Press Syndicate's Pet Connection, and we have created a central information area about the pet food recall. While we're still investigating this, it's apparent to all of us that many more pets have died and been made ill than are currently being reported - particularly cats. We have set up a database to receive reports from owners of affected pets, and are also interested in talking to vets who have treated them. We'll have more information on Monday.Please visit http://www.petconnection.com for up to date information or if you have a pet who became ill from eating recalled foods.Christie KeithContributing Editor, Universal Press Syndicate's Pet Connectionhttp://www.petconnection.com
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Inspectors rate South Lee 'good and excellent'
The independent South Lee School has been graded as good and excellent in all areas of a new-style inspection.
The prep school in Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, was examined over three-days by inspectors from the Independent Schools Inspectorate in a form of inspection introduced in September.
They looked at the quality of education the pupils received by visiting lessons, sampling assemblies, browsing through written work and visiting several of the clubs and activities that take place each week.
They were impressed by the results pupils received in their entry to senior schools, including many scholarships, the outstanding physical skills of pupils of all ages and noted the numeracy skills and knowledge as a highlight.
The staff, parents and pupils are extremely proud and celebrated the findings.
The school was pleased inspectors praised the outstanding social and collaborative skills as well as the pupils' moral development which is seen as a key area of importance at South Lee.
Mervyn Watch, headmaster at South Lee for two years, said: "Staff continue to work hard to achieve the best for each and every pupil at South Lee offering excellence both in and out of the classroom.
"Whilst academic development is always at the heart of the school, we are delighted that the inspectors were also able to witness the pupils' excellent moral sensibilities, behaviour, resilience and self-confidence; a truly important part of the holistic education we deliver at South Lee."
South Lee School is an independent day school and nursery for children from two to thirteen years of age.
Mr Watch said prospective parents can visit the school at any time during the week.


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Alternative models of health insurance
By Sarah Cox
Faced with a growing problem—the uninsured and the escalating cost of health care insurance—two innovative programs have been introduced to combat and solve the dilemmas.
The limited benefit-health plan
Cigna HealthCare has tackled the plight of the working uninsured to help both the employees and their employers with a limited-benefit health plan that is low cost and paid by the employee (it represents about one to two hours of a weekly wage for the premium), and allows them to take advantage of doctors in the network, therefore getting reduced rates. It's called Starbridge; its intent, according to Cigna Voluntary spokesperson Mary Fischer-McKee, is to provide the working uninsured access to routine and day-to-day health care. She says it is directed to those employees in high-turnover retail and fast food businesses that can't get access to coverage.
The coverage includes wellness visits (physicals), routine mammography, pap smears and PSA tests for men, as well as sick visits, lab work, x-rays and CT scans. "We insure a fairly young demographic; these plans are never meant for long term,'' explains Fischer-McKee. "We take someone and bridge them from having no insurance,'' she says, to having insurance provided by the companies as they move up to supervisor and manager.
For employers, this type of insurance is a lure to attract good employees and keep them in good health. The high-turnover population's concerns, she points out, are different than someone who has insurance for asset protection and could be wiped out with a catastrophic health situation.
"They want to protect their ability to work, which is their number one asset,'' she says. For the working uninsured, their options are a public health clinic or an emergency room. The former, says Fischer-McKee, can be a source of further contagion, and the latter can take up an entire evening. With the Starbridge insurance plan, a worker can go to a participating doctor, pay a copay, and with the pharmacy card, have access to discounts and a copay.
There are three levels to the Starbridge plan—a basic plan, which is the least expensive; a mid-range plan for families; and a plan for the part-time worker who is working for benefits.
A Cigna study found that health insurance was listed as the eighth-highest financial priority for the working uninsured. But without plans such as this one, it can be financially prohibitive.
nHealth: the traditional health insurance model gets a makeover
Paul Kitchen found that health insurance, in general, is becoming a greater and greater financial burden to employers, and subsequently started his own health insurer, nHealth, with the sole purpose of reconfiguring what he says was a completely wrong health insurance model. Kitchen, who was executive vice president and CEO of the Medical Society of Virginia, says he realizes that the problem of health care costs does not lie with physicians but with the way health insurance plans are laid out. He asks why employers and employees were paying upfront in premiums for disasters that may never occur—premiums that run between $500 – $1,000 per month for a lot of small, routine things. "I began to look at what we insure, why we insure it, and how we can lower premiums; secondly, the ability to give us, the consumer, the cash to make decisions in health care.'' His company, nHealth, presents a new approach that lowers premiums from 30 to 50 percent.
Becky Pollard, president and owner of Business Solutions, which brokers health insurance plans in the Roanoke Valley, says she can only describe employer reactions to Kitchen's plan in one word: excitement. "This is the first time in a long time we have seen an insurance carrier coming into the Roanoke Valley with significant cost savings,'' she adds. This plan is for businesses with employees of two to 500 and is being offered statewide. Pollard gives an example of three different area employers with whom she is in close contract talks. The first one is a two-person restaurant; she said she presented a health care plan that gives them $20,000 savings per year on premiums. The second, a 300-man group, would realize $250,000 savings; the third, a 25-man group, would save $50,000. "They are taking applications as we speak,'' she says of the groups.
The plan is essentially consumer-driven. It restructures the payment process so that the employee—or, oftentimes, his employer—contributes to an employee's individual escrow or health savings account with pre-tax deductions from the paycheck. The employee dips into this account to use it for doctor bills, prescriptions, x-rays and lab fees.
In contrast, the traditional model has the employer paying thousands for each employee and the employee pays a co-pay. There is no residual benefit of the premium remaining at the end of each month. Kitchen says his own company was the test group for this plan. "We reduced our premiums by 45 percent. We took that savings, invested $81,000 in our employees through direct contributions to their health savings accounts, and at the end of the year realized a total savings of what we would have paid under a traditional plan of over $46,000. Of that savings, $18,000 was realized by the company, and $28,000 was realized by our employees, who had an average of $981 left in their savings accounts at the end of the year,'' he says. This amount rolls over to the next year.
He says that on the average, family premiums cost about $12,000 annually. In addition, families are spending approximately $2,000 out of pocket. "Our model says, we don't cover the first dollar of every little thing that could happen, but in return, our premiums are 30 to 50 percent less. You take that savings and pocket that, and now you [the employee] own and control that money and can engage in decision making.''
Kitchen says his employees, because of this consumer-driven approach, have exhibited behavioral changes. They have quit smoking, lost weight and in general become healthier. "We, the public, need to be more appropriately judicious about health care. I'm a big believer that employees are smarter than insurance companies. What health care is now, you pay this significant premium, what is commonly referred to as prepaid health care. What we are saying is, don't prepay that $1,000.''
There are two deductibles in this plan: one for hospital stays, drugs, x-rays and lab fees, and one for doctors. The nHealth business model is set up so that the insurance kicks in 100 percent once the employee reaches the deductible amount in their escrow account. The rollover amount can be used as a savings account, to be put toward future years and even retirement. It is their money.
Pollard says that this plan is in the Lewis-Gale HCA and physicians network, as well as the Carilion hospitals and physicians network in this area. Only time will tell whether these two innovative insurance models catch the eye and imagination of others in this challenged industry.
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The Consumer Gadget Show (CES) continues in Las Vegas, and there's some excitement about today.
According to USA Today (UST), Sony is scheduled to open "a new chapter in the electronic-book saga by unveiling its handheld Reader Thursday" at the CES.
To date, there really hasn't been an e-book reader that consumers have jumped on. Because these devices have been hard to read or large and bulky, they haven't caught on. Most people who download e-books are still reading them on laptops and PDAs. But Sony hopes to change that this spring.
"Around the size of a paperback but only a half-inch thick, the Reader has a 6-inch gray-scale screen and is easy to hold at less than 9 ounces." Its expected retail price will be between $300 and $400.
"'This new display technology allows for long immersive reading, the type of which you wouldn't want to do on a computer screen,'" according to a Sony spokesman. "'It's very close to looking at the printed page.'" (UST)
The Reader's internal memory can store approximately 80 books, and extra memory cards can expand that storage to hundreds of books. USA Today indicates that a single battery charge will permit the users to read up to 7,500 pages.
As part of their marketing strategy, Sony plans to make 1,000 e-books available at its Connect Music store (http://musicstore.connect.com/) at the same time the Reader is launched. Engadget.com says that "industry heavyweights Simon & Schuster, Random House and HarperCollins are already signed up to provide content, with the latter two promising to digitize their entire back catalogs for inclusion on Sony's Connect . . . for a combined total of up to 50,000 titles."
Engadget points out that iRex (www.irextechnologies.com) is also scheduled to launch an e-book device. According to iRex's website, the iLiad device will be available as of April, 2006.
Engadget has also been watching a little-known Chinese electronics company called Jinke. "Jinke Electronics has been quietly toiling away at perfecting its Hanlin line for some time now, and they have recently introduced a model that may be able to compete with Sony . . . on features and performance."
If any or all of these devices can catch on with consumers, 2006 may very well be the year of the e-book.
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Many years ago, Mama sent me to buy a pack of sachet water across the street. It was already 10.00 p.m by then, but we needed the water to take our dinner. We always had our supper quite late, and Papa never ceased to complain about this. He always grumbled about why he had to have his meals when other men had long forgotten that they had even taken theirs.
The streets looked deserted, and only one or two cars passed now and then. Most shops were already locked with heavy padlocks, but I could see two afar off that were still opened. I hastened my steps.
We lived in a street in Akure, the capital city of Ondo state. That explained why most shops had closed at that time. It was unlike Lagos, that busy state where streets were said to be bustling with a flurry of activities even at midnight. I hoped to go to Lagos soon someday. My elder brother had gone there a couple of months ago to work, and it seemed he was doing well. In fact, he had sent to Papa an android phone recently. But because neither Papa nor Mama could operate it, it had become mine. I loved the phone and was irredeemably addicted to it. Now, I even had the phone with me as I left the house in search of the sachet water.
"Good evening o," a young man who was approaching me said. I tried to look at his face. He didn't look familiar. I kept walking and ignored his greeting.
"Ahn-ahn, bros! Somebody is greeting you and you can't even answer," he said. He was now in my front. "Don't you know me? I'm Ayo na, the one who works at the cyber café," he continued.
I stopped in my tracks to check his face again. I still could not recognize him. I was disposed to believe him nevertheless because I knew a lot of people who bore the name "Ayo", and I did visit a cyber café often.
"Good evening," I replied coldly.
"Oh, you are going somewhere now, I guess. Em, let me give you my phone number then. At least you can call me beforehand when next you're coming to the café," he offered.
The man smelt of alcohol and cigarettes. The foul odour clung to him like a cloth. I felt a bit nauseated. I brought out my android phone to get his phone number. It was not that I needed his contacts, for I did not know him, but I was willing to do anything to get rid of him and go my way. I only wanted to be nice.
"My phone number is 080578… Wait, are you getting it?" He asked. I nodded as I typed the digits he dictated, digits I knew I wouldn't save.
He kept calling out the numbers. As soon as he felt I was engrossed in typing the phone number, he yanked the phone out of my hand and bolted away. I stood there downcast, too dazed to shout for help.
I had often heard people say nights could be dangerous, and that one should be cautious with strangers. I was young and so didn't understand what that meant. Now that I had had a firsthand experience of that, I couldn't agree more. I had learnt my lessons, even though the hard way.
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