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Arsenal holds on to beat West Brom, take fourth place
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Arsenal's late bid to qualify for the Champions League next season gained further momentum with a 2-1 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, while one of the goals of the season helped Aston Villa move out of the relegation zone in the English Premier League.
Tomas Rosicky scored in each half before Arsenal survived the 70th-minute sending off of Per Mertesacker, which resulted in James Morrison's converted penalty, to climb provisionally into fourth place above Chelsea and just a point behind north London rival Tottenham.
It was the visitors' third straight league win — and sixth in their last seven matches — as they look to qualify for Europe's top competition for the 16th season in a row under manager Arsene Wenger.
"The team is growing from game to game and they showed it again today," Wenger said.
Villa scored twice in the last three minutes — including a stunning volley from 35 yards (meters) by Matthew Lowton — to beat stuttering Stoke 3-1 away and jump three points clear of the bottom three.
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"I don't think you will see a better goal in Europe let alone anywhere else," Villa manager Paul Lambert said. "The technique, chest control and volley was outstanding."
Last-place Reading looks doomed, though, after losing 2-0 at home to Southampton to stay seven points adrift of safety with six games left. No team in the Premier League's 21-year history has survived facing such a deficit at this stage.
Southampton took a giant stride to safety, unlike Norwich, which conceded a 75th-minute equalizer to Luke Moore to draw 2-2 with Swansea and remain in relegation danger.
With Tottenham and Chelsea not playing until Sunday, Arsenal put pressure on its rivals from the capital to copy its wonderful form over the past month.
The 2-0 win at Bayern Munich on March 13 may not have kept the team in the Champions League but it appears to have done wonders for the confidence of Wenger's players for the Premier League run-in.
And just like last season, Rosicky has come good in spring, with the playmaker opening the scoring in the 20th by heading in from close range after good work by the rejuvenated Gervinho.
It was his first goal of the season and Rosicky made it 2-0 in the 50th by drilling a volley into the corner after his original shot was batted down by West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Center back Mertesacker ensured a nervy finish by getting himself red-carded for pulling down Shane Long. Morrison scored from the spot but heavy pressure from the hosts failed to deliver an equalizer.
"It was very difficult in the end and we had to show another aspect of our strength at the moment — resolve, spirit and fighting attitude," Wenger said.
Stoke, winless in six matches, was booed off at Britannia Stadium but it was all smiles with Villa, which took the lead through Gabriel Agbonlahor in the ninth minute.
Michael Kightly equalized in the 80th before Lowton's thunderbolt and Benteke's 15th of the campaign sealed Villa's third victory in four.
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"We need a point a game and it is important the lads stay confident," Stoke manager Tony Pulis said. "We have (Manchester) United, Tottenham, Norwich at home and then tough games away from home, too. It is a good test for everyone at the football club now."
Well-crafted goals by Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana were enough to lift Southampton seven points clear of the bottom three and leave Reading with a near-impossible task to stay up.
"It's a situation we don't want to be in, but we're in it," said Reading manager Nigel Adkins, who had been looking for revenge against the club that fired him 78 days ago. "You can hide away or you can face up to the reality of it."
Norwich looked like earning a vital win to climb seven points clear of the bottom three after reacting to Michu's 35th-minute opener for Swansea with goals from Robert Snodgrass and Michael Turner either side of halftime.
However, Moore struck in the 75th and Norwich is five points ahead of third-from-bottom Wigan, which has played two games fewer.


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Boy, you go away for a weekend, and all sorts of stuff starts happening at the biggest science fair the world has ever seen. The CERN collaboration's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sent beams of protons flying around its 27 km length in each direction over the weekend, and Monday saw them run two beams simultaneously and slam them into one another, producing the collider's first ever particle collisions. It would appear that any time-traveling quantum bird sent by the Higgs boson was unable to disrupt yesterday's run.
Last fall, the LHC team came close to reaching this same milestone, but fell short when a massive quench failure damaged a number of the superconducting magnets that are used to help guide, accelerate, and squeeze the beams of particles as they move around the tunnel. This failure occurred only nine days after the first particles were circulated, but was only one in a series of setbacks that the collider would experience. Broken support structures, helium leaks, and frayed wiring all required that the equipment be warmed up from the frosty operating conditions of 1.8 Kelvin. The most recent mishap involved a bird dropping bread into an electrical transformer. All of this has caused some to speculate that the Higgs boson—the elusive particle that is the basis of mass—is actually causing these failures to occur from the future. Presumably from its fortress of doom and solitude.
In contrast to last year's start-up, this event has occurred with very little press coverage. Some of the US' mainstream news organizations don't even have a headline anywhere on their front page. (Adam Lambert's kiss and Khloe Karadashian's nesting instinct were recent top news items on CNN's main Web portal, which no longer even has a science section.) As a life-long science enthusiast, it saddens me to see so little coverage of a huge milestone in experimental physics. However, this also seems to have cut down on the inevitable "end of the world" speculation that was rampant last year.
As far as science goes, it really took a back seat to engineering, as the first collisions occurred between beams at a low injection energy, 450 GeV. At these energies, proton-proton collisions are statistical rarities, but each of the four main detectors—ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and ALICE—observed the signature spray of particles. Scientists and engineers expect to have the beams running at energies of around 1.2 TeV by Christmas, and expect to reach world-record energies of 3.5 TeV per beam sometime early next year.
Of course, all this is not for show. Scientists hope to be able to probe conditions similar to those that existed shortly after the big bang, the birth of our Universe. By slamming ultra-high energy particles into one another, they hope to replicate the quark-gluon soup that existed at that time. One of the major goals is a confirmed sighting of the Higgs boson, the last undiscovered particle predicted by the Standard Model physics. It is expected to help us understand why some elementary particles, such as the W and Z bosons, have mass, and why some do not, like the photon or the gluon.
If found, the Higgs boson will fill in the last square on the bingo card of the particle zoo, allowing us to put the standard model on a shelf and not play with it again. But it could be even more exciting if we don't find the Higgs boson. We will be left with a theory that accounts (beautifully, I might add) for every elementary particle we know about except one. We'd have to develop a new theory, one that is capable of explaining everything the current standard model does, with the added capability of explaining mass. And that could prove to be very interesting.
If, and more likely when, the Higgs boson is found, the LHC will still be able to probe things that aren't covered by the standard model. 14 TeV collisions will be unlike anything ever produced in a controlled environment on Earth, although nature does this on a daily basis. Hopefully, barring further challenges from a particle from the future that travels backwards in time (the "All Good Things..." episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation anyone?) the LHC Physics program will be able to start in earnest early next year.
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Egypt's lead investigator said Thursday he is seeking to interview the only tourist who survived the crash of a hot air balloon in the southern city of Luxor, a British national who jumped from the balloon after it caught fire and before it plummeted to the ground, killing 19 others, including his wife.
The Briton, Michael Rennie, escaped with only minor injuries and no burns, a neurologist who is treating him at a Cairo hospital, Mahmoud el-Shennawy, told The Associated Press.
The only other survivor — the balloon's Egyptian pilot, who also jumped out — suffered heavy burns.
The sightseeing balloon on a sunrise flight Tuesday over the ancient monuments of Luxor was carrying 20 tourists from Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Belgium, Hungary and France. It was in the process of landing when a fuel line for the burner heating the air in the balloon broke, sparking a fire, according to preliminary indications, investigators have said.
Rennie and the Egyptian pilot, Momin Murad, managed to escape the balloon's gondola when it was still relatively close to the ground. The balloon then rose back up some 300 meters (1,000 feet) into the air. The fire spread to the balloon itself, which burst, sending it plummeting into a sugar cane field.
Witnesses have said some of the tourists still trapped in the burning balloon as it rose jumped to their deaths trying to escape.
Amateur video taken from another balloon flying nearby shows it crashing it back to the earth like a fireball into a sugar cane field.
Rennie told his doctors that "he fell in a muddy area, and this helped him," el-Shennawy said. "There are no fractures. He only has minor bruises … and scratches." His wife was killed in the crash, the doctor said.
Rennie has also refused to speak to representatives from his own embassy, el-Shennawy said — apparently overwhelmed with grief over his wife's death. Rennie has declined to speak to reporters, and an Associated Press reporter was not allowed access to his room.
The head of the Civil Aviation Authority's technical investigation into the accident, Walid el-Moqadem, said he has has asked to speak to Rennie, who Egyptian media said did speak with a separate, criminal prosecutor investigating the crash to rule out foul play.
Rennie told criminal investigators that most of those in the balloon squatted when the fire broke out, following the pilot's instructions, according to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Watan.
Investigators have not yet spoken to the pilot because of his injuries.
El-Moqadem said countries of some of the crash victims have asked to join the probe.
He said so far Hong Kong, Britain, Japan and Hungary will not be sending investigators, and will be granted an advisory role in the investigation in line with regulations. He said for now countries of the victims will be appraised of progress through emails.
Investigators are still looking into the causes of the crash and refused to give details, el-Moqadem said earlier. Investigators speaking on condition of anonymity because the probe was still ongoing said initial results suggested a landing cable tore the fuel tube and that the pilot should have shut of a valve that would have prevented the fire from spreading.
El-Shennawy said Rennie is expected to be released Friday and will head straight to the airport.
"Some psychiatrists, and myself, talked with him. He seems to be accepting the situation," he said.


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Tips for Making Latkes for Hanukkah
After the Hanukkah candle lighting, it's time for singing songs and feasting on latkes. Learning how to make latkes is pretty easy; the cooking tips included here will help you make the best latkes for your Hanukkah celebration.
Latkes can be made of all sorts of foods from buckwheat to noodles to cheese, but the most common are lacy-textured latkes made of grated raw potatoes mixed with onions and eggs and fried. Some people use mashed cooked potatoes instead for a pancake with a softer interior. At home, most people shallow-fry their latkes, but some cooks, especially at restaurants, deep-fry them and then they resemble fritters.
At Hanukkah parties, latkes star as a course on their own, served with sour cream and applesauce. For the kids (and some adults, too!), some also offer jelly, sugar, or cinnamon and sugar. Potato pancakes are also great partners for fish, chicken, or meat.
In kosher kitchens, sour cream is not served with latkes if they accompany meat or poultry dishes, but you may find applesauce on the table. Usually, you don't need additional toppings for latkes when they are companions for main dishes like stews or any that come with a sauce. You simply spoon some of the sauce over the latkes, too.
Keep these tips in mind when you're making potato latkes:
Most cooks recommend using baking potatoes for latkes: They're a good choice because they tend to be less watery. If you can't find them, large boiling potatoes give good results.
It might surprise you that potato latkes reheat beautifully, unlike most other fried foods. To make potato latkes ahead, fry them and put them on a cookie sheet and then refrigerate or freeze them. After the latkes are frozen, you can transfer the homemade delights to a freezer bag. Before serving, preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. If your latkes are frozen, remove them from the freezer about 15 minutes before heating so that they partially thaw.
Bake the refrigerated or partly frozen latkes on an ungreased cookie sheet for about 5 minutes or until they are hot. Frying potato latkes in advance is better than making the batter ahead, as the raw potatoes in the batter tend to discolor.
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"Modern readers do not need to be told to admire John Keats. Whether they know it or not, he has already entered into their dreams, he is a portion of their hopes, he lives in their desires."
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A fictional haven called Dog Island is the setting for Don Katnik's story, "The Stepping-Off Place" (Bark, Summer 2010), which was one of three finalists in our first-ever fiction contest. A wildlife biologist, Katnik shares his 200-year-old home in Maine with his wife Misty and dogs Copper "The Rocket" and Jedzia Dax. Katnik, 44, took a break from writing, home-improvement projects and dancing (ballroom with Misty, free-style with the Jedzia and Copper) to answer a few questions about Dog Island and fictional canines.
TheBark.com: How did you get the idea for Dog Island?
Don Katnik: So often now places advertised as "dog friendly" are really just "dog tolerant." It is becoming harder to find places where they are truly welcome. Dog Island was inspired by a real island (pictured in the photo) near us that is one of the few places our dogs can be off-leash. Sadly, there are plans to put a marina there, which will ruin it for the dogs. I wish I could buy it and make it a real Dog Island, but I can't so I wrote a story about the idea instead.
Have dogs shown up in any of your other stories?
Yes, usually as characters with roles rather than just props for the humans. In a novel I'm working on, Edge (based on a real-life search and rescue dog) plays a pivotal part in solving a quadruple homicide. One of the first stories I ever wrote was about an elderly man who crashes into a steep, forested ravine. He lingers for three days, then succumbs to his injuries and isn't found until his canine companion—who refused to leave while his old friend was still alive—goes back up to the road alone. It's called "Temporary Road" and is based on something that really happened in northeastern Washington.
Have you had your fiction published before?
Yes, but I fear short fiction is a dying art.
What sort of dogs are Jedzia and Copper?
Spoiled! Jedzia is a Shepherd-Boxer-something mix. She came from an animal shelter in Washington State. Copper is a Golden Retriever, but a little guy. We got him from a rescue organization in Massachussetts.
Do you have a favorite dog character in a novel, story, movie or painting?
I love the dog in Andrew Wyeth's "Master Bedroom" painting (and was even inspired to have a local artist do a knock-off sketch substituting Jedzia on the bed). It's a pretty fair representation of how she spends much of her time!
Who is your favorite writer?
Have to go with Stephen King. I love how he captures life's little truisms, like in The Body: "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, did you?" Simple words, but profound in making you recognize one of the biggest differences between being a grown up versus a kid.
Have you ever entered a fiction contest before?
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Citizen of the West guests will be well-fed
For the first time, the Citizen of the West Dinner is being held in a location other than a downtown hotel. Don't worry about the food, though: It's still going to be good.
The 2012 edition of this dress Western shindig, honoring Lynne Cheney, will be held Monday at the National Western Events Center and Continental "Divine" Catering is in charge of the food.
Continental "Divine" event planner/scheduler Shannon McNicholas Fitzgerald says that two of her company's finest — corporate executive chef Travis Kight and regional chef Beau Green — will be offering a meal that begins with a salad of Romaine hearts with balsamic tomato relish, toasted crouton, Caesar dressing and shaved parmesan that is served with artisan breads and Himalayan sea salt butter.
The entree is fire-grilled filet of beef with brandy cream, herb risotto, haricots verts with butter-sugar pecans and honey-roasted baby carrots.
Dessert, which is traditionally selected by the honoree, is vanilla-bean custard topped with whipped cream and a wild berry compote.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Returning home for the first time since their exhibition match against Tennessee Wesleyan on Aug. 14, the Golden Eagle soccer team is anxious to match up against UNC-Asheville in the Sunday's matinee game at 3 p.m.
The Golden Eagles are coming off of a hard-fought, 2-0 loss to Vanderbilt on Friday evening, and will be looking to use that experience to adjust their style and team cohesion against Asheville.
Tech traveled to Asheville last season for the first ever meeting between the two teams, firing 16 shots on UNCA to their 14. Returning sophomore and OVC All-Newcomer Andrea Meloff put TTU on the board in the 20th minute of that match for the first goal of the game.
UNCA notched two goals in the second half of the game to claim the win. This season, however, Tech has been notoriously stronger later in the game, a team trait that will benefit them should they get on the board early.
It will also undoubtedly benefit the Golden Eagles to be returning 20 letterwinners from last season, all of whom saw the Bulldogs in action in 2009. Meloff combined with nine teammates in the last match-up for the 16 shots on the game, all of whom are returning players this season.
"Putting the first points on the board on Sunday will be crucial for us," said head Coach Daniel Brizard. "One of our goals as we go deeper into the season is to be more of an offensive threat early on.
"Our defensive line is working harder on starting our attack from the backfield, which means staying more organized and controlled in our own half," he continued. "If we can get a smooth transition from our defense to our attacking line early on in the game, we'll be in a good position to be successful."
The Golden Eagles will be on the road again next weekend, participating in the Samford Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. There they'll take on Georgia Souther on Friday at 3:30 p.m. (CST) and Samford on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (CST).


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There is no such thing as a typical online course at Penn State; each course can look different. For example, a chemistry course's components will differ from a history course.
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What happens when prostate cancer spreads to the bones and what can be done? Find out the answers to these questions and more.
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is difficult enough, yet about 90% of men with metastatic prostate cancer will face another challenge: bone metastasis. That's when cells travel from the tumor and settle in the bones. The result can be pain and fractures that prevent you from doing the things you love like gardening, going out with friends or taking a stroll. The good news: You can do plenty keep bones strong.
What is metastasis?
Bone metastasis (aka "bone mets") occurs when cancer cells break away from a primary tumor and enter the blood and lymph vessels. "From there, they are able to travel to distant sites in the body," explains Swarnali Acharyya, PhD, of the Cancer Biology & Genetics Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. "But it's not an easy process—only .001% of the cancer cells survive." Unfortunately, those that do can lodge in other areas—often, in bone tissue—and start to grow new tumors.
How long the process of metastasis takes can vary greatly: In most cases, bone mets occur years after the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer; however, in rare cases they are a man's first sign of the disease.
It's important to note that bone mets are different from bone cancer: Bone mets are made of cells from the original cancer. So, for example, when prostate cancer spreads, the tumor is made of prostate cancer cells and it's known as metastatic prostate cancer.
How bones are affected
Bones are constantly renewing and rebuilding themselves, thanks to two different kinds of cells: osteoblasts, which are responsible for creating new bones, and osteoclasts, which break down old bones. However, cancer cells can send both types of cells into overdrive, causing either an abnormal buildup of bones or small holes that weaken bones.


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I traveled to Southeast Asia in November 2013 with Overseas Adventure Travel. I visited 5 countries -- Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and Cambodia. After visiting Bhutan and Nepal in 2011, I wanted to see a different part of Asia, particularly Buddhist countries. My journey began with a night in Bangkok and then on to Myanmar.Read More


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Copenhagen, Denmark
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St. Petersburg, Russia
Although in Asia, this port is often included in Northern European itineraries.
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Dr. Colin Chalk reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Chalk began his career at the Mayo Clinic, where he completed his residency in neurology in 1990 and earned the Henry W. Woltman award for superior performance in clinical neurology. Since then, McGill University has named him Teacher of the Year three times and has added him to the Faculty Honor List for Educational Excellence. In addition, Dr. Chalk serves on the faculty of McGill University as an Associate Member of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and is an Associate Physician in Neurological Medicine at Montreal General Hospital. Dr. Chalk has focused much of his study on significant nerve disorders such as peripheral neuropathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and demyelinating diseases. He has been on the editorial board for Seminars in Neurology and is an ad hoc reviewer for numerous medical and scientific journals, such as Neurology and the Canadian Journal of Neurological Science. Dr. Chalk is an Associate Professor with the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal.
Education and Training
MD: McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1984
Internship: St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, 1984–1985
Residency in Internal Medicine: St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 1985–1986
Residency in Neurology: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1986–1988
Senior Registrar and Clinical Lecturer in Neurology: Radcliffe Infirmary (University of Oxford), Oxford, England, 1988–1989
Resident in Neurology: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1989–1990
Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Diseases: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1990–1991
Academic Appointments
McGill University, Montreal, QC:
- Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Faculty of Medicine
- Associate Member, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Faculty of Medicine
- Chair, Faculty of Medicine, 1998–present
- Director, Neurology Residency Training Programme, 1995–2002
- Chief Tutor, Unit 6 Nervous System and Special Sense, Faculty of Medicine, 1995–1998
Current as of: August 23, 2013
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Al Jefferson, Stephen Curry among top 10 in NBA MVP voting
Bobcats center Al Jefferson and Charlotte native Stephen Curry both finished among the top 10 in NBA MVP voting this year.
Curry, the Golden State Warriors guard, came in sixth with four third-place votes and finishing with 66 points overall. In his first season with the Bobcats, Jefferson finished in eighth place and had two third-place votes, finishing with 34 points overall.
Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant won his first MVP with 116 first-place votes. Four-time league MVP LeBron James, who came in second place, was the only other player to fetch a first-place nod (6).
Curry, a Charlotte Christian and Davidson alumnus, posted career highs in points per game (24) and assists per game (8.5). His Warriors lost to the Clippers in the first round to the Clippers in a series that went seven games.
Jefferson was part of the formula that turned a 21-win Bobcats team into a 43-win playoff team. His paint presence and ability to work with rising star guard Kemba Walker enabled the Bobcats to make just their second playoff appearance in franchise history.
Jefferson averaged 21.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game this season. He was hampered by a plantar fascia injury suffered in the first quarter of the first game of Charlotte's first-round series against the Heat. Jefferson did not play in the final game.
In an email to season ticket holders, Jefferson said he was touched by the MVP chants he received toward the end of the regular season at home games.
NBA MVP top 10 voting (total points):
1. Kevin Durant (1,232); 2. LeBron James (891); 3. Blake Griffin (434); 4. Joakin Noah (322); 5. .James Harden (85); 6. Stephen Curry (66); 7. Chris Paul (45); 8. Al Jefferson (34); 9. Paul George (33); 10. LaMarcus Aldridge (26).


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Come out to the streets of Providence (Steeple Street, between Canal and North Main, to be exact) and join us at the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire between 2pm and 10pm tomorrow. We'll have MakerBots, homebrewers, a mini Maker SHED, and you can even learn to solder! Check out all the makers right here.
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Edit: Oh my god, I love Shadow Coffin. I don't care that it doesn't have any mechanical utility, it's just awesome.
Trigger: You kill an adjacent enemy.
Effect: The enemy's body disappears and becomes trapped in a
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Pinfeldorf wrote: »Hey, that door could be a Mimic. Better stab it to make sure!
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Talonrazor wrote: »Ok, I know this question has been talked about way too much but I can't find a good ruling on this and I don't want to dredge through multiple threads.
If I have a Battlerager Vigor Fighter with a +4 CON MOD who hits with Crushing Surge, he gets the +4 THP from the BRV feature and +4 from the invigorating THP, right? Then if you do the dwarf build thing, you can get up to +6 from invigorating? And this stacks every round? +10 THP every round is looking awesome, especially with some durable, tougheness and a mordenkrad prof feat.
EDIT: Man, looking at this further, a Mul is the perfect Battlerager. You have him take dwarf heritage and also get +2 Strength with +1 healing surge as well.
So what is wizards current stance on the D20 system? Is it still open source like in 3rd Ed? I'm sort of keen to make and sell some PDF adventures using the D&D setting but don't want to be sued...
I'm brand new to the game, having one session under my belt.
Is there a tool to "plan" a feat path? The Insider Character Creator is nice and all for making a guy, but a lot of feats are prereqs/have prereqs. I can read the guides on the charop forums and see what skills are good, but they don't tell me feat prereqs, so I find myself constantly digging around. I'll have to make sure I unlock things in a beneficial order etc.
Is there something akin to the Civilization tech tree, where you can browse through feats and easily see what unlocks what?
DevoutlyApathetic wrote: »Gods Yes, Infidel. It is my major issue right now is that stats can be so important for feats 20 levels down the line and I don't have a clear grasp of that.
I'd like to see something where you can put in your class and your 6 stats, and see what relevant feats I can take as a result. Make it so I can change the ability scores and see how the feat availability changes.
And by "class" we're talking about class/paragon/epic, with optional MCs and themes. All of that, just so it's clear. You could be as vague as "fighter" or as specific as you like.
Are there any other features or such that would be prereqs outside of "class" and attributes and other feats?
DevoutlyApathetic wrote: »Narrowing feats somewhat by application would be nice but hard to code for.
Say, for example, I want to smack things with Axes. What Strength and other stats do I need to get which feats that mention Axe in them? I imagine there is something similar but less so for energy types.
Edit: ...and armors too.
Personally, I'd like to see a tree of feats classified by similarity and prereqs. So I can decide I want to look at damage boosters and it finds all feats that add damage, sorted into a diagram connecting dependent feats to each other and ordering them by tier/difficulty of stat prereq and bonus type.Cataloging all the data and requirements will be the trivial part, how to present it and offer interaction so that it is useful to people will be the hard part. I'm gonna need some use cases from people on how they would approach using such a tool. What would you need to specify as a user, what would you want to see, etc.?
romanqwerty wrote: »And by "class" we're talking about class/paragon/epic, with optional MCs and themes. All of that, just so it's clear. You could be as vague as "fighter" or as specific as you like.
Are there any other features or such that would be prereqs outside of "class" and attributes and other feats?
Existence of a power?
EDIT: Damn you all! Something that hasn't been mentioned: Everything must have compendium links! But you probably thought of that already anyway, right?


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US Senator Tim Johnson and his wife Barbara Johnson thanked South Dakotans for their support, thoughts, and prayers at a "Welcome Home Celebration" in Sioux Falls LIVE on Ustream.TV today.
If you will recall, Senator Johnson had brain surgery back in December and it has been a long journey home for Tim, after eight months of hospitalization and rehabilitation in Washington.
We wish him all the best.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has improved voting procedures to ensure April's presidential election is not plagued by the complaints of irregularities and fraud that marred the last vote in 2009, a senior official said on Sunday.
But Yousof Nooristani, head of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), said he did worry that violence could disrupt the voting in the first democratic leadership transition in Afghanistan's history.
"We have learned good lessons from past mistakes ... or weaknesses," Nooristani told Reuters.
"We have adopted a number of mechanisms to prevent or mitigate fraud. It will not be possible to rule it out, but we will try to mitigate as much as possible," he said.
New measures include improved training for electoral officials to deal with fraud, more secure handling of voting materials and simpler ballots, a key issue in a country where just 28 percent of people are literate.
The polls occur at a delicate moment for Afghanistan, as NATO nations withdraw despite ongoing violence and a standoff continues between Washington and President Hamid Karzai over a pact to permit some U.S. troops to stay into next year.
Officials say they have been working to avoid the problems that married the August 2009 polls, which brought Karzai a second term amid allegations of vote-stuffing, intimidation and interference from both local and foreign officials.
A scheduled run-off that year was canceled when Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister and current contender, dropped out due to what he called a lack of a credible vote.
In one improvement, Nooristani said, voting materials will not be delivered to some 6,754 polling centers across the country until shortly before the election to prevent tampering.
Unlike the last election, when some voting took place in private homes, polling centers will be in government buildings such as schools or clinics and votes will be counted on-site.
Ballot papers will be simpler, he said, in part because there are only 11 candidates now compared to 42 in 2009. Voters' fingers will be marked with two different kinds of ink to prevent repeat voting.
Nooristani said he expected higher turnout this year than in 2009, when at best half of registered voters showed up.
But other officials doubt Afghanistan, where many people will brave snow or long distances to vote, can pull off a credible election.
Even the country's electoral complaints board has said it fears inadequate funding and staff could impede its ability to arbitrate problems.
Nooristani acknowledged that violence could pose a last-minute problem, in part because the Taliban seem to have foregone their usual winter lull in fighting ahead of the vote.
"This time they are not hibernating ... They have been told by their bosses to be more active," he said.
On Saturday, the United Nations said that civilian deaths increased in 2013 as fighting intensified between government forces and insurgents.
Some 414 designated voting centers are now due to be closed due to insecurity, Nooristani said, but the total could change.
Nooristani said a widely expected runoff could take place in early to mid-June. The timing is important for Washington, which hopes to quickly finalize its security deal and make plans for a post-2014 troop force.
If an impasse with Karzai over the deal continues, some U.S. officials hope the deal can be signed with his successor.
Nuristani said both Karzai and foreign actors had been 'hands-off' in the lead-up to the elections, unlike in 2009.
In a new memoir, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said senior U.S. officials clumsily tried to boost Karzai's successors in that race, ultimately souring bilateral ties.
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He's one of the greatest golf players to step onto the green, and his eight PGA tour wins are only a small divot into long career. The Kansas City native grew up practicing his swing at the Kansas City Country Club and has gone club to club against Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Greg Norman. High-profilers and celebrities flock to more than a dozen courses Watson has designed, including the Cassique course in South Carolina, which landed on the Top Ten list of America's Best New Private Courses by Golf Digest. When he's not playing expert on ESPN, Watson is competing or hosting the high-profile golf tournament to benefit Children's Mercy Hospitals right here in KC.
Golf isn't the only sport in where celebrities are flying the flag for Kansas City. The Kansas City Chiefs' Cornerback Brandon Flowers has been a revelation ever since arriving in KC in the second round of the 2008 draft. In the world of motor sports Kansas City political activist Scott Tucker continues to go from strength to strength in American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Tucker is the reigning ALMS P2 class champion and looks set to wrap up an unprecedented third consecutive championship in 2012.
KC natives are flying the flag in the arts world too. Sculptor Tom Corbin's work is on display all over the world, so is the celebrity photography of KC born photographer Greg Gorman. Although his celebrity client list remains a secret interior designer Hal Swanson has an A-list Hollywood client portfolio. The silver screen is represented by KC natives Ed Asner, Chris Cooper, and Brad Pitt. Rising stars Tuc Watkins from 'Desperate Housewives' and Paul Rudd from 'Clueless' and 'Anchorman' are also from KC. KC Jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson has been entertaining music fans all over the world for over a quarter of a century.


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Living history. It's such an evocative phrase, whether it refers to a person who has survived long enough to act as a kind of flesh-and-blood conduit to the past, or an environment -- Normandy, for example, or Gettysburg or Agincourt -- so steeped in lore that decades and even centuries later one can still see, hear and feel what took place there.
The notion of "living history" comforts us, somehow, helping us believe that, just maybe, we're not such little fish in a huge sea of time, after all.
But what happens when those celebrated surviving emblems our collective past prove to be ... well, perhaps not so authentic? What happens when they're just plain hoaxers?
In the middle part of the last century, LIFE magazine (and numerous other publications) featured photos and stories from a number of men who not only claimed to be extraordinarily old, but also claimed that they were the last surviving veterans of the American Civil War. Subsequent investigations by reporters like Lowell Bridwell, Bill Marvel and others, however, largely debunked the claims made by these and more than a few other self-proclaimed Civil War vets. And yet, to the end of their days, most of these men continued to play the roles they'd created for themselves -- i.e., living, breathing links not merely to the country's past, but to the most critical, convulsive period of America's life as a nation.
Every war has its share of fake heroes, of course, and people play their parts for reasons as thorny and as varied as the reasons legitimate warriors enter battle. Some hoaxers seek fame; some seek military pensions; some seek nothing more and nothing less than a lifetime of free drinks at their local bar, earned by telling stories of firefights and campaigns they never witnessed.
Here, on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, LIFE.com offers up a few of those old portraits of self-proclaimed Civil War vets -- pictures that not only serve as reminders of the healthy skepticism with which astonishing assertions should always be greeted, but as tributes to the men, young and old alike, who actually did serve in the one war that most indelibly shaped the modern United States.
[Buy the TIME book, Gettysburg.]
[See the TIME.com gallery, "Gettysburg: In the Footsteps of Mathew Brady."]


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Just when you thought pets couldn't become more adorable! The Secret Life of Pets plays with your most sensitive area – the part that goes Awww a lot. The visual animators come up with adorable characters and wrap them up with cutesy faces that it is hard not to giggle when you find them talking to each other. Even though the concept is quite an old one, a clichéd formulation per se, this lucid animation by Illumination Entertainment makes it worthy of every nod it deserves.
Characters of the Secret Life of Pets (Spoilers Ahead)
Characters to watch out for are so many actually, but the one that beats them all is a cute bunny named Snowball. Kevin Hart makes the persona unforgettable. His witty liners, rogue nature and contrasting mien make him outrageously adorable. The best parts are when he misses the deceased with a crying fist pump.
Amongst other ones are of course Max and Duke who start off on a wrong foot but end up becoming the best of friends. It is quite affectionate to see them get along after a series of unfortunate events. Chloe as the blue tabby cat is well thought of. Her abominable shenanigans are in blunt reflection of how a cat behaves in reality. She gets a proper screenplay where she delivers haughtily to every issue like a pro. Lake Bell voices her to perfection.
Another great character is that of Gidget, a white Pomeranian who is in smothering love with Max. Unfortunately it takes the whole movie and a hell lot of beating, for Max to actually notice her for real.
All the members of The Flushed Pets make the movie interesting. Though none of them are too memorable to be cherished, they still pack in entertainment galore.
There is humour alright, in little things like a poodle headbanging to Bounce by System of a Down. The secret passage of Pops, the old hound who has the hots for Chloe.
Norman, the lost guinea pig, who comes out at odd intervals to deliver something funny. That Steve Coogan voice of Ozone, the Sphinx cat who happens to be the only true villain of The Secret Life of Pets. All such bits will tickle you fine. But to be really candid it isn't all that funny. Most of the funny bits were already shown in the trailer, that left the movie in some stark deprivation.
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In the end, we get to see the doting side of the pet-human relationship that is sure to bring a smile to your face. Also, when a little girl finds Snowball in the end and he goes jab jab at her only to give in when she touches his head, is definitely going to melt you. It is satisfying to see him finally escape the dark side.
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Downsides of the Secret Life of Pets
The big downside of The Secret Life of Pets lies with the filmmakers. No matter how bad Illumination Entertainment tries, they can never do a Pixar. A sense of sentience is always missing in their work. Also, their humour has this weird way of skimming only the shallow surfaces. There is nothing genuine to their storyline either. You have a good look at it from a distance and you realize, their work always wades towards the purposeless.
Despite the obvious problems that Illumination Entertainment deal with every release, they still manage to make The Secret Life of Pets fairly delectable.
You can check out our review of other Illumination Entertainment movies as well.
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Evil Dead Regeneration follows Ash, the lone survivor of a camp discovering the Necronomicon -- the wholly evil book of the dead. Thought to have murdered his companions, Ash is arrested, convicted of the crime, and sentenced to Sunny Meadows, an institute for the criminally insane ... but not for long. Ash's peaceful stay is about to end -- thanks to the perverted experiments of his very own psychiatrist, Dr. Reinhard. Hell-bent on using science to harness the Necronomicon's powers, the mad doctor unleashes the book's all-powerful Evil on the world -- releasing a new slew of Deadites, monsters and spirits, twisting reality into a hellish strudel and leaving mankind with that not-so-fresh apocalyptic feeling.
Ash is back and as good as ever. Read More »
It was only a matter of time before Ash returned to consoles. This time he might be ready. Read More »
After three different movies and four different video games, you can't help but feel a little sorry for the hero of the Evil Dead franchise, Ash. No matter what he does, those pesky deadites never seem to leave him alone. In Evil Dead Regeneration, Ash finds himself arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to Sunny Meadows, an institute for the criminally insane. As if that wasn't bad enough, the head of the institute, Dr. Vingo Reinhard, has decided to use the dark powers of the infamous Necronomicon Ex Mortis to further his own research, resulting in the resurrection of a new breed of deadites. Luckily for the rest of the world, there's one person in the Sunny Meadows institution just crazy enough to go toe-to-toe with the deadites and stop the mad doctor's plans. Read More »
Ash and company return for another bout with evil. Read More »
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Publisher: THQ
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"Beauty and the Beast" is coming back to big screen--but this time, it'll be live-action.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn's" Bill Condon has been hired by Disney to direct the fairy tale film, Variety reports. Evan Spiliotopoulos will write the script, and Mandeville Films will produce the movie.
So far, there is no casting news to report for "Beauty and the Beast."
The animated feature, released in 1991, earned a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards and was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1994. It has grossed more than $375 million worldwide.
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The news comes after "Maleficent" debuted at No. 1, raking in $170 million at the global box office. Coincidentally, Linda Woolverton wrote the scripts for both "Maleficent" and "Beauty and the Beast."
Disney is also working on two other live-action versions of classic animated films: "Cinderella," directed by Kenneth Branagh, and "The Jungle Book," directed by Jon Favreau. In recent years, the House of Mouse has enjoyed successes with live-action retellings of "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz."
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1. What do you think is going on in this image? Where is the river? Look at Illustration 1. Does that help you figure out where the river went?
2. How many steam shovels can you count? Based on the size of the people in the image, how big do you think these shovels were?
3. Go back to Reading 2. How did the shovels get down into the canyon?
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The new CEO and president of Belcamp-based SafeNet Inc. said Monday he intends to raise the profile of the data protection firm and "take SafeNet to the next level" by pursuing more commercial clients who are moving toward "cloud" computing.
The company on Monday announced the appointment of Dave Hansen, the 48-year-old former CEO of Nomura Software and, since March, vice president and general manager of BMC Software, which had acquired Nomura. Hansen succeeds Chris Fedde, CEO since 2011, who will become a consultant to SafeNet, the company said.
"What's really growing in the industry… is the area around data protection, encrypted security for the cloud," Hansen said. "You see a lot of stories of breaches and data loss… We are singularly focused in the data protection space (and can) provide that single-stop shop for that space."
SafeNet, which employs 1,600 people, describes itself as one of the world's largest data security companies, saying it secures about 80 percent electronic banking transfers — almost $1 trillion a day.
The company filed for an IPO in 2010, seeking to raise $300 million but withdrew the plans in March. The company, with headquarters in Belcamp as well as an office in Columbia, had $454 million in revenues and a $900,000 loss in 2010, according to IPO documents, the Sun reported.
Founded in 1983, SafeNet is now owned by by San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital, which took it private in 2007 amidst a scandal involving back-dated stock options at the then-publicy traded company. Its former chief operating officer went to prison and its former CEO paid a penalty to settle civil charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SafeNet has long served government clients, but in November, SafeNet said it was selling off its government solutions business, which focused on custom-made classified encryption products, to focus on data protection and cyber security for commercial and government customers. The company sold off the business as part of a strategy to divest its largely defense-related software product lines that were customized and built with the government.
Hansen said there are additional data security opportunities lie in growing areas such as health care. For instance, the company could encrypt and protect electronic medical records.
Government contracts would continue to be important to SafeNet, Hansen said, but "we see the growth as much more predominantly in health care, finance, insurance, the larger corporate functions where more and more of their data is in the cloud."
The growth in demand for cyber security has come, in part, as consumers gained more access to electronic data, such as accessing bank accounts electronically.
"The corporate accounts are providing more access to more data and want to do it in a progressive way but without any risk," Hansen said.
Dave Fishman, a director at SafeNet and partner at owner Vector Capital, said in a statement that Hansen was selected as a "known innovator within the security industry that brings strong strategic and execution skills, a proven ability to lead high performing management teams and a successful track record of driving growth for multi-national corporations."
Fishman was not available for further comment Monday.
James Foster, CEO of Baltimore-based Orange Knocks, an investor in cyber-security firms, said that though SafeNet has been around for years, the company has only recently gained a wider reputation as a cyber security company.
"They flew under the radar," Foster said. But the company "has been putting a bigger emphasis on re-branding themselves and become outbound focused — focused on commercial clients."
With the appointment of Hansen, "I would assume the board is looking to say, 'What is the next big move for SafeNet as opposed to chugging along on federal dollars," he said. "What you're seeing is the emergence of a lot of these federal government, traditional companies trying to break into commercial."
Typically a private equity owner would bring in new leadership "because they are changing direction or your exit strategy has changed," Foster said.
In the short-term, Hansen said he will be spending time raising awareness of the company.
"We're known in those specific verticals we serve," such as classified government agencies, he said. "We want to become better known outside of that."
In the company's statement Monday, Fishman praised Fedde's leadership at the company. Fedde has been with SafeNet since 2001.
"During that time," Fishman said in a statement, "the company has transformed from a diversified vendor of security tools into one of the industry's leading, pure-play data protection and rights management companies."
"I am proud of all that we have accomplished, particularly the company's transformation into an industry-recognized data protection market leader," said Fedde, also in the statement. "SafeNet is a company with tremendous opportunities and I look forward to its continued success."


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MontanaPBS Presents
Power Brokers
Montana PBS investigates the sources of the deregulation movement and subsequent crisis.
It's arguably one of Montana's most tragic stories. It led to the demise of Montana Power, the state's only Fortune 500 Company, and it pushed power prices into the stratosphere. While most know how the experiment in Electricity Deregulation ended, few know how it all began. In this hour-long documentary, Montana PBS investigates the sources of the deregulation movement and the subsequent power crisis. The documentary uncovers surprising relationships and business connections that would eventually cast a shadow over former Governor Marc Racicot and draw Montana Power into a federal investigation.
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South West / Wiltshire
In the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, in a spectacular setting of landscaped parkland, lakes and formal gardens lies Longleat. You'll struggle to find another venue as inspiring. In 1966, Longleat blazed a trail by becoming the first location outside of Africa to open a drive-through safari. Ove 50 years on and Longleat remains one of the UK's leading tourist attractions. Boasting a menagerie of animals, high Elizabethan architecture, hundreds of acres of parkland, and an enduring ethos of innovation and wonder, Longleat is the perfect setting for your corporate event. Whether you have a specific event in mind, or are flexible with options, we promise to deliver an experience your clients and teams will be talking about for a very long time. Longleat offers unique spaces; from The Longhouse, a fully self-contained event space which is one of the largest in Wiltshire, Lord Bath's Banqueting Suite, a sophisticated venue of distinguished ancestry, to The Green library, an intimate venue set in the heart of Longleat House. With award winning attractions, thousands of animals and annual calendars which bring the Estate to life, Longleat undoubtedly provides an adventure-packed day, as standard. Corporate groups have access to generous discounts on park tickets and events (30%+) , and are able to book for special event well before the general public. Bring your guests to immerse themselves in this astonishing world of adventure with a fun day, VIP Experience, team building activity, a conference or meeting, or even a stylish dinner and drinks reception.View Venue
The University of Manchester Conferences and Venues
North West / Lancashire
The University of Manchester Conferences and Venues offers a range of AIM accredited venues in truly inspiring Nobel Prize winning surroundings-the place where the atom was split, the computer conceived, and wonder material Graphene discovered-this is a great place to consider hosting your next event in Manchester. Events can be accommodated throughout the year at a number of our venues, including Manchester Meeting Place and Barnes Wallis buildings, located in the city centre,seating from 6 boardroom to 200 theatre style, the stunning neo-Gothic Whitworth Hall, available for formal dinners up to 300 as well as a series of boardrooms within the building for smaller meetings, and the adjacent Christies Bistro, ideal for drinks receptions or private dining. The University also has its own 3 star hotel Chancellors, which celebrates 21 years in 2018, and is available for day meetings up to 130 theatre style and offers 72 recently refurbished bedrooms. It is also a wonderful setting, with 5 acres of landscaped grounds, for afternoon tea, barbeques, private dining and weddings. Our large scale venues include the iconic University Place whic has been hosting conferences for 10 years and offers the largest dedicated lecture theatre in the region, seating up to 1000 delegates, and the Renold Building with its choice of well equipped lecture theatres for up 524, both venues feature sizeable exhibition space, and each has 25 additional breakout rooms, supported by our inhouse technical and audio-visual team. A full delegate registration service , ConferCare, is also available and our dedicated Conferences and Venues team pride themselves on delivering exceptional hospitality and service so that you can be assured of a successful event.View Venue
Holywell Park Conference Centre
East Midlands / Leicestershire
Whether it's a simple meeting or a prestigious conference with exclusive use hire, our specialist meetings and conference venue Holywell Park offers you the choice and flexibility you need. Awarded a gold standard in customer service, our specialist team provides you with the support and advice necessary to create a truly successful event, customised to your requirements. Holywell Park provides two spacious exhibition areas, providing the perfect backdrop for product and vehicle launches, exhibitions, networking events and forums. With our experience of delivering repeated large events, our team will work closely with you to understand your objectives and specific requirements. The venue is perfectly designed to accommodate large vehicles and specialist equipment, supported by easy access through our dedicated loading bay. The main areas we offer for exhibitions are the Turing and Babbage, both providing over 300 square metres of space making Holywell Park the ideal setting to create a truly memorable and successful event.View Venue
National Conference Centre
West Midlands / West Midlands
The National Conference Centre boasts an impressive 4550m2 of fully flexible internal event space. This makes it ideal for a huge range of events including large-scale corporate conferences, awards dinners, exhibitions and charity balls as well as smaller meetings, more intimate dinner parties and even road shows, making great use of the 10,000m² external space. There are 13 suites to choose from, for larger-scale events there is the Imperial and Britannia, and for smaller more intimate meetings there is the Wardroom and Crows Nest suite. The range of rooms makes it the ideal venue to host conference style events for up to 1400 delegates or gala dinners and awards for up to 1000 guests, and anything in between. All rooms have access to 200mbps of super fast Wi-Fi. The National Conference Centre boasts state of the art technical equipment and has an on-site AV production team who are experienced in delivering a high level of service. With a team of dedicated event planning staff and its award winning kitchen brigade, the venue really does deliver a seamless customer focused service throughout all levels of the event experience. With over 700 free car park spaces, as well as its central location and proximity to the country's major road, rail and air networks, the National Conference Centre is the venue to host your next event. We have recently rebranded - check out our new website: www.nationalconferencecentre.co.ukView Venue
Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club
Scotland / Midlothian
With its breathtaking scenery, Baronial Manor, incredible sunsets and views of Edinburgh Castle, Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club combines tradition with modern comfort. As the hotel is set within 1,000 acres of parkland, you would never know you're just 7 miles from the centre of Edinburgh. Dalmahoy has two stunning 18-hole golf courses (including one Championship course), 11 function rooms and 215 spacious guest rooms which have been recently updated (spring 2019). Every event becomes magical with the exquisite facilities including 9 meeting rooms accommodating up to 300 guests. Our strengths lie in helping businesses create something really extraordinary for your meeting or away day – whatever your request may be. Whether it's Highland games or Bandeoke, a treasure hunt, whisky tasting or archery, you name it, we've made it happen for our clients! Whether it's a short one-hour breakout session, a half day experience or a full day event with multiple activities, Dalmahoy's experienced partners have a huge variety of events to help build a bespoke meeting or event. A unique retreat setting, and being so close to the airport makes us one of Scotland's leading conference and events venues.View Venue
The Roseate Reading
South East / Berkshire
Described as 'UK's Sexiest Townhouse Hotel' by the Evening Standard, The Roseate Reading is recognised for its artful conception and luxury. The Roseate Reading was originally Shire Hall for the Berkshire County Council. The building, along with its wide hallways, vaulted ceilings, cornice mouldings and the original lift shaft have all been precisely restored to their original glory. Together with its convenient location close to London city, The Roseate lends a prestigious context to all types of meetings, events and conferences. The stunning facilities are flexible, feature the latest technology; from boardroom meetings for 10 delegates, the cinema; a 30-seat private screening room through to a 120-guest reception in our restaurant.View Venue
Tudor Barn Eltham
South East / Kent
Tudor Barn is a truly unique venue holding the distinction of being the only existing Tudor Barn in London. Situated within our historic building is a Gastro Pub and Restaurant perfect for casual dining as well as celebratory meals. We also have a newly refurbished fully stocked bar. Surrounded by thirteen acres of parkland and a medieval moat it is also the perfect location for weddings, parties and corporate events. Our Tudor Gallery hosts events all year round from small intimate wedding ceremonies of 40 to large parties of up to 250. Tudor Barn dates back to the 16th century making it a true hidden gem in Royal Greenwich.View Venue
Amba Hotel Charing Cross
London / London
The spectacular façade at Charing Cross Station is Amba Hotel, an award-winning luxury 4-star in an enviable location in London. Right on the Strand and a stone's throw from Whitehall, this iconic landmark hotel merges British tradition with the Capital's vibrant cosmopolitanism and is a location steeped in history. The hotel also has nine elegant meeting rooms all bathed in natural light. It can host anything from major corporate and international political events as well as intimate private dinners. Our dedicated concierge will assist with anything our guests need and the hotel is constantly creating exciting experiences for the traveller. Guests can do a Hidden London Package which includes a tour of the Underground and a Cream Tea in the opulent Terrace Restaurant. The hotel constantly strives to offer a unique experience. Dining at Amba Hotel Charing Cross can be a bespoke experience. The bedrooms all have black-out curtains and Hypnos mattresses, which are among the best in the world. There are rainforest showers and demister mirrors as well as a complimentary mini-bar. Amba Hotel Charing Cross was given the coveted Gold Award this year (2019) by Venue Verdict.View Venue
The Davenport
Republic of Ireland / Co. Dublin
Steeped in history, the Davenport Hotel dates back to the early 17th century. The building, where the Davenport is located, was formerly Merrion Hall, a prayer hall which was designed to be able to accommodate up to 2000 worshippers. Unfortunately, a fire in 1990 destroyed the interior but luckily the impressive and historically important facade survived and is listed and retained as an impressive lobby for the luxurious and modern O'Callaghan Davenport Hotel in Dublin, (you may recognise it from the film Hear my song). The Davenport Hotel has three meeting rooms which can cater for meetings and conferences from 16 to 250 delegates in a desirable central Dublin location. The Gandon Suite offers two rooms with flexible options for your conferences. The additional Gandon central space links the two rooms and offers an additional boardroom style space, perfect for intimate meetings or as a breakout space. The team at the Davenport Hotel Dublin have years of experience delivering successful meetings and events. For larger events the Davenport Hotel team can offer you the added flexibility of partnering with our sister hotels in Dublin, The Alex and The Mont Clare, located directly across the road. The Orient Suite at The Alex can accommodate up to 400 delegates and the three hotels will partner together to provide breakouts or dining space for large conferences. Located on Merrion square, home to: The National Museum, The Natural History Museum, Dail Eireann, (the home of Government), The National Maternity Hospital and many of our largest companies, life not only begins in this part of Dublin but a stroll around the area ensures you see Dubliners in all their guises, business, politics, study, socialising and, of course, shoppingView Venue
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Days are getting shorter, there's a noticeble chill in the air and the sky is being lit up with fireworks. To light up your event we'll include mini toffee apples, cinder toffee and flapjack. Our dazzling offer for November* (Terms and Conditions apply): DDR from £49.00 per person (inc. VAT) 1 in 10 delegates goes free Quote "November2019" We look forward to welcoming you. *For new bookings taken after 30.09.19 and taking place between 01.11.19-30.11.19, minimum number of 10 delegates, max number of free delegates 5 for new bookings, subject to availability. Please call us on: 020 8614 6500 or email us : firstname.lastname@example.com…
Looking at getting married over a Bank Holiday in 2018, 2019 or 2020? We have an exceptional offer available for 50 day guests and 80 evening guests, including: A 3 Course Wedding Breakfast An Evening Buffet A Complimentary Drinks Reception Available any day over the following Bank Holidays: Summer Bank Holiday 2018: Friday 24th Aug – Monday 27th Aug Easter Bank Holiday 2019: Friday 19th April – Monday 22nd April Summer Bank Holiday 2019: Friday 23rd Aug – Monday 26th Aug To book any* of the dates listed at these amazing prices, contact our dedicated Wedding & Events team on: 01934 750100 | firstname.lastname@example.com *Subject to availability. …
2020 is creeping closer and we have deals perfect for you! Throughout the start of 2020 we will be putting in place our very own pick 'n' mix deals, where you can choose from a whole host of free added extras for your conferences and events. We currently have two offers for you. 1 in 25 delegates go FREE on all new bookings for events taking place from January 2020 until the end of March 2020.* Call us now and quote '1in25FREE' Every delegate gets a FREE breakfast filled roll on arrival. Valid for all new bookings taking place between January 2020 and end of March 2020.* Call us now and quote 'BACON2020'…
For 10+ delegates Including:- accommodation in a Ribston Wing room- Yorkshire breakfast - three course dinner with coffee in a private room For your meeting:- morning coffee & biscuits- mid morning refreshments- soup and sandwich lunch served in meeting room- themed afternoon refreshments- wi-fi, flip chart stand, pad & pens, LCD projector & projection screen You can also upgrade to a working lunch served in the meeting room for £10 or to a fork buffet served in a separate room for £20.From £185ppTO BOOK CALL 01423 844884…
Join us in Christmas 2019 for our Christmas Party Night when we give you exactly what you want - fabulous food, great company and the opportunity to party til the early hours. What your party night includes: Buffet (Thursday)Three-course meal (Friday or Saturday)Half bottle of house wine per personDJ til 1amChristmas table decorationsLooking to stay over?Make a night of it and book a hotel stay to complement your party night - room rates start from £109 …
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For 10+ delegates Including:- morning coffee & biscuits- mid morning refreshments- soup and sandwich lunch served in meeting room- themed afternoon refreshments- use of a conference room- wi-fi, flip chart stand, pad & pens, LCD projector & projection screen You can also upgrade to a working lunch served in the meeting room for £5, or to a buffet lunch served in a separate room for £10. From £36ppTO BOOK CALL 01423 844884…
PICK YOUR EVENT...EVENTS FOR UP TO 25 DELEGATES - Pick ONE of the extrasEVENTS FOR UP TO 50 DELEGATES - Pick TWO of the extrasEVENTS FOR UP TO 200 DELEGATES - Pick THREE of the extras ...AND YOUR EXTRAS1. Complimentary breakout room for up to 12 people2. Comp bedroom upgrade, 1 / 15 booked rooms3. Comp set up from 6pm the night before4. 1 in 10 delegates go free5. Early Bird breakfast prior to the meeting6. Complimentary drinks reception (1 glass of Prosecco per person)…
Enjoy the festive atmosphere at our Christmas Joiner Night or celebrate your Private Party with us! Our Christmas Party Package includes a Sparkling arrival drink, Festive inspired three-course dinner with ½ bottle of house wine per person, DJ until 1.00am! From £46.95 per person Christmas Joiner Party Night: Friday 13 December 2019 Private Parties: Dates available throughout November 2019 to January 2020.…
Win a private lunch tasting with matching wines for you and 5 colleagues at Church House Westminster. To enter, please quote this competition when booking a new dinner or reception event by 31 January 2020. The prize includes a 6-course lunch tasting menu created by Head Chef, Nick Seckington, with a wine pairing for 6 people. Terms and conditions: Valid for all new dinner and reception bookings confirmed by 31 January 2020. Please quote this competition at the time of enquiry. Winner to be announced on Friday 7 February 2020. The prize is subject to availability and has no cash value.…
Book 3 or more meetings with us and receive 20% off all your bookings. Terms: Based on meeting bookings of 20 guests or below, all meetings must be booked before 31st March 2020, 20% discount applies to all pre-ordered charges a,all meetings must be confirmed at one time for the discount to be applied, deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable in the event of cancellation.…
Book your meeting at Crowne Plaza Marlow and benefit from 3 fabulous treats! Pick 3 treats from the following:1 in 12 delegates go freeFresh fruit platter5 bedroom upgrades*Welcome drinks reception*Spa day for twoThemed afternoon break1 complimentary bedroom*Canapés during dinner *Complimentary bedroom applies to 1 in 40 bedrooms. Bedroom upgrades apply to 1 in 10 rooms.Subject to availability. Welcome drinks reception includes 1 drink per person. Valid for any bookings that take place before 31st December 2018.…
Take advantage of our Day Delegate Special offer: Rates from £50.00 per person include: Unlimited tea/coffee with a selection of snacks 3 course lunch in the restaurant with a hot/cold buffet or 2 course working buffet lunch Principal meeting room hire LCD projector and screen Complimentary wifi access in meeting rooms and public areas Flipchart with paper and pens TV with DVD/video player White board Stationery Mineral water and sweets Car parking VAT at 20% …
We have a tree-mendous offering for you and your Christmas party guests this winter. We're not sparse on space, in fact we can hold anywhere from 100 – 750 guests in our event rooms and there would still be enough room for you to hit the dance-floor! Dates are available for any early birds in November, all through December and into January for those who simply can't get enough of Christmas. All inclusive seasonal packages from just £52.50 + VAT…
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