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Arizona State has to wait an extra week before taking the field, and its players are itching to get out there and start proving that all of the preseason hype surrounding the team is justified. Running back D.J. Foster, who shares the backfield with running back Marion Grice, chatted with the Pac-12 blog about his hopes for 2013 and what it's like being a tandem with Grice.
You had your first offseason in a college training program. What's better about D.J. Foster heading into this year?
D.J. Foster: My body has matured a lot. I put on a lot of weight -- healthy weight -- that I needed to be a Division I running back. I'm in a lot better shape and I feel like a more durable back.
What do you still need to improve on before the first game?
DF: Body-wise, I can always improve everything. My quickness, my speed, my strength. That's always an ongoing process. As a football player, my pass blocking. That's another challenge I'm trying to step up this year and be more reliable this year and get better at that.
What's the biggest thing you learned as a freshman that you can apply this season?
DF: It's a long season. There are a lot of ups and downs. As a freshman, I'm not sure you really understand that. There are so many ups and downs in a 13- or 14-game season. You need to be mature and learn how to maintain your body.
Expectations are a lot higher for you guys this year. Do you feel like the team is prepared for the mental grind it's going to face?
DF: I think we are. I think that the offseason training we put in, our mindset is good. We feel like we are the strongest team out there. We have put in the work. We know our potential and we know what we can accomplish. It's all about keeping that mindset and keeping it throughout the whole year.
Is it tough not playing in Week 1?
DF: It is and it isn't. It has its pros and cons. You get a little extra rest and watch the first games. But you're eager and you have to time to wait. We've been practicing against ourselves and right now we're pretty hungry to play another opponent.
You never want to look past your opponent (FCS Sacramento State), but at the same time, after that game you have four straight against Wisconsin, Stanford, USC and Notre Dame with no break in between. That might be the toughest four-game stretch in college football this year. Have you guys started thinking about that all, even a little bit?
DF: We think about it every day. We can't look past Sac. State, but we know those first five games are going to be a grind. That's what we've been working toward for Day 1. We're putting in the extra work conditioning. We call it "echo" when we go into the next drill without taking a break. We've been preparing ourselves because we know it's going to be a grind.
What's the best part of being a tandem along with Marion Grice?
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And yet running backs by nature want the ball. They want to be 25- or 30-carries a game guys. How do you suppress that urge to want the ball every down?
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Now that you and Taylor Kelly, and Chris Coyle and the offensive line have all had a year in this system under coach Mike Norvell, what can we expect from you guys in Year 2?
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OK, the fact that I'm writing this blog post, and the fact I'm on Twitter (hharteveldt) is proof that an old dog can learn new tricks.
What inspired me to write this piece was when I received an email from an industry friend telling me he'd taken a job as a VP with ideeli.com. ideeli describes itself as an invitation only shopping Web site, offering "privileged access to sought-after products in fashion, home and beauty, as well as luxury lifestyle experiences."
You can't just join ideeli willy-nilly – you need to be invited. I think this is both practical and brilliant. It's practical in that it allows ideeli to control the size of its customer base, which hopefully means that its members will have reasonably good chances of obtaining items of interest available on the site. And it's brilliant because it creates the aura of exclusivity – we all want what we can't have. Plus, ideeli sells a premium category – they call it 1st Row – which offers earlier access to all the goodies ideeli sells.
In a sense, ideeli isn't a new idea. It, and its competitors, owe at least a teeny, tiny nod to the airline industry. In 1986, Eastern Airlines pioneered its "Weekender Club," a fee-based membership program that extended weekly unpublished special fares out of key Eastern markets such as Baltimore, Boston, New York, Atlanta, and Miami where the airline had excess inventory. Other airlines, including TWA, implemented similar programs. In that pre-Internet era, the special offers were delivered by – get this – Western Union telegrams.
OK, so back to the 21st century. I think ideeli as a concept has some value to the travel industry and offers a way to invigorate travel eBusiness, especially in this tough commercial environment. Why? I'm so glad you asked.
Travel eBusiness is mature. Forrester's 2008-2013 Online Travel Forecast estimates that by year-end 2009, we'll have 68 million US leisure or unmanaged business travel Bookers (Bookers are travelers who go online at least once and month and both research and buy travel online). That's an increase of only 2 million more people from year-end 2008. OK, yes, getting two million more online customers is great, but it's a sliver of the net new number of online customers compared to even three years ago.
So anything that can be done to increase online travelers' engagement with the channel is, as Martha Stewart would say, a good thing. Forward-thinking travel firms can adapt ideeli's model for themselves, using it to:
- Drive traffic and volume to and through preferred channels. Travel sellers can use this type of a program offer to drive traffic through whatever channel they choose. This is particularly relevant for travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, and cruise lines, which can use a program like this to "right channel" customers through their own Web sites, versus those of third-party intermediaries (TPIs). Multi-channel TPIs can play this game as well, using it to drive traffic to Web sites and away from call centers.
- Develop or strengthen business partnerships. Travel suppliers can reach out to partners – for example, an airline, a hotel, and an entertainment company – to create distinctive experiences. TPIs could partner with their preferred suppliers to create distinct promotions or packages as well.
- Force behavior in a defined timeframe – AKA you snooze, you lose. Ideeli's offers are limited – items are available for only a set time frame or until they sell out, whichever comes first. Members receive email alerts that alert them to when items will go on sale. Travel companies can send similar email or SMS text messages to program subscribers. Either they act, or someone else gets that fantastic deal.
- Test pricing. Ideeli operates in private: only its members know what's for sale, and at what price (some items are even giveaways). Travel firms can use a program like this to experiment with destinations, products, and price points in a relatively private setting. Sure, a member can tweet or publish on her Facebook page about the great deal she just found, but that will be after the fact – and the offer may be over by then. It may also be possible to test slightly higher price points compared to what you'd have to advertise in a public promotion.
Get around "full content" distribution requirements. Most airlines are contractually required to sell all publicly available fares, including so called "Web fares," through global distribution systems (GDS) and travel agencies. GDSs can be valuable distribution partners, but not necessarily when low-margin distressed inventory is being sold. A private, membership-based program like this may be exempt from full-content requirements.
Create, increase and sustain loyalty. Travel organizations constantly bemoan the lack of customer loyalty. In an industry that's awash in a glut of choices and product, travelers – especially infrequent travelers – have little need to be loyal. A program like this may be able to engender loyalty to the company. And, while this can of course be linked to a travel seller's loyalty program, it doesn't have to be.
Create artificial demand. ideeli's "1st Row" premium access program is similar to having access to a "priority screening line" at an airport. 1st Row members get first crack at ideeli's offers. 1st Row membership costs between $83.88 a year and $93.88 a year, depending on the subscription payment option the member chooses. Not only can travel sellers limit the number of memberships they sell to their club – thereby creating the desire to have something that another person can't – but they can stimulate this further by offering a premium, fee-based tier which would also have a limited number of slots.
Travel companies – mostly airlines – have experimented with bits and pieces of what ideeli offers, but no one currently offers anything quite like ideeli. In 2000, Northwest Airlines introduced its NWA.com Club, an online-only fee-based club that offered access to unpublished offers. It was an idea ahead of its time, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks and following recession didn't help. Continental Airlines has The Continental.com Club, which includes a soft-dollar "cash back" component and access to travel and merchandise offers. Southwest Airlines' highly successful DING! downloadable desktop application provides free access to limited-time special Southwest fares. And of course we have two travel agencies operating in the US specializing in helping suppliers move excess inventory: Priceline.com, with its unique "name your own price" model, and Hotwire.com.
What do you think? I'd enjoy learning your perspectives – and, if you've been trying something like this, whether it's met your expectations.
Thanks for your time.
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Comment from Robert Cole on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 23:03
Could not agree more with the analogy and the approach. Suppliers may not elect to charge for the service if they could justify the results in lifetime sales based on higher customer engagement, recognition and loyalty.Interestingly, the Neat Group dynamic packaging platform was specifically designed to address the first six of the seven points you outline and there were several examples of the approach working.One good example was an airline sending an e-mail to its frequent flyer members on the west coast promoting exceptional deals to Hawaii (only available through the e-mail link and the packaging site.) Steeply discounted distressed fares were included from west coast gateways, coupled with complimentary ocean-view upgrades from a hotel chain with properties on each island and special car rental discounts only available when booked with that hotel chain.Unfortunately, we never got sufficient engagement from the airline to target sub-groups of their frequent flyers - all promotions were offered to all tiers, reducing the relevancy of some offers. Despite pitching a promo with agreements from a great group of 5-star hotel group (that was already a frequent flyer program partner) and the primary partner credit card company to promote Business & First Class international itineraries, there was hesitancy to commit.Similarly, we also pitched a major casino company that was already using the packaging technology to integrate a secure, partitioned sign-in process to their frequent player database, targeting the different member stratas with different offers and pricing. Unfortunately, as with the airline, there was again a hesitancy to commit and insufficient buy-in.Hopefully, the lack of commitment was because dynamic packaging was still new at that point and there was a lack of familiarity with its potential. However, I have yet to see similar programs launched over the past six years.The good news is that 2002-era technology was able to easily accomplish the task, all that was lacking was a focused marketing strategy and executive commitment.
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Seeing vegetated areas is key for seeking out potential bedding areas and travel routes, but I take it a step further by downloading a satellite image onto my Garmin GPS. Ive been using Google Earth to scout from home and see what my hunting area looks like from the sky, but its not always easy to remember it perfectly. So, having an areas satellite image on your GPS can be a very useful tool - especially when hunting elk - to help locate good-looking meadows, timber pockets, etc.
BirdsEye Satellite Imagery: This is a screen shot of the BirdsEye Satellite Imagery from a Garmin GPS; its not hard to see the value in this, as spotting the best meadows is even easier than reading a topo map.
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I am intalling timber laminate floor boards and the room i am doing it in had half ceramic tiles and half carpet. I have removed the carpet and the tiles are still there and are quite hard to remove. I wanted to know is it possible to lay a double underlay on the concrete where the carpet was to make it he same level as the tiles, and then lay the floating floor boards over the whole floor?
Remove the tiles it isn't that difficult. You can find a lot of reasons not to remove the tiles and one good reason to remove the tiles. The one good reason is so that your new floor installation will be successful.:)
ok so the answer to my question is???? no
And how do I remove the tiles so "easy"
A hammer and a chisel will remove the tiles.
An air powered floor chisel will remove the tiles.
An electric chipping hammer will remove the tiles.
An electric floor scraper will remove the tiles.
Normally you can install the laminate over tile, but unfortunately not in this situation - you will need a hammer or a chisel or whatever works. We used to use a tool used for roofing that looked like an ice chopper to scrap the tiles up from the side.
I'm not sure if I follow this correctly, but I'm thinking you want to add a subfloor so it comes up to the height of the tile then install a floating floor over that? It's been done, but if you use plywood for the carpeted area, once the floating floor is installed it may become noticeable in sound under foot.
In other words, some may notice it while others will not. If that's important to you I would install some concrete backer board for a corresponding sound effect.
As far as tile removal. I've never considered it being easy! Some thoughts...
Really? Why not? Can't the backerboard be attached with tapcons?
The backerboard needs to be set in thinset. Tapcons could be used but what about the spoils that erupt from the hole when drilling through everything? Where are those spoils going to go especially with wet thinset down there to collect it. This will result in an eruption of the board. If two boards are necessary then you have double trouble. Cement board is irregular enough on its own without drawing it into wet thinset with Tapcons that are erupting spoils and forcing the boards upward at each fastener location. The surface could end up as smooth as a golf ball. This entire theory has been bandied around Internet forums for ten years now and the conclusion is installing cement boards to concrete is a losing proposition.:)
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Setting out to cook a meal from Felicia Campbell's new book, The Food of Oman, can take you to a range of places: Middle Eastern grocers (black limes, rosewater), Asian markets (powdered coconut milk), and even the hardware store (a paint chipper, the closest hack for the tool used to make the region's distinctive flatbread).
As this varied shopping list hints, Oman is a small country whose history and geography have opened it up to flavors far beyond its borders
"It's probably the most surprising food I've ever come across, but also the most accessible," Campbell says of Omani cuisine.
Oman lies at the historic intersection of Asian and African trade routes, as well as caravan routes to the eastern Mediterranean. It was colonized by Portugal, and then became an imperial power of its own, extending control (and its capital city) all the way to Zanzibar. Walking down an Omani street, you can hear Arabic, Swahili, English or Urdu. And all of this comes through in its food. (Despite this diversity of influences, Oman is also a surprisingly insular country, where even marrying a non-citizen requires government approval.)
Campbell first traveled to the region over a decade ago, when she deployed with the U. S. Army. Recently, she spent a year working her way into Omani kitchens throughout the country, and now lives in the capital, Muscat.
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What sets the food of Oman apart from the rest of the region?
There is no hummus or falafel in Oman — it's these really interesting fusion dishes. Oman is positioned at the crossroads of the spice routes. And so for centuries, there's been a lot of interaction with traders from South Asia, East Africa, Persia, and even the Far East. So they have dishes like vegetables simmered in coconut milk with hot chilies and lime. They've got their own version of biryanis [India's richly spiced, layered rice dishes]. And then the traditional rice dishes that you would find in the rest of the gulf — they have those, but they're much more flavorful, because they use all these different spices from around the world.
You've got all these foreign influences, but what of the cuisine is homegrown? Is there much there that's cultivated versus imported?
Almost everything is imported — they were definitely the merchants. The only really super-local ingredients are dates and fish. Because it's a coastal country, they have amazing seafood that they eat fresh, and also dried and salted.
If you had to come up with just a handful of items, what defines the Omani flavor palette?
One of the most distinctive ingredients is black limes. Those were fresh limes that were brought from Malaysia that they would lay out on mats to dry, so that they wouldn't spoil on caravan trips or sea journeys to other places — and it ended up creating an entirely new ingredient. The outside gets hard, but when you break it open, the flesh is black and kind of gummy, and it has this wonderful tart, almost fermented flavor. And that ingredient is now used in Persian cooking, and in the cooking of Basra, which was a major trading partner.
So that's one, and the other would be cloves. Zanzibar was part of Oman until 1965, and they had massive clove plantations there — they were the biggest clove exporter for years.
How is Omani food tied into the culture?
Food is really important in Oman, because family is really important. Typically, families come together and have a big meal off a communal platter of rice, and some meat or fish — either every day, or at least every Friday. People feel like they haven't eaten at all if they haven't had a big rice lunch. It's a nice time to be together.
Were people open to sharing their recipes with you?
They were — it took a long time, though. It's a place where everything is built around personal relationships. So I had to kind of put aside my New York efficiency when I went there. I initially tried to set up as many appointments as I could, but that was pointless. What it really involved would be sitting, and having tea with somebody, and coffee, and getting to know them, and then waiting for them to invite us. This was a very long process of going back and forth.
What's the hardest Omani recipe or technique to master?
Well the hardest recipe, for me, because I'm not a very patient cook, is the Zanzibari biryani [a dish involving spiced poached chicken, fried onions, a rich gravy and rosewater – and saffron-scented rice], because you have to make all the different elements separately. And it just takes hours and hours, and then you layer everything together, and it steams. And it's delicious, and really unique — but it takes forever.
The other tricky technique was to make their bread. Omani bread, it's a very elastic dough that [you] literally just touch to a searing hot pan, and it sticks, and as soon as it's crisp, you have to chip it off with a paint chipper, to get this paper-thin bread. And you have to be quick. It's easy once you get the hang of it, but that's what I almost burned down the kitchen with today.
A lot of people have barely heard of Oman, let alone its food. What would you most like people to know about Omani cuisine?
The wonderful thing about it is that it uses all the spices that you already have in your pantry, or you could find in any supermarket in Middle America — but in such a unique way that you're rediscovering flavors that you thought you already knew.
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Bank of Montreal, traditionally regarded more than its peers as a commercial bank, has spent the past few years building out its retail lending platform and wealth management operations. The efforts bore fruit in the three months ended July 31, with the bank posting a record $1.14-billion quarterly profit.
Bank of Nova Scotia, too, invested heavily in wealth management, and that unit's core profit last quarter was its highest ever. Scotiabank has also inked a string of acquisitions in Latin America, in an effort to benefit from double-digit loan growth in countries such as Colombia and Peru.
Just a few quarters ago such operational diversity was deemed necessary. Investors feared the domestic banking business would suffer as Canada's housing market cooled, heavily-indebted households slowed borrowing and rock-bottom interest rates squeezed net interest margins – or the difference between what lenders charge borrowers and what they pay on deposits.
Demand for loans and mortgages remained intact, however, allowing the banks to use that diversity to bolster profits, rather than as a way to offset deteriorating core operations.
It is unclear, though, whether the wider revenue mixes will convince investors to start plowing money into Canadian bank stocks. Although the S&P/TSX Canadian bank index is near its all-time high, the index has been around this level several times in the past two years. Canadian banks are underperforming the likes of life insurers and U.S. bank stocks, which are, in many cases, up as much as 50 or 60 per cent in the past year.
Investors frustrated with the divergence in stock performance must remember to view Canadian banks in a different light, Bill Downe, BMO's chief executive officer, said in an interview.
Relative to the rest of the world, Canadian banks "have more consistently performed through thick and thin," he said. Now that their peers in other countries are looking much more profitable, "many investors continue to look at banks in the U.S. and beyond that have not done very well, and they keep asking the question, 'Wouldn't I be better off buying a poor-performing bank?'"
Although BMO's profit was its best ever on a quarterly basis, the longer-term picture isn't as rosy. BMO's profit through the first three quarters of the current fiscal year is up just 2 per cent from the same period in 2012.
Scotiabank's results also raised some concerns. While the bank made $1.77-billion in the quarter, the profit included a one-time gain from selling an asset in Thailand, and weaker international earnings raised flags about the future – especially as investors fall out of love with emerging markets.
Addressing this concern, chief executive officer Rick Waugh spoke about the international operation on a conference call with analysts.
"Our primary exposures are in select non-BRIC countries that are expected to outperform the BRICs in the next few years," he said. "Our international earnings are anchored by local personal and commercial banking and onshore wealth businesses, and these are driven by spreads and demands from mortgages, auto, credit cards and insurance, which have, and will, continue to show above-average growth."
Scotiabank's shares closed at $57.71, down 1.7 per cent, while BMO's closed at $66.05, up 0.4 per cent, compared with a 1.3-per-cent drop for the S&P/TSX composite index. The broader index had its biggest one-day loss in more than two months on concern over a possible military intervention in Syria.
Both BMO's and Scotiabank's wealth management arms stood out last quarter, with BMO's profit hitting $131-million, up 37 per cent from the prior year, and Scotiabank's climbing to $327-million, up 18 per cent. The units benefited from healthy transaction volumes that generated better commissions.
Despite the positive earnings, some analysts noted that both banks were boosted by lower loan-loss provisions – a non-cash item.
"It was a decent quarter with little noise that was helped by a decline in loan losses [particularly in Canada], reflective of the consistent results this bank normally shows," analyst Rob Sedran at CIBC World Markets said of Scotiabank's results.
BMO's decision to hold its dividend steady – while Scotiabank raised its own by 2 cents to 62 cents quarterly – limited the enthusiasm for its own earnings.
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The new Premiership season kicks off on Saturday with competition for places at the 12 clubs stronger than ever.
As standards rise on and off the pitch it becomes ever harder for young English players to make the breakthrough into the professional game.
However, that means only the most talented survive and every season someone seizes the chance to make a name for themselves - Tom Varndell anyone?
Varndell may have been demoted to England's Senior National Academy squad to work on his game, but he is still young and will be working in the academy alongside five of the six players BBC Sport has picked to keep an eye on this season.
Elusive, diminutive and cocky, Gloucester-born Lamb is the antithesis of the modern-day English fly-half.
Standing just 5ft 9in and still only 20, the impish player broke into the Gloucester side at the end of last season and immediately made those watching sit up and take notice.
One dummy against Wasps, which left Joe Worsley literally clutching at thin air, showed an instinctive feel for the game which cannot be coached.
With the likes of fellow youngsters Toby Flood (Newcastle) and Daniel Cipriani (Wasps) also impressing in the number 10 shirt, England's future at fly-half looks in safe hands.
At the moment he is most famous for being punched by Lewis Moody at the start of last season while Crane was still at relegated Leeds Tykes.
Moody is not shy of getting stuck in but that does not seem to worry Crane as he moved to Leicester during the summer and will be aiming for a back-row place alongside the England man.
Crane has played for England Under-19s and 21s, captaining the former, is a member of England's Senior National Academy squad and has noted leadership ability.
Primarily a number eight, he is competing against the likes of Martin Corry for a place at Leicester and is clearly not short of confidence.
Many observers are crying out for England to pick an out-and-out fetcher at open-side flanker, and Seymour could just fit the bill.
He is a classic terrier-like number seven, at his happiest ferreting about on the floor for the ball and trying to turn over possession.
At 5ft 11in he harks back to the days of Neil Back in size terms, and his shock of blond hair means he is never hard to spot on the pitch.
Seymour, who captained Saracens in the pre-season Middlesex Sevens, came into the pro game after playing with Chinnor in South West Division One as a teenager.
The powerful inside centre looks set to cause years of havoc with partner-in-crime Lamb at club, and potentially, international level.
Allen has a potent combination of strength, speed and skill, and shone at the end of last season as Gloucester threw caution to the wind.
Although he does not turn 20 until Friday, Allen is already in his second year in England's Senior National Academy.
And he played a central role as England won the Under-21 Six Nations Grand Slam last season.
The South African-born prop has an English mother and has been included in England's Senior National Academy.
Barnard was the International Rugby Board's Under-21 player of the year in 2002 for his performances with South Africa Under-21s.
Barnard was restricted to 13 appearances for Northampton after a leg injury mid-way through the season, but he came back to finish the campaign strongly.
Before joining Saints the 25-year-old also had offers from Wasps, Saracens, Gloucester and Worcester Warriors.
Like Leicester's new signing Crane, Care is a refugee from the relegated Leeds Tykes.
A talented all-round sportsman who was on Sheffield Wednesday's books, Care benefited from his time understudying former All Black number nine Justin Marshall at the Tykes.
The 19-year-old is the only one of the six not to feature in the Senior National Academy, but he has played for the England Sevens team and was part of the side which won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne last summer.
He is versatile enough to have also played fly-half for England Under-19s when regular number 10 Cipriani was injured.


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The industrial feel of the exposed brick-and-beams really works in this space, and blessedly the designers left enough room for a real dance floor.
Out front is a deck for socializing and some fresh air (and a place to see and be seen).
The crowd is solidly post-university, meaning that there is less pretention and preening than at some other Thong Lor spots (oh, there's still plenty, don't you worry) and much less vomiting all over the bathroom.
Drinks here are dear — beers are at least 200 baht — so if you are going with friends a bottle of whisky or vodka is a better deal starting at 2,200.
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Hotel Jen Brisbane
159 Roma Street, Brisbane, QLD
0.6 km from
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position,breakfast. doona to hot, would like a top sheet
Foxtel on the TV, the bed was comfortable. The internet connection fee is a rip off, to be charged for internet connection when you're not in your room working is appalling. Why can't the hotel charge when in use only? I am aware it's outsourced by an IT consultancy but nevertheless I'm sure the Holiday Inn make money on it. The other point is if i knew there was a rail station right on the hotel I would not have chosen the hotel. Found it difficult to sleep as a result.
I liked the relaxation Food was expensive
the central location was excellent for a city break - the hotel was very quiet and the room was a good size.
Staff were uniformly really friendly and helpful - upgraded us following a cancelled flight. Breakfast great - omelettes to order. Beds and rooms comfy and clean with nice extras. Spas on 18 floor fabulous and hard to leave.
The convenient location
proximity to suncorp stadium. Rate was cheap given it was origin night.
We were welcomed by a nice and pleasant receptionsit, the room was large and in good condition. There was a bit of noise from the railway station so next time I will specifiy a room on the road side.
Excellent, efficent, helpful staff
Centrally located in the heart of Brisbane CBD. Public transport and other travel facilities at the front door. Hotel across the road had cheap good quality food. Very few 'modern' facilities. Parking as a guest is a rort paying an extra $28 overnight.
Friendly guests and staff The mildew on the grouting in the bathroom
Very little. It was poor value for money and I would not recommend it to anyone. There was no free parking for hotel guests.The hotel is a long way from the CBD and surrounded by steep hills. The rates are high but the facilities are poor.The room was serviced but no fresh towels were provided. The interior of the rooms are pleasant enough but the corridors and elevators are dated and shabby.
Close to Spring Hill and the river We'd booked two rooms, one for my husband and myself, the other for our adult daughter. We asked if the rooms were different, if one was better for a couple, and told there was no difference. In fact, one had a much larger bathroom. The staff should have known this and advised us accordingly.
Modern, clean, friendly service. Compact room but still spacious enough to function. Beautiful view and the lovely Roma St Parklands across the road. If you want to walk to the city expect a decent uphill walk on the way back.
great staff especially nicola and very comfortable. the restaurant was very good too.
The swimming pool, the view and the restaurant and its friendly wait staff. I liked that we could leave our bags without any hassle. The cabs came quickly. The noise from the renovations in the afternoon! I didn't like the lack of a sewing kit in the room and the lack of a newspaper at the door although I got these by asking at reception.
All good.
The weekend deal was very good with the first class buffet breakfast and the complimentary parking as part of the deal The folding door into the bathroom was poor and ours did not shut properly.
good position very helpfull staff small rooms , hotel; needs general update
Nothing Rooms overpriced, cleanliness poor, in room facilities poor especially internet connections, Restaurant overrated and expensive, car parking fees charged when free days on public holidays, Breakfast over priced and poor quality (eg no fresh eggs), Electrical items in room defective.
It was central, well known brand and useful as an overnight stay, and had a secure carpark. On the top of the Hotel half the neon lights spelling out the Hotel's name were broken, so the name of the Hotel was unrecognisable when driving to it at night.
We really enjoyed the spa and pool on the roof. The room and the view were both excelent. The housekeepers did a wonderful job and it was a pleasure to come back to our room in a clean and well presented state. Thought it was very strange to find 1 bottle of water and 1 apple left for us as complimentry when there were 2 of us staying in the room.
The room was fantstic. Very modern and very clean.
The saltwater pool. The street was quite loud and we felt it was overpriced compared to other places we have stayed. We also felt that the hotel could use a few more updates(popcorn ceiling).
The staff were superb. The bed wonderful. The buffet breakfeast was very good.
good location, friendly and helpful staff Cleanliness of bathroom was poor, mouldy tiles and mould around glass door of shower
The size of the room. The sheets were crisp and the pillows and mattress perfect. The staff were pleasant and helpful. The hotel lifts use a key card - but new arrivals were not told this - and we saw many frustrated people unable to use the lifts - front of house staff should explain this to guests.
Proximity to Staff Christmas Party - 3 floors above! Plus - My husband and I stayed there exactly 29 years ago on the night we were married Check in staff - 3 male - all very officious / not one smile out of three of them / Very unpleasant people/ They had no customer service skills/ Not a good first impression of your Hotel
Friendly staff. Great roof top bar, Comfy bed The car park is vey tight and difficult to manouvre around without 100% concentration
Very comfortable and excellent location for what we wanted. The room service wasn't up to standard.
The "Urben perks" package is excellent value-for-money for families in this current climate. The hotel is ideally situated near the cbd and is easily accessible to Southbank. No.
convenience to medical facilities on wickham terrace car parking facilities very hard to manouvre
Room was quiet, Tv was on the wrong screen ratio and menu was not accessible. Outside of building needs major facelift. Was not happy with the extra $16 car parking charge
Clean rooms, nice bar and good breakfast The drinks in the bar are very expensive and they closed at 10.00pm on a Saturday night with guests in the bar, we had to leave and go somewhere else
I t was handy to the hospital.The room had nice modern furnishings the breakfast was excellent, compliments to the cheerful chef ooops the cleaner forgot to empty the bin in the bathroom from previous guests.
Clean, staff were great, close to where I needed to be Raised lip of floor into the bathroom, couldn't use the balconey, lift floors were uneven
Staying across from the park and being close to Roma St station were positives. The toilets for reception are not very nice for a motel and particularly for first impressions if you need to go once you arrive from the airport, which is possible.
Location, facilities, cleanliness, frendly staff
The location of the appartment was excellent, just across from the Brisbane Transit Centre. The room was not a refurbished room as booked, weeks ago, and being on the 3rd floor the noise from council workers at 5am in the morning was terrible.
Location and great room facilities - washing machine and tumble dryer came in very handy! Loved the balcony too and the comfy couch! The unclear air con (tricky to work out) and the noise during the early hours of the morning.
Close to where I needed to be and very little else available, price was not a factor The shower was poor, the soap and its holder kept falling off, water was set on very hot, could scald someone and could save power by being turned down a touch.
The location aross the road from Roma street transit station transport at your doorstep was a big plus, The hotel just up the road for great meals and just a stones throw from Brisbane City central and the casino The only thing that comes to mind is the fact that they do not replace the coffee and sugar that you may use during your stay or change the towels
Staff were extremely helpful. Very convenient position near the city Carpet was dirty and dull looking.
Location was ideal Roma St station opposite, Pub with excellant meals almost next door. Car parkingavailable and walkway to Cultural Centre 1 block away.Staff were very accommodating esp.Max & Erin Unable to secure refurbished room.Outlook poor and very noisy as we could'nt get the aircon to work effectively we needed to open doors & windows
Complete set of facilities, convenient location for transit connections, clean and lots of space to relax Nothing!
The modern plasma TV. We thought we had booked a twin room with one double bed and a fold down sofa bed,but instead we got a roll a way bed and not the sofa bed.When we inquired about this the girl at reception told us that twin room on the booking was only a request by us.So then she informs us we have to pay $30 more per night for the roll a way bed.This room was also advertised as having cable TV on some sites,which it didn't.
The staff at the reception were excellent. Cleaning of the room was all right but could have been better.
As we had a function to attend, we only needed a place to sleep and we found this quite adequate and good money for City Hotel
Location, easy walk to down town The breakfast and evening meals were very good We had to leave and come home
Location near Brisbane CBD
Everything was in order and to be expected.
The staff was great and made sure that you felt welcomed. The hotel was clean and was comfortable. It was close to the main shopping area. It was everything that I wanted.
Very convenient location for central Brisbane, handy to railway station, buses, Queen St mall, river etc. Nice comfortable room with large full length windows along one entire wall, opening to small balcony.
convenience no food
Very Central for shopping and Medical appointments
convenient location to city limited onsite parking
It had the feel of an old style hotel, small and personal, rather than huge and impersonal. The balcony and view of the Tower Mill across the road That we didn't have time to stay longer!


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It's very important just how you say things.
What you say is often not what's heard.
The one in the middle is always the victim.
In this case, the dog.
It's very important just how you say things.
What you say is often not what's heard.
The one in the middle is always the victim.
In this case, the dog.
David Hayward runs the blog nakedpastor as a graffiti artist on the walls of religion where he critiques religion… specifically Christianity and the church. He also runs the online community The Lasting Supper where people can help themselves discover, explore and live in spiritual freedom.
Yeah communication is a funny one
I recall hearing of a diary entry by a woman:
"Tonight he was acting wierd, we made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it.
The conversation wasn't flowing so I suggested we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed but didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong, he sadi nothing. I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset. it had nothign to do wiht me and not to worry about it. On the way home I told him that I love him. He smiled slightly and kept driving. I can't explain his behaviour. i don't understand why he didn't say I love you too.
When i got home I felt like I had lost him completely, as ifhe wanted nothign to do with me any more. He just sat there quietly and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally wiht silence all around us I decided to go to bed. About 15 miutes later he came to bed, but I still felt he was distracted. His thoguhts were somewhere else. He fell asleep. I cried. I dn't know what to do. I'm almost sure his thoughts are with someone else. My life's a diasater.
His diary:
Motorcycle won't start, can't figure out why.
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'The phone will leap from its already spendy European price of 550 Euros to $895 USD.'DigitalTrends 26th August 2008
'When the going gets tough, it seems, the tough bring in their lunches, or grab something in the office cafeteria (or both) in lieu of a spendier meal at a nearby restaurant.'Star Tribune 4th September 2008
'At $220 (sale price) it is the spendiest of my sleeping bags. But worth every penny …'Clubtread.com 19th June 2007
'It's lovely but it's expensive …' or it's pricey, costly, exorbitant, dear, a bit steep – and in the noughties, it's spendy. Relative to nouns and noun compounds, adjectives are comparatively infrequent additions to the world of English neologisms, so roll out the red carpet for a newbie. The adjective spendy has hit mainstream use in American English, and is quietly working its way onto the lexicographical radar.
Spendy has caught on as a catchy new synonym for expensive. Its appeal and correspondingly speedy journey into mainstream usage may have been galvanised by its form, i.e. like pricey and costly, spendy's meaning is instantly recognizable as a money concept (compare: price, cost, spend).
when applied to people … spendy can imply that they are extravagant, waste money, or are overpaid
Though spendy is regularly used across the board as an informal and trendy alternative to expensive, its typical contexts of use are in relation to the purchase of desirable, luxury items, things which might have cost you an arm and a leg, but will give you lots of pleasure once you've got them. Typical examples of goods that might be described as spendy are designer clothes and jewellery, or electronic products such as large plasma screen TVs or digital SLR cameras.
Spendy can also have more negative connotations. When applied to people for instance, it can imply that they are extravagant, waste money, or are overpaid (for example in the recent US press, there are plenty of references to spendy consumers and spendy politicians).
The exact origins of spendy are unclear, with some arguing that it evolved from a blend of the words expensive and trendy, and others believing it to be an adjectival play on spend (taking inspiration from e.g. pricey, a derivative of price which was first attested in 1932). If you subscribe to the latter view, then spendy might also relate to the noun spendthrift.
Spendy follows the same grammatical distribution as expensive, occurring in both attributive position (i.e. before the noun, e.g. an expensive/spendy restaurant) or predicative position (i.e. following link verbs like, be, seem etc, e.g. That restaurant seems a bit expensive/spendy.). It can also be followed by the to-infinitive (e.g. It was pretty expensive/spendy to repair).
However whereas expensive can only form the comparative and superlative with more and most (a phenomenon technically described in linguistics as periphrasis), spendy has the comparative and superlative forms spendier and spendiest (compare dirty and dirtier/dirtiest — such forms are described as inflectional comparatives and superlatives).
Like some other adjectives in English (e.g. rich, happy), spendy can express comparison by use of both periphrastic and inflectional forms (e.g. That restaurant was more/the most spendy. That restaurant was spendier/the spendiest).
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A growing number of Veterans are using both VA and non-VA health care providers. Delivering comprehensive, quality health care for these Veterans is often dependent upon the coordination and integration of VA health care with local and private sector health care systems. However, our work with both VA and non-VA providers has shown that many of these critical relationships are underdeveloped. Improving relationships between VA and private health care systems by enhancing communication and coordination, as well as identifying dual use in Veteran populations, is crucial for improving health outcomes and avoiding potential pitfalls in care of rural and highly rural Veterans. To help facilitate this communication and coordination, the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center - Central Region developed the Co-Managed Care Toolkit based on input from VA providers and staff, non-VA providers, and Veterans.
This toolkit addresses the most common knowledge and communication gaps found in the care of dual use Veterans. The toolkit can be used in a general format by non-VA providers or customized to each VA facility as a method for VA health care teams to reach out to non-VA health care teams. The toolkit is meant to not only address common informational barriers to care but also to help facilitate the act of reaching out to other providers to help create a more comprehensive care network for our rural Veterans.
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UPDATED: I-395 in Montville reopens after accident
Montville — A car versus motorcycle accident on Interstate 395 north between Exits 79 and 79A had closed that portion of the highway for about two hours this morning.
Police said the accident happened directly in front of the Troop E barracks. Cars had to be detoured through the barrack's parking lot.
At least one serious injury was reported, police said. The accident was reported at about 7:18 a.m.
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Posted by Zach Hofer-Shall on June 5, 2012
Whoever said the summer's supposed to be a slow time for news had better be on vacation this week. While the financial markets keep a keen eye on $FB's fluctuation, my colleagues and I are busy analyzing the flurry of M&A around the social technology vendors. Simply put, it's a busy time in the social media world.
Just over a week ago, Oracle purchased Vitrue to add social media management to its bigger technology offerings. Yesterday, Salesforce.com countered the announcement with the acquisition of Buddy Media. But not to be outdone, today Oracle announced it will acquire Collective Intellect, a social intelligence company. The announcement comes a year after Salesforce.com purchased Radian6 and now gives both CRM giants the components they need to piece together something powerful. With social CRM in sight, this social technology arms race is the start of something very big to come.
Let's answer some quick questions about this rush of activity:
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China: Muslim Truckers Attacked By Rioting Mob
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- Many Muslims Killed in Chinese Ethnic Clashes
Chinese Muslims number nearly 24 million
ZHENGZHOU, China, November 1 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) -
Ethnic clashes between the Muslim Hui minority and the Han majority
in central China's Henan province left several Muslims killed and
many others wounded, prompting local authorities to declare martial
The New York Times on Monday, November 1, put the number of those
killed at 148, citing local journalists witnesses.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and other media, however, put the number
at 20 ten of each ethnicity, amid a local media blackout.
Nanren village, near the southern bank of the Yellow River in
Zhongmou county, was one of the flashpoints of the confrontation,
according to the imam of the village mosque.
He said at least six people died in Nanren and the unrest had yet to
be quelled.
"Two Huis died here, and four or five members of the Han
nationality," the imam, surnamed Hu, told AFP by telephone.
He said the clashes erupted late last week when Hui truck drivers
from Nanren tried to pass through a village mostly inhabited by Han
Chinese and one of them got beaten up over a traffic dispute.
Soon after that incident, thousands of Han Chinese surrounded Nanren
village, and a confrontation developed in which a number of houses
were burnt down and a brick factory was destroyed, Hu said.
The fatalities that Hu was informed about happened during this
clash, which was only put down when troops from the regular and
paramilitary People's Armed Police arrived, he said.
He said he had heard vague reports of a similar clash in another
nearby village Sunday, although he had no details.
However, the NY Times gave a different version of the events.
It said, quoting local sources, that the clashes flared Friday,
October 29, and continued into the weekend after a Hui taxi driver's
car hit and killed a 6-year-old Han girl, prompting recriminations
among different ethnic groups.
Worst Ever
An employee surnamed Wang from the Zhongmou county taxi company told
AFP that the recent clashes between the Hui and Han are the worst
"Clashes have happened frequently before but this is the worst," he
"The two groups used farm tools to fight each other. Martial law has
been declared in the village, people are prevented from getting in
or out."
Another indication on the gravity of the situation is the reported
heavy security deployment in the area.
A female officer in the area's main police station told AFP she was
one of the only ones left as her colleagues were out trying to
control the disturbances.
"Normally, there are several hundred police here, but they have all
gone to the scene," she said.
"The People's Armed Police has also gone to the scene."
According to AFP, however, locals played down The New York Times
report that almost 150 people died in the clashes.
"Nearly 150 dead sounds like too much," said a local
reporter. "Maybe it's the number of casualties, dead and injured put
Media Blackout
There was no word on the clashes or the casualties carried by
Chinese state media Monday, and local journalists in the region said
a news blackout was in force.
"We want to report about it, but the central government doesn't want
us to," a journalist with Henan Daily told AFP.
"They are afraid to trigger conflict among the ethnic groups."
Police lined the main road into the village Monday and prevented
journalists from entering, according to AFP.
China's Huis are descendants of Arab and Persian traders who have
over the centuries mixed so thoroughly with the Han Chinese that
they are virtually indistinguishable from each other, apart from
different customs and dress codes.
The Huis are generally considered among China's best assimilated
minorities, although occasional clashes with other groups are known
to occur, according to Aljazeera Web site.
All in all, two percent of China's population is Muslim; a
deceptively small statistic until one realizes the reference is to a
country with a population of 1.2 billion, leading to a total of 24
Han Chinese make up more than 90% of the population. The country has
55 officially recognized ethnic groups.
China suffers occasional tensions between ethnic groups, but the
extent of any violent clashes is unclear because the communist
government suppresses information about social conflict.
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