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The sentencing of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will be held as scheduled later this month.
Media outlets say a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge on Monday denied George Huguely's request to delay his Aug. 30 sentencing until after Oct. 1.
The Chevy Chase, Md., man was convicted in February of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of Yeardley Love of suburban Baltimore. Love was a member of the women's lacrosse team.
An Aug. 22 hearing is set on another defense motion seeking a new trial. Huguely's attorneys claim prosecutors erred by not telling them that Love's mother was planning to sue Huguely.
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"Exercising in your 70s may stop your brain from shrinking and showing the signs of ageing linked to dementia, say experts from Edinburgh University," according to a BBC report. Researchers are discovering simple, regular walks – not powerlifting – may do the trick. These findings support my belief the brain has a mightier function to perform than simply to cook up ideas.
In my opinion, thinking is way overrated . . . premeditated thought especially so. Do we often really think before we talk? Words ripple out of our mouths because our minds are pre-tuned to follow certain sequences of ideas. Where do these insights come from? We carry around a world of knowing that is totally private, remarkably unscientific and extremely powerful.
Some people think of the brain as a repository where we dig out facts. To me, the brain's most stellar feats emerge when we put our radar to work. How do we confront new information and experiences? We seem to do best when we stay completely open. Great observers are neutral, not rummaging around for pre-conceptions in their memory. The struggle to put an experience into words often neutralizes the very immediacy of a fresh experience.
The bottom-line for branders:
- Don't feel compelled to present your insights verbally. Often a photo, a design or a song captures a thrust far better than a carefully tinkered paragraph.
- Don't automatically turn to your stored memory when a new idea or slant emerges to you. Instead follow that trigger to other new impressions and insights. Said differently, consider any new path to be just a start – a door not an end product. Remember the words of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist: "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."
- Stay on the battlefield. Don't take refuge in familiar ideas and words.
Silicon-based memories do a far better job of storing data than brains ever could. Carbon-nano tube memories promise to outclass silicon. Our grey cells serve a mission superior to mere storage – helping us to stay limber and grow.

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Jazz Liberates Paris
American jazz musicians once enjoyed a freedom and respect in France's capital that they could never win at home. Landmarks of that era still abound.
April 2000 | Volume 51, Issue 2
Even though such basement locales were rudimentary, musicians regarded the Left Bank as their headquarters; when they finished playing in other neighborhoods, they went "home" to the Left Bank. During the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Miles Davis and dozens of other musicians enjoyed their exiles and developed their art in its little byways. They were pioneers, cultural ambassadors—and half-conscious of their role. They had gone to Europe in the tradition of American vaudeville stars, in the interest of entertainment and employment. Finding appreciation and respect, they strongly influenced European musicians.
The bluesman Memphis Slim moved to Paris around 1960; the tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin a few years later. Calvados, more of a jazz boîte for a solo pianist to hold court than a club for jazz groups, at 40 avenue Pierre le Premier de Serbie, near the Champs-Elysées, featured the pianist Little Joe Turner; he settled in there for a nearly thirty-year engagement in 1960, after having already lived in Europe for almost three decades. A solo artist, he worked as Calvados's main claim to jazz fame into his eighties in the 1980s. He had developed his famous stride style in Harlem, his right hand playing melody while his left pounded out harmony and rhythm in an especially bright, fast-paced style. He sometimes collected three-thousand-franc tips—six hundred dollars—from Arab tourists, while performing from midnight to 5:00 A.M. , always with his trademark cigar in his mouth. Calvados is still there, featuring guitar music played by Europeans.
The drummer Art Taylor led the quintessential life of an American jazz musician in Paris. He arrived in Europe to play at the World's Fair in Brussels in 1958, and then he and some friends had to choose between using their free tickets home and visiting Paris. "So we blew our tickets," he said. "I never had a better time in my life. We were all good-looking, wild, young guys. The music in Paris was superb. And it was the first time I didn't encounter racism. Something must really be wrong here, I thought. Maybe it was because the war in Algeria was just over. People had humility and were sweet. So I fell in love with Paris. Musically and economically, musicians were like kings in Paris."
Taylor went right to work at Le Chat Qui Pêche and for three months stretched himself to his limits in his playing. Then he returned to the United States. But memories of Paris lured him back in 1963, whereupon having played drums for twenty years, he studied music for the first time. He started taping interviews with musicians and amassed more than enough to fill a book, Notes and Tones . He brought it out at his own expense, and eventually, when he returned to the United States, he found a commercial publisher. He didn't think that he could have felt the same freedom to experiment back home; in Paris he had sloughed off a depression that had lasted all his life, a depression rooted in the pain of segregation, he said. "I never would have done Notes and Tones if I had stayed in the United States. When I was working in Europe, I had energy. I stayed up at night and worked."
Petit Opportun at 15 rue des Lavandièr-Ste-Opportune, which opened in August 1977, at the Châtelet metro stop, not far from the Centre Pompidou, belongs to a new generation of clubs. Well-known American and European musicians play every jazz style from New Orleans to post-bop there. Of all the jazz clubs in caves far below street level, it has the steepest, twistiest flight of steps. (Those daunted by the descent should know it has a popular bar on the ground floor.)
Le Petit Journal St-Michel, an atmospheric cave club at 71 boulevard St-Michel, founded in 1970, and its sister, Le Petit Journal Montparnasse, 13 rue du Commandant Mouchotte, a latecomer from 1985, both have solid reputations in the modern Paris jazz world. Montparnasse features contemporary music; St-Michel, New Orleans.
Paris has other relatively new clubs, among them Sunset, 60 rue des Lombards, and the Duc des Lombards, 42 rue des Lombards. At the latter the late-night scene includes excellent musicians from America and Europe. Americans who play in Paris often go there after their own gigs end and sit in or enjoy the sounds. The Duc des Lombards is the place now, as Club St. Germain was fifty year ago.
Recently two elegant clubs downstairs in hotels near Bilboquet closed: the All Jazz Club, first called Latitudes, at 7-11 rue Saint-Benoît; and La Villa, 29 rue Jacob, with its formidable collection of jazz photos and the air of a rendezvous for spies. But a two-year-old cave club called Le Franc Pinot, at 1 quai Bourbon on the picturesque Ile St. Louis, is starting to go strong. New Morning, 7 rue des Petites-Ecuries, still thrives after about twenty years, and so does Jazz Club Lionel Hampton, in the Hôtel Méridien, 81 boulevard Gouvion-St-Cyr, near the periphery of Paris on the way to Charles de Gaulle Airport.


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The Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana was due to arrive in the Port of Napier about 8am today for a four-day goodwill visit.
While Hawke's Bay has hosted navy ships annually, it has been seven years since HMNZS Te Mana visited.
It will be the second visit to the Bay by a navy ship in three weeks. Last month, the Australian troop and heavy vehicle carrier HMAS Tobruk made a goodwill visit which left the crew delighted, the navy liaison officer for the region, Lieutenant Commander Neville Smith said.
Apart from local hospitality, the ship's company had been "blown away" by the staging of an Art Deco-themed cocktail function aboard. "They went away with very good memories of Hawke's Bay."
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If you can't find a more scintillating brand of dirty to enjoy during your own nights (Helena or Hoboken), you're not trying very hard.
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It's disappointing the film is so sketchy and underdeveloped. The filmmakers may have sold their story short.
It's only possible to have the time of your life once, and, for this franchise, that was in 1987.
There are two sparks of light amid the trifling dialogue and bad faux-'80s love-on-the-beach montages in Havana Nights, and they are the film's costars.
[Garai and Luna] must be given credit for their presence and charisma in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, and together with the film's general ambiance, they do a lot to make amends for the lockstep plot.
A pelvis-gyrating, ponytail-releasing, shirt-unbuttoning good time.
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Iffy for 12+
Bad movie, lame plot, poor acting. Don't bother.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this movie is rated PG-13 "for sensuality," but what's here is mild compared to most PG-13 releases. As per the title, the dancing is suggestive. There is a discreet sexual situation -- a couple spends the night together on the beach and the next morning she is wearing his shirt. Characters drink and smoke and use some mild language, including an ugly racial epithet. There is some violence connected with the revolution, but nothing graphic.
Messages: Not an issue
Violence: Tense scenes of political unrest, attempted assassination.
Sex: Kissing, suggestive dancing, non-explicit sexual situation.
Language: Mild language, including an ugly racial epithet.
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2006-10-08, 07:27 | Link #41 |
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Status of Rozen Maiden in France.
Created by Peach-Pit Published by Gentosha Comics, Inc. Serialized in Comic Birz Translated by Soleil Manga Vol. 1 - 22/03/2006 - ISBN : 2849463647 - EAN : 9782849463642 (7,50 €) Vol. 2 - 26/04/2006 - ISBN : 2849464090 - EAN : 9782849464090 (7,50 €) Vol. 3 - 21/06/2006 - ISBN : 2849464740 - EAN : 9782849464748 (7,50 €) Vol. 4 - 06/09/2006 - ISBN : 2849465550 - EAN : 9782849465554 (7,50 €) Vol. 5 - 21/02/2007 - ISBN : 2849466298 - EAN : 9782849466292 (7,50 €) Vol. 6 - 20/07/2007 - ISBN : 2849468355 - EAN : 9782849468357 (7,50 €) Vol. 7 - TBA Last edited by Miles Teg; 2007-04-05 at 10:33. |
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Probably because she is on every japanese cover too. I admit it is a bit curious that it is just her and noone else. Not that I would mind looking at just her herself... Not at all.
Still better than the German ones in my opinion... Spoiler for covers of the German edition:
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Let me rephrase it abit xD Why is there a solo Shinku pic on every single cover of the French version?Add Gin-sama! Add Hina-Ichigo!
Im still waiting for my book 5 and 6...they said it will be here by this week...i cant wait =( |
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I don't recall the fansubs having ~desu in the first place. Everyone just heard it and figured out the personality quirk. There's really no real way to translate it. It's one of the aspects of Japanese that gets lost in translation (like politeness levels and such). Speaking styles just don't come across well in written english. When they bring the anime over, I'm sure Sui will get a "snobby-yet-cute" voice to match her character. And reading over Suiseiseki's lines in the TP manga, the "Yes"s are cut back and relatively make sense in context (ie: "I hate humans.... Yes." and "We'll make the impish [TP's tranlation/adaptation of Chibi Ningen is Imp] tree bloom.... Yes?") There has to be some degree of adaptation to make the story flow better.
When things like ~desu or ~ttebayo are translated into english, they tend to not sound well. Obviously, Naruto comes into play. When he started saying "Believe it" there was a HUGE fan outcry, most of them not realizing it was just a translation of ~ttebayo which occured much more frequently in the Japanese. As for the manga itself, so far I'm liking it, except for the poorly drawn chibi designs. It was a problem I had in DearS too. |
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I think it's because desu is a part of Japanese speach as is. nyo, ni and such can be left untranslated because they don't really have a meaning. I've also seen some where they substituted the english equivalent (like Ribbit instead of kero and meow instead of nya. Desu just doesn't translate well to anything.
2006-10-15, 15:23 | Link #52 |
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Volume 7 of Rozen Maiden manga got out in September 2006 (in Japan).
Here it's cover: Seinen manga Serialized in: Comic Birz I added the cover in this post with all the other covers of Rozen Maiden manga.
2006-10-27, 14:49 | Link #55 |
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I still keep thinking Rozen Maiden as being pretty shoju, like, it's about dolls, gothic lolita and pretty feminine things...........and while there are pleanty of bishouju, they arn#t really the sexy fanservicy types (certainly nothing like the ones in DearS, if you read Rozen Maiden for more Ren and Mius, you're going to be disapointed.) But kudos for Peach Pit for making it okay for boys like me to like dolls. (I always have anyway, lol.)
Anyways.......does anyone have the dates for the Tokyopop mangas? I wait hopefully by the new manga section at Gosh or Forbidden Planet, lurking for Rozen Maiden 3.........but to no avail. |
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Volume 3 will be out January 9th 2007. I'm liking the manga so far. |
2006-10-30, 06:54 | Link #60 |
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Is it like the cine-mangas you see, like they just take pictures of the anime epesodes, and make it into a manga? (I remember gaspign when I saw a Haibane Renmai manga, and was very disapointed to see it was a cine-manga instead.)
Hmm...........I remember Del-ray kept the "Hitzuten" in xxxHolic, and simply gave a description of it at the end, since there is no real english equivlient of the word. |
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Eyes on Manitoba as it tries to blast zebra mussels in unique experiment
Sunday, May 11, 2014 10:45 am
WINNIPEG - They are small clam-like creatures that seem to spread in the blink of an eye and squeeze the life out of the rivers and lakes they inhabit.
This summer, those who grapple with zebra mussels will be watching Manitoba, where officials are trying to stop an invasion with a unique experiment.
Once the winter ice recedes on Lake Winnipeg, a silk curtain will be lowered to the lake floor to seal off four infested harbours. Liquid potash will then be pumped into the water until it reaches a lethal concentration for the mussels and clogs their gills.
The technique has been tried in a closed quarry, but this is believed to be the first time liquid potash has been used in open water.
Scientists who study the mussels say Manitoba presents a "golden opportunity" to find a way to prevent their proliferation in waterways around the world.
The postash plan will cost $500,000, but many say it could save millions down the road if it works.
"There is only one guarantee and that is, if nothing is done, then the situation will certainly get worse," said Manitoba Conservation Minister Gord Mackintosh. "The impact of zebra mussels in areas where they have infested waterways is quite profound."
The invasive mussels, which are already in the Great Lakes and have spread throughout parts of the United States, were found for the first time in the province last October.
The tiny mussels reproduce rapidly. One female can produce up to one million eggs a year. The waterborne, microscopic larvae can be carried unwittingly from lake to lake in buckets and in the live wells of boats.
Once hatched, the mussels can attach to virtually any hard surface, including other native mussels and crayfish. They clog up pipes and hydro dams. They threaten fish by interfering with the food chain and have been linked to increases in toxic blue-green algae.
"Where zebra mussels have established, they have a significant ecological and economic impact," said Laureen Janusz, fisheries biologist with Manitoba Conservation. "There are annual maintenance costs to having zebra mussels that just never go away."
The Manitoba government was presented with a series of options once the mussels were discovered. Although liquid potash had never been tried in open water, it was unanimously agreed upon, Janusz said. Liquid potash is lethal for zebra mussels, but doesn't appear to hurt any other aquatic life aside from native mussels, she said.
"Everyone is still trying to find a control that has no effect on anything else."
Those who depend on the lake for their livelihoods are concerned about the experiment and the impact it could have on the short fishing season.
Jocelyn Burzuik with the Gimli Harbour Authority said Lake Winnipeg is no ordinary lake. It is so huge, it has its own wind tides making it unpredictable and dangerous.
"It's going to be very tricky," Burzuik said.
Complicating matters further, Burzuik said, both commercial fishermen and those injecting the water with liquid potash need access to the harbour when the water temperature rises to between 10 and 12 C. The two groups are working together to figure out how the experiment can go ahead without devastating the fishery, she said.
"It's not that we don't want them to treat zebra mussels. We know exactly what they can do to a fishery," she said. "The cure cannot kill the community."
Many are watching the outcome.
Hugh MacIsaac, director of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network, said scientist are very interested in finding effective ways to kill zebra mussels before they take hold.
"Given that this animal is in the early stages of its invasion in Manitoba, I think it's important to try to eradicate it," said MacIsaac, a professor at the University of Windsor.
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CRANBERRY TWP — Traffic will be restricted to a single lane on Brush Creek Bridge along Powell Road starting Feb. 25.
The deteriorating 75-year-old county-owned span, which had already been scheduled for replacement in 2014, was further damaged by an Oct. 6 accident in which an SUV heading west on Powell Road struck the eastbound side of the bridge, damaging one of the bridge abutments.
While the bridge will remain open to all forms of traffic, it will be narrowed to a single 14-foot lane with stop signs posted at either end.
The currently posted weight restriction remains unchanged.
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Foreign Office, S.W.1 22nd December, 1942. Confidential Dear Citrine On December 11th you wrote to me about the case of Senor José Rodriguez Vega. This matter has now been considered by the Cabinet. As you know, Senor Vega has been planning to go to Mexico, where his family is, and the Cabinet's opinion was that, in view of the importance of getting him out of Lisbon at once and of the fact that the six services are irregular and passages not easy to come by, the best course would be for him to adhere to his present plans. This means that he should take the first available clipper passage to America, and not come to the U.K. first. Once he has got to Mexico and seen his family, His Majesty's Government would certainly be prepared to consider the question of making arrangements for him to come here. Yours sincerely Anthony Eden The Right Honourable Sir Walter Citrine, K.B.E.
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Lebanon - A state police trooper working a roving DUI patrol in Lebanon on Sunday arrested a Hartford man who police said was driving under the influence with a loaded gun and drugs packaged for sales.
State police said a trooper from Troop K in Colchester stopped a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Brandon M. Henry of Hartford at 8:39 p.m. for speeding on Route 2 east, near Exit 22 in Lebanon.
A search of the vehicle, police said, turned up a loaded 45-caliber handgun in the glove box and several baggies of marijuana packaged for sale. Henry is a convicted felon.
Henry was charged with speeding, driving with a suspended license or registration, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, illegal sale of a controlled substance, possession of less than ½ ounce of marijuana, carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, carrying a firearm while under the influence of liquor or drugs and criminal possession of a pistol or revolver.
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And what a GREAT cover it is. As much as I find Nas music boring to me, I respect him and what he means to the culture. Great cover from Complex and Nas. Life Is Good coming soon.
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Nigga, if you like Wacka Flocka Flame and Gucci Mane, I wouldn't expect your gay white ass to listen to Nas.
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Torre: "I don't wear those rings without Derek Jeter"
MLB just hosted a press conference to honor Bobby Cox, Cito Gaston, Lou Piniella and Joe Torre, and the room was packed. The reporters spilled well beyond the seats. Tony LaRussa was in the crowd. My plan was to stop for a few minutes to listen while I finished my coffee, but it was too engaging to walk away. If nothing else, baseball is a game that appreciates it's history, and it's hard to ignore that group.
Torre was, of course, asked about Derek Jeter.
"No question, I don't wear those rings without Derek Jeter on our club," Torre said. "We were fortunate to have Derek (at) my Safe At Home Foundation. We honored him in November before he signed. He's a very private person. I said at that time, and I'm glad it turned out that way, it's hard for me to believe the Yankees wouldn't want him back. And I know that's the only ball club he ever wanted to play for. I'm just happy it worked out for him.
"I talked to him a couple of times over the last, well actually, I talked to him once over the last few weeks and we've communicated through the texting, which my daughter taught me how to do. As I say, he's very private. I'm sure he's happy it's over with. What can I say? He's a special young man, not only the baseball part of the game, but he's just been a great role model for all the young kids. To do that in New York, especially as a single player where there are a lot of distractions that can certainly cut into what you do, I think he's been tremendous. Hopefully he continues to stay healthy."


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25 comments:
- rhhardin said...
Actually they don't know anything about anything.
It's a puff piece to claim that emissions cause global warming. - 1/9/12, 10:55 AM
- chickenlittle said...
rhhardin has a point: if we buy into it, then all Lucy has to do is take away the football again (hey, the Ice Age stuff was overestimated--we really are overheating because of SUVs).
On the other hand, the balance between man made cooling and warming is an old equilibrium, as I quoted in an old textbook here: link
Toot toot!
clouds - 1/9/12, 11:05 AM
- edutcher said...
So they can bring back Ann's 100 Watt bulbs?
- Pastafarian said...
I wish it were so, that we could forestall the next ice age with a little CO2. But this hope is based on the same confusion of cause and effect that gave us the whole AGW boondoggle: They've looked at cores and determined that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was lower during ice ages.
No shit. The oceans were colder, and could hold less dissolved CO2, so they outgassed it to the atmosphere.
Trying to delay an ice age by driving up CO2 concentrations is like trying to make the wind blow by spinning the propeller on the little beanie these wieners wear on their pointed heads. - 1/9/12, 11:17 AM
- Alex said...
I say we have more to fear from an ice age then more warming. Ice age = death.
- Alex said...
Remember CO2 is just one variable in climate. What about sunspot activity, changes in orbital tilt or magnetic field fluctuations? There is so much we don't understand yet - but our self-appointed climate experts claim to have all the answers.
- Alex said...
The greenie in the article:
But it's missing the point, because where we're going is not maintaining our currently warm climate but heating it much further, and adding CO2 to a warm climate is very different from adding it to a cold climate.
"The rate of change with CO2 is basically unprecedented, and there are huge consequences if we can't cope with that."
Really unprecedented? How does HE know that? - 1/9/12, 11:35 AM
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
There are known knowns.
There are known unknowns.
There are unknown unknowns.
I have never been more convinced that these people represented in this article really don't know what they are talking about.
Even it there were solid science behind any of these claims, the next step would be to challenge them over and over again. - 1/9/12, 12:00 PM
- Richard Dolan said...
Instapundit featured a story a week or so ago, dealing with the way in which a sphere having non-uniform conditions over its surface radiates energy. It seems (according to the article) that climate models do not account for the distinction. The author contends that non-uniformity (i.e., a rotating one side night, one side day sphere, having an atmosphere that is non-uniform over its surface (more clouds here than there, differences in atmospheric chemistry here from there, etc.)), impacts the radiation of energy, in a way that causes the models to underestimate the energy lost by being radiated into space. By overestimating the energy retained, the models overestimate the heat potential going forward, particularly over long time lines.
I have no idea whether the article's author was correct. But it underscores the point that the climate system is very complicated indeed, and that linear projections (more CO2 = more X) are unlikely to turn our right in a multi-variable system that is non-linear as to any one such variable. - 1/9/12, 12:04 PM
- Scott M said...
By overestimating the energy retained, the models overestimate the heat potential going forward, particularly over long time lines.
Didn't NASA (that space agency we used to have...you remember...the one that went to the moon?) confirm that the models had significantly underestimated the rate at which heat escapes into space? Late last year, if I remember correctly. - 1/9/12, 12:11 PM
- MadisonMan said...
It would not surprise me if the treatment of clouds caused problems in Climate Models, as their prediction is not great.
I would be surprised if atmospheric chemistry mucked up a Climate Model. As far as I know, the atmosphere is very well mixed, so gaseous components will not vary much. - 1/9/12, 12:20 PM
- traditionalguy said...
Our New Scientists are Merlin the Magician types casting scinece words as spells and our demanding money...all of our money.
CO2 gas has zero effect on anything except plant growth. THERE IS NO HEAT TRAPPING by trace CO2 gas.
This is BS made out of BS and couched as reason. - 1/9/12, 12:25 PM
- Chip Ahoy said...
There is one nagging thing that puts me on the side of the climatologists if not on the side of their politics.
We are told that following the formation of planet Earth there was no oxygen at all in the atmosphere. Finally plankton oxygenated the atmosphere. And I'm sitting there going, "What? those tiny things changed the whole atmosphere?" There were a lot of them.
If organisms changed the atmosphere once due to being so widespread, is it so strange to imagine organisms changing it again when they become widespread? I am forced to think, no it is not strange to imagine that. - 1/9/12, 12:40 PM
- joated said...
Oh, please! The human contribution to atmospheric CO2 is so miniscule as to be meaningless. The real player in this whole thing--and perhaps the ONLY player--is our dear old Sol. (Although I wouldn't quite toss out ocean currents and continental/plate movements.) And there's not a damn thing we can do about it either except what we've always done: adapt or move.
- Levi Starks said...
Next big story: "Global warming so severe that it threatens to make impending ice age even worse"
- timmaguire42 said...
In theory, global warming is mankind's greatest achievement for precisely the reason they give--civilization will not survive the next ice age and delaying it should be official UN policy.
I think it's wonderful that they know the exact atmospheric carbon level that will prevent the ice age. That certainly simplifies things. - 1/9/12, 1:48 PM
- timmaguire42 said...
Chip, I'm with you part way. I can accept that we are changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and, in doing so, are changing the heat exchange values, thus changing the heat content of the planet.
However, we cannot know the degree to which we are changing it or the direction in which we are changing it (because of the many poorly understood feedback mechanisms on our planet).
So we're faced with a choice: put all our chits in one basket and bankrupt ourselves trying to prevent one possible outcome, or marshal our strengths to cope with whatever change comes our way (because change will come, it always has and it always will).
I may have doubts about AGW, but I do not have doubts about which path an intelligent society would follow.
The problem is not that AGW is wrong (which it may or may not be), but that environmentalists are wrong even if AGW is right. - 1/9/12, 1:56 PM
- Indigo Red said...
Alex said...
I say we have more to fear from an ice age then more warming. Ice age = death.
Oh, pish! Humans will be just fine in the next Ice Age. Japanese scientists at the appropriately named Kinki University announced last January they will be able to resurrect the Woolly Mammoth from DNA extracted from a frozen specimen found in Siberia in five or six years. And we already know how to make sharp pointy sticks, so killing them again won't be a problem. We'll be fine.
ABC link - 1/9/12, 3:04 PM
- Jose_K said...
Greenhouse gases:
Water vapour : The sun and the seas
Methane:organic product.
Life gas:
Breathed by plants to produce 02,CO2 - 1/9/12, 6:15 PM
- n.n said...
If they're right, then the AGW/AGCC/"climate disruption" agenda is designed to facilitate the return of an ice age, which would destroy the civilizations that are a progressive distance from the equator.
Now their motivations are made clear. They start with stripping the product of our labor (e.g. capital), then they wait for nature's wrath to lay waste to our agriculture, economy, and civilization.
I have often wondered how the most powerful nation on Earth would be brought to heel. I would have thought we followed the historical path where moral decline was progressive and collapse inevitable. I guess the people behind the global warming agenda have grown weary of Americans' resistance and impatient to pillage America.
Yet another claim to knowledge of an incompletely, and likely insufficiently, characterized system, based on limited, circumstantial evidence. I would question the faith of religious people, before that adhered to by this class of secular zealots. - 1/9/12, 6:51 PM
- Maguro said...
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- Maguro said...
Ah, so the next ice age would've begun in 1,500 years, but now it won't because of global warming.
Um...OK. Whatever happened to the idea that science is based on developing a falsifiable hypothesis and checking it against real results? Are supposed to check in in 1,500 years to see if this this guy was full of shit or not?
How are these people any different from sideshow fortune-tellers, besides being taxpayer-funded? - 1/9/12, 7:36 PM
- Paul said...
Now ain't that a gas. So if Al Gore was right and we did his bidding (and he made BILLIONS) the whole world would be plunged into an ice age.
So either way, right or wrong, Al was wrong.
Now ain't that a gas! - 1/9/12, 9:23 PM
- Rusty said...
MadisonMan said...
I would be surprised if atmospheric chemistry mucked up a Climate Model. As far as I know, the atmosphere is very well mixed, so gaseous components will not vary much.
Except where there is a volacano, they tend to radically skew the readings. - 1/10/12, 2:02 PM
- Victor Erimita said...
I can see there are a lot of skeptics (e.g., Deniers) commenting here. But as for me, the science is settled. The debate is over. It is clearly the moral duty of all of us to produce as much CO2 as we possibly can to avert the next ice age. Everyone should buy the largest SUV they can find and drive it a lot. Scowl at your neighbor's Prius (how can these people be so flagrantly unethical? Don't they know they need to be increasing their carbon footprint to save The Planet?) Earth Firsters, please report to your nearest Prius dealer , equipped with Molotov cocktails. Unsustainable energy sources such as solar and wind must be scrapped. Sustainable energy sources, especially coal, need to be subsidized with massive government graft, I mean investment. The new "green" means "not white," as in Ice Age white. Textbooks and public school curricula need to be changed. Warm weather species (especially fuzzy, cute ones) need to be put on the endangered species list, so we can sue industries that don't produce sufficient amounts of carbon.
We can do this together. - 1/10/12, 2:55 PM


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Traveling across Kansas, it was a good place to stop. It is very near to gas station and places to eat. It is also close to a Kansas scenic by-way. The staff is very friendly and helpful and the breakfast is very good. If you are traveling I-70 in the winter and need to pull off because of the weather, definitely try to make it to the Wakeeney Best Western.
The room was clean, comfortable and surprisingly quiet even though we were right next to the lobby. Staff was super friendly and helpful. Breakfast was good, but don't be late or the good stuff will be gone! We will certainly stay again.
After a long day of road construction maneuvering, Kansas bugs obscuring the windshield, and the realization I would not reach my original goal for the day, I pulled into this property and was instantly placed in a better mood. Room was lovely, clean, and the bed was welcoming and much appreciated. Cat liked it, too.
We had a King-Sized suite, which was nice-sized, and comfortable. This hotel has not been recently renovated, but everything is clean and well-kept. It is north of interstate 70, with a very close proximity. There are two truck stops with Subway and McDonald's restaurants nearby, and a restaurant with home-cooked food called Jake and Chet's that is within walking distance. Hays is about a 30 minute drive to the West, with many more shopping and restaurant options. The staff was friendly and accommodating. We somehow didn't get our room cleaned after our first night due to a mishap with our "do not disturb" sign. They gave us 250 points toward our rewards account because of the mixup, and the problem was corrected for the next night's stay. If you are traveling and need a place to stay while passing the Wakeeney area, I recommend it without reservation. Be sure to check out the downtown square during your stay. Wakeeney is the Christmas City of the Plains and has over 6,000 lights decorating this quaint little town from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day.
This is a good location to stop for the night while traveling out west or back home. We sleep well, we enjoy the breakfast, the coffee available for guests is really great tasting, and our dog is welcome. Thanks!
After three days in an horrific Super 8 in Colorado Springs - this place was like the Taj Mahal. The staff were friendly and helpful. The room was fantastic. New furniture. Fantastic large screen TV with lots of channels. The luggage cart was available, and the room was on first floor. Breed hot coffee 24/7. Free parking near your room. The fridge and microwave were spotless and worked perfectly. Breakfast was evidently amazing according to my wife - though I was unable to participate due to illness. The architects/owners have thought of everything. Even the light switches were where you would expect them, and lighted, so you could actually find them in the dark. When my sudden illness deteriorated to the point that I needed emergency care, the hotel staff moved heaven and earth to provide additional housekeeping service, provide accurate directions to the nearby hospital, and extend my wife's stay, day by day, until I was discharged. All of this for a lower rate than I paid at that horrific Super 8.
Finding pet-friendly hotels across this great country are challenging- discovering one that is super clean, staff friendly, provides treats for pets AND great amenities for humans is just amazing! I'll stay here again!
Hotel is clean and new. We were on the road and wanted to stop in Hays. There were no rooms available. This place is lovely. Now we can go back to staying in Wakeeney (I had vowed never to stay in the Econo Lodge on the other side of the highway again.) The breakfast was not properly staffed, but management wrote me an apology. We will stay here again. Be advised, if you like expresso drinks you will have to drive elsewhere in the morning :-) No coffee shops in town.
Our first choice city was filled up so we traveled another 30 miles to Wakeeney because they had a Best Western. Very nice property. It had all the amenities we'd want from a hotel--good breakfast, good Internet, clean and quiet.
This hotel is relatively new or renovated because it was clean bright and modern. Our room was nice and clean. Breakfast was quite good for a continental breakfast. Will stay there again if we are passing through.
This is a very nice, hospitable hotel property. Very well-suited to the Best Western brand. The rooms are WONDERFUL! And, with the available elevator, there is little reason to worry about "which floor", even for someone who OVER-PACKS as much as I do!! :-) If there's a "down" side to this property, it's that I'm not familiar with restaurants in the town, so I don't have ready access to a good place to eat when I'm there. :-) The proximity to I-70 might make up for that.
I stopped here on my long trek home from Michigan to San Diego.After an eight hour drive it was so nice to be greeted by friendly staff and a clean comfortable room. My traveling companions and I sat in the lobby that evening drinking wine and conversing with the lady at the desk. The hotel was also dog friendly and the staff went out of their way to greet my dog Jack. They even gave me a small ziploc bag with a treat, instructions, and bags to take care of his well you know??. I thought that was a great idea as a reminder to owners to be responsible with their pets. I would stay here again.
We continued the Nevada-Missouri-Nevada marathon this month, with a very pleasant stay at the B/W Plus in Wakeeny, Kansas. It is a relatively new, well-maintained inn just off I-70, and just at the right distance from MidMo (Columbia, Missouri.) Breakfast is OK; nothing spectacular. Comfortable, quiet.
When we travel we always try to stop at a location where there is a BW hotel. Very seldom are we disappointed in them. Beds are comfortable and breakfast is quick and good. Bathrooms are always clean. Love them!
Wakeeney, Kansas has a hidden treasure! If you are driving across I-70 and need a great hotel to spend the night, stop here. Family and pet friendly, we were greeted by a sweet mature woman who can obviously run a tight ship. The hotel was very clean, secure and well cared for. It was also quiet and offered the great night of sleep we needed. Breakfast was good, but don't get up late, or you may miss it!
We were greeted by a friendly woman at front desk. I wish I got her name so I could post it. Very pet friendly, gave dogs treat bags! We are moving to Denver Colorado from powell ohio and needed a place to rest. I recommend this hotel.
The staff is very nice. It's not super clean though. I suspect that the rooms rarely have the carpets steam cleaned, but they just spray air freshener inside. Because as soon as you turn the A/C on, you smell odors. We also had some dead bugs in the bathroom. For $125 per night, we've stayed in better hotels.
I had a good time in Kansas at the wedding then to the hotel was very good rooms were nice staff was good it was a nice time there would go there again thank you very much very thing was clean people at the hotel there nice to us and are kids
Great hospitality when entering the lobby. Greeted by General Manager Pat , who was running the front desk. My husband , who is diabetic, needed a quick snack and was given a bowl of Cheerios late at night. Very hospitable !! Was surprised to see Pat also the person who makes and sets up a fantastic breakfast. Nobody goes hungry. The hotel is in need of some renovation to brighten up the hallways and rooms. The King suite was very open and loved being able to open the window for fresh air. Bed was comfortable. We felt super safe as there was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and Tornado Watch after we checked in. The wind actually made the parking lot lamp post sway, but we had no worries. Nice small coin laundry room on second floor. The exercise room was good enough, small but clean. TV cable connection was terrible in exercise room (no big deal) and I notified front desk afterward. Would definitely stay here again.
I stayed here while on motorcycle ride. The lady at the desk asked me if I needed a piece of wood for my bike? How thoughtful is that? ( I have been to many hotels with my bike, and no one ever offered this(the wood goes under the kickstand to keep it from digging into the asphalt which can cause bike to fall over). I had a non smoking king suite. It comes with a love seat type couch and coffee table. My room faced I-70, but it was quiet. AC worked great! Room in good shape, hotel is fairly new. I did not try the breakfast, so no comments on that item.
On my drive to Kansas City I originally planned to stop in Hays, but the BW there is closed for renovation. The agent I spoke to recommended that I stay 30 minutes up the road in Wakeeney. Not only was it a very nice place to stay with wonderfully happy and helpful staff, it was much less expensive. Next time I need to stay somewhere in central KS, I will stop in Wakeeney.
What a find! After a long day on the road from Wyoming the Best Western Motel in Wa-Keeney appeared out of nowhere. It was a great stopping place! The desk clerk was very friendly, and our room was cool, and very inviting. After dinner, the shower hit the spot, and the bed was absolutely wonderful. In fact, it was one of the best we had slept in during our two week vacation. The room, and the bathroom were very clean, and the shower head was most invigorating. We had a delicious breakfast, and the coffee was hot, and very good for a good start to the day. We will definitely stay here again, now that we know it is there.
Room was clean and quiet. Staff very accommodating on check-in and departure. Breakfast was substantial. A hotel we use every year on our annual trip to the Denver area. We have used BW in WaKeeney for the past several years.
Last minute stop here was awesome choice. Excellent room with wonderful bed and breakfast. Military discounts are wonderful and a 'thank you for your service' by guest services is always appreciated. We highly recommend this property for travelers
WaKeeney is one of those towns that if you blink you might miss it. My husband and I are locals & just wanted a night away for our anniversary. Little did we know that this gem that we drive past many times each day is such a wonderful place to stay. You really won't be disappointed. The staff is friendly, the rooms are roomy and clean (the bathroom size was phenomenal!). Definitely something we will consider doing more often. If you are driving thru WaKeeney, this is the place to stay!
We only spent one night at this hotel on our way to Colorado. The staff at the reception desk was very helpful and caring, and made all the difference. You don't get such a lovely service everywhere. The hotel is clean and well maintained. We didn't have the chance to use the pool since we arrived late. The room was clean and, most important, quiet. We had a good nice sleep. We will stay there again if we have the chance
We stopped for the night last minute during our cross country road trip. The front desk ladies were very friendly and helpful. No complaints. We didn't wake up early enough to get breakfast but the area was nice and clean.
Hubs and I found this hotel on our trip home from Yellowstone. We had stayed at a BWP in Casper and were quite impressed so we thought that we would try this one. The staff was wonderful! The rooms were clean but a bit tired and need of updating. The breakfast was pretty good we especially liked the sausage it was very tasty ??
Actually, I know that Kansas is the Great Plains region with many rolling hills but the vast stretches of emptiness remind me of the desert region where I live. In other words, there are long distances at times between hotels and motels. Thus, I was pleased to learn of this Best Western in Wakeeney since it was right about the half way point on an unexpected journey I had to take. Staff was friendly, the room was spotless, and the breakfast area was tidy. The bed was comfortable, internet service was good, and the hotel is conveniently located right off of the interstate.
My wife, daughter and I enjoyed the stay. The breakfast and room was excellent and the pool and staff were outstanding. Very good value. We will stay at this motel the next time we travel through Kansas.
Things could have been much better if job descriptions assisted each other when there was a need that arose. Instead, it seems like there was too much "that ain't my job" attitude, which overwhelmed one department, while another department could have organized support to the lone person responsible for feeding all guests sustained for a 3 hour morning period. Management should instill team work and cooperation for the betterment of all involved. Until this facility works on this, I and my wife do not recommend this property as a first choice when in this area of the country. Call ahead first if you agree with us and see if they have taken notice and offer to provide you with a better experience..."Give 'em a chance to serve you", then you at least can feel good about trying to remain loyal to the BW family of Hotels!
What a great surprise to find such a great hotel, staff, and breakfast in such a small town of Wakeeney, Kansas! My family really enjoyed our short stay while we drove from NC to CO on vacation. If I ever have the opportunity to stay here again, even if I have to go out of my way, I will definitely do so. The rooms, the pool, the breakfast, even the public restrooms were fantastic. Our home away from home.
We stayed here on the way west and back. Friendly staff, clean, and a small pool and hot tub for the kids. Includes breakfast and wifi. Rooms seem new, not old and dated. Also has a fitness room. Much better value than similar hotels in surrounding cities.
This hotel is in a very tiny town, but the customer service was superb! Very kind, helpful, and welcoming. The provided breakfast was typical, and included some fresh fruit, biscuits and gravy, and eggs. The ladies who worked the breakfast area were so sweet and personable. One even pulled me aside and asked if I'd like a little baggie to take some snacks for my little ones. How thoughtful. The only negative is that they didn't have a crib to rent.(I forgot my playpen at home!??) Wi-fi was very strong. I would stay again in a heartbeat!! Thanks for GREAT service, ladies!!
Kudos to the staff for being so welcoming and helpful during our 2-night stay. The rooms were really clean and the complimentary breakfast was quite good, although pretty typical. No question we got the value out of our investment.
Thought we had stayed here before when booking but it is a new hotel, and nice. We found that we like the "Plus" of Best Westerns. Nice, new and comfortable in addition to being right where we needed to reach for the night.
Came in late and had a wonderful nights sleep and a very reasonable rate. Breakfast was pretty good - waffles are hard to mess up. Bed was very comfortable as were the pillows and the room was very clean and had a blow dryer and coffee Did hear noise from the interstate but it wasn't terrible
We were just passing through and wish we would have had more time to stay there. The room was clean and the bed was comfortable. The staff was friendly and helpful. Breakfast was well presented and good for a continental breakfast. We will recommend this hotel to anyone traveling in the area.
We had reservations for Hays Kansas Best Western; however, that hotel was flooded by a broken fire sprinkler pipe...got on our laptop and then our phone and made a quickie reservation for the next (heading west) Best Western: Wakeeney...yes us and about 10-20 other travelers who had the same fate! Great hotel! Very nice, friendly staff, room was very clean, very comfortable.I think this hotel has the only elevator in town! Had the pleasure of breakfasting with a native Kansan; good breakfast, good company. Sometimes a sense of urgency can create 'instant camaraderie' we were all 'lucky' in that regard! Very nice landscaping, enjoyed talking to the gentleman about his Kansas rose pruning technique. Not an experience you get often! Want to thank these people for taking 'us all in' under difficult circumstances!
Nice hotel, was traveling and was trying to book hotel online driving, and was unsuccessful. Called and lady on the phone helped me, offered the Best Western Rewards...free, which discounted our two rooms. Nice comfy beds, clean bathrooms. Breakfast was ok,
This is the second year in a row that we have spent one night at the Best Western Plus, WaKeeney while driving to Denver and we really like it. This hotel is pet friendly, clean, well-maintained, cheerful, conveniently located - in a nutshell it offers a great sleep experience at a reasonable price. They offer free Wi Fi and the included breakfast is very good. Not sure how many more western road trips we will take but if we have another left in us, while heading west on I-70 we will plan to overnight at the Best Western in WaKeeney.
We stumbled onto this Best Western and were SO glad we did. The ladies behind the counter were wonderful and friendly! The room was super clean and we loved talking to the housekeeping staff (locals). We would definately stay here again. I highly recommend this hotel.
Staff was friendly. Room was clean. Check in took a good thirty minutes bc we had to stand in line. There was only one person working the desk even though there were two people there. Breakfast was good, except for running out of food. When they say they pull breakfast at 9, they're not joking.
Stopped here passing through on a busy Fourth of July weekend when Hays hotels were booked up. We needed four rooms and they were gracious to give us the last ones! Whew! Clean - great service and even though crowded because it was full we all had a great time. 1) our shower pressure was off because of a faulty diverter - informed desk 2) breakfast was typical for these places but well supplied 3) pool was adequate but too busy for our group so we didn't sample it
I have found that Best Western is the best choice for me and my travels over the last 50+ years I would estimate that better than 75% 0f my trips were business the remainder was personal. My wife was usually with me on the personal trips and she was very satisfied.
Evening desk clerk failed to mark our room as booked. On 2 separate occasions, we had people using keys to come into our room. How safe is this? What could have happened if we had not been in the room? When it happened at 11:15 PM, person at desk said how easy something like this could happen - NO apology!
Was a very nice clean hotel. My husband and I were pleased with the breakfast which was the basic warm breakfast of waffles, eggs, ,sausage, ,toast, cereal, fruit etc. The bed was comfortable and the room was clean. The check in was very easy and the clerk very nice.
My know means I would like you to understand this was a clean a nice hotel. But I could not sleep nor could my husband there was an eerie feeling in the atmosphere. It is off the interstate so it is easily accessible from highway.
Stayed here for two nights for a college friend's wedding. She booked the hotel so I was trusting that it would be what we needed for our stay. The place was clean and the breakfast was good enough considering the options. They had a few warm choices, like eggs and sausage, along with toast, waffles, cereal, etc. We did not have time to enjoy the pool or gym but they both looked nice. The service was friendly and I have no complaints about the stay. Would stay here again if need be.
Nice newer hotel. Easy to find, good parking. Good service at check-in and check out. Good rooms / bathroom, etc. Beds are a little soft for my taste, but slept well after a long day driving. Breakfast fair - I think all breakfasts have gotten a little less interesting over the years. A little slow to restock, and you'd better get up and at it early - breakfast only goes until 9AM.
No ice on 3rd floor. The hotel was about average or less. The breakfast was less than what I have seen at other Best Western hotels. If you need a place to sleep it will do. But, I would not use it for a place to work out of.
We stayed at this hotel for a wedding and were lucky to be able to get an early check in so that we could get ready for the wedding after traveling 4 hours. Our room was clean and spacious. When we travel there are two things that are a must for our family - breakfast and a pool. This location has both. The staff made sure that the breakfast was well stocked throughout the time the breakfast was to be served and the pool area was neat and clean. The workout area was small but the equipment was new and worked great for my needs. The pillows were a little flat by the time the night was over but the bed was comfortable for a hotel bed.
This hotel is very nice, clean, and the employees are incredibly kind and helpful! Mrs. Barb and everyone else that we encountered during our stay were so remarkable that I didn't want to leave Kansas. Rooms are cleaned daily and the complimentary breakfast is delicious and includes a nice variety of food. The room included a mini fridge, microwave, coffee machine with: coffee,creamer, sugar,straws & tea, iron, ironing board, hair dryer, clean towels, and toiletries (indoor pool also). The beds sleep like a cloud and the room temps are perfect.Employees go above and beyond to help guests. The hotel is positioned right off of the highway and you can arrive at Fort Hays State University from Wakeeney in about 20 minutes tops. Its very easy to find your way around. #EXCELLENT TRIP!
The hotel was very clean and comfortable. We had no problems or complaints. Breakfast was hot and fresh and tasty. The staff was attentive and made us feel welcome. The room was nicely arranged and included a reclining chair.
There is long distance between town in western Kansas; I was fortunate to find this place on an evening drive from Kansas City. I dealt directly with the hotel staff to make a reservation; she was courteous on phone and friendly on arrival. the room was large, very clean with excellent bed. The small fitness room had every thing I needed. The breakfast was tasty. The staff were exceptionally cordial and helpful. That heartland no nonsense hospitality.
Stayed the other night for business. Clean room, quiet would stay again if i need to. Bottle of water offered at ck in. Normal breakfast. Staff friendly. Parking lot a bit rough. Pool was nice hot tub closed for mait.
Clean, comfortable hotel with easy access to I-70, food, and gas. The kitchen was being remodeled so there was no hot breakfast, but everything else was great. The desk clerk signed me up for the Best Western program to earn free nights.
The Best Western was very clean with a warm pool, great hot tub, and spacious rooms. The beds were fine, but the noise from the other rooms was the biggest disappointment. I could hear the people next to me talking late into the evening and early in the morning. The breakfast could have been better as well. The refrigerator had a separate freezer compartment, which was nice for the frozen cooler packs.
We stayed here 1 night upon traveling back to Colorado. While the room size was nice, the pull out sofa was in pretty bad shape - multiple springs missing and fabric holding the mattress in place was torn in several places. We brought a small dog with us and while they charge extra (which I knew in advance) - you have to also request a pet-friendly room. They are limited on those, so be sure to contact the facility in advance to secure the type of room you want. Also, the king size bed in our room was rather "bouncy", so the night's sleep wasn't as restful as I hoped it would be. Wish we would've known earlier than check-in that there was some repair work in the kitchen and they offered less than a usual continental breakfast. I appreciated the staff that worked with us, but glad to have only stayed here one night. Would consider booking again if we go this route again, but will definitely call beforehand if we bring our dog with us again.
This Best Western is new, nice and clean! The quality of the hotel is almost as good as a Hampton Inn. Beds were comfortable and the rooms were nice and roomy. Facilities were very clean and in working order. A definite repeat stay next time I am in the WaKeeney area.
I've stayed at this hotel many times over the last several years. I find it to be very well maintained and clean. The front staff are always courteous and friendly. It's convenient to get to, right off I 70.
While on a trip to tour some Kansas sites, my children and I spent one night here. The room was very clean and nicely updated. We enjoyed the pool and fitness room. Breakfast is served from 6-9, and choices were sparse when we arrived at 8:30. Nevertheless, I would recommend the hotel as a pleasant option along the highway.
Ver nice hotel, would stay there again in a heart beat.Very clean and inviting pool area. The breakfast was great. The rooms very clean and very well appointed. If in the area again I would surely stay here again.
This hotel is so well maintained. The staff take pride in keeping it nice. There is a good restaurant close by called Jake and Chek that has great home made food and nice variety. The pool and hot tub are clean.
We were driving thru to colorado and stopped here since they allowed pets for only $10 fee and easy on/off from I-70. Staff were very friendly, place is very clean, bed comfy, room nice size. My only recommendation...better pillows and shower head needs cleaning as only half the holes spray water.
Very comfortable with clean rooms and friendly staff. Great breakfast and the WaKeeney location is about $25. cheaper than Hays and that was a great selling point. Accomodated my service animal with a smile. Beware of the hot tub floor grates - SHARP!
The staff is great. The rooms are very nice. The location is extremely convenient to the interstate. The mattress was weak, and the eggs at breakfast are terrible. Overall though, a good value for the money.
When you stay at the Best Western Plus Wakeeney Inn & Suites. You will always find the rooms are clean and you will receive great service from the staff. This is where we chose to stay when we are in Wakeeney, Kansas
With no elevator we did not get a room we wanted which was two queens. We shared a king was very uncomfortable and if one of us moved slightly while in bed the other person in bed would easily feel it and wake up. Very annoying.
Without exception the staff was very friendly and helpful. Room was clean and comfortable. Pet friendly although there is an additional $10 charge. Convenient to I-70. If you like Mexican food you need to try the restaurant right across the street. Very authentic Mexican food.
I was born and raised nearby and know the hotels in the area. We go back to visit family and stay here also for indoor pool and hot tub. Good beds, covers. towels, water pressure, tv, internet etc.... Best hotel in the area including Hays. Staffed by people who take pride in their work.
This is a very nice hotel.They have a very good breakfast. There room's are very clean and there and there wifi is better then most hotel's.The staff is really friendly. They had breakfast done befor 6 am. Which I thought was nice cause I had to be at and appointment bye 6 am
The staff is very frindly, knowledgable, and took great pride in the Motel's operation. The room we stayed in was absolutely in the best of shape and we found nothing that was not working in the best of shape. The room was well furnished and spotless. A wonderfully functioning large screet TV and super quality Wi-Fi servece. I was absolutely pleased with this facility and would recomend it over all others.
This hotel is clean, affordable and very nice with convenient access to I-70. They have a hot breakfast, exercise room and indoor pool and a very nice, accommodating staff. Will definitely stay here again if in this part of the country!
I have stayed at this Hotel for 3 years in a row during my annual hunting trip to Kansas. Everything has been excellent during my 3 stays. The staff is friendly and helpful when needed. The Best Western is extremely convenient to restaurants and I-70.
We could hear every noise through paper thin walls from people talking, walking and taking showers or going to the bathroom. The beds are extremely uncomfortable. It was difficult to regulate the temperature. We will not stay here again. This hotel is WAY overpriced for the accommodations!
This hotel appears to be newly remodeled. Everything is very clean. The staff was helpful at check in. The breakfast is typical hot breakfast, good quality. In room coffee is decent. The room was quiet, and comfortable. Very pleasant stopover, I would stay here again for a longer stay if I were visiting/working in this area.
When we checked in we were welcomed by a very nice staff person who was very helpful in assisting us to find a nice place for a dinner. The place recommended was, indeed warm, with good service and great reasonable food. This was a good recommendation by the hotellier. When checking out we discovered a tribute display to veterans of hte area and when asked we were told that it was for the members of hte hotel staff who were in service or had been medically discharged due to injury. A discount was given to us fo r my daughters' being a Coast Guard wife, a generous gift.
Was coming home from Colorado when entering Kansas rain in to some BAD weather. The Front Desk Lady working the 3-11 shift eased my mind about the tornadoes that had touched down not to far away. What to do in case of another one. Where to eat supper at and what time breakfast was. Made me feel like I was going to Grandma's house that everything was WONDERFUL. Nice clean room, Awesome bed. Good night sleep. Glad I had to stop. Will be making this my stop now when driving back and forth from MO to CO.
Traveling from St. Louis to Colorado and needed a pet friendly hotel. They were very accommodating of the dogs and even provided treats and a clean up bag. There was a $10/pet fee. They put us near the door so we had easy access to go in and out. Nice grassy area for the dogs. Room was clean and breakfast was great. Would definitely recommend for anyone with pets.
on way to colorado, there is a restaurant nearby , not much else, clean rooms, elevator, pool but not used, bfast is standard, easy to park, but noise in next room low lifes can afford best western or were they desperate?
The walls are paper thin. You could hear and understand the neighbors conversation and I'm hard of hearing. Hard to find as not listed on freeway signs and sign is on hotel and very small. The hotel sign is very small and only on the building. I missed the hotel and had to go to next exit for Wakeeney. Outside noise is also not muted inside hotel. Rooms look nice but I wanted to sleep and get back on road but that was not possible so was very tired next morning. I thought the pillows were very uncomfortable also.
Overall everything was fine at this motel except for the thin walls and that it was full of hunters apparently on some broke back trip. There was loud noise all night from the next room and they weren't cleaning their rifles if you get my drift. That's all well and good but it does not make for a restful evening for the people in the adjacent rooms. The breakfast is also terrible, lots of fake food and bad coffee.
After stopping 2.5 hrs prior at a hotel we checked into we were relieved to find this wonderful hotel. The prior hotel had a big black spider in my bed! We packed it up and drove 2.5 hrs until I felt comfortable to try another. This hotel renewed my faith in a clean bug free bed. The women working in the hotel were very warm and friendly. The price was a bit more but well worth my peace of mind to be sleeping in a clean bed!
Always Comfortable. Love the beds and the rooms are easy to cool in the summer. I wish the refrigerator would have been plugged in. The smaller building is easier to get around inside. Why Trip Advise insists that I use 200 characters to make a statement is beyond me.
This is a 3 story motel with elevator. Room was clean, quiet and the Internet worked well. Mattress was soft, but that's personal preference. No issues. For late arrivals, your restaurant options are limited. This is a small Kansas town. Friendly check in/out staff. I left before breakfast but they had coffee available.
Good prices, clean rooms, good breakfast and friendly staff. However, the wireless internet is unreliable and has a limit on the number of people who can be on at any given time. Not many dining options in town, but there are a few good local establishments. Take time to visit the quaint downtown area and take a trip back to America's yesteryears.
Wanted a quiet room. Check in staff was very detailed in reviewing room availability and selecting the best possible option. Even researched all available discount options. Room was clean; no issues there. Pool is small and was being enjoyed by a young family.
My husband surprised me with a plane ticket to visit family in WaKeeney. I booked a room that same day. The staff was friendly and very welcoming. Great breakfast, I have already booked 2 rooms for our upcoming trip at Thanksgiving. Thank you!
We stopped here because it was half between Kansas and Boulder with a baseball game finishing at 9pm. In KAnsas. Nice Hotel but arrived at 3am and and left at 9am. Tidy clean ok price Happy Customers so really not alot else to say about this place
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The second year of training for the BMW Motorsport Juniors will be varied and intensive. Nico Menzel (GER) will compete in numerous domestic and international races in the BMW M6 GT3. Ricky Collard (GBR) will gather valuable experience on the Nürburgring Nordschleife (GER). The new member of the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme, Mikkel Jensen (DEN), will also compete in the BMW M6 GT3.


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An odd... and slightly sad story. Have no idea where this one came from. But it's good to get back into writing!!! Enjoy.
This is a funny little poem about cookies and some monsters who come to visit! Enjoy!
Future war against an alien race... but war is never clear cut, atrocities are made by both sides. Meet Alexi. She's a soldier in a future war.
The edited version of Dalon and Ameile's saga... also known as Blue Moon Changes.
The next installment about Dalon and Ameile after Blue Moon Changes. Hope you enjoy!
Short story about a very different land. There is something special about the young girl Arabu...
This is my inner child.. be afraid, be very afraid! MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ^_^
Another short story from me, one that will transport you to different worlds... Meet Lottie and her devoted brother Gregory.
A short story done as a request. Hope it is scary enough!!! :) MUWHAHAHA!! Dedicated to Bobby, Kenny's work mate.
This story was written as a submission for The Herscher Project Edition 14, 'Dark Futures'. The focus of which is based on Chris A. Jackson's speculations in his short piece titled 'A Flash in the Pan', which details twelve scenarios for the fate of mankind. I have used six of these in this story (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8). Used with his permission. So enjoy reading!!! ^_^
It's a little weird this story and it seems i'm always writing about the possible ends to different worlds... *sigh* but what can you do? Enjoy but it's not my best work.
A very mysterious and odd piece. Anyway I hope you enjoy it! ^_^ Edits most welcome!
A tormented priest is the key, but not even he knows it. He alone must bring people back from the clutches of The Evil One. But the great evil is not to be underestimated, for it will stop at nothing to thwart him. Will Dameon succeed when even he does not know how to complete his task?
Short, short, short story! It was originally in a reply to a comment I wrote to someone on elfwood and I thought it too good not to upload!
Set in the future where the world has only just survived The Waste... a catastrophy man made. Meet the decendants of the ones who have survived.
Why you should never walk into a dark alleyway... for you may not like what you find... *lightening flashes and scary music blares* MUWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ^_^
Another cumquat story!! Not only beware the cumquat but beware the unrully thesaurus!! Muwhahahaha! ^_^ Enjoy and have a laugh!
Funny little tale of a dark wintry night, a vampire and a cumquat... all the ingredience for a wonderfully ridiculous story! ^_^
A little girl isn't what she appears to be. And she must save all the peoples of the land from a new enemy. Enjoy!
Poem I wrote for the Herscher Project. The main theme was dragons. YAY!! ^_^
The second installment! More from my inner child!!MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ^_^
And other eagerly awaited cumquat story with a guest appearance from Igor, our disfigured friend.
This is an edited version of the story I did for one of the Herscher Project themes (the theme being 'fear of the number thirteen'). This version has the violence toned down so it is elfwood friendly. Hope you enjoy this little bit of sci-fi horror!! ^_^
Okay, this is a quickly written story about my favourite fruit... cumquats. I think they are my favourite because I am one. I am their Queen! But anyway... enjoy this rather weird little tale.
Are you afraid to go out into the garden at night? Well you should be! This is not as descriptive as I might have wanted but it's only a condensed story. Hope you like it!!
A poem I wrote ages ago about Death, more as a person rather than being something that happens. I think I may have been a little... weird at the time. Enjoy!
It is a little abstract but the ideas and imaginings are quite vivid... and anyone who hates maths will be able to completely connect. Oh and it was written during my maths class a few years ago! Scary....
A poem I wrote as part of a project about a 'what if' scenario. I hope the poem is not so abstract that you can't figure out what happend to change that paticular world's history. Sort of like the posibilities involved in alternate universes. Hope you enjoy!
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Four of 10 patients who were improperly discharged from Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital were returned to their state of residence, according to a newly completed analysis of nearly 1,500 cases of patient transports spanning five years.
The in-depth review by medical and administrative staff at the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services also found that the actual number of individuals who received transportation aid was 1,292 from 2008 to March 31, 2013. The state spent $215,637.93 in bus tickets to transport those patients out-of-state, the report shows.
Dr. Tracey Green, the state's chief medical officer, said she didn't believe any of those 10 cases constitute patient dumping. All patients involved in those cases provided input for their discharge plans, she said.
Patient dumping "suggests that a patient has been sent somewhere against their will and (is) not ready to be on their own," Green said Thursday.
Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital came under scrutiny after James F. Brown was discharged earlier this year and bused to Sacramento, Calif., where he had no family or support waiting for him.
Several investigations by government and independent agencies were launched after Brown's story came to light.
Thus far, the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, the agency that oversees Rawson-Neal, has retained its accreditation from the Joint Commission, an independent organization that accredits hospitals.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have accepted a plan of correction submitted by the hospital. Other investigations are pending.
Earlier this month, Mark Merin, a Sacramento civil rights attorney, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a civil rights lawsuit with U.S. District Court in Las Vegas naming Brown as the plaintiff.
The internal report followed a Sunday story in the Sacramento Bee that included interviews with eight patients discharged from Rawson-Neal for various reasons.
A Monday Sacramento Bee editorial accused Nevada and agencies that oversee the hospital of whitewashing the practice of busing patients out of state. The Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services policy that allows for returning patients to their home communities was implemented in 1984.
Of the 10 patients singled out in the report, three — in 2009, 2010 and 2012 — were sent to California, their state of residence. In 2011, one was sent to Utah, his state of residence.
Five other discharged patients also were sent to California, but the Golden State was not their state of residence. Two of the five lived in Nevada and were transported to California in 2011 and 2013. A third was staying at a shelter in Nevada and was transported out of state in 2011. A fourth had been in Nevada for about a month before going to California in 2011. The fifth, from North Dakota, was transported to California after being discharged in 2012.
Another patient, who lived in Nevada, was sent to Florida in 2012.
Patients were sent to destinations they requested, said Mike Willden, director of the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
Patients admitted to Rawson-Neal during the time covered by the report were from nearly every state in the country. The largest number of out-of-state patients were from California, a total of 771 admissions.
As officials have said, in those 10 cases staff didn't follow policy, and there is not enough documentation to show whether the hospital did or didn't comply with plans for follow-up care, Willden said.
None of the discharged patients was involuntarily transported, and all of them worked with a medical team in arranging travel.
"They were aware of their transportation and where they were going," Willden said.
Most of the 10 patients were discharged from the Psychiatric Observation Unit, where an individual can stay for up to 72 hours to determine whether inpatient services are needed. Only two were discharged from the inpatient unit, which treats those with more severe mental health conditions, according to Willden and the report.
The hospital can't hold patients against their will unless it is ordered by a court, Willden said. If the hospital did so, it would violate patients' rights.
"These are people that upon discharge are well enough to travel. You can't hold people against their will, especially if they are well and beyond their need for our service." Willden said. "They have the right to their own self determination."
In compiling the report, hospital staff did not attempt to contact the 10 former patients, Willden said, although some former patients have contacted hospital staff.
Green said when patients are found to be well enough to be discharged, the hospital doesn't have to continue to track them because they are able to care of themselves.
But Allen Lichtenstein, general counsel for the ACLU of Nevada, said that at least in Brown's case, he wasn't able to take care of himself.
"If it was necessary to get court approval and give him the treatment that he needed, that's what needed to be done," he said. "He was clearly incapable of taking care of himself. I don't see how anybody can make the argument that that's proper treatment."
Green said the process to get the court involved to keep patients against their will starts when a patient is at risk of hurting himself or others. The percentage of patients who are ordered to stay at Rawson-Neal against their will by the court wasn't available Thursday.
Lichtenstein said other patients could join the lawsuit, but their information is still being reviewed.
The hospital is bringing in new psychiatrists in the next few weeks, and it continues to implement changes, Green said. "We continue to improve, despite the negative publicity."
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