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7 Changes the UK's Hotel Sector Can't Afford to Ignore
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HVS | January 13, 2022
The pandemic, Brexit and ongoing supply issues have prompted key changes in the UK's hotel sector, many of which are long-term, if not permanent.
'The past 18 months has been an unprecedented time for hotels. In order to survive, businesses must embrace change across their entire operation and do so quickly,' says HVS London chairman Russell Kett, who outlines seven changes that businesses can't afford to ignore as we move into 2022.
1. Reliance on technology: The use of smart rooms, digital reception, keyless rooms entry, smart payment, smart check-in/-out – with some hotels eliminating the need for a front-of-house reception team entirely – is now becoming commonplace. 'The pandemic has prompted technology to play a greater part in our day-to-day lives, and hotels must now reflect this, and even lead the way in the use of smart technology as many customers will now demand this in all areas of their lives,' says Kett. 'Hoteliers have historically been painfully slow to address technological improvements but now need to invest in the future to keep up with guests' expectations.'
2. A new dawn in business travel: While face-to-face meetings remain the gold standard, online communication provides a cheaper, more time-efficient alternative way of meeting. Travellers will need to find ways to make business trips more efficient, perhaps combining them with a leisure element, as companies continue to impose greater financial scrutiny over travel costs. 'Hotels with heavy exposure to MICE business must look to offer facilities that support and enhance this, whether it be spaces for smaller meetings, encouraging local people into work hubs or offering areas for online meetings with suitable background, lighting, seating and food and drink,' adds Kett.
3. Greater diversity in financial lenders: As the market proceeds along a recovery phase, there's likely to be an increase in refinancing, restructuring and disposals. Debt funds are tipped to become the most active lenders, although traditional lenders are likely to return once hotels' cash flows improve. Financing is, however, expected to become more diverse as credit funds and other alternative lenders tolerate a greater degree of risk, albeit at a higher cost to the borrower.
4. Transactions falter before recovery: There's still a huge weight of capital looking to invest in hotels and, while the availability of distressed acquisition opportunities is likely to be significantly less than expected when the pandemic began, this will support recovery in asset values along with the fact that owners looking to sell will hold on to benefit from a recovery in pricing. Improving prospects and a growing number of distressed sales as loans come up for refinancing should ensure that hotel transactions become significantly busier as 2022 progresses.
5. Shrinking payroll: Data from the Office for National Statistics puts the staff shortage in the hospitality sector at around 10% of capacity. This is largely due to furloughed staff finding work elsewhere and changes in visa requirements, which has prompted more than 90,000 European workers to leave the industry since Brexit. 'Some hotels have reduced their trading hours or days, cut out lunch service or afternoon tea, closed gyms or health spas, or are trading with a percentage of rooms shut or with reduced service levels,' says Kett. 'Finding staff to service large functions and events has proved particularly challenging. In the longer term, hotels must operate with fewer staff, aided by a greater use of technology. Some of the hotel company brand standards which were scaled back during the pandemic may need to remain in place for the longer term, and further changes may need to be considered to reflect the new normal.'
6. More outsourcing: Hotels have often outsourced services such as cleaning, housekeeping, maintenance, and security, but staff shortages are now prompting new areas, such as food preparation and room service, to be outsourced too. Restricted menus and easier-to-assemble dishes as well as improvements in deliveries now enable this to work more efficiently and economically. 'This isn't possible for high-end restaurants,' says Kett, 'but where food provision is an add-on, and the menus are suitable, a degree of food preparation can easily be completed off-site by a number of new 'dark' kitchens starting up, easing both food supply issues and staffing shortages. Some hoteliers who have space available could consider leasing some of these areas to the operators of such kitchens.'
7. Sustainability cannot be ignored: There is no doubt that corporate sustainability has become an urgent matter. Lenders and investors are now looking at a company's environmental credentials and are increasingly limiting their exposure to or declining to become involved with those that don't have an active or convincing ESG policy. 'This issue can no longer be ignored or paid lip-service to, it's become both real and very urgent,' says Kett. 'The hotel sector in general is very late to this party and needs to act responsibly, decisively and fast.'
About HVS
HVS, the world's leading consulting and services organisation focused on the hotel, mixed-use, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries, was established in 1980. The company performs 4,500+ assignments each year for hotel and real estate owners, operators, investors, banks and developers worldwide. HVS principals are regarded as the leading experts in their respective regions of the globe. Through a network of some 60 offices and more than 300 professionals, HVS provides an unparalleled range of complementary services for the hospitality industry. HVS.com
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What country has no religion?
A country can have an official religion but otherwise is a geographic entity. Only people have religion. A country isn't a person.
At least these countries and should be more have no state sponsored religion:
United States, Australia, Canada, People's Republic of China, India, New Zealand, France, Japan, Columbia, Chile, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, East Timor, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of China, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Republic of Turkey
The one with the highest IQ average.
Campbell Hayden
God's Country, called "Heaven".
Wundt
All countries have significant religious populations. However, the degree of influence religion has over the country varies wildly. For example, in many European and Scandinavian countries, religion isn't viewed as important and most people either are non-practicing or are atheists. Other countries, like the USA or the MIddle Eastern countries, religion is still a major factor.
The Vatican would be my first guess.
None. All countries (even atheistic nations) have religion.
At least some people living in the country you mean.
Godless wretched countries
Source(s): Orthodox Christian
Economic prosperity negatively correlates with religion (i.e. countries with greater poverty have more religion). So, the most "wretched" countries tend to be very religious.
Modern-day communist countries like China and Vietnam have a lot of atheists.
Most former communist countries also have a lot of atheists like Czechia, Russia and the Baltics.
Is the percent atheist the question? What about agnostics and non-religious?
Usually communist countries prohibit religion. However, that doesn't mean people stop practicing religion or believing in God. No one can take away what you have in your heart and mind.
oldprof
Certainly N. Korea, but their might be more.
Many countries do not have an official religion including the USA. People in these countries are free to believe (or not) whatever they want.
Is this okay or do I need to go deeper?
Is there any possibility of life after death?
A-theists why are you here?
Can you imagine Stephen Hawking screaming in his robot voice while being tortured by demons in hell?
Does god listen to all prayers? ?

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A major Canadian bank was overhauling their iOS and Android tablet experience. We were asked to create a coherent design system that brought parity to both platforms.
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Building a consistent and flexible design standard
A major Canadian bank was undergoing an overhaul of their iOS and Android tablet experience. Current applications were not optimized for tablet and suffered from a fragmented design standard. We were challenged with the task of creating a coherent design system that brought parity to both platforms.
Create a design language and visual framework with scalable design patterns
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Understanding the scope of the problem
As one of the largest Canadian institutions, our client has a strong brand identity and pre-existing visual designs for both mobile platforms. Our initial task to expand existing designs to fit a tablet was simple in theory, but proved to be far more challenging in practice.
As the Intersect team worked with Business Analysts, project stakeholders, and engineering teams, two fundamental questions arose:
How do you define a design language that can accommodate current and future designs? How do we define a design system that can be easily understood and implemented by multiple development teams throughout the organization?
It quickly became apparent there was no common design language to facilitate important discussions. A more sophisticated system was required to solve the problem.
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We realized we needed a single library that defined all existing visual elements. This library would serve as the foundation for any new design patterns and mental models moving forward.
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To successfully reconcile existing and future designs we needed to hit two attributes - scalability and predictability. The design patterns had to scale from smartphone to tablet, and still maintain the same visual theme and experience.
Using System Design to Create a Visual Framework
By defining the parts of the framework, we can create a predictable and scalable system.
Everything can be reduced to an element. Elements are the basic building blocks of an interface and include things like shapes, fonts, and colours.
Patterns include not only groups of elements that are stitched together to form meaningful items such as input fields, but also the predictable movement associated with interacting with them.
Patterns come together to create the components of an interface that users can understand and interact with.
Multiple components can be combined together to create a unique structure such as a mobile screen.
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Each element was meticulously documented and stored in a central location for the entire organization to access and reference for implementation.
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Leaked Google Docs Prove Google Manipulated YouTube Search for Abortion, Maxine Waters, and David Hogg
January 16, 2019 (updated December 27, 2019) Published by Lee Floyd
In sworn testimony, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Congress last month that his company does not "manually intervene" on any particular search result. Yet an internal discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News reveals Google regularly intervenes in search results on its YouTube video platform – including a recent intervention that pushed pro-life videos out of the top ten search results for "abortion."
The term "abortion" was added to a "blacklist" file for "controversial YouTube queries," which contains a list of search terms that the company considers sensitive. According to the leak, these include some of these search terms related to: abortion, abortions, the Irish abortion referendum, Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and anti-gun activist David Hogg.
The existence of the blacklist was revealed in an internal Google discussion thread leaked to Breitbart News by a source inside the company who wishes to remain anonymous. A partial list of blacklisted terms was also leaked to Breitbart by another Google source.
In the leaked discussion thread, a Google site reliability engineer hinted at the existence of more search blacklists, according to the source.
"We have tons of white- and blacklists that humans manually curate," said the employee. "Hopefully this isn't surprising or particularly controversial."
Others were more concerned about the presence of the blacklist. According to the source, the software engineer who started the discussion called the manipulation of search results related to abortion a "smoking gun."
The software engineer noted that the change had occurred following an inquiry from a left-wing Slate journalist about the prominence of pro-life videos on YouTube, and that pro-life videos were replaced with pro-abortion videos in the top ten results for the search terms following Google's manual intervention.
"The Slate writer said she had complained last Friday and then saw different search results before YouTube responded to her on Monday," wrote the employee. "And lo and behold, the [changelog] was submitted on Friday, December 14 at 3:17 PM."
The manually downranked items included several videos from Dr. Antony Levatino, a former abortion doctor who is now a pro-life activist. Another video in the top ten featured a woman's personal story of being pressured to have an abortion, while another featured pro-life conservative Ben Shapiro. The Slate journalist who complained to Google reported that these videos previously featured in the top ten, describing them in her story as "dangerous misinformation."
Since the Slate journalist's inquiry and Google's subsequent intervention, the top search results now feature pro-abortion content from left-wing sources like BuzzFeed, Vice, CNN, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. In her report, the Slate journalist acknowledged that the search results changed shortly after she contacted Google.
The manual adjustment of search results by a Google-owned platform contradicts a key claim made under oath by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in his congressional testimony earlier this month: that his company does not "manually intervene on any search result."
A Google employee in the discussion thread drew attention to Pichai's claim, noting that it "seems like we are pretty eager to cater our search results to the social and political agenda of left-wing journalists."
One of the posts in the discussion also noted that the blacklist had previously been edited to include the search term "Maxine Waters" after a single Google employee complained the top YouTube search result for Maxine Waters was "very low quality."
Google's alleged intervention on behalf of a Democratic congresswoman would be further evidence of the tech giant using its resources to prop up the left. Breitbart News previously reported on leaked emails revealing the company targeted pro-Democrat demographics in its get-out-the-vote efforts in 2016.
According to the source, a software engineer in the thread also noted that "a bunch of terms related to the abortion referendum in Ireland" had been added to the blacklist – another change with potentially dramatic consequences on the national policies of a western democracy.
youtube_controversial_query_blacklist
At least one post in the discussion thread revealed the existence of a file called "youtube_controversial_query_blacklist," which contains a list of YouTube search terms that Google manually curates. In addition to the terms "abortion," "abortions," "Maxine Waters," and search terms related to the Irish abortion referendum, a Google software engineer noted that the blacklist includes search terms related to terrorist attacks. (the posts specifically mentions that the "Strasbourg terrorist attack" as being on the list).
"If you look at the other entries recently added to the youtube_controversial_query_blacklist(e.g., entries related to the Strasbourg terrorist attack), the addition of abortion seems…out-of-place," wrote the software engineer, according to the source.
After learning of the existence of the blacklist, Breitbart News obtained a partial screenshot of the full blacklist file from a source within Google. It reveals that the blacklist includes search terms related to both mass shootings and the progressive anti-second amendment activist David Hogg.
This suggests Google has followed the lead of Democrat politicians, who have repeatedly pushed tech companies to censor content related to the Parkland school shooting and the Parkland anti-gun activists. It's part of a popular new line of thought in the political-media establishment, which views the public as too stupid to question conspiracy theories for themselves.
Here is the partial blacklist leaked to Breitbart:
2117 plane crash Russian
2118 plane crash
2119 an-148
2120 florida shooting conspiracy
2121 florida shooting crisis actors
2122 florida conspiracy
2123 florida false flag shooting
2124 florida false flag
2125 fake florida school shooting
2126 david hogg hoax
2127 david hogg fake
2128 david hogg crisis actor
2129 david hogg forgets lines
2130 david hogg forgets his lines
2131 david hogg cant remember his lines
2132 david hogg actor
2133 david hogg cant remember
2134 david hogg conspiracy
2135 david hogg exposed
2136 david hogg lines
2137 david hogg rehearsing
The full internal filepath of the blacklist, according to another source, is:
//depot/google3/googledata/superroot/youtube/youtube_controversial_query_blacklist
Responding to a request for comment, a YouTube spokeswoman said the company wants to promote "authoritative" sources in its search results, but maintained that YouTube is a "platform for free speech" that "allow[s]" both pro-life and pro-abortion content.
YouTube's full comment:
YouTube is a platform for free speech where anyone can choose to post videos, as long as they follow our Community Guidelines, which prohibit things like inciting violence and pornography. We apply these policies impartially and we allow both pro-life and pro-choice opinions. Over the last year we've described how we are working to better surface news sources across our site for news-related searches and topical information. We've improved our search and discovery algorithms, built new features that clearly label and prominently surface news sources on our homepage and search pages, and introduced information panels to help give users more authoritative sources where they can fact check information for themselves.
In the case of the "abortion" search results, YouTube's intervention to insert "authoritative" content resulted in the downranking of pro-life videos and the elevation of pro-abortion ones.
A Google spokesperson took a tougher line than its YouTube subsidiary, stating that "Google has never manipulated or modified the search results or content in any of its products to promote a particular political ideology."
However, in the leaked discussion thread, a member of Google's "trust & safety" team, Daniel Aaronson, admitted that the company maintains "huge teams" that work to adjust search results for subjects that are "prone to hyperbolic content, misleading information, and offensive content" – all subjective terms that are frequently used to suppress right-leaning sources.
He also admitted that the interventions weren't confined to YouTube – they included search results delivered via Google Assistant, Google Home, and in rare cases Google 's organic search results.
In the thread, Aaronson attempted to explain how search blacklisting worked. He claimed that highly specific searches would generate non-blacklisted results, even controversial ones. But the inclusion of highly specific terms in the YouTube blacklist, like "David Hogg cant remember his lines" – the name of an actual viral video – seems to contradict this.
Aaronson's full post is copied below:
I work in Trust and Safety and while I have no particular input as to exactly what's happening for YT I can try to explain why you'd have this kind of list and why people are finding lists like these on Code Search.
When dealing with abuse/controversial content on various mediums you have several levers to deal with problems. Two prominent levers are "Proactive" and "Reactive":
Proactive: Usually refers to some type of algorithm/scalable solution to a general problem
E.g.: We don't allow straight up porn on YouTube so we create a classifier that detects porn and automatically remove or flag for review the videos the porn classifier is most certain of
Reactive: Usually refers to a manual fix to something that has been brought to our attention that our proactive solutions don't/didn't work on and something that is clearly in the realm of bad enough to warrant a quick targeted solution (determined by pages and pages of policies worked on over many years and many teams to be fair and cover necessary scope)
E,g.: A website that used to be a good blog had it's domain expire and was purchased/repurposed to spam Search results with autogenerated pages full of gibberish text, scraped images, and links to boost traffic to other spammy sites. It is manually actioned for violating policy
These Organic Search policies and the consequences to violating them are public
Manually reacting to things is not very scalable, and is not an ideal solution to most problems, so the proactive lever is really the one we all like to lean on. Ideally, our classifiers/algorithm are good at providing useful and rich results to our users while ignoring things at are not useful or not relevant. But we all know, this isn't exactly the case all the time (especially on YouTube).
From a user perspective, there are subjects that are prone to hyperbolic content, misleading information, and offensive content. Now, these words are highly subjective and no one denies that. But we can all agree generally, lines exist in many cultures about what is clearly okay vs. what is not okay. E.g. a video of a puppy playing with a toy is probably okay in almost every culture or context, even if it's not relevant to the query. But a video of someone committing suicide and begging others to follow in his/her footsteps is probably on the other side of the line for many folks.
While my second example is technically relevant to the generic query of "suicide", that doesn't mean that this is a very useful or good video to promote on the top of results for that query. So imagine a classifier that says, for any queries on a particular text file, let's pull videos using signals that we historically understand to be strong indicators of quality (I won't go into specifics here, but those signals do exist). We're not manually curating these results, we're just saying "hey, be extra careful with results for this query because many times really bad stuff can appear and lead to a bad experience for most users". Ideally the proactive lever did this for us, but in extreme cases where we need to act quickly on something that is so obviously not okay, the reactive/manual approach is sometimes necessary. And also keep in mind, that this is different for every product. The bar for changing classifiers or manual actions on span in organic search is extremely high. However, the bar for things we let our Google Assistant say out loud might be a lot lower. If I search for "Jews run the banks" – I'll likely find anti-semitic stuff in organic search. As a Jew, I might find some of these results offensive, but they are there for people to research and view, and I understand that this is not a reflection of Google feels about this issue. But if I ask Google assistant "Why do Jews run the banks" we wouldn't be similarly accepting if it repeated and promoted conspiracy theories that likely pop up in organic search in her smoothing voice.
Whether we agree or not, user perception of our responses, results, and answers of different products and mediums can change. And I think many people are used to the fact that organic search is a place where content should be accessible no matter how offensive it might be, however, the expectation is very different on a Google Home, a Knowledge Panel, or even YouTube.
These lines are very difficult and can be very blurry, we are all well aware of this. So we've got huge teams that stay cognizant of these facts when we're crafting policies considering classifier changes, or reacting with manual actions – these decisions are not made in a vacuum, but admittedly are also not made in a highly public forum like TGIF or IndustryInfo (as you can imagine, decisions/agreement would be hard to get in such a wide list – image if all your CL's were reviewed by every engineer across Google all the time). I hope that answers some questions and gives a better layer of transparency without going into details about our "Pepsi formula".
The fact that Google manually curates politically contentious search results fits in with a wider pattern of political activity on the part of the tech giant.
In 2018, Breitbart News exclusively published a leaked video from the company that showed senior management in dismay at Trump's election victory, and pledging to use the company's power to make his populist movement a "hiccup" in history.
Breitbart also leaked "The Good Censor," an internal research document from Google that admits the tech giant is engaged in the censorship of its own products, partly in response to political events.
Another leak revealed that employees within the company, including Google's current director of Trust and Safety, tried to kick Breitbart News off Google's market-dominating online ad platforms.
Yet another showed Google engaged in targeted turnout operations aimed to boost voter participation in pro-Democrat demographics in "key states" ahead of the 2016 election. The effort was dubbed a "silent donation" by a top Google employee.
Evidence for Google's partisan activities is now overwhelming. President Trump has previously warned Google, as well as other Silicon Valley giants, not to engage in censorship or partisan activities. Google continues to defy him.
Source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/16/google-youtube-search-blacklist-smoking-gun/
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter, Gab.ai and add him on Facebook. Email tips and suggestions to allumbokhari@protonmail.com.
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Thor's Belt of Strength: Megingjörð
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Megingjörð is a magical belt said to have been worn by the mighty god Thor in Norse mythology.
When translated, the name essentially means "power belt" and refers to its ability to enhance the user's strength.
There isn't exactly a lot of information available about the the belt known as Megingjörð, but according to the Prose Edda, it was one of Thor's three fabled possessions, alongside the hammer known as Mjölnir and a pair of iron gloves known as Járngreipr.
The Origin of Thor's Belt
In the second section of the Prose Edda, known as the Skáldskaparmál, it is said that the Thor was given three gifts by the giantess Gríðr, including Megingjörð, as well as a pair of iron gauntlets and the staff Gríðarvölr.
It's also mentioned in an old Skaldic poem known as the Þórsdrápa, which was written by the 10th century poet Eilífr Goðrúnarson.
Harðvaxnar sér herðir
halllands of sik falla
(gatat maðr) njótr (hin neytri)
njarð- (ráð fyrir sér) gjarðar.
Þverrir lætr nema þyrri
Þorns barna sér Mǫrnar
snerriblóð til svíra
salþaks megin vaxa.
The words "njótr njarðgjarðar" mean "he who benefits from the mighty belt".


Maryland's Senate has approved a bill that would let school districts set their calendars to open before Labor Day if they choose. Senate Bill 128 passed 31-13, with three absences recorded.
WASHINGTON — Maryland's Senate has approved a bill that would let school districts set their calendars to open before Labor Day if they choose.
Senate Bill 128 passed 31-13, with three absences recorded. Passage came as a group of high school seniors visiting the Maryland State House looked on.
Senate President Mike Miller recognized the students and told them that they had just watched a bill that could have a direct impact on their lives.
"It's a major issue, it's a big bill, and I'm glad you were here to witness it," he said.
Opponents complained that in the past, when classes started before Labor Day, the calendar was drawn up in such a way that as soon as school started, there were days off.
State Sen. Michael Hough, who represents Frederick and Carroll counties, complained about past practice by his local school district.
"They could not put together a coherent calendar just as they've not been able to figure out what is a snow day or not — just yesterday, schools were closed for rain in Frederick County!" he said. Hough voted no.
Sen. Nancy King, who submitted the bill, said it was about more than just the Labor Day holiday.
She explained each school district has unique calendar issues, along with trying to deal with national testing schedules and efforts to provide low-income students with more support, she said.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who instituted the post-Labor Day start to school with his 2016 executive order, announced at a news conference last week that he would work to make sure the current law remains in place.
He said if the Senate bill passed the General Assembly, he would push an effort to bring the question to a referendum. Hogan cited a poll of Maryland residents that showed 70 percent of those asked favored starting school after Labor Day.
Last week, Miller noted that in the past, he supported starting school after Labor Day. "Times change, circumstances change and there are reasons why votes change," Miller said.


If you want to dress up as the coolest crayon ever this year then, first you need to plan on being the pink crayon... that's a no brainer, and second, you'll need to grab a pair of the Tickle me Pink Crayon Footless Tights! For those of you who don't know 'tickle me pink' is an actual shade of pink that has been available from Crayola since 1993! And still today it proves to be one of the most loved red hues on the market!
So if you're lovable (and we're sure you are!) then let your true colors show this Halloween and slip on these bright tights to complete your Tickle Me Pink Crayon costume! Even after the holiday is over you can still throw on these tights to compliment your outfit before you head to a concert or a club or just another fun party!


celebrity deaths of 2016!" we proclaimed. Oh, how young and naïve we were back then.
But hey, 2017 is nearly (finally) over. It's been a very up and down year for me, as I sort of mentioned a few blog posts ago when I wrote about getting offered a new job. Overall, 2017 has definitely been one of my least favourite years so far but it has had some redeeming moments. I've had lovely weekends in Munich, Norwich and London; I went to my very first Pride, I volunteered, I made new friends, I finally started this blog and of course I can't forget the saving grace of the whole year: I finally found a full time job.
Reminiscing on the experiences I've enjoyed over the last year made me look towards 2018 and what I can already look forward to. I'm naturally quite a cynical person and I always have been but I'm trying to make an effort to look for the positives instead.
One of my best friends is moving to Shanghai next month to teach English so what better excuse than to book a trip to China in 2018? I went to Thailand when I was 9 and it was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had and I've wanted to see more of Asia ever since. Vietnam has always been one of the top places I've wanted to visit and so I might look into extending my trip so that I can spend some time in Hanoi too. I haven't even started planning anything yet but I'm so excited to have this to look forward to and even the thought of all that travelling on my own isn't putting me off.
Some of you might know I'm a fan of the My Favorite Murder podcast if you read my post on the best podcasts to improve your commute. I used to be really fascinated with true crime when I was younger and I can't really remember why this stopped other than thinking it was a bit of a morbid topic to have much of an interest in. But that's where My Favorite Murder comes in. The podcast talks about true crime sensitively but with a touch of humour that never falls in the category of disrespecting the victims, but with just the right amount of light heartedness to make these horrible topics digestible. It's a very chatty podcast and their honest discussions about topics like mental health, therapy and the direction your life may take have been so comforting to me this year.
They recently announced UK dates for their live shows which I was desperate to get tickets for and thanks to an administrative mess up when the general sale tickets went on sale, I ended up impulsively dropping quite a lot of money on a VIP ticket rather than miss out. I felt guilty about this for a while but I'm so glad I did it, you have to treat yourself every now and again and I really do think I deserve this one! This also means that I will actually get to meet Karen and Georgia, which is both an exciting prospect and also incredibly intimidating. Their podcast has done so much for me this year that I would struggle to even explain in writing and I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to meet these amazing women in 2018.
Cats are one of my favourite things in the whole entire world. I love their little faces, I love their paws, I love the hairless ones, I love the fluffy ones; I love them all. And I am FINALLY going to have my own. I've wanted my own cat for as long as I can remember but it just hasn't been realistic before now. I was out of the house for long hours which wouldn't be fair on an animal and I was also only working part time so I wasn't sure I would even be able to afford one. Luckily, I've now found myself in the position where my hours have changed and I've found a full time job so I know I'll be able to afford everything that comes with owning a cat. I really wanted to get one before Christmas but I've been so busy and my Christmas plans were a bit up in the air for a while so it hasn't ended up happening. It's my number one priority in 2018 and I'm so excited to have a fluffy addition to the household.
This is one I've already gone on about quite a lot; I even wrote a blog post about it, so I will keep this point relatively short. Starting a new job means I'll have regular hours, I'll no longer be working by myself, it's so much more up my street in terms of what I enjoy doing and I have every weekend off. That last thing definitely hasn't sunk in after being so used to being stuck in retail. I am so much more productive and my general mental health is so much better when I have a good routine and that's something I can't wait to get into when I start in January. I'm really optimistic that it will tie a lot of other things together and I'll have more time to do things I enjoy, like updating this blog, cooking and (maybe) even joining a gym.
And one thing that I have to look forward to very soon is that I've been invited to my friend's wedding which is on the first Saturday in January. I've only ever been to two family weddings before and I'm so excited that this time it's one of my friends and I get to see her in her dress and help her celebrate the big day! I love everything wedding related on TV, from Say Yes to the Dress to Don't Tell the Bride and Four Weddings (Cheapest Weddings on Netflix is my latest binge and I can 100% recommend it) and I can't wait to actually be at one for once instead of just watching it on a screen. We've bought the wedding present, now the last thing to do is secure an outfit and I'm hoping the Boxing Day sales will be kind to me on that front so keep your fingers crossed.
So that's my quick roundup of the things I already have to look forward to next year. I'm really hoping that 2018 will be a good one, surely anything has to be better than 2017 right?


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Az A döntő lépés album a Wellington zenekar 1995-ben megjelent első nagylemeze. A műsoros kazettán 10 dal szerepel, míg a CD-kiadásra a Demonstráció válogatáson 1994-ben megjelent Soha nem halsz meg dal is felkerült bónuszként.

Az album dalai
Minden dal zenéjét a Wellington szerezte, minden dalszöveget Paksi Endre, kivéve a jelzett daloknál.

 Ember – 4:12
 A Föld asszonyai – 4:51
 Az akarat lángja (Jeff Healey tiszteletére) (szöveg: Paksi Endre, Fábián Zoltán) – 6:04
 A döntő lépés – 4:25
 Férfivér – 3:47
 Szerencsecsillag – 4:01
 Egy régi barát – 6:16
 Nincs szégyen, nincs bűn – 4:48
 Hétköznapi horror (instrumentális) – 3:35
 Álarc nélkül (szöveg: Paksi Endre, Fábián Zoltán) – 4:13
 Soha nem halsz meg (bónusz dal a CD-kiadáson) – 3:43

Közreműködők
Wellington
Paksi Endre – ének
Juhász Rob – gitár, vokál
Fábián Zoltán – gitár, ének
Nagy György – billentyűsök
Berczelly Csaba – basszusgitár, akusztikus gitár, vokál
Juhász Róbert – dobok, vokál

Vendégek
 Dobsi István, Thorday Ákos, Matos Zoltán, Wallachy Attila – vokál

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Wellington: A döntő lépés (1995) – Allmusic.hu
Wellington: A döntő lépés (1995) – Discogs.com

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Your Leaving Cert questions answered by Minister McHugh
Minister for Education Joe McHugh took part in a livestream with SpunOut.ie on Tuesday
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On Tuesday afternoon, SpunOut.ie announced we would be holding a livestream on Instagram later that evening with Minister for Education, Joe McHugh. We asked Leaving Cert students to send us in their questions to ask the Minister on their concerns around the Leaving Cert exams.
We received 1,300 emails and the Instagram Live was watched by over 18,000 people. We took the questions that represented the most common issues for Leaving Cert students to ask Minister McHugh.
During the Instagram Live, the Minister revealed that they hope to hold the Leaving Cert at the end of July, with the first day of exams being July 29th 2020.
How the Minister for Education answered your Leaving Cert questions
Below is a summary of the Minister's responses to your Leaving Cert questions.
Can you explain why you've made the decision to postpone written exams rather than replace them with another method?
The Minister explained that every decision made around the Leaving Cert was based on public health advice. The Department are planning on having students return to the classroom for at least two weeks before the exams take place, but this would not be possible if the exams were to take place on the original date in June. This is why the decision was made to postpone the exams until late July or early August.
The Minister revealed during the live that the date they hope to begin the exams will be Wednesday July 28th. This date and the timetable for the exams will be confirmed in the first week of June.
Predicted grades
Predicted grades were looked at as an option, which would see teachers giving their own students the marks they predict they would get if they took the exam. However, because the Irish system does not have a standardised way of measuring continuous assessment (the work you do throughout the whole year), this would not be a straight forward option. The Minister believes predicted grades would not be a fair system, because they could vary wildly from teacher to teacher, or from school to school.
Will there be a "no detriment" policy?
In response to questions about a no detriment policy, which is a policy whereby once students pass their exams they would not receive a lower grade than their average grade before the exam, the Minister said they were not in a position to make a decision on that policy yet, due to the uncertainty of the current pandemic.
What happens if Leaving Cert "plan A" cannot go ahead?
When asked when it would be known if this "plan A" would not be possible, the Minister said they will confirm in the first week of June what will happen and when it will happen. In terms of social distancing for students coming back to school, the Minister said they needed to have the "best public health advice" as they did not want to risk the health of the students.
What will happen if students cannot paying the Leaving Cert fees?
When asked if it will be taken into consideration that many students will not be in the position to pay the €116 fee for the Leaving Cert due at the end of April, the Minister said that they are "taking into consideration the financial difficulties that people are under" and that he will have a conversation with his officials about the matter, and take on board the reality of many students regarding the fee.
How will you take on board the "digital divide" that exists for many students?
The Minister said that they are in very close talks with the Department of Communications, and are looking at ways of reducing the digital divide. He also said that in a couple of days time they will have a formal decision on ICT (Information and Communications Technology) support so schools can help their students who experience the "technological divide."
What about students who need special education support?
In response to questions around access to special education support the Minister said that they have identified the need in those areas and will continue to support those vulnerable students.
How will student do their practical work for the Leaving Cert?
Speaking on how practical and project work will be completed by students if they return to school, the Minister said there will be a "common sense solution" to the practicals that ensures students will not be doing practicals during the last two weeks in July when they will be revising for the written exams.
How will the Leaving Cert Applied be affected if the exams go ahead?
When asked how the Leaving Cert Applied will be affected, the Minister said that an announcement will be made on that in the coming days after the relevant stakeholders meet again to discuss the issue.
How will immunocompromised students sit the Leaving Cert?
With regards to immunocompromised students and teachers Minister McHugh said that they are still looking into what needs to be put in place to support the health and safety of students and teachers. He said they will issue guidelines on the topic once they have the full guidelines from health officials.
How will the Minister support the mental health of students during the Leaving Cert?
The Minister was asked that if these exams go ahead, how will he address the mental health issues that some students may experience due to the pandemic and sitting the Leaving Cert. The Minister said they will be putting together a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme, which he will announce in a few days, to help support students.
Will the Appeal System still be in place for Leaving Cert students this year?
With regards to the appeal system the Minister said that they will ensure that "due process" stays in place and that they are working with the Higher Education Authority on the timelines surrounding the Leaving Cert and starting college.
Will financial supports still be there for students going to college?
The Minister said that SUSI grant funding will be there to support families under financial pressure and those supports will still be in place.
If the Leaving Cert results aren't out until after September how will students attend universities outside of Ireland?
The Minister said he has called Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education in England, and that they have agreed to work on a solution to deal with the change in the Leaving Cert calendar. The Minister also said that the Department of Education will also be working with their colleagues throughout the European Commission to find a solution for students who planned to go to university in Europe.
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Hamish Macdonald is an award winning Broadcaster and International Affairs Correspondent. Most recently he became a Fellow at Harvard University.
Hamish has covered war in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Libya, as well as the rise of ISIS in the Middle East, the rise of Donald Trump in America and the search for missing schoolgirls in Nigeria.
Hamish is a dynamic media professional with the capacity to shift between hard-hitting political interviews on daily breakfast programs, to hosting prime-time comedy news programs, in-depth investigations, podcasting, digital strategy consulting and live events.
In 2013 Hamish was appointed International Affairs Correspondent for America's ABC News, after a career anchoring and reporting for Aljazeera. At Australia's Ten Network he was Executive Producer & host of prime-time series 'The Truth Is?'.
Hamish has received a prestigious Walkley Award for Journalism and a Human Rights Australia Award for Journalism. Britain's Royal Television Society named him "Young Journalist of the Year" in 2008 and GQ Magazine named Hamish "Media Man of the Year" in 2012.


Fire crews attended a two-vehicle crash this morning (Monday).
Firefighters from Wakefield were called to Dewsbury Road, at junction 40 of the M1 motorway, at around 10.50am.
Two cars were involved in the crash where two women had sustained suspected neck injuries.
Fire crews assisted the ambulance service at the scene, but did not need to cut any passengers from the cars.
A West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue spokesperson said rainy conditions may have played a part in the collision.
The women were taken to Pinderfields Hospital and the road was closed for around 25 minutes.
Fire crews left at around 11.25am.


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Men who are dating Chinese girls online and intend to have a Chinese wife or girlfriend someday would surely like to know what things hold importance in the lives of these lovely women. Jade happens to be one thing whose importance in the lives of Chinese people cannot be underestimated. Not only do these oriental people consider jade to be the most valuable of all precious stones, but they also treat it as a symbol of nobility, perfection, constancy and immortality. During the ancient times it was quite common for Chinese girls to use a variety of small decorative and functional ornaments carved from jade, such as beads, pendants and belt hooks. Items carved out of this precious stone were considered intrinsically valuable as jade was believed to represent the human qualities in the form of its solidity, toughness and splendor.
Apart from the use of jade for ornamental purposes by Chinese girls, it was also widely used for decorating a variety of objects including those used for sacrificial and auspicious purposes. However, the significance of using jade utensils in sacrificial ceremonies was diminished greatly after the end of Han dynasty's rule. After the Sung and the Yuan dynasties, jade utensils once again gained the place of prominence with a greater focus on pure craftsmanship and artistry. Apart from the above applications of jade, the Chinese people also used this fine and beautiful stone for making various tools such as axes and spades. In addition, insignias and talismans were also carved out of jade as it was believed to possess protective powers.
Among the higher classes of Chinese society, using jade items in everyday life signified wealth, status and influence. It was customary for the nobility to wear and carry auspicious jade utensils as a symbol of power and authority. Similarly, it was also common for Chinese girls belonging to rich and influential families to use finely carved combs, hairpins, waist pendants and bracelets. Jade set in the handles of hand held fans, walking sticks, and even garments and caps was considered to signify class and style.
Even in these modern times, the attraction of Chinese people for items made with jade has not ebbed. In fact, wealthy parents make it a point to present fine and exquisitely carved jade items having awe-inspiring richness, luster and delicacy as a part of dowry to their Chinese girls. Over the years jade artistry has undergone significant changes with craftsmen focusing more on creativity and skill along with preserving its historical importance as an eternal symbol of the ancient and magnificent civilization of China.
Having read the above you might be tempted to purchase a jade ornament for your new found Chinese girlfriend or for her mother or father. Be warned that jade comes in drastically varying qualities, and recognizing whether a jade bracelet is of mediocre quality and a value of $10 or of the most exquisite quality and a value of $1,000 dollars is beyond most westerners capabilities. Many a western gentleman has lost both a great deal of money and the respect of his Chinese girl by being duped by some shop whose owner recognized an easy mark when the poor, naïve Lao Wai approached him. You may not know you've bought cheap trashy jade, but your Chinese girl will recognize it instantly.


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'There Are No Coincidences with Melania': Highlights from a Disputed New Tell-All on the First Lady
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How Africa February 1, 2020, 11:05 am
Much of the country closely follows what First Lady Melania Trump has to say.
But it's what she says by saying nothing at all that may reveal more about President Donald Trump's wife, one of the most scrutinized and inscrutable figures in the White House in recent decades.
"[W]ith each swat, poke, nudge, and pout, she becomes more and more a memorable and independent first lady," CNN reporter Kate Bennett writes at the end of Free, Melania, her recent unauthorized biography that earned a rebuke from Trump's aides.
Bennett was writing about those headline-grabbing moments when Mrs. Trump, 49, very publicly avoided her husband: pulling away from his hand and arriving separately from him at events.
"It's in these moments that we see the real Melania Trump," Bennett writes, summing up her view of the first lady. "A Melania who has scrupulously done her homework and knows what the protocol is that needs to be followed. A Melania who wants to make a good impression. A Melania who is not worried about making her husband happy or making him angry. She is a Melania who is not willing to be ignored."
Bennett, one of the few journalists to cover Mrs. Trump full time, relied on both named and unnamed sources connected with the Trump administration and first family to support Free, Melania's description of Mrs. Trump.
The woman Bennett describes is someone who — like her divisive husband — has sloughed off some of the traditional duties expected of her, reworking what remains into a position more tailored to her unusual background.
The biography, released in December, pushes back on the belief that Mrs. Trump is uncomfortable or unwilling in her White House role. Instead, according to Bennett, she is much more independent and in charge than the scrutinizing public has realized. Her main focus is motherhood, Bennett writes. Everything else — from living on a separate floor from her husband (but still having influence over him) to her devolving relationship with stepdaughter Ivanka Trump — is secondary.
The White House is having none of it.
"Mrs. Trump is surprised at Kate Bennett's reporting. Our office worked with Kate in good faith on her book, and thought she would do an honest job," Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to PEOPLE.
Free, Melania "sadly … includes many false details and opinions, showing Ms. Bennett spoke to many anonymous people who don't know the First Lady," Grisham said. "It continues to be disappointing when people, especially journalists, write books with false information just to profit off the First Family."
Continue reading for more highlights from Bennett's reporting.
First Lady Melania Trump | JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty
Mrs. Trump 'pushed' her husband to run for president
Contrary to previous reporting elsewhere, Bennett writes in Free, Melania that the former model encouraged her husband to run in the 2016 and knew he'd win — unlike many supporters and even Trump himself.
"There's a common misperception that Melania was against Trump's running for president," Bennett contends. "That she didn't want him to do it. Not true. She very much pushed him to run, in part because she did actually believe he would win and do a good job, but she was also tired, really tired, of listening to him talk about it."
This directly contradicts other sources. In a November 2017 Vanity Fair article a longtime friend of the Trumps said Mrs. Trump didn't want Mr. Trump to win the presidency.
"This isn't something she wanted and it isn't something he ever thought he'd win," the source said, per the magazine. "She didn't want this come hell or high water. I don't think she thought it was going to happen."
Whether Mrs. Trump thought her husband would win or not, Bennett goes on to further detail her view of how their marriage works: The president listens to his wife and often solicits her advice about whom to trust. Mrs. Trump, in turn, is aware of her own sway.
Bennett writes how, according to her book, Mrs. Trump showed her displeasure about news of the president's alleged affairs (which he denies) by being cold and aloof. This sent him into a tailspin.
"Trump, by several accounts, is desperate for her approval, and he relies on her—her punishing coldness in the wake of the affair headlines and rumors took a toll on him," Bennett writes.
She felt guilty about plagiarizing Michelle Obama's speech
What was to be a major moment for Mrs. Trump in the 2016 campaign spotlight — a speech at the Republican National Convention — soon soured.
She was widely criticized following her speech in July 2016, after viewers noticed direct similarities between parts of her address and one given by former First Lady Michelle Obama in 2008.
Bennett writes that the mistake happened in part because there weren't enough staffers to read over the speech beforehand—Mrs. Trump's speech had "fallen through the cracks."
"[Melania] was devastated. 'Beside herself,' as one aide put it to me. Yet there was no slamming of doors, throwing of vases, blind rage, or berating of staff," according to Free, Melania. "Instead, she became despondent, racked with guilt. 'She felt like she had let the team down,' says someone who worked on the campaign and was involved with Trump messaging. 'All she wanted to do was get up there and give a great performance and deliver a big win.'"
Shortly after the speech went viral for all of the wrong reasons, the president's team pushed back. Then-spokesman Jason Miller released a statement defending the first lady.
"In writing her beautiful speech, Melania's team of writers took notes on her life's inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking. Melania's immigrant experience and love for America shone through in her speech, which made it such a success."
However, speechwriter Meredith McIver soon explained that Mrs. Trump, in a phone call, had read "passages from Mrs. Obama's speech as examples" of inspiration for her own address. "I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech. … I did not check Mrs. Obama's speeches," McIver said at the time.
"This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama," McIver said at the time.
For her part, former Mrs. Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz told PEOPLE her first reaction to the plagiarism was "Oh. God."
"Making that kind of mistake is every speechwriter's worst nightmare," she said.
The Trumps live on different floors in the White House
Bennett's book adds to previous reporting about the Trumps' living arrangements.
She writes that President Trump sleeps in the main bedroom in the executive residence of the White House while his wife lives on a separate floor, in the room previously used by Mrs. Obama's mother, Marian Robinson.
Comprised of different rooms, the space is "more like a small two-bedroom apartment," Bennett writes. There, Mrs. Trump — much like she does while in her own space at the family's Mar-a-Lago Club — relishes her relative privacy, as well as utilizes a "glam room," a private workout space and a solarium.
Bennett writes that she believes such space is important to Mrs. Trump and the health of her relationship.
From left: Donald, Barron and Melania Trump in 2015 | Gustavo Caballero/Getty
Mrs. Trump doesn't feel trapped and is content to focus on son Barron
The first lady's devotion to raising her son is well-known and is a big reason she's protective of her privacy. In Free, Melania, Bennett also pushes back on previous reports about why Mrs. Trump didn't immediately move to the White House.
"Despite the pounding she took in the press for staying in New York City for the five months from inauguration until Barron finished his year at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory in Manhattan, Melania has told those close to her she never even considered not doing it," Bennett writes. "Barron was and continues to be her first priority, and, whether the public liked it or not, she intended to keep it that way."
Barron, then 10 turning 11 in the first year of his dad's presidency, is also the reason Mrs. Trump approaches her position as first lady "almost like it's part-time," Bennett argues in her book.
While many have wondered if Mrs. Trump feels trapped and unhappy in her role as first lady, she reportedly told Bennett, "'I don't get it. All that 'free Melania, free Melania.' Why would I be unhappy here?' "
"Melania went on to talk about Barron and being a mother, and it all sounded so abnormally … normal," Bennett writes. "The life she described was not at all how the general public assumes the Trump family lives. For Melania, things like homework, play dates, and soccer practice were all paramount concerns, as with most parents of a child on the cusp of his teenage years. Making a home for Barron in the White House had taken Melania's full efforts, and she was finally at a place where she felt comfortable, and where order was restored."
Mrs. Trump thinks Roger Stone may have pushed for the release of her nude modeling photos
Stone, a long-serving former adviser to President Trump and self-proclaimed "trickster" who was found guilty of obstruction of justice for his interference in the Russia investigation, has been rumored to have helped release nude photos of the first lady taken in 1996, Bennett writes.
The photos of Mrs. Trump were first published by the New York Post in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
"There remains to this day a strong indication that it was Trump himself who tipped off the New York Post to the photos, using his longtime friend Roger Stone to deliver the goods," Bennett writes. "The theory goes that Trump was trying to head off a bad week on the campaign. He was embroiled in a nasty public battle with the Gold Star parents of fallen army captain Humayun Khan."
According to Bennett, friends of the first lady told her that Mrs. Trump didn't believe her husband orchestrated the leak, but "she's not so sure" about Stone.
Ivanka Trump | Guillermo Legaria Schweizer/Getty
Mrs. Trump and Ivanka Trump are 'cordial, not close'
"For a time, the two women had enjoyed a comfortable, if not warm, alliance," Bennett writes of two of the most important women in the president's life. "But the White House has not been good for the relationship between Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump. 'Cordial, not close,' is how it was described to me by someone who has spent ample time around both women."
Ivanka has made many headlines during her time in the White House because of her unusual dual role as daughter and adviser. She has also faced criticism for her lack of qualifications for government work while some detractors accuse her of hypocrisy for disagreeing with her father only in private.
According to Free, Melania, when Ivanka got attention for helping sway the president to end his controversial family separation policy, the first lady, who had also pleaded for its end, decided to show her displeasure in pointed — and confusing — fashion.
Bennett believes that Mrs. Trump wore her notorious "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" jacket on her trip to the Mexico-U.S. border as a subtle stab at her stepdaughter.
"In my Melania-trained brain, I was almost certain the connection was to Ivanka and Zara and the way Ivanka had tried to take credit for getting Trump to soften his stance on immigration policy," Bennett writes.
She also guessed that the first lady wouldn't be swayed by critics who judged her for wearing the jacket at the border.
"I was aware of Melania's stubborn streak, one of the things that binds her to her husband: when she gets attacked, she attacks back," Bennett writes. "I had a feeling she would be reading the news reports on the plane home in her front cabin the way the rest of us were in the back, and if there's one thing Melania hates, it's being tsk-tsked by the press."
"She's Melania; she wasn't going to cower from a hot news story," Bennett added.
Mrs. Trump had changed during a stopover in Texas, according to the book. But when she stepped off the plane at the end of her trip, she was once again wearing the jacket.
Bennett concludes: "There are no coincidences with Melania Trump."
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In the unique natural harbour of Lakki, in Leros island, Lakki Marina is situated on the port side of the harbour, just beyond the commercial quay in the town of Lakki. In 1912 Italian forces occupied the Dodecanese, and selected Leros and especially the Lakki and Partheni natural harbours as an ideal location to base their naval stations, which were the largest in the eastern part of Mediterranean until 1943, the remains of which have survived in the region. Boats arriving at Lakki Marina can now enjoy the beauties of the sea and the environment of the Island of Leros and surrounding areas. Lakki Marina in Leros, is well organized, and has been operating since 1993, offering many facilities, showers, toilets, laundry & dryer services, and also other services upon request, (contact the customer care department with your requirements). Lakki Marina capacity is currently approximately 45 craft, with permanent quay side locations, which can entertain boats up to 125 feet and with 5 meters draught. At the basic level, the berths are supplied with electricity power 220V 16A / 32A / 63A and 380V 63A as well as fresh water, while permanent laid mooring lines guarantee the safety of the boats moored. The boats which approaching Lakki Marina in Leros, are kindly requested to call on Ch. 11 or 72 in order to receive berthing instructions, Lakki Marina's work boat and skilled personnel will provide all necessary assistance. After your arrival you can check in at the reception office, the office personnel will be happy to inform you with all details and information concerning your stay. Helpful, professional personnel are available to help you refuel, and to give advice on good cruising destinations and to assist with any problems. Wireless internet access is available free of charge and fully operational. You may have your coffee, drinks or delicious snacks in the marina's café or either in the town of Lakki which is one step away from the Marina where you will find restaurants, provision stores, supermarkets, and many other shops, you will also find our Chandlery close to the marina where you will find many items, spare parts and supplies, marina's personnel will assist and provide you with information for its location. For your entertainment close to the Marina there is a modern cinema also several night bars and a music hall. The historical sites of Leros and museums are there for you to visit, life has existed here since 3000 BC, and much action took place throughout the centuries until the end of 2nd world war, for further information or interest please contact the reception. Our aim is to provide for your needs and make your stay as pleasant as possible.
The EL GRECO restaurant presents a new and impressive gastronomical alternative in the beach of Panteli, in Leros. Offering an exceptionally broad menu based on the creative cuisine of the Greek islands, newly renovated indoor and outdoor premises, and great value for money, the EL GRECO restaurant will satisfy even the most demanding palate. Some of the unforgettable dishes you will encounterin EL GRECO include the sofrito, a combination of seafood flavors and summer freshness, lamb prepared traditionally in a wood fired oven, karkani (ray fish) served with roasted beets and garlic sauce and, of course, the best fish and lobsters that you will find on the island of Leros.
Lakki Marina: 37?07.80 N - 26?50.90 E - VHF Channel: 11 Call Sign: LAKKI MARINA // Partheni Boatyard: 37?11.23 N - 26?48.27 E - VHF Channel: 72 Call Sign: AGMAR MARINE.
Welcome to our Family Taverna, Taverna Paradisos is located at Vromolithos Beach, an ideal Beach for family. We offer you a peaceful and calm family environment with a good wine accompanied by some of our specialties . While you are reading the story pass your mouse over a bolded name to see who he is in the picture. The Makris family belongs in catering for over 40 years. The recipes they use are authentic homemade recipes passed from mother to daughter until today. The first of the family , who started in catering, was Stamatis Makris , the grandfather of todays Tavernas Paradisos owner, who had the first 'Kafeneio' in early 30s. Next in line is Manolis Makris who took control of the 'Kafeneio' and made it to a Taverna with the help of his wife Stamatina. Stamatis Makris is the current owner of Taverna Paradisos and he offers you magical evenings playing his bouzouki real greek folk music with his greatest son Manolis, who plays accordion and both they do some greekJazz jams. Anna,Stamatis wife, is the responsible of the main dishes,home-cooking and hand-made appetizers ( 'meze'). She is an excellent cook, while she cooks with fresh ingredients,extra virgin olive oil making you feel like eating home. Michael , the second son of Makris Family, is now the owner of the new Café "Paradisos Café" that is only a few steps behind Taverna. We can't forget the youngest member, Aggeliki who is the responsible of Public Relations and she is the female vocalist at music nights. THANK YOU & WE AWAIT YOUR VISIST . PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE VIA LINK PROVIDED BELOW .
Address: VROMOLITHOS ., LEROS ., GREECE .
Welcome to Hotel Tony Beach located on the beach of Vromolithos Leros.
We are a family run hotel with 20 studios which can comfortably accommodate 60 people. All studios are equipped with colour tv's, telephone, air-con and a centralised music system. Each studio has its own private terrace overlooking the Agean sea and the tiny isle of Aghia Kyriaki.
From the verandas you can watch the sun rising behind the traditional stone built windmills. Tony's beach hotel is at your disposal to offer a summer vacation you've always desired, beside the sea in a pretty cool family area.
Please follow the link provided below for additional pictures and details of this beautiful family run hotel.
AEGEAN TRAVEL & SHIPPING AGENCY.
AEGEAN TRAVEL & Shipping Agency, has been proudly holding an important place in the sector of touristic services in Dodecanisos for over 65 years. Within a short time, with the active interest and care of our experienced personnel, Aegean travel managed to create bonds of friendship and trust with the travelers.
The holiday packages and travel offers we propose are always well selected. The goal we have set with our associates is to reveal to you all the secrets of Leros and the other islands always combining quality with economy.
Knowing that most trips last only for a few days, we are here to recommend the best options for your holidays.
While reading about LEROS, PATMOS, LIPSOS, ASTYPALAIA, KALYMNOS, you will realise that we have really experienced the trips we propose, we have savoured them, explored them, swam and walked through them.
"Beautiful things are beyond description."
PLEASE GO TO WEB SITE VIA LINK BELOW FOR ALL OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
We are the largest and most equipped hotel on the isle of Leros. We are located just a few minutes walk from Alinda beach and only a few meters from the small beach of Crithoni . We are a 4 star hotel complex with 300 rooms and suites, we have all the main facilities like outdoor pool, conference room, sauna, gym, bird bar and restaurant. We also offer free transfers to and from the hotel via our own 15 and 40 seater busses, free Internet access for all visitors. We also provide services such as car and bike rental if you would like to explore the beautiful island of Leros. Provisions can be provided upon request for the yachting fraternity.
Thank you and we await your visit.
Enjoy your dinner with a breathtaking view of Agia Marina, seated in front of a traditional windmill, with the Aegean Sea at your feet. Experience some of the finest local ingredients which are enhanced with modern culinary techniques which will take you in a gastronomic journey. A secret well known to the yachting enthusiasts, which travel the world to sample the most prestigious and delicate flavours of every culture. From the luxurious lobster served with linguini or straight up, to the humble fish of the day brought in by the traditional fishing boats, you will find a variety of dishes stimulating all your senses. Be sure to ask for octopus carpaccio, tuna sashimi, kataifi cheese rolls and kalamari in pesto sauce and let the chef alongside with the humble noise of the breaking waves satisfy your greatest demands. The personnel will be more than welcome to ease your choice between the dishes of the day, help you pick the freshest fish and make sure your meal is accompanied by the appropriate wine. Quench your thirst with refreshing pre dinner drinks or simply enjoy the view with a yummy cocktail at hand at the new terrace bar. A classic hot spot in the Aegean Islands which remains subtle and true to its character, respecting the traditions, approved and recommended by highly esteemed travel and culinary guides from all over the globe. A night out you will cherish, not only for the magical view and the exquisite food, but for the people you will meet there, which will immediately make you feel at home. Be sure to book a table in advance, to experience this well kept secret.
Thank you and we await your visit . Please bring two things. A good appetite and of course your camera . Please visit our web site via link below for international reviews and pictures.
WELCOME TO ZORBAS , LOCATED IN PANTELI. THIS FAMILY RUN TAVERNA IS THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN LEROS AND A FAVOURITE FOR LOCALS AND TOURISTS.
AT ZORBAS RESTAURANT WE AIM TO PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH THE FINEST MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIENCE COMPLEMENTED WITH OUR RELAXED ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE MENU TO SUIT ALL TASTES. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR AUTHENTIC CUISINE MADE WITH THE FINEST AND FRESHEST LOCALLY SOURCED PRODUCE. ALL THIS IN A IDYLLIC SETTING JUST 5 METRES FROM THE BEACH.
SPECIALITIES INCLUDE DAILY CAUGHT LOBSTER , PASTA MARINARA TO FILLET LE BEOURF WITH PEPPER SAUCE. ALL AT RIDICULOUSLY REASONABLE PRICES.
ZORBAS TAVERNA PROMISES YOUR DINING EXPERIENCE TO BE AS DELICIOUS AS IT IS PLEASURABLE .
THANK YOU, AND WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT.
Thalassa means 'the sea' and this bar is ideally called so as it sits on the sea wall with the bar having the waves crash upon it all night long. Thalassa isn't hard to miss bing just a few meters away from Agia marina and the only red building in the area. The building itself has been here for over a 100 years which adds character but has recently been refurbished to the highest of standards inside and out such much so it wouldn't look out of place in the exclusive bars of Santorini, Mykonos and the Mederteranian coast. We offer a experience like no other In Leros providing great music via our nightly dj and great sound system and also offering the best drinks from the local beers to cocktails made by our experienced bartender to the expensive champagnes for that special occasion. What ever the occasion be we can guarantee that you not be leaving Thalassa unsatisfied.
Welcome to Savana Bar , situated at the far end of the fantastic, traditional fishing village of Panteli, Leros - just walk along the harbour front and you'll find us.
Simon and Peter are English and Pernille is from Denmark. We opened the bar in 1996, taking it over from Savas (a local celebrity!) and like to think we have imparted our own special atmosphere to the place. Savana opens in the evenings from 8pm until 10.00pm, serving cocktails, long drinks, beers, juices, coffee, tea and some specialities that you really have to be brave or crazy to try. ( " don't try the Tabasco shot" Theo from Harbourguides ) The bar has four separate and individual areas to choose from. Each with their own unique character.
Please go to our web site via link provided below for more details and photos of previous seasons . Thank you and we await your visit .
MOTO LAND began in 1996 by Mr. I. Iliasis has been operating car & moto market of leros for the last 15 years. The company's main aim is to provide its clients with quality services, whether dealing with short term or long term rentals. In order to avoid problems and delays during your rental, all vehicles are covered by road assistance 24 hours a day, all over the island of leros. Our personnel is always at your disposal to inform and advise you for anything concerning your car rental, and to suggest the most appropriate solution for your needs.
Customer satisfaction . Our aim is to satisfy each customer providing low prices , top quality services , new cars and having 2 service stations in Panteli and Alinda villages (available 24H). We work closely with governmental license and our cars & bikes are checked from the national road-safety department , which ensures that our services are the highest possible.
Deliveries & Collects service is provided all around leros island including Ports & airport. Radio tape players, roof racks , baby seats and road map are provided free of charge and upon customers request. Bike helmets, luggage racks, maps and straps are also provided free of charge.
Beautifully Set on the hillside above Pandeli harbor on the road leading up to the castle, the windmills have simply breathtaking panoramic views.
You`ll spend hours here just watching the boats and the comings and goings of the harbour.
Unassuming , serene, authentic and familiar , our accommodation is waiting to charm you. Please look on web site link provided below for pictures and details of rooms we have available.
WELCOME TO KINEZOS CAFE. SITUATED ON THE COAST ROAD NEXT TO LAKKI MARINA HERE YOU CAN ENJOY EVERYTHING YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A MODERN CAFE WITH THAT EXTRA BIT MORE. A PERFECT SPOT AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY FOR RELAXING AND WATCHING THE DAY GO WITH ITS BUSY LOCATION.
KINEZOS CAFE MENU OFFERS YOU A BREAKFAST SPECIALS MENU. AND FULL MENU FOR MEALS THROUGH OUT THE DAY. WE HAVE MEALS SUCH AS HOME MADE PIZZA , MEZE , MEAT DISHES , SALADS , CREPES , BURGERS AND MANY MORE.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO SIMPLE JUST HAVE A COFFEE WE CATER FOR ALL NEEDS. AND FOR THE TIMES TO UNWIND AND ENJOY YOUR STAY WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE COCKTAILS MENU MADE BY OUR EXPERIENCED STAFF. WINES AND BEERS TOO.
DIVA CLUB IS ALSO LOCATED AT THE BACK OF KINEZOS CAFE.
THIS NIGHT CLUB IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY IN THE HIGH SEASON. DIVA CLUB IS A BIG DRAW FOR THE LOCALS ON A SATURDAY SO EXPECT A TYPICAL GREEK MUSIC . WE INVITE YOU HERE FOR A TRADITIONAL DANCING , LAUGHING , DRINKING TO THE EARLY HOURS.
Leros Marina, Evros S.A., was established in 1989, when the rocky land overlooking the beautiful Lakki harbor was acquired. Lakki was used from the Italians as a naval station and aeronautics base for the whole of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Italian possession of the Dodecanese Islands from 1913 to 1943. The area that was selected is found in the north-eastern part and at the right end of Lakki Bay, - 37o 07,76" N. 26o 51,40" E -, at the precise point where the Italians moored their hydroplanes. On this private land, a new yacht harbor and marina has been created. It was the first Marina and Boatyard in the South East Aegean Greek waters.
,br> Leros Marina. located er, at the best part of Lakki bay which is completely protected from all the winds, including the Sirocco (or "Evros" in Greek) (S.E.). offers the opportunity for memorable moments, in a well known cruising & sailing area, the S.E. Aegean Sea. The private fenced area of 45.000 m2, is divided in a modernly accommodated marina with up to 220 berths, 5 floating pontoons equipped with mooring lines, electricity and water and a fully equipped boatyard with spaces up to 600 boats.
> Welcome to Ostria restaurant .
A family run restaurant in the heart of Lakki .
> We are no more than a hundred metres from Agmar marina and less than a kilometre from Evros marina . Mary And Christos have just moved to Leros after spending years in Athens where they worked in some of the busiest restaurants as Chefs. With the experience they now have moved to Leros and very recently opened Ostria . Very tastefully renovated to a high standard, with stunning views across Lakki marina.
> We specialise in Greek Mediterranean cuisine. Ostria ethos is all about outstanding ingredients with good honest flavours , unique textures and simple Fresh cooking . Some of our customer favourites include Giouvetsi ( short pasta) and daily seafood specialalities such as grilled squid.We are very well renowned for our meat dishes which include juicy steaks.
> Also we have daily specials ,all this washed down with a selection of house and bottled wines. You will find a selection of draught and bottled beers as well as the usual non alcoholic beverages . Other services include free Wi Fi. With all this we can assure you a very pleasant dining experience with amazing views.
> It's not uncommon for the yachting fraternity to drop anchor and come in before sailing off into the Aegean for their next adventure.
> Thank you and we await your visit.