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ABSTRACT Replacement of hot-mill rolls is expensive and often requires production to cease during the process. Surface deterioration of rolls escalates as cooling water quality decreases. This manuscript will describe the installation and performance of a new cooling water filtration system in a northeast Ohio hot-roll mill that incorporates well proven suction scanning technology with ...

With the steady increase in poultry processing rates there has been a corresponding increase in wastewater pollutant concentrations. Despite mechanical improvements in wastewater treatment, many poultry processors continue to pay unnecessarily high fees for municipal water discharges. $100-million-annual processor, Michigan Turkey Producers, in conjunction with Lyco Manufacturing, has set up a ...

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Troy Risk performed a RCRA Corrective Action at a closed hazardous waste landfill for a multinational landfill company. The work involved inspection and cleaning of two 85-foot leachate risers. A leachate riser is a stack of 4-foot diameter concrete pipe sections, which provide a passage to the bottom of the hazardous waste landfill. The riser provides access to pumps and electronic leachate ...

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Executive summary ObjectivesThis is the second interim report of this project being carried out by ICER with support from Glass Technology Services. The project is examining potential markets for waste CRT glass. In this second stage five potential applications have been investigated, three for screen glass which does not contain lead and two for lead-containing funnel glass ...

Offshore drilling, with today’s advanced technology, allows a larger amount of the drilling to be done in the same well. This implies drilling over a far longer distance and the use of directional drill technology. Although this gives major cost and logistic advantages it also greatly increasing wear on the drill string and casing. This wear and the string/casing friction (where they touch) ...

Case Study: Food & Beverage IndustryClient: Granador AG SwitzerlandStart Up: July 2004Capacity: 500 m3/d Overview Granador, a premium brand of Unidrink AG, is a well known beverage producer, located in Hitzkirch, Switzerland. Granador produces about 45 million bottles per year for distribution all over Europe. The plant had an anaerobic reactor for ...

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Langshott Manor Hotel, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

4 Red Star, Award winning Elizabethan Manor House set in 3 acres of stunning grounds with an ancient moat. 22 bedroom hotel with the many charming lounges all with open fires as well as the sumptuous 3 Rosette Mulberry Restaurant.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities and bedrooms.

The Role - Housekeeping Assistant (28hrs per week)

An energetic worker is required, with a good eye for detail to ensure excellent standards of cleanliness in guest bedrooms, bathrooms and public areas of the hotel. Working 5 days 28 hrs per week. For those wanting additional hours a turndown evening service is also offered (7pm-9pm) which ensures that all guest bedrooms are well presented ready for the guest return in the evening.

Cleaning of guest bedrooms and bathrooms and provision of turndown facility during the late shift.

Working between 9am and 3pm five days per week (28hrs) Additional evening shifts available from 7pm to 9pm for those wanting additional hours

Changing bed linen daily in all guest bedrooms

Cleaning guest bedrooms, bathrooms, corridors and public areas

Ensuring all corridors are clean and tidy and any dirty linen is returned to the laundry before the end of the shift

Returning to complete evening housekeeping (Turndown) duties a few evenings per week

Requirements

Good attention to detail

Enthusiastic about cleaning and presentation

Methodical in working routines

Availability to complete some early evening shifts on a rota basis

Weekend working is required as part of this role

The Benefits

4 weeks holiday

8 Bank holidays

Free car parking

Employee uniform

Following completion of the company's 3 month probationary period access to a range of company benefits including:

Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday


Sheraton Skyline Hotel London Heathrow - A Starwood Hotel

"Great for families but shame the pool wasn't open in the morning...."

Jane B

"As busy public sector workers, and parents to four children, me and my husband try and ensure we get one 'child free' romantic...... Or perf..."

Claire T

"Good!..."

Dylan Hughes

"Perfect hotel for a relaxing nights stay with good before a long haul flight....you don't need to leave the hotel and have everything you ne..."

Eleanor S

"Lovely hotel, however the room was extremely hot and noisy as it was by the lifts. They did offer me another room after I made a complaint w..."

dan f

About the hotel

Only 1. 3 miles from the Heathrow hub, with quick access to all the airport terminals, this hotel is a comfortable and convenient solution when flying from the Airport. Sheraton Skyline Hotel London Heathrow offers 350 bedrooms, some of the largest and most comfortable in the area.

Available options include Classic Rooms, Family Rooms and Club Rooms. Upgrading to Club allows exclusive access to the Club Lounge and its benefits including complimentary Breakfast, all-day refreshments and High Speed Internet Access. The American-themed Sports Bar & Grill serves a huge variety of international bar food and is the ideal venue to catch up with friends over a drink or a great burger. Madhu's Heathrow a new and innovative concept in Indian fine dining, bringing some of the best authentic Punjabi cuisine with a Kenyan twist, all based around secret recipes handed down over four generations, and prepared live in the restaurant on a Robota Grill. Located by the pool in the hotel's indoor tropical Sky Garden, the Sky Bar is the perfect place to sip a pre-dinner cocktail. Starbucks® Coffee House invites guests to come and relax with a cup of coffee or a delicious snack for those travellers on the go. Guests wishing to maintain their fitness regime when travelling will enjoy the hotel gym facility, which is opened 24 hours a day. Sheraton Skyline Hotel also features a connectivity hub in the lobby offering complimentary internet access: The Link@Sheraton. The indoor swimming pool and cocktail bar nestled in the Sky Garden, which is located at the heart of the Sheraton Skyline, make it an outstanding hotel near Heathrow.

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Jane B

March 2015

Family airport stopover

Great for families but shame the pool wasn't open in the morning.

Claire T

January 2015

Romantic getaway for busy parents of 5 children (happens once a year) ??

As busy public sector workers, and parents to four children, me and my husband try and ensure we get one 'child free' romantic......

Or perfect sleep and good company I should say, once a year. We try different hotels each year, and this year The Sheraton Skyline was recommended by a friend. The customer service and room was fabulous, unfortunately the water supply in the room was giving off a pungent odour of chlorine/bleach smell, which unfortunately aggravated my pre existing well controlled asthma, causing me to be awake on and off most of the night using my inhalers as I was soo wheezy. We also were looking forward to having a swim but the pool although absolutely beautiful, was socially very busy, with guests and party guests poolside. This put us off, as the pool is right on the middle if the cocktails bar. Upon discussing our concerns with management, as a goodwill gesture they waived the £15 car park fee!. In all honesty, we didn't want any money off, I wanted an undisturbed, relaxing one night only with my husband.


London’s famous double-decker buses are an ideal way to see the city if you’re on a budget. Buy a Travelcard for the day and take a self-guided city tour on London’s best bus routes. These four cover most of the major sights in the city. Their routes are described from west to east and the return journey passes the same sights in reverse.

Number 74Starting in Putney, this route travels past London’s museums hub in South Kensington where the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum sit side by side. It then passes luxury department store Harrods and the boundary of one of London’s largest green spaces at Hyde Park Corner. You can catch a glimpse of The Dorchester hotel just after, followed by the famous haunt of public rhetoric – Speaker’s Corner at Marble Arch. The final stop is Baker Street, home to both the Madame Tussauds wax figure museum and the Sherlock Holmes Museum, at the site of the fictional detective’s residence.

Number RV1The RV1 is a favourite route for us here at VL Towers! Despite being a single decker, it still passes through some of the best parts of London, giving you a great cultural tour of the city. Soak up some shops and street theatre at Covent Garden before taking the RV1. Hopping on it will take you to the South Bank where you’ll see the London Eye and Royal Festival Hall. The London Bridge stop is metres from the London Dungeon and City Hall is the next sight on the route, which crosses Tower Bridge to finish up at the Tower of London.

Number 24The 24 sets off from Camden Town which offers alternative fashion and food. The bus then heads to the more mainstream Leicester Square in the centre, calling in at Trafalgar Square and Horse Guards Parade. The political heart of London is next as the bus passes Parliament Square where you’ll find Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, as well as the nearby Westminster Abbey where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were married in 2011. The final site is the city’s policing headquarters at the iconic New Scotland Yard building.

Fans of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Avatar are in for a treat this weekend: a giant replica of the Tree of Souls is being erected in Hyde Park to celebrate the movie coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Wannabe Na’vi can get up close and personal with the tree, which is made of 20 miles of fibre optic cable, and can even interact with it via their iPods and phones. The tree’s “branches” will respond to the movements of visitors around the tree by changing light and colour. Visitors can also send messages to an inbuilt screen in the tree.

As an added bonus, Stephen Lang, who played Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar, will unveil the tree.

The event coincides with the Earth Day 2010 and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has pledged to plant a real tree for every person who connects with the Tree of Souls.

And if that’s not enough Avatar-related fun for you, HMV Oxford Street will be transformed into Pandora on 25 April for the film’s small screen release. Stephen Lang will be popping up again, and there’ll be lots of Avatar goodies for customers. Wristbands will be available for the event from 10am on the day on a first-come, first-served basis.

Today sees the last in a series of informativefree talks at Covent Garden’s very own Speakers’ Corner. So far the talks have covered tea, honey and urban-farming; today the subject is chocolate!

Come and join us at the Covent Garden Real Food Market on the East Piazza where, at lunchtime, seminal 90s supermodel Lorraine Pascale will demonstrate the fine art of cupcake decorating. Or pop down in the evening for chocolate tasting and a talk on the history of chocolate – from bean to bar – with highly skilled chocolate obsessives, Chocolution.

If you can’t make it today, there’ll be more talks and demonstrations on Thursday 20 August at the same times.

Don’t forget, if you’re struggling to entertain the kids this holiday, Covent Garden is running The Kids Are Alright summer promotion until Sunday 23 August. This massive free event includes juggling and puppet workshops, cupcake decorating classes, and even a giant sandpit.

The Kids Are Alright also sees great offers on toys and family dining from some of the area’s leading shops and restaurants, including complimentary kids meals from top Covent Garden restaurants, free Disney goodies and the chance to win a Build-A-Bear Workshop party.


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[Portfolio, B.Arch] RIBA Part II / Year 4

[Portfolio, B.Arch] RIBA Part II

Future Sustainable Transportation System

West Cumbria

Research Composites

Portfolio

Design Thesis – ‘Future’ Sustainable Transportation System,

Eskdale Green Valley – West Cumbria

Unit 11 : Inner Worlds, Other Landscapes

SEMESTER 1

Inner Worlds, Other Landscapes

“[…] Architecture is born from the original discrepancy between two spaces, the horizontally orientated space of ourexperience and the vertically orientated space of nature.” Architectonic Space, Dom Hans Van der Laan (1904-1991)

Throughout history the discrepancy Van der Laan describes has gone through many permutations; from fearof the wilderness to ownership over it, from worship of natures divinities to rational observation of naturalforms. The unit’s ongoing theme is to explore these relationships, and how architecture continues to mediateand communicate between our inner worlds and the landscapes we occupy.

Our context for these investigations is Britain, which once again is reinventing itself, with the new coalitiongovernments emphasis on collaborative Localism we will explore how, in this contemporary context, thearchitect can facilitate imaginative and economically sustainable solutions.

The unit will be working in the geographically diverse peripheral territory of West Cumbria. Locked betweenthe Irish Sea and the Cumbrian mountains of the Lake District National Park, this region was recentlydesignated Britain’s Energy Coast and is earmarked for significant regeneration.

The unit celebrates a method of careful and precise research balanced with a personal, intuitive response toplace. Each member of the unit will develop their own programme through a ‘design thesis’ and have a choiceof non-metropolitan sites to create powerful, regionally specific and technically resolved architecturalpropositions.

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Study 1: Solid Base

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Study 2: Infrastructural Buildings

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Composite Drawing

Smithfield Market, London EC1

Case Studies

1. Smithfield Market

2. St Pancras Station and Hotel

3. St Mary / St Clement Danes RAF Church

4. The Temple

5. Hayward Gallery, Royal Festival Hall and South Bank

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Study 3: Composite Landscape

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From the Unit’s Brief

‘…it is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relationship between what we see and what we know is never settled… we never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves. Our vision is continually active, continually moving, continually holding things in a circle around itself...’
John Berger, Ways of Seeing

Sketches

West Cumbria

Hardknott Roman Fort

Ravenglass

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Study 4: Composite Buildings

– Millom Castle, S.W. Cumbria

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Brief

The task was to conduct a measured survey of a group of existing buildings unique to the Cumbrian region in order to record their form, structure, material and how over time they have been added to. This is primarily an exercise in measuring, drawing and modeling a building and its rooms, although it is important to understand the context of the building both physically and culturally.In the previous building study there was a direct relationship between the infrastructural quality of the buildings looked at and their programme. This is an exercise in space and structure to learn lessons in proportion and composition, abstract from the programme of the building.Where the infrastructural buildings explored in London (Study 2) seem almost superimposed on the city structure determining what was around them, these buildings seem to have evolved with and even from the landscape. Arguably they can be described as vernacular in the sense that they have come to belong to and characterise this region. Also believed, there is a joy to be had in simply recording thesebuildings, some seem so fragile that if to fall into further ruin without being recorded, a small part of the history of this region and even the country would be lost.


Analysis of 250,000 reviews for top-rated hotels finds one in seven with ‘hallmarks’ of fakes

The travel website TripAdvisor is failing to stop fake reviews boosting the rankings of top-rated hotels, Which? has claimed.

The consumer organisation analysed almost 250,000 reviews for the 10 top-ranked hotels in 10 popular tourist destinations around the world, finding one in seven had “blatant hallmarks” of fake reviews.

Which? Travel reported 15 cases to TripAdvisor and claimed that the site admitted 14 of the hotels had already been caught with fake positive reviews in the last year. It said TripAdvisor revealed that six of these hotels had been penalised for breaking guidelines and two had previously been given a “red badge” warning for suspicious activity, but this was not made clear to travellers.

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Which? said TripAdvisor had taken down hundreds of reviews following its investigation. One hotel in the Middle East, rated as the “best hotel” in Jordan, had a “hugely suspicious” pattern of reviews, Which? reported, adding that the unnamed hotel denied any wrongdoing but TripAdvisor had subsequently removed 730 of its five-star ratings.

At the “best hotel in Cairo”, according to TripAdvisor’s traveller rankings, 79% of five-star reviews were left by profiles that had made no other contributions on the site. Shortly after Which? shared its findings, TripAdvisor removed reviews from the property and it lost its status as Cairo’s best hotel, it said.

In Las Vegas, two of the 10 highest-ranked hotels received almost half (48% and 41% respectively) of their hundreds of five-star ratings from first-time reviewers who had never made any other TripAdvisor contributions before or since, raising suspicions that they could be fake, Which? said.

In contrast, another hotel near the top of the Las Vegas rankings had just 3% of its almost 2,000 five-star reviews from once-only reviewers.

Which? Travel also compared 10 London hotels of the two biggest UK chains, Premier Inn and Travelodge. While Premier Inn did not arouse suspicion, almost half of hundreds of five-star reviews at two Travelodge sites came from first-time contributors.

The findings come as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) carries out a programme of work aimed at tackling the increasing problem of fake and misleading reviews.

Which? Travel’s Naomi Leach said: “TripAdvisor’s failure to stop fake reviews and take strong action against hotels that abuse the system risks misleading millions of travellers and potentially ruining their holidays. Sites like TripAdvisor must do more to ensure the information on their platforms is reliable, and if they continue to fall short they should be compelled to make changes so holidaymakers are no longer at risk of being duped by a flood of fake reviews.”

A TripAdvisor spokesman said: “It is far too simplistic to assume all first-time reviewers are suspicious. Every genuine reviewer in the world is at some point a first-time reviewer. Accurate fraud detection requires analysis of a wide range of data points, such as IP information, location data or details about the device an account was using when submitting a review. This crucial data is missing from Which’s analysis.

“We are committed to ensuring reviews on TripAdvisor offer useful and accurate information, and we are very aggressive in catching fake reviews and pursuing the fraudsters behind them. We have a dedicated team of fraud investigators who work tirelessly to protect the site from fake reviews.”

A Travelodge spokeswoman said: “We did experience a breakdown in our internal communication when TripAdvisor identified an irregular pattern of reviews at one of our hotels – Wembley Central Travelodge. Unfortunately on this rare occasion that matter was not managed effectively within the timeframe, and we have taken appropriate action to ensure this does not happen again.”


Maurice Elvey

Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.

Biography
Born William Seward Folkard in Stockton-on-Tees, he ran away from home at the age of nine, seeking his fortune in London. There he worked variously as a kitchen hand and hotel pageboy, before ending up as stagehand and actor at the age of 17. He quickly rose to directing and producing plays and established his own theatrical company before switching to films with The Great Gold Robbery in 1913. He directed a wide array of popular features in a variety of genres, including comedy, drama, literary adaptations – including Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club (1914) and a version of William Shakespeare's As You Like It entitled Love in a Wood (1916) – and biographical profiles of such luminaries as Florence Nightingale and Lord Nelson. The Life Story of David Lloyd George (originally titled The Man Who Saved The Empire), suppressed for political reasons just prior to its release in 1918, had its world premiere in Cardiff in May 1996 and was hailed by critics and film historians as one of the best silent films produced in the UK.

In 1921, Elvey directed 16 shorts and one full-length feature film (The Hound of the Baskervilles) with Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes. The actor was Arthur Conan Doyle's favorite among those who portrayed his literary sleuth.

Elvey worked with such performers as Leslie Howard, Ivor Novello, Ida Lupino, Benita Hume, Gracie Fields, Claude Rains, Alastair Sim, Leslie Banks, and Fay Wray, and mentored future directors Carol Reed, David Lean, and Ronald Neame. In 1944, he was charmed by Petula Clark when he saw her perform at the Royal Albert Hall, and he launched her film career by casting her as a precocious waif in his wartime drama Medal for the General. The two collaborated on three additional films.

Elvey was married three times, to actress Philippa Preston, sculptor Florence Hill Clarke, and actress Isobel Elsom, whom he met on the set of The Wandering Jew in 1923. The couple went on to make eight films together.

The loss of an eye and failing health prompted Elvey's retirement at the age of 70. Ten years later he died in Brighton.

Filmography
Director

 Popsy Wopsy (1913)
 Maria Marten (1913)
 The White Feather (1914)
 Her Luck in London (1914)
 The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
 The Idol of Paris (1914)
 The Suicide Club (1914)
 Honeymoon for Three (1915)
 There's Good in Everyone (1915)
 Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
 Home (1915)
 Her Nameless Child (1915)
 Love in a Wood (1915)
 From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
 Gilbert Gets Tiger-Itis (1915)
 Midshipman Easy (1915)
 Fine Feathers (1915)
 Florence Nightingale (1915)
 A Will of Her Own (1915)
 Charity Ann (1915)
 When Knights Were Bold (1916)
 Driven (1916)
 Mother Love (1916)
 Meg the Lady (1916)
 Esther (1916)
 Trouble for Nothing (1916)
 Vice Versa (1916)
 The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
 The King's Daughter (1916)
 The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
 The Grit of a Jew (1917)
 Smith (1917)
 Justice (1917)
 The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
 Flames (1917)
 Mary Girl (1917)
 Dombey and Son (1917)
  The Man Who Saved The Empire (1918)
 Hindle Wakes (1918)
 Nelson (1918)
 The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
 The Swindler (1918)
 Goodbye (1918)
 Adam Bede (1918)
 Comradeship (1919)
 God's Good Man (1919)
 Mr. Wu (1919)
 The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
 Quinneys (1919)
 The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
 Keeper of the Door (1919)
 The Swindler (film) (1919)
 The Tavern Knight (1920)
 The Victory Leaders (1920)
 A Question of Trust (1920)
 At the Villa Rose (1920)
 The Hundredth Chance (1920)
 The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
 Bleak House (1920)
 Innocent (1921)
 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1921)
 A Gentleman of France (1921)
 A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
 The Fruitful Vine (1921)
 Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
 A Debt of Honour (1922)
 Running Water (1922)
 Man and His Kingdom (1922)
 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922)
 The Passionate Friends (1922)
 Don Quixote (1923)
 Guy Fawkes (1923)
 The Royal Oak (1923)
 The Wandering Jew (1923)
 The Sign of Four (1923)
 Sally Bishop (1924)
 Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
 Slaves of Destiny (1924)
 The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
 My Husband's Wives (1924)
 Folly of Vanity (1924)
 Curlytop (1924)
 She Wolves (1925)
 Every Man's Wife (1925)
 The Woman Tempted (1926)
 The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
 Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
 Human Law (1927)
 Roses of Picardy (1927)
 Hindle Wakes (1927)
 The Flight Commander (1927)
 Quinneys (1927)
 The Glad Eye (1927)
 Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
 Balaclava (1928)
 Palais de danse (1928)
 You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
 High Treason (1929)
 The School for Scandal (1930)
 Potiphar's Wife (1931)
 Sally in Our Alley (1931)
 A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
 Frail Women (1932)
 The Marriage Bond (1932)
 The Water Gipsies (1932)
 Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
 The Lodger (1932)
 In a Monastery Garden (1932)
 The Lost Chord (1933)
 I Lived with You (1933)
 This Week of Grace (1933)
 The Wandering Jew (1933)
 Lily of Killarney (1934)
 Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
 Princess Charming (1934)
 Soldiers of the King (1934)
 My Song for You (1934)
 Road House (1934)
 Heat Wave (1935)
 The Clairvoyant (1935)
 The Tunnel (1935)
 Spy of Napoleon (1936)
 The Man in the Mirror (1936)
 A Romance in Flanders (1937)
 Change for a Sovereign (1937)
 Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
 Melody and Romance (1937)
 Lightning Conductor (1938)
 Who Goes Next? (1938)
 The Return of the Frog (1938)
 A People Eternal (1939)
 Sword of Honour (1939)
 Sons of the Sea (1939)
 Under Your Hat (1940)
 The Spider (1940)
 For Freedom (1940)
 Room for Two (1940)
 Salute John Citizen (1942)
 The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
 Medal for the General (1944)
 Strawberry Roan (1945)
 Beware of Pity (1946)
 The Third Visitor (1951)
 The Late Edwina Black (1951)
 My Wife's Lodger (1952)
 The Great Game (1953)
 Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
 House of Blackmail (1953)
 The Harassed Hero (1954)
 The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
 What Every Woman Wants (1954)
 The Gay Dog (1954)
 You Lucky People (1955)
 Room in the House (1955)
 Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
 Dry Rot (1956)
 Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
 Second Fiddle (1957)

Producer (selection)

 Beautiful Jim (1914)
 Her Luck in London (1914)
 Honeymoon for Three (1915)
 It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1915)
 Her Nameless Child (1915)
 Grip (1915)
 Flames (1917)
 The Grit of a Jew (1917)
 The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
 Goodbye (1918)
 Adam Bede (1918)
 Hindle Wakes (1918)
 Comradeship (1919)
 Dombey and Son (1918)
  The Man Who Saved The Empire (1918)
 Comradeship (1919)
 A Woman in Pawn (1927)

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Banksy friend smokes cannabis in House of Commons while Nick Clegg addresses MPs

Unwanted visitor: The pass Cartrain was given after entering the House of Commons on the day of his crime

A friend of Banksy managed to smuggle a cannabis joint into the House of Commons and then smoke it as Nick Clegg addressed MPs during Prime Minister’s Questions as part of a protest yesterday.

The 18-year-old street-artist, who goes by the pseudonym 'Cartrain', got his drugs through the supposedly tight security and then lit up as the Deputy Prime Minister filled in for David Cameron, who was in China trying to tie up trade deals with Britain.

Cartrain was only stopped when he stood up and shouted "decriminalise cannabis", revealing his illegal actions to police, who rushed over to drag away the teenager and a friend.

The Leytonstone-based artist, who was later released by police with a warning, has in the past been arrested for removing part of Damien Hirst’s Tate Britain installation Pharmacy as part of another protest.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was taking questions from MPs yesterday when the incident occurred

A copy of the street-artist's police stop and account form

He said: 'The security was tighter than at an airport — there were about 20 cops searching people, metal detectors, the works — but I couldn’t believe how easy it was.

'I lit up right in front of Nick Clegg. I must have taken a good four or five pulls on the spliff before the guards realised what I was doing, and then I went quietly.

'They said they would put me in a cell under Big Ben, which I said sounds amazing, like the most expensive hotel in London, but then they decided to let me go when they realised I was quite keen to be arrested.'

His police stop and account form, signed by an officer of the Met’s SO17 Palace of Westminster division, records: 'Stopped in strangers gallery after seen smoking cannabis.'

A spokesman for the House of Commons said: 'Two people were removed from the public gallery of the Commons today for inappropriate behaviour. They were handed over to the police, cautioned and given advice about drugs.'

Cartrain’s previous stunts include sneaking a fake exhibit into the British Museum.

Last year artists including Banksy rallied to support him after he was arrested for taking a packet of pencils — valued at £500,000 — from Hirst’s exhibition after the former Young British Artist’s representatives threatened to sue Cartrain for making collages including photos of Hirst’s work.


Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City Museum, Building Design, Architecture Photos, Architect

Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre in Kuwait

ASCC Museum Complex in Salmiya, The Middle East – design by SSH architects

30 Nov 2017

Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre

Architects: SSH

Location: Arabian Gulf Street, Salmiya, Kuwait City

Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Building

The upcoming Kuwaiti museum complex, the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre (ASCC), was named Public Building of the Year at the prestigious ABB LEAF Awards 2017.

The annual LEAF (Leading European Architecture Forum) Awards bring together more than 100 leading senior figures from the world’s elite architectural design community to celebrate, discuss and honour some of the best new international projects. All shortlisted and winning projects are recognised as setting the benchmark for the future of the industry.

A joint delegation from the Amiri Diwan of Kuwait and SSH collected the international accolade for the complex at a gala ceremony, hosted at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, in London.

Due to be completed by the end of this year, the centre not only celebrates mankind’s scientific and cultural achievements, but also honours Kuwaiti, Islamic and Arab culture and history. Together, with the award-winning Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC) and the nearly restored and refurbished Al Salam Palace, the museum complex will form part of a new national cultural district for the city of Kuwait.

The project will consist of six main buildings: A Natural History Museum; Science Museum; Museum of Islamic History; Space Museum; Fine Arts Centre; and a Theatre.

Each museum building will contain an array of permanent and temporary world-class exhibits, installations and artworks. Walking beneath the canopy of the complex’s street is a journey full of surprises, with stunning views deep into the heart of the museums where visitors will see framed vistas of priceless exhibits.

Kuwaiti architecture is represented by the main “street”, which meanders and echoes the traditional “Ferej”. This creates exciting spaces, Islamic patterns, corners and walkways, mirroring the experience of walking down a traditional, busy Kuwaiti street.

The museum buildings and the circulation between them are shaded and partially climatically controlled using a solar shade canopy, which is 200 m long with cantilevers of 30 m. The inverted structure allowed the installation of 2,000 LED-lit shingles, which were parametrically designed and DMX controller-linked to provide evening light shows and daytime shade.

The material chosen by SSH for the exterior cladding and roof paving of the complex was also carefully selected. The approved stone, named Skyline, is a true marble from Turkey with a clearly defined vein orientation in the quarry strata. Skyline has all the technical and aesthetic characteristics to meet the stringent requirements of the project.

SSH was appointed as lead architecture and engineering designer on the complex.

Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City – Building Information

Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait

Project end date: Estimated end of 2017

Area: 127,000 sqm

Client: The Amiri Diwan, Kuwait

Architects/Designers: SSH

Collaborators: Al Ghanim International

About SSH

SSH is one of the leading master planning, infrastructure, building design, and construction supervision firms in the Middle East, with a reputation for design integrity and a portfolio that includes landmark projects throughout the region. The firm maintains offices in Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Bahrain, Dubai, Iraq, Kuwait, London, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Founded in 1961, SSH employs approximately 1,400 high-calibre local, regional and international experts in their individual fields, most of whom are from globally renowned international consultancy firms. The company has been ranked 3rd architecture company in the Middle East among the top 100 Architects in the world and number 1 design firm in the culture sector in the World by World Architecture Magazine in 2015 and 2016.

SSH was also ranked in 95th place among ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms for 2017.

SSH’s multifaceted practices include architecture, urban design and planning, structural and civil engineering, MEP/building services, interior design, highway and bridge engineering, storm water drainage, utility design, sanitary engineering, marine engineering and district cooling, in addition to high-profile project management and construction supervision services.

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Midland Hotel – December Winner

Midland Hotel

Did you guess where Otto visited on the 1st December? We thought this was a tricky one, but 16 of you got it right (in the end!) The answer was of course the Midland Hotel (some of you were very precise with ‘Midland Hotel lounge’!).

About The Midland Hotel

Otto thought it was only right for our final location of 2013 to be The Midland Hotel, as it too celebrates an anniversary. This year sees The Midland Hotel celebrate its 80th anniversary, having first opened its doors in July 1933.

So what did Otto learn whilst chasing ladies up the grand spiral stairs? Well, the grade 2 listing was designed by architect Oliver Hill. Oliver wanted to create a building “of international quality in the modern style” and in 1932 work commenced. Oliver Hill had big plans for the Midland Hotel, it was his chance to “have a unique opportunity of building the first really modern hotel in the country”. Eric Gill, working closely with Oliver, created most of the interior decoration. Arguably his greatest work was Gill’s huge bas-relief for the hotel’s lounge entitled “Odysseus welcomed from the sea by Nausicaa”, which today stands grandly behind the main reception desk in the main lobby of the hotel.

Critical Acclaim

Hill and Gill’s impressive work paid off. When the Midland Hotel opened it’s doors in 1933 it was met with widespread acclaim. One guest, the Earl of Derby, said the hotel was “a magnificent building, it sets an example for others to follow.” Sir Josiah Stamp (President of LMS) said he had recently seen the most up-to-date hotel accommodation in Chicago, Copenhagen and Stockholm, embodying the latest modernism, cubism and other ‘isms’ but the Midland Hotel eclipsed them all. That’s not all, a correspondent from ‘CountryLife’ magazine was so captivated by the illuminated spiral staircase that he likened it to “a fairy staircase that one would willingly climb till it reached to heaven.” The Midland Hotel attracted celebrities such as Coco Chanel, Sir Lawrence Olivier and Noel Coward, along with many actors and musicians performing at the Winter Gardens.

The 10 Year Haunt

In the 1970s the Midland Hotel became a listed building (Grade 2) and changed hands. The new owners, Hutchinson Leisure, were granted permission for a glass sun-lounge running the length of the seaward side of the hotel and this was completed in 1979. But trade did not improve as envisaged and when Anne Greenham took over the hotel in 1989 the Midland had become very run down.

There was some attempt at Thirties-style restoration but financial difficulties led to the hotel being sold to Les Whittingham. During his ownership relations with the local council became strained and litigation was frequently threatened, particularly over the removal of the Eric Gill relief to London for an exhibition.

The Midland Hotel went down-market and acquired a cheap and tawdry appearance, its walls often adorned by garish advertisements. Little was done to stem the deterioration of the building and on Les Whittingham’s death in 1998 the Midland was in a sorry state. Shabby in appearance, its rotting window frames, leaking roofs and peeling paintwork were proof that the years of neglect had taken their toll.

In 2001 the Midland Hotel was bought by a company called Kalber Leisure with the aim of transforming the now almost derelict building into a 1930s themed 5* luxury hotel. However, due to financial problems this grandiose scheme never came to fruition and a year later the Midland was back on the market.

In a state of disrepair The Midland Hotel was forced to close its doors in 1998, and to prevent vandalism the Council boarded up all the doors and windows. The Midland Hotel stood derelict, empty and left haunting the sea front of Morecambe for nearly a decade. A blight on the promenade, the building was threatened with demolition – a move strongly opposed by the Friends of the Midland, a group set up by concerned locals to save the hotel.

Revival

Finally, in 2006 the Manchester based property developer Urban Splash commenced the restoring and refurbishing the building. A spectacular restoration, with all the original artworks painstakingly restored to their former glory, bringing Eric Gill’s masterpieces and Oliver Hill’s vision back in to the 21st Century. The doors were opened to the public in 2008 and was once more loved by the public.

In April 2009, English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues took over the management of the hotel. English Lakes is a family business, based in the Lake District and runs 5 well-loved individual properties.

Celebrating it’s 80th Anniversary, with 44 all-new boutique-style rooms, this modern day masterpiece brings seaside chic back in style and everything that made The Midland so special in its glamorous heyday has been restored and reinvented for a new generation.

Fun Fact

The Midland Hotel was used in filming episodes of the TV series Agatha Christie’s Poirot, starring David Suchet, in 1989, most notably in the episode ‘Double Sin’ where the name of the hotel is mentioned by one of the characters – Captain Hastings.

And The December Winner Is…

So this time we had 18 entries of which 16 were correct! Using a random number generator, it’s time to announce the winner…*drum roll please*…

And so, the December 2013 Winner of £100 of LPC Furniture Vouchers goes to the lucky: Lauren Armstrong!

Congratulations Lauren! And thank you to everyone who entered.

Otto would like to remind you that he’ll be on holiday on the 1st January (he’s on important business with Santa!) but keep a look out on our facebook page.

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Floyd Mayweather: centre of attention again

BOXING LEGEND Floyd Mayweather Jr was the centre of attention once again when he was subject to a tribute evening in London on February 4.

The unbeaten boxer was present at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane as boxing fans paid homage to his glittering career. Mayweather’s European Victory tour comes after the American, 38, won twelve world titles in a 49-fight career.

Mayweather told the Voice of Sport of his love for British fight fans. “I’m so appreciative of the support from British fight fans during my career.”

The controversial pugilist has recently retired but has already been offered nine-figure sums to make a ring return. He added: “A ring return is not my focus. I’m trying to do my job on the outside as a boxing promoter. I want to give back to young fighters and the ultimate goal is to find the next Floyd Mayweather.”

One contender to be the ‘next Floyd Mayweather’ is British boxer Ashley Theopane who is now promoted by the icon.
Theopane challenges Adrien Broner for the WBA world super-lightweight champion in March or April, and Mayweather rates his man highly.

“Ashley Theopoane is unbelievable,” said Mayweather. “It would be great for him to come to the States win a world title and bring it back to the United Kingdom.

“I’m very pleased with Ashley. He’s got what it takes to be world champion. He gave me tough sparring during my own career. He came to America with nothing more than some luggage and a dream. I take my hat off to him.”

Of his own stellar career, Mayweather was keen to praise his family. “I give thanks not only to my father and uncle Roger but also my nephew and sisters who were there for me right from the start."

Mayweather began his stellar career with a win over Roberto Apodaca in 1996. In May 2015 he beat arch rival Manny Pacquiao in the ‘Fight of the Century’.

Mayweather’s last bout was in September when he beat Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

No one could solve the Mayweather puzzle during nearly 50 bouts to make him arguably the best boxer ever.

Among the star names in attendance on the night were former Liverpool footballer Emile Heskey, former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson and Chris Eubank with his son Chris Jr. and Ashley Theopane and comedian and EastEnders star Richard Blackwood.GOOD TO TALK: The American boxer being interviewed with Ashley Theopane in the background, right

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Hugh Grant really, really does not like Ben Whishaw. “I want him dead,” he says, softly, as he sips on a cup of tea at the Ritz hotel in London. “He was my wife and I’ve clearly done terrible things to my wife. Then I put him in prison. I tried to kill him on a train. I seduced him, raped him, and tried to have him murdered. He’s been very nice about it.”

It might be the kind of confession he would be best advised to keep to himself, if it hadn’t all happened on screen. Grant’s homicidal leanings are just part of the job. First there was Cloud Atlas, the Wachowskis’ wonder which cast Whishaw and Grant in multiple roles, including one pairing as husband and wife. Then, this year, Paddington 2 and A Very English Scandal; two polar opposite projects that nonetheless both pitted the two actors against each other once again.

All three are creative ways in which to antagonize, but only A Very English Scandal is based in truth. In Stephen Frears’ four-part retelling of the Jeremy Thorpe scandal on Amazon, adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book of the same name, Grant plays Thorpe, the British politician whose affair with a stable boy, Norman Scott (Whishaw), caused a sensation when it transpired that Thorpe had plotted to murder Scott to keep him from revealing their dalliance.

Sophie Mutevelian

“From one perspective, he was a monster of narcissism and entitlement,” Grant says of Thorpe. He wrote torrents of love letters to the naïve small town boy, who was taken in by the power and celebrity of the Member of Parliament—and later leader of the Liberal Party. But when he cooled on their relationship, he cut Scott off, and the younger man began to threaten exposure. In 1960s Britain, homosexuality wasn’t just taboo, it was a criminal act. “I think it was torture for him to be born gay in a world that didn’t accept being gay. It was obviously a source of great pain and discomfort for him.”

Indeed, Thorpe married, “for politically-expedient reasons,” Grant notes. But he came to love his first wife and the child they had together before her death. “So when Norman Scott continued to threaten his life, or his position, he was also threatening those people he really loves.”

The British establishment is not unused to scandal, but the Thorpe/Scott affair is on the absurdly extreme side. The tabloid press of the time had a veritable field day when the plot to murder Scott became public knowledge. Grant remembers hearing about it as a schoolboy, when the story first broke, “and we loved it. Everyone loved it. It was like Monty Python.”

The show’s scripts find that tone, blending the absurdity of the crime with a particularly British glee that comes from catching the great and good with their pants around their ankles. It comes from Preston’s book, notes Grant, “And Russell T. Davies’ genius is that every character, even minor ones, are celebrated. He’s saying, ‘Isn’t life wonderful, that you have all these oddities?’”

Sophie Mutevelian

It’s in these kind of characters that Grant is building the second chapter of his career. It began with another Stephen Frears joint, Florence Foster Jenkins, “and she was a freak show, but such a loving one,” Grant says. “Isn’t it amazing that a woman could be so talentless and yet so determined? It’s a celebration of the weirdness of human nature, and I think Stephen is drawn to that.”

So, too, is Grant, whose lauded turn in Florence Foster Jenkins seemed to mark a return to acting. “It’s true, I wasn’t very enthusiastic for a number of years,” he says. After a run in the 1990s and early 2000s as one of the most in-demand British actors on the planet, Grant seemed to take a conscious backseat. “I think it started as my decision, because I was still quite bankable when I decided, ‘Ugh, I can’t really face this.’” He credits the “oddities” that came along, like Cloud Atlas, or the Aardman animation The Pirates! Band of Misfits, with keeping his toes in the water, but the drive wasn’t there for him as it once had been.

“The digestive system of Hollywood is pretty fast,” Grant notes. In 2009 he made Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which failed to hit the rom-com heights he’d achieved in films like About a Boy, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. “I had a big failure in the genre in which I was supposed to always be successful in, and suddenly I didn’t have the career I used to have. I didn’t really mind, because I was so interested in doing other stuff.”

That included a continuing spell as a political activist. In 2011, he began campaigning in Britain against the excesses of its tabloid press, becoming active in the Hacked Off movement which called for tighter regulation of a media that had been accused of hacking the voicemail of celebrities and victims of crime in order to generate stories. “It was two things. It was the indecency of using someone who’s just lost a kid in a fire or a terrorist incident to sell their papers, and the fact that the newspaper barons were running the country. You don’t want a state run media. That’s terrifying. That’s Russia. And you have not been able to be a Prime Minister or a senior politician in Britain without obeying the diktats of Rupert Murdoch, the Barclay brothers, Richard Desmond or Paul Dacre.”

But Grant never seemed to lose his love for acting, only the detritus that came with his time as a star. When an actor complains about his privacy being invaded, it’s easy for eyes to roll, but it’s precisely the notion of drowning in somebody else’s life that so attracts Grant. “Letting go is always difficult,” he says. “To think less and actually do it. When you do, self-consciousness goes out the window and you stop worrying about yourself. I remember Emma Thompson had this crying scene in Love, Actually, and I asked her, ‘Is that something sad you dug out of your life?’ She said, ‘No, no. I’m the character and the character would cry, so I cried.’ That’s her brilliance. But the older I get, the more I realize I want to be possessed. Once you’re possessed by a character, everything else just fits.”

He has faced a barrage of obvious questions this year about his character in Paddington 2, a luvvie actor named Phoenix Buchanan, whose ego is so oversized that he can’t even bear to share a stage with a co-star. “There’s plenty of narcissism within me, for sure,” he admits. “If you happen to share one or two elements with the character, it comes alive. The camera picks it up. And anyone who has ever acted, it can only be narcissism really, even if nobody admits it. It’s always, ‘I’m really impassioned about my craft.’ Such a wanker. There’s another side of me that has always wanted to run away from that.”

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Whishaw kept his distance on Paddington 2—safely ensconced in a sound booth to record his lines as Paddington (a CG bear) away from his chief antagonist. Instead, Grant was faced with a choice between an actress of Paddington’s height who could fill in on set, or a bear’s head on a stick. “It was terrifying. I couldn’t even look at it. Though, in the end, I found it was least complicated just to use the stick. I ended up becoming rather fond of the stick. And at least it couldn’t do anything bad. You do sometimes work with people, particularly in the earlier part of your career, where you’re like, ‘F*ck me. Are you really going to do it like that?’”

He sees both projects, villainous as his roles might be, as celebrations; while A Very English Scandal champions the oddities of human nature, in Paddington 2 it’s the power of positivity. “Positive is perilous stuff, and it’s something Richard Curtis has had to wrestle his entire career, because his basic message is always positive too. If you can bring it off, triple points I think. But the spirit of Paddington is very positive, and [director] Paul King really picked up on that.”

Part of the appeal of playing an outré actor came from his early days, at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1983, where Grant cut his teeth on the stage. But he demurs when I ask about the co-stars he might have based Buchanan on. “I don’t think I should name them, but it was full of marvelous old thesps from a bygone era,” he recalls. “We all still wore grease paint in those days. These old boys, with barrel voices, doing their warmups. They were very gently sexually predatory. I’ve always loved those guys.”

He affects a deep, British baritone to quote them. “‘Oh hello, Hugh. Have I caught you in your underpants again? Forgive me.’”


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Quek leaves as head of Leeds School of Architecture

Raymond Quek has left his job as head of the Leeds School of Architecture at Leeds Beckett University after only a year, the AJ has learned

The school has recently experienced a rapid turnover of heads, with previous incumbents Teresa Stoppani and Andrew Wilson both departing within the last three years.

It is understood that an amicable agreement was reached and Quek will relocate to spend more time with family.

He was appointed last February to lead the design school in the Yorkshire city following a stint at the helm of the Leicester School of Architecture at DeMontfort University.

Quek said upon joining Leeds Beckett: ‘I am absolutely delighted to be here. This is a school with a long history and reputation for excellence and we will continue to be a strong and leading school internationally.’

He was previously head of architecture at the Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University on the Gold Coast in Australia and has also worked in education roles in Nottingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Singapore and New Zealand.

Leeds School of Art, Architecture and Design dean Lisa Stansbie said: ‘Professor Quek made the decision to leave Leeds Beckett University for family reasons and we have supported him fully in that. We would like to thank him for this work during his time at the university and wish him all the very best for the future.’

Sarah Mills – co-founder of Leeds-based Group Ginger Architects, and postgraduate course director in architecture – has been named as acting head of architecture at the school.

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Teresa Stoppani, former head of Leeds School of Architecture and professor of research in architecture at London South Bank University

I joined Leeds Beckett University (then Leeds Metropolitan) in February 2013, as Head of the Leeds School of Architecture for an agreed period of three years and with a remit to enhance the profile of the school and grow the research activity within the subject area.

This was a challenging and enormously rewarding job, and the school enjoyed a true renaissance, thanks to the hard work of management, staff, and our amazing students.

My tenure in this post came to an end in February 2016, as planned, and I remained at the Leeds Beckett School of Art Architecture and Design as Professor of Architecture, coordinating Research in Architecture, directing the PhD Programme in Architecture which I had established at the school, and continuing to teach and supervise.

I then moved from Leeds Beckett in March 2017 to take on the role of Professor of Research in Architecture at London South Bank University, attracted by the Research remit and emphasis of the role.

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In March, they succeeded in badly poisoning the Skripals, who survived and recovered. The discarded nerve agent in a perfume bottle was found by a scavenger and given to his girlfriend, Dawn Sturgess, who died from exposure. The two Russians have been charged in absentia with attempted murder, and identified by British Prime Minister Theresa May as officers of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, most likely traveling under assumed names. They probably won’t be extradited to Britain, just as the killers of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko escaped punishment for fatally poisoning him in 2006 with polonium in his tea in a London hotel cafe. Predictably, Russia is issuing blanket denials.

These are outlaw acts. President Vladimir Putin periodically declares his intention to make Russia great again and pines for the “respect” that he laments was lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But such murderous hit squads operating on foreign soil are an insult to nations that uphold the rule of law and international norms. Mr. Putin, a veteran of the KGB, should be judged by actions, not words. This was state-sponsored thuggery, a swaggering hit job reminiscent of tactics of his old service, which once assisted in killing a Bulgarian dissident on a London street corner with a ricin pellet in the tip of an umbrella.

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The nerve agent used, belonging to the Novichok class developed by the Soviet Union late in the Cold War, was characterized as 97 to 98 percent pure by the technical staff of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Britain should respond forcefully. Under Article 9 of the Chemical Weapons Convention — the treaty banning the use of such weapons, to which Russia is a signatory — Britain can lodge claims of noncompliance and eventually trigger a meeting of the nations that have signed and ratified the agreement. London should press ahead on all routes that will expose the Russian behavior and punish it, including the United Nations.

For its part, the Trump administration recently imposed sanctions required by a 1991 law limiting certain exports to state-controlled and -owned firms. A second round of even tougher punishments is envisioned in the law if there is no sign that Russia is in compliance. Judging by Moscow’s stonewalling, preparations for round two should proceed.

After Litvinenko died, Britain did not do enough to make sure it would not happen again. Now it has, and the response must measure up to this bald banditry.


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The Hotel is clean and spacious, it provides a full "green" experience. The Sunday brunch was wonderful and the cocktail area was manned by experienced bartenders.
All staff was attentive. The room was clean, the bed comfortable and the shower and bathroom spacious.

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We are excited that you enjoyed your stay! The Print Works Bistro is a fantastic spot for brunch. It was recently recognized as one of the top 100 places for brunch in the United States by OpenTable.
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I came on business trip and had the most pleasant experience at Proximity!
The window view was amazing and they have a cute Shuttle from airport looks like a London taxi:) I forgot my sweater in the room in the rush and they sent me it to my home address!! Highly recommended!!

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We're delighted you enjoyed your stay! Those London Taxi's a really are London Taxis! They made them here in the United states for a time and we thought they were a fun addition for our livery fleet.
We're also happy we reunited you with your sweater! Leaving things behind can happen often and it is our priority to get them...

I stayed here during a work conference. It was my first time in Greensboro and I honestly came on with no expectations (in from the west coast and admittedly have limited knowledge on many southern cities). This property blew me away. I travel a lot for work and this is one of the best hotels I've stayed at. It's very...

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Wow! Our intention is for our guests to be delighted with your stay. We are honored that we made such an impression!
We look forward to your next visit!
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This is an upscale hotel and was created from an old factory building that is fantastic. The lobby and rooms are very modern, comfortable , and fun. We enjoyed the bar and restaurant during our stay and the staff went out of their way to be friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend this hotel and know I will visit...

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We ecstatic you would recommend us based on your experience! Our intention with the design was to have the look and feel of an old turn of the century mill. We couldn't find one, so the design of the Proximity was the fruition of that sincere intent. It is wonderful that our authentic design intention showed through for you!
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If you ever visit Greensboro, you MUST lodge at The Proximity! In all my travels this the best hotel in the United States! The service, the rooms, the grounds...all 5 stars. I'll let the pictures tell the rest. PS....I booked a Corner King Room.

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I love our corner rooms too! Such a open feel with the large windows and a unique bathroom feel with all that natural light.
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We stayed in Room 505- Two queen beds in a large room with a large bathroom. Lots of counter space, two sitting chairs and a desk with chair. More than enough room for two adults and a teenager. Nice view of the valley (over the rooftop.) TV, fridge, microwave, coffee maker. Central area in the hallway had countertop with outlets...

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We can't wait to have you back! Our loft double queen rooms really are a great layout when you need to share a room and have ample room for getting ready.
Till your travels bring you back to Greensboro.....Cheers,
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The Proximity prides itself, and rightly so, in being a leader in Green Life conservation, and it succeeds in meeting visitor's expectations for elegance and service while also providing efficient and healthy natural usage of power and water. The decor is ultra modern - all in black, white, chrome and glass with clean lines and attractive furnishings. The rooms are...

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Our intention with the Sustainable Practices Initiatives is to only enhance, never detract from our guest experience. We are delighted to hear you enjoyed many aspects of the design!
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Great romantic getaway with old world culture in modern setting. A real travel treat. The room was unique in its style and finishings. Service level very high and respectful. Food service exceptional for a city hotel.

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Built to use 36% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel, the Proximity Hotel offers a glimpse of the future while celebrating the past. Sustainable practices, custom-designed furnishings, commissioned art and innovative loft-like modern design await guests in every corner of the 147-room luxury "green" hotel and its adjacent restaurant....more less

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Address: 704 Green Valley Rd, Greensboro, NC 27408-7018

Region:United States > North Carolina > Greensboro

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Hotel Class:4 star — Proximity Hotel 4*

Number of rooms: 147

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Grosvenor House

Grosvenor House was one of the largest private townhouses situated on Park Lane in London, England. The house was the London home of the Grosvenor family (better known as the Dukes of Westminster) for more than a century. Their original London residence was on Millbank, but after the family had developed their Mayfair estates, they moved to Park Lane to build a house worthy of their wealth, status and influence in the 19th century.

The house was requisitioned during the First World War, and it was subsequently sold and then demolished in the 1920s. The Grosvenor House Hotel was built on its site.

History

The site was originally occupied by a small house named 'Gloucester House' (after Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, who owned it), with the front entrance on Upper Grosvenor Street. This house was purchased by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, in 1805 for £20,000. He spent £17,000 on extending the house to make it more fashionable. In 1821, a large picture gallery  long was added to the west of the house. It was here that many of the Grosvenor family's treasures were held.

Another extension was added in 1842, in the form of a  long classical-style colonnaded entrance screen on Upper Grosvenor Street. At each end was a triumphal arch with pediments above sculpted with the Grosvenor arms. Thomas Cundy, the architect of this vast house, then proposed a larger mansion to go all the way along to Park Street, extending all the way to . This idea was dropped, as the 2nd Marquess thought it would be too lavish.

In 1870, Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (later the 1st Duke) commissioned Henry Clutton to add a porte-cochère to the north, and he had many of the state rooms redesigned. In 1889, electricity was introduced, being one of the first buildings in London to do so.

Demolition
The house was in the Grosvenor family's possession until the First World War, at which point the government requisitioned it. After the war, the family decided that the home was too lavish to maintain, and it was sold. The house was demolished during the 1920s, and the Grosvenor House Hotel was built on the site. This hotel later became the first JW Marriott branded hotel in the United Kingdom.

The Grosvenor House Hotel - the venue for some of London's grandest award ceremonies - was sold to Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar for £470m in December 2010. Sahara India Pariwar indicated that it planned to manage the hotel on a joint basis with Marriott.

Art collections
It is said that the home originally housed one of the best private art collections in the world, with paintings by Gainsborough, Velázquez and other old masters. Some of these were sold between the wars, but most remain in the other Grosvenor family homes, mainly their country seat - Eaton Hall in Cheshire.

See also
 List of demolished buildings and structures in London

Notes

Sources
Walford, Edward. Old & New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People & Its Places, 6 vols., London, 1881, vol 4, pp. 370–372.
Young, John. A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London; with etchings from the whole collection ... accompanied by historical notices of the principal works. London, 1820.

External links

 Detailed architectural history from the Survey of London
 Grosvenor House hotel website

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Hard Rock Launches U2 Signature Series: Edition 30

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Hard Rock Launches U2 Signature Series: Edition 30

Hard Rock Launches U2 Signature Series: Edition 30

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's top artists and bands have collaborated with Hard Rock International for more than two decades as part of the brand's acclaimed Signature Series program, helping to raise millions for a variety of worthy endeavors globally. Hard Rock is proud to launch its U2 Signature Series: Edition 30 T-shirt in support of human rights around the globe. Through a partnership between EDUN LIVE and Hard Rock, the limited-edition shirt will be available in stores and online, with15% of the retail price benefitting Amnesty International in support of the organization's human rights campaigning efforts worldwide.

"I hope this T-shirt generates loads of cash for Amnesty International and their tireless work towards the release of prisoners of conscience all around the world," said The Edge of U2. "Plus there's a guitar on it - so it's a win-win as far as I'm concerned."

Hard Rock's U2 Signature Series: Edition 30 T-shirt ($26) features an image of an electric guitar with angel wings,emblazoned with the words "JUSTICE," "HUMANITY" and "EQUALITY." A barbed wire is seen wrapped around the neck of the guitar. The back of the T-shirt bears the signatures of each member of U2, including singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr.

"We are thrilled that U2, Hard Rock and EDUN have generously offered to support Amnesty International in this high-profile way," said Thomas Schultz-Jagow, Campaigns & Communications Director, Amnesty International. "We have a history of working with all three, and the combined power of us all coming together on this project will make a huge difference by raising awareness of our human rights work around the world."

"We are proud to support Amnesty International and aid in the fight for human rights worldwide through the Signature Series program," said Annie Balliro, Senior Director of Brand Philanthropy, Hard Rock International. "Hard Rock is honored to have U2, legendary musicians and dedicated activists, join with us to raise funds and awareness for such an important organization."

The new T-shirt will be available online and at Rock Shops at Hard Rock Cafe locations in New York, London and Dublin on December 10, 2012 to coincide with International Human Rights Day. It will be available in Hard Rock Cafes, Hotels and Casinos worldwide beginning in February 2013. The U2 Signature Series T-shirt is printed on a navy blue EDUN LIVE T-shirt made from 100% African cotton and is available in men's sizes.

Hard Rock's Signature Series LineupHard Rock developed the concept of partnering with world-renowned musicians and bands to create and donate imaginative designs more than 20 years ago. These unique designs are reproduced onto T-shirts and sold at Hard Rock properties worldwide, with a portion of the retail price benefitting the artist's preferred charity. U2 joins a legendary roster of rock icons – from The Who, Bruce Springsteen and Eric Clapton, to Jon Bon Jovi, Shakira, Ringo Starr and John Lennon – who have become part of Hard Rock's Signature Series program, which has helped to raise millions of dollars for charitable causes worldwide.

For more information on Amnesty International, please visit www.amnesty.org.

*EDUN printed t-shirts will be available at select Hard Rock locations. For a complete list of locations featuring the EDUN product please visit www.hardrock.com.

About Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is a global Movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists, in more than 150 countries and territories, who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. Amnesty International unites people to take a stand against injustice. Through public pressure and international solidarity we research, educate campaign and inspire people towards long-term solutions to human rights issues. For more information, visit http://www.amnesty.org/.

About EDUNEDUN is a contemporary collection for men and women designed by Sharon Wauchob. Founded by Ali Hewson & Bono in 2005, EDUN is a global fashion brand bringing about positive change through its trading relationship with Africa, and its positioning as a creative force in contemporary fashion. It is sold globally in leading department and specialty stores. www.edun.com.

About EDUN LIVEEDUN LIVE is a basic line of t-shirts produced for business-to-business sales. The EDUN LIVE range enables EDUN to drive further trade into Africa through high-volume sales direct to the wholesale market. The tees are entirely "grow to sew". Every part, that's 100% of production, takes place in Africa. For more information, visit www.edun.com

About Hard Rock International With a total of 178 venues in 55 countries, including 139 cafes, 18 hotels and 8 casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website. HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide. Destinations include the companies' two most successful Hotel and Casino properties in Tampa and Hollywood, Fl., both owned and operated by HRI parent company The Seminole Tribe of Florida., as well as other exciting locations including Bali, Biloxi, Chicago, Cancun, Las Vegas, San Diego and Singapore. Upcoming new Hard Rock Cafe locations include Santiago, Nabq, San Jose and Guatemala City. New Hard Rock Hotel projects include Aruba, Riviera Maya, Abu Dhabi and Shenzhen and Haikou in China. New Hard Rock Casino projects in development include Hungary and Northfield, OH. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com.

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We stayed at The Hoxton hotel as we often do when visiting London because they sometimes do cheap rooms if you book way in advance. They also have vegan Aveda toiletries in the bathrooms and Vegan Pasta on the room service and bar menus, see...

...it's pretty expensive but I like knowing it's there.

The boy and I have to compromise restaurant wise when we go away, I'd have loved to visit Saf but he loves his pizza and I can't drag him to all vegan places for every meal so this time we went to the vegan friendly Pizza Express.

I started as always with their dough balls.

These usually come with garlic butter but if you're vegan you can get olive oil & balsamic vinegar instead. All their pizza bases and sauce are vegan so you can get any combination of vegetables you fancy. I always go for double mushroom, artichoke and capers...this one came with a random black olive too!

I do really like Pizza Express, there's one in most towns and it's good to have that vegan option available.

My choice of eatery for this trip was tibits, an all veggie buffet style restaurant where the food is paid for by weight. I really liked this restaurant, the staff were super friendly, the atmosphere was really relaxed and all the vegan options are clearly labeled. I'd say that over 60% of the food was vegan leaving me with plenty of choices.

As you can see from the next picture I decided that for the purposes of this review I should try almost everything. On the plate, below the free bread roll, we have (clockwise from the top) lentil salad with vegetable cubes and chives, white quinoa with curry and cranberries, tomato & tofu salad, orecchiette pasta salad with olives and sun dried tomatoes, Asian noodle salad, mushroom antipasti, aubergine antipasti, falafel and then right there in the centre is the courgette linguine.

I think my favourite bit was probably the falafel which surprised me as I don't usually like falafel, they were really lightly spiced and had a delicious crispy coating. I love pasta so it's no surprise that the courgette linguine and orecchiette pasta salad were up there with the mushroom antipasti as some of the best bits. I wasn't so into the noodle salad and whilst I think this would make a great hot dish I didn't think it worked so well cold. The tomato & tofu salad was really simple and the flavours worked perfectly together whilst the quinoa salad was pretty full of complex flavours, none of which overpowered each other, making this dish work equally well.

Nick also tried one of the vegan options, the country style potato wedges. I'm glad I didn't get these because although they were apparently really good he said they were spicier than the one's at the monkey sanctuary that I couldn't handle! There were also a number of hot options at the buffet, about a quarter of these were vegan, but they were all too spicy for me to try.

I spent about £10 on lunch but as you can see I did really go for it & pasta isn't exactly light, in comparison Nick only spent £6 and had plenty of food to keep him happy until dinner time. This place is definitely great value for money and they do take away which is cheaper. The service is super fast once you've put your food on your plate and you can go to their tap water station for refills whenever you want. I'll definitely be visiting tibits again.

hey - great post! I was just thinking... hmm... I'll cycle into town, pick up some veggies, pop to Flat White for a coffee and then grab a pizza. I wonder where they do vegan pizza in Soho? Thank you! Pizza Express it is.

Other great vegan places in London are Pogo Cafe in Hackney, Moaz Falafel in Soho, Rootmater on Brick Lane (a real Routemaster Bus), Whole Foods in Soho, Loving Hut in Camden (with free Alien conspiracies), Manna on Parliament Hill. The one thing I really miss is a kick-ass curry. I am yet to find a vegan curry house that cooks home-style pakistani/punjabi food.

I have a question for you! I am leaving Sweden for Brighton on the end of october this year, and now I am looking for somewhere to stay, a vegan collective would be the greatest!! For long or short term.

From the inside and out I am a social person, I laugh often and loud. And i dance. Like always.

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Reorganising for the Age of Collaboration

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Over the past two years an unprecedented $25bn has been pumped into the global fintech market and it looks like this is just the beginning. According to a recent Accenture report, Q1 2016 saw a 67 per cent year-on-year increase in global fintech investment. That’s a $5.3bn injection of funds over just three short months.

Graham Donald, Managing Director, Equiniti Pancredit

Such vast sums are creating an environment where start-ups can launch, fail, rethink and re-engage, all in a matter of months. For long-established financial institutions, most of which are used to a conservative and slow moving services market, this sort of behaviour isn’t just unusual, it’s borderline bizarre. For the new breed of start-ups, however, every stone is ripe for turning from the way customers consume financial services to the back-end systems that move money around the world.

Two years ago, the market had an adversarial feel. ‘Disruption’ was the industry watchword and the start-ups were on the offensive. How much business could be taken from the traditional banks and lenders? Could the new groundswell of start-ups signal the end of traditional banks entirely?

Since then, things have settled a little, resulting in a new dynamic. The number of start-ups adopting a collaborative model is increasing. While a high proportion of fintech companies continue to compete directly with traditional lenders, Accenture reckons that 44 per cent of global fintech investment is now going to start-ups that position themselves as partners, not competitors, of established players.

This is good news, both for the industry and the customer. Enabling larger players to deploy digital services to their customers will guard against service fragmentation which, if left unchecked, could result in consumers’ financial data strewn across different providers making it difficult to manage coherently.

Through collaboration, traditional lenders also get the opportunity to benefit from the agility and innovation that has, to date, been a defining characteristic of the fintech industry. The start-ups gain a steady and reliable revenue stream from the bigger players, together with a viable exit strategy (via trade sale). Moreover, the raft of new digital services will be subject to close quality control and governed by the closely regulated environment under which the big banks and lenders operate.

To take full advantage, however, the traditional players need to reorganise internally since partnerships bring their own sets of challenges. The market is crowded and start-ups come and go. How can a bank be sure to pick a winner? What’s more, most fintech companies have a very specific product or service focus. How many partners will a bank need to establish before it can offer a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge digital services?

Herein lies a big opportunity for next generation financial outsourcers, particularly those who, through acquisition, are able to offer a suite of digital services that can be wrapped up and delivered to a bank through a single managed services contract. Such a proposition requires some clout, however. A bank will be seeking to offload as large a part of their business as possible through such a partnership, meaning that the outsourcer must have the technologies and services ‘ready to go’, together with the regulatory compliance, the specialist processes needed to administer the services and enough skilled staff to support the service rollout as they scale up.

Those capable of serving this need should be making themselves known to banks, now. The fintech market is developing at a ferocious pace and it is unclear how long this current air of collaboration will last. What we can be sure of, however, is that things will change again. The digital market is upon us and it is now down to us all to keep pace.

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